WHEN a child in the City of Kingston gets sick they will most likely be treated at Monash Children’s Hospital, a place many families are unaware even exists. However, Paterson Lakes mother Vanessa Miranda knows this special part of Monash Medical Centre too well. Her daughter Taylah was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 14 at the end of 2014, and Vanessa will always be grateful for the life saving care and treatment at Monash Children’s Hospital. Vanessa cannot forget the day she found out Taylah had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. “We entered a new world that day. A world…
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Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 16-year-old teenager Destiny Rowe. Investigators have been told Destiny was last seen in the Frankston area on Thursday 5 May and has not been seen since. Destiny is known to frequent the Frankston CBD area and may be staying with friends. Police and family are concerned for her welfare due to her age and the length of time that she has been missing. Investigators have released an image of Destiny in the hope someone may know her whereabouts. Destiny is described as 155cm tall with a thin build and blonde…
A NATIONAL skate competition at Mt Eliza, Saturday 21 May, will have categories for skateboarders as well as scooter and BMX riders. The free event will be held at the Mt Eliza Skate Park, Emil Madsen Reserve, Wooralla Drive, which has the peninsula’s largest skate bowl. The competition is sponsored by Mornington Peninsula Shire and organised in partnership with the Impakt Freeza youth events committee and the YMCA. The competition is part of the YMCA’s National Skate Park League and provides a development pathway for amateur skate and BMX riders. The winners from the skateboard section will join finalists from…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FOUR local clubs are in the hunt for title honours after six rounds of the 2016 soccer season. Mornington is equal on points with league leader Malvern City, Skye and Baxter head their respective leagues while Rosebud Heart is breathing down the neck of its Baxter Park arch rival. Mornington found Mooroolbark a tough nut to crack but fashioned a 2-1 win in their State 1 South-East clash at Dallas Brooks Park on Saturday. Andy McCabe’s visitors deservedly went in 1-0 up at the interval thanks to a 43rd-minute strike from Adam Doughty. During the break…
With a career spanning almost twenty years, half a million album sales, gold and platinum albums and eight Golden Guitar Awards, Adam Harvey is back in black, telling the story of Johnny Cash with country music belle Catherine Britt. The Man In Black has been reloaded after two sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House and an 18-month Australia-wide tour. The acclaimed show, originally starring Tex Perkins narrating the life of Johnny Cash, won a Helpmann Award for Best Contemporary Australian Concert. Starring in this year’s tour of The Man In Black, Adam Harvey is one of Australia’s most popular…