WORKS are set to begin on a $4 million lifesaving club and Indigenous Gathering Place in Mordialloc. Kingston Council at its latest meeting appointed a builder for what it describes as “an exciting new community building”. FIMMA Constructions is expected to begin work next month. The funding is a partnership between Kingston Council ($2.94 million), state government in association with Life Saving Victoria ($1m) and Mordialloc Surf Lifesaving Club ($100,000). Mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said the project was a highlight of the council’s 2015/16 budget and would provide a valuable community asset. “The Gathering Place will serve as a place…
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Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Frankston girl Tipani Lucky. Tipani went missing from Frankston on 7 August and was last seen in Dandenong on 26 August. The 15-year-old is described as Pacific Islander, approximately 165cm tall, long dark hair, medium build and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black jeans, a black hooded jumper and was carrying a white handbag. Police hold concern for Tipani’s welfare due to her age and the amount of time she has been missing. Police have released an image of Tipani in the hope someone can assist locating her.…
ON the weekend of the 7 -9 of August the Australian Karate Federation held their National Championships in Adelaide. The Victorian team consisted of karate athletes from all over the state ranging in age from nine year old to over forty-five year old divisions. The Victorian team was a strong one with 12 athletes from the Mornington Ishinryu Dojo. Fourteen-year-old Jade Colver –Vella, a Padua College student, has now become a four time National Champion and two time Oceania champion. A veteran of the sport at such a young age, she won three gold medals at the competition; female cadet…
HELP is at hand for those who feel they are drowning in mounting debt. A new website and mobile phone app launched late last month to offer free financial guidance can be the first step to put consumers back in charge of their finances. The financialfirstaid.org.au site is the brainchild of FMC Mediation and Counselling Victoria, a not-for-profit provider of federal government-funded family and community programs. The online site and app provides access to information split into three categories: ‘I need help right now’, ‘I need to understand’ and ‘I want to know more’. Easy-to-read information about how to recover…
A SO-CALLED “Good Samaritan” was punched to the side of the head while trying to stop a fight outside a Frankston supermarket on Saturday 22 August. The force of the blow knocked him unconscious to the ground – fortunately onto grass – and he was later taken to The Alfred hospital with severe facial lacerations. The attack occurred after two men, 20 and 23, had a minor verbal altercation with another man in the Ashleigh Ave, Karingal, store at 6pm. After the three men went outside the victim, 20, was allegedly kicked and punched on the footpath. The “Good Samaritan”,…