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Spring is the air at 3WBC-FM

■ Community radio station 3WBC 94.1 FM will be broadcasting livefrom the Whitehorse Spring Festival from 10am-4pmthis Sunday (Oct.21), advises publicity officer Catherine Chadwick.

The event will be anchored by Peter Cassidy and Phil Edwards,supported by other regular presenters and guests; including the City ofWhitehorse, Cr Mark Lane.

Radio station representatives will talk to prospective volunteers aboutbecoming a member, presenter, producer, technician or commercialsponsor.

The studios are located in the Box Hill Town Hall Hub, 27 Bank St,Box Hill. www.3wbc.org.au

What’s On In Melbourne★ The opening night of Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experi

ence was held last night (Tues.) at the Comedy Theatre. The paropdyis performed by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner.

★ Melbourne model Kate Neilson enjoyed a seat in the second frontrow for a Madonna concert in Los Angeles at the weekend.

★ Melbourne Observer columnist Jim Sherlock has ‘been minder’ forJames Bond lead man George Lazenby, acting colleague Rachel

Grant, and a screen-used Aston Martin over the past week.

★ Writer John-Michael Howson has delayed his departure this weekto the United States by several days so he can continue the promo-

tional campaign for stage show More Sex Please, We’re Seniors.

Zoo VIP stamped

●●●●● Wedge tail eaglefrom Healesville Sanctuary

■ Animals from Melbourne Zooand Healesville Sanctuary are be-ing recognised with a new stampissue, says spokesman StevieMcDonald.

Featured are Melbourne Zoo-born Sumatran tiger Isha andHealesville Sanctuary’s wedge-tailed eagle, Jess, the Sanctuary'soldest animal, celebrating his 41stbirthday this year, says AustraliaPost’s Michael Zsolt.

Melbourne Moments

Writer’s speech■ Screen and stage writer AndrewBovel will deliver the 2012 FoxtelScreenwriter's Address at TheWheeler Centre, Lt Lonsdale St,Melbourne at 6.15pm on Wednesday,October 24.

A reception afterwards will behosted by Malcolm Smith andGeoffrey Atherden at The Moat.

Andrew will provide a frank andtruthful account full of funny, awk-ward, tough and illuminating storiesabout the horrors, pitfalls and abso-lute joys of being a screenwriter, sayspublicist Nina Brunck.

New justices■ State Attorney-General RobertClark last week announced the ap-pointment of new Justices of thePeace: Stephen Anthony Atkinson.Bryan Phillips Baker. Amanda JaneCollins. Nathan Paul Dean. RonaldMorgan Egeberg. Sharon JustineFleming. Aldo Galante. David GeorgeJerman. Trudy Ann Land. DavidColin Lyons. Amit Mehta. Daryl Les-lie Nayler. Michael Raymond New-man. Savrina Sabila Perren. DarrenLeslie Randle. Edward Joseph Riep-samen. Graeme Stuart Bruce Strac-han. Santina Taranto. Adam ElliotTyson.●●●●● Andrew Bovel

Artists for orphans

●●●●● Tiffany Speight andBarry Firth

■ An evening of opera and artraised more than $13,000 for AgentOrange-affected orphans in Viet-nam, says founder Roni Wildeboer.

“Michael Leunig's original inkdrawing brought in $1,500. LarryPickering's original cartoon broughtin $1,200,” Roni reports.

Roni will be in Vietnam at herown expense from November 7.

Assisting with the Kyneton eventwere Tiffany Speight, Keith Potger,Barry Firth, John Bradbury, RhysNuttall, Rick Lander, Mark Gra-ham and Marcie Jones.

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VIP LIST FORMAYORAL BALL

●●●●● Deputy Lord Mayor Susan Riley and Lord Mayor Robert Doyle■ Rhonda Burchmore and a marching band will greet guests with All ThatJazz at the Heart of Melbourne Ball, being presented by the Lady Mayoress’sCommittee this Saturday (Oct. 20) at Melbourne Town Hall.

The Ball will celebrate Melbourne’s musical theatre heritage with a‘Showtime’ theme, supported by the Peter Sullivan Band.

Marina Prior, David Hobson and organist David Johnston will entertainwith a Phantom Of The Opera performance. Also on stage will be MarkMitchell and the cast of More Sex Please We’re Seniors.

VIPs include Robert Masters, Chairman of the Lord Mayor’s CharitableFoundation, and Catherine Brown, Foundation CEO.

■ Melbourne’s busiest womanthrough the Spring Racing Carni-val is likely to be Ann Peacock,General Manager - Public Rela-tions at Crown.

Her engagements include theCup Carnival launch on October29, the Carbine Cup Lunch (Nov.2) ahead of Derby Day, a CharityDinner (Nov. 4), the Call Of TheCard at the Palladium (Cup Eve,Nov. 5), Cup Day, Oaks Day andEmirates Stakes Day events ...plus her day job!

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Hall of Fame win

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■ Graham Mott was inductedinto the Australian CommercialRadio Hall of Fame by DerrynHinch at the industry conferenceheld in Sydney at the weekend.

Melbourne-based Mott retiredas boss of Fairfax Radio (3AW,Magic 1278) late last year.

●●●●● Radio awards report,Pages 43, 44

★ Master drummer David Jones, Collarts artist-in-residence, will presenta workshop for secondary school students and musicians of all instru-

ments and all levels on Saturday, October 27, from 3pm-5pm, at Collarts inSouth Melbourne. The workshop is free.

★ Convenor Bruce Mackay advises that the next half-yearly meeting ofthe Survivors group will be held in South Melbourne on Nov. 17.

★ Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is launching a new book, 50 Shades Of GreyMatter, on Tuesday (Oct. 23).

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Best wishes Bob■ 3RPP-FM radio presenterBob Phillips enters hospital atBerwick today (Wed.) for impor-tant throat surgery. All at theObserver wish him well.

●●●●● Bob Phillips

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THE TRUTH ABOUT MUSSELS■ If there was something strange inour neighbourhood; or somethingweird that didn't look good, in the worldof ghosts, who would we call, ah, that'sright, Ghostbusters!

In the world of locally produced,healthy, entertaining and an affordableseafood alternative, the AustralianMussel Industry Association (AMIA)has called upon celebrity chef, TVpersonality and artist Peter Russell-Clarke to help bust the myths sur-rounding mussels by lifting the lid toreveal the truth about their goodness.

The Belgian Beer Cafe at Bluestoneon St Kilda Road will take on the newname of Village Brasserie and willcelebrate by partnering in Mel-bourne's inaugural October MusselFest on October 28.

Members of the AMIA along withother industry professionals aim todispel common misconceptions thatmussels are a fragile and a high riskfresh shellfish that requires specificknowledge to purchase, prepare andconsume.

On his shellfish production porchat the Kinkawooka Mussel Farm inPort Lincoln, I caught up with Pro-duction Manager and AMIA President,Andy Dyer, to understand why mus-sel growers around the country are de-termined to permanently remove thefears surrounding mussels and howthey plan to open up to share the mus-sel experience with enthusiasts alongSt Kilda Road.

What is the AMIA?We are a national representative

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Thoughtsbody for growers that we formed fouryears ago.

Our main role is to act as a con-duit between the mussel industry andgovernment, as well as promotingmussels to wholesalers, restaurantsand consumers.

We rely on all the members con-tributing to ensure we meet our ob-jectives and encourage more Austra-lians to eat mussels.

Who is eating mussels?On average, Australians are eat-

ing 2.6 per cent more mussels com-pared to this time last year but stillonly 250g per head annually com-pared to the 2kg per head in parts ofEurope.

Mussels are traditionally enjoyedas an Italian seafood marinara mixor the Spanish paella in Australiawith 30 per cent enjoying mussels upto 6-7 times each year.

What about younger Austra-lians?

The younger generations such asGeneration Y with disposable in-comes are eating mussels in the caféculture and we've found that youngerAustralians are willing to try mus-sels in 2012. This is great news forthe future of mussels in Australia.

What are the biggest misconcep-

tions about mussels?One of the biggest myths going

around is that if a mussel doesn'topen then it's no good.

An unopened mussel simplymeans that the adductor muscle thatkeeps the mussel closed hasn't re-leased from the shell, so the shells

●●●●● Andy Dyer, President of the Australian Mussel Industry Association

can't pop open.That certainly doesn't indicate

they are no good. Trying to dispelmyths like this one is our number onepriority.

Why are mussels good for us?Mussels are an excellent source

of protein; they are low in caloriesand fat; high in Omega 3; vitamins Band B12.

One hundred grams of musselsprovides around 13 per cent of yourdaily vitamin C needs and 22 per centof your daily iron needs and are eas-ily digested.

How will Peter Russell-Clarkespread the word about the good-ness of mussels?

The whole idea of getting PeterRussell-Clarke on board was to helpdispel the myths because peopleweren't seeing mussels as value formoney, thinking they were too hardto handle and cook.

Peter has released comical book-lets and a series of step-by-step guidesfrom selecting, handling, preparingand cooking mussels with a varietyof home-style cooking recipes thatwill be available at the Fest.

What will we see and taste at theMussel Fest?

The Mussel Fest will give peoplewho haven't tried mussels a uniqueopportunity to savour the many stylesand flavours.

Growers will be on hand to an-swer any questions such as what timeof the year is the best time to buymussels, when are they in the bestcondition, seasonality and growingregion variances such as musselsfrom South Australia, Tasmania andVictoria.

Other industry professionals willdemonstrate the growing and vari-ous cooking techniques.

What else can mussel enthusi-asts enjoy on the day?

October Mussel Fest will also include the Great Australian MusselEating Challenge that is normallyheld on Australia Day each year.

It's a competition about how skil-fully participants can eat a set por-tion of mussels.

We understand from GeorgeChristopoulos, head of Village Bras-serie, that participants have been intraining for weeks.'

We're busting to tell everyone andencourage Melburnians to tap intosomething different and treating theirtastebuds to a variety of hot and cold$5 mussel plates.

What is your porch thought ofthe day?

Be prepared to try anything in lifebecause you never know if it's goingto be better than what you've got atthe moment.

- Mark Richardson

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Whatever happened?

●●●●● Melbourne Observer columnist Kevin Trask an-swers the ‘whatever happened to Pete Best?’ ques-tion on Page 22 in this week’s edition. Pete is bestknown as ‘the fifth Beatle’.

‘Key of Sea’ at Hamer Hall Last everperformance?

■ The Observer hears thatventriloquist Ron Blaskett

may be planning his last-ever public performanceat Knox Club on Decem-ber 19. More details soon.

●●●●● Ron Blaskett, 90,with Gerry Gee

‘Hello Dolly’ opens at Whitehorse

‘The Kingfisher’ at Clayton

●●●●● Neil Butler, Luke Andrews, Beth Ramshaw and Paul Hooper at the Box HillHawks trophy night. Photo: Jenny Owens

■ The Box Hill Hawks Football Club this month held its last event for the season. The ‘ColAusten Trophy Night’ featured a series of awards for players in both the senior and develop-ment league teams. MC for the event was Paul Hooper, presenter of The Neutral Corner on3WBC 94.1FM, Fridays, 7am-10am. Paul is also part of the station’s football commentary teamwho were the recipients of a National Award during the 2009 season from the CommunityBroadcasting Association of Australia for their broadcasts Hawks match descriptions.

3WBC has been broad-casting the VFL matchessince 2008.

The Media Award, cur-rently voted on by the 3WBCcommentary team, was thisyear won by Luke Andrews,a young, hard-working on-baller.

The award was pre-sented by Everything 80shost Beth Ramshaw and NeilButler (Radio Ga Ga)..

3WBC has given theaward over the past 11years.

Best and Fairest award(the Col Austen Trophy) waswon by 20 year oldmidfielder Tom Schneider,a rookie with Hawthorn. Yetto play a game for the AFLteam, he had a great seasonwith the Box Hill Hawks,says 3WBC 94.1FM publi-cist Catherine Chadwick.

Luke wins Hawks trophy

■ Encore Theatre presents The Kingfisher until October 27 at the Clayton Community Cen-tre Theatrette, Cook St, Clayton. Evening performances commence at 8pm, with a 2.15pmshow on Sunday (Oct. 21). Written by William Douglas-Home and directed by Lesley Batten,this gentle comedy tells of Cecil, who having had many women in his life is now contemplatingmarriage to his ‘true love’. Evelyn has just been to the funeral of her husband, whom shemarried on the rebound from Cecil, but must now make a decision. Tickets: $20 full price, $18concession. Discounts for group party bookings. Bookings: 1-300 739 099 (9am – 9pm)

●●●●● Eric Heyes (left), Julie Arnold and Tom Travers in The Kingfisher, presentedby Encore Theatre until October 27. Photo: Kevin Trask

●●●●● Zoe Taylor and Adelle Incledon were at Friday night’s opening of Hello Dolly!staged by Babirra Music Theatre. More photos inside. Photo: Malcolm Threadgold

Ride to Conquer Cancer

●●●●● Helen Kapalos

■ Ten News At Five co-an-chor Helen Kapalos will thismonth embark on a charitybike ride to conquer cancer.

The two-day ride starts atAlbert Park on Saturday, Oc-tober 27, making its way toHealesville and returning thenext day.

Helen’s friends can donateto the cause through theconquercancer.org.au web-site. Helen aims to raise $2500for the cause.

●●●●● Sophia Brous and Awaz are artists soon-to-be-released album Key of Sea Vol2 which will come to Arts Centre Melbourne for a concert that celebrates Aus-tralian music and stories at 8pm Friday, December 14 at Arts Centre Melbourne’sHamer Hall. Line-up includes Tim Rogers Polyxeni, Jinja Safari with Kinfe Gershu,Brous with Awaz, Chet Faker with The Royal Swazi Spa, The Tiger and Me withMurtaza Jafari, special guest MC Rockwiz’s Brian Nankervis, and Waleed Aly.

Showcase

■ Publicist Justine Caldwell says the annual Circus Show-case season at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) isalways a sensational entertainment event and a rare opportu-nity for the public to catch its first glimpse of the circus stars oftomorrow.

Circus Showcase 2012 will be presented at NICA’s Na-tional Circus Centre in Prahran from November 22 to De-cember 1.

The showcase features signature solo and duo acts by the18 graduating artists who have honed their skills over the pastthree years of intensive circus training and study as part ofAustralia’s only Bachelor of Circus Arts.

Audiences will have an exclusive peek at these 18 boldyoung people as they step into the spotlight for their final per-formance as students.

YANNI TO PERFORM AT PALAIS

- Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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For with leading Melbournepublicist DI ROLLE

I love my job!I love my job!

■ “Champagne?”my client asked ingreat anticipation.

“Yes,” I said with abig smile.

My client has justcompleted his firstbook and was soproud.

It was a lovely startto a Friday afternoon Imust say.

More laughing at asad time and what hasbeen a sad few weeksand a serious coupleof weeks.

Nice to share joywith someone. Veryspecial.

And very specialnews indeed is thenews that legendarycomposer and per-former Yanni is return-ing to Australianshores.

Yanni will be herein Melbourne on Sat-urday, January 19 , andwill perform at Mel-

incided with the CDand DVD release ofYanni: Live at ElMorro, Puerto Rico(Sony Music), captur-ing two sold-out con-certs last December atthe historic 16th-cen-tury Castillo SanFelipe Del Morro inSan Juan, PuertoRico.

The dates were thefirst-ever perfor-mances at thisrecognised UNESCOHeritage Site and theshows were filmed inhigh definition and re-corded in Dolby Digi-tal 5.1 surroundsound.

Performing at thecastle represented a20-year dream cometrue for Yanni, build-ing on the legacy oficonic global sites thathave played host to hisconcerts including theAcropolis in Greece,

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■ My sister came to stay with me thisweekand we laughed a lot.

I am very lucky. I love to laugh. When Iam with my sisters we laugh a lot. Same withmy brother Peter, he sends me up all the time.

With the Brownlow Medal, I had a bit offlutter on a couple of players, then changedmy mind and rang and told my brother.

I told him of my change of mind on who Ithought would take home the esteemed prizeand put a couple of bucks on my new sugges-tion.

He laughed and said ne had just had alook at the listing and his name was there andthat I have even put a couple of bucks onhim.

I feel very blessed having siblings likeJacky, Debi and Peter.

My sister who came to stay is the young-est, Jacky. She was a livewire as a child andstill is!

We had a lovely weekend together and inbetween laughing discussed what was goingon in the world. We sat on my couch withblankets and chocolates and watched tele assisters do. It was a terrific weekend.

It reminded me how important laughter is.Somewhere along the way some people inthe past few weeks, particularly those in po-sitions of power ,have forgotten how to laugh.

Whilst subjects are serious and need to beaddressed, really some of all the nonsense isjust laughable.

These people who hold high office areadults and it just seems to be getting nastierand nastier – if only we had a ‘Big Bird’ tobreak the ice with our pollies.

I thought Barack Obama’s response toMitt Romney’s reference to dumping ‘BigBird’ to save the economy was hilarious andhis ads that followed were excellent.

I think we need a laugh and I have some-one in mind: Sarah Silverman ...

■ Laugh we will in Melbourne on Saturday,December 8 at the Palais Theatre when SarahSilverman comes to Melbourne.

To see her book at Ticketmaster 136100 orwww.ticketmaster.com.au

Referred to as “the most outrageously funnywoman alive” by Rolling Stone magazine, Sa-rah Silverman will be performing her first everAustralian stand-up comedy shows at theSydney Opera House and Melbourne’s PalaisTheatre.

An Emmy winner, Sarah is as versatile ofa performer as they come. Her repertoire in-cludes everything from film and television,stand-up comedy, to iconic online videos andshe recently added author to this list with herNew York Times bestselling book, TheBedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, andPee.

Silverman will next voice a character in theupcoming Disney animated film Wreck ItRalph, alongside John C. Reilly and Jane Lynchand was seen earlier this year starring oppositeMichelle Williams and Seth Rogen in thedramedy Take This Waltz.

Silverman was nominated for a 2009primetime Emmy in the Outstanding Actressin a Comedy Series category for her portrayalof a fictionalised version of herself in The Sa-rah Silverman Program.

This marked Comedy Central’s first ever

Emmy nomination in a scripted acting cat-egory.

She also received a WGA nomination forher work on the show. Silverman won a

primetime Emmy in 2008 in the OutstandingOriginal Music and Lyrics category for hermusical collaboration with Matt Damon.

In addition, she was honoured with a BestActress Webby Award for her online video TheGreat Schlep, in which she persuaded youngJewish kids to encourage their grandparents inFlorida to vote for President Obama prior tothe 2008 election.

In 2004 Silverman made an impressivesplash with her concert film Sarah Silverman:Jesus Is Magic.

Directed by Liam Lynch, the film garneredmajor attention at the Toronto Film Festivaland created huge national buzz.

Silverman also garnered critical praise inthe documentary feature, The Aristocrats inwhich 100 the industry’s most prominent co-medians tell a version of the same joke.

Her other film credits include Peep Worldopposite Michael C. Hall and Rainn Wilson,Saint John of Las Vegas, I Want Someone toEat Cheese With, The School of Rock, There’sSomething About Mary and The Way of TheGun.

She has also been in many cult hit showsincluding Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld,”Mr.Show and The Larry Sanders Show.

For more details visit www.livenation.comau or www.abpresents.com.au She is as mymother would say, a scream!

Sarah Silverman to visit Melb.

●●●●● Sarah Silverman

Palais Theatre.Yanni’s contemporarysymphonic music hasinspired millions offans around the world.

In concert, his pas-sionate soaring melo-dies and lush orches-tration create a spiritedand uplifting musicalexperience like noother.

Yanni is on a worldtour, he and his stun-ning 15-piece orches-tra will play favouritesfrom throughout hiscareer, as well as se-lections from his latestalbum, Truth of Touch(2011).

Yanni kicked offthe world tour in Apriland the start date co-

the Taj Mahal in In-dia, and the Forbid-den City in China.

He was the firstwestern performer toplay at the latter two).

Yanni: Live at ElMorro, Puerto Ricoalso made its nation-wide PBS debut onMarch 3

Yanni is one ofpublic television’s all-time top fundraisers,and this latest specialmarks his 10th col-laboration with PBS.This excites me a lot.

On April 9 thiosyear , World WildlifeFund (WWF) an-nounced a collabora-tion with Yanni, aimedat raising awareness.

Yanni was inspiredto help protect giantpandas after he‘adopted: a two-month old panda cubat the ChineseChengdu Research

Base of Giant PandaBreeding in Octoberlasty year.

Yanni was the firstwestern artist to begiven the honour ofsymbolically adoptingone of Chengdu’spandas (a privilegereserved almost ex-clusively for nations,rather than personali-ties and is consideredone of China’s high-est honours.)

He named thepanda ‘Santorini’ af-ter one of the mostbeautiful islands in hisnative Greece.

‘Santorini’ is alsoone of Yanni’s mostwell-known composi-tions and contains theword ‘Irini’, whichmeans ‘peace’ inGreek. He views hisadopted panda as “thebeautiful panda ofpeace.”

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Just imagine■ John Lennon would have been 72 lastweek. The brilliant songwriter musician as-sassinated in December 1980 outside theDakota apartment in Manhattan where helived with his wife Yoko Ono.

Had he lived he would done wonders withthe computer and with the talent he had.

His songs and creative spirit are his legacyand also are the correspondence printed in abook I have on order called The John LennonLetters.

He sure had a way with words and hewrote some of the most prolific songs of ourlife time . He sure knew how to write a lettertoo.

With the blessing of Yoko, a collection ofJohn Lennon’s notes to friends, journalists,and the occasional groupie have been pub-lished in the book .

Along with the correspondence mostlyhandwritten, are doodles, spanning the life ofthis genius.

From pieces I have read he comes acrossas an enthusiastic, occasionally cranky penpal. Turn To Page 21

■ “A great piece of casting” I thought when I read at music.com.authat Queen guitarist Brian May has confirmed that a Freddie Mercurybiopic is in the works, with the tribute to the late Queen front man dueout early 2014.

In an update on his website, Brian May also confirmed that Boratand Bruno funny man Sacha Baron Cohen will be playing the leadrole.

Reporting information from the latest ‘band meeting’, May saidthat the film – titled Mercury – “is on course” and that current discus-sions are surrounding contractual issues.

Baron Cohen is best known for his comedy characters, includingAli-G, Borat, Bruno and Admiral General Aladeen from his last filmThe Dictator.

It was rumoured in 2010 that he would take on the role of Mercury,who died in 1991.

In his note online, Brian May added: “We did make some otherplans, they will have to stay under wraps for now. Being in Queen is –bizarrely – as full of surprising twists and turns as ever – 40 years sincewe first got together, and 20 years after losing Freddie.

“But of course Freddie is in so many way very much alive. Hemust be wryly smiling somewhere!”

This is one movie I look forward to seeing.

Is this the real life,is this just fantasy?

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■ A re-creation of the historic War OfThe Worlds radio broadcast is to takeplace at 8pm on Halloween Night (Wed.,Oct. 31) on Mornington Peninsula ra-dio station, RPP-FM.

In 1938, the Orson Welles MercuryTheatre in New York City presented aHalloween broadcast that would sendshock waves across America and theworld.

For the first time in Australia, RPPFM will recreate the broadcast before alive audience at their Wilsons Rd pre-mises in the BlueScope PerformanceStudio.

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●●●●● Susie McCann is Glinda the Good Witch in MLOC’s The Wizard of Oz, openingin Elwood on November 9. Photo: Trevor Lowther

‘Wizard of Oz’ at Elwood

■ MLOC Productions presents the delight-ful family musical The Wizard of Oz on No-vember 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 8pm, November10 and 17 at 2pm and November 11 at 5pm atthe Phoenix Theatre, 101 Glenhuntly Road,Elwood.

Directed by Lucy Nicolson, the show’s mu-sical director is Tanya Chaves, with choreog-raphy by Keir Jasper. Tickets: $32 full price,$30 concession, $28 children 15 years andunder. Bookings: www.mloc.org.au or 95704052. - Cheryl Threadgold

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■ Paul and Lindsey Paisley have lost their legal bill tocompel Dean Cars to take back a 2004 Kia Carnivalcar that they bought for $12,500.

The Paisley took Dean Aitchison, trading as DeanCars, to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribu-nal where the case was heard by Deputy President IanLulham.

The Tribunal was told that the Paisley bought thecar on condition that a DVD player was installed. PaulPaisley was away on business when the car was ready,and asked for the car to be delivered to his home, whichwas done by a tow truck driver sub-contractor, at nocharge to the Paisleys.

The Paisley said that they wanted to cancel the con-tract for the car purchase after they discovered therewas no petrol in the car, car mats had not been deliv-ered, the battery went flat, the fuel gauge was inaccu-rate, the registration had expired, there was an oil leak,and there was a faulty wiper.

All matters - except the wiper - were fixed by thecar company.

Mr Lulham said it was “all too common” for theTribunal to hear allegations of fraud. He said the Pais-ley had not given any evidence of fraudulent conductby Dean Cars.

Mr Lulham said the faults were not a “major fail-ure”. The bid to cancel the contact because the car wasout of petrol was out of proportion to the rights offeredunder consumer protection legislation.

The Paisleys had driven the car 10,000-km beforethe case reached the Tribunal.

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■ Actor Joanne Trentini's first full-length play,Mothersmilk, is being featured at 45 Downstairs.

Joanne (pictured) describes it as one ordinarywoman's journey in an extraordinary way - a womanwho is everything that no-one wants to be.

Joanne says it is based on real life experiences,especially her own tumultuous fight against depres-sion.

Mothersmilk combines live music and multi-media with traditional theatre.

Joanne’s production company for Mothersmilkis The Other One Productions, created with hwersisters Joanne Trentini, Renee Trentini andKathryn Hooper.

Joining Joanne on stage are Anthony Winnick,Leila Rodgers and Gerard Lane. Gerard impressedme mightily with his stage charisma in the recentproduction of Return To The Forbidden Planet atthe Alexander Theatre.

The show begins on October 31 and runs untilNovember 11, Wednesday-Sunday.

Joanne has impressed the competitive theatri-cal scene in America, as she has been acceptedinto the Masters of Acting at the famous and re-vered Actors Studio in New York.

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■ Australian large-scale puppet theatre companySnuff Puppets present their brand new show, Ev-erybody, from November 8 – 10 at The Drill Hall inFootscray.

A metaphorical, metaphysical and magical in-vestigation into the essence of human existence,Everybody is the subject, the object, the setting, seat-ing, performer and you. Everybody is for everybody… but especially those with an open mind (andmaybe not for the faint-hearted or little kids).

Trademark elements of Snuff Puppets perfor-mances include a blackly dangerous humour, anincisive political satire, shamelessly handmade vi-sual aesthetic and a conflagration of art, audienceand artist.

Dates: 8pm, 8-10 November 2012 (strictly lim-ited season!)

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■ Melbourne performer BarryHumphries has apologised afterdeclaring his wife Lizzie Spenderhad the right-shaped eyes to be-come an Australian citizen.

He made the remarks, and theapology, after Ms Spender be-came an Australian citizen - at aceremony in London.

Humphries, known for hisperformances as Les Pattersonand Edna Everage, made the ra-cial reference to Chinese new-comers to Australia.

“She's a lot more Australianthan our Prime Minister JuliaGillard,” Humphries said.

Turning off

●●●●● Steve Price■ When MelbourneTalk Radio collapsedthis year, Program Di-rector Steve Pricetransferred to Mac-quarie Radio’sSydney station 2GB,taking the evening shiftfrom Brian Wilshire.Ratings show that Pricelost 11.4 per cent of thestation’s evening audi-ence in one survey.

Remarried

■ Brighton socialiteCoral Knowles has re-married husbandJohn. She wore anapricot gown. She ispictured with weddingguest John Blackman.

In Court■ Jade MichaelFraser, 29, is to faceAlbury Court,charged with dis-charging a firearmwith intent to causegrievous bodily harm.

●●●●● Barry Humphries

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Observer Curmudgeon■ “Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice oftwo evils, chooses both.” - Oscar Wilde

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“For the cause that lacks assistance,‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance

For the future in the distance,And the good that we can do”

DOUBLE TREAT■ My Observer col-league Julie Houghtonsays there are two showsat Chapel off Chapel onSaturday (Oct. 20) thatshould be seen.

At 9pm, charismaticsinger and actor LucyMaunder takes patrons ona journey to the dark al-leys of old New York City,with her show Irving Ber-lin - Songs In The Key ofBlack.

Lucy creates a HonkyTonk Palace of brokendreams and musicalmemories. You'll hearclassics like Blue Skies,Alexander's Rag TimeBand, Cheek To Cheekand Puttin' On The Ritz.

She is the daughter ofOpera Austrlia directorStuart Maunder, withwhom she performed aNoel Coward MorningMelodies in Melbourneearlier this year.

The companion show,at 7pm on the same night,Pearls Before Swine - AnEvening With OrsonWelles stars BlakeErickson as OrsonWelles, directed by SarahBlackstone.

Chapel Off Chapel alsofeatures Sunday matineesat 3pm and 5pm.

Chapel Off Chapel isat 12 Little Chapel St,Prahran. Phone 8290 7000chapeloffchapel.com.au

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Vale Peter■ Long Shots is sorry tolearn of the passing of Pe-ter Ross-Edwards, at theage of 90.

When we first went“out on our own” in busi-ness 30 years ago, Peterwas one of first clients.

Peter was Parliamen-tary Leader of the Coun-try Party, as it was then.We would visit him at Par-liament House twice aweek, and write press re-leases.

Peter was an absolutegentlemen. Parliamentstoday would benefitgreatly if more had hispersonal qualities of truth,politness and old-fash-ioned good manners.

Something

PersonalSo this is ‘middle age’?

■ Someone remarked the other day that “55 is thenew middle age”. My response was that was fine ifyou intended living to 110.

As my age-speedometer departs 55-Ville thisweek, I am reminded that my grandmother’s sister,Christina Cock lived to 114, to become Australia’soldest person. So, who knows?

I used to think this ageing business was for every-one else. Now I am scratching my bald head, won-dering. I do a lot of wondering these days. In fact, mymemory is so blunt, I could plan a surprise party formyself and not even know!

As a young man, I used to see older people withtheir hearing aids, and thought how very carelessthey had been to lose that faculty. A middle ear infec-tion last month has left me half-deaf ... except for theTinnitus. Isn’t that the gift that keeps on giving!

I wonder if the body was designed to deterioratelike this. My eyes - yes, the one with developingcataracts - tried to find the answer on Google, but theprint was way too small.

I’d eat my hat if this should be the case ... but thedentures are becoming dulled, and no doubt hats areon the ‘do not eat’ list prepared by the dietitian tocounter the diabetes and cholesterol.

The diabetes leaves us with neuropathy: damageto the nerves, numbness, especially in the extremi-ties. I have little feeling in my feet, walking can be achallenge. Thank goodness for Gilmour’s Shoes.

The legs really aren’t the same since a fall downthe stairs at the 3AW offices in 2005. The skin ispaper thin. A serious foot wound last year took 105visits to the doctor. Won’t he be having a wonderfullyexpensive holiday this summer!

And don’t even talk to me about other dysfunc-tions! Men of a certain age will agree that things canfail to point accurately, or salute as instructed. AWOL.

It’s no wonder that people battle with depression,and suffer from angina attacks that require thepatches and the nitro-glycerine spray.

Isn’t diabetes a delight? The tablets, the twice-daily insulin injections. They say that if you have thiscondition long-term, your life will be shortened byfive years. They also reckon that if you have sur-vived a heart attack (2008), you can deduct anotherfive years. And if you have worked night shift (sinceI was a teenager), subtract yet another five years.

The Good Lord is said to have promised us “threescore years and 10”. The arithmetic tells me that 70years, minus 15 years, leaves me with 55. My 56thbirthday cake is due to arrive on Friday night ... sothis Saturday will be a real bonus.

So, with all these conditions, what do we have tolook forward to over the coming days and years.

I am convinced that is why God invented grand-children. Over the past week, our house has beenfilled with the laughter of a two-year-old boy. Like-wise, phone calls from far-away grand-daughters dothe same. These have proven to be a tonic yet to bematched by any pharmacist.

A spontaneous ‘I love you Pa’ instantly makesany pain vanish. Hugs are better than surgery.

At this new ‘middle age’, it fascinates me that myoptimism still remains. As keen as any teenager’s. Ifonly I could remember what I was so enthusiasticabout! - Ash Long

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Freemasons Victoria's Paint Your Town Pinkcampaign will come to a spectacular climaxthis Friday with The Big Pink Party.

Freemasons and members of the publicwill come together at Coppin Hall, RoyalFreemasons, to tally up the fundraising fromacross Victoria.

The Big Pink Party coincides with BreastCancer Awareness Month. It 's theculmination of a state-wide campaign byFreemasons to raise funds for EpworthFreemasons Oncology Department and theThink Pink Foundation's Living Centre,supporting breast cancer patients and theirfamilies.

For the past three years, FreemasonsVictoria has sponsored the Think PinkFoundation by providing funding for a BreastCare Nurse at the Living Centre.

Nurse Kathryn Wallace says that theservices she provides at the Living Centreare based on clinical expertise but the focusof the centre remains on wellness andsupport.

"The atmosphere we create is one ofrelaxation and restfulness," said Ms Wallace.

"The support I provide is also extendedto partners and family members, eitherthrough informal counselling and supportor formally through regular meetings andforums. Time constraints and lack ofresources often make this task impossiblein the hospital setting."

The Paint Your Town Pink campaign hasfocussed on events that celebrate life, withFreemasons across the state hosting pinksausage sizzles, pink breakfasts and even apink tea dance.

However, it's the cocktail party that isthe grand event. Freemasons and non-Freemasons alike will don their favouritepink ensemble to celebrate life and raisefunds and awareness for a very importantcause.

Freemasons Victoria Grand Master BobJones says the outfits are a big attraction."Everyone really gets into the spirit ofthings," said Mr Jones. "For past events, I'veworn a pink suit, full racing gear in hot pinkand the odd pink feather boa or two."

"I hope as many people as possible cancome along and celebrate life with us atThe Big Pink Party."

Event Details: The Big Pink Party. 7pm,Friday,October 19. Coppin Hall, RoyalFreemasons, 45 Moubray St, Melbourne.$45pp. Dress: Pink Cocktail

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Details of all Freemasons Victoria eventsare available via the Calendar of Events onthe Freemasons Victoria websitewww.freemasonsvic.net.au

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INSURANCE BROKER ACCUSEDOF THEFTS TOTALLING $675,000


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■ A Melbourne insur-ance broker has appearedin court,charged withstealing more than$675,000 of clients’money over a sevenmonth period.

Bruce Wickett ofCarnegie appeared in theMelbourne Magistrates’Court charged with three

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●●●●● Last Friday’s edition of The Australian

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●●●●● Tracy Harvey and Michael Veitch

■ Melbourne buyers of The Australian were lastFriday tempted with a lure of ‘Win An Escape ToMelbourne’. We knew there were budget cuts atRupert Murdoch’s News Limited ... put the pictureof the City Circle tram says it all.

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●●●●● Lachlan Murdoch

■ The DMG Radiogroup, now wholly ownedby Lachlan Murdoch, isrumoured to be undergo-ing a name change.

DMG - named after theDaily Mail Group in theUK - operates Nova 100and Smooth 91.5 in Mel-bourne.

counts of theft totalling $675,120.78 between August2010 and March last year..

It is alleged by the Australian Securities and In-vestments Commission that Wickett stole the money,which represented insurance premiums being held onbehalf of 228 clients.

This money was to be forwarded to various insur-ance companies representing insurance premiums dueto those insurers, for insurance cover they had providedto those clients of Wickett.

At the time of the alleged offences Wickett was thesole director of Wickett Investments Pty Ltd andWickett Insurance Broking Pty Ltd through which heoperated his insurance broking

Wickett is to appear again in the Melbourne Magis-trates’ Court on December 20..

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecu-tions is prosecuting the matter.

The charges under the Victorian Crimes Act carry amaximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment for eachoffence.

●●●●● Bruce Mansfield

Stillwaiting?■ Has 3AW Nightlineco-host Bruce Mans-field been called intoboss Shane Healy’s of-fice for 2013 contractnegotiations. The whis-per is ‘no’ ... althoughBruce is already slatedto host the Queen MaryII Transatlantic cruisein July-August.

■ The Director ofPublic Prosecu-tions is appealingsentences of 12-month goodbehaviour bondsand $800 finesagainst BrettSaunders, 19, andZachary Hunter,23, after attacks ona joey being hunteddown in Tallarook,caught by a dog, putin a car boot, andreleased in the Sey-mour shoppingarea. The kangaroowas hit by a car, andrepeatedly kickeduntil it died. TheCounty Court isdue to hear the ap-peal next month.

Confirmed

Cash unlikely for creditors■ Glenn Anthony Crisp, joint and several liquida-tor of New Dimension Homes (Victoria) Pty Ltd,formerly trading as Icon Designer Homes, has writ-ten to unsecured creditors, says it appears “at thisstage unlikely that any dividend will be paid” to them.

Mr Crisp, of Hirsch Sutherland, says he andTrajan John Kukulovski were appointed as Jointand Several Administrators of the company on Au-gust 28.

Lewd sites on record■ Which Melbourne commercial radio stationstaffer’s Facebook page has had numerous ref-erences to raunchy websites?

The single man seems unbothered that hisonline friends, numbering more than 200, havebeen able to follow his trolling through the open-minded internet pages. But would his radio sta-tion agree with such an image?

COMPANIES, DIRECTOR FINED$78,000 OVER UNDERPAYMENTS

■ Two companies and their direc-tor have been fined a total of $78,600over the underpayment of two staffat two Melbourne take-away foodoutlets.

Turbo Cafe Watergardens PtyLtd, which operates a Turbo Cafeat the Watergardens shoping cen-tre at Taylors Lakes, as been fined$29,400.

Turbo Cafe Point Cook Pty Ltd,which operated a cafe at the PointCook Town Centre, was fined$39,000.

Essendon North man DomenicVersace, owner-manager of bothoutlets at the time, was fined $13,200.

The penalties, imposed by theFederal Magistrates’ Court, cameabout after an investigation by theFair Work Ombudsman.

Versace admitted being involvedin underpaying two Turbo Cafe staffa total of $10,458 between Novem-ber, 2008 and August, 2010.

A full time counter-hand at thePoint Cook outlet was underpaid$5682 and a casual waitress at theTaylors Lakes outlet was underpaid$4776.

Both employees were aged in theirearly 20s at the time of the contra-ventions.

Federal Magistrate DanielO’Dwyer noted that companies op-

erated by Versace had previouslybeen the subject of other substanti-ated underpayment complaints.

“In my view the conduct, in allof the circumstances of this case,amounts to something more thanreckless,” Federal MagistrateO’Dwyer said.

“General deterrents are impor-tant in the present case as it is im-portant to publicly denounce re-peated contravening conduct.

“There is a need, in my view, tosend a message to the communityat large, including small employ-ers, that the correct entitlements ofemployees must be paid.”

Fair Work inspectors discov-ered the underpayments when theyinvestigated complaints lodged bythe employees.

●●●●● Angela Lansbury

■ Two weeks ago,the Whispers col-umn hinted that An-gela Lansbury willbe in Melbourne toplay Driving MissDaisy. It is beingconfirmed thisweek that the five-week season willbegin at The Com-edy Theatre onApril 5. Publicity isbeing handled by JPBolton.

88 charges■ Haydn Young,20, of Berwick, haspleaded guilty to 8charges relating toarson and $30,000criminal damage.

Young has beenplaced on a com-munity correctionsorder, after usingamphetamines andcannabis. He mustpay $21,111 comp-ensation.

■ With a cast including Jane Clifton, MarkMitchell, Tracy Harvey and Michael Veitch, thefourth week of rehearsals for More Sex Please,We’re Seniors started on Monday this week.

Jane Clifton has been juggling rehearsals, alongwith her nightly appearances at The AthenaeumTheatre in Barassi, which closed on Sunday.

Our spy at The Comedy Theatre says the cast,which also includes Matt Quartermaine and JudithRoberts, are having a hilarious time.

●●●●● Matt Quartermaine, Jane Clifton, TracyHarvey, Michael Veitch, Mark Mitchell, JudithRoberts and Mike Bishop.

WHY I SAY ‘PHOOEY ON OCTOBER’


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■ This month is fast becoming a big pain in theneck. There are a few exceptions of course,and there is one biggy that I have to tell youabout.

In fact, when I think about it, this exceptionfar outweighs the negatives of this month.

Imagine eating delicious food with no feel-ing of guilt and knowing that it was nutritousand healthy.

It was by chance that I heard an interview onradio with the creator of this food and a dieti-cian.

I logged on to the interview about this prod-uct ‘Made For You’ because it seemed to havebeen created just for me.

‘Made For You’ products have been devel-oped in conjunction with their accredited prac-ticing dieticians.

The product meets strict nutrition criteria andhas earned a D-Tick which symbalises goodnutrition for people watching their blood sugar,

What doctor ordered■ Having discovered ‘Made For You’, an Aus-tralian-owned company that has developed ahealthy, and tasty product for those who lovetheir food but have to watch their weight, I wantedsome of the action.

I can’t begin to tell you what lolling in bed allday does for the waistline: like Topsy, it justgrows.

‘Made For You’ sounded too good to be true,but just what the doctor ordered.

Talking to many friends who have diabetes,the problem is cooking for one, and wantingsome of the gorgeous food they were used toeating. Feeling hungry makes the policeman inyour head go off duty.

I couldn’t wait to try it, and as it is only soldin Safeway/Woolworths supermarkets, wemade the trek to my local outlet.

Yum, yum, yum■ We found it in the frozen food section in allits glory. And the choice of food was just great.

We know that eating a pizza is not for thosewatching blood sugar levels, but imagine beingable to nosh into a pizza which you have ovenbaked for 18 minutes and it comes out with athin tomato base, whole meal crust, topped withshaved ham, fresh mushrooms, capsicums, pine-apple and mozzarella cheese. Supreme Pizzais for you.

Peter bought the entire range of ‘Made ForYou’ and the pizza was the first I tried.

What can I say to you but, yum,yum,yumand more yum?

If you want to know more visit: www.Madeforyoufoods. com.au or you can e-mail:[email protected]

It is recommended that people watching theirblood sugar levels, choose food that is low GI,high fibre and a moderate portion size.

I’ve put in a request to interview PeterHoward and hopefully you can hear him on94.1FM on Monday between 2pm and 4pm.

Please let me know■ We can be lazy when it comes to cooking forourselves.

When Peter was in Port Douglas supplyingantiques to the then new Mirage Resort, I camehome after work, fed and walked the dogs, thenmade a cup of coffee, and huge door-step sizesandwich and went to bed with a book.

Peter and I talked on the phone every nightand he always asked what I had for dinner. Iwas good at evading the question, but was hon-est when I told him it was nutritious.

Please let me know what you think of ‘MadeFor You’, I’ll be interested to know if our tastesmatch.

Setting the mood■ So why have I said phooey on October? Well,I do not like daylight saving – not one bit.

My body clock has logged in certain times ofthe day and night, and now I wake up in thedark, and miss things on television because thebirds are still singing in the sun.

Goodness knows what it has done to the birdstime-clock. I even think my possums are find-ing it hard because they are waiting outside theFrench doors expecting their food an hour ear-lier, besides, it fades the curtains, or so I’m told.

So that set my mood for this month.

Police buck rules■ Some police are trying to buck ‘City Hall’over a new regulation that requires male offic-ers to shave beards, handle-bar moustaches andcut their hair to a length that won’t let them sporta pony tail, and cover their tattoos.

I support the Chief Commissioner in the regu-lation, and in the course of my work, I visit a lotof police stations and the sleeve style of tattoos

seem to becoming more popular by the day.Get over it, and conform. Wear the uniform andabide by the grooming standards that is part ofyour contract when you join. You’ll find that thepublic will show you more respect.

This MLC business■ I was digesting this when the disgraceful epi-sode between the Board of the MLC Collegeand the very much-admired principal RosaStorelli erupted.

It is unimaginable that the Board would airtheir grievance in the media. And it is unforgiv-able that the Board would not take into consid-eration the morale of the pupils, most of whoare stressed enough cramming for exams.

The school community were not happy aboutthe situation and it was made all the more dis-graceful because the pupils obviously respectedand admired Ms Storelli and were upset on herbehalf.

An unseemly brawl■ Did the Board think at all about the effect ofthe media publicity?

Did the Board discuss with any of the par-ents their intention to give it to the media?

But worse, did the Board think of the effecton those senior girls who were sitting for theirVCE?

Gosh, it didn’t take much for me to go topieces if I was troubled just before an exam.

And these girls loved their principal, so theywere doubly wounded.

I was deeply troubled by this unseemly brawl,particularly as I know girls who attended MLCand saw how upset they were.

Need to lift standards■ Has there ever been a worse October in thehistory of our Federal Parliament?

The saga of Speaker Slipper went on forweeks, and it seemed every day we would readyet another grubby and very sleazy news itemthat had been leaked to the press.

My heart went out to Mrs Slipper and herchildren who had to bear the vicious words be-ing said.

I wondered as every day the story deepened,how I would cope with this happening to myfamily.

Of course, it came to a head, with a veryemotional Peter Slipper apologising to the Par-liament and tending his resignation.

Then came the brawl between the PrimeMinister and Mr.Abbott.

The PM’s hysterical speech went around theworld to much applause, but it should never havehappened.

It was all a diversion to keep her from havingto answer the question of why she and her partysupported Slipper as Speaker despite her hor-ror at the way he had denigrated women in hise-mails.

I hope that as the PM visits Bali and then

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John Lennon must have been incredibly acerbic and an angry man, buta creative man nonetheless and loved by millions.

Me included. I adored him.A lot of the letters were written in 1971, a year after the breakup of The

Beatles.In a famous letter which became known as ‘the John rant’, written on

Hotel Syracuse letterhead by hand, John trashes Paul, the Beatles, thepress and pretty much everyone else who comes to his mind.

This includes on the same letterhead a letter to long-time Beatles pro-ducer George Martin.

An intriguing read and a must for any Beatle lover. Yoko Ono, who Ithink is a fabulous woman, a bright business woman and a woman whowalks the talk, created Image Peace Tower on Vioey Island, off ReykjavikIceland.

She lit the tower the day of John’s birthday and it will remain alight untilDecember 8, the day John Lennon died.

The book is published by Little, Brown & Company and is availableonline in Australia on www.booktopia.com.au

Perfect holiday reading for when I take a holiday! Or better still a greatsuggestion for my book club! - Di Rolle

India she takes time to think about where theParliament is heading with the lack of respect,name-calling and vicious remarks.

And I wonder if I can hope that she will thinkabout what is best for the people instead of des-perately trying to hang on and call an electionnow.

She is putting off the inevitable.Let’s clear the slate and start again.We’ve been calling for an election for months

and really it’s time.

Time for decorum■ So, it hasn’t been an easy month for us. Ev-ery time we turn on the television or open anewspaper it’s more vitriol.

I don’t think I will cancel October becauseyou never know what’s around the corner.

I have to put up with daylight saving, but Ijust want people to think for themselves and notfollow what the party of their choice tells them.

The one saving grace in October is AnnaBurke being elected to the position of Speaker.Congratulations.

And please no more gender fights, or pettyname calling in the Federal and State Parlia-ment in the coming month.

Meantime. A phooey on October.- Yvonne.

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As part of the collaboration, WWF and Yanni have created a $50 limitededition ‘Santorini’ Panda Adoption, allowing supporters to symbolically adopta panda.

As a thank–you to those individuals who support WWF’s efforts throughthis program, supporters will receive a symbolic adoption kit that includes aplush panda, a photo of Yanni and Santorini, a DVD with exclusive content(including footage of Yanni and Santorini), a certificate of adoption, a re-usable tote bag, and an information card with a panda photo.

To symbolically adopt a panda, and for additional information to learn aboutthe full story, please visit: www.Yanni.coim/Santorini.

What a special man is Yanni. Tickets for his show in Melbourne at thePalais Theatre on Saturday, January 19 through www.ticketmaster.com.au 136100. - Di Rolle

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Di Rolle’s Column ●●●●● From Page 8

●●●●● From Page 8■ I love jewellery. Anyone whoknows me knows I have some nicelittle pieces. I noticed that Octo-ber is International Breast Can-cer Awareness Month and manyAustralians will wear pink to showtheir support of the cause. Se-crets (one of my favourite shops)offer you a glamorous way to showyou care with the Carnival ofColour range. Using high-qualitypink and rose coloured stones, theCarnival of Colour collection isthe perfect way to go pink thisOctober. It’s a nice way to giveyourself a treat and be aware atthe same time of Breast CancerAwareness Month.

YANNI VISITS MELB.

News Briefs

Cutbacks at The Age■ Further economy measures have beenmade at The Age newspaper, ahead of itsplanned conversion to becoming a tabloid inMarch. The Green Guide and Sunday AgeM Magazine are no longer pre-printed, andstitched and trimmed. The inserts are nowbeing printed ‘run of press’ to save on print-ing and bindery costs.

King Kong role■ Formwer Bendigo man Adam Lyon haslanded the role of a lead character in the newmusical King Kong, to be staged at The Re-gent Theatre next year. It is his first profes-sional acting role.

7 years in jail■ Scott James Drummond, 46,, who bashedhis partner Simone Teusner, of Sebastopol,with a pool cue inside her home last year hasbeen jailed for 10 years over her death, witha seven-year non-parole period. Drummondwas charged with mansalughter. The womandied in hospital two days after the attack.

MOLLY CLARK, LEGEND OF THE CENTRE


■ It is now 50 years since Pete Best was firedfrom The Beatles and replaced by Ringo Starr.

This event changed the life of a young drum-mer who now lives in the shadow of the one ofthe most famous singing groups of the 20th cen-tury and he is commonly referred to as ‘the fifthBeatle’.

Peter Best was born in 1941 and spent thefirst four years of his life in British India beforethe family moved to the UK and settled inLiverpool.

His father Donald Scanland was killed dur-ing the war. His mother Mona, who was a beau-tiful young lady of Anglo-Indian ancestry, mar-ried John Best from Liverpool and they had ason Rory in 1944.

A year later the family moved to Liverpool.Mona had her eye on a large double storey houseand won the money to buy it on a race horsewhich won the Derby in 1955.

Mona opened The Casbah Coffee Club inthe cellar of the family home.

A young unknown rock group known as TheQuarrymen made their first appearance thereon the opening night, August 29, 1959.

The group included John Lennon, PaulMcCartney and George Harrison who were laterto become The Beatles.

Pete was playing drums with his own bandThe Black Jacks when he was invited to joinThe Beatles in 1960.

He went with them to play a season of club

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- Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, October 17, 2012

appearances in Hamburg, Germany.In 1961 The Beatles returned to Hamburg

and backed singer Tony Sheridan on the hitsong My Bonnie.

Over the next two years The Beatles beganto take shape. Pete was the only one in the groupnot to adopt the famous hair style.

Brian Epstein became their manager andgot the group an audition with Decca Records,but they were not successful.

Brian arranged another audition withParlophone Records and they came to the at-tention of George Martin who suggested thatthe group had potential and should be signed to acontract.

Pete told me in a radio interview that on Au-

licity superstar Di Rolle. He signed my copy ofhis book The Beatles - The True Beginnings.

Pete wrote and produced a DVD documen-tary titled Best Of The Beatles in 2005 which toldthe story of his career and how he was sacked.

Pete Best tours the world doing concerts andinterviews.

His website is www.petebest.com and it isworth a look.

He is in good health and enjoying life.Pete and his wife Kathy are proud of their

two daughters and four grandchildren.In 2011 a road was named after Pete Best in

Liverpool and another was named after hismother Mona Best who passed away in 1988.Mona was known as ‘the mother of the MerseyBeat’.

Kevin TraskThe Time Tunnel - with Bruce & Phil-

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Sundays at 12 Noon96.5FM is streaming on the internet.

To listen, go to www.innerfm.org.au andfollow the prompts.

■ Living in the Outback,so far awayfrom urban hubs, has a few disadvan-tages.

However, on the other hand, theadvantages are numerous. Ten min-utes out of Alice Springs, you're in thebush, and can roll out your swag withimpunity to witness all the splendourand beauty that Mother Nature has tooffer.

However, for me the greatest won-der of the Outback, anywhere inAustralia's vast inland, are the char-acters who reside there.

I've spent countless hours inOutback pubs, or at kitchen tables inbush huts or humpies, or beside camp-fires on starlit nights, just yarning withthese Outback characters.

One such was Molly Clark, a leg-end of the Centre, a true pioneer, whopassed away at 89 last week.

She ran a property called OldAndado, an icon throughout the In-land, on the edge of the SimpsonDesert.

Her nearest neighbour was 160kms away. In 1993 she inaugurated‘Molly's Bash’, a charity fund raisingextravaganza, where people from allover Australia annually bounced hun-dreds of kiolmetres into the Outback,out along ‘Molly's Track’.

■ From people to animals! There arecat people, and there are dog people.

I have always been in the lattercamp. I don't like cats much for theiraloofness and arrogance, but, moreimportantly, for the damage and deci-mation they cause to Australia'sdefenceless wildlife.

Both the domestic creatures, andthe millions of vicious feral predatorsare responsible for this perpetual mas-sacre.

I often see them dining on someroadkilled kangaroo or emu as I drivealong, but they are exceedingly cun-ning, and slink away at my approach.

I've never seen one dead on theroad. The specimens which I see aregenerally normal tabby size, but theyhave been reports around Alice Springsof them growing much bigger.

Chris Watson, the Land for Wild-life co-ordinator, spotted one outsidehis home, about the size of a kelpie."It looked like a leopard," he said.

There are always hues and criesabout these creatures endangeringnative wildlife, but Chris makes aninteresting point in saying that theyprobably don't endanger Central Aus-

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tralian wildlife, because all the spe-cies which were in danger have al-ready been wiped out by them overthe past 80 years, and they're currentlyfeeding on species which are quiteprolific.

He may have a point, but I reckonthey're a bloody nuisance, and I stilldon't like them!

■ And now to dogs! Even though Ilike them, and have always had themin my family, there are a few I spyaround the place that I can do without.

It's probably actually the ownerswhich I could do without, because adog is quite malleable in its owner'shands, and these dogs have beenproudly taught to be vicious by theirvicious owners.

The most preferred dog in the Cen-tre is of course the Heeler, intelligentand loyal, and territorial. Their own-ers are generally bushmen, or townpeople who spend a lot of time in thebush.

But, of course there is a smatteringof pitbull-type creatures, who have ob-viously been encouraged in their anti-social attitudes why their generally

anti-social owners. Recently policewere called by the occupants of ahome in Alice to quell a domestic dis-turbance, when a pitbull charged oneof the officers with the intention of at-tacking him, so he shot it.

A local dog rescue lady complainedabout this. She claimed the police-man should have calmly and quietlyturned around and walked away fromthe charging dog, because eye con-tact had caused the problem.

And, rather than guns, she claims,police should carry treats around withthem! Sure to work!

■ And now scientists have discov-ered new evidence of a previouslythought endangered species, the mar-supial mole. And it may not be so en-dangered after all.

These creatures are completelyblind, having no eyes at all, relyingjust on smell and hearing. They live inburrows underground, so obviously arerarely seen.

So there could be myriads of themburrowing around in the desert sand!And the scientists found heaps of theirburrows, so this may well be the case.

They were part of a 50 strong sur-vey out in the Gibson Desert on a threeweek project for Desert Discovery,checking up on not only the moles, butother reptiles and mammals and in-sects and plants in the area.

It is often the case that creatureswhich are supposedly extinct or en-dangered in fact are abundant becausethey live in places where people don'tgo.

This is the case with wallabies atBlairgowrie. For over 50 years I'veheard them, seen their tracks and theirscats, and even smelt them, but neverseen one. And people often make lotsof noise when they move about, so thecreatures beat a hasty retreat beforethey're spied.

This was the situation with thepygmy blue tongue, which hadn't beenseen for a century. They were discov-ered living in spider holes, where theywere again never seen. This may alsobe the case with the mysterious andelusive Night Parrot.

■ And then there is a giant CentralAustralian wombat!

This fellow, however, roamedaround the place a couple of millionyears ago, during the last Ice Age.

And he was a little bigger than theHairy Nose that currently wanders

about in the Centre. It was the largestmarsupial ever, called a Diprotodon,standing about two metres tall, andweighing about three tonnes.

A couple of weeks ago a bone wasunearthed on a remote northwest Ter-ritory cattle station, so a group of sci-entists, led by the Earth Science cura-tor of the NT Museum and Art Gal-lery, Adam Yeats, is off to hopefully

unearth some more bits of the crea-ture, and possibly bits of other suchcreatures as well.

These days, with only a few roosand the occasional dingo patteringabout, I could hardly wait to lie in myswag waiting for a wombat the size ofa hippo to waft by!

Glad he's gone to God!- Nick Le Souef

●●●●● Molly Clark has died at the age of 89

gust 16, 1962 he was called into Brian Epstein'soffice to be told that his services as a drummerwere no longer required.

He had walked into the office with no ideathat anything was wrong, he was very happybecause The Beatles had just had their first re-cording session at the Abbey Road Studios.

Those few minutes in Brian Epstein's officechanged his life forever. He was replaced byRingo Starr.

Two months later The Beatles were on thetop of the charts with the hit song Love Me Do.Over the years there has been great controversyover the reasons for Pete's dismissal.

He joined a band called The All Stars andworked with other groups.

In 1963 Pete married his wife Kathy and theyhave been married for almost 50 years. He gaveshow business away in 1968 and eventually be-came a training manager.

Pete refused to discuss The Beatles for manyyears but returned to show business in 1988 withThe Pete Best Band.

He can be heard drumming in songs on the1995 Anthology 1 album. He has never spokento any of the group members since that day in1962 but in 1967 his mother lent John Lennonher father's war medals for him to wear on thealbum cover of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart ClubBand.

Pete Best is a very quietly spoken man and Ienjoyed interviewing him, thanks to our own pub-

‘He has never spokento any of the group

members sincethat day in 1962’

Melbourne People

★ Andi Lew and Dr Natalie Kringoudis have joined forces to publish anew book, Eat Fat, Be Thin. The couture cookery recipes are sugar-

free, wheat-free, dairy-free, says publicist Helen Reizer.

★ On Monday afternoon (Oct. 15), Deputy Lord Mayor, Cr Susan Riley,launched the Spring Racing fashion range available at Harbour Town,

Docklands. The function was held at Le Cirque Cafe, Star Cres, Docklands.

★ Christie McIntosh is launching her ‘Blooming Couture’ service ather Emma St, Seddon florist this Saturday (Oct. 20). Blooming Cou-

ture is the culmination of Christie’s two passions - flower and fashion.

★ Rye-based builder DC Construction wasnamed residential MasterBuilder of the Year for a spectacular home in Merricks North, at a

function held at Crown Palladium on Friday night. O’Dowd Design andConstruction was named Regional Builder of the Year for a seaside homein Point Lonsdale. Robert Rolls from Mornington-based First Impres-sions Projects Pty Ltd will be awarded Young Builder of the Year.

★ Oscar-award winning animator Adam Elliot will tonight (Wed.) hostthe Australian Production Design Guild awards for excellence to be

produced by Karla Tatterson, in association with Docklands Studio,Melbourne. APDG Board Chair George Liddle says the invitation-only eventwill be held at Doltone House, Pyrmont, Sydney.

★ HIT Productions (Christine Harris) is staging a clearance sale oftheatre sets, props and costumes from 10am on Saturday, October 27

at 10 Bentley St, Williamstown North.

★ Melbourne’s first French Polynesian Festival will be staged at SouthYarra’s Como House and Gardens from October 25-28. An opening

night extravaganza will be held at Federation Square on Tuesday (Oct. 23).

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