Moonee Valley Magazine

Fiona Cracknell is a mum and chalk artist from Gladstone Park. She was recently interviewed on 3AW Breakfast (Sept 23).
Read her story and hear her interview in Neighbours

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THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE

September 26-October 2, 2020

MVCC Elections

I saw a number of people on Facebook asking who were the candidates in their Ward for the forthcoming Council elections. Lists have been going around getting longer and longer. So to try and help you in your decision-making we have made up a page of candidates, received from the
Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC)

MAC THE LIFE
Mac came into RSPCA as a timid stray after he was hit by a car. Unfortunately, his injuries were so severe that his right hind leg had to be amputated. Mac

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Victorian caravan and camping industry contributes $2.3 billion to the Victorian economy. Or it used to! News

GO POTTY
Delve into the immersive and fun Trivia Experience that focuses on pop-cultures wizards and wizarding worlds ... It's mainly knowledge based trivia from a wizard who can't be named, but is featured in 7 books. What's On

EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE
TWO CHAMPION MATES
Champion Hawthorn Half forward Flanker Bob Keddie (4 goals in the last quarter of a Grand Final to win by 12 pojnts) reviews the story of his old mate Peter Crimmins in the new book "Crimmo". Sport

MOONEE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
UP until October 24 we will all be voting (or get fined!) for councillors at the forthcoming MVCC elections.

We asked one of the candidates if she'd be interested in a Q&A which wasn't all politics, business and education acumen.

Here are a few questions and answers put to Rosehill Ward's Independent candidate, LUISA MUSCARA. INDEPENDENT'S DAY

GETTING DIGITAL
THE Federal Government has thrown struggling small businesses a lifeline today, announcing plans to overhaul insolvency rules. Small Business

PETER CRIMMINS was always the shortest of his peers, particularly in the sporting arena, yet he never let stature stand in the way of achieving all he set out to accomplish - on and off the field. Crimmins' spirit lives on decades after his passing, which is why Crimmo - a sporting story, a love story and a social history all in one - is such an important tale. Read more about the Peter Crimmins Story here.

The winner of a copy of "Crimmo" (Player #5) was Karen Dalton from Tullamarine

5km FRIENDS ZONE
WITH Melbourne residents prevented from going further than 5km from home during lockdown, an interactive map developed by Monash University researchers is making it easier to see a friend outdoors.

A WIGGLY STORY
Just a few months ago, Australia nearly lost beloved original Yellow Wiggle Greg Page when he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in the middle of a bushfire relief concert while on stage with The Wiggles. He talks about it here.
You can also win a song about your suburb THIS weekend. HEALTH

SBS ON DEMAND
Spiral (French with English subtitles) has it all, as long as you have a strong stomach. Fabulous characters. Seven series and another to come. Definitely for late-night bingers. MOVIES

While the focus of the story has been Facebook and Google, the real battle is about the whole ecology of the modern mediasphere. MEDIA

PAUSING FOR THE PANDEMIC:
A time for reflection and reassessing by Di Morrissey
The juggle and struggle of enforced lockdown, working from home, adjusting to life en famille, financial hardship, or, for some, a surprising bonus.

THREE time premiership player Barry Davis, the game’s purest champion, led North Melbourne to its first ever premiership in 1975.This biography by Barry’s brother Ken comes 60 years after Davis first walked into Windy Hill – home of the electrifying John Coleman – beginning one of the most illustrious careers of all.

WON WON WON
The first correct winning entry to win a copy of Born to Play was Leanne Boyd from Airport West
The answer was Captain Filou

PUBS BLEEDING WITH DEBT
“Local pubs are on the debt cliff and will never recover if they cannot re-open soon. We could lose the iconic corner pub because of the debt the Victorian Government restrictions have put on them. NEWS
Photo: Tembela Bohle

WENDY and husband Anthony opened Biagio's Restaurant in 2008. They now run the 64 seat restaurant and full cocktail bar with their 23 year old twin sons Biagio and Gianni. FOOD & WINE

AS a musician in the Air Force Band, Leading Aircraftman Callum Moncrieff is used to wearing many hats.
COMMUN ITY NEWS

WHEN more than 90% of wood logged out of Victoria’s Critically Endangered Mountain Ash forests is pulped for paper and cardboard, there’s something wrong. OPINION
Photo: Louis

THE Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, has welcomed the Federal Government’s extension of temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections, to support struggling small businesses impacted by the COVID crisis. NEWS

LAST year Phil Kafcaloudes went to a lecture by famed British film producer David Puttnam. He showed us a slide that indicated Apple was the biggest company in the media universe. In contrast, he then showed us how Netflix had overtaken Apple when it came to online streaming. MOVIES

ON A STREET WHERE WE LIVE
"When I first moved into Gladstone Park, the first person I met was my next door neighbour." NEIGHBOURS

A TALE OF COURAGE
"I grew up in a normal Australian family ... at least in the degree that any Australian family can be considered normal." Sam Bloom's amazing journey back from the edge of death and the depths of despair will capture your emotions like few other. BOOKS

LOCKDOWN has placed mental pressures on Melburnians like no event since WWII. Media outlets are constantly telling us daily about the doom and gloom: fines; cheats; deaths; the failures of policy; the loneliness; the blame. Journalism academic Phil Kafcaloudes looks at whether it might be better if we just turn off the information barrage. OPINION

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ACTIVITY
If you would like to start your kids September school holidays on the music trail then all you need to do is read this story about The Melbourne Performing Arts Academy.

DITCH FBT
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has urged the Federal Government to abolish fringe benefits tax (FBT) for at least two years to provide a much-needed cash flow boost to the economy and support struggling small businesses. NEWS

MAKING HIS MARK
I was looking at a fresh face talking to (mainly) kids about painting. But talking to kids about painting like Vincent van Gogh? I thought this isn't going to go well. But local man Mark Rusic presents a charm without that over-done commercial spin. It was presented as natural as you like and I could see why kids, and their parents, would be attracted to him and his art.
Iconic Colours

FASTA PASTA
Can you imagine starting a new business in the middle of a global pandemic? Many people have done so because of necessity, Marina Totta is doing it because she loves it!

Stories from previous issues
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