Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
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Community spirit blooms By Tanya Steele A decades-old comeback has seen a relaunch of the Tecoma Primary School spring floral carpet display on Friday 11 October in Tecoma. The once well-known spring ‘floral carpet’ of the Dandenongs was assembled by a tireless group of volunteers as the Tecoma Centenary Committee continue to mark the 100-year anniversary of the naming of the Tecoma train station. Tecoma Primary School Principal Rohan Thompson said the setup was a ‘hive of excitement’. Students brought in flowers from their home and neighbours gardens on Thursday and the project also received donations from outside the school community. The floral carpet was a modern version of the original rhododendron floral carpets featured many years ago. Using flower donations from the Tecoma Primary School community and beyond the beautiful display attracted a steady flow of visitors to the school. “It had amazing community spirit,” Tecoma Centenary Committee member Kym Cinel said. See more on page 16
Estella from grade one helping out with the set-up. (Stewart Chambers: 436869)
Elias Gerovasilis died on his motorbike and now his grieving family wants to...
‘Save one person’ By Tanya Steele As Motorcyclist Awareness Month continues in Victoria throughout October, a Dandenong Ranges family is asking for more rider awareness and mandatory advanced training for motorcycle rid-
ers and motorists alike after the loss of their son, Elias. “Our lives have changed forever,” said parents Bill and Janine Gerovasilis who want to see motorcycle riders undergo more advanced training,
in the hope that no family will have to experience the unthinkable pain they are living in. “We hope telling our story can at least save one person,” they said. The Gerovasilis family were shattered by the
loss of their 22-year-old son Elias after he suffered a fatal motorcycle crash in Emerald on Tuesday 6 August. The family is well known to the Hills community and runs a barber shop in Tecoma. Continued page 5
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