Cardinia Shire Council invites the local community to have their say on the future of the Emerald Lake Park Precinct Strategic Plan.

Opportunities include:

• OurSay forum:

July 10 – August 19.
Online forum asking the community to suggest ideas for activities/activations to take place within the precinct. Suggestions can then be voted on by the community with the top 3 suggestions winning an ELP Day Out pass for 2 adults and 2 children.

• Online Survey:

July 10 – August 19.
Online survey to get more specific insights into community use, views and desires for the precinct. The first 150 surveys completed will receive a free hot drink at the ELP café.

• Postcard campaign:

July 20 – August 19.
Distributed around the community, schools and ELP precinct. These postcards ask people to write a love letter, break up letter or hang out letter to ELP/Nobelius, to gain insight into what people love, hate and want to do at the ELP Precinct. Postcards received will be displayed at the Environment Centre to inspire participation. All returned postcards will go into the draw to win one of 3 ELP Day Out passes for 2 adults and 2 children.

For all the information and survey links head to the Cardinia Shire Council website HERE

Mountain District Radio Inc will be holding it's Annual General Meeting on Monday 3rd September at the Upwey/Belgrave RSL - 1 Mast Gully Rd, Upwey VIC 3158.

All financial members of the association are encouraged to attend.
The RSL is opening up the premises and will be staffing the bar from 6pm with the AGM to start at 7:30pm sharp.

The ordinary business of the annual general meeting is as follows:
 
     1   To confirm the minutes of the previous annual general meeting and of any special general
          meeting held since then.
 
     2   To receive and consider the annual report of the Committee on the activities of the                         
          Association during the preceding financial year submitted by the Committee in accordance    
          with Part 7 of the Act.
 
     3   To elect the members of the Committee.
 
     4   Produce Financial Statement.

Nominations for Committee of Management positions are now open.  Nomination and Proxy forms and the Minutes of the 2017 AGM will be emailed to all members and/or can be collected from the 3MDR office upon request.

Got the winter blues?  Why not shake them off at the next Red To Blue Session with White Lightning at the Emerald RSL on Friday 24th August.

Gather some friends and enjoy a night of great live blues music!

White Lightning will be warming up the Emerald RSL with their special brand of blues music.
Doors open at 7pm with the tunes kicking off at 7:30pm
Tickets are only $10 for 3MDR/RSL members and subscribers or $12.....available on the door.
The RSL bar will be open and food options are available.
Support live music in Emerald and get along to the Emerald RSL on Friday 24th August.
Tune into Red To Blue every Friday with The Webstar for great music, interviews and all the info on the monthly Red To Blue Sessions

Attention lovers of live blues music!  The Sammy Owen Blues Band returns to the Emerald RSL for another Red To Blue Live Session on Friday 22nd June 2018.

The Webstar and Tony have returned from their adventures and are delighted to be hosting another night of fabulous live blues music at the Emerald RSL

Doors open at 7pm and tickets are only $10 for MDR/RSL members and subscribers or $12 full fare.

The RSL bar will be open and food options available.

Get your dancing shoes ready and join us at the Emerald RSL on Friday June 22nd for another evening of live n local blues music with the fabulous Sammy Owen Blues Band!

Chandler Road Family Dental Clinic are a general dental practice operating in Boronia and, due to the advanced dental procedures they offer for their patients, they have had patients all the way from Albury-Wodonga and the Gippsland region traveling to access their clinic.
The mouth is one of those specialised organs which gets used quite rigorously, hence it is important to undertake regular maintenance with a dental professional to ensure good mouth health and undertake maintenance therapy if required. If left untreated, then almost always the dental deterioration tends to progress resulting in infection and tooth loss.
In addition to general dental services like preventive dental treatment and fillings, Chandler Road Family Dental Clinic do offer advanced dental treatment for people with dental anxiety. Dental treatment anxiety should be a thing of the past, but some patients have a past history of either encountering difficult procedures in the chair or have experienced pain during general dental procedures. This tends to have a negative effect and these patients usually delay their dental treatment, purely in anticipation that the it might end up being the same as before.
However, for people who have already been affected psychologically, due to their negative past experience with the dentist, Chandler Road Family Dental Clinic do offer a variety of treatment options to enable them to have the dental treatment they have always wanted:
(1) Nitrous oxide sedation (in house) - commonly called laughing gas, this is one of the pharmacological aids to help patient relax while they have their dental treatment. This procedure is offered in-house and most people find the treatment to be quite manageable and most feel positive about having their treatment.
(2) IV sedation (in house) - is offered in house for people with anxiety who need simple dental treatment done like simple extractions, fillings and so forth. This treatment is undertaken at the practice by a specialised anesthetist and under strict supervision.
(3) Or General anesthetic at the local hospital - for some patients, the safest and the most practical means is to undergo treatment with a general anesthetic.  Sleep dentistry an emerging field of dentistry and is utilised quite often for people who do not want to experience any stress whatsoever during their dental procedure.
With all of the above treatment options, the cost becomes a significant issue for most people.  In response to this Chandler Road Family Dental Clinic offer a payment plan solution to help their patients pay off their treatment fees, sometimes even over two years.  The Denticare payment plan solution is offered within the practice, the paperwork to lodge this is quite simple, and there is no interest or penalties.  It is easy to set-up for a small administration fee and the dental treatment can be started pretty much straightaway. This provides most people with the ability to undertake the dental treatment they always wanted without having to wait.

There have been some recent changes to 3MDR's programming over the last month or so.  From time to time, long standing favourites retire or programs move around the grid to suit the busy schedules of the dedicated volunteer presenters.

After over 20 years of broadcasting on 3MDR 97.1fm, Michael Holman has taken his Almost Blue program to an online format.  Lovers of the blues need not despair as Michael, along with co-host Michelle, will be presenting the program through an online network which you can check out here www.almostblueradio.com/about-us/

Michelle Richardson has also moved her own show Pay It Forward to the online network and you can check out Michelle's program by following the link above.

We wish Michael & Michelle all the very best for their new broadcasting adventures.

Out On The Edge with Rollo has gone over the edge after 15 years of broadcasting on a Saturday night.  Rollo has made the difficult decision to retire the program and will be missed by us all here at 3MDR.  Lovers of great music can still enjoy classic and rare rock with the return of Roach and Purple Haze.   Roach is thrilled to be back in the 3MDR studios after the retirement of Dazed & Confused which he co-hosted with his good mate Wayno a couple of years ago.

3MDR has received several new program proposals over recent months and the newly established Program Committee will be processing the applications over coming weeks.  New presenters will undertake some training before being handed the keys to the studio to try their hand at community broadcasting.  The new shows are predominantly music based and will make a great addition to the diversity of 3MDR's music programming.  If you would like to find out more about how local community members can apply for a program, please contact Lee Hannah at programming@3mdr.com

Other recent changes include:
Aka Pelican with Rick Ricksteen moving to Wednesdays 3-5pm.
Now & Then with Neesy and Mae has moved into Wednesdays 5-7pm
Whammer Jammer Cafe with Ol' Shep Dawg Hisself moved to Fridays 11am-1pm
The Imaginary Friends Show with Peej will be moving from Mondays to Tuesdays 6-9am in early June with a new Monday breakfast program hosted by The Invisible Man of Bring Down The Birds fame commencing at the same time. 

We hope you can welcome the new volunteer presenters as they join the broadcasting team over coming weeks on your local radio station, 3MDR 97.1fm