World Champion boxer Johnny Famechon, who achieved world wide fame as a result of his epic title fights with Fighting Harada of Japan, is the first nominee for the Frankston City Hall of Fame.

Frankston City Mayor Alistair Wardle will officially open the upgraded Eric Bell Pavilion. The Eric Bell Reserve is shared by the Pines football and cricket clubs, who have a combined membership of more than 250.

Fourteen Indonesian local government officers, in Australia as part of the Indonesia Australia Specialised Training Project, will be visiting Frankston City from 2-6 June. The delegation will be looking at how Frankston balances business development, arts and tourism with community support programs.

Is he the creator of the mystery road signs in Langwarrin? It seems not. But internationally renowned artist Richard Tipping is the mastermind behind the more sophisticated Hearth, a 15 metre X 15 metre exhibit in Frankston �™s George Pentland Botanic Gardens.

Frankston City Council is on track to use 20 per cent less potable, or drinkable, water this year, thanks largely to its work connecting parks and reserves to recycled water, and sowing sports grounds with warm season grasses

The McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park in Langwarrin is home to Australia �™s richest and most prestigious sculpture competition  �" the $100,000 McClelland Survey - but visitors to the park have less than two weeks remaining for their chance to share in the prize pool.

Councillor Judy Wachendorfer joined 20 students from Chisholm Institute of TAFE, and members of the Friends of Wallace Reserve group, for a  ��good old fashioned � working bee on Monday (19 May).

The Pines Patch Community Garden is running a free workshop - Container Gardening  �" small on space, big on taste - on Saturday, 7 June. Gardening guru Jane Edmanson was at the Pines Patch last Friday (16 May) to give some expert tips to locals and promote the community garden and its workshop.

Frankston Family Day Care (FFDC) is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and FFDC's commitment to providing quality care for children    was recognised when they became the first Family Day Care scheme in Victoria to receive the Kids Go for your life Award.

Nominations for Frankston City Council's 2008-2009 Emerging Athletes Program are closing on 30 May, and the City's best young athletes are encouraged to apply and continue the outstanding tradition of the program'

'Tomorrow's Workforce Today' is a free business breakfast forum for leaders in business, industry and schools, to discuss the development of school-industry partnerships that will improve the transition into employment for young people in the region.

Frankston City Council has voted unanimously to support the Victorian Government's Alcohol Action Plan. Council will write to Premier John Brumby congratulating him on the plan, and requesting that Frankston City be included in the three month trial banning patrons entering licensed premises after 2:00am.

Frankston City Council is currently preparing its Domestic Animal Management Plan, which will set the strategic direction for Council's animal management program for the next three years.

More than 30 Nepean Special School students with various physical disabilities have embraced the Kids Go for your life Ride and Stride theme, riding an array of specialised bicycles, tricycles, hand cycles and recumbent bicycles in and around the school grounds.

Next week (11-17 May) is National Volunteer Week, and the Frankston Volunteer Partnership FVP is highlighting the work of three of the City's many volunteers.

Frankston Library Service is teaming up with Monash University and Chisholm Institute of TAFE to celebrate Education Week on Friday, 23 May.

To view the complete Education Week Calender of Events go to the Arts Events and Leisure link at the top of this page.

Frankston City Council has approved the members of the 2008 Disability Access and Inclusion Committee at its Ordinary Meeting last night Monday (5 May). The role of the committee is to provide feedback to all Council departments to increase social inclusion and accessibility for people with a disability.

Frankston City's South West ward will be holding its second ward meeting for 2008 on Thursday 29 May. Residents and ratepayers will have the opportunity to meet and discuss local issues with their ward councillors at the Frankston South Recreation Centre, Towerhill Road, Frankston South.