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PRIDE Fairday is on this Sunday February 15 at Hyde Park with live music, stalls, food, kids’ play areas, roving Sugar Blue Burlesque performers, and the semi-famous dog show. It’s on 11am to 6pm, and you can BYO if you are super responsible about it.

TREMENDOUSLY bearded tree lover Greg Smith says he was a little too fringe for the Fringe Festival: while a DJ was playing he and peace-loving Canadian buddy Frank O’Brien tossed rose heads on the dance floor in a gesture of whimsy and love. A security brick-made-flesh approached the hippy seniors and told them if they did it one more time they’d be thrown out.

THE Mount Hawthorn hawkers’ markets are back on after power supply problems caused them to take a break. They’re opening up again this Friday February 13 from 5pm at Axford Park. There’ll be satay, greek food, French feeds, waffles, and maybe wood-fired pizza (unless there’s a total fire ban Friday). Vincent council’s budgeted $14,000 to permanently sort out the electricity issue by installing powerpoints by the end of February.

VINCENT CEO Len Kosova is off for two weeks’ leave with a third baby on the way. New finance director John Paton started last week and, now that he’s been shown where the calculator and coffee machine is, the council reckons his training is complete so he can fill in as acting CEO for a fortnight.

ANYONE wanting to hold a hoe-down in Vincent this year should head to the info session on Monday February 23 for major festival and event funding. You need to be there if you want to apply for cash to help your event, so get to the Leederville council HQ at 6pm.

SOCIAL outings for seniors are starting up again next week: Tours for Vincent olds across the next couple months include a Freo lunch cruise, a walk through the ABC and a visceral trip through the Tamala Park waste management facility (hold dor dose). Call 9273 6564 for info or cyber-savvy seniors can check the council website.