Bay Harbour: May 10, 2017

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Wednesday May 10 2017
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Plans to upgrade reserve
FINALISTS: Suzanna Davis, Ruby Blake-Manson and
Hermione Murden (right) will compete in a problem solving
contest in the United States.
Peninsula girls to foot it with
top problem solvers in US
THREE GIRLS from Banks
Peninsula are going to the
United States to represent their
schools in an international
problem solving competition.
Suzanna Davis, from Port
Levy, and Ruby Blake-Manson,
from Charteris Bay, both 16, are
part of a team set to represent
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School at
the Future Problem Solving
international finals in June.
Hermione Murden, 12, also
plans to attend the finals,
representing Selwyn House.
She will compete in the junior
division of the competition.
The competition will take
place at Wisconsin University
from June 3 to 14 and involves
more than 2200 young people
from around the world.
The topic for this year’s
competition is biosecurity.
It involves the participants
combining their knowledge in
science, social and ethical issues.
The girls have all been
fundraising. Suzanna and Ruby
both need to raise $3603 each to
cover flights, competition costs,
insurance and accommodation.
Hermoine needs to raise
$4700. She has hosted several
fundraisers and applied
for funding from other
organisations to help cover the
costs.
The girls have all requested
$300 from the Banks Peninsula
Community Board to go
towards the costs.
A TREE hut, bike track and skate
park could be key features in the
redevelopment of a Governors
Bay reserve.
In November last year, the city
council asked the community to
provide ideas on three different
sections of the Governors Bay
Community Centre and Pool
Reserve.
It received feedback from 59
people, including school children,
residents and community groups.
From the feedback, the city
council has created a landscape
plan to take to the community
before it goes before the Banks
Peninsula Community Board.
It involves improving the current
bike pump track, building a
half pipe and a tree hut to create
the feeling of being in the tree
canopy.
More play equipment, including
swings and balancing logs,
will be included, along with a
picnic area near the half pipe.
The plans propose removing
seven trees in the reserve, five due
to their declining health and two
to make room for the bike track.
The plans also include putting
screens up near the existing
swimming pool for better privacy,
more planting will also be
added to existing flower beds.
Consultation on the plans
NEW IDEAS: A tree hut among the forest canopy, a half pipe
and bike track are all possibilities for the reserve.
closes on May 29 with construction
planned for spring after the
community board’s approval in
July.
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