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TUESDAY, DECEMBER <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />

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I DO: Ashley Van de Loo and her fiance Zane Thoms will have the wedding they and their children, Millie and Luke, dreamed of<br />

after all.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER ​<br />

Wedding dream comes true<br />

• By Bridget Rutherford<br />

ASHLEY VAN de Loo cancelled<br />

her big wedding to fiance Zane<br />

Thoms when her brother was<br />

diagnosed with a rare disease.<br />

But her North New Brighton<br />

community wasn’t having a bar<br />

of it.<br />

The couple got engaged in<br />

August, and started planning<br />

Mural livens up Mairehau<br />

A drab wall on Innes Rd has<br />

been brought to life with art by<br />

primary school pupils<br />

Page 4 Page 9<br />

their big day.<br />

But four weeks later, Miss Van<br />

de Loo’s 18-year-old brother,<br />

Mitchell Pasco, was diagnosed<br />

with Takayasu arteritis, which<br />

causes chronic inflammation of<br />

large blood vessels and arteries.<br />

His condition means he<br />

could have a heart attack at<br />

any time, and has to have<br />

chemotherapy, medical<br />

appointments and daily<br />

medication.<br />

So they decided to cancel their<br />

big wedding plans to focus on<br />

his recovery.<br />

“I always dreamed of that<br />

beautiful, big wedding. But it<br />

wasn’t the right thing to do,”<br />

Miss Van de Loo said.<br />

Instead, they opted to marry<br />

at the registry office followed by<br />

Flame files finale<br />

After 518 columns Mark Thomas<br />

has one final message before<br />

retiring – check smoke alarms<br />

a barbecue reception at home on<br />

January 18, which will be their<br />

10-year anniversary.<br />

On Monday, Miss Van de<br />

Loo posted on the Peoples<br />

Independent Republic of New<br />

Brighton Facebook page to see<br />

if anyone had fairy lights, trestle<br />

tables or decorations for the<br />

barbecue.<br />

•Turn to page 4<br />

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cover<br />

• By Sarla Donovan<br />

VANDALS HAVE damaged a<br />

new $20,000 plastic roof at the<br />

Bromley School swimming pool.<br />

They cut a hole big enough for<br />

a person to climb through last<br />

Saturday.<br />

Contractor Darren King had<br />

recently finished putting on the<br />

new roof.<br />

“It’s never going to look nice for<br />

another eight years (when it will<br />

be replaced),“ Mr King said.<br />

“It’s like cutting a hole in a<br />

tent – you can patch it but it will<br />

never look the same.”<br />

The roof is made from greenhouse<br />

plastic and shade-cloth<br />

and measures 16m x 30m.<br />

“We’d have to strip it all back<br />

and replace the lot,” Mr King<br />

said.<br />

Principal Scot Kinley said it<br />

was “very disappointing” for the<br />

pupils.<br />

As well as the damaged roof,<br />

the vandals attacked the pool<br />

enclosure.<br />

They broke the toilet cisterns,<br />

poured liquid soap from the dispensers<br />

into the pool and threw<br />

in chairs and other items.<br />

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2 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 3<br />

News<br />

Clearing starts on section<br />

But owner<br />

won’t say<br />

when it will<br />

be finished<br />

• By Bridget Rutherford<br />

THE OWNER of an overgrown<br />

property in Avondale is refusing<br />

to say when the site will be<br />

completely cleared.<br />

Last week, <strong>Pegasus</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />

reported Maree Ross had tried<br />

for 18 months to get some action<br />

on the overgrown mess on<br />

the property next door to her<br />

Woolley St home.<br />

She said it was a fire risk,<br />

attracted vermin and insects,<br />

and looked awful.<br />

On Wednesday and Thursday,<br />

the property’s owner removed a<br />

small amount of the vegetation<br />

with a weed whacker and<br />

chainsaw. But work ceased on<br />

Friday.<br />

Owner Michael Hindmarsh<br />

would not talk to <strong>Pegasus</strong> <strong>Post</strong><br />

about when they would finish<br />

clearing the site.<br />

“No comment,” he said<br />

yesterday.<br />

Ms Ross said although she was<br />

WORRIED: Maree Ross in the overgrown empty section<br />

yesterday and (right) last week. PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

thrilled work had started, she<br />

wanted to see more done before<br />

Christmas.<br />

She said a lot of vegetation<br />

had been cut down and was now<br />

sitting on the ground, which<br />

could create a fire risk when it<br />

dried out.<br />

“If anything, it’s going to be<br />

worse than ever,” she said.<br />

“I’ve got Christmas Eve and<br />

New Year’s Eve with a fire risk<br />

and a park behind me. I’m very<br />

worried.”<br />

It had also heightened her hayfever,<br />

she said.<br />

She planned on calling Mr<br />

Hindmarsh today to ask more<br />

be cleared before Christmas.<br />

Originally, the city council<br />

said the maintenance of<br />

private properties was not its<br />

responsibility unless there was<br />

a fire risk or it encroached onto<br />

footpaths.<br />

It said there was no fire risk<br />

because the vegetation was still<br />

green.<br />

But after questions from the<br />

<strong>Pegasus</strong> <strong>Post</strong>, the city council<br />

later contacted the owners to ask<br />

the site be cleared, starting last<br />

week.<br />

“I just thank you guys<br />

[<strong>Pegasus</strong> <strong>Post</strong>] on what’s been<br />

actioned. Because the council<br />

sure as heck wasn’t,” Ms Ross<br />

said.<br />

City council head of<br />

regulatory compliance Tracey<br />

Weston said the site would be<br />

revisited early in the new year<br />

and, if it had not been cleared,<br />

it would be reassessed as to<br />

whether it was a fire risk.<br />

The property is next<br />

to Woolley St Kidsfirst<br />

kindergarten which was also<br />

concerned about the fire risk.<br />

The owners bought the<br />

property after the February 22,,<br />

2011, earthquake, Ms Ross said.<br />

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News<br />

Mural brings Mairehau alive<br />

Pupils inspire<br />

Innes Rd art<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

A DRAB wall in Mairehau<br />

has come to life with colourful<br />

artwork – an idea sparked<br />

entirely by local children.<br />

When asked what was<br />

wrong with their community,<br />

Mairehau Primary School pupils<br />

said the area needed more<br />

colour.<br />

So Richard ‘Popx’ Baker was<br />

enlisted to paint a mural on a<br />

wall between the school and<br />

Innes Rd.<br />

The Neighbourhood Trust<br />

and Child and Youth Friendly<br />

Cities organised the artwork,<br />

which features Mairehau pupils<br />

planting a garden.<br />

Trust manager Ginny Larsen<br />

said it has been a great result<br />

from a collaborative effort.<br />

“The project started two-anda-half<br />

years ago when the trust<br />

was working with children from<br />

Mairehau Primary asking them<br />

what they liked about the area,<br />

what they didn’t like and what<br />

they would like to change,” she<br />

said.<br />

One of the main themes was<br />

that the pupils found Mairehau<br />

a “bit grey” and wanted “more<br />

LIKE BANKSY: George Croton, teacher Alice McGinty,<br />

Luseane Alexander, Chelsea Radcliffe and Amy Scott in front<br />

of the mural on Innes Rd. PHOTO: GILBERT WEALLEANS<br />

colour and vibrancy” in the<br />

area.<br />

The pupils took photos and<br />

made up a board of ideas.<br />

“One of the things they<br />

suggested was a mural,” Ms<br />

Larsen said.<br />

But the trust quickly hit a<br />

road block.<br />

Said Ms Larsen: “We thought<br />

this would be lovely but we’ve<br />

got no money.”<br />

That’s when Child and Youth<br />

Friendly Cities came on board.<br />

Ms Larsen said the group<br />

really liked the fact that it was<br />

the voices and ideas of local<br />

children being heard.<br />

Many large-scale murals by<br />

Baker feature across the city.<br />

They include a building<br />

at Phillipstown School through<br />

to the “wall of love” in New<br />

Brighton.<br />

Community steps<br />

up to give couple<br />

dream wedding<br />

•From page 1<br />

Said Miss Van de Loo: “I<br />

thought maybe someone has<br />

bought fairy lights for Christmas<br />

and were not using them.”<br />

Within an hour, more than 100<br />

people had offered help, including<br />

photography, decorations,<br />

wedding vehicles, a wedding<br />

cake, suits and a wedding dress,<br />

make-up, hair, a spray tan,<br />

pounamu necklaces, help to set<br />

up, and the use of Richmond’s<br />

Avebury House.<br />

They will now get married<br />

there on January 20.<br />

“We were just blown away<br />

with the response. We feel like<br />

we’ve won the Lotto. It’s practically<br />

a dream come true; I’m still<br />

speechless,” she said.<br />

The couple, who met as teenagers,<br />

moved to North New Brighton<br />

with their children Millie, 5,<br />

and Luke, 3, six months ago.<br />

“It’s amazing, I love how everyone<br />

bands together,” Miss Van de<br />

Loo said.<br />

“Within a month I would<br />

walk down the street and people<br />

would say hi. It’s just little<br />

things like that. We’ve never<br />

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had that before.”<br />

Miss Van de Loo said Millie<br />

was disappointed her parents<br />

may not have had the big wedding<br />

they hoped for.<br />

“She was quite sad, even I was<br />

sad, but that was what was important<br />

to us at the time.”<br />

Now they do not have to worry<br />

about organising the wedding,<br />

they can spend more time supporting<br />

Mitchell.<br />

“It could well have been his last<br />

Christmas. He could have a heart<br />

attack at any time,” Miss Van de<br />

Loo said.<br />

Millie would be her maid of<br />

honour, while Luke would be Mr<br />

Thoms’ best man.<br />

Mitchell is one of four New<br />

Zealanders to have Takayasu arteritis,<br />

which most commonly<br />

affects Asians and women.<br />

It has damaged his heart so<br />

much so that it is only working<br />

at 28 per cent, Miss Van de Loo<br />

said.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 5<br />

Pupils first to ride new cycleway<br />

LINWOOD AVENUE School<br />

pupils pedalled their way into<br />

the history books last week<br />

when they became the first to<br />

ride on the Rapanui-Shag Rock<br />

cycleway.<br />

The first stage of the cycleway<br />

was officially opened on<br />

Wednesday morning.<br />

It takes cyclists from Linwood<br />

Park, through Linwood, into the<br />

city centre – a journey of about<br />

2.5km.<br />

Eventually the cycleway will<br />

stretch as far east as the Ferrymead<br />

Bridge, where it will<br />

link to the Christchurch Coastal<br />

Pathway.<br />

For Linwood Avenue School<br />

pupils, the opening provided a<br />

chance to not only try out the<br />

new cycleway, but also a new<br />

bicycle.<br />

Some of the bicyles the school<br />

used for cycle safety training<br />

were stolen earlier this year so<br />

a few city council staff donated<br />

their old bikes to ICEcycles to<br />

repair. ICEcycles have already<br />

repaired and gifted one to a<br />

student for Christmas.<br />

The remaining bikes will be<br />

distributed to the school early in<br />

the new year.<br />

“It’s fantastic to see the kids<br />

on their bikes and enjoying the<br />

new cycleway,’’ said Innes Ward<br />

city councillor Pauline Cotter,<br />

LINWOOD FLYER: Linwood Avenue School pupil Flute Kovati<br />

was one of the first people to ride along the Rapanui-Shag<br />

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who heads the city council’s<br />

infrastructure, transport and<br />

environment committee.<br />

“The new cycleway routes are<br />

about making it safer for kids<br />

and people of all ages to cycle so<br />

we become less reliant on cars<br />

and lead healthier, active lives.<br />

Hopefully, some of the kids<br />

using the cycleway today will<br />

become regular users,’’ said Cr<br />

Cotter, who officially opened<br />

the cycleway with Associate<br />

Transport Minister Julie Anne<br />

Genter.<br />

The city council is building<br />

13 major cycleway routes across<br />

Christchurch.<br />

Three routes – the Papanui<br />

Parallel, the Little River Link<br />

and the Uni-Cycle – have been<br />

completed or substantially<br />

completed. The remaining 10<br />

are in various stages of planning<br />

and implementation.<br />

In late October and early<br />

November, the city council<br />

surveyed 625 cyclists who were<br />

using the completed routes to<br />

gauge their thoughts on the<br />

cycleways.<br />

Ninety-four per cent of people<br />

who answered the survey<br />

said they thought the new<br />

physically separated cycleways<br />

had improved their safety and<br />

cycling comfort.<br />

Eighty-three per cent stated<br />

the new separated cycleways<br />

had played a role in encouraging<br />

them to make more trips by<br />

cycle.<br />

Ninety-two per cent of people<br />

surveyed said they either<br />

strongly agreed or agreed that<br />

physically separated cycleways<br />

should be installed on routes<br />

throughout Christchurch.<br />

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The bright blue hydroslide<br />

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6 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

News<br />

Vandals<br />

damage<br />

school<br />

pool<br />

•From page 1<br />

The pool had to be completely<br />

drained and cleaned and fresh<br />

chemicals were added, which Mr<br />

Kinley said was very frustrating<br />

given the city has been close to<br />

imposing water restrictions.<br />

Mr King went<br />

to the school to<br />

repair the damage<br />

on Thursday.<br />

He said it would<br />

cost between $400<br />

to $500 to fix,<br />

but his company<br />

Tunnel House<br />

Tech would do<br />

Scot Kinley the work free of<br />

charge.<br />

“It’s about the kids in that<br />

school . . . Those kids wouldn’t<br />

have any other means of learning<br />

to swim.”<br />

Roll growth has prompted<br />

the Ministry of Education<br />

to implement a zone around<br />

Bromley and several other schools<br />

in the city’s east this year.<br />

ACHIEVERS: Mitchell Rowe, George Cox, Izak Dobbs and<br />

James Hunt went to Government House in Wellington to<br />

receive their Queen’s Badge awards. ​<br />

IN SPITE of everything the<br />

earthquakes threw at them,<br />

four young leaders have been<br />

awarded the highest award in<br />

the Boys’ Brigade – the Queen’s<br />

Badge.<br />

Shirley brigade members<br />

James Hunt, George Cox, Izak<br />

Dobbs and Mitchell Rowe<br />

were recently presented with<br />

their badges and travelled to<br />

Government House,<br />

Wellington, to receive the<br />

Local<br />

News<br />

Now<br />

Digital reindeer invade Marshland park<br />

A MARSHLAND park<br />

will be transformed into a<br />

winter wonderland where a<br />

misbehaving yeti has trapped<br />

Santa’s reindeer in an ice<br />

world.<br />

The city council is sponsoring<br />

a Magical Park app experience<br />

at Ouruhia Reserve on Chenery<br />

Ave off Marshland Rd.<br />

Children will help free the<br />

reindeer captured by a yeti in a<br />

snowy ice world and show them<br />

the way to Santa’s sleigh, as<br />

well as retrieve presents that<br />

have been thrown around by<br />

a bad elf.<br />

The game, which uses a<br />

mobile device and the Magical<br />

Park app, allows children to<br />

experience the park through<br />

GAMER: From Friday, children<br />

will be able to play an<br />

app-based game at Ouruhia<br />

Reserve on Chenery Ave off<br />

Marshland Rd. ​<br />

blended virtual worlds seen<br />

through the app. The game will<br />

be live from Friday and will run<br />

until <strong>December</strong> 31.<br />

City council head of parks<br />

Brent Smith said Magical Park<br />

used technology as a tool to get<br />

young people outside enjoying a<br />

local park.<br />

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one, especially with a Christmas<br />

theme this year. But they’ll also<br />

be able to get some exercise<br />

in the fresh air and enjoy the<br />

natural world around them.”<br />

The game is suitable for<br />

children aged six to 11, has three<br />

levels, and will take 30-60min<br />

to play.<br />

The app runs on iPhone and<br />

iPads and Android devices with<br />

compass, gyroscope, GPS and<br />

accelerometer sensors.<br />

You will need access to mobile<br />

data or a hotspot to play.<br />

Shirley boys earn Queen’s<br />

Badge for brigade work<br />

accompanying certificate from<br />

Governor General Dame Patsy<br />

Reedy.<br />

To qualify for the prestigious<br />

award, each boy had to<br />

undertake at least 45 hours<br />

community service, plan<br />

and undertake a three-day<br />

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McLachlan swims to medals<br />

South Brighton<br />

athlete eyes<br />

up world stage<br />

• By Andrew King<br />

SOUTH NEW Brighton’s<br />

Samantha McLachlan took out<br />

four medals in the pool at the<br />

Special Olympics New Zealand<br />

national summer games in<br />

Wellington.<br />

The 21-year-old won gold in<br />

the 25m butterfly, silver in the<br />

25m and 50m freestyle and<br />

bronze in the 4x25m medley<br />

relay.<br />

Her mother, Hayley, said she<br />

has loved swimming since she<br />

first got in the pool as an eightyear-old.<br />

“She took the event very seriously<br />

and trained about four<br />

times a week in preparation for<br />

it with others at the Graham<br />

Condon pool,” she said.<br />

Samantha wants to head to a<br />

world games event at some stage.<br />

“That is her goal,” she said.<br />

She is also learning to become<br />

a swim coach through her<br />

trainer, Brid Collins.<br />

She was one of a number of<br />

Christchurch athletes to win<br />

medals at the event.<br />

•Indoor bowls<br />

Kerry Horsham, Linwood,<br />

and Carolyn Middleton,<br />

Somerfield, silver in division<br />

TOP EFFORT: Samantha McLachlan (front middle) won four<br />

medals at the Special Olympics New Zealand national summer<br />

games in Wellington.<br />

B2 team event.<br />

•Tenpin bowling<br />

Team events: Richard<br />

Willmott, New Brighton, Jessica<br />

Stevens, Linwood, Ian<br />

Dobbie, Halswell, Andrew<br />

Westgarth, Northwood,<br />

silver in the team division six<br />

category.<br />

Stevens and Dobbie,<br />

bronze in the division 12<br />

doubles category.<br />

Singles: Willmott, gold in<br />

the men’s division 13 singles<br />

category and Damian Bumann,<br />

Linwood, gold in the<br />

men’s division 21.<br />

•Swimming<br />

Team events: Shawn<br />

O’Rourke, Halswell, Nathan<br />

Winkelman, Papanui, Jonathon<br />

Smithan, Burwood,<br />

and Ethan Hamilton-Currey,<br />

Selwyn, gold in the division<br />

M1 4x50m relay. Teresa<br />

Edgecumbe, Linwood,<br />

Georgia List, New Brighton,<br />

Charlotte Rozen, Lincoln,<br />

and Rochelle Waters, Selwyn,<br />

silver in division C1.<br />

Josh List, New Brighton,<br />

Kayla Hood, Shirley, Isabella<br />

Lammer, Rolleston, and<br />

Hayley Butler, gold in the<br />

division M1 4x25m relay.<br />

Samantha McLachlan,<br />

SPORTS<br />

South Brighton, Josie<br />

Noble, Cashmere, Andrew<br />

Salisbury, Hoon Hay and<br />

Jason Webster, Hornby,<br />

bronze in the division M2<br />

4x25 medley.<br />

Singles: Samantha<br />

McLachlan, South Brighton,<br />

gold in the 25m butterfly<br />

and silver in the 25m and<br />

50m freestyle.<br />

Teresa Edgecumbe,<br />

Linwood, gold in the 100m<br />

backstroke and silver in<br />

the 50m freestyle and 50m<br />

backstroke.<br />

Georgia List, New<br />

Brighton, gold in the 50m<br />

freestyle and silver in the<br />

50m breaststroke.<br />

Kayla Hood, Shirley, silver<br />

in the 25m backstroke and<br />

bronze in the 25m freestyle.<br />

Athletics<br />

Raymond Merrett,<br />

Avonside, gold in the men’s<br />

4kg shot put and bronze in<br />

the 100m.<br />

Amanda Herbert, gold in<br />

the 50m and bronze in the<br />

100m.<br />

Gina Harrington, Parklands,<br />

bronze in the 50m.<br />

Samuel Clifford, Linwood,<br />

bronze in the 100m.<br />

Aussie rules<br />

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picks up<br />

Shirley boys<br />

• By Andrew King<br />

SHIRLEY BOYS’ High students<br />

Layton Cahill and Devin<br />

Pullyblank have been selected<br />

to attend the AFL New Zealand<br />

Academy.<br />

They will join more than 100<br />

others from around the country<br />

at Northwood Park to hone their<br />

AFL skills over an eight-week<br />

period between February and<br />

April.<br />

Academy athletes will<br />

participate in skill development,<br />

athletic testing and<br />

measurement, gameplay and<br />

personal development.<br />

Canterbury Australian<br />

Football League president Steve<br />

Langridge said the selections<br />

provide a firm base from which<br />

the young players can learn<br />

the important skills of kicking<br />

accurately, hand-balling and<br />

ground positioning.<br />

For the past two years ​St<br />

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St Thomas’ College and Shirley<br />

Boys’ High have competed in different<br />

age groups in a nine-a-side<br />

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Book Group<br />

First Tuesday of every month,<br />

11-12pm<br />

Linwood Library is looking for<br />

readers to join a daytime book<br />

group. Open to men and women.<br />

Everyone reads the same book<br />

and gets together the following<br />

month to talk about it. Run in<br />

conjunction with Book Discussion<br />

Scheme. Small fee. Contact<br />

librarian Andrea Lord for details<br />

on 941 7923.<br />

Eastgate Mall, Buckleys Rd<br />

Have-A-Go at Indoor Bowls!<br />

Every Tuesday, 11am-1.30pm<br />

Indoor bowls for the senior<br />

community. No experience necessary<br />

and all abilities welcome.<br />

Go along to try it out. Please wear<br />

soft shoes. Cost per person is $2.<br />

First session free. Phone Tania<br />

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Aranui/Wainoni Community<br />

Centre<br />

Ascot Petanque Club<br />

Tuesday and Friday, 9.30-<br />

11.30am<br />

It is open for all ages, lots of<br />

fun and laughter and a great way<br />

to meet new people. For more<br />

information phone Ron on 388<br />

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Ascot Ave<br />

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Wednesday, 3.30-4.30pm<br />

Encourage your children’s<br />

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the sessions. Sessions are<br />

15min.<br />

New Brighton Library, Marine<br />

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Aranui Creation Station<br />

Wednesday 10am-noon<br />

This initiative from Otautahi<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 9<br />

FLAME FILES<br />

Fire columnist bids farewell<br />

• By Mark Thomas – fire risk management<br />

officer<br />

THIS IS the last flame files.<br />

After nearly 11 years back in<br />

Christchurch and 518 columns completed,<br />

I’ve decided it’s time to shuffle off into<br />

retirement.<br />

The column has been something I’ve<br />

always enjoyed.<br />

Sometimes the time available has been<br />

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I can only hope it’s been entertaining to<br />

some and even occasionally informative.<br />

I know the issues haven’t really changed.<br />

There are still too many kitchen fires.<br />

There are still too many arson fires.<br />

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The Main North Road shop<br />

has closed, and the Cranford St<br />

shop, which was opened after<br />

the earthquakes to provide<br />

furniture and linen for displaced<br />

families, has also closed<br />

its doors.<br />

“The Cranford St shop had<br />

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and the opportunity arose to<br />

bring the two shops together,<br />

which has been very exciting<br />

for us,” says Pastor for Salvation<br />

Army Christchurch North, Gill<br />

Waugh.<br />

“The new premises in Restell St<br />

offer a large, bright open space<br />

with lots of room for stock.<br />

New stock is on the shop floor<br />

every day, so it pays to drop in<br />

regularly.”<br />

The huge selection includes<br />

clothing, the popular label<br />

racks for that something special,<br />

toys, books, crockery and<br />

glassware, electrical items and<br />

furniture, all donated by the<br />

public.<br />

“There’s off-street parking at<br />

the new shop, which makes it<br />

easier for people dropping off<br />

items, and also for our customers,”<br />

Gill says.<br />

The Family Store will also pick<br />

up donated goods and deliver<br />

as arranged, Monday to Friday.<br />

All the proceeds from sales go<br />

towards the Salvation Army’s community<br />

work, such as budgeting advice,<br />

advocacy, WINZ quotes, welfare<br />

support and the Positive Lifestyle Programme.<br />

(These services operate from<br />

the Belfast Centre, 794 Main North<br />

Rd.)<br />

The Family Store offers a Loyalty Card<br />

system, with customers getting their<br />

card clicked for every $10 spent. Once<br />

they have 10 clicks, they get $10 to<br />

spend in the store.<br />

New manager at the Papanui Family<br />

Store, Anne Tihore, previously worked<br />

as a Family Store volunteer. She has<br />

four employees on her team, who are<br />

assisted by 25-30 volunteers. Some<br />

ladies have volunteered for up to 20 and<br />

30 years.<br />

Anne and staff member Pauline say<br />

customer feedback on the new shop has<br />

been really positive.<br />

“They love the spaciousness, brightness<br />

and the layout, and that everything<br />

is all in one place, not in two shops,”<br />

Pauline says.<br />

Anne says the new Family Store has<br />

also brought a consolidation amongst<br />

the staff.<br />

“There’s a great team spirit. And the<br />

shop also has a community feel about<br />

it, which comes from the customers.<br />

Papanui is a very strong community<br />

and we are excited to be a part of it.”<br />

The Papanui Family Store is currently<br />

recruiting for volunteers. Anyone interested<br />

should phone Anne on 352 0515<br />

or call in to the Family Store. Hours are<br />

Monday to Friday 9.30am-4.30pm and<br />

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GIVING BACK: City Harvest chief executive John Milligan (left) and<br />

organiser Joshua Jackson load groceries for 50 Christmas dinners<br />

into their van at South City New World.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

EVERY YEAR Marian College<br />

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In the final weeks of the term,<br />

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House group, Takahe 3,<br />

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time and bought items to give<br />

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Organiser Joshua Jackson said<br />

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Some of the food was collected<br />

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A team packed and distributed<br />

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This week they will collate the<br />

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The packages included a<br />

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Healthy snacks are always popular<br />

Christmas is a time for celebration,<br />

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• If you are hosting the party, offer your<br />

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• If you are taking a plate, make yours a<br />

healthy option. How about a platter of fruit<br />

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• Listen to your body and stop eating<br />

when you feel full.<br />

• Just say ‘No” to food – mentally<br />

Be aware of how much you are actually drinking<br />

practice strategies to decline food offers. For<br />

example: “It looks amazing but I am full” or<br />

“I tried it and it was great”.<br />

• Chat and mingle. If you are bored at a<br />

party you’re more likely to hover around the<br />

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aiming for 30 minutes of physical activity<br />

each day.<br />

• If your regular exercise class stops over<br />

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What’s On<br />

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