Nor'West News: February 20, 2018

6 Tuesday February 20 2018
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Uncanny twist to
helping sick man
• By Julia Evans
THE BELFAST Community
Network’s year has got off to a
good start. Staff helped save a
life.
On a day trip taking children
for a swim at Cass Bay,
community development
co-ordinators helped an elderly
woman who was on the phone
to St John, she was trying to get
help for her husband who was
in a lot of pain.
Community development
co-ordinator Candace Moir
said one of her colleagues noticed
the woman as they were
loading the children back onto
the bus.
“There was a man who had
got himself into a bit of trouble,
he was bent over . . . he had all
the signs of having a heart attack,”
she said.
The man was not having a
heart attack, but had taken an
antihistamine that morning,
which was reacting poorly with
his heart medication.
“We got him into the recovery
position and between
us, we supported him and
supported his wife until the
ambulance arrived.”
In an uncanny twist, the
man who needed help was a
neighbour of network chairman
Alan Hardy.
It was not until he was out of
hospital that the man remembered
the logo of Ms Moir’s
shirt, which said BCN, and
tracked them down.
“It’s such a small world, it just
came up in conversation and
Alan said the guy is actually
my neighbour,” she said.
But she said the main thing
was hearing he was doing well.
Animators living in Mona Vale
THREE international
animators have taken up
residence in the Mona Vale
Gatehouse.
In conjunction with the
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Community Board, the city
council is trialling an artists in
residence programme to utilise
the recently-restored gatehouse
in Fendalton.
The United States’ Rachel
Larsen and the United
Kingdom’s stop-motion
animators Rob Millard and
Max Martin are the first
creatives to move into the
house.
NOR’WEST NEWS
Pupils lead at Selwyn House
SCHOOLS
DRESSED UP: Briar Jarman and Lily
Zhang-Greig (left) along with Katie Taylor,
Phoebe James and Tilly O’Donnell dressed up
for the day.
Selwyn House School has a unique leadership programme designed specifically for its
senior pupils. Last week, all year 8 pupils took part in the leadership skills day. It helped the
senior girls to continue being leaders within the school and serve as role models for the
younger pupils.
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the leadership
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