Selwyn Times: August 08, 2018

10 Wednesday August 8 2018
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In Brief
BUILDINGS POLICY
The district council is consulting
on its draft Dangerous, Affected
and Insanitary Buildings Policy.
The draft policy states the
district council will not know
if a building is dangerous or
unsanitary until a complaint is
made, or it receives information
about a particular building from
the occupants or neighbours. For
more information or to have your
say go to yoursay.selwyn.govt.
nz. Consultation closes on Friday.
MOVIE NIGHT
The district council is hosting
another movie night. E.T. the
Extra Terrestrial will be screened
at Rolleston College on Friday.
District council senior events and
recreation advisor Dave Tippett
said this is one for the whole
family. Booking is essential as
space is limited. Tickets can be
purchased online at EventBrite.
Doors open at 6.30pm.
CULTUREFEST
Selwyn’s multicultural festival,
CultureFest, is returning next
month. The district council is
seeking interest from dance, song
or cultural performance groups
to perform at the Lincoln Event
Centre on September 30. The
district council is also seeking
interest from cultural and ethnic
art and craft stalls.
• By Emily O’Connell
LINCOLN’S BEX Barrett has
one birthday wish this year – to
help people.
So in a bid to do just that,
she’s organised a variety night to
raise funds for the New Zealand
Breast Cancer Foundation.
In 2008, Mrs Barrett’s father,
Robert Dollery, died from breast
cancer.
“He actually had lung cancer
but it was secondary from a
strange cancer that originated
in the breast that normally
pregnant woman have,” she
said.
Mrs Barrett says she chose
the breast cancer foundation
because of the amazing work
they do.
“It’s just touched so much of
my life it just seemed like the
perfect charity to raise money
for and so I decided I would do a
fundraiser,” she said.
The event will be held on Mrs
Barrett’s birthday, September 1,
at the Lincoln Event Centre.
Friends and bandmates have
helped her organise the night,
which will feature a number of
acts including TribalDiva Belly
Dance Company, burlesque
performer and comic Ashleigh
Blair, ballroom and latin dance
phenomenon Saphire and Steel,
musicians Southfield, jazz singer
Georgia Catherine, Fan Dancers
and her own band, Hypnumb.
The master of ceremonies
for the night will be Nathan
Bonner or as he’s better known,
MulletMan. Mrs Barrett says he
will help bring the whole show
together.
“I think he’s incredibly talented
in his act, so he does a lot
of circus type acts, but he’s also
really, really funny and a really
lovely guy,” she said.
Mrs Barrett says the event will
be “a great night out in Lincoln.”
“If we can sell 200 tickets . . .
then we should be giving at least
over $4000 to the foundation
which would be lovely,” she said.
Doors will open at 6.30pm,
with the show starting at 7pm.
•For more information or
to buy tickets please visit
https://www.eventbrite.
co.nz/e/lincolnsvariety-night-fundraisertickets-47946308700
or
email lincolnvarietynight@
mail.com. Tickets are $40
each or $300 for a table.
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