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4 Thursday August 16 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi 10CM POT 00162687 Window Vac Includes spray bottle and cloth. WV1 Plus. 08906680 $ 94 185mm Circular Saw 1200W. 00295878 5 Tier Shelving Unit 1830 x 910 x 410mm. Black. 02760249 $ 78 Sink or Basin Mixer The perfect gift for every occasion Strawberry Plant Fragaria ananassa. $ 1 67 $ 154 WELs mains 4 star, low 4 star. Chrome. $ 08902710A/08902670 39EACH WHAT’S ON GARAGE STORAGE EVENT Come check out our Garage Storage Event throughout the month of August. GARDEN DIARIES We can show you what you can do in your garden this time of year. Check out our Garden Diaries videos for plenty of great tips. • Harvesting • Pruning • Planting • Maintaining Search Bunnings garden diaries 9W PACK OF 2 LED Globe $ 4 98 806 lumens. ES. WW. 00027152/49/50/51 News Disney show helps • By Julia Evans IT MAY not have been in Paris, but Megan Hore has met Mickey Mouse. After last week’s article in The Star on the plucky bone cancer sufferer, Disney On Ice, which was in Christchurch for three days, made contact with her family and took them all to the show at Horncastle Arena. Megan, 18, is the daughter of well-known blind organist Richard Hore who busks at Countdown in the Bush Inn Centre to raise money to send her Disneyland Paris. The Star’s article was shared widely on social media, and a Givealittle page set up to help the family raise money, has been boosted. Disney on Ice offered the Hore family tickets to Friday night’s show at Horncastle Arena, as well as a meet and greet with Mickey Mouse. Not only did Megan see Disney on Ice on Friday SPECTACLE: Marilyn, Megan, Amy and Richard Hore met Mickey Mouse before the Disney on Ice show on Friday night. with her entire family and get to meet Mickey Mouse, she saw it a second time on Saturday with her best friend, Billie MacGibbon. And then again on Sunday with her mother, Marilyn and sister, Amy. The Star “I could literally see it 50 times and not get bored,” Megan said. Mr Hore said they had a “great view” and Megan was thoroughly captivated throughout the entire performance. Wash & Wear $ 119 Interior Low sheen. White. 00313495 Buy in-store or online Earthwool Glasswool Ceiling Insulation R3.6. 430mm. 10.47m². 00224589 $ 6 98 PER SQ MTR 1800W Waterblaster 2000psi. 06210700 $ 198 375ml Liquid Nails 00523437 $ 5 5m Extension Lead PVC. Domestic use. 00247263 $ 4 98 51 Pce Tool Kit Includes wide variety of tools. 00019163 $ 29 Our Policy is Lowest Prices, and we’re committed to it. Our price guarantee means that where, despite our procedures supporting our Policy, you find a competitor’s lower price on the same stocked item, Fence Palings 150 x 19mm x 1.8m. H3.2. 00469504 $ 3 32 EACH 15% This excludes trade quotes, stock liquidations and commercial quantities. Get D.I.Y. inspiration at bunnings.co.nz/diy-advice Not all services and products featured are available in all stores. See in store for product availability. We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. All prices quoted are inclusive of GST. Prices valid until Sunday 26th August 2018, or while stocks last. BUNZ18981_STAR
The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday August 16 2018 5 Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk ease cancer battle The highlight was getting to meet Mickey Mouse – who also gave her a goodie bag, including a Disney hat, photo frame and toy. “I had to take a moment and stop. Is this really happening? And then it did and I met Mickey,” she said. But Megan said since Finding Nemo is her favourite film, that section of the show was her favourite. “I grew up with the soundtrack and so I know all the words, it was great.” On Monday, Megan will face her sixth and final round of chemotherapy, so getting to see Disney on Ice was a way to celebrate that milestone. “It was something I’ve been waiting for as part of my end of treatment present,” she said. Megan was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer in October. She has since undergone chemo, plus surgery to remove the fibula and muscle in her right leg, Mrs Hore said. Megan has had a life long love of Disney, which grew after a trip to Los Angeles Disneyland in 2011. She now has a dream to go to every Disneyland around the world. “I love Disney because it just shows if you’re an adult, you can still be a kid and be happy. But also that you don’t need to rely on anyone else to get yourself through things,” she said. STAYING POSITIVE: Blind organist Richard Hore with wife Marilyn and daughter Megan. Her cancer battle will be his biggest challenge ever. Blind organist family’s cancer battle • By Julia Evans WELL-KNOWN blind organist Richard Hore has had many challenges in his life. But he is facing his biggest one yet after his 18-year-old daughter Megan was diagnosed with bone cancer. Mr Hore has been a staple of the Christchurch music scene since 1973 and is now busking outside Bush Inn Countdown every weekend to raise money to make Megan’s dream come true and take her to Disneyland Paris. “It’s amazing to be able to make people happy with my playing and it’s a really positive thing for Meg,” Mr Hore said. He said sometimes when he sings, he wants to cry thinking about his daughter. “It is a wonderful, emotional outlet for me.” Megan was diagnosed with cancer 18 months ago. “Basically one day in late August, Meg woke up with what she thought was a cramp,” Mrs Hore said. A few weeks later she noticed her daughter was still limping. “You’re a dancer, you rockclimb, you run, you’re young and super fit: ‘You shouldn’t be limping,’ I said to her. Then I realised something didn’t seem quite right.” After a visit to the GP and an X-ray, the family thought all was well – they’d booked tickets to see Victoria and Abdul. •Turn to page 6 Thursday, August 9, 2018 Youths accused of animal cruelty subject to online abuse • By Sophie Cornish TWO YOUTHS accused of torturing and killing a cat in Christchurch have been the target of abuse on social media. But the SPCA which is investigating the incident said yesterday it may not have been a deliberate act of animal cruelty. Said SPCA Canterbury chief executive Barry Helem: “We believe it was not a deliberate act of cruelty, but we will be following our processes to verify that.” The investigation, which has involved the police, is in its “very early stages,” he said. A video of what appeared to be a cat being tortured and killed was sent to the New Zealand Herald on Tuesday. Two videos were posted on Snapchat by a teenage girl, who is a friend of the two youths. She also has been the target of a backlash on social media. •Turn to page 7 •A Givealittle page started by Canterbury University student Jamie Rutledge to help get Megan to Disneyland Paris had raised more than $9000. That included a single donation of $500 and many donations of $100. To donate, go to givealittle.co.nz/ cause/megs-dream Ventilation Equipment Suppliers totrade retail The most efficient way to ventilate your home & Flu outbreak avoided • By Julia Evans A MILD winter and high vaccination rates have spared Cantabrians from a deadly influenza outbreak. Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Alistair Humphrey said the number of influenza cases has not only been lower than anticipated, but also lower than the previous five-years. “In spite of the Northern Hemisphere having a Alistair Humphrey relatively heavy influenza ILLNESS: Warmer temperatures and higher rates of vaccination have meant the city has missed the anticipated flu outbreak. season last year.” Health officials were preparing to counter an outbreak of the lifethreatening influenza A H3N2 strain, which caused carnage in Europe and the United States. Ironically, the strain is dubbed Aussie flu, where it originated. The flu affected more than 230,000 Australians, killing 73, before it spread to the Northern Hemisphere. Dr Humphrey said a relatively mild winter meant people were less likely to be crowded indoors, which reduces the risk of transmitting flu pathogens. “Moreover, Canterbury has a relatively high influenza vaccination rates which would also lead to lower rates of influenza.” Dr Humphrey said Cantabrians may have missed the outbreak as the strain started to circulate here last year. “So there would already have been some resistance to influenza in the Canterbury community,” he said. Pegasus Health CEO Vince Barry said the 24 Hour Surgery had not seen any more patients that usual. “After very high hospitalisation rates for a particular strain of influenza in the UK and United States over their winter, we were preparing for a high influenza season here as well.” He said it was a “relief” that it had not hit Canterbury so far this season. Have you checked your underfloor repairs? This is the sort of ‘repair’ we are finding. 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