Pegasus Post: January 22, 2019

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2 Tuesday January 22 2019 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi get in touch from the editor’s desk A GREAT idea for the old Ascot golf course on page 5 today. Radio man Chris Bond wants to develop a multi-sport training and entertainment complex on the site. Bondy’s plan, in a submission on the QE II Park Master Plan, says: “Its facilities will include a 280m driving range, batting cages for cricket, baseball and softball, state-of-the-art swing and training simulators, a dynamic all-weather indoor mini golf course and a thrilling eight-lane sack slide.” The question is, who will pay for it? And if the master plan looks like it will drag on for years before anything is done – like other master plans – why not return the site to what it was: A par 3 golf course. – Barry Clarke GENERAL INQUIRIES Ph 379 7100 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100 Star Media, a division of Allied Press Ltd PO box 1467, Christchurch starmedia.kiwi news Civic Award for veteran volunteer Coleen Dunlop doesn’t let age get in the way of helping people. Page 6 news Well on the way to being chlorine-free The city council gives an update on how work to upgrade the water supply wells is tracking. Page 7 community events PEGASUS POST Give your brain a workout Have fun with words – try Scrabble at the Shirley Library on Wednesday, 1.30-3.30pm, 36 Marshland Rd. NEWS Matt Slaughter Ph: 021 910 788 matt.slaughter@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Elaine Moon Ph: 364 7436 elaine.moon@starmedia.kiwi Page 16 The best-read local newspaper, delivered to 15,657 homes every Tuesday Linwood, Avonside, Richmond, Shirley, Burwood, Dallington, Wainoni, Bromley, Aranui, Avondale, Bexley, New Brighton, Northshore, Queenspark, Parklands, South Brighton. Kite Day FREE Saturday 26 January 1–4pm New Brighton Beach ccc.govt.nz/summertimes
PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday January 22 2019 3 News Civic Award for Coleen • By Georgia O’Connor-Harding COLEEN DUNLOP may be turning 90 this year, but that has never stopped her from doing what she loves most – volunteering. After spending 17 years with the Wainoni Avonside Community Services Trust, the Parklands woman has been recognised with a Civic Award. Mrs Dunlop is one of 12 across the city to have the award presented to her by Mayor Lianne Dalziel recently. She said she was both “surprised” and “really nervous” to receive her award. “I love it, I really do love it . . . I like to do things and meet people,” she said. Even undergoing a triple heart bypass surgery 18 years ago hasn’t stopped her. “I had no symptoms, I just got very breathless. I was sent in for an angiogram and then I was sent up in Auckland. They decided I needed my bypass,” Mrs Dunlop said. But she said the surgery has not affected her since. She was nominated for the award by Trust co-ordinator Betty Chapman, the trust’s patron Margaret Austin and chairman Rodney Routledge. Mrs Chapman said she is the most amazing lady, she volunteers most days and is always thinking of others. Mrs Dunlop volunteers on average about three to five hours a day at the trust. “She is always thinking of other people and worrying as to their well-being and is always wondering what she can do for them to help out a little,” Mrs Chapman said. Mrs Dunlop said she loved meeting people and continued to volunteer after her husband passed away in 2004. Mrs Chapman said when the trust hosts Age Concern courses or morning teas she is always the one putting on the lunch refreshments or morning high teas. Mrs Dunlop also works on the Wainoni Riverside Community Garden and assists with the Veggie Co-Op New Brighton RECOGNISED: After serving the Wainoni Avonside Community Services Trust for 17 years, Coleen Dunlop has been presented with a Civic Award. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER once a week. “I love making cups of tea and Betty and I get on so well together. I always tell her I am old enough to be her mother,” she said. Mrs Dunlop said a large joint birthday party is planned in September with her 29-year-old granddaughter. “You mustn’t look ahead though. It is too far to look ahead. I am a one day at a time person,” she said. Local News Now In Brief Fire rages, homes at risk NO STABBING SUSPECTS Police have not been able to identify any suspects for a random stabbing in North New Brighton. A 45-year-old man was stabbed on December 4 outside the Keyes Rd dairy. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition before becoming stable. Originally, the victim told police he thought the attacker’s face was familiar but he did not know who he was. A police spokeswoman said on Friday that inquiries are ongoing. SAND DUNE FIRE A member of the public put out a fire at the New Brighton beach sand dunes on Thursday by covering it in sand. Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman Andrew Norris said firefighters from the Anzac station were called to the incident off Marine Pde, 50m south of the New Brighton Surf Club, about 7.40pm. When the crew arrived, they found a member of the public had put the fire out using a bucket and shovel. INJURIES FROM CRASH A person was taken to Christchurch Hospital with minor injuries following a two-car crash on Friday morning. The crash happened at the corner of Guthries and Marshland Rds about 7.15am. The site was cleared by 7.35am. Lazy Sundays Lyttelton Record Company Showcase Featuring Emily Fairlight, Matthew Smith, Tom Maxwell and Deep Water Creek FREE Sunday 27 January, 3–4.30pm Archery Lawn, Botanic Gardens ccc.govt.nz/summertimes
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