TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019 Connecting Your Community www.star.kiwi CITY 2SURF with Les Mills Two-year wait for road repairs Page 3 Page 8 Adding beauty to the banks of the Avon River Performing in spite of the odds • By Georgia O’Connor- Harding EVER SINCE she was a child, there is nothing else Laurel Gregory has wanted to do other than perform on stage. But it has been a “rocky” road for the Richmond 22-year-old, who has been battling an auto-immune disease for about 14 years, which has led to her being diagnosed with arthritis. Yet instead of feeling sorry for herself, she has refused to let anything stop her from chasing her dream of becoming a professional musical theatre performer. Gregory is currently training in New York City at the Broadway Dance Center as part of a threemonth programme. Founded in 1984, the dance school is known as one of the first drop-in studios to be established in the world and has more than 80 teachers and choreographers taking classes. As part of her training, Gregory is attending 12 classes a week, including ballet, bodyArt and contemporary dance. She said she chose to attend the school after needing a “fresh perspective” on dancing. •Turn to page 4 BIG DREAMS: Arthritis and an auto-immune disease has never stopped Laurel Gregory from pursuing her passion of becoming a professional performer. (Above) Gregory performing in Showbiz Christchurch’s production of Wicked. PHOTO: SHOWBIZ CHRISTCHURCH/DANIELLE COLVIN CITY 2 2SURF Sunday 24 March2019 city2surf.co.nz with Les Mills Pressure ramps up to start Oram Ave extension • By Matt Slaughter CALLS TO make funding for the proposed Oram Ave extension available sooner are being supported. The project is being overseen by Development Christchurch Ltd and is currently scheduled to be completed in the 2018-2028. DCL manager of communications and engagement Cecilia Densham said: “DCL supports the Oram Ave project and would certainly like to see it brought forward.” Coastal Ward councillor David East and the New Brighton Business and Landowners Association also said the $12 million budgeted to go towards the completion of the project should be made available sooner. Cr East said given DCL’s support, he would now seriously consider making a formal proposal to the city council to get the Oram Ave extension under way. He said DCL’s support of the project would give him the grounds he needed to take a more formal approach to have the funding brought forward. •Turn to page 5 233 Riccarton Road Phone 341 5419 “Easiest to find Denture Clinic in Christchurch” is your brain shrinking? brain fog, forgetful, feeling old, low energy, mood swings, difficulty sleeping, pins & needles, numbness in legs super price offer Superior Methylcobalamin B12 (High absorption sublingual Lozenges) 100 LozengeS oNLY $32.90 200 LozengeS oNLY $59.80 MAiL orDer AVAiLABLe see a difference in as little as 48 hours! Bringing You The BesT in naTural healTh MARSHALLS HEALTH & NATURAL THERAPY 388 5757 | 101 seaview rd, new Brighton
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