Nor'West News: March 26, 2019

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Garden award for 94-year-old
MARIE McCormick has been
a member of the Christchurch
Beautifying Association since
she was in her late 20s.
At 94-years-old, she has
just received an award for the
garden at her Papanui home.
Mrs
McCormick was
one of 93 people
to receive an
award at the 29th
Papanui-Innes
Community
Board Garden
Ali Jones
Pride Awards
at the Chapel St
Centre in Papanui on Thursday.
Mrs McCormick is not able
to garden much anymore
– she leaves that to Rayleen
Hughes, who has been her
gardener for about 15 years.
Mrs Hughes said when
she goes around to work on the
garden, Mrs McCormick will
often point out piles of weeds
around the place.
“She just can’t help herself,”
said Mrs Hughes.
The Garden Pride Awards
acknowledge and celebrate
community gardens and
the effort residents put into
them.
Board chairwoman Ali
Jones said with recent events
OPTION ONE
in the city, she expected people
would want to stay home and
the awards would have to be
rescheduled. But this was not
the case.
“Staff contacted recipients
and others invited, and they
overwhelmingly said they
wanted the ceremony to go
ahead,” said Ms Jones.
“I think that’s wonderful and
I am looking forward to seeing
some beautiful gardens after a
week of real distress, sadness
and tragedy for so many,” she
said.
The attendees included award
recipients and their guests,
Christchurch Beautifying
Association representatives, Papanui-Innes
Community Board
members, Papanui High School
representatives and council
staff.
The awards are a city council
initiative which were started in
VETERAN:
Marie
McCormick,
94, shows
off her
certificate at
the Garden
Pride
Awards
ceremony
with Rayleen
Hughes,
who has
helped keep
her garden
beautiful for
15 years. ​
1991. It has been a joint venture
between the community board
and the association since 1997.
The association judges select
award-winners by viewing all
gardens which are visible from
the street.
The gardens can be
residential or commercial.
The judges consider the effort,
overall tidiness and impact
of the garden on the street
amenity.
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St Albans Park
and Sports
Pavilion to
be opened
at ceremony
on Sunday
RESIDENTS CAN celebrate the
reopening of the St Albans Park
and Sports Pavilion on Sunday.
An event will start at 2pm with
a ribbon-cutting ceremony and
introduction to the park from
Papanui-Innes Community Board
members.
There will be a blessing, a kapa
haka performance and kowhai
tree planting before people can
roam the new park and pavilion.
The St Albans Skate Jam will
also be held at the St Albans skate
park from 1pm and will continue
during the opening celebrations.
The event will also include the
collection of items to go in a time
capsule which will be buried
at the site of the new St Albans
Community Centre.
St Albans Park has been
undergoing work since January
last year to fix ongoing flooding
issues. The pavilion was damaged
in the February 22, 2011,
earthquake.
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