Bay Harbour: July 03, 2019

PAGE 14 Wednesday July 3 2019
BAY HARBOUR
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VITTORIA
& Matt
A real nasty mess
HAPPY MATARIKI everyone.
I hope you’re all using this
wintery time of year as a perfectly
appropriate Kiwi cultural excuse
to eat heaps with the family.
Obviously hangi or a generous
roast are the best bets. Vittoria
had her first full hangi meal on
Saturday.
Now that I’ve got you thinking
of delicious food and eating, let’s
take this lowbrow and talk about
bodily functions. Just what you
wanted right? I’ve always counted
myself lucky to have avoided the
real nastiness of parenting babies
and toddlers so far. While my
mates have had all sorts of dramas,
I’ve missed (or dodged) the worst
of it.
I still count myself as lucky in
that regard (thankfully), but I got
my first taste of an ‘oh-hell-no’
toiletry nightmare this week.
After coming home from an
activity last week a whiff of bad
cabbage cologne told me it was
change time. Luckily, it was all
contained and wasn’t so bad in the
big scheme of things.
I congratulated myself on
another job well done.
She’d wet her pants a little
through the nappy and the house
was warm so I left her just in her
top and nappy for a bit while I
had some lunch in the kitchen
(out of the wee seagull’s view).
The true horror began soon
after. Leaving the kitchen,
RELAXED: Vittoria and I had
an afternoon in the park to
move on from the trauma of a
nightmare code brown.
I looked into the hall and
immediately asked the question:
“Is that a wee jobbie?”
It was. Right there on the floor.
But not just there.
Suffice to say, if it gets on a
shoe that’s about 30cm off
the floor on a rack, you’ve got
problems mate. Lord have mercy.
Round two was too much for her
nappy to handle.
So I rolled up my sleeves (way
up) and got stuck in, battling
through a tantrum, an awful
smell and kicking legs to clean up
the offending nightmare and get
Vittoria through a quick shower.
After that we both deserved a
fun afternoon in the park – as far
away from thoughts of a digested
meal as possible.
•Former Bay Harbour News
journalist Matt Salmons has
become a stay-at-home dad.
We follow his journey weekly.
Local
News
Now
Lions raise $260k for health hub
AKAROA’S NEW health centre
has received a $260,000 funding
boost.
The Akaroa and Bays Lions
Club presented a cheque to the
Akaroa Health Trust last week.
The club spent five years
fundraising the amount within
the community and received
a $153,000 contribution from
Lions International.
The donation pushed the
trust’s funding to more than
$1.7 million. With the new
targeted city council rate to
collect $1.3 million, the initial $3
million goal has been met. The
centre will cost $5.9 million.
Said former Akaroa and
Bays Lions Club president
Tony Walls: “We need our
communities. These people have
repeatedly put their hands into
their pockets over the last five
years. They turned the vision of
an integrated health hub into a
reality.”
Mr Walls said the work
undertaken by Lions in Akaroa
has been subtle but significant.
The project raised $107,000
from fundraisers like Paddy’s
markets, street raffles, the Lions
golf tournaments and donations
from cruise ship passengers
visiting Akaroa.”
While raising the money,
Lions members continued
to support people, clubs and
causes.
At the presentation, Mr Walls
paid tribute to Paul de Latour,
who worked hard to support the
fundraising appeal over many
years.
Upper South Island Lions
Clubs former district governor
Philip Lynch spoke about the
contributions from Lions Clubs
COMING: An artist’s impression of the planned health hub.
Fire rages, homes at risk
CHEQUE: Akaroa and Bays Lions Club past president Tony
Walls (left) and former Upper South Island Lions Clubs district
governor Philip Lynch hand over $260,000 to Akaroa Health
Trust chairman Gordon Boxall (right).
International and the Lions
Clubs International Foundation.
The two groups donated
a combined $1.5 million to
Christchurch following the
quakes. Mr Lynch was the
Lions Earthquake Committee
chairman in Canterbury. The
group distributed the funds
which were used to re-establish
a number of community
activities.
Akaroa Health Trust
chairman Gordon Boxall said
the community was “incredibly
grateful to have a strong and
spirited Lions club.”
“This is a very significant
contribution towards our new
integrated health facility.”
“When Lions are involved,
problems get smaller, and
communities get better.”
As the $3 million goal has
been met, further community
fundraising will reduce the
amount which would otherwise
be raised through rates.
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