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14 Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Your Local Views<br />
Join the Rotary club<br />
and make a<br />
difference in Rolleston<br />
Rolleston<br />
Rotary<br />
chairwoman<br />
Amanda<br />
Van Der<br />
Kley writes<br />
about the<br />
new club<br />
We’re a new<br />
club and want<br />
to do things in a new and fun<br />
way.<br />
If you come along to one of<br />
our meetings you won’t find a<br />
room full of white-haired men<br />
discussing the finer points of<br />
golf, but rather a delightful blend<br />
of multi-generational people<br />
wanting to be involved in the<br />
community and enhance the lives<br />
of our local people.<br />
We’re business owners, wage<br />
earners, parents and volunteers<br />
from all walks of life.<br />
We understand that time is<br />
precious, which is why we meet<br />
just once a fortnight and will have<br />
flexible joining options like family<br />
memberships rather than just<br />
individual ones.<br />
What do you think Rolleston<br />
needs? Do you want to be<br />
involved in making a difference?<br />
We have a few projects in the<br />
works already but our main focus<br />
right now is growing our club.<br />
Why not come to a meeting and<br />
see what it’s all about?<br />
There’s no obligation to join<br />
and our members provide delicious<br />
baking and even a glass of<br />
wine.<br />
You’ll meet a whole range of<br />
new people and be part of an<br />
organisation that has over a<br />
million members all around the<br />
world.<br />
•For more information or<br />
to get in touch with us email<br />
rollestonrotary@gmail.com<br />
This Week at the Hornby Club<br />
THIS SATURDAY 7.30PM<br />
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday<br />
in the Main Bar Thursday Friday<br />
PETER<br />
CAIRNS<br />
COMING UP<br />
Dining Specials<br />
MID WEEK<br />
LUNCH SPECIAL<br />
Midday to 2pm<br />
THURSDAY<br />
ONLY<br />
$12<br />
Roast of the Day with veges or<br />
Fish of the Day with chips & salad<br />
Add a dessert for just $5<br />
Food, family and words<br />
I WAS WRONG last week, so I’d<br />
best correct myself.<br />
The church in Laura’s home<br />
village of Pravisdomini is about<br />
1000 years old, rather than 600,<br />
and was built some time after<br />
Attila the Hun and his band of<br />
merry men “toured” an ageing<br />
Roman Empire.<br />
Apparently there’s also a whole<br />
mess of the bones of Vittoria’s<br />
ancestors a metre or so under the<br />
church lawn too.<br />
Vittoria’s been living the high<br />
life this last week.<br />
After recovering from the side<br />
effects of antibiotics, she’s been<br />
accompanying us on a fairly busy<br />
circuit of friends, family, nearby<br />
towns and villages.<br />
She’s been cuddled near to<br />
death by the older rellies, having<br />
a blast with the younger family<br />
members and running amok<br />
with the kids of our friends who<br />
are of a similar age.<br />
The exercise is key with an appetite<br />
like hers. We always knew<br />
Vittoria was a good wee eater, but<br />
she’s honestly eating almost as<br />
much as us adults.<br />
It’s so great to see after she<br />
was off her food the first week,<br />
however, I doubt any of us will be<br />
coming back any lighter.<br />
The big meals have been put to<br />
good use in fuelling an increase<br />
The revolution<br />
in heat pumps<br />
is here now!<br />
PLAYMATES: As Sunday<br />
lunch at a friend’s house<br />
stretches into dinnertime,<br />
Vittoria takes a ride while<br />
her wee mate Edoardo<br />
steers.<br />
in Vittoria’s communication<br />
skills.<br />
She has definitively mastered<br />
the word “this” and can now ask<br />
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you to “do this” or ask “what’s<br />
this?” accompanied by furious<br />
pointing. She’s also begun playing<br />
with the words “rubbish” and<br />
“finished”, although I’m still not<br />
sure she’s got it yet. It just kind of<br />
sounds like “ish” either way.<br />
And it’s not just output that I’ve<br />
noticed. With Italian (or the local<br />
brand Venetian spoken by most<br />
of Laura’s relatives) surrounding<br />
her almost all day, every day, Vittoria<br />
can now understand a few<br />
phrases and respond accordingly.<br />
I mean respond physically –<br />
like she’ll probably wander over<br />
if you ask her to in Italian – not<br />
verbally.<br />
She’s also starting to get into<br />
the Italian childrens’ time frame,<br />
which I’m not sure is exactly<br />
ideal.<br />
Up at 6.30am, a leisurely postlunch<br />
nap at 2pm-ish and then<br />
pushing the boundaries until<br />
almost 10pm if she can get away<br />
with it.<br />
While I’m excited to try and<br />
keep using as much Italian as<br />
possible when we return home,<br />
I think I might see about leaving<br />
the timetable behind.<br />
•Former Star Media<br />
journalist Matt Salmons has<br />
become a stay-at-home<br />
dad. We follow his journey<br />
weekly.<br />
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Treat<br />
Mum!<br />
SATURDAY 14 SEPT, 7.30PM<br />
Pre-sale tickets $20, Door sales $25<br />
Eddie Low & Friends<br />
‘A Song For Bunny’<br />
Kevin<br />
Greaves<br />
COMPERE<br />
Noel Burns<br />
Eddie Low<br />
M.N.Z.M.<br />
From Australia<br />
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SUNDAY 15 SEPT, 7.30PM<br />
Tickets $25<br />
Saturday<br />
Sunday<br />
FATHER’S DAY DINE & WIN<br />
DINING DAD’S GO IN THE DRAW<br />
TO WIN A $50 REPCO VOUCHER<br />
ADULTS $30. KIDS AGED<br />
5-12 $1 PER YEAR OF AGE.<br />
AVAILABLE 5-8PM SUN 1 SEPT<br />
HWMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd, Hornby<br />
www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ<br />
Cooked Breakfasts<br />
Check out our extensive breakfast<br />
menu from Continental to Cooked<br />
We are open from 6.30am<br />
Seniors SPECIAL<br />
Two courses $22<br />
Soup/Roast or<br />
Roast/Dessert<br />
Special available lunch only<br />
Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm<br />
$19<br />
MOTHER’S DAY<br />
Kid’s 2 course<br />
special<br />
We are family<br />
friendly.<br />
Great Kids menu<br />
plus designated<br />
play area.<br />
THIS SUNDAY<br />
$13<br />
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118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,<br />
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150<br />
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