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PAGE 10 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Wednesday September 4 2019 Your Local Views HAVE YOUR SAY: If you have an opinion on an issue in the Bay Harbour News area, email jess.gisbson@starmedia.kiwi Readers respond to the article which showed what Collett’s Corner in Lyttelton will look like when it opens in 2022 VITTORIA & Matt Ben Griffiths – I have just read about the proposed development at Collett`s Corner and if this is the best Warren and Mahoney can come up with, then I think I would prefer to see the area developed as part of the Saturday market. Lyttelton deserves better than this. It would be totally out of place. Drucilla Kingi-Patterson – More than 20 years ago, while visiting my future stepdaughter with my future husband in Melbourne, my stepdaughter took me up to the ladies toilet 20 storeys high so we could look over the city. The toilet had glass top to the floor. It was well worth Sumner resident and former Selwyn district councillor Jens Christensen explains why the proposed CCTV crime cameras should be put in Sumner SUMNER LENDS itself to having surveillance cameras at each end of the village with number plate recognition technology. This would also be a tool for the police to identify offenders entering and leaving the village. From experience, I totally support the installation of crime cameras in Sumner and they should also be incorporated into the design of the proposed skate park without a doubt. In establishing a youth skate park on Rolleston Reserve in 2010, we obtained a bus and 30 kids for a day. We visited HIVE: What the planned Collett`s Corner development will look like. doing and a highlight of our trip. I have been visiting Lyttelton every six months to follow the rebuild, plus look at the Naval Point development plans. I just Pays to have crime cameras skate parks at Moorhouse Ave, Harewood Rd and Rangiora and in a questionnaire, we asked them what features they wanted at their skate park compared to what they experienced on the day. They quickly identified the features they did and did not like – and identified they would like security cameras for their own safety. Rolleston Reserve now has 22 cameras, Brookside Park has nine and the Foster Dog Park has three. We have expanded the cameras to areas of the park to protect public property and identify offenders committing think it is very important that the public could have access to the roof garden in the planned Collett’s Corner or can they come up with some other solution? wilful damage and graffiti artists. The reserve management committee has adopted a zerotolerance policy on crime and all offences and video images of the offenders are reported to the police. Who knows if this early intervention is the act that turns a youth away from a life of crime? At the request of police, the cameras at Rolleston Reserve were connected to a monitor at the police station and the police have identified this as an important tool in their toolbox. I am certain that the cameras are a major deterrent but importantly they have been used to identify offences resulting in prosecutions for assaults, thefts and vandalism. NEW FRIENDS: Vittoria and grace share a moment. Bonding with cousins I’M PLEASED to say that I believe the seeds have been sown for a grand ambition of mine. A solid friendship between Vittoria and her similarly aged, Italian-based cousin Grace seems to be growing. I dearly hope the two will have a lifelong intercontinental mateship with constant communication, visits and bilingual teenage gossip. Although I dare say it started off a little rocky. We’re still in Italy and took a quick trip to stay at my sister-inlaw Christine’s place in Roveredo, a town about 30min drive north of Pravisdomini. It’s roughly Rangiora-size and is pretty close to the alps and a large United States Air Force base. Christine’s place is 2min up the road (literally the same road) from her son William, his partner Sara and their daughter Grace’s place. Although the two cousins had briefly met a week after we arrived, they were both tired and we went out to eat soon after. On our way to Christine’s, we stopped in for a long and leisurely lunch at William and Sara’s, giving the two the perfect opportunity to start bonding. But being a toddler is tough they say, and sharing is a hard lesson to learn. So of course Vittoria rushed to claim all of her cousin’s toys as soon as we arrived. As I’m a bloke, and because there was a barbecue on, I made a beeline for the beer and banter outside, cleverly escaping the ensuing screaming match between the cousins. From what I did see they seemed like they’d never learn to peacefully coexist. But, lo and behold, after Grace had a nap and Vittoria had a (huge) feed they were suddenly like two different, non-screaming people. There was even a few cute wee cuddles. Although we weren’t together all day, every day while we were there, you could tell they were growing fonder of each other each time they met up; touching hands, sharing toys (mostly) and babbling away to each other. Vittoria even learned to say her cousin’s name. What really proved it for me was when we were saying our goodbyes. Vittoria was waving away in my arms to Grace as she sat in the back of her mum’s car. As the car started to move and Vittoria realised her new friend was leaving, she burst into tears (the real ones with the big bottom lip) and reached out for the car. I love seeing a plan come together, especially mine. •Former Bay Harbour News journalist Matt Salmons has become a stayat-home dad. We follow his journey weekly. 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Wednesday September 4 2019 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi BAY HARBOUR PAGE 11 mitre 10 mega ferrymead lend a helping hand On thursday 8th August, the Mitre 10 MEGA Ferrymead team lent a helping hand to the Diamond Harbour croquet club. The Croquet Club had reached out to Mitre 10 MEGA Ferrymead asking for assistance in re-levelling their greens, as overtime, and due to an earthquake, some patches had sunk and warped. Given that the youngest club member was 70, there was a need for some spring-chickens to come in for the heavy lifting. After the original date was postponed due to heavy rain, the Mitre 10 MEGA Ferrymead team finally made tracks for the beautiful Diamond Harbour setting on Banks Peninsula. The day began with a quick croquet lesson, then unloading the 2-tonne tipper truck, thanks to Kennards Hire, full of soil. Once the truck was emptied it was obvious that the job required more soil, so a couple of the crew headed back to base to pick up another load, while the rest began spreading the soil. The club’s members kindly served up a delicious homemade morning tea, lunch and afternoon snack. After a full day of shovelling, raking, rolling and smoothing it was clear that the job was a little bigger than anticipated. So, the team finished up in the evening and decided to come back for a couple of hours the following week to add the finishing touch – sewing the grass seed. The Diamond Harbour Croquet Club were so grateful for the work that went into the project. They are lovely people that put on a delicious feast in return for the work. I’m sure the team will be back (once the grass has grown) to try their hand at a game of croquet! PrOjEct SEvEn the Croquet Club had reached out to mitre 10 megA ferrymead asking for assistance in re-levelling their greens. The Mitre 10 Mega Ferrymead team were happy to help and look forward to their next project! More than 2-tonnes of soil was needed to re-level the greens at the Diamond Harbour Croquet Club. A messAge from the DiAmonD hArbour Croquet Club We were thrilled to learn that Mitre 10 Mega offered a community service that could help smooth the surface and improve the grass quality. The price was providing lunch, morning and afternoon teas for a group of six very pleasant and hardworking staff. We are thrilled that our biggest challenge for next season is to relearn how to hit the ball straight on a smooth green, not one covered in curves and bumps. Thank you Mitre 10 Mega Ferrymead. proudly supported by: HAvE yOu GOt A cOMMunIty PrOjEct? visit https://www.mitre10.co.nz/local/ MegaFerrymead/cOMMunIty/ to register and you could have the Mitre10 team lend you a helping hand. Terms and conditions apply, see instore or online for more details. Ferrymead 1005 Ferry Road, Phone: 366 6306 Opening Hours: Monday–Friday: 7:00am–7:00pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 8:00am–6:00pm mitre10.co.nz/local/MegaFerrymead/ If you find a lower price on an identical stocked product locally we will beat it by 15%. @MEGAFerrymead If you find the same product cheaper from another Mitre 10 store or Mitre 10 website we’ll match that price. Excludes trade and special quotes, stock liquidations and commercial quantities. The in-store price may be lower than that advertised.
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