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NEWS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>March</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Movieafternoon<br />
Hacksaw Ridge willbeshown at the<br />
Woodend movie afternoon at the<br />
Methodist ChurchonWednesday,<br />
April7,at1pm. Hacksaw Ridge is a<br />
2016 biographicalwar film directed by<br />
Mel Gibson and written by Andrew<br />
Knight and Robert Schenkkan.Itis<br />
basedonthe 2004 documentary, The<br />
Conscientious Objector.Afternoontea<br />
to follow.<br />
Agold coin donation would be<br />
appreciated. Phone 312 2094with any<br />
queries.<br />
Saferplates<br />
The Rangiora Community Patrol will<br />
be installing tamperresistant Safer<br />
Plates screwsfor agold coin donation<br />
per vehicle, on Sunday, April 18, from<br />
10.30am to 2.30pm, at the Rangiora<br />
High Schoolgym car park, in East Belt.<br />
Guinea pig show<br />
Vanessa Burtt,from Wairarapa, will<br />
be the main judge at aguineapig show<br />
at 38 Rangiora Woodend Road on<br />
Sunday,April 18. Doors are open from<br />
10am to 2pm, withgold coin entry.<br />
Dressyour guinea pig in a Lest we<br />
Forget theme. Publicpets must<br />
register at 11am ($5). Enquiriescan be<br />
made to Jenny on (021) 145 7245. Look<br />
out for the blue/green flag.<br />
Free motorcycle courses<br />
Free motorcycle classes willbeheld in<br />
Culverdennext month. Ateam of<br />
experienced instructorsfrom<br />
Ruapuna RacewaybasedOrnsby<br />
Motorcycle Training will helpriders<br />
develop skills to ride defensively and<br />
incident free. Goldlevel classesare on<br />
Saturday, April 10, bronzelevel on<br />
Saturday, April 17, and silver on<br />
Saturday, April 24. There is one<br />
further class at silver level in<br />
Amberley on Saturday, June 12. Make<br />
abooking at motorcycletraining.co.nz.<br />
Cooking lesson<br />
... Rangiora<br />
Scouts Group<br />
members, kea<br />
Charlotte<br />
Ramsay, left,<br />
aged 8, with<br />
cubs Riley<br />
Kelso, 9, centre,<br />
and Charlie<br />
Herud, 8, make<br />
Irish potato<br />
bread on St<br />
Patrick’s Day on<br />
Wednesday last<br />
week.<br />
PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />
St Patrick'sDay marked<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Cubs from the RangioraScout<br />
Groupcelebrated St Patrick’s Day<br />
by making Irish potato bread.<br />
The cubs usedatraditional<br />
recipe takenfrom an Irish<br />
souvenir tea towel owned by the<br />
scoutgroup’skea leader, Rangiora<br />
resident MichelleMcCullough,<br />
who was bornin<strong>North</strong>ernIreland,<br />
but has livedinNew Zealand for 20<br />
years.<br />
Michelle’s daughter, Charlotte,<br />
aged 8, is akea memberofthe<br />
scoutgroup.<br />
Last week’scooking lessontook<br />
placeatthe Rangiora Scout den in<br />
Church Street, wherevisitorsare<br />
greeted withthe special scout’s<br />
lefthanded handshake.<br />
It is aformal way of greeting<br />
used by scoutsworldwide, as a<br />
token of friendship.<br />
The Rangiora ScoutGroup’s<br />
cubs leader, AkelaJudy Evans,<br />
who was born in Wales but now<br />
lives in Sefton, says the cubs in the<br />
group meet on Tuesday and<br />
Wednesday evenings.<br />
St Patrick’s Day fell on the right<br />
day for them to mark the event.<br />
It alsoprovided the cubs with a<br />
chance to learnaboutIrish history,<br />
the patron saints and the nation’s<br />
cooking.<br />
The Rangiora Scout Group<br />
includes keas (five to eight yearolds),<br />
cubs (eightto11yearolds),<br />
scouts (11 to 14 year olds) and<br />
venturers (14 to 18 yearolds), of<br />
both genders.<br />
People wishing to find out more<br />
can contact Rangiora ScoutGroup<br />
leader GregHeaven by emailat<br />
rangiora@group.scouts.nz<br />
Just Ignore Him,byAlan<br />
Davies<br />
In thiscompelling<br />
memoir, comedianand<br />
actorAlan Davies recalls<br />
his boyhood with vivid<br />
insight and devastating<br />
humour. Shifting<br />
between his 1970s<br />
upbringing and his life<br />
today, Davies moves<br />
poignantlyfrom<br />
innocence to experience<br />
to the clarityofhindsight,<br />
always with akeen sense<br />
of the absurd.<br />
The Wild Silence, by Raynor<br />
Winn<br />
Thisisanincredible followup<br />
to oneofthe mosttalkedabout<br />
books of the decade.<br />
Now,lifebeyond The Salt Path<br />
awaits. As they returntofour<br />
walls, the sense of home is<br />
illusive and returningto<br />
normality is proving difficult<br />
—untilanincredible gesture<br />
by someone whoreads their<br />
story changes everything.<br />
Promise Me,Dad, by Joseph R.<br />
Biden<br />
From President Joe Biden, Promise Me Dad is his<br />
deeply moving memoir<br />
aboutthe year thatwould<br />
foreverchange both a<br />
family and acountry.<br />
These titlesare<br />
available in Waimakariri<br />
and Hurunui libraries.<br />
Find out more about<br />
recent additions by going<br />
to the librarycatalogue at<br />
waimakariri.kotui.org.nz<br />
or hurunui.kotui.org.nz<br />
or contact your local<br />
library.<br />
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