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Plea for the return of 

puppets stolen with car 

• By Bea Gooding 

A VETERAN children’s 

entertainment duo who had 

their car stolen last week in New 

Brighton are worried the thieves 

don’t know what they’ve driven 

away with. 

Natural Magic Pirates puppeteers 

Kerry and Mary McCammon 

woke up on Saturday to discover 

their 1998 Subaru Impreza had 

vanished from their Marine Pde 

driveway, along with their life’s 

work inside. 

The stolen vehicle was carrying 

a Magic Puppet Box containing 

irreplaceable handmade puppets 

the pair have used to entertain 

children for the last four decades. 

Mary feared the box will be 

carelessly dumped. Having the 

car back would be a bonus, but 

returning what was inside was 

what mattered most. 

“We’re hoping someone will find 

it and trace it back to us,” she said. 

“We recognise the people who 

took the car didn’t want our puppets, 

but it’s hugely inconvenient 

and sad for the children that we 

like to do shows for.” 

The McCammons have been 

entertaining children around the 

city since moving here in 1983. 

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STOLEN: Natural Magic Pirates puppeteers Kerry and Mary McCammon would like their puppets back. The puppets were 

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Farm opens for fun with fungi 

A MUSHROOM-themed 

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Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor 

Regeneration Area. 

More than 50 adults and 

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wild mushroom soup, and 

mushroom-themed sweets and 

savouries. 

Located on the corner of Evelyn 

Cousins Ave and River Rd, 

Richmond, the Fungi Farm will 

feature six different species of 

edible native and exotic mushrooms 

for foragers, 33 manmade 

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Richmond Community Garden. 

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community had been inspiring. 

“People have been really interested 

in this project and it’s great 

to finally be able to open it to the 

community,” she said. 

“There might not be any 

mushrooms growing yet, but the 

place will come alive in spring 

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MILESTONE: Ann Barsby is reflecting on her 20 years as a library assistant 

in time for Spreydon Library’s 50th anniversary. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

Book lover didn’t 

plan on staying at 

library for so long 

• By Bea Gooding 

FOLLOWING THE birth of her daughter, 

Avonside resident Ann Barsby didn’t plan 

on sticking around for very long at her 

part-time job at Spreydon Library. 

A decade later, the library assistant is 

taking a trip down memory lane as the 

facility celebrates 50 years since it opened 

in 1971. 

At the time it marked a new era of public 

library service in Christchurch. Spreydon 

Library was the first purpose-built centre 

in the city to be staffed by the city council 

with trained librarians – most libraries 

were run by volunteers. 

Since she became a librarian 20 years 

ago, Barsby has witnessed the library scene 

reinvent itself in order to keep up with the 

community’s ever-changing demands. 

But even as society goes further into 

the digital realm, Barsby has no concerns 

that people will turn their backs on a good 

story, especially now with advances like 

e-books and Kindles. 

“Technology is the biggest change, a lot 

more people have their own devices,” she 

said. 

“The earthquakes changed the 

demographic of this area quite a lot. There 

used to be mainly older adults or young 

families, but people moved from town out 

to the suburbs.” 

These days it is more than just a library 

– it is a place of refuge. 

Over time it has developed a strong 

bond with the community through daily 

activities and events, such as technology 

help groups, musical performances, book 

clubs and JP services. 

But as it is central to many services and 

amenities, including Hillmorton Hospital 

and Salvation Army Addiction Services, 

some days are a unique challenge for 

Barsby. 

Sometimes she deals with intoxicated 

people; other days she is a reassuring 

sounding board for visitors going through 

mental health and addiction issues. 

As a warm and dry place to go, the 

library also attracts the odd homeless 

person who spends the whole day there 

just to have someone to talk to. 

“Mental health and addiction can be 

challenging,” Barsby said. 

Originally from England, Barsby moved 

to Christchurch more than 30 years ago 

after “meeting a Kiwi in London.” 

Now, they have one daughter together 

who also shares her love of the written 

word. 

Prior to her Spreydon post, Barsby 

floated across a number of libraries, 

including the central city, New Brighton 

and Sumner. 

She is a passionate book lover, especially 

in the fantasy genre, so she found it hard 

to walk away from being surrounded by 

thousands of titles. 

“I was only going to stay for two or three 

years, but I’m still here.” 

Spreydon Library first opened in 1929 

in the remodelled Borough Council 

Chambers at the current Barrington St site 

as a volunteer-led community library. 

It operated that way until the city 

council started a new network of suburban 

public libraries following a boom in book 

stocks, starting with Spreydon from 1971. 

Under city council control, Christchurch 

City Libraries is now a network of 21 

modern libraries across the city. 

All of this would not have been possible 

without the passion and efforts of librarian 

Ernest Bell, who campaigned to make 

libraries public and to improve reading in 

the community more than 70 years ago. 

“If every library was its own little 

community run by themselves, they 

wouldn’t have the resources or funding. 

Now we have a huge collection that floats 

between all libraries,” Barsby said. 

No one day is ever the same at McMaster 

& Heap Vets. Last Wednesday night we 

got an urgent call that a GSP, aptly named 

“Maximus Carnage” had ingested 250g 

of 50% Chocolate with 250ml cream. 

Max cleverly lifted the pot of cream 

and chocolate off the stove and licked 

ravenously at its contents while his 

humans had left the kitchen. Chocolate is 

very poisonous to dogs, especially the dark 

variety, so we urged Max’s owners to rush 

him into us before close. 

On arrival Max looked excited to be in our 

waiting room, saying hello to the other 

waiting patients. Kirsty was the first to 

see Maximus and tried to make him sick 

up the chocolate with a double dose of 

medication popped into the conjunctival 

sac, that is supposed to induce vomiting. 

Nope! Max wasn’t giving up his chocolate 

feast easily. Chocolate is slowly absorbed 

from the stomach so you have about 4-6 

hours to make them sick. 

All that ingested chocolate could have 

had dire consequences for Max, so Kirsty 

quickly anaesthetised Max, stomach 

tubed him to remove the chocolate and 

copiously lavaged his stomach to remove 

every trace. She retrieved 1/2 a bucket 

of chocolate. Then she poured activated 

Charcoal down his tube to help soak up 

any remains of chocolate. Max was placed 

on intravenous fluids to help excretion 

of the methyxanthine and provide 

cardiovascular support. Caffeine can be 

reabsorbed across the bladder wall and 

this can prolong the duration of clinical 

signs so fluids and frequent urinations are 

highly recommended. Max was closely 

monitored until he was awake and then 

sent to the After Hours clinic for overnight 

care. 

Chocolate is directly toxic to dogs as it 

contains methylxanthines - in particular 

Theobromine and Caffeine. Initially dogs 

may vomit, drink lots, start tremoring and 

become restless and agitated. As toxicosis 

progresses their hearts rate quickens, 

blood pressure elevates, 

they become hot, rigid 

and may start to seizure. 

Sometimes they can just 

die from toxic levels. Other 

toxic products with the 

methylxanthines are cocoa 

and coffee beans, diet 

pills, cold medications, 

Guarana, stimulant pills, 

tea leaves, energy drinks 

and coffee. 

McMaster & Heap 

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Max’s CHOCOLATE Party 

Max waking 

up from 

anaesthesia 

with nurse 

Olivia by 

his side 

Maximus under 

anaesthesia 

getting the 

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no methylxanthines but is just high in fat 

and could lead to pancreatitis. There is a 

chocolate calculator online to work out 

whether your dog has ingested a lethal 

dose and needs to seek vet attention. 

Max was lucky that his owners realised 

what he had done and sought our help 

immediately. Having 3 vets on that 

Wednesday night, meant Steve and I could 

cover Kirsty’s consults so she could spent 

1.5 hours working on Max. The After-hours 

clinic wasn’t open at this stage and he 

needed gastric emptying immediately. 

Max and 

his family 

Very pleased to say Maximus Carnage 

has made a full recovery but this won’t 

Max, the 

Chocolate 

eating dog 

stop him attempting to 

steal more chocolate 

in the future. Prognosis 

depends on type and 

quantity of chocolate 

ingested, body weight 

of the dog and the time 

lapse between eating and 

being made to vomit. Max 

had a lucky escape. 

Dr Michele McMaster 

McMaster & Heap

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Puppets irreplaceable 

• From page 1 

Before this, they were in 

England working at a theatre 

company they launched in 1981. 

These days the pair are best 

known for performing shows 

with a portable animal puppet 

box at kids birthday parties, 

kindergartens and KidsFest. 

On the outside, Kerry appears 

to be carrying the box. But on 

the inside, his arms are operating 

the puppets as if they were 

moving by themselves. 

Now all that is left is broken 

glass on the driveway – evidence 

of forced entry into a vehicle 

that is no longer there. 

Mary said since filing a police 

report over the phone last Saturday 

at about 8am, they have not 

yet located the offender, the grey 

Subaru or the puppets. 

And so the search continues 

for the missing family of eight 

who called the box home, 

including Midget the mouse, 

the “grumpy prima donna frog,” 

and the iconic crocodile puppet 

– a crowd favourite. 

“My husband got back home 

at 11pm [on Friday]. He had 

done a birthday party in the afternoon 

so he was a bit tired and 

didn’t unload the car,” she said. 

“Then we woke up in the 

morning and the car was gone.” 

This is not the first time the 

McCammons have lost valuable 

THE SHOW MUST GO ON: 

Natural Magic Pirates puppeteers 

Mary and Kerry 

McCammon perform at 

the New Brighton Library 

earlier this week. However, 

they are need of the 

puppet box right seen at a 

recent event. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

puppets and equipment. 

In 2002 their house burned 

down along with everything in it 

after a fire started in the garage. 

While it was possible to 

make new puppets, the original 

characters were unable to be replaced 

as they were handmade, 

including a wizard crafted in the 

1970s. 

The duo has continued the 

tradition because it was a love 

they shared, and it made sense 

to combine their talents. 

Said Mary: “My husband 

and I both had a strong interest 

in theatre before we met. 

We’re both qualified teachers, 

musicians and love working 

with children.” 

Bid to find more homes 

for abandoned dogs 

A CITY council partnership to 

retrain dogs for adoption with 

a Bromley-based animal shelter 

has resulted in almost all dogs 

being rehomed last year. 

The collaboration is between 

the city council’s animal services 

team and Dogwatch Sanctuary 

Trust, as well as the Christchurch 

Bull Breed Rescue in Woolston. 

“Working with Christchurch 

Bull Breed Rescue and Dogwatch 

Sanctuary Trust is a key part of 

our focus on rehoming dogs,” 

city council animal services 

manager Lionel Bridger said. 

“These two organisations, together 

with shelter staff, play a vital 

role in helping to re-train dogs so 

that they can be adopted out.” 

Abbey Vanderplas is one of 

two full-time, trained volunteers 

FOREVER HOME: 

Christchurch Bull 

Breed Rescue 

founder Abbey 

Vanderplas 

has partnered 

with the city 

council to retrain 

abandoned dogs, 

allowing more 

of them to be 

adopted out. 

at the Bull Breed Rescue. 

She works with more than 20 

other volunteers and foster carers 

to provide support for pitbulls, 

staffordshire terriers, bull terriers 

and their crosses. 

She founded the organisation 

10 years ago after adopting a 

staffordshire puppy from the city 

council shelter and realising the 

difficulties bull breed dogs faced 

in finding new homes. 

Vanderplas said there was an 

“old school mentality” that just is 

not there today. 

“It took time to lift that 

stigma but Christchurch now 

is really lucky with our animal 

management. For a large city 

we are doing phenomenally well 

at making sure good dogs get a 

chance.”

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not try them in this 

tasty turnip casserole 

Sausage and turnip 

casserole 

Serves 3-4 

Ingredients 

Coconut oil 

Butter for greasing 

2 sausages 

3 turnips, peeled (or two swedes, 

or 1 large potato) 

3 green shallots, chopped 

4 eggs, beaten 

Directions 

a few minutes so the casserole sliced (white and brown) 

Preheat the oven to 190 deg sets before you cut into it. Serve 1 cup vegetable stock 

C and grease a small glass or warm. 

Freshly ground black pepper to 

ceramic baking dish. 

taste 

Grate the turnips, using a 

food processor if you have one. Low-fat mushroom 

1/2 cup plain low-fat Greek 

Remove the sausage meat from stroganoff 

yoghurt, mixed with 1 tbsp 

cornflour 

the casings. 

Brown the meat with a little oil Serves 4 

Directions 

in a large hot frying pan until not 

quite cooked through, breaking it Ingredients 

Heat oil in a large frying pan. 

up into small pieces with a spoon 

Add onion and saute until 

or spatula. 

4 tbsp extra virgin oil 

tender and lightly golden. 

Toss 

260 

in the rest of the ingredients 

and stir, then spoon into the 2 tsp paprika 

and mushrooms. 

1 large onion, 

x 

thinly sliced 

180 

Stir in paprika, chilli powder 

baking dish. 

pinch chilli powder 

Stir for about two minutes 

Bake for 45min. Let it stand for 500gm button mushrooms, then slowly pour in stock. 

Simmer for about 10 minutes, 

stirring occasionally, until 

reduced. Remove from heat and 

rest for about two minutes. Swirl 

in yoghurt. 

Excellent topped with finely 

grated lemon rind and chopped 

parsley and served on rice. 

Chuck steak stew 

Serves 4 

Ingredients 

2 tbsp olive oil 

Mushrooms 

are always 

plentiful, 

try them 

in a low-fat 

stroganoff. 

1.5kg beef chuck steak, diced 

2 large onions, cut into thin 

wedges 

2 leeks, white part only, sliced 

2 garlic cloves, crushed 

4 sticks celery, trimmed, sliced 

2 large carrots, peeled, cut into 

3cm pieces 

2 x 425gm cans chopped tomatoes 

1/4 cup red wine 

1 cup beef stock 

Mashed potato, to serve 

Parsley leaves, to serve 

Directions 

Heat one tablespoon of oil 

in a large saucepan over high 

heat. 

Cook beef, stirring, until 

browned. Transfer to a plate. 

Reduce heat to medium. Add 

remaining oil, onions, leeks, 

garlic, celery and carrots to pan. 

Cook, stirring often, for five 

minutes. 

Return beef to pan with 

tomatoes, wine and stock. Bring 

to the boil. 

Reduce heat to low and simmer, 

covered, for one hour. 

Uncover and simmer gently, 

stirring occasionally, for 30min or 

until beef is tender. 

Divide half the casserole 

between 4 plates. 

Serve with mashed potato 

sprinkled with parsley leaves. 

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