Nor'West News: April 28, 2022

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91-year-old delivery driver
says it’s time for a break
• By Emily Moorhouse
AFTER NINE years of
voluntary delivery driving, Roy
Labrum has decided it’s finally
time for a break.
“I turn 92 this June so I
thought hey, maybe it’s time to
sit back and have a rest.”
After completing hundreds of
rounds for food service Meals
on Wheels, tomorrow marks
Roy’s last shift.
“It doesn’t seem like nine
years,” Roy said. “It’s just
something I like doing and it’s a
pattern for my particular week,
different weeks I do different
rounds.”
Roy alternates his schedule
from Tuesdays and Wednesdays
one week, to Tuesdays and
Fridays the next – and said
he’s only had about six days off
over the nine years, except for
the lockdown when deliveries
stopped.
Roy signed up to be a Meals
on Wheels driver in 2013, a
few years after his wife Shirley
passed away.
Shirley had cancer, as did his
sister-in-law, so he spent most
of his time as a caregiver, which
left little time for cooking.
So Roy signed them up to
get Meals on Wheels delivered,
and when Shirley and his sisterin-law
both passed away, he
decided to volunteer.
Roy has a health problem
DELIVERY: Roy Labrum is finally having a well-deserved rest after nine years of volunteering for Meals on Wheels.
• Watch the video at starnews.co.nz
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
that’s left scarring on his
lungs, which means he can’t
do much physical work, such
as gardening or housework, so
delivering meals has proved a
nice alternative, as long as he
doesn’t overdo it.
“I just like doing it, meeting
different people because I’m a
very solitary person,” Roy said.
“It makes you conform to
getting out and about instead of
just sitting around and sort of
vegetating.”
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Familiar faces a welcome part
of the job for volunteer driver
• From page 1
A Meals on Wheels volunteer
who has known Roy for three
years said she would often get
chatting to him while they were
waiting for the meals to arrive at
the start of their round.
“He’s a very special person who
worked very hard all his life and
cared for others all his life,” she
said.
She said Meals on Wheels was
always looking for drivers and
volunteers as good as Roy, with
his friendly and helpful nature.
What made him such a great
delivery driver was “just being
Roy” and giving the time each
week.
Roy said while he can’t stop to
chat for long, he enjoys seeing
the people he delivers to, and
soon becomes familiar with
certain faces.
“Sometimes you’ll be delivering
to a person for a couple of
months,” he said. “There’s some
now I’ve been delivering to for
the last five or six years.”
Roy said the secret to a good
delivery service is having a reliable
car, something he can boast
about with his red Toyota Fitz.
“People look out the window
and see the little red car and
know it’s me sometimes,” he
said. “It does the job, I call it my
WHEELS: Roy Labrum uses his own car to deliver Meals on Wheels, calling it his “little
shopping basket.”
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
little shopping basket.”
Each delivery varies depending
on the needs of the person
receiving the meal. Sometimes
Roy will drop it at the door;
sometimes he takes it inside to
the kitchen.
“Each time you go you don’t
know who’s on your list really,
you know who your regulars
are but then again you can’t
guarantee because your regular
might be in hospital or might be
away on holiday.”
Before Roy became a volunteer
deliverer, he and Shirley were
caretakers for Cobham Intermediate
School in Burnside for 10
years. Before that, they owned
two dairies in Marshland for six
years.
Roy does three separate rounds
of deliveries, mostly in the
eastern suburbs, and said he’ll
definitely miss going around
the town.
“I’m delivering meals to places
that I normally don’t go as part
of my other life,” he said. “I’ve
been doing it for so long, it’s become
a sort of pattern of my life
if you know what I mean.”
Roy still hasn’t decided what
he’ll do in place of his delivery
rounds, but said he’s looking
forward to some rest and
relaxation – and will even order
the meals for himself during
the winter.
Vandalism
prompts
patrols to be
reinstated
• By Emily Moorhouse
AN INCREASE in vandalism
and theft around the Ōtākaro
Avon River Corridor has finally
prompted patrols to be reinstated.
Avon River network manager
Hayley Guglietta brought the issue
to the Coastal-Burwood Community
Board at its latest meeting
and said she has been raising
concerns over vandalism in the
area for 10 months.
Board member for the
Burwood Ward Bebe Frayle said
the concern about vandalism
in the area was also raised at a
Dallington Residents Association
meeting.
“This prompted me to request
that staff follow up the possibility
of reinstating the patrols,
which the RRZ [residential red
zone] team actioned almost
immediately,” she said. “They will
be reinstating in early May.”
Frayle said the patrollers will be
organised and funded by the city
council.
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The school holidays are nearly over
and I do hope everyone was able to
find some time to relax over Easter
and Anzac weekends.
Ilam is such a diverse electorate
and I really enjoy engaging with
businesses, schools, and community
organisations that service our
community.
Papanui Youth Development Trust is
one such organisation. It was really
interesting to hear about the amazing
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people and their families in north
west Christchurch.
Another recent highlight was my visit
to the Christchurch Engine Centre.
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here in Ilam, employing a large local
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on emergency calls. I met with
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Thursday April 28 2022
YOUNG SPORTS STARS SET THE PACE ON NATIONAL STAGE
Papanui HS riders
shine on the road
SHAYLAH SAYERS’ stunning
introduction to cycling has
continued with the Papanui
High School student completing
another clean sweep in her first
competitive outings on the road.
Fresh, remarkably, from her five
gold medal haul at the national
track cycling championships
in Cambridge last month, the
13-year-old claimed the age group
road race national championships
under-15 time trial and road race
double over Anzac weekend. FAMILIAR TERRITORY:
Fellow Papanui High School Shaylah Sayers dominance
student Kirsty Watts also had of under-15 grade cycling in GOLDEN DOUBLE: Kirsty
plenty to celebrate in Hokitika New Zealand has continued Watts won the under-17
with golds in the under-17 time with road success in Hokitika time trial and road race at
trial and road race.
following a dominant
the age group road race
Sayers, who only joined Canterbury
Track Cycling’s develop-
cycling championships.
display at the national track
nationals in Hokitika.
ment programme last November “I actually quite like those was longer than I thought it was,
now has an unprecedented eight conditions, it didn’t freak me out I just had to keep going.”
national titles in her age group, too much,” she said.
Watts recorded two comfortable
triumphs in her events,
an indication she has a promising
career ahead of her.
tussle in the road race, with she won the time trial in 26min
However, the duo had a tighter
The keen mountain biker Sayers, McIvor and Canterbury’s 28.62sec, almost a minute clear
cruised to victory in Friday’s Jesse Thomson separated by of Counties Manukau’s Ava
15km time trial, clocking 29min a photo finish after they each Maddison (27min 28.40sec).
36.95sec, well clear of Southland’s
Poppy McIvor (30min “That was really close. It was to the line in the road race
timed 1hr 3min 25sec.
She had the luxury of coasting
17.92sec).
263
really good,
x
there were quite
180
a after powering clear to win by
Sayers made light of the blustery
conditions that impacted on on form,” Sayers said.
Wellington’s Millie Donald was
few attacks. Everyone was really 47sec in a time of 1hr 57.01sec;
the race against the clock.
“The sprint from the corner her closest challenger.
Oceania Championships
beckon after national title
• By Mick Jensen
KIERA HALL has made
big strides since she started
competitive running just two
years ago.
The 17-year-old Rangi Ruru
student is the newly-crowned
national U18 800m champion
and has been selected for the
Athletics New Zealand team that
will travel to the Oceania Championships
in Mackay in June.
Kiera is also one of 12 athletes
selected to travel to Colombia for
the World U20 Championships
in August.
She trains under former New
Zealand middle distance rep
runner Angie Petty and races for
the Port Hills Athletics Club.
Kiera said she was excited to be
travelling overseas to compete.
She was very happy with her
progress on the athletics track
over the last two seasons and
wanted to continue to improve.
‘‘The 800m race for me is a tactical
race where you have to get
yourself in the position to win,
whereas 400m is just too quick a
race.’’
She said the Oceanias will act
as her warm-up ahead of the U20
Worlds, which were a big deal.
Her goal was to beat her personal
best time of 2min 8.46sec
and to gain more valuable competition
experience.
MIDDLE DISTANCE: Kiera
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for the world U20
championships.
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Kiera juggles her NCEA studies
with a busy athletics training
programme.
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track work, jogging and races on
Saturdays.
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Rangi Ruru student set for world champs
• By Morgan Tait
GABY SMITH will swim against
the world’s best para athletes in
Portugal after winning bronze at
the para world swimming series
in the United States earlier this
month.
The 15-year-old Rangi Ruru
student took bronze in the
women’s 100m breaststroke
event at the competition, held
in Indianapolis. The impressive
feat means she will be heading
to the world champs in Maderia,
Portugal, in June.
Gaby, a long-time member of
the Wharenui Swim Club and a
ParaFed Canterbury athlete, said
she was not expecting to take
home a medal from her first-ever
international competition.
“It was quite surprising for
everyone,” said Gaby, who was
born with no fingers and a partial
palm on her left arm.
“I started doing my warm
down and my manager came
over and told me to get out of the
pool and get dressed. I thought
something must have happened
or someone was hurt, but it was
for the medal ceremony.
“Standing next to the women
who got first and second, I was
just in awe, they have Paralympic
medals. It was pretty cool.”
While humble about her
success, the Fendalton teen
holds four New Zealand records,
was ParaFed Canterbury’s
junior sportsperson and club
swimmer of the year for 2021,
and emerging talent of the year
in 2020.
She swims eight times and has
two gym sessions as part of her
weekly training regime and said
swimming has always been a big
part of her life.
“My mum took me to swimming
lessons when I was threemonths-old
and I just never
stopped. I love the atmosphere
and the people involved – all the
managers, coaches and swimmers
– I just love it.”
As well as the 100m
breaststroke, Gaby also
competed in the 100m freestyle,
100m backstroke, 400m
freestyle, 200m individual
medley and 50m freestyle.
BRONZE: Gaby Smith came third in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the para world
swimming series and is set to compete at the world championships.
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Thursday April 28 2022
Richness of rural childhood revisited
Le Bons Bay resident
John Stuart has
published a book about
his childhood in Little
River in the 1950s and
1960s. Gary Brittenden
casts his eye over it
IF YOU grew up in 1950s and
1960s rural New Zealand, you
don’t have to be told what a
different world it was back then.
John Stuart, one of Banks
Peninsula’s most well-known
and respected characters, grew
up in Little River and now lives
in Le Bons Bay. Having recently
retired at 75, John has put
together a collection of stories
that begin with his 1950s Little
River childhood and wind their
way through a rich and varied
life.
Stuart is not just a great
storyteller – he is also a very
good writer. The appeal of this
book does not just lie in the
wonderful adventures he had
as a young lad, but also in his
writing, which has a touch of
magic about it. There is a softness
and simplicity of style and
a pervading gentle humour that
echoes Roald Dahl’s Boy and Bill
Bryson’s stories of his youth in
The Thunderbolt Kid.
The first section of the book
takes us to the long-lost world of
a rural, post-war childhood. For
Stuart and his ‘cobbers’ (such a
went to university, was conscripted
into the army, and
played rugby at a high level for
his beloved Banks Peninsula
club, of which he is now patron.
“During the 1972 season I
reached the pinnacle of my rugby
career. I was selected for trials for
the Canterbury country rugby
1950s word) it was a time of innocence
and freedom. They lived
in a place where the imagination
ruled supreme. The adventures
they got up to will bring misty
eyes to those who shared this
63
time,
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and incredulity
180
to those
who didn’t. Health and safety
officers, read at your peril!
After his school days Stuart team.
John Stuart’s
book My
life and
other stories
recounts
growing
up in Little
River with
‘softness,
simplicity
and gentle
humour’.
“At the first lineout, I found
myself marking the fearsome All
Black Grizz Wyllie. This is great,
I thought. But as I attempted
to impose myself on him, he
stepped back and fetched me a
solid clout to the head.
“My enthusiasm waned for
quite some time.”
Stuart was also a very able
rower, gaining a couple of thirds
at the nationals and beating a few
Olympic rowers along the way.
His interests were not just
confined to the blood, sweat and
tears of the sports field. He also
trod the boards with the local
drama club, which led to being
offered a part in a movie that was
to be filmed in Akaroa.
“I was offered a speaking
part – that of a drunken sailor.
Perhaps it was considered a role I
had some experience with.
“Unfortunately, Actors Equity
objected to having a non-union
member playing the part and
I was replaced by pop star Ray
Wolf. That was the beginning
and end of my movie career.”
Stuart was a teacher in
Akaroa for many years and was
renowned for his storytelling
ability.
This was followed by a stint
with the Banks Peninsula Conservation
Trust, running predator
trap lines in the isolated ‘wild
side’ of the peninsula.
The book, simply titled,
My life and other stories is
full of wonderful tales of
all these times, originally
handwritten in a notebook for
his grandchildren. A couple of
friends and neighbours had a
read and persuaded Stuart –
after some lively discussion – to
publish. This is a wonderful book
and deserves to be widely read.
• My life and other stories
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Museum, and the Little
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Sweet, simple and delicious pear treats
Alison Lambert makes
the most of in-season
pears and creates a
moreish slice
Pear slice
I like slices like this as the base
also doubles for the topping.
2 cinnamon sticks
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
2 cups firmly packed brown
sugar
4 Packham pears or similar,
peeled (see tip)
Double cream or ice-cream, to
serve
Directions
Allow pears to cool in syrup,
turning occasionally.
Using a slotted spoon, transfer
pears to a plate.
Return syrup to medium-high
heat. Bring to the boil. Boil for
10 minutes or until liquid is
reduced by one-third.
Serve pears with sugar syrup
and cream or ice-cream.
I used pears this time; I
have used apples, or even a
combination works a treat. This
slice is delicious any time of the
day or night and it can be served
warm for a special dessert.
Makes 12 slices
Ingredients
Filling
6 (750g) pears, peeled and thinly
sliced
50g butter
30g white sugar
30g brown sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
Dough
600g flour
300g sugar
400g butter
2 medium eggs
Directions
Preheat the oven to 170degC.
PHOTO: SIMON
LAMBERT/ODT
For the filling: place the
prepared pears, butter, sugar
and spices into a medium size
saucepan. Add 2 tablespoons of
water and heat over a gentle heat
until the pears are tender and the
sugar has dissolved and the glossy
sauce has formed. Set aside.
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Line a 20cm by 20cm (approx)
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Sprinkle over the remaining
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Bake for 45 minutes
Cool in tin before cutting.
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Ingredients
1 vanilla bean, halved
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CROSSWORD
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241
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
141
6
R Y F
A L I
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16
17 18
19
many words of three or more letters,
How
including
many
plurals,
words
can you
of
make
three
from
or
the
more
six
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign
words or words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
once?
TODAY
Good 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 23
Solution 140: eight, eth, get, git, hew, hie, hit, teg,
the, thew, tie, tig, twig, weigh, WEIGHT, wet, whet,
whit, white, wig, wight, wit, with, withe.
letters, including plurals, can you make
from the six letters, using each only
No words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter
word.
20 21 22 23 24
Good 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 23
25 26
27 28
29 30
31 32
33 34
Across
1. Standing (6)
5. Contusion (6)
10. Momentum (7)
11. Exist (7)
12. Herdsman (6)
15. Heat (6)
16. Recuperate (7)
17. Lots (4)
18. Ferment (4)
19. Wordlessly (7)
20. Block (4)
22. Chooses (4)
25. Joy (7)
27. Spoiled (6)
28. Annual (6)
31. Feeling (7)
32. Bad guy (7)
33. Items of value (6)
34. Coercion (6)
Decoder
Down
2. Tropical storm (7)
3. Giggle (6)
4. Waistband (4)
5. Most excellent (4)
6. Commotion (6)
7. Glisten (7)
8. Jewelled headdress (6)
9. Male relative (6)
13. Unstressed (7)
14. Request (7)
15. Affluent (7)
20. Damned (6)
21. Threatening (7)
23. Maybe (7)
24. Adage (6)
25. Long for (6)
26. Bank clerk (6)
29. Responsibility (4)
30. Fervent (4)
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Crossword
Across: 1. Status, 5. Bruise, 10.
Impetus, 11. Survive, 12. Drover,
15. Warmth, 16. Recover, 17.
Many, 18. Brew, 19. Tacitly, 20.
Clog, 22. Opts, 25. Delight, 27.
Ruined, 28. Yearly, 31. Emotion,
32. Villain, 33. Assets, 34.
Duress.
Down: 2. Typhoon, 3. Titter,
4. Sash, 5. Best, 6. Uproar,
7. Shimmer, 8. Diadem, 9.
Nephew, 13. Relaxed, 14.
Solicit, 15. Wealthy, 20. Cursed,
21. Ominous, 23. Perhaps, 24.
Saying, 25. Desire, 26. Teller, 29.
Onus, 30. Avid.
WordBuilder
ail, air, airy, aril, aryl, fail, fair,
FAIRLY, fairy, far, fay, fir, flair, flay,
fly, frail, fray, fry, lair, lay, liar, lira,
rail, ray, rial, riyal.
Sudoku
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
DECODER
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented
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given the main letters grid, into all and squares the reference with matching grid. numbers. To keep Now track work of out the
which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.
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3 24 9 13 6 3 3
12 9 4 3 7 5 8 17 20 7 8
9 6 10 21 3 17
3 8 16 11 22 12 4 21 14 21 17 5
21 5 12 15 6 26
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8 21 5 21 21 9
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
L
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
E
SOLUTION
No.140
141
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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N W F H E S G X Q J T P B
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