Selwyn_Times: September 21, 2022

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Taggers identified
TWO 14-YEAR-OLDS who
spray-painted graffiti on a wall
at Rolleston in broad daylight
have been identified and dealt
with by police.
The incident was photographed
by a resident and
appeared in last week’s Selwyn
Times. Police said the pair had
been referred to Youth Aid and
they had carried out community
work. The incident is among
increasing vandalism and other
crimes being carried out in the
district by teenagers, which is
concerning residents.
It includes the tagging of a
family home in Prebbleton, ram
raids, dairy robberies and cars
being stolen.
Last week Mayor Sam
Broughton told the Selwyn Times
he would be meeting with police
to discuss the crime issue. He
would be asking about any issues
or trends police were facing, and
see if the district council might
be able to offer support.
TWO PREMISES sold alcohol
to a 16-year-old in a controlled
purchase operation involving
the police and chief licensing
inspector.
Chief licensing inspector
Malcolm Johnston reported
This week Broughton would
not discuss the issues or trends,
saying it was “a question for the
police”.
“We meet with the police on a
regular basis to understand the
areas in which they are concentrating
their efforts,” he said in
an emailed response.
“As a council we support
their role by providing community
services that meet our
communities needs. For young
people that means providing
safe and well resourced facilities
and activities to allow them to
participate in community life.
“This develops a sense of
belonging and discourages them
from taking part in activity
that damages our communities.
We are also heavily engaged in
programmes and initiatives to
develop opportunities for young
people helping them achieve and
succeed in their ambitions.”
Alcohol sold to 16-year-old – twice
to district councillors at their
fortnightly meeting last week
that two volunteers were used by
police to carry out the checks,
on the evening of July 1.
“A tavern and a bottle store
both sold alcohol to a 16-yearold.
Neither asked for identification,”
Johnston said.
Enforcement action was
now being taken, and the
cases would be referred to the
Alcohol Regulatory Licensing
Authority.
• By Susan Sandys
Wednesday September 21 2022 Selwyn Times
NEWS 7
Good Samaritan helps
mum after Maddie
crashes into creek
A MORNING bicycle ride ended
with a frightening plunge into a
creek for a Lincoln three-yearold.
Maddie Gilmour (right) was
with her mum Holly Porter in
Prebbleton Domain on Thursday,
pedaling on her new bike when
she became distracted by a dog
and jogger running past.
“She loves dogs,” Porter explained.
“The dog ran past and she was:
‘I’m going to catch the dog’.”
Enthusiastically chasing the
canine, Maddie inadvertently
turned her bicycle, which she
got for her birthday three days
earlier, into the nearby creek. She
flipped head first over the front
wheels, becoming completely
submerged.
Porter jumped in to the shin
deep water and grabbed her
daughter out. The jogger also
stopped to help and hauled Maddie’s
bicycle out of the creek.
Porter replaced some of the
cold and crying pre-schooler’s
wet clothes with her own dry
hoodie. She said she was grateful
to the jogger who insisted on carrying
Maddie’s bike back to her
vehicle, while she carried Maddie.
Her car was a two-minute
walk away, and she did not know
how she would have got the bicycle
back without the jogger’s help.
Porter posted on social media
to thank the jogger, whom she
had never met before and did not
get their name.
The jogger, Jodene Fabian,
responded and said: “So glad I
was there to help, hope she has
recovered.”
Her dog is a border collie
golden retriever-cross named
Koda.
Porter told the Selwyn Times
Maddie had indeed recovered.
“When we got home after the
ordeal, she had a nice hot Milo
and then wanted to get back on
her bike again, so we went for
another bike ride.”
Come and meet
me at the Robert
Harris Café in
Rolleston on
Friday 9th, 16th,
23rd & 30th
September
4pm to 6pm
• Our cOmmunity grOwth
• Our cOmmunity vOice
• the perfOrming arts
Malvern Writers’ Cafe
invites you to a two-hour creative writing
workshop with award winning writer
Heather McQuillan
Saturday 1st October
10am-12pm at Darfield Library
In this workshop Heather will cover
setting, time and place:
“We will uncover the ways writers evoke time and
place to ground their story and provide leaping off points for
characters. We will write in different settings and time and
place and then let our characters leap.”
THIS WORKSHOP IS
AVAILABLE FREE WITH
GENEROUS FUNDING FROM
Book your space at www.eventbrite.com
Ride to
Survive