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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
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Rogue `baiters cause
problems in red zone
PHOTO: GEORGE HEARD/NZ HERALD
FRUSTRATING: Rule-abiding whitebaiters are frustrated by what is happening in the red zone.
• By Emily Ansell
SOME whitebaiters are
knocking down fences and
camping illegally in the red
zone, frustrating authorities
and law-abiding fishers.
Two weeks into the new
season, the city council has
been dealing with whitebaiters
forcing entry and parking up
illegally along the Ōtākaro
Avon River in tents and selfcontained
buses.
Two fences were broken at
Locksley Ave and River Rd in
the first few days.
Dallington Residents
Association chairwoman Bebe
Frayle said the area already had
a problem with unauthorised
vehicles “hooning round” in the
red zone, which she says invites
more trouble.
“People see that there are
people in there over the fences,
and then it just encourages
other people to do it as well.
“It creates a bit of a free-forall,
which is not great.”
One whitebaiter, who doesn’t
want to be named, said this is
the kind of behaviour that gives
the rest of them a bad rap.
He said the rules are there
for a reason and wants other
whitebaiters to be fair about it.
“Breaking down fences and
setting up full-on campsites is a
step too far.
“And it annoys the rest of us.
That’s where fights between
whitebaiters start, and again
that just makes us look bad.”
• Turn to page 6
Proceeds
from fair
will go
to good
cause
• By Sasha Watson
A LUCKY organisation will
receive 10 per cent of the money
raised at the St Mark’s Church
Fair on Saturday.
The Opawa-St Martins Anglican
Parish fair will run from 8am to
1pm at the church grounds on
Opawa Rd.
“We allocate 10 per cent of our
funds raised on the day to an
organisation of our choice within
our community,”
said event
organiser Nicola
Gardiner.
“Last year we
gifted to Yellow
Brick Road and
the Christchurch
City Mission,
and have yet to Nicola
decide this year’s Gardiner
receivers.”
The remaining funds raised
will go to the church ministry,
St Mark’s School and the
programmes the church is
involved in with, including the
Christchurch City Mission and
Elder Care.
“We will have our church
atrium open and our newly
added St Anne’s Chapel, which
recently won an award at the 2023
Canterbury Architecture Awards,”
said Gardiner. •Turn to page 3
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this week
Collaborative Wall Art
Monday, 3.30pm-4.30pm
Spreydon Library
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Thursday September 14 2023 3
Interest in community
energy plan growing
A GROUP of Lyttelton residents
are exploring ways of setting
up a community-owned energy
scheme in the port town.
Pat Scott has been researching
the topic for months and looking
for openings to make the idea
come to life.
“I was initially interested in
how Lyttelton residents with
solar panels on their roofs
could share power with their
neighbours,” she said.
It led her to a meeting with a
scientist from Climate Navigator
who was doing research for lines
company Orion on the growing
interest in community energy.
Said Scott: “We had a meeting
with the scientist in February.
Initially five people were
interested in the issues and now
that number has grown to eight.
“Community-owned energy
is more common overseas but
with the idea catching on here
and industry players showing an
interest in community power I
wanted our community to have
the opportunity to be involved.”
A further meeting followed
with another Orion representative
and then a few more people
with energy experience joined
the core group.
Now a team headed by Wendy
Everingham is meeting and
thinking of
energy possibilities
for
Lyttelton.
Everingham
has been a key
part of Lyttelton
for the
past 20 years.
Wendy
Everingham
She worked
alongside Margaret
Jefferies
to create the Lyttelton Farmers
Market, festivals, timebank and
many other community projects
under the banner of Project Lyttelton.
She was also the Lyttelton
Information Centre manager
and chair.
“In the face of rapidly climbing
carbon emissions and
increasingly severe weather
events, our communities will
need to increase their resilience.
Local energy sources will ensure
we have power when we need it
most,” she said.
“The projects our group
envisages will also assist making
renewable energy affordable
and for all residents. We are
particularly interested in the
ability to share solar power with
our neighbours. Peer to peer
sharing will become a possibility
sooner rather than later.
“I think we are on the cusp of
an energy revolution and this
project has the potential to help
our whole town benefit.”
Everingham said while
the small team is “dreaming
of possibilities” to be a true
community response it needs to
hear from more people.
“We are planning a speakers
series where we can hear from
people in the field about what
the state of play is in the energy
industry. Who are the players,
what are the challenges, what
needs to be solved to achieve our
aims?
“We can also learn about the
various technologies/schemes
available to enable communities
to generate/share power with
one another and just how to
be more energy conscious in
general.”
•To find out more
about the initiative email
communityenergylytt@
gmail.com
Rams set to
appear at
church fair
•From page 1
National Basketball League
champions, the Canterbury
Rams, and the Mainland
Pouākai women’s team will be at
the fair to meet people.
“The local community put this
fair in their diaries long ahead
of time so they can make it,’ said
Gardiner.
“We are always so honoured
by the community support, who
come along and make a morning
of it. It’s not your average fair –
it’s definitely worth your time.”
The fair will have children’s
games and activities, stalls with
clothes, books, toys, linen, white
elephant, gifts, plants, china, and
crafts. Cash and eftpos will be
available.
There will also be food, candy
floss, barbecues, waffles, games
and chances to win spot prizes
plus three raffles.
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email opawa.stmartins@
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Thursday September 14 2023 5
Call for Girl Guides volunteers
• By Briar Allen
A LACK of volunteer leaders is
affecting the number of girls who
can participate in Girl Guides.
Girl Guides New Zealand
volunteer and programme team
leader Belinda Turnbull said
they have seen a drop of girls
enrolling in Girl Guides because
there has been no real marketing
or push to get more girls to join
the programme.
“The reason for that is because
we cannot offer everyone the
positive experience we know we
can until we get more volunteer
leaders, as we want to be able
to provide a positive and safe
experience for both our leaders
and our girls,” she said.
Turnbull said the drop in
volunteers is due to people’s lives
changing as well as the economy.
“People’s lives change, the
shortage of leaders at the
Northcote unit is due to one
just having a baby, another has
moved overseas and the other
found it overwhelming with
work, study and volunteering.
“But volunteers from other
units have rallied together to
support Northcote while we
recruit new volunteers and
train them. They have all been
working together as a team to
create an experience for the
girls.”
She said the economy is a bit of
a problem, with most households
GUIDING: Girl Guiding New Zealand is wanting more adult volunteers to help lead their
Guide units. ​
unable to live off of one income.
“Both parents are usually
working and between work
and raising their own kids,
most people don’t have time to
volunteer.”
Turnbull said volunteering
is a great way to give back and
make new connections and
friendships.
“Part of it is also raising our
next generation of girls to be
confident and adventurous.
Volunteers can also gain
development and training
qualifications and first aid from
volunteering.”
Local coordinator and regional
hub coordinator Lisa Milroy has
been volunteering for the past
decade and said she grew up
guiding.
“Guiding has been my life
since I was six years old. I started
in Pippin and Brownie units in
South Waikato as a fresh leader,
I then shifted to Rotorua to start
my nursing training, and ran
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Thursday September 14 2023
GIVING BLOOD TO SAVE A LIFE
Recently my Macy and Hannah’s
greyhound gave up their blood to help
save a life, both within days of each other.
The dog needing the blood ended up
with 4 blood transfusions over 10 days
and sadly we couldn’t save her. When a
patient requires a blood transfusion, things
need to happen fast as the patient has lost
too much blood for sustainability of life.
For patients that have lost blood volume,
whole blood or packed red blood cells are
required.
Left: Percy getting
a toy after being a
blood donor.
Below:
Macy gave up
400 mls of blood.
Here she is sedated
for the procedure.
We fairly commonly
see blood loss
anemias with
poisonings like rat
bait, bleeding spleens or ruptured tumours
and trauma like road traffic accidents. Some
of these patients will exhibit weakness,
laboured breathing and wobbliness.
Transfused blood to a dog with a non
regenerative anemia will last 120 days, so it
can stabilise a dog for 2-3 months allowing
diagnostic tests to be completed.
We don’t keep stored fresh blood products
so if we can’t source from the NZL Blood
Bank, we have a few of our own donors
with staff pets.
To become a donor first the dog has to be
healthy, fully vaccinated and parasite free,
not on medications and not had cancer or
chemotherapy in the past. They need to
weight over 25kg and have a PCV over 35%.
Greyhounds are perfect donor dogs for this
reason. We then need to get their blood
type to make sure they are the donor type
( Ideally DEA 1.1 or DEA 1.2 negative). The
recipient dog also needs the same blood
type as the donor and both dogs need to
Last week I operated on my beautiful
14 year old Labrador Lola to remove a
potentially malignant, life threatening
Anal Gland cancer ( I’m still awaiting the
histology results). I took her for a CT scan
at Pacific Radiology to check she was
cancer free elsewhere before embarking
on this major surgery. She flew through
the anaesthetic, even getting a teeth clean
and pedicure before wake up. She is doing
fabulously, taking all her medications
be cross matched at the laboratory, on the
day of the transfusion.
Usually we sedate the donor dog to remove
the blood needed for the patient in need.
We check the donor dogs amount of red
blood cells ( PCV) before we remove 10%
to 15% of the donors blood volume. To
prevent hypovolemia ( low blood volume)
the donor should receive intravenous
fluids (IVF) at the commencement of the
transfusion. A dogs total blood volume is
90mls/kg bodyweight so Macy could give
between 300-400mls blood safely.
The donor blood is given to the patient
in need via the jugular or cephalic vein
through a filtered giving set, which reduces
clots entering the circulation. Blood can
be warmed to body temperature before
administration. Slow blood flow rates
are advised for the first 30 minutes of the
transfusion to detect a possible reaction.
Signs of a transfusion reaction are hives,
intense scratching, vomiting,
fevers, depression, changes
in breathing and heart rates,
convulsions or cardiac arrest.
Luckily I haven’t witnessed
a transfusion reaction ever,
probably because we type
and crossmatch our donors
carefully, and have a nurse
sitting with these patients
observing their vitals.
Transfusion medicine isn’t
common, but if and when you
need to to save a patients life,
your whole team need to be
ready to go fast. Having donor dogs and
cats in the practice we have typed and we
know are healthy saves a huge amount
of time and potentially a life. If you’d like
your dog to be a donor dog then let us
know. You can never have too many blood
donors.
Left:
Pearl
receiving
Macy’s
blood.
Pearl was
the most
beautiful
dog.
UPDATE ON LOLA’S SURGERY
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FED-UP:
Rule-abiding
whitebaiters
are
frustrated by
the rogue
fishers on
the Avon
River.
PHOTO:
GEORGE
HEARD / NZ
HERALD
Whitebaiter camps
‘disappointing’
• From page 1
He added they’re all in the same boat,
and have to do what they can to make
sure future generations get to fish as well.
Last year the city council
ruled whitebaiters were no
longer able to purchase keys to
access fenced areas around the
riverbank.
City council residential red
zone manager Dave Little said
the situation is disappointing,
but he hopes things will
improve.
“It’s probably one of those
situations that we’ll get at the start of the
season, and then our rangers go out and
talk to those individuals . . . we’re hoping
that then they’ll start to even out.”
Little said they’re managing the
issue, and those they’ve spoken to have
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complied so far. “If that becomes a
repeated pattern, and it starts to look like
it’s going to escalate, then our rangers
would have to hand those matters on to
police.”
Frayle (left) said the city
council has become good at
dealing with this situation, but
antisocial and disrespectful
behaviour is a problem every
season.
“There are people who are
whitebaiting along that river
(who) don’t leave any mess, and
they’re respectful . . . but there
are lots of people who aren’t.”
She added that whitebaiters need to be
mindful they’re entering a community
who have been through a lot, and while
they want to share their space, they need
to feel safe. – NZ Herald
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Lighter bites for warmer days
Herby chicken dippers
This is the perfect recipe to make
when zucchini is in season. Serve
with a fresh green salad for dinner
or make smaller dippers to share
as nibbles at a party or barbecue.
Dippers - makes 24
2 medium zucchini
500g chicken mince
½ cup breadcrumbs
1 egg
2 spring onions, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 Tbsp finely chopped mint
2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh
parsley
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp cracked black pepper
Minty dipping sauce
¾ cup Greek yoghurt
1 handful fresh mint, finely
chopped
1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
1 Tbsp lemon juice
¼ tsp salt
Method
• Coarsely grate the zucchini on
to a clean tea towel. Pull up the
edges and wring out as much
liquid as possible.
• Transfer to a large mixing
bowl. Add all the remaining
ingredients and mix until
combined.
• Roll the mixture into about 24
balls about the size of golf balls.
Place on a plate, flatten slightly
with the palm of your hand and
chill for 10 minutes to firm up.
• To make the minty dipping
sauce, combine the ingredients
in a bowl and chill until needed.
• Cook the chicken dippers on a
hot barbecue for 15-20 minutes
until nicely browned and cooked
through.
• Serve with the sauce on the
side, and garnish with extra
mint.
Notes
This mixture could also be made
into chicken burger patties.
To save time I use a pull chopper
to finely chop my herbs and
spring onion together.
Lemon and blueberry loaf
This is a lovely, light loaf, perfect
for morning tea that just looks so
pretty when glazed.
Loaf
150g butter, melted
1 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest
½ cup lemon juice
2 eggs, whisked
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
¾ cup frozen blueberries, thawed
Lemon glaze
1 cup icing sugar
1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
2 Tbsp lemon juice
Method
• Preheat the oven to 170°C fan
bake. Line a 27 x 13 cm loaf tin
with baking paper.
• Mix together the butter and
sugar in a large bowl. Stir in the
lemon zest and juice. Add the
eggs and mix again.
• Sift in the flour, baking powder
and soda. Fold together until just
combined.
• Pour one-third of the batter
into the lined tin. Scatter half of
the blueberries on top. Repeat
with one-third more of the
mixture and the remaining
blueberries. Finish with the
remaining loaf mixture and
smooth the top.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, until
a skewer inserted into the centre
comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make the lemon glaze, mix
the icing sugar, lemon zest and
juice. Add the boiling water a
little at a time until a drizzling
consistency is achieved.
• Drizzle the lemon glaze over
the cooled loaf. Allow to set
before slicing and serving. Store
in an airtight container in the
pantry.
Notes
Use fresh blueberries if they are
in season.
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PHOTOS: MELANIE JENKINS
New look Valentines open now
Hornby restaurant offers more choices and familiar favourites
Thousands of Christchurch families will
have fond memories of enjoying the tasty
food and friendly vibe of Valentines buffet
restaurant, which was located for many
years in the central city.
A New Zealand-wide franchise
operation, the business went through many
changes over the years, then with new
owners taking over the company six years
ago, it gained a new momentum.
A third franchise was set up in Auckland,
its Rotorua restaurant reopened, and in July
2019, Valentines Christchurch opened at a
new location – Chalmers Street, Hornby.
As company director Ron Lal explains,
Valentines has a rich history in Kiwi culture
and they wanted to retain that feeling of
nostalgia, but with some new concepts
added to the mix.
“We wanted to offer our customers a new
experience that’s up with the times, and
with a modern twist on hospitality.
“Customers have a lot more choice of
food now,” he says, “for example you can
choose your own meat, which will be
cooked individually for you. We offer a big
selection of dishes, seafood and desserts,
and of course there are the familiar
favourites that the children love, like the
chocolate fountain and an endless supply of
ice-cream.
“We want to wow the customers and
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and, of course, with the famous birthday
song being sung by staff, too. Families are
also invited to take advantage of the school
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eight gets a free lunch if accompanied by a
full paying adult. (T’s & C’s apply.)
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that the new Valentines team is keen to
continue, but Valentines is also a restaurant
for everyone, from families to couples,
to friends getting together to celebrate a
special occasion.
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the ideal place for people from the Hornby
community to enjoy tasty food and a warm,
friendly vibe, it also employs local staff,
who are treated well and therefore enjoy
working there and giving their customers
the best possible service.
Valentines is open seven days a week,
from 10am till late. Outside the buffet
times they also do the popular Valentines
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amazing dishes.
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Thursday September 14 2023
Hyundai Sante Fe hybrid strong and sporty
HYUNDAI’S Sante Fe has joined
the electrification party and
celebrates its arrival by offering
standard and plug-in hybrid
models, with the leap to full
electrification expected in 2024
with the arrival of an all-new
replacement for the current
model.
The Santa Fe is Hyundai’s
longest-running SUV now with
23 years on the clock. In this
time, it’s built a strong following
here, hitting the sweet spot for
many with its 7-seater capability,
spaciousness, and a raft of safety
kit that has helped power it to the
maximum 5-star ANCAP crash
rating.
The Santa Fe is available with
Hyundai’s stalwart 1.6-litre
turbocharged four-cylinder
petrol engine combined with
either a 169kW standard Hybrid
version or a 195kW Plug-in
Hybrid option. The Santa Fe
Motoring with Bob Nettleton
Hybrid uses a 44.2kW electric
motor and 1.49kWh lithium-ion
polymer battery, with claimed
fuel consumption figures of
6.3L/100km. The Plug-in Santa
Fe can travel up to 56km on
battery power, perfect for the
daily commutes. This figure is
eclipsed by the 89km you get
with the slightly smaller but more
affordable Mitsubishi Outlander
PHEV.
Prices for the three-model
hybrid range start at $88,990 for
the entry version and a steepish
$99,990 ask on the elite being
evaluated here. For another $10k
you can have this model as a
plug-in hybrid. This is a hefty
premium to pay for plug-in
capability, when there is not
an enormous difference in real
world performance separating it
and the standard hybrid.
An energetic 169kw hybrid
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Incorporating
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compared to the less than
animated performance of some
hybrids, with the test vehicle
especially energetic between
1,500-4,500rpm. This is the rev
sweet spot for ensuring a driving
experience like a good coffee;
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feeling invigorated. Acceleration
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A rich vein of torque and the
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Passenger and load space
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interior and power front seat
adjustment to lock in the perfect
seating position.
I liked the intuitive 8”
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incorporating Apple CarPlay &
Android Auto for fully integrated
smartphone functionality. Also
included is wireless smartphone
charging.
A head-up display projects
relevant driving and safety
information directly onto the
windshield. This makes for a
much more relaxing driving
experience, enabling the driver
to keep their eyes on the road,
because now this information is
right under their noses!
The Santa Fe put its best
safety foot forward with driving
assistance technologies including
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forward collision-avoidance
assist with pedestrian detection,
and lane keeping assist.
There has been a re-work of
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less body lean on twisty roads,
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A 15mm reduction in ground
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CROSSWORD
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10
313
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
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213
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P W A
E N O
11 12
13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20
How 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 20 Very Good 25 Excellent 29
Solution 212: AMOUNT, ant, atom, aunt, auto, man,
mat, moa, moan, moat, mot, mount, mun, muon, not,
word. nut, oat, out, tam, tan, tau, tom, ton, tum, tun, tuna,
unto.
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
Good 14 Very Good 21 Excellent 26
21 22 23 24
25 26
27 28
Across
1. Smouldering (7)
5. Worrier (7)
9. Relative (5)
10. Determine (9)
11. Reckless (9)
12. The whole amount (5)
13. Descend (5)
15. Out of bounds, forbidden (3-6)
18. Buyer (9)
19. Obscene (5)
21. Spanish red wine (5)
23. Good journey (Fr) (3,6)
25. Gruelling (9)
26. State one’s view (5)
27. Climbing frame (7)
28. News (7)
Down
1. Outdoor timepiece (7)
2. Defeat (9)
3. Bungling (5)
4. Alluring (9)
5. Concentrate (5)
6. Certainty (4,5)
7. Braid (5)
8. Knots (7)
14. Practice session (9)
16. Two weeks (9)
17. Seclusion (9)
18. Low rooftop wall (7)
20. Pierces (7)
22. Snow leopard (5)
23. Ecstasy (5)
24. Egg-shaped (5)
Crossword
Across: 1. Smoking, 5.
Fusspot, 9. Niece, 10.
Ascertain, 11. Impetuous,
12. Total, 13. Lower, 15.
Off-limits, 18. Purchaser, 19.
Gross, 21. Rioja, 23. Bon
voyage, 25. Punishing, 26.
Opine, 27. Trellis, 28. Tidings.
Down: 1. Sundial, 2.
Overpower, 3. Inept, 4.
Glamorous, 5. Focus, 6. Sure
thing, 7. Plait, 8. Tangles,
14. Rehearsal, 16. Fortnight,
17. Isolation, 18. Parapet,
20. Skewers, 22. Ounce, 23.
Bliss, 24. Ovoid.
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aeon, anew, ape, awe, awn,
eon, nap, nape, neap, new,
nope, now, one, open, owe,
own, pan, pane, paw, pawn,
pea, pean, pen, peon, pew,
pone, wan, wane, wean,
WEAPON, wen, woe, won
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Join our Open Days
in September
Warmer months are just around the corner
That means gardens need to be prepared, repairs and maintenance
planned, and spring cleaning started.
Here at Summerset Prebbleton we’re busy getting the village ready too.
But our residents don’t need to lift a finger, as we take care of the chores,
leaving them to spend their days how best they wish. Although some do
still love to look after their gardens of course.
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If you’ve ever been curious about a village life with fewer chores,
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in September between 10am and 2pm, so you can get a taste of the
Summerset life that our residents love so much.
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