You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
TUESDAY, APRIL <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Locally Owned<br />
www.star.kiwi<br />
Denton Park future<br />
In the hands of the hearings<br />
panel . . . for now<br />
Royal visitor<br />
at Margaret<br />
Stoddart<br />
village party<br />
Page 3 Page 5<br />
A SURPRISE royal visitor has<br />
made a special appearance<br />
in celebration of Riccarton’s<br />
Margaret Stoddart Retirement<br />
Village’s 25 th birthday.<br />
Her Majesty the Queen – also<br />
known as village townhouse<br />
resident Veronica Shepherd –<br />
popped into the village but was<br />
unable to stay for celebratory<br />
tea, cake and oysters.<br />
“I’m seeing your Prime Minister<br />
Jacinda Ardern tomorrow so<br />
I’ve got to get back. My very best<br />
wishes and congratulations on<br />
your 25 th anniversary,” she said.<br />
The village was opened in<br />
1993 and was named in honour<br />
of the talented Canterbury<br />
painter.<br />
Staff dressed in Victorian<br />
outfits in honour of the village’s<br />
namesake, and residents Janet<br />
Emeleus and Audrey Burton<br />
took the theme to heart by<br />
dressing as Margaret Stoddart<br />
and her mother Anna.<br />
Ryman Healthcare chief<br />
executive Gordon MacLeod<br />
said the village would always<br />
hold a special place in his heart<br />
– it was his nana’s home for six<br />
years.<br />
She lived in a townhouse<br />
before moving to the rest home,<br />
and visiting Margaret Stoddart<br />
Your Anzac Day services<br />
A guide to when and where<br />
you can commemorate<br />
PHOTOS: DAVID KING<br />
CELEBRATION: Her Majesty the Queen – aka Veronica Shepherd – made a surprise appearance at the Margaret Stoddart<br />
Retirement Village’s 25th birthday party. (Left) – Janet Emeleus and Audrey Burton dressed up for the celebration.<br />
was Mr MacLeod’s first contact<br />
with Ryman Healthcare.<br />
Long-serving staff members<br />
Anita Chapman, Jeni Keogh<br />
and Beck Little looked<br />
after Mr MacLeod’s nan,<br />
and he thanked them for their<br />
long service to the village’s<br />
residents.<br />
“Margaret Stoddart is a<br />
special place and will always be<br />
special to me,’’ he said.<br />
June 29 - July 1<br />
EXHIBITORS BOOK NOW<br />
vanessa.fleming@starmedia.kiwi<br />
021 914 565<br />
Lodestar<br />
Avenue<br />
close to<br />
banning<br />
heavy<br />
vehicles<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
LODESTAR AVE and Lady<br />
Wigram Retirement Village<br />
residents may be a step closer to<br />
having heavy vehicles banned<br />
from driving on their street.<br />
It comes as operational<br />
guidelines for the new Traffic and<br />
Parking Bylaw are close to being<br />
finalised.<br />
Residents have been pleading<br />
with the city council, Halswell<br />
Ward city councillor Anne<br />
Galloway and Wigram MP<br />
Megan Woods to put restrictions<br />
on heavy vehicles which have<br />
been keeping them awake at night<br />
for a year.<br />
In October, village owner John<br />
Tooby launched a verbal attack<br />
on four elderly residents, while<br />
being interviewed about a sign<br />
they had put up on a village fence<br />
protesting noisy trucks. A resident<br />
then removed the sign and Mr<br />
Tooby later apologised for the<br />
ordeal.<br />
City council manager<br />
operations transport Steffan<br />
Thomas said the guidelines have<br />
been drafted and circulated.<br />
•Turn to page 5<br />
KINGS<br />
of the<br />
GYM<br />
WRITTEN BY<br />
DAVID ARMSTRONG<br />
DIRECTED BY JOHN BOYCE<br />
& DARREN SUNDBORN<br />
When PE<br />
is far<br />
from PC! _______<br />
26 APRIL – 5 MAY<br />
THE DRAMA THEATRE, RANGI RURU SCHOOL, MERIVALE LANE<br />
TICKETS: $25 WAGED / $22 UNWAGED. FOR SHOW TIMES<br />
AND BOOKINGS PHONE 03 338 4699 OR VISIT<br />
WWW.RICCARTONPLAYERS.CO.NZ<br />
BLINDS...Cleaned, Repaired & Restored...<br />
Restore your oiled CEDAR BLINDS with our re-oiling service.<br />
Rejuvenate your lacquered CEDAR BLINDS<br />
High-tech Cleaning<br />
We clean and repair all types of blinds –<br />
Venetians, Cedar, Verticals, Roller, Hollands,<br />
Romans and Pleated – with environmentally<br />
friendly cleaning products.<br />
Temperature Controlled Drying<br />
Re-oiling & Rejuvenating<br />
Fabric Blinds - such as Austrian and Roman<br />
Same Day Pick Up & Drop Off<br />
We offer a same-day, pick up and drop off<br />
service for most types of blinds. Bookings<br />
are required.<br />
Convenient Location<br />
Drop blinds into us by 9am, at<br />
330 Cashel Street (near the<br />
Fitzgerald end), and collect<br />
them at the end of the day.<br />
New Blind Sales Priced from $30<br />
Roller Blinds cleaned<br />
from as little as $20<br />
per blind<br />
Ph 377 0770,<br />
330 Cashel St,<br />
Christchurch<br />
www.blindcare.co.nz SCAN QR code for Info ><br />
WE ARE OPEN<br />
Mon - Fri<br />
8.00am to 5.00pm<br />
8047287AA<br />
$<br />
40<br />
LTD<br />
T Y R E S<br />
New Tyres -Batteries<br />
Quality Secondhand Tyres<br />
All at verycompetitive prices<br />
Discounts on sets of tyres<br />
LOOK<br />
Used tyres from<br />
AA<br />
Discounts<br />
$<br />
70<br />
155<br />
x 13<br />
FREE PICK UP &DELIVERY (in local area)<br />
Ph 348 0626<br />
99 Main South Rd (cnr Watts Rd), Sockburn<br />
8214716AA<br />
LOOK<br />
New tyres from<br />
5
Change language