Western News: January 30, 2018

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2 Tuesday January 30 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi get in touch from the editor’s desk THERE’S ONE nice, happy ending story on page 4 today. Hank, the border collie cross we featured over Christmas has found a home. Hank was on our front page promoting the Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust’s 2018 calendar. He wasn’t in it – only canines that have been rehomed make the cut. Hank had been at Dogwatch since October, and the people who run the deserving organisation needed a family with the patience to take him – Hank has a few quirks. That’s not uncommon in dogs that end up in the pound; they’ve usually been pushed from pillar to post before they get there. So a new start for the two year-old, who also has a new name: Gus. Good stuff. – Barry Clarke GENERAL ENQUIRIES Ph 379 7100 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100 The Christchurch Star Company Ltd PO box 1467, Christchurch starmedia.kiwi news Concerns over walking track closure Find out why a Halswell resident believes the Kennedy’s Bush track has been closed for “too long”. Page 7 community events Get knitting or other crafts Go along to the Halswell Community Craft Group tomorrow from 9.15am until noon at the Halswell Community Hub on the corner of Sparks and Halswell Rds. Page 9 bridal show WESTERN NEWS With this Ring coming in March Catch all the wedding experts under one roof and get the chance to win a five night honeymoon in Fiji at the Star Media With this Ring Bridal Show on March 25. NEWS Emily O’Connell Ph: 364 7497 emily.oconnell@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Alana Powell Ph: 962 8753 alana.powell@starmedia.kiwi Page 18 The best-read local newspaper, delivered to 18,190 homes every Tuesday Templeton, Islington, Hei Hei, Broomfield, Halswell, Oaklands, Westlake, Hornby, Wigram, Sockburn, Church Corner, Ilam, Russley, Hyde Park, Avonhead, Riccarton Park, Riccarton. Paul and the team at Somerfield Upholstery want to thank all their customers for their support and wish them a Very Happy Christmas and Prosperous 2018 Closed 20th December 2017 Reopens 19th January 2018 30 YEARS EXCELLENT RANGE OF FABRICS Recover your couches and chairs and save money! BEFORE AFTER EXPERIENCEFREE QUOTES Somerfield Upholstery Ltd FURNITURE RECOVERY SPECIALIST 10 Calgary Place, Hornby | Ph 021 251 6200 | 349 0456 VISIT OUR SHOWROOM | QUALITY WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED www.somerfieldupholstery.co.nz Paul Tainui Meet Ruth at the Te Hapua ¯ Halswell Centre Café 2-3pm Friday 9 February Phone 09 376 4512 porthills.mp@parliament.govt.nz WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL “the best oil that money can buy” WAYNE HILL CARS 313 LINCOLN RD ADDINGTON CHRISTCHURCH Ph. (03) 338 3255 E. hillcars@es.co.nz Best Motorbuys TM ANYTHING WITH A MOTOR! The South Island’s leading motoring publication FREE every Friday at hundreds of locations around the South Island, and it’s available online! www.bestmotorbuys.co.nz For Advertising Enquiries, Ph Lea Godfrey 021 277 3086 Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Commercial and Residential • Daikin • Fujitsu • Mitsubishi • Gree • Panasonic • Toshiba • Hitachi Heat pumps installed from $2,495 * *Conditions apply. Back to back installations 3 metre pipe run. Email info@pshc.co.nz Website www.pshc.co.nz
WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday January 30 2018 3 News Chapel surprise for St Margaret’s • By Julia Evans AFTER 20 years without, St Margaret’s College has a new chapel. And the building’s connection to the school is almost 90-years-old. Waiau’s Satterthwaite family moved a chapel from their farm to the Merivale college grounds in the early hours of Wednesday morning, as a gift to departing executive principal Gillian Simpson. “My mother-in-law, Diana Satterthwaite, went to St Margaret’s and she’s 90 now . . . there’s a lot of history,” chapel owner Gina Satterthwaite (nee Gough) said. Before the chapel was moved to Waiau, it was the local church in Rotherham, where Diana Satterthwaite grew up, she said. Mrs Satterthwaite said there had been a girl from her family, or her husband’s family, at St Margaret’s every decade since her mother-in-law began. “Literally, people in the family from five-years-old to 90-years-old have been a part of the school,” she said. That included herself, her daughters, her mother and aunts. The Waiau chapel was also where she and her husband were married. “But the main reason is that it’s just nice to know that it’s going to be enjoyed . . . it’s so important to me that St Margaret’s gave me the opportunity to help like this,” she said. The college has been without a chapel for more than 20 years. One of Mrs Simpson’s goals was to get a chapel back on school grounds before she left at the end of term two. “I have been looking for a small chapel for 10 years and since the major rebuild we had put the project on the backburner,” she said. But the school organised the chapel to be moved without Mrs Simpson’s knowledge; she didn’t know until it arrived. “This was a complete surprise RELOCATION: The chapel spent more than an hour on the back of two trucks driving from Waiau to St Margaret’s College on Papanui Rd. and presented to me as a fait accompli,” Mrs Simpson said. The building had to be split in half and loaded onto two separate trucks before being reassembled on site. She said it was an “immense honour” to see her dream become a reality right at the end of her tenure. It will be renamed Te Whare Hauora (The House of Wellbeing). Local News Now In Brief Fire rages, homes at risk PICTON RESERVE A new swing set and slide will be installed in Picton Reserve, Riccarton, next week. The playground equipment was approved by the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board last year after a deputation by the Central Riccarton Residents Association. City Care is due to complete the work by February 28. CEMETERY EXPANSION The Fendalton-Waimairi- Harewood Community Board has had a response to its request that the expansion of Avonhead Park Cemetery be investigated. City council staff carried out the investigation, but due to a number of factors, including the land being above unconfined aquifers, the expansion would not be feasible. GARDENS JUDGED Judging has started on the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood garden awards. The judges take into account effort, overall tidiness and the impact of the garden on the street. Certificates and trophies to the winning gardens will be presented at an award ceremony in March. FREE Summer Theatre THE LITTLE PRINCE 1–18 February, 7pm Weds–Sun; 1.30pm Sat, Sun and Waitangi Day Murray Aynsley Lawn, Botanic Gardens Two productions bring life to the classic French tale of The Little Prince in this exciting, quirky and magical outdoor theatre show for all ages. Masks, puppets, and large scale tricks will transform the Gardens into the intergalactic journey of wildness and whimsy. ccc.govt.nz/summertimes
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