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SANSON SNIPPETS
DECEMBER 2006
This last newsletter for 2006 comes to you courtesy of Fransesca
Lowe of the District Monitor and we thank her for the sponsorship.
Fransesca came along to our banner painting day at the Hall and
was impressed with the work that we have undertaken. Thanks also
to all our other sponsors and residents who have enabled us by their
generosity to produce the Snippets each month. We are also grateful
to Liz and Carol who have managed to sort out the whims of our photocopier
when it has been too much for this technically challenged person.
Quite a bit of effort is required each month getting the news, verifying
it, getting it into print and distributing it. We look forward to
a break over the holidays and will be back in February.
SANSON COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL POOL
School breaks up for the summer holidays on December 20th and if
you are intending to buy a pool key these may be purchased at the
school office for $62 for a new card and $50 for a renewal. Casual
keys will also be available from Del phone 3293674 at $25, the $20
returned on return of the key. So far this season the weather has
been too cold to swim and consideration needs to be given to heating
the pool so it can be utilised all year. As the pool is already
covered this should not be too difficult. Accordingly we now need
feedback from the community as to whether or not this is feasible.
Tentative costings show that $15,000 would need to be raised. If
the pool committee goes ahead with this any help offered towards
fund raising would be appreciated. To get funding from any of the
usual agencies some money needs to be raised first. Several residents
have offered to help Steve with pool maintenance and would they
please contact Steve Morgan 329 3400.
All feedback to Steve or to the Library
CEMETERY ROAD WALKING TRACK
Tim of Weekend Craft won our second raffle with ticket no 70 and
Tim has generously donated it back to us. Heaven knows raising money
is a real trial and we deeply appreciate his gesture. We are grateful
to all of you who supported our raffles and wished you all could
win. The Funding application to Eastern and Central Community Trust
has been completed and we await their response. Fingers Crossed!!!
While on the subject of the track could residents who walk dogs
there please ensure that they are on a leash when meeting other
walkers. Not all of us are confident about our safety with dogs.
You may know that your dog would lick us to death but we would prefer
that your dog be restrained. Also please carry a pooper-scooper!
Are dog owners aware that the Domain is an authorized exercise area
where your dog can run at will?
CONDOLENCES
Our sympathy goes to Mrs. Margaret Foster and family on the passing
of Margaret’s son Bryan who was well known to many in our community.
Also to Liz and Neale Titter on the passing of Liz’s father after
a long illness. We are aware of several people in our community
who are struggling healthwise and we wish them all the best. Friends
of Neale and Liz Titter will be sad to hear that Neale is on transfer
to the Hawkes Bay and while we wish them well we are sorry to lose
such community minded people.
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS!
Our Christmas lights are in the process of being installed. We wish
that this wretched wind would stop blowing so we can get the job
completed. The Christmas banners that we have been working on should
be hung next week and we hope that you like them. We had a good
turnout at the hall to paint them and were pleased to see some of
the young ones turn up to help. Certainly we have had a lot of pleasure
making them. On Friday the 15th December the Sanson Club is putting
on a sausage sizzle at 6 pm and then we will go on to the Library
for tea, coffee or fizz and Christmas Cake. We hope that many of
you will come along particularly those of you who are new to the
village.
The Sanson Club is holding it’s Christmas Party on December 9th
and their multi draw raffle will be drawn commencing at 7 pm.
The Community Committee will hold a very informal meeting in the
Library on the same night as our Christmas Party.
GRAFFITI
We would love to know who the talented artists who have graffitied
the back wall of the Community Hall. We have ideas for applying
to Creative Communities for a grant to paint a mural there. It is
such an ugly wall at present and these graffiti artists could have
a hey day there if they wished. It could look so colourful! Please
contact James on 3293722 or Del on 3293674.
BROADBAND.
I have received a good number of e-mails from residents and I have
made an appointment for Friday December 8th with local M.P. Simon
Power to present a submission for our telephone exchange to be updated
to get Broadband. Here’s hoping!
Did you go along and take advantage of your voucher for half price
ice cream, ice cream sundae or coffee at the Crazy Sundae Ice Cream
Parlour at the weekend? We are quite impressed with the new look
that this business has and wish Viv and Robyn well in their new
venture.
Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? May we suggest that you
look no further than the Sheepskin Shop, Presence in Sanson, Sanson
X Roads Crafts and Gifts or the Sanson Antique Centre? Plenty of
ideas to be had right here in the village.
SANSON COMMUNITY LIBRARY.
We have been disappointed the way attendance has dropped off at
our Library. We have lost several of our regulars who have moved
out of town. It is dispiriting for the volunteers to sit for two
hours and have nobody come. If you are meaning to join do come along
and see our vast range of books and have a go on the internet that
the M.D.C. has provide for us. Our next book change is at 10 am
on Wednesday December 13th and we appreciate all the help that you
can give us. If there is anything in particular that you would like
to read we can order it for you. We will close on Friday the 22nd
of December for a well deserved break and re-open on Monday the
15th of January.
Library Hours are 10am to midday Monday and Thursday; 2pm to 4pm
Wednesday and Friday and 11am to 1pm Saturday.
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