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SANSON
SNIPPETS
JULY 2007
This month’s Snippets comes to you courtesy of the Junction
Motels where Robbie and Glenda Lammas are the friendly hosts
assuring their guests of The Rest of your Journey! Warm comfortable
units. Glenda and Robbie have also made a generous donation to
Neighbourhood Watch, which has had its resources stretched recently
with a spate of vandalism and kids behaving badly. Do parents
know where their young ones are when they go roaming at night
or more importantly do they care? The school has been hit several
times lately and this is very frustrating. If you wish to donate
to the night watch Del will be pleased to see you. Receipts are
issued and donations are tax deductible. Robbie tells me that
recently a truckie staying at the motels went out to his truck
at 3 am and surprised a thief siphoning diesel into drums from
his truck. He gave him a real fright and the thief absconded minus
his two drums and garden hose and the worry that all other trucks
in the area would be watching out for him. We are grateful to
John, Reg and Joe for the work they do keeping us safe despite
the weather but unfortunately the night watch cannot be everywhere.
CONDOLENCES
Another sad month with the passing of Beverley McPherson and Ron
Scandlyn.
Though it is a few years since Bev lived in our village she had
a lot of friends here. We extend sympathy to Tony, Fiona, Denise
and Janine and their children in the loss of their mother and
grandmother.
Ron’s death was a real shock to those of us who had seen him at
the Sunday Market two days before he passed away in Wellington.
Last year at the age of 80 years he had a trip to the U.S.A. fulfilling
a dream that he had cherished for a long time. Several stories
were told of Ron at his funeral, his love of his family and his
penchant for collecting (good) junk and also his rather heavy
foot on the accelerator of his Triumph car. When he obtained a
B.M.W. recently this also caused him some trouble! A really good
man, Ron. He will be sorely missed by his family and his many
friends.
Chatting to Dave Pickles the other day and I was pleased to hear
that he is making slow but steady progress towards recovery. His
sense of humour is still intact! We hear that Mr. McGregor has
been in hospital and we wish him and all the other residents who
are on the not so well list all the best. We have many elderly
people living in the village and it is good to know that many
of you take an interest in the welfare of these people. We particularly
commend Betty Absolom for her care and concern for several of
them. Friends of Carol Swan will be relieved to know that she
has improved somewhat and is still in Ward 29, Room 3 in the Palmerston
North Public Hospital.
Who is the cruel person who dumped young kittens near the Cemetery?
One is a tabby and white male, very affectionate and playful and
free to a good home by contacting Shiree on phone 3293 667. Shiree
already has several cats of her own and would prefer to hand him
on. The other little ginger male was fortunate to be found on
a very cold evening by a cat lover and has been given a good home.
If you are the guilty person, shame on you!!
FOR ALL HALL BOOKINGS PHONE DEL 3293674
INDIVIDUAL QUOTES GIVEN.
The hall is available for youngsters to play basketball of an
evening for $5 per hour.
If you have received mail that does not belong to you please
pass it on to the addressee.
REQUESTS
Kim wishes to lease a few acres to graze three yearling cattle.
She can be contacted on
phone 3293 432.
Apologies to Juanita the qualified electrician whose phone number
I got wrong. Time somebody else took over this newsletter as I
have made too many mistakes recently. The correct number is 3293
376.
Glenda and Robbie have several thermostatically controlled electric
heaters for sale very cheaply. Their phone number is 3293 774
Many thanks to those of you who dropped of wool for my blankets.
I feel truly blessed. I have one on display in the ARTITUDE GALLERY
in the Golden Galleon building if you are interested to see what
I am up to.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY
We have decided not to have a Holiday Programme these holidays
for the first time since our Library opened all those years ago.
We need some input from the younger mothers to help us run it.
It is really good fun and very rewarding but I am not getting
any younger and have lots of other things I want to do. Thank
you to those of you who came and gave a hand with our recent book
change. Some excellent titles in our latest lot and a great variety
in both ordinary print and large print. Photo copying and Laminating
available also the computer connected to Broadband. Apart from
the encyclopedias available, Google Earth is great fun to roam
the world! Denise has offered to open the Library on Wednesday
evenings from 7pm. to 8pm.and this will start from July 3rd. Thank
you Denise.
Library Hours
Monday 10am to midday Tuesday 2pm. To 4pm. Wednesday 7pm.to 8pm.
Thursday 10am. to midday Friday 2pm.to 4pm Saturday 11am. to 1pm.
SANSON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ENTHUSIASTS
Recently many of us attended a meeting of this group at Brooklyn
Tearooms.
On the agenda was the proposed community trust and new Ohakea
Visitor Centre Development. This was hosted by Destination Manawatu
and many worth while contributions were made. The main theme is
to promote Sanson as the Gateway to the Manawatu and if anyone
has bright ideas on how to go about this there will be another
meeting very soon. Thank you to Elaine for the coffee and sandwiches.
SANSON COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
At our last meeting we discussed the outcomes of our submissions
to M.D.C.’s Annual Plan. We are disappointed that there will be
no footpath in Phillips St until the majority of the sections
have been built on. The reason for deferring work is that trucks
may damage it. We don’t think this is good enough. After all in
Feilding developers have to put in kerb and channeling in new
subdivisions first so why should Sanson be any different. We maintain
that this street is a disgrace. We have also complained about
the state of the Cemetery Rd drain that the contractors have not
completed.
Our next meeting is on Wednesday July 25th at 7.30 pm. Apologies
to those of you who arrived too early for our last meeting after
I put the wrong start time in the Snippets. We thank you for your
attendance. As I say time for someone else to write these notes!
Congratulations to Vi and Eric Henshaw who celebrated their 65th
wedding anniversary on June 20th. What an amazing achievement!
We will miss them when they relocate to Auckland later this week.
And we hear that Jill and Damien Duncan are shifting to Palmerston
North this month. We wish these people all the best.
That’s it for this month.
