To the Community of Martinborough,?
Thank you for all your generous support, fundraising and donations while our Dad Bryan Renwick recovers from the terrible accident at Pirinoa Station on 24th October 2012.
The financial help has enabled us, his children, to travel to Porirua and be at his bedside many times per week since his accident. Dad is progressing however is fighting an infection in his head. We pray Dad will make a full recovery one day.
It is the regular visits of his family and friends that we feel is helping Dad the most as he is a long way from home and terribly homesick.
Without your help we would have found this very difficult situation impossible.
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Brad, Chris & Toni Renwick
Disappointing
My 11 year old grandson and his younger brother came to Martinborough on18th Dec. from Newlands to stay with us for the Xmas holidays with $170.00 (all his savings) in his wallet to buy gifts for all his family for Xmas.
In the excitement of arriving and catching up with his cousins, mid-afternoon they all went down to the local park. Unfortunately while playing down there his wallet must have dropped out of his pocket – some short time later when he noticed it was missing, he went back down to the park to look for it and he found it hanging from the rope type play apparatus at the park, but to his immense disappointment, the $170.00 cash and a $30.00 Warehouse Voucher had been taken from the wallet.
My grandson was totally devastated, as am I – We all thought Martinborough was a better place than this. To the person who took this money and ruined an 11 year olds Xmas, shame on you for ruining a young boys Xmas.
To the parents of any children who may have noticed their kids with more money than they should have, please have them return the money and restore what was a disappointing Xmas for the young lad.
Bob Knight
The Star has received two other letters about the unacceptable behaviour of some quite young people and teenagers in the public areas. Fearing retribution, each writer wished to be published under a non de plume, which we cannot do. The letters have been forwarded to the Community Board for their consideration.
A question of priorities
KC [December Star] is concerned about ‘doggy doos’ littering our town’s streets. On a visit to the local museum recently I discovered an almost identical comment in a 1974 Martinborough News.
No doubt we have more dogs now, but by my calculations, just one small daily dog deposit (?200gms) over 40 years would amount to nearly three million kilos. Thank heavens, that although somewhat unpleasant, it’s rapidly biodegradable, unlike human deposits of plastic bags, cigarette butts, dirty nappies, used condoms [yes, it’s true!] etc that are discarded on our roads and grass verges. Any legislation contemplated should be directed where it really matters.
Maree Roy
