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Flying tramps wreak havoc JO KENT The wild weather across the region last week saw trampolines flying across the district, with one making a journey of almost a kilometre. Loren May says that her trampoline just “took off ”, smashing one of her windows and denting the frame before jumping the fence and crashing into a neighbour’s garage door. “We were a bit chilly with a smashed window and bent frame that night, but glad no one was hurt. Sorry neighbours,” she says. Another family in Richmond lost their trampoline completely when it flew up into the air, rolled across a neighbour’s roof and ended up in a creek 1km away. Danielle Maree Limmer says she watched it take
off like a helicopter before it flew away. “We’re up the top of Champion Road on a brand-new subdivision still being developed, so it’s very open. I had my sister-in-law here doing my hair and out of the corner of her eye, she saw the tramp lifting. It was like a helicopter hovering, then it just took off.” The $550 trampoline rolled over the back of the neighbour’s house and on to the roof, before disappearing up the street. She took to Facebook to try and find where the trampoline had ended up. “If anyone finds a Probounce tramp… let me know as ours has taken off.” At around the same time, someone posted in a
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Wednesday 20 July 2022
Head Bitch for the Nelson Tasman region, Lucy Williams, with this week’s baking haul destined for a local charity. Photo: Jo Kent.
Good Bitches need bakers JO KENT An organisation which donates home-baked goods to local charities is currently looking for volunteers in the Nelson Tasman region. “Anyone can be a Good Bitch,” says Head Bitch Lucy Williams, who regularly bakes for the organisation Good Bitches Baking from her Brightwater home.
“Male or female, it doesn’t matter. We are just here to give a moment of happiness to people going through a tough time, with our home-baking.” The nationwide organisation provides local charities, such as Age Concern, Nelson Tasman Hospice and the Cancer Society with weekly drop-offs of home-baked goodness. “We have 15 recipients of our baking each week and over 100 volunteers
in this area, but we need more to be able to keep up with the weekly donations.” In July alone, there are 60 requests for treats, which means over 720 muffins, cookies or slices will need to be baked. “Volunteers generally do one ‘bake’ a week, which consists of 12 muffins or
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