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Tuesday 21 September 2010
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Emotion flows over trucking safety issue Andrew Board As options thin for a viable in Victory on Friday night alternative to trucks roarwhere members from Vicing around the picturesque tory and Tahunanui transRocks Rd, one mayoral canport lobby groups clashed. didate is digging towards Gary Watson was the only another idea. candidate who failed to Opposition for the proshow in front of a packed posed southern link mohall where some memtorway – which bers of the Save would get heavy Rocks Rd Group traffic off Rocks and a Waimea Rd and Waimea Rd lobby group Rd but would even carried see the relocated packards readState Highway ing: “Victory run through the pushes the rest middle of the of us under the Victory comtruck”, “What munity – is well about Waimea”, One of the signs established. But “Build the road, carried by supporta general conshare the load” ers of the Southern sensus that conand “What Link motorway. tinuing with the about Tahucurrent roading infrastrucnanui”. ture is unsafe, has prompted Rachel Reese, Kerry MarAldo Miccio to suggest Nelshall, Mike Ward and Aldo son looks at another option. were tested with various “A tunnel would solve our questions provided by problems by getting the NELSUST – Nelson’s Sustrucks out of communitainable Transport Group ties and making our roads – before others were invited safer.” from others in the overAldo pitched the idea at a flowing YMCA hall. Mike mayoral candidate’s forum Continued on page 3.
Having the time of their lives are at front and from left; Gloria Lee, Jasper Smith and Maia Brew. They were in the choir at the Hampden St School production last week. Photo: John-Paul Pochin, www.moments.co.nz.
Hampden St delights over school production It took as much planning as a full military operation says deputy principal Rachel Rae, but with a far happier outcome. All four hundred students of Hampden Street School combined to put on a spectacular school production titled All Aboard Our Yellow Submarine. The show was held over three sold out nights at its school hall last week and Rachel
says it was a sight to behold. “I was actually blown away with how great the kids were. They were just so clever and were fantastic actors and actresses.” The main cast comprised of 50 senior students with the show also using a school band and choir. Rachel says the school worked all term on the show and said feedback from the community was “awesome”.
“This was such a great thing to do, the children and staff had so much fun producing it.” With the production over, the dozens of masks used in the show will be reused for the Masked Parade in Nelson next month, well before the happy glow from the show disappears. For more photos of the show visit www.moments.co.nz.