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Nelson Weekly Your Community Newspaper

Tuesday 27 August 2013

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Nelson Intermediate students Rohan O’Neill-Stevens, Noah Levy and Niamh Fisher-Black with the light bike. Photo: Andrew Board.

Light bike makes its way to schools A popular light bike has made its way to Nelson Intermediate and its creator hopes more schools will follow. The bike was created by John-Paul Pochin for the Light Nelson Festival in July. Pedal power from the bike charges the LED lights on an old tree and it was a popular feature of the festival. Now the bike is at Nelson Intermediate where students can give it a go and learn how it works. The timing of the bike was perfect for the school

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Intruder caught in the act A crime spree was brought to a swift end when two men used their Judo and military skills to catch the suspect red-handed. The 29 year old man was caught on the roof of the former Haven House Bed and Breakfast at around 9.30pm last Tuesday night, but only after he’d already caused damage to at least two other properties on Haven Rd. At the first property, which is currently being renovated, he stole tools and tipped out 80 litres of paint over electrical appliances causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. He then went to Pegasus Car rental and broke a window before entering the backpackers next door. Owner Otto Barron says the man broke a second story window, climbed into the bedroom and put all of the valuables in the room into a suitcase and then climbed out another window and onto the roof.

Andrew Board Editor

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Otto and several of his housemates were home at the time and noticed him when housemate Nick Goody went outside for a smoke and saw a strange bike in the driveway. “It wasn’t an adult’s bike but not a little kid’s bike, it was just odd that it was there at that time of night so we went to put it in the shed so it was safe and had a bit of a look around,” says Nick. When Otto went to put the bike in the shed he noticed his bikes had been taken out of it and it was then the pair became suspicious that someone had been on their property. When they walked around the section to see if anything else had been moved, Nick

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