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Wednesday 7 May 2014
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‘We’ve got nowhere left to turn’
Mike Corkhill breathed a wispy sigh of relief last week as emails, phone calls and bank donations rolled in. They showed that our people cared. The stress and strain of living with a condition that will soon kill him, and leave his five kids without a father, hasn’t made for too many good night sleeps over the past few years. But the support of the community has already given him hope that he will be able to raise the $100,000 needed to get a new set of lungs and a new lease on life. Mike’s story featured in last week’s Waimea Weekly and since then he’s had offers from people to help run a quiz night, free product from businesses for him to raffle off and close to $2000 deposited in a bank account aimed at helping him raise the money before Christmas. But he needs plenty more community support. His children, the youngest just nine, walked up Richmond’s
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Queen St last week with a clipping of the Weekly article asking businesses for prizes for a quiz night. Mike says he’s feeling overwhelmed. “It’s been really great and we’ve had a heap of feedback and for the first time in a while I feel like we’re not alone in this.” But the journey has only just begun and Mike says he’s turned to the community because he simply “has nowhere else to go”. “This is my last hope, we’ve spent all our savings on this and we’re really hoping the community can help my family out and help me get the lungs I need to live,” he says. Mike’s eldest daughter Cassie has set up a Givealittle page where people can donate, www.givea little.co.nz/cause/MikeCorkill Appeal, or you can contact them at mikesnewlungs@gmail.com.
Paddy needs one more record
Richmond vinyl junkie Paddy McMahon has had a one track mind for the last year, constantly wondering when, and sometimes in darker moments even if, he will find the final volume in the 20 Solid Gold Hits series so he can complete his 36 volume collection. It has been a frustrating 12 months for Paddy who started collecting the classic 20 Solid Gold Hits vinyl records “a few years ago”. He made good progress, quickly finding the first 35 volumes but then got stuck on Volume 36. “I’ve looked all over the country for it. I’ve looked in Dunedin, Christchurch, Motueka,
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