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BRIEFLY Young cyclist lucky to be alive Viewers’ guide BY CATHY ASPLIN to World Cup The last thing Patrick The Soccer World Cup kicks Mischewski remembers as off on June 12 and today’s he cycled out of his Te Kawa Courier features a centrespread driveway was the sight of viewers’ guide to all the action. bullbars coming towards This year’s cup has plenty of him at 70km/hr. added interest for Kiwis, with the It’s probably just as well he can’t remember what 2010 All Whites becoming only came next, as eight-year-old the second New Zealand team Patrick was thrown 20 to qualify for the tournament that metres after the impact and will decide soccer’s ultimate hit the road face first. prize. Despite being knocked The All Whites tackle out, he admits it was his Slovakia in their first match at fault he was struck by the 11.30pm our time on Tuesday, 4WD vehicle. June 15. ‘‘I didn’t look both ways Given their impressive efforts as I came out of the drive- in qualifying for the tournament way so I didn’t see anything and in warm up games against coming.’’ Australia and Serbia, a lot fewer While he made a mistake soccer pundits are counting out in judgement, Te Awamutu an upset victory for the New Police Sergeant Warren Zealanders. Shaw says he did do some- thing right - he wore his Recycling fit helmet. ‘‘That certainly saved his for royalty life. For a child to survive a 70km/hr impact with a Queen’s Birthday Weekend vehicle is unusual. When we will have no impact on Waipa’s saw how far he had been recycling collection, says thrown we were expecting Council manager community the worst.’’ relations, Jeanette Tyrrell. Luckily a Police patrol ‘‘Recycling will be picked up was only minutes away as usual on Monday even when the call came in and though it is a public holiday,’’ she was quickly onto the scene. says. His mother also heard ‘‘Residents are urged not to the screeching of brakes, panic if they miss the collection then a crash, and was horri- because they are away for the fied to realise Patrick was weekend. involved in the collision. TC030610CA01 ‘‘Instead, Council suggests The Pokuru pupil was SHOWING signs of his recent collision with a vehicle, Patrick Mischewski (receiving a new helmet) and Te hanging on to any recycling and transferred to Waikato Hos- Awamutu Police Sergeant Warren Shaw (with Patrick’s bike and old helmet) check out traffic at the crash scene. putting it out the following week, pital where he stayed for rather than putting it out early.’’ two nights and was treated his life. while traffic often travels scene of the crash late last actually already purchased That will help avoid recycling for concussion, cuts and ‘‘It could have been quickly along this stretch of week to give Patrick a new a helmet for him, so the bruises. worse if I didn’t wear my road, in this case the motor- helmet which had been don- young boy generously asked sitting on footpaths all weekend, Now home again, Patrick helmet, so I’m telling other ist involved was driving to ated by a Morrinsville Police to pass it on to some- creating a nuisance. can see markings on the kids to wear theirs too. I the speed limit and did Police road safety initiative. one else. ‘‘And it will deter people from road that indicate where he won’t be riding along Te nothing wrong. ‘‘They heard about how ‘‘I would like it to be stealing recycling bins which was hit and where he ended Mawhai Road any more ‘‘Patrick made the error Patrick was saved by his given to someone who residents must replace at their up. though, I think I’ll just ride and was lucky enough to helmet and wanted him to doesn’t normally wear a hel- own cost.’’ He also realises how in town.’’ survive it.’’ have a new one.’’ met. It might save them one Lions’ coin lucky he was to escape with Seargent Shaw says that Police returned to the Patrick’s family had day.’’ trail hit gold Rosetown Lions coin trail in Te Awamutu on Saturday was No excuses for illegal parking generously supported by members of the community. They collected an impressive Parents and caregivers who flout at school drop offs, now it is time for parked incorrectly right in front of defeating the purpose of the $612, which will go towards the the parking laws dropping children action. him. markings and putting their chil- new Lions Cancer Lodge off at school can expect enforce- He says information has been in They were then upset because he dren, and others, in danger. currently being built on the old ment from now on — and no school newsletters, but still parents gave them infringement notices. Mr Shaw says it is ironic that Braemar Hospital site excuses will do. and caregivers break the law. Mr Shaw says the road markings many parents and caregivers drive overlooking Hamilton Lake. 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For Winner of our April David Bowler’s front page state- cil 98 errors 26 warnings (not devices and this is where poorly example, in the case of Te Parts Department promo ment in the Courier last bad for an organisation that written sites fall apart. Awamutu Online, Mr Elliott Thursday when he refers to a enforces so many other stand- It seems the Kiwi culture of claims to have found eight ‘‘third world power supply’’. ards); Woolworths 102 errors 25 ‘she’ll be right’ lives on. errors but he failed to notice However New Zealand is warnings; Te Awamutu Cham- Of course, it’s all completely that they are all generated by more like a third world country ber of Commerce 24 errors 1 useless without electricity. external applications - than many residents realise. warning; Waikato DHB 18 SCOTT ELLIOTT namely Google and Facebook. I’m referring to website errors 10 warnings; Transpower Senior Consultant Our own HTML code is fully development and technology 8 errors 3 warnings. www.bits2bytes.co.nz compliant but we have no use in particular. The list could be enormous Dave Owen of Wavelength control over Google or The quality of websites that I and I’m not singling these Media which runs Te Awa- Facebook, so we make have viewed in the Waikato is organisations out for any mutu Online (incorporating exceptions to incorporate nothing short of appalling. special attention. Te Awamutu Courier online) advanced functionality from Most small businesses don’t I’m highlighting the very has provided the following these "non-compliant" have an internet presence at all. poor standards employed response: ‘‘Scott Elliott’s websites. The "errors" are Many of those that do have throughout most of New Zea- simplistic view of web design inconsequential while the websites are written so poorly land. is very misleading. W3C com- benefits to our users are sig- that the site is more likely to Oh in case you’re interested I pliance is a worthy goal but it nificant. Understanding the turn readers or customers away checked out the Courier site to is neither a requirement nor situations that require this before the first page even loads. and it passed with no errors, a useful measure of overall type of compromise is a criti- Robert Port receiving his CRC Promo Pack Have the authors of these well done you. website quality. The cal part of web design. When from Norwood manager Haydn Megaffi n sites never heard of the W3C There is a reason for the arguments are too many to Mr Elliot gets a few clients and are they unaware of indus- standards — not everyone uses include in this letter so I have under his belt he’ll begin to To enter our monthly draw try standards? Microsoft’s Internet Explorer written a detailed rebuttal at appreciate this reality. In the It’s not just the little guys (which does a reasonably good www.teawamutu.co.nz. I’ll meantime he can busy him- to win great prizes – either — all of these sites fail to job of displaying most of these only make one point here: self fixing the 12 spelling and meet the W3C standards: sites.) or a P.C.