St Cuthbert's – Growing out of the Ground
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ready for the cobble wall facing to be Issue #81 St Cuthbert’s – placed around it. Sept & Oct 2016 growing out of It is great to see so many stonemasons working on site as this is a very time GBCA Newsletter The Bay News is produced bimonthly the ground consuming part of the job. and appears about one and a half weeks after the Committee meeting for St Cuthbert’s is now starting to look that month. more like a church. The builders are doing a great job, the reinforced Deadline for contributions concrete and concrete block shell of the for next issue church is nearly complete and the stone Friday 6th January 2017 masons have moved in. Their first key task was to reinstate the arch between Please email articles to: the nave and the chancel [email protected] As shown below the last few blocks of the arch are being placed. This is Governors Bay exacting work to ensure the arch blocks Community Association meet accurately at the top and so the www.governorsbay.net.nz arch is true and looks good. These [email protected] blocks are pinned and mortared together with a steel strap tying them Phone: 3299 750 together on the outside. Then the The old foundation stone is now in place builders placed more reinforced as the buttresses are rebuilt. Previous issues of “The Bay News” concrete. This must be one of the can be read or downloaded from our strongest stone arches in the country! The roof structure has some rot and website borer damage so some timber will be governorsbay.net.nz/bay-news The East wall of the chancel is looking replaced by the builders to make it good, it has now been cast in reinforced sound. concrete and ready for the installation of the original stonework. The stonework We are now planning items not covered tracery of the East window will be pinned by the Church Property Trust project, to the concrete and mortared in place like the protection of the stain glass windows, the purchase of some chairs to replace a few of the pews, and many smaller items that need refurbishing. Some funds have already been generously donated to the local St Cuthbert’s funds but we will need to raise more. Article By Tony Eastwood St Cuthbert’s Treasurer/Sexton [email protected] ISSUE 81 THE BAY NEWS P a g e | 2 FIRE BRIGADE REPORT as Harbour Command at the We had a very quiet period between August 3rd and Station and whose October 28th when we were only called out on nine brain child the event occasions: was. Bonfire 1 Lots of hard work False alarm 3 went in to setting up Car fire 1 the scenarios and Van fire 1 running them, so Stove fire 1 many thanks to Mark Car over bank 1 Gebbie, Doug Burt, Vegetation fire 1 Ken Frost, Steve Dassler, Stuart TRAINING Weaver, (and As residents would probably have noticed, on Saturday myself). Also thanks September 24th most Brigade members took part in all to those who helped day realistic scenarios around the Bay. Taking part was with catering to 40 our appliance, our tanker, our van, a spare appliance hungry firefighters borrowed from Woolston, a Pump Rescue Tender from and to the Quarry, the Rhodes’s and the Cattons for Kilmore Street, and a crew from Diamond Harbour in allowing us the use of their land. their appliance. FUNCTIONS The day commenced with two car fires at Teddington st Quarry and two vegetation fires at Rapaki. I was the On the evening of Saturday October 1 , up at Living arsonist responsible for setting fire to the car (twice) and Springs, Station Officer Mark Gebbie was awarded his had the devil’s own job starting it the second time, with Gold Star, as recognition for his 25 years of service to the th the two appliances already on their way! But with some community and the 5 person to reach this landmark from old pallets, liberally soaked in diesel, it finally caught. the Governors Bay Brigade. Also in the Quarry, a lines rescue scenario was taking The usual display of medals and bling were on display place where member’s recently acquired abseiling skills from assembled guests and functionaries. Life member were put to good use on the cliff face. and ex-chief Gilbert Stace travelled up from Cromwell and Life member and ex-Deputy Jeremy Talbot came down There then followed a very realistic MVA on Gebbies from Nelson. Fire Service VIP’s included, Les Harris of Pass Road involving two cars, multiple casualties and Hanmer Springs, Canterbury Provincial Fire Brigade persons trapped. The guys from the Pump Rescue Association rep, Senior Firefighter Warren Maslin of Tender from town demonstrated how to cut a vehicle to Ashburton and Assistant Area Commander for pieces in order to extract the casualties, allowing our Christchurch Steve Kennedy. guys to “have a go” with the equipment. Mark was one of the original Brigade that was formerly After lunch “Tweezers”, something of a legend in aviation recognised in 1988 and helped in the construction of the circles landed a helicopter in the landing zone we’d set Station. Since then he has lent his expertise to many up by the tennis courts and gave us a lecture on projects. His exploits in the Firefighter Combat Challenge Helicopter safety. We then used rotating crews to fill the and the Auckland Sky Tower stair climb are the stuff of 600 litre monsoon bucket, which he ferried over the trees legend! So congratulations Mark. and dropped into our portable dam. This was being used as the water source along with portable pumps to fight an Many thanks to all those who helped in setting up the imaginary fire roaring up the gully towards the Fire function and the staff at Living Springs for the excellent Station. catering. Thanks also to Diamond Harbour Brigade for providing the barmen. Most of the Officers in Charge of the responding appliances were from the ranks of the less experienced members which was a great learning opportunity for them. Everything went smoothly on the day, thanks in no Report by Acting Station Officer George Lockyer small measure to Chief Andrew Norris, who was acting ISSUE 81 THE BAY NEWS P a g e | 3 CHOLMONDELEY OPEN DAY Thank you to everyone in the Bay who joined us for our latest annual Open Day on Sunday 16 October. The weather could not have been more perfect and visiting children and families enjoyed free activities and a sausage sizzle put on by Cholmondeley staff and volunteers. Open Day is an opportunity for the community to come and explore our unique, therapeutic setting and learn how we work to enhance child resilience during times of family stress or crisis. It is also an opportunity for us to say thank you. Our community support us in so many different ways: regular giving, donations, volunteering and more. Open Day allows us to connect with some of you face-to- face, and allows you to see for yourselves the difference your support makes. We were also privileged to meet with several people who had stayed at Cholmondeley as children and hear about the difference Cholmondeley had made in their lives. This is a great reminder of the positive outcomes we are achieving together for Canterbury children. We will be holding Open Days on an annual basis, so if you didn’t make this one, we hope to see you at the next. In the lead-up to Christmas we will also be running our annual Angels Appeal at Ballantynes. Please join us for the unveiling of the Ballantynes Christmas window on Friday evening 18 November. This is always a special event, and great for families with lots of fun activities and entertainment for children. Follow us on Facebook to keep up-to-date with all the latest Cholmondeley news and events: www.facebook.com/Cholmondeley.NZ Ngā Mihi Nui, The Team at Cholmondeley L-R: OPEN DAY VISITOR, NUK KORAKO, DAVID JOHNSTONE (CHOLMONDELEY BOARD), AND CHRISTINE KORAKO AT THE BBQ. ISSUE 81 THE BAY NEWS P a g e | 4 CORY BLACKBURN (VOLUNTEER) AND JOHN TAYLOR (FRIENDS OF CHOLMONDELEY COMMITTEE) SIZZLING SAUSAGES IN THE SUNSHINE FACE PAINTING BLOWING GIANT BUBBLES AT THE BUBBLE-BLOWING STATION ISSUE 81 THE BAY NEWS P a g e | 5 "Let's Get Ready for Christmas" Craft morning Sunday 4th December, 10am-12noon Governors Bay School Once again we are holding a make-your-own Christmas Decorations workshop - something for all ages to try, including decorations, cards and gift tags. No charge, but donations to cover costs would be appreciated. Brought to you by Come & See. For more details phone Gail (3299212) or Vanessa (3299802) A Christmas Journey Sunday 18th December, 4pm Living Springs Farm Park Walk through the Christmas story with Mary & Joseph as they travel to Bethlehem and have some unexpected encounters. (Under cover if wet). Bring a picnic for the end of the journey. Donations appreciated. For more details phone Gail (3299212) or Vanessa (3299802) BIRD WATCH by David Stemmer Fantails: Rather quiet of late. Wood Pigeons: Remain plentiful. Started mid-flight stall again. Bellbirds: Very common. Morning chorus worth hearing. Thrush: Extremely quiet but around. Tuis: No recent reported sightings. Blackbirds: Very common. Males started singing. Waxeyes: Flock birds are reasonably common at present. SHINING BRONZE CUCKOO Kingfishers: Started their ‘beep-beep-beeping’ communication again. Quail: Are around. Magpies: Heard. Watch out – are currently dangerous! Welcome Swallows: Seen flying frequently.