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January 2018 e Volume: 14 Omokoroa Omelette Issue: 11 Locally produced by January 2018 Volume 14 Issue 11 Omokoroa Community Board Report by Murray Grainger Chairman The year ahead... Omokoroa ANZAC Memorial Cairn was first used. 100 years ago, during 1918, World War One For the Council, 2018 will continue to be busy. The Long- finished and the Spanish Flu epidemic began. Term Plan has to be proposed, consulted on and agreed. The 50 years ago, during 1968, Martin Luther King Omokoroa Stage 3 Structure Plan has to be finalised. A plan for was assassinated and the French began testing nuclear bombs the Omokoroa Domain / The Esplanade area will be brought to at Mururoa Atoll. (Ultimately, this lead to a protest fleet sailing the community for consultation. The future of green-waste and from NZ and that fleet included the yacht “Boy Roel”, owned or recycling in Omokoroa is to be decided. Waste minimisation by the van Leeuwen’s who lived in Omokoroa.) plans will be drawn up and so on. In March we will hold a Future Focus event. (See below for details) 20 years ago, in 1998, Google.com was first registered as a domain name. With all these matters the Council is committed to hearing from you, the ratepayers, and feedback options are available 10 years ago, in 2008, the Global Financial Crisis began. via the Council “Have your say” website, via email, via paper 5 years ago, in 2013, Prince George was born. submissions, either posted or left at the Library. Be involved 2018 has yet to make its mark on history on the world stage and help shape the future of Omokoroa and the wider Western but, for Omokoroa, 2018 will be remembered as the year the Bay district. First Community Board Meeting 2018 30 January at the Community Church Hall 2018 Future Focus Event - Wed 7 March at Settlers' Hall Omokoroa Omelette 1 January 2018 Letters to the Editor... Dear Editor We at Tall Poppy Real Estate were shocked and saddened to read your letter from ‘One Who Cares’ about real estate agents stalking bereaved family members in the hope of securing a listing. That is not only despicable behaviour, it is very definitely against the Real Estate Agents Code of Conduct. There have been cases heard on this matter by the REAA (our regulating government Authority) with the perpetrator being fined and publicly admonished. If anyone suffers from this sort of illicit conduct, we would be only too happy to assist them in making a formal complaint to the REAA to bring the miscreants into line. Rachel and Bernie, Tall Poppy Real Estate ATTENTION ALL DOG OWNERS Due to a recent local dog attack resulting in injury to our pet and a vet bill, we wish to make this statement "If any dogs ever attack our dogs again, as we walk with him on a leash around Omokoroa, we will take immediate action and report the full details of the dog and the incident to the council" Tony and Paula Bowman Omokoroa Omelette 2 January 2018 Try Something New! Two years ago, I was persuaded by friends that I should attend bridge lessons. I attended ten sessions at the local Bridge Club and left each one slightly less confused than before I began. Bridge is, as they say, “a game of two halves”. The first half is silent written bidding, the second half playing the cards. So really what this means is that you must learn a foreign language to communicate with your partner, and then apply what you have communicated to playing the cards. The trouble with foreign languages are that they are jolly tricky to learn with lots of variations, so that it is difficult to become proficient. When you start playing after completion of the lessons, you find you are speaking French and your partner is speaking Russian, and you fumble about desperately, staring at your bidding sheet, trying to work out what on earth your partner is trying to tell you. As you improve, you may find you are both speaking Italian, but are from different regions, and anyway one of you lives on the border and keeps lapsing into German Meanwhile your opponents have hatched a plan in fluent Mandarin and your promising little contract has just evaporated. So why put yourself through this and learn? Well, quite simply, the game is intriguing. It is gripping. I’ve never been much of a one for cards, and have always been hopeless at arithmetic. I may never be good at bridge, but I can appreciate the cleverness of it. Don’t think you have to be retired or sporting a pink rinse and false teeth to join. Do come along for ten weeks of fascinating lessons with Ross Petersen from the Omokoroa Bridge Club. Lessons begin on Monday 12th of February 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Community Church, 139 Hamurana Road. The generosity and friendliness of the members of the Omokoroa Bridge Club is well known to the local inhabitants. W/Bays RBM was invited to attend their Christmas lunch and Prize-giving and was given a royal welcome to the beautiful harbourside village. Arriving early to explore the area, on a beautiful summer day ‘the place of the long lizard’ is a delight of scenic views and is outstanding in its collection of exotic and native trees planted by Joseph Tice Gellibrand and Arthur Crapp between 1870 and 1900. For the final session of the year the members of the club had set the scene with decorated tables, wine or soft drinks and Christmas crackers provided, to accompany the delightful meal to which everyone had contributed. After everyone had enjoyed the delicious delights provided by the members, we proceeded to the prize- giving with Stephanie Annan, their President doing the honours. Many of the members were rewarded with prizes for their success over the year, with Sue Olsen winning the Cup. Prize-giving over, we sat down to finish an entertaining afternoon with some quality Bridge, for which I had the pleasure of playing with Stephanie. The genuine welcome by all of the members, their kindness and consideration is what makes this club so special, that people travel many kilometres to attend. My thanks to Jo for my ‘special‘ prize. A special mention also to David and Ross for their help and to Barbara for providing a fantastic venue, with views to die for, where the committee and myself met to discuss how we can jointly help the club move forward. I look forward to a happy and successful year ahead. By Eunice Eccles All enquiries to Jo Wake 548 0287 - Jean Sears 548 0717 - David Luxton 548 0521 Or email: [email protected] Omokoroa Omelette 3 January 2018 ♠ OMOKOROA CARDS 500 ♣ We welcome any new players! The group meets at the Bowling Club on Monday evenings 7:15pm. We welcome any new players, if you don’t really understand the game, but would like to learn; our members will teach and mentor you. Please phone Andy on: 570-6035 20 November Winners Lucky Last Joy Ilsey 2310 Jill Clark 270 David Thomas 2910 Brick Taylor 1380 27 November Winners Lucky Last Trish Western 2420 Colin Kurth 1360 David Thomas 3650 Vera Martin 20 Raffle: Trish Western ♦ ♣ Beverley Teeboon Barbara Dowman Jim Hart David Thomas ♠ ♥ Reg Deane 4 December Winners Lucky Last Lorraine Taylor 3350 Shirley Deane 250 Brian Clark 3610 Andy Smith 330 11 December Winners Lucky Last Judi Mori 2300 Jill Clark 100 Sylvia Thompson 2300 Graeme Davis 270 Jim Hart 2890 8 January Winners Lucky Last Barbara Dowman 2820 Judi Mori 740 Brian Clark 2800 Brick Taylor 430 15 January Winners Lucky Last David Nielson 3290 Fay Murdoch 650 Barbara Dowman 2610 Brian Clark 1370 Omokoroa Omelette 4 January 2018 To our wonderful community, best wishes to you all for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Waipuna Hospice Charity Shops If Santa was too good to you and you have bulging cupboards and no clear surfaces, our Charity Shops will welcome your donations. We accept a wide range of products – in clean, working order – that we can sell to raise revenue for our services. Income from our shops makes a HUGE difference to the breadth and depth of service we can provide our patients and their families. We value your donations of goods and your custom, and would welcome new volunteers to join the team too! Our latest news is that our Papamoa Charity Shop is opening in early February at 157 Domain Road. Why not pop in when you’re on your way to the beach? Remembrance Service This special annual service will be held at Waipuna Hospice, 7pm on Monday 12 February 2018 and include the blessing of messages from the Remembrance Tree appeal. All welcome. YOUR AD Keep in Touch ‘Like’ us at www.facebook.com/WaipunaHospiceTauranga and visit COULD BE HERE! www.waipuna-hospice.co.nz to keep up with ‘Hospice Happenings’. We are extremely grateful for the support of individuals, clubs and businesses in our community and look forward to your involvement in upcoming events and with volunteer opportunities in 2018. Omokoroa Omelette 5 January 2018 Omokoroa Community Policing Group Report Your Omokoroa Community Patrol Team operated across the peninsula throughout the holiday period, at times conducting both afternoon and night patrols. While few issues requiring Police attention were observed and reported, there is little doubt that the presence of the highly visible Patrol vehicle had a tempering effect on those with a disposition towards anti-social behaviour and crime.