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By Chris TobinTo start a newspaper from scratch and to

make it a success is no mean feat but it is something Les and Katrina Whiteside have achieved with the Blenheim Sun.

And this week is a time for them to celebrate as the Sun, Marlborough’s biggest circulating newspaper, marks 10 years since it started.

Les says they arrived in Blenheim from Christchurch just over 10 years ago with just two objectives.

“We came for the lifestyle and to put out a weekly paper – nothing more.”

It helped that, as Les adds, they were passion-ate about newspapers.

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Marlborough tap students will follow in the footsteps of many Broadway stars with their production of the iconic musical Annie.

More than 30 students from Vanessa Bryant studio of dance will perform in the school’s first musical tap production later this month.

The students have been working

hard with their teacher Vanessa Bryant, since late September for their November 10 performance date.

Only two shows will be done, one at 2.30pm and at 7pm on the Saturday at the Marlborough Civic Theatre.

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Rheana McNabb, Kimberley Single, and Grace Eaton will perform as Mr Warbucks, Miss Farrel, and Annie respectively in their tap school's production on Annie.

By Robbie ParkesThe meaning behind Guy Fawkes

may fly over the heads of the younger generations, but by no means is the annual celebration losing its appeal.

“I don’t think it’s dying out, I think people have been more careful when it comes to Guy Fawkes,” said The Warehouse Blenheim manager Ian Daubney.

“A lot of people are choosing to go to the bigger organised shows.”

It is a safer environment for families, and kids still get the chance to play with sparklers, he said.

The retail giant is the predominant seller of fireworks in the region and are well stocked for the celebration.

There is huge demand for fireworks, said Ian, and from November 2nd to 5th it gets busy, as it is the only period they can sell them and people buy them for events later in the year too.

The store hands out leaflets and has the fire brigade do safety checks.

“We’re very very health and safety conscious.”

Blenheim Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Rob Dalton said Guy Fawkes celebrations in the past has been reasonably quiet in Marlborough.

He said he would like to think people are becoming more safety conscious especially as people do seem to lean towards the organised displays.

“The fire service in the past has encouraged people to do that.”

He said, the Whitney St School display tends to be the big one that a lot of families go to.

Guy Fawkes popular as ever

Yesterday the Tui Club had a fantastic day visiting Waikawa Bay (left).It is Marlborough’s Out-door Playcentre, and the focus is on getting into the outdoors as much as possible.“We are there to support, protect, nourish and nur-ture, the children take us where they want to go,” said Jane Dowd, from the playcentre.Next week they will be going to Ballinger Park, and will meet at Blenheim Playcentre on Eltham Rd, 12 noon.

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inbriefNew Leadership for Grape aNd wiNe iNdustry

New Zealand Winegrowers, the national organisation for the country’s 1,500 grape growers and winemakers, announced yesterday the election of Steve Green as chair and John Clarke as deputy chair.

Mr Green is proprietor of Car-rick, a boutique Central Otago win-ery; he succeeds Stuart Smith of Marlborough who has stepped down after six years in the role.

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CorreCtioN:The article and photo in The Sun

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This is incorrect, as he is in fact one of the founding members of the guild, which started in 1985.

Vince is currently vice-president.

Blenheim schoolgirl Clara van Wel has been named as one of five acts to go through to the next semi-final epsiode of talent show, New Zealand’s Got Talent.

In her last performance she sang her own composition and was deemed “a serious talent” by Ali Campbell.

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It takes between about 11 and 15 seconds to sprint the length of a rugby pitch, and yes, Richie McCaw really does eat weetbix for breakfast every morning.

“Because it’s good tucker,” he told a group of fans at Stadium 2000 yesterday.

Four All Blacks were on a whirlwind visit to Blenheim, including Sam Whitelock, Owen Franks, and Julian Savea.

Landing at Blenheim Airport at 9.25am, they had attended morning tea at Blenheim Town Square, followed by a 30 minute sign-ing session at Stadium 2000, and were back at Blenheim Airport by 1pm.

Although time was tight, school children still enjoyed asking the boys in black a few questions; what pets they have, which mostly included dogs and one goldfish; what other jobs they have had, and how strong they were – they all agreed on about a 140kg bench press.

“It’s really awesome to have them here,” said Lily Parkinson, 7.

Maddix Brady thought it was cool getting all their signatures, and Domi Kula thought the All Blacks were really nice and cool.

“They don’t come to Blenheim that much, so it’s a really cool opportunity to see them,” said Thomas Loza, 9.

Finn Thompson, 11, gave Richie McCaw’s

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hand a good shake, and enjoyed catching up with his favourite player, Owen Franks.

“It’s my first time seeing them in real life,” he said.

“It’s only once in a lifetime that you see them like this, it’s awesome,” said Jesse Eising, 15.

The All Black visit was part of a nationwide provincial tour yesterday, to thank their fans.

The 32-man All Black squad for the Air New Zealand European Tour leaves on Thursday, and their first game is on November 11, against Scotland in Edinburgh.

it is smiles all around for domi Kula, 7, with owen franks and Julian savea.

New food staLLA new food stall will be operating

at the Redwood Flea Market and the Sunday Market as from Saturday. It will be the first time a food stall has been at the Redwood market in recent years, if at all. Bruce Weston and Peter Peterson will be cooking sausages and other tasty bbq goods, and serving scones with jam, pikelets etc from their caravan with the proceeds donated to the Marlborough Stroke Club.

Students from Witherlea School got the opportunity to hop on some vintage bi-cycles and have some fun on Tuesday, but also learn a bit of history.

Rod McCloy from the Marlborough Museum at Brayshaw Park enlightened the children on some of the old bikes, trikes and scooters their grandparents and great-grandparents might have used growing up.

The kids were given a chance to ride the bicycles, some dat-ing back to the 1950s.

Their teacher, Catherine Stringer said the children had been learning about the history of bicycles, how they progressed, and the safety aspects of them.

“It’s just making them aware,” she said.

“They learn more from hands on riding than sitting in a classroom.”

Students cycle through history

hunter ruffell, hugh straker and sophia sidley take a ride through history, having a go on vintage scooters, trikes and bikes at Brayshaw park on tuesday.

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By Annabelle LatzDon Zimmerman is pleased his

campervan has been found.He received a phone call very soon

after an article was published in The Sun earlier this month about a camp-ervan he sold, but never received the full payment for.

The lady who rang him was the grandmother mentioned in the original article.

“She said it was the line in the story that talked about two boys living with their grandmother that tripped her up.”

She was not aware her son had not made the full payment for the Daihatsu Campervan that has been in her yard for nearly a year.

“She was horrified.”The woman’s son bought it for his two

sons to live in because he was going to

Australia.At the time he paid Don $2000 for

the deposit, and signed an agreement to pay the further $8000 as monthly installments.

But Don never saw another cent.After a run of bad health this year,

Don decided this month to see where his van was.

“Don’t trust anybody, you get to the stage where you think you know people, and then they beat you one.”

The woman has until Friday to get the $8000 from her son, to purchase the van outright.

“Hopefully the money will arrive,” said Don.

Otherwise, Don will have the camper-van onsold by the repossession agency.

“So far so good, I’m keeping my fingers crossed.”

Campervan located

The Marlborough Falcon Trust is proud to an-nounce that Sara and Napoleon, a pair of New Zealand falcon, have laid their first eggs.

These are the first eggs laid in the newly completed Brancott Estate Aviary.

Sara laid her first egg last Tuesday morning, and

NZ’s favourite bird is breeding

another egg on Thursday night, and one more on Saturday night.

This is a really exciting first step in the breeding process for these rare and threatened birds.

Falcons can lay between one and four eggs, and normal clutches generally contain two or three.

Eggs are incubated for 30 days. Females do most of the incubating, with males providing them with food and taking over when the females want a bathroom break and a stretch.

You can visit the Trust’s website to learn more about falcons www.mfct.org.nz

The trust’s facebook page also contains a video of Napoleon preparing the nest barrel for their eggs’ arrival facebook.com/Marlboroughfalcons

Napoleon (in the barrel) and Sara a few days before they laid. Photo supplied.

Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trustee Diana Dobson, and Wilson with students from Rapaura School after they helped to raise money for the cause.

Kuni Shepherd, of Wellington, left, kamatua for NZ Women’s Refuge, leads Marai Larasi in a song during the Women’s Refuge international conference Whanau of Tomorrow at The Winery Riverlands on Friday.

More than 200 attended the two-day conference over the weekend.

Ms Larasi, the executive direc-tor of Imkaan, a UK organisa-tion challenging violence against women and children, was joined by other keynote speakers Profes-sor Michael P. Johnson, of the United States, and Professor Bob Pease, of Australia, among others.

Photo by Chris Tobin

Hundreds at conference

The Supreme Award at the TrustPower Marlborough Com-munity Awards has gone to the Rarangi District Residents As-sociation.

The awards were announced and presented last evening at a function in the Wisheart Room, Marlborough Civic Theatre.

For winning the supreme award, Rarangi District Residents As-sociation received a framed cer-tificate, a trophy and $1500 prize money. The association will now represent the district at the 2012 TrustPower National Community Awards, which are being held in the Far North district in March 2013.

TrustPower community rela-tions representative Teresa Par-tridge said the Rarangi District Residents Association included over 250 households who got involved with their community, volunteered and helped out wher-ever possible to improve the town.

“They are behind a number of impressive projects in Rarangi

that are helping create a more vibrant community.

Leatham Landon-Lane of Marlborough Boys’ College was named as the winner of the TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award.

The finalists for the award were Jacques Breedt from Rai Valley Area School and Olivia Sheat from Marlborough Girls’ College.

Other winners last evening were:

Heritage and EnvironmentWinner: Marlborough Falcon

Conservation TrustJoint Runner-Up: Renwick

Museum & Watson Memorial Library

Joint Runner-Up: The Edwin Fox Museum

Health and Well BeingWinner: Marlborough New-

comers NetworkRunner-Up: Marlborough

Community FoodbankCommendation: Presbyterian

Support Volunteer ServiceArts and Culture

Winner: Picton Maritime Fes-tival Trust

Joint Runner-Up: Marlborough Youth Orchestra

Joint Runner-Up: Marlborough Creative Fibre Guild

Sport and LeisureWinner: Marlborough Riding

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By Chris Tobin Karen McDonald and her

small dog Rye, were among a group of volunteers rec-ognised for their work with the SPCA in Marlborough on Friday.

For three years Karen and Rye have been visiting rest-homes, cubs, scouts and various community groups as part of their pet therapy programme where accord-ing to Karen, Rye is always hugely popular.

“He’s extremely popular and he never tires of his role,” she said.

Karen and the other volunteers were presented with Royal SPCA com-memorative medals by Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman. A total of 1000 medals have been awarded around the country to cel-ebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year.

Two Marlborough volun-teers Pat Ashton and Marilyn Hagen received their awards

at Government House in Wellington while Mr Sow-man presented 12 on Friday – the remaining recipients were unable to attend.

Mr Sowman said the SPCA had been working in Marlborough for 60 years and each year they cared for 1000 animals.

“We all know a measure of a society is how it treats its animals and that it reflects how we treat each other,” he said.

“I want to stress how much your work is valued and on behalf of the Marlborough community I thank you people for what you do.”

Among the recipients was Teresa Hawes of Picton who fostered many animals, particularly puppies. She said her daughter Grace, 11 helped her.

“Grace and I get the pup-pies and we socialise them with adults and children. We’ve been doing it for a couple of years.”

SPCA volunteers receive awards

The list of Marlborough recipients of the Royal NZ SPCA Volunteer Awards were.- Leslie Hammersley, Teresa Hawes, Freda Clout, Val Beveridge, Ian Hatcher,

Karen McDonald and Rye, Pat Tapp, Karina Greenall, Terrie Paterson, Natalie Wye, Khrissie Costello, Di Davies, Dawn Gilbert, and Leigh Rector.

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Team effort: Karen McDonald and Rye.

Tersa Hawes and Grace Hawes, 11, with the SPCA medallion Teresa received last Friday.

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By Robbie ParkesConstruction of the Port Marlborough Pavilion

at Endeavour Park, Picton, is well underway, and potential users of the new facilities are being invited to express their interest this weekend.

The Endeavour Park Pavilion Society Inc is hosting an information afternoon at the Queen Charlotte Col-lege Gymnasium on Sunday to inform the public on what the new centre will offer sports and clubs in the area, said society chairman Graham Gosling.

“It’s virtually just to inform everybody at the stage where we’re up to and gauge the response from potential users.”

“It doesn’t matter if they have 10 members or 100 members, it’s a sports and community centre and we want to cater to that as much as we can.

“We’re just wanting to show what we can offer.”He said they want any interested organisation

to come along to find out how the development is progressing.

Graham said there has been a lot of interest, but it has all been in the preliminary stages.

“Now we need to start recording their interest and then we can talk to the various organisations on a one on one basis.”

He said they do not want to impede on other sports and community facilities in the area.

Blenheim construction firm TH Barnes has been undertaking stage one of the development, and is currently working on the second floor of the build.

The society still needs to raise $800,000 to begin stage two of the development which includes two squash courts and conference rooms.

“It’s the early stages in getting the jigsaw complete,” said Graham.

“Another consideration is to hopefully get a couple of tennis courts, which can also double as netball courts.

“And that’s not a very high cost at all, and as a complete venue it would be very good.”

He said the facility is expected to be complete by May 2013.

The information evening takes place at the Queen Charlotte College Gymnasium, Sunday November 4 from 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm.

Pavilion well underwayProgress on the Port Marlborough Pavilion at Endeavour Park in Picton is going well. Photo supplied.

By Annabelle LatzFrom tasting frogs to visiting

bustling markets, a visit to Shanghai was about much more than just fashion for Carolyn Taylor.

T h e 21 ye a r- o ld fo r m e r Marlborough Girls’ College student featured a selection of her garments at Shanghai Fashion Week earlier this month.

Currently studying fashion at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, the 21 year-old was one of six students from her course to attend the big event, which lasted nine days.

“It was all really inspiring,” she said.

She received great feedback about her garments, that were based around a ‘resort wear’ theme, featuring simple comfortable clothes.

She added elements of her own origami and jewellery as accessories.

As part of the trip, the students did a photo shoot, which took them to the suburbs and outer areas of Shanghai, which was a highlight for Carolyn.

“I thought it would be really crazy with lots of people, but it was quite laid back, everyone was really nice and understanding.”

The same message could not be expressed about the traffic.

“People didn’t indicate, and tooted all the time, honestly, they just kept tooting.”

The markets were busy.“They were really crazy, just

madness with so many people.”Due to the huge hospitality of the

Chinese people, Carolyn got to try all sorts of different food, including frog, snake, and jellyfish.

“I tried the frog, it was covered in spicy sauce, and was squishy and yuck. I didn’t try the jellyfish, but I heard it was like eating a rubber band.”

Back in Dunedin, Carolyn is concentrating on finishing off her pieces for her final year assessment, and then will start on some more drawings.

“And I want to have a crack at setting up my own business,” she said.

Frogs and fashion in China

The Korean Government recently made available to members of the New Zealand Korea War Veterans Association (NZKVA) who had not been sponsored on a Revisit Programme to Korea, the Ambassa-dor of Peace Medal and Certificate of Appreciation for their service, 60-plus years ago.

These appreciations are now available to living non-NZKVA Veterans and may be applied for by sending by email or post their service details, current address and telephone number to: Mr J Waters, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, PO Box 11143, Wellington 6142 or [email protected].

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Vicky HughesBlenheim

We like to celebrate Guy Fawkes with a couple of crackers and sparklers, but have to be mindful of animals as we live on a farm. Our children used to go to A&P park for the fireworks.

Jen ShieldsBlenheim

This year I’m taking my children trick-or-treating and also to their school disco. For Guy Fawkes we like to come into town and watch the fireworks display, otherwise we have our own at home.

Kelly JenkinsBlenheim

Some years we have sparklers for Guy Fawkes. We don’t do anything for Halloween.

Kieran JenkinsBlenheim

We don’t celebrate Halloween, but some years we celebrate Guy Fawkes with sparklers.

Madei Power & Ruby ReeveBlenheim

We’re going trick-or-treating for the first time this year all dressed up and we usually celebrate Guy Fawkes with some fire works at home.

Callanthia HammondBlenheim

This year I’m going trick-or-treating as a pirate and for Guy Fawkes we have a family pizza night and go to the New Brighton Pier.

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Dear EdI must point out that neither Tracy Johnston nor

Destination Marlborough had much to do with recent cruise ship volunteer welcome.

It was arranged due to the efforts of Margaret McHugh of Picton, and may there be more.

I for one will be joining shortly to provide a land-based short tours for passengers.

John Story

Dear Ed,With regards to your article Gerry

Hey and the airport building (Blenheim Sun, October 17), some years back, when a new airport building was proposed, Gerry suggested that the new building should be situated on the south side of the airfield.

Gerry arranged with the Air Force commander for an officer to accompany him and myself to the south side which would meet Air Force approval.

It was a very good site with plenty of room for expansion; the officer’s problem was that traffic from Middle Renwick Rd would have to cross the airfield.

Gerry and I agreed no problem to come in from New Renwick Rd.

We struck strong opposition from M.D.C.

We did some research: All airlines using the airport gave very strong approval for our suggestion, the Air Force gave approval, and the Police traffic department gave approval, stating that the present posed a traffic flow problem.

We presented this information to M.D.C and the Air Force commander both said the problem was that the millions of dollars for the new tarmac was prohibitive.

I did a little more research, and Fulton Hogan gave me a quote of $100,000 to do the tarmac, quoting that they had experience of Woodbourne Air Field.

On presenting this information to M.D.C and the commander I did not hear back from either, but M.D.C continued on with building on the old site, completely ignoring our research.

K Lawrence

Dear Ed Your correspondent D Greenslade says the number

of Air NZ flights does not justify the expense of a new terminal.

She seems concerned as to who will pay for it. I wonder who the “good authority” is that the

present terminal is big enough to handle all flights. I suggest Mrs/Ms Greenslade actually spends a day

at the terminal sometime and count the number of movements and witness the congestion.

As for paying for it - some years ago there was a need for Wellington to have a new terminal and there were similar concerns as to who would pay.

It was resolved when the users (the airlines) eventu-ally realised they needed it and coughed up.

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Today is May Eve on nature’s calendar. It’s obvious Spring isn’t in the merry month of May

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The die-hards, misled by the commercial hype, will say it’s Halloween.

Surely it tells you something with pumpkins still at the seedling stage at present!

May Eve is Beltane or Flowering or Sap Rise and Whiringanuku for Maori.

Though it’s November 1st the following day it is May Day. But, whatever the month, in mid-Spring it’s traditional to celebrate.

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Labour of loveWednesday October 31, 2012

“The time has come,’ the Walrus said.”Tan said this with a confident smile, quoting

from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Tan and her husband Rob moved to Marlborough 37 years ago, as Rob was involved in the forestry industry.

Tan, who was studying a Bachelor of Arts degree extramurally, wanted something extra to do, to accompany her role as mother of two young boys Warren and Jaimie.

That was when she first became involved with the second hand bookshop.

Her knowledge of books was noticed when she would visit the shop on Charles St, which eventually landed her a job at the book exchange.

“Mrs Morris ran the book exchange then, and used to ask me for advice.”

Tan was then given the opportunity to manage it, and eventually bought it in 1989.

She bought a building on Charles St, which is now McRae’s Fashion.

“It was a buzzy place.”Her shop is now on Scott St, after Tan sold

the building on Charles St 10 years ago.“I have run it as a lifestyle, it’s a busy little

business.”But life will not be slowing down for Tan.Their vineyard they live on at the end of

Dog Point Rd keeps them occupied, as do their grandchildren.

“I’ve always done a little bit of writing, so who knows, and I might have time to smell the roses.”

Tan, the oldest of eight children, said it was her mother’s passion for books that rubbed off.

Tan’s full name is Tanith, a Mesopotamian name, after a goddess of war and love.

Her character features in one of the earliest epics, originally written on stone in 612BC.

“When I was a kid I didn’t want to be named after any old goddess, so I said I was named after a race horse.”

Tan held a newer version of it in her own library at home, which she described as her “heaven.”

“Once I get up here I love it, I’ve got some lovely old books.”

Tan has made some great friends through those seeking treats and treasures amongst her bookshelves.

“I have found books that people have looked for years, I love that.”

“There’s lots of nostalgic stuff,” said Tan. Tan was recently sorting through some

belongings of her own children’s, and came across two favourite childhood books - The

Diggingest Dog and Lambert the Sheepish Lion.

“I read these to my grandkids too.”Among Tan’s favourite authors are Diana

Gabaldron and Dorothy Dunnett, both authors of huge integrity, extremely well researched and travelled.

“There is powerful intellect, it’s addictive.”Tan and Rob have recently returned from

a trip to Europe, and loved visiting places in France and Spain which she had read about through her favourite authors.

“Through all my reading I used to read about it, so I felt a sense of deja-vu. There

was a connection for me that nobody else would have had.”

Along with the bookshop, the brewery has also kept work life busy and interesting, which was also started in 1989.

“I had this huge shop, and breweries and distilleries were just starting in New Zea-land. I thought it might be a way to pay the mortgage.”

“It involves anything that ferments or distills - cheese making, essential oils, soap making, and beer.”

Her business, as she described as a ‘labour of love,’ has always been ‘a lot of fun.’

Tan McNabb’s passion for literature has been shared with many, and now its time to go. She speaks to Annabelle Latz about her decision to sell Still Books at Tan’s Place.

“You can make really outstanding friends

through books.”

In her own slice of heaven: Tan McNabb wil l be spending more time at home amongst her own books soon, after 37 years’ involvement with the second hand book trade.Tan was also featured on the front page of our second ever edition on November 12, 2002.

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CHEERS: The Sun team from left, reporters Annabelle Latz, Celeste Lodewyk, publishers Les and Katrina Whiteside, receptionist Aynsley Carrick, classified sales Maree Perano, sales Chloe Honour, sales Jill Wood, production Karyn Nally, reporter Chris Tobin, Office Manager Jill Sutherland-Kennard. Front; production Matt Brown and reporter Robbie Parkes.

A decade of

Continued from page 1And 10 years on they believe the Sun is

doing an excellent job, truly connecting with the community having become a ‘must read’ all over Marlborough.

The paper has an official ABC audited circulation of 18,700 copies.

“We’re astounded people come in 10 years later and say ‘it’s a great paper,’” says Katrina. “It’s been amazing; the satisfaction is huge.”

In all his long career with newspapers (over 30 years) and all the papers he has owned and worked on, Les says the Sun has stood out for having the strongest response from readers and advertisers.

“It comes back to the public reading it and reading every page. From a business point of view and community involvement this paper has been the most successful.”

The biggest change in the 10 years came when the paper went twice weekly earlier

this year.“We didn’t envisage going twice weekly

but when you get a major client saying go twice weekly, you do,” says Les.

Katrina thinks it’s the best thing they have done since starting the paper.

“It’s great. I heard someone say they look for the babies (photos) on Wednesdays and the text talk on Friday.”

A major highlight for Les and Katrina over the 10 years has been the many friend-

ships they’ve made with business people in Marlborough and with members of the public.

Keeping local people in jobs has been important to them too.

They’re delighted the paper is expanding at a time when the newspaper industry both in New Zealand and worldwide is retracting.

“The paper is the result of team effort and we have had some terrific staff during the 10 years,” says Les.

10 years: Let’s celebrate!

Celebrating 10 years

THANK YOU MarlboroughThe Blenheim Sun newspaper

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our sincerest thanks to our loyal advertisers and readers.Thanks for being such a great community!

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Advertising with the Sun has been very good for us and the the success of the paper is shown through the

advertisers. It has found a place in the market

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and Katrina have looked after us very well.

I wish them and the paper all the best for the future.”Craig McDermid, Managing Director and CEO Toyota Blenheim

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“Their success has been our success,” says Pam McCormick.

Pam and Ray McCormick have advertised with the Blenheim Sun ever since they took over their jewellery business in Blenheim nearly seven years ago.

“Les and Katrina have helped us in the best way to establish our business,” said Pam.

“I’ve had a monthly column with them for six years and for brand aware-ness it’s the best advertising we’ve had for our business.”

Ray said due to the way the paper was presented, it was very readable.

“It has been a very enjoyable relation-ship over the years and we congratulate them on their achievement,” said Ray.

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When it comes to loyal advertisers it’s hard to go past Cresswell’s shoe shop at 71 Market Street.

Right from the first issue of the Blenheim Sun 10 years ago, owners Keith and Jacquelene Sandford have advertised every week apart from once according to Keith when there was some glitch in the system.

“I‘ve found I really got on well with them” said Keith.

“ I like a certain layout and keep it the same and the Sun have allowed me to do that and if I want, I can

make changes quickly and easily. “They do it the way I want it, not

the way they want it.” Keith and Jacquelene took over

Cresswells in 1987 but the business dates back to August 1947 and was based originally in Maxwell Rd.

“Over the years we’ve gone out of stocking children’s shoes,” said Keith.

“We have women’s and men’s and a small amount of sports shoes but we’ve enlarged our ladies bags section and we still do repairs.”

With the arrival of The Ware-house in town Keith said they decided to move more into top brands and mid-range priced shoes.

“The public are aware we know what we are talking about and we care about our customers.

“It’s all about our service. We don’t try and sell just to make

a sale. “We’ve got a huge following.” And advertising in the Blenheim

Sun over 10 years has definitely helped.

Cresswell’s most loyal advertiser

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“Mitre 10 MEGA changed to the Sun about two years ago.

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You can advertise and not make sales but we’ve had a lot better results from the Sun than we had in previous media.

They are easy to deal with and get it right first time.

We’d like to congratulate Les and Katrina on the 10 years.Graeme and Shirley Hawtin.

Better sales results from The Sun

“The Sun gets to a broad audience for the DIY mar-ket and they’re a locally owned professional busi-ness that meets our needs,” says Blenheim Placemakers owner operator Rodger Cullen.

“ They get it right the first time for us and they’re good people to deal with.”


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Congratu lat ions to the Blenheim Sun on their last 10 years keeping Marlborough informed with news, views and our “specials” here at Super Liquor.

We have been happy supporters with our liquor advertisements and now that the Sun publishes also on a Friday we can get our message to the people of Marlborough twice a week.

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We wish Katrina and Les a l l t he best on this decade of publishing and

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Sally Cook’s friends and family have good reason to look through the window of The Sun office as they pass by.

They will see Sally smiling back at them.

The 10 year-old Blenheim resident was born the same day The Sun had its first publication, November 5, 2002.

Her fifth birthday celebration is what honours the wall behind the front desk, for everyone to see when they come into the Sun office.

“It doesn’t seem like five years ago,” said Sally, who remembers she was just finishing kindergarten.

When friends from out of Blenheim come to visit, she always tells them to go past The Sun window.

“And when we walk past we always wave in too,” she said.

Sally’s mum Ange remembers the very special occasion the day Sally was born.

“All these fireworks lit up the sky when I was wheeled back to my room at Wairau Hospital, for Guy Fawkes celebration.

But it felt like our very own celebration,” she said.

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Right from the first issue on November 5, 2002, the Blenheim Sun has been out there in the community telling your stories and filling the pages with photos aplenty of Marlburians.

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Then as you begin turning the pages you quickly get the impres-sion that there were lots of photos of locals.

Heaps of them. And our regular features Out and About, Babies and the One on One profile were there also.

We profiled Mark Peters, the well

known chartered accountant who said of Blenheim, “they’ll have to cart me out fighting.” He’s still here.

The mayor of the time Tom Har-rison featured also and he talked of a possible steam train running between Blenheim and Kaikoura as a tourist attraction.

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“Amazing how it all comes together,” says the man who co-ordinates delivery of the Blenheim Sun, Chris Nally.

At 5.30pm each Tuesday and Thursday the Blenheim Sun is sent to our printers Guardian Print in Ashburton.

After being printed, and a five hour road trip from Ashburton, the papers arrive in Blenheim around 4am and this is where Chris steps in.

He completes his main job as a baker and then picks up all the bundled newspapers, loads them into the Sun van.

His first drop off is to the rural mail deliverers and then to the team of 70 deliverers in Blenheim and Renwick.

Others bound for Picton and Havelock he takes to the couriers for delivery.

His team of 70, he says, can be “quite fluid” especially around school holiday time.

But he has his loyal deliverers like Robert Austin who has been delivering the Sun around Redwoodtown for all of the paper’s 10 year history.

Amber Shaw delivers around the business area of Blenheim and has been doing it for nine years.

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And there are others too like Nola Neal and Peter Hoosen.

These are just some of Chris’s dedicated team delivering the Sun, winter or summer, rain or shine week in, week out.

Chris says there have been some

interesting moments – like the time half the papers were sent to Motueka.

Or the time the delivery truck was held up by slips outside Kaikoura, or the time the forklift broke down and they had to hand-load the bundles of copies off the truck.

“Little things like that happen in every business I guess,” he says.

Dave Rees (painter) advertises in the Blenheim Sun’s trades and services page and has done for four years.

“It’s an important part of my business, and because of the position I have in the paper it works for me,” says Dave.

He wishes the Blenheim Sun well on its anniversary.

Small ads workThe well known electrical company Callahan &

Martella has run a small advertisment in the Sun every week since the paper started.

So what drew them to the Sun?“Being locally owned and operated was important

for us,” said owner Ian Martella. “I’m from a very old Marlborough family and

I believe what comes around goes around in a business sense.

It’s been good advertising with The Sun and we’ve had positive feedback about it.”

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The stories in the Sun are obviously a crucial factor in its popularity.

“While we don’t shrink from hard news stories, we do try to focus on good news,” says Les.

There is also enormous effort made into fitting as many local stories and photos of local people as possible into its pages.

Right from the first issue the baby page has proved to be hugely popular. Out and About, a page of pho-

tographs of local people taken by our photographers at the weekends, is also enjoyed by many read-ers while Text Talk on Fridays has quickly built up a strong following. The letters to the editor, or ed as we call him, are always a must read.

Les is not a believer in regular columns, saying surveys done on other papers have shown they are read only by a small percentage of readers.

The one exception was the work of the late Ken Berry. Love him or hate him, says Les, the usually humorous, often quirky and sometimes hard-hitting columns from Ken were written by a master of the English language.

They inspired what is best described as quite a bit of interaction with the newspaper and Les says Ken’s death has left a gap that “we are unlikely ever to fill.”

What’s in the Sun?

Today, you see the first of several small changes in the appearance of The Sun.

The masthead (our banner head-line) has been modernised, to have more impact. (Les’s threat to rename us The Bugle at the same time came to nothing, we are glad to report!)

The Wednesday edition will be known as the “Wednesday Sun” with the front page having the

same look as the hugely popular Friday edition.

Guardian Print in Ashburton are printing the Sun for our Birthday issue today using a heatset process which means the paper will have even clearer, higher quality pho-tographic reproduction.

There will also be other more subtle changes in the typefaces used and in the way stories are laid out.

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The Sun’s original circulation of 15,000 copies has grown to nearly 19,000 copies twice weekly.

They are delivered to homes and businesses throughout the region. (That’s delivered into letter boxes, as opposed to being thrown on the street.)

Les and Katrina are sure this delivery method is deeply ap-preciated by householders.

The Sun has also put newspaper

stands into Picton Fresh Choice, Springlands Countdown, New World Blenheim, Seddon Su-pervalue and many shop dairys.

Les has been monitoring these stands and has found he needs to refill throughout the week.

An important part of the Sun’s circulation is our rural delivery contractors who ensure the Sun is delivered into the rural ar-eas on a Wednesday and Friday morning.

We get the papers to the rural mail deliverers first to ensure same day delivery, they do an excellent job for us says Les.

Town deliveries are handled by adults and school children on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Some adult deliverers are up at 6am waiting to deliver The Sun.

Les says these people are a huge asset to the Sun team.

Without them The Sun would not be as successful.

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What I have enjoyed about the Blenheim Sun newspaper is how well it’s put together, lots of local content to enjoy. The time and effort everyone puts into it and the fact that it’s free and is out twice a week is a big bonus. I thoroughly enjoy the Sun and am sure to check that letter box each Wednesday and Friday.

Thanks for everything.S.Michaels.

I have enjoyed many things with the Sun newspaper over the past 10 years, but the most important is that 5 years ago you posted on the back wall of your reception area a big photo of my daughter Sally, who will also be turning 10 on the 5th of November this year… our fam-ily always waves to her when we drive past the Sun office… keep up the good work!Cook Family.

Thank you all sooooo much for 10 wonderful years of news and views. You have done a fantastic job of keeping Marlborough informed with accurate snippets and feature articles. Not only has it come free to our mailbox but we have been able to keep ourselves up to date while overseas through your online version. All the best for the next 90 years and your telegram from the King/Queen!Chris Downs

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First of all congratulations

on reaching 10 years. I really like your paper,

and getting it twice a week is

awesome. One of your reporters came

to interview my husband and

he made an excellent job.

I would recommend him to

anyone. Your articles are very

very interesting. Keep up the good work.

Regards, Harleen Apperley

Happy birthday to you dear Sun newspaper, Happy birthday to you all. What a great little paper. I so enjoy the day it arrives.

I pore over all the articles whilst having my morning coffee. I cut out helpful hints and recipes and they get posted to my two daughters in Australia. This week I cut out the spring cleaning tips and I am off to clean my windows with vinegar. Thanks so much, I would hate not to have ‘The Sun’.

Elaine Willis (Great Grandma).

To the Sun ‘10th Birthday’. I enjoy the ‘Sun’ because there are more stories than advertisements. I respect your courage on the occasion (some years ago) when you ran reports of people being ‘fined’ (by a policeman) for going too slow when there were legiti-mate circumstances and then ‘the police’ withheld giving you the reports of incidents to include in your paper!! (for a while). Also I appreciate the list of death notices as sometimes I don’t always get the daily paper. Keep up the good re-porting. Sincerely Gloria Romano.

The Sun’s arrival lifted the standard of the free papers in Blenheim.

It has good articles on people and what is happening in town.

A feature I particularly enjoy is the ‘out & about’ section.

Kind regards, Diane Corkett

Dori-Ann BemontI think that it’s really informative of local

news and it has a great, easy layout and plenty of bold colours.

My favourite page is ‘The word on the street’; it’s nice to see local opinions on cur-rent issues.

The event guide is handy to plan our week-ends around.

We moved from Zimbabwe to Blenheim about 16 months ago and there wasn’t any-thing like the Sun over there.

It’s also my birthday on the 5th of November so happy birthday Sun.


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John ThomsonI like that it’s a nice easy read. I’m originally from Christchurch, so reading about the local history around Marlborough is really helpful and interesting. I’m also a big fan of the weekly crosswords.

Dear Katrina & Les,We would like to thank you so much for the last ten

years since The Sun has been in business.The Bride of the Year Show has been such a success

in our community, this has been helped due to your total commitment and support throughout these years

Selling tickets, advertising, promoting and attend-ing the show plus the fabulous photos taken for the brides to purchase.

This last year you even introduced your own prize for Miss Photogenic this shows your total commit-ment to this annual show.

Your commitment to the local community with raising funds for all different charities is amazing as with the bride of the year show in the ten years we have raised over $51 thousand dollars with the money staying in Marlborough.

We from Beavertown Blenheim Lions cannot thank you enough for your dedication.

May your newspaper continue with your two great editions each week and a big thank you from us.Carol Taylor and Beavertown Blenheim Lions

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As a newcomer to Blenheim I felt lost and confused.The Sun came into my letterbox.I began to feel more at home as I looked at the pictures of happy people and read the news of people enjoying themselves in this community which was quite unfamiliar to me. There was plenty of bad news elsewhere.In no time The Sun helped to make me feel at home.Long may it continue, my favourite paper of the week.Happy tenth birthday to The Sunfrom Marygold Miller

Philippa ButlerI like that it’s all local news. I love the Wednesday paper because it’s got a lot more meat than the Friday, but I love all the stories about the locals.


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McLOONE: Sharnae and family are please to announce the safe arrival of Sahhara Unity McLoone (8lb 9oz) on Sunday 28th October at Wairau hospital at 7.30pm. A huge thank you to midwife Angela White. You were so supportive. Thank you to my Dad and Mum for being there for me, love you lots!!! And thank you to all the staff that put up with me as well.

BEATTIE, Brad and Amanda are pleased for the safe but early arrival of Ben Chris Beattie on Monday 22nd of October. A big thank you to staff at Wairau maternity, Life Flight and Wellington N.I.C.U. Photo provided

PARKER: Edward and Amber are pleased to announce the safe arrival of their first baby, Lily Christine Parker (7lb 7oz) on October 24th 2012, at 8:52am at Wairau Hospital. Special thanks to midwives Cathy Middleton, Abby Harding and Doctor Gary Fentiman, as well as all the staff in the maternity ward. Photo provided

NAILER: Hayden, Naomi and Harry are very proud to announce the arrival of Max Kahu (7lb 6oz) on October 21 2012, at 3.44pm. A huge thank you once again to midwife, Gwen Costello and to the staff at the maternity ward, Wairau Hospital. Photo provided.

GOODSIR: Gareth, Olivia, Eddie, Jono and Brooke are delighted to announce the arrival of Charlotte Rose on the 15th of October, 7lb15oz. A special thank you to Cathy, Abby, Melissa and all the staff in the maternity ward and theatre. Photo provided.

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All Blacks’ flying visit

Finn Thompson, 11, keeps things formal with Richie McCaw.

Left: Blake Pitts, 4, looks up to Sam Whitelock.

Right: Kyren Taumoefolau, 9, meets and greets some All Blacks, pictured here with Julian Savea.

Left: Thomas Loza, 9, now has an All Blacks shirt with extra meaning, pictured here with Julian Savea.

Right: Jesse Eising, 15, has a quick chat with Owen Franks.

Left: Lily Bond, 8, (left) and Lily Par-kinson, 7, take a moment to chat to Owen Franks.

Right:Maddix Brady, 7, collecting a few signatures from his heroes.

Tom Hobson, 9, catches up with Sam Whitelock.

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SPCA awardsMarlborough SPCA volunteers received special commemorative medals at a ceremony in the Marlbrough District Council chambers on Friday. Among those there were:

Teghan Turner, left, Megan Cook, Georgia Turner and Katherine Williams.

Jeff Cook, Robyn Barclay, Natalie Meiklejohn and Audrey Seaton.

Wayne Williams, left, Neil Watts and Dave Robb.

Surf’s up Cool weather on Sunday didn’t deter some hardy souls turning out for an open day by the Rarangi Surf Life Saving Club at White’s Bay on Sunday. Enjoying the action were:

Kate Robinson, Abby Edwards and Jesse Stanford got in to the Halloween spirit with their impressive costumes at the Boomtown Brawlettes Fundraiser Quiz at the Springlands Tavern on Saturday night.

A trio of unicorns did their best for their quiz team, “Sarah Jessica Parker”.

The Boomtown Brawlettes went full zombie for their

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THANK YOU MarlboroughThe Blenheim Sun newspaper

celebrates 10 years of publishing in Marlborough on November 5, 2012The team at The Sun would like to take this opportunity to offer

our sincerest thanks to our loyal advertisers and readers.Thanks for being such a great community!

Katrina and Les Whiteside


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CROSSWORD By Russell McQuarters

SOLUTIONFor February 23, 2005

ACROSS 1. (of a dog) Attacked sheep (7) 5. Absorbed in memories (11)11. Fowl perch (5)12. Short curtain (7)13. Custom (5)14. & 42 ACROSS. Guess; (4,2,3,4)15. Spiteful (9)16. Instant(Abbr) (4)17. Parted (7)19. Consider (6)23. Paleness (6)26. Following (7)29. Oven (4)30. Sum of money (3)32. Smear (3)34. Lover (4)35. Wed (7)36. Kind of clay(used as a pigment) (6)39. Wanders (6)40. Ardent (7)42. SEE 14 ACROSS.46. Most careless (9)48. Strike back (9)50. Chances (5)

51. Appease (7)52. Pitchers (5)53. Perversion (11)54. Taught (7)

DOWN1. Twists out of shape (5)2. Rebellious (7)3. Know by instinct (6)4. Enthusiasts (8)5. Alleviate (7)6. Down-stroke(writing) (5)7. Irritate (6)8. Assistant cook (4,4)9. Drying up (11)10. Rows (5)16. Hinders (7)18. Ooze out (5)20. Its capital is Copenhagen (7)21. Cut grass (3)22. Finish (3)24. Lavishly (11)25. Sheep (3)27. Tend (5)28. Petrol (3)31. Water barrier (3)

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For October 24, 2012

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HAMMOND, Thomas Gerald (Tom): On October 25, 2012 peacefully, at Hospice Marlborough. In his 89th year. Dearly loved husband of the late Shirley, much loved father and father-in-law of Mo and Graham Sutton, Scott and Sarah, and Andrew and Robyn. Loved Pa of Scott and Sam; Sam and Georgia; and Lucy and Marcus, and Great Pa to Ella. Messages to 19A Percy Street, Blenheim 7201. A service for Tom was held at the Awatere Memorial Hall, Foster Street, Seddon at

2.00pm Tuesday October 30, followed by interment at the Seddon Cemetery. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

LUND, Valerie Faye (Val ) : On Saturday October 27, 2012 at Wairau Hospital. In her 66th year. Great sadness at the sudden passing of a loving mother to Tania Meehan, and Tony Guillemot, mother-in-law of Rod and Tiffany and loving Nana of Callum, Kerwyn, Codie, Connor and Dylan. Loved sister and sister- in- law of Ray and Janet, Kelvin and Jeannette, and the late Ian and Joy Lund. Messages to 7A Ward Street, Blenheim 7201. In lieu of flowers a donation to Hospice Marlborough would be appreciated and may be made at the service or sent to PO Box 411, Blenheim 7240. A funeral service for Valerie will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Henry Street, at 1.30pm Wednesday October 31, followed by interment at Fairhall Cemetery.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

McCALLUM, Helen: On Saturday October 27, 2012 peacefully, at Redwood Lifestyle Care & Village. In her 91st year. Dearly loved wife of the late David, much loved mother and mother-in-law of Clare and Murray Adams (Wellington), and Peter and Mel (Blenheim). Loved Nana of Rebecca and Chris;

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Phillip and Tamara; “Nana McCallum” of Sativa. Messages to 20 Fell Street Grovetown Blenheim 7202. In lieu of flowers, a donation to Hospice Marlborough would be appreciated and may be made at the service or sent to PO Box 411 Blenheim 7240. Special thanks to the staff at Redwood for all their care and support. A funeral service for Helen will be held at the Mayfield Chapel, cnr Hutcheson and Parker Streets, at 10am Wednesday October 31, followed by interment at Fairhall Cemetery.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

SATHERLEY, Jean Lillian: On Friday October 26 , 2012 a t Wa i rau Hospital. Aged 88 years. Beloved wife of the late Brian, dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Janice and Campbell Edwards (Tora), Trevor and Chris (Okiwi Bay), Glenys and Murray Morgan (Blenheim). Cherished grandmother of Sarah and Dave, Reuben and Lizzie, Grant and Sian, and Lyn, Kent and Samantha, Amanda and Aaron, and Narelle. Loved Great Grandmother of Erin, Troy and Stacey, and Great Great Grandmother of Riley. Messages to 1/187 High Street, Blenheim 7201. A funeral service for Jean was held at the Mayfield Chapel, cnr Hutcheson and Parker Streets, at 1pm Tuesday October 30, followed by interment at Fairhall Cemetery.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

SMITS, Cornelis (Con): Passed away October 30, 2012, peacefully, at Ashwood Park, knowing he was surrounded with the love and affection of his devoted family and the wonderful and caring attention of the staff at Ashwood Park. Aged 94 years. Loyal and devoted husband of the late Anna Bernadina and much loved father and father-in-law of Bert and Tee, Mia and David, Casy and Linda, Francisca and Giles, Cecilia and Darryl and Anita and Peter. Treasured Opa of Tania, Sonia, Matthew, Michael, Cassie, Emma, BJ, Domonique, Matt, Josh and their partners. Precious great Opa of all his great grand children and loved brother of his surviving and late siblings in Holland. Special thanks and appreciation to Jane, Dawn, Gia, Mini and Sarla and the rest of the fantastic team at the Lavender wing of Ashwood Park whose love and dedication ensured Con’s last few days were as comfortable and peaceful as they could possibly have been. “Rest in peace Dad …... fly with the Angels, back to Mum”. Messages to 202 Wither Road, Blenheim 7201. A Requiem Mass for Con will be celebrated at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Maxwell Road at 12 noon on Friday November 2, followed by interment at Fairhall Cemetery, for close family and friends.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

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Story and photo by Celeste LodewykShe is one of our region’s top sportswomen and on the international stage, Megan Craig is fast climbing towards her goal of being the world number one ranked women’s squash player.Helping her toward this dream

will be a fundraising dinner held on April 24 which will feature Megan’s idol and former world squash champion Dame Susan Devoy as guest speaker.Continued Page 5.

March 30, 2012Sun Weather Today 7-20 Saturday 8-17DAYLIGHT SAVING eNDS APRIL 1

7-20 7-20 7-20

Top Top ranking awaitsawaits

Story and photo by Celeste LodewykShe is one of our region’s top sportswomen and on the international stage, Megan Craig is fast climbing towards her goal of being the world number one ranked women’s Helping her toward this dream

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ObituaryWith a love for business,

racing, rugby, a beer and

family, Les Hope was a well

known local identity.

Brewing

magicCreating tasty beer involves

a great process, and a bit of

magic too. David Nicholls shares

a word or two about making a

brew at Moa Breweries.

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ANZAC Parade moves

ANZAC Day parade moves to

Blenheim School this year, as

the clock tower at Seymour

Square proves too much of an

earthquake risk.

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The

Wednesday

February 22, 2012

New Friday edition

Sun goes

twice weekly

Outlook for Today

Periods of rain. Light winds.

Sun Weather

Today

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

17-20

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The Blenheim Sun will publish twice weekly

starting on Friday March 9.

Publishers Les and Katrina Whiteside see this

as an exciting time, to provide Marlborough

readers with a second edition as well as the

popular Wednesday paper.

Advertising support has continued to grow for

the Blenheim Sun over the last 12 months and

the demand from advertisers for a Friday paper

has been the driving force to go twice weekly.

Les says the encouragement and support from

major advertisers is just fantastic, particularly

in this economic climate.

However he believes the Marlborough public/

readers who have continued to support the Sun

paper is the main reason why it is so successful

for advertisers.

“We believe this move also shows our confi-

dence in the region,” says Les.

Last week the ABC Audit Bureau of NZ re-

leased its yearly newspaper circulation numbers.

“The Sun is now the number one circulated

newspaper in the region with 18701 copies,

this compared to the Marlborough Express

8077 ANC”

“The Express suffered another sizable de-

crease in circulation, similar to last year,” says

Les.“The new Friday Sun edition will be similar to

Wednesday, but with a few surprises,” he says.

TWICE ThE READ: The Blenheim Sun Publishers Les and Katrina Whiteside.

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GENERATORS

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578 1021

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ELECTRICAL

We service all Commercial Kitchen & Laundry equipment. Local agent for Starline Dishwashers.

Ph: 579 4445www.cmelectrical.co.nz

PAINTER

DAVE REESPAINTERS & DECORATORS

For all painting and decorating needs

Interiors, exteriors, reseidential, commercialIncluding wallpapering,

varnishing, roof spraying, new homes, repaints

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Lost Tabby & white Cat in Riverlands Industrial Estate. Wearing blue harness + Lead. Last seen Vernon St area. Could be caught up or stuck due to harness. Any information most grateful. Ph 5777533. Reward if found.

Lost - Tabby Cat WhITE chIP & white rocks. Ideal for pebble gardens, paths, drive-ways. Phone Thomson 575 6885

CC Express(formerly Hebberds)

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DRIVING

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Clubs Of Marlborough

Indoor Bowls Section AGM

Monday 5th Nov 7.30pm,

Clubs main hall. Election of officers New & intending

players. Please attend.WANTED

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Any cars, vans,utes, 4x4's.In any condition.

Cash paidFree pick up.

Marlborough Vehicle Removals

Ph Brent 027 766 7105

TWO BEDROOM FLATfor rent in Redwoodtown area.

Tidy, freshly painted inside.Looking for desirable tenants with

current employment.No pets. Bond required.

$195 per week.Phone Juliet at

Harcourts Property Management 577 8871 or

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work environment and strive to provide uncompromising customer service standards.

We are seeking an experienced Retail Store Manager who is self driven and able to motivate and lead the

team at our Blenheim store.

If you have proven Retail Store Manager experience, exceptional planning and merchandising skills along with a

passion to inspire both customers and staff alike then we want to hear from you. Flexibility is a must as hours

are 30-35 per week rostered over a 7 day basis.

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The Community Noticeboard is for non-profit organisations. For $10.00 you can publish up to 25 words. No AGMS, sporting notices or special meetings. Community Notices must be pre-paid. Call into our office at 72 High Street, Blenheim

Blenheim Healing RoomsOpen 1st & 3rd Saturdays every month. 11.00am - 1pm. Stonewood Homes Office, 68 High Street. Free Christian healing prayer available to anyone. Phone 578 9704

Ex Wairau hospital staffAll ex staff from all departments welcome to lunch at Marlborough Club Tuesday. 13th Novmeber at 11.30am. $26 p.p. R.S.V.P. to 578 6524.

Family Life Pregnancy SupportAre you worried about being pregnant? Free local support and pregnancy test. 0800 367 5433

Goodwill SaleAt St Christophers Church Hall Weld Street (opp Countdown) this Fri-day 9am to noon. Usual bargains of secondhand goods and clothes.

Housie - 3 Super housesThursdays 7pm Blenheim Bowling Club, Weld Street. 40 houses, 1 special. Raffles and loads of food. Proceeds to Te Rerenga o Te Ra

HousieSaturday 6.30pm at the Racecourse Hall. Entrance down Linton Street. 50 games, 2 super houses, raffles and food for sale.

Mental HealthConsumer Advocacy Service. Our Advocates will take up your cause to ensure your rights are respected, listen to your concerns and support you in the actions you want to take to gain resolution. Ph: 5795304 or call at Level 2, Aorere House, 54 Scott St.

Renwick MarketTuesdays 10am-2pm. Anglican Church Hall. Good selection of Items & Clothing. Sale Tables available. Fishing gear available. Surplus items accepted.

SF Marlborough(supporting families in mental well being) For information/advocacy/support for families living with mental illness please contact Cheryl or Lyn on 577 5491 or visit us at 4 Scott Street. All Welcome

Sheets ‘n’ ThingsGood used linen for sale! Open Monday to Friday 9.00am - 12 noon at Bread of Life, 14b Stephenson Street (opp Boys College) Phone: 577-5423.

The Blue DoorIs open Monday to Friday 9.00am - 3.30pm. Saturday 9.00am - 2pm. Item surplus to your requirements we would gladly accept. We can deliver. Phone 5794353.

The Peoples MarketEvery Sunday Queen Street Carpark. 10am - 1pm. Jams, Plants, Crafts, Produce, Jewellery, Woodware, Gifts, Free range eggs, Olive Oil, Shrubs, Books. Sites $5.

Trade Account Manager BlenheimWe are seeking an experienced Account Manager (Sales Rep) to join our Blenheim Sales team.The suitable person will be self-motivated and well organised, having proven initiative and the ability to think outside the box identifying and securing new business in both residential housing and commercial construction.We will support you with an extensive product range and in-house support functions.You need an absolute commitment to building strong customer relationships and follow-up and negotiation skills to close a sale, along with sufficient administrative skills for accurate reporting and documentation. Knowledge of house construction and products is advantageous, but not essential. We offer an enjoyable and rewarding working environment with a strong focus on customer service, safety, ongoing learning and development and real opportunities for advancement. Remuneration package includes a competitive base salary, plus incentive scheme and a company vehicle. You will also enjoy team benefits including superannuation, share plan membership and immediate buying privileges. As part of the Bunnings team, you will also have the chance to make a real difference in your community and environment.For more information, please contact: Tim Trowell, Area Sales Manager, Southern. Phone: 027 200 2034. Email: [email protected] close Friday, 9 November 2012.

LOGISTICS MANAGER

In a short space of time the Yealands Wine Group has established itself as a global leader in sustainable wine production.

Inspired to “think boldly, tread lightly and never say it can’t be done”, the Yealands Wine Group has achieved rapid international growth, exporting to over 65 countries.

To enable this growth to continue we are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to lead our enthusiastic logistics team.

The successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing all functions within logistics, including production planning, freight forwarding, stock control, reporting, supplier relations and purchasing.

This senior position will suit someone with proven leadership skills and experience in managing logistics, preferably within an export-led production company.

The role will be based at our award winning CarboNZero certified winery in Seddon, and an attractive package will be available to the successful applicant.

Expressions of interest and CV’s should be emailed to: [email protected].

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DAYLIGHT SAVING eNDS APRIL 1Top ranking awaits

Story and photo by Celeste LodewykShe is one of our region’s top sportswomen and on the international stage, Megan Craig is fast climbing towards her goal of being the world number one ranked women’s squash player.Helping her toward this dream

will be a fundraising dinner held on April 24 which will feature Megan’s idol and former world squash champion Dame Susan Devoy as guest speaker.Continued Page 5.

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March 30, 2012Sun Weather Today

DAYLIGHT SAVING eNDS APRIL 1Top Top ranking awaits

Story and photo by Celeste LodewykShe is one of our region’s top sportswomen and on the international stage, Megan Craig is fast climbing towards her goal of being the world number one ranked women’s Helping her toward this dream

Helping her toward this dream will be a fundraising dinner held

will be a fundraising dinner held on April 24 which will feature

on April 24 which will feature Megan’s idol and former world squash champion Dame Susan

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Page 2

ObituaryWith a love for business,

racing, rugby, a beer and

family, Les Hope was a well

known local identity.

Brewing

magicCreating tasty beer involves

a great process, and a bit of

magic too. David Nicholls shares

a word or two about making a

brew at Moa Breweries.

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ANZAC Parade moves

ANZAC Day parade moves to

Blenheim School this year, as

the clock tower at Seymour

Square proves too much of an

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Wednesday

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New Friday edition

Sun goes

twice weekly

Outlook for Today

Periods of rain. Light winds.

Sun Weather

Today

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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The Blenheim Sun will publish twice weekly

starting on Friday March 9.

Publishers Les and Katrina Whiteside see this

as an exciting time, to provide Marlborough

readers with a second edition as well as the

popular Wednesday paper.

Advertising support has continued to grow for

the Blenheim Sun over the last 12 months and

the demand from advertisers for a Friday paper

has been the driving force to go twice weekly.

Les says the encouragement and support from

major advertisers is just fantastic, particularly

in this economic climate.

However he believes the Marlborough public/

readers who have continued to support the Sun

paper is the main reason why it is so successful

for advertisers.

“We believe this move also shows our confi-

dence in the region,” says Les.

Last week the ABC Audit Bureau of NZ re-

leased its yearly newspaper circulation numbers.

“The Sun is now the number one circulated

newspaper in the region with 18701 copies,

this compared to the Marlborough Express

8077 ANC”

“The Express suffered another sizable de-

crease in circulation, similar to last year,” says

Les.“The new Friday Sun edition will be similar to

Wednesday, but with a few surprises,” he says.

TWICE ThE READ: The Blenheim Sun Publishers Les and Katrina Whiteside.

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SunThe 27Wednesday October 31, 2012Sun sport

The Clubs of Marlborough Trophy Tournament was held at the Blenheim Golf Club over the weekend. Results were:

Men’s pairs: 1st David Watson – Ryan Windleburn 157, 2nd Hamish McWhinne – Elton Netto 153.

Men’s individua l:1st

Mike Dawson 75, 2nd Peter Wakelin 73.

Women’s individual: 1st Maureen Burrow 71, 2nd Marilyn Young 67.

Martin Hartigan Memorial Trophy: Blenheim men 34.5 won against Nelson men 33.5.

Ladies Challenge Trophy:

Blenheim women 34.1 won against Nelson women 30.1.

Challenge Trophy: Won by David Watson – Ryan Windleburn.

This event has been played for the last 30 years and a rematch will take place early next year in Nelson.

Queen Charlotte Yacht Club’s first High Performance Clinic of the season finished up with a lot of very tired but enthusiastic Optimist and Starling sailors.

Club jun ior convenor and coaching co-ordinator, Ben Cowley, pronounced the weekend clinic as a great success and said the young sailors were very keen for the next one.

Yachting New Zealand sent down down one of their top coaches, Jim Maloney, to run the two day Starling Clinic for the teenage sailors.

Yachting New Zealand’s support for Queen Charlotte Yacht Club in running the free clinic is a great boost for the growing Starling Fleet and gives a great early season lead up to the Starling National Championships being held in Picton during the April

school holidays 2013.The younger Optimist sailors

had Briar Dye-Hutchinson from Auckland to put them through their paces over three days.

Picton Harbour was very busy on Saturday morning with Club Coach Neeta Cameron running a large Learn to Sail course and Green Fleet training alongside the High Performance Clinic

The sailors enjoyed a mixture of conditions over the weekend from strong, gusty winds on Saturday to much lighter conditions on Sunday.

Monday was Southerly and a little chilly but great sailing conditions all day.

The Clinic is timely preparation for the Nelson Marlborough Regional Championships being held next weekend in Nelson.

Last Thursday night, week two of Marlborough Volleyball’s FairWeathers’ Senior Summer League got underway at Stadium 2000.

Action from Premier grade saw Treefellas lose their first game going down in all 3 sets, 25-20, 25-20, 25-19 against MBC but staying in touch throughout.

In their second match, Treefellas played a double-header against Kinoaths which saw a lot of see-sawing as both teams fought for supremacy.

Treefellas took the game three sets to nil, 25-20, 26-24, 25-16.

First game up in C grade saw MBC Junior A players all combining well and running away with the early set 25-16 against Smashed ‘Em Bro.

MBC Junior A had the game in the bag, winning the final two sets 25-22 and 25-19.

Westmeat Geriatrics are their equal on points with a 3 set win over MIA 25-9, 25-10, 25-17.

In the other 2 games both Safe Crackers and Desperate Housewives served well and were engaged in some good rallies by their opponents Wolf Pack and team Fresh and each secured maximum points from their 3 set wins. Safe Crackers 25-17, 25-16, 25-23. Desperate House-wives scored 25-17, 25-10 and 25-11.

The wins puts these two teams in 2nd equal place on the points table.

The A-Team collected the Fairweathers’ Fair Play Team of The Week Award.

Treefellas lose first game

Tasman Makos and C r u s a d e r s h o o k e r Quentin MacDonald and former Marlborough classmate Kade Poki will debut for the Maori All Blacks rugby squad to tour Britain.

Both players were named in the squad earlier this week and leave November 6.

MacDonalD anD Poki to tour Britain

inbriefSport

two new all BlackS naMeDWaikato’s Tawera Kerr-

Barlow and Wellington hooker Dane Coles are the latest All Blacks to be named in the 32-man squad to tour Europe, leaving this week.

Kerr-Barlow nudged out halfback Andy Ellis for the spot, while Coles headed off Hika Elliot for his position.

The Silver Ferns secured a solid victory over South Africa in their penultimate match of the Quad Series in Tauranga.

Scoring 63-24 against their opponents, the New Zealand side now face Australia in the four-nation final in Hamilton on Thursday.

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Clubs of Marlborough golf results

High performance clinic prepares young sailors

ivan Blanche, left, nelson, terry lane, Mike Gardner and John Brook, all of Blenheim.

competing in a beach sprint event at the rarangi Surf life Saving club open day at the weekend are from left Henry Seaton, nicholas Meiklejohn, and aidan Brown.

Fernbaby has become the latest key sponsor of the New Zealand Warriors.

A three year deal will see the infant formula ma ker sponsor t he Vodafone Junior Warriors in the National Youth Competition in 2013.

The company wi l l become a full sponsor of the club’s NRL team in 2014 and 2015.

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By George PeartOn Saturday the Blenheim Pigeon

Club flew two races from Oamaru. 88 birds were released at 07:45.

The first Flock bird arrived home to its perch by 2.29.16pm.

This race was the second leg of the clubs Triple Crown with C Kirkwood of Spring Creek winning this leg, his bird arriving home at 3.07.40pm.

Flock Race Results: 1st A Cooper 2.29.16pm Velocity 1140.565mpm, 2nd D Dredge 1079.323, 3rd MorrinsHollow 1067.274,

4th C Kirkwood 1065.257, 5th Nearo Lofts 1057.500, 6th J Webb 1042.317, 7th Tum-bledown Loft 1029.739, 8th S Morrison 1028.643, 9th J Mcilroy 1024.820 10th S Kirkwood 1022.229

Second leg Triple Crown results:1st C Kirkwood 3.07.40 1065.257mpm, 2nd Nearo Loft 1057.500 3rd J Mcilroy 1024.820, 4th S Kirkwood 1022.229, 5th S Morrison 1020.806, 6h A Cooper 1003.399, 7th D Dredge 972.639, 8th J Webb 949.633, 9th Tumbledown Loft 872.359.

The third leg of the Triple Crown is from Invercargill a distance of 700km.

Next weeks race, Mosgiel, 570 km.

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The champion women golf-ers from 15 clubs in the Nel-son Marlborough West Coast area contested the Cham-pion of Champions event at the Marlborough Golf Club at the weekend.

Emily Stenhouse of the Marlborough club took out the best gross champion of champions in the silver section of the tournament while Kaye Eggers from Wairau Valley took best gross in the bronze.

Joy Croft of Blenheim won best nett in the bronze section.

Results were.- Bronze medallist: Best nett,

Joy Forsyth (Westport); runner-up Allison Day (Hokitika).

Silver medallist: Best nett, Natalee Reed (Greenacres), runner-up, Margaret Hastings (Awatere).

Bronze champion: Best nett, Joy Croft (Blenheim); runner-up, Laurraine Elley (West-port). Best gross, Kaye Eggers (Wairau Valley), runner-up, Lynne Denton (Kaikoura).

Silver champion: Best gross champion of champions, Emily

Stenhouse (Marlborough), run-ner-up Robin White (Nelson), best nett, MaryAnn Glasson (Hokitika), runner-up, Katrina Manaena (Greenacres).

Rosebowl winners: Greena-cres (Katrina Manaena, Eve Clarke and Carole McAlpine) 107, 1; Nelson (Robin White, Korrin Black and Doreen Mar-shall) 107, 2.

Pennants team winners: Picton (Maria McConway, Diana Harper, Ricky Ash-worth, Joan Gabara, Jenny Hart, Marget Frisken).

Stenhouse shines in champions golf

Sa-ang Grupp, Wairau Valley club, Madeline McGee, Greymouth, Christine Summerton, Marlborough club and ladies convenor, and Laurraine Elley, Westport.

Emily Stenhouse of the Marlborough Golf Club follows through her tee shot during the Champion of Champions tournament. Photo by Chris Tobin

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