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Schools take up gardening challenge 9 Mar, 2021 01:04 AM 2 minutes to read Gareth Carter is ready with the product to promote the Springvale Garden Centre School Vegetable Garden Competition. Photo / Paul Brooks Gareth Carter is ready with the product to promote the Springvale Garden Centre School Vegetable Garden Competition. Photo / Paul Brooks Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz Local primary schools are about to start competing in the Springvale Garden Centre School Vegetable Garden Competition, and if you think that s a mouthful, wait till the harvest is in! Thanks to sponsorship and support from Tui, Yates, Eastown Timber & Fencing, Sealandia, Ican, Whanganui Chronicle and, of course, Springvale Garden centre, schools will receive a starter pack which includes timber for a raised garden bed, along with stakes (Eastown); 10 vegetable seedling punnets (Zealandia); six packets of vegetab ....
Busy programme at Hakeke St Community Centre and Library 28 Feb, 2021 09:37 PM 3 minutes to read The mural is finished and a deck is being built at Hakeke Street Community Centre and Library. Photo / Paul Brooks Wanganui Midweek Our first new programme is a new initiative called Tech Talks for seniors. Thanks to funding received from Lotto, we have collaborated with SeniorNet who will come every second Tuesday, starting on March 2 from 10-midday. SeniorNet will come to the community centre and work with seniors to give them confidence on using their internet devices whether that is a phone, tablet or computer. One on one time is spent with each member and no question is a stupid question. This is a great chance for our seniors to obtain the skills to connect with loved ones, know what those apps do on your phone, and to gain and have the confidence and knowledge to do online banking, particularly now there are no longer cheques. ....
Cracked Ink mural to adorn library building 14 Feb, 2021 01:47 AM 3 minutes to read Hakeke Street Community Centre and Library is putting on some paint. Centre co-ordinator, Lorraine Sheenagh, says the work to be done is a mural, designed and executed by Si Ormerod, who paints under the name Cracked Ink. It s going to look so amazing, says Lorraine. We got ideas from the community: people who use the Community Centre as well as our volunteers, the kids next door, the kids across the road at the YMCA / Pakohe [Alternative Education Programme]. They all came up with ideas about what community looks like. ....