Men’s Shed under way

Since the initial public meeting in June, The Martinborough Mens Shed membership has grown to 71 with more folks signing up as the word is spreading. With all this support, the Shed is quickly becoming a reality.

The purpose of the Martinborough Mens Shed is to provide a place for members to have access to machines and tools for their own projects but also to take part in projects for the community. There will be guidance and instruction on use of equipment allowing members to learn new skills of wood and metal working and other crafts and activities wanted by members. These activities are always accompanied by time to socialise over a cup of tea and biscuit. … Continue Reading

Not good enough

this is how NZPost left the area it removed the post box from in Naples Street. I think it is very poor to leave the ground so it cannot even be mowed around.
It is also an accident waiting to happen re people tripping over it at night.
The least they should have done was remove the box and have the area returned to grass.

Orangerick

(In response to a challenge to extend the first line into a perfectly scanning and rhyming limerick, despite nothing in the dictionary rhyming with orange):
There was a young soldier from Orange
Whose name was  Lorenzo  McMorran?Geronimo Deacon?Nathaniel McMeekin?Nurse Gladys Emmanuel Gorringe.
 
CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY DAY AT ‘RHYME TIME’
3.30pm, Friday 28 August, Martinborough Library
 
Do you get a giggle from cleverly-crafted verse with a twist in the tail? Then whether you’re 8 or 88, come to the Martinborough Library at ‘Rhyme Time’, 3.30pm on National Poetry Day, Friday 28 August. Enjoy the Martinborough Star’s resident rhymester John Ansell and head librarian Shirley Nightingale reciting the poems of master twits like Roald Dahl, Ogden Nash, Spike Milligan, Pam Ayres and Les Barker. Learn about the craft of humorous rhyme, and bring along a rhyming poem of your own. We’ll award a chocolate fish to the funniest.

Shame on burglars

Martinborough School was broken into over the last weekend of the school holidays. Two large Samsung televisions were taken – from rooms eight and nine.

Principal Craig Nelson said that it was really disappointing that people of the community feel the need to take resources and funding from children.

The school is having to buy new televisions as well as investing in security camera systems with the hope of returning any goods that may be removed in the future.
The school would welcome any support in finding the equipment or information which would help track down the people who have done this.
Room nine pupils expressed their thoughts which included: “Burglars – why would you want to steal Room eight and nine’s televisions when you can just work harder and earn yourself a TV. You just took away our learning”.