A Letter From the Timms FamilyA letter from the Timms family after Jaydin went missing for over 12 hours overnight on Saturday 6 December:
Report from Glenavon Community MeetingOn October 16 Avon Lines from Mt Roskill came and spoke at the Glenavon Community meeting, inspiring and entertaining us with her crime fighting stories. As a 4'11" white, kiwi lady in her late 50's, she's not the usual kind of person you'd expect to be kicking out the drug-users, taggers and burglars out of her neighbourhood, but she's done it. She explained that we all have the right to live in peace and safety, free from vandalism and intimidation. Nobody has the right to make you feel unsafe in your own street. This is especially true in a country like New Zealand, where we have a relatively honest and helpful government and police force. She detailed the strategies that we need to use in order to fight crime in our neighbourhood and therefore make it a safer place. Her encouragement was that if we follow her strategies, “you watch what happens!” Holbrook Street Neighbourhood Support Up and RunningA Neighbourhood Support Group has been set up in Holbrook St to return our street to its original safe, working-class status. Useful information has been flowing in, please keep it coming. Ana Koloamatangi and Frances Peeters are the Holbrook St coordinators. You can contact Ana or email Frances. As soon as the Holbrook St Neighbourhood Support Group is running effectively, we plan to widen the group to include Blockhouse Bay Rd, Margate Rd, Hertford St and Miranda St. Other coordinators will be needed as Ana and Frances are quite busy with one working and the other homeschooling and 9 children to look after between them. Summer SwimmingUnfortunately the Glenavon School Pool will not able to be opened to the public this summer holidays, due to the cost and large amount of work required to maintain the pool. However Blockhouse Bay Beach has been re-sanded with about 900 large trailer loads of sand. It is lovely at high tide and there is a barbecue and a playground with a long tunnel slide. It's only a 5 minute drive or catch a bus up to Blockhouse Bay shops and walk down Endeavour St (long hill back up though). New Windsor School Pool is open 1-5pm Sat/Sun and may also be open 1-5 on holiday weekdays. Cost: Adult $4, Child under 12 $2, Family $10 (2 adults 2 children). It is an indoor, waist-deep heated pool. Ph 627-3026. Remember to Slip on a Shirt, Slop on some Sunscreen, Slap on a Hat and Wrap on some Sunglases! School SecurityOver the summer the school is vulnerable to graffiti and vandalism. The money used to fix vandalism is taken from other school budgets ie. your children lose out. One way we could minimise vandalism is to regularly check the school grounds, particularly at night. Our idea at this stage is that each person would be on duty for only two nights over the school holiday period, doing a few checks through the school. You would not have to stay at the school all night. If you would be willing to help out our children in this way, please contact Ana Koloamatangi. |
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