Saturday, November 17, 2007

Riots, party calls, knitted goodies,

Val Verde: Do meal time calls from survey firms get you excited. In Santa Clarita you can have even more excitement. Your local politician, Assemblyman Cameron Smyth is likely to call and invite you to take part in a conference call with about 5000 other voters. Sounds like Fun? Good God!! Read more...

Flemington: Youth parties put of control are news around, and the leafy suburb of Flemington is no exception. Last week in this multi-racial area, 50 youths attacked police: "It was very chaotic. There were a lot of girls crying and people were absolutely distressed. They were just throwing rocks randomly. It was .. totally out of control,'' Leading Senior Constable Watt said. More ...

Johnsonville: By the time you read this you will have just missed the excitement of the annual Johnsonville craft fair (15 November). Reports of sharing tales from across the stalls welcome. More ...

Hackney: Top pop star Sophie Ellis-Bexter (as yet to make it in NZ) launches a £20,000,000 campaign to make primary schools greener. Pupils will be able to join the Climate Cops to help reduce their, and their schools, carbon footprint. Watch the video (Sophie does scrub up well) and read more ...

Sunshine: Students from the Australian Technical School Sunshine are helping local primary pupils ready themselves for future life in the suburbs by sharing tips on martial arts and judo. More ...

Christchurch: Graham Partridge ran out of petrol on way to maternity hospital, but baby OK. Your editor rather thinks the descriptive stuff can be over done, but that seems to be the fashion these days: Read the gory details here ...

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