From the files

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 529, 29 March 1994, Page 12

From the files

Looking back on the Waimarino Weekly, one of the Ruapehu Bulletin's predecessors, are the following stories, from March 1979: □ Local artist Joan Godfrey's ari exhibition, opened at the Ohakune Club, was off to a good start. □ Keith Kui was pictured in a glider which had touched down at Ward's Airstrip, Raetihi, on its way south while taking part in the Air New Zealand Derby,, □ "No rainfall was recorded this week (to 7 March) at the Ohura Road Weather Station". □ A technical oversight involving trading limitations with the Raetihi Borough, saw Raetihi deputy mayor Colin Webb forced to stand down from his duties, and councillor Bob Peck take his place. "The loss ... to the borough is a substantial loss, and it is a very sorry fact that a regulation so out of date could disenfranchise such a valuable local citizen," said the Weekly. □ Edna McLean scored a hole-in-one at the Waimarino Golf Club's opening day. □ The Raetihi Borough Council was calling for support for a town hall committee, having negotiated the purchase of the then Wrightson NMA building for a hall. □ Local lad Andrew Hagley was pictured with a huge mushroom he had found in the Mangaeturoa School grounds. □ The Wanganui Hospital Board had commissioned a community health survey. □ Local Lions Club member Michael Kennedy was pictured pushing a safe along Seddon Street, helping Heather and Maurice Oliver move into their shop, and raising funds for the Lions at the same time. □ Tongariro Parks Board had recently given AHI permission to build a new T Bar ski lift. (the High Noon T-bar)."T-Bars are another form of getting people up the ski slopes with a minimum of delay," explained the Weekly. □ It was suggested at an Ohakune Borough Council meeting that pariring be provided behind existing Ohakune shops and that business vehicles be parked in Ayr, Miro and Rata streets. □ The Winstone - Samsung Pulp Mill was officially opened by the then prime minister Robert Muldoon, who said he was delighted with the community spirit that existed in Waimarino. The mill was built at a cost of $30.25 million. Mr Muldoon said the mill would stimulate growth and provide employment in a previously declining area.