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April 4 2014
Maureen recalls the changing times of banking Last day in Devonport… Maureen Rogan (centre) with tellers Cathy Poledniok (right) and Larisa Van Zyl
doN’t mISS... the
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aNNUal devoNport
DOG PARADE! FaNtaStIc BoUtIQUe doggy prodUctS aNd ServIceS!
wheN:
Sunday 13 April 2014, from 12.30PM-4.30PM. The action starts at 1PM!
where:
Windsor Reserve, Devonport
what:
A free, action packed day of events, entertainment, doggy goods and services and a chance to showcase our beloved 4 legged friends in a fashion parade!
why:
To celebrate our love of dogs, and provide a great day out for all of us dog lovers! NB: Gold coin donation would be
greatly appreciated, all proceeds going to the SPCA.
doggy StarS! cLowN! prIZeS!
prIZe categorIeS:
Please direct any queries to Robyn Fond - Event Organiser on 445-6736
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• Please ensure your dog is on a lead and/or muzzle if required • Please pick up after your dog! • Please support the stall holders with cash sales, a donation will be made from every sale to the SPCA
• BEST “CIRCUS” THEMED DOGGYS FOR THE FASHION PARADE Best Smile Best Tail Wag Devonport’s Doggy Idol-the MOST CLEVER! Best Dressed-Canine Supermodel!
OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS: BENEFITZ • CHANNEL MAGAZINE • FIONA TOMLINSON PET PHOTOGRAPHY • AUCKLAND COUNCIL THE DOG GURU • LADARAC DOG SAFETY BARRIERS • GOTTA PET • PET N SUR • WALKIES RAW ESSENTIALS • FURR KIDS • DOGEASE • INSPECTOR SPOT • PETXCITE PRODUCTS JOLLYDOGS PLAYLAND INDOOR DOG PARK • CHINCHILLA PET WEAR • MECCA IN DEVONPORT publishers of
Maureen Rogan, a founding member of the Westpac branch in Devonport 23 years ago, had her final day at work late last month. The bank – on the corner of Victoria Rd and Clarence St - took the place of a fruit shop and butcher’s and was a branch of Trustbank, which later merged into the Westpac group in 1996. The first manager was Ian Bartlett and there were five full-time tellers at the start, prior to ATMs, Rogan recalls. “When I first started people always asked if you lived in Devonport. I didn’t but I said my father-in-law and mother-in-law lived in Owens Rd so that was all right.” When the bank first opened there were no cafes in Devonport, although Clarry’s in the supermarket square opened soon after, Rogan said. When ATMs were introduced at the branch the primary reaction from customers was not the convenience they offered but the threat they posed to staff jobs at the branch. Many customers ignored the machines and kept coming into the bank. “There is a local guy who still refuses to use ATMs to this day and comes in to the tellers even though it costs him $3 a time,” (to withdraw money), she says. Over her banking career Rogan moved around different Auckland branches but spent 11 years in Devonport, including about six years as manager, the job she had when she left last week. Computerisation and online banking had changed the work experience at the branch markedly. In the early years customers became familiar faces and often friends, Rogan said. Today there is simply less need to go into a branch. At 65 Rogan is retiring and she and husband Bill hope to do more travelling, especially to see daughter Sarah in Sydney and son Bill in Germany.
Vandalism hits St Leo’s A grape-sized metal ball was fired into a glass door at St Leo’s Catholic School, shattering the first layer of the double-glazed security glass and getting lodged in the second. The vandalism occurred just after 6 pm on Monday 24 March. “The police said the ball was fired either from a BB gun or a kind of pipe and it is not clear whether the damage was an accident or caused intentionally,” says Principal Mary Kedzlie, who is asking the public to help locate the culprit. “If it was a genuine accident, we understand that it can happen but would appreciate if the person fessed up and apologised. If it was deliberate, it is much more disconcerting,” she said. Kedzlie says it was lucky no one got hurt, as caretaker Tima Moataane had just been in the part of the building that was hit, close to the parking lot.