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TUESDAY 16 July 2013
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Grandma’s ring goes missing Win a free Sinead Ogilvie
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reporter@nelsonweekly.co.nz The loss of her grandmother’s ring couldn’t be more devastating for LeeAnne Weenink, who has worn the family heirloom for 12 years straight without ever taking it off -- until one recent Sunday. While volunteering at Nelson Musical Theatre painting sets for their Peter Pan show, she took off the ring and placed it in her purse to avoid getting paint on it and hasn’t seen it since. Lee-Anne doesn’t believe it was stolen because both her iPhone and some cash in her purse were still there, so she thinks it must have dropped out of her purse either outside the theatre or dropping her child to Nelson Central School the next day. She says she felt pure “horror” when she realised it was missing, as it was the last link that her family has with her grandfather, who died when Lee-Anne was just seven years old. “My grandfather proposed to my grandmother with it, I wouldn’t get upset if it was just any ring, it’s not the value of the ring itself that’s upsetting, it’s how much it means to my family.” The loss of the ring comes as a double blow to Lee-Anne who says she specifically made a point of wearing it everywhere because the matching
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Lee-Anne Weenink, of Nelson is devastated at the loss of her grandmother’s engagement ring and is hoping a member of the public has found it and will return it. Photo: Sinead Ogilvie. wedding ring has already been burgled from her sister’s home. “I just can’t believe it, I haven’t slept much over the last week, and I haven’t told my grandmother or my family about it.” Lee-Anne is begging anyone who may have picked it up or seen it to come forward, as there were plenty of people in the area at the time. “The children’s day event was on at Founders Park that same day, so an
extra few thousand people were there. I would be thrilled if someone who has found it handed it in.” Anyone who has seen, found or finds a 1940s Art Deco style ring with little diamonds inset on either side, in the area between Founders Park and Nelson Central School can either hand it in to the Cawthron Institute, or simply hand it in to the Nelson Police Station.
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