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Kapiti News
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Hearing loss focus Mural adorns classroom for new clinic CLOE WILLETTS Kapiti’s new clinic, The Hearing Company, was welcomed on the coast in traditional Maori style on Tuesday last week, with a karakia by Don Te Maipi and Ake Taiouki. The Hearing Company owners Scott Panter and Noel Mason say the customary blessing was a fantastic way of representing their commitment to the community, as a team dedicated to helping restore the quality of life in people with hearing loss. Included at the opening attended by more than 30 people were special guests Paddy McCann and hearing dog for the deaf, Ted e Bear. ‘‘Paddy McCann was representing Paddy’s Jewel, a not-for-profit organisation established by Paddy and his wife to provide sign language training and education for young children in Vietnam, with hearing disabilities, says co-owner Noel. ‘‘The Hearing Company has chosen hearing dogs for the deaf and Paddy’s Jewel as our
OPEN: Don Te Maipi helps open The Hearing Company. PHOTO: KAP181013SPLDON
supported charities for the year ahead and it was great to introduce them to the community.’’ Noel, who was pleased with the overall attendance and success on the day, says one in six people experience some degree of hearing loss, with the ratio increasing to one in three for those over age 55. ‘‘We have over 30 years experience in audiology testing and hearing aid fitting and are looking forward to meeting a range of locals,’’ he said.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Paraparaumu College students Martha Piercy, left, Madison Potiki-Grayling, Cecilia Vaeluaga and Caylin Morgan created this mural based on Confections, a work by American artist Wayne Thiebaud (1962). The mural was installed on the north facing wall of the food technology classroom. The paint was funded by the college student council and the board supplied by Crighton ITM Building Centre. PHOTO: KAP161013SPLMURAL
FUNERAL DIRECTORY
Memorialisation by Andrew Malcolm
Society has used Memorials in varying ways to honour life since time began. With about 80% cremation in this region, many people simply plan to scatter the ashes after cremation, but in the end most need a place to go, a special place to remember, and usually end up putting up a permanent memorial of some sort. Over 20 years ago the cremation wall at Paraparaumu Beach cemetery ran out of room and it was decided to place memorial plaques around an existing rose garden.
This idea caught on so quickly that within only a few months the garden plaques were full and a new garden was needed. All the cemeteries in the district now have gardens with plaques for people to either place the ashes or simply have a special place to come to. For more information about memorials please contact a Funeral Home listed who can refer you to a company that can help.
We offer free tributes on line to all the families we look after. See tributes flow in from all over the world. Service sheets can also be uploaded. 284 Oxford Street, Levin 14 Rangatira Street, Otaki
Phone: 06 368 2954 www.harveybowler.co.nz
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