FRIDAY September 12 2014 Issue 1077
It’s snowing at Clevedon Kidz!
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Clevedon Kidz Early Childhood Centres celebrated the start of Spring with a ‘Snow Day” on Monday. All the children came dressed in their winter hats, coats and gloves and the eagerly anticipated giant pile of snow was delivered at 10am. Then it was time for the fun to begin as the children climbed on the snow, touched the snow, went sliding on the snow, lay down in the snow and some even tasted the snow! There were snowballs to make and throw and a snowman to build. The songs from Frozen were ringing through the centre enhancing the Snow Day theme and creating an atmosphere of enchantment especially for the children who had not experienced snow before. The snow lasted all day and the children enjoyed the incredible fun experience of snow at preschool.
Jolly sad end for marina pub The iconic Jolly Roger Pub at Pine Harbour has been forced to close leaving proprietor Jacky Lakin “heart broken”. Jacky put the pub into voluntary liquidation on August 25 to try to resolve ongoing differences with a business partner. “I thought it would be the way to finalise things,” says Jacky. “I asked the liquidators if I could trade through so that the Jolly Roger could stay open.” With their permission Jacky set up a new company to carry on trading and purchased the pub’s food and beverages.
But eight days later Jacky was notified that the pub’s month by month lease would not be renewed by landlord Pine Harbour Holdings Ltd. “They gave us 20 days to vacate,” says Jacky. “I’m devastated - I’ve put everything into the pub and it’s all been taken away from me.” A tearful Jacky says she has been overwhelmed by supportive emails and phone calls from wellwishers. “People can’t believe it’s not going to be here anymore,” she says. “I’d just like to thank everyone for all their support and particularly in the
last week for all their kind words and thank everyone who’s worked for me over the past six year.” The pub closure means the loss of 23 part-time and four fulltime positions. Jacky says the Jolly Roger has provided jobs for close to 200 people, mostly locals, since it opened. A final farewell was held at the Jolly, as the pub was affectionately known, last Saturday. “We had hundreds of people down here - so many of the people who were here for our opening day six years ago came back for our last day,”
says Jacky. The traditional English style pub opened on 1 August 2008, the dream enterprise of Jacky and her then husband Steve. They spent months planning and designing the pub’s layout and bought in furniture from England. During the preceding year Jacky collected Steins and other nic-nacs to give the pub its authentic ambience. Sadly, the couple split at the beginning of 2012 and Steve has since returned to England. Jacky says the pub had become a focal point in the area. “I think it (our closure)
will be a shock for a lot of people for a long time. “As well as our local regulars we had a lot of boaties from further afield who came in at the weekends.” Jacky says she will miss hosting regular events, such as the popular Tuesday night quiz and open mike nights as well as annual charity events. “We did a lot of charity work with our Breast Cancer events and Canteen Fishing day every year. “We also had a lot of Gold Card senior citizens’ groups who would come out for lunch.” • TO PAGE 2
A Meet the Candidates meeting will be held this Friday, September 12 at 7.30pm at the Clevedon Primary School Hall, Clevedon Village. Federated Farmers has invited candidates contesting the Hunua Seat in the upcoming General Election to meet the Clevedon community. Each candidate will be given a four minute speaking slot followed by questions from the public. • SEE MORE CANDIDATE PROFILES IN THIS PC TIMES!
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