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JULY 2018
Produced for the community, by the community CHURCH NOTICES, CLASSIFIEDS & COMMUNITY CONTACTS FROM PAGE 30
Meet the new Woodpecker team
Debs Taylor-Hayhurst Editor
Debs comes from Scotland, moved to England in her late 20s where she lived for 20 years before moving to North Canterbury in 2007. Debs who is married to Jeff, enjoyed their 10-acre lifestyle block in Loburn for 7 years before moving to Pegasus in 2016 where they overlook the beautiful wetland lakes on the north-east side. Debs has 4 children, 7 grandchildren; Jeff has 2 children and 3 grandchildren, who all live in UK. Debs visits every year to spend quality time with them. Debs set up her own business Success Factor Consultancy & Coaching 3 years ago and has enjoyed supporting new business set-ups, small and medium
Roger Johnston - Reporter Roger has been a Woodend resident for 4 years, moving from Christchurch after losing his house in the 2011 earthquake and having retired from his career as a Registered Valuer of property. He is married to Beverley and lives in Hewitts Road. His interest in undertaking an editorial job stems from having been the editor of a Car Club magazine of similar scale as The Woodpecker which he did for five years back in the 1980s. He maintains his car interest but otherwise keeps busy with the garden at the Hewitts Road property. He has one daughter and two
businesses. Keen to contribute to her local community which led her to taking on the Editor role of The Woodpecker, Debs is excited about this new challenge and looks forward to carrying on the great work of her predecessor Rebecca Harris.
grandchildren, whereas Beverley has 11 grandchildren, some living as close as Pines Beach. His claim to North Canterbury is that his father’s family came from Kaiapoi, and that his parents were married in the Woodend Methodist Church.