What's in the papers: The week ending August 13th

The Guardian

The Guardian led with a story from the Motueka police who are pleased with the latest statistics of levels of crime and traffic accidents in their policing area. The statistics for last year showed reduced levels of criminal activities and traffic crashes below previous years.

There had been no fatal accidents in the area, a 50% decrease in serious injury crashes and a 20% decrease in total crashes. The crime statistics showed that there had been a 61 per cent clearance rate, better than the previous year's 58%.

A meeting of the Motueka Valley Association Friends of the Valley will be held next Wednesday at the Memorial Hall in Ngatimoti to find some answers to questions about the increasing financial demands that are concerning Valley ratepayers. TDC Mayor Richard Kempthorne will attend the meeting.

The paper told us that there will also be a meeting at Riverside community next week at which a local woman Verena Gruner will talk about her travel to Israel to attend the International Democratic Education conference.

The paper published an extensive tribute to Willis George Bond who died recently. The account told of the horrendous events that he experienced during World War II, and how he managed to cheat death on many occasions.

Motueka busker Richard Fry talked about the new recording studio equipment that he has purchased and his long held goal to produce high-quality CDs at low cost. And the Floral Art Circle said it will mark its 20th year of fundraising for the Cancer Society through its Daffodil Day theatre and demonstrations.

Motueka Golden Bay News

The Motueka Golden Bay News led with the report of the Motueka High School under 18 rugby team's latest win in cold and muddy conditions last Saturday. The front page and one inside sports page displayed several photos of players covered in mud and rain.

The paper provided a good summary of last week's committee board meeting, which featured the decision to spend up to $15,000 of its surplus on pram crossings and footpaths in and around Motueka. It also described the Tasman District Council's "engineering matrix", a computer program that ranks engineering work in the district on several weighted factors including pedestrian usage, road traffic flows, speed limits, access to facilities, road geometry and public requests.

There was a nice story about 28 Motueka babies who simultaneously attached themselves to their mothers' breasts last Friday for the National event, the Big Latch On. The event was organised by Women's Health Action Trust to promote the benefits of breast-feeding, with the aim of sending the message that doing it in public is acceptable.

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