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Creative future for town centre? WILLIAM WOODWORTH
Business leaders say the future of Blenheim’s central business district is up to locals, as two more national big box retailers move to Westwood Business Park. With Bed Bath and Beyond and Number One Shoes/Hannah’s shifting from central Blenheim to Westwood, plus rumblings the shopping centre is attracting residents new to Marlborough being positive signs for the shopping centre, central Blenheim will lose two high-profile shop fronts. Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Executive Officer Kylie Cornelius and Harcourts’ Sales & Marketing Consultant David Searle say they see positives and negatives to the continued moves of chain stores out to Westwood but agree that it is down to Marlburians to make the CBD what they want it to be. “It’s good to see the big box retailers can see value in committing to our region by moving to these new stores but on the flip side of that, we don’t need it at the effective expense of our CBD”, says Kylie.
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At the Pink Ribbon Breakfast on Sunday is from left; Wendy Vining, Shirley Timms, Helen Boudier, Carol Morris, Greta Black, Katie Van Berlo, Sue Altoft and Joyce Allen. Photo: William Woodworth.
Tickled pink by high tea support WILLIAM WOODWORTH
Two champions of the annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast went bigger and better than ever before on Sunday to raise funds for the on-going fight against breast cancer. Jenny Fyfe and Cathy Wheeler hosted over 50 local wom-
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en at the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club for Jenny’s traditionally-hosted Pink Ribbon Breakfast, with a splash of High Tea flair. While Pink Ribbon Day itself is on May 22, Jenny’s famed kitchen and hosting skills, encouraged by Cathy to go bigger and better this year,
resulted in a fabulously pink Sunday morning to start the traditional month of breast cancer support, raising $6200. “My first one was 12 years ago, after my [breast cancer] diagnosis, run from my kitchen with a few helpers in support”, says Jenny. “It’s been little more than just
a lovely little breakfast with friends but last year Cathy said we should try do something bigger and better. We’ve had to ask for staff and sponsorship which we’ve never done before, but people have been amazingly generous -
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