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24 August 2013
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Plunge into cold water to assist elderly driver
by Louise Goble Sadly, the latest car crash off the road onto rocks on Marine Drive proved fatal, as the driver, Lowry Bay resident Renata Koch, died following last Friday’s accident. However, the quick thinking of three people meant she was rescued from her car, which was semi-submerged in the Harbour, soon after the crash.
Jude Bailey was driving towards Eastbourne when she was nearly hit by a small, blue car coming towards her. “I looked in my rear vision mirror as she went past and saw the car disappear and then heard a big splash,” she said. She jumped into the sea, and managed to prop the driver up out of the water, before being joined by Jeremy West and his uncle - Eastbourne
volunteer firefighter Dave West - who were driving past. The pair managed to lift the driver across the seats, holding her until fire trucks from Eastbourne and Seaview, along with ambulances, arrived. Mrs Koch, aged ninety one, died in hospital later on Friday, from what police say may have been a medical episode.
ECB fails to attract enough candidates for election by Emily Tilley The Eastbourne Community Board for the next triennium has already been decided without an election. As only five people put themselves forward for the board they will be automatically appointed unopposed. They are: Robert Ashe, Murray Gibbons, Virginia Horrocks, Gilane Khalil and Hayden Ray. This is the second consecutive triennium
that the board has been appointed unopposed. “I’m absolutely disappointed that there won’t be an election, more than disappointed - dismayed,” board chair Derek Wilshere says. “We needed an election. That’s twice in a row now, which doesn’t send a very strong message to the council that we want a community board.” There will be elections held for both the Petone and Wainuiomata Community Boards as they have nine and ten candidates respectively to fill six board places each. Current chair Mr Wilshere had already
indicated that he wouldn’t be standing again as he felt that after three terms it was time to stand aside. More of a surprise is that current board member Sarah Crawford didn’t decide to stand for the board this year and is instead standing for the Harbour Ward and Hutt Valley District Health Board. Last month Mrs Crawford said that she would “probably” stand for the community board, however she says that six years on the Continues Page 3
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