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Al Gore Ambassador to Address AGM
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The region’s favourite community rag
Hugh Doyle knew he had to dosomething to create change, whena fellow student claimed climatechange was a hoax, according to anOtago Daily Times article.The PhD student studying chemi-cal oceanography at the Universityof Otago inDunedin,was one of eight NewZealandersselected tobe trainedby Al Gore,Nobel Peaceprize winnerand formerUS vicepresident,with up todate climateinformation.Hugh will open this year’s Hamp-den Community Energy’s AnnualGeneral Meeting on Monday Sep-tember 21. It is timely to be able tohear directly from a young informedperson on what the options are andwhy, when national greenhouse gasemissions targets will be set at Co-penhagen in December. Some saythis will be crucial for us all.His 30 minute talk will be followedby the mov-ie “Home”by YannArthus-Bertrand.(Somemay recallseeing his“ViewsfromAbove”display onthe Wanakaforeshoretwo yearsago.) It’s an inspiring aerial presen-tation of the beauty and fragility of our planet, and the decisions facingus. The AGM starts at 7pm on Mon-day September 21 in the HampdenHall. You are all invited.
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HamRaki Rag
Te Hamraki Rag is a community paper published on the rst Wednesday o every monthby the Hamraki Media or the area between Shag Point to Herbert including Hampden andMoeraki, e Waka o Aoraki o New Zealand. 415 copies are home delivered in the area whileextra copies are available rom the library, Hampden Motors, Hilltop store, oby’s Fresh Fishin Hampden, Moeraki avern and Herbert Service Station.Te Rag welcomes submissions. Write to us at 70 Norwich St, Hampden, 9410. Electroniccopy can be orwarded to hamrakirag@gmail.com. We reserve the right to edit the submissionor clarity and or style. Please keep the ormat o your submission as plain as possible. Tecut o date is the 20th o each month.All the pictures are taken by our sta photographer, Bent Jansen, unless otherwise stated.Hamraki Rag is published and printed by NEO Computing, Hampden.
The Hampden and DistrictMemorial Community Centre is
over fty years old.
It requires more maintenanceand refurbishment as the years
roll on.
A year ago the committee decidedto upgrade the doctor’s rooms
and the library foyer. Planningand getting hold of ttings andfurniture takes time. The carpet
was purchased from Oamaruwool spinners, while a visit toMitre 10 in Dunedin one wetAugust day provided a vanity,cupboards and bench top, plus
some other fittings. A smart
little water heater arrived from
Wellington. With a plumber and
carpet layer employed, ‘voila’ the rooms
looked cosier and more inviting.
Next on the list were the antiquated
radiant heaters in the concert hall. Heatpumps became the obvious choice. These
were bought from Waitaki Refrigeration
and quickly and efciently installed by
Hp Hll m Or
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by Annette Selwood
them in November.
Love them or hate them the heat pumps
quickly give an overall ambience. The
warmth has been noticed this winter by
the small group playing indoor bowls.
The latest project has been the sanding
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Feeling a bit bored in the long dark winter nights? Ten why not join us inthe warm and cosy hall to enjoy somerarely seen flms on Wednesday nights?From September 9 or threeWednesday nights, Hampden FilmSociety is inviting you to the screeningo our immensely entertaining flms o real cultural value.
Chulas Fronteras
(1976, USAdirected by Les Blank)A complex, insightul look at theChicano experience as mirrored in thelives and music o the most acclaimedNorteño musicians o the exas-Mexicanborder, including Flaco Jimenez and LydiaMendoza (rom Les Blank’s website). LesBlank directed “Burden o Dreams”.
Te Miniskirted Dynamo
(1996,Australia, directed by Rivka Hartman)Te story o an extraordinary womanas told by her daughter with whom shehad a problematic relationship. Dr DoraBailestock was a tiny dynamo, brilliant,quirky and years ahead o her time. Itwasn’t easy being her daughter. Momentso hilarious black comedy punctuatethe ultimately tragic story (rom AFCwebsite).
Unknown Chaplin
(1986, USA,directed by Kevin Brownlow and DavidGill)Comprised o previously unreleasedmaterial rom his private archive, thisdocumentary explores the career o Charles Chaplin. It eatures outtakes,alternative takes, behind the scenesprivate ilms and interviews with hisamily and co-stars. Te methods andtechniques Chaplin employed in hisunique comedy ilms are examineddelightully in what director Brownlowdescribed as an “archaeology o thecinema”. A must see or anyone who isinterested in cinema, as well as Chaplinans.
he Perfumed Nightmare
(1978, Philippines, directed by Kidlatahimik)Tis brilliant semi-autobiographicalable tells the story o a young Filipinoborn in 1942 (during the Occupation),his awakening to, and reaction against,American cultural colonialism. In hissmall village, Kidlat dreams o CapeCanaveral and listens to the Voice o America. He’s even the president o his village’s Werner Von Braun an club.(rom Les Blank’s website)Te doors will open at 6.30 pm orscreening at 7 pm. At $5 a ilm, youcannot fnd a better deal than this. Any urther enquiries, please call the moviehot line on 4394 887.
See the story of starting a lmsociety in Hampden on page 14
Wednesday nigHt at tHe mOvies
September 9: Chulas Fronteras andThe Miniskirted DynamoSeptember 16: Unknown ChaplinSeptember 23: The PerfumedNightmare
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