June 2022 – Page 3 – The Valley Profile

The Create the Vibe pedestrian space in Mary St, Thames. File photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Create the Vibe stays for another year

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:June 28, 2022
Post category:June 2022

Despite three in-person pleas and a petition signed by more than 600 to remove the “temporary” Vibe in Thames, the community board chose to keep it for another year and…

Kevin Peka, left, receives his award from Waikato District Commander Superintendent Bruce Bird. Photo: SUPPLIED

AWARD FOR RIVER RESCUE

Post author:Gordon Preece
Post published:June 27, 2022
Post category:June 2022

An “eerie” white light showed Kevin Peka where a drowning man lay at the depths of a Karangahake Gorge swimming hole during an heroic rescue last year.“[It] would’ve been about…

Steve and Josey McKain have resigned from their posts at Paeroa Netball Centre after being involved for more than two decades. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

New goals for netball’s Josey and Steve

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:June 27, 2022
Post category:June 2022 Sport

After more than 25 years involved with the Paeroa Netball Centre, it literally took losing the ability to walk to keep Josey McKain off the courts.After suffering an array of…

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