Morning Mirror 58 - 17th July 2003

THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD

From Jo Baker who was a much loved primary school teacher at Redcliff in the 70's.

To any and all of you arriving in NZ the plane arrives at midnight and there is a roster of ex Zimbabweans who meet this plane and take anyone to a welcome home for the night and provide them with help and advice so as to get established in NZ. The people meeting the plane will have signs and are easily recognized.

ENQUIRY ABOUT CECEL GODDARD

Several folk contacted me, including Cecel herself. I would like to extend my thanks again to you, and all the people who were kind enough to track her down for me. Its so good to be in contact with her again.

Last night (9 July) on our television we had a good half hour called Foreign Assignment in which Zimbabwe figured for the whole time. The torture victims, the secret filming of several incidents, the 'strutting peacock' - the exiled cricketers. I video it to share around those folk in our sector who missed it...the end draweth nigh doesn't it..hang in there and we continue to pray.

Sincerely Jean Tuckey

PRAYER SENT IN BY TAS

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I cannot accept,
and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill today
because they p....d me off!

And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today
as they may be connected to the posterior that I may have to kiss tomorrow.

Help me to always give 100% at work...
12% on Monday, 23% on Tuesday, 40% on Wednesday,
20% on Thursday, 5% on Fridays.

And help me to remember ...
When I am having a really bad day,
and it seems that people are trying to p... me off,
that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger
and tell them to bite me!

NEWS ON MERYL HARRISON

Just to keep everyone updated - Meryl will be flying to Johannesburg on Monday, courtesy of COMAIR, and transport will be provided by AVIS. She will undergo an Angiogram on Wednesday 16 July, when they will feed a scope along a major vein and introduce a dye in order to study the heart. If all is well, they will carry out the Angioplasty straight away. She has been experiencing a lot of pain in the last few days and it is now imperative that she has the surgery. The Cardiologist is Mr Cassell and the operation will be carried out at Millpark Hospital in Joburg.

There has been a wonderful response to our appeal and we have received sufficient pledges and donations to cover the cost of the operation. A fitting tribute to our brave Meryl. We are sincerely grateful to RADIO 702 who aired the appeal in South Africa. We are indebted to all those who responded so quickly with offers of assistance, air tickets, transport, accommodation and contributions, as well as all the lovely messages of support which Meryl has really appreciated at this difficult time, and of course everyone who disseminated the appeal so effectively.

We just cannot begin to thank you all adequately.

Bernice & all at ZNSPCA

CONDOLENCES

• JILL HUDSON

• EDDIE JURGENS

• MAUREEN (ANN) ROBERTS

• ESTHER NEL

• RALPH (TAFFY) JONES

• MARIA MEYER

• LINGWE NDIWENI

• PATRICIA HUME

• ANNIE MOSS

• CHERYL ROBAS

• MRS MEYER FROM BARTLEY BLOCK

MOVIES

• CITY ONE ORIGINAL SIN 18

• CITY TWO BLOW 18

• CITY THREE THE GURU PGA

• CITY FOUR RESIDENT EVIL 18

• ELITE 400 THE TUXEDO AND WHERE THE MONEY IS 18

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