Demolition derby lights up Whanganui s Oceanview Speedway
22 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Jack Lammas-Martin was a deserving winner of the West Coast Adult Ministocks. Photo / S. B. O Hagan Photography
Whanganui Chronicle
By: Tony Stuart
A pleasant evening, a large and appreciative crowd, and some close, exciting racing was an entree to ramped-up destruction on Saturday night at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway.
The Ramp Derby which ended the night was somewhere between the Dukes of Hazzard and the Blues Brothers, and provided a perfectly destructive end to the pre-Christmas portion of the local speedway season.
Unfortunately, track conditions caused the West Coast Sidecars to be abandoned but it is hoped the event can be rescheduled for early 2021.
A Greenville man was cited for driving while impaired on Dec. 12 after driving into a mobile home, according to court and law enforcement reports.
The incident took place at 2:28 a.m. on 3463 Askew Road, according to the State Highway Patrol.
Martin Bravo Jimenez, 51, of 3038 Elks Road, of Greenville, ran a stop sign then ran straight off the road into a mobile home. The mobile home sustained $5,000 in damages. Jimenezâs vehicle sustained $15,000 in damages and was not drivable.
He had slurred speech, red, glassy eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.
His blood alcohol level was 0.11.
Nine other people were charged with driving while impaired between Nov. 29 and Dec. 14.
By Vicky O. Misa | Vicky.misa@news-star.com | (405) 214-3962 | Twitter: @Vicky NewsStar
The Shawnee News-Star
Community Market of Pottawatomie County is looking for some Christmas season helpers to pack food boxes.
Demand is at an all-time high the center served more than 9,000 people in November, Executive Director Daniel Matthews said.
“We are serving as many as we can and adding holiday items when we have them,” he said. “We are accepting volunteer groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays to help us assemble boxes for families.”
He said one in five local residents have struggled with food insecurity this year, and one in four children.
By Vicky O. Misa | Vicky.misa@news-star.com | (405) 214-3962 | Twitter: @Vicky NewsStar
The Shawnee News-Star
This week the Avedis Foundation announced it has issued a $151,600 grant to Community Market of Pottawatomie County (CMPC) to help it continue its mission to end hunger in the area.
CMPC, at 120 S. Center in Shawnee, strives to work with people to gain resources, to connect them to partner organizations that have the resources or to help them get into a position where food insecurity is no longer an issue.
Community Market offers healthy foods that include fresh produce and proteins that are often not available due to economic restraints.
By Vicky O. Misa | Vicky.misa@news-star.com | (405) 214-3962 | Twitter: @Vicky NewsStar
The Shawnee News-Star
The Christmas season often brings with it special memories with families and festive dinners. For some, having enough to eat is a Christmas wish. Without help, many would go hungry during the holidays.
Community Market of Pottawatomie County is a local food bank that has served the county since its opening in the early summer of 2016.
In October of this year, the market reached a benchmark of serving 10,000,000 pounds of food since its opening.
That figure equates to more than 8.3 million meals.
Located downtown, at 120 S. Center, in Shawnee, the market just received $151,600 in a grant from the Avedis Foundation to continue its mission to end food insecurity among the area s residents. Avedis has been a major supporter from the beginning, when it invested $750,000 to establish the center.