Reporter’s diary

Press, 19 April 1982, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

“Letting go” A WORKSHOP for people who would like to let go of stress, anxiety and tension will be held next week-end at the Christchurch Arts Centre. Don Poole, who recently returned to the city from overseas, will run the workshop. He has trained at the Esalen Institute in California, and has been involved in growth workshops for many years in North America anti New Zealand. He runs other workshops in Christchurch and teaches creative dance and yoga, and is also trained in holistic massage and Trager psycho-physical integration. People attending next week-end’s workshop will learn various methods of letting go of expectations, aimed at freeing them to enjoy themselves and their surroundings. Techniques will include relaxation, movement, meditation, massage and group work. The fee for the “Letting Go” workshop is $35. and participants are required to take a .blanket, towel, cushion, lunch and comfortable clothing. Wrong Menendez TRUTH is an inevitable war, and reports

of developments in the Falklands are no exception. Several new services reported that Luciano Menendez, the newly-appointed Argentine military governor of the. Falklands, had in the past been responsible for the slaying of hundreds of Jews, intellectuals and trade unionists. He was labelled as “The Death Squad Veteran.” “the Blood Captain," and "The Butcher of Cordoba.” It turns out that the “informed sources” who leaked the story had the wrong Menendez. It was Mario, not Luciano. who allegedly committed the said atrocities. First reserve A ROTORUA deer farmer has established New Zeailand’s first wild game hunting reserve on 324 hectares of leased land near the sulphur city. He has released on to the land 60 stags, plus bighorn rams, and wild goats and boars for the hunters, whom he hopes will come from as far away as Japan, West Germany, Korea, Switzerland .and the United States to “secure top-class trophies in limited time.” He has distributed a brochure in several countries inviting

hunters to his secret location in the Mamakau ranges. Similar operations are run successfully in Britain, the United States ■ and Canada, and the Rotorua man guarantees that every deer shot on his reserve will be of "superior” quality. He adds that "hunters shooting in the wild nowadays would be lucky to get one top quality trophy for every 1000 deer they shot.” Horses in baggage TRAVELLERS on American Airlines, one of the large United States carriers based in Dallas, will soon be able to check in their horses as excess baggage. The catch is that the horse must stand no more than 107 cm (3ft Gin) high. A vogue for miniature horses is sweeping the state and the airline decided to set a special tariff so that enthusiasts could take their pets to shows. The horses have to be able to fit comfortably in special kennels which the airline has fitted into its baggage holds. Shocker A YOUNG London woqian has been banned by colleagues of the Women's

Royal Volunteer Service from working with underprivileged children because she appeared in a Sunday newspaper fashion feature wearing only panties. Shocked officials said Debbie Grafton, aged 24, was setting the wrong image. Debbie promptly resigned from the service in protest. “I love working with children and this was the last straw,” said Debbie, who is also a prison visitor to Nottingham Jail, where she serves tea to the inmates. “There is nothing wrqng with the picture. You could see no more than I was. showing on any beach. But the little old ladies in the movement didn’t like it.” Smoking stamps THE ITALIAN Ministry of Posts has issued a postage stamp dedicated to the struggle against smoking. It depicts a skeleton hand offering a light to a figure whose cigarette is linked to a bomb between its lungs. It is interesting to note that in Italy, the Government collects tax on (Cigarettes and has a total monopoly of the manufacture and sale of tobacco. Fi