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The week before Easter included a myriad of activities at Gore High School as the school's pupils reflected on their heritage of 100 years of education in the district.

Their little legs were peddling hard on Saturday morning but it was all for a good cause.

Paper Plus Gore owner David Preston called it a day and handed the reins to a homegrown couple who are delighted to be returning to Gore after 23 years away.

‘‘I was the oldest there,'' Bill Smith (83) said after he walked 32km in bare feet as part of the Relay For Life Appeal held in Invercargill recently.

The Gore SPCA Shelter will be one step closer to closure when volunteer manager Kathy Ashbridge retires on June 1.

As a member of various working parties, retired school teacher Les Murcott, of East Taieri, has helped maintain the hiking trails and paths of the greater Dunedin area for more than 20 years.

If you have always wanted to give target shooting a go, then the Gore Smallbore Rifle Club wants to meet you.

They came from both ends of the country to take part in the 16th annual Alexandra Lions' Great Easter Bunny Hunt at the weekend.

Recycling, re-using and reducing is being practised efficiently with the children at Clyde Playcentre.

The Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow last weekend was bigger and better than ever as the show celebrated its 20th anniversary.

‘‘An amazing weekend'' was how Arrowtown Bowling Club centennial committee member Jenni Heazlewood described the celebrations over the Easter break held to mark 100 years since the club was established.

A 1961 Plymouth Belvedere that was bought new by the late Mitty Hood in December 1961 has been lovingly restored by his son, Michael, and recently won the top honours at the Great USA Day American car rally in Dunedin.

Outstanding success in the Trinity Guildhall examinations is being celebrated this week by three pupils of St Peter's College in Gore.

Tapanui and Blue Mountain College are definitely not places where you would be advised to pick on anyone, especially with the West Otago Karate Club having produced three black belts this year.

Providing workers with morning and afternoon tea for four weeks paid off for the women of the Wanaka Bowling Club when they were given first crack at testing the club's new artificial surface.

One visitor to the Gore High School centennial celebrations at the weekend had bittersweet memories of the time she spent at the school during the years of World War 2.

Perhaps it has something to do with the healthy country lifestyle or perhaps it is the distance some children have to ride to school - either way, the children of Waikaka School have shown they have what it takes when it comes to riding a bike.

‘‘Totally surprised and overwhelmed,'' was how Waikaka teacher Aileen Ryan said she felt after a function held in the Waikaka School library on Tuesday last week to celebrate her 30 years of teaching the new entrants at Waikaka School.

The main street of Ranfurly was bustling with activity during the Maniototo Markets at the weekend, proving the town's popularity when hosting festive occasions.