Daily News; White Plains

Newmarket Capital Adds Senior Investment Manager

PHILADELPHIA (HedgeWorld.com) - NewMarket Capital Partners LLC hired Andre R. Boreas as a senior investment manager, a new position. Mr. Boreas, who previously was director of research at investment consultant PFM Advisors, has 12 years experience working with institutional investors like pension funds, endowments and foundations.

Independent Cap Intro Organizer Seeks Variety of Managers

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) - Jane Halsey, president of Roundtable Forum LLC,started accepting applications from hedge fund managers to participate in capital introduction events planned for London and New York this fall. Ms. Halsey has been organizing these events since 1999. Since then, more than 200 managers have presented at the Roundtable Forum to audiences of international investors that include endowments, foundations, other institutions, family offices and funds of funds.

Slow Start to Lifetime of Photography

NOEL REED had to spring clean a junk-filled garage to earn his first box camera at age 12. Then he had to wait five months for a film.

Circus Artist Gets Into Tight Spot

MIGUEL Arbey Santal Ruiz is a master of bodily manipulation. The Colombian contortionist with Weber Bros Circus can squeeze his lean lanky 1.81m frame into a 50cm by 30cm perspex box in 10 seconds flat. "No problem," he said. "It's nice, I get sleepy."

Mokau's Seawall Holds Up

MOKAU bach owners believe their home-made seawall has prevented holiday homes from collapsing into the sea. A 100-metre wall made from sand-filled woolsacks was laid against a sandbank to protect exposed homes on the rivermouth spit from high tides that hit the coast this week.

Np Stylist Makes Cut at Top Awards

DAVID BECKHAM'S hairdresser was one of the international judges who chose a New Plymouth woman for a prestigious hairdressing award at the weekend. Janine Marshall-Johnson won the Central Hairdresser of the Year category at the Schwarzkopf Professional New Zealand Hairdressing Awards in Auckland on Saturday night.

Skipping Class Good for Kids

SKIPPING classes would not normally be something Taranaki teachers want to hear -- but this week it has been in a good cause. The Heart Foundation has been holding jump-rope workshops for primary and intermediate teachers to get kids more active.

Bailed Rugby Player Can Go to Academy

NEW ZEALAND under-19 rugby halfback Brett Goodin was granted bail by the thinnest of margins when he appeared in the New Plymouth District Court yesterday. Goodin, a 19-year-old New Plymouth student, admitted a charge of threatening to injure a witness in his pending assault case and driving while disqualified when he appeared before Judge Christopher Harding.

Rangiatea Old Girls to Rekindle Ties at Hostel Reunion

IF five ex-Rangiatea Maori girls put in a room together can make a racket -- imagine what more than 100 could do. That's what women from many parts of the globe are looking forward to when they meet again in New Plymouth in October.

Storms All but Wipe Out Patea River Sand Bank

STORM erosion to the narrow sand dune between solid ground and Patea's eastern river mouth mole will force a re-appraisal of the $1.5 million restoration project, engineers say. Yesterday South Taranaki District engineer John Sutton confirmed that erosion of what was last year a 47-metre-wide sand isthmus, had been accelerated by recent storms.

Womad Line-Up Taking Shape with Grant From Creative Nz

THE WOMAD piggybank is starting to fill, with a $37,000 grant from Creative New Zealand announced. Planning for the 2005 World of Music and Dance Festival (Womad) is well under way, according to Taranaki Arts Festival Trust director Roger King, and the grant was a good step in the right direction.

Benefit Fraud Admitted

Taranaki Trialists in Title Bid

Rsa Cemetery Move Not Up to Council, Executive Says

COUNCILS were powerless to pass bylaws in support of a Returned Services Association move to keep service persons' cemetery plots exclusive, the Hawera Community Board was told. The RSA is concerned that if a non-service spouse is buried first the surviving service member might remarry or move out of the district, which would defeat the purpose of the plot.

Residents Push to Have Normanby Road Open Again

NORMANBY resident Marion Bevins has lost count of the number of times people have failed to find her house because of a road that was closed nearly 20 years ago. Mrs Bevins is one of a group of residents who have petitioned the South Taranaki District Council to reopen the 490m section of Ohangai Rd running between Ketemarae and Wynyard roads.

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POI POWER: Hawera High School student Serisse Thompson (16) swings the poi during the Aotea regional secondary schools kapa haka competition yesterday. Ten teams from Taranaki and Wanganui took part in Pae Rangatahi 2004.

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PUPPET POWER: West End School pupils Chelsea Tyler (left) and Mokoia Coe, both aged 5, sign with puppet mates Valerie and Shane. The Kids Up the Road disability awareness puppet show performed at the school this week.