from far left Madeleine James, Eilidh Mackay, Kate Coutts  

Committee of the Council

On Friday the 5th of May, Madeleine James (10), Eilidh Mackay (10) and Kate Coutts (10) who are Young Leaders at College Street Normal School attended the Palmerston North City Council Committee Meeting to present their submission about Palmerston North. There were multiple meetings to decide whose ideas to include in the budget.

Kate Coutts recommended that a recycling bin be placed next to every rubbish bin in the city. Madeleine James and Eilidh Mackay thought of new ideas to make Palmerston North better, for example, having more free events, activities at the library for tweens and opening the science observatory to the public.

“These three girls are extremely passionate and are committed to making a difference in our local community” says Amanda Dennison, one of the teachers who work with the Young Leaders team.

“Today was an amazing experience that I will never forget” said Madeleine James.

“It was so much fun and the City Councillors were so nice. I just want to do it all over again!” says Eilidh Mackay

“It was an incredible experience and everyone was so welcoming. All the Councillors valued and considered our ideas.” Kate Coutts.

After the meeting, Shannon (A city librarian) asked Madeleine, Eilidh, Kate to come to the Palmerston North City Library to discuss their ideas for having more tween events.

The girls were overjoyed and very excited about Palmerston North’s future. They hope to hear from Councillor Rachel Bowen soon about their ideas for Palmy and if they are worthy of their budget.

Pigeon Impossible

This story contains 3 things a pigeon a spy and a bagel.

“Wow a donut!” thought Cow ( a stupid name for a pigeon).What Cow was meaning was a crisp brown bagel and he  wanted to eat it he hadn't seen a bagel since 1920 ( dont ask me how old he is)

So with the biggest pigeon eyes he could do he perched on the side of the bench the man was sitting on. The man was tall and had shades as the night sky he also had a  high-tech briefcase, his name was Walter. The man felt  sorry for Cow so he gave him a miniscule piece of bread.

‘I can't believe this’ Cow said mortified.

For Cow wanted the WHOLE bagel just then he attacked the man. The man threw the bagel with all his might so naturally he went to get it. The briefcase was open. He hopped in to get the so called “ donut” but it snapped him in.

Now sorry to stop the story but pigeons are colour blind. Most of us would see a big red button but he saw a murky snot-coloured button it looked like food so he pecked at it. Sadly it was not food to Cows surprise. The button was only meant to be an complete  EMERGENCY BUTTON .  Lets just say things got out of hand  what I mean is the city completely blew up. You might not believe me but a huge white statue split into quarters to revealing a huge 2.4 billion dollar missile. It shot up in the air carrying Walter and the bagel with him. Cow wasn't going to let this go that easily. He shot up to Walter he didn't want a burnt bagel. Walter threw the bagel down Cow did a backflip somersault rolly polly twist down to get the bagel( Old Master Pigi taught him) he finally go his wings on the bagel Walter looked smug as he walked away.  HUGE PART of the missile crashed and squashed him flat.

Read Eilidh's blog for what happens after to walter!   

OLD MASTER PIGI