Poetry Prize Presented at PaperPlus

(l to r) Rob and Kaye Clarke, Gill Ward, Sue Jamieson, Alan Tristram, Hilary Wooding

The Kapiti Independent’s first poetry prize worth some $85 has been presented at a ceremony in Coastlands PaperPlus.

Editor Alan Tristram presented $50 worth of book tokens and a ‘Book of the Month’ (from C/Lands PaperPlus) to Sue Jamieson, who was representing the winner Cherllisha Silva.

Cherllisha’s winning poem ‘The Western Link’ appeared in KIN on August 12.

The Editor says the standard of entries was high and the competition will now become a regular bi-monthly event.

KIN thanks Kaye and Rob Clarke, poets Gill Ward and Sue Jamieson, and Hilary Wooding (former KCDC councillor and Head Librarian) for their support.

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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

Soyuz 5 was launched by the Soviet Union on 15 January 1969. It docked with Soyuz 4 in orbit.
It was the first-ever docking of two manned spacecraft of any nation, and the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another of any nation, the only time a transfer was accomplished with a space walk –- two months before the US Apollo 9 mission performed the first ever internal crew transfer.

The flight was also memorable for its dramatic re-entry.

The craft's service module did not separate, so it entered the atmosphere nose-first, leaving cosmonaut Boris Volynov hanging by his restraining straps.

As the craft 'aero-braked' the atmosphere burned through the module.

But the craft righted itself before the escape hatch was burned through. Then, the parachute lines tangled and the landing rockets failed, resulting in a hard landing which broke Volynov's teeth.

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Poetry Prize Presented at PaperPlus

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