Ada Birtles (73) fronted the Palmerston Lions Club’s 2019 Pink Ribbon Appeal just a year before she was ousted from the group. Lions Club members (from left) Sandy Sandford, Ron Sheat, Vonnie Sandford, Eileen Birtwistle and Baz Stevens. Mr Sandford said. Having spent 25 years in the military, Mr Sandford gravitated towards the RSA, where he met 73-year-old Ada Birtles. Since Birtles’ guilty pleas, it had felt as though the air had been cleared in Palmerston, Mrs Sandford said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 30, 2021 16:33 UTC