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2 Tuesday November 15 2016 Inside FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK SELWYN TIMES News...........................3-7 & 14 HOW MUCH tar seal and how much time does it take to tidy up a relatively small stretch of road? Not much on either count, I would have thought. But if you live on the south side of West Belt in Lincoln it has taken years – and it could be many more to come – before the council gets around to doing anything about it, as we highlight on page 3 today. Residents on West Belt have every reason to be hacked off. It’s a bumpy ride getting into your driveway, and when it rains the potholes fill with water and get worse. Yet just down the road the council tar sealed and put in angled parking on West Belt when The Laboratory opened. Wouldn’t it have been commonsense to do the rest of the street? – Barry Clarke Ellesmere College’s head students for 2017 PRIZE-GIVING 8 Local Views......................4 Our People...................10-11 Sport..................................25 Community Events......27 Gardening................28,29 Rural Life...................... 30-32 GET IN TOUCH General Enquiries Ph 379-7100 Classified Advertising Ph 379-1100 The Christchurch Star Company Ltd. PO box 1467 - Christchurch starmedia.kiwi NEWS Tom Doudney Ph: 371 0780 tom.doudney@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Lynette Evans Ph: 364 7434 lynette.evans@starmedia.kiwi Experience a tiny hearing aid that outperforms normal hearing in challenging listening environments* A virtually invisible German engineered hearing aid that enables wearers to understand speech in difficult listening situations like busy restaurants, and reduces listening effort throughout your day.* Easy to operate with excellent sound quality and audibility. For further information or to book an appointment for a free hearing screening and hearing aid demonstration FREE PHONE: 0800 72 73 66 Completely disappears Hearing Clinics available: Christchurch, Rangiora, Ashburton and West Coast (Hokitika, Greymouth and Westport). Consultations by Appointment only. *Clinically proven in two independent studies to provide better than normal hearing in certain demanding listening environments. *Special conditions apply Merivale Hearing Clinic 24b Church Lane, Merivale. Call: 356 2324 Greg Foote, Audiologist
SELWYN TIMES Tuesday November 15 2016 3 News ON THE DOMAIN MARCH 4 2017 LINCOLN LINCOLN’S FINEST SUBDIVISION Live in Lincoln nine bands. one day. www.selwynsounds.co.nz In Brief BUMPY RIDE: There are no plans to repair this unsealed stretch of West Belt until 2018 at the earliest. Unsealed road irritates residents • By Tom Doudney UNSEALED ROADS and lack of maintenance has often been a complaint of rural residents but now a street in the heart of Selwyn’s second biggest town is causing frustration. A section of West Belt, in Lincoln, is unsealed on one side for roughly two thirds of its length, north of the Gerald St intersection – and it will remain so until 2018 at the earliest. The other third of the street was sealed about a year ago when construction of the Laboratory restaurant and bar was completed. Resident Junior Young said the unsealed shingle section had big potholes all the way along. He has complained to the district council on two occasions over the last three years and was disappointed that it had not been sealed. “When you go out you’ve got to pick your spot so you don’t bounce in the humps and you get dust here all the time,” he said. “We’re the only road in Lincoln that has got shingle.” District council asset engineer transportation Mark Chamberlain said sealing the unsealed portion of the road would be considered as part of the estimated $36.6 million worth of roading and infrastructure upgrades associated with the Lincoln Town Centre Plan. However, this work would not be until 2018 at the earliest, as it would be budgeted for in the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan. Mr Young said he had lived on the street for about eight years and had taken to filling up the potholes himself at times. He said the shingle edge of the road was often used by young people who lived in the area to pull handbrake slides and that sort of thing. Mr Chamberlain said there had been no funding allocated to seal the unsealed portion of the road up until this point, as other roading projects had been given higher priority and the district council had been aware that PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN roading requirements for the town were due to be considered as part of the Lincoln Town Centre Plan. However, maintenance work had been done, including filling in holes and repairing the edge of the seal. “This routine maintenance will continue,” he said. Mr Young said the maintenance the district council had done to date had only provided short term fixes after which the potholes had returned. HAVE YOUR SAY: Is the condition of West Belt acceptable? Send your views to tom.doudney@ starmedia.kiwi DOMAIN FIELD CLOSED Two fields at Lincoln Domain have been fenced off until mid-January while a new $141,000 irrigation system is installed. The domain’s rear fields will remain open. The new system will enable more efficient watering by allowing it to occur at night throughout the year when there is less evaporation, and enable water to be better distributed. It will also reduce the cost and staff time involved with irrigation as the system will no longer need to be manually set. TRAFFIC COUNTING Selwyn residents may have noticed more traffic counts being carried out on the roads lately. The district council wants to record what traffic volumes were like prior to the construction of the Christchurch Southern Motorway extension. With construction under way, there will be a number of temporary detours that may change traffic volumes, making a busy road less busy and vice versa. Current traffic counts will be compared to traffic volumes after the motorway is completed. They will inform transportation models, which the district council uses to predict the location and amount of future growth. ROLLESTON’S HEARINGHEAR ine “I was in denial, pure and simple. My family were bringing it up more often with a gentle nudging to “do something about it.” My ability to hear accurately was impacting on my whole life and for what ever reason, I wasn’t convinced that hearing aids would make much difference. I am a parent, grandparent and teacher. Conversations were becoming increasingly difficult. I compensated and modified my interactions to cope but I was being robbed on personal enjoyment, on social occasions, family occasions, everyday life. I had been to another bigger hearing clinic 3 years ago. I left without a solution to my hearing problem because the interview and testing was less about me and more about a company selling a product. It was a mechanical process and I left despondent. I was losing my hearing and that is personal, I needed it dealt with in a personal manor. Recently I happen to have a couple of conversations with friends and colleagues who had or were getting hearing aids. Their feedback on how fabulous hearing aids were was so positive. They mentioned Brenna Sincock Hearing. Right people, right time, right conversations and all of a sudden I was spurred into action and had booked into see Brenna. I am not sure that I can do justice in describing Brenna’s approach. Brenna is infinitely professional, kind and understanding. Brenna instantly put me at ease with her friendly nature and lead me through an interview that really exposed my heart and motivation as to why I would want to rectify this increasing inability to participate more fully in my life! Brenna gave me time and patience. She fitted hearing aids and I was overcome by the how much more I could hear. We have had follow up appointments since and adjusted the aids. I know I have her support and can call her with questions at the drop of a hat. That personal connection, for me, is important for dealing with something as important as hearing. In the short time that I have had my hearing aids they have re-enhanced my life in immeasurable ways. At school, I no longer have to ask children to repeat themselves, my colleagues will have noticed the difference in me, it just such a relief. LOVE YOUR HEARING Call 03 390 2332 today My own family are elated, to make an understatement, but also proud of me for having had the courage making this decision. Hearing is a precious gift. Thank you Brenna for your gentle professional explanations and support. I highly recommend Brenna Sincock and her business to anyone who may feel they have any hearing loss. Don’t leave it for seven years, like I did!” - Sharen Holmes Brenna Sincock Hearing | 36 Tennyson Street, Rolleston | Darfield | Leeston Jon Griffiths jon@heartlandprint.co.nz Brenna Sincock Hearing Branding / Appropriate Usage PRINT Faye Leathwick AKA HearOine
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