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6 Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Your Local Views<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Hororata has a lot to offer<br />
Hororata<br />
Community<br />
Trust<br />
executive<br />
officer Cindy<br />
Driscoll writes<br />
about the<br />
exciting<br />
line-up of<br />
events planned in Hororata<br />
this year<br />
COMMUNITY spirit is core<br />
to New Zealand’s rural culture<br />
and I’m proud to say it is alive<br />
and well in Hororata and its<br />
surrounding communities.<br />
As Hororata Community<br />
Trust executive officer, I’m<br />
continually overwhelmed by the<br />
generosity and support that I see<br />
in our community.<br />
It is through the dedication<br />
and hard work of so many<br />
volunteers who are passionate<br />
about seeing our communities<br />
continue to grow and flourish,<br />
that the trust can achieve so<br />
much.<br />
Last year was a big one for the<br />
trust. Events started with a free<br />
Scottish concert in the Hororata<br />
Hall and then the Heritage<br />
Open Day.<br />
We attended the South Island <br />
Agricultural Field Days and<br />
The Star Home and Leisure<br />
STAMINA: The Hororata Highland Games will return in<br />
November complete with the popular Tug O’ War competition.<br />
PHOTO: MURRAY IRWIN<br />
Show to promote all that our<br />
district has to offer.<br />
The ceilidh event saw the<br />
Hororata Hall once again in full<br />
swing to an array of Scottish<br />
tunes.<br />
Among all of this, Go<br />
Hororata was formed. The<br />
trust is excited to be part of this<br />
driven and motivated group.<br />
In August, the trust funded a<br />
feasibility study on the<br />
concept of a new community<br />
centre.<br />
This saw Go Hororata present<br />
a proposal to the district council<br />
for a new community centre on<br />
the Hororata Domain.<br />
Then of course in November,<br />
the Hororata Highland Games<br />
was again a huge success with<br />
11,000 enjoying this amazing<br />
event.<br />
And <strong>2018</strong> is looking just as<br />
exciting. On March 11, the trust<br />
will host the ‘heritage of a rural<br />
water scheme’ bus tour.<br />
On this tour, people will learn<br />
about the transition from open<br />
water races to the efficiency<br />
of piped water. Tickets are<br />
available now for this event.<br />
Then on April 28, the<br />
Hororata Night Glow will take<br />
place in the wonderful Hororata<br />
Domain.<br />
This will be a spectacular<br />
event with hot air balloons<br />
firing up the night sky and<br />
‘glowing’ in unison to music.<br />
Surrounding the Night Glow<br />
will be an autumn festival which<br />
promotes local businesses and<br />
community groups.<br />
The trust will continue to<br />
work as part of the Go Hororata<br />
group on the new community<br />
centre and other projects.<br />
To find out more, make<br />
sure you visit www.hororata.<br />
org.nz and follow the trust on<br />
Facebook. I am looking forward<br />
to seeing what we can all achieve<br />
together in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
A reader responds to an<br />
article about the potential<br />
chlorination of water<br />
supplies across the district<br />
Rebecca Henderson – This<br />
topic makes me so angry. I could<br />
go on and on how chlorine is<br />
so dangerous for our health. I<br />
have lived in Springfield for 12<br />
years where the water is heavily<br />
chlorinated. I fought black and<br />
blue with the district council to<br />
sort out a filtration system for the<br />
water when my son was a baby<br />
(10 years ago) as he was suffering<br />
from severe eczema and putting<br />
him in a bath of chlorinated water<br />
was like walking on broken glass<br />
for him. The neighbours would<br />
hear his screams three blocks<br />
away.<br />
I spend $20 per week on bottled<br />
water on a solo parent. Why<br />
would you put chemicals in your<br />
body when it is not necessary and<br />
filtration systems can be put in<br />
place?<br />
CheCk out theSe<br />
“GrouSe”<br />
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open from 7am<br />
Whether you’re stopping in for a quick cuppa or indulging in our<br />
fantastic breakfast menu, we will be open from 7am every day.<br />
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tuesday<br />
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thursday<br />
Steak nights $15<br />
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