Ashburton Courier: September 12, 2019

Page 30, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 12 September 2019
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Mid Canterbury Rugby
14th September 2019
Heartland Week 4
Agstaff Mid Canterbury
v South Canterbury,
2:30pm, A&P
Showground, James
Munroe, Kalifa
Faalogo, Hamish Grant,
Charlie Kelland, Gary
Clement, Mike Southby,
Pete McKnight
Mid Canterbury A
Agstaff Mid Canterbury
AvSouth Canterbury
A, 12:50pm, A&P
Showgrounds, Craig
KinganARs Simon Vernon,
John Keenan, Mike
Southby
ACL Mid Canterbury
Under 16
Mid Canterbury v
Metro Black, Methven1,
12:00pm, Josh Hamill,
Simon Bennett, Ant
McGirr
ACL Mid Canterbury
Under 14.5 (Hanan
Festival)
Day 1 Game 1 Sat
14th
11.00am #1 SC1 v
MC Simon Bennet
11.00am #2 SC2 v
WC Jeremy Robinson
12.00pm #3 NO v
Buller Nathan Forbes
Day 1Game 2
1.30pm #1WC vNO
Simon Bennett or Ant
McGirr
1.30pm #2 MC vSC2
Nathan Forbes
1.30pm #3 SC1 vBuller
Jeremy Robinson
Day 2(Full Game of
30min halves) Sun 15th
11.00am #1 MC vNO
Joc O’Connor
11.00 #2 SC1 v WC
Paul Arnold
11.00am #3 SC2 v
Buller Simon Bennet
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz
Candidate signs slashed
Exactly aweek after two
of his election signs were
stolen, one of Selwyn
Price’s replacement
signs has been vandalised
(right) in a more
sinister attack.
This time the sign, on
a fence on Belt Road,
has been attacked by
someone wielding a
knife, with the slashes
concentrated around the
eyes, nose and mouth of
his photograph.
‘‘While it may have
been predictable to have
had moustaches added
to election signs while
they are up, this kind of
vandalism has a much
more sinister feel toit,
Mr Price, acandidate for
the Ashburton Ward,
said.
‘‘I guess it goes with
the territory, when you
are prepared to speak up
on contentious issues in
the community, but
there are other ways of
making a counterpoint
to the views Irepresent.
I said when my signs
were stolen a week
previous, this is not how
we run political campaigns
in Ashburton,’’
Mr Price said. ‘‘The symbolism
of this attack
MP offers scholarship again
Applications for an
annual scholarship
aimed atyoung people
interested in studying
STEM subjects
(science, technology,
engineering or mathematics)
are now open,
says Rangitata MP
Andrew Falloon.
‘‘Nearly every day I
hear from employers
the difficulty infinding
locals with specialised
training in STEM subjects.
Rather than
spending hundreds of
millions on simply
creating more university
graduates, we should
be focused on giving
more support to those
undertaking the training
our region needs.
‘‘Over the last twelve
monthsI’ve been selling
raffle tickets at local
A&P Shows in Ashburton,
Winchester, Mayfieldand
Methven. That
fundraising effort has
brought in nearly $900,
and I’ve contributed to
increase the total value
of the scholarship to
$1500.
‘‘The Andrew Falloon
MP STEM
scholarship is open to
students who are studying
or have previously
studied at secondary
school level in the
Rangitata electorate,
which includes Timaru,
Ashburton, Temuka
and Methven.
‘‘Last year the
scholarship was
awarded to Diana
Barbu, then aYear 13
student at Ashburton
College,’’ Mr Falloon
says.
Applicants should
supply a500 word essay
on the topic ‘‘How
Science, Technology,
Engineering or Mathematics
can help New
leaves anasty taste.’’
He said he hoped that
other candidates’ signs
had not suffered asimilar
fate.
Zealand overcome a
challenge’’ and provide
a one­page CV and
details of intended
course of study.
It is open to any
student (or a person
going into tertiary study
in the following year)
who has studied or
studying at secondary
school level in the
Rangitata electorate
(includes secondary
schools in Timaru, Ashburton,
Temuka and
Methven).
The $1500 scholarship
can be used for any
purpose.
Fish &Game halts prosecution
Club news
Central South Island
Fish and Game Council
(CSIFGC) has agreed
not tocontinue aprosecution
against Environment
Canterbury
(ECan).
The case involved
instream works undertaken
by ECan in an
11­kilometre section of
Bowyers Stream, near
Staveley, in April and
May 2017.
Bowyers Stream is an
important trout and salmon
spawning tributary
of the Ashburton River.
CSIFGC considers the
state ofthe salmon fishery
throughout the Canterbury
Region is at a
critical level.
Any activities undertaken
inwaterways that
could adversely affect
sports fisheries populations
are taken seriously
byCSIFGC.
ECan had been
charged by CSIFGC
under the Conservation
Act1987,whichspecifies
that it is an offence to
"disturb or damage the
spawning ground of any
freshwater fish, namely
trout and salmon."
ECan, without admitting
to the charge,
acknowledges that what
it considered to be emergency
works undertaken
in April and May 2017
had the potential todisturb
or damage the
spawning grounds of
trout and salmon and
that it failed to notify
CSIFGC before commencing
these works.
CSIFGC’s chief
executive, Jay Graybill,
says: "In the two and a
half years since the
Bowyers Stream works,
ECan has improved its
systems and its liaison
with CSIFGC.
It is CSIFGC’s expectation
that incidents such
as this will not happen in
the future."
Under the settlement,
ECan will negotiate in
good faith with CSIFGC
to develop acommunication
protocol about
instream river works
under ECan’s code of
practice. This work has
already commenced.
ECan Chief Executive,
Bill Bayfield, says:
"Environment Canterbury
has learned important lessons
from this case, and I
am pleased we have been
able toresolve this matter.’’
Ashburton Writers’
Group
President Julie welcomed
all present at
the September meeting
of the Ashburton
Writers’ Group.
Rae read aquotation
–
“Read a thousand
books and your words
will flow like ariver”.
The Assignment for
the meeting was “Outside
the Window”.
Members wrote of rose
compost, pharmacy,
life goes on, magpies,
spring flowers, lifeless
souls and life force.
The instant exercise
was to write in a
humorous way, about
someone being fired
from ajob. The topics
written about were bucket,
photo copier, hilarious
story lines,
dutch courage, pillow
talk and afternoon tea
break.
The meeting
concluded at 2.45pm
with the serving of afternoon
tea, and agrammar
exercise. It was too easy!
The October assignment
is “I Had aDream”.
Visitors are welcome,
contact Rae on 3088927.
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