Ashburton Courier: September 19, 2019

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Page 18, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 19 September 2019 Surprise life honour for Winchmore stalwart The long and outstanding service given by Winchmore woman Margaret Kelk has earned her a life membership with the Winchmore Branch of Rural Women New Zealand. Margaret has been with the Winchmore branch for the past 30 years, joining the (then) Winchmore Women’s Division Federated Farmers (WDFF), after relocating to Mid Canterbury. She has not only been president (199496) but has served a collective period of 20 years plus as treasurer; from 198999 under the name of WDFF and then with the name change to Royal Women New Zealand (RWNZ) from 19992019. She was awarded the the surprise honour after presenting her 20th annual report to the branch members last month. President Elsa Hydes made the presentation acknowledging the ‘‘contribution of a tremendous amount to WDFF and Rural Women over the years’’, and fellow member Ngaire Brown presented her with abouquet of flowers. During Margaret’s presidency the branch ran school holiday productions of Cinderella and Peter Pan, which allowed children of the district and neighbouring areas to take part. ‘‘These were very successful and rewarding programmes being well supported and certainly profiled and entertained our district.’’ And for the past two decades, Margaret has ensured that the finances of the branch have been kept in order and adjusting to new criteria and forms from national office, and allowing some generous donations to organisations such as the Ashburton Trust Event Centre and the EA Networks Centre, as well as the Winchmore Community Hall Society Inc for upgrades they have undertaken over the years. The curtains hanging at the hall were made by Margaret. Margaret was amember of the committee which, in December 2006, supported afundraising project for Breast Cancer Research. A2008 calendar (similar to the concept in the popular Calendar Girls Movie) was initiated with the calendars being sold for $15. Margaret was Miss November. The proceeds saw $26,210.36 presented to Breast Cancer Research, which was overseen by Margaret. ‘‘Margaret is adab hand at providing alarge number of graces for many functions, ideas and success with the Ashburton A&P Show trays, supporting many an event with the branch and providing a district Father Christmas.’’ Photo: The commitment and dedication of Margaret Kelk to the Winchmore branch of Rural Women New Zealand has been recognised with alife membership. Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Bell makes connections overseas for Ashburton By Mick Jensen Ashburton councillor Thelma Bell packed alot into arecent trip toher homeland ofthe Philippines and made connections that she hopes may help boost future trade andfill alabourshortage in Mid Canterbury. The selffunded trip took her to two dairy training schools, two agri tourism farms, meetings with the Department of Agriculture and Chamber of Commerce in Davao City, and talks with staff at the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), also in Davao City. She also made courtesy calls to the mayors of Tagum City and Pagadian City, visited a banana plantation owned byaFilipino family living in Ashburton, met amissionary couple running a street kids feeding programme supported by Ashburton New Life Church and made time to catch up with an executive director of the GMA Network, who visited Ashburton in late 2017 to make atelevision documentary about Filipinos living in New Zealand. Mrs Bell, the first Philippinesborn local government councillor in New Zealand, said the trip hadbeenbusy,interesting and informative. ‘‘For meitwas about fact finding and making connections and sharing information about New Zealand. ‘‘I’m hoping that some of my discussions may help facilitate a trade expo here in Ashburton oneday thatwill helpput both New Zealand and Filipino goods and services in the spotlight.’’ The likes ofseed companies, Anzco and Talleys could all potentially benefit from it. Mrs Bell, who has lived in New Zealand since 1987 and in this district since 1989, said she had specifically spoken to people that were involved in trade, education and dairy training on her trip and those connections could be expanded. ‘‘I explained that here in Mid Canterbury we have a very low unemployment rate and that skilled workers, whether they work in the dairy industry, or are mechanics or lorrydrivers, are always needed.’’ Photo: Thelma Bell with TESDA agricultural students.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 19 September 2019, Page 19 Borough pupils highlight issues Senior pupils at Ashburton Borough School highlighted global issues to family, members of their school community and the wider public during their annual Year 8 exhibition evening. Healthy eating to combat obesity, mental health, effects of technology on the brain, water pollution, animal care, society interactions and gaming addiction all featured. Selaima Loloma, Liberty Mendez, Kaiya Amorante, Doreen Awaikera and Siasini Satui brought mental health to the fore with their Mental Wellbeing exhibit. The girls wanted to create awareness around the issue, which is ahot topic following the high national suicide rate recently revealed. Their research included mental health Abracadabra, it’s anew magician Young magician Mike Lindsay is coming toAshburton with his touring show It’s Showtime on October 12. Lindsay started working as afulltime magician at the age of 18 and enjoyed his first national tour a year later, working with a group of variety artists. Forthe past three and a half years, Lindsay, now 24, has refined and polished his show It’s Showtime’. Audience participation is part of the show andthe magician also has an assistant and two doves, Jazz and Belle, that also feature. The 90minute Ashburton show will be performed in the Ashburton College Auditorium and starts at 7pm. Tickets costing $14 for children and $20for adults are available from the website itsshowtime.co.nz, or at the door. Wakanui pupils for Bay of Islands Year 7and 8students at WakanuiSchool are off to a biennialcamp in the Bay Of Islands later this year. To keep costs down, students have been involved with anumber of fundraising activities, which began earlier in the year. For two terms they were involved inproviding lunch options at the school. Amovie fundraiser also helped subsidise expenses and still to come is aschool disco and raffle. Students are also selling chopping boards made at Gig for Liam Musician Liam Kenendy Clark will perform inhis home town of Ashburton on October 5. The former Ashburton College student has just released his new album, Another Habit, and has tasted success with his latest single Bottom of an Empty Bottle, which made the top 10 Australian Country Music charts. The 22 yearold, who lives in Queensland, will be supported bySammie Mackle and Shelley Wyatt and will play songs from his new album, as wellasa mix of favourite songsthat the Mid Canterbury Technology Centre and have a bingo night hosted by Ethel and Bethel coming up at the Ashburton RSA on October 18. The Bay of Islands trip will include avisit to Waitangi, where they will explore the treaty grounds and nearby beaches. They will also catch the ferry to Russell to visit the Pompallier Mission House. Every other year senior Wakanui students take on the challenge of walking the Abel Tasman. he grew up listening to and has been influenced by. Tickets for his 7.30pm gig at Hotel Ashburtonare available from the venue, or online via his website liamkennedyclark.com. issues but also delved into depression, how teens develop depression with pressures such as peer pressure, alcohol and drug use, puberty changes, stress, or changes in relationships with family and friends. It ended by pointing out that ‘‘mental illness is not a personal failure’’ and encouraged people suffering to reach out to Authorised by TonyTodd,62WinterStreetAshburton. others for help. As part of their work the girls used an art piece, painted by Liberty, as a visual aid to complement their research work, which also sat alongside their hand made brochure called ‘‘5 ways to mental health’’, their wristbands and their own website, which featured organisations and services to find help. Year 8teacher Tania Rive was impressed with the work of all pupils showcased during the exhibition evening, and ran alongside the school’s open night. She said the exhibition formed part of the school’s International POWERFULLY POSITIVE VOTE TONY TODD for Mayor With your vote you can help me bring POWERFULLY POSITIVE change for our district on the issues that matter to all of us. Long-term protection of our hard-won community assets Encourage promotion of local events celebrating our cultural diversity Afully-funded and re-launched Information Centre on East Street Protection of the CBD from splinter development threatening our heart Relocation of the railway yards to the Ashburton Business Estate Promotion of the four lane motorway toChristchurch Baccalaureate primary years programme, where pupils had to think of a local or global issue, research it, find experts on their subject and talk to people for information. It meant they took risks which put them outside their comfort zones, she said. The collated work was showcased with written and oral presentations. And many built websites to include their research. Other forms of display included video, live pet dogs, bags of sugar to show how much was in selected food and beverages and volumes of rubbish from under the Ashburton River bridge collected before it Incentivise Earthquake compliance upgrades for CBD buildings Support the continued development of Lake Hood and associated recreational opportunities Avote for me TONY TODD contributed to water pollution. ‘‘The work is very good. They’ve worked really hard and are passionate about what they have chosen, which has driven them. It’s great stuff,’’ Mrs Rive said. The work reflected the attributes of pupils skills and learner profiles and would be moved into the performance centre to remain on display. Photo: Year 8 pupils Selaima Loloma, Liberty Mendez, Kaiya Amorante, Doreen Awaikera and Siasini Satui, of Ashburton Borough School, brought mental health to the fore in their Mental Wellbeing exhibit. is avote for an inclusive, dynamic POWERFULLY POSITIVE FUTURE for the Ashburton District 2206573
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