Selwyn Times: October 23, 2019

10 Wednesday October 23 2019
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Your Local Views
Patti Mackay responds to last
week’s Selwyn Times article
on traffic lights planned at the
Lowes Rd and Tennyson St
intersection in Rolleston
It seems a waste of money to
install traffic lights at a roundabout
that works perfectly well.
There are so many business
and domestic driveways in and
out that would be affected and
this will only create a backlog of
motor vehicles, which will create
some very impatient driving.
Perhaps create a right-ofway
for pedestrians to cross if
deemed necessary. There are
other intersections which need
improving and money is better
spent on those.
Janet and Hugh Macleod
respond to last week’s Selwyn
Times article on the 54 objections
made to a liquor store
application in Tai Tapu
We strongly object to the
liquor store as we feel it is not
required, there are already two
liquor stores in Lincoln and
one in Halswell as well as liquor
available at the supermarkets
and local pubs.
It will spoil the character of
Tai Tapu village.
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Overconfidence and scraped nose
CONFIDENCE IS a wonderful
thing.
Vittoria’s certainly getting that
in spades and it’s impacting our
walks.
For example, when she and
I took Mum’s dogs for a beach
walk on Saturday, she was happy
to walk one of the dogs both
there and back by herself without
complaint.
Good right?
However, that same level of I’ma-professional-walker
confidence
led to some serious grumpiness
and a decent scrape on her nose
on Sunday.
We all spent that night in
Akaroa and we’d managed to
arrive before it stated raining, so
we took the chance to wander the
Francophile waterfront before it
got all grey and wet.
Walking up to the lighthouse
was perfection. Vittoria sat calmly
in her pram, made excited noises
at passing dogs and seemingly
enjoyed the view.
By the time we arrived, her
composure was slipping and she
was practically jumping out in
desperation to walk on her own
feet.
As soon as I got her out though,
she turned and sped off too fast.
She barely got two feet before
tripping over her own boots and
faceplanting into the concrete. A
scaring me kind of faceplant.
Although her poor wee
SKILLED: Vittoria confidently
jumping on a trampoline,
repleat with scraped nose.
nose got all scraped up and
bloody, I’m glad that was the
worst of it.
In spite of that, she was more
than happy to sprint about
concreted areas and then run
downhill and give me more heart
attacks.
Trying to hold her hand
was no good, she’d just
growl at me and do her best
VITTORIA
& Matt
SELWYN TIMES
washing machine impression
before stamping off as if to
say: “No, I can do it!”.
An ultimatum was just met
with more running away, so I just
had to wrestle her back into the
pram. Literally.
Let’s see if a scab on her nose
will chill the over confidence. I
doubt it.
So, quick update on the cot and
potty training efforts before we go.
The potty is still terrifying, so
no real movement there (ha, see
what I did there?)
On the other hand, the cot
training is going great guns. I’m
getting a whole night sleep without
tiny limbs in my eye socket
or ribs.
On Tuesday morning Vittoria
jumped out of bed, wandered
over to me and Laura’s bed, and
jumped up for a cuddle before
getting up. It’s cute when I’m
already awake and it’s not 3am.
To be 100 per cent honest, I
kind of miss the co-sleeping.
•Former Star Media
journalist Matt Salmons has
become a stay-at-home dad.
We follow his journey weekly
OPEN
LABOUR WEEKEND
Exhibition Awards Announced
A very high calibre of artwork attracted over
1000 visitors to Darfield’s Rec Centre for the
38th annual exhibition. The coveted Orion
Premier Award went to Darfield resident Soon-
Lee Spicer for her linocut “Chrysanthemum and
Quinces”. Judge Fiona Simpson praised it as an
“exquisitely rendered still-life…reminiscent of
traditional Japanese woodcuts”.
Ms Spicer commented: “To win this award is
an incredible encouragement to my art, and
hopefully all artists here. Thank you to Orion,
to the organisers, volunteers, and supporters
of Darfield Artweek, and to this community who
has been so encouraging and positive about my
work”.
David Atkinson’s “Jar” won the MCAC Friends
Award combining its “subtle colouring,
significant form and striking salt glaze to create
a very elegant sculptural work”. Auckland artist,
Gavin Chai received the Darfield Dental Award
for his “small yet sophisticated work that draws
the viewer in with subtle colours and a strong
composition”. Last year’s Premier Award winner,
Henry Turner, received the Local Businesses
Award for his watercolour, “Yellow Arches”.
The Survus Consultants Award went to Steve
James for his “Spring Snow”, an oil painting “in
the tradition of Canterbury landscape painters
such as Archibald Nicoll and AA Deans”. Other
award winners include Darfield resident Jan
Mitchell, West Melton artist Helen Stevenson,
Christchurch artist Philip Beadle, and Tai Tapu
printmaker/photographer John Maillard.
The Hon. Amy Adams, MP for Selwyn, officially
opened Darfield Artweek for an appreciative
crowd of approximately 150 artists and friends
of the Malvern Community Arts Council on Friday,
11 October, who had first viewing of 298 exhibits
by 138 artists.
“Our thanks for the success of Darfield Artweek
go to many local volunteers and supporters,
our Premier Award sponsor, Orion, and a large
group of business sponsors, including Survus
Consultants and Darfield Dental”, Malvern
Community Arts Council Chair, Philip Baldwin
said. “In particular the Artweek Committee, ably
chaired by Lorraine Natusch, did a fabulous job
of organising the whole event.”
Darfield Artweek 2019
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