Ashburton Courier: November 07, 2019
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Page 2, <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday 7 <strong>November</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Day at the races down on farm<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
Greenstreet dairy<br />
farmers LeeAnne and<br />
Norm Stewart swapped<br />
their gumboots and<br />
overalls for atouch of<br />
glamour this week.<br />
The farming couple<br />
opened their home to<br />
family, friends and fellow<br />
rural neighbours to host<br />
agarden party for the<br />
158th running of the<br />
Melbourne Cup, on<br />
Tuesday afternoon.<br />
It was attended by<br />
more than 50 people<br />
including Greenstreet<br />
farming family members<br />
from the Butterick,<br />
Tavendale, Hanna and<br />
Webb families.<br />
The event included a<br />
bestdressed<br />
competition, won by<br />
Jeanette Van der Nagel;<br />
cup day sweepstakes,<br />
drinks, nibbles and pot<br />
luck tea.<br />
The Stewarts, who are<br />
‘‘enthusiastic race goers’’<br />
said it was an easy way to<br />
get people together and<br />
was areminder of days of<br />
old, when they regularly<br />
held such events along<br />
the rural road; the last<br />
one in 2012.<br />
Norm says the death of<br />
friend and fellow<br />
Greenstreet farmer<br />
Gilbert Butterick in<br />
Bentleys roll in to town<br />
Bentleys of all ages<br />
gatheredonthe edge of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Sunday at<br />
the endofthreeweeksof<br />
celebrations marking<br />
100 years of the luxury<br />
car manufacturer.<br />
Some56sparkling<br />
carsrolledintothe treelined<br />
grounds of Bruce<br />
McIlroy’sBentley<br />
authorised service<br />
centreoff theMethven<br />
Highway.<br />
On avery hot day, car<br />
ownerswere treated to<br />
colddrinksand<br />
sandwichesand were<br />
also givena<br />
commemorative straw<br />
boaterhat as akeepsake<br />
of the Bentleycentenary<br />
andasprotectionagainst<br />
thesun.<br />
BruceMcIlroysaida<br />
rally around thecountry<br />
hadstarted threeweeks<br />
agoand thecontingent<br />
arriving on Sunday had<br />
driven fromMtCook<br />
andthenGeraldine<br />
before arrivingin<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Theoldest car on the<br />
September saw members<br />
of the Greenstreet group<br />
especially keen to<br />
rekindle the event for<br />
another get together.<br />
The couple say the<br />
Melbourne Cup was the<br />
perfect opportunity to<br />
put aside the farm attire,<br />
bring out the dresses and<br />
daywas a1923model,<br />
while someofthenew<br />
models drivingincostin<br />
theregion of $400,000.<br />
McIlroy’sisthe only<br />
authorised Bentley<br />
service centre in the<br />
South Island and there is<br />
anotherinthe North<br />
Island.<br />
He alsodeals in<br />
Bentleys.<br />
TheBentley factory in<br />
England is situated near<br />
therailwaytownof<br />
Crewe,about50km from<br />
Manchester.<br />
Nadia hascreated this book forvegetarians,vegans and<br />
omnivores alike.<br />
Onewith over 100 deliciously satisfying recipesto<br />
celebratebeautiful,colourful,bountiful vegetables.<br />
Saturday, 16 <strong>November</strong>. Doors open 6.30pm with a7pm start.<br />
BradfordRoom, <strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust EventCentre, 211 Wills Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Tickets $20, includes cooking demo,nibbles &complimentarydrink.<br />
Tickets available at PaperPlus and Office Spot,<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Books for sale at event<br />
(eftposavailable).<br />
Nadia will be happytosign copies<br />
suits complete with<br />
fascinators and fedoras <br />
and enjoy food and drink<br />
in good company.<br />
Photo: Greenstreet<br />
farmers including<br />
(pictured from back left)<br />
Lyn Butterick, Darryl<br />
Butterick, Norm Stewart,<br />
Lyndon Webb, and (from<br />
front left) Dorothea Webb,<br />
Peter Hanna, LeeAnne<br />
Stewart, Lynley Tavendale<br />
and John Tavendale,<br />
swapped gumboots for<br />
style this week at arural<br />
garden party event to<br />
celebrate the Melbourne<br />
Cup.<br />
On the trail of<br />
family roots<br />
Anyone with an interest in<br />
tracing family roots is<br />
invited toattend aseminar<br />
later this month hosted by<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Family History<br />
Group.<br />
The fullday seminar will<br />
be led by visiting genealogist<br />
Michelle Patient and<br />
will be held in the Education<br />
Room at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Art Gallery &Heritage<br />
Centre.<br />
The <strong>November</strong> 23 session<br />
runs from 10.30am<br />
until 4pm and generalentry<br />
is $20.<br />
Michelle Patient will<br />
look at how to review your<br />
family tree research and to<br />
get past any roadblocks,<br />
explain the ins and outs of<br />
family history websites such<br />
as Ancestry, FindMyPast,<br />
My Heritage and Family<br />
Search, and will suggest the<br />
next steps after you have<br />
received your DNA results.<br />
A question and answer<br />
session will follow abreak<br />
for lunch.<br />
Michelle has a love of<br />
data, facts and researchand<br />
has been using computers<br />
and the internet since the<br />
1980s.<br />
She became ‘‘addicted’’<br />
to genealogy in 1999, and<br />
now enjoys helping others<br />
make the most out of using<br />
technology to help further<br />
their own research.<br />
She has volunteered in<br />
various roles within the<br />
genealogy community both<br />
in Australia and New Zealand<br />
and has been president<br />
of the New ZealandSociety<br />
of<br />
Genealogists<br />
(20122014), New Zealand<br />
regional representative for<br />
the Guild of OneName<br />
Studies (2015 present) and<br />
is an education committee<br />
member of Society ofAustralian<br />
Genealogists.<br />
Members of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Family History Group will<br />
enjoy aclosed session and<br />
more informal day with<br />
Michelle Patient on<br />
<strong>November</strong> 24.
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