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Page 32, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 14 November 2019 Local news at www.starnews.co.nz MID CANTERBURY’S HYDRAULIC SPECIALISTS LOCALLYOWNED AND OPERATED Chertsey site to host arable field day event PARTSYOU CAN TRUST WITH ASERVICE TO KEEP YOUGOING QUALITYON-CALL SERVICE AVAILABLE •Sales,installation and serviceofall hydraulic components •Inhouse repairs of cylinders,pumps and hydraulic motors •I.M.M hose and fittingsavailable SPOOL VALVES FROM WALVOIL Ashburton’sleading supplier of Walvoil hydraulic products andcomponents. •Wirerope •Synthetic slings •High tensile bowshackles and chain •Lifting equipment Call Justin Bennett 027 530 1272 or 027 530 1275 Shop 24/7 03 308 9778 104 MooreStreet,Ashburton justin@martinbennett.co.nz 2227502 Attendees listen to aspeaker during the Foundation for Arable Research CROPS 2018 field day at Chertsey last year. SPREAD YOUR MUCK AND FILL YOUR RUTS Spread your muck Using manureasafertiliser,itwill add organic matter to the soil which mayimprove soilstructure, aeration,soil moisture-holding capacity and waterinfiltration Fixyour pivot ruts WelshyContracting canfill your ruts quickly andeasily. We candig out shingle from your ownsiteand screen it ready forrut fillingorwecan cartshingle in forthe job Delivered to over 16,065 homes everyweek 2226689 Foundation for Arable Research is hosting their ARIA event at their arable research site, on State Highway 1, Chertsey on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. The ARIA event is FAR’s major South Island field event and draws hundreds of people from around the country to hear speakers talk about FAR trial work being carried out on the research site.. The event runs from 10am to 4pm. Presentations on the day will cover many issues which are critical to cropping and its related primary industries. And among those to talk are international speaker Carol MallorySmith, who is a professor of weed science at Oregon State University. Her main research interests include herbicide resistance, weed management in agronomic crops, and weed biology, and these are the topics she will touch on in her talk at ARIA. Also speaking is Scott Hardwick (Ag REsearch), Brad Howlett (Plant and Food Research), Soonie Chng (Plant and Food Research) as well as FAR staff Jo Drummond, Matilda Gunnarsson, Phil Rolston, Richard Chynoweth, Abie Horrocks and Diana Mathers. Topics to be covered include; the influence of cultivar on cereal diseases, Ramularia update, cover crops for weed management, stem rust can we predict it?, options for improving glyphosate efficacy and drone flies and pollination. Lunch will be provided and there will be chance to relax and chat with presenters, growers and industry attendees at the end of the day. Check out far.org.nz/events for more information. Farm biosecurity discussed at Wakanui farm meeting It’s just amatter of time, if not mere weeks, before there will be a nationwide regulation push for stricter onfarm biosecurity and one way for farm operations tobetter protect themselves is to start with aplan. It was the topic for discussion at the recent Foundation for Arable Research meeting, attended by around35people, on the property of Maxine and Eric Watson, at Wakanui, near Ashburton. FAR’s environment research manager Abie Horrocks saidthere were at least four risk areas for concern when it came tofarm biosecurity; visitors to the property who all have the potential tobring biosecurity risks such as weed seeds, pathogensand pests on farm; machinery on and off the property also able to carry the same biosecurity risks; animals being transported onand off farm; and seed and plant material. Biosecurity was identified as being more and more important but it meant giving it some thought, putting it in aplan and into action, she said. She wentover thearable biosecurity riskregister developed byFAR staff for farm owners touse. It gets farm owners to think about their current biosecurity practice, including on farm signage and protocols such as confining vehicles movements to farm tracks where practicable, asking for verification of plant healthcertificatesfor imported seed lines, providing adequate clean down facilities for visitors to use to maintain good practice and ensuring those visitors have protocols inplace to identify or track vehicle movements (from farm to farm), especially useful incase of incursion. There isalso provision toinclude how to deal with any possible incursions andto talk about those biosecurity issues such as herbicide resistance or contractor experiences with neighbours. She said good biosecurity practice was about identifying risks and managing those risks. ‘‘It’s one of those things that makes absolute, positive sense,’’ said FAR communication manager Anna Heslop. Thebiosecurityrisk register template is available for any one to access via the FAR website at www.far.org.nz
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 14 November 2019, Page 33 Club news Rakaia Lions The Lions Club of Rakaia held their annual fireworks night on Saturday 2nd November at the Rakaia Domain. People began to arrive around 5.30pm setting up vantage points around the domain. The weather was great and as the evening went on there was a good crowd. How many Iam not sure, too many to count. While everyone waited for darkness to arrive The Toy Library kept the small ones entertained with three bouncy castles. The bigger ones were entertained with live music from Kopy Kats. While the Rakaia School made sure the kids would be ready when it got dark with the selling of glow sticks. There was food aplenty from the Lions Food caravan, coffee from the coffee man and icecream from Mr Kool. The Rakaia Fire Brigade ignited the bon fire just before dark and soon after that we were treated with a great display of fireworks. Thanks to Fireworks Professionals Ltd. The night concluded with a couple of tunes from the Kopy Kats and then everyone disappeared into the darkness. The Lions Club of Rakaia would like to thank everyone who attended and hope you had agreat night. Neighbourhood Support Mid Canterbury The Annual General Meeting of the Ashburton District Neighbourhood Support Inc was held recently, with many people attending. The chairperson gave her report and said it had been achallenging year. The Gets Ready Computer system to Mid Canterbury was promoted on the radio and in the newspaper. As at October 2019 there were 4941 households registered on Gets Ready. Gets Ready is recognised by Civil Defence itreceived an innovation award from the Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management in 2016. It is a purposebuilt web Anne Parnham JP, Registrar, Ian Moore JP, President. See, Ashburton Justices of the Peace Association below. (Photo: Noel Lowe) system where residents can securely record their contact details and any special needs, resources and skills they want to share, to help their local community look after each other in an emergency. It is a tool the council may use to share emergency warnings. These may include wind, snow, fire warnings, water quality warnings and fire rules and other messages with members. They arrive as email and /ortexts. This is asystem that has been built with Neighbourhood Support and Civil Defence groups in mind. The coordinator, Christine Richards advised it had been a busy twelve months with agrowth in the number of new groups and with the increasing numbers of people registering online to Ashburton Gets Ready. Thanks were extended to the street contacts for the work they do in welcoming newcomers to their respective groups. The board has decided to change the names to Neighbourhood Support Mid Canterbury and Gets Ready Mid Canterbury. Veronica Rabbitt was reelected as Chairperson, as Ivan Blain is retiring from the Board he was presented with a certificate in appreciation. The guest speaker was Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins, he advised that three new recruits are coming to the Ashburton Police Station. He was thanked for his address and afternoon tea was served. Ashburton Justices of the Peace Association AGM A large gathering of Justices and Visitors attended the 69th Annual General meeting held in the Seniors Centre on Tuesday 5th of November. Senior Sgt Leigh Jenkins Officer in charge of the Ashburton Police Station was the guest speaker at the meeting. He had apositive view of the work Police do in Ashburton and gave the meeting some interesting crime facts of our district. Sgt Leigh said he would like to see better cooperation between the Court, Police, and Justice Issuing Officers to cut down the time it takes to get search warrants. Officers elected for the year include, Patron Kevin Geddes JP, President Ian Moore JP Senior VP Max Cawte JP, Junior VP Alistair Morrison JP, Anne Parnham JP as Registrar and Murray Bassett JP as treasurer. Delivering his annual report for 2019, President Ian reported on the Federation Annual Conference in Blenhiem and the Southern Regional Conference in Gore where he represented the Ashburton Association. He said our Association was equal or better than alot of other Associations in New Zealand when it came to training done by Justices and the work we do in our Community. The Royal Federation of JPs Associations vicepresident Terry Byrne thanked President Ian for his full report and congratulated the Justices of Ashburton for the voluntary work they do for the Community. The Southern Royal Federation of JPs representative Lindsey Dow thanked President Ian for his leadership and offered some training tips for JPs. Membership is 60 active Justices and 10 JP Retired, We had 5New Justices appointed during the year and one Justice waiting to be Sworn In. There are at present 6 Justice nominees in the pipeline. One Justice has been appointed as an Issuing Officer during the year. Congratulations to Sandra Leak JP. JP Signing Centre work is still increasing. A 300% increase from May/ June 2012 to May/June 2019 figures. The average documents per client are also increasing. Our Council has just setup to run two 2hour sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays in the lunch hours at Community House starting December 3rd. The figures for the last twelve months to end of October are Documents 3568 Clients 908 and Hours 288 Ian RMoore JP, President Ashburton Writers’ Group President Julie Fechney welcomed members to the November meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group. Stacey read aquotation – “The role of awriter is not to say what we all want to say but what we are unable to say” By Anais Nin Rae read the chapter for the progressive story that she had written, Stacey is to write the next chapter. The Christmas lunch was discussed, to be on Tuesday 3December. Stacey gave areport of the recent Wham Bam event in Christchurch that she had organised. $650 had been raised for CanInspire. The Assignment for the meeting was “How Did We Even/Ever”. Members wrote of divorce papers, what to be, elusive gold, small town, spoken words and eggs. This caused some lively discussion on the best way to print one of the stories which was a true adventure story. Should it be in the first Stay fit &earn $$$ at the same time Spend a couple of hours every Thursday delivering the Ashburton Courier and Realty in the Tinwald (Buckleys Terrace/ Melcombe Street) area. Enjoy the fresh air, stay fit and reap the health benefits! Phone Leonie todayon308 7664 to get startedoremail leonie.marsden@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 2172542 person or third person was aquestion that was discussed as well. The February assignment is “Shadow for the Day”. Visitors are welcome, contact Rae on 3088927. Mid Canterbury Rural Women Rural Women NZ summit meeting and AGM will be held Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd November in Wellington. Five Mid Canterbury Rural Women are attending. Policy workshops include: Education: How are our Rural Schools. Health: Rural Women and family wellbeing. Environment: Water, Land and Air. Friday evening our Premier Partnership NZI Rural Women New Zealand Business Awards Dinner will showcase the entrepreneur and innovatived winners from the 7Categories, Emerging Business, Love of the Land, Creative Arts, Rural Health and Wellbeing Excellence, Innovation, Rural Champion and Bountiful Table. At the conclusion the Supreme Winner will be announced. Rakaia Gorge’s, Amanda King is category winner of the Emergency Business. A business starting out on its journey and achieving exceptional Results. Amanda’s Business ‘‘By the Horn’’ operates from home, she transforms her photography passion of animals, landscapes and seascapes into print form and on to canvas Her online customers are worldwide. Amanda’s contact is bythehorns.co.nz Congratulations to Winchmore member Margaret Kelk on receiving her Branch Life Membership. Margaret has held President and Treasurer positions and contributed a tremendous amount to Rural Women within Winchmore and Mid Canterbury over many years. Our November Provincial Meeting is being held at the Lake House Restaurant 9.30am Wednesday 13th November. Kerry Smith is speaking on her Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) work undertaken recently in London. Marion Dent, Provincial President Mid Canterbury Rural Women. BUSINESS OWNERS Build customers,sales and profits, with us ... 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