Ashburton Courier: December 19, 2019

Page 4, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 19 December 2019
Nomination
in for board
A nomination for the
Methven Community
Board vacancy has been
received.
Peter Garde, aresident
of Methven, has been
nominated byRon Smith
and David Nesbit.
Both nominators are
electors in the Methven
Community Board area.
A by­election for the
fifth seat on the board is
needed because just four
nominations were
Water update
Methven Community
Board (MCB) members
had an opportunity to
discuss waster and
wastewater with staff
from Ashburton District
Council at aworkshop in
Methven.
Additional water
quality monitoring has
TheAddams Family
bookings ph 307 1230
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received at October’s
local government elections.
Nominations are open
until noon on December
23 and forms can be found
on the Ashburton council
website.
If more than one nomination
is received, an
election will be conducted
by postal voting under the
First Past the Post electoral
system, with polling
day set February 18.
been completed for the
Methven supply and an
engineering report on
upgrade optionsfor the
water supply treatment
system is being finalised.
The workshop featured
aformal presentation and
information update for
board members.
Reviewed by Rowena Hart
Here’s an animated version of this crazy
family.
Geared moretowards the younger kids.
Thereisanew subdivision of 50 new houses
going up around the Addams mansion.They
refuse to spruce uptheir gothic eyesore so
the narrow-minded townspeople forge a
campaigntoforce them into it.
While their parents go to war, the kids have
their ownideas and nothing goes to plan.
All the chaos leads up to aheart-warming
ending. The movie, which is essentially
about resisting the pressure toconform or
change yourself, has a storyline stitched
together from adozenfamily movies you’ve
probably already seen.
But it’s TheAddams Family so it is different!
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Caring is the name of our game
The end of the year is agreat
chance for reflection ... after the
Christmas work do, the final
deadlineand celebratory pink
gin, and after the family gettogether,
whereyou stuff
yourselffull of food and shed a
quiet tear for those who are
missing.
Therewill be thingsto
celebrate, thingstomourn and
things you wish you had the
chance to do over again. Then
there’s the chance to look ahead,
hope for more of the same or
different outcomes.
The Ashburton Courier has
been lucky to be privy to many
milestone moments in the life of
this district and its people.
Courier comment
We have been lucky to tell the
stories of those people and share
their achievements and
adventures. Their stories are
inspirational, sometimeshappy,
sometimes sad, and reflect life in
our neck of the woods.
Many of our stories are about
people doing good for others,
people who have spent years
workingquietly in the
background to make sure stuff
gets done.
Today’s edition is atrue
reflection of that caringattitude.
The young university dental
students who paid their own way
to Cambodia to treat poor kids,
the local Samoan community
raising funds for friends and
family devastated by the measles
epidemic back home, Mr
Basketball Wayne Rodgers who
hasspent years helping
youngsters play the game, fire
chief Alan Burgess who has
missed many hours of sleep and
no doubt importantfamily
gatherings to deal with fire and
car crashes and Margaret
Pearce, who sends compassionto
cancer sufferers through her
hand­made quilts.
Our community is filled with
people who care. We are lucky.
Many families, mine included,
will be missing key people this
Christmas. We like to think
Mum still has ahand in some
things that go on, like that tiny
screw that falls out and can’t be
found... until you try again the
next day and there it is. Mum was
always the finder.
Importantly, we have the
opportunity to look forward. In
New Zealand at least,wecan set
our own agenda without too
much political interference,
speak our own mindsand allow
ourselves to be hopeful.
What positive plans will you
make?
­Linda Clarke
Christmas cheer forfarmers
Members of the Mid Canterbury
Federation of Women’s
Institutes (WI) have been been
baking Christmas treats for some
of the district’s Mycoplasma
bovis (Mbovis) affected farming
families.
The WI members, many who
are from rural communities or
still working in the rural community,
wanted to support other
women and their families being
affected by the cattle disease. It
was achance to let them know
they had not been forgotten.
Mid Canterbury Federation of
WIs president Mavis Wilkins
said farmers dealing with Mbovis
still needed community support
or ahelping hand. And it was the
time of year when some extra
cheer was needed.
‘‘Quite afew in the WIs have
come off farms and know what
hard times are like, we wanted
them to know they’re not forgotten,’’
she said.
Among the treats were some
home­made Christmas cakes,
rum balls and biscuits, as well as
store­bought candy canes and
chocolates.
The items would be given to
Mid Canterbury Rural Support
Trust team members to distribute.
Above: Mid Canterbury Federation
of Women’s Institutes
members, from left, Jude
Vaughan, Denise Clark, Mavis
Wilkins and Jeanette Cuthbertson
want to give farming families
dealing with Mbovis abit of
Christmas cheer.
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