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Retailer moves on after 40 years<br />
By ToniWilliams<br />
After 40 years in retail Tots To<br />
Teens owner Annette Fyfe has sold<br />
her business.<br />
It’s abittersweet moment.<br />
It’s the right time for Annette to<br />
leave, but for awoman who lovesher<br />
job, considers her staff (Philippa<br />
(Phil) McGregor, Maree Allan and<br />
Belinda Cawte) as great friends and<br />
enjoys being a member of the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Arcade business community,<br />
it also brings a certain<br />
sadness.<br />
‘‘I still love the shop, the lovely<br />
customers and the staff. They are<br />
more like friends, than staff, Ilook<br />
forward to continuing our friendships,’’<br />
she said.<br />
Annette bought the business in<br />
<strong>February</strong>1980 aftervisiting the shop,<br />
which was originally called Tiny Tots<br />
and sat on the corner of East and<br />
Burnett streets.<br />
It was a small shop which sold<br />
clothing for children aged up to five<br />
year olds.<br />
Annette, astayathomemum at<br />
the time, loved it so much on visiting<br />
she mentioned to owner, Belle<br />
Lowe, if she ever wanted to sell to let<br />
her know. And she did, straight<br />
away.<br />
It was perfect timing for Annette<br />
as her children, aged five and six,<br />
were at school.<br />
She had time onher hands and<br />
energy to grow the business.<br />
By the time building owner Bede<br />
Annette Fyfe is bowing out after 40 years in retail.<br />
O’Malley was looking toexpand his<br />
pharmacy into the Tiny Tots site,<br />
Annette, with agrowing business on<br />
her hands, was also keen for bigger<br />
premises.<br />
‘‘It was perfect, Iwanted abigger<br />
shop.’’<br />
She moved into the arcade premises<br />
and in later years extended the<br />
shop removing the wall of the<br />
neighbouring premises.<br />
Over time there have been other<br />
changes; from extending the clothing<br />
age from tots to teenagers, increased<br />
footwear range and access to some<br />
exclusivelabels such as NatureBaby,<br />
Merino Kids, and Little Flock of<br />
Horrors (LFOH), Hello Stranger<br />
and Eve’s Sister, Bobux and other<br />
quality labels.<br />
Then around 10 years ago, the<br />
introduction of the school uniform<br />
range.<br />
Annette says with the school<br />
uniforms and footwear she wanted<br />
to make sure parentsgot agood deal<br />
on quality products that would last.<br />
When it comes to the fashion<br />
clothing and footwear, selecting the<br />
fashions six months in advance and<br />
seeing the samples is one of<br />
Annette’s favourite tasks, which she<br />
does with manager Phil.<br />
Annette says all three staff will<br />
continue in their roles postsale<br />
which she was very happy about as<br />
their experience has allowed her to<br />
work parttime at the shop for the<br />
past few years.<br />
Time has sped by and Annette<br />
feels ‘‘very luckytohave enjoyed that<br />
time somuch’’and is seeing the next<br />
generation ofcustomers coming in<br />
to buy clothing.<br />
‘‘The children who were clothedin<br />
the early days, are now coming back<br />
into the shop as adults to dress their<br />
own children.’’<br />
As well as the parents who are<br />
now grandparents, which she loves<br />
seeing.<br />
While she has been reluctant to<br />
sell, Annette, 68, says it was time for<br />
her to pull back.<br />
The business was on the market<br />
for just two weeks before it was<br />
snapped up.<br />
It’s been surreal how fast it has<br />
happened but Annette is excited for<br />
her future and that of the company.<br />
She feels very proud to be handing<br />
over asuccessful business which, in<br />
new hands, will have a chance to<br />
expand and grow further with an<br />
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She also gets to spend more time<br />
with husband Ian, family and friends<br />
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as a linedancing teacher teaching<br />
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Married for 60 years<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
John French reckons couples struggle to<br />
reach six years of marriage these days, so<br />
he’s rather proudofthe fact that he and wife<br />
Bev havenotched up an impressive 60 years.<br />
The Tinwald couple celebrated their<br />
diamond wedding anniversary on<strong>February</strong><br />
20.<br />
John, who is 82, and Bev (nee Rogers),<br />
who is ayear younger, were married atSt<br />
Peter’s, Timaru onaSaturday.<br />
After the weddingceremonythey went on<br />
aroad tripnorth,borrowing the Austin A40<br />
of John’s brother Jim.<br />
Arriving on the coast south ofKaikoura,<br />
the newlyweds jumped out of the car to<br />
enjoy the view and felt aviolent shaking of<br />
the car. It was asizeable earthquake and<br />
further along the route abig boulder had<br />
come to rest on the road.<br />
‘‘If we hadn’t have stopped,wecould have<br />
been under the boulder, and it would have<br />
been the end of the marriage before ithad<br />
even begun,’’ said John.<br />
The Frenchs returned to start life as a<br />
married couple in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
A family quickly followed, with four<br />
children, three girls and boy, born to the<br />
couplebeforeeither had reachedthe age of<br />
30.<br />
Today the couple have 11grandchildren<br />
and six great grandchildren aswell.<br />
John was amechanic by trade and worked<br />
with trucks and cars. He drove his first<br />
Bev and John French have been<br />
married for 60 years.<br />
traction engine at the age of 12 and has<br />
alwayshad alove of machinery. He enjoyed<br />
stints atBurnetts, CE Bailey Ltd, Gluyas<br />
and Mid Canterbury Transport.<br />
An accident in the pit at Mead Motors<br />
during awarrant of fitness check left him<br />
with abroken pelvis and other injuries.<br />
He also lost his sense of smell and was<br />
forced togive up his profession.<br />
Along association with the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Railway Preservation Society and Tinwald<br />
Domain Board earned John acommunity<br />
service award in2005.<br />
He is still the farming convener for the<br />
Plains Museum and helps coordinate<br />
annual pea and potato selling fundraisers.<br />
The Frenchs on their wedding day.<br />
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Bev was born and brought upinTimaru<br />
and was abagpipe player inTimaru Ladies<br />
Pipe Band in her teens. She was ahead<br />
sewer and overlocker at Tekau in her home<br />
town.<br />
For over 20 years she has volunteeredher<br />
time to play the piano at local rest homes.<br />
‘‘We’ve had our ups and downs over the<br />
years, and a few arguments. But, there’s<br />
been no fighting and we’ve stuck together<br />
through it all,’’ said Bev.<br />
The Frenchs celebrated their 60 years of<br />
marriage with family atafunction atthe<br />
Devon Tavern.<br />
Two days laterthey enjoyedafternoontea<br />
with friends and family at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Club and MSA.<br />
Council signals 4.88% rate rise<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
The rising price ofrubbish disposal,<br />
declining numbers of adult<br />
swimmers and the quest to find<br />
an alternative water supply for<br />
Methven generated plenty of<br />
discussion among <strong>Ashburton</strong>District<br />
Councillors as they ploughed<br />
through budget documents for<br />
their <strong>2020</strong>2021 annual plan this<br />
week.<br />
Ratepayers are facing an<br />
increase of 4.88 per cent on last<br />
year, which is just less than the 5<br />
per cent forecast in the long term<br />
plan. The plan isindraft form at<br />
the moment and councillors signalled<br />
their support or otherwise<br />
for proposed spending at aworkshop<br />
onTuesday.<br />
The cost ofoperating <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />
solid waste collection will<br />
rise by about $250,000 for the<br />
year beginning in July but is the<br />
result of a2.5 per cent increase in<br />
the volume ofrubbish going to<br />
landfill and a 2.3 per cent<br />
increase in the cost of taking that<br />
rubbish there.<br />
EA Networks Centre staff say<br />
adult swim numbers are down by<br />
3000 and they are losing gym<br />
members; they wanted their<br />
charges tostay the same.<br />
New charges for the coming<br />
year will see the price of aswim<br />
rise from$6.70 to $7 for an adult;<br />
learn to swim lessons will notrise.<br />
Casualgym users will still pay $16<br />
atime, but gym concession cards<br />
rise from $144 to $147. Casual<br />
stadium uers will pay $5, upfrom<br />
$4.<br />
Centre managerSteve Prescott<br />
said predicted that user numbers<br />
would drop again if charges rose<br />
and itwas already unaffordable<br />
for some. The centre’s honeymoon<br />
period was clearly over.<br />
Mayor Neil Brown said the<br />
sports centre was abusiness and<br />
neededtoadjust the othersideof<br />
its ledger and staff said energy<br />
savings might be possible.<br />
Cr Angus McKay said adult<br />
swim pricescouldstay thesameif<br />
savings were found elsewhere.<br />
Keeping charges the same would<br />
trim $75,000 off the centre’s<br />
income, though raising charges<br />
couldput peopleoff usingitatall.<br />
Cr McKay was against spending<br />
money to drill for groundwater<br />
at Methven, an exercise<br />
that could cost up to $240,000<br />
and not find any water.<br />
Assets manager Andrew Guthrie<br />
said an alternative water<br />
supply for Methven was needed<br />
because in high rainfall events its<br />
water source became turbid and<br />
did not meet new drinking water<br />
standards imposed after the 2016<br />
Havelock North water contamination<br />
incident. Seven boil water<br />
notices had been issued onthe<br />
supply in the past three years.<br />
Groundwatercould be abridging<br />
or emergency source in those<br />
rainfall events.<br />
He said an alternative was to<br />
spend$4.5 milliononanewwater<br />
treatment plant for the scheme.<br />
Councillors said spending<br />
money drilling for groundwater<br />
was a gamble they would take,<br />
especially with a new national<br />
water regulator looking at local<br />
body compliance.<br />
They were united on an<br />
increase in money for rural libraries<br />
at Rakaia, Methven and Mt<br />
Somers, and suggested $15,000<br />
for the facilities, rather than the<br />
$8500 set down.<br />
Councillors supported a<br />
request to fund an extension to<br />
the Rakaia Medical Centre. The<br />
medical centre runs out of a<br />
councilowned building that is<br />
too small and the trust that runs<br />
it has asked for a $950,000<br />
extension that would double its<br />
footprint.<br />
The trust pays rent, which<br />
would cover interest payments<br />
and some principal repayments if<br />
council borrowed$1million to do<br />
the work.<br />
Some councillors were<br />
unhappy about the economic<br />
return, but Cr Rodger Letham<br />
said there was an element of<br />
public good about the project.<br />
The town had built up the<br />
medical centre after losing its<br />
only doctor years ago.<br />
The annual plan will be adopted<br />
by council in April.<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 3<br />
Museum boss leaving<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum director Dr<br />
Tanya Robinson is departing<br />
after four years in the role.<br />
The former Hawkes Bay native<br />
is moving to Australia to join her<br />
husband, who has an increasing<br />
workload in the country.<br />
She finishes tomorrow.<br />
Dr Robinson started at the<br />
museum ayear after the new art<br />
gallery and heritage centre building<br />
on West Street opened.<br />
She said she had enjoyed the<br />
challenges of her job and would<br />
miss her ‘‘amazing’’ staff and<br />
dedicated team of volunteers.<br />
With her team, she had been<br />
able to achieve anumber of key<br />
goals that included raising the<br />
profile of the museum both<br />
locally and nationally, and the<br />
presentation of innovative programmes<br />
and exhibitions.<br />
Dr Robinson said the attendance<br />
at the museum had grown<br />
hugely over the last four years,<br />
exceeding key performance<br />
indicators for visitor numbers and<br />
quadrupling the number of programmes<br />
it ran.<br />
The museum had one of the<br />
biggest collections of photographs<br />
in the South Island, with<br />
over six million, and some 20,000<br />
objects.<br />
She said there was a big<br />
responsibility to manage the collection<br />
on behalf of owners and<br />
the ratepayers and although there<br />
was still work to be done on<br />
inventory, good progress had<br />
been made.<br />
Departing <strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum director Dr Tanya Robinson.<br />
There were around 1000<br />
research requests a year, which<br />
also kept staff busy.<br />
Dr Robinson said there had<br />
been many exhibition highlights<br />
for her in the past 48months.<br />
The New Faces, News Lives<br />
exhibition had been one of her<br />
first big projects and had been a<br />
great way to engage with the<br />
locals.<br />
Other favourites included the<br />
recent Topp Twins display and<br />
Sounds Like Us, which featured a<br />
snapshot of New Zealand radio<br />
history and saw the public create<br />
hundreds of their own craftradios.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Feels Like Home,<br />
and Snap, a glass plate photo<br />
negative exhibition featuring historic<br />
localfaces, had both received<br />
very positive feedback.<br />
Dr Robinson said adding the<br />
Murney Family Room to the<br />
museum’s exhibition space had<br />
been avery positive step forward,<br />
and that space continued tobea<br />
real asset.<br />
The museum’s Adventurers<br />
Club was very popular with families<br />
and children and was agreat<br />
way to connect with the community.<br />
Dr Robinson said she was<br />
passionate about how museums<br />
connected with the community<br />
and was sad to be leaving her<br />
thriving and strong team.<br />
‘‘I do intend to keep akeen eye<br />
on the progress of the museum<br />
and its exhibitions from Australia.’’<br />
Huts very busy since<br />
new booking system<br />
There’s been a big increase in the<br />
number of trampers staying at popular<br />
Woolshed Creek and Pinnacles huts<br />
since the two huts were added tothe<br />
Department of Conservation’s (DOC)<br />
online booking system last October.<br />
The huts are located on the Mt<br />
Somers Track, a26km long walk aimed<br />
at intermediate to advancedwalkersand<br />
trampers.<br />
Both serviced huts, the 26bed Woolshed<br />
Creek Hut and the 19bed Pinnacles<br />
Hut, are manned by hut wardens<br />
over the summer months.<br />
The walkway is popular with families<br />
and offers options for day trips, single<br />
overnight trips, and twonight experiences.<br />
The online booking system has led to<br />
more people enjoying this unique location<br />
as they have the certainty abed will<br />
be waiting for them at the end of their<br />
hike, said DOC senior ranger Murray<br />
Thomas.<br />
Walkerswereable to pace themselves<br />
and did not need to rush to be the first<br />
to the hut.<br />
Trails were also becoming less<br />
overcrowded as people forwardplan<br />
The Woolshed Creek Hut on the Mt<br />
Somers Track.<br />
their trips based onbed availability.<br />
‘‘The huts received an astonishing<br />
173% increase in bookings for November,<br />
when compared to visitor numbers<br />
for November 2018.<br />
‘‘Woolshed Creek Hutwas nearly fully<br />
booked for every Saturday until Christmas<br />
and Pinnacles Hut was also busy,’’<br />
he said.<br />
Some 729 people stayed inboth huts<br />
in January, compared to 420 people for<br />
the same month in2019. More than 670<br />
of the January visitors were New<br />
Zealanders, and 474 were adults.<br />
Controlled fire exercise<br />
Controlled fire experiments will be<br />
conducted by Scion fire scientists and<br />
Fire and Emergency New Zealand in the<br />
first half of March.<br />
They will take place in the Double<br />
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Gorge and are being carried out to<br />
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smoke dispersion for the purpose of<br />
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ECan proposes<br />
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Mid Canterbury ratepayers<br />
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an Environment Canterbury<br />
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per cent in total rates<br />
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and general rates.<br />
A$5million rural property<br />
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annual increase while a<br />
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rates increase is for<br />
freshwater management,<br />
reserves to maintain and<br />
build flood protection and<br />
improved public transport<br />
services.<br />
Councillors adopted<br />
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week and it is now available<br />
for community feedback.<br />
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Hughey said “We welcome<br />
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Hardworking JP sworn in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Alison Driscoll<br />
was sworn in as aJustice of the<br />
Peace (JP) at aspecial sitting of<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Court<br />
this week.<br />
Mrs Driscoll was required to<br />
take an oath of allegiance and<br />
office before Judge Joanna<br />
Maze welcomed her to the<br />
ranks of judicial officers.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> JPs president Ian<br />
Moore then handed over her<br />
badge of office.<br />
Judge Maze said the work of<br />
JPs often went under the radar.<br />
‘‘It is my pleasure to be able<br />
to be the first to congratulate<br />
you and thank you on behalf of<br />
the community for giving even<br />
more of your time to serve the<br />
community. And service it is ...<br />
we do tend to take the work<br />
that our justices do for<br />
granted.’’<br />
JPs in the community are<br />
called on to witness signatures<br />
and administer official documents.<br />
Mrs Driscoll grew up in the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> district and was a<br />
journalist at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Guardian.<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> Justice of the Peace (JP) president Ian Moore with <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Court<br />
Judge Joanna Maze and new JP Alison Driscoll.<br />
She married John about 40<br />
years ago and they worked<br />
together farming and ran the<br />
Bernina Sewing Centre in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
The couple have four<br />
children and eight grandchildren.<br />
At the beginning of 2009,<br />
Mrs Driscoll began her current<br />
role as electorate agent to<br />
former Rangitata MP Jo<br />
Goodhew and now Andrew<br />
Falloon. She meets and assists a<br />
wide range of people in the<br />
district.<br />
She sees her role as aJPas<br />
an extension of the community<br />
service she has enjoyed as a<br />
member of the Rotary Club of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> and as chair for two<br />
Cancer Society Relays for Life.<br />
Tinwald Garden Club rounds up<br />
members for 60th birthday event<br />
Tinwald Garden Clubis<br />
celebrating60years and is<br />
inviting all current and past<br />
members to come together to<br />
mark the milestone.<br />
AlunchisplannedatHotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> on March 26 and it<br />
will include speeches,toasts and<br />
the cutting of abirthday cake.<br />
The gardenclub held its first<br />
meeting on March 24, 1960.<br />
Current clubtreasurer Alison<br />
Scammell said seven club<br />
members, including herself and<br />
president Pam Tait,had followed<br />
their mothersormothersinlaws<br />
in joiningthe club.<br />
The club was big on<br />
camaraderie and and brought<br />
likemindedwomen together<br />
monthly to focus on gardens and<br />
gardening.<br />
Members heard from guest<br />
speakers, wentontwo annualbus<br />
trips and also enjoyedregular<br />
plant sales.<br />
The focus was less on<br />
decorativefloralart and more on<br />
house plants and cut flowers<br />
these days, she said.<br />
Tinwald Garden Club<br />
president Pam Tait said club<br />
membership currently stoodat46<br />
and had remained steadyover<br />
manyyears.<br />
Members were mainly older<br />
women and monthlymeetings<br />
tookplaceonthe fourth<br />
Thursday of the monthat2pm in<br />
the Hakatere Presbyterian<br />
Church in Tinwald.<br />
Mrs Tait saiditwas hoped that<br />
the club’s longest serving member<br />
and its patroness, Jan Grimmett,<br />
who was in her 90s, wouldattend<br />
the 60thanniversary celebration<br />
and wouldcut the cake.<br />
Around 70 people turned out<br />
for the garden club’s50th<br />
anniversary.<br />
To confirm aplace at the<br />
lunch, pastand currentmembers<br />
contact Pam Taiton307 1238 or<br />
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Kittens find happy foster home<br />
Lisa Bird, the Volunteering Mid &<br />
South Canterbury and Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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when the SPCA put out acall for<br />
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being afoster parent in fact, it can be<br />
helpful in socialising the kitten you<br />
are fostering.<br />
It’s hard for Lisa to send the<br />
kittens to the adoption unit at the<br />
local SPCA and she might shed a<br />
tear, but knowing happy and healthy<br />
kittens are off to be loved by anew<br />
family makes it alittle easier.<br />
Lisa knows the kittens don’t mind<br />
who they are with if they are being<br />
looked after and loved, as unlike<br />
dogs, cats and kittens show no<br />
loyalty.<br />
She and her husband are about to<br />
break the rule they agreed on of not<br />
keeping one of the kittens, as Polly is<br />
going to have a permanent home<br />
with them.<br />
Foster parents are called on when<br />
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foster kittens is constant but as a<br />
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Lisa does sometimes take her<br />
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good for the kittens as they get to<br />
socialise with more people and<br />
sometimes dogs, making rehoming<br />
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Depending on the needs the kittens<br />
are with her up to five weeks.<br />
As afoster parent Lisa says she is<br />
so well supported by the amazing<br />
team of volunteers and staff at the<br />
SPCA in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
The SPCA provide the food, kitty<br />
litter and pay for vet visits. Foster<br />
parents do take the kittens to the vet.<br />
The SPCA relies on donations and<br />
volunteers. They have their street<br />
appeal coming up on March 6and<br />
need volunteers for that.<br />
They need donations to keep the<br />
services operating and they need<br />
more great volunteers like Lisa to be<br />
foster parents.<br />
Volunteering Mid & South<br />
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$500 for aresearch grant.<br />
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By Mick Jensen<br />
An inhouse maintenance teammonitors,<br />
repairsand maintains ahidden world of<br />
plant rooms, pipesand wiringtoensure<br />
thingsrun smoothly behind thescenes at<br />
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Hiddentunnels, workshopsand seven<br />
plant rooms arehome to thesmall team<br />
thatincludes afitter, electrician,<br />
carpenter and tradeassistant.<br />
The team, ledbyMethvenraised site<br />
maintenancemanagerDan Wilson,also<br />
includes agardener, administratorand<br />
otherswho are broughtonboard to work<br />
whenneeded.<br />
Mr Wilson,who started at thehospital<br />
as an apprenticefitter 16 years ago,says a<br />
typicalworking weekcouldfeature<br />
anything between 50 and100 jobs, both<br />
above and below ground.<br />
‘‘It’sour role to fix and maintain things,<br />
and we tackle the workload basedon<br />
priorities and level of importance.<br />
‘‘There can be challenges,but at the end<br />
of the day,the hospital is relianton<br />
systemsand equipmentbeingupand<br />
running, so thatitcan function.’’<br />
Mr Wilson said computer software<br />
helped scheduletesting and checks, and<br />
alsotomonitor things.<br />
Staff in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, and also in<br />
Christchurch, received automatic alerts<br />
for more seriousplantand equipment<br />
failures,and staff here were on call 24/7.<br />
Overthe coming monthsthe hospital<br />
maintenanceteamwillbeinvolvedina<br />
new project thatwill replace the current<br />
coalfired boiler with anew groundsource<br />
heatpump.<br />
The current bigboiler was<br />
manufacturedin1960 andthe smaller one<br />
in 1985.<br />
Togetherthey producearound2400<br />
tonnesofcarbon dioxide ayear.<br />
The heatingupgradewillreplace steam<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital site maintenance manager Dan Wilson and <strong>Ashburton</strong> Health<br />
Services manager Bernice Marra take awalk along one of the maintenance tunnels<br />
below the hospital.<br />
withahot water system and will reduce the<br />
hospital’senergycostsbyanestimated30<br />
%.<br />
‘‘The heatingupgrade will takeheat out<br />
of thegroundwater and useittoheat<br />
water circulating aroundthe hospital<br />
heatingsystem.<br />
‘‘Itwillwork in asimilar waytoa<br />
domestic heat pumpthattransfers heat<br />
energy fromthe outside airtoinside your<br />
house,whereas ournew systemwill<br />
transfer heat energy fromgroundsource<br />
water,’’said Mr Wilson.<br />
The new heat pumpsystemwould be<br />
located in anew building behind the<br />
currentlaboratories anditwas hoped to<br />
haveitupand runningbythe endof2021.<br />
Water flow testing on a30m bore was<br />
recently ticked off and further testing<br />
would follow, said Mr Wilson.<br />
Currently the hospital’ssteel pipes<br />
carry steam at approximately 170 degrees<br />
around the hospital. Thesteam then<br />
heats the water to about80degrees for<br />
heatingand domestic hot waterfor all<br />
buildings.<br />
The new heat pumps will be ableto<br />
producewater to 80 degrees and mostof<br />
the existingsteam pipeswill be usedto<br />
disperse it around the hospital.<br />
The upgrade will be more efficient and<br />
less heatwill be lost to the atmosphere.<br />
As abyproduct of heating, the heat<br />
pump can alsoproduce chilled waterand<br />
the Canterbury District Health Board is<br />
keen to tap into it for summer cooling.<br />
Tinwald pool to close for another season<br />
The Tinwald public swimming pool will close<br />
on March 1,following another summer that<br />
included closed days because of alack of<br />
lifeguards.<br />
The outdoor pool comes under recreation<br />
facilities controlled by the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council’s EA Networks Centre and it<br />
has been a struggle to find and train<br />
lifeguards to the required standard.<br />
Council service delivery group manager<br />
Neil McCann saidthe lifeguard shortage was<br />
also a problem in late summer when<br />
university students employed over the holiday<br />
break went back to school.<br />
He said council’s priority was to staff the<br />
EA Networks Centre pool first, so that<br />
meant the Tinwald pool was closed. Notices<br />
were put on social media to avoid people<br />
heading to Tinwald only to find the gate<br />
locked.<br />
‘‘We try every year to be in a better<br />
position, but we find ourselves here again,’’<br />
Mr McCann told councillors recently.<br />
Cr Lynette Lovett said she was among<br />
those who had made atrip to the pool with<br />
grandchildren, only to be disappointed when<br />
they found it closed.<br />
EA Networks Centre assistant manager<br />
Richard Wood said the outdoor pool was<br />
usually closed uptosix days every <strong>February</strong><br />
because of the lifeguard shortage.<br />
He said the centre had been a hive of<br />
activity over the past six weeks with holiday<br />
programmes and learn to swim classes.<br />
Few spaces remained in learn to swim<br />
classes that started in late January, while the<br />
holiday programme catered for up to 60<br />
children aday.<br />
Mr McCann said the latest figures for<br />
learn to swim classes were being gathered for<br />
a future report to councillors, when they<br />
would consider extending the learners’ pool.<br />
‘‘Figures had dropped slightly last year and<br />
we need the last few months to get the whole<br />
picture.’’<br />
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The prospect of an Armageddonstyle<br />
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Despite the efforts of science fiction<br />
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speakers at the Canterbury Astronomical<br />
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Alan Gilmore, the former superintendent<br />
of the University of Canterbury's<br />
Mt John Observatory at Tekapo,<br />
has been tracking near Earth objects<br />
with his wife Pamela Kilmartin since the<br />
1970s and is confident no large asteroid<br />
will cause amajor extinction event any<br />
time soon.<br />
“No, Ithink humans are doing very<br />
well with climate change. We are doing<br />
it ourselves by environmental degradation.<br />
“Asteroids are athreat over centuries<br />
to millennia. We know from craters on<br />
the Earth that the Earth gets hit about<br />
three times per million years by a1km<br />
sized asteroid.”<br />
Such an impact would cause global<br />
effects by throwing up dust into the<br />
atmosphere and dimming the sun for<br />
several years, causing crop failures and<br />
food shortages, as well as devastation at<br />
the point of impact.<br />
More than one million near Earth<br />
objects, or space rocks and minor<br />
planets inside the orbit of Mars, were<br />
known to researchers.<br />
Mr Gilmore and Ms Kilmartin followed<br />
up on objects discovered by<br />
research programmes in Arizona and<br />
Hawaii so distances and future orbits<br />
could be estimated more accurately.<br />
Just one “potentially hazardous asteroid”,<br />
more than 140 metres across, was<br />
likely to pass within twenty times the<br />
moon's distance from Earth over the<br />
next decade.<br />
Asteroid 99942, otherwise known as<br />
Apophis, is 370 metres across and is<br />
expected to pass within 28,000km of<br />
Earth on April 14, 2029, New Zealand<br />
time.<br />
“The people who do all the very<br />
detailed calculations know that it won't<br />
be aproblem for at least 200 years,” Mr<br />
Gilmore said.<br />
A number of solutions were being<br />
explored by researchers to combat<br />
future risks, but anuclear strike, used in<br />
science fiction such as in the 1998 movie<br />
Armageddon, was not considered a<br />
viable option, he said.<br />
Options included gravity trackers,<br />
space mirrors to focus the sun's rays on<br />
the asteroid, firing aweighty object into<br />
an asteroid to see if it changed its path<br />
slightly and painting the asteroid black.<br />
“With these larger objects you<br />
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years or even decades.<br />
“None of these ideas are ready to go,<br />
but they're all being discussed and<br />
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He said the Earth was asmall target in<br />
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The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council is working<br />
with new consultants on abusiness casefor<br />
asecond bridge over the <strong>Ashburton</strong>River.<br />
Council had been working withHolmes<br />
Consulting for at least six months on the<br />
business case,but has now engaged<br />
Stantec,acompany that says it designs with<br />
communities in mind.<br />
Council officers and Stantec staff willbe<br />
meeting withthe NZ TransportAgency<br />
this month for aworkshop to progressthe<br />
business case for the bridge.<br />
The second urban bridge, at Chalmers<br />
Avenue, is estimated to cost $30 million<br />
and could reduce State HighwayOne peak<br />
time traffic by 40 percent.<br />
Roading manager Brian Fauthtold<br />
district councillorsrecently that Stantec<br />
was more experienced preparing business<br />
casesfor the transport agencyundernew<br />
social wellbeingpolicy.<br />
He said adetailed business casewas<br />
needed so council could jump relevant<br />
hurdlestomeet funding criteria.<br />
Government gave $94,000 from its<br />
Provincial Growth Fund to supportthe<br />
business case.<br />
Council will pay20per cent of the cost<br />
of the bridge, but the balanceofthe<br />
fundingisnot clear.<br />
Service delivery group manager Neil<br />
McCann said councilwas aguinea pig in a<br />
new process, but NZTAwas acommitted<br />
partner,which was good news.<br />
Cr John Falloon was not optimistic<br />
aboutthe speed of progress. ‘‘I don’t think<br />
Iwill see asecond bridgeinmylifetime.’’<br />
Council chief executive Hamish Riach<br />
said NZTA was keen on the project as it<br />
wouldrelievecongestion on the highway.<br />
Subject to apositive business case, the<br />
agency wouldsubsidise 51 per cent of the<br />
bridge cost; council could applytothe PGF<br />
for the balance.<br />
‘‘Andtherefore abusiness case is<br />
essential to ascertain whether the needis<br />
thereand whether we can raise the balance<br />
of the funding.<br />
‘‘We are doing this workonbehalfofthe<br />
community.’’<br />
Council is still waiting to hear from<br />
NZTA about when and where<br />
Governmentfunded traffic lights will be<br />
installed on the Tinwald highway.
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College students and instructors take abreak while white water<br />
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RDR backs outdoor centre<br />
The companythat managesmostofthe<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> district’sirrigation water has<br />
given $10,000 thisyear to thePeelForest<br />
Outdoor Centre to fund lifechanging<br />
outdoor educationprogrammes.<br />
Nine<strong>Ashburton</strong> Collegestudents have<br />
justreturnedfromthe firstofthe sevenday<br />
programmes sponsored by the<br />
Rangitata Diversion Race (RDR)<br />
ManagementLtd.<br />
RDR chief executiveTony McCormick<br />
saidthe company had agreed to give<br />
$10,000 ayearfor threeyears to help fund<br />
the transformational work. He said the<br />
programmes were mini versionsofthe<br />
wellknownOutwardBound courses.<br />
The PeelForest Outdoor Centre is<br />
callingits courseThe Journey, andit<br />
included two days of preparation at Peel<br />
Forest, followed by three daystramping in<br />
Arthur’s Passand two days rafting on the<br />
Waimakariri River.<br />
Thestudents,all boysinYear 11, 12<br />
and13, were selectedbythe school.<br />
College deputyprincipalRon Cresswell<br />
said thestudentswereamix of outgoing<br />
andquietnaturesand all reportedbeing<br />
outside their comfortzonesand abit<br />
nervousatvarious stagesofthe trip.<br />
‘‘They all came back totallyelated,<br />
totallychallenged and everysingle one<br />
had grownhugely.’’<br />
Year12student Jacob Bruce saidthe<br />
students had left as agroup and returned<br />
as ateam of friends,having learnedmany<br />
new skillsand shared experiencesonthe<br />
way.<br />
‘‘Wedid work together andleft no man<br />
behind.’’<br />
Mr Cresswellsaid the schoolwas<br />
gratefultothe RDRcompany for funding<br />
the learning adventureand would jump at<br />
the chance to send morestudents next<br />
year.<br />
Maternity home exhibition<br />
Methven museum has seen<br />
asurge inpeople through<br />
the door tosee the Methven<br />
Historical Society’s latest<br />
exhibit, Methven<br />
Maternity Home 1922 to<br />
1968.<br />
It runs until the end of<br />
April.<br />
Many people have fond<br />
memories of the home<br />
where woman went to give<br />
birth and got time to<br />
recuperate and bond with<br />
their newborn.<br />
Museum volunteer<br />
Andrew Oram was born at<br />
the hospital on July 15,<br />
1958.<br />
He was the fourth child<br />
born to his parents the late<br />
Edith and John Oram who<br />
were sheep and cropping<br />
farmers. Only three of the<br />
four children were born at<br />
the maternity home.<br />
Mr Oram said his mum,<br />
amidwife prior to getting<br />
married, got two weeks rest<br />
and recuperation after the<br />
birth.<br />
Women were often confined<br />
to bed after birth for<br />
14 days.<br />
Among the exhibit<br />
piecesisequipment used by<br />
the medical staff, a bed,<br />
clothing, bassinets as well<br />
as photographs and<br />
information boards which<br />
tell the story of the Methven<br />
community’s rally to<br />
get their town a medical<br />
facility to prevent having to<br />
travel to <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />
unformed roads.<br />
Before the facility<br />
opened Methven had a<br />
doctor and two private<br />
nursing homes.<br />
Andrew Oram at the maternity home exhibition.<br />
But in 1920 theyhad one<br />
nursing home stalwart<br />
leave the area to get married.<br />
Methven residents<br />
formed acommittee,led by<br />
Mr JCarr, and spent the<br />
next three years arguing<br />
their case to get ahospital<br />
facility for the town.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital<br />
Board purchased land and<br />
built amaternity home on<br />
an acre of land.<br />
It included nurses quarters,<br />
dining room, one<br />
double room and two single<br />
wards, a13foot by 16<br />
foot labour room(for deliveries),<br />
a sterilizing room<br />
fullyequipped for the time<br />
with sterilizing equipment<br />
costing 261 pounds 10 shillings,<br />
patients’ bedroom<br />
and offices, kitchen, scullery,<br />
maid’s room and fuel<br />
room.<br />
It was designed to<br />
accommodate about 50<br />
patients a year. In its<br />
opening year, between its<br />
opening onJuly 22, 1922<br />
and the end of July 1923<br />
there were 87cases admitted;73maternity<br />
cases and<br />
14 surgical and medical.<br />
While each ward had its<br />
own fireplace,the building<br />
was lit by electric light,<br />
generated by a Petter<br />
engine which had storage<br />
capacity for 48 hours of<br />
light.<br />
The brick building, built<br />
by Mr CMaynard, had hot<br />
and cold water.<br />
It cost 3,333 pounds to<br />
build.<br />
Husbands only were<br />
permitted Monday toSaturday<br />
inclusive from 7pm<br />
to 8pm.<br />
By 19<strong>27</strong> Methven residents<br />
werecampaigningto<br />
make the maternity hospital<br />
ageneral hospital.<br />
It was unsuccessful as it<br />
was deemed it wouldbean<br />
unfair burden onthe ratepayers<br />
of the district.<br />
Staffing issues and a<br />
falling number of<br />
maternity cases caused the<br />
temporary closure of the<br />
maternity hospital over<br />
several decades until it<br />
finally closed in1968.<br />
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Family Notices<br />
ANNIVERSARY<br />
DEATHS<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Defib given to Ealing Hall<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
DIAMOND WEDDING<br />
CLINTON: Gordon and<br />
Annette(nee Hitchins) married<br />
20th <strong>February</strong> 1960 at St<br />
Andrew’s Church, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
DEATHS<br />
BLAIR,William Lewis (Bill) on<br />
<strong>February</strong> 20, <strong>2020</strong> at Terrace<br />
View Retirement Village,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Passed away<br />
peacefully with his family by<br />
his side,aged 87 years. Dearly<br />
loved husband of the late<br />
Mabel Estelle. Dearly loved<br />
father and father in law of<br />
Lewis and Sue, Averial and<br />
Ray, the late Brenda, Bruce<br />
and Oyuna, Philip and Sherril,<br />
Owen and Cheryl and the<br />
late Kevin. Very special dad<br />
of Rhonda, and Tina. Much<br />
loved grandfather and pop of<br />
all his grandchildren and great<br />
grandchildren. Messages to<br />
the Blair family c/- POBox<br />
472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. Special<br />
thanks to Terrace View Rest<br />
Home and all the staff, and<br />
Dr Penny Holdaway. Your<br />
support has been greatly<br />
appreciated. In lieu of flowers<br />
donations to the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
St John would be appreciated<br />
and maybeleftattheservice.<br />
A Service to celebrate Bill’s<br />
life will be held at Our<br />
Chapel, cnr East and Cox<br />
Streets, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on Friday<br />
<strong>February</strong> 28, commencing at<br />
2.00pm. Followedbyaprivate<br />
cremation at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Cremation.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
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FDANZ<br />
03 307 7433<br />
MOLLOY, Barrie John: Much<br />
loved son of Barry and Judy,<br />
big brother to Anna and<br />
Bridgitte. Taken too soon at<br />
Warnambool Hospital,Victoria<br />
on 12 <strong>February</strong>. Afuneral has<br />
been held.<br />
Birth notices listed<br />
by parents will<br />
continue to be free in<br />
the Family Notices<br />
column.<br />
The initial death<br />
notice lodged by a<br />
funeral director will<br />
be listed without<br />
charge. There will<br />
be asmall charge of<br />
$15 for subsequent<br />
notices related to<br />
the same death, up<br />
to amaximum of 35<br />
words and on aperline<br />
basis after that.<br />
The same low<br />
charges apply to<br />
other family notices,<br />
such as engagements,<br />
acknowledgments,<br />
in memoriam notices<br />
and anniversaries.<br />
Family Notices<br />
Inquiries phone<br />
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Complete<br />
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Since 1982<br />
LOVETT,TimothyJames:<br />
3/5/1978 -24/1/<strong>2020</strong><br />
Lynette, Caroline, Rachael<br />
and Ben, Phil and Anna and<br />
their children would like<br />
to take this opportunity to<br />
sincerely thank the many<br />
family members, friends<br />
and neighbours who have<br />
supported us over this<br />
difficult time of Tim’sdeath.<br />
Thank you to all who sent<br />
beautiful flowers, cards,<br />
messages, baking and<br />
wonderful food and to all<br />
that visited; your thoughts<br />
and stories are very much<br />
appreciated.<br />
Please accept this<br />
acknowledgement as a<br />
personal expression of<br />
our deepest gratitude and<br />
appreciation.<br />
Aspecial thanks to Barry at<br />
Paterson’s and to all who<br />
attended Tim’s funeral<br />
serviceatSeaview and made<br />
his farewell so memorable.<br />
Alifegone toosoon<br />
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It sits in alock box at the Ealing<br />
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‘‘We thought at the end of the day,<br />
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Ealing Hall president Graham Tarbotton, Align Farms farm<br />
manager Sam Mallard and The Other Guy Ltd's Damian Perriton<br />
during installation of the AED unit at the Ealing Hall. (Photo<br />
supplied.)<br />
In total the farms cover 1500<br />
hectares, milking 4000 cows and<br />
employing around <strong>27</strong> fulltime team<br />
members.<br />
The farms are lessthan akilometre<br />
from the hall.<br />
Mr Roberts said an near deathonfarm<br />
accident around two years ago<br />
brought home just how vulnerable<br />
rural living could be especially when<br />
an accident, or event, happened.<br />
‘‘We had to have agood hardlook<br />
at ourselves. One of the learnings we<br />
took was how vulnerable we are when<br />
that happens.<br />
‘‘Most people go into panic mode<br />
and its always one of those things<br />
where you don’t really want to plan<br />
for it because you don’t want to make<br />
it happen, but when itdoes happen<br />
you workout how vulnerable you are<br />
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on afarm (there are) long travel<br />
times to get to you and generally<br />
when it’s anissue on farm, it’s abig<br />
issue.’’<br />
The group took thoselearnings on<br />
board and put systems in place ‘‘to<br />
keep our people as safeaswecan and<br />
not just taking a chance like we<br />
were,’’ Mr Roberts said.<br />
He said staffdoanannual first aid<br />
training session but would look to<br />
make the next one inMarch a<br />
community defibrillator training day<br />
so people knew how to use the<br />
defibrillator.<br />
The St Johndefibrillator, which sits<br />
in alock box at Ealing Hall, can be<br />
used by anyone for amedical emergency.<br />
A phone call to emergency<br />
services through the 111 number will<br />
give the lock box access code.<br />
Poppy makers needed<br />
People who can knit or<br />
crochet are being sought<br />
to help make poppies and<br />
stars for anationalfundraiser,<br />
The Poppy Flight.<br />
The project will see a<br />
mural in two designs<br />
created out of the knitted<br />
and crocheted items; a<br />
giant poppy will be made<br />
in red and black and a<br />
giant star made out of<br />
pink and white knitted<br />
items.<br />
Some ofthe individual<br />
poppies and stars will be<br />
sold to raise funds for<br />
three national causes the<br />
Returned Service<br />
Association (RSA), The<br />
Starship Foundation and<br />
the New Zealand Warbirds<br />
Association, who are<br />
organising the flights.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Dellwyn<br />
Dellwyn Moylan<br />
Moylan was keen tosupport<br />
the cause which runs<br />
until April 25.<br />
Miss Moylan said she<br />
needed people who could<br />
knit or crochet poppies<br />
and stars.<br />
She has aroundadozen<br />
peoplewho had offered to<br />
help, but was keen for<br />
World Day of<br />
Prayer service<br />
Aservice to recognise the<br />
World Day of Prayer will<br />
be heldat<strong>Ashburton</strong> Baptist<br />
Church (cornerofCass<br />
and Havelock streets) on<br />
Friday March 6at10am.<br />
The service, called<br />
‘‘Rise! Take Your Mat<br />
And Walk’’, has been preparedbythe<br />
World Dayof<br />
Prayer Committee, Zimbabwe.<br />
Offerings will be used to<br />
support Dabane Trust,<br />
Bulawayo, Matabeleland,<br />
Zimbabwe, Bible Society<br />
of Zimbabwe, and the<br />
Interchurch Council for<br />
Hospital Chaplaincy in<br />
New Zealand.<br />
New art show<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts<br />
Early Spring Show<br />
opened on Sunday and<br />
features a selection of<br />
works by local artists.<br />
The guest artist is Christine<br />
Lang.<br />
more.<br />
The patterns are supplied<br />
and there is acrochet<br />
option.<br />
Donations of wool<br />
would also be appreciated.<br />
Anyone able to help can<br />
contact Miss Moylan at<br />
Community House Mid<br />
Canterbury.<br />
The exhibition can be<br />
viewed on Mondays and<br />
Wednesdays when the<br />
signs are out and on<br />
weekends from 11amuntil<br />
4pm. The Summer Show<br />
runs until March 22.
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Busy months ahead for<br />
Safe Communities groups<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s umbrella of Safe Communities groups has<br />
a busy six months ahead, with plans for a crime<br />
awareness campaign and the promotion of more falls<br />
prevention messages.<br />
Coordinator Lesley Symington said the development<br />
of mini safety community plans for Methven and<br />
Rakaia was also on the cards, along with research into<br />
the need for increased services for family harm in the<br />
district.<br />
Safe Communities <strong>Ashburton</strong> is acollaboration of<br />
<strong>27</strong> government and community groups sharing skills,<br />
knowledge, resources, ideas and information to make<br />
Mid Canterbury asafer place in which to live.<br />
‘‘You would think we are safe in this lovely little<br />
community but we have some data that tells us there<br />
are some issues where we are above the national trend.<br />
‘‘We have quite ahigh rate of falls in elderly people,<br />
leading to people going to hospital and dying. There<br />
are road crashes...and theft and burglary doubled in<br />
the last year for the district.<br />
Safe Communities <strong>Ashburton</strong> is also researching the<br />
need for acommunity van to run atransport service<br />
into rural areas.<br />
The group works closely with Safer Mid Canterbury,<br />
which has 23 other programmes under its umbrella.<br />
Both organisations reported their activities to the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council recently as part of their<br />
funding obligations.<br />
Safer Mid Canterbury’s two major projects for the<br />
shortterm future are Lives Worth Living suicide<br />
prevention programme and the Refugee Resettlement<br />
service.<br />
Council provided $210,000 last year and will be<br />
asked to up that slightly for the coming year. The<br />
organisation employs 20 staff across its programmes<br />
and its balance sheet shows it just breaks even.<br />
Safer Mid Canterbury has been operating in the<br />
district for 25 years.<br />
Other programmes for the future involve farm bike<br />
safety and a‘‘fix it’’ service for home issues.<br />
Hiphop crew dances for residents<br />
Ages Alive Ashvegas hiphop<br />
crew have started a<br />
new initiative visiting<br />
retirement villages and<br />
care facilities around the<br />
district and hosting workshop<br />
type classes in front<br />
of the residents.<br />
It’s social, energetic<br />
fun.<br />
They started their first<br />
session visiting Rosebank<br />
Village and Retirement<br />
residents last week.<br />
And plan to visit one<br />
retirement facility a<br />
month with bookings for<br />
the next three months<br />
already in place.<br />
The hiphop group,<br />
which has around a<br />
dozen female members,<br />
is led by choreographer<br />
Jessie Thomson.<br />
They have been<br />
together for at least<br />
three years meeting<br />
every week at Balmoral<br />
Hall in <strong>Ashburton</strong> for<br />
hiphop sessions.<br />
They also perform at<br />
Ages Alive Ashvegas members, under the guidance of choreographer<br />
Jessie Thomson, show age is no barrier to having fun, and keeping the body<br />
moving is good for the soul.<br />
various events and occasions<br />
when asked.<br />
However this year they<br />
have decided to show<br />
people, many their age<br />
and older, that age is no<br />
barrier to having fun, and<br />
keeping the body moving<br />
is good for the soul.<br />
Most of their movements<br />
can be done by<br />
anyone, ofany age, and<br />
upper body movements<br />
can be done sitting down,<br />
if needed.<br />
The group started off<br />
with a warmup stretch<br />
session and then got into<br />
their hiphop routine<br />
showing each move in<br />
stages, before adding<br />
music for a complete<br />
body workout with<br />
rhythm.<br />
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New water meters at Mt Somers<br />
Water meters are being installed on the Mt Somers<br />
community drinking water scheme.<br />
The scheme was under emergency management<br />
earlier this summer and water was tankered into the<br />
area.<br />
An alternative bore nearthe scheme’s gallery source<br />
was then used until water levels returned at the intake.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council assets manager Andrew<br />
Guthrie said the water issues at Mt Somers this<br />
summer were caused by a combination of the<br />
prevailing weather, aspike in demand on the scheme<br />
and some competition with the stockwater intake at<br />
Stony Creek. ‘‘It all influences the water take.’’<br />
Alevel five water conservation notice was issued for<br />
ashort time on the scheme; it has been eased to alevel<br />
four hosing ban since the supply intake has recovered.<br />
As aresult of the supply issues, aproject to install<br />
smart water meters on all connections in Mt Somers<br />
has started.<br />
Meters are also planned for Hinds and Dromore<br />
community water supplies.<br />
Water restrictions remain in place for Methven and<br />
Chertsey which is on alevel three restriction, while<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Lake Hood, Fairton, Hakatere, Hinds,<br />
Mayfield, and Rakaia are on alevel one restriction.<br />
Information about protozoal compliance (the cause<br />
of boil water notices) on Methven, Mt Somers,<br />
Methven Springfield and Montalto water supplies will<br />
be presented to councillors at aworkshop on March<br />
26.<br />
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Enforcementaction over unregistered<br />
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start.<br />
Council staffhave spent six months<br />
updatingadatabasewhich contains 6301<br />
registered dogs, about 91 per cent of the<br />
number of dogs it believes are in the<br />
district.<br />
Twelve dogs were impounded in<br />
January,one dog rehomed and seven<br />
letterssent to the owners of barking dogs.<br />
Two property inspections were made.<br />
There were also threereports of<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Positive Ageing Expo<br />
5March <strong>2020</strong> Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10am -3pm<br />
Balance overlooked<br />
Balance is an aspect of fitness that is often<br />
overlooked, even by many active and motivated<br />
adults. The New Zealand Ministry of Health,<br />
however, recommends that older adults undertake<br />
balance exercises three times each week.<br />
According to Sport Canterbury Strength and<br />
Balance Lead Rebecca Logan, “Improving balance<br />
helps us keep independent and living stronger for<br />
longer.”<br />
Falling, Logan adds, is not part of the aging<br />
process and can be avoided. One of the best ways<br />
to help prevent falls is to add exercises into your<br />
physical activity regime that include balance as<br />
well as core and leg strengthening routines.<br />
Including these types of activities will help improve<br />
your reaction, so if you do become off balance,<br />
your increased ability to react swiftly and correct<br />
yourself will reduce the chance of afall occurring.<br />
Having increased muscle mass will also help<br />
support your bones and joints so that if afall does<br />
occur, you are more likely to walk away without a<br />
significant injury.<br />
Sport Canterbury’s Live Stronger for Longer<br />
project is part of anationwide initiative supporting<br />
older adults to live independently and injury-free,<br />
in their own homes, by reducing their risk of falling.<br />
This is acollective, whole system approach, to<br />
falls prevention, encompassing in home support,<br />
pharmacy, and community strength and balance<br />
classes.<br />
Kate Conner is aregular attendee at Evolve, an<br />
approved strength and balance class in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
“The EVOLVE class has definitely improved my<br />
strength and balance. The way Matt explains each<br />
exercise and the purpose of the exercise, itfeels<br />
like it’s our own personal training session. If Ididn’t<br />
attend the classes, Iwould certainly feel very stiff<br />
in ashort period of time.”<br />
One of the goals of the Live Stronger for Longer<br />
project is to ensure that every person in New<br />
Zealand, aged 65 years and over, can attend a<br />
strength and balance class within their community.<br />
There are currently 15 approved strength and<br />
balance classes running weekly within the Mid-<br />
Canterbury region. Each of these classes has met<br />
nine clinical criteria, established by atechnical<br />
advisory group, toensure they are effective in<br />
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adjustments.<br />
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paper copy, which you can use to check<br />
areas in your home such as rugs, lighting,<br />
the bathroom, bedrooms, the kitchen, living<br />
room, stairs, outside and your personal<br />
safety.<br />
The Home Safety Checklist gives ideas on<br />
how to fix identified issues/hazards and<br />
includes aTo-do list, so you can make anote<br />
of what needs attending to.<br />
Copies of the Home Safety Checklist will<br />
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Cenotaph move floated<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Councillor Rodger Letham has<br />
floated the ideaofmoving the cenotaphwar<br />
memorial from Baring Square West to Baring Square<br />
East.<br />
The cenotaph, unveiled in 1928 andbearingthe<br />
namesof432 MidCanterbury people who lost their<br />
lives in defenceofthe country, is under wraps at the<br />
moment while specialist workers remove lichen, moss<br />
and other bugsfrom the 14m sandstone monument.<br />
The first phase of the work is expected to be complete<br />
in time for Anzac Daycelebrations.<br />
More work will be doneonthe bluestoneand<br />
marble in the future, <strong>Ashburton</strong> District councillors<br />
were informedinanactivity briefing recently.<br />
‘‘Can Ifloat the idea that when we get our newcivic<br />
centre and library, is there any possibility of shifting<br />
the cenotaph over there? It would be abeautiful<br />
environment for an Anzac service without State<br />
Highway1.’’<br />
Council’s service delivery groupmanager Neil<br />
McCann said relocating the cenotaph could be a<br />
possibility, but the cost might be prohibitive.<br />
Council will soon build anew administration<br />
building and library next to BaringSquare East.<br />
Christchurch specialists Stoneface Ltd are doing<br />
the restoration workand the monument is being deep<br />
cleaned and sprayed so it won’t further degrade.<br />
Up to six staffare working on the monument,<br />
which is shrouded in aprotective white barrierwhile<br />
the job is underway.<br />
Gates up to combat thieves<br />
New security gateshave been<br />
fitted at the backdoor of the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army<br />
Family Store to stopthieves.<br />
The solid gates were fitted last<br />
weekand were funded by the<br />
SalvationArmy.<br />
Overthe years opportunists<br />
havestolendonateditems on a<br />
number of occasions from the<br />
backdoor lobby area.<br />
The investmentinthe new<br />
gates would now putastop to<br />
that, saidfamily store manager<br />
Maria McDonald.<br />
She said despite signs stating<br />
thatCCTV cameras were in<br />
operation, thieveshad hot footed<br />
it with armfuls of donated items<br />
overthe years.<br />
Thefts wereusuallycarriedout<br />
under the cover of darknessand<br />
were‘‘unnecessary’’.<br />
Mrs McDonald saidanyone<br />
withdonationsshould dropthem<br />
off instoreduring the opening<br />
hours of 9.30am until 4.30pm<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army Family Store manager Maria McDonald<br />
and the new gates.<br />
Monday to Friday and on<br />
Saturday from 9am until 1pm.<br />
Four largeclothingbins were<br />
stilllocated at the back door, but<br />
the instoredrop off option was<br />
preferred.<br />
She said security company<br />
TalbotSecuritywould lock the<br />
new gates between 6pm and 7pm<br />
on weekdays and security<br />
cameras wouldcontinueto<br />
operate.<br />
Young athletes tackle triathlon<br />
Some 180 primary aged<br />
athletes from around the<br />
district enjoyed the challenge of<br />
the Mid Canterbury Primary<br />
Schools Sports Association<br />
Triathlon at Hampstead School<br />
last week.<br />
Now in its 11th year, the<br />
triathlon is aimed at students in<br />
Years 58 and offers ataste of<br />
multisport.<br />
Children swam 50m of the<br />
school pool, biked two laps<br />
(around 3km) of amarked road<br />
course, and finished with a<br />
final 1.5km run around the<br />
school grounds.<br />
Seniors raced first and were<br />
followed by juniors.<br />
Race director Claudine<br />
Campbell, who is an assistant<br />
principal at Hampstead<br />
School, said the turnout had<br />
been very good this year, with<br />
numbers up on previous years.<br />
The triathlon had been held<br />
in good conditions, although<br />
the water in the Hampstead<br />
School pool was arefreshing<br />
start to races for athletes.<br />
Pupils taking part this year<br />
came from 14 schools, with<br />
each school supplying<br />
marshalls.<br />
Photos: top, St Joseph’s<br />
School pupil Jake Parsons<br />
digs deep on the bike leg,<br />
middle, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Intermediate School pupil<br />
Travis Amos goes through the<br />
bike transition, before heading<br />
off on the final run leg, bottom,<br />
swimmers test the cool waters<br />
of the Hampstead School pool<br />
ahead of the Year 7/8 triathlon<br />
race.<br />
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Fire volunteers host heart kids<br />
Ten families associated with Heart<br />
Kids Canterbury were treated to a<br />
day at the Plains Museum and VIP<br />
treatment in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire<br />
Museum on Sunday.<br />
It was a first time visit to the<br />
complex for most of the families<br />
and provided them with the opportunity<br />
to enjoy train and fire engine<br />
rides and to wander around the<br />
complex.<br />
Everything was laid on for free<br />
and facilitated by <strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire<br />
Museum volunteer Carl Petersen,<br />
who is part of the Heart Angel<br />
family.<br />
Among those enjoying the day<br />
was the Lyons family from Christchurch,<br />
including twoyearold<br />
James Lyons who had surgery for a<br />
heart condition at six months.<br />
Geraldine student Max Roger<br />
will race in the 18km event.<br />
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James, other Heart Kids, and<br />
their siblings had fun trying on<br />
firemen uniforms and helmets in<br />
the impressive, expanded <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Fire Museum.<br />
James receives regular checkups<br />
to monitor his heart condition.<br />
His mother, Sam Lyons, said<br />
James was lined up to have avalve<br />
replacement between the age of 10<br />
and 14 and had annual ultrasounds.<br />
Aspecialist from Starship Hospital<br />
flew down annually to Christchurch<br />
to assess James and other<br />
Heart Kids.<br />
Her son’s heart had adefect that<br />
affected normal blood flow through<br />
it, she said.<br />
Heart Kids Canterbury supports<br />
550 families between <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
and Kaikoura.<br />
New timing system for ride<br />
The tracks are looking good and<br />
running fast for the annual<br />
Geraldine Multi Challenge event<br />
on March 15.<br />
The challenge event offers<br />
mountain bike, run and walk<br />
options to people of all abilities.<br />
Event options include mountain<br />
bike races over 52km, 32km and<br />
18km distances, and run and walk<br />
events over 21km, 13.8km and<br />
5.8km. Ebikes are welcome in<br />
18km and 32km races.<br />
Race director Kevin Johnston<br />
says all tracks are being constantly<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire Museum volunteer Carl Petersen with the Lyons<br />
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monitored to keep them in tip top<br />
order. New competitor race<br />
numbers this year will make timing<br />
and results more professional and<br />
efficient.<br />
‘‘Each number will have a<br />
computerised number strip<br />
attached to the reverse side and this<br />
will be scanned as competitors<br />
cross the finish line. With the help<br />
of the South Canterbury Mountain<br />
Bike Club, who have the scanner<br />
and results programme, we should<br />
be able to supply results as<br />
competitors finish the race.’’<br />
He said arace practice ride at<br />
9.30am on March 8was an<br />
opportunity for anyone to test the<br />
course and could help athletes<br />
decide the category they wanted to<br />
enter. The test ride opportunity was<br />
unique.<br />
Event organisers are hoping for<br />
race entries of more than 400 and<br />
have prize money on offer.<br />
South Canterbury businesses are<br />
supporting the event and proceeds<br />
go to local charities and causes.<br />
For more info, go to<br />
geraldinemultichallenge.co.nz.<br />
New booze store<br />
signage agreed<br />
Agreement hasbeen<br />
reached on promotional<br />
signs forRakaia’s<br />
controversial new liquor<br />
store.<br />
Community groups last<br />
yearopposed the<br />
establishment of anew<br />
Thirsty Liquor bottle store<br />
for the township but<br />
approval was givenaftera<br />
hearing beforethe<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Licensing Committee.<br />
Thedecisioncontained<br />
conditions around<br />
promotional signs, including<br />
thatthe street windows have<br />
oneway film so that noone<br />
can see intothe premises<br />
and thatmonthly specials<br />
are advertised on an<br />
outward facing A4 sized<br />
sheetofpaper.Anopen sign<br />
on the footpathisallowed.<br />
Further discussion was to<br />
take place on exterior signs<br />
and the overalloutside<br />
appearance of the store.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council environmental<br />
monitoringmanager Rick<br />
Catchpowle said agreement<br />
had beenreached on the<br />
conditions setdowninthe<br />
decision.<br />
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Leaky library<br />
Aleak in the roofofthe <strong>Ashburton</strong> Public<br />
Library resulted in 150 books being<br />
thrown outbecause of water damage.<br />
Heavy rain on the evening of <strong>February</strong> 4<br />
led to abuildup in internal guttering and<br />
aleakinone of the flat roof areas in the<br />
adult library; luckily staff were on hand<br />
and wereable to movemost of the<br />
affected books to safety.<br />
Sir Graeme to speak<br />
ANZCO founder and Methven<br />
residentSir Graeme Harrison will be the<br />
keynote speaker on day one of the Sister<br />
Citiesconference beinghosted in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> at the end of April.Sir<br />
Graeme will speakabout success through<br />
internationalrelationships. The<br />
conference is beingheld at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Trust Event CentreonApril 30, May 1<br />
and 2. The last daywill include tours and<br />
activities around the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district.<br />
Speedy consent<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council staffare<br />
taking an average of 10 daystoprocess<br />
building consents, half the target<br />
processing time. Staff issued 34 consents<br />
in January and carried out 113 inspections<br />
for the month; the 34 consents related to<br />
workworth $8.2 million. The value of<br />
building consentwork for the seven<br />
months to January is $72.6m (compared<br />
to $66.1m for the same period the<br />
previous year).<br />
New donga plan<br />
Work on athird option to protect the<br />
Ashton Beach donga and improve the<br />
safety of motorcyclists whouse the area is<br />
under way. The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Councilconsulted on twooptions earlier<br />
this month, both included fencingoff<br />
partsofthe donga. Fortyone people<br />
respondedtothe initial consultation and<br />
12 people met with council staff to look<br />
overthe site. Athird optioncame out of<br />
the feedback and areport willgoto<br />
councillors on arecommended option.<br />
Portaloos for tourists<br />
Tourists stopping for atoilet break at<br />
Rakaia will have to use portaloos while<br />
the public toilet block is replaced later<br />
this year. Contractorswill deconstruct the<br />
existing toilet block in March and then<br />
rebuild a10panfacility as partofwork to<br />
enhance the areaaround the town’s<br />
iconic giant salmon. Government’s<br />
tourism infrastructure fund has provided<br />
almost $740,000 to install the new toilets<br />
and improve landscaping, playground<br />
equipment, rubbish bins, signage and<br />
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Rural&Lifestyle<br />
Vintage plough donated<br />
Methven A&P working bee<br />
Ninety two year old Murray Ford<br />
learned to use a horse plough,<br />
pulled by three or four horses, on<br />
his parents farm at Brookside back<br />
in 1945.<br />
He left school in 1944, found the<br />
plough and was keen to use it.<br />
Initially he walked behind it, but<br />
after he got ‘‘sick of walking’’ he<br />
put aseat on it.<br />
The plough was so aged, there<br />
was no noticeable colour on it at<br />
the time.<br />
It was on his parents property<br />
but hardly used until Murray took<br />
up the mantle.<br />
He didn’t know how old it was<br />
but it had been on his family farm<br />
for many years and said 75 years<br />
ago it was rusty then.<br />
‘‘I didn’t want it going to the<br />
scrap heap,’’ he said.<br />
So now, many years later, he has<br />
given it to the Mid Canterbury<br />
Vintage Machinery Club who were<br />
‘‘glad to get it’’.<br />
They in turn entrusted it to<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Powder Coating’s Max<br />
Cawte for restoration.<br />
‘‘I’m happy it’s been preserved.<br />
There’s not many of these things<br />
left,’’ Mr Ford said.<br />
‘‘I’m happy that it’s here, the<br />
scrap heap was the other option.’’<br />
Mr Cawte, who volunteered his<br />
time to restore the piece, took a<br />
week to get it back up to scratch.<br />
He said it was in pretty bad<br />
condition to start and needed two<br />
lots of sandblasting, grease<br />
removed, then oiled up and powder<br />
coated in blue and red colours.<br />
‘‘I’m pleased to be doing it for<br />
them,’’ he said, referring to club<br />
members.<br />
He joked the biggest issue was<br />
which colours to use on the vintage<br />
piece.<br />
The red colour was actually<br />
found on the wheels once the<br />
grease build up had been removed.<br />
Club president John Stewart said<br />
it was agenerous donation to the<br />
club.<br />
‘‘It’s too easy for people to sent<br />
these things to the scrap yard now.’’<br />
It was due to be mounted on a<br />
concrete pad at the front of the<br />
building at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P<br />
Showgrounds, facing Seafield<br />
Road.<br />
He said having it sit out the front<br />
of the club rooms distinguishes<br />
Pictured from left <strong>Ashburton</strong> Powder Coating's Max Cawte, Murray<br />
Ford and Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club president John<br />
Stewart with the vintage horse plough donation.<br />
what the club was about and where<br />
it was to people passingby.<br />
Members agreed it was pretty<br />
good to have such an old plough,<br />
but to also know the man who<br />
owned it was even better.<br />
Mr Ford, who lives at Dromore,<br />
is aregular at the club’s Tuesday<br />
morning gatherings and has not<br />
missed aploughing competition in<br />
the district since the club started<br />
more than 35 years ago.<br />
He did enter aploughing competition<br />
once, but as he was only a<br />
starter he never did it again.<br />
The plough was one of two Mr<br />
Ford had in his possession.<br />
The other he has given to<br />
Clydesdale plougher John Booth.<br />
It’s not the only thing in Mr<br />
Ford’s possession that he has donated<br />
for prosperity.<br />
He has also given ahorse gig to<br />
Leeston Museum.<br />
Mental wellbeing is part of health and safety<br />
Rural womenElle Perriam and Harriet<br />
Bremner are on amission to change the<br />
thinking of rural communitiesaround farm<br />
healthand safety, and mental health and<br />
wellbeing.<br />
They will appeartogethernext month, at<br />
RollestonCollegeonMarch 2.<br />
Elle, founder of Will To Live Foundation,<br />
and Harriet,achildren’s author and safety<br />
campaigner, have bothlivedthrough grief at<br />
the loss of theirpartners; Elle’s to suicide<br />
and Harriet’s to afarm accident.<br />
The Two Rural Heroinesevent is being<br />
presented by the RollestonLions Club and<br />
will raise moneyfor the Will To Live<br />
Foundationand Use Your Voice.<br />
Elle, 22, has been travelling the country<br />
on the Speak Up Tour.<br />
Speaking to rural communitiesintheir<br />
local pubs, she has started aripple effect,<br />
encouraging people to speak up about their<br />
mentalhealth.<br />
“Ruralmen are notorious for being<br />
staunch about their feelings. We have had<br />
Rural advocates Elle Perriam and<br />
Harriet Bremner will speak at a<br />
fundraiser in Rolleston next month.<br />
shepherdscome up to us to thankusfor<br />
starting the conversation. Thatjust makes<br />
the wholethingworth it,” she said.<br />
Members of the Methven A&P show<br />
committee were out in force last week<br />
sorting out the showgrounds in preparation<br />
for their upcoming A&P show.<br />
The show on March 21, is abig day<br />
on the Methven calendar and the<br />
working bee was one of many organised<br />
by the committee in readiness for<br />
the show.<br />
Among those to help out were<br />
(pictured from left) Ben McIntosh,<br />
Harriet, 31, is now fulfilling her lifelong<br />
dream of writingchildren’s books using her<br />
belovedsausage dog,Poppy.<br />
“It concernsmethat we havethis ‘she’ll<br />
be right’ and ‘it’llnever happen to me’<br />
attitude in rural NZ. The thing is that it can<br />
happen to anyone,even the most<br />
experienced operators,” she said.<br />
Harrietand Elle believe that it’stime to<br />
start opendiscussions addressing mental<br />
health and on farmhealth and safety.<br />
They have seenfirsthand how attitudes<br />
towardsthese importantaspectsoflife are<br />
often put aside and conversations are<br />
avoidedparticularly by those in the rural<br />
sector.<br />
Hoping to influencefarmers to put<br />
themselves and their peoplefirst, to have<br />
open conversationsand to think safely, the<br />
duo believe it will save lives.<br />
The event,with auction, runs from<br />
7.30pm to 9.30pm and tickets,which cost<br />
$16, can be purchased througheventbrite.<br />
co.nz.<br />
RURAL DIARY<br />
Thu<br />
•<br />
John Dargue, Mark Lock, show president<br />
Adam Glass (rear) and Hamish<br />
Monk. The men, and others available<br />
to help, were sorting out sheep gates<br />
and moving them from the home<br />
industries pavilion out on to the<br />
grounds.<br />
The pavilion has also had afacelift<br />
with awall inside removed to open up<br />
the space, allowing for additional<br />
tables and amore open flow.<br />
Pea weevil flushed out<br />
Commercial and home<br />
gardeners in the Wairarapa<br />
can again grow pea<br />
plants and use pea straw as<br />
garden bedding material<br />
following the successful<br />
eradication of noxious<br />
pest, pea weevil.<br />
The Government programme<br />
to wipe out pea<br />
weevil from Wairarapa<br />
was a world first and its<br />
successful eradication was<br />
announced by Biosecurity<br />
Minister Damien O’Connor.<br />
It means the nearly fouryear<br />
ban on pea plants and<br />
pea straw has been lifted.<br />
Mr O’Connor said after<br />
two complete seasons of<br />
no new finds, Biosecurity<br />
New Zealand is confident<br />
that there are no pea<br />
weevils remaining in<br />
Wairarapa, and so New<br />
Zealand.<br />
“To our knowledge, this<br />
is the first time a pea<br />
weevil population has been<br />
successfully eradicated<br />
anywhere in the world.<br />
This just goes to show what<br />
can be achieved when<br />
Government, industry and<br />
communities work<br />
together.<br />
“It also shows that<br />
eradications can be<br />
achieved. This Government<br />
is committed to<br />
attempting eradications<br />
wherever possible. In this<br />
situation we had a good<br />
shot at it because the<br />
destructive little insectwas<br />
detected early and in a<br />
region with mountain ranges<br />
providing some natural<br />
borders.<br />
“But more importantly –<br />
we had an outstanding<br />
Brought to you by your<br />
local insurance brokers<br />
level of awareness and<br />
support within the community<br />
for our approach to<br />
ban the growing of pea<br />
plants and pea straw. In<br />
doing this we removed the<br />
pea weevil’s only food<br />
source, which caused the<br />
population to die out. It<br />
was straightforward and<br />
effective,” Mr O’Connor<br />
said.<br />
Biosecurity New Zealand<br />
has been working with<br />
Wairarapa farmers since<br />
March 2016 to contain pea<br />
weevil that threatened to put<br />
amajor dent in the country’s<br />
$130 million pea industry.<br />
Anetwork of trap crops<br />
was set up to flush out the<br />
pest so it could be destroyed<br />
before it completed its life<br />
cycle.<br />
Its last detection was in<br />
late 2017.<br />
Monday, March 2<br />
• Temuka<br />
Tuesday, March 3<br />
• Canterbury Park All<br />
Stock<br />
• Four Peaks On Farm<br />
Lamb and Cattle,<br />
Geraldine<br />
Thursday, March 5<br />
• Temuka Store Cattle<br />
Friday, March 6<br />
• BCGallagher Beltex<br />
Ram, St Somers<br />
Saturday, March 7<br />
• Temuka &Geraldine<br />
A&P<br />
Monday, March 9<br />
• Temuka<br />
Tuesday, March 10<br />
• Canterbury Park All<br />
Stock excl. Store Cattle<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
AUTUMN<br />
CULTIVATION<br />
Farmers, contractors urged<br />
to use Spreadmark standard<br />
New Zealand Groundspread<br />
Fertilisers Association<br />
president John Schultz.<br />
Farmers and contractors are urged<br />
to look to Spreadmark to help<br />
mitigate environmental risk when<br />
spreading fertiliser and other<br />
nutrients.<br />
The call, from the New Zealand<br />
Groundspread Fertilisers Association<br />
(NZGFA), comes as members<br />
from across the organisation’sseven<br />
regional branches reported a<br />
downturn in farmer confidence was<br />
causing some farmers tohold off<br />
buying fertiliser until they figure<br />
out how best to tackletheir environmental<br />
responsibilities.<br />
NZGFA president John Schultz<br />
says groundspreaders accredited to<br />
the Spreadmark scheme can help<br />
farmers navigate those environmental<br />
regulations when it comes<br />
to applying fertiliser and other<br />
nutrients.<br />
‘‘Farmers are not alone in this.<br />
Spreadmark spreaders have been<br />
mitigating environmental risk for<br />
nearly 25 years, since the standard<br />
was developed,’’ he said.<br />
Spreadmark, New Zealand’s fertiliser<br />
and nutrient spreading standard,<br />
is internationally recognised by<br />
JASANZ (the Joint Accreditation<br />
System of Australia and New<br />
Zealand).<br />
Its purpose is to ensure that<br />
Business owners<br />
fertiliser is accurately placed in<br />
locations where it can be of the<br />
most agricultural benefit and least<br />
environmental harm.<br />
Under Spreadmark, accredited<br />
ground spreaders had to have<br />
certified spreading machinery,<br />
highly trained operators and independently<br />
audited quality management<br />
systems to ensurethatfarmer/<br />
grower outcomes are met and<br />
environmental sustainability is<br />
maintained.<br />
‘‘Spreadmark accredited ground<br />
spreaders use sophisticated GPS<br />
technology to ensure the precise<br />
application of fertiliser and<br />
nutrients. Importantly, this technology<br />
provides proof of placement<br />
and facilitates accurate record<br />
keeping to fulfill compliance<br />
requirements.’’<br />
Proof of fertiliser and nutrient<br />
placement will increasingly become<br />
soughtafter by authorities and food<br />
processing companies, as environmental<br />
regulations tighten and<br />
auditing in the primary sector<br />
escalates.<br />
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Chief scientist appointed<br />
Overseer has appointed Dr Jacquie<br />
Harper as its first chief scientist as it<br />
invests in improving OverseerFM software<br />
for farmers and growers.<br />
Overseer chief executive Dr Caroline<br />
Read said the appointment of achief<br />
scientist reflects Overseer’s commitment<br />
to transparent and scientifically<br />
robust development ofthe tool.<br />
“We want to work across the science<br />
sector to ensure credibility of the<br />
science behind OverseerFM and to<br />
support ongoing capture of new science<br />
innovation into the software.<br />
“It is important that we strike the<br />
right balance between ensuring scientific<br />
rigour and incorporating new innovation<br />
to support New Zealand farmers<br />
to achieve the environmental outcomes<br />
asked ofthem.”<br />
Dr Harper is leading Overseer’s<br />
science strategy and will be focused on<br />
embedding a robust, evidencebased<br />
science framework that integrates agricultural<br />
and environment science and<br />
innovation into OverseerFM’s model<br />
development pipeline.<br />
She will also strengthen engagement<br />
with science and industry so Overseer<br />
can ensure itremains the best modelling<br />
tool for New Zealand’s primary<br />
sector.<br />
Dr Harper brings extensive expertise<br />
in science strategy, evaluation and<br />
translation to the role. She has led<br />
Dr Jacquie Harper<br />
science and science evaluation across a<br />
range of disciplines, including biomedicine,<br />
chemistry and engineering and<br />
is a current member of the National<br />
Animal Ethics Advisory Committee.<br />
“The science in this area is rapidly<br />
evolving and we need to ensure the<br />
continuous improvement of the OverseerFM<br />
tool is supported by atransparent<br />
and scientifically rigorous process<br />
for translating science into practice,”<br />
says Dr Harper.<br />
Water storage vital<br />
The New Zealand government<br />
needs to focus on<br />
water infrastructure to<br />
protect it from climate<br />
change headwinds and<br />
vulnerability, says Irrigation<br />
New Zealand chief<br />
executive officer Elizabeth<br />
Soal.<br />
“If New Zealand wants<br />
to continue to prosper,<br />
and if we want tofortify<br />
ourselves against climate<br />
change headwinds it is<br />
imperative we invest in<br />
water infrastructure,’’ Ms<br />
Soal said.<br />
“We need a sensible,<br />
bipartisan water strategy,<br />
guided byaWater Commission<br />
and we need it<br />
now.”<br />
Her comment came late<br />
last year after the Government<br />
finance minister<br />
Grant Robertson announced<br />
$12 billion oninfrastructure<br />
projects; $8billion<br />
for specific capital<br />
projects and $4 billion to<br />
be added to the multiyear<br />
capital allowance.<br />
Among the projects was<br />
$6.8 billion for new transport<br />
projects, with asignificant<br />
portion for roads<br />
and rail, $400 million oneoff<br />
increase to schools’<br />
capital funding, $300 million<br />
for regional investment<br />
opportunities, $300<br />
million for District Health<br />
Board asset renewal and<br />
$200 million for public<br />
estate decarbonisation.<br />
“The new investment is<br />
forecast to increase the<br />
size of the economy by a<br />
further $10 billion over<br />
five years, with further<br />
positive impacts onGDP<br />
beyond that period,” Mr<br />
Elizabeth Soal<br />
Robertson said, at the<br />
time of the announcement.<br />
With debt low and borrowing<br />
costs at record<br />
lows, the conditions are<br />
right for the Government<br />
to invest to futureproof<br />
New Zealand.<br />
While the irrigation<br />
body supported the investment<br />
to ensure New Zealand<br />
was futureready,<br />
they were concerned there<br />
was not asufficient focus<br />
on water infrastructure.<br />
“There is acritical type<br />
of infrastructure left off<br />
the spending priority list,’’<br />
Ms Soal said.<br />
“We only need to look<br />
at our neighbours in Australia<br />
to see how vulnerable<br />
acountry can become<br />
without aplan for water.<br />
“More and more frequently,<br />
we are seeing the<br />
effects of major weather<br />
events and climate variations<br />
on river flows inour<br />
own backyard, which<br />
affect water availability,<br />
groundwater recharge,<br />
and soil moisture patterns.<br />
The impacts of these are<br />
felt in both rural and<br />
urban communities. We<br />
are already seeing this<br />
now with extreme rainfall<br />
in some parts of the country,while<br />
other areas,such<br />
as Northland are close to<br />
major drought conditions.<br />
“The significant flood<br />
of the Rangitata River in<br />
South Canterbury...has<br />
demonstrated this clearly.<br />
‘‘The Mayor of the Timaru<br />
District has said that<br />
the event shows just how<br />
‘resilient we aren’t.’<br />
“To be truly resilient,<br />
we need tothink not only<br />
about how our current<br />
infrastructure responds to<br />
these major events, but we<br />
need to think about how<br />
we can manage water better<br />
in the first place to<br />
minimise and prevent<br />
negative effects on lives,<br />
property, and the environment.<br />
“There is currently an<br />
increased public focus on<br />
water quality, protecting<br />
highly productive land<br />
(including land that has<br />
access to water for productive<br />
purposes),<br />
improving ecosystems and<br />
indigenous biodiversity,<br />
and supporting the cultural<br />
health of our waterways.<br />
‘‘This can be supported<br />
by preparing for, and<br />
managing, flood and<br />
drought events through<br />
investment in strategic<br />
water infrastructure.<br />
‘‘Let’s talk about water<br />
infrastructure now, before<br />
the scars of climate<br />
change get too deep.’’
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 17<br />
AUTUMN<br />
CULTIVATION<br />
Farmer confidence up<br />
Farmers are feeling slightly more positive than they<br />
were six months ago but very few believe general<br />
economic conditions will improve in the year ahead,<br />
according to the Federated Farmers MidSeason Farm<br />
Confidence Survey.<br />
It was completed last month by nearly 1,500 farmers.<br />
Federated Farmers economics and commerce<br />
spokesperson Andrew Hoggard said higher commodity<br />
prices were boosting farm incomes and there was a<br />
slight rise in profitability expectations over the next 12<br />
months. However, concern about regulation and<br />
compliance costs is unabated since our July survey.<br />
Of the farmers who responded to the survey,<br />
conducted by Research First, just on 46 percent of<br />
them expected economic conditions to worsen over the<br />
next 12 months.<br />
That’s afive percentage point decrease on the July<br />
survey finding and the first positive change in forwardlooking<br />
expectations since that benchmark peaked in<br />
July 2017.<br />
However, there was no change in the very small<br />
proportion of farmers who expected conditions to<br />
improve (4 percent).<br />
Just over 46 percent expected no change in<br />
economic conditions (up five percentage points).<br />
‘‘That negative sentiment, albeit slightly improved, is<br />
consistent with the findings of other recent business<br />
confidence surveys,’’ Mr Hoggard said.<br />
Dairy farmers are the least pessimistic about<br />
economic conditions ahead but are still in negative<br />
territory, while arable farmers are the most pessimistic.<br />
Compared to July last year, the proportion of<br />
farmers expecting their profitability to improve is up<br />
three points to 24 percent, and those expecting it to<br />
worsen is down four points to 21 percent.<br />
‘‘There’s abit of buoyancy over sustained strong<br />
commodity prices generally and there’s anoticeable<br />
9point increase in the number of farmers who expect<br />
to reduce their debt over the next 12 months nodoubt<br />
in part due to the squeeze coming from banks,’’<br />
The survey showed arable farmers had the highest<br />
proportion making aloss and the lowest proportion<br />
making aprofit.<br />
These cropping farmers were by far the most<br />
pessimistic about profitability for the rest of <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Arable farmers are most optimistic about<br />
increasing production in <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Somewhat perversely, arable farmers were the most<br />
optimistic about increasing production in <strong>2020</strong> (34<br />
percent expect to increase production and 56 percent<br />
to maintain it a2.4point net rise) while dairy farmers<br />
were more pessimistic (19.5 percent anticipate increasing<br />
production, 65.5 percent expect to maintain it a<br />
15.6 point drop on the July 2019 net score).<br />
The January survey showed regulation and compliance<br />
costs, especially in the environmental space<br />
which will likely impact farm production and the cost<br />
of doing business, remains the single greatest concern<br />
for farmers. Just over 20 percent of respondents<br />
selected it as their No.1 concern.<br />
Climate change policy and the ETS came in as the<br />
second greatest concern (17 percent) and in third place<br />
was anew worry freshwater policy (11 percent).<br />
‘‘Everyone in the agricultural sector is wondering<br />
where the government is going to go with its final<br />
decisions on standards for protecting waterways.<br />
‘‘We’ve voiced our concerns loud and strong that if<br />
the initial impractical proposals floated last year are<br />
not tempered with a more targeted and practical<br />
approach, pastoral farming will become uneconomic in<br />
some area,’’ Mr Hoggard said.<br />
Awards open for groundspreaders<br />
Nominations are open for the<br />
second annual <strong>2020</strong> New Zealand<br />
Groundspread Fertilisers Association<br />
(NZGFA) Awards.<br />
It is the only awards scheme<br />
specifically for the ground spreading<br />
industry and aims to celebrate<br />
excellence in the industry as well as<br />
raise the profile and understanding<br />
of what is involved in the ground<br />
spreading profession.<br />
The awards, with nominations<br />
closing on April 17, fall into four<br />
categories the President’s Award,<br />
the Innovation Award, the Health<br />
and Safety Award, and the Young<br />
Achievers Award.<br />
NZGFA president John Schultz<br />
said ‘‘agriculture and food production<br />
starts with pasture and<br />
crop growth, and it’s our job to<br />
ensure that growthenhancing<br />
nutrients are applied accurately<br />
and evenly to intended areas only.<br />
‘‘This is askilled task for which<br />
ground spread operators undergo<br />
significant training.’’<br />
The standard means customers<br />
can gain peace of mind their<br />
environmental responsibilities<br />
around nutrient spreading will continued.<br />
Nomination forms, award<br />
criteria and terms and conditions<br />
are available at www.nzgfa.co.nz/<br />
awards and all category finalists will<br />
be invited to attend the NZGFAs<br />
64th annual conference in Christchurch<br />
in July.<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 4<br />
<strong>27</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
DeputyPrincipal’s Message<br />
Welcome<br />
Welcome to the beginning of the <strong>2020</strong> new year<br />
and especially to all staff, students and families<br />
who have joined <strong>Ashburton</strong> College at the start<br />
of this year.<br />
Nineteen new teaching staff, one Learning<br />
Support Assistant, one Cleaning staff member, a<br />
new Canteen Manager and Careers Co-ordinator<br />
joined us, along with 301 new students enrolled<br />
–265 of theseintoYear 9.<br />
The beginning of the new school year is always eventful and can<br />
sometimes appear alittle chaotic. However, many staff and students<br />
have willingly given their time over the last five weeks toensure the<br />
year getsawaytoasmooth and organised start. Iwould like to thank all<br />
those whoassistedinany way.<br />
College Uniform<br />
Thank you also to parents and caregivers for ensuring that, on arrival<br />
for Term One, your sons and daughters met the College’s uniform<br />
and appearance expectations. It is great tosee the students back<br />
reconnecting with friends and staff, with energy and enthusiasm after<br />
the holidaybreak.<br />
Leadership Roles<br />
Congratulations to all students who have been appointed tothe wide<br />
range of leadership roles for <strong>2020</strong>. Tomake them more visible and<br />
acknowledge their role, coloured braids around the blazer are part of<br />
their recognition. Head and Deputy students have red braid around<br />
their blazers.Acombination of redand bluestripes on theblazer sleeve<br />
indicatesamemberofthe StudentExecutive team; andplain red, blue,<br />
green or orange represent the respective Co-captains ofthe College<br />
Houses.<br />
Reporting on Progress<br />
An importantpartofthe new school year is also to reflect on last year’s<br />
achievements and see howweasaCollege did andhow we can improve<br />
this year.Towork asateam with parents and caregivers, parents need<br />
information from school so they can supporttheir child at home.<br />
We will continue this year with one fullwritten report to all students<br />
– Years 11,12and 13 at thebeginning of Term Three; and Years 9and 10<br />
at the end ofTerm Four. Tocomplement this report, staff will continue<br />
with aslightly different variation onthe fortnightly report now called<br />
‘Progress Reports’. They will stillreflecthow well students areworking<br />
towards our College Values of‘Achieve Quality’and‘Have Respect’. These<br />
willbepublishedtwo to threetimesaterm via the Parent Portal.<br />
Attendance<br />
An issue that can slow and sometimes stop success is ATTENDANCE.<br />
Evidence indicates that astudent isatrisk of not achieving if their<br />
attendance inthe classroom is less than 85%. There are thirty school<br />
days left this term, forty seven inTerm Two, forty eight inTerm Three,<br />
and thirteen to sixteen days in Term Four. That isatotal of138 days<br />
left for senior students to be in the classroom learning before NCEA<br />
examinations start!<br />
Maximising Time<br />
The message for students is to maximise their time in the classroom<br />
from Day 1,Term One –as06November <strong>2020</strong>, the first day ofNCEA<br />
examinations will be here formany, sooner than they want.<br />
Helen Shore-Taylor<br />
DeputyPrincipal •Tumuaki Tuarua<br />
Information<br />
AshDance<strong>2020</strong><br />
AshColl’s DanceShowcase<br />
•All styles of Dance –fromBallet to Hip Hop<br />
•Class groups,Culturalgroups, Solo performances<br />
Performancenight: Thursday 19 March, 7:00pm,<br />
CollegeAuditorium.<br />
Tickets: $3.00<br />
Availablefromthe College Office,fromMonday02March<strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Staff-Farewell<br />
SarahCadman<br />
Sarahhas been avalued teacher of Social Sciences sinceJanuary2017, and<br />
will be missed by her students and the staff but is,however,wished well as<br />
she upliftedher maternityleave entitlement, effectivefromyesterday.<br />
Information<br />
Transition DepartmentNews<br />
Liaison Visits<br />
Various tertiary institutions and community groups visit the College<br />
during our Year 13 Ako time (Wednesdays, Period 4) to share<br />
information with students about courses and programmestheyoffer.<br />
Year 12 students are welcome to attend also, but need to register their<br />
names at theTransitionOfficebeforethe visit.<br />
The following visitsare scheduled for Term One:<br />
04 March Registrar of Electors<br />
18 March Otago Polytech<br />
25 March AraInstitute<br />
01 April OtagoUniversity<br />
08 April Canterbury University<br />
29 April (Term2) Lincoln University<br />
06 May Victoria University<br />
Advance Notice ofUpcoming Events (further information available<br />
closer to thetime)<br />
Dunedin TertiaryOpenDay –Monday04May<br />
This is an opportunity for Year 13 students who are thinking ofattending<br />
Otago University or Otago Polytechnic next year, tohave alook at the<br />
campuses. College takes abus down to Dunedin, leaving at5:00am and<br />
returningat9:00pm.The bus cost is $40.<br />
NZ Careers Expo:07-09May,Christchurch<br />
This is agreat opportunity for students to visit and gain information from<br />
awide varietyoftertiaryand career providers all togetherinthe oneplace.<br />
Phoenix Magazine 2019<br />
Congratulations<br />
An update forthose who<br />
have ordered and paid forthe<br />
Phoenix Magazine.<br />
This time, the magazine covers<br />
Term Four of 2018 and all of 2019.<br />
From here forwarditwillcoverthe<br />
full year and be delivered/available<br />
for collection byfamilies inTerm<br />
One of the followingyear.<br />
The current magazine will be<br />
available bythe end of this term,<br />
Term One, and families advised<br />
accordingly re collection or<br />
delivery.<br />
Further orders could be takencurrently-$25 percopy<br />
To order: Please contactthe CollegeOffice-308 4193,<br />
or info@ashcoll.school.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Mathematics and<br />
English ScholarshipsAwarded<br />
These are scholarships which students apply for towards the end of their<br />
Year 13 year, with recipients confirmed by their respective Faculties once<br />
NCEA results are known. In both cases the award isnot required to be<br />
made annually should an applicant not reach the high standard required<br />
forawarding.<br />
MathematicsScholarship Recipient:<br />
Leanne Walsh<br />
This too is awarded to a 2019 student<br />
of <strong>Ashburton</strong> College continuing into<br />
tertiaryinstitution and,for this scholarship,<br />
pursuing a course of study with a<br />
significant Mathematics component.<br />
It is awarded to the strongest eligible<br />
mathematician, based on Year 13 work and<br />
NCEA examination results,<br />
Leanne,thisyear,isstudying aBachelor of<br />
Engineering (Hons) degreeatUniversityof<br />
Canterbury.<br />
English Scholarship Recipient:<br />
Jemma Donnelly<br />
This is awarded to a2019studentof<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College continuing into atertiary institution<br />
andpursuing acourse of study which includes<br />
at least one English paper. Itisawarded to the<br />
strongest eligible studentofEnglish, based on<br />
Year 13 work and examination results.<br />
The applicant must have had a good<br />
attendance record in their English classes, a<br />
strong work ethic, and have demonstrated a<br />
passion forthe subject.<br />
Jemma, this year,isstudying aBachelor of Arts<br />
degreeatOtago University.<br />
Events<br />
Orientation Morning: Displays offer<br />
Exciting Opportunities forStudents<br />
Held on Wednesday 19 <strong>February</strong> animpressive forty-eight displays<br />
were showcased onthe Chessboard, where students (pictured below)<br />
were able to view, talk withthe organisers and sign-up to be involved<br />
in areasofinterest to them.<br />
Activities cover sporting, cultural and recreational activities across, to<br />
name some - Badminton, Student Librarians, eSports, Golf Croquet,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Youth Council, Phoenix Rising and Phoenix<br />
Chorus, Science Club, TeenAg, Cadets, Mountain Biking, Astronomy,<br />
Production-Showquest, Air Pistol Shooting, Smallbore Rifle Shooting,<br />
Astronomy, Science Club, Futsal andanother thirty options.<br />
Thereare literally activitiesavailable forall at Collegeand all interests,and<br />
we encourage students to become involved.<br />
(Pictured left):<br />
Students viewing the<br />
Cadet Unitdisplay.<br />
(Pictured below):<br />
Connor Mackenzie<br />
andAdeleBurgess<br />
advertisingthe Science<br />
Cluband showing<br />
someofwhatcan be<br />
undertakenthere.<br />
Providing these opportunitiesfor Collegestudents arecountless volunteers<br />
and College staff. Sports Co-ordinator Darion Gray istobe thanked for the<br />
work which she puts in to ensuring the morning happens and thatthere is<br />
such awide varietyofoptions available.<br />
College’s ThreePillars of Excellence<br />
These are Exceptional Learning, Exemplary Citizenship, and Exciting<br />
Opportunities. Becoming involved invarious activities is part of students<br />
growing ineach of these areas.<br />
TheAshColl Way<br />
Started in2018 and fully promoted in 2019 the College’s ‘Expected<br />
Behaviours Matrix’ and AshColl Waylogo waslaunched.<br />
Thelogosymbolicallyrepresents the threeCollege Values of:<br />
• Pride -Manawa Whakahi<br />
• Quality - AkoPai<br />
• Respect - Whakaute<br />
• Aswell as the College Resurgamus graphic.<br />
One of the key goals for the AshColl Way isto<br />
acknowledge the good work that the majority<br />
of our students commit to everyday.<br />
TheAshCollWayestablishesasetofrecognitions<br />
that acknowledge consistent effort, not just<br />
academically but across arange of areas; and<br />
behaviours thatcontributetowards the growth<br />
and development of our students and staff<br />
around social skills and expectations,and doing<br />
whatisbest forall members of the College and<br />
the wider community.<br />
Mihi Pai<br />
Continued acknowledgement and embedding College’s expected<br />
positive behaviours is measured by the acknowledgement system of<br />
Mihi Pai.<br />
Prize draws in assemblies happen throughout the year, concluding<br />
with awards in the prize-givings for the student with the most Mihi Pai<br />
collectedfor the year.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 19<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 4<br />
<strong>27</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Congratulations<br />
Meet OurStudentExecutiveCommitteeMembers<br />
Introduced in a previous newsletter was our fifteen member Student<br />
Executive Committee. Aside from our four Head Students, the Board of<br />
Trustees Student Representative and the Secretary and Treasurer the<br />
remaining members areeachaHead of aStudent Committee.<br />
We nowintroducethesepeople and theirCommittee Members below.<br />
Their various responsibilities and events will beoutlined throughout<br />
the forthcomingyear.<br />
Ambassador Committee<br />
(Pictured above, back row, left to right): Tia McCallum, Ellie Lawn,<br />
Easterlin Faamausili.<br />
(Front row, left to right): Gemma Taylor, Jonty Small (Convenor),<br />
Matthew Hopkins,Hannah Kuipers.<br />
Ball Committee<br />
Cultural Committee<br />
(Pictured above, left to right): Shrina Afu, Annana Rai, Ila Cabalse,<br />
Ocean Waitokia (Convenor).Zoila Suyat, ManaroTahapehi, Mahina Pongia.<br />
Sports/Recreation Committee<br />
Cricket: Year 10 Boys’Team Successful Run<br />
Ended by St Bede’s College<br />
Advancing further through the New Zealand Cricket Junior Boy’s<br />
Knockout competition than anyprevious College team, <strong>Ashburton</strong>was<br />
well-beatenbyStBede’s on Wednesday, lastweek, in Christchurch. The<br />
regional semi-finals exposed the team to adegree of competition that<br />
fewyoung cricketers experience.<br />
Team Members:<br />
Lachie Jemmett (Captain), Nicolas Stringer, Seb McMillan, Tom Rosevear,<br />
Sam Orr, Hamish O’Reilly, Mitchell Leath, Jack Middleton, Oliver Hobbs,<br />
Fletcher Hobbs and Logan Johnson travelled to Redwood Park on afoggy<br />
morning to faceoffagainst ateamthathad,inthe previous round,bowled<br />
out St Andrew’s College for93runs.<br />
Knowing that they faced an uphill battle, Lachie elected totake tothe<br />
field afterwinning the toss.The foggy morning had leftthe outfield damp,<br />
although drying quickly,meaning thatthe St Bede’s toporder wouldhavea<br />
harder time scoring runs.<br />
St Bede’s openers built asteady partnership, scoring 65 runs off the first<br />
fifteen overs before TomRosevear made the breakthrough that<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
had been waiting for, throwing down the wickets from cover torun out<br />
St Bede’s Harry Cory for<strong>27</strong>.<br />
St Bede’s would fall three overs laterfor 44, leaving them on 77 for2after 18<br />
overs,and twofresh batsmen at the crease. SebMcMillan secured awicket<br />
off St Bede’s fortwo runs,caughtinthe slips.Thisbroughtout Charlie Croy<br />
to bat, who scored astunning 52 off 60 balls during his 70 minutes at the<br />
crease. Supported byFlynn Bainbridge (28), Fraser Brown (15) and Hunter<br />
Stewart(17n.o.), Charlie would see out the remainder of the innings and set<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>adaunting target of 204.<br />
(Pictured above, back row, left toright): Shasha Watagedara, Emily King,<br />
Emily Wilson, Blake Farr.<br />
(Front row, left to right): Buddhika Ekanayake, Annabel Dolan,<br />
Jacob Gray (Co-convenor), Lucy Moore(Co-convenor), Megan Harrison.<br />
(Absent): Victoria Binnie.<br />
Canteen/EnvironmentCommittee<br />
(Pictured left, back row,lefttoright): Ian Jerao,Logan Moore,<br />
Matt De Ocampo. (Front row): Ian Teves(Convenor). (Absent): Crystal Brown.<br />
CommunityServices Committee<br />
(Pictured above,back row,leftand right): Cloe Stowell,Maddie Whyte.<br />
(Middle row,leftand right): Beatrice Bernarte,Hayley Dickson.<br />
Front row,lefttoright): IrishBernarte, Seluvaia Ratoul (Convenor),<br />
Mahina Edwards.<br />
(Pictured above, back row, left toright): Sophie Watson, Cat Anderson,<br />
Taylah Burrowes.<br />
(Front row, left to right): Ben Middleton, Samantha Jerao, Jack Soal,<br />
Kotiti Patea(Convenor).<br />
StudentWelfareCommittee<br />
(Pictured above,back row,lefttoright): Samuel Reilly-Sigel,<br />
Ngakau Howell (Convenor), Lauren Taylor,Emma-Paige Dickson.<br />
(Front row,lefttoright): TamakiNishioka, Chloe Blake,DrewPorter.<br />
Coming Events<br />
<strong>February</strong><br />
29 SISS Tennis Championships,Timaru<br />
March<br />
01 NZSS TSNZ Shooting Challenge –home range<br />
CanterburyJapan Day, Christchurch<br />
02 SISS Duathlon/Triathlon, Oamaru<br />
03 WorldVision Youth Conference, Christchurch<br />
03-04 Year 12 Outdoor Education trip,Peel Forest<br />
04 Mountain Biking – Singletrack series, Halswell Quarry Park,<br />
Christchurch<br />
Year 13 Registrar of Electors,Auditorium<br />
05 Year 11 AHA, Midland Seeds Ltd<br />
08 Aoraki Touch Tournament, Fairlie<br />
ASG1 Animal Handling 1, Chertsey Farm<br />
09 Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Golf Teams event, Waitikiri Golf<br />
Club,Christchurch<br />
11 AshColl Swimming Sports,EANetworksCentre<br />
Mountain Biking, Singletrack series, Halswell Quarry Park,<br />
Christchurch<br />
13 Aoraki SecondarySchoolBowls Championships,Oamaru<br />
13-15 SISS Rowing Championships,Lake Ruataniwha<br />
14-<strong>27</strong> Nichidai Buzan Girls’School visit<br />
15 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Futsal,Timaru<br />
(Pictured above): SebMcMillan (bowler) and Hamish O’Reilly (wicket keeper)<br />
in action.<br />
With the ball, <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Jack Middleton continued his form from the<br />
first half of the season, bowling seven overs for 29runs. Logan Johnson<br />
also stood out with the ball, taking one wicket for 8runs off his two overs.<br />
SebMcMillan battled through his eightovers,givingup45runs but being<br />
rewarded with alate wicket. Fletcher Hobbs also had achallenging time<br />
with the ball, fighting for five overs, giving up 28 runs but preventing<br />
St Bede’s from scoring acoveted 50.<br />
Setanimposing required run rateof5.1, Nicholas Stringer (pictured below)<br />
and Hamish O’Reilly set about building <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s innings. Nicholas set<br />
ablistering pace inthe first two overs, matching the required run rate.Yet,<br />
as the overs passed the pace slipped and the pressure mounted. Nicholas<br />
lost his wicket,caughtbyStBede’s for10. Soon after, Hamish also returned<br />
to the pavilion, caughtand bowled; SamOrr wasquickly run out forone and<br />
Lachie Jemmett stumped on<br />
13 (top-scoring, shared with<br />
Mitchell Leath). <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
would fight for 32.3 overs but<br />
eventually succumbed to the<br />
relentlessly accurate bowling.<br />
St Bede’s made <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
earn every run that they<br />
scored.<br />
While <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s tournament came to an end in adisappointing fashion,<br />
the team achieved the best result in <strong>Ashburton</strong>College’s history,afactthat<br />
should not soon be forgotten, said Teacher-Coach Kyle Henderson. The<br />
players have hadachancetoexperiencecompetition at ahigher level,and<br />
nowlook forwardtoparticipating in the topNew Zealand SecondarySchool<br />
competition, TheGilletteCup,inthe coming years.<br />
18 Year 13 Otago Polytech liaison visit,Auditorium<br />
Mountain Biking –Singletrack series week 3, Halswell Quarry Park,<br />
Christchurch<br />
Aoraki SecondarySchools’Athletics,Timaru<br />
WorldVision Conference, Christchurch<br />
Term Dates<strong>2020</strong><br />
Term One - Thursday09April<br />
Term Two Tuesday28April - Friday03July<br />
Term Three Monday 20 July - Friday25September<br />
Term Four Monday12October - Thursday29October(Year 13)<br />
- Tuesday03November<br />
(Years 11 and 12)<br />
- Thursday 03 December (Year 10)<br />
- Friday04December (Year 9)
Page 20, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Foodbanks battle hunger<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> foodbanks run by the<br />
Salvation Army and St Vincent de<br />
Paul will share in funding of more<br />
than $300,000 over the next three<br />
years.<br />
The Community Trust of Mid &<br />
South Canterbury has confirmed it<br />
will strengthen its support for the<br />
regions most vulnerable people<br />
through an increase in grants to<br />
foodbanks.<br />
Thetwo <strong>Ashburton</strong>foodbankswill<br />
each receive $10,000 per year for<br />
three years. Three foodbanks in<br />
Timaru will receive the same support,<br />
while the StAndrew’s Foodbank<br />
in Geraldine receives $21,500<br />
over three years and Waimate foodbank<br />
$21,200 over the same period.<br />
The biggest share of the annual<br />
foodbank funding goes toTimarubased<br />
food rescue organisation<br />
Foodbank Canterbury, which gets<br />
$120,000 over three years.<br />
CommunityTrust of Mid &South<br />
Canterbury chief executive Liz Shea<br />
said she was thrilled to announcethe<br />
increase in the grants provided to<br />
foodbanks.<br />
Trustees agreed the initiative was<br />
one ofthe most exciting and positive<br />
causes the trust has ever funded.<br />
She said hunger has been identified<br />
as ahidden crisis inthe region<br />
and it was a sad reality that the<br />
number of people accessing food<br />
relief and agencies continued to<br />
grow.<br />
It was also acommon misconception<br />
that only homeless people<br />
required food relief.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army foodbank volunteer (from left) Denice<br />
Galvin with foodbank co-ordinator Judith Lilley in the store room.<br />
The main recipients were also<br />
individualsand families who hadlow<br />
incomes, or were unemployed.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Salvation Army community<br />
ministries coordinator Judith<br />
Lilley said thefundingnews was very<br />
positive for foodbanks and would<br />
help tokeep them better stocked.<br />
Stocks in <strong>Ashburton</strong> were not too<br />
bad at the moment, but the shelves<br />
were low on noodles and basic<br />
toiletries.<br />
Mrs Lilley said food was generously<br />
donated throughout the year,<br />
and boosted by community food<br />
drive Toot ForTucker in November,<br />
but more was always needed to help<br />
needy people.<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council chief executive Hamish Riach<br />
Work behind the scenes<br />
on our new civic centre<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>'snew library<br />
andciviccentre is oneof<br />
ourdistrict's most<br />
importantinfrastructure<br />
projects to be<br />
completed overthe next<br />
twoyearsand I'm<br />
pleased to reportthat<br />
progress is tracking<br />
along on schedule.<br />
Visibly, theproject<br />
mightlook to have<br />
sloweddown after the<br />
site of the former<br />
County Council<br />
building andsurroundingbuildings<br />
wasclearedlastyearand although<br />
residents might notbeseeing much<br />
actiononsite, alot of work has been<br />
happening on desktop.<br />
We are nowinthe developed<br />
designstageofthe project,which<br />
involves crafting theplansand<br />
solutions thatwill supportthe kind of<br />
building that was signedoff in the<br />
concept design stage.<br />
Thesedevelopeddesigns are all<br />
about how we make each component<br />
of theconcept designs happen.This<br />
means coming up with plansand<br />
solutions thatwill supportathree<br />
story building, constructed using<br />
timber andincorporating anumber of<br />
otherenvironmentally sustainable<br />
andarchitecturalfeatures, suchasthe<br />
Pioneer Hall heritage building andan<br />
artesian wellcooling and heating<br />
system.<br />
Council approved theconcept<br />
designs in August lastyear following a<br />
Hamish Riach<br />
consultationprocess<br />
withthe community<br />
about the size and<br />
budgetofthe facility.<br />
Shortly after, the<br />
buildingsonthe site of<br />
the new build were<br />
demolished, andour<br />
focus is now on turning<br />
those concept designs<br />
intoplansthatwill<br />
makethe new facilitya<br />
reality. We're currently<br />
on track forthose<br />
designstobe<br />
completed in April.<br />
Oncetheyare finished,the detailed<br />
designswill be drawn up andthe<br />
tender for construction workwillthen<br />
go out,ready for construction to begin<br />
in December.<br />
In themeantime, thesiteonthe<br />
corner of Havelock Street andBaring<br />
Square East is beingusedtostore<br />
equipmentfor the<strong>Ashburton</strong> CBD<br />
redevelopment, butthis willbeshifted<br />
oncemorephysicalworkneeds to<br />
start on thelibraryand civic centre.<br />
The timelinefor the library and<br />
civic centre was developedatthe very<br />
start of the project and this is guiding<br />
our progress as we movefromone<br />
milestone to the next.<br />
Witheverything going to plan,the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Districtshouldexpect to<br />
haveits newlibraryand civic centreby<br />
the endof2022.<br />
We'll continue to provideyou with<br />
ongoingupdates, especially around<br />
these keydates.<br />
Our progress tells astory, keep watching for the next chapter<br />
By Labour list MP Jo Luxton<br />
You may have seen that Parliament<br />
has resumed for the year. But for all<br />
the words spoken in the House,<br />
much more important are actions the<br />
Government is taking to help<br />
improve people’s lives.<br />
I’m proud of what we’ve achieved<br />
together so far.<br />
Just recently, we’ve taken action to<br />
build and rebuild the facilities our<br />
communities rely on to grow and<br />
thrive. We’ve invested in roads and<br />
railways around New Zealand, in<br />
almost every school inthe country,<br />
and in hospitals and other healthcare<br />
facilities, too.<br />
Right here in Mid Canterbury that<br />
means we can look forward to major<br />
upgrades to our local schools,<br />
totalling over $3 million, as well as<br />
much needed traffic lights in Tinwald<br />
and WalnutAvenueand upgrades to<br />
the boilers at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital.<br />
When we were elected, too many<br />
people were missing out –either<br />
without work at all, or with incomes<br />
that weren’tkeeping pace. Since<br />
then, we’ve increased the minimum<br />
wage, given new parents more Paid<br />
Parental Leave, and invested in<br />
apprenticeships to get people better<br />
skills, and get firms better workers.<br />
We raised people’s incomes with<br />
Best Start payments for when baby<br />
comes, and the Winter Energy<br />
Payment for people on modest<br />
incomes. Whenfully rolledout, our<br />
Families Package will provide<br />
around $75 aweek to around 384,000<br />
Kiwi families.<br />
Now unemployment is down to<br />
one of its lowestlevels in adecade,<br />
and wages are rising strongly at 2.6<br />
per cent ayear.<br />
We’ve invested in health. This<br />
Government has startedtofix our<br />
neglected.Wemade going tothe<br />
doctor cheaper for almost 600,000<br />
New Zealanders, and we made the<br />
biggest investment ever into New<br />
Zealand’s mental health.<br />
I’m especially proud of that<br />
investment.Our newmental health<br />
workforce will help people to meet<br />
those challenges before they get out<br />
of control.<br />
Let’s see what the next chapter of<br />
this story brings.<br />
Delivering your vision for abetter future<br />
We need to hear from the peopleofCanterbury aboutwhatisimportanttoyou andyour children in this beautiful region.<br />
Our role includesfreshwater management,air quality,biodiversity and biosecurity,natural hazardresponse andresilience,<br />
public transport,the regional parks... essentially, the environment thatweall livein. We want to know your viewsonwhere<br />
we arespending your ratesinthe coming year,and well into the future.<br />
To givefeedback on the draft<strong>2020</strong>/21 Annual Plan and our futuredirection go to:haveyoursay.ecan.govt.nz/betterfuture<br />
before5pm 25 March <strong>2020</strong> #betterfuture<br />
Facilitating sustainable<br />
development in the<br />
Canterbury region<br />
www.ecan.govt.nz
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 21<br />
Mayfield A&P Show<br />
SaturdayMarch 14, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Busy Mayfield show lined up<br />
O V E R<br />
F<br />
L OW<br />
The Mayfield A&P Show is a<br />
‘‘community day out’’ promising<br />
to be bigger and better as it<br />
celebrates its 95th annual event.<br />
It offers afamilyfriendly day out<br />
with something for everyone.<br />
There will be tractor pulling,<br />
the popular pig races in a<br />
revamped format, the Clydesdale<br />
versus people tug of war<br />
and an extra large pet tent where<br />
kids can get up close to, and<br />
touch, animals.<br />
Special guests will include<br />
Lynda Topp commentating apig<br />
race and gardening writer Charlie<br />
McCormick.<br />
It’s a family day out with<br />
something for everyone. And<br />
everyone is invited.<br />
This year the show is under<br />
the leadership of Mayfield A&P<br />
show president Rebecca Taylor<br />
as it continues its tradition of<br />
being a great day that has<br />
variety and lots of different<br />
attractions for people of any<br />
age.<br />
The ‘world famous’ pig racing<br />
will see anew format this year<br />
with guest commentators for<br />
each race.<br />
There will be live entertainment<br />
throughout the show with<br />
Phillip Chapman returning to<br />
perform, along with other local<br />
talent keen to be involved and<br />
showcase their skills.<br />
There will also be an additional<br />
band to play from 4pm in<br />
the bar area once the Mayfield<br />
Tractor Pull competition has<br />
finished.<br />
This year, the tractor pull,<br />
which is run by Tractor Pull<br />
New Zealand (TPNZ) and with<br />
major sponsor Diesel Performance<br />
System, has been integrated<br />
into the main show and<br />
there is a new site layout to<br />
incorporate it on to the one<br />
show site.<br />
The tractor pull is part of a<br />
nationwide circuit and it is the<br />
third year the competition has<br />
run in Mayfield. It runsover two<br />
days starting on March 13 and<br />
will finish during the Mayfield<br />
A&P Show onMarch 14.<br />
Up to 50 competitors will<br />
compete in up to three classes in<br />
the tractor pull: pre1985, standard<br />
and the ever popular modified<br />
class, where the grunty<br />
customised tractors are a real<br />
crowd favourite.<br />
Up for grabs during the tractor<br />
pull event is a special<br />
The Mayfield A&P show has all the trappings of atraditional A&P show and is agreat<br />
community day out.<br />
contractors cup, so competing<br />
contractors can win bragging<br />
rights over their peers.<br />
At the show, the popular<br />
Clydesdale versus people tug of<br />
war will be back for asecond<br />
year but there will also be the<br />
popular shearing competitions<br />
and dog trials, run by the<br />
Mayfield Collie Club, happening<br />
on the grounds.<br />
As well as animal judging<br />
(sheep and dairy goats, poultry)<br />
with wool displays and showjumping,<br />
to name a few, the<br />
show features all the staplesofa<br />
traditional A&P show, such as<br />
the art and home industries<br />
competitions, machinery, carnival<br />
entertainment, craft sites<br />
and trade tents.<br />
There will also be arange of<br />
familyfriendly competitions<br />
throughout the day including a<br />
kids scavenger hunt with awesome<br />
spot prizes.<br />
The wellsupported produce<br />
shed will also take centre stage,<br />
and the district’s best baker will<br />
be crowned.<br />
There is also craft and sewing,<br />
photography, art, floral arrangements<br />
and producefrom competitors’<br />
own homes and gardens.<br />
The younger generation will<br />
also beinvolved, with displays<br />
from the local schools and<br />
playcentres.<br />
And children ofall ages will<br />
be kept busy with an inflatable<br />
playground and bouncy castle.<br />
Tickets for the show, on at the<br />
Mayfield A&P Showgrounds<br />
The world famous pig racing will again be on at the show, with<br />
racing set to take place throughout the day in arevamped<br />
format.<br />
and public domain,are available<br />
on the day at the gate. Adult<br />
entry is $15 and schoolage<br />
children enter for free.<br />
Gates open from 8am with<br />
the dog trials and horse events;<br />
the show runs until around 5pm.<br />
More details on the Mayfield<br />
A&P Association Facebook<br />
page.<br />
Gardening writer Charlie<br />
McCormick is among the<br />
special guests at the Mayfield<br />
A&P show next month.<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>2020</strong><br />
Photos supplied by Graham Shaw<br />
AllentonRugbyclub has been afamily based club<br />
for96years,locatedonMelrose Road.<br />
Allentonhas excellentgroundsand facilities<br />
available to club members.<br />
We inviteall past, present, newmembers and families to<br />
come along andmakethe most of our<br />
friendly club environment.<br />
Challenge yourself<br />
physically and<br />
mentally<br />
We arelooking for anyone interested in coaching or refereeing in the <strong>2020</strong> season.<br />
Under 6ripper to senior Blevel<br />
ForJuniorgrades (6-14.5) please contactRobert Glenie 0<strong>27</strong>5348788<br />
Open grades (U16-Senior B) please contactPhillip Sutherland on 0<strong>27</strong>4160587<br />
Muster dayfor all grades will be held at the<br />
clubrooms on SundayMarch 22nd,1pm –3:00 pm<br />
Open grades trainings Tuesdayand Thursday6:30pm<br />
Online registration is nowopen<br />
www.allentonrfc.co.nz<br />
<strong>2020</strong> SEASON IS UNDERWAY!<br />
JAB Registration Day –Sunday29March at Hinds Domain<br />
Allgrades (U6 –U18)registrations from 9.30am onwards<br />
Murray Roulston back formoregreat skill training<br />
BBQ,BouncyCastle,MrWhippy<br />
Coaching sessions: 10am –Under 6-7; 10.45am –Under 8-9;<br />
11.30am –Under 10-11.5; 12.30pm –Under 13 and above.<br />
Pre-season matches: Saturday29<strong>February</strong>at1pm –Southern Colts vs Springston at Hinds<br />
Friday13March early evening –SouthernSeniorand Senior B’svsSaracens at Hinds<br />
Friday20March early evening –SouthernSeniorand Senior B’svPleasantPoint<br />
at PleasantPoint<br />
Saturday28March at 1pm –SouthernColts vs MethvenatHinds<br />
Combined senior competition: Starts 28 March: StuartTarbottonSeniors vMethvenatHinds<br />
ContactInformation: Senior Stags –Jon Dampney 021 223 3683<br />
Senior B – James George 0<strong>27</strong>6 433 422. Colts –RhysJohansen 0<strong>27</strong>5 282 663<br />
Club Captain –PeteLowe 0<strong>27</strong>2 233 784.<br />
JAB Club Captain –Lyall Jemmett 0<strong>27</strong>5 459 255. Email –southernrfc@gmail.com<br />
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Visit: www.beinthegame.nz<br />
JAB Muster <strong>2020</strong><br />
4pm, Thursday 19 March <strong>2020</strong><br />
Methven rugby club rooms<br />
Methven Domain<br />
Come along and get involved<br />
All enquiries<br />
Mike King 0<strong>27</strong> 6008556<br />
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<strong>2020</strong><br />
Attention<br />
Sporting clubs around MidCanterbury<br />
If youhaveaphotoorstory youwould like<br />
to share, please email to<br />
office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
2261264<br />
Rakaia Rugby Club<br />
JAB Registrations will be held on<br />
Saturday, 21st March – 1pm - 3pm<br />
at the Rakaia Domain<br />
Under 6 and 7 (rippa) under 8, 9, 10, 11.5, 13.5 and 14.5.<br />
Come along, pay your sub and receive a free<br />
rugby ball and mouth guard.<br />
EFTPOS available. Sausages and fizz for all.<br />
Allinquiries: Warren Jones 0<strong>27</strong> 499 67<strong>27</strong> l Dean Ford 021 120 8738<br />
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Collegiate RugbyFootball Club<br />
Collegiate RFC would like to welcome all<br />
previous and new players to another rugby<br />
season and is looking forwardtothe <strong>2020</strong><br />
season. This year we will be holding our<br />
JAB registration muster on Thursday, 19th<br />
Marchfrom5pm at Collegiate North 11<br />
Smithfield Road.EFTPOS will be available for<br />
sub payments,sock and hoodie purchases.<br />
Online registrations forlast season players<br />
have been emailed out forparents to<br />
complete. New players areverywelcome and areasked to visit our online siteat:<br />
www.sporty.co.nz/collegiaterfcunder the <strong>2020</strong> registrations tab to register.<br />
OurSenior Bcontactfor the <strong>2020</strong> season is BrentFerguson 0<strong>27</strong> 632 7820.<br />
Theteam is training hardand looking forwardtothe startofthe season<br />
with practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm, with everyone<br />
welcome.Our JAB Club Captain is Kevin Urquhart021 0821 8315 and<br />
along with our strong JAB section, arelooking forwardtoanother great<br />
year with all our club families!<br />
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Muster Day<br />
Thursday19March<br />
4pm-6pm<br />
Tinwald RugbyClubrooms, cnr Maronan Rd and Shearman St<br />
Allnew and returning players arerequired to attend to<br />
confirm registration and paysubs.<br />
Socks and hoodies will be available to purchase/order.<br />
Eftpos is available.<br />
Anyone interested in coaching,managing or volunteering,<br />
please come along and speak to our committee representatives.<br />
New members welcome!<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Residents to spoil caregivers<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
March<strong>2020</strong><br />
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Caregivers at Coldstream Lifecare &<br />
Village in <strong>Ashburton</strong> will have the tables<br />
turned on them on March 3when residents<br />
will spoil them with donuts, singing and<br />
their own home made hand sanitisers.<br />
The treat istorecognise the hard work<br />
and caring nature ofthe caregivers and<br />
also to mark International Caregivers<br />
Day.<br />
Some Coldstream residents have<br />
already made up 32 bottles of hand<br />
sanitiser, one for each caregiver.<br />
The bottles come with hand cut outs and<br />
personal ‘‘thank you’’ messages written by<br />
residents.<br />
The initiative was directed by diversional<br />
therapist Angelica Paradero, aformer<br />
registered nurse inthe Philippines.<br />
She used her nursing history knowledge<br />
and some online fact finding to come up<br />
with the ingredients for the hand sanitisers,<br />
which like other hygiene products<br />
and medical supplies are in hot demand<br />
globally at the moment because of the<br />
coronavirus outbreak and the concerns<br />
around it.<br />
Mrs Paradero said the key ingredients<br />
for the sanitisers were vodka, distilled<br />
water and essential oils like lemon and<br />
lavender.<br />
Vodka constituted around three quarters<br />
of the 50ml bottles and oils could be<br />
substituted with aloe vera, if required.<br />
Vodka was an acknowledged natural<br />
disinfectant and antiseptic, she said.<br />
Mrs Paradero said two residents had<br />
Coldstream Lifecare &Village diversional therapist Angelica Paradero (centre)<br />
with residents Ngaire Gibbs and Mark Argyle who helped make the hand<br />
sanitisers.<br />
helped her prepare the sanitisers and<br />
another 20 would lend a hand with<br />
doughnut making on March 3.<br />
A further 30 residents would be<br />
involved with singing to the caregivers,<br />
including two soloists.<br />
Sensory toys added to library inventory<br />
Sensory toys havebeen added to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Toy Library’s vast collection of play things.<br />
Agrant fromAdvance <strong>Ashburton</strong> has<br />
enabled the toy library to purchase 11 sensory<br />
toys for children with developmentalneedsand<br />
for others to enjoy.<br />
Sensory toys are specially designed to engage<br />
achild's attention both cognitivelyand<br />
physically by stimulating one or more of the five<br />
senses.<br />
The community funding granthas also<br />
enabled the toy library to upgradeits library<br />
softwaresystemtoMibase NZ, which means<br />
that over timeall 900 toys in the collection will<br />
be photographedand posted onlinefor<br />
members to see.<br />
Toy library membersusually hire toysfor a<br />
two week periodand toys comeinall shapes and<br />
sizes. Other itemsare categorised for roleplay,<br />
dressup, games and puzzles and themepacks.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Toy Library recently celebrated<br />
its 25th birthday. Its rooms are at 106 Victoria<br />
Street and it is openonThursdays and<br />
Saturdays from 9.30am until 12.30pm.<br />
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Annette gets her show entries in<br />
Annette Maw is known in Methven A&P<br />
Show circles for, among other things, her<br />
preserves.<br />
And this year she has entered more than a<br />
dozen of them into the Methven A&P<br />
Show’s home industries pavilion competition<br />
and is hopeful for victory.<br />
“We all want to do well,” she says, of those<br />
who enter the annual show’s competitions.<br />
She also has two entries in the sewing<br />
section; all entered in the final hours for<br />
competition entries.<br />
Mrs Maw, who coincidentally lives on the<br />
same rural road as another Annette Maw, is<br />
not only known for her preserves.<br />
She has also been one of the organisers<br />
behind the show’s Spud in aBucket competition,<br />
which draws more than 200 entries from<br />
enthusiastic children.<br />
It’s a school holiday competition for<br />
primary school children who attend either<br />
Methven Primary, Our Lady of the Snow or<br />
Lauriston schools.<br />
The children get given aGorman’s family<br />
potato to grow and abucket prior to the<br />
Christmas school holiday break.<br />
The growing, nurturing and feeding is up<br />
to them. And just to mix it up, it’s adifferent<br />
potato variety every year.<br />
Come show time, the buckets are returned<br />
and up to five judges weigh them, evaluate<br />
them and rank them.<br />
There are prizes for best overall potato,<br />
heaviest, most potatoes and heaviest crop.<br />
There are some good prizes and plenty of<br />
interest.<br />
Mrs Maw says there are some surprises,<br />
and some disappointments, on the day of the<br />
show when the results are announced.<br />
But overall the children enjoy it.<br />
Annette Maw (right) completes her home<br />
industries pavilion entries for the<br />
Methven A&P show with show secretary<br />
Amy Russell.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 25<br />
Musicians to perform<br />
Amusical couple<br />
walking the Te Araroa<br />
trail will venture into<br />
Methven on <strong>February</strong><br />
29 for aconcert that will<br />
raise funds for<br />
osteoporosis research.<br />
Australian violinist<br />
and singer Mickey<br />
O’Donnell and his New<br />
Zealand wife and<br />
harpist Michelle Doyle<br />
are walking the 3000km<br />
trail and performing 20<br />
concerts along the way.<br />
They will perform at<br />
the Methven Memorial<br />
Hall next month; the<br />
evening starts at 7pm<br />
and tickets are $20 each.<br />
The couple are not<br />
carrying their<br />
instruments, which are<br />
being couriered<br />
between gigs, and they<br />
expect their adventure<br />
to take six months. They<br />
are supporting<br />
osteoporosis because<br />
Michelle was diagnosed<br />
with the condition when<br />
she was 24; they are also<br />
promoting their debut<br />
album AWalking Pace.<br />
The couple are giving<br />
Musicians Mickey O’Donnell and Michelle Doyle are walking the Te<br />
Araroa trail and venturing into Methven for aconcert on <strong>February</strong> 29.<br />
20 per cent of the tour’s<br />
merchandise sales to<br />
osteoporosis research.<br />
Michelle has been<br />
performing<br />
professionally on the<br />
harp from the age of 11.<br />
At 24, after her<br />
diagnosis, she found<br />
information and<br />
support for young<br />
people with the<br />
condition was scarce.<br />
She didn’t know how<br />
fragile she was and<br />
whether her active<br />
lifestyle would be<br />
compromised because<br />
of her condition. After a<br />
lot of research, doctors,<br />
diet and exercise she has<br />
increased her bonedensity<br />
level to<br />
osteopenia.<br />
However, OP still<br />
remains on the rise, she<br />
said. The duo are<br />
running an awareness<br />
campaign to shed some<br />
light on this largely<br />
preventable disease and<br />
20 per cent of<br />
merchandise sales from<br />
the tour will go to Dr<br />
Peter Ebeling’s<br />
research. Dr. Ebeling,<br />
Head of Medicine at<br />
Monash University,<br />
encourages people to<br />
know their bones and<br />
stresses the importance<br />
of bone care in younger<br />
people (sufficient<br />
calcium intake, avoid<br />
smoking etc).<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> coachAndrea<br />
Cousins is bringing her<br />
Canterbury netball side to town<br />
thisweekend to train and teach.<br />
The Mainland Beko side will<br />
spend time on Saturday refining<br />
skills and then passing on some<br />
of thoseskillstoMid Canterbury<br />
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The Beko squad’s training<br />
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workshop andplayers skills<br />
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South Island Motorhome Show at the<br />
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Around adozen club members were on<br />
site prepping the grounds for the show,<br />
which isexpected to draw hundreds of<br />
people from around the country on the<br />
search for motorhomes and caravans.<br />
Among themobilehomes and caravans<br />
for sale, there willalso be around 60 large<br />
and small trade sites including those<br />
offering accessories suitable for mobile<br />
living and in the home.<br />
There will alsobefood outlets, aclassic<br />
cars and retro caravans display and Fire<br />
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Weight journey shared with others<br />
Clare Keane and her husband<br />
moved half way around the world<br />
for abetter lifestyle.<br />
They uprooted from Oxfordshire,<br />
England to settle in Methven, Mid<br />
Canterbury.<br />
It was achange which brought its<br />
own challenges and saw Clare turn<br />
to food for comfort and balloon in<br />
size to 135kg.<br />
However it was only after being<br />
denied life insurance did she realise<br />
how bad her health had become.<br />
“My confidence was low, Ihad<br />
medical issues and was refused life<br />
insurance.”<br />
“I was not really living life,” she<br />
says.<br />
She turned to the new Weight<br />
Watchers in November 2018.<br />
And despite having tried the<br />
Weight Watchers of old in the past,<br />
this time got enviable success.<br />
She lost 30kg in just 30 weeks.<br />
Clare says she just followed the<br />
programme and increased her exercise.<br />
“It’s about getting back to the<br />
basics, I’d tried everything before,<br />
including Weight Watchers but it’s<br />
changed so much.<br />
“I went back on awhim.”<br />
This time Clare also had the<br />
motivation and was more determined<br />
to succeed.<br />
As amum of two, she is still 5kg<br />
off her goal weight which is proving<br />
harder to lose.<br />
But given “it’s for the rest of my<br />
life” she says the best course of<br />
action is to not give in.<br />
Know your triggers, if you have a<br />
bad day pick yourself back up for<br />
the next “reset” and carry on.<br />
Now still amember in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
but a Weight Watchers coach in<br />
Methven, Clare wants to help others<br />
Clare Keane has lost more than 30kg focusing on mini goals and<br />
remembering the reason she sought to lose weight.<br />
reach and maintain their healthy<br />
weight goals.<br />
She has around 25 people in the<br />
township who are at varying stages<br />
of their weight loss journeys and<br />
wants to encourage others.<br />
People are there for different<br />
reasons, she says.<br />
Whether it’s to learn better eating<br />
habits, to improve health problems,<br />
to gain confidence or to lose 5kg or<br />
50kg.<br />
Two of the members are at goal,<br />
two have lost 20kg and one has lost<br />
25kg.<br />
It’s had a “massive impact” on<br />
them, she says.<br />
Clare says keeping your body’s<br />
weight at acomfortable level and<br />
increasing exercise is good for<br />
mental wellbeing too.<br />
She says just because someone is<br />
slim, does not mean they are<br />
healthy.<br />
The programme helped her realise<br />
food choices needed to be an<br />
ongoing part of her lifestyle as the<br />
mental journey was often far longer<br />
than what was happening with a<br />
physical appearance.<br />
She often still thinks of herself as<br />
being 120+kg.<br />
But to keep on track she has set<br />
herself goals with rewards along the<br />
way; the latest is to get motorbike<br />
lessons.<br />
Once she reaches her ultimate<br />
goal, just 5kg away, she is planning<br />
a skydive, something she never<br />
would have done beforehand.<br />
Clare shares these Weight<br />
Watchers tips, which if repeated<br />
over time can develop into healthy<br />
habits for wellness success.<br />
1. Set mini goals; We’re only<br />
human. For most of us, it’s daunting<br />
to think about losing 20kg or<br />
running 10km. So take small steps<br />
first. Whether it’s starting an exercise<br />
routine with afiveminute walk<br />
or bringing ahomemade lunch to<br />
work acouple of days aweek, you’re<br />
more likely to reach your goal when<br />
you break it down into small steps<br />
(or minigoals). And you’ll be pleasantly<br />
surprised at how quickly those<br />
steps add up!<br />
2. Remember your “why”; A<br />
powerful, personal ‘‘why’’ can keep<br />
you going even when things get<br />
tough. Your ‘‘why’’ isn't necessarily<br />
the same as your goal; you might<br />
have aspecific ‘‘weightI'dliketobe’’<br />
(goal) but your reasons for<br />
wanting to be at acertain weight are<br />
your ‘‘why’’ the motor that gets you<br />
to your destination. Whether it’s to<br />
feel the best on your wedding day,<br />
or to be apositive role model for<br />
your children, write it down, and<br />
keep reminding yourself of it<br />
throughout your journey.<br />
3. Don’t deprive or restrict yourself;<br />
Sustainable weight loss is all<br />
about making small changes to your<br />
eating pattern that still fit in with<br />
your lifestyle. So rather than saying<br />
‘no’ to everything you enjoy eating,<br />
try eating more of the good stuff <br />
foods that are rich in nutrients. Why<br />
not try adding an extra serving of<br />
vegetables to your main meals or<br />
more protein to your snacks?<br />
Sustainable weight loss is found<br />
through balance rather than restriction.<br />
4. Drink more water; It's so easy<br />
and so beneficial especially at this<br />
sweltering time of year. Aim for<br />
eight glasses of fluid aday, preferably<br />
water. Tea counts too! Another<br />
benefit of staying well hydrated is<br />
that you won't mistake thirst for<br />
hunger, which lots of people do.<br />
5. Move for fun, not because you<br />
have to; Whether it’s walking the<br />
dog, swimming or playing with the<br />
kids, there are amillion ways to get<br />
moving. Find what you enjoy doing<br />
and you’re more likely to stick at it.<br />
Exercise gives you anatural high –<br />
your day will be easier, you'll have<br />
more energy and get abetter night’s<br />
sleep.<br />
6. Create anetwork of support;<br />
Studies show people with social<br />
support are more likely to engage in<br />
healthy eating and physical activity<br />
behaviours. They’re also better able<br />
to cope with stressful events which<br />
can derail some people when trying<br />
to lose weight. Surround yourself<br />
with people who offer words of<br />
encouragement and motivate you to<br />
keep going through tough times.<br />
28 new citizens sworn in at ceremony<br />
Twenty eight new citizens<br />
have been sworn in at a<br />
ceremony held at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Trust Event<br />
Centre.<br />
They include seven<br />
Filipinos, 11 from<br />
Britain, eight Samoans,<br />
three Brazilians and four<br />
from South Africa.<br />
The majority swore<br />
allegiance by oath before<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor Neil<br />
Brown to complete the<br />
final step of the citizenship<br />
process.<br />
The new citizens were<br />
welcomed by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
mayor Neil Brown and<br />
enjoyed a morning tea<br />
with family, friends and<br />
some <strong>Ashburton</strong> councillors<br />
after the ceremony.<br />
The 28 new citizens lined up at the end of the official ceremony.<br />
Long time New Zealand resident and St John<br />
stalwart Paul Thomas reads the oath. Mr Thomas<br />
was born in the UK.<br />
Philippines born Fernando Taojo reads the oath in front of mayor Neil<br />
Brown and his parents Ferdinand and Karen Taojo and his new sibling.<br />
Brazilian born Michelle Grossl reads the oath in<br />
front of her husband Cleber and son Luigi at the<br />
citizenship ceremony.<br />
British born Anne Tarver with Mayor Brown at the<br />
citizenship ceremony.
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From 10% Deposit $390pw (Conditions apply)<br />
Priced To Sell in Otematata (0100)<br />
•Sold fully furnished<br />
•Extra largegaraging<br />
•Uninterrupted views<br />
•Spaciousoffroad parking<br />
• Viewing By Appointment<br />
$PBN BIR $359,000 -$429,000<br />
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SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY<br />
12 Charles Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 9:30-10:00am 4 1 1 AHB22540<br />
65 Winter Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 9:45-10:15am 4 2 2 AHB22667<br />
97 Alford Forest Rd,Ashurton 10:00-10:30am 2 1 2 AHB22544<br />
800 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 3 1 2 AHB22679<br />
11 Charlesworth Dve, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 4 3 3 AHB22611<br />
4Trellech Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 4 2 2 AHB22199<br />
83B Forest Drive, Methven 10:30-11:00am 2 1 2 AHB22676<br />
73 Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 3 1 3 AHB22695<br />
5Cherry Lane, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 3 1 2 AHB22657<br />
103 Forest Drive, Methven 10:30-11:00am 3 2 1 AHB22668<br />
31 Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:45-11:15am 2 1 1 AHB22691<br />
9Allison Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 4 2 2 AHB22661<br />
7Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 4 1 2 AHB22696<br />
18 Davidson Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 4 2 2 AHB22681<br />
9Kerr Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:15-11:45am 3 1 2 AHB22685<br />
94 Spaxton Street, Methven 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22643<br />
1Bennett Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22605<br />
25 Wills Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:00-12:30pm 4 2 2 AHB226<strong>27</strong><br />
24 Charles Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:00-12:30pm 5 2 2 AHB21619<br />
65 Davis Crescent, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:15-12:45pm 4 1 2 AHB22688<br />
26 Allens Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 12:45-1:15pm 4 2 2 AHB22565<br />
4Blackford Road, Methven 1:00-2:00pm 7 3 3 AHB22671<br />
82 Pages Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 1:30-2:00pm 2 1 2 AHB22680<br />
28 Johnstone Street,Tinwald 2:15-2:45pm 3 2 2 AHB22689<br />
9Kerr Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
3 1 2<br />
SUNDAY1ST MARCH<br />
117 Grove Street,Tinwald 10:00-10:30am 3 2 2 AHB22460<br />
Village Green,Lake Hood 1:30-2:00pm Sections AHB22309<br />
48/1236 RiverRoad, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 2:00-2:30pm 2 1 0 AHB22650<br />
*Ideal forFirst Home Buyers<br />
*Updated. Modern. Spacious. Affordable<br />
*Open plan kitchen, dining, living<br />
*Updated bathroom<br />
*Kitchen Double Glazed<br />
*Amazing indoor outdoor flowwith covered deck<br />
*3bedrooms -one with walk in robe<br />
*Extremely Efficient compliant log burner<br />
*Double garagewith automatic door opener<br />
First home buyers ..families ..rental investors<br />
SetDate of Sale<br />
closing 8March <strong>2020</strong>, at<br />
3:00pm (unless sold prior)<br />
View<br />
Saturday11:15 -11:45am<br />
Armand vander Eik<br />
021 597 5<strong>27</strong><br />
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22685<br />
Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA2008)<br />
Open Home<br />
28 Johnstone Street, Tinwald<br />
3 2 2<br />
View our listings online at:<br />
rwashashburton.co.nz<br />
-Lovely easycare section<br />
-3double bedrooms master with ensuite<br />
-Open plan kitchen/dining living area built to maximise the<br />
sun<br />
-Double garagewith covered access to house<br />
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22668<br />
Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)<br />
ForSale<br />
$395,000<br />
View<br />
Saturday2:15- 2:45pm<br />
BruceMcPherson<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 438 4250<br />
Denise McPherson<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 242 7677<br />
4<br />
Open Home<br />
9Allison Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
4 2 2<br />
73 Beach Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
4 2 2<br />
Four double bedrooms, two bathrooms, En-suite, Heat<br />
pump, open plan living, Twotoilets, Large double garage,<br />
fullyfenced property, separate laundry and<br />
off- street parking. Easy care fullyfenced section.<br />
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22661<br />
Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)<br />
ForSale<br />
$525,000<br />
View<br />
Saturday11:00 -11:30am<br />
Dulcie Ellis<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 629 3260<br />
Avery loved home but its time to move on forthis<br />
vendor.Locatedonthe edgeoftownyou can hop on your<br />
bike ortake astroll along the river trails. Just acouple<br />
minutes to theBeach Road shops and Hampstead school,<br />
this cottage issohandyand is agreat first home.<br />
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22695<br />
Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)<br />
SetDateofSale<br />
closing 6March <strong>2020</strong>, at<br />
4:00pm(unless sold prior)<br />
View<br />
Saturday10:30 -11:00am<br />
Lynne Bridge<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 410 6216<br />
Jill Quaid<br />
Manager<br />
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Mark Totty<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
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Sales Consultant<br />
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Denise McPherson<br />
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021 597 5<strong>27</strong><br />
Lynne Bridge<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 410 6216<br />
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021 <strong>27</strong>2 0202<br />
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Sales Consultant<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 629 3260<br />
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OPEN HOME<br />
Saturday9:30am -10:00am<br />
12 Charles Street,Allenton<br />
4<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Four bedroomfamilyhome in Allenton<br />
ForSale<br />
PriceByNegotiation<br />
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subdivision potential, this property also<br />
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Vendor will consider all offers.<br />
-Great first home buyer opportunity<br />
-Fully insulatedwith anew Heat Pump<br />
-Large open plan kitchen dining lounge<br />
area plus conservatory<br />
-Separate single garagewith several<br />
out buildings<br />
-Fully fenced section and nice easycare<br />
garden<br />
-Housewell positioned forapotential<br />
subdivision<br />
Open Home<br />
Saturday29<strong>February</strong><br />
9:30am -10:00 am<br />
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021 664 113<br />
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Club news<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Dahlia Circle<br />
Thedahlia season is at its bestnow with<br />
brilliantblooms being grown around the<br />
district.<br />
This is evidentfromthe seven members<br />
whotook blooms to the national showin<br />
Timarulastweekend.<br />
Congratulationstothose memberswho<br />
exhibited. Alison,Jackie,Graham and Jan<br />
all had entries in the floralsection. Floating<br />
bowls,dahliainapictureframe, and floral<br />
arrangements. Johninthe Intermediate<br />
section, andAlistair andJoyce in theopen<br />
classes.Flowersfromall overthe South<br />
Island wereondisplay, from Invercargill to<br />
Nelson.<br />
Followingcloseafter,was ourown club<br />
meeting and tableshow on <strong>February</strong> 18.<br />
Brian Glasseywelcomed 13 members<br />
and twonew visitors,withfive apologies<br />
received.Jan Chambersand Graham Gunn<br />
werethe judges,withHeatherand Russell<br />
as stewards.<br />
Places as follows: Pat andRex<br />
Tarbotton, Champion bloom; novice,<br />
MaltbyEscort.<br />
Brian Glassey, Intermediate class;<br />
Champion vase, Jomanda.<br />
Alison Donald,Intermediate class;<br />
Champion vase, Highwarden Cliff.<br />
Alistair Davey,Open Class;Best vase,<br />
RycroftHelen.<br />
Alistair Davey,Open Class;Best bloom,<br />
Rural Lewie.<br />
ChampionofChampions,Alistair Davey<br />
–Rycroft Helen.<br />
Alistair Davey presentedJoyce with<br />
Trophies and Certificates awarded at the<br />
National Show.<br />
Pleasemake Sunday March 8adayto<br />
visit the display at theTinwaldHall,<br />
President’s Room.<br />
Hall opentothe public 1pm–4pm, no<br />
charge. Raffle tickets available.<br />
This is theannualcombined show with<br />
Canterbury andshould haveabrilliant<br />
display, as the season has been so kindto<br />
theblooms.Memberswillbeon hand to<br />
discuss growingand careofthe much<br />
prizedflowers. New members arealways<br />
welcome.<br />
Fish and Game want salmon<br />
heads caught in Rakaia River<br />
Fish and Game are seeking fresh or frozen<br />
salmon heads, caught in the Rakaia River<br />
late last year, to work out where they were<br />
born and determine if subpopulations are<br />
at risk of being overfished.<br />
The heads are tested through chemical<br />
analysis of water samples and through the<br />
salmon otoliths (ear bones).<br />
North Canterbury Fish and Game<br />
(NCF&G) officer Steve Terry said finding<br />
out where salmon hail from will help<br />
determine if subpopulations, like those<br />
from Mellish Stream, above Lake Heron,<br />
are currently at risk of being overharvested.<br />
NCF&G want heads caught during<br />
November and December.<br />
‘‘In many salmon populations, larger and<br />
older salmon often enter rivers earlier in<br />
the season, as do salmon originating from<br />
extrema headwater subpopulations and<br />
spawning areas. There can also be astrong<br />
sex bias where older females are more<br />
abundant than males (or vice versa) in the<br />
earlier parts of the run,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘NCF&G is currently promoting that<br />
anglers keep any salmon heads they catch<br />
in the Rakaia River in November<br />
/December, record the date and location<br />
caught, weight, length and sex of the<br />
salmon.<br />
‘‘Staff will then collect the otoliths from<br />
these heads from anglers, along with the<br />
catch information.’’<br />
He said analysis of the otoliths should<br />
determine natal origin, what size they<br />
entered the ocean (life history type), and<br />
determine if their length and/or weight and<br />
sex differs significantly from later run fish.<br />
‘The start of the annual salmon run is a<br />
highly anticipated event, and the early run<br />
is often heavily targeted by recreational<br />
anglers,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘As aresult salmon that enter the river<br />
early in the angling season (over November<br />
The Rakaia River<br />
and December) may be exposed to angling<br />
pressure for amuch longer time period<br />
than later run fish.<br />
‘‘If left unchecked this may impose large<br />
mortality on early entering salmon, leading<br />
to depletion of subpopulations or specific<br />
life history types.’’<br />
Mr Terry said salmon in the Rakaia<br />
River may potentially be from Mellish<br />
Stream, which is above Lake Heron, which<br />
is further complicated being managed by<br />
two Fish and Game regions.<br />
‘‘North Canterbury Fish and Game<br />
manage the regulations in respect to<br />
salmon up to afew kilometres downstream<br />
of Lake Heron, whereby the Central South<br />
Island Fish &Game region manage them<br />
above this point.’’<br />
The information gained will help us to<br />
work with CSIF&G to sustainably manage<br />
this much anticipated early run of salmon.<br />
‘The start of the annual salmon run is a<br />
highly anticipated event, and the early run<br />
is often heavily targeted by recreational<br />
anglers.’’<br />
He said thriving salmon populations<br />
often express ahigh degree of life history<br />
variability between spawning areas and<br />
subpopulations. The life history variability<br />
was an effective form of ‘‘bethedging’’ and<br />
increased the resilience of local and<br />
regional salmon populations.<br />
Wellbeing awareness walk raises over $1200<br />
An inaugural wellbeing<br />
awareness walk at Woolshed<br />
Creek, near Mt Somers, raised<br />
more than $1200 for Safer Mid<br />
Canterbury’s Lives Worth Living<br />
Programme.<br />
Organised by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
woman, Amanda Walker, the<br />
event saw around 40 people,<br />
aged from six years old to those<br />
in their 80s, dust off their<br />
walking shoes and connect with<br />
others during the walk who had<br />
been directly, or indirectly<br />
bereaved by suicide, or just<br />
wanted to support the event and<br />
help raise money.<br />
There were also many<br />
donations made through online<br />
banking.<br />
Safer Mid Canterbury’s Lives<br />
Worth Living Programme coordinator<br />
Connie Quigley, who<br />
has aclinical background in<br />
Some of the people who got to dust off their walking shoes and<br />
connect with others during the wellbeing awareness walk at<br />
Woolshed Creek, near Mt Somers. (Photo supplied)<br />
mental health and took time<br />
away from her child’s birthday to<br />
attend, addressed the group<br />
speaking about the eight week<br />
Waves programme to support<br />
adults (aged 18 plus) bereaved<br />
by suicide.<br />
It has been successfully run in<br />
Christchurch and Timaru.<br />
Also to speak was Running for<br />
Suicide Postvention Facebook<br />
page founder, Ali, who along<br />
with her sister ran up the track.<br />
Mrs Walker said the event was<br />
an opportunity for people to talk<br />
and connect with others.<br />
It was ‘‘a wee bit windy but<br />
there was perfect viewing’’ from<br />
the top and the warmer weather<br />
gave the children achance to<br />
have aswim afterwards.<br />
The uphill walk saw agood<br />
achievement by everyone who<br />
participated and she was<br />
thankful to people for their<br />
support and buoyed by<br />
encouragement to make it an<br />
annual event.<br />
‘‘I certainly was proud of<br />
everyone,’’ she said.<br />
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URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />
WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />
Forall other medicalassistanceoutsideofnormal<br />
hours please phone your generalpracticeteam, 24/7,<br />
to speak with ahealth professionalwho will giveyou<br />
free healthadviceonwhattodoorwheretogoifyou<br />
need urgentcare.<br />
If youdon’t have aregular general practice, call any<br />
GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice.<br />
All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />
passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />
New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>DutyPracticefor ...<br />
Saturday29th <strong>February</strong> is<br />
Tinwald Medical Centre, 33 Archibald Street.<br />
They will hold surgeries from 10.00am until 12.00pm<br />
and from 6.00pm until 7.00pm.<br />
No appointmentnecessary. Surgeryphone 308 6565.<br />
Sunday1st March is<br />
MooreStreet Medical Centre,MooreStreet.<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentplease phone 308 3066.<br />
Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />
weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />
MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />
or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />
Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be on the<br />
answer phone.<br />
PHARMACIES<br />
Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />
East Street will be open on ...<br />
Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />
Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />
At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />
normal trading hours during the week,and on<br />
Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />
Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />
Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />
Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />
Broughttoyouby<br />
CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />
DebraCurtin<br />
Chiropractor<br />
Mon, Wed, Fri8:30am-5pm<br />
Tues9:30am-5pm<br />
Fri8am -2pm;Sat appt only<br />
03 308 9516<br />
www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />
FREE Tai Chi Have A Go<br />
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March 9.00am -10.00am,<br />
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MEETINGS<br />
THE A.G.M. of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Pottery Society Inc. will be<br />
held at 26 Nixon Street,<br />
Tinwald, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />
Wednesday 11th March<br />
<strong>2020</strong> at 12.15pm.<br />
HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />
MEETINGS<br />
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />
Thursday 12th March <strong>2020</strong><br />
Braided Rivers Restaurant and Bar<br />
at 7.30pm<br />
We are looking for more people<br />
to join our committee<br />
All current AGC members are<br />
encouraged to attend.<br />
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account each week if you<br />
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digitals 1to9<br />
1 8 6 5 2 4 9 3 7<br />
4 7 5 3 1 9 6 8 2<br />
2 9 3 6 8 7 5 4 1<br />
6 3 9 7 5 2 4 1 8<br />
7 1 2 4 9 8 3 6 5<br />
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Solution to previous crossword<br />
QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8555 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -6,Bronchitis. 8, Aunt. 9,Lath. 10, Expel. 11,<br />
Mope. 12, Stevedore. 16, Dalmatian. 20, Toss. 22, Camel.<br />
23, Tune. 24, Trio. 25, Pedestrian.<br />
Down -1,Arrant. 2, Anchovy. 3,Shrewd. 4, Stupor. 5,<br />
Psalm. 7, Snipe. 13, Oil. 14, Stature. 15, Lorry. 17, Armada.<br />
18, Mulish. 19, Annual. 21, Scope.<br />
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8555 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -6,Round-about. 8, Al-to. 9, Ta-X-I. 10, Sally.<br />
11, S-nag. 12, On t-he men-d. 16, Starboard. 20, Arms.<br />
22, Treat. 23, G-a-in. 24, Vera (anag). 25, For certain.<br />
Down -1,Do-main. 2, In-sight. 3, Hansom (handsome).<br />
4, Roll-on. 5, Stays. 7, Steal (anag). 13, (eun)Eva (rev.).<br />
14, For-gets. 15, Green. 17, Theirs (there’s). 18, Rather.<br />
19, Ra-I’s-in. 21, Sta-FF.<br />
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CARS FOR SALE<br />
FORD Fairmont 1993, shed<br />
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is. Phone 0<strong>27</strong> 434 0442.<br />
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES<br />
PANELBEATING and spray<br />
painting of cars, trucks,<br />
buses, horse floats &<br />
motorhomes, caravans,<br />
trailers, farm machinery, jet<br />
boats. Light engineering<br />
and aluminium welding.<br />
Bus &Truck Bodyworks, 17<br />
Range Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Phone 307 0378.<br />
ALPS<br />
CONTINUOUS SPOUTING<br />
WILSONS<br />
WINDSCREENS<br />
WE WELCOME ZEK<br />
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2259750<br />
REPAIR or REPLACE 152 Wills Street,<br />
“Your placeorours” <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Ph.308 8485<br />
Need help with BOOKKEEPINGor<br />
ADMINISTRATIONSUPPORT?<br />
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Silvia Haddock 0<strong>27</strong> 2169478<br />
silvia@bradleyrural.co.nz l solutionsbusiness.co.nz<br />
ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com<br />
ALTERATIONS, mending<br />
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alterations and curtain<br />
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0<strong>27</strong> 352 7248.<br />
BUILDING and property<br />
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We project manage<br />
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Qualified tradesmen.<br />
Phone Kiwi Building &<br />
Maintenance Ltd. Gary 308<br />
4798, 0<strong>27</strong> 207 1478 or<br />
Cawte 0<strong>27</strong> 418 7955.<br />
CARPET cleaning -Powerful<br />
equipment & fast drying.<br />
Upholstery, mats and rugs.<br />
Experienced owner/operator.<br />
Phone John Cameron<br />
at Supersucker, 0<strong>27</strong> 435<br />
1042 or 308 1677.<br />
CARR’S Chimney Cleaning,<br />
servicing <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />
surrounding districts, $60<br />
per chimney. Phone<br />
Rodney on 03 324 2999<br />
and leave amessage.<br />
CHARLIE’S Blind Cleaning<br />
Service -same day service<br />
and repairs. Charlie can<br />
supply new blinds and<br />
tracks, will hang drapes.<br />
Phone 03 307 1936 or 020<br />
4169 0342.<br />
CHIMNEY sweep - For a<br />
professional service call<br />
Dan McKerrow Chimney<br />
Sweep and Repairs on 021<br />
118 7580.<br />
CHIMNEY sweep. It’s time to<br />
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Allan 0<strong>27</strong> 209 5026.a<br />
2259785<br />
22<strong>27</strong>833<br />
COMPUTER problems? For<br />
prompt reliable computer<br />
servicing and laser engraving<br />
contact Kelvin, KJB<br />
Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot<br />
Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />
308 8989. SuperGold discount<br />
card accepted.<br />
COMPUTER repairs, sales,<br />
training, setup -wireless -<br />
networks, spyware cleanup.<br />
On-site day or evening.<br />
LOW FEES. Call Robin<br />
Johnstone, Networks<br />
Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308<br />
1440 or 0<strong>27</strong> 768 4058.<br />
CONCRETE pavers direct to<br />
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sizes, textures and colours<br />
- Paveco, 13 Robinson<br />
Street, Industrial Estate.<br />
CONCRETE Services -<br />
Driveways, paths, patios,<br />
mowing edging. Decorative<br />
Concrete specialist 30<br />
years servicing Canterbury.<br />
Free quotes. No job too big<br />
or small. Phone Paul 021<br />
152 1966.<br />
DENTURES; Dr Peter<br />
Rumping repairs existing<br />
dentures and also provides<br />
new dentures. Phone 0<strong>27</strong><br />
220 9997.<br />
ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,<br />
farm equipment<br />
service and maintenance,<br />
W.O.F. repairs, machining<br />
and welding. Odd jobs a<br />
speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />
Can collect. Phone<br />
Malcolm 0<strong>27</strong> 475 4241.<br />
FURNITURE removals -For<br />
all your household removal<br />
needs call Nudges Furniture<br />
Removals, phone 0<strong>27</strong><br />
224 0609.<br />
Allworkmanship guaranteed<br />
Ben Kruger 021 808 739 or 308 4380<br />
FOR ALL YOUR<br />
•LawnMowing<br />
•Pruning<br />
•Garden Maintenance<br />
•Gutter Cleaning<br />
•Rubbish Removal<br />
Call us TODAY<br />
foraFREE quote<br />
PLASTERING<br />
&COATINGS<br />
Rockcote. Waterproofing.<br />
Texture/Specialist<br />
Coatings.<br />
The Finishing Company<br />
03 307 8870 2238798<br />
FLY control and spider<br />
proofing. For all domestic<br />
and industrial pest control<br />
needs phone AJ Kerr at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest Control on<br />
03 308 8147 or 0<strong>27</strong> 432<br />
5447.<br />
GARDENING, mowing,<br />
pruning, fertilising, projects<br />
or general spruce ups? Call<br />
Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />
to get the job done right.<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 765 2899 or 03 307 1693.<br />
sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<br />
HYDRAULICS; Martin<br />
Bennett -Onsite hydraulic<br />
hose repair service 24/7.<br />
Stockists of Aero Quip<br />
hoses &fittings, Commercial<br />
hydraulics, Dynacool,<br />
Spool valves etc., MP Filtri,<br />
Walvoil. Call Justin on 308<br />
9778.<br />
LEGAL work -Phone Peter<br />
Ragg (<strong>Ashburton</strong> Law) for<br />
house sales, purchases<br />
and refinances. Will call at<br />
home evenings for wills,<br />
enduring powers of<br />
attorney. Phone 308 03<strong>27</strong>.<br />
PAINTER for all your painting<br />
needs. No job too small,<br />
inside or outside. Professional<br />
friendly service.<br />
Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />
0<strong>27</strong> 200 1619.<br />
PLUMBING, drainlaying,<br />
blocked drains. Phone<br />
Lindsay at Doaky’s Plumbing<br />
on 0<strong>27</strong> 555 5575 or 308<br />
1248 (Master Plumbers &<br />
Drainlayers).<br />
232 BoundaryRoad,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
www.alpscontinuousspouting.co.nz<br />
E; benkruger@xtra.co.nz<br />
2245223<br />
Ph 0800 4546 546<br />
(0800 4jimjim)<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
ASHBURTON<br />
SOCIETY OF ARTS<br />
SUMMER SHOW<br />
ShortStreet Studio<br />
Opened Sunday23<strong>February</strong><br />
11am-4pm<br />
Guest: Christine Lang plus agreat selection<br />
of work from local artists.<br />
Open Sat&Sun 11am -4pm<br />
Mon&Wedwhensignout<br />
until Sunday 22 March<br />
Enquiries Ngaio 308 4533<br />
Lynda 0<strong>27</strong>3135 178<br />
2261656<br />
22<strong>27</strong>819<br />
PAINTING wallpapering,<br />
plastering - No job too<br />
small. Interior, exterior.<br />
Professional, prompt, competitive<br />
service. Phone<br />
Tony Sivier at Paint It <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
on 021 878 794 or<br />
307 7289.<br />
SEWING alterations - anything<br />
considered, reasonable<br />
rates. Smoke and pet<br />
free home. Retired wedding<br />
seamstress. Phone Judith<br />
308 3084, Allenton.<br />
ROOF COATINGS All roof<br />
types, specialising in<br />
Decramastic and Long Run<br />
Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />
roofs not aproblem. Member<br />
Master Painters &<br />
Roofing Association NZ<br />
Spraymaster 0<strong>27</strong>4337780<br />
SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />
Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />
control for homes -offices -<br />
and cars. Phone Craig<br />
Rogers 307 6347, member<br />
of Master Tinters NZ.<br />
TILING - For all your tiling<br />
requirements including kitchen<br />
splash backs, flooring<br />
etc. (full water proofing),<br />
call Kevin on 0<strong>27</strong> 496 8314.<br />
TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV<br />
block, glare, heat control,<br />
safety, security, privacy,<br />
frosting films, solar protective<br />
window films. Free<br />
quotes, 20 years local service.<br />
Phone 0800 368 468<br />
now, Bill Breukelaar, www.<br />
tintawindow.co.nz<br />
TV Reception Specialists for<br />
all your digital freeview<br />
installations and repairs,<br />
TV wall mounting, Smart<br />
TV set-up, home theatre<br />
installation. Call John at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> TV &Audio Ltd<br />
03 308 7332 or 0<strong>27</strong> <strong>27</strong>7<br />
1062.<br />
WINDSCREENS and house<br />
glass. Qualified flat glass<br />
glazier now in-house. Anything<br />
glass, give us acall.<br />
Your place or ours. Wilson<br />
Windscreens, 152 Wills<br />
Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />
03 308 8485.<br />
PERSONAL<br />
HOPING to meet 48-60yr old<br />
female for friendship,<br />
outings, possible relationship,<br />
that looks great in a<br />
swimsuit and would like to<br />
travel. Phone or text 028<br />
418 0403.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 35<br />
PosiveAgeing Expo<br />
Thursday, 5March <strong>2020</strong><br />
10:00am -3:00pm<br />
Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Racecourse Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Exhibits and displays. Social connecons.<br />
Raffles. Light refreshments available on site.<br />
Enterour surprise draw.<br />
Bringafriendand makeadayofit.<br />
Gold coin entry.<br />
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Forapplication and eligibilitycriteria go to<br />
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Methven recycling yard closure<br />
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The Methven Recycling Yard will be restricted and/or closed for<br />
maintenanceinMarch.<br />
The drop-off surfacewillbereshaped to allowfor improved<br />
surfacewater run off,which will help prevent potholing in<br />
winter.<br />
The Line Road entrancewillbeclosed Tuesday 3March and<br />
Wednesday 4March. The Methven ChertseyRoadentrancewill<br />
be closed Thursday 5March and Friday 6March.<br />
The entirefacility willbeclosedMonday 9March and Tuesday<br />
10 March. The sitewillbefullyoperationalfromWednesday11<br />
March.<br />
NeilMcCann<br />
ServiceDeliveryGroup Manager<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
HAVE YOUR SAY<br />
ASHBURTON<br />
Meetings forratepayersofthe followingdrainageand river<br />
rating districts are beingheldasoutlined below:<br />
• Upper Hinds River/Hekeao: Tuesday3March,<br />
10am,MayfieldHall, State Highway 79,Mayfield<br />
• LowerHinds River/Hekeao: Wednesday4March,<br />
10am,Hinds Community Centre, 20 Rogers Street,Hinds<br />
• <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hinds Drainage: Thursday 5March,<br />
9.30am,EiffeltonHall, 979Longbeach Road,Eiffelton<br />
• <strong>Ashburton</strong> River/Hakatere: Thursday 5March,<br />
6.30pm,<strong>Ashburton</strong> Community House,<br />
44 Cass Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Thepurpose of themeetingsistoelect aliaisoncommittee<br />
foreachofthese rating districts, and to discuss works and<br />
finances.All ratepayers are welcome; your ratesnotice will<br />
tell youifyou are aratepayerofany of theabove districts.<br />
To findout more go to: ecan.govt.nz/riverdistrict<br />
Bill Bayfield<br />
CHIEFEXECUTIVE<br />
Pleasecontact<br />
Environment<br />
Canterbury with<br />
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TheCancer Societyoffering<br />
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CANCER SOCIETY<br />
TheMackenzie Centre,<br />
122 Kermode Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
ContactAnnie on 03 307 7691<br />
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Country<br />
DanceClub<br />
Season begins<br />
Wednesday, March4<br />
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Buffalo LodgeHall<br />
20 CoxStreet<br />
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dancers welcome<br />
Enquiries<br />
Elizabeth Temple<br />
03 308 5437<br />
2261261<br />
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Expressions of interest -building removal<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council invites expressions of interest from<br />
interested parties forthe purchase and removalofthe former<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Information Centrebuilding.<br />
The building is situated on the East Street greenimmediately<br />
north of the chessboard in the town centre.<br />
All queriesare to be directedto: info@adc.govt.nz<br />
Expressions of interestcloseat4pm, Monday9March <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Hamish Riach<br />
Chief ExecutiveOfficer<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />
ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />
Youare invited<br />
to celebrate<br />
WORLDDAY<br />
OF PRAYER<br />
FridayMarch 6, <strong>2020</strong><br />
at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Baptist Church,<br />
cnr Cass &Havelock<br />
Streets,<strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
10am<br />
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EDUCATIONAL<br />
CJ’S Driving School -<br />
Classes 2 & 5,<br />
endorsements F & D,<br />
forklift F&OSH, dangerous<br />
goods. NZTA approved<br />
course provider. MITO &<br />
Competenz assessor.<br />
Locally owned. Phone<br />
Christine 0<strong>27</strong> 245 2563.<br />
2261174
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