Ashburton Courier: March 12, 2020

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Page 8, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday March 12, 2020 Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Spend a couple of hours every Thursday delivering the Ashburton Courier and Realty in the Ashburton urban area. Enjoy the fresh air, stay fit and reap the health benefits! Phone Leonie todayon308 7664 to get startedoremail leonie.marsden@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 2264292 Stay fit &earn $$$ at the same time BUILD UPYOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM! TAKE TOGETHER FOR ULTIMATE IMMUNE PROTECTION! If you have any pre-existing medical conditions, consult ahealth professional prior to use. Always read the label and take as directed. TAPS PP5244. HealthZone Limited, Hamilton. ASHBURTON The Arcade (03) 308 1815 h2k11@xtra.co.nz www.Health2OOO.co.nz Follow Health2OOOGroup on: Doctor is new Rakaia Medical Centre owner The Rakaia Medical Centre has been sold to one of the doctors who works there and the community trust that previously ran it will be wound up. Dr Sue Fowlie and her husband Colin Steven have bought the business, which has over 2500 patients and will double its footprint when its premises are expanded in the next year. Dr Fowlie, clinical director and practising GP at the centre, has worked there since 2016. She is also known outside the centre as the doctor who travels to rural events in aspecial orange caravan to do free rural health checks for farmers. Trust chairperson Nicki Webster said the centre was moving into wonderful hands. ‘‘It is the best outcome for the bright future of the centre.’’ The medical centre celebrates 20 years in June and has two permanent GPs and aregular locum, a newlygraduated nurse practitioner, three nurses and an administration team behind the clinical team. Dr Fowlie said she was grateful to be part of a team that worked toward giving the best care to patients. The centre would expand to include an onsite pharmacy and more health professionals. ‘‘We want to be able to provide the best care for our evergrowing community into the future,’’ Dr Fowlie said. ‘‘Providing services that allow patients to access them without having to travel far matters, people’s health and wellness matters.’’ Trustees and the medical centre’s team are delighted about the change and everyone is looking forward to having Dr Fowlie at the helm. PACK FOR $120 2265437 Rakaia Medical Centre Trust chairperson Nicki Webster (left) is happy to have Rakaia doctor Sue Fowlie as the new medical centre owner. Practice manager Emma JailletGodin said improving the quality of service and maintaining health, independence and wellness in the community was important. She said Dr Fowlie was a passionate and dedicated GP. Dr Fowlie is part of the Ashburton service level alliance and sits on the Canterbury Clinical Network Alliance leadership team. The governing trust will be wound up and money from the sale of the practice transferred to the Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation, to be invested and be of benefit to the people of Rakaia for the generations to come. Interest shown at domain open day Over180 people camealongtoan openday on Saturday to check out proposed longterm development plans for Ashburton Domain. The publicchecked outdisplays and concept drawings andspoke withcouncil staffand Ashburton councillors about their own thoughts and ideas. Ashburton District Council group manager servicedelivery NeilMcCann said it was great to see howpositive the community was aboutthe draft plan and the range of ideas thepublic shared was exciting. Anumber of peoplehad been interested in the future accessto the domainnow thatNZTA had confirmed lightswere going in at the Walnut Avenue roundabout. The lightswould meannew accesswas needed intothe domainfurther along Walnut Avenue andalso alikely ‘‘left in, leftout’’access way off West Street. There was good interest in the domain open day on Saturday. Mr McCann saidthe 24 projects identified in the development planfor the next30years had attracted alot of interest,and appeared popularwithanumber of residents spoken to. He said the Ashburton Domain was rightly consideredatreasured communityasset and peoplewere keentosee safepedestrian access and green spaces. The publicwas alsoaskedto write downits suggestionsand a numberofcommentswere left withcouncil. Somewantedanupgrade of the domainpavilion, decks addedand waterways enhanced, and improvementstothe fitnesstrail. Others wanted asoundshellfor publicevents, an education centre in thedomain for schoolsand other groups, afoodtruck area, and tearooms. One person saidthey werekeen to see the council’sworks depot relocated backtoSouth Street, or at least to seethe depot’s footprint in thedomain vastly reduced. Feedback on the domain redevelopment closesonApril 5, withhearingsset for April29. Council is expected to signoff on plans by themiddle of the year. Support for bowling club There was plenty of public support offered to the Ashburton Bowling Club at an open day on Saturday, as it bids to secure its longterm future at its current site in the Ashburton Domain. The club leases land from Ashburton District Council and that lease is up for renewal in 2028. Ashburton Bowling Club president Jo Ryk said dozens of people through the door on Saturday backed the call for the club to stay where it is. He said all the local bowling clubs and the wider bowls fraternity were of the same opinion. Having 96 bowlers out on the greens for Friday triples in the season, and with the domain as a backdrop, was an impressive sight that bowlers did not want to see disappear. The bowling club was wellused and a real community asset, he said. ‘‘We’ve got alot of history here and we want to create more history by staying put for the long term.’’ Mr Ryk said he was optimistic the club would not be moved on. There was no budget for any relocation at this stage and, for the club, it could be acase of ‘‘stay put, or fold’’, he said. Newcomers to the game of bowls enjoyed the opportunity for aroll up at the open day, with help and advice given by club members. Ashburton Bowling Club has around 90 members and the club is 125 years old.
Mudslide popular These youngsters tackle the slide set up at the scout park. Emma Wheeler on the mudslide. Even alight dusting of rain could not dampen the high spirits of those participating in the national mudslide day at ManiaORoto Scout Park inAshburton onSunday. It just added to the mix ofmud glorious mud and it was everywhere. Scores of people, young and old, slipped and rolled inthe stuff at the annual event hosted by the Mania ORoto Zone Group. ManiaORoto Zone Kea leader Nicci Glanville said it was already a nationwide event for scouting groups of Keas, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Roversbut was open to the public at the scout park tointroduce them to scouting. Among the activities were ground slides, mat slides, athrowing target, aplatform slide and adunking chair. It also showcased two pioneering projects made byAllenton and Methven scouting groups; respectively a two to three metre high platform mudslide spanning around 10metres long and the dunking chair. ‘‘It’s an open community event for everyone tohave agoand have some fun,’’ she said. There was a mix of mud and water activities for people totake part in, asausage sizzle to warm the insides and lots of squeals of laughter. It was the second time the scouts had opened the event to the public and the second time it had been held atthe scout park. SIPPER BOTTLE Pa ams Fr resh Mesclun 120g or Ready To Eat Fr ruit 150gPrepack $ 3 49 pk ON NOW WHEN YOU BUY ANY2 POWERADE 750mL Pams Fresh NZ Oven ReadyChicken 1.5kg $ 10 99 ea Pams Fresh Sweet Temptation Tomatoes 500g Prepack Product of New Zealand $ 3 29 pk Pams Fresh NZ Chicken Kebabs 8Pack $ 8 49 pk Ashburton Forest &Bird member Edith Smith was among the five nest counters in the Ashburton River last week. Gull nests counted, birds on themove It’sthe endofthe nestingseason andrare blackbilled gull numbers in the Ashburton River near the Tinwald Bridge are thinning out. Last week members of Ashburton Forest &Bird counted around 1200 nests in three main nesting sites and estimate that around 900 chicks were born this season. Forest & Bird member Edith Smith said itwas likely half the nests had been home tosingle chicks. An estimated 500 birds remained on the site during the count, but they were expected to be gone in the next two weeks. Nest counters also found 30 dead chicks, and afew birds that were injured, said Mrs Smith. She said inmidNovember bird numbers at the nestingsiteswerearound 4000. December’s flood in the Ashburton River had seen it visibly rise toreach 240 cumecs, but despite that, the birds had recovered well and had returned to nesting. Mrs Smith said floods impacted the birds, but so did human activity inthe riverbed and also predators. Data collected by Ashburton Forest & Bird over the season will be passed onto river protection advocacy group BRaid and Environment Canterbury. Pams Chocolate Biscuits 200g $ 1 99 ea www.foursquare.co.nz Pams Potato Chips 150g(excludes Kettles) ANY 2FOR $ 2 99 facebook.com/FourSquareNZ Specials availableSouthIslandonly from Monday9th March untilSunday 22nd March 2020orwhilestockslast. Wine andbeeravailable at stores withanoff licence.Wineand beer purchases restricted to personsaged 18 years old and over.
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