Ashburton Courier: March 26, 2020

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Page 10, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday March 26, 2020 Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Family Notices ENGAGEMENT DEATHS DEATHS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mr Thames and Mrs Jackie Proudman,together with Mr Brent and MrsSandraClarke are delighted toannounce the engagement of Samuel Clarke and Olivia Proudman on the 22nd of March2020. DEATHS BONIFANT, Annabel Audrey: Passed away at Christchurch Hospital on Wednesday 18 March 2020, aged 72 years. Dearly loved wife ofRoger, mother and mother in law of Tim (deceased) and Hilary (Wellington), Georgie and Marcus Peacock (Hawkes Bay), Tessa and Jamie Durham (London), Daniel and Abby (Wellington), and grandchildren Aimee and Ollie, Hana, Jimmy and Micky, Francesca, Walter and Rose, Millie, and Ben and Poppy. Aprivatefamily service has beenheld. Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 McLACHLAN, Trevor Murray (Trev): On March 19, 2020 passed away peacefully at his home, Christchurch). Aged 66 years. Dearly loved husband of Jackie. Father and father in law ofAudrey and Heath Cater, grandad of Tyla, Xanthe, and Nevaeh. Loved stepfather of Andrew and Rosie and Poppa Trev of Bailee, and Kymzara. Loved son of the late Beverley and Murray and brother and brother in law of Ken and Polly Darrell, Betsy and David Tipple, and Jason and Kimberlee. Aloved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Messages to C/- 2/351 Lincoln Rolleston Road, Rolleston 7678. At Trev’s request a private cremation has been held. Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 Birth notices listed by parents will continue to be free in the Family Notices column. Theinitial death noticelodged by afuneral director will be listed without charge.There will be asmall charge of $15 forsubsequentnotices relatedtothe same death, up to amaximum of 35 wordsand on aper-line basis afterthat. The same low charges apply to other family notices,such as engagements,acknowledgments, in memoriam notices and anniversaries. Supporting the community 96 Tancred Street,Ashburton. Phone 307 8317 LREA2008 MCRE Complete Local Care Since 1982 DOIG,Neil Joseph (Rowdy)- Passed away in Christchurch on Saturday 14March after a long courageous battle with leukaemia. Aged 60 years. Dearly loved husband of Yanin, loved step-father of Kanta and Hang, adored and loving grandfather of Reggie. Much loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle of Rosemary (Neils twin) and Grant Brown, Jessica and Orin Tapp, Hayley and Milo Klaus; Laurel and David Allan, Larissa and Connor; Sandra and Brent Clarke, Sam, Georgia, and Rebecca. A loved son of Stuart and NancyDoig (both deceased). Special thanks to the staff at the Christchurch Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Messages may be sent to : 20 Trellech Place, Ashburton 7700. At Neil’s request a private family servicehas been held. John Rhind Funeral Directors 03 379 9920 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DEAKER, William Graham: Shona, Kelvin and Meghan, Blair and Jo and their families thank you for the love and support given to us at the sad loss of Graham. Your cards, phone calls, flowers, baking and visits have been greatly appreciated. EDE, Maurice Edgar: Beverley, Nigel and Sharron, Shona and John, Deborah and Craig and their families wish to thankyou allfor your kindexpressionsofsympathy and support, for your visits, flowers, cards, phonecalls and food. Thanks to the staff at Ward Two Ashburton Hospital and special thanks for the wonderful care and help thatMauricereceived at Rosebank Resthome, itwas much appreciated. Thank you to Bernard Egan and Linda at Paterson’s Funerals. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement of our gratefulthanks to all. NEWTON, June: Dianne and Angela, and families,wish to sincerely thank all those who in any way acknowledged the sad loss of their cherished mother, motherin-law, nana and great-nana. We appreciated your love and support. Thank you to those who attended the serviceand the church ladies for their catering. Special thanks to Wendy Millichamp for officiating, and to Rochelle, Polly and Barry from Paterson’s fortheir help and care. Agracious,gentle and patient lady nowatrest. So sadly missed. Please accept this as our personal acknowledgement. Aperfect venue for Functions, Funerals and Weddings. Trott’s Garden 371RacecourseRoad, Ashburton www.trotts.co.nz |Email: info@trotts.co.nz 2258775 Family owned, locally owned Ashburton cubs Sean Williams, Jack Scoon and William Carnell prepare to set sail in alesson at Lake Hood. Cubs master sailing skills Ashburton cubs took to the waters of Lake Hood last week with some twilight sailing. Around 15 cubs, each with different experience levels, took to yachts, kayaks and arow boat to gain some new skills. 22 MooreStreet, Ashburton 0800 2636679 2262527 Under the watchful eye of leaders, and ManiaORoto water coordinator Dave Strong, the cubs spent just over an hour on the water familiarising themselves with the use of oars and rigging lines to steer. Refugee family delays expected By Mick Jensen The first wave of Afghan families expected in Ashburton as part of the refugee resettlement programme are likely to arrive alittle later than scheduled, but systems and support mechanisms are being developed to help them settle into anew life in New Zealand. The refugee resettlement service is funded for three years by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and involves eight communities across New Zealand. The firstquota refugees arrived recently in the country for asixweek reception programme at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre. They will thenmove to settlement locations that include Blenheim and Timaru. The UN refugee agency hasnow temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures in line with developments in theCovid19 situation. Two to three families, or around 10 people, were originally expectedin Ashburton on June 19, but that was now likely to be delayed, said Ashburton Refugee Settlement Supportteam leader Kathy HarringtonWatt. The former social worker and clinical art therapist, who holds adoctorate in anthropology with aspecial focus on Letter to the Editor Farmers’ market The Ashburton District Farmers’ Market stallholders wish to advise their customers and the people of Mid Canterbury that with the current regulations due to the Covid19 Pandemic, we have ceased trading. We havestarted our winter break early but plan to be back late September, all going well. Our twelfth market season has gone well, with some new stallholders joining us and thishas added to the varietyand atmosphere at the market. We have also appreciated the local buskerswho have given their time to entertain us. We thank all our loyal customers who have supported us, wet or fine, migrant communities,said plans were developingtowelcome and support the refugees whenthey did arrive. Mrs HarringtonWatt will build a support teamofcaseworkers/social workers and is currently advertising for parttimestaff who will focus on the areas of youth, housing, cultural navigationand volunteer coordination. Onsite training is planned, including cultural training, before the refugees arrive and the Red Cross willsupport the refugees to find employment throughtheir pathways to employment scheme. The Afghan refugee community in Christchurchwill also be consulted. Learning English was apriority for the refugees, as was getting ajob, said Mrs HarringtonWatt. She said caseworkers would work with the families to identify complex issues that may affect them and would provide appropriatesupport and referrals. Eachfamily would be supported for 12 months, or longer if necessary. Mrs HarringtonWatt said anumber of community volunteers had already put up their hand to help and their role would be defined over time and based on needs. ‘‘Weneed to find out from the refugees whattheir needs andwants are and then offer them choice and solutions.’’ and will be pleased to welcome themback next season, would also liketo encourage morelocals to come to the market when we recommence at the end of September 2020. Shouldanyone be interested in joiningasa stallholder, this is an excellent time to start thinking and planning, site availability is not a problem, new ideas and variety would be appreciated. Judith Crozier, Ashburton District Farmers’ Market secretary
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday March 26, 2020, Page 11 Loving Mt Hutt tracks,trails By Mick Jensen The slopes of Mt Hutt are a year round playground for Methven brothers Reilly and Patrick Duff. The teenagers are among the country’s best school age downhill mountain bikers and also talented skiers. Both were set to compete at the South Island Secondary Schools (SISS) MTB Championships at the Mt Hutt Bikepark from tomorrow, but that event, like countless others, has been canned because of Covid19. Reilly, 16, won the under17 downhill last year and was second in the enduro, while brother Patrick, 14, won the under15 downhill and was sixth in the enduro. Reilly went on to win the downhill and was the fifth fastest overall rider at the school nationals last October, and Patrick claimed second place in the under15 downhill. The Mt Hutt College students have been biking and skiing from avery young age. Reilly said he had been looking forward to competing at the SISS championships at Mt Hutt. He had hoped to win his age group downhill event again and wanted to improve his enduro time. He said his younger brother was sometimes faster than him, and had proven it at arecent club event when Patrick had set the atime of 1m:47s for the Diggler route. The Duff boys have been racing competitively for four years and both own trail, downhill and BMX bikes. The pair enjoyed ataste of top competition earlier this year at the Oceania and National Downhill MTB Championships in Dunedin, Methven brothers, from left, Patrick and Reilly Duff. where Reilly finished fourth in the Oceania and fifth in the nationals. Patrick, riding in the U17 events, finished seventh in both. Downhill racing was about speed, control and adrenaline, said Reilly. ‘‘You need to stay relaxed and have aclear mind on the way down.’’ Patrick said he and his brother preferred the thrills of downhill and enduro than the flatter, loop trails of cross country. Enduro, like downhill, was timed, but had multiple stages and bikes needed ‘‘a bit more suspension and different gearing’’. Downhill had one track and needed explosive power, he said. Reilly and Patrick Duff would both love to be professional mountain bikers like their idol Anton Cooper, but for now they are content with riding and juggling school with part time jobs. The boys have Mt Hutt in their sights over winter, and if all goes well, they’ll be speeding down the slopes. Andrew Falloon MP for Rangitata Your LocalVoice Due toCOVID 19 Alert Level4my offices are CLOSED Both myself and my staff remain available by phone and email. Timaru 03 683 1386 Ashburton 03 308 7510 andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,139 Stafford St,Timaru. GREAT RATES PC Repairs, Set-up and Tutoring Icome to youday or evening! NewPCs and Laptops forsale •PCRepairs/Sales •Networks/Servers •Firewalls/Security •Spyware Clean-up •Training 20 YearsExperience Microso Cerfied Professional NETWORKS FIREWALLS AND PCS LTD Robin Johnstone 67 Aitken Street, Ashburton P: 03 308 1440 C: 027 768 4058 robinbj@xtra.co.nz 2245342 Uncertainty over skifield opening A big cloud of uncertainty hangs over whether the Mt Hutt Skifield will open this season because of the Covid19 outbreak. Mt Hutt, which is owned by NZSki, is scheduled toopen on June 5. NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson said the company was planning for everything from a‘‘reduced demand season’’ all the way through to ‘‘not beingable to open’’. He said Mt Hutt had nine permanent staff, which inwinter grew to around 300. Last year, half of the staff were on working visas and 60% were returnees. ‘‘With the current travel restrictions and advisories, and airlines reducing international services for the foreseeable future it means their journey to New Zealand is likely to be delayed. ‘‘Our team is following this closely and working on contingencies.’’ Mr Anderson said NZSki was preparing for arange ofscenarios and had placed a hold on any further recruitment at the moment. ‘‘Messaging to our permanent and contracted seasonal staff currently is thatwe are remaining optimistic and we are still planning toopen asscheduled, however, we are reviewing what our season might look like and will keep everyone updated.’’ With the ski season still nine weeks away, the skifield is not currently considering requests for refunds on ski passes and will continue to review the situation as the season gets closer. In the event that Mt Hutt is unable to openfor the entire season, rollover products purchasedfor use in the 2021season,orfull refunds will be provided. If mountain operations are disrupted or affected bythe pandemic for aperiod of time the ‘‘cancellation and refund policies will be reviewed to be fair and flexible for our customers’’, it says onthe mthutt.co.nz website. Ashburton April 16, 17, 20, 21, 22 &23 2265774 171 ALFORD FOREST RD, ASHBURTON 0800 86 22 44 WE HAVE SOME NEWEQUIPMENT hireworx.co.nz Chippers Generators Access Gear Trailers Excavators Toilets Forklifts Mowers &more 2269088
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