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National retailer Bunnings is<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor Neil Brown is<br />
concerned more job losses in the<br />
district will follow.<br />
Six other Bunnings stores are also<br />
up for closure around the country,<br />
with the company saying trading<br />
challenges had been exacerbated as a<br />
result of the Covid19 environment.<br />
The seven stores, employing a<br />
total of <strong>14</strong>5 staff, were no longer<br />
viable, said Bunnings NZ director<br />
Jacqui Coombes.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> store employs 15<br />
fulltime staff, plus nine parttime<br />
and six casual staff.<br />
‘‘We feel for the staff at the<br />
Bunnings site,’’ Mr Brown said.<br />
The proposed job losses will add to<br />
the district’s rising unemployment<br />
figures. Numbers on the jobseeker<br />
benefit have risen from 531 in March<br />
to 652 in April.<br />
Mr Brown said he hoped<br />
government had more support<br />
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businesses, of which <strong>Ashburton</strong> had<br />
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Disposable nappies, food and<br />
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recycling bins, causing headaches<br />
for <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />
contractors and adding thousands<br />
of dollars to the district’s waste<br />
bill.<br />
Recycling audits last week<br />
showed 50 per cent contamination<br />
in collections from Hampstead,<br />
Tinwald and <strong>Ashburton</strong> central<br />
west. Recycling from Allenton<br />
north was 10 per cent<br />
contaminated.<br />
Contractors are reporting food,<br />
nappies and garden rubbish as the<br />
main culprits contaminating<br />
recycling, but had also spotted<br />
items like corrugated iron and a<br />
vacuum cleaner.<br />
Council’sservice delivery group<br />
manager Neil McCann said<br />
kerbside recyclingwould not be<br />
sent for sorting in Christchurch<br />
until contamination came backto<br />
an acceptable level.<br />
‘‘We are aiming to get it under<br />
five per cent by volume. During<br />
level 4, it was close to 50 per cent<br />
in many areas.’’<br />
During Alert Level 4lockdown,<br />
ratepayers were allowed to mix<br />
recyclables and waste, as all<br />
kerbside collectionswent straight<br />
to landfill. Under level3,they<br />
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Delay for MSA disappoints<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
While restaurants, cafes, and<br />
bars able to offer meals can<br />
reopen under new Alert Level 2<br />
restrictions, chartered clubs<br />
like the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Club &<br />
MSA will not be allowed to<br />
open for another week.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA president<br />
Murray Campbell said he was<br />
very disappointed with the<br />
decision to delay reopening.<br />
The MSA was aprivate<br />
members’ club and he was<br />
investigating whether the same<br />
rules applied.<br />
He said there was a90per<br />
cent chance the bar would<br />
remain closed until <strong>May</strong> 21,<br />
which was not good for<br />
business.<br />
The MSA was ‘‘already<br />
bleeding and it couldn’t get the<br />
band aid on quick enough,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
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Building work continues at the MSA.<br />
‘‘It’s another week without<br />
revenue.’’<br />
Mr Campbell said he<br />
expected to see anumber of<br />
bars around the country ‘‘turn<br />
themselves into restaurants’’ to<br />
comply with regulations.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA had a<br />
membership of around 4000<br />
and operated 20 different<br />
sections and its members<br />
212 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308 8309<br />
wanted to come back.<br />
‘‘The companionship and<br />
wellbeing of our members has<br />
diminished over the last seven<br />
weeks.<br />
‘‘We have anumber of older<br />
members and for them coming<br />
here is an important social trip<br />
out.’’<br />
The club used acard system<br />
for entry and when the bar was<br />
allowed to reopen maximum<br />
numbers of 100 could easily be<br />
managed, he said.<br />
There were plenty of seats<br />
and room for people to spread<br />
out to meet regulations.<br />
The bottlestore at the MSA<br />
opened under level 3<br />
restrictions and Mr Campbell<br />
said he expected it to be pretty<br />
much business as usual under<br />
level 2.<br />
He said the big rebuild and<br />
refurbishment at the MSA,<br />
including anew, relocated<br />
restaurant, was now anumber<br />
of weeks behind schedule.<br />
He expected the first floor<br />
concrete pour to start in the<br />
next couple of weeks.<br />
Restaurants and cafes can<br />
reopen under Alert Level 2,<br />
provided they follow social<br />
distancing rules and take group<br />
bookings of no more than 10<br />
people.<br />
Patience urged as facilities open<br />
Be patient, life in Alert Level 2<br />
will be slowerasretailers and<br />
council staffatfacilities like EA<br />
NetworksCentreand the public<br />
library learn new,safe ways of<br />
dealing with customers.<br />
That’s the message from<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council chief<br />
executive Hamish Riach, who<br />
says people need to be prepared<br />
to give their namesfor contact<br />
tracing,wait in aqueueand<br />
accept new waysofaccessing<br />
businesses and services.<br />
‘‘Therewill be somepatience<br />
needed from people. The<br />
requirement for physical<br />
distancing and contact tracing<br />
will mean it will be alittlebit<br />
slower.’’<br />
Council is openingits main<br />
office building today, as well as<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum, the<br />
libraryand EA Networks Centre.<br />
Playgrounds and open spaces<br />
are also open, as are public<br />
toilets, whichwill see more<br />
regularcleaning. Parking<br />
enforcement will return on<br />
Monday.<br />
Mr Riach said staffwere<br />
working hard to return council<br />
services in asafe way.<br />
Physical distancing will be a<br />
fact of life, meaningoperational<br />
changes in some facilities.<br />
The stadiumatEANetworks<br />
Centrewill notopen,but gym<br />
classes will operatewith smaller<br />
numbers to ensure participants<br />
werespaced out and the swim<br />
school will resume.<br />
Mr Riachsaid ensuring<br />
physical distancingmeant some<br />
people whoturned up to swim or<br />
use the gym might find theywere<br />
out of luck.<br />
Exit and entry points have<br />
beenset up in all council<br />
buildings and people using them<br />
will havetogive their namesand<br />
contacttelephone numbers. The<br />
paper registers would be<br />
destroyed after 30 days.<br />
‘‘Contact tracing is critical to<br />
level 2functioningproperly.<br />
People will not be allowedto<br />
Bad recyclers are costing ratepayers<br />
From page 1<br />
‘‘Weexpect somelag from<br />
level4tocarry on into thenext<br />
fortnightlycycle,’’ Mr McCann<br />
said.<br />
From April 1to<strong>May</strong> 11,council<br />
sent 37 loads and1875 tonnes of<br />
recyclingtolandfill, at an<br />
additional costof$39,405.<br />
Each load of rejected recycling<br />
costs about $1065 to send to<br />
landfill.<br />
Hesaidifrecyclingcompliance<br />
didnot improveinanothertwo<br />
weeks, council would push an<br />
educationcampaign to ratepayers.<br />
Cameras on recycling trucks also<br />
gave the abilitytotrackand deal<br />
with persistentoffenders.<br />
‘‘We are hopingand trustthat<br />
people willrespondand getback<br />
to normal. Otherwise it willcost<br />
them.’’<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s glassisrecycled in<br />
Auckland. <strong>Ashburton</strong> is the only<br />
councilinCanterbury thatcollects<br />
glass separately and sends itnorth;<br />
thatservicecontinues.<br />
Mr McCann said therewas an<br />
influxofgreen waste at the<br />
resource recovery park under<br />
level3restrictions,though this<br />
come in otherwise.<br />
‘‘Wehave to havetotakeitall<br />
in the spirit we have shown in the<br />
lastsix or sevenweeks. If we<br />
want our facilities to be open, it<br />
is not business as usual.’’<br />
Leadingalargecouncilstaff<br />
through alockdown andongoing<br />
pandemichas been challenging<br />
for the district’s top civil servant.<br />
He said it comparedtothe<br />
Christchurch earthquakes,when<br />
the city and the Crusaders rugby<br />
franchise that he led then<br />
wonderedifthey had afuture.<br />
‘‘Thedifference now is that<br />
the whole world is going through<br />
this, we don’t feel as if we are in<br />
this on our own.’’<br />
had since tailed off to normal<br />
levels.‘‘Whenaveraged outacross<br />
timefrom thestart of the<br />
lockdown in March, thevolumes<br />
are aboutnormal forthis timeof<br />
year.’’<br />
He said council’s contractor<br />
EnviroWaste haddone agreat job<br />
of respondingtothechallengesof<br />
collecting the district’s rubbish<br />
duringpandemic conditions.<br />
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Ben’s home, uni studies online<br />
Lola Bryson-Boe on Mt Hutt last season.<br />
Ski family ready<br />
for the slopes<br />
Warren Bryson and his<br />
family of skiers can’t wait<br />
to hit the slopes of Mt<br />
Hutt when the skifield<br />
opens.<br />
Mr Bryson, his wife<br />
Renee Boe and teenage<br />
children Louis, 18, and<br />
Lola, <strong>14</strong>, live at Staveley<br />
and are all competent<br />
skiers.<br />
They enjoy active<br />
winters in the great<br />
outdoors together and<br />
love the challenge of allmountain<br />
skiing.<br />
The family bought this<br />
year’s season passes early<br />
and also usually get in a<br />
few ski days at the<br />
Remarkables and<br />
Coronet Peak, which like<br />
Mt Hutt are owned and<br />
operated by NZSki.<br />
‘‘They’re all great<br />
skifields, but we can get<br />
from home to the ski lift<br />
at Mt Hutt in an hour,<br />
which is great.<br />
‘‘Mt Hutt is busy and<br />
commercial, but we<br />
always get alot of skiing<br />
done.’’<br />
The family usually<br />
made apoint of making<br />
the opening and closing<br />
days and on average skied<br />
20 days over the season,<br />
but had once notched up<br />
35 days.<br />
He loved being on the<br />
snow with his family,<br />
loved the speed of<br />
downhill and also the<br />
terrific views on the<br />
mountain.<br />
Mt Huttwas also agood<br />
supporteroflocal schools<br />
and the skifield catered for<br />
all levels of skiing<br />
competence.<br />
Mr Bryson said he had<br />
enjoyed afew ski runs in<br />
his early adult years, but it<br />
was the opportunity to go<br />
up Mt Hutt withaschool<br />
group13years ago that<br />
locked in his interest.<br />
‘‘Louis was fiveand at<br />
Mt Somers Schoolatthe<br />
time and Ivolunteered to<br />
go up the mountain as a<br />
parent help.<br />
‘‘It was avery enjoyable<br />
experience and soon my<br />
daughter wanted to have a<br />
go as well.’’<br />
His wife was soon<br />
hooked, which meantit<br />
was areal family affair and<br />
something theyall looked<br />
forward each year.<br />
LouisBrysonBoe is<br />
eyeing acareer on the<br />
mountain and is keen to<br />
work in ski patrol. He has<br />
already volunteered in the<br />
role and is building up his<br />
knowledge and skills.<br />
NZSkiisexpected to<br />
announceanopening date<br />
for Mt Hutt soon.<br />
Back to school<br />
MidCanterburyschools<br />
andearlyeducation<br />
serviceswillbeableto<br />
open, with strict controls in<br />
place, on Monday.<br />
Under newAlertLevel 2<br />
restrictions therewillbe<br />
theneedfor measures such<br />
as regular handwashing,<br />
cleaningand some physical<br />
distancing, butsome<br />
normality will returntothe<br />
education system.<br />
Some schoolsand early<br />
learningcentreshave been<br />
open since April 29 for<br />
students whocould not<br />
learn fromhome because<br />
theirparents hadtoreturn<br />
to work, butthe uptakehas<br />
only been around5per<br />
cent of thenational total.<br />
Thedistrict’s biggest<br />
school,<strong>Ashburton</strong> College,<br />
whichhas arollof1200,<br />
will openfor Year 9and<br />
Year 13 students on<br />
Mondayand for all others<br />
on Tuesday.<br />
College principal Ross<br />
Preece said allstaffwere<br />
preparingtowelcome back<br />
pupils.<br />
Thecollege would setup<br />
andfollow all Covid19<br />
AlertLevel 2health<br />
guidelines, he said.<br />
Thedirectivefromthe<br />
Ministry of Education was<br />
that physicaldistancing<br />
rules didnot apply in the<br />
classroom under Alert<br />
Level2.<br />
Good hygienepractices<br />
andregular cleaning were,<br />
however,very important.<br />
Catching up withYear<br />
13 studentsand assessing<br />
theirprogressand needs<br />
wasapriorityfor teachers<br />
overthe comingdays, said<br />
Mr Preece.<br />
Allreturningstudents<br />
willstart with a15minute<br />
health and safety briefing<br />
duringtheirAkoclass.<br />
It’s not been quite the start to university life<br />
that <strong>Ashburton</strong> College's 2019 Dux Ben<br />
Holland envisioned, but he’s adapted to the<br />
situation and like thousands of university<br />
students around the country, he is currently<br />
learning from home.<br />
Ben is studying for aBachelor of<br />
Commerce, majoring in accounting and<br />
finance, at Canterbury University.<br />
He began his university studies in mid<br />
February and before lockdown was flatting<br />
in Christchurch. After five weeks,<br />
conventional lectures came to an abrupt<br />
end because of Covid19.<br />
Ben elected to come back to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
to be with his family rather than stay in<br />
Christchurch.<br />
After afourweek break, Term 2started<br />
online two weeks ago. Ben has been<br />
learning through online tutorials, prerecorded<br />
lectures and Zoom meetings.<br />
‘‘I think I’ve adapted pretty well.’’<br />
Lectures were set to continue online<br />
until midJune, he said, before things were<br />
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threeyear degree.<br />
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cancellation of the Top Scholar Award<br />
ceremony he was due to attend in<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Sparrows prepsfor future<br />
Richard Wilson and the team at<br />
Sparrows have wisely spent part of<br />
their time in lockdown preparing for<br />
anew future that includes online<br />
shopping.<br />
Owner Richard said preparations<br />
had included stocktaking the store’s<br />
entire range of clothing and staff<br />
learning computer skills to match the<br />
new online purchase part of their<br />
website.<br />
They plan to hit the first day of<br />
Alert Level 2with abig winter<br />
clothing sale instore, and will have<br />
their online store up as soon as their<br />
tech wizards allow.<br />
Richard said Sparrows’ winter<br />
stock had arrived in the days before<br />
lockdown and it had been frustrating<br />
not to be able to share it with<br />
customers in the usual way.<br />
In level 3, he and two other staff<br />
members have been in the store<br />
fielding telephone calls, selling and<br />
delivering goods.<br />
Richard said staff had been<br />
delivering clothes on appro, and sales<br />
had ranged from shirts to items<br />
intended as gifts.<br />
The most popular item in<br />
lockdown had been lightweight<br />
facemasks made locally by the NZ<br />
Sock Company. He estimates he has<br />
sold around 200 so far.<br />
Richard said the 130yearold<br />
business was keen to see customers’<br />
faces again, though it was embracing<br />
online sales as apermanent part of<br />
doing business in the future.<br />
‘‘Those four weeks in lockdown,<br />
we spent working on our business<br />
rather than in our business. We’ve<br />
spent it getting ready.‘‘<br />
He said the instore experience of<br />
‘‘look, touch, feel and try’’ was still<br />
important and aspecial part of<br />
Sparrows’ service. ‘‘But things are<br />
changing and we are going positively<br />
into the future. We may be in for a<br />
scary time, but we hope locals will<br />
support locals.’’<br />
Richard said the store was<br />
receiving some rent relief, which had<br />
helped finances, and he was working<br />
with his bank to keep trading.<br />
This week’s big sale is about<br />
generating cashflow and Sparrows,<br />
Richard Wilson and Sparrows staff are taking new steps in retail.<br />
like other businesses all around the<br />
district, is keen to see people back on<br />
the main street.<br />
He’s missed his customers and<br />
having abeer with the boys on a<br />
Friday night, but counts himself<br />
lucky to have shared some special<br />
family time in his bubble.<br />
Ill health forces sale of vineyard<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
Charlie and Esma Hill have put<br />
their Mid Canterbury boutique<br />
vineyard CharRees on the<br />
market.<br />
It’s areluctant sale, fasttracked<br />
due to Mr Hill’s<br />
ongoing health issues. He has<br />
been advised to slow down and<br />
stop heavy lifting work.<br />
‘‘We don’t really want to sell,<br />
it’s just starting to reap the<br />
rewards of our efforts, but my<br />
health has just dropped. I’m not<br />
100 per cent,’’ he said.<br />
The couple, both 67, will<br />
reopen their cellar door from<br />
today and are hopeful people<br />
will buy some of their awardwinning<br />
wines over the next few<br />
weeks.<br />
The residential lifestyle<br />
property spans 9.5 hectares on<br />
Laings Road, on the outskirts<br />
of Tinwald.<br />
It was established in 1999<br />
Charlie Hill and wife Esma are selling their vineyard.<br />
with 3500 pinot noir and 4000<br />
pinot gris vines, followed by<br />
1800 riesling in 2008.<br />
Mr Hill said the vineyard was<br />
initially put on the market 10<br />
days before Covid19 lockdown<br />
but subsequently put on hold<br />
over the lockdown period.<br />
It comes with two houses; a<br />
fourbedroom family home and<br />
asecond three or fourbedroom<br />
dwelling/function<br />
area, as well as service<br />
buildings, three and four bay<br />
pole sheds and asix loose box<br />
stable/storage shed.<br />
Realtor Paul Cunneen, of<br />
Property Brokers, said the<br />
Hills’ passion for the property<br />
was evident, as well as their<br />
reluctance to sell.<br />
But there was further<br />
economic potential in the site<br />
for new owners with aconsent<br />
for functions and events, and<br />
another four hectares of land<br />
available to upscale production<br />
or for development.<br />
Both parties were hopeful<br />
for plenty of interest and a<br />
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Advisory group kicks off<br />
No timeisbeingwasted by<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s newlyestablished<br />
Covid19 Economic Recovery<br />
Advisory Group,with its first<br />
meeting held yesterday.<br />
Thegroup has 12 members, plus<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor NeilBrownwho<br />
will be chairman.<br />
Its aim is to help and support<br />
Mid Canterbury’s key business<br />
sectors and agencies recoverfrom<br />
the pandemic and transition back<br />
to full employment.<br />
Group members named so far<br />
include JamesUrquhart(NZ Ski),<br />
Greg Donaldson (contracting),<br />
Roger Sutton (EA Networks),<br />
AaronChudleigh (manufacturing),<br />
Bob McDonald (retail), Simon<br />
Wareing (transport), AndreaLee<br />
(construction),Nicky Milmine<br />
(hospitality), David Clark<br />
(farming),Karl Jackson (iwi<br />
representative), and council chief<br />
executive Hamish Riachand<br />
economic development manager<br />
BevanRickerby.<br />
Arepresentativeofthe<br />
agricultural business sector was<br />
also expected to jointhe group.<br />
Independentadvicewill be<br />
provided by the Employers<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
The group will report to council<br />
and its purpose is to coordinate<br />
and supportawider economic<br />
recovery, and work in partnership<br />
with council, key business sectors<br />
and agencies.<br />
Members are expected to share<br />
information,communicate and<br />
consult with one another in a<br />
flexible and open way, maintaining<br />
confidentiality where appropriate.<br />
Council has also been<br />
considering how it could or should<br />
play arole in Mid Canterbury’s<br />
social and wellbeing recovery. A<br />
separate report will be discussed<br />
this week.<br />
Safer MidCanterbury andSafe<br />
Communities, whichalready<br />
receive an operational grant from<br />
council, and its 27 membergroups<br />
couldbecalled on to help.<br />
Mr Riachsaid there was much<br />
debate nationally aboutthe role of<br />
local authoritiesinthe social<br />
wellbeing of their communities<br />
over the nextseveral years,<br />
separate to theirresponsetothe<br />
lockdownand pandemic<br />
emergency.<br />
Cr Stuart Wilsonsaid the State,<br />
not ratepayers, shouldfoot the bill<br />
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Alert Level 2today, albeit<br />
only for appointments.<br />
“Between me and my<br />
two staff in <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />
Timaru, we’ve managed to<br />
deal with several thousand<br />
inquiries and in most cases<br />
get apositive result. It’s<br />
been achallengingtime for<br />
everyone so it’s no surprise<br />
we’ve had more than<br />
usual. It’ll be good to get<br />
back into the office under<br />
level 2, and I’m sure that’ll<br />
be the case for alot of<br />
workplaces aroundtown.”<br />
Screens will be in place<br />
in the reception area, with<br />
sanitiser available. Extra<br />
cleaning precautions are<br />
being taken regularly.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 5<br />
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Meeting choice<br />
for councillors<br />
at Alert Level 2<br />
Moving to Alert Level<br />
2will change the way<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council holds its<br />
meetings.<br />
Electedmembers<br />
havebeen meeting<br />
onlinebyZoomas<br />
partofaweekly<br />
Covid19response<br />
committee.<br />
Regular committee<br />
meetings andactivity<br />
reportswere<br />
suspended while the<br />
countrywas in<br />
lockdown.<br />
The response<br />
committeemeets<br />
again today (possibly<br />
for thelasttime) but,<br />
as chief executive<br />
HamishRiach pointed<br />
out to councillors last<br />
week, the committee<br />
would only existuntil<br />
councildisbandedit.<br />
‘‘The lifeofthe<br />
Covid19 committee is<br />
completelyin<br />
council’s hands,’’he<br />
said.<br />
Councillorscould<br />
resolve its purpose<br />
had been served and<br />
return to normal<br />
meetings and council<br />
structures.<br />
Mr Riach hadasked<br />
fortoday’smeetingto<br />
remain onlineas<br />
council staff werebusy<br />
trying to establish<br />
work routines forstaff<br />
undernew Alertlevel<br />
2guidelines.<br />
PM JacindaArdern<br />
announced on<br />
Monday level 2would<br />
begin today,<br />
Thursday.<br />
At level 2,<br />
councillorswillhave<br />
individual choice<br />
about how they<br />
participate in council<br />
business.<br />
‘‘Will somechoose<br />
to continue to work<br />
fromhomeasachoice<br />
around theirown<br />
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comein,’’hesaid.<br />
Council staff<br />
needed timeto<br />
preparefor the<br />
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Immediately prior<br />
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Medical centre move delayed<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
Sealy Street Medical Centre has been<br />
delayed moving to new premises in the<br />
Eastfield precinct because of Covid19.<br />
Work had been progressing on the<br />
Eastfield Health building and the practice<br />
had been planning to move in by now, but<br />
contractors were unable to finish the job<br />
under Alert Level 4restrictions.<br />
The medical centre’s business manager<br />
Tony Dann said work restarted after Anzac<br />
Day when the country moved to Alert Level<br />
3and amovein date was now around the<br />
start of July.<br />
‘‘We are at the end stage of the build which<br />
means that there are alot of contractors<br />
working onsite, so it makes it alittle more<br />
difficult for the project manager to coordinate.’’<br />
Mr Dann said it had been an intense past<br />
six weeks while the doctors and other<br />
medical staff operated under pandemic<br />
conditions. ‘‘But we are now settling into a<br />
rhythm of how to best look after our patients<br />
safely.’’<br />
The pandemic had brought forward some<br />
operationalchanges,like more phone and<br />
video consultations.<br />
‘‘An important shift in primaryhealthis<br />
thinking about how we can make consults<br />
more convenient for our people by offering<br />
phone and video consults so they don’talways<br />
have to come into the practice, which is much<br />
betterfor people who live out of town.<br />
‘‘Because we have gone primarily to phone<br />
consults due to the pandemic this has forced<br />
both us and our patients to get used to phone<br />
consults muchfaster than anticipated.’’<br />
The practicewas alsoplanning to improve<br />
the flow of people using the new building to<br />
Staff meet patients during adrivethrough<br />
flu vaccination clinic at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> ITM.<br />
decrease the number of people in the waiting<br />
roomatany given time.<br />
New doctor Maria Barrosohas alsoarrived<br />
fromSpain, touchingdown in New Zealand<br />
justbeforethe borders closed but staying in<br />
isolation until movingsouth.<br />
Her trip from Europe was stressful and<br />
includedachanged,then cancelled flight,<br />
thenalastminuteseat to Auckland via<br />
Dubai.<br />
‘‘Needless to say Maria is very happy to be<br />
herenow and to be useful. She was feeling like<br />
she wantedtobedoing something to help<br />
whilebeing stuck in lockdown.She has been<br />
spending some time training up on the New<br />
Zealand health system and she is really<br />
looking forward to meetingour patients.’’<br />
New doctor Maria Barroso.<br />
The practice has been busy with flu<br />
vaccines, withadrivethrough clinicfor over<br />
65s at <strong>Ashburton</strong>ITM and car park clinicsfor<br />
other groups.<br />
‘‘The supply of vaccines has been patchy<br />
becausetherehas been unprecedented<br />
demand for flu vaccines nationally so we have<br />
had to be flexible in our planning for flu<br />
clinics.’’<br />
Childhood vaccinations are continuingas<br />
usual.<br />
‘‘The otherreally important thing is that<br />
people don’t sit on any healthconcerns. Our<br />
GPs, nurse practitioner and nursingteam<br />
have got plenty of capacitytoprovide advice<br />
and guidance,and if peopledelay getting<br />
help, their conditions can often get much<br />
worse thanthey need to,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘Peopleare much better off talking to us<br />
about their health needs sooner rather than<br />
later.’’<br />
Skydive rush to support Red Cross<br />
Ross Allott is stepping outside of his comfort<br />
zone and will jump out of aplane next month<br />
to support the New Zealand Red Cross. His<br />
tandem skydive, which is subject to<br />
government restrictions, will take place on<br />
June 7at<strong>Ashburton</strong> Airport and is with<br />
Skydiving Kiwis.<br />
He is one of 18 people from Canterbury<br />
lined up to jump and will take part in the<br />
initiative dubbed Jump! in June. The former<br />
Borough School and <strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
student is aiming to raise at least $500 and if<br />
he reaches $1000 he will also receive a<br />
skydive photo package to help him<br />
remember the experience.<br />
‘‘I'm inspired by the work of New Zealand<br />
Red Cross and want to support them by<br />
raising as much Ican,’’ Mr Allott said.<br />
In this district, Red Cross had three<br />
branches and ran two charity shops, he said.<br />
Volunteers helped deliver Meals on Wheels<br />
for the CDHB, assisted the evening district<br />
nurse, and had donated 1600 fingerless<br />
mittens to new entrant school children over<br />
the past five years. The organisation also<br />
provided life saving defibrillators at a<br />
Ross Allott (centre) at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Airport with Skydiving Kiwis staff Ben Luxton<br />
(left) and Oliver Schoenfeld.<br />
number of prominent locations here. Jump!<br />
in June would raise funds for aworthy charity<br />
that could not fundraise facetoface because<br />
of the lockdown, he said. The 24yearold<br />
volunteers regularly in the community,<br />
including at the community Christmas lunch,<br />
and also at FearNZ events, which fundraise<br />
for charities. ‘‘I’m missing the adrenaline I<br />
get from scaring people at horror events for<br />
their entertainment, and my own, due to the<br />
lockdown, so this will be my adrenaline fix.’’<br />
You can support him and the Red Cross by<br />
going to the everydayhero.com/nz/ website<br />
and searching for him under Jump In June.<br />
Clients supported<br />
Clients of community<br />
services provider Safer<br />
Mid Canterbury are being<br />
supported through phone<br />
calls, texts and online<br />
video like Zoom during<br />
the lockdown. Safer Mid<br />
Canterbury manager<br />
Kevin Clifford said most<br />
of the agency’s work<br />
required working directly<br />
with people and was<br />
activitybased, or in<br />
homes. That wasn’t<br />
possible under the current<br />
Covid19 restrictionsand<br />
staff had to make thebest<br />
of the resources available<br />
to them. ‘‘For the most<br />
part our clients are coping<br />
quite well, but we have<br />
seen some extra need<br />
financially where peoples’<br />
incomes have been<br />
effected,’’ he said. ‘‘We do<br />
deliver someessential<br />
services around youth<br />
justice,however, this has<br />
been relatively quiet.<br />
Therehas been alittle bit<br />
goingon, but we have seen<br />
no spike, nor increasein<br />
our work.’’ He saidalot of<br />
work came through the<br />
courtsystem, which at the<br />
momentwas notfully<br />
operationallylocally.<br />
He anticipated arun on<br />
referrals from court work<br />
and for supportservices<br />
when the country moves<br />
down alert levels.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 7<br />
Blast from the past for Max<br />
By Linda Clarke<br />
Agraduation photograph taken<br />
nearly 50 years ago has sparked some<br />
happy <strong>Ashburton</strong> memories for Max<br />
Alexander.<br />
Ayoung Max was snapped in his<br />
graduation gown on <strong>May</strong> 6, 1975,<br />
having completed aBachelor of<br />
Science at the University of<br />
Canterbury. The image is among<br />
thousands being held by the<br />
Canterbury Museum after<br />
Christchurch photographers<br />
Standish and Preece donated their<br />
negatives in 1992. Museum staff have<br />
recently put the photos online to try<br />
to find out more about the people in<br />
them. The images have captured 125<br />
years of social history, including<br />
many <strong>Ashburton</strong> subjects.<br />
Max said he did not have acopy of<br />
the graduation day image and was<br />
amused to see it. He did another year<br />
of study postgrad and became a<br />
secondary school teacher.<br />
He grew up in Mt Somers and<br />
went to primary school there until<br />
1966. He enrolled at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College the next year, spending three<br />
hours aday on the Greenstreet bus<br />
run.<br />
He moved to <strong>Ashburton</strong> with his<br />
widowed mother later in 1967 and<br />
became atownie.<br />
Teenage years were memorable<br />
and enjoyable, with swimming at the<br />
Borough School pool and<br />
Hampstead pool and rugby, cricket<br />
and tennis. He later took up hunting<br />
and tramping.<br />
Max, and school friends, had afterschool<br />
and holiday jobs in shops,<br />
offices, dairies, service stations and<br />
delivering milk and newspaper.<br />
Max Alexander in his graduation regalia for aphotograph taken by<br />
Standish and Preece in 1975. Photo Canterbury Museum 2019.0.725<br />
‘‘Barbers were another source of<br />
employment after school, late nights<br />
on Friday nights, and school<br />
holidays. Iworked for Noel Whiting<br />
in the Triangle in his barber and<br />
tobacconist shop, sweeping the floor<br />
and serving in the shop.’’<br />
He was also an offsider on stock<br />
trucks but once he had adriver’s<br />
licence, Max worked for agrocery<br />
store in Tinwald delivering goods in<br />
aCommer van and picking up stock.<br />
At university, he spent his holidays<br />
carting hay for contractors such as<br />
Trevor Scott, who operated on<br />
payment per bale.<br />
‘‘The first season Iwas paid at one<br />
cent per bale, but after achieving my<br />
truck licence and being put in charge<br />
of the truck, that rose to 1.5 cents per<br />
bale for all that responsibility. As<br />
part of ateam of four, one thousand<br />
bales in aday was the target,<br />
sometimes met, sometimes<br />
exceeded, but when the gear broke<br />
down, sometimes we were woefully<br />
short. And wet days were stay at<br />
home, no pay days. We all usually<br />
managed to accumulate $1000 or so<br />
over the holiday period, depending<br />
on outgoings during that time.’’<br />
Max said he was lucky to make<br />
great friends through those school<br />
days, many of whom remained as<br />
valued friends today.<br />
‘‘There’s agenuineness about<br />
Mid Canterbury people that seems<br />
to endure throughout life.<br />
‘‘Perhaps it’s because when you<br />
meet them, you immediately have<br />
your roots in common, but Ialso<br />
think it goes beyond that and comes<br />
from the wonderful fabric of Mid<br />
Canterbury society and its values.’’<br />
Max taught in Greymouth for<br />
three years and then returned to<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, where he worked<br />
alongside the late Bill Upton and his<br />
cousin, the late Jim Alexander in<br />
Upton’s Motor Accessories in<br />
Tancred Street. He bought the<br />
business off Bill in 1979.<br />
He owned it until the end of 1994,<br />
when he sold it and moved to<br />
Nelson.<br />
Max said he worked alongside<br />
some great staff and enjoyed valued<br />
loyalty from town and rural<br />
customers. He was an active<br />
member of the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Jaycee<br />
Chapter.<br />
‘‘That group of younger business<br />
people and others made a<br />
significant contribution to the town<br />
through avariety of community<br />
projects and leadership training,<br />
and many of them continue to do so<br />
through their community service<br />
and business leadership skills.’’<br />
Max has lived in Christchurch for<br />
the past 22 years and though retired,<br />
he still does some business advisory<br />
work.<br />
He said he kept an interest in all<br />
things Mid Canterbury and social<br />
media had made it easier to keep in<br />
touch with old contacts.<br />
ComHouse<br />
doors open<br />
Community House Mid<br />
Canterbury will open its doors<br />
today after being closed for the<br />
past seven weeks.<br />
The communityfocused facility<br />
on Cass Street is home to over 20<br />
permanent tenants and last year<br />
received 25,500visitors.<br />
Around 40 people work in the<br />
building, half of those for<br />
community and social service<br />
provider Safer Mid Canterbury.<br />
Community House Mid<br />
Canterbury manager John Driscoll<br />
said the reopen was awelcome<br />
boost for tenants and the<br />
community. It had been hard for<br />
all tenants during lockdown and<br />
most had worked from home.<br />
‘‘It will take some time to get<br />
back to where we were, but it’s<br />
great to be opening again.’’<br />
Mr Driscoll said the first few<br />
days of opening would be ‘‘a bit of<br />
trial and error’’ of the systems in<br />
place.<br />
Those systems included main<br />
entrance entry only and<br />
computerised signing in.<br />
Visitors would need to adhere<br />
to physical distancing rules and<br />
tenants would be rung to come<br />
reception to meet visitors.<br />
The buildinghad anumber of<br />
separate offices, so these made<br />
sticking to the rules easier.<br />
Mr Driscoll said meetings bigger<br />
than 10 would have to be scaled<br />
down under level 2restrictions.<br />
He looked forward to returning<br />
to work and believed reopening<br />
was another step towards lifting<br />
community morale.<br />
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Tackling covid, keeping big picture in mind<br />
By Pup Chamberlain<br />
Many, many years ago I<br />
was the captain of my<br />
school’s First XV rugby<br />
team in Gore. Iwas a<br />
front row prop and like<br />
many lads Iwas very<br />
passionate about<br />
rugby.<br />
The fact is, Iwas a<br />
good rugby player but I<br />
was not agood captain.<br />
The reason why Iwas<br />
not agood captain was<br />
because Iwas too busy dealing with<br />
my immediate problem, Iwas<br />
focused on trying to cope with<br />
opposition that seemed to be getting<br />
Pup Chamberlain<br />
bigger and tougher<br />
than Iwas and it took<br />
all my concentration<br />
and effort to deal with<br />
this.<br />
Fortunately for me<br />
and the team, Ihad a<br />
very competent, vocal<br />
vicecaptain (it was<br />
Jamie Mackay of Radio<br />
Hokonui’s farming<br />
show fame) who was<br />
capable of seeing the<br />
bigger picture, largely<br />
because he was based at<br />
fullback and therefore aware of<br />
things that were beyond my scope.<br />
Covid19, going through the stages<br />
has been an interesting time, full of<br />
anxiety, fear, uncertainty, grief and<br />
many other emotions.<br />
Much of this is brought about<br />
through what we don’t know.<br />
Just like me on the rugby field,<br />
sometimes we get so tied up with our<br />
own immediate challenges that it is<br />
hard to see away out.<br />
This is when we can make poor<br />
decisions based on anarrow<br />
perspective, tainted by our own<br />
limited vision and viewpoint.<br />
Many people in our community<br />
are facing, and will face, uncertain<br />
times with financial struggles and<br />
associated pressures this will bring.<br />
Now is the time for us all to act as a<br />
team and look after the interests of<br />
each other.<br />
If you are the prop tied up in the<br />
middle of adark scrum, more than<br />
ever you need eyes and ears that have<br />
adifferent, and sometimes better,<br />
perspective than your immediate<br />
situation may offer. Life will go on<br />
after Covid19 is long gone and the<br />
things that really matter will still<br />
matter.<br />
If you are feeling trapped in the<br />
“scrum” ask for adifferent view, this<br />
may be from aneighbour, afriend or<br />
someone you respect.<br />
It might be afinancial coach,<br />
government department, or other<br />
specialist.<br />
If you are feeling down, contact<br />
your GP or call the helplines such as<br />
1737.<br />
Lives Worth Living’s Connie<br />
Quigley and Ihave produced aseries<br />
of Facebook Videos which may be of<br />
help at this time. These can be found<br />
on the Safer Mid Canterbury<br />
Facebook site under Lives Worth<br />
Living.<br />
Let’s stay safe be kind and look<br />
after each other. If you need help,<br />
ask; this is not aweakness, it is part<br />
of being asuccessful team.<br />
Contact details: Paul (Pup)<br />
Chamberlain, Lives Worth Living coordinator,<br />
paul.<br />
chamberlain@safermidcanterbury.<br />
org.nz, phone 0273826501 and<br />
Connie Quigley, connie.<br />
quigley@safermidcanterbury.org.nz,<br />
phone 0274500742.<br />
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We’re excited to be back to<br />
normal and welcome you<br />
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We look forward toseeing youvery soon.<br />
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Timebankers unite<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
Mid Canterbury timebankers have<br />
been connecting, learning and<br />
supporting others during lockdown.<br />
Arecent quiz night via Zoom<br />
attracted 52 locals and others from<br />
further afield.<br />
Online gardening conversations<br />
have also been popular and arecent<br />
zero waste education session featured<br />
aquestion and answer format with<br />
waste minimisation advocates from<br />
the Rubbish Trip.<br />
Other Zoom sessions have focused<br />
on travel in Israel/Palestine and the<br />
lowdown on what timebanking is<br />
about.<br />
Crafternoons on Fridays, from 2pm<br />
until 3pm, have included advice on<br />
areas such as sewing, knitting and<br />
scrapbooking at home.<br />
Mid Canterbury TimeBank coordinator<br />
Kate White said members<br />
had been supporting each other and<br />
their neighbours during lockdown<br />
with regular phone calls.<br />
They had helped with grocery<br />
shopping and deliveries, and during<br />
Alert Level 3had helped make meals<br />
and baking for afamily who have just<br />
had ababy.<br />
Two upcoming sessions under the<br />
Teaching Tuesdays programme could<br />
be of interest to anumber of people,<br />
she said.<br />
On <strong>May</strong> 19 aZoom panel<br />
discussion will focus on living with a<br />
health condition or adisability.<br />
‘‘Hearing from those with lived<br />
experience will help us all better<br />
understand how disability and health<br />
conditions can affect people's lives<br />
and how we can be more supportive<br />
of friends, family members and<br />
colleagues.’’<br />
On <strong>May</strong> 26 there is another panel<br />
discussion with migrants and<br />
newcomers to Mid Canterbury, who<br />
Knitters and sewers on Zoom<br />
show what they’ve been making at<br />
arecent Crafternoon session.<br />
would share their experiences of<br />
settling here. Both sessions run from<br />
7pm until 8pm.<br />
Mrs White said the panel<br />
discussions, like all other sessions run<br />
during lockdown, were free and open<br />
to the wider community.<br />
TimeBanking continued to bring<br />
the community together and actioned<br />
the Mental Health Foundation’s five<br />
ways to wellbeing connecting, being<br />
active, taking notice, keeping learning<br />
and giving, Mrs White said.<br />
The TimeBank concept trades time<br />
rather than money and works on the<br />
premise that everyone in the<br />
community has something to offer<br />
and every person is equally valued.<br />
The Learning Exchange runs<br />
alongside TimeBank and encourages<br />
people to share their skills,<br />
knowledge and passion in the delivery<br />
of informative workshops.<br />
More information on Mid<br />
Canterbury TimeBank on its<br />
Facebook page or by emailing to<br />
coordinator@mctimebank.nz.<br />
My officesin<strong>Ashburton</strong>and Timaru<br />
arecloseddue to COVID-19.<br />
For any assistance you can still contact me<br />
by ringing 03 308 7510 or email me directly at:<br />
andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz<br />
Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should phone<br />
their doctor or Healthline on 0800 3585453<br />
Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,<br />
139 Stafford Street, Timaru.<br />
Andrew Falloon,<br />
MP forRangitata
BE INTO<br />
Baker Matt Harvey with son Thomas restaining the fence at home.<br />
BakerMatt enjoys time<br />
away frombakehouse<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
Lockdown has given baker Matt<br />
Harvey anew lease on life.<br />
Unlike the rest of the country,<br />
Matt, who owns Harvey’s Bakehouse<br />
in <strong>Ashburton</strong> and Rakaia, did not<br />
take up baking during lockdown.<br />
Instead he chose to spend quality<br />
time with partner and business<br />
colleague Emma Halliday and<br />
children, Kaitlyn, 9and Thomas 2,<br />
doing anything but baking.<br />
He also stained the front fence, has<br />
sown anew back lawn and watched a<br />
lot of movies ranging from comedy to<br />
action and everything in between.<br />
It’s atime he has enjoyed over<br />
lockdown, into Alert Level 3and it’s<br />
rekindled ayearning for more work/<br />
life balance.<br />
As aresult Matt, who has been<br />
donning his baker’s hat for more than<br />
20 years, has decided not to open<br />
either of his Harvey’s Bakehouse<br />
bakeries on Saturdays.<br />
The decision has come as arelief<br />
for the couple who have been working<br />
six days aweek, working from 1am<br />
(baking) through to 5pm (bakery)<br />
closing.<br />
“You realise how much you missed<br />
out on working six days aweek,” he<br />
says.<br />
“I’m going to appreciate having<br />
more time together as afamily at the<br />
weekends.”<br />
And it means his staff of 10 will not<br />
Sport travel funds given<br />
Twelvesporting teams and<br />
organisationswho spendalot of money<br />
travelling to games and competitions<br />
outsidethe district have been given<br />
$13,000 fromthe Sport NZ Rural travel<br />
Fund.<br />
The fund is administered by the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil and the<br />
moneyhelps coverthe costsofaway<br />
games. Many sportspeople must travel<br />
to access competitions for their relevant<br />
age and ability that are not provided in<br />
the district.<br />
Celtic Rugby was granted $1785 and<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> CollegeBasketball $1925,<br />
have to work any weekends too, he<br />
says.<br />
While spending time at home Matt<br />
has missed his customers and playing<br />
golf. He admits to not being agreat<br />
golfer but enjoys it.<br />
He has avoided heading into the<br />
bakery for many weeks but now both<br />
bakeries are ready for reopening<br />
today under Alert Level 2having<br />
been cleaned and stocked up.<br />
He says orders had also been<br />
placed for hand sanitiser and plans<br />
put in place for staff movements,<br />
keeping them and customers<br />
protected.<br />
Under Alert Level 2hewill “hope<br />
for the best and to get back to normal<br />
as soon as possible.”<br />
Thomas has given the family plenty<br />
of light hearted moments over<br />
lockdown but it’s Matt’s daughter<br />
Kaitlyn’s goal to own the bakery in the<br />
future but not work the hours which<br />
probably is quite telling.<br />
She doesn’t want to follow in Dad’s<br />
footsteps and be baking from one in<br />
the morning.<br />
whilethe Methven Hockey Club will<br />
receive $1800 and Mid Canterbury<br />
Hockey $1325 for Allenton, Tinwald<br />
and Wakanui teams.<br />
Other grants weremade to:<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College Cricket$830,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College boys’ first XI<br />
hockey $570, <strong>Ashburton</strong>College<br />
netball teams $850, Ashcoll/Mt Hutt<br />
combined girls rugby $945, AshHutt<br />
boys’under 15 rugby$465,Mid<br />
Canterbury Combined first XV rugby<br />
$920,MountHutt Collegebasketball<br />
and rippa rugby $900 and Rakaia<br />
Hockey $685.<br />
Dry April in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
There was just one significant rainday<br />
in <strong>Ashburton</strong> in April andthe rainfall<br />
total for the month was less than 19mm.<br />
The only wet day in an otherwisedry<br />
April monthwas on April 18 when<br />
12.2mmfell.<br />
Two other dayssaw 1.6mmfall each<br />
day.<br />
Figures from the MetService show<br />
the highesttemperature for the month<br />
was 25.3 degrees Celcius recorded on<br />
April 30 and the lowest achilly 0.4<br />
degrees four daysearlier.<br />
Both the high and low temperatures<br />
for the monthwere on par with<br />
historicalaverages,while the rainfall<br />
was far less than the historical average<br />
for April of 61.1mm.<br />
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DIAMOND WEDDING<br />
CLARKE,<br />
Rob and Cathie<br />
Married in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
on <strong>May</strong><strong>14</strong>, 1960.<br />
Congratulations and best<br />
wishes to youbothon<br />
60 years of marriage.<br />
With love from all your<br />
family and friends.<br />
DEATHS<br />
BLUETT Rosalin (Rose)<br />
(née Crawford): Passed<br />
away peacefully at the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital on<br />
Friday, 8th <strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Aged 81 years. Dearly<br />
loved wife ofBarry for 59<br />
years. Loving mum and<br />
mother-in-law of Craig<br />
and Wendy (Blenheim)<br />
and Julie (<strong>Ashburton</strong>),<br />
treasured Granny Rose<br />
of Timothy and Marcel,<br />
Andrew, Daniel and Kurt,<br />
sister and sister-in-law of<br />
Peter and Judy Crawford<br />
(Greymouth) and John<br />
(deceased) and Anne<br />
Crawford (Granity), sisterin-law<br />
of Jill and Ken<br />
Gillespie (Christchurch). A<br />
great friend to Tony and<br />
Nigel, aunt to Carol and<br />
Paul, and Kristen, John<br />
and Barry. Messages of<br />
condolence should be<br />
sent tothe Bluett family,<br />
5 Belt Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
7700. Thefamily would like<br />
to take this opportunityto<br />
thank the staff of both the<br />
SealyStreetMedicalCentre<br />
and the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Public<br />
Hospitalfor the thoughtful<br />
and compassionate care<br />
given to Rose over the<br />
last 6years. Likewise our<br />
thanks also to the clergy<br />
from St Stephen’s Anglican<br />
Parish who provided much<br />
appreciated spiritual<br />
care for Rose over the<br />
same period. Lastly a<br />
very special thank you to<br />
Jeanette and Joy for their<br />
kindness that insomany<br />
ways helped Rose cope<br />
with her ongoing illness.<br />
‘A real battler nowatrest’.<br />
Aprivate family servicefor<br />
Rose will be held at alater<br />
date.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 307 7433<br />
Family Notices<br />
DEATHS<br />
HARVEY, John (GJC):<br />
Passed away on<br />
Wednesday<strong>May</strong> 6<strong>2020</strong>. In<br />
his 92nd year. Much loved<br />
husband of Denise for 61<br />
years. Loved father and<br />
father-in-law of Kristen<br />
and Michael Gerard,<br />
Simon and Lynda Harvey,<br />
Penelope and Simon<br />
Brown, Fleur and Brent<br />
Schmack. Grandfather<br />
of William, Jaquetta and<br />
Patrick; Thomas, Henry<br />
and Edward; Benjamin,<br />
Victoria and Samantha;<br />
Jessica and Hamish.<br />
Great grandfather of<br />
Annabelle and Johnny.<br />
John has lived along and<br />
wonderful life and has<br />
left behind a wonderful<br />
legacy. He will be very<br />
much missed by all his<br />
family. Sincere thanks to<br />
the staff of Wairau Hospital<br />
andHospiceMarlborough.<br />
There will be a private<br />
service followed by<br />
interment atthe Manaroa<br />
Cemetery.<br />
Respectfully cared forby<br />
GEOFFREY TSOWMAN<br />
BLENHEIM FDANZ<br />
Tel03578 4719<br />
www.sowmans.co.nz<br />
Birth notices listed by<br />
parents will continue<br />
to be free in the Family<br />
Notices column. The<br />
initial death notice<br />
lodged by afuneral<br />
directorwill be listed<br />
without charge.There<br />
will be asmallcharge<br />
of $15 forsubsequent<br />
notices relatedtothe<br />
same death, up to a<br />
maximum of 35 words<br />
and on aper-line basis<br />
afterthat.<br />
Thesamelow charges<br />
apply to other<br />
family notices,such<br />
as engagements,<br />
acknowledgements,in<br />
memoriam notices and<br />
anniversaries.<br />
Supporting the<br />
community<br />
96 Tancred Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
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Inquiries phone<br />
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or call into199 Burnett Street.<br />
DEATHS<br />
LOW, Melva Elizabeth:<br />
(nee Briden): Passed away<br />
peacefully on Saturday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 9, <strong>2020</strong> at Tuarangi<br />
Home <strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged<br />
97 years. Loved wife of<br />
the late Alan. Much loved<br />
mother and mother-inlaw<br />
of Robin (deceased)<br />
and Jen (Melbourne),<br />
David (deceased), Glenda<br />
Ryan and Mick (Methven).<br />
Loved nana of Kim and<br />
Graeme Mills, Susan and<br />
Geoff Soal. Great nana of<br />
Jack and Harry Soal,Baxter<br />
and Floyd Mills. Daughter<br />
of the late John and Violet<br />
Briden. Loving sister of<br />
Frank Briden, Ray Briden,<br />
Hilda Mullaney, Ruby<br />
Bench, Lorna Davey, Linda<br />
Vincent, Edgar Briden,<br />
Alan Briden (all deceased).<br />
Messages to the Low<br />
Family C/- P O Box 472<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. A huge<br />
special thanks to all the<br />
wonderful staff atTuarangi<br />
Home <strong>Ashburton</strong>. You<br />
treatedMum with respect,<br />
dignity, and special care<br />
while enjoying her sense<br />
of humour. A private<br />
cremation has been held,<br />
with aMemorial serviceto<br />
be held at alaterdate.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
LANE, Charles Thomas<br />
Richard (Dick): On <strong>May</strong><br />
10, <strong>2020</strong>. Passed away<br />
peacefully at <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
aged 72 years. Dearly<br />
loved partner of the late<br />
Mary, and loved father<br />
and father in law ofJamie<br />
and Michelle. Messages<br />
to the Lane family c/- PO<br />
Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740.<br />
Aprivate service for Dick<br />
will be held at alater date.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 307 7433<br />
Family Notices<br />
DEATHS<br />
WOODS Janet Estelle<br />
(nee Manson): Peacefully<br />
sleeping, on Wednesday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 6th, <strong>2020</strong>, aged 95<br />
years.She has gone to join<br />
her dearly loved husband,<br />
Walter John (Wally) and<br />
her three sons. Loving<br />
mother and mother-inlaw<br />
of Murray, Russell<br />
and Kristine, and Wilbur<br />
(Keith) and Vicki. Also<br />
adored grandmother<br />
and great-grandmother<br />
of Darren, Sue and<br />
Hannah, Kimberlee,<br />
Jason, Kade and Jake<br />
and Kelvin, Tui, William<br />
and Griffin. Messages<br />
to the Woods family c/o<br />
PO Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
7740. A memorial<br />
service will be held for<br />
Janet –details to follow.<br />
Rest in peaceand love xx<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 307 7433<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
MCDOWELL: Maureen<br />
Ruth: 6-9-1934 -15-5-2017:<br />
Remembering a loving,<br />
caring, delightful lady,<br />
wifeand mother.<br />
Always lovedand<br />
remembered each day.<br />
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Tony’s 73km ride<br />
for Hospice MC<br />
Tony Todd has taken aleaf out of the<br />
book of Captain Tom Moore, the UK<br />
war veteran who completed 100 laps of<br />
his garden before his 100th birthday and<br />
raised millions of pounds in the process.<br />
Tony, retired retailer and ambassador<br />
for Hospice Mid Canterbury, is planning<br />
to bike 73km on his 73rd birthday to<br />
raise money for the hospice.<br />
He said the Covid19 pandemic had<br />
made fundraising difficult for the<br />
hospice group so he was doing a<br />
sponsored ride to help raise money.<br />
Hospice Mid Canterbury runs services<br />
in the district for people with terminal<br />
and lifelimiting illnesses.<br />
Tony’s ride on Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 20<br />
will begin at the hospice base on Park<br />
Street at 10am. He will ride a10km loop<br />
and pass the hospice base seven times.<br />
He said people were welcome to join<br />
him on all or part of the ride.<br />
He is seeking lump sum donations to<br />
hospice, or sponsorship per kilometre.<br />
Tony is no stranger to biking and has<br />
cycled up to 40km during lockdown. He<br />
has cycled the Otago Rail Trail and<br />
pedalled parts of Europe.<br />
His bike is no ebike, so he is hoping<br />
for fine weather and few headwinds next<br />
week as he heads up Alford Forest Road<br />
to Farm Road, loops around Argyle<br />
Park then out to Racecourse Road and<br />
back to hospice base via Belt Road, Oak<br />
Grove, Philip, Wills and Park Streets.<br />
Tony said he thought the ride might<br />
Tony Todd is pedalling for agood<br />
cause next week.<br />
take up to five hours and he was looking<br />
for lots of encouragement and<br />
sponsorship.<br />
Friends and family have already come<br />
to the party with donations and he is<br />
hoping more will follow in the leadup to<br />
bike day and there will be apot of money<br />
for agood cause.<br />
To pledge support, you can email<br />
manager@hospicemc.nz or phone<br />
Christine or Lorraine on 3078387 or<br />
0272278387 to say how much per<br />
kilometre, you would be prepared to<br />
sponsor. Contributions $5 and over are<br />
tax deductible.<br />
Students on Youth Ropu<br />
Twotertiarystudents from Mid<br />
Canterbury arepart of the newnine<br />
strong<strong>2020</strong> Youth Ropu runthrough<br />
Environment Canterbury (ECan).<br />
CharlotteMuir and Maria Mendoza<br />
Nieto willadd their voices on<br />
environmentmattersand develop<br />
leaderships skills in thevoluntary group<br />
over thecomingmonths.<br />
Charlotte, 19, is astudentatthe<br />
University of Canterburyand describes<br />
hervalues as ‘‘compassion,<br />
sustainabilityand openmindedness’’.<br />
‘‘I’dlike to be abletoput my own<br />
effortsofbeingaguardian intomore<br />
tangibleand activework, especially<br />
within alikeminded groupthat shares<br />
my passion forthe environment.Iwant<br />
to grow as aleader through working<br />
with otheryouth,and see our<br />
communities andenvironment prosper<br />
as aresult.’’<br />
Maria,18, is studyingengineering at<br />
theUniversity of Canterbury and the<br />
three words thatdescribe hervalues are<br />
‘‘kindnessisstrength’’.<br />
‘‘I've been incredibly passionate<br />
aboutthe environment and doing my<br />
part to lookafteritfor along time. I've<br />
seen thepowerofgroupsthatgoout<br />
andrun events,cleanupand are part of<br />
educatingothers, butI've also seenhow<br />
Charlotte Muir.<br />
Maria Mendoza Nieto.<br />
formalgroups that dealwithlegislation,<br />
policiesand thebureaucracycan also<br />
make ahugedifference.’’<br />
Age Concern freephone<br />
Age Concern New Zealand has<br />
launched anew freephone number that<br />
anyone can call to get advice and<br />
support.<br />
Chief executive Stephanie Clare said<br />
older people needed information as the<br />
country moved to level 2.<br />
“Many older people have spoken to<br />
me about their need to reconnect with<br />
friends and family and we are happy that<br />
this resocialisation can now start to<br />
happen.<br />
‘‘Older peopleare as able as anyone<br />
to make decisions about their own safety<br />
and we are here to help provide<br />
information and support so they can do<br />
just that,’’ she said.<br />
The freephone number is 0800<br />
652105.<br />
‘‘We know not everyone has adevice<br />
or access to the internet in their homes<br />
so this is one way we can make it easier<br />
for older people and their friends and<br />
family to get in touch with us and<br />
connect to our services, become a<br />
volunteer or just for achat.<br />
‘‘Our new freephone line is the easiest<br />
way to get connected to your nearest<br />
Age Concern branch. Theyare here to<br />
help or put you in touch with people who<br />
can, depending on what you need.’’<br />
If you have questions, concerns or<br />
want to help out at your local Age<br />
Concern please freephone 0800 652105.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2020</strong>, Page 11<br />
Rural&Lifestyle<br />
Ruralco Instore Days<br />
to go online this year<br />
Covid19 has changed how the farmer coop<br />
will run its popular instore days, afeature on<br />
the rural calendar for the past 25 years with<br />
big discounts for members.<br />
Ruralco staff worked hard over the<br />
lockdown period to set up the virtual<br />
equivalent of the instore days. Through<br />
Ruralco’s website platform, all the deals in<br />
this year’s instore days will be online from<br />
July 28 to farmers all over the country.<br />
“We have combined the best of both<br />
worlds in this year’s instore days celebrations,’’<br />
said CEO Rob Sharkie. ‘‘The<br />
digital format sits alongside our traditional<br />
catalogue so our team can take orders by<br />
phone, email or online through the Ruralco<br />
website.’’<br />
Purchases can be delivered or collected,<br />
subject to Covid19 distancing protocol at<br />
stores.<br />
From June 1toJuly 8, every $250 spent<br />
with Ruralco Instore Days participating<br />
suppliers enables members to enter adraw<br />
to win anew Ford Mustang.<br />
Those members who purchase their<br />
Meridian electricity, Ballance Fertiliser,<br />
Allied Petroleum Bulk Fuel or pay for their<br />
fuel at the pump through Ruralco will also<br />
be able to enter the draw with every $250<br />
spent.<br />
Any purchase made using the Ruralco<br />
Card at any of the 90 participating Instore<br />
Ruralco CEO Rob Sharkie.<br />
Days suppliers throughout the country will<br />
also qualify for the draw. The $65,900<br />
Mustang is part of a$100,000 prize pool.<br />
“For Ruralco the silver lining in the<br />
Covid19 cloud has been the opportunity to<br />
really turn our instore days into something<br />
even bigger and more accessible. At this<br />
tough time, they can now benefit an even<br />
wider number of our valued members who<br />
appreciate Ruralco’s focus on getting the<br />
best deal possible for their farming business,”<br />
Mr Sharkie said.<br />
Janet’s surplus vegetables,<br />
eggssoldtosupportcause<br />
By Mick Jensen<br />
Yoga teacher and <strong>May</strong>field<br />
resident Janet Cross has sold<br />
surplus home grown vegetables<br />
and eggs during lockdown to<br />
support acause close to her heart.<br />
Over 10 days she’s raised $200<br />
from community sales and will<br />
give the proceeds to Outward<br />
Bound, anonprofit organisation<br />
which helps show people their full<br />
potential through outdoor<br />
challenge and adventure.<br />
Mrs Cross is aregular supporter<br />
of Outward Bound, which has a<br />
mission ‘‘to help create better<br />
people, better communities, and a<br />
better world’’.<br />
Now was atime when the<br />
organisation needed support, and<br />
also when some people needed to<br />
get involved in aprogramme that<br />
could help them deal better with<br />
issues of anxiety, confidence and<br />
that could strengthen their<br />
resolve, she said.<br />
Mrs Cross said she had been<br />
impressed by the support of the<br />
<strong>May</strong>field community in buying her<br />
surplus vegetables and eggs.<br />
Shehad posted anoticeonthe<br />
community Facebook page<br />
telling people thattomatoes,<br />
cucumbers, peppers andother<br />
home grown vegetables were<br />
available throughanhonesty box<br />
system at her gate, andshe had<br />
received immediate and positive<br />
responses.<br />
‘‘It’s beengreat to seehow<br />
generous peoplecan be.’’<br />
Making thesurplus items<br />
available had also enabled her to<br />
connect with her communityata<br />
Janet Cross with some of her home-grown goodies.<br />
difficulttime.<br />
Overanumber of years the<br />
55yearold hassoldher eggsat<br />
thrice weekly yogaclasses she<br />
hosts in the TinwaldCatholic<br />
Church Hall.<br />
The money raised has<br />
supported causes such as St<br />
John, Women’sRefuge andthe<br />
Cancer Society.<br />
Mrs Crossisgiving yoga<br />
sessions onlineatthe moment<br />
and can’t waittoget back to face<br />
to face classes.<br />
Moreinformation on the<br />
Outward Bound cause she<br />
supports canbefound at the<br />
websiteofthe samename.<br />
Duck season starts <strong>May</strong> 23<br />
<strong>May</strong> 23 will be the opening<br />
day of the game bird season<br />
and duck hunters will be able<br />
to travel and use their boats<br />
under Alert Level 2rules that<br />
came into force this week.<br />
Mallard ducks and paradise<br />
ducks are the most targeted<br />
game birds during the season<br />
and the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district has<br />
healthy populations.<br />
On the Rakaia and<br />
Rangitata Rivers, mallard<br />
numbers are slightly above<br />
average this year, while<br />
paradise shelduck numbers<br />
are some of the highest<br />
recorded on the Canterbury<br />
Plains since annual surveys<br />
began in 2007.<br />
Central South Island Fish<br />
and Game officer Rhys<br />
Adams said the numbers were<br />
encouraging news for<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> hunters and those<br />
they shared their duck dinners<br />
with.<br />
There will be no extension<br />
to the season for the central<br />
South Island, despite the<br />
delayed start. The main<br />
season finishes on the last<br />
Sunday in July, July 26.<br />
Mr Adams is reminding<br />
hunters that alicence is<br />
required to hunt game birds<br />
and that each hunter should<br />
be familiar with the <strong>2020</strong><br />
Dean Rattray in action at aMitcham pond in aprevious<br />
hunting season. Photo Richie Cosgrove<br />
season regulations.<br />
Fish and Game say the<br />
game bird season is an<br />
important national tradition;<br />
opening day is usually early<br />
<strong>May</strong> but was deferred because<br />
of Covid19 restrictions.<br />
The organisation said<br />
hunters now had time to equip<br />
themselves, prepare their mai<br />
mais and travel to their<br />
hunting grounds.<br />
Alert Level 2conditions<br />
were more practical for<br />
hunters.<br />
They could travel interregionally,<br />
stay overnight with<br />
friends and family and use<br />
their boats.<br />
Hunters can now also visit<br />
outdoor retailers to buy<br />
instore.<br />
Limping to season end<br />
By David Hill<br />
The Lincoln University Dairy Farm is<br />
“limping” tothe end of the season, after<br />
apromising start.<br />
With the farm in lockdown, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
based farm adviser Jeremy Savage<br />
has been connecting with staffvia phone<br />
and Zoom meetings, as the seasonwinds<br />
down.<br />
“We had good systems inplace when<br />
we went into lockdown. We’ve been<br />
running separate teams, who have formed<br />
bubbles to reduce the risks, and<br />
we’ve put the cows on once a day<br />
milking, which is helping with staff<br />
separation.<br />
“Butit’s been avery slow autumn. We<br />
are limping through to the end of the<br />
season.”<br />
Mr Savage said the farm had agood<br />
start to the season and was on track to<br />
produce 280,000 kilograms of milk<br />
solids, or 505kgMS per cow from the<br />
555cow herd, which was ahead of last<br />
year’s 275,000kgMS.<br />
But he said a dry and colderthanusual<br />
autumn meant growth had been<br />
slow, while athreeweek delayingetting<br />
culled cows off to the freezingworks had<br />
put extra pressure on feed supplies.<br />
“The supplement use has been abit<br />
disappointing, aswe’ve had touse more<br />
supplements than we would have liked.”<br />
It meant the farm had to revise its<br />
budget from its expected costs of $3.60<br />
per kgMS, but Mr Savage expected it<br />
would end up at $3.80/kgMS, which<br />
would still ensure afavourable payday<br />
with Fonterra’s farmgate milk price<br />
sitting at more than $7/kgMS.<br />
Mr Savage said the staff were in good<br />
health, with one vacancy to fill for the<br />
new season.<br />
“We’ve had alot of interest in the job<br />
andthere’s been agood numberofKiwis<br />
applying, some with previous experience<br />
who are wanting to come back into the<br />
industry, which is very pleasing.”<br />
While no focus days were able to be<br />
held in the near future, due to the<br />
Covid19 restrictions, Mr Savage saidhe<br />
was planning to hold monthly online<br />
updates.<br />
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Health workers busy hunting Covid19<br />
Angela Leadley unwinds at home<br />
with family pet, Herb.<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
Angela Leadley, of <strong>Ashburton</strong>, is one<br />
of six health team leaders working on<br />
the front line of Canterbury’s Covid<br />
19 response.<br />
It’s meant some long, <strong>14</strong>hour<br />
work days, working up to six days a<br />
week.<br />
Angela's usual working week<br />
involves two days based in Timaru<br />
but she has been travelling to<br />
Christchurch. “It’s been massive,<br />
really busy,” Angela says.<br />
One saving grace during lockdown<br />
saw husband Ross, aselfemployed<br />
builder, home from work and take on<br />
the home schooling of sons Brady, 8<br />
and Lachie, 7. Angela says he’s done<br />
agreat job.<br />
She works for the public health<br />
unit of Community and Public<br />
Health, abig team working across<br />
three district health boards from<br />
Kaikoura to South Canterbury and<br />
across to the West Coast.<br />
Angela says there are between 40<br />
and 50 staff working different roles in<br />
the Covid19 response. Some are<br />
working with border control at<br />
Christchurch International Airport<br />
and the ports of Lyttelton and<br />
Timaru greeting flights and ships and<br />
advising on public health concerns.<br />
Others are investigating cases,<br />
contact tracing and daily monitoring<br />
people who have Covid19 and their<br />
household contacts in isolation.<br />
At peak she says team members<br />
were making more than 400 calls a<br />
day, checking on how people in<br />
quarantine or isolation were doing,<br />
monitoring their symptoms remotely<br />
and supporting them.<br />
It’s included solving problems such<br />
as finding alternative homes to<br />
isolate in, medical help or getting<br />
food deliveries or help through other<br />
agencies such as CDHB welfare<br />
teams or Civil Defence.<br />
It has dropped to around 50 calls a<br />
day now.<br />
Angela runs up to 10km aday as a<br />
stress reliever. She says family time in<br />
lockdown has included watching<br />
movies and going for bike rides.<br />
The boys also celebrated their<br />
birthdays on April 7and 4<br />
respectively. On both occasions the<br />
family ‘‘dressed up and went out for<br />
dinner’’ having evening meals<br />
around aspecially set up dining<br />
table, usually covered in school<br />
material.<br />
Angela and Ross have kept their<br />
bubble small, even as the alert levels<br />
have lowered; Angela's younger<br />
sister Debbie, and partner Cawte,<br />
gave birth to their first child aboy<br />
named Oliver three weeks ago. It's<br />
put connecting with family on hold,<br />
for now.<br />
But Angela says there have been a<br />
lot of Zoom calls and plenty of<br />
birthday cakes shared online; two<br />
nieces have celebrated their fifth and<br />
first birthdays.<br />
Angela is proud of the work being<br />
done by the public health team, and<br />
says they are well supported by<br />
management and medical officers of<br />
health. It’s been achallenging time<br />
but the goal of eliminating the virus<br />
continues to provide motivation.<br />
Astep toward normality, but surgical backlog to clear<br />
Amove from level 3tolevel2<br />
represents amajor shiftinhow our<br />
country is dealing withCovid19.<br />
Manyshopswill reopen, restaurants<br />
can again serve guests, and schools<br />
and early childhood centres will go<br />
back on Monday.<br />
For someitwillfeel like astep into<br />
the unknown.Arisk thatweare<br />
exposing ourselves to, with afear of<br />
numbers growingonceagain. It’s a<br />
valid concern, but we’re better<br />
placed than most to avoid it.<br />
As an island nationwehave strong<br />
borders,particularly with the<br />
mandatory quarantiningwe<br />
eventuallysaw introducedfor Kiwis<br />
returning home.<br />
While for afew people oneofthe<br />
mostpressingissues might be getting<br />
Comment by Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon<br />
ahaircut, for others the move from<br />
level 3to2isfar moresignificant.<br />
No precisedata hasbeen released,<br />
but the Association of Salaried<br />
Medical Specialists estimate that<br />
between 20,000and 30,000elective<br />
surgeries were cancelled, with a<br />
further 60,000 specialist<br />
appointments alsoparked.<br />
Althoughsome havebeen carried<br />
out underlevel3,level 2allowsfor a<br />
wider range of patients to be<br />
operated on.<br />
Unfortunately there is quitea<br />
backlog. Somedistricthealth boards<br />
estimate it could be ayear or more<br />
beforethey’ve caught up.<br />
Thecost of thatcould be severe,<br />
not just financial, but more<br />
importantly on the lives and<br />
wellbeing of the people the lockdown<br />
protected.<br />
For others the end of the<br />
lockdown represents achance to<br />
escape.<br />
In recent days Police haveagain<br />
repeated their concerns over family<br />
violence and harm. Even in the best<br />
of times it’s not as easy as some might<br />
expectfor victimstoreporttheir<br />
abuser.<br />
Withlockdown measuresinplace<br />
for weeksonend that task became<br />
even harder.<br />
Family violence can be hiding in<br />
places we might never expect, our<br />
neighbours, ourfriends, ourown<br />
extended families. It’s vital we all<br />
remain vigilant, call out violence<br />
when we see it, and as we move to<br />
level 2, continue to give as much<br />
supporttovictims as we can.<br />
We’ve done atremendous job to<br />
get to this point. Together, by staying<br />
apart, we’ve flattened the curve and<br />
strangled the spread of the virus. It<br />
was the right thing to do, but we must<br />
also acknowledge the socialcost of<br />
the lockdown.<br />
For many it wasn’t easy, and their<br />
relationships, their health,and their<br />
mentalwellbeing may have suffered.<br />
Flattening that curve shouldnow be<br />
oneofour priorities.<br />
Andrew Falloon
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Video posts entertain in lockdown<br />
By Toni Williams<br />
People around the district have<br />
stepped up during Covid19<br />
restrictions, entertaining captive<br />
audiences with the wide reach of<br />
the internet.<br />
Businesses, individuals and<br />
organisations have taken to social<br />
media to keep in touch with their<br />
respective communities in<br />
entertaining ways.<br />
Among them were <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District mayor Neil Brown, Rakaia<br />
School principal Mark Ellis and EA<br />
Network Centre’s Tayla McAdam,<br />
who between them have clocked up<br />
thousands of views from their mini<br />
video posts.<br />
<strong>May</strong>or Brown, not usually one<br />
for cooking, took over the kitchen<br />
with daughter Mikayla to make<br />
beer bread, lemon slice and carrot<br />
patties.<br />
Then he posted his success, with<br />
videos, on Facebook.<br />
His beer bread clocked up 2000<br />
views, but his mini video chats with<br />
council chief executive officer<br />
Hamish Riach, discussing arange of<br />
district issues, have clocked up<br />
more than 12,000 views.<br />
“Being safe inside has opened up<br />
new worlds for the Brown family,”<br />
he posted.<br />
“I've taken over afew times in<br />
Judy's kitchen to try my hand in<br />
baking afew experiments.<br />
‘‘You've seen my beer bread,<br />
which went down atreat, here my<br />
daughter Mikayla and Ihave made<br />
afew things on the weekend carrot<br />
patties and lemon slice.<br />
“Hope everyone is keeping<br />
themselves safe and sane by trying<br />
new things and looking after your<br />
mental health with positive actions<br />
Rakaia School principal Mark Ellis.<br />
and fresh air when you get it,” he<br />
said.<br />
“Keep connected with friends<br />
and family safely, and feel free to<br />
share pics of the fun and tasty<br />
experiments in the kitchen.<br />
‘‘Would love to see what the<br />
other blokes in the district are<br />
whipping up for their families.”<br />
Principal Mark Ellis has been in<br />
constant contact with his school<br />
community on Facebook.<br />
He not only unveiled his very<br />
short home haircut to them, but<br />
took on awhole new personna to<br />
entertain in one video as<br />
international soccer star Patrick<br />
Quentin Rafferty. It’s been viewed<br />
hundreds of times.<br />
Mr Ellis’s alter ego gained his<br />
status from being in the Irish Under<br />
13 team.<br />
He said the children had worked<br />
“very hard but it was really, really<br />
important to get out (side) as well”.<br />
With soccer ball at the ready, he<br />
showed some football techniques<br />
on how to kick aball properly with<br />
the inside and outside of the foot.<br />
“Inside and outside and outside<br />
and inside, practise that at home,”<br />
he said, showing his ball skills.<br />
EA Networks Centre’s Tayla<br />
McAdam used music and madness<br />
in her entertaining posts for pupils<br />
of the swim school.<br />
It’s been away to reinforce their<br />
water skills and for her to keep in<br />
contact with members.<br />
Ms McAdam showed swim<br />
strokes techniques for pupils to<br />
practise out of the water and<br />
donned her own swimming suit to<br />
sit in the bath and sing children’s<br />
songs to teach younger members<br />
water confidence.<br />
It too has been viewed thousands<br />
of times.<br />
Thomas, the family cat, became<br />
an accidental star by video bombing<br />
her post but he just added to the<br />
entertainment and was likely drawn<br />
in by songs such as Tiny Tim and<br />
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.<br />
<strong>May</strong>or Neil Brown took to the kitchen to entertain his family, and the<br />
community, through social media during lockdown.
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LIONSCLUBINTERNATIONAL<br />
WE SERVE<br />
What areLionsClubs?<br />
Lions Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Lions Club of Methven<br />
Lions Club <strong>May</strong>field &Districts<br />
Lions is atruly global organisation comprising of over 47,000 Lions clubs in 200<br />
countries and with amembership of over 1.4million people. The Lions motto is<br />
“WESERVE”.<br />
Lions arededicatedtohelping their communities.Giving time and energy to othersis<br />
afantastic waytohelp the community, yet, it also provides agreat feeling foryou that<br />
can spread and have apositiveimpactinyour lifeand howyou approach the world.<br />
Along with the servicecomes the friendship and fellowship thatall Lions clubs foster.<br />
OurMission<br />
To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs,<br />
encourage peaceand promoteinternational understanding through Lions clubs.<br />
TheBenefits of being aLion<br />
When youbecome aLion, youbecome partofaglobal network of volunteers working<br />
together to make adifference.<br />
Would youliketofind outmoreabout LionsClubs in <strong>Ashburton</strong>?<br />
Clubs arealways looking to build their membership,soifyou would liketomakeenquires<br />
locally please contact:<br />
•<strong>Ashburton</strong>: g.l.edge@xtra.co.nz<br />
•<strong>Ashburton</strong>County:acl.ashburton@xtra.co.nz<br />
•<strong>Ashburton</strong>Pakeke: dwjmbennett@gmail.com<br />
•Hinds: gleneil18@gmail.com<br />
•<strong>May</strong>field: grant.jan@xtra.co.nz<br />
•Methven: irwin.wr@gmail.com<br />
•Rakaia: raewynmundt@xtra.co.nz<br />
•Media Contact: chrisstewart196@gmail.com<br />
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The Lions Club of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> was Chartered<br />
in September 1963<br />
initially with 32 members.<br />
Membership has grown<br />
and remained strong over<br />
the 57 years that the Club<br />
has been in existence and<br />
currently stands at 64<br />
members. Initially a male<br />
only Club,membershipwas<br />
opened to women in 2012.<br />
The Club has undertaken<br />
many major projects with the aim of returning monies raised to the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Community<br />
along with Lions National and International humanitarian purposes.Members regularly deliver<br />
Meals on Wheels and also supportarange of other communityservices.<br />
Major events run by the Club include the Playhouse Raffle, Annual Charity GolfTournament,<br />
South Island Motorhome Show, Vintage CarClub Swap meet catering and gatekeeping,the Big<br />
Smoke versus Rural Folk Team Challenge and Auction along with gatekeeping duties, selling<br />
garden manureand revenue from the use and hireofitsFood Trailer.<br />
We are able to support community causes such as Ronald McDonald House, MSA Men’s and<br />
Phoenix Rising Choirs, health and social services including provision of defibrillators, the toy<br />
library, children’s learntoswimprogrammes,adventurecamps performing arts such as music<br />
and theatre, junior rowing, basketball, athletics and netball, <strong>Ashburton</strong> Aviation Museum,<br />
Foodbanks, Camp Quality for young cancer sufferers, suicide prevention programmes,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Cancer Support, Mid/South CanterburyLifeEducation Trust,Birthright, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Pipe Band, <strong>Ashburton</strong> StJohn Cadets, Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust, Child Cancer,<br />
Hospice Mid-Canterbury, Christchurch Cancer Society Shuttle,Trott’s Garden Charitable Trust,<br />
Berwick Outdoor Experience.<br />
TheClub holds several social events forits membersand partners throughout the year.<br />
The Club meets on the first Wednesday ofeach month (except January) from 5.45pm at the<br />
Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
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TheLions Club<br />
of Methvenwas<br />
charteredin1967<br />
and has been<br />
activefor 53 years,<br />
with 76 members<br />
from diverse<br />
backgrounds.<br />
Thereisawealth<br />
of skills and<br />
enthusiasm<br />
available to<br />
raise funds for<br />
communityneeds<br />
and provide<br />
manpowertomake<br />
thingshappen.<br />
Major fundraising projects include the Discover Mt Hutt Summer Open Day (late February),<br />
Golf Tournament (<strong>May</strong>), and the Methven Mud and Steel Winch Challenge (October). Other<br />
projects include battery recycling, equipment hire, spectator logistics atthe Methven Rodeo,<br />
and Christmas trees.<br />
Theclubalso organises Methven’sAnzac Daycelebrations. Social events additional to monthly<br />
dinners are organised through the year. The club organises an array ofsocial events for<br />
members throughout the year,including bus trips and four wheel driveexcursions.<br />
All ofthe funds raised are distributed to various charitable causes. Local community groups<br />
and schools arethe main recipients.Some funds go to Lions International,which targets several<br />
national and global causes.<br />
Dinner meetings,cateredbyadifferentcommunitygroup each month, areheldatthe United<br />
Clubrooms in the MethvenDomain at 6pm on the 4th Wednesdayofeach month.<br />
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Sponsored by<br />
MethvenLions, the<br />
<strong>May</strong>field and Districts<br />
club waschartered<br />
in1978.<br />
Theclub represents<br />
the areas of <strong>May</strong>field,<br />
Mt Somers,Valetta,<br />
Lismore, Carew,<br />
Ruapuna, Anama<br />
and Montaltoand<br />
currently has 64<br />
members<br />
We have amonthly<br />
teameeting,held<br />
at the <strong>May</strong>field Golf<br />
Club on the second Tuesdayofthe month at 6pm. Various organisations within the district<br />
fundraise through catering these meals.The monthly teameetings areagreatopportunityfor<br />
members to catchupoverameal and listen to an interesting speaker.<br />
The club elects aboard each year which is charged with running the club.This board meets<br />
everythird Tuesdayofthe month.<br />
The clubs major fund raising events include the Mt Somers Mountain Bike Challenge, Annual<br />
CharityGolfMatch, Wood Chops,Used batterycollections,<strong>May</strong>field ShowChocolate Wheel and<br />
swede and onion sales.Ronald McDonald House has been amajor benefactorfromproceeds<br />
from the Mountain Bike Challenge over anumber of years.<br />
Services include hosting the IHC for aBBQ lunch and entertainment, senior citizens outing,<br />
meals on wheels and manning collections forvarious organisations.<br />
While serving the community isthe clubs driver, itisdone while having fun, with the club<br />
having agreat team spirit cultivated byanumber ofsocial activities throughout the year. A<br />
night atthe races, winter curling match, partners tea meeting and working bees to name a<br />
few. The club isalways actively looking for enthusiastic new members and would welcome<br />
enquiries.<br />
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Lions Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong>County<br />
Lions Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong>Pakeke<br />
Lions Club of Hinds &Districts<br />
Lions Club of Rakaia<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> County Lions<br />
originated in June 1987<br />
as a Lioness Club with<br />
25 women attending a<br />
meeting to explore the<br />
possibility ofestablishing<br />
a club, a President and<br />
board of Directors were<br />
appointed, sponsored by<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Lions Club.<br />
Five years later in <strong>May</strong><br />
1992 the club chartered<br />
as a Lions Club with 32<br />
members. Ten of those<br />
members arestill members of the club today. Ourclubisanall female club with 56 members.<br />
We have adinner meeting onthe 4th Wednesday ofeach month at the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> at<br />
6.30pm.<br />
Alarge part ofwhat the club does is focused on service inthe community. Members assist<br />
with Meals on Wheels,drive forDay Careonaweekly basis,and help with street appeals.The<br />
club has made up gift baskets or donatedtoiletries forPresbyterian Support, Birthright“Seeds”,<br />
Hospiceand Women’s Refuge.<br />
Moneyisdonatedeach year from araffle to Camp QualitySouth. TheClub most years sponsors<br />
acandidate over the age of 18 to Berwick Outdoor Experience, its objectiveistobroaden ones<br />
experiences in lifebyusing teamwork to improveindividual confidenceand selfesteem on this<br />
eightday course.<br />
The Clubs biggest local community service isthe annual Toot for Tucker, growing each year<br />
thanks to community support, in donated non perishable foods for the local food banks, it<br />
hasbecome ahuge undertaking forthe club and all those groups thatsupportitonthe night,<br />
over 400 banana boxes offood divided up between St Vincent dePaul, Salvation Army and<br />
Presbyterian Support.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Pakeke Lions<br />
celebrate their<br />
40th birthday<br />
this year having<br />
been Chartered<br />
in September<br />
1980.<br />
We areamixed<br />
gender club with<br />
37 members.<br />
Non-member<br />
wives and<br />
partners are<br />
welcome at our<br />
monthly tea<br />
meetings and<br />
oftenassist us<br />
with our manyprojects throughout the year.<br />
We meet at the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>Function Room 4th Mondayofeach month at 5.30pm, where<br />
we enjoyatwocourse meal with entertainmentand aguest speaker.<br />
Our very first project was providing funding for the Allenton Scout Den. Two ofour notable<br />
projects wasplanting daffodils on East St green and building abridgeinthe Domain. We also<br />
do gate keeping and street collections supporting other charitable organizations.<br />
For our Lions Centennial project weare refurbishing the Sextons Building at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Cemetery.<br />
Our main fundraiser is the Annual Charity Market and Garage Sale held at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Racecourse which involves all our club members with our wives and partners helping.<br />
Throughout the year the club organises manysocialoutings and functions formembers.<br />
TheHinds club is<br />
36 years old,being<br />
established in 1984<br />
and sponsored by<br />
the <strong>May</strong>field Lions<br />
club.<br />
We areanall<br />
male club,with a<br />
membership of 49.<br />
Hinds Lions meet<br />
on the third<br />
Tuesdayofeach<br />
month at the<br />
Hinds Community<br />
centre.The usual<br />
programme<br />
includes asocial<br />
hour beforeameal at around 7:00pm, and oftenthereare interesting speakers invited along.<br />
Meals areprovided by groups and organisations from around the area, providing auseful flow<br />
of funds to supportthem.<br />
Activities centre around the sale of straw and manure (big hit with gardeners), as well as<br />
running the Longbeach Coastal Challenge in conjunction with Longbeach School. Other<br />
activities include arangeofservices such as delivering Meals on Wheels,organising the ANZAC<br />
serviceaswell as helping with the running of local events.<br />
Social activities include bike trips,the occasional bus trip and sometimes extend to four-wheel<br />
driveexcursions.<br />
Contributions are made tothe Global Lions effort, and financial support goes to the Maia<br />
Foundation, St Johns,Westpac Trust and Cancer and Stroke support.<br />
Abig focus for our club is providing assistance, both financial and manpower, for local youth<br />
activities.<br />
Agroup of<br />
communityminded<br />
menformed The<br />
Lion’s Club of Rakaia<br />
44 years ago in 1976.<br />
Sincethattimethey<br />
have been holding<br />
meetings at various<br />
venueswithin our<br />
districtonthe 2nd<br />
Wednesdayofeach<br />
month at 6:30 pm.<br />
Members partners are<br />
also invited along to<br />
usually four meetings<br />
each year as they can<br />
also be involved with whateverprojects,activityorsocial eventasmuch as they like.<br />
Currently we have 47 members which is equal to the most we have ever had. Five ofthose<br />
members areladies and ahusband and wifecouple areboth members. Wewouldwelcome the<br />
opportunitytohavenew members join our club.<br />
Selling swedes on the roadside trailer has been the most long running projectundertaken for<br />
fundraising but selling lily and freesia bulbs has been the most financial.<br />
Rakaia Lions most notable project was the erection of our landmark“Salmon”and currently<br />
instigated byLions, the Salmon site isgetting redeveloped to cater for the increased number<br />
of tourists thatstop.<br />
We support many community groups and we like to focus on charities that assist the less<br />
fortunate members of our community.<br />
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Winter is fast approachingand gardener<br />
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and bedding down Trott’s Garden.<br />
She’s been back on deck since level3<br />
restrictionswere introduced and is working<br />
solo.<br />
‘‘Itisvery quiet here at the moment and<br />
I’m missing the many volunteers who<br />
usually help out in the garden.’’<br />
She said volunteershelped her with<br />
mowing duties and generalgardening and<br />
wereasociablecrowd, but they wouldnot be<br />
returning untilgiven the goahead.<br />
Now was abusy time for her and all about<br />
tidying up the garden for winter.<br />
Her biggestjob was cutting back the 110<br />
metres of perennial borders.<br />
The bordersare various shades of brown<br />
at the moment and quite differentfrom<br />
their summer colours.<br />
The border work was likely to take a<br />
couple of months, on and off, and all the<br />
waste would be composted.<br />
‘‘The compost I’m puttingonthis year<br />
camefrom the cuttings from lastyear, so it’s<br />
all about recycling.’’<br />
The sizeable compost heap at Trott's will<br />
growbigger overthe coming weeks.<br />
Joining the pile will be large piles of<br />
leaves collected from around the 4ha<br />
garden, and other garden waste.<br />
Arideon mower is usedtoclear up the<br />
bulkofthe leaves.<br />
Leanne said Trott’s was afour season<br />
garden and atranquil spot with plenty of<br />
birdlife.<br />
Her favourite seasonwas summer, when<br />
she also enjoyed taking visitors on formal<br />
garden tours.<br />
Trott’s also features ared border area,<br />
woodland areas developed around curves<br />
and Englishinspiredformal gardens.<br />
There are around 50 speciesofmagnolia,<br />
70 kinds of maples and varieties of<br />
dogwood,azaleas, and over500<br />
rhododendrons, all underplantedwith<br />
woodland plants and groundcover.<br />
Summer is the busiest month for visitor<br />
numbers, helped by the fact that Trott's<br />
Garden is recognised as aGarden of<br />
InternationalSignificance and has been<br />
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Trott’s Garden tour guide and gardener<br />
Leanne Smith at work, and, right, an<br />
impressive autumn vista.<br />
awarded six stars by the New Zealand<br />
Gardens Trust.<br />
International visitorsusually accounted<br />
for between20and 30 per cent of summer<br />
gardentour numbers, and adollar value<br />
that was higher again,said Trott’s Garden<br />
marketing and administrator Nicola<br />
Walker.<br />
She said international numberswere<br />
expected to drop sharply because of the<br />
impactofCovid19.<br />
The charitable trust that ownedthe<br />
gardens would look at and plan the next<br />
seasontosee how the dropoff in overseas<br />
tourists could be filled, she said.<br />
The garden would reopen in September<br />
for garden tours and walk up garden<br />
visitors, but venue bookings and inquiries<br />
can be made year round.<br />
Still time to sow your broad beans<br />
Traditionally,broad beans are sown from March<br />
until mid<strong>May</strong>,tostand through the winterand bear<br />
crops in early summer.<br />
Renowned for their hardiness, broadbeans are a<br />
favourite vegetable with many gardeners, as not<br />
only do seeds germinate in cold groundbut the<br />
plantsprefer heavier soils.<br />
The soil for broadbeans should be welldrained<br />
and enriched with plenty of compost.<br />
Phosphates, supplied by adding bone dustor<br />
superphosphate,will encourage healthy growth.<br />
Applying lime at the rate of 50g per sqmsome time<br />
beforesowing sweetenssour, acidsoils.<br />
Tall broad bean plantsneed to be supported, and<br />
can provideexcellent windbreaks for tender spring<br />
crops.Site the rows where they will be useful shelter<br />
for the likesoflettuce, outdoortomatoes and<br />
Frenchbeans.<br />
Sow broad beansindouble rows, about 20cm<br />
apart,with theseeds placed about10cm apartand<br />
5cm deep. Sow afew extra seeds at the end of rows<br />
to transplant into any gaps.<br />
If you are growing redflowered or other heritage<br />
broad beans and wanttosave seeds, be aware they<br />
Broad beans, renowned for their hardiness, are a<br />
favourite vegetable with many gardeners.<br />
will crosspollinate with other broadbeans within<br />
beeflying distance and may not breed true.<br />
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Good numbers at<br />
foothills reunion<br />
Close to 100 people<br />
attended an informal<br />
reunion of people who<br />
went to Springburn<br />
Schoolorlived in the<br />
Springburn/Staveley area<br />
in the 1950s,‘60s and ‘70s.<br />
The reunion was<br />
organised by former<br />
resident Barry Burgess<br />
and held at the Staveley<br />
Hall before the Covid19<br />
lockdown kickedin.<br />
Mr Burgesssaid it was a<br />
‘‘magic day’’ for him and a<br />
numberofothers.<br />
The Staveley Hall had<br />
been the gathering point<br />
for the community for<br />
decades and memoriesof<br />
country dances, local<br />
bands and jovialitywere<br />
recounted, along with the<br />
moviesthat were shown<br />
on Friday nights.<br />
Although he had left<br />
the foothills area in 1971,<br />
he had still managed to<br />
recognise anumber of<br />
peopleatthe reunion and<br />
many he hadn’t seen in<br />
more thanfour decades.<br />
There were<br />
representatives fromthe<br />
Pawsey, Smith, Syme,<br />
Stewart, Lamb,McRae,<br />
Mehrtens, Wightman, Lill<br />
and Totty families, as well<br />
as from the Gray,Lister,<br />
Hewit,Greenslade, Hydes<br />
and Burgess families.<br />
‘‘Lois Moody was<br />
probably the most senior,<br />
not that you would think it<br />
Jenny Wightman and Alf Wightman were among<br />
those at the March reunion.<br />
The 1955 class at Springburn School.<br />
to see her.’’<br />
There weresome great<br />
chin wags and stories<br />
sharedand the road near<br />
the Staveley Hall was<br />
packedwith cars on the<br />
day.<br />
‘‘The carswere modern<br />
and the people abit older,<br />
but it really brought back<br />
to me what agreat little<br />
community Igrew up in.’’<br />
House prices up in March<br />
Median house prices across New<br />
Zealand increased by 13.7% in March to<br />
anew record medianprice of $665,000,<br />
up from $585,000 in March 2019.<br />
Data from the Real EstateInstitute of<br />
New Zealand shows eight regions<br />
recording new high median prices in the<br />
month.<br />
The median price for houses sold in<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District in Marchwas<br />
$375,000, compared to $350,000 in<br />
February and $360,000 in March 2019.<br />
Some 58 homes were sold in the<br />
district in March compared to 43 the<br />
previous month.<br />
In the Canterbury region there was a<br />
6.8% increase in the median price of<br />
homes soldinMarch ($490,000)<br />
compared with the same month in 2019<br />
($459,000).<br />
Agroup from Timaru tackles beading at aCanBead workshop.<br />
Trust wants surplus<br />
beads, fishing gear<br />
The CanInspireCharitableTrust is after any<br />
surplus beading or fishing itemsthat it can reuse<br />
to run workshops for people affectedbyillness,<br />
traumaorpersonal loss.<br />
The trustisinvitingpeople to have aCovid19<br />
clean out.<br />
It works with agencies suchasthe Cancer<br />
Society, the Brain Injury Trust and othersto<br />
provide awelcomedistraction and connection to<br />
othersexperiencing similar situations.<br />
Through CanBead, the trust offers beading and<br />
jewellery workshops.<br />
Bead stocks are comprised mostly of<br />
deconstructed broken or unwanted jewellery<br />
donated to us by the public. Volunteerswash,<br />
dismantle and put together bead packs for use at<br />
workshops.<br />
CanTackle workshops teach participants how<br />
to fly fishand uses atutor to work through areas<br />
such as tying your own fly, to castingarod and<br />
what to do onceyou make thatmagic catch.<br />
Anyone with unwanted rods or fly tying kits<br />
and feathers is encouraged to donate themfor<br />
thebenefit of others.<br />
TheCanInspire Charitable Trusthas gone<br />
from strengthtostrengthsince it was set up in<br />
2010. It has seven regional offices and has<br />
reached hundreds of people.<br />
Donated items can be droppedoff at<br />
Community House Mid Canterbury(44 Cass<br />
Street)when it reopens, or can be collectedon<br />
request.<br />
More information on the caninspire.org.nz<br />
website.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P meeting on soon<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P Show<br />
committeewillholdits annual<br />
general meetingatthe end ofthe<br />
month, wherethe new incoming<br />
president will be confirmedand<br />
thereisexpected to be alot of<br />
discussion on theupcoming show,<br />
duetorun on October 30and31.<br />
AssociationsecretaryLucille<br />
Brownsaysthe committee was<br />
remainingvery positive about<br />
holding the showatthe end of the<br />
year, however it will depend on<br />
numbersallowedbygovernmentdue<br />
to Covid19.<br />
Theshowhasanumberofevents<br />
such as equestrian anddog trials<br />
whichare used as qualifying events<br />
fortheir grandfinals so could leave<br />
theshow in abetterposition to go<br />
ahead, even in small sections.<br />
UnliketheNew Zealand<br />
AgriculturalShow, which announced<br />
thecancellation of theirNovember<br />
show last week,the <strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P<br />
Show didnot needtomakeafinal<br />
decision untillater in the year.<br />
ACTIVE ESCAPE<br />
• Peel Forest activities<br />
Horse trekking •hiddenwaterfalls •stargazing<br />
• Horse treks<br />
• Bush walks<br />
• Geraldine stargazing<br />
• Motel packages<br />
• CentralSouth Island<br />
holidaylocation<br />
PLANHERE FORLATER:<br />
DISTRICT
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Gianna debating, sharing<br />
views at youth conference<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Christian School student<br />
GiannaButler is mid way through the<br />
twoweekAotearoa Youth Declaration<br />
conference, acivic educationproject<br />
aimed at developingayouth perspective<br />
on public policy.<br />
TheYear10studentshould havebeen<br />
attending afive day event in Auckland,<br />
butbecause of Covid19 is joining others<br />
through Zoommeetingsand Flack chat<br />
rooms.<br />
Theconference hours run mostly<br />
between 6pm and 9pm,and feature input<br />
from 180 students from around the<br />
country.<br />
Agedbetween 1318, the studentsare<br />
workingintargetedgroups to create<br />
policy solutions on abroadrange of<br />
problems.<br />
Theywill discuss and debate issues<br />
and alsohear fromguest speakers.<br />
Eachgroupexamines one or two issues<br />
relevant to Aotearoa, including as access<br />
to voting,education,justice, the<br />
environment, child povertyand Te Reo<br />
in schools.<br />
Gianna is looking at rights and<br />
freedoms and working with 13 other<br />
students and being directedbytwo<br />
leaders.<br />
Gianna Butler is mid way through the<br />
two week Aotearoa Youth Declaration<br />
conference.<br />
‘‘At schoolwehave studied topicsthat<br />
lookedatjustice and rights and I’m keen<br />
to sharemyknowledge and opinion.’’<br />
Areaslooked at so far had included<br />
the rights of immigrants, the debate<br />
around gun lawsand the freedom of<br />
speech.<br />
‘‘We are discussing just what rightsare<br />
and how they differfrom say privileges,’’<br />
said Gianna.<br />
Each groups was working towards its<br />
own declaration and would contribute a<br />
solution to their topic.<br />
The combinationofthe solutions<br />
wouldmake up theAotearoa Youth<br />
Declaration document which would then<br />
be passed on to the decisionmakers that<br />
included MPs, local councils, boards,<br />
and otherinfluential people.<br />
Gianna said she waslearning valuable<br />
skills at the conference such as effective<br />
communication, and teamwork, and<br />
enjoying the experience.<br />
‘‘I’mmixing withlikeminded people<br />
and discussing topicsI’m passionate<br />
about.’’<br />
The onlineconference wrapsupon<br />
<strong>May</strong> 22.<br />
Gianna Butler is eyeing up apossible<br />
future career as apaediatric oncologist,<br />
but has alsobeen told she would make a<br />
good lawyer.<br />
Nine groups get<br />
creative funding<br />
Nine local community<br />
groups are set to benefit<br />
from almost $21,000 of<br />
fundingfor their upcoming<br />
projects andevents, after<br />
beingawarded money<br />
from thesecond round of<br />
the2019/20 Creative<br />
CommunitiesScheme<br />
grant.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council has awarded<br />
$20,880tothe groups,<br />
courtesy of CreativeNew<br />
Zealand's Creative<br />
CommunitiesScheme.<br />
Thesuccessful recipients<br />
are<strong>Ashburton</strong> Civic Music<br />
Council, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
CreativeFibre, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Indian Multicultural<br />
Charitable Trust,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> MusicalClub,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Writers' Group,<br />
Bike Methven/Hannah<br />
Kidd, CanInspire Trust,<br />
Hakatere Ceramics&<br />
Pottery <strong>Ashburton</strong>, and<br />
TheBig LittleTheatre<br />
Company.<br />
Chairofthe Creative<br />
Communities <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Assessment<br />
Committee, Sarah<br />
Davidson, saysthe funding<br />
willhelpsupport thelocal<br />
arts.<br />
Projects the grantwill<br />
support includethe<br />
Festival of Lights,music<br />
concerts, free Canbead<br />
workshops forpeople<br />
experiencingillness,<br />
traumaorloss,community<br />
group exhibitions at the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>ArtGallery, a<br />
designcompetition for a<br />
new Mt Hutt Bike Park<br />
sign, andatravelling<br />
theatre showaround the<br />
district's halls and<br />
community venues.<br />
Creative NewZealand<br />
provides funding to local<br />
councils around the<br />
countrytodistributein<br />
their community, and<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>District<strong>May</strong>or<br />
Neil Brownsaidcouncil<br />
wasdelighted to allocate<br />
the funds to enhance the<br />
district.<br />
Thenextroundof<br />
CreativeCommunities<br />
Scheme funding will open<br />
in August <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Information on the grant is<br />
availableonthe council<br />
website ashburtondc.govt.<br />
nz/grants.<br />
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ACROSS<br />
1. Imprisonment (13)<br />
8. Change (5)<br />
9. Fruit (7)<br />
10. Rich (6)<br />
11. Look (6)<br />
12. Speed (5)<br />
<strong>14</strong>. Absolute (5)<br />
18. Ditch (6)<br />
20. Small (6)<br />
23. Castle (7)<br />
24. Start (5)<br />
25. Touchy (4-9)<br />
DOWN<br />
1. Affront (6)<br />
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3. Refuge (7)<br />
4. Cheese (4)<br />
5. Month (5)<br />
6. Annoy (7)<br />
7. Lower(6)<br />
13. Mean (7)<br />
15. Capital city (7)<br />
16. Plaster (6)<br />
17. Insect (6)<br />
19. Board game (5)<br />
21. Italian composer<br />
(5)<br />
22. Revolve (4)<br />
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8566<br />
ACROSS<br />
1. In that way you’ll meet alot of people (7,6). 8. The two<br />
men were taken back and charged (5). 9.What gave the<br />
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DOWN<br />
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SUDOKU<br />
MEDIUM No. 5219<br />
9 4<br />
2 1 5 9<br />
7 6 1<br />
3 6 8<br />
7 6 3 9<br />
4 3 6<br />
3 1 5<br />
7 1 3 6<br />
4 2<br />
Solution to previous Sudoku<br />
Howto<br />
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Sudoku!<br />
Fill the grid<br />
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rowand every<br />
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9 6 8 5 1 7 2 4 3<br />
1 7 2 6 3 4 8 5 9<br />
8 4 1 7 9 6 5 3 2<br />
7 3 5 1 2 8 6 9 4<br />
6 2 9 3 4 5 7 8 1<br />
2 1 4 8 5 3 9 7 6<br />
5 9 7 4 6 1 3 2 8<br />
3 8 6 9 7 2 4 1 5<br />
Solution to previous crossword<br />
QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8565 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -1,Cautious. 6, List.8,Taxi. 9,Allusion. 10, Revel.<br />
11,Trophy. 13, Canter. 15, Report. 17, Estate. 19, Snipe.<br />
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Agree. 20, Plait. 21, Scut.<br />
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URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />
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The<strong>Ashburton</strong>DutyPractice for ...<br />
Saturday16th <strong>May</strong> is<br />
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To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />
Sunday17th <strong>May</strong> is<br />
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Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />
At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />
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Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />
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QUALITY<br />
USED VEHICLES<br />
@<br />
AFFORDABLE<br />
PRICES<br />
<br />
WARRANTIES AA APPRAISED FINANCE BIGGEST YARD BEST SELECTION TRADE-INS<br />
2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD SYLPHY<br />
ABS,AIR CON, CLIMATE<br />
CONTROL,<br />
TWIN AIR BAGS,<br />
2000 CC,60,300<br />
KMS<br />
2009 MAZDADEMIO SPORT<br />
1500 CC,ABS,AIR CON,<br />
CLIMATECONTROL,<br />
REAR SPOILER,<br />
70,500 KMS<br />
2006 NISSAN CUBE<br />
<strong>14</strong>00CC,42,000KMS, AUTO,<br />
TWOAIR BAGS,ABS<br />
$9995 $10,995 $8,995<br />
DAIHATSU<br />
1999 DAIHATSUTERIOS SUV, manual,petrol,4x4, 5door,central locking,<br />
rear spoiler,1300cc, 159,788 kms...........................................................$3,995<br />
HONDA<br />
2006 HONDAINSPIRE,alloys,cruise control, reverse camera, 2wheel<br />
drive, 3000 cc,57,000 kms..................................................................... $9,995<br />
2013 HONDACR-V 24G, auto5door,ABS, cruise control, alloys,tow bar,<br />
66,000 kms, 2400cc...................................................................................$22,995<br />
2004 HONDACR-V ZX, auto, petrol,5door,SUV,ABS, rear spoiler,78,100<br />
kms, 2400cc.....................................................................................................$9,995<br />
2007 HONDAELYSION PRESTAGESZ, auto, petrol,8seater, 5door,ABS,<br />
foglights,105,000 kms, 3500cc........................................................... $11,995<br />
2007 HONDASTEPWAGON G, 5door,8seater, ABS, air con, rear spoiler,<br />
95,000 kms, 2000cc......................................................................................$7,995<br />
MITSUBISHI<br />
2010 MITSUBISHI GALLANT FORTIS SPORT,5door,ABS, air con, CD<br />
changer,climate control, 97,400 kms, 1800cc....................................$9,995<br />
MAZDA<br />
2009 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 1500cc, ABS, air con, climate control, rear<br />
spoiler,70,500kms.....................................................................................$10,995<br />
2008 MAZDAAXELA15C, ABS, body kit, spoiler,air con, 34,600 kms,<br />
1500cc................................................................................................................. SOLD<br />
2008 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 5door,ABS, climate control, air con, body kit,<br />
19,800 kms, 1500cc.................................................................................. $11,495<br />
20<strong>14</strong> NISSAN LATIO B<br />
AUTO,31,000KMS,<br />
TWIN AIR BAGS,ABS,<br />
4DOOR SEDAN<br />
NISSAN<br />
2006 NISSANBLUEBIRDSYLPHY20S, 4door,ABS, air con, climate control,<br />
11,800 kms, 2000cc......................................................................................$9,995<br />
2006 NISSANCUBE15M, 5door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD changer,42,300<br />
kms, 1500cc.....................................................................................................$7,495<br />
2008 NISSANNOTE15X, auto, 5door,air con, climate control, petrol,<strong>14</strong>,800<br />
kms, 1500cc, ready to go............................................................................$8,995<br />
2012 NISSAN SYLPHY, 4door,auto, petrol,ABS, air con, 29,200 kms,<br />
1800cc................................................................................................................. SOLD<br />
2005 NISSAN TIIDA18G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,60,500<br />
kms, 1800cc....................................................................................................... SOLD<br />
20<strong>14</strong> NISSAN LATIO B, auto, idling stop,twin air bags,ABS, 4door,petrol,<br />
air con, 31,100kms........................................................................................$9,995<br />
2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD SYLPHY, 2L, sedan, wine red, twin air bags,<br />
ABS, 60,000kms ........................................................................................... $9,995<br />
2001 NISSAN CUBE, 1300 cc,5door,auto, 136,000 kms........................$3,495<br />
2007 NISSAN SKYLINE 350 GT,3500 cc,auto, paddle shift, 18in alloys,<br />
76,000 kms...................................................................................................$11,995<br />
SUBARU<br />
2008 SUBARUIMPREZA15S, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler, .........<br />
78,200 kms, 1500cc......................................................................................$8,995<br />
2005 SUBARULEGACY OUTBACK, petrol,6air bags,ABS, air con, cruise<br />
control, foglights,rearspoiler,3000 cc .................................................. SOLD<br />
2005 SUBARUFORESTER 2.0X, 5door,4x4, ABS, air con, petrol,82,500 kms,<br />
2000cc...............................................................................................................$8,995<br />
2007 SUZUKISWIFT 1.5 XS<br />
AUTO,<br />
BODYKIT,AIR CON,<br />
REARSPOILER, 1500 CC,<br />
49,500KMS<br />
SUZUKI<br />
2007 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5 XS, Auto,body kit, air con, 1500cc,<br />
49,500 kms.................................................................................................. $9,995<br />
2007 SUZUKISWIFT 1.5 XS, 5door,6air bags,ABS, air con, body kit, rear<br />
spoiler,49,500 kms, 1500cc......................................................................... SOLD<br />
2007 SUZUKISX4 XG, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear<br />
spoiler,roof rails,alloys,97,200 kms, 1500 cc.....................................$8,495<br />
2007 SUZUKISWIFT 1.5XS,1500cc, white, auto, body kit, air con, 68,000<br />
kms.....................................................................................................................$9,995<br />
TOYOTA<br />
2007 TOYOTA PRIUS STOURING, hybrid,alloys,reverse camera, air con,<br />
rear spoiler,ABS, 1500cc,36,000 kms................................................ $9,995<br />
2006 TOYOTA RACTIS GL, 1500cc, ABS, cruise control, air con, rear spoiler,<br />
63,400kms ......................................................................................................... SOLD<br />
2007 TOYOTA BLADEG,5door,ABS, air con, body kit, rear spoiler,push<br />
button start, 70,500 kms, 2400cc.........................................................$10,995<br />
2009 TOYOTA ESTIMA HYBRID X4WD, 5door,8seater, Abs, air con, auto,<br />
rear spoiler,cruise control, 133,450 kms, 2400cc...........................$<strong>14</strong>,995<br />
2013 TOYOTA PRIUSL,5door,ABS, air con, petrol,parking sensors,rear<br />
spoiler,auto, 71,810 kms, 1800cc.........................................................$16,995<br />
2012 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,cruise<br />
control, 45,400 kms, 1500cc...................................................................$11,995<br />
1999 TOYOTA RAV4,3door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,<br />
1800cc...............................................................................................................$7,995<br />
2006 TOYOTA RUSH G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear<br />
spoiler,59,500 kms, 1500cc....................................................................$11,995<br />
2008 TOYOTA WISHXLIMITED, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, auto, climate<br />
control, 72,500 kms, 1800cc......................................................................$9,995<br />
2004 TOYOTA FUNCARGO,1300cc, auto, air con, rear spoiler,<br />
<strong>14</strong>8,000 kms...................................................................................................... SOLD<br />
2008 NISSAN NOTE<br />
1500CC,AUTO, TWIN<br />
AIR BAGS,ABS,EASY<br />
ACCESS,<strong>14</strong>,000KM,<br />
READY TO GO<br />
$8,995 $9,995<br />
$8,995<br />
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