Ashburton Courier: May 21, 2020

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Page 10, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday May 21, 2020 DEATHS BIRD, Lynley June: Passed away peacefully on 13th May 2020 at Ashburton Hospital, aged 73 years. Wife of the late Peter. Loved mother and motherin-law of Lee and Bryan Running, Darren and Lisa Bird. Adored Gram Grams and grandma of Jordan and Tayla, Thomas and Amanda, Zac, Curtis and Alex. Special LyntoDev and Ashley. “An extremely brave “Bird” who fought the fight her way right till the very end.” Messages to 14 Aitken Street Ashburton 7700. Special thanks to Sonia Frew for all her tireless help and loving care of Lyn during her illness. Acelebration of Lyn’s life will take place ata laterdate. Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 Birth notices listed by parents will continue to be free in the Family Notices column. The initial death notice lodged by afuneral director will be listed without charge. There will be asmall charge of $15 for subsequent notices related to the same death, up to a maximum of 35 words and on a per-line basis after that. The same low charges apply to other family notices, such as engagements, acknowledgements, in memoriam notices and anniversaries. Family Notices DEATHS CAMPBELL, Tom (Beagle): Passed away in Ashburton. Dearly loved father of Jason and Andrew (Auckland), Wikitoria (Papakura) and Whare (Sydney) and their families in Ruatoria and Gisborne. His children want to sincerely thank his friends for taking care of him. Onwards and in thoughts forever. CAMPBELL, Sgt. Tom (Beagle) U759153, RNZIR LTD: Sadly passed away at home in Ashburton on 5th May 2020. Cremation has been held. Wewish to invite his friends along to the Ashburton RSA, this Saturday 1.30pm to pay their respects. Tom will be with us. A great mate to us all. RIP our friend. Blackie, Grunter, Swampy, Helen, Gordie Munro, Hori and Tomes family (Southbridge). ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BIRD, Ted and Pamela: The Bird family wish to thank family and friends for the many expressions of sympathy, support and kindness shown to us with the sad loss of Mum on the 6th December and then Dad on Good Friday, April 10th. Thank you for the flowers, baking, cards and donations to the Blind Foundation and to all those that travelled distances to be with us. Special thanks to Dr Penny Holdaway, Paterson’s, and the ladies providing afternoon tea for Mum’sfarewell,making it so memorable. Wemiss them both greatly, but know they are atpeace and together again. Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Money rolls in for hospice ride By Toni Williams Retired businessman Tony Todd celebrated his 73rd birthday yesterday cycling 73km around Ashburton raising more than $6800 for Hospice Mid Canterbury. He was joined by around 25 cycling friends including cycling stalwarts Paul Wylie and Kenny Johnston, cycling newcomer John Catherwood and many members of Lions Club of Ashburton. Mr Todd was inspired to organise the charity ride by UK war veteran Captain Tom Moore who did 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday and raising millions of pounds for the national health service. The Covid19 pandemic has made fundraising difficult for the hospice group so Tony chose a sponsored ride to raise money. He received lump sum donations, or sponsorship per kilometre; with $6823 pledged, but there were still donations being received; the Lions Club announced they would sponsor their own riders efforts per kilometre and donate money to Kenny Johnston, Paul Wylie, Tony Todd and John Catherwood preparing to cycle 73km in support of Tony's Hospice Mid Canterbury charity ride. Tony’s ride. Tony was grateful to the people supporting the cause; those with donations and pledges, teeshirt sponsorship from DPI EmbroidMe and to the cyclists biking alongside him, including the six or seven riders doing the full 73km. Donations in support of Tony’s 73km ride can still be made by emailing manager@hospicemc.nz or phoning Christine or Lorraine on 3078387 or 0272278387. RSA mates ready for catchup and apint Members of the Ashburton RSA are back in their local, enjoying time socialising over a pint or two. It’s been eight weeks of lockdown but members, with social distancing and hand sanitising in place, have returned. RSA Ashburton president Merv Brenton had been looking forward to the return of members to the RSA and having achin wag. He was on site earlier this week with afew staff and committee members preparing for the return today, giving the bar agood clean and setting up asignin table for Covid19 tracing, ahand sanitiser station, and spacing tables and chairs, along with floor signage, to keep people within one metre social distancing rules. RSA member Barry Solway, aretired carpenter, was also installing perspex sheeting over RSA Ashburton president Merv Brenton, barman James Rae and RSA member, and retired carpenter Barry Solway prepare the bar service area for reopening. the bar area for added protection for bar staff. Mr Brenton said under the new rules the bar was limited to 100 people, which included staff, and the courtesy van was operating but with limited numbers on board. There was also just aonedoor entry system so people could sign the contract tracing book set up at the entrance to the bar. RSA sections will not meet until gathering numbers are increased by government. Time now to rebuild together Supporting the community 96 Tancred Street, Ashburton. Phone 307 8317 LREA2008 MCRE Aperfect venue for Functions, Funerals and Weddings. Trott’s Garden 371RacecourseRoad, Ashburton www.trotts.co.nz |Email: info@trotts.co.nz Family owned, locally owned 22 MooreStreet, Ashburton 0800 2636679 2258775 2262527 This year’s Budget is all about getting New Zealand moving again. The centrepiece is our $50 billion Covid Rebuild and Recovery Fund, which will create jobs, get business moving and support New Zealanders. The fund includes atargeted extension to the wage subsidy to keep the most affected Kiwis in work. Right here in Mid Canterbury this will be especially welcome as we rebuild and recover. Our region, with arural backbone, is in agood spot for recovery, but this does not mean that we don’t need support and investment. Iamhopeful that we will see agood chunk of investment here from Budget 2020’s ShovelReady Infrastructure Programme, and Labour List MP Jo Luxton am supporting the proposals that the Ashburton District Council has put forward. The Budget also includes initiatives to create new jobs, train people to have the skills they need for the jobs we have, and support people to get into work. This means we’re investing in major new infrastructure, and also in projects like boosting the apprenticeships scheme to enable people to upskill and retrain, and partnering with industry to fill skills gaps in the workforce. We are backing our exporters to take full advantage of New Zealand’s worldleading brand and reputation, which will create jobs and lift wages The Budget is also about MP Jo Luxton taking this chance to address New Zealand’s longterm challenges. If someone’s house gets badly damaged, they don’t usually build it back exactly the same. They rebuild it better. It’s the same with our economy. We’re rebuilding it better. That’s why we’re building 8000 public houses. This will help the construction sector get moving again and get people back into work, while providing warm, dry homes for thousands of families. Now’s the time to create a New Zealand we’re truly proud of. Now’s the time to stay safe, lock in the gains we made in recent weeks, and recover as a nation. Now’s the time to build back better. Now’s the time to rebuild together.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday May 21, 2020, Page 11 Sallies shop back open By Mick Jensen The Salvation Army Family Store opensits doors today after an eightweek closure. Staff and volunteers have spent anumber of days cleaning and preparing for the reopening. Salvation Army Major Mike Allwright said there would be fewer items on displaythan usual,more spacingbetween clothing racks and some items in temporary storage. Visitors would need to sign in, sticktodistancing rules and use the sanitiser provided. He said the family storewas ‘‘a great littlehub’’, not just a clothing shop, but apoint where people couldcome together socially. People had been missing not been abletovisit the store, he said. ‘‘On Monday we had 15 people waiting at the front door and the phone was ringing hot. ‘‘We’ve taken our time reopeningbecausewewanted to get it right and make it asafe placefor staff, volunteers and the public.’’ The Salvation Army Salvation Army Major Mike Allwright. continuedtobegrateful for the donations it received in store, he said, and also for food and monetary donations that were givenbecause peoplesaw the organisation as doing good work in the community and as trustworthy. As acharity, it had taken a hit throughthe dropinshop revenue locally, revenue that helped support the foodbank it ran. MajorAllwright said the Salvation Army had run 100 per cent abovenormal levels for the food parcels it gave out and continued to support people referred by Civil Defence, including migrants, as well as regularclients. He said the current tough situation would likely get worse for somepeoplebefore it got better. Level 2meant more shops wereopen, morepeoplewere impulse buyingand would then have to face the consequences of thatovershopping later. Now was stillanervous time for anumberofbusinessesand unlike othertough times, such as the Christchurch earthquakes, no knight in shining armour or hero would emerge from Covid19. He said seniors were still experiencinganelementof social fear,but overall people had been sensible and more generous in theirsocial interaction overthe past weeks. Art show delayed The AshburtonSociety of Arts(ASA)willnot be holding itsannual exhibition in July becauseofthe Covid19 situation, but its committeeis investigatingthe possibility of hosting it later in the year. ASA exhibition coordinatorJen Dearborn saidthe society was checking withsponsors and lookingatdatesin Octoberand November for apossible date. The annual exhibition is in its 56thyearand is the biggest single show at Ashburton Art Gallery. Lastyear’s exhibition attracted morethan 4000 visitors andfeatured morethan400 art entries. Theexhibition usuallyruns for four weeks in July. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT If youoraloved one areliving with a prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, thereisanestablished support network in Ashburton ready to help younavigate your journey. Contact: John Waugh Mobile: 03 308 3384 Email: ashburton@prostate.org.nz Seeking adviceorinformation, or just someone to listen. We areheretohelp,weunderstand,we’ve been theretoo. Mt Hutt opening set for June 12 2278115 Mt Hutt skifield will open for the season on June 12, but will operate for just three days aweek until July. From July 1itwill scale up its operation to five days aweek, including the weekend, if the weather and conditions allow. Skifield owner NZSki, which also operates fields at The Remarkables and Coronet Peak, has been seeking final clarification on how it can operate safely under level 2 restrictions and made the announcement earlier this week. “At Mt Hutt we tend to get some great dumps of snow, but that can mean we are closed because of the weather,’’ said NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson. ‘‘By planning for the five best weather days we’ll be able to give our guests more certainty. “We do have the capacity to scale up our operations across all of our mountains if we see guest numbers that warrant this as the season progresses.” In Queenstown, Coronet Peak will open for the full season, including night skiing, on June 26. The Remarkables will open daily for the duration of the July school holidays and after that, at this stage, for weekends only. The ski industry had been working hard to demonstrate to the government it can implement safe operating protocols required in level 2, Mr Anderson said. Consider Methven, says board chairman Methven Community Board chairman Dan McLaughlin is encouraging anyone wanting to set up or relocate abusinesstoconsider the Methven area. Lockdownhas enabled people to reassess their lives and their business intentions,he says. Methvenhas alot to offer and through the Ignite Changeproject anumber of promotional platforms likeFacebook and Instagram (#methvennz) and the methven. co.nz websitehad already been set up to help supportbusinessesand to get the word out about whatwas happeninginMethven. Mr McLaughlin said anumber of Kiwis had also returnedhome during the pandemic and some might be considering starting new ventures, or continuing businesses theyhad been involved with elsewhere. ‘‘I’d love to see people cometoMethven and doing well here.’’ The Ignite Changeproject wasn’tjust about tourism,although tourismwas important for Dan McLaughlin. the localeconomy, Mr McLaughlin said. While there was acrossover between tourism and economic development, feedback from Methven peoplehad shown the community wanted the town promoted as an allyear round destination. Winter tourism was abig boostfor accommodationand hospitality providers, and he welcomed Mt Hutt’s opening next month, but Methvenhad much more to offer outside of the skifield season. There was room for more retailers and new enterprisingbusinesses. ‘‘The town has been flattish during lockdown, which hasn’t been too surprising, but with the kids going back to school and people having more freedom, things are picking up again.’’ Mr McLaughlin said community board meetingswould resume soon. Board members were happy to chat on or off the record to people eyeing Methven as a place to do business. The township was friendly, hardworking and supportive and it was not difficult to build relationships. 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