Ashburton Courier: May 21, 2020

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Copper panelling and acoat of arms on the Murney Main building.
Buildingdetailrevealed
Copper panelling and acoat of arms
have been unveiled on Ashburton’s
tallest building.
The Murney Main building on the
high profile corner of East and Burnett
streets is getting closer to completion.
The four­storey building is built from
concrete slab and sits on anarrow site.
Some tenants have been found for the
building, including building society NBS
on the ground floor, anew restaurant on
the first floor, and building owner the
Murney Trust on the top floor.
Bradfords has been the main
contractor on the project and anumber
of local businesses have also been
involved.
Building work started at the end of
2018 and is expected to be completed
later this year.
Lake Heron water
quality aconcern
Decliningwater quality in the
Ashburton Lakes, particularly Lake
Heron, is high on aworrylist for the
Ashburton Water Zone Committee.
Iwi, DOC, local and regional
authoritiesare working together to
investigate the issues and working with
landowners to prioritise action.
Resultsofarestoration and
conservation project to the committee a
year ago started alarm bells ringing,
with concerns about water quality tests
that showed anitrogen increase at some
sites.
Eutrophication was arisk; water
clarity and increased pest fish could also
follow.
Lake health is measured in nitrogen,
phosphorus, aquatic plants, water
quality and other ways.
Work began then with landowners to
reduce the loss of nitrogen and
phosphorus sediment to streams in
vulnerable lakes such as Maori, Heron,
Camp and Clearwater.
Zone committee chair Bill Thomas
said there had beengood buy­in by
landowners in the lakesarea, and the
committee was keeping an eye as
investigations and actions progressed.
Good progress had beenmade to
develop aprogramme of work in
relation to the lakes’ water quality and
it was pleasing to see all the farmers in
that catchmentkeen to participate and
add valuableknowledge to the
programme, he said.
Mr Thomaspresented the zone
committee’s annual report to
Ashburton District councillors recently,
saying the past year had been busy.
Two vacanciesonthe waterzone
committee will be advertised in
September.
The committee approved$65,000in
the year for biodiversity projects in the
region, covering projects from weed and
predator controltoriparian planting.
Canty Uni offers study
grant to subsidise fees
Peoplefacing redundancy,suspension
or significant reductions in work
hours as aresult of the economic
impact of Covid­19 can now upskill or
change careers with thehelp of a
University of Canterbury study grant.
Called FutureU, theUCinitiative
willprovide grants of up to $7500per
person to subsidise tuition fees.
FutureU is atargeted responseby
the university to help support the
recovery of the NewZealand economy
following the pandemic.
“We arevery conscious of thehuge
impact Covid­19 is having on people’s
livelihoods andcareers,”said
ProfessorPaulBallantine,who heads
the UC Business School.
“We are heretohelp and strongly
encourage affected businesses and
employees to explore what’sonoffer.”
Those whohave lost their job or
have had hours of work severely
reduced (40 percent or more) due to
the outbreak are eligible for
consideration. Applications needto
be submittedbytheir employer and
usual university entrycriteria will
need to be met.
Study options range from shortterm
qualifications to UC’s newlyrevampedMaster
of Business
Administration (MBA). Various
certificates and diplomasare
available, with course costsstarting
from $435.
There are alimited numberofstudy
grants available andonlyfor 2020
enrolments. Study can be fullorparttime.
CROSSWORD
QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8567
ACROSS
6. Rise in value (10)
8. Tip (4)
9. Prejudice (4)
10. Watchful (5)
11. Wine (4)
12. Pierce (9)
16. Save (5-4)
20. Rear (4)
22. Foreign (5)
23. Declare (4)
24. Mark (4)
25. Surrender (10)
Ashburton
Plains Rotary
DOWN
1. Fairy (6)
2. Thrive (7)
3. Small cake(6)
4. Concealed (6)
5. Moor (5)
7. Strand (5)
13. Fuss (3)
14. Friendly (7)
15. Correspond (5)
17. Merry (6)
18. Number (6)
19. Detective (6)
21. Tree (5)
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8567
ACROSS
6. Say sadly “All gone” and feel better (4,2,4). 8. She’s
got anine Idiscarded (4). 9. Sore from the sun, yet playing
(4). 10. It’scurved, brown and see-through (5). 11.A
second striped cover (4). 12. Working in gent’swear? I’m
delighted to hear it (5,4). 16. Having actedinagroup, left
(9). 20. Step out of the building (4).22. Send, at the right
time, back (5). 23. From outside, heard the soundofbells
(4). 24. Thanks to having the wrong symbolonone vehicle
(4). 25. Don’tbother to put in the isolation ward (5,5).
DOWN
1. Alittle terror when half cut on beer (6). 2. The ache,
perhaps, could be treated by avet (7). 3. Material you
take aliking to? (6). 4. Like your laugh when you said
“It’s empty inside”? (6). 5. Planned to have the worker
follow me (5). 7. Say it’srotten as abuffet (5). 13. Getting
back again takes atime (3). 14. Come about the new lip
make up (7). 15. Do talk English in it (5). 17. Complain
about the pulse when the doctor comes in (6). 18. Had
made as aprofit whencaught (6). 19. She’sthe obstreperous
alien: Eastern (6). 21. Doctor to whom the sick are a
bore (5).
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MUSHROOM COMPOST
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compost to your vegetable garden. Ideal to replenish nutrients
used by previous crops and improvethe soil structure.
It also adds beneficial micro-organisms to thetired soil.
$50 per cubic metreor$10 bag.
Freedeliverywithintownboundary.
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2277443
SUDOKU
HARD No. 5220
3 6 1 8
9 1
5 8 6
4 7
1 5 4 6 2 3
7 4
6 9 5
2 4
9 2 1 6
Solution to previous Sudoku
Howto
solve
Sudoku!
Fill the grid
so thatevery
rowand every
3x3 square
contains the
digitals 1to9
Solution to previous crossword
QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8566 -SOLUTIONS
Across -1,Incarceration. 8, Shift. 9, Apricot. 10, Loaded.
11,Glance. 12, Haste. 14, Utter.18, Trench. 20, Little. 23,
Chateau. 24, Onset. 25, Over-sensitive.
Down -1,Insult. 2, China. 3, Retreat. 4, Edam. 5, April.
6, Incense. 7, Nether.13, Average. 15, Tripoli. 16, Stucco.
17, Beetle. 19, Chess. 21, Tosti. 22, Turn.
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8566 -SOLUTIONS
Across -1,Crowded street. 8, LA-deN (rev.). 9, Ma’scara.
10, Enro-L-s. 11, Men-age. 12, A-side. 14, As-hen.
18, P-reci-s. 20, Par-don. 23, Collect. 24, TrA-dE (rev.).
25, Excuse-me dance.
Down -1,Caller.2,Order.3,D-angled. 4, Dumb. 5, Taste
(anag.). 6, Eman-ate. 7, Traced. 13, She-llac. 15, Star-Ted
16, A-pach-E. 17, Ann-ex-e. 19, I’d-eas. 21, Drawn. 22,
Stem.
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each. Phone/text 027 434
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$60 per 21 bales
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Clean of weeds,but
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in them.
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