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Town Watch<br />

needs helpers<br />

PAGE 3<br />

Flights offered<br />

in bombers<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Aviation Pioneers flying instructor Ron McFarlane is seeking students to fly in the ALPI Pioneer 200 ultralight aircraft.<br />

Flying ace’slicenceto thrill<br />

PAGE 6<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Flyingace RonMcFarlane is keen to teach<br />

the nextgeneration athing or twoabout<br />

flying, as ahobby or thebeginning of a<br />

flying career.<br />

Ron is the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Aviation Pioneers’<br />

flying instructorand seeking students<br />

wanting to learn to fly, or those lookingto<br />

return to flying.<br />

He has been flying for thepast <strong>16</strong> years<br />

and an instructor for the past two years,<br />

basedout of <strong>Ashburton</strong> Airport.<br />

Aplumber by trade, now retired, Ron<br />

moved to Mid Canterburyfrom<br />

Invercargill in 1973. He always had an<br />

interest in flying but with work, thenthe<br />

arrival of children, flying took aback seat<br />

until thekids lefthome.<br />

In 2004 he took up the opportunity to<br />

learnwith members of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Aviation Pioneers,which has 30 members.<br />

“I learnedtofly with these guys. Iwas<br />

the firstabinito,”hesaid, going from a<br />

novice learner to gaininghis full pilot’s<br />

licence.<br />

The group, based at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Airport, was initiallyformed to allow<br />

older pilots achance to enjoy lower cost<br />

flying withfewer medical restrictions.<br />

Founding membersinvested in two<br />

microlight aircraft andtook on students to<br />

keepthose aircraft flying; they paid for<br />

their upkeep and runningcosts.<br />

Continued Page 2<br />

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Local covid testing centre closes<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s covid testing centrewill<br />

be closedfromtomorrow,onthe back<br />

of low numbers referred for testing.<br />

Thecommunity­based assessment<br />

centre wassent up on March 23 and in<br />

its first month tested around 400<br />

people.<br />

ButDrSarah Clarke said testing<br />

referralrates had been in low single<br />

digits recently andthe last dayof<br />

operation would be <strong>July</strong> 17.<br />

TheMinistry of Health is<br />

continuing to testpeople withcold or<br />

flu­like symptomsaspart of its<br />

ongoing community testing and<br />

surveillancefor the virus.<br />

Dr Clarkesaid anyonewith any<br />

symptom of covid should stillcontact<br />

their GP or Healthlinetodiscuss<br />

whether or notthey should be tested.<br />

Symptoms include cough, shortness of<br />

breath, sore throat, head cold, lossof<br />

sense of smell plus or minus fever.<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong>community­based<br />

assessment centrewas amongseveral<br />

setuparound Canterbury;DrClarke<br />

and her team of cliniciansalso ran<br />

severalmobile testing centres as the<br />

district’s population wastested for<br />

community transmission.<br />

More than 430,000 covidtestshave<br />

been conducted nationally.<br />

Director­General of Health Dr<br />

Ashley Bloomfield saidtesting people<br />

with cold or flu­likesymptomswas<br />

partofthe ministry’scommunity<br />

testing and surveillance.<br />

People returningtoNew Zealand<br />

would also continue to be tested,<br />

alongwith thoseworking in managed<br />

isolation facilities,atthe borderand<br />

air crews.<br />

Thosewere the three key groups<br />

beingtested, he said.<br />

The director­generalalso urged<br />

people to download and use the NZ<br />

Covid Tracerapp, whichwould help<br />

tracepeople quicklyifneeded.<br />

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New eatery for Tinwald complex<br />

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Smart, new Tinwald<br />

restaurant Alluvialhas<br />

openedits doorsfor<br />

business.<br />

Owner GregKing saysthe<br />

restaurant name aligns well<br />

with thefertile Canterbury<br />

Plains.<br />

His newoffering was<br />

about ‘‘good food, good<br />

serviceand arelaxed<br />

atmosphere’’.<br />

The menu would be<br />

seasonal and featureNew<br />

Zealand sourced<br />

ingredients.<br />

Mr King said everyone<br />

was invited to enjoy the<br />

dining experience and a<br />

children’s menu was also<br />

offered.<br />

Patrons were also invited<br />

to drop in for adrink at the<br />

bar andcould enjoy entrees<br />

Greg King with restaurant manager Susan Urquhart.<br />

with it.<br />

The winter menu<br />

features staples like blue<br />

cod,dry aged ribeye,lamb<br />

andvegetable options,<br />

while summer options will<br />

be lighterand in keeping<br />

with theseason.<br />

Mr Kingsaidthe colours<br />

chosen forhis restaurant<br />

were warm andinviting.<br />

There was seating for 65<br />

in three distinct zonesand<br />

summerdining for 20<br />

outside.<br />

Mr King, who alsoowns<br />

the Tinwald Tavern,<br />

Tinwald motels and<br />

bottlestore, said Alluvial<br />

offered adifferent meal to<br />

the tavern.<br />

‘‘The previous Stables<br />

restaurant had asimilar<br />

menu to thetavern, but<br />

whatwehavenow is abit of<br />

astep up.’’<br />

He and complex landlord<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust have<br />

invested heavily in external<br />

and internal upgrades in<br />

recent months.<br />

He had re­purposed<br />

much of theformer Stables<br />

restaurant area into a<br />

conferenceand function<br />

centre that would be ready<br />

by the end of the month.<br />

The self­contained area<br />

made better useofthe<br />

space andcatered for up to<br />

120 people. Forty staff are<br />

employed across his<br />

businesses, including 10<br />

now at Alluvial.<br />

Alluvialisopenfrom<br />

Tuesday to Sunday from<br />

5pm.<br />

Pioneer aviators keen to passon skills<br />

From Page 1<br />

“It was so popular more than 20<br />

students have learned to fly from start<br />

to advanced certificate,” Ron said.<br />

“And most have now become owners<br />

of their own aircraft.”<br />

The group’s youngest student,<br />

Lachlan Kingan, was 11 when he<br />

started learning to fly and since then<br />

has advanced to his full pilot’s<br />

licence.<br />

However, pilots need to be <strong>16</strong> to fly<br />

solo, Ron said.<br />

They now run just one Alpi Pioneer<br />

200 ultralight aircraft, and offer<br />

lower­cost flying at $120 per hour for<br />

those who have adesire to fly.<br />

Gaining aprivate pilot licence takes<br />

50 hours flying instruction, he said.<br />

It’s atotal cost of around $6000.<br />

They also have trial flights –ata<br />

lower rate –for anyone interested to<br />

Left: <strong>Ashburton</strong> Aviation Pioneers<br />

flying instructor Ron McFarlane with<br />

keen aviator Paige Williams. Photo<br />

Paige Williams<br />

see if learning to fly was for them.<br />

The two­seater aircraft has an 85<br />

horse power engine, or 2200cc, and<br />

cruises at 90 knots, or 170 km/hr, Ron<br />

said.<br />

“Although it can go abit faster.”<br />

It can fly from <strong>Ashburton</strong> to<br />

anywhere in the South Island within<br />

two and ahalf hours.<br />

Anyone interested in learning to fly<br />

can make contact through the club’s<br />

Facebook page, or via members at the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Aviation Museum.

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Crime­stoppers seek helpers<br />

LINDA.CLARKE<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

The crime­stoppergroup<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Town Watch is<br />

urgently seeking more<br />

volunteers.<br />

Numbers aresolow thegroup<br />

can only cover Saturday nights;<br />

the trained volunteers act as<br />

eyes and ears for <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

police and also monitor<br />

security cameras in theCBD.<br />

President Owen Brewster<br />

said nine active members, men<br />

and women from their late­20s<br />

to mid­80s, were currently<br />

rostered in three­person shifts.<br />

The group wasdesperatefor<br />

more people to join.<br />

Owen,who spent 32 years<br />

with the police as amechanic<br />

and retired to <strong>Ashburton</strong>eight<br />

years ago, says thevolunteers<br />

patrol <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s commercial<br />

area andother known trouble<br />

spots. They observe potential<br />

trouble­makers andalert police<br />

to suspicious activity.They also<br />

phone business owners to<br />

report open windows andgates<br />

that could indicate abreak­in.<br />

TheTown Watch volunteers<br />

work in pairs,from alabelled<br />

car, anddon’t put themselves at<br />

risk. They ignore the verbal<br />

insults of drunks who try to<br />

catch alift, but will stop to<br />

administer first aid if needed.<br />

Town Watch startedin 1985,<br />

set up by members of the local<br />

citizen band radio and fourwheel<br />

drive clubs following<br />

concern aboutanincrease in<br />

Owen Brewster is looking for more helpers at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Town Watch.<br />

violentoffendingand damage<br />

to businesses andhomes.<br />

Membersonce used their own<br />

carstopatrol, but now have a<br />

supplied car sign­writtenand<br />

fitted with radio and spotlights.<br />

The vehicle is housed at the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> policestation,<br />

where shifts begin around<br />

10pmand finish about 3am.<br />

Potentialnew members are<br />

vettedbypoliceand must then<br />

pass a10­module course which<br />

teaches observation skills,risk<br />

management andsecurity<br />

awareness,among other things.<br />

They then ride along with Town<br />

Watch members, who assess<br />

their suitability.<br />

‘‘Webasically areall just<br />

people whodoitbecause we<br />

feel aneed or obligation to give<br />

somethingback to the<br />

community,’’ Owen said. ‘‘We<br />

all are all part of the<br />

community.’’<br />

He said that at theend of<br />

eachshift, the TownWatch<br />

teamwrote areport about<br />

their observations.Ithelps<br />

police build apictureofthe<br />

town’snocturnal events.<br />

Owenis hoping an influxof<br />

new memberswill mean a<br />

Friday night patrol is<br />

runningagain. People<br />

interested in joining Town<br />

Watch can email <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

cpnz@gmail.com<br />

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FOOTY FUNDS<br />

Football and rugbyclubs in Methven<br />

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MethvenFootballClub receives<br />

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Some $127,000 was allocated<br />

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WINTER SHOW<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts winter<br />

showisonnow at Short Street<br />

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exhibitor is mixedmedium artistJo<br />

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The exhibitioncan be viewed on<br />

Mondays and Wednesdays when<br />

the signs areout and on weekends<br />

from 11amuntil 4pm.The exhibition<br />

runs until August 2.<br />

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popularhistorianFrieda Looser on<br />

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Night shifts for CBDcrews<br />

Tru­LineCivil contractors upgrading<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong>CBD streetscape will<br />

be working at night over coming<br />

weeks, in an effort to help keep<br />

disruptions to businesses andvisitors<br />

as low as possible.<br />

The contractor beganoperating two<br />

crews for theproject on Monday (one<br />

day time andone nighttimecrew)<br />

whenthey startedoninstallinganew<br />

water pipelinedown Tancred Street.<br />

The night work will be carried out<br />

between 6pm and 6am, meaningthe<br />

street is inaccessible to vehicles and<br />

pedestriansovernight.<br />

The road and footpath will be<br />

reopenedduring the day.<br />

To makeroom for the work, the<br />

parkingmeters on both sides of<br />

Tancred Streetwillberemoved.<br />

Over on Burnett Street, anew<br />

concrete stormwater pipelineisset to<br />

beinstalled on <strong>July</strong> 20 and21atthe<br />

CassStreetend of the street. This<br />

section of Burnett Streetwill be<br />

closed while workisunder way,<br />

howevertrafficwillstill haveaccess<br />

from East Street.<br />

Meanwhile on Cass Street, new<br />

CBD contractors will be working at<br />

night to reduce disruption to<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> businesses.<br />

gardens, rain gardens, tree pits and<br />

kerbing is beingbuiltalong thestreet.<br />

The Tru­Line Civil team have been<br />

constructing the above­ground<br />

features on one side of the road,<br />

heading towards MooreStreet. They<br />

will make their way back to Havelock<br />

Streetwhen theyswap to the other<br />

side of the road.<br />

MooreStreet will have anew<br />

stormwater pipe and sump installed<br />

at the Cass Streetintersection<br />

towards theend of <strong>July</strong>. The<br />

intersection will remain open,<br />

however it will be reduced to one<br />

lane andoperate under stop/go<br />

conditions. It is expected thework<br />

will take 10 daystocomplete.<br />

Further work is expected to start<br />

on Moore StreetinAugust that will<br />

close the Moore/Cass Street<br />

intersection for oneweek.<br />

Council is installing raised<br />

intersections at theEast, Moore,<br />

havelock and CassStreet<br />

intersections, supporting its vision of<br />

apedestrian andcycle­friendly CBD.<br />

Speedlimits willalsobe reduced to<br />

30km/h.<br />

The first of the raised intersections<br />

will be installed at Moore Street/Cass<br />

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The bears are the work of members<br />

of the AshBearton Teddy Bear Club<br />

for refugee families moving to the<br />

district.<br />

Although the refugees’arrival has<br />

been delayed due to Covid­19, teddy<br />

bear club members have made small<br />

pram bearsand large floppy bears,<br />

which are readyand waiting–<br />

whenever it may be.<br />

Club president Donece McEwen<br />

said the bears were aproject started<br />

earlierthis year as away to welcome<br />

the refugees to Mid Canterbury.<br />

For many club members,bearmakingeffortswere<br />

ramped up<br />

during lockdown. They have been<br />

made of candlewick material, poodle<br />

cloth and acrylics.<br />

“They’re all the same patterns but<br />

have their own personalities.”<br />

Eachbearinvolvescutting and<br />

hand stitching and can take up to four<br />

or five hours to complete; longer for<br />

larger bears,althoughMrs McEwen<br />

said they were oftenmade in batches.<br />

Club secretary/treasurerJudy<br />

Skevington, afounding member, said<br />

the club had been aroundfor 24 years.<br />

AshBearton Teddy Bear Club'sDoneceMcEwen andJudy Skevingtonwith<br />

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beenflooding in to<br />

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entries received by Mid<br />

Canterbury based national<br />

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MrsVaughan,who sitson<br />

the nationalexecutive, said<br />

the annual event ­vying for<br />

either the Robert Young<br />

Rosebowl or the MayMartin<br />

Trophy (dependingonhow<br />

manyWI’ssit withinthe<br />

region)­usually tookplace<br />

duringthe annual general<br />

meeting. It wasmeant to be<br />

in Nelson earlier this year<br />

butwas unable to go ahead<br />

duetoCovid­19.<br />

It was decided to look at<br />

alternativeway to run the<br />

handcraftcompetitions,<br />

especially as somemembers<br />

put in considerabletimeto<br />

enter across the 10 classes<br />

which included knittingand<br />

stitching. Ninemembers<br />

fromMid Canterbury’s eight<br />

WI’swere entered in<br />

different classes across the<br />

event.<br />

Therestcamefrom<br />

around the country<br />

spanningfrom Whangarei,<br />

in the north, to southern<br />

Southland.<br />

Silent stewards Mavis<br />

Wilkinsand Dianne Carter<br />

laidout entries in theSt<br />

Johnrooms forspecialist<br />

judgesJudyHay (craft),<br />

Judy Skevington (knitting,<br />

teddy bears) andBeverley<br />

Watkins andHelen<br />

Gallagher(embroidery)who<br />

were called upon for<br />

judging thisweek. The<br />

ladies,all from Mid<br />

Canterbury are not<br />

members of theWI, and had<br />

the job of painstakingly<br />

critiquingeach entryfor the<br />

competition.<br />

Judging forthe<br />

photography section was<br />

done off site by the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Photographic<br />

Society and an independent<br />

judge on the West Coast was<br />

in chargeofthe literature<br />

trophy callingfor haiku<br />

about the 99 yearsofWIin<br />

NewZealand.<br />

Aside fromreceiving alot<br />

of parcels tothe close of<br />

competition,Mrs Vaughan<br />

saidthe alternative version<br />

had gone quite welland<br />

could be considered again<br />

in future.<br />

New Zealand Federation of<br />

Women’s Institutes national<br />

handcraft committee<br />

member (from left) Jude<br />

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Watkins and Helen<br />

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The world’s only airworthyAvroAnson<br />

MK 1bomber and aRussianfighter Yak<br />

3plane called Full Noise will be landing<br />

at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Airport nextmonth and<br />

there’sanopportunity for aonce­ina­lifetime<br />

spin inboth.<br />

The aircraft are here as part of<br />

SouthernCross Barnstormers,atouring<br />

event that will also touch down in<br />

Wanaka, Pukakiand Rangiora.<br />

The Avro Anson,calledGentle Annie,<br />

will take people on a25­minute flight for<br />

acostof$990.<br />

The Yak 3fighter will be airborne for<br />

The Yak 3Russian fighter was imported and lovingly restored by its Blenheim based<br />

owner Graeme Frew and first took to the Kiwi skies in 2012. (Photo fighterflights.co.<br />

nz)<br />

20 minuteflightsthat cost$2300.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>AviationMuseumpresident<br />

WarrenJanett said the aircraftwould be<br />

here for the afternoon of August 19 and<br />

the morning of August20.<br />

He said the Yak 3experience would<br />

offer ahigh energy adrenaline rush in<br />

one of thebestfightersofWorld War 2.<br />

The Avro flightwould offer amore<br />

sedate ride andtaste of what it was like<br />

Bombs<br />

away!<br />

to fly as crew in aWorld War 2<br />

reconnaissance bomber.<br />

Mr Janett said theaviationmuseum<br />

was planningto haveaWorld War2<br />

morning at the airfieldonAugust20.<br />

The event was at the planning stage at<br />

the moment.<br />

To book aflight on the AvroAnson or<br />

Yak 3, visit the fighterflights.co.nz<br />

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InvestmentPackage(SIP)on<br />

enhancementsand upgrades.<br />

College fundingof $400,000was<br />

announced by the Government late<br />

last yearfor schoolinfrastructure<br />

improvements.<br />

Property manager Charlie<br />

Kelland said carpethad been<br />

replaced in 10 classrooms overthe<br />

holiday break.<br />

Therewas also arenovation<br />

projectunder wayinthe minigym,<br />

which would enablethe school to<br />

make better use space.<br />

The foyer in that building would<br />

be incorporated intoanenlarged<br />

weights room andaerobic fitness<br />

area.<br />

Thatchange wouldallow better<br />

use of the dance room,alsolocated<br />

inthe building.<br />

Mr Kellandsaid the college had a<br />

limited timeframe to use its SIP<br />

funding and the aim was to identify<br />

projectsthatmet thecriteria while<br />

also ensuring thatthose projects<br />

had afuture in the$60 million<br />

rebuildfor the 50­year­old campus<br />

announced last year.<br />

He said the masterplan for the<br />

rebuildwas currently being<br />

assessed by areview team for<br />

feedback.<br />

‘‘The masterplan is the big<br />

picture view of what the campus<br />

will look like.<br />

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others were Benjamin Wakelin<br />

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andScreen Production and<br />

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University of Technology), who<br />

alsoreceived $1000,and<br />

Kirsten Clarke(Bachelorof<br />

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CanterburyUniversity) who<br />

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Mid Canterbury Provincial<br />

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Pauline Hewson said 12<br />

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received for the annual<br />

scholarship,despite the<br />

upheaval for studentsofthe<br />

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number was well above<br />

expectations of the committee.<br />

Mrs Hewson said the<br />

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The basicsofinternet bankingisthe<br />

themeofaspecial SeniorNet meeting<br />

on <strong>July</strong> 30, opentoboth members and<br />

membersofthe public.<br />

OrganiserJohn Burnsaidinternet<br />

bankingwas often ascary prospect for<br />

olderpeople, and they worriedabout<br />

passwordsand losing their money to<br />

scammers.<br />

Thesession on <strong>July</strong>30, at the<br />

SinclairCentre,was designed to take<br />

someofthe mystery awayand help<br />

people movetopaying their bills<br />

online andmanagingtheirmoney.<br />

He saidmanyolderpeople were<br />

already using internet banking. A<br />

survey of <strong>Ashburton</strong> SeniorNet<br />

membersfoundabout two­thirds were<br />

regularusers.<br />

Theopen sessionwillinclude<br />

expertadvice from aWestpac banker,<br />

ademonstration about howitall<br />

works and how to keepyour money<br />

safe online.<br />

He said people had to think about<br />

howthey would paytheir bills when<br />

chequeswere no longer available.<br />

Some banks willphaseout cheques by<br />

<strong>July</strong> nextyear.<br />

‘‘It reallyisfor people who havenot<br />

gotinto internetbanking, and it is<br />

coming.’’<br />

The surveyfoundpeople whodid<br />

notwanttoswitch to internet banking<br />

were worriedaboutmaking mistakes.<br />

SeniorNet helps people 50 plusget<br />

to grips withcomputers and new<br />

technology. The <strong>Ashburton</strong> group<br />

meetsonTuesdays and Thursdays<br />

most weeksatthe Sinclair Centre.<br />

The <strong>July</strong> 30 internet banking basics<br />

sessionwill runfrom 1.30­3pm. It is<br />

free, buta$2donation helps cover the<br />

groupscosts.<br />

Small business support<br />

More support is rolling out for small<br />

and medium enterprisesfrom<br />

government’s Covid Response and<br />

Recovery Fund, to help themadapt<br />

and innovate to deal with the impact<br />

of the virus.<br />

Afurther $40 million hasbeen<br />

announced for the RegionalBusiness<br />

Partners Network, on top of $15m<br />

invested since March.<br />

Economic developmentminister<br />

PhilTwyford said the regional<br />

scheme had been successful and the<br />

new support would helpsmall<br />

businesses keep up momentum.<br />

“Morethan 6200 businesses have<br />

benefittedfrom freeadvice. Another<br />

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FILIPINO GARDEN<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council’s<br />

welcoming communities groupis<br />

working withparks staff to create a<br />

Filipino cultural garden in<br />

November.The work is part of<br />

brandingefforts to attractpeople to<br />

the district to ‘‘work, live and play’’.<br />

MINISTRYOF<br />

AWESOME<br />

Council’s economic development<br />

staffare workingwith adivision of<br />

Ara calledthe MinistryofAwesome<br />

to bringanentrepreneurial<br />

programme to the district to help<br />

with localtechnology problemsand<br />

solvethemlocally using localtalent.<br />

The firsteventwill be on August 10.<br />

TRAFFIC LIGHTS<br />

NZTAsays work to buildnew traffic<br />

signals at the intersectionofWalnut<br />

Avenue and State Highway 1will go<br />

out for tenderlaterthis year. The<br />

agency hopestoaward the contract<br />

forconstructionbythe end of the<br />

yearand for worktostartin2021.<br />

The businesscase toconfirm the<br />

scope of aseparateproject to<br />

construct lights at Tinwaldwill start<br />

within the next two months.<br />

FARMSALE<br />

A101-hectare dryland rural<br />

property up for auction in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

last week was passed in on the day<br />

but latersold. The propertywas<br />

expected to be abarometer offarm<br />

salesinthe district.Property<br />

Brokersconsultant GregJopson<br />

said buyers were offered the<br />

chancetoforward conditionalor<br />

unconditional offersfollowing the<br />

hammer. ‘‘While we didn’tget a<br />

result on auction day,the process<br />

did allow buyers to gauge where the<br />

marketwas andthen make offers<br />

accordingly. Wehad two bidders on<br />

the day andothers register after, to<br />

arriveatasuccessful result for the<br />

vendors.’’<br />

OPENHAT SHOWS<br />

There are three contrasting open<br />

hat performances lined up at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> TrustEvent Centre over<br />

the coming weeks.<br />

Open Hatshowswere introduced<br />

to the venue in February 20<strong>16</strong>and<br />

meanthere is no chargefor tickets<br />

priortothe event, instead<br />

audiencesare encouragedtopay<br />

whattheythinkthe performance<br />

was worth at the end.<br />

This Saturday circus,slapstick<br />

and magic willcombine in the<br />

schoolholiday show for children<br />

calledKitchen Chaos.<br />

The audience will help sensible<br />

Spray and naughty Wipe bake a<br />

very specialcake in akitchenthat<br />

gets messier andmessier.<br />

The ArtsOnTourNZshow The<br />

Daylight Atheist is on August 2and<br />

asecond show, FromScratch, will<br />

feature on September 20.<br />

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Plans for new path<br />

to falls progressing<br />

Plans foranalternate walking<br />

route to SharplinFalls are<br />

making slow,but steady strides<br />

forward.<br />

Anenvironmental effects<br />

assessment report is well<br />

under way and expected to be<br />

completed in the near future.<br />

The report will explain the<br />

affectsofare­routed pathto<br />

the scenic waterfall, which has<br />

been cut offsincefalling rocks<br />

closedthe previous track for<br />

good in 2015.<br />

The newtrack project is<br />

being drivenbythe Mt Somers<br />

WalkwaySociety, whichhas<br />

received fundingtocomplete<br />

theinitial study.<br />

Society chairman Charles<br />

Ross said the re­route was a<br />

worthy project, but not without<br />

itschallenges andplenty of<br />

paperwork.<br />

Anew routewould enable<br />

people to once again visitan<br />

interesting geological areaand<br />

apopular waterfall<br />

Warning after thefts at<br />

popular beauty spots<br />

There’s been arecent spate of<br />

break ins from vehicles left at<br />

two Mid Canterbury beauty<br />

spots used by trampers and<br />

other outdoor enthusiasts.<br />

Woolshed Creek and<br />

Sharplin Falls car parks are<br />

located at opposite ends of the<br />

popular Mt Somers Walkway<br />

and are also used to access the<br />

Mt Somers summit track and<br />

other walks in the area.<br />

Mt Somers Walkway<br />

committee member Robert<br />

Schikker said some ‘‘nasty’’<br />

people had broken side<br />

windows and gained entry to<br />

vehicles left at both carparks<br />

earlier this month.<br />

He said the police had been<br />

notified.<br />

Mr Schikker, afoothills<br />

farmer, urged visitors to be<br />

vigilant and to report any<br />

suspicious activity at the<br />

locations by calling 111.<br />

‘‘It has happened before and I<br />

feel sorry for the people who<br />

get back to their vehicles to find<br />

they have been broken into.’’<br />

The car park at Sharplin Falls.<br />

He said hikers should aim to<br />

leave their cars elsewhere, if at<br />

all possible, and should not<br />

leave any valuables in vehicles.<br />

On the positive side, Mr<br />

Schikker said the walkway had<br />

seen alot of foot traffic in<br />

recent weeks, and since<br />

lockdown had been lifted.<br />

‘‘It’s been busy in the huts<br />

and it’s great to see people<br />

enjoying the great outdoors and<br />

this fantastic area.’’<br />

Festive lights on for now<br />

The sparkly festive lights on<br />

trees along <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s East<br />

Street will light up at night<br />

probably until the end of <strong>July</strong>.<br />

The lights have been turned<br />

on and off with the street lights<br />

since <strong>July</strong> 6and have been<br />

drawing lots of positive<br />

comments.<br />

Ratepayers are making<br />

special trips to see the<br />

decorative lights, which have<br />

been wound through the leafless<br />

branches of the mature elm<br />

trees.<br />

The festive additions are<br />

thanks to Four Seasons Tree<br />

Care who went to great lengths<br />

to install the lights and<br />

maintain the trees at the same<br />

time, according to the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council.<br />

Councillors said the light<br />

display could spark other<br />

events or displays on East<br />

Street in the future and even<br />

destination.<br />

It would follow the trueright<br />

of the river,and not theleft as<br />

thepreviousroutehad done,<br />

beforecrossing backover<br />

furtherupstream.<br />

Mr Rosssaid the<br />

environmental effects<br />

assessment report would be<br />

used in the necessary resource<br />

consent application to<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council.<br />

Abridge engineer would<br />

detail the design of two new<br />

bridges on the new route.<br />

Local iwihad beenconsulted<br />

and the Department of<br />

Conservation would give final<br />

approval.<br />

Mr Ross said funding<br />

applications were in atthe<br />

momentand the project was<br />

expectedtocostinthe region<br />

of $300,000.<br />

Lockdown had slowed things<br />

down abit, buthehoped the<br />

new track could be open some<br />

time nextyear.<br />

flank council’s Christmas tree,<br />

which could be moved to the<br />

chessboard.<br />

They have called for areport<br />

on the cost of running and<br />

maintaining the fairy lights.<br />

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Birth notices listed by parents will continue to be<br />

free in the Family Notices column. Theinitial death<br />

notice lodged by afuneral director will be listed<br />

without charge.Therewill be asmall charge of $15<br />

forsubsequent notices related to the same death,<br />

up to amaximum of 35 words and on aper-line<br />

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Thesame lowcharges apply to other family notices,<br />

such as engagements, acknowledgements, in<br />

memoriam notices and anniversaries.<br />

Family Notices<br />

DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS<br />

BRADLEY, Brian Patrick:<br />

Peacefully at his home<br />

on 13 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2020</strong>, after a<br />

courageous battle, aged<br />

67 years. Dearly loved<br />

husband of the late<br />

Margaret. Loving father<br />

and father-in-law ofKieran<br />

and Melissa, Nikki and Ross,<br />

adored grandad of Jethro<br />

and Lincoln. Loved son of<br />

the late Glenis and Terance,<br />

loved son-in-law of Esmè,<br />

and the late Keith Smith.<br />

Loved brother and brother<br />

in-law of Bernard and<br />

Diane, Kevin and Marlene.<br />

Loved uncle of Richard,<br />

and Philip. A service to<br />

celebrate Brian’s life is<br />

to be held at our chapel,<br />

cnr East and Cox Street,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, on Saturday<br />

18 <strong>July</strong>, commencing at<br />

11am followed by private<br />

cremation. In lieu of flowers<br />

donations to St John<br />

Ambulance and The Cancer<br />

Society would be gratefully<br />

accepted and may beleft<br />

at theservice. Messages to<br />

The Bradley Family, c/- PO<br />

Box472, <strong>Ashburton</strong>7740.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 3077433<br />

BUTT, Leonard George<br />

(Len) Sunrise 24/9/1925<br />

- Sunset 12/07/<strong>2020</strong>,<br />

at Radius Millstream,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Dearly loved<br />

husband of Merle, loved<br />

husband of the late Jean.<br />

Loving father and father-inlaw<br />

ofMarjorie &Ivan, Kate<br />

and the late Brian, Terry<br />

and Jean. Grandfather<br />

of Camille and Tony, Dale,<br />

Emma and Hayden. Great<br />

grandfather of Mia and<br />

Cassie. Respected friend<br />

of Robyn Mathews and<br />

Heather Ford. Messages to<br />

the Butt family c/- PO Box<br />

472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. A<br />

Service to celebrate Len’s<br />

lifetobeheld at our chapel,<br />

cnr East & Cox Streets<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Thursday<br />

<strong>16</strong>th <strong>July</strong>, commencing at<br />

10am. Followed byprivate<br />

cremation at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Crematorium.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 307 7433<br />

CROWE, Peter: Unexpectedly<br />

at <strong>Ashburton</strong> on Tuesday,<br />

<strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2020</strong>. Adoring<br />

father of Jolene. A dearly<br />

loved son, brother, uncle,<br />

and mate. InPete’s words<br />

“Please enjoy”.<br />

A private cremation has<br />

been held.<br />

Fuirich Agus Chi Thu<br />

0800 2MEMORY<br />

027 637 1229<br />

CULLEN, Fiona Jane:<br />

Peacefully at home in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> onSunday, <strong>July</strong><br />

12, <strong>2020</strong> aged 43 years.<br />

Dearly loved daughter of<br />

Gene and the late Dennis,<br />

cherished mum of Morgan,<br />

loved sister and sister-inlaw<br />

of Andrew and Toni,<br />

and Brendan and Felicity,<br />

devoted mate of Ngaru and<br />

adearly lovedfriend.<br />

Many thanks to the Cancer<br />

Society, Hospice Mid<br />

Canterbury, and the District<br />

Nurses for their care and<br />

support. Messages to The<br />

Cullen family, c/- PO Box<br />

6035, <strong>Ashburton</strong>7742.<br />

In lieu of flowers donations<br />

to the Cancer Society<br />

of <strong>Ashburton</strong> would be<br />

appreciated and may be<br />

made at the service.<br />

Aservice to celebrateFiona’s<br />

life will be held at the Hotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Racecourse<br />

Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

THURSDAY, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>th, at<br />

1.30pm. followedbyprivate<br />

cremation.<br />

0800 2MEMORY<br />

027 637 1229<br />

HOLDAWAY,JohnGraham,<br />

on 9th <strong>July</strong> <strong>2020</strong>, at Radius<br />

Millstream <strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged<br />

86 years. Loved husband of<br />

Natalie for 66years. Loving<br />

father and father-in-law of<br />

Chris and Christine, Kathryn<br />

and Kevin Moseley, Michael<br />

and Rachel, Ian and Linda.<br />

Loved Granpa of John,<br />

Thomas, and Stephen;<br />

Nicola, and Julia; Jacob, and<br />

Cushla; Libby, and Anna,<br />

and 6great grandchildren.<br />

Messages to The Holdaway<br />

Family, c/- PO Box 472,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. Aservice<br />

to celebrate John’s life has<br />

been held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 307 7433<br />

McINTOSH, Hope Mary,<br />

on 13 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2020</strong>. Passed<br />

away peacefully surrounded<br />

by family at Terrace View,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, in her 91st year.<br />

Loved wife ofthe late Mac,<br />

much loved mother and<br />

mother-in-law of David<br />

(Australia), Ian and Vickie<br />

and loved grandmother<br />

of Jack. Loved sister of<br />

Jack, Harold, and Ida (all<br />

deceased). Much loved<br />

Aunty of all her nieces<br />

and nephews. Messages<br />

to the McIntosh Family<br />

C/- PO Box 98, Methven<br />

7745. Following aprivate<br />

cremation, friends and<br />

family are warmly invited<br />

to the RSA, Cox Street,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>onFriday17<strong>July</strong>,<br />

commencing at 12 midday,<br />

to share the wonderful<br />

memories of Hope’s life.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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McKAY June, on 11th <strong>July</strong><br />

<strong>2020</strong>, at <strong>Ashburton</strong>Hospital,<br />

aged 74 years. Much loved<br />

wife ofIan, and cherished<br />

mother and mother in law<br />

of Nathan and Nikki,Belinda<br />

and James, Victoria and<br />

Jamie. Loved Grandmum<br />

to Ruby; Quinn, and Leo;<br />

Scarlett, and Lilly. Much<br />

loved daughter ofthe late<br />

Alex and IvyClark, and loved<br />

sister of Alan, and Denise.<br />

Loveddaughterinlaw of the<br />

late Colin and Mary McKay, a<br />

lovedsister in lawand much<br />

lovedAunty to all her nieces<br />

and nephews. Messages<br />

to the McKay family c/- PO<br />

Box472, <strong>Ashburton</strong>7740. A<br />

service to celebrate June’s<br />

lifewill be held at our chapel,<br />

cnr East & Cox Streets,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> onThursday <strong>July</strong><br />

<strong>16</strong>, commencing at 1.30pm.<br />

Followed by interment at<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> New Lawn<br />

Cemetery.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 307 7433<br />

McKAY June, on <strong>July</strong> 11,<br />

<strong>2020</strong>. Dearly loved sisterin-law<br />

and loved friend of<br />

Colin and Rachel. Will be<br />

sadly missed.Who will hide<br />

the marshmellows now.<br />

Rest in peacexxxxxx<br />

McKAY June (nee Clark),<br />

on <strong>July</strong> 11th <strong>2020</strong>. Loved<br />

sister-in-law of Carolyn<br />

and Peter Fazakarley<br />

(Queensland Australia),<br />

Yvonne and Robin Smith<br />

(Geraldine), Janice and Ian<br />

Parkin (<strong>Ashburton</strong>), Chris<br />

Clark(<strong>Ashburton</strong>), Colin and<br />

Rachel McKay (<strong>Ashburton</strong>).<br />

Loved by all her nieces<br />

and nephews. Will be sadly<br />

missed<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

READ, Betty: Kay and Allan<br />

Breakwell, Murray and Nicki<br />

Read, Graeme and Mary<br />

Read and families wish to<br />

thank everyone for the<br />

cards, flowers, phonecalls,<br />

baking and visits following<br />

the sad passing of Betty.<br />

We were very grateful<br />

for the amazing care of<br />

mum at Rosebank. The<br />

managementand staffwere<br />

outstanding. Also thanks<br />

to Barry and the staff of<br />

Paterson’s. Mum would<br />

have lovedher farewell.<br />

Please accept this as a<br />

personal thank you toyou<br />

allfromour family.<br />

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Planfor<br />

spread<br />

If there is another<br />

outbreakofCovid­19<br />

in New Zealand<br />

separate regions and<br />

evenneighbourhoods<br />

would be moved up<br />

alert levels to try<br />

containit.<br />

The Covid­19<br />

response framework<br />

was announced by<br />

Prime Minister<br />

Jacinda Ardern<br />

yesterday.<br />

‘‘Itisdesignedto<br />

give the public, and<br />

our business<br />

community as much<br />

certainty as we can<br />

aroundwhat to<br />

expectifnew cases<br />

inside our borders<br />

are found. Andthat is<br />

something we all<br />

must prepare for.’’<br />

MsArdern said the<br />

pandemic was<br />

growing overseas<br />

while placesthat had<br />

it under controllike<br />

Victoria,New South<br />

Wales, Hong Kong,<br />

Singapore and Korea<br />

were experiencing<br />

resurgences of the<br />

virus.<br />

New Zealand<br />

needed aplan in case<br />

the virus got out into<br />

the community,<br />

despite strict border<br />

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‘‘Experts tell us<br />

thatevenwith the<br />

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possible,the chances<br />

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Lemon-aid for St John<br />

Cousins Libby Driscoll­Fear and<br />

Danielle Hill havespent some of<br />

their school holidays thinking of<br />

ways to help other people.<br />

The duo made use of their<br />

grandmother’s lemon treeand set<br />

up astall and soldlemons to raise<br />

money for St John. They raised<br />

$20.<br />

The girls took their hard­earned<br />

efforts into St John <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />

caught up with St John <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

executiveofficer Elaine<br />

Vallender.<br />

“Wewerethrilled to receive<br />

their donation,” Mrs Vallender<br />

said.<br />

“With amassiveshortfall in<br />

fundinglooming ahead of us for<br />

this newfinancialyear, everybit<br />

helps.”<br />

“St John wasn’teligible forthe<br />

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to do any fundraising,including<br />

our annual appeal.”<br />

The organisation is expecting a<br />

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Cousins Libby Driscoll­Fear and<br />

Danielle Hill present St John<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Elaine Vallender with<br />

the proceeds of their lemon stall.<br />

due not only to not being fully<br />

fundedbythegovernment for the<br />

ambulanceservicebut also due to<br />

covid restrictions.<br />

Mrs Vallender said Libby and<br />

Danielle learnt not only how to<br />

make sales but also about the<br />

generosity of local people.<br />

Salmon Run on<br />

The Rakaia Lionsand their hardworking<br />

volunteershave confirmed thesixth Jackson<br />

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NEWS<br />

12 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Wheat yield sets anew record<br />

Eric Watson’s world record<br />

wheat yield has garnered global<br />

attention.<br />

TheWakanui arable farmer<br />

took out the Guinness World<br />

Recordlast week for the<br />

Highestwheat yield forthe<br />

second time, beatinghis former<br />

record by 607kilograms per<br />

hectare.<br />

Mr Watson, whofarms with<br />

his wife Maxine at Wakanui,<br />

produced an incredible 17.398<br />

tonnes per hectare wheat crop,<br />

beating his previousrecord<br />

crop grown in 2017 of <strong>16</strong>.791<br />

tonnes per hectare.<br />

Thestoryran on the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>Facebook<br />

pageand sawmore than 27,300<br />

views, nearly 4000 engagements<br />

and scores of comments from<br />

peoplearoundtheworld. They<br />

included peoplefromCanada,<br />

Pakistan, Australia, Sweden<br />

and the United States.<br />

Mr Watson, speaking from his<br />

homethis week, was surprised<br />

by theglobal interest. He is not<br />

on Facebook.<br />

He said his phone had been<br />

busy in the days following the<br />

record being confirmed by<br />

media and industry<br />

wellwishers, but had since<br />

quieteneddown.<br />

On average irrigated wheat<br />

yields in New Zealand produce<br />

around 12 tonnesper hectare.<br />

It’s aremarkable record and<br />

an achievementadmired by the<br />

wider industry, and providing<br />

insights into innovations for<br />

future growth.<br />

Mr Watson was obviously<br />

thrilled with the result, which<br />

happened duringone of the<br />

Wakanui farmer Eric Watson and David Weith, of Bayer, inspect the<br />

world record wheat crop prior to harvest.<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED.<br />

best growing seasons in along<br />

time, he said.<br />

His advicetoothersseeking<br />

to improve their yield was to<br />

look after the crop,sow the<br />

optimum plants per hectare<br />

andensuredisease and trace<br />

elements were monitored.<br />

It’s worth putting some<br />

investmentinto monitoring and<br />

technology to prevent wasting<br />

resources,hesaid.<br />

‘‘At the end of the day you<br />

could save yourselfmoney by<br />

not putting on something (the<br />

soil) doesn’t want.’’<br />

Qualifying for the Guinness<br />

World Record books, involved<br />

gettingtheland to registered<br />

and surveyed at the start of the<br />

season andMr Watsonwas not<br />

rulingout trying to beat his own<br />

recordagain.<br />

‘‘We areveryproud to have<br />

achievedsuch aresult. The<br />

GuinnessWorld Recordisa<br />

nice recognition of our hard<br />

workand new innovations<br />

we’ve putinplace,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘While we were thrilledwith<br />

the recordresult in 2017, we<br />

saw waysin which we could<br />

make improvements and<br />

achieve an even higher yield.’’<br />

‘‘Bytrying newcultivars,<br />

switching to liquid nitrogen and<br />

monitoring plant health<br />

more regularly we were able<br />

to achieve another<br />

incredible result.<br />

‘‘Because of the high<br />

wheatyields we cangrow on<br />

our farm we arepleased if<br />

we see yields increase yearon­year<br />

by 100­200kg/ha,’’ he<br />

said.<br />

‘‘So to beat my lastcrop by<br />

(just over) 600 kg/ha<br />

exceeded even my hopes.’’<br />

The Kerrin wheat variety<br />

wasplanted in April 2019<br />

and harvested this year on<br />

February 17. It wasbred by<br />

agricultural company KWS<br />

andsupplied by Carrfields<br />

Grain andSeed.<br />

The recordattemptwas a<br />

teampartnership with PGG<br />

Wrightson Rural Supplies,<br />

Yara Fertilisers, SGS, Davis<br />

Ogilvie and Hill<br />

Laboratories in particular,<br />

working alongsideBayer to<br />

helpEric achieve his<br />

fantastic result.<br />

The Watsons achievement<br />

has shown NewZealand is<br />

an importantpartofthe<br />

globalarable market andis<br />

leadingthe way in<br />

developing insightsthat can<br />

assist worldgrain<br />

industries.<br />

Mr Watsonworked closely<br />

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both of his records receiving<br />

agronomy advice and using a<br />

range of their crop<br />

protection herbicides and<br />

fungicides.<br />

The cropwill likely be<br />

usedfor feeding beef or<br />

dairy stock in New Zealand.<br />

Bird counters out at lakes for annual survey<br />

Theannualwinter bird count<br />

on the<strong>Ashburton</strong> Lakes is on<br />

this Saturday.<br />

Theevent,now in its37th<br />

year,isthe longest­running<br />

birdsurveyinthe country.<br />

Armed with binoculars,<br />

spottingscopesand cameras,<br />

Forest and Bird members,and<br />

others will meet at theMt<br />

Somers Tavern at 9amand will<br />

then disperse to the12orso<br />

lakes to begin the count.<br />

Theideaofthecountisthat<br />

if all the lakes arecheckedat<br />

the sametimethe birds won’t<br />

be countedtwice.<br />

There isvariability in bird<br />

numbers from year to year,<br />

partly due to the conditions,<br />

but usually between3000and<br />

5000are counted.<br />

Bird includedinthe count<br />

typically include crested<br />

grebe, scaup,shags, Canada<br />

geese, paradise ducks, grey<br />

teal andblackswans.<br />

Anyone keentojointhe<br />

count should bring lunch,<br />

warmlayersofclothing, sturdy<br />

boots, binoculars, penand<br />

paper.<br />

Contact PeterHowden303<br />

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The Maori Lakes will be one of the areas surveyed on Saturday.<br />

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Council<br />

submits<br />

on air plan<br />

quality<br />

Cropping farmers need<br />

stubble burning as atool to<br />

control pests anddisease,says<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>district councillor<br />

Angus McKay.<br />

Banning stubble burns<br />

would meanfarmerswould<br />

have to put on more pesticides<br />

and herbicides to cleansethe<br />

soil for replanting, he said.<br />

Councilhas made a<br />

submission to the Ministry for<br />

the Environment’s national<br />

air quality plan and says while<br />

stubble burns generated<br />

smoke and were an issue near<br />

urban areas, stubbleburning<br />

was still an important land<br />

management tool.<br />

Councillors areconcerned<br />

any additionalconsenting<br />

requirements for farmersto<br />

undertake stubbing burning<br />

will have detrimental effects<br />

onthe viability of farming<br />

operations.<br />

Cr McKaysaid some farmers<br />

lit fires in risky conditions but<br />

there were conditions and<br />

controls to deal with rulebreakers.<br />

Policy­writers behindtheir<br />

desks in Wellington needed to<br />

remember that one air plan<br />

for the country did not fit all.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> and Tinwald are<br />

already covered by strict air<br />

quality rules imposed by<br />

Environment Canterbury.<br />

Home heatingusing wood<br />

burners is the main<br />

contributor to poor air quality<br />

in the winter.<br />

Council’s submission said<br />

the cost of electricitymeant<br />

people in colderregions were<br />

reluctanttoconvert to heat<br />

pumps because of the cost of<br />

heating their home. Policiesto<br />

reduce particulate matter in<br />

the air needed to be balanced<br />

against the basic human<br />

health need to be warm in<br />

winter.<br />

‘‘Council considers the most<br />

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cost of electricity and educate<br />

people on the efficiency of<br />

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13<br />

Winter stalls drawing the crowds<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Ahandfulofboutique business<br />

ownersare braving the cold<br />

mornings and manning the<br />

winter stalls in downtown<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

They gather in the West<br />

Street car park every Saturday<br />

morning from 10am.<br />

Among themare Monique<br />

Smith, of Crozier’s, selling freerangeturkey<br />

and duck products<br />

and Allan Ramsay,ofHipi<br />

Cheese, with arange of<br />

boutique sheep cheeses.<br />

But people can also buy fresh<br />

fruitand vegetables,coffee and<br />

freshchicken eggs.<br />

It’s abusyspot withpeople<br />

stopping while travelling past,<br />

or making the stalls a<br />

destination to pick up their<br />

favourite, locally­grown<br />

supplies.<br />

Monique saystheaffect of<br />

Covid­19 on the smallbusiness<br />

over lockdown and since, had<br />

beenatesting time; she is<br />

looking at returningto<br />

hairdressing to help the<br />

finances.<br />

But it has also hadits<br />

bonuses.<br />

“I learnedhow witty my eightyear­old<br />

is,”she said, of<br />

spending time over lockdown<br />

with daughters Isla, 8, and<br />

Ruby, 6.<br />

Monique Smith, of Crozier’s, serves acustomer during the winter<br />

stalls.<br />

“I lovedit,” she said.<br />

The family went walking<br />

every day, had picnics and<br />

spent quality timetogether.<br />

The girls both had birthdays<br />

duringlockdown which were<br />

celebrated differently than<br />

originally planned –no parties.<br />

But husband Kyletaughtthe<br />

girls how to shoot abow and<br />

arrow at anovelty target and<br />

cast afishing line all on the<br />

front lawn, Moniquesays.<br />

They alsobuilt abarbecue<br />

andcooked on it.<br />

Hipi Cheese owners Allan<br />

andwife, Jacy, were able to<br />

bring their production forward<br />

and shut down operation prior<br />

to lockdown.<br />

“Cheese is an awesome<br />

product.Itcan sit in acheese<br />

room andwait. We were<br />

thankful we were not dealing<br />

with afresh product,” Allan<br />

said.<br />

Thecouple, who have a<br />

boutique sheepmilking<br />

operation on the edge of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, were able to spend<br />

quality time with children,<br />

Hamish,11, andJayden, 18<br />

months.<br />

But also came up with anew<br />

Hipi Cheese owner Allan Ramsay talks to acustomer during the<br />

winter stalls about his boutique sheep operation.<br />

product just launched –a<br />

marbled cheese, perfect for<br />

presentation on platter dishes.<br />

Theirmicro­farmblockof<br />

justunder twohectares has 24<br />

mostly East Friesianmilking<br />

ewes but in the past few seasons<br />

has included Dairymead<br />

genetics with adash of Awassi.<br />

The milk is naturally A2.<br />

The Ramsays are lookingat<br />

doubling theirflock in the<br />

futureto include more<br />

Dairymead genetics and run<br />

twomilking mobs.<br />

However for now,the existing<br />

24 areall in lamb.<br />

“The scanning percentage is<br />

reallygood in thedairy breed,”<br />

Allan said.<br />

They aredue in September,<br />

just abit later than last year.<br />

Dairy title removed<br />

The NewZealand Dairy<br />

Industry Awards Trust has<br />

removed the title of <strong>2020</strong> Share<br />

Farmer of the Year title from<br />

Nick and Rosemarie Bertram.<br />

The decision came in light of<br />

unacceptable social media<br />

commentsposted by Mr<br />

Bertram prior to theawards.<br />

The awards which were<br />

announced last weekend also<br />

featured Mid Canterbury dairy<br />

farmers Fleur and Ralph<br />

Tompsett.<br />

TheEiffelton couple, named<br />

the Canterbury/North Otago’s<br />

Share Farmer of the Year, were<br />

also vying for the national share<br />

farmer of the yeartitle but<br />

missed out on anational<br />

accolade.<br />

The awardevent, on <strong>July</strong> 4,<br />

washeld remotely with<br />

coverage throughSky<br />

television’s Country TV<br />

channel and online but hosted<br />

by NZDIA at various locations<br />

nationwide. Since the<br />

ceremony, details on Mr<br />

Bertram’s social media posts<br />

have been thrown intothe<br />

public domain andNZDIA<br />

Trustannounced the titlehad<br />

been removedfrom the<br />

Bertrams.<br />

An independent review of the<br />

trust’s procedures, processes<br />

and entry criteria would be<br />

carried out.<br />

NZDIA Trust acknowledges<br />

Mr Bertram subsequently<br />

apologisedand deletedthe<br />

comments andthat some<br />

people within the industry<br />

were aware of those<br />

comments prior to the<br />

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announced last<br />

Saturday.<br />

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to theindustry andthe<br />

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14 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Tough week for Nats<br />

LINDA.CLARKE<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Aweek is alongtime in<br />

politics,asUKLabour Prime<br />

MinisterHarold Wilson once<br />

said.Heserved twice during<br />

one of the greatestperiods of<br />

social and industrial change<br />

in the twentieth century.<br />

Former National leader<br />

Todd Muller breezed through<br />

town lastWednesday,<br />

promisedNational would<br />

build afour­laneexpressway<br />

to Christchurchifelected and<br />

left with apair of socks.<br />

Seven days later, he had<br />

resigned as leader.<br />

There was much more to his<br />

visit last week, thoughfew will<br />

remember that now.<br />

He arrived at theHotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> mid­afternoonand<br />

faced amedia scrum keento<br />

talk aboutthe actions of<br />

Clutha Southland MP Hamish<br />

Walker, who leaked private<br />

details of covid patients to<br />

media (after they were leaked<br />

to him).<br />

Insidethe hotel, the party<br />

faithful waited and Mr Muller<br />

repeated theparty’s<br />

commitment to afour­lane<br />

highway from <strong>Ashburton</strong> to<br />

Christchurch, plus second<br />

bridges over the <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />

Rakaia and SelwynRivers.<br />

It was, predictably, ahit.<br />

Anyone who travels that<br />

road on aregular basis can<br />

recall idiots behind the wheel<br />

and near misses; that’s aside<br />

from actualfatalities and<br />

serious smashes.<br />

He was seriousabout the<br />

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon (left), former leader Todd Muller<br />

and NZ Sock Co’s Tony Jessep.<br />

challenges ahead, including<br />

how the country would deal<br />

with its massive debt after<br />

borrowing$140billion to<br />

survive Covid­19.<br />

Competent,disciplined<br />

financial management would<br />

be neededinthe future.<br />

New Zealand was surviving<br />

because of its agri­businesses,<br />

he said.<br />

Away fromthe hotelcrowd,<br />

he caughtupwith Euan<br />

Sparrow, whose familyown<br />

andoperatethe NZ SockCo.<br />

There’s plenty of science in<br />

their socks, which aresold<br />

around the worldtoocean<br />

racers and mountain climbers<br />

and peopleontough missions.<br />

Mr Muller left with afree<br />

pair.<br />

Newleader Judith Collins<br />

and deputyGerry Brownlee<br />

were chosenfor thetop spots<br />

Tuesdaynight as National<br />

moved quickly to re­organise<br />

and galvanise its troops.<br />

Mrs Collins was<br />

immediatelyonthe job<br />

yesterday,conducting eight<br />

interviews before 9.30am.Her<br />

new team fell quickly into<br />

line.<br />

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Slow progress on AIS,<br />

Allenton revamp work<br />

Multi­million dollar classroom<br />

and renovation projects at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Intermediateand<br />

Allenton schools are moving<br />

forward, butprogress is slow.<br />

TheGovernment announced<br />

$6 million for the Intermediate<br />

projectand between $4.5m and<br />

$5m for Allenton projects in<br />

February 2018.<br />

Bothprojects are being<br />

managed by Logic Group and the<br />

second iteration of plans is<br />

currently with the Ministryof<br />

Education’s design review panel.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Intermediate<br />

principal Brent Gray said he was<br />

hopeful that soil would be turned<br />

early in thenew year.<br />

He waslooking forward to<br />

seeingold and out­of­date<br />

buildings fromthe 1970s<br />

replacedwith modern learning<br />

spaces,aswellasthe major<br />

upgrade of other buildings.<br />

Thirteenteaching spaces will<br />

be replaced, including classroom<br />

and technologyspaces,and there<br />

will be strengthening work on<br />

stairwells in the two­storey<br />

block.<br />

Allenton Schoolprincipal<br />

Bruce Tilby said things were<br />

progressing ‘‘relatively slowly’’.<br />

Theministry’sdesign review<br />

panel wasmeeting on <strong>July</strong> 21 to<br />

Last chance for<br />

policy feedback<br />

In alittle overaweek,<br />

consultationwill closeonthe<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Council’s<br />

draft Revenue andFinancing<br />

Policy as wellasthe draft<br />

Development and Financial<br />

Contributions Policy, and it's<br />

criticalthatwereceive your<br />

feedback before finaldecisions<br />

are made.<br />

TheRevenueand Financing<br />

Policy sets out how residents are<br />

charged for the services council<br />

provides, and several changes<br />

arebeing proposed. Most<br />

notably, these relate to howthe<br />

councilcharges for Elderly<br />

PersonsHousing,stockwater<br />

management, and wastewater.<br />

We are also proposing rating<br />

boundary changesfor our solid<br />

waste collection servicewhich<br />

would add new propertiesinto<br />

the collection zone.<br />

Currently, Elderly Persons<br />

Housingispaid for through fees<br />

and charges to the people who<br />

live in the facilities. Looking<br />

ahead, thismodel is no longer<br />

goingtobesustainable as many<br />

of the housesrequire significant<br />

maintenance and upgrading.We<br />

are therefore proposing to<br />

introduceageneralrate to<br />

supplement the rental income<br />

received. Ageneral rate is<br />

calculated on yourproperty<br />

valueand is applied to all<br />

ratepayers in the district.<br />

Stockwater services are<br />

criticaltoanumberofrural<br />

residents. Presently, it is smaller<br />

properties who relymostonthe<br />

stockwater butwho paythe least<br />

for it, whilelargerproperties<br />

(whooften havetheir own<br />

arrangements forstockwater and<br />

don’t need council’s service)are<br />

payingthe most. We are<br />

therefore lookingatincreasing<br />

the minimum chargefor<br />

stockwatertomore evenly share<br />

the cost between users.<br />

Underour current policy,<br />

separate rates are charged for<br />

Allenton principal Bruce Tilby<br />

consider the school’s revised<br />

design.<br />

‘‘Hopefully things will move<br />

more quickly once that process is<br />

completed.’’<br />

MinistryofEducation funds<br />

wouldallowthe building of a<br />

seven­teaching space block, five<br />

to replaceexistingclassrooms<br />

and two basedonroll growth.<br />

Weather tightness of some<br />

existing spaces was also<br />

included as part of the project.<br />

‘‘It is clear, however, that<br />

furthernew builds will be<br />

required to cope withincreasing<br />

roll growth at the school,’’ said<br />

Mr Tilby.<br />

wastewaterservices,depending<br />

on where youlive,which means<br />

noteveryone is paying the same.<br />

Theplan is to applyone single<br />

rateacross<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Methven<br />

andRakaia to moreevenly share<br />

the cost. For Methven and<br />

Rakaia, thiswouldmean an<br />

increase in cost, andaslight<br />

saving for <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Sinceintroducing the wheelie<br />

bin collection services in 2017,<br />

ourdistrict has continued to<br />

grow. With residential areas<br />

expandingand new land<br />

developed, we want to make sure<br />

the rubbish andrecyclingservice<br />

takes thesenew properties into<br />

accountaswell.The draft policy<br />

is thereforeproposing to add <strong>16</strong>2<br />

new properties to the collection<br />

area. If the areaisexpandedas<br />

proposed, those additional<br />

households willbecharged for<br />

the service in their ratesand<br />

there would be no option to opt<br />

in or out.<br />

For the draft Developmentand<br />

Financial ContributionsPolicy,<br />

we areproposingtoincrease the<br />

amountdevelopers contribute<br />

when connectingtoour<br />

infrastructure to more fairly pay<br />

for growth andthe cost of<br />

upgrading our services.<br />

So far, we've received a<br />

combined 44 submissionson<br />

these policies. If anyofthese<br />

issues affectyou or you have<br />

something to say about what the<br />

Councilisproposing,please<br />

make yourvoice heard by<br />

Sunday <strong>July</strong> 26. You'll findthe<br />

fulldetails onlineat<br />

ashburtondc.govt.nz/<br />

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Covid economist on breakfast menu<br />

MidCanterburybusiness<br />

owners and managers will have<br />

the chance to hear fromone of<br />

NewZealand's leading<br />

economic commentators this<br />

month, when Brad Olsen<br />

arrives in <strong>Ashburton</strong> to guest<br />

speakatthe district's CEO<br />

Breakfast.<br />

Council willbehosting the<br />

eventatthe <strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust<br />

Event CentreonThursday, <strong>July</strong><br />

23,and placesare strictly<br />

limited to 100 people.<br />

Council chief executive<br />

Hamish Riach says theCEO<br />

Skaters unleashed<br />

Breakfastwill be agreat<br />

opportunity forthe local<br />

businesscommunitytoget<br />

together and assesshow the<br />

districtisplacedtorecover<br />

from the economic impactof<br />

Covid­19.<br />

‘‘Weare absolutely delighted<br />

to have Brad Olsen from<br />

Infometrics join us for this<br />

year's event.<br />

‘‘Brad is oneofthe country's<br />

leading economists and I'm<br />

sure willhave some veryuseful<br />

insights to share aboutthe New<br />

Zealand economy and<br />

particularly howour own<br />

district is positionedtorecover<br />

in the months and yearsahead.<br />

‘‘The coronavirus continues<br />

to raise many questions for<br />

local businesses, so coming<br />

together for this event willbea<br />

great chancetoshareideas and<br />

take stock of the things we<br />

should be thinking about to aid<br />

our recovery.’’<br />

Mr Olsen is apopular<br />

commentator on the economic<br />

effectsofCovid­19 andthe<br />

reimagination of the New<br />

Zealand economy as jobs are<br />

lost, business practices change<br />

aanew normalemerges.<br />

TheCEO Breakfast will begin<br />

at 7.15am in the Bradford<br />

Room, with breakfast to be<br />

served at 7.30am.<br />

Mr Olsen will speak from<br />

8am.<br />

Bookings areessential by<br />

<strong>July</strong> 20. To book, email<br />

economicdevelopment@adc.<br />

govt.nz.<br />

Ticketsare $25 perperson<br />

andare to be paid on the day at<br />

the<strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event<br />

Centre.<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Economist Brad Olsen<br />

15<br />

Three long­serving Justices of the Peace were acknowledged at aspecial dinner for Mid<br />

Canterbury JPs recently. At the special awards were (from left) John Rooney marking 30 years,<br />

Bruce Day 30 years, JPs president Ian Moore, Noel Lowe marking 40 years and Rangitata MP<br />

Andrew Falloon. Photo Noel Lowe<br />

Tilly Johnson (above) was the<br />

first scooterrider on the new<br />

Methven skatepark at the<br />

weekend. Scooter riders and<br />

skateboarders flocked to the<br />

opening of new facility on the<br />

corner of Bank andMcMillan<br />

streets when it wasformally<br />

unveiled by project leader Kidz<br />

Methven.<br />

Special guests atthe opening<br />

included Rangitata MP Andrew<br />

Falloon and <strong>Ashburton</strong> Mayor<br />

Neil Brown, whocut the ribbon<br />

to proclaim the venue open.<br />

Skateboarder Hugo Fischer<br />

was the first down thetrack,<br />

followedbyscooter riderTilly<br />

Johnson. The pairwere given the<br />

honour after nominations were<br />

requested locally via Facebook.<br />

Priortothe opening a<br />

memorial tree wasplanted and<br />

stone plaqueunveiled by Flora<br />

Lowe, the widow of KenLowe,<br />

whowas instrumental in the<br />

project in its early stages more<br />

than adecade ago.<br />

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<strong>16</strong> <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Judy resigns from the frontline<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Judy Skevington,the friendly<br />

voice at the end of Rural<br />

Support Trust Mid<br />

Canterbury’s hotline,has<br />

resigned from the position.<br />

It is areluctantresignation in<br />

which she cites irreconcilable<br />

differenceswith the Rural<br />

Support Trust Board.<br />

She is on leaveuntil she<br />

officially finisheson<strong>July</strong> 31.<br />

Mrs Skevington has been<br />

manager for the trust for the<br />

past three and ahalf years.<br />

In that time she has manned<br />

the trust’s 0800 number 24/7 ­<br />

only getting abreak when<br />

travelling overseas.<br />

She has received countless<br />

telephone calls from people in<br />

need of help.<br />

Those calls can range from<br />

quick five minutedirectorytype<br />

requests to talking to<br />

peopleindire need for over an<br />

hour, she said.<br />

Priortoher resignation, the<br />

Longlocks<br />

off to charity<br />

phonehad been constantly with<br />

her for the past ninemonths<br />

straight.<br />

The loss of Mrs Skevington<br />

from the role may comeasa<br />

surprise to many.<br />

She is well­known, and<br />

respected, in the farming<br />

community.<br />

She farms in a50/50 cropping/<br />

lamb fatteningpartnership<br />

with her son Michael, just south<br />

of Lake Hood.<br />

Michael is afourth<br />

generation farmer on the 205<br />

hectare farm.<br />

The duo stick to the basics of<br />

cropping growingwheat,<br />

barley, grass,orpeas, and can<br />

have up to 3000 lambs on farm.<br />

Since tendering her<br />

resignation Mrs Skevington has<br />

been inundated with messages<br />

of support and wellwishes for<br />

the future, including from high<br />

profile mental wellness<br />

advocatesLance Burdett and<br />

Doug Avery and many people in<br />

the district’s farming<br />

community.<br />

Twelve­year­old Alex Carr has bravely lost her<br />

locks and to date has raised close to $3300 for<br />

Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand<br />

initiative Shave for aCure.<br />

The Wakanui School student donated 14<br />

separate 30cm lengths of hair to Hair Collect NZ,<br />

which will use the hair to make wigs.<br />

Alex then went astage further and had asmart,<br />

buzz cut courtesy of Capelli stylist Sinead McNab.<br />

The head shave was done in memory of her nana<br />

Marie Lockyer, her cousin Ann Richmond and<br />

friends and family.<br />

Alex said she hoped her fundraising efforts<br />

would help with research to help find acure for<br />

all the different types of blood disease.<br />

‘‘I cannot donate blood yet, because I’m too<br />

young, so this has been away for me to<br />

contribute.’’<br />

Alex said she now looked like her dad Dean,<br />

who was permanently bald.<br />

Her parents Dean and Kylie said they were very<br />

proud of their daughter’s efforts.<br />

You can still support Alex’s effort by visiting<br />

shaveforacure.everydayhero.com/nz/alex­s­shavejuly­<strong>2020</strong><br />

Right: Alex Carr with the hair that will be donated<br />

to make wigs for cancer patients.<br />

Judy Skevington<br />

Outside of Rural Support<br />

Trust, she has been involved<br />

with Red Cross for more than 40<br />

years but is also along term<br />

volunteer with Civil Defence,<br />

Victim Support,<br />

NeighbourhoodSupport,<br />

Restorative Justiceand in the<br />

pastSafeCare, a24­hour crisis<br />

line for victims of rape and<br />

sexual assault, and with a<br />

community policestation.<br />

Mrs Skevington is still coming<br />

to terms withher resignation<br />

and will enjoy abreak overthe<br />

next few weeks before deciding<br />

her next move,however it will<br />

likely see her do abit more with<br />

Civil Defence.<br />

Rural SupportTrust Mid<br />

Canterbury chairman Peter<br />

Reverleysaid Mrs Skevington<br />

had decidedshe needed to<br />

break from the role and he was<br />

covering the role until a<br />

replacementwas found.<br />

He did however praise her<br />

work with the trust, helping<br />

those in the familycommunity,<br />

and beyond, during the past<br />

three and ahalf years.<br />

She has done ‘‘a great job ... a<br />

fabulousjob,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘It’s abit of atough job, you<br />

carry the phone 24/7 and get<br />

some reasonably tricky calls.’’<br />

The role, likely to be ajobshare<br />

position in the future,<br />

was due to be advertised this<br />

week.<br />

Hypnotist<br />

here to help<br />

Hypnotherapist Owen<br />

Pattersonisbringing his<br />

weightloss and stop smoking<br />

programmes to <strong>Ashburton</strong>on<br />

<strong>July</strong>29.<br />

He will be working fromthe<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust Event<br />

Centre’s Bradford Roomand<br />

willrun stop smokingsessions<br />

at 11amand 6.30pm,and a<br />

weightloss sessionat1.30pm.<br />

The weightloss sessions<br />

includevirtual gastric bands.<br />

Mr Patterson said his<br />

hypnotherapy wasnot astage<br />

show.<br />

‘‘What Ipresentis<br />

hypnotherapy,asopposedtoa<br />

hypnosis for entertainment.’’<br />

He said the firsthalf of the<br />

seminarwas abouthow the<br />

programmeand hypnosis<br />

worked and thesecond half<br />

was agroupsession,inwhich<br />

he usedasimple methodto<br />

makepeople relaxedand<br />

calm.<br />

Mr Patterson said hypnosis<br />

alsohelped withthe anxiety<br />

thataccompanied trying to<br />

stopsmokingorlosingweight.<br />

Helipad<br />

rules in<br />

spotlight<br />

Rescuehelicopterslanding<br />

at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital’s<br />

helipad may soon be able to<br />

fly by instrumentsincloudy<br />

or poorconditions to ferry<br />

critically ill patients.<br />

But the paperwork<br />

requiredfor an instrument<br />

flight approachmay mean<br />

some trees on the Walnut<br />

Avenuesideofthe<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Domainneed a<br />

haircut.<br />

Garden City Helicopters,<br />

who have up to 80 air<br />

ambulance jobsayearto<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>,are in talks with<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Councilabout designating<br />

the helipad only for rescue<br />

chopper use. Pilots<br />

currentlyfly by sight or with<br />

night goggle vision during<br />

darkness.<br />

Up to 20 per cent of jobs<br />

are cancelledby bad<br />

weather,but being able to<br />

flyusing instruments would<br />

allow manyofthose to go<br />

ahead.<br />

Designating thehelipad<br />

only for rescue choppers<br />

would mean commercial<br />

drone operators in a4km<br />

radius would need to file a<br />

flight path. Recreational<br />

drones would be able to fly<br />

providedthey obeyed<br />

existing shielded<br />

operational rulesondrone<br />

limits.<br />

Most of the town is<br />

already covered because it<br />

is within 4km of the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Airport.<br />

Matthew Boulcott, of GCH<br />

Aviation, saidtrees on<br />

Walnut Avenue were<br />

consideredahazard<br />

becausethe instrument<br />

flight path wasprescribed<br />

for fixed wing aircraft. ‘‘We<br />

are hoping wedonot have to<br />

trim the trees.Itwill not be<br />

all of them, but afew are<br />

quite tall. Once we do a<br />

drone survey we willknow<br />

what is needed.’’<br />

Councilstaff are<br />

preparing extra<br />

information on how the new<br />

helipad designation will<br />

affectdrone users and kiteflyers.<br />

The matter was<br />

referredto full council fora<br />

final decision.<br />

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Gareth Cadogan with toddler Willow and (from left) Jackson 7, Riley 10, Piper 4, and wife Jamie<br />

in their new coffee house One Ninety Nine.<br />

New spot for caffeine fix<br />

Anew coffee spotassprungup<br />

off BurnettStreet.<br />

Owners Gareth andJamie<br />

Cadogan spendSaturday<br />

nights runningthe Print<br />

Roomnightclub andhave<br />

added aday­timecafe nextto<br />

theirhospitality business.<br />

Thenew cafe usesAtomic<br />

coffee beans and will sell<br />

cabinet foodpreparedbythe<br />

couple,who operated acafe in<br />

Oamaru before moving north<br />

just before lockdown.<br />

Theyhavefour children and<br />

haveorganisedtheir new<br />

cafe,One Ninety Nine,with<br />

nearbyoffice workersand<br />

parents in mind. The cafe is<br />

accessed off the alley by<br />

StokedCycles and the MSA. It<br />

sells take­awaycoffees and<br />

has sit­down tablesand a<br />

quiet roomfor mumstofeed<br />

their babies or for children to<br />

play.<br />

Gareth said they were<br />

pleased their hospitality<br />

businessesand home were<br />

now in the one town and they<br />

were able to puttheir skills to<br />

best use after lots of lockdown<br />

planning. Gareth is abarista<br />

and cook, while Jamieisa<br />

qualified chef.<br />

He saidthe food would<br />

caterfor keto, non­dairy and<br />

gluten freeappetitesand<br />

there wouldbenoextra<br />

charge for almond or soy milk<br />

in coffees.<br />

The couple hopetoalso hire<br />

the cafeout for special events,<br />

like birthdaysand parties, or<br />

for cocktails. They are<br />

adapting to customers’needs.<br />

One Ninety Nineopenson<br />

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The funding is available for courses<br />

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18 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Speed limit signs to be installed outside schools<br />

LINDA.CLARKE<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Specialspeedlimit signsare to<br />

be installed outside <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

district schools, costing<br />

somewhere between$1.4<br />

million and$230,000.<br />

Activevariable signs<br />

controlledbyschools at peak<br />

times arethe mostexpensive<br />

option whilestatic variable<br />

signsare the cheapest.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />

staff are abouttoauditall<br />

schools in the district to see<br />

which signssuitbest. It maybe<br />

thatactive signs are on country<br />

andopen roads, while static<br />

signs are for schools in<br />

populated areas.<br />

Thesigns are part of aspeed<br />

limit reviewconducted this<br />

year by council.Several schools<br />

lobbiedfor reduced speeds at<br />

their gates, including<br />

Longbeach, Lagmhor,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Christian and Mount<br />

Somers Springburn.<br />

Speed limits willchangein<br />

manypartsofthe district, with<br />

somesubdivisions to go to<br />

40km/h.<br />

Thelimits have changedon<br />

roadsonthe outskirts of<br />

populatedareas,reflectingthe<br />

growth of urbanareas.<br />

Infrastructure Services<br />

Committee chairman Stuart<br />

Wilson saidcouncil had<br />

received 257 submissions as<br />

part of the review,heardin<br />

person frommany people, and<br />

thenspent halfaday discussing<br />

outcomes.<br />

Theyset schoolzone speed<br />

limits of 60km/h outsiderural<br />

schools and 40km/h outside<br />

urban schools. Thevariable<br />

signs can be turned on by<br />

schools at drop off and pick up<br />

times, withthe speed limit<br />

returningtonormal outside<br />

school hours.<br />

Active illuminated signs will<br />

flash duringcritical periods.<br />

Roading engineerMartinLo<br />

said it was possible forschools<br />

to have amix of static, variable<br />

and flashing signs, with the<br />

priceinbetweenthe highest<br />

and lowest options.<br />

The speedlimitchangeswill<br />

go to afull council meeting for<br />

approval thentoLand<br />

InformationNew Zealand to be<br />

gazetted; the newlimits then<br />

become legaland new signs<br />

costing around$120,000will be<br />

installed around the district.<br />

LIONSCLUBOF<br />

ASHBURTON<br />

Our firstmeeting,postCovid,<br />

coincided withthe much<br />

anticipated changeover night.<br />

The evening meeting,atHotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, waspresided over<br />

by Roger Paterson andwas a<br />

great success.<br />

There were over 90 attendees<br />

with ahost of visitors from<br />

otherLions clubs as wellas<br />

District Governor EllenButson,<br />

who addressed the meetingand<br />

spoke about the achievements,<br />

of recentprojects run by the<br />

LionsClubof<strong>Ashburton</strong>. She<br />

also mentioned the strength of<br />

the Lions Clubs within the Mid<br />

Canterbury zone.<br />

Our new member, Stuart<br />

Geddes, sponsored by David<br />

Stewart, and inductedbyGarth<br />

Bateup, was warmly welcomed.<br />

Stuart is thenew managerof<br />

the MSA.<br />

Thepresentation of awardsto<br />

LionsGarth Madden and Jeff<br />

King featured next.Garth<br />

Madden was awarded the Lloyd<br />

Roger Paterson.<br />

Morgan Honorary Awardfor<br />

longstanding service to the<br />

Lions Clubof<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Jeff<br />

King was the recipient of the Ed<br />

Von TunzelmannAward for his<br />

huge contribution to club<br />

projects.<br />

StewartDunlop reportedon<br />

Meals on Wheels being full<br />

steam ahead. Bruce Ferriman<br />

reported on thisyear’s club<br />

Charity Golf Tournament which<br />

will be held on Thursday,<br />

October 8.<br />

Graham Smithadded that the<br />

proceeds would be going to the<br />

ChrisRuthCentreTrust<br />

supporting thedisabled andthe<br />

Mountain Bike Park <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

project.<br />

Graham also stated that<br />

proceedsfromthisyear’s<br />

PlayhouseRaffle would go to<br />

Riding for the Disabled.<br />

RodGreen outlined the<br />

support for Tony Todd’sBike<br />

Riding Hospice Fund Raiser<br />

and the surprising amount of<br />

money raised. Having our Lions<br />

Clubparticipate was the icing<br />

on the cake fromTony’s pointof<br />

view.<br />

Roger Paterson, whohas<br />

done an outstandingjob in this<br />

role, will continue as president<br />

for the next12months. Roger<br />

presented averyfull and<br />

detailed report to themeeting.<br />

Thenew board for the coming<br />

year was introduced to the<br />

meeting as part of the<br />

changeover proceedings.<br />

Ournext meetingwill be on<br />

Wednesday August5atHotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>startingat6.30pm.<br />

ASHBURTON GOLF<br />

CLUB 9­HOLERS<br />

After several weeks of cold,<br />

rainy mornings, the weather<br />

finally co­operated andwe<br />

enjoyed playing on Thursday<br />

<strong>July</strong> 9. We had only been able to<br />

play once in thepreviousfive<br />

weeks.<br />

Three different trophies<br />

were combined as we try to<br />

catch up ­not only after<br />

lockdown, but also afterlosing<br />

four weeks due to the rain.<br />

Marion Marshall Trophy (Net),<br />

Jean Drummond(Putting) and<br />

Heather Smith (Stableford).<br />

Winner of an Accountantnz<br />

Voucher for best net(35) and<br />

stableford (19) was Peter<br />

Stechman.Winner of aclub<br />

voucher for putting (on<br />

countback)was Maryanne<br />

Urquhart (14).<br />

Runnersupwere Oliver<br />

Prince and Helen Argyle ­net<br />

(36)and stableford(18) and<br />

Michael Smith,putting (14) on<br />

countback.<br />

On <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong> ­weather<br />

permitting­Dick Hansen is<br />

organising astableford round<br />

with hiddenholes, sponsored<br />

by NetherbyPharmacy.On<strong>July</strong><br />

23,Match Play sponsored by<br />

Accountantnz.<br />

ASHBURTON MSA<br />

PETANQUECLUB<br />

ClubMixed Drawn Doubles<br />

Winners: Johnny Wrightand<br />

Neville Bensdorp.Second:<br />

Bernice Lairdand Richard<br />

Browne. Third: Karen<br />

Bensdorp andJonathan Crum.<br />

Club Under 70sDrawn<br />

Doubles<br />

Winners: Christine Carr and<br />

Jonathan Crum. Second: Adair<br />

Jones and Bernice Laird.<br />

Third: Nicky Fodenand<br />

ShelaghField.<br />

Club 70 andOver Drawn<br />

Doubles<br />

Winners: Betty King, Johnny<br />

Wright. Second: Mavis<br />

Thompson, Colin Jones.Third:<br />

MickLittle, PeterMarriott.<br />

CYCLING RESULTS<br />

Andrew Falloon<br />

MP for Rangitata<br />

I’m availablethrough<br />

my offices:<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Office<br />

81 Harrison Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

03 3087510<br />

rangitatamp@parliament.govt.nz<br />

Timaru Office<br />

139Stafford Street, Timaru<br />

03 6831386<br />

rangitatamp@parliament.govt.nz<br />

Youcan also contactmedirecton:<br />

andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz<br />

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers - <strong>July</strong> 11,<br />

number 4training ride.<br />

First home Don Sutton 26m 43s, 2nd<br />

Michelle Knight 26m 44s, 3rd Don Morrison<br />

26m 44s, 4th Emma Hudson 26m 45s, 5th<br />

Ross Templeton 26m 45s, 6th Andrew Shepherd<br />

26m 46s, 7th Lucy Kirwan 27m 26s 8th,<br />

Brian Ellis 27m 27s, 9th Richard Kirwan 25m<br />

59s, 10th Nick Grijns 26m 00s, 11th Matt<br />

Marshall 26m 01s, 12th Doug Coley 26m 09s,<br />

13th Colin Teahan 28m 56s, 14th Brent<br />

Hudson 28m <strong>16</strong>s, 15th Ross Proctor 28m 57s,<br />

<strong>16</strong>th Liz Wylie 28m57s, 17th Steven Hands<br />

22m 19s F/T, 18th Rob Hooper 24m 51s, 19th.<br />

Kristine Marriott 24m 51s, 20th Wayne Clement<br />

22m 22s 2f/t, 21st Tony Ward 22m 22s, 3f/t<br />

Stay fit &earn $$$<br />

at the same time<br />

Spend a couple of hours<br />

every Thursday delivering the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong> and Realty in<br />

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Enjoy the fresh air, stay fit and<br />

reap the health benefits!<br />

22nd, Brad Hudson 22m 22s 4f/t, 23rd Michael<br />

Gallagher 24m 53s, 24th Gerrard Morrison 24m<br />

53s, 25th Andy Skinner 30m 27s, 26th Debbie<br />

Skinner 30m 27s, 27th Allan Johns 30m 28s, 28th<br />

Kevin Opele 23m 49s 5f/t, 29th Nigel Leary DNF.<br />

Phone Mary todayon308 7664<br />

to get startedoremail<br />

mary.summerfield@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,<br />

139 Stafford St,Timaru.<br />

2292702

SPORT<br />

20 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Back on home turf<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

HockeyNZhigh performance<br />

network coach Aaron Ford was<br />

back on home turf this week<br />

taking premiergrade’s best<br />

playersthrough their paces at a<br />

trainingsession.<br />

The former <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Collegealumnitook up his new<br />

role in February, arole<br />

designed to be aconnector<br />

between the community and<br />

high performance for players,<br />

coaches and umpires. His patch<br />

covers the South Island.<br />

Ford broughttalented<br />

playersdown to NBS <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

HockeyTurf Monday from their<br />

usual training base in<br />

Christchurch to showcase and<br />

share the workdone in training.<br />

Coachesand officials from<br />

the Mid Canterbury Hockey<br />

fraternity were invited to get up<br />

close and to watch and learn.<br />

Men trained for an hourand<br />

were followed on the turf by<br />

elite female players.<br />

Among those at the training<br />

were BlackSticksgoalkeeper<br />

GeorgeEnersen,striker Jessie<br />

Anderson and anumber of NZ<br />

development squadplayers.<br />

Ford grew up in ahockey<br />

playingfamily in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

His family was associated<br />

with the Collegians Hockey<br />

Club, with dad Ross alocal<br />

player and older brother Mark<br />

also aCanterbury rep player.<br />

Ford himself playedfor<br />

Hockey highperformance network coach Aaron Ford (left) with<br />

Black Sticksgoalkeeper George Enersen at the NBS <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hockey Turf.<br />

Canterbury Under 18 and<br />

Under21teams, and in his last<br />

year at collegestarted playing<br />

club hockey for Harewood.<br />

Three ACL ruptures cut short<br />

his playing career at the age of<br />

29 and he made the move into<br />

coaching.<br />

His first coaching job was at<br />

Christchurch Girls’ and he has<br />

since progressedtomen’s,<br />

women’s and age groupteams<br />

at both regionaland national<br />

level.<br />

The 39­year­old, afather of<br />

two, said he was full time with<br />

hockey these days and enjoying<br />

the opportunities that came<br />

with it.<br />

‘‘I love working with the<br />

players and preparing and<br />

playing in tournaments.’’<br />

Ford said he had been<br />

backtothe <strong>Ashburton</strong> turf a<br />

number of times since his<br />

early playing days.<br />

‘‘I only actually playedon<br />

the turf for the first six<br />

months after it was built.<br />

‘‘It’s anice turf, agreat<br />

facility for <strong>Ashburton</strong>, and a<br />

lot more shelteredthan the<br />

new turf at Nga PunaWai in<br />

Christchurch.’’<br />

Football Fern Annalie Longo with budding footballers (from left)<br />

Libby Brockhurst, 6, Hayley Hoare, 9, Indiana Bennett, 7, Ella<br />

Raharuhi, 6, and Molly Farquhar, 8, at last week’s female­only<br />

training session.<br />

Girls enjoy footy training<br />

Young footballers enjoyed a<br />

female­only training day last<br />

week with Football Fern<br />

Annalie Longo and Canterbury<br />

Pride head coach Alana Gunn.<br />

Agood turnout of 35 girls,<br />

aged from six to 15, were taken<br />

through their paces on<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain pitches.<br />

Players practised drills and<br />

skills and enjoyed mini games<br />

in junior and senior groups.<br />

Annalie Longo, who is also<br />

Mainland Football’s women’s<br />

development officer, said the<br />

training day was about building<br />

skills and knowledge of the<br />

game and having fun.<br />

In the smaller regions girls<br />

often played in mixed teams,<br />

but it was important to have a<br />

girls­only environment, both in<br />

terms of playing and on asocial<br />

level.<br />

The 29­year­old midfielder<br />

said she was looking forward to<br />

the 2023 Women’s World Cup,<br />

which would be jointly hosted<br />

by New Zealand and Australia<br />

and boost the female game.

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SPORT<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

21<br />

Locals dominant at pickleball tourney<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> players have proved<br />

adominant force at the South<br />

Island’s first everpickleball<br />

tournament, picking up eight<br />

golds, sixsilversand five<br />

bronze medals.<br />

Karen Bishop teamed up with<br />

husbandDavidto win the<br />

mixedsuper competitionand<br />

then with Adrienne Mitchell to<br />

win thewomen's superdoubles.<br />

Fellowlocals Donald<br />

Shearerand John Roy won the<br />

men's super doubles, Tessa<br />

McCann wonthe women’s<br />

singles andAdam Bisley the<br />

men’s singles.<br />

McCann teamed up with her<br />

father Neil to winsilver in the<br />

mixed open competition.<br />

Therewerealsosilver<br />

medals for David Bishopand<br />

Shyamal Ram in the men’s open<br />

doubles, forNeil McCanninthe<br />

men’s singles and Jane<br />

Brosnahan in thewomen’s<br />

singles.<br />

Other medals went to players<br />

from PickleballHawkes Bay<br />

(six golds and fivesilvers),<br />

Pickleball AucklandCentral<br />

(six bronzes), Pickleball<br />

Kerikeri (twosilvers and three<br />

bronzes) and Snells Beach (one<br />

silver).<br />

Tournament organiser<br />

Ruben Garcia said theMid<br />

Canterbury Winter Classic was<br />

abig success.<br />

All competitors commented<br />

on how the inaugural South<br />

Island tournament had raised<br />

the bar and wasnow the best<br />

tournamentinNew Zealand, he<br />

said.<br />

‘‘Fromour use of technology,<br />

Karen and David Bishop teamed up to win the mixed super<br />

competition.<br />

to streamlining gameresults<br />

and making them immediately<br />

available online for everyoneto<br />

follow, throughto ourschedule<br />

format and tournamentdinner,<br />

thethree day event was<br />

spectacular.’’<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> made astrong<br />

statement and thetournament<br />

had put the town on themap as<br />

theplacetogotofor<br />

competitive pickleball.’’<br />

Thetournamentfeaturedthe<br />

finals on Sunday,followed by<br />

medalpresentations and<br />

sponsored cash prizes.<br />

TheMid CanterburyWinter<br />

Classic will return to EA<br />

Networks Centre next year and<br />

will runfrom <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>­18.<br />

Talented tennis player Tessa<br />

McCann won the women’s<br />

pickleball singles competition.<br />

John Roy and Donald Shearer were the men's super doubles<br />

winners.<br />

Men’s singles winner Adam Bisley.<br />

SPORTS DRAW<br />

RUGBY<br />

The draw for Saturday -<br />

Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup:<br />

Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor v Southern Stu<br />

Tarbotton, Celt1, 2:30pm HGrant, JO’Connor,<br />

N Forbes. Methven v Rakaia, Methv1,<br />

2:30pm K Faalogo, S Bennett, M Southby.<br />

Hampstead bye<br />

Senior B–Michael Duff Memorial Trophy:<br />

Celtic Kellys Café &Barr vSouthern Wholesale<br />

Seeds, Celt1, 12:45pm J O’Connor.<br />

Collegiate v Mt Somers, Coll1, 2:30pm C<br />

Kelland. Methven vRakaia, Methv1, 12:45pm<br />

SBennett.<br />

Senior Women: Kaiapoi RFC v<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Celtic RFC TBC.<br />

Combined Colts: Celtic/SouthernEuroAgri/NPD<br />

v BDI, Celt2, 12:45pm N<br />

Forbes. Waihora vMethven/Rakaia, Rhodes<br />

Park Tai Tapu3, 1:00pm.<br />

1st XV UC Championship: Lincoln vMC<br />

Combined, Lincoln 1:00pm.<br />

Under 18 Combined: Prebbleton vMCRU<br />

Alps, Prebl2 12:30pm.<br />

Under <strong>16</strong> Combined: MCRU Alps v<br />

Waihora, Methven2, 1:00pm P Everest.<br />

MCRU Plains vRolleston, Coll1, 1:15pm G<br />

Jopson.<br />

Under 14.5 Combined: West Melton v<br />

MCRU Plains, West Melton2, 11:00am.<br />

MCRU Alps vLincoln, Methven3, 1:15pm G<br />

Barr.<br />

Under 13: Celtic v Southern/Tinwald,<br />

Celtic3, 1:00pm Club Referee. Collegiate v<br />

AllentonSmallbones, Coll1, 12:00pmJRobinson.<br />

Methven v Celtic/Rakaia, Methven3,<br />

12:00pm MTuilaepa.<br />

Under 11.5: Celtic White v Southern,<br />

Celtic3A, 12:00pm. Collegiate Cates Grain &<br />

Seeds vCeltic Green, Coll2, 12:00pm. Methven<br />

Black vRakaia, Methven2A, 12:00pm C<br />

Marshall. Methven White vHampstead, Methven2B,<br />

12:00pm LBell.<br />

Under 10: Celtic Green v Allenton<br />

Trembath Construction, Celtic4, 12:00pm.<br />

Celtic White v Southern, Celtic4, 1:00pm.<br />

Methven Black v Hampstead, Methven4,<br />

12:15pm. Methven Red vRakaia, Methven4,<br />

1:15pm. Methven White vTinwald Ace Automotive,<br />

Methven5, 12:15pm.<br />

Under 9: Celtic v Southern, Celtic3B,<br />

12:00pm. Methven v Rakaia, Methven5,<br />

1:15pm.Tinwald Moore Mechanical vAllenton<br />

Engineering Solutions, Tinwald3, 1:00pm.<br />

Collegiate/Hampstead Regent Cinema bye.<br />

Under 8: Celtic White v Southern, Celtic2A,<br />

11:45am. Collegiate/Hampstead v<br />

Methven/Mt Somers, Coll2, 1:00pm. Methven<br />

v Rakaia, Methven4, 11:30am. Tinwald NZ<br />

Farmers Livestock v Allenton Alpine View,<br />

Tinwald4, 1:15pm. Celtic Green bye.<br />

Under 7: Celtic v Southern White, Celtic2B,<br />

11:45am. Collegiate <strong>Ashburton</strong> Crane<br />

Hire vMethven/Mt Somers, Coll3, 12:30pm.<br />

Methven vRakaia, Methven5, 11:30am. Tinwald<br />

B NZ Livestock v Allenton Maroon<br />

Allenton Auto, Tinwald4, 12:30pm. Tinwald O<br />

Skip 2 It Flooring Xtra v Southern Blue,<br />

Tinwald1A, 12:30pm. Allenton Gold Young<br />

Electrical bye.<br />

Under 6:Celtic Green vSouthern Red,<br />

Celtic1A, 12:00pm. Celtic White vSouthern<br />

White, Celtic1B, 12:00pm. Collegiate Cranefield<br />

Glass v Mt Somers, Coll3, 1:15pm.<br />

Methven Black v Hampstead, Methven1A,<br />

12:00pm. Methven White v Rakaia, Methven1B,<br />

12:00pm. Tinwald Alluvial Black v<br />

Allenton Gold <strong>Ashburton</strong> Plumbing Services,<br />

Tinwald1A, 1:15pm. Tinwald Cranfield Glass<br />

B v Allenton Maroon Sparrow Family, Tinwald1B,<br />

1:15pm. Tinwald Canvas Orange v<br />

Southern Blue, Tinwald1B, 12:30pm.<br />

HOCKEY<br />

The draw for <strong>July</strong> 17 to <strong>July</strong> 22 -<br />

Friday 17 <strong>July</strong><br />

Kiwi Sticks (Yr 5and 6) no play.<br />

1st Grade Women, 6pm Wakanui v<br />

Hampstead Blue (Hampstead, Methven). 7.15<br />

pm Hampstead vMethven (Wakanui, Hampstead<br />

Blue).<br />

Just Hockey SSL Div 1Boys, Marist Park<br />

@StBedes, 7.10 pm <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 1st<br />

XI v Christ's College 2nd XI (Umpires<br />

supplied).<br />

Saturday 18 <strong>July</strong><br />

Mini Sticks No play<br />

Senior Women, Ash NBS 1.00 pm<br />

Wakanui vTGHS 1st XI (J Gray ,tbc).<br />

Senior Men, Ash NBS 2.40 pm Wakanui v<br />

Northern Hearts (tbc, MMarshall).<br />

Sunday 19<strong>July</strong><br />

2nd Grade Girls, Ash NBS 1.40 pm<br />

Tinwald vCraighead Wakanui Snr Women,<br />

Wakanui (bye).<br />

1st Grade Men, 4.00 pm Tinwald Black v<br />

Hampstead Lowcliffe (Allenton, Tinwald<br />

Orange). 5.25 pm Wakanui v Hampstead/<br />

Wakanui (Tinwald Black, Hampstead Lowcliffe).<br />

6.50 pm Allenton v Tinwald Orange<br />

(Wakanui, Hampstead/Wakanui).<br />

Monday 20 <strong>July</strong><br />

2nd Grade Boys, draw unknown.<br />

Tuesday 21 <strong>July</strong><br />

Kwik Sticks (Yrs 7&8) 4.00 pm Methven<br />

v Tinwald Foothills (tbc). 5.15 pm Wakanui<br />

Blue/Collegians v Allenton (tbc). 6.30 pm<br />

Wakanui Black vTinwald Orange (tbc).<br />

Wednesday 22 <strong>July</strong><br />

Just Hockey SSL Div 2 Girls Nunweek<br />

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24 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Water reforms cost<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />

is hoping to see more<br />

informationabout the<br />

Government's plansonwater<br />

reform, afterthe Prime Minister<br />

announcedthat$761million<br />

would be invested to help<br />

upgrade the country's three<br />

waters infrastructure.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>DistrictMayor Neil<br />

Brown said with tighter<br />

regulations coming into place for<br />

the country'sdrinking, waste and<br />

stormwaster services, many<br />

councils and their communities<br />

werefacing increased costs.<br />

‘‘The Government's funding<br />

announcement recognisesthe<br />

financialchallenges councils are<br />

increasingly dealing withasthey<br />

maintain and in manycases,<br />

upgrade their threewaters<br />

infrastructure.For many<br />

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‘‘Weare quite fortunateinthe<br />

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The Prime Minister said<br />

councilswouldneed to sign up to<br />

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reformsbefore theycouldaccess<br />

the $761million.<br />

‘‘I'm looking forward to seeing<br />

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‘‘Safe drinking water and<br />

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Allinformation collectedfor<br />

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The Finishing Company<br />

03 307 8870 2291359<br />

LEGAL work -Phone Peter<br />

Ragg (<strong>Ashburton</strong> Law) for<br />

house sales, purchases<br />

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home evenings for wills,<br />

enduring powers of<br />

attorney. Phone 308 0327.<br />

LOCKSMITH/Door repairs.<br />

Keys/locks, sliding and bifold<br />

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Tony Sivier at Paint It <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

CASUAL STORE PERSON<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Luisetti Seeds is asignificant provider of grain and<br />

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Applications should detail recent relevant<br />

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Applications will be treated and viewed in<br />

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PO Box77<br />

Rangiora7440<br />

Attention: KarenVan Staden<br />

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Mid-CanterburyRural Support<br />

Trust Wellness Co-ordinator<br />

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We are looking for aperson to fulfil the role of first<br />

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Our organisation provides aservice tothe rural<br />

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• Maintain and develop communication channels/<br />

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please email cover letter and CV to<br />

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2293021<br />

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2295666<br />

CATERER<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong>Golf<br />

Club invites interested<br />

persons to apply for<br />

the position of selfemployedcaterer.<br />

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club days,course<br />

bookings and the option<br />

of catering forlarge<br />

tournaments.<br />

Forfurther information<br />

please contactthe club<br />

on 03-308-6371 or<br />

email your<br />

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ashburtongolf.co.nz.<br />

2293665<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

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SELL<br />

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LPG<br />

REFILLS<br />

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Arthur Cates Ltd<br />

26 McNally Street<br />

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Riverside Industrial Estate<br />

LPG REFILLS<br />

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GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

BRIDGE Street Nursery has<br />

moved. Now trading as<br />

Paul’s Garden Nursery at<br />

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Allenton, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Entrance on Clark Street.<br />

13 varieties of seed<br />

potatoes and fresh free<br />

range eggs available.<br />

Phone Paul 0272 781 354.<br />

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PEA STRAW Medium straw<br />

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02040233792<br />

POULTRY<br />

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quiet birds. Phone 03<br />

308 <strong>16</strong>14<br />

HIRE<br />

SCISSORLIFTS for hire.<br />

4WD and slab lifts available<br />

for daily or weekly hire.<br />

Pickup or delivery. Phone<br />

North End Engineering 308<br />

8155 for abooking.<br />

MEETINGS<br />

Hampstead Softball Club<br />

AGM<br />

Tuesday 21st <strong>July</strong>, 6.30 pm<br />

Devon Tavern<br />

Current &new members very welcome<br />

Any enquiries<br />

Dave Waaka 027 351 9769<br />

Mid Canterbury Independent Irrigators Inc.<br />

Wednesday 22 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />

7pm<br />

Federated Farmers Boardroom (upstairs)<br />

<strong>16</strong>3 West Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Speakers -Sarah Richard and Ben Howden<br />

from Irricon.<br />

Topics -developments in ECan irrigation<br />

consenting process<br />

-nutrient budget updates and pitfalls<br />

Grey Power<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Monthly Meeting<br />

Monday, <strong>July</strong>20 th<br />

2pm<br />

at the Seniors Centre<br />

Speaker:<br />

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2295332<br />

FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />

POTATOES Nadine and<br />

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308 3195 or 027 531 9103.<br />

81 Elizabeth Street.<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

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light-grade metal in-yard<br />

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GARAGE SALES<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong>Demons<br />

Softball Club<br />

AGM<br />

Weds,<strong>July</strong> 29th, <strong>2020</strong>, 7pm,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Club &MSA,<br />

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Nominations can be sent<br />

to ashdemons@gmail.com<br />

Everyone welcome<br />

2290568<br />

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STORAGE and space leasing<br />

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WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />

Forall othermedicalassistance outside of normal<br />

hoursplease phone your generalpracticeteam,24/7,<br />

to speak withahealth professional whowill giveyou<br />

free health advice on what to do or wheretogoifyou<br />

need urgentcare.<br />

If youdon’t have aregular generalpractice, call any<br />

GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice.<br />

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />

passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />

New Zealanders’tobringsome form of ID.<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong>DutyPractice for ...<br />

Saturday18th <strong>July</strong> is<br />

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />

Sunday19th <strong>July</strong> is<br />

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />

Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />

weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />

Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be<br />

on the answer phone.<br />

PHARMACIES<br />

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />

East Street will be open on ...<br />

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />

normal trading hours during the week,and on<br />

Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 1<strong>16</strong><br />

Brought<br />

toyouby<br />

CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />

FEMININE Health & Wellness<br />

Coach. Relax, unwind<br />

with massage or Reiki.<br />

Empower with tools for selfhypnosis,<br />

weight management,<br />

anxiety, meditation.<br />

Phone/text 027 282 1585.<br />

FOCUS Optometry - good<br />

honest eye care, support<br />

local. Phone 307 898 865.<br />

Tancred Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

www.nzfocusoptometry.co.<br />

nz<br />

MENTORING. For emotional<br />

support, guidance, optimism,<br />

goal setting, resilience.<br />

Professional supervision,<br />

call Pete Young, 307<br />

7582/027 280 0889; email<br />

plyoung@xtra.co.nz; web:<br />

peteyoung.co.nz.<br />

SOAPS, body butters, shampoo<br />

bars. All natural, locally<br />

made. Free delivery in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

township. Check out<br />

Instagram or Facebook<br />

lambellsoap or phone/text<br />

Lara 021 046 <strong>16</strong>11<br />

TAI CHI beginners class.<br />

Wednesday 22 <strong>July</strong> at St<br />

John’s (opposite Briscoes)<br />

9.10am. All welcome, just<br />

turn up. Ph 0274 987 225<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

AndreGrob<br />

Chiropractor<br />

Tues 9am-5pm<br />

03 308 95<strong>16</strong><br />

www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />

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CARAVANS &TRAILERS<br />

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Celebrating 30 years of Daffodil Day<br />

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TheCancer Societyisselling beautiful<br />

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MITO & Competenz<br />

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2563<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

RELIGIOUS NOTICES<br />

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING<br />

TheRakaia Anglican vestrycalls aspecial meeting<br />

to discuss the future of the leasedproperty at the<br />

address 21 SycamoreAvenueBarrhill.<br />

To be held 23 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2020</strong>, 7.30 pm<br />

St.Johns Anglican Church Barrhill<br />

Allinterested parties welcome.<br />

Treasurer Rakaia AnglicanParish,BruceJohnston<br />

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