Ashburton Courier: July 16, 2020

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4 Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
New stop signs
Giveway signsatthe Middle Road intersection
with Belt Road havebeen changedto stop
signs, followingaspateofvehicle accidents at
the corner.
Motorists using Middle Road will now have
to stop at the corner, where the kerbs have also
beenpainted to draw attentiontothe changed
format.
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Ayoung family in modern-dayDublin arebetween
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They had lived in their last rental for seven good
years, making and raising their four terrific kids.
But nowthe owner has sold the house from under
them and the family are searching for anew place
to call home.
When there isafinancial crisis or right now in the
world inthe middle of apandemic some families
fall into tough situations. Here wesee close up
whathappens.
Rosie takes placeoverahandful of days and nights.
Often the action is confined to the family car, as
mother Rosie phones around the over-booked
short term accommodation providers and partner
and dad John works all the over-time he can get
at work and spends his lunch-breaks applying for
long term rentals.
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Night shifts for CBDcrews
Tru­LineCivil contractors upgrading
the AshburtonCBD streetscape will
be working at night over coming
weeks, in an effort to help keep
disruptions to businesses andvisitors
as low as possible.
The contractor beganoperating two
crews for theproject on Monday (one
day time andone nighttimecrew)
whenthey startedoninstallinganew
water pipelinedown Tancred Street.
The night work will be carried out
between 6pm and 6am, meaningthe
street is inaccessible to vehicles and
pedestriansovernight.
The road and footpath will be
reopenedduring the day.
To makeroom for the work, the
parkingmeters on both sides of
Tancred Streetwillberemoved.
Over on Burnett Street, anew
concrete stormwater pipelineisset to
beinstalled on July 20 and21atthe
CassStreetend of the street. This
section of Burnett Streetwill be
closed while workisunder way,
howevertrafficwillstill haveaccess
from East Street.
Meanwhile on Cass Street, new
CBD contractors will be working at
night to reduce disruption to
Ashburton businesses.
gardens, rain gardens, tree pits and
kerbing is beingbuiltalong thestreet.
The Tru­Line Civil team have been
constructing the above­ground
features on one side of the road,
heading towards MooreStreet. They
will make their way back to Havelock
Streetwhen theyswap to the other
side of the road.
MooreStreet will have anew
stormwater pipe and sump installed
at the Cass Streetintersection
towards theend of July. The
intersection will remain open,
however it will be reduced to one
lane andoperate under stop/go
conditions. It is expected thework
will take 10 daystocomplete.
Further work is expected to start
on Moore StreetinAugust that will
close the Moore/Cass Street
intersection for oneweek.
Council is installing raised
intersections at theEast, Moore,
havelock and CassStreet
intersections, supporting its vision of
apedestrian andcycle­friendly CBD.
Speedlimits willalsobe reduced to
30km/h.
The first of the raised intersections
will be installed at Moore Street/Cass
Streetintersection. It will be amajor
undertaking, with the intersecting
having to closefor aweek,late
August.
East Street upgrades are
programmed to startinJanuary 2021.
Welcome bears await refugees
TONI.WILLIAMS
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Handmade teddy bears with unique
features and personalities are ready
and waiting for their forever homes.
The bears are the work of members
of the AshBearton Teddy Bear Club
for refugee families moving to the
district.
Although the refugees’arrival has
been delayed due to Covid­19, teddy
bear club members have made small
pram bearsand large floppy bears,
which are readyand waiting–
whenever it may be.
Club president Donece McEwen
said the bears were aproject started
earlierthis year as away to welcome
the refugees to Mid Canterbury.
For many club members,bearmakingeffortswere
ramped up
during lockdown. They have been
made of candlewick material, poodle
cloth and acrylics.
“They’re all the same patterns but
have their own personalities.”
Eachbearinvolvescutting and
hand stitching and can take up to four
or five hours to complete; longer for
larger bears,althoughMrs McEwen
said they were oftenmade in batches.
Club secretary/treasurerJudy
Skevington, afounding member, said
the club had been aroundfor 24 years.
AshBearton Teddy Bear Club'sDoneceMcEwen andJudy Skevingtonwith
bears handmade by clubmembers for refugee families in the district.
They meet one Saturdayamonth at
the HolySpirit Church Hall in
Tinwald.
Theyhave 16 members; the
youngestisjust 14 years old, but are
always keenfor more.
You don’t have to make teddy bears
to be in the club, you can be taught,
but you do havetolike them,Mrs
Skevington said.
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