Ashburton Courier: August 27, 2020

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DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS
CUTTLE, John Ross: On
August 20, 2020. Peacefully
at home, inNelson. Aged
88 years. Loving husband
of the late Pamelene and
father of Andrea and Glenn
Clarke (Whitsundays, QLD)
Martin and Janet (Methven)
and Nick and Ethel (Sydney).
Loved grandad of Ashleigh,
Kirby, and Mitchell; Heidi,
and Sam; John, Jacob, and
Tom. Loved brother-in-law
of Joy and Murray Isaacs,
Jean and Graham Richards,
the late Robert, and Ann
Woodham and a loved
Uncle of all his nieces and
nephews. Messages to the
Cuttle family c/- MCuttle,
Mt Hutt RD12, Rakaia 7782.
A service to celebrate
John’s life will be held at
our chapel, Cnr East and
Cox Streets, Ashburton
on Monday August 31,
commencing at 11.00am.
Followed by interment at
the Ashburton New Lawn
Cemetery.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
GARNETT, Shirley Avis
(RN, RM): Unexpectedly
but peacefully at Timaru
Hospital on Saturday,
August 22, 2020, in her 85th
year.
Dearly loved mother and
mother-in-law ofPaul and
Jill,Anne andMike Greaney,
and Allan and Caroline,and
adored Grandma Shirley
to Sam, and Skylar, and a
friendtomany.
Will be sadly missed.
Messages to: The Garnett
Family, c/- PO Box 6035,
Ashburton7742.
A private cremation will
be held and a memorial
service for Shirley will take
place when Covid-19 Level
1resumes.
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LYNN, Vicki Ann; On 22
August, 2020. Passed away
peacefully at Ashburton,
aged 62 years. Much loved
wife ofGrant. Dearly loved
Mum ofStacey and John,
Katrina and Cory,and Jonny.
Loved sister of Bryan, and
treasured Nana of all her
grandchildren. Messages
to the Lynn Family, C/- PO
Box 472, Ashburton 7740.
At Vicki’s request aprivate
cremation has been held.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 3077433
PITHIE, Laurence James
(Laurie): On August
23, 2020, peacefully at
Ashburton Hospital, in his
89th year. Dearly loved
husband and best friend
of Kathie. Much loved
father, father-in-law and
grandad of Pam and Tim
Eaden, Ashleigh and Darcy,
and Brad; Leanne and
Dennis Mably, Ben and
Tania, and Mark and Ashley;
Raewyn and Stu Gray,
Todd, Cameron and Bailey;
Kelvyn and Rachel, Hannah
and Sam. He will be dearly
missed. Thank you to Dr
Sparks and the staff of AAU
and Ward 1 of Ashburton
Hospital for their loving
care ofLaurie.
Messages
to the Pithie Family, C/- PO
Box 472, Ashburton 7740.
At Laurie’s request aprivate
servicehas been held.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
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96 Tancred Street,Ashburton. Phone 307 8317
RANSON, Lois Margaret,
on August 21st 2020.
Peacefully after a short
illness, aged 79 years.
Dearly loved mother and
mother-in-law of David,
Angela, Michael, Carl, and
Nigel and Wendy, and
much loved grandmother
of all her grandchildren
and great grandchildren.
Messages to the Ranson
Family, c/- P O Box 472,
Ashburton 7740. Aservice
to celebrateLois’ lifewill be
held at our chapel, cnr East
& Cox Streets, Ashburton
on Thursday August 27,
commencing at 2.00pm.
Followed by interment
at the Ashburton New
Lawn Cemetery. To view
Lois’ service go to www.
patersonsfunerals.co.nz,
go to Funeral Notices, then
click on Lois Ranson for the
link.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
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MCRE
SLOPER, Simon Patrick:
Passed away tragically
on Monday 17th August
2020, aged 34 years. Loved
son of Glenis and the late
David Sloper. Loved father
of Jack. Youngest brother
and brother-in-law toSean
and Sharlene, Andrea and
Mark, Michelle and Russell,
Roxanne and Jonny. Much
loved Uncle of Charnae
and Jesse, Tayler, Daniel
and Casey, Charlie, Oscar
and Harry. Messages to the
Sloper Family c/- POBox
472, Ashburton 7740. The
servicehas beenheld.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
McBRIDE, Irene Elizabeth
(Betty): Julie, Liz and Paul
and families would like
to thank all those who
offered support, flowers,
cards and food after the
sad loss of our dearly loved
mum, gran and greatgran.
Your thoughtfulness
was much appreciated.
As we cannot thank you
all individually, please
accept this as a personal
acknowledgement.
IN MEMORIAM
DEANS, Shane:
May the winds of heaven
blow softly and whisper in
your ear, how much we love
and miss you and wish that
youwerehere.
~ Love Mum, Dad, Daniel
and Aaron
NEWS
10 Ashburton Courier, August 27, 2020
Taxis ready
for masks
AshburtonTaxis aregearing up for newrules
mandating people to wearmasks on public
transport.
Therules, whichwill include taxis,
rideshare services such as Uber, busesand
aircraft, areexpected to come intoeffect
nextweekalthoughexact details are still
beingworked through.
AshburtonTaxis’ GraemeBentley said
drivers werealreadyequipped with asupply
of masksfor their use andalso had sanitiser
on board to wipedownsurfaces.
Thecompany, which operates 24/7, hasa
fleetofthree mobility vansand fivecars,
althoughnot all are on the roadatthe same
time.
Mr Bentleysaid the national taxi
federationhad sought clarificationonwhat
the newrules meant for taxioperations. He
was expectingtoknow more today.
PrimeMinister Jacinda Ardernannounced
this week that wearing masks would become
mandatory on public transport at AlertLevel
2and above as part of the ongoingplan to
stampout Covid­19.
Testing of people with covid symptomsalso
continuesinAshburton, withatestingfacility
on the grounds of Ashburton Hospital
running Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
from 10amuntil2pm.
The station tested 54 peoplelast weekand
willremain open as government continues to
call for more communitytestingaroundthe
countrytoensure the Auckland clusterhas
not spread.
Ms Ardern said children will notbe
required to wearmasksonpublictransport,
but an exact age is beingworked on. Taxis
and rideshare serviceslikeUber are
included in the rule.
‘‘Wecontinue to ask everyone on public
transportorplanes to wearamask. They
limit thechance for Covid­19, whenitisoften
hardertodistanceyourself and trace
people.’’
People were encouraged peopletoexplore
buying alternatives to single­usemasksif
theycan affordto, or to fashionamask or
facecovering fromthings found at home.
She saidthe type of maskused wasnot
being policed. Advice on differenttypesof
facecoverings are available online.
Complete
Local Care
Since 1982
River consents progress
Just 18 of 88 consents have
been decided by
Environment Canterbury in a
big review of water­takes
from the Ashburton River.
The review was announced
in July last year and farmers
were told their irrigation
consents would be
reconsidered as part of a
long­term aim to improve
flows in the river.
Many farmers asked for an
extension until September
this year to explore
alternative water sources,
like groundwater.
Aprogress report on the
consent review prepared for
the Ashburton Water Zone
Committee said 18 consents
had been decided. Another
28 were likely to reach
decision, 29 were more
significantly affected and
still investigating
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locally owned
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alternatives, and for 10 the
way forward was unclear.
These 10 had chosen not to
engage in the review process.
Three consents were likely
to be withdrawn, for various
reasons including possible
lack of connection to surface
water.
The report said six consent
reviews had been granted
further extensions until
March 2021 and more
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requests for extensions were
expected as some had
experienced delays drilling
new bores and others needed
more time to evaluate
options.
Further extensions were
being granted to consent
holders who were actively
working on plans to assess
the impact of the proposed
new minimum flow.
The review team said
Covid­19 and mycoplasma
bovis had also affected the
wellbeing of some consent
holders and they were
monitoring the situation and
could provide assistance.
Some farmers face big
water delivery and
infrastructure upgrade costs
as aresult of the review and
some are worried areduction
in water­take will affect the
viability of their business.
Bonus bonds go
ANZwill no longer accept new money into its
Dunedin­basedBonus Bonds scheme andwill
winditup by the end of October.
Ben Kelleher, managing directorretail and
business banking at the ANZ, said low interest
rates hadreducedthe investment returnsof
the scheme affectingthe sizeof its prizepool.
Money will be returnedtobondholders.