North Canterbury News: September 10, 2020

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NEWS 4 The North Canterbury News, September 10, 2020 LAWNMASTERESTATE ESTATE SPECIAL 2095268 Was $849 Now $749 Check Out These Features: • NZ Made • Ball Bearing Wheels ESTATEECO READYSTART • Ready Start Engines (no priming) • Quality Alloy Chassis with LIFETIME Warranty • 4Year Engine Warranty • Oiled &Fully Assembled *Excludes the Estate 400 Kaiapoi Lodge Residential Care Nursing Home, Hospital and Respite Person Centred Care, Carethat’sbuilt around you 6Cass Street,Kaiapoi Ph 03 327 7235 Save $100 on the Lawnmaster Estate range * 360 FlaxtonRoad,Rangiora Ph 03 313 5563 www.kingsmowersheating.co.nz 2307841 2187722 Jared sports new look By DAVID HILL Principal Jared Kelly accepted the challengeand endureda close shave lastThursday. PegasusBay School challenged itscommunity to raise $2000 for theCancer Societyaspartofthe annual Daffodil Day campaign, with Mr Kelly promisingthe biggest donor couldshavehis head and beardifthe target was reached. A“yellow mufti day”was heldonFriday, August 28, raisingawhopping $903and the donationskept pouring in. “Usually ourmuftiday fundraisers raise around $400 to $500, so hittingour $2000 target is an awesomeeffort,’’ Mr Kelly said of thefinal result. ‘‘Wehave hadour fairshare of cancer battles withinour community,soIguess this one is particularlyclose to people’s hearts.’’ School mumand Bespoke Hairstyling owner Dayna Bavis lined up to assistthe biggest donor, EllaLatham, to giveMr Kelly hisnew look, whichwas cheered on by the whole school. Amidcalls to “shave offhis eye brows” and“give him a mohawk”, the newhaircut was completed witheyebrows intact. Mr Kelly thanked the children and staff fortheir generous contributionstosuch aworthy cause. Off it comes ... Dayna Bavis takes off the last of Jared Kelly’s hair. Hairy ... The old look. Smooth ... The new look. Helpers sought by group Keep Rangiora Beautiful is calling for volunteers to help during national cleanup week. The cleanup is held annually by KeepNew ZealandBeautiful. Lastyear,morethan 52,000 volunteers picked up507,400kg of litternationwide. Thisyear’s campaign started on September 7 andwill end on the 13th. In Rangiora, Rangiora Beautiful volunteers planto meet at theMillton Avenue Park picnic area, near theAshley Rakahuri River bridge, this Saturday, September 12,for a cleanupinthe area from9am to noon. Social distancing will be observedand volunteers are asked to bringtheir own gardening gloves,a bucket anda biodegradable bagfor rubbish. All rubbish will be loaded on atrailer and sorted todetermine if anything canbe recycled. The rest will be dumped. Full ServiceDepartment on site REMINDER Youmusthaveyour WoFrenewed by 11.59pm, 10 October 2020. Bridgestone tyres Warrants Wheel alignments Batteries Antifreeze Holden genuine parts Workshop: Michael03314 0131 (Amberley)Brian 03 3144477(Waikari) Motorcycle Service: Anton 03 3140134 BridgestoneTyres: Ash 03 314 0137 MarkhamStreet,Amberley |Karaka Road, Waikari www.arthurburke.co.nz Suzuki genuine parts Full motorcycle workshop On farm motorcycle servicing Brakeand clutch repairs Good range of ACDelcoparts Carmats and accessories ARTHUR BURKELTD Established 1935 2310591
Coffin up the cash in fundraiser By DAVID HILL The Rangiora MenzShed has come up with somenovel ways of raising cash. Members have been making coffins and park benches to sell,whileagiant garage sale and sausage sizzle willbe held at the Rangiora Showgrounds Pavilion and a car bootsale in the car park on Saturday, October 10, in a bid to boost its coffers. ‘‘We don’t makealot of moneyout of them, but it all helps,’’ menz shedchairman SteveMackay says of the coffins. ‘‘We’ve just put coffins up on our Facebook pageand it’s just gone ballistic. ‘‘We’ve got to build anew shed so we are goingtogofor funding, and we want to buy some moreequipment.’’ Coffins usuallysell for more than $1000, but the public can buy unvarnished coffins from the menz shed for $450and finish themthemselves, Steve says. The menz shediskeen to hear from any business or community groupwhich wantstorun astallatthe garage sale. Araffle with 500 tickets and 15 prizes is also on sale for$5 aticket and will be drawnby Fundraiser ... Rangiora Menz Shed members, from left, chairman Steve Mackay, Merv Laws and Peter Satterthwaite pose with one of the coffins volunteers have been making. PHOTO: DAVID HILL MayorDan Gordon on the day. The group has about40 members and meets on Tuesdays,Wednesdaysand Thursdaysfrom9am to 12pm. Members work on arange of projects, including horse jumpsfor the Rangiora Showgrounds and other initiatives for local community organisations. ‘‘The Northern A&P Association committee supplies the timber and we do the work. It’sacommunity thing anditworks well,’’ Steve says. ‘‘Wetry to do outwork and we prefer people to bring it in here.’’ For moreinformation, follow the Rangiora Menz ShedonFacebook.ContactJP on (021) 862 602 to buy acoffin or Steve on (027)909 0240to bookastall for the garage sale. Food drive to help families in need Bayleys’ Cansfor aCause, a fooddrive partnership with CommunityWellbeing North Canterbury Trust,ishelping local families strugglingwith the impact of Covid19. Hurunui Mayor Marie Black and membersofher community team lastweek took deliveryofacarload of donated food fromHurunuibased Bayleys’agent Julie Graham. “The Hurunui has been hit hard, withcumulative stresses of drought, earthquake and now Covid,” Mrs Black says. “More than 50 boxes of food are going out to local families every week rightnow, so we’re very grateful for the generous donations peoplehave made to this Bayleys North Canterbury food initiative.” Julie,who has livedin Cheviot for more than27years, Taking delivery ... From left, Bayleys agent Julie Graham, Hurunui council community team member Roger Hornblow, Mayor Marie Black, and community team leader Rhea Duffy. PHOTO: SUPPLIED says she hates to think people are havingtochoosebetween feeding theirfamilyorpaying the bills. “It feels reallygood to be able to do something to help my own community.” Meanwhile, the Ashgrove Primary School in Rangiora heldasausage sizzletohelp the cause.Instead of agold coindonation, children were invited to bring acan of food to donate to Bayleys. Julie andfellow agent Tracey Doody came up with the fundraiser at the school where Tracey’s two children spent their primary years. Ashgrove principal ChristineChadwick saidthe school council backedthe initiative. Atotal of 500 cans weredonated on the day. BayleysNorthCanterbury has been running the food drive since August. Donations of cans and nonperishable foodmay be left at Bayleys’ Rangioraand Hanmer Springs offices.Collection can be arranged by phoning (03) 311 8020. NEWS The North Canterbury News, September 10, 2020 In brief 2310970 5 New home for arts group The NEST Arts Collective has anew permanent home, in The Sheds complex, behind Bax and Berg, on the main street of Amberley. ‘‘The space is rustic and cool —one where we don’t have to be afraid of dropping paint on the floor, where we have the freedom to funkify it and make it our own,’’ says one of the collective’s founding members, Belinda Osgood. ‘‘It is essentially alarge blank canvas and it is going to make agreat home for NEST’s various activities. We are really excited aboutthe new space.’’ Petition handed over Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon and RangioraAshley Community Board chairman Jim Gerard were presented with apetition last Thursday by Rangiora residentsopposing aquarry proposed for Rangiora Racecourse. The petition gathered more than 4000 signatures. Jill Robinson and Marilyn Davison both organised the hardcopy part of the petition, after the online version was established by Tracey DimmockRump. The petition will be formally received at the council meeting on October 6. The council is seeking more informationfrom Taggart Earthmoving Ltd, which filed the resource consent application. Durham Health Cosmetic Clinic Dr Peter Aspell specialising in Cosmetic Medicine and Medical skin treatments. •Botulinum (Botox) •Dermal Fillers •Radiofrequency Surgery •SkinPen Microneedling for fine lines, scarring and skin rejuvination •Prescription Cosmetic Creams “Aging is afact of life. Looking your age doesn’t have to be” www.durhamhealth.co.nz Phone: 03 313 4659 15 Durham Street Rangiora Celebrating Success CongratulationsPeterCrean forwinning the No 1rural agent inNew Zealand awardfor 2020! Listwith Petertoday if youwantresults thatcount. 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