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NEWS 4 Ashburton Courier, September 17, 2020 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Tours lead to new friends Fatima ReviewedbyRowenaHart Recently it was the hundredth anniversary of the time that three shepherd children of Fatima,Portugal,saw the Virgin Mary in 1917. At the time this caused chaos in the family. Their mother didn’t believe them, and when others in their little village heard their story they were prettynegativeaswell. But when others heard about itthey flocked to the placeonthe hillside where thechildren sawMary. And today it is estimated thatsome 4-5 million people visit the Fatima shrine eachyear. The countryside ofFatima was beautiful, and the filmingbrilliant. If you have seen The Two Popes movie on Netflix and enjoyedit youwill enjoythis. bookings ph 307 1230 www.regentcinema.co.nz Phone 308 7664 l office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Check these out! 2307211 2308615 THIS WEEK’SSPECIALS TANQUERAY 1L $ 47 99 ea MICK.JENSEN @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Newcomers have enjoyedguided tours of some of Ashburton’s top facilitiesaspart of anew initiative called WelcomingWeek. The tours, held at different venues throughout this week,have shownoff thelikes of Base Youth Centre, Ashburton Public Library, Ashburton Museum, EA Networks Centreand Sports Canterbury. They have been held to make newcomers feel more at home in Mid Canterburyand to welcome them here. Taking atourofthe museum on Tuesday were Bernie andKath Mentink who have relocatedhere from Leeston. Mr Mentink is retired and his wife is looking to do thesame soon. They have bought ahouse in Tinwald and saidtheywere enjoying meeting new people and finding out more about their new home town. The Mentinkswerejoined on the tour by AustralianbornKathy HarringtonWatt, whoisthe Ashburton Refugee Settlement Support team leader and currently supporting new migrants. Museumactingcurator Maryann Cowanledatourofthe museum facilities, showingthe trio the Billy Thomas exhibition currently on in theMurneyFamily Room andthe static exhibitions in themain display area. She took them into the inner sanctum of the museum and to the storage andarchive areas. The museum hasaround 20,000 objects in its collection and the vast MONTEITHS BATCHBREW 330ml Bots12s $ 25 99 ea JIM BEAMWHITE 1.125L $ 46 99 ea ASAHI SUPER DRY &PERONINASTRONASTRO AZZURRO 330ml Bots 18s $ 34 99 ea JACK DANIEL’S OLD NO.7 1L &WOODFORD RESERVE DISTILLERS SELECT 700ml $ 53 99 ea Checking out behind the scenes at Ashburton Museum on Tuesday were (from left) Ashburton Museum collections registrar Apryl Morden, Kath and Bernie Mentink and Kathy HarringtonWatt. majority arecatalogued and recorded on aspecialised museum database. The tour revealed anumberof historic treasures to the visitors, including oldfurnitureitems, trophies, bicycles and public phonebox. SOL &TIGER CRYSTAL 330mlBots 12s $ 22 99 ea CHIVAS EXTRA& GLENLIVETFOUNDERS RESERVE 700ml $ 56 99 ea Tomorrow the Welcoming Week tour is at the Ashburton Domain at10am. It will include aBYO picnic at the children's playground beforea stroll through the park. Welcoming Week with conclude with abarbecue at HakatereMarae at 11am on Saturday. River trail open by Christmas LINDA.CLARKE @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Goodnews formountainbikers who like to ridethe Ashburton River track to Lake Hood: it should be fully open before Christmas in timefor some holidayriding. Apart of the trackhas been closed for nearly ayear while contractors buildanew wastewaterpipeline under the river from MiltonRoadto the Ashburton District Council’s wastewater treatment facility at WilkinsRoad. Therivertrackhas been closed from Grove Farm Road to Boundary Road, with cyclists asked to detourto the lakevia Grove Farm Roadand Grahams Road. Installing the670m of pipeline under the river andbuilding a pumpingstation that will pump wastewater to the treatment facility is amajorpiece of work for council and it is costing about$7.7 million. Council’s projectand operations manager Shyamal Ram said the pipeline sideofthe project was 84 per centcomplete in terms of money budgeted to spend on it. The contractor has installed the entire length (500m) of the pipeline crossing the river and85m out of the 170m neededtoconnect to the existing pipeline. ‘‘Ecanhas beenvery happywith how the project is being managed and they refer to the project as an example for others.’’ Thenew pumping stationisabout half completed in terms of budget. The pumpingstationwet wells passedthe waterleaktestand the contractorhas now startedepoxy sealing the walls. The cofferdams were backfilled andthe control room building foundation is currently being formed. Mr Ram said the trailonthe southern sideshould be open by Christmas. Thework willensurecouncil’s wastewater system willmeet future growth of Ashburton. The new pipeline is 1100mmwide, morethan double the size of the current one. STEINLAGER CLASSIC 330ml Bots 15s $ 26 99 ea HAAGEN 330ml Bots 24s $ 29 99 ea LION RED,WAIKATO SPEIGHTS 330ml Bots 24s $ 34 99 ea HEINEKEN 330ml Bots 12s $ 24 99 ea CORUBADARK ORGOLD 1L $ 39 99 ea BLACKHEART& WOODSTOCK 1L $ 34 99 ea BEEFEATER PNK PINK &BLOOD ORANGE, ABSOLUT FLAVOURS &JAM JAMIESON 700ml $ 35 99 ea 42BELOW 700ml Range $ 35 99 ea JMBEAM JIM BLACK 1L $ 46 99 ea ea LONG WHITE 4.8% 320ml Bots OR Cans 10 pk $ 25 99 ea CRUISER 5% 275ml Bots & 7% 250ml Cans 12pk $ 21 99 ea WOODSTOCK 5% 330ml Bots 18pk $ 31 99 ea ASHBURTON MSA 266 Havelock Street,Ashburton Telephone 308 7149 www.ashburtonclub.co.nz HOURS Monday Tuesday-Thursday Friday&Saturday Sunday 10:00am -6:00pm 10:00am -8:00pm 10:00am -9:00pm 10:00am -6:00pm SPECIALS AVAILABLE from September 17 to September 24 2313750
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz NEWS Ashburton Courier, September 17, 2020 5 Concept art panels screen site Massive panels eachabout 70 metres long willscreen construction of the Ashburton District Council’s new library and civic building. Artist’s impressions of the new $51.6 millionbuilding will featureonthe panels, as well as information about the project, which is expected to get under way in December. Thepanel on BaringSquare East will be about 67m long and focusongeneral informationabout the project, as well as themain public spaces including the library, performance space and courtyard. Thesecondpanel along HavelockStreet will be about 70m long andfeatureinterior working spaces, including the council chambers, meeting roomsand PioneerHall. Thepanelswould be more visually appealing than awire Long panels will screen the building work. fence, councillors were told recently, and be paid for by council andparticipating builders andproject partners. They are expected to be up by October 1. The AshburtonLibraryhas appliedtothe National Library for funds for three new staffmembers who might end up with jobs in the new building. Thefundsare available under astaffsecondment programmeand libraries can apply for funds to cover both experienced and trainee librarians forupto21 months. Library manager Jill Watson said if the National Library gave approval, thethreewould be employed on fixed term contracts. The library currently employs 6.6 fulltime equivalent staff. Council chief executive Hamish Riach said thefunds were partofacovidstimulus package through government. ‘‘As we move to the new library, we may well havea need or council may approve additionalresources given the size and capacityofthe new library and hopefully we will have some new people in, trained andsupported at the behest of government.’’ Mayor Neil Brown said it was agood chance for people to learn newskillsgood for employmentinthe new library or elsewhere. Bridge business case nearly ready The business casefor asecondbridgeover the Ashburton River should be complete by September 24. AshburtonDistrictCouncil staff and consultants havebeenworking on the case for monthstomake sure it meets funding criteriawhenthe time comes to source funds. TheProvincial Growth Fund(PGF) gave $94,000 for thebusiness case work and is a potential funder. Asecondurbanbridge at Chalmers Avenue has beenestimatedat$30 million and could reduce State HighwayOne peak traffic by 40 per cent. Council will pay20per centofthe cost of the bridge butthe balance of the fundingisnot clear.Itwas proposedasa shovelready project as part of governmentcovid stimuluspackage,but councilhas notyet heard back if it has beenaccepted. The draft business case will be before councillorsfor review at theirmeetingon September 24 and afinalversion then forwarded to NZTA. Chief executive HamishRiach said the business casewas part of the process to get funding for the bridge through the PGF butitcouldn’t finalise the application until the businesscase was done. Council mighthavetorevisit its position, including its 20 per cent contribution, if NZTAand thePGF did not notcontribute, he said. Thesecond bridge remainsinNZTA’s regional landtransport plan for 2026, though no fundshave been allocated for it. Thetender for new trafficlights on WalnutAvenueatits intersection with State HighwayOne willbeawarded by Christmas and the work expected to start in the new year. Therehas been no progress on traffic lights at Tinwald, which would help congestion atpeak timesand create safer access tothe highway. Shop around for power prices, says lines boss EA Networks chief executive Roger Sutton EA Networkschief executive Roger Sutton says thatsome residents in Mid Canterbury arepaying higherpower prices than theyshould be. He said data from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) showedretailer margins appeared high comparedtoother regions. ‘‘Data from MBIE suggests that on average power retailersinMid Canterbury areoffering energyprices that are13to24per centhigher than our neighbouring regions and the New Zealand average. ‘‘We arefrustrated that our low residential line charges are not always clearly passed on to customers in our network region.’’ He said thebestthing customers could do is to shop aroundand look for the best deal. ‘‘Go to Powerswitch or another comparison website and see what'sout there it's easy to getabetter deal.’’ Comparisonsites take the information customers provide about how they use electricity,plus information from their bill (if they provide it) and estimate howmuch energy householdswill use in ayear. Usingthisestimate, customers can compare the different pricingplans available andidentify the cheapest. EA Networks will be starting amarketingcampaign to highlightwhich electricity retailersavailable in Mid Canterburyoffer someofthe lowestcosts on average. IN BRIEF WATER SAFETY EA Networks Centre will be running asafe boatingprogramme for three daysinthe school holidays, which startonSeptember 28. The programme will focusonlarge bodies of water in preparation for thewarmersummermonths. WaterSafety New Zealand has also partneredwith ACCtodeliver a water skills forlife programme to primaryschool children. Drowning is the leadingcauseof recreational death and thethird highest cause of accidentaldeath in New Zealand.In2019, there were 82 preventable drownings comparedto66inthe previous year. TOOTFOR TUCKER Ashburton County Lions has marked Monday November16as the datefor its annual Toot for Tucker fooddrive. Spokesperson Carolyn Nelson said the club appreciatedthe supportithad from the community in the pastand looked forward to their continuing support for the project. LED LIGHTS The cost of movingtoLED lighting in theEANetworks Centre stadium is beinginvestigated. Anumber of bulbswere replaced in Alert Level 3and now another waveisawaitingreplacement when the netball seasonisover.Moving to long-lasting LEDswould mean bulbs would have to be replaced less frequentlyand save energy. RAIN WATERSAVED Tensofthousands of litresof rainwater collectedfrom the roofof the EA Networks Centre is to be capturedand usedtoirrigate gardensand lawnsaroundthe centre. MayorNeil Brown said the building,whichopenedfive years ago,had been designed tocapture rainwatersoit was goodtosee the system beingused as intended. CINEMA HISTORY The AshburtonMuseum will focus on local cinema history and share localmovies featuring activities from timepastaspartofaspring exhibition. Museum staff are preparing the exhibition now and it follows an earlier one about architectBilly Thomas, who designedmany Ashburtonhomes. The museum’splanned September workshop Researching yourHome has beenpostponed because of covidrestrictions. The restrictions havealsocurtailedprogrammesto resthomes and school groups. OFF 174 Burnett Street Ashburton |Phone 308 5269 |www.redmonds.co.nz 2247774
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