Ashburton Courier: October 08, 2020

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The winning Ashburton Cadet Unit team.
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Cadet skills recognised
Ateam fromthe Ashburton
CadetUnithas won the
SouthernArea skills
competitionand will now
compete for the nationaltitle
in AucklandoverLabour
Weekend.
The team, led by warrant
officerclass2Maria Costas,
includedCpl Brodyn Gabites,
Sgt Calais Hill, Cpl Marc
Calzada, CplElizabethHastie,
Lcpl MarkusWhite,Lcpl May
FINAL FLIGHT
NOTICE OF HELICOPTER USE FOR
VISUAL INSPECTION OF
TRANSMISSION LINES IN YOUR AREA.
Transpower, the owner and operator of
the national grid, will be carrying out a
routine visual maintenance inspection of
transmission lines in your area by helicopter.
We have been undertaking inspections of the
structures on the Glenavy to Waitaki 110 kV
line and also our Roxburgh to Islington
220 kV line (as shown on the map) by alow
flying helicopter over the last month.
Ourfinal flyoverdateis planned
for Monday 12 October 2020.
The helicopter will fly at aconstant speed of
about 30 km/h, starting at Waitaki and will take
approximately 4hours per session.
Livingstone
Geraldine
79
Oamaru
It’s important to us that you are kept informed and updated on our activities.
If you require further information, please call Myles Stichman 0274 779 693 or 03 688 2689.
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Penjueli, LcplEli Orena and
CdtSebastianvan Rooyen.
The team was managed by
LtShannon Bradleyand the
competition wasdirected by
Major CezarneRodgers from
Ashburton Cadet Unit,
supported by Hayden Adams.
TheAshburton team was
also awarded the Sgt Lindsay
Turner Esprit de Corps
Trophy for theteam who best
displayed the corpvalues of
Helicopter will be
operating at low
levels in around the
transmission line in
highlighted zone.
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Aviemore
Waitakk
comradeship, courage,
commitment and integrity.It
was voted by the teams and
teammanagers.
Individualawards went to
Cpl Brodyn Gabites for the top
navigation theory test score
and top shooter LcplEli
Orena.
Two Ashburtoncadets,Lcpl
NadineCabanatan and Cdt
DeclanPretoriuswere loaned
to the team from Motueka.
Black Point
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Bells Pond
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Timaru
Ashburton
Helicopter
operating area
Substations
Highways/Roads
Other
transmission lines
Please note this
inspection is weather
dependent, and we
would look to fly the
next day if required.
NEWS
Ashburton Courier, October 8, 2020
Have you been
recycling right?
These past two months, Mid
Canterbury’s recycling service,
like many across the country, has
changed.
In addition to paper,
cardboard, tins and cans, only
clean hard plastics that are
grades one, two or five are
recyclable: all lids, soft plastics
and those that aren’t grades one,
two or five must go in the
rubbish.
For many, these changes have
been abig adjustment. When the
wheelie bins were first
introduced in 2017, most plastic
products were acceptable for
recycling as there were
international markets for New
Zealand’s low­grade mixed
plastics. However, over time
those markets have begun to dry
up and sorting centres like the
one we send our recycling to in
Christchurch are having to be a
lot stricter about the kinds of
plastic that they can accept.
What this means is that we
must be more careful about what
we are putting in our recycling
bins before rolling them up the
driveway to be collected.
If non­recyclable material is
put into those bins –aswehave
been experiencing, it
contaminates the clean recycling
resulting in entire truck loads
being rejected, which costs
ratepayers.
We want to get this right and
ensure as much recycling as
possible is making it to the
sorting centre for processing –
not ending up in landfill.
To help get this right, many
residents who receive the
kerbside collection service will
have seen auditing teams making
their way up their street and
checking the contents of the
yellow wheelie bins.
Some residents have been
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getting agold star for their bins,
while others are still getting up
to speed. When non­recyclable
items are found, they are often
put inside the person’s mailbox
with anote explaining that they
need to go in the rubbish.
Repeat offending items have
been container lids, bottles with
lids still on them and takeaway
packaging.
Plastic lids –even if they have
aone, two or five on them either
get caught up in the sorting
machines and cause problems,
or due to their weight and shape,
end up in the wrong recycling
groups and contaminate the
paper bales. For these reasons,
no lid can go in recycling.
Takeaway packaging is also an
issue, as what we think is purely
cardboard or paper is actually
often coated in wax or the
packaging isn’t clean of food
residue.
The best place to look if you
are unsure of what can go in your
recycling bin is the free Bin It
Right handbook that was
delivered to households in early
August. If you didn’t receive one
or have misplaced it, please
come and pick up acopy from the
council office or check out the
digital version at binitright.nz.
With everyone’s care and
attention, we will get this right.
Thank you to everyone who has
been doing their best to adjust
and ensuring their recycling
habits are correct.
New terms help
set board’s role
MethvenCommunity Board
(MCB)has anew terms of
reference that better describes
its role and involvement with the
community.
Theboard approved the
redefined terms at arecent
meeting and they will now be
included in Ashburton District
Council’s Delegation Manual.
Board members prepared a
draft at aworkshop in August.
The terms of referencedefines
the purpose of MCB and its role,
functionand delegations.
The board’s roleisprimarily
representativeand it works
within the framework of powers
and functions set outinastatute
and delegated by council.
Its delegations include
consultationwith council on
issues that impact the Methven
area,the promotionand
identification of opportunities to
support economic growthinthe
township, and representation of
the interests of the Methven
community at council,
committeeorsubcommittee
meetings.
MCBisalso delegated to
monitor and keep council
informed of community
aspirationsand opinions on
servicesprovided by council,
MCB chairman Dan McLaughlin
provide input on council’s Long
Term Planand AnnualPlan, and
input on strategies, policies and
bylawsand proposed district
planchanges.
MCB chairman Dan
McLaughlin said the terms of
reference had neededtobe
revised for anumber of years
andhewas pleased it had finally
happened.
He said the newterms aligned
with council’s own strategic
direction, policies, plans and
statutory requirements.