Ashburton Courier: October 29, 2020
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NEWS<br />
20 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>29</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Actors prepare for halloween script<br />
MICK.JENSEN<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
There’s halloween Fright Night<br />
fun at thePlains Museumin<br />
Tinwald on Saturday and30<br />
young actors from Big Little<br />
Theatre Company (BLTC)will<br />
be there to share their horror<br />
skills.<br />
Fright NightisaBLTC<br />
fundraiser for next year’s<br />
production and was first held in<br />
2018.<br />
There aretwo sessions, one<br />
from 6pm until 7.30pm, aimed<br />
at junior halloweenfans,and<br />
another for adults that runs<br />
from 8pm until 10pm.<br />
Those brave enough to come<br />
along will follow apath through<br />
the Plains Museum andwill<br />
encounter scares and creepy<br />
occurrences along the way.<br />
Some30youngBLTCactors<br />
will be on site to add to the<br />
horror experience.<br />
Junior entry is $5 andit’s $10<br />
for adults. There is also acashonly<br />
sausage sizzle.<br />
Right: Big Little Theatre<br />
Company actors at arehearsal<br />
for the upcoming Fright Night<br />
event.<br />
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Hunt on for Christmas families<br />
Santa’s little helper, Carol Johns, is<br />
callingfor people from all corners of the<br />
district to enter in the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Santa<br />
Parade on December 5.<br />
The annual event,which draws<br />
thousands of peopletodowntown<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, has anew route this year due<br />
to ongoing revitalisationwork in the<br />
centralbusiness district.<br />
‘‘This year dueto Baring Square<br />
closure we will be going round the block<br />
from Mona Square, down EastStreet on<br />
to Havelock into CassStreet andback to<br />
Mona Square,’’ Mrs Johns said.<br />
It starts from MonaSquareat12.30pm.<br />
Mrs Johns is also callingfor family<br />
entries this year and theywill havea<br />
chance to win $500 for thebestfamily<br />
entry.<br />
‘‘I have hadentries already from<br />
families but would love lots more,’’ she<br />
said.<br />
Peoplewanting to register candoso<br />
via the<strong>Ashburton</strong> Santa Parade<br />
Facebook page, or email Mrs Johns at<br />
johns.mmmm@xtra.co.nz<br />
Right: Action from last year’s parade.<br />
Learn to be<br />
fraud savvy<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s SeniorNet is marking<br />
fraud awareness weekwithanopen<br />
event on November24tohelp<br />
peopleidentify scams.<br />
SeniorNet chairman John Burns<br />
said most people were aware of<br />
scams but with newer andmore<br />
sophisticatedscams doingthe<br />
rounds, it was timely foranupdate.<br />
The openseminar would tell<br />
peoplewhat to look outfor, not only<br />
on the internet but also phone,<br />
email, post and thosetrying to sell at<br />
yourdoor.<br />
‘‘The seminar is opentoeveryone.<br />
Bring your friends,relatives and<br />
tell your friends in any<br />
organisationsyou belong to, to come<br />
and learn.’’<br />
The seminar will be in the main<br />
hall at the Sinclair Centre and there<br />
will be asound system andimages<br />
projectedontothelargest screen<br />
the group can get its hands on.<br />
Information will be presentedby<br />
Westpacbank’s fraud experts.<br />
The seminar starts at 1.30pm.<br />
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