Ashburton Courier: November 05, 2020

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Sexual health clinic opens
MICK.JENSEN
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Anew sexual health clinic to
support MidCanterbury youth
openedits doors last week.
Operating through Hype
Youth Health Centre, thefree
service is seenasthe firststep
on apath to providing a
broaderone­stop­shop facility
that better meetsthe needs of
localyouth.
Theclinicwill run as asix
month trial beforebeing
reassessed andwill offer
advice andsupport on areas
such as sexually transmissible
infections, smears,
contraception andemergency
contraception.
Hypeco­ordinator Sheree
Kershaw said the new clinic
would be by appointment or
drop in and would be strictly
confidential.
It wouldoperate on
Wednesday afternoons from
4pm until 6pm in an office at
BASEYouth Centreat193
Burnett Street.
There would be six
appointments available each
week, but if demand increased,
the service could look at
expanding.
Initially the service will be
operated with the support of
Rakaia Medical Centre GP Dr
Sue Fowlie and registered
nurse Vickie Aiken,who would
bothvolunteer their time and
workalternate Wednesdays.
The AshburtonPipe Band in actiononSunday.
On the the first day at the new sexual health clinic are (from left) Sheree Kershaw, Dr Sue Fowlie
and nurse Vickie Aiken.
The initiativeisbeing
backed by other localhealth
careprofessionals,who may
offer their time later.
Ms Kershaw said sexual
health had been identified as a
keyconcern for localyouth
followingarecent online
health survey.
Some 288 respondents had
identified sexual health,
mentalhealth and life skills as
areaswhere youth needed
more supportinthe district.
Some 75 per cent of those
surveyed said they needed to
travel out of thedistrict to
access family planningand
sexual health clinics, said Ms
Kershaw.
Thereisnolonger afamily
planning service at Ashburton
Hospital.
HypeYouth Health Centre
supports those aged 10 to 24. Its
main funder is Waitaha
Primary Health.
Bands play in the park
Four­year­old Ethan Lewis
made his future intentions
known whenheconfidently
joined in behindmembers of
the Ashburton PipeBand
during the annual Ashburton
CivicMusicCouncil’s bands in
theparkevent at the
Ashburton domain onSunday.
Ethan,along with his
makeshift setofbagpipes
lovingly made by his dad Glen
lastyear from tree prunings,
wasnot putoff by the more
than300­strong crowdatthe
concert, but rather stood
behind band members forthe
duration of their musical set.
He wasattimes adraw card
for otheryoungsters keen to
getnear the action.
The concert drew people of
allages forthe afternoon
session featuringthe
Ashburton Pipe Band,
Ashburton Silver Band, the
Ashburton Electronic Organ
andKeyboard Club and
Ashburton MSAOrchestra. The
event,whichhas been running
formorethan40years, was
held on thelong lawn in the
domain grounds,next to the
West Street laybyentrance.
The council, whichhas been
running for 52 years,promotes
musical groups in thedistrict.
Council member Elaine
Vallenderwas thankful for
support from thebands playing
as well as the communitywho
turned out.
NEWS
Ashburton Courier, November 5, 2020
Anglers
primed
for new
season
15
Keen MidCanterburyanglers
are primed for the opening of
the highcountry trout and
salmon fishing season in
Centraland North Canterbury
fish and game regions this
coming Saturday.
For some, it will mean trips
toproductive and scenic
waters in the Mackenzie Basin,
AshburtonLakes, Coleridge
Lakes andWaimakariri
catchment.
Fish and Game officer Rhys
Adams said high country
waters were the same iconic
places marketed to tourists, so
there was far more to going
high country fishing than just
catching afish.
Some favourite high country
opening spots for Ashburton
District anglers are Lake
Emma andLake Heron in the
Ashburton Lakesand Lake
Coleridge and Lake Selfe in
the ColeridgeLakesarea, he
said.
Many who target scenic Lake
Heron are there to catch the
lake­resident salmon.
He said the baglimit for the
new season had beenreduced
to four sports fishtotal
(combined trout and salmon) at
Lake Heron.
‘‘Thisregulation change
aims to reducethe harvest of
lake­resident salmonwhile
ongoing research is
undertaken to establish how
importantthose salmon are to
the Rakaiasea­run salmon
fishery.’’
Lake Coleridge will be a
focus of opening day
celebrations in the North
Canterbury region with Fish &
Game holdingacompetition
there.
Anglers are reminded to
ensure they hold avalid sports
fishing licence.
They also need to abide by
the regulation displayed in
their 2020­21 sports fishing
regulationguide.
Anglers found to be fishing
without alicence and
breachingthe regulation are
liable to acriminal conviction,
amaximum fine of $5000and
forfeitureoftheir fishing gear.
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