Ashburton Courier: November 05, 2020

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Ashburton Courier, November 5, 2020
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Awards given to community stalwarts
Volunteers have been
recognisedand celebrated at
the AshburtonDistrict
Council's Community Honours
Awards ceremony.
Seven individuals and one
group received awards at last
week’sformal ceremony held at
the AshburtonTrust Event
centre.
Ashburtondeputy mayor Liz
McMillan read out citations for
the three civic award recipients
and mayorNeilBrown for the
five mayor’s award recipients.
Receiving civic awards were
Yvonne Lister, Judy Skevington
and community groupLitter
Free Ashburton.
YvonneLister was
nominated by Mavis Wilkins
and Judy Vaughan andhas held
various roles in the Women’s
Institute overthe last 50 years.
She is also avolunteer for the
Cancer Society, member of
FriendsofAshburtonHospital,
community Christmas lunch
volunteerand hasbeenakeen
indoor bowler for 40 yearsand
held various roles in the clubs
she has been involved with.
Judy Skevingtonwas
nominated by Dellwyn Moylan
and DonGeddes and has given
her timeand skills to anumber
of community causes.
She wasinvolved withthe
RuralSupportTrust for three
and ahalf years, was a
neighbourhood support
Robin Kilworth accepts her award from Ashburton mayor Neil
Brown.
Maxine Hooper has a46­year association with Riding For The
Disabled.
volunteer and has been with
Civil Defence for over 10 years.
After the Christchurch
earthquakes she helped at
welfare centre in thecity and
also assisted after the Kaikoura
earthquakes.
Sheis, or has been, involved
with anumberof community
projects including TimeBank,
Victim Support, NZ Red Cross
and AnglicanAdvocacy.
Receiving the award for
Litter Free Ashburton at the
ceremony was group founder
BevSkates.
The group was established
two years ago andvolunteers
complete regular cleanups
aroundAshburton.
Volunteers have also
repaired and repainted picnic
tables, paintedover graffiti and
cleaned up the overheadbridge
between East and West streets.
The group has collected a
staggering 2.8 tonnes since its
inception.
The mayor’s award recipients
were JohnFleming, Maxine
Hooper, RobinKilworth,David
McKimmie and Darryl Nelson.
John Fleming is athird
generationfarmer from
Lismore and was nominated by
Cushla Murdochand Jill
Ludemann.
He was achartermember of
the Mayfield District Lions
Club42years ago and has been
its presidentand secretary.
He has alsobeen involved
withthe MayfieldDomain
Board andMayfield Hall
committee fornearly20years.
Mr Flemingisanhonorary
member of the Mayfield A&P
Association, served as aJPfor
36 years and has been actively
involvedinrifling shooting and
astrong supporter of various
local shooting associationsover
many years.
MaxineHooperwas
nominated by Dellwyn Moylan
and Elizabeth Quaidand has a
46 year involvement with
Riding For The Disabled.
She is thecurrent head coach
in Ashburton andhas25years
of service on the national
training team.
Mrs Hooper also works with
theAshburton Senior Citizens
groupand has along
association with Community
House MidCanterburyand its
forerunner, Ashburton
Resource Centre.
Former Ashburton councillor
Robin Kilworthwas nominated
by Sue Prowse and Linda
Petrie.
She served six consecutive
terms on council from 1995 and
held anumberofnumber of
roles and worked with many
organisations.
She has beeninvolved with
Catholic education groups over
theyears andreceivedthe
Papal Award for her work in the
Diocese of Christchurch.
Mrs Kilworth was an
inaugural trusteeofthe Trotts
Garden Trust and has been a
member of ZontaClub of
Ashburton for manyyears.
Doriefarmer David
McKimmie wasnominated by
Nicki Webster and Mieke
Lepoutre­Kroef andisawell
known identity in his
community.
He hasserved on Dorie’s
reserve board, hallcommittee
and charitable trust and has
been involved with the
Pendarves Young Farmers and
Te Pirita Gun Club, where he
was president.
Mr McKimmie hasalso been a
long­timesupporterofraising
awareness forthe mental
Darryl Nelson speaks at the
awards ceremony.
health of farmers.
Former nurseryman Darryl
Nelson was nominated by
Robin Kilworth and John
Leadley.
He spent 18 years as an
Ashburton councillor, worked
with Civil defence and was on
the Tinwald Domain Board for
17 years.
He is alife member and
formerpresident of the
Ashburton Railway and
PreservationSociety and has
been astrong supporter of the
Rakaiadistrict, including
volunteering on the township’s
fire brigade, school board and
scout group.
Mr Nelson has also spent
many hours offering his
practical skills andknowledge
on mowing,snowclearingand
general beautification duties in
his community.
Dorie’s David McKimmie was amayor’s award recipient.
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