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Deaths FORSYTH, Ron: Peacefully at Coldstream Lifecare on November 4, 2020 aged 61 years. Dearly loved son of Doug and the late Rena. Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Linda and Murray Harmer, Carol and Garry Haskett, Lorraine and John Campbell, Angela and David Keating, Allie and Steven Wright, and Andrew and Sacha Forsyth. Loved uncle and great uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Heaven isaplace where all the dogs you ever loved come to greet you. Messages to: The Forsyth Family, c/- 279 Racecourse Road,Ashburton, 7700. A private service has been held. A memorial gathering will be held on SUNDAY, February 7,2021 to celebrate Ron’slife. 0800 2MEMORY 027 637 1229 LOCK, Graeme Wilbur, on November 3, 2020. Passed away peacefully at Rosebank, Ashburton. Aloved husband of the late Irene and special partner of Vellar. Father of Stephen and Allyson, and Juanita and Wayne. Loved Pops to Sam, Maddie and Andre, Ben and Josh. A special thank youisextended to the Cancer Society and Hospice Ashburton for their care ofGraeme. A service to celebrate Graeme’s life has been held. Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 LOCK,Graeme Wilbur: Loved son of the late Wilbur and Audrey Lock. Loved brother and brother-in-law ofDianne and Ivan Palmer and Jan Fitzgerald. Much loved uncle of all his nephewsand nieces. At Graeme’s wish a private ceremonyhas been held. Family Notices HOLLAND, Keith Phillip of Ashburton–Passed suddenly at home on Saturday, November 7, 2020, in his 73rd year. Dearly loved husband of Diana (Deceased), loved stepfather and father-in-law of Alistair and Kyla (Dunedin), Hamish and Maria (Sydney), Jeremyand Kate (Melbourne). Loved and adored Pop of Lucy and Willem, Oliver and Tilly, Olivia, Tom, Maddie and Charlie. Messages to 5 Tui Street, Saint Leonards, Dunedin 9022. In lieu of flowers, donations may be left tothe Ashburton Branch of the Cancer Society of NZ. Acelebration of Keith’s life will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, Ashburton, on Wednesday 18 November at 1:30 pm. Followed by interment at the Seafield Lawn Cemetery, Seafield Road. Supporting thecommunity 96 Tancred Street, Ashburton. Phone 307 8317 Deaths Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 HOLLAND,Keith Phillip 7November 2020 A beloved youngest son of Mary (Molly) and Leslie Holland. Loved brother and brotherin-law ofthe late Bruce, and Ruth, Neil and Ngaire, the late Graeme, and partner Ann, John and Barbara, Elizabeth and Eldred Grigg,and amuch loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. HOLLAND, Keith: Much loved brother and brotherin-law of John & Barbara Holland. Treasured and respected uncle of Michael, Leanne, Otis, Lola, Brent, Jacquie, Mitchell & Taylor Holland. Those we love can never be more than a thought away ...For as long asthere’s a memory they live in our hearts forever. Rest Easy Keith. HOLLAND, Keith: Much loved and very special and respected uncle and great uncle to Lynda, Tony and Annabel Spicer. Foreverinour Hearts Will be truly missed. Deaths PATRICK, Bruce Trevor: At Christchurch Hospital on November 6, 2020 aged 79 years. Treasured and dearly loved husband and “Darlsy” of Anne. Much loved and admired Dad of Shayne, Sally-Anne, Calvin, Juanita, Melanie, Monty, and Jo. A loved brother, brother-inlaw and uncle. He loved us all so much, including his six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Awaiting the resurrection now. Job 14:15 Messages to: The Patrick Family, c/- 31 Cass Street, Temuka 7920. A private family servicehas been held. 0800 2MEMORY 027 637 1229 TASKER, Patricia Margaret (Patty): Peacefully with her family on November 8, 2020, at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton aged 76 years. Dearly loved wife and soulmate of Frank and much loved and cherished mother and mother-in-law of Andy and Pip, Steph and Bruce, Michelle and Jason, lovedNan of Emily, and Maddie; Liam, and Jordy; Tom, Nic, Chelsea, and Bree, loved sister of Raeleyne, and the late Judith. Messages to Tasker family c/- PO Box 472 Ashburton 7740, In lieu of flowers, donations to the NZ Brain Research Institute, Christchurch would be appreciated and may be leftatthe service. Aservice for Patty has been held. Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 TASKER Patricia Margaret (Patty): On November 8th 2020 at Tuarangi Home Ashburton. Much loved daughter ofthe late Marjorie and Raymond Good, and dearly loved stepdaughter of the late Keith Gunn. Dearly loved sister and sister-inlaw of, the late Judith, and Malcolm Tarbotton, Raeleyne and Ian Lilley,Marion, andthe late Ian Shanks, Graeme and Gail Tasker, aloved aunty of allher nieces and nephews. Acknowledgement SPICER, Phyllis Lorraine: 28.11.1917 –10.9.2020 Thefamily would like to thank everyone fortheir kind wishes and support in the passing of amuch loved and special mother, mother-in-law, Nan, Nana and great Nana. Thank you for the phone calls, cards and flowers, it was much appreciated. We are truly grateful to the amazing staff at Terrace View for the most incredible care provided. Phyllis loved you all. A special thank you to Dr Avnit for her care and support. Thank you to Paterson’s Funeral Services for their professionalism and understanding. Please accept our grateful thanks and accept this as apersonal acknowledgement. In Memoriam HOSKIN, Daphne Kaye (Kaye) 29/4/1945 -13/11/2019 In loving memory of a dearly loved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunty. Can’t believe it’s been a year already. Miss you so much. Your life wasablessing, your memoryatreasure, youare lovedbeyond words and missed beyond measure. Love Always Roy, Darryll, Janine,Kylie and Families. Birth notices listed by parents will continue to be free in the Family Notices column. The initial death notice lodged by a funeral director will be listed without charge. There will be asmall charge of $15 for subsequent notices related to the same death, up to a maximum of35words and on aper-line basis after that. The same low charges apply to other family notices, such as engagements, acknowledgements, in memoriam notices and anniversaries. Family Notices Enquiries phone Mary,Jann or Karenon 308 7664 or call into 199 Burnett Street. Real Estate MidCanterburyProperty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008) NEWS 10 Ashburton Courier, November 12, 2020 Logan wins golf croquet title again Waireka Croquet Club playerLogan McCorkindale won the CroquetNZ South Island Golf Croquet Championship over the weekend. The former AshburtonCollege student has won the championship for the last threeyears. Thisyear he won all his games, seven in theroundrobin, and the bestofthree in theplayoffsand final. He beatJohn BornerfromSt MartinsClub in Christchurch,73, 75 in thefinal. the championships was playedatthe Aorangi Croquet Clubin Timaru. Logan McCorkindale. Art entries open Entries are open for the annual ZontaAshburton Female Art Awards (ZAFAA)and exhibition. Run in collaboration between Ashburton Art Gallery and the ZontaClub of Ashburton, the awards are opentoall emerging andmidcareer artists residing in Canterbury. They seek to raise thestatus of female visual artists and recognise excellence in fine arts practice. “Thereareplentyofart awards in New Zealand that cater to establishedartists, but not many that focus particularly on women andthe challengesthatface them in the art world,” says Ashburton Art Gallery manager/curator Shirin Khosraviani, As wellasthe premier award, there is ayoung generation awardfor femaleartists aged between16and 20. “The Zonta ClubofAshburton is proud to be supporting contemporary female artists in such adirectand meaningfulway andare enthusiastic about our continuing involvement in the Family owned, locally owned 22 MooreStreet, Ashburton 0800 2636679 2020 premier award winner Janna van Hasselt. 2289133 PHOTO SUPPLIED. fifth year of theAwards,” said club member Kathy McKimmie. Entries will be shortlisted by a panel of judges comprised of three art sector professionals. The awards willbeannounced by the judges on the opening night on March 5. The exhibitionwill be accompanied by ashowfrom 2020 premier award winner Janna van Hasselt. ZAFAA entry forms areavailable from the gallery website andclose on November 30. Buskers Ashburton’s third Buskers Night, presented by the Ashburton Courier, will be held on December 3. Entertainers will perform around the CBD. Complete Local Care Since 1982
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz NZ Squash boss meets locals TONI.WILLIAMS @ashburtoncourier.co.nz SquashNew Zealand boss Martin Dowson had a whirlwind visit to Ashburton this week meeting hierarchy from the district’s squash clubs and seeking feedbackfrom grassroots level. Mr Dowson took over his “dream role” as Squash New Zealandchief executive officer role just three weeksago. He was previously involvedwith High Performance SportNew Zealand. Squash New Zealand has 18,000 squash players nationwide under its umbrella and he is keen for feedbackon the sport from the regions. Joined by Squash Midlands districtpresident Vicki Rae,Mr Dowsonmet with Ashburton SquashClub presidentPhil Pavletich and Celtic Squash Club president Kirsty Clay at Ashburton Squash Club before avisit to Collegiate Squash Club and thenlunch with others from Methven Squash Club, Rakaia Squash Club, Hinds Squash Club as well as Sport Canterbury. Mid Canterbury squash clubs come under the Midlands district, whichruns from RakaiatoOamaruand has 16 affiliated clubs; seven are in Mid Canterbury. Among the talkswas discussion on district numbers, club facilities,the valueof national affiliation fees, Squash New Zealand chief executive officer Martin Dowson (left) catches up withVicki Rae (Squash Midlands), Kirsty Clay (Celtic) and Phil Pavletich (Ashburton) at Ashburton SquashClub this week. interclub competitions, grading systems, socialmedia platforms and updating the national iSquash system. There were plans in the district for amultimedia campaign earlynext year,Ms Rae said. “We wanttoremind people that squash is here,” she said, although Squash Midlands had seen asurge in players boasting 1000 throughout the district. As part of his information gathering he was asking club members what was working well for them, what challenges they faced and asking them what advice they wanted to pass to him to guide him in his role. Mr Dowsonhas played squash since studying at Otago University and is amember of Browns Bay, in Auckland.He has continued to play interclub for 30 years and describes himself as an average Bgrader. “I understand the challenges that many clubsface financially and how to grow or simply maintain memberships. Ialso am awareofhow much asquash club can be partofthe local community, it is agame that so simply connects all typesof New Zealanders socially together thatcan lead to so much health and happiness.” The information gatheredso far had created alot of discussionbut there were still districts to visit, he said. NEWS Ashburton Courier, November 12, 2020 Bovis cluster under control Ashburtondistricthas a growing numberofconfirmed Mycoplasma bovis (Mbovis) casesbut officialssay it'snot widespread, justanisolated cluster connected by animal movements. Thedistrict has six confirmedproperties infected with Mbovis,a further 13 under notice of direction and 16 under active surveillance. There are seven confirmedcasesin Canterbury. Mbovis programme director Stuart Anderson saidtwo of the confirmed propertiesin Canterbury andone in Ashburtonwere directly linked by animalmovements to oneof three infected dairies detectedfrom August bulk tankmilk screening. Aproperty in wider Canterbury was confirmed following adetect resultfrom September screening. “We are workingclosely with all affectedfarmers, theirstaffand whanauto ensurethings run as smoothly as possible, andthatthey are wellsupported,” he said. “It’s important to notethis is notanoutbreak –the Mbovis programmeisactively looking for those finalpockets of infected properties and fullyexpected to find more over spring,” he said. 11 “It’s atimewehavemore samplestotest, animals are under stress from calving and we have 2018 heifersentering the milking platform for the firsttime.” It wasalso not believed to be widespread. “No additionalfarmsinMid Canterbury,otherthan those threedairies originally detected inAugust, were detectedinSeptember or Octoberbulk tank milk screening,giving us confidencethis is an isolated clusterconnectedbyanimal movements.” Programme staffwould continuetotrace the movementsofcattle until all those of interestwere investigated. Theywere helpedbygood Nait records. The Ashburton district has had34cleared confirmed properties withmore than $44mpaid across 307 claims fromthe district, but there were still 24 financial claims being processedrelating to Ashburton farms; somefarms withmultiple claims. Mr Anderson said 13 were being assessed,two claims are loss of milkincomebeing paid on amonthly basis and nineclaimsare acrossthree farms whichare subjectto ongoinglegal action/ negotiation. SALE in full swing! RHODOS SPECIMEN TREES CARPET ROSES SPECIALS from $ 19 .90 • Dogwoods from $ 19 .90 from $ 9 .90 • Maples • Robinias • Prunus Large selection REDUCED Overflowing withchoice • Natives • Rhodos • Viburnum • Shrubs STANDARDS OPEN THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10am to 3pm Phone 3089950 100 GrahamsRoad,Tinwald ( km from main highway) 2330622 2324731 2330622
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