North Canterbury News: November 12, 2020
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NEWS<br />
4 The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Festival planned<br />
Thecombined churches of Rangiora will<br />
putonafree community Christmas<br />
FestivalinVictoria ParkonDecember<br />
20.There will be plenty for children to<br />
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Fun evening ... The crowd is entertained at last year’s Celebration Night.<br />
PHOTO: FILE<br />
Atime for celebration<br />
CelebrationNight returns to Rangiora<br />
next week.<br />
Christmas is in the air and <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> families are invited for an<br />
evening of latenightshoppingand<br />
entertainment on Friday, <strong>November</strong> 20.<br />
Rangiora Promotionscoordinator<br />
Belinda Toppsays about 100 stalls and<br />
food vendors have been lined up, giving<br />
localshoppers plenty of options.<br />
The event will follow the same proven<br />
format as the lastfew years, but will be<br />
bigger, with some new entertainers<br />
thrown in the mix,Belinda says.<br />
Abuskersarea outsideMacpac will<br />
include entertainment from Mullet Man<br />
and Mim Duo, PaulKlaass and Skye<br />
Broberg. Children’s entertainment will<br />
be outsidePostiePlus, including the<br />
Skye Broberg KidsShow, aukulele<br />
band,Adam Allsortsthe clown and the<br />
popular Natural Magic Pirate Band.<br />
The MainPower Christmas Giving<br />
Tree will be on the Waimakariri District<br />
Council lawn to support families in<br />
need.‘‘People can come along andgive<br />
agift, and why not encourage your child<br />
by taking themtobuy agift and show<br />
them the act of giving?’’<br />
Santawill also be on the councillawn<br />
for photo opportunities and to meethis<br />
many admirers.<br />
Live music will be provided on the<br />
council lawn by Dangerbaby,while the<br />
Christmas Fairy and aliving statue,<br />
YuletideFay, are sure to entertain.<br />
Agiftwrapping station will be offered<br />
outside the Farmers Department Store<br />
for agold coin donation, with the<br />
proceedsgoing to supporting the<br />
running of the event.<br />
Celebration Night starts at 5.30pm in<br />
Rangiora’sHigh Street.Afireworks<br />
display, subject to weather, is planned<br />
for 9.30pm and can be viewed from<br />
Percival Street.<br />
Road Safety Week is achance to raise<br />
awarenessand promote stepseveryone<br />
can take to reduce harm on local roads,<br />
the WaimakaririDistrictCouncilsays.<br />
Policerecently targeted drivers using<br />
cellphones in Southbrook.<br />
Rangiora Police Sergeant Colin<br />
Stewart says it is disappointing to see<br />
the number of driversstillusing their<br />
cellphones.<br />
“Even more disappointingwas<br />
parents using acellphonewhile they<br />
had children in the car.<br />
“We know there’s alot more crashes<br />
than those recorded wherecellphone<br />
use has causedadistraction.’’<br />
Over the last five yearstherehave<br />
been 13 crashes where driversadmitted<br />
they weredistracted by cellphone use.<br />
Threeofthem resulted in serious<br />
injuries.<br />
WaimakaririDistrict Council road<br />
safetycoordinator Kathy Grahamsays<br />
Road Safety Week is achance to be<br />
more mindful of the risks whenout on<br />
the roads, especially past school gates<br />
during pickupand dropoff.<br />
“We often get feedback fromschools<br />
concernedaboutspeed past their<br />
schoolgates, particularlyour rural<br />
schools.’’<br />
In the last five years there havebeen<br />
186 crashes in the Waimakariridistrict<br />
wherespeed was afactor, resulting in<br />
one fatality, 19 serious injuries and<br />
more than 60 minor injuries.<br />
Drivers are encouraged to check they<br />
are payingfull attention to the areas<br />
they drive through, identify the risks,<br />
checkthat speed is appropriatetothe<br />
conditions, put any distractionstoone<br />
side and concentrate on driving.<br />
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