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NEWS 4 Ashburton Courier, June 24, 2021 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz ABATTOIR PROCESSORS LICENSED Book your processing now! •Beef •Venison •Sheep •Pigs -scalded •Alpaca •Wild game Forall your processing needs PHONE 308 3464 73 WinslowRoad Fast &Furious 9 20 Years ago amovie opened here that drew its inspiration from a magazine article about illegal street racing. Six billion dollars in box office receipts (and counting) F9 opens in Ashburton. The plot, hell you don’t need to know the plot as it’s justawild ride,faster and higher than the franchise has driven before. Oh all right, Dom’sbrother,sins of the past, worldwide plot.You get the picture. Big,dumb,silly over the topand ahellofa fun ride. Never going to win an Oscar but did the crowds thatflocked to it mind? No PS: This was the biggest box office weekend in New Zealand for a single movie since2019. bookings ph 307 1230 www.regentcinema.co.nz 2387785 2380035 2387933 Support for rural community Businesses, organisations, groups and individuals have steppedupto help rural communitymembers impacted by the damaging effectsof recent flood waters. The floods,which hit on May 30, saw riversredirected across properties, river bermsand roads washedout,fences downed, animals lost, anddebris strewn about. Federated Farmers flood recovery coordinator AngelaCushnieispart of acoordinated team,led by AshburtonDistrict Council, working in Mid Canterbury to helpfarmers withtheirflood recovery planning. She said everyone in thedistrict’s risk areas had been contactedand their ongoingneedswerebeing assessed. In the immediate aftermath of the flooding and following some mammoth volunteer turnouts the clean up was movingfrom response and into recovery mode, shesaid. Information on the needs of families in the affected areas was being processed andonceavailable, no farmernor their familywould be left behind,she said. Itdid howeverinvolveabit of strategic planning and wasa marathon effort,not asprint, Mrs Cushnie said. However anyonewith immediate concerns, or questions,were encouraged to get in touch either through the Mid Canterbury Farmy ArmyFacebookpageorbyphoning 027 603 3457. There had been many ‘‘bootsonthe ground’’ volunteers since the flooding and included skilled labour, practical farmers, those able to mentor, and those with lightorheavy mechanical equipment such as GREAT RATES PC Repairs, Set-up and Tutoring Icome to youday or evening! NewPCs and Laptops forsale •PCRepairs/Sales •Networks/Servers •Firewalls/Security •Spyware Clean-up •Training 20 YearsExperience Microso Cerfied Professional NETWORKS FIREWALLS AND PCS LTD Robin Johnstone 67 Aitken Street, Ashburton P: 03 308 1440 C: 027 768 4058 robinbj@xtra.co.nz Federated Farmers flood recovery coordinator Angela Cushnie (left) with Mitre 10 Mega Ashburton managing director Simon Lye and adonation of heavyduty shovels for recovery work. farmers and contractors. There wasalsobaking and care packages. ‘‘Everyone is putting in somepretty big hours at themoment, stress levels are highand the initialshock is slowly wearing off,’’ she said. ‘‘Anyonestruggling in terms of mental wellbeing canphone or text 1737orcallRural Supporton0800 2380047 Plastic welding We repair all types of plastic products andequipment. •Water tanks •Calf feeders •FuelTanks •Car bumpers •Cab roofs 787 254.’’ Mitre 10 Mega Ashburton managing director Simon Lyehas been oneofthe many businesses to make contact, donating 50 heavy duty shovels for bootsontheground volunteers. He said it was achance for the company to give back to those in the ruralcommunity who were very supportive of the business. Recovery action plan started AshburtonDistrict Councilhas developed arecoveryactionplan to establish and planfor an effective recovery after therecent major floodinginthe district. Significant floodingsaw record levels of rain fallfor three daysfrom May 30 and the declaration of alocal stateofemergency. Therecovery plan is aliving document and outlines theprinciple aspectsofthe transition from response to recovery. As the recovery progresses and moreinformation is gathered, the plan willbereviewedand is likely to be simplerand shorter. Thedraft recovery plan was receivedatlast week’s council meetingand councillor JohnFalloon saiditlaid downthe processes and protocols needed to move the district forward after the flood event. The planwill establish timeframes for implementing recovery activities andwill assign responsibilities. Fourgroups have been set up by council to look at specific areas of the recovery. The initialfocus is on the social andeconomic environmentsand a welfare/social workinggroupwill coordinate support services. With farming amajorcontributor to the local economy, arural economy group willcoordinate the impact of the flood on the economic healthofthe district. Abuild infrastructure group will targetareturn of damaged infrastructure and property andwill look at areas such as roads,water andwastewater assets, and the Ashburtonbridge. And anatural environment group will focus on resolving the effectson the land, water and air in the district. The working groups will work alongside arange of taskholdersand agencies,including NZTA, Environment Canterbury, Federated Farmers, theInsurance Council and Department of Conservation. ARTHUR CATES LIMITED 26 McNALLYSTREET, RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL PARK,ASHBURTON TEL 308 5397 www.arthurcates.co.nz 2379944
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Replacement memorial vandalised Amemorial to twowomen who lost their lives in the former Work and IncomeBuilding (Winz) on Cass Street, in Ashburton, hasbeen targeted by vandals andbroken into three pieces. Staff at Community House Mid Canterbury, which now owns the building,foundthe memorialbase uprooted on Friday morning and the Oamarustonesculpture inset with paua in pieces. Thememorial sits on the Cass Street side of the building, in an area which also includes seating.Itwas unveiled in April2016toremember Winz employees Peggy Noble and Susan Leigh Cleveland ‘‘who were killed while serving the peopleof Ashburton’’ on September 1, 2014. Community House MidCanterbury managerJohn Driscoll said he was ‘‘gutted’’ by theact of vandalism. It was the secondtime the memorial site had been targeted. Afew years ago the sculpture had been damaged beyond repair anda replacement had been madebylocal sculptor Peter Green, who made the original. ‘‘This time someone has kicked the base out of the ground completely andwrecked the carving again.’’ Mr Driscoll said thedamagehad been reported to police andCCTV footage wasbeingreviewed. The memorial wasset up as lasting community memorial to the women who died and he now felt for their families andothers affected by the incident. The memorial was built with $3000 Community House Mid Canterbury receptionist/administrator Jeanette Price views the wrecked memorial site. PHOTO MICK JENSEN of funding from the Ministry of Social Development and topped up with donations and CommunityHouse reserves money. Areplacement memorial would go up, Mr Driscoll said. NEWS Ashburton Courier, June 24, 2021 HELPING SENIORSSEESEE OUR COUNTRY 5 EAST CAPE AND COROMANDEL TOUR 15 DAY NORTH ISLAND FULLY ESCORTED TOUR 1st -15th August 2021 •Relaxing 3night stay inTairua, Coromandel. •13Dinners, 15 breakfasts and 1lunch •Luxury travel including Coach and Inter-islander Ferry •All sights, accommodation and travel prices included Fully Escorted by experienced and very popular local Driver plus our own Travelclub guide. Pickand drop off from your door (where possible). CALLUSNOW FORMORE INFORMATION: WWW.GREATTIMETRAVEL.CO.NZ Phone 308 7664 office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 2392943 Driftwood litters beach Manager’s DEALS! Super HOTDEAL! $ 10 99 each Super HOTDEAL! $ 16 99 each Members of the Mid Canterbury Four Wheel Drive Club enjoyed a recent beach drive and litter clean up along the stretch of coastline between Wakanui beach and the Ashburton River mouth. Club president Steve Adam said the rubbish litter levels were not too bad, but the recent flood event had brought in alot of driftwood. There was alot of driftwood also visible and floating at sea. He said the four wheel drive club had done previous litter drives, including along the Ashburton River bed. MONTANA WINEMAKER Merlot 750ml Super HOTDEAL! $ 19 60 each BROOKFIELDS BURNFOOT Merlot 750ml Super HOTDEAL! $ 17 50 each SINCE 1934 ROLLESTON ASHBURTON TIMARU YEALANDS Reserve Pinot Noir 750ml FOUR HAWK DAY Pinot Noir 750ml Super HOTDEAL! $ each 14 00 Super HOTDEAL! $ 15 99 each PROVIDORE FIRST EDITION Pinot Noir 750ml DELEGAT CROWNTHORPE Merlot 750ml ASHBURTON MSA www.superliquor.co.nz 266 Havelock Street,Ashburton. Ph.308 7149 HOURS Monday Tuesday-Thursday Friday&Saturday Sunday 10:00am -7:00pm 10:00am -8:00pm 10:00am -9:00pm 10:00am -6:00pm Offer ends 8July 2021 *Terms and conditions apply 2373028
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