Ashburton Courier: September 24, 2021

Deaths
HICKMAN, Raymond Anthony:
Our beloved husband, father,
brother and brother-in-law,
Raymond Anthony Hickman aged
76 years has passed peacefully
at Christchurch Hospital on
Wednesday 1st September 2021.
After a recent diagnosis of an
aggressive rare cancer and short
treatment period, he has lost a
brave battle. Hetouched so many
lives and will be dearly missed.The
adored husband and soulmate of
Patricia, atreasured and wonderful
father of Murray, Lisa and Grant.
Loved father-in-law to Fiona,
Hamish and Emma. Beloved son
of the late Tony and Maureen and
cherished brother to Annette,
Kevin, Helen, Sue, Tony and the
late Paul. Beloved brother-in-law
to Murray, Joanna, Kevin, Penny,
Jan & Russell, Arnold & the late
Lynnette, Kevin &Lynne. Cherished
Grandad of Olivia, Samantha, Josh,
Alex, Matthew, Ava, Neve, Sam
and Toby. Loved uncle of Keriann,
Deane, Cherie, Kelly, Jasmine,
Adele, Holly, Matt, Tiffany, Ethan,
Libby, Ebony, Kane, Chandelle, Carl,
Simon, Amanda, Melanie, Daniel,
Robert, Tony, Hamish, Mathew and
Scott.
Messages to the Hickman
family c/- POBox 472, Ashburton
7740. AService for Ray will be held
at the Rakaia Community Hall next
Thursday. Please note and respect
this is by invite only due to Covid
restrictions. We would like to
inform you that aMemorial service
for Ray will be held once weare
at Level One. Thank you for your
patience and understanding given
the circumstances.
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Family Notices
Deaths
LEES, Olwyn Shirley (Pat), on
September 20, 2021. Passed away
peacefully, aged 95 years. Loved
wifeofthe late Laurie, lovedmother
and mother-in-law ofJill and Geoff,
and Philip and Joanne. Loved Nan
of George and Frances, Brigid,
Mark, Rachel, Patrick and Michael
and great Nan of six. Messages
to the Lees family c/- POBox 472,
Ashburton 7740. A service for
Pat will be held at Our Chapel,
cnr East &Cox Streets, Ashburton
on Monday September 27,
commencing at 1.00pm, followed
by intermentatthe AshburtonNew
Lawn Cemetery.
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Deaths
MIDDLETON, Lois Wilhelmina, on
September 14, 2021. Peacefully at
Ashburton Hospital, aged 96 years.
Dearly loved wife ofthe late Frank.
Loved mother and mother in law
of Russell and Raylene, Keith and
the late Christine, and Sharryn,
Gary and Jan. Loved Nanny of
her 9grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren.
“Forever loved and
missed by many”. Messages to the
Middleton family c/- POBox 472,
Ashburton 7740. Aprivate family
servicewill be held.
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RIP to our loved brother Selwyn
Dalton, died in Wellington
11/08/21, aged 74 years.
Dearly loved brother and brotherin-law
ofDaphne and Brian Early
(Ashburton), Des and the late
Rhonda Ferriman (Auckland),
Eileen Ranson (Ashburton).
Dearly loved uncle of all his nieces
and nephews.
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Deaths
UDEN, Francis Edward (Frank): At
Ashburton Hospital on September
19, 2021 aged 76 years.Dearly loved
brother of Flo Cornelius, loved
uncle of Brian Cornelius, Joanne
and David Mann, Julie and Steven
Hema, and Christine Cornelius and
their families,and lovedstep-father
of Erina, and Joseph. Messages to:
c/- The Cornelius family, PO Box
6035, Ashburton 7742. Aservice
to celebrate Frank’s life will be held
graveside, atAshburton’s Seafield
Lawn Cemetery, Seafield Road
entrance onFriday, September 24,
at 1.30pm.
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VAN DER HEIDE, John, on
September 17, 2021. Peacefully
after along illness at Christchurch
Hospital, aged 81 years. Much
loved Husband of Joyce. Messages
to 4 Buchanan Place, Ashburton
7700. At John’s request a private
cremation has been held.
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WARD, Russell James: it is with
great sadness that we farewell
Russell loved son-in-law of Nancy
and Ron Wakelin (deceased).
Dearly loved brother-in-law of
Marion and Murray Cornwall,
Alan and Lilian Wakelin, Anne and
Murray Campbell, Claire and Lea
Pomeroy, and loved uncle by all
his nieces and nephews. To view
Russell’s funeral service on-line, go
to Lamb and Haywardwebsite.
In Memoriam
DannyBox,24.10.73 –24.9.93
Themarch of time is relentless,
Thewheels of lifekeep turning,
But I’ll love and miss you forever,
Danny
No matter the lessons I’mlearning.
Mumxxx
Acknowledgement
BENSDORP, Evelyn May:
1-12-31 –31-08-21: The Bensdorp
Family would sincerely like
to thank everyone who have
phoned, messaged, sent cards,
flowers and dropped off baking
when our mother, mother-inlaw,
grandmother and greatgrandmother
passed away.
Thank you toeveryone at Radius
Millstream, Mum loved her time
there. She enjoyed the activities
and company. She said she felt so
safeand happy. Aspecial thank you
to the Ward 1Nurses andDoctors at
AshburtonHospital forthe amazing
carethatwas giventomum we will
always be so grateful.Thank you to
Marie O’Neill for your visits to give
Mum Holy Communion .Thank you
to Father Dennis and Father Huynh
Tran forhelping us have the service
that Mum wanted. Please accept
this as apersonal thank you.
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NEWS
10 Ashburton Courier, September 23, 2021
Jabs for Rakaia
Life Pharmacy Ashburton has
been working around the
district to get covid vaccination
clinics out in to the community.
Working alongside Rakaia
Medical Centre, vaccinators
were at the Rakaia Community
Hall in Rakaia yesterday to
help centre staff vaccinate
around 300 clients seeking
covid jabs.
Simon Church, of Life
Pharmacy Ashburton, said it
was part of apush locally to get
everyone in the community
access to their first vaccination,
and free up capacity on the
vaccination schedule.
The Canterbury District
Health Board have also been
working to increase the number
of people able to get vaccinated
and have put up additional
appointments with pop­up
vaccination sites.
DAYLIGHT SAVING STARTS THIS WEEKEND
Daylight Saving starts this weekend, officially from Sunday morning at 2am.
Remember to put your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed.
And take the time to check your smoke alarms are working.
They had apop up
vaccination site yesterday for
staff at Talley’s, and one earlier
this week for Ashburton
Pasifika at Ashburton College.
Another Pasifika vaccination
at the college is planned on
September 26, one for the
Maori population at Hakatere
Marae on October 20, another
Pasifika community event at
Ashburton College and also the
Ashburton culturally and
linguistically diverse
community at Hampstead
Rugby Club, both on October 31.
There are also walk­in
vaccinations available for
anyone at Princess Margaret
Hospital in Christchurch from
now through until October 3
anytime from 2pm –8pm on
weekdays, or 10am –3pm on
weekends.
Youth labour force woes
An economic report compiled
for Ashburton District Council
by Infometrics has raised a
labour force statistic, causing
concern among councillors.
Asurvey from Statistics New
Zealand shows that at the end
of the June quarter there were
1100 people aged between 16­24
in the district who were
disengaged from employment,
education and training.
The number of people
receiving job seeker support
has risen by 33.8 per cent in the
last quarter, despite local
businesses struggling to fill job
vacancies.
The disconnect raised some
significant questions about why
employers were finding it so
hard to find staff and solutions,
council economic development
manager Simon Worthington
told councillors at ameeting
last week.
He said Ministry of Social
Development told him job
seekers faced arange of issues
that made it hard for them to
get into the workforce. They
centred around areas like
motivation, drug and alcohol
and mental health issues.
Abroader community
response and range of
initiatives was needed to
address those issues and to
support people into
employment, he said.
Mayor Neil Brown said the
unemployment rate in the 16­24
year age group was far higher
than the district average of 3.2
per cent.
‘‘We need those people out in
our economy and boosting it,’’
he said.
Cr Lynette Lovett said kids
today ‘‘were like the entitled
group’’. The school system
needed to talk with students
from ayoung age about work
ethics and what was expected
of them in the workplace.
‘‘Life is too hard out there
working for some of them,’’ she
said.
Cr Liz McMillan said local
agencies like Safer Mid
Canterbury and YMCA were
working to support youth and
offered different courses.
Schools were also doing their
bit. The Mayors Taskforce for
Jobs was another support
initiative that would be ideal in
this space, she said.
Cr Rodger Letham wanted to
add anote of caution.
‘‘The problem we’re talking
about is aparenting and an
education problem and not a
problem of Local Government.
We should smooth the path for
these people, but we should not
get too wrapped up in the social
welfare side of things.’’