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NEWS 4 Ashburton Courier, October 14, 2021 Learning website Anew website is soon to launch in Mid Canterbury enablingpeople to find out about interesting learningopportunities offered aroundthe district. Connecting MidCanterbury Charitable Trust is behindthe website development whichis seenasaway of supporting learninglocally. Groups, organisations,individualsor business that organises oneofftalksor workshops, or aseries of lessons are invited to get in touch with the trust ahead of the website launch on October27. At thelaunch peoplewill be abletosee how they can listtheirevents for free on the new online platform. Theguest speakeratthe eventwill be Analiese Robertson, the director of Adultand CommunityEducation(ACE) Aotearoa, who will talkaboutthe value of community education. Emailtokate@connectingmc.org for more information. No Time To Die ReviewedbyRowenaHart After 19months of delays, the 25th official James Bond film is finally here!!! Apacked theatre set the scene last Saturday night, all looking forward to seeing the world’s most charming secret agentsavethe worldonceagain. Everyone knows thatthis is Daniel Craig’s last movie as Bond so we expectthe unexpected. Themoving themesong wassung this time by Billie Eilish. Paloma, a CIA agent helps Bond dispatch bad guys inCuba with an unexpected flair. All the men mentioned enjoying looking at her -back ... This movie wasbeautiful to watch. From alovenest on abeach in Jamaica through astunning hilltop town in Italy to acrowded street in Cuba. There isone momentus scene where Bond and his lover are trying to do agetaway inhis Aston Martin surrounded by assassins shooting at the bullletproof glass –amazing. We also met with Bonds little 2year old daughter, a very moving partofthe story. Off course there were gravity-defying car chases, ridiculous doomsday weapons and vast brutalist hideouts full of henchmen to mow down. All leading to aspectacular finale. 2425766 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Bookarama ready to roll Preparing for the start of Bookarama on Monday are Ashburton Rotary Club members (from left) Lindsay Holland, David Mead and Peter Stechman. Tis nearly the season FUNCTIONS –our venues areidealfor celebraons of up to 60 people. We will work with youtotailor amenu to suit yourevent and budget. With catering oponsalsoavailablewecan take the stress away from anyfuncon. GIFT HAMPERS – the perfect corporate or staff gi. Ready made or personalised hamperscreatedfromour wide rangeof speciality products. Not surewhattheywould like–purchase a GIFT VOUCHER and letthem choose their owntreats. BOOK your function today GREAT RATES Scores of tables full of books, magazines, puzzlesand other items havebeensorted and laid out ready for new owners. Bookarama opens at 8am on Mondayatthe Tancred Street sports hall and will runthrough until noononSaturday. TheAshburton Rotary Club project has been running for 42 yearsand is abig fundraiser that has supportedlocal initiatives and causesovertheyears. Rotarian and event convener David Mead saiditwasall set to go for the2021event. ‘‘We’re abit later holdingitthis year because of covid, but it’s full steam ahead and business as usual.’’ He said anyonecoming to Bookaramawas required to scan in, wearamask and to respect social distancing rules of one metre. ‘‘Bring your own bags to fill,’’ Mr Meadsaid. Bookarama is open from 9am from Tuesday to Fridayand from 8am on the finalmorning. Wednesdayand Friday arelate nights until8.30pm,otherwise closing is 5.30pm. BCI gets resource consents Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation (BCI) has been granted resource consents to dischargecontaminants on to and into land from farmingactivities, subject to anumber of conditions. Independent hearing commissioner SharonMcGarry granted twoconsentapplications, one for the Hekeao Hinds Plains area, and one for the Ashburton Rakaia area, in adecision released last month. The consents are limitedtoaterm of 10 yearsand have anumber of requirements. The requirementsincludea15% reduction in nitrogen losses from a baselineofgood management practice by 2025and 25%in the HekeaoHinds Plains area and30% in the AshburtonRakaia area by 2030. Thereisalegally binding requirement on shareholders to achievethe reductions as partof their water supply agreementwith the scheme. Farmers managedbythe scheme must alsohavecomprehensive and audited farm environment plansand the scheme must monitor ground and surfacewater quality to ensure no furtherdeterioration. If deterioration is detected, a remediation and response plan need to be implemented to furtherreduce nitrogen. The BCI applications were lodged in March 2018 andreplace previousdischarge permits. BCI is afarmer owned cooperative which was formed in 1998. In 2001, it was grantedconsentto abstract 17 cubic metresper second of water from the Rakaia River to irrigate 40,000 ha in the Barrhill BCI's Akarana Pond allows the scheme to meet peak demand. Chertsey area. The schemefirstdeliveredwater in 2010 via apiped water network andalso has awater swap arrangementwith the Rangitata Diversion Racetouse water if not required by other schemes. BCI now includes 55,064 ha of farm land, with 47,413 ha of it irrigated. The land use includesarable farming (50%), dairy (32%) and dairy support (14%). PC Repairs, Set-up and Tutoring Icome to youday or evening! 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www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz NEWS Ashburton Courier, October 14, 2021 5 Nimble Noel’s ready to run MICK.JENSEN @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Noel Morriss is yet to be beatenina400m race at the SouthIsland Masters and he hopes to keep that record in tact when he runs this Sunday. The 71yearold is competinginthe 7075 age group category, and will run in the 100m,200m and 400m events and has plenty of medals from previous games to inspirehim. He enjoyed his firstSouth Island Masters runningcompetition in 2010 when he raced in the 6065 age group. Noelhas aspringinhis stride and has also tackled long jump in the past. He is of slightbuild,weighs just 54kg and is as fit as aflea. Noelsays he’s quick off the start line, but doesn’t like using starting blocks. ‘‘I’vealways had abit of dicky back, so I’m not convinced Ican alwaysget up and out of the blocks.’’ Fromastanding start he can run 100m in 14 seconds,200m in 29.9 seconds and 400m in aminute 14 seconds. ‘‘I’vealways been arunner right back to my school days at Hampstead School,’’ he says. ‘‘I also played masters football with the Mid CanterburyFossils for 20odd years until afew years ago.’’ Noeliscompetitive and likes to win his races. An injury kept him fromrunningfor a coupleofyears, but he bouncedback last year and won all three of his races at the South Island Masters in Timaru. He enjoys the camaraderie of the games. ‘‘I see the same faces coming back year after year and I’ve madesome friendships.’’ He signed up for a12week membership at the EA Networks Centregym as abuildup to the upcoming games and had been following his own training programme. Left:NoelMorriss onthe start line, above: Noel with hismedal haul from the 2020 South Island Master Games. ‘‘I’m really looking forward to aroad trip to Blenheim with my wife Kay and we’ll stay up there for afew days after the racing has finished,’’ he says. Noel has competed at previous games in Nelson, Timaru and Dunedin. The South Island Master Games runs from October 1525. Natural world through amicroscope MICK.JENSEN @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Visitors to the Ashburton Art Gallery have beenimmersing themselves in the natural world and looking at it from a microscopic perspective. Theexhibition, called Microscopic Worlds:OnThe Importance of Small, brings together 3D images of local water samples, plants, insects, spidersaswell as everyday itemstaken with scanning electron microscopes at the UniversityofCanterbury. Thehighly magnifiedimages are presented as printed media and on largescreen monitorsand used to introduce and educate visitors to the microscopic world. Printed images include a spider’s headmagnified55 and 80 times, a‘‘hairy’’ spider’s footmagnified1300 times andaweb magnified 3330 times. Ashburton Art Gallery collections and exhibitions assistant Hannah Crichton prepares to look under the microscope. Thereisalso an insight into flies, mosquitoes, sandflies, butterflies andfleas. For an entry chargeof$2, visitors to theexhibition are given 3D glasses and a catalogue to helpthem understand theimages. Historic microscopes from the Cotter Medical History Museum are alsodisplayed, highlighting how microscopes have developed through the years. The exhibition is accompanied by two experienced science educators, Kerry Swanson and Neville Petrie, from Interactive Exhibition Services, whoalternate and share their science knowledge. Mr Petrie said microscopes helped people see much more than the naked eye. The exhibition was aimed at all agesand his explanations were tailored to the agegroup. He said daily samples of pond water from the nearby Ashburton Domain were taken and analysed by visitors under the microscope. Worms, larvae, spider mites and other life had been spotted and matched with identification sheets that were on hand. He said visitors had been excited by what theyhad seen in the exhibition and had commentedonhow it had opened up their eyes to the natural world. Microscopic Worlds runs until October 23. IN BRIEF NEW DATEFOR RELAY The CancerSociety will hold their RelayFor Life in Ashburtonon February19, 2022. The event, now to takeplace at the Ashburton Showgrounds, was postponed from itsoriginal datethis weekend due tocovid restrictions. RelayFor Life committee chairperson Lester McLeansaid the committeewas excitedtoconfirm a newdate and venue. ‘‘It is an ideal timetoregister a team by heading to the Relay For Life websitewww.relayforlife.org. nz’’, he said. ART DISPLAY Localartist JenniferHarrison has an upcoming exhibitionofher latest worksatthe McAtamney Gallery in Geraldine.The artistpaints abstracts and has astudio on Burnett StreetcalledColliding Colours. The exhibitionruns from October 20 to November 20. RIVERMONEY The South Canterbury Braided Riverwill create 12-14 jobsayear for fouryearsaspart of $2.95 million investment in weed and pest control, and re-establishingbird habitat on islands on the Ashburton, Waitakiand Stour rivers. The funding is also supportingthe restoration of the Opihi River lagoon, controlling geese numbers in the Rakaia Rivercatchment,and managingarange of predators on the upper Rangitata River. GLOWEVENT New dateshave beenset for the Ashburton Glowinthe Parkevent. Ashburton DistrictCouncil is partneringwith EA Networks to run the three-night light show,which celebrates the electricity cooperative’s 100 years in business. Thelightshow, whichwill be a free,community event, will be staged in the Ashburton Domain from April8-10.Itwillinvolve 13 differentlight installationsand a fireworks display. SKIFIELD DEATH Aman whodied afterhewas found unresponsive at theMtHutt skiarea at the weekend has beennamed as Rupert Smith, 41. An investigationinto the circumstances of his death is ongoing. Mr Smith, fromWanaka, was skiing on an intermediate groomed trailatthe timeofthe incident.~NZHerald NEWSEASON OUTDOOR ARRIVING DAILY Burnett Street,Ashburton l Phone (03) 308 5269 l www.redmonds.co.nz 2422826
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