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NEWS 16 Ashburton Courier, October 28, 2021 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Harry and Sylvia Smith pictured at St Andrew’s Church, Ashburton on their wedding day 65 years ago. Arecentphoto of Harry and Sylvia Smith. Smiths celebrate 65 years of marriage Former longtime Mid Canterbury residents Harry (Henry) and Sylvia Smith yesterday celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. These days the couple are residents of Geraldine, but were married at St Andrew’s Church, Ashburton on October 27, 1956. The localpipeband were guests on the day and marched in front of the wedding car. Harry (LowenSmith) is well known as an artist and is mostly self taught. He wasraised in Wakanui. Sylvia hails from England and has enjoyedalong associationwith Ashburton, Tinwald and Methven operatic societies, and also with both the Mid Canterbury Women’s Institute Federation Choir (51 years) and Mid Canterbury Choir (19 years). The couplemet in Ashburton on Sylvia’s 18th birthday. Harry is 86 and Sylvia has just celebrated her 85th. Council funds for rail move Ashburton District Council will contribute $2.33 million towards relocating Ashburton’s rail container terminal from the middle of town to Fairton. Relocating the rail hub is a $14m project involving council, Fairfield Freight Hub (part of the Wareing Group) and KiwiRail. Government has also given $2m to the project. Ashburton District mayor Neil Brown said council confirmed its commitment to the hub at its meeting last week and also agreed to provideloan funding of $3m to the project. ‘‘Relocatingthe rail container terminal to Fairton has been an ongoing discussion for council for years and we are delighted it is finally going to happen. ‘‘It will pave the way for increased rail freightfrom this district and reduce truck movements on StateHighway 1. ‘‘It also means shunting operations willnolonger resultintrains blocking intersections in town.’’ Construction of the hub is expected to begin early next year and be completed by late 2022. Operations will continueat the current siteonWest Street untilthe new hub is open. The new freighthub is near council’s northeast Ashburton Business Estate and will involve the reengineering of an existing railsiding that once servedthe Fairton Freezing Works. Mr Brown said the new rail hub would also set the district up for alowercarbon future. ‘‘Helpingexporters and businesses movemore freight by rail makes good sense and helps reducetransport emissions,’’ he said. KiwiRail has plansto increase the amount of local railfreight from 6000 containers ayear to 20,000. Time to vote for Bird of the Year Voting is openfor Forest & Bird’s16th annualBird of the Yearcompetition. Thecompetition will be fierce as 75 birdsand one bat are in the mix this year. Is your favourite native bird the fantail, kereru, silvereye, bellbird, morepork,orfalcon? Whatabout oneofthe wellknowniconic species –the kiwi, kea or kakapo? Or perhaps one of the braided river bed birds –the wrybill, blackfronted tern or banded dotterell. Ashburton residents all know about the tarapuka or blackbilled gull, which makes it’s summer home in the local riverbed. They are the rarest gull in the world andmay be very deserving of your vote. Some speciesonthe Bird of the Year website alsofeature aNew ZealandSign Language translation to learnalongside their English and te reo Maori names. As in previous years, voters can ranktheir top five favourite species in an STV style voting system. The 2020 Bird of the Year winner was the kakapo. The seriousside to the Bird of the Year competition is the opportunity to educate the public out theplightofnative speciesand thethreat of extinction that many of our native birds face. Voting ends Sundayat5pm. The winnerwillbeannounced on November 1. More informationon the birdoftheyear.org.nz website. Know aloved one who is hardtobuy for? PROFESSIONAL PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Abespoke photographysession is the perfect solution. GiftVouchers available. 106B Victoria Street,Ashburton l www.emilyharmer.co.nz l 0800 881122 or 027 310 6521 2429092
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