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Last year, the Sun caught up with 102 year old Jean Leslie.

Now at 103, we checked in to see if she has any new advice for the younger generations.

Edna Jean Leslie, or Jean as she prefers to be called, was born in 1917.

The youngest of three sisters, Jean was partially raised by her “bossy” older sister Mary, she says, who felt it was her duty to bring her up.

Jean’s parents were passionate gardeners, and they were often in the garden of the family’s Tua Marina home.

“We loved Tua Marina,” Jean says.

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“We lived down Bush Road, in a big two story house, you could see up the road.

“It’s a lovely spot to live.”

The sisters attended Tua Marina Primary School, and as young women, would catch the train to attend Marlborough College – which, back then, was uni-sex. Jean enjoyed the subjects of science and history when she was at school.

Later, Jean met her soon to be husband, Arnold, at a country dance.

“We met across the floor. As it were he was an excellent dancer. He taught me to dance.

I hadn’t done much dancing. He

soon changed that.

The young couple eventually settled in a small cottage, on Arnold’s parents’ farm in Okaramio.

When their son was ten months old, Arnold sadly had to go to war.

This was an anxious time, Jean says.

“I was waiting and waiting and waiting for news which never came, which thank goodness it didn’t.”

Arnold returned home in 1945/46, Jean says.

There was a long wait, as all the ships were commandeered for hospital patients.

When he came back, her husband was a “different man,” Jean says.

“They went away young blokes.

When they came home they were different men.”

Arnold was awarded a farm in Kaikoura for his service, so Jean and the children moved down there with him.

Jean was terribly homesick, she says.

She’d never been away from home before, and missed her mother terribly.

Eventually, she settled in.

“Kaikoura was lovely.

“We spent 30 years in Kaikoura.

The children grew up there; it was a happy, lovely place to live.”

The couple moved back to Blenheim to retire.

Jean says the little town has changed

greatly during her time here.

“The object of everyone now is to move out of Blenheim.

“Even those little shops are not there now. What will happen eventually, I don’t know.

“It’s a good wee town. It has everything.

“Every shop you can imagine is in Blenheim.”

Now, Jean lives at Ashwood Park Retirement Village.

She praises the staff for their care.

Some advice Jean has for young people, is to “be happy.”

“It’s a good world. Enjoy it.”

“Keep your trust in God, because he is the Great Creator.”

Roy looks back 98 years

By Frances Chin

Roy Bolton (pictured) is 98-years of age, and is still going strong.

The Ashwood Park Retirement Village resident was all smiles as he chatted with the Sun Newspaper just prior to New Year’s Eve. Sitting in his comfortable chair working on his puzzle book, Roy is one of many older persons in Marlborough who are nearing, have reached, or are passing the century mark in 2021.

He reflects back on a life well lived from delivering newspapers and serving in the Airforce during World War Two, to later working for the post service.

Roy was born in Glenbrook, Auckland, in 1922.

He grew up on a diary farm with his nine siblings; seven brothers and two sisters.

“When I was five years old, my job was to chop a box of kindling for the next morning.

“I had the box ready every

morning, and a bucket full of coal.

“We had a chestnut pony, my eldest brother used to ride it to school. There were seven boys, and two girls. We all rode the pony at different stages.”

Roy’s first job was delivering papers. He later got a job at a grocery shop; his role was to weigh and bag groceries. After he finished school, the young man worked as a postman for two years.

One of Roy’s jobs, in the beginning, was to rewind the office clocks at 9am, every morning, when the officers who could read morse code told him to.

“I was a message boy when I joined the post office. I was only just learning morse code.”

Roy had to learn morse code in order to send telegrams. He can still remember the different codes for each letter.

“I’ve never forgotten it.”

When World War Two began, Roy joined the New Zealand Air force. He was stationed at

the RNZAF Station Delta in Marlborough. Roy travelled all over the southern hemisphere with the RNZAF. Unfortunately, his hearing was badly affected by the noise of the planes’ engines, he says.

After the war, Roy progressed to position of postmaster for the suburb Ellerslie, in Auckland.

Under NZ Post, Roy managed the bank, telephone service, and postal service for his area.

Years later, Roy’s son, Greg, installed the first fax machine in New Zealand.

Greg says that his career followed his father’s.

“My dad would write messages out by hand, and give it to someone to deliver.

“I used to help, run and deliver the telegram to the person it was sent to.

“So I’ve always been interested Roy has the following in communications. I’ve had a ca- advice about living a long reer defined by the fax machine.” and happy life.

For the younger generations, “Reading and puzzles

are good, it fills in a lot of time. Keeps the old mind occupied.”

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High praise for New Year revellers

By Glenise Dreaver

Sergeant Phil Black of the Blenheim Police was on duty at PIcton’s New Year’s Eve festival for the first time and was “extremely impressed”.

“The crowd was very well behaved and there were no arrests,” he says.

The only problem came with the lighting of two emergency flares, and the names of the culprits were passed on to the harbourmaster.

“That was as bad as it got.

“The bars played their part too, con-

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trolling the patrons very well.”

Early estimates had been for 5000 people expected on the waterfront and there were believed to be at least that, with Senior Constable Tim Goodyer, a veteran of the event, reported as saying it was the most people he had seen in a long time.

Kerry Eager, of the Community Patrol, confirmed there were certainly more than last year.

And he echoed Sergeant Black’s words: “I was extremely impressed.”

Senior Constable Tim Goodyer and Sergeant Phil Black were Picton New Years Festival photos pg19. walking the beat at the PIcton New Year Festival 2020.

Humble start to New Year’s honour for Ken Forrest Former Marlborough Lines managing director, Ken Forrest (pictured) looks back with some satisfaction on his career which helped him become a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year’s Honours List.

Ken admits he was not a focused student at high school and that meant he left without any formal qualifications.

“I wasn’t particularly interested in school, while I could do it, I was motivated by other things like rugby and it meant I had to learn things a little later-on than perhaps I should have.

“I was surprised to have received the honour and I see it not only as a reflection of my own efforts but the efforts of the fine people I worked with over a number of years.

“I started as an apprentice electrician and I gained my trade exam,

my advanced trade certificate and I got a New Zealand Certificate of Engineering,” he says.

“I then got a scholarship to learn anywhere in the Commonwealth so I did an honours degree in London.

“Hopefully my story can motivate young people who might not know what they want to do.”

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Ken has been a leader in New Zealand’s electricity industry for more than 40 years.

He became the General Manager of the Marlborough Electric Power Board, now Marlborough Lines Limited, in 1980.

He retired in December 2019, after 42 years of working for the same company.

In the early 1990s, after the government announced significant reforms to the electricity industry, he led a group of industry entities in seeking community-owned assets.

The group successfully received recognition of an ownership structure in the form of a trust that directly benefited local consumers.

“I’ve always enjoyed identifying opportunities and developing the strategies to achieve those opportunities.

“I was with Marlborough Lines

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for a number of years but it certainly wasn’t the same job.

“My strategy was always to do the best I could for the consumers of Marlborough.”

Ken was the founding Chairman of the Electricity Networks Association, a former vice-president of the New Zealand Electricity Supply Association, and a past president of the New Zealand Electricity Managers Association.

He is a past member of the National Executive Electrical Development Association and a current member of the Electricity Supply Engineers Association, the Institute of Professional Engineers, and the Institute of Directors.

Ken says he is still active in business even in retirement, does consultancy work and when he does have some spare time, he likes to go fishing.

Tragedy struck a Blenheim couple on Christmas Eve when 50-year-old Springlands woman, Kana Hirose, died after a cycling incident at Spooners Range, south of Nelson.

Kana was enjoying a Tasman cycling adventure with her husband Otto Lijzenga.

Missing person

Police are seeking sightings of 24-yearold Jaron Beale-Kuhtz. Jaron was last seen on December 31 in Picton.

Anyone who has any information on his whereabouts or has seen Jaron is asked to contact Police on 105 quoting file number 210103/2878.

Freedom camping Freedom camping sites in and around Picton might be down, but not out.

Talks will begin this year between the Marlborough District Council and Port Marlborough over an “appropriate” spot to put freedom campers looking to use the ferries.

This comes weeks after two proposed sites were tossed from the seaside town, following opposition from residents and businesses.

But the council’s freedom camping subcommittee says that many of Marlborough’s campers used Picton’s ferries, and a place was needed for them.

The council agreed proposals for new freedom camping sites had to go out for public feedback before opening.

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Ngā mihi o te Tau hou Happy New Year! Reflecting on the year that was, we have much to be grateful for. We faced adversity with our Forum office devastated by fire, we hustled to set up a temporary premise to work from. Soon after this, we entered the nationwide lockdown and realised that things wouldn’t be returning to ‘normal’ for quite some time.

We were able to cling to our resourcefulness, reorient our cancer support services and take strength from the courage of our clients. We continue to be heartened by the resilience of our volunteers and the generosity of our community.

While we certainly won’t forget 2020 anytime soon, we’ll be glad to put this behind us and look to the new year with hope to carry out our mission of reducing the incidence and impact of cancer for people in Marlborough.

We resume our usual office hours from Monday 11th January. You can drop in to visit us from 9am – 4pm, Monday to Friday at our temporary office at 3 Maxwell Road. If you’d like to speak privately, please ring ahead to book an appointment or check our availability. We look forwarding to greeting you in the New Year.

Relay For Life 2021 Relay for Life is an inspiring community experience that gives everyone the opportunity to celebrate cancer survivors and carers; remember loved ones lost to cancer; and fight back by raising awareness and funds to support the work of your local Cancer Society. We hold this event every 2 years, with teams walking or running around a track continuously for 12 hours, all the while enjoying entertainment, activities and community camaraderie.

We’ve listened to your feedback and this year we’ll be trialling a new Relay format, starting at 6pm on the evening of Friday 19th March and finishing at 6am Saturday morning. We’re also excited to be holding this at A&P Park in central Blenheim where we’ll have the Kete Kai Market set up for participants.

Registrations are now open - everyone and anyone can get involved, so gather your friends, whānau and workmates and join us for Relay For Life 2021 – visit https:// marlborough.relayforlife.org.nz/

Toi Ora Activity Days We invite Cancer Society clients and their families to partake in our Toi Ora Activity Days, held in January at Ūkaipō, Rangitane Conference Centre in Grovetown.

Enjoy a range of creative summer holiday activities such as kohatu (hope stone) painting, craft clay taonga (treasures), weaving and mindful movement. This event is free with lunch provided, suitable for both adults and children (children must be accompanied by an adult).

Register before 12th January, email: marlborough@ cancersoc.org.nz or phone: 03 5794379.

Coming up 11th January – Office re-opens 14th & 20th January – Toi Ora Activity Days 24th January – Blenheim Golf Club’s ‘Longest Day’ Golf 12th February – Picton Annual Skin Cancer Clinic 19th February – Blenheim Annual Skin Cancer Clinic 19-20th March – Marlborough Relay For Life

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Renwick residents Biddy and Phillip Butters, and proud big brother Lucas welcomed baby Angus on January 1, making him Marlborough's first baby for 2021.

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Angus is Marlborough’s first baby for 2021

By Celeste Alexander

As newborn baby Angus Butters sleeps on his father’s chest he has no clue what all of the fuss is about regarding the day of his birth – January 1.

He is the tiny face of a New Year and Marlborough’s first birth for 2021.

Elated parents, Biddy and Phillip Butters, returned to their Renwick home on Monday after welcoming their second son.

The couple are already parents to three-year-old Lucas who like his parents, was more than excited to meet his baby brother.

Angus Phillip Butters was born at 11.33am, weighing 4.59kg (10.2lb). His due date was December 27 but to the relief of his parents, he waited until the New Year to make his arrival.

“We were glad he didn’t come on or before Christmas for the sake of the midwives and ourselves,” Biddy smiles.

“Christmas is busy enough for everyone and New Year’s is better; it’s good to have that separation.”

When Biddy went into labour in the early hours of January 1 the last thing on her mind was

the New Year Baby title.

“Some of the midwives said we might have a New Year baby but it wasn’t our focus at the time,” she laughs.

“But it’s definitely a point of interest. It wasn’t a date we aimed for, just the luck of the draw,” she says.

Big brother Lucas is already proving to be a great help and very accepting of the new addition to the family.

“Lucas has been great,” Biddy says.

“He loved visiting Angus at the hospital and being able to have him home.

“He was very proud holding Angus… it was a proud moment watching him,” she says.

Lucas will also be sharing January as a birthday month with his little brother.

But for now the Butters family is settling into their new routine with a newborn.

“We just want to say a huge thank you to our midwife Gwen Costello, and to the whole maternity ward team at Wairau Hospital,” Biddy and Phillip say.

“They were all absolutely fantastic and beyond helpful, and went above and beyond for us… they are so invaluable.”

Letters to the Ed Sounds deteriorating health Pete Watson deserves compliments on his letter (December 23) regarding the deteriorating health of the Marlborough Sounds due to silt-laden runoff and silt deposition on the sea bed.

As he mentioned scientific studies have been done. I might add over many years too. In the Marlborough District Council Technical Report 15-009, December 2015 (five years ago) said “water column and seabed impacts were first identified in the late 1970s and further research occurred in the 1980s and 1990s.

Over a dozen scientific papers and reports from the

Sounds were examined - generation of fine sediment associated with forestry harvesting is inevitable no matter how many, and how stringent, the controls”.

Yet MDC per Cr. Hope’s comments seem to be supporting more forestry?

The “over a dozen scientific papers and reports” should alert council to act immediately.

Every delay means the situation worsens.

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Local resident, Bill Clark, snapped this shot of the New Year's Eve fireworks in Picton.

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Investigators are debating whether radio towers next to Marlborough’s main emergency response building will topple in a big earthquake.

An engineer has advised the Marlborough District Council to take samples from the foundations of three steel towers surrounding Blenheim’s emergency operations centre, on Wither Rd, after old structural drawings left him with “more questions than answers”.

The towers allowed the region’s civil defence team to contact and, if required, co-ordinate vital response groups during emergencies.

But Marlborough emergency services manager Brian Paton said no-one could pinpoint when the three towers

were built, raising questions about the integrity of their concrete slab foundations.

The towers were in place “well before” the emergency operations centre, built in 2002. Drawings of them had been found and passed to the engineer tasked with determining if the towers were stable.

“It wouldn’t be a total disaster if one fell down, but if the whole lot fell it would compromise our response.

We would have to operate out of our communications truck, which is not ideal,” Brian said.

The truck was a little cramped, he said. “It’s doable, but not pretty.”

The emergency operations centre was unlikely to cop much damage if a tower tumbled onto it, as it was “built to be the last place standing”.

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If the towers had been in Seddon in 2013, when a 6.6-magnitude quake struck, or in Kaikoura in 2016, when the 7.8-magnitude quake hit, their stability would have been tested.

“Regardless of what kind of emergency happens, we need everything to be working at the emergency operations centre... we’re quite reliant on those towers being there after a good shake.”

He said the engineer ruled in an initial assessment that the towers were likely stable, but identified some possible foundation issues.

“What we need to do now is drill into the foundations and find out what sort of concrete they’re made of, how solid the bases are, and whether they’re true to the drawings or if someone just drew something up because they needed to submit something,” he said.

Hipkins Cup sea swim calling for registrations The Hipkins Cup is just over two weeks away so if you haven’t already made plans to participate, now is the time.

This annual sea swim is hosted by the Rarangi Surf Lifesaving Club and will take place on Sunday, January 24.

The swim starts from Rarangi Beach about 300m north of the Fire Station, and heads across to the far entrance of Whites Bay where swimmers then complete a zigzag across the bay and into the beach to the finish line.

The swim covers somewhere around 2.5-3km depending on how straight competitors swim.

Wetsuits are recommended however the more traditional one-piece or speedos are welcome for those who don’t feel the cold, race organiser Brendon Ferguson says.

“Hi-vis caps are a must however there will be some available for $5 at the registration desk.”

The entry fee for the swim is $10 per competitor and those

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Registrations open from 11.15am with a race briefing following at 11.50am, ready for the start at 12noon.

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Be prepared - tips to get your home safe from fires this summer As summer approaches, Fire and Emergency wants people living with a risk of wildfire to act now and protect their homes from the wildfire hazard.

This includes people living in rural communities, on lifestyle blocks and near town boundaries or large areas of scrub and bush.

Fire and Emergency Wildfire Specialist Graeme Still says identifying and removing fire risks around your home now will increase your property’s chance of surviving a wildfire.

“Everything within 60 metres from your house can determine how safe it will be

in a wildfire.

“Focus on any fire hazards in contact with your home first. Clear your gutters, get a non-flammable doormat and remove flammable materials like firewood stacked against your home,” Graeme says.

“Once you’ve made your home safe, work your way outwards to the edges of your property and include other buildings and sheds.

“Keep your lawns watered and green - the greener the grass, the less likely it will burn in a wildfire.

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“Prune the lower branches on trees within 30 metres of your home to help reduce the intensity and spread of a wildfire.”

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He korero no te Kaunihera o Wairau NEWS FROM THE MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT COUNCIL

Muller Road critical infrastructure project begins Do it once, do it right is the driver behind a significant Blenheim infrastructure upgrade about to begin in Muller Road.

The Council will start site investigations on 12 January as part of the critical works project to replace the wastewater, stormwater and water mains along Muller Road, between Redwood Street and Weld Street. Construction is due to start at the Redwood Street end on 18 February.

“Over the past 15 years, the expansion of Blenheim’s residential areas has seen more pressure put on existing stormwater and wastewater facilities, some of which are beyond their useful life. New infrastructure is needed,” said Councillor Nadine Taylor, Chair of the Council’s Assets and Services Committee.

The $3.5 million project, which has been awarded to infrastructure company Fulton Hogan, is part of Blenheim’s 30 year infrastructure upgrade strategy. The project will take up to 12 months with completion planned for late 2021.

“We recognise there will be disruption for residents. However, the Council wants to ‘do it once, do it right’ and minimise future disruption by replacing all the critical services at once. These works also include improvements for property owners, with new pipe connections to stormwater, wastewater and the water main,” Clr Taylor said.

The sewerage pipes in this area of Blenheim are old and beyond their useful life. The project will see new stormwater pipes installed which will reduce the surface water flooding risk. The water main will also be replaced at the same time, with new duplicate pipes on each side of the road.

Once completed, the road will be resurfaced from kerb to kerb in chip seal.

All berms, kerbs and footpaths will be reinstated where affected.

There will be a flow-on effect for traffic in the area with sections of the road closed to the public during daytime work hours, with one way traffic only outside the hours of work.

Another busy year for Enviroschools It was a busy year in 2020 for Marlborough’s schools and early childhood centres in their journey towards long-term sustainability.

Enviroschools started in Marlborough in 2005 with just five schools. Now all seven kindergartens and 29 schools in the region are part of the programme.

Last year saw a number of projects including helping Fairhall School plan their Green Gold Walk, learning about pest trapping with Renwick School and reflecting on Enviroschools Silver with Waikawa Bay School. Rapaura School also looked at vision mapping to help them decide what action they want to take in 2021 and Renwick Kindergarten investigated solar panels.

Marlborough District Council Education Officer and Enviroschools Regional Coordinator Annie McDonald, who has led the programme for the past 20 years, said her part-time team of four supported teachers and students in a number of ways.

“We run professional development workshops for teachers and skills workshops for students. We offer to model lessons, provide local resources and contacts, support Envirogroups and student

Riding into a new role She’s been a familiar face at many Marlborough schools over the past four years helping local children learn how to ride.

Now Sandy Large has pedalled into a new position as RideOn Coordinator for the Council’s cycle skills training courses.

RideOn is a cycle skills education programme for schools. Trainees’ learn the benefits of cycling and develop an understanding of road rules, giving riding skills and knowledge to gain confidence for the road conditions they’d expect to encounter. They are also equipped with skills to be safe and considerate out on the road to foster a lifelong involvement in biking.

Sandy has been one of nine cycle skills instructors for the past four years but moved into the coordinator’s role late last year.

“I just love it when you get kids who have not had the opportunity to ride a bike before and are nervous, but by the end of the course they are riding with confidence and their skills have progressed,” she said.

The RideOn programme, aligned with the national BikeReady initiative, is free for schools and has proven to be popular in Marlborough with six schools

involved annually. “Due to funding restrictions, spaces on the programme are limited,” Sandy said.

Training begins with Grade One which is off-road for Year 5 students - this includes bike and helmet safety checks, starting and stopping with control, steering and manoeuvring safely around objects, using gears correctly and emergency breaking.

In Year 6 the children graduate to Grade Two which takes them out of the school grounds on to local roads. They have to be able to complete all the Grade One core skills first.

“By the end of two three-hour Grade Two sessions, the children grow in confidence to bike on local roads and develop the understanding of how to assess dynamic risks as a cyclist, through different types of controlled and uncontrolled intersections,” said Sandy.

A mum of four, Sandy taught her own children how to ride bikes, as well as being part of the management at The Graperide, so she’s had plenty of first-hand experience. She’s also a dab hand with a hockey stick and works for Hockey Marlborough coaching the New Zealand Small Sticks programme in schools.

Waikawa Bay School students are pictured here hard at work on their Enviroschools programme in and around the school. actions and help connect schools to each other to share their learning and environmental actions.”

“We also work with staff and students to reflect on their programmes and projects and celebrate achievements which is really important,” she said.

This year will bring some new focus areas including a workshop on climate change for secondary school students, a pilot programme with early childhood centres and teacher workshops on Learning for Sustainability.

Jamming at Marlborough District Libraries Kiwi Jam are musicians, storytellers, songwriters and instrument makers based in the Marlborough Sounds.

Their show combines interactive storytelling, music and games, for children of all ages.

They will be performing at Picton Library and Service Centre on Wednesday 13 January at 2.30 pm and at Marlborough District Library (Blenheim) on Tuesday 19 January at 2.00 pm.

Everyone is welcome to these free events.

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Queen Elizabeth II Award of Music Notice is given that the committee administering the above fund will give consideration to an award or awards to the Marlborough/Kaikoura candidate (or candidates) 18 years of age or under, who in 2020 passed the Royal School of Music or Trinity College of Music examinations Grade VIII instrumental or Grade VI vocal (whether or not the candidate was examined within the Marlborough or Kaikoura districts).

The residency qualifications are a minimum of one year for residents of Marlborough/Kaikoura, though students who are temporarily living in other areas are eligible. The Awards Committee will consider nominations received.

Street Address: Phone: 03 520 7400 15 Seymour Street Fax: 03 520 7496 Email: mdc@marlborough.govt.nz Blenheim 7201 New Zealand

It is at their discretion whether or not to make an award.

Nominations must be received in writing addressed to the District Secretary, Marlborough District Council, PO Box 443, Blenheim 7240 on or before Friday 15 January 2021.

There are no nomination forms but it would be of assistance for the Awards Committee to receive background information in support of any nomination lodged, including any examination result reports.

Any queries should be directed to Tony Quirk, Marlborough District Council, at tony.quirk@marlborough.govt.nz Mayor John Leggett.

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Heaton’s love of the harness game

By Harness News Desk’s Dave Di Somma

On the eve of the Marlborough Harness Racing Club’s two-day summer meeting on Friday January 15 and Sunday January 17, The Sun features an article with local trainer, owner and horse enthusiast Mark Heaton.

A glazier by trade, a forklift driver by profession, and a harness racing trainer by choice Mark Heaton’s about as grassroots as it gets.

“I’m an amateur trainer and train other people’s cast offs.”

His working day starts at 5am and it’s usually more than 12 hours later before he gets home.

The 61-year-old trains just two horses at Waterlea raceway in Blenheim after finishing his forklift shift at Pak’nSave.

While his wife Naomi was involved in equestrian and especially dressage events, Mark’s interest was confined to following the horses from afar, and going to the trots at Hutt Park. He was living in Wellington at the time.

That all changed in December 2007.

“We owned a small horse truck that we used for our hacks and we ended up at Westport racecourse. The kind gate assistant, thinking we had race horses, let us through to the stabling area. After watching a few races and losing our money I decided to get a Standardbred,” Mark said.

He was told, “you must have rocks in your head.” Naomi was also reluctant because she thought “it might lead to Mark finding out how much I spend on horses!”

Two months after going to the Westport races the Heatons had their first horse, Aveross Star. He was well bred, a son of Courage Under Fire, but had failed to fire for original trainer Andrew Faulks. He bought it for $250. He ended up earning more

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“I was told he was a knee knocker so I said to Graham Neill (local trainer) – what’s a knee knocker and he said ‘you’ll find out’ “ The horse was nicknamed “Wobbly”, a nickname that has now transferred to Heaton himself.

“Everyone calls me ‘Wobbly’ now”.

Under Mark’s ownership Aveross Star was transferred to Blenheim trainer Mark Gill.

“He showed me how to gear up a horse, I didn’t even know how to do that.”

He had four starts for him including a second with driver Anthony Butt on June 13 2008.

By October Mark had taken over the training of the horse and his first win came in Manawatu in November 2008 with driver Gavin Smith at odds of 54 to one after being three wide and then sitting parked.

The horse also won and paid $38 in the Marlborough Harness Racing Club meeting in January 2010.

Longshot winners and Mark Heaton are not strangers.

“My horses always pay good money ..and that’s fine by me.”

When Mister Mighty won in November 2019 he paid $97 and $9.40.

“I am not a big gambler, but I had a reasonable bet. It was a good day.”

Mark owns and trains Mister Mighty and six-race winner Contractual Issues.

Both came from North Canterbury trainer Robbie Holmes and both are

Mark Heaton with his gelding Contractual Issues which will race at the Marlborough meeting.

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Local musician and flute player, Gus Johnston, has been involved with the flute instrument since his mid-teens, as well as the local music scene for a number of years, and is taking on the role of the 'fool' in Havelock Theatre's production 'A Bunch of Amateurs'. Photo provided.

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The fool’s flute Havelock Theatre’s forthcoming production of the comedy ‘A Bunch of Amateurs’ centres around a struggling community theatre’s production of - ‘King Lear’ – recognised as the Everest of Shakespeare’s plays.

Each scene in A Bunch of Amateurs is neatly summed up by the ‘fool’ quoting his lines from ‘King Lear’ relating to the journey of the bunch of amateurs on stage.

In Elizabethan times, the role of a fool, or court jester was to professionally and safely comment on the workings and politics of the court.

In ‘A Bunch of Amateurs’ the fool comments on events in the play, the king’s actions and acts as Lear’s conscience Director, Peter Meikle had an idea in mind how to make this work and looked around for someone local who could

create the unique and authentic music required; enter local musician and flute player, Gus Johnston, who has been involved with the instrument since his mid-teens and has been involved with the local music scene for a number of years.

“The flute is a very expressive instrument to play and one of the most portable instruments. I can take it most places even into the mountains to strike up a tune,” he says.

“It’s a panacea to me, good for the mind and soul.”

Gus spent several months researching the authentic Elizabethan sound and has composed all the original music for this production.

“Accompanying the talented Havelock theatre cast and production team is a first for me,” he says.

“The preparation to convey this challenging play this year started many months in advance with dedication from cast and director.”

Director Peter adds; “having live music really enhances the performance and shows the depth of talent available in the region for this unique collaboration.

“Gus’s music is beautiful and adds a huge professional touch which has taken the production to a whole new level for the audience to share and enjoy” A Bunch of Amateurs plays in the Havelock Town Hall from January 20 -30.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 concession and $10 for children under 14. They can be obtained from Bow to Stern. Phone (03) 574 2941 or https://trybooking.co.nz/ FFM

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RS A YE 8 1 Rob Marshall, Owner and Director of Marlborough Plumbing and Heating started his business back in 2002 under the name Running Plumbing Ltd. Then a name change happened in 2004 to Marlborough Plumbing & Heating. Since then we have served the region with our expertise in Plumbing, Heating and Solar. No ordinary Plumber that’s for sure!! Our main philosophy is that we are there to help and we will not sell you something that you don’t need! We are the “good guys” who are committed to seeing a job done right and a very happy customer.

Purpose built in 2007 Raupo Cafe & Restaurant proudly sits on the beautiful Taylor Riverbank on the former Council aviary site and opposite Blenheim’s first business site, The Raupo Store.

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RS A YE 4 10 Murray and Peter Bush are proud of their long standing family business. J. Bush & Sons Ltd started producing local honey in 1916 with their grandfather Horace, then later their father John.

The year 2020 has been difficult for many but Murray and Peter would like to extend “a huge thank you” to all their loyal customers. “You have brought your containers out to our factory at 168 Old Renwick Road for honey refills and beeswax supplies, or purchased our honey from one of our local supermarket retail partners. “By doing this you have made our year feel slightly normal. Thank you.”

The Johnson family have recently clocked up 101 years of service in the Marlborough Sounds. Their Havelock based company, Johnson’s Barge Service Ltd, is owned and operated by Peter and Jennie Johnson, the third generation to continue on the family business. The team specialises in freighting, salvage, mooring installation and service to the Pelorus Sound, D’Urville Island and Nelson areas.

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RS A YE 6 1 Brumby’s Bakery owners, Sean and Sharon Boswell, are celebrating the amazing milestone of having served over 1.3 million Marlborough customers. In 2004 Sean and Sharon opened the first Brumby’s Bakery in Blenheim.

Customers have always been their priority, with Sean and Sharon forming lasting friendships with the many locals who visit the store. Over the years they have watched their regulars grow up, and begin families of their own. Sean and Sharon love to support our amazing community, and have donated many a loaf of bread to worthy causes like OSCARS, schools and church groups.

Above all, they would like to thank Marlborough for the years of support locals have shown them.

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RS A YE 1 2 It has been 21 years since Marlborough Motorcycles owners, Brendon and Cathy Wadsworth, launched their business from home.

Humble beginnings quickly grew to a larger scale operation covering motorcross, enduro and trail riding, and the opening of a premise on Grove Road. Then in recent years the couple purchased Peter Grinter Motorcycles, a business which has operated since 1981, putting two well established motorcycle names under one roof. Today, Marlborough Motorcycles holds the Can-Am and Kawasaki dealerships and provides sales and servicing for all forms of motorcycles.

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The business operates on Scott Street and is owned by Colin Payne.

It’s not only the books which attract customers, but also the brewing and distilling which has a large following.

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The company began its journey in 1972 as Norm Fowke Glass and 12 years later branched into auto glass. It has continued to evolve over the years, merging with Viridian Glass in 2012, and keeping up to date with modern technology and glass options. Today, Viridian Glass Marlborough specialises in residential, commercial and auto glass. Call the team today.

The Quilters Barn has been at the Vines Village site since 1998. The owner then had Kantara Fabric House in Blenheim and moved here to create The Quilters Barn. Present day owner Fiona Higgins lives and breaths her craft! Her interest include patchwork, quilting, and sewing, cross stitch, tapestry, knitting and many more handcrafts. Five grandchildren later she has been quilting for 25 years.

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Cyclist on riverbank Is there a speed limit for bicycles along the river bank? One chap sped past me this morning at a rate of knots as if he was on the main highway.

Kerbside recycling?

What is going on with Kerb side recycling????

After being emptied our recycle bin ends up on the road after being chucked there once emptied? Are they trying to break a record for the fastest recycle pick up????

Grass dumping ...No No Plague ‘No Plague’ once again astonishes us with his/ her ignorance. As of now 1.7milillion deaths world wide, 323,000 in the United States (daily cases are about one person dying per minute), the UK with a new strain hitting younger people...

Get your head out of your.er..puddle and look at the world mate. We are after all, part of it.

No spark in cricket What happens when money dictates sport.

Here is a perfect case where Spark Sport won’t show cricket live on TV. I feel sorry for the old people who love their cricket but cannot afford online coverage.

Sooner SKY gets the TV rights the better. Thats alright Spark we will watch Australia and India instead.

Grass dumping: re the rising cost of dumping grass clippings, there are several alternatives.

Mulching attachments mean grass is recycled to the soil, no catcher required. Caught grass can be composted at home and used to increase garden fertility. Start thinking about sustainability rather than clinging on to wasteful outdated habits.

Impatient drivers Encountered my 1st impatient idiot due to new speed limits. 27/12/2020. Motorcycle coming out of Pelorus Bridge , blind corner on my side of the road, overtaking camper van and other cars. Be careful people.

Wage rises for all You blinked! Yes, as predicted, Parlimentary salaries slipped through unnoticed, back dated to October, unable to justify increase. But, wait there’s more; President H1 Clark now wants the minimum wage raised to $23 an hour, boosting her re-election chances to replace Cindy new UN posting. Are we heading for currency devaluation? You will be told when our leader comes back from overseas plus isolation-at premier house? Hmmm. Jab in the arm darling?

Unfriendly Blenheim As a Christmas time visitor, that knows this town well over the years. I was walking the Taylor River Park early of a morning, I said, “Morning” to 5 sets of people, some single and some multiples. I got cold silence from four, a younger female jogger was the only to reply. Of the rest of unfriendly’s they were my age. What an unfriendly town Blenheim has become.

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Where are you traffic cops Headed to Kaikoura for the day.

Holiday season and travelled at speed limit on cruise control. Yet idiots sped past at 120 - 130 km/hour. Saw one traffic cop at Kk. Where were others?

They would’ve raked in speeding fines!

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Shut borders Corona V3 is coming. Entry guaranteed with ticket through our ‘closed’ knock first, arrival border. Other countries have ‘SHUT’ borders.

Meaning-NO entry. Why are we not talking to other countries NOW and preflight testing instead of in 2 weeks. Comrade in folks!

Don’t love Labour Labour has come to an end.

We had hoped labour would be out now, but INCREASED numbers instead.

What you say doesn’t stack up.

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Blenheim traffic lights Of course Blenheim needs traffic lights. As drivers sitting at roundabouts not moving when they can obviously don’t know how roundabouts work.

With traffic lights. GREEN means GO. RED means Stop.

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How come there are still bottles, cans and other rubbish appearing along the roadsides if there are no overseas tourists around? Can’t be our own residents, could it?

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By Chloe Ranford, Local Democracy Reporter Just half the properties in a Marlborough Sounds bay have been given access to a water scheme, after a fight between residents.

Residents of Oyster Bay, on Port Underwood Rd, set up a scheme decades ago to provide them with free house water, but let residents of a new subdivision use the scheme for stock and trees.

The newcomers agreed to get housewater from rain tanks.

But when it came time to replace the scheme’s permit, nine of the longtime property owners asked the Marlborough District Council for a new one, but just for them, which the newcomers opposed.

On one side, longtime residents said the newcomers were “piggybacking” off their consent and trying to get household water rights, but the newcomers argued the consent

was a “frivolous attempt” to deny them access to the water scheme.

The newcomers submitted a separate water permit application.

Commissioner John Maassen adjourned the hearing in October in the hope that residents would “come together around the campfire”, saying it would be sensible to have just one permit.

“That did not occur for a variety of reasons,” he said in a judge’s decision, issued last month. There were “misunderstandings”.

After the hearing, the newcomers proposed a single application which listed properties and what they were entitled to. This gave longtime residents three times more water than newcomers, and said that newcomers could not use the scheme for their houses.

But this was not agreed to by the longtime residents.

“Because each landowner’s use is not monitored, from time to time suspicion has

been generated that those users not entitled to domestic supply were, in fact, using water from the stream for their [house water] supply, causing supply constraints to others.”

Longtime residents asked to stick to their application to renew the permit, and John ruled there was no reason to refuse it.

He gave each of the nine properties permission to use up to 4.5 cubic metres of water a day from the water scheme, for 10 years.

Water meters would be installed at each of the properties

by December next year, so residents could monitor their water use.

This would help “in the event of continuing disagreement”.

But the meters could be replaced by a single water meter if residents decided to band beneath a single permit in the future.

“At its heart, this dispute is about a small community in a place of great beauty that is divided on ... access to water,” he said.

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Green tea as natural wine preservative Award-winning Kiwi winery Loveblock is leading the charge in wine innovation with a Sauvignon Blanc that is thought to be the first in the world to use green tea as a natural preservative in replacement of sulphur.

Instead of sulphur – the traditional preservative used in wine – green tea is used as a natural antioxidant to preserve Loveblock’s 2019 TEE Sauvignon Blanc. Green tea (Camellia sinensis) is known for its antioxidant properties, something that is being rediscovered and explored in various fields such as medicine, beauty, and now, as a new innovation in winemaking.

Green tea, which is a registered wine additive, is added at each stage of the winemaking process that sees the wine exposed to oxygen, including harvest, crush, float, racking after ferment, filtration and bottling.

Loveblock’s unique approach results in a sulphite free wine with lifted aromas of lemon verbena, saffron, orange peel and ruby red grapefruit, followed by a herbaceous layer and earthy cumin tones. Juicy white peach and citrus flavours complemented by fresh acidity round out the wine with a crisp, lingering minerality on the finish.

Made using grapes grown on Loveblock’s certified organic Awatere Valley vineyard, Loveblock TEE Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is also vegan-friendly and certified organic by BioGro. Erica Crawford, Loveblock founder, is excited about the possibilities that new winemaking techniques such as this could present.

“We believe this is the first wine in New Zealand, if not worldwide, to use green tea as a unique alternative to sulphur,” she says. “We

are very excited about the prospects of this new way of winemaking – in our opinion, winemaking should be as natural as possible, and many wine drinkers are now exploring the natural and organic wine category more than ever before.”

The Loveblock team is already adept to reducing additives in compliance with organic certification rules, such as keeping sulphur below 100ppm. To provide additional protection against oxygen’s spoiling effects, they looked to green tea as an alternative.

The use of green tea also means the wine does not ‘go off’ or oxidise. Typically, when wine does not have preservative, it can assume sherry-like flavours and a dark orange or brown colour, however green tea protects against this oxidation – meaning Loveblock TEE can remain open in the fridge.

Loveblock founder Erica Crawford. Photo by Jim Tannock Photography.

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Michelle Herkt-Simpson Office Manager, Crafar Crouch Construction • What food do you crave most often?

My Mother’s baking.

• When you have had a bad day, what do you do to feel better?

Turn up the music and sing and look at the sign on my desk: ‘Hey girl, the world needs more of you in it’ – Peggy Vasquez.

• Who has been the biggest inspiration in your life?

My parents, the late Paul & Margaret Herkt then as a Member of the Association Administrative Professionals New Zealand. I would say the administrators I have met in Marlborough, NZ and Internationally – each with their own story on how they got to where they are today.

• What’s the most beautiful place you’ve been?

My sister’s deck, creating memories with my family.

• What was the last photo you took?

Have to be my dog Zoe, cute 5-year-old bichon-maltese who thinks she is human and the beautiful sunsets we have been having in Blenheim.

• What thing do you really wish you could buy right now?

Nothing for me, I would love to buy for others – sharing the love.

• What is the best or worst purchase you’ve ever made?

Best purchase, (not that I paid for him) – my husband. Worst purchase – tickets to fly to London in March 2020 ☹.

• Favourite programme currently watching?

TV is often on as background noise, while I read a book – just finished Robyn R. Pearce – It Happened on Fifth Street – A Tale of Forgotten Heroes and now reading The Miracle Typist, by Leon Silver.

• If you had to flee the country, where would you choose to live?

Johannesburg where I sponsor students to undertake Administration Courses. It is the place where I found magic happen in 2018.

• What’s one thing on your bucket list?

Travel to the UK, Ireland and Scotland – I’ve tried 3 times to get there, so maybe 4th time lucky!

Myrtle Rust disease is a fungi.

gardening this week Myrtle rust : By Wally Richards Last year a reader contacted me asking my advice as to what she could do to prevent her Lilly Pilly being continually damaged by the Myrtle rust disease.

The reader had a feature lilly pilly hedge which she was desperate to preserve.

I was pleased that at last someone with the problem contacted me to see if my thoughts of control would work and get over the problem as it is obvious that our wonderful chemical controls that are available in NZ do not work.

If they did it would likely be front page news.

My suggestion for control was to mix Wallys Liquid Copper, Wallys Liquid Sulphur, potassium permanganate and Wallys Raingard together for spraying over the foliage.

But firstly to take the potassium permanganate at quarter a teaspoon per litre of water and spray

that over the foliage and the surrounding soil to neutralize the disease spores.

A couple of days later we water into the root zone a drench of Wallys Magic Botanic Liquid, Perkfection and Mycorrcin to build up the health of the plants.

Then a few days later to spray the combined products ( Wallys Liquid Copper, Wallys Liquid Sulphur, potassium permanganate and Wallys Raingard) over the foliage for complete coverage.

This was to be repeated again after two weeks.

Then we take three other products; Wallys Magic Botanic Liquid, Wallys Perkfection and Mycorrcin and spray them over the foliage two weeks later.

Do not use chlorinated water in the sprays or for watering the plants.

Do not use any chemical herbicides or fertilisers near the plants.

Keep area moist with non-chlorinated water when not moist through rain.

Use only natural foods such as sheep manure pellets, blood & bone etc.

What we are doing is increasing the beneficial soil life which are the Doctors and Nurses of plants in recovery mode.

We are also boosting the immune system of the plants.

The Mycorrcin on the foliage builds up the natural beneficial microbes that inhabit foliage and once they are strong in numbers then the bus is full and no rust disease spores cant get on board.

T he Wa llys Magic Botanic Liquid, Wallys Perkfection and Mycorrcin spray can be used two weekly then once a month.

If the native psyllid time has begun then add Wallys Super Neem Tree Oil to the spray and spray only late in the day.

The psyllid makes indentations (pimples) in the leaves and in some cases distortions and discolorations.

They only attack new growths and not usually found on older leaves that were not affected when young.

My reader was asked to report back to me about whether my suggestions worked or not and I am happy to say that I received a phone call to say that her much loved hedge was now free of the myrtle rust and there has been a bountiful flush of new healthy growth and overall the hedge has never looked so good.

Great what you can achieve when you work with Nature instead of trying to control it.

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Journey through Asia and its many great delicacies thanks to a local business which operates not one, but three great restaurants in Blenheim.

Founders of Simply Asia Food Group, Nuttavut Rodsienglum and Bu-nga Krataitong, own Bamboo Garden Restaurant, The Lemongrass Restaurant – both on Maxwell Road, and Chai-Yo Café located on Queen Street.

Both restaurants celebrate the fusion between Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine and have become a popular venue for friends, families and large groups.

Their approach to taking the best local ingredients and experimenting and adapting

to the local palate has proven to be highly popular.

Another exciting new addition to Bamboo Garden Restaurant is outdoor dining on the decked area, the perfect way to unwind and enjoy a meal and drink during summer.

“Diners can also enjoy a cocktail or mocktail on the deck,” Bu-nga says.

In addition to welcoming 2021, Bu-nga and Nuttavut are also looking forward to making some new changes to their popular café, Chai-Yo. Chai-Yo has become a popular destination for those who love the selection of hot curry dishes, sushi, dumplings and more recently Country Fried Chicken.

According to Bu-nga the café will undergo an exciting revamp over the coming months which will see it become Chai-Yo Asian Eatery with a fresh new décor.

“Our café concept is to provide easy lunches to go, and evening meals which can be collected,” she says.

The couple credit their success to the ongoing support shown by the Marlborough community, and thank their customers for standing by them during and after the Lockdown last year.

“We would like to thank our loyal customers,” Bu-nga says.

“It has been a pleasure serving you and we look forward to serving you in 2021.

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Positive parenting skills programme begins February

By Frances Chin

Charity Barnardos is offering a 14-week parenting programme that begins in February. This programme, called Incredible Years, will provide practical help and support for parents and caregivers of children aged three to eight, to help them grow their positive parenting skills.

“This is an international gold standard parenting programme,” says Barnardos staff members Micheline Quinn and Jessica Eaton.

“It’s been adapted to the cultural uniqueness of New Zealand.”

The programme is usually made up of 16 people, Micheline and Jessica say. The course focuses on social skills, positive discipline, child-led

play, and attachment; as well as looking at rules, routines, and structure. Barnardos has run the programme for the past eight years as a sole provider in Blenheim.

Incredible Years will take place in the Salvation Army rooms. Food will be provided, along with other practical supports for parents who might otherwise struggle to attend.

Micheline says that the group offers a lot of support for parents and caregivers, and that staff work hard to make the programme warm and safe, especially for those new to the course.

“Often people get different things out of it.

“People who attend get that feeling that they’re not alone, and there are other people who are struggling

with the same thing.

“Pa rent hood ca n be really isolating sometimes. This is a safe place to share experiences. It is really powerful, people form a really strong bond.”

Barnardos urges people to give them a call, if they’re interested in joining the group. Any local agency such as schools and GPs can give a referral.

“Parents report their relationship with their child has much improved.

“We get some really positive feedback from parents.”

An icebreaker day takes place on February 3. The first session is on Wednesday February 10, from 10am to 12.30pm.

The programme ends at the start of June, with time off for the holidays.

Incredible Years is a free programme that offers the oppertunity for parents of children aged 3-8 to advance their positive parenting skills.

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Wednesday January 6, 2021

EVENT: Picton’s News Years Eve Festival Warm weather greeted people who attended the New Years Eve Festival at Picton.

Photos by Glenise Dreaver

From left, Jahlea Hawira (6), Jayda-Lee Hawira (9) Jizelle Hawira (8) and three-year-old Jayde Kiriona at front all from Blenheim, are happy to show off the jellyfish and other treasures they found on the foreshore at Picton before the night’s festival fun began.

Carol, Te Rei and Shanun Lambert have just moved to Picton and were enjoying their first New Year’s Eve on the foreshore.

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Picton Community Patrol members Kerry Eager and Janice Jackson of Picton were there at the start and the two volunteers expected it would be at last 1am before they checked out once festivities were over.

Kevin and Val McLean had come over from Nelson and decided to stay the night to welcome the New Year in Picton.

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Nine-year-old Chiara Erickstad was keeping an eye on dad Charlie to make sure he put in the correct order at the Whitebait Caravan on the foreshore.

Jack Stone of Blenheim checks out whether sister Leila is enjoying her hot dog as much as he is.

All the space you need You’re never too old to enjoy an ice cream on a hot day and locals Rosemary Jorgensen and Geoff Aitken were relishing theirs when the Sun caught up with them on the foreshore.

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Some social distancing didn’t deter the crowd from enjoying the last of the day’s sunshine while they listen to the start of the evening’s entertainment.

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Holiday tagged fish competition underway Last month 200 tagged rainbow trout were released into Lake Argyle, and for those who hook themselves one of the lucky fish there are some great prizes up for grabs.

Jacob Lucas of Nelson Marlborough Fish & Game says “some of the tagged fish are whoppers too - so make sure you check your knots”.

“We’ve also released some 1kg and over salmon into the lake which will provide some great enjoyment and tasty table fare for lucky anglers.”

To enter: 1. Catch a tagged fish 2. Take a photo of the tag 3. Send Fish & Game the tag number - via email, phone, or facebook 4. Nelson Marlborough Fish & Game will tell you if you’re a winner!

There are some great prizes up for grabs, including 2 x $500 Henderson’s Vouchers, rod/reel combos plus other great prizes. Thanks to Henderson’s for the generous sponsorship.

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COMMUNITY WELFARE CO-ORDINATOR One of the 200 tagged rainbow trout which was released into Lake Argyle prior to Christmas, ready for release by a Nelson Marlborough Fish & Game staff member. The holiday tagged fish competition is still open.

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As our well-known Community Welfare Co-ordinator is leaving us next year, we require an experienced staff member to fill this vacancy for the Marlborough area. Age Concern Marlborough Inc is a registered charity which seeks to preserve and promote the wellbeing, rights, respect for and dignity of older people in our community. We do this by providing support, information, advocacy services, advice, friendship and social services.

We are looking for a self-motivated person with demonstrable experience working with older persons, and preferably with appropriate social worker qualifications. You will need an empathetic manner, the ability to work with clients from a diversity of backgrounds, the ability to prioritise and adapt, and to be a team player. You will also need some knowledge of contract budgeting and commit to fulfilling contract reporting requirements, as well as the ability to learn in-house computer systems. We envisage this position would be 35 hours per week, but could be managed on a job-share basis.

A job description can be obtained from our Treasurer, email p.clay@xtra.co.nz Please send your expression of interest and supporting documentation to our Treasurer at p.clay@xtra.co.nz by Sunday 10th January 2021.

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Urgent Care Centre: Wairau Hospital Grounds. Entry off Hospital Rd, Blenheim, 8am-8pm daily. Phone (03) 520 6377.

Ambulance: Urgent 111. Non urgent 579 4870.

After Hours Chemists: Springlands Pharmacy: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 6pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am - 5pm, Public Holidays 10am - 5pm. Closed Christmas Day. Ph 578 2271.

Community Care Pharmacy: Within the Blenheim Warehouse, open 7 days 9am8pm. Only closed Christmas Day. Lifeline Marlborough: 0800 543354, 24hr helpline.

Women’s Refuge and Sexual Violence Support Centre Marlborough: Crisis line number phone 0800 refuge or 03 5779939.

Victim Support: 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) Alcoholics Anonymous: 0800 AA WORKS - 0800 229 6757.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free, friendly, confidential advice. Mon - Fri 9.30am 4pm. Phone 578 4272.

Wairau Hospital: Hospital Visiting Hours: Daily 11.30am-7.30pm, children under 12 may visit parents only.

Maternity Ward: 10am-noon, 4pm-7pm.

Children's Ward: Daily 10am-8pm. Visiting at all times is subject to the discretion of the nurse in charge of the ward.

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LOUGHNAN, Barbara Ellen: On Friday January 1, 2021, peacefully at Hospice Marlborough surrounded by her loving family. Aged 87 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Albie. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Gay and Robin Southon (Brisbane), Judy (Brisbane) and Jim Crook (deceased), Donna and Barry Moore (Reefton), Gary and Karen (Auckland), Erin and Ken Ririnui (Nelson), Terry and Anna (Nelson), Vicky and Davey (Waikawa), and Barry and Bel (Blenheim). Loved Grandmother of her 19 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Loved sister of Barry and Judy Caldwell (Gold Coast), June and Max Thompson (both deceased), and Bill and Irene Caldwell (both deceased). Precious friend of Tommie and the Sullivan family. Messages may be sent to 15 Sinnamon Street, Reefton 7830.

Special thanks to the caring staff at Hospice Marlborough, Wairau Hospital and Bethsaida Retirement Village. A Requiem Mass for Barbara will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Reefton, at 1.00 pm on Friday January 8, followed by interment at Reefton Cemetery.

Benfell, Evelyn Joyce (nee Bartlett) 04/04/1923 – 26/12/2020 Peacefully in our arms at Springlands Lifestyle Village. Dearly loved wife of the late Leonard Benfell.

Rest in peace, together again. Dearly beloved mother and mother-in-law of Wendy Lemberg & Chris Higgs (Picton), Joe & Kay Benfell (Blenheim), Shirley & the late Geoff Cant (Tinwald), Pauline & the late Gavin Shepherd (Waimate), Lynda & James Hobbs (Ashburton), Diane & Robert Sutton (Renwick), Violet & Allan Skudder (Christchurch), Selwyn & Annette Benfell (Christchurch), Karen & Richard Sands (Perth), Adrienne & Peter Smith (Christchurch).

The dearly loved Nana of all her 161 grand, great grand, and Great-great grandchildren.

Beloved sister of Robert and the late Lyla, Coral, Rene, and Zoe. Special friend of the late Richard Westenra. Special thanks to the staff that cared for Mum during her final days. Messages to 9 Cornwall Street, Picton.

No flowers by request. No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him - 1 Corinthians 2:9 At Joyce’s request, a private cremation has been held.

DONACHIE, Mary Bernadette (Bunny): On Sunday January 3, 2021, at Hospice Marlborough, peacefully with family at her side. Aged 91 years. Dearly loved wife of the late David. Loving and dedicated mother and mother-in-law of Graham, Trevor (deceased), Karlyn and Michael, and Heather.

Loved Granny of Bernard, Patrick, Simon, and Susan; Stella; David and Johnathon.

Great Granny of Alishya, Bella, Hunter, Arvi, Myka, Beau, Gemma, Sophie, Marshall, Makai, and Zavier (deceased). Much loved Aunty and Granny Bunny to many. A cherished life well lived and loved. Messages may be sent to 10 Howick Road, Blenheim 7201. A special thanks to Bunny’s friends and family who have cared in recent times. A Requiem Mass for Bunny will be celebrated at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Maxwell Road, Blenheim at 10.30 am on Friday January 8, followed by interment at Fairhall Cemetery.

Respectfully cared for by GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719

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Respectfully cared for by GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Senior Citizens Hall, 172 High Street. Sundays 10 a.m.

All welcome. 5785030.

Acknowledgement FROST, Neville John The family of Neville would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for the floral tributes, visits, phone calls and cards of condolence. They were greatly appreciated. Please accept this as a personal thank you.

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sports talk With Jacob Page

Seeing red at Hagley Oval Call me a grumpy old man at 31-years-old but my experience at day one of the Hagley Oval test on Sunday was less than stellar.

Hagley Oval itself is a lovely ground for cricket, full of grassy embankments and new lights which will make evening cricket a reality from this weekend.

However, it has issues as a spectator once you take the romance out of it.

For me, as a pale individual, there is very little shade and the prospect of seven hours in direct sun is not

at all appealing.

While my partner and I did find a slither of shade, it was soon nearly impossible to see above the large outdoor chairs of those in front of us.

I had enough eye-line to see one end of the pitch between a bloke in a chair and the brim of another fellow’s hat.

Because you’re at a sporting event in New Zealand, people get up and down every 10 minutes to get a beer and it left me all a bit frustrated.

You then get late-comers who park their chairs in front of you, ruining your geometrically perfect vantage point.

All of this can be avoided if I sat in the sun near the boundary line but unless I want to look as red as a lobster by 6:30pm and subject myself to painful shower experiences in the days following, it’s just not an option.

I went to the Basin Reserve for the test against the West Indies in December and loved it.

I had an allocated seat in the

Sport subscription for the rest of it.

On a side note, I think it’s time to do away with drinks breaks.

They take far too long and minutes after one is completed, more drinks are being run on to the field between overs.

Teams can’t get through the 90 overs in a day anyway so saving five to seven minutes by scrapping drinks breaks could allow the paying public a chance to get the daily overs they pay for.

It is an entertainment product after all.

King and Queen of the Withers set for Saturday

Anglers reminded to do the right thing Two months into the new sports fishing season, the Central South Island Fish & Game Council (CSI Fish & Game) is pleased that 98 per cent of anglers are following the rules.

CSI Fish & Game Compliance Coordinator Hamish Stevens said, “The fact that nearly 98% were sticking to the rules shows that current ranging efforts are working with anglers’ deciding not to flout the law.”

With the holiday season in full swing, CSI Fish & Game are reminding anglers to purchase a 2020-2021 season licence and have it on them, ready to show a Ranger.

Angling opportunities abound this summer, particularly with the absence of overseas anglers on

R.A Vance stand which looked directly down the pitch, it was sheltered and ideal for a cricket tragic who wants a genuine cricket experience.

I don’t expect Hagley to change much, it’s a grassy ground so you know what to expect when you buy a ticket.

However, as a cricket tragic, the viewing experience falls well short of the Basin Reserve.

Maybe I’ll just make the trek north each season and do cricket my way and stick to the Spark

some of New Zealand’s premium Backcountry fisheries.

There simply has never been a better time to get out on the water and experience these world renowned fisheries.

All freshwater anglers that fish for trout, salmon, perch and other sports fish, must hold a valid sports fishing licence and adhere to the sports fishing regulations in their regulation guides, which can differ between waterways.

The most common offence (21) found by Rangers last season was fishing without a valid sports fishing licence.

Other offences were: fishing out of season; providing false and misleading information; and using more than one fishing rod.

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Twenty five offenders were summonsed to appear in the District Court.

The penalty for fishing without a licence - and most other regulation breaches - is a fine of up to $5000, forfeiture of fishing gear used and a criminal conviction.

Stevens believes people must make the right choice or face the consequences.

“Anglers who choose to fish without a licence or otherwise break the rules can expect to end up in Court. It’s not a risk worth taking and it is much cheaper and less stressful to simply get a licence and follow the rules.”

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The annual King and Queen of the Withers will welcome in the new year on Saturday.

The popular 10km hill race in the Wither Hills Farm Park.

While the event caters for all abilities, it also boasts a quality field of national runners.

The winner and titleholder for King of the Withers and Queen of the Withers will be the first male and first female home.

Last year, George Varney was the fastest man home in 41 minutes and 37 seconds.

He was nine seconds ahead of Julius Stromberg.

Megan Graham (nee Craig) continued her recent dominance of the Queen of the Withers title, after she was the first woman home in a time of 45:35, more than 90 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.

The course starts from the Rifle Range car park heading up towards the Quail stream car park on the farm track before turning right and crossing Quail stream on the small footbridge beside the car park, looping back on a track through the trees.

After a short downhill, a left turn

leads to a steep climb up the ridge to the rotary lookout, the course then continues on the ridge, past the twin tanks, climbing along the Taylor View Track before taking a left turn and heading downhill on the Reservoir Ridge track and then forking left down the Upper Harling Park track.

At the bottom of the Upper Harling track, another left turn leads down a short hill back towards the Quail Stream car park, finally once more across the Quail Stream footbridge and downhill back to the finish.

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Wednesday January 6, 2021

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