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Star gazer

Story and photo by Celeste Alexander Blenheim amateur astronomer Graeme McKay made a discovery from his home observatory that has been published online by the European Space Agency.

It’s a significant event, according to Graeme who says his observation of the occultation of a star by an asteroid has put Blenheim on the international stage.

Continued on page 2 Blenheim amateur astronomer Graeme McKay pictured in his home observatory.

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Asteroid movement viewed from Blenheim Continued from page 1 On September 20, Graeme headed out to his observatory to view the predicted occultation after midnight, started his ‘C11’ telescope (28cm aperture) and Watec-120N+ video camera and waited to see what would happen.

An occultation occurs when, in this case, an asteroid passes in front of a more distant object, partially or totally hiding the object and momentarily blocking its light.

The predictive calculations were put up by the International Occultation Timing Association, a world-wide

amateur professional organisation devoted to the observation and scientific usage of star occultations.

According to Graeme, this ‘network’ of astronomers provide the dates, locations and times of an occurrence so that anyone in that area can view it.

In Graeme’s case he came across the information and realised he was in the perfect position.

The 60 kilometre minor planet (671) was due to pass in front of what is called a 10th magnitude star. The event meant that an occultation path ran right over New Zealand’s

centre.

This enabled Graeme to measure the onset and end of the occultation which showed a drop in brightness recorded as the asteroid passed in front of the star, essentially providing the size of the shadow and therefore the size of the asteroid.

Graeme reported that he had witnessed it without knowing he would be the first.

“I was congratulated for making the observation based on the new Gaia data set which was a surprise but great news, and was published on the Gaia website as the image of the

week,” he says.

Gaia is a satellite which was launched three years ago by the European Space Agency with the mission of charting a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way galaxy, as well as revealing its composition, formation and evolution.

The first catalogue of more than a billion stars from the satellite was published just one week before Graeme’s observation.

Graeme is one of two locals with observatories in Marlborough and is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand.

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Power trust calls for opposition

By Cathie Bell The Marlborough Electric Power Trust is warning people about Inland Revenue Department plans to tax the trust’s consumer payouts.

Trust chairman Ross Inder says he is extremely concerned about how a tax on the discount would affect customers and the trust itself.

“We very much want people to be aware that if this proceeds, the implications on the less-advantaged will be quite dramatic.

“It may be that one response is to remind politicians of the political fallout.”

Ross says Marlborough Lines received a working paper from

Inland Revenue in the past week outlining the proposed tax and he suspects the proposal has been ‘on the cards for some time’.

“It is something that we’ve been concerned could happen, and it is a problem. It’s all very well and good for the government agencies to say, ‘there’s money to be had here’, but they are not concerned how that will affect our consumers in the least.”

Energy trusts around New Zealand are meeting in Blenheim this week, and they planned to raise it with Energy and Resources minister Simon Bridges, who was to speak at their conference yesterday morning, but he was unable to fly to Blenheim as scheduled.

Marlborough Electric Power Trust chairman Ross Inder, with a Tesla electric car, outside the trusts’ conference.

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Pine nuts hitting a big expansion phase

By Cathie Bell Pinoli pine nuts will be back at the Marlborough Farmers’ Market next month, and are expanding the business and starting exports to Australia.

Pinoli director Barbara Wiltshire says the pine nuts will also be available in Marlborough’s specialist food stores in midDecember as well.

The premium nut, grown from Mediterranean stone pine trees, is grown around the district. Barbara says the company is the only commercial grower of pine nuts in New Zealand, and possibly the only one in the Southern hemisphere.

The business has been operating for nine years, but the company’s trees have been growing for 20 years.

Barbara says Pinoli’s first trees were planted in 1998, and it can be up to 10 years before the trees start producing the nut-bearing pine cones.

Harvesting the pine nuts is a complicated process.

The cones are picked in winter and have to be shaken free from the trees, using a pole to hit them down.

Pinoli now uses a machine to vibrate the trees ‘thirty seconds one direction and thirty seconds the other and they fall off’, Barbara says.

“They are closed at that stage, they require several months of drying and then they start opening.”

There are about 100 seeds in the average cone, and they are covered in a sort of black soot which has to be cleaned off, and then the protective coating removed to get the pine nut out.

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Invader caught A man has been arrested and appeared in court after a burglary in Springlands earlier this week.

Police say a 26 year-old man was charged with burglary and aggravated assault with a firearm.

He is alleged to have been in the process of burgling a Springlands home in Blenheim on Monday morning when the home-owner, a man in his 70s, disturbed him in a bedroom.

The arrested man is alleged to have threatened the home-owner with a shotgun that he’d located in the house.

Renwick aquifer healthy

Barbara Wiltshire, Pinoli director, and Zoe Thompson, sales and dispatch manager, in front of a Fairhall hillside planted in stone pine trees.

pany’s purpose-built processing facility in the Wairau Valley.

Their oldest trees are in the Wairau Valley, and they have developed a 350 hectare block close

by Cape Campbell in Grassmere where the oldes trees are six, and have planted more trees in Fairhall, as well as having some harvesting arrangements with tree owners around Marlborough and Oamaru.

“In a couple of years’ time, it will be full-on.”

Barbara and sales and dispatch manager Zoe Thompson say the company is in expansion mode,

planting more stone pine trees in Fairhall, setting up export markets in Australia and other countries, and returning to the farmers’ market and outlets in Marlborough.

Barbara and her husband Andy returned from overseas in December and are now concentrating on growing the business, she says.

The couple got into pine nuts after the forestry company Andy was working for was approached by a PhD student with seeds.

The company decided not to pursue the opportunity because of the time it would take to see results, but allowed Andy to buy

the seeds and develop the business.

“We thought it would be a retirement project.”

Zoe’s husband Lee Paterson planted many of the trees for the Wiltshires and they also bought into the company.

Zoe says the company’s first shipment to Melbourne leaves next month, and the pine nuts have been a great success at the Melbourne Food Fair.

The pine nuts are a premium product, larger and with higher protein levels than the varieties growing in China.

The aquifer water level at Renwick is looking healthy compared to this time last year, Marlborough District Council operations and maintenance engineer Stephen Rooney says.

The Wairau River has been flowing regularly at more than 80 to 100 cubic metres per second providing good recharge to the aquifer, and rain has kept lawns and gardens green so water demand for garden irrigation has remained low.

“However, this can change quickly if there is prolonged dry weather – as we saw last year.

So we’re asking Renwick people to think about their water use again this summer.

New wells testing Pipelines have now been installed so that testing can begin of the new wells at Conders Bend Road, which are intended to provide the future domestic water supply for Renwick.

Testing will begin once nearby wells are not being used for irrigation or other purposes.

The engineers need to be able to measure the drawdown effect on neighbouring wells when water is taken from a test well in order to assess the potential impact of the new wells.

Renwick’s new reservoir is scheduled to be in place this financial year and the new water supply the following year.

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Clean air helping hand

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By Cathie Bell Homeowners can update their wood fires to new clean air models and pay it off through their rates in a new scheme offered by the Marlborough District Council.

Blenheim has problems with particles in the air breaching health standards, particularly in winter, and this is thought to be caused by people using open fires or older wood fires that don’t burn cleanly.

The council’s new Marlborough Environment Plan is changing the rules to ban open fires and wood fires that are 15 years or older.

To help people move to new fires, it will provide funding for the cost of an approved home clean heating solution, which will be claimed back over nine years through a targeted homeowner property rate.

The rates recovery amount will also include interest, an administration charge and GST on all costs.

Govt business event An event in Blenheim next week will give local business owners the opportunity to engage directly with key government agencies, Small Business Minister Craig Foss says.

Taking Care of Business: Government Supporting Your Business will be held at Marlborough Convention Centre, Alfred Street, at 12:30pm on Monday 14 November.

“Taking Care of Business — a series of 21 events around the country — has been hugely popular so far. The aim is to help business owners engage with government agencies more effectively and efficiently,” Craig says.

Tourism spend in region up The latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment show the tourism spend for Marlborough is estimated to be $366 million for the year to September 2016, up four per cent compared with the year to September 2015.

Ministry manager of sector trends Peter Ellis says that of this tourism spend in the year to September 2016, international visitors spent $133 million (up 18 per cent compared with the year to September 2015), and domestic tourists spent $233 million (down three per cent) in that period.

The only approved provider so far is Heating Marlborough, although a council spokesman says it hopes to get others involved shortly.

Heating Marlborough owner Peter Cairns says the rates offer is a good idea to ‘get the ball rolling to get some of the older fires out of homes and clean up the skies’.

There are a lot of older fires around and in some areas, people are still burning coal, he says.

People will be pleased with how much more efficient the newer fires are, Peter says.

“We have a lot of people who have changed their fires and now they burn less wood, they get more efficiency out of them, so there’s less cost as well as cleaner burning.”

Now is a good time for people to get organised to replace fires and get wood stored for next winter, Peter says.

People are sitting back and waiting to see what’s happening with the new rules, and there hasn’t

Peter Cairns owner of Heating Marlborough.

been a big demand for fires under the new rates scheme yet, he says.

“It’s still early days...I hope they

don’t sit back until next March when it will be chaotic to start the ball rolling.”

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Director Nick Horn says all along his vision has been to have a place for locals to sell their products.

As a result, in the three months Hamills Blenheim has been open at its Grove Road site, it has increased its stock range by 150 per cent, he says.

“It’s giving local entrepreneurs a retail platform that is a quick step up the ladder to building a successful business. In most cases it’s done on a minimal commission if any at all.

“Through developing relationships with customers and local producers we’ve grown exponentially and have a sound foundation to move forward with,” he says.

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COUNCIL NEWS Notices

Payment option to get clean heating in place for next winter

Stepping Up Computer Classes Promotion

Summer may be on the way but this is a good time to start planning ahead for clean home heating for 2017.

Council offers a long term payment option so that by the time the chilly months roll around again, you can be ready with clean heat for your home.

Marlborough’s new Environment Plan sets out a path for improving air quality within urban Blenheim which says • open fires in houses in urban Blenheim should not be used • solid fuel burners more than 15 years old should be phased out and replaced with modern burners that meet the

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Help design the future of Renwick at a Public Meeting Hosted by Renwick Smart + Connected Sunday 13 November 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Giesen Centre – Uxbridge Street Find out about the future vision for Renwick and enhance it by adding your ideas.

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The public meeting will give you: • An insight into what Smart + Connected is doing for your community • A glimpse at the fantastic projects currently under design • An opportunity to meet the Renwick Smart + Connected working groups and find out more about what’s going on in your village • A chance to add your ideas to the Renwick Township Plan • Information on what to expect when the Scouts get to town • Some light refreshments and snacks Please join us and have your say in the future of this wonderful village and how you can get involved.

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Used bridge beams for tender Marlborough Roads has nine bridge beams for tender. Beams are a mixture of hardwood and steel and vary in length from 9.1m to 12m.

Beams are to be tendered individually. Each beam is numbered and can be viewed on site at the western side of the old Tyntesfield Bridge, Tyntesfield Road, Waihopai Valley.

Tenders are to be addressed to: The Tender Secretary, Marlborough Roads, PO Box 1031, Blenheim 7240 Tenderers are to specify the beam being tendered for by the number painted on the beam. Successful tenderers are responsible for picking up the beams on site. This must be done in conjunction with an approved contractor.

Tenders are to be inclusive of GST and are to be with the Tender Secretary, Marlborough Roads by 4.00pm Thursday 17th November 2016.

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National Environmental Standard imposed by central government.

Council appreciates that not everyone can make these changes overnight.

One option is to pay off the cost of clean heating through household rates over a nineyear period.

This option is available to households installing: • Clean air approved wood burners.

• Clean air approved pellet fires.

• 4 star AGA-rated flued gas fires.

• Energy Star ® heat pumps.

Council offers to meet the immediate cost of the new heating which is then repaid, through the rates, with

interest, currently set at 6%, plus a one-off administration fee.

Marlborough ratepayers must

be up to date with their rates to apply for this financing option.

Walk or bike the Wairau Lagoon track A 5km walking and cycling track has been opened up through Marlborough’s historically significant Wairau Lagoons now that Council has established the wetlands surrounding its Riverlands wastewater treatment plant.

Half a dozen information panels are being installed along the route, outlining the importance of the lagoons and the species found there.

The track, alongside the Ōpaoa River and connecting to the existing DOC pathway, creates a loop, beginning and ending in Hardings Road, around one of the largest seawater estuaries in the country.

Rich in natural history, the area is the site of earliest known settlement in New Zealand. Generations of Māori lived beside the lagoon at the mouth of the Wairau River, the most bountiful, year-round source of food in central New Zealand. The walkway traverses an area where the public can see one of the

most remarkable examples of early engineering in this country; a series of foodharvesting canals thought to have been built by the Māori inhabitants during the mid to late 1700s.

Since 1969, the Ōpaoa River had been the outlet for Blenheim’s treated sewage but a $17M Council upgrade of the Sewage Treatment Plant at Riverlands means

Positive ageing Rae Gilmore is far too busy to grow old.

At age 92, she runs her own household at the Redwoodtown Retirement Village. That includes growing her own vegetables, cooking her own meals, doing her laundry and cleaning and polishing – and caring for her cat.

In her spare time she paints with oils, knits and sews, reads widely and plays the piano.

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that, today, the Ōpaoa doesn’t receive any discharges from the treatment plant. Highly treated effluent is now discharged to sea through the Wairau Estuary on the out-going tide.

As part of the Council project, this wetland area has been extensively planted, recognising the area’s important wildlife values.

As well as being the site of

NZ’s largest breeding colony of royal spoonbill/kōtuku ngutupapa, the Lagoon is home to species like the banded dotterel, black swans, stilts and dabchicks and a stopping-off point for migratory waders including the godwit.

• Pick up a copy of a bikewalk map of the Lower Wairau Plains pathways from Council.

Rae Gilmore

health, Rae still drives her own car so she’s independent and mobile. That makes it easy to go out and do her own shopping and visit family – she has four children and their families living locally.

Her car also means she can get out to play cards, visit friends and attend meetings of the Marlborough College Old Girls’ Association and the monthly Older Persons Seminars at the Redwoodtown Hall. Don’t make the mistake

of thinking today’s technology has passed Rae by; she has her iPad and keeps up to date with technology at Talk/Tech/Teach seminars.

It’s a completely independent life though, hardly surprising given Rae’s busy days, she does admit to a ‘nana nap’ from time to time. Perhaps she squeezes so much into her life because she lives by the old adage that ‘if you have a job to do, do it now’.

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I’m so sorry for the way you were treated. It sounds horrible to be in that situation.

Just wanted to let you know we’re not all like that.

I think it’s fabulous when we can just respect each other as people no matter our differences in life.

Sad to know that’s not always the case.

Don’t let it get you down.

Just be happy being you.

That’s the best revenge.

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Common sense To the person that has common sense about Halloween... THANK YOU! I was starting to think I was the only person here that thought that.

We don’t do Halloween at our house either.

It goes against what we teach our children.

Residential sections?

Does anyone else think that the land on the corner of Redwood and Alabama would better serve the community as residential sections given the shortage of available land for new houses?

Do we really need another service station when there is one around the corner in Scott St. Let’s be sensible and rezone this land as residential, it is already a well established residential area.

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Coffee shops Totally agree with the person who complained no coffee bars on long weekend.

I’ve done the same with a friend on a normal Saturday arvo....no one’s open?

When do they think people go out with friends?

In memory Thank you very much to the Lady who found my amethyst ring and handed it into Hedgerows for me.

It was a ring I had in memory of a little dog I lost recently.

“It’s a Tuesday thing”

People letting off fireworks during week nights

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Please be more respectful of those who have to get up early for work.

Why can’t we keep them limited to Guy Fawkes Day/New Years Eve only.

It is frustrating trying to get to sleep with that racket.

Please think twice next time.

Thank you Big thank you to the kind person who handed my wallet in to Countdown on Tuesday November 2nd.

You made my day!!

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Roundabouts A lot of people are upset about roundabouts in Blenheim it seems after reading comments in the Friday Sun. I am new to town (5 months) and can’t believe how well the majority of traffic flows through roundabouts.

As far as I’m concerned; well done Blenheimites (blenheimtonians? Blenheimians?) and good work in resisting the traffic lights so far.

It would be the thin edge of the wedge and I suspect most would regret it too late!

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Quite frankly if you can’t negotiate a roundabout (any roundabouts) then you shouldn’t be on the road!

Billowing smoke Cremation requires ashes and there’s no smoke without fire.

Mind you in the old days it wasn’t done until after dark.

Still same thing just you didn’t see it.

You obviously haven’t been far abroad to see the difference between lights verses roundabouts.

Lights bring traffic to a complete standstill.

Roundabouts keep traffic flowing. Who’s the small minded person now.....

Not well thought through

Couldn’t buy here

Not particularly well thought through the so called “Marlborough tradition and fun event balloon release”.

Surely students at MGC and MBC have some knowledge of the damage caused to the environment and marine life by discarded balloons?

Heres proof - a friend of mine could find no clothing in Blenheim, she visited family in Nelson, went shopping, bought a reasonable amount of clothing there, UNABLE to find here, Nelson has her $$....Blenheim needs to get shops other towns have....IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BUY HERE, that is....

It’s time MBC & MGC staff, parents & students found another way to celebrate! Balloons & ribbons are NOT biodegradable!

Why not plant a tree?

Payrise so wrong MPs all getting a pay rise, I wonder if they stop to think that some of us don’t even earn as much as their payrise they have just got.

What extra will they all do to justify the increase?

The total pay rise they all got including John Key would have gone a long way to the needy, homeless or child cancer.

Just another way to rob the tax payer, so wrong.

Shops filling up Good to see some new shops in town and the empty sites filling up.

Offering stuff a bit different to what we’ve had here in Blenheim too.

Thrilled to finally have a Mexican restaurant open - no need for a wall here!

Show some pride Hundreds of visitors come for garden week.

Once again mowing not finished on edge of Taylor River, looked terrible.

Please show a bit of pride.

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No Bypass?

Dear Ed, The recent report on State Highway One Christchurch to Picton identified needed improvements.

Conspicuous by its absence was the much needed truck bypass to the east of Blenheim.

Any improvement which shaves a dozen to 20 minutes off the journey Picton Ferry south has to be beneficial for traffic.

Motorists and trucks are not racing against time and getting frustrated thereby raising accident risk factor.

Congestion by trucks through Blenheim’s Grove Road/Main Street is alleviated.

If travellers want a meal, to shop or a bed for the night they would turn off into Blenheim.

So why was the truck bypass left off the list?

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Out of date Dear Ed, Went to the A & P show Saturday 5th Nov. Great show and very interesting.

A tremendous job for the organisers.

Weather perfect, best yet, calm no wind to blow our hats off.

But I must say the toilets are way out of date, wake up Marlborough, tourists come from all over our wonderful country.

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5 minutes with: Dr Dave Baldwin Healthy Bastards

Q A Q A Q A

What’s your most annoying habit?

When I get tense I tend to pull skin under my chin, I’m scared of looking like a turkey.

One of my best holidays was....

My first holiday I did the historic tour. Great place, great people.

What’s your fondest childhood memory?

Catching a big kahawai.

Q A Q A Q A

What’s your favourite meal?

Always venison, especially if I’ve shot it myself.

My guilty TV pleasure is ......

I love some of the history channel documentaries.

What’s your greatest fear?

Going bankrupt.

Q A Q A Q A

How do you want to be remembered?

As someone not perfect.

I’ve been a bit of a dick at times but I try my hardest to be a good bloke.

Who would you love to share a meal with and why?

Jesus, to find out the real story. The first next supper.

What is the one thing people don’t know about you?

Keep it quiet, I’m an underworld spy.

Marlborough Man book launched Wi nema ker A l la n Scot t launched his autobiography at his family-owned winery on Jacksons Road this week.

The book, written with American Eric Arnold, is available now.

Allan told the gathering of friends and family that he’d decided to write the book to document the history of the Marlborough wine industry after realising not that many of those who worked on its start in 1973

were still around.He had joined Montana then after his father-inlaw organised a job for him with John Marris.

“It’s changed a lot from 1973, it’s grown far beyond where we all thought it would go. It’s good to record some of that history.”

Eric spent a year working with Allan in 2004 to research and write a book, First Big Crush, about immersing himself in the wine world.

Springlands School children practice their skills after road safety lessons at the Clued-Up Kids programme.

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Marlborough primary school students are this week learning many of the safety skills they need to get cycling or walking to school.

Children in years 5 and 6 are taking part in Marlborough Clued-Up Kids, gearing up with a range of skills they can apply in real-life situations.

One of the eight safety sets in the programme focuses on cycle safety, and is managed by Marlborough Road Safety and the New Zealand Police.

This year the cycle safety set is focusing on teaching the students the importance of hand signals and checking the road behind them be-

fore travelling through intersections.

They are then given the chance to practice what they are learning.

Facilitators are also showing students the difference between a courtesy crossing and a pedestrian crossing, and the importance of waiting for traffic to stop before crossing at either crossing facility, using specially made props.

Marlborough District Council road safety co-ordinator, Robyn Blackburn, who takes the children through the use of crossings, says the children are learning skills which should give them the confidence to cycle or walk to school.

“We tell them cars do not have to

stop for them at a courtesy crossing but cars do have to stop for them at a pedestrian crossing.

“The trouble is if the cars don’t stop it will be the kids that get squashed if they are already on the crossing,” she says.

Encouraging children to walk or bike safely to school is a focus for this Clued-up Kids set and can help to reduce congestion around the school gate and for the kids to get exercise.

“Less than 50 per cent of students walk or scoot or cycle to school and we are keen to increase those numbers for the benefit of the kids,” Robyn says.

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Marnie Campbell, Ezmic Partington and Susan Hocquard-Lindstrom received top awards from the Marlborough Community Potters Awards Exhibition that opened last Friday.

Marlborough Community Potters exhibition committee members Glen Waters, Rome Lopez Diaz and Sara Scott pictured by Katie O’ Sullivan’s pottery work.

Going potty for pottery Story and photos by Celeste Alexander A huge amount of work and preparation has gone into a pottery exhibition that finishes this weekend, and organisers are encouraging the public to go along and view the work done by local potters.

Titled the Marlborough Community Potters Awards Exhibition 2016, the event opened last Friday night with the announcement of the awards winners.

Around 150 people turned out for the opening and saw up close the work exhibited by 16 members as well as Jane McCullen who exhibited, attended and judged the awards.

Winning top awards were Ezmic Partington who received the Har-

courts Premier Award, Marnie Campbell who received the South Street Gallery Merit Award and Susan Hocquard-Lindstrom who received the NZ Potters Award.

For Ezmic taking out the premier award came as a "huge shock".

"I had in my head who would win so when I heard my name called out I found it quite overwhelming. It was a really humbling experience," she says.

Ezmic won for her entry 'PetriDishes' which combined her love for the landscape and environment on the West Coast with her "morbid fascination" with flesh eating diseases.

Each piece used different environmental elements such as fungi to depict bacteria growing in a

petri-dish, using a range of glazing techniques.

Marnie's piece was also inspired by the environment, particularly natural clay that she used with a mix of materials, such as coffee granules, recycled television screen glass and glass found on the beach.

Susan's winning entry was a stoneware and gold lustre piece of pottery that was decorated using liquid gold to create feather designs.

The exhibition will run all weekend at 25 Redwood Street, between Resene and Bays Joinery from 10am - 4pm.

Books are also available for purchase containing photographs by Peter Burge Photography of the pottery exhibited.

Story and photo by Celeste Alexander The date is drawing closer for the ‘Almost Perfect Gal’ competition which kicks off November 19.

Redwood Tavern bar manager Chrissy van der Laan, who came up with the idea for the competition, says there are still spaces available for women to enter.

Entries will be capped at 40 and will be taken right up until the morning of the event, however to avoid missing out it’s recommended women enter before hand.

The Almost Perfect Gal competition will be run over two days, November 19 and 26 and involves a lot of fun, lighthearted challenges and incredible prizes.

Money raised from the event will be donated to Cure Kids New Zealand.

The tasks will be a mix of home skills, thinking and some light physical tasks but nothing too difficult, Chrissy says.

Redwood Tavern bar manager Chrissy van der Laan is appealing for any last minute entries for the ‘Almost Perfect Gal’ competition which begins November 19.

The only restriction is that contestants need to be over the age of 18 to enter.

The final 10 women will receive goodie bags and the first three placings will be awarded some amazing prizes, including the first place prize of a trip for two to Fiji.

gardening

this week with Wally Richards

The beautifully prepared Montessori learning environment is designed to draw in your child.

Our purpose-built equipment allows children to explore and understand abstract concepts through hands-on use, guided by our skilled teachers.

Children growing plants Getting out and about and enjoying the most of what Mother Nature has to offer is good for all of us, but also for children and our young people.

I believe that young children have a natural affinity with plants and insects when they are allowed to explore our gardens.

Children learn many things by mimicking their parents and are often keen at a young age to assist in various gardening activities.

Plants that move have a fascination for children and a great one for this is Mimosa pudica, the Sensitive Plant, which folds up its leaves when touched.

They are easy to germinate from seed, grown as a pot plant for a windowsill. Nice pink flowers also.

As the plant matures, it has thorns on the branches which incidentally are another attraction for children.

The seeds for this plant are available on mail order from Kings Seeds.

Two awesome plants for children to grow are giant sunflowers and pumpkins.

Giant Sunflowers are extra tall sunflowers that will grow up to five metres.

They should be grown in full sun, in soil that has excellent drainage and lots of manure.

As for giant pumpkins, these can be monsters which in some cases will weigh over 1000 pounds at maturity. That is half a tonne, about half the size of the average family car.

Overseas the biggest record vegetables have been achieved with products very similar or the same as Magic Botanic Liquid (MBL), mixed at a level of 20 ml of MBL to 1 litre of water.

Spraying the foliage of your giants every two weeks with MBL (10ml to a litre) will also assist in a bigger healthier plant.

Another interesting thing to do is, once the sunflower gets up about a metre tall, plant three or four climbing bean seeds at the base of the plant.

These will grow up the sunflower and also provide extra nitrogen for the sunflower.

It is a lot of fun, plus a great way to get the children away from the TV and video games, showing them there is more to life than a screen.

Problems ring me at 0800 466464 (Palmerston North 3570606) Email wallyjr@gardenews.co.nz Web site www.gardenews.co.nz

Corrin, age 4, works with the Moveable Alphabet, writing sentences.

To enrol your child or for more information, please contact Rachel Roundhill E. office@montessoriblenheim.co.nz P: 03 577 8443 or 027 332 9508 W: www.montessoriblenheim.co.nz

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he Marlborough towns of Seddon and Ward are named after New Zealand premiers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries – and are built on land made available by the Liberal Government’s policy of subdividing large estates.

‘King Dick’ Richard Seddon a popular and charismatic figure, died in office and was succeeded by businessman Joseph Ward.

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From the wild windy beach at Ward to Seddon’s Domain with a community tennis court and campground, the Awatere and Flaxbourne areas offer a lot for those wanting to get out of town and experience rural Marlborough.

For those living close to the Awatere, there are several wonderful businesses ready to welcome you for lunch, to shop for gifts, or simply provide you with all the latest information on what is happening in and around the area.

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Teams set to tackle golf tournament The Awatere East Coast Rugby Club is holding its two-team Ambrose Golf Tournament on Saturday, November 26.

The event will be at the Awatere Golf Club, reporting in at 10am.

Registrations must be made to heardsvineyard@gmail.com or by phoning 027 318 0375.

There are fantastic prizes to be won or bid on at the auction including a set of mud grip tyres, half wine barrels full of excellent wine and local produce, lamb, venison, crayfish and lots more.

Registrations cost $50 per team.

Seddon water treatment gets another step closer Construction of the Seddon water treatment plant is due to get underway this summer.

Council Assets and Services Manager Richard Coningham says a site for the plant has been identified and it’s hoped negotiations for the purchase of the land required can be completed very soon.

The site chosen for the treatment plant is on Wakefield Street and provides numerous benefits including close proximity to the reticulation system and having suitable elevation for significant pump savings, he said.

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Construction of the Seddon water treatment plant is due to get underway this summer.

treatment plant did take longer than expected as alternative options were considered to

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The tender documents for the projects will be released in the next three weeks and the successful tenderer should be announced before Christmas, he said.

Mr Coningham says Council is focused on achieving the November 2017 deadline for Government subsidy funding and staff are working closely with the engineering consultants Beca to ensure there are no major set-backs.

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Three-day walk through Awatere high country Awatere Valley merino and cattle farmers Simon and Lynda Harvey have a very special walking track that people far and wide have come to enjoy.

The couple were also recently named the Westpac Bayleys Marlborough Sheep & Beef Farmer of the Year.

They opened their 23km, three day walking track on Glen Orkney in 2008 which is open from mid November to mid May, giving walkers the opportunity to gain an insight

into high country farming in Marlborough.

The walk takes you through rolling tussock covered hills, along bush clad creeks and into rugged back country.

Walkers are advised to have a good level of fitness and agility, and there is welcoming and clean accommodation at the cottage and a purpose built back country hut.

It provides walkers with tramping luxuries such as comfortable beds, hot shower, flush toilet, bar-

becue and fridge.

DAY 1: (4-5 hrs, 9km) After the first nights stay in the farm cottage the walk climbs steadily through rolling tussock country with grazing stock and pockets of protected native plants to a well equipped comfortable hut.

DAY 2: (4-6 hrs, 7km) The second day takes walkers on a loop track over high ridges and saddles from where spectacular views of the eastern Marlborough high country unfold. Bring your

camera as on a good day the panorama includes the east coast, Ure and Clarence Valleys and Mt Tapuaenuku.

DAY 3: (4-5 hrs, 10km) A return walk through the interior of the property passes an old musterers hut and leads up a rugged bushy creek through a native reserve before following an easy track back to the cottage.

Bookings are essential so for more information contact Simon and Lynda on (03) 575 7361.

Relax at the Cregan hut with a cold drink after a day on the hill.

The Awatere Memorial Hall in Seddon.

Residents favour upgrade over rebuild General feedback from the Awatere community indicates they want an upgrade of facilities, not a major rebuild of the Awatere Memorial Hall in Seddon.

A series of meetings have been held to find out what residents want and questionnaires were handed out ealier in the year.

Planning is underway for the hall’s renovations and Council has allocated $3M to the project.

A community planning process has begun to establish the needs and aspirations of the community and the Working Group leading that process is working with local residents and with Council’s

project management team.

The hall, although structurally sound, needs work to be brought up to standard to meet all building and safety code requirements.

The Awatere Memorial Hall Working Group is currently considering the size and layout of the hall and whether any extra facilities are needed in the hall for the community’s current needs.

It’s hoped planning will be completed this year and the overall start date for hall renovations can be brought forward to 2018 so the project can be completed in the next three to four years.

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- weekend event guide Friday 11 Armistice Day and The Unveiling of The Memorial Wall Clubs of Marlborough, 42 Alfred St. 11am– 11:55am.

Hopetoun Brown - Look So Good Tour Dharma Bums Club, 65 Church Lane, Wairau Valley, 8pm-11pm.Hopetoun Brown release their star-studded new album Look So Good.

Tickets $20.

Hot Art in Havelock The Gallery Havelock, open from 10am to 4pm, seven days a week. Enjoy browsing some of the excellent art on show from talented local artists. Come and have a look in the friendly little gallery at 60 Main Road, Havelock.

The Diversion Gallery Open 12pm-5pm, Wednesday–Saturdays, 10 London Quay, Picton. Ph 573 7376 or 027 440 8121 or www.thediversion.co.nz.

The Edwin Fox Ship Visitor Centre open every day from 9am, a great all weather and family friendly activity. Come and explore the decks and the depths of the ship. Dunbar wharf, on Picton foreshore. For more information call Karen 573 6868.

Heritage & Whaling Museum Picton has a collection of some 2000 items of Maori, whaling, maritime, heritage and textile displays. 10am-4pm daily, 9 London Quay. Ph 573 8283.

Marlborough Art Society Gallery open daily from 10.30am-4.30pm.

Art Classes and Workshops available. 204 High Street. Ph 577 6784 or www.marlboroughartsociety.com. Cut to the Chase by Gemma Baldock exhibition on now until 20 November.

Detour Gallery Open from Wednesday to Monday 11am5pm weekdays and 11am-3pm Weekends.

67 Market Street, Blenheim. Ph 021 120 1717 or 021 254 2489 or info@detourgallery. co.nz.

Marlborough Museum Brayshaw Heritage Park, 26 Arthur Baker Place. Open 10am–4pm daily. Fran Maguire Pottery – Exhibition extended due to popular demand until 30 November.

New Textiles Exhibition - Sole Mates Shoes & Boots from the Treasury. Phone: 578-1712.

Consider + Create + Collect Millennium Public Art Gallery, Corner of Seymour and Alfred St. 2016 Mixed Media, Fundraising Exhibition. On daily until December 11th.

If you have an event email Lacy at The Sun frontdesk@blenheimsun.co.nz

Marlborough Community Potters Annual Exhibition Pop up gallery, 25 Redwood Street, open daily 10am-4.30pm. Free entry. On until 13 November 2016 Of Whales, Massacres & Mountains – A Mariner’s Tale 7pm, Picton Yacht Club, 25 Waikawa Rd. An illustrated presentation by Peter Allport.

Tickets $5-$10.

Saturday 12 St Christopher’s Market Morning St Christopher’s Anglican Church, 90 Weld St, 8:30am–1pm. Bargains for everyone!

Chocolate guess, cakes and sweets, morning teas, garage sale, yesterday’s treasure, gourmet BBQ, jams and preserves, books, crafts, plants, clothing and more.

Marlborough Artisan Market Wynen St carpark, 9am-1pm. Join the Marlborough Artisans for its fourth season.

Lots of choice for everyone. Food, coffee, jewellery, preserves, veggies, art, crafts, woodwork, pottery and more.

Lights over Marlborough Fireworks Extravaganza 2016 Marlborough A&P Showgrounds. This is a fun event that the entire family can enjoy.

Gates open at 6pm, with a range of food, silent auction and entertainment available for families to enjoy before the headline event.

Eastern States Speedway Round One Farmlands/Gulf Oil Street Car Race Series. Streetcars, Streetstocks, Saloons, Production Saloon, Youth Ministocks, Grass Karts. Pak Lims Road, 6pm start.

Gates open at 5pm.

Web of Gold - Book Launch Detour Art Gallery, 67 Market St, 6pm. The launch of Dot Scott’s first book ‘Web of Gold’ - an illustrated historical novel, set in Charleston on New Zealand’s West Coast in the late 1860s during the height of the gold rush. Free admission.

Archery Attack The Vines Village, 193 Rapaura Rd. Move over paintball, a new exciting, actionpacked game called Archery Attack is a fresh new global sport, and it´s awesome!

For more info and tickets phone 021411831.

Marlborough District Brass Band Spring Concert ASB Theatre Marlborough, 7pm. Themes and Fantasia, Todd Smith Conducting.

Show Me Shorts Film Festival Top Town Cinema 3, 4 Kinross St. 12:45pm & Sunday 6:45pm. The annual film festival showcasing the best new short films from New Zealand and around the world Blenheim Rotary Car Boot Sale Every Saturday 8am–12.30pm at the Railway Station car park, Grove Rd. Club Meets Mondays at Clubs of Marlborough. Ph Andy 578 2272 or 021 842 928.

Blenheim Menz Shed 4 Dillons Point Road. Open 9am-1pm Sat and 1-4pm on Mon & Thurs. Building relationships and sharing skills. We are in the process of expanding our woodworking shed with a new, fully equipped, engineering workshop, and we welcome new members of all ages. Ph Trevor 570 5064.

Blenheim Roller Skating Club College Park, Stephenson Street. Every Sunday 1-3pm. $5 for hire of skates or $2 if you have your own. Come have a go, all ages and skill levels welcome.

‘It’s all about the coffee’ Recreational bike ride - all year round departs at 9.00am from AvantiPlus Blenheim, 61 Queen St. Everyone welcome. Register your interest www.bikemarlborough.co.nz.

Marlborough Beekeeping Association Workshop on 2pm till 4pm. Steve Butler from Butlers Nursery will be talking about bee friendly plants and what best to plant. NMIT theatre, Budge Street. All welcome. Contact Silke Powell 0212684149 or visit http://www. marlboroughbeekeepers.co.nz for more information.

Blenheim Country Music Redwoodtown School Hall, 2pm-5pm $3.

Phone Sandra 5777 393.

Mini Putt & Merry-Go-Round Picton Foreshore, 10am Saturday and Sunday, 10am.

Ulysses Club Ride 11.30am. Lunch time social ride to the Jolly Roger, Picton. Home via Queen Charlotte Drive for those who want a longer ride.

Vintage Farm Machinery 10am-3pm, open every day. Brayshaw Park guided tours available, Sunday-Thomas Tank Engine rides. Ph Doris 579 4357.

Tramping Club We go on tramps Wednesday & Sunday, please confirm for travel. Ph Mary 572 8762 or marlboroughtrampingclub@gmail.com.

Picton Men’s Shed “Where men can do what men do best” 9am-12pm and Wednesday 9am-4pm.

Phone Rex Green 021 469 191 or Kerry Eagar 021 888 423 for more information.

Model Aero Club ARA Wairau Valley 9am, Murray Ph 578 9199 or Tony Ph 577 9776.

Brooklyn Croquet Club Whitehead Park off Brooklyn Drive. Play days are Sat, Tues & Thurs at 1pm. Come down and have a go. Ph Dale 578 4427.

Redwood Market 8am-12pm, Redwood Tavern car park.

Plants, produce, cards, jewellery, flowers and hand crafts. Supporting Hospice. Contact Alison 5785109.

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Ulysses Club Meet for a coffee and a catch up. Saturday mornings from 10am at The Vines Village Cafe, Rapaura Road.

Amazing Eco Race Marlborough Aschworth 626 Brancott Rd, Fairhall. 9am– 1pm. Navigate your way around the picturesque Aschworth at the end of Brancott Road to complete fun Eco Challenges and gain points. Great spot prizes, learning and a chance to get out and active.

5km Taylor River Fun Run Free timed 5km run along the Taylor River, meet at the amphitheater, corner of High and Symonds Streets, 8am every Saturday.

To register anyone of any age can go to http://www.parkrun.co.nz/blenheim.

Get ready for the weekend with our list of what’s on!

Picton Rail & Sail The Foreshore Picton and costs 20c per ride, 10am-4pm, weather permitting.

Blenheim Bonsai Group Selmes Nursery, 141 Battys Rd, 1pm3pm. Bonsai displays and workshop. For more info phone Rod 021755100 or John 0294783464.

Petanque 10am Sunday and 1pm Wednesday, 65A Weld Street–John Ph 5779789.

Associated Modellers Society Model boat and yacht sailing at Brayshaw Park every Sunday afternoon, 1-4pm. Miniature steam engine rides at Brayshaw Park, 1st and 3rd Sunday each month, 1pm-4pm $2.

Marlborough Guild of Woodworkers Brayshaw Park, open workshop 1-4pm, every 1st Sunday of the month. Wooden toys for sale. For more info contact Jim 578 8974 or Rod 579 4601.

Marlborough Rock and Mineral Club Brayshaw Park, come and see our large rock, mineral, crystal and fossil collection, work room and books. Free admission.

Kapahaka Every Sunday at Tuamarina Hall. 1pm-3pm. All welcome.

Classifieds Advertising Ph 03 577 7868 public notice Writing a book?

We print and publish books and e-books.

No-obligation discussion. 03 5794709, www. prismaprint.co.nz info@ prismaprint.co.nz.

Phone 577 7868 to place your ad here

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SUNDAY special for November. Ten Pin Bowling. Book a lane for 1 hour $35 - max 6 per lane. Bookings essential. Ph 5784851.

A S A L V A TION ARMY Annual Women’s Event. Tuesday 15 November, 10am. Morning tea. Guest speaker Major Glenda Bezzant.

Includes Lunch.

ARTISAN MARLBOROUGH

MARKET

www.marlboroughartisanmarket.co.nz

OPEN EVERY SATURDAY 9AM UNTIL 1PM IN WYNEN STREET CAR PARK www.marlboroughartisanmarket.co.nz Phone 027 848 0463 marlboroughartisanmarket@gmail.com

The Annual General Meeting of the Central Rugby Football and sports club is to be held on Wednesday 16th November 2016 at 7pm in the clubrooms, Lansdowne Park.

Business: 1. Receive Annual Accounts 2. Elect Officers of the club being, President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Bar Manager and committee.

3. Appoint Auditor Any queries please contact Mike 0274-323-075

situations vacant

Edwin Fox Maritime Museum and Marlborough Museum

Call 03 577 7868 To run your ad here

health & beauty

to let

WONFERFUL haircuts, wonderful prices.

Phone 020 402 04204.

2 Bd r m F la t , Spring-Creek, double glaze, heat-pump etc.

Rural setting. $290 includes power. Phone 03-5705184.

Learn the basics of

BOWEN THERAPY Self Help/First Aid 2-5pm 19 Nov Picton 03 573 7733 027 573 7733 for sale W IN E B A RR E L S -Half barrel $50. Whole barrel $100. Free delivery. Ph 021-779-180.

wanted to rent ROO M / S L E E P O U T / CA R AVA N - ANY THING CON SIDERED wanted for kiwi male desperately.

Phone 027-5255-787.

work wanted

PAINTER NO GST Labour only Free quote Ph Gavin 0210 8656 568

Including some weekend work in Blenheim and at Edwin Fox in Picton Email your C.V. Attention: Steve Austin steve.austin@ marlboroughmuseum .org.nz

We are looking for a very special person to join our team in Blenheim They must have: • Cooking and kitchen experience • A resonable fitness level • A clean record and be an efficient driver • A caring for the elderly • Initiative and an excellent work ethic Hours 6.30am-approx to 12.30-1pm, Tues-Fri

work wanted

RYAN LAWNMOWING

IRONING SERVICE WEEKEND FAMILY SPECIAL - $35 Pickup: Fri 6 - 8 pm or Sat 10 am- 2 pm Delivery: 6 - 8 pm Sun Free pickup/delivery Blenheim Call or txt Chrissy 021 568 850

Two Strong Men & A Truck Available by the hour.

Can also do single item pick-up & delivery in Blenheim region.

Phone 577 8089 or 027 558 3260 Winz quotes available

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Kitchen Assistant required

St Marys Preschool Fundraiser, 41 Maxwell Rd, 9am-noon. Household items, clothing, toys, baking, sausage sizzle and more!.

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RELIEF SUPPORT WORKER required for adult male. Phone Paula 027-425-9949.

SALES

Apply with your infomation to lindagrace@xtra.co.nz

Skilled Machine Operators required We operate a fleet of Gregoire harvester mounted trimmers and leaf pluckers.

We are seeking skilled operators to join our team for the upcoming season during December to February.

This is seasonal work therefore is offered on temporary casual basis.

Successful applicants must be prepared to work up to 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week Clean drivers license with a W endorsement is a minimum requirement.

Preference given to applicants with previous trimming & leaf plucking experience.

Email paul@valleyharvesting.co.nz or text 027 249 7665 www.valleyharvesting.co.nz

CASUAL HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT AND CLEANER REqUIRED Would like to work on a casual basis?

If you enjoy working in a team environment and have a passion for caring for the elderly we would like to hear from you.

Please call at reception for an application or email facilitymanager@ashwoodpark.co.nz Applications close 14/11/2016

DIRECTORS - MARLBOROUGH LINES LTD • Not just a lines company The Marlborough Electric Power Trust is the sole shareholder of Marlborough Lines Limited on behalf of electricity users in the Marlborough region.

are looking for their next Heritage Heroes!

Casual and Part Time Museum Host Positions

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The Trustees are currently seeking to appoint 2 Directors to the Board of Marlborough Lines Limited.

Marlborough Lines owns and operates an established and high performing electricity lines company, a Marlborough based contracting business, and has a majority stake in a large, successful winery.

The potential exists for further investments in line with the objectives of the Company.

Mechanical Assistant We are looking for a mechanically minded person to work in our busy and well established workshop.

Ideally you will have some mechanical and/or engineering background with an interest in machinery.

In return, you will enjoy working in a clean and tidy environment while being rewarded at good market rates.

If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you.

Candidates should bring to these roles, a track record of previous private sector governance experience, broad commercial acumen, sound judgement, and the understanding of the factors which determine an effective relationship between a Trust and Board of Directors. Experience in significant investment decision making and some understanding of the power industry or regulated sectors would be useful.

It is not a pre-requisite that the appointees reside in the Marlborough region but an affinity for and understanding of local issues is highly desirable.

As a result of director rotation, the Trust is required to undertake this recruiting activity. Please note that retiring Directors may choose to apply.

Please apply to Craig O'Connell at RAP Consulting.

Enquiries to 04 473 2888 or wellington@rap.net.nz All applications will be treated in confidence.

Applications close 5pm Monday, 28 November 2016.

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church notice Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Senior Citizens Hall, 166 High Street. Sundays 10 a.m. All welcome. 5785030.

Nativity Anglican Church OSCAR HOLIDAY PROGRAMS Dec 19 – 23 / Jan 9 – 27

Looking for a fun filled safe Holiday Program for your child?

Dec/Jan programmes at: Woodbourne 9 – 13 year Blenheim 5 – 9 years Redwoodtown 5 – 9 years 10+ 10 -13 years (This Program will be held at Woodbourne Dec 19-23, thereafter St Mary’s Jan 9-27)

76 Alfred Street, Blenheim.

All welcome to our services Thursday - 10am Eucharist Service Sunday - 8am Traditional Eucharist Service 10am - Family Service 7pm - Evening Service

St. Christopher’s Anglican Sunday 9.00am: Traditional Sunday 4.00pm: church at four Wednesday 10am: Communion 92 Weld Street, Redwoodtown 578 0139

Early bookings essential!

Registrations open Nov 6 Closing Dec 7, 2016

To advertise your business, call Lacy (03) 5777 868

Forms available at Bread of Life Centre 14B Stephenson St Blenheim Enquiries: Phone Maryn Kotze 578 1355 Ext 4 Oscarco-ordinator@breadoflife.org.nz

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Administrator (fixed term) Blenheim

Short-term opportunity for a high impact administrator!

Bring your exceptional administration skills to Norwood Farm Machinery Centre. Due to a season full of activity we are recruiting for a full-time Administrator for a period of three months. We are looking for a confident person who will get up to speed quickly and learn our systems.

You will be proactive, professional, and an expert in customer service. Daily tasks include assisting with general branch administration duties and parts administration. Particular time and focus will be required to provide accurate accounts related administration and support to our sales team. This will require the ability to work autonomously with good judgement and initiative.

We are seeking proven experience in: • General office administration • Accurate and timely data entry • Microsoft Suite i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel to at least an intermediate level • Providing exceptional customer service effective communication • Knowledge and experience with Equip is advantageous C B Norwood Distributors Limited is a leading tractor and machinery distribution group and represents a portfolio of global brands through separate operating divisions. Norwood showcases three national dealer networks which include 17 company owned retail farm machinery centres.

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Death Notices BEAVON, Joan (nee Potter): November 8, 2016 DILLON, Iris Isobel: November 9, 2016 GALLAVIN, Peter Richard (Pete, Gully): November 7, 2016 GASTEIGER, Tamara: November 3, 2016 HILLS, Margaret Elizabeth (nee Kilroy): November 6, 2016 HUXFORD, Therese` Monica (nee Bignell): November 7, 2016 KINZETT, Alicel Kathleen: November 8, 2016 MACKIE, Theresa Lydia Joan (Joan): November 7, 2016 MAHER, John (Johnny): November 4, 2016 MOONEY, Geoffrey Robert John (Geoff): November 6, 2016 NEWPORT, Beryl Jean (nee White): November 6, 2016 SAGAR, Mabel Catherine: November 3, 2016

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Births This Week HALL: Charlotte Tracey Hall (7lb 4 oz) October 14, 2016 MORGAN: Ryder Richard (5lb 12oz) November 6, 2016 NIELSEN: Baby girl (8lb) October 31, 2016 BOYD-MCCASKILL: Baby boy (7lb 8oz) October 27, 2016 BARNES: Scott Deveron (3.43kg) October 17, 2016

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ROCK, Janice Anne (nee Dorset): Passed away quietly, on Wednesday November 2 2016. Aged 70 years. Loved mother of Tanya and David, mother to Sharron, Lara and Ineke. Loved daughter of Shirley and Dave Dorset, sister to Neill, Wayne and Barry.

Grandmother to Kirsten, Catherine, Kayla, Jacob, James and Nicholas. Aunt to Lana, Jodi, Josh, Will and Corey. No flowers please, but a donation to Hospice Marlborough, P O Box 411, Blenheim 7240 would be appreciated. Messages may be sent to 24 Buller Street, Picton 7220. In accordance with family wishes, a private service for Janice will be held.

GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz SARGENT, Jean Florence Joyce: Passed away Tuesday November 8 2016. Aged 93 years. Loved sister of Joan and Tony Butler, and aunt of Paul and Raymond Butler.

Treasured friend of Margaret Gilbert and Michelle Dawson. Messages may be sent to 11A Hospital Road, Blenheim 7201. In lieu of flowers, a donation to Marlborough Stroke Club would be appreciated and may be made at the service or sent to P O Box 275, Blenheim 7240. A funeral service for Jean will be held at the Church of the Nativity, Alfred Street, at 2pm on Tuesday November 15, followed by private cremation at the Sowman Crematorium.

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The second coming of Lazarus Those who watched The New Zealand Cup saw harness racing history.

Lazarus, the $2 favourite won the race by a staggering 10 lengths in a record time of four minutes and 53 seconds for the 3200m.

The margin and time scarcely believable as the four-year-old made New Zealand’s best pacers look like donkeys.

Not many four year-olds enter the $750,000 race, even less win it and none have ever done it in such emphatic fashion.

I was at Addington Raceway, as I have been for most Cup meetings since I was a child (that’s about 12 in total).

I have not seen such dominance.

Prior to the race, I couldn’t bring myself to back it at $2 for the win.

But 600m from home the stallion looked like the greatest thing you’ve ever seen to double your money on.

The Canterbury and New Zealand racing public probably have a superstar on their hands.

The type of horse transcends

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the industry and engages people who are the most casual of horse racing viewers.

If Lazarus continues racing in New Zealand until his retirement, he could arguably become more beloved than Terror to Love, who won three consecutive New Zealand Cups.

All of that is form and fitness dependent but in terms of laying claim to such accolades, Lazarus certainly made his intentions clear and he now has the harness racing world at his hooves.

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inbrief On your bike The Forrest Graperide HQ has announced that its major spot prize for next year’s event on March 4 is a trip for two to the Cook Island destination at the Pacific Resort Rarotonga.

Organisers Duncan Mackenzie and Pete Halligan are encouraging people to take advantage of the warmer weather and get out on the bike and start ‘racking up the rides in preparation’.

Gee family to take on rally

By Celeste Alexander A rare racing occurrence will take place at this weekend’s Taylor Pass Rally Sprint, with three generations of a local family taking part.

Marlborough Car Club member David Gee will be joined by his father Neil and son Liam in the rally.

Neil, who is in his 70s, will be racing a Subaru WRX while Liam, aged 17, will be racing his Toyota Trueno.

Neil first began racing in motorsport back in the early 60s when go kart racing was done with wheel barrow wheels, David

says.

“In 1974 Dad gave up karts and then followed me in later life when I got into rally. Then he thought he would have a go and got the racing bug again.

“He’s still driving his car at pace and not behind the pack, that’s for sure,” he laughs.

For Liam it’s been a case of him wanting to have a go at being in the driver’s seat, rather than co-driving with his father.

“He’s been co-driving in the Mainland Series in which we won our class. I went for a drive with him the other day and wasn’t too good as a passenger but he’s

keen and it’s good to seem him giving it a go,” David laughs.

David will be co-driving with his daughter Becky, Neil will be co-driving with David’s wife Marie and Liam with their mechanic Chris Hill.

Tomorrow’s event is the second part of the Top of the South Rally Sprint series which kicked off in Nelson two weeks ago, and finishes in Murchison on December 3.

There are 38 drivers taking part, 17 are locals.

Leading in points is Keiran Hall, in second is Richard Bateman and in third David Gee.

David Gee is one of three Gee family members rally racing tomorrow.

Photo by Rebecca Maling.

Try golf out With summer just around the corner the Marlborough Golf Club is looking for more people to come and try golf.

The club is offering a number of different ways to make it easy for people to give golf a go that ‘won’t hurt your pocket’.

There are the Give Golf a Go group lessons led by the club’s golf pro Jonti Philipson, community Sundays and Mondays and Twilight Golf on a Wednesday.

Give Golf a Go is designed to give people the chance to learn to play golf. Jonti gives one hour group lessons over six weeks for a bargain cost of $100.

Community Sundays/Mondays will see the course available to anyone, with or without an official golf handicap, to play on the course from midday Sunday and all day Monday.

On Sunday morning the club welcomes people to go and join the competition of the day teeing off at 10am, and Twilight Golf is held in the evenings starting Wednesday 16 November. Tee off 5 - 5.30 pm, everyone is welcome.

Contact the club for information and fees.

Golf professional Jonti Philipson shows Samantha Watson some techniques during a ‘Give Golf a Go’ session at the Marlborough Golf Course at Fairhall.

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