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World Cup boy boom

Wanaka’s Garett Shore competed in the runabout division of the South Island Winter Endurance Series at Glendhu Bay on Saturday. More on page 8.

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Adaption key to success Tim Brewster

Back on track page 7

Hounds on the hill

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Reports of reduced visitor numbers in Wanaka this winter are being attributed to a change in buying habits and reaction to negative early season ski reports in the national media.

With a month to go in the ski season some retail businesses are reporting a decrease in monthly turnover of ten to 15 percent compared to two years ago.

Online buying has also affected thetraditional“bricksandmortar” retail business model and New Zealand consumers have taken note of the difficulties of overseas economies and modified their spending, Paper Plus manager Chris Lumsden said. “It’s my opinion there’s been a cultural shift. We’re doing business in a different environment so we have to do it differently.” The ongoingdifficultiesforChristchurch home owners has meant a big reduction in numbers from that area he said.

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Snow conditions are generally considered to be superior to last season, but television footage showing bare slopes below Coronet Peak’s access road just

prior to the school holidays and reports of rain on ski areas just after the school holidays has been partially blamed for a slow period in July. “There’s definitely been a

shift in spending, and the online business is something you have to look at, but our customers still like coming into a store and having a chat about the sport

and lifestyle. The passion of the staff rubs off. We’re all here to ski and go running and biking and they like that,” Racers Edge co-owner Charlie Cochrane said.

With the general consensus from operators that conditions are better than last year, it has been frustrating for ski areas to hear negative reports.

“We have had overwhelming feedback from our guests that Cardrona is riding well which has resulted in excellent word of mouth. Overall visitor numbers and Australian visitors are up from 2011,” Cardrona Alpine Resort marketing coordinator Charlie Curel said.

The resort has noticed a shift toward later bookings and has invested strongly in social media and distributing digital images to media organisations to keep prospective visitors up to date, she said.

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Water quality hearings imminent

On yer bike

Caroline Harker

Wanaka teenager Daisy Thor-Poet is a finalist in three categories in the Inspiring Stories Charitable Trust film making competition. Her film On Yer Bike is up for awards for making a difference, local solutions to climate change and environment.

On Yer Bike stars Daisy’s three sisters. Winners will be announced during the Festival for the Future at Te Papa on November 17.

The list of Upper Clutha people who made submissions on the ORC’s water plan change reads like a who’s who of local farmers and environmentalists. Nineteen people will be speaking to their submissions when they are heard in Wanaka on September 24 and 25 including Randall Aspinall from Mount Aspiring Station, Northburn Station farmer Tom Pinckney, Richard Burdon from Glen Dene Station (or his representative), Hawea Community Association president Rachel Brown, Sue Coutts and John Barlow.

An ORC panel will spend most of September and October hearing submissions throughout Otago. The plan

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change was notified on March 31 and 400 submissions were received. It aims to maintain water quality, or improve

it as necessary, in Otago’s rivers, streams, and lakes.

It also includes rules to control pollution entering rural waterways from runoff, leaching, and farm drains.

ORC documents said the plan change will affect farmers, developers and anyone whose activities discharge anything into water. ORC director of policy and resource planning Fraser McRae said the panel would prepare a report for the council with their recommendations, once hearings were complete.

Let’s talk about sludge Caroline Harker An alternative to sending solid waste from Project Pure to the landfill could be announced in a couple of weeks, according to QLDC solid waste manager Stefan Borowy. “We are waiting for decisions on funding and then all will be revealed,” he said.

Stefan called for tenders to use the sludge in compost last year and received several proposals. “We got some realistic options that could solve the problem,” he said. “It’s commercially sensitive information as we haven’t awarded any contracts yet.”

The debate continues in the community as to whether the sludge is a nutrient-rich healthy product or a toxic one.

A lot of research by council staff has been done on ‘ag-bag composting’. This involves aerobic composting of sewage sludge mixed with mulched green waste.

The process involves blowing air through the mixture for up to eight weeks, keeping the temperature between 55C and 65C for 72 hours to kill off seeds and pathogens, and allowing the product to mature for another six to eight weeks. Council staff recommend the compost be used on council parks and reserves.

Other alternatives which have been considered and rejected include spreading the sludge on Bruce Jolly’s farm near Tarras and vermi-composting by Central Wormworx in Cromwell.

Bruce said his proposal was dropped by council due to opposition from neighbours and the unknown ongoing costs of going through a public submission process. “It’s a waste of a good resource,” Bruce said.

“It was a fear thing. A lot of people are afraid of anything a bit different.” Submissions against the proposal included concerns of contaminated land and water, and lack of scientific evidence.

Wormworx owner Robbie Dick said he tried to make compost

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It’s a waste of a good resource.

It was a fear thing. A lot of people are afraid of anything a bit different.

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from the sludge using worms. “It killed the worms overnight,” he said.

“They put this toxic polymer into the sludge to make it stick together.

The dangerous goods people said there was an alternative organic polymer that does the same job.

Meanwhile I don’t want anything to do with that sludge.” Stefan said he is not a wastewater engineer and doesn’t know details of the polymer but it was approved for coagulating sludge. “There are a whole host of factors which could have caused the death of the worms,” he said.

Currently about 80 tonnes of sludge from Project Pure goes to the landfill in Gibbston Valley every month. Estimates vary, but sending the sludge to the landfill costs about $200 a tonne.

Project Pure treatment plant operator Murray Spence (pictured here with QLDC engineer Nichola Evans) said on an average day about 2000 cumecs of sewage enters the plant and that produces about five cumecs (two to three tonnes) of sludge. After treatment

the liquid is sent to a disposal field on a neighbouring farm and a polymer is added to the sludge before it goes to the landfill.

Some other councils and companies around the country are already using sewage sludge in a variety of compost products and fertilizers.

Ballantyne Road sludge solution Council staff are looking for a disposal solution for 11,000 cubic metres of sludge at the decommissioned Wanaka wastewater ponds off Ballantyne Road. The sludge has been in windrows for about three years and QLDC project manager Rob Darby said it is now a biosolid and any pathogens have broken down. “Council has done a couple of tests and it has lots of nutrients in it,” he said. “We are looking for a good solution.”

Rob said he gets a lot of calls from people wanting to use it as fertilizer, but they can’t do this without consent from the regional council, which they are unlikely to get, as anyone living within 4km can object and someone probably would.

One option is to use some of it as fertilizer on the 20 hectare Ballantyne Road site which still has a wastewater consent, but this would not use it all. Rob said the sludge does have a lot of gravel in it from the bottom of the ponds which limits the number of possible uses.

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Proposed booze law Council spending update Tim Brewster A suggestion by Justice Minister Judith Collins for separate ages for buying and consuming alcohol in today’s conscience on the Alcohol Reform Bill vote has been called “unworkable” by a local bar and bottlestore owner.

“The majority of alcohol bought in New Zealand is from an off-license.

They’ve really missed an opportunity for minimum pricing,” Brendan Quirke said.

Hospitality NZ CEO Bruce Robertson said 75 percent of alcohol purchased in New Zealand is drunk away from licensed premises.

“We think the issue is price. Some young people go out with the aim of just getting drunk. We thought it [price] would be a sensible option,” he said. Bruce said just increasing excise tax doesn’t help as the buying power of larger suppliers means they can negotiate price and still supply cheap alcohol.

New Zealand will now have to wait another ten

years for another vote on the bill.

Following the vote the QLDC will have a year to formulate its own alcohol policies and then start enforcing them.

Brendan agreed the local authorities are the best option for managing and resolving issues quickly around alcohol in the Wanaka area.

“They have the same policies and will be able to act freely.

The police, the District Licensing Authority, they know what’s going on. They’ll treat an isolated incident as one and if there are three or four they’ll treat it as problem.

Most of us [bar owners] are actively trying to seek the best outcome for alcohol abuse,” he said. Before winter he and several other owners of licensed

premises were lobbying to have registered private security guards patrolling known late night trouble hotspots with walkie talkies to alert police about problems but they were unable to get permission in time.

“The most controlled drinking environment is a licensed premises and it’s also the most monitored,” he said.

A N e w Zealand Herald survey said 33 MPs had not decided how they would use their conscience vote on Thursday.

The survey found 31 MPs wanted the age to remain at 18, 30 said it should be raised to 20, and 27 wanted a split drinking age: 18 for bars and 20 for stores.

A council proposal to spend nearly $52,000 upgrading the Albert Town Lagoon trail was described as “a bit OTT” by community board member Bryan Lloyd at the board meeting last week. The trail which goes from Wairau Road to the lagoon will have a steep zigzag path put in and a boardwalk at the lagoon. “It’s pretty good as it is now,” Bryan

said. QLDC community services general manager Paul Wilson said the proposal does need the community to “get behind it”. Parks manager Gordon Bailey said they want to make the path down the hill more user friendly, and not so steep for older people.

Other proposed expenditure in the 2012/13 year includes $145,944 for extensions to the skate park. Paul

told the board this was one third of the cost of planned extensions.

When questioned about this by community board member Ken Copland, Paul said council had almost fully funded the original skate park and it was usual for clubs to work with the council on a one third to two thirds funding basis.

Ken said he thought it was money well spent as the skate park “keeps them off the street”.

With the cost of 91octane fuel in Otago ranging from 219c to 229.9c per litre after the latest increases last week, Wanaka has topped the lot at 233.9c, with 95 octane at 241.9c.

The biggest project on the Community Services budget presented to the meeting was the Kellys Flat field development which has $467,550 allocated to it, as well as an additional $132,421 for toilets. Community board chairman Lyal Cocks said the biggest remaining issue at Kellys Flat is the location of the toilets.

Fuel rockets

‘unworkable’

Caroline Harker

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inbrief Last plants to go in The last few plants in Stage 7 of the Roys Bay West Project will be put in this weekend. The Roy’s Bay West Project is a habitat restoration project along the Lake Wanaka foreshore between Stoney Creek and Waterfall Creek. Te Kakano will provide the tools and morning tea for volunteers. The meeting point is at the lower Waterfall Creek carpark at 10am on Saturday.

Plan change The Queenstown Lakes District Council strategy committee ratified Plan Change 4 – North Three Parks on Tuesday. The plan change sought to re-zone about 46.8 hectares of rural general zoned land to the north of Three Parks, Wanaka for residential and business activities. The plan change was originally notified on March 29 and a hearing was held in June.

Rating anomaly in new system Accommodation and high value residential and country dwelling properties are most affected by an unforeseen rating anomaly in the new system.

The recent revaluation of properties in the Queenstown

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Lakes District combined with the new rating system is blamed for the irregularity.

“What we didn’t anticipate was the diversity of impact this has had with some ratepayers paying disproportionally more than others and some paying

disproportionally less. This is not what we had intended,” QLDC acting chief executive Stewart Burns said.

The council will work on an open process to adjust the rates before instalment two in late November.

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Lions to take action Caroline Harker Lions Clubs International president Wayne Madden is in Central Otago telling club members to find out what they can do to help curb New Zealand’s high illiteracy rate.

“Anyone can ‘adopt’ a child and listen to them read once a week,” he said.

“In no time they’ll notice a huge improvement in the child’s reading.”

Wayne was in Wanaka yesterday talking about the Lions Reading Action Programme which he is launching at the clubs’ international forum in Queenstown this weekend.

“I was amazed to

discover 26 percent of the worlds adult population can’t write their own name or read at the level of a ten year old,” he said. “And I’m told one million New Zealanders have reading problems. It’s the same in the US and it causes huge problems.”

While in Wanaka Wayne visited Mount Aspiring Station and the toy and transport museum. He also had lunch with Upper Clutha Lions Club president Bronwyn Bain and Wanaka and Districts Lions Club president Neil Cowie(pictured). While Neil will be attending the conference in Queenstown, Bronwyn said she will be too busy

making pikelets for the annual cancer appeal and helping with the Wanaka club’s fundraising black tie dinner.

The Reading Action Programme is Wayne’s personal campaign. He first launched it in Korea two months ago, and hopes local Lions will get behind the campaign here.

He referred to a report on illiteracy published last year which estimates the social and economic cost of illiteracy in New Zealand is $3 billion a year.

Wayne said his campaign aims to help visually impaired people and adults who have missed out on learning to read, as well as children.

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Creative crew impress A group of young writers has just finished a year long series of Saturday morning workshops with poet, editor and publisher Pip Sheehan Lowther.

Called CREW, the group of eight to 12 year olds worked on poetry, short stories and wordplay. Two books by members of the group have already been published; Basilisk by St.Claire Marshall and The Dragon’s Eye by Max Hall.

Pip was impressed with the dedication of the young writers who gave up their Saturday mornings to pursue their craft.

She said of the 15 children attending the workshops one, Emily Bunting, has attended every session.

“Some of these children are wonderfully talented and there will certainly be some of their names among the celebrated writers of the future,” Pip said. Pip now lives in Australia and distributes books for independent publishers.

Pictured is crew member Sienna Shotwell.

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World Cup boy boom The Rugby World Cup has been credited with lifting the spirits of the nation last year, but has it had a similar effect on testosterone levels in the Wanaka area?

Midwife Justine Quirke suspects there could be a connection due to the disproportionally

high number of males.

“Usually we have a 50:50 split but with babies conceived during the tournament, 19 have been boys compared to six girls,” she said. Justine has personally overseen the birth of six males and no females in the

timeframe and refers to them as her “World Cup” boys.

Joshua Luke Bolger (pictured), son of former Wanaka residents Emma Levins and Damien Bolger, was born about nine months after Ireland beat Australia.

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Siberian shrub for food forest Caroline Harker Sustainability student Andy Cambeis has come up with another plant to use in the shelter belt at the Hawea Domain Food Forest. He said the Siberian Pea Shrub (Caragana arborescens) fits the multi-use criteria well.

It is a nitrogen fixing,

tough, wind-resistant deciduous plant often used for hedging. It is quick growing and reaches a height of six metres and a width of four. It is suitable for a broad range of soils including nutritionally poor and dry soils, and once established it is very drought resistant.

The seeds, pods

and flowers can all be eaten. The seeds are good in spicy dishes, the young pods can be cooked and used like a vegetable and the yellow flowers are good in salads. Anyone wanting to propagate some seeds for the forest, and themselves, can pick some up from Soul Foods.

Keeping Wanaka beautiful Caroline Harker Wastebusters is hoping for a good turn out of groups and individuals volunteering to take part in the local clean up during Keep New Zealand Beautiful week (September 16 – 22).

Several groups, including Lions, Scouts, Rotary, community associations and Friends of Pembroke

Park, regularly help out with the clean up.

and spend a couple of hours cleaning up around

There’s a lot of litter blowing around at this time of year.

Communications officer Gina Dempster said she hopes more workplaces will volunteer this time

their area. “There’s a lot of litter blowing around at this time of year,” she said. Wastebusters’

Leanne Parkinson is coordinating the project and is keen to hear from groups or individuals interested in cleaning up their own area or street. Wastebusters will supply bags and gloves, and bags full of rubbish can be returned to them.

See sunspots for details.

Blast

from the

past

Mount Aspiring College will celebrate its 25 year reunion with a musical line-up which includes a host of past and present local musicians. Confirmed so far for the October 20 gig are The Slur Tones, Colour Classic, Martine Harding, Tim Chilman, Sam Orbell, The Wolfmen, Anna van Riel, Jody Direen, Sonata McLeod, Charlotte Jolly, Cody Tucker, Mandy Cooper, Ashley Hale, Bobby Sarginson, Jeromy van Riel and Kapahaka, and Benjamin.

Tickets are on sale now, with a reduced rate ticket available for those registered online for the MAC reunion.

ticketgiveaway To be in with a chance to win tickets to MAC-A-Night-Of-It: An Unforgettable Night of Wanaka Music 1987 to 2012 simply identify the past MAC pupils in the photograph. The first person to get the correct answer to the Mount Aspiring College office will win a double pass to the event.

Pick up the Wanaka Sun during September for another chance to win.

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Back on track Tim Brewster

Work is well underway on a new bike track project, but this time the efforts of Ollie Roulston and Hunter Morrow (pictured) will be more permanent.

Ollie,16, and his mate Hunter,14, featured a month ago in the Wanaka Sun when the jump track they created with friends was flattened after it was discovered it was built on public land.

After hearing about the incident, Bike Wanaka got in touch with the two lads and offered them the chance to create a new track by the existing Lismore Park circuit.

“I think we all shed a tear when we saw those jumps flattened knowing the hard work they put in,” Bike Wanaka’s Dan Hayden said. “These young guys are keen and interested and have talent.”

Ollie and Hunter are thrilled with their new project, knowing their track will have a more permanent home than their last effort. The two have already spent a week of after-school toil on the project and have been assisted with digger time donated by Fulton Hogan and operator Chris Carson who volunteer services to the bike park to shape the tracks.

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Medals at Uni games Two young Wanaka women have claimed a gold and silver medal each in their respective events in the University Games this past week.

Victoria University’s Courtney Tate was the fastest of the female skiers in the Gravity cross with Mikey Austin (pictured) (Otago) second with two then swapping places in the ski halfpipe. Henry Schikker (Otago) also placed third in the men’s event. The Gravity X attracted more than 75 competitors at Cardrona. Canterbury University students proved the fastest, with Team Snow Xchange

Vehicle damage Last Thursday night the roof of a silver Subaru Legacy was damaged by somebody walking on it. The vehicle was parked on Dunmore Street.

During Saturday night offenders kicked in the rear tail gate of a silver Mazda Tribute parked outside the National Bank.

Theft Two bicycles were stolen from the rear of the Water Bar. A silver Toyota van was stolen from outside Tangos Cafe on Saturday night and was located two days later on Dungarvon Street.

Police are speaking with two male suspects in relation to the theft of money and an iPod. Prescription medicine was stolen from the glove box of a Toyota Carib parked at the Dungarvon Street car park.

Bad behaviour Two people were arrested for breaching the liquor ban last Saturday night.

A male was arrested over the weekend for jumping out of a van and trying to start a fight with passers by. The offender has been charged with disorderly behaviour.

On Saturday evening a male was arrested after arguing and fighting with patrons at a private function held at a bar. He was found to be in possession of cannabis.

On Sunday a male was arrested for possession of cannabis.

A male, being escorted from the Mint Bar, punched a doorman in the face. Constable Peter Reed said investigations are ongoing and information on this incident would be appreciated.

Unlawful entry The window of a caravan on Alison Avenue was smashed. Nothing was taken but it appears the offenders played cards while in the caravan.

The front door of a Scaife Street address was kicked in. Nothing appears to have been stolen but it is possible the offender(s) slept in the house.

On Sunday night the occupants of a house in Skinner Crescent, Hawea heard someone trying the rear door handle. The occupants then heard a person jumping the fence. “This is the second suspicious incident reported in Lake Hawea in recent weeks,” Constable Peter Reed said. “I urge people to lock your doors and secure your property as best as you can and if you hear a person trying to enter your property dial 111.”

If you have information on any crimes call 0800CRIMESTOPPER (0800555111).

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rider Hannah Orchard winning the gold in the Boarder X and Harrison Steedman putting in the fastest run of the male skiers Otago University’s Marc Andri Riedi claimed his second gold of the games in the male Boarder X section.

Cardrona also hosted the halfpipe event, which put students to the test. Andri Riedi picked up his third gold in the male board event, and Waikato University snow boarder Natalie Good won the female section.

On Monday a skills slalom was held at

Treble Cone with Courtney claiming third place.

University Sport New Zealand executive director Peter McDonald said the Uni Snow Games was a fantastic week and he was impressed with the talent on display.

“All three of the medal winners in the female Boarder X today have represented New Zealand at some level,” he said. The slopestyle and Big Air were held at Cardrona yesterday.

The games conclude with the cross country and biathlon events at the Snow Farm today.

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Endurance jetski racing Antony Hansen Canterbury and Otago Jet Sports Club hosted the final round of the South Island Winter Endurance Series at Glendhu Bay on Saturday.

Racers from all over the South Island took part in round three of the Endurance Series with a good local turnout.

High winds made the races challenging and tested the endurance of all the competitors.

Two styles of craft were used with sub-categories within the class. The pole ski, a traditional stand-up jet ski which can reach speeds of 110kph, was raced for 45 minutes. The

runabout class is the sitdown version, reaching speeds of up to 140kph,

Wanaka teamed up as first time racers to compete in the runabout

Riding a 300hp machine that has more blast than a Subaru WRX STI is unbelievable. for races of 1.5 hours.

Wanaka’s Mark Williams placed third in his race in the open pole ski and placed second in the runabout class. “Riding a 300hp machine that has more blast than a Subaru WRX STI is unbelievable.

I’m hooked,” Mark Williams said.

Garett Shore and Richie Johnston from

division finishing in second place.

Results Runabout: 1 Robin Oakley (Christchurch), 2 Mark Williams (Wanaka), 3 Nick Magill (Dunedin).

Pole ski 1 Steve Taylor (Dunedin), 2 Daniel Jephson (Dunedin), 3 Mark Williams (Wanaka).

inbrief Quizzing for coastguard More than $3500 was handed over to Wanaka Coastguard for their rescue vehicle after a fundraising quiz night held by Wanaka Rotary last Thursday. Donations from Wanaka River Journeys, Eco Adventures and Monarch Otago Wildlife Cruises for auction. Raffles and door sales assisted with the fundraising as well as the entry fees from 120 participants at the Upper Clutha Rugby clubrooms.

Music and wine Waitiri Creek in the Gibbston Valley has been announced as a new venue for the annual Classic Hits Winery Tour. The 2013 Winery Tour series starts in February and features 100 percent New Zealand music on the 17 date nationwide tour.

The line up will be announced in October.

Spring start for work Work on the Caltex corner roundabout will start this spring, according to QLDC Project Manager Rob Darby. The roundabout has been delayed more than once in the past, most recently due to the colder weather which began in the autumn.

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gardentips

Coming up...

from Dr Compost

Prepare the garden

Getting ready for spring There have been cold days this winter but these early signs of spring can get the gardening juices flowing. It’s very easy to get ahead of yourself and start planting out seedlings willy nilly but hold back on the tomatoes, potatoes and other frost sensitive plants until Labour Weekend.

Once you have hardened the seeds off, dig a small hole for each seedling and

of brassicas are hungry feeders, and the rewards speak for themselves. Keep

punnet of cauliflower seedlings can yield up to $21 of food: the savings

Planting out Don’t shock your seedling by planting it out cold turkey from its nice warmish home at the garden centre or your own seed raising area.

Instead “harden off” the seedling first by putting the seed tray outside for a few days or preferably a week. Light netting or a frost cloth will protect your plants from frosts and playful birds, cats or dogs, though you may want to bring the seeds inside at night if there is a hard frost.

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prepare it with a good dose of compost. I like to mix a few handfuls in the hole, plant the seedling, then scatter a few more handfuls around.

Some of the bigger types

feeding your brassicas compost to provide them with all their growing needs and to boost them up so they can survive a brush with Jack Frost.

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are even greater when grown from seed.

Frost protection It could be an interesting spring for some fruit

trees as there are signs of early bud swelling and early flowering to come. Early flowering means more risk of frost damage later on. If it’s a smaller tree, you can throw some frost cloth over it to help protect the buds.

Brassicas are happy outside this time of year but they enjoy some nighttime frost protection. You can buy frost cloth or plastic with cloches and hoops, such as the Kerilea system, or you can think outside the box and do it the cheap way: - Cut the bottom out of clear plastic drink bottles and put one over each seedling.

- Prop up an old double shower door or windscreen over the bed.

- Cover the plants on a cold night with a bucket, straw or a sheet or blanket.

- Reuse some wind cloth or a shower curtain.

Tidy up the garden.

Check and fix irrigation.

Weed garden beds, cover with a layer of compost and put mulch down to encourage worms.

Prepare new veggie beds Check out double-digging and biological intensive techniques.

Build a raised bed using the no-dig method.

Raised beds are a must for shallow or poor soils, plus they warm up quicker in the spring.

Get planting Sow garlic directly in the garden, it’s late but you could sneak a crop in.

Sow seeds indoors every few weeks: try brassicas, hardy lettuces, mesculin mixes, rocket or parsley. Keep seeds in a warm place to aid germination.

Sow tomato seeds inside, check out heritage varieties Brandywine Pink or Red Russian.

Plant a fruit tree, it will reward you for life.

Protect from frosts Use cloches and frost cloth to extend the coming season.

Re-use old glass slider doors, shower doors, or corrugated plastic to warm the earth before and after planting (be careful with that glass).

See sunspots for details on Dr Compost’s next gardening workshop

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Hounds on the hill

Snow Farm is hosting the Wanaka Sled Dog Festival August 29-31.

The Snow Farm has held the festival since 1996 and a core group of mushers travel from all over the country every season to race their dogs on the snow. It is expected that a field of more than 25 will race this week.

“We can’t wait to see the Sled Dogs in action again this season. The conditions are perfect, the weather looks great and there are dogs everywhere,” Snow Farm general manager Jo Lynch said. “It is great to see the dogs and their owners so excited to be here.”

There are two different types of dogsled racing in New Zealand. Dry land racing is the most

common. It is carried out on land and is used as a training ground for the snow events. Snow racing requires dryland rigs to be adapted and fitted with skis or sleds for snow. There are various classes available for rig and

two, three, four, and six dog sleds. In this class the dogs must pull a required amount of freight attached to the rig or scooter.

Racing starts on Wednesday evening.

It is expected that the field will be made up

We can’t wait to see the Sled Dogs in action again this season. The conditions are perfect, the weather looks great and there are dogs everywhere. scooter races. The Race Giving Organisation decides which classes are offered at events.

Classes can include one and two dog scooters, or a two, three, four and six dog rigs or in the freight class one,

of experienced racers as well as teams new to this type of racing.

The week will finish with a prize giving and entrants will join skiers and snow-shoers in a Full Moon Fondue on Friday to celebrate. photo: supplied

Olympian snow visit Olympic BMX silver medallist, Sarah Walker, gold medal rower Mahe Drysdale and bronze medallist rower, Juliette Haigh play up for the camera’s earlier this week at Cardrona.

The three athletes are on an informal visit to the Southern Lakes for some relaxation after an intensive time at the London Olympics. photo: supplied

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BOARD People sleeping in vans and tents, empty bottles, burnt tyres - waterfall creek is a mess 10c a litre overnight

editorial When the competitions on the mountains get busy, it usually means there is some light at the end of the tunnel for winter. Springtime is on its way and with that comes a whole new mood around town. Less clothes, more time in natural light and bikes and boats getting prepped for the coming months. The local kids hanging out at the skatepark are wearing T-shirts and not such a liability in the winter gloom as they scoot to and from school. It’s time to get out and about instead of having to drive up the hill or play on a cold boggy ground. And it’s great.

How can talking on the phone while driving be illegal, when having a car full of kids screaming and mucking around be ok? What’s more distracting?

Congrats to Mount Aspiring First XI Football Team who beat Wakatipu High 3-1. It is all about passing & moving!

Wanaka cant get a pool but qldc can afford to buy a ski field no one uses 370k is the budget for wanaka’s pool, 15m for queenstown DH you rock! Was proud to say after breaking down on our way to Dn with no reception and trying to stop someone for over half an hr a local was the one to come to our aid. Cheers K&C I`m so glad that the new building is another bar. We need more bars to provide even more alcohol to fuel more vandalism, violence and late night bashings. Yep. it’s just what we need

Hockey pitch I have a question: Why is there no full turf pitch on the sports facility plan?

The soccer boys are going to Kelly’s Flat Reserve, the rugby boys are staying at the show grounds, the cricket chaps are over at Luggate and Pembroke, netball, basketball and tennis all have their own spots. So there should be room for a hockey turf on the proposed plan.

Why is the council not looking at providing for a sport that has just come fourth in the Olympics? It may have a small following here but if you don’t provide for growth you’re not going to get it.

Deb Fox, Wanaka

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New at artisans, intriguing salt shakers. Funky shape cool colours even some sheep ones! Come up and check them out!

New or busy mum? Save time by doing your grocery shopping online. organicexpress.co.nz Notice is given that the Wheels to Dunstan AGM for the year to 30 June 2012, will be held in the Community Networks board room at 73 Brownston Street on Monday September 10, at 9.30am.

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sport results Wanaka Bowls Results Week ending 25:08:12:Monday Trophy 1 D Urquhart, M McElrea, A Turnbull, 2 S Nyhof, K Suckling, R Templeton, 3 D Martin, P Gray, G Westwood. Tuesday Pairs 1 D Urquhart & A Nicholls, 2 G Russell & D Minson, 3 B Holmes & T Tovey. Wednesday Triples 1 F Duncan, B Hamilton, P Hope, 2 W Turnbull, A Nicholls, R Templeton, 3 G Barnes, D Barnes, I James. Friday Progressive Skips 1 I Brown, 2 M Barnett, 3 P Gray. Leads 1 D Brown 2 J Barton 3 R Mathewson.

Saturday Studholme Memorial 1 Bremner Park, 2 Meadowstone, 3 Scurr Heights, 4 Rippon Lea, 5 Hawea, 6 Mt Albert, 7 Pembroke, 8 Beacon Point. Business House Competition Thursday 1 A Russell, P Davidson, R Key 2 D Sarginson, R McNeilly, J Limmer 3 R Anderson, M Ives, K Curtis.

Tarras Golf results Men’s Clark Trophy-Simon Maling 39 Stablefords by lot Graeme Rive 39, Tom Moore 37, Richard Timpany 35, Ken Galloway 35. Two’s-Graeme Rive, Simon Maling, Holger Reinecke. Women’s Annan Trophy and Bisque Par-Lynn Rae 1 up, Gilly Taylor 1 down, Ann Saunders 1 down, Maria Wilson 2 down. Tar-

ras Country Coffee Shop Runnerup Annan Trophy-Ann Saunders on count back Gilly Taylor Wanaka Golf Club Results: Tuesday Ladies Medal Divi1 1 Penny Wilson, 71, 2 Nora Hastings, 72, 3 Carmel Hyndman, 74 ocb, 4 Anne Moffat, 74. Div2 1 Lyn Marshall, 66, 2 Louise Kane (Chamberlain Park), 68, 3 Lyn Hore, 70 ocb, 4 Viv Grant, 70. Div3 1 Margaret McKenzie, 67, 2 Margaret Marshall, 71 ocb, 3 Karleen Jopson, 71.

Div4 1 Carolyn Wallace, 69, 2 Sue Black, 72, 3 Bobbie Shore, 74 ocb, 4 Gwenda Ross, 74, Wednesday Men Stbfd Div1 1 Bill Grigor, 41, 2 Matt Kenealy (Titirangi), 38 ocb, 3 Ryan Shuttleworth, 38, 4 Bill Hore, Bob McRae, Wyndham Barkman, 38. Div2 1 Russel Leary, 39, 2 Ross Rainsford, 38 ocb, 3 Lindsay Ellery, 38. Thursday 9 Hole Ladies Nett 1 Elise Saunders, 32, 2 Ann Trevathon, 33, 3 Margaret Begg, 36.

Nearest to the Pin - Elise Saunders - with a Hole-in One. Saturday Ladies Medal 1 Helen Thirkell, 71, 2 Nora Hastings, 73 ocb, 3 Carmel Hyndman, 73, 4 May Moffat, 73.

Stableford 1 Carmel Hyndman, 35 ocb, 2 May Moffat, 35 Saturday Men Stableford Div1 1 Stuart Corser (Peninsula), 43, 2 Gavan

Herlihy, 42, 3 Murray Studholme (Queens Park), 41, Div2 1 Michael Hetherington, 41, 2 Neville Findlay (Chisolm Park), 40, 3 John Barrow, 39

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Bridge results Aspiring Stakes 1. North/South:- Mark Harry, Murray Pryde 65.10% 1. Karolyn Macandrew, Jenny Turnbull 63.80% 2. Gerarda Herlihy, Allan Kelly 61.33% 3. East/West:- Sherril Harries, Mary Gibson Collings 71.16% 1. Lynne Fegan, Maggie Stratford 61.28% 2. Jan Lyness, Kenneth Roberts 58.52% 3 Friday Bridge 24 August: North/South:- Deirdre Lynch, Madeleine Reveley 65.28% 1. Mary Gibson Collings, Frances Copland 54.51% 2. Jan Anderson, Gerarda Herlihy 53.82% 3. East/ West:- Ann Paterson, Pam Taylor 66.27% 1. Pamela Buchanan, Jenny Pryde 65.87% 2. Pat Gray, Lyla Hensley 57.14% 3 Lake Hawea Golf results: Rabbit Stableford 1 A Clifford, T Arscott, G Browne & A Brown 245, 2 N Matchett, D Costello, A Hale & K Todd 243, 3 R Johnston, D Sullivan, N Brown & M McElrea 186.

Nearest the Pin Tim Cotter. Two’s A Hale No.9, A Brown No.14. Birdie/Net Eagles A Hale No.13.

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Annual General Meeting Wanaka Rowing Club Inc The annual reports and accounts will be presented to members and supporters at Accountancy at Altitude offices Brownston Street, Wanaka On Tuesday, 11th September 2012, 7.30pm Apologies to Marg Galloway, tractors@xtra.co.nz All welcome.

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Looking for rowers

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Wanaka Rowing Club organisers are hoping the five Olympic medals won

by New Zealand rowers will raise the local profile of the sport for their open day next week.

The club was started in 2007 by the current president, Dave Varney, initially training one rower, Georgina Galloway. At 16 she had already rowed in

Dunedin while at boarding school for three years. After one year rowing in Wanaka, she went on to compete in the Otago under 20 women’s team. Ten other juniors joined that season and the club now has 71 rowing members plus associates and sponsors with more than 200 people trying rowing since the club started.

“It’s a cardiovascular sport with big demands on all major muscle groups so will help improve fitness, core body and flexibility with the legs and torso doing most of the work.

It will also aid weight loss if you row regularly,” club captain Amanda Inkster said. As well as the juniors, there is also a core group of master ladies

who row both socially and competitively.

The club is looking for new members aged from Year 9 and for coaches.

Prospective members must be able to swim 50 metres in light clothing.

The club open day is Saturday September 8 at their shed at the rugby ground starting at 9.30am.

Top halfpipe style

Japanese riders won the top two spots in the men’s final of the World Cup halfpipe, with American Kelly Clark winning the women’s event at Cardrona Alpine Resort last weekend.

Ryo Aono (pictured) dominated the men’s field with scores of 92.75 and 95.25: the two highest points of the day. Shuhei Sato recovered well from a fall to place second with 88.5 points in his first ever World Cup event. Yiwei Zhang (CHN) placed third with 84.0 points despite riding with a broken hand.

A field of 12 men and six women, including some of the world’s best riders, competed in a two-run final with men and women alternating runs.

With fresh snow overnight, the

22ft pipe was considered by the riders to be in excellent condition enabling them to execute manoeuvres of World Cup standard, judges said.

The wind conditions created an additional challenge for the athletes.

“The competition went really well for me today. I am so excited to win. We have a strong Japanese halfpipe team and we are looking forward to the rest of the 2012 season,” Ryo said.

The women’s competition w a s t i g h t w i t h t he win d affecting the lighter riders.

Kelly did not land her first run of the finals but managed to score of 83.0 in the second to win. Sophie Rodriguez (FRA) won second place with 81.75 points and Queralt

Castellet (ESP) was third with 71.75 points.

“It was a great competition today, the pipe is the best it has been. Not completing my first run provides a good opportunity to come from behind. I enjoyed this and am happy to be on top of the podium as the girls are riding great at the moment and really pushing the boundaries,” Kelly said.

Wanaka based rider Rebecca Sinclair was the top kiwi woman, placing 19th in a field which had nine of the top ten halfpipe riders from the last Winter Olympics. In the men’s event James Hamilton was the top performing New Zealander placing 23rd, and Mitchell Brown placing 27th.

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