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Wednesday 20 April 2016
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Eoin Herbert and Storm chill out after their run in the long head at the Waimea Sheep Dog Trial Club champs near Wakefield on Friday. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
Sheep make life hard for top combination
Tapawera’s Eion Herbert and his work mates and best friends had a tough day at the office at the annual Waimea Sheep Dog Trial Club champs near Wakefield. Eion is one of the country’s top sheep dog trialists but could only manage a second in the short head and fifth in the long head with Bell at last Friday and Saturday’s champs. The national sheep dog trial representative and his top dog Storm had wheelchairs mobility scooters walker/canes electric beds and hoists lift assist chairs bathroom solutions incontinence products daily living aids/products
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simon@waimeaweekly.co.nz a forgettable day after failing to get the better of some unco-operative sheep in the long head. “It didn’t go that well,” Eion says. “The sheep were pretty tough so that made things a bit tricky.” Eion says they will need to improve before taking on the country’s best
at the North Island, South Island and New Zealand champs starting next month. “We’ve completed all the club champs now so the next one will be the North Island champs then the New Zealand’s and South Island’s in Omarama. I’ll be taking Storm and Bell unless I can qualify my young one, Ben.”
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It’s frustrating because council has been focusing on keeping rates down and the government makes a decision that will cost the ratepayer. - Richard Kempthorne.
the principal causes of tooth decay. “It’s frustrating because council has been focusing on keeping rates down and the government makes a decision that will cost the ratepayer,” Richard says. “The government should be paying for this, not the ratepayer.” Councillor Trevor Norriss says the cost of installing fluoridation plants would be especially high in Tasman which has eight different water supply schemes. “The cost will be huge because we have so many small community water schemes,”
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Tasman councillors are frustrated that ratepayers could be left to pick up the cost of another change in legislation after the government announced that district health boards will decide if water supplies are to be fluoridated. The government announced plans last week to take decision-making powers on fluoridating water supplies away from councils and hand them to district health boards. Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says New Zealand has high rates of preventable tooth decay and increasing access to fluoridated water would improve oral health. However, Tasman district mayor Richard Kempthorne and councillors last week unanimously criticised the decision saying it would be too costly for ratepayers. Councillors also questioned the effectiveness of fluoridation when sugary drinks and poor oral hygiene were
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