Western News 03-05-16

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It could be more than two months until the city council makes a decision on what action will be taken over the controversial Owaka Pit.

The abatement notice issued on April 14, 2015, said all medium density fibre had to be removed by April 13, 2016.

As of last month only 500.84 tonnes have been removed out of 9000.

Residents have become frustrated after expecting to hear an update on the action the city council would take at the Riccar-ton-Wigram Community Board meeting earlier this month.

But they were left disappointed as there was no city council staff member to give an update.

Resident Julie Shivas said it was unacceptable and someone from the city council should have been at the meeting.

But city council head of regulatory compliance Tracey Western said the delay was because they were commissioning an environmental assessment report.

She said the completion of the environ-ment report will guide their next course of action which will take about eight weeks.

The pit on Owaka Rd has been a source of contention for years and in 2013 the

MDF spontaneously caught alight taking weeks to contain.

Owaka Holdings’ Alan Edge has defend-ed the amount of MDF cleared from the pit after the abatement notice to removed 9000 tonnes expired two weeks ago.

Mr Edge said under the circumstance, it had done “extremely well” to remove the amount they have.

He said the 12-month time frame on the abatement notice served on the company by the city council was too short.

Mr Edge said it was limited by the number of trucks allowed entry into Kate Valley Landfill each day.

“We are still carting it to Kate Valley. We haven’t stopped and we are not going to stop,” he said.

But community board chairman Mike Mora said it was not the board’s prob-lem. Mr Edge had an abatement notice of 12 months.

He said the MDF never should have been there in the first place.

“There are some limitations I believe but he has had years to get rid of that stuff,” Mr Mora said.

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ONGOING PROBLEM: It could be more than two months until the city council makes a decision on what action they will take now that the Owaka Holdings Ltd abatement notice has expired. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

Longer wait for pit decisionResidents frustrated after no update given on council action

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The Halswell Domain has had yet another graffiti attack – this time over Anzac weekend.

Tagging is becoming a regular occurrence with 28 incidents at the domain recorded by the city council in the last year.

Residents said the public toilets, part of the Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineer’s shed, as well as a contractor’s shed on Halswell Rd, was tagged over the weekend.

The debate of a new skate park in Halswell has come

to a head with concerns from residents living nearby that if it is installed anti-social behaviour problems will escalate.

But Riccarton-Wigram Community Board chairman Mike Mora (left) said the tagging and the installation of the skate park are separate issues.

“It may de-escalate it – we don’t know,” he said.

Mr Mora said the city council will be going around the schools to talk about the issue of graffiti.

It was recorded by the city council between April 1, 2015, and April 28, 2016, 28 incidents had occurred at the Halswell Domain involving graffiti.

A city council spokeswoman said Intergroup Christchurch

spent the last two days at the Halswell Domain cleaning up the graffiti and a full inspection was carried out April 22 and last Monday.

She said a number of tags had appeared over the weekend and have since been removed.

Residents say they have been plagued with graffiti on vehicles, fences, footpaths along with damage to property over the past few years.

Police are saying while people get prosecuted for tagging, and there is an active community patrol out at the domain which reports to the police, tagging is a community issue.

Senior Sergeant Pete Stills said there needs to be more education for parents being

aware about what their children are up to.

He said it is also about working with shops in terms of selling sprays or marker pens to young people and ensuring they are for legitimate reasons.

“Halswell Domain is not really on our radar – it is a safe place . . . we have got far worse suburbs.”

Senior Sergeant Stills said the shrubs and trees around the public toilets could be removed to make the area more visible as well as locking the toilets out of hours could help reduce the problems.

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Kennedys Bush resident Chrys Horn writes that it makes “no sense” to assume graffiti and property damage at Halswell Domain will increase if a proposed skate park goes ahead.

I was surprised at the narrow scope of last week’s Western News article Skate park debate fires up, which talked to four blokes who are dead against having a skate park in the domain and seem to have it in for kids on wheels – unless those wheels are on a miniature train, of course.

My reading of the article was that their concern was not so much about a skate park but about the tagging that has been happening around Halswell, and the domain in particular.

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It makes no sense to accuse kids who do not yet use the domain of things that are go-ing on there already. Perhaps it’s the kids who play rugby league, soccer, netball, touch or softball or who ride minia-ture trains who are doing that tagging, since they are already

using the park. I per-sonally don’t believe this, but it makes more sense to suppose this than to accuse skate-boarders rollerbladers, scooterers or stunt cyclists who are not even there yet.

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really don’t like it but let’s deal with the tagging as the separate issue that it is. Why blame it on a bunch of kids who couldn’t possibly have done it?

I’m sad that we prefer the idea of dismissing local kids with an interest in wheel sports over working together on the problem of tagging.

My question is how can we work together to sort out the one or two taggers around the place who are causing the trouble? I’m sure we’re equal to this challenge and that as a community we could come up with some great ideas on how

to catch a tagger or perhaps channel their interests into something more constructive.

As for noise, all of the potential sites that are being consulted on are well away from private homes so that noise is not an issue. Oddly, where I live, the biggest noise is not go-karters or longboard-ers speeding past my gate or people talking and shouting in the park next door, but cars driving past my gate. I’m guessing that the most noise for most people living in around parks is actually cars driving past at 50-60km/h.

We are a community that has around 4000 children and young people and we need to provide them with spaces and opportunities to develop their social and physical skills. We provide playgrounds and sports grounds so why not a skate park and could we do it please without making these young people feel that they don’t have a place in our community and that they are a lesser, more dangerous species?

Most of the young people I know are amazing and many contribute a great deal to this community. I want to live in a community that supports them and offers them opportunities.

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Shelter is one of the most basic of human needs and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that everyone has the right to housing.

It can be debated that housing that makes people sick, isn’t hous-ing at all.

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Installing insulation and heating is a one-off cost but the benefits last a long time, saving money on health and saving lives every year.

The Government through the Energy Efficiency and Conserva-tion Authority has spent $450 million nationwide on insulation and heating subsidies over the last couple of years.

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The current subsidy programme comes to an end in June this year.

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Four new family-style villas will be built to accommodate up to 32 students.

The plan is to replace the institutional-style accommodation blocks and help enhance the school’s education programme.

The new redevelopment is de-signed to have a multi-purpose learning environment allowing students and staff to be together

in a welcoming and multi-func-tional space.

It will include earthquake strengthening of the main school buildings and an upgrade of the carer’s accommodation.

Halswell Residential College provides round-the-clock special education for children and young people with complex needs.

The plan behind the rede-velopment is to strengthen the school’s ability to deliver education for students who need significant curriculum adoption due to an underlying intellectual impairment.

TRANSFORMATION: The concept design for the $9 million upgrade at Halswell Residential College. The construction is expected to be completed by January next year. PHOTO: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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Readers respond to the Western News article on residents’ fears that anti-social issues might escalate if a skate park is installed in Halswell Domain:

Darryl Clarke: You did a piece in the paper on residents not wanting the skate park in Halswell Domain. Well we agree as on Tuesday night all our cars on the road or driveways on William Brittan Ave got tagged including mine. The walkway next to my house on the path was spray-painted with some very rude words.

Kate Cleverly: As a local resident and mother-of-two I am very disappointed to read the one-sided article around the proposed skate and recreation facility for Halswell.

I have worked for many years with children and young people in our community and have never found them to be anything less than respectful. The issues raised over the placement of the proposed skate park are biased, judgemental and quite insulting.

To suggest that skateboarders are all young boys who are a spray-can wielding social nuisance is quite frankly ridiculous.

The skateboarders I know – who range in age from three to 23 and are most definitely both

girls and boys – are far from synonymous with anti-social behaviour. They are kind, caring and respectful young people who just want to do something other than play traditional sports or swing on the swings.

Rather than detracting from the domain a carefully planned skate and recreation facility will enhance Halswell, and provide an activity for children like mine who are too old (or just don’t enjoy) to play on the playgrounds or ride on the trains.

The domain could become a thriving hub of activity which

really does have something for everyone.

I would strongly suggest that those opposed to the facility for reasons such as anti-social behaviour, tagging and noise actually visit a functioning skate park like the one in Prebbleton and, rather than dismiss all young people as delinquent, actually talk to them and ask them for their view and how they might overcome such concerns.

I have and I can assure you the last thing they want is that kind of behaviour and they have some great suggestions for making sure it doesn’t happen.


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Mona Vale Lodge is one of 35 finalists in the this year’s Canterbury Heritage Awards.

The building sustained damage in the February 2011 earthquake predominantly from the collapse of the two masonry chimneys.

Repairs to the building were finished two weeks ago at a cost of $589,000.

A panel of five judges whittled the list down from 80 entries into six categories – domestic and saved, public realm and saved, outstanding contribution to heritage, seismic, heritage tourism and future heritage.

Entries were received from a wide variety of projects, from walking tours and domestic dwellings to furniture restora-tions and public monuments.

Category winners and the supreme overall winner will be announced during a ceremony held at the Christchurch Arts Centre on June 9.

Christchurch Heritage Awards Charitable Trust chairwoman Dr Anna Crighton said the judges were incredibly impressed with the standard of entries.

“Now that almost half of our built heritage has been demolished, appreciation of what remains is evident. The jurors agreed, without

exception, that every entry was worthy in contributing to the character and streetscapes of our city and province,” she said.

Dr Crighton was joined on the judging panel by four other notable heritage experts – Heritage Management Services director Jenny May, Canterbury University and Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects chairman Tim Nees, Heritage New Zealand southern office general manager Sheila Watson and Ruamoko Solutions structural engineer Grant Wilkinson.

Tickets are on sale now for the awards ceremony. Go to www.heritageawards.co.nz for more information.

FINALIST: The recently repaired Mona Vale Lodge is a finalist in the Canterbury Heritage Awards.

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Domestic Saved and Restored: Acland House, Banksia Cottage, Chilcombe, Mona Vale Lodge, Our House and Racecourse Hill Homestead.Public Realm Saved and Restored: Armagh St Bridge, Gaiety Theatre Akaroa, Glentunnel Library, Isaac Theatre Royal Recreation, Linwood Community Centre, Mona Vale Lodge, St Lukes Chapel, Former BNZ Building Kaiapoi and Triumphal Arch.Outstanding Contribution to Heritage: Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre Project, Christchurch Uncovered Website, Heritage Open

Weekend, Heritage Week, Isaac Theatre Royal Dome, Provincial Chambers Building Furniture Restoration, Scaled Down and Valuing our Heritage.Seismic: Banks Peninsula War Memorial, Edmonds Clock Tower, Former Trinity Congregationist Church, Great Hall, Hare Memorial Library, Jubilee Clock Tower and Triumphal Arch.Heritage Tourism: Christchurch City Heritage Walking Guide, Curragh House, Heritage of Hororata and Beyond, Isaac Theatre Royal Recreation, Riccarton Bush and House and Shop 7 - Valuing Our Heritage.Future Heritage: Miles Warren Building and Sheppard and Rout Offices.

The community has played a key role in the reduction of crime rate in the last five years, police say.

The number of burglaries in Riccarton west has decreased by 58 per cent between 2011 and 2015.

When the Riccarton Neigh-bourhood Policing Team began operating in the area in October 2011, the community identified burglary as one of their key issues.

In 2008 was the worst year recorded with 130 burglaries.

Since 2011, the Neighbourhood Policing team has put in a number of initiatives to reduce crime rate in the area.

This has included the estab-lishment of a community gar-den, an annual community fun day, a weekly community boot camp, a fortnightly commu-nity café and a weekly sports afternoon for local children.

Street clean-up days have been held, along with student-run information days and UV property-marking sessions.

Landlords in the area have also assisted with distributing information, and community welcome packs are provided to new residents.

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Foundation Focuses on Fostering youth potential

Established 21 years ago by Graeme Dingle and Jo-Anne Wilkinson to motivate and encourage young people to reach their potential, the Foundation for Youth Development has been renamed the Graeme Dingle Foundation.

The new name, which took effect in March, recognises the positive contribution Graeme has made to the lives of hundreds of young New Zealanders over the last 45 years.

As the Graeme Dingle Foundation regional manager Noeline Allan explains, the organisation works with young people to foster their potential and talent, particularly those who have low self-esteem and low self-efficacy.

Each year, groups of young people are selected to take part in a 14-month programme called Project K, which includes a challenging three-week

wilderness activities event.

“For this, the young people are taken into the mountains where they are tested,” Ms Allan says. “They learn self-management through having to cook for themselves, wash their own clothes and carry their packs.”

This year, the Graeme Dingle Foundation has again selected a group of students from Hornby High School to take part in the programme, which starts this month with the wilderness activities.

“When they walk back into school at the end of their three-week adventure they are applauded for their efforts by students and staff. It’s called ‘Clap Day’,” Ms Allan says.

The group is then required to become involved in the community, finding out about the various community organisations and what they do. Drawing

on this information and experience, they select a charity to fundraise for. Last year, Gap Filler was the chosen charity.

The young people are also teamed up with adult mentors, who work with them for 12 months providing encouragement and teaching them to set and achieve goals.

“These relationships often go beyond the 12 months,” Ms Allan says.

She says the difference in the participants after they complete the programme is remarkable.

“They take the step up to become leaders in the school and the community.”

The Graeme Dingle Foundation welcomes sponsorship from local businesses keen to transform young lives forever. For more information, visit www.dinglefoundation.org.nz

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Honouring ANZACs at HalswellHillmorton High School students attended a special service to mark Anzac Day.

The service was held at the Halswell Domain Memorial and the students were joined by other schools including Cashmere High, Oaklands and Aidanfield Christan College.

Deputy principal Eleanor Sims said Hillmorton students had the honour of laying a wreath.

The service was organised for the Templeton Returned And Services Association in conjunction with the Halswell Residents’ Association, The Halswell & District Lions Club and the Riccarton-Wigram Community Board.

REMEMBERANCE: Hillmorton High School students Cha’nel Kaa-Luke, Santiago Blanco, Kirsty English and Aleesha King attending a special Anzac Service held at Halswell Domain.

COMMEMORATION: Members of the community in Halswell gather to remember.

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BLESSING: Barnadoes chief executive Jeff Sanders and Ministry of Education’s Southern region early childhood education manager Coralanne Child digging the land with local iwi and Pasifika community group members gathered for the event.

Barnardos Kidstart Childcare has held a special service to bless the beginning of construction for a new building opening in Hornby.

Hornby Primary School will be getting a brand new Pasifika early learning centre in July.

The blessing of the site for construction to begin was held last Friday.

Early learning centre’s South Island senior administrator

Kirsty Eastwick said the new centre will be a learning space that reflects and fosters chil-dren’s strong sense of identity, language and culture.

She said the centre will mark the beginning of a new endeav-our for the Pasifika community.

Members from the community including local iwi, Pasifika community group members and Wigram MP Megan Woods at-tended the event.

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Well Phillip, you’re clearly the plumbing master around here, but why did you decide to get into the trade in the first place?

My father went with me to a vocational guidance counsellor in the square. The guy that was interviewing me said ‘I know a bloke by the name of Athol Jamieson.’ He knew him on a fairly friendly basis so I went and saw him. He had a fairly large company and said ‘there’s a job there if you want it.’ I’d seen plumbers, we’d not long had the sewerage put on in the house and a flush toilet put in, which you guys would take for granted now. I was fascinated. So I thought ‘it’s not a bad idea’, and that’s what it was.

So when did you start your apprenticeship?

In the days when I did my ap-prenticeship, you signed up for what they called a 12,000 hour

apprenticeship which equates to six years. In that era, when you

got to your fifth year you could sit your license and if you passed your exam you didn’t have to do your sixth year, so there was a lot of incentive there. In those days it was about five pounds a week which probably equates to, I don’t know, $200 these days. A tradesman now could get about $30 an hour, about $1200 a week, and an apprentice, well they probably get more than $200, so a lot of incentive there to pass. I spent most of my apprenticeship under a guy named Bill Walsh, an Irish plumber, and also with his brother John. They were ship’s plumbers, they were fas-tidious. If something happened it was either right or it was wrong.

And after you finished your apprenticeship did you stay with the same company?

No, after I finished I left plumbing for a wee while and I did quantity surveying. It was a very good experience and I was fortunate that I had the trades experience to do it. It was very

enjoyable.Did you work on any big

projects?I did, it was Wilkins and

Davies I was working for at the time. The buildings at Canter-bury University were being built then, and we worked on them. That was straight out of my apprenticeship, so when I left that I went to learn about drain laying. I’ve always enjoyed drain laying. When you’re doing it, you feel like you’ve achieved more than you would working in a bathroom. I did that for the best part of a year, then I put the sew-erage into John Walsh’s house. That was the practical part of my exam. I started working for a drain laying firm then, but they went out of business, so at about 23 I started working for myself. You knew nothing then, but that was beside the point because you thought you did and you had to get experience the hard way. So I was working for myself for a while and I was doing some tutoring at night. When you’re tutoring and still in the trades, to the students, you’re still a plumber.

Working full time and tutor-ing at nights, it must’ve taken a toll on your social life?

I was young, I was only about

AT WORK: Phillip Mitchell has been a plumbing tutor at the Ara Institute of Canterbury for many years. At 73, he is still going strong working three days a week.

‘Filthy’ work with pipes and plumbingPhillip Mitchell has had his hand in the city’s pipes for half a century. He talks with Matthew Salmons about his life as a plumber, being a tutor and winning the Graeme Victor Smith Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award


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27 when I finished that and when you’re young you could burn the candle at both ends a bit.

Where did you do your tutor-ing?

In town, it was called Christch-urch Technical College then - it has had about three name changes since then. It was only one night a week at that stage. That was about 1969, then me and another guy started commer-cial drain laying. We had a lot of fun, we did all of the drainage at QE II which was a monstrous job, but we just got stuck in and got on with it. We were young and wishful, ‘of course we can bloody well do it.’

Far out, was it only you two doing the job?

No, we had 10 staff on. We up-dated the Kaiapoi sewerage plant as well. It was physical, hard work but enjoyable. You were outside all the time. Sometimes you wore yourself out, but that’s just life. We formed a partnership called Mitchell and Rodgers. You used to be filthy everyday, but that’s part of your life and you hope that you can look back on your life and have enjoyed it.

How did it feel to receive that award?

I thought why me? I’d started in 2005 with just me, with an-

other tutor joining in 2006 and another in 2007. We now have eight, virtually a new tutor every year. We do work for the Schools Organisation and Ara managed apprenticeships in plumbing and gas fitting. We’ve grown and grown, I have to ask myself, is this real?

It’s been an absolutely fantastic journey building this thing, I have had some really great sup-port, and I didn’t do it alone by any stretch of the imagination. I’m putting back what I got out of the industry. The biggest thing for me is the recognition of off-site job training.

Having been in the industry so long, what sort of changes have you seen?

Basically, when I started there was a horrendous amount of lead; it was the material of the time for waste pipes, sewer pipes and roof flashings. I only know of two plumbers who got lead poisoning. After that, it gradu-ated to Copper. Copper’s priced itself out of the market now, but it’s a marvellous material to work with. We used to have to fabricate everything, but now it’s plastic and made fit for purpose. The skill sets have changed due to the change of materials.

And your family has been

supportive for all this time, tutoring and working?

I could never have done it without the support of my wife, Beth, she’s always worked in the background.

Where did you meet your wife?

Through one of my cousins, she was a friend of hers, they bought us together, many years ago now but that’s alright. We went to the pictures, the usual courting thing, it was different then than it is today, 6 o’clock closing, it was the 6 o’clock swill. We went to dances and the pictures, things like that, nothing out of the ordinary.

Where did you grow up?In Marshland Rd, bottom end,

so I’m not very far from home. There wasn’t many houses. We were in one of the houses at the bottom end. It was still basically farmlands, was still in the coun-try then. Shirley Lodge it was called then, I don’t know what it’s called now, we were midway between that and Shirley Rd, but we still lived in the country.

And where did you go to school?

Shirley Primary of course, my great-grandparents on one side took up land on the side of Marshland Rd, so it was pretty

family orientated from there. Every kid’s good at school, I was just an average kid at school. I didn’t excel at anything. My mother would’ve thought I was outstanding.

Has your passion for plumb-ing been passed on to your kids?

No, I’ve got two daughters and one grandson who is 32. I used to take him on work experience, he enjoyed it, and he could’ve done it blind, but he said there was too much to learn. But for the students, I’ve chosen my path, I have to sell them the industry. I have to tell them the pluses and the fun they’ll have on the

journey. You go to work for fun, if you don’t enjoy your work, get another job! I’ve got to be pas-sionate about the industry.

Not looking at retirement?Well, I’m only working three

days a week, I treat it as a hobby now, not a job. I’m going to be 74 in a fortnight, so I guess I’ll have to sooner or later, but I’m still enjoying it. You’ve got to look at it and say ‘well, I better pull back’. It’s such a privilege to see it working so well. Me getting the award was a positive for Ara In-stitute of Canterbury, showing that tutors and support staff are readily available to keep things moving forward.

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RECOGNITION: Phillip Mitchell received the Graeme Victor Smith Outstand-ing Contribution to the Indus-try Award last month, at the New Zealand Plumbing Awards.


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The Canterbury University men’s pre-mier basketball team played a “nail bit-er” against the Gators in the third game of the season – winning by just a point.

The game held at Cowles Stadium on Saturday saw the university team win 65-64.

Top scorers in the game from univer-sity were Brent Fisher, 19, Josh Peter-mann, 13, and Justin Kent, 10.

Scorers from the Gators included Inga Solofuti, 17, and Jeremy Kench,15.

Canterbury University President/Men’s Coach Piet Van Hasselt said the men’s game was a “real nail-biter”.

“One of our guys hit a shot from 75 feet at the end of the first quarter,” he said.

The Canterbury University’s Women’s team lost their first game of the season to team Minties 67-51.

Minties’ Jess Rathgen scored 17 points while Anita Snowdon scored 15 while Canterbury University’s Sapphire Wairau 10, while Bianca Aguiar scored nine.

Meanwhile, in August, the American team Athlete’s in Action will visit to play a collection of teams in New Zealand for two weeks including Canterbury Uni-versity.

The team will be touring New Zealand for two weeks.

Canterbury University basketball is also preparing for the National Tertiary Championship with tertiary teams from all around the country playing each oth-er in the city.

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The Halswell United A.F.C club changing rooms have gone from an old run-down building into a flash new facility.

The rooms have been updated with brand new joinery installed for the large number of football players out in Halswell.

The changing rooms based at Halswell Domain

were built in 1964 and up until the upgrade they were in “a pretty sorry state,” said general man-ager Sam Bunn said.

The changes took about two months to be upgraded with donations from Asia Pacific Football Academy Andy and Jane Smith who supplied the joinery at a reduced rate.

President James Maguire said he was very proud of the new changing room facilities

He said the generous input of a small band of volunteers led by long-standing player and mem-ber Gordan Murdoch made

the new changing rooms possible.

“This upgrade rep-resents the start of our ongoing work to refresh and update our facilities as we look forward to the next 50 years of Halswell Football,” he said.

Mainland Football competition manager Colin Grant said he was proud of what the Halswell community had done with the changing facilities.

“Especially of the volun-teers that have put all their time and effort to make the club better than it already is.”

INSIDE LOOK: The Halswell United A.F.C club’s changing rooms have undergone an upgrade with new joinery installed for its members.

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Our fully qualified teachers are trained in the Helen O’Grady Drama system, they ensure each child is encouraged and valued in a warm, positive learning environment. Lessons stimulate and motivate students without the exam or peer group pressure. Weekly class activities include speech training, creative movement and improvisation. Our Youth Theatre programme encourages the development of leadership and organisational skills. Three terms of the year cover the self-

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The Rotary Club of Hornby held its annual golf tournament recently.

From the day, $32,000 was raised to be distributed around charities in the city including The Rotary Club of Hornby Charitable Trust.

A large number of players travelled to the Weedons Country Club in Rolleston where the tournament was held.

The overall winner from the tournament was Tim Chambers for getting the best gross score in the tournament.

There was a large prize table as well as dozen of raffle prizes meaning just about everyone went home with something.

As well as the prizes, a lunch was put on by the Hornby Branch of Citizens Advice members.

Rotary club of Hornby member Mr Thompson said the club wanted to thank the golf tournament’s principal sponsor Ravensdown which has contributed its support for many years.

“To our other sponsors, without your support we could not raise the kind of money we need to carry on the work we do in our community and throughout the world,” he said.

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Paulger Courts is a family owned and oriented village. Owners Robyn and Peter MacDonald truly appreciate the value and

importance of independence and on-going community relationships to their residents, whilst remaining a close-knit and supportive community. Our residents maintain their community attachments, hobbies and independence, whilst knowing that support is there if they need it.

The village’s 34 semi-detached but private and sunny units sit in landscaped grounds alongside George Manning House, the purpose-built eighty bed rest home and hospital. On hand at GMH Robyn and her team are available to answer any questions or organise any assistance the residents need.

Paulger Courts units are designed to be comfortable and easy to live in, whilst relieving the residents of the burden of home maintenance or reliance on family for urgent assistance. With the supplied ‘Never Alone’ alarm, the nightly security patrol and willing staff, residents and their families can feel reassured that help is at hand should it

be required. The emphasis at Paulger Courts is on

ensuring that it always remains a happy and safe place for people live, whilst gaining new friends in a stress-free and enjoyable environment.

PAULGER COURTS RETIREMENT VILLAGE

The village’s 34 semi-detached but private and sunny units sit in landscaped grounds

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Paulger Courts is a family owned and oriented village. Owners Robyn and Peter MacDonald truly appreciate the value and

importance of independence and on-going community relationships to their residents, whilst remaining a close-knit and supportive community. Our residents maintain their community attachments, hobbies and independence, whilst knowing that support is there if they need it.

The village’s 34 semi-detached but private and sunny units sit in landscaped grounds alongside George Manning House, the purpose-built eighty bed rest home and hospital. On hand at GMH Robyn and her team are available to answer any questions or organise any assistance the residents need.

Paulger Courts units are designed to be comfortable and easy to live in, whilst relieving the residents of the burden of home maintenance or reliance on family for urgent assistance. With the supplied ‘Never Alone’ alarm, the nightly security patrol and willing staff, residents and their families can feel reassured that help is at hand should it

be required. The emphasis at Paulger Courts is on

ensuring that it always remains a happy and safe place for people live, whilst gaining new friends in a stress-free and enjoyable environment.

PAULGER COURTS RETIREMENT VILLAGE

The village’s 34 semi-detached but private and sunny units sit in landscaped grounds

Two coaches from the western area of Christ-church have been nomi-nated for coach of the year at the Athletics Canterbury awards dinner.

Christchurch Avon Athletics Club Craig Eustace of Avonhead and Christchurch Old Boys United Athletic Club Jill Morrison of Wigram have been nominated for coach of the year.

The awards, held on May 13, honours athletes in their chosen field of competition.

Western Christchurch clubs Christchurch Old Boys United Athletic Club and Canterbury Univer-sity had several athletes nominated to attend the evening.

Fifteen of the 53 entries were from the western area of the city.

Canterbury finalists:Sprinter of the Year:

Kelsey Berryman- Bishopdale-Christchurch Old Boys Jarvis Hansen- Redwood-Papanui Toc H Anna Hayward - Timaru- South Canterbury Scott Walker- Harewood- Christ-church Old Boys

Middle Distance Athlete of the Year: Ari Graham- Southshore- Papanui Toc H

Angela Petty- Belfast-Canterbury University Brad Mathas – Bishopdale- Canter-bury University

Distance Athlete of the Year: Cameron Avery-Cashmere -Christ-church Avon Rosa Flanagan- Rolleston-Canter-bury University Andrea Hewitt –Waimairi Beach-New Brighton Olympic Oska Inkster-Baynes –St Albans-New Brighton Olympic Hayden McLaren –Parklands- New Brighton Olympic

Hurdler of the Year: Tom Gill- Papanui-Papanui Toc H Mackenzie Keenan- Merivale (Auck-land based)-Christchurch Old Boys Fiona Morrison-Avonhead-Christ-church Old Boys Anna Percy- Bryndwr-Christchurch Old Boys

Jumper of the Year: Jack Henry - Ouruhia-Christchurch Old Boys Alex Mander- Burwood- Papanui Toc H Lee-Ann McKenzie- Timaru- South Canterbury Emma Sutherland – Westmorland-Christchurch Old Boys

Thrower of the Year: Caitlin Bonne- Northwood- Papanui Toc H Lauren Bruce - Timaru/Studying at Lincoln University-South Canterbury Tomas Walsh – Timaru- South Canterbury

Para Athlete of the Year: Harry Crawford - Lyttelton- Christ-church Old Boys William Stedman- Cashmere- Port Hills Jason Wali- Avonhead- Papanui Toc H

Combined Events Athlete of the Year: Max Atwell- Ilam- Christchurch Old Boys Ben Collerton- Ilam- Canterbury University

Wayne Doyle- Timaru- South Canterbury Jack Henry- Ouruhia- Christchurch Old Boys Alex Mander- Burwood- Papanui Toc H

Walker of the Year: Jonathon Lord - Timaru- South Canterbury Kate Newitt - Waimairi Beach- Port Hills Rozie Robinson- Hornby- New Brighton Olympic Courtney Ruske – Burnside- Christ-church Avon

Cross Country Runner of the Year: Harriet Bush- Cheviot- Canterbury University Rosa Flanagan- Rolleston- Canter-bury University Gabrielle Gray- Amberley- Canter-bury University Oska Inkster-Baynes – St Albans- New Brighton Olympic Rachel Kingsford – Avonhead- Can-terbury University

Road Runner of the Year: Sean Eustace- Avonhead- Christ-church Avon Gabrielle Gray- Amberley- Canter-bury University Nicki McFadzien- Burnside- Canter-bury University Callan Moody- Merivale (London based now)- New Brighton Olympic

Coach of the Year: Ian Baird- Timaru-South Canterbury Bill Boyd- Papanui- Papanui Toc H George Edwards- Cashmere- Port Hills Craig Eustac - Avonhead- Christ-church Avon Maria Hassan- Rangiora- Canterbury University Matt Ingram- Bryndwr- Canterbury University Peter Henry- Ouruhia- Christchurch Old Boys Don Garland- Timaru- South Can-terbury Jill Morrison- Wigram- Christchurch Old Boys

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GREAT DAY OUT: $32,000 was raised recently at the Rotary Club of Hornby’s annual golf tournament for charities around the city.

Golfers raise $32,000 for charity

Award nominations


Paulger Courts Retirement Village(in association with George Manning House Rest Home and Hospital)

Two-bedroom units available, prices from $260,000

Enquiries welcome. Please ring Robyn MacDonald on 338-9164 weekdays

Spreydon, Christchurch‘‘ ‘‘Family owned and oriented

Retirement Village for independent living in a supportive environment.

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Why put up with broken sleep, when help is at hand with Snorex, an appliance that prevents snoring, sleep

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It can cause short-term memory loss, tiredness and contribute to high blood pressure.

The Snorex device does not feel restrictive, is non-invasive and carries a money-back guarantee.

Many people are referred by ear, nose and throat specialists, however, anyone can phone for an appointment.

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Wondering what to buy Mum when a box of chocolates or hand-cream won’t do another year round?

A clever Lower Hutt woman has given me a new idea. When many of our mothers are feeling the ache of ageing limbs, or suffer with chronic pain or circulatory problems, Jenny Watson’s Aircycle is a perfect self-help answer. It’s totally transportable, folding to fit your pocket, simple in concept, easy to use and acclaimed by a growing number of users in its efficacy, and it can be easily posted in an envelope if Mum lives a distance away.

For painful hands, feet or legs this small therapeutic device is used when sitting, most effective when used in several short spells a day - no need for long tough workouts. Jenny says, “Many delighted people report that it helps relieve arthritic pain and other problems such as cramp and ankle swelling. We know that regular use while sitting watching TV can begin the progress of stronger legs, better balance, comfortable walking and freedom from discomfort. It’s an easy way to manage a range of health conditions – it offers relief. Any of us can use the Aircycle almost anywhere.

Jenny showed me some of the many grateful letters she’d received. Often Aircycle users have spent heavily on medications and therapy before discovering this simple effective, drug-free device. Jenny says, “News is fast spreading by word of mouth, but we still have a way to go.”

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Much of this nursing care and support has been in the community so people can stay in their own homes and retain

as much independence as possible.Every year millions of kilometres are

clocked up as nurses and home support workers cross the Canterbury region providing personal, domestic, nursing and specialist palliative care.

“All the nursing and homecare services we provide, whether it be in the community or in the Nurse Maude Hospital or Nurse Maude Hospice are founded on the core principles of partnership, respect and nursing excellence,” says Jim Magee, chief executive of Nurse Maude.

“Our unique strength lies in the ability of our people to blend that with the values which motivated Sybilla Maude in 1896; that the needs of the patients and clients are met with quality nursing care and support provided by skilled and compassionate staff.”

“The broad spectrum of care provided by Nurse Maude encompasses the two most vulnerable groups in our society, the very young and the elderly.”

Nurse Maude has always been a collaborative organisation, providing care

Care, compassion and skill define Nurse Maude

in partnership with general practitioners, practice nurses, district health boards, ACC and the Ministry of Health among others.

“It is through improved communication and the sharing of information that these relationships continue to strengthen for the benefit of our patients and clients,” says Magee.

From the frontline staff who exhibit that blend of expertise, efficiency and compassion which makes Nurse Maude so special through to those who support them

Nurse Maude has been caring for the people of Canterbury since 1896.

in administrative roles and Nurse Maude’s volunteers who give so generously of their time and talent, the organisation that is Nurse Maude attracts enormous respect in the community.

While the technology, processes and systems used to provide that care today would no doubt astonish Sibylla Maude, there is little doubt that 120 years on that the organisation that bears her name and continues her legacy of care would meet with her wholehearted approval.


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Rising damp is an issue that affects many of our older properties which suffer from poor, or no, insulation.

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Cool stuff from some teens

AS I GET MORE into road cycling, people ask me to join their group rides. I have resisted as I do not feel good enough, yet. The next time I splatter myself, bleeding alone over the country tarmac, I may revise my position.

But I like the solo-ing. It gives me time to reflect, meditate even. My mind wan-ders around thinking (obviously) about shares and stock markets and startups. I also try and figure out why I am finding the riding so addictive. I cast my thoughts further back to childhood. Aha —there it is, got it. Freedom sports. Stuff that necessarily fosters independent thought. Playing in the snow miles from home at age four when a blizzard comes up. What to do when your pony, almost struck by lightning, rears into the air and then tram-ples your legs as you lie where you fell. How to just, frankly, DEAL with things when they get tough. It is a rush being totally reliant on yourself to achieve and solve. Endurance cycling pushes lots of these buttons in adulthood and I begin to understand.

Shouldn’t being financially independent be one of our big goals? Not the kind where you sit on a pile of lucky mil-lions and go around irritating people and advising them to stick it to the man. More the idea that a good plan is to make life happen for yourself, rather than waiting for simple twists of fate, or other people, to do it for you.

I now talk to a lot of older teenagers and 20-somethings, a newer target group for government initiatives on saving. There are great moments, watching really cool stuff by teenagers that are getting the

heck on with it. Seeing what some have been setting up for themselves has been a real privilege.

Sitting on a local trust has been amaz-ing; the hard work and independent determination of school leavers with solid goals is inspiring. They understand the effort-to-reward ratio. They get that life is tricky, that is why they are applying for scholarships from the trust in the first place. It has not always been easy. You can pretty much get what you want, if you just work hard enough. That lot will be fine. They have grasped the victory rose of independent financial reasoning. It is a different lot that worries me.

In other conversations it appears there are a lot of youthful individuals who as-sume the world owes them a debt of grat-itude just for being alive. Someone else will get it, carry it, fetch it and pay for it, if you just nag hard enough. The word is spoilt, although we are not supposed to use that word any more, it being impolite to do anything other than compliment children to death on Facebook.

The other impression is one of inevi-tability. A kind of laissez faire, oh well, never mind, karmic inevitability. Can we blame YouTube? Easy credit? The schools? Junk food? Trash magazines? Or . . . ourselves? Handed everything left and right, what happens next? Seems to me more a grasping of nettle danger than plucking the flower of financial safety.

What happened to installing the idea of financial independence with kids? Where did it vanish to? Has it become uncool? Why is enacting these options so fraught? As I stop at the cycle pub any time I like, change direction, go home early sometimes and ride faster or slower than planned—I wonder.

Caroline Ritchie is a former AFA, Sharebroker & Portfolio manager. She runs investment stuff, a sharemarket based investment coaching service. Visit her at www.investmentstuff.co.nz this column is not personalised financial advice.

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Caroline Ritchie is a former AFA,Sharebroker & PortfolioManager. She runs investmentstuff, a sharemarket basedinvestment coaching service.Visit her atwww.investmentstuff.co.nz thiscolumn is not personalisedfinancial advice.

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Endurance cycling pushes lots of the buttons helpful to achieve in adulthood.

ASIGETMORE intoroad cycling, people askme to join their grouprides. I have resisted as

I do not feel good enough, yet.The next time I splatter myself,bleeding alone over the countrytarmac, I may revisemyposition.But I like the solo-ing. It gives

me time to reflect, meditateeven. Mymindwanders aroundthinking (obviously) aboutshares and stockmarkets andstartups. I also try and figure outwhy I am finding the riding soaddictive. I cast my thoughtsfurther back to childhood. Aha— there it is, got it. Freedomsports. Stuff that necessarilyfosters independent thought.Playing in the snowmiles fromhome at age four when ablizzard comes up.What to dowhen your pony, almost struckby lightning, rears into the airand then tramples your legs asyou lie where you fell. How tojust, frankly, DEALwith thingswhen they get tough. It is a rushbeing totally reliant on yourselfto achieve and solve. Endurancecycling pushes lots of thesebuttons in adulthood and I beginto understand.Shouldn’t being financially

independent be one of our biggoals? Not the kindwhere yousit on a pile of luckymillions andgo around irritating people andadvising them to stick it to theman. More the idea that a goodplan is tomake life happen foryourself, rather thanwaiting forsimple twists of fate, or otherpeople, to do it for you.I now talk to a lot of older

teenagers and 20-somethings, anewer target group forgovernment initiatives onsaving. There are greatmoments, watching really coolstuff by teenagers that aregetting the heck onwith it.Seeing what some have beensetting up for themselves hasbeen a real privilege.Sitting on a local trust has

been amazing; the hard workand independent determinationof school leavers with solid goalsis inspiring. They understandthe effort-to-reward ratio. Theyget that life is tricky, that is whythey are applying forscholarships from the trust inthe first place. It has not alwaysbeen easy. You can pretty muchget what you want, if you justwork hard enough. That lot willbe fine. They have grasped thevictory rose of independentfinancial reasoning. It is adifferent lot that worries me.In other conversations it

appears there are a lot ofyouthful individuals whoassume the world owes them adebt of gratitude just for being

alive. Someone else will get it,carry it, fetch it and pay for it, ifyou just nag hard enough. Theword is spoilt, although we arenot supposed to use that wordanymore, it being impolite to doanything other thancompliment children to deathon Facebook.The other impression is one

of inevitability. A kind of laissezfaire, oh well, never mind,karmic inevitability. Can weblame YouTube? Easy credit?The schools? Junk food? Trashmagazines? Or . . . ourselves?Handed everything left andright, what happens next?Seems to memore a grasping ofnettle danger than plucking theflower of financial safety.

What happened to installingthe idea of financialindependence with kids?Wheredid it vanish to? Has it becomeuncool?Why is enacting theseoptions so fraught? As I stop atthe cycle pub any time I like,change direction, go home earlysometimes and ride faster orslower than planned— Iwonder.

Ways to erase permanent marker ink

Frank and Muriel Newman are theauthors of Living Off the Smell ofan Oily Rag in NZ.Read their wealth of tips atwww.oilyrag.co.nz

Last week a reader fromWhangarei asked if anyone hassuggestions for gettingpermanentmarker ink off awhiteboard.Well, we had loadsof responses, all with the samesuggestion!The reply by Jocelyn from

Waikanae was typical. “Simplydraw over the permanentmarker with a water-basedmarker— a tip I picked upwhen

colleagues accidentally used apermanentmarker during ameeting.”Heidi fromMasterton said if

doing that doesn’t work, tryspirits (by that we assumemeths, not vodka!) and FaithfromNapier suggests buying(nowwe are not very keen onthat word) a bottle of “Expo”whiteboard cleaner (Expo arethe people that makewhiteboardmarkers). JB fromUpper Hutt says, “Removepermanentmarker from awhiteboard using acetone-basednail polish remover. Use a softcloth, not paper, to avoidscratching.”So there’s no disagreement.

Somethingmore controversial,has to do with eggs shells. It’s

commonly thought thatspreading crushed egg shellsaround plants will protect themfrom slugs and snails— thetheory is that the critters wouldlacerate themselves on theedges, should they attempt acrossing.Well Rod, also from

Waikanae, says that’s not thecase, and he has provided linksto a website showingphotographs. Not to be deterredfrom this frugal lettuce-savingremedy, we thought wewouldask the Oily Rag community tolet us knowwhether egg shellshave worked for them as a slugand snail preventative.Ruth from Pahiatua has a

response for LCL of Haurakiwho asked about a sweetener to

use instead of sugar in jam-making for diabetics. Ruth hassuggested Sugromax: “It’s stableat high temperatures, making itideal for baking, preserving andgeneral cooking.”LCLmay also like to have a

look at diabetes.org.nz, whichsays, “In New Zealand there arefive common non-nutritivesweeteners (the figures inbrackets are the additivenumbers): Aspartame (951) soldas Equal; Acesulfame-K (950);Cyclamate (952) and Saccharin(954) sold as Sucaryl andSugromax (saccharin andcyclamatemixed); and Sucralose(955) which is Splenda.” Healthwarnings apply, so visit theirsite. And finally, Mischief fromInglewood, has a suggestion for

keeping your washing soft.“Instead of buying fabricsoftener, make your own byusing white vinegar andessential oil. Mix together anduse about 1 tablespoon in thecompartment of your washingmachine. You can’t smell thevinegar but the clothes aresofter and have a nice smell tothem“.■ If you have suggestions youwould like to share, then contactus via oilyrag.co.nz or write toLiving off the Smell of an OilyRag, PO Box 984,Whangarei.

Money

Debbie Mayo-Smith aka MsEffective, gives speeches,seminars and trains on sales andpersonal productivity. Sign upfor her monthly quick tipnewsletter here.successis.co.nz/newsletterapn.htm. To haveDebbie speak at your next eventor train your team call 64 27 5755359 or visit debbiespeaks.co.nz

Manageyour time

Be More Effectivewith Debbie Mayo-Smithh

How can you effectivelymanageyour busy day? Timemanagement is not necessarilyworking “harder,” but rather,“smarter.” Here are five timemanagementmistakes weshould all avoid to increase ourdaily success both on and off thejob.1. Starting your daywithout aplan of action. Timemanagement is doing the rightthings initially.2. Losing balance in your life.Our lives comprise seven vitalareas that need balance. Theseareas include health, family,financial, intellectual, social,professional, and spiritual.3. Working with amessy desk orwork area. Studies have shownthat the personwhoworks withamessy desk spends, onaverage, one-and-a-half hoursper day looking for things orbeing distracted by things.4. Getting insufficient sleep.Studies show that nearly 75 percent of us complain on a regularbasis that we are tired.5. Giving up a lunch break. Manydo not take a lunch break.Studies have shown that afterdoing what we do for severalhours, we start to “dull out.”A lunch break, even a short

15-minute break, gives us achance to get our batteriescharged up again tomoreeffectively handle.Bottom line: Prioritise! End

your daywith a list of things todo tomorrow. Ensure they are inorder of importance andtimeliness.

144 Northern Advocate Tuesday, April 25, 2017


Caroline Ritchie is a former AFA,Sharebroker & PortfolioManager. She runs investmentstuff, a sharemarket basedinvestment coaching service.Visit her atwww.investmentstuff.co.nz thiscolumn is not personalisedfinancial advice.

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ASIGETMORE intoroad cycling, people askme to join their grouprides. I have resisted as

I do not feel good enough, yet.The next time I splatter myself,bleeding alone over the countrytarmac, I may revisemyposition.But I like the solo-ing. It gives

me time to reflect, meditateeven. Mymindwanders aroundthinking (obviously) aboutshares and stockmarkets andstartups. I also try and figure outwhy I am finding the riding soaddictive. I cast my thoughtsfurther back to childhood. Aha— there it is, got it. Freedomsports. Stuff that necessarilyfosters independent thought.Playing in the snowmiles fromhome at age four when ablizzard comes up.What to dowhen your pony, almost struckby lightning, rears into the airand then tramples your legs asyou lie where you fell. How tojust, frankly, DEALwith thingswhen they get tough. It is a rushbeing totally reliant on yourselfto achieve and solve. Endurancecycling pushes lots of thesebuttons in adulthood and I beginto understand.Shouldn’t being financially

independent be one of our biggoals? Not the kindwhere yousit on a pile of luckymillions andgo around irritating people andadvising them to stick it to theman. More the idea that a goodplan is tomake life happen foryourself, rather thanwaiting forsimple twists of fate, or otherpeople, to do it for you.I now talk to a lot of older

teenagers and 20-somethings, anewer target group forgovernment initiatives onsaving. There are greatmoments, watching really coolstuff by teenagers that aregetting the heck onwith it.Seeing what some have beensetting up for themselves hasbeen a real privilege.Sitting on a local trust has

been amazing; the hard workand independent determinationof school leavers with solid goalsis inspiring. They understandthe effort-to-reward ratio. Theyget that life is tricky, that is whythey are applying forscholarships from the trust inthe first place. It has not alwaysbeen easy. You can pretty muchget what you want, if you justwork hard enough. That lot willbe fine. They have grasped thevictory rose of independentfinancial reasoning. It is adifferent lot that worries me.In other conversations it

appears there are a lot ofyouthful individuals whoassume the world owes them adebt of gratitude just for being

alive. Someone else will get it,carry it, fetch it and pay for it, ifyou just nag hard enough. Theword is spoilt, although we arenot supposed to use that wordanymore, it being impolite to doanything other thancompliment children to deathon Facebook.The other impression is one

of inevitability. A kind of laissezfaire, oh well, never mind,karmic inevitability. Can weblame YouTube? Easy credit?The schools? Junk food? Trashmagazines? Or . . . ourselves?Handed everything left andright, what happens next?Seems to memore a grasping ofnettle danger than plucking theflower of financial safety.

What happened to installingthe idea of financialindependence with kids?Wheredid it vanish to? Has it becomeuncool?Why is enacting theseoptions so fraught? As I stop atthe cycle pub any time I like,change direction, go home earlysometimes and ride faster orslower than planned— Iwonder.

Ways to erase permanent marker ink

Frank and Muriel Newman are theauthors of Living Off the Smell ofan Oily Rag in NZ.Read their wealth of tips atwww.oilyrag.co.nz

Last week a reader fromWhangarei asked if anyone hassuggestions for gettingpermanentmarker ink off awhiteboard.Well, we had loadsof responses, all with the samesuggestion!The reply by Jocelyn from

Waikanae was typical. “Simplydraw over the permanentmarker with a water-basedmarker— a tip I picked upwhen

colleagues accidentally used apermanentmarker during ameeting.”Heidi fromMasterton said if

doing that doesn’t work, tryspirits (by that we assumemeths, not vodka!) and FaithfromNapier suggests buying(nowwe are not very keen onthat word) a bottle of “Expo”whiteboard cleaner (Expo arethe people that makewhiteboardmarkers). JB fromUpper Hutt says, “Removepermanentmarker from awhiteboard using acetone-basednail polish remover. Use a softcloth, not paper, to avoidscratching.”So there’s no disagreement.

Somethingmore controversial,has to do with eggs shells. It’s

commonly thought thatspreading crushed egg shellsaround plants will protect themfrom slugs and snails— thetheory is that the critters wouldlacerate themselves on theedges, should they attempt acrossing.Well Rod, also from

Waikanae, says that’s not thecase, and he has provided linksto a website showingphotographs. Not to be deterredfrom this frugal lettuce-savingremedy, we thought wewouldask the Oily Rag community tolet us knowwhether egg shellshave worked for them as a slugand snail preventative.Ruth from Pahiatua has a

response for LCL of Haurakiwho asked about a sweetener to

use instead of sugar in jam-making for diabetics. Ruth hassuggested Sugromax: “It’s stableat high temperatures, making itideal for baking, preserving andgeneral cooking.”LCLmay also like to have a

look at diabetes.org.nz, whichsays, “In New Zealand there arefive common non-nutritivesweeteners (the figures inbrackets are the additivenumbers): Aspartame (951) soldas Equal; Acesulfame-K (950);Cyclamate (952) and Saccharin(954) sold as Sucaryl andSugromax (saccharin andcyclamatemixed); and Sucralose(955) which is Splenda.” Healthwarnings apply, so visit theirsite. And finally, Mischief fromInglewood, has a suggestion for

keeping your washing soft.“Instead of buying fabricsoftener, make your own byusing white vinegar andessential oil. Mix together anduse about 1 tablespoon in thecompartment of your washingmachine. You can’t smell thevinegar but the clothes aresofter and have a nice smell tothem“.■ If you have suggestions youwould like to share, then contactus via oilyrag.co.nz or write toLiving off the Smell of an OilyRag, PO Box 984,Whangarei.

Money

Debbie Mayo-Smith aka MsEffective, gives speeches,seminars and trains on sales andpersonal productivity. Sign upfor her monthly quick tipnewsletter here.successis.co.nz/newsletterapn.htm. To haveDebbie speak at your next eventor train your team call 64 27 5755359 or visit debbiespeaks.co.nz

Manageyour time

Be More Effectivewith Debbie Mayo-Smithh

How can you effectivelymanageyour busy day? Timemanagement is not necessarilyworking “harder,” but rather,“smarter.” Here are five timemanagementmistakes weshould all avoid to increase ourdaily success both on and off thejob.1. Starting your daywithout aplan of action. Timemanagement is doing the rightthings initially.2. Losing balance in your life.Our lives comprise seven vitalareas that need balance. Theseareas include health, family,financial, intellectual, social,professional, and spiritual.3. Working with amessy desk orwork area. Studies have shownthat the personwhoworks withamessy desk spends, onaverage, one-and-a-half hoursper day looking for things orbeing distracted by things.4. Getting insufficient sleep.Studies show that nearly 75 percent of us complain on a regularbasis that we are tired.5. Giving up a lunch break. Manydo not take a lunch break.Studies have shown that afterdoing what we do for severalhours, we start to “dull out.”A lunch break, even a short

15-minute break, gives us achance to get our batteriescharged up again tomoreeffectively handle.Bottom line: Prioritise! End

your daywith a list of things todo tomorrow. Ensure they are inorder of importance andtimeliness.



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Tuition

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CARPENTER HANDYMAN - Small Job Specialists, Carpentry, Repairs, Decking & Maintenance, 40 years experience, no job too small, Ph Warren 03 322-1103 or 027 697-8541

CARRIER LoCAL experienced, friendly, trade-me purchases, single items to truck loads, furniture to whatever, removals & trade deliveries a specialty. Ph GEH 341-5069

Trades & Services

DRIVEWAYSReplace, repair or new. We are a local company

with over 10 yrs exp. We also operate a digger for all other

earthworks.Ph. R.M. Solutions

021 02866981 for a free quote.

ELECTRICIAN REGISTERED for all electrical installations & repairs Ph 03 322 4209 or 021 026 73375

FENCE PAINTINg Staining Quality at a reasonable price. Free quotes. Phone Warren today on 980-1676 or 027 2014713

FURNITURE REMoVALS Large Trucks $95 + GST per hour 7 day NZ wide, packing & moving, Professional Company, Professional Service. Canterbury Relocations Ltd. ph 0800 359 9313

oVEN CLEANINg Professional cleans $50.00. Gift Vouchers avail. Phone 0800 683-6253 or 027 228-0025

PAINTER AVAILAbLE All aspects in painting. Very competitive in roofs and fences. Please call 027 241-7471 or 335-0265

PAINTINg & Decorating interior & exterior, gib fixing, plastering, paperhanging, Est 50 yrs in ChCh, ph Wingfields Ltd, ph Mark 021 171-1586 or 355-5994

PAINTER Decorator, interior/exterior, wallpapering, quality workmanship, free quotes, immediate start, ph Peter 342 4442 or 027 432 0146

PAINTER Top quality work, interior/exterior, pensioners discount, free quotes, 30 years experience, I stand by Canterbury, ph Wayne your friendly painter 03 385-4348 or 027 274-3541

PAINTER & Decorator, 30 years experience, interior & exterior painting, small repairs, ph Warren 03 322 5042 or 027 388 7769

PLASTERER Gib Stopping, Small job specialty. 30 + years experience. Ring 0800 387-369

PLUMbER For prompt service for all plumbing maintenance, repairs and alterations. Phone Michael 364 7080 or 027 438 3943

PLUMbER A Top Plumbing job completed at a fair price, prompt service, all work guaranteed, Ph Brian 960-7673 or 021 112-3492

RooFINg Qualified & Licenced Practitioner. Re-Roof & Repairs, all types. Member New Zealand Roofing Association. Over 35 years experience. Phone John 027 432-3822 or 351-9147 email [email protected]

SPoUTINg CLEANINg Spouting Unblocked, Cleaned Out and Flushed Out. Also Full Handyman Services Available. Call Trevor 384-3435 or 021 043-2034

TILER/CARPENTER 35 years exp, no job too small. Ph Ross 027 4311440.

TREE WoRK Hedge trimming, stump grinding, rubbish removed, small job specialty Ph Andrew 03 322-8341 or 027 435-8759

T.V. SERVICE CENTRE Repairs, tvs, microwaves, stereos, DVD. Aerial installations and kitsets, 480 Moorhouse Ave, ph 03 379 1400

VHS VIDEo TAPES & all camera tapes converted to DVD, video taping, weddings, twenty firsts, special occasions, www.grahamsvideo.co.nz ph 03 338-1655

VINYL AND TILE uplifting fast efficient service free quotes ph Dave 027 334 4125

WATERbLASTINg Quality Job, Quick Service by skilled tradesman, Ph Richard Severin at Jet-X 0800 538 969 Free quotes, visit www.jetx.co.nz

Trades & ServicesPIANO/KEYBOARD Tuition. Raewyn Clegg, Registered Music Teacher, 29 Lancewood Drive, Halswell. Ph: 3229377

PILATES Beginner & Intermediate classes, Tuesday & Wednesday nights. Fendalton Croquet Club, Makora Street. Phone Julie 351-2100

Tuition

GOOD PRICESpaid for estate lots, antiques and good quality furniture.

Ph Rick 347 4493 or 021 376 883

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A+ Household effects, fridges, freezers, washing machines, ovens. Good cash paid. Ph Paul 022 0891 671A Records and Hi-Fi gear wanted, excellent prices paid for good records especially kiwi and overseas bands 60’s - 90’s PennyLane 430 Colombo St Sydenham 7 days www.pennylane.co.nz ph 3663278 or 021 2226144TOOLS Garden, garage, woodworking, mechanical, engineering, sawbenches, lathes, cash buyer, ph 355-2045

ONE Or two bedroom, flat / unit needed urgently with option to pay off bond, long term wanted, up $300 pw, phone Mel 0275029289

ONE Or two bedroom, flat / unit needed urgently with option to pay off bond, long term wanted, up $300 pw, phone Mel 0275029289

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