Rolleston News Issue 133 June 2016

Inside this issue: Absolutely Fabulous Beauty Clinic

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ISSUE 133 Wednesday 1st June 2016

Could You Be The Answer cont… 3 Kelly Whi)le Brings Home Another Medal

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Barbie Girl

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Could You Have Osteoporosis? 4 Matson & Allan Real Estate Commentary

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Rugby Fun Day

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Mortgage & Insurance Advice

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RK Firewood - Keeping Canterbury Warm

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Another Win For Rolleston Road Crash Team Speed Date An Author

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Cluster Flies

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Selwyn Youth Council Receives 8 Na onal Award West Melton School Donate To Aorangi Founda on

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Sky’s Gi; To Rolleston Primary

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Rolleston Netball News

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Probus Club News

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Men’s Shed Update

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Classifieds

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Trades

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Email Column

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“How do you make a decision on your child's life; when it should end, while their heart is still beating,” is just one of the heartbreaking quotes taken from West Melton’s Sarah Collins’ recent Facebook update.

Sarah uses the social media site to update her daughter’s Facebook page: ‘Maddie Maddie Collins - “Imagine what I can do when I’m better”.

Twelve year old Maddie from West Melton desperately needs a new kidney before her current one fails completely.

Maddie was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2009. In 2012 her father was delighted to be able to donate his kidney, which was a medical match, thus offering his daughter the hope of living a near normal life.

However, Maddie’s body started to reject the kidney and in recent weeks efforts to keep her kidney functioning have been unsuccessful. Maddie’s kidney is slowly dying.

Her mum Sarah, is extending a public plea to find a suitable donor kidney for her daughter, as other options become more and more limited by the day.

Maddie is no longer eligible for a kidney from a deceased donor as experts could not guarantee the organ would survive this process. To add to this, desensitisation - whereby a

West Melton resident, Maddie Collins desperately needs a life-saving kidney transplant. ‘near perfect’ match is found and transplanted, is not an option for the Collins’ either. It is an untested procedure in New Zealand and would require new protocols and the lengthy process of then being approved by the ethics committee.

So what choices are left for Maddie? A dialysis line has been inserted into her body after kidney function dropped dangerously low last week.

Dialysis is the clinical purification of blood as a substitute for the normal function of the kidney.

Sarah’s main concern with this process is that it will reduce Maddie’s quality of life dramatically. Her daughter is still a normal teenager who has a love of horse riding and enjoying normal teenage activities. Dialysis will put an end to all of this, it will keep Maddie alive but there will be no quality

of life. So it is understandable that Sarah is desperate to avoid this debilitating last resort.

If a donor cannot be found, the outlook is pretty grim for Maddie’s future. The chances are already slim for finding a donor in New Zealand, but the complications of Maddie’s current condition narrows the search even further.

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Nicola Peacock not only loves to meet people, but is also passionate about making them feel better about themselves; so it’s only fitting that she is the owner/operator of Absolutely Fabulous Beauty Clinic in Rolleston Drive, Rolleston.

Nicola has worked at Absolutely Fabulous for fourteen years and purchased the business eleven years ago. Absolutely Fabulous previously operated from a Lincoln location, but after moving to Rolleston to live, Nicola transferred it to the fast growing town.

She trained at the National School of Aesthetics and is understandably proud of the fact she topped the class - a fact that also gives clients confidence in her ability.

“I just love making someone feel special (and look great),” Nicola commented. “If I can make someone feel good about themselves, and that can be done by anything from a simple eyebrow shape to a full facial which I confess is my favourite procedure - making skin glow.”

“Because I’m a sole operator I can keep my overheads down and that means I can offer exceptionally competitive pricing. It also means treatments don’t have to be an

Although the weather was uncharacteristically warm until recently, the inevitable fact is that winter is definitely here now!

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Nicola Peacock offers an experienced and professional beauty service at Rolleston’s Absolutely Fabulous. occasional treat, they can be regularly affordable,” Nicola commented.

With clients’ needs in mind, Nicola’s opening hours can be flexible to suit, making Absolutely Fabulous the ideal place not only for regular maintenance treatments, but also for that special event,

Christmas crack up.

After the roaring success of his last visit, Gary McCormick will be gracing the Melton Estate with his humourous presence again in June. If past shows are anything to go by, then this will be a fun filled evening of boutique wine,

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wedding or birthday. Nicola offers an experienced and professional service using top products which give outstanding results.

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However, even faced with the slim odds that this family must live with every day, there is still hope; hope for this desperate family who wants the best possible quality of life for Maddie. Hope also that the little girl who is just entering her teenage years and should be gaining more independence and experiencing life to the full, can fulfill her dreams and aspirations. Hope for the whole Collins family is in the form of a matching live kidney donor to keep Maddie alive - Could you be the answer?

Sarah is aware that inviting near strangers to donate their kidney is no small request, but the alternative not does not bear thinking about. How does a

Burnham based, Rolleston resident, New Zealand Army medic, Corporal (CPL) Kelly Whittle, Whittle took out bronze in discus, as part of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) team competing at the 2016 Invictus Games just finished, in Orlando, Florida.

CPL Whittle, who won silver for the same event in the 2014 Games, faced an even tougher field during the 20 16 competition.

"The other competitors were much stronger this year, they came out and smashed it!

"It's not quite the colour I wanted, but it’s all about participating - I'm stoked with the success," Kelly said.

The Canterbury local, who has served for more than thirteen years in the New Zealand Army, was cheered on by family and friends as she took the podium.

Michelle Leonard, Kelly’s mother, who was first to greet her following her success, said, "I am so proud of Kelly. To me, it doesn't matter what colour the medal is, it's about seeing her do her best, even through her recovery."

The Invictus Games provides an international stage that unites wounded, ill and injured servicemen and women from around the world. The Games enable both active duty

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The Collins’ remain optimistic that a suitable donor will come forward.

Maddie on a good day, doing what she loves most.

mother make a decision about Sarah can be contacted directly their child's life? When it should via this page and updates it end, while their heart is still regularly. beating?

If anyone would consider For further information about donating a kidney, please join requirements to be a donor, the Facebook page ‘Maddie the testing processes and the Collins - Imagine what I can do procedure please look at when I’m better’. www.kidneydonor.org.nz.

Corporal Kelly Whittle took out bronze in discus at the 2016 Invictus Games. personnel and veterans to learn and share through their common experiences.

Kelly injured her hip while helping a wounded Afghan local in Baghak, Afghanistan, and later injured her shoulder in a fall. She credits the Invictus Games as an important part of her personal journey.

"Mentally, the Invictus Games has made a huge difference for me. Using sport as part of my recovery has had a massive impact, it gives me a goal something to work towards," Kelly added.

Royal New Zealand Navy Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Amy Baynes also achieved some outstanding results, winning silver medals in both the women's cycling time trials and the women's criterium cycling. Amy is originally from

Gore but is now also based at Burnham Military Camp. This success takes the Kiwi competitors’ medal haul to five at the time of print.

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On Saturday, May 7th, Hayley Davies transformed the Rolleston Community Centre into a Barbie Extravaganza to raise funds toward medication for her sister, Nicole Day. Day Nicole was diagnosed with breast cancer just three days after giving birth to her youngest child, three and a half years ago. Over two hundred of Hayley’s personal collection of Barbie dolls were on display to the public which attracted over two hundred attendees throughout the day.

A grand total of $1,600 was raised toward Nicole’s medication, while another $400 will be donated to the New Zealand Breast cancer Foundation.

“It was such a fun day and everyone loved that I was dressed up like a Barbie princess,” Hayley commented.

“It was wonderful seeing the children have so much fun and I hope to do this again to raise more funds for Nicole in the future,” she added. Nicole, who is mum to Connor (5), and Caitlyn (3), discovered that the cancer had spread to her brain and after receiving the limit of two rounds of radiation therapy to the area, she cannot undergo this treatment again. Her best option is to receive a drug which is not funded in New Zealand at a cost of $38,000.

Anyone who would like to donate to this cause, can search for Nicole Day on the Givealittle website.

Osteoporosis is a growing problem in New Zealand with an es mated 70,000 sufferers.

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The Community Centre was not alone in undergoing a transformation for the day with Hayley morphing into a beautiful Barbie Princess to host her exhibition.

Hayley’s collection of Barbies spanned more than four decades and included limited editions and dolls that she had re-dressed herself.

Bone Density Tes ng is coming to Rolleston. Osteohealth NZ is holding a bone density scanning clinic at the Rolleston Community Centre on Tuesday, June 28th.

Osteoporosis literally means 'porous bones' and is a condi on where bones gradually become bri)le and fragile, leading to an increased risk of fracture. It can affect both women and men, and while sufferers are usually over the age of fi;y, the seeds are sown much earlier on.

Osteoporosis is o;en referred to as a silent disease as there are usually no signs or symptoms, and many people do not realise anything is wrong un l a fracture occurs.

Bone density tes ng can help people prevent osteoporosis later in life by detec ng early signs of thinning bone mass,

allowing them to make diet and lifestyle changes to improve bone health early.

Many people assume that by drinking plenty of milk, they are protected from fractures, however, research has shown that this is not always the case and bones are a lot more complex than previously thought. Ge ng the correct informa on is vital for protec ng the health of your bones.

Luckily, while osteoporosis can be difficult to treat, it is largely preventable with the correct diet and lifestyle strategies.

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We hope everyone is coping well with the cold snap that has finally hit and that you are managing to keep warm! Generally at this me and when the cooler weather hits, we do start to see a slight drop away in Open Home numbers, but those who are a)ending and inquiring are the more genuine buyers rather than those just ‘looking’, which is always posi ve from a sellers’ and agents’ perspec ve. This me of year can be a good me to think of selling as historically there are less proper es on the market, which means less compe on for sellers.

Our vendors are con nuing to experience some fantas c sales across the board and in general the current Rolleston property market con nues to show growing stability. We are seeing increased interest from out of town buyers looking for proper es in all price ranges, who see Rolleston and Selwyn as a desirable place to live and invest.

In regards to the current Real Estate Ins tute of New Zealand (REINZ) sta s cs, the median days to sell on the market in Rolleston during the month of April was 25 days and the median dwelling sale price was $529,000. As always, if you would like friendly trusted advice regarding selling your property, or would like to chat about the current market, please feel free to pop into our office any me. We are located near the Thai Terrace and Domino’s Pizza. We have display windows featuring our current proper es for sale and look forward to hearing from you.

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On Friday, May 6th, sixty teams took part in the annual Canterbury Rugby Fun Day. Pupils from a number of local schools participated and there were one or two Crusaders players on hand to assist.

The event took place at Burnside Park, Christchurch and was proclaimed by all to be a fantastic day, with the students thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Teams each played three matches of twenty minutes duration and were thrilled to Rolleston Primary School Year 6 Rugby Team attended the Fun receive a rugby ball per team, Day - and it was certainly fun they had! The team won all their as well as individual certificates games against Fernside, Merrin and St Martins Schools. and a yummy, healthy apple.

The team would like to extend their sincere thanks to Todd Rolleston Primary School were Patterson who assisted with their training leading up to the event. in attendance and a spokesperson for the school noted with pleasure that there were five, all girls, tackle teams playing at the event.

They commented that it was a fantastic turn out for the girls who also had female Canterbury women’s rugby players come down and check Pictured above, some keen Rolleston Primary players in action. out the action.

L-R: Daniel Swaney, Manaaki Fenton, Brooklyn Holmes-Hurst.

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If you are able to keep your proper es for the long haul short term pain, long term gain - you may find it all a very worthwhile exercise. That, coupled with good rental returns makes the whole Property PorPolio a good re rement plan for many people.

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A long time advertiser in the News, RK Firewood has been keeping Malvern warm since 2002. Business owner/operator Rini Koopmans hails from a wellknown Methven farming family and began his successful Firewood business with nothing more than a simple trailer, chainsaw and a rather aging Landcruiser. Realising the future potential saw Rini build-up the enterprise over the ensuing years and he now boasts an impressive array of equipment including a professional wood splitter, log loaders and a specially engineered wood cleaning machine which removes pesky bark from logs, in addition to running a fleet of trucks throughout Canterbury, the biggest of which holds fou rt e e n c ub ic m et r e s.

Obviously as RK firewood grew the need for labour to service the operation also grew and Rini has now created employment for six part-time staff. It’s a real family business with Rini’s fiancé Laura, Laura also assisting with administration when she’s not at her other employment at Terrace Downs High Country Resort as a massage therapist in The Spa.

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Rini from RK Firewood has been keeping people warm since 2002.

While Firewood is still their core business RK’s have also branched (pardon the pun) into the supply of Macrocarpa railway sleepers, table tops and front of gate signs. While they source wood from numerous sites, the company is often much in demand assisting farmers with the clean-up of trees on their properties, both along fence lines, and after storm/wind damage.

Offering free delivery Canterbury -wide is a huge selling point for customers, as is Rini’s focus on providing only top quality firewood, that is seasoned and ready to burn.

“We sell Oregon, Macrocarpa, Old Man Pine, Blue Gum and more recently a hot mix (of the four) which is proving extremely popular with customers,” Rini commented. “Old Man Pine is known as an easy lighter and great all rounder, providing hot and lasting heat, while Oregon is also a good all rounder, giving a cosy heat and leaving little ash - it’s easy to split, as well as a wonderful fire starter.

Blue Gum is a hard wood providing a long lasting heat, but needs a good base to really get roaring. It’s great to keep the fire going overnight, which obviously makes it extremely popular. Then there’s Macrocarpa, a wood which produces not only long lasting heat, but also burns cleanly. It’s also great for keeping embers warm overnight,” added Rini passionately.

RK Firewood is not only known for its product though, it’s forged quite a reputation for prompt, friendly, free-of-charge delivery - seven days a week throughout the Province. They have the capability of delivering everything from three cubic metres right up to fourteen cubic metres at one time and pride themselves on providing wood that is always cleaned of bark and a suitable size for the customer’s fireplace. Adding to their customer service is the provision of EFTPOS in trucks Rini realising that most people prefer to process payment in this manner nowadays.

RK Firewood recently assisted a deserving mid-Canterbury family with a free load of firewood following a local radio promotion where listeners nominated potential recipients - bringing forth an overwhelming response. It goes without saying that the family were grateful for RK Firewood’s contribution to their warmth and wellbeing.

See the advertisement in this issue for the contact details of RK Firewood and get stocks in before winter really takes hold.

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The Rolleston Road Crash Team have done it again!

Not only did they come in at first place overall in the National Road Rescue Challenge; with the following results 1st - Team Leader, 1st - Team Medic, 2nd - Technical, they medics also took out first place at the National Trauma Challenge (NTC). The NTC was held on May 21st in Inglewood, Taranaki. This is the third consecutive year that Team Rolleston Volunteer Fire Brigade have won this event for their community. Above, L-R: Rob Henderson, Hannah Simpson, John Trounson, Simon Newman, Marty Tier & Ben Bishop.

Team members thank the community and their families for all the support they’ve received - which has assisted greatly in getting the outstanding results they’ve achieved.

‘Speed Date an Author’ is an initiative run by the New Zealand Book Council to showcase local New Zealand writers to the public. Selwyn Libraries is collaborating with the New Zealand Book Council to put on this event for local schools at the Lincoln Events Centre. Local Schools (including Rolleston, Rolleston Christian, Sheffield, Dunsandel, Hororata and West Melton Primary Schools, along with Darfield High School) have chosen ninety of their pupils to participate in the event on June 9th.

“We are excited to have five local Canterbury and New Zealand authors and illustrators coming for the day to answer questions, interact and share their advice and wisdom with Selwyn students,” enthused Adrianne Mangan, Library customer services officer.

Organisers have secured the following authors for the event: • Fleur Beale Writes with an understanding of teenagers, male and female, and has the ability to motivate even reluctant readers.

Ben Brown (left) and his wife, Helen Taylor are just two of the seasoned authors that are attending the ‘Date an Author’ event in June.

• Tania Roxborogh A children's writer whose works range from teaching resources to gritty young adult novels.

• Frankie M Award winning poet and short story writer who lives in Christchurch.

• Ben Brown Writes children's books, nonfiction and short stories for children and adults.

• Helen Taylor An illustrator and author of children’s books.

Students will be divided into five groups, with a maximum of eighteen students in each. Each group rotates around the workshops, enabling them to

work closely with every writer and illustrator. Teachers who accompany their students have the chance to participate, get some great professional development, and network with colleagues.

“Selwyn District Libraries saw this initiative from the New Zealand Book Council as a fantastic way to build relationships and collaborate with local Selwyn Schools. We want to provide access for Selwyn schools and students to meet local writers and gain knowledge and encouragement from th e m, ” conc l ud ed Adrienne.

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CLUSTER FLIES!!!!!!

These li)le creatures can actually freak people out. Going into a room and finding hundreds of flies si ng around the windows or stacked between the curtain material and the lining, can be just too much. And you can’t blame them, because if not controlled they can gather in their thousands. We have seen roof cavi es stacked so thick you can’t see the ra;ers. It all starts with the male fly. He’s the one you see flying around aimlessly in the middle of a room, in an irregular circle, every now and again going to the centre to have a dog fight in mid-air with one of his other male mates. They look very emaciated and seem to fly nonstop all day. At night they land upside down under a pot plant leaf or sliding door track, so you can never find them. The female on the other hand is outside merrily going around the flowers ea ng nectar much like a drone bee. She lays her maggot on an earthworm which becomes the host. So this makes them more of a problem in rural areas than a city, because there are more earth worms available to them. When the male is ready he will find a warm dry place, usually in a house or ceiling space, and once he is happy, lets off a pheromone. That tells all the females it’s me to come in for the winter, and they do - in their thousands. They can some mes be seen on the warm side of a building in the morning warming up in the sun, before heading out for the day. We have heard instances of this happening every year for five or six years to the one house and then they never see them again. Good treatment is a specialised product not available to the public, and cluster flies definitely don’t like it!

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The Selwyn Youth Council’s work has been recognised at the Youth Week Awards 2016.

The Youth Council received a Youth Group award at a ceremony at Parliament on May 24th.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony Sam Johnson, Johnson the founder of the Student Volunteer Army, said the Youth Council “has contributed greatly to their community” with Youth Council members “a passionate group of young people who wish for all young people in Selwyn to feel valued and connected to their communities.”

The Awards ceremony was attended by Nikki Kaye, Minister for Youth and Prime Minister John Key, Key who both spoke at the awards, and young people from across New Zealand.

“It was such an inspiring day and a great opportunity to share and celebrate youth achievements across New Zealand,” said Selwyn Youth Council Chairperson Emily de Rooy.

“I would like to thank everyone who has supported us and helped us along the way, it is an honourable achievement that the Selwyn Youth Council are very proud of.”

The Youth Week Awards are held annually and recognise young people who have made a significant contribution to their community in areas such as the arts, culture, the environment and sport.

The Selwyn Youth Council has contributed over 2,000 hours of voluntary service to projects which benefit Selwyn. In 2015 the Youth Council ran 16 events including skate jams, roller discos, a band competition, youth markets and drive in movies. These events were attended by 3,000 people.

The Youth Council established a pop up café as a social enterprise to train and employ around a dozen local young people, helping them gain skills which will improve their employment prospects. The café is run as a not for profit business with the proceeds from sales distributed as youth grants.

Over the summer of 2015/16 the Youth Council, with assistance from Selwyn District Council, undertook ‘Meet your

Minister for Youth Nikki Kaye and Selwyn Youth Council Chairperson Emily de Rooy at the Youth Week Awards 2016.

Street’ where they visited 34 different communities in Selwyn covering both new subdivisions and more established areas.

Local residents were provided with free hot drinks from the Youth Council’s pop up cafe, and invited to take part in games and chat to their neighbours in a park. These events were a great opportunity for people to meet their neighbours and form new friendships.

Each of the 13 members of the

Youth Council has developed their own passion projects which they are currently working to progress.

Selwyn Mayor Kelvin Coe congratulated the Youth Council on their award. “The Youth Council has contributed greatly to our community through the many hours they have spent organising local events and activities. It is pleasing to see their efforts have been recognised through the awards.”

West Melton School held a Pink Shirt Day fundraiser in recognition of anti-bullying week on Friday, May 20th. All students arrived to the school in a wave of pink to participate in a variety of antibullying activities throughout the day. Students were encouraged to stand up against bullying and to promote positive relationships within the school, with the message "Speak up, Stand together, Stop bullying". Funds raised were donated to the Aorangi Foundation which supports many disadvantaged communities and school children by bridging the financial and practical gap enabling more children to experience camping at Living Springs.

Pictured above: Head students, Alessandra W & Bella G were delighted to present the $515.80 cheque to Priscilla Pill from the Aorangi Foundation.

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Next edition of the Rolleston News will be distributed Wednesday 6th July 2016 On Friday, May 20th, SKY TV gifted $200,000 to Sport Canterbury to fund large artificial turfs for eleven Christchurch primary schools who lost or incurred significant damage to their playing fields in the earthquakes. Rolleston Primary was the only Selwyn school to receive a turfmat with the remaining recipients being situated in Christchurch.

The donation was gifted to Sport Canterbury (SC) as part of

SKY’s one million dollar, five year commitment to help rebuild the city.

SC representatives commented that SKY’s generous donation would allow the organisation to deliver exciting new activities to mostly low-decile schools. SKY’s decision to donate funds to sports and recreation activities in earthquake hit areas has certainly been well received; “Since the 2011 earthquake, our roll has grown 30%. This

Rolleston Netball has had a positive first round with many teams being really successful leading into the second round which started on May 28th. The Club have also had a number of successful trialists and Coaches/ Managers selected for the Selwyn Netball Centre Representative Under age group teams.

Successful players to date are: Under 19 • Kintea Thomson Under 17 A • Christina Brown • Te Rina Keno

Jessika Rowe Hayley Hallinan Coaches • Kim Tallott • Denise Keno Manager • Kiri Thomson Under 17 B • Katie Bryce • Emily Thomas • Neesha Imeson • Olivia Lemon Under 15 Development Squad • Elise Elliot • Emma Bryce • Janaya Clark • Ashleigh Hall

has had a significant impact on the amount of play space for children, as new classrooms and buildings have been built in what used to be open playing space. This has made it very hard for teachers to organise physical education and sport so the SKY portable turf will make a real difference for our pupils,” concluded Darryn Aitchison, spokesperson for Rolleston Primary School.

Jordan Kennedy Ruby Keno • Sophie McLeish • Samara Northmore • Shaunagh Potoa • Gemma Rowe • Kaitlyn Shah Primary still to trial Good luck to those with tournaments coming up and to those still to trial! We are looking forward to the second round of SNC competition and hearing future tournament results. See you at the courts!

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Wednesday 1st June 2016 PUBLIC NOTICES

At the April Rolleston Probus meeting members heard from Gail Carson who shared her passion and creative ability and introduced the group to her tactile books and toys, created for visually impaired children. These interesting and educational products are produced by Gail, assisted by volunteers, and created mainly from repurposed bits and pieces.

The April outing was to the Ashburton Domain, where lunch was enjoyed before the group viewed the many trees planted there, in their beautiful autumnal colours.

“We then went on to the recently opened Museum and Art gallery, which was well worth a visit,” commented Rolleston Probus Publicity s p o k es p e r so n , Va le r ie Watson.

Watson

The Group’s May meeting saw members hear from the Principal of Rolleston College, Stephen Saville who spoke about how the new High School will operate along with a discussion on the latest and most interesting ways of Educating children.

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per year,” Neil added.

“Members can work on their own projects or help us with small jobs in the community,” he said. “Unfortunately wages are zero, but the company is great,” Neil added with a smile.

“As soon as the engineering floor has hardened we will be able to get started with the sculptures for Rolleston School and these will be placed around the town as some of Rolleston’s first artworks.

“Our battery drive is still underway - so either give me a ring for pickup or drop off at 54 Dynes Rd in Rolleston,” Neil suggested. “if anyone has a dieselblower-heater they no loner require - we would love to acquire it. It would definitely make the Shed a bit more pleasant in the winter,” Neil concluded.

Contact: rollyshed@xtra.co.nz or: www.rollestonshed. wordpress.com PUBLIC NOTICES

• WOF while you wait • Full mechanical repairs and servicing on all makes and models of vehicles • 5 mechanics on site.

Putting the service into automotive servicing.

Tuesday 7th June 7pm - Drinks & Nibbles.

7:30pm - Mee ng.

Kirwee Plunket Toy Library Another month has gone by and things are really looking up at the Shed as the new concrete floor goes down in the engineering building and the linings and Batts are installed in the meeting room.

This will only leave the fitting out of the toilets and kitchen.

The landscaping has already been done and the lawns are all growing successfully.

One of the original Rolleston Men’s Shed members passed away suddenly recently which was a shock to all. Bevan Ransley, Ransley who will be known to many through his association with Probus, as well as the Shed, unfortunately sustained a massive stroke. “He had been to the Shed the day before - running around as usual at a hundred miles an hour,” commented Men’s Shed spokesperson Neil Bennett, Bennett “however I guess that just shows that you can be good one day, before sadly it’s all over the following.”

“We have places at the Shed for woodworkers at the moment, but would welcome anyone who wishes to come along. Over the next month or three our two supervising woodworkers are touring the world, while we wish them good luck, it does leave us a bit short of qualified woodworkers. Come down and have a cuppa with us and see if it suits you, membership is only $20.00

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Enquiries email: kptl.toylibrary@gmail.com

Learn to Fly Gliders The Canterbury Gliding Club invite people who are interested in learning to fly and take gliding up as a sport to apply for a limited number of posi ons at our next Ab Ini o course.

This course will be held over seven days from Sunday 11th September to Saturday 17th September 2016 inclusive at the club’s airfield near Sheffield.

Basic accommoda on is available on site, the format for the course will be intense with flying during the day and lectures at night.

The cost is $2,950. which includes accommoda on, seven days of instruc on, 24 flights, subscrip on, logbook and manuals.

For an applica on form, contact Mark Aldridge on 03 329 6363.

PROACTIVE MARTIAL ARTS TEMPLETON OFFERS TWO FREE LESSONS

We are a freestyle Martial Art, teaching in a fun & relaxed atmosphere Come along and have a look. Gain confidence, co-ordination, fitness and self-defence. We cater for all age groups and fitness levels.

Templeton Community Centre • Mondays & Fridays TIGERS: 3-7yrs 3.30-4.05pm PANTHERS: 7-12yrs 4.10-4.55pm XTREME: 12+yrs 5.00-5.50pm FREESTYLE: Adults 5.55-6.55pm For any enquiries ph Jacque or Allister 03 349 4946. www.selfdefence.co.nz

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Available to sweep and safety check all types of fires ready for winter using our modern dust-free system. Also undertaking repairs and maintenance. $80 most areas.

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Gallagher opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. He quickly phoned his best friend, Finney.

'Did you see the paper?' asked Gallagher.

'They say I died!!'

'Yes, I saw it!' replied Finney. 'Where are ye callin’ from?'

An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connec cut . The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bo)le on the floor of the car.

He says, 'Sir, have you been drinking?'

'Just water,' says the priest.

The trooper says, 'Then why do I smell wine?'

The priest looks at the bo)le and says, 'Good Lord! He's done it again!'

Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and asks the first man he meets, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' The man said, 'I do, Father.'

The priest said, 'Then stand over there against the wall.'

Then the priest asked the second man, 'Do you want to go to heaven?'

'Certainly, Father,' the man replied.

'Then stand over there against the wall,' said the priest.

Then Father Murphy walked up to O'Toole and asked, 'Do you want to go to heaven?'

O'Toole said, 'No, I don't Father.'

The priest said, 'I don't believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?'

O'Toole said, 'Oh, when I die , yes.. I thought you were ge ng a group together to go right now.'