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Te Awamutu CouPublished Tuesday & Thursdayurier TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c Vet sharing Going for gold experience Local veterinarian Ross Milne travelled to Nepal with The 15th Summer Paralympic Games are just two days away — the Opening Ceremony takes place on Thursday morning NZT. other New Zealand For the first time the games will be covered live and free on TVNZ’s Duke, with highlights on TV One and TVNZ On Demand. veterinarians to attend Foot and Mouth training in December 2015. BY COLIN THORSEN An evening has been New Zealand has won medals in para- arranged for him to share his swimming at every Summer Paralympic experience with veterinarians, Games since it first began competing in 1968. farmers and the general Te Awamutu Swimming Club member public. Nikita Howarth is a member of the eight- This will be be on Saturday strong Rio 2016 Para-Swimming team, mak- (September 10) at 7pm in The ing it equal to London 2012 as the biggest Bible Chapel, Swarbrick Drive. team to ever represent New Zealand. There is no charge for this Between them, the para-swimming team evening but there will be a holds a staggering nine paralympic titles, 22 sales table for a Nepal charity. world titles and 10 long course world records. Together, they are expected to play a Parenting major role in New Zealand’s campaign to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, which open on seminar September 7, almost three weeks after the Parents who would like Olympics. some useful tips are invited to The New Zealand team is aiming to win 18 the free parenting seminar on medals, including 12 gold, across up to seven September 12. para-sports and hopes to retain its London The event kicks off at 2012 title of number one in the world medals 7.30pm in the Te Awamutu per capita. It’s a vastly experienced team, including Baptist Church and has spot Paralympic gold medallists Sophie Pascoe, prizes, snacks and Mary Fisher and Cameron Leslie, plus refreshments. London 2012 Paralympians Nikita Howarth RSVP with numbers to: and Rebecca Dubber. [email protected] There are two Paralympic debutants, Hamish McLean and Jesse Reynolds. Vital decisions Howarth has always done things in a At some stage after hurry. retirement a vital decision has In June this year, she stormed to a world to be made, whether to record at the IDM German Open in Germany, relocate to a retirement swimming a time of 1:18.65 in the women’s SF village, downgrade to a 100m butterfly, beating the previous record of smaller house, or remain in 1:20.14 previously held by American Mallory the home in which you are Weggemann since 2009. presently living. The IDM German Open attracts some of Retirement villages are the world’s best para-athletes. multi-million dollar commercial It has been a meteoric rise. projects, and are spreading After learning to swim as a toddler, she LUC PERCIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY rapidly through the whole reportedly started the sport competitively TE AWAMUTU-trained Nikita Howarth with one of her two gold medals representing New aged seven before making her international Zealand in Glasgow. country. debut as a 12-year-old. Guest speaker for the Te In 2012, at the tender age of 13, the in the 200m Individual Medley SM7. per week. Awamutu Continuing Cambridge-based swimmer became New Zea- On her return to New Zealand, the The Te Awamutu Swim Club member has Education Group is Anne land’s youngest ever Paralympian and the Cambridge High School student added back- continued to impress, winning five medals at Rawlence (who will talk about following year she was crowned a world stroke and freestyle events to her schedule to last year’s Pan-Pacific Para-Swimming advantages and champion. meet her desire to compete in more races and Championships before notching two gold disadvantages of living in a Howarth has wasted no time in pursuing adopting a more positive attitude to swim- medals — in the S7 50m butterfly and SM7 retirement village) tomorrow at her dreams after being inspired to one day ming made huge gains. 200m individual medley at the 2015 IPC 10am in the Waipa win a Paralympic Gold medal following a At the 2013 IPC Swimming World Cham- Swimming World Championships in Workingmen’s Club. school visit from 2004 Olympic cycling pionships in Canada she struck Gold in the Glasgow. For further information champion Sarah Ulmer. 200m individual medley and earned a Bronze The Paralympic Games are the world’s phone 870 3223 or 871 6434. Describing competing in front of 17,000 in the 50m Butterfly largest multi-sport event for disabled All welcome. spectators at the London 2012 Paralympic “It was a great feeling to know I was top of athletes. More than 4350 athletes from 178 Games as ‘overwhelming’ she nonetheless the world,” says Howarth, who rises at 5am countries are expected to compete in 22 performed above expectations, placing sixth for training each day and fits in 11 sessions sports, with 526 medal events taking place. WE ARE PUMPING g.a.s 24/7 Rosetown Holden’s after hours selfpay is the easy way to fill up Trade in your dunger and we’ll give you a minimum We accept the of $750 towards a new following cards: Suzuki TF125 Mudbug. Eftpos • BP Fuel • Visa So wheel in and see us now. 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ROSETOWN HOLDEN YOUR ONE STOP MOTORING SHOP FINANCE g.a.s ROSETOWN HOLDEN 2 Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu P 07 871 3069 E [email protected] 93 Churchill Street • Te Awamutu • Ph (07) 871 5143 2 Te Awamutu Courier Tuesday, September 6, 2016 SALT WATER LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SPORTS FISHING KAWHIA HIGH TIDES Community digs deep for Daffodil Day Add fi ve minutes for Raglan Harbour Tuesday 12.46am 12.57pm The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Although we cannot mention everyone in but early signs are that the community has Wednesday 1.15am 1.21pm Society would like to extend a resounding this short letter, we would especially like to once again shown tremendous generosity Thursday 1.47am 2.00pm note of thanks to everyone in the Te thank Kathy Keighley who co-ordinated the this year. Friday 2.28am 3.01pm Awamutu community who supported our appeal in Te Awamutu. All proceeds from Daffodil Day will stay Saturday 3.19am 4.14pm 2016 Daffodil Day appeal. We are also extremely grateful for the in our region to help those affected by cancer Sunday 4.31am 5.19pm Held on the last Friday of August, support of our many volunteers, the individ- in our local communities, to deliver cancer Monday 5.56am 6.21pm Daffodil Day is our biggest day of the year. uals who donated and the businesses, prevention programmes and to fund cancer The success of the event depends on schools and community groups who took research. Many thanks once again for your countless individuals, most of them volun- part or supported Daffodil Day in various amazing support. SCALLOP teers, both on the day and in the lead up to ways. Funds are still coming in, so we don’t JUDY GOULD SEASON NOW ON! the event. have a fundraising total to report just yet, Chief Executive A range of Kereru back in gardens A helping hand but no thanks Scallop Dredgesedgesges I am writing regarding Leandre Sharp’s instore picture of kereru in her Te Pahu garden — Whilst visiting Countdown on handle off, the next best option was to what a lovely photo. Wednesday evening Casey Cook, a mem- remove the hinges. It is so exciting to see increasing ber of the Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Meanwhile the partner of the man numbers of our native birds around the Brigade, who was about to start shopping, arrived and started yelling — “Why is this NEW Tidede TimesTimes place. You suggested that 1080 may be assisted with rescuing a customer and his taking so long. I have a trolley of groceries responsible for this increase. three-year-old girl out of the customer’s outside and my family is waiting, a three- books instore!e! A local volunteer group, Pirongia Te restroom. year-old is locked inside and we want to go Aroaro o Kaahu Restoration Society, deal It clearly had an ‘Out Of Order’ sign on and have dinner.’ with pest control on this side of Pirongia the door, as well as being boarded up by Not long after the door was kicked out Whitebait Mountain. the handle. The door had the missing key by the male and off they went. No ‘thank nets galore - They have worked hard to put in a bait lock, which in turn was impossible to exit you’ was used. instore station grid covering 1000ha from just past once inside. ‘Out Of Order’ means just that people. Sainsbury Road to beyond Corcoran Road. With a chisel and a hammer in hand, Casey, you did such an awesome job. Volunteers fill the stations with Pindone (a Casey went to work. Unable to get the door LISA MITCHELL first generation anticoagulant poison) prior to the bird nesting season each year to keep the rat population low so that the fledgling Pantomime for grownups a good laugh birds have a greater chance of survival.