Te Awamutu Courier Contains a Centrespread Liftout with All You Need to Know to Follow the Action
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Published Tuesday and Thursday THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 7294722AA Circulated FREE to all households throughout Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Extra copies 40c. BRIEFLY What Now slams into Te Awamutu Super liftout for you! The Super 14 kicks off for 2010 this weekend and today’s Te Awamutu Courier contains a centrespread liftout with all you need to know to follow the action. The Chiefs, beaten in the final last year by the Bulls, left for South Africa on Sunday for the opening leg of their campaign. They take on the Sharks in Durban on Sunday (6.10am NZ time), then the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday February 20 (7am NZ time) and will be hoping for a smarter start to the new season than they normally produce. Bike to work for free brekkie Waipa District Council, Sport Waikato and the BNZ are hoping for a record district-wide participation for Go by Bike Day, on Wednesday, February 17. People all over New Zealand will be biking it, instead of driving TC110210CA01 TC100210CA02 it on the day which is part of the WHAT NOW presenter Tu Rongonui meets some of the local ‘lads’ at PACKING IT: Te Awamutu Primary Principal Gareth Duncan receives Bike Wise Week promotion. Selwyn Park. some ‘gunge’ during the ‘Pack Ya Pants’ segment. You could be rewarded for your biking to work or school BY CATHY ASPLIN vocal chords, their skills and their strength in remained for the third challenge. effort next Wednesday with free various segments throughout the day. Eventually three winners were declared (see breakfasts along with lots of spot With gallons of gunge, earth-shattering A couple of brave teachers also joined the fun more next week) who will head to Christchurch levels of noise and masses of mayhem it could for the tug-o-war version of ‘Pack Ya Pants’. later in the year to defend the town’s honour. prizes outside the BNZ on only be one programme. The SLAM! challenge saw everyone having a Te Awamutu was also well represented in Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu ‘What Now’ hit Te Awamutu this week - go at a chance to represent Te Awamutu at the the ‘Loud and Proud’ segment with around 300 from 7am to 9am. filming it’s latest episode in Selwyn Park quarter finals. students screaming their lungs out in an ‘‘Get together with your yesterday. After the first round the numbers were attempt to put the Rosetown on the map as the mates or colleagues and bike on Children from four local schools used their reduced to 50, then after another round just 10 loudest town. down to join us for breakfast,’’ says Sport Waikato, Waipa co- ordinator Janis Jeffers. Joke backfires A traveller from Sydney who sparked a security alert at the Hamilton International Airport is no longer laughing as he realised the joke’s now on him following a bomb scare on Tuesday morning. When the 44-year-old returned to find security staff checking his unattended bags, he told them there was a bomb in one of them. His bags were searched and no suspicious devices were found, however a Swiss Army knife was recovered. The man faces charges of breaching the Aviation Act. TC110210CA03 PEKERAU teacher Nicky Vincent warms the crowd up for filming of the ‘Loud And Proud’ segment. Get a whopping..... ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERS SAVE UP TO 70% OFF YOUR HOT WATER HEATING BILL off all Waikato Rubberware $500? $700? $1000? Get yours now - offer available 1st January - 28 February 2010 MORE? GENUINE SAVINGS TO BE MADE! CALL 0508-HOTWATER 0508-468929 www.solarpeakwaikato.co.nz 100 ROCHE ST, TE AWAMUTU Open Saturday 9am-12noon 7294729AA 7268183AA 2 TE AWAMUTU COURIER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 YOUR LETTERS REDOUBT New museum is absolute must AND BAR EATERY A relative new-comer to Te Awamutu, submissions. More than anything else we need a new I’ve followed the correspondence about the Where were you all then? library. proposed cultural centre with great inter- It seems to have been lost in the debate Perhaps there is an option to design a est. that, as I understand it, one of the reasons building that, in the fullness of time I’m puzzled by those who say they for moving the museum is so that the becomes a cultural centre. haven’t had a chance to make their feelings library can expand from its current very But for starters, can we build only the taly known, and one to whom it was news! cramped conditions. portion to house the museum? of I To the best of my recollection, the I’m semi-retired and have a chronic It may not be cost effective to convert ste Courier has had printed many items over illness that requires me to rest a lot. The the present dual purpose building for the a the last year about the proposals. library is a lifeline for me; I visit it once or library’s use only, nor realistic from a T This includes the Council advertising twice a week and there are always many design angle, but it is worth considering. the proposals, having an open meeting for others there. Perhaps Councillor Cox might be able to anyone to go along and look at them and Talking to the staff, it appears that new comment. talk to councillors, and calling for quarters are well overdue. AROHA MAHONEY Bolder signs needed at Ngaroto I am writing to express my quite a ways behind him, no need to be on a lead and no both, not to mention potential concern and frustration with leash in sight. Had I been a bikes allowed, but they are damage to the wetlands. what goes on at Lake Ngaroto. small child, I would have been small and not prominent and There are also two private I frequent the lake to walk knocked over. people are obviously not seeing property crossings through and run, sometimes with my For the past two weekends I the signs or blatantly ignoring paddocks on the track and I leashed dog but mostly alone. have run into people mountain them. would be certain that the owner Every time I go there are biking around the lake, one I would ask the Council to of those paddocks would not people there with dogs running bloke on the rainy Sunday with post larger more clear signs like dogs roaming the paddocks free. his dog (obviously unleashed) requesting that dogs be on a or bikes ripping them up. This last weekend on a rainy running freely by his side at top lead at all times and that no It is a privilege to have such Sunday a very muddy labrador speed. bikes are allowed on the walk- a nice track near town to use. retriever jumped on me. It was There are signs at both ends ing track. Let’s keep it as it is meant to be. 24TH FEBRUARY from 6PM a friendly jump. His owner was of the walking track that dogs There are safety reasons for JESSICA SPATZ SHELGREN Wine, Live Opera, 5 Course Meal Common-sense says build bypass first Saleyards provided lesson for BOOK NOW! Council on seeking feedback 7299135AA Most ratepayers in this town would agree with Ian Stratford and others regarding the proposed cultural centre Where were the submissions on centre by accident or design gleaned from the (monument) dreamed up by our local asks Cr Simmons. saleyards crowd their feelings concerning Phone politicians. Let us hope now that the councillor, and the ‘cultural centre’. We have enough political indeed the Council, have learned that It is to be hoped that he passes this monuments in the town already. reliance on submissions is no substitute for information on to the Council. 871 4768 Let common-sense prevail and get on going out amongst the people and learning Perhaps if the Council learn from this with the western bypass, where the from grassroots, peoples support or other- there can be more popular decision making need is genuine. wise for Council projects. and less by mere default. EWEN PERROTT On this occasion, Cr Simmons has either P. W. ROBERTS KingQuad 400 Manual LT-F400FK9 KingQuad 400 Auto LT-A400FK9 KingQuad 450 Auto LT-A450XK9 Massive savings on Farm Quads! Suzuki KingQuads are torture tested and built tough for the unique conditions on New Zealand farms. Right now is the best time ever to get a KingQuad for your farm, because out they go to kick start the new year at amazing prices. 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