Te Awamutu Courier, Thursday, October 13, 2011 Your Letters
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CourierTe Awamutu Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011 8076097AA CELEBRATING 100 YEARS AS YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATED FREE TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT TE AWAMUTU AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. EXTRA COPIES 40c. BRIEFLY High-flying Te Awamutu Health on menu The benefits of eating for good health will be outlined to attendees at next Wednesday’s Te Awamutu duo to train in Canada Continuing Education Group meeting. Allan and Loretta Fong of BY COLIN THORSEN Perfect Produce will be in attendance. Mr Fong will speak Snowboarding siblings Dakota about the family-run business, and Fletcher Craig are bound for which was originated in the Canada hoping to get the jump on 1940s on his grandfather’s rival competitors. The Craigs of Te Awamutu are holdings in Pukekohe. travelling to Banff, Canada to Supplying fresh, succulent train for six weeks (December/ produce, the Fong family January) with their Canadian investigate exciting new ways coach Andrew Manuel. of living a healthier lifestyle in Dakota (16) and Fletcher (10) today’s world. This includes say they are looking forward to new vegetables, innovative travelling to Canada for the first products and original ways of time. using them. ‘‘It will be a nice change after See ad in today’s issue for again making the yearly trek to more details. Ohakune every weekend since June to train and ride,’’ Dakota Clean out? told the Courier. If you’re having a spring The high flying teenager has clean out and aren’t sure what enjoyed another stellar season, to do with your surplus, culminating in taking out the 2011 consider donating it to the Te New Zealand junior girls’ Awamutu Care Charity Shop. snowboarding title at Wanaka late ‘Care’ stand for the last month. She claimed the silver medal in ‘Community Animal Rehoming the big mountain freeride, but and Education’ society which took out the New Zealand title rescues and rehomes after placing second behind Aus- unwanted pets in our area. tralian Ellise Turner — along with The charity shop in Rogers the half pipe NZ title after placing Place always welcomes third behind two Australians. donations of clean clothing, Dakota was fifth overall and good appliances, usable third New Zealander in the giant TC131011SP1 furniture and bric-a-brac. slalom and boarder cross, and HIGH FLYER: Dakota Craig soars as she competes in the North Island Secondary Schools’ Snowboarding Contact the shop (ph 870 fourth overall/second New Zea- Championships. 1822) for further details. lander in the slopestyle. She was disappointed with her winning the giant slalom. She third overall New Zealander title ter throughout the season. Do call ‘us’ slalom result after hitting ice and placed seventh in slopestyle after from 2010. The trip to Canada will be a If you were left out of the sliding out, missing two gates and overshooting a jump and missing The youngster says he was great opportunity for him to get Telecom telephone directory, it incurring automatic disqualifi- the next jump, losing valuable extremely disappointed to get back up to speed with his riding in is not to late to be included cation. points. injured as he had high hopes for preparation for next year’s compe- Kihikihi Rotary Club’s The Waikato Diocesan School Her brother Fletcher had the good placings at this year’s titions. telephone directory for Te for girls’ student enjoyed further misfortune to break his upper nationals. The Craig siblings are Awamutu and surrounding success competing in the North humerus (arm) in the first week of But rather than dwell on his sponsored by Joanne and Pete Island Secondary Schools’ the July school holidays, hard luck, Fletcher showed admir- Scheres, Qubik, Mad Wax, Nomis districts. Snowboarding Championships, preventing him defending his able character supporting his sis- and Herd Headwear. Contact project convenor Stuart Law on 871 6278 or 027 2266889 to provide details for the local directory, which goes to the printer soon. Drive to conditions, Police urge Plunket stalls Te Awamutu Plunket has A number of traffic accidents in basics, but deliberately ignoring had crashes after inattention or not adhering to the fatal five of speed, stalls for sale at its giant the region in recent days have them. adjusting to wet conditions. belts, avoiding alcohol, dangerous fundraising garage sale at the Waikato Police urging motorists to In one recent incident a young Waikato’s road toll was the or reckless driving but the public Plunket Rooms on Saturday, drive to the conditions and main- driver was clocked at 177km/h in a highest in the country at 41, need to do their part and ensure November 12. tain constant vigilance. 100km/h speed zone in a Subaru he compared to 35 for the same period they’re fit to drive. If you are interested in District Road Policing Manager, was looking at purchasing and told last year. "We need to look at our driving having a stall ($30) contact Inspector Leo Tooman, said some of officers he ‘just had to see how fast "Police and partner agencies habits — are we maintaining Allie Taylor on 0274 065829. the incidents suggested drivers the car could go’. have been doing their part situational awareness, should I be were not only not heeding the In other incidents drivers have emphasising the importance of passing or turning here?" 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MANAGER councillors other than the majority nothing more than a psychological arti- They should ‘elect’ a ‘council in being for or against an issue. fice to be used to push the aspirations of waiting’, ready to stand in place of those Alan Price However, councils should not go the privileged few, the ‘rich and fam- councillors who have offended the aver- e: [email protected] against a majority on issues such as a ous’. age Joe and Jill citizen. velodrome where the proponents’ view This is aimed at overwhelming the Ratepayer organisations can gently EDITOR of ‘the greater good’, especially allowing natural reluctance of the majority to keep the issue going, even if in the for the demise of the old theory that have their rates bills pushed higher to background, and then ignite their sup- Grant Johnston whatever is good for the rich and expand the empire, in which their only porters as the next local body elections e: [email protected] powerful will eventually trickle down to part to play is to provide the cash for the approach, so that those councillors seen be good for the not so rich and those unrealistic dreams of the few, while as turncoats or found not to have the REPORTERS without political clout, is so hollow. excusing those who they have been skills to know the economy, can be told That just does not happen in today’s elected to councils for their apparent ‘No more!’ at the ballot box. Colin Thorsen political and economical environment. lack of skills to read both the current e: [email protected] The idea that the velodrome will be a economy and the mood of the people, DENNIS PENNEFATHER Dean Taylor e: [email protected] Cathy Asplin Using democratic right of reply e: [email protected] ADVERTISING Your correspondent, Mur- facts. The Mayor himself said have imparted them by every I hope that the electors in ray Loewenthal considers that councillors had all the means available to quell any other wards of the district use Dorinda Courtney some of us have a mixed up information to make their misunderstanding. their democratic right of reply e: [email protected] view of democracy, based decision. Obviously the Te Awamutu to all those councillors who Julie Jackson upon a definition of the word He also said that there had Ward councillors were not ‘knew better’ than the poor which he apparently been a high level of misunder- sufficiently convinced by all misunderstanding public. e: [email protected] interprets as giving carte standing by the public. the facts, or were they mindful I expect that candidates are Bookings blanche to councillors on the Surely democracy required of the fate of the two council- now being sought for a ‘Walk [email protected] presumption that they are in that those councillors in pos- lors who pushed the museum of Infamy’. possession of all the relevant session of all the facts should complex too hard. P.W. ROBERTS CLASSIFIEDS Tania Cortesi-Western, Rhonda Bird Anna-Marie Holmes Arrogant to just cycle on Rain mainly on Pirongia [email protected] Pirongia had 84mm of rain in the past How utter was the arrogance of our somewhat ambiguous. week. PRINTERS Mayor and the seven councillors who Regardless of this, it was and still is Pokuru was next highest highest with APN Print Ellerslie voted to proceed with the $1 million the original intent that remains import- 47mm, followed by Ngahinapouri on 40, Published Tuesday & Thursday funding towards the velodrome, knowing ant.