Te Awamutu Professional Hair Stylists Be the Belle of the Ball Hair Ups our specialty CouPublished Tuesday & Thursdayurier THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016 Phone Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c 07 871 6021 Fundraising Hero is honoured luncheon Save the Children is holding BY LESLEY STANILAND its annual Winter Luncheon on Thursday, July 7 from noon- More than 70 years after the 2pm in St John’s Church Hall. end of World War II, Fred Amess Funds raised from the event has been awarded France’s will be dedicated to help Fijian Legion of Honour, the highest families where homes and decoration that exists in France, for his bravery fighting the schools have been destroyed. enemy in defence of that Everyone is welcome — country. see classified advertisement for He says the medal was details. awarded as a way of France saying ‘thank you’ to its Floral artistry liberators. “It’s been a long time coming demonstrated for me — I’m a young 92 now!” Te Awamutu Floral Art Mr Amess was just 18 when Group celebrates its 48th he joined the Navy on March 23, birthday on Monday with a 1942, but had been a member of demonstration by Elaine the home guard in England since Bughouse of Taupo. he was 17. The event is at the Bible He says he joined the Navy Chapel at 1.30pm - doors open because he didn’t fancy “some half-an-hour in advance. bayonet job”. He was 20 when he Members of the public are went to Normandy. welcome — there is a $5 entry Mr Amess served as a fee which includes afternoon crewman on a landing craft tank tea. (LCT), though he had thought he would end up “on a nice big battleship”. Powering He was aboard LCT 611 N22 squadron which, in the lead up the future to D-Day, was anchored just Te Awamutu Continuing outside the heads off Gasport Education has secured Bryan and Portsmouth. Leyland (NZ Consulting He says Assault Force S1, his Engineer and Fellow Institute of LCT, loaded up at Gasport, but NZ Engineers) to speak on the whole operation was delayed Wednesday, July 6. a day because of rough weather. He will speak about power “We were in the 39th flotilla generation, distribution, power assigned to Sword, and the costs and future generation. Mr H-hour was 7.25am. We carried Leyland is a regular media five Sherman tanks, one covered contributor and has a wide motor vehicle and two navy knowledge of the Electricity beach party. Industry. “It appeared to be beyond Further details in today’s belief that so many ships were Public Notices. around us. The beach ahead was shrouded in smoke and as we approached water spouts were appearing ahead of us. Little could be seen after that until we had the ramp down.” Mr Amess recalls two navy lads were the first to descend the ramp, stepping into water above their waists. FORMER Te Awamutu resident Fred Amess (now living in Whangamata) displays the nine medals he “They struggled ashore with has received for his involvement with D-Day. The Legion of Honour Medal was presented by Tauranga their wireless equipment, brave Mayor Stuart Crosby during commemorations at Tauranga Historic Village. fellows. The tanks and motor vehicle were discharged okay. Moffat and I raised the ramp were underway.” with his medal. “We paused there for a while smartly. Mr Amess commemorated He also previously attended for a wounded soldier to be “By the time the ramp was D-Day at a ceremony in Tau- commemorations in Wellington brought onboard then Jack secure we had kedged off and ranga, where he was presented in 2014.. Fantastic NEW Entry Level Collection Machine from ONLY $15,995 PLUS GS NEW MODEL TE AWAMUTU 494 Sloane Street,TeAwamutu Phone: 07 871 6134 Email: [email protected] www.stihlshopta.co.nz 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, June 30, 2016 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CourierTe Awamutu Community Newspaper of the Year 2014 Advantages of CWF are clear Your community newspaper for over 100 years. In Thursday’s edition A J 366 million people using CWF causes any problems, at But it drains the council Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu Halder called me ‘churlish’ — on a daily basis worldwide, 0.7ppm, they can’t. coffers and those which can’t and surrounding districts. that means selfish and or not counting the millions that So really the only argu- afford the fight, fold and stop mean and rude. have used it in the last 70 ment they have is a personal CWF. CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) How can I be the mean or years. one. This happened in South We welcome letters - preferably via email. They selfish one, when I am not the In that time any ‘detri- They don’t want it, and as Taranaki, where Natural should be under 300 words and must have the person who would like to ment’ would have well and such they will try and lie and Health took them to court. sender’s name, address and phone number. No prevent the advantages of truly been documented and scaremonger to get their way. They lost, but now more pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be Community Water Fluori- published by the interna- One of the ways is to expense is required to fight withheld in special circumstances at the discretion dation (CWF) from reaching tional quality dental or medi- threaten small communities the appeal. of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged the whole community, be- cal institutions worldwide. with legal action — the leader That is one reason CWF in and may be edited, abridged or discarded. cause of my personal belief? When you ask the anti of the fluoride action in the New Zealand is now becoming And that it could be a fluoride lobby to provide any USA is a lawyer. There have the responsibility of district MANAGER ‘detriment’. To whom? such scientific research to been many cases in the US and health boards. Alan Price At this moment there are back up their claims that is they have not won any. CHRIS PRICE [email protected] EDITORIAL Dean Taylor (editor) [email protected] Tenants worse off Deferring isn’t saving Cathy Asplin (journalist) [email protected] Well didn’t my letter get a who recently had boulders as Colin Thorsen (journalist) in council homes response? Good, we have big as your head on their [email protected] achieved transparency. road to drive around. ADVERTISING I do not know of Social Develop- understand that this The Mayor states ‘I don’t Or our water supply Dorinda Williams why Mr Parlane has ment. is universal. understand why Councillor where deferring capital ex- [email protected] this bee in his bon- We do not envy It is the same for Wilson does not want these penditure and conservation Ange Holt net regarding Coun- them. This is just a those who are rich savings, potentially of water has been the policy. [email protected] cil tenants. Yes, we fact to illustrate a enough to treat it as hundreds of thousands of Eventually it comes round Bookings have a better deal point. pocket money as it is dollars?’ and bites you where you sit [email protected] than some other By and large the for us WPC tenants I hope RATA does make down. CLASSIFIEDS renters, but there Council is a good for whom it is our those savings. At the present If you have the audacity to Rhonda Oosterman, are some doing bet- landlord. We have, only income. funding level it’s going to have an opinion and state it Tania Cortesi-Western, ter than us. on the whole, great If you cannot cost the ratepayers hundreds publicly, you are told you Julie Montague We have retired neighbours and en- understand this, of thousands of dollars. don’t understand, to dis- [email protected] friends who are joy living where we then give me a ring Personally I would have credit you or your view. Housing NZ tenants. are. 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