Te Awamutu Courier, Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Ugandan Connection Keeps Growing
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ISSN 1170-1099 Approachable Professional Prompt All accounting work for rentals through to complex structures Call Sarah at MOBILE ACCOUNTING SERVICES (1994) LTD Phone 871 8080 or email me on Published Tuesday and Thursday [email protected] TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007 276TC011-06 Circulated FREE to all households throughout Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Extra copies 40c. BRIEFLY Off to Fieldays? Razzle dazzle as Waikato Te Awamutu residents can take the easy route to Fieldays. Buses depart from the Rose Garden at 8.30am each day of Pistons hit their straps Fieldays (June 13-16). The Fieldays bus returns at By Dean Taylor 5pm daily and has a number of Te Awamutu’s Events Centre played host to special fares (eg: family pass a razzle-dazzle display of basketball from the one way $12, return $20). Waikato Pistons as they demoralised the Can- More details available at the terbury Rams for the second time in a week. Te Awamutu i-site Visitor Cen- The home side took out the match 101-70, tre. For more about Fieldays winning every quarter, in the week’s live tel- check our bumper Rural evised match. Roundup included with today’s The only success for the rams was shutting edition. out star import Jason Crowe after he topped scored with 22 points in their previous match. Broadway here In foul trouble early, Crowe struggled to fi nd his ‘Bethel on Broadway’ is a offensive game, but his speed and six steals still night of entertainment being played a vital part in the result. provided by Bethel Christian The win puts the Pistons into a clear fourth School on Friday, June 15. spot ahead of the Auckland Stars. They have Pupils promise a night full two games to take one more win and guar- of songs, fun and laughter, as antee a play-off berth. Two wins gives them well as a small auction and a the chance to host a semi-fi nal, although they fashion show with a twist. would have to topple top placed Harbour Heat The event is being staged at tomorrow night away and then seventh placed The Church@TeAwamutu on Taranaki Mountain Airs at Hamilton’s YMCA the corner of Racecourse Road on Friday night. and Ohaupo Road. One win is vital as Auckland has just one Doors open at 6pm for the game in hand, but it is against bottom placed 6.30pm show. Admission Otago Nuggets. charge of $10 per family, $5 per Thursday night’s game started with a hiss- adult and students a gold coin and-a-roar when Tall Black captain Pero (includes light supper). Cameron hit a three-pointer, then Ben Hill converted a three-point play to end the fi rst Lock it, or lose it quarter 27-18 ahead. Kevin Smith hit another three pointer to A spate of rural thefts has open the second quarter, then the home side prompted police to warn farm- went on a rampage, scoring 11 unanswered ers to take as many security points. precautions as possible. Ahead by 19 at the half, Waikato never lift- Farmbikes and ATVs are ed their hold on the game, and after another preferred targets, but fuel 10-0 run in the third quarter, the match was and other items of value are all but over. also being stolen. Police says Even Waikato’s bench outscored the visitors farmers should lock shed and in the last quarter to take the commanding implement buildings, or at least win. have lockable storage. Waikato’s perimeter play provided the plat- Bikes should not have the form for the result, with plenty of opportuni- keys left with them and should ties for Hill and Luke Martin to score from be secured as best as possible. outside. Thefts have not been lim- But when the defence came out, Pistons ited to easily spotted items, players showed their ‘highlight reel’ game, some having been stolen from with alley-oops, hook shots, fade-aways and remote properties and from drives to dunk. Hill top scored with 20, fol- CANTERBURY Rams Rewi Manahi (33) and Nathan Hyde (20) can only watch as Waikato buildings not in sight of roads. lowed by Smith with 19 and Puke Lenden off Pistons’ forwards Puke Lenden (33 black) slams an alley-oop dunk set up by super import Vital research the bench for 12. Jason Crowe. 163071AD University of Waikato scien- tist, Associate Professor Vic Arcus has received $844,000 Te Awamutu men ‘lifesavers’ in Health Research Council Three men, two of them from Te Awamutu, to Red Crater when the woman was struck by bags and looked after her until help arrived. funding for research which have been praised for saving the life of a hy- the cold. Conditions were near ‘white-out’. “We used a safety sheet to make a make- may pave the way for new pothermic French woman on Mt Tongariro on Taupo Police Senior Constable Barry Shep- shift tent and then put the girl in a sleeping treatments for Tb in humans Sunday. herd said the men saved her life. bag insulating her off the ground and from and cattle. He is heading an Mike Cosgrove and Sam Leijen came across “They had all the right gear these guys the snow,” Mr Leijen says. international team investigat- the French tourist, and her English fi ance, from Te Awamutu - sleeping bags, food and He describes himself as a novice climber, ing a unique cluster of proteins about 11.30am. Another man was with the drink - so they were able to stick with her and but his colleague Mr Cosgrove is an extreme- which scientists believe help couple already. give her a hand.” ly experienced climber - having tackled many the Tb bacterium to lie dormant The couple, in their 20s, were two and a The men called for help on their cellphones, of the world’s most challenging mountains and evade antibiotic treatment. half hours up the mountain and on their way then wrapped the woman in their sleeping through his passion for climbing. My Wedding Cake OPEN 7 DAYS .... Wolf Phone 871 4009 Cnr Sloane & Vaile Sts Blass TE AWAMUTU Cab moments .... Merlot Offer valid until 11/06/07 My First while stocks last and Child .... Shiraz Just Crazy About Bags Cab Sav Coruba Rum Greenall’s Gin 1 Litre 1 Litre BBEAMISHEAMISH Layby and Q-card available GGEMTIMEEMTIME JJEWELLEREWELLER 25 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu $$11.9911.99 $$34.9934.99 $$26.9926.99 Phone (07) 871 6797 www.gemtime.co.nz 163TC005-07 149TC003-07 YOUR LETTERS CRIMELINE SSPENCEPENCE MARINEMARINE SERVICESERVICE Te Awamutu Police 872 0100 190 Bruce Berquist Drive (off Bond Road), Ph 871 7711 EMERGENCY 111 Te Awamutu Police have dealt with the fol- lowing matters since last week: KAWHIA HIGH TIDES We’ve ‘bin’ had Tuesday, June 5: Add eight minutes for Raglan Harbour Intentional damage to windows at Te Tue: 7.55am & 8.35pm I would assume most people tractor does his costing on two Awamutu College reported. Wed: 8.51am & 9.28pm have noticed a drop in the volume bags per week, where most of us Attempted theft of items from Fresh Choice Supermarket reported. Offender charged. Thu: 9.46am & 10.19pm of garbage going into ‘the bags’ only put out one, and in my case now one per fortnight. Theft of a stereo faceplate from vehicle Fri: 10.39am & 11.07pm since we have been recycling and so have the contractors. So watch out, if you send the parked in Cambridge Road reported. Wednesday, June 6: Sat: 11.30am & 11.54pm So they make a smart move and bin back as too costly for your purposes, at the review the bag Theft of a stereo and dog biscuits from car Sun: - & 12.18pm tell us we must have a wheelie bin, parked at Great South Road property reported. cost will probably double in price, Mon: 12.41am & 1.05pm which they will send you, like it or Burglaries: Bridgman Road property. Moun- 163TC008/07 and if you then want a bin you will not. tain bike stolen. Te Tahi Road property. Honda Now as you have been putting have to pay for its delivery as well 4WD farmbike stolen. less in the bags, your annual cost as excessive annual costs. INTRODUCING Friday, June 8: should drop, and so will the con- Can I ask the contractor to be Youth reported for assault. tractors’ cash fl ow. up front and not try to fool us with Burglary of Westend Electronics reported. Thus the contractor makes a fi gures, because you certainly are Broken LCD TV stolen. crafty move and gives you this bin, going to rip off the smaller user, Alexandra Street resident disturbs male for which you pay a standard rate and noticeably do not tell us your in his house. Offender runs through back of higher than your present annual costing to purchase a bag when section to Stewart and Cavalier’s yard and de- bag rate, even though you are now and if you get most people to use camps. Described as aged between 15 and 17, putting out less and will be hard bins, regardless of the fee and your 175cm tall with long brown hair and wearing pushed to fi ll it. improved profi ts. a dark hoodie, blue jeans, white sneakers and It should also be noted the con- GEORGE VANNER a back pack. Theft of a gate from Daphne Street property reported. Saturday, June 9: Super fast tanning Pupils’ rest home visit positive Arrests: Man for EBA.