Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Te Awamutu FAST RURAL BROADBAND Find out more from the team at Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016 Couurier TE AWAMUTU Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c 1/119 Alexandra Street | 07-8706031 10479323AA Rural garden retreat Lions concert Te Awamutu Lions is promoting a concert starring BY BETHANY TIDDY The Hamilton County Bluegrass band at the Bible The 21st annual Altrusa Chapel this Saturday night — Home and Garden Ramble is set raising funds for Te Awamutu for Sunday, November 6 and Intermediate. this year will feature a garden Details page 27. owned and created by Pirongia man Rodney Macdonald. Mr Macdonald moved on to Islamic issues the 0.9 hectare property in the 80s but started working on the on agenda garden six years ago as a form of Professor Al Gillespie is in therapy while recovering from popular demand on National health problems. Radio programmes and often “I wasn’t going to just sit appears on TV One News as a around, was I?” lawyer/expert in areas of A digger driver by day, Mr national concern such as Macdonald works on develop- refugees, or drug problems. ing the garden in his spare time. On Wednesday, October 19 “I do it all by myself — he will be talking to the Te sometimes I mow the lawns at Awamutu Continuing night with a headlight.” Education Group on the effects In that time he has planted Islamic issues may have in more than 6000 plants, and the New Zealand. garden has a native walkway See ad in today’s paper or and a seat swing where he ring 870 3223 for more enjoys cups of tea and magnifi- information. cent views of Mt Kakepuku. TC131016BT01 This year is the first time it HAPPY GARDENER: Rodney Macdonald is op ening his garden for the first time to the Altrusa Home will feature in the Ramble. and Garden Ramble. 3rd time lucky If weather is fine, Mr Weather permitting, the Macdonald will have classic combined Waikato Valley and cars on display and Altrusa will Hamilton Twenty20 cricket provide morning tea. competition will get under way Committee member Mary on Saturday after being rained Karl says the main cause for off the two previous weekends. this year’s fundraising is a VE Vets Te Awamutu disability hoist for the Te Awa- Sports Blue have two games mutu Events Centre. against Fraser Tech at Steele The remaining proceeds will Park, Hamilton at 10.30am and fund other Altrusa projects Cambridge at the same venue, throughout the year. starting at 2pm. “It all goes back into the community,” she says. Bowl on in The Ramble will run from Junior registration for Year 5 9.30am to 4pm and will feature to Year 8 cricketers is taking 10 gardens open for viewing, place today at Te Awamutu including four homes. Sports Club from 4pm. Various gardens will have craft stalls and two venues will have morning tea available. The homes vary from an historic family home to a mod- ern linear and zincalume clad house. The gardens vary from the TC131016BT02 site of an old sale yard, now SANCTUARY: Rural garden that Rodney Macdonald created and maintains on his own. growing interesting exotics, to Mr Macdonald’s rural garden. rently has a membership of 36. Mrs Karl says. ■ Tickets are available for $25 There are new gardens to see It is a non-profit organisa- Ramble chairwoman Wendy from Playmates III on Alexander St in the Ramble each year. tion and the motto is “Leading Becker says the club is grateful and the Te Awamutu i-Site Centre “I’ve never been to the same to a better life”. to the gardeners and home on Gorst Avenue. For more gardens twice,” Mrs Karl says. “There are 550 tickets Home owners who work hard to have information contact Wendy The Awamutu Altrusa Club and Garden Ramble available their properties ready for Becker at was formed in 1994 and cur- and they sell out every year,” viewing. 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As the equinox has passed, velodrome, only a mere silver anybody who uses a gun does In his election campaign Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu wind has abated, rain is here medal was earned for New so instinctively and without statements he stated one of his and the sheep and cows have Zealand. first verifying what it is they aims was to attract further and surrounding districts. had their babies. On a brighter note we may are shooting and learned fire- sports codes to build on ‘home of CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) We have a new council. be getting a new power station arms safety from a video champions’ brand. They are moving in to the so we can all keep warm in game. What exactly does attracting We welcome letters - preferably via email. They new library. When reporting winter and have lots of elec- It is rule number two or further sports codes mean and should be under 300 words and must have the the cost, the Courier has tricity. Of course it should be three but the most important what are his plans for this sender’s name, address and phone number. No already forgotten about the built nearer to Auckland one. Identify your target be- concept over the next three pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be land which was three times its where the power is needed yond all doubt. years? withheld in special circumstances at the discretion market value at the time and most, but a resource consent Te Awamutu is in safe KEN GEORGE of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged the substantial bill for the de- will easily be gained at Otoro- hands with a new employment and may be edited, abridged or discarded. contamination of the site. hanga due to the lower num- advocate, lots of sport going Thanks for votes Now all we have to do is ber of ‘greenies’ there. on and tradespeople being MANAGER pay for building while the All of these things are good booked up for many months I would like to acknowledge Alan Price [email protected] ability to read books from the for small towns. ahead. the support I have received library electronically at home Kihikihi buzzed with the We can look forward to during the the recent local EDITORIAL is promoted. Steampunk Convention and Halloween and Guy Fawkes, body elections in the Waipa Dean Taylor (editor) In summary it is extremely Space Dave is keeping a look- then Christmas. District. [email protected] doubtful that this library was out for aliens. The Falcon Farewell will I am looking forward to Colin Thorsen (journalist) needed and there was virtu- While the embargo was on bring lots of visitors to spend actively canvassing commun- [email protected] ally no public consultation candidate correspondents the money here. ity views on local issues and Bethany Tiddy (journalist) about it. main topic of discussion was A new library will not will ensure that your Com- [email protected] The Olympic Games came violence apparently learned generate a single dollar of munity Board remains rele- ADVERTISING and went and because we did from video games. income to Te Awamutu. vant as your local mouthpiece Dorinda Williams not have an expensive enough I would be very surprised if JAMES PARLANE on district issues. [email protected] Thank you all once again. GARY DERBYSHIRE Ange Holt [email protected] Pokemon games have consequences Bookings Thanks to voters [email protected] Letters in various media weird noises and shouting PokeStops can even be located I wish the new council well as CLASSIFIEDS regarding Pokemon have been ‘Pokemon, Pokemon’. at Fukushima. TEPCO had to they begin this next term of Rhonda Oosterman, very timely — information is In the US O’Fallon Weekly, reprimand Niantic for placing office and congratulate those Tania Cortesi-Western, now surfacing that catching Missouri Police report armed Pokemons at the actual who were successful in being Alanah Harvey virtual Pokemons at real-world robbers are using the app to Daiichi power plant site. The elected members of both the [email protected] locations may have unexpected attract victims to isolated areas Japanese Government, in con- Council and Community Board. consequences, with Pokemon and have added a beacon to the junction with Niantic, wanted Thank you to those of you DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 Go now causing psychotic and PokeStop to lure more players. to draw tourists back to who voted for me. POSTAL ADDRESS mental breakdowns. The US Holocaust Memorial Fukushima. I remain committed to be 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 The UK’s Mirror reported a Museum in Washington DC This is where robots are involved in our town and com- OFFICE HOURS Brazilian man had to be forc- and the Auschwitz-Birkenau still unable to enter and the munity in various ways and to Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4.30pm ibly restrained by four men at State Museum in Poland want much-vaunted, 99 per cent help to make ‘our patch’ a PHONE 07 871 5151 | FAX 07 871 3675 the Bank of Brazil in Rio Niantic to remove these his- completed ice wall, designed to vibrant and caring place in Grande do Norte.