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ISSN 1170-1099 Phone Kristy or Kyleigh on... professional hairworks klb 230TC031/04 870 1688 Published Tuesday and Thursday TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 477 Sloane Street - opposite VE Vets Circulated FREE to all households throughout Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Extra copies 35c. BRIEFLY Meet your Our world champion daffodil By Grant Johnston candidates It felt as good as winning a gold medal for The public have another Frontier Road daffodil growers Graeme and chance to meet candidates in Faith Miller when one of their blooms took the local government elections out the grand champion title at the World tomorrow night. Daffodil Convention Show in Melbourne Te Awamutu Chamber of recently. Commerce is hosting a meet Growing and breeding daffodils has been the candidates forum at the an enjoyable hobby and a break away from Council Chambers from 7pm. their teaching careers for about 20 years. Candidates’ profi les feature Mr Miller is principal at Kihikihi Primary in the Word on Waipa inside School and Mrs Miller works with children today’s issue on pages 11-13. with special needs at Otorohanga South Te Awamutu Ward candi- School. dates’ speeches to last week’s Mr Miller fi rst became interested in daffo- Grey Power forum also fea- dils when his father gave him some bulbs to ture on pages 3 and 10, while plant when he was 13. Kakepuku Ward candidates Seeing his name on a prize certifi cate gave feature on page 6. him a real buzz. But there was a much bigger buzz waiting Owner sought in Melbourne at the Daffodils Down Under The owners of an injured cat Show. handed in to Te Awamutu Veteri- Ironically, the couple did not rate the cham- pion fl ower as highly as some of their other nary Services are being sought. entries. The ginger cat, estimated to When Mr Miller was helping to judge an- be 12-18 months of age, had other section of the show and when he saw to have its leg amputated. It that their most favoured entry, a ‘Lady Diana’ GOLDEN GLOW: Graeme and Faith Miller with a bed of daffodils at their Frontier Road looked like it had been either bloom had not succeeded in another class he property and the Grand Champion Flower ribbon from the World Daffodil Convention and caught in a trap or hit by a car. went back to the hotel where they were stay- BELOW: the champion flower. 27041AD The cat was found in the Te ing slightly disappointed. The Millers grow 12,000 bulbs annually - exactly what happened two years ago at the Kawa Road area. It was handed At breakfast the next day another competi- and sell named varieties for prices ranging National Show, despite the same variety be- in by a person house sitting for tor informed them their entry in the ‘small from $145 to $1.50 per bulb. ing grown in the garden. friends - the cat wandered in orange or red cup, yellow petals’ class had This year’s success was not their fi rst at the and was initially mistaken for won best seedling. World Daffodil Convention - having taken out the house pet, which is also The American judge, who along with a Brit- champion seedling at the last show in New ginger. ish judge selected the champion bloom, was Zealand in 1996. sitting at a nearby table and when he said They are attending six shows this spring, Garden ramble that fl ower had been chosen as grand cham- typically picking 400 fl owers to choose the Be quick if you want to attend pion the Millers were speechless. best 150. the ninth annual Altrusa Home They had to see for themselves and after When the work is at its peak their four and Garden Ramble on Sunday, waiting nervously for an hour for the show to children help out and the family garage is November 7. Last year tickets open raced back to the show, saw their hopes turned into a production room, complete with sold out to this event. confi rmed. chillers for top fl owers. This year the fi fteen homes The fl ower had also picked up the ribbon One show at which locals will see the world and gardens featured promise as open section champion on its way to top class daffodils will be at Hamilton Gardens to live up to the high standard honours. on October 2. of past years and tickets ($20) While they thought the fl ower may not have The couple have lived at Frontier Road are sure to sell fast. been large enough, the judges discounted this for three years and say they could not have Proceeds will fund Altrusa because of its near perfect formation. wished to fi nd a better place to grow daffodils community projects. Further The success will give G and F Miller Daf- with fertile soil and good rainfall. details are available from Play- fodils of Frontier Road exposure on the inter- And sometimes despite the best care pos- mates or by phoning 872 7879. national daffodil stage. sible for the prime daffodils grown under net- They export some bulbs already but expect ting in their garden, the discards alongside Daylight saving more orders to start coming in. the roadside fence can throw up a champion While the recent weather hasn’t been too encouraging, the arrival of daylight saving Call to attend Unknown Soldier events time usually heralds better things to come. Ministry for Culture and Herit- “Veterans, next of kin and de- liament House, and the Military A New Zealand delegation will Daylight saving begins this age chief executive Martin Mat- scendants who live in Wellington, Funeral Procession in central travel to France for a ceremony Sunday morning (October 3) at thews has launched a nationwide or are planning to be in Welling- Wellington. early in November to begin the 2am (which becomes 3am). call encouraging veterans and ton on Wednesday 10 and Thurs- A special toll free number process of repatriating the Un- Most people fi nd it conven- families of New Zealand war day 11 November, are urged to 0800 NZTOMB (0800 437 known Warrior. ient to put their clocks forward dead to take part in ceremonial contact the Ministry as soon as 349) and email address On return, the Unknown War- one hour before they go to bed events marking the return of the possible as there are a number [email protected] have been rior will lie in state at Parliament on Saturday evening. Unknown Warrior to New Zea- of ways they can participate in set-up to enable veterans and to enable New Zealanders to pay The start of daylight sav- land in November. ceremonial events.” families to apply for seating at their respects. ing is also an opportune time “We want as many veterans There are opportunities to at- the Memorial Service and the Further information on all to change batteries in smoke and families as possible to share tend the Arrival Ceremony for Interment Ceremony. Unknown New Zealand Warrior alarms. in this unique and historic day,” the Unknown Warrior at Parlia- Applications for seating close ceremonial events is online at said Mr Matthews. ment, the lying in state at Par- on Monday 11 October. www.unknownwarrior.govt.nz. 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Wed: 10.25am & 10.36pm fused as to the real issues regarding right things have not been done to pro- The planting of vast areas of manuka Lake Ngaroto. tect their habitats. has destroyed much of the remnant Thur: 11.01am & 11.11pm The following facts may help read- The wader ponds do not support wad- wetlands around the lake margin and Fri: 11.35am & 11.45pm ers decide which of Stephen Lee, John ers because they are the wrong size, the allowed easy terrestrial predator access Sat: 12.09pm Greenwood or Alan Livingston are on the wrong depth, and are in the wrong place. to our highly threatened native wetland right track and which are just delivering A short visit by anyone will confi rm this. creatures. Sun: 12.20am & 1.43pm positive ‘spin’. Central Government heaped high Even today, Council staff are still Mon: 1.57am & 2.21pm There are no effective silt traps or nu- praise on the old Waipa County Council slashing and burning native wetland 272TC002-04 trient stripping areas installed on any of for its efforts in clearing all the riparian ground cover and replanting with inap- the drains entering the lake. vegetation from most of our waterways propriate shrubs.