THURSDAY,TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER JULY 29, 18, 2014 2014 9737027AA Red Bus comes to town Market back for Summer The Farmers Produce Market is returning to Selwyn Park for the Summer months. Stalls are available — for more information contact Wayne 871 9604. Pony club Kihikihi Pony Club enrolment day is being held at the Kihikihi Domain, home of the Waikato equestrian world, on Sunday at 11am. This will be followed by a show jumping practice at 1pm. The show jumping is open to all riders, two rings will be running. Maunga ride Entries are open for the iconic Waipa event — the Maunga Cycle Challenge on Sunday, November 9, organised by Te Awamutu Rotary. For more information check themaungachallenge.co.nz Last chance for Pet Idol Pet Idol photo competition closes on Friday (4.30pm). Photos of your favourite TC180914SP01A pet need to be emailed to: RED TEAM: Taranaki-King Country Labour candidate Penny Gaylor and her supporters with the Red Bus in Te Awamutu on Sunday. class@teawamutucourier. co.nz and the entry fee ($10) Not to be outdone by National Taranaki-King paid to the Te Awamutu Country candidate Barbara Kuriger and her pink Courier office. Cadillac, Labour rival Penny Gaylor rolled into Prizes include a Canon Te Awamutu on the weekend in her ‘red bus’. digital camera and two pet gift Her campaign manager, Dan Armstrong, says baskets. Photos will be the visit was part of the ‘Big Push’ by Labour for published and public voting the last week of the campaign. begins next week. The Red Bus was in Te Kuiti and Otorohanga on Saturday and in and around Te Awamutu on Sunday. Mrs Gaylor’s supporters delivered pamphlets around the town and she took time to talk to and answer questions from residents. They also set up at strategic locations on the main roads to ‘sign wave’ motorists and urge them to give Labour their vote. Mr Armstrong says the response from the public was great and he believes people appreci- ated being able to speak one-to-one with a candidate. Mrs Gaylor continued to Ohaupo, then Rag- lan, on Monday and had appointments and TC180914SP01B appearances in Hamilton and Te Kuiti earlier ROAD SIGNS: Labour supporters on Ohaupo Road urging motorists to give them their this week. vote. Get Unlimited Hot Water The Rinnai Infi nity system offers GET A CHILLED Continuous fl ow hot WATER SYSTEM AND water without paying to PAY NOTHING heat stored water TILL 2015! Endless Flow Reduced Costs Talk to Qubik about your chilling needs today! Space Saving MILK TEMPERATURE Terms and conditions apply. Digital Control PROBLEMS? Gas Source Gas Boosted Solar Offer ends Nov 30. Find out about tiny conditions by calling us today. Te Awamutu Otorohanga Putaruru 2 Livingstone Brothers Ln 12 Progress Drive 89 Tirau Street TalktoTalk to us today! P: 07 871 6781 P: 07 873 8500 P: 07 883 3423 07 870 5020 0800 772887 100ROCHEST,TEAWAMUTU100 ROCHE ST, TE AWAMUTU www.pratts.co.nz 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, September 18, 2014 9736996AA LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CourierTe Awamutu Community Newspaper of the Year 2014 Go golf initiative Have your say Your community newspaper for Following your article course were excellent in teach- over 100 years. ‘Juniors get in the swing’ I ing the basics of the play and I In two days New Zea- between 9am and 3.45pm today would like to thank the Te sincerely hope there are no lander’s will have the last and tomorrow. Circulated free to 13,968 homes through Te Awamutu Awamutu and Stewart Alexan- barriers to encouraging all of and surrounding districts. opportunity to vote on their Last election had our lowest der Golf Clubs for initiating this these young enthusiasts, and Government of choice for the turnout of voters ever, so to much needed programme to any other young person that next three years. make sure you have your voice CIRCULATION 13,968* (7059 urban, 6909 rural) encourage our youth. wants to give it a go, to continue So for that reason I urge in how the next three years are The facilities at the Te Awa- playing. people to make sure they vote governed please make sure We welcome letters - preferably via email. They mutu Golf Club are fantastic and It will be interesting to see if in the coming days. you get to your nearest booth should be under 300 words and must have the the children were able to under- the discipline and accuracy It’s incredibly easy and for and have your say. sender’s name, address and phone number. No stand the skills needed to play needed to play golf spills over those in the Te Awamutu area PENNY GAYLOR pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be the game. Waikato Golf and into the school class room and an early voting booth is Labour candidate for withheld in special circumstances at the discretion Sport Waikato staff were there home. located at the Scout Hall Taranaki-King Country of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged to support the programme and Learning the etiquette of golf and may be edited, abridged or discarded. make sure no child missed out came naturally to the children on the opportunity to learn the as they shared their energy and MANAGER game. progress. Alan Price Support ‘amazing’ It does not surprise me that Thank you to the organisers [email protected] all of the children were buzzing for arranging this new oppor- EDITORIAL with their new experience and tunity for the youth of Te Awa- On behalf of the Waikato/ cessful community event it is Dean Taylor (editor) will return to keep the new mutu and surrounding districts. Bay of Plenty Division of the known for. Whether you pur- [email protected] Waipa Junior Golf Club going. I look forward to watching Cancer Society New Zealand, I chased daffodils or fundraised Cathy Asplin (journalist) The success of this after my grandchildren progress would like to extend a huge on our behalf, we thank you, [email protected] school programme will see more through the beginners stage to thank you to the people of this we couldn’t have done it with- youngsters emerging in this playing a round of golf, maybe region who supported our out you. Colin Thorsen (journalist) sport. with their parents. [email protected] annual fundraising and Money raised from Daffodil The coaches for the current HAZEL BARNES awareness campaign, Daffodil Day stays in the region where ADVERTISING Day! it was donated and goes Dorinda Williams While the funds are still towards providing supportive [email protected] trickling in, we are pleased to care for people with cancer, Julie Jackson Abortion highlighted report that as a result of your their whanau and friends, [email protected] generosity we are likely to funding vital cancer research raise in excess of $600,000 this and providing information Bookings I am stunned by the number demand up to birth. [email protected] year which is a fantastic and health promotion pro- of otherwise well informed Isn’t that the ultimate child result and made possible grammes on how to reduce CLASSIFIEDS voters who do not know that abuse, just using a different Tania Cortesi-Western, through your support. your risk of cancer through Labour, the Greens and Mana term? The 24th annual Daffodil living a smoke free, Rhonda Oosterman, Anna Holmes official policies is abortion on MURRAY DOWNS [email protected] Day, on Friday, August 29, SunSmart, healthy lifestyle. was met with tremendous sup- It will also fund the Cancer POSTAL ADDRESS port as hundreds of volunteers Society’s Lions Lodge which 336 Alexandra Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 Is change necessary? stood at collection sites or provides free accommodation, pounded the pavement meals and support for the OFFICE HOURS collecting donations across hundreds of people who have Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4.30pm When every family has a meter, What if landlords here and yon, the region. to travel to receive cancer guess who will save our water? pass the water charges on? PHONE 07 871 5151 | FAX 07 871 3675 The involvement of these treatment at the Waikato Not those with money to spare; Up to now, we’ve saved quite well; volunteers, school kids, par- Regional Cancer Centre each not those who don’t really care. why should we change, please ents, grandparents, busi- year. ISSN 1170-1099 (Print) ISSN 2253-4075 (Online) Just the ones who do it already, tell? nesses and the general public JUDY GOULD *Circulation Source: Audited Bureau of Circulation, 1 YE Dec 2012 and those who need every penny. 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