Issue 189 March 2016 - Ashburton District Council

Mayfield Message
Issue 189
MARCH 2016
Deadline for next Issue - 25 March 2016 - Send all your info and ads to: Marion Jacobson,
R D 5, Ashburton 7775 Ph 3036 122 Email: mayfieldshow@kinect.co.nz
MAYFIELD has a page on the Ashburton District Council Website and here is how to get there:
http://www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/our-district/about-ashburton-district/our-towns-andvillages/Pages/mayfield.aspx
Mayfield and Districts Citizen Association
Hi All,
The Township this summer has experienced some
pressure on the township's well water supply. The
Council has been keeping us informed with well
water levels and so at times had to impose water
restrictions
During the Citizen Association meetings we have
discussed the options of a back up water supply.
A meeting was held at Panthers Rock Cafe one
afternoon with Alan Totty and another Council
Rep to explore ideas. Two options were put
forward. One was to tap into the BCI irrigation
and another was an offer of access to an existing
farm well water. ADC has taken a well water
sample away for testing, and there will be Ecan
consents to work through.
Also at this meeting, water meters were
mentioned. Rather than these being seen as a
negative, they are also a positive in seeing if there
is any water leakage in pipes and joins that the
Council may need to attend too.
Hope this information is helpful.
If you have any concerns, please give me a call.
027 229 7149
Regards
James Murdoch
MAYFIELD AND DISTRICTS
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
Next Meeting
Thursday 14th April 2016, 7.30 p.m.
Panthers Rock, Mayfield
Enquiries / Concerns to
James Murdoch, Chairman Ph 3036 149
Belinda Dixon, Secretary Ph 3036 442
PORSE HOME EDUCATOR
Current Vacancies
20hr ECE Funding & Subsidies available
Mother of two pre-school aged children
located on a farmlet on the outskirts of
Mayfield Township
Adult child ratios - Level 3 Qualifications
For more info contact Kerry-Anne
On 027 9738 594
MAYFIELD A & P SHOW
12th March 2016
ENTRIES TAKEN ON SHOW DAY
Up until 9 a.m.
For Cut Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and
Children’s Garden & Decorative Section
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Full onsite 24/7 breakdown service
Hydraulic hose repair
Engineering
Above ground effluent storage
15 Gumbrells Road
RD5, Ashburton
Workshop - 03 3036482
Kelvin - 027 3684177
Email - kelvindolton@yahoo.co.nz
RELIEF MILKER WANTED
Good Hourly Rate Paid
Contact Andrew Carr 027 4701 067
For Lawn Mowing and General Tidying
Ph 027 939 0861 or 3037 619
TO RENT
4 Bedroom Homestead in Anama
Phone 027 4339 065
BABYSITTING
Hi there I am 14 years old and would like to start
babysitting, I have had experienced babysitting
my younger siblings and younger family members
and neighbours round Mayfield and Carew area.
If you are interested please give me a call or a
text. 021 0642 408 thanks :)
CHIMNEY SWEEP
Call Dan McKerrow
Chimney Sweep & Repairs
021-1187-580, Please leave a message.
MAYFIELD A & P SHOW
12th March 2016
PET TENT
Pets are needed for the Pet Tent, so if you have
suitable pets, caged pets etc and happy for them to
be on display all day in the Pet Tent, please
contact the Show Secretary Karen Taylor, email
mayfieldshow15@gmail.com
FOR SALE
Available Now
Brown Shaver Pullets Point of Lay
18 week old ready to start laying
Delivery may be able to be arranged
Phone or txt for information
027 5026 569
MISSING
Benji - 1 year old grey
tabby male cat,
microchipped and neutered
Missing since 19 Dec 2015
from 2248 Ealing Montalto
Road (Ruapuna Farm)
If found please call 03 303
6511 or 021 267 3464.
Thanks
SOUTHERN RUGBY CLUB
Pre-Season Games
Open Grade Trials, 7 pm Thursday 3rd March
HINDS Grounds.
High School Old Boys, Sunday 13th March
Time and place TBC (check website)
Pleasant Point, 7 pm Friday 18 March
Pleasant Point.
All welcome, come be part of a great country club
Enquires to play – Rob Hampton 0272306556
Or email: southernrfc@gmail.com
A great way to meet new people at your local,
thriving Country club
www.southernrugby.co.nz
FOOTHILLS YOUNG FARMERS
All enquiries contact James on 027 3167 590
H P EXCAVATION
Mini Digger Hire – Driver Available
Competitive rates, reliable service, experienced driver
* 1.7 tonne Hitachi
* 2.5 tonne Kubota
JAMES 027 897 2842 PETER 027 220 8400
EMAIL hpexcavation@gmail.com Locally owned and operated
MAYFIELD PLUNKET
Mayfield Plunket warmly invites families to come along to our monthly coffee/playgroup gatherings every
3rd Monday of the month from 9:30am at the Trinity Lounge, Presbyterian Church.
Meet up with local parents and caregivers in an informal setting and learn from our Plunket Karitane Nurse
and other informative speakers. Morning tea and toys provided.
Please contact Hannah Stocker 3025 833 for further information.
MAYFIELD SCHOOL Has
PEASTRAW FOR SALE
$5 collected and $6 Delivered
If you would like to order any peastraw
Please contact the school office - 3036214
MAYFIELD HOME AND SCHOOL
Have available for sale
Foodwrap 330mm x 300m $23
330mm x 600m $23
Foil 300mm x 150m $22 & 440mm x 90m $22
Baking Paper 300mm x 100m $30
If you are wanting to purchase any please contact
the School office during school hours on –
3036 214
MAYFIELD SWIMMING POOL
YOUR COMMUNITY POOL
The pool will be closed for Mayfield Show Day,
12th March and depending on the weather the
season may be extended after that.
Subs Due - Subs for the season are:
Family - $45 Single - $20
Casual swims paying via the Honesty Box is $2 a
swim, with pre-schoolers being $1 a swim.
Payment of subs can be posted to Marion
Jacobson, R D 5, Ashburton 7775.
Enquiries to Gerald Jacobson Ph 3036 122
MAYFIELD SMALLBORE
RIFLE CLUB
Official opening night
Monday 14th March 7 pm start
Mayfield Recreation Reserve club rooms
Monday nights March to September
All equipment including ammunition supplied for
a small charge per target
Firearms licence not required as under supervision
at all times
Experienced coaches
Fun night out to test your ability
Suitable for all ages from early teens with parental
supervision, to senior citizens
Contacts
Andrew Donaldson 3025 855
John Fleming
3036 246
Martin Fleming
3036 503
HINDS YOUNG FARMERS CLUB
15-31yrs old, everyone welcome to come along,
you don’t have to be farming. Just want to Meet
new people and make friends, social club. 8pm
first Tuesday of Month at Hinds Pub Any
questions call Ben 027 4204 490
RURAL WOMEN NEW ZEALAND
Mid Canterbury Provincial Scholarship
Mid Canterbury Rural Women NZ is calling for
applications for their 2016 Scholarship.
The $2,500 scholarship will be allocated through
two grants to value of $1,000 and a Research
Grant of $500.
Applications for the Scholarship close on 1st April
2016 with previous applicants welcome to apply
again. A committee will consider the applications
with the recipients being announced in April.
Scholarship application forms and further details
may be obtained by contacting Rural Women
branches, or Scholarship Co-ordinator Pauline
Hewson. Phone (03) 303 6397
Email hopelands407@gmail.com
PAINTER AVAILABLE:
Friendly, professional service,
Good rates
Excellent local references
Ph 0279 624 841 or 03 693 9803
MAYFIELD AND DISTRICTS
LIONS CLUB
Mayfield and Districts Lions Club is now looking
for an interested person, 18 yrs and older, to
attend the Berwick Lodge, south of Dunedin, for a
week.
It is based on out door activities such as kayaking,
Orientation course, flying fox, tramping, flying
fox etc. I have had a look on the web site and it
looks pretty good.
For more information at all, ring Shane Edwards
027 493 9126, or anyone on the Lions club.
MAYFIELD A & P SHOW
12th March 2016
GIFT LAMB CLASS
If you would like to gift a lamb to the Show and
haven’t yet been contacted please contact
Harley Davies 3036 012
12 March
Mayfield
AnP
Show day
OPEN 10 am till late
ALLPRESS EXPRESSO COFFEE
GREAT SELECTION OF
FRESH CABINET FOOD
BBQ ON FROM 3 PM
$2 SAUSAGE IN BREAD
$5 BURGER
CHECK US OUT OF FACEBOOK
MAYFIELD
PLAYCENTRE
Sessions are held Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9.15am until 11.45am at 2016 Arundel
Rakaia Gorge Road.
Each session is run by our fully trained and motivated supervisor or co-ordinators with two/three parenthelps and are full of FUN and based on child initiated play.
Playcentre is open to all families where children can attend from birth until age 6.
20 hours ECE for children aged 3 years and over.
Please telephone Mayfield Playcentre on 3036312 or 02102459138 or alternately Lisa Tasker (Information
Officer) on 3036349 or email lstasker@gmail.com
to book a visit or for more information
MOBILE IN-HOUSE HAIRDRESSER
For all your cuts, colours, foils, extensions
Phone Ashley 027 9250 400
2016 ON - FARM HEIFER COMPETITION
Mayfield A & P Association is holding its Annual On-Farm Heifer Competition this year on the 24th
March 2016.
Are you an Owner or a Grazier? Do you have a nice line of Heifers, would you like to see how you
compare to your neighbours?
We are looking for entries for the following classes;
1. Rising 1 year old Heifers
2. Rising 2 Year old Heifers
3. Graziers 1 Year Old Heifers
4. Graziers 2 year old Heifers
Entries Close 5pm Friday 18th March - Businesses are responding generously with sponsorship for this
competition.
For those interested in an Entry Form please email: ml.lj.williams@xtra.co.nz
Or phone Martin Williams with any questions 027 227 5501 or 03 3036 581
JUST OVER THE NEXT RIDGE
Lew Shaw
A busy summer for most! Growing season spared no prisoners & El Nino holidayed somewhere else. Put
a note on ya` calendar - The Hakatere Heritage Committee are running a 4WD fundraiser through the Stour
on Sunday 3 April. $65/vehicle (cash only), high clearance only. Lunch at Manuka Lake & exit out the top
of Lake Heron, behind the Sugarloaf. Bigger & better than last years. Contact Robert Schikker on 3039 826
or schikker@xtra.co.nz
The Department of Conversation (DOC) have approved the new wasp bait, Vespex, & will be putting out
poison stations next week, with the assistance of the Mt Somers Walkway Society. Once in full song, this
program will bring swift results within a 150 metre circle of each station. Then you`ll be able to talk while
you walk without the buzz in the background. On wasps, I see evidence of increased numbers around
Methven, including the primary school. As soon as practicable, I’ll see what I can do with a bait or two, as
with this poison, the wasps take the bad stuff back to the nest. They do the dirty work.
If you were about the foothills this week (21 - 26th) you may have seen members of the Great NZ Horse
Trek. 300 people involved, from horse riders, supporters, walkers & MTBers. What a spectacle! They
camped one night on the Symons` Farm at Alford Forest; it was like the Gypsies had arrived. A veritable
small town on the move. Participants from England, Aussie & dray loads from up north. I went & bent a few
ears & a very amenable bunch they are. They put their undies on one leg at a time like you & me, only they
have four legs under them .This year’s ride covered from Springfield to Fairlie. Eleven years ago, they
started at Kaitaia, so in a few years, they should be fertilising the streets of Bluff. A great experience for all I now know the front from the back of a horse!
This Easter, earlier than most years, sees the return of the annual Mountain Thunder motorbike event in
Methven. Easter Saturday 26th March. Worthy of your support, especially as it’s run by the Lions as a
community fundraiser.
If you want some small peastraw bales, $5, and wish to feather the coffers of the Methven Care Trust,
contact Sue van den Heuvel on 021-2746657. For decent orders, they’ll deliver. Proceeds toward the
proposed new Resthome.
From: Ashburton District Council
Subject: Time to trim rural shelterbelts
Rural landowners urged to trim back roadside shelterbelts ahead of winter
Ashburton District Council is encouraging property owners with overgrown roadside shelterbelts to trim
back or remove problem trees ahead of winter. Council roading manager Brian Fauth said large shelterbelt
trees can shade rural roads, making them icy and dangerous in winter.
Gritting shade-affected roads reduces the ice hazard but is coming at a growing cost to the Ashburton
district. About $200,000 was spent on gritting rural roads in 2015.
The Council will soon start contacting property owners that have troublesome trees on busy rural roads.
“Once we have identified the sites where trees are shading the road, we will contact the site owners to
discuss their responsibilities in trimming them back. We will also be asking for the work to be done within a
reasonable timeframe,” Mr Fauth said.
By acting early on the issue, the Council is hoping to prevent potential accidents and reduce the need for
gritting when winter arrives.
For further information contact:
Brian Fauth Roading Manager 03-307-7772 brian.fauth@adc.govt.
RANCHSLIDER & WINDOW - REPAIRS MOBILE LOCKSMITH
KEYS - Cut on site - Masterkey systems
LOCKS - repaired or new locks fitted
RANCHSLIDER - wheels & locks - tracks repaired
WINDOW - catches, hinges & security stays
We're coming to town in 3 weeks - please contact us now - all work guaranteed
Phone Gavin or Sue NOW 0220445015
* Some conditions do apply
THE OLD POST OFFICE LIBRARY, MT SOMERS
Open Thursdays and Sundays 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Or by appointment] or whenever the sign is out in front of the building
The Library has been so well used over the Christmas period and it is still happening!! We are continuing to
restock the shelves outside and the books disappear [and then sometimes reappear, thank you!!] very
quickly. Thank you to the kind readers who have dropped off books for those shelves, we do appreciate that
and I’m sure all the tourists and campers do too.
We have collected our new books and they are on the shelves. We also have the 4th book in the Bronze
Horseman series……”.Children of Liberty” by Paullina Simons. This is a prequel to her other three books.
And the last book in the Deborah Challinor Convict Girls series…..”Tatooed Heart” is on the shelves too.
The ultimate psychological thriller is there ….The Widow” and “ Coffin Road”, another book getting plenty
of exposure. Talking of which…………Helen Dunmore’s latest “Exposure” has been purchased as well. I
am halfway through and loving it!. She is such a good writer. We have another of hers, “The Lie” which our
readers have been enjoying and I am looking out for any others we can find in secondhand bookshops. I
have a friend who works in one of the used book shops in Christchurch and there is a box out the back of
their shop where they drop any double-ups for our Library. A very big thank you to the ladies who have
arranged this. It means we have a constant supply of good paperbacks coming into circulation either for our
Library shelves or for the outside shelves.
We hope to purchase ‘ Paradise through the Seasons” ….A Year in the Life of Trotts Garden……….. by
Alan Trott of Ashburton , a beautiful publication with stunning photography by Alan. I am lucky enough to
own a copy and it is truly stunning.
All welcome to share our reading haven contact Anne 3039734, Robbie 3039767, Pam 3039150.
CROSSROADS - NEWSLETTER
March 2016
Mayfield Mt Somers Anglican Parish – Plains Presbyterian Parish
I am feeling very unsettled and distracted as I
write this. Later today we are going up to
Christchurch for the funeral of a niece. Within
about fifteen months we lost three of our
generation on Harvey’s side of the family. Today
it is the next generation that we are farewelling
and it is a bit tough. Barbara at fifty-eight is only
five and half years older than our eldest child.
Three weeks ago, Barbara was told she had
cancer of the uterus, but more tests needed to be
done to see if the cancer had spread, before they
could operate. Last Monday, her pain was so bad
that her sister took her to the hospital and later in
the afternoon they were told that she might not
survive the night, but if she did she only had days
left and she died in the small hours of Friday
morning. Barbara lived about a month longer than
her father who died of bowel cancer when he was
fifty-eight.
Many of us wonder if cancer is more prevalent
now than it used to be. Was it around two
thousand years ago when Jesus walked this earth
or is it a disease that has developed in recent times
as a result of the way we now live. I don’t know.
But I do know that Jesus told us to be ready for
death, because none of us know when we will exit
this world. Maybe the season of Lent is a good
time to think about where we are at in our faith
walk, should our lives suddenly come to an end.
Blessings, Annette Eggleston
CHRISTCHURCH CITY MISSION - MEAT
& FOOD DONATIONS (especially meat)
Please contact Harvey & Annette Eggleston on
3024 006 if you have donations
MAYFIELD MT SOMERS
ANGLICAN PARISH
From our Baptism Register
Mani John Vaughan
From our Marriage Register
Olivia Breading & Samuel McLennan
PARISH CONTACTS
PLAINS PRESBYTERIAN
Clerk - Denis Brown
3039 799
Trust Treasurer - Martin Bush
3036 054
Trinity Lounge Bookings, Kay King 3036 033
Staveley Campsite Booking Agent
Nerolie Cross
3070 544
ANGLICAN
Parish Priest - Rev Annette Eggleston
Email: harann@clear.net.nz
3024 006
Church Warden - Daphne Syme
3030 874
Church Warden, Sec / Treas & Crossroads Editor
- Marion Jacobson
3036 122
Email: mayfieldshow@kinect.co.nz
EASTER SERVICES
At St Aidan’s, Mt Somers (Anglican)
Mar 24 Maundy Thursday at 7 p.m.
Mar 25 Good Friday at 10 a.m.
Mar 27 Easter Day at 10 a.m.
At Trinity, Mayfield (Presbyterian)
Mar 27 Easter Day at 10 a.m.
All Welcome
CHURCH SERVICES
Mayfield – World Day of Prayer Service
Plains Presbyterian, St John’s Methven
Lunch to follow Service
Mar 13
10 a.m.
Plains Presbyterian, Staveley
Mar 20
10 a.m.
St Aidan’s Mt Somers - Anglican Communion
Mar 24 Maundy Thursday 7 p.m. St Aidan’s Mt Somers - Anglican
Mar 25 Good Friday 10 a.m. St Aidan’s Mt Somers - Anglican
Mar 27 Easter Day 10 a.m. Plains Presbyterian – Mayfield, Communion
10 a.m. St Aidan’s Mt Somers - Anglican Communion
Apr 3
10 a.m.
St Aidan’s Mt Somers – Anglican Communion
10.30 a.m.
Plains Presbyterian, St John’s Methven
Mar 6
10 a.m.
10.30 a.m.
Rev Ralph Penno
Betty Watson
Rev Annette Eggleston
Rev Annette Eggleston
Rev Annette Eggleston
Rev Ralph Penno
Rev Annette Eggleston
Rev Annette Eggleston
Follows is an edited letter from Bryan and Dorelle Gilmour, who were in
the Mayfield Presbyterian Parish a year or two ago. It contains a request.
To All Our Loved Ones and Dear Friends through the last Six Decades.
We extend to you personally our warmest Greetings and love. We have
just concluded our last chapter of Retirement ministries, extending over
seventeen years. It has been an enriching time of maintaining or enabling
new ministries and in some cases, whole new directions. We deeply thank
all those who have cared for us and enabled us to be very much a part of
your church fellowship and family in the creative journeys we shared
together. We have been blessed and inspired by your creative tenacity to walk the hard yards to fulfil your
spirit-filled dreams. You will be ever in our hearts and prayers as you venture forward in the power of
God’s Presence and leading.
Many of you who receive this Greeting, contributed much to the fulfilment of those challenges and dreams
and you will remember special anecdotal conversations or events that contributed to the unfolding outcomes
of God glorified ministries. We believe now, in reflection, that the stories should not be lost, for they may
be the inspiration for others in ever new challenging situations in future decades. We would like to write
these stories with your help and invite you to send us any pertinent remembrances you have of any of these
unfolding faith journeys and mission possibilities. Please email these to blg1555@bigpond.net.au
PRAYER FOR LENT
For Humility and Unselfishness
O Lord, give us more charity, more self-denial,
more likeness to Thee. Teach us to sacrifice our
comforts to others, and our likings for the sake of
doing good. Make us kindly in thought, gentle in
word, generous in deed. Teach us that it is better
to give than to receive, better to forget ourselves
than to put ourselves forward; better to minister
than to be ministered unto. And unto Thee, the
God of Love, be all glory and praise, both now
and for evermore. Amen.
(Dean Henry Alford, A.D. 1810)
A JOURNEY WITH JESUS
Loving Jesus, we believe that you carried your
cross to Calvary and died there for our sins. As
we begin this Way of the Cross with you today,
we want to understand what happened on Good
Friday so long ago. Show us how much you loved
us. Please be with us in every step of our own
journey through life.
Jesus, you promised the thief who was crucified
with you that he would be with you in heaven.
That is where we want to go when we die too.
Help us to forgive those who hurt us. Please
forgive us when we hurt others. Make me always
to be ready to be happy with you in heaven.
EASTER JOY
Jesus came to earth,
To show us how to live,
How to put others first,
How to love and how to give.
Then He set about His work,
That God sent Him to do;
He took our punishment on Himself;
He made us clean and new.
He could have saved Himself,
Calling angels from above,
But He chose to pay our price for sin;
He paid it out of love.
Our Lord died on Good Friday,
But the cross did not destroy
His resurrection on Easter morn
That fills our hearts with joy.
Now we know our earthly death,
Like His, is just a rest.
We'll be forever with Him
In heaven, where life is best.
So we live our lives for Jesus,
Think of Him in all we do.
Thank you Saviour; Thank you Lord.
Help us love like you!
By Joanna Fuchs
www.poemsource.com.