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By Chris Tobin The battle of the flab is becoming a big

issue for many young New Zealanders and it is one Katie Wilson can relate to.

The Blenheim fitness instructor said she was overweight when she was a teenager and encountered considerable bulleying as a result.

“I got bullied a lot through primary and into high school. Nearly every day someone would say a general comment that I was too fat or that I was too big to

do this or that” But when Katie was 16 she decided she

had endured enough and linked up with a programme called Combined Adoles-cent Challenge Training in Picton.

The course was fitness training for one hour three days a week starting at 6am and was designed for youth in trouble. Katie said she wasn’t there for this reason.

“I was asked to take part to boost numbers.” Continued page 2

Katie Wilson, left, enjoys a day out before her decision to change her life

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ginning of a journey of toil and effort which has seen her weight drop from 90 kilograms to the toned 73 kilograms she is today.

“It got me into fitness and I liked what I saw. I became a lot happier and could achieve a lot more. Being overweight had always held me back.”

Katie, 22, said the weight did not disappear overnight. It was a gradual process but one well worth achieving.

Now employed as a per-sonal trainer in Blenheim she has a message for young people who are overweight.

“I like the idea of helping people encouraging them to change their lifestyle telling them they don’t have to stay

stuck where they are. They can change.”

She said the benefits in making an effort to exercise and to take care with diet were all worthwhile.

“It’s liking what you see. You feel more confident doing things. At school I wasn’t into sports but now I’m jumping at the chance to do anything new.”

The most recent statistics on childhood obesity in New Zealand come from the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey.

The statistics revealed 8.3 per cent of children were obese and a further 20.9 per cent overweight. There had been no change in obesity rates since 2002

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Stella Wadsworth remembers the new clothes, hats, and high heels people used to wear to the Marlborough A&P Show. See an early photo of Stella at the show on page 14.

By Annabelle LatzStella Wadsworth remembers the

excitement the Marlborough A&P Show generated nearly 70 years ago, when people dressed to the nines, and purchased new outfits for the weekend’s social occasion.

The show is on today and tomorrow, and Stella has been attending it since 1946.

“I remember taking off from home in the Wairau Valley, and checking that the kids were okay and had decent footwear on, which they would need for being at the show all day.”

Through her involvement with the Wairau Valley Women’s Division, she was involved in the floral art and craft section, both entering pieces and judging.

“It was a wonderful family place, where people would have picnics out the back of their cars, and everyone had their favourite spots.”

“Goodness me, there were salads, cream sponges, it was just

wonderful.”It was always a big social event,

where rural and town people would meet up.

“Everybody knew everybody,” said Stella.

She remembered children used to run up and down the sheep pens.

“There were hundreds of sheep.”Stella said the show has changed

over the years, and misses seeing all the picnics, and said there was not as much interest in crafts like spinning and weaving anymore.

“I don’t know whether it’s out of fashion, or people are too busy.”

Stella is still heavily involved in the art scene in Blenheim, especially sculpting, and she attends art history lessons.

“I like anything to do with my hands.”

She will visit the show tomorrow for a look around, and hopes to experience a few of the old memories.

“I will be looking for some familiar

Hoping for a bit of show magic

faces, but a lot of them are not there anymore.”

Sights like the horses, dog trials, and happy families is still what Stella loves best.

“I hope it has the same magic. I see it in the eyes of the young riders, and the pride the children take with their calves.”

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Mystery solvedIn Wednesday’s issue of the Sun,

Les Roger showed us what looked like some plyers.

Les asked us to find out if any readers knew what it was.

After reading the paper Glen Stuart, an engineer, contacted the Sun and said the instrument was an engineer’s caliper used to measure the inside of bearings and shafts.

“That’s what I use mine for,” he said.

Kelvin Chapman rang soon after and corroborated what Glen said.

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Marlborough Boys’ College students Leatham Landon-Lane and Christopher Swan have been named as 2012 dux and proxime accessit respectively.

The pair, along with their peers were recognised at the school’s end of year prizegiving at the college on Wednesday afternoon.

poetry prizewinnerA talented year 12 student who

believes that poetry gives “an amazing insight into the way people think and their society functions” has won this year’s Bay Of Many Coves Poetry Scholarship at Marlborough Girls’ College.

Nerys Udy, who says she enjoys writing poetry immensely, received the poetry scholarship at the school’s academic prize-giving on Tuesday.

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in Blenheim’s Nelson Street near Marlborough Girls’ College in the year ending August 31.

In statistics obtained by The Sun after an Official Information Act request it was revealed a total of 647 tickets were issued during the year at this location – a big jump on the previous year when 244 were imposed in the same area.

Nelson St has also risen from number five Marlborough police district ‘hot spot’ for speed tickets issued in the 2010/2011 year to number three behind Goose Bay on State Highway One south of Kaikoura (2284 tickets in the past year – up from 1562 in the previous year.)

Churchill St in Kaikoura has been at number two for both years (591 tickets issued in 2010/11 and 996 in 2011/12).

Blenheim’s other ‘hot spots’ in 2011/2012 have been New Renwick Rd between Maxwell Rd and Battys Rd (238 tickets – 153 in 2010/11) and Battys Rd, Springlands between Middle Renwick Rd and David St which was not on the list the previous year.

Marlborough drivers paid $296,170 in speeding fines to the year ended August 31, but a further $60,690 remains unpaid.

This compares with $207,400 which was paid in the previous year with $43,590 unpaid.

Rise in speeding tickets

Superintendent Carey Griffiths, the national manager road policing, said the increases in fees paid and those unpaid was due to the speed camera being used more often.

Police use one speed camera in Marlborough.

Superintendent Griffiths said the road policing programme 2012/15 meant a business case for further speed cameras was being considered.

“Decisions on numbers and placement of cameras will likely form part of this business case,” he said.

a busy traffic scene in nelson st yesterday.

yellow and blue balloons were released by year 13 Marlborough Boys' College and Marlborough Girls' College students on wednesday to celebrate their final school day.


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After a brief increase early in October, petrol prices continued a downward trend from September to be at their lowest levels in three months.

The price of petrol and diesel both fell 3 cents per litre overall during the month. 91 octane petrol ended the month on $2.12 per litre in the main centres, and diesel fell to $1.52 per litre at most service stations.

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By Robbie ParkesChristmas is fast approaching,

and despite echoes of the reces-sion felt throughout the year, Blenheim retailers are seeing the positives heading into the festive season.

Blenheim Bookworld owner Peter Scott said the signs are there for a really good Christmas.

“We are in a better financial position than we were last Christ-mas.”

He said that while there have been ups and downs throughout the year, he has noticed the economy is slowly starting to turn around.

“I think we are starting to see more customers.”

Last Saturday was the best they have seen since Christmas last year, he said.

However, the Sunday imme-diately following that was the second worst Sunday they have ever had.

“There’s a few mixed mes-sages,” he said.

“We were really surprised with the poor sales figures from January because we had our best Christmas ever.”

But, he said they are quite con-fident heading into Christmas, especially with a rise in sales this month, and a wide range of stock, not just books, available.

“I’m not sure what the figures will show for next month but the signs are looking good.”

Kay Thomason, owner of Lynfords Furniture agreed the Christmas period and the lead-up to it can be unpredictable for

sales.“You never know, you can have

people coming in and buying a dining room table the day before Christmas or none at all.”

But, she said things are looking more positive, especially follow-ing their re-location to a bigger site a few doors down earlier in the year.

Mr Scott said the Blenheim CBD is starting to pick up, empty shops are filling, and it is impact-ing positively on them.

“With the Farmers redevelop-

Retail confidence strong

A Nelson-based researcher has won a travel grant to initiate research with an American institution thanks to his work in Queen Charlotte and Marlborough Sounds.

Ben Knight, a marine biophysical scientist at the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, is one of eight New Zealand researchers awarded the grants from the 2012 International Mobility Fund.

The grant will help Mr Knight to develop links in marine research for the modelling of algal blooms.

These harmful, toxic blooms can occur in areas such as the Queen Charlotte Sound and have a negative impact on the shellfish industry.

His work may provide shellfish farmers the specialist knowledge they need to avoid heavy losses to stocks.

Mr Knight will spend two weeks at the University of North Carolina’s facilities working with Dr Dennis McGillicuddy on the computational modelling and fluid dynamics of bloom spreads.

Spy Valley Wines in Marlborough was named today as one of the best wine tourism ventures in the South Island.

The annual Best of Wine Tourism Awards honour outstanding wine tourism businesses in the South Island, in awards run by the prestigious Great Wine Capitals Global Network.

Spy Valley Wines won this year’s new

category - architecture and landscapes - for its impressive and award winning building that responds to the region’s d r a m a t i c n a t u r a l environment, judges said.

This year’s regional winners will now go on to compete against the network’s eight other cities and wine regions from around the world at the international awards in Florence, Italy.

ment in Centre Point Mall and the Stevens going in, that has really helped.

Figures for electronic card transactions for Paymark for October 2012, show the volume of transactions in Marlborough (in millions) this year, were up 3.2 per cent from last year (0.80 to 0.83).

The value of spending (in $millions) increased from $40.7 to $41.8 (a 2.7 per cent increase).

“Christmas is always big, in

terms of both the volume and total value of transactions, and all indications suggest that trend will continue in 2012,” said Paymark head of sales and marketing, Paul Whiston.

“But spending has been ir-regular of late, up one month and down the next.

“It’s important not to be too expectant, anticipate a boost but not necessarily a boom.”

Paymark processes about 75 per cent of all electronic transactions in New Zealand.

lynfords Furniture owner Kay Thomason said things are looking positive for their christmas season.

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By Chris Tobin Facilities at Picton are struggling to handle the demands of the inter-island ferries, the general manager of the Interisland Line, Thomas Davis says. “If you go to the ferry terminal at one o’clock in the morning you ask yourself are the facilities re-ally adequate for the volumes going through there?” he said.

Mr Davis said the Interisland Line had not yet been contacted regarding the Government’s latest announce-ment that they were preparing a business case for moving the ferry terminal from Picton to Clifford Bay. “The proposal is being driven by the Ministry of Transport and we haven’t been involved in it,” Mr Davis said.

“We don’t know the details but we look forward to the next stage.” He said the proposal would require some negotiation regarding what operators of a possible Clifford Bay port would need to pay compared with Picton. He said if the status quo was de-cided, Picton would require urgent redevelopment to handle bigger vessels.

Mr Davis said he understood the Government was going to appoint a project manager to prepare the Clifford Bay business case which would go to Cabinet next April.“When the appointment is made we’ll wait to see if they want to talk to us.”

Interisland Line operates three fer-ries between Picton and Wellington, Arahura, Aratere and Kaitaki.

Clifford Bay on the books for a long time

How long have people been talking about Clifford Bay as being a possible terminal for the inter-island ferries?

The answer is a long time. The latest copy of the Awatere

& Flaxbourne Bulletin quotes a newspaper letter from way back in 1934 which stated Clifford Bay was “strongly favoured by many people as it is 42 miles shorter by land and 12 miles shorter by sea than the Picton route.”

The letter writer (not named) said the Government of the time had surveyed the bay and considered “there would be no engineering difficulty in constructing a port there is it is splendidly sheltered from the southerly gales.”

Let us know.Do you agree a new terminal should

be built at Clifford Bay or do you think it should be retained at Picton?

Do you think the Government will go

ahead with the proposal or pigeon-hole it again for another 75 years?

Email [email protected] or write to The Blenheim Sun, PO Box 634, Blenheim.

What do you think?

There it is: Clifford Bay farmer Pete Davison points to the distant hills of the North Island from Clifford Bay.

An artist’s impression of a possible Clifford Bay port as prepared some years ago. The development includes a causeway.

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Picton ferry facilities ‘struggling’

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BlenheiM lifeCame to live in Blenheim. Wow!

Kids really walk to school and say hello. People use indicators, and smile!. No helmets riding your bike. But 40kph all the way down Redwood Street, well something missed the mark!

whaT a weekWow it has been a unpredictable

week i mean this week we have had the melbourne cup with all the glitz and glamour we have the next president of the united states to choose and on monday the all blacks play their first end of year tour game on monday morning against scotland o i can’t wait From your biggest sport fan

allBlacksI was at the allblacks and was

very disappointed but the look on the kids faces tells it all. like that person in paper i queued but didnt move because of people jumpin the line. heather

ReBelrebel sports!keep supporting

mitchells sports the way they support our kids, schools and local sports. do you think youll get the personal service and knowledge elsewhere? look after the locals!!

2 sidesRe: 2 sides to a story - Disa-

gree, Hey there we still live in a country of free speech, though at times ya wouldn’t think so with one sided reporting, everyone is entitled to have their say, wether it agrees with your view point or not. If people continually have their woe is me story plastered all over the papers, they are opening themselves to others coments n opions. There seems to be a few self appointed non sworn Judges n Jurers who appear to have a one eyed view on what is deemed acceptable socializing behaviour, maybe their views should be kept to their selves, or better still put themselves into the shoes of the security men and women who deal with young infalable liquored people week in and week out.

council doo dooi fully agree, the council

shud supply bags 4 doggy doo.registrations arnt cheap!

sTevensLoving this new Stevens

store! Just what we needed. Yay

hoRse naMed BeauTifulto all u blenheim ingrates who have no equine knowledge whatsoever, leave the “horse-man” alone. Little do u know beautiful is actually one of the best kept horses around. She is fat, shiny and well shod for a 3 year old rescued race horse he has done a fantastic job with her. Go down to Waterlea if u want to complain about starved abused horses youll find plent of them there. Get some real knowledge and facts and by the way dog poo is far worse than a bit of grassy horse manure, GET OVER IT!!!

hoRseHear hear bout horse. Saw it

& owner in Redwoodtown last weekend. Humans drinking beer from just purchased carton. Horse eating from container in rubbish bin. I’m sure business owners can’t be happy! Feel sorry for the horse :-(

pizzaThe service at a local pizza

shop is rediculous, the worker rudely answering the phone, couldnt understand my english n could barely speak any himself. I couldnt hardly hear him with all the noise in the background and to make matters worse i cant even pay by eftpos on delivery. No wonder the other shop does so well!

special needsI Agree with granny j I also

have a special needs boy in mainstream school and is constantly bullied and wound up by other kids. When my boy had enuff he lashes out but always only him who gets in trouble. “normal” kids need to walk a day in others shoes and parents need to be held accountable for their kids actions

chaRacTeRMelbourne cup day no lone

ranger no a guy just went past on a horse shirt completely unbut-tond wot a character if ya took the time to aknowledge him he wud take his shirt off his back for anyone in need and the horse crap who cleand it up n the old days before cars get the council too we all pay them

Letters to the editorLetters on issues of community

interest are welcomed. Guidelines are that they should be no longer than 150 words.

They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even if a nom de plume is provided for publication.

The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold unsuitable letters from publication.

Send or fax them to the address on page two, or e mail them to [email protected].

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Dear Ed,Two letters in Wednesday Sun.

7/11/12.I can answer briefly first, no

one is “forced” to pass a truck on the road, slow down and live longer.

Second, cyclists with hat problems first obey the road rules and put your flash hat in a bag or pocket.

Simple, if you all use your brains.

Clarkie

Use your brains

Dear Ed,As a whitebaiter I am annoyed

at the speed of powerboats on the lower Wairau River.

The wave created not only is dangerous for those fishing (whitebaiting, trout fishing etc) but also the wave eats into the

bank, creating unnatural erosion.These powerboats ruin the

enjoyment of many.The question is, why are they

allowed, when we have such a lovely river that we should protect?

Annoyed whitebaiter

Stop making waves

sTuffyRe horseman..leave the poor

guy alone! Blenheim needs more free thinking people like him to brighten up this stuffy little town! Wendy

BaG iT upGosh ya gota love kids 2miles

of river bank n park and they find horse mators to stand on bag it up kids for dad to put on his plants it may help mum to chill out lol

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Visitors have flocked to Blenheim this week to experience what gar-dening wonders Hunter’s Garden Marlborough is showcasing this year.

Sunny weather is expected for the rest of the event, with bus tours heading off yesterday morn-ing to see the gardens around Marlborough.

Organisers Julia Brown and Lizzie Lichtnecker said there had been a really good reception this year.

“It’s just growing,” said Julia.The tours have been really popular

this year, she said, and the stall spaces at the Stihl Shop Garden Fete in Seymour Square on Sunday have all gone.

The proportion of tickets sold to visitors from outside the region has increased this year, with more than half of the ticket holders travelling to Marlborough for the four day festival.

“It’s all going well.”

Garden show attracts big numbers

hunter’s Garden Marlborough organisers Julia Brown and lizzie lichtnecker.

THANK YOU MarlboroughThe Blenheim Sun newspaper

celebrates 10 years of publishing in Marlborough on November 5, 2012The team at The Sun would like to take this opportunity to offer

our sincerest thanks to our loyal advertisers and readers.Thanks for being such a great community!

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Story and photo by Annabelle LatzLisa Hancock describes her three year journey with

Type 2 Diabetes as “amazing.”“At first I was very embarrassed, but not anymore.”In 2009 she was diagnosed, and at the time was

heavier, and did not keep a healthy diet.She is currently on the tail-end training of the

27km trail running Luxmore Grunt, in Te Anau on December 1.

“I’ve changed my lifestyle, I eat well and do lots of running.”

“It’s quite cool, I’ve found out new things I can do,” said Lisa, already with a couple of half marathons under her belt.

Although weight and diet are closely associated with Type 2 diabetes, Lisa wanted to urge people to look closely at their family history.

Diabetes has had a strong presence in her family history, and she was not aware enough of it as a measure for her to create healthy habits before 2009.

“The best message is the education of it, and healthy

choices are really important.”“I know my body now, and I enjoy food better now.”Lisa said visiting the supermarket the first time

after she was diagnosed with diabetes was “terrible.”But her best friend Wendy helped her through, and

Lisa said the support of her husband, children and parents has been fantastic.

“I’m quite strict, and it’s a mind set too.”She has made healthy food swaps, to restrict fats,

salts and sugars.Garlic bread has always been a favourite of hers,

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“People need to know it’s not a life sentence. It’s about choice.”

Lisa takes medication once a day to help regulate her blood sugar levels, but said a healthy diet and exercise means less need for medication.

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Tuesday, November 6At 5.30pm a 51 year old vineyard worker

was observed placing a bottle of North Wood Pinot Noir down his pants and leaving the store. He was located outside the Blenheim Police Station walking home.

He appears in the Blenheim District Court on the 12th of the November.Other incidents:

At about 8.50am at the intersection of Howick Rd and Alabama Rd a Honda Domani failed to give and was hit by a Mazda BT50.

Minor damage to both vehicles and no injuries to either of the drivers.Wednesday, November 7

At 10.30am a 43 year old male sickness beneficiary was arrested for disorderly behaviour after he bared his buttocks at Police whilst a passenger in a motor vehicle.

Police located this gentleman after he caused a scene at the local office of Work and Income.

He has now been trespassed from the the office and will appear in the Blenheim District Court on the 21/11/12.

At 5.30pm a 20 year old unemployed male was arrested for breaching his bail.

He was to appear in the Blenheim District Court on Thursday.Other incidents:

At 10am Police attended a minor motor vehicle accident in Bary St where the driver of the vehicle had run into a parked car.

Minor damage and no injury.

Arrests And incidents this week

Marlborough and Nelson Police are clamping down on speeding drivers in the Rai Valley Area. Highway Patrol Sergeant Terry Richards said a six month operation would begin this weekend involving high vis-ibility policing of the stretch of SH6 between Rai Valley and Okaramio.

Sergeant Richards said the operation was in response to the high level of disregard for the speed limit identified in that area. He said it was not uncommon for drivers to be detected travelling in excess of 130kmh and in recent weeks two drivers had been clocked driving in excess of 140kmh on

that stretch of highway. The operation will run from Saturday November 11 until the end of May 2013. In that time police patrols will make themselves highly visible in the area, however there would also be covert speed detection on some days. Sergeant Richards said police

wanted people to know they were targeting the area so they got the message to slow down. “Cleaning up after high speed crashes is not an enjoyable part of my job. We just want people to slow down, stay within the speed limits and drive to the conditions. If they don’t there will be a price to pay,” he said.

Speeding drivers targeted in Rai Valley

Getting ready for the show

Left: numa Brouillet from Marlborough Light and sound fine-tunes some of the audio equipment for the A&P show.

there was plenty of action at A & P Park yesterday, with tents, ferris wheels, and other structures going up in preparation for the annual A & P show at the weekend.

crews from various organisations and

companies worked away throughout the day to prepare the site for one of Marlborough’s most iconic festivals.

the A & P show begins today at 8.30am and continues tomorrow.

Below:neville Guthrie, John Valk and Brian wastney set up concrete seating for the show.

Left: Julie davis from christchurch sets up her red rock hats stand for the weekend's events.

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Friday 9th Novemberthe mind & its PotentialA public talk by Geshe Jampa Tharchin; Tibetan Monk. All warmly welcome. 7pm Alzheimer’s Centre, 8 Wither Rd, Blenheim. Phone 578 2737. Entry by Koha/donation.

blenheim Lions Craft FairThe Craft Fair, central Forum from 8am-4pm Friday. 8am-1pm Saturday.

hot Nights, Cool SaladsWith Ruth Pretty, 6.30-9pm all ages, Tickets $50 Floor Pride Civic Theatre.

Saucy Jack & the Space vicensBlenheim Musical Theatre Group, Lakings Road Theatre, runs until Nov 24th. Phone: 520 8560

Grumpy monkey9.30pm-2am, Paddy Barry’s Irish Pub, 51 Scott St. R18, Free admission.

a & P ShowToday and tomorrow. Gate Sales – Adults: $12, Chil-dren: $5, Family: $25 (2Ad 2 Ch) A & P Show Grounds, Blenheim

Woodbourne tavern Speedshear7.30pm, Phone: 572 8007

Practically PleasureThe Tuesday studio group , Practical Explorations in Art, is holding an exhibition in the Clear Skies Gallery at the Yealand Estate Marlborough Gallery in High Street Blenheim. Open to the public with free admis-sion, daily until Sunday 11th November with gallery hours from 10.30am to 4.30pm daily.

Sit and be Fit with SueFree general exercise for the not so mobile while sit-ting down! 1pm Monday and Friday afternoons at 131 Budge Street, plenty of parking. Phone Sue: 578 0469

the muslim association of marlborough incFriday (Jummah) prayers every week between 12pm – 2pm, upstairs meeting room at Marlborough Community Centre, 25 Alfred St, Blenheim. (Space for ladies also). For details contact: Br Zayd 027 644 979 or Br Fouad 021 0253 1275.

the edwin Fox maritime Centre, PictonOpen everyday from 9am Great wet weather day activity and child friendly. Come check out the amaz-ing history and facts. Kids under 5 free!

Sit and be Fit with Jeanette.Free exercise for all ages at Crossroads, 2 Redwood Street. At 10am Phone 578 5395.

QuestIntermediate age youth group, 3.30pm-5pm, Picton Baptist Church, 293 Waikawa Rd, Picton. Text Bronwyn 021 046 2434.

tango LessonsImprovers, 7pm, Basics 8.30pm. Nurses Hall, Blenheim. Monica: 572 2667.

Pastel Painting Marlborough Art Society, 10am till 3pm, Prue: 578 8888.

tai ChiToday and Mondays. 10am, 11.30am and 1pm. Liz 027 748 6666.

tunes for totsPreschool music sessions. Morning tea. 9.30am and 10.30am. Nativity Church Hall. $2 Family. 578 3909.

KidzoneRiverside Community House, 3pm till 5pm (Closes school holidays).

Saturday 10th Novembermeditations on mind & its PotentialBy Geshe Jampa Tarchin; Tibetan Monk. All warmly welcome. 10am Alzheimer’s Centre, 8 Wither Rd, Blenheim. Phone 578 2737. Entry by Koha/donation.

annie’s the musicalVanessa Bryant Studio of Dance presents this all time favourite musical performed in tap dance. 2.30pm and 7.00pm. Adults $18, Child/Senior $12, under 5 free. Tickets from Floor Pride Civic Theatre.

Kingswood 10.00pm-1am, Paddy Barry’s Irish Pub, 51 Scott St. R18, Free admission

a & P ShowGate Sales – Adults: $12, Children: $5, Family: $25 (2Ad 2 Ch) A & P Show Grounds, Blenheim

Gold Coin entry daySaturday and Sunday at the Edwin Fox Maritime Centre, Picton. Come visit us and enjoy this amazing piece of our history! Have a go at knot tying, enjoy a traditional game of quoits and other great activities for the kids.

mini Putt & merry-Go-roundPicton Foreshore, 10am every day during school holidays, today and Sunday, 10am

redwood market 8am-noon, Redwood Tavern car park. Plants produce and crafts.

vintage Farm machinery 10am till 3pm, Open every day. Brayshaw Vintage Farm, Guided tours available, Doris 579 4357.

Picton museum10am till 4pm daily, 9 London Quay. 573 8283.Pelorus Gallery70 Main Rd, Havelock, open daily 10.30am till 4.30pm, 574 2128.

museum26 Arthur Baker Place, off New Renwick Rd, Brayshaw Heritage Park. Daily 10am till 4pm.

SuNday 11th NovemberGarden marlborough FeteStihl Shop Fete 9am-4pm Seymour Square, Blenheim

Nativity Kidz Zone & Continual ConcertContinual Concert, Banner viewing, Church flow-ers – Commences at 12noon. Feel free to wander over to the Nativity church. Come in and relax to the entertainment of our very talented musicians. A “Welcoming” team will be on duty to assist. Follow the signs and look for the Summit flags. A Gold coin donation will be appreciated.

mX5 Car GroupBrent: 574 2787

ulysses ClubRide to Kaikoura for Lunch - meet at the railway stn 1.15am ride departs 10.30am

Pony ClubPony Club Grounds, New Renwick Rd. 10am every 2nd Sunday of the month. Grant 578 2100 Michelle 572 8984.

Kaikoura Cycling ClubWeekly from the Kaikoura West End car park. 9.00am.

People’s Sunday market Every Sunday, Noel Leeming carpark 10am-1pm. Whitebait, plants, free range eggs, perennials, shrubs, asparagus, apples, woodware, handcrafts, jewellery, preserves, chutneys, vegetable plants.

marlborough Farmers market 9am till noon every Sunday. A&P show grounds corner of Maxwell and Alabama Road.

rail SailPicton Foreshore 10am-4pm – Miniature trains and yachts.

model aero Club ARA Wairau Valley 9am. Murray 578 9199 or Tony 577 9776.

Petanque 10am 65A Weld Street – Phone John 577 9789.

tramping ClubMary 5728762.

buddhism for modern Life10am, 573 5379.

blenheim bonsai2pm-4pm, 7 Hale Street. Dave 577 8679.

marlborough Guild of WoodworkersBrayshaw Park, open workshop 1-4pm, Every 1st Sunday of the month. Wooden toys for sale. Malcolm: 578 8809.

marlborough rock and mineral Club10am-4pm every Sunday at Brayshaw Park. Come and see our large rock, mineral, crystal and fossil collection, work room and book. Free admission.

riverside railwayTrain departs Brayshaw Park Station at 1.45pm and 3pm for Beaver Station Central Blenheim. Return trip takes about one hour. Adults $8, Child $4 CASH ONLY. Chris 578 3211 or John 578 1621.

SpeedwaySunday 11th November, Gates open at 1pm, Racing starts at 2pm. Adults $15, Families $30, Kids (5-12) $3, Under 5 Free, Mem/Pen/Stu $10.

Get ready for the weekend with our list of what’s on!

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Stella Wadsworth and her husband Mervyn, in foreground, enjoy a picnic with the North family beside their Chevrolet coupe at the Marlborough A & P Show, 1950. (story on page 2)

By Annabelle LatzThere will be an extra buzz in

the air on Saturday, when the Marlborough Rescue helicopter attends the Marlborough A&P Show tomorrow.

The Gift Sheep competition is a new event at the show this year, a fundraising effort for the Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust.

Participants donate a sheep, or $100, raising $1000 for the trust.

Graham Sidey, genet ics r ep resent a t ive fo r P G G Wrightson, said there are nearly 100 entries so far, and expects more on the day.

“It will create a special point of interest in the sheep section, and for everybody at the show.”

Most of the sheep donated have come from North Canterbury up to Marlborough, with one coming from a Romney stud in the Wairarapa, owned by Keith and Gay Higgins, who used to live in Marlborough.

“It’s very much a community thing,” said Graham.

He said the great support of sponsors has been fantastic.

First prize is a $1000 House of Travel and PGG Wrightson voucher, and every entrant gets a bottle of Giesen wine.

The prizes will be drawn by the Picton police, at 1pm on Saturday, with a barbeque hosted by PGG Wrightson and Silver Fern Farms.

“I just knew it was a good way

to get more people along to the show,” said Graham.

He sa id building publ ic awareness of what the trust does is very important.

“They will be the first there when you have an accident.”

He said the help from Tim Leslie, Jude McCone, and show secretary Heather Clelland has been fantastic.

The helicopter will arrive at 10am, with a winch demo, and depart at 4pm with another demo.

The trust, which has been going for 21 years, is called out 150 times a year to the Marlborough district.

Summer is the busiest time, with locals and many of the visitors taking part in recreation.

New event to fundraise for rescue trust

The Nelson/Marlborough Rescue Helicoptor Trust relies on public support for many of its annual costs, and is grateful for the fundraising happening at this weekend's Marlborough A&P Show. Photo: Rosina Palmer

Yesteryear at the A & P Show

Paula Muddle, marketing and communications for the trust, said due to lack of a major sponsor, the trust relies on the generosity of the community.

“The role of the community is to help pay for the down time of the helicopters, and the maintenance.”

Hamish Murray from Clarence rescued by helicopter earlier this year after a serious farm accident.

Shrek the sheep comes from his home property Bluff Station, which will be shorn by National Party MP Colin King tomorrow, with proceeds also going towards the trust.

By Annabelle LatzWhat is the best method for utilising an exceptional

fisherman and a love for hosting guests and sharing the passion of the outdoors?

Setting up a fishing tours bed and breakfast business.

That is what Roger and Angie Brott have done, from their home up the North Bank.

Maraqeta Guided Fishing Tours has been going for six months, and Angie said it was an idea mentioned to them by a friend a long time ago.

“Even though we are getting a bit long in the tooth, what better way to earn a living than doing what we really love?” said Angie.

They shifted their five-bedroom villa out to the North Bank from Blenheim in 2004.

“It’s been great fun so far,” said Angie, with steady business, and more bookings lined up for the summer.

Roger, “an exceptionally good fisherman,” as described by Angie, has wonderful patience for teaching people of all levels and ages the art of fly fishing and thread line fishing.

“In Marlborough there is often wind, so it is often difficult to fly fish. So people can choose what they want to do.”

Angie learned to fish in recent years, and said it is addictive.

“Lots of fishing guides don’t cater for beginner

women and children. I particularly want to encourage women, because I fish endlessly.”

The guided fishing tours range in time and location, with Roger having taken guests to Hanmer, Rainbow Station, Murchison, Nelson and Marlborough.

“Wairau is such a wonderful river,” said Ange.Angie and Roger never get sick of seeing the

delight on guests’ faces when they first see the clean rivers that run throughout New Zealand.

“We take them to some beautiful parts of the country.”

Another favourite part of the venture for Angie is cooking up the freshly caught fish in the evenings with the guests.

“Trout is a fish that people often don’t have the opportunity to try, but is wonderful to eat. Trout and eggs for breakfast is a great favourite too.” she said.

Angie said the latest trend is for people to book a fishing lesson as a birthday or Christmas present, giving loved ones a chance to tune up existing skills or learn new ones.

Sharing a passion for fishing

The 96 year old New Zealand wine company, Babich Wines Limited, an-nounced the sale of their 50% share of the Marlborough winemaking facility, Rapaura Vintners Limited to Treasury Wine Estates.

Babich Wines will now look to build their own state of the art facility in Marlborough.

“Rapaura Vintners has been outstanding in its capability to deliver high quality production outcomes, however we decided recently that it would be timely to construct our own winery in Marlborough which would allow us to advance our focus on wine quality to an even higher level.” said David Babich, General Manager.

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Story and photo by Annabelle LatzThe massive daily operation at

Yealands Estate needs an effective communication network.

“We are a pretty big company work-ing out here in the wop wops,” said Peter Yealands.

As Marlborough’s leading export-ing company, since last week Peter is the first recipient of the new rural broadband network based in Seddon.

The Internet Service Provider, (ISP) is called Dashnet, headed by local man Barry Feickert.

Peter said the radio network he is linked to is excellent, which is con-nected to the Seddon exchange via FX Networks, and a fibre optic cable.

Peter had tried for 18 months to link onto the Chorus broadband network.

“It’s been an enormous amount of difficulty, as a result of Chorus.”

Office relocation was a considera-tion of Peter’s, due to his slow dial up system.

“We were at the end of the road. We are growing very fast, we want to grow the building, and we are certainly growing our connectivity.”

Via the Seddon Exchange, the ISP is connected to nearby properties, through radio panels, which can be accessed from up to10km distance, providing there is a clear line of access.

“We are a wireless network, it is the best way to rural broadband,” said Barry.

It was six months ago when he first approached Chorus, for permission to link onto the fibre network that was running along the road.

Chrous wanted a $100,000 payment guarantee, and a $20 million public liability insurance.

“It was a big battle with Chorus. They should have sold me access to the fibre network on a wholesale basis.”

With speeds of up to of 10 megabits per second, it will mean a huge improvement for people’s homes and businesses.

National MP Colin King, said rural broadband was taking a long time to come to Marlbrough.

He said without quality service, rural industries in Marlborough would suffer.

Chorus Industry and Communica-tions manager Gerard Linstrom said payment guarantees are typical requests in this situation.

“Any customer has to give a guaran-tee,” he said.

Gerard said there are many small ISP brands around New Zealand.

He compared the request of Barry’s and Peter’s, to a dairy wanting a contract with Sanitarium for buying a

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couple of boxes of weetbix.“We made that offer available of

going to a wholesale company, but they declined.”

Gerard said Chorus was not opposed to having contracts with small companies like Dashnet.

“We make money out of selling services to people,” but said using a wholesale company is often easier for everyone.

FX Networks is effectively a hy-brid company, which both builds networks, including Chorus’s, and

supply software to companies.Gerard said the Rural Broad-

band Initiative is now well into the second year , with a focus on rural schools.

Ongoing work to improve ser-vices will take place until 2016.

Peter Yealands (left), Barry Feickert, Colin King and Brian Hunter are all pleased to see a fast rural broadband network in Seddon.

For the third year running Yealands Estate has taken home the award for Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices at the pres-tigious Great Wine Capitals Awards.

The Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism Awards cel-ebrate innovation and excellence in wine tourism throughout the nine greatest wine regions in the world.

Yealands Estate founder, Peter Yealands, says the recognition reflects the passion the Yealands team has for sharing their sus-tainability story.

“We are passionate about our sustainability practices and enjoy the opportunity to share what makes us different with the visitors who come to our winery. At our cellar door we aim to create a unique experience,

which showcases our dedication to making quality wine in an innovative way.”

The panel of judges com-mended Yealands Estate for leading from the front and dem-onstrating their commitment to sustainability, rather than just talking about it.

“Thinking outside the vineyard and more about the future, Yea-lands lead the way, from plastic wine bottles to making their own charcoal from the canes in the vineyard.

Wine is not just about grapes and Yealands proves once again that while sustainability is an easy word to say, the proof is in the pudding,” said Judge Chris Fortune.

The Yealands Estate cellar door experience includes an educa-tional sustainability winery tour.

Visitors also have the oppor-tunity learn first-hand about the sustainable initiatives via a complimentary interactive self-guided vineyard tour.

A selection of picnic foods are available to match with Yealands Estate wines to complete the wine tasting experience.

“We are continually working towards our goal to become a global leader in sustainable wine production.

To receive this sustainable wine tourism award three years in a row indicates that we’re on the right track,” says Peter Yealands.

The Great Wine Capitals is a Network of nine major global cities in both the northern and southern hemispheres, which share a key economic and cul-tural asset; their internationally renowned wine regions.

‘Three in a row’ for Best of Wine Tourism Award

Yealands Estate founder, Peter Yealands. Photo by Jim Tannock

There will be a large field of shear-ers competing in the speed shearing competition at the Woodbourne Tavern this evening.

Between 20 and 30 shearers have already entered and more are expected.

“Most of them are local and there could be a few dark horses among the local farmers to watch,” one of the organisers Rowan Ingren said.

Open and senior grades will be contested as well as a teams event. Shearing begins at 7pm.

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Would you like the opportunity to be the best you can be, really make a difference and have a great time doing it? At Lion, our success comes from Great People and Great Brands. We are one of New Zealand's leading alcoholic beverage companies with great brands for many occasions.We now have an opportunity for an experienced Machinery Operations Foreman to join the team at our Wither Hills vineyards in Blenheim. With a focus on Leadership, this person will be responsible for the day to day management of all facets of vineyard machinery operations. This is a hands on role which would suit someone with machine harvesting experience and a broad range of skills.Key responsibilities involve:

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SCHWASS-COLLISON, Avis Myra (Myra): Died, peacefully, at her home on November 7, 2012. In her 95th year. Wife of the late Ron Schwass and Max Collison, loved mother of Bryon, Terry, and the late Richard. Loved mother-in-law of Margaret and Jill. Loved Mama of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Loved friend of Sandy, and Dorothy. Messages to 14 Julian Street, Blenheim 7201. A service for Myra will be held at the Mayfield Chapel, cnr Hutcheson and Parker Streets at 11am Saturday November 10, followed by cremation at the Sowman Crematorium.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

CAMPBELL-BOARD, Margaret: 26 October, 2012 FLOWERDAY, Cyril William (Joe): 30 October, 2012 GILL, Keith John: 4 November, 2012 HEALY, Anona Mae: 4 Novem-ber, 2012 KING, Charles Vincent (Vin): 30 October, 2012MacDONALD, Barbara Jean: 31 October, 2012 PARISH, James Irvine (Jim): 1 November, 2012 SMITH, James Edwin (Jim): 4 November, 2012 SMITS, Cornelis (Con): 30 Octo-ber, 2012 WARREN, Louisa (Lois): 3 No-vember, 2012WILKIE, Robert Stewart: 4 No-vember, 2012 WILKINSON, Euan Benjamin. Reg No 4214250 Army/Air Force WWII: 2 November, 2012 WILLIAMS, Florence Emily (Flo): 3 November, 2012

MISCHESKI, Frankie-J Janine (6lb 13oz): 29 October, 2012

OLD, Amelia Jane (7lb 2oz): 30 October, 2012

TAYLO R , Toby James Michael Lucas (5lb 9oz): 5 November, 2012

BULFIN, Albert Oscar (Dick): On November 8, 2012 passed away, peacefully, at Ashwood Park Retirement Village. In his 96th year. Husband of the late Margaret, loved father and father-in-law of Brian (Waitahuna), Rus-sell and Angela, Ann, Gay and Russell Homer (Waitahuna), Graeme and Roz, and Neville and Heather. Loved Grandpa and Great Grandpa of all his grand-children. Messages to the Bulfin Family, c/- PO Box 110, Blenheim 7240. A service for Dick will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Henry Street, at 1pm on Monday November 12, followed by interment at Fairhall Cemetery.GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

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The first amoured car of a president of the USA was the confiscated car of Al Capone!One of Al Capones amoured cars can be found

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Tickets to next year’s international rugby sevens tournament in Wellington sold out in just over fifteen minutes.

There were 14,000 tickets available for the February event, and it took 17 minutes for them to sell out when they went on sale this week.

NRL player Jeremy Smith has been named Kiwi Player of the Year at the New Zealand Rugby League awards this week.

The former Kiwis member, now playing for the Cronulla Sharks received the Steve Watene Memorial Medal at the awards ceremony.

Black caps lose third odi

The Black Caps lost by seven wickets to Sri Lanka in the third one day international cricket match in Pallekele this week.

New Zealand scored 188 for six in 33 overs, but their opposition reached their target of 197 with 11 balls to spare.

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New Zealand number one amateur golfer Vaughan McCall has taken 14th at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand.

The 21-year-old was the leading kiwi in the tournament, scoring three under par 69 in the final round at the Amata Spring Country Club.

mccall takes 14th at amateur champs

By Robbie ParkesA year of sporting success is

something to be proud of, but turning out ten New Zealand rep-resentatives in one year is an even bigger milestone for Marlborough Girls’ College.

“We would regularly have four to six probably most years, so ten or more is getting up there for us,” said school sports co-ordinator Jan Gallop.

She said the school is immensely proud of the girls who have repre-sented the country over the course of the year.

“For them, they’ve got to be super organised to complete their academics and play their sports.

“The more we can acknowledge their achievements, the better.”

Jess Donald played for the Un-der-18 Koru Basketball Team; Charlotte Wadsworth, NZ Endur-

ance (Equestrian) Team; Anna Tempero, NZ Gymnastics Levels Team; Jamie Campbell, Under-19 Basketball Team Junior Tall Ferns; Georgie Crawford, NZ Senior Wo-mens’ Volleyball Team; Kendall Green, NZ Under-17 Volleyball Team; Samantha Andrell and Tay-lah MacDonald, NZ ISA Under-16 Softball Team; and Olivia Nicholls and Lia Nicholls were recently named in the Under-17 NZ Beach Volleyball squad.

“We usually have a range of sports reps,” said Jan.

But, volleyball is something that is just growing, and growing, she said.

“In volleyball, we’d traditionally produce quite a few New Zealand reps.”

The opportunities for the girls is great, she said, a lot of them have travelled abroad to China, Vietnam

and even the United States.Taylah, who represented New

Zealand in softball in the United States earlier in the year, said it is such a big deal for them, especially coming from Marlborough.

“For me, it was the pride of

wearing the Silver Fern, you get that thrill.”

Olivia and Lia both said the school was amazing in helping to get them to the national level, especially through their coach Roy Titheridge.

Marlborough Girls’ talented ten

marlborough girls' college new Zealand sporting representatives: (from left) Jess donald, charlotte wadsworth, anna tempero, Jamie campbell, olivia nicholls, georgie crawford, lia nicholls, samantha andrell, taylah macdonald, (absent) kendall green.

Story and photo by Annabelle Latz

Swimming training leant itself to creative measures when Blenheim Masters Swimming was in its infancy.

Summer was drawing to a close in 1983, when three swimmers in Blenheim decided it would be fun to attend the inaugural World Masters Swimming Championships in Christchurch.

Roger McArtney had to find alternative training methods, as the Blenheim outdoor swimming pool closed its doors for the winter.

“I found a local motel in Picton that had a tiny pool.”

With a belt around his waist, he attached a bungee chord, swung it over a rafter and tied it to a pot plant, and swam on the spot.

“It was a hopeless way to swim.”Although the results for Roger,

Russell MacDonell and June Newdick, (nee Bythell) were not memorable, the fun times were.

“The following summer Russell, Wayne Robertson and I got a masters group going.”

In 1986 the indoor pool opened on Kinross St.

“That’s when masters kicked off.”This Saturday evening, November

17, Roger and Dale Harris will be involved in celebrating the group’s 25 years together, at Stadium 2000.

Dale was part of the support crew when Roger attempted a Cook Strait swim in 1998.

He finished just 5.2km shy of the Perano Head in Marlborough Sounds.

“It was so rough, we couldn’t even see the 40-foot boat that was travelling with Roger, let alone see him,” said Dale.

Roger said it was thanks to the great support of the club members that he attempted the 26km swim challenge, when he was 48 years-old.

“It was freezing!”The group enjoy meeting every

Thursday evening together for their social swim session, and Dale is looking forward to seeing familiar faces at the 25-year celebration.

Both men wanted to thank the support of the stadium and previous

Masters of the water

dale harris, (left) and roger mcartney look forward to the Blenheim masters swimming 25 year celebration next saturday evening.

Here we are, six or so weeks away from Christmas, and rugby continues.

The All Blacks begin their short northern hemisphere tour against Scotland in Edinburgh on Monday morning (NZT).

To help them in their quest to beat the All Blacks for the first time in the 107 years the two teams have met, the Scots have whistled up some extra help to stir up the fire in their bellies.

He’s Floyd Woodrow, a former Special Air Force (SAS) soldier who won the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the Gulf War way back in 1991.

The Scots have used him in the past and he has also worked with the Welsh union so one presumes he knows what he is about.

His appointment shows how desperate the Scots are not to have a repeat of the 49-3 licking the All Blacks inflicted on them two years ago.

Will it work? I say no. I’ll stick my neck out and say the All Blacks should win by 20.

The match will be interesting for the use of the new five-second rule which necessitates quicker distribution of the ball from rucks and mauls.

Play should be faster as a

result and some of those Scottish forwards will probably be panting by the end.

This new rule is a good one but I’d like to see the rules tweaked even further so that backs can be given more room to weave their magic. Defences can be supertight these days.

Good to see Leon MacDonald is staying put withTasman for next season and hasn’t been tempted to have a crack at a coaching job with the Crusaders. The Tasman Makos made progress this season and with MacDonald still providing input under head coach Kieran Keane, that momentum will

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continue. On another note, I covered a

bit of golf for the paper recently and perhaps it shows how far removed from the sport I am but I learned all about hybrid clubs. Irons and woods have been merged to create new clubs that can hit the ball a long way and make things a lot easier.

Just goes to show, sport never stands still.

administrators for helping make the groups such a success.

“It’s a collective thing that people do to get wet behind the ears,” said Roger.

To find out more about the birthday celebration, or joining masters swimming, contact Barbara Taylor on 572 8418, or [email protected]

Ricky Henry has been named as one of two assistant coaches for the Warriors rugby league side under new coach Matthew Elliot.

Former Warrior Reuben Wiki has also been appointed a full-time position as a strength and conditioning coach for the NRL team.

Wiki was the team’s defensive coach on a part-time basis.

henry and wiki named for warriors

London Olympic gold medallist Valerie Adams has been short-listed for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award.

The New Zealand shot putter is in contention for the prestigious award with fellow gold medallists Jessica Ennis and Allyson Felix.

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