April 2019

A community newsletter brought to “ewe” by the Halcombe Community

Development Group.

THE HALCOMBE HERALD

See our website

www.halcombecommunity.co.nz

Or find us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/halcombecommunity

HCDG Meetings – 1st Monday of the month. 7pm @ Halcombe Tavern. All welcome.Rachel Lane (Chairperson)328 8594 Jelanco@xtra.co.nz

Maureen Lambert (Memorial Hall Contact)021 332 676 maureen.lambert1@gmail.com

Jeannette Henderson (Secretary)328 8647 administrator@nzwcs.org.nz

Stacey Hulena (Treasurer)328 8844 robhulena@hotmail.com

ANZAC DAY 2019

Saturday 13th April. Fundraising Auction. Halcombe Tavern. From 6:30pm. Tuesday 23rd April – 25th April. ANZAC Day Art Exhibition. Halcombe Memorial Hall.Wednesday 25th April. Halcombe ANZAC Day Service. Halcombe Cenotaph 10:15am –followed by a shared lunch @ Halcombe Memorial Hall.Sunday 26th May. Halcombe Community Walkway Planting Working Bee. 9am.

For further information on upcoming events see www.halcombecommunity.co.nz or

UPCOMING EVENTS

Well done to all those who turned out in support of the Halcombe School gala.

This year over $21,000 was raised! Thank you to Manawatu District Council for taking over the maintenance of the Halcombe Community Walkway. We thank

the small team of dedicated volunteers who have worked on the area for the last 6 years. Have you checked out the new look Halcombe Community website? A huge thank you to Kirsten Otter for the amazing work she has done on it.

IMPORTANT NOTICEIn the Aug 18 Halcombe Herald, we said it was to be the last Halcombe Herald to be sent out via the RD9 delivery as we move to email only. Due to ANZAC Day and the Auction happening this month we opted to send this one out via the RD9 as a one

off. Thanks Mark and the RD9 team and MDC for printing it.To keep up to date with what's happening in our community, please ensure you are part of

our email list by emailing halcombe.community@gmail.com or post in the below form.Note: You can opt out of receiving other community emails if you would only like the Halcombe Herald sent.

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Neighbourhood Support (NS)A ‘Cuppa, Cookies & Community Connections’ evening was held on the 28th

March, organised by the new Halcombe NS champions, Pauline Bright & Hollie Howlands. It was great to see a good turn out of people and to hear

Trish and Laura from NS Manawatu speak about what NS is and what being a NS Primary Contact (NSPC) involves. The goal is to have at least one NSPC on every road/street or section of road/street within our area. A NSPC ensures everyone within their neighbourhood/group has each others details so that in times of crime or crisis a help and/or information network can be easily activated. If you would like to become a NSPC for your street/road please get in touch via halcombe.community@gmail.com. Discussion was also held around a closed Halcombe NS Facebook group and Hollie & Pauline will be coordinating this, security cameras, parcel pick up spots (Countdown Feilding is an NZ Parcel Collect depot – see https://www.nzpost.co.nz/personal/receiving-mail-parcels/receiving-your-parcels/parcel-collect-service ) and Civil Defence (CD). The Manawatu coordinator for Civil Defence will be coming to the May HCDG meeting (Mon 6th May 7pm @ Halcombe Tavern) and a localised CD plan will be devised. Included in this plan will be a ‘Register of resources’, so we ask anyone that may have equipment such as generators that would be of use in a CD emergency to let the HCDG know.

This ANZAC Day, travel by steam locomotive from

Feilding to Halcombe and return. We encourage

everyone to come in period costume!

Train departs Feilding at 8.30am, leaves Halcombe

at 2pm. ANZAC Parade begins 10.30am, service

follows at 10.45am, then lunch and refreshments.

Train tickets $30 each - on sale now at the Feilding

Information Centre OR email

halcombe.community@gmail.com with your order.

www.halcombecommunity.co.nz

Facebook/HalcombeCommunity

This is the final year of the official 5-year

commemoration of World War 1, and we plan to make this

year’s ANZAC service the pinnacle event, with a

re-enactment of our local soldiers' ‘Homecoming’ in 1919.

So it will be “All Aboard!” on 25th April for a steam train

excursion, from Feilding to Halcombe, for our spectacular

ANZAC parade and service, followed by lunch, with war

memorabilia on display and an art exhibition in the

Halcombe Memorial Hall.

“Our Soldiers’ Stories”

Read them at

halcombecommunity.co.nz

We are seeking assistance from the Halcombe community to help with this ANZAC event. If you’re keen to be part of the dynamic team, please contact Wayne Short 027 244 2700. We need people to assist in all areas, from bringing baking and flowers to serving lunch, setting-up, selling poppies, welcoming visitors, meeting the train and finally helping us tidy it all away at the end! Donations are also very welcome. Visit halcombecommunity.co.nz to find out how you can support us!

Thank you very, very, very much…~ To those individuals who have come forward to assist

the HCDG Committee over the last wee while:Maureen Lambert, Colin Hirst and Grant Joule who have

been key in making the Hall kitchen and bar refurb happen.

Hollie Howlands and Pauline Bright for championing the Halcombe Neighbourhood Support initiative.

Nathan Lee and Rochelle Chase for offering their assistance in pulling together the Halcombe Herald ~

DESPERATE HALC-WIVES YOGA @ HALCOMBE MEMORIAL HALL

Every Wednesday 6:30pm during the primary school term. $25 for

the term or $5 casual.

A quick note to ask if you’re dropping off recycling in the early hours of the morning that you take extra care when putting glass in the bins – or better still, it would be great if you could please do your glass recycling at a time when the neighbours won’t be sleeping (i.e. after 7am) ☺

WANTED: 3 or 4 ewes to join the HCDG

breeding flock! The flock is a source of income for the community and is kindly managed by Darryle Thomas. If you have any that you’re able to donate please contact Darryle on 027 671 5373.

ANZAC Art Exhibition - still

welcoming submissions!We have had a great response to our

ANZAC Art Exhibition but would like

more pieces to display, so have

extended the open period for

submissions to right up until 23 April

(when the exhibit opens). So if you are

thinking about taking part, please

contact our Curator, Ali Skelton,

aliskelton@icloud.com who will be

happy to discuss the exhibition and its

criteria with you.

Halcombe ANZAC

Day Timetable

Please remember to BRING A PALTE of food to the

ANZAC Day shared lunch that follows the service ☺

MEMORIAL HALL KITCHEN & BAR REFURBThe Memorial Hall kitchen and bar is looking A-MAZ-ING! A huge thank you to Maureen Lambert for championing this project and also taking over the day-to-day management of the hall. She has done a wonderful job organizing, jib stopping, painting and making curtains! Huge thanks also goes to Colin Hirst - the go to man for all the building and installation work. Grant Joule for taking care of all things electrical. Thank you also to Flooring Xtra Feilding (Mel and Muzz Henderson) for supplying and installing vinyl in the bar, Pettersons Plumbing/Tricklebanks, Dave - who fitted the new security system and he did a wonderful job keeping the wiring hidden without impacting the look of the hall, Wayne Short, Richard Bain, Greg Lambert and Jeff Lane. A big thank you alsoto the Fire Brigadeand the widercommunity whohelped raise fundsfor this refurb at the Community Auction2 years ago ☺

The Halcombe Memorial Hall now has it’s own dedicated email for

enquiries and bookings HalcombeMemorialHall@gmail.com

Halcombe Community

HALCOMBE ANZAC DAY SERVICE 20190815 Train arrives for passengers to start loading in Feilding

0830 Road closure in Halcombe begins

0900 Train departs Feilding

0900 Locals meet at railway crossing to meet ‘The

Homecoming’ train

0930 Train arrives in Halcombe, welcome, tea coffee available

1030 If marching meet at the rugby club rooms or find seats for

the service

1045 2019 ANZAC Day service begins

1200 Service ends

1215 Poppies sold, refreshments, chance to look at memorial

hall display and vintage military vehicles

1330 Steam train passengers start to load carriages

1400 Train departs Halcombe

1430 Road closure ends

1500 Train arrives back in Feilding

We encourage you to keep sharing the stories about our history that helped to form our district

Wayne 0272442700 Richard 0274037281 Jeannette 3288 647

HALCOMBE ANZAC DAY SERVICE 2019

Wayne 0272442700 Richard 0274037281 Jeannette 3288 647

Halcombe Community

www. HalcombeCommunity. co.nz

Halcombe Community

www. HalcombeCommunity. co.nz

0815 Train arrives for passengers to start loading in Feilding

0830 Road closure in Halcombe begins

0900 Train departs Feilding

0900 Locals meet at railway crossing to meet ‘The

Homecoming’ train

0930 Train arrives in Halcombe, welcome, tea coffee available

1030 If marching meet at the rugby club rooms or find seats for

the service

1045 2019 ANZAC Day service begins

1200 Service ends

1215 Poppies sold, refreshments, chance to look at memorial

hall display and vintage military vehicles

1330 Steam train passengers start to load carriages

1400 Train departs Halcombe

1430 Road closure ends

1500 Train arrives back in Feilding

We encourage you to keep sharing the stories about our history that helped to form our district

Halcombe Volunteer Fire Brigade

and Halcombe Community

AUCTION NIGHTSaturday 13th April – 6:30pm

@ HALCOMBE TAVERNThe annual auction is the major fundraiser for the Halcombe

Volunteer Fire Brigade Firefighters Stair Challenge, which fundraises

for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ (LBC) and the Halcombe

Community Fund. The Halcombe Community Fund (HCF) is a

community initiative set up to provide grants to individuals and/or

groups within our community who are doing community projects,

representing the community or experiencing extreme

hardship/challenges.

COME ALONG FOR A GREAT LOCAL NIGHT OUT!

If you have NEW goods or services that you

would like to donate, please contact us today!

Thank you very, very, very much…~ To those individuals who have come forward to assist

the HCDG Committee over the last wee while:Maureen Lambert, Colin Hirst and Grant Joule who have

been key in making the Hall kitchen and bar refurb happen.

Hollie Howlands and Pauline Bright for championing the Halcombe Neighbourhood Support initiative.

Nathan Lee and Rochelle Chase for offering their assistance in pulling together the Halcombe Herald ~

DESPERATE HALC-WIVES YOGA @ HALCOMBE MEMORIAL HALL

Every Wednesday 6:30pm during the primary school term. $25 for

the term or $5 casual.

A quick note to ask if you’re dropping off recycling in the early hours of the morning that you take extra care when putting glass in the bins – or better still, it would be great if you could please do your glass recycling at a time when the neighbours won’t be sleeping (i.e. after 7am) ☺

WANTED: 3 or 4 ewes to join the HCDG

breeding flock! The flock is a source of income for the community and is kindly managed by Darryle Thomas. If you have any that you’re able to donate please contact Darryle on 027 671 5373.

ANZAC Art Exhibition - still

welcoming submissions!We have had a great response to our

ANZAC Art Exhibition but would like

more pieces to display, so have

extended the open period for

submissions to right up until 23 April

(when the exhibit opens). So if you are

thinking about taking part, please

contact our Curator, Ali Skelton,

aliskelton@icloud.com who will be

happy to discuss the exhibition and its

criteria with you.

Halcombe ANZAC

Day Timetable

Please remember to BRING A PALTE of food to the

ANZAC Day shared lunch that follows the service ☺