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End of term awards and certificates were also awarded af-ter the show.

Tom Duffy was cast as well known, long serving television broadcaster Phillip Sherry (right) and was also awarded the Citizenship Award for term three. Teachers Gemma Hore and Deb Stevens said Tom has “a positive attitude towards everything he does. Tom always puts his hand up to help out in any way and takes part in many extra-curricular ac-tivities, representing Maniototo Area School at a variety of sporting events and at spelling and social studies quizzes. Tom shows great leadership skills, whether it’s inside the classroom or out on the sports field. Tom is very honest, reliable and a confident class member. He is always willing to join in and give something new a go.”

HOMEGROWN Our local ‘home grown’ talent was again on display at the Maniototo Area School Junior Assembly held at the end of the school term. A wonderful story was told on the his-tory of New Zealand music through time. There was Fred Dagg’s ‘If it weren’t for your gumboots, ‘Poi E’ by Patea Maori Group, OMC’s ‘How Bizarre’ and even ‘Blue Smoke’ (written by Ruru Karaitiana in 1940 and sung by Pixie Williams) . Radio was the main family entertainment and TV presenters came back to life.

What made the ‘Homegrown’ show particularly special was the cross-section of age groups (years 1 to 5) who did so well at memorising parts, lyrics and places. The older students took the chance to step up into leadership/directing roles and really helped bring it all together.

At the end of Au-gust the Area School Juniors took a trip to the For-

tune Theatre where they met the cast and crew of ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ (the show which came to Ranfurly last month). They used many of the tips they were taught about sets, costumes and voice projection.

Hope Devitt performs poi in Poi E

Nathan Paterson, Robert Hall (back) and Charlie Hore perform The Fourmyula’s ’Nature’. -

SCHOOL HOLIDAY CREATIVITY The first week of the school holidays began with ‘fun with wool’ and ‘stitch and sew’ workshops being run by the Maniototo Commu-nity Arts Council through their ‘Give It a Go Mani-

ototo’ programme. Secretary Kim Gibson wishes to say a big thank you to the Spinners and Knitters group (above left) and the Embroidery group for making these happen.

“Great numbers participated with eleven kids for the wool and nine kids for sewing. It was great to see the kids really getting into their projects, and some of them also picked up the spinning really well! There was a great group of kids who looked so happy and proud of their achievements,” she says.

Maisey Hore sure rocked her sunglasses in amongst her junior school peers during the ‘Homegrown’ show.

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FORWARD PLANNING 2015/2016

OCT 9th & 10th Breast Cancer Foundation Pink Ribbon Appeal

Sat 10th 10-10-10 Walk For Kids (page 3)

Mon 12th Lamb marking ‘shout’ begins (page 3) A&P Show Programme Meetings (page 6)

Wed 13th Feed Seminar (page 7) and Boot Camp with Warren Kearney starts (page 8)

Thurs 15th Lesley Elliot speaking in Alexandra (page 10) and National Shake Out Day

Friday 16th Central Otago Art Awards (page 4)

Sun 18th McLaren’s 4’s Curling Tournament (page 6)

Sat 24th Burn 729am Maniototo Markets (page 9), Centennial Gallery opens (page 7) and St John Open Day (page 14)

NOV Burn 729am Maniototo Community Cup at Patearoa (date TBC)

Thurs 5th Cockesses Classic entries close (page 3)

Sun 8th Cockesses Classic (page 3)

Sat 14th Maniototo Rodeo Club fundraising trek

14th & 15th Megan Huffadine Painting Workshop (page 7)

Sat 14th Naseby Community Plan Workshop

20th-22nd Lions District 202F Convention

DEC Burn 729am/87.9fm Santa’s Grotto (date TBC)

Wed 16th Last day of school (half day only)

Fri 25th Christmas Day

Sun 27th Maniototo Rodeo at Waipiata

Thurs 31st Naseby Annual Book Sale (below)

JAN 2016 Burn 729am Pool Party (date TBC)

Sun 10th St Bathans Village Fete 10am-3pm

FEB 17th Maniototo A&P Show

APR 13th ‘Things I Forgot To Tell My Daughter’ show star-ring Michele A’Court at Ranfurly Town Hall

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$20 per stall site. Bookings no later than Monday 19th October please.

Denise Baddock - via email or phone. Email: burn729am@scorch.co.nz Phone: 444 9729

PATEAROA PLAYGROUP Patearoa Playgroup has started up again on Every 3rd Monday of the month 10am –12 midday at the old Patearoa School

ANNUAL BOOK SALE Naseby Information Centre is holding the Book Sale, Naseby Hall on Thursday the 31st December and book donations can be left at Maniototo Paint and Hardware in Ranfurly.

A HUGE BIG THANK YOU … TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE MANIOTOTO To the volunteers, the business people and to you, the people in our community, to each and everyone of you who helped in so many ways to make our daffodil day such a huge success. We couldn’t do it without the very generous help that you all gave in so many ways

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Amie Pont, our local Burn Radio and the wonderful staff, More than Books (Janet and Dick Parker), our cashier Irene O'Malley, the Westpac Bank and their wonderful staff, Maniototo Four Square (Martin, Michelle and staff), Ran-furly Four Square (Linda and staff), The Catholic Women's League, McLarens, Gwen, to all who gave donations and to everyone who donated such delicious baking!

RESULTS FOR THE DAFFODIL DAY RAFFLES: Natalie Blakely (bird house), Winnie Morris (rose), Grace Kreft (Big Ted and Wee Ted), Carol Clark (adult socks and child's socks), Joan Pringle (jersey), Margaret Bootsma (meat voucher), Bernie Bennie (matinee jacket), Marie Moore and Wendy Kearney (grocery hampers).

WORK WANTED Local 19 year old Malcolm Glover is looking for work lo-cally. He has some farm experience but will consider any-thing.

Please call 444 9577 or 027 355 8602.

CLEANER WANTED Larchview Holiday Park needs a casual cleaner during the holidays.

Phone Lynne or Neville on 444 9904.

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WALK WEDDERBURN TO RANFURLY Come and give the 10-10-10 walk a go! This is a Lions Club organised sponsored walk to raise money for the Child Mo-bility Fund. The walk begins at 10am on Saturday the 10th of October for 10 km on the Otago Central Rail Trail.

The walk starts at Wedderburn and finishes with a barbecue in Ranfurly.

Come on sports clubs, school students and all keen walkers - support this event. Sponsorship forms are available from Maniototo Four Square, More than Books, and Naseby Store.

Also, if you get asked to sponsor a walker, please support this great cause.

OUR SHOUT THIS LAMB MARKING As from Monday 12th October the lamb mark-ing ‘shout’ will start here Burn729am/87.9fm. Brought to you by Burn and Independent Liquor all you need to do is phone or text in with your tailing gang’s name and where you are.

Your gang will go automatically into the weekly draw to win a 24 pack of ‘Wild Buck’ ale from Independent Liquor for a Friday afternoon ‘shout’. It will be delivered chilled on site!

COCKESSES CLASSIC Maniototo Golf Club are holding their annual ‘Cockesses Classic’ on Sunday the 8th of November - a day of golf just for the ladies! It’s open to all lady golfers and non golfers and is an Ambrose format with pairs made up of 1 golfer and 1 non golfer (may be altered depending on numbers of entries).

The day will include 18 holes with morning tea at 10.30am for an 11am tee off. Entry is $20 and close on Thursday 5th November. There are great sponsored prizes for longest drive and nearest the pin (plus others).

For more information and to enter contact Natalie Blakely on 444 9640 (Geoff.nat@scorch.co.nz) or Belinda Scott 444 9185 (scottdb@farmside.co.nz).

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YOU BAKING BEAUTY On Friday the 4th of September my Mum and I held an SPCA bake stall outside More than Books. We sold every piece of baking and made a total of $791 altogether. I would like to thank everybody that either donated money or brought something and also a special thanks to Mrs and Mr Parker for kindly letting me have my stall at More than Books and helping me when it got really busy!

One last huge thanks to the people who baked something for the stall!

TRUSTEES SOUGHT Are You Interested in Becoming a Trustee of Radio Charity? The Board of Radio Charity is calling for expressions of inter-est from individuals who would like to be considered for ap-pointment as a trustee. The Radio Charity Trust Board is in-corporated as a charitable trust board under the Charities Act. It delivers benefits by fulfilling the role of the communi-cation hub for the community of the Maniototo via Burn Ra-dio 729, Positively Maniototo and via social media.

Basically the board endeavours to meet approximately two-monthly on a weeknight and trustees pitch in to help with on-going tasks mostly associated with maintenance of facilities and equipment.

Candidates will need to demonstrate a keen interest in com-munity communications. Ideally we are seeking individuals with a 'Whole of Maniototo' perspective. Some small to me-dium business ownership/management experience would be desirable.

If you would like to be considered detail your capabilities in writing addressed to The Chairman, Radio Charity Trust, 10 Pery Street, Ranfurly no later than Friday 30th October 2015.

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Mia delivers a raffle prize to Janet Parker who won second prize. First prize went to Tracey Weir at Westpac bank.

ANNOUNCERS INVITED Burn 729am/87.9fm needs more announcers on their team and invites anyone interested to give Denise a ring for a chat. Burn relies on volunteers to keep your community radio sta-tion live and local. In its 23rd year of operation, the Mani-ototo has worked hard over the years to bring a wide range of music and information to the area.

Full training and support is given and experience is not nec-essary. That is part of the unique quality of Burn - it is a com-munity radio station owned by and run by our community. Burn is one of the very few independent, community run sta-tions in the country.

Shifts and hours are flexible and we are happy to bring new people in to do even just one shift a week. It’s a great way to contribute to the community, keep in touch with local hap-penings and meet new people! Those new to the area find it a great way to learn the true ins and outs of how the Mani-ototo ‘ticks’.

Past announcers have gone on to work for larger radio sta-tions with a couple of success stories including Henry Young-man doing the breakfast show and working in promotions for Queenstown More FM and Quentin McIntosh becoming Op-erations Manager at The Edge in Rotorua. Time at Burn looks great on your CV!

So, if you’d like to take the opportunity to announce on our community radio station please get in touch by emailing us at burn729am@scorch.co.nz or by calling 444 9729.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? This month Positively Maniototo asks Maniototo Area School principal, Patsy Inder, to share some of her story with us ...

You were born here in the Maniototo, what did you do here before you left? I was a pupil at Maniototo Area School when it became the first Area School in the country at the beginning of 1969. I went on to do senior High School at Timaru, then went to University of Otago and Dunedin College of Education.

When did you leave the Maniototo and where did you go? I taught in Dunedin, Balfour and Catlins Area School before coming back to be principal at Naseby where my father's family had lived for four generations. Before working for Education Review Office I was principal at Tokoiti, Waitati and Caversham Schools.

Did you travel? Yes, I spent a year living and working in Japan - teaching Eng-lish to all age ranges from three year olds to senior citizens. It was a fascinating experience because of the cultural differ-ences and the fabulous hospitality of the people I met along the way. I also made lifelong friends among the expat com-munity.

When we sold the farm following my mother's death I moved to the Waikato working for and studying at a post graduate level the University of Waikato. I then moved to be principal of a school on Great Barrier Island which is a half hour plane ride (eight-seater) from Auckland. I loved Great Barrier but was really amused by their belief that it was really isolated because sometimes the weather was bad and planes would be delayed. It was nowhere nearly as isolated as much of Central Otago. I was always drawn back to the Maniototo where I spent summer holidays. .

Career highlights? Career highlights have always included working with kids. You cannot beat that moment when a student suddenly 'gets' something they have been struggling with. Working for the Ministry of Education was only a highlight because of the places I got to work, with people who were totally com-mitted to getting their school being the best it could be. I also was delighted to be involved in a number of research projects involving the Ministry of Education and University of Waikato personnel where we worked with teachers and families to improve outcomes for students not succeeding at school. Working as a teacher is a huge privilege and a great responsibility as you are always looking for ways to support children, to see their own potential and strive to achieve it. I love the quote that “education is not the filling of the bucket but the lighting of a fire.”

Life highlights? Life highlights are harder to characterize - being invited to MC the wedding of a student I had previously worked hard to stop from being expelled from a school; seeing the sun rise from the top of Mt Fuji, hearing the national anthem played when first representing New Zealand in curling, can-dlelight tour of Petra, hot air ballooning over the Valley of the Kings.

STEADY AS YOU GO Falls are not a natural part of ageing. Falls are preventable. Save yourself from a fall by attending SAYGo classes to im-prove your strength and balance. The classes are designed for men and women and have been shown to provide con-tinuous improvements in strength and balance over time.

Ranfurly classes are Thursdays 10-10.30am at the St John Ambulance Rooms. It’s only $2 per session.

Contact Joan Pringle 444 9629, Karen Munro 444 9814 or Maureen Miller on 444 9493.

I could go on about wonderful experiences but I always expect there to be another highlight any day! I did not do the traditional OE but have travelled extensively since: all over Japan when I lived there, Korea, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey (right), United States, Can-ada, Mexico and holidaying re-peatedly in the Pacific and Austra-lia.

What do you love about the Maniototo? I love the Maniototo for lots of reasons - the landscapes and the sky, the family connections and history, the memories of all the events that used to be here - Naseby & Patearoa gym-khanas, Boxing Day sports at Waipiata and all events involving the small schools. Connections to sports, particularly hockey and curling are a huge part of Maniototo's attraction as are the long established links with Maniototo people.

I came back because I realised that Maniototo truly is home, no matter where I lived when ever I was asked about home I visualised the Maniototo.

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MANIOTOTO A&P SHOW The AGM for the Maniototo A&P Show held in September at the Ranfurly Bowling Club was well attended and marked a ‘changing of the guards’. Outgoing President Simon Paterson handed over the reins to Mark Paterson after his three year tenure with Craig Paterson elected as Junior Vice-Chair. Next in line were yet to be decided. Committee member Anne Cotton thanks Simon for involv-ing the entire community (young and old) with open arms. Longest serving secretary, Neville Wahrlich contin-ues in the role.

Ian Smith (right) was appointed as new Show Patron following in the footsteps of the late Ron McSkimming, Ron Paterson and Bruce Paterson. “Big boots to fill. If I do half the job they did that’d be great,” he says.

As there was so much to discuss in terms of rule changes , it was decided that those charged with the equestrian events will meet separately.

The main committee did decide that a medal for excellence be awarded and be combined with a trophy sponsorship being newly provided by ICL Accountants which was much appreciated.

A planning meeting for both the wider Maniototo A&P Show and Horticultural and Industrial Division will be held on Monday the 12th of October, 7.30pm at the Ranfurly Bowl-ing Club. This enables both committees to meet separately but then also get together as one afterwards.

PLANNING MEETING FOR MANIOTOTO A&P SHOW (HORTICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INCLUDED)

MONDAY 12TH OCTOBER, 7.30PM RANFURLY BOWLING CLUB.

RETURNING OF TROPHIES AND TRAYS Could all of the Horticultural and Industrial trophies and trays please be returned to Amie Pont at The Practice, Ran-furly (Northland Street) by the end of October. This will give her the chance to get them engraved before Christmas. Please have the correct name (especially spelling) of recipi-ent written on a piece of paper and taped to the underside. Thank you in advance.

CURLING TOURNAMENT McLaren’s 4’s Curling Tournament will be held on Sunday 18th of October from 9am. Entries / individual names to the rink . A fee of $20 per person covers the curling and an addi-tional $10 will cover morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

Entries to the Maniototo Curling International on 444 9878

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PAINTING WORKSHOP Maniototo Community Arts Council brings you another Megan Huffadine two-day painting workshop.

The Maniototo Arts Council are very pleased to welcome back Megan Huf-fadine (right), a well-known Bannock-burn based artist with many years teaching experience. Megan cur-rently teaches painting classes in Cromwell as well as workshops in ru-ral communities.

This is a two day workshop using acrylic paint, layering mixed media and using a variety of tools to create rich textural surfaces to paint on. This will include working between realism and semi-abstraction and finding a personal approach to paint-ing.

Megan will introduce you to innovative techniques for working with a variety of materials, including pastels, oil sticks, a range of water soluble pencils, impasto and tex-ture pastes.

Maniototo Community Arts Centre November 14th and 15th Class hours 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Maximum of 15 people

Suitable for beginners through to more advanced.

An opportunity not to be missed!!

Contact Kim for more details 4449652

FREE PLAY Advertorial Ranfurly Playcentre is now free and open every Friday during the school term from 9.30 - 12noon. We have a brand new par-ent council taking care of the paperwork required and exciting new resources on the way!

Join us for a coffee and a friendly chat with other parents while your child enjoys the free play activities set up. New parents are always wel-come. Find us on Facebook for more information, call Anna on 0274628001 or pop in and see us on a Friday.

GALLERY OPENING The Centennial Gallery in the iconic Milk Bar building on the corner of Pery and Charlemont Streets in Ran-furly will open again for the busy visitor season at Labour Weekend.

Run by Rural Art Deco Maniototo, the gallery generates over 2000 visi-tors per year with many interested in this unique ‘slice of life’ in the 1950s.

Full details of open hours will be in the November edition of Positively Maniototo.

Entry is by gold coin donation and all are most welcome.

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SPRING CHALLENGE … ACCEPTED! The Spring Challenge started in 2007 with only 300 com-petitors and now, in 2015, there were 1200 wonderful women entered, 400 teams! Sponsored by Torpedo7, the event is held in a different part of the South Island each year. This year Wanaka played host and what a show it put on! There are three women per team with one support crew member. By hiking, mountain biking and rafting, teams navigate their way through a set route to ‘control points’ in numerical order using a map and compass.

Wonderful weather, world class scenery and a polished, exciting event contributed to local lasses Deborah Paterson, Cate Herlihy, Erin Elworthy, Geraldine Dowling, Lucia Dowling, Deirdre Perkins, Geraldine Duncan, Tash Kane and past local Jolene Barclay and their supporters all having a day out to remember. Challenges consisted of the 3 hour, 6 hour and 9 hour challenge, Team ‘DLGs’ – consisting of Geraldine, Lucia & Deirdre finished the 3 hour challenge in 4 hours 13 minutes and Team ‘First Timers’ – consisting of Cate, Deb and Erin finished in 4 hours 22 minutes. Team ‘Wii not fit’ consisting of Geraldine Duncan, Tash and Jolene finished the 6 hour challenge in 7 hours 40 minutes.

Teams had to run from Hawea beach in wetsuits to the river and raft down the Hawea River to Albert Town, from there navigating their way collecting control points while biking and hiking Deans Track and around Dublin Bay and around the riverside tracks along the Clutha River. The 6 and 9 hour challenge teams continued down to Luggate, Criffel Station and Lake McKay Station and Pisa Range coming

back to Wanaka following the river tracks with all teams fin-ishing at Eely Point.

Rafting down the Hawea river was lots of fun, for many hav-ing not rafted before. The mountain bike track around Deans Track was very challenging for some with it being a first time on a track like that, a bit of holding on and hoping for the best! The scenery throughout the course was absolutely stun-ning and the weather certainly played its part. With suppor-tive team mates and support crew it was a fantastic challenge with many planning for next year’s adventure in Golden Bay.

Cate Herlihy and Erin Elworthy coming back from the first bike section.

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Maniototo Kindergarten recognises the distances which parents and fami-lies travel to attend quality early childhood education in the Mani-ototo. We are thankful for the dona-

tions and support over the years we have received from our wider community to establish and maintain this qual-ity Kindergarten. As a way of showing our appreciation to all who attend Maniototo Kindergarten we have alleviated this related financial burden, by now offering up to 30 hours per week of free early childhood education to all children aged 2 – 5 years of age.

Our Kindergarten was established by a dedicated team of locals who worked tirelessly to give our community this amazing facility. The vision for this team was to provide an environment that is purpose built to cater for our young children. They understood the quality that Kinder-garten brings and realised the importance of having a team of 100% qualified and registered teachers.

The teaching team are dedicated to ensuring your child feels at home in our centre. The children are excited about coming to Kindergarten each day and we often hear parents say that they struggle to keep them home on the days that they are not enrolled.

We are a community based early childhood provider, which means that any funds raised go towards providing quality resources that enhance our children’s learning and development.

We are proud to be involved in our local community through events such as the recent Maths education eve-ning for parents which was held at the Area School. We presented parents with practical ideas for encouraging their child to grasp early maths concepts. If you would like a copy of this, please drop into the Kindergarten and we are more than happy to share this with you all.

READER CONTRIBUTION An avid reader and appreciator of Positively Maniototo recently came across this photo so sent it in ...

Max Robertson now lives in Whangarei and used to work in the County Office in Ranfurly. This photo is of the “Maniototo County Council office/supervisory staff taken in either 1967 or 1968, when I was working there,” he says.

The people shown in the photo (from left to right) are:

Pat Heffernan (Works Superintendant) Judy Murphy (County Clerk’s PA) Max Robertson (Senior Clerk) Helen Pett (Office Assistant) John Buchanan (Assistant County Clerk) Ron Wiltshire (Building Inspector) John Morrison (Clerk) Marie Moore (in front of John, Office Assistant) Len Ardell (County Clerk)

Len Ardell, John Buchanan, Pat Heffernan and Ron Wiltshire have all since passed.

ED: Thanks Max for sharing that blast from the past with us!

VIOLENCE PREVENTION Mother of Sophie Elliot and the foun-der of the Sophie Elliot Foundation, Lesley Elliot (MNZM) will be speaking on violence prevention through educa-tion, awareness and empowerment of young people.

Lesley (right) established the Founda-tion in 2010 in memory of her daughter who was killed by her former boyfriend Clayton Weatherston, whom she was dating for just five months.

In recognition of her work and the awareness she is creating, Lesley was named in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list.

The presentations are being brought to you by the Otago Sui-cide Prevention Trust. Lesley will speak in Wanaka on Wednesday 14th October at 7pm in the Armstrong Room of Lake Wanaka Centre and in Alexandra on Thursday 15th Octo-ber, 7pm at The Cellar Door.

Gold coin entry.

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Loyal Waipiata Bowling Club Green Keeper Dixon Andrews goes above and beyond duty getting the vacuum cleaner out to get the green ready for this years bowling season!

Zac Howell received the small-bore rifle shooting trophy for most improved shooter.

Maniototo Maggots Premier Rugby 2015 Player of the Year Scott Sharpin and Derek Stum-bles Memorial recipient Sam Miller

M a n i o t o t o ladies hockey 2015 Most Im-proved player Tania Hamilton and Players of the Year Becky McAuley and Brooke Elliot

The New Zealand Secondary Schools Tour-nament was held in Auckland recently. The Maniototo boys team of Ben Smith, Anton Hood, Dylan Voice, Josh Whyte and Em-mett Dowling came up against last years winners, East Otago High School in the finals and brought home gold! Well done lads!

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BURN 729AM/87.9FM UPDATE Denise Baddock

A very mixed bag of weather for the start of Spring, some cool, keen winds of late just taking the edge off the tem-peratures. Plenty happening in and around the Maniototo this month with the school holiday programmes for the chil-dren at the local library and the Maniototo Community Arts Council ‘Give it a Go’ programmes, I hope everyone involved enjoys the variety of activities on offer.

Congratulations to Jim Hutton for picking himself up the hamper of goodies for the ‘Father’s Day’ promotion in Sep-tember. Thanks to all the dedications going out to the Dads on their special day and to Carol for binging these to air.

Coming up this month see’s the return of the weekly shout going out over a six week period to the lamb marking gangs in and around the Maniototo. Our new sponsor on board for this year’s promotion is Independent Liquor. As from Monday 12th October the Lamb Marking shout will start here on Burn729am/87.9fm. Phone or txt your gangs name and tailing gangs ‘where abouts’ to us here and your gang will go in the weekly draw to win 24 pack of Wild Buck ales from Independent Liquor for a shout on Friday afternoon, delivered on site. So to all the tailing gangs gearing up for this year’s season get your name in the draw, the 24 packs are in the chiller as we speak

The Labour weekend Burn729am/87.9fm Market Day - Sat-urday 24th October - 10am-1pm, Village Green, Ranfurly. To book a stall contact us with your details no later than Monday 19th October please. There are fifteen confirmed bookings to date. A heads up to stall holders, there are 100 campervans from throughout the Otago region descending on the Maniototo for a get together, based at the Maniototo Park Stadium for the weekend. The Market day is always popular with locals and visitors so book your stall now.

The Believe it or Not quiz nights held on Wednesday eve-nings at the Ranfurly Hotel over previous weeks, proved popular with numerous teams taking part, and the competi-tion was challenging. The ‘Burn’ team of Amie, Amanda,

Carol, Dean, Luke, and myself enjoyed the evenings, we were surprised with the occasional top placing and found it was a great team building exercise.

Thanks to Barry, Leonie and team from the Ranfurly Hotel and all the other teams who participated. Barry is calling for a community group to run this in 2016.

November sees the return of the Burn 729am Maniototo Community Cup. Our hosts this year are Patearoa/Styx so, to all the communities in and around the Maniototo, get your team sorted soon for the 2015 cup challenge. Remem-ber, teams of eight with a member over 60 years and a young one under 16 years. The Kyeburn/Danseys Pass team will be vying to retain the cup they won last year. The chal-lenge date in November to be confirmed. Upcoming memo’s for your diary for December - Santa’s Grotto and January 2016 – Burn Pool Party.

To all the community groups, business’s or individuals, keep us informed of any upcoming events and activities, there’s nothing like local radio to get your message out there. Burn is the best word of mouth in the Maniototo!

Advertising packages available and tailored to suit your needs. Contact details for all your advertising requirements, updates and information on Burn729am/87.9fm or ‘Positively Maniototo’.

Burn729am/87.9fm 444 9729 / 027 287 6729 email: burn729am@scorch.co.nz

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Advertorial Itchy Pets: With the warmer spring and summer months upon us we often start to notice an increase in itchiness and skin irrita-tion with some of our pets. Such signs include scratching and licking, increased redness of the skin especially under the elbows and groin and in between the toes and pads, hair loss and changes to the coat.

There are many causes behind skin dermatitis and it can take a bit of investigating to work out which factors are in-volved in affecting you pet. Some of the common causes include airborne allergens like pollen and dust mites, contact allergens like grass, food allergies, bacterial, yeast or fungal skin infections, and other parasites like mites.

If you notice your pet is experiencing increased itchiness or other signs of skin irritation in the coming months, or at any other time of the year, we can help to establish an accurate diagnosis and management plan to keep your pet itch free and as comfortable as possible.

Cats in season: With spring here the feline breeding season is kicking into gear. Be aware if you have any un-neutered female cats at home they are likely to start seasoning and are therefore at risk of becoming pregnant. This can lead to a lot of un-wanted kittens over the summer months as cats can start cycling unpredictably from the early age of 5 months old. To prevent this happening it is best to get any cats in now for neutering, whether they be males or females! Both sexes require a straight forward same-day procedure and this is offered by VetEnt at a subsidised cost to aim to reduce un-wanted breeding of cats within our area. Give us a call on 444-9615 to book in your feline friend.

Horse Dentals: We have been doing a large number of horse dentals in the area lately with Alisa and Mark in our Alexandra clinic and Becks in the Ranfurly clinic all having undergone specialised training to be able to use an equine dental PowerFloat in combination with a full-mouth speculum (a metal device which gently holds the jaw open allowing us to have great visualization of all the teeth including those molars at the very back which are often left ignored if the right equipment isn’t used.)

We offer a very professional and thorough dental examina-tion with treatment of any abnormalities found. Horse’s teeth are continually growing and regular dental examina-tions are recommended to ensure the correct surfaces are being worn down evenly and nasty sharp points aren’t de-veloping.

October promotion: This month we are offering 20% off ALL vaccines for small animals – ring us for a booking and mention the October promotion to get your discount! Hope you all have a great month.

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Jane Falconer presents her CLACHANBURN COMMENT To water or not to water, and how beneficial is watering before the sunshine and warmth come?

The debate goes on. While there is still considerable snow on the mountains we will get frosts and do you want to be big time watering, encouraging new growth only to run the risk of losing it.

I am hand watering new plants which must not die and, if in a very dry place, something is looking like needing a drink I give it one. Here, the farm irrigation water has not been turned on yet but will be in a few days so, I shall reconsider. What we really need is a good rain, followed by sunshine and warmth and we will be away. It is dry, July was dry and last summer was particularly dry. There is talk of another summer like last. The best advice is mulch, mulch and more mulch.

Every now and then I hear someone asking about a plant, and this time Daphnes, and do they grow well here? I have a few and love them. They like an acid soil. Most like part sun and some evergreen, or part EG, and some deciduous. Mine would not be more than a metre high. Their common factor which makes them such a desirable plant is their gor-geous perfume, and, might I say, good shape. The ones I have include Daphne mezereum, D burkwoodii, D odora and D odora alba.

At the moment here, the daphnes, winter roses and ericas all combine beautifully together, and with a few blossoms appearing overhead, it is a glorious sight of pinks and whites. The daffodils are beginning to flower well as are many little treasures which we gardeners do love, especially in Spring when they pop up and surprise us after our long winter.

I am looking forward to the Lucy roses arriving in the Mani-ototo, and hope you like them and have great success with them. Do water them well while they become established. Our family along with the Lions club do thank you for your support, and thanks to outlets for selling them. All profits go to Ranui House in Christchurch, where many out of town patients stay while having treatment away from home.

Happy gardening Jane

OCTOBER 1915 in MANIOTOTO Funding raising for October got off to a good start with Kye-burn Station donating £100 [equivalent to $14,000 now] to the Wounded Soldiers Fund.

A second hospital ship is to be fitted out, in England, with the government calling on the New Zealand public for mone-tary donations plus chattels, e.g. 2000 feather pillows, 51cm x 76 cm; 600 water bottles with covers; 1500 toothbrushes and tins of tooth powder; etc.

The Mt. Ida Hospital nurses also raised funds by holding a dance which raised £14:3s for the Red Cross.

By now there was general unrest throughout the country about fit men not enlisting. A letter published in the Mt. Ida Chronicle, written by Trooper David Inder, who was wounded and in a hospital, Egypt, severely judged those in the Maniototo who had not yet joined up. He named some but the paper censored the names. Next, a list of those ‘shirking their duty’ appeared in the window of Inder’s Naseby auction rooms (below).

By the end of the month, legislation was passed making it compulsory for all men aged between eighteen and sixty years to register, with forms available at post offices throughout the country. New Zealanders in England also supported the soldiers by visiting the wounded in hospitals, Robert Inder and his daughter were frequent visitors to those recovering at Walton-on-Thames, London. Trooper Frank Jopson had been reported as missing in action which was later corrected to having landed at Malta very ill. Arthur Strode was given a rousing farewell at Ranfurly prior to join-ing the 9th Reinforcements.

ST JOHN OPEN DAY Maniototo St John Ambulance personnel welcome you to an Open Day on Labour Weekend Saturday (24th October - 1pm-4pm).

Raffles available on station for a snazzy remote controlled vehicle (the kids will want to check this out) and food ham-per.

Pop in after the Burn 729am Maniototo Markets, have a tour of the station and see the new technology now in-stalled in all frontline ambulances.

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POSITIVELY MANIOTOTO MONTHLY BUSINESS DIRECTORY

ANDREW P. HAYES

BUSINESS AND TAXATION CONSULTANT,

OAMARU Eden Street , Oamaru P.O. Box 168, Oamaru

Telephone: (03) 434 8593 Mobile (027) 221 6343

Fax: (03) 434 8586

Email: andrew@andrewphayes.co.nz

at the Maniototo Service Centre Pery Street,

2nd Thursday each month

MCER

Mining & Construction Equipment Repairs Ltd

Heavy equipment repairs & servicing Component overhauls Hydraulic Repairs Electrical repairs Mobile welding

Phone: Paul Bain 027 253 1137, 03 489 7317 or mcrepairs@xtra.co.nz

Workshop: C/o Hyslop Rural, 28 Bell Street, Outram ilhore@yahoo.co.nz

WAIPIATA COUNTRY HOTEL Owners Mark & Nikki Button welcome you

FRIDAY NIGHT $10 SPECIAL Sirloin steak and chips,

snapper and chips (both served with salad) and gourmet pizzas.

Call 444 9470

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MONDAYS Ceramics Club: Ranfurly Karate Club: Monday Night Memories:

TUESDAYS Pottery Group: Maniototo Ladies Golf: Uruuruwhenua:

WEDNESDAYS Catholic Women’s League: Artists Group: Line Dancing: Ranfurly Karate: Pilates: Maniototo Bridge: Country Show:

THURSDAYS Steady As You Go Classes: Rock Show:

FRIDAYS Catholic Women’s League: Indoor Bowls: Ranfurly Playcentre:

SATURDAYS Maniototo Golf:

SUNDAYS Presbyterian Church: Naseby Golf: Catholic Church:

10am at the Art Centre. Contact Eileen 444 9880, Julia 444 9971 or Lyn 444 8229 6-8pm for beginners & lower grades, Maniototo Arts Centre. $1pp – call 444 9831 Burn 729am 7-9pm, 444 9729

Arts Centre, Reade Street, Ranfurly. Contact Denise 444 9985 Maniototo Golf Club 10.30am, tee off 11am. Contact Belinda 444 9185 Smoking cessation 10.30am—2.30pm and from 6.30pm - Ranfurly Plunket Rooms.

Op Shop. Open 10.30am - 4.30pm. Contact Francie on 444 9243 1pm, Arts Centre, Reade Street, Ranfurly. Contact Norma 444 7076 4pm, Arts Centre. Contact Joan 444 9612 Graded Members, Arts Centre 6-8pm. $1pp. Call 444 9831 6-7pm, $3 per session at Maniototo Community Library 7pm Wallace Memorial Rooms. New members very welcome. Call Ang on 444 9231 Burn 729am 6-8pm. 444 9729

10-10.30am at Ranfurly St John Ambulance Rooms. Call Joan 444 9164, Karen 444 9814 or Maureen 444 9493 Burn 729am. 6pm - 8pm. 444 9729

Op Shop. Open 10.30am– 4.30pm. All welcome. Contact Francie on 444 9243 1.30pm at Ranfurly Bowling Club. All welcome. 9.30am-12noon. Call Anna Jeffries on 0274628001

Tee off 12.45pm. Contact Wayne for details on 444 9491

10am Family Church Service at Ranfurly Club Competition. Tee off 1pm. Contact Carol 444 9949 or Syd 444 9604 5pm Mass, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Stuart Road, Ranfurly

The Burn Budget Your community calendar + a few extras!

10 Pery Street, Ranfurly. 444 9729 burn729am@scorch.co.nz

Maniototo Spinners 2nd and 4th Monday 10am – 3pm Tracey 027 654 1977 or Karen 444 9814 Plunket Playgroup 1st Monday 10am-12noon Heather 444 8353 Business Breakfast 3rd Wednesday 8am - 9am Amie 444 9993 Garden Club 1st Thursday 7.30pm Sheryl 444 9776 St Hilda's Anglican Church 1st Sunday 10.30am St Hilda’s Church, Ranfurly

Please note some dates may alter over the school holidays

WHAT’S ON BURN AND WHEN Becker's Transport Road Reports, Cancellations & Water Notices - Top of the hour 6am - 10am

Helina’s Kitchen Birthday calls 7.50am weekdays/ 9.20am weekends

McLarens Machinery Buy, Sell and Swap 9.30am , 11.30am and 3.30pm weekdays

Vet Centre Community Notices 10.30am, 2.30pm and 5.30pm weekdays

Farming Show 12noon - 1pm weekdays

Monday Night Memories 7pm - 9pm Mondays

Groundworks Ltd Country Show 6pm - 8pm Wednesdays & 9am - 12 noon Sundays

Entire Plumbing Rock Show 6pm - 8pm Thursdays

Combined Churches Choices 8am - 9am Sundays

McLarens Sports Round Up 9.30am Sundays

The Hits Weekends 6pm Friday nights and after midday Saturday and Sunday

For all notices placed in Buy, Sell & Swap, Live and Community Notices for individuals or groups, a gold coin donation would be very much appreciated (other than community groups who already make an annual donation). Thank you.