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16 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
NEWS<br />
New JPs sworn in<br />
at court ceremony<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Justices of the<br />
Peace have welcomed new<br />
JPs Kevin Clifford and James<br />
Anderson to their ranks.<br />
Mr Clifford, general<br />
manager for Safer Mid<br />
Canterbury,and Mr<br />
Anderson, afarmer at<br />
Lyndhurst,were sworninto<br />
theirnew rolesby<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Court Judge Quentin<br />
Hix.<br />
JPsare called on to witness<br />
signatures andadminister<br />
official documents.<br />
Mr Clifford has spentthe<br />
past 15 years at the helm of<br />
Safer MidCanterbury and<br />
worked before that in the<br />
nonprofitsector. He grew<br />
up on afarm at Mitcham<br />
before leaving for school<br />
and travel; he completed<br />
degrees in philosophy and<br />
political sciencewhen he<br />
returnedhome for<br />
university.<br />
He spentanumber of<br />
years with the Red Cross,<br />
recruiting andtraining<br />
volunteers in emergency<br />
rescue and alsoanumberof<br />
years with Search and<br />
Rescue,the Westportfire<br />
brigade and as an outdoor<br />
instructor with the<br />
Mountain Safety Council.<br />
He has alsospent many<br />
years on awide range of nonprofit<br />
governance boards<br />
and currentlyholds five<br />
trusteeships locally.<br />
Outside work, he is an avid<br />
outdoor enthusiast and<br />
enjoys time with the family<br />
camping, tramping and<br />
exploring. He enjoys<br />
hunting and is acompetitive<br />
clay target shooter and a<br />
member of the Mead Te<br />
Pirita ClayTarget Club.<br />
Mr Andersonand his wife<br />
Jan farm an intensive mixed<br />
cropping property at<br />
New Justices of the Peace Kevin Clifford (left) and James<br />
Anderson sweartheir oath of allegiance and office on the<br />
Bible.<br />
PHOTOSUPPLIED<br />
Lyndhurst where<br />
generations of the Anderson<br />
familyhave lived for the past<br />
century.Their sonAngus<br />
hopestobethe next.<br />
Mr Anderson completed a<br />
bachelor of commerce at<br />
Lincoln and workedfor<br />
Brophy Knight before<br />
leavingaccountancy in <strong>20</strong>01<br />
to farm fulltime. He has had<br />
leadership roles in the<br />
YoungFarmers and<br />
MethvenA&P Association<br />
and has beeninvolvedwith<br />
Methvensporting groups.<br />
Another community<br />
project, which he shared<br />
with his late father Doug, is<br />
the development of the<br />
Lyndhurst Reserve. The<br />
reserve was established<br />
when the local community<br />
banded together to buy and<br />
develop the former<br />
Lyndhurst school site.The<br />
reserve operates today as a<br />
community facility with<br />
heated pool, playgroundand<br />
tennis courts. It is also home<br />
to the Lyndhurstwater<br />
scheme, whichsupplies<br />
domestic and stockwater to<br />
the surrounding community.<br />
What areyou hopingfor?<br />
BY REV HEATHER KENNEDY<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Methodist Parish<br />
CHRISTIAN COMMENT<br />
Many of us have hopes and<br />
desires that go unfulfilled.<br />
Some of us hope the<br />
Crusaders will win Super<br />
Rugby every year, some of us<br />
hope to win millions on<br />
Lotto, some of us hope to be<br />
cured from aterminal illness<br />
and some of us hope to live<br />
forever.<br />
Some of us however, are a<br />
bit more realistic; we hope to<br />
stay well, if possible, we hope<br />
to have loved ones around us<br />
who care for us, we hope to<br />
enjoy each and every day and<br />
share time with friends.<br />
Currently though, many of<br />
us are probably hoping for a<br />
return to normality, that we<br />
now have as adim memory;<br />
of times prior to Covid19<br />
restrictions.<br />
We hope to get back to the<br />
sports, clubs and activities<br />
we enjoyed beforethis<br />
pandemic reared its ugly<br />
head. We hope that one day<br />
we will be able to travel<br />
overseas again, we hope that<br />
loved ones overseas will be<br />
able to travel to New Zealand<br />
again and we hope that noone<br />
else will die slowly and<br />
painfully from this disease,<br />
or others like it.<br />
We hope the government<br />
has got it right, in the<br />
measures been taken. We<br />
hope that all the things we<br />
are doing, like contact<br />
tracing, hand sanitising and<br />
social distancing are worth<br />
all the effort. We hope that<br />
the team of five million will<br />
work together and achieve<br />
the outcome we all hope for.<br />
Is that what you are hoping<br />
for?<br />
When theearthquakes<br />
struck in September <strong>20</strong>10, the<br />
Methodist Church buildingin<br />
Baring Square was damaged<br />
and could not be used for<br />
church services or<br />
community events.<br />
Members of the parish<br />
hoped the repairs would be<br />
done quicklyand activities<br />
could return to normal.<br />
However, that was not the<br />
case.<br />
So, when the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Methodist Parish,<br />
ceremonially handed over<br />
the church keys, to the<br />
contractors on Sunday<br />
<strong>August</strong> 16 and the first sod<br />
was turned, the hopes and<br />
dreams of the parish<br />
members, are about to be<br />
fulfilled. Through their faith<br />
and love for each other, their<br />
hopedfor strengthening,<br />
restoring and addition to<br />
their home church building,<br />
sees all their planning being<br />
rewarded.<br />
Some of our hopes are<br />
unrealistic, some are<br />
genuine, some through faith<br />
and love can be achieved. We<br />
hope the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
community and Baring<br />
Square will benefit from the<br />
endeavours of the Methodist<br />
church, for along time into<br />
the future.<br />
The Apostle Paul, wrote<br />
these encouraging words to<br />
the people of the early<br />
church in Corinth these<br />
three things remain: faith,<br />
hope and love; and the<br />
greatest of these is love (1<br />
Corinthians 13: 13).