Waitati School

Waitati School PTA would like to thank everyone who contributed to the
successful Waitati School Fireworks Night on Sunday 19 September. It
was a fantastic night, well supported by  parents, families and the
community.
We would like to thank our sponsors: the Lotteries Commission,
Waikouaiti Coast Community Board, Southern Clams, Dunedin City Council
and Cargill's Contracting.
Thank you also to the families and businesses who donated items for
our auction: Garden's Vet/Pet Planet, Southern Honda, Orokonui
Ecosanctuary, Karitane Kayaks, Jenna Packer, Karan Snow, Garden's New
World, Arden House Bed and Breakfast, Sammy's Big-Ups, Fortune
Theatre, Liz Abbot, Fleur's Place, Blueskin Mowers and Taste Nature.
We plan on having it again at the same time next year.

Blueskin Library

By Louise Booth

Blueskin Library is constantly restocking its shelves with all the
latest books, but if you can't find what you want on the day, you can
order it in from any of the other libraries in our network, by placing
a 'Hold' in the Library Catalogue. Holding an item only costs $1 and
we will let you know when your order has arrived.
If you already use our Holds Service regularly, you will be pleased to
know you can now purchase a pack of Holds vouchers and save money.
When you buy a pack of six vouchers, you get two free. At a cost of $4
per gift pack, that's a real bargain - saving you a third off the
normal hold fee, every time you redeem a voucher!

WAITATI VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE

By Deanne Burrell

Spring is finally here and luckily the winter driving conditions have
not caused any major accidents around our community. It has also been
a quiet few months in regards to fire call-outs so well done to the
Blueskin Bay community for keeping safe.
Members of the brigade have recently enjoyed getting out and about in
the community with visits to Warrington School and the local
playcentre. We also attended Waitati School's Fireworks night,
lighting the bonfire and monitoring its safety. Congratulations to the
school on an enjoyable evening with a magnificent fireworks display as
the grand finale.
On Saturday 21 August 2010 our Annual General Meeting and Honours
Night was held at the fire station. A great night was had by all who
attended and honours awards were presented to the following members
and past members:
3 Year Certificate: Richard Templeton, Brent Bell, Paul Dennison,
Chris Felip Alves and Bruce Moderich
5 Year Medal: Brett Fairweather
7 Years Service: Jeff Burrow
9 Years Service: Aaron White
17 Years Service: Dave Hardisty and Lindsay Scott
Gold Bar: Allan Cameron
Other awards presented on the night were:
Piston Broke Trophy: (biggest oopsy award) Jeff Burrow
Best Attendance: Keith Templeton
Fire Fighter of the Year: Deanne Burrell
Congratulations also to Richard Templeton who was promoted from senior
fire-fighter to station officer.
Over the last few months the following four members have successfully
completed their seven-day recruits course.  Congratulations Sharon
Brogan, Will Shaw, Bill Berends and Seraya Figgins.
Just a reminder that Restricted Season is currently in force.
Restricted season means no fire may be lit in the open air without a
permit.
Did you replace your smoke alarm batteries at Day Light Saving? Smoke
alarms save lives. Are yours working?
Once again thank you to everyone for their efforts in keeping our
community safe.

Blueskin Playcentre (column)

By Mikaela Wilson

Blueskin Playcentre has had a wonderful time during the last few
weeks. Parents have been creating beautiful bug masks with their
children at Waitati school. The children walked together in a
choreographed procession with the Waitati school kids during the very
successful recent Fireworks night. Parents organised the noddy
train, a horizontal bungy cord to challenge children of all age groups
and a small book stall. Thanks to Waitati School for a beautiful
family friendly event.
What has been so fantastic is seeing the parents at Playcentre get
involved with their children's learning. Parents and educators have
been learning stories and noticing what interests our children. Ishtar
and Belynda have been enthusiastic and
supportive of the families they are working with.Thank you for your
dedication and support this term.
The other day as we sat around the kai table before sharing a healthy
morning tea and saying our karakia the adults started singing head
shoulders knees and toes. Eventually we all practised singing heads,
shoulders, knees and toes in English, Maori, Danish and French!
Playcentre really encourages families to share their cultural identity
through song, play, stories and dress-ups. There has been talk of this
for a topic next term. We have families from Australia, Denmark, New
Zealand, California and Papua New Guinea.
The children and adults have very much enjoyed Hinerata's visits. She
has been encouraging us to use Te Reo in our centre. We will miss her
next term and hope she we will visit us from time to time.
Not only have we been learning spoken languages but we have also been
learning sign language. This has been great for all the children.
Ishtar has made a big effort at sharing time to teach our children to
sign. It is incredible how quickly young children learn.
We have all agreed as a centre that we would like to move to a site at
Waitati School. This is now in process. We feel that this will work
very well for our children's transition to school and also create a
learning hub within our community. We appreciate and have enjoyed the
building at Orokonui. We will be there until the plans are finalised
and we have raised enough money to make the move. Thank you to
Russell and his family for having us there.
The AGM for Playcentre is 5 October, 7:30pm at France's place. If you
are interested in the Playcentre way, learning together, please feel
free to drop in any time. We are open Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9.30am to 12pm.
We love getting to know other families and children in our community.

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Warrington Taekwondo (column)

By Meaghan Kelly

Last month Warrington Taekwondo lost a much loved and valued member.
Tracy Kyle died of cancer in early September after battling the
disease for over a year.
She was a member of Warrington Taekwondo for around 10 years, along
with her son, Nick, and her daughter, Josie.
Tracy achieved her black belt in 2007 and was a fantastic instructor
and mentor. She took on all challenges with sheer determination, a
brilliant sense of humour and a grin. We will miss her courage,
integrity, courtesy, respect and indominitable spirit so much.
Warrington Taekwondo trains on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7.30pm at
Warrington Memorial Hall. First month of training is free. Come along
and talk to us!

Blueskin Bayleaf

Vanilla and Salt

Ever created some thing so luscious and delicious, and easily that you
want to cry out and scream? Well, add this to your list of can do's …
so simple you can whip it up just before bed, as a sweet treat for any
social occasion or even in a TV ad break!

Serves 2

25g butter
2 T golden syrup

Place in small saucepan and melt. Bring to a high boil.
Add good pinch of rock salt.
Turn heat down and gentle boil for 1 minute.
Add 1 teaspoon pure vanilla paste. Turn off heat.
Pour over Deep South vanilla ice cream and serve immediately.
Sauce should become a bit chewy. Garnish with sliced bananas.

Note: Deep South is wonderful ice cream. It has beautiful consistency
and flavour, and luckily is available at the Waitati Store. Apparently
they use carrageen (a product derived from kelp) as its anti-freezing
agent. Kai Pai! No wonder they keep winning the best ice cream awards.

Waitati Open Orchards

By Jason Ross

Waitati Open Orchards is a group of folk on a mission to plant fruit
trees in public spaces around Waitati for all to enjoy. Email
waitatiopenorchard@gmail to join our mailing list.
Back at the end of August we had a great afternoon of grafting at
Bland Park. Thirty people came, many locals and keen grafters from as
far as Palmerston, Broad Bay and Balclutha!
The whip and tongue method of grafting was demonstrated for both
grafting cuttings onto rootstock and for grafting new varieties onto
existing trees. A useful skill to acquire if you have  fruit trees in
your backyard that aren't doing well, be it that they don't suit our
climate or are not pest and disease resistant.
You can then cut their main limbs down to knee height and graft on a
variety that will do well. Or, in a small garden why not graft a few
different varieties onto the one tree so you can have fruit that
ripens at different times or fruit that has different uses.
For those who took grafted trees home and planted them, keep them
watered (if it ever gets dry) and well fed with compost or liquid
fertiliser to encourage growth. Pinch off any growth from the
rootstock and protect the graft from knocks.
October will see the WOO group checking over the trees we have planted
and getting a few more trees planted.

Jason Ross, 4822625, waitatiopenorchard@gmail.com

Short, sharp vegie growing workshops

By Jenny Haydon

From Saturday October 16, the Waitati Edible Gardeners will be running
a series of short, sharp workshops on the specifics of vegetable
growing, at Waitati School.
Each workshop will be on a single topic, and will cover such groupings
as root crops, salad crops, courgettes and pumpkins etc.
Come along between 2.30pm and 3pm, get the info, see how to do it,
then go home and try it for yourself. Come back next time and repeat
the process with a different vege family.
There'll be a chance to discuss problems and learn maintenance tips,
among other aspects of successful growing.
Please RSVP to Helen at Waitati School.

Jenny Haydon, Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust, 482 1409

Daffodil Day

By David Sumpter

We are grateful to the residents of blueskin bay and to the helpers
who manned the stall as well as those who supplied baking for the
annual Daffodil Day appeal. An especial thanks to those who helped
bunch up the daffodils.This year the stall raised $711.20 and the
cancer Society was extremely grateful for your continued support.
The winners of the raffle were: Louise Booth, basket of goodies and J
Constable, plant. Thanks again for your help.

Restorer seeks Ford fire engine history

Photo caption: The old, red Waitati fire engine awaits restoration in
a farm shed.

Restorer seeks Ford fire engine history

by the editors

Military memorabilia collector Roger Wilkinson has recently purchased
an old Waitati fire engine, and is looking for some history of the
vehicle.

The red Ford truck has signwriting 'Blueskin VFU, Waitati' on the
door, and has an ex-military appearance.

Roger is looking to restore the appliance to roadworthy condition, and
would be grateful for any history on the appliance, including photos.

* Roger Wilkinson: roger_wilkinson @ xtra.co.nz

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From blueskin.co.nz and 'Blueskin News' published by Blueskin Media:
voluntary/non-profit community publishers in Blueskin Bay (Seacliff,
Warrington, Evansdale, Waitati, Doctors Point), Dunedin, New Zealand.
All material sent to or published by us is "copyleft" in the public
domain and may be freely shared, archived, re-edited and republished.
If you want to credit the source it's "blueskin.co.nz".