Mamaku Messenger February Editor:- Lyn Fleet Next Deadline

2017 Email:- fleet-davidlyn@xtra.co.nz 22nd Feb.

2016

Another year is already underway, so looking forward to your input, with informa�on, photos, and community groups monthly info. Thanks for your help in 2016.

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CO-OPERATION

TEAMWORK

SADNESS

COMMITMENT.

Local info.

Editors Note. Welcome back to another year of Local news and info. I’m hoping this year to hear more news, jokes, poems, photos and info to share with the rest of us. I’m sure there are lots of interes�ng topics out there so just drop it in my mail box, or send it to me on line. Also let me know what you would like to see in the Messenger.

A lady goes to visit an elderly friend who has just had a baby. She offers her a cuppa tea. ‘Can I see the baby?” she asks, “Not just yet .” the elderly friend replies. A couple of cups of tea later she asks again. “Not yet,” replies her friend. A�er cha�ng for a while longer she asks again. “Can I see the baby now?” “Not yet?” replies the elderly lady. “Why not!” asks her visitor. “I have to wait un�l it cries, so I know where I put it.” replies the elderly lady.

DROP IN. February 21st will be our first drop in for 2017. For those who haven’t been to the drop in before it’s a get togeth-er for everyone, to enjoy a cuppa and a chat as well as enjoy cards, scrabble, chess, indoor bowls, if you are so incline. Also a cra�ers display by one of our locals. We have a swap or share table on which we bring along things to share with others, e.g books, produce, preserves, anything you have an abundance of. Also bring along something to share with everyone for morning tea if you have something in the biscuit �n, if not, just come along and share your company. EVERYONE WELCOME. 10.00am at Memorial Hall. This �me we are hoping to have a demonstra�ons of local ar�sts, painters, po�ers weavers etc. so if you are a closet or professional ar�st give me a ring and join in our friendly locals galley. Lyn 07-3325-728 Thanks.

Mamaku Garden Circle. Our meeting for this month will be on Monday 13th at 1.00 in the garden of Pat and Bruce Rut-ter, 22 Maire Street, Mamaku. New members are most welcome to our fairly informal meetings held on the second Monday of the month. For further information contact:-

Norreen Martin, secretary.

07-3325-719

ADULT KOROWAI. meets every Sunday at 1-4pm Memorial hall.

With Jean

Try making this for your garden this winter

Dear Lord, So far today I am doing all right. I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or self indulgent. I have not whined, complained , cursed or eaten any choco-late. I have charged nothing to my credit card……..but I am ge�ng out of bed in a minute, and I think I will really need your help then.

TOMATO PUREE. 2 kilograms ripe tomatoes 2 teaspoons salt. Place tomatoes in food processor and blend un�l forms a pulp. Place pulp and salt in saucepan and cook for 45 minutes. Pack into warmed jars, seal. Great for making relish, spaghe� sauce. and more.

SPICED TOMATOES PUREE. 2 kilos of ripe toma-toes, 1 onion, 6 black peppercorns, 2 cloves, pinch of nutmeg, 1 bay leaf, 2 teaspoons of salt. Chop tomatoes in food processor to make pulp, finely chop onion, Tie spices in muslin bag; Place toma-toes, onion and spice bag in saucepan. Cook for 45 minutes, Discard spice bag. Pack puree in heated preserving jars and seal.

With all the tomatoes around now’s the �me to save for use later in the winter.

A belated Happy New Year, and with such an exaspera�ng sea-son we are experiencing with the weather, I hope everyone has had a good break and are star�ng to reap and enjoy the rewards from the garden. However, as gardeners we know

that we need to plan ahead and that it is �me to start ge�ng organised for our winter vegy garden. We can sow seeds for beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauli, cress, le�uce, silver beet and radish. Our parsnips, swedes and carrots should all be coming along nicely by now.

In the herb garden, we can s�ll plant out seedlings of parsley, coriander and basil, these are all day herbs. These plants no�ce the long days of summer ge�ng shorter and respond with leaf growth, instead of go-ing to seed. Take cu�ngs of cooking favourites, rose-mary, bay and hyssop and cut back marjoram/oregano for a second flush of growth. If your having trouble with powdery mildew on any of your plants, you could try the organic solu�on given by the Bio-logical Husbandry Unit of Lincoln University—pull out 15mgms of dock root (the plant must be 2 years old or more) puree, then steep in a cup of water for 1 hour. Strain add to 1 litre of water and spray 1-2 �mes a week.

In our flower gardens we can sow alyssum, aquilegia, calendula, delphinium, foxglove, Iceland poppy, stock, viola and wallflowers, so they are established before the onslaught of winter.

Next month, we should have the results of 2 garden experiments being carried out. One from Lisa, who has grown a variety of short season strawberries to see which has given the best results for Mamaku and the other from Sheryl, who is trying out some organic spraying.

Remember take �me out to enjoy your garden, dream a li�le and perhaps make plans of what could be next year.

Code cracker.

SUDOKU

Which two are the same?

Penks commercial Hotel.

Mamaku c 1923

19th June, 1925

Past papers

Farmer Dan got into his Toyota 4-by-4 and drove to the neigh-bouring farm and knocked at the door. A young boy, Eddie aged about 10 opened the door. “Is yer Dad home? Dan demanded. “No sir, he ain’t” Eddie replied . “He went into town.” “Well then,” inquired Dan, “Is yer Mom here?” “No she ain’t here either. She went into town with Dad.” “How about yer brother is he here?” “He went with Mom and Dad.” explained Eddie pa�ently. Farmer Dan stood there a few seconds, shi�ing from one food to the other and mu�ering to himself. “Is there anything I can do fer ya?” Eddie asked politely. “I know where all the tools are, if you want to borrow one. Or maybe I could take a mes-sage fer Dad.” “Well, it’s difficult.” answered Dan uncomfortably, “I really wanted to talk to yer Dad. It’s about your brother ge�ng my daughter pregnant.” Eddie considered for a moment. “You would have to talk to Pa about that,” he finally conceded. “If it helps you any, I know that Pa charges $600 for the bull and $60 for the hog, but I really don’t know how much he gets for Howard.

Grass roots with Eric

The summer that wasn't. This has to be one of the coldest summers that I can re-call. This follows a very wet winter & spring which re-sulted in a lot of pastures being badly pugged. Some winter crops I have seen are looking a li�le average for this �me of year, just need the heat factor. From a Con-tractors point of view a lot of silage & hay crops are down about 30% on normal. Dairy produc�on is down a li�le bit with the changeable weather, some farmers I talked to have said they are down at least 10%. At least the pay out li� has brought a bit of op�mism for the cur-rent season. From a personal point of view our work is progressing well but is very much a stop start affair with the wet days we are ge�ng we would be about 2 weeks work ahead with bookings coming in all the �me.

What’s on in Feb.

Adult Korowai 5,12, 19, 26 Every Sundays 1-4pm Memorial Hall. Mon. 13th Garden Circle Mee�ng 1pm @ 22 Maire St. Mamaku. Wed. 15th Mamaku Residents Associa�on Mee�ng 7 pm Memo-rial Hall. Tue. 21st Drop In. 10am Memorial Hall.

If you have something you want to include in this column

Phone Lyn 073325728

It’s free to put things in the Mes-senger

puzzle answers.

Code cracker:-

A=15,B=14,C=6,D=13.E=21,F=18,G=23,H=4,I=2,K=19,L=8,M=12,N=9,0=5,P=7,Q=

17,R=10,S=3,T=1,U=20,V=22,W=24,X=16,Y=11.

which is the same:- Nos. 5 and 10.

Bamboozable:- 1. Standing Ova�on. 2. Tally ho. 3.

Blockhead, 4 Shadow of a doubt. 5. We drove right by

it. 6. Tip toe through the tulips.

Gardeners world:- picture 1 missing heel of boot pic-ture 4 missing a knot in the wood. picture 9 missing a potato. picture 12 missing a brick, le� of ladder. pic-ture 2 has a patch on the knee. picture 6 has a label on the bag.

Jan Mischewski Born in 1946 in Rotorua Hospital I have lived in Mamaku my en�re live with only a 12 month break when I was first married in 1969. Educated at Mamaku Primary school, St Michaels Convent school and Rotorua Boys High School. During my school years I played rugby for Mamaku School, and later was involved with the Youth group, Tennis and badminton. I started work in 1964 with NZ Post Office in the Engineering Division as a trainee linesman, construc�on and maintenance branch (Telecom) progressed through promo�on to Manager Retail Rotorua and finally a�er 30 years made redundant as Engineering Assistant Major works network Design and Build. Ge�ng married in 1969 soon saw the arrival of our 3 children, while building our family home on Maraeroa Rd. The next automa�c step was being involved with the Playcentre, School Commi�ee, Keep Mamaku Beau-�ful, ratepayers and hall custodian. Pu�ng your shoulder to the plough, cu�ng firewood as fundraisers for the school, swinging a hammer or whatever was required when building the extension to the Mamaku Hall and helping build the Mamaku School Hall, replan�ng the Main street, was all part of being part of the Mamaku village. (It’s what you did.) For several months a�er being made redundant I worked on several local farms doing odd jobs and milk-ings. Later to join Mamaku sawmilling Co. Ltd as their sawmill cleaner/Night watchman (security) The third genera�on of my family to work at this site. My Grandfather started work as yard foreman in 1915, years later my dad as millwright when it was owned by NZ Railways. A�er 7 years of night shi� I decided to become semi re�red. For the next 13 years I was contracted to Mamaku sawmill as their ‘GO FOR’ (pick and delivery service) also doing the great propor�on of their maintenance in both Mamaku and Ngongotaha. Re�ring in 2013 due to ill health. I have no regrets about living in Mamaku and bringing up my family here. Being fully re�red now I enjoy most the company of my second wife and our blended families, their large garden and fishing when I get the chance. I try hard to treat others as I would have others treat me and my own and the wanton destruc�on of parts of our village by a few who have li�le or no regard for the hard work and �me put in by the caring people, past and present annoys the hell out of me. We don’t need them

Q. What goes up and down but does not move?

A. Stairs.

Q. What did the paper say to the pencil?

A. Write on.

Q. Why do dragons sleep all day?

A. So they can fight knights.

Q. What’s the difference between a newspaper and a TV?

A. Ever try swo�ng a fly with the TV.

Q. Why did Billy go out with a prune?

A. Because he couldn’t find a date.

Welcome back to school for the start of another year.

This �me almost 35 years ago these three boys started their 1st day at Mamaku School.– Elrick triplets.

Join the dots from 1—57