Southern View: January 24, 2017

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8 Tuesday January 24 2017 News Locked toilets cause a stink for community board member • By Caitlin Miles A COMMUNITY board member says locking the public toilets in Linwood Park because of constant vandalism and graffiti is a waste of resources. The city council has closed the facility, and will only unlock it for sporting events. Linwood- Central-Heathcote Community Board member Alexandra Davids (above) said she thinks closing the toilets is a “waste of money and resources,” as the majority of visitors to the park cannot use them. The toilet block is located close to the playground at the Bonar Pl entrance to the park. The nearest alternative pubic toilets are across the park at Eastgate Shopping Centre on the corner of Linwood Ave and Buckleys Rd. City council acting head of parks Brent Smith said quick removal was the best way to deter taggers along with graffitiresistant paint. “Unfortunately, taggers at Linwood Park have not been LOCKED OUT: The toilets in Linwood Park have been locked due to continued vandalism and graffiti. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN deterred and, therefore, we have had to close the toilet to the public,” Mr Smith said. Last year, there were 185 reports of vandalism to the toilet block and, in 2013, $7100 was spent on paint to cover graffiti and repaint the building. However, Ms Davids felt that the local school or artists could paint a mural on the toilet block to help deter vandalism. “Getting local artists or local kids involved would be great to deter people from ruining it,” she said. FLAME FILES Don’t make arson easy • By Mark Thomas – Fire Risk Management Officer WE’RE IN a new year and the same old incidents keep on occurring. By this I mean kitchen fires and arsons. An unattended cooking fire in Sockburn this week raised an interesting dilemma for landlords. Most know that there is a new building law requirement that landlords provide smoke detectors in their properties. In the case referred to, there weren’t any smoke alarms in a rental where the tenant went off to work forgetting about food cooking on the stove. Smoke was seen and Fire Service troops attended. There wasn’t too much of a mess and our crew made sure there was a brand new 10-year smoke detector installed (free of charge by the way) before the occupant went back in. But what would be the result if the tenant had gone to bed after cooking rather than leaving for work? What if then the worst happened? How would the law treat the landlord? It’s a good enough reason to make sure an alarm is there and that the installation is SOUTHERN VIEW PHOTO: ANDREW KING recorded. Then it’s the tenant’s responsibility if the alarm is removed. Otherwise landlords, you could be in the gun! An arson fire in Addington on Wednesday morning was lit in cardboard stored under a canopy in the rear yard. Most of the damage was cosmetic but some light fittings and air conditioning units were destroyed. It probably wouldn’t have happened if combustibles hadn’t been available. Please make sure your skips, bins and cardboard cages are locked and away from your building. Don’t make it easy! Selwyn Village Healthcare 314 Selwyn Street, Spreydon, Christchurch. www.selwynstreetmc.co.nz Ph: 366 8970 We are thrilled to advise 2 new GPs have joined our family friendly Medical Centre. We welcome Dr Johanna Joblin and Dr Isobel Light to our professional team of GPs, Nurses and Receptionists. Our Medical Centre is conveniently located adjacent to a Pharmacy, Physiotherapist and Southern Community Laboratory. We welcome new patients. Call us now to enrol. UNDER 13 FREE
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