Western News: January 16, 2018
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WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 7<br />
Local<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
lost pets<br />
HOME NEEDED: Three-week-olds Arnold (above) and<br />
Andrea both need permanent homes.<br />
PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
Donations set alight<br />
•From page 1<br />
Said Mrs Turner: “Our<br />
function is to provide a building<br />
and services for the local<br />
community, and I mean there’s<br />
always been a real need for<br />
good quality clothing at very<br />
reasonable rates,” she said.<br />
Mrs Turner is thankful for<br />
the 28 volunteers who keep the<br />
centre running.<br />
“Our volunteers are mostly<br />
older ladies . . . We have several<br />
ladies who have been here since<br />
the community centre opened<br />
– something like 37 years,” she<br />
said.<br />
Mrs Turner has been the<br />
centre manager for three and<br />
a half years, and relishes the<br />
unpredictability of the work.<br />
“You never know who’s going<br />
to come through the doors . . .<br />
sometimes it’s as simple as needing<br />
directions, but then sometimes<br />
it’s ‘how about I make you<br />
a cup of coffee?’” she said.<br />
Mrs Turner said they once<br />
“decked out” an unemployed<br />
man in new clothes for a job<br />
HELPING OUT: Linda Turner (right) with Phylis Searles who<br />
has been volunteering at the centre for about 40 years.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
interview. He then insisted on<br />
giving them the $4 he had on<br />
him for the items, but the volunteers<br />
refused.<br />
Two weeks later the man went<br />
back into the shop and placed<br />
$10 on the counter. When asked<br />
what the money was for, he told<br />
them he got the job and was<br />
paying them back.<br />
Former students join CSO<br />
MUSICAL:<br />
Marijke<br />
Cooper and<br />
Gabriel Baird<br />
have landed<br />
spots in the<br />
Christchurch<br />
Symphony<br />
Orchestra’s<br />
<strong>2018</strong> internship<br />
programme.<br />
TWO FORMER Burnside<br />
High School students<br />
have landed this year’s<br />
Christchurch Symphony<br />
Orchestra internships.<br />
Marijke Cooper, who plays<br />
viola, and Gabriel Baird,<br />
bassoon, were chosen out of<br />
18 applicants from across the<br />
city.<br />
The internship, which is in<br />
its second year, will see the<br />
pair play two concerts with<br />
the full CSO and two lessons<br />
with mentors.<br />
Marijke will work under<br />
CSO principal viola, Serenity<br />
Thurlow, and Gabriel with<br />
CSO principal bassoon, Selena<br />
Orwin.<br />
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