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4 Tuesday June 19 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi PEGASUS POST News Plans to rebuild yacht club revealed • By Georgia O’Connor-Harding PLANS FOR the long-awaited rebuild of the Pleasant Point Yacht Club have been revealed. A new club house, toilets, changing rooms, start box, committee room and general storage area will be included in the buildings. Two relocatable classrooms the club purchased from Canterbury University will be converted into the facilities. It is estimated to cost about $600,000 which the club has been fundraising for since 2012. A new boat shed is also in the plan, but the club is prioritising the other two buildings and will reassess how much additional money may need to be raised in the future. The club has been without proper facilities for more than seven years after its old building at Rat Island was destroyed in the earthquakes. In the interim, it has been using five shipping containers as makeshift facilities at South New Brighton Park. Club commodore Alastair Burgess said once the buildings are completed it will be a far BRIGHT FUTURE: Plans showing what the rebuilt Pleasant Point Yacht Club will look like have been revealed. more attractive proposition for the public than going to a yacht club “living out of a couple of containers”. The classrooms are due to arrive at South New Brighton Park at the end of August after the foundations have been laid. Sewerage, power and water services have been installed and are ready to be connected to the classrooms when they arrive. Yacht club committee member Dan O’Sullivan said it will be a luxury to have electricity after going without for so long. The road to the club’s rebuild has been a long one, with its temporary facilities targeted by a suspected arson attack in 2016. The club’s shipping containers have also had several Dan O’Sullivan break-ins, with the most recent on May 29. Mr O’Sullivan said the locks were alarmed and nothing was taken, but a pair of bolt cutters were left behind. He said while the club has “beefed-up” its security, it would like members of the public to keep an eye out for suspicious activity. •HAVE YOUR SAY: What do you think of the Pleasant Point Yacht Club’s rebuild plans at South New Brighton Park? Email your views to georgia.oconnor@starmedia. kiwi Volunteers earn awards PROVIDING MUCH needed services to the community has led to several residents and organisations being recognised for their volunteer work in the eastern suburbs. They were presented at the Volunteer Canterbury volunteer recognition awards last night. Avebury House Community Trust’s Andrea Grieve, of Richmond; the Linwood Avenue Corner Trust; Shirley Community Trust’s Lynley Teague; The Champion Centre’s Margaret Giertz, of Burwood; and the Delta Community Support Trust’s van driving team in Richmond were recognised. The recipients were nominated for the awards by a range of community not-for-profit organisations. A founding member in 2002, Ms Grieve’s commitment to Avebury House Community Trust remains. She is involved with a comprehensive stock-take and cataloguing of the contents of Avebury House’s history room, ensuring the community of Richmond’s past is preserved for future generations. The Delta Community Support Trust van driving team was recognised for ensuring rescued food and bread is picked up, veggie packs are delivered around the city, and the vehicles are always ready to go. The Linwood Avenue Corner Trust was described as developing a “philosophy based on the privilege of service”. It provides free programmes to improve health and provide companionship for the lonely, isolated and vulnerable. Mrs Teague has been volunteering at the Nail Care Clinic which is a meeting place for older people and those with disabilities. Mrs Giertz volunteers her time to care for pre-school siblings of children who attend early intervention sessions at The Champion Centre. She was described in her nomination as providing “many hours of enjoyment”. The awards are held annually as part of National Volunteer Week. Bright new banners for Marian Brightly coloured new banners can now be found at Marian College. They include Maori kowhaiwhai and mamanu Samoa versions of the Marian College logo. They were designed by former student Naisina Lui, who is studying to become a flight attendant. The signs were made by Simply Signs and funded by the Marian Foundation. Poto WILLIAMS MP for Christchurch East For information and advice: P 03 382 0288 E poto.williams.mp@parliament.govt.nz Electorate office: 133 Brighton Mall PO Box 18898 New Brighton 8641 Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:30 - 3:00pm Winters Here! Warm up and call your local Heat pump specialist for a free quote. Authorised by Poto Williams, Parliament Buildings, Wellington Call now on: 021 0284 5009 | www.southerncomfort.net.nz
PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday June 19 2018 5 News LOGGING ON: Station Officer Tony West inside the control room of the new Anzac Fire Station. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER New fire station for crew and volunteers •From page 1 The New Brighton Volunteer Brigade continued to operate out of their original premises on Hawke St. “We have been sharing a site, not necessarily a building and now we have all come together as one sharing the same building,” Mr O’Brien said. He said in a major event the station is built to be self - -contained with on site water and back up power generation to ensure it can continue functioning. “I can’t speak highly enough of the building, just the lift it is going to give the people who work on the station.” A public open day for the new station, built by Cook Brothers Construction, is planned in the next few weeks. The station will house two fire engine pumps, two support vehicles to act as “troop carriers” and a four -wheel-drive rural unit “smoke chaser” designed to get to inaccessible areas. The building itself has LED lighting with kitchen facilities and a social area. Mr O’Brien said it has got nice comfortable facilities that are easy to keep clean and is more power efficient than the old stations. He said it was important the New Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade , which has been running since 1908, retained its identity even though it has now moved to Wainoni. Mr O’Brien wanted to assure New Brighton residents it will still have a fire station and the same level of service. “It is just we are responding from a different place.” •HAVE YOUR SAY: What do you think of the new Anzac Fire Station? Email your views to georgia.oconnor@ starmedia.kiwi MORE THAN 500 people calling for safety improvements at a “dangerous” pedestrian crossing on Stanmore Rd could now lose it all together. The city council has recommended the crossing be removed after determining it is “not the correct type of facility” for the location. But city council transport operations manager Steffan Thomas said there are no firm proposals to remove the zebra crossing. It comes as more than 500 signatures collected by Richmond resident Gillian Sheard was presented to the city council infrastructure, transport and environment committee on Wednesday. Ms Sheard was lobbying for the pedestrian crossing to either be raised or have traffic lights placed at the Stanmore Rd/ Avalon St corner. She also wanted the speed on Stanmore Rd reduced from 50km/h to 30km/h. However, a city council report said changes to the crossing do not rank highly against competing priorities for limited funds. It said council staff have investigated safety concerns and the volume of pedestrians observed is “well below the required warrant to install a new zebra crossing.” Staff surveyed people using the zebra crossing in August with the highest observed usage being 14 pedestrians per hour. The owner of Stanmore Rd’s The Sideline Sports Bar, Nikki Bradley, accused the city council of trying to find a cheap way to solve the problem. It is “absolutely ridiculous,” she said. “The first death will be on their hands . . . people are still going to have to cross that road and if there is not going to be a crossing at all there is going to be accidents galore,” she said. Miss Bradley said you don’t solve a problem by “wiping it out” and the recommendation makes her “quite angry.” She said near misses happen “basically every day.” But Richmond Residents and Business Association chairwoman Hayley Guglietta said the petition has had the opposite affect. She said it will annoy a lot of people including herself if the crossing is taken away because she lives close by and it will be an “inconvenience.” HORNCASTLE ARENA June 29 - July 1 10AM - 5PM TICKETS ONLINE: starhomeshow.kiwi Stanmore Rd pedestrian crossing could be removed • By Georgia O’Connor-Harding REMOVAL: The city council has recommended removing a pedestrian crossing on Stanmore Rd in spite of more than 500 people signing a petition for it to receive safety improvements. PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER Her view was backed by resident Jennifer Dalziel who said she is against them taking away the crossing. She said the petition has forced the city council to do something which has led to them getting rid of it. “(Ms Sheard) has forced them to do something and what they have decided to do is get rid of it,” Ms Dalziel said. •HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you agree with the city council’s recommendation to remove the Stanmore Rd pedestrian crossing? Email your views to georgia.oconnor@ starmedia.kiwi $10 PIE, MASH, PEAS AND GRAVY STEAK & MURPHY'S MOROCCAN LAMB PORK AND APPLE CHEESE & SPINACH 03 260 0325 - Cnr of Worcester St & Stanmore Road
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