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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 2 <strong>2018</strong> 7 News Charity box targeted • By Anan Zaki A SALVATION Army store in Hornby has had enough of people taking donated goods. Items from the store’s afterhours donation box have gone missing, or have ended up damaged, Salvation Army Community Ministries Hornby director Kevin Waugh said. Mr Waugh said the donation box is left open to fit a variety of goods that the store may receive and counts on people’s honesty. But good Samaritans often alerted the store. “People from the community have said to us that during afterhours they’ve seen stuff dropped off and then seeing another car come in and go through everything,” he said. Mr Waugh is disappointed that people have taken advantage of the box. “It is [disappointing that] some in our community has decided they would like to go through them. “Stuff disappears, worst case is they throw it all around and make it unusable,” Mr Waugh said. Common items that go missing are clothing, pots and furniture. Police suggested additional security but the store will take another approach. Mr Waugh is asking people to stop donating goods after-hours and phone the store instead. “If you’ve got donations and you want to give it to us, call us and we’ll make arrangements to pick it up if it’s after-hours,” Mr Waugh said. People have also been breaking into waste bins, creating a nuisance to the store, Mr Waugh said. “When we go to use it, it’s full of other people’s rubbish. So we lock it but people have been breaking into it.” The store has gone through seven padlocks this year, Mr Waugh said. He said the “annoyances” distracts the charity from it’s job, which is to help the community. MISSING: Salvation Army Community Ministries Hornby director Kevin Waugh is upset with people sealing donated items from outside their door. Mr Waugh believes the store’s location on the corner of Halswell Junction Rd and Columbia Ave may have contributed. “It’s an industrial area, it’s open, there’s all sorts of ways around the building nobody’s there to say: ‘Don’t do that’,” he said. The store has been at it’s current location since December last year. “We won’t relocate just because this is happening. I |guess it’s part of what happens at op-shops. “Anything that’s dropped off outside is always a temptation to take,” Mr Waugh said. •To drop off an item after-hours at Salvation Army Hornby South Family Store, phone 344 2530 Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk Resolving community board disputes costs ratepayers •From page 1 Riccarton Ward board member Catherine Chu did not elaborate on the nature of the sessions but said it was good for the board to acknowledge that they had differences. “We’re all there for the same purpose, which is to represent our community. We’ve got different views on how we execute that, and that’s a reason why we’re a board of nine people. “It’s difficult to do that efficiently and as effectively as possible if there are disputes. So it’s good that we acknowledged we had some problems,” Ms Chu said. She said the board is now much stronger together and the disputes are in the past. “I think the meetings have been run very effectively by Mike Mora and Helen Broughton as the deputy,” Ms Chu said. Another cause of disagreement last month, has now been resolved, Mr Mora said. There were disagreements within the board over whether Mr Mora should make a deputation on behalf of the board to city councillors about $70,000 being granted to KartSport Canterbury. Mr Mora said board members agreed to him | deputising for them, but he chose not to as he was confident of the outcome. The $70,000 to help the Halswell-based kart club move to McLeans Island was granted as he’d hoped on Thursday. Board members also met with Dr Edwards and head of community support, governance and partnerships John Filsell. 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