Ashburton Courier: September 26, 2019

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Page 8, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 26 September 2019 Barkers awinner Barkers of Geraldine has won the producer/manufacturer category for medium/large enterprise at the Canterbury Westpac Champion Business Awards. The awards celebrated the best of Canterbury business. Barkers is celebrating its 50th birthday this year and is also afinalist in the 2019 New Zealand Food GREAT RATES PC Repairs, Set-up and Tutoring Icome to youday or evening! NewPCs and Laptops forsale •PCRepairs/Sales •Networks/Servers •Firewalls/Security •Spyware Clean-up •Training 20 YearsExperience Microso Cerfied Professional NETWORKS FIREWALLS AND PCS LTD Robin Johnstone 67 Aitken Street, Ashburton P: 03 308 1440 C: 027 768 4058 robinbj@xtra.co.nz Ashburton October 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 &23 Awards with its Wildberry sauce. Sixty products from 48 companies are finalists in 10 categories. The awards have celebrated New Zealand manufactured goods since 1987. Barkers has also opened an accommodation house in the former St Mary’s vicarage in Geraldine and a new food store and eatery. 2181083 2205293 Jobseekers get the good oil It’s all about attitude the right attitude. That was akey point for jobseekers at the first Ashburton Employment Exchange led by the Ashburton council with the Ministry of Social Development, Federated Farmers, The Somerset Grocer, Ashburton Contracting Ltd, Laser Electrical, Terrace View retirement village, the Department of Corrections, New Zealand Red Cross, the New Zealand Defence Force and New Zealand Immigration. The seminar was split, with sessions for jobseekers and employers, and achance for them to mingle over morning tea. The session was led by Hamish Riach, the chief executive officer of the Ashburton council, and former CEO of the Canterbury Crusaders. He said that in top rugby, attitude was vital. All players had good skills, but it was often attitude that led to selection. He said people could not control what happened to them, but they could control how they reacted to it. Mr Riach said that in Methven board members thanked Two Methven Community Board (MCB) members have been thanked for their input into local matters at the final board meeting of the current term. Hamish Gilpin has been aMCB member for the last 12 years, nine of those as deputy chair. MCB chairman Dan McLaughlin said MrGilpin had been a great person to bounce ideas off and a strong ‘‘rural voice’’. The effort he had put in over the years had been appreciated by the community, Mr McLaughlin said. Sarah Lock, who joined the MCB in December Sarah Mosley and Jim Henderson address the seminar. the Crusaders those who were picked, often, were those whose attitude showed through. He said a key was never giving up why so often games were won in injury time because players or teams did not give up and wanted a winning result. Sarah Mosley, council’s group manager of people and capability, and Jim Henderson, people and capability adviser, spoke about applications, CVs, cover letters and tips on how to ‘‘get a foot in the door’’. Candidates, they said, 2013, was also thanked for her work by former MCB chairman and current WesternWard councillor Liz McMillan. 2203189 were split into three groups ideal, probably and probably not. Of 1429 applications for 43 recent positions at the council, just nine were seen as ideal, in that they had done asimilar job for council before, or elsewhere. In one instance, there were 250 applications for one job. Most people were in the probably not category, but jobseekers could move from the ‘‘probably nots’’ to the ‘‘probably’’ list. That could be done by providing an accurate and succinct cover letter ‘‘You call a spade a spade and you have always offered a direct way to tackle things,’’ she said. HonAmy Adams MP forSelwyn Workinghardfor ourcommunities Check my websiteifyou would liketosign up formynewsletter andfor detailsofwhen Iwill be in your area: amyadams.co.nz Contactme 03 3440418 selwynoffice@parliament.govt.nz AuthorisedbyAmy Adams MP,829 Main SouthRoad, Templeton, Christchurch. they advised to always provide acover letter by putting in personal effort. That could be finding out as much as possible about the company and its work. ‘‘Attitude, that’s the key. It will get you in the door and hired,’’ Mr Henderson said. ‘‘Recruit for attitude, train for aptitude,’’ he said. Their tips were to always write acover letter, provide an accurate and succinct and easytoread CV. Ms Mosley said unless asked, applicants should Photo: Community Board members Sarah Lock and Hamish Gilpin, centre, with chairman Dan McLaughlin. not ask about money. Applicants should always be honest about gaps in work experience, and not include copies of certificates unless they were sought. If was important in cover letters not to waffle and apage or page and ahalf was enough. Because most employers would initially make contact by phone, jobseekers should think about phone messages. Silly phone messages put employers off, and jobseekers were also warned that some employers would check social media profiles. If they showed you doing stupid things, it might not go well for you. They also advised jobseekers to be prepared for interviews, to shake hands and make eye contact, to have alist of questions to ask, and be early or on time. If the questions were answered during the interview, say so. Jobseekers were also addressed by Simon Scott, of the Ministry of Social Development, and heard about the Limited Service Volunteer Scheme, from Corrections and other employers. Jingle pushes alerts A catchy radio jingle is encouraging residents to text their postcode to 4196 to get alerts on their mobile phones about important things such as road closures or boilwater notices. Communications manager Ruben Garcia said council had discontinued the use of the Antenno service, with the new free txt/SMS service launched on May 31. More than 2100 people are subscribed. Meanwhile, work is going on to improve the council’s Snap,Send, Solve app. It will allow for directtosubmitter responses. The app is used to report (with photographs) requests to fix any council infrastructure such as potholes or other issues. Vision Ashburton needs a‘‘clear vision’’ for Ashburton airport, mayor Donna Favel said. She spoke as the council’s Finance Committee adopted a recommendation from the Airport Authority Subcommittee that pending a development plan, all applications for buildings be approved by the airport authority.
Coastal holiday home burns Fire and insurance investigators continue to investigate the cause of atwostorey house fire atHakatere Huts early Monday morning. The fire, which gutted the top floorofthe holiday home atthe top ofHakatere Drive was well ablaze when neighbours were alertedfrom windowspopping just after 6am. It had justbeenredecoratedand was in theprocess of being sold. The power was still connected. Fire and Emergency New Zealand fire risk management officerBevan Findlay, along with an insurance investigator were on site earlier this week and items had been removed for testing. ‘‘While we are still following upon afew outstanding questions, we were unable to determine an exact cause. ‘‘We did identify where in the house the fire started, but as the floor and wall in this area was completely burned away, it makes it difficult to determine what inthat area started the fire.’’ Mr Findlay said the house had been unoccupied for awhile and it was a timely reminder for people going away for extended periods to turn off anything electrical that won’t be used even the mains switch ifpossible. Once discovered, local members ofthe community were able toput water on it from the outside using apump onsite, but the structure was well ablaze. Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews responded with two pump appliances (Ashburton 621 and 622), three tankers (Ashburton 6211, Ashburton 9011, and Pendarves 8911), plus two smaller crew vehicles. They wereonsitefor an hour and ahalf. Another $400,000 in community grants All smiling at the latest funding round announcement are Alister Lilley (Lion Foundation trustee), Neil Pluck, Liz Depree, both Rakaia Community Association, Fleur Tompsett (Lion Foundation trustee), Brian Early and Maxine Hooper, both Mid Canterbury Riding For Disabled. Close to $400,000 has been distributed to 17 local organisations by the Ashburton Trust and Lion Foundation regional grants committee in its latest funding round. Over the last four years $1.5 million has been given to support 82 local community groups and atotal of$25m since 1990. Grants come from a percentage of gaming machine profits generated in the district and are returned to avariety of groups here that cover the broad areas of sport, education, arts and welfare. In the September round, Ashburton Safer Community received $83,932 towards the salary costs of coordinators who will run anew local suicide prevention programme called Lives Worth Living. Mid Canterbury Cricket Association received $45,000 for salaries and a replacement artificial pitch and Tennis Mid Canterbury got $40,000 for salaries, hydro blades and tennis balls. Plunket Mid Canterbury received $30,000 for salaries, administration costs and aheat pump, while Rakaia Golf Club was given $18,000 for agreens mower. Other recipients of grants in September were Ashburton Railway& Preservation Society ($30,000 tractor display shed), Ashburton Seniors Centre ($10,000 administration costs), Ashburton Speedway ($12,000 shed, tanks, ambulance), Ashburton Trotting Club ($16,000 truck/tractor unit), Equestrian Sport NZ Ashburton area ($8000show jumping expenses), Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre ($15,000 for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Mid Canterbury Emergency Relief Charitable Trust ($8000 learn to drive costs), Mid Canterbury Football ($30,000 development officer salary), Mid Canterbury Riding For Disabled ($10,400 coach and administrator salaries), Rakaia Bowling Club ($9000 kitchen renovations), Rakaia Community Association ($8060 library carpet, vacuum, laptops) and Waireka Croquet Club ($10,000 lawn maintenance). Grant applications for the funding round totalled $578,000 and afunding committee made up of Ashburton Trust board members, Ashburton mayor Donna Favel and Lion Foundation trustees Alister Lilley and Fleur Tompsett (nee Mulligan) allocate the funds available. The LionFoundation is involved in the back office and compliance side of the process, while local knowledge is used in the ‘‘front office’’ delivery of funds to the community, said Alister Lilley. There were six funding rounds each year and only one application was allowed inper year by applicants. Any group or organisation in the Ashburton district was able to apply for a grant, which was based on defined criteria and required an online application form to be completed, he said. More information onthe the grants can be found atthe website ashburtontrust.co.nz/grants. 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