Selwyn Times: August 19, 2020
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2020</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Lincoln to get an<br />
ambulance based at fire station<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
A COMMUNITY-LED initiative<br />
will see an ambulance based at<br />
Lincoln.<br />
It is likely the ambulance will<br />
be on call every day from 10am-<br />
10pm.<br />
St John is working with Fire<br />
and Emergency New Zealand<br />
over the project. Discussions<br />
are being held<br />
about when it<br />
will be up and<br />
running.<br />
The ambulance<br />
will be<br />
based at the<br />
Lincoln Fire<br />
Dave Berry<br />
Station.<br />
Said FENZ<br />
area commander<br />
Dave Berry: “It’s actually<br />
a local community initiative and<br />
they approached us and I offered<br />
the station as a place to put it.<br />
“It will be based in Lincoln but<br />
used around the area.”<br />
Berry said it is good to have<br />
extra support for medical calls in<br />
Lincoln.<br />
“All of the firefighters are trained<br />
in responding to medical calls<br />
but it is always good to have some<br />
extra knowledge behind you.<br />
“We attend any purple calls<br />
which are cardiac arrests and<br />
things like that and also motor<br />
vehicle accidents where we do<br />
basic treatment of patients,<br />
extracting and things like<br />
that.”<br />
Last year the Lincoln Volunteer<br />
Fire Brigade responded to 54<br />
motor vehicle accidents and 17<br />
medical calls.<br />
Currently there are ambulances<br />
based in Rolleston and Darfield.<br />
Last year, the station in<br />
comedy night<br />
PROGRESS:<br />
The Lincoln<br />
Fire Station<br />
will be the<br />
home of an<br />
ambulance<br />
service that<br />
will operate<br />
in the area<br />
from 10am-<br />
10pm.<br />
Rolleston became staffed 24/7<br />
meaning it has one ambulance<br />
operating 24 hours a day, seven<br />
days a week and a second<br />
ambulance on a 12-hour day<br />
shift from mid-morning to midevening.<br />
[ R18 ]<br />
In Brief<br />
Ben Hurley<br />
Jarred Fell<br />
Alan McElroy<br />
The Fan Brigade<br />
saturday 17 october in lincoln<br />
www.liveinlincoln.nz tickets on sale now<br />
COMMITTEE SELECTED<br />
A representation review<br />
subcommittee has been<br />
appointed to review the<br />
electoral process ahead of the<br />
2022 local body election. All<br />
councils must undertake a<br />
review every six years. The<br />
review will consider matters<br />
such as the electoral system and<br />
whether to use first past the<br />
post or single transferable vote<br />
and effective representation<br />
of all people in the district.<br />
Mayor Sam Broughton,<br />
councillors Mark Alexander,<br />
Shane Epiha, Jenny Gallagher<br />
and Grant Miller and Malvern<br />
Community Board chairman<br />
John Morten were appointed to<br />
the committee.<br />
LEESTON LOTTO WINNER<br />
One lucky person is taking<br />
home $16,368 after buying a<br />
Lotto ticket at Leeston Fresh<br />
Choice. Fifty people won the<br />
second division drawn on<br />
Saturday night with one of<br />
the tickets being sold from the<br />
supermarket. Two other lucky<br />
tickets were sold online in<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Wanted<br />
Land to Lease<br />
On the back of recent farm lease<br />
campaigns, we have numerous parties<br />
still wishing to lease both dryland and<br />
irrigated blocks in Central Canterbury,<br />
particularly Springfield/Sheffield and<br />
from Hororata through to Rolleston.<br />
If you are considering the lease<br />
of your property, please phone us<br />
in confidence to find out more:<br />
Ben Turner 027 530 1400<br />
Craig Blackburn 027 489 7225<br />
PROSTATE CANCER<br />
SUPPORT GROUP<br />
A support group is operating in <strong>Selwyn</strong> for<br />
men and their families who are living with a<br />
diagnosis and treatment for Prostate Cancer.<br />
Co-ordinators Chris & Dianne Ward<br />
Phone: 027 437 1254<br />
email: selwyn@prostate.org.nz<br />
Meeting<br />
26 tH AUgUSt<br />
7.30pm<br />
tod Lounge,<br />
Lincoln events Centre,<br />
Meijer Dr, Lincoln<br />
The Team: Hayden, Simon & Allan<br />
Mon-Fri<br />
7am-5pm<br />
Sat 8am-12 noon<br />
(WOFs only)<br />
839 Jones Road, Rolleston<br />
P.O. Box 16 Rolleston<br />
Phone Simon on 347 7110<br />
or Mobile 027 272 9213<br />
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3 SERVICING<br />
3 FLEET WORK<br />
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3 DIESEL INJECTOR<br />
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3 ENGINE TUNING<br />
3 BRAKES<br />
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3 WHEEL ALIGNMENTS<br />
3 BATTERIES<br />
3 WOFs<br />
3 CAMBELTS<br />
AND MUCH MORE!<br />
03 322 4548 | Easy Parking<br />
17 Lillian Street, Halswell<br />
Open Mon-Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm<br />
Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm<br />
LAYBY WELCOME<br />
For more information call 0800 477 678<br />
Organised by the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand<br />
www.prostate.org.nz<br />
MEARES WILLIAMS<br />
LAWYERS<br />
ROLLESTON OFFICE<br />
78 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston<br />
10 Years in <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
Richard Gray<br />
Kate Warren<br />
Anita Molloy-Roberts<br />
Belinda Ferguson<br />
Emma-Jane Moore<br />
W: www.meareswilliams.co.nz<br />
T: (03) 374 2547<br />
E: reception<br />
@meareswilliams.co.nz<br />
Offices also located at:<br />
43 Gerald Street, Lincoln<br />
225 Papanui Road, Christchurch
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