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Display promotes hall’s usage<br />
The Mt Hutt Memorial Hall<br />
venue is being promoting as a<br />
great place for conferences<br />
and functions and has an eyecatching<br />
display in the iHub<br />
area.Itfeatures tables<br />
‘‘dressed’’ foracelebration or<br />
party.<br />
Mt Hutt Memorial Hall<br />
functionand conference<br />
manager Sue Stewart said<br />
there was arange of options for<br />
businessmeetings, partiesand<br />
other gatherings in thehall<br />
complex.<br />
Centrally located, thevenue<br />
had abig room thatcould hold<br />
400 for acocktail party or <strong>20</strong>0<br />
for aweddingreception.<br />
Flexible meeting rooms<br />
could hold up to 100 people.<br />
Thevenue offered avariety<br />
of choicesforcatering and had<br />
aseminarroomwith giant<br />
screen.<br />
Mrs Stewart said the hall was<br />
regularly used for farming<br />
workshops andbirthday<br />
parties.<br />
Bookingscan be made at<br />
methvenheritagecentre.co.nz<br />
Christchurch hospital shuttle moves<br />
The Christchurch District<br />
Health Board’s popular<br />
hospital shuttle will move from<br />
Lichfield Street car park to the<br />
new, improved Deans Avenue<br />
car park.<br />
The change takes effect from<br />
Monday (<strong>August</strong> 24).<br />
The free shuttle, which has<br />
carried more than one and a<br />
quarter million passengers<br />
since it was set up in late<br />
October <strong>20</strong>14, will return to an<br />
upgraded new Deans Ave car<br />
park.<br />
It now has <strong>20</strong>0 patient and<br />
visitor car parks and up to 150<br />
new staff car parks.<br />
Mt Hutt Memorial Hall function and conference manager Sue Stewart with the dressed tables.<br />
It will provide clean, sealed,<br />
lit and secure car parking plus<br />
acovered stop for those<br />
waiting for the shuttle.<br />
Canterbury DHB chief<br />
executive David Meates said<br />
the move offered adedicated<br />
patient, visitor and staff<br />
parking for Christchurch<br />
Hospital.<br />
“We’re aware that it’s not<br />
always easy for our patients<br />
and visitors to get apark in the<br />
Lichfield Street car park.<br />
‘‘With the Deans Avenue car<br />
park there will be ample<br />
parking spaces for patients<br />
and visitors with reliable and<br />
regular transport for them to<br />
and from the hospital with our<br />
shuttle service,” he said.<br />
The shuttle runs every 15<br />
minutes, from 7.15am –8.30pm<br />
Monday to Friday and 11.00am<br />
–8.00pm weekends, with a<br />
lunch break on weekends for<br />
the driver from 2.30 pm to<br />
3.15pm when no shuttle will<br />
operate.<br />
Anew and sophisticated<br />
ticketing system will be<br />
installed at the car park<br />
facility, similar to the one<br />
already used at Lichfield<br />
Street with slightly lower rates<br />
than those currently charged.<br />
“We are returning to a<br />
location that is already<br />
familiar –although much<br />
improved –and the Deans<br />
Avenue location means<br />
patients and visitors can avoid<br />
the city centre when travelling<br />
to their appointments.<br />
The car park will be<br />
available 24 hours aday, 7days<br />
aweek and will be well lit and<br />
secure.<br />
“The journey time on the<br />
shuttle should be the same as<br />
from Lichfield Street or<br />
slightly quicker, as there are<br />
fewer traffic lights for the<br />
shuttles to negotiate,” he said.<br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Masks a<br />
must at<br />
hospital<br />
17<br />
Peoplevisiting patients in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital during<br />
Alert Level2willbeasked to<br />
wear amask or face covering.<br />
Visitorsare also being<br />
encouraged to download the NZ<br />
covid tracer appand check in at<br />
the front doorwhenentering.<br />
The changesare amongafew<br />
visitorrestrictions announced<br />
by Canterbury District Health<br />
Board chief medical officer Dr<br />
Sue Nightingale for level 2.<br />
Christchurch Hospital<br />
visiting hours havechanged to<br />
3pm8pm with one visitor per<br />
patient; Burwood is allowing<br />
two visitors at atime, with<br />
visiting hours remaining 11am<br />
7pm.<br />
Dr Nightingale said all<br />
visitors werebeing asked to<br />
wear amask if they can.Itcan<br />
be afabricmaskorscarf but<br />
must cover yournose and<br />
mouth.<br />
Thereisnovisiting at any<br />
Aged Residential Care<br />
Facilities operatedby<br />
Canterbury DHB.<br />
It includesTuarangi Home in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
‘‘As always, pleasedon’t visit<br />
if you’re unwell and remember<br />
the usual publichealth<br />
precautionssuch as hand<br />
hygiene andphysical<br />
distancing wherever possible<br />
stay two metres away from<br />
peopleyou don’t know, and one<br />
metre awayfrom people you do<br />
know.’’<br />
Peoplewithcovid symptoms<br />
(any acute respiratoryinfection<br />
with at least oneofthe following<br />
symptoms: new orworsening<br />
cough, sorethroat, shortness of<br />
breath,stuffy or runny nose,lost<br />
sense of smell –with or without<br />
afever)should contact their<br />
general practice teamorcall<br />
Healthlineon08003585453.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Rotary Club<br />
September 28 -October 3•Sports Hall Tancred Street<br />
WANTED<br />
BOOKS, MAGAZINES, CD’S, VINYL RECORDS, DVD’S,<br />
PICTURES, JIGSAWS & GAMES<br />
Once again, we need your help to make this year’s <strong>Ashburton</strong> Rotary Club<br />
BOOKARAMA project another success story. After 40 years, we are over $1 million<br />
worth of sales.<br />
We use these funds to support many worthwhile local community projects.<br />
Please phone any of the following members, if you would like donated books etc.<br />
collected.<br />
David Mead (Convenor) 308 9991 or 027 471 6661<br />
Lindsay Holland 308 3<strong>20</strong>1 or 027 452 3107<br />
Errol Stewart (Rakaia) 308 9938 or 027 427 22<strong>20</strong><br />
Mike Smith 308 9<strong>20</strong>1 or 0<strong>20</strong> 444 8899<br />
Book Drop off /<br />
collection points<br />
• Allenton Auto Centre<br />
• Caltex <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
• Community House<br />
• Mobil Service Station<br />
• Frame Co Netherby<br />
• Z Energy Tinwald<br />
• New World<br />
• Cafe Time, Tinwald<br />
• RuralCo <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
• Evolution Vets (was ShopCanterbury)<br />
• Methven RuralCo<br />
• Rakaia RuralCo<br />
• PGG Wrightson, Methven<br />
Cnr East &Dobson Sts, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone 308 9094<br />
Bookarama has been running successfully for 41 Years<br />
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