FIRE BRIGADE REPORT

Well Daylight savings has arrived – Did you remember to check your smoke alarm is working? Do it now if you forgot, those few minutes may save you and your loved ones.

We welcome 2 new recruit firefighters to the fold, John Crighton and Corina Lawson, who are settling in the recruit training schedule with recruits Jason Clements and Tamara Hudepohl. The First Response team is joined by Ian Kebbel who brings a valuable background as a former Paramedic.

You probably saw the reports of our recent busy day in the Times Age, as we continue to respond to Fire and Medical calls in our community.

Occasionally struggle with crewing our fire appliance during the day and are still looking for people who may be available daytimes to join the brigade, keep an eye out for our Open Day happening in the next couple of months, even if you can do it just while the kids are at school, you don’t have to be available all the time, you will be fully equipped with really cool gear, fully trained and get to work in a fantastic team. 

If you are interested please contact our Chief Jake Hawkins directly by emailing – Jacob.hawkins@fireandemergency.nz. or better still pop on down and have a chat on Tuesday Training.

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ENCOURAGED BY an annual  $23 million dollar advertising campaign Kiwis spend $1.5 billion a year on Lotto tickets. Only 25% of the dollars ‘invested’ actually end up supporting good causes , the rest is swallowed up in the advertising and running costs. A ticket’s chance of winning Powerball is estimated to be one in 38 million.  

ONLY THE FRENCH could come up with such a name as the National Interprofessional Union of Transformed Vegetables (Unilet) for a trade group. This is the name  chosen for the horticulturists group who produce vegetables for the French freezing and canning industries.

GOOD JUDGMENT comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment Rita Mae Brown 

AL CAPONE the notorious Chicago gangster who dominated American organized crime for six years including the infamous Valentine Days massacre all the time outsmarting the American legal system. On October 24 th 1931 The law finally made charges stick when he was jailed for eleven years – for Tax evasion.  

WELLINGTON’S ATHLETIC PARK hosted the first All Blacks test match played in New Zealand in 1904. The opponent was the British Isles, forerunner to the Lions. The following year, Dunedin’s Tahuna Park hosted the All Blacks’ second test, against Australia. By 1908, Carisbrook was in play and hosted a return trip by the British Isles, with the Auckland test match on that tour being hosted at Potter’s Paddock (in the area now containing Alexandra Park and Greenlane Hospital). … Continue Reading

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Cooking corner

Tuna salad 

Ingredients

¼ packet, wholemeal pasta

1 onion, peeled, finely chopped

1 capsicum, finely chopped

½ cucumber, finely chopped

1 can tomatoes, drained  and chopped

½ cup fresh herbs, finely chopped

1 x 300g can of tuna in spring water, drained and flaked

2 tbsp lemon juice … Continue Reading