Shade7 Press Release 10/01/2014

Hastings City Night Markets Come to Life Rain or Shine

Every Thursday night Hastings City comes alive as it fires up the Hastings City Night Markets. In the first few weeks after opening in November last year, they attracted more than 6,000 people. It continues to attract strong crowds with 2014 already showcasing a variety of entertainment for the whole family.

The Hastings City Night Markets are an initiative from the Hastings City Business Association, offering a safe and fun family event for the city and also gives local producers a platform to showcase their arts, crafts and food to a wide audience. In addition to a variety of stalls there are also activities and live music to keep both children and adults entertained.

At least twenty stores in the CBD have supported these Night Markets by agreeing to stay open late while the event runs. The idea is for locals to shop the retail stores, the Night Markets and then to move onto the Cinemas, Art Gallery, Opera House and the like, to make a complete night of fun.

A New Zealand based shade specialist, Shade7, was approached by Hastings City Business Association to supply branded gazebos for this exciting weekly event. The requirement was for a highly durable product that could withstand frequent use under any weather condition. As the markets are open every Thursday, rain or shine, it was important that these gazebos could handle the varying weather conditions.

Shade7s Heavy Duty Aluminium Gazebo was the obvious solution for this brief. Like all of Shade7s gazebos, these were able to be branded with the Hastings City Business Association Logo. In addition to the gazebos, Shade7 were able to supply battery operated lights to fit into the gazebos to give lighting for the stalls, which also gives the printed logos a glow in the dark effect. Susan McDade, City Centre Manager said they were absolutely perfect and that they have had rave reviews on the gazebos.

The Hastings City Night Markets run every Thursday night from 5-9pm located in the mall beside the clock tower and the fountain. For more information on the Hastings City Night Markets visit Hastings City Business Association and for information on branded gazebos visit Shade7 Gazebos.

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Gisborne people are continuing to save water. Water consumption is now down by a third. If the savings continue, water rationing measures that looked likely earlier in the week will not be required, says Gisborne District Council deputy chief executive Peter Higgs. "Our target was to reduce water use to less than 14,000m3 per day. This was achieved yesterday. Thank you to all the Gisborne people who have made this happen."

"Good progress is being made fixing the pipes. Fulton Hogan, the contractor tasked with the repair job, has had staff working 24/7. They have brought in a range of subcontractors to get the job done as soon as possible. While yesterdays rain was brilliant in reducing demand for water, it had the potential to delay the pipe welding. This hold up was overcome by erecting rain proof gazebos above the areas where the welding was required."

"We are now expecting that the pipe will be repaired and the water flowing again by mid next week. In the mean time it is vital that we all keep our water use to a minimum. Until the pipe can reliably bring water from the Mangopoike Dams into the Waingake Treatment Plant we will continue to rely on emergency supplies from the Waipaoa Treatment Plant, and a small amount from the Te Arai River. We are aware that there will be extra pressure on our water supply next week as our major food processors ramp up production."

Even when we are able to get the pipe running again it will not be at full capacity for some time, says Chief executive Judy Campbell. We will need people to be careful with water until the end of summer."

"The reason we need to save water now because we are using more water than we can produce from our emergency water treatment operations. If we empty the town reservoirs then we will need to introduce rationing - that is turning off water supply for several hours a day. This will not only be inconvenient it will possibly contaminate the water (because when the pipes empty contaminants can get sucked back onto the pipes). That would mean we would all have to boil our water. If we continue to use less water than the treatment plants produce then the reservoirs will have enough water in them to continue to provide a careful supply 24/7"

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Water Crisis Media Release (5)

Release date: Friday 10 January 2013

Water use down, pipe repairs progressing well.

Gisborne people are continuing to save water. Water consumption is now down by a third. If the savings continue, water rationing measures that looked likely earlier in the week will not be required, says Gisborne District Council deputy chief executive Peter Higgs. Our target was to reduce water use to less than 14,000m3 per day. This was achieved yesterday. Thank you to all the Gisborne people who have made this happen.

Good progress is being made fixing the pipes. Fulton Hogan, the contractor tasked with the repair job, has had staff working 24/7. They have brought in a range of subcontractors to get the job done as soon as possible. While yesterdays rain was brilliant in reducing demand for water, it had the potential to delay the pipe welding. This hold up was overcome by erecting rain proof gazebos above the areas where the welding was required.

We are now expecting that the pipe will be repaired and the water flowing again by mid next week. In the mean time it is vital that we all keep our water use to a minimum. Until the pipe can reliably bring water from the Mangopoike Dams into the Waingake Treatment Plant we will continue to rely on emergency supplies from the Waipaoa Treatment Plant, and a small amount from the Te Arai River. We are aware that there will be extra pressure on our water supply next week as our major food processors ramp up production.

Even when we are able to get the pipe running again it will not be at full capacity for some time, says Chief executive Judy Campbell. We will need people to be careful with water until the end of summer.

The reason we need to save water now because we are using more water than we can produce from our emergency water treatment operations. If we empty the town reservoirs then we will need to introduce rationing - that is turning off water supply for several hours a day. This will not only be inconvenient it will possibly contaminate the water (because when the pipes empty contaminants can get sucked back onto the pipes). That would mean we would all have to boil our water. If we continue to use less water than the treatment plants produce then the reservoirs will have enough water in them to continue to provide a careful supply24/7

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09 January 2014| last updated at 11:46PM

KUALA LUMPUR: PEOPLE who frequent the Lembah Kiara Recreational Park in Taman Tun Dr Ismail are unhappy with the upgrading exercise by the National Landscape Department (JLN).

The development which started in August last year is causing many changes in the natural environment of the park.

A jogger who wants to be known as Lim said that he is not happy with the current condition of the park.

"I was told the budget allocated for this park is about RM7 million.

"With such a huge amount allocated for upgrading the park, why aren't they fixing the faulty suspension bridge on the hill side of the park before proceeding with other developments around the park?"

He said that joggers are ignoring the fact that the bridge is faulty and are still using it.

"Joggers are at risk of an accident every time they cross the bridge to finish their round."

Peter Goh, 68, said that the JLN should build more toilets at the park.

"Due to the size of the park, I believe that more toilets should be built to cater to the needs of the park users.

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Current Owners: Templeton Investment Assets, Inc. Listing Price: $5,200,000 Beds: 6 Baths: 8

Not every home in the tony La Jolla neighborhood can boast sweeping ocean views, but that doesnt stop many properties from commanding multimillion-dollar price tags.

The estate at 6397 La Jolla Scenic Drive South sits over a mile from the coast, but is just a few blocks from Soledad Park, nestled in the wooded Muirlands neighborhood on the western slope of Mt. Soledad. Built in 1958 but completely remodeled in 1990 and remodeled again with an expansion in 2011, the home features six bedrooms, eight baths, and over 6300 square feet of living space.

Huge wood-and-wrought-iron double doors lead to the grand entry from the street. Inside, exotic solid merbau wood flooring covers much of the home, with bronze accents embedded in the entry foyer and a basket-weave border pattern of merbau and travertine in the office.

There are two master bedrooms (plus three more with private baths) the largest is nearly 400 square feet without counting the bath, which features a Kohler jet tub, his and hers toilets, showers with jets, and separate sinks. The bronze floor accents continue in the master bath as well. The bedroom itself features a granite slab fireplace made of Typhoon Bordeaux granite imported from Brazil.

The kitchen features cabinetry from noted La Jolla designer William Ohs, along with professional-grade appliances including dual chefs ovens. In addition to the kitchens dining area, the home boasts a formal dining room and two outdoor gazebos with formal and casual outdoor seating options. The home also has two bars, one poolside and another adjacent to the living room.

A large game room upstairs leads to a separate guest suite, also equipped with its own bath and a private balcony with views of the surrounding hillside.

Outside, the half-acre estate features a unique palm tree fountain, a grassy yard with full complement of childrens playground equipment, and a lounge area with fire pit in addition to the aforementioned gazebos and poolside bar with built-in barbecue.

Tax records show that the house last sold in 2003 for $1.8 million, though there is a conflicting listing that shows the home as having sold for $2,650,000 in 2006. There is, however, a transfer noted without a sale price in December 2006, with the buyer, a Templeton Investment Assets, Inc., paying cash for the property. Both of these sales would have occurred before the most recent round of renovations, as the living area at the time was listed at just 4258 square feet, nearly 2100 less than at present.

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Additional homeless shelters opened their doors overnight on Monday due to freezing temperatures in the metropolitan area.

At "The Opportunity Center" in Jackson - which is typically a daytime assistance center - a Salvation Army Food Truck made a stop to make sure people were being fed.

The center has about 700 people on its rolls but coordinators did not expect that many people to show up. They're capacity might actually be closer to 70 people, one coordinator said.

"But it's all about just really getting to know these folks. These folks are just like us and have issues and problems just like us. They're just in different circumstances," Christie Burnett, director of the Opportunity Center, said.

"The problem is, with the bitter cold tonight, within 30 minutes you could begin to experience frostbite. Even with clothes and even with shoes and with socks you can begin to get frostbite. Some of the folks that sleep outside or under the bridges or under the gazebos or things like that - they don't have the proper insulation," Capt. Ken Chapman with Jackson Salvation Army said.

"And many of them are mentally ill and don't even know how to take care of themselves," Chapman said.

Copiah County homeless shelters also opened on Monday night.

In Jackson, homeless shelter coordinators say they're also expecting to open their doors again tomorrow as temperature may be below freezing.

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Topics: dragon boat, gazebos, grafton, stolen

GRAFTON Dragon Boat Club wants the people of the Clarence Valley to join around 62,000 people around Australia in the search for three portable gazebos that went missing from its clubhouse last month.

Club president Martin Thompson said news of the thefts, which the club only discovered recently, had been posted on the Dragon Boats Australia Facebook page, which had 62,000 members.

Mr Thompson said the biggest of the three gazebos had a big Grafton Dragon

Boats Club logo on it and another had NRMA Roadside Assistance all around the skirting.

"We've let everyone know on Facebook so they'll be keeping their eyes open and we would like everyone in the Clarence Valley to do the same," Mr Thompson said.

He said the club had last used the gazebos at its final regatta of the year in November and locked them away in its shed.

"A couple of members had noticed the biggest of the gazebos was missing, but we thought someone had borrowed it for Christmas," Mr Thompson said.

However, a more detailed inspection soon after revealed three of the club's five gazebos was missing.

"We thought something was a big odd, because the door of the shed had become stuck and we had to wiggle and wobble it to get it open," he said.

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Our Father's House on Lunenburg Street in Fitchburg is a lifeline for the homeless, especially in the winter. The shelter's 28 beds have been full since last week due to the cold weather. SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / BRETT CRAWFORD

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As the temperature drops, local organizations are rallying to give the homeless a warm place to stay.

Kevin MacLean, director of homeless services for Our Father's House, said the 28 beds at the Fitchburg shelter have been full since last week due to the cold weather.

He said United Way Emergency Shelter Fund money has been available since Monday to put homeless into local hotels and motels through Sunday morning, and he had placed an additional 16 people at the Motel 6 in Leominster as of Friday afternoon.

There were another nine people placed there by other agencies, such as the Montachusett Interfaith Hospitality Network and the Spanish American Center.

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Our Father's House is one of several local organizations that have access to the fund, which takes effect on any night when the temperature falls below 10 degrees, or any night with 6 inches of snow or more. The fund was set up by local philanthropist Ron Ansin about six years ago to ensure that homeless folks don't freeze to death on the streets during the winter.

MacLean said each day he finds out about more new homeless people throughout the 31 area towns Our Father's House covers. Some are staying in abandoned buildings and vehicles, while a few are even sleeping in town gazebos.

"Most people know that if there's someone on the street, we can get them off the street in this weather," he said.

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They both have leafy, flat lawns, gazebos and the ability to play home movies.

One sold this year for $67,000 while the other was 41 times that price.

The cheapest property sold in the Wellington region in the year to mid-December was a $67,000 unit in a Lower Hutt independent-living retirement home.

That's a world away from the most expensive confirmed sale - a $2.78 million home in Mallam St, at the city end of Karori.

And that may not even be the most lucrative land deal.

The Dominion Post understands a house sold privately in Roseneath in recent months for more than $5m, but because it was a private sale, it did not show up in figures supplied by PropertyIQ.

When the Mallam St property was marketed in February the "estate-like" four-bedroom home was described as the best family and lifestyle property that agent Nicholas Reeve had seen in 25 years on the job.

"It's very private, gets all-day sun and would be one of the closest Karori homes to the city yet offers so much space and seclusion."

The refurbished 1920s house sits on 1700 square metres of "sunny, leafy grounds, complete with full-sized tennis court and heated swimming pool".

Renovated in the past 14 years, the 380sqm house boasts bi-folding doors to a large courtyard, home-theatre wiring and a gated entrance.

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The Fay House, a block from the crooked portion of San Francisco's Lombard Street, stands as a quiet reminder of the grand, gardened homes of 19th century Russian Hill.

For some, this showcase property stands too quietly.

Willed to San Francisco 15 years ago, the house at 2366 Leavenworth St. has gone mostly unused - and largely neglected - under city stewardship. Leaking water has damaged the ceilings, the interior walls are peeling, and the plumbing and electrical systems have become dated, if not unusable.

Many who have visited the house say the valuable real estate, sublime views of the bay and slice of local history are assets going to waste.

"The city has a responsibility to maintain this site," said Pam-Anela Messenger, who is part of a citizens advisory committee advocating for the property. "It could be a very interesting period-piece house. I think it deserves that recognition."

Officials with the Recreation and Park Department, which owns the site, say they simply don't have the estimated $1 million needed for restoration.

They've made the garden behind the house a priority and, to their credit, the rose beds, boxwood hedges, fruit trees and twin gazebos designed by noted landscape architect Thomas Church are well maintained by groundskeepers and volunteers.

The garden, which is open to the public as a small park, has become a tourist destination as well as a popular venue for weddings. But the house, which remains closed to the public, is another story.

Fixing it would require taking money away from more widely used park sites, said Sarah Ballard, spokeswoman for the park department.

"Like everything, it's a trade-off," she said. "When you're choosing between a playground or pool where children learn to swim and a house that at this point has no purpose, the choice is pretty obvious."

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