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UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the controversy surrounding todays decision to conduct aerial drops of 1080 in the Hunua Ranges emphasises the need to take a take time out on the use of 1080 as a pest control method to better assess its efficacy.
"UnitedFuture policy is to have a five year moratorium on the aerial dispersal of 1080, for two reasons.
"First, if 1080 is to be dropped aerially near urban communities or waterways, better information about the long-term effects of 1080 on not just the local bird population, but also human beings, needs to be established.
"In the absence of this, there is a strong risk of adverse public reactions over time making it impossible for any form of intrusive pest control to be carried out.
"That gives rise to the second reason for the moratorium - it provides an opportunity for redirecting some funding towards alternative pest control strategies and methods, and also for a more informed community debate about pest management strategies generally, and the role of 1080 in particular.
"Otherwise, there is a real risk of mounting public opposition to 1080 leading to its being banned before effective alternatives are put in place, and that would be simply disastrous for our biodiversity," he says.
Mr Dunne says a more holistic pest management strategy for our parks and recreation area is required, and sadly, todays decision means that both the Auckland Council and the Department of Conservation have passed up the opportunity to be part of developing that.
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NORTHBROOK Cold weather isnt the only bad thing thats starting early this year.
Burglaries are up, too. Seven Northbrook homes were burglarized in September, compared to two in the same month in 2013 and two in September of 2012.
It seems a little early this year, said Mike OMalley, commander of the Northbrook Police investigations unit. Usually October November is a big time for residential burglaries.
OMalley said that it appears that catching one bunch of criminals wouldnt stop the crimes.
Its not all the same crew there are probably two or three crews setting up here, he said.
Some of the homes were entered through rear doors, and some through sliding glass doors. Some of those sliders werent alarmed, and some could have been better protected just by laying a pipe or rod in the lower track to block the opening of the doors, OMalley said.
The locks on patio doors are notoriously easy to foil.
The crimes dont seem to be confined to one or two parts of town, but have been sprinkled throughout the village and beyond. In Glencoe, there have been five burglaries in about the same period of time.
Its not just us, Glencoe Deputy Police Chief Alan Kebby said Monday. Its in Winnetka, too, all over the place.
Two of the Glencoe burglaries, and one of the Northbrook crimes on the 2900 block of Keystone Road Sept. 23 were break-ins of homes under construction. Furnaces, air-conditioning units, washers and dryers and TV sets went out the door.
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The historic 106-year-old Makatote rail viaduct in the central North Island is to get a $13-million paint job and refit over the next two years.
The 262m-long and 79m-high viaduct poses a difficult project as work won't be allowed to disturb the habitat of the vulnerable whio, or blue duck, and brown and rainbow trout, which live in the Makatote River below.
To do that, KiwiRail and contractor TBS Farnsworth will "shrink-wrap" the sections of the viaduct they are working on and a vacuum system will suck away the blasted-off lead-based paint to the ground.
About 200 tonnes of the semi-precious garnet stone will be used to remove the old paint.
Parts of the steel trusses and towers will then be replaced and strengthened before a new oxide-based paint system recoats the viaduct.
The project is expected to be completed in late 2016.
The Makatote Viaduct, 12km south of National Park, was the last and highest structure constructed on the North Island main trunk line. It is the third highest rail bridge in New Zealand and is a category 1 registered heritage structure.
Work started on it in 1906 and it took two years to complete.
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LAKE PLACID - A pair of local businessmen claim they were stiffed several years ago by National Sports Academy and the school still hasn't paid up.
Ed Winch, the owner of a Keene Valley business Winch Painting Co., said he painted the entire outside of the school and was paid for less than half of the agreed to amount.
"That school ripped me off," Winch told the Enterprise. "I never got paid; I had to hound them. The original person who was in charge of the money (former Chief Financial Officer Steve Preston) knew they didn't have the money to pay me. Every time I had to get money from him, it was like a battle, nickel-and-diming me."
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Winch said he has been in business since 1978, and this is only the second time in his career he wasn't paid for his work. Winch charged $13,000 for the painting job and was given $5,000, he said.
Another local company made a similar accusation against the school.
Hiram Oliveras of Saranac Lake, owner of Hiram Home Improvement, said he is owed money for a past construction job. Oliveras said he put siding on the wall out front of NSA, installed insulation and did other handy work.
In 2012, at the beginning of the project, Oliveras said he was told by a school official, "We don't have a budget; we just have to get it done." The school made the first two payments for the work but did not come forward with the third payment for approximately $7,500, which with late fees tacked on the total adds up to about $30,000, Oliveras said.
"I need compensation," he said. "But if I get the original amount, that's cool. If I do the work, I have to get paid."
Oliveras has filed a lien on the NSA property in March. According to the Essex County clerk's office, there are three unsatisfied liens currently on the property. A federal tax lien is also on the property from the Internal Revenue Service for $70,000. It was filed in 2013. Lake Placid Rental and Supply also has a lien on the property for $8,000 owed.
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Nuns Jean Stickney, 86, and Kab Kyoung Kim, 48, were killed Sunday afternoon in a multi-vehicle crash at 95th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn. They belonged to the Little Company of Mary Sisters order and worked at the Evergreen Park hospital. | Supplied photo
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Arrangements have been set for the two nuns who died Sunday afternoon in an 11-vehicle crash at 95th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn.
Sisters Jean Stickney, 86, and Kab Kyoung Kim, 48, both of the Little Company of Mary Sisters, died at the scene when their eastbound car was waiting on a red light and was struck head-on by a pickup truck.
The wake and funeral for each nun will be held simultaneously, said Kelly Cusack, spokeswoman for Little Company of Mary Hospital, where the nuns worked.
Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Monday in the second-floor chapel in the north pavilion at the hospital, 2800 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park, Cusack said.
A funeral Mass will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 9343 Francisco Ave., Evergreen Park. The church is just north of the hospital.
The driver of the truck, Ed Carthans, 81, of Chicago, also died in the accident, which sent 11 people to local hospitals for treatment.
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A Bridgewater couple say theyll be forced to choose between buying groceries and getting their driveway shovelled this winter after receiving notice a financial aid program they use has just been capped.
Ron Facey is a double amputee. A leg was amputated below the knee six years ago, and the 68-year-old is also without his left leg, which was amputated below the knee Dec. 26. Six days later, it had to be amputated above the knee; a few days after that, he suffered a massive heart attack.
I cant do anything physical, and she has heart trouble, he said of his wife, Helena Teal-Facey.
But they have been able to stay in their modest home because of financial help they began receiving in May through a pilot program to help low-income seniors with daily activities.
Health and Wellness Minister Leo Glavine said the $1-million program is to support seniors staying in their homes by helping to pay for such things as lawn mowing, snow shovelling and getting to medical appointments.
Staying in their own home is not only important to most seniors, it also reduces hospital stays and the pressure and cost for long-term beds, said Chester-St. Margarets MLA Denise Peterson-Rafuse, who was part of the NDP government that instituted the pilot program.
Glavine said the money is allocated to each district health authority to disburse however it sees fit.
On the South Shore, a qualifying family received up to $500 a month. However, South Shore Health recently sent the Faceys a letter saying the program is now capped due to high demand, and recipients will qualify for up to $500 a year.
They have already used that up, having spent $716.85 on mowing over the summer.
If we dont get help with snow removal, were going to have to take money from somewhere else, Facey said.
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A "lonely" man has been charged with masturbating in women's public toilets and pestering women for sexual services or their underwear.
Yook Suk Choi, 36, appeared at Christchurch District Court today to admit one charge of obscene exposure in a public place and three charges of offensive language and behaviour.
The court heard the police summary of facts that outlined Choi's bizarre attempts at attracting the opposite sex.
At 11am on September 1 this year, Choi was found inside the women's public toilets near New Brighton pier.
A woman left her toilet stall and saw unemployed Choi "standing there masturbating".
The "shocked" woman asked Choi if he was aware that he was in the women's toilets.
"(Choi) replied that he knew that and the complainant ran out of the toilets," police said.
Just one hour later, a woman came out of the nearby Waimairi Surf Club public toilets when she was approached by Choi.
He asked her if she could take him into the women's toilet and perform a sex act on him.
"The woman was so concerned for her safety that she ran to her car and pretended to use her cellphone, which is when the defendant drove away in his car," the police version of events said.
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