Friday 27th June 2014
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One of the key decisions taken at the Darfield Farmers Market AGM was to change the name of the market to reflect that it is open to all-comers and all types of goods, not just people from the rural community wishing to sell their produce. Casual stall fees will continue to be $10. On payment of a $5 annual membership fee, weekly stall fees reduce to $5. Another key change is that anyone wishing to hold a car boot sale may do so at any Market for the usual $5 fee, although only the car boot sales on the first Saturday of the month will be promoted.
For people who can’t attend the market in person or have limited goods to sell, there is a community stall where they can leave their priced goods. The only condition is that they must arrange to pick up their takings and unsold items at the end of the day. The Market will take no responsibility for uncollected money or goods. The Market will continue to be held at Darfield on a weekly basis. Collaboration with other markets will be explored, in a bid to get more stalls and wider variety of goods. Rather than go indoors on wet days, the market will investigate
the purchase of some large gazebos to erect in the nearby Dentist’s carpark. Contact details for the market are on the Darfield Farmers’ Market Facebook page or talk to Fiona at the market.
Selwyn District Council staff took part in a civil defence exercise recently to test their ability to cope with a significant weather event. Exercise Pandora was based on major rainfall affecting most of the district. In the exercise, around twenty Council staff and several community response teams practised activating the Council’s Emergency Operations
Centre (EOC) to respond to the impact of rural communities being cut off by slips, towns requiring evacuation, power outages, flooding and water supply problems. Selwyn Civil Defence and E m er g en c y O p e r a t i o n s Controller Douglas Marshall said, “the exercise gave Council staff the opportunity to activate the EOC in Rolleston to practise
how response to a significant weather event could be coordinated. By practising how to respond to such an event, we can ensure the people involved have a chance to familiarise themselves with the EOC environment and think through the different aspects of emergency response so they are better prepared to cope with a real emergency,” commented Douglas. The exercise is the latest in a series of emergency response exercises the Council has participated in. “Last year we took part in an exercise where we were required to respond to a large earthquake affecting the West Coast,” Douglas said. “Selwyn covers a very large area and there are a number of emergencies that may need to be responded to, so it’s good for staff to be prepared for a variety of scenarios through training.” Douglas concluded.
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