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December 23 2013
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Christmas with class West Melton pupils bus safety campaign
West Melton School buses are sporting brand new signs …
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Different ways to grow tomatoes
p Dancers from the Frances Scott Ballet School in Sheffield add some grace and poise to Country Christmas in the Park held in the Darfield Domain. For more on what is being described as a ‘perfect evening’ see page 5 …
Harvesting fresh home grown tomatoes is a joy many look forward to every season …
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Medical centre set to open
a disaster without it.” Selwyn District Council property services manager Rob Allen said certification for the medical centre was due any day now. “As soon as the Code Compliance Certificate is issued the building can open to the public. It is hoped that this will be in the next few days,” Mr Allen said. Health professional Dr Olive Webb from Hororata is concerned at how long it has taken to get the medical centre open to the public. “Darfield is one of the fastest growing areas in Selwyn and needs to have proper facilities. “I think the whole thing has been a debacle,” Ms Webb said.
by Belinda Cullen-Reid
The new Darfield Medical Centre will open at the end of December provided building certification comes through in time from the Selwyn District Council.
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“We’re planning on opening on December 30. We’re hoping it will all come through,” medical centre lessee Dr Johan Vlok said. A cultural blessing ceremony was held at the new medical centre last week with invited guests being able to look around the new facility, which includes eight consulting rooms. “I think the medical centre looks magnificent. There is a lot
of room to move about. We’ve probably got one of the nicest medical centres in the region,” Dr Vlok said. The medical centre was scheduled to open earlier this year, but was delayed due to sound-proofing concerns raised by Dr Vlok which resulted in the installation of additional insulation. “I’m glad we’ve put down the soundproofing insulation. It would have been
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