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Otago Daily Times
27-05-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Popular outdoor course shuts, lacks volunteers
A popular and important outdoor skills course on the Taieri has been shut down after 35 years, due to a lack of volunteer support and the economic downturn. The last annual week-long Berwick Outdoor Experience (BOE) was held at Berwick Lodge earlier this month, providing leadership and confidence to people of all ages and from many different walks of life. BOE co-ordinator Kevin Moore said he had been helping run the course since it was established by the Lions Club of Taieri in 1990, and was sad to see it discontinued. "It's sad because I believe the course is still relevant and we just finished the latest course a couple of weeks ago. "We had 37 people there and just had a fantastic time. "The feedback comes in the same every year — people get a lot out of it." Mr Moore said the course was similar to Outward Bound, and aimed to build leadership skills and confidence among the participants. "We take up to 40 people, put them into teams of up to 10, and mix them up as much as possible. "We've had groups of people aged from 18 to the late 70s, and they come from all walks of life — from adult learning courses through to businesses that send staff members. "They do a set programme that includes sailing, kayaking, mountainbiking, a tramp up to Lake Mahinerangi and abseiling down the Mahinerangi dam. "We also teach them how to tie knots and lines and then they'll be given scenarios where half the team are on one side of the river and they have to swap over by building a flying fox and things like that. "There's also a little bit of first aid, a little bit of mental health — a whole raft of things, really." He believed the course was important because it also built personal resilience and helped build connections within the community. "It shows people that they have got abilities, and they just need to dig deep and find them." Helping to create the course and being able to watch people in the community grow after attending it had been "the best thing that ever happened to me", Mr Moore said. "It does break my heart to see it go, because I know there's people that get so much out of it. "But that's the way it is." Lions Club of Taieri president Peter O'Neill was also sad to see the course go. He said it was shut down partly because the club's members were getting older now and it was becoming difficult to find the volunteer manpower needed to keep it running. "We're all getting older, and it's very difficult in these modern times for people to get time off work. "They don't get paid for it, and they don't want to use their annual leave to do it. "We're in tough economic times too." Mr O'Neill said the club hoped to run a smaller, shorter course in its place in the future.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Martin County Fire Rescue uses new app to help in caring for patients
MARTIN COUNTY — Fire Rescue started using an app called One Dose that allows crews to enhance emergency response efficiency when helping patients. "When it first came out, there were a lot of hiccups here and there," District Chief Kevin Moore said. "We kind of had to fine tune it and we're still having the EMS captains go through and tailor it even further." They've been working with it since January. Every fire station in the county uses it; it's tailored to their department's protocols. The app is utilized in nearly every call and has been used to help multiple patients so far. "We had our EMS captains and lieutenants running medical scenarios utilizing the One Dose app to get familiar with it," Moore said. "That was how we were able to determine certain things, like the ventilation was a little too fast and it needs to slow down." One Dose allows crews to do a variety of things, including search protocols, give accurate dosing for medication, keep track of times when doing CPR, determine what size equipment to use, and pre-set vital signs so crews can quickly identify if something is wrong with a patient. Moore said the dosages are for medications they have on hand, so crews can do emergency procedures. He said it tells them what medication to give the patient and the dosage. "There is also filtration based on age or weight," Moore said "We can put in the weight of that patient and it tells us what drugs we are able to utilize and the amount." Martin County: Find out where prescribed burns are happening this week Stuart: Police issue over 30 parking tickets during Costco's opening weekend Fire crews carry bags with color-coded pouches in them that corelate with the app that can help determine what to use on specific patients. "When we go for a pediatric patient and it says the color is pink for this patient based on their weight and age, we can go in our bag, find the pouch with the pink coloration, pull that out," Moore said. "All of the equipment, medications, everything is in that pouch to treat that pediatric patient." In addition to the life-saving measures, Moore said the app also has quizzes and allows them to send out messages to the entire department. "We are definitely enjoying the process of going through this app," Moore said. "We are incorporating a bunch more things into it for easy use." Olivia Franklin is a breaking news reporter for TCPalm. Follow Olivia on X @Livvvvv_5 or reach her by phone at 317-627-8048. E-mail her at This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Martin County Fire Rescue uses new app to help patients quicker
BBC News
01-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
'The Derby Co-op cow sign is how we knew we were home'
After it first lit up the skyline in 1955 with its red and green neon lights, the "Co-op cow" sign soon became well-loved, and a signal to the people of Derby that they were home. More than 20 years ago, the landmark on top of Derby's Central Hall was re-positioned on the side of the building, but some time after the lights went off and never came on again, leaving locals udderly Saturday, it will finally moo-ve out of the darkness, with its switch-on due to take place at about 19:00 Co-op cow may be unfamiliar to younger generations, but for many older residents of the city, they say it is part of their childhood. The Central Co-op said the cow was being re-lit as part of the celebration of the United Nations' International Year of Cooperatives Dean, society president of Central Co-op, told the BBC: "After over 20 years of darkness, we will have light and people will see the cow again."She said she remembered it being put up, and going to see it. "It was always there - as everyone says, it is the sign that you are coming home to Derby when you see it in the distance," she said."As a little girl, it was the Co-op cow. We had Co-op milk, and it was just part of Derby." The Co-op cow: A history 1955: The sign was put up on top of Derby's Central Hall building. It displayed the slogan "the gateway to health" lit with green neon lights, above a giant crimson cow figure, lit in red neon, and next to white lettering saying "Co-op milk"2001: During the redevelopment of Central Hall, the Co-op cow was removed for roofing repairs2002: A new version of the cow returned to a more sheltered position on the side of the building - as it had previously been "buffeted by the winds and the weather", said Mrs Dean - and was lit again. Some time after this, it went off, and Mrs Dean said over the years she had tried to get it re-lit, without success, and was told the switch had been lost2010: Derby musician Kevin Moore wrote a song called The Co-op Cow2025: The sign was re-wired and fitted with white LED lighting, and on 1 March will be switched on again Mrs Dean said she remembered when the cow was re-lit in its new position, in 2002. She said: "It was lit up by Ted Pickard, the electrician, and I was up there on the roof at the time. We had a crowd of people up there to celebrate. "Then it went off, and it was off for ages, and the Co-op vacated the Central Hall premises as retail departments and nobody bothered about it."I asked several times if it could be lit up again." She said this January, following a chat with Dame Margaret Beckett, the former Labour MP for Derby South, about the landmark, Mrs Dean decided to ask again. She said Central Co-op chief executive Debbie Robinson agreed, saying it would be "marvellous". Mrs Dean added: "It will be just wonderful - so many people have asked to have it re-lit and [BBC Radio Derby breakfast presenter] Andy Twigge has been one of those." Kevin Moore, who wrote a song about the landmark, The Co-op Cow, said he was "pretty ecstatic" about the news. He said: "It is part of my childhood. People outside of Derby probably wonder what we are talking about, but it means a lot to me."I remember as a child coming home from Matlock from my grandmother's house and it would be there floating ethereally in the sky and it was 'we are nearly home'."It is synonymous with a certain generation I think. I love the fact it is coming back to life."Mr Moore said he was planning to remix his song to coincide with the "rebirth" of the Co-op cow. Mr Twigge, who has asked about the cow being re-lit on his show, said growing up, he would go into Derby on the number seven bus from said: "You knew you were in Derby because you could see the Co-op cow, and when you went in at night time, it was all lit up. It's iconic."For people that can remember it originally, it's huge. For me, the Co-op cow is Derby. "Like Rolls-Royce, the railways and the Royal Crown Derby, so is the Co-op cow."
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Compulsory purchase powers option for green scheme
Compulsory purchase orders could be used to secure the land needed to build a new walking and cycling route. Work on the project, which will link Worcester city centre with Shrub Hill, is due to start in May. It forms part of the wider regeneration of Shrub Hill Quarter, a collaboration between the city and county councils following a £10m government Towns Fund grant. Kevin Moore, the city council's head of property and asset management, said a design for the scheme had been finalised and was being priced by the contractor. He told a place and economic development committee on Monday: "Our solicitors are lined up to serve the necessary notices under the compulsory purchase order to secure the possession of the land and enable the start of the scheme. "Discussions continue with all the landowners there to sort out the details of land acquisition and compensation by agreement, but compulsory purchase is there as a backup." The project is due to be completed in March 2026 and will see a pathway created from Pheasant Street, over the canal and up to the railway station following the line of Cromwell Street. The first phase of the Shrub Hill Quarter regeneration also includes the refurbishment of former NHS office building Isaac Maddox House into an enterprise hub. Future phases could see the building of three and four-bedroom homes. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Work to regenerate city centre quarter to begin Work begins at multimillion-pound redevelopment Demolition for structurally unsound car park Worcestershire County Council Worcester City Council
