| Job coordinator starts next month
Marlborough's new seasonal labour coordinator has worked as all sorts of things from an electrician to a branch manager. Wine Marlborough has employed Claire Wilson to ensure those looking for employment in Marlborough this winter are matched with work and accommodation. The four month role begins on May 1, in time for the start of the labour intensive vineyard pruning season. Wine Marlborough executive officer Gerald Hope said Ms Wilson, originally from Oamaru and trained as an electrician, had worked in a number of positions and industries ranging from admin-istrative to branch manager level, and had owned her own landscaping business with her husband. He said she brought sound experience in office management, health and safety, promotional and accounting procedures to the position.
Historic home gets ‘makeover' for ACS' fundraiser
Approximately 35 members of the community, including Ceres Boy Scout troop #9 and the Ceres Garden Club held a planting day Sunday to beautify the landscaping surrounding the entrance to the historic Clinton Whitmore Mansion. Colorful trees, shrubs and other vegetation were planted on the 2 and a half-acre parcel. The planting is in preparation for the Friends of Hospice Designers' Showhouse, a fundraising event to benefit the patients and families of Community Hospice. The scouts participating in the project are attempting to earn their landscape architecture badge. The Friends of Hospice Designers' Showhouse will open its doors on the evening of April 27 with a preview party and run daily through May 13, Mother's Day with a delicious brunch. Visitors will experience the elegance of a Queen Anne style estate transformed by over 35 local interior and landscape designers.
State cuts barbers some slack
Kum Ye Throckmorton, owner of The 7 Sisters Barber Shop, said Friday that officials showed her a photo of a notice in six shops that announced haircut prices were going up $1 "at all barber shops in the city of Tillicum." She said she had planned to raise the price by a dollar already, but posted the notice at her shop to inform her customers. When someone pointed out it was illegal, she took it down and threw it away. "Everything's OK," she said between customers Friday afternoon. "I've learned now." Barbers in the Tillicum neighborhood depend on customers from the nearby military bases, where the price of a cut at the post exchange is $7.65. Not all Tillicum barbers were investigated. Kim said he attended at the request of the Attorney General and the barbers to help facilitate.
FINN Corp. Opens Wholesale Landscape Supply Store in Cleveland
Cincinnati-based FINN Corp. announced the grand opening and operation of another store location for its Wholesale Landscape Supply division, d.b.a. CWS, Inc. in Cleveland. The newest location serving the greater Cleveland area is the third CWS, Inc. storefront that FINN has built to satisfy landscape supplies, erosion control products and FINN equipment sales, rentals and parts sourcing for the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana tri-state customers. CWS is designed to be FINNs solution for the ideal one-stop shop for everything from certified grass seeds and safety salts to mulch varieties, premium erosion control products and FINNs equipment. CWS aims to offer everything under one roof, coupled with a knowledgeable staff, outstanding service and competitive prices. As a value-added service, CWS owns and operates a dedicated delivery truck equipped with a Moffitt forklift to deliver orders right to your building, shop or jobsite.
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