Dotterels doing Record set at well P5 Paeroa Golf Club P6 Hauraki Herald Friday, May 27, 2016 Youth Award winner Billy Turner is congratulated by Coromandel MP Scott Simpson at Parliament. Young firefighter wins award CLAIRE FITZJAMES be a fire fighter since he can ‘‘I give a lot of my time to the with the work Billy has been people out there doing great work, remember. community because I simply doing and have seen his efforts as well as others prepared to give He’s already racked up seven He’s been a fire fighter for the enjoy it. I like being able to go out first hand when visiting the young people the support they years’ volunteering for the New Tairua and Whangamata fire on the fire truck and Coastguard Tairua brigade on several need to help them reach their Zealand Fire Service at the tender brigades for almost two years and boat and know I am making a dif- occasions,’’ he said. goals.’’ age of 17. he has also been a member of ference,’’ he said. ‘‘These awards are a great The Youth Award is Billy’s And Billy Turner’s extraord- Coastguard and Land Search and ‘‘One minute you could be sit- initiative that recognises young latest in a string of inary dedication to emergency Rescue for three years. ting there and then next you’re on people doing great things, and acknowledgements for his com- services was recognised this week Shaking hands with Prime a job and it’s all go.’’ also those who support or cham- munity spirit. Last year he was when he received a Youth Award Minister John Key, Winston Coromandel MP Scott Simpson pion young people. awarded the Thames Rotary Help- at Parliament from the Ministry Peters and Peter Dunne and chat- said he was delighted Billy had ‘‘A large number of ing Hand Award and the People’s of Youth Development. ting with the chief executive of been recognised for his outstand- nominations was received for this Choice Award for Excellence at Billy, one of 45 Youth Award Coastguard New Zealand were ing contribution. year’s awards, which shows the inaugural Thames Coroman- recipients for 2016, has aspired to highlights. ‘‘I’ve been really impressed there’s no shortage of young del Youth Awards. 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GUEST ARTIST the inaugural Thames Paeroa Country Music Club Coromandel Youth Awards . welcomes guest artist Donna The earlier that the spirit of to do list Saunders to the Bible Chapel Hall on This newspaper is volunteerism is embraced by 2 3 June 3. subject to NZ Press members of the community the Council procedures. better. 5. ON THE LAWN A complaint must first Time pressures are increasing Beginners are welcome to join be directed in writing, within one month of all the time and volunteers tend to Thames Croquet Club at its Monday publication, to the editor’s email address. come from the older age groups. and Thursday golf croquet sessions If not satisfied with the response, the It is essential that there are from 12.45pm. complaint may be referred to the people to step into others’ shoes to Press Council. PO Box 10-879, take on roles that are vacated as The Terrace, Wellington 6143. time goes on. 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Sally Angelson grew up in Whitianga and studied inter- national relations at Waikato Uni- versity before setting off overseas to teach English as a second language. ‘‘I was teaching in Japan and I Sally Angelson heard about a ship called the used to teach Peace Boat. It travels around the Englishasa world doing peace-building,’’ she foreign language, now said. she’s an aid ‘‘I worked on this ship that worker for went around the world con- ChildFund. She’s stantly, for nearly four years.’’ pictured with That’s how she became an aid children in worker – going from a volunteer Mumbwa, on the ship to running a teaching Zambia. programme, as the trip travelled PHOTO: CHILDFUND through 65-odd countries. NZ Angelson shifted her focus to education, and has been working for ChildFund New Zealand since in Zambia and the Batticaloa ‘‘Teachers are teachers any- Up to 80 kids could be in one what it wants, and train local 2007, now as the lead developer region of Sri Lanka. where, but it’s a big difference class, and the kids may travel teachers. and programme manager for the The trials showed the when you don’t have any 10km to get to school. ChildFund New Zealand aims organisation’s Active Teaching techniques improved class attend- resources,’’ Angelson said. Part of the Atlas programme is to raise at least $96,000 to train 115 and Learning Approaches in ance, and there were fewer drop- ‘‘Most of the classrooms don’t making changes to classrooms, teachers across 23 schools in Schools (Atlas) programme. outs. have electricity, very few of them such as putting desks into pods Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.