March 05, 2021
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For International Women’s Day 2021, our special edition of #HerWorldHerStory shines the spotlight on 10 women in leadership positions.
From innovative entrepreneurship to successfully making strides in male-dominated industries, their accomplishments are uplifting and set the path forward. We ask them for their best career advice.
1. Dione Song, Chief operating officer, Love, Bonito
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“Someone once told me that if you find yourself hesitating when presented with an opportunity because you doubt your capabilities, just jump into it and do it. Someone believes in you, and you might just be underestimating yourself. That’s the best career advice I’ve received.”
CV biz mixer focuses on Broadway corridor
Chula Vista City Councilmembers Jill Galvez and Andrea Cardenas co-host a live online “Envision Broadway” business mixer from 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 11 to update business owners along Broadway and South Bay residents on returning to normal after the pandemic. The agenda includes information on reopening the economy; a forum to share ideas among business owners; goals for improving the Broadway corridor; and future opportunities with the new bayfront development. Register at https://tinyurl.com/2okgc6r3. Email questions to jarellano@publicstrategies.org. Questions will also be taken via Zoom chat. Envision Broadway is a project of the Institute for Public Strategies.
Hokitika councillor s brush with death after freak lawnmower accident
15 Jan, 2021 09:11 PM
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Westland district councillor Latham Martin, of Hokitika, is recovering from emergency surgery after an accident while cutting grass. Photo / Hokitika Guardian
Westland district councillor Latham Martin, of Hokitika, is recovering from emergency surgery after an accident while cutting grass. Photo / Hokitika Guardian
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By: Helen Murdoch
A Hokitika councillor who needed 31 blood transfusions, whose partner and parents were told he might not survive, and who had surgeons flown from Wellington to Te Nikau Hospital in Greymouth to support local doctors treating him after a freak lawnmower incident is counting his lucky stars. Helen Murdoch reports.