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ROXBY DOWNS...The future of Roxby Downs Medi-cal Practice remains uncertain after negotiations tosell the practice fell through last week.Practice owner Dr Bruce Wauchope and potentialpurchaser Dr Dervinder Singh Grewall are continu-ing negotiations for the sale this week with a newhand-over date set for early September.However, Dr Grewall advised The Monitor this weekthat he intends to begin consulting from the RoxbyDowns Hospital this week.“Dr Wauchope and I are amicably sorting out thesale, but until then it is almost impossible to meet theneeds of the Roxby Downs community with just onedoctor.” Dr Grewal said.“I will be consulting from the hospital this week, andI hope to soon be joined by my associate Dr JamesHarrison Swao so, with Dr Armstrong, the commu-nity will have three doctors.”In contrast, Dr Wauchope claimed Dr Grewal’s fail-ure to complete the sale as scheduled last week has“destablised” the existing practice.“Arrangements were made for the handover...andthe new doctors were to start on August 9, 2003,”he announced in a press release this week.“The Roxby practice had notified Dr Armstrong thathe would no longer be required as well as practicestaff...and the practice was prepared for sale andhandover.“On August 8, 2003, the purchase requirements werenot fulfilled and the practice was not able to be trans-ferred. This left the town potentially without doc-tors and so emergency arrangments were made andlocums flown in.”Dr Armstrong will continue to practice at the Medi-cal Centre this week, and will be joined by a locumfor the remainder of August.However, Dr Wauchope struck out at Dr Grewal claim-ing the delay has been “costly to the practice whichhas lost some of its trained, capable staff”.Richard Yeeles, a spokesman for WMC - one of theexisting practice’s financial supporters - told TheMonitor - “We’re concerned that there is uncer-tainty about the future of the practice, ”“We have spoken to both Dr Grewal and DrWauchope about our concerns.”

The Roxby Downs Area School Primary Choir will sing at theannual Festival of Music in Adelaide next month.The 36-strong choir will join more than 400 other singers frompublic primary schools around SA.

The group will peform in the Festival Theatre on Monday,September 15, followed by performance at several school as-semblies in Adelaide and some busking in Rundle Mall beforereturning home to Roxby Downs.

CHOIRGIRLS...Roxby Downs Area School Primary Choir soloists, from left, Tiffany Lloyd, 12,Courtney St John, 11, Kimberley Smith, 12, and Demi Goldfinch, 11, during choir rehearsals led byteacher Jenni Nitschke.

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KERRYN ROSE...A gorgeous per-son, inside andout.

Kerryn Rose, March 29, 1964 until July 26, 2003Kerryn Rose, March 29, 1964 until July 26, 2003Kerryn Rose, March 29, 1964 until July 26, 2003Kerryn Rose, March 29, 1964 until July 26, 2003Kerryn Rose, March 29, 1964 until July 26, 2003In Loving Memory OfKERRYN LEE ROSE

1964 – 2003Kerryn slipped away peacefully surrounded

by love on July 26, 2003 at her Mum’shome, Mount Barker.

Dearly loved wife and friend of Warren.Loving mother of Callie and Joshua.You were always strong and proud,Full of love and fun to be around.Your love for life was taken away.

You battled with this everyday.We feared the thought of losing you,

You never deserved what you went through,The kids and I will always love you.

Gone but never forgotten.Love you forever.

Warren, Callie and Josh.

Mumsy, I adored you so much.I feel like I can’t bear to live a day without you.I find peace knowing you will be a part of me

forever. I will always love you.Nothing stronger than a mother’s love for a

daughter - I will always remember.Love your Little Star xxx

To Mum, You are the greatest part of my life, nowand forever. I will love you always, as you remain

in my heart forever.Josh

Dearly-loved only daughter of Val and Les(decreased) Hill.

You were not only my daughter, you were myfriend. I’m going to miss you so much.

Reunited with Dad.I love you ‘Bloss’ – Mum

Loved sister of Greg and SallyWe’ll always remember our last visit.Special aunty to Georgia and Emma.

Yours is the star next to Pa’s.Dearly-loved sister of Darren and friend of Jodie,

Aunty to Vanessa.You did so much for me sis.

I’ll never forget your love and support.Beautiful memories are now mine forever.

Our beautiful friend. Our beautiful memories.Our beautiful ‘Minna’.

Carol and Peter, Taylor and Darcy.Kerryn - you were a great friend and will be

sadly missed.Janette, Rick, Clint, Lauren, Dalton and Jackson.

We were so blessed to have you in our lives,memories to love forever.

A beautiful friend.Love, Karina and Gary, Teegan and Mason.

Truly great people emit a light that warms thehearts of those around them.

Always remembered, never forgotten.From the Milhinch Mob.

A memorial service for the friends and fam-ily of Kerryn Rose will be held at the RoxbyDowns Community Church - Friday, August15, at 4pm. This is a casual celebration ofKerryn’s life for all the people she touchedin both small and significant ways.Participants are asked to wear bright clothesin memory of Kerryn’s love for all things vi-brant and colourful.Friends are asked to make donations to theCancer Council in lieu of flowers - donationenvelopes will be available on the day.

Roxby Downs residentKerryn Rose passedaway on July 26, 2003,after battling for eightyears with a rare form ofcancer.Kerryn is known and re-membered locally for herlove of life and her in-domitable spirit.Kerryn, was a belovedwife to Warren and‘Mum’ to Josh and Callie- but she was a friend toeveryone.After 16 years in RoxbyDowns, there were fewpeople who hadn’t beenon the receiving end ofone of Kerryn’s gor-geous, warming smiles.Her ongoing battle wentunnoticed to most be-cause what the world

saw was a courageous,determined woman wholived life to the fullest.She was born on March29, 1964, the daughter ofVal and Les Hill, andgrew up in MountBarker.Always a keen sports-woman, Kerryn met hus-band-to-be Warrenthrough the MountBarker Football Club andhe whisked her away toLeigh Creek where theyworked together as care-takers for McMahons.The pair then lived at acamp at Wilpena Poundworking on the StonyPoint Pipeline, thenwent to WA and workedon the Dampier-PerthPipeline. They marriedin January, 1984, andmoved to Port Lincolnsoon after and begantheir family. Kerryn andthe children - Callie andJosh - moved to RoxbyDowns, to be with War-ren, in 1987, and made ahome for themselves to-gether.“She loved Roxby, it washer home, she was partof the town,” son Joshsaid.After a series of jobs atthe local pharmacy, Oa-sis and Tavern, Kerrynis best known as one ofthe smiling faces behindthe Milhinch Jewellerscounter in Roxby

Downs.Her close friends knewher as Zsa Zsa becauseof her love of all that glit-tered. But Kerryn didn’tjust want beautiful jew-els herself, she wantedeveryone to be able toenjoy them.There’s many a localhusband who wenthome with a lighter wal-let but a happy partneras a result of Kerryn’scharms. Her presencewill always be theredown that main street.Kerryn was a regular onthe local netball and bas-ketball courts for manyyears, including playingfor the Phantoms, DeepPurple and the Destroy-ers.In later years she wasbetter know for coachingand supporting her chil-dren in their juniorsports.She was always a keensport supporter and anactive member of theRoxby Districts FootballClub where the family arerecognised as life mem-bers.As the coaches’ wife sheentertained, cooked andconsoled the man young‘Miners’ who were wel-comed into her home.Family was Kerryn’s pas-sion and she extendedthat love to the familiesof her friends.

She didn’t want thanksor recognition - she justwanted to make a fabu-lous home for her familyand friends - and shewas happy to invite eve-ryone in to share it.But for husband Warrenand children Callie andJosh, she was both theheart and the backboneof their family.“I think she has leftsomething special be-hind in our children,”Warren said. “Our kidsare sharers and givers,like Kerryn, and that’swhat she instilled in allof us.”And like Kerryn, Callieand Josh continue tomake the most of theirlives since the passingof their mother lastmonth.Callie is now beginninga career in marketing,while Josh has beentagged to train and playwith the family’s favour-ite SANFL team - Sturt.Achievements Kerrynwould be proud of.Kerryn will be remem-bered by all as a personwho has made signifi-cant contributions to atown and community sheloved.Her warmth, generosityand friendship will be inour hearts and memoriesfor ever - a truly inspira-tional person.


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ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs’ onlypracticing female GP intends to continue treat-ing patients locally despite the imminent saleof the Roxby Downs Medical Practice.Dr Wendy Strachan voiced her concerns forthose patients who would prefer to see a fe-male doctor, following negotiations to sellthe practice to Port Augusta’s Dr DervinderGrewal this month.“I think it is important to have a female prac-titioner as an option for those people whoare more comfortable with a woman GP,” DrStrachan said.“That’s a real issue in Roxby Downs withsuch a large proportion of the female commu-nity pregnant or trying to get pregnant – someof those women just aren’t comfortable go-ing to see a male doctor.”Dr Strachan consulted in Roxby Downs thismonth in cooperation with the former prac-tice-lessees Dr Robert Armstrong and DrMichael Coward - but she is now prepared tostrike out on her own.“I was doubtful as to whether I would con-tinue visiting Roxby Downs,” she told TheMonitor last week.“But my experience this week has been of

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FEMALE GP…Dr Wendy Strachanis willing to strike out on her ownto continue practicing in RoxbyDowns.

people, patients, asking me to stay and wor-rying that I might not return.“I had come here thinking that maybe thiswas the last time but now I am looking atwhat options I have to keep practicing lo-cally.”Dr Strachan currently holds a teaching posi-tion with General Practice Education Aus-tralia.“Teaching is only half of the story – youcan’t teach if you’re not at the coal face aswell.“I’m in there trying to keep the rural commu-nity’s needs in the face of educators.“But it was always my intention to continuecoming to Roxby Downs - though it’s noteasy for me to travel back and forth all the

time.”Dr Strachan was Roxby Downs’ resident GPfor several years in the late 90s, and has con-tinued to practice locally on a part-time andlocum basis for the past six years.She was responsible for establishing the re-gion’s birthing centre - sadly now defunct -and birthed more than 65 local babies in hertime as Roxby Downs’ resident GP.“I’ve always had a special interest in thewomen and children of Roxby Downs and I’dlike to see some continuity of care, and someoptions, for those families I’ve worked soclosely with over the past six years.“I want to continue coming to Roxby Downsand I’m investigating some possibilities thatwill allow me to do so.”

Slow Down or Go ThirstyROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs’ Ochre Cel-lars has introduced a speed limit of 5km/h thismonth in response to safety concerns raised bystaff and customers.Customers who ignore the speed restrictions riskbeing banned from both the Cellars and the Tav-ern, according to bottle shop managers DavidSickert and Marj James.“We have a lot of traffic through here, both pe-destrians and cars,” Mr Sickert said.“There have been a few close calls lately withkids getting out of cars to get an icecream, orstaff walking between the cars.”“People just roar in here sometimes,” Ms Jamessaid.“You can see the skidmarks they leave on theconcrete.“We want to stop it before someone gets hurt.”In the first weeks of introducing the new restric-tions.“staff have already handed out several warningto drive-through clientele.”

SLOW DOWN…Tavern staff Elaine Fawkes, Marj James and DavidSickert outside the Ochre Cellars ‘drive-through’ where a speed limitof 5km/h has been introduced.

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ROXBY DOWNS…StBarbara’s Parish is call-ing for donations of cas-sette and CD players tobring a little music intothe lives of Baxter De-tention Centre’s inmates.Sister Anne Higgins,who has been workingwith refugees atWoomera and Baxter De-tention Centre for almostfour years, has called onthe community to makedonations of workingCD and cassette players– and even computers.“A little music can do alot to relieve the mo-notony of life for thoseheld in the centre,” Sis-ter Anne said.Sister Anne’s greatestconcern is for the manyyoung men in the cen-tre, in their early 20s, whohave been incarceratedas long as three yearswithout any relief fromthe centre.“There have been someopportunities foryounger children toleave the centres by at-tending school, but theyoung men haven’t beenable to step outsidethose four fence lines,”she said. “They’re con-fined with very few ac-tivities.”“We’ve received somesupport from the parish,but we can’t continue toprovide for these peoplewithout the help of thewider community.”In addition to workingCD and cassette players,the parish has also putthe call out for dona-tions of computers.“I’m hoping there arepeople out there whohave bought new mod-els of CD-players andcomputers and have puttheir outmoded onesaside,” Sister Anne said.“The computers don’thave to be much – justplay a few games and dosome word-processing.“The cassette and CD-players just have to bein good working order.”Donations can be madeto the Parish School inRoxby Downs, or StMichael’s CatholicChurch in Woomera.RoxFM station managerDeb Paliska – herself arecently-released inmateof Baxter Detention Cen-tre – attested to the factthat access to music andother sources of Austral-ian culture is scarce inthe detention centre.RoxFM, under the lead-ership of Mrs Paliska,will also be collectingtapes, CDs and videos tosupport St Barbara’s Par-ish drive. “We’re lookingto do something regu-larly,” Mrs Paliska said.“I know when I was inBaxter I gave away about75 CDs and they werejust thrilled. I think mu-sic makes a wonderfuldifference – the mo-notony is horrible inthere.”

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WOOMERA…The Woomera Astronomy Group willhost a ‘viewing of Mars’ at the Baker Observatorywhen Mars draws its closest to Earth in 73,000 yearsthis month.The public viewing marks ‘the opposition of Mars’on Friday, August 29, from 6pm. For laymen – thatmeans Mars will line up with Earth in orbit.While Mars opposes Earth every 15 to 20 years, thisyear’s opposition is one of the closest ever – andthe best opportunity in our lifetime to get close to‘the Red Planet’.This celestial event actually occurs on Friday, Au-gust 29 – and the Baker Observatory will open itsdoors to the public on that day, from 6pm.However, WAG members and the Woomera Boardwill mark the event with a public viewing and barbe-cue, for the cost of a gold coin donation, from 6pmthe following Saturday.The public viewing marks a significant milestone inWAG’s plans to build an internationally-recognisedpublic observatory in Woomera.“We’ve been having bookings every night of tour-ists, non-stop - people from all over Australia andeven the UK stop by to visit and use the telescope,”WAG chairman Rob Lockyer said.“At the moment our 10 inch telescope fully func-tional and we’ve started internal work on the DalyTheatre but we’re hindered by funding restrictions.“We’re still hunting for funding for our larger ob-servatory plans – but we’ve come to the belief thatwe’re not going to get our funding in one lump sumand we’re going to have to aim for a series of grantsand sponsorships to make it happen.”WAG tabled a proposal, early this year, outliningplans for a $320,000 observatory facility comprisinga star theatre, lecture hall, planetarium and four tel-escopes ranging in size from the current 10 inchmodel, to a NASA-quality 32 inch model.While the initial response to the proposal was posi-tive, funding has been scarce.However, Mr Lockyer believes the response toWAG’s initial publicity has highlighted that there isa national and international audience for a service ofthis kind in Woomera.WAG volunteers are currently conducting toursthrough the observatory most nights.In addition to local commercial accommodation, StMichael’s School Camp will open its doors for theevent at a cost of $10 per person per night, on Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday. Bookings can be madeby phoning St Barbara’s Parish School – 8671 3207.For more information or to book a tour, contact theWoomera Heritage Centre – ph 8673 7042.

Red Planet inView at Woomera

ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs’ Outback FieldNaturalists will host an astronomy night onWednesday, September 3, hosted by local as-tronomer Murray Tyler.The evening will focus on Mars and its ‘oppo-sition to Earth’ on August 29.The celestial event marks the closest Mars willbe to Earth in more than 73,000 years.Even the smallest of telescopes will be able tosee great detail on the planet’s surface includ-ing its dark continental patches and its growingand shrinking polar icecap as the planet’s sea-sons change.The viewing will be held at the bypass road,North of the Andamooka turnoff, from 7.30pm. For further information or for more details con-tact Kelli-Jo Kovac on 8671 8656.

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On August 8, 2003 a 40-year-old Roxby Downswoman was reported for using a telephone to makeharassing telephone calls.On the same day a 14-year-old Roxby Downs youthwas reported for possessing liquor in a public place.On August 7, a 24 year-old Andamooka man wasreported for exceeding speed limit and driving whiledisqualified.On the same day a 3-year-old Roxby Downs manwas reported for driving an unregistered and unin-sured car.In an unrelated incident on August 7, a 33-year-oldRoxby Downs man was reported for causing andpermitting another to drive an unregistered and un-insured car.On August 7, a near-new army green coloured Dia-mond Back BMX bike was stolen overnight from ayard in Anna Court.On August 6, two dogs were reported dead as a re-sult of being baited in a yard in One Tree Hill,Andamooka.The dogs had only recently returned back toAndamooka after some months of absence so it ispossible that the baits had been dormant in the yardfor the last few months. This is the first report inrelation to dog baiting at Andamooka that Police havereceived in the past two months. Police are still ap-pealing to the Andamooka Community to report anysuspicious activity.On August 5, an 18-year-old Roxby Downs man wasreported for driving without due care and 2 countsof breaching his L permit following an accident thatoccurred on the July 25, in Roxby Downs.On August 4, an assault was reported at the OlympicDam mine site.In an unrelated incident on the same day two moonrocks were stolen from the front yard of a house inBorral Street, WoomeraOn August 3, a letterbox was reported stolen from ahouse on Pioneer Drive. The letter box was later re-covered from a house roof.On August 3, a house was broken into and tablesand chairs stolen from a house on Aquila Blvd. Thealleged offender is known to police.

SERVICE COLLAPSE...RoxbyDowns Municipal Council’sElectrical IT Manager David Hallettand Administrator Bill Boehmheralded the closure of RoxbydownsDot Net this month.

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ROXBY DOWNS...Council-owned internet serv-ice provider Roxbydowns Dot Net will close thismonth.Roxby Downs Municipal Council AdministratorBill Boehm announced that the service was nolonger viable, this month.The move comes as a result of increased compe-tition through new regional service providers andthe local introduction of ADSL broadband.“We have been able to operate reasonably suc-cessfully for the past 19 months, but changes inthe industry has made it difficult for a small playerto compete,” Mr Boehm said.The Roxbydowns Dot Net service was originallyestablished by council as an extension of thebusiness’ purchase of suitable equipment tomeet its own needs.Mr Boehm said the council had explored a vari-ety of options to allow the service to remain op-erating locally but that the internet industry hasbecome too competitive for rural providers.Roxbydowns Dot Net account holders shouldcontact Council IT Manager David Hallett formore information about the changes - ph 86710010.

ARTIST...Local artist Dave Kovac andwife Kelli-Jo at the opening of Dave’sinaugural exhibition.

Exhibit Success for Local ArtistROXBY DOWNS...More than 50 people attended aprivate showing of Andamooka-raised artist DaveKovac’s inaugural exhibition last week.Mr Kovac’s exhibit, in the Roxby Downs CulturalPrecinct, represents his first ever and was almostsold-out before the doors even opened to the publicon Saturday.Artworks on display range from his iconic pencil-drawn scenes of Andamooka - the town he grew upin and still calls home - to pastel studies of the re-gion’s native birds and animals.“It’s a big step for me to drop everything and try tomake it as a full-time artist but the response has beenamazing,” Mr Kovac said.“I couldn’t do any of it without my wife KJ though -she’s supported me every step of the way.”


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FAR NORTH REGION…More than 100 studentsin the Far Northern Re-gion’s five local schoolswill compare their literacyand numeracy skills tothat of students all overthe state, following astate-wide testing pro-gram last week.The South AustralianState Literacy and Nu-meracy (LaN) Testingprogram is a SACSA(South Australian Cur-riculum and Account-ability) framework basedassessment of literacyand numeracy for stu-dents in Years 3, 5 and 7.Students at RoxbyDowns Area School, StBarbara’s Parish School,Woomera Area School,and Andamooka PrimarySchool underwent theLiteracy component ofthe LaN test on Wednes-day, August 6, and theNumeracy componenton the following Thurs-day.The students were ex-posed to a variety ofquestions includingmultiple-choice ques-tions and short answerquestions as well as awriting component.“The SA LaN tests pro-vide students, parentsand schools with valu-able information on theperformance of individu-als and groups of stu-dents,” RDAS Teachingand Learning Coordina-tor Belinda Ramsey said.“The purpose of thetests is to inform stu-dents, parents andschools about what stu-dents can do in specificaspects of literacy andnumeracy.”On completion, the testsare marked and the re-sults are analysed.Local schools, studentsand parents, will receivereports in October, sum-marising students’ re-sults.Local teachers will alsobe involved in analysingstudent performance toensure literacy and nu-meracy programs are im-plemented and contin-ued to ensure all needsof students are met.

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Newly-appointedRoxby Downs CFS captain,Helmut Pfeifer, 39, has been a fa-miliar face supporting local sport-ing and social events like Boogiein the Bush and Dirt Circuit asboth a CFS and SA Ambulancevolunteer for the past 14 years.This year, Helmut heads up a re-vitalised CFS committee whichplans to make the local servicemore community-oriented andmore visible.“We have a total of 33 memberswith an active core of about 19,”he said.“They are all volunteers who’veachieed their Level 1, 2 and 3 firefighting and rescue coursesthrough the service.“These are recognisedaccreditations which can helppeople in their working life, aswell as supporting the commu-nity with this important service.”In addition to working as an en-gineering trades assistant lo-cally, and playing a proactive partin site safety plans, Helmut hasvolunteered his services to a se-ries of other community groups.“I spent some time with SouthAustralian Motor Racing OfficialAssociation as a Flag and TrackMarshall at various circuits, in-cluding Adelaide InternationalRaceway, Mallala, CollinggroveHill Climb, the Formula OneGrand Prix in Adelaide and Mel-bourne,” he said.“My time in Roxby Downs hasbeen spent working for WesternMining Corporation the past 14years, in various different roles -

from the smelter, anode furnaceand casting area, oxygen plantto the acid plant.“During that time, I have spentseven years with the EmergencyResponse Team at the Process-ing end of the plant.Helmut was also an active mem-ber of the South Australian Am-

bulance Service in his efforts“to protect life, property andalso aid in health and wellbe-ing of the Roxby Downs com-munity”.He is also one of the key fig-ures behind the local Active8/Country Fire Service trainingprogram.

HELMUT...Newly-appointed Roxby Downs CFSCaptain Helmut Pfeifer.

OLD SMOKEY...Organisers are anticipating the sale of ‘OldSmokey’ - a weber-style barbecue incorporated into a steamengine design. ‘Old Smokey’ was built and donated by theteam at Olympic Dam Precision Engineering including, fromleft, Stephen Bell, Rod Fraser and Chris Koning. Ferrocutalso provided profile-cut steel for the project.

Nurse Highlighting Local Needs

COUNTRYNURSE...Registered NurseLaurie Tyas has been nominated to theMinisterial Rural Health AdvisoryCouncil.

ROXBY DOWNS...Nurse Laurie Tyas has been nomi-nated to the Ministerial Rural Health Advisory Councilthis month.“I’m really quite chuffed about it - I honestly think Ican make a difference,” Mr Tyas said.“There are some big issues in rural health - like ac-cessibility and availability, not to mention recruit-ment and retention.“I think country people are severely disadvantagedas to access to health care compared to in the city.”Mr Tyas worked as a nurse in Whyalla and Peterbor-ough before moving to Roxby Downs.“Country living is a lifestyle choice for my wife andme,” he said.Mr Tyas was nominated by Member for Giles LynBreuer.


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A MessageFrom ThePrincipal

Opening times for the P&F school uniformshop, in H-block, have changed this term.The shop is now open at 3pm on Mondayand Thursdays and at 8.45am onTuesdays.

Newsletter/Monitor FeedbackPlease feel free to drop a note or email your thoughts about putting the Newsletter in The Monitor.Please address any correspondence to:The Principal, Roxby Downs Area School, Richardson Place, Roxby Downs or [email protected]

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Dear School Community MembersCongratulations to Mr Tobias O’Connor who hasrecently won an Information and CommunicationTechnology (computers) coach position within ourFar North district. This means he will be training stafffrom our school and others in our district in the useof computers and the internet at various timesthroughout the rest of this year. Another example ofthe talented staff we have!The school’s major redevelopment program hasreached the official hand-over stage. Each of ournew areas are looking fantastic with staff and stu-dents eager to shift in.We wish to thank everyone for their patience duringthe disruptions from any of the building work. I amsure that these additions will greatly enhance ourschool and the students general learning environ-ment.With such wonderful facilities we will need to takeparticular care of our school. We are all indeed fortu-nate to have such facilities available for our chil-dren’s learning. We ask that everyone contributesto School Watch and contacts the Police to reportany suspicious activity occurring after hours.Bullying is an issue that concerns whole communi-ties, both school and the wider community.Roxby Downs Area School has taken a decisive standbased on the belief that all relationships should bepositive and no person should have to tolerate bul-lying.There are several strands to this policy which ad-dresses the needs of those who are subjected tobullying and those who are bullies. Both of thesegroups receive counselling to assist them to copewith what is happening and make necessary changes.These programs are managed by staff whose pre-dominant role in the school is the health and welfareof young people. At the forefront are staff with acounselling role (Mrs Bennie and Mr Knill) but allmembers of management and the wider staff have arole to play.The response to bullying is a clear cut and consist-ent one. The message to bullies is strong; that suchbehaviour will not be tolerated and that there areconsequences. Bullies will face a range of conse-quences determined by the length and severity oftheir negative behaviour including formal warnings,parental contact, detentions and even suspensions.The predominant message we want to give is thatschool is a safe place to be where students are sup-ported and bullies are not tolerated.Quality AssuranceBy now 55 randomly selected families should havereceived a letter asking them to participate in theschool’s Annual Quality Assurance Survey. All sur-vey answers are confidential.The Quality Assurance Questionnaire is extremelyimportant as it helps determine school directions fornext year and years to come. These survey’s attemptto gauge the school climate, quality of teaching,learning outcomes, student reporting, general envi-ronment, customer responsiveness and overall gen-eral satisfaction.

Jim MichalanneyPrincipal - Roxby Downs Area School

NEW FACE....Ms Rebekah Reddenspent her first day at Roxby DownsArea School teaching hockey.

Roxby Downs AreaSchool welcomed newPhysical Educationteacher Rebekah Red-den last week.“Rebekah is fromOrroroo and is an excep-tional athlete in her ownright,” principal JimMichellaney said.“We are sure that sheand Ms Dianne Allenwill make a great teamand we look forward tothe Physical Educationprogramme making posi-tive progress through-out the year.“Thanks also go to MsDeb Marsland, the Per-manent Relief Teacher,for her work filling in forthis PE position.

New Teacher Hits the Courts

The 2003 Australasian Schools Science Competition,run by the Educational Testing Centre of the Univer-sity of NSW, was held in May for students from Years3-12.More than 450,000 students from Australia, New Zea-land and the Pacific region participated in this year’scompetition.The fourteen participants from Roxby Downs AreaSchool are to be congratulated for their efforts - par-ticularly, Phoebe and Bodie Goldfinch for receivingCertificates of Credit, and to Sam Tyler for his Certifi-cate of Distinction.

International Science Competition

Welcome to another fortnight.Firstly thank you to the two parent help-ers, and the people who donated drinksto P&F Coffee Corner held last MarketDay, raising $100.Next Market Day - August 16 - P&Fwill be selling old stock of school uni-forms at cheap prices at the P&F stall.Coffee Corner will be run by Ms LyndallCraker and the senior student voice.They are fundraising to repaintbenches and tables, so buy refresh-ments and support them at Market Day.A Collingwood Jumper signed by all2003 season Collingwood Players isnow on EBAY on the internet till Au-gust 31, 2003. Place your bid now as allmoney raised goes to P&F.Next meeting for the P&F Committee isWednesday, September 3, at 7.30pm inthe school staffroom - come along withyour ideas.

Annette JacksonP&F Committee

In Art Miss Methofer’s class have used crayon pastels to create beautiful fruit bowls. We have used sponges to

print oranges and corks to print cherries. MissMethofer thinks we are budding artists.Library – Amanda Trasy…In RBL the Year 2s arefinding out about people and their culture from acountry in Asia.Drama - R Hallion…We’ve been acting out MrGumpy’s car and The Ginger Bread Man in groupsand performing the plays to the class.Jenni Nitschke…All R-6 students have been en-joying learning expressive movement and dance tomusic with the visiting Newmet DancersMiss Campbell-Colquhoun…We have begunlearning about our new Health topic ‘Healthy Food’.We are excited!Christall/Hallion…In Science we are looking atwind and weather. We brainstormed things that needwind to work and talked about what makes wind.We made wind-powered pinwheels for some spin-ning fun.Miss Nash…We have been learning all about tensand units in Maths. Miss Nash thinks we are soclever. We’ve also learned about the Healthy FoodPyramid and eating in moderation.Miss Steele…Did you see us in the main street?We were out collecting data on colours of cars inRoxby Downs. Miss Steele showed us how torecord using tallies and how to graph our results.Rosie Willson…We are learning the letters Wwand Ii. This week we made windmills and inseywinsey spiders. Parents enjoyed the informationsession about the Headstart programme.Mrs Zeptner’s Reception…In Maths we have beenlooking at different parts of the day. We talked aboutall the different names we use for certain time of theday- morning, noon, afternoon, evening and night.We know that when it is 12 o’clock midday, theafternoon begins. We also know that there are 24hours in one day.Eastwood/Andrews…Do you know that the worldis made up of seven continents and five seas? Weare learning about a country that is so big that itstretches across two continents! Can you think ofwhat it is? It is Russia!Indonesian…Family words are our focus earlyTerm 3. Ibu = Mum, Bapak = Dad, Saya = me. Year2s have been drawing accurate maps of Australiaand Indonesia.Miss Underwood’s class have had lots of fun do-ing Newmet dance workshops. We got to pretendthat we were fairies, goblins and elves.Fairies, Goblins and Elves- we have all of them inMiss Bartsch’s class. We have had lots of fun dress-ing up and pretending to be these characters in ourNewmet Dance workshops.

At Roxby Downs Community Librarywe have been using new registrationforms for the past six months.If you registered from January on wardsyou do not need to do anything.If you registered to become a memberof the library before January 2003 canyou please come into the library andre-register for your whole family.The reason we need you to registeragain are:1. To up date your address and phone

details for posting overdue no-tices, as we are getting a lot sentback.

2. To record your email address, topreferable send out overdue no-tices via email.

3. To up date your Notice of Indem-nity for internet access.

So please re-register next time you arein the library.

Mandy KerbyLibrary Manager

Library RegistrationP&F Fundraising

The R-2 Sports Day will be held on August 22,2003.Students will need to be at school at 8.30am butsports day will begin at 10.30am untilapproximately 12.45pm.Details will be sent home soon in contact books.Parents and friends are invited to attend.

Students Gear up for Sports Day

ELECTIVES...Junior Primary studentsenjoying the varied elective activitiesnow on offer at RDAS.

Students Enjoying Junior Primary ElectivesThis term, the Receptionto Year 2 Cohort hasstarted an excitingelectives program.Every Thursday after-noon children work to-gether in multi-agegroups, rotating througha variety of stimulatingactivites.We are fortunate to havea number of parents whocome in and help duringour Electives.“In the first week ofelectives I did clay, Imade a monkey headwith Miss Nash!” DeclanClements - Year 2.“Last week at electives Iwent cooking with MissUnderwood. We madechocolate truffles.”Whitney Duggan - Year2.“Last week I went to Artand Craft and I didthreading. I got to usepasta to make a neck-lace.” Shaun Smith - Year2.“Last week I went todance with MrsHallion.” Lucy Noll -Year 2.“The first lesson I diddrawing pictures withMiss Andrews. We drew

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Week 4 School Photos - August 14 & 15Newmet Dance 7-12Book Week R-7 special program weeks4 & 5

Week 5 R-2 Sports Day – Friday, August 22Haematite Camps – ThurunaBook Week R-7 Celebrations

Week 6 Haematite Camps – ThurunaEarly Closure - August 26, 2.10pm

Week 7 Emerald Camps – Pt LowlyWeek 8 Emerald Camps – Pt Lowly

Early Closure - September 9, 2.10pmWeek 9 Emerald Camps – Pt lowly

Primary Choir performs in Adelaide –Monday & TuesdayR-12 Parent/Teacher Interviews7-12 Sports Day Friday

Week 10 3-6 Sports Day ThursdayEarly Closure - September 23, 2.10pm

free pictures. I didPokemon for free pic-tures. I think it was fan-tastic!” Daniel Fox - Year2.“In electives the first les-son I played in the sandpit. We had 10 minutesof free time, then we hada sand castle competi-tion.” Matthew Grez -Year 2.“I did wood working inMiss Bartch’s class. I hadnails and string and Imade a star. It wascool!” Kiaya Johnston -

Year 2.“The second time atelectives I went to MissMethofer’s class and didMagic Science. I madean illusion with a skateboarder and a skateramp.” Angus May -Year 2.“We had lots of fun play-ing in the sand.” AmberGoldsworthy-Spiers –Reception.“It was fun havingsandcastle competi-tions!” Jessica Holden –Year 2.


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Roxby SkatePark Meeting

ROXBY DOWNS…OnTuesday, July 29, 2003,the Year 10 students ofRoxby Downs AreaSchool participated in a‘Reach Our Forum’ de-signed for youth who arehaving problems andneed to speak about it.Representatives from theforum came to speak tous to promote their web-site http://www.reachout.com.au where youth canfind information aboutthe issues that peopleface these days.They also gave us thechance to ask questionsand hear their valuableanswers based on theirknowledge and experi-ence.Some of the questionsasked were:“How did the programstart?”“What’s the favouritething you enjoy aboutyour job?”And “How can we getinvolved?”We enjoyed this forumand thought it was worthwhile.Now, if we have any prob-lems we know where wecan go to find help.RDAS Year 10 studentsSara Groom, Rachel

Williams, BreeButler and Hannah

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ROXBY DOWNS... Com-bined RoxFM and RoxbyDowns Youth Centredisco was held at the au-ditorium on Saturday,August 19.More than 150 youth at-tended both the juniorand senior discos.The event raised $750which will be divided be-tween the two commu-nity services.

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HOLY COMMUNION...Eleven localyoungsters celebrated their holycommunion at the weekend.From left, front, Katherine Grez, 9,Sean Clarke, 9, Sam Allen, 9, SamuelWilson, 10, Jed Kenny, 10, ThomasLloyd-Schott, 9, back, ReneeRohrlach, 9, Travis Ley, 9, GeorgiaDrefke, 9, and Lucy Hobbs, 9,pictured with Father Jim Monaghan.The children were also assisted byteachers Cynthia Thompson andSister Patricia Hogan in preparing forthe ceremony.

Celebration of Faith

School Representatives toVisit Government House

HONORED...Mikaela Aldenhoven,17, and Kane Honner, 17, willrepresent Roxby Downs Area Schoolat Government House this month.

ROXBY DOWNS...RDAS school captainsMikaela Aldenhoven, 17, and Kane Honner, 17,will represent the schoolat a Government Housedinner on Friday, August 29.The pair, nominated for their involvement atschool and in the wider community, will be spon-sored for the trip by the Cultural Precinct, theRoxby Youth Centre and Roxby Downs Commu-nity Church.

ROXBY DOWNS...Roxby Downs andregional youth will be consulted thisweek on what they want in a skatepark.Roxby Downs Youth Services willhost a public meeting on Thursday,August 14, at 3.30pm in the CulturalPrecinct Theatrette.Youth Services coordinators SuePenglase and Laurence Duggan werein Adelaide last month, consultingwith skate park users from all over Ad-elaide.The youth skaters highlighted theneed for local consultation before theestablishment of a skate park.“When we were in Adelaide, talkingto the kids, the issue that kept com-ing up was councils’ lack of consul-tation with the kids,” Mr Duggan said.Travelling to Roxby downs to discusspossible design features at the meet-ing is young skater and park designerAshley Watson, of Adelaide. “It wasthe kids themselves who recom-mended Ashley and he rocked up forour interview on his skateboard withhis portfolio under his arm.”This ambitious 27-year-old, whose in-terest in design arose from his owndisatisfaction with council skateparks, is keen to see local ideas im-plemented at the Roxby Downsskatepark.One of the key features already high-lighted by Ashley is the need for bothbeginners and intermediate facilities.A total of $95,000 has been designatedin government grants and councilsupport for a Roxby Downs skatepark.

ROXBY DOWNS...Not manypeople would think the middle ofthe Australian desert would behome to the next generation ofperforming arts talent regionaltheatre-in-education companyNewmet Intr-active has discov-ered a wealth of untapped energyin one of the biggest miningcommunities in the country.This is the second year in a rowNewmet has travelled north towork with the school communityin Roxby Downs at the demandsof the student body.Workshops involved as many as750 students over nine days.“It all started with the highschool students,” says artisticdirector Nikki Whichello.“They had a rough time at a Rock

THEATRICAL...Newmet Intr-active ‘theatre ineducation’ coordinators Nikki Whichello and WaiataTahau met with more than 750 local students thismonth for a series of theatre and dance workshops.

Youth in the Theatrical SpotlightEisteddfod a couple of years agoand were determined to returnwith a routine that proved to eve-ryone that just because theycame from the country, theycould mix it with the best of them.“Newmet has always been aboutgiving people theatre skills asanother tool throughout theirlife.“Dance and theatre can provideall the lessons in life without thecompetitive nature.“Many people don’t fit in to theculture of sport but still yearn forphysical activity and the chanceto be a part of a team.“These kids are the best exam-ple and they have developed allsorts of social skills as part ofthis project.”


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WINNERS...Lastyear’s leadingtrainer Mick Whittlewill be back inRoxby at theweekend for theOnesteel OutbackCup.

Long History of Winners at Race DaySince its first registeredmeeting in 1994, theRoxby Race Day hasboasted a long pedigreeof cup winners.In 1994 the inaugural cupwas won by locally-owned Acrobat.Here is a quick snapshotof the many well-known1994 - Acrobat1995 - Pale Mist1996 - Wing Wang1997 - Aimbury1998 - Dance of Triumph1999 - King of Junction2000 - Front Beach2001 - meeting cancelled.2002 - Rich ThemeWho will be next?The 2002 cup’s ‘LeadingTrainer’ Mick Whittle,trainer of cup winnerRich Theme, will show-case the best of his sta-bles at this year’s event.While internationaljockey Hiuma Akiyamwill also make an appear-ance.Make sure you’re thereon August 16 to enjoy allthe excitement of RoxbyRace Day.

This year’s Onesteel Outback Cup will boast itsfirst-ever ‘Ladies Day’ events on August 16 - kick-ing off with a champagne and chicken breakfastin Richardson Place, near the Anzac memorial.For a ticket price of just $40, ladies can enjoy amorning of live entertainment by Roxby’s own‘Trilling Frogs’ a cappella troupe, a free glass ofchampagne, chicken and cold meats platter, freeentry to the race day, free entry to the race ball,and transportation to and from the event.Book ahead at the Roxby Downs Child Care cen-tre and receive reduced child care from 10am to4pm when you produce your race ticket.Phone 8671 0911 now to book your child in andenjoy a day out with the ladies.Catch a bus to the event, from Richardson Place,and another bus back in time to collect your childat 4pm.

Relax on the lawns of Richardson Place - betweenThe Monitor offices and the Roxby Downs Com-munity Club - and discuss the day’s prospectswith racing VIP Phil McEvoy or try your hand atone of the variety of raffles and games on theday.Dress for the day and compete for the title of‘best dressed lady’ and the chance to receive asash and $500 Myers voucher donated by AllstaffResources.The 10 best-dressed ladies on the day will alsobe presented with sashes to mark the event.Tickets for ‘Ladies Day’ are available from TheMonitor office in Richardson Place, the RoxbyDowns Community Club and Roxby Downs ChildCare.Get your tickets now!Don’t miss out!

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PATRONS...David McNamara and Greg Drummond.COMMITTEE...Stuart Cormack (President), Kerry Gum (Vice President & LifeMember), Jen Laurence (Treasurer), Barry Patterson (Secretary), Mick Clark,Kerry Burk, Ben Rasheed, Nick Ouwerkerk, Rick Grantham, Kathy Wilby, VanessaVoigt, Greg Brind, John King, Justin Kilgaref and Peter Dempsey (Life Member)SATRA PANEL...Judge: SATRA Panel. Assistant Judges: Jim Spring. Time Keeper: Jim SpringHandicapper: SATRA. Starter: Trevor Nixon. Assistant Starters: Hayden Butts,Andrew Black, Rodney Fullerton and Rob Rainesford. Clerk of the Scales:Kevin Packard. Clerk of the Course: Bill Atkins and Narelle Black. Track Super-visor: Ben Rasheed. Veterinary Surgeon: Dr Darren Arnold. Farrier: Darren Oxlade.Hon. Surgeon: Dr Dervinder Singh Grewell. Casualty : SA Ambulance Service,Roxby Downs. Course Broadcaster: Peter Dempsey. Course Amplification: Out-back Electronics. Photo Finish: Kerry Burk. Race Caller: John Liddymore.Phone 8671 1155 or 8671 1160 for more information about the team behind RoxbyRace Day 2003.

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With Saturday, August16, looming closer, it isonly days before RoxbyDowns is on the statecalendar with the stag-ing of its annual race day.Ten years ago, a coupleof good-looking, well-re-spected locals wereproud to accept the in-augural registered cupfor their racehorse ‘Ac-robat’.This year, the cup hascome a long way, attract-ing its first internationaljockey as well as a hostof well-known Austral-ian competitors.Over the years the re-spective committees ofthe club have workedhard towards buildingthe track, infrastructureand the grounds in gen-eral, however, the lastcouple of years therehas been a notablechange in the perceptionof our race day.“The club was under thespot light in a number ofways last year as towhether the 2001 cancel-lation was a ‘once-off’ orwhether it was not viableto race here in Roxby,”Roxby Downs and Dis-tricts Racing Club presi-dent Stu Cormack said.“But now, as we nearnext weekend’s meet allthe vibes from aroundtown, Adelaide and sur-rounding areas point tothis year being a big one.“We as a club are striv-ing to make this one ofthe feature events of theyearly country race cir-cuit, and I believe thatwe will achieve this overthe next couple of

years.”Hard work by the com-mittee and other volun-teers has also seen anumber of significantprojects take place atthe track including, bol-lards, the supply of wa-ter to the bars, stairs,greenery and a programof general improve-ments.“Shade has always beena big concern,” MrCormack said.“Those who went to theGymkhana in Aprilwould have seen thatover 150m2 of shadesails have now been in-stalled covering thebookmakers’ arena and

other areas.“Marketing and adver-tising is another areawe have worked on.“Locally, 35,000 piebags were distributedhere and around thestate from Port Pirie andthe Flinders, up toMarla and Broken Hill,over to Ceduna and allthrough Port Augustaand Whyalla.“We enhanced our in-formation on theinternet and sent bro-chures all around theracing industry - let’shope this was no-ticed!”As with any majorcountry event , nothing

can be achieved with outthe army of helpers andthe sponsors, the commit-tee can do so much, how-ever these people andcompany’s ensure thatthe day happens and thatit is a success.“Success is measured byeveryone coming out tothe track, enjoying them-selves and returninghome safely.“It can not be empha-sized enough how grate-ful the club is to all ofthose who support themeet and assist in stag-ing it.“We hope to see you allout there on the day.”

Race weekend will kick off with theCalcutta at the Roxby Downs Clubon Friday night.Horses will be ‘auctioned’ off by rac-ing celebrity Phil McEvoy who, againthis year, will be a guest of the club.Race Day, Saturday starts in town at10am, with the Chicken and Cham-pagne Breakfast for the ladies.Gates at the track open at 9.30am andbuses will start running from 11am toget the punters warming up on theinterstate races.Hit the three on-course bookmakersor the tote to see if you can win.Grab a handy meal at the ‘Hairy Crack

Diner’ or enjoy a drink at the publicbar, or the private bar for members.Ensuring race-goers have the energyfor a long day of punting andpartying, St Barbara’s CatholicChurch will provide sandwiches, piesand pasties on the day, with refresh-ments.The best-dressed ladies will bejudged just before the running of thecup with the winner receiving a $500Myers Voucher from Allstaff Re-sources.Finish the day off at the Race ClubBall at the Tavern with Boris Loves toBoogie.

RACE DAY...Come along on Saturday for one of the outback’sbiggest racing events and watch some of the state’s best-known country races kick up their heels.

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ROXBY DOWNS..RoxbyDowns Market Day is aregular fundraiser for theRoxby Downs AreaSchool Parents andFriends Association.This year, the focus ofP&F fundraising isanupgrade of the school’s‘play space’ includingthe building of new play-ground equipment.Market Day is scheduledfor the first Saturday af-ter WMC pay day (the15th of every month) un-less this date falls on aschool holiday.“Book in early for theundercover sites,” P&F

Market Day coordinatorSusan Beyer said.Stall-holders can contactthe school for a list ofMarket Day dates, or tobook a stall - ph 86710011.

Photographer of the YearVisiting Roxby Downs

ROXBY DOWNS...Multi-award winning photogra-phers Mark Hill and André Crisci were in RoxbyDowns this week in their search for greeting cardimages of Australian children.The pair, who represent Expressions of Love Pho-tography, specialise in ‘olde world’ photographyMark has been name South Australian Portrait Pho-tographer of the Year – the latest in a long line ofprestigious awards.Business partner Andre also boasts a long pedigreeof awards to boast was the 2002 Australian Wed-ding Photographer of the Year.The duo have been approached by an internationalcompany for their images of children for greetingcards and prints – so the search is on for ‘kute kids’to model.Expressions of Love is a innovative partnership com-bining photographic film, hand-tinting and paint-ing, and computer graphic effects to create some-thing unique.Mark and Andre met with local parents on Monday,August 11, at the Roxby Downs Theatre, where par-ents were treated to a beautiful slide presentation oftheir art work on the big screen..Expressions of Love will be regular visitors to RoxbyDowns and samples of their images are currentlydisplayed at TheMonitor and the Cultural Precinct.Come along, have a look, you might even see somefamiliar faces.

PHOTOGRAPHERS...Internationally-renowned photographers Mark Hill andAndré Crisci are in Roxby Downs thisweek creating ‘greeting card’ images forinternationalproducts.

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WIN GREAT PRIZES...Just colour in this picture of pet dental check-up and you could win great prizes for pet dental month. Dropyour entry, with your name and contact number, into the RoxbyDowns Vet Clinic, Richardson Place, before the end of August.

KIDS MOVIE CLUB...The Spring edition of theOutback Cinema’s movie club newsletter will besent out to our members early September.If you would like to register, please send in yourchild’s name, address and date of birth to:

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AMELIA…Justine and Antoine Brouns, of Roxby Downs,welcomed the birth of their first child Amelia Elizabeth LouiseBrouns on July 24, 2003, at Calvary Hospital in North Adelaide.Amelia was 3980g (8lb 12oz) at birth and is a grandchild forMax and Pam Kilford of Pooraka, and Mia and Jan Brouns ofStein, the Netherlands.

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PLANTING...Selby Fennell and KelvinD’Amore planting trees at AndamookaArea School.

Andamooka students were busy this month, withthe whole school turning out to plant new treesaround the school grounds.As part of the National Tree Day program, studentswere divided into groups and eagerly set about plant-ing, marking and watering “their” trees. Each groupwill be responsible for the ongoing care and mainte-nance of the trees they planted and at the end of theyear, an ‘Environmental Certificate’ will be awarded.Supervising teacher Tanya McCarthy said it was“great it was to see the older students helping thesmaller ones and generally showing a lot of initia-tive with the project”.

TIDY TONGS TEAM...Once a weekRDAS primary students grab bucketand tongs and get down and dirtycleaning the school playgrounds.These volunteers are doing their partto keep the school in top shape.

COREY...Corey Mallinsoncelebrated his eighthbirthday on August 7,2003.

CLAIRE...Claire Banksturned three on August9, 2003.

CATIE...Catie Southoncelebrated her thirdbirthday on July 20, 2003.

LILLI...Lilli Southoncelebrated her firstbirthday on June 9, 2003.

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August is PetDental MonthEveryone is aware of the need to clean their teeth daily and to see the dentist regularly,however, most people forget about their pets’ teeth. Pets need healthy teeth too and arecent survey showed that by the age of two, three quarters of cats and dogs have thefirst signs of tooth decay.

CHILDREN’S COLOURING COMPETITIONAs part of Pet Dental Month, we are running a colouring competition for children withsome great prizes for the best entry. Just colour-in the drawing opposite - on the Mini-Monitors page, write you name, age and phone number on it and drop it into the box atthe Roxby Downs Veterinary Clinic, Richardson Place, to enter the competition.

So what happens to your pet’s teeth?Firstly, just like us, plaque builds up on theteeth and you may notice that your pet’sbreath doesn’t smell nice.As the plaque and bacteria build up, theteeth start to decay and the plaque hard-ens to form Tartar. As the tooth decayprogresses, the teeth become painful andyour pet’s eating habits change.Bacteria from the decaying teeth enter theblood stream, causing heart, lung, liver andkidney disease and your pet becomes sub-dued, which owners often attribute to “get-ting old” instead of “tooth decay”.How do I know if my pet has toothdecay?Your pet will have bad breath from the bac-

teria feeding off the plaque in it’s mouth.Lift the lip and if you see yellow-brown tar-tar, your pet has tooth decay.If the tooth decay becomes very severe, yourpet will paw its mouth, refuse to chew foodand dribble saliva. If you suspect that yourpet has tooth decay, bring your pet in for adental check up.Free dental check up.During the month of August, you can getyour pets teeth checked free of charge by aveterinarian at the Roxby Downs VeterinaryClinic.Bookings are essential - phone 8671 0730.More information:See our web site at http://www.whyallavet.com.au/roxby1/

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SUNSHINE...Ryan, 2, and JoeBuza enjoy a family day out at theweekend.

TOUGH CRITICS...Peter and JosefSach give nephew Dave Kovac’swork a once-over at his inaugural artopening.TOP LEFT...Amanda and Les Tracyat the WMC long-service dinner at theOasis.

DINING OUT...Steve Smith and DebReinke at the recent WMC long-servicedinner at the Oasis Restaurant in RoxbyDowns.

DRESSED UP...Enjoying the recent WMC long-service dinner,from left, Janette Tuttle, Leisa Westerman, Susan Beyer,Katie-Jeyn Romeyn and Lee Nelson.

20 YEARS...Ana-Maria and Dario Zibernaof Andamooka, celebrated Dario’s 20years with WMC recently at the OasisRestaurant.

ART LOVERS...NardeneEdmonds, BillBoehm andCountry Arts SArepresentativeSue DeBois at theDave Kovac artexhibition.

SOCIAL...RodCrettenden andfiancee MariaPapillo.

FAMILY ART...The Wickham family - Tracey,Tyson, 6, Tilly, 2, and Malcolm attended theopening of local artist Dave Kovac’sinaugural exhibition at the weekend. Theexhibition will run until Sunday, September7, at the Cultural Precinct Art Gallery.

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your ‘businesses at a glance’ guideyour ‘businesses at a glance’ guideyour ‘businesses at a glance’ guideyour ‘businesses at a glance’ guideyour ‘businesses at a glance’ guideAndamooka Primary School 8672 7018Arena Computers 8644 0012Aussie Mozzie Fly Company 8235 9728Beaurepaires 8671 2856Carol Eckermann (IndependentLeReve Consultant) 8671 0935CFS - Andamooka 8672 7072CFS - Roxby Downs (Emergency) 8671 0000CFS - Roxby Downs 0419 803 054CFS - Woomera 8674 3200Civil Constructions 1800 248 066Cowell Electric 8671 0018Immanuel College 8294 3588Expressions of Love Photography 0500 882 143Eyebus Optomerists 8671 2001Eyre Peninsula Carpet Care 0429 094 755Far North Photographics 8671 0211Find Security 8672 7036Herbalife 8671 1002Johncor Transport 0419 601 980Len Kay Driving School 8645 6603Lin Andrews Real Estate 8671 2000Monadelphous Engineering Associations 86710 020Murray Bridge Flying School 8531 1744Myall Grove Caravan Park 8671 1991Onesteel 8671 1788Outback Health Screenings 8671 1676Port Augusta Hospital 8648 5500Roxby Accountants 8671 1339Roxby Chinese Restaurant 8671 0006Roxby Foodland 8671 0288Roxby Downs Anglican Church 8671 0270Roxby Downs Area School 8671 0011Roxby Downs Catholic Church 8671 0925Roxby Downs Community Church 8671 0270Roxby Downs Community Club 8671 0117Roxby Downs Community Library 8671 0660Roxby Downs Council 8671 0010Roxby Downs Cultural Precinct 8671 2001Roxby Downs Health Services 8671 9020Roxby Downs Hospital 8671 9020Roxby Downs Kindergarten 8671 0455Roxby Downs Leisure Centre 8671 0500Roxby Downs Lutheran Church 8633 1773Roxby Downs Medical Centre 8671 9010Roxby Downs Police 8671 0370Roxby Downs TAFE 8671 9070Roxby Downs Tavern 8671 0071Roxby Downs Veterinary Clinic 8671 0730Roxby Downs Youth Centre 0407 719 714SBS Group Pty Ltd 8671 1154Specialised Tyre Management 8671 1096Stevens Resources 8671 0087St Barbara’s Parish School 8671 3207The Monitor - Your Community Newspaper 8671 2683Unite Accountants 8364 0350Waldorf Fiducial Services 1800 636 349Wardle Real Estate 0417 816 738Ware Products 0408 282 347WMC (Olympic Dam) 8671 8888Weston Raine and Horne 8395 2233Woomera Area School 8673 7287

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Electrical SupervisorA position exists within our company for an Elec-trical Supervisor based at our Olympic Dambranch.Ideally the person selected will have extensiveexperience in Commercial, Industrial and Domes-tic installations. Experience in Communicationsand Data Cabling is desirable, although not es-sential. This role requires a self-motivated, wellpresented person with the ability to market theCompany to attract additional electrical workwithin the mining industry, local community andbusinesses and surrounding pastrol regionThe successful applicant will be responsible forthe day to day operations of our Olympic Damelectrical section and our Woomera Operations.They must be able to work unsupervised, pos-sess strong communication skills, and have ex-perience in completing projects in full with anemphasis on Quality, Safety and Environmentalrequirements.An attractive remuneration package is availablefor the right person.Applications and current CVs should be sub-mitted to:

Mr Cameron ThompsonCowell Electric Supply Pty Ltd

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EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT…Do you need extra cash? Are youteachable? Go to www.mumshomebiz.com/4nrgor call 8219 0151.SELF EMPLOYMENTSELF EMPLOYMENTSELF EMPLOYMENTSELF EMPLOYMENTSELF EMPLOYMENT…Work your own hours, beyour own boss $25,000 worth of equipment foronly $15,000 ono. If you have a driver’s licencethis could be you phone 8671 0870.

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PUBLIC NOTICESAGMAGMAGMAGMAGM…Roxby Downs Basketball Association AGMwill be Tuesday September 16, 2003 at 7:30pmin the Recreation Centre Conference Room. Allteams must be presented or a fine will be incurred.All welcome.AGMAGMAGMAGMAGM…Roxby Downs State Emergency Services willhold its Annual General Meeting on SundaySeptember 7 at the Roxby Club at midday. For moreinformation about the Roxby Downs SES, pleasecontact Controller Scott Cheers phone 0419 811705 or email [email protected].

THANK YOUBIKEBIKEBIKEBIKEBIKE…Thank you Peter at the Roxby Newsagent. Ipurchased my son’s bike boxed and paid cash andlater discovered I bought it cheaper than theAdelaide price.

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WHITE-O’CONNOR...WHITE-O’CONNOR...WHITE-O’CONNOR...WHITE-O’CONNOR...WHITE-O’CONNOR...Dave and Lyn White of RoxbyDowns announce the engagement of their daughterBelinda to Ben, son of Paul and Carol O’Connor ofRoxby Downs. Love and best wishes from all yourfamily.

HOME SWEET HOME...This meticulously-decorated home of three good sizebedrooms is ready for you to walk in withnothing to do. A fibreglass pool and seperatespa bath surrounded by pattern paveconcrete and covered by the pergola.Inspection a must! Asking price $208,000.

4pm-5pm @ 8 Gregory St, Roxby DownsINVESTMENT PROPERTY...Four bedrooms,two bathrooms (including ensuite) good sizelounge/dining/kitchen, carpets throughout,lino and gas stove only 12 months old, gasheating, ducted evaporative air conditioning,enclosed paved pergola area with garden bed,outdoor blinds to front windows, lowmaintenance yard on automatic wateringsystem, two years and three months to runon existing lease at $250 per week - $178,000.

2pm-3pm @ 27 Arcoona St, Roxby DownsSURPRISE PACKAGE…This property hasa few hidden extras! Three bedrooms, largelounge/dine, c/w reverse cycle air conditionerand ceiling fan, kitchen upgraded - alltastefully decorated, carpets and lino in verygood condition. Set on a huge block and onlya stone’s throw from Roxby Central. Ingroundspa under pergola area. The real bonus isthe self contained flat out the back, linedand c/w three air conditioners. $188,500.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Munici-pal Council of Roxby Downs, for the fi-nancial year ending 30 June 2004, andin exercise of the powers contained inChapter 10 of the Local Government Act1999, and the Roxby Downs (IndentureRatification) Act 1982, adopted the fol-lowing resolutions:Adoption of Valuation1. The rates assessed on rateable land in

the area of the Council will be basedon the capital value of land for all rate-able land.

2. Pursuant to Section 167(2)(a) of theLocal Government Act the most recentvaluations of the Valuer General avail-able to the Council of the capital valueof land within the Council’s area beadopted, totaling $212,374,600.

Fixed ChargeA fixed charge of $150 is imposed in re-spect of each separate piece of rateableland in the Council area.Declaration of Differential General RatesDifferential General Rates are declared inaccordance with the use of the land in ac-cordance with the differentiating factorsspecified at Regulation 10 of the Local Gov-ernment (General) Regulations 1999 as fol-lows:-1. Residential Land – a differential rate of

0.4925 cents in the dollar on the capi-tal value of such land.

2. Commercial Shops, Commercial Of-fices, Commercial Other – a differen-tial rate of 0.8975 cents in the dollar onthe capital value of such land

3. Industrial Light, Industrial Other, Pri-mary Production and Other – a differ-ential rate of 0.8250 cents in the dollaron the capital value of such land.

4. Vacant Land – a differential rate of0.4925 cents in the dollar on the capi-tal value of such land.

Service ChargesA service charge of $110 is imposed uponeach separate piece of rateable land towhich the Council makes available a col-lection, treatment and disposal of domes-tic waste service.

W J BOEHMADMINISTRATOR

ADOPTION OF VALUATIONAND DECLARATION OF RATES

Where Do Your Rates Go?

RATES...Ever thought about where your ‘Municipal Rates’ go? Pictured is an approximate breakdownfor every $100 spent of rate revenue.Figures are approximate and intended as aguide to illustrate the areas of ‘nett’ Munici-pal expenditure to which rates are applied.Operations for Roxby Power and Roxby Wa-ter are excluded.Council’s Municipal rate revenue of$1,283,800 is a combination of a fixed chargeand differential rating for all rateable prop-erties, plus a fixed service rate for the collec-tion, treatment and disposal of refuse col-lected from residential properties.For every $100 of rate revenue, WMC andthe State Government combine to provide asimilar contribution through Municipal defi-cit support.The above costs compare very favourablywith a number of other Municipalities.Roxby Downs has the highest taxable incomein the state but one of the lowest averagerates.

Budget 2003/2004 - ‘Creating our Future - Mark 2

REDEVELOPMENT..The site of the

Richardson PlaceStreetscape

Redevelopment.

Particular emphasis willbe placed on determininga vision for Roxby Downsand a newly-establishedCommunity Board.We will expand the arrayof tourism and businessinitiatives and consoli-date our fledgling com-munity newspaper.Council has a strongcommitment towards ourYouth. During the year askateboard park will bedeveloped and provi-sion made for a contribu-tion towards a new YouthCentre.A modest capital works

program will also con-tinue.New works include com-pletion of roundaboutsin Hermit Street, upgradeof the Richardson PlaceStreetscape plus foot-path and streetscaping.Traditional municipalservice delivery andmaintenance functionssuch as roads, streets,footpaths, parks and gar-dens and waste manage-ment will continue, withan expanded effort in thesouthern subdivisionarea.Electricity Water and

Sewerage Services willbe delivered as separatecommercial businesses.Major asset capital re-placement projects tothe Auditorium floor andcurtains, RecreationCentre air conditioning,and netball courts arealso planned.Importantly, Council’sCultural and Leisurefacilities will continue tobe operated and main-tained to the very highstandard that the com-munity expects, with mi-nor improvements tothe theatre and basket-

The Roxby Community is in the process of consolidating a unique future for all residents as it continues to expand the range of community economic development programs.Bill Boehm Council Administrator said today, “already The Monitor - Your Community Newspaper is on the streets”.“Youth, Tourism and Business Development initiatives are wellunderway as is the benefit of a full year’s operation of the Cultural Precinct which has successfully delivered an expanded array of leisure and cultural services.This year we are usingthis as a launching pad to continue to build the capacity of the community through the 2003/04 Council Budget - Creating our Future Mark 2.”

In addressing the levelsof rating, Council tookinto consideration‘interalia’ the strategic de-velopment of the town aswell as the impact of rateson businesses in theCouncil area. Council, inconjunction with theState Government andWMC Resources has rec-ognised the need to en-sure that local residentsmake a contribution that,over time, reduces theMunicipal deficit and isconsistent with residentincomes.Critically, Council hasbeen requested to provide

ball stadium.To address a number ofanomalies that con-strain Council’s opera-tion, various aspects ofthe Roxby Downs (In-denture Ratification)Act 1982 will be re-viewed and anychanges incorporatedinto a long-term finan-cial strategy.

Dated, April 8, 2003

BUDGET...As per normal practice, asummary of Council’s budget will besent to all ratepayers. Copies ofbudget documents are available fromCouncil on request.

a “strong rating effort.”As a result, Council hasdecided to increase theoverall rate revenue by9.8 per cent, which ismoderately higher thanthe Adelaide March Quar-ter CPI of 5.5 per cent.Given the extent of oursubsidy and the fact thatRoxby Downs has thehighest taxable income inthe state but one of thelowest average rates, thisincrease is consideredreasonable.In addition, Council faceshigher than normal oper-ating costs due to our re-mote location and need to

maintain regional stand-ard facilities on a small ratebase. A domestic rubbishcollection will continue tobe provided to residentialproperties at a cost of$110 per annum.“Residents should notethat during the year prop-erty valuations have in-creased on average be-tween 10 and 16 per cent,”Bill Boehm Council Ad-ministrator said. “How-ever, changes to actual in-dividual property rateswill depend on individualproperty valuations andthe differential ratesadopted.”


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Works in ProgressFootpaths have been re-establishedon Pioneer Drive.Bin enclosure at the Rec Centre is underconstruction.Upcoming EventsAdvance notice for first quarterly ratespayments for the new financial year - Ac-counts will be issued in August for pay-ment in September.Dog RegistrationsAre now due for renewal – please regis-ter your dog before August 31.Tourism ForumCopies of Reports of the Roxby DownsTourism Forum are available at the Coun-cil offices and the Cultural Precinct Visi-tor Information Centre.Council DocumentsCopies of the Council Budget are avail-able at the Council office.Opal Road Landfill Opening HoursTuesdays, 8am to 12 noon, Thursdays1pm to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10amto 4pm.Out of hours access call 08 8671 1154Council Office HoursMonday to Friday.—9am to 5pm

Residents are reminded that dog registrationsare due for renewal by August 31 2003.Dogs may be registered at the Council Office,Richardson Place, between 9am and 5pm Mon-day to Friday.All dogs over three months of age and kept inRoxby Downs and Olympic Dam must be regis-tered.Fees:Standard (non desexed) $20Standard (desexed) $10Pensioner concessions are available on appli-cation.

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INVITATION - Business ForumThe Roxby Downs Business Forum will further raise its profile with a din-ner meeting planned for August 26, 2003.The venue chosen for this inaugural dinner is the Roxby Downs Tavern.Further dinner meetings will be held at other available venues in the future.Representatives from all businesses within Roxby Downs, Andamooka andWoomera are invited to attend.The dinner will commence at 7.30pm with a complimentary drink on arrival.Cost is $16 per person.This meeting provides great opportunities for networking, informing andexchanging information and experiences, resulting in the general promo-tion of successful business practice.Agenda items for discussion include ‘Plastic Bags – the environment andyour business’, as well as the Justice Access Referral Program.Each business has an opportunity to advance their business profile duringthe ‘Two Minute Grab’.“Lively discussion usually takes place, always with the objective of work-ing together to achieve positive results for not only the residents of RoxbyDowns and neighbouring towns, but also for tourists and visitors to ourregion” said Chairman, Bob Stainer.If you would like to attend, please contact Council Reception on 8671 0010by 20 August.New business representatives are always welcome - contact can be madewith Margaret Anchor at the Council offices for more information.

In preparation of the 2003/2004 Budget, various keyfactors were addressed. These included:" Completion of various one off projects identi-

fied in 2003/2004 but as yet not completed." Increased operating costs due to inflation,

(March Qtr CPI of 5.5 per cent in Adelaide)," Increased maintenance areas" High costs due to our remote location and high

“regional” standard of our facilities." Internal Loan servicing costs of $200k associ-

ated with 2001/02 construction of a second bas-ketball stadium.

" State Government financial constraints." Decline in Roxby Water’s income from water

sales." Impact of increased water and electricity costs

on consumers" Reducing our reliance on the State Government

and WMC Resources." Meeting State Government requirements for a

“strong rating effort.”" Review of Council’s Asset Maintenance Reserve.

Key Budget FactorsUnlike most Local Government Authoritiesin South Australia, Council operates the utili-ties ROXBY POWER (Electricity) andROXBY WATER (Water and Sewerage), aswell as the normal Municipal Council func-tions.Budget should therefore be viewed as threeseparate entities with both utilities operat-ing on a commercial basis.Under the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratifi-cation) Act 1982, ROXBY POWER is not per-mitted to make a profit, but can direct anyexcess income into its asset replacementfund.Profits from ROXBY WATER however, dosupport the Municipality.The State Government and WMC equally

meet the deficit on Municipal Operations.Over the last 12 months Council has beennegotiating with the State Government andWMC to provide some certainty into its‘Municipal deficit support’.As a result, Council has been able to obtaina commitment to deficit support of $1050kper annum over three years, subject to a re-

view of its rating efforts.To minimise financial impact on the com-munity this constraint is being managedby carrying forward the overall financialresult at the end of the year by way of arolling program.In this way projects that are required nowcan effectively be funded over time.

Capital WorksCouncil’s capital works program is funded with sub-stantial grant funding ($264k); with significant con-tribution for asset maintenance works from Coun-cil’s financial reserves.$300,000 Township Street Reseal Program$110,000 Construction of new skateboard track$130,000 Construction of new Youth Centre.$25,000 Netball Courts resurfacing & marking$100,000 Replace Auditorium floor$80,000 Recreation Centre air conditioning$3,700 Stadium 1 safety nets$8,000 Netball courts landscaping$10,000 Beach volleyball court$15,000 Auditorium curtains$8,000 Film preparation equipment$20,000 Auditorium tables & chairs$110,000 Southern Subdivision footpath & land-

scaping$12,500 Bike plan & street furniture$4,000 New street furniture$80,000 Hermit Street roundabouts$70,000 Richardson place streetscapeOperational WorksA significant portion of Council’s traditional Mu-nicipal service delivery and maintenance functionsinvolve roads, streets, footpaths, parks and gardensand waste management. Significant ‘nett’ expendi-tures include the following:$400,000 Sport & Recreation$170,000 Swimming$148,000 Ovals$235,000 Footpaths & Streetscaping$166,000 Parks & Gardens.$206,000 Waste Management$20,000 Roads & StreetsIn addition, various important ‘Creating Our Fu-ture’ community economic development works willcontinue as follows:$12,500 Strategic Financial Analysis$18,500 Tourism Development & Retail Market-

ing$35,000 Youth Development Program$20,000 Tourism initiatives support and signage$10,000 Regional Tourism Marketing Authority

Support.$17,400 NRDB contribution & business support$20,000 Monitor Community Newspaper$12,000 Community Board support & expenses$12,500 Community Website$5,000 Development of welcome strategy$4,000 Underwriting Roxby Fringe Festival

2003/2004 Council Budget - The Basics

During 2003/04 Council will be undertakinga number of initiatives and works.The following is a snapshot of thoseproposed.

Snapshot 2003/2004

SummaryExpenditure

IncomeNetResult

Municipal $4,832,472

(3,579,580)1,252,892Deficit

RoxbyPower $2,169,337

(2,343,588)(184,251)Surplus

RoxbyWater $1,716,561

(1,816,441)(99,880)Surplus

2003/2004 Roxby Downs Council Budget Summary

ElectricityTariff

M Domestic Light &Power

C Charitable Institutions

J Off Peak Hot Water

S General Supply

D&N General Supply Time ofUse

Supply Charge $

24.84

24.84

2.61

26.02

54.43

Supply Rate cents per kw/hr

15.09

15.09

6.25

16.64 (first 7500 kw/hr per qtr)16.21 (next 150,000 per qtr)13.13 (additional)

17.54 (7am to 9pm)8.12 (other times)

ROXBY WATER...Three years ago Council undertook an ex-tensive policy review of the methods for pricing for water andsewerage services.As a result a user-pays approach has been adopted. -WATER PRICES...Under the Indenture Act WMC is requiredto provide potable water to Council at a set cost.Over the past three years the cost of water purchases has in-creased to around $1.12 per kilolitre. Council then chlorinates,distributes and retails to township consumers.With the advent of higher prices and a user pays approach, theamount of revenue derived from water sales has fallen.Mindful of the impact on the community, Council is in the proc-ess of reviewing current charges to ensure that as a commercialbusiness there are adequate returns on investment to ‘munici-pal shareholders’.

It is expected that this will be completed during 2003 and anychanges commence in 2004.As a result there is no immediate change to current watercharges which apply to all properties in the Roxby DownsTownship. Current prices are set per access unit per quarter.Minimum $42.50First 34 kl $1.25 per kl34 - 150 kl $1.60 per klOver 150 kl (residential) $2.30 per klOver 150 kl (industrial & commercial) $1.76 per klSEWERAGE PRICES...Sewerage charges from 1 July 2003increased by 6.9 per cent to $77 per property unit per quarter.For residential premises, this is currently less than chargesthat are applied by SA Water in Country South Australia.

ROXBY POWER...Council’s power requirements are obtained off the Na-tional Electricity Grid from WMC Resources.Council is licensed under the Electricity Act as a Retail and DistributionAuthority. Under the Indenture Act, Council is exempt from the NationalElectricity Market.Prices have remained at current levels that were set largely in line withthose AGL tariffs that applied in Adelaide in 2002.However, while these are now approximately 25 per cent below currentAdelaide prices this situation cannot be guaranteed to remain.Electricity Tariffs (including GST) to continue as follows:


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St Barbara’s Catholic Church – Roxby DownsSaturday evening 6pmSunday morning 9am

Andamooka Catholic ChurchSunday 11am – first and third Sunday of every month

St Michael’s Catholic Church – WoomeraSunday 5pm – all denominations welcome

Roxby Downs Lutheran ChurchSunday 10.30am and Sunday School – 9.30amRoxby Downs Christian Community Church

Sunday 10amAndamooka Community Church

Sunday 2pmAssemblies of God

Phone Pastor Bruce 0427 663 033 or Gay 8671 0573

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Fri, Aug 15 - Mum’s & Bubs - 12.30pmMon, Aug 18 - Girls’Night Out - 8pm

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Race Day CalcuttaFriday, August 15Roxby Downs ClubPh - 8671 0117Champagne Chicken BreakfastSaturday, August 16Richardson Place Median StripPh - 0408 267 358RDAS Market DaySaturday, August 16Roxby Downs, Richardson PlcPh - 8671 0011Onesteel Outback CupSaturday, August 16Roxby Downs Race CoursePh - 0407779272Roxby Race Day BallRoxby Downs TavernSaturday, August 16Ph - 8671 0071

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Book WeekAugust 18 - August 24Your Local LibraryMars Viewing BarbecueSaturday, August 30Baker Observatory, WoomeraPh - 8673 7042.Blader JamRoxby Cultural PrecinctSaturday, September 6Ph - 8671 0500

ROXBY DOWNS...Adelaide snake expert GeoffCoombe will visit Roxby Downs in October to un-dertake snake catcher training for WMC staff in thecoming months. If there is enough interest, an additional workshopmay be held for interested people in the general com-munity. There is a limit of 16 places on the workshopwhich will run for one day from 8am to 4.30pm.The workshop covers snake biology, ecology andbehaviour, first aid and catching and handling tech-niques including both theory and practical compo-nents.The cost of the workshop will depend on the numberof people who attend, but is estimated at $75 to $120.To register your interest please contact Kelli-JoKovac on 8671 8656 or email [email protected]. If enough interest is received the workshop will goahead, on a ‘first-in first-served’ basis, with inter-ested people needing to secure their positions bypaying their fees. Following on from the success of previous years, a‘Snake Information Evening’ will be held for the gen-eral public. This is an opportunity for all residents or RoxbyDowns, young and not-so-young, to learn moreabout the creatures we share our homes with. Formore information about Geoff Coombe visit the ‘Liv-ing with Wildlife’ website www.livingwithwildlife.com.au.

Snake Workshops Open to Public

ROXBY DOWNS...RDAS Read-a-thonis an again for 2003, from August 18,2003, to September 12.Money collected and sponsorshipforms will need to be returned to schoolbetween September 15 and September18, 2003.Taking part in this year’s read-a-thonis not only fun - it’s good for you!

ROXBY DOWNS...Roxby Downs Area School willcelebrate Children’s Book Week next week, from Au-gust 18, to August 22.“This week is set aside to celebrate the hard work ofchildren’s authors and illustrators over five differ-ent categories,” Librarian Mandy Kerby said.Six books are short-listed under the following cat-egories:" Children’s Book of the Year: Older Readers" Children’s Book of the Year: Younger Readers" Children’s Book of the Year: Early Childhood" Picture Book of the Year" Eve Pownall Award for Information BooksThe winners of each category are published in theSaturday Advertiser at the end of the week. Booksfrom each category will be on display in the RoxbyDowns Community Library during this week.To celebrate book week on a local scale the librarystaff will run competitions, lunchtime activities andthe library will host a magnificent display.The following competitions will be on during BookWeek:" Shell identification - Years 3-9." Count how many sea creatures - Years R-9." Island search - Years 5-9." Word find - Years R-2, 3-6 and 7-9." Jumbled words years 1-3, 4-9" Voting for Book of the Year." Colouring competition - Years R-2, 3-6 and 7-9.The following lunchtime activities will be runningduring Book Week:" Throw the pearl into the clam." Magnetic fishing game." Paper folding fish." Touchy-feely treasure chest." Wiggly Bay video – dancing and singing." Sea creature twister." Boat rides.“Please come in and celebrate Book Week with thewhole family,” Mrs Kerby said.“And have fun!”

RFDS Auction & Golf DayRoxby Downs Golf CourseSaturday, September 13Ph - 8671 0336Show and ShineRoxby Shopping CentreSaturday, September 20Ph - 8671 2859

WMC Open DaySaturday, October 25Ph - 8671 8361Postie Bike Charity RallySunday, October 26Roxby Downs to BirdsvillePh - 8671 0461Roxby Downs Christmas PageantSaturday, December 6Ph - 8671 0277

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ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Tree Day will be held onOctober 12 at the Pine Crescent playground.Come along and help plant trees, supplied by RoxbyDowns Council and the WMC (Olympic Dam) nurs-ery, and help beautify one of our local playgrounds.The focus of the day will be on planting WesternMyall trees, many of which have died out locallydue to an unprecedented white-fly outbreak in thepast decade. Groups and individuals can register tohelp on the day by phoning Christy Olditch at RoxbyDowns Council – 8671 0010.

Roxby Tree Planting DayBOOK WEEK IN ROXBY

Read books of your own choice at yourown level and pace.Money raised will go towards schoolresources.Sponsorship may be in the form of asingle donation or per book basis.Keep a look out for Read-a-thon regis-tration forms, as they will be comingout very soon.

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What’s Happening at the Cultural Precinct?

PRIZES...We have double passes to the Scared Weird Little Guyscomedy show to give away this issue, courtesy of Michelle WildEntertainment and the Cultural Precinct. Get creative and drop usoff a ‘portrait’ of your Dad - in any medium - and you could winhim a great night out full of laughs. Just drop your entry into TheMonitor office before Friday, August 22, along with your nameand phone contact.

COMEDY…Nationally-renownedcomedians Scared Weird Little Guyswill be appearing at Roxby DownsAuditorium on Sunday, August 31.Doors and bar open at 6.45pm, showstarts 7.30pm. Tickets cost $25, or

$20 for students.This show is rated PG so bring thewhole family along for a fun nightfilled with lots of laughs.Tickets are available now from theCultural Precinct.


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Desert Dirt Kart’s second August race meeting for2003 turned out to be a top day with a goodattendence of drivers and supporters.The meeting was sponsored by Little Rascals ChildCare Centre.First up the Juniors, who are all now off their P-platesand in the draw for pole position in every race.Duncan Atkins was off pole, but the two strokes madeit clear he wasn’t to be there long.In the Juniors, Jonty Dear was knocked off on thefirst corner, with Antonio Olivastri following in thesame a bit later in the race. Ben Roulstone shot aheadof Daniel Olivastri, and went on to finish with a firstplace with Daniel second and Duncan third.Race 2 put Antonio off pole, and as always the 2strokes sorted out their positions very quickly, withBen first, Daniel second and Jonty third.Race 3 saw Daniel off pole, the race started well, butlost a few drivers by the end.With Daniel first place, Jonty second and DuncanthirdRace 4 had Jonty off pole, but during the race, histhrottle cable broke, due to a slight airborne incidentat the start of the race, and he did not finish.Ben went on to win the race, with Daniel second andDuncan third.

In the final race for the Juniors Daniel took pole, as hehad accumulated the most points for the day. A bit ofjostling at the start and it was on. Antonio misjudgedthe speed into a corner and off the track he went. Therace went on with Daniel and Ben fighting it out forfirst position, eventually with Ben winning the raceDaniel second and Jonty third.Overall positions for the day: Daniel Olivastri first,

Ben Roulstone second, Duncan Atkins third, JontyDear fourth and Antonio Olivastri fifth.

The KT100 Mediums had Helen Smith off pole forthe first race but coming into the second corner, BrianAlgie took a high speed risk, cutting on the inside offBrett Atkins. And yes, you guessed it, the risk wasdisastrous. Brett got going again (amazingly) andHelen somehow got caught up in it all and stopped.Brian was left there wondering why didn’t it comeoff?Kim Rodda went on to win first place with Brett sec-ond and newcomer Ron Degioia third.Race 2 had Brett off pole with not much changingthroughout the race.Brett won first, Brian second and Kim third.

Race 3 saw Kim off pole, with Brett passing Brian,then Kim with not much changing. Brett first, Kim

second and Brian third.

Race 4 Brian off pole, with Kim taking Brian on theinside, due to a misjudged corner, and going out wide.Brett was hot on the tail but in the end Kim won therace with Brian second and Brett third and Ron pip-ping out Helen for fourth place.In the final, Brett was off pole position, he led therace until the last lap when silence reigned, and hismotor stopped (seized). Kim managed to hook up onthe rear of Brian’s kart, and had a free ride for a quar-ter of a lap. When Brian finally shook him off bytrying to head him for the tyre wall, he was off therace line for the big corner. And somehow Kim wasthere to take him on the inside and win the race. WithBrian second , Helen third and Ron fourth.Overall positions for the day - Kim Rodda first, BrettAtkins third, Brian Algie third with Helen Smith andRon Degioia equal fourth.

The KT100 Heavies - a great turn out here and withsome of the best closest racing all day, along withsome biffing and bashing.Race 1 had Jeff Redjepi on pole, with Chris (big fella)Horewood overtaking in the third lap and finishingfirst, Martin Budz and John Jagodnik (hard to say)had problems with their Karts and did not finish atall.Jeff came in second and Gavin Maxwell third.

Race 2 had Gavin off pole with Chris and Jeff fight-ing it out to pass him.They did pass him and raced closely till the end, withJeff coming first, Chris second and Gavin third.

Race 3 had Chris off pole and that’s how it finished,Chris first, Jeff second, Gavin third.Race 4 saw Gavin off pole, (good draw that, Gavin)with 4 karts going into the first corner side by side. Itwas all on for 5 laps of the race, settling out withChris first, Jeff second, Gavin third. This was a reallyexciting race, and probably the best they have pro-duced yet.The final had Chris on pole position. He led all theway without competition, as Gavin And Jeff gotcaught up in a corner and DNF. Martyn did not startas he had blown his motor in the previous race (adefinite candidate for the mean lean blown machinetrophy). So the end result was Chris first with Johnsecond.

Overall positions for the day: Chris Horewood first,

Jeff Redjepi second, Gavin Maxwell third, JohnJagodnik fourth and Martyn Budz fifth.

Many thanks to the ambulance for turning up everyrace meet, and Jackie and Tracy in the canteen.

Desert Dirt Kart MeetingV8 Supercar ace Steve Richards is rac-ing to Roxby Downs for the openingof the new Beaurepaires store on Fri-day, August 22.Richards will be appearing at the storefrom 2.30pm-4pm as part of an after-noon of festivities.A sausage sizzle and refreshments willbe served and visitors will be in therunning for prizes such as an auto-graphed Adelaide Crows jersey orDunlop merchandise.Richards pilots a Holden Commodorefor Castrol Perkins Racing and is afrontrunner in the V8 Supercar Cham-pionship.Racing-mad Roxby Downs will have anunprecedented opportunity to get upclose to a ‘V8 Superstar’ whilst inspect-ing the new facility.Like all Beaurepaires stores, RoxbyDowns features a comprehensiverange of tyres, wheels, and batteries,backed by exceptional customer serv-ice and knowledgeable advice from ateam of tyre experts.The Roxby Downs store has been openthree months already, fine tuning its

range to offer a unique service to thelocal community. Unlike mechanicsthat sell tyres on the side, Beaurepairesoffers the biggest range of tyres andrims in Roxby Downs.It also boasts a brand new four-headwheel aligner, the only one of its kindin the area. This means the store of-fers the most specialised, comprehen-sive tyre service for you’ll find in RoxbyDowns.Additionally, the range at the store hasbeen tailored to include truck and earthmover tyres.During its three-month ‘soft launch’ pe-riod, Beaurepaires Roxby Downs haslistened to the needs of the local com-munity and is now ready to formallywelcome residents with the openingfestivities.Beaurepaires is Australia’s largest tyreretailer carrying a complete range ofDunlop, Goodyear and major brandtruck tyres..Beaurepaires Roxby Downs is locatedat 4 Gosse Street and is open from 8am-5pm weekdays and 8am-11am Satur-day.

V8 Supercar Racer in RoxbyV8 ACE...Steve Richards will be opening the new RoxbyDowns Beaurepaires store on Friday, August22.

Six-year-old BMX ban-dit Eden Cooper, ofRoxby Downs, wasbalked in her world ti-tles hopes last monthfollowing a collarboneinjury and concussionin a revolving door onthe eve of the competi-tion.Eden, 6, made the semi-finals in the Pacific-Oceania Champion-ships on July 19 and 20,the week before theworld titles in Perth.Brothers Ethan, 11, andReece, 9, also com-peted in the Pacific-Oceania titles but wereable to clock up thesame consistentplacings as their littlesister.“Eden was fourth in allher races except thelast where she camesixth,” mum Kathy said.“I saw her walk throughthe curtains after plac-ing sixth in that lastrace and she was cry-ing because she knewshe wouldn’t takehome a plate.”During registration forthe world champion-ships, however, Edenwas trapped in a re-volving door at the sta-dium and received aconcussion and broken

WORLD HOPES DASHED..Eden Cooper, 6, competedalongside brothers Ethan, 11, and Reece, 9, in the Pacific-Oceania Championships at Perth last month. However, acollarbone injury dashed her dreams of taking a world titleon Australian dirt the following week.

collarbone.“She knew straight away- she was crying and shedidn’t want to go to thedoctors because sheknew she wouldn’t beable to race,” Kathy said.Eden was so upset by herinability to compete thatshe refused to watch her

own age group race.That didn’t stop her be-ing trackside for bigbrother Ethan’s ‘ Cruiser’and ’20-inch’ racesthough. Ethan, who origi-nally missed out on anautomatic placing inAustralia’s top 30 racersby just one placing, was

once more pipped inthe heats by just onepoint.More than 1700 youngriders competed in theworld UMI BMXChampionships. Nextyear’s world champi-onships will be hostedin the Netherlands.

BMX World Hopes Dashed


On Wednesday, August6, 2003, 17 Year 8/9 stu-dents traveled to PortAugusta for the Re-gional SASSSA FootballCompetition.The team includedBrody Elson, StuartFerence, Ryan Shields,Shayne Gloede, ToddRoberts, Ben Hansford,Shaun Freeth, NathanGranger, Shaun Taylor,Jared Tegen, Jack Orr,Regan Lynch, MakoNedelkovic, BoroNedelkovic, CodyKenny, StevenKaminski, Shannon Cas-tle and Scott Rogers(who, unfortunately, wasill on the day).The team played againstSt Marks from Port Piriein the first game, playingwell in the first half butfading in the second halfto lose by three goals.In the second gameagainst Whyalla theteam was again defeatedby a similar margin butthere were some greatefforts on the day.Thanks to Kim Elsonand Joel Roberts forcoaching the team, MrCojocea for assistingwith team managementand Jeff Bennie for driv-ing the bus.

SASSSAFootball

ROUND 15 - Sunday, August 17, 2003Noon - OD v Hornridge 2.30pm Andamooka v Roxby Districts

PRELIMINARY FINAL - Saturday, August 23, 20032pm - Team 2 vs Team 3

Saturday August 2, 2003Olympic Dam 14. 15 (99) defeated Roxby Districts 4.6 (30)Olympic Dam Best Players - A Balnaves, A McEvoy, A HowieOlympic Dam Goal Kickers - D Nicholls 5, S Montgomerie 3, J Payne 2, M Turner 2, ABalnaves, D Couzner 1.Roxby Districts Best Players - M Young, N Backhouse, M Doyle.Roxby Districts Goal Kickers - A Clarke 1, A Burton 1, P Clarke 1, S Ryan 1.Andamooka 27.16 (178) defeated Hornridge 5.6 (36)Andamooka Best Players - K Willliams, A Carter, J PerkinsAndamooka Goal Kickers - K Williams 13, M Humphries 5, D Gates 3, B Stevens 2, CPhelps 1, S Pearce 1, S Fitzgerald 1, C Williams 1.Hornridge Best players - R Gander, C Hodgetts, A WatkinsHornridge Goal Kickers - M Gow 2, R Flegg 1, S Gow, A Rigden 1.

Saturday, August 19, 2003Roxby Districts 11.12 (78) defeated Hornridge 8.13(61)Best players for Roxby 1st J Orr, 2nd K Spencer, 3rd M DaddowGoal kickers for Roxby K Spencer 3 goals, S Riddle 3 goals, M Daddow 2 goals, J Rose,J Orr, and N Backhouse all 1 goal.Best players for Hornridge 1st R Gordon, 2nd D Male, 3rd S Gow. Goal kickers for HornridgeJ McCarthy 4 goals, C Lavrick 2 goals, R Gander 1 goal, 1 goal unknownAndamooka 15.13 (103) defeated Olympic Dam 9.10 (64)Best players for Andamooka 1st D Grantham, 2nd A Diekman, 3rd J PerkinsGoal kickers for Andamooka K Williams 7 goals, M Lukich 5 goals, C Phelps, M Humphrysand D Semmler all 1 goal. Best players for OD 1st A Balnaves, 2nd D Couzner, 3rd A HowieGoal kickers for OD B Hornhardt 3 goals, M Bourke 3 goals, A Balnaves, W Feltus and SMontgomerie all 1 goal

Woomera and Districts Football League

Roxby Under 13s and Under 16s travelled toWoomera to play Round 11 under lights.Tom Blackie and his dedicated helpers, all ofWoomera knew it was going to be a chilly night andhad the fire buckets ablaze and barbecue at the readyfor an entertaining night of football.The under 13s kicked off the night with a good evencontest.Although scores were not submitted the results wasone that could have gone either way.In such an evenly matched game it would be no sur-prise to see either team claiming victory or maybe afitting result would be a draw.Some of the better players on the night were C.Burran, J. Hombsch, D. Vanzatti and the Skinnerbrothers.No player was disgraced with everyone contribut-ing to an excellent game appreciated by all support-ers.As the night grew colder the Under 16s took to thefield but it wasn’t long and the players forgot aboutthe weather.The first quarter saw a good paced and evenly con-tested game with Razorbacks leading at the first breakby 9 points.The second and third terms saw the Dragons chas-ing Jumpers with some undisciplined acts by bothsides creeping into the game. Several players werespoken to by the umpires and told to control theiroverzealous egos and do what they are meant to do,that is play football. Three quarter time saw a com-manding lead to the Razorback’s by 10 goals.To the Dragons’ credit they tried to make a game outof it in the final quarter but finished 13 goals behind.For the Razorback’s side Cody Kenny and RickyKeller seemed to have the ball on a magnet, kickingsix goals each.The midfield players in Brett Chesson and MarkFreeth providing their forwards with good skills madeit so much easier.Steven Kaminski’s marking and goal kicking im-proved with each game.Boro Nedelkovic toiled hard against the more experi-enced Dragons ruckmen Cody Gaitor and AaronWatkins are also worthy of a mention.Not to be outdone was Luke Button of the Dragonswho displayed an excellent exhibition of overhead

marking and goal kicking.Finishing with three for the game Stuart Ferenci,Tyson Norton and Nigel Burton were amongst theDragons’ better players.With only tow games left to play before the grandfinal it is a timely reminder for the players and coachesto keep the on field emotions in check. No one wantsto see a player miss out on final glory due to a stupidindiscretion.To the coaches/team managers please fill in the scoresheets that have been provided to you so the re-sults of your matches can be printed by the press.

Robert PaxtonFriday, August 8Under 16sDragons 6 goals 8 behindsRazorbacks 19 goals and 9 behindsGoal Scorers - Dragons- L. Button 3, M. Castle 1, S.Ferenci 1, N. Burton 1Razorbacks- R. Keller 6, C. Kenny 6, M. Freeth 2, S.Kaminski 2, B. Bowes 1, S. Castle 1,S. Crafter-King 1Best Players - Dragons- L. Button, M. Riggs, S.Ferenci, M. Weaver, T. NortonRazorbacks- C. Kenny, R. Keller, W. Parker, B.Chesson, M. Freeth.Saturday August 2, 2003Under 13sHawks 5.4 (34) defeated Bulldogs 4.4 (28)Hawks Best Players – K Zeptner, D Vanzati, NMcPhail, C Skinner, D IronsideHawks Goal Kickers – T Paull 2, J Cunningham 1, LMunroe 1, K Zeptner 1.Bulldogs Best Player – B Halliman, J Kruger, B Ley,C Burran, T CoxBulldogs Goal Kickers –K Reynolds 2, J Hombsch 1,T Cox 1.Under 16sRazorback 14.7 (91) defeated Dragons 5.4 (34)Razorbacks Best Players – R Flegg, B Hansford, RKeller, S Crafter-King, G GGarthRazorbackGoal Kickers – R Keller 5, B Hansford 3, RFlegg 3, S Castle 1, C Whittaker 1Dragons Best Players – G Gaitor, B Elson, M Castle,T Roberts, M RiggDragons Goal Kickers – M Rigg 2, S Rogers 1, BElson 1, T Roberts 1.

Great Efforts in Junior FootballWoomera Darts LeagueIndividual Stats - After Round 19

Highest Pegout Score DateJoe Blatchford 119 30/4Merran Tschirpig 80 5/3Dave Nicholls 99 25/6High ScoreGreg Budden 200 29/5Shane Adams 200 9/4 , 11/6Andy Searle 200 11/6,23/7Julie Wright 141 5/3Brodie Jarvis 174 12/3180sGreg Budden 29/5Shane Adams 9/4 , 11/6Andy Searle 11/6Top 3 Aggies LeadersMen’s - Shane Adams 9238,Greg Budden 8142,Ian Connell 7480.Women’s - Ros Harris 5398, Mellissa Crane 3025,Marg Surman 2884.Juniors - Brody Jarvis 2929, Dave Nichols 2739,Tyson Norton 2352.Team AggiesGolf Club 31406WSC Royals 22348RSL Bias 20185RSL Bowls 20141WSC Blue 12370Village White 10744Koolymilka 10312BAE 10031Pimba 9200With just nine rounds to go, we need to thinkabout presentation night. Could all playersthat are in possession of perpetual trophiesplease return them either to the RSL or theSports club in the next few weeks.

The Woomera R&SL Bowling Club is located off BoolSt ,Woomera, and is open Weekdays from 5pm andfrom 2pm on Saturdays.Visitors and residents of Woomera and Roxby Downswho are not members are most welcome to drop in fora relaxing afternoon.What a busy week it has been with the sending off ofMegan Crook.It all started Thursday night with an apparently quietcocktail evening, which continued on to the smallhours. Friday night saw a lamb spit with many localsshowing up to wish Meagan farewell. Best of luck‘Crookey’ with your new job, you will be missedaround the RSL.Lawn Bowls was played on Sunday due to theWoomera Open.A large attendance was present despite the blusteryconditions and all were in good spirits.Terry Whitworth opened the bowls season with thecustomary roll of the first jack going to “guess who’smums got a whirlpool” McKenzie.Michael Ingold had the honor of rolling the first bowlof the season due to his impressive bowling last week.Four rinks were operative with a great afternoon’scompetition organised by Terry Whitworth.The winners of the afternoons comp was the team ofGraham, Darryl & Terry who all went home with anRSL beer mug.Many new shiny bowls and bags were spotted onSunday and I think the polishing towels and grippogot a hell of a workout!

Frank WoolfeWoomera R&SL Bowling Club

Woomera Bowling Report

Last Saturday was the Woomera Open,which was played in magnificent winterconditions.Congratulations go out to this year’sOpen winners in Robin Passmore andJames Daley who finished with 70 offthe stick for a net 63.75, other winnerswere:Open runners up Andy Searle and SimonRichardson 71 gross for a net 61.25, 18hole handicap Lyle Duncan and JoeBlatchford 72 gross for a net 58, 18 holehandicap runners up Mick McDonaldand Wally Broome 73 gross for a net60.75, front nine stroke Chris Pillar andTrevor Staines 73 gross for a net 65.75,back nine stroke Mark Owen and AndrewTieste 75 gross for a net 67, front ninehandicap D Gibson and Hayden Daley76 gross for a net 62.75, back 9 handicapNeville Beckman and Dave Noble 74gross for a net 65.5 and this years NAGAaward goes to Murray Tschirpig and

Peter Rocco with 101 gross for a net 85.5.On the individual awards, longest drive onthe third went to Wally Broome, longest driveon the twelfth to Trevor Staines, straightestdrive on the fourth to Neville Beckman, near-est to pin on fifth to James Daley and nearestto pin on the eleventh to Bob McKenzie.The Calcutta was a hotly-contested affair with

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Lyle Duncan picking up first prize of $250and Wally Broome took out second andthird prizes for a total of $250 also and AndySearle won the NAGA prize of $80.This Sunday’s competition is a stablefordevent with tee-off time at 8am.Well that’s all the jibber for another week.

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TEE-OFF...First team to tee-off in Woomera Open at the weekend.


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NEW RACQUET...Tennis clinic participants Jessica Katzorke, 9, Brendan Folwell,10, Shyane Rabone, 10, and Alex Wissell, 10, serving up some fun.

Students from throughout the region served up aheap of fun during Tennis SA’s annual ‘tennis inschools’ program.Regional Development Coach Andrew Thomson,provided intensive skills clinics to students from thefour local primary schools this month.Students were provided with racquets, balls and les-sons ranging from basic handling of a racquet togame tactices.These clinics have led to as many as 50 local chil-dren taking on after-school lessons - prompting newinterest in revitalising the Roxby Downs junior ten-nis scene.

“We’re looking to form some kind of committee to ad-minister local tennis, particularly junior tennis,”Thomson said.“The ‘tennis in schools’ programs allows us to givestudents a taste of tennis - keeping the clinics afford-able and accessible.“But now we’ve caught their interest and started themdown the road, we need to make sure there’s some-where for them to go locally.”Thomson will host a series of tennis clinics in the firstweek of September school holidays.Bookings can be made through the Roxby Downs Lei-sure Centre - ph 8671 0500.


n Tuesday, August 5, 2003,RDAS secondary teamstraveled to Whyalla to playin the Regional SASSSANetball Carnival.The Year 8/9 team selectedcomprised TeaganCoombes, KristelleCockshell, Kateland Fraser,Kasiah Barrand, Nicole Dar-ling, Sophie Wissell,Natasha Wilby, NatalieAllen and Kristen Woods.This team won three gamesand lost one.They missed out on a placein the finals by a small per-centage and all players per-formed well on the day.The Year 10 team selectedwas: Alex Nedelkovic, JenaCoombes, ChelseaVanderburg, Amiee-LeeElson, Paige Aldenhoven,Sara Groom, Petra Sheppard,Melissa Roach and RachelWilliams.This team also won threegames and lost one, win-ning a place in the finals.In a tight contest the girlslost to Port Augusta in theirfinal by two goals but put ina great team effort.The Year 11/12 girls selectedwere Mikaela Aldenhoven,Stephanie Foster, AlisonCrompton, Kaidi James,Natasha Bilka, Thea Gluyas,Joanne Lucas, Haily Speckand Kirby Blake (who un-fortunately could not makethe trip due to illness).This team was unsuccess-ful in their matches but bat-tled hard all day.All despite the windy con-ditions, which at first madeit difficult for the girls whoplay most of their netballindoors, had a great day.A big thanks to teachersKate Bennie and Lyn Ferenciand all the involved par-ents; Theresa Barrand,Connie Woods, CathyFraser, Julie Darling,Annette Speck, KarenTraeger and Carol Groom, aswell as student BelindaPetherick for assistancewith coaching, umpiring,scoring and general organi-sation.A number of mums, dads,aunties and uncles alsomade the trip to barrack andencourage the girls, whichcertainly helped out teams.Thanks also to Jeff Benniefor driving the bus.

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Roxby Downs SwimmingClub Registration Day willbe held on Saturday, August16, 2003.There will be a stall set up atmarket day for all registrationforms and fees to be re-turned. Cost is $80 for thefirst child of a family, $75 sec-ond child, $70 third child, $65fourth or more child. $35 isto be paid on registration dayfor Swim SA registration fee.Registration forms can becollected prior to registra-tion day from the RoxbyDowns Leisure Centre andSportspower.For any queries please con-tact Monique Morgan on8671 2531 or 0419 449 383.

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Tuesday July 29, 2003C WomenTandales/Jets 32 (K Ley 18) defeated Chocies 8(A Harvey 4)Cougars 25 (P Shepley 10) defeated Wanderers17 (K McPaul 6)B MenBulls 52 (S Pridham, M Rowney, J Orr 12) de-feated Jets 43 (C Kenny 11)Wanderers 51 (T Roberts 16) defeated Magpies39 (D Flavel 12)A MenMPR Magpies 47 (F Lopez 16) defeated ChocieSoldiers 32 (B Dadleh, G Neilson 10)Jets 38 (B Day 20) defeated Bulls 37 (K Williams23)Thursday July 31, 2003A WomenLittle Devils 34 (A Elson, J Borgmeyer 10) de-feated Chocie Eagles 16 (M Grantham 8)Bulls 20 defeated Eagles 0 on forfietB WomenEagles 2 44 (L Reid 14) defeated Devils 34 (ALamb 11)Jets 65 (D Zanker 18) defeated Eagles 1 18 (CWildman 14)Bulls 41 (L Girdham 15) defeated Devils 2 25 (NDarling, K Barrand 8)

Tuesday, August 5C WomenCougars 20 defeated Chocies 0 on forfietTandales/Jets 42 (J Taylor 12) defeated Wanderers20 (M Kiely 12)B MenChocie Soldiers 56 (R Shields 19) defeated Wan-derers 49 (B Hansford 12)Jets 56 (C Kenny 16) defeated Magpies 30 (BStanton 10)A MenChocies 47 (J Read 16) defeated Jets 22 (NBackhouse, B Day and M Whittaker 6)MPR Magpies 46 (H Daley 13) defeated Bulls 21(K Williams 14)Thursday, August 7B WomenDevils 43 (A Lamb 12) defeated Bulls 32 (MCrawford 14)SSA Cougars 44 (T Hill 19) defeated Devils 2 28 (NDarling 14)Eagles 2 (F Bilney, K Dalgleish 10) defeated Eagles20 (C Wildman 11)A WomenEagles 39 (B Redden 10) defeated Little Devils 17(P Smith 8)Chocie Eagles 21 (J Nitschke 8) drew with Devils21 (B White 16)

LOOKING FOR AN OPENING...Competition is tough in local basketballas grand finals draw closer.

Roxby Downs Basketball Results

UPCOMING AGM...Roxby Downs Basketball Association AGM - Tuesday, September16, 2003, 7.30pm in the Leisure Centre Conference Room. All teams must berepresented or a fine will be incurred.GRAND FINAL...Roxby Downs Basketball Association Grand Final will be held onSaturday, September 6, 2003Starting at 5pm at the Roxby Downs Leisure Centre. Bar facilities are available and asupper and presentation will be hosted upstairs after the A Men match. All welcome.

July 30, 2003A Grade

Keeches 28 defeated Rebels1 20Hornridge 44 defeated MAK Ladies 20

B GradeMasters 30 defeated Shorties 19

Primemovers 21 defeated Rebels2 14Mixed

Miners 30 defeated Blues 28All Blacks 36 defeated The Trevs 26

August 6, 2003A Grade

Keeches 26 drew MAK Ladies 26Rebels1 34 defeated Pearlers 21

B GradeShorties 33 defeated Primemovers 18

Masters 29 defeated Rebels2 7Mixed

Blues 28 defeated The Trevs 24Miners 43 defeated All Blacks 26

Wednesday Night Netball

Saturday August 2A GradeRedbacks 51 defeatedCougars 37 amd Blues 51defeated Miners 46B GradeBlues 59 defeatedAndamooka 14 andTangos 47 d Miners2 38Saturday August 9A GradeRedbacks 51 defeatedBlues 23 and Cougars56 defeated Miners 53B GradeTangos 74 defeatedBlues 28 and Miners2 46defeated Miners1 36.

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Saturday August 2U11sShooters 19defeated Bullets 5Rockets 21 de-feated T-Birds 17U13sBullets 47 defeatedShooters 40Opals 43 defeatedT-Birds 13U16sShooters 38defeated Bullets 22T-Birds 40 defeatedOpals 27

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Monday July 28, 2003A GradeSomfaw 83 defeatedProphets of Onan 64.Easybeats 72 defeatedVolleroos 71.B GradeSalmon Haters 104 de-feated The VBs 76.All Blacks 150 defeatedAngry Beavers 47.Monday, August 4,2003A GradeSomfaw 80 defeatedVolleroos 71.Benders 88 defeatedProphets 56.B GradeSalmon Haters 107 de-feated Angry Beavers76.All Blacks 146 defeatedVBs 55.

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Juniors Get a Big Bite of ProfitsThe Monitor Newspaper’s commitment to local business and enterprise saw junior footballers (likeLuke Partington, 6, Hunter Fairlie, 4, Tyson Hill, 7, and Damon Hill, 5, pictured above) get a taste ofthe benefits last week at a training barbecue.The barbecue, hosted by Roxby Districts Sporting Club, was financed by funds from the club’sdelivery of the fortnightly Monitor - Your Community Newspaper.“We’ve provided the barbecue as a commitment to junior football,” committee member Greg Weltnersaid.“This is where everything starts and we feel it’s important for our club to be involved with the localkids.”The Editor of The Monitor, Seonie Lyon, said she was happy to see the community newspaper’spolicy of supporting local enterprise filtering down to the region’s youngest residents.


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Local Sailor Amongst the World’s Best Local GreyhoundPoisoned on Eveof First SA RacePolice are investigating the sus-pected poisoning of locally-ownedgreyhound ‘Watch the Papers’.The dog, owned by the ‘Totally Tav-ern’ syndicate, was scheduled torace at its first SA start on Saturday,August 2.Instead, trainer Sandy Thomasfound the dog close to death in itskennels in the early hours of Satur-day morning.“He’s going to be alright – It wastouch and go for quite some time onSaturday and Sunday,” Mr Thomsonsaid“He’s going to pull through alrightbut what damage has been done asfar as his abilities we won’t know forthe next couple of weeks.“He certainly won’t be racing for awhile.”Tavern manager Damian Jones saidthe news had generated ‘general dis-belief and devastation’ from themembers of the ‘Totally Tavern’ syn-dicate - the dog’s owners.“But no one was more disappointedthan us – it blew us away,” Thomsonsaid.“Everything was perfect – he drewbox eight, which is out wide andgives you the best jump – one of thebest boxes on any track anyway.“It was looking pretty good for hisfirst start and it all fell apart fromthere.”Mr Thomson first became suspi-cious that the dog’s illness was notnatural when he discovered a gar-bage bin pulled up alongside thekennels to allow an intruder accessover the fence.Preliminary tests by Mr Thomson’slong-time veterinarian indicate thedog was suffering from an arsenic-based poison.However, while police investigationscontinue, Thomson has had to stepup security at his local kennels. “I’ve never had something like thishappen in my life,” 30-year veterangreyhound trainer Thomas said.“We just wouldn’t have expectedsomething like this to happen inRoxby Downs.”

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Junior Footballers to Hitthe Field For AFL FinalsAs many as 44 junior footballers from the Roxby Downs district will playdemonstration match at this year’s AFL finals, Roxby Downs Auskickcoordinator Shane Thomson revealed this week.An official offer from SANFL will see 24 Under 8s and 20 under12s playat half time in one of the first round of AFL final matches in September.“If Port Power and Crows finish first and second that would mean twogames in Adelaide and, as the preferred Auskick centre, Roxby will beable to appear alongside one of our SA teams,” Thomson said.“This offer was made to us because of the ongoing success of the localAuskick program.“It’s a significant boost to the profile of junior football in Roxby Downsand an outstanding reward for the kids who play footy in our town.”The Woomera and and Districts Junior Football League is yet to confirmwhether they will send a team of under 12s. However, the offer will ensurethat the Auskick program’s entire phalanx of eight and seven-year-oldswill be able to attend the finals at the AAMI Stadium.Roxby Downs Auskick is the second largest Auskick club in the state,boasting 143 registered local players.

Living more than 300km from the ocean hasn’t stoppedRoxby Downs resident Kevin Kellow being namedfourth in the world Tasar sailing championships lastmonth.Kellow, 27, and sailing partner Craig McPhee ofWillunga, have only just returned from Victoria, Canada,where they pitted themselves against the world’s fast-est racing yacht teams.In this, their fourth year in the world titles, Kellow andhis partner were considered the ‘wild cards’ of the com-petition after winning four of their last five nationalcompetitions.“Looking back at the times, we actually beat both thewinners a few time but they were just more consistentof the 12 races,” he said.“We didn’t sail smart enough.”Kellow has been racing Tasar yachts for the past 18years.Tasar competitions required two-person teams to racesingle-hulled yachts at a speed of up to 15 knots.Races can run for up to two hours at a time.“I love the challenge, and it was great to be inolved ina sport where there was no one yelling at you from thesidelines,” he said.“It takes stamina - we were on the water for up to 10hours a day in the worlds.”Since moving to Roxby Downs, Kellow’s sailing com-mitments have prompted him to jump in the car at theend of every four-day shift and head for the ocean.The pair’s next big race is the Laser Radial World Titlesin Qld in April next year.“We’re going to take a couple of months off and thenstraight back into it,” he said.“It takes a lot of work and we’re not going in it to comesecond, that’s for sure.”

WORLDTITLES...KevinKellow, 27,has justreturned toRoxbyDowns fromCanada thismonth afterplacingfourth in theworld Tasarsailingchampionships.

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