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Your Community Newspaper ~ Roxby Downs Monitor The Volume 7, Wednesday June 23, 2010 www.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843 IN THIS edition Y outh talent showcased Page 2 R otary President reects on her year R esidents warned about bins over owing Page 6 Page 5 By Millie Thomas I ntegralign Pty Ltd, a relatively new company in Roxby Downs, is moving forward and winning major contract projects around town. Integralign has already been assisting Candetti in the major construction of the new Police Complex on Bur- goyne Street, and now has scored a major project in the building of a new multipurpose hall at St Barbara’s Parish School. e new hall, which will serve as a space for indoor sports, school assemblies and an area of protection against the elements, and as we all know, come down in force on Roxby at times. Tony Wilkinson, Managing Director of Integralign is happy to be assisting Candetti and St Barbara’s in this project. “We are assisting Candetti with the major construc- tion of the multi purpose hall in site establishment, major earthworks, foundations, ground slab and partial construc- tion of the hall itself. “We started erecting the fencing yesterday, (June 16) so we’ll be there for the next two months. We expect to have the project completed by Christmas. “Candetti are in the process of sorting out local contrac- tors to finish the project at the present time. “Other disciplines within the project will be electrical, roofing, cladding, joinery, landscaping. “GHD did the design for the project. e existing area, looking at what they’ve already got, they actually haven’t got a multi purpose indoor hall, so it’s an excellent add to enhance the children’s sports activities,” Mr Wilkinson said. Continued on page 3 New multi purpose hall for St. Barbs Dale Summerton and Tony Wilkinson look at plans for the new hall, while Aaron Burridge and Anthony Johnson prepare to start work at the school site last week.

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Page 1: June 23 2010 The Monitor Newspaper

Your Community Newspaper ~ Roxby DownsMonitorThe

Volume 7, Wednesday June 23, 2010www.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843

IN THIS

editionYouth talent showcased

Page 2

Rotary President refl ects on her year

Residents warned about binsoverfl owingPage 6Page 5

By Millie Thomas

Integralign Pty Ltd, a relatively new company in Roxby Downs, is moving forward and winning major contract projects around town.

Integralign has already been assisting Candetti in the major construction of the new Police Complex on Bur-goyne Street, and now has scored a major project in the building of a new multipurpose hall at St Barbara’s Parish School.

Th e new hall, which will serve as a space for indoor sports, school assemblies and an area of protection against the elements, and as we all know, come down in force on Roxby at times.

Tony Wilkinson, Managing Director of Integralign is happy to be assisting Candetti and St Barbara’s in this project.

“We are assisting Candetti with the major construc-tion of the multi purpose hall in site establishment, major earthworks, foundations, ground slab and partial construc-tion of the hall itself.

“We started erecting the fencing yesterday, (June 16) so we’ll be there for the next two months. We expect to have the project completed by Christmas.

“Candetti are in the process of sorting out local contrac-tors to fi nish the project at the present time.

“Other disciplines within the project will be electrical, roofi ng, cladding, joinery, landscaping.

“GHD did the design for the project. Th e existing area, looking at what they’ve already got, they actually haven’t got a multi purpose indoor hall, so it’s an excellent add to enhance the children’s sports activities,” Mr Wilkinson said.

Continued on page 3

New multi purpose hall for St. Barbs

Dale Summerton and Tony Wilkinson look at plans for the new hall, while Aaron Burridge and Anthony Johnson prepare to start work at the school site last week.

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THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 2 – Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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By Celeste Lustosa

T y-James Hancock (as vocal) and Ian Sharam (as guitar-

ist), both 16, have a band called Designer Skyline and thanks to their talent and some extra help, they have been able to show their music and their ambitions to the community.

“Ty went to RoxFM to make a community an-nouncement in order to fi nd more members for his band and from there had a discussion with the Youth Advisory Committee to see how it could support them. It was after that it was de-cided to provide funding for a music performance.

“We wanted them to realise they could achieve their dream.

“Th e funding enables us to develop awareness of the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) and showcase some of our local talents,” Youth Offi cer Shane Hough said.

From there, with the support of the YAC, Shane’s help and the boys will to follow their dream in music, things started happening for them.

“For a couple of weeks the boys came in for inter-views in the Michael and James and Gene-RATED Y shows at RoxFM and Kris-tina (Meredith – RoxFM Manager) has provided a massive support.

On Tuesday, June 15 the boys were able to do a live performance at RoxFM and had good feedback from the public, answered their questions live and could show what their music is all about.

Ian has been in Roxby Downs for a year and Ty-James has lived here al-most his whole life. Th ey both met through friends during school holidays.

“We both had a big passion for music. I have been involved with music my whole life. I have had lessons for two years and mostly teach myself.

“We want people to know that we are here and know that we can play,” Ty said.

“Playing on the radio was scary but in a good way. It was great to have people know what we play,” Ian told Th e Monitor.

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Th eir dream is to release an album and to get more gigs.

If you want to book the Designer Skyline for a per-formance, contact Shane on 8671 0500.

Th rough the help of the Youth Advisory Commit-tee, the Youth Offi cer Shane

Hough, RoxFM’s manager Kristina Meredith and the support of our community, the boys had another gig on Monday, June 21 when they performed at the Roxby Leisure Cinema.

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Th e program will also provide funding to build 537 new science laboratories and language learn-ing centres in secondary schools.

“We’re looking into the RDAS, for a sporting hall there, a much larger one than the one at St

Barbara’s. Th en there’s a complete internal refur-bish and fi t out of the Woomera School as well, which we’re doing in conjunction with Candetti,” said Mr Wilkinson.

“We do a lot of joint ventures with Bianco Con-structions, who are obviously major suppliers and Access Civil, who are working with us in doing the major civil engineering, TLT scaff olding and RTA safety and rescue.

“We’re still managing the police complex project for Candetti. Th at’s going well, we’ve still got to do all the ground works, the road curbing, the landscaping and the internal joinery fi t out we’ll be carrying out as well,” he said.

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The Far North region exceeded nomination numbers from 2009, with an overwhelming total of 68 nominations received. Advantage SA is thrilled with the way in which the regions have performed in 2010.

All the South Austral-ian regions are huge sup-porters of the Advantage SA Regional Awards and year after year the people of these communities con-tinue to nominate in great numbers.

Entries in to the Ad-vantage SA Regional Awards are now open and we have already seen a record number of en-tries received, with a total of 497 entrants already. Th e Far North region has already exceeded entry number from 2009, with a current total of 51 entrants in to the awards. Entries will remain open until 5pm Monday, August 2, 2010.

The awards celebrations will be held on Friday, Oc-tober 22 at the Dunes Cafe and Auditorium in Roxby Downs. Th is event is not to be missed! For the fi rst time in Regional Awards history, we will be hosting

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Th e Federal Government has announced $100 million for local governments to build facilities including li-braries, community centres, swimming pools and sports grounds.

Th e money will be shared between all local councils around the nation.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the funding at a meeting of mayors and shire presidents in Canberra last week.

He has also promised $250,000 for community education about the role of local government.

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Less investment means fewer projects, jobs and opportunities for our future generations.

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We agree that resources companies should continue to pay a fair share of tax.

We want to make sure that any new taxation model continues to give a fair share back to all Australians and also keeps Australian mining globally competitive.

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A right solution can only come when all aspects of the tax are on the table for discussion, and the real world impact the tax will have on jobs and projects are being considered. Regrettably this has not occurred to date.

We need to maintain Australia’s prosperity, protect jobs and preserve Australia’s reputation as a safe and reliable place to invest.

In the last 120 years our people have worked hard to create one of the most competitive industries in this country and also the world. With the proposed Super Tax that strength comes under threat. Australian resource projects will struggle to compete for the investment dollar on the global stage.

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THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper www.themonitor.com.au Wednesday, June 23, 2010 – Page 5

NEWS

YOUR PHONE MAY NOW BE USED TO DELIVER EMERGENCY WARNINGS.During times of emergencies such as bushfires and extreme weather events, your landline or mobile phone may now be used to deliver a critical warning. This ‘Emergency Alert’ phone or text message is another way

for authorities to inform you on what you may need to do. If you don’t understand the message, ask a family member, friend or neighbour for assistance. Learn more about this system at emergencyalert.gov.au

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Fe d e r a l M e m b e r f o r G r e y R o w a n Ramsey has again raised the question in the Parliament on Thursday of the Government’s consid-eration of the impact of its Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) on the OneSteel opera-tions in Whyalla.

Mr Ramsey asked the Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard if “she was aware of the implications of the RSPT on OneSteel when the Treasurer an-nounced the tax in his Budget.”

He brought to the Min-ister’s attention OneSteel chairman Peter Smedley’s letter to shareholders in which he said-

“The Whyalla and Newcastle businesses in total employ approximate-ly 4000 employees and contractors. Any adverse impact on OneSteel also has flow-on implications for our employees and the local communities in which we operate.”

Mr Ramsey said de-spite asking the Speaker to instruct the Minister to answer the question, she avoided doing so.

“I can only conclude that the “kitchen cabinet” consisting of Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Wayne Swan and Lindsay Tanner had

no idea what the likely impacts of their tax would be,” he said.

“It seems to RSPT was just another big, feel good announcement, without the homework to back it up or the forethought as to the consequences.

“The steel industry ex-ists in Whyalla because it has a cheap, local source of iron ore”, Mr Ramsey said. “The RSPT will stop OneSteel from supplying the raw product at cost, insisting on world parity and then additionally slug the company another 40% on profits on the trade”.

Mr Ramsey said, “On-eSteel won’t be the only downstream processor affected by this $9bn tax grab”, Mr Ramsey said. “All vertically integrated metal producers will be hit the same. This includes BHP’s Roxby Downs operation.

“We are already well aware from the Environ-mental Impact Statement prepared for the Olympic Dam expansion that BHP intends to shift a large proportion of product as concentrate rather than copper plate.

“Placing extra taxes on the process only makes it more difficult to keep downstream processing in Australia. Why would you penalise your advan-tage and shift Australian jobs to China,” said Mr Ramsey.

By Celeste Lustosa

The Rotary Club of Roxby District is only in its second year but already has achieved lots and made great contri-

butions to the Roxby Downs, Andamooka and Woomera communities.

Sandy Sumsion is a very familiar face in our community as one of the owners of Raine & Horne but also as the second president of our Rotary Club.

After one year in the top job Sandy shares what Rotary is all about and all the great things that can be done through this amazing inter-national organisation.

Sandy’s involvement with Rotary started in 1990 when she joined an organisation called “the Australian Junior Chamber” or JAYCEES which was a club based international organisa-tion through which a person could build per-sonal skills like public speaking, debating, how to chair a meeting, how to organise a project, “Train the Trainer”, etc.

“After seven years of involvement I felt it was time to put all that learning into practise, so I left JAYCEES and joined the Rotary Club of Campbelltown in Adelaide.

That is a really large club with 75 members and I was secretary twice and co-ordinated projects like the Annual Art Show, Long Term Youth Exchange program, Anniversary Din-ners, Street Auctions, etc,” she said.

She is now in her 13th year in Rotary heading towards the end of her term as the President of the Rotary Club of Roxby District.

Sandy has definitely brought her experience into Rotary, her will to help the community and her enthusiasm to the local club.

“Rotary in the Roxby area started with a

group of enthusiastic people who came to-gether to form the local club the Rotary Club of Roxby District.

“Some of those involved had previously been in other Rotary Clubs, however many of the others had not had anything to do with Rotary before. The club was chartered on June 14, 2008 and has just passed its second birthday,” she proudly said.

At present the Roxby Districts Rotary Club has 20 members.

“Our membership fluctuates greatly because we live in a very transient area and throughout this Rotary year we have inducted nine new members and across the same period we have had seven members leave the club because of relocations, job obligations or illness,” Sandy explained.

Since the club was formed two years ago, they have supported the Roxby Downs Sport-ing Car Club at their regular meets on their racing calendar, where they man the gate and run the canteen.

“It’s a great way for one club to support an-other club in the area.”

But their largest event was the co-ordination of the 2009 Roxby Downs Community Christ-mas Pageant which was wonderfully supported by the public and many local businesses.

According to Sandy, there are many benefits from belonging to Rotary, some of which in-clude the opportunity to mix with people from other vocations, contribute to the community, learn organisational skills, meet people from across the state, Australia and overseas who enjoy being part of an International organisa-tion. But if you can achieve this much just by being a member, being a club president enables you to do even more.

“In Rotary you can only hold the position of

President for one year. My focus as the Presi-dent has been to educate the members about Rotary and have them understand that the club belongs to them and they get to make the deci-sions about the activities we support and the projects we do.

“A challenge for me was to educate the mem-bers about the big wide world of Rotary In-ternational and the local people in the three communities of Roxby Downs, Andamooka and Woomera about our club.

“Bob’s (Bob Jacobs, next club president) main challenge will be learning about the current world of Rotary (he was previously a member several years ago) and to keep recruiting new members and keep the current members en-thusiastic,” Sandy adds.

The local Rotary Club has members from Roxby Downs, Andamooka and Woomera who can invite an interested person to one of the meetings, which usually happens the first and third Monday of each month.

If you are interested in knowing more about Rotary or joining in the club just approach one of the current members or phone 0400 366 619 and speak to Sandy about it.

“I have a special thank you for businesses that have supported our club in its activities by ever reducing their price or giving us product or services, the loan of a bus, engraving for presentations, giving donations of money, the venues where we have held our meetings - the list goes on.

“My biggest thanks goes to the members of my board and the members of the club who have supported my year as President and the goals we have for the Rotary Club of Roxby District,” Sandy concluded.

The Rotary changeover dinner will happen on July 10, in Andamooka.

Rotary’s president reflects on her year at the top

Rotarian Sandy in one of her last meetings as president.

At present the Roxby Districts Rotary Club

has 20 members.

Ramsey questions

Government about tax

ramifications on OneSteel

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THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 6 – Wednesday, June 23, 2010

WEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATE

COUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE SA

REMINDERS

Opening hours9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452Email: [email protected]

After hours emergencyMobile 0419 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

Opening hours 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays

9.30 am to 12 noon SaturdaysTelephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418

Email: [email protected]

Library membership is FREE wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities

Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday & Thursday

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1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businesses

Recycling can be taken either to the Opal Landfill or

BSH Waste Solutions on Gosse StreetAll enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hoursWednesdays and Thursdays only

9 am to 4.30 pmCouncil provides Transport

Services including:• Vehicle Registration • Boat Registrations

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By Celeste Lustosa

The Roxby Downs Council and the Roxby Downs Environment Forum has joined forces to keep

the town clean.

As a result of that, they will print over 1500 stickers with educational messages on how to pack your rubbish bin and the consequences of not doing it properly. The idea is for every rubbish bin to have a sticker.

Roxby Downs Environment Forum chairperson Kristina Meredith believes that information can be the key to solving the problem of overfull bins.

“The Forum identified that a lot of people don’t know what to do with their disposals and don’t know where the re-cycling collection points for our town are so the stickers on the bin will carry the information they need,” she said.

Kristina said that the stickers will also carry a message on the problems caused with crows when the bins are overfull and that she thinks it will be good for the new to town that are not aware of the crows in Roxby Downs.

“Hopefully people will come on board and put the stickers on their bins because in the end it’s their decision to do so as the bins are property of each house own-er,” said Peter Keller, Municipal Works

Manager of Roxby Downs Council. He also added that “Council is sup-

portive with Environment Forum’s ef-forts in educating people and keep the town clean.”

Roxby Downs Council, aiming to make sure the bins are nicely packed and closed, has an agreement with the contractor that does the collection of the bins that all the lids need to be replaced when they break off and Council supplies the new ones to the contractor for them to replace them, with no cost for the households.

“When the truck goes past they see what bins don’t have their lids or are broken and what needs to be replaced and they are responsible for the replace-ment.

“Council has done it as a service to the community, as the bins are a property of the house owners, but we want to keep our town clean. In other council areas if the lid is missing or broken the contrac-tors won’t even pick the rubbish up, but we don’t find this strategy beneficial and we want to be pro-active on that.

“Lots of bins would not overflow and they would hold more things if they were packed better. I have seen full empty car-tons and empty boxes that weren’t folded up which made the bins overflow,” Mr Keller said.

The photos with this article illustrate what should never be done and it’s up to each one of us to make sure we look after our town and keep it clean.

One of the overflown bins in Roxby Downs.

Photo taken in one of our streets; a party for the crows but

a disgrace for our streets.

NEWS IN BRIEF

WATER RATESFinal water notices were issued on June 10 and are due for payment by June 25. Payment by the due date is required to avoid possible legal action.

WHEELIE BINSResidents are reminded that Wheelie Bins must be removed from the street verge within 24 hours of collection. Wheelie Bins must also have a lid which is to be closed flat with no protruding rubbish. The main reason for this is that crows are attracted to any rubbish in Roxby Downs and will pick at the rub-bish in bins with lids partially open. It is also a condition of kerbside collec-tion that rubbish such as liquid waste, stones, gravel, sand, earth, ashes, acid and building materials not be placed in the bin.

COUNCIL PAGE ONLINECouncil’s page which appears in The Monitor every week can be also viewed on line on the Monitor’s website during the week of publication

ANNUAL BUSINESS PLANCouncil’s draft 2010/2011 Annual Busi-ness Plan has been released for public comment. Copies of the Draft Plan are available from the Council Office dur-ing the public consultation period. Con-tact the Council on 8671 0010 or email [email protected]. au for a copy. A copy is also on the Council’s website. Formal written submissions will be re-ceived at the Council Office PO Box 124, Richardson Place Roxby Downs SA 5725 up to close of business at 5pm on Thurs-day 1 July 2010. Interested persons may also present their submission to a public meeting to be held at the Council Of-fice Board Room between 5.30 pm and 6.30pm on Thursday 1st July 2010.

COUNCIL RATES2009/10 rates have been declared. Fourth quarter rates for this financial year were issued on 17 May. The last day to pay was 16 June. If you have not received your rates notice or have en-quiries please contact Bronnie Warren on 8671 0010 during office hours.

JOB VACANCYApplications are sought from suitably qualified people for the newly created position of Administration Officer – Community Development, Governance and Strategic Support. This position was advertised in The Monitor on 9 June. Applications close 12 noon on Monday 28 June. A copy of the advertisement and the Job and Person Specification is available by contacting Michelle Hales Manager Community Development, Governance and Strategic Support via email at: [email protected].

Council Rates Last day to pay was 16 June

This is the second part of a 3 part series on responsible pet management in Roxby Downs. Part 1 published on 16 June featured informa-

tion on cats and Part 3 will feature more detailed information on registration and permits.

¶ Council is the authority responsible for dogs and the enforcement of regulations and provisions under the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995. The objectives of the Act are to encourage responsible dog and cat owner-ship, reduce public and environmental nuisance caused by dogs and cats and to promote effective management of dogs and cats.

¶ Council recognises that companion animals are part of the Roxby Downs community contributing to the quality of life. However, it is important to ensure that the needs of both owners and non pet owners are ac-commodated.

¶ Dogs wandering at large can be a threat to members of the public particularly children and older people. All dogs that are picked up by Council are taken to the Mu-nicipal Dog pound. If the dog is registered Council makes every effort to contact the owner immediately and to return the dog as soon as practicable.

¶ “In Roxby Downs, if your dog is missing, the best thing to do is contact the Council’s office immediately. The earlier people contact us, the higher the chances of finding their pets; because people usually come to us when they find a missing animal and we can make the connection and get the animal back to its owner in a matter of minutes,” said Works Manager Peter Keller.

¶ It is therefore important that owners have adequate fencing and control over their dogs. All dogs on streets and roads must be restrained. Owners have the respon-sibility of ensuring dogs are trained and to be aware of the dog’s behaviour at all times including when they are away from the home. Owners are responsible for ensur-ing that there is adequate food, water and shelter and the dog is regularly exercised.

¶ All dogs aged 3 months or more must be registered with Council. Registered dogs found wandering at large can be quickly identified and re-united with their own-ers.

¶ For registered dogs, which owner’s details are held at the Council’s office, the chances of getting your animal back are much bigger.

¶ For dogs that are not registered it is very difficult to identify their owners. These dogs are impounded and kept for a maximum period of 72 hours. During that time advertising via the Council noticeboard and Rox FM takes place. After this period of time the ownership of the dog is transferred to Council.

¶ “The missing dog is then taken to the local vet and if it’s suitable made available for re-housing. In the event that the dog is not re-housed it is humanely euthenased”, Mr Keller explained.

¶ Residents are encouraged to be responsible pet own-ers ensuring a safe environment for their pets as well as our community in general.

¶ Copies of the By-Laws are available at the Council Of-fice or by visiting the website www.roxbycouncil.com

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Last week’s Hot Topic: What do you think of the media hype of the World Cup?

I’m over it. Every TV program seems to have reference to the World Cup and the news items and bleatings about the poor Socceroos start is way over the top. I know it’s a big deal internationally, but the media hype is over the top and I can’t wait until it ends. What the hell will it be like if we ever get to host the Cup in 2022 or more likely 2030?

Soccerwho

Soccer is the world game and the media hype just reflects the dominance and importance of the game. Let’s have more.

Football Lover. RD

I come from South Africa and the World Cup is the best thing that country has ever had and it’s helping unite people like never before. The media reports have been great.

Red Carded.

Good on ya Mike! $15,000 well spent I think. I defy anyone to do the same trip for the same price. Get off the man’s back. Doesn’t a premier of the State command some respect from jour-nalists?

Ian M.

Disappointing for all that Coober Pedy forfeited. The boys started so well and put some life into the local footy. Hope this forfeit is the only one and we see them back on the winner’s list soon.

Saints Fan. CP

Come on Mr Dudd, admit you did it wrong and meet with the mining industry with an open mind and make this new tax work for all. This has gone on way too long and put too much un-certainty out there. Your Government is history if this is not fixed.

Rudderless in Roxby

Hey, I want to be the Secret Shopper this week. I will tell how it really is and how we have some great people working here. I don’t have any problem get-ting a smile from any of the shop assistants. Maybe it’s your personality that brings out the worst in people. Ever thought of that SS?

Em.

I find it absurd and worrying that Australia has descended into what seems a propaganda war, government vs big business. However be-hind the obvious waring parties I believe some-thing more vicious is taking place. A battle of the Australian ethos. Capitalism vs socialism, dog eat dog vs fair go for all. These battles are bat-tles for the Australian way of life, our culture. Our mining companies are hugely profitable, and well run business. They are the cornerstone of our economic success as a people. Wealth in Australia is at an all time high and to think that an extra 10% tax on some mining profits, will effect this in any way is ignorant and ex-tremely damaging to Australias’ cultural fight. Personally I am on the side of the left. The gap between rich and poor is more stark then any-time in our history. This is un-Australian in my view. For me the choice is as follows. Can we sacrifice a tiny share of our wealth to sustain our Australian sentiments and build a strong future? Jacob Davey

I agree with shopaholic...Roxby is lucky to have what we’ve got in the way of shops and services, and most proprietors do a great job considering the cost of getting goods up here and they still are reasonably competitive with city shops. I have issue with those venues or shops that think near enough is good enough. Why should I or anyone else for that matter pay for less than acceptable service, quality, reasonable prices and when I go out for a meal I’m not waiting for the chef to catch the cow, kill it, then cook it. If you are a trader or venue that is giving great service and delivering on your promises...then you are a credit to yourself and this community. If not...lift your game. Surely I am not the only person in Roxby who feels this way...I know I’m not because I hear quite often, far too often in fact, about certain establishments and their less than desirable performance.

Oh and it’s too cold to be tarred and feathered, could I be burned at the stake please?

The Secret Shopper

EDITORIALTime is running out for Messrs Rudd and

Swan to swallow their pride and sit down in serious dialogue with the mining industry, that’s if they want to lead the Labor Party to victory in the 2010 elections later this year or early in 2011.

Although being denied hotly, there is disu-nity in the ranks of the Labor backbenchers who are likely to be out of a job if there are big swings against the Government. Mr Rudd can’t even win polls in his own state at the moment, so what hope does he have going into a full blown poll when the people will decide who is to lead us for the next three years?

Like spoiled boys Rudd and Swan won’t take a step backward even though there is scope for this tax to work if only they are will-ing to compromise.

Reading from the mining industry prayer book, they have been calling for a tax reform to replace the complicated royalties system and it broadly believes in a profit based sys-tem. They do have objections with the Rudd-Swan plan and until all sit down and discuss the issues there will be no resolution.

It seems clear, even to those on the outside of the industry and from outside of govern-ment circles, the proposed reform will not enhance the level of activity in the mining

sector and ultimately that will cost potential jobs and encourage investors overseas.

This profit tax seems to have singled out only one industry and while miners advocate reform they see this as a tax grab more than tax reform.

Questions are being raised by an industry that comprises about the 8% per cent of the economy, yet pays 16% of the national’s total income tax?

Equally questions must be raised about the taxes paid by the big four banks and their squillions in profits year after year.

Messrs Rudd and Swan are on a time line and their time is fast running out.

Time is running out

News in brief . . .Parks fee rise will deter

outback tourismA rise in national park access

fees will reduce visitors to the outback, a South Australian MP says.

Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan, says tourism operators will have to cope with a 51 per cent increase in access fees from next financial year.

The charge is rising from $165 to $250.

He says regional tourism will be threatened.

“When those fees go up, oper-ators will then have to put their costs up and what will happen is it will make it very, very hard to encourage people to come to our regional communities,” he said.

A tourism operator in the Flinders Ranges, Rawnsley Park

manager Tony Smith, wants to know why commercial tour op-erator fees are being increased by more than the fees on private individuals.

New frog species identifiedA new frog species was dis-

covered in the Flinders Ranges of outback South Australia this month.

The new Litoria species is tiny and can easily blend with its dusty, rocky surroundings.

Frog expert Mike Tyler says as soon as he was shown four specimens, he knew they were special.

Professor Tyler says the frog’s markings distinguish it from oth-er species living in waterholes of SA’s north-east.

“Perhaps an inch on the old

scale. It is pale brown in colour, it has little discs on its fingers so that it can climb,” he said.

“Its back is freckled, it has these little little markings on it which is a feature which is unique to it and something that tells me that this is quite distinct from anything else.”

OneSteel uncertaintyOneSteel says its Whyalla steel-

works in South Australia will have to sideline some investments until uncertainty ends about the Fed-eral Government’s proposed min-ing super tax.

Chief executive Mark Parry says thousands of jobs and in-vestment will be at risk if the proposed tax is implemented in its current form.

“We have informed the invest-

ment market that we are looking to invest in our iron ore supply chain which allows us to mine more iron ore and deliver that to our international customers,” he said.

Best season in seven yearsFloodwaters across the Birds-

ville Track have broken a two-year drought for Etadunna Station, 120 kilometres north of Marree in the far north of South Australia.

It has seen its heaviest rainfall since 2003 and ground cover has been replenished by the waters.

Station manager Patsy Dunn says graziers have been able to bring back stock from agistment, which will be a huge benefit fi-nancially.

She says it is the best season for seven years.

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Last week’s release of Health Minister’s John Hill seven-year plan to ensure South Australians continue to receive

world class dental care as well as reducing decay rates and waiting times to see a dentist includes upgrades for the Far North.

Minister Hill said research will be done to ex-plore the fluoridation of water supplies in Roxby Downs and Coober Pedy.

“All South Australians should have access to safe, timely and affordable oral health care and this plan sets out the guiding principles to achieve this,” Minister Hill said.

“South Australia’s children still have the best oral health in Australia, but we have not been immune to the general increase in dental decay in the past ten years or so,” Minister Hill said.

“The large communities in South Australia all have access to fluoridated water, which dramati-

cally reduces tooth decay, and the potential to bring this benefit to remaining smaller communi-ties in Roxby Downs and Coober Pedy will now be explored too.”

Roxby Downs Council Administrator Mr Bill Boehm said following the report, “In Roxby Downs, Council receives its supply of potable water from BHP Billiton under the provisions of the Roxby Downs (Indenture) Ratification Act 1982 and as such Council looks forward to work-

ing in partnership with all parties in any research proposed by the State Government.”

The government plan highlights how health professionals can identify early decay in preschool children and refer them to the School Dental Service for free treatment.

The Federal Government has recently adopted a South Australian program to assist doctors and registered nurses with oral health assessments and developing simple care plans for residents.

Roxby and Coober Pedy may get fluoridated water under dental plan

Police called to find two local offenders

A Female adult was reported for exceed-ing prescribed concentration of alcohol (0.137). The driver was given a six month instant loss of licence. A male adult was also reported for Fail to Stop, Exceed Pre-scribed concentration of alcohol (0.06), Drive under Suspension and Fail to stop for Police.

An environmental protection order was issued to occupiers of a Roxby residential premises for a period of 72 hours from Saturday night.

At 8.50pm on June 16 2010 a female teenager was home with friends when she saw a person in the rear yard of her house. The person was dressed all in black. Police were called and the area searched but no person was located.

On June 16, 2010 a female was driving her vehicle down Arcoona Street Roxby Downs when a male person exposed him-self to her from the side of the road. Police were again called and a searched of the area failed to locate any person .

The redirection of calls to the 131 444 Police Assistance telephone number and Triple Zero Emergency in regional areas will commence from 1 July 2010.

The new system will be introduced in stages, and ultimately all Triple Zero calls made in South Australia will be directed to the police Communications Centre in

Adelaide. This will provide a centralised, dedicated, emergency call taking and radio dispatch capability for immediate atten-tion.

Superintendent Blandford says “the re-ceipt of all calls and the centralised loca-tion will enhance service delivery to the community and result in a more efficient use of resources.”

As with Triple Zero, the introduction of the 131 444 process will be staggered.

Hills Fleurieu, Barossa and Murray Mal-lee were the first SAPOL Local Service Area affected by the change.

“All police assistance and attendance enquires received on the 131 444 Police Assistance telephone number in regional areas, will be re-directed to the SAPOL Call Centre in Adelaide if they are not able to be immediately answered by members at these stations,” Superintendent Bland-ford says.

“It is anticipated that by mid 2010 all 131 444 Police Assistance calls made within the State, will be in line with this process.

“The community should be reassured that they can still directly telephone their local police station during business hours for day to day issues however are urged to telephone Triple Zero in an emergency or 131 444 for police assistance,” Superin-tendent Blandford says.

EMPTY PROMISES DELIVER NOTHINGFederal Member for Grey Rowan Ram-

sey said the Government has shown once again it can make big announcements, but deliver very little after confirmation a promise of $3.55 million for the construc-tion of a solar power station at Coober Pedy is unlikely ever to be delivered.

Mr Ramsey said the funding under the Renewable Remote Power Generation Program was to have delivered a solar farm with 26 dishes, producing 1860 megawatts hours a year and completed by the end of last year.

“Quite clearly this has not occurred,” Mr Ramsey said.

“I have had questions on notice about this matter with the Minister since the middle of last year and even after two requests from the Speaker, Minister Gar-ret has failed to respond.

“In the recent Senate estimates I asked Senator Simon Birmingham to put the question to the department to reveal the truss taus of the project.

“We have been advised the Govern-ment has had negotiations with two pro-ponents and failed to convince either of the viability of the project. It is just so typical of this Government to make big hot air announcements with no plan on how to deliver. They operate on a phi-losophy of ‘It seemed like a good idea at the time’, in an attempt to dominate the media cycle with good news and hope the public forget when it doesn’t occur.

“Grocerywatch, Fuelwatch, Childcare places, Pink Batts, BER, Pacific Common Market, Climate Change, all noise, no action, Australians are losing patience,” said Mr. Ramsey.

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A r t i s t s L e s l e y Pe ders en and Johanna Sampson

will be presenting their Exhibition “Red Dust n Us” at the Roxby Downs Art gallery in the Cultural Precinct soon.

Both artists reside in Cowell on the West Coast and are inspired by the col-ours, textures and shapes of the outback. Many Roxby residents will know them from their previous attendance at the Roxby Markets.

Lesley lived in Roxby Downs for 14 years and during that time she had her own kiln, creating unique pottery. Many of

her pieces were sold over-seas.

Johanna lived in Adelaide for 30 years then returned home to live in Cowell. Both artists joined the very active Cowell Art Group.

Experimenting with all textures and mediums al-low the artists to create visually exciting paintings. Th eir art is bright and they feel it refl ects the light and colour of Australia.

The exhibition will be opened on Saturday, June 27 at 11am with compli-mentary champagne and nibbles. Both artists will be at the centre until 2pm and look forward to speaking to those present and explain-ing their art. Th e exhibition will run until July 25.

When a Real estate tycoon falls to his death and his

wife is attacked, NYPD detective Nikki Heat is called to investigate.

With Pulitzer Prize win-ning journalist Jameson Rook in tow Nikki sets about investigating mob-sters and moguls in order to uncover the secrets of Matthew Starr’s death. As things heat up another murder occurs and the case takes an unexpected turn as Nikki delves into the se-cret lives of the wealthy to

fi nd the killer. A spin off from the TV

series Castle this is the first Nikki Heat book so often mentioned in the television series. The re-lationships and interplay between characters is very similar to those in the tel-evision show. If you like the show you are sure to love this book which is almost like an episode of Castle. A good mystery novel with some unexpected twists and turns, Heat Wave is an easy read with entertaining characters and an interest-ing storyline.

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Moving away from royalties to a system that taxes the actual profi ts mining companies make will do just that. High profi t mines will pay more tax, but low profi t mines will pay less tax.

This will be fairer for the community and also drive growth and investment in the mining industry.

It will also fund vital infrastructure in resource states, supporting jobs and putting something back into mining communities.

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We’ve put back more than we’ve taken out.For every dollar Rio Tinto earns in Australia, we put a lot more back. In the past ten years we’ve invested $38.4 billion in

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TUTU BA OUTand

MOVIE NIGHT

Luci, Jess, Iantey, Olivia, Sharna and Matilda at the Blue LIght Movie Night

on Friday

CHURCHEsmari Welmans, Monique Vilgpen

Carrie Grobler and

Sarie Van Rooyen at

the Aussie Evening at

the Christian Church on Saturday night

GIRLS NIGHT OUT!Pat Coombers

and Bev Roberts at the Leisure Centre’s

Girls Night on Saturday night

RUG UP!

Phyllis Amos selling knitted

goods at Market Day

FAREWELLSasha

Goranova’s 7th birthday and

Farewell went off with a bang on

Saturday

MARKET DAY

Annabel, Molly and

Ella

CATCH UP

Vicki Peters, Cara Hephurn and Laura Johnson enjoy the

Leisure Centre’s Girls Night on Saturday

GIRLS NIGHT OUTKarena Scott,

Kelly Brougham and Maria Saxton at the Girl’s Night

at the Dunes Cafe

AUSSIE EVENING

Kaye Doyle and Bill Boehm enjoy

the Aussie Evening at the Christian

Church on Saturday

COOL!Breanna,

Stansha and Brooklyn at the Blue LIght Movie Night on Friday

REGULARSKerry Worby and Jeanette Crow at the Girl’s Night at their regluar hang

out - the Dunes Cafe

SISTER ACT

Kieran and Amber Budden

selling their goodies at

Market Day on Saturday

MARKET DAY

Laura McIlwaine and son Matthew

with Laura’s Sustainababy Stall

at Market Day

ALL SMILES

Karyn Mewett and Andrea

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Saturday.FAMILYPiper, Lochlan

and Flynn Taylor at Market Day

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PARTY TIME

Melissa Esterhuizen helped out at the Party Go

Round stall on Market Day

MOVIEDaniella Celotti

and Madisyn Cox at the Blue Light Movie Night on

Friday.

SIBLINGSMillie and

Harvey Clarck at the Blue LIght Movie Night on

Friday

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The Folk Club played at

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S t Peter’s College is pleased to welcome our new Headmaster, Mr Simon Murray, to St Peter’s College.

“St Peter’s College strives to provide for every boy an educa-tion which nourishes and enables him to aspire to and reach his

potential,” states Simon Murray.

Simon, who joined St Peter’s College in mid April as the fourteenth Headmaster and affi rms his commitment to serve the School, whilst upholding the values on which it was founded.

I have observed that Saints boys are strong, active and mascu-

line but there is a gentleness in them all which comes to the fore.

Th ese are well grounded boys who can look you in the eye, whose interest in others is born out of a sense of selfl essness. Indeed, boys who know what matters will grow to become good fathers, husbands and partners. Great men – who are instinc-tively good and gentle.

Simon believes every single boy at St Peter’s College is special – for his uniqueness and what he brings to the School.

“Th e measure of Saints’ success as a School needs to be judged by the success of individuals. Each boy brings something valu-able to Saints and the aggregation of that is remarkable.”

With twenty years experience as a Principal and for the past twelve years as Headmaster at Canberra Grammar School, Simon comes to St Peter’s College with a wealth of experience. He has been an active member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA) since 1991.

AHISA is a peak association of many of the Heads of leading independent schools in Australia. He is the current National Chair of AHISA, a past Chair of the New South Wales/Austral-ian Capital Territory Branch of AHISA. He is a member of the AHISA Board of Directors.

Simon is a past Board Director of the Independent Schools Council of Australia. He is a member of the Association of Inde-pendent Schools of South Australia (AISSA). He is a past Chair of AISACT and was a member of the Executive of AISWA. His involvement with, and infl uence on, State, Territory and Na-tional bodies is extensive.

In 2008, Simon was made a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators for outstanding leadership as a Headmaster of independent schools, for signifi cant contributions to the educa-tion of boys and to governance of the independent school sector.

Simon was actively involved in the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury, WA, as a member of the Diocesan Council and more recently in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn as a former member of the Ministry Executive and Bishop in Council.

For further information, please contact Tracy McNamara at St Peter’s College on (08) 8130 3207.

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Let us show you how.

For further information please contact Mr Ian Munro on 8130 3200 or visit www.stpeters.sa.edu.au.

Individual appointments are always welcome.

St Peter’s College building great men“The measure of Saints’ success as a School needs to be judged by the success of individuals.

Each boy brings something valuable to Saints and the aggregation of that is remarkable.”

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By Millie Thomas

Food is one thing. Entertainment however, is a completely diff erent ball game altogether, and the Community Club is proud to be bringing you the

freshest sounds of the community and the state.What was formerly known as the place to go on a Saturday

night, will now provide for a full weekend, every weekend, with live music and fun fi lled nights.

Friday nights have been revamped at the Club, with live music being a weekly addition, the target audience being the more ma-ture, mellow members of the community. Th ink entertainment along the lines of the Jetty Bar in Adelaide. It’ll be more than background music, but not so loud that you can’t enjoy a relaxing evening out with friends.

Forever supporting the community, Adrian Prosser, Club Man-ager, is hoping to source largely local bands to provide entertain-ment.

“I’d like to encourage local bands to contact us, so we can book them in and go from there!” he said.

“Two people acoustic, three piece bands. We want to try and keep it as local as we can; we’ve got a couple of local bands – No Means Yes and Noisy Neighbours, who we’re trying to use a lot of.

“Th ere might be a time when we can get a few from Adelaide, but we’d like to keep it as local as possible!” he said.

Th e club, as previously mentioned, is already the place to be on Saturday nights, but this too, is being overhauled with a fresh new approach to entertainment. DJs, themed nights, drinks specials and giveaways will feature on a weekly basis.

Every third Sunday the club will hold the famed “Sunday Sesh” for those socially stimulated members of the community.

Sunday, the day of rest, will from now on be spent at the club. “Sunday is an all day event. Basically what we’re trying to do

there is create a bit of a community feel, a family day. We have live entertainment, again, the fi rst band being relatively local start up band. Th en for the second act we’re actually bringing up a relatively larger name band.

“We’ll be doing stuff like face painting for kids, and free sausage sizzles.

“Live entertainment from two, and going into the evening side of things – 7pm is the second band. Th ey’ll play through til 10 or 11 at night. So not making it too late a night for everybody, but giving them a good afternoon to come down,” said Mr Prosser.

So when are all of this too-good-to-be-true activities kicking off ? Th e grand opening of the club will be on Friday the July 2, Saturday July 3 and Sunday July 4, so from then on expect nothing but the best in food and live entertainment from your Community Club.

By Millie Thomas

Some of you may have noticed that the Roxby Downs Community Club have

undergone some serious changes in the last twelve months.

Along with extensive renovations and a new manager, the club have a new Kitchen team and a new ap-proach to entertainment – which above all will be paramount.

Jess Scroop has moved up to Roxby and is working as a chef in the club, bringing with him a world of experi-ence.

Having worked in numerous lo-cations around Australia, as well as internationally in New Zealand, Canada and Japan, also throwing in a year aboard a cruise ship outside of Airlie Beach, Jess has a number of exciting food cultures tucked under his belt.

Whilst working as a chef in these locations, Jess also worked as a snow-board instructor in many places – snowboarding during the day, and

cooking at night.He was heavily involved in extreme

sports, including canyoning, parag-liding and rafting.

An interesting combination… food and extreme sports!

So what is Jess going to bring to us here in Roxby, Canadian, Japanese or New Zealand inspired foods?

“I’m still trying to fi gure out what people actually want here. I kind of started the menu off fairly basic,” said Jess.

“We have a great new menu, keep-ing in with the ‘Steakhouse’. Fantastic marinated pork ribs, my favourite, lamb shanks and for the ‘men’ out there our 700g rib eye should give you a challenge for the night!” said Adrian Prosser, Club manager.

“Don’t like meat? We also have tasty barramundi, my personal fa-vourite and for something on the hotter side, a spicey curry should give you a good fi x.

“To compliment your meal we have an extensive wine menu from cab sauvs to moscatos. Something to suit everyone’s tastebuds,” he continued.

“Th e other chef, Tim, is a really

good chef as well, he’ll be here in about two weeks so we’ll have a good solid team in the kitchen,” said Jess. “Once Tim and I are really settled, then we can really take it to the next level.

Tim Noble has spent the last 12 years at the Stanford Plaza in Ad-elaide. He’s ready for a seachange, ready to settle into the Roxby life-style.

What originally started off as a simple visit to his Dad after returning home from Japan, turned into a great vocational opportunity for Jess.

“I came to Roxby to visit my dad, got a job and haven’t left!” he said.

A workaholic, and committed to his career, Jess hasn’t had much time to explore the area. “All I’ve seen of Roxby is in here (Th e club). I went noodling, which was pretty cool, but that’s all I’ve done, seriously!”

Safe to say, once Jess has got a feel of our community, and the renova-tions and major changes have fi nished within the Club, there will be a wide range of taste bud enticing options on off er.

Extreme Sports and Cooking!

Entertainment at the Club

ROXBY DOWNS CLUB

Community Club $3.5 million upgradeBy Celeste Lustosa

Merv Rogers is the current president of the Roxby Downs Community Club and he talked exclusively to Th e Monitor

about all the renovations that the Club has gone through and how benefi cial they are going to be to the community.

Mr Rogers has been involved with the Community Club from the beginning

way back in 1987, so much so he carted the fi rst load of beers – and tasted them as well!

In 1996 he was elected to the committee and served as a committee member until 2008 when elected president.

“Th e construction began in 1987, having carted bricks and steel to build the original club, cart-ing the fi rst load of beer and sampling it, being an original member when the club opened,” are all recollections of Merv’s.

“Th e renovations of the club have been a long road from when the idea to renovate started about fi ve years ago to now when it is complete. As with architect renovations, it can be frustrating and inconvenient at times, however good things come to those who wait and the fi nished product is well worth it,” he said.

Th e original club built in 1987 was practical at that time, however, as times change the popula-tion has increased and now they need to cater for a wider range of clientele.

“Th e original structure was added on to or ex-tended three or four times and it got to a point where not much else could be done, so the com-mittee at the time decided to renovate.

“After a lot of long meetings – three of which were with architects, engineers, project manag-ers, etc we came up with a set of plans which in-volved demolishing most of the eastern side of the building, extending the northern side of the club and refurnishing the southern side,” Mr Rogers explained.

On the eastern side, where the old gaming room and offi ces were, is now a nice, bright and modern restaurant and a sports bar. On the northern side is the new gaming room which can be entered from the eastern and northern entrances. Also on the northern side are the new offi ces and the board room is upstairs.

Th e old front bar and beer garden has been com-pletely rebuilt. In the front bar two walls have been removed and replaced with concertina doors. A nice garden with a big screen TV, shade sails and a timber roof.

In the club, a ‘nightlife’ system has been installed which gives mood lighting, piped music and a P.A system to all areas. Th e entire club is covered by security cameras for patrons’ safety.

“While renovations are not cheap, the overall cost was in the vicinity of $3.5 m which the com-mittee, and hopefully the members and patrons, think is well worth it. Th ey have a bright modern new venue,” Mr Rogers said.

Also according to him, the new venue will bring major changes to the way the club operates.

“We now have a new manager (Adrian), the staff has been trained in wine appreciation and food service, and we have two new highly qualifi ed chefs as well.

“As the Roxby Downs Community Club is non profit, all profi ts go back to the community so why not come down to the Club and have a meal or a few bev-erages. You won’t be disappointed,” he con-

cluded.

PICTURED RIGHT: Community Club president, Merv Rogers, is very proud of the past of the Club and looks forward to a successful future.

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Photography GroupOutback HotShots

Questions for the photographerWhat was your fi rst camera?My fi rst good camera is the one I have now which is a Kodak DX6490 which is stock standard.Why did you get into photography?I mainly started photography to take nice pictures of my children, and I joined the photography group to learn how to take better photos of my children.How long have you been taking photos?For about just over 14 years, but I have only just started in the last year with the photography group and am learning so much.Who or what inspires you?My children.Where is your favourite place to take photos?Just anywhere.What is your favourite genre? Christmas, I always make my children pose for a Christmas photo to send off each Christmas (sorry kids).What is your favourite photography tool? I don’t really have any, I suppose knowledge of your camera. Even if it is just a point and shoot like mine. It is great to put it on manual and know how all the other settings work. The Outback Hotshots group is always great in helping develop different skills as well and there is always someone who may know how to do something you want to learn.What photography equipment do you have on your wish list? An external fl ash and an umbrella (we used these at a portrait shoot and gave a really great result) and maybe in time a really good camera.

The theme of this photo is unusual perspective (these are the lights in the Dunes Cafe)

Refl ection theme. After the rain

butterfl ies were just everywhere.

Photo of the month Time/Long Exposure

2nd Place three way tie: Juanita van Rooyen

The group is open to any keen photographers, no matter

what your level and free to join.

Our new theme for the month of June 2010 is “Fire” if anyone

would like to take some photos and join us at our next meeting.

Should you like any more information or have any queries please email us at [email protected] or check out our blog at http://www.outbackhotshots.com

Our next monthly meeting will be held on the 4 July 2010 at the Dunes cafe at 12 noon.

Outback Hotshots is a local photography group based in Roxby Downs

What is your favourite photo? The nativity scene photo may be my favourite shot. I used it as a Christmas card a few years ago and it took family and friend a little while to realise that it was my children in the photo and not a shop bought card.

Karen Taylor

Photographer Photographer Profi leProfi le

OF OF JUNEJUNE

Nativity scene with my kids

2nd Place three way tie: Wynand cronje

June Edition

By Celeste Lustosa

Charmayne Cronje loves taking photos and her amazing

work has become more and more familiar to our residents. Now, she is having her photographs

showcased to the whole country.

Our local photographer was contacted by the Art of Na-ture organisation and asked if they could use the outback scene captured in the photo attached to this story in their website promoting the com-

petition this year.The 2010 Art of Nature

Photo Competition is all about capturing the heart and soul of South Australia’s Parks through the art of pho-tography.

From the wild coastal vistas of the Coorong to the awe-in-spiring Flinders Ranges, the

gentle waterways of the Riv-er Murray to the red desert sands of the outback;

South Australia’s parks are sure to amaze, surprise, re-fresh and inspire you.

The entry categories for 2010 are Animals, Plants, Wild Places, Connect with Nature and Artistic. Entries

Photo showcase outback on Channel 10 for each category should showcase the beauty and diversity of nature in South Australia’s parks.

The judges will be looking for something that stops them in their tracks, so be sure to enter your most original photos.

“I have taken this photo outside in Roxby Downs and I was obviously happy for them to use it,” she said.

But little did she know that she would also be contacted by the Sen-ior Vision Communications Offi cer of the Department of Environment and Heritage and asked if she would be interested in having the photo-graph used in one of their media under Channel 10.

“I was thrilled,” said Charmayne.“Channel 10 had specifi cally re-

quested for my photograph to be used in the advert after they had seen it in the holding page of the compe-tition. Th ere’s no money they could pay to use my photograph that could make up for the exposure my work is getting. I will be promoted exten-sively as the photographer.

It’s an exposure you can’t put a price on.

“Th ey had thousands of entries and for them to contact me and ask to use my photograph is just such an honour,” she said.

Th e photo that translates our out-back was the one chosen which, ac-cording to Charmayne proves that we have beautiful scenery around us.

“Th e nicer thing about photog-raphy is that it opens your eyes to the smaller things and I have a lot

of people complaining that there’s nothing to look at here, because we are in the middle of the Outback, but we are very lucky.

“In the photo that was chosen I tried to capture what it looks like around Roxby Downs. It goes a long way to show people you don’t have to get too technical; just open your eyes to what is around you because there’s so much beauty around here,” Charmayne added.

She has been taking photos her whole life but it’s been the last two years that she realised she had a crea-tive art.

“Camera is my way to get my art out there because I can’t draw, paint, so I use the camera as my paint brush,” she said.

“I want to thank my friend Noe-lette Pearson who got me into pho-tography and she helped me to see that you can be creative; you don’t have to be an arty type of person. If you work on your photography you can use it as an outlet so she is a big reason I started in photography.

“Th e Outback Hotshots Photo-graph Group has been a big help for me as well and we will participate in this competition (Art of Nature).

So we will do a group fi eld trip on one weekend and see what we come up with,” she concluded.

Entry is for the Art of Nature Competition is open to South Aus-tralian residents only.

All entries must be submitted on-line. Entries close 5.00pm Friday 23 July 2010. More information on the website: www.artofnature.sa.gov.au.

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NEWS

WHAT’S ON

ROXBY DOWNS’ LUTHERAN CHURCH10:30am every Sunday of the month5:30pm 3rd Sunday of each month9:30am every Sunday during school termsFAITHWORKS’ CHRISTIAN CHURCHAn Assemblies Church meets every Sunday 10.30 am at Roxby Downs Catholic School LibraryKeith Moody Phone: 0414 570 871ST. BARBARA’S PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH78 Pioneer Drive, Roxby DownsJune Mass TimesSat 19th 6.00pm & Sun 20th 9.00amReadings & CommunionSat 26th 6.00pmANDAMOOKA/ROXBY BIBLE CHURCH10:00am Sundays, Worship Service 6.30pm Fridays, Kids Club, 7 years + Phone: 8672 7213ROXBY DOWNS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH•cnr Tutop and Burgoyne Streets •Office: 38 Pioneer DrivePriest: Mary Lewis Ph: 8671 0270 email: [email protected] Services: Saturday 6:15pm ALL agesSunday 10:00am with children’s ministry 2:00pm at Andamooka Healing Service: 6pm on the 2nd Sunday in the monthMidweek Meetings:Tuesday6am Prayer10am Open Church - coffee, chat & sharing of craftsWednesday7pm Home GroupThursday9:30am Know your Bible Study Group Saturday5pm Youth (12-15 years old)WATCH THIS SPACE FOR OUR NEW CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME FROM 24 JULYFor details on any of the events phone 8671 0270

CHURCH

Community members are welcome to attend any meet-ing of the Roxby Downs Community Board, Forums and Partnerships - see schedule on the Community Matters page. For more information call Michelle Hales on 8671 0010ROTARY CLUB - ROXBY DISTRICT1st and 3rd Monday of the month For more information contact Sandy Sumsion ph: 0400 366 619ANDAMOOKA OPAL GIRL GUIDESAndamooka Community Hall Mondays from 5:00pm to 7:00pmPhone: 0427 072 710OUTBACK MULTI-CULTURAL GROUPPhone: 8671 2892

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday9:00am - 12:00pm Saturday and SundayPhone: 8671 2001

CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT - MOVIESTuesday, Friday, Saturday & SundayPhone: 8671 2001

ROXBY DOWNS TODDLERS’ STORY TIME 9:30am - 11:00am Tuesday & Thursday (repeated)Meet at Roxby Downs Library during school Terms Only

ANDAMOOKA TODDLERS’ STORY TIME10:30am Monday - Fun for 1-4 years. Phone: 8672 7018Meet at Andamooka Community Library

PLAYGROUP - St. Barbara’s Parish School Wednesday 9:30am & Thursday 1:00pmCall School: 8671 3207

PLAYGROUP - Roxby Downs Kindergarten9:30am - 11:00am Friday. Contact Kylie 8671 2447

ANDAMOOKA PLAYGROUP 9:00am - 10:00am Tuesday

ROXBY DOWNS’ HEALTH SERVICES COFFEE MORNING9:30am - 11:00am ThursdayMeet at the Dunes Café

RAPTORS CYCLING CLUB8:00am SundaySocial bike riding group. Meet at Stuart Road roundabout

ROXBY DOWNS CHILDCARE6:30am-5:30pm Monday to FridayPhone: 8671 0911

ANDAMOOKA CHILDCARE7:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday

ROXBY EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY GROUP3 yr old program Mon and Thurs 8.45am -12.15pm4 yr old program Tue 8.45am – 11.45amContact Gail 0439 683 609

SOUL FOODEvery third Sunday of the month at 11.00am in the Cultural Precinct Art Gallery. Come along and be inspired!!

5RRR EYES DOWN BINGOSaturday, 26 June 2010 from 2.30pmVenue: Woomera RSL and Bowling Club

RDRCCC• Wednesday, July 7 - Club AGM at 7pm hopefully at the Tavern, should be able to confirm that today with the Tavern All spectators are more than welcome, anyone interested in

joining or wanting to know more please feel free to speak with any Club Member. For more information please call the Club President, Trent Burton on 0417 235 779

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MT DARE HOTEL - 8am – 9pm Open every dayOUTBACK COMMUNITY GARDENS - Phone: 8671 2892ROXBY ROAD SAFE - Phone: 8671 2892

GENERAL INFORMATION

ROXBY DOWNS’ FAMILY PRACTICEPhone: 8671 3231

ROXBY DOWNS’ MEDICAL PRACTICE9:00am-5:00pm Monday to FridaySaturday morning by appointment. Phone: 8671 1900

VISITING ALLIED HEALTH SERVICEPhone: 86485500• PODIATRIST - 8 & 9 JulyPhone: 86485706• DIABETES EDUCATOR - 5 & 6 AugustPhone: 86485800• OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - 8, 9 & 23 July• SPEECH PATHOLOGIST - 8, 9 & 23 July• PHYSIOTHERAPIST - 8 & 9 July• COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WORKER - 8, 9 & 23 July• DIETICIAN - 23 July• CAMHS - 8 & 9 July (CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE)

• PHARMACY - 8 & 9 July• DASSA - 20 August

HEARING SERVICES9:00am-2:30pm Monday to FridayPhone:1800 006 303DOCTOR’S NEW SPECIALISED DRUGPhone: 1800 700 270 (Number for Medicare Use)CRISIS CARE COUNSELLINGUniting Care Wesley Port AugustaRegional Women’s and Children’s Support Services: 1800 655 716 Crisis care line:13 16 11For immediate response if feeling stressed call 0428 326 529 to speak with a counsellor 24/7BREASTFEEDING ROXBY DOWNS’ GROUP1:30pm - 3:00pm Third Tuesday of the month.At the Roxby Downs Public Library.

HEALTH

across the regionHAVE YOUR SAY . . .

“ Ye s , I ’ m definitely follow-ing the world cup and I definitely want Australia to win!”

Joseph Steinhauser

“Yes. I think that Italy will win they have a strong side and know how to perform under pressure.”

Michael Esposito

“Yes. I think Italy will win because they won last time.”

Lydia Withers

“Yes. I want Eng land to win!”

Taj Gow-Smith

Are you following the Soccer World Cup and who do you think is going to win?

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The Board that provides a community voice locally

BOARD MEETINGS WHO’S ON THE BOARD CONTACTING THE BOARD

Board meetings are held on the last Monday of the month.

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe.

If you would like to make a pres-entation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Officer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be

included on the agenda.

Confidential discussions with the Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Officer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.

PO Box 85Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818

Email: [email protected]

The Volunteering Partnership is calling for nominations forCommunity person of the Month. These new awards will recognise people who have made a signifi cant contribution to the Roxby Downs Community.Nomination forms will be available from the Roxby DownsCouncil, The Monitor Newspaper and Big Sky Credit Unionand must be received by the 15th of every month.

For further information and nomination forms contactMichelle Hales (08) 8671 0010 or

[email protected]

COMMUNITY PERSON OF THE MONTHRoxby Downs

JOINING FORUMSIf you are interested in joining a forum please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ENVIRONMENT FORUMKristina Meredith 0421 720 893

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

EDUCATION and WORKPLACE TRAININGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

SPORT and RECREATION FORUMKaye Doyle 0419 935 316

COMMUNITY GARDENCherie Gaskin 8671 2924

HEALTH FORUMKaren Russell 8671 9020

MEETING DATES- Community Board 28 June 7.30pm

- Education Forum 30 June 3pm- Sport & Recreation Forum 6 July 7pm

- Roxby Roadsafe 8 July 5.30pm- Environment Forum 13 July 7.30pm

Efficient use of your fridge

- Defrost the freezer when the ice is more than 5mm thick.- Dust off the coils on the back of your fridge to help it run more efficiently.- Let frozen items thaw in the fridge, by making your fridge cooler, it won’t have to work as hard and it saves you defrosting food in the microwave. Similarly, don’t put hot foods in the fridge.- Turn your fridge off when you go on holiday.

An initiative of the Environment Forum

Did you know?reen tipG

Teresa BaddelyDarren SmithMichelle Davis

George GiakoumisVicki Mason

Gaylene CraneLiz Rogers

Michael EspositoBill Boehm

Amanda Hudson

How long have you lived in Roxby Downs? One yearWhat is the best thing about living in Roxby Downs?I’ll tell you my top 3,1. All the sports! There’s so much to choose from. You can be involved in just about anything I’ve found. Every club and association welcomes new comers. 2. I enjoy the “country feel” that Roxby offers yet busy “city lifestyle” that’s available when you feel like socialising. 3. We live in a highly educated population. When moving here I was pleasantly surprised to learn how many intelligent individuals we have in this town. Having a population that full of skilled professionals means we get the most out of our re-sources and we can develop much faster than other towns.

By Celeste Lustosa

Karl Scothern and his family decided they needed an adventure, so they packed up their lives in Queensland to travel around Australia for two years. Not only did they re-main in Roxby Downs, but also became a huge part of our community, so much so that he was now chosen Community Person of the Month of April.

“We arrived in Roxby Downs in early February 2008, to visit family, plan-ning to work for six months or so and then head off on

our travels again. Well, we still haven’t left! I was of-fered a great job in my field with BHP Billiton and we decided to make the most of the opportunity,” he told The Monitor.

Since being in Roxby, Karl has been involved with the formation of the Roxby Early Learning Group, along with others, planning and completing the necessary site works to bring the venue up to DECS requirements; offer-ing continuing assistance to the Blue Light Discos; he is a member of the Roxby Community Garden Group

and the main organiser of the Sodexo Roxby Billy Cart Bash.

Karl and his family love living in Roxby Downs.

“The things I like most about Roxby are the re-laxed way of life – it is fantastic for the kids, great opportunities if you’re will-ing to ‘get out there,’ great friends, and it has no traffic lights!”

He also said, “It’s easy to go out and explore and have an adventure. My family and I have just spent the long weekend up on the Birdsville Track, checking out the Marree races and

ProfileBoard Member

MICHAEL ESPOSITO

Karl Scothern is Community Person of Aprilcamping and canoeing on the flooded Copper Creek.”

He was nominated for the Community Person of the Month as recognition for the time and effort he put into the organising of the billy cart bash. The organising started early in October 09 to prepare for the March 10 event.

“Early on during the con-cept stage - which was to organise an event focusing on kids and their families, getting in the shed, and having some fun, I ap-proached Jack McGuire to act as event manager men-tor and to secure sponsor-ship.

My wife, Renae helped with planning the activity on the grassed area, so I could focus on the event properly.

“Due to our team work

and the guidance we had from Jack (McGuire) we both learnt so much during this process. Not only how to run an event, but how to run it professionally. “Through this event I have met many fantastic people, and have realised just how supportive this community is willing to be, and how an event like this can bring a community together in a very positive and healthy way,” Karl explained.

“It means a lot to me to have been nominated for this award. You don’t look for recognition in any way, but it is nice to receive ac-knowledgment. I would like to make note though, that without the support of my family, Jack and all the volunteers before, on and after the day, it would not have been possible,” he concluded.

Are you involved in any other groups?Yes, I’m involved with the Sport & Recreation Forum, Roxby Districts Sporting Club and I’m a guest radio presenter on RoxFM. My role as Operations Man-ager at the Cultural and Leisure Centre means I’m lucky enough to meet every community group that uti-lises the centre.What do you consider to be the most pressing issue in Roxby Downs?Apart from the impact which the Olympic Dam Expansion Project will have on the community (particularly the sport & recreation community), the most pressing issue at the moment would be public drinking. Roxby Downs is not a dry zone - I believe it needs to be. This would significantly reduce

underage drinking as well as vandalism and inappro-priate behaviour in public. Especially around places such as Lions Park and the school oval. If you could improve an-ything in Roxby Downs, what would it be?Our recruitment pool! It’s a problem that continues to drive employers mad. The transient population makes it difficult for small busi-ness to find and keep good staff. You invest so much time, money and energy into recruiting, training and developing staff just to see them give notice because there moving out of town or they’ve been of-fered a higher paying job. Not only do we need to be-come a town who attracts people, but a town who can retain them.

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To advertise here call SALES

on 08 8671 2683

EMPLOYMENT/CLASSIFIEDS

Are you planning a Garage Sale?Get more people to your sale

advertise in The Monitor ClassifiedsPhone 8671 2683

AndamookaFootball Club

Goods & Service Raffle

1st Prize300ltrs of fuel

donated by Lavrick Roadhouse

2nd Prize$150.00 Mechanical Car Service

donated by Monadelphous

3rd Prize$100.00 Full Car Detail

donated by Monadelphous

Tickets $2.00 each

Drawn 24/07/10 by Ian Tuohy (Club President)Winners displayed in the The Monitor Newspaper

ABN: 57 527 498 050 Not Registered for GST

The Andamooka Football Club

ROO ROMPERS BALL

When: 17th July 2010 Time: 6:00pm -12:00am Dress: Formal Black Tie

Where: Roxby Downs Auditorium Cost: $40 per person

Live Band Tickets available for purchase from

Ian Tuohy - 0439833558 Michelle Paull - 0438800538

Drinks available for purchase on night. Light supper provided

So come along and join us for a great night out… All welcome

Games to be played and prizes to be won!

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Dr Munib WatersConsults at 97 Pioneer Drive, Roxby Downs

Times to accommodate shift workersInstant health fund rebates - Manual adjusting & Activator techniques

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SA Health has a commitment to closing the gap

in Indigenous Health outcomes.

We have the following roles available to support the new Aboriginal Centre for Excellence being established in Port Augusta:

> Aboriginal Health Worker, Family Wellness Program Job Ref: 3684.> Aboriginal Allied Health Assistant, Healthy Lifestyle Job Ref: 3702.> Health Promotion Officer, Aboriginal Children’s Services Job Ref: C3703.> Project Officer, Aboriginal Tobacco Control Job Ref: C3685.> Nurse Management Facilitator, Aboriginal CDM Project Job Ref: C3690.

Other opportunities in Port Augusta, Port Lincoln and Country SA locations include:

> Older Persons Mental Health Clinician Job Ref: 3947.> Occupational Therapist, Geriatric Evaluation (GEM) Job Ref: 3691.> Associate Clinical Services Coordinator, Community Nursing Job Ref: 3686.> Speech Pathologist Job Ref: 3687.> Team Leader, Community Health Job Ref: 3914.> Clinical Practice Consultant, Rehabilitation Job Ref: T3718.

Visit www.health.sa.gov.au/careersor phone 1300 882 992

LIQUOR LICENCE LAWS

COMMUNITY REMINDER

On behalf of the Woomera and District Football League and representing the Hornridge Sporting Club, we remind all members of the public that the Roxby Downs Town Oval is a licensed premises between the hours of 11am and 6pm, every Saturday during the football season.

Within these specified times, there is no carry on alcohol allowed to be bought into the ground. The Football League along with the Hornridge Sporting Club reserve the right to check vehicles for alcohol upon entrance to the oval and also reserve the right to refuse entry, and or confiscate any prohibited beverages from vehicles.

It is an offence to contravene these laws and any person caught will be referred to the local police.

We thank the people of Roxby Downs, Andamooka and surrounding communities in advance for their ongoing support of local sports and our commitment to a safe, fun and relaxed community.

Got something to buy or sell? Call The Monitor to reach all towns acorss the Far North.

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WOOMERACOMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

Seeking Submissions to the Government

review of the Woomera Prohibited Area

The Government is undertaking a review of the national security and economic sig-nificance of the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) to determine the long-term use of

the WPA in the national interest.The Woomera Board would like to hear

from interested residents with a view to pre-paring a Board submission for this review.

Further information on the review is set out at www.defence.gov.au/woomerareview Please contact the Secretary Woomera Board on 8674 3226 or email [email protected], should you wish to contribute your ideas to this review which will be submitted on 16 July 2010.

By the Pasty Putter

The Sandvik Desert Clas-sic is played as a two-person ambrose event over two days, with the first 18 holes being played this year at Woomera and the second day at Roxby Downs Golf Club.

Competitors play both days, with the more faint-hearted amongst us playing only the one day of their choice; it’s all good fun whichever day you choose.

Both courses were pre-sented in championship conditions this year, and both clubs should be proud of their efforts with much improvement evident – the excellent state of the tee box-es was remarked on by many competitors, especially the ladies who have been play-ing ‘extreme golf ’ on some of these gibber-esque tee boxes for some time now (not that that makes much difference to some of our competitors – that excuse won’t wash girls!).

Congratulations must go to all who put in a huge ef-fort to improve the playing experience for everyone; of course golf is the winner in the end.

This year it must be said that the local produce was down on form, with the ex-ception of Andy Searle and Morten Bagger who were equal first after day one, but succumbed to the green pastures of Roxby Downs, hanging in to take out the runner’s up award over the

two days. Hats off to Wally Broome

who scored the only other prize for the Woomera crop, taking out longest drive at Roxby Downs.

Well done to all the other Woomera teams who com-peted and turned out to en-joy the event, as well as the Roxby crew who made the long drive down to ‘Saltbush Meadows’ on the Saturday.

Of course these events do not arrange themselves, and many thanks go to the Sandvik team for providing the on-course refreshments, to Rosanne and Sophie for their tireless efforts behind the bar and to Andy Searle and Chris James for their culinary skills around the BBQ.

Thank you to the ELDO Hotel for providing the salads which were of a de-liciously high standard, and to those other people too numerous to mention work-ing behind the scenes who helped on the course and with the cleaning up around the clubhouse; without all of these volunteers’ efforts, the weekend wouldn’t have eventuated.

The response from the players was that the week-end was a resounding suc-cess, and they can’t wait for the next year’s team event. “It was great to see so many competitors out on the course, and the camaraderie across the board was fantas-tic”, said Tiffany Shah, WGC vice captain.

Sandvik Desert Classic 2010

A field of 66 hopeful golfing champs fronted up in the cool winter conditions at the Woomera Golf Club (WGC) to tee off on the first leg of the annual Sandvik Desert Classic.

Hayabusa lands in SA outback S cientists got a quick peek

at the Hayabusa space capsule before it is sent

to Japan for study following a spectacular but soft landing in Woomera.

It plunged towards earth in a blaze of light recently before land-ing on target at the Woomera Prohibited Area seven years and four billion kilometres after it de-parted.

The probe was launched by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2003 in the hope of learning more about how the solar system was created and how to deflect any celestial object on a collision course with Earth.

The basketball-sized capsule that is all that is left arrived as ex-pected just after 11.30pm (CST) on Sunday, albeit three years later than first planned after a range of technical problems.

Woomera Test Range director Doug Gerrie said it was a very spectacular sight.

“It was very spectacular and quite bizarre, it wasn’t like a shoot-ing star at all,’’ Dr Gerrie said.

“It was very bright, quite clear around the edges but a lot of clut-ter with the debris behind it.

“It was very easily visible from the highway, people reported it as being very spectacular. It was visible for about 20 seconds.

“The parachute had deployed so it was a nice soft landing, ex-actly as JAXA had planned,’’ he added

Dr Gerrie said scientists would collect the capsule from its desert bed.

“It will be loaded into a box, taken back to the quick look fa-cility at the range control centre at Woomera and they will exam-ine it, put it away for shipment back to Japan,’’ he explained.

There it will be X-rayed, ana-lysed and finally opened by sci-entists from Japan, Australia and the US.

The asteroid-chasing Haya-

busa has returned from Itokawa, a potato-shaped asteroid 2.9 billion kilometres from Earth, where it attempted to collect dust samples from the moving asteroid.

Dr Gerrie said the Japanese scientists had named part of Itokawa after Woomera.

FUNJane Harris

and Mary Lewis at the Aussie Evening at the

Christian Church

FUNNY BUSINESS

Jessica Christensen

dressed to the nines on Market

Day.

DADDY AND ME

David Weitchardt and little Christina at the Health Services’

Dads and Kids at the Lions Park on

Sunday

MATESLieta Van

Rooyen and Amanda Kittel had fun at the Aussie Evening at the Christian

Church

CUTIE!Archie

Goldfinch hung out with Dad at

the Lions Park on the weekend

NEW ARRIVAL

Tyron and Rebecca Eli of Roxby Downs

are proud to announce

the arrival of their second

son Tana Jesse Pare Eli.

Born on the 13th May at

the Burnside Hospital weighing 7pd 7lbs. A

little brother for Katoah.

WEDDING!Not the usual

attire of Red Desert Cleaning Services....

Together Carl and Sharron eloped to

Queensland and were married on Palm

Beach, Monday 7th June at 3pm.

DADS AND KIDS

Grant Goldfinch with his kids

Oschaar and Ellie for the Dads and Kids at the Lions Park

SEE -SAW!

Mark Mill with children Alivia

and Marshall at the Dads and Kids

program on Sunday

PARTY GO ROUNDAnnarien from Party Go Round showcasing her

products at Market Day

GO AUSTRALIA

About 20 attended the

Chives Aust VS Ghana night to

cheer on Australia

AUSSIE!Bonnie Opie and Codie

Alsford enjoy the Chives Aust VS Ghana

night

CHIVESJoe D’Arrigo serves up his

famed pizza at the Chives Aust

VS Ghana night

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By Celeste Lustosa

The students from Roxby Downs Area School, Saint Barbara’s Parish School and Andamooka Primary School had a

‘footy carnival’ which was a perfect oppor-tunity to improve their football skills.

Th e football clinics were held on June 16 and 17, in Roxby Downs and Andamooka.

Allan Brand and David Reynolds were the vis-iting coaches. Allan is a Business Development Manager from SCF Group and Country Zone Coordinator/Academy Coach for the West Ad-elaide Football Club, and David is employed by the South Australian National Football League (SNFL) and also works with the metropolitan

side of West Adelaide.Th ey visited the schools and made sure every

student had a little taste of footy.“We visit all the schools in the area and every

child in every school participates in our footy carnivals. Last year, we held two footy carnivals and this year we are looking at the same number with additional visits that we are going to try and fi t in during the football season.

“Our main goal here is just to get the kids into an activity, obviously football is our forte and we just get the kids to do diff erent skills like kick marking, kicking goals, etc.

“We want them to come out and enjoy a little bit of activity, get them to understand our game a little bit more and hopefully we can get them in-terested in taking a career path in football down the track if they’re interested and keen enough,”

said Allan.During this visit, they also ran a training ses-

sionfor Roxby Junior Footy League and their tal-ented squad and for the junior lads here.

“Th e last visit we did here about eight weeks ago we had 40 lads involved so hopefully we get good numbers again,” Allan said.

He said his role is predominantly to be in-volved in the footy side of things. “Th e company (SCF Group) allows me to work in the West Adelaide country zone which involves Roxby area. Th ey have been very supportive and un-derstanding to this program and their role in helping the junior football, in particular in this area, is sensational.”

David Reynolds who accompanied Allan this time is employed by the South Australian Na-tional Football League (SNFL) and also works

with the metropolitan side of West Adelaide do-ing in the metropolitan area what Allan does in the country area, which includes clinics, footy carnivals and trainings.

SCF Containers is fully involved with our lo-cal football, as they are the major sponsor of the Roxby Junior Football Association, supplying jumpers. Th ey also sponsor the Miner’s Cup and at the Roxby’s football season grand fi nal day they present vouchers to the best players. Th ey supply polo tops to the best players of the season too.

“We were here for the footy season opener and just let the clubs know our involvement with the community and through that our company hopes they can understand our business and get something back,” Allan concluded.

Footy clinics for our students

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FRIDAY

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TUESDAY

28 June to 4 July 2010

FORTHCOMING SPORT EVENTSSaturday, June 26 • Footy

1pm ODFC vs RDFC @ Roxby Downs6pm HFCvs CPFC @ Woomera

GoGo KartKart ResultsResults

Junior1st Nick Calligaris #24 2nd Miguel Booyens #30 3rd Tim Bland #19 4th Timothy Whitlock #97 5th Matt Lamb #33

The Juniors on their warm up lap

Roxby Downs Local Robert Charman overcame some

impressive local per-formances to win the $3500 Waikerie B Grade Open by one shot on the long weekend.

Th e Waikerie Golf Club hosted the Open, spon-sored by Waikerie Hotel,

attracting about 140 play-ers from around the State for the 36-hole stroke and net events.

Th is is the second time Robert has won the B grade open since 2007 shooting 81 and 80 making birdie on the last hole (1 of 8 for the weekend) to hold off lo-cal Waikerie golfer Joseph Haines who shot 84 and 78.

Impressive win by Roxby

golfer

Roxby Downs Open Championchips sponsored by WEIR Minerals

From left:Greg Brind(C Grade Stroke Winner), Patrick Brind (Junior Stroke Winner) Julie (Weir Minerals), Sally Benn (Womens Stroke Winner), Chris Pillar (A Grade Winner and Open Champion), Ken (WEIR Minerals), not pictured Woody Turner (B Grade Winner).

Junior Netball Results 19 June 201011 & Under Shooters 9 vs Rockets 19 • T-Birds 10 vs Lightning 513 & Under Shooters 31 vs Rockets 46 • T-Birds 16 vs Lightning 6917 & Under Lightning 50 vs Shooters 48 • T-Birds 57 vs Bullets 19

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Football ScoreboardROUND 10

Roxby Districts 13 goals 15 behinds 93 points defeated Hornridge 2

goals 8 behinds 20 points

Best players for Roxby Districts 1st J Chislett 2nd J Watson 3rd S Carroll 4th J Pyke 5th J RoseGoal scorers J Watson 5 goals K Zeptner 3 goals R Prosser 2 goals J Telfer T Roberts B Platten 1 goal eachBest players for Hornridge 1st B Cooper 2nd M Blackie 3rd A Howie 4th L Gershe 5th D MaleGoal scorers W Giles M Blackie 1 goal each

Olympic Dam 14 goals 11 behinds 95 points defeated Andamooka 7

goals 8 behinds 50 points

Best players for OD 1st D Moyse 2nd D Rogers 3rd M Spinks 4th R Summerton 5th M DarrieGoal Scorers for OD S Montgomerie 4 goals R Montgomerie R Summerton 3 goals each D Rogers W Ingerson D Webb L Copeland 1 goal eachAndamookas best players 1st A

Grantham 2nd S Matulick 3rd B Harris 4th T Ripley 5th J McKenzieGoal scorers T Paull 3 goals D Vanzati P Ross J McKenzie 1 goal each

JUNIOR FOOTBALL JUNIOR COLTS

Bulldogs 7 goals 7 behinds 49 points defeated Hawks 3 goals 4 behinds

22 points

Best players for Bulldogs 1st J Rigden 2nd S King 3rd J Dawson 4th N Duns 5th K McCarthyGoal scorers J Rigden 3 goals K McCarthy 2 goals S King J Dawson 1 goal eachHawks best players/goal scorers unavailable

SENIOR COLTSHawks 7 goals 6 behinds 48 points defeated Bulldogs 5 goals 7 points

Best players for Hawks 1st T Moon 2nd D Kraljev 3rd M Hayball 4th D Evans 5th J Griffi nGoal scorers D Kraljev J Priest J Laurence 2 goals each J Young 1 goal eachBest players for Bulldogs 1st H French 2nd A Hambleton 3rd J Mason 4th D Male W BayfellGoal scorers E Zeptner 2 goals J Mason J Dadleh M Hanson 1 goal each

By Bec EliAfter a week’s break due to the Country Cham-

pionships over the Queen’s Birthday long week-end Senior netball resumed on Friday night.

In the fi rst A grade match the Sodexo Geckos faced Hornridge. From the start Hornridge had the upper hand heading into the fi rst quarter break with a seven goal lead. Th is momentum continued with a solid shooting performance by junior Elysha McCarthy who ensured turnovers were capitalized on. With fewer unforced errors Hornridge took the game 51 to 38.

In the other A grade game Olympic Dam played GHD Gems. In their last meeting Gems proved too strong for OD however without the strength and height of Knights in the Gem’s attacking goal circle OD’s job this week was made a little easier. OD started the game strongly and at half time en-joyed a seven goal lead. Gem’s had a stronger third quarter with OD becoming unsettled and produc-ing more unforced errors, Tucker and Mitchell capitalized on the turnovers for the Gems and at half time the diff erence was only one, in Olympic Dam’s favour. OD managed to increase the lead again in the fourth and at full time the score line read 46 to 42.

In the B grade games, Miners Red played Horn-ridge while Zodiacs played Olympic Dam. Miners

Red have been on a roll of late, with a team of juniors who are proving a challenge for some of the more experienced teams, however this week, Hornridge proved strong for the youngsters. With the return of Julie McEvoy in defence for Horn-ridge, the Magpies took the game 42 to 36.

Zodiacs are continuing to dominate in the B grade with a convincing win over the Devils. In a game that saw no positional changes from ei-ther team for the duration of the match, Zodiacs combination proved too strong for OD, taking the game 58 to 28.

Th e C grade games this week saw Hornridge face Miners White and Olympic Dam play Zodi-acs. Th e close, fi nal score line of the Hornridge and Miners game did not refl ect the fi rst two quarters, in which Miners dominated. By half time however, Hornridge had worked hard to claw back the diff erence and went into the break with a one goal lead 33 to 32. Th e fourth saw Hornridge build on this lead to take out the game 45 to 41.

In the other game, Olympic Dam played Zo-diacs. With OD coming off a win two weeks ago they got off to a strong start and at quarter time had created a nine goal lead. Zodiacs held their own in the second however, not allowing OD to further increase the lead. However, the second half of the game was all Olympic Dam as they ran out winners 40 to 14.

Hornridge and OD win netball games

PICTURED RIGHT: Andamooka’s Rob Kraak gets his kick away in front of OD players during Saturday’s disappointing game for Roos going down by 45 points.

Netball photos by DAMROB Sports

FOOTBALLER of the Year

Votes for Round 10 Coober Pedy Saints

3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

Hornridge Magpies3 votes2 votes1 vote

Roxby Districts Miners3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

Olympic Dam Devils3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

Andamooka Roos3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

Toby Ripley 13

Mitchell Blackie 12

Ben Grimston 8

Josh Rose 7

Scott Peek 7

Justin Watson 7

tally after round 10

B HarrisD McDonaldT Ripley

J WatsonJ ChislettJ Rose

BYE

N TutthilR McDonaldB Cooper

D WebbD RogersS Peek

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TOY STORYRated PG Duration 97 mins.Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where tots with their sticky fingers do not play nice. Stars Tom Hanks. Tim Allen, Joan Cusack. Screens: Friday 2nd July @ 7.30pm, Sat. 3rd July @ 11am & 3pm, Sun. 4th July @ 11am & 7.30pm, Mon. 5th July @ 11am, Tues. 6th July @ 3pm.

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WOG BOYS 2: KINGS OF MYKONOSRated M Duration 102 mins.Steve 'The Wog Boy' Karamitsis inherits a beach on the resort island of Mykonos from an uncle he's never met. Stars Nick Gianno-poulos, Vince Colosimo, Cosima Coppola, Zeta Makrypouli. Screens: Saturday 3rd July @ 7.30pm, Monday 5th July @ 7.30pm, Tuesday 6th July @ 7pm.

MARMADUKERated PG Duration 88 mins.A suburban family moves to a new neighbour-hood with their large yet lovable Great Dane, who has a tendency to wreak havoc in his own oblivious way. Stars Emma Stone, Judy Greer, Owen Wilson, Sam Elliot. Screens: Sunday 4th July @ 3pm, Monday 5th July @ 3pm, Tuesday 6th July @ 11am, Wednesday 7th July @ 7.30pm.

Thursday 1st >Dunes Café closes 2.30pmVisitor Info. Centre/Auditorium close at 5pmFriday 2nd til Monday 5th >Dunes Café/Visitor Info. Centre closedAuditorium open after 5pmTuesday 6th >Normal trading hours

SEX AND THE CITYCOCKTAIL PARTY!

Screens Saturday 10th July Doors open 6.30pm

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By Millie Thomas

Th e famed Finke Desert race is over once again this year, with local rider Mark Barber doing both our state and our town proud.

For someone who didn’t fi nish last year, coming 30th outright and 3rd in his class (250cc), is an admirable achievement.

Mark was also the highest placed rider from Roxby, and from South

Australia.He maintains that the motiva-

tion behind his success this year comes from his band of sup-porters which include close

family and friends, and his fi ancée Carly.

“Th is year I did a lot of preparation. I was train-ing five times a week. We all sort of get to-gether on occasions, ride together or go to the gym together but with shift work it gets

hard,” said Mark.“It’s a pretty big en-

durance race, trying to muscle around a bike for

230km, and you don’t get much chance to sit down

either, it’s all legs and lower back.

“Th e best part for Finke was defi -nitely the feeling of crossing the fi n-ish line. I’ve done three (Finke races) now and didn’t fi nish last year, it was excellent just to fi nish the race with everybody cheering you on.

“Th e worst part was the crash I had, at the 70km marker, just before our fi rst fuel stop on day one. I sort of went over the bars and the bike came crashing on top of me and banged up my leg a bit, but no broken bones,” he said.

Th ere was a strong presence from Roxby this year, with 10 riders com-peting. Unfortunately, four of those ten were unable to complete the race.

“It’s one of those races, wrecks peo-ple and bikes. Chad Dawes and Chad Billet were both pretty unlucky. Th ey were both placed in the top 25, but then bike troubles stopped both of

them,” said Mark.“Chad prologued second out of the

490 starters and then after the fi rst day out I think he was placing 4th, and I think Chad Dawes was coming 28th.

“I’ve heard rumours that there’s up to 10’000 people lining the track, and I’d believe it too, it’s a 230km course and just about everywhere there’s spectators camping out. You see some funny things, I saw a man in a Spider-man suit, he came running out on the track at me!

“Th ere’s always serious injuries at Finke, out of the 490 odd riders I think over 100 did not fi nish. Th at was due to bike trouble as well as crashes and injuries.

“Some of the most serious ones I heard were in the week before in the pre run. I know there was a head on crash, Tony Lockett was up there and broke his wrist. Mark Sladek, he fi nished fourth last year he had a big crash while pre running and fractured a vertebrae in his back. A lot of soft tissue injuries, wrists, knees etc,” said Mark.

Finke, which is seemingly not big enough for Mark, will be forgotten about after he completes his next event, the Haddow Desert Race in Victoria.

“Th is year I’m doing the Haddow Desert Race, which has a similar en-vironment to Finke Desert Race, but has a completely diff erent feel to it; it’s more of a circuit, doing laps. Other than that I’m not doing much this year, Finke, Haddow and maybe a couple of State enduros and that’s about it.

“Th ere were heaps of helpers – fam-ily, friends, Carly and a lot of our rid-ing mates from here and Leigh Creek actually went up and did our fuel stops for us. Everyone has to sort out their own fuel stops. It’s hard to do that be-cause you have to organise people to camp at certain spots on the track. It’s time they have to take off and pretty much work for you.”

Mark would like to extend his grati-tude to his personal and professional sponsors - CAT Rental, Roxby Engi-neering and Fabrication. Also Why-alla Bike’s n Gear, Zacspeed Clothing, Carly, my family and friends for fuel stops.

Mark tops Mark tops the list for the list for

Roxby ridersRoxby riders

Roxby’s Finke ResultsRider Placed Day One Day Two Total Time

Mark Barber 30 2:38:58.80 2:33:07.00 5:12:05.90

Rob Trice 72 2:50:46.40 2:51:56.00 5:42:42.40

Allan Scheff erle 127 2:57:48.50 3:07:46.00 6:05:34.50

Bohdan Evans 152 3:10:33.50 3:04:31.00 6:15:04.50

Michael Shipton 238 3:23:41.00 3:26:04.00 6:49:45.00

Mark Young 345 3:50:08.00 3:42:16.00 7:32:24.00

Chad Billett Did Not Finish Chad Dawes Did Not Finish Brian Brittain Did Not Start Nic Stephens Did Not Finish