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RIVER-LANDMINE

HOPES

It was regarded as a very successful week out at Arid Recovery after their day and night vigil to record our endangered species. Photos P 7.

Above: Dr Adam Bester gets hands on during Arid Recovery’s annual trapping program.

Continued on Page 4

The Riverland Development Corporation is making a bold bid to help out its ailing fruit

and wine industry by linking the region’s workforce into the state’s mining boom.

A delegation from the Corporation made a recent lightening visit to the heart of that boom, Roxby Downs and Prominent Hill trying to establish a connection between the centres.

The Cor p orat ion’s Economic Development Offi cer, Barb Cowey told The Monitor the Riverland has the labor source, the mining companies are struggling to fi ll positions, so it could be a very worthwhile arrangement for everyone involved.

“We have a large pool of skilled and unskilled workers now because of the massive impacts of the drought, the low levels of the Murray and the severe water restrictions imposed on our growers.

“Even if there was a fl ood in the Murray tomorrow and the river and dams were all full, it will take at least 5 years for our region to recover full production,” she said.

“So we decided to think outside of the square on how we could help our growers keep their properties, and how we could get our passionate workforce employed in other areas.

“It will give people a bit of hope.“It will give them a fi nancial base so

they don’t lose their farms,” she said.“Just to give you an idea how much

impact this drought has had, we’ve lost 90 jobs in the past 6 weeks from processing companies.

“Th e citrus season has been very short and the same applies to the vintage.

“People are trying to survive on a lot less, their resilience is low or gone, and we’re not going to sit by and watch that happen.

“Th at’s why we’re up here.“We want the mining companies like

Oxiana and BHP Billiton to know they can tap into a willing, able and competent workforce that is available right now,” Ms Cowey said.

The response from companies like Chandler McLeod that contract hire workers has been encouraging enough for the delegation to go back to the Riverland at least with some hope in their hearts.

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Here’s a photo taken from a helicopter of what’s left of a Cessna light aircraft that crash landed on Lake Eyre in 1984

Parents are calling for more action to be taken over the salt levels in chil-dren’s foods after a recent consumer poll showed their deep concern.

Th e poll was commissioned by the Aus-tralian Division of World Action on Salt and Health (AWASH).

Recent research confi rms that salt rais-es blood pressure in children, leading to hypertension when they become adults.

AWASH Chair, Dr Bruce Neal, Senior Director at Th e George Institute said al-though the health problems associated with high blood pressure often don’t ap-pear until later in life, they are strongly infl uenced by childhood health.

Parent of two, Shalani McCray said: “I want to make the best health choices for my children.

“Salt is added to so many foods and parents aren’t aware of just how much salt is in children’s food.

“It’s hard to manage though,” she said. Dr Bruce Neal said parents in the poll

reported that children are frequently eat-ing salty snacks.

“Many of the staple foods eaten by Aus-tralian children also have a lot of salt in them. “Th is can make it extremely dif-fi cult for parents to keep salt intakes at a healthy level.”

AWASH, which coordinates the Drop the Salt! Campaign, wants to work with the Government to make salt reduction a national health priority.

Salt reduction is an extremely cost-ef-fective disease prevention strategy, ac-cording to Dr Neal.

“A comprehensive government strat-egy, including setting targets for salt lev-els in foods and raising awareness of the maximum recommended intake levels for children, is urgently required.

“If Australians reduced their salt in-take to recommended levels, we would prevent about one fi fth of all strokes and heart attacks in Australia each year,” he said.

Australian Fruit and Grocery Council (AFGC) CEO, Dick Wells said the AFGC supports raising awareness among con-sumers of the need to moderate their salt intake to 6grams per day and the food industry is continually exploring ways to reformulate products to better meet the needs of consumers including providing lower salt options.

Th e Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recommends a maximum upper level of 3.5g salt per day for 4-8 year olds, and 5g for 9-13 year olds.

Taking the salt out of children’s

diets

The sale of plants and seeds through internet-based auction hous-es like eBay and Oztion is increasing in popularity but it has alarmed those fi ghting against Australia’s weed in-vasion particularly in fragile remote areas.

Worldwide there are hundreds of mail-order websites through which people can purchase plants and seeds.

However, according to the Co-operative Research Centre for Aus-tralian Weed Management (Weeds CRC), Australia’s expanding market in online sales is contributing to the nation’s $4 billion weed crisis, and undermining state and territory weed management laws.

Th e Weeds CRC warns online buy-ers and sellers to beware of trading

in weeds, and points out that 65% of Australia’s weeds are garden es-capes such as the Asparagus weed (pictured) which can devastate frag-ile native grassed areas in remote regions.

“Th e diffi culty is that a garden plant in one state may be a declared weed in another state,” Ms Sandy Lloyd, Research Officer with the Weeds CRC said.

“But it is very diffi cult to regulate a burgeoning online, mail-order mar-ket which allows the legal purchase of a plant in one state that is illegal in another.

“At the moment, however, weeds can easily cross state and territory borders, although new mail scan-ning powers have recently been pro-posed for Australia Post which will

help prevent weed spread through the post.”

But if you are selling a plant which is a prohibited weed in your state or territory, watch out!

Dr John Virtue, President of the Council of Australasian Weed So-cieties (CAWS), the home gardener doesn’t want to be unknowingly add-ing to Australia’s signifi cant weed burden.

“CAWS is also concerned about Australians buying weed seeds from overseas through the internet.

“A quick scan reveals a range of weeds are available from sellers in the US and UK, including water hyacinth, scotch broom, Mexican feathergrass and Parkinsonia, all of which are pro-hibited entry into Australia.

Gardeners warned on internet weeds

Above: One of the weeds out of control in Australia, the Asparagus weed.

Free, single use plastic bags will soon be a thing of the past in South Australia, with the state government planning to ban such bags by the end of the year.

“South Australia is leading the push for a national ban to rid our state of this environmental scourge,” Premier Mike Rann said.

“Th e time has come to lead by example and I am urging all states to follow this important step in ridding our environ-ment of these bags that contribute to greenhouse gases, clog up landfi ll, litter our streets and streams as well as kill sea life.

“A ban in our state alone could see almost 400 million less plastic bags en-tering the SA waste and litter streams every year.

“Th at’s an astonishing 1,600 tonnes of plastic,” he said.

Th is ban will come as no surprise to readers of Th e Monitor, who would have learned about it last June.

At that time Th e Monitor approached the Environment Forum to see if it would support the bag ban.

“Plastic bags can have a signifi cant im-

pact upon wildlife,” Environment Forum spokesperson Dr Adam Bester said.

“Th ey can also blow into water systems and cause stormwater blockages.

“Plastic bags are unsightly, thus having a negative eff ect upon tourism.

“However, the government needs to consider the alternatives if it goes down the plastic ban path.

“Overseas many supermarket compa-nies have resorted to using paper bags when faced with a plastic ban.

“This results in more trees being chopped down and an increase in green-house emissions.

“Many people in Roxby Downs use plastic shopping bags as a bin liner, which is a good recycling option.

“Banning plastic bags may result in in-creased usage of plastic bin liners.

“Any decision regarding such bans needs to be carefully thought out, so any alternative is not going to cause greater damage to our environment,” he said.

Dr Bester suggested a levy of 10 cents a bag might encourage people to bring their own calico bag.

Ban the bag

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One of the fi rst ‘steam gushers’ has fl owed from one of the nation’s most advanced geothermal hot rocks wells.

Geodynamics says its Habanero 3 well has fl owed steam as part of the well clean up program prior to fl ow testing at its hot rocks site near Innamincka.

Coiled tubing was used to displace kill weight drilling fl uid (used to con-tain the high well pressures) from the well using water which initiated fl ow from the main fracture.

During this operation the hydrau-lic connection with Habanero 1 was reconfi rmed with good indication of well productivity.

During the well clean up program the well fl owed at approximately 23kg/sec.

Following the well clean up program, the open circulation fl ow test will for-mally commence and is expected to be completed to program within 20 days.

This will be followed by a closed loop test to be commenced at the end of April.

The Company envisages making a further announcement in approxi-mately two weeks time when data from the fl owing of Habanero 3 and pressure monitoring of Habanero 1 are avail-able.

Hot Rocks gets a fl ow onAbove: Hot steam fl ows strongly from Habanero 3

A Mine rescue team from Olympic Dam will put their skills to the test at the New South Wales Mines Rescue Challenge in Cobar in the coming weeks.

Th e NSW Mines Rescue Challenge is an opportunity for all Mines to send members of their mines rescue teams to participate in team scenarios, designed to test the knowledge, skills, leadership and teamwork ability of the teams’ members.

An off er was extended to the Olympic Dam team to take part in this year’s event which is growing in stature nationally as the premier mining rescue challenge.

A spokesman for BHP Billiton said competitions such as these bring the district rescue personnel together to compete and also to share learning and experience from the set exercises of the competition.

“In times of mine emergency, Olympic Dam may be asked to provide assistance, or receive assistance from our local district neighbour mines,”

Each team is made up of 7 members and a team man-ager.

Th e Olympic Dam team is made up of members from the mine technical support, underground mining, the surface smelter department and emergency services.

Th e BHP Billiton Olympic Dam team will take some specialised rescue equipment to the Challenge, including breathing apparatus, gas detection and fi rst aid equip-ment, rope rescue equipment, and vehicle extrication equipment.

Th e company spokesman said the team aims to learn from other teams, and in turn pass on their skills to others.

“Th is will lift the skills of every team competing, thus making the industry safer for all, which makes everyone a winner,” he said.

During a rescue scenario on a mine site, teams may be called from many areas – meaning that squad members must all work as a team for the one common purpose.

Th e Challenge is unique in Australian Mine’s Rescue events in that the most highly valued achievement is the “esprit de corps”, or the “Spirit” of the team during the Challenge.

It is unique in this respect – in no other Australian Mines Rescue event are teams from diff erent sites en-couraged to coach and assist each other to successfully complete scenarios.

Th ere are no other Challenges of its kind in Australia, where teams act as they would in a true Mines Rescue situation, sharing equipment, experience, and providing support for each other.

Th e concept of the “Challenge” is closer to the real-life situation that rescue teams will be faced with.

Opening as a “Challenge” also allows for greater fl ex-ibility in the scenarios, more opportunities for teamwork mines to send “rookie” teams to the event.

According to the organisers, the event is all about exchanging information, knowledge and skills that will help mine rescue teams keep on the cutting edge of their profession.

It also keeps mine rescue teams fully trained on the latest machinery using the newest equipment.

Our rescue team is ready

Th e Roxby Downs Community Board has suggested

that a register of current Justices’ of the Peace be estab-

lished by the Council.

Th is follows concerns that the Attorney General’s De-

partment’s database of JP’s registered in Roxby Downs

is not current.

Board member Dave Kovac suggested that a red fl ag be

attached to the electricity accounts of JP’s living in Roxby

Downs so that when they leave or change address the red

fl ag will be activated.

“Th is will allow us to keep an up to date and accurate

register of the JP’s living in town so we don’t have the

problems we’ve had in the past,” Mr Kovac said.

Th e Board will also invite the inaugural president or

chair of the recently formed Youth Advisory Council to

give a 5 minute presentation on the YAC’s activities at

each monthly board meeting.

Th is will give the YAC an opportunity to brief the

Board on its strategies so the Board and Family and Youth

Forum don’t duplicate the activities being pursued by

YAC.

Th e Youth Advisory Council will have a direct report-

ing process with the Roxby Downs Council and will not

sit under the broad umbrella of the Board and its Fo-

rums.

Move for our own register of JP’s

A common hereditary disorder aff ecting 100,000 Australians is 30 times more likely to cause serious complications in men than women, according to new research from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.

Th e HealthIron Study monitored 31,192 people aged between the ages of 40 and 69 for 12 years to determine those at genetic risk of the iron overload disease, haemo-chromatosis.

Th e study, published in Th e New England Journal of Medicine, found that 28 per cent of men (but only one per cent of women) who were at genetic risk of haemochromatosis developed iron overload disease which causes damage to the liver and other organs.

“Arthritis, chronic fatigue and liver disease can arise as a result of iron overload,” Associate Professor Katie Allen from the Murdoch Childrens Institute who led the research said.

The Iron Blood disease

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Th ey also had a good reception from Oxiana which is driving the big Gold and Copper open cut mine at Promi-nent Hill.

“We’re going to plan a big open day back in the Riverland where we’ll pub-licly discuss the results of the visit and organize our labor pool,” Ms Cowey said.

“Our next step will be to get the May-ors and the CEO’s from all of the River-land Councils to visit Roxby Downs and Prominent Hill and see if we can make some benefi cial arrangement with the companies and contractors.

“If they’re not aware of the availabil-ity of a large skilled workforce that is willing to take on the jobs they have on off er, then they’ll be missing out on a great opportunity,” she said.

“So we plan to put it before them and see where it goes.”

Th e Corporation is not sitting on its hands.

Already it has organized through Works SA a training program in min-

ing operations for 18 of its out of work growers and pickers.

“We’re funding this initiative, and Works SA has been exceptional in its positive attitude towards it,” Ms Cowey said.

“I estimate we’ll have an available pool of 150 skilled and semi skilled workers available to work in the state’s northern mines.

“I would like to see the Riverland be-come the employment and supply base for Olympic Dam.

“But we need to ensure if this idea goes off that we don’t see a permanent exodus of our population from the Riv-erland to Olympic Dam.

“We have good airport facilities so fl ying-in fl ying-out is a great option.

“We have hope in our hearts that something can be done. We have hope that our growers will not lose their life’s work or their properties because of this current predicament,” she concluded.

Riverland Mine HopesRiverland Economic Development Offi cer Barb Cowey

Only 2% of the people diagnosed with kidney disease knew they had it.

One of the world’s leading authorities on Kidney Dis-ease Professor Allan Collins said more than 500 million people worldwide - or about one adult in ten - have some form of kidney damage.

Dr Collins who is the Director and Principal Inves-tigator for the U.S. Renal Data System Co-coordinating Centre and a board member of the International Kidney Foundation Scientifi c Committee made the comments to Th e Monitor whilst in Roxby Downs.

He said every year millions die prematurely of heart attacks and strokes linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD).

“Th e biggest challenge for health authorities and the community was the fact that people can lose up to 90% of the use of the Kidneys without feeling a thing.

“Th ere are no warning signs which means it is vital that Governments’ worldwide develop programs for the screening of patients in high risk categories as part of their public health planning and strategies.”

He praised BHP Billiton as a world leader in provid-ing such screenings not only for its workforce in Roxby Downs but also the wider community.

“Th is is remarkable for a company to undertake such a process in conjunction with Kidney Health Australia, it is visionary in its approach to invest directly in the health care of its workforce and its community,” Profes-sor Collins said.

“It’s a very responsible and positive Community ex-ercise to look after your community and workforce in such a way.

“I urge the company to consider expanding this type of screening program to other areas of health for its work-force because it is a true indication of loyalty towards its employees,” he said.

Professor Collins was in Roxby Downs to watch fi rst hand Australia’s fi rst National screening program KEY - ‘Kidney Evaluation for You’ funded by BHP Billiton.

He was energized about the success of the screenings in Roxby Downs, Andamooka and Woomera.

“It is a testament to the program by the large numbers

of people who swamped the renal nursing staff at the screenings,” he said.

“National Kidney Foundations of the US had tested over 100,000 high risk Americans for Chronic Kidney Disease in the past ten years through its Program.

“Only six hundred people out of thirty thousand found to have Chronic Kidney Disease knew they were even at risk prior to attending a screening.

“Without a national screening program of high risk patients for Chronic Kidney Disease Government Health Planners are fl ying blind on providing budgets and facili-ties,” Professor Collins said.

“We now know that up to 15% of the Australian popu-lation suff er from some form of Kidney disease, which is way more than say diabetes which aff ects about 7% of the population.

“It’s only been in the last four years that we have got a handle on the interaction between the big three, Heart disease, Diabetes and Kidney disease.

“We now need to get heavily involved in the prevention of Kidney disease before the baby boomer generation gets much older and starts to cause a melt down in the dialysis and transplant areas of medicine,” he concluded.

Kidney screenings

a hit

Coober Pedy will be holding its 21st Opal Festival on the Easter long weekend, and everyone is invited!

“Th e Opal Festival Committee would like to invite people from all over the state to come to Coober Pedy and join in the fun,” Committee Spokesperson Katharine Micka said.

“Come and help us celebrate Australia’s national gemstone and enjoy the start of the beautiful weather in the outback,” she said.

Visitors to the ‘Opal Capital of the World’ during the celebrations will be able to enjoy a screening of the movie ‘Opal Dream’, which was fi lmed in Coober Pedy two years ago, take part in an opal walk, have a chance to win a $1,000 opal or buy a raffl e ticket to win a gold nugget.

There will also be tours of the town, a colouring in competition for the kids and an open art competition.

“Our main day will be Easter Saturday,

which will start with a street parade,” Ms Micka said.

“Th e oval will open at 1pm with marquees, refreshments, stalls, food, info, a children’s zoo and much more.

“Th ere will be entertainment all day with a clown, a band and novelty events like the outback dunny race, opal sack holding, tug-o-war, toss the sausage competitions and a box car race.

“The evening will wind down with a fi reworks display at 8.30pm,” she said.

And it doesn’t end there, there will be more to enjoy on Sunday with a Junior Football Carnival, a 12 hole Ambrose competition at the golf club and an ecumenical service for all denominations.

Th e Coober Pedy Opal Festival will run from the 21st to the 23rd of March.

For more information contact the Coober Pedy Opal Festival committee on 8672 3003.

Opal Festival comes of age

at Easter

An increasing incidence and awareness of spinal-related injuries in umpires has promoted the Australian Football League Umpires Association (AFLUA) to form a 2-year partnership with Bad Backs, Australia’s leading online destination for back pain relief resources and products.

“While we do not have hard numbers or research to fall back on, anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that Australian Rules um-pires suff er spine and joint pain signifi cantly, as a direct result of their activity”, ex-AFL umpire and CEO of AFLUA, Bill Deller said.

AFL Grand Final field umpire Scott McLaren missed the fi rst four weeks of 2007 season due to injury and likewise colleague Matthew James missed a substantial amount of games throughout the season.

AFL fi eld umpire Justin Schmitt fared far

worse, missing the entire season. Th e partnership will enable AFLUA mem-

bers to receive specially-priced remedial spi-nal and joint pain products from Bad Backs, as well as access to their online resources, which includes a discussion forum, and multi-disciplinary medical information and research on spinal pain management.

“We see this new partnership with Bad Backs as a way of supporting our members with their spinal pain problems,” Deller said.

“Some of the guys have 20-30 year careers, so you can imagine they have clocked-up some running miles and spinal stress.” he said.

As an example Boundary umpires run between 16 -20km per match (on average) whilst fi eld umpires run between 12 -15km per match (on average).

AFL Umpires Tackle Back Injury

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Meetings held

Upcoming meetings...

Under discussion...

Community members wishing to have input to discussions at Community Board meetings must notify Executive Offi cer, Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 prior to the meeting date.

Please note: Forums (Excluding Health and the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partnership) are open to the general public. Th e Community Board encourage all members of the community to attend and participate.

For further information on any of the Forums or Partnerships please contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818.

Arts and Culture Forum 20th Anniversary

Sports and Recreation Forum Establishment of a Community Bus

Environment Forum Recycling

Community Board Arts and Culture Forum

Family and Youth Forum Environment Forum

Education and Workplace Training March 18

Community Board March 31

Alcohol and Substance Abuse March 17

Th e much publicised departure of the Osborne family from Roxby Downs has left a hole in the Community Board.

One of the longest serving members of the Board and the Education and Workplace Training Forum, Wendy Osborne’s enthusiasm and input will be sorely missed.

And so it is that a scant month after swearing in a host of new blood to swell its ranks, the Community Board is once again calling for expressions of interest from the community.

“Th e Roxby Downs Community Board acts as a voice for the community and is

responsible for the implementation of the Roxby Downs Community Plan,” Execu-tive Offi cer Michelle Hales said.

“Due to the recent resignation of Wendy Osborne the Community Board is seeking nominations from people in-terested in fi lling this vacancy.

“If you are passionate about our com-munity and wish to become more actively involved in community life we urge you to consider becoming a part of the Com-munity Board,” she said.

Nominations close on Tuesday, March 25, for more information contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818.

Another one bitesthe dust

Above : Long term Community Board Member Wendy Osborne left Roxby Downs last week

In an eff ort to benefi t every com-munity member that falls under its jurisdiction the steering group of the Building Healthy Communities project has created healthy gift packs for station owners and managers in the region.

“We decided to send these packs out so everyone in the area can benefi t from the BHC project,” Al-lied Health Assistant Karen Russell said.

“BHC is about preventing chronic disease.

“By sending these packs out to the stations we can extend this service to the whole community and make sure everyone is included,” she said.

Th e packs were distributed to Per-natty Station, Purple Downs Station, Roxby Downs Station, Stuart Creek Station, Dulkaninna Station, Mul-garia Station, Muloorina Station, Parakylia Station, Andamooka Sta-tion, Anna Creek Station, Arcoona Station and Billa Kalina Station.

Th ey contained a pedometer, sun-screen, a water bottle, numerous booklets and brochures, a ‘Matters for Men’ book and a sheet of useful phone numbers.

“Th e project steering group pro-vided this small gift to station own-ers and managers as they are an important part of our surrounding community,” BHC Project Offi cer

Sue Houlson said.“Our project is one of 31 projects

across rural and remote Australia and encompasses Roxby Downs, Woomera, Pimba and Andamooka.

“Our goal is to improve participa-tion in health promoting activity and behaviours for all people.

“Th is initiative takes a preventative approach to chronic diseases and injuries which tend to be a greater problem in rural and remote com-munities.

“Th e BHC project is proud to en-courage people to enjoy a healthy lifestyle and enhance the physical activity of people within our region,” she said.

Christmas comes earlyto stations

Below: One of the packs sent to the stations by the BHC Project coordinators

Twelve months ago the Roxby Downs branch of Th e Cancer Council SA was born.

It was named the Red Sands Foundation to refl ect Roxby’s unique environment.

Th e early members were mostly female and varied in age but they all had one thing in common, each had been touched by cancer, either directly or indirectly.

Every new organisation experiences a learning curve in the fi rst twelve months and the Red Sands Foundation was no exception.

Founding President Brett Atkins stood down soon after the group formed, fam-ily, work and other volunteering com-mitments demanding more of his time, leaving Vice-President Helen Edwards to step into the breach.

Th ough reluctant at fi rst, Mrs Edwards has proven a most able leader, guiding the group with a sure, steady hand to raise over $5,000 for TCCSA in its fi rst year.

“President Helen Edwards has done a wonderful job in leading this proactive group of volunteers,” Community Devel-opment Offi cer and founding member Michelle Hales said.

“We have now been operating for twelve months and we have been really pleased with the support we have received from the community.

“We would like to invite all community members to our AGM as we are always looking for new members,” she said.

Th e Red Sands Foundation AGM will be held at the Roxby Downs Community Library at 7pm next Tuesday.

Fledgling group earns its wings

“We want to crack the tonne if we possibly can.”

Th at’s the target Clean Up Australia Day coor-dinator Stephen Moss is aiming for in Roxby this year, 100 plus volunteers turning out to collect rubbish and clean up the town.

“We are aiming to clean up the whole town this year, so we are trying to get as many volunteers as possible.

“Some people just want to clean up their own neighbourhood, which is fi ne, but they need to come down to the Lions Park and register so they are covered by Clean Up Australia Day policies.

“We have had some positive feedback from the council, apparently there will be more bins going in around town, which is great.

“And the scouts will be joining us for the second year, we are expecting 40 odd kids and hopefully their parents, which will help a lot.

“If anyone has any ide-as or there are any com-panies in Roxby Downs willing to lend their sup-port they should contact me ahead of the day,” he said.

The Roxby Downs Clean Up crew will meet at 9.30am on Sunday, March 9 at the Lions Park.

A barbeque lunch will be provided for all vol-unteers.

Cracking the

tonne

Above: Last year’s clean up crew

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You have to take your hat off to those folk from the Riverland.Not a group to sit idly by waiting for the drought to decimate

their communities, they’ve got off their backsides and are trying to do something to save them from its ravages.

Some might think it’s an idea from ‘left fi eld’ but when you look closely at what they’re trying to achieve it is that darn Aussie spirit that I thought lately was just one of those things people talked about over their lattes.

But they’re wearing it on their sleeve.Th e delegation from their economic business unit, which was

not only in Roxby Downs recently but the other big mining centre at Prominent Hill, is trying to secure a positive future for the citrus and grape growing communities that make up the Riverland.

Th ey know the drought and the severe water restrictions that are ravaging their farms and costing the communities millions of dollars will have an exacting end if they don’t do something about it.

Th ey might not be able to make it rain. Th ey might not be able to

make the mighty Murray fl ood, but they are trying to secure work for their townsfolk and hopefully stave off those predating banks which could be drafting up foreclosure notices as you read this.

Th ey have a big pool of skilled and unskilled la-bour.

BHP Billiton and Oxiana have a big need for workers because of the planned expansion at Ol-ympic Dam and the gearing up to full production at Prominent Hill.

So why not marry the two needs together.Now that’s exactly what the Riverland people

are trying to do.It’s novel, it’s unusual and it just may work.I couldn’t help but feel admiration for this group of people

who have banded together, going over the top of the trenches together not knowing what the result will be, but they’re doing it together.

I’d just fi nished interviewing these great representatives of the Riverland community before going to a public meeting in Roxby Downs to discuss plans for the town’s 20th anniversary celebra-tions.

I was full of adrenalin. Th e Riverland people made me feel pumped. But how disappointed was I at the turn out to our own public meeting.

Th ere were but a handful of people. Th e same old usual suspects that give their all on the various forums, clubs and community service organisations to which they belong.

Where was the public, I thought. Where was the community spirit? Where were the people of Roxby Downs?

Is it the transient nature of the town where most people only

come for the money and stay but a few years, on average 3-5 before heading off with their pockets full.

What do they do whilst in town? Th ere are some who come for the work and money who actually take part in the community. Th ey get involved with sporting clubs and other organisations.

But there are the others who work here, but don’t live here even though they reside here.

By that I mean, they don’t take part in the community, they don’t seem to care much for it.

Th ey don’t have ‘roots’ or an afi nity with the town.I’m not saying everyone is like that, but you all know the type of

people I’m talking about.Where are the people that’d go over the top of the trenches

with you?Crickey I thought. Th e handful that were there may as well have

been standing in the middle of no-man’s land waiting to perish alone.

Where were all of those Latte sippers?You know the ones. Th ey always complain about next to eve-

rything and sometimes espouse the solutions but never ever put their hand up to volunteer or help out.

If we had a public humiliation site with men and women in stocks, it would be the Latte sippers that would be fi rst in line with ripe tomatoes in hand.

Let us as a community refl ect on those Riverland folk.Th ey’re not looking for handouts. Th ey’re not wanting others

to fi x their problems.Th ey’ve rolled up their sleeves and are just getting on helping

one another as a community should.So yeah, I’ve taken my hat off to them.Th ey’re a great bunch and I hope it works out for them.

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Volunteers from around Australia and locally made their way to the Arid Recovery Reserve out on the Borefi eld road recently to take part in the annual trapping program.

Th e volunteers gathered (see photos) preparing the bait, a cocktail of yummy oats and peanut butter, counting the Elliott traps and the wire mesh to be used to trap small reptiles.

Th ey went out early in the morning throughout the week to take the mammals and reptiles back to the Laboratory for measuring, weighing and gender identifi cation.

Th e program is an important step in monitoring the resilience of the mammals and reptiles especially in a period of drought.

Th ey all seemed to come away none the worse for wear.

The bait was a delicacy

Above: A Bearded Dragon keeps a close watch. Above: The entry to the Arid Recovery Reserve

Above: Volunteers checking the Elliott Traps Above: All hands in the bait. Oats and peanut butter.

Catherine Moseby checking the vitals of a hopping mouse

I’m watching you!

Above: An Elliott Trap set at dawnAbove: Checking the gender and health, vital information

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Go-Karts saved Th e big end of town threw its weight

behind a plea by the Roxby Downs Desert Kart club for clay to re-surface its track.

Th e club has postponed its opening sea-son until March 15th whilst the track gets prepared.

Th e juniors will now be able to qualify for the State Titles this year because they’ll now have enough time to do so.

Th e club and the juniors thank the con-tractors and companies that came to their rescue.

Cathy Calligaris said this type of spirit only happens out in the bush.

“We can’t thank them enough,” she said,.

Th ose contractors who put their weight behind the call include BHP Billiton, Ken Lamb from Olympic Dam Transport, Na-tional Hire and Exact Mix.

Th e club thanks all other contractors and volunteers who have worked tirelessly and given up their time and machinery to re-surface the track and make it safe for the young drivers.

Last weekend the club travelled down to the Yorke Peninsula and then fi nished up in Port Pirie for two competitions.

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Housing shortage to continueSouth Australia’s most comprehensive re-

port card on the new housing industry high-lights concerns of a shortage of new housing over the next few years.

While the South Australian economy has performed reasonably well in recent times there are increasing pressures on housing stock as housing aff ordability issues mean that underlying demand is moving beyond the supply of new residential dwellings. Com-menting on the release of the HIA South Aus-tralia State Outlook publication, Executive Director, South Australia,Robert Harding, said the prospect of further increases in inter-est rates provides some real concerns for new building activity.

“Further increases in rates will serve to put further upward pressure on house prices and rents.

“As a nation we are building at least 20,000 new dwellings less than what is required,” Mr Harding said.

New house starts in 2007/08 for South Australia are expected to rise by 3 per cent to 11,510.

Growth in residential building starts is fore-cast to be fl at over the next 3 years.

Constraints on land supply and shortages in available trades are exacerbating the supply of the new homes situation.

Renovation activity in South Australia has been strong recently and HIA expects that

situation to continue for rest of the decade.

Total investment in renovations hit a record $2.08 billion in 2006/07 and HIA expects growth of 6 per cent over the next three years.

“Th e undersupply of new housing has led to a resurgence in renovation activity,” Mr Harding said.

Mr Harding said that it was im-perative that policy proposals out-lined by the Federal Government last year be implemented as soon as practical.

“Th e policies of the Federal gov-ernment rightly focus on increasing supply and stripping out some of the statutory charges and expensive red-tape that is artifi cially infl ating house prices and constraining production,” Mr Harding said.

“We are looking for improved co-operation between Federal, State and Local Government to deliver better housing outcomes.”

Th e good news is there is no sign of a collapse, however, HIA is con-cerned that further price pressures and constraints to supply are infl at-ing house prices and rents.

This is evident when they rise shortly after an increase in rates.

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Mortgage Choice ran a survey to probe the minds of Australians who are property investors and found South Australian residents to be up-beat, knowledgeable and keen to add to their portfolio.

Th e majority had not taken advan-tage of the ‘rental squeeze’ to glean more money from tenants, which was surprising given the hype surrounding the squeeze.

Mortgage Choice National Manager Corporate Aff airs, Warren O’Rourke said perhaps it is because their prop-erty portfolio strategies usually turn out to plan anyway.

Almost two thirds owned one in-vestment property (61%), 35% owned between two and fi ve, 4% owned be-tween six and ten and no one owned more.

84% also owned a home.”It was pleasantly surprising to un-

cover such a high number of satisfi ed investors, with half of all respondents planning to grow their property cache in the next two years,” Mr O’Rourke said.

“When you consider so many owned only one investment property, it was encouraging to fi nd so many feeling positive and confi dent in their strategies.

“Most managed to buy the type of property they wanted, in the area they wanted and have found their pre-pur-chase expectations being met.

“Th is is great news,” he said.How do they research their invest-

ment goals? For this multi-answer question, in-

ternet was the most popular. 56% of respondents said the net

helped them research, learn and un-derstand the market and what the buying and managing process en-tailed.

Newspapers came next at 48% then family (44%), friends (40%), mortgage broker (29%), accountant (21%), mag-azines (18%), seminars (16%), fi nan-cial planner (15%), television (10%), lawyer (8%), other (8%), expos (8%) and radio (3%).

Many believed their investment property market knowledge had im-proved since fi rst purchase, with 6% considering themselves ‘very knowl-edgeable’ prior to buying and 30% considering themselves very knowl-edgeable since buying.

As far as their most recent purchase happiness South Australia was way out in front.

93% bought their most recent in-vestment property in SA, 4% bought in Queensland, 3% in Victoria and 1% in the Northern Territory.

Th e other states and territory didn’t rate a mention.

Th e majority of respondents (86%) bought the type of property they wanted, in the area they wanted (100% - the highest proportion for any state) and it has met their expectations (94% - again the highest).

Happily, only 18% said owning it was more work than they expected.

Almost half (49% - the highest again) bought in capital city suburbs while almost one fi fth (19%) bought within 10km of the CBD.

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In a year characterised, initially by very competitive discounting of fi xed rates and in the second half of the year by an environment of rapidly rising fi xed rates, de-mand for fi xed rate loans in South Australia reached record levels in 2007.

Th ese loans commenced the year at 30% (32% nation-ally) of all approvals and grew to a record 33% (37% na-tionally) in November before it came back slightly, to 29%, by year’s end.

Demand for fi xed rate loans in South Australia picked up in late 2007.

Th ere is no doubt that borrowers chase rates when they are available especially when fi xed rates are lower than the basic variable rate, like they were early in 2007.

Also, when there is strong speculation about, or in-deed, a rate rise or two, fi rst homebuyers in particular will look for the certainty that a fi xed rate loan will off er.

With the second half of the year seeing fi xed rates increasing almost weekly.

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WHAT’S NWHAT’S NACROSS THE REGION

SPORT

Friday March 7thRoxby Downs Bowls Club

Night Owls 8pm

Roxby and Districts Cricket Association

Preliminary FinalSaturday March 8th 8.30am

Rogues v Wanderersat Roxby Downs

Monday, March 10thKarate Auditorium

Colts (Age 5-12) 6pmJuniors/Adults 6:45pmContact Tracey Fouet

0400 894 429

Indoor soccer 6 -7pm

Volleyball7pm - 9pm

Tuesday, March 11th Squash 7pm - 10pm

Come-n-try soccer3.30pm -5.30pm

indoor soccer6pm - 7pm

ladies Social Basketball8.45am - 10am

Wednesday, March 12thKarate

Auditorium

Colts (Age 5-12) 6pmJuniors/Adults 6:45pmContact Tracey Fouet

0400 894 429

Women’s & Mixed netball6pm - 9.30pm

Th ursday, March 13thIndoor SoccerLeisure Centre

Social matches from 6pm All welcome

Contact Kenton Maloney0408 797 158

Karate6pm -8.30pm

Squash7pm - 9pm

Nippy Gym - Auditorium9.30am - 11.30am

Roxby Downs Desert Dirt Circuit Car Club night meeting Saturday

April 12th Night meeting

Roxby Downs Dirt Kart (go-karts)Club night meeting

March 15th

HEALTH

Roxby Downs Family Practice Phone 8671 3231

Roxby Downs Medical Practice Normal hours 9:00am-5:00pm

Saturday morning by appointment only. Phone 8671 1900

Eyebus

Andamooka Th ursday 3rd AprilRoxby Downs Wednesday 2nd April and Th ursday 3rd April

Woomera Wednesday 2nd April

Visiting Allied Health ServiceOccupational Th erapist

Speech PathologistDieticianPodiatrist

Child Adolescent Mental HealthServices

For appointments phone1800 819089

Hearing ServicesMarch 17th - 9.00am - 2.30pm

For an appointment call 1800 006 303

Roxby Downs Community HealthSwimming Group for Mums With

Prams every Friday morningSwimming pool 9am - 10am

Australian Breastfeeding AssociationRoxby Downs Branch

Monday, 17th March 20081:00pm to 2:30pm

Come along and catch up for Easter!!!All current ABA members attending

will receive a gift.(for membership details please phone

Melissa on 8671 0877)Jen’s Place

17b Wilaroo Street

Doctors’ New Specialised Drug Telephone Number for

Medicare Use.1800 700 270

Crisis Care CounsellingUniting Care Wesley Port Augusta Regional Women’s and Children’s

Support Services call 1800 655 716 or call the crisis care line on 13 16 11.

For immediate response if feeling stressed call 0428 326 529 to speak

with a counsellor 24/7

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Every Week Visitor Information Centre

8.30 - 5.00 Mon-Fri9.00am - 3.00pm Sat9.00am - 2.00pm Sun

Phone 8671 2001

Cultural & Leisure PrecinctMovies

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday

(see schedule below)Phone 8671 2001

Roxby Downs Girl Guides meet at the Christian Community Church

Monday nights 6-8pm. More leaders required. Call Kristie 0427072710

Roxby Downs ChildcareMonday - Friday6.30am-5.30pm

Phone 8671 0911 for details

GymCultural & Leisure Precinct

Mon, Wed & Friday 6 am - 12pm & 2pm - 9pm

Tues & Th urs 6am - 12pm & 4pm - 9 pm

Saturday 8-12pmSunday 11-2pmPhone 86710500

Roxby Downs Community Library

Monday to Friday 8.30-5.00pmSaturday 9.00-12pm.

Phone 8671 0660for more information.

Toddlers Story Time Fun for young children and mums

Roxby Downs LibraryRichardson Place

Tuesdays 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Playgroup St Barbara’s Parish School

Phone Jakki 86712323

Roxby Downs Health Services Coff ee Mornings, Th ursdays 9.30am to

11.am at the Dunes Café.

Coff ee Mornings for Families Meet and chat for all families.

New comers especially welcome.

Every Friday Playgroup

Roxby Downs KindergartenPhone 86710455

Every SundayRaptors Cycling Club

Social Bike riding group from 8amat the Stuart Road roundabout

Roxby Downs Market Days2008

March 15thMay 17thJune 21st

August 16thSeptember 20th

October 18thNovember 15th

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

Community members welcome to attend any meeting of the Roxby

Downs Community Board.

March 13th - 9.30am- 11:00amNormal weight gains

Roxby Downs Health Seminar Room

For details on Community matters call Michelle Hales on

8671 0010

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mt Dare Hotel Open every day 8:00am -9:00pm,

7 days.

School Terms 2008

Term 1 Jan 29th - April 11thTerm 2 April 28th - July 4thTerm 3 July 21st - Sept 26thTerm 4 Oct 13th - Dec 12th

Events in the Far North:William Creek Bronco Branding

– 15th March 2008

Oodnadatta Races May 17th

Marla Bronco Branding April 26th

Oodnadatta Bronco Branding 12th July

Roxby Downs Lutheran Church

Sunday school 9.30am every sunday during school terms

Roxby Downs Netball Association Registrations close February 29th

Season starts April 4th

Bingo every Sunday 1.30pm Tuckerbox in Andamooka.

All proceeds go to the community

Clean Up Australia Dayeveryone to meet at 9.30am March

9th at the Lions ParkBbq lunch provided.

Soul FoodA gathering of like minded people Sunday 16th March at 11am at the

Culture Centre.

20th Birthday CelebrationsPublic meeting 7pm March 18th at

the Dunes Cafe.If you want to celebrate then come along and help put it into action.

Cultural Precinct

Visitors Information centre

Dunes café

Art Gallery

Open Mon – Fri 8.30am – 5pm

Sat - 9.00am - 3.00pm

Sun - 9.00am – 2.00pm

Leisure Centre

Gymnasium

Mon, Wed & Fri – Fri 6am

– 12pm, 2pm - 9pm

Tues & Thurs - 6am - 12pm, 4pm

- 9pm

Saturday 8am - 12pm

Sunday 11am - 2pm

Creche for patrons of the centre

Mon –Fri 8.45am-12pm

ROXBY DOWNS CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCTPhone: 8671 2001 Fax: 8671 2021

REGULAR SCHEDULE SPORTS CALENDAR EVENTS OUTBACK CINEMAMonday

Volleyball 7pm - 9pm

Karate - 6pm - 8:30pm

Tuesday

Ladies Social Basketball 8.45am - 10am

Come-n-try Soccer 4.00 - 6.00pm

Squash 7pm - 10pm

Indoor Soccer 6pm - 7pm

Wednesday

Women’s & Mixed Netball 6-9:30pm

Karate 7pm - 8:30pm

Thursday

Nippy Gym – Auditorium

9.30am - 11.30am

Squash 7pm-9pm

Indoor Soccer 6pm - 8pm

Karate 6pm – 8.30pm

Touch Football 7.30pm (town oval)Friday

Indoor Hockey 5pm - 9.30pm

MARCHAt the gallery

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March

Pool Opening Hours

General PublicMon - Fri: 3pm - 6pmWeekends: 10am - 7pm

Lap SwimmingMon, Wed & Fri: 6am - 8amMon - Thurs: 6pm - 7pmWeekends: 9am - 10am

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THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 12 – Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Arts & Youth NewsArts & Youth NewsArts Matters

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Th anks to JD Murray for sharing his great photographs with us. As the Café emerged from the hot January months of dust and renovation, it was Jonathan and his photographs that graced the gallery walls.

Th is week the photographs give way to an exhibition brought together to celebrate 10 years of Arid Recov-ery.

It is such a luxury to have a well appointed gallery space.

Over the last two years we have seen a passing parade of local and visiting artists.

In terms of sheer volume sold last year’s Roy Fryer exhibition has been the most successful.

Th e South African connection has been strong. Th ere was an exhibition by Anne Marie Beukes. She

showed some of the works she had developed as an art student in Africa.

Th en there was Shep from Kangaroo Island. He set up his easel right there in the gallery. Richard Elliot, lately from New Zealand, shared his stencil making skills with us in his fi rst exhibition and Sharon Wasley from Woomera turned heads with her richly decorative work.

We have seen quilting from the Scrapbaggers and from other independent quilters. We have played host to quite a few exhibitions from Country Arts SA’s visual arts tour-ing program.

Th ere was Pictures in my Heart. Th is was work made by refugee Afghans who had resettled in Murray Bridge. Th ere were Kym Needle’s excellent cubist landscapes.

We are waiting on another exhibition from Alisa Tel-etovic. She is a very well celebrated artist who moved to Roxby Downs early last year.

Her work is exquisitely delicate and tells the story of her adjustment to life in her new home.

She came to us via Bosnia and Melbourne. Th e annual South Australian Living Arts Festival (SALA) is on again this year in August.

Last year the Red Earth Festival was registered as part of SALA. Th is year I have asked Alisa to do something special for us.

It is the ability to showcase local artists that makes this part of my job so interesting.

We can showcase special events like Arid Recovery’s birthday but we can also hone in on individual artists. One that I’m keenly anticipating is the debut of young Baden Felton’s work.

Baden is one of our own and he will be the featured artist during Youth Week.

Th ere are early indications that we may be able to get Germain Art Focus to do an exhibition here. GAF are artists that live around Port Germain.

Apparently Port Germain is something of a refuge for artists. I travelled to Hummock Hill Station last week to see their latest show. I hope to fi nalise details of their visit soon.

We are also taking an exhibition in September called Perceptions of Distance from the Country Arts Touring Program.

It’s a group show curated by Lucia Pichler. It’s an ini-tiative of the Regional Galleries Association of South Australia.

I think our little regional gallery is breaking new ground, and that is largely due to the generosity of our own artists.

Th e gallery at the Cultural Precinct will celebrate

a uniquely local institution this month, when it hosts

an exhibition for the Arid Recovery.

“Th is exhibition will celebrate Arid Recovery’s 10

year anniversary,” Manager, Adam Bester said.

“We want to put on a display for the community

and for tourists showing a timeline beginning when

we began in 1997 right up to present day.

“Th e exhibition will showcase the Arid Recovery

quilt, which was made by a local quilting group, lots

of photos and newspaper clippings, including the very

fi rst article ever written about Arid Recovery, and

some of the awards we have won.

“Th is exhibition will give us a chance to put some

of our archive items on display and will coincide with

our ten year reunion celebrations,” he said.

Th e Arid Recovery exhibition will run throughout

March.

Red sand and wild things

Last year Roxby Downs students helped smash previous reading challenge records, with more than 160 of our youngest community members taking part in the Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Now the state government is hoping the Premier’s Be Active Challenge will do for exercise what the Reading Challenge has done for literacy.

“We know that children are reading more books as a result of the Premier’s Reading Challenge and we hope that, over time, we will see positive results from this new challenge,” Minister for Education and Children’s Services Jane Lomax-Smith said.

“Th e healthy habits we teach children when they are young can help to reduce their risk of many serious obesity-related health conditions in adulthood.

“We want children to turn off the television and computer games and turn on to physical activity.

“Nearly 7,500 students completed the challenge in its inaugural year and we want even more children, their families and teachers to get involved in 2008,” she said.

Th e challenge involves taking part in at least one hour of physical activity fi ve days a week for up to ten weeks.

Four weeks of logged daily activity will earn the participant a medal or prize and ten weeks of daily activity could win the student’s school $1,000 worth of sporting equipment.

Th e state government is off ering 200 grants of $500 to schools to help them get started, application forms can be obtained at www.pb.ac.sa.edu.au in the resources and downloads page.

Th e benefi ts of an active childhood in later life is very well documented as it prevents many chronic diseases such as Diabetes, heart disease and kidney failure.

Getting children out into the playground is picking up momentum around the country.

Come on Roxby, Be

Active!

Above (photo courtesy Arid Recovery) : A Bearded Dragon, typical of the species at Arid Recovery

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We’re spending less time playing, sleeping and eat-ing or drinking, but working longer, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey on how Australians use their time.

In 2006 Australians slept for an average of 8 hours 31 minutes a day, fi ve minutes less

than in 1997. Time spent eating and drinking also decreased by 4

minutes a day to 1 hour 29 minutes. Time spent on recreation and leisure activities has

decreased by 1 hour 45 minutes per week since 1997 (to 29 hours 31 minutes a week). We’re spending on average an extra hour a week on

activities such as watching television and using the Internet than we did in 1997 (16 hours 20 minutes a week spent on audio/visual activities).

However, time spent on sport and outdoor activity has decreased by nearly an hour compared to an aver-age week in 1997 (to an average 2 hours 13 minutes a week in 2006).

Men and women spent a similar amount of time on both paid work and unpaid work (such as domestic activities, child care, purchasing, and voluntary work and care), with 51 hours 55 minutes a week for men and 52 hours 58 minutes for women.

Th is is around 2 hours more than in 1997. Men spent 31 hours 51 minutes a week on paid work

in 2006 (up 5% on 1997). Th is was nearly double the amount of time that

women spent on paid work (16 hours 27 minutes a week for women, up 7% on 1997).

More people were employed, contributing to the higher average hours of paid work.

However, men spent much less time on unpaid work (20 hours 4 minutes) than did women (36 hours 31 minutes).

Domestic activities made up just over half of the time spent on unpaid work by both men and women.

Time spent by women on domestic activities has decreased nearly an hour a week from 1997, while men spent the same amount of time as in 1997.

Other fi ndings include: People aged 15 years and over, on average, spent 3 hours 30 minutes a week on education activities in 2006, 15% higher than in

1997. For parents of children under 15 years of age, the

time spent on child care as the main activity under-taken at any given time, averaged 2 hours 8 minutes a day in 2006 (3 hours 5 minutes for women).

When a parent of children aged 15 years and under was mainly involved with another activity, the time spent on child care as a secondary activity was 4 hours 13 minutes taking the total time spent on child care to 6 hours 21 minutes a day for parents (8 hours 31 minutes.

Where does the time go?Answer:- We’re working longer

The Roxby Downs Community Board Inc. was incorporated as a non profit Association on 29 December 2006. The Board acts as a voice for the community and is responsible for the implementation of the Roxby Downs Community Plan.

Due to the recent resignation of a Board member leaving town, the Community Board is seeking nominations from people interested in filling this vacancy.

If you are passionate about our community and wish to become more actively involved in community life please contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 or halesm@roxbycouncil.com.au for further information and a nomination form.

Nominations close 25 March 2008

BOARD VACANCY

Please help in getting the 2008 Junior Football season underway, we are calling for:

Mini Colts (U10s) coaches Junior Colt coachesSenior Colt coaches

AusKick Coordinator/s

Please note: This year the AusKick program will be run for the under 7yo age group (as of the 1st Jan 2008), for the 10 week duration

of school term 2 only.

To nominate for these positions please contact Brian Hombsch on 0417 867 093,

before the 31st March.

Whether you do Pilates, use a Physio Ball or your health care professional has advised you to strengthen your core sta-bilising (trunk) muscles, we all know the frustration of fi nding the time tAo do our exercises in our busy schedules.

A new patented, Adelaide invention called Strength Soles is helping to allevi-ate this problem.

Using a scientifi cally designed and test-ed shoe insert, we can now turn on these important core stabilising muscles when we are on our feet greatly assisting our exist-ing exercise regimes.

At a recent presentation in Adelaide, Dr. Michael Parnell of Backassist Technologies explained “Strength Soles allow peo-ple to strengthen their spinal stabilising muscles. “By simply inserting them in your shoes it is designed to help improve posture, balance and reduce lower back pain”.

Adele Davies, Real Time Ultrasound Physiotherapist who recently undertook Ultrasound testing on cli-ents standing both on and off the Strength Soles re-ported that “Th e Strength Soles appear to enhance the recruitment of Multi-fi dus in the majority of test-ing movements”.

“When squatting and picking up a 5kg box from the floor it was also ob-served that there was im-proved and appropriate Transversus Abdominus and Internal Oblique ac-tivation when using the Strength Soles”

Interest in Strength Soles has been overwhelming with export discussions currently taking place with

distributors in Malaysia, United Kingdom, USA, UAE and Canada.

It could have widespread benefi ts not only to the community but workers em-ployed on 12 hour shifts who are on their feet for most of the time.

It could help reduce the large amount of money business loses each year through back related workers compensation claims that are fi led.

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Torrens Energy has announced that fi nal temperature results returned from recently completed “hot rock” ex-

ploration drilling are higher than reported in preliminary

results on its lease near Parachilna.

Final heat-fl ows recorded from exploration drilling

have increased, with modelled temperatures at 5000m

depth being upgraded to 247-248°C.

Drilling was conducted just 230 metres from the Na-

tional Power Grid and 4 kilometres from Parachilna.

High modelled temperatures were recorded over a

continuous area of at least 500 square kilometres, .

More Hot Rocks results north of Port Augusta

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Opal Road Landfi ll Opening HoursTh e Opal Road Landfi ll Opening Hours are

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Dog RegistrationDog Registrations for 2007/08 fi nancial year

are now overdue. Grace period for registration expired on 31 August 2007. Th erefore an $80 ex-piation fee can apply, plus an expiation fee of $80 for every 14 days the dog remains unregistered.

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Roxby residents will be powerless in June, when the Roxby Downs Council cuts electricity to the township to per-form routine maintenance.

“Council has arranged with our con-tractors to undertake township high voltage equipment maintenance in June,” Electrical Services Manager for the Roxby Downs Council David Hallett said.

“Th ere will be a number of planned outages while this work is being under-taken.

“Just as car must be serviced regularly, council must regularly check its trans-formers and switches.

“Each outage will be approximately four hours long and there will be up to three outages a day in diff erent areas.

“Th ese outages are scheduled so that residential areas are aff ected during the day, as this is when most people are at work.

“Commercial outages are scheduled at night as that is when businesses are usually closed,” he said.

Th e power outages will take place be-tween June 11 and 17.

A schedule of outages will be pub-lished and distributed to all households in May.

Feeling powerless

Roxby’s contracting fi rms have shown they have big hearts in the past, contributing eve-rything from manpower to money to support the community.

Now, IVS Transpacifi c has proven it is up there with the best, donating $800 to the Roxby Downs Area School’s Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) program.

“Th e money was donated by IVS Transpa-

cifi c’s heath and safety committee,” Director Diane Stanton said.

“We needed a new fridge to make sure the children’s food was kept cold at all times, which is a health and safety issue, so I wrote to them asking for funds which they kindly provided.

“Th e OSCH program would like to thank IVS Transpacifi c very much,” she said.

It’s all about community

Above: Some of the children who will benefi t form IVS Transpacifi c’s generous donation.

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Wanderers easily defeated the Woomera Redbacks at Woomera oval on Saturday night despite another im-proved batting performance by the home side.

Th e Swaggies held their hosts to 8/126 in the allotted forty overs and openers Ryan Selkirk and Damien Smith were rarely troubled in achieving victory in 21 overs without losing a wicket.

Wally Broome, Andy Fyfe and Vince Berkelaar all made 23 runs for the Redbacks and Mitchell Blackie contin-ued to live up to his potential with a well made 17 and a cameo bowling spell of three overs for fi ve runs.

Tim Authur claimed the wickets of Fyfe, Blackie and Joey Payne in three overs while conceding seven runs to lead the bowling fi gures for the visitors.

Although wicketless Joey Blatchford performed well with the new ball for Woomera in what may well be his swan-song for the Redbacks after many years of fi ne service.

Woomera Redbacks Pillar run out (Grimston) 14, Broome c Carroll b

Th omson 23, Staines c & b Smith 6,Fyfe b Authur 23, Berkelaar run out (Moyle) 23,

Couzens b Wilson 8, Blackie c Smith b Authur17, Payne st Briggs b Authur 0, Martin not out 0,

Ingold not out 1, Extras 6, Total 8/126. Carroll 8-1-0/18 Selkirk 7-1-0/17 Smith 8-2-

1/16 Gow-Smith 2-0-0/12 Wilson 7-0-1/29 Authur 3-0-3/7 Th ompson 5-0-1/19

Wanderers S e l k i rk n o t o u t 7 5 , S m i th n o t o u t 4 1 ,

Extras14,Total 0/130. Blatchford 5-0-0/13 Payne 4-0-0/26 Staines 2-0-

0/21 Ingold 3-0-0/14 Blackie 3-0-0/5 Couzens 2-0-0/31 Martin 1-0-0/6 Fyfe 1-0-0/11

Olympic Dam fi nished the minor round with a fi ve wicket win over Roxby Rogues at Roxby Downs oval on Sunday morning to record a 11-4 win loss sheet for home and away matches in season 2007-08.

Roxby Rogues were without skipper Paul Trotta and Travis Uma and Steve Westlake was a late withdrawal due to work commitments while the Devils were missing Scott Prior, Joel Nicholson and Nigel Shinnick.

Th e Rogues won the toss and batted in ideal condi-tions for cricket and made a shaky start to be 3/32 after 13 overs before posting a fi nal tally of 8/135 from their forty overs.

Opener Randall Wyatt top scored on 68 and Wayne Moroney took his season wicket tally to 22 wickets with the fi gures of 4/43 off eight overs.

Wyatt received some support from Rick Walker (21), Mick “poddy” Howard (13) and Dave Barnes (11) but generally the Olympic Dam attack supported by the fi elders held sway after Charl Botes and Alan Woolford had given away only 28 runs in their sixteeen overs.

Th e Devils were cautious in the run chase against good bowling from their opponents until Botes with his third consecutive half-century cut loose in the concluding stag-es to give his side the points with four overs to spare.

Roxby Rogues Daley c Moroney b Botes 1, Wyatt c Woolford b Hoff -

mann 68, Martlew c Nichols b Woolford 0, Barnes run out (Woolford) 11, Walker c Nichols b Moroney 21,

Howard c Woolford b Moroney 13, Heit c D McEvoy b Moroney 2,

Ferguson not out 10, B Dadleh c Woolford b Moro-ney 2,

Nethery not out 1, Extras 6, Total 8/135. Botes 8-2-1/12 Woolford 8-1-1/16 Mill 8-0-0/29 Hoff -

mann 8-0-1/33 Moroney 8-1-4/43 Olympic Dam Moroney b Daley 27, Wellington b Nethery 11, Ni-

chols c Daley b Martlew 29, D McEvoy b Ferguson 4, Botes c Ferguson b Wy-

att 52, Woolford not out 0, Leonard not out 0, Extras13, Total 8/135.Barnes 8-3-0/18 Ferguson 8-0-1/20 Nethery 8-1-

1/29 Daley 8-1-1/35 Martlew 4-0-1/30 Wyatt 2-0-1/9Next week is the Preliminary Final between Roxby

Rogues and Wanderers and it is to be played at O‘Donoghue Oval in Woomera as day-night fi xture with 4.30pm mooted as a start time because of less daylight available at this time of the year.

In the corresponding game last season at this venue it was the Swaggies who prevailed and they went on to take out the shield but on general season form Roxby Rogues should take this one out and move into their fi rst Grand Final appearance which will be against Olympic Dam.

Rogues have strength-ened their team since that time with the addition of Barnes, Ferguson and Da-ley while Wanderers have lost several good players and may struggle to repeat the dose.

It is however a danger game to the Rogues aspi-rations of a premiership and they will have to be on their guard against Selkirk, Smith, Carroll, Briggs, Au-thur, Watkins and Th omp-son to name a few but with the likes of Wyatt, Trotta, Uma, Nethery, Clafton in the side along with the recruits they look the win-ners.

Umpires for this game are to be supplied by the Woomera Redbacks Crick-et Club.

The Roxby Districts Cricket Association will hold its Trophy Dinner at the Oasis Restaurant this coming Friday evening (March 7th) thanks to the kind intervention of Clint Gow-Smith and his staff after last year‘s venue be-came unavailable due to untimely renovations.

Th e Roxby Club Team of the Year will be announced along with the presenta-tion of playing awards and it will be hosted by the vice-president Graham Warren with proceedings starting at 6.30 and while bookings are not essential cricketers and support-ers can get finer details from Club captains or as-sociation president Gerard Secker on 0409677619.

The Grand Final be-tween Olympic Dam and the winner of this week‘s game will be at Roxby Downs oval on Saturday March 15th with a time yet to be set but the status quo is a 10.30am start.

It should be a great game especially if Wan-derers get through.

OD to face its hoodoo as it fi nishes top

UNDER 12 GIRLS 36ers 21 points defeated Red Devils

20 points. Wildcats 22 points defeated White

Pointers 12 points.36ers go to the grand fi nal on the 15th

March.Next week the 8th 9th 10th March the

under 12’s and under 14’s Country Car-nival is in Adelaide.

UNDER 12 BOYSStorm 20 points defeated Cruisers 9

points.Wildcats 46 points defeated Spirits 14

pointsStorm go into grand fi nalUNDER 14 GIRLSGWA 30 points defeated Slam

Dunks 20 points.Phoenix 52 points defeated Wizards

32 points.

GWA go into grand fi nal.UNDER14 BOYSBullets 42 points defeated And 1 25

points.Sonics 60 points defeated Pistons 23

points.Bullets go into grand fi nalUNDER 16 BOYSRo cket s 54 p oint s defeate d

Benchwarmers 35 points.Celtics 52 points defeated Hornets 39

points. Rockets go into grand fi nalUNDER 17 GIRLSJets 61 points defeated Steelers 35

points.Devils 30 points defeated Cougars 20

points. Jets in the grand fi nalUNDER 18 BOYSEast 57 points defeated West 50

points.East play Central in the grand fi nal.

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UNDER 12 GIRLSWildcats 26 points defeated Red Devils 20 points.Wildcats into the Grand Final.UNDER 12 BOYSWildcats 21 points defeated Cruisers 13 points.Wildcats into the Grand Final.UNDER 14 GIRLSPhoenix 29 points defeated Slam Dunks 27 points.Phoenix into the Grand Final.UNDER 14 BOYSSonics 48 points defeated And 1 30 points.Sonics into the Grand Final.UNDER 16 BOYSCeltics 60 points defeated Benchwarmers 31points.Celtics into the Grand Final.UNDER 17 GIRLSDevils 50 points defeated Steelers 32 points.Devils into the Grand FinalTh e grand fi nal is on the 15th March starting at 9am.Presentations for the under 12 girls and boys will be

at 10amPresentations for all other grades will start after the

under 18 boys game at approximately 4.15pm. All team members of that age group should attend the

presentations.Th e Senior basketball grand fi nals are played from 6pm

on the same night.Th e minis presentation is 3.30pm on Friday the 14th

March and under 10 girls presentations will be on Friday 14th March at approximately 5.50pm on Court 1 after the 5pm game.

Th e Under 10 boys will be on Court 2 after their fi nal game at approximately 6.40pm.

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