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WATER ON THE WAY...Andamooka resident Jonathon Bray gets a taste of what’sto come when Andamooka finally receives its own on-site water source, thanks to$500,000 in State Government funding for a water pipeline from Olympic Dam toAndamooka.* Statistics supplied by the Sydney Metropolitan Council – www.sydneywater.com.au.

$500,000 grant for Andamooka pipelineANDAMOOKA…Andamooka residentswill be a little closer to their water supplyfollowing a State Government grant of$500,000 for a pipeline from OlympicDam to Andamooka.Work is already underway to get the firstpipes in the ground before the end of Junewith water prices now being negotiatedwith WMC Resources.When the pipeline is completed, waterpurchased from WMC Resources will bepiped to Andamooka where residents willpay locally and cart water from storagetanks to their own homes.Andamooka residents’ water is currentlytrucked to their homes from Olympic Damby private contractors.Member for Giles Lyn Breuer has been atthe forefront of lobbying for the pipelineand she welcomed the funding announce-ment last week“For too long the residents of Andamookaand other Outback communities have hadto put up with very expensive water, andin some cases, very poor quality water,”she told The Monitor.“Andamooka residents pay nearly 15 timesmore for water compared to most SouthAustralians.”Andamooka residents pay around $15 perkilolitre and store the purchased water inprivate tanks.To put this amount into perspective - a sin-gle flush of the toilet can wash away 11litres of water, a single spin in the dish-washer can use 18 litres and even the most

water-efficient washing machine will usealmost 50 litres of water.*The Andamooka Progress and Opal Min-ers Association is currently negotiating anew water limit and price per kilolitre withWMC Resources (Olympic Dam) and theworks program is now being finalised, withwork expected to begin as soon as materi-als become available.“This announcement doesn’t mean unlim-ited amounts of water are going to flow intothe town but there will be guaranteed, po-table water in the town, in storage tanks,instead of 30km away,” APOMA presidentPat Katnich told The Monitor.“WMC is allocating some additional wa-ter, which we’ve negotiated, and generally,water should be cheaper, because we’re re-ducing those cartage costs.“We haven’t got a price per kilolitre yetbecause there’s still a lot more work to bedone setting the fees and costs, keeping inmind future pipe maintenance, maintain-ing water quality, capital costs, adminis-tration and the WMC fee which is still be-ing negotiated“People will still be buying their water, andit will still be dearer than it is in Roxby –we won’t be getting any more swimmingpools or lawns, but it will be more conven-ient.‘We’re very grateful to the government andthe Minister for Infrastructure, to LynBreuer for her lobbying and to the OutbackAreas Community Development Trust whowill own and manage the pipeline when it’scompleted.”

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I’m all for fitness. I can watch people play sport allday...from the comfort of my chair.As such, I am an integral part of Australia’s biggestteam sport - spectating.The thing is, it’s not really enough is it? Not for myhealth (and yes, those of you who know me - I cansee you nodding) and not for my children’s.Let’s face it, do I want them growing up like me,whose only sport involvment at the moment hap-pens on the other side of a camera?People in the leisure and sports industry tell methat it’s a big danger for teenagers to simply stopplaying sport once they leave school because it’sno longer scheduled into their day by teachers andparents.That’s one of the great things about the RoxbyDowns region - sport is a thriving facet of our com-munity for both children and adults. Kids are grow-ing up watching their parents out there on the field,the court or even the treadmill.The sports arena is so important to a healthy com-munity - it’s where many young men start learningfrom male role-models outside their own family,it’s where friendships are made and healthy habitsare cemented in the young.And that’s why, when I ferried my four-year-oldson and five-year-old daughter down to Auskicklast Thursday I was just so impressed by the par-ents who lined up - not just to help - but to showtheir kids how much fun sport can be for the wholefamily.My son learned to catch a football on Thursday andmy daughter showed me how she can stick to a hardtask with the right kind of encouragement andfriends around her. And we all came home so proud,and so happy - just an hour out of our week and itleft us all on a high.So thank you, to the many mums and dads and com-munity members who stay and help at these sports,who support their own sports, who tout the ben-efits and joys of fitness. You send me your reports,I see you fundraising on market days and manningcanteens, I even hear you on the sidelines cheeringor in the very heart of things, coaching.What you are doing brings immediate delight andlong-lasting benefits for literally hundreds of youngpeople - and your patience and dedication is admi-rable.And if you, like me, are an armchair sportsperson -put down the remote and get out to the game.There’s more to gain than just points on a score-board.

OUTBACK…The State Governmenthas awarded grants totalling just over $3 mil-lion to more than 40 resource explorationprojects, in a bid to accelerate mining explorationin SA. The funding was delivered through the PACE(Plan for Accelerating Exploration) initiative. Al-most 70 proposals for drilling funding were receivedby the SA Government this year, almost 30 moreproposals than in 2004. More than 20 of the 2005PACE funding recipients will target deposits in theGawler Craton which encompasses the OlympicDam deposit.FAR NORTH…Community groups throughout theFar North will share in road safety grants totallingmore than $60,000, including Roxby RoadSafe.Roxby RoadSafe will receive $1700 from the SAGovernment for its ‘sign of the times’ project, aimedat combating the ‘Fatal Five’ causes of road acci-dents. Roxby Downs is one of 14 community groupsthroughout the state to share in the funding.OUTBACK…A series of information workshops forvolunteer bodies will be held throughout the out-back this year as a result of discussions at the recentcommunity leaders forum in Woomera, hosted bythe Outback Areas Community Development Trust(OACDT). The meetings will update clubs, com-mittees and other volunteer bodies about their cor-porate governance, responsibilities and insurance re-quirements. “The workshops will aim at increasingskills, knowledge and awareness so volunteers don’tfind themselves in hot water,” OACDT member PatKatnich told The Monitor.

Andamooka’s prickly problem

PRICKLY PEAR...GreeningAustralia’s Janet Waltonchecking a prickly pear plantfor the presence of CochinealBeetles in Andamooka.

ANDAMOOKA…Andamooka resi-dents have taken ahands-on ap-proach to the con-trol of PricklyPear in the smallOutback commu-nity.Earlier this year,A P O M A( A n d a m o o k aProgress and OpalMiners Associa-tion) volunteersreleased Cochi-neal Beetles –provided by AridAreas BotanicGardens in PortAugusta – ontoprickly pears throughoutthe township’s public ar-eas.Cochineal Beetles colo-nise and attack pricklypears.Ironically, the pricklypear was originally in-troduced to Australia inorder to provide Cochi-neal Beetles for the tex-tiles dye industry.While, in other statescactoblastis caterpillarshave been colonised todestroy the weed, in SA’s

extreme conditions theCochineal Beetle hasproven to be the most ef-fective biological con-trol.“APOMA was invitedby the WMC Environ-ment Section to partici-pate in a weed manage-ment strategy for the re-gion in 2004 and pricklypear was identified as apriority,” APOMA’sJean Lawrie told TheMonitor.“We opted for a biologi-

cal control ratherthan a chemicalone - it may takelonger but we be-lieve it is better forthe environment.“We are particu-larly concernedthat the plant is in-vading the area be-tween Andamookaand Lake Torrens,colonising alongthe creek, and weassume the plant isbeing washedalong the creekfrom residents’gardens. We havealready found a lotof prickly pear

growing along the creekout past the town.”APOMA committeemembers are not free toenter private property inorder to release Cochi-neal Beetles onto pricklypears.However, local residentshave been invited to helpcombat the pest in theirown gardens by contact-ing Jean Lawrie – ph8672 7235 – about intro-ducing the beetle ontotheir own prickly pears.

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ROXBY DOWNS…The public release of theRoxby Downs Commu-nity Plan last month hasengendered a rush ofcommunity interest inapplying for positions onthe new board.Current board membershave reported as manyas five expressions of in-terest per day since theplan’s release.“Equally, there has beennumerous enquiriesfrom people wishing torepresent their specialarea of interest by join-ing the forums of part-nerships,” planfacilitator Ray Goldietold The Monitor.“Members of the currentboard met on Wednes-day, May 6, and reporteda number of initiativeshighlighted in the planhad already moved for-ward.“Discussions were heldat the recent BusinessForum about structure ofthe forum and provisionof a paid coordinator toassist business whileRoxby Downs Councilannounced it was opti-mistic of receiving fund-ing which would allowfor an Economic Devel-opment Officer to fillthis role for the next twoyears.“If successful this will bea major win for businessin Roxby,” said town ad-ministrator Bill Boehm.“Originally we thoughtthis position would haveto be funded by the busi-nesses but now it can befunded through thecouncil for the next twoyears”.Meetings and discus-sions have also beenheld concerning twoyouth initiatives and thereformation of the Artsand Cultural Forum.“Given the plan has onlyjust been released thisimmediate response isjust a small indication ofcommunity interest inthe plan and their deter-mination to see it imple-mented,” Mr Goldiesaid.The community plan isnow available on theinternet at www.roxbydowns.com despite atechnical delay.Copies of the plan onCD-Rom are available atRoxby Downs Council.Information about theCommunity Boardopenings are detailed onPage 16 of this week’sMonitor communitynewspaper.

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ROXBY DOWNS…Local publi-cans have joined police in warn-ing pub-goers to watch theirglasses and avoid ‘drink spiking’following a series of incidents inRoxby Downs this month.A young woman was admitted tohospital this month after her drinkwas allegedly spiked, while a sec-ond young woman told The Moni-tor about a similar incident thesame weekend but at a differentvenue.Local police, however, have re-ceived little hard informationabout the incidents and are callingon victims of drink spiking to re-port the problem immediately.Medical personnel do not auto-matically report drink spikingwhen a victim is treated by doc-tors and nursing staff, RoxbyDowns Health Services executiveofficer Janine Connell told TheMonitor.“Ultimately this is an assault, wecan recommend when we treatsomeone that they report it to thepolice – but the onus is on the per-son affected or their friends or fam-ily to report the incident so it canbe investigated,” Mrs Connell said.Roxby Downs Tavern managerMarcel Marinus warned pub-goersthat drink spiking is on the increasethroughout Australia.“It does happen – here and every-where – and it’s very serious,” MrMarinus said.“Please don’t leave your drink un-attended and be aware of what isgoing on around you.”Roxby Downs Community ClubManager Stev Ellard warned drink-ers not to accept drinks that arebought for them by other patrons.“It’s a lovely gesture, for someoneto buy you a drink, but just beaware that it could be spiked,” MrEllard said.“It happens and we ask customersto very aware – not just in Roxbybut anywhere.“Stick with your friends and lookafter each other - some people canhave an adverse reaction and even

die from these drugs.“If you think your, or a friend’sdrink has been spiked then pleaseapproach the bar staff and we willtake the appropriate measures tomake sure you are looked after.”Police have encouraged local pub-goers to protect themselves fromdrink spiking by buying and pro-tecting their own drinks, takingtheir drinks with them or buyinganother if they do leave a drinkbehind, and looking out for theirfriends.If you think your drink has been

spiked, tell someone, stay withyour friends, get medical helpand get tested – then notify po-lice!Police cautioned communitymembers who believe they havehad their drinks spiked that theymust request a blood test duringtheir medical treatment whichthey will then be required to payfor.However, if charges are then laidby police, victims can claim thecost of the blood test in damages.

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SAFE DRINKING...Publicans and police are warning localpatrons to guard against drink spiking following twoalleged incidents in Roxby Downs.

HOONLAWS...ConstableRebeccaSchutzinformsdriver DesiTaylor of thenew ‘hoonlaws’ which,along withseveral otherthings,requiredrivers toreduceexcessivestereo noise.

Hoon laws muffle the musicROXBY DOWNS…An 18-year-oldRoxby Downs man was the first localrecipient of an ‘excessive noise from avehicle’ notice under the new ‘hoonlaws’.The man was one of a handful of driv-ers charged in the past two weeks forvarious offences – misuse of a motorvehicle, drink driving and noisy music- who are all candidates for the newimpounding legislation now in effect,according to Sgt Richard Hobbs.“Under this new legislation Police willbe able to impound vehicles for 48

hours on detecting an offence,” SgtHobbs told The Monitor.“If convicted, and the driver has oneprevious impounding offence in fiveyears, then the car can be impoundedfor three months.“For two offences this increases to sixmonths impounding and for three pre-vious impounding offences, forfeitureof the vehicle to the crown. In addition,the owner of a vehicle initially im-pounded for the first 48 hours will haveto pay a fee – currently $175 - to coverany towing and storage costs.”

OLYMPIC DAM...Tours of Olympic Dam haveraised almost $6000 for the Royal Flying DoctorsService.WMC tourguide Deb Ainslie recently presentedShirley Gow, President of the Roxby Downs Auxil-iary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, with acheque for $5759.10.Coordinated by the Roxby Downs Cultural Precinct,the coach tours offer large groups the chance to havea look at Olympic Dam for themselves,” a WMCResources spokesperson told The Monitor.“Along with the public tours WMC conducts everyMonday, Thursday and Saturday at 9am, these toursare a great way for the wider community to learnmore about ODO, as well as help raise funds for theRFDS.”

FUNDRAISER...WMC tourguide Deb Ainslierecently presented Shirley Gow, Presidentof the Roxby Downs Auxiliary of the RFDS,with a cheque for $5759.10.

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On May 8, 2005, a smashed windows waslocated at the National Australia Bankin Roxby Downs and a glass panel inthe front door of the NACOS CreditUnion was also smashed. It is notknown if these two incidents are re-lated. Anyone with information to thisdamage is asked to contact the RoxbyDowns Police – ph 8671 0370.Between 11am and midday on the May 3, agreen Holden Commodore parked in RichardsonPlace was damaged when an unknown personscratched an object down the driver’s side of thecar.Following a visit by members from the State TrafficOperations Unit involved in the Rural Highway Satu-ration Program, two drivers were reported for PCAwith alleged readings of 0.08 per cent and 0.175per cent. Over their three days on the Stuart High-way and surrounding roads, the TOU officers haveissued over 50 infringement notices for various traf-fic offences.Following a complaint from an Andamooka resident,a youth from Roxby Downs has been reported fortwo counts of theft totalling about $250. The youthis known to the victim.An 18-year-old Roxby Downs man was issued withRoxby Downs’ first ‘excessive noise from a vehi-cle’ notice on April 27, 2005.On April 25, 2005, police attended a motor vehicleroll over on the powerline road, just east of Olym-pic Way. The male driver received minor injuriesand was taken to the Roxby Downs Hospital fortreatment whilst a male passenger was uninjuredDamage to a vehicle in Hermit St was reported onApril 25, after it was sprayed with a powdery sub-stance overnight. Initial investigations reveal thatthe blue powder came from a fire extinguisher dis-charged at a neighbouring party. The extent of thedamage to the vehicle is still being ascertained.

A 22-year-old Roxby Downs man was reportedfor assaulting a family member. This fol-lows an incident reported to police in Feb-ruary 2005.A Roxby Downs man, 23, was reportedfor misusing a motor vehicle following

an incident near local licensed premiseson April 25, 2005.

In a separate incident, on the same day, an 18-year-old Roxby Downs man was arrested for breachof bail.Police attending an alarm in the Roxby Downs AreaSchool on April 24, 2005, located four youths inthe kindergarten grounds. The youths have sincebeen reported for trespassing on school grounds af-ter hours and damaging property.Police have identified a possible suspect in relationto reports of a smashed window, light and door grilleat Roxby Downs Area School on April 22 or 23.The total damage amounted to around $600 andpolice are currently investigating the matter.A 46 year old Merino man pleaded guilty to threecounts of driving in a manner dangerous and hin-dering police in the Port Augusta Magistrates Courtlast week. The man was originally arrested at Pimbain October 2005 after speed cameras recorded himtravelling at 235km/hr on a motorcycle on the StuartHwy. He was convicted and fined $1550 and a dis-qualified from driving for 12 months.Police are reminding the public that the Rural High-way Saturation Plan is still being conducted on theStuart Highway with a focus on the Fatal 5, in par-ticular fatigue, speeding and seat belts which havebeen found to be major contributing factors in acci-dents in this region.In addition, the Adelaide Cup long weekend – May14 to 17 - is a prescribed period for Mobile Ran-dom Breath Testing allowing police to stop any ve-hicles being driven on a road and require drivers tosubmit to a breath test.

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Anzac Day in WoomeraANZAC DAY...Commemorating Anzac Dayin Woomera last month, clockwise, fromleft: Woomera RSL President FrankWoolfe; leading the service, from left,Garry Clarke, Phil Young, Greg Buddenand Scott Myles at the Woomera WarMemorial at Butement Square; and Aussiein uniform Peter Rocco.Photographs courtesy of The Gibber Gabber.

OUTBACKTOUR...FederalMember forGrey BarryWakelin joinedstaff on a tourof the FarNorth andOutback lastmonth. MrWakelin ispictured withwife Tina, stafffrom hisWhyalla andPort Pirieoffices, and‘tourguide’ SgtTerry Boylan.


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SYNAPSE BODY THERAPIES… Every-one can afford to look and feel good fromhead to toe at Red Sands Hair Design withthe team now expanding to include BrendaDalbeth’s massage and beauty services.Brenda brings 10 years of experience insports and massage therapy to Roxby Downs’newest health service – Synapse Body Thera-pies. Synapse Body Therapies opens thisweek alongside Red Sands Hair Design at10 Gosse St and now incorporates a seriesof beauty services.Brenda invites customers to wind down af-ter a hard day at work or on the sports fieldwith a series of massages, facials, waxes andtherapies – from the multi-fruit peel to com-bat fine wrinkles and improve skin tone, tothe one hour sole and palm therapies incor-porating nail and cuticle care, buffing, exfo-liation, hot oil and honey soak, massage andparaffin heat treatment.Brenda - who boasts a background in sportstraining and is a long-distance runner her-self - knows the value of therapeutic mas-sage. Why don’t you relax with a heat therapymassage or hot stone therapy, or try an In-dian head massage designed to reduce ten-sion in the upper body, neck, face and scalp– great therapy for migraine sufferers.“Massage is something you really shouldincorporate into your weekly schedule – it’sa necessity, not a luxury,” Brenda told TheMonitor. As such, Brenda offers luxury serv-ices – sports, deep tissue and relaxation mas-sages - at affordable prices, with servicesranging in price from $20 to just $50.And while you’re saving dollars on yourmassage therapy, why not spend a little extratime on your nails with ‘Nails by Tash’ –another addition to the Red Sands service.Natasha Swan offers permanent acrylic nailsat affordable prices, by appointment only –phone 0409 974 292.Red Sands Hair Designs owner Kelly Bakeris currently seeking clients for their appren-tice Cel, the rising star of the Red Sands team,who has been accelerated in his studies andis now eager to expand on his cutting expe-rience locally. Book in with Cel before theend of May for men’s haircuts for just $7.50and children’s cuts for just $5.50Learn more about the varied, quality serv-ices at Red Sands Hair Designs and SynapseBody Therapies by telephoning 0400 012428,or after the 17th May on 86713039.Book your new nails with Tash by phoning0409 974 292.

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NEW ARRIVALSMini-MonitorMini-MonitorMini-MonitorMini-MonitorMini-MonitorJETT…RoxbyDowns residentsEmma Napperand Dan Haineswelcomed thebirth of their firstchild Jett Haineson April 16, 2005.Jett was born atPort Pirie Hospitalweighing 4309g(9lb 8oz) and is agrandson forRoxby Downsresidents Chrisand Anne Haines,Kevin and Mary-Anne Napper ofJamestown.

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Welcome to ODO Update, your monthly update ofwhat’s happening at WMC’s Olympic Dam Opera-tions (ODO). Brought to you by ODO Public Af-fairs, this is where you can learn about how theoperations works, keep in touch with all the latestODO news, and have your questions about us an-swered.

BHP Billiton offer update…BHP Billiton last weekextended the closing date for its $7.85 offer perWMC Share until 7.30pm, June 3 (changed fromoriginal closing date of early May 2005).While BHP Billiton’s offer remains conditional onreceipt of acceptances representing 90 per cent ofWMC shares, key regulatory approvals includingthe Australian Competition and Consumer Commis-sion (ACCC) and European Commission have nowbeen received by BHP Billiton.In acknowledging the uncertainty the takeover situ-ation has created, earlier this week WMC CEOAndrew Michelmore thanked staff for their contin-ued focus on safe, reliable and consistent perform-ance.It has now been six months since the original Xstrataoffer of $6.35 per WMC share in October 2004.

ODO tours raise funds for RFDS…WMCtourguide Deb Ainslie recently presented ShirleyGow, President of the Roxby Downs Auxiliary ofthe Royal Flying Doctor Service, with a cheque for$5759.10.The funds have been raised by WMC’s coach toursof its Olympic Dam Operations which are becom-ing increasingly popular with tour operators fromaround Australia.Coordinated by the Roxby Downs Cultural Precinct,the coach tours offer large groups the chance to havea look at Olympic Dam for themselves and are con-ducted by Deb or Vicki Hamblin.Along with the public tours WMC conducts everyMonday, Thursday and Saturday at 9am, these toursare a great way for the wider community to learnmore about ODO, as well as help raise funds for theRFDS.Bookings for the public tours fill up fast (especiallyin the tourist season) - book with the Roxby DownsCultural Precinct on 8671 2001, and don’t forgetyour gold coin donation for the RFDS!

STP in Woomera…Since earlier this year, WMChas held its Success Through People (STP) regionalworkshops in Woomera.With participants from across ODO attending, thecourse is part of WMC’s staff development program.STP gives employees a set of methodologies thatcan be applied in the workplace, as well as a com-mon language that allows better interaction.Course participants stay in Woomera for the entirefour days of the course.Got a question? Need to find something out aboutWMC or ODO? Email your questions to The Moni-tor [email protected] and we’ll answer themin the ODO Update next month!


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WALKERS…Marking ‘WalkSafely to SchoolDay’ on Friday,May 6, at RoxbyDowns AreaSchool, fromfront, studentsPenny Stock, 5,Rory McAskill, 7,and ToriMcGauchie, 11.Throughout theFar North andOutback, childrenwere reminded towalk safely toschool and urgedto cross atcrossings, watchfor cars, to notwalk behind busesand to be asvisible aspossible. Parentswere urged towalk to schoolwith their childrenwhere possible.

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Local couple wedsEDMONDS-FOSTER…Parents, family andfriends witnessed the marriage of DeniseEdmonds to Shannon Foster on April 30,2005. The couple shared a candlelit pool-side ceremony at the Oasis Motor Inn inRoxby Downs. Shannon is the son oflong-time Roxby Downs residents Shaneand Tina Foster, while Denise is thedaughter of Shirley and Glen Edmonds,Peterborough.Photograph courtesy of Anneke Photography.

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OSHC kids hit the paper trailOSHC...Roxby Downs Out of School Hours Care children visitedThe Monitor offices in the school holidays. The children wereintroduced to how their community newspaper is created - fromselling adverts to taking photos and laying out pageselectronically - before returning back to the OSHC rooms tocreate their own newspapers.

ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs CommunityHealth Services is collecting a list of services andbusinesses catering to the parents of the region. Thislist – the ‘Did You Know?’ list – will be distributedto new residents, as well as being displayed through-out the general community. To list your service,group, club or business, please contact CommunityHealth by phoning 8671 9020.WOOMERA…Woomera Playgroup meets eachMonday afternoon (12–2.30pm) and Wednesday af-ternoon (12–2.30pm) in the Kilpa Street Playgrouppremises. All children (aged 0–5 years) and theirparents and carers are encouraged to come along.The group has trikes, ride-in cars and scooters,swings, a sandpit with heaps of sand toys, a greathome corner, puzzles, books, toy cars, play doughwith lots of cutters, music, lots of toys suitable forbabies, craft materials, and many, many other things.Key outdoor areas are under shade. This under-uti-lised facility surprises many people with its wealthof resources. The cost is $1 per family for each ses-sion. For more information telephone 8673 7102.ANDAMOOKA…Andamooka Playgroup has re-sumed after the school holidays at the AndamookaPrimary School CPC rooms. Sessions run on Fri-days, from 9.30am with play sessions, a program ofguest-speakers as well as some great, fun activitiesfor the kids. “It’s an opportunity for local parents tosocialise and get support from each other,” APS prin-cipal Angela Turner said. “We’d like to invite par-ents from throughout region to come along as well.”For more information about the playgroup, contactNaomi Campbell – ph 8672 7018.

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OUTBACK LANDSCAPING AND SUPPLIES…Spencer Crafter, 16, is enjoying the outdoor life whilecompleting his Certificate II in Horticulture throughthe Career Employment Group and Outback Land-scaping Supplies in Roxby Downs.Spencer’s traineeship grew out of work experiencewith the Outback Landscaping team during his RoxbyIndustry Training and Education (RITE) programplacement last year.“With this job I learn a little about plants, I drive themachinery, and I spend a lot of time cutting treesand mowing lawns,” he told The Monitor.“There’s a lot of fieldwork involved – which suitsme.“I’m learning a lot from the people I work with andthey’re a great team to be part of.“I learn better in the field than in a classroom.“It’s long hours and a lot of work but it’s still great.“I’ve got a lot of support to live in town, so this is agreat way to start my training, in my home-town.“There’s a lot of opportunities in horticulture thoughand I’m setting myself up for life this way.”Outback Landscaping and Supplies nursery managerVicki Mason told The Monitor that traineeships werea major part of general training at the local horticul-tural specialists.“The entire Outback staff – adults and teenagers –are studying through traineeships of one kind or an-other,” she said.“Through this kind of study, we ensure all our staffbecome specialists in their particular areas.“When we find people that are willing to learn, wewant to help them accomplish that – it helps our cus-tomers, who can be sure they’re receiving good ad-vice, and it helps our employees who will walk awaywith accredited training.”

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WOOMERA…WoomeraYouth Centre recentlyhosted a fishing trip toPoint Lowly in April.The excursion was at-tended by nineteen stu-dents and five adult help-ers.“The four-day trip wasplanned to give localyouth something differ-ent to do in the schoolholidays, youth centrevolunteer AndrewDempsey told The Moni-tor.“With some parents un-able to take time offwork, it gave the youththe opportunity to still goaway for a few days.“The Woomera Boardand Woomera AreaSchool co-sponsored thetrip by subsidising the

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materials on the trip.”Organisers heralded theevent as a success and aweekend camping trip isnow being organised forthe near future.

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Stand up for youthROXBY DOWNS…The RoxbyDowns Youth Advisory Committee(YAC) is inviting young locals to havetheir say on the region’s issues.Organisers are calling for nominationsto join the new YAC committee.“We want to open it up to the entireyouth community – ages 12 to 25,”Roxby Downs Youth Services man-ager Laurence Duggan told The Moni-tor.“The Youth Advisory Committee wasoriginally funded by the Office ofYouth and has been good for gettingyouth into decision-making processesand onto committees. Now we aim tobe involved in the family and youthforum part of the community plan.

“We want youth to have an active role,as a representative body on that forumand have a say in community decisions,not just youth-specific issues. Our planthis year is to extend YAC beyond theyouth services and what we do at theyouth centre so its part of the wholecommunity.“We want to encourage young peoplefrom all walks of life so we can get aview of all aspects of youth life in Roxbyand then we’ll come to council as aproper representative body of theyouth.”Nomination forms for YAC are avail-able at the Roxby Downs Youth Centre,leisure centre, cultural precinct, RoxFMand The Monitor.

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Dear Parents andFriends, welcome backto Term 2 of the schoolyear, we hope every-one enjoyed the holi-days.P&F have made a do-nation of $3750 toRDAS Radio Infra-structure DevelopmentProgram to provideopportunities for allstudents to gain broad-casting experiencewith live audiences,provide pathways tocommunity radio andto develop and in-crease the positive pro-file of R-12 schoolcommunity. This alsobenefits all students atrecess and lunch timesas they will have enter-tainment from ourbudding DJs and mu-sic to listen to. All inall I think a wonderfulidea for our students atRDAS.P&F have also made adonation of $2269 tothe Roxby Downs Li-brary for storage of ourbig books, which willensure easier handlingand finding of booksand maintain the booksin good condition formany years to come.Our next Market Dayis Saturday, May 14,2005. We are havingthe Scotch CollegePipe Band and High-land Dancers visit.They will be perform-ing two half hour slotsduring the morning ofP&F Market Day inthe Market area.Please be aware ifbringing your dogsdown for a walk onMarket Day the bag-pipes noise may dis-turb them.Our next P&F Meetingwill be on WednesdayJune 1, 7.30 in theschool staffroom.Hope to see you there.We are always in needof more P&F volun-teers and theirfundraising ideas.Come along and seewhat we are all about,as all money raisedgoes to benefit all ofour children at RDAS.Thank you.

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Nine students from Roxby Downs Area School trav-elled to Adelaide on April 7 and 8 to participate in aSouth Australian Secondary Schools Sports Asso-ciation (SASSSA) athletic carnival held at SantosStadium.The students were selected to represent the combinedUpper Northern team, made up of students from PortAugusta, Roxby Downs, Leigh Creek, and Maree.Selection for the team was based on the their per-

formance in the WASSAC Athletics Carnival heldin Port Augusta the previous week, with studentseither winning or placing highly in their individualevents.The students enjoyed the opportunity to participatein a carnival held at an international standard venueand while not all were able to win their events theyall gave their best effort.

SASSSA ATHLETICS...Roxby Downs’ SASSSA athletics team, from left, back, TeagenCoombes, Rachel Sheppard, Josh Bishop, Sophie Wissell, Roxanne Henfry, front,Lorraine Girdham, Corey Buran and Amie Willis.

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Spend an hour or two back at school. See if it has changed!A National Campaign conducted by the Education Foun-dation to inspire young people, support youth aspirationsand celebrate public education will be held in the formof a “Back to School Day’ on Tuesday May 17, 2005.Roxby Downs Area School invites any former students,to join us for this day of celebration. The day will in-volve a tour of the school, an assembly and talks withstudents.As the school approaches its 20th Anniversary in 2007this is an opportune time to trace former students andreacquaint with old school friends.For further information contact Lyn Ferenci, Bev Zeptneror Jim Michalanney at the school.

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On Monday, March 11, 2005 the Year 8s at Roxby DownsArea School left for their camp to Adelaide.I was already in Adelaide, so I met up with the group atthe movies at Marion on Monday night at 6.30pm. Somepeople watched The Pacifier and some watched HatingAlison Ashley. I went to The Pacifier.After the movie, we went back to the Warradale Camp-site, had showers and watched a DVD. Then we had togo bed but we didn’t and we stayed up really late!Tuesday morning we got ready and went on the bus toVictor Harbor to go to Greenhills Adventure Park. Thatwas really, really fun!We had KFC for tea on the grass at Victor Harbour thenwent to Granite Island and watched the penguins.On Wednesday we went to Port Adelaide and went on adolphin cruise on the Port River. Wednesday night wewent bowling, which was fun.We stayed up really late again and got woken up reallyearly on Thursday morning by Mr Bennie.We went to the museum in the morning but the best partwas the aquatics centre. Thursday night was wicked! Wewatched movies, mucked around and packed our bags. Itwas really fun!On Friday morning we got up early and came back toRoxby.

by Jessica Weltner.

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BUS FUSS...RDAS Year 8s piling in fortheir trip to Adelaide.


Welcome…We welcome all of our new students par-ticularly the new Receptions in the Headstart program:Emily Baker, Brodie Daddow, Marnie Donnellan,Lachlan Elliot, Jake Gotch, Cassandra Henry, BeauHumphris, Scarlett Koning, Matthew Lamb, Am-ber ryan, Drewe Swann, Damien Webster, BraydenWoolford, Matthew Woolford.We hope they have many enjoyable and productiveyears at school.We welcome Ms Cassandra Dorsett who joins our7-12 teacher cohort this term.Teacher Professional Development, Student FreeDay Monday, May 2…Numeracy and Literacy are avery high priority for RDAS and much of the Profes-sional Development time provided for staff during theyear (by closure days, DECS funding, and early clo-sures) will be spent on improving teacher skills in theseareas and in a second priority area of improving stu-dent wellbeing.Teachers engaged in a variety of activities throughoutthe day on Monday, May 2, in relation to Literacy andNumeracy acquisition and teaching methodologies.Teachers from Reception to Year 3 were involved inLiteracy workshops run through the Quality TeacherProgram facilitated by Georgie Sharpe, one of the Dis-trict Learning Band Coordinators.Primary teachers were engaged in Numeracy work-shops until lunchtime. These were facilitated by KymLinke DECS Maths Project Officer and supported byJohn Bleckly Numeracy Policy and Project Officer.After lunch Primary staff were involved in a focussedLiteracy workshop.The Secondary teacher cohort worked with JanPatterson (a senior Field Officer from the Senior Sec-ondary Assessment Board of South Australia) on em-bedding Literacy across the curriculum in years 7-12.After lunch the 7-12 teachers worked with either KymLinke or John Bleckey on Numeracy within the cur-riculum.Teachers have commented on these sessions in a posi-tive manner and will be incorporating strategies learnedinto their teaching.Grievance Procedure…From time to time people mayfeel upset or aggrieved with something that happens inschool life. All school community members must takeon the responsibility of resolving grievances in an ap-propriate manner and follow the agreed steps to reso-lution. This school has a Grievance Procedure whichwe can all use to resolve issues appropriately. TheGrievance Procedure flow chart has been included inthis newsletter for your reference. The School Coun-sellor Mrs Helen Bennie is available to assist anyonewith this process.Swimming Carnival Results And Shields…The re-sults of the House competition for Swimming, collatedfrom the Primary and Secondary Swimming Carnivalswas as follows:3-6 Swimming Carnival: Gairdner 460 pts, Torrens418 pts, Eyre 369 pts, Frome 339 points.7-12 Swimming Carnival: Eyre 462 pts, Gairdner448 pts, Torrens 356 pts, Frome 344 ptsCongratulations to Gairdner who was the overall win-ner and to all the participants on the day and thosewho supported them.It is disappointing that many students see Swimmingand Sports Days as an opportunity to have a day off ofschool. This is most certainly not approved by the Edu-cation Department, Roxby Downs Area School, or allparents - and is not in the best interests of students.Even if not choosing to be an active participant inevents, our children learn much from supporting theirpeers. Absence on these days is not acceptable and weask parents to support the school by ensuring that theirchildren attend. We are at the point of seriously con-sidering running a class based educational program onthese days for any student who does not actively par-ticipate. The drawback to this is that students wishingto attend to support their peers competing in competi-tion would not occur.On reflection, student achievement in Term one washigh and we will be working hard with students to en-sure that Term 2 is equally as productive.

Kath Macalister,Deputy Principal.

Call for canteen helpersCANTEEN LADIES…Serving up tasty snacks for RDAS students,from left, Jane Johnston, Tracy Lepinath and Lynda Watt. Thecanteen team is calling for more volunteers to help prepare andserve lunches and recess – especially on Thursdays and Fridays.The team of just three women makes almost 100 sandwiches aday and is currently cutting chocolate snacks out of its repertoireand offering more healthy alternatives such as lavash wraps,salad packs and pita toasties. To volunteer your time on schooldays, phone the canteen between 10am to 1.30pm on 8671 1475.

School pride improvementsRoxby Downs Area School hasbeen allocated more than $100,000for school improvements as part ofthe ‘School Pride’ funding pro-gram.The SA Government’s ‘SchoolPride’ initiative provides funding

SCHOOL PRIDE…Celebrating school pride at Roxby DownsArea Schools – Jon Thomas, 5, and Jarred Daw, 11.

to approve school and kindergartenappearances and safety.Around half of the funding will beallocated for painting of schoolbuildings, while another $55,900will be directed into complemen-tary improvement projects.

There has been a shift from seeing bullying as sim-ply the outcome of individual differences such aspersonality or physical appearance to seeing bully-ing in relation to the social or group context in whichit occurs.There is an increasing emphasis on the ‘social roles’that bystanders of school bullying commonly adopt.Bullying at school usually takes place in the pres-ence of student bystanders.Although bystanders sometimes speak out to dis-courage the bully, the most common response is toignore what is going on – and the bullying simplycontinues.Teachers are rarely present because the bully isaware of their presence or location in the classroomor yard and teachers rarely find out exactly whathas happened- unless proactive bystanders chooseto help make it stop.In Canadian studies when a bystander did object tothe bullying, in more than half the cases the bully-ing stopped.In schools we need to ask how we can reduce bully-ing by encouraging student bystanders to engage inpro-social behaviour and intervention to assist vic-tims of bullying.Students need to learn to become more active by-standers, standing up for victims of bullying ratherthan merely standing by.In a survey of 400 students conducted in South Aus-tralia, more than 50 per cent of students had wit-nessed physical, verbal and sexual bullying in thepresence of bystanders on a weekly basis.Research has also shown that it is more likely thatprimary students will intervene in bullying ratherthan secondary students and girls also show astronger tendency to intervene than boys – eitherdirectly or by seeking help from a teacher.This decrease at Secondary school appears to belargely due to the expectations of friends and thepeer group.Students act according to ‘social expectations’ –whether to defend the victim, ignore or the most con-cerning of all; encouraging the bully!School programs are focusing on the nature and im-pact of bullying as well as how student bystanderscan become more strongly motivated to assist vic-tims of schoolyard bullying.Reinforcing the actions of students to support vic-tims of bullying must be encouraged.Students who encourage the bully need to face se-rious consequences as their actions often providethe bully with justification to make the bullying moresevere.At times students may believe they themselves arein danger if they intervene in bullying situations butthere are many ways the risk of intervening can beminimised such as showing dislike for what is go-ing on, encouraging a group to make a statementetc.Parents and the community can also have an impacton bullying behaviours – it should not be acceptedat sports training or events, in social situations or inyour home.The consequence of increasing numbers of studentsexpressing disapproval for bullying when they seeit happening can be extremely positive for every-body, including your own children.By working together to intervene in a pro-active wayin any bullying that we see, any bullying behavioursby children within our school and community canbe greatly reduced.Let’s all work together to minimise bullying withinour community as its effects such as depression, self-harm, drug and alcohol addiction and so on are nowwell documented.We need to all take responsibility for the safety andwell-being of our children.

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“We don’t have lessons assuch but there’s alwayssomeone here to help be-ginners get underway,”Mrs Edwards said.“Anyone can come - be-ginners through to ad-vanced quilters are allwelcome.“It’s just a fun, child-freetime to take pride in yourwork and a love of the artform.“We even have a retreatcoming up where we goaway for the weekend to-gether in Woomera whereall we do is sew and laughand talk and eat – it’s agreat girls weekend.”The Roxby ScrapbagQuilters meet twice a

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bums, embellishments and tote bags.“New season fashion yarns are now ar-riving and we have a large range instore, but we are always happy to docustomer orders for additional coloursthat are available.“We stock a large range of patterns andall the accessories to finish the gar-ment. We have an extensive range offashion beads and jewellery findingswith lots of books and leaflets to showyou how to get started.“For the home, Spotlight stocks manydifferent window furnishings andhome décor products as well as table-ware, kitchen accessories, bathroomneeds and bed linen.“Complete the look with our varietyof home decorating products.”Workshops in our craft studio can bearranged for group bookings andthere’s always a little fun for our VIPS,like a recent 70s night and our fashionparade to raise money for the respitecare home Amaroo Lodge.”Spotlight Whyalla is situated at 128McDouall Stuart Avenue.For more information about the hugeSpotlight range, log ontowww.spotlight.com.au, or phone thefriendly Whyalla team – 8644 2611.

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RED DUNES SCRAPBOOKINGAND PAPERCRAFT…Have youcaught the scrapbooking bug yet?Scrapbooking is one of the fastest-growing pastimes in Roxby Downsand, for the enthusiast, Red DunesScrapbooking and Papercraft offersa complete range of stamping,scrapbooking and papercraft needs.“A scrapbook is a creative way foryou to share and preserve your fam-ily history using your personal pho-tographs,” Jane Southon told TheMonitor.“Scrapbooks are more than just aphoto album - they are part album,part journal and crammed full ofmemorabilia.“Everyone should scrapbook.“The more individuals that scrapbook, themore future generations will know abouttheir anscestors and where they come from.“Even children should get into creatingscrapbooks to save their childhood memo-ries so that they can share with their futurespouses, children, grandchildren what their

viewpoint was on life as they grew up.“It’s a really special pastime to share with yourchild – a great chance to build memories to-gether and save them forever.”Red Dunes Scrapbooking and Papercraft, inRoxby Downs, currently stocks hundreds ofdifferent 12”x12” papers, stickers, fibres, eye-lets, tags and albums – with more coming in

every week.“We stock supplies from ‘PrintBlocks’, ‘Stamp It’, ‘ScrapbookingAustralia’, ‘One Craft’, ‘DeluxeDesigns (US)’, ‘Designs Galore’,‘DownUnderDirect’ and ‘TLC(US)’ amongst others. “We have pre-made kits, lessons forbeginners, a ‘Monthly ChallengeKit’ and a VIP discount member-ship program.“We’ll even have internet mail-or-der up and running soon.”Book now for beginner lessons orto join the fortnightly ‘ScrappersGet Togethers’ and monthly work-shops.Red Dunes Scrapbooking and

Papercraft also hosts ‘Little ScrappersMonthly Kids Club’ - bookings essential.For more information about Red DunesScrapbooking and Papercraft’s widerange of supplies, services and work-shops, contact Jane Southon by telephon-ing 86711937 – or email [email protected].

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IRON WORKS…Mark andRachel Young have been busy mak-ing babies for the past nine years –now they have time to return totheir first loves, jewellery designand metal work.The long-time Roxby Downs resi-dents have paired their design andboilermaking skills to create a se-ries of unique jewellery, furnitureand decorative objects.Work with Mark and Rachel to de-sign unique furniture and jewellerywith your own personal touch –from large-scale mosaic outdoorfurniture to intricate silver and cop-per jewellery.“Whether you’re looking for jew-ellery or furniture you want it toreflect your own personal style,”Rachel told The Monitor.“We offer you an opportunity to

contribute your ideas to the de-sign process in order to producework that satisfies your needs butcaters to your desires.“We choose a high quality ofworkmanship and quality mate-rials because we believe qualityis a standard that should not becompromised.”Examples of Iron Works crea-tions are on display at the RoxbyDowns Cultural Precinct andVisitors Information Centre, ortalk to Mark and Rachel to seetheir work close-up.Iron Works enables you to cre-ate something you love, with peo-ple who love what they’re creat-ing. For more information aboutthe service, talk to Mark andRachel Young by telephoning8671 1159.

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CREATIVE TRIMS ANDCRAFTS…Creative Trims andCrafts, in Roxby Downs, stocksthe region’s largest range of‘Quest for a Cure’ fabrics, per-fect for quilting.The ‘Quest for a Cure’ rangedonates a percentage of eachmetre sold in SA to Breast Can-cer research with JeanDunstan, of Creative Trims andCrafts, eagerly awaiting thenew ranges due in soon.“We have a large range of sew-ing and quilting supplies, andmany of the little extras likebeads and trimmings,” MrsDunstan told The Monitor.Jean specialises in those littlefinishing touches that reallymake a project special.This, teamed with her ownlong-time knowledge andfriendly service, makes shop-ping a sensory delight, sur-rounded by the colours and tex-tures of ribbons, laces, haber-dashery, buttons and embroi-dery threads.“We originally started in Sema-phore in 1998 stocking mainlyembroidery and craft supplies,”she said.“When we moved to Roxby in2001 I started bringing in quilt-ing supplies for the hugenumber of local quilters, nowour range is mostly quiltingfabrics and accessories.”Creative Trims and Craftsstocks more than 650 bolts ofquilting fabrics, vliesofix, woolwadding and iron or sew-inpellon.Starting out in quilting, thentalk to Jean about the best ro-tary cutters, mats and rulers tomake the job easier.

Creative Trims and Crafts hasa large range of patterns fromdesigners ‘Rosalie Quinlan’,‘Mum’s Moment’, ‘KJs’,‘Cricklewood Crossing’ and‘Angels in Disguise’ – withnew stock arriving weekly.Look out for Jean’s new rangeof flannels, or ask about herVIP Club 10 per cent reduc-tions.

Jean also hosts a craft groupand workshops monthly – socome along to the CurdimurkaSt showroom and ask abouttimes and projects.Visit Creative Trims andCrafts at 24 Curdimurka St,Roxby Downs – enter via Pio-neer Drv - or talk to JeanDunstan by telephoning 86710153.

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HALF CENTURY…Celebrating the 50th

birthday of GlendaDunn at the RoxbyDowns Tavern lastweek, from left,Lucas Holbrook,Kylie Williams,Kathy Paxton,Glenda Dunn,Corrina Cox,Theresa Leecroftand Tim Collis.

BIRTHDAY…Celebrating her 18th birthday isKaidi James, front centre, with close friends,

back, Belinda Petherick andKirby Blake, front,

Bec Penglaseand AlisonCrompton.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY… Marianna andNeil Pickers celebrated their fifth weddinganniversary at The Steakhouse Restaurant.at the Roxby Downs Community Club thismonth.

GIRLS ONLY…Enjoying a girls night out atthe movies, from left, back, KeshiniSaverimutto, Terressa Moyle, front,Amanda Kittel and Felicity Pearsall.

CELEBRATION...Celebrating Stephen Fitch’s28th birthday, back, James Taylor, BenCoombes, Marnie Pascoe, Karen Adams,Simon McCracken, Jody Altmann, Drew vonThien and Nigel Altmann, front, Sarah Berg,Stephen Fitch and Karina von Thien.

40 YEARS...Tim Bourn celebrated his 40th birthday at home onMay 5 with wife Jo and some close friends.

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ROXBY DOWNS COUNCIL NEWS

COUNCIL SNIPPETSWorks in Progress...There will be road closuresin the southern section of the town to connect upservices to new allotments. The length of time each closure willtake depends on the type of, and how many services are to beput into place. Council does not expect the roads to be closedany longer than one day per road crossing. Council regrets anyinconvenience. A letterbox drop will be made prior to informresidents affected by this work. There may be interruptions towater/electricity and Telstra services.Sewer cleaning in some older areas of the town.Upcoming Works...Potable water to be connected to irrigationtanks.Vandalism...Council urges all residents to report instances ofvandalism to the police and Council.Completed Works...Repairs to town oval change rooms/clubrooms.Driveway to the entrance of the football oval has been resur-faced with rubble.Hermit Street roundabout has been cleaned up from vandal-ism.Repairs to vandalism – table and chair set and sprinklers inRichardson Place.Collection of litter within Richardson Place as a result of vandal-ism.Air conditioner repairs at the Rec Centre.New electrical main to be installed at the swimming pool com-plex.Upgraded 2 old treadmills with 3 new treadmills at the leisurecentreBusiness Signage...Local businesses have been invited to bepart of new tourism signage in Roxby Downs. Council and theRoxby Downs Business Forum have thrown their support be-hind new tourism signage at the corner of Olympic Way andBurgoyne Street and on the public toilet block in RichardsonPlace. Designs echoing the current Wilmap distributed throughthe Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centre have been ap-proved. Signage sales are now open. Telephone Alex Barkeron 0417 816 807 for more information.Electricity Cent A Meters...Council has purchased 5 analysermeters for customer service purposes. These meters are avail-able for hire from Council for a small fee. Meters will assistcustomers to monitor their power usage.Rates...Final instalment for the 4th quarter is due on 16 June2005.Electricity Water Sewerage Rates & Tariffs...New rates andtariffs for water, sewerage and electricity services came into ef-fect from the 1 January 2005.Electricity Accounts...Electricity accounts were due for pay-ment on Monday May 9, 2005. Please pay immediately to avoida Reminder Notice.Water Accounts...Water accounts have now been issued andare due for payment on Monday 16 May 2005.Bushfire Prevention...Bushfire season ended on 31 March2005. Now the cooler weather is here, it is a good time to tidyup around your home and back yard to ensure it is ready fornext year’s season.Fire Regulations and booklets are on display at the Council of-fice.Fireworks...Fireworks are only allowed to be set off by a pyro-technician with the appropriate permits. Fines are applicable ifnot adhered to.Mosquito Control...Residents are reminded to throw away anyunwanted containers which hold water – old tyres, drums, placesand in pot plant bases, to seal or cover all openings in rainwater tanks and to ensure that roof gutters are not holding wa-ter. Wear loose clothing, apply insect repellent that containsDEET (Diethyl Toluamide) and use mosquito coils for outdooractivities.Local Website...Visit your local updated website. New Forumshave now been added. Read what’s new and have your say inthe Forums at www.roxbydowns.comStreet Lighting...Is there a street light not working near yourhome? Please include the exact location (street, house number)when reporting to assist in easy identification for repair.Rubbish Collection...Residents are reminded that there is alimit of one bin per household for weekly rubbish collection.Opal Road Landfill Opening Hours...Tuesdays, 8am to 12noon, Thursdays 1pm to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm.Out of hours access call 08 8671 1154.Council Office Hours - General...Monday to Friday—9am to5pm.Council Office Closure...Council offices will be closed on Mon-day May 16, 2005 for Adelaide Cup Public Holiday.

FREE COMMUNITY CALENDAR

The ‘What’s On!’ Free Community Calendar is proudly sponsored by Roxby Downs Council.Phone 8671 2683 or email [email protected] to book your event in ‘What’s On!’

May 2005Australian Breastfeeding AssociationPhone 8671 0867May 13 9:30am-11am.Oodnadatta Races & GymkhanaMay 14th& 15th 2005Enquiries Andrew Clarke ph8670 7806.Australian Breastfeeding AsociationMay 25, 9:30am-11amJune 2005Marree Picnic Races & GymkhanaMarree Outback TelecentreJune 10, 11, 12 Ph/fax 8675 8222

Glendambo Outback 4x4 Enduranceand Field DayJune 11, 12 and 13, 2005Glendambo in the South AustralianOutback.Contact Dave Boothey – phone8672 1097 or 0429 002 158Email - [email protected] 2005Outback Tourers Rum RunJuly 2, 2005. Roxby Downs toGlendambo. Ph - 8671 0849.

Oodnadatta Bronco BrandingJuly 16th.Enquiries Tony Williams ph86707961November 2005Woolbalers B&SGlendamboSaturday, November 26Phone Leah Giles - 0400 858 071Woolbalers RecoveryGlendamboSunday, November 27Phone Leah Giles - 0400 858 071

Council is aware that from time to time families maysuffer financial hardship, which in turn places pres-sure on life in general and especially within the homeenvironment.Should this situation occur, residents are urged to con-tact Council staff as early as possible to discuss alter-native arrangements regarding payment options forelectricity, water and rates.Your early action will save you the embarrassment offinal notices, late payment fees and disconnection no-tices and at worst, the stress and embarrassment of yourelectricity being disconnected.Help us to help you.Honour any agreements that you have made with us.That way we both win and conflict and strife is kept toan absolute minimum.

The power is in your hands

The current Community Board hascalled for registrations of interest forpositions of community members onthe new Community Board.The charter of the new Board will beto oversee the implementation of theRoxby Downs Community Plan.The Board will be supported by a fulltime executive officer and part timeclerical support.What is entailed in being a memberof one of these communitygroups?...If you are genuinely inter-ested in contributing to the communitythrough the Community Board it issuggested you begin by reading theCommunity Plan summary so youunderstand the Board structure and itsfocus.If you would like more detail on theplans they are available in full onroxbydowns.com or from the frontdesk of the Roxby Downs Council.If you feel strongly about joining theBoard send a registration of interest tothe Board’s administrative officer,Margaret Anchor, at the Roxby DownsCouncil and you will be forwarded aCommunity Board information pack-age which will include a detailed ex-

planation of what is involved and theprocess to select the members.Membership on the Board offersconsiderable satisfaction to those whowant to build a stronger community, ad-vance their leadership skills and enjoyworking with like minded colleagues.The role, however, comes with respon-sibilities.The Board is not a talk fest but an ac-tion-orientated group with the respon-sibility to ensure agreed outcomes aredelivered to the community.All of this is explained on the informa-tion pack.Registrations of interest will close onJune 16, with selection being com-pleted by July 14, or sooner.Membership of Forums andPartnerships…Meetings will be calledinviting all parties interested in join-ing a Community Forum and Partner-ship during June and July. At these meetings the plans and man-agement structure for each of thegroups will be discussed and a com-mittee formed.Watch The Monitor and listen toRoxFM for meeting dates.

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Expressions of Interest to jointhe Roxby Downs Community Board

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Allow seven days to receive an information kit.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FORCATEGORY 3 DEVELOPMENT

Pursuant to Section 38 (5) of theDevelopment Act, 1993

Notice is hereby given that an application comprisinga CATEGORY 3 DEVELOPMENT has been lodgedwith the Council for a development assessment.

Bill BoehmAdministrator

12.05.05

The application may be examined at the Offices of theCouncil located at Richardson Place, Roxby Downs,during normal business hours and any person whodesires to do so may make relevant representations inwriting concerning this application to reach theAdministrator, PO Box 124 Roxby Downs, SouthAustralia, 5725 no later than 5.00 pm Thursday 26 May2005.Each person making a submission should indicatewhether that person wishes to appear personally or berepresented by another party before the Council insupport of that submission.Please note that, pursuant to Section 38(8) of theDevelopment Act, a copy of each representationrecieved will be forwarded to the applicant for a writtenresponse.Please direct any queries to Mrs Steffany Woolford atthe Council on 8671 0010.

THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PUBLICATION OFTHIS NOTICE

DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1993MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF

ROXBY DOWNS

Details of the application are as follows

DEVELOPMENT NO. 692/043/05APPLICANT LEE AND DEBBIE

ALDENHOVENADDRESS 28 HERMIT STREET,

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COMMUNITY JAM SESSIONS…The next RoxbyDowns community jam session will be hosted by theRoxby Downs Tavern on Sunday, May 15.The casual, social jam sessions are designed to bringlocal musicians together to share music, play togetherand network with or learn from other local musicians.The group is currently seeking interest in musicianswho would like to perform at a series of ‘blackboardsessions’ to complement the monthly jams.Musicians are invited to submit music for a com-bined ‘jam sessions’ collection which will then, inturn, be copied for other musicians to share.Jam sessions are held every month, on the Sundayfollowing Market Day, from 1pm to 4pm.Jam sessions are a family-friendly event so bring yourmusical instrument, your singing voice and your sheetmusic for an afternoon of music and laughter.Children under 12 will eat free at the Tavern on Sun-day, May 15 so bring the kids along while you enjoythe community jam sessions from 1pm to 4pm.

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‘Countdown’ by Janine M Fraser…Year 1 studentLuke Rudiger, 6, enjoys thenaughty antics of the littleboy in Janine M Fraser’s il-lustrated reader ‘Count-down’.“The boy does funny,naughty stuff and the mumstarts counting downfrom 10,” Luke told TheMonitor.“My mum doesn’t countdown for me, but I likethe counting in thisbook,” he said.

‘Selby Snaps’ by Duncan Ball…Year 5 student JamesBegg, 10, loves the humourand adventure of the ‘Selby’series, designed especiallyfor pre-teen readers.“Selby Snaps is about adog called Selby thatknows how to write, readand do all the things peo-ple can do,” James said.“Selby wasn’t born au-tomatically able toswim like other dogsthough. This book fits

into lots of categories –mystery, adventure a bit of comedy.”

‘Burning for Revenge’ by John Marsden…Year 10 stu-dent Sophie Wissel, 15, isenjoying this latest instal-ment in John Marsden’s‘Tomorrow’ series, madefamous by the novel ‘To-morrow –When the War Began’.The novel tells the storyof a small group of chil-dren who return fromcamping to discover thatAustralia has been in-vaded.‘Burning for Revenge’

describes the children’s efforts to liveamongst the enemy and their efforts to fight against theinvaders. “I love these books,” Sophie said.

Learn more about the Premier’s Reading Challenge bylogging onto www.premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au.

JAM SESSION...Casual fun for localmusicians.

WORKSHOP...PhotographerDarran Leal leads the

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workshop last month.

Outback Hot Shotsfocus on Andamooka

Win double passes toBuddy Holly UnpluggedBUDDY UNPLUGG-ED…Take a step back intime to the era of realrock and roll when‘Buddy Unplugged – UpClose and Personal’comes to Roxby Downsthis month.Scot Robin, who por-trayed the role of BuddyHolly in the smash hitmusical ‘Buddy’ hasbeen touring Aus-tralia with his ownshow ‘Buddy’sBack’ for the past10 years.Now he’s bringinghis new show‘Buddy Unplugged’to Roxby Downson Friday, May27.Join Scot andfriends as theyshare insightsinto Buddy’s lifeand how he came towrite some of his biggesthits.The Monitor and ScotRobin have three doublepasses to give away to‘Buddy Unplugged’ – soyou too can experiencethe music of BuddyHolly up close and per-sonal.Be one of the first threepeople to phone or emailThe Monitor with thename of your favouriteBuddy Holly classic andyou will win a double

pass to this internation-ally-renowned show.Telephone The Monitoron 8671 2683 or [email protected] leave your name andphone number to winone of three doublepasses to ‘Buddy Un-plugged – Up Close and

Personal’.Tickets are now avail-able from the RoxbyDowns Cultural Pre-cinct in RichardsonPlace, $25 per head.The show opens on Fri-day, May 27, at 8pm, atthe Roxby Downs Audi-torium.

BUDDY UNPLUGGED...Win double passesto see Buddy Unplugged at Roxby DownsCultural Precinct this month.

P H O T O G R A P H Y … O u t b a c kHotShots Camera Club hosted a two-day photography workshop withDarren Leal over the Anzac weekendin April – Saturday, April 23 and Sun-day, April 24.Around 20 local camera enthusiastsenjoyed a Saturday of in-depth infor-mation, from the basicsto how to shoot great images, with aconcentration on digital techniques andequipment.Sunday saw the photographers inAndamooka for an in-the-field work-shop illustrating the journey ofAndamooka opal from mineshaft to thecustomer.

Outback HotShots hosts monthlymeetings on the first Sunday of everymonth, from 2pm, at Le Funke Caféin Roxby Downs, and regular work-shops and field trips.The next meeting of the OutbackHotShots Camera Club is on Sunday,June 5.Registered HotShots receive VIPcards from Far North Photographicsin Roxby Downs, entitling card-hold-ers to a series of discounts.Find out more about the OutbackHotShots by phoning Yvette Mooney– 0409 506 213, or log ontowww.groups.yahoo.com/group/roxbyphotos.

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4 bedroom home, situated in a quiet court close to school.Spacious lounge with a slow combustion wood heater, neatkitchen including dishwasher, modern bathroom, 2 toilets, evapducted air conditioning. All season entertaining area with decking,overlooking a large yard with fish pond and water feature. Blocksize 983m2.

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13/A Unit 2 First Street $160,000MODERN 2 BEDROOM UNIT – Situated in a popular area close tocity centre, hospital and schools. This 2 yr old home hasmodern features throughout including split system reverce cycleair-con, modern kitchen with ample cupboards and gas stove,open

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25/A Palmer Street $148,000ATTENTION RETIREES – This brand new 3 bdrm unit would beideal for a retired couple. Consisting of an open plan kitchen/dining

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LIN ANDREWS...This Roxby Downs property - 15Myall St - is ideally suited to the investor looking fora low maintenance investment.Only 10 years young, this spacious four-bedroom fam-ily home with walk-in robe and ensuite to master bed-rooms, has built-in robes to all other bedrooms, bed-rooms two and three are of double size.The home has an open plan living room consisting ofkitchen, dining and lounge area. The lounge area hasa feature wall, gas heating, ducted evaporativeair-conditioning, lino to kitchen and dining area andcarpets to living areas and bedrooms - all in very goodcondition.The home is very well equipped for storage with thelaundry including a large built-in cupboard and a linenpress to the passage, front and rear yards relativelylow maintenance, healthy lawn to the rear yard, smallpergola area, small garden shed and single under-covercarport under main roof.Investors, this property has been excellentlymaintained by executive tenants, long term Companylease until August 2007, currently returning $1368.75per calendar month with potential to review rentalevery six months. For more information, contact AprilMartin at Lin Andrews Real Estate in Roxby Downs -phone 8671 2000.

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15 MYALL ST...This property is ideally suited to the investorlooking for a low maintenance investment.

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RAINE AND HORNE...This week Raine andHorne presents a beautifulthree bedroom villa inRoxby Downs BurgoyneStreet for $195,000.The main bedroom of theproperty includes a built inrobe and bay windows, aspacious lounge room andtwo way bathroom withheritage tiling.The kitchen includes pan-try and the home has gasheating and ductedevaporative cooling.A stand alone carport andcolourbond pergola com-pliment easy care gardensand the property is cur-rently leased.For more details pleasephone the friendly team atRaine and Horne – WayneLawson 0421 636 338,David Murley 0412 050200 or local PennyColeman 0418 974 384.

32/30 BURGOYNE ST...This week Raine and Horne presents abeautiful three bedroom villa in Roxby Downs Burgoyne Street for$195,000.

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34 AxeheadRoad – “Investfor your fu-ture”. Group of3, 2 bedroomunits all on 1title. Built-in

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6 Coolibah Drive –“Investment with adifference”. Execu-tive family home of 4bedrooms, masterwith ensuite, BIRs

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DARTS…Sharp Shoot-ers lead the field in Week14 of the Roxby DownsDarts League’s summerseason.Sharp Shooters have 26points and 88 gameswon, ahead of DesertRats on 24 points and 91games won, while theBoxers are fighting for aclose third with 22 pointsand 85 games won.The Tavern Warriorstrail the field with -4points and 55 gameswon.Highest Scores - RLawson and TReynolds 260, R Harris,E Asplin, E Napper andC Kelly 140.Highest Pegout - GBaker 154, S Asplin107, C Kelly 107.180 Badges - G Cundy,R Lawson x 6, A Lucas x

Beltana race reportBELTANA RACES…The Beltana races were heldon April 23, 2005.The change to an April date paid off and the trackand surrounds were still very dry, with no wind. Theweather was perfect for the bar sales by day (30degrees) and cooled off for the evening entertain-ment.The general consensus of the approximately 950who attended was “a great day of racing and a ter-rific concert put on by John O’Dea, the Toe Suck-ing Cowgirls and of course, Beccy Cole!”Some results on the day were as follows:Gymkhana - Leading rider Philip Fels. Leading Jun-ior (14 yrs and under) - Kaeli Mengerson. LeadingJunior (10 yrs and under) - Chloe Mengerson. Cham-pion Gymkhana horse – ‘Princess’.Race winners - XXXX Gold Flying 1200m - ‘SanSonata’. NRG Flinders Sprint 1000m – ‘CompassBoy’. Prairie Hotel/Beltana Roadhouse sprint1000m – ‘Henrysees Gold’. Coca Cola Handicap1200m - ‘Bronze Roulette’. Bundaleer WinesBeltana Cup - ‘Pegasus Crown’.The cup was won well, but there was the smallestpossible distance between second ‘Ghareeb’ andthird ‘Play Again Sam’ in an exciting finish.

Jamie-Lee Oldfield,Outback Race Reporter.

FLAG AND BARREL…Reagan Austin fromLeigh Creek in the Flag and Barrel Race atthe Beltana Race Day.

MONTE CARLO…Ellen Litchfield of

Marree and CharlieOldfield of

Andamooka in theChildren’s Monte

Carlo at the BeltanaRaces.

RELAXING…StevenStarke, CharlieOldfield and HayleyDiment from RoxbyDowns at Beltana.

DIRT KART…Desert Dirt Kart results from theweekend of April 23-24, 2005.Juniors - first Brayden Gerrity, second Jack Laurence,third Ben Roulstone, fourth Duncan Atkins and fifthJonty Dear.Organisers thanked the two ‘rookies’ who also raced- Baeley Dear and Benjamin Redjepi.Seniors - first Darren Laurence, second AshleyEichner, third Peter Fortington, fourth Janelle Walden(Kangaroo Island), fifth Jeff Redjepi and sixth ScottPinnegar

Desert Dirt Kart results

4, S Adams x 3, BMcPaul, D Reid x 4, TReynolds, C Lucas x 3,T Newman, A Flood, SVeiling and G Sutton.

Perpetual trophy holdersare reminded to returntrophies by June 3, toteam captains or to 60Pioneer Drive.

WARRIORS...Despite his team trailing inlast place, Andy Tyler of the TavernWarriors still has a smile for theWednesday night competition.

photograph - Neil Ryan

Darts season on target for finals

Tae Kwon Do studentslearn from the Master

TRAINING...Local Tae Kwon Do studentsBrad Park and Zoe Grigg get some pointersfrom Master Adrian Hitch during the RoxbyDowns club’s weekend grading.

TAE KWON DO…Roxby Downs ChungDo Kwan Tae KwonDo Club held a train-ing and gradingweekend in RoxbyDowns this month.Visiting MasterAdrian Hitch hostedthe grading andworked alongside lo-cal students in im-proving and perfect-ing their skills.Seven students werepromoted and re-ceived new belts,while several morejoined the weekend’straining.Roxby Downs ChungDo Kwan Tae KwonDo Club meets Tues-days and Thursdaysat the Roxby DownsAuditorium, from6.30pm to 8.30pm.For more informationabout Tae Kwon Do,contact AndrewMurdy – ph 86711670.

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TENNIS…The Roxby Downs Tennis grand finalwas held on Saturday, April 16.Rafters 11 sets 74 games defeated Hewitts 4 sets 51games - The Rafters were dominant in the doubles,clean-sweeping the Men’s with John Read and VicBuza, Shane Thomson and Rick Weston, and SteveDaly and Dave Grifftiths. In the Ladies doubles -Sara Weston and Yvonne Buza, and Suzanne Crafterand Julie Greenfield.Although, the Hewitts Ladies hit back in the sin-gles, with wins to Kate LePoidevan, Teresa Hodgettsand Roxanne White, young Thomas Hombsch wasthe only Mens winner for the Hewitts, as wins to theRafters Shane Thomson, John Read, Rick Weston,Vic Buza and Steve Daly in the Men’s ensured avictory to the Rafters.Best Players for the season went to Liz Sutherlandand Roxanne White who both won seven times dur-ing the season without losing, and John Read whowas undefeated in five matches in the Mens.After a successful Autumn season, the Roxby DownsTennis Club will be looking to keep the interest go-ing with a winter competition, interested playersshould contact Neville Hombsch, Michelle Thomsonor Linda Evans.

Roger Scholefield,Roxby Downs Tennis Reporter.

Tennis grand finals

VOLLEYBALL…Volleyball Results from the firstgame of the new season on Monday, May 2, 2005.A Grade - Volleyroos 98 defeated Prophets 61 (BJohnston).Phoenix 103 defeated Benders 57 (G Neilson).B Grade - Block It 97 defeated TBA 71.Tigers 125 defeated EASDC 74. (D Vonthien)

Leap into new seasonVOLLEYROOS...Darren Lowe of Volleyroostakes a smashing return at the net.

NETBALL...Teagan Coombes takesdecisive possession of the ball duringnetball’s first Saturday came for the newseason.

NETBALL…RoxbyDowns netball resultsfrom the first week ofthe new season.A Grade - Cruisers 14drew with Mak La-dies 14 (C Cooper).Gecko Girls 51 de-feated Shamrocks 10(A Shinnick).B Grade - Keeches 30defeated Blue Jays 25(R Qualmann).Miners 38 defeatedPrime Movers 25 (LMcCuish).Mixed - Miners 37defeated Makrats 13(G Neilson).All Blacks 44 de-feated Spankees 12(S Trawinski).

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SOFTBALL…RoxbyDowns Softball swunginto a new season at theweekend.In Round 1, Shakerswon on a forfeit againstWho Cares.Rebels defeated BlackCats 9-6.Highlights of the gameincluded Mark Pranic’shome run in his firstgame for the Rebels.Strong catching skillsmade the difference forboth sides, with KerriStuckey catching RayForester out in thefourth innings andAdrian Harris takinganother two catches forthe Black Cats.An extra two teamshave entered the compe-tition – Rebels have twoteams now (Rebels 1and Rebels 2) and a new

team has entered – LessSpots.New players can still jointhe league but they needto be 12 years or olderPlayers took a vote onSaturday and have de-cided to play their

matches alternate Satur-days and Sundays.Direct your inquiries toNatalie Jones – ph 0412782 018, or Lol Wilton– ph 8671 2882.

Natalie Jones,Softball Reporter.

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SOFTBALL...The Roxby Downs softballseason is now in full swing.

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RETIRING…Kym Clarke played his 100th game with OlympicDam Football Club against Andamooka Roos on Saturday,May 7. Clarke has played with the club for 13 years and willretire this week following his century game. He is picturedwith children Maggie, 8, and Sean, 11, who came to the gameon Saturday to cheer on their Dad.

YOUTH SPORTS...Reported by JuniorSports ReporterToby Sutherland.

JUNIOR FOOTBALL…Roxby Downs JuniorFootball Associationhosted its first round ofgames for season 2005 onMay 7, 2005Junior Colts Under 12s -Bulldogs 3 10 28 defHawks 2 7 19.Bulldog goals: T Watt 2and J Elliot 1.Hawks goals: M Bowden1 and J Hombsh 1.Bulldogs best players: BJohnson, N Hombsch, JKenny, K Lynch and JElliot.Hawks best players: BKelly, J Hombsch, TSchott and M Bowden .Senior Colts Under 15 -Dragons 18 7 115 defRazorbacks 6 4 40.Dragons goals: K Zeptner4, T Cox 3, J Beenham 3,T Paull 2, J Hombsch 3and N Mcphail 3.

Razorbacks goals: LMunroe 3, M Barrand 2and A Warren 1.Dragons best players: TPaull, K Zeptner and NMcphail.Razorbacks best players:L Munroe, B Spillmanand M Barrand.

Junior football results

MIXED WINNERS...Reinhardt Filjoen, Di and HughBeveridge, with Christian McArthur took out the mixeddivision in the weekend’s monthly medals.

ROXBY DOWNS GOLF…On Saturday, April 30, theCoates Hire Monthly Medaland Stroke event was held.The large field had a perfectgolf day to play in.Robert ‘Tubby’ Gray andChristian McArthur reveledin the conditions both com-ing in with nett 66.Both these players cardedscores well below theirhandicaps.Christian lost out on the over-all winner and MonthlyMedal on a countback fromTubby who had a better backnine by .5 of a point. Chris-tian then was declared the A-Grade winner for the day.Another golfer with a greatscore for the day was CraigNichols who carded a nett 67to take out the B Grade.The C Grade winner went toDavid ‘Gibbo’ Gibson with anett 71.As usual Gibbo had very fewputts as did Tony Bidgoodboth sinking 26 putts.However, Tony had less puttson the back nine and was theBest Putter on the day.The Ladies winner was DiBeveridge with a nett 75. Dihad a few problems on theround with the ‘Bush Gob-bler’ claiming balls.She had three penalty drops

and one lost ball in that round.Sweepstakes went to VaughanPetherick with a nett 71, TonyMcGauchie with Nett 71 andjunior Simon Gray with Nett 72.Simon is now off the Men’smarkers and to play to his handi-cap straight off was a great ef-fort. This young junior will soonreduce his handicap by manymore strokes.The ‘Nearest The Pin’ onnumber 4 proved too hard for theLadies and the A-Graders.C-Grader Hugh Beveridge madethe green and capitalised bysinking the putt for a birdie.B-Grader Tony Bidgood landedon the green for one then pro-

ceeded to three putt.The Long Drive was on number18. A-Grader Andy Grahamwon A-Grade with a monsterdrive making the other driveslook short in comparison.B-Grade went to TonyMcGauchie, C-Grade to DavidGibson and Ladies to GayleSiersema.The week before, organisersheralded the CavpowerAmbrose day as a huge successlast fortnight.More than 60 players took to thetees spread all over the coursefor the shotgun start.As luck would have it as thehooter was to be blown by the

club the football starter sirenwent.It was a perfect day for golf andthere were some hot scores to gowith the good conditions.The overall winning team ofJohn Kerr, Andrew Wellington,Shane Lyons and Beck Schutzhad a sizzling 65 off the stick.This team had five birdies on thefront nine , three birdies on theback spoilt by 2 bogeys on theback.After bogeying the 11th holeJohn Kerr was stirred up and onthe next hole, which was theMen’s Long Drive, smashed adrive down the 12th such a longway the rest of the team neededbinoculars to see it.You would go that far on yourholidays!Don Shields and his team had anature walk coming across thefamily of Emus, three chicks andDad, a Bustard and to Don’shorror a Western Brown Snake.All teams had a fun day.The golf course is starting tolook good and the greens havegot a good covering of grass andhave recovered from near disas-ter during the summer.The cut on the greens is still be-ing kept at a longer length thannormal and this strategy hasworked, even though a little slowthey are now consistent.

Golf reporter,Di Beveridge.

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May 14, Saturday nightWoomeraRound 3 W&DFL5.30pm OD vs Coober Pedy8.00pm Hornridge vs RDBYE - Andamooka

May 14, SaturdayRoxby Downs Golf ClubOpen

May 14, 15. Round 1 StateTitles, Black Rock

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May 21, SaturdayRound 4 W&DFL12noon Andamooka vsCoober Pedy2.20pm OD vs HornridgeBYE - Roxby Districts

May 21, SaturdayDesert Dirt Kart ClubDay Meeting 1.00pm start

May 21, SaturdayRoxby Downs Golf ClubStableford

May 28, Saturday nightWoomeraRound 5 W&DFL5.30pm Coober Pedy vsHornridge8.00pm RD vs AndamookaBYE - Olympic Dam

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June 25, Saturday nightWoomeraRound 9 W&DFL5.30pm Hornridge vs OD8.00pm Andamooka vsCoober PedyBYE - Roxby Districts

JulyJuly 2, SaturdayRound 10 W&DFL12noon Andamooka vs RD2.20pm Hornridge vsCoober PedyBYE - Olympic Dam

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July 23, SaturdayDesert Dirt Kart ClubDay meeting 1.00pm start

July 30, SaturdayRound 14 W&DFL12noon Coober Pedy vsAndamooka2.20pm OD vs HornridgeBYE - Roxby Districts

AugustAugust 6, SaturdayRound 15 W&DFL12noon Andamooka vs RD2.20pm Hornridge vsCoober PedyBYE - Olympic Dam

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August 21, Sunday –Preliminary Final2.00pm Winner of 3rd & 4thvs loser of 1st & 2nd

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...continued from Page 24.Round 1 - Hornridge 9goals 6 points 60 pointsdefeated Andamooka 6goals 12 points 48 pointsin Round 1 on April 30,2005.Best players Hornridge -C Hodgetts, Mark Gowand A Webster.Goal kickers – R Briggs4 goals, G Gundy 2, AWebster, J Stanyer andM Gow one goal each.Best players Andamooka- W Ivens, S Delahuntyand S Hall.Goal kickers – W Ivens3 goals, S Delahunty, JGaerth and A Berhardone goal each.Olympic Dam 13 goals11 points 89 points de-feated Roxby Districts10 goals 9 points 69points.Best players OD – AMonfries, N Shinnickand M Freeth.Goal kickers – J Lawson4 goals, M Freeth 3

goals, S Kruger 2 goals,N Shinnick, P Kemp, AMonfries and M Bunnjitone goal each.Best players Roxby Dis-tricts – R Prosser, W Jor-

dan and T Longmuier.Goal kickers –R Prosser5 goals, W Parker 2goals, D Taylor 2 goalsand T Desfontaines onegoal.

SEASON SOFAR...Above,Coober Pedycrushed in theirfirst game againstthe Roxby Minerslast weekend, left,Roos fall toHornridge inRound 1, whileright, OD gets oneup on RoxbyDistricts in thefirst game of theseason.

Football season kicks off

Season 2005 - meet the captains

ROOS…Captain ofthe AndamookaRoos, Rob Kraack,28.

ANDAMOOKA…Season2005 will be the fourth yearthat Rob Kraack, 28, hascaptained the AndamookaRoos.Kraack jokes that he hastwo great passions – hisfiancé Tamara Jones andfootball -although neitherhe nor Tamara are alwayssure which love comes firstonce footy season rollsaround.“She often wonders whichI love more – her or theRoos,” he told The Moni-tor.“But that’s what the Rooshave over other teams – themost passionate supportersand the most vocal on gamedays.“We’re a close-knit clubwith a strong support base.“Everybody gets along wellwith everyone else – on theground and off the ground.“There’s been lots ofchanges this year but ouryouth is still our strength.“We’ve seen a lot of talentout there at training now wejust have to work at gettingthe wins on game days.“We’re a new side againthis year but we still wantthe same thing – it wouldbe nice walk away with an-other one of those premier-ships.”

DEVILS …Captainof the Olympic DamDevils, NigelShinnick, 25.

OLYMPIC DAM… NigelShinnick, 25, “marriedinto the Olympic Damfootball family” and hasbeen playing with the Dev-ils for two years now.“I’m really excited andlooking forward to work-ing with the Devils as cap-tain this year,” he told TheMonitor.“The captaincy is a bit ofsurprise for me, and cer-tainly an honour.“It’s a very proud, veryproactive club – lots of funactivities through the yearand the committee and so-cial club do so much forthe players, wives andkids.“We took the premiershiplast year and, honestly, it’dbe nice to take another onehome again this year.“I’ve learned a lot from lastyear’s captain Paul Kemp– he was a very good on-field leader and I look for-ward to having Paularound to help out againthis year.“This year’s side is goingto be a very young side,with about 10 or 15 guysunder the age of 25.“Hopefully, these will bethe guys here, in the club-house, in 10 years, talkingabout the premiership theywon in 2005.”Shinnick thanked theODFC and coach ‘Woody’Turner for the captaincy.“I hope I can do half as agood a job as last year’scaptain – it would be greatto lead the side to anotherpremiership.”

MAGPIES…Captainof the HornridgeMagpies, StewartGow, 28.

HORNRIDGE…StewartGow, 28, will head up theHornridge Magpies in2005 as captain for thethird year running.“It’s a real privilege to becaptain all this time if youthink that I’ve only beenup here for three years,” hetold The Monitor.“This year’s team is heapsdifferent and we’ve pickedup some new talent. We’vegot new commitment andnew energy and there’ssome new sponsorswho’ve come on board aswell.“We don’t have the samesupport as some of the big-ger teams, but our support-ers are just as dedicated,maybe even more so.“We’re looking forward tothe new season withCoober Pedy joining theleague. Another teamshould make the competi-tion a bit interesting andkeep everyone on theirtoes.‘Our aim is to get to thegrand finals – then we’llsee where we can go fromthere.”Hornridge started the sea-son well on April 30, de-feating Andamooka inRound 1 before recoupingfor the bye in Round 2 onMay 7, 2005.

SAINTS…Captain ofthe Coober PedySaints, DarrylDoolan, 23.

COOBER PEDY…Coober Pedy FootballClub captain DarrylDoolan, 23, has been play-ing football for sevenyears.For five of those years hehas been travelling to AliceSprings every weekend offootball season to hit thefield and play the game heloves.Last week, he donned theCoober Pedy Saints guern-sey to lead his team ontothe Roxby Downs ovalagainst the Roxby Miners.Saturday was the team’sfirst game in nine years af-ter rejoining the Woomeraand Districts FootballLeague in 2005.“It’s been hard to get thefellows together to travelthis far, so really our firstgame is a warm-up,”Doolan told The Monitor.“We’ve come here, weplayed the game and nowthat the team’s seen whatthey’re up against we’regoing to go back and con-centrate on our trainingand our fitness.“We’ve got a young sidewith a lot of football expe-rience and they’re verykeen. Now they’ve seenwhat it’s all about, theyknow what to aim for andwe’re going to concentratehard on our training.

MINERS…Captainof the RoxbyMiners, SteveOwens, 25.

ROXBY DOWNS…SteveOwens, 25, has marked hisfirst season as captain ofthe Roxby Miners with ahard-fought loss againstlong-time rivals OlympicDam and a convincing winagainst new-comersCoober Pedy in the team’sfirst two games.The two very different out-comes illustrate the team’sextreme internal contrastsin season 2005.“This year, we have four orfive senior players who’vebeen with the club a longtime and we’re going to re-ally rely on them this sea-son to pass on that knowl-edge to the young guys,”Owens told The Monitor.“We’ve got four or so valu-able new players, as youngas 14, and even some guyswho’ve never played footybefore.“But they’re the guys wewant to train up to be anessential part of the club inthe future.“Right now, I think we’rea good, strong club with aprofessional committee.“This year, we don’t havethe same stand-out super-stars but the team is muchtighter and we’ve got astronger sense of team-work.“We’ve got a lot of peopleshowing up for trainingand we’ve put in a lot ofwork leading up to the sea-son.”Owens has played eightyears of senior football.This is his second yearwith the Miners.

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TENNIS...Roxby Downs Tennisclub hosted the ‘Milo Over TennisCorporate Challenge’ at the week-end. More than 30 people competedin the men’s and women’s, and 32players in the mixed doubles.“Sponsorship was fantastic, the daywas beautiful, everybody had a greattime,” event coordinator MichelleThomson said..Winners in the Div 1 mixed chal-lenge - Brett MacKenzie and LizSutherland, runners-up DarrenLowe and Jutta Schofield.Men’s Div 1 - Brett MacKenzie andRick Weston, runners-up ShaneThomson and Dave McGuinness.Women’s Div 1 - Sarah Weston andKate Lepoidevin, runners-up LizSutherland and Suzanne Crafter.Mixed Div 2 - Simon James andCassie Cooper, runners-up CraigHodgetts and Amanda Crook.Men’s Div 2 - Craig Hodgetts andChris Schultz, runners-up SteveDaly and Dave Griffiths.Women’s Div 2 - Cassie Cooper andLisa Graffe, runners-up ReginaQualmann and Sharyn Tanti.Michelle Thomson thanked thecommittee members who helpedorganise the event - Tim Reynolds,Amanda Crook, Theressa Hodgettsand Roger Scholfield.Roxby Downs Tennis Club is call-ing for nominations for a winter sea-son, please contact committee mem-bers or email Michelle Thomson [email protected].

Close competition incorporate challenge

MEN… Men’s Division 1 championsRick Weston and Brett McKenzie.

MIXED… Mixed Doubles Division 1champions Brett McKenzie and LizSutherland.

WOMEN… Women’s Division 1champions, Sarah Weston and KateLepoidevin.

FOOTBALL…Coober Pedytravelled to Roxby Downs fortheir first game of the season onMay 7, 2005 – their first gamein the Woomera and DistrictsFootball League for nine years.Their first match-up against thehome team proved to be a fieryone, with Roxby Downs the win-ner on the day.Round 2 - Roxby Districts 29goals 17 points 191 points de-feated Coober Pedy 6 goals 7points 43 pointsBest players Roxby Districts - T

Desfontaines, D Kaminsky and BChesson.Goal kickers - M Daddow 7 goals,D Taylor 6, D Kaminsky 5, RProsser 3, B Chesson 2, S Owens,W Parker, J Orr, S Crafter-King,L Baker, T Desfontaines one goaleach.Best players for Coober Pedy - JHoosan, M Bell and P Larkin.Goal kickers - D Doolan 2 goals,D Allan, A Coombs, J Hoosan andP Larkin one goal eachOlympic Dam 23 goals 16 pointsdefeated Andamooka 3 goals 1

point.Best players OD - P Kemp, AHowie, A Monfries and CGroom.Goal kickers - S Kruger 7 goals,J Cannon 4, N Burton 3, KClarke 2, B Hayloton, J Kroll 2,P Kemp, A Monfries, N Shinnickand C Green one goal each.Best players Andamooka - TravisPycroft, Trent Crisp and WaydeIvans.Goal kickers - Josh Jefferson,Courtney Phelps and Peter Rossone goal each.

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