THE HELENA CONNECTIONNews of members of the Old Helenians Association and people of the Helena College Junior and Senior Schools

No. 18 AUGUST 2003

Each year the University of WesternAustralia’s Faculty of Engineering,Computing and Mathematics celebratesthe outstanding achievements of under-graduate students by awarding prizes andscholarships.

The 2002 Prize-Winners’ Ceremony washeld at University House in April thisyear.The Prizes encompassed a mixture ofUniversity awards and sponsored awards,recognizing the achievements of studentsacross all disciplines and years of study.

The Faculty of Engineering, Computingand Mathematics Medal for the mostoutstanding honours graduand in theFaculty of Engineering, Computing andMathematics and J A Wood MemorialPrize for the most outstanding honoursgraduand in the Faculties of Engineering,Computing and Mathematics, Life andPhysical Sciences, Natural and Agri-cultural Sciences or Medicine andDentistry went to John Lorenti (HeadStudent 1996).

DO YOUREMEMBER…??

• The time and care put in by Misses Ashbury and Jones?

• The clothes made? • The interest shown in the whole

family?• The overnight and weekend camps

at Quinns Rock?• All the after school clubs run

voluntarily by teachers?• All the extra love, attention and

friendship?• The Hill Trolley days? • The Games Nights? • The playing in the creek? • Cooking dampers? • Being allowed to build cubbies in

the bush? • The MARY JANE 1 and the

MARY JANE 2? • The ANSETT STEPS? • The Busy Bees attended by staff,

council members and parents to build play equipment?

• All the hours of voluntary time spent with you by teachers who loved their jobs and their students?

• The thought and care that went into running a broad school program?

• The plays, concerts, camps, and Family Days, United Nations Days, Pasar Malams, the concert and dance costumes made by teachers, the bike hikes, the model aeroplane club, chess clubs, the Junior Penguins club (public speaking), the gardening classes,the cooking, the marionette show,all the pottery you did??

And so on …We would love to hearwhat you remember most!To find out how you could recordyour appreciation of all the voluntarytime and donations that went into theschool in those early years see page 2.

We need to get this gym built!Donations and pledges to date,total $220,000. We need $500,000before we borrow the remaining$1.2 million. Building will start onthe first stage later this year.

You might even use it for largefamily functions!

UWA Engineering Graduates Association 2002 Prize Winners’ Ceremony, Tuesday 1 April 2003

John Lorenti (Head Student 1996) andProfessor Mark Bush (Helena College parent)

OLD HELENIANS

(Photo and text from UWA Engineering Graduates Association Newsletter June 2003http://www.ems.uwa.edu.au/graduate-association/gradassnew.html)

Your help is needed.$500,000 raised through this Appeal,together with loan funds, will enable us to build our Gym.

The Council of Helena College carefullyconsidered many ways to raise this significantamount, and, for the first time in its long historyis requesting voluntary, tax-deductible donationsto its Building Fund.

Donations and SponsorshipAll donations over $2 to the Building Fund aretax deductible. Donations include:

• Pledged funds over a period of time

• One-off donations

• Memorial donations

• Inkind donations of material,services, goods etc.

Sponsorship, including inkind sponsorship,is welcomed.Personal, memorial and corporate donations orsponsorship of distinct elements of the buildingare encouraged. Naming rights will be considered.The College would welcome an opportunity todiscuss your interest in contributing to thisimportant project.

AcknowledgementsAll donations, sponsorship and contributions to the Gymnasium will be appropriately acknowledged in the completed building.

FRIENDS OF THE GYMNASIUMEvents and activities organised specifically to raise funds for the Gym, and runby people coming together as Friends of the Gymnasium, under the umbrella

of the Junior and Senior school Parents & Friends

Tax Deductible VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

$500,000 CAPITAL RAISE

PLEDGESVoluntary pledges by Junior

& Senior school familiesdonating, for example,

$95 x 4 terms x 3 years

ONE-OFFDONORS

MAJOR DONORSSPONSORS

Forms of acknowledgement could be:A ‘Thank you’ board in Foyer for levels of support below $2500 or

Names incorporated in external design feature of the gym, for example, brick or slab paving; acknowledgement wall.Additional acknowledgement for larger donations could be considered, for instance:

$2,500 Plaque on wall naming donor of specific facilities$4,000 Name on an entry door to the gym

$8,000 Name on pair of entry doors$10,000 Plaque on wall naming sound system donor

$15 - 50,000 Naming rights to various sections of the buildingand so on - these types of naming rights are open to negotiation.

OLD HELENIANS

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Guest Speaker: Mr John JonesExecutive Chairman, Troy Resources Limited

Mr Jones was invited to speak at Assembly abouthis personal and business experiences in themining and resources sector. Mr Jones describeshimself as a pastoralist and businessman.

Born in Kalgoorlie 1943, one of 7 children, John’s early years werespent on the family sheep station, Hampton Hill, just east ofKalgoorlie.

At four and a half John was sent to board at Helena School inDarlington. He told our students he could not speak English whenhe arrived there, only Aboriginal. Our students were amazed whenhe opened his assembly speech with a greeting in Aboriginallanguage. Miss Jones, the manager of the Boarding section, wasJohn’s aunt. He was very homesick and absolutely hated being sentto the school, so much so that he remembers thinking the first nighthe would throw a rock at Miss Jones and take off back to thestation. Miss Jones was completely nonplussed and told him thatshe would tell his father and he would inflict a far worsepunishment!

John shared many interesting stories about what boarding schoollife at Helena was like in those early years. Mr Rob Parker, currentlyDesign and Technology teacher at Helena College, was a fellowboarding student with John at Helena School. All the boys at theschool remained there until they reached the age of 8. They thenwent on to Guildford Grammar School.

In John’s speech to the students he talked about having an MBA,which he explained was a degree in Management By walkingAround. In other words, not a formal qualification but qualificationsearned by hard work, on the job experience and gaining knowledgealong the way. John left school at 14 and with his dog, Trelawny, andhis trusty motorbike went off prospecting. This eventually led to amajor discovery, the Scotia Nickel Mine in 1967. John mentionedthat he was so inexperienced and naïve in these early days thatwhen it came to negotiating a deal he didn’t even know what ashare was, let alone royalties! It was a steep learning curve butobviously John successfully discovered his niche in life andcontinued on in the mining field. He was President of theProspectors Association for 17 years, and a member of the RoyalFlying Doctor Service Council in Kalgoorlie for 13 years.

Currently John is Executive Chairman of Troy Resources Limited,an international mining company. Troy Resources have expansivemining operations such as the Bulchina Project at Sandstone, WA,Cornishman, WA and the Sertao Gold Mine in Brazil as well as aportfolio of projects in Finland and Austria.

John spoke to the students about other issues related to the miningindustry e.g. having corporate responsibility, implementingenvironmental policies, assisting local communities, and beingaware of people living below the poverty line. He mentioned thatTroy Resources was giving back to the children living near the minein Sertao, Brazil. Their small, thatched roof school couldn’t provideadequate shelter for them when it rained, so Troy Resources isassisting in the construction of a new school.

Family is also extremely important to John.The Jones family is closeknit with many business interests including sheep stations atHampton Hill, Edjudina, Cowarna Downs and Yindi. They also own50 racehorses, including breeding stock. (John was also on theKalgoorlie Boulder racing committee for 5 years.) HamptonTransport Services is another family company, consisting of a verylarge truck and earthmoving equipment fleet.

A Hotel and a Motel in Esperance and involvement in the glassmanufacturing industry, (owning two factories in Kalgoorlie) areindicative of the diversified interests of the Jones family.

But it’s not just in business that the Jones family is strong. Johnquoted an ancient Chinese proverb when speaking of the strengthof the family unit compared to the single individual. One stick snapseasily, but a whole bundle of sticks together is very difficult to break.

In closing John gave some sound words of advice to the students.Never ever give up. Pick yourself up from wherever you fall andlearn as you go along. But never give up.

John’s message was that you didn’t necessarily have to achieve highmarks and go on to Uni to get a degree to be successful. There aremany other pathways to achieving success in life. And for thosestudents interested in a career in the mining resources sector Johnvery generously offered for students to contact him and that hewould put them in touch with the right people. John also offeredthat Helena College could use living quarters at Hampton Hill as avenue for future school camps.

With limited time available John enjoyed a brief tour of the Seniorschool and joined administration staff for morning tea.We thank John for giving his time to speak to our students atAssembly and for sharing his stories with us.

Helena College Senior School Assembly 28 May 2003

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Pictured here with the Helena College gong, John Jonesexplained that the gong was used to call the children in forafternoon tea to collect their 2 biscuits.

Recently, we have enjoyed showing severalex-students around both the Junior andSenior Schools. It’s fun hearing everyonesay, “It’s shrunk!”. If you would like toreminisce, just give the school a ring toarrange a time. We love keeping in touch.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?TAMZEN GEORGE: (Yr 12 ‘92) What a pleasant surprise to seeher pop in a few weeks ago. She has been living and working inLondon as an Investment Banking Supervisor, and is now inAmerica for an extended summer.

CHRIS GEORGE: (Yr 12 ‘93) He is at Edith Cowan doingMultimedia Studies and Journalism.

FRANCES JILL HOLMES: (now Jill Thomas - early 1950s) Shenow works in the Library at Morawa District High School.

MALLIKA MACLEOD: (Yr 9 ‘91) She is involved in putting ontraining and events for people working in the disability and relatedfields and said, “ If there are any people working in this area whowould like to be added to my e-mail list, they’re welcome to get intouch with me at work on 9242 5544.”The photo was taken for the Echo Newspaper, 29-3-03, at thelaunching of a new medical service for people with disabilities, inLockridge. A Health Resource and Consultancy Team will assistpeople with disabilities to access health care from community basedcentres, such as Lockridge General Practice. The service will alsosupport GPs, hospitals and specialists to become more accessible topeople with disabilities.

DESAI LINK: (Yr 12 ‘00) His Dad reports that he has done 2 yearsof Art at ECU and is now starting Law and History at Murdoch.

AMBER DAY: In the Sunday Times of March 16th there was aphoto of Amber playing her cello in a group of other talented youngmusicians who belong to the Perth branch of ‘Sweethearts Music’.

ANTHONY SLAVEN: (Yr 12 ‘00) On November 8th 2002,Officer Cadet Anthony Slaven graduated from Officers’ TrainingSchool, RAAF Williams at Point Cook in Victoria. Anthony took tolife in the Air Force with his usual enthusiasm and gusto. All hisfriends will be pleased to know that the trusty ‘VL’ Commodorestill goes everywhere he does! Both are now based at RAAFAmberley in Queensland. Anthony will commence pilot training atTamworth in NSW early this year, hopefully returning to Pearce toundertake the second phase of his flying training in September thisyear.

ZELIE THOMPSON: (Yr 7 ‘82) Zelie says “Find your confidenceand live your dream” “Whether I am working with an exoticanimal, trick riding on one of my trick horses, or training a horse todo liberty work, I am living my dream. I’ve worked with andlearned from some of the best professionals in the world. Take atour of my site to see what I have done and what I can offer.”www.westnet.com.au/melodydesigns/zelie

BIRTHSEMILY FALCONBRIDGE (nee Hill) and Michael announced thesafe arrival of a gorgeous daughter, Ivy Elfin, on 11th December2002.

GRAHAM BAKER (yr 12 ‘99) and Annie had a baby daughternamed Belinda on 5th October 2001.

BRETT MARTIN (Yr 12 ‘94) and Michelle proudly announced thebirth of Joshua Lachlan on 27th February this year.

ENGAGEMENTSROBBIE MYERS (Yr 12 ‘96) became engaged to Stephanie Hatchon April 19th , in Albany, on the Natural Bridge, on one knee, picnicblanket, oysters, champagne, crackers etc, etc, (and we hope theylive happily ever after).

ROBIN KOSTERA (Yr 12 ‘93) announced her engagement toBrian Hunt (not Heather Hunt’s Brian),in March, 2002. They areplanning to marry in October. Robin teaches Indonesian at EastBeechboro and Warriapendi Primary schools, while Brian teachesHuman Biology, Biology and General Science at GuildfordGrammar School. They are settling into a new house in Kalamunda.

GRAHAM BAKER became engaged to Annie on 26th January 2001

JENNA LEGGE (1997) has just returned from England and will behaving a party to celebrate her engagement, in England, to DeanRockwell.

CHANTELLE McCARTHY (Yr 12 ‘99) was engaged to DanielCurrey in April 2003.They want to finish their house before marrying.

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Lockridge GP, Dr Barry Fatovich, Disability ServicesCommission Deputy Chairwoman, Ms Mallika Macleodand Disability Services Minister, Ms Sheila McHale.

OLD HELENIANS

MARRIAGESMICHAEL CLARK (Yr 12 ‘96) married BethLoveday on April 12th ‘03 in Adelaide. They haveset up home in Adelaide.

BRETT MARTIN (Yr 12 ‘94) married MichelleBall in September 2000.

SHAUNA REYNOLDS (Yr 12 ‘96) married NeilHunt on December 7th ‘02. The wedding partyincluded Luke Standen (Yr 12 ‘96) as a Knight ofHonour and Jenny Schluter (Yr 12 ‘96) and sisterBryony (Yr 12 ‘93) as Bridesmaids.

NADIA RUSTERHOLZ (YR 12 ‘99) marriedDaniel Hendriksen in December last year at TheFarm house Conference Centre in Chittering.About 80 guests, including Nadia’s godmotherwho flew from Switzerland, helped Daniel andNadia celebrate

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Michael Clark and Beth Loveday were married at the Church of StLawrence in Adelaide. Guests flew in from overseas and interstate toattend the wedding followed by a reception at ‘The Boulevarde Room’.Chris Brown, the Indonesian teacher from the Senior School wasthrilled to have been there.

Nadia Rusterholz and Daniel Hendriksen.

Shauna Reynolds and Neil Hunt.

Saturday 31 August 2002 was amemorable day in the life of Sam Hill.It was the day he achieved his goal ofbecoming a World Champion indownhill mountain biking. It was theday he got to stand on top of thepodium wearing the coveted rainbowjersey and the gold medal, with theAustralian flag flying and the nationalanthem playing for him.

It all began at about the same time asSam could walk – anything with twowheels was a magnet. At 3 years old hewas riding a min-motocross bike withtraining wheels. He raced juniormotocross for a few years with his olderbrother Oli, before moving on intoBMX competitions. Sam discoveredmountain bikes at 13 and was hooked.He quickly made a name for himself inWA mountain bike circles, winningelite events at a young age. He thencommenced national competition andwon the Under 19 Men’s downhillseries whilst only 15 years old. Thissecured him a place on the nationalmountain bike team.

Sam left Helena College midwaythrough Year 11 (2001) to compete inhis first World Championships in Vail,Colorado. As the youngest competitorin a strong international field, Samachieved 3rd place and the bronzemedal (Under 19 Men’s). His 2002World Championship gold medal(Under 19 Men’s) was won in Kaprun,Austria. The following week he raced inFrance, in the final of the world cupseries and finished in 10th place in EliteMen’s Downhill – competing againstthe world’s top professional racers.

Also in 2002, Sam won both the StateChampionships (Elite Men) andNational Championship (Under 19Men). In December 2002 he won theWA Junior Sports Star of the YearAward.

Sam’s 2003 racing season has got off toa great start – he won the prestigiousRedBull Ride contest in Jindabyne inJanuary. This invitational freeride eventwas contested by an international fieldof 27 of the world’s best freeriders /downhill racers. He also won therecently held Oceania Championships(Elite Men’s Downhill) in Victoria.

Currently Sam is based in California,where he is part of the MadCatz /Ironhorse racing team. He will becontesting all the NORBA series acrossthe USA and will also be competing in

the entire World Cup Series, racing inUSA, Canada, Scotland, France andAustria. In September he will bedefending his gold medal at the WorldChampionships in Lugano, Switzerland– his last year as a junior. As Sam movesinto the senior ranks in 2004, his goalsare to continue to represent his countryat the international level and to make acareer as one of the world’s topprofessional downhill racers.

For updates and results see:http://www.madcatzracing.com/

World Cup Championship results canbe seen at:http://www.uci.ch/english/index.htm

Photos courtesy of ‘MW Photography’

Sam Hill – from classroom to world class

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 21 Year OldsWHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING??

STEPHANIE ABBOTT: In 2000she travelled and worked in UK andEurope. She came back in 2001 andcompleted a diploma in PublicRelations at TAFE. In 2002, she dida Camp Counsellors course in USAand worked at a performing artscamp in New York for 3 monthsbefore travelling around USA. Thisyear sees her doing the first year ofa commerce degree at CurtinUniversity, continuing with theVolunteer Bush Fire Brigade anddoing voluntary work with the BlindAssociation.

MICHAEL ADAMSON: In 2000he started a TAFE course inSurveying and continued this fortwo more years. He has been doingodd jobs while studying and thisyear is working full time at anythingand everything. He hopes tocontinue his course next year.

TESS ALEXANDER: In 2000 shestarted a Land Management courseat TAFE. The next year she did‘work for the dole’ at City Farmdoing permaculture at Claisebrookrailway station and then got a job atK Mart. In 2002 she joinedGreencorps for 6 months and lived

in Quairading, fencing and plantingtrees to control the salinity problem.This year she is doing full timeAnimal Care at Bently and workingfor a Market Research company.She has finally been told that shecan drive and hold a licence whichwill be great for job seeking. Tessstill enjoys singing, still plays thecello and spends time with herhorses.

BEN ARMSTRONG: In 2000 hecommenced an apprenticeship inCarpentry and Joinery with hisfamily business and went to Bali. In2001,2 &3, he continued with theapprenticeship and found workingin the Dalkeith area very interesting.He finished the apprenticeship inJune, plans to work for a while andthen travel to the UK. He playedcricket with other ex students inMundaring, enjoys kicking a soccerball around with friends, supportingtheir sporting teams or justsocialising.

DAVID ARMSTRONG: Duringthe first year he did a TAFEcertificate 3 course as a TeacherAssistant, some relief work, had atrip to Bali and then worked part

time for 12 weeks at Useless Loop.During the next year he did a TAFEcourse to become a teacher assistantfor children with special needs. Heenjoyed working with the childrenwith intellectual disabilities at KidsCamp and then began working atDurham School for the severelydisabled in Bayswater. This was fulltime work for fourth term. In 2002he went to ECU in Mt Lawley tobegin a B Ed in Early ChildhoodEducation and became a ‘LeisureBuddy’ for a disabled teenager. Healso found time to be captain of asoccer team and worked at a ChildCare Centre after doing his ‘Prac’there. This year he coaches aMundaring soccer team which is infirst spot, is doing a Bach. Of Artsand writing at ECU while stillworking 0.6 time at Durham Road.He just loves this work.

DEAN ASKO: He is currentlydoing a double degree in Historyand English at Murdoch and we’vebeen told by a reliable source thathe is a Mundaring cricket and soccerstar.

GRAHAM BAKER: During thefirst three years, he was AssistantManager of a camping store in thecity, became engaged and had adaughter (his second child is duenext January). This year, he hasbeen working as a trades assistantfor a fibre glassing firm but hopes tobegin a Paramedics course in July.

ROWAN BANCROFT: Bricklayingand Café work filled his time untilhe took off for Europe and Japan in2001. He lived in Scotland for awhile then returned last June tocontinue with bricklaying and go toQueensland. This year he hascommenced a course in Philosophyand Writing at Murdoch and hasmoved to Fremantle.

ROBIN BAXTER: After workingin a bank and as a hairdresser duringthe last two years, Robin plans tostart Uni in England in Septemberto study Psychology. She has beenengaged for two years to a Canadianwhom she met in England shortlyafter she arrived.

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DEWI BECK: In 2000 she started aBusiness course at AlexanderCollege and in 2001, transferred toECU where she did a major in MassCommunications and a minor inFine Arts. From near the end of2002 until February this year shedid her Internship (work experiencepart of the course) in Indonesiareporting on riots. For part timework she has mainly helped hermother in Indonesia doing EventOrganising which is mainly workingwith Indonesians for charity. Atpresent they are making a moviewith Indonesian students and theproceeds will go to charity. She isnow about to begin looking forwork. After graduating next year shehopes to work, possibly, in media.

ALINE BENKENDORF: She isstudying Law at a university inBrisbane.

PHILIP BERTRAM: For most ofthe time he has worked three days aweek with iinet as a TechSupport and two days a week as aPiano Teacher. He spends a lot oftime playing and writing music. InOctober he leaves for Melbourne tobe a keyboard player in a group oftravelling musicians connected withthe Planet Shakers’ Church.

CAITLIN BETHUNE: During thefirst year after TEE, she joined theArmy Reserves to do OfficerTraining, then in 2001 shecommenced a course in Commerceand Social Science at Curtin. At thebeginning of second semester sheswitched to Murdoch to studyPsychology and continued with thiscourse. Next semester she will doIndustrial Relations. She is still withthe Army Reserves and has justcompleted Equity Adviser Training.She hasn’t had much time for horseriding but the sport she does withthe army is mainly riding.

TRISTAN BOTTRELL: In 2000he did Computer Science atMurdoch and in 2001 he did aCertificate in Multimedia at TAFE.During these years, he worked parttime in a video store. In 2000, hewas very lucky to do a trip to Maltawith his family to visit relatives andreturned to get a job with StratfieldCar Audio. In 2003 he becameassistant manager of the CanningtonBranch and has been amongst thetop 3 salesman in the state. He’sbeen together with his friends Brett,Nigel, Ryan & co in a band and isgoing to Europe in September tovisit his sister.

MICHAEL BRUNNER: He is inhis second year of an Accountingand Finance degree at CurtinUniversity and works as a lifeguard.

GABRIELLE CARAVELLA: In2000, she commenced a Bachelor ofEducation at ECU and after secondsemester 2001 she deferred for ayear, moved to Fremantle where sheworked as a waitress at ‘Capri’. Thishelped to pay for a two monthholiday in Canada to visit relatives.In second semester last year, shereturned to continue her studies atuni and after graduating as aPrimary Teacher of years K - 7 shehopes to teach in Kalgoorlie.

CHRIS COLLIER: He spent 2000at ECU doing Biological Science andCommerce but 2001,2 &3 he hasbeen doing Geology andEnvironmental Science at Curtin.He’s played hockey with his Uniteam over east and now plays with aGuildford team.

MATHEW COLLINS: In 2000and 2001 he studied InformationSystems at TAFE and in 2002 he dida Net Prep. course run by AlanWoodman until August. He didpart time work for a freight removalcompany and worked at iinet doingtrouble shooting for 6 months. Thisyear he is working lots of hoursdoing IT work with a draftingcompany. This busy schedule hasnot prevented him from doing a bitof netball, swimming, indoor andoutdoor cricket and golf.

SHERYL COWE: She did 1st yearEnvironmental Science at UWA in2000, then in 2001 travelledoverseas with Ben Inkster. During2002 and this year she hascontinued with Env. Sci. and hopesto start playing netball.

CHRIS DE GROOT: In 2000 hedid one year of classical music atWAAPA before going to Sydney forChristmas holidays. Then in 2001he did a Contemporary Musiccourse for one year beforecommencing a Bach. of Jazz course.This, he is continuing with in 2003.During all these years, he hascontinued to teach guitar, hasplayed with Daniel Rata at theOnyx Bar in West Perth and donepart time work with Nashid, whoplays blues and traditional musicfrom the Maldives. Chris is thepianist for his band. He is arrangingand composing for big bands as partof his course and hopes to do morenext year. Apart for jogging forfitness, he is also part of a bandcalled ‘Ly-lo’ and is trying to getwork for this.

KATHERINE DONELAN: Theyear 2000 saw her at Curtin doingChemistry and 2001 she changed toFilm and Television with a specialinterest in editing. At the end of thisyear she went on a Kon Tiki 28 daytour of Europe and worked atThings on Thursday night andSaturday. In 2002, she commencedworking as a waitress at BaskervilleWinery and is now the manager.

JAMES DYMOND: After leavingschool, he commenced a WespacBank traineeship, but decided thatthis was not for him so changed halfway through the year to work witha court transcript company and isstill there. He enjoys socialisingwith old Helenians and plays soccerfor Mundaring United and cricketduring summer.

SONJA FARROW: She comm-enced, in 2000, a course inSustainable Development with aminor in Anthropology and willfinish the degree this year. Nextyear she plans to do a post graduatecourse in Town Planning. She hasdone part time work in Coles,worked in local governmentenvironmental research and Citiesfor Climate Protection studying theGreen House Effect.

CHRIS HALKJAER: He startedMechanical Engineering at Curtin in2000 then took a year off to work inan assay laboratory. In 2002 hewent to UWA to continue Mech.Eng. and get around with other OldHelenians. He is one of the Pirateswho plays basketball on Wednesdaynights at Belmont.

JANE HANCOCK: In 2000 shecommenced a Bachelor of BiologicalScience at ECU and completed thisdegree last year. While studying shedid part time work at ‘Horseland’.This year she spent 6 weeks inCanada for a well earned holidayand did some work experience withCALM. This involved trampingaround the bush studying the habitsof possums. Most of her spare timeis spent in caring for her horse andcompeting in Events and Dressage.

JACQUELINE HATHERLEY: In2000, she did office work withChatsworth Décor in Guildford andin second semester 2001 comm-enced a Laboratory TechnicianCertificate 4 at Midland TAFE. In2002, she completed this at E.PerthTAFE so is now a qualified Lab.Technician. This year she is doingfull time studies in BiologicalScience at ECU Joondalup.

CHELSEA HIKINS: At Mt LawleyWAPA she commenced a BA inDance in 2000 and continued thisuntil 2002. She danced in HongKong as part of her uni course and atthe World Dance Alliance inGermany as well as holidaying inParis, Amsterdam, Dublin, andLondon. This year, she is teachingdance and doing 1st year BiomedicalScience at Murdoch. With luck, shewill go back overseas next year.

ANDREAS HILTZ: He took a yearoff after school and travelled to theSydney Olympics and Germany for6 months. In 2001 he started aSport Science degree then went toGermany for another 6 months. In2002 he studied Aviation at the WAAviation College and is now flyingcharter planes to build up enoughhours to fly for an airline.

ROSS HOOPER: In 2000 he did aCertificate 4 in Interactive Media,then during 2001 he performed inTaming of the Shrew which wasdirected by his sister Claire. He alsohad some fun doing trapeze andclown work with Bizircus beforejoining the Army Reserves for 9weeks training. In 2002 and 3 hehas done Certificates 2 & 3 inHorticulture and plays soccer with afew other Old Helenians.

AEDAN HOWLETT: He becamean amazingly skilled candy makerwith the ‘Rock Shop’ and worked atseveral retail stores saving money totravel. Last year he exhibitedpaintings at ‘Little Creatures’ inFreo. He has actually developed hispainting skills and has sold a fewworks. He has been to England andScotland working in hospitality jobsand is currently enjoying life, livingwith his girl friend in wonderfulMull, with its nature reserves andmountains.

BEN INKSTER: At UWA he did1st year Mechanical Engineeringthen in 2001, worked at Arbotechwith his dad before backpackingaround Europe with Cheryl Cowefor 6 months. In 2002 he did 2nd

year Mech. Eng. And is now doing3rd year. He plays basketball with‘Moon Pirates’ (a team of mostly oldHelenians) at Belmont onWednesday nights. They won thechampionship last year!

TIM IRVING: Firstly he did a preapprenticeship course at MidlandTAFE and ,in July, commenced afull apprenticeship in Carpentry.He will finish this year and like Ben,will work for a while beforetravelling to Europe and Americanext year. He played a little footyfor a while, but mainly attendssporting fixtures to support hisclassmates or just socialise.

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BRETT JONES: In 2000 heworked at Belmont Oasis as areceptionist and café attendant for 6months before beginning modellingwith Gemma International. Thenext year he did some ‘extras’ in TVcommercials, catalogues etc anddid a Mentos commercial for Japan.He played basketball and continuedworking, doing lots of modelling andwinning a few competitions. Lastyear he commenced working atRegent Cinemas as Duty Managerand won the ‘Man Hunt’ final forWA. This meant a trip toQueensland for the finals in whichhe came 12th. This year he started asa sales consultant at OasisCommercial for L.G. ElectricalCompany and did a body double forAC DC tribute movie‘Thunderstruck’. With other OldHelenians he is in a band called‘Seraphan’ which is finally gettingtogether and hopes to produce aCD later this year.

LISA JONES: During the first yearshe worked at odd jobs with a bodybuilding company. In 2001 shecontinued this work part time andbegan a Primary Teaching degree atECU. After 1st semester in 2002,she became office manager of theC.E. Body Building Company and isstill there. Later she hopes to traveland might do a business course.

LINZY JOYCE: She has travelledEngland and Europe working as apersonal trainer and for the last 6months, has been managing a gym inEast Perth.

JODIE KIMBER: In 2000, shestarted doing Chemistry at Curtinand since then has studiedExtractive Metallurgy. She is livingin Kalgoorlie and hopes to finishstudies next year.

DIETER KLEINSCHMIDT: Heworked at a butcher shop for threeyears, then at David Jones for 6months before returning toButchery at a shop in Subiaco. He isplanning to go to Europe next year.

CARL KLEM: In 2000 he workedfor ‘Aaronite’ doing specialistflooring systems - acid proofing,hygienic kitchens etc. The next yearhe continued the same type of workwith ‘Structural Systems’.This year he is working (still doingflooring) with ‘Savcor Finn. He hasbeen sent to Melbourne and all overWA. Presently he is in Kununurraand is the supervisor for WA.

JONATHAN KYI: For the first twoyears, he did an Audio Engineercourse at SAE College in Perth, thenin 2002 he concentrated on bandwork. He does vocal and drums for

‘Seraphan’. He still plays soccer andthis year, after a trip to Queenslandhe is now doing mainly HardRock/Metal music at Leederville.

SKY LAVELLE: During 2000 hewent to England and worked inseveral jobs including in a schoolResource Dept where he wasproducing newsletters and bookletsetc. One of the other jobs that heenjoyed was with P&O atPortsmouth doing telemarketing.There was a great group ofworkmates who enjoyed beingtogether. Having earned enough hetravelled around Europe havinggreat fun. In 2001, he returned toHervey Bay in Queensland andstarted a Diploma in Multi Media.It was a condensed course involvingschool time of 40 hrs/wk so hegained a diploma in one year andcame over to Perth for Christmas.For last and this year he hascontinued studying Multi Media bydoing a degree at the University ofSouth Queensland. With a friendwho had worked at Harvey Normanhe has started a business in Web SiteDesign and Graphic Designing ingeneral. The business name is ‘Life’as Sky and his friend aim to give lifeto brochures and other publications.He still runs and goes to the Gym tokeep fit.

CERYS LEACH: During 2001,2 &3she has done a B Sc in HealthInformation Management at Curtin.While studying she has been toEngland and France for 3 months,done part time work for her dad atIntegrity Carpets and played andumpired netball. This year she isworking full time at PMH as aClinical Coder - recording patient’sdetails for forwarding to Dept ofHealth.

ALLISTER LEGGE: After leavingcollege, he worked as a TransportClerk for 6 months then became theHelena Art Technician for 1.5 yearswhile doing a Dip Management atTAFE. He finished TAFE andworked as a Lab. Assistant for 2002and is now working part time whilestudying for a Bachelor ofCommerce at Curtin.

NEIL LEONARD: In 2000 hestarted Engineering and Commerceat UWA and went to the Olympicswith Ben Inkster and Cheryl Cowe.Now in 2003, he is doing the 4th

year of this course and majoring inIT Engineering, Finance and Maths.He is one of the Pirates basket ballteam, plays soccer with the RedLiners - John Lorenti, Bela Inkster,Cameron Smales, Andre Saas et al -and joins other Old Helenians toplay hockey for the OldGuildfordians. He does part time

work at the Institute for ChildHealth Research, has worked a shorttime for the Ernst & YoungAccounting firm and is a member ofa youth help line on the internet,called ‘reachout.com.au’. For twoyears running he’s been with otherOld Helenians (I’m sure you canguess who) to the Formula 1 Racingevent and is also a member of theConsumer Reference Group for thePerth and Hills division of GeneralPractitioners.

JOSH LEWIN: In 2000, he startedas an apprentice chef at the ‘LooseBox’. Later, he switched to Coco’swhere he will finish his apprentic-eship this year. He has spent onemonth in India with his Dad.

ALISTER McCARTHY: Duringthe first year, he worked at theabattoirs but since then has mainlydone fencing work.

CHANTELLE McCARTHY: Forthe first few months she was aNutrimetics Consultant and thentook a job with a surveyingcompany doing drafting. In 2001,while show jumping, she had a fallwhich left her with a fractured spinethat took nearly a year to heal. Aspart of the rehabilitation process shedid a lot of work with Pilates and forpart time work she has donePersonal Training with Ben Garret.Last year she began working for ‘CarCraft’ in Claremont and is now theoffice manager. This year as well asworking during the day she is doinga diploma with the Institute ofFitness in the evening. In her sparetime, she is back in to show jumpingand working with her builder fiancé,Daniel, to renovate the old cottageon their newly purchased 66acreproperty in Gidgegannup.

JORDON McPHERSON: He didFine Arts at uni for one year thenworked for one year. Now he is inthe final year of a course at TheAustralian School of Fine Wood inDwellingup.

KIRK MOORE: He is doing thefinal year of a Chemical Engineeringdegree at Curtin, teaching Karateand learning to play the Saxaphone.

ZOE MOORE: In 2000 she wentto Murdoch to do Politics,International Studies and AsianStudies. In 2001 she switched toSustainable Development andIndonesian Language and is nowdoing the third year of this. For parttime work she has been doing olivepicking and the SwimmingInstructors’ certificate as well asbeing involved in localenvironmental work. She has donefund raising to attend a

Sustainability Conference inAdelaide, written a submission tothe government and gets involved inwhatever comes up aboutenvironmental issues.

MELISSA NELSON: In 2000, sheattended UWA to study BiomedicalScience and in 2001 changed tostudying Biological Science atMurdoch. Her part time work iswith a pharmacy, and she has justreturned from a holiday inMauritius.

SEAN PARKER: For the first yearhe worked at odd jobs saving moneyfor travel and toured Europe for 6weeks. In 2001 & 2 he majored inPsychology at UWA and this year isdoing Chemistry and Philosophy aswell. He still plays the piano anddoes tennis coaching at Brown Park.

TORI PEARSON: Now, in 2003,she is doing the final year of aBachelor of Commerce majoring inFinance and Property at Curtin.Next year she will possibly do aGraduate Diploma in Property. Shehas done part time work in a hotel,a bottle shop and in the equestrianfield as well as working as a researchanalyst in property valuation. Sheenjoys socialising, horse riding and alittle volley ball.

LOUISA PENN: In 2000, shebegan studying Journalism at ECUand worked with race horses. In2001, she continued with the racehorses and then went to Newmanto work with the YMCA as acounsellor. In July 2002, she cameback to work with race horses againand this year, in February she wentto Melbourne University where sheis now one semester through acourse in Advanced EquineManagement.

ASHA POND: For the first year,she worked as a receptionist to earnmoney, then in 2001 went toMurdoch to begin a degree inSustainable Development. Now inher third year, she still plays music.She is in a quartet and playing for adance production at ECU. She isapplying for a scholarship to studyin America next year, but an earlierholiday to South Africa created adesire to return to work there aftercompleting her degree.

TEIKA PORRINS: After leavingCollege she began working for asuperannuation company and isnow part of the management teamof this firm.

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IRENE RANKIN: After doing 3semesters of Journalism at CurtinUni, she has done bar work inRottnest and now is in Broome.This type of work helps her doworking holidays around Australia.She still enjoys swimming andkeeping fit.

JAMES RAWLINGS: In 2000 hedid Mine Surveying at TAFE. Afterfirst semester he travelled in the UKfor five months then worked indifferent places before beginningthis year, a pre apprenticeshipcourse in Plant Mechanics. Hehopes to start a 4yr apprenticeshipwith BGC.

ROWAN ROBINSON: In 2000 hestarted to play in a band and workedat a hardware store. During the nexttwo years he helped to furtherdevelop the band and started towork at Bunnings in Subiaco. Theband, ‘Drive On’ released its firstCD internationally. This year, theyare writing and recording theirsecond CD and planning tours to tryto sign with record labels in Japan,Sweden and the Eastern States.They are touring with bands such as‘28 Days’ and ‘Strung Out’.

NADIA HENDRIKSON (neeRUSTERHOLZ): Straight aftergraduation, she flew to Switzerlandwhere she worked for 5 months in aski hotel. Back home she bought acar and worked at Lakes RoadHouse until October when shecommenced at Alexander Collegeto do two Certificate 3 courses, onein Tourism and the other in BusinessManagement. After completingthese, she worked for 8 months forthe S.A. Travel Centre in Perth.In 2002, she took temporaryemployment with the Dept ofTransport as a project officer and asecretary, until August, then workedfor Power Music Productions as areceptionist for three months. InDecember, she married DanielHendriksen and moved to PortHedland where Daniel works as aRanger. Now, in 2003, Nadia worksfor the Town of Port Hedland as theAirport Secretary at theInternational Airport. She isenjoying settling into married lifeand saving for a car.

WARREN SCHAFER: In 2000 hestarted doing a Diploma ofEngineering for one semester andthen changed to a preapprenticeship course. Next heworked full time in a bottle shop for18 months before starting anapprenticeship with Western Poweras an electrician, this year. He is stilldoing body boarding, surfing,mountain bike riding and filming,and thinks he might go back toengineering in the future.

VICTORIA SCOTT: For the firsttwo years, she worked full time atBunnings, but in 2002, commenceda Primary Teaching course atCurtin. This will qualify her toteach children from Kindergartenage to Year 7. She has continuedworking for Bunnings, but only parttime, and has enjoyed holidays inDarwin, Kakadu and Broome.

TOM SPENCER: In 2000, hestarted at UWA doing MechanicalEngineering. Now in the 4th year heis doing his thesis on building aracing car. He did work experiencein Melbourne at Ford’s provingground testing the vehicles. Heused to work at the Pizza shop inMundaring, plays basket ball withthe ‘Pirates’ and has been touring inVictoria and Queensland.

HEATH STOOK: She worked fulltime at a pharmacy, in Aherns and atOptus during 2000 then started aCertificate 3 in Radio Broadcastingat the Radio Academy inLeederville. She also did some workat various community stations inMandurah. Last year shecommenced a Bachelor ofCommunications at ECU and isnow in the second year of that 3year course. Part time work inpharmacies has helped her to travelto various Australian towns.

VIEDE THIPTHORP: In 2000after doing part time work for 6months, she commenced studyingLaw at Notre Dame Uni. Shecontinued with this until this yearwhen she transferred to Murdoch tocontinue her studies and shouldgraduate in the middle of next year.Her friend Jasmine Thomas won acompetition to participate in theAustralian Law StudentsAssociation Conference in Brisbaneand Viede is going to support her.

JASMINE THOMAS: She is nowdoing the fourth year of Law atMurdoch and will graduate nextyear. For part time work she issecretary for the Murdoch StudentLaw Society. She does voluntarywork in a Legal Advice Centre andhas done voluntary work with ViedeThipthorp on a dementia ward in2000. To care for a sick relative shelived in Sydney for 6 months.

RENEE THOMPSON: In 2000, atUWA she commenced a Sciencedegree and working with theAustralian Army Cadet unit. In2001 she specialised in Psychology,continued this course in 2002,worked part time in sales in Myersand went to England and Europe for3 months. This year she is workingat RPH as a medical records clerkand also continues to work with theAustralian Army Cadet Unit. Many

of the Helena Hornets in theCollege netball teams were verygrateful for the support and helpgiven to them by Renee and Cerys.

LEE THORPE: In 2000 he workedas a push bike courier and a kitchenhand to save money for an overseastour. After working in NorthCarolina as a staff member at ayouth camp, he travelled throughEurope, Scandinavia and the UK. In2001 he went to Cairns TAFE to doa certificate in Outdoor Education.Last year he was a freelance outdoored. instructor in team initiative,abseiling, canoeing etc. Aftergaining sufficient marks in a statstest this year, he hopes to begin adegree in Social Science nextsemester. He has been usefularound the College as a helper at ayr 9&10 camp at Nanga and as anassembly guest speaker on CampAmerica. His hobbies, of course, aremountain bike riding and any of theabove mentioned outdoor activities.

SEAN TOMLINSON: He is now inthe 4th year of a Science degree atUWA, having majored in Zoologylast year and Botany this year. For2004, he has been invited to doHonours in Zoology. For part timework he worked at Kostera’sGarage, but has spent most of hisspare time in voluntary field workall over the state - the Murchison,the South West forests and at thetime of this call, he was in Broome.This work is for the Department ofConservation and Land Manage-ment and for UWA research.

NICHOLAS TRAPPITT: At TAFECentral he started an Electronicscourse in 2nd semester 2000 andcontinued this for all of the nextyear. Last year he did one semesterof Electronics and then during thesecond semester he studiedRenewable Energy. This year he iscontinuing with studies whileworking full time at Solar EnergySystems. His hobby is electronics -and he went to Bali for two weeks inMarch this year.

KELLY-JO TREW: In secondsemester 2000, after a holiday inNew Zealand, she did BiologicalScience at ECU. In 2001, she spent6 months working with Greencorpsin Esperance then worked for herparents’ business doing the MYOBcomputer program. In 2002 shecommenced Environmental Scienceand is now doing the second year ofthis course at Midland TAFE. Sheenjoys belly dancing classes andgoing to Renaissance.

RYAN WATTS: This year he willfinish a 4 year MechanicalEngineering Degree at UWA. Nextyear he might work or concentrateon music. He plays drums in a bandjust for fun and basketball withother school mates in the MoonPirates team. With Neil, Ben andTom, he went to Melbourne towatch the Grand Prix and hasworked part time in the pizza shopin Mundaring.

ALICIA WEBB: After leavingCollege, she commenced doingEngineering at UWA and is now in4th year doing Mechatronics. As arequirement for her course, she didpractical work during vacation at analuminium smeltering factory inTasmania. She has played in amixed netball team of engineeringstudents and last year found it very,very interesting to work at AlegriaCircus. She has been east severaltimes for shopping and family visits,worked as a maths tutor and hasfinally given up the cinema workwhich she started in Yr 10.

MARK WILLIAMS: During2000and 2001, he did Broadcastingat Perth TAFE. In 2002 and for halfof this year, he worked at PriceWaterhouse Coopers accountingfirm. Next semester he will start acourse in media at ECU. He plays ina cricket team at Mundaring.

VANESSA WILLIAMS: Afterleaving College she went to theGoldfields for a holiday and workedon a sheep station ‘Jedimia’. Thenext year she did waitressing andother jobs while working on herFalcon car. She did up the interiorand had the motor reconditioned.During 2002, she was a deliverydriver selling chocolates. This yearshe has started a course inHorticulture at TAFE and is caringfor two disabled people. She isfinding this very worthwhile andwould like to continue in this field.For relaxation, she enjoys listeningto music.

SIMONE WILLIS MARS: Unfort-unately in 2000, she had a caraccident, which put off the idea ofuni. When recovered she took a jobas a Receptionist/Admin. Clerkwith Western Mining. She hasremained with this company andhas worked her way up thepromotion ladder to her presentposition as a Building FacilitiesAdministrator. During these yearsshe has bought a couple of cars, butis now trying to save for a house.

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ANDREW WILSON: To beginwith he travelled for ten months inEurope, Canada and NorthAmerica, then stayed in SouthAfrica for a few weeks. Whiletravelling he worked in variousfields including computer shops andlabouring on building sites. In 2001he commenced a four year course atthe School of Mines in Kalgoorlie.As a student mining engineer, heworks in far flung places on a fly infly out basis, usually two weeks at atime. This type of work experiencehas taken him to a copper mine inthe Pilbarra and at the time of thiscall he was in an underground goldmine. He enjoys the course verymuch and still finds time to playvarious sports including volley ball.

MARTIN WILSON: In 2000 hedid a butcher’s apprenticeship forone year then worked full time onodd jobs, factory work etc. Last yearhe worked with the butcher again.This year, he did carpet laying for awhile but has now returned to foodprocessing factory work.

RYAN WILSON: He has done IT atTAFE, office work, labouring jobsand various others. This year he hasdone Karate and break dancing andis now training in Kickboxing. Hehas done good work as a volunteercollector for the Red Cross.

LIAM WITH: In 2000 he studiedAgricultural Business, majoring inHorticulture at Curtin. In 2001, hedid Aquaculture and last year, heworked for a while in MargaretRiver vineyards before returning toPerth to work for ‘Flexistaff’ as alabourer. This year, he hascommenced a two year course inFine Furniture at the AustralianSchool of Fine Wood in Dwellingupand is presently working on finedocument boxes. He works parttime at the Mill House Café andChocolate company as well as doinga little surfing and bike riding.

ALAN WOODMAN: In 2000, hewent to Thornlie TAFE to docomputer networking and didcontract work for Main Roadsinstalling a new operating systemthroughout the state. The next year,he moved to Queens Park,continued with Main Roadsthrough February, then wasemployed at Thornlie TAFE settingup computer network in themorning and worked for MainRoads in the afternoon. Half waythrough the year he commencedteaching a networking course atTAFE part time and then in 2002,he commenced a three year contractwith Thornlie TAFE as a lecturer inComputer Networking. He hasbought himself a Nissan SkylineHigh Performance car, likessocialising and generally enjoys life.

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A SPECIAL NOTE TO ALL THOSE 21 YEAR OLDS WHO LEFT IN YEAR 7OR AT ANY TIME OTHER THAN GRADUATION -

We love you too and would be very interested to keep in touch.

Please ring 9299 6788 or write to PO Box 52 Glen Forrest 6071

or email old.helenians2helena.wa.edu.au and tell us what you have been doing

so it can be printed in the September issue.

STRONG PERFORMANCE BY 2002 LEAVERSParents, staff and students atHelena College were very pleasedwith the results gained by thegraduating class of 2002.

Over 97% of students enrolled in yr 12 last yeargained Secondary Graduation, and Helena wasamongst the top ranked students for this requirement.The College was also ranked in the top ten schools inFood Production for the second year.

It was particularly pleasing to note that the strongperformance was reflected in both the universitybound students and the wholly school assessedstudents. Nearly 90% of the students who sat for theTEE were eligible for university places with themajority receiving an offer for their first preference.

This performance is particularly pleasing in the lightof Helena’s enrolment policy where students are notselected on academic ability, and financial resourcesare available for all students and not directed toacademic scholarships for the elite few.

Congratulations go to the students and their families.

Certificate of Excellence: Shannon ThompsonCertificate of Distinction: Andrew Brown and

Shannon Thompson.

• Over 90% qualified for entry into a university faculty in Western Australia.

• 5% gained a TER above 97.6 (400).• Approximately 20% were above a TER of 91 (350).• More than 59% were above 80 (300).• Over 97% gained secondary graduation.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

AUGUST 30thHelena College Cocktail Evening, PinewoodLodge, Maida Vale, Jazz Band, DJ & Dancing,Prizes. Champagne Cocktail on arrival,Gourmet Finger Food, Bottled Wine.Tickets $75 from Senior School office,credit card OK.

SEPTEMBER 6thFather’s Day Cake Stall at Bunnings in Midland

OCTOBER 23rdJunior and Senior Schools combined Walkathon.Ex-students especially invited.

NOVEMBER 1st & 2ndDarlington Arts Festival

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Class of 1993Want to catch up with all your old friendsand find out what they're up to?A 10 Year Reunion is being planned.

Contact Bryony Reynolds9295 63160411456 177

Everyone is asking -“When is the nextreunion?”How about everyone who is interested in ‘meeting up,’come to the Darlington Arts Festival on Saturday &Sunday the first and second of November? Perhaps agood time and place would be late afternoon on theSaturday, somewhere near the Beer Tent. There will bethe usual Youthfest on the Saturday and a Jazz Festivalon the Sunday as well as plenty of other entertainmentand the usual College Donut and Drink stall.The College is also running the Wine Tent this year.