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Volume 7, Wednesday April 21, 2010www.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843

IN THIS

editionFooty season raises questionsPage 19 - 20

GHD has big plans for RoxbyPage 13

ANZAC DAY 2010WOOMERA

ROXBY DOWNS

ANDAMOOKA

Anzac day service

9:00 AM

Anzac day breakfastImmediately following service

at the Town Park

6:30 AMDawn service (war memorial)

10:00AMCommemorative service

(war memorial)

12:00PMLuncheon

7:00 AM Breakfast

(RSL)

6:00 AMDawn service

(richardson place)

Gunfire breakfast & auction(after service at the bowls club)

5:30 AMGun fire

breakfast(RSL)

10:45 AMAnzac day March

11:00 AMMemorial service

(richardson place)

Bbq and a chin wag at the bowls club(After memorial)

‘LEST WE FORGET’

A perfect fi t

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I t has not been a good ten days for BHP Billiton a fatality in WA, work

disrupted at Olympic Dam due to the recent storm and a portion of the Olympic Dam site closed down due to safety concerns.

Tragically an experienced miner died in an under-ground accident at BHP’s Nickel West Leinster mine in West Australia’s Pilbara Region. The worker was driving a vehicle which dropped 18 metres down a shaft.

BHP’s Western Australian record in the past 5 years has been far from good with 9 fatalities.

Globally the fi gures for the big miner are no better with 9 fatalities in six months ending to December 2009.

Last December Marius Kloppers said, that BHP’s global safety record was “clearly unacceptable”.

Two weeks ago WA Minister Norman Moore said the deaths in WA were “totally unacceptable”.

Last Friday BHP Billiton Olympic Dam said two safety incidents on its site in 24 hours were “unacceptable”.

It’s as a tough call by the Olympic Dam Services Department to initiate a ‘Stop for Safety’ to close down part of its opera-tions and call the aff ected contractors together and demand they develop a 90 day safety improvement plan for their individual areas. It defi nitely sent a message that Safety was more than a just a word.

Although little has been released over the incidents it was reported to The Monitor that in two sepa-rate occasions there were reportable safety incidents which incurred minor injuries which sparked the ‘‘Stop for Safety.”

Olympic Dam has a much better safety record when compared to the WA or Global records.

When BHP Billiton pur-chased WMC Resources in August 2005, Olympic Dam’s Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) was nearly 40. Initiatives such as CFIT, along with many other programs have seen the TRIFR come down to just under 6 (up until the end of March 2010).

BHP and its contractors are working on a number

of projects to continually

improve safety with a goal

of Zero Harm in 2013.

It is this type of strong

action by BHP and the immediate response from its contractors that makes you think they may make it.

“Unacceptable”Olympic DamWA GovernmentKloppers

BHP Billiton CEO, Marius Kloppers says: “BHP safety record is clearly unaaceptable”

When I arrived here in 2001 and car-ried out the initial

survey and consultations one of the main concerns of the community was the lack of accurate and relevant information available to the community and particularly between the community and WMC.

Most of the communica-tion issues have since been addressed thanks to our community owned media consisting of RoxFM, Outback Cinema, Web Pages, notice boards and Th e Monitor.

The community owned media, Council and com-munity groups are not resting on their laurels.

Th is year they are planning a greater integration of our communication assets to improve how we gather and disseminate news and information to our community.

Th ere is one area, however the community feels we still do not have enough communication with, and that is with BHP Billiton Olympic Dam.

Despite several off ers over the years to diff erent mine

managers and PR people for BHP Billiton to use our local media to connect more with the community have never been taken up.

Incidences such as last Fridays Safety Stop and the rumours that it initiated could have, in my opinion, been much better handled if BHP had been more willing to initiate communications with the community than they were.

In reference to Th e Monitor we appreciate our media relationship with BHP Billiton and its good but it seems to be getting harder of late to get information of any substance from the company.

Th e township does not want to know sensitive informa-tion about your business, it wants to know more about your human face and to be treated as partners when it is appropriate, it wants to connect.

Th e town is moving for-ward, it is creating a fi rst class regional media service driven by its community at a very local level.

Would BHP like to be part of that?

Editorial Commentby Ray Goldie

Community wants more

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 2 – Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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By Celeste Lustosa

Unfortunately you haven’t got it wrong. Ray Goldie, a very well known face in Roxby

Downs’s region, is leaving town. Th e news came as a big surprise for many, me included.

I will have to admit that this is far from one of my favourite stories and as much as I love writing, this is an article I wish we never had to publish. But since reality hit us, it is only fair that we try to tell a little bit of this amazing man’s story and the reason’s why he will be deeply missed.

Ray has been fully involved in the community, not only by playing his role as CEO of the community news-paper Th e Monitor, but also involved in the community board, community radio station RoxFM; Alcohol and Substance Abuse committee; Roxby Road Safe; and many other projects. He has helped most of the local groups and has also had time to be a good friend of almost every Roxby resident.

I would need another page of the newspaper to explain how he has helped me personally and all the other staff members of our news-paper, but so it won’t seem like em-ployees trying to look good for the boss, here are some excerpts from the most active community people on how Ray Goldie has contributed to our region.

The RoxFM manager Kristina Meredith said Ray has been very ap-proachable, friendly and an all-round good guy (her words, not mine) from the fi rst time they met.

“Ray has been a key player on the RoxFM board for several years now, during which time I’ve enjoyed his humour, knowledge of the town and willingness to get involved in pretty much everything!,’ she said.

Kristina also said “Ray has never failed to off er exceptional support, both to myself, RoxFM and the Roxby Downs Community as a whole. His generous support comes as a Board Member, management expert, men-tor and friend, and it has always been much appreciated.”

RoxFM manager shared one of the stories about our CEO that I thought I should share with everyone else.

“We experienced Ray’s lighter side at RoxFM’s Relay for Life hippy fun-draiser party back in 2008. He sur-prised us all by coming dressed in his ‘retro’ gear, and taking part in the evening’s festivities - including limbo! Don’t let the suit fool you - Ray can also be a lot of fun!,” she said.

The Executive Officer of Roxby Downs Community Board, Michelle Hales, fi rst met Ray nearly 5 years ago when he interviewed her for her job and she has been working closely with him every since on a number of community projects.

“Ray has been involved with the Roxby Downs community since 2001 and has been instrumental in the de-velopment of the Community Plan and Th e Monitor Newspaper.

“He has worked tirelessly behind the scenes over the years and built a strong foundation on which much of the community development work we do today is based,” she said.

Michelle says Ray has been a great mentor to her.

“He always gives sage and com-monsense advice and contributes a fresh perspective to discussions. For people who haven’t met Ray before I would describe him as: approach-able; warm; and a creative and for-ward thinker.”

Roxby Downs Administrator Bill Boehm is the one to blame for us all having Ray in Roxby and trust me, this is a blame he is pleased to carry.

He met Ray back in 1997/98 when working at Tatiara Council in Bor-dertown at a Working Towns Con-ference and subsequently as an Eco-nomic Development Consultant to Council through the Bordertown on the Move Committee.

According to Mr Boehm, Ray’s contributions to this town are enormous and go from developing the 2001 Roxby Reports (Business, Tourism, Community), including the fi rst ever comprehensive communi-ty business survey which set many community economic development directions that followed formation

of a retail marketing coordinator at the Roxby Central Shopping Centre and Economic Development Offi cer at Council; establishment of Roxby Downs Business Forum; tourism strategy implementation; steering group member for 2002 redevelop-ment of the Roxby Downs Culture & Leisure Precinct; facilitating 2005 Community Plan; initial implementa-tion of the 2005 Roxby Downs Com-munity Board and Forums; and much more.

Without forgetting he established and ran Th e Monitor Community Newspaper from infancy with vari-ous roles as managing director, CEO, Editor and journalist, of course.

Roxby Downs administrator also considers Ray to be a strong mentor and sounding board for him, when faced with diffi cult decisions.

“As always unbiased in advice and support in a non judgmental man-ner. Excellent mentor with as ever a strong values,” he said.

He also believes Ray should be re-membered as a key implementer and facilitator for the local communities to unify and empower community participation in community life in a positive but strategically sustainable manner.

“Legacy will stay as the community now integrates in a cohesive manner with strong support structures,” he added.

Bill Boehm also described Ray as “an aff able person that one warms to quickly, leaving you with the impres-sion that everything is possible and that he can and will assist.”

In one of the many farewell parties for Ray that I attended, he said that his experience in Roxby has improved his skills, made him more confi dent and brought more enjoyment into his life.

“It is all about enable the commu-nity to achieve its own goals,” Ray believes.

But what I have been hearing he is a big part of the community’s achievements and everything he has done has been very much appreciated and he will be deeply missed!

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Roxby Downs Oval is almost every Roxby’s family

stop point on weekends, either for the cricket season games or the footy season games and not only the oval but its facilities are looking so much better now.

Knowing how impor-tant the Oval is for Roxby, as well as how its facilities are constantly in use, Roxby Downs Council has made some great investments in the area and apart from the new turf for the oval, the changing room, canteen, and umpire room also got a refi t.

“The Roxby Downs Council aims to pro-

Refurbishment at Refurbishment at Oval facilities Oval facilities

Anzac Day is only days away and once again ceremonies will be held at

Roxby Downs, Andamooka and Woomera.

For those who are new to Australia April 25 is our day for remembering those who lost their life’s at war for Australia.

Th e day focuses on the fi rst Aus-tralian and New Zealand combined military action in the First World War. On that day the Australian and New Zealand troops (now referred to as the ANZAC troops) landed on Gallipoli beach at 2:30am on Sunday, April 25, 1915, facing a strong resist-ance from Turkey.

Th e initial objective of the opera-tion was to carry out a quick capture of Constantinople (now Istanbul). Th e off ensive was tougher than fi rst

thought and took eight months to complete with both sides fighting with great bravery and tenacity.

Both sides had horrendous casual-ties, for the ANZACs the battle cost us 8,000 Anzac troops.

In terms of valour, bravery, de-termination and perseverance un-der challenging conditions ANZAC epitomises the fighting spirit of Australia and New Zealand. It was one those occasions we again fought above our weight, fought valiantly and conquered.

It is an event in history which spurned the legendary respect Australian’s enjoy world wide as a soldiers, sports people, or in any endeavour that requires bravery de-termination, grit and perseverance.

We are a large country, a small population but with a big heart and

a legendary fi ghting spirit.

We appreciate other countries also has their special time of celebration and remembrance for their coun-trymen and women and we honour those moments with you.

April 25th is our day to remember not only our heroes of ANZAC and of other wars, but all the Australians you know who have demonstrated the spirit of ANZAC.

ANZAC is a not a celebration of war nor is it just a remembrance of those who lost their life’s at war.

ANZAC DAY is about a celebra-tion of a SPIRIT which for Austral-ians’ is epitomised at ANZAC but it is a spirit that is in of all of us, wher-ever we come from and on behalf of my fellow Australians I invite all of our community, wherever you come from, to join us to celebrate.

ANZAC DAY a legend is born

by Ray Goldie

By Celeste Lustosa

vide the best facilities for the practice of our lo-cal sport,” said Municipal Works Offi cer Manager at the Roxby Council, Peter Keller.

Roxby Downs’s oval hosts cricket and football matches every Saturdays during these sports sea-sons. Rotating between times, the 5 football teams and 5 cricket teams share 2 change rooms which have now been painted inside and out, has got new fl oor covering and long lasting tiles.

According to the Coun-cil the material used for the refi t is going to last for years to come.

The canteen has also been refurbished and got a new fl oor covering.

Teams that use the Oval have also been granted with a 40 foot storage containers placed on the southern side of the change rooms.

“Th e container is for the football and cricket teams to use as storage and it was provided by Council,” said Graham Ferris, from Roxby Downs Council Offi ce.

Th at is not all. Th e refi t reached the umpire room that has also got new fl oor covering.

As previously reported by Th e Monitor, the coun-cil have introduced a dif-ferent strain of grass to the playing fi elds at the town oval called Kikuyu grass. The grass is genetically designed to withstand ex-treme temperatures and also high cold and frost

temperatures. It is easily repaired and has a high resistance to disease and weeds.

Th e results of the turf on the oval are really good and starting to show. Th e grass is spreading and looks amazing.

With the new football season kicking off , all these improvements have been more than welcomed by the sportsmen and women and community in general.

Let the season begin and while our players show their best skills on the fi eld it is only fair that they have a great place to get ready for action and get some rest after the games.

Those who gave the ultimate sacrifi ce and the ANZAC spirit will not be forgotten at Roxby,

Andamooka and Woomera. Th is year Roxby celebrates its fi rst

Anzac Day involving the recently es-tablished War Memorial in Richardson Place starting off with a Dawn Service at 6am at the War Memorial. It will be followed by a “Gunfi re” Breakfast at a cost of $7.00 and the annual auction at the Bowls Club.

Th e Roxby Downs ANZAC March is at 10.30 am followed by a memorial service at the War Memorial at 11.00am. Th e Roxby Downs and Andamooka RSL sub branch invites all serving and ex mil-itary personnel, including kin of those who have served to participate in the Anzac Day March,” said Jack

All are invited to a BBQ at the Bowls Club after the service.

Woomera is also holding a Gunfi re breakfast at 5.30am at the RSL. A gold coin donation would be greatly appre-ciated. It will be followed by a 6.30am dawn service at the memorial at Cham-pion Mall, in the middle of town.

At 10.30am, there will be a Com-memorative Service at Champion Mall followed by a barbecue lunch at the RSL. Once again a gold coin donation would be appreciated.

Andamooka will be holding an Anzac Day service at 9am Sunday morning, fol-lowed by a Gunfi re Breakfast at ANZAC Park put on by the Hospital Auxiliary.

Two – Up, originally played by the diggers with pennies, is an Anzac Day tradition and the RSL is looking for who knows how to run the game. If you are in the know please call Jack Maguire on 0434 222 321

We have not forgottenby Millie Thomas

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 4 – Wednesday, April 21, 2010

By Millie Thomas

I t doesn’t take a genius to fi gure out that Roxby have suc-

cumbed to plagues of forty shades this year. We’ve had Christmas beetles and mosquitoes, the ever present flies, suddenly now, in April, we have monarch but-terfl ies and locusts. Will it ever end, and what comes next? Th e insects seem to be getting bigger as 2010 progresses, Roxby’s prospects aren’t looking good on the bug front!

Just as things seem dire, as hopes are dashed for a normal life here in the desert, low and behold, a knight in shining armour.

Outback Pest Control is not a new business within Roxby; however, it is under new ownership, who bring with them new, more biodi-versity friendly, methods of protecting your home and family from the elements.

“Termite prevention, in-spections, servicing camps and general pest control is the anticipated market, but

termites will give you the most grief,” said John Giles of Outback Pest Control.

John Giles anticipates plenty of work up here in Roxby (whomever would like to contradict this as-sumption, feel free to raise your hand), in the way of the flies (of course), red backs and ants but most importantly, termites. With termites aff ecting an esti-mated 1 in 4 households throughout Australia, they are a costly pest, and a wor-thy investment would be employing their prevention around your house.

Now the choice is up to the client, chemical free solution or Agent Orange pollutant?

“If the chemical treat-ment is done to Austral-ian standards, you have to drill holes or trench every 200 – 300 mm around the outside of the house. Th en drill holes on the inside pe-rimeter of the house every 200ml and at least every face of the inside walls. It’s just not cost eff ective on your tiles and fl oorboards,” said John.

“Whereas this one, the Exterra system, around the outside there might be only one station. There’s the initial install, followed by

a twelve month contract, monitoring the station/s,” he said.

“I used to do all chemi-cal treatments before this (Exterra) came out. Now I will do maybe a transport-able only with the chemical treatment, purely because of the easy access under the building. Exterra is second to none,” he said.

The “Exterra” termite interception and baiting system has never been used in Roxby until now. It is a chemical free solution to eliminating termites, and their colonies from invad-ing a building.

Exterra uses a simple, yet eff ective process. Outside of the building, in – ground stations are installed in areas where termites are likely to be foraging in the ground for food. Th e sta-tions contain a non – toxic “food” for the termites, which is basically a termite – preferred timber.

Th e timber attracts the termites to the stations. Th e termite’s movements are tracked by the quality of the wood after a couple of weeks. If there is evidence of termites, a “Requiem Bait” is inserted into the station, without disturb-ing the prospective victims

(the termites).The Requiem bait is

highly palatable to the termites, and is preferen-tial to them, even over the timber in the stations. Th e termites consume the bait, as well as take it back to their colonies, slowly feed-ing it throughout the entire colony population.

Hey presto, termite free home.

Th e stations do have to be monitored on a consist-ent basis. Roxby Pest Con-trol off er installation and an initial twelve month contract. Once the twelve months is up, the client can either renew their con-tract, if they prefer Roxby Pest Control to continue to monitor the stations for them, or they can monitor the stations themselves. At the conclusion of the twelve month contract, Roxby Pest Control conducts an inspection on the house to ensure that the stations and bait have been eff ective.

For peace of mind, so that the value of your house is not being eaten away beneath you, termite baiting and prevention is a solid investment to be considered.

John Giles, of Outback Pest Control,

installing a termite baiting

station at the footy

changerooms

When John Giles heard that Stuey and Cherie from Roxby Downs

Pest Management were looking to retire he was immediately interested in carrying on the business.

John and wife Stacey are owner operators of Outback Pest Control and have been in the pest control business for the past 15 years and knew the industry and the region

very well.John said, “We knew Stuey and

Cherie and the business opportunity that Roxby Downs Pest Manage-ment off ered.

We already covered the outback regions in the Far North and South-ern Queensland and beyond so it was a perfect fi t for us.”

John and Stacey’s colleague Travis Hague has moved to Roxby Downs in the past few weeks and will run the Roxby operations. Travis is fully

versed in all the operations of pest management whether it is preven-tion, maintenance or infestation.

John and Stacey owned a cattle station North of Coober Pedy and 15 years ago moved into the Pest Control business and now works out of Clare covering the outback regions of South Australia.

They wish Stuey and Cherie every success and happiness in the future.

A Perfect FitA Perfect Fit

Travis Hauge and John Giles, who has 15 years experience in pest control, are the new operators of Roxby Downs Pest Management

Requiem Bait

hums a different tune for termites

MiningMININGNEWS IN BRIEF

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OZ Minerals Limited (OZL:ASX) and IMX Resources Limited (IXR:ASX) have now

signed an Exploration Joint Venture Agreement to form a joint venture to explore for, and facilitate the devel-opment of, copper-gold projects on IMX’s Mt Woods tenements in South Australia.

An exploration program is scheduled to commence immediately. Th e Agree-ment gives eff ect to the Heads of Agree-ment announced on 30 November 2009, and is essentially on the same terms and conditions as the Heads of Agreement.

Th e implementation of the Joint Ven-ture Agreement is subject to the consent of the South Australian Minister for Min-eral Resources Development.

IMX’s Mt Woods tenements are largely contiguous with OZ Minerals’ tenements which contain the Prominent Hill copper mine in South Australia. Th e area sur-rounding Prominent Hill, including the joint venture tenements, is considered by OZ Minerals to be highly prospective for the discovery of similar types of deposits under thin cover, and as such, is OZ Min-erals’ highest exploration priority.

On signing the Agreement, Duncan McBain, IMX Managing Director said “IMX will continue to develop the Cairn Hill project and other iron ore projects.

Th e joint venture with OZ Minerals means a very signifi cant increase in ex-penditure at Mt Woods, well in excess of what IMX could aff ord. IMX intends to be an active joint venture partner and iron ore explorer in the Mt Woods area.”

OZ Minerals Managing Director and CEO Terry Burgess said “We are very excited about having signed this Agree-ment and about being able to start ex-ploration on the ground. OZ Minerals considers these tenements very impor-

tant in our strategy of maximising value from our existing assets. Th e likelihood of an economic discovery within the IMX tenements is greatly improved due to the proximity to the Prominent Hill mine and supporting infrastructure.”

OZ Minerals Equity stake - Soon af-ter signing the Heads of Agreement, OZ Minerals subscribed to a placement of IMX shares representing approximately 13% of IMX. OZ Minerals has the right to maintain its shareholding interest in IMX for a period of 12 months by partici-pating in future placements on the same terms and conditions. Th e proposed IMX placement to Taifeng has triggered this right and OZ Minerals has confi rmed it intends to maintain its 13% interest by subscribing for an additional 7.759m shares at the placement price of 48.4c/share ($3.8m). Th ese top up shares will be issued after further shareholder approval and FIRB approval at the same time as the issue of more shares to Taifeng in order to maintain its 19.9% stake.

Joint Venture Details - OZ Minerals has an immediate 51% interest in the joint venture. Th is interest will be main-tained provided OZ Minerals spends a cumulative minimum average of $4mil-lion a year over the next fi ve years for a total of $20 million. If OZ Minerals fails to spend this amount, then it forfeits its entire 51% joint venture interest.

After this expenditure, both parties have the option to contribute pro rata to any further expenditure on exploration. If IMX does not contribute, OZ Minerals shall sole fund exploration expenditure and can earn up to a maximum of 75% interest in the joint venture in this phase, with IMX progressively diluting. IMX cannot be diluted below a 25% interest during this phase of the joint venture, and would at this point be free carried through to the conclusion of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) on any copper-gold discovery.

Th e world’s second-largest iron-ore miner Rio Tinto reported that it was in the midst of negotiating quarterly pricing contracts with its iron-ore customers.Fellow majors BHP Billiton and Vale also recently moved from annual to shorter-term pricing arrangements, ending a 40-year tradition of annual price setting.In fact, Vale last week said it agreed with 97% of its customers to adopt quarterly iron-ore price settle-ments, while BHP Billiton has also agreed to shorter-term contracts.BHP CEO Marius Kloppers has previously said that he is in favour of greater pricing transparency. Kloppers pointed out at the time that

products including oil, copper, alumini-um and nickel had emerged from annual benchmark pricing in the 1970s and that the growth of the steel market in China was likely to change the steel-pricing dy-namic towards shorter-term contracts.This change had come about be-cause steel producers, which were locked into raw material prices for a year at a time, were often placed at a distinct disadvantage to rivals with shorter-term pricing arrangements.However, the World Steel Association has expressed its concerns at the inevitable consequences of “imposed pricing settle-ments” and “possible abuse” of dominant positions by the main iron-ore suppliers.

BHP Billiton has restarted op-erations at its cyclone-affected Hay Point coal terminal, in Queensland.Th e coal terminal, which handles coal from various mines managed by the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance in the Bowen basin, was closed on March 11, owing to high winds and rough seas.Th e miner later declared a force majeure at the Hay Point coal terminal, follow-ing damages caused by cyclone Ului. An early assessment had suggested that it would take three to six weeks for both berths to return to full operation, the

mining company reported at the time.S h i p l o a d i n g s t a r t e d l a s t w e e k f r o m t h a t b e r t h .BHP Billiton is planning to expand the capacity of the Hay Point terminal. In January, it had approved $267-million to accelerate the development of the Caval Ridge and Hay Point coal termi-nal stage 3 expansion (HPX3) projects.Th e HPX3 project is expected to increase the capacity of the Hay Point terminal from 44-million tons a year to 55-million tons a year.

OZMinerals - IMX Resources sign copper-gold exploration joint venture in South Australia

BHP reopens Queensland coal terminal

Rio also moves to quarterly iron-ore pricing model

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper www.themonitor.com.au Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – Page 5

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A huge new protected area in South Australia’s remote north will help protect one of

the state’s most endangered species – the warru or black-footed rock wallaby.

Environment Protection Minister Peter Garrett congratulated traditional owners and Indigenous rangers from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands on today’s declaration of the Kalka-Pipalyatjara Indigenous Pro-tected Area.

“Th is spectacular landscape stretches from the Tomkinson and Mann ranges dominating the northwest to sand dune country in the south,” Mr Garrett said.

“Today’s declaration means 580,000 hectares of this country will be managed by its traditional owners for conservation. Th is is a signifi cant addition to the Na-tional Reserve System.

“Th e ranges in the north provide a safe haven for one of the few remaining colonies of black-footed rock wallaby, with experts estimating only about 100 of the mammals are left.

“Rangers are working with the APY Land Management Unit in a Warru Re-covery Team to secure the future of this culturally signifi cant mammal.

“Today’s declaration creates a signifi -cant conservation corridor of more than 12 million hectares across state borders, as Kalka-Pipalyatjara connects Ngaany-atjarra IPA in Western Australia and the

Watarru IPA in South Australia.“It joins 37 other declared Indigenous

Protected Areas around the nation - 13 of which, covering more than 3 million hectares, have been announced in the last year alone.

“Indigenous Protected Areas are one of Australia’s most successful conser-vation stories – protecting Australia’s biodiversity while providing training and employment for Aboriginal people doing work to look after their own country.”

Community leader and ranger Ken-neth Ken said today’s declaration would have a positive impact on the commu-nity’s young people, particularly their health, education, training and job op-portunities – all part of Closing the Gap.

“Young people do school in Adelaide – but they need something when back in country. With Kalka-Pipalyatjara we teach young people about bush, about what looking after country is,” he said.

“We want to get school kids out there working on it too – teach younger people step by step, because that is the way they learn, to look after it.

“We need to look after the warru, nga-namara (Mallee fowl) and tjakura (great desert skink).

We are starting land management be-cause these might be dying out and we need to teach our kids.”

For more on Indigenous Protected Areas visit www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/ipa

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Over the past ten years members of community groups, event organisers

and new comers have complained that there was not a communal calendar that listed all up and coming events and other impor-tant dates.

That was rectified in 2008 with the online ‘What’s on Calendar’ but it seems many people do not know of the existence of the Community

Calendar.

Since the roxbydowns.com web-site was revamped in 2008 there has been a Community Calendar posted on the site listing Roxby’s important dates ranging from entertainment to visiting health practitioners to coff ee mornings.

While it is regularly used by those’ in the know’ it seems there are very few people ‘in the know’. When the Monitor ask a range of people “do you know there is a community Cal-

endar on line” very few knew there was one available.

Any organisation community or business can lodge the details of an event or activity by simply forward-ing the details to the site Web Master Justine Brouns.

Mrs Brouns said” we are continu-ally on the look out for new items to add into the calendar.

People call us regularly, we scan the notice boards and of course there is word of mouth. Despite this we miss hearing about many important dates because people are not aware of the FREE service and do not con-tact us.”

Th e calendar has a diverse listing of activities such as dates of most visiting health practitioners, Market Days, school terms and events such as RFDS Irish Christmas Dinner,

Did you know coming up soon is the Long Lunch, Tag Along Tour or Th ink Pink Golf Day. Are you plan-ning ahead for the Miners Cup at AMMI Stadium or the RDFS Golf and Auction Day? Maybe you want to check on which day the optometrist will be here next.

It and much more i s in t h e C o m m u n i t y C a l e n d a r. Our aim is to have every community and businesses events and activities listed but to achieve that we need your help.

Click onto roxbydowns.com, click onto contact us and use the form to list your details.

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COMMUNITY MATTERSMonitorThe

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

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

Michelle.Hales@roxbydowns.com.au

COMMUNITY PERSON OF THE MONTHRoxby Downs

By Millie Thomas

Roxby youth have a certain charisma about them.

According to results from last year’s graduating year twelves, they are intelligent and driven. What can help encourage these adolescents to move up from the trials and tribulations of puberty to become a successful and valued person within the community?

Th e Youth Centre, fronted by the Leisure Centre’s Shane Hough provides children from the age of twelve a place to hang out with their friends, to socialise and detach themselves from any issues that may prevail at home.

In the past, attempts to run consistent activities at the Youth Centre have failed, as the events have not drawn a big enough crowd. Th is time around, Shane wants to emphasise strongly on using the centre to “chill out” and for it to be a comfortable enough atmosphere for youth to relax, as they would at home.

Shane has been running activities that are common and popular amongst youth such as playing pool, Wii and Xbox competitions and games and movie nights. Whilst all of these activities can be performed at home, Shane feels that the attitude at the Youth Centre enables all of the children to be themselves, while still working on social skills and interaction.

“Th e Xbox competition is a major drawing card for the older kids. And while they often play it at home by themselves they love networking and meeting new peo-ple,” said Shane.

Shane and Michael Esposito have been proactive in helping Roxby’s adolescents address social, emotional and behavioural issues in a relatable and relaxed approach.

“Flipside operate out of the youth centre (run by Andy Kilcross and Petra Noble) it works well because they are comfortable in that environment. Flipside deals with more issues that occupy our youth like drug and alcohol abuse,” said Michael.

Th is program provides an outlet for both young men and women to talk about any issues, serious or not.

Drug and alcohol abuse is an established issue within our community, but so too is teenage pregnancy and broken families.

“My approach is to give them that little bit of fl exibility, but so they know what’s right or wrong. I’ll give them a little bit of guidance…I’m giving them that direction but letting them take control themselves,” said Shane.

“Th ere’s been a few one on one conversations sur-rounding issues with youth including underage drink-ing. It’s probably our main issue at the moment, there’s a bit of peer pressure involved in underage drinking (we talk) about the impact underage drinking has on their health and hopefully they make their own decision to not participate in that type of activity,” Michael told Th e Monitor.

Th e youth centre has already received a positive recep-tion from those attending. “We’re over that fi rst hurdle of people coming in, and the comfort ability, we’re now fi nd-ing that the kids are asking questions, particularly about career opportunities. Th ey’re asking about job prospects within the community. Shane’s really added that maturity (to the youth centre). Th ere are two particular people at the youth centre who are asking about a career in social work,” said Michael.

In the near future, Shane has big plans to support Roxby youth, and plans to have the centre open at every convenience. Michael and Shane want to change the opening hours to more suit the needs of the youth, and want to start a breakfast club in the morning, to give the kids that kick start before school.

“I’ve found, especially with the older youth that there are a lot of potential leaders. We’re just trying to capture that and expand on it,” said Shane.

By Celeste Lustosa

Whose to say Monday nights are supposed

to be boring?If you have a ‘good hand

of cards’ you belong to the Poker nights on Mondays at Roxby Downs Commu-nity Club.

Th e club has just start-ed the fun last week with 20 poker players getting together for the sake of a great time.

According to the Com-munity Club manager Adrian Prosser, poker nights are free and every-one is welcome to join.

“The Poker nights on Mondays are for every-one, not only members, entry is free and winners of the night get vouchers and give away presents for those who fi nish top three of the night, so it is really lots of fun,” said Adrian.

And since Adrian is very skilled at poker (my words, not his) those who can beat him on Mondays nights also get special give aways.

“Hopefully this next Monday we will have many more players. It is just a great atmosphere,” he said.

The Poker nights are not the only news at the Club.

“At the moment we are working on a new menu with more options for everyone.

“These are things we

are doing in the short term but we are con-stantly trying to get more activities happening at the Club to get a few more people through the door and new memberships,” Adrian said.

A single membership at a $30 cost and a family membership only cost-ing $40; on a Wednesday member’s night you can win a dinner voucher which compensates the membership for a year.

A couple of visits to the bottle shop, that is for members only, can also make the membership all worth while, as their prices are always lower, which is a benefi t of being a community club.

Th e Community Club is also opening its doors for lunch every-day from now on and the function area upstairs is available for community use.

“Th e function area upstairs has been utilised a bit more and our board room is now available for that purpose.

“We are get-ting more activi-ties for the bars, special drinks, theme d par-ties, and much more.”

This is some of the short term news at the Club, but according to the

new manager the major plan is for the new sports area which is still going ahead.

“Hopefully the sports area will be fi nished up in the next few months,” he said.

Footy Friday nights can also be expected at the Club in the future and I can’t wait for all the fun functions that are yet to come in our town. Adrian is a very enthusiastic man-ager and I am defi nitely going to be a familiar face on Poker night.

Come along and have a good time, drink specials and food available.

For bookings and m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n about the Club contact phone number 8671 0117.

Poker nights start at Community Club

New manager at Roxby Downs Community Club Adrian Prosser

invites everyone for Poker Nights at the Club on Mondays

A home that’s A home that’s not at homenot at home

Kadriye Burggraaff moved to Roxby in 2008 with her husband and daughter,

who was only 18 months at the time, and she knows how chal-lenging it can be to live away from your relatives when you have small children.

Simple things like having some-one to watch your small children while you have a doctor’s appoint-ment or even get some help when all you need is a one hour rest so you can look after yourself are pos-sible in Roxby, because of people like Kadriye.

Because she understands what parents go through when away from family, she decided to help others with their babies and she joined the ‘Strengthening Our Families’ pro-gram.

Th is is a program that provides support, friendship and assistance to parents with children aged under 5 years.

Th e project is a community part-nership between the Roxby Downs Health Services and BHP Billiton

Olympic Dam.Th e type of support provided

is personalised specifically to suit the needs of each family.

Strengthening Our Families can also introduce new families to the many services and ac-tivities that are available in our community.

“Th is is a great way of helping others, as well as make friends and get involved in the commu-nity,” Kadriye said.

Our Community Person of the Month of February donates her time, even though she has two small children herself, to help on the cof-fee mornings and story time, well-known activities of Roxby parents.

She has had a great amount of hours dedicated to that and that’s why she is one of our special and se-lected residents that get recognised with this title.

As far as the ‘Strengthening Our Families’ program, volunteers are available for home visiting, super-vising children at health and medi-cal appointments, attending com-munity activities and other daily activities and you get to meet people

like Kadriye, that are genuine and want to help others.

If you know someone who de-serves to be noticed because of their dedication and enthusiasm for the community, just like her, nominate them for this award.

Nomination forms are available from the Big Sky Service Centre, Th e Monitor and the Roxby Downs Council.

Since October 2008, Big Sky and Th e Monitor Newspaper have granted the “Community Person of the Month” to members of the com-munity who have gone above and beyond the standard call of duty.

Community Person of February

By Celeste Lustosa

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LETTERS to the editor

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Thanks .... and I sincerely mean it. It has been one of the best experi-

ences of my life both professionally and personally.I have worked, lived permanently and commuted in and out of

Roxby Downs over for the past nine years. Th e original project was for 9 months by which time it was too late, I was hooked.

Hooked on what?Excuse what have now become clichés about Roxby Downs, but it

was primarily the people and the community they had formed that drew me here.

When I arrived in 2001 following the 1998 expansion the community was doing it tough but there was no discounting the spirit and values of its people, it was infectious.

Professionally I saw many ways I could use my skills to support the community to achieve its goals and the potential of what could be accomplished excited me.

So the journey was started, and now, all of a sudden its 2010!Th ere have been many segments to the adventure and the highlights

include the initial interviewing of over 80 businesses and the Listening to Roxby Surveys in 2001 and 2003.

From these we learnt a lot about how what the community valued, what it liked and what it didn’t.

Th e eighteen months with the inaugural Community Board devel-oping the community plan, the formation of the permanent Board and its Forums and Partnerships inspiring. It was a great milestone

for the community.Th e Monitor has been a huge part of my time here and I have loved

it even though some nights I wondered and squirmed about how we could keep it afl oat.

Volunteering at the RoxFM was also a joy and heaps of fun. I could go on, but the point I really want to make is that as great as

all the projects were that was not why I stayed here for nine years.It was the people, both as individuals and as a community that

kept me here.I found the community of Roxby very friendly, rarely would I walk

down the street when people did not, say hello, give a smile or even just a slight nod or tilt of the head in recognition.

Generally I found people were accepting, generous, outspoken and in the main genuine.

I was given considerable latitude and trust by both the community and the Roxby Downs Council for my part in strengthening the sense of community in Roxby Downs.

Th is past week people have been generous in thanking me for all I have done for the community and what has been achieved. I have been quick to point out the accomplishments are not mine. My part was simply to listen to the community, and then encourage, mentor and enable those involved to take useful actions to reach their goals.

So to the whole community of Roxby Downs I sincerely thank you for the opportunity, thank you for the learning and your support and above all thanks for the fun. Ray Goldie, Managing Editor.

EDITORIAL Thanks

Ray Goldie and Roxby Downs

It was with great ex-citement that Ray came home from his fi rst trip to Roxby, after being invited by Bill Boehm, back in 2000. Bill and Ray had successfully worked together on a community develop-ment project in Border-town, so it was with con-fidence that Bill asked Ray and his colleague Mary-Ellen McMahon to do a survey of the town’s population and write up a strategic plan to take the town into the future, by including the residents and business owner’s needs and con-cerns. Little did I realise that the venture would span 9 years, the latter fi ve as full time.

Ray travelled to Roxby Downs many times to do the interviews with indi-viduals, business opera-tors and holding public meetings, gathering the data needed to write a report for the Council. Eventually, Th e Strategic Plan was written and fi -nally implemented.

Many hours were spent on the wording; layout and the essence of the document which had to be useful and in-novative.

I always knew Ray was a big thinker, and this project confi rmed that. Th e Strategic Plan took on its own life becoming an integral part of the planning and implemen-tation of the Community Board and Community Groups. Ray was ably assisted along this path by Michelle Hales who was the Council’s repre-sentative.

I have been privileged to watch and, where I could, support Ray as he put into practice many of the strategic sug-gestions in his original

plan. Most importantly is Th e Monitor Newspa-per. Th is has been such a wonderful addition to the town of Roxby Downs that many do not know of its beginnings.

One of the most com-mon comments from the survey was that there was a lack of commu-nication between the council and the people in the town. Even though Roxby had a regular newsletter, which came from the Council, along with a local paper from Rural Press, Ray could see the need for a fur-ther newspaper devot-ed to Roxby Downs and suggested a free paper – The Monitor News-paper. Th e introduction of The Monitor was a painstaking enterprise, with many challenges not least of which were the changes of staff over the years. Th rough it all, Ray stayed committed to the philosophy of a lo-cal paper for the town which extends its reach to the outback and into towns across the border of Queensland. The winning of a SA Great Award in 2006 cemented the value of Th e Moni-tor and it was a pleasure to be with Ray when he accepted the award, on behalf of all of the staff at The Monitor, the community of Roxby Downs.

Thank you Ray for having a vision of how a community can be a huge part of the running of a town like Roxby Downs, and thank you for your steadfastness and holding onto your vision and putting what you talk about into ac-tion.

Wishing you good for-tune on your travels.

Marilyn Goldie

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GSE Brazil about to have their presentation at Roxby Rotary Club in 2008

With Teresa and Leigh during her stay in Roxby in 2008

For kids growing up in Roxby Downs this is real fact of

life. Many kids have never lived in the city and have not yet devel-oped the street smarts to deal with traffic. Research has shown that children up to the age of 10 years do not understand how to keep themselves safe in traffi c. Th ey fi nd it difficult to judge the speed and distance of moving vehicles and to recognize the direction of sound. They are easily distracted and tend to focus on one thing at a time. Th is makes them extremely vulnerable road users.

Our main street is ab-solute chaos at school pick up and drop off times and I worry that something terrible will happen. Th ere are kids, adults and vehicles eve-rywhere. It happens at other times as well when kids wait for their parents to load their cars after shopping.

Kids can’t be seen when they stand between the cars or behind signs. We can’t see them and they can’t see us.

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C ommunity onversations

BOARD MEETINGSIf you would like to do a presentation to the

Community Board please contact Michelle Hales to organise a date and time to be placed on the agenda. Requests close on the Wednesday prior to the Board meeting. Board meetings usually take place on the last Monday of the month.

JOINING FORUMSMembers of the community are encouraged

to join any of the forums or partnerships. If you would like to join the Arts and Culture Forum, Education and Workplace Training Forum, Fam-ily and Youth Forum, Environment Forum, Sport and Recreation Forum or Volunteering Partner-ship you are welcome to attend any of the meet-ings. Meeting times appear in Th e Monitor on a regular basis.

If you would like to join the Health Forum and/or Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partnership please contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 or via email to: halesm@roxbycouncil.com.au to express your interest.

FURTHER INFORMATIONIf you would like to fi nd out more about any

of the forums visit the www.roxbydowns.com website or contact Michelle Hales - Executive Offi cer Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.Mobile: 0418 833 818Phone: 8671 0010 Fax: 8671 0452Email: halesm@roxbycouncil.com.au

GENERAL INFORMATION

MEETING DATESArts and Culture Forum 21 April 7.30pm Community Board 03 May 7.30pmSport & Recreation Forum 04 May 7.30pmRoxby RoadSafe 13 May 5.30pmEnvironment Forum 11 May 7.30pm

es.It’s not just the public

roads where we need to be alert. Driveways and car parks are also danger spots.

It is a tragic fact of life that more than one third of pedestrians aged under six years, who are killed by motor vehicles, die ‘off road’ in driveways, yards and car parks. Children aged under three are the most likely to be killed or injured in home drive-ways by a reversing ve-hicle driven by a parent, relative or friend.

Adults also need street smarts to deal with the hazards of country roads. Th e unpredictable nature of kangaroos, emus and cows means we need to be forever vigilant to our surroundings.

I’ve had a close en-counter with an emu that came out of nowhere and started racing towards my car at such speed that I thought it was go-ing to hit me. Only in the last few seconds did it slow down but not fast enough to avoid the car. It clipped the front wheel, did a somersault, before standing up and running away. One mighty lucky emu and one very fraz-zled driver. Other drivers have not been so lucky.

Th ere is no room for complacency on the roads. Whether it’s rogue emus or road trains we all need to be on guard for the unexpected. It’s the same for the little ones. Teaching them street smarts now will help them when they venture out into the big wide world beyond Roxby Downs.

Michelle Hales is the Community Develop-ment Officer of Roxby Downs Council and Executive Offi cer of the Roxby Downs Commu-nity Board.

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By Millie Thomas

Celeste Lustosa is a well known face around town. She works as a journalist and photographer

for our community paper Th e Monitor and volunteers in local events. She has breezed into our homes and our hearts with her bubbly personality and kind nature. But the pros of Celeste don’t stop there. Last Monday, April 12 Celeste was inducted into Rotary Club of Roxby District.

Celeste came over from Brazil on a Rotary exchange program called Group Study Exchange, or GSE in April, 2008. Th e exchange is a unique program that off ers young business people and profes-sionals between the ages of 25 and 40 the opportunity to go on a cultural and voca-tional exchange to further their knowledge in their career, and enabling them to wit-ness how their career diff ers in diff erent countries.

“(Th roughout the program) we were supposed to spend fi ve weeks in South Australia, touring Port Augusta, Roxby, Peterborough, and diff erent parts of Ad-elaide. Th rough the exchange, I have met over a hundred people and was able to learn about my career (journalism and public relations) in a diff erent continent,” Celeste said.

After coming to Roxby through GSE Celeste heard about the job opportunity at Th e Monitor and was eager to apply after spending a special night here with her hosts Teresa Baddeley and Leigh Mal-colm.

“When Rotary was given the opportu-nity to share GSE with Port Augusta, hav-ing no idea what GSE was all about, we put our hand up to host Celeste.

“Th e fi rst dinner night was mind-blow-ing. Th e enthusiasm and energy from all of the GSE was amazing. We feel we were very lucky to have Celeste. She was a beau-tiful person and absorbed us into her heart straight away.

“Th e fact that she’s managed to work and have a life in Roxby is fantastic. Rotary Club of Roxby District is very humbled to have a person from the GSE program to want to be a part of the Rotary and give back to the community. She has fi t into the Australian life like a little Aussie pocket rocket!” said Teresa.

“GSE is a program where young profes-sionals, who are not already in Rotary get the opportunity to travel with a Rotarian. So now Celeste has experienced fi rsthand the benefi ts of a Rotary program and that has led her to become a part of our local Rotary,” said Sandy Sumsion, President of Rotary Club of Roxby District.

“To me, it shows the power of being involved in an international organisation and having the courage to be involved in a program like GSE has helped Celeste change her life path – it has taken her to the other side of the world!”

“She is a perfect example of a young person having been involved in a Rotary program… it shows how she has gained the long term benefi ts streaming from the fi rst step she took with Rotary,” Sandy said.

Celeste was honoured to have been asked to join Roxby’s Rotary club. She had seen fi rst hand the work that they have done around our community and world-wide. “What I’ve realised in Rotary all over the world is everything they do is for the common good. Th ey want to be involved in the community for example, organising a bench for Andamooka, and raising funds for polio worldwide,” she said.

Celeste reiterates the emotional and fi -nancial support that the Rotary club have provided her with, throughout the GSE and during her working visa stay here in Australia.

“When the opportunity came to work in Roxby, I was at ease because of the kindness of Teresa and Leigh. Th e only reason I’m here is because of Rotary. 90% of my Australian friends are Rotarians. Th ey have been there from the beginning, hosting me and supporting me emotion-ally,” she said.

“I wanted to be a Rotarian from the beginning, but I wanted to settle in eve-ryday life fi rst. Th anks to Millie I know I can organise my week. I can attend and participate in everything Rotary does. Because Millie and I are a team, I can do that,” she said. “In rotary, every member is heard, and the members will do anything to help you – I realised this when Th eresa and Leigh hosted me, it was an incredibly special night. Rotarians are very willing to do volunteer work; they will just put themselves out there. Th ey’ll do anything; they’ll fl ip burgers all day. Th ere’s no egos involved,” she said.

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Chairperson Peter Allen enjoying

GHD’s third anniversary at the

Dunes

GHD Con Koutsounis, Trevor Kroemer,

Michael Esposito and

John Schmidt at GHD event

EVENT Shane Lock

and Mark Spinks at the GHD

event

A GOOD WIN

David Hunter came from Coober

Pedy to see the boys win

HORNRIDGESUPPORTER

‘Mama’ Jen Gaiter Hanson supporting

Hornridge at the footy

HORNRIDGEBOYS

Kade Gill, Dylon Johnson and Cody

Gaiter at the footy

AVID SUPPORTER

Kate and Skyelah Petty at

the football

STARTING YOUNG!

Tye Montgomerie barracking at the

football

ROXBY Karen Russel

and Vicki Hatty at the GHD

event

THIRD YEAR

Suzie Smith and the state manager

of GHD David Luscombe

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FAREWELLDarren and

Suzie Smith at Ray’s farewell on

Sunday night.

MOVIESJulia Weltner,

Natasha Woodall and

Lily Mason hang out at

the Outdoor Movie Session at the pool

on Friday.

MUM’S GIRL

Lena and Kiriana Ellen at the football on Saturday

CUTE!! Greg

Latham with fi ancee Kristina

Meredith at Ray’s farewell

FAREWELL Michelle Hales

and Margie Anchor at Ray’s farewell

GIRL POWERMonique Gobby, Jazme Tricey and

Amber Goldsworthy-Spiers relaxing at the Outdoor

Movie

RACER Philip Lacey

at the Remote Control Car

Club on Saturday

MECHANICS Trent Burton

at the Remote Control Car Club’s

debut race at their new

track

GOODLUCK!Shane Hough and Kate Weir

with Ray Goldie at his farewell

BYE! Leigh Malcolm

and Craig Sumsion at Ray Goldie’s

farewell on Sunday night.

GHDTrevor Robinson and Robin Russel recieve awards from Kaye Doyle

for GHD’s third anniversary in

Roxby.

SPEEDWAY! Kobe Neilson, Jai Sanders,

Hendrix Launer and Aiden Sanders at Speedway

SATURDAY NIGHT FUN

Becky Halloran, Ashton Golding and Kiri Allen at

Speedway

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 12 – Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Photography GroupOutback HotShots

Photographer Profi lePhotographer Profi leAndre Esterhuizen

What was your first camera?

My first camera was a Rocoh KR10M which I bought in 1990.

Why did you get into

photography?Just as a hobby, I guess.

I’m not really all that crea-tive, but I like experiment-ing.

How long have you

been taking photos?I’ve always been inter-

ested but started more se-riously as a hobby with the Ricoh from around 1990 to around 1995. After a lapse I started again in 2008 when I bought my fi rst DSLR.

Who or what inspires

you?The dynamics of pho-

tography interest me and all the things that have an infl uence and need to think

1st place : Juanita Van Rooyen with her entry of a lake scene.2nd place : Michael Holden with his entry of refl ections after the rain3rd place : Charmayne Cronje with her entry of a refl ection of a snail

On Saturday after-noon, 17 April, t h e O u t b a c k

Hotshots photography club held a workshop on outdoor portraits led by Michael Houlden.

Meeting at the Dunes Café at 4 o’clock, it was an excellent turn-out with 5 members from the club coming out to experiment with natural light and fl ash to create a collection of in-teresting portraits.

Club members learned

about posing models , working with outdoor set-tings and backgrounds and using and modifying both natural and artifi cial light. The group of photogra-phers also experimented with both open shade and direct sun to create pleas-ing images.

Th e club was assisted by a number of the photogra-phers’ children who helped out as models and lighting assistants holding refl ec-tors to reduce shadows and positioning and steadying light stands.

Outback Hotshots is a local photography group in Roxby Downs

The group is open to any keen photographers, no matter what is your level and it’s free to join.

Our new theme for the month of April 2010 is “Outdoor Portraits” if anyone would like to take some photos and join

us at our next meeting. Should you like any more information or have any que-ries please email us at outbackhotshots@gmail.com or check out our blog at http://www.outbackhotshots.com

Our next meeting will be on the 2nd of May 2010 at 12noon at the Dunes.

Photography club held a workshop

Questions for the

photographer

of before you take the shot. I enjoy the satisfaction of taking photos where these dynamics can be seen in the image.

Where is your favourite

place to take photos?Preferably, any natural

setting.What is your favourite

photo?I have a few, but once I

took a nice photo of a sun-set at the Glenelg Jetty in Adelaide....

What is your favourite

genre?1) Landscapes. I’ve also

done quite a few nice pan-oramas. 2) Cityscapes are also interesting to shoot. 3) Sunrises/Sunsets. In all of these I like experimenting with longer time exposures and panoramas to create nice eff ects.

What is your favourite

photography tool?I don’t have much, but

I do prefer my zoom lens over my standard 18-55mm.

What photography

equipment do you have on your wish list?

I would love to get a de-cent wide angle lens, like the Canon EF-S 10-22mm. But I feel that I could do with a camera upgrade too.

Photo winners of the month

Photos taken by Michael Holden

for the for the

month ofmonth of

AprilApril

Glenelg Jetty in Adelaide

a sandstorm near Woomeracity-scape at Boat Quay in Singapore

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 13 – Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Johnston Withers Lawyersare now visiting Roxby Downs each month

Offering professional legal advice and representation in most areas of law including:

Industrial Employment LawWorkers Compensation WillsDiscrimination Law & Workplace Harassment

Criminal & Traffic LawEstates & TrustsPersonal Injury Commercial

Medical NegligenceFamily & DeFacto ConveyancingDefamation

Nic Kernahan and Emma Wilkinson will next be in attendance at our offices of 1A Tutop Centre, 20-22 Tutop St., Roxby Downs on

12th May 2010For appointments, contact us at:

17 Sturt Street, Adelaide SA 5000Telephone: 8231 1110 (Adelaide) 8642 5122 (Pt Augusta)

Fax: 8231 1230Email: mail@johnstonwithers.com.auWeb: www.johnstonwithers.com.au

Regional offices at Clare, Port Augusta and Whyalla

Call us today to find out how.

Visit us at the Roxby Downs Service Centre at Shop 3, 14 Tutop St, Roxby Downs, call us on 8671 2555 or visit www.bigsky.net.au

Comparison rates are based on interest rates available on the NAB and Bankwest website as at the 22nd of March 2010, and applies to investment amounts of $5,000. Rates are subject to change without notice. An interest rate adjustment or penalty may apply for early redemption. You should read all relevant disclosure documents before making a decision on whether this product is suitable.

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GHD team gets together to celebrate 3 years in Roxby

There is some good news amid the recent rush of sensational headlines about rising interest rates.

Richard Irving, General Manager – Sales & Distribution of Big Sky, reports that members in the credit union’s widespread service areas, including mining strongholds Roxby Downs (South Australia), Port Hedland (Western Aus-tralia) and Moranbah (Queensland) have been ramping up loan enquiries in recent months.

“Interestingly, the rate hikes have not had the dampening eff ect that it seems to be having elsewhere across Australia,” he says.

Such confidence points to the general strength of the mining and resources sec-tor, and optimism within those communities about long-term growth and employment prospects.

“I think that’s probably driving a fair amount of demand,” Irving says. “People (in these areas) are bouncing back a lot quicker in terms of looking for refi nancing opportunities or new home opportunities.”

In early April, the major banks moved quick-ly to lift their interest rates after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its cash rate to 4.25 per cent. Most banks’ standard vari-

able rates are now above 7 per cent. Research fi rm Canstar Cannex suggests the RBA’s action will add about $50 a month more to a typical $300,000 mortgage taken out over 25 years. Th ere is also market consensus that there will be one or two more rate increases before the end of the year.

Th e resources boom aside, Irving says anoth-er comforting fact is that long-term planning can insulate members from against the worst eff ects of rate hikes.

“We’ve got a very strong focus on educating our members about the fact that you shouldn’t just be thinking about what you commit to to-day,” he says. “You do need to factor in that we’re in a rising interest rate environment.”

Irving says people should take some basic steps to protect themselves:

- Discuss options with a credible fi nancial institution such as Big Sky before taking out a loan.

- Consider your likely future scenario around work, location and lifestyle choices when se-lecting a mortgage.

- Shop around for the best loan deals but enquire beyond the headline rate to see if there are any hidden costs.

- Ensure you read the fi ne print and properly

understand terms and conditions that may af-fect the loan.

- Exercise caution before automatically switching to fi xed-rate loans.

On the latter point, Irving says there is a natural tendency for mortgagees to think fi xing interest rates is a good move in an environment of rising rates. However, such loans typically come with a higher interest rate.

“We’d encourage people to think before they lock into fi xed rates because the penalties can be high if you try to get out of that environ-ment when rates start to fall again,” says Irving, who adds that historically variable loans tend to perform well.

Given the added burden of rate jumps, Ir-ving advises people to pay down or consoli-date other debts such as credit cards to limit the impact of rate fl uctuations. He suggests a whole-of-budget approach which factors in all fi nancial commitments rather than looking at a loan in isolation.

“Don’t panic. (But) if you already have a mortgage and are getting into trouble it’s im-portant to notify your fi nancial institution re-ally early so you can discuss solutions.”

Keep panic levels down as rates rise

By Celeste Lustosa

One of the world’s leading engineering, architectural and environmental consulting fi rms, GHD, has recently celebrated 3 years

in Roxby Downs with a function at Dune’s Café, hosting a number of key clients and staff from other GHD offi ces.

Th e event provided an opportunity to hear about the work of the Roxby Downs offi ce and to recognise Offi ce Manager Darren Smith, and Project Offi cer Kaye Doyle for their hard work during the past three years.

GHD provides a truly integrated multi-disciplinary professional consulting service, with offi ces in Adelaide, Roxby Downs and Mount Gambier.

“We established our local presence in South Australia 11 years ago with 35 staff in our Grenfell Street offi ce. Today, our team of more than 200 staff collaborate in Green Star Accredited offi ces, providing technical solu-tions across 5 global market sectors, all focussed on the needs of businesses within South Australia” said State Manager Mr David Luscombe.

“We have solid client relationships in the Roxby Downs region, including BHP Billiton, BAE Systems and the Defence Department. A local presence has enabled us to improve relationships with these key clients and better the services we provide.

“GHD’s clients benefi t from the company’s local knowl-

edge and experience, teamed with their access to a global community of professionals.

“We deliver sustainable solutions by combining tech-nical skills, experience and innovation with an under-standing of our clients’ objectives and aspirations,” local manager, Darren Smith added.

In addition to infrastructure projects, GHD has made signifi cant contributions to Roxby Downs community projects, including the town’s War Memorial. GHD was also responsible for the refi t of the local newsagency, which has been very well received by the community.

“We are very appreciative of Roxby support and we in-tend to be here for years to come and expand the business in line with development in the area,” said Mr Smith.

“We are a unique company and, in my view, our suc-cess is directly related to our interaction at a local com-munity level.

“Th e fact that we have people like Darren and Kaye here is very positive for the company because they are fully involved in the community and are building great relationships for GHD,” Mr Luscombe said.

He also told Th e Monitor exclusively that the company has big plans for Roxby, which include business expan-sion and more jobs to come.

“We want to be here for a long time and we have many plans for GHD in Roxby. We are very appreciative of all the local support we have received so far,” he con-cluded.

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper

By Celeste Lustosa

For this Women’s Page we are going to dedicate some good lines to talk about

women in the workforce. Th e Business Council of Australia (BCA) has come up with a plan for change to assist more women into leading business roles.

Australia still has relatively few women in top corporate jobs and overall only about one senior ex-ecutive in 10 is a woman. Th e Gov-ernment has voiced its concerns about the issue and now the BCA has come up with a 12-month pi-lot project to mentor women into leadership roles.

It wants the chief executives of Australia’s top companies to hand-pick talented women.

Th ey are then required to men-tor them and open doors to allow them to climb the corporate lad-der.

Th e BCA itself is an organisa-tion that is 97 per cent male, but is headed up by Katie Lahey.

McDonald’s managing director in Australia, Catriona Noble, said in an interview the fast food chain made a deliberate decision to em-ploy more women a few years ago and it has helped the business.

“Yes, there was a target to go out and say we need to have better gender diversity and so it was very deliberate, but I’d have to say in recent years we no longer require that kind of targeting because it just self-perpetuates after a certain point in time,” she said.

And what is hap-pening for the rest of the women in the workforce? More im-portantly, what does the future hold for business women in the workplace? What percentage of women work?

In 1950 about one in three women par-ticipated in the labour force. By 1998, nearly three of every five women of working age were in the labour force. Among women age 16 and over, the labour force partici-pation rate was 33.9 percent in 1950, com-pared with 59.8 percent in 1998.

As the numbers show women have come very far in the work-place. We’re making progress, but, it has taken years to even get close to this. I thought it would be inter-esting to take a look back in time to see what we have - and haven’t - achieved.

From “Women & the Workplace” - During the American Revolution, some twenty thousand women accompanied American troops to war, serving as cooks, nurses, laundresses, guides, seamstresses, water porters, and ammunition loaders.

- In 1848, Charlotte Woodward campaigned to change laws that gave husbands the right to pocket their wives’ earnings.

By 1870, six out of ten working women were domestic servants.

- In New York City at mid-cen-

tury, 25 percent of all employed Irish women and half of all Afri-can-American women worked as servants.

- Ninety percent of working women fi t into 11 of 451 job types listed on the 1940 census. More than ninety percent of all nurses, clerical workers, and domestic servants were women.

- A Women’s Bureau study of 1944 reported that eighty percent of women who worked during World War II wished to continue at their jobs.

- The 1943 “Guide to Hiring Women” has quite a bit of advice for the men who were doing the hiring. General experience indi-cates that “husky” girls are more even tempered and effi cient than their underweight sisters.

A girl has more confi dence and is more effi cient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick, and

wash her hands. Pick young married women.

Th ey usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmar-ried sisters, they’re less likely to be fl irtatious, they need the work or they wouldn’t be doing it, they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public effi ciently.

Nowadays, thankfully things have changed quite a bit – luck-ily for me as a young unmarried woman I wouldn’t stand a chance, and women constitute half the world’s population, perform near-ly two-thirds of its work hours, receive one-tenth of the world’s income and own less than one-hundredth of the world’s property.There are still lots to fight for as until today women, on aver-age, are making only 75 cents for every dollar earned by a man but I think we are on the right track.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – Page 14www.themonitor.com.au

I amwomanThe Foundation for Australian

A g r i c u l tu r a l Wo m e n (FAAW) will be unveil-

ing a series of new initiatives throughout the year, including the Global Interactive Library and the unique Innovation Labs to provide women in leadership in rural and regional Australia with further learning, business and sponsorship opportunities.

Th e challenges of rural and re-gional women in leadership require different solutions to their urban counterparts, and FAAW has de-signed tools specifi cally for women living and working in rural and re-gional areas.

President of FAAW, Jane Cleeve, said the new initiatives will intro-duce greater diversity of opportu-nities. “We will be enriching rural and regional Australia as women in leadership will have better connec-tions with business leaders who will help women make things happen, whether they are organising a com-munity event or have a revolutionary business idea.”

A tele-learning series successfully launched in 2009 will continue in 2010. Th e tele-learning series, which can be accessed from any landline, connects women from around the country with leadership ex-pertise. Th e purpose of the series is to empower women to become more eff ective and confi dent leaders at home, in the community and in busi-ness. Th e tele-learning project is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) as part of its Recognising Women Farmers initiative. More information about the

series can be found at www.faaw.org.au.

Th e Global Interactive Library is expected to launch mid-2010 with four distinct sections, including an online information resource and fo-rum. Th e Library will be a dynamic exchange centre for users from Aus-tralia and around the world to share information they fi nd interesting or helpful. Th e Library will also connect women in leadership to discuss in-sights, issues and solutions relevant to rural and regional areas. Th e Glo-bal Interactive Library is funded by the Department of Families, Hous-ing, Community Services and Indig-enous Aff airs (FaHCSIA).

“FAAW will be providing con-tent through Forums, Seminars and workshops but more importantly will encourage users to interact from their knowledge and experience on the site. Th e Library is a place of knowledge creation. The Innova-tion Labs, the most ambitious part of our plans, will follow later this year and be developed over the next two years,” Ms Cleeve said.

The Innovation Labs will link women with new business ideas and inventions to others with com-mon interests and with experts and potential investors. Supported by a network of sponsors, including lead-

ing organisations in the fi eld of law, agriculture, communication, engi-neering, and art, the Innovation Labs will provide a direct line between the business idea and investment capital and support.

“Th e Innovation Labs are designed to create business opportunities. We will feature an online gallery for ru-ral artists and photographers to sell their work, as well as provide oppor-tunities for women who have ideas, perhaps for sustainable farming, healthcare or design, to discuss their plans with experienced professionals in innovation and development,” Ms Cleeve said.

Th e idea of the Innovation Labs has been positively received by busi-ness, with a prominent law fi rm and several companies are in discussion with the Foundation. Ms Cleeve said this initial interest demonstrates the value and faith business has in wom-en from rural and regional areas.

“Women are important to the long-term development and sustain-ability of our rural and regional ar-eas. With the new tools we currently have, and those we will implement, women in rural and regional areas will have the support they need to take truly significant strides,” Ms Cleeve concluded.

FAAW paves the way for women in leadership in rural and regional Australia

Women Women at workat work

Jane Cleeve is the president of the FAAW

Women actually make most of the money-based de-cisions in our world today. Th ey make most of the choices about purchases, and most of the decisions about investments.

% of Purchasing Decisions made by Women: 83% All Consumer Purchases 94% Home furnishings 92% Vacations 91% New Homes 80% DIY Home Projects 51% Consumer Electronics 60% Cars (Really it is 90% because they infl uence an additional 30% of the decisions) 89% Choose which new bank account to open 80% Healthcare

“Wired” Women:Among women who use the Web (women who are “wired”), 83% are the primary decision makers on matters of healthcare, fi nances, and education.

“5 Most Expensive Mistakes Women Make”: • Assuming your current fi nancial status is permanent • Paying too much for convenience • Not using a budget • Waiting for the right time to save • Fearing the wrong risk

Interesting facts about women and

money

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 15 – Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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HAVE YOUR SAY . . .

OD is going to win this year because they are awesome.

Miners are going to win. I think fi nals will be Miners and OD and Miners will win because of their determination, fi tness and drive.

Hornidge because their players are really good at footy.

Hornidge because they kick butt most of the time.

Ali Mitchell

Hornidge is going to win because they are awesome.

Hornidge is going to win this year because they are so cool.

Becky Whitehead

Erika Swvertsen

Zoe Male

Hannah Bigden

Lena Ellen

By Millie Thomas

Rock the Mount ha s b e come notorious in

the Flinders Ranges area as being one of the hottest acts in the area. With star stud-ded country music line ups year in, year out, big names attract big crowds, and this year was no exception.

Jasmine Rae, Marcus Meier, Th e McClymonts, Tania Kernaghan and our Australian country music icon Lee Kerna-ghan headlined Rock the Mount this year, and a crowd of about 3,500 turned up to enjoy the show at picturesque showgrounds at Mount Remarkable, Melrose.

The warm afternoon of Saturday April 17 pro-vided for a relaxed am-bience as local acts such

as Th e McCullens, Gary Burrows and John O’Dea entertained the crowd, which during the day probably only reached about 800 people, mainly locals.

Paula Bowers was the winner of Th e Monitor’s double weekend pass and camper trailer accomo-dation and Mick Bruce and Derek McDonald both won double Satur-day passes.

Th ere were numerous stalls dotted along the boundary of the Mel-rose showgrounds off er-ing foods of every taste, caste, culture as well as jewellery, trinkets and clothing. Jan Hirschausen of “Jan’s Fashions” was making her debut appear-ance at Rock the Mount, off ering clothing for all ages. “We’ll stay open as long as people are buy-ing. It’s a bit quieter than I thought it would be, but no doubt, the crowds will be in after four,” she said.

Th ere was a Ute mus-ter in the afternoon also, with over forty utes en-tered in categories such as “Street Ute”, “B & S Ute” and “Old Ute”, all titles of which, are fairly self explanatory! From L platers to weathered ute muster competitors, from the West Coast to the deep South, the impres-sive array of utes were scattered on the oval for hours, surrounded by their owners, who sipped patiently on their cans of rum whilst the judges de-liberated.

The main stage per-formances didn’t start until 4:15pm, starting with Marcus Meier, who played to a fairly subdued crowd. As it was still early, light and the social excitement had not quite kicked in, the general consensus was that mass singing and dancing was not yet appropriate.

Jasmine Rae, the small music teacher with the huge voice really got the

crowd going. A “mosh pit” formed beneath her performance as she belt-ed out hits such as “Did I just say that?” and “Red Dress”, the larger pres-ence being her adoring male fans, with even their tepid wives singing along to Jasmine’s catchy hits.

The McClymonts , resembling something similar to that of Ameri-ca’s Dixie Chicks put on a fantastic performance, with synchronised danc-ing, perfect harmonies and radical outfits. By this stage of the night, there was no reaching the stage as fans ferociously maintained their hard earned positions.

Then came Lee. The anticipated act did not disappoint fans as he rocked the mount for the fourth year in a row. Jasmine Rae helped with backup vocals and Mar-cus with guitar to present an explosive display of hits from Lee’s new al-bum, Planet Country,

as well as golden oldies such as “Outback Club” and “Th e Boys from the Bush”.

Lachlan Fargher, of Parachilna, has attended Rock the Mount since the inaugural event in 2007, and says this year was no exception to the show’s already sterling reputa-tion. “Lee was fantastic again this year, but it was the local acts who continue amaze us every year. Young talents such as Georgette Berry and Th e McCullens really set the standard for young musicians Australia wide,” he said.

After the show inter-nationally recognised singer/songwriter Mike Carr, local singer/song-writer John O’Dea and Jasmine Rae performed covers of country music hits until the early morn-ing fi nishing off a busy and successful Rock the Mount once again.

Who do you think will win the local Footy this year and why?

The Mount That Rocked

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper www.themonitor.com.au Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – Page 16

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Pursuant to Section 33(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 declare that the event described below is to take place on the road described below is an event to which Section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 applies; and

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ROAD: Richardson Place Roxby DownsEVENT:ANZAC DAY CEREMONYADJACENT / ADJOINING ROADS:Burgoyne Street, Arcoona Street, Norman Place, Tavern Road Roxby Downs

Pursuant to Section 33 (1) (b) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 make an order directing that persons taking part in the event be exempted in relation to the road from duty, to observe the Australian Road Rules specified below subject to any conditions described below and attached to the exemption.

Australian Road rules Exemption and Conditions

Rule 230: Crossing the roadRule 234: Crossing the road on or near a crossing for PedestriansRule 238: Pedestrians travelling along the road.

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Accounts for the 31st March 2010 Quarter will be issued on the 15th April 2010. Please pay by the due date to avoid a late payment fee being added to your account.

WATER

We would like to bring to your attention the possibility of the dangers around the home swimming pool. Please ensure that pools are surrounded by child proof fencing, that the fence has required locking devices, is the correct height, and has a clearance to avoid climbing.If your pool is deeper than 300 millimetres and has a filtration system then you will be required to seek council approval.Information regarding the latest standards and regulations can be obtained from the Roxby Downs Council Office or on the Planning SA website www.planning.sa.gov.auPlease note that it is an offence to fill a swim-ming pool with water if an appropriate safety barrier has not been installed. Council takes the matter of life safety associated with swim-ming pools very seriously.Council is currently undertaking random compliance inspections regarding Swim-ming Pool safety barriers associated with Approved Swimming Pools throughout the township of Roxby Downs. These inspections are aimed at ensuring the approved safety barrier has been installed appropriately and that the pool is adequately fenced with a complying swimming pool safety barrier.

POOL SAFETY AT HOME

C O U N C I L S N I P P E T S

Service SA operates at the Council Office on Wednesday and Thursdays ONLY, between the hours of 9.00am and 4.30pm. Council provides Transport Services including Vehicle and Boat Registrations and Licensing Trans-actions. No learner written theory tests will commence after 4.00pm. All enquiries can be directed to: 131084

SERVICE SA

DOG REGISTRATION:• Any unregistered dogs will attract an expiation fine of $80.00. This expiation can be repeated every 14 days until the dog is registered.• All registered dogs MUST wear their tags, otherwise a fine will be imposed.• Please also ensure that all dogs over the age of three months are registered, failure to comply can again result in an $80.00 Expiation Notice being issued. WARNING: Dogs registered with another Council are NOT considered to be registered within our Council. An Expiation Notice will be issued if not registered with us. Proof of registration with another council is required and only incurs a minimal transfer fee.• Council would like to advise that due to a new Council by-law; only two dogs are allowed per property. Written application to the council for approval of more dogs is required.• Council are receiving many complaints about barking dogs. If you have a complaint, please come into the council and collect the relevant complaint form. If you would like a booklet on ways to stop your dog barking, please come into the council and ask for your copy.

CAT REGISTRATION:• New Council By-Laws require all cat owners to register their cats. Cats mustbe desexed and micro chipped before registration and proof taken to the Council office between 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Monday to Friday prior to registration.• New By-Laws also make it a requirement that all cats are to be restrained to the owner’s property• Registration fee for a micro chipped and desexed cat is $28.00. A fine of $80.00 will be imposed for any unregistered cats and if wandering at large a further $80.00 expiation fine will be imposed.• Council would like to advise that due to a new Council by-law; only two cats are allowed per property. Written application to the council for approval of more than two cats is required.• If you are having problems with stray cats, the council hires out cat traps for a refundable bond, just come into the council office. Once caught, council will collect both the trap and the animal.• Council is offering to anyone wanting to dispose of their cat/s to sign them over to Council and they will hand them over to the Vet for re-housing or humane disposal.

DOG & CAT MATTERS

OPAL ROAD LANDFILL AND RECYCLING ON GOSSE:The refuse centre is open from 1pm – 6pm, seven days a week. This is a FREE service and is located on Opal Road (just after BP on the left). Recy-cling can be taken to either the landfill or BSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street. All enquiries can be made to: 8671 1154.

WASTE MANAGEMENT

2009/10 rates have been declared. Third quarters’ rates for this financial year were issued on 15.02.10. Payment is due on 17.03.10. If you did not receive a notice or have any enquiries please contact Bronnie Warren on 8671 0010 during office hours.

RATES

Accounts for the 31st March 2010 Quarter have now been issued. Please pay by the due date to avoid late payment fees being added to your account.

ELECTRICITY

• Notice is hereby given that on 17th March 2010 the Administrator of the Roxby Downs Council made the order that commencing 5.30am - 7.30am and 10.00am to 12 noon on Sunday 25 April 2010, that Richardson Place adjoining Burgoyne Street, Arcoona Street and Norman Place Tavern Road, will be closed al-lowing for the Anzac Day Ceremony. The road closure gives police and emergency vehicles involved in this event exemption.

ROAD CLOSURES

HAVING DIFFICULTY PAYING YOUR ACCOUNT?

Council is aware that some people may, upon receiving any of their Council accounts, experience difficulty with payment of them by the due date. Please feel free to visit the Council office and complete a Payment Arrangement Form as early as possible or phone and advise us.

VISIT YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY WEBSITE AT: www.roxbydowns.com

The library is open 8:30am - 5pm Monday to Friday and 9:30am - 12noon Saturdays. Tod-dler story time is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30am. Membership to the library is FREE and a wide range of resources are available in-cluding books, DVD’s, magazines and Internet facilities. All enquiries to 8671 0660

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If you need to pay a Council account, and are unable to come into the council office during work hours, we do offer payment via 2 ways: ∙ either by credit card facility via the Inter-net. Please include your account number in the reference area, and then advise us via email when making payment by Internet ∙ or by phoning us at the Council in work hours for over the phone payment.

WHAT’S ON

ROXBY DOWNS’ LUTHERAN CHURCH10:30am every Sunday of the month5:30pm 3rd Sunday of each month9:30am every Sunday during school terms

FAITHWORKS’ CHRISTIAN CHURCHAn Assemblies Church meets every Sunday 9.30 am at Roxby Downs Catholic School LibraryKeith Moody Phone: 0414 570 871

ST. BARBARA’S PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH78 Pioneer Drive, Roxby Downs24th April Sat. 6.00pm [only one]No Mass Sun. 25th ANZAC Day

ANDAMOOKA/ROXBY BIBLE CHURCH10:00am Sundays, Worship Service 6.30pm Fridays, Kids Club, 7 years + Phone: 8672 7213

ROXBY DOWNS COMMUNITY CHURCH10am Sunday Worship. For other events & activities phone Alison 8671 1032

CHURCH

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

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday9:00am - 12:00pm Saturday and SundayPhone: 8671 2001CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT - MOVIESTuesday, Friday, Saturday & SundayPhone: 8671 2001ROXBY DOWNS TODDLERS’ STORY TIME 9:30am - 11:00am Tuesday & Thursday (repeated)Meet at Roxby Downs Library during school Terms OnlyANDAMOOKA TODDLERS’ STORY TIME10:30am Monday - Fun for 1-4 years. Phone: 8672 7018Meet at Andamooka Community LibraryPLAYGROUP - St. Barbara’s Parish School Wednesday 9:30am & Thursday 1:00pmCall School: 8671 3207PLAYGROUP - Roxby Downs Kindergarten9:30am - 11:00am Friday. Contact Kylie 8671 2447 ANDAMOOKA PLAYGROUP 9:00am - 10:00am Tuesday

ROXBY DOWNS’ HEALTH SERVICES COFFEE MORNING9:30am - 11:00am ThursdayMeet at the Dunes CaféRAPTORS CYCLING CLUB8:00am SundaySocial bike riding group. Meet at Stuart Road roundaboutROXBY DOWNS CHILDCARE6:30am-5:30pm Monday to FridayPhone: 8671 0911ANDAMOOKA CHILDCARE7:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday

PORT AUGUSTA “POINSETTIA BALL”Saturday 1st MayThe Poinsettia Ball is on again Saturday 1st May in the Stirling North Progress Hall. Dance the night away to music by Clive. Lucky door prizes & Queen of the Ball. Polish those dancing shoes, come & meet old/new friends & have a fun night out.Times: 8.00pm - midnightWhere: Stirling North Progress HallPrices: $7 per person (with plate of supper) or $8 (without supper)Organising Body: Port Augusta Dance GroupCall for info: Neville Hobbs 8641 1856 or Harry Morton 8642 3088

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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

GENERAL INFORMATION

ROXBY DOWNS’ FAMILY PRACTICEPhone: 8671 3231

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

VISITING ALLIED HEALTH SERVICEDIABETES EDUCATOR - 23 AprilPhone: 86485706

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - 23 April Phone: 86485800

SPEECH PATHOLOGIST - 23 AprilPhone: 86485800

PHYSIOTHERAPIST - 6 & 7 MayPhone: 86485800

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WORKER - 23 AprilPhone: 86485800

DIETICIAN - 23 AprilPhone: 86485800

PODIATRIST - 23 AprilPhone: 86485500

CAMHS - 6 & 7 May(CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE)PHARMACY - 6 & 7 MayDASSA - 23 April

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

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By Marie Tresize

Amy and Dan’s grand-mother has just died and now they fi nd out

they are part of the most powerful family the world has ever known.

In order to gain their inherit-ance they must race to fi nd the 39 clues that hid the secret of their power.

Racing from America to Paris the two children must outwit their relatives and avoid fi res, explosions and other traps set for them in order to gain the second clue.

Th is is the fi rst book in a se-ries of fast paced action adven-ture books fi lled with suspense plot twists and some really in-teresting historical facts. Chil-

dren aged 8 and up will love these books.

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By Celeste Lustosa

Th e R o x b y Downs Remote Contro l C ar

Club (RDRCCC) had their fi rst offi cial off road race meeting at the new track, out at the Red Sands Motorsport park, last Sunday, April 18th.

The action started around 11am with doz-ens of cars on the new track which has a fairly technical layout with a good mix of fast and slower sections.

Th e RDRCCC mem-bers race off road and on road cars, buggies, truggies and monster trucks at our purpose built track and at Mi-tre 10 car park on a monthly basis and this was their first official race season for points to go to a club champi-onship.

Th ey are racing the

3rd Sunday of every month.

The club started about 18 months ago as a group of 3 friends running their cars in the mitre 10 car park and it has just distend-ed from there and it is now a registered non profit club as of mid way through last year.

“We are a group of people that enjoy the hobby/sport of Remote control, and we estab-lished the club due to the amount of interest in it.

“We are about pro-moting the responsi-ble use and operation of remote control cars in a safe, competitive, and fun environment,” said the RDRCCC fi rst elected president and PR man, Trent Burton.

According to him, “if the readers were im-pressed with the brief display at the Billycart bash on a flat track, they should come and see them ‘FLY’ across

jumps and running fl at out.

There were some thrills, spills and crash-es,” he said.

The club is seek-ing new members so I would advise anyone to come along to one of these races because it is defi nitely lots of fun.

“If people are inter-ested please come and talk with any of our members we are more than happy to help.

“We will provide you with best info we can and point you in the right direction before you buy your fi rst car.

If you have already bought a car, bring it along and we will assist you,” Trent said.

Anybody of any gen-der and age are encour-aged to come along and join in.

Major Sponsors;- Coates Hire –

Roxby Downs;- Holcim – Roxby

Downs (run the quar-ry out past the town dump);

- Precision Engineer-ing – Olympic Dam;

Supporting Compa-nies:

-Rema Tip Top – Do-nation of Conveyor Rubber;

- Brendon Smith Haulage (BSH) – mulch / spent tyres / other miso materials;

- Beaurepairs Roxby Downs – Spent tyres;

- Roxby Traders Mi-tre 10 – use of their car park on Sundays (still going to be holding events there).

“We are still look-ing for other major sponsors, who would be interested in assist-ing the club in funds helping pay our insur-ance, funding for trips to other clubs in the state to compete and new equipment,” Trent said.

For further informa-tion about the Roxby Downs Remote Control Car Club (RDRCCC) and membership de-tails please visit www.rdrccc.info.

The RDRCCC web is full of information, membership forms, rules of the club, up-to-date information, photographs and much more.

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RDRCCC fi rst off road offi cial meeting

at new track

There was no lack of support for the Roxby

Downs children from their parents,

as can be seen here with Chez

Celotti, Johan Booyens

and Magriet van Niekerk, while Marissa

Celotti awaits her turn for the relay race.

All the children from the St Barbaras’ school had a great time at the SAPSASA swimming carnival

Danielle Coetzee was chosen as the swimming champion

for the under 12’s at the SAPSASA Carnival on the day

Golf Div 1 winner Ben Chinner with Alliance One Roxby manager Ann-Marie

A fi eld of 30 players competed in the Alliance One Credit Union Par comp on Saturday 17th of April.

A big thank you goes to Ann-Marie and Kath from Roxby Downs Alliance One Credit Union for the sponsorship.

Golf Results

Overall WINNER PAUL CUTHBERT +8DIV 1 BEN CHINNER +6DIV 2 GEOFF DARLING +4

Sweepstakes WinnersGLEN MUNGUR +6PATRICK BRIND +5KEN NIEMANN +4TOM BILNEY +4SALLY BENN +3ROBERT GRAY +2

DOUGAL MACLEOD +2 LONG DRIVE DIV 1 RICK RUSSELL LONG DRIVE DIV 2 KEN NIEMANNLONG DRIVE LJ PATRICK BRIND NTP DIV 1 MISSED NTP DIV 2 MISSED NTP LJ MISSED

SAPSASA swimmingcarnival

Congratulations to all the swimmers from St Barbara’s

Parish School from Roxby Downs that attended the

SAPSASA swimming carnival in Adelaide at the end of March.

During the Carnival, our local swimmers received four first places; five second places; three third places and three fourth places.Overall St Barb’s school came 5th out of eight schools and also the overall champion.

Photo taken by Annarien Robbertse

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Adelaide Crows vs

Richmond Tigersmatch on May 9th at AAMI stadium

Local company Blackwoods have joined with Th e Monitor sponsoring an exciting new football competition to honour our elite

footballers.Each week the coaches of each team will award 3

votes, 2 votes and 1 vote for the players on the opposi-tion team he thinks has been the Most Valuable Players for that match.

Richard Smith, Safety and Business Manager of Blackwoods who spoke to Th e Monitor and the league initiated the idea.

Richard, spokesperson for Blackwoods said, “It will

be very interesting to see who the votes go to consider-ing they are through the eyes of the Coaches.

Th e criteria on some aspects will be quite diff erent than what the umpires look for when voting for the Mail Medal and for spectators who often have only one eye to see through.”Jack McGuire advertising consult-ant with Th e Monitor said, “Th e tally for the top 5 vote getters for the season so far will appear each week as will the week’s votes”.

Th e winner will receive a JBS Gigantic Toolbox val-ued at $4,000 provided by Blackwoods. Th e voting only applies to the Home and Away series.

By Celeste Lustosa

S cott Sauerwald is a Hawthorn supporter and Gregory Latham is a Collinwood fan and now both of them are back together with Th e

Scoreboard, every Th ursday from 6pm to 7pm, at Rox FM.

Th e show is predominately about the Australian Foot-ball League (AFL), but you can also expect to hear about other sports in their show.

Scott and Tom Beever, coincidently a Collingwood fanatic just like Greg, came up with the idea for this show in 2008 and Greg came on board a bit later.

“We got some great feedback when we started the show,” Scott said.

Not long after the show was on air, Greg joined and now in a ‘love and hate relationship’, the two of them are just great on air together.

“Kristina (RoxFM Manager) told me the guys where having the show and suggested I joined them. Th ey were keen to have me on board but I admit I was nervous to start with in the fi rst couple of shows,” said Greg.

Unfortunately Tom Beever left Roxby, which made Scott and Greg take a long break but now they are back with all the craziness all the good Footy fans can relate to.

“We had a little bit of a long break but it is good to be back and we will see how much trouble we can give each other.”

“We are hoping to have Tom Beever on the phone in one of our shows so I can give him a hard time again and that way I can hang up on him,” Scott jokingly said.

When it comes to talk about the expectations for this Footy season, both Scott and Greg are loud, passionate and certain that better than having their team champions, is to beat the other one’s team.

Greg said they have a cast of local celebrities on their show.

“We support local sport of all kinds, and often have local players and coaches on air,” Greg said.

Scott added that everyone involved with sports in town is more than welcome on their show.

“We major talk AFL but we also talk about other sports and we have diff erent people coming to the show, includ-ing Trevor talking about Rugby and Yoki talking about Cricket”.

“But if anyone wants to promote local sports, they can give us a call here at the station. We do talk about other sports during the Footy season as well,” Scott ex-plained.

Our local footy commentators also get behind the Miner’s Cup and have players and coaches in to chat about their year.

“I don’t know if people would learn anything from us, but people can expect to hear a lot of Aussie Footy and get a good variety of guests every now and then in our show,” Greg said.

When we come to the local footy season, the boys also think diff erently, which doesn’t come as a surprise after chatting with them for a while.

“I have been given the insight that Coober Pedy has re-cruited strong players for this season and they have been improving every year, so watch out for Coober Pedy and Andamooka, who are looking good early,” Greg said, al-though he is still supporting his local team ‘Th e Devils’.

Scott wanted to make it clear to all the readers that he is “getting behind Coober Pedy this year, because Greg is a Devil man. It’s Coober Pedy for me this year.”

Even not knowing so much about footy, I can’t wait for their next show, on Th ursday from 6 to 7pm, at RoxFM.

Th e boys make a very diverse, fun and interesting show and will provide all the ‘ins and outs’ of the teams as well as tips for the coming weeks games.

Stay tuned and contact RoxFM on 8671-2545 if you want to be a guest on their show and make sure you wear your Footy shirt – as long as it is either Hawthorn or Collingwood, otherwise you are on your own!

Th e questions regarding these teams were, would the Miners tough presea-son work and a second year under Coach Dalgliesh lift them to the next level and how diff erent will the Dev-il’s game plan look with the Devils new playing coach.

As with the fi rst game it only took a quarter of foot-ball to fi nd some answers.

Th e fi t purposeful Min-ers smashed their nemesis convincingly by 77 points in a game so one sided it was almost boring. The Miners were faster and had more passages to goal through what looks like a potent forward half.

Conversely the Dev-ils looked slow, at times disorganised, lacking in purpose and only rarely gave their gun full for-ward Scott Montgomerie a chance. Th ey still showed their trademark aggression but were chasing most of the day instead of leading. When they did tackle and

knock the ball free inevita-bly a Miner would be fi rst to the ball.

It showed on the score-board at quarter time the Miners 5 goals 2 behinds (32) to the Devils 3 be-hinds.

In the second quarter the Devils manned up a lot more closely and although it didn’t show on the score-board for a short period it seemed the ascendancy shifting to the Devils. It was short lived however with the Devils being held goalless for the quarter.

Half time Miners 7 goals 4 behinds (48) to Devils 1 Goals 5 behinds (11).

Th e Devils fi nally found a few avenues to goals and scored 3 goals 3 be-hinds but the Miners eas-ily stayed in control and kicked 5 goals 2 points for an overall lead of 7 goals 2 behinds (46).

During the last quarter the Miners ran all over the Devils with another 7 goal

quarter to the Devils mea-gre 2 goals.

Final scores Th e Miners 17 Goals 9 behinds (111) to Devils 6 goals 9 behinds (45)

Th is game has showed that the Miners deserve their mantle as team most likely to succeed but will they be tough enough under pressure, does this team know how to win when its tough?

For the Devils it’s too early to say, ask me after round 4. Th is team is seri-ously under done. Th is loss will not phase them in the slightest.

At the worst they will be slow starters but guar-anteed they will have their pitchforks out and be fi ring for the serious end of the season.

Andamooka is the next question to be answered. Th e word is they have re-cruited well; enthusiasm is high and support strong.

Miners deliver early warning

Footy fans tune to RoxFM

Votes for Round one

Coober Pedy SaintsBernard Lennon 3 VotesBradley Amos 2 VotesArran Shakes 1 Votes

Hornridge MagpiesMitchell Blackie 3 votesDyllon Male 2 votesBrad Cooper 1 vote

Roxby Districts MinersJarred Pyke 3 VotesCody Kenny 2 VotesJustin Watson 1 Votes

Olympic Dam DevilsWade Ingerson 3 VotesCam Green 2 VotesJason Neindorff 1 Votes

Tally after round oneTop four only 3 votes Mitchell Blackie (Magpies)Bernard Lennon (Saints)Jarred Pyke (Miners)Wade Ingerson (Devils)

BLACKWOODS Footballer of the Year

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Season openers raise many questionsThe Woomera&Districts Football League

season kicked off last Saturday with great attendances in what were good conditions

for football.

Th e line up of Hornridge Magpies vs. Coober Pedy Saints and a repeat of last year’s grand fi nalists Olympic Dam Devils vs. The Roxby Districts Miners. Th e Saints give Hornridge Hell.The early game was Hornridge and Coober Pedy. Th e questions were? Could Hornridge build on their improved form of last year or was the talk that they recruited poorly true. Could Cooper Pedy build on their erratic perform-ance last year, could the new coach harness the many skills of the players and mould them into a team who could be considered as a possible contender?Within the fi rst few minutes of the game starting Cooper Pedy made a positive response with two quick goals on the scoreboard and were looking like a team who had come to play. Th e early running proved to be no fl ash in the pan as the Saints went on to score 7 goals 4 points (46) to 1 goal 2 behinds (8) in the fi rst quarter a lead of 40 points.In the second quarter Hornridge did man up as requested by their coach. It seemed to work early in the quarter and for short

period they arrested the momentum but not for long. Th e Saints always had more men at the fall of the ball, were faster and were more aggressive. In the second quarter, the Saints kicked 4 goals 5 behinds( 29) to Hornridge’s 2 goals 7 behinds (17).Th e score at half time was Coober Pedy 11 goals 5 behinds (71) to Hornridge’s 3 goals and 8 behinds (26 ).Despite some good passage of play from Hornridge, Coober Pedy continued to dominate throughout the third quarter kicking 3 goals 4 behinds ( 22) to Hornridge 2 goals 1 behind (13) for the quarter. During the fourth quarter the Saints seemed to run out of legs and their fast attacks and aggres-sive tackling drooped off giving Hornridge more chances which included three consecutive goals to win the quarter 4 goals to 3 goals 2 behinds by the Saints Final Score Saints 17 goals 11 behinds 113 points to Hornridge 11 goals 9 behinds 75 points. Questions answered.Coober Pedy have recruited well, have a full list of 40 players are a fast talented side who can kick goals. Th is team could be the ‘Dark Horse’ if they reach the fi nals.Hornridge have a lot of work to do if they are going to do anything but make up the numbers.Question unanswered: can the Coach and staff keep the team together for the whole season?

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