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By Millie ThomasTh is year, for the third year

in a row, St Barbara’s Parish is sending 17 of their most vo-cally talented year 5/6/7 stu-dents to Adelaide to partici-pate in the Catholic School Music Festival on September 20.

I walked into the Church, not knowing quite what to ex-pect from the students, but my doubts were dashed, as I was greeted with a stagger-ing rendition of ‘Corner of the Sky’ and later the entertaining “Th e Miaow Song”, complete with convincing dance moves and facials!

The students, with the guidance of their teacher Sally Hoff man sound fantastic and will no doubt stand out at the Festival, the pinnacle of what they have been working to-wards all year.

“We practice every Tues-day and Th ursday at lunch-time, and we have electives, and these students choose choir as their elective,” said Ms Hoff man.

“I’ve got 17 in the choir this year, with two boys! We are ‘fi rsts’ which is like the sopranos (the high pitched voices).

“We will be participating in Th e Catholic School Mu-sic Festival, which is a yearly event. I went in it for the fi rst time last year; the school, however had done it previ-ously, this being the third year in a row.

“It’s quite challenging. It’s taken a lot of work, but the singing is very structured. Denise Russell, who is the director of the festival, has come up three times with her accompaniment and she’s been really meticulous about everything - like timing and pitch - to make sure when we get on the festival theatre stage there are four hundred kids singing together,” she said.

“We come from the fur-thest north area, the schools are mainly from the city, however there are a couple of schools from Whyalla.

“It will be on the 20th Sep-

tember at the Festival Th ea-tre. It’s something that coun-try schools don’t really get a chance to do, so I thought, it’s a lot of work for me, but there will be massive benefi ts, and they will really enjoy it.

“I’ve been singing since I was about 10, and I’ve had a lot of vocal training.

“The 6/7s all went down last year, so they all know what to expect. In the past we’ve stayed at St Michaels College, but this year, they’re all going separately to the re-hearsal (in a couple of weeks time), some of us are staying together for the show, but some people just take it is a weekend to get down to Ad-elaide.

“We started practicing in week two at the beginning of the year. It takes this long, and they’re still not perfect, but they really enjoy it,” said Ms Hoff man proudly.

“We’ve got Simon and Gar-funkel and Jackson 5 medleys so it’s exposing them to all sorts of diff erent music.”

Singing like Angels at St. Barbs

By Millie Thomas

It’s time to frock up for the OneSteel Roxby Downs Races it will be an event to remember.

Th is annual event is the 16th of its kind to be held in Roxby, and is a highlight in the Roxby and Northern areas ‘Social Calendar of Events’.

Stu Cormack, race organiser, has highlighted some notable events and changes to this year’s agenda and guidelines to a safe and fun day.

“Th ere will be six races again this year, with the same handi-caps, distances and classes as previous years. We won’t know until the week prior how we will fare with jockeys when the nominations come through. However if Port Augusta, Quorn and Hawker are used as a guide then there should be a healthy selection,” he said.

“Pilko (Tony Pilkington) from 5AA will again be up here as our #1 Ticket holder as well as Phil McEvoy, depending largely on Kieran’s progress from his fall. I have also heard that Cossie from SAFM will be making the journey.

“We are breaking with tradition this year, and not having the Calcutta on the Friday Night. Th is year it will be held out at the track after race 3.

“Whilst pre-registration and heats will be conducted, Fashions on the Field Finals for the ladies and men will also change and be held either before the cup or just after depending on the number

of entrants.“Th e fi nal will be held in a diff erent area to cater for the crowd

interest and be judged by racing celebrities from Adelaide. Nov-elty fi nals for best hat etc will still be held at the end of the day.

“Children will be catered for again with complimentary show bags, rides and slides as well local face painting and other show bags for sale

“Th ere will be the Ladies’ Fashion Night on Th ursday night at the Club leading up to it, a race warm up night at the Club on Fri-day with table packages and guest speakers,” said Mr Cormack.

“Th e horses predominately come from Adelaide nowadays with a few from around the central zone and maybe the Eyre Peninsula. Last year I think there were a few from Alice Springs but have not heard if they are going to make the journey.

“Th ere will be four on course bookmakers as well the TOTE both in the main punting area and the marquee.

With a record attendance in 2009 of over 2000 attendees, Mr Cormack is hoping we can once again match these outstanding numbers.

“Marquee tickets are on sale at the Club for $140 all inclusive of entry, book, Coopers and Yalumba beer and wine as well a smor-gasbord lunch at 1pm catered by Th e Texas Bull machine. “Grey-hound is running complimentary trips to and from the course. Look at our fl yer for specifi c information. Th e local CFS will also be managing parking and will be charging a gold coin donation for those who choose to drive rather than catch the bus.

“Alternatively, the Race Club, York Civil and Holcim have in-

stalled a purpose built pathway back into the town vicinity for those wanting to walk home away from the traffi c.”

Don’t miss the four page Race Day feature starting on page 9.

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During this week I was challenged by a friend to “see God at work” in the world.

Daily I see God’s work – the creation: the colour smudging of early morning skies and the breathtaking splash of the Milky Way; the greys of chenopods against the red sand; the still refl ections in the Chimney Holes – but do I see him actually “at work”; his character and nature in action; his grace and peace and love at work?

And then I saw it. I was in the crib room on the 420 Plat. 4 guys are playing cards – 3 seasoned players and 1 a new comer – a new comer to the team and a new-comer to the game. Th e cards were well thumbed, their markings almost obliterated and some even relabelled. With great grace, patience and good humour these 3 guys taught the newcomer the game – they played open hands, advocated for going slowly – “play the whole hand out so she can see.” Round after round they walked the newcomer through the steps, explaining as they went and encouraging when a wise move was made and then gradually speeding up and covering their hands so that the newcomer could get a feel for reading the game; pick-

ing up the craft. Do you think God is only at work in religious places?

Do you think God is only about the supernatural? Do you think God stays “on the surface” or up in the sky? Do you think he’s a God or the everyday and the ordinary? I think what I saw was extraordinary – blessed – part of God’s character.

Th e Bible tells us that we are made in the image of God: “So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he cre-ated them.”

All human beings are made in God’s image. When we look at people and their relationships we will see the characteristics of God. Are they mucked up by sin? Surely! Are they blurred and disfi gured? Certainly! Does the glory of God shine through? Defi nitely! “Jesus was in the form of God and yet ... bearing the human like-ness, sharing the human lot, he humbled himself and was obedient.” When we look for the nature of God – his character, his personality, his marks – we will see him at work in people around us.

Local Girl Guides need another leader!By Millie Thomas

A f t e r t h e b u z z o f r e ce i v i n g a $5000 grant from

Woolworths, things look a whole lot brighter for the local Girl Guides’ budget.

Kristi Jackson from the Girl Guides is putting out the call for all women over the age of 18 to volunteer and help out the Girl Guides.

“We’ve got two leaders at the moment, but we’d prefer to run with three if we can, because if one of us goes away, we have to have two adults there,” she said.

“Th ere are no qualifi cations required, you do have to be able to pass a police check, be over 18 and female though!

“You don’t need to have

your fi rst aid certifi cate, but more likely than not we will ask you to complete it while a part of the Girl Guides.

“We meet once a week, for two hours at the Andamooka Community Hall from 5-7 on a Monday night,” she said.

With a new leader and new bank balance, brings new ca-pacity! Kristi also said that there are spots available for girls to join Girl Guides.

“We’re looking for more girls to join as well. We’ve could probably take another half a dozen girls in.

“We do knot tying, outdoor activities, camping, all that sort of stuff , amongst other things,” she said.

For more information, please contact Kristi Jackson on 0427072710.

Girl Guides Ellisa, Rachael, Alison, Wombat Angie, Steph, Angie, Margie, Sturt Pea Chyrstal, Possum Talana, Maddy, Amber, Chelsea, Monique are looking for a new leader to add to the stability of the group.

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By Millie Thomas

This year, Roxby lost a colourful local personality to a lifelong dream.

He was overtly community involved, often seen playing every sport under the Roxby sun be-tween working for local community based business Roxby Leisure. Adam Warren (more commonly referred to as ‘Boofa’) has been sorely missed since leaving to join the army.

A decision based on family values, SIG Warren is in the process of working towards a trade in Com-munications, as well as taking the most direct route to learning life’s most important lessons.

“It (my decision to join the army) was a big fam-ily history thing, for starters. I’ve had both of my grandfathers in there. From about the age of eight, I was always interested and when I got to about 13 and just thought, yep, this is for me,” said SIG Warren.

“I applied when I was 16 and a half, and it took me over a year to get in, but I wanted to do some-thing with myself, get a trade, but I didn’t want to do it in Roxby.

“I was always interested in what the army does, what it’s all about, and just the lifestyle.”

In an exclusive with Th e Monitor Adam said, “I was at Kapooka training for 80 days. We started training on the 16th of March and fi nished up on the 4th of June, one day before my 18th birthday, which was pretty good!”

In a career where life and death decisions can be daily routine, the training SIG Warren undertook at Kapooka was designed to teach the young men how to deal with extraordinary circumstances and extraordinary situations.

“Mateship was definitely the biggest value I learned. Looking out for one another, just in the small things like making sure everyone is wearing their uniform correctly. Th at goes hand in hand with team work.

“Initiative was drilled into us, but as soon as we tried to use it, it was a bit diff erent! And courage. Some obstacles took a fair bit of courage for some people,” said SIG Warren.

Th e lifestyle changes associated with making the move to the army were huge. After living in Roxby his entire life, SIG Warren faced travelling to the other side of the country, segregated from family and friends at the best of times, undergoing extreme physical and emotional challenges and perhaps even adjusting to simple changes such as making your bed in the morning…

“At Kapooka, every time we addressed a Sergeant, we would end our sentences in ‘Sergeant’, the same

with Corporal. It was a big lifestyle change. Getting up at six in the morning for 80 days straight…that was defi nitely a shock!” he said.

“Our march out parade, which was conducted on the 4th of June was us showing our families what we had learnt at the drill camp. Which is all the marching around; demonstrating the diff erent drills, there was also speeches involved in that from the higher up at Kapooka. Th en there were awards to the best of PTE, best soldier and best shot.

“Th at was followed by lunch and cutting of the cake up at the Embassy Club, for which our fami-lies joined us. Th en we were allowed leave for the night to spend time with our families.

“On my birthday we were granted leave again, so we could go and spend time with my family.”

Accommodation, not to be confused with the Hollywood style twenty man bunk bed barracks, is modern and well facilitated.

“For the fi rst month or so, we were still in the old accommodation, so I shared a barrack with three other blokes. Now I’m in single accommodation with a fridge, TV, laptop, heater, it’s just like a little apartment in a hotel,” said SIG Warren.

“I’m stationed in Macleod I’m still classed as a trainee but I’m called a signalman. I’m still train-ing at the moment for my trade. I’m in a holding platoon at the moment, so I’m doing odd jobs and diff erent types of courses. I completed the fi rst part of my trade in the fi rst four weeks after training at Kapooka, so now I’m just waiting for the second part to start in September.

“Th ere are patches where I’m homesick, but then I’m not, because I realise what I’m doing, and a big part of me being here, doing what I’m doing, was helped with support from Mum and Dad. Th at just makes me want to keep going.

“I’ve got a four year contract with the army, and my trade will take me six months to complete and then I’ll be fully qualifi ed,” he said.

“Th e army is defi nitely not a career choice to be based on what you see on TV. It’s defi nitely some-thing where your heart has to lie and you really have to want to do it.

“It’s not easy, but it’s worth it. And it only took me a year and a half to get here, so I defi nitely cherish it.”

Adam will always be a Roxby boy and part of the wider family here and ended by saying, “Love to my Mum and Dad and close family friends, and hi to the older Roxby Leisure staff !”

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Meet the CandidatesGREENS - ANDREW MELVILLE-SMITH

LIBERAL - ROWAN RAMSEY

FAMILY FIRST - SYLVIA HOLLAND

Q. What will your party do to overcome the impasse on the Murray Darling Basin single management?

A. Th e Greens believe there is an urgent need for a dedicated independent authority with the ability to make the tough decisions on water, and the authority to override state vetos and bickering politicians at all levels of government.

Only the Greens have a consistent, stable, smart and sustainable approach to the Murray Darling. We support a national review of the social, eco-nomic and ecological impacts of Australian water allocations and water trading systems. Th e Greens

will ensure that any water trading systems are based on scientifi c studies of the water systems involved (both surface water and groundwater), and that water trading boundaries and allocations are ecologically appropriate.

We will legislate to ensure the provision of envi-ronmental water fl ows in all catchments to sustain and restore our natural environmental heritage. Th e Greens will implement water saving effi ciency measures for irrigated agriculture, and ensure pricing refl ects the true cost of water use.

Q. What is your position on uranium min-ing?

A. Th e Greens oppose Uranium mining and would like it phased out by 2050. For other can-didates to say the Greens would “close Olympic Dam,” is plain dishonest. Olympic Dam is primar-ily a copper and gold mine and those jobs are safe. Uranium makes up only 2-3% of BHP’s profi t, so when someone says “phasing out uranium mining would close Olympic Dam,” you know they are lying and not worthy of your vote.

Th e Uranium price has crashed and shows no sign of recovery. Nuclear power is a failed indus-try and its contribution to electrical production falls every year. Nuclear power takes too long to build, costs too much, is too dangerous and creates radioactive waste that will burden our children for thousands of years. Th e insurance in-dustry knows this and won’t insure nuclear plants. Q. How is your party going to ensure the secu-rity of Australian borders and at the same time guarantee the rights of the refugees?

A. Our borders are already secure, despite the scare mongering from the Liberals. Th e biggest threat to our borders is ‘Visa over-stayers’ who make up over 90% of the unauthorised arrivals. Labor and Liberal are not serious about border security; they just want to score cheap points by demonising vulnerable minorities.

Australia has humanitarian and legal obliga-tions to accept refugees. We are obliged to assess in good faith all asylum seekers who arrive in our territory, without discrimination based on method of arrival.

Q. What is your party’s stance on the min-ing tax?

A. Th e Greens support a 40% mining super-profi ts tax, with the key words being “Super-Prof-its”. If you don’t make a ‘super profi t’ you don’t pay the tax. Th is would be broad-based and apply to the bottom-line, not to the ‘inputs’ of value-adding industries like OneSteel.

I oppose the Liberals’ plans to do nothing about infrastructure, slash $47 Billion in spending and let miners get a free kick and send their massive profi ts overseas. I oppose Labor’s back-room deal that lets BHP get away with not paying the super-profi ts tax.

I will fi ght to ensure government provides the leadership and investment to develop the infra-structure we need, to allow industry and min-ing to operate on a world scale. In Grey, mining and industry are unable to move ahead because successive Liberal and Labor governments have failed to invest in the water, ports, rail and power we need.

Q. What do you consider is the most impor-tant issue going into this election?

A. Secure Jobs. For that we need secure In-frastructure such as water, rail, ports and power. Look at the record: Successive Liberal and Labor governments have failed to invest in water, ports, rail and power we need. Th e best way to pay for infrastructure is by a resource ‘super-profi ts’ tax, because the mining industry is getting the biggest benefi t from our resources, and it’s about time all Australians got their fair share.

Th e voters have a clear choice. Do nothing and vote Liberal or Labor, or vote for a future and vote Green because we have the solutions. Don’t believe us? Look at the insincere way Labor and Liberal candidates play ‘me-too politics’ and copy Greens policies without the backing of their par-ties.


A. Despite grand Federal Government an-nouncements we do not have true national control of the Murray. Th e Rudd/Gillard team orchestrated a political “quick fi x” for publicity purposes, unfortunately it lacks teeth. If the states will not cede their capacity to block true national control of the Murray, a Tony Abbot led Coalition will take the issue to the Australian people with a referendum.


A. Absolutely support. Th e uranium we mine in Australia makes an enormous contribution world-wide to the reduction of CO2 emissions. SA has 40% of the world’s proven reserves of uranium.

Q. How is your party going to ensure the security of Australian borders and at the same time guarantee the rights of the refugees?

A. Th e Coalition will return to the policies of the Howard Government because they worked. We will reintroduce off shore processing in the ex-isting Australian facility on Nauru and bring back Temporary Protection Visas because we know many refugees will return to their home when it is safe. Th e Coalition will at least maintain Aus-tralia’s humanitarian intake of 13,000 a year.


A. Th e Coalition opposes the mining tax. Al-though the Gillard Government has backed down on taxing Olympic Dam, the Super Profi ts Tax still threatens start-up iron ore companies. It is totally inconsistent and will shift investment off -shore limiting jobs growth.

Q. What do you consider is the most impor-tant issue going into this election

A. Th e economic management of Australia. Th ree years ago we had no debt, $60bn in the bank and a $20bn surplus. After two years eight months of Labor, we heading for a $100bn debt, the savings are spent, we have a $38bn defi cit and we are still borrowing $100m a day. Waste, mismanagement, poll driven policy and political opportunism have taken us to this sorry state.

In 200 words why should people vote for you in the coming election?

For the past three years I’ve had the privilege of serving the 150,000 people of Grey. Th e elec-torate, bigger than NSW has its challenges but I have built up a detailed picture of the unique issues particular to each area, kept in touch with local government, local organisations and met and listened to as many people as possible.

I have fought hard and won better deals on


A.Th e problem with the River Murray lies in the fact the River is in a safe Liberal seat. Th e entire length of the River Murray in SA is in the seat of Barker (when did you last see the sitting member of any safe seat storm the barricades on behalf of his or her constituents?)

Th e curse of living in a seat where the sitting member can’t lose. Do you think if Barker was in a marginal seat one of the major parties had to win to form government there’d be more action on the River? You bet there would. Hence the comment in Th e Advertiser last week about SA being “overlooked” at this election. But imagine what would happen if two SA Senators (Nick Xenophon and Bob Day), both independent of the major parties, were to hold the balance of power in the Senate. I suspect you’d see some action on the River then.


A. We do not oppose uranium mining. Q. How is your party going to ensure the

security of Australian borders and at the same time guarantee the rights of the refugees?

A. We think the major parties have blown this issue out of all proportion to the seriousness of the problem. We do not propose to enter this de-bate whilst the major parties are exploiting public concern and milking it for all its worth.


A. We are totally opposed to the proposed new mining tax. Mining is one of Australia’s most suc-cessful industries. Family First believes in getting the government “off your back and out of your pocket”. Th at includes the new mining tax.

Q. What do you consider is the most impor-tant issue going into this election?

A. Th e most important issue going into this election is the decline in the level of concern for the wellbeing of families and the rise in concern for the wellbeing of the party machines. Family First believe families should be at the centre of the Australian way of life, not ever-expanding govern-ment bureaucracies. Th e rising cost of living is putting more and more pressure on families and all the major parties can do is obsess about “who’s who in the party”. Families need more recognition and more income to make ends meet.


Because the people who live in Roxby Downs (and elsewhere) won’t have their needs met by continually voting for one of the major parties. We’ve tried that and it doesn’t work. We need to take a diff erent approach. Th e major parties have a stranglehold on the political process. And it isn’t benefi tting the people. Th e emphasis has to shift back to the people and to families in particular.

Youth Allowance, chaplaincy in schools, beef import standards, value for money in the school building spend to name but a few. I worked hard to ensure cataract surgery is still available in our regional cities.

I am still pressuring the government to honour its promise on an MRI machine for Pt Augusta and commit to infrastructure that grows indus-try.

Eyre Peninsula desperately needs a new deep water port, nothing has happened. I am working with iron ore miners Iron Clad, IMX, Western Plains Resources, Centrex and Shadow Minister Ian Mcfarlane to fi nd common ground for a joint facility.

I am committed to the expansion of Roxby Downs and the jobs growth that will go with it. If the Coalition had not opposed the original Resource Super Profi ts Tax it would never have occurred.

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“Grey has been neglected by the major parties for too long. Labor are in a shambles, unable to implement even the most basic of measures without costly blow-outs or unintended conse-quences that have threatened human safety and cost lives. Th e Liberals want to axe $47 billion of spending on essential services and much needed infrastructure, with higher rates of tax and the big mining companies getting a free ride.

Th e Greens off er a clear plan for infrastructure to drive investment and jobs in mining, renew-able energy, water and rail infrastructure. I have been fi ghting for these issues for ages, and am not some ‘Johnny-come-lately’ engaging in ‘me-too’ politics.

Grey needs a Greens member of the House of Representatives to ensure we have a “seat at the table” of discussions, for the fi rst time in our history. Past experience shows a Liberal or La-bor representative will be lost in the party ma-chine and nothing will change. I have an excellent working relationship with the State and Federal Greens. I have the full support of the Greens for the policies we have put forward, unlike the other candidates playing ‘me-too’ politics: supporting Greens policies without the backing of their par-ties.

Labor candidate for Grey, Tauto Sansbury’s answers were after the deadline and will be included in next week’s edition of Th e Monitor.


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There really is a need to keep dog registration up to date!

For months now cat and dog regis-tration and regulations have been advertised in Th e Monitor, and on

noticeboards around town and the need for pet owners to comply hit home for one local owner recently.

Th e regulations indicate that dogs must be registered with the Roxby Downs Council if they are kept here.

Shay Caputo ran into a bit of trouble three weeks ago when her dog, which was being looked after by a friend and the dog’s previ-ous owner, escaped and was picked up by the Council. After a sequence of events, Ms Caputo got her dog back.

“First of all Vanessa Webb called me and told me that he (the dog, Sam) was impounded be-cause the kids let him out. So because the dog wasn’t registered in her name, she couldn’t pick him up,” said Ms Caputo.

“She told me he had to be picked up by the due date that was advertised on the poster, so because I had had to go back to Port Lincoln, I got back here (Roxby) at 6pm and the poster said he had to be picked up at 5:30pm.”

“Consequently I went to the vet, and he had already been surrendered by 5pm. So the dog was sent to the vet in Whyalla for a re-adoption. Th erefore I could not get my dog back unless I paid to $260 to adopt it.”

Th e complication in the process was the dog was only registered to its new owner (Shay Caputo) in Port Lincoln and not Roxby Downs. According to council Ms Caputo only turned up to claim the dog two days after the expria-tion of the notice.

“Th e dog was returned to me on the fol-lowing Th ursday when the vet brought him back up. Th en I had to pay the council fees, for board, the dog being at large and the treatment of an ear infection,” she said.

Peter Keller, Municipal Works Manager and Graham Ferris Works Offi cer from the Roxby Downs Council explained; they were only working within the Act.

He said, “According to the paperwork, the dog didn’t belong to her (Ms Caputo).

“When we fi rst got the dog it had no collar or tag, I looked up the microchip number and it was micro-chipped and registered to Vanessa Webb, however, the registration had expired two years earlier.

“When I rang animal central records, it was also still in her name.

“Shay Caputo said it was registered in Port Lincoln. If you want to transfer ownership of a dog, the original owner needs to give permis-sion,” said Mr Keller.

He said he went to great lengths to get the dog back for Ms Caputo. “Th e dog was in Why-alla, we signed it over to the vet after the 72 hours. Someone else wanted to adopt the dog there.

“Th e vet charged her (Ms Caputo) $262, because the dog had an ear infection, and he transferred the microchip into her name.”

Under the Act, Councils can hold a stray ani-mal until the owner pays. “It’s in the Dog and Cat management act, if you don’t come in and pay for the animal it actually says that after 72 hours, transfer of ownership goes to council.”

So the important message out of all of this is make sure when you adopt a dog or get one from a friend, transfer the ownership details in the council area in which you live. “Although not a requirement under the act it does prove ownership beyond doubt and that it is impera-tive to transfer the details of the microchip,” concluded Mr. Keller.

Andamooka Police Sergeant Paul Cliff ord is calling for help from the public to identify the person or persons damaging the local airstrip.

“Someone has been driving a motor vehicle on the Andamooka Airstrip and doing ‘doughnuts’… tearing up the surface,” said Sgt. Cliff ord.

He told Th e Monitor said the Andamooka airstrip is still used regularly, fi ve light aircraft have landed and taken off from there in the last week.

“Disturbing this surface is not only dangerous to the pilots and passengers on these aircraft, but also severely limits the use of the airstrip for vital outback surfaces such as the Royal Flying Doctor Services.”

Any information leading to the identity of any per-son/s responsible for this off ence, please forward onto Andamooka Police.

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With the support of BHP Billiton, Bell Shakespeare’s renowned Actors At Work programme will visit Roxby Downs Area School in August, where they will hold a number of one hour performances for students.

Actors At Work is Bell Shakespeare’s fl agship student programme, designed to give secondary school students an inspiring introduction to the works of Shakespeare. Th ree teams of four professional actors tour every state and territory in Australia, visiting communities as remote as Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory and Menin-dee in the far west of New South Wales.

Actors At Work, scripted by Ned Manning, brings live performance into the classroom, helping students get to know Shakespeare’s plays from the inside out. With just two roadcases, fi ve banners and a handful of props, Actors At Work proves that you don’t need pro-fessional stages, lighting rigs or elaborate costumes to put on a play. Shakespeare has never been so real for young people.

Bell Shakespeare’s objective is to create access to theatre for all Australians, regardless of geography. Th e performances will be brought to the students at no charge, with the support of BHP Billiton. BHP Billiton is an ongoing supporter of Bell Shakespeare’s education programme, and is proud to have fully funded Actors At Work performances at rural and regional schools and communities across the country for the past decade.

Amanda Hudson, Principal Advisor - Public Aff airs, said “It’s great to see the local benefi ts of our support for Bell Shakespeare. Previous workshops have been really well received by local students and teachers, so we’re really pleased to be able to bring the Bell Shakespeare team to our region again.”

Bell Shakespeare General Manager, Christopher Tooher, said “Th is is a unique and valuable partnership with BHP Billiton, which is committed to providing op-portunities in the communities in which they operate. With the support of our long-term partners Actors At Work is able to access over 80,000 students in Australia every year.”

Performances are as follows: Friday 13 August Roxby Downs Area School, 7 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs, SA

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By Celeste Lustosa

The members of the Roxby Scrapbag Quilters Group have decided to take part in Relay for Life this year.

“We are doing it for the same reasons as everyone else, because we all know someone who has died from Cancer, has beaten Cancer, or is currently undergoing treatment for Cancer.

“We want to stop this disease in its tracks. We want to raise as many funds as we can so that they can fi nd a cure for this disease, and so that they can stop others from suff ering from it,” said the team’s member Cherie Gaskin.

And the ladies are not wasting time when it comes to fundraise for this great cause.

“Our fundraisers are currently two raffl es; one for chil-dren’s quilts, and one for adults’ quilts, with three prizes in each raffl e,” she said.

Tickets are available from any of the members of the Scrapbag Quilters, or at their Market Day stall.

“We are also busy making all sorts of items for our Market Day Stall which will be at the August Market Day. Th ere will be DS covers, quilts, tea towels; all sorts of hand made goodies for all ages,” Cherie added.

Th e Relay for Life 2010 takes place in Roxby Downs, on the weekend of October 16 and 17. To register a team you are required to nominate a team captain who can register online: www.relayforlife.org.au and pay a deposit of $15. You will then receive a captain’s information package which explains all the requirements for the teams.

You can also make donations to the teams that have already registered through the Relay for Life website.

For more information on how to be part of a team or create your own contact: Coral on 0439 086 929.

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South Australians who want to quit smoking can be among the fi rst in Aus-tralia to tap into a new SMS support service.

Quit SA is launching a 12 month state-wide trial of the mobile text service - Quit onQ.

Health Minister John Hill says “Giving up smoking is the about the most eff ec-tive step people can take to improve their heath, but it’s not easy.

“This innovative pro-gram sends users free text messages every day – as many times a day as they want or need them - with more support for the most testing times.

“Th is service is just one of the measures the Rann Government is taking to address smoking; all SA Health sites are now com-pletely smoke-free and we are doubling the funding for anti-smoking adver-tising from $420,000 to $950,000 until December this year.”

South Australia will be the first state to use the service which was devel-oped by Cancer Council Victoria as part of a re-search project. Similar

programs operate in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand.

People who register with Quit onQ will be able to set the number of text mes-sages they receive each day and what time of day they receive their fi rst and last messages.

Smokers can also get extra help. For example, if they experience cravings they can text ‘TEMPT’ or ‘SOCIAL’ or ‘STRESS’ and they’ll receive a rapid response text message to help them through.

Quit SA Manager David Edwards says “If a client wants to speak to a Quit-line counsellor they can text ‘QUITLINE’ and re-ceive a free call to help ad-dress their challenges when and where they’re tempted to cave in.”

“Th ey can also stop and then reactivate the program at any time.

“Quit onQ is a great ex-ample of how technology can empower and support people who want to take charge of their health.

Anyone can register for Quit onQ by calling Quit-line 13 7848 or via www.quitonq.quitsa.org.au.

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Burke and Wills set to traverse Australia again on 150th anniversary

stampTh e 150th anniversary of the Burke and Wills

expedition, the fi rst south – north crossing of the continent was celebrated last week with the release of a collectable souvenir stamp set by Australia Post.

Australia Post Philatelic Group manager, Noel Leahy, said, “As our most celebrated Australian pioneers we remember Burke and Wills as men who were willing to risk their lives to charter Australia’s unknown interior and impart their knowledge for the betterment of our country. Our 150th anniversary stamp set retells the story of their ill-fated expedition in four collectable stamps to honour the great per-sonal sacrifi ce they made in their endeavor”.

Th e four stamps in the anniversary set in-clude:

1. Crossing Australia – featuring an im-age of Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills. Burke and Wills hoped to be the fi rst

Europeans to cross Australia from the south to the north. While the explorers reached the Gulf of Carpentaria, the expedition ended in tragedy.

2. Leaving Melbourne – a jubilant scene of Melbourne well wishers at Royal Park as the expedition leaves the city. Th e party set out for the interior with Burke riding his grey horse “Billy”, Landells and the naturalist Ludwig Becker on camels, and the sepoys leading four or fi ve camels by hand.

3. Return from the Gulf – a journey of some 700 miles from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria was made on a daily ration of four ounces of fl our, sticks of dried meat and a few biscuits. Not being enough to sustain four men, the expedition’s horse and one of the camels supplemented their diet. Th is however was not enough to save Gray, who died on 17 April 1861.

4. Towards Mount Hopeless - having ar-rived back at Cooper’s Creek only to fi nd their support party had left that morning they struck out for the South-Australian cattle station at

Mount Hopeless. During the diffi cult journey to Mount Hopeless, the Aboriginal people be-came key players. Th ey provided Burke, Wills and King with sustenance, however they moved camp often, leaving the explorers behind. Fi-nally the European explorers struck out on their own for Mount Hopeless, only to turn back because of lack of water. But it was all in vain as on or about 28th June 1861 both Burke and Wills had perished. King, however survived and was found on 15 September 1861 by a search party from Melbourne.

Th e stamp set was designed by John White, who also designed the 2008 Legends of Philan-thropy stamp issue.

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LAST WEEK’S HOT TOPIC: What is your opinion about a shortened sentence for Schapelle Corby?

Schapelle has served long enough. Twenty-fi ve years for that is ridiculous when others who kill and maim get far less. Th e government should be working overtime to bring her home.

JR. RD

I think that Schapelle Corby has been a media hound the entire time she has been incarcerated. In her defence, this may be her only ticket to free-dom. Whether she is guilty or not, I’m sure she has learned all or part of her lesson.

Justice Served.

After reading Schapelle Corby’s book, while I did feel sorry for her under the conditions she was subjected to, I found her to be a sooky, whining, media using selfi sh individual. I think if they are going to cut her sentence short, and she shouldn’t be transferred to an Australian jail. We’ve all smoked a bit of reefer in our time, but who is honestly stupid enough to take it into a country where there is a death penalty for that very reason?

Silly Stoner

Do the crime do the time! She was convicted of smuggling drugs. How many lives are aff ected by drugs all the time. Schapelle must have known what she was doing and it’s sad - but hey - too bad.

Joe, Roxby I agree with Tony Abbott. Th ere should be less

Muslim women wearing full burqas in Australia. Th is may be too politically correct for most but Tony has the guts to say so after a woman wants to wear one in the witness box in a Perth court case. Totally off ensive and confronting attire and has no place here and certainly no place in a court of law.

NH of the FN

A big concern in this town is presuming they have right of way at school crossing 24 hours a day. Kids need to be educated to the fact that although in school hours they have right of way, at six o’clock in the dark when they are scooting across on their BMX, cars do not have to give way. Kids here need to be more educated on road safety, especially in a small town where they think they can walk and ride all over the roads.

Concerned Mummy.

Young children stealing from Blockbuster and the supermarket! As a shopper and a mother, I have ob-served children stealing as young as seven or eight years old. I would be mortifi ed to know my children were pocketing 50c chewing gum. Children don’t understand the value of money at that age, they just want the item. Two procedures need to be put in place. Better monitoring parents to children and staff need to be more aware.

Disgusted.

Wallaroo local wins record Keno jackpotA lucky Yorke Peninsula local is more than $2

million richer after winning the record Keno Spot 10 jackpot yesterday in Wallaroo.

Th e jackpot was the highest prize amount off ered to Keno players in SA Lotteries’ history, with the Spot 10 prize jackpotting since June 2008.

As the player registered his coupon entry on an Easiplay Club membership card, SA Lotteries was able to contact him with the news of his record Keno win.

“I checked my ticket and knew I’d won, but I didn’t know exactly how much… $2.1 million is not too bad at all,” the man said. “I couldn’t be happier.”

After learning of his multi-million-dollar windfall, the man calmly told SA Lotteries he was thinking about all the things he could do with his winnings.

“I’ve got heaps of plans, but it’s still early days yet… How much did I win again?” he laughed.

Keno Spot 10 requires a player to match the ten numbers on their ticket against 20 numbers from any given draw.

I am writing to provide clarifi cation about statements made in Th e Monitor (28 July 2010) about x-rays at the Roxby Downs Hospital.

Th e Roxby Downs Hospital provides radiology services to patients who require emergency x-rays.

Th is includes situations where a clinician has determined that it would jeopardise a patient’s health to travel to specialised ra-diology services.

On average, around 30 x-rays are performed at the Roxby Downs Hospital each month.

It is always at the doctor’s discretion to decide whether a patient requires an emergency x-ray.

If the clinician determines that the situation is non-urgent or that the patient requires more detailed radiology services, they may refer them to another site.

Patients who are referred to another hospital, such as Port Au-gusta, are eligible to claim reimbursement as part of the Patient Assistance Transport Scheme (PATS).

All local GPs and doctors at the Roxby Downs Hospital have received information about the x-ray processes and the PATS scheme.Ros McRaeDirector of the Port Augusta, Quorn, Roxby Downs, Woomera, Hawker and Leigh Creek Health Services Country Health SA

EDITOR’S NOTE: Th ese comments contradict Ros McRae’s offi cial reply to Th e Monitor on July 15 when SA Health Me-dia Unit sent the following: “Roxby Downs Hospital has not referred any children to Port Augusta for x-rays in the past six weeks.”

Nuclear backfl ips and broken promisesTh e Medical Association for Prevention of War and Friends of

the Earth have produced a ‘Choose Nuclear Free’ policy scorecard and analysis ahead of the August 21 federal election. Th e two strik-ing features of our analysis are the long list of broken promises and backfl ips by the Labor government, and the unwillingness of the Opposition to oppose.

To give just one example, the government has failed to uphold its policy of ensuring “full community consultation in radioactive waste decision-making processes”. Clear policy breaches yet there has been no opposition from the Opposition. Speak up, Mr Abbott!

Th e policy analysis also reveals the major parties’ remarkable capacity to hold two contradictory policies at the same time. For example, Coalition policy is to “remove Commonwealth legislative impediments to a nuclear [power] industry”. Yet Mr Abbott said earlier this year that “it is not our policy to build nuclear power sta-tions”. So does he still intend to remove the legislative impediments − and will he clarify the contradiction between his statement and Coalition policy before the August 21 election, as he should?

Dr Jim GreenFriends of the Earth, Melbourne

Opinions are not factsI wish to respond to the remarks of former Liberal candidate,

Chad Oldfi eld (Roxby Monitor 4th August). I was amazed to hear how Mr Oldfi eld believes his specialty as a ‘property developer’ somehow qualifi es him as an expert in Uranium and Nuclear waste. Mr Oldfi eld is entitled to his own opinions, but he certainly isn’t entitled to his own facts.

Th e Greens do NOT want an emissions trading scheme, we want a price on Carbon, which is a completely diff erent thing. Having a price on a commodity allows it to be factored into investment decisions. Just as Chad seems to want the issue of radioactive dust to disappear (it will eventually, but not for another 100,000 years) he also wants carbon to remain invisible to the economy, thus robbing Grey of massive investment in renewable energy. Th e Grey electorate has the sun-drenched, wind-blown, tidal and geothermal assets that can make us a world leader in ALL forms of renewable energy. Th e report by Macquarie Capital in their ‘Green Grid’ report recognises this and we should listen to them. With the vision and leadership of the Greens we could make this happen, but Chad and his Liberals seemingly wants us all stuck in the dark ages.

Despite contesting an election this year, Mr. Oldfi eld still remains

unable to comprehend the preferential voting system. Preferences will go to whomever the VOTER gives it to. I believe the voters are capable of deciding where they want their preferences go and it is not up to me to tell them what to do!

Clearly he doesn’t realise that water, rail and ports are issues that cut across local, state and federal boundaries. It also seems to have escaped him that the other two Candidates for Grey also ran in the last State Election! Oooops!

Lastly, his ill informed comment about ‘Uranium power being more environmentally friendly than coal’ is like saying ‘AIDS is nicer than Cancer,’ both will kill you from the inside-out, one just takes longer.

Perhaps Mr Oldfi eld can tell us the number of deaths from wind or solar power? Th e illness and deaths from the pollution of a coal fi red power station or radiation from nuclear power is well documented. Just ask the Port Augusta Mayor, Joy Baluch, about coal fi red power stations or the Europeans about Chernobyl.

As for managing the economy, the biggest issue facing voters is the Liberals $47 Billion spending cuts. How can we capitalise on the mining boom if we don’t invest in infrastructure to make our mines effi cient. We need to ensure we don’t return to the dark days of ‘Work Choices’ that Tony Abbott’s Liberals remain com-mitted too. So not only do the Liberals support the ongoing and expansion of the dirtiest, most destructive substance known to man, they want to re-instigate draconian working conditions that will see miners sacked if they dare to speak out about their growing number of health concerns. Good one Mr. Oldfi eld!

Dr. Andrew Melville-Smith.

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PICTURED is the group currently participating in the archaeological program (from left) Mick McKenzie, Oliver Macgregor, Heather Leasor, Lisbeth Louderback, Kimbi Macy, Marjorie Sullivan (partially obscured at the back), Bonnie Mayo (with hat), KayLee Abbott, Philip Hughes (with beard), Ben Marwick, Angela Spitzer, Laura Minchk, Jo Thredgold (at the back), Mark Agostini, Rukie Hartman-Thomas (in the front with long hair), Paulina Przystupa, Jordan Martinez, Traevis Field, Harry Dare (with beanie).

By Celeste Lustosa

Over the past three years a team led by two of Australia’s leading archae-

ologists, Drs Philip Hughes and Marjorie Sullivan, has been identifying and recording archaeological sites in the vicinity of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia, ahead of the proposed expansion

According to a BHP Billiton’s spokesperson, this work has now moved to a new phase in which some sites will be salvaged, so that information about the presence and activities of Aboriginal people over time can be available to future gen-erations.

“Th is work has been undertaken in full consultation with the Kokatha, Kuyani and Barngarla Aboriginal communities.

“Th e archaeological team includes a representative from each of these communities who are working full-time with the team.”

At present the team has been joined by a group of students in the

‘Australian Desert Archaeology Field School’ being run by the Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington State.

Th e goal of the students is to con-tribute towards understanding the patterns in the distribution of tool types and other site attributes, by analysing the distribution of the sites that they record and identify relationships between archaeologi-cal attributes and geomorphology and geology.

They will also be analysing the material they excavate and identify changes in these patterns and rela-tionships over time.

Th is data will be suitable for under-graduate research projects at the Uni-versity of Washington and potential dissertation topics for honours and graduate students. Students are being deeply embedded in Australian ru-ral and industrial cultures, which are very diff erent from what the students are familiar with, and exposure to them will broaden their understand-ing of the range of cultural variation, even amongst English-speakers.

Also by working on a large mining operation students will experience

the culture of this industry, especially by learning and following the strict safety procedures. Students will be accommodated directly with mine workers and will have ample oppor-tunity to socialise and discover simi-larities and diff erences between the local way of life and their own.

Th e team includes three archaeo-logically trained fi eld assistants from the local Aboriginal traditional land-owner groups who will be on hand to work with the students and introduce them to aspects of the local Aborigi-nal culture.

“They will be at Olympic Dam for five weeks in July and August identifying, collecting and analysing archaeological sites as part of their scholarly work under the supervision of an Assistant Professor at the Uni-versity, Ben Marwick, who also has been working on the project since it started.

“Th is refl ects the international sig-nifi cance the work has – it is believed this is one of the largest site recording and salvage programs of its type ever undertaken anywhere.”

Overall, the entire salvage program at OD will take four years to com-

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By Celeste Lustosa

John Carpenter and Katie Duckworth are a couple from

England and less than a year ago they had no idea of the adventures and unforgettable times they would have in the Australian Outback.

Australia became part of their itinerary because Katie knew people in Ad-elaide. Soon they found a job at a winery in Wood-side, in the Adelaide Hills and they fell in love with

the place. “Th is whole trip has been

amazing; the best experi-ence I have ever had,” said Katie.

John said he had trav-elled with friends before, but nothing that can be compared to this trip with Katie.

“It’s very different to make a trip like this with your girlfriend and be to-gether all the time, but we have been having the best times,” he said.

After travelling through the big cities in Australia the couple felt they needed

to see the ‘real’ Australia, which would have to in-clude the Outback.

“We wanted to see the red sand and more of Aus-tralia. So a friend that we made at the winery told us that he knew Teresa and she lived in Roxby Downs. Soon enough she invited us to come and visit,” Katie explained.

During their visit to Teresa Baddely and Leigh Malcolm’s home, the cou-ple had a chance to visit the Lake Eyre and William Creek.

“People in South Aus-tralia are so friendly and we were very touched that Teresa and Leigh opened their house to host us.

“I don’t know what we have done in our lives to deserve to be so well looked after,” Katie said.

When asked what the favourite Australia spot was, the couple could not pick one place.

“We have had so many diff erent experi-ences everywhere that is hard to pick one place, but we definitely love it here in Roxby,” Katie explained.

“Australia is just so different from Eng-land and Australians from diff erent regions are also diff erent from each other, so it’s been amazing months,” John added.

Th ey also visited New Zealand and Fiji and are heading to some Asian countries after leaving Australia.

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Roxby’s Race Day is for many, the town’s premier social event of the year and the 2010 event will not disappoint them.

Th e preceding week and Race Day will be full of events and opportunities to socialise and study the form for the popular six race program.

Th e events kick off with the Free Ladies’ Fashion Night on Th ursday, August 12th which is followed by the Outbakc Cup Dinner and form guide of run-ners on Friday, August 13th both at the Roxby Downs Community Club.

Race Day itself will be full of racing and activities such a Fashions on the Field, free kids show bags and play area and the ever popular punters tent.

Attracting about two thousand patrons last year the day again promises to be full of excitement and a true carnival atmosphere.

With a six card program off ering $50,000 in prize money and generous fl oat rebates strong fi elds are expected especially for the feature race, the OneSteel Outback Cup.

It will be a big day for the true punters and those of us who just want to have a small ‘fl utter on the horses.”

Either way, they will be able to bet on local, metro-politan and interstate races and SKY, Bookmakers and the Transmission Australia Tote will be available.

Th e Punters Marquee is good value and great fun. Marquee ticket holders will be treated to smorgasboard and nibbles, beer and wine.

Entry is also included in the $135 per person ticket price.

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The Roxby Downs Community Club is promoting a Ladies Fashion Night on Thursday,

August 12. This will be the perfect opportunity

to get your fashions from a selection of amazing products from local businesses that will be on display and for sale at the event.

“We have organised a couple of models of clothing from Darren’s stores in Roxby and the local jewellers and the hair beauty fashion Tandales.

“Th ere will also be prizes from these businesses,” Community Club manager Adrian Prosser.

Th e event is free so come along. “Th ere will be some champagne, nib-

bles and stalls, so people can purchase the clothes or accessories they liked.

“We will also be giving away some vouchers from the stores.”

A stage will also be set up and beautiful locals will be modelling the outfi ts.

“We are looking at getting nominations for the Fashions on the Field, which is hap-pening on the Saturday. We want to get nominations in earlier on Th ursday, or at least a good portion of them.

“It will be good for the ladies to be able to come along and have a look. I know a

lot of them will already have their dresses ready to go by that time but there will be accessories they might be able to pick up; or diff erent shoes.

Th e races are not just about the guys getting out there; betting on the horses, but a great opportunity for the ladies to get together, talk and have a good night,” Adrian said.

Also as part of the celebrations for the Roxby Downs Race the Club is having a Race Week Dinner on Friday, August 13, from 7pm.

Th ere will be a three course meal com-plete with Outback Cup Field Review and Form Guide.

On Saturday, Roxby Club and Coopers Punters Marque will provide the perfect environment for those who are enjoying the races.

And of course, the after race entertain-ment at the Club is guarantee with a DJ playing great songs. You are also welcome back the morning after for a family Sun-day session with live entertainment from 2pm, free sausage sizzle sponsored by Jack Daniels.

Th e Club would like to thank their spon-sors for helping put together this amazing entertainment for Roxby Downs.

More details about these events, con-tact Adrian on 8671 0117.

Ladies’ Fashion Night at the Roxby Club

RIGHT: Adelaide visitors love coming to Roxby Downs for the annual race meeting. Amelia Rachan and Simon Byles enjoyed their day last year.

AT LEFT: These lovely ladies from Adelaide had a fabulous time and dressed up for the occasion.

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Local Roxby couple Adrian and Alicja Brady were in the running for the Best Dressed Couple at last year’s Fashions on the Field.



Race Week Program

Responsible drinking – and the Cup

By John Lawrence Business Development Sales Manager National Risk Solutions.

Ah, yes Th e Roxby Downs Racing Cup is once again with us.

Th is will be my fi rst Cup. I am looking for-ward to it.

Th e glamour, the fun, the food, the fashions, the drinking and I may watch a race or two.

Did you know that going to the races and having a drink is Australian as football, meat pies and Holden cars.

Ever been to Flemington Melbourne Cup Day? Well you should.

Sorry, this is Roxby Cup Day, Bigger than Mel-bourne Cup.

So, who am I, to talk about responsible drinking and the Cup?

Well, over the last twelve months, NRS have deliv-ered a range of courses in Roxby. We like the place, the people, the club, the pub, the bakeries and oh yes, there is even a mine there. Did I mention the people?

We want people to stay safe. I used to wheel out two favourite lines:

“Do not drink drive, its washing powder” and “If you drink drive, make sure you have a motor car”. Not so funny when you look at the road toll.

As a training organisation, research is paramount, so I spoke with the local Sergeant at Roxby Police station.

His comment:“Roxby Downs rates as one of the highest country

towns for Drink Driving off ences, hoon off ences and

high speed driving, all these fall within the Fatal Five Category.”

I think that is very sad, for a town and people that have so much to off er.

So what are Th e Sergeant’s fatal fi ve?1. Drink Driving2. Speed3. Inattentive Driving4. Seat Belts5. Vulnerable Road UserDid you know that driving at 70km/h (10 km/h

above the limit) has the same crash risk potential as if you have a blood alcohol content of .10?

Makes you think doesn’t it. Th e local Sergeant was kind enough to give me a

heap of statistics and pamphlets on this message. I was staggered at the information, and just visit

SAPOL’s website to view documentation on this message. So, our goal, this Roxby Cup, and to quote someone who is the media often “Moving Forward” is to strive for:

1. No fatalities2. No drink or Drug driving convictions3. No speed related incidents4. Arrive home safely.Th e Cup motto for drivers: Roxby Taxis dial – 8671

1100.Just remember, the impact is greater on the others

you put at risk, rather than yourself. So, by speeding, drink drinking, drug driving, not wearing a seatbelt, who are you putting at risk.? ANSWER: EVERYONE ELSE.

Info supplied by Sergeant Stuart Paxton Roxby Downs Police.

Thursday 12 August 2010Ladies Fashion Night, Roxby Downs Club, 7pmLook the part on Race Day by getting your fashions from a selection of attire on displayat Ladies NightFriday 13 August 2010Race Week Dinner, Roxby Downs Club, 7pmThree course meal complete with Outback Cup Field Review and Form Guide.Bookings direct to the Club on 8671 0117Saturday 14 AugustRoxby Downs OneSteel Outback Cup, Alliance Airlines Roxby Downs RacecourseSouth Australia’s northern most registered race meeting with $50,000 Stake and Prize Money.Racing starts 11amAdmission $10, Concession for Seniors, Children under 16 FREE.Final Leg of the Outback Cups ChampionLocal, Metropolitan and Interstate Racing, SKY, Bookmakers and the Transmission

AustraliaTOTEPublic and Members’ BarsFood sales and Griff o’s Yalumba Wine TentBradken Calcutta – Cup horses auctioned after Race 3Featuring:$12,000 One Steel Outback Cup – 1800m$8,000 BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Copper Shield – 0-72, 1000m Handicap$6000 Exact Mining Services/Toshiba -1000m Maiden Handicap$6000 SKF - 0-58 1200 mtr Handicap$6000 AEM Consolidated /Rema Tip Top– 0-58 - 1600m Handicap$6000 Linfox – 0-68 - 1400m HandicapToshiba/Rema Tip Top Float Rebates - $150 per starter (winners excepted)Kellan - Leading Trainer $1000Hercus Australia - Leading Jockey $ 1000Course parking fee - gold coin donation in

support of the CFS

“A special thanks and recognition to the major sponsors - Onesteel, BHPBilliton, Exact Mining Services, SKF, AEM Consolidated, Alliance Airlines, Linfox, Toshiba, York Civil and Hercus, Rema Tip Top, Th e Roxby Club, Coopers and Yalumba.

“Th ere are also a number of other sponsors and supporters that ensure all the events and racing can take place such as Kellan Training, Cat Rental, Raine and Horne, BSH Waste Solutions, Greyhound, Atlas Copco, Transmission Australia, Weir Minerals, ITT Flygt, Kempe. Bradken, Coates Hire, ODT Australis, Outback Landscaping, Roxby Fabrication, Blackwoods, Rexel, Outback Electronics, Specialised Tyre and Rubber and of course Th e Monitor.

“Mention also needs to go to York Civil, ODT Australis Cat Rental, Holcim, Glen Crowhurst as well as Pete Paisley and the PREOP Programme. With the damage done to the track and course by the severe wind then rain storm events without the help from these guys the day may not have gone ahead.”

Stu Cormack

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M egan crawford has l ived in Roxby Downs

for 22 years and has always wanted to work in the hair and beauty industry, so when the opportunity arose for her to start her hair-dressing apprenticeship in Roxby, she jumped at the chance. Megan has just started her third year.

“I worked on site for a while, doing office work, but since I am very young I knew I wanted to work with the industry I am working in now,” she said.

“Starting my appren-ticeship in Roxby has been great as I already knew a lot of my clients, so it makes me a lot more comfortable and confi dent.

“I would like to thank all the clients that have come in as models for me to do my training, it has been great - they have all been really supportive.

Megan loves the idea that she can transform

someone’s look by giving them a different cut and colour, and now she is do-ing more hair in the salon, she is looking forward to doing some great styles on her clients.

Once Megan has fi nished her apprenticeship, she would love to expand her experience into the beauty side, which she is able to do as Tandales off ers a full range of beauty services on top of the hair side.

Megan enjoys being part of the Tandales team as all of the girls have a strong friendship and en-joy spending time with eachother outside of work, which Megan says makes for a fun workplace.

“It’s really good when people are happy with the results of your service. I don’t want our customers to walk away from the salon without feeling good about how they look,” the young, talented hairdresser con-cluded, just before she got ready to make another cli-ent even more beautiful.

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Megan Crawford:

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Race DayFashions For all of you damsels in distress without a dress, for those stressed sirens without threads, never fear, below are a couple of options for the fast appraoching OneSteel Roxby

Races, handpicked by your stylish Monitor team...

Camellia bustier dress from Stretsis $658

One shoulder mini dress from Supre $50

Mesh Wrap Sarah frock from

Dotti $79.95

This beautiful party dress will make the owner the life of the party. Better suited for girls with a slim fi gure, the

dress will accentuate curves that may not normally be there, and present a naturally fun, feminine look. Costly, yes, timeless, defi nitely.

I found this dress on the Whistles Bou-tique online store at www.whistles.com.au

Whistles, with three diff erent locations in Adelaide is a personal favourite store of mine, but not one I visit regularly (purely because of the location and price!).

Th ey do have a fantastic deal, how-ever, for those strapped for cash during a shopping spree. Take - Home Layby is applicable to customers who spend over $300 in the store (not hard, believe me), have 100 points of ID on them and own a Visa card...

For girls on a budget stores such as Supre and Dotti are ideal for instyle, raceday bargains. Both with numerous stores in all major shopping centres in Adelaide as well as com-prehensive online stores, it doesn’t get much easier than this!

Need more help? I’m sure Lucy McIntosh, Ruby Rose, Sarah and Shona would love to share their secrets from Melbourne Fashion week last week...

Australian women are more stressed than Australian

men according to research conducted as part of Lifeline’s Stress Down Day campaign.

Th e research, conduct-ed by Newspoll, shows that 91% of women in-dicated that they were stressed compared with 89% of men. More con-cerning than this, 46% of women indicated they were very stressed in their lives compared to 41% of men.

“It doesn’t surprise us that women are more stressed in their lives. Our research indicates that in just about every aspect of life women are experiencing higher lev-els of stress,” Lifeline CEO Dawn O’Neil said today.

“Women call Lifeline twice as much as men and they are talking to us about challenges faced specifi cally by their gen-der. Our callers are tell-

ing us they are worried about issues like work life balance, children, self confi dence and self esteem, body images, relationships and their wellbeing.

“Women sometimes place very high expecta-tions on themselves and our callers indicate that this is adding to their stress levels. Women of-ten feel pressure to prove themselves, especially in the work place, and this pressure, whether real or perceived, is a very real challenge for women.

“In addition, women generally also take a big-ger share of the home du-ties and this adds to the pressure from the other aspects in their lives. All these factors combined seem to have resulted in women feeling stressed.”

Lifeline is calling on women across Australia to stress down and take better care of them-selves.

“Th is isn’t to say that

men are not stressed, in fact stress is a major issue for our whole commu-nity. But often women neglect their own self care, putting themselves at the bottom of the list after work, family and friends.

“We need to realise as women that it’s OK to take time out for our-selves and that by look-ing after ourselves we will have more emotional en-ergy to look after others. Self care is not selfi sh.

“In the modern world we live in, we struggle to fi nd balance, and women certainly can put pres-sure on themselves to be everything to everyone. While this may be pos-sible some of the time, it comes with a price and this may be why we are seeing so many stressed women. I encourage women to practice self care and reduce their stress levels to improve their health and wellbe-ing.”

Women more stressed than men

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ROXBY DOWNS COUNCILWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATEWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATE

COUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE SA

Opening hours9 am to 5 pm weekdays

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

After hours emergencyMobile 0419 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

Opening hours 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays

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


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

Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday & Thursday

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

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

Levies apply for businesses

Recycling can be taken either to the Opal Landfi ll or

BSH Waste Solutions on Gosse StreetAll enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hoursWednesdays and Thursdays only

9 am to 4.30 pmCouncil provides Transport

Services including:• Vehicle Registration • Boat Registrations

• Licensing Transactions• Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084

NEWS NEWS IN BRIEFIN BRIEF

REMINDERSREMINDERS

Monday week ago, on August 2, Lauren Durant became an

official Australian citizen. Lauren, who has been in Roxby for three years, is an intel-ligent and friendly addition to Australia and has brought with her a world of knowledge and now a six week old baby boy.

“I came from South Africa. We moved around a lot when I was younger but I settled in Cape Town and lived there for about fi ve years,” she said.

“I‘ve been in Roxby and Australia

for three years, so I moved straight to Roxby. Because my parents were here, they had moved over a couple of years before I had and I came on holidays to visit them, and decided to move up!

“I then met my partner, Adam, over here and we now have a six week old son, Honor.

“My sister has since come over here as well. I have three sisters, one is still living in South Africa, and the other is living in New Zea-land,” said Ms Durant.

“I haven’t seen much of Aus-tralia, because whenever I leave I go home (to South Africa). So next time, I’d love to look around

Australia.“I’ve been to Streaky Bay, Mel-

bourne and Sydney, but otherwise I haven’t seen much of the country-side. I’d love to go to Queensland!

“Th e main diff erences between here and South Africa are that there is definitely more rain in South Africa, and also there is much less crime here. It is safe everywhere, you can walk around at night, so that’s one of the main differences that I have found. “What I found when I got here is not a lot of people have a religion, in South Africa it’s more common. I am Christian, but I don’t go to church that often.

“I am a safety offi cer for Sand-vik, but am currently on mater-nity leave. I enjoy my work, I fi nd it very interesting.

“I most like learning about other people’s work, how they do things because I’ve never really been in this sort of industry before.

“I was supposed to go back to work on the fi rst of September, but I’ve taken another month off , be-cause it’s just hard at the moment, with Honor being so young.

“I’ll probably stay in Roxby for a while because my sister and I have just bought a house together,” she concluded.

Lauren Durant

has just become an Australian

CitizenBy Millie Thomas

DOGS AND CATS – REGISTRATION RENEWALS

Dog and cat registrati on renewal noti ces have been posted. The last day to pay is 31 August 2010.

ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS

Quarterly accounts for 30 June 2010 have now been issued and were due for payment by 9th August 2010. If you have not received your account please contact the Council.

WATER ACCOUNTS

Water accounts for the June 2010 quarter have been issued and are due for payment by the 16th August 2010. If you have not received your account please contact the Council.

DRIVERS’ LICENCES - ADDING A CLASS TO A LICENCE

The following instructi ons relate to licence classes covering trucks, buses and motor bikes.When you have completed a practi cal course and have been given a certi fi cate of competency. You will need to call into the Council Offi ce (Wednesday and Thursday’s only) or a Service SA centre, to get this class added to your licence.You will need to fi ll out an MR206 form (available from us or you can download it from the internet www.transport.sa.gov.au) and bring your current licence and Certi fi cate of Competency in with you. Upon paying a $15.00 fee, you will be given a temporary licence with your new class added onto it. Your new plasti c licence will be sent to you via post once processed in Port Augusta.

REMINDERSWater Accounts

Last day to pay 16 August

REMINDERSWater Accounts

Last day to pay 16 August

RACE DAY ROAD RESTRICTIONS – Saturday 14 August

Council wishes to advise that there will be road restricti ons in place on the day of the Roxby Downs Outback Cup. A 50 km per hour speed zone will be in place on Olympic Way to the north and south of the race track entrance road. The 50 km per hour zone will extend from the Burgoyne street southern intersecti on with Olympic Way to an area south of the race track entrance road. This change in speed limit will apply from 10am to 6pm on 14 August.

RACE DAY ROAD RESTRICTIONS – Saturday 14 August

Council wishes to advise that there will be road restricti ons in place on the day of the Roxby Downs Outback Cup. A 50 km per hour speed zone will be in place on Olympic Way to the north and south of the race track entrance road. The 50 km per hour zone will extend from the Burgoyne street southern intersecti on with Olympic Way to an area south of the race track entrance road. This change in speed limit will apply from 10am to 6pm on 14 August.

Governor’s Leadership

Program visitGovernor’s Leadership Program

participants visited Roxby Downs on Friday, August 6.

Th is Program is the premier leader-ship program in SA. Participants are leaders (or emerging leaders) in their various fi elds and they come from a diverse range of industries. Th eir visit was part of a fi eld trip designed to investigate the eco-nomic, social and environmental challenges facing rural and regional Australia.

Council staff were invited to deliver presentations on a range of topics. In her presentation, Michelle Hales Man-ager Community Development, Gov-ernance and Strategic Support talked about the uniqueness of the community covering topics such as the demographic mix, high population turnover, multicul-turalism, social impacts and challenges these unique factors pose for commu-nity planning and development. She also touched on the ways that Roxby Downs Council is diff erent from the traditional council model.

Works Manager Peter Keller talked about his role and in particular Coun-cil’s work in maintaining and developing parks, gardens, and sporting fi elds. Th e group were interested to learn about the extreme climate, the source of town water and types of plants growing. Peter took the group on a short walking tour via the War Memorial to the Lions Park where he talked about the skate park, playground and sporting facilities. Th e group then proceeded to the Cultural and Leisure Precinct where Michael Es-posito and Alan Male from Roxby Lei-sure led a tour of the facilities. After a brief lunch at the Dunes Cafe the group then boarded the bus for a surface tour of the Olympic Dam Mine.

“Th is was a great opportunity to not only showcase Roxby Downs but explain the challenges we face. People often don’t have any understanding until they visit and hear our stories. We are hoping that participants left town with greater insight about our community. When they talk to their colleagues and industry leaders in Adelaide about Roxby Downs they can do so with greater knowledge and understanding” Ms Hales said.


The Board The Board that provides that provides a community a community voicevoice locallylocally

BOARD MEETINGS WHO’S ON THE BOARD CONTACTING THE BOARD

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

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe.

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

included on the agenda.

Confi dential discussions with the Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.

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


Teresa Baddeley • Darren Smith

Michelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Jamie Love • Bill Hiscox

Liz Rogers • Michael Esposito

Bill Boehm • Amanda Hudson

JOINING FORUMSIf you are interested in joining a forum please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ENVIRONMENT FORUMKristina Meredith 0421 720 893

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

EDUCATION and WORKPLACE TRAININGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

SPORT and RECREATION FORUMKaye Doyle 0419 935 316

COMMUNITY GARDENCherie Gaskin 8671 2924

HEALTH FORUMKaren Russell 8671 9020

MEETING DATES

An initiative of the Environment Forum

Did you know?reen tipGG

Pesti cides are designed to kill and most are toxic to humans. Think twice

about spraying them on plants that you plan to eat. Instead try organic pesti cides like pyretheum, or look

online for soluti ons that you can make yourself.

Th ere has been a lot of local media cover-age lately on dry zones. Various people and organisations have expressed views on this topic. Th e articles in the local newspapers were discussed at a recent meeting of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partnership. As the peak community body in Roxby Downs dealing with alcohol and substance abuse issues the Partner-ship has decided to take a lead role in moving this forward.

“Th e community may not be aware that there

is a process involved and several steps required before dry zones can be established,” said Ex-ecutive Offi cer Michelle Hales.

All applications for a dry zone must be made by local councils to the Offi ce of the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner. In their application councils must provide details of local strategies that address public nuisance and anti-social behaviour and alcohol related problems such as vandalism. Comments from local police, the local member of Parliament and evidence of a

suffi cient level of community consultation is required. Th is includes local businesses and community groups as well as local residents. If the application is approved the dry zone is established for 12 months to start with and it may be subject to certain conditions like ongo-ing evaluation and community consultation.

Th ere are three types of dry zone. Th ese are: one off major events; popular public areas; or entire communities where drinking in public places refl ects complex social issues.

Forum to take the lead

COMMUNITY LEARNING PLACES

APPLICATIONS OPEN* August

Front Line ManagementContinuous Improvement 24-25 AugustMonitor a Safe Workplace 26-27 August

Training and AssessmentTrain Small Groups 9 - 10 AugustAssessor 12-13 August

For further information and application forms contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818

Community Learning Places is a partnership between the Education and Workplace Training

Forumand BHP Billiton Olympic Dam

*places are limited and conditi ons apply

Roxby Roadsafe 12 August - 5.30pm Community Board

30 August - 7.30pmEnvironment Forum

14 September - 7.30pmSport and Recreation Forum

7 September - 7.30pm

New Landscaping at the Club By Millie Thomas

Our local Community Club has undergone some major changes over the past 18 months. A complete gut-ting and restructure of the interior, new management and a fun and consistent en-tertainment line up has seen the successes of the Club sky-rocket. With the fi nal touch-es under way, beautifying the exterior, George Giakoumis of Outback Landscaping ex-plains the reasons behind his horticultural genius.

“Part of the design was about softening the sharp edges that the club has got, which is what plants always do, they soften edges,” said Mr Giakoumis.

“The hedge (lining the pathways) was about lineat-ing the space, to make pa-

trons walk on the path rath-er than bring dirt and bark chips into the club. I chose this particular variety be-cause it is extremely robust, in fact it’s called Photinia Ro-busta, it’s a fl owering plant with all year round coloured foliage, reds and greens, a very colourful hedge. It sof-tens the whole façade of the building.

“At the western side of the building there is a com-plete Calistomen garden, so we grow a variety of bottle brushes that are being grown to provide shade for that area. “Same with the main feature Tuckeroo tree, this one (the centre tree in the main gar-den) is about feature, but the others are about shade. Th ey are attractive feature trees that will provide a practical use in terms of shade.

“Th e hedge will meet itself (grow together) by Christ-mas. An actual box hedge, will probably take until this time next year.

“Th is (the main garden) is a native garden and there is a number of diff erent vari-ety plant hedges being grown along the side of the car park, basically designed to stop people walking through the garden,” he said.

“Th ere will be two feature gardens that are yet to be planted, on either side of the doorway, which I’m sort of conceptualising and am try-ing to get material from BHP for one of the features.

“Th e garden along this side (the sports bar side) is re-ally about form and feature, the Yuccas stand tall and straight, the little maroon trees that are in each panel are a weeping tree in similar colours to the hedge, so it sorts of blends all together and contrasts with the tim-ber. It will also protect the timber from the harsh sun.

“You do want something modern. And you want something that’s relatively quick growing that’s ro-bust, that can deal with the weather conditions up here, the freezing cold winters and the heavy hot summers.

I didn’t want anything that grew really slow.

“If you’ve got a building of this calibre, then the garden needs to suit, so if you’re going to spend this kind of money on the building, then there needs to be an equiva-lent attention to the garden. All the plants were supplied at cost price!

“In some ways, once you get used to the building, it means nothing. You wont see the building, you’re heading for a cold beer! But you are going to feel the garden the garden will make you feel ok, as you walk through the garden, walk past the garden into your cold beer,” said Mr Giakoumis.

Adrian Prosser, Manager of the Club, is impressed with Mr Giakoumis’ intuitive thought into the landscaping design and is appreciative of the Outback Landscaping team’s effi ciency.

“I think we need to say thanks to George and the boys. George has put a lot of thought into the garden, and he’s tossed over a lot of ideas.

“The main feature isn’t done yet, but it will be very, very soon. A lot of time and eff ort has gone into it and I

hope the people enjoy com-ing into the club and actually see what we’ve been doing, and they really need to be thankful for the boys, they got in here yesterday and they all worked really hard to get it done – we really wanted it done before the race week, which I pushed for.

“I gave them a bit of a time restriction, and they came through with the goods, I think it just shows the pas-sion that George has and it comes out in his business, but also for the community and what he wants to do for the Community Club as well. Hopefully people appreciate what he does and use his business more around town as well.

“He’s helped out the club immensely, so anytime it might cost me a Coopers Dark Ale every now and again, that’s what I’ll do,” said Mr Prosser.

“Th e lighting was done by Regal Display in Adelaide, that’s just gone up last week, it looks really good at the moment and obviously fi n-ishes off the outside as well, so you can drive past and notice where and what the Club is.

“We’ve now got signage on all the entrances, and George’s main feature is still to come. He has really put a lot of eff ort in and probably had about four or fi ve great ideas for the main feature.

“We’ve already had a little bit of damage (to the land-scaping) in the fi rst night we had, we’re just kind of ask-ing people to tread lightly, they’re all new plants and not go around trashing them, give them a bit of a chance, so if people could keep away from breaking them that would be great.”

Club manager, Adrian Prosser is very impressed wioth the new garden.

DRY ZONES – THE NEXT STEPDRY ZONES – THE NEXT STEP

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PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF ANDAMOOKA

The Outback Communities Authority has developed a concept plan in

conjunction with consultants GHD, to develop Lots 2 and 438, on the Town

Plan, into a Community Park in accordance with the Opportunities and

Constraints Plan now on display.

Public comment on the proposed development is invited and can be made

to:Bob Jacobs,

Community Manager, by email at [email protected]

or by post to PO Box 62 Andamooka SA 5722.

The closing date for public comment is 27 August 2010

SITUATIONS VACANT

ROXBY DOWNS CRICKET ASSOC.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

to be held onAUGUST 27 at 6.30 p.m. at The Roxby Downs Club

ALL WELCOME

Woomera Village Store Coordinator

Are you looking for the opportunity to use your strong finance and supervisory skill in a small

remote convenience store? For more information and details on how to

apply, contact The Secretary Woomera Board by email to

[email protected] or phone 08 8674 3226.

Applications close 20 august 2010.

PUBLIC NOTICES

ROXBY DOWNS COUNTRY FIRE SERVICE AGM Thursday 19th Aug 2010, 7:00pm - 7:30pm at the Fire Station. To all CFS Members your attendance at this meeting is required as we have to change our Bridge Constitution.GERRY’S DUBLIN MEATS Top quality, grain fed meat at affordable prices!!Great value, mix and match meat packs. PH: 8529 2229

FOR SALE

PRIVATE SALE Tumby Bay Unit, 2 double bedrooms, reverse cycle air-conditioning, rainwater throughout, close to facilities, one street from beach, outdoor entertain-ment area, garage with automatic roller door. $255,000 phone 0429 720 378

Rental Coordinator Olympic Dam (Residential)

The CatRental store is a specialist provider of premium quality rental products and services to South Australian construction, industrial, mining, government and building customers.

Currently, there is an opportunity for a highly motivated and customer focussed Rental Coordinator to join our Olympic Dam branch. In this role, you will be responsible for providing operational and sales administration support to both internal and external customers in a timely fashion. With your high level of attention to detail and sound customer service skills, you will be able to ensure all agreements are negotiated appropriately, and the required documentation completed within timeframe and to specification.

Skills and Experience:

To be successful in this role you will have previously worked in a similar administration support role with a strong focus on customer service. Current drivers license and forklift license are essential. You must be able to demonstrate your abilities through written application and interview.

To apply visit www.cavpower.com, applications close Monday 16th August.

Olympic Dam (Residential)The Cat Rental Store is a specialist provider of premium quality rental products and services to South Australian construction, industrial, mining, government and building customers.Currently, there is an opportunity for a highly motivated and customer focussed Rental Coordinator to join our Olympic Dam branch. In this role, you will be responsible for providing operational and sales administration support to both internal and external customers in a timely fashion. With your high level of attention to detail and sound customer service skills, you will be able to ensure all agreements are negotiated appropriately, and the required documentation completed within timeframe and to specification.Skills and Experience:To be successful in this role you will have previously worked in a similar administration support role with a strong focus on customer service. Current drivers license and forklift license are essential. You must be able to demonstrate your abilities through written application and interview.

To apply visit www.cavpower.com, applications close Monday 16th August.

RoxFM Community RadioStation Manager

105.5 RoxFM Community Radio encapsulates the young, vibrant community that is Roxby Downs and we are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated and approachable person with media and or radio skills to fi ll this full-time Station Manager position.

As Station Manager you will be in charge of general coordination and admin-istration of the Station’s day-to day operations, including liaison with sponsors and airing sponsorship announcements, volunteer coordination and training, maintenance of RoxFM’s website, processing of fi nances and providing strategic advice.

Th e station is well regarded and supported in the Roxby Downs Community but after 7 years of infancy is looking to expand its infl uence pending a possible expansion of the town.

Persons with journalism, media and marketing qualifi cations and/or experi-ence, and the desire for a challenge are encouraged to apply.

To apply, please forward your resume and covering letter, addressed to the Board Chairman, to [email protected], or post to RoxFM, PO Box 642, Roxby Downs, 5725, SA.

For more information call RoxFM on (08) 8671 2545.Applications close Th ursday, August 12, 2010.

Kuyani Yartah AssociationRoxby Mitigation Event

Kuyani Yartah Association is hosting a Roxby Mitiga-tion Event, through the heritage mitigation planned

under the Olympic Dam Agreement.

The Roxby Mitigation Event will take place at Roxby Downs

on Friday, 8 October to Monday, 11 October 2010

Roxby Mitigation Event will feature tours of the area, traditional tucker, song, stories and other activities.

All Kuyani Yartah Association members are welcome.There is no cost to participants.

Transport from Whyalla, Port Augusta and other nominated locations, to be advised, will be

provided.The Roxby Mitigation Event will be alcohol-

and drug-free.

You must register for catering and camping purposes by Friday August 27

Please contact Lavene on 0418 820 409 or [email protected] to reg

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

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

[email protected]

COMMUNITY PERSON OF THE MONTHRoxby Downs

RELAY FOR LIFE needs YOU!

Relay for Life Roxby Downs

is calling out for volunteers to help with the

2010 community event.

You still have time to register your team

If you would like to get involved please phone:Kate - 041 882 0249

Carmel - 041 7855 064


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ROXBY DOWNS’ LUTHERAN CHURCHServices are 10:30 am every Sunday Sunday School is 9:30am every Sunday during term time. (there are no evening services)FAITHWORKS’ CHRISTIAN CHURCHAn Assemblies Church meets every Sunday 10.30 am at Roxby Downs Catholic School LibraryKeith Moody Phone: 0414 570 871ST. BARBARA’S PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH78 Pioneer Drive, Roxby DownsSaturday @ 6.00pmSunday @ 9.00amContact FE Kevin Matthews on Phone 8671 0925

ANDAMOOKA/ROXBY BIBLE CHURCH10:00am Sundays, Worship Service 6.30pm Fridays, Kids Club, 7 years + Phone: 8672 7213ROXBY DOWNS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH•cnr Tutop and Burgoyne Streets •Office: 38 Pioneer DrivePriest: Mary Lewis Ph: 8671 0270 email: [email protected] Services: Saturday 4:00pm KFC (Kids for Christ-during school term)5:30pm Shared Tea6:15pm ALL agesSunday 10:00am (with crèche facilities) 2:00pm at Andamooka Healing Service: 6pm on the 2nd Sunday in the monthMidweek Meetings:Tuesday 6am Prayer10am Open Church - coffee, chat & sharing of craftsWednesday 7pm Home GroupThursday 9:30am Know your Bible Study Group Saturday 5pm Youth (12-15 years old)WATCH THIS SPACE FOR OUR NEW CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME FROM 24 JULYFor details on any of the events phone 8671 0270

CHURCH

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

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RDRCCC•Races every 3rd Sunday of the month at the Red Dunes Race-way. Support and sponsors needed for track improvements. For more information please call the Club President, Trent Burton on 0417 235 779 or see our website: www.rdrccc.info

WILLIAM CREEK CAMPDRAFT8 am, August 21 at William Creek Gymkhana Grounds. Camping and accomodation ph. William Creek Hotel 08 86 707 880

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’ DENTALDr. Harry Craven Phone: 8671 9031Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.30pmROXBY DOWNS’ MEDICAL PRACTICEMonday to Friday 9am-5:30pmSaturday & Sunday 2pm-5pm by appointment. Andamooka on Tuesday 9am-12pmPhone: 8671 1900VISITING ALLIED HEALTH SERVICE

Phone: 86485500• PODIATRIST - 20 AugustPhone: 86485706• DIABETES EDUCATOR - 22 OctoberPhone: 86485800• OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - 20 August• SPEECH PATHOLOGIST - 20 August• PHYSIOTHERAPIST - 9 & 10 September• COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WORKER - 20 August• DIETICIAN - 20 August• CAMHS - 9 & 10 September (CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE)

• PHARMACY - 9 & 10 September • DASSA - 20 August

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

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Anne Clampett – Austwide Property Services

Austwide Property Services is a Real Estate property management service operating in Roxby. Business owner Anne Clampett, with twelve years of property management experience under her belt

will make your property priority number one.“Austwide is a specialist property management company. We don’t do sales. I

only just recently started my own company after being a property manager for twelve years and I’ve looked after rental properties in Roxby for about six years, and I really enjoy going up there,” she said.

“I’ve got people up there all the time, to attend to anything, should something arise when I’m not there. Meanwhile, I’m based at St Morris, next to Norwood.

“I think the benefi t of a smaller company is that you don’t have the staff turno-ver, so you’ve got the same person who will be looking after the property on an ongoing basis.

“Th ere’s just not the turnover that there is in the other companies and also obviously its our major interest. Most of the agencies tend to have sales as their major interest and property management is a bit of a second. Obviously in our case it’s our primary focus. Th at’s it, it’s what we do.

“Because it is all we do, we’re fairly pedantic that things are done properly, that our knowledge is up to date and everything is up to date.

“Also I give a satisfaction guarantee in my property management so owners will have a written guarantee of performance and recourse. If they’re not satisfi ed they get free management for three months.

“It is something I am very passionate about and I really seriously believe that owners do need a better deal and to be looked after better than they are getting.

“I am a property owner and I have been a tenant so I do know what its like on both sides of the fence. Th at’s something that I feel really strongly about. I think this is something I can really off er,” she fi nished.


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W&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 4:00pm- 9:30pmJUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGSOutdoor Courts - 3:00pm- 6:00pmSENIOR NETBALL TRAININGSOutdoor Courts - 6:00pm- 9:00pmBUTS & GUTS - Group Fitness Room - 9:00amSPIN - Group Fitness Room - 6:30pmVOLLEYBALL - Sport Stadiums - 7:15pm- 9:30pm

MONDAYW&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 6:00pm- 9:30pmJUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGSOutdoor Courts - 3:00pm- 6:00pmJUNIOR INDOOR HOCKEYStadium 1 - 4:30pm- 6:00pmMIXED INDOOR HOCKEYStadium 1 - 6:30pm- 8:30pmDO SHOTOKAN KARATE Group Fitness Room - 6:00pm- 6:30pmDO SHOTOKAN KARATE Stadium 2 - 6:30pm- 9:00pmSQUASH SPRING PENNANT COMPETITION Squash Courts - 7:00pm- 9:00pmJUNIOR BASKETBALL DNSP TRAININGS Stadium 2 - 5:00pm- 6:30pm

THURSDAY

BALLET - Stadium 2 - 3:30pm-6:00pmW&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 4:00pm- 9:30pmJUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGSOutdoor Courts - 3:00pm- 6:00pmPUMP - Group Fitness Room - 9:00amWEDNESDAY SOCIAL NETBALLStadiumS - 6:30pm- 8:10pm

WEDNESDAY

ROXBY DOWNS ONESTEEL OUTBACK CUP Alliance Airlines Roxby Downs Racecource-11:00amJUNIOR NETBALL GAMESOutdoor Hard Courts - 9:00pm-1:30pmW&DFL JUNIOR FOOTBALL GAMES Town Oval - 8:00am- 12:00pm

SATURDAY

SENIOR NETBALL GAMESOutdoor Courts & Sports Stadiums6:00pm- 9:30pm

FRIDAY

SUNDAY

BALLET - Stadium 2 - 3:30pm - 6:30pmSENIOR BALLETGroup Fitness Room - 6:30pm- 7:30pmCOME AND TRY SOCCERSports Stadiums - 3:30pm-6:00pmSENIOR SOCCER - Sports Stadiums - 6:00pmW&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 4:00pm- 9:30pmJUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGSOutdoor Courts - 3:00pm-6:00pmSENIOR NETBALL TRAININGSOutdoor Courts - 6:00pm - 9:00pmDO SHOTOKAN KARATE Group Fitness Room - 6:00pm- 6:30pmDO SHOTOKAN KARATE Stadium 1 - 6:30pm- 9:00pmSQUASH SPRING PENNANT COMPETITION Squash Courts - 7:00pm- 9:00pmJUNIOR BASKETBALL DNSP TRAININGS Stadium 2 - 5:00pm- 6:30pm

TUESDAY

11 to 18 August 2010

JUNIOR SOCCERSchool Oval -10:00amSOFTBALLTown Oval - 11:00am- 2:00pm WINTER TENNIS Outdoor Lawn Courts - 11:00am- 2:00pmJUNIOR BASKETBALL DNSP TRAININGS Stadium 1 - 10:30am-12:00pm

By Millie Thomas

Y ear in, year out we keenly anticipate football season. It’s a weekly event every Saturday

for which we can either play in or support on the sidelines. Th e boys from every team work hard before and during the season to vie for the infamous Woomera Districts premiership.

So after a long 21 weeks of bi-weekly trainings and staying in every Friday night, it’s understandable that the boys feel the need to get away and take out their frustrations or celebrate their successes. Th is is often best done away from town!

Tim Feltus, Hornridge Sporting Club (previously featured in Th e Monitor for his heroic eff orts in saving a family from a house fi re) has joined forces with team mates Brad Cooper and Mark Giles to raise funds for their football trip this year, which will be held in Melbourne, namely at Derby Day.

Th e lads are auctioning off numerous forms of memorabilia from AFL, Aus-tralian Cricket and horse racing. Th ank-fully, a couple of high-profi le mates have helped donate to this cause.

“We contacted Pav (Matthew Pav-lich from Fremantle), who I went to school with, and we got a Guernsey, and Pav was more than happy to sign it for us, once he knew what it was for,” said Tim.

“We got a heap of valuable items from jockey, Kerrin McEvoy. We were able to get it mainly because Mark Giles went to school with him. He’s also a local Streaky Bay lad, where I’m from. I know Kerrin through a lot of family friends.

“So I spoke to his dad and Kerrin was

more than happy to sign items for us. I wasn’t too sure what he would give us, but the jockey boots he wore in the 2000 Melbourne Cup and jockey silks are excellent.

“Th e cricket poster, which is a framed poster of all 150 captains of the Austral-ian Cricket Team all with authenticity papers (a collection item one of just v2000), we paid for half of that. Th e guy who framed all of the items threw in the frames for half price once he knew what we were fundraising for,” he said.

“Th ere is also a framed poster of Peter Brock.

“Hopefully the money will help fund the footy trip and a bit of extra money for the club.

“At this stage we’re going to have two footy trips, one going to Derby Day in Melbourne and because we’ve got the youngest group in the entire league playing for us, seven or eight under-age lads, we’re going to donate half of the money to them so it’s all fair,” said Tim.

“I think they’re going camping. Hope-fully we can work it out on a good week-end so some of us can go to theirs as well.

“Th e items will be auctioned off on race day, hopefully at the same time as the Calcutta, so all the active bidders are already there!” he said.

“We’re trying to get Kerrin McEvoy’s dad, Phil ‘Filthy’ McEvoy to auction off the items, otherwise Sporting Club member Clint Gow-Smith is always a good option after a few beers!”

Fundraising for Derby Day - A Hornridge

initiative

Pictured above: Tim Feltus, Mark Giles and Brad Cooper with the jockey silks donated by Melbourne Cup winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy. JUNIOR NETBALL JUNIOR NETBALL Results Results

11 & under WON LOST DRAWNLightnings 6 5 0Shooters 2 8 1T-Birds 6 4 0Bullets 2 6 2Rockets 8 1 1

13 & under WON LOST DRAWNLightnings 10 1 0Shooters 4 7 0T-Birds 0 10 0Bullets 5 5 0Rockets 7 3 0

17 & under WON LOST DRAWNLightnings 6 6 1T-Birds 6 5 2Shooters 7 4 2Bullets 4 8 1

11 and Under:T-Birds 7 d Lightning 6Rockets 28 d Shooters 613 and Under:Lightning 55 d T-Birds 10Rockets 42 d Shooters 2317 and Under:Bullets 33 d Lightning 21Shooters 56 d T-Birds 31

Great weekend of Kart RacingLast weekend’s Desert Kart Club Auslec sponsored

two day classic held at the Roxby Downs Kart Club track was a great weekend of racing.

Club spokesperson Cathy Calligaris made special mention of the support given by the Port Pirie Kart Club for supporting the meeting.

Results for the weekend were: Rookies Ashlie AliBella Borlase

Jarred ElliotJuniors1st Nick Calligaris2nd Jayden Dawson3rd Miguel BooyensKT Open1st Chad Rodda Port Pirie2nd Tom Wilson DDKC3rd Cobi Rontaunay Port Pirie


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FOOTBALLER of the Year

Votes for Round 15 Coober Pedy Saints

3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

Hornridge Magpies3 votes2 votes1 vote

Roxby Districts Miners3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

Olympic Dam Devils3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

Andamooka Roos3 Votes2 Votes1 Votes

BYE

Justin WatsonJared PykeSteven Finey

Scott PeekDylan WebbCam Green

Nigel TuthillDylan MaleMitch Blackie

Toby RipleyL SandersShane Matulick

tally after round 15

Mitchell Blackie 16Toby Ripley 16Scott Peek 15Justin Watson 13Luke Scobie 13

The winner, including the hidden rounds will be announced at this year’s Mail Medal, August 28

Minor round concludes Minor round concludes with big wins with big wins

Olympic Dam blitz Andamooka

Andamooka kicking with the very strong wind came out running to quickly race to a three goal lead before Th e Devils scored their fi rst

goal to slow Andamooka’s momentum. Scott Montgomery pinpointed a pass to Jason Elliott

who kicked Olympic Dam’s second goal. Scott Mont-gomery was paid a free directly in front the Devils’ goals which evened the scoreline. Devil Big man Webb ran into an open goal, shanked it, but made amends soon after by kicking Olympic Dam’s fourth goal.

With Andamooka’s defence in disarray veteran Scott Peek marked and kicked to an unchecked Jason Elliott, who handballed to Scott Montgomery to register OD’s fi fth goal. Andamooka managed to penetrate Olympic Dam’s defence and Todd Paull kicked Th e Roos’ fourth goal to keep them within touch.

Olympic Dam began to dominate play but failed to make the Roos pay by missing easy chances. Andamooka tried to work the ball down along the boundary line, which has become the norm on windy days, but Olympic Dam impressed in the midfi eld to continually off er op-portunities to their forwards.

Peter Ross was injured during the fi rst half leaving Andamooka without one of their more reliable players. Devils’ utility Cameron Green was inspiring around the packs and Tyson Hornhardt bounced back well after a disappointing game in Adelaide.

With Olympic Dam’s big guns fi ring Andamooka was outclassed without key player Luke Scobie who was resting after a meritorious performance in the Miner’s Cup. Andamooka’s Midfi elder Toby Ripley continued

ROUND 15 7th Aug ‘10

Olympic Dam 21 goals 18 behinds 144 points defeated Andamooka 7 goals 5 behinds 47 points Best players for OD 1st S Peek 2nd C Green 3rd T Hornhardt 4th D Webb 5th D McKennaGoal scorers D Webb 6 goals S Montgomerie 5 goals S Peek 4 goals J Elliot D Moyse 2 goals each R Montgomerie 1 goalBest players for Andamooka 1st B Harris 2nd D McDonald 3rd L Alder 4th L Sanders 5th D ReidGoal scorers T Ripley 3 goals T Paull 2 goals M Maloney A Moss 1 goal each

Roxby Districts 16 goals 20 behinds 116 points defeated Hornridge 2 goals 3 behinds 15 points

Best players for Roxby Districts 1st C Kenny 2nd S Carroll 3rd N McLachlan 4th J Watson 5th K ZeptnerGoal scorers for Roxby R Prosser I McBey S Finey 3 goals each J Roberts K Zeptner 2 goals each M Bascomb C Kenny M Lively 1 goal each Best players for Hornridge 1st M Blackie 2nd B Cooper 3rd N Tuthill 4th B Kelly 5th R PriceGoals scorers B Kelly 2 goals

JUNIOR COLTSBulldogs 8 goals 2 behinds 50 points defeated Hawks 6 goals 4 behinds 26 points Best players for Bulldogs 1st C McCarthy 2nd S King 3rd L Holden 4th J Rigden 5th J MaleGoal scorers L Holden 3 goals S King J Rigden 2 goals J McCarthy 1 goalBest players for Hawks 1st S Kerrrish 2nd E Vilgien 3rd L Hobbs 4th M Boogens 5th B ForrestS Kerrish 3 goals N Calligaris L Elliot M Boogens 1 goal each

SENIOR COLTSBulldogs 9 goals 5 behinds 59 points defeated Hawks 9 goals 3 behind 57 points

Best players for Bulldogs 1st D Male 2nd E Zeptner 3rd J Elliot 4th B Kelly 5th M AlvesGoal scorers B Kelly D Male 3 goals each J Elliot J Mason A Hambleton 1 goal eachBest players for Hawks 1st D Evans 2nd F Crafter King 3rd S Smith 4th J Brind 5th J LaurenceGoal scorers J Brind 3 A Ryan D Evans 2 goals each M Hayball S Smith 1 goal each

his strong form but lacked support from his teammates.

Some of Andamooka’s better players were unavailable for this game but should be back in for their fi nals campaign. Devils’ Captain Daniel Rogers guided his team to victory and Scott Montgomery continued his fi ne season to boot fi ve goals. Th e Devils pro-duced a dominant display, which will sound an ominous warning to teams playing them in the fi nals.

Half Time Score Olympic Dam 10 goals, 8 behinds 68 points Andamooka 4 goals 3 behinds, 27 points.

Final Score Olympic Dam 21 goals 18 behinds 144 points defeated Andamooka 7 goals 5 behinds 47 points.

Miners tune up for fi nals

W ith Roxby Districts playing bottom team Hornridge they took the opportunity to audi-

tion players for their fi nals campaign. An undermanned Hornridge showed that their youthful side has a rosy future with Dylan Male continuing his fi ne season.

Bowde Kelly’s prodigious leap offered them a target at the goal front and Josh Elliot impressed with his skills. While Hornridge isn’t playing in the fi nals they certainly want-ed to end with a creditable performance. Roxby Districts Todd Roberts playing in his 50th game, and banner reading Full Bore, produced his best form for 2010.

During the fi rst quarter Roxby Districts butchered a series of gilt-edged chances to kick four points before Stephen Finney kicked the Miners’ fi rst goal. Hornridge worked the ball forward to Brad Cooper who bounced down the Golf Club wing and delivered to Bowde Kelly resulting in Th e Magpies’ only score for the fi rst half. Dion McEvoy, who is one of Hornridge’s key play makers, was injured early and took no fur-ther part in the game.

Ricky Prosser, captain of the combined side, displayed his usual courageous marking and has regained match fi tness after an inter-rupted season. Cody Kenny also showed his class after overcoming some recent niggling injuries. Ian McBey returned from an injury to add some much needed fi repower at the goal front.

Roxby Districts’ unheralded defenders re-main the backbone of their game plan with Captain Pyke, under rated Jonathon Chislett and Shay Carroll, solid and dependable. An old fashioned melee broke out at the half-time break with Hornridge’s Brad Cooper unhappy with Miners’ Spencer Crafter-King’s close checking.

Half Time score HSC 1 goal 6 points RDSC 8 goals 7 behinds 55 points

In the second half Stephen Finney, re-turning from his successful boxing com-mitments, added another dimension to the Miners’ forward line. Justin Watson ran the ball through the middle of the ground under little pressure with support from Nathan McLachlan and Kain Zeptner.

Bowde Kelly took another good mark to kick the Magpies’ second goal. Roxby shared the spoils around with Matthew Bascomb and Matt Lively also kicking goals. Magpie Brad Cooper continued make sure his presence was felt, playing at the body and contesting at every op-portunity. Hornridge’s Mitchell Blackie showed promise and battled gamely to fi nish his season.

Final Score HSC 2 goals 3 behinds 15 points lost to RDSC 16 goals 20 behinds 116 points.

All players in this round wore yellow armbands to support the AFL’s Call to Arms, which benefits prostate cancer. Teams collected money to donate towards this worthy cause.

Next week Woomera & Districts will have a bye for the Roxby Races and the Juniors will be playing on Friday Night.

Saturday August 21st will see the Final Series begin with fourth placed Anda-mooka travelling to Coober Pedy to play third placed Saints. Coober Pedy have been beaten at home but were victorious last time the Roos played there. Anda-mooka will need to take their best team to overcome the Saints on their home ground.

Minor Premiers Olympic Dam will play Roxby Districts who defeated them in the opening game of the season for their only loss. Since then Olympic Dam have strengthened their side and will be diffi cult to defeat. Roxby Districts will need to address their accuracy at the goal front, which would be a concern to Coach Dalgleish.

MMail

Woomera & Districts Football League

Come along and support the football Night of Nights

Olympic Dam Football Club Rooms

6.30pm for 7pm Start

Saturday 28th August 2010

Contact Barry Mitchell for further Information

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Roxby Miner’s Kain Zeptner and Hornridge’s Ben Grimston vie for the ball.

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Miners Libby Steer about to pass the ball with direction

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