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By Celeste Lustosa

In 2008, the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) commenced in Australian schools amid some controversy, but in 2011 it is more widely

accepted and here in Roxby not so stressful for students.

Every year, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed on the same days using national tests in reading, writing, lan-guage conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.

Th e Monitor spoke to Roxby Downs Area School (RDAS) Principal Kath Macalister, as well as to the school coordinators for the test Julie Greenfi eld (years 3 and 5) and Chris Jones (years 7 and 9) whether NAPLAN has been a good tool for schools, parents and students. We also asked students if they feel under too much pressure.

“Th ere is nothing new in testing students or in using the results to determine how teaching programs should be modi-fi ed for groups or individuals, provided parents, students and teachers accept that this is a cameo shot of student abilities and not the full picture but rather a useful tool. When used to diagnose areas of learning it provides us with strategic ways to address any area of learning where students have not achieved well,” Mrs Macalister said.

“Th e analysis of data from these tests is used by indi-vidual schools, regionally, at state and national levels to set realistic and achievable improvement targets – the example this year being an emphasis on persuasive in response to last year’s test results which demonstrated that this was an area where student results were not as high as they might be,” Mrs Macalister added.

Mrs Greenfi eld and Mr Jones were positive about the NAPLAN tests this year.

“Th e test was very well supported by families and students who seemed to be keen to participate.

“I think we prepare the students and parents fairly well, especially year 3 students who haven’t done the test before,” Mrs Greenfi eld said.

According to Mr Jones, “Th ere were more students from year 7 to 9 completing the test this year than last year,” which he was very pleased about.

He also said “Th e days went well and as far as admin-istrating the test, everything went smoothly and I think the students are getting used to it.”

Although both teachers see the test as a good aca-demic tool, they were very realistic about the limitations of testing students a couple of days every two years.

“Because it’s something you are only doing every two years, it only gives you general information on the stu-dents.

“We give a lot of information to the students and the parents about the process and we try to explain that even though it’s a great tool to use for assessment it’s not the only one and there are other assessment tools as well because not everybody responds very well under exam situations.

“As a parent I believe the NAPLAN result is not an

indicative of my child’s skills. I know that if they haven’t done particularly well in one area, there are other skills that are not indicated in that sort of test, so generally verbal communication with children is a better indication of what they do and don’t understand,” Mrs Greenfi eld said.

Mr Jones said, “We had the South Australian LAN tests be-fore the NAPLAN so there have always been tests for the stu-dents. It is a part of the teaching cycle and it’s worth doing it but it’s not everything.”

He also pointed out that students haven’t complained about NAPLAN any more than they would complain about school tests but they are accepting it more and more.

“Now the students know NAPLAN comes up every two years and it has become a more accepted thing.

“As well as taking the test and seeing how you are going in certain areas of academic skills, it’s also a good idea to feel the pressure of the test because they might well go to University, or sit tests for TAFE, or for a job entry and it’s an experience in it-self as to how you react under pressure,” Mr Jones concluded.

Students seem to be more comfortable about the NAPLAN test nowadays.

Jayden Th omas and Makaia Kalbfl eisch are in year 7 at Roxby Downs Area School and they told Th e Monitor NAPLAN is just another test and does not represent any big extra pressure in their lives.

“I have done the test three times and because I have done a few, I improved.

“Th e NAPLAN test day is just like any other testing day and I feel it’s just another test in life,” Jayden said.

Makaia said she believes she got better on the testing skills, although the questions get harder and she does feel a little pressure in doing well.

“Because it’s the NAPLAN test and everyone else in Australia is doing it I feel a little bit of pressure to do well.

“I do think it’s a realistic test and it’s important so you can see how well you are doing and the things you need to improve on.

As for parents’ pressure, both students said their parents only expect them to do as well as they can, but don’t put extra pressure on them.

“My parents only tell me to try my best and do what I can,” Makaia concluded.

Tyler Odgers and Tate Daddow are in year 7 at Roxby Downs

Area School and did the NAPLAN test for the third time this year.

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On July 27, 2011, two Roxby Downs Scouts will embark on the trip of a lifetime.

Harry Goldfinch and Ethan Ohrnberg -Wilson will travel to the World Scout Jamboree in the south of Sweden to swap scout-ing knowhow with fellow scouts from all over the world.

Harry and Ethan, both 14 years old, have been supported strongly by Roxby’s scouting community and as the last 56 odd days drag by, they are getting more and more excited.

“Something was said about it about four years ago,” said Harry. “I was like, yeah that sounds cool and then many years later, I thought, I really want to go to that!”

The 12 day event, along with transport and further travels through Sweden is expensive.

While the two boys have had a lot of support from Scouts SA and of course, their parents, extra fund-raising is also essential to get them over there safely.

“We’ve got a stall at market day which sells some really good yiros’,” Harry added. “I’ve tasted them and they were delicious!

“We are going to do a sausage sizzle every Sunday at Mitre 10 (10am – 2pm) and we’re going to be hosting the bottle drive.”

Harry, who has never before left South Australia can only liken this experience to a previous trip to the Australian Jamboree, except with an estimated 38,000 scouts. “Th ere are going to be thousands of kids! I’ve gone to the Australian Jambo-ree, and there are so many things to do – laser tag, there’s a massive water slide. We did heaps of meet-ing stuff , camping etc.”

Ethan has family in Sweden, so

will be staying for a total of six weeks over there, and Harry will be doing a week long tour follow-ing the Jamboree, taking his trip up to four weeks, but what he is most excited about is making new friends.

“It will be tricky because not all of them will speak English,” he said. “I’ve been trying to learn Swedish, but that’s tricky!

“My dad keeps saying, you’re tak-ing the good camera, and you’re taking a lot of pictures.

“I’m a lucky gun I can tell you that!”

Harry and Ethan are two of the three Scouts chosen from South Australia to attend the Jamboree

“I’d like to thank my parents be-cause they’re paying for most of it, and Tracey, she’s helped out a lot! Oh and Scouts SA!”

Roxby Scouts off to Sweden!

The indoor teaching and therapy pool for Roxby Downs is on schedule and should be available for the community in August this year.

According to Roxby Leisure Operations Manager Michael Esposito, the completion date is the begin-ning of August at this point in time, but is subject to a number of works being undertaken.

“Last week saw the pool builders complete the struc-ture of the pool and there’s water in it, and no leaks!

“Stage two of the project is well under way with Heading Contractors preparing the footings for the enclosed structure over the pool and MPS prepar-ing the pumping. Th e builders are scheduled on site on June 6 to complete the building. Th e completion date is scheduled to be early August and works are going on schedule,” reported Mr. Esposito.

Th e pool, which is 16.6 metres long and three lanes wide, is primarily to be used for learn to swim, hydro-

therapy and lap swimming.During all stages to date the CFIT companies’

contribution has covered a signifi cant portion of the project.

Th e CFIT companies involved with this magnifi cent community facility are:

• York Civil• Rema• Transpacifi c• Headings Contracting• MPS• Monadelphous• Outback Landscaping

When completed the indoor pool will be a valuable community asset and off er an all year round facility suitable for hydrotherapy exercise and fi tness as well as a great teaching aid for toddlers in an early learning swim program.

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On Th ursday, May 26, 2011, a male driver was thrown from his motor bike on a dirt road adjacent to Olympic Way at Olympic Dam

opposite to Charlton Road. Local South Australian Ambulance Service, CFS and SES members as well as BHP emergency service offi cers worked at the scene to stabilise the male and convey him to the Roxby Downs Hospital.

Th e male was later airlifted from Roxby Downs by the RFDS suff ering suspected head injuries. It appears the male was riding alone when the accident hap-pened and may have been unconscious at the scene for some time prior to being located by a member of the public.

On Friday, May 27, a male person was detected driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol reading

of 0.067. Police issued an expiation notice for driving with a prescribed concentration of alcohol.

On Saturday, May 28, at about 3.00am, an incident occurred in the car park of the Oasis Motel at ROXBY DOWNS where a male person was injured. Police have spoken to a number of witnesses and are currently investigating the matter. Police are asking for anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them at the Roxby Downs Police Station on 86714200.

Police issued numerous expiations notices to mo-torists for exceeding the speed limit during the week. One male was detected travelling at 147km/hr on the Andamooka Road. Motorists are reminded, that speed is a major cause of motor vehicle accidents which cause serious injury or death. Police will continue to be vigilant in detecting speeding off ences which may result in drivers losing their licences.

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By Celeste Lustosa

O ver 12 years ago Tom and Sharon Hurley were passing through Andamooka, stayed in town, got a job and never left.

Andamooka is where they call home now but their big-gest passion comes from Boulia, in Queensland – where together with an old friend they have uncovered a great collection of dinosaur fossils from the once great inland sea. Fossils like these tell us about the ecologies of the past, about evolution, and about our place, as humans, in the world and Tom and Sharon are unlocking the evolution of Australia’s great inland sea.

Th ey opened their home and their valuable collection to Th e Monitor in an exclusive interview last week.

“I have collected fossils all my life and Sharon has been on my side for over 15 years,” Tom said.

Th e former fencing contractor and gold miner has put in over 1,180 hours for a labour of love in recent times and one of the fossils he has been working on is a ten metre long , 100 million year old Plesiosaur Eromangasaurus Australis.

From his collection, he proudly showed his work on the fossilised Ichthyosaur Platypterigius Australis and a Plesiosaur Eromangasaurus Australis .

Platypterygius longmani was an ichthyosaur, a dolphin-like marine reptile that roamed the Eromanga Sea of inland Australia during the Early Cretaceous. Th is large ichthyo-saur would have been a top marine predator, feeding on fi sh and cephalopods.

Th e Plesiosaurs were large marine reptiles with limbs shaped like fl ippers, very long necks and relatively small heads. Th e plesiosaurs that lived in the Eromanga Sea were mostly of an especially long-necked kind called elas-mosaurs.

Asked if the area around Andamooka contains fossilised dinosaur like creatures, Tom said there are a lot and a lot have fossilised in opal, but lamented that many specimiens

have been lost in the recovery of opal.In Australia, plesiosaur fossils are some-

times formed with precious opal. One four metre specimen from the Andamooka opal fi elds was made up of 36 kilograms of opal, worth up to a million dollars is now on dis-play in the South Australian Museum.

As for Tom’s collection, he says its fi nal destination will probably be back to a mu-seum in Boulia, where they were found.

“Th ese fossils I will look into trading in the long term and my collection will be part of the conservation initiative of a wildlife park so people can understand the evolution and history of Australia.

“It’s also important that people see that what we managed to extinct - nearly 4 billion years of evolution and to value it more. Th is country needs to get on a more survival mode and not have aggressive forms come here and kill everything,” he said.

Tom has been sharing his knowledge with students from Roxby Downs and soon he will open his collection to the wider community with an exhibition at the Roxby Downs Art Gallery.

“For the fi rst time my collection will be on display at Roxby Downs Art Gallery in September.

“Th e schools usually ask me to do talks on fossils but last year I was out of town when they were studying fossils and this year it co-incided that I could do the exposition when the students are learning fossils at school so students and the entire community can come

along and learn.” Tom and Sharon make no income from the

work they put into exploring and preserving and said although what they do is a passion and a hobby they would love to get some funding to get things really going.

“I need a sponsor or some sort of support. I am a slave to this work because this is our passion. If I have some fi nancial support I would be interested in training people to do this work.”

Tom also needs better tools in order to make his work easier and faster.

“I want to get some funds, donation or sponsorship so I can get a bigger compres-sor for my work. You can spend three or four hours just excavating one spot which takes a lot of mind control and high level of con-centration.”

Tom is self trained paleontologist and his and Sharon’s work in fi nding, cataloguing and preserving these precious icons of the prehistoric past is work that would otherwise be lost. Th ey see and identify shell and fi sh species in stones that others would just kick over not realising their importance.

Th e Hurleys are a wealth of knowledge and their passion is evident in their work and their ever growing collection. It is a shame they can’t convert this passion into a viable business giving talks and displays of their discoveries.

If you are interested in knowing more about Tom’s work or want to help contact him on 8672 7330.

ABOVE: Tom Hurley pictured going through the painstakingly long process of etching out fossilised bone from rock.

Sharon and Tom Hurley pictured with the

fosslised remains of a 10 metre long Plesiosaur Eromangasaraus that

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THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 4 – Wednesday, June 1, 2011

By Celeste Lustosa

John Read and Katherine Moseby, who lived in Roxby for over 20 years and founded Arid Recovery, visited the Solomon Islands on their

honeymoon in 1999 and were entranced by a large uninhabited and very beautiful Island named Tetepare.

So much so that ever since they been assisting the landowners to establish and run a small eco-tourism resort and conservation project on the island.

Two of the fi rst guests to the Tetepare ecolodge were Roxby identities Kelli-Jo and Dave Kovac, also on their honeymoon, and they too were hooked by the amazing island, prehistoric turtles and bizarre and challenging cultural idiosyncrasies.

John’s book about Tetepare, ‘Th e Last Wild Island: Saving Tetepare’ was launched in the Solomon Islands and at Adelaide Zoo recently. Th is adventure travel book tells the story of Tetepare Island, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacifi c.

Th e author spoke to Th e Monitor about his new book as well as the book about Roxby he wrote years ago.

“I wrote the book ‘Red Sand Green Heart’ about Roxby and Outback Australia because I enjoyed telling interest-ing stories about the wildlife and the way that people interacted with the country through mining, tourism

and pastoralism.”After writing his fi rst book, John felt really encouraged

by the response from both reviewers and readers.“I had never written a book before and I am not

even a big book reader either but I like telling stories and through the feedback from the fi rst book, I was encouraged to write the second book, about the Solomon Islands,” he said.

John also talked about other reasons that infl uenced him write his new book. And he explained that one of the biggest reasons he wrote the book was to raise awareness of the needs of the Solomon Islander villagers who he and Katherine have been assisting on a volunteer basis.

“It is a pretty amazing story the way the Island became inhabited, and how close it came to be destroyed. I thought it was really important to write about that.

“Th e book is a fundraiser and a way to get people in Australia, and in other countries, to know a little bit about some of the challenges people go through over there and how they can help out.”

According to John, David and Kelli-Jo Kovac are good examples of how much our Roxby locals can help.

“David and Kelli-Jo Kovac came over from Roxby for their honeymoon, probably fi ve years ago, and they helped out for a couple of months on the Island and that really helped lift the spirit of the local people.

“Th e book is also a fundraiser to help people from the Island and Kelli Jo is putting it through BHP’s matched giving so anyone who buys the book from her will ensure the donation to Tetepare is doubled, which is really good.”

John also said that he hopes to inspire people, even those who are not particularly interested in the Solomon Islands or in conservation projects.

“I have been inspired by many people to leave my comfort zone and embrace new challenges so I hope that maybe the book can inspire people to live their dreams, do something outside the ordinary that would be a good outcome,” he concluded.

Tetepare is home to 11,800 hectares of massive rainforest trees, three species of endangered turtles, dugongs and several types of bird, bat and fi sh found nowhere else in the world. Th e island was abandoned by its head-hunting tribe nearly 150 years ago, yet in the 1990’s several attempts were made to log the island, which would ruin its pristine nature.Th e Last Wild Island has been described by Dick Smith as “an inspirational adventure by an observant and passionate storyteller” and is available at bookstores, Amazon.com, Boomerang.com and from Kelli-Jo and Dave Kovac at Roxby.

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John Read and Katherine Moseby at the book launch at the Adelaide Zoo

On Wednesday, May 25 Arid Recovery held a barbeque to say ‘thank you’ for the work of its volunteers.

“It was a great opportunity for us to say thanks to some of our longest volunteers, and also an opportunity for our new volunteers to meet everyone,” said Kimberley Jarman, Arid Recovery Volunteer and Community Li-aison Offi cer.

Travis Gotch, Chris McGoldrick, Peter Paisley and Bree Galbraith were present and received a Life Mem-bership.

Arid Recovery volunteers engage in activities rang-ing from constructing and maintaining the fence and infrastructure to assisting with research and monitoring, leading tours, manning the market stall, events, pho-tography, equipment maintenance and so much more. Some tasks such as sewing animal bags for annual trap-ping can be done from home, even from another state. Many volunteers time their holiday break to coincide with annual trapping or other special events, so there are opportunities for people from all over the world to get involved.

To participate as an AR Volunteer you must fi rst reg-ister as a Friend of Arid Recovery. Th is attracts a modest annual fee of $15.00 and provides you with special ben-efi ts associated with AR events and activities.

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THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper www.themonitor.com.au Wednesday, June 1, 2011 – Page 5

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By Millie Thomas

M ajor employers in Australia are taking a hard stance against trivial sensation ‘planking’.

People from all over Australia have taken part in planking, which involves ‘actively lying down’ on anything from landmarks to everyday work equipment.

Local employer, BHP Billiton has been forced recently to address the matter.

“Last week BHP Billiton became aware that pictures of four contractor employees “plank-ing” at Olympic Dam had been posted on the internet,” said a BHP Billiton spokesperson. “Th ese people were identifi ed and disciplined as appropriate.

“Planking is seen as a high-risk, unsafe activ-ity and unacceptable at Olympic Dam, where our fi rst priority is always ensuring the safety of everyone who works here.”

Retailer Woolworths fi red eight employees re-cently because of acts involving planking. Th ose involved were based in stores in Queensland, southern New South Wales and Victoria.

“Th ere is nothing in anybody’s contracts against planking specifi cally, because it didn’t exist two weeks ago,” stated Woolworths representative Benedict Brook. “Th is is about knowingly doing something to put themselves or customers in harm and we have that provision.”

Mr Brook went on to say that Woolworths is not regarding this as a black and white issue. “Th ere is some staff that have done planking in such a method that it hasn’t been a risk to any-body, or it was very, very low risk so there was only a warning issued there.

“We’re not going to have a one size fi ts all solu-tion to this, but if employees are putting others

at risks, they are fl outing their contracts essen-tially.

“It was disappointing that these instances oc-curred and we hope people use a bit of common sense while they’re at work and make sure they don’t do anything that either put themselves or the safety of others at risks.”

A Safe Work SA spokesperson outlined that the act of planking could possibly breach OH & S regulations in the workplace. “Under SA’s key legislation, the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1986, an employer must provide to their em-ployees, so far as is reasonably practicable: a safe workplace, safe systems of work, machinery and plant in a safe condition, all necessary informa-tion, instruction, training and supervision when undertaking work.

“Under the same Act, employees must, as far as is reasonably practicable: take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, take rea-sonable care to protect the health and safety of others while at work and follow all reasonable instructions given on health and safety.

“If the practice of planking is determined to be in breach of an employer’s safe systems of work, then the employer is entitled to take whatever disciplinary action deemed necessary, without any reference to the regulator, provided due process is followed.

“Employers who do not have systems in place to protect the health and safety of their employ-ees and others from even inadvertent actions, could be liable for prosecution should someone be harmed at their workplace.

“Importantly employees can also be prosecut-ed for putting themselves and others in danger through their own actions at workplaces.

“Th ese may well be the outcomes from an act of ‘planking’ gone wrong.”

Employees discplined as . . .

Planking comes to Olympic Dam

On track for Woomera launch

Scramspace I is on track for launch at Woomera in South Australia late next year, having passed a major design review.

Engineers at Th e University of Queens-land (UQ) are building a 1.8m-long hyper-sonic scram jet that is expected to fl y at 8,600km/h in South Australia next year.

According to UQ, the research is the fi rst phase of Scramspace, which aims to change the way satellites are launched into space.

Scramspace I is on track for launch at Woomera in South Australia late next year, having passed a major design review.

According to technical lead Dr Sandy Tirtey, the scram jet has passed its prelimi-nary concept-development phase.

‘We have another design review set for July and are aiming at the Critical Design Review in October this year,’ said Dr Tirtey. ‘After that, we start the process of manu-facture, assembly and extensive pre-fl ight tests.’

In separate news, a technical assessment has concluded that there are no impedi-ments to the further development of the Skylon spacecraft being developed by Re-action Engines.

Th e UK Space Agency’s report on the Skylon technical assessment, for which the European Space Agency (ESA) was com-missioned, also agreed with the objectives of the proposed next stage of the develop-ment programme.

Skylon is an unpiloted, reusable single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft that is capable of delivering payloads of up to 15 tonnes into Low Earth Orbit at a fraction of the cost of traditional expendable launch vehicles, such as rockets.

Skylon’s Sabre engines use liquid hydro-gen combined with oxygen from the air at altitudes up to 26km and speeds of up to Mach 5 before switching over to onboard liquid oxygen for the fi nal stage of ascent.

Th e UK Space Agency’s commissioned report concluded that ‘no impediments or critical items have been identifi ed for ei-ther the Skylon vehicle or the Sabre engine that are a block to further developments’.

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Last week’s Hot Topic: Do you think the new craze of “planking”

should be banned from the workforce? Should people be sacked for planking on the job?

Letters to the Editor Not asking for money!

Banning planking “near impossible”

For centuries people have been doing silly things, playing pranks or putting themselves or others in danger, all in the name of fun.

Today “planking” is the big thrill, but never before have these pranks been aired around the world through social and conventional me-dia, enticing others to join the so called fun and going to extremes to outdo each other.

According to some lawyers introducing laws to stop the “planking” fad is diffi cult or near impossible, citing if people are going to do something silly legislation can’t prevent that from happening.

It has been reported that the South Austral-ian government could be exploring ways to legislate against the fad, which has at times proven to be dangerous and deadly.

It would seem unnecessary, given there are Occupational Health and Safety Laws and Workers Rehabilitation and Compensa-tion Acts that could adequately cover anyone planking who is putting themselves or others in danger. Under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act in South Australia, an employee injured while attempting a prank at work could lose any claim to compensation, if it is ruled that they were engaging in “serious and wilful misconduct”.

But the warning there is hitch. In that case the (Workers Rehabilitation and Compensa-tion Act) ‘serious and wilful misconduct’ pro-vision does not apply if the perwson is killed or seriously maimed, and that’s perhaps where the Government could change the act instead of introducing new legislation.

But the onus is still on employers to have a strong employment policy and code of practice in place, to guard against wrongful dismissal claims.

“Planking” has only taken off because of the impact of social media and while people keep posting these ridiculous stunts the craze will continue. Th e recent death and other injuries already reported will have no impact on silly people doing silly things.

Harmless prank? Hardly. Planking in some of places people have been photo-graphed show just how stupid they are. If they want to live dangerously send them to Afghanistan alongside our soldiers and see how brave they are then!

JR

Gotta love these idiots who think planking is so fun! Too bad if they get injured or sacked.

Ivan of the Far North

Some people who thinking planking is fun must have no life and too much time to waste.

Beamer Th e Scouts once had their own Scout

Hall here in Roxby. Unfortunately it was burnt down by vandals!! Sharing a build-ing may not be considered an ideal situ-ation by some people but it is a start – if people really want another Scout Hall stop complaining about the situation, step it up, stop whinging and do some-

thing about it. Put their money where their mouth is and start fundraising campaign towards a new Scout Hall. Th ank you to all the Scout leaders both past and present.

A Tired Burntout Volunteer. RD

In regards to the $1.295 million dol-lars donated for lights at the oval, how about donating money to the hospital to employ an anaesthetist and obstetrician so women can deliver babies here?

Mum2b

Really all that money for lighting an oval! Th ere are so many other things Roxby needs starting with an accom-modation or caravan park. Putting lights on an oval is not going to attract a workforce to the town. Bring the peo-ple fi rst and then the rest can follow.

Mike.

If you spending all that money on lights what about a few bucks for seats around the tennis courts! Would be nice.

Ball Boy

In view of the climate change issues and depletion of coal reserves, do you think Australia

should revisit the debate on use of nuclear power?

Dear Editor,I would like to thank the community for

their texts and emails of support in relation to the recent Hot Topic “Do you support Roxby Scout Group’s push to get its own hall”. Feedback I have received from Th e Monitor is that it received more texts (in excess of 60 texts plus emails) then they have on any other hot topic in the past.

I would also like to verify to the com-munity what it is we seek. Firstly, we are not asking for money. Since re-grouping Roxby Downs Scouts in 2006 we have worked hard putting away money for a hall and are in a strong fi nancial position. Secondly, due to the nature of scouting and our involvement with young kids our options to join up with other clubs are lim-ited. We are currently operating out of a shared facility, and whilst we appreciate this, we are restricted in that we cannot display our paraphernalia, have limited storage space, unable to set up activities and build upon them the next week as we are required to pack up afterwards and have limited session times available. Th irdly, there is not an adequate facility within Roxby Downs that suits our needs. Th at is why we wish to build a hall of our own, with room for a bunkhouse, kitchen and toilet/shower facilities, large hall area for activities, offi ces, room for storage and an outdoor area. With a facility of this size it opens up the options for other commu-nity groups, schools and visiting groups. All we need is some suitable land with ac-cess to power and water to build it on!!

We have made numerous enquiries with the council, BHP, local MP Lyn Breuer and other community groups trying to secure a space. We have the interest and support of other community groups to use their land, however without the assistance of the council and BHP in possible agreements, it will never eventuate. Unfortunately we cannot wait another 2-3 years before com-munity land becomes available through

BHP, as it will still be a 5 year option once planning and building is completed. We will fail our current and prospective members in this delay. A hall is our No. 1 priority and a plight our hardworking parent committee and dedicated leaders will continue to pursue.

It is frustrating for us as a group when we are constantly hearing and reading in the media that “we need to support and fo-cus on our youth”, “that young people can achieve when properly supported”, “young people are the future of Roxby Downs” and how “we have an extremely concentrated youth demographic”.

Our group provides many opportunities to develop a child’s self-esteem, leadership skills, builds healthy friendships, encour-age community involvement and much much more. In conjunction with educa-tion, parenting and sporting opportunites we are helping to build confi dent young people and enabling them with the skills to succeed in life. We are not restricted by seasonal scheduling and off er this valu-able service throughout the year. We are however, restricted by living in a remote country town and then further restricted by not having an appropriate space to use. We are one of the largest scouting groups within the State and the only group with a waiting list. With the use of our own hall we could off er a more comprehensive program. We could improve morale and install pride in our kids by displaying their achievements and open up the scouting doors to many more youth.

Whilst other important youth services like “Youth Week” and “YHAG” are be-ing largely supported it is time the Roxby Downs Scout Group was heard and given the proper recognition and support we deserve.

Yours in scouting,Tracey MichelsChairpersonRoxby Downs Scout Group

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The annual Friends of the Earth’s Radioactive Exposure Tour has visited the Olympic Dam mine a week after

BHP Billiton‘s Supplementary EIS was released.

Th e expansion plans which include a 3.5km X 4.1km open pit mine have triggered con-cerns with environmentalists from Darwin to Melbourne.

Cat Beaton from the Environment Centre NT has joined the tour: “Th is new mine will put pressure on our roads as BHP plan to transport two trucks a day of radioactive uranium-cop-per concentrate up the Stuart Highway and out through East Arm Wharf near Darwin.

“Tailings management has been highly prob-lematic at Roxby and it will be even more dif-fi cult if tailings generation increases from 10 to 68 million tonnes annually.”

With 35 participants the tour has run for the last 30 years, travelling through SA and hearing from stakeholders concerns about the nuclear industry.

Locals were disappointed that after the visit by the protestors, two graffi ti messages were painted on the skate park expousing their mes-sage of no expansion and no uranium. Whilst it can’t be proved the messages were painted by the protestors it was coincidental they appeared the same day as the visit to Roxby Downs.

Uranium protesters here again

Who are the real vandals?

Great response to Trees For Towns project

Local communities including Roxby Downs have signed up to be part of Trees For Life’s Trees

For Towns project.

Th e project, a 30th birthday gift from TFL and funded by ElectraNet, will see 30 communities throughout SA sup-ported to grow and plant one thousand local native trees or shrubs in or around their town. Not only will this enhance the appearance of each town but the project will build community spirit, pride and participation.

Under the project, communities from the Far North to the South East, from the West Coast to the Fleurieu have been in-vited to register their in-terest in Trees For Towns, with the 30 most organ-ised and enthusiastic se-lected to participate.

Some of the applicants to date have been from Robe, Port Broughton, Parndana (Kangaroo Island), Roxby Downs, Crystal Brook, Nairne, Milang, Port Pirie, Nor-manville, Naracoorte, Murray Bridge, Peterbor-ough and Berri.

They range from a group of landholders banding together to screen a proposed waste-water system in Robe, a Port Pirie Uniting Care Wesley program which will involve those aff ect-ed by homelessness and

domestic violence and a ‘whole town’ approach in Crystal Brook which will involve local schoolchildren and Girl Guide’s members.

It is envisaged each of these commu-nities will form working groups to grow 1000 native seedlings indigenous to their region and participating commu-nities will be guided through the process of selecting, propagating, planting and caring for local provenance species.

Th e project will enhance the appear-ance of each town.

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By Celeste Lustosa

Andamooka Primary School has a new room funded by the Building Education Revolution.

Th e total funding was $250,000 giving the school much needed extra room and also a good veranda.

Th e Monitor spoke to the school’s Principal Angela Turner about the prospects of growth in the number of students with the expansion of Olympic Dam.

“When we got this funding, we knew we needed the space but we were still not sure of how we were going to use it; and we still needed to decide on how we were going to confi gure it and the things we wanted to keep in place,” Mrs Turner explained.

“We wanted to keep the kindy and the Child Care close by so they could have share play time. But we also needed to keep the library available

to the community as well as to the school but we realised we couldn’t fi t the whole library in the new room which was a shame, so we decided to have a split library – one with the resources, books CDs, DVDs etc and the other one will be an area for reading, computers, etc. Th e other part of the room will be a classroom,” she said.

According to the Principal, the school will soon tender for the construction work to be done in the room and it should be closed by end of June.

“It’s been great and useful to have this space, especially because we are expecting growth in the number of students with the expansion of Olympic Dam,” she concluded.

At the moment the school has 28 students, plus 10 in the Kindy; 12 families that use the Child Care Centre and another 15 families that use the Early Learning Program, and numbers are growing each term.

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Communication was key when Advantage SA Speakers in Schools program visited schools in Roxby

Downs last Th ursday and Friday.

Local speaker, Barry Mitchell, General Manager of Mining for BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, and visiting speaker Lisa Bailey, Senior Programs Co-ordinator from Royal Institute of Australia, instilled the importance of good communication skills to Roxby Downs and Woomera students.

Th e program engages young professionals to visit schools around the State, encouraging and inspiring young people to follow their career aspirations in South Australia.

Th e speakers took students through the pro-gression of their careers from childhood.

Mr Mitchell, who was raised in West Austral-ian mining town, Kalgoorlie explained his roots in a mining family and his progression through

diff erent careers.“After studying, I worked in surveying for fi ve

or six years and then thought about the mining side, which I had always found fascinating,” said Mr Mitchell.

“To get where I wanted to be I had to move up through management, but didn’t have a degree in mining so couldn’t be a registered manager. I studied part time and took a year off full time to fi nish my degree, by this stage I was in my early thirties.”

Mr Mitchell has travelled the globe with his family through work, and has been stationed at numerous locations around Australia, as well as fi ve years in Fiji.

“I love it,” he said. “It’s an area where I’ve stuck to production. I’ve never really been to the corporate side, I don’t know if they’d want me! It’s been a great journey, and good fun.

“I suppose the thing that I enjoy the most is that you can make a diff erence and the thing I really love is the camaraderie and the team work within the mining industry, not only here but everywhere, it’s a pretty close knit

industry.”He instilled that above all, communication

was key. “At this stage the children can do any-thing as long as they get the basics right.

“You need to come out of school so you’re a good communicator, you’re a good reader and you know what’s going on, and from there it’s up to you.

“Th e most important thing you try to get across to the students is you have got to enjoy what you’re doing.”

Miss Bailey has been incredibly successful in her career in science. After fi nishing her degree in biotechnology, she worked in a number of labs, but furthered her career by edging to-wards science communication. “I really loved that I lived in a lab for several years but I de-cided to change,” she said.

“A lot of people expect that all scientists work in a lab, but I’m now involved in a fi eld called science communication, which is about engag-ing the public with science and the process of how science works.

“We (RI Aus) are a non profi t organisation

and our remit is to bring science to people and people to science. We do lots of science out-reach activities, professional development for teachers about science and things like that.

“Good communication skills and team work are really important in all aspects of big engi-neering projects or scientifi c research.”

Miss Bailey works with Australia’s leading scientists in helping them translate science to the general public, and enjoys conveying to young people the wonders and possibilities of science.

“I hope that they have got a sense that lots of people’s careers these days change so the fi rst thing you do when you leave school might not be what you’re doing ten years later and that’s okay.

“It’s really important to get as many skills as you can so you can make that easy transfer into what you enjoy doing.

“I really hope that the children will stick with studying things they really enjoy and end up doing a job they love, because it makes working so much easier!”

Speakers Speakers in schools in schools promote promote importance of importance of communicationcommunication

Students from Andamooka Primary School happy with the extra space.

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Andamooka students Zara, Elly,

Tahlia, Jeremy and Lana.

02. Paulina Dobrota and Robin McAlpine at the

Arid Recovery barbeque for volunteers

03. Andamooka students Tori, Zacary, Kiana and Breanna show

their art work

04. Travis Gotch was given Arid Recovery Life Membership (pictured with Kimberley

Jarman).

05. With the support of the community Dunes

Cafe raised over $ 470 at the Biggest

morning Tea

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Left to right:Northpoint Toyota

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(Regional Manager), Jemma Vince with 6wk old Tyson, Tony

Armstrong, David MacKay (both

Adelaide Crows players), Kym Grover (General Manager) Kerry Ratzmer and

Adam Nicholson (Sales Manager).

Last week, Northpoint Toyota moved it’s

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Downs to Charlton Road, Olympic Dam. Ian Griffi ths, Regional

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It’s a great little country community with all the character and spirit you would expect from a small town.

Many Roxby Downs residents are very used to travelling to Elliston to enjoy surfi ng, fi shing, diving, commu-nity arts and sports, and the wonderful lifestyle that Elliston off ers.

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“Th ere is no time limit to build and a full choice of builders, including the option to build new transportable homes.”

“Th e people who are already land owners and are now building, and really enjoy looking out over the ocean and being so close to the beach and jetty for fi shing.”

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Th e Eyre Peninsula off ers visitors a wealth of marine and nature experiences from the Southern Right Whales at the Head of the Bight, to dolphins and sea lions and the giant cuttlefi sh of Whyalla.

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Visitors can buy seafood straight from the

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

JOINING FORUMSIf you are interested in joining a forum please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

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 GARDENPatrik Ibele 8671 0168

HEALTH FORUMKaren Russell 8671 9020

SPORT & RECREATION FORUM MEETING

7.30PM ON 12 APRIL

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETING5.30PM ON 14 APRIL

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An initiative of the Environment Forum

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

Email: halesm@roxbycouncil.com.au

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the Monitor Newspaper

Community Person of the Month

The Mission Australia National Survey of Young Australians 2011 is now in full swing collect-

ing as many responses from young people as possible. Th e survey is for all young people aged 11 to 24 years and they want to know Roxby’s Youth opinion!

Th e National Survey of Young Aus-tralians is conducted by Mission Aus-tralia, a national community service organisation. Th e survey has been con-ducted annually since 2002 and only last year, around 50,000 young Austral-ians took part.

The survey captures the views of young Australians aged 11 to 24 on a range of topics, including what they val-ue, their issues of concern, who they go to for advice and support, what activi-ties they are involved in and how they feel about the future.

A range of demographic information is also collected, such as age, gender and location.

Th e information gathered will be used to produce a report which is distributed widely each year to schools, commu-nity organisations and policy makers. Th e results of the survey assist with the development of programs and services that meet the needs of young people as well as being a key resource document for policy makers. Th ey are also a valu-able resource for young people, their families and those who support them.

Participation in the survey is volun-tary and the young person must consent to take part in the research.

“When a survey is completed and re-turned to us we will infer that the young person has given their consent to take part,” Mission Australia explained.

Young people can be encouraged to complete the survey by outlining the aims and benefi ts of the research, but cannot be forced or coerced into completing it. Th ey may change their minds about completing the survey at any time and may also decline to answer any questions or parts of questions.

Th e survey is anonymous and the re-sponses to the surveys are confi dential. Young people should not provide their names on the survey form and surveys should not be read by anyone other than the researchers.

The closing date for the survey is Friday, July 1st and the survey can be completed online at www.MAYouth-Survey.com.au

Th is initiative is supported by Roxby Downs Community Board. Executive Offi cer Michelle Hales said “We en-courage young people in Roxby Downs, Andamooka and Woomera to take part in the survey. Th is is a chance to have a say about matters that are important to you. Young people living in remote communities face many extra chal-lenges and its vital that your voice be heard too”.

National Survey of Young Australians 2011

In winter, seal air leaks on exteriors walls, doors, and windows with

caulk or weatherstripping. To check for leaks, hold a lit incense stick next to the

opening and watch the smoke, or walk around with a damp

hand to feel for air fl ow.

How long have you lived in Roxby Downs?

I have lived in Roxby Downs since 2006. I had a period away from Roxby from Feb 2007 till May 2008.

What is the best thing about living in Roxby Downs?

Th e people and how everybody is interested in what is happening within the community and how to benefi t those that live in the area. Th ere are so many activities that workers and their families can take part and be involved in.

Are you involved in any other groups, clubs or organisations

(if so which ones)? I am a member of the Roxby Rogues Cricket

Club. Th e Roxby Miners Softball team have a Dirt Circuit car and run at Th e Roxby Dirt Circuit as a member of the Roxby Down Sporting Car Club. Have two teams for the postie Bike Bash.

Why did you join the community board?

I was invited to join and feel that all people in the community have a right to have a say but not everyone can, so to represent these people and allow them to have a channel to have their issue and concerns raised to the appropriate people makes me feel that I am also contributing to the community.

What do consider to be the most pressing issue

in Roxby Downs? Making sure that there is a career for the young

people, to make sure that they don’t have to leave the area to gain employment.

If you could improve anything in Roxby Downs

what would it be? Have more people involved in the young peo-

ple to allow them to be able to get into sporting clubs and organisations at an earlier level to get the youths perception of what needs to be done for future generations.

Bill HiscoxBOARD MEMBER

PROFILE

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 16 – Wednesday, June 1, 2011

ROXBY COUNCILWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATEWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATE

NEWS NEWS IN BRIEFIN BRIEF

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

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 hours 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays

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

Email: roxbydowns.library@plain.net.au

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

Opening hours9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452Email: roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au

After hours emergencyMobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTLIBRARYCOUNCIL OFFICE

WATER ACCOUNTS

Water accounts are now overdue and reminder no ces with late payment fees have been issued and are due for payment by 3 June 2011

COUNCIL RATES

Rates no ces for the 4th quarter have now been issued. The last day for payment is 20 June 2011

PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS

For customers using the payment arrangement service please remember to advise Council when your bank account or credit card details change. For example when your credit cards are renewed new expiry dates need to be advised.

ANNUAL BUSINESS PLAN

Council’s Dra 2010/12 Annual Business Plan has been released for public comment. The Annual Business Plan sets out Council’s proposed services and programs for 2010/11 and forms the basis of the 2011/12 Budget submission to the State Government and BHP Billiton. Copies of the Draft Plan are available from the Council Offi ce during the current consulta on period. Contact the Council for a copy on 8671 0010, email roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au or visit Council’s website www.roxbydowns.com. Formal wri en submissions will be received at the Council Offi ce up to close of business at 5:00pm Thursday 9 June 2011. Interested persons may also a end in person and present their submission to a public mee ng held at the Council Offi ce between 5:30pm and 6:30pm Thursday 9 June 2011.

LIBRARY – LONG WEEKEND

The Roxby Downs Library will be closed on Saturday 11 June 2011.

Where do our street names come from?

Part 3 Plants

Swainsona Street and Formosa Road take their names from the Sturt Desert

Pea

Atriplex Court represents Saltbush while Maireana Circuit is named a er

the Bluebush

Santalum Way represents the Quandong plant

Eremophila Street is named a er the Emu Bush

The vandalism acts in Roxby Downs continue to cost lots of money to the community, now

with a great number of road signs damaged.

According to Libby Steer from Roxby Council it is hard to pin point where vandals have been damaging the road signs.

“We had over 20 road signs damaged just in the last couple of months, from all over town – Olympic Way, Tiliqua, Arcoona, Stuart Rd, Aquila, you name the street and if there’s a sign hanging, they will destroy it,” Libby says.

Some of the signs need to be re-placed completely as the poles are also

bent and broken.“Th is is all costing money to the

community, as we either need to get contractors to fi x the signs or purchase new ones.”

“Because these are road signs, they have to be replaced as quickly as pos-sible but it’s frustrating that as soon as you replace one they will damage many others,” Libby added.

No only is a crime to destroy public property, but also a few individuals are costing money to a whole community. It is also very dangerous to damage the road signs as they are there to facilitate and control traffi c.

If you see someone damaging a road sign please report to the Police.

By Celeste Lustosa

On Wednesday, May 25, 170,000 Australian children read the same book at the same time. And the

book selection for National Simultaneous Storytime this year was Feathers for Phoebe by Rod Clement.

A feature event in the Australian Library and Information Week (ALIA) calendar, National Simultaneous Storytime is Aus-tralia’s biggest single storytelling event. It is celebrated in schools, public libraries, kin-dergartens, childcare centres and bookshops. Th is year, 1,102 simultaneous readings took part across the nation, including, for the fi rst time, children with vision and hearing im-pairments, and children in detention centres. In Roxby Downs, over 80 children partici-pated in this activity.

“2011 is the eleventh year of National Si-

multaneous Storytime and over those years, the idea of sharing in the reading of one book, altogether and at the very same time, has captured the imaginations and hearts of children and adults alike,” Australian Library and Information Association Executive Di-rector, Sue Hutley said.

Emma Gigney from Roxby Downs Library said that the book chosen is colourful, enter-taining and with a good message.

“Th e book sends a message of accepting who you are and it’s also a funny story,” she said.

After listening to the book’s story, the children did educational and colouring ac-tivities.

Th e book has been made available as a Podcast for children with vision impairments and a Podcast with AUSLAN translation for deaf children.

Published by HarperCollins, Feathers for

Phoebe was selected as this year’s book be-cause of its themes of self-acceptance and learning that appearances aren’t everything - a very important lesson for children in to-day’s body-image conscious society.

Author Rod Clement, whose day job is car-toonist for Th e Australian Financial Review loves to use humour and the animal world in his picture books, which also include the bestselling Edward the Emu and Edwina the Emu.

“Wow, to be chosen for National Simulta-neous Storytime is such an incredible hon-our!” said Rod Clement. “Th e fact that all over Australia kids will be reading Feathers for Phoebe at the same time makes my head spin. It’s time to put away my headdress and throw away my tail feathers as THAT is how to get noticed!”

South Australia participation rate was 20,456 children.

Simultaneous story telling

Criminal damage to street signs

ABOVE: The most recently damaged sign in a spate of vandalism attacks. Photo by Celeste Lustosa.

ABOVE; Local Roxby Downs children who participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime event.

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available within the cultural and leisure precinct whilst we care for the little ones.

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IN a recent article on the diffi culties of keep-ing horses in Roxby Downs, reference was made that in the event of an animal dying through colic, “It’s not uncommon to take horses out the back and have to bury them”. This information was incorrect.

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By Millie Thomas

Shooting enthusiasts alike will gather once again this year for an iconic annual Roxby Downs event.

Th e Andamooka Sports Shooting Associa-tion Opal Classic will be holding their Two Day Opal Classic again this year on Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19.

Th is will be the tenth successive year the event has taken place.

“It’s 150 targets shot over the two days on a walk around Range with anywhere up to 16 stands,” said Association Assistant secretary,

Sarah Perrett. Catering is provided at a cost for two meals

per day, with Saturday lunch and dinner and Sunday breakfast and lunch, Camping grounds and toilet facilities inclusive.

“Last year was our biggest event yet,” Ms Perrett went on to say. “We had roughly 100 people attend made up of both shooters and spectators who came from all over Australia, it was brilliant.

“We’re hoping we can get the same numbers this year.”

Th e Association, which has been in operation since the late 80’s currently accommodates for close to 50 active and non active members.

Ms Perrett realises that shooting may not be for everybody but there is a variety of between shotgun and over 10 diff erent calibres of pistol shooting.

“It’s something diff erent other than ball sports,” she said. “It caters for every person in the family, its not just men that can shoot it’s women and children too.

“If you’ve never tried it before it’s defi nitely something you should have a go at.”

Proceeds from the event will go towards expanding the club.

“At the moment we’re trying to build our big bore range for rifl e shooting and a club house with kitchen facilities,” she said. “It’s just a mat-

ter of getting the club members and the man power to build the range.”

For those new to the sport, club guns are available. After two or three shots, membership is proposed. “Th e shooting and the competition is great, but I think the event is more known for the people and the atmosphere,” Ms Perrett said. “It’s just really entertaining, and there are a lot of great characters to be met and the food is fantastic!”

If anyone is interested in hearing more about it, or going out for a shoot, call Matt Glasser on 0419 504 200 or Sarah Perrett on 0439 684 101

Opal Classic fun for all ages

Overall WinnerSecondThirdLadies WinnerLong Drive Div 1Long Drive Div 2Long Drive LJNTP 1NTP 2NTP LJ

Rob PaxtonHarry NollRyan BriggsAnn ShieldsGraham NielsonGraham WoodAndrea FreethRobin PassmoreTony ForrestAnn Shields

John LachmundRobin PassmoreGraham WoodAndrea Freeth

Mark DillonRick RussellNoel RileyJulie Darling

Graham NeilsonBrian MurphyAnthony BeyerJane Jones

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By Jack Rigden

On April 11, the St Barbara’s football team went down to Port Augusta for SAPSASA football.

Th e team consisted of Jack Dalgleish, Seb Kerrish, Jon Secker, Bradley Forrest, Jhy McCarthy, Lincoln Holder, Aaron C, Daniel D’arrigo, Daniel McInnis, Brodie Walsh, Dylan Yianni, Nick Votino, Bobby D’arrigo, Lucas Johnson, Kane Speirs, Corey M, Lachlan G, Hudson Paul, Sam, Cobi and myself. We all drove down to Port Augusta and were there at 8:30 ready to set up our shade.

We were all pumped and ready for our fi rst game against

Quorn, which we all played good in and won by 5 points. Our next game was against Willsden. We all ran out on the fi eld and got warmed up. Th at game was the best game we had so far, at the end of the game the score was 56-9 our way. We were all excited and we watched Augusta Park Primary School play their game because we had to play them next. Th ey were really good.

Th en when we played them, we all played really good and won by two points. We were undefeated, and then we found out that we had to play the RDAS team from Roxby. We were all shocked that we had to play them. At the end of the

game we tied, but because it was semi-fi nals we had to play an extra two fi ve minute halves and by the end of the fi rst half we were down by two goals then we tried to catch up but we didn’t and lost. But we came 3rd so that was good.

All of the boys played really well and it was worth going. Well done to all the St Barbara’s boys who went down and played and did a magnifi cent job!!

A big thankyou to my dad Tony and Dags for coaching us, also Jimbo and Whitey for fi eld umpiring and goal umpiring.

Another big thankyou to Miss Hoff man and all the parents for cheering and supporting us during the day.

SAPSASA FOOTBALL!SAPSASA FOOTBALL!

GOLF RESULTSGOLF RESULTS

ABOVE: Ladies’ winner L-R Andrea Freeth, Brain Murphy-O’Neil (Manager John Crane) Ann Shields, Jane Jones and Julie Darling.

everyone welcome!

Olympic Dam Football ClubSaturday, June 18

from 6.30pm

Register your interest to sing or jam on your instruments to

ScottMontgomerie

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Bradley Forrest tried his luck last year at the Opal Classic

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper www.themonitor.com.au Wednesday, June 1, 2011 – Page 19

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PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY ROXBY TRADERS

Hornridge 14 goals 10 behinds 94 points defeated Roxby Downs 7goals 2 behinds 44 points

Best players for Hornridge 1st T Grosser 2nd D McEvoy 3rd B Casey 4th M Blackie 5th B Kelly

Goal scorersB Kelly 5 goals B Casey 4 goals S Smith C Rainsford D Curley W Giles N Tuthill 1 goal each

Best players for Roxby Districts 1st C Kenny 2nd J Pyke 3rd R Prosser 4th K Zeptner 5th J Telfer

Goal scorers R Prosser 6 goals J Rose 1 goal

Andamooka 20 goals 17 behinds 137 points defeated Coober Pedy 6 goals 3 behinds 21 points

Best players for Andamooka 1st A Monfriws 2nd W Monfries 3rd A Grantham 4th L Sanders 5th D Vickery

Goals scorers T Paull 6 goals W Monfries 3 goals A Monfries T Mulders M Tuohy 2 goals each P Ross E WalkerD Vickery R Kraack D Evans 1 goal each

Best players for Cooberpedy 1st Z McKenzie 2nd J Crisa 3rd I Brown 4th J Warrior 5th M Grava

Goal scorers J Crisa M Grava Z McKenzie W Boland A Dingamam C Edwards 1 goal each

JUNIOR COLTSBulldogs 6 goals 2 behinds 38 points defeated Hawks

5 goals 4 behinds 34 pointsBest players for Bulldogs L Johnson, J McCarthy, E Viljoen,

M Lamb, K Gates. Goal scorers L Johnson, L Holder 2 each, B Forrest, S Brougham 1 each.Best players for Hawks J Dalgleish, D Gillespie, B Daddow,

C Fenwick, M Ryan. Goal scorers B French 2, D Gillespie, R Owen, S Kerrish 1 each

SENIOR COLTSBulldogs 13 goals 5 behinds 83 points defeated Suns 11

goals 7 behind 73 pointsBest players for Bulldogs F Crafter-King, L Hancock, J

Anderson, J Christall, J MasonGoal scorers J Christall, J Rigden 2 each R Moroney, M

Hanson, J Mason, E Zeptner 1 eachBest players for Suns M Hayball, L Weston, J Brind, J

Millard, T OdgersGoal scorers M Hayball 5, J Brind 3, J Priest, M Wilder,

J Male 1 eachHawks 9 goals 6 behinds 60 points defeated Giants 7

goals 10 behinds 52 points Best players for Hawks S Orr, D Cameron, D Lloyd, D

Roach, A RyanGoal Scorers S Orr, A Ryan, T Wallzing 2 each, D Cameron,

J Gillespie, D Roach 1 each Best players for Giants Henry ( cooberpedy), B Evans, J

Sellar, M Alves, D Kenny Goal Scorers Henry 2, C Lynch, B Evans, J Sellar, T Moon,

M Alves 1 each

Far North Football League

ROUND 5 28th May 2011

Roxby represented at Spencer Gulf Netball CarnivalRoxby represented at Spencer Gulf Netball Carnival

Roxby Miners’ Jared Pyke reaches

over Hornridge young gun Mitch

Blackie for the ball

FOOTBALLER of the Year

BYETrent GrosserBen CaseyNigel Tuthill

Cody KennyJared Pyke

James Telfer

Zaheer McKenzieJulian Crisa

Jonathon Warrior

Warwick MonfriesAustin Monfries

Kahran Mckenzie

tally after round 5

Zaheer McKenzie 12Jared Pyke 9Ben Casey 7Nigel Tuthill 7

1-11 Goal Kicker of the YearTodd Paull 6Richard Prosser 6Bowdie Kelly 6

Tally for round 5...Ben Casey 13Todd Paull 13Bowdie Kelly 12

Results after round 5...

321

No. of votes

Ro x b y D o w n s Netball Association took

down four teams of indi-vidually selected netball players to the Spencer Gulf Netball Carnival on Sunday, May 29.

Th e teams (an under 11, two under 13 and an under 15 team), although returned without trophies, brought back with them great memories and heightened experience.

RIGHT: Roxby’s Meg Prior sets sends a

strong pass into attack during one of the

games played on the weekend at the Junior

Netball Carnival.

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By Millie Thomas

F ashions on the fi eld has taken a turn for the better for Roxby Downs racego-

ers. Fashions on the field is going state-wide, with a grand final judging held at the SA Derby Day in 2012.

Twenty-six diff erent race days around the state will be involved in this supersized beauty pageant,

with prizes including A Volkswagen Polo valued at $23,139 or a $3,000 Liza Emanuel fashion experience.

Th e competition runs from May 1 2011 to May 12 2012, with fi fteen grand fi nalists attending Derby day, with two nights accommodation supplied at Oaks Plaza Pier Glenelg and hospitality for two people to attend the Fashion at Th e Races Final at Derby Day.

“We are very happy with the concept especially as was instigated largely due to Stu’s (Cormack, pre-

vious Club President) wish for the future,” said Roxby Horse Racing Club President, Harry Noll.

“It will mean that FOTF will become more of a focus at the event for participants than before with the chance of a trip to Adelaide and a car as well as the $1000 already on off er.

“I would like to thank Stu for the idea in the fi rst place and TRSA for following it through and getting backing to make it happen,” he fi nished.

Winners of regional Fashions on the Field events will be judged eligible for the Fashion at the Races fi nal, according to the following cri-teria; Appropriateness of the outfi t for the particular event, originality and confi dence, attention to detail with accessories, appreciation of current fashion trends, grooming and deportment and the applicant must be 18 years old or over.

Start searching for fascinators and shoes girls, the competition will be fi erce!

Fashion at the races taking you further

ABOVE: Fashion fi nalists from last year's Roxby races

ABOVE: Kids enjoying the Long Bomb part of the program with the West Adelaide Bloods training camp in Roxby Downs last week.

Bombs Away!Bombs Away!