the monitor newspaper for 22nd september 2010

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Volume 7, Wednesday September 22, 2010www.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843

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Farmer Bec in love?

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By Millie Thomas

On September 1, a change was brought upon all industrial employees across Australia. Licensing for machinery such as an EWP (Elevated Work Platform)

or a forklift now have to be consistent right across Australia (no matter where in Australia it is issued), and if you have held your ticket since 1995 or before, you have 12 months to renew it, or it will become invalid. Transitions for the years following 1995 will occur over a fi ve year plan.

“Th e new system will continue the current requirements for people to hold a qualifi cation for the operation of plant such as a forklift, crane, hoist, elevating work platform or pressure equip-ment and for people who perform scaff olding, dogging or rigging work” said SafeWork SA Executive Director, Michele Patterson.

“Th e new licensing arrangements are very similar to the existing system including the need to be trained and assessed as competent by a SafeWork SA Registered Assessor,” said Ms Patterson.

“Th e introduction of a new national licensing system for high risk work brings SA into line with other states and territories and the new licence will eventually replace all existing certifi cates or tickets for those classes of work covered by the regulations. People holding a valid certifi cate of competency for the specifi ed classes will not need to be re-tested but they will be required to convert their current certifi cates or ‘tickets’, to the new national licence over time,” she said.

Local HSE Coordinator, Alex Th omas said that the new found consistency across the nation will help to provide accountability.

“Th e new high risk work laws that have recently been introduced to legislation mark the beginning of a new era of universal con-sistency in the application of an eff ective licensing, training and competency program across all industries. Over time, this will hopefully create a benchmark for a signifi cant improvement in the quality and integrity of licensed operators utilising high risk plant and equipment – hence allowing employers to rest assured that operators haven’t obtained their licenses ‘out of a Weetbix Box’, so to speak,” she said.

“Given the transient nature of the workforce here at Olympic Dam in regards to shut downs and so on, the new high risk licens-ing system will also assist in mitigating issues pertaining to the mobilisation of employees from interstate – where beforehand, contingencies may have arisen in South Australian legislation not recognising other licenses and/or tickets from other states.

“Although this change in legislation has been a long time coming, its eff ectiveness will inadvertently voice the need to further standardise other regulations nationwide,” she said.

Tickets issued before 3 April 1995 will expire on 1 September 2011. Th ose tickets issued after 3 April 1995 will be phased out over the following four years.

Further information about the new licensing system is available online at www.safework.sa.gov.au

National licensing systemNational licensing system

New high risk work laws

ABOVE: Local HSE Coordinator, Alex Thomas said that the new found consistency across the nation will help to provide accountability.

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About Townwith Mary Lewis

Reverend Mary Lewis, Roxby Downs Christian Community Church and Andamooka Community Church

TransformationI noticed the red fl owers fi rst; that funny little stick

of a plant has been transformed by red spiky fl owers. But this morning it’s looking lopsided; part of it’s been broken off in the night by passers-by; I go out and prune it back a bit to give it some dignity. I’m amazed at the transformation brought about by water and cool weather in the eremophilas.

I hadn’t seen them before coming here, but the previ-ous occupant was a bit of a collector of them. In February they were dull green and covered with spiky twigs and disconsolate hard knobs of seed heads – most discourag-ing. But now, large fl uff y bees with tiny whirring wings hover over each open “emu fl ower”; yellow, scarlet and a dusty crimson.

Th e honey eaters dive in and out, fi rst visiting the side

mirrors on my car and then into the centre of the bush, beaks into each fl ower. Water, sun, mild temperatures - and life abounds.

Water is life giving. Th e desert is carpeted with wild fl owers in response to the rains. How many varieties of white daisy can you fi nd? Each month diff erent varieties appear, just when you thought you’d seen them all. Th ey catch you by surprise, their colours, shapes, attitudes of growth and leaf variations.

Th e drive to Andamooka takes twice as long these days with so much to explore and discover. Th e miracle of water; it’s life giving; it’s transforming.

Th ere is a spring of water that wells up to eternal life and the woman asked him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty”.

Winners for the monthly competition for August with the theme “Earth”. 1st place Lisa N Hayds Russ “Earth in the Hands of Babes”.

August Outback Hotshots winners

By Celeste Lustosa

After receiving 58 entries from the Far North, from the total 653 from the seven South Australian Regions for the 2010 Regional Awards, Advan-tage SA is set to hit Roxby Downs.

Th e 11th Annual 2010 Regional Awards Far North Presentation Evening will be held on Friday, Oc-tober 22 at the Dunes Café and Au-ditorium in Roxby Downs.

Th e special evening will celebrate and showcase the achievements of in-dividuals, groups and businesses that have made signifi cant contributions to regional South Australia.

Finalists from Roxby Downs:In the Community Group Category

- Roxby Downs Health Services Cof-fee Morning; Big Warm Welcome; 105.5 RoxFM Incorporated; Red Sands (Roxby Downs branch of Th e

Cancer Council SA); Roxby Downs Community Christmas Pageant and more compete for a very deserved recognition.

In the section for Community Individual, Sarah Saunders from ‘A Sprinkle of Magic’ and Karl Scothern are fi nalists.

Innovation Awards will see local Exact Mining Services and Outback Smart competing with Cooper Pedy and Quorn fi nalists.

Local Jamie Love is also a fi nalist with his Indigenous Participation Program.

In the section for Small Business Th e Monitor is a fi nalist and will face tough competition with ‘Fairy Belle’ Sarah Saunders, Raine and Horne and others.

Th e Roxby Downs Environment Forum is once again a fi nalist in this award for its projects on Sustain-

ability.One of the big surprises on the

night might be with the Youth and Social Services Coordinator Shane Hough, nominated for his work and enthusiasm in projects that help the local youth.

Tickets to this special evening are $55 which includes a magnificent two-course meal featuring seasonal produce and a range of wine from Remarkable View Wines. A selec-tion of beer and soft drink will also be provided.

Th is is an event not to be missed but please note that tickets are strict-ly limited. Tickets can be booked per person or per table of 10.

You can purchase your ticket through the website www.advantag-esa.com.au/events/regional-awards or you can contact Advantage SA on 8211 8111.

Roxby fi nalists for Advantage SA Awards announced

2nd place Keryn Downie “Red Earth at the Races”.

3rd place Karen Taylor “Dry Earth Gives Life”.

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By Celeste Lustosa

A ccording to local busi-nessman Chad Oldfield, investing in businesses in

Andamooka can pay off in the long run.

Most Andamooka residents would tell you that they love the town they live in. And why wouldn’t they – with a friendly population and away from all the craziness of the big cities, An-damooka can be a very good place to call home. But, as for most small towns, it lacks many products and services.

Chad Oldfi eld and his father Lyall are very well-known businessmen of Roxby Downs and Marree, and they have always had their eyes on the prospects of growth in our region - Andamooka included, when the mine expansion happens. Th at is why they are investing in businesses there.

Lyall Oldfi eld purchased the local Mobil in Andamooka and has asked his son, who has vast experience in making businesses succeed, to get it up and running.

“Some great friends of ours owned the property beforehand and they told Dad they were looking to sell it and things evolved from there. Th e deal has been done and I was handed the keys and was asked to get it up and running.

“We are going to set up a bakery store at the Mobil and get the take-away side set up again, so there will be a full little road house ready to rock

and roll again,” Chad explained. He explained that about a quarter

of the bakery products are already there, as well as a little convenience store; the fuel pumps are also up and operating.

“We had a few problems with the phone lines which took a couple of weeks to get sorted out but we have already overcome that and the busi-ness is fully operational.

“Th ere are a couple of tables and chairs there; the coff ee machine is back there and we take all the pies and pasties we make to Andamooka freshly. Th ere will be fresh products daily as it is a short distance from Roxby. All the cakes and pastries you see in our bakery here, you will be able to get it over there.”

Residents have defi nitely welcomed the new business approach especially with fresh products available daily, as beforehand they would have to travel to Roxby Downs to go to a bakery and get fresh bread, pies, buns, ac-companied with nice coff ee.

It is a pretty good deal for the cus-tomers to get a greater variety of fresh products and an option to sit and en-joy a chat with a friend over a coff ee, but is it a benefi cial from a business perspective to invest in Andamooka? According to Chad, the answer is yes, but in the long run.

“Th is is more of a long term project and it will be interesting to see how it goes in the next fi ve to 10 years.

“Andamooka has got almost 1,000 people which is more than suffi cient to get a good little business running there. With more people coming in

it will make it better of course. Time will tell!

“I think from what I have gathered the residents of Andamooka are pret-ty happy about it. Th ey all have been great, have come in and wished me well in the business,” he said.

Chad also wanted to make sure he acknowledged the great managers he has looking after business in Anda-mooka and that this is might be only the beginning of a number of future investments.

“We have some fantastic managers there – Sandy and Neville, who have been friends of my Dad for years.

“A lot of good things are going to be happening in Andamooka. We will see the new plans that have been put out for the caravan park, which will be fantastic for the town to get in tourists. It will be interesting to see how it all happens over the years.

“I am also having a look at what can be done as well and since my sis-ter does dog grooming and she will be coming up here soon. Th ere’s a chemist looking at going to Anda-mooka for a long time and we have been talking about it. Th ere’s a few people showing interest in providing new services to Andamooka and if I can do a bit of commercial build-ing for them it might happen,” Chad added.

According to him, they can’t get anything in Roxby, until there’s more land released in the commercial side of the town and at this stage everyone who wants to do something up here will end up doing it in Andamooka.

Business opportunities at Andamooka

Th e traditional Andamooka Opal Festival at-tracts people from around the region as it is a guaranteed fun event for the whole family.

Starting with a barbeque provided by APO-MA at the historical cottages on the Friday night, the event kicks off with great music as the local folk band perform live. Th is is also a night you can register for the golf challenge and the market stalls that will happen during the event.

Th ere will also be live entertainment at the Tuckerbox Restaurant on Friday night.

Saturday kicks off at the cottages at 9.30am with a free fun fi lled day for the kids, with the billy cart race, jumping castle, wheelbarrow race, and much more that will entertain the whole family.

There will be food, and entertainment throughout the day for everyone to enjoy. A car-boot sale from 9.30 to 12.30, also at the cot-tages, will give you the perfect chance to either sell items you no longer want or perhaps get a bargain.

For Saturday night, the “Rocky River Bush Band” will be playing at the community hall. Doors open at 6pm and band starts at 8pm. Th ere will be a $10 door charge with bar facili-ties available, ‘no BYO’. Th ere will also be a lucky door prize drawn during the evening.

As for the fi rst “Ultimate Golfers Challenge”

that was previously reported by Th e Monitor, it will be held at the Andamooka Golf Course over the weekend, with Saturday starting at 10am, with fancy dress etc. Sunday will be a shotgun start at 8.30am for the serious day of the Challenge, with $500 going to the ‘ultimate’ winner.

Sunday will see the cottages busy with the market stalls, a display of local dried and pressed wildfl owers, food, musical workshops both at the cottages and at the “edge2centre” studios, and live entertainment throughout the day.

On Sunday night there will be presentations for the Golf, held at the Tuckerbox Restaurant and there will be a Bohemian Cabaret at the community hall, for everyone’s enjoyment af-ter.

If you think that’s over, on Monday 11am, there will be a recovery brunch at the cottages for all to enjoy.

For all enquiries please refer to the phone numbers below:

Therese Schofield – Event Coordinator: 0427334883,

Greg Franklin – Youth Activity Organiser: 0427727115,

Carolyn Eime – Golf Event Organiser: 0429964045,

Rodney Mitchell – Music / Cabaret Organ-iser: 0427590637.

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Terms and Conditions: Competition runs August 28-October 29. Winners announced November 24th, and all entrants will be asked to display their garden during an open day November 27th. Judging panel will be representatives from the Roxby Downs Community Board. Drop off your entries into the boxes located at the Dunes Cafe and The Monitor Newspaper.

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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 GARDENCherie Gaskin 8671 2924

HEALTH FORUMKaren Russell 8671 9020

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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: [email protected]

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Michelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Jamie Love • Bill Hiscox

Liz Rogers • Michael Esposito

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Th ere has been low inter-est in the current round of the Community Learning Places Program and the Ed-ucation Forum would like to encourage more people to take part. Th is is a rare opportunity to undertake further studies at TAFE at no cost as the places are free for successful ap-plicants. Th e program is ideal for people wishing to re-enter the workforce af-ter raising children, or are looking for work and/or wanting to upskill. Other eligible categories include migrants, young people transitioning from school to work, and mature aged. Places are limited and as-sessed on a case by case basis. Opportunities ex-ist in selected modules of Certifi cate 4 in Front Line Management and Train-ing and Assessment. From time to time places also become available in Senior First Aid and Health and Safety. While the places off ered are only in selected modules of these courses they provide a taste of fur-ther study with the aim of encouraging students to continue and complete the entire course.

Opportunities also ex-ist for people in full time work who are making a signifi cant contribution to the community through volunteering. Senior First Aid and Health and Safety may be of particular inter-est to these people.

“For recent arrivals Com-munity Learning Places is a great chance to link into the local workforce. Students can help each other build networks and contacts. Even completing just one or two modules is a great stepping stone and potential employers will look on this favourably,” Michelle Hales Executive Offi cer of the Community Board said.

“People may be hesitant in doing further studies but they shouldn’t be. It’s a good way to ease yourself back into the workforce particularly if you have been away for some time”. Ms Hales said.

Th e application process is quite easy. For further information and applica-tion forms send an email to Michelle Hales at: [email protected] or contact Michelle on 8671 0010

COMMUNITY LEARNING PLACESAPPLICATIONS OPEN* September/October

*places are limited and conditions apply

Front Line Management Promote Team Eff ectiveness (28-29 Sep)Implement Operational Plan/ Report on Financial activity (30 Sep -1 Oct)Training and AssessmentTrain Small Groups (18-20 Oct)Assessor (21-22 Oct)Senior First Aid (subject to availability)Waiting list applies13-14, 20-21 and 27-28 OctoberFor further information and application forms con-

tact Michelle Hales on 8671 0010Community Learning Places is a partnership be-

tween the Education and Workplace Training Forum and BHP Billiton Olympic Dam.

A new position has been created by the Roxby Downs Council to support com-munity development initiatives.

Th is part-time position (20-25 hours) will provide administrative support to the Executive Offi cer of the Communi-ty Board and selected forums as well as Council based community committees and projects. Th is is an exciting oppor-tunity for people who have a passion for community development.

Some after hours work will be required as the successful applicant will be required to take minutes at Community Board meetings, Health Forum and Education Forum meetings, Roxby Roadsafe and other committees. In addition to minute taking duties there will be opportunities to provide administrative support for various community projects and events including coordination, marketing and promotion.

Th e position will suit people who have strong administrative, organisational and communication skills. To be successful in the position people will need to have excellent community liaison skills. Th e

successful applicant will interact with a broad cross section of community groups and community service providers.

“Community development is a high pri-ority for the Council and this position will work closely with me to achieve Council’s and the Community Board’s community development goals,” Michelle Hales Ex-ecutive Offi cer said.

“We are looking for applicants who have a strong interest in community work and have demonstrated this through employ-ment, volunteering, and or/tertiary stud-ies. Th is experience does not have to be in Roxby Downs. New residents bring fresh ideas and perspectives which are always welcome and inject new energy to the work we are doing” Ms Hales said.

An advertisement for this position will appear in next week’s issue of Th e Monitor. Applications are being accepted now. To obtain a copy of the advertisement and the job and person specifi cations send an email to Michelle Hales at: [email protected] or contact Michelle on 8671 0010.

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By Millie Thomas

For those who have been caught up in the FWAW whirlwind over the past fi ve seasons – that aforementioned acro-

nym would need no further explanation. For the benefit of others however, FWAW

(Farmer Wants a Wife, Channel 9) explores the lives of farmers all over the country and basically tries to help them fall in love – something that is not so easy when living in complete and utter isolation.

Becky Casanova, one of the stars on the fi fth season, which fi nished airing last Wednesday, September 15 fi lls Th e Monitor in on life on Mt Eba station near Glendambo and her experiences on FWAW.

“It was filmed months ago. The ‘farm stay’ (when men of Becky’s choice came and stayed with her for a week) was in January and early

February, then the ‘fi nal catch up’ was fi lmed in March” she said.

“I ended up choosing Joe, from Darwin. It was over ages ago! I speak to him through Facebook now but that’s about it.

“Yeah we defi nitely had a connection, but when the basics came down to it, we found out we’re pretty good mates. It would be very hard him liv-ing in Darwin, it would be a long trip!

“A friend of mine put me in for the show. I hummed and haared about it for a bit, I spoke to my mum and I spoke to my best friend and it sounded like a lot of fun, and if you could fi nd someone, well…but if nothing else, you have a ball and meet some great new people!

“Life after farmer… well it’s certainly changed. I’ve had lots of people trying to contact me on Facebook, wanting to know me. Th ere have been a few phone calls, a few letters and a few emails from people I don’t know, all meaning well, and

just saying g’day.“You go places and people recognise you

and I just don’t know how to take it, it’s a bit unusual.

“Farmer Jamie (at Shark Bay) organised for us all to go over to his place about three or four weeks ago, and we stopped overnight in Perth on the way there and people knew who we were, it was kind of daunting! Especially because I’m so far re-moved from everything, I haven’t had that notoriety I guess until I went over to Perth, I just thought oh man this is full on!

“I had a blast, it’s something out of the ordinary and it took a fair bit of guts. Within myself I guess it made me a little bit more confi dent, I challenged myself to do something diff erent, that in itself was a big step for me,” Becky said.

“I’ve been on Mt Eba for about two and a half years now. I was never a real city girl,

I mean I was born and bred in the city and everything, but I fi rst started coming up here in 1999 and I’ve been back here on and off ever since.

“I just loved it. I connected with it (living in the country) straight away and yeah, its part of me. However, doing the shopping is a little hard!” said Becky.

What she means is, because Mt Eba Station is hundreds of kilometres from any town with a supermarket, general food supplies have to be or-dered in advance and then posted out to the station.

“Th e country is absolutely beautiful at the moment, the Sturt Desert Peas are everywhere,” she said.

“We’ve just been doing crutching and lamb marking and only just fi n-ished! I’m up at four in the morning to be at work on time and get out there to start mustering.”

Becky has an eight year old daugh-ter, Charlie, who does school through School of the Air (over a two way radio), which is based in Port Au-gusta.

“For the most part she did (enjoy the show) but she got a bit tedious

Local “Farmer Wants a Wife” celeb enjoys a beer at The Tav

towards the end,” said Becky. “She came back from having a week away the day before the guys were staying here on the Farm Stay.

“She had had a pretty full on week, and they did a bit of fi lming of her coming back and then they wanted to do some other fi lming and she was just beyond it, she was over tired and she just wanted to go home to her house and wanted to be with just me for a bit.

“So we cancelled the fi lming and just had some mum-my-daughter time. However, she is excited about the whole thing, being on TV.

“She went to Adelaide a couple of weeks ago and stayed with my best friend and went to school with her daughter, and they’re pretty tight (close), and lots of kids at the school were hounding her about what was going on and she just wanted to run around and be a kid. It was a bit tough for her.

“She did enjoy the trip to Sydney to do the promotional shots though! She loved that.”

Becky lives about four hours away from Roxby Downs, off the highway to Coober Pedy and said that on occa-sion she has dropped into ‘Th e Roxby Tav’ for a couple of beers.

“I was there earlier this year, we drove up there and went to the pub for the afternoon! Shearing was on eve-rywhere so on the weekend, we went to fi nd something to do!”

What now for Becky? No perfect match yet, but with her new notoriety it could be just around the corner.

Mt. Eba Station worker, Becky Casanova has found new notoriety.

This year’s Farmers who signed up to fi nd love on “The Farmer Wants a Wife”.

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Odysse y Vein and Cosmetic Clinic are now providing medi-

cal services to areas outside of Adelaide.

Th ey are focusing on the non–surgical treatment of large varicose veins and the treatment of blue and spider veins of the legs, known as sclerotherapy. Th e non-surgi-cal technique involves ultra-sound guided injections.

Th e partners in this prac-tice are Dr Emma Nolan – a former GP with 20 years experience and her Practice Manager, both women are very excited to offer this service to the people of the Iron Triangle and surround-ing districts. Dr. Nolan has been treating large varicose veins and smaller spider veins of the legs for more than 10 years and has performed thousands of procedures.

Odyssey are f lying to Whyalla every 4-6 weeks, de-pendant on demand, to off er their services and therefore negating the expense and in-convenience of travelling to Adelaide for these medical procedures.

They are optimistic this will be a convenient and

popular service to the people of Whyalla, surrounds and all the way up to Roxby Downs. Odyssey’s next visit will be Th ursday, September 30 and they will operate out of ABC Village 9/9 Jenkins Ave. Why-alla, in the Podiatrist Clinic.

No referral is required to take advantage of Odyssey’s

services.

– Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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Mark Vivian, better known as Taz in Andamooka, has turned what could have

been considered an inconvenient rule into a positive fundraiser by shaving his beard.

After coming home from holidays, Taz was disappointed to hear that all surface operations on site must now be performed under the ‘Clean Shaven’ rule – one that is fairly self explanatory.

Taz’s beard, which edged closer to his belly button everyday, was a per-manent feature for six years. Th en came the day where the beloved beard had to go. It was a sad day for bearded employees site-wide.

So Taz organised an event for this landmark event to occur down at

Th e Tuckerbox one ‘Th irsty Th urs-day’ night…

“Last time I got up here, I had to lose my beard and I was just devas-tated. I’ve sort of bypassed all the clean shaven areas and in the end I came home from holidays and that was it, I had to shave it so I said let’s make money for the hospital.

“It was so long they had me play Santa Claus for the Christmas in July auction in Andamooka! Raising money for a cause is better than shav-ing it all off for nothing!

“I had to move across to the above ground section to work and Anthony Grimston and I decided to make a fundraiser out of the shave for our local hospital,” he said.

“All the proceeds went to our little hospital in Andamooka – Frontier Services and unoffi cially we’ve al-ready raised $2,100 (as of Wednesday September 15).

“We had about 60 people there, some people came straight from work, some people didn’t even know, heard word of it and came down, and a lot more donations came in that night.

“Margaret Wyatt shaved it off, ‘Repco Steve’ supplied the old cut throat razor and a lady called Brenda for $50 got the fi rst cut and got to keep the pony tail!

“Pete Heading was a big donator, and the CWA, they shocked me with a big donation. Most of the workers paid good dollars.

“I’d like to thank Anthony Neil Grimston, Tony Simpson from the post offi ce; John and Annie from Th e Tuckerbox for helping me make the ‘Taz show’ happen.

“Th anks to Headings, the Sand-vik crane crew, CWA, the APOMA Township and everyone else who donated,” he said.

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Last week’s Hot Topic: “Is Roxby Downs ready for an increase in population if the expansion gets the nod from BHPB and Government?”

Roxby ready? You’ve got to be joking! Not enough accommodation to house the extra workers needed for the expansion to start. I hope it goes ahead but someone has to get serious about planning now.

Joel, RD

Th is expansion is just a formality. Governments desperately need the money it will generate but Roxby, Andamooka and Woomera had better get ready now. Money needs to be spent to get things started at schools, the hospital, extra child care and not just a big new police station.

Dianne. Th e Greens are still banging on about uranium

mining. Hope all you who voted for them now see they want to take your opportunity of employment here. While the Greens have this control over the Labor Government who says that the mine expansion will ever go ahead? Hope the Coalition can force another election soon and we can rid ourselves of Labor and the Greens.

Bluey.

I have seen the suff ering of a terminally ill family member recently, not being able to help with their pain and watched with great sadness as she slowly and painfully faded away. To watch this type of suff ering while a loved one dies of dehydration and in extreme pain is beyond cruelty. I hope State Parliament will pass legislation and support vol-untary euthanasia under medical supervision.

Eric

Up go the benefi ts for our pollies (superannuation), and up go the charges for the taxpayer. Do they really work for us?

Chris of the North

Do you support the Legalisation of euthanasia in South Australia?

$564 million northern expressway openTh e $564 million, 23 kilometre Northern

Expressway is now officially open to all traffi c.

Th e Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) advises motor-ists to drive carefully while familiarising themselves with the new road and prevailing conditions.

Th e 23 kilometre road links the Gawler Bypass with Port Wakefi eld Road at a point about three kilometres north of the Waterloo Corner Road intersection.

DTEI asks all road users to observe the 110 kilometre per hour posted speed limit and drive with care.

Housing plan for Pt. AugustaA construction company has plans for a big

regional housing and industrial development at Port Augusta in South Australia.

JLKT Limited says the fi rst stage of a plan for 3,600 houses should begin late next year.

Public consultation on the joint residential and industrial estate is expected to start next week.

Company owner Pat Cheetham says Port Augusta is an ideal place to build more accommodation as the mining sector grows in SA.

“It’s location, it’s the crossroads of Australia and it’s just so well strategically-placed,” he said.

“Basically everything has to pass through Port Augusta to get to the major mining precincts so for me it’s really the ideal spot for this development.”

New voluntary euthanasia push in SA

A new bid to legalise voluntary euthanasia in South Australia will be introduced to State Parliament.

Labor MP Steph Key will seek to amend the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act, with support from the Greens in the Upper House.

Ms Key said she wanted to amend an exist-ing law because previous stand-alone bills on voluntary euthanasia had been defeated.

“I’ve been regularly raising the issue of voluntary euthanasia in parliament over the past few years and it seemed to me that there needs to be some reform in the whole area in people’s end-of-life arrangements and so voluntary euthanasia is just one of those,” she said.

On Saturday 5th September, the Western Plains Group (WPG) held a community explanation session, to tell Port Pirie residents about their plans to store and export

iron ore from the main street harbor in the middle of town.

Will a thorough Environmental Impact Study (EIS) be done prior to approval? Not likely, so what about the risk to our fi sh-ing industry? It seems the State Government intends to ram this project through under section 49 of the Development Act; which is set aside wholly for ‘Public’ infrastructure. Th is is inap-propriate as the WPG storage facility is private infrastructure.

Spencer Gulf is seeing a systematic abuse of section 49. Th e Centrex storage facility was forced on Port Lincoln residents and

Stuart Petroleum’s refi nery at Point Lowly was forced on Whyalla residents; all using the section 49 ‘excuse’. No EIS. No community consultation. Why? As you can see in my blog: andrewmelvillesmith.blogspot.com it would not be approved otherwise. Th e Adelaide-focused Rann Government simply doesn’t care about regional SA!

Mr. Bob Duffi n WPG CEO says Port Pirie is a ‘Sub-Optimal’ port. So why is this ‘Sub-Optimal’ port being forced on Port Pirie? Th e answer is lack of leadership and planning by the Rann Government. Th ere simply is nowhere else to export from. Where is our international deep-water export port? A port that can be used by all the miners, providing the ‘economies-of-scale’, and the type of export tonnages that will allow SA to compete with Western Australia and the world?

Dr. Andrew Melville-Smith.

Euthanasia, or voluntary assisted suicide, has been the subject of much moral, religious, philosophical, legal and human rights debate in Australia. At the core of this debate is how to reconcile competing values: the desire of individuals to choose to die with dignity when suff ering, and the need to uphold the inherent right to life of every person.

Now the right to die with dignity is again be-fore the Parliament with two private member bills presented to both houses of State Parliament last week.

While no-one wants a loved one to die prema-turely there are too many examples of people dying long and painful deaths when their conditions are terminal and all quality of life has gone. For those who have seen this happen it remains a nightmare forever as they remember watching people fade away over weeks and months.

When there is no hope of a better quality of life and no hope of a miracle cure compassion for our loved ones should be paramount.

If death with dignity is carried out by a medical professional in consultation with family there should be no morality question. Assisting death in no way precludes giving the best palliative care possible but rather integrates compassionate care and respect for the patient’s autonomy and ultimately makes death with dignity a real option.

Death with dignity debate

By Celeste LustosaWo omera re cent ly

played host to a successful forum showcasing natural resources management in the Arid Lands Region to landholders, local commu-nity members and various community and industry groups.

Th e one day forum took place at the Eldo Hotel and it was organised by the South Australian Arid Lands (SAAL) Natural Resource Management (NRM) Board to promote their work in the region and engage the wider com-munity in natural resources management.

Th e free forum provid-ed around 120 attendees with an excellent source of information and a great mix of presenters includ-ing SAAL NRM staff and community and industry representatives.

While one of the goals of the forum was to present the work of the SAAL

NRM Board to the wider community it also proved a great networking op-portunity for community and local groups to come together and discuss NRM in the region.

One of the key themes of the forum was the need to understand how the re-gion’s ecosystems function is impacted, particularly by pests.

Th e forum also promot-ed sustainable industries with displays and presen-tations by various mining and agricultural interests in the region.

People, and communi-ties, were also an impor-tant focus of the forum

and attendees heard about the many volunteers who contribute their time to NRM and other commu-nity initiatives such as best practice farming groups.

After the successful fo-rum, the SAAL NRM Board is also inviting business to join a unique initiative that aims to increase productive partnerships in the region.

Minister for Environ-ment and Conservation Paul Caica said the SAAL NRM board, based in the state’s north, wants busi-nesses to join their land-mark Industry Partnerships Program to help achieve their goals and better sup-port natural resources in

the area. Mr Caica said Austral-

ian energy pioneer SAN-TOS has become the fi rst business to agree to the partnership by providing $125,000 to support the ac-tivities of the SAAL NRM Board.

“Th is is a unique initia-tive in South Australia that will see businesses partner with the SAAL NRM Board to accelerate the achieve-ment of the region’s natu-ral resources management goals, particularly where there are issues concern-ing industry,’ he said.

“Tourism, mining and petroleum and pastoral companies are big players

in the region and the State Government, through the SAAL NRM Board, is eager to work with them.

“While the security and sustainability of the re-gion’s natural resources will benefi t, participating businesses will also gain social, ecological and fi-nancial benefi ts from the program,’’ according to the Minister.

Mr Caica said a wide variety of programs can be addressed via the partner-ship including water se-curity, pest management, threatened species con-servation and community engagement.

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RANGE ACTIVITY WARNING NOTICEDefence is scheduled to conduct Demolition Activities in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) during the months of September and October 2010. The predicted outcome is minimal for the public however if certain weather conditions exist at time of activity, noise and effects from sound wave propagation may be heard or felt in the vicinity of Woomera, Roxby Downs and Glendambo.

The WPA is declared under Defence Force Regulation 35 as a prohibited area for the purposes of ‘the testing of war material’. From time to time other Defence approved activities, such as sounding rocket launches, are also conducted.

The WPA is located in the North West of the State of South Australia and is approximately 127,000 square kilometres (12.7 million hectares) in area. Its South Eastern corner is located approximately 450 kilometres North West of Adelaide.

Members of the public traversing the WPA via the Stuart Highway are reminded that these roads are part of a prohibited area and that they are not to deviate from them.

Other roads and tracks entering the WPA are signposted to the effect that the WPA is a prohibited area and no person shall enter, be or remain therein without proper authorisation. Penalty for unauthorised entry is $2200 fine and/or six months imprisonment under Defence Force Regulation 35.

Under Section 82(1) and 82(2) of the Defence Act 1903, it is illegal to photograph, draw, sketch or paint any part of a Defence Installation or enter a defence installation with materials or apparatus for carrying out such activities, without lawful authority.

Members of the public traversing the Anne Beadell Highway from Coober Pedy to Emu Junction are reminded that in addition to a permit being required from the Area Control Officer - Woomera, a permit is required from:

Mamungari Conservation Park The Department of Environment & Natural Resources PO Box 569CEDUNA SA 5690Phone (08) 8625 3144

Maralinga Tjarutja LandsAdministrator Maralinga Tjarutja LandsPO Box 435CEDUNA SA 5690Phone (08) 8625 2946

Tallaringa Conservation ParkThe Department of Environment & Natural Resources9 Mackay StreetPORT AUGUSTA SA 5700Phone 1800 816 078

There may be some items such as cylindrical rocket motor cases and nozzles, flat rectangular pieces of metal, spherical tanks, military projectiles or unexploded ammunition encountered in the WPA. If any unusual item is encountered it must not be handled as it may be extremely dangerous and could cause serious injury or death. Note the description and location of the item and report it to the Pastoral Station Manager or the Area Control Officer Woomera – Telephone (08) 8674 3370.

Within the WPA there are sites of significance to indigenous people. These sites are protected under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 with penalties of up to $50,000.00 for causing damage to or removing items from these sites.

Inquires in relation to the use of or entry into the WPA should be directed to:Area Control Officer – WoomeraAerospace Operational Support GroupDefence CentrePO Box 157WOOMERA SA 5720Phone (08) 8674 3370

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Positive response to Kindy project

By Celeste LustosaIn Term 2, 2010, after successfully applying for a grant,

Roxby Downs Kindergarten began implementing the ‘Th e Languages in Early Childhood Settings Pilot Project – Spanish’.

Th e Kindergarten has been utilising an ‘immersion process’, which involves providing the children with the opportunity of listening to and speaking Spanish on a daily basis, and they have made huge progress.

Some examples of what they have achieved so far are the small group learning experiences. Ana Perez Soto has worked with the children to build their understanding of concepts such as colour, number, days of the week and shape and has assisted them with learning the Spanish terms for these concepts. Th e children have also learnt how to say many of the Kindy routines in Spanish for e.g. Reunion de grupo – Group time, Tiempo de Fruta – Fruit time.

“Th e children have also learnt how to sing songs in Spanish; a particular favourite has been ‘I can sing a Rainbow’. Th ey have also had the opportunity to cook traditional Spanish foods like empanadas and coconut panellets,” said the Kindergarten Director Naomi Wat-kins.

In Term 2, the Kindy sent out a parent survey to col-lect data on their Spanish Project and the feedback was very positive.

“Th e majority of parents both agreed and strongly agreed that children should learn a second language.

The majority of parents also agreed that children should learn a second language predominantly between the ages of birth-3 years and from 3-5 years.

“Th ese results would suggest that our sample of parents both value and think that children should be learning a second language in a preschool setting.

“Kids are like sponges, the more they learn, the better off they are. Learning diff erent languages teaches them about acceptance of diff erent cultures and people. Th ey then become more cultured and are less likely to grow up ignorant or racist,” was one of the comments.

When asked what age group parents think is the best for children to start learning a second language, one of the answers was: “Th ree – fi ve years, the earlier the bet-ter since it helps them use more of their brains; it’s also something diff erent and fun for them to do”.

As an extension of the project, on the 10th of Septem-ber, Naomi Watkins and Ana Perez Soto were invited to attend the Adelaide Show to read a bilingual story in the DECS Education tent.

Th ey read ‘Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see?’ and Naomi and Ana also presented individual story pin-wheels to the children, so they could revisit the story and learn how to say the colours in Spanish.

“Th is has been a fantastic opportunity for the children, staff and parents and the children will continue to be involved in the pilot project until the end of Term 3, 2011,” Naomi concluded.

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OUTBACK COMMUNITIES AUTHORITYANDAMOOKA MEETINGOn Thursday, 30 September 2010 the Outback Communities Authority (OCA) will hold its monthly meeting in Andamooka.

OCA Chair, Bill McIntosh, will introduce the new members who want to hear from you about how they can make a positive difference to life in the outback.

Please join the OCA for afternoon tea and if you like, stay for the monthly meeting and listen to member discussions about this month’s agenda items.

We know it’s a challenge and that’s why we want you to be involved in shaping the outback’s future. We’re absolutely committed to making sure you have a say and we’ll make every effort to help deliver the infrastructure and services that the outback community most needs.

We look forward to meeting you.

Thursday, 30 September 2010

4pm for afternoon tea.

5.30pm to 7pm for the Outback Communities Authority meeting.

Andamooka Community Hall.

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By Celeste Lustosa

Th e Rotary Club of Roxby District celebrated its 50th meeting in great style last Saturday, September 18.

Th e local club teamed up with a successful event – the 2010 Kempe Bullride, where it also conducted an auction to fundraise for the Royal Flying Doctors Service, and welcomed fellow Adelaide Rotarians that were participat-ing in the CROE3 trip.

Th e CROE3 Rotary Outback Experience was organised by the Rotary Club of Campbelltown and Th e Monitor spoke to Mal Hansen, one of the club members and or-ganisers of the trip about the experience at the Outback and the generous donation of $20,000 to the RFDS.

“Th e money was raised in diff erent ways. All the 29 people that came on the trip paid a non-refundable fee of $400; there were also Sergeant and fi ne sessions each night along the way, which ended up raising another $3,500. We had over $600 from donation tins that we collected from people we have met on the trip. And fi nally we had the auction at the Bullride in Roxby that raised another nearly $4,000,” he explained.

Mal also said that there were members of various Rotary Clubs.

“Th ere were people from Victoria and from South Australia on this trip, that we said was going to be the last one, but Victorians are saying ‘let’s have another one’, so we might organise another one in a couple of years time,” he said.

He also said that the group visited various places which included a sheep sta-tion and a visit to an Abo-riginal community. Roxby Downs was the last stop and the group was ready to go home after handing the donation to RFDS rep-resentatives on the Sunday morning.

“I would like to thank

everyone for the hospitality. Th e RFDS and the Rotary Club of Roxby District were absolutely fantastic in or-ganising everything. Also thanks to everyone that par-ticipated and my mate David and my wife for assisting with the trip. It was excellent,” Mal concluded.

Th e president of the Rotary Club of Roxby District, Bob Jacobs, also spoke to Th e Monitor about the experience of hosting an extra 30 people at the meeting.

“It was an excellent opportunity of mixing with other fellow Rotarians.

“We were also very pleased in being part of the auction that fundraised for the RFDS. Th e auction went very well with lots of participation and over 30 great items being auctioned,” he said.

Th e items auctioned were donations from the CROE3 group, as well as from local Rotary members.

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Calls for mining royalties to go to regions

Th e revenue raised by increasing mining royalties, as outlined in last week’s South Australian State Budget, should not disappear into a ‘black hole’.

Th e South Australian mining industry, whilst disap-pointed by the raising of royalties from 3.5% to 5%, and the new mine rate from 1.5% to 2%, considers it necessary that the extra money raised is spent on leveraging dol-lars from private and public interests for much needed infrastructure and to ensure there is no loss of services provided by the Government.

“After fi ghting hard against the tax grab by the Federal Government earlier in the year and with many junior exploration companies still doing it tough during the global fi nancial crisis, we are naturally disappointed with the increase in royalties announced in today’s budget,” the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SA-COME) Chief Executive, Mr Jason Kuchel, said.

“South Australia already has a natural disadvantage in that much of our ore is hidden deep beneath a layer of sedimentary cover making it harder to fi nd and more expensive to extract,” Mr Kuchel said.

“Th is State’s other major disadvantage is a lack of re-gional infrastructure. If the State Government is going to increase royalties, then South Australians should expect

that a large slice of the estimated $50m per annum raised through these increases goes to help pay for some of the many hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure needed to get the mining boom in South Australia off and running and not disappear into the general revenue ‘black hole’.

“We keep hearing from the State Government that South Australia is on the cusp of a mining boom, but the boom will never be fully realised without the State Government providing some ‘seed’ funding which can help leverage money from the Federal Government and attract private investment to provide much needed infra-structure such as a deep water bulk commodities port.

“A deep sea port development will stimulate the SA economy, providing jobs right here and now – and for decades to come – as the State realises the economic opportunities a mining export facility can provide. Th is and other infrastructure will ensure a real mining boom which will bring in even more revenue to the Govern-ment’s coff ers.”

In addition SACOME says, regional infrastructure will benefi t other regional industries and communities. “Now is the time for the State Government to leverage as much as possible from the Federal Government’s $10bn Regional Development Fund,” Mr Kuchel said.

“SACOME is pleased to see that programs and staff -ing levels have generally been maintained within the Minerals & Energy Resources area of the Department of Primary Industry and Resources SA (PIRSA MER).

“Minerals worth $2.74 billion were South Australia’s single largest contributor to exports in 2008/09, outper-forming agriculture and the food and the wine sector,” he said.

“To keep our position, we need a strong, effi cient Min-erals & Energy Resources area within PIRSA to provide timely advice and approvals to the resources industry. De-lays in assessments and approvals will hold up important projects and weaken the South Australian mining sector and therefore the South Australian economy.

“We are also pleased that the PACE program has been retained, albeit with no new funding announced. Miner-als exploration is cyclical and quite dependant on glo-bal markets and the GFC has taken its toll. Exploration spending in South Australia has fallen from $314m in the twelve months to June 2008 to $166m in 2009. So the PACE program must be retained along with a com-mitment for longer term funding, to see the industry through these peaks and troughs. In this regard, we are pleased to see the State Government committed to its PACE 2020 election promise of an extra $10.2m over the next 4 years.”Source: Press Release.

BELOW: Member of the Rotary Club of Campbelltown hands the donation of $20,000 to the RFDS.


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ROXBY DOWNS COUNCILWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATEWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATE

NEWS NEWS IN BRIEFIN BRIEF

REMINDERSREMINDERSADVANCE NOTICE:

Council contractors will soon be undertaking maintenance checks of sewer manholes and the house connecti ons to the sewer mains.

The contractors will require access to backyards.

The following houses are aff ected:24,26,28 Wangianna Street

30 Olympic Way26,28,30 Myall Street

6,8,10 and 22-34 and 3-35 Irrapatana Street

7,9 Eyre Court95 Pioneer Drive

All of Axehead Road

A lett er drop will occur for all houses aff ected

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


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: [email protected]

After hours emergencyMobile 0419 892 870

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By Celeste Lustosa

Spring has definitely made its big arrival this year with lots of fl owers colour-ing our Outback landscape. And what’s more inspiring than spring for a children’s holiday activity theme?

Roxby Downs Commu-nity Library is bringing the best of this season into the

children’s activities during the school holidays, which will include stories, garden decoration and a fl ower pot made by the children.

According to Marie Trezise, from Roxby Downs Library, it will also be the perfect chance to borrow some great holiday read-ing.

Activities happen on Tuesdays, September 28

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By Celeste Lustosa

Th e Government has announced, through the Agency MySatTV - the operator and ac-cess management body for the new Digital Satellite Service V.A.S.T (Viewer Access Satel-lite Television), that the Remote Central and Eastern Australia areas of Australia, covered by the Aurora C1 Satellite Services, under the RABS (Remote Area Broadcast Service) licens-ing system.

Th is includes Roxby Downs, which be able to access all the V.A.S.T digital satellite services, including commercial channels, from Decem-ber 15, 2010.

Basically means that Roxby Downs’ residents will have access to digital TV pretty soon.

For those who get frustrated every time Channel 10 was showing something you really

like and you just couldn’t watch it from here, those days will soon to be gone. And, in my case, I am referring to Master Chef!

Th e Monitor spoke to Electrical Manager of Roxby Downs Council David Hallett and he confi rmed that digital TV by satellite is a close reality for Roxby.

“Th e V.A.S.T service is already available but limited to ABC and SBS services in the RABS area. Full services will include One HD, GO, Channel 7, 7HD, 9, 9HD, 10 and ABC and SBS for South Australia will be available via satellite on December 15.

“Unfortunately the commercial channels will be derived from NSW / Sydney services, and only ABC and SBS services will be in South Australian based channels at this time,” Mr Hallett explained.

He also said that to access the V.A.S.T satel-

lite services we need a full satellite system, and the special V.A.S.T approved satellite decoder, available only from limited authorised suppli-ers.

“Th e V.A.S.T. decoder will work thought any present satellite system utilising the Aurora C1 Satellite and replaces the present decoder,” according to Mr Hallett.

Once you have the decoder and satellite sys-tem set up, you need to register the decoder and smart card at www.mysattv.com.au.

“Th is is the only place you may do this and without it the system won’t receive commercial channels. You will fi nd the registration link on the top of the webpage,” Mr Hallett con-cluded.

He also warned that those interested should order their decoders soon as there is a large demand for them at the present time.

Satellite Digital TV Services in Roxby by December

Children get spring fever for school holidays

QUARTERLY METER READS

Quarterly meter reads for both

electricity and water commence on 28

September. Please ensure that meter

boxes are free of any obstacles.

COUNCIL RATES

Council rates have been declared.

Rates notices have been sent. Th e fi nal

date for payment is the 20 October

2010.

SERVICE SA – Out of Areas Concession

If you are living in Woomera, Roxby

Downs or Andamooka and garaging a

vehicle you may be entitled to claim an

Out of Areas concession for living in a

remote area. Th is relates to most types

of registered vehicles.

Th e concession gives the applicant

a 50% discount to the registration

component of the fees applied to a

registration. Th e concession is only

applied to an individual application for

each vehicle.

To fi nd out if you are entitled to claim

this concession please call 131084 or

call into the Roxby Downs Council on

a Wednesday or Th ursday between the

hours of 9.00 and 4.30pmThe Monitor received a com-plaint from a citizen a couple of weeks ago about people

walking their dogs in the streets without leads.

The concern, quite obviously, was that the citizen had no way of knowing if the dog was dangerous to people and other animals or not.

Th e Monitor investigated these con-cerns with the Roxby Downs council and found from Works Manager Peter Keller that there are strict and defi nite rules about walking dogs in public places.

“A dog is deemed to be wandering at large unless it is restrained by no more than a two metre leash, so all dogs walk-ing the streets must be restrained” said Mr Keller.

If an owner is walking their dog in the

street without a leash they can be expiated a fi ne of $80 as their dog is deemed to be wandering at large.

Owners are reminded that if their dog defecates while being walked it is the re-sponsibility of the owner to pick up after their dog. Failure to remove faeces can also attract an expiation fi ne.

Expiation fees are set by the Dog and Cat Management Board and council is re-sponsible to enforce these for the safety of all dog owners and the community as a whole.

“If people are not quite sure of the rules there is a range of literature at council and we are happy to answer any questions. Th ey can also visit the Dog and Cat Man-agement Board’s website (www.dogsncats.asn.au). Council also has quite a few bro-chures and booklets about dog rules, dogs and kids, registration rules, training and caring for your dog” said Mr Keller.

Walking your dog


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Lot 4 Frome Road, Roxby Downs Phone: 8671 1502 Mobile: 0412 024 675Hours: Tues - Fri 9am - 4pm, Sat 9am - 12pm

LARGE RANGE OF PAVING & GROUND COVER SOLUTIONS

POOL COPINGS AND RETAINNING

WALL SYSTEMS

telephone 08 8671 1353 facsimile 08 8671 [email protected]

PO Box 275 - Roxby Downs - South Australia 5725

GLAZING BUILDING PAINTING GASFITTING PLUMBING ELECTRICAL RENOVATIONS

REFRIGERATION AIRCONDITIONINGKITCHEN UPGRADES DATA & COMMUNICATION

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Cavpower’s reputation for excellence and superior customer service has made us the long time Caterpillar dealer for South Australia and Broken Hill for over 30 years. We are a growing organisation and proud to be part of the Caterpillar world-wide network of dealers.

Our success is worth being part of.

Service Manager – Olympic Dam (Residential)Cavpower’s Olympic Dam branch is now seeking an experienced and motivated Service Manager to join its mining team. The primary role of the Service Manager is to lead a team of technicians whose number one priority is safety both in the workshop and the field. This position is responsible for providing uncompromised customer service to a diversity of customers in industries such as mining, transport and construction. Customer satisfaction will be achieved by effectively managing the key result areas of leadership, business outcomes, operations and business alliances.

As a Service Manager with Cavpower you will combine your practical knowledge gained from having a mechanical trade with experience in leading a results focused team.

Take the next step in your career and join the Cavpower team.

For more information and to apply please visit www.cavpower.com

Applications close 30th September 2010

ACCESS CCHIROPRACTIC

Dr Munib WatersConsults at 97 Pioneer Drive, Roxby Downs

Times to accommodate shift workers

Instant health fund rebates - Manual adjusting & Activator techniques

24/7 Booking & enquiry service PHONE 8645 0880

Tuesday 28th September PM, Wednesday 29th September AM Tuesday 12th October PM, Wednesday 13th October AM

REMEDIAL MASSAGE THERAPIST

By appointment onlyROXBY DOWNS

Remedial Massage, Relaxation Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Sports Massage, Corporate Massage,

Pregnancy Massage

Melanie Bellin0422 067 174

Rebates available from most private Health Funds

Gift Certificates

Career Employment Group Inc

Apprenticeships at Olympic Dam

Apprenticeships are now available in the following trades:

Electrical Boilermaking Diesel Mechanic Fitting

Career Employment Group in conjunction with BHP Billiton invites applicants, both male and female, who are interested in commencing an apprenticeship at Olympic Dam.

To apply, forward a cover letter and resume with three referees to:

Darren Lowe, BHP Billiton Contract Manager Career Employment Group

PO Box 50, Roxby Downs SA 5725

All applicants selected will undergo aptitude testing, a pre‐employment medical inclusive of drug and alcohol testing and an interview to determine suitability.

Applications are now open for these positions

“Training today’s youth ‐ for tomorrow’s future workforce”

Opportunity for an experienced electrician to join the maintenance team at the Angas Zinc Mine (Strathalbyn, SA) on a 4 x 4 12 hour shift roster.

Duties include: all facets of electrical breakdowns and maintenance, inspection of electrical infrastructure, fault finding, HV work, installation of electrical services, maintenance of remote controlled mobile equipment.

Essential experience and criteria: • Electrical Trades Qualification • 3-5 years post qualification experience • HV switching competency

• A solid commitment to safety • Ability to work unsupervised • Willing to reside in close vicinity of Angas Zinc

Mine, Strathalbyn - this is not a FIFO position.

Exposure to fault find/diagnosis/testing and knowledge of different types of electrical work and RCT remote control maintenance experience highly regarded.

If your skills and experience meet the above criteria, and you are seeking to work close to home, please send your resume to: [email protected]

Shift Electrician

POSITIONS VACANT

POSITIONS VACANT

PUBLIC NOTICES POSITIONS VACANT

DRIVER - Experienced MC Licenced Driver required for overnight Roxby Downs to Port Augusta changeovers. Enquiries to BSH Transport Roxby Downs 0405 134 427.

GERRY’S DUBLIN MEATS Top quality, grain fed meat at affordable prices!!Great value, mix and match meat packs. PH: 8529 2229

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES

COMMERCIAL print-ing services now available through The Monitor. Phone or call for a quote, Phone 8671 2683 for further information.

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Far North


TLC with KC“I started as a youngster with my crazy, wild friends. The TLC show is a reminder of that ‘Tender Loving Care’ we shared.

Occasionally you’ll hear some golden oldies, songs of an in-between nature that bring us to the newest music- which is sure to get you up and dancing.”

“Music is my passion, radio is my life”“It’s all about the songs you request,

Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 - 5pm”Phone: 08 8671 2545 • Email: [email protected]

WHAT’S ON

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 School ChapelKeith Moody Phone: 0414 570 871ST. BARBARA’S PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH78 Pioneer Drive, Roxby DownsSaturday @ 6.00pmSunday @ 9.00amContact Fr Kevin Matthews on Phone 8671 0925ANDAMOOKA/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 366 619

ANDAMOOKA OPAL GIRL GUIDESAndamooka Community Hall Mondays from 5:00pm to 7:00pmPhone: 0427 072 710

OUTBACK MULTI-CULTURAL GROUPPhone: 8671 2892

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

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 • 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.WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGECommencing Monday September 27 at Body Care Squash & Fitness 2 High St Pt Augusta. 12 week challenge, nominations close Friday 24th September. Individual & team prizes to be won. Lose weight, gain confidence!! $175 per person (teams of four) Call for info: Body Care Squash & Fitness 8642 2178

HEALTH

across the regionVISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday9:00am - 12:00pm Saturday and SundayPhone: 8671 2001CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT - MOVIESTuesday, Friday, Saturday & SundayPhone: 8671 2001ROXBY DOWNS TODDLERS’ STORY TIME 9:30am - 11:00am Tuesday & Thursday (repeated)Meet at Roxby Downs Library during school Terms OnlyANDAMOOKA TODDLERS’ STORY TIME10:30am Monday - Fun for 1-4 years. Phone: 8672 7018Meet at Andamooka Community LibraryPLAYGROUP - St. Barbara’s Parish School Wednesday 9:30am & Thursday 1:00pmCall School: 8671 3207PLAYGROUP - Roxby Downs Kindergarten9:30am - 11:00am Friday. Contact Kylie 8671 2447 ANDAMOOKA PLAYGROUP 9:00am - 10:00am TuesdayROXBY DOWNS’ HEALTH SERVICES COFFEE MORNING9:30am - 11:00am ThursdayMeet at the Dunes CaféRAPTORS CYCLING CLUB8:00am SundaySocial bike riding group. Meet at Stuart Road roundaboutROXBY DOWNS CHILDCARE6:30am-5:30pm Monday to FridayPhone: 8671 0911ANDAMOOKA CHILDCARE7:30am-5:30pm Monday to FridayROXBY 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 609SOUL 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.infoCINEMA AUGUSTACurrent Movies: Avatar 3D, Step Up 3 3D, Killers, The Expendables, Piranah 3D. Various sessions available at Carlton Parade. Contact 8648 9999PORT AUGUSTA ORCHID CLUB SPRING SHOWFriday 24th (9:00am - 6:00pm) – Saturday 25th September (10:00am - 1:00pm) at the Pt Augusta City Council 4 Mackay St Pt AugustaPort Augusta Orchid Club Spring Show will be held in the Port Augusta City Council (Civic Centre) Foyer on Mackay Street, Port Augusta.Call for info: Coral Ellis 8643 6016 or Leita Fennell 8642 5305

Tomorrow When the War Began

The Monitor Movie Review

By Shane Hough – Youth & Social Services Coordinator

I am going to admit that when I fi rst heard that this bestselling Australian novel by John Marsden was being adapted for the big screen, I was massively excited – I even have had the movie poster on display in my offi ce for months now. However, there was a small part of me a little sceptical with its low budget of $20 million and little known teenage actors to play the parts of our much loved characters; it really had great potential of being ‘Home and Away’ but with guns.

Having the third biggest opening weekend for an Australian movie in history ($3.8 mil-lion) and surpassing $8 million in takings in the last few weeks, this movie isn’t only a hit, but now the biggest Australian movie of the year. I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak screening recently in Adelaide before it hits the screens up here in Roxby. With a packed out cinema, you could sense the anticipation of the true fanatics of the ‘Tomorrow’ book series.

With a total of seven books in the series, plus numerous spin-off s, ‘Tomorrow When the War Began’ has been a must have novel set in school curriculums since its release back in 1993, thus covering a whole genera-tion of young people. Th e story touches on the innocence and typical lives of a group of teenagers living in the country town of Wir-rawee. We fi nd that the girls talk of the boys they have crushes on, their fi rst sexual experi-ences, whereas the boys have issues with the

police and drugs, amongst other teenage is-sues. Wanting to get away for a bit, the group set out on an adventure into the bush for a few days. Completely out of contact with the rest of the world they have no idea what awaits them when they return. A Coalition of forces has invaded Australia due to unrest regarding our population cap. Th is is where the story turns from teen drama to an action packed, explosive fi lled thriller that has you on the edge of your seat. With family locked away at the local showground, used as a makeshift prisoner of war camp, the group of teens are forced to either do nothing and hide or take on the forces head on. Th is emotional roller-coaster shows how they have to deal with the consequences of their actions including having to kill others for their own survival. With other movies set to follow, the end defi nitely has you wanting more. It is easy to warp this storyline into a situation that could easily face a town like Roxby Downs, along with the youth show-ing the power of what can be achieved when banding together, no local should miss this blockbuster.

Final verdict: , realistic special eff ects, decent acting, heart racing scenes and true to the book. A must see for all ages, espe-cially for all of us cult followers of the ‘Tomor-row’ series.

Tomorrow When the War Began opens at Roxby Leisure’s Outback Cinema, on Th urs-day 14th October at 6pm, be sure to book your tickets early.

BHP Service AwardsThe BHP Billiton Uranium Service

Awards will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2010 in the Roxby

Leisure Auditorium. This year’s awards will include em-

ployees of the Uranium Customer Sector Group (CSG) at both Olympic Dam and Adelaide.

Service Awards are presented to employ-ees who have reached 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years service with either Olympic Dam or BHP Billiton.

Some recipients have spent all or most of their years’ service at Olympic Dam, while others are long-term BHP Billiton employees who have worked in a variety of operations across the company.

According to a BHP spokesperson, “Th is year there are over 90 recipients, with a 40-year recipient (Jim Spring) for the fi rst time. Jim retired earlier this year but will be com-ing back to Roxby Downs for the Service Awards night. Th ere is also one 35 year recipient (John England) and two 30 years (Jeremy Folwell and Barry Hewlett).”

Th e 2010 event will feature surprise Aus-tralian performers and a sit-down dinner for recipients and their partners, presentation of awards and prizes, and video ‘vox pops’ of some of the recipients shown through-out the night.

“Service Awards 2010 is shaping up to be another fantastic night and a fi tting celebra-tion of many years service achieved by our employees,” BHP stated.


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By Millie Thomas

Roxby Downs is a buzzing, thriving town with countless sporting and social events to dot the calendar every year.

What a lot of people probably don’t realise is the amount of time that volunteers donate to get these events up and running. Associations such as Rotary are always ready give a helping hand to an event, as are the Freemasons Society. But it’s not only these high profi le organisations that help out around the town, its individuals too, who make a dif-ference.

Twenty-three year old Ben Haines has lived in Roxby Downs for most of his life, and is actively involved in sports and sporting volunteering around town. Having been in-volved in basketball and football volunteering over a seven year period, Ben is putting the call out for community mind-ed people of Roxby to become involved.

“I started off doing it because no one else would. No one would put their hands up and once I did it, I realised how rewarding it is and just helping the kids out and seeing them improve,” he said.

“As long as you’re mature enough and show a bit of leader-ship, feel free to volunteer.

“Basically I just train the children during the week and coach them on the game day. I coached under 12s. We won one game during the season, and lost the grand fi nal! On average it’s about two – three hours a week including the game.

“I’m a shift worker, so I get a friend, Dave Kaminski to help me out when I can’t make it. And Harry Harrison, our manager, helps out a lot.

“We need plenty of volunteers! Th e biggest thing I think is that there are enough people to run it, but there’s not enough to run it well. Since I’ve been there we’ve always worked with the bare minimum. I would like to see parents help out a bit more. Quite often they come down and drop their kids off and duck out again,” he said.

“Th ere’s umpiring and goal umpiring and book keeping and just general helping out.

“I also used to do a lot of basketball volunteering, I’ve actually done a lot more of that over the years. I’ve since stepped away from that, but this year I would like to get back into it.

“In basketball they need a lot more people to organise it, as it is a bigger league and there’s a lot more stuff to do.

“Basketball season is coming up soon so it would be great for people to become involved in that. I think a lot of people when they are asked to coach, they don’t think they can do it, but when it comes down to the bare minimum, we need you.

“If you do a bad job of coaching or a bad job of umpir-ing, it wont matter, everyone will just be grateful that you are there.

“I’ve seen these kids that I have coached in previous years, mucking around and not doing anything, so you know you could volunteer and give a little bit back, it would be good.”

Basketball season starting on October 9, the weekend before school starts in 4th term, however the minis will start the following week in the fi rst week back at school.

All nominations must be in this week at the latest Th urs 23rd Sept. Anyone wishing to coach or umpire contact Linda Evans on 0417 142 485 Jodie Brind on 0419 166 248 or [email protected], or Bev Zeptner on 0418 846 079.

Ben Haines kicks off volunteering for Aus-kick

More than $28 million in additional funding is being allocated in this year’s State Budget to help local sporting clubs to upgrade facilities

and grounds. Recreation and Sport Minister, Michael Wright says funding

available through the annual Community Recreation and Sport Facilities Program - which funds grassroots facility develop-ment and upgrades - will be more than quadrupled, increasing by $5 million a year.

“Strong sporting clubs support stronger communities. Th at’s why the Rann Government is taking action to ensure com-munities have facilities they need to encourage healthy, active involvement in all forms of sport,” Mr Wright said.

“Th e increase will apply immediately with $6.49 million available in 2010/11 with local sporting clubs able to submit their applications from next Saturday, 18 September.

“In addition to the increased annual program funding of $5 million, the maximum amount clubs can apply for has been increased from $300,000 to $500,000. All funding is required to be matched by the applicant through other funding sources or in-kind contributions.

“Th is matched funding requirement means that our total annual investment of $6.49 million into the program will re-sult in at least $13 million worth of economic activity across the State.

“Not only will local sports organisations benefi t, but local employment will also be provided with a signifi cant boost through the projects coming from successful program ap-plications.

Sport and active recreation clubs and associations, local government authorities and school councils are eligible to ap-ply for facility projects that meet a demonstrated community need and provide access to the general community.

Applications close on Monday, November 15. Eligibility criteria and funding guidelines are available at

www.recsport.sa.gov.au

$28.6 million boost for

grassroots sporting clubs

in SA

Desert Dirt Kart

Club ResultsJ Juniors-1st – Mick Calligaris2nd – Michael Booyens3rd – Tim Bland

KT Open1st – Tom Wilson2nd – Jack Laurence3rd – Peter Wilson

Special mention to Ash-ley Ali who was moved up a class this last weekend to compete with the Juniors, and did exceptionally well.

Th anks to all members who participated in the Stewards course with Chief Steward Coordinator Mal-colm Hall.

Th e weekend had perfect weather for racing! Next meet is the KT Open on October 22 and then the last meet for the season is the Presidents Cup on No-vember 13.

LEFT: Emma Killeen passes the ball in mixed netball last Wednesday night.

Sports Report

Wednesday Netball: 15th September 2010

Women’s:Tangos 38 defeated Desert Demons 25Sporty Shorties 26 de-feated Vixens 7

Mixed:Roxby PLeisure 30 defeat-ed Goal Diggers 23Old Skools Back 33 de-feated Hornbags 32

Indoor Hockey:16th September 2010Frogs 5 defeated Blues 4SRTA Scorpions defeated Hot Shots 5


WEEKEND GOLFWEEKEND GOLFResults Results

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PLAYERS WANTEDWanderers Cricket Club

Players wanted for the upcoming cricket season 2010/2011 ,come and join last year’s

premiers in the quest to go back to back.If your keen for a hit or bowl we welcome you

to come out to training every Wednesday night starting at 5:00pm.

Any further questions regarding cricket in Roxby Downs or unavailable to train due to

work commitments please contact:

Brad Cox : 0457 513 363 Jason Carrol :0411 372 228Ryan Selkirk : 0402 177 972

WHAT’S ON sports

BUTS & GUTS - Group Fitness Room - 9:00am

VOLLEYBALL - Sport Stadiums - 7:15pm- 9:30pm

DO SHOTOKAN KARATE

Auditorium - 6:00pm- 9:00pm

SOCIAL COMMUNITY TENNIS

Lawn Courts - 10:00am- 11:00am

JUNIOR SQUASH

Squash Courts - 5:30pm- 7:30pm

MONDAY

JUNIOR INDOOR HOCKEY

Stadium 1 - 5:00pm- 6:00pm

MIXED INDOOR HOCKEY


JUNIOR BASKETBALL DNSP TRAININGS


NIPPY GYM Auditorium - 9:30am - 11:30am

THURSDAY

BALLET - Auditorium - 3:30pm-6:00pmFAIRY BELLE BALLET -Squash Crts -3:30pm - 4:00pmJUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGSOutdoor Courts - 4:00pm- 6:00pmPUMP - Group Fitness Room - 9:00amWEDNESDAY SOCIAL NETBALL(Womens/Mixed)Stadiums - 6:30pm- 8:10pmDO SHOTOKAN KARATEAuditorium - 6:00pm- 9:00pm

WEDNESDAY

SOCIAL BADMINTONStadium 1 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

FRIDAYBALLET - Auditorium - 3:30pm - 7:30pmCOME AND TRY SOCCERSchool Oval - 3:30pm-6:00pmSENIOR SOCCER - Sports Stadiums - 6:30pmSQUASH SPRING PENNANT COMPETITION Squash Courts - 7:00pm- 9:00pmJUNIOR BASKETBALL DNSP TRAININGS Stadium 2 - 5:00pm- 6:30pm

TUESDAY15th to 21st September 2010

SUNDAYJUNIOR SOCCER

School Oval -10:00am

JUNIOR BASKETBALL DNSP TRAININGS

Stadium 1 - 10:30am-12:00pm

TENNIS TOURNAMENT -

Lawn Courts - 9:00am - 5:00pm

By Millie Thomas

The Roxby Swim Club has been highly successful over it’s years of operation. We have seen great swimmers produced

from hours of rigorous trainings such us yester year’s Spencer Crafter and today’s Julia Weltner.

Th is year the club is undergoing major changes to help alleviate the stress managing and train-ing fl ocking numbers of children who want and need to learn to swim, and to help microman-age both the competitive and non competitive swimmers.

Th e Monitor spoke with Tony McGauchie, President of the Swim Club, and Michael Esposi-to, Operations Manager of Roxby Leisure to talk about the new partnership that has formed prior to the start of the 2010 / 2011 swim season, and how the ‘swim’ operations will be conducted.

Although both Roxby Leisure and Roxby Swim Club have both off ered swim lessons in the past, this new movement from both will ensure more intimate coaching and general lessons for all.

“Basically what’s happening this year, the swim club is not actually going to provide that level anymore. So we’re not going to supply swimming lessons anymore,” he said.

“What we’ve spoken about with Michael (Es-posito) late last season, and in preparation for this season, is that he as Roxby Leisure would provide swimming lessons and in conjunction with that we (Roxby Swim Club) would provide a pathway for the people in swimming lessons to come through to the Swim Club to be taught and coached competitive swimming, if the need or want was there.

“What we’ve come up with is basically when we hold time trials and those sorts of things, we’ll hold those with the swimming lessons students as well and judge and assess them on their abil-ity and swimming times and accept them if they are ready to come up and take the next step into competitive swimming.

“Our club this year is centred entirely around competitive swimming. We’ve got 40 spots avail-able for swimmers to receive coaching. Th e rea-son why we’ve done that is because we’ve only got coaches available to cater for that amount of people.

“Roxby Leisure is providing a structured pro-gram of which they’re basing their swimming program on Life Saving Association of Australia. Within that they’ll focus more on learning to swim and survival techniques, but there will also be some technical aspects to swimming as well.

“It all really comes down to the relationship we’ve had with Roxby Leisure over the years that the Swim Club has run; we’ve always had a good relationship with them. If we didn’t have this re-lationship, well we wouldn’t have been able to use the facilities and the longevity of the club would have probably been short lived!

“Th ank to the community also for their patience during training as we do restrict the area the pub-lic can use on hot summer days, their patience and respect of our training area is much appreci-ated.” He said.

Mr Esposito confi rmed Mr McGauchie’s posi-tive outlook on the new structure. “Roxby Leisure is keen to strengthen the partnership with RDSC. Th is partnership will mean the RDSC can focus on competitive swimming while Roxby Leisure can focus on Learn to Swim and water safety pro-grams,” he said.

Swim Club and Roxby Leisure join forces

OVERALL WINNER

CHRIS ZANKER 6

DIV 1 ROBIN PASSMORE 2DIV 2 ROB PAXTON C/B 2

LADIES/JNR SALLY BENN -1

SWEEPSTAKES HARRY NOLL 2GREG BRIND 0

MAL PENGLASE 0NEVILLE

PETHERICK-1

GLEN MUGUR -1PETE TEGEN -1

LONG DRIVE DIV 1

GLEN MUNGURLONG DRIVE

DIV 2PETE TEGEN

LONG DRIVE LJ SALLY BENN

NTP DIV 1NEVILLE

PETHERICKNTP DIV 2 MISSED

NTP LJ MISSED

Darts ResultsResults of last week’s fi nals which were played at the Golf Club is as below:Green defeated Opal Cutters 6-4FODFA defeated Wolves 6-5Next Week’s Games to be played at the Golf ClubCobras to Play OD GreenOpal Cutters to Play FODFAPlease come and support the teams in the 2nd round of fi nals

Running of the Bulls

- Roxby style!

Riders risked life and limb as they tried to stay on

these bucking bulls for eight seconds.Photos by

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The inaugural 2010 Kempe Bullride held on Saturday night was an outstanding success when about 1500 people from

all over the state and interstate fl ocked to the town.

From children’s entertainment to a rocking late night band, the large crowd revelled in the begin-nings of what is hoped will be a new annual event for Roxby.

“We had 1100 adults through the gate and about 300 or 400 children, so all together about 1500 people,” said event organiser, Matt Braithwaite.

“Adam Hinkley took out the open bullride win-ning $6,500. Jarrod Hunt took out the Second

Division bullride and Richard Trainer and Chris Dawnoff got equal second.

“Everything went really well. We ran out of ice at about 10:30pm but Chad Oldfi eld got out of bed and helped us out there.

“Th is will most defi nitely become an annual event. I’ve already got all the major sponsors back on board and we’re going to make it a bigger show next year with a lot more cowboys! Next year, it’ll probably be bulls and bareback.

“I was very happy with how the event went, but I am so tired now! Glad its over for this year. A massive thankyou to all sponsors, volunteers and all who came out to the racetrack to make the night a success,”

“A special thanks must go to Tommy T and Michelle for their generosity in time and helping set up the venue. Also to Daisy from BSH and all the bar volunteers - you all did a fantastic job!”

he said.Sponsors of the event were many, showing

just how much community support local busi-nesses extend. Sponsors included Kempe, Skilled, Cape, York Civil, Th e Monitor, Cav Power and CAT Rental, The Roxby Downs Community Club, Jack Daniels, MPS, Precision Engineering, Monadelphous, Raine and Horne, Rema Tip Top, the Saunders Family (Tracey, Dallas, Courtney and Jayden), Chives Restaurant, Alison Altree, Greyhound Australia, Coates Hire, Roxby Downs Racing Club, Biancos, Leo and Marie Cormack, Cowell Electric and BHP Billiton.

Th e town’s revenue received a major boost from the incoming tourists, with local accommodation bursting at the seams. Francesca Nistico from Roxby Downs Motor Inn and Lesley March from Myall Grove Caravan Park commented.

“We were busier than normal,” said Ms Nis-

tico “We were at about half capacity, we usually only have about four or fi ve rooms booked on the weekend, so it defi nitely boosted the community’s revenue!” she said.

Lesley March said the caravan park was basi-cally booked out. “We were completely booked out with villas, but that’s partly because of a shut down. It was mostly campers here. We don’t have a lot of sites, but they were all full.” She said.

Chris ‘Tex’ Brand, who held a charity ride at the event for the RFDS was unavailable for comment, but his boss Darko Filko at York Civil said his ride and the entire event was a success.

“I had a blast, I’m going to be ringing Matt Braithwaite in the next day or so and have a good talk with him about next year’s event,” he said. “Tex did stay on for the full eight seconds. I think we would have probably raised around the $2,000 mark at this stage, just in initial calculations.”

First Bullride a successFirst Bullride a success

Photo by Charmayne Cronje Photo by Charmayne Cronje

the monitor newspaper for 22nd september 2010

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