the monitor newspaper for 30th march 2011

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Vol. 8 Wednesday, March 30, 2011www.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843

By Celeste Lustosa

Th e Billy Cart Bash held its second event last Sunday March 27 and as many people enjoyed the races and diff erent attractions all day long, event organisers said it was a huge success.

Jack McGuire, event organiser, said the day has exceeded all expectations.

“Although I can’t get an exact number at this point, I am pretty sure there were more people attending the event this year, which was great. One example of that is that most of the time, the grandstand was full of spectators and that was good. Th e pit and grass areas were also full.

“Overall I am very happy, more than im-pressed and it was defi nitely bigger and better,” Mr McGuire said.

He also said that over 40 people raced, which is probably the same as last year, but more peo-ple came to watch the races.

“It is a great priv- ilege to be associ-ated with people that give their time to this com-

munity, not o n l y t h e

volunteers but also companies giving in kind sponsorship to this event. It more than doubled the amount of sponsorship that we got last year,” he said.

“Th ank you for Tony Treloar for the support and once again Sodexo being major sponsors. I also can’t thank enough the guys from Cape that at 4.30 this morning (Sunday) put up the grand stand at the fi nish line. All the sponsors are more than appreciated.

“I also want to thank all the mums and dads that got behind their kids and we believe that it must have been a great experience from the family’s point of view. Th at’s what this is all about. We have the aim to fundraise and also make sure the money stays in Roxby Downs but this event is all about the children, the families, and the community,” Mr McGuire added.

He also stated once again that each year they will fundraise for a diff erent cause and this year funds will go to the Parents and Friends As-sociations of Roxby Downs Area School, Saint Barbara’s Parish School and Andamooka Pri-mary School.

“I would like to thank the commu-nity groups that

were here today with the stalls and the Remote Control Car Club, Go Karts and Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club were also present and we appreciated it.

“I also want to thank my ‘cameraman’ Travis (Hague) who is making a documentary about this event.”

Travis Hague also spoke to The Monitor about his role.

“Th e intention is to make a documentary from the event to fundraise and also as mo-mentum for those who got involved. We want to have it available at the Visitor Information Centre. We want everyone to realise our com-munity does things like this.

“Th is event is just classic Roxby Downs and how it was set up and patronised, it’s just old fashion entertainment and fun. It’s what makes for a great day.

“For me to have the opportunity to get in-volved and do what I did, see the other volun-teers, I just loved it,” Travis said.

Karl Scothern, one of the minds behind the crea- tion of the Billy

Cart Bash, said “the day was absolutely

fantastic.

“I was very happy that the day went really smoothly, apart from a few minor injures, and the races were on time, we did everything on schedule and the people that came to support the event were great.

“To get all the parents, families and com-munity groups and have them showing people what they do and what they are all about makes it even a better day.

“It will probably take us a month to get the fi nal bills sorted out and be able to know how much we have left to donate. But as soon as we know how much we fundraised, the money will be distributed to the P&F groups,” Mr Scothern concluded.

Th ank you to all the sponsors!

PODIUMPLACES

5-7 Traditional Winners: 1st Gus Steer; 2nd Sonia Goldsworthy Speirs; 3rd Angus Paisley.

5-7 Home Grown Winners: 1st Blake Francis; 2nd Hilmar Backer; 3rd Lach-lan.

8-11 Traditional Winners: 1st Tex Har-rison; 2nd Harvey Michels; 3rd Jacob D’Atri.

8-11 Home Grown Winners: 1st Lo-chie Herring; 2nd Adam Durandt; 3rd Reiley Holder.

11-15 Traditional Winners: 1st Sax Brougham; 2nd India Priest; 3rd Ma-tilda Cordy.

11-15 Home Grown Winners: 1st Jack-son Millard; 2nd Nissa Gordon; 3rd Amber Goldsworthy-Speirs.

Silly Cart Winners: 1st Phil Moon; 2nd Tyson Ellery; 3rd Christy Mar-

tin and Tracey Michels.

Under 15 Team Relay Win-ners: 1st Jackson Millard and Riley Holder; 2nd Tex

Harrison and Harvey Michels; 3rd Blake Francis and Zach Noll.

Corporate Cup Win-ners: 1st Tyson El-lery and Cameron Friggs; 2nd Adam Sheaman and Phil Moon; 3rd Jackson and Tracy Millard.

Bumper Bash“Exceeds all expectations”

TOP: Young Blake Francis jubilant after his fi rst win in the down hill.

LEFT: Corporate Cup winners

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About Townwith Mary Lewis

A question of faith?“Floods, rain, bushfire, layoffs, bullying, mice plagues! Are you angry with the world? Are you angry at the unfairness of it all? Are you angry with God?”

“Well yes, yes and ... ... angry with God? Well I’d have to believe there is one wouldn’t I? And I’d have to believe that he or she was in action wouldn’t I? And I’d have to think he’s mean and horrible and capricious and vindictive wouldn’t I? And if there is a God I don’t think I want him or her to be mean and horrible and vindictive and fi ckle so ... it’s best not to believe in God at all.”

We can have a false concept of God; we make up a picture of God in our minds and believe it – or hope it’s true – or not – depending. When we think like this it’s creating a God in the image of our own imagina-tion. Now I don’t know what your creative abilities are like, but I’m glad God is diff erent to my imagination – bigger, stronger, richer. I’m glad that God is not just what I make him out to be – limited by my worldview and squeezed by my limitations and perspective. In fact, when I shape God according to my own imagina-

tion it’s as if I’ve turned my back on God; I’m denying God’s true nature; I’m not allowing him to be who he really is.

Th e truth about God is not dependent on what I think or you think. God is who God is; there’s an ul-timate truth about it. It stands independently from my understanding or interpretation or yours. God is. When God spoke with Moses and asked him to lead the Israelites, Moses asked, “So who are you?” God said, “Tell them that the Lord, whose name is ‘I Am’, has sent you. Th is is my name forever.” Cryptic? Yes. Needs understanding? Yes. So how do I fi nd out; how do I fi nd out who this God is and what this God is like and how this God acts and thinks? God says, “By my grace and your faith.” God said to Moses, “i will be with you. And you will know that I am the one who sent you.” God wants us to know and understand God – the truth, not just our imaginations. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world! Follow me, and you won’t be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.” When I want to know the truth about God I dig into his word, the Bible. It sets my imagination free to understand and know God.

Many of the people that we meet at FliipSyde Youth Health Service are young carers. In other words, they’re young people who help to look after a person that’s suff ering from a disability or illness.

In South Australia there are over 14,800 people under 18 who are young carers so if you’re one or know someone else who is, you’re certainly not alone. Young carers look after a wide range of people in their com-munities; from parents, to uncles and aunties, to brothers, sisters and friends.

They may be living with a fam-ily member who fi nds it hard to get around because of conditions like heart disease or cerebral palsy or they may be supporting someone who is old and frail such as an elderly grand parent.

So what kinds of things do young carers do? Well, helping out can in-clude a wide range of things like do-ing the housework, going shopping, preparing food or helping someone to get dressed or washed. Th ey might also help by doing other jobs such as giving out tablets to the person

they’re looking after, paying the family’s bills or helping their younger brothers and sisters to get ready for the day.

Being a young carer can be really rewarding but it’s also important to remember that it can be very stressful at times. Caring for someone else is a big responsibility and can sometimes lead to people feeling worried, angry, tired and frustrated. If you’re caring for someone else, it’s really important that you look after yourself. Often carers forget about their own health because they’re busy looking after others.

So if you think that you might be a young carer or know someone who is, here are a few tips that you might fi nd useful;

• Ask for support. Remember you’re not alone and there are peo-ple out there who can help you. You might think about asking someone to give you a hand,. Another option is for you to contact a support agency like Carers Australia SA (see below for details).

• Talk to someone. It’s often really good to get things off your chest and to talk about things that are stressing you out. You could try talking to a friend or relative or phone a helpline like the ones shown below. If you pre-fer not to talk face to face you can always let one of your friends know over the internet or by phone.

• Take time out. Everyone needs a break sometimes. Being a carer can be exhausting and it’s really impor-tant to get your rest, not only to keep your strength up but also to refresh

your mind and soul. So try and fi nd some time for ‘you stuff ’, like playing some sport, listening to music, doing a hobby that you enjoy or hanging out with mates. Th ere are also a number of options for what we call ‘carer res-pite’. Th is means arranging time off for you and giving you a break. Th e contacts below can help arrange that for you if you like.

So who can help give you and other young carers support? Well, there are lots of options and all you have to do is ask. Try one of these for size:

• Speak to your local Family Doc-tor (GP)

• Come and see us at FliipSyde Youth Health Service. We’re open every second Thursday at Roxby Downs Area School (mornings) and Roxby Downs Youth Centre, next to the swimming pool (afternoons). Phone (08) 8648 5720 for a free and confi dential appointment

• Contact Carers Australia (SA) www.carersaustralia.com.au or phone 1800 815 549

• Phone the Youth Healthline on 1300 13 17 19 (cost of a local call)

• Visit one of these awesome websites for young people: www.reachout.com.au or www.liquidsalt.com.au/yourshout or www.youngcar-ers.net.au

• Talk to someone you know and trust like a teacher, a youth leader or one of your friends or family

Remember you’re not alone; there are lots of people out there who can help!

Being a Young CarerBy Dr. Andy Kilcross,

FliipSyde Youth Health Services

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By Celeste Lustosa

Roxby Downs National Youth Week 2011 happens from April 1 to 10 and will delight Roxby residents with lots of fun activities.

Th e activities will include dance, fi tness and food workshops, competitions, live music ses-sions, x-box sessions, radio shows, health expo-sition, Bluelight Disco, outdoor movie session and much more.

Th is big event is already mobilising the local community and will also count on the pres-ence of the Member for Giles and Speaker of the House Lyn Breuer for the ribbon cut on Saturday April 9.

Roxby Leisure Operations Manager Michael Esposito told Th e Monitor that “a lot of time and energy has gone in this year’s programme.

“It’s been a collaborative eff ort, coordinated by Shane (Hough), and with the consultation of many volunteers, the Youth Advisory Com-mittee and other members of the community we got the programme together and now it’s a matter of getting as many people attending as possible,” he said.

Amy Pedler and Elyse Weir are the volun-teers behind the ‘How to host a dinner party’, that happens on Monday, April 4 from 4pm to 5pm at the Dune’s Café.

“We will show them how to host a dinner party; how to cook a few meals, which will in-clude an entrée, main meal and a dessert; as well as dinner party etiquette, music selection, etc,” Elyse explained.

Th e girls have experience in hosting dinner parties and are very enthusiastic about sharing their experiences during the Youth Week.

Th ey also told Th e Monitor that some VIP guests will attend the workshop, so the partici-pants can use their new skills straight away.

Make sure you book to participate on this workshop. It costs $15 per person and that in-cludes the three course meal and a drink (plus lots of new skills of course). Places are limited and it must be booked by Friday, April 1.

A Teen Fit Workout for boys and girls 14 and over is also part of the programme that will make our youth sweat.

Instructor Kelly Seward said “Th ey are going to do some fun activities to work the partici-pants’ body weight and fi tness. I want to make it fun.”

She also said that anyone can participate and there will only be 12 per group, so you need to book quickly to guarantee your spot.

“I have done it before in Perth and it was really fun. Diff erent activities to make them fi t but still while having fun,” she added.

Another long awaited event is the Skate Competition, which happens on Saturday, April 2 from 4pm until 7pm. It is a free event but participants must complete entry pack by Friday April 1.

Th e categories this year are:

Skate: Under 12 OPEN (male/female)

12 and over OPEN (male/female)

Bike: Under 12 OPEN (male/female)


Scooter:Under 12 OPEN (male/female)


“We are strongly encouraging female par-ticipation and for families to come down and support everyone.

“Th e event will also have emcees Sam and Miller from RoxFM, which will provide extra entertainment and commentary during the competition.

“We have had support again this year from Darren and Mensland who have been helping us with prizes. We can confi rm that Fiona Ker-rish for SAPOL will be one of our guest judges and it is great that we have got support through Bluelight in this event,” the event coordinator behind Youth Week, Shane Hough said.

Two local members of Roxby youth spoke to Th e Monitor about the preparations to the skate competition.

Brodie, 14 is participating on the skate com-petition with his scooter. “I have been practic-ing for a year and a half and I reckon I would probably do well.”

Sean is also 14 and he is entering the skate competition with his bike. “I have participated in the skate competition during Youth Week last year, but in the scooters category and this year decided to try something diff erent.”

Shane Hough also said he is very pleased with the good mixture of activities planned for the week.

“Th is year for Youth Week we have tried to make it really inclusive, to be able to capture the diversity of the kids in town, which has lead us to have a very extensive programme.

“I need to point out that we wouldn’t be able to have most of the events and activities with-out volunteers and community support. We are aiming to have over 300 volunteer hours worked over the week to help things run smoothly,” he concluded.

Youth Week is set to rock Roxby

Instructor Kelly Seward gives Shane Hough a little taste of what’s coming for the Teen Fit Workout during Youth Week


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By Celeste Lustosa

Immunisation for children and adults can now be done at Roxby Downs Health Services by Community Health Nurse Jazzy Grenville.

“Th e childhood immunisation program be-gins at birth, and continues till 4 years of age, and then is followed up with the adolescent schedule that involves the school immunisa-tion program. All of these immunisations are currently provided free of charge as part of the National Immunisation program,” Jazzy explained.

Polio is one example of a serious disease that has been dramatically reduced because of vac-cination.

“Some of the mums and dads out there may remember the vaccine as an awful tasting syr-up, today we have vaccines that can protect your child from many other serious diseases including whooping cough, pneumococcal and meningococcal to name a few.

“During the immunisation, we explain to parents that most vaccines have mild side ef-fects that can make their child a little unsettled or unwell for a day or so, or have a low grade temperature,” Jazzy explained.

She also said that “before any vaccine can be used in Australia it has been through extensive testing and clinical trials for safety and eff ec-tiveness by Th erapetic Goods Administration licence.”

“Th e diseases vaccinations provide protec-tion for are far worse for the child than having a mild headache or a temperature for a couple of days.”

According to Jazzy, everyone is welcome to bring their children to the hospital for their immunisations. To check if your child is due for immunisation refer to the child’s blue book.

Th e next dates available are: Tuesday, April 12; Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 27.

“Th e dates we are promoting are the upcom-ing ones; however this is a continuous service that goes on all year long. We are basically al-locating one day every week for immunisations and we encourage people to ring the hospital on 8671 90 20 and book their appointment or for other enquires about their child’s immuni-sation status.

“Please make sure to inform your child’s date of birth or Medicare number so I can search the immunisation register and make sure they are due for the vaccination,” Jazzy concluded.

If parents would like more information re-garding immunisation and the vaccines the following website is also recommended www.immunise.health.gov.au .

Flu vaccines also available –SA Health is also encouraging all South Australians to prepare for winter by getting vaccinated against sea-sonal infl uenza.

SA Health’s Chief Medical Offi cer, Professor Paddy Phillips, said it’s important that people protect themselves and their families from the virus.

“As the weather starts to get colder, we begin to see more cases of infl uenza, which is why we are encouraging people to get vaccinated now,” Professor Phillips said.

“Th e seasonal infl uenza vaccine is available free for all people in these high risk catego-ries.”

Infl uenza is a serious illness, causing around

20,000 hospitalisations and between 1,500 and 2,000 deaths in Australia every year.

“Th is year’s fl u vaccine includes protection against the H1N1 (swine fl u) strain.

“While the vaccination won’t stop you from getting regular coughs and colds, it will reduce your chances of getting the fl u, which is debili-tating and unpleasant.

“Th e most common eff ects of the fl u are body aches, headaches, high fever, chills and fatigue.”

SA Health recommends vaccinations for people in the following high risk groups:

• People over 65 years of age• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peo-

ple over 50 years of age and those15-49 years of age with chronic illnesses• People with chronic diseases especially

heart disease, lung disease, kidneydisease and diabetes• People receiving treatment that suppresses

the immune system (such aschemotherapy or radiotherapy)• People with immune defi ciencies, includ-

ing HIV• People in nursing homes and other long-

term care facilitiesFor more information call the SA Health

Media Line on 08 8226 6488Flu vaccines can be provided at: Roxby

Downs Health Services by the Community Health Nurse; Frontier Services’ Andamooka Community Health Service; Woomera Hospital or Roxby Downs Medical Practice and Roxby Downs Family Practice.

For more information visit: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au.

Immunise yourself and your children

Bec Nichols takes her four month old daughter Madeline to be immunised by Community Health Nurse Jazzy

Mining tax must directly

benefi t families in the regions

If there is to be a new mining tax, fi fty percent of it must go to local authorities who can apply it directly to regional infrastructure development,

says leading resources recruiter SmartWorker.SmartWorker, who have worked with half of the Top

10 mining companies in the world, claim a tax which is only siphoned to Federal Government will spark an “un-precedented wave of discontent” in regional mining hubs already struggling to cope with skills shortages.

“Regional development is urgently needed to make mining areas more family-friendly to attract settled work-ers to locations with good proximity to mining,” said SmartWorker Managing Director John Cooling.

“We need whole families to come to the regions to build a sustainable workforce, not just individuals who land and leave. If we must have a tax, make it an infra-structure and amenity tax to encourage development of our regional and remote towns,” he said.

According to Cooling, the lack of resources at local government level means the ‘fl y in fl y out’ culture has boomed to the benefi t of airlines and property developers in capital cities but is taking its toll on the well being of young families and is disruptive in the long run.

“Regional autonomy in education and health care is essential to attract families who will stay and build a life in our mining hubs,” he said.

“We are seeing the eff ects of natural disasters on old and limited infrastructure all through the regions and the country. Redirecting half of the mining tax directly to local infrastructure would take the pressure off our major cities and would be a signifi cant step towards combating the shortage of skilled mining professionals,” he said.

Recent fi ndings from the Queensland Resources Coun-cil’s (QRC) CEO sentiment survey revealed “attracting and retaining skilled employees” as the top issue mining industry executive feel very strongly about.

“If our mining hubs are neglected, the battle to bring skilled people to the regions is going to be uphill,” Cool-ing warns.

“It is frustrating to see damaged or inadequate regional infrastructure and Government leaders and departments wanting the income from mining but not wanting to sup-port the towns themselves.

“It’s like not planting next year’s crop, yet still expect-ing a harvest, together with a policy that will not en-courage workers to plough the grounds or service the machinery.”


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Is hoon driving a local problem?

BHP do it the healthy

wayBy Emma Offl er

BHP Billiton is helping their employees get fi t and healthy by running a 12 week fi tness challenge.

Th e challenge began in March and health and life-style challenges have been run previously at Olympic Dam.

“Th e BHP Billiton Olympic Dam site health team came up with the Health & Lifestyle Challenge as a way to encourage healthy behaviours in our people. Our lifestyles can have a major impact on our health and wellbeing,” a BHP Billiton spokesperson said.

“Not enough physical activity and being overweight can lead to an increased risk of chronic diseases such as some cancers, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Th e good news is that the majority of chronic dis-eases are preventable for most people through daily life choices.”

Th e health and lifestyle challenge is voluntary and available for all BHP Billiton employees and contrac-tors (limited numbers apply).

It involves participants having an initial assessment by BHP’s occupational health nurses.

“Participants’ weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and fi tness are measured,” BHP’s spokesperson said.

“Participants also set goals at this point which might include to lose or maintain weight, increase fi tness or improve their diet.”

Th e participants are provided with all the infor-mation and resources they need to help them reach their goals.

Th ey are also given a pedometer and information about the 10,000 steps program.

At the half-way mark (six weeks) they may have a small assessment to check in on progress and then there is a fi nal assessment at 12 weeks to assess their success.

Th ere are a range of prizes in various categories (such as weight loss and fi tness improvement) to be won, a great incentive for people to improve their health and be rewarded for their eff orts.

Good luck to all participants of this year’s BHP Bil-liton Health & Lifestyle Challenge!

By Celeste LustosaHoon driving causes a vehicle to travel at

very high speed or in a manner that produces burnouts and doughnuts.

Dangerous driving, careless driving, failure to have proper control of the vehicle, causing it to make excessive noise or smoke are also considered hoon-related off ences.

Th ese dangerous driving behaviours place the safety of drivers and other road users at risk and according to the local police the practice is common in Roxby Downs.

“As most people can see from the black tyre marks left on the roads, there is quite a bit of hoon driving happening in town.

Th e Roxby Downs Police is addressing the problem and taking very positive ac-tion. Th ere are currently nine vehicles either clamped or impounded at the police station, which is quite an expensive process for the off ender.

“Quite a lot of the apprehensions are a re-

sult of members of the public ringing up the police. I think it’s fantastic that the public is taking their time to give us a statement, saying what they have seen because without their help we can’t be everywhere, all the time,” Roxby police stated.

Andamooka has also been affected by hoon, reckless drivers. So much so, that APOMA has contacted the presiding mag-istrate asking for assistance in dealing with hoon driving in Andamooka.

“We are currently proposing a 25km zone between the Tuckabox Restaurant and the Bottleshop to prevent this hoon driving and subsequent injury it may cause. We are also sourcing a motor tracker to gather data on vehicles moving in and out of Andamooka. Th is data will help us determine population growth come time of the Olympic Dam ex-pansion,” they stated in their newsletter.

From October 31, 2010 tough new laws to signifi cantly strengthen the South Australian

Government’s crackdown on hoon driving came into operation.

These laws not only provided tougher means to punish the wrongdoers on our roads, but send a powerful message to hoons that dangerous and reckless driving will not be tolerated.

Police have the power to clamp or im-pound a vehicle for 28 days– up from seven days. It is also an off ence to interfere with an impounded vehicle.

Police powers are also extended to permit apprehension of a vehicle for impounding or clamping without a warrant or consent of the owner of the property upon which the vehicle is being stored, where it can be seen to be on the property.

South Australia’s car crushing laws also include an extension of the maximum period of court-ordered impounding from three to six months.

About 2.00am on Saturday, March 26 2011 four persons were arrested in Service Road Roxby Downs for street off ences. Th ese off ences included Fail to Cease Loiter, Hinder Police, Disorder behaviour and Resist Police. Th ey have all been bailed to appear in the Magistrates’ Court at Roxby Downs at a later date.

Vehicle clampedA male youth had his motor

vehicle clamped for a period of 28 days after he was reported for the off ence of Misuse of a Motor Vehicle.

InfringementsOver the last week numer-

ous traffi c infringement notices were issued in relation to speed-ing, failing to maintain eff ective control of a motor vehicle and inappropriate licence.

Barring orders

Two barring orders were is-sued by Police during the week. Both persons were barred from attending the Roxby Downs Tav-ern.

Both barring orders were as a result of a disturbance which oc-curred inside the Tavern and was dealt with by Police, Security and Hotel staff .

ReminderPOLICE and management of

the Roxby Downs Tavern and the Roxby Downs Sport Club wish to remind patrons that a lock out occurs at Midnight on Friday and Saturday Nights.

No patron will be allowed entry into the premises after midnight. Any person leaving these premises after midnight will not be allowed back into the premises.

Th is has been widely adver-tised for months in the print me-dia and on display brochures.

Police clamp another car on the weekend


OPINIONMonitorThe

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Or email [email protected]

LAST WEEK’S HOT TOPIC: Are you worried the Olympic Dam expansion will be mothballed in light of the nuclear reactor

disasters in Japan?

“Are you glad to see the end of Daylight

Saving and is it too long? ”

LETTERS to the editor

Yes, we should all be worried – I am hoping the expansion will still happen because copper is still the biggest income and OD has plenty.

T.A.

Th e media has got hold of this and is mak-ing the nuclear disaster a bigger issue than the earthquake and tsunami and the tens of thousands of people lost in this catastrophe. Olympic Dam’s expansion should not be af-fected by this media circus and no one has said it will be deferred or “mothballed”.

Ringmaster.

I agree with last week’s texter, we are in des-perate need of more netball courts.

Tbird

I agree that the Tav and perhaps even the Club have lifted their games however, some still think that it’s a bit of a hit and miss. Th ough I must say, some improvement is better than none. Let’s see and hope that the trend for better service and better food con-tinue at both these venues and other busi-nesses take a leaf out of their books... par-ticularly the building contractors that charge through the proverbial for their services for simple tasks, that take ages for them to get around to... you know who you are.

With the expansion, let’s hope their stran-gle hold on the consumer here in Roxby will be loosened by new contractors that charge a fair price for a fair job... from the original and the best ‘mystery’ person...

Th e Secret Shopper!!

Are they serious? An indoor pool, what about the facilities that are really needed right now! Outdoor basketball, netball and tennis courts and maybe some shelter and settings around the existing sporting facilities!

Little Mumma

Will the nuclear power advocates please explain how the enormous heat outflows from nuclear reactors do not add to global warming?

A.J.A. Scott, Whyalla

I am dismayed by your paper’s poor jour-nalistic standard and willingness to grab an-ything to fi ll the paper. Th e Monitor, March 16 contained four texts that were obviously written by the same person(s) and were de-famatory to the veterinary clinic.

Does your paper check the text for suit-ability?

If you are going to defame an organisa-tion, how about checking the facts and get-ting the other side of the story? Why do you print texts without including the writer’s name? Good journalism would dictate that you include the writers name and verify the authenticity of the text.

So let’s look at Th e Monitor’s story of the week. Topic: “Are you in favour of the gov-ernment clamping down on fi ne default-ers?”

Text 1: “I don’t appreciate my son bring-ing a rat home when my husband is killing 5 or 6 mice every night. We have a mouse plague, what’s next a rat plague?”

Not only does this text not relate to the topic, but if your son brought home a rat without your permission, tell him to take it back and get a refund. As for the asser-tion that because we have a mouse plague a domesticated rat (not to be confused with a wild rat) will kick off a rat plague is dem-

onstrating an amazing level of ignorance. As for her husband, he’s a legend for killing that many mice each night.

Rats prey on mice and the scent of rats in the area (even domesticated ones) will tend to keep mice at bay, making them more nervous and reducing their fertility.

Text 2: “Rats? Anything for a buck” Qual-ity journalism here. How about: Th e Moni-tor’s text talk, anything to fi ll the paper!

Text 3: “Where is the common sense in pet sales. I can’t believe my kids came home with a rat and apparently a lot of other kids too. No parent permission, good on the lo-cal vet – all to make a quick buck”

If your kids purchased it without your permission, then they should bring it back for a refund. Your texter goes on to state that “apparently a lot of other kids too”. It might have been prudent of Th e Monitor and the texter to check the facts before mak-ing unfounded statements like this. As for your texter’s assertion that supplying a $5 pet rat is “all to make a quick buck”. Do you really believe that?

Text 4: “As if we haven’t enough rodents in Roxby. My son came home with a rat from the local vet without my permission” PS I want my money back – no respect.”

Again we see the texter confusing pet

rats with wild mice. Th e texter loves to drive home the point that their kid brought the rat without their permission. So I feel entitled to also drive the point home that your kid should have returned the rat for a full re-fund. In fact, we have had no requests from young people or their parents for a refund and no complaints about kids purchasing a rat without their parent’s permission.

So “no respect”! You are right, both Th e Monitor and the texter have shown the vet-erinary clinic no respect by making such demonstrably erroneous statements.

So, a few correct facts about pet rats. Yes, they make excellent pets. Th ey are clean and with a clean habitat, have no noticeable odour. Th ey cost very little to keep and have few medical problems. Th ey are ideal pets for teenagers, since they have a life span of three years, parents are unlikely to be left with an unwanted pet when the teenager moves out to a job, university, overseas travel etc.

Dr. Andrew Melville-SmithRoxby Downs Veterinary Clinic.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Comments made in text talk are not the comments of our journalists or necessarily the opinion of this newspaper.

Dismayed by texts

Cooper Creek punt to carry more cars

An upgrade that will allow larger vehicles to use the Cooper Creek punt in South Australia’s far north has been completed, the Transport Department says.

Th e punt on the Birdsville Track is expected to be running again in April as more fl oodwater fl ows from Queensland.

Th e department’s regional manager, Jeff Dodd, says the ferry has been lengthened by two metres to accommodate four-wheel drives towing trailers.

Mr Dodd says the ferry could be in use for half the year because of the amount of water expected to fl ow downstream.

“It’s going to possibly close the road for up to four to six months and I think they’re thinking that the ferry will have to be operating until October, November when it does get here,” he said.

Nuclear power sites in SA will go

Th e think tank, Th e Australia Institute, is tipping support for nuclear power will fall in the wake of the Japan disaster.

In 2006, the institute released a list of sites across the country that would be suitable for nuclear power plants - Mount Gambier, Port Augusta and Port Adelaide were included in the list.

No enrichment or nuclear plant

on my watchPremier Mike Rann has used State Parliament to

hose down the possibility of uranium enrichment or nuclear power plants in South Australia.

Mineral Resources Minister Tom Koutsantonis and Olympic Dam Minister Kevin Foley broke with ALP policy last week when they made public comments in support of an expansion of the industry.

Mr Rann told Parliament no companies had ex-pressed an interest in building a nuclear power plant in SA.

He made clear again his support for ALP policy on nuclear issues.

Opposition Liberal Leader, Isobel Redmond said she was keen for discussion on the issues of nuclear industry expansion.


NEWSMonitorThe

By Millie ThomasLast year, the Andamooka Girl Guides received a $4,000 grant from the Woolworths Fresh food Kids Community Grants program.

Since receiving the money, Girl Guides Co-ordinator Kristi Jackson has utilised the money to benefi t the children in more ways than one.

Although Kristi applied for the grant origi-nally to help fund a trip to the Girl guides State Camp, the money didn’t come to fruition in time. “By the time the money actually came through, the applications had closed for the State Camp, so only two of us went.

“We were a bit disappointed we couldn’t all go on the State Camp,” conceded Kristi. “I ap-plied for the grant back in April (2010), how-ever by the time the money came through, I only had two girls who were old enough to go anyway. Only one had applied to go, and by that stage applications had closed.”

Alternatively, Kristi has spent some of the money on a new computer for the group (whereas before, she was reduced to using her personal computer) and plans to spend the rest on future camping trips and camping equip-ment. “We’re going to have a camp in Anda-mooka with some visiting units from Quorn and Leigh creek and some lone girls who do guides through correspondence in Novem-ber. So we’ll be purchasing the equipment and some of the money will go towards the camp as well.”

The Andamooka Girl Guides have been camping a few times already, but are held up

with lack of equipment and waiting on Kristi’s camping qualifi cation.

Regardless of delays, Kristi and the girls are already looking towards a state camp in 2012 and an international camp in 2013, which will be held in Tasmania.

Th e much needed, newly purchased com-puter will not only be used for accounting requirements, but also for the girl’s social de-velopment.

Kristi said that the new computer would be a great tool for the children to broaden their networks within the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

“Th e girls haven’t used it yet, but they will be using it when we have JOTA (Jamboree of the Air and Internet).” Th e JOTA is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world speak to each other by means of amateur radio contacts. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared, via the radio waves and over the net.

“They’ll be able to learn about different cultures, diff erent traditions, diff erent ideas and on how diff erent people around the world have diff erent ways of doing things,” said Kristi. “Th ey’ll be making friends that they can con-tinually communicate with afterwards as well – there are about three million girl guides and scouts around the world.”

Without the Woolworths Fresh Food Kids Grant, a lot of this would not be possible. “We appreciate that they have given us these op-portunities with the money,” said Kristi.

Grant helps girl guides in more ways than one

Did you know that around 500,000 Australians will be affected by epilepsy in their lifetime?

By Celeste Lustosa

Fundraiser in Roxby - GO PURPLE and help people with epilepsy

Epilepsy is the world’s most common serious brain condition.

An estimated 50 million people across the globe are currently living with epilepsy - in Australia alone close to half a million people will be aff ected by the condition at some point during their lifetime.

Motivated by her own challenges with epi-lepsy, local Roxby Downs resident Katrina Grimwood is embracing the Purple Day, cre-ated back in 2008 and dedicated to increasing epilepsy awareness worldwide.

Th e actual Purple Day is on Saturday, March 26 but Katrina will be selling purple cupcakes and biscuits and soft drinks at the Skate Park in Roxby on April 2, during the Youth Week Skate Competition. Th is will help fundraise for ‘Epilepsy Action Australia’ which is Australia’s national provider of education and support services for people with epilepsy, their families and community, and professionals.

“I had epilepsy from the age of fi ve until I was eight years old. My mum said that my condition aff ected everyone in the family – my parents and sister because I was in hospitals all the time and that meant that the family had to be sepa-rated; mum with me at the hospital and dad with my sister or vice-versa,” Katrina said.

Accordingly family holidays also had to be planned around whether the place they wanted to go had a hospital nearby or not.

“We could only spend holidays in towns that had a hospital.”

“I also missed a lot of school.”

Katrina’s epilepsy developed into Landau-Kleff ner syndrome and times for the family got even tougher because she lost speech and her ability to communicate and understand people.

“My parents had to learn sign language and use card boards to communicate with me and my sister Sara said that was defi nitely the scari-est time for her,” Katrina adds.

Her sister Sara also said that “words can’t describe how it felt when Katrina was better”.

Katrina is fully cured now but she says that “having had epilepsy has made me appreciate each day, because your health can change at any time.

“I feel so blessed I had a rare case of the disease which I grew out of at a young age because so many people suff er from it their whole lives.”

Her father already donates to foundations that help people with Epilepsy but Katrina also wanted to do her bit.

“I will be selling the cupcakes and soft drinks during the skate competition in Youth Week and will be selling some raffl e tickets but I will also be taking people’s donations on the day. So, please help either by buying some purple goodies or making any donations.

“I also want to thank Roxby Leisure for their kind donation,” she concluded.

Phone 1300 37 45 37 to make a Purple Day donation, or visit www.epilepsy.org.au to learn more about Purple Day and be inspired to sup-port Australian’s living with epilepsy.

Katrina will be selling cupcakes to help people with epilepsy.

– Wednesday, March 30, 2011 THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.au

ROXBY COUNCILWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATEWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATE

NEWS NEWS IN BRIEFIN BRIEF

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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

REMINDERSREMINDERS

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 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

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By Emma Offl er

Motorcycle tests are now being conducted here in Roxby Downs.

Stephen Mills, owner and op-erator of Mills Driver Training, is now an accredited instructor to provide practical testing for people wanting to get an R-Date (motorcycle) license.

Stephen lives in Port Pirie but travels to Roxby every fortnight to provide driving lessons to resi-dents and now he is able to off er the Vehicle On Road Test (VORT) to motorcycle riders.

Kerin Edmonds from Roxby Council said, “a lot of people take the opportunity to get their mo-torbike licence when living up here because you don’t have to do the Rider Safe Course that is required elsewhere. It is a bonus of living in a remote location.”

Usually, to obtain a motorcycle license, the driver must complete RiderSafe basic training, apply for their learner’s permit, complete more RiderSafe advanced train-ing and then apply for your R-Date license. After 12 months, you may apply for an R-Class license, which is unrestricted and means you can ride a motorcycle of any power to weight ratio.

Bill Graham was the only in-structor that came to Roxby that could do motorbike testing, how-ever he stopped in about Decem-

Motorcycle testing back in Roxby

ber of last year.“Th ere was a huge hole be-

cause nobody could do the practical test. So Stephen be-came qualifi ed to be able to fi ll this gap,” Kerin said.

The VORT test costs $150 and takes under one hour to complete.

“Students must display safe riding practices both in town, on rural roads and unsealed

roads and also perform slow speed manoeuvres,” Stephen said.

“I’ll get them (the rider) to do u-turns and brake test ex-ercises.”

Before sitting the VORT mo-torcycle test, Stephen advises to ensure three things: that the bike is registered, roadworthy and in good condition, that you are wearing correct and protec-

tive clothing and shoes and that your helmet is in good condi-tion and that you have basic motorcycle driving skills.

Customers can contact Stephen on 0407 722 196. Th e best time to contact him is be-tween 8.30pm and 9.30pm as that is when he has finished lessons for the day.

He requires at least one week’s notice for bookings.

Always ensure you wear appropriate clothing and footwear and a protective helmet when riding

Arcoona Street Arcoona Street lights uplights up

By Emma Offl er

You may have noticed the roadblocks and fencing on Arcoona Street between Stuart Road and Tutop Street recently.

Robert Hutchinson, Electrical Works Of-fi cer for Roxby Power, and others from Cowell Electric were working hard to ensure street-lights on Arcoona Street which had no power supply were connected to a power supply from Tutop Street.

Mr Hutchinson said that pedestrian safety is important and this is why the new cables were installed to the streetlights.

Previous cables had been chewed through by termites, although Mr Hutchinson is confi -dent the new cable used, which has a black nylon sleeve surround it, will not be penetrable by

termites.“It was a pretty big

job,” Mr Hutchinson said, “We had to dig an 85 metre trench down the side of the road inside the footpath and then we ran new cables to them. Luck-ily we were able to pick up a feed from Tutop Street.”

“We put the barri-cades up on Tuesday af-ternoon and the whole job took a full week of preparation. We erect-ed the barricades and organised the traffic management on Tues-day, did the work on Wednesday and Th urs-day and pulled the bar-ricades down and con-nected the street light up on Friday.”

Th ere were minimal pedestrian and vehicle traffi c disruptions at the time and work is now complete.

WATER AND ELECTRICITY METER READSMeter reads for June quarterly billing commenced on 28 March and should be fi nished by the end of this week. Please ensure that gates are unlocked and meters are accessible.

ARE YOU MOVING IN OR OUT OF A PROPERTY IN ROXBY DOWNS?When moving into your property ar-rangements need to be made to con-nect your electricity supply. You are required to lodge the necessary pa-perwork with the Council before 3pm on the day of the connection. When vacating a property you will need to lodge the necessary paperwork with the Council 2 to 3 days prior to the requested fi nal meter reading date. If you would like this paperwork faxed or emailed please contact Council on 8671 during business hours.

OUT OF AREAS CONCESSION FOR REGISTERED VEHICLESIf you are residing in Woomera, Roxby Downs or Andamooka and garaging a vehicle you may be entitled to claim an Out of Areas concession for liv-ing in a remote area. This relates to most types of registered vehicles. The concession gives the applicant a 50% discount to the registration fees component of the fees applied to a registration. The concession is only applied to an individual application for each vehicle. To fi nd out whether you are entitled to claim this conces-sion please call 131 084 or call into the Roxby Downs Council on Wednes-day or Thursday between the hours of 9.00am and 4.30pm.

EMAIL ENQUIRIESPlease note that Council’s official email address is [email protected]. All emails received via this address are then directed to the most appropriate staff member.

Robert Hutchinson and Steven from Cowell Electric hard at work on Arcoona Street

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Th is project has been designed and construct-ed by Normus Urban Projects and is an initia-tive of Housing SA. Th e brief was to provide af-fordable, environmental-ly sustainable, adaptable housing on compact Tor-rens Title Allotments.

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“We are thrilled to re-ceive this industry rec-ognition and to provide this innovative and af-fordable accommodation within the Noarlunga Centre and all the infra-structure the area off ers to the residents,” Normus Development and Mar-keting Manager Dianne Altmann said.

“Th e southern area is a wonderful place to live and we look forward to many more projects in the future.”

More information about Inspire and other Normus Urban Projects will be featured in The Monitor over the next few weeks.

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Terri Scheer Insurance General Manager, Ms Carolyn Majda, said that long-term tenants were of-ten frustrated when their requests for repairs went unanswered and this could end up being costly for landlords.

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WOOMERACOMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

By Celeste Lustosa

BAE Systems current contract with the Defence Support Group (DSG) ends in December 2011.

A company’s spokesperson told Th e Monitor, “we anticipate Defence Support Group (DSG) will issue a Request for Tender in April/May timeframe for the new contract.”

He also said the RFT will contain the required work scope for the new contract period.

BAE Systems provides a range of support services to DSG in Woomera, including general building and facilities maintenance, maintenance of fi xed plant and equipment, manning Ambulance and Fire Brigade serv-ices, grounds maintenance, support to the Woomera airfi eld and support to range activities.

BAE Systems has been providing support services in Woomera for nearly 10 years.

“The new contract (post December 2011) will continue the provision of services to the Woomera township and ranges.

“We anticipate the majority of our employees will move onto the new contract,” the company stated.

BAE Systems is a global defence and security company with approximately 100,000 employees world-wide. Th e Company delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and support services. In 2010 BAE Systems reported sales of £22.4 billion (US$ 34.6 billion).

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Zumba 5.00pm at the School. (Note: Not in holidays)

Indoor Sports 7.30pm at School GymWoomera Pistol Club 7.30pm Call for info Kym

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Dewrang Ave.Woomera Observatory Open from 8pm

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Observatory Saturday sessions available by booking. Call for info 86743227

Golf 7.30am tee off every Sunday, unless otherwise adver-tised. At Golf Club, Tech Area Road

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Rocket Town a smash

at Fringe

By Millie Thomas

Rocket Town, a play written by Brit-born playwright Emily Steel, is a heart felt tale of being a teen

in the bush.

Based in one of our neighbouring towns, Woomera, the play touches on issues that teens today are faced with and how they are magnifi ed when they are faced with geographi-cal isolation.

The play has been shown over the last couple of week at the Adelaide Fringe, and will continue to be shown until March 12th.

Th e play has received rave reviews both from the critics and past Woomera residents. The Monitor spoke with Emily about the inspiration behind the play.

“To me because I’ve got a history of science background, that aspect of it having been this amazing research centre, was particularly interesting to me,” said Emily.

Emily is referring to Woomera’s relatively short but colourful history. Th e town was developed to feed the need for Britain to develop it’s military capability in the second world war and then in 1960, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) operated a deep space tracking sta-tion at Island Lagoon, located about 25 km south of Woomera. Since 1960, the town has been used as host to an national immigration

detention centre, which brought with it a plethora of controversy.

“Having done a masters in history of sci-ence and having done work in that area, I’m interested in the interaction between science and society and I’m particularly interested in those people who are, if you like, on the periphery of the big stories in science and technology.

“Like in the case of Rocket Town these people are family members of the people who work on the range or support the range. I’m interested in the stories of those people who are sometimes over looked.”

The script, which almost immediately outlines teenage drinking and the common hormonal feelings of being misunderstood and ostracized, is what Emily describes as a global problem. “I grew up in a village in Wales, and we used to get drunk in lanes at the age of 12, its not unique in any way.

“I was struck by the way a couple of the kids from Woomera brought it up and from having talked to a few people about it, it does seem to be an issue

“I cant say this for sure, but I know that the kids in Woomera certainly have a bit more freedom in terms of being allowed to stay out late and do what they like than kids in the city who might actually have.”

Emily described her fi rst encounter with Woomera, which was one of a few fi rst memo-

ries of the beginning of her life in Australia. “Th e fi rst time I went there, it was spooky,” she said. “We were in the middle of town at about 7 o’[clock at night, so it wasn’t late by any means, and we didn’t see a soul and it was quite strange.

“Th en when we were confronted by the rocket park, it was that kind of strangeness that made me think wow, this would be an interesting place to write a play about.

“Having gone up more recently to talk to the locals and so the actors could see it, once you know where the people are, it’s not eerie at all! You come to know where all the people are – they’re in the pub or they’re in the observatory but if you’re unfamiliar with it, it can be quite spooky.”

Emily has been happy with the reviews of her play so far, with the Advertiser giving it four stars “wonderful script... acting superb” and an ex resident of Woomera saying “Great acting! Loved the whole thing”.

“Its been amazing for some people to come and see the show and say they have lived in Woomera in diff erent decades,” said Emily. “A couple of ladies came up to me after the opening night and said they were there in the fi fties and it wasn’t like that, then this guy came and went, he was there in the fi fties and it was just like that!”

By Amber Budden, Secretary Woomera Board

Meeting at 6pm, the Woomera Board members, joined by several members of the Department of Defence, Jim Shaw and Deb Holland from the Village Store, and Secretary Woomera Board, Amber Budden, enjoyed drinks and fi nger foods before a short presentation by Board Chairperson, Vince Berkelaar.

Vince spoke about his association with the Board, and refl ected on his time so far on the Board. He closed the speech by saying that the most important part of the Woomera Board is the Woomera community, and that all past, present and future Board members should be proud to see this 1000th meeting. Following Vince’s speech, Warren Newbegin, Support & Strategic Operations Manager Woomera (Defence Support - Central & West), was

invited to speak. Warren introduced the local Woomera members of his staff , mentioned how important the Board is to the Community, and said that he intends to maintain a close relationship with the Board and will try to attend regular monthly meetings where pos-sible. Warren congratulated the Board on their achievement and said that he will support the Board wherever and whenever possible.

Vince followed on from Warren’s speech by reading a letter from Ron Hunter, Regional Director (Defence Support - Central & West), who, unable to attend the Board meeting, wrote to express his thanks and congratula-tions to the Woomera Board and the members, past and present.

Th e ceremonial part of the evening ended with all the Board members in attendance being presented with a certifi cate to mark the occasion.

How long are 1000 meetings? Th e 1000th meeting lasted approximately three hours,

which is the usual length for a Board Meeting (although many have notoriously gone on much longer than that!). If all 1000 meet-ings went for an average of three hours that would equal 125 days. Th is is the equivalent of watching the 2008 film Twilight 1,475 times,1997’s Th e Titanic 927 times, or Gone With the Wind (1939) 756 times. You could also listen to Elvis Presley’s “Blue Suede Shoes” track 80,597 times, watch 1,000 Aussie Rules Football games, or watch all 176 episodes of the seven-seasons of Star Trek: Th e Next Generation 22 times.

Remembering that the Board members are volunteers and that this only refl ects the amount of time at meetings (and not all the time spent at functions or behind the scenes), that really shows an incredible amount of dedication to the Woomera Village.

Congratulations Board members, and to the Woomera Board. 62 years and still going strong.

62 years on and Woomera Board celebrates 1000th meeting!

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper Wednesday, March 30, 2011 – www.themonitor.com.au

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By Emma Offl erWendy Lewis has been a celebrant for over six years and loves it.

“Th e work is so rewarding. It was the love of wed-dings and all the magic that goes with them that sparked the idea of becoming a celebrant, so I guess you could say I’m fulfi lling the dream,” she said.

“I off er the whole gauntlet, meaning weddings, funer-als, naming days, commitment ceremonies and renewal of vows,” Wendy said.

“Anything someone thinks should be a ceremonial event, I can cater for!”

Wendy takes pride in that fact that she writes every-thing, including verses, herself.

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“No two services will be the same.”When Wendy fi rst arrived in Roxby she didn’t think

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By Celeste LustosaRoxFM is seeking the community’s feedback on what they think about our community radio station.

RoxFM manager Julian Tregenza spoke to Th e Monitor about the listener’s survey that is available now and goes until April 30.

“We wanted to get some feedback on what people love about RoxFM; what they think we could do better; what they think we are doing really well; what they would like to her more often.

“We are a community radio station and we are here for the community, so it’s im-

portant for us to move towards what the community wants,” Julian said.

To participate on the listener survey, you can drop in at RoxFM or at the Roxby Council offi ce, pick a copy of the survey and then drop it back at RoxFM; or you can go online to www.surveymonkey.net/roxfm-survey and fi ll it in.

Th e questions range to what are the lis-teners’ habits, what shows they listen to, what range time they listen to the radio, what kind of songs they like, etc.

And for those who fi ll in the survey, they go into a run for a RoxFM prize pack with some nice goodies in it.

“We will collect the information and try to look at our programming and address the things that are brought up.

“Everybody’s opinion is important for us. Criticism for criticism sake is not helpful, but constructive criticism is always welcome and useful for any organisation. Construc-tive compliments are very much welcome too,” Julian added.

He concluded by saying that “anything people have to say, we will look at and make sure the programming suits the community. We hope we are in the right path, but we can always improve!”

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tor of medicine and youth mentor in both Roxby Downs and Port Augusta, but he is also an active musician, having been lead vocalist for band Generation Call for three years and involved in musical performances since the tender age of 16.

Generation Call has just released its fi rst completed album, called Word of Mouth, and Andy spoke with Th e Monitor about the suc-cesses of the band during their short life and the release of their new album.

“It has taken us about two years to record it and we’ve recorded it in Port Augusta and fi nished it up in Adelaide. It’s all original mate-rial,” he said.

“The style is kind of ‘contemporary pop’, that’s the genre they put it under. We’re a bit like Crowded House and a bit like Ben Folds.

“We’ve been together about three years and we’ve had a few achievements – we’ve support-ed Cold Chisel in 2009 - it was outstanding!

“We also supported Shannon Noll that same year. Th is year we’ll be supporting Ross Wilson and we’ve also played with the Adelaide Sym-phony Orchestra.”

Impressive progress from such a young band, no doubt. Th e dynamics of the band includes members with a myriad of diff erent lifetime musical infl uences and achievements. Greg Robertson, the drummer, works at Olympic Dam, Stuart Bailey on bass, Ashley Parkinson on keyboards and of course, Andy as lead vo-cal.

“We play a really wide range of diff erent genres and we’re really into the song writing process, we like to really write the best songs we possibly can. We spend a lot of time working on the songs together as a band and everyone contributes equally to that.”

Generation Call’s music is an eclectic array of diff erent genres and infl uences. As Andy explains, it’s the everyday people in society that impress upon their music.

“We draw inspiration from inspirational people that we meet really. I suppose we all

Generation Call release new albummeet inspiring people in our day to day lives, some of them who over-come some amazing challenges, so I think we’re inspired by local heroes really.”

Having already achieved huge milestones in three years, Genera-tion Call, who have a strong follow-ing locally in Port Augusta, plan to one day hit the commercial music scene, with a breakout performance at the renowned Big Day Out.

“Our dream one day will be a few years from now at the Big Day Out, they have a local bands tent. It would also be nice to play at some of the wineries around and perhaps some interstate touring later on in the year.”

RoxFM manager, Julian Tregenza wants feedback on programming.


What’s happening at RDAS?

Harmony Day ParadeBy Emma Offl er

Roxby Downs Area School joined in the celebrations of Harmony Day on Monday March 21.

A group of teachers and community members organised some extra activities to do on the day which included Aborigi-nal dot paintings, craft activities in classrooms and activities in RDAS’ new special education classroom.

It was suggested to teachers to participate in a hand activity where students painted or cut out their hand on skin coloured paper and displayed them around the school.

Th is year the theme was “Everyone Belongs” so we worked together to promote kindness, tolerance and social harmony as well as working towards eliminating racial discrimination.

Children were encouraged to dress in a national costume or wear something orange, the colour of Harmony Day.

Th ere was a costume parade at lunch time for students to display their national costume or orange wear.

Th e children proudly participated in Harmony Day and showed off their costumes and colours.

Four Year 6 Leaders from Roxby Downs Area School Gemma Th omas, Jessica Brind, Brock Court and Sax Brougham attended the National Young Leaders Day on Friday March 18.

Two thousand students from around the state were at the Convention Centre. Th e RDAS students were fully involved with the presentations taking notes and enthralled by the speaker’s stories of their leadership experiences.

Th e students had fi ve lively and en-tertaining speakers talk about their leadership skills in their various fi elds of endeavour.

Mike Martin is the General Man-ager of Halogen Foundation Australia. Mike told the students that leadership is about infl uence and that there was good and bad infl uence. A good leader is when people listen and people copy them.

Roy Th ompson is the Commander of the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service. Th rough his work fi ghting fi res, Roy talked about making decisions and

that good leaders were observant and aware of a situation and this leads to eff ective decision making.

Kate Leeming was the fi rst person to cycle from Africa’s most westerly point to its most easterly through twenty two countries. Students were enthralled by her stories and photos of her epic journey. Kate said that leadership was about planning and leading by example and to make a diff erence.

Sam Off ord is a gymnast and Com-monwealth Gold Medallist in the Delhi Games. Sam told students that support from family and friends was important. Good leaders lead by example and try to achieve something everyday. In ques-tion time a student asked him to do a fl ip and to every ones surprise he did a handstand and a back fl ip.

Lauren Brant a member of HI 5, talked about her singing career and said that successful leaders achieve goals for themselves and earn respect. In her question time a request for her to sing was rewarded with Lauren doing a song with out any backing much to the stu-dents delight.

The National Young Leaders Day

From left to right Sax Brougham, Lauren Brant, Jessica Brind and Gemma Thomas

Sarah and Jessica in International costume.

By Celeste Lustosa

V ariety, Th e Children’s Charity, has generously donated $28,495 to the Special Class of Roxby Downs

Area School to purchase fi ve pieces of specialised equipment.

On Tuesday March 29 all 100 partici-pants in this year’s Bash came over to the school for an offi cial hand over of the do-nation.

Th e Variety Club is a national not-for-profi t organisation empowering children who are sick, disadvantaged or have spe-cial needs.

With the help of dedicated volunteers and generous individual and corporate supporters, they off er three core pro-grams: freedom, care and future. It’s through these programs that Variety, the Children’s Charity can deliver a unique range of goods and services to assist with the specifi c needs of individual children, across a diverse spectrum of physical, emotional and fi nancial conditions.

RDAS currently caters for seven full-time and one part time student from year 1 to year 10, with disabilities such as Autism, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.

RDAS teacher Kylie Ingram spoke to Th e Monitor about this special and much needed donation and how the money is going to be used.

“Th e Variety had previously donated over $11,000 to our class and then re-cently they rang and asked if we wanted to submit an appeal, so I submitted a list

of the things we needed.”But according to the teacher, they never

expected to get this entire donation. “I basically put down everything and

told them that I couldn’t choose one thing, so whatever equipment from the list we got would be much appreciated.

“We got the approval for a donation. We were so glad that we got something from the list; and then they ring us again and let us know that they were donating money for fi ve things from the list, total-ling $28,495. We were very surprised and overwhelmed,” Mrs Ingram said.

According to her, the main thing they are getting is the LED light touch wall, which has eight panels that will fi ll the wall in the classroom and the kids can use their bodies to move the lights around through the diff erent panels.

“It’s a new thing that has come out and that had great feedback about it.

“We are also getting a ball kit, which is the boys’ favourite at the moment. We have one at the moment that the boys love but it’s more of a kindy size one, so this will be big enough for all the students to access.

“We have such a diff erent age range and diff erent needs in the class, that is often hard to fi nd equipment that suits all of them, but with these fi ve diff erent new ones, there’s something for everyone,” the teacher explained.

She went on saying that “quality of life is so important for these boys and to know that they are happy and excited about it and that we will be able to provide more fun activities for them is great.”

In a speech to the over one hundred Va-riety participants that came to the school, Kylie thanked them for the generous do-nation and explained where the money will go and what impact this will have on the students.

“Saying thank you doesn’t seem enough for me for what they are giving us.”

Th e equipment that will be purchased and their costs are: self-assembly ball pool $7790; LED touch wall $8233; trampoline $1717; sofplay noisy slip and slide $5201 and slit drums $5554.

For more information on Variety, Th e Children’s Charity, visit http://variety.org.au .

‘Variety, The Children’s Charity’ makes generous donation to RDAS

Teachers and students gratefull for the generous donation from

Variety to the special class.

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JOINING FORUMSIf you are interested in joining a forum please

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EDUCATION and WORKPLACE TRAINING

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Cherie Gaskin 8671 2924

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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

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Th e unique project will create a lasting legacy of 30,000 native trees and shrubs planted across 30 lo-cal, rural and remote South Australian communities. Under the project communities from the Far North to the South East, from the West Coast to the Fleurieu Peninsula will be invited to register an interest. Th irty of the most organised and enthusiastic communities will then be selected to participate.

Th e Community Garden Committee discussed the project at last week’s meeting and is keen to apply. If the application is successful the Roxby Downs com-munity will receive 1,000 native seedlings and will be guided through the process of selecting, propagating, planting and caring for them.

“We are looking for communities that want to learn more about the value of revegetation and biodiversity, who want to use this opportunity to enhance the ap-pearance of each town and build community spirit, pride and participation,” Trees for Life’s Chief Execu-tive Offi cer Carmel Dundon said.

“Th ese trees will not only be planted in the com-munity garden reserve but in other reserves around town and will help beautify our surroundings as well as educate the community. Th is project has many side benefi ts. We are keen to involve school children and local residents will learn how to grow native plants which will also benefi t their own gardens.” Executive Offi cer Michelle Hales said.

“Th is will be a fabulous kickstart for the community garden and a chance to involve the broader commu-nity” Ms Hales said.

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

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Trees for Towns

The community garden com-mittee is looking for new members. Can you help?

Th e Community Garden com-mittee, like many other volunteer-ing groups, has been aff ected by the loss of key people. Th e com-mittee which was formed several years ago as part of the Community Board has had some very enthu-siastic supporters over the years. Unfortunately the high mobility of our population and work and fam-ily commitments have meant that people have moved on. As a result the committee is now looking for new faces and fresh ideas to move forward.

Th e reserve located at the junc-tion of Arcoona Street and Pioneer Drive has been earmarked for the community garden and planning of the site has been underway for some time. Th is year also presents an exciting chapter for the garden with some tangible projects on the drawing board. One of these is an application for the “Trees for Towns” program which, if success-

ful, will provide plant stock for the

community garden and other re-

serves around town.

“We need new volunteers to take

the place of people who have left.

If you have a passion for gardening,

community and the environment

we would love to hear from you,”

Chairperson Patrik Ibele said.

“People who enjoy organising and

planning and have great ideas about

plants and gardens are encouraged

to join,” Mr Ibele said.

Th e Community Garden is more

than just a piece of dirt. Health and

wellbeing, social interaction, and

understanding and appreciating

gardening in an arid environment

are just some of the many benefi ts.

Th e long term plan is to incorporate

programs for children and possibly

arts related projects.

If you would like further infor-

mation contact Michelle Hales on

0418 833 818.

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Th is week we went through our fi rst boot camp and it was so much fun. Kelly really made us sweat but because they were various group activities, time went by really quickly.

I felt very energetic during the boot camp and even between exercises I felt like jumping and dancing around. I loved every minute.

But let’s talk now about the next day – I was so sore! I don’t think there was one sin-gle muscle on me that wasn’t hurting.

I am still sticking to trying to exercise three times a week but this one I did more than that. I have a theory that I push myself to the three days but if I feel like doing it more, I never waste my disposition to work out. I must say though that it does not hap-pen that often.

As far as my diet, I was really not very good this week and ate chocolate hot cross buns – supermarket’s fault, not mine, of course, because the hot cross buns are eve-rywhere, right in your face.

I am still going to try to be better and not have as many sweet things (I know you have read it before, but I am still trying).

Another thing is that I haven’t had any alcoholic averages – sticking to my ice teas and loving it!

Th is week we had our fi rst boot camp session. Th e session was great, as Kelly introduced diff erent and fun ways to really work muscles that otherwise we may not reach.

From pushing a weight from one end of the room to the other and playing pass the parcel with a 3kg medicine ball to running up and down the gym stairs, the exercises defi nitely made us laugh!

Monday and Tuesday were the gym, boot camp and netball training as per usual, but I didn’t do as much exercise this week as I would have liked. Th ursday night I couldn’t play basketball due to work commitments and Wednesday night I couldn’t go to the gym as I had just been spray tanned for the weekend (I know what you’re thinking … any excuse will do!), but I half made up for it but having an early morning gym session with Jess Finzle on Friday morning. As we were the only two in the gym at the tender hour of 7am she really focused on helping me improve my technique to get the most out of the exercises.

Eating wise I haven’t been too bad. When I went out for dinner with my sister, I re-sisted a good old parmy when one of the waitresses told me I had to order some-thing healthy! To Jenna – thank you for being there in my moment of weakness!

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””““ But guess what? Th e session was amazing!

I have been to the gym once this week, boot

camp and a personal training session. I would

have liked to have gotten there once more but

time has not permitted!

Boot camp was fun, but very full on! Lots

of exercises that is a bit left fi eld that left my

body feeling the eff ects.

I love feeling sore the next

day though as it means that I

have pushed myself and that

is a great feeling.

Er, ouch. I’m pretty sure everyone got sick of me complaining about how sore I was from Tuesday’s boot camp with Kelly.

I’ll admit, I was terrifi ed before the ses-sion. I was nervous to the point of sweaty palms and elevated heart rate. “Boot camp” is a nasty word (or two, whatever) which immediately has me running scared.

It was hard, but not too hard. I didn’t feel like I was going to pass out at any point (al-ways a bonus) and the next day I was sore! Th e sorest muscles were defi nitely my abs. I knew they were under there somewhere but, damn, Kelly made them scream and beg for mercy.

I’ve been concentrating on incidental ex-ercise this week - walking to the shops in-stead of driving (only a half an hour round trip but every little bit counts!)

I was feeling very down and out of the challenge this week, but a friendly and sup-portive email from Kelly helped pick me up. It made me understand that she really is there for me through this “journey” (oh yes, I used that word, a la Biggest Loser). Don’t you love how everything is a jour-ney?

At my session with Meg I tried Zumba and

did my boxing again.

Zumba was hilarious but I could feel it

working my calves and my legs. Dancing is

the best exercise!!!!

My eating could still do with improving,

especially after a trip out of town!

My goal for this week is to not eat between

meals and after tea and exercise 4 times this

week. I think that the key to eating better is

to be organised and have lunche made so that

I don’t wander down the street!!!


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Pre season game for the Devils

The start of the darts 2011 season was well attended last week.Luke Netherton and RDDL would like to acknowledge the work the Golf Club and volunteers and what have put into the renovations at the Golf Club. In particular, Stephen ‘Belly’ Bell, Geoff ‘Crossy’ Cross and Robert ‘Packy’ Paxton.

Andamooka 60pts def Miners 49 pts

Todd Paull 22pts, Bodie Kelly 15pts and Jake Roberts and Cody Kenny 18pts

eachRollers 103pts def Chocies

33ptsLochie Munroe 35pts, Jayden Brind

28pts and Craig Rainsford 14pts, Jordan Dadleh 11pts

Devils 44pts def Magic 39ptsTyson Horhardt 23pts, Ivan Rey 8pts & Darcy Kenny 17pts, Tom Marschall

12pts

SENIOR BASKETBALL RESULTS

Hypo’s 42pts def Bulls 39pts

Zoey Male 14pts, Elyshiah McCa-rthy 12pts and Jemma O’Sullivan

13pts, Kara Wedding 12pts

Miners Red 46pts def Miners White 28pts

Demmy Orr 20pts, Christine Nicholson 14pts

Cougars 37pts def Ea-gles 28pts

Sarah Weston 14pts, Louise Reid 10pts and Stacey Dadleh 10pts, Deanne Hancock 5pts

Phoenix 36pts def Dy-namite 19pts

Centaine Casserly 15pts, Sam Thompson 10pts and Jade

Crompton 7pts, Emma Turner 6pts

B WOMEN A WOMENA MEN

By Millie Thomas

In a change from far north footballing tradition, the Olympic Dam Devils have used their initiative to give their team a competitive advantage.

Wayne ‘Woody’ Turner (OD Recruit-ment Offi cer) and Scott Peek (OD Coach) last year organised a pre season match with the West Augusta Hawks, in order to help prepare their ‘game face’.

The game, which will be held at Woomera this Saturday, April 2 will give the team many advantages.

Th e Monitor spoke with Peek about the upcoming game.

“We just organised it for more match practise,” said Peek. “Last year we didn’t have a Lightning Carnival so basically we weren’t going to miss out this year on a trial game, and organised it before Christ-mas, so that our lads could play at least a game before the season starts.”

Turner, who has an extensive history

in football, and football at West Augusta, provided the missing link. “Woody used to coach West Augusta, so he’s affi liated and has some mates there. He knows the coach, Ray Hayes as well,” said Peek.

Peek stated that the competition, Th e Hawks, would be a strong side, having made it into the fi nals of the Spencer Gulf League’s 2010 season. He also noted that for West Augusta, it was a chance for them to see how their under 18 players faired in an A Grade game.

What will be an interesting specula-tion for the team, is how they perform against a team they know little to nothing about. “I think in playing against a team we haven’t played against before, there’s no expectations of what you’re going to get from the other team, you pretty much have to go out there and set up how you want to play,” said Peek. “I reckon we’ll go alright. Hopefully everybody will be available, so that’s probably the key thing is if they’re available for the game.”

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SATURDAY

By Millie ThomasAs the last long days of warm weather fade away, the aquatics department of Roxby Leisure shuts its doors for Winter.

Th e 2010/2011 season has been a busy, and extremely successful period for Roxby Leisure, with record breaking attendance numbers.

“Th is has been a reasonably successful season all round,” confi rmed Operations Manager, Michael Esposito. “From a safety perspective, we’ve had no major incidences this year and our attendance has also been one of the highest years on record. In February, we had a record breaking month, with the most amount of attendances we’ve ever had in February,” he said.

Up until February 28, the 2010/2011 swim-ming season attracted 8,590 visits, not including functions at the pool or school visits.

Matt Kinnaird, Aquatics and Kiosk Coordinator, said that the renovations to the area had been a marked improvement. “The new shade sails are really good,” he said. “Th ey’ve been working really well, and everybody loves them – they kind of liven the place up a bit.”

Th e offi cial pool closure date will be this Sunday, April 3, but Matt and Michael assure pool based group fitness classes will be replaced, and with the opening of the indoor pool in July, many aquatic activities will be able to be maintained throughout the winter. “Th e new indoor pool is being constructed as we

speak,” he said. “If everything goes according to schedule, the new pool should hopefully be open by July 1st.”

Th e 16.6 metre, three lane pool will be 1.1 metres deep and features three teaching ledges, designed for assistance to teachers in swim school. Th e pool will be open for Swim School, which will now take place all year round, lap swimmers and the general public.

In an advanced notice, Roxby Leisure is also on the look out for lifeguards for the 2011/2012 swim season. “We will be recruiting pretty heavily for junior and senior lifeguards,” said Michael. Applicants must be at least 16 years old and have a minimum of a Royal Life Saving Bronze and Senior First Aid Certifi cates. “A good lifeguard never gets wet,” said Michael. “It can be a very rewarding part time job, especially for the juniors.”

A training session in Roxby will be announced at a later date, but in the meantime, Michael and Matt would like to thank the public for the successes of the 2010/2011 season. “It probably was the easiest season for lifeguards for people behaving and just having a fun time at the pool,” said Matt. “Everybody who came down just came down for a bit of fun.”

“Th e pool will reopen on the 1st of October this year and so all of the aquatic programming will resume then,” said Michael. “Th ank you to the public for being very well behaved and in constant support of safe swimming throughout the season.”

Pool closes after successful season


A contingent of Roxby Downs riders did very well at Port Pirie with local hotshot Riley Graham winning the open 450cc class and good mate Nic Murray getting third after some bad luck in a few of the races.

Curt Murray was consistent and managed fi fth overall in the 450cc open.

Nic also jagged second overall in the 250cc Senior Lites class while younger brother Curt got fourth in the same class.

Roxby’s up in coming stars also did well with Liam Jenkins get-ting a third in the 7-9yrs 65cc class, Rory Hill a second in the 50cc Div 2 Class and Kade Flavel a third in the same class.

Th e Club had all the representation in the demo class (pee wee 50cc Under 7’s) with Jada Hill screaming around on her peewee

and Taj Gow-Smith having his first racing ex-perience since breaking his fe-mur last year.

It was an awe-some turnout, and the Port Pirie Motor Cycle Club put on a great day, with riders from all over the state coming to practice for the Prince of the Gulf Event on 23 April and King of the Gulf Event on April 24 up at Port Pirie.

Moto Cross Club races at Port Pirie

Riley Graham fl ies high on his way to victory in the Open Event.

RIGHT: Kade Flavel, Taj Gow Smith, Liam Jenkins, Rory Hill, and Jada Hill with their trophies.

By Geoff HayballIn a very competitive Grand Final,

Olympic Dam proved to be just a little bit better than their opponents Roxby Rogues. O.D. won the toss and elected to fi eld.

All their bowlers bowled exceptionally well with good tight lines and length to keep Rogues’ batsmen struggling to score runs freely and kept them to 7 for 119 off their 40 overs. Paul Trotta 28, Paul Polu-jnikoff 28, and David Barnes 20 - made the bulk of the runs, albeit very slowly. Matt Travis 2 for 12, Rein Geraghty 1 for 12, Lucas Holbrook 1 for 14, Seb Holbrook 1 for 24 and Mick Hoff man 1 for 33, all claiming wickets.

O.D. then set about the run chase also quite slowly due to some steady bowling

from David Barnes, Glen Mulders and Adrian Boulton - however it was wickets Rogues needed to apply pressure but they weren’t forthcoming. Steve Westlake 22, Matt Travis 38 not out and star batsmen/wicketkeeper Craig Nichols - 55 not out passing the score at the end of the 35th over to run out comfortable winners.

Craig Nichols was playing his 100th game for O.D. and was awarded the player of the Grand Final. Congratulations Craig ! O.D. finished 2 for 132 with Adrian Boulton 1 for 17 and Paul Trotta 1 for 41 - the only wicket takers.

Hope everyone enjoys their Winter and we’ll see you next summer cricket season.

LEFT: Matt Travis in full fl ight took two wickets for 12.

OD victorious

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By Millie Thomas

A t the SA Country Basketball Council 2011 Junior Country Championships, ‘Roxby Heat’ came home with the

title.

Th e championships, which saw a mixed group of Roxby’s fi nest under 18 and under 16 female basketball players compete, was held from Saturday March 12 until Monday March 14.

In the third division Danielle Weir, Cen-taine Casserly, Zoey Male, Elyshiah McCa-rthy, Maddy Rhodes, Madison Evans, Hannah Rigden and Hannah Wurfel excelled, winning the grand fi nal and doing it in style by remain-ing undefeated.

Th e team, who almost all play social Th urs-day night basketball together for the ‘Hypos’, train every Sunday afternoon for an hour and a half for competitions such as this.

Th e girls are no strangers to winning, and were still on cloud nine after their most recent achievement. “From my point of view we went way better than we did in the Whyalla Cham-pionships, we worked

more as a team and we talked positively to each other,” said Centaine.

“We played as a team in Adelaide.”Madison was grateful for the help of the

under 16s and their coach, Ali Knights, who has worked at a high level with Special Ol-ympians. “It was good that we had everyone help fi ll our team, all of the under 16 players,” she said. “It also helped in Adelaide having Ali as a coach; she really knew what she was talking about.”

Elyshiah McCarthy, playing her last cham-pionships in the junior division, was surprised at how well the team came together. “It was really good,” she said, “We played really well as a team, all of the girls shared the ball and we encouraged each other.

“We didn’t really expect to be undefeated, I expected to do okay but not to be undefeated and win, it was really good! It was a good way to fi nish.”

Th e team beat their opponents in the grand fi nal by around 20 points.

“In our grand fi nal, it felt heaps closer than what the score actually showed. I thought that we were really close but we were fl og-ging them!

“It was a good game and the other team played really well.”

Danielle Weir and Maddy Rhodes were two players who came up from the under 16 di-vision to help out the Roxby Heat under 18s.

“It was a good experience to play in the un-der 18s just because I’m younger and I can get that experience for when I play next time when I’m older,” said Danielle.

“I still think under 16s would be tougher because we’re in division 2 for those games, so that will still be a challenge at the mo-ment.”

Maddy, who has tried her hand at State level basketball, was excited with the win.

“We’ve won grand fi nals at carnivals be-fore, but we don’t usually go away undefeat-ed!” she said. “We usually lose a few because we’re too nervous.

“Next year I will still be able to play under 18s (having just turned 16) but I’d just like to say I want Elyshiah to still play.”

All of the girls would like to thank their coach, Ali, Linda Evans, the under 16 players that helped out and all of the parents who went to cheer them on.

Under 18 team undefeated

LEFT: Centaine Casserly about to pass over the top of an opponent during the fi nal of the championships.

RIGHT: Hannah Rigden drives into the key for Roxby Heat dring the team’s unbeaten run.

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