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editionChildcare centre sold!

Fizz Bang

Mum’s get together for a tighter tummy

By Celeste Lustosa

Roxby Downs Environment Forum alerts “motor bikers are causing serious damage in our landscape.”

The Environment Forum representatives in Roxby Downs are concerned about the damage motorbikes our causing in the region.

“First they scare the birds, which are fundamental to the vegetation as they distribute seeds and if they don’t do that it affects the vegetation growth,” said Kristina Meredith, the co-chairperson of the Forum.

Kristina told The Monitor that the motorbike activities have been worrying the Forum for a while

and that people are not fully aware of the harm they’re causing to the environment. “We under-stand people want to ride their motorbikes, but they need to stick to the tracks and designated areas to do so and respect the natural environment.”

“Just because we live in an arid area, it doesn’t mean there’s no wild and plant life worth saving. What we have in this region is not only sand and trees; we have a great range of living species, such as lizards and many birds you can only find here.”

The Environment Forum also wants to bring awareness that this is now breeding season for the birds and with all the noise and movement they might stop reproducing because they are scared.

“If we don’t control the noise and all the motor-cycle riders in the middle of our sand dunes and

around the trees, the birds are just going to be too scared to reproduce and that is a major problem for the environment.”

According to Kristina, the birds are only one of the environment concerns of the Forum. “These motorcycle riders along our countryside are also changing our landscape and the course of the sand dunes. We don’t think people really comprehend what they are causing to our natural environ-ment.

“We as Forum members can’t really do much to stop those people, except try to supply as much information as possible about what is happen-ing and appeal for them to only ride their mo-torcycle on the tracks that were made for it.”

People driving their four wheel drive

cars across the sand dunes are also a concern. “Peo-ple with 4x4 cars that think just because their cars can go across the sand dunes and out tracks they should do it, are also a concern.”

Forum representatives say “we just want every-one to understand and respect the great natural environment we have here in our region.”

The Environment forum is a subcommittee of the Roxby Downs Community Board. The forum’s made up of representatives from council, BHP Bil-liton and interested businesses and members of the

community. The group works together to develop strategies and projects that

progress the community vision.

Bikes are damaging dunes

Kristina Meredith looking at the sand dune damage

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NEWSFamily Focus with Tom Beever

WEATHER conditionsROXBY DOWNS

PORT AUGUSTA

COOBER PEDY

LEIGH CREEK

ADELAIDE

W T F S S

11/21 08/17 10/23 15/30 15/22

10/20 08/23 12/25 17/29 15/21

12/23 13/30 13/28 16/30 16/24

11/22 07/16 08/24 15/29 15/23

08/17 08/18 12/23 14/25 10/19

FROM WED 12 AUGUST TO SUN 16 AUGUST

ROAD conditions

NATIONAL PARKS

INFORMATION • Witjara National Park - SPECIAL

NOTICES•Birdsville Inside Track

PUBLIC ACCESS ROUTE (PAR) INFORMATION

• Halligan Bay Track - Halligan Bay Track - Public Access

ROAD conditions

NATIONAL PARKSINFORMATION

• Witjara National Park - Spring Creek Delta permanently closed - use bypass track located 5km east of Dalhousie Springs. SPECIAL NOTICES•Birdsville Inside Track is closed due to flooding in Goyder’s Lagoon

PUBLIC ACCESS ROUTE (PAR) INFORMATION

•Halligan Bay Track (access to Lake Eyre North) - Open only to 4WD with caution. This is a declared PAR. It is a bush track not a road. The track is deteriorating due to increased traffic - be aware of corrugations and bulldust holes. Please drive to track conditions. Driving on the lake surface is an offence and dangerous. Trailers and caravans are not recommended. Level Post Bay Track - Open only to 4WD with caution. This is a declared PAR. It is a bush track not a road. The road is deteriorating due to increased traffic - be aware of corrugations and bulldust holes. Please drive to track conditions. Driving on the lake surface is an offence and dangerous. Trailers and caravans are

no recommended. No camping at Level Post Bay - camping available at Muloorina Campground. K1 Warburton PAR into the Simpson Desert is flooded and closed to all traffic until further notice. Walkers Crossing PAR is open with extreme caution at the Innamincka end due to sand drifts.

Obesity report not so healthy!

It was announced in June last year that Australia is officially the world’s fattest nation.

Yep, as much as we would hate to have such a title, we are now the most obese country in the world.

Recent obesity studies have shown that 26 per cent of adult Australians, that’s almost four mil-lion, are now obese. America came a close second with a 25 per cent obesity rate.

The study showed that seven in 10 middle-aged Australian men are obese compared to six in 10 middle aged Australian women.

The news gets worse because the report also showed that nine mil-lion Australian adults have a BMI (Body Mass Index) of over 25 which means they are overweight or obese and that is an increase of 2 million from the previous study that was conducted.

An analysis of the data from the not so healthy report shows there will be an extra 700,000 heart-re-lated hospital admissions in the next 20 years due to obesity and 125,000 people will die as a result, many prematurely.

Professor Simon Stewart, head of preventative cardiology at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes In-

stitute said, “I would regard this as now the biggest threat to our future health.”

There are more worrying aspects of the report but I decided to con-duct a bit of research of my own after having read of our unwanted title and I couldn’t believe what I discovered.

One of the first things I found is that there are three well known brand names of pies, quiches and pasties that contain trans fat lev-els so high they would be illegal in some parts of Europe.

I discovered that tests by con-sumer watchdog CHOICE analysed the content of 32 food products that are regularly eaten in Australia and found 12 had more than 4 per cent trans fats which is a “hazardous” level of the cholesterol-raising fat.

I also discovered that a review of menus at some of the more “healthier” take away food outlets had startling amounts of salt and the bad saturated fat responsible for boosting cholesterol.

In fact some “healthy” take away foods contained sodium (salt) lev-els so high that it would equal the amount of sodium found in more than five packets of chips!

Last week I began to read the nu-

tritional information on some of the food products my family and I pur-chase each week and I was floored by the amount of sodium that is in the bread we have been consuming. Each slice contained obscene levels of sodium.

I’m not getting all paranoid about what is in the food my family and I have been eating over the years but reading the nutritional information on the food we THOUGHT was good quality has been an absolute eye opening exercise.

I LOVE pasta and I couldn’t be-lieve the sodium level that is in our favourite brand of pasta sauce! In fact the sodium levels were so high we have decided to look out for a better brand, not to mention our other grocery items.

I know we need salt in our diet but far too much of what used to be in our cupboard was laced with the stuff! That even included Soya Milk!

Do yourself a favour and take a look at the nutritional information on some of the food products you buy each week… you may be as-tounded at what you see but it may also prove to be a healthy exercise.

MBE

R’SCollection Corner

What do you collect? Disney’s Mickey Mouse items.How many do you have? More than 300 pieces – there are a lot of small pieces I have not counted.What is your oldest? A child’s stainless steel Mickey Mouse fork.What is your newest? Mickey Mouse Character Mug.What’s your favourite?An extremely old and unique book I have about Walt Disney and his creationsHow long have you been collecting? More than 13 yearsWhy/how did your passion start? My passion for Walt Disney and his work was developed from such a young age, I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t mesmerised by his work and more specifically Mickey Mouse.Where do you get them? Family,

friends, op shops, anywhere I can find stuff as I am always looking

to expand my collection.

Fact: Did you know that

Fanatasia was Mickey’s first feature movie and

his character was voiced and made by Mr. Walt?

Collector: Krystle Bower

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By Celeste Lustosa

M ichael Esposito arrived in Roxby Downs just the day before the interview and

says he and his fiancée Lauren Fagan already love it here.

Both of them moved from Adelaide to Roxby to work at the Leisure Cen-tre, he is the Operational Manager and she is an Administrative Assist-ant.

Michael has been working in the Health and Fitness industry for eight years and hopes to add to what he already considers great fitness facili-ties.

“The Leisure Centre is one of the greatest facilities for fitness and sports I’ve seen and we want the community to engage to it, increase the attendance and number of mem-bers.”

The Leisure Centre has more than 260 members and a variety of activi-ties available to the community.

“We want the community to fully know the variety of activities we have here, such as fitness classes, gym, outdoor sports, competitions and events,” says Michael.

“We want to promote our current services as well as always create new competitions, offer more classes and always improve our customer serv-ice.”

Michael himself loves footy and soccer and exercises at the gym every morning.

“I practice what I preach and I love sports and exercising. Physical acts are never a waste of time and there are always hundreds of benefits it brings to our life.

“People usually start exercising to lose weight, but the reasons for them

to continue exercising is because it’s fun, it’s a lifestyle change and it be-comes a habit.

So, I invite everyone to come and take a look at the activities we offer and choose what suits you best.”

The new manager is also going to be a teacher for some fitness classes and he is very excited about making people sweat.

“I am going to give fitness classes, probably on Thursdays nights and it’s going to be cross training classes, which combine boxing, abdominal and cardio exercises.”

It’s good fun, he guarantees. Lauren is also a fan of the gym and

exercises regularly. “I love the gym and always try to find time to exer-cise,” she says.

But the couple is not only about

exercise, they also like to socialise. “We are a very social couple and

I love the fact that everyone knows everyone here,” says Lauren who was born and has only lived in Adelaide so far.

When asked if they’d miss the big city lifestyle, they were both categori-cal in saying no.

“When we were on our way to Roxby, we stopped at Subway in Port Augusta and I over-heard them speaking that they needed to have a microwave delivered to their shop in Roxby, so I offered to bring it and they let me.

I couldn’t believe they actually trusted someone they’ve just met and I think this is one of the great things about the small towns,” concluded Michael.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 –

NEWS

The BHP Billiton Board met in Melbourne last week and elected Jacques Nasser as its new chairman.

Nasser, 61, will take over from Don Argus in early 2010 but the fo-cus of management is not expected to change with the expansion of op-erations a key objective.

Nasser is a mergers and acqui-

sition banker and before that was chief executive officer of Ford Mo-tor Co.

The new chairman speaks fluent Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and English and was appointed as a BHP non-executive director in 2006 after leaving Ford in 2001.

When Don Argus steps down next year it will end a decade under

his chairmanship which saw BHP profits rise as much as 15 fold and the purchase of WMC Resources, then owner of Olympic Dam.

Nasser, who was born in Leba-non and completed his business studies degree in Melbourne, cur-rently lives in the US and holds dual citizenships for both America and Australia.

By Krystle Bower

More than 40 families involved with the Little Rascals Child Care centre can relax as owner and manager Tara Roberts ensures the future of the business.

Last week it was announced the Little Rascals Child Care Cen-tre was closing its doors for good.

Mrs Robert’s decision to close the centre was based on the need to be with her family in Adelaide.

“I moved here in an attempt to find a replacement for myself but I haven’t been very successful in that,” she said.

“I have teenagers back home in Adelaide and I need to be with them, closing the centre was the only solution I could find.”

As the current owner of the centre, Mrs Roberts was upset with the idea of having to close down.

“Deciding to close the centre was a hard decision to make, and I knew the impact on the centre and the community would have been harsh,” she said.

It was at the end of last week when Mrs Roberts told The Monitor she was pleased to announce there was a buyer for the centre.

A couple from Adelaide confirmed to Mrs Roberts their inten-tion to purchase the centre and take over control by Monday, August 17.

“Hopefully everything will go smoothly,” she said.“I will be there for a while to help make the transition and to

make it as easy as possible.”Mrs Roberts is also happy knowing that some of her staff will

be continuing on with the new owners, commenting that it will make the process easier on the children.

“I’m really happy with the news,” she said.“Hopefully the new owners will bring with them their own skills

and qualifications to add to the development of the centre.”Mrs Roberts wishes to say thank-you to all of the families and

staff members who have been supportive through the entire process.

“We look forward to providing continuous quality care for the children,” she concluded.

BHP elects new chairman

Childcare centre sold!

Childcare centre staff and children are celebrating the news of new management.

Leisure Centre has a new Operations Manager

Welcome. Alan Male welcomes Michael Esposito to Roxby Downs.


NEWS

In the next month a series of works will be carried out at the Andamooka rubbish tip.

The sewage scrape has been re-fenced, giving easier access for trucks and the road from the Lake Torrens Road to the tip will be sheeted and upgraded to provide easier access for the public.

The same will be done around the domestic waste pit.

The major change will be in the area for recycling materials, in particular wood and steel.

Two new pits will be established; be-ing one for wood and one for steel. Both will be signed and people are asked to sort before disposal in the appropri-ate pit.

“In doing so, this will ensure the con-tinued operation of the Andamooka rubbish tip by the local community for some time,” said the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association chairperson Peter Allen.

All other waste must be dumped in the allocated area, as indicated by the signage when erected.

By Celeste Lustosa

Talana Jackson and Amber Goldsworthy-Spears are only eleven years old and they are

already recognised in Australia’s Girl Guides for their performance in raising money.

For that, they were invited to par-ticipate in the celebration for the Centenary of Guiding worldwide.

The event will take place at Kindi-lan, Girl Guides Queensland camp-site, from the 4th to 6th of September and five thousand people are expect-ed to attend, but only about 20 from South Australia.

Talana has sold over 400 packages of biscuits only last year, and this is only one of their activities for fun-draising.

And Amber besides fundraising, also does PR work for the Roxby Downs Girl Guides.

“Amongst the activities our girls are going to have during their trip to Queensland, is sleeping under the stars, enjoy a movie marathon, live bands, riding camels and much more, so I am sure they’re going to have lots of fun,” said the leader of Roxby Downs Girl Guides, Kristi Jackson, who is also joining the girls on this trip.

“We are very excited about the girls from Roxby being selected to

go, because it shows they’re doing a great job and being acknowledged for it.”

The Girls are also going to have serious discussions during the fun weekend and share ideas in a ‘Futures Forum’; learn about climate change; saving animals; supporting refugees or sponsoring a child; making and keeping friends or stopping bullying in the community.

100 years on, Guiding is active in each Australian State and Territory.

Girl Guides Australia was a found-ing member of the World Associa-tion of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. Over a million Australian wom-en have been or are still Guides.

The loss by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) of a Victorian State Government

contract for Air Ambulance services in Victoria will have no impact on the operations of the RFDS in South Australia.

“We share the disappointment arising from the loss of a contract in-terstate by one of our sister sections, but its business as usual for the RFDS in South Australia,” says John Lynch,

CEO of RFDS Central Operations.This scotches rumours circulating

in Roxby Downs last week that the Royal Flying Doctor Services will be taken over.

“There is no change to the RFDS’ provision of emergency aeromedical, primary healthcare and patient trans-fer services within South Australia,” Mr Lynch says.

Each State has different arrange-ments and funding agreements with their respective Governments around

the types of services it will or can provide.

“In order to service the needs of rural and regional Australia, we need to maintain our good reputation with a broad network of services across the nation.

“As always, we need the on-going financial support of the community to enable us to purchase aircraft and medical equipment, and we thank our supporters for their contribution to our work,” he said.

Andamooka Waste Disposal enhanced

Girls from Roxby have their fundraising efforts

recognised nationally

Rumours about the RFDS laid to restTalana and Amber are on their way to Queensland.

The renowned Actors At Work program will travel to schools in northern

South Australia on Thursday and Friday August 13 and 14, where they will hold free performances for students in Years 7 to 12 in Roxby Downs, Woomera and Marree.

Actors At Work is Bell Shake-speare’s flagship student program, designed to introduce students to the magic of Shakespeare.

Three teams of four professional actors tour every state and territory in the country, visiting communi-ties as remote as Groote Eylandt in

the Northern Territory and Menin-dee in the far west of New South Wales.

During the one-hour perform-ances, Actors At Work will present a selection of scenes from some of Shakespeare’s most exhilarating plays, providing on-going com-mentary to ensure students are kept abreast of important themes, char-acters, plots and twists. Perform-ances conclude with a brief Q&A session with students.

Bell Shakespeare’s objective is to create access to theatre for all Aus-tralians, regardless of geography.

The performances will be brought to the students at no charge, with

the support of BHP Billiton.Bell Shakespeare’s General Man-

ager, Chris Tooher, said “This is a unique and valuable partnership with BHP Billiton, who is so com-mitted to providing opportunities in the communities in which they operate.

With the support of our long-term partners, Actors At Work is able to access over 80,000 students in Australia every year.”

For more information on Bell Shakespeare’s Actors At Work pro-gramme or Bell Shakespeare Edu-cation, visit www.bellshakespeare.com.au.

Shakespeare coming to the outback


Enterprising young mum Ali Webber of Roxby Downs is embarking on a new and creative business venture, as well as maintaining a role

in real estate locally.“Babies, Bellies and More” is fast becoming a labour

of love for Ali, who says these real life impressions are only limited by imagination, from trophies to preserving some of life’s treasured memories.

Ali became interested in making these impressions herself after she had casts of her baby’s hand and feet done soon after she was born.

It took some time to arrange and rather than travel to Whyalla for the closest similar business she decided to learn how to do it herself.

“Young mums and mums up here don’t need to do what I did to get these treasured castings of children and being local there is no travelling time or cost involved,” she said.

Not one to go about things half heartedly, Ali enrolled in a course in Queensland and spent a week of intensive training there about a month ago.

Since being professionally trained she has been accepting local orders, varying from a cast of a friend and a lovely piece she is developing of her hand overlayed over the hand of her mother.

“It’s as much as the imagination wants to stretch as to what I can do,” said Ali about this new art form where she loves creating treasured moments.

So what are real life impressions? They are exactly as they sound, casts of almost any-thing, from babies’ feet to pregnant mums’ bellies, families, or unique trophies sculptured to your own design.

“It’s not only those things - it can be a special impression for a 21st birthday present or that special gift for family or friend,” said Ali.

These real life impressions will be on display this week at the Roxby Downs Monthly Market, when Ali will debut her exclusive art pieces to the public.

As an added incentive, Ali is offering gift vouch-ers for those people who want to give something that is very different.

Ali told The Monitor that a percentage of sales

each month will be donated to the charity of the month. It is her little way of giving back to the community she loves.

But be warned because they are of such a high quality and the moulds are cured for a length of time to pre-vent mould developing, Ali needs six weeks to deliver products.

The high quality finish sees the impressions boxed in wooden frames and or mounted on marble in the case of trophies or other special gifts. They can also be decorated to your own requirements, mounted on poles, in a box or any other type of setting you envisage.

Ali is also offering a lifetime warranty on the frames.“These pieces last forever and become your very own

personal masterpiece. What price can you put on a treas-ured moment in time,” said Ali.

With a small baby in the house, time is precious, so this is still very much a hobby-type business that is sure to grow when time allows.


NEWS

These pieces last forever and become your very own personal masterpiece...“ ”

A labour of love for Ali

Made from love. Ali Webber with ther baby daughter and the hand cast she made soon after she was born.


BOARD MEETINGSIf you would like to do a presentation to the

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

JOINING FORUMSMembers of the community are encouraged

to join any of the forums or partnerships. If you would like to join the Arts and Culture Forum, Education and Workplace Training Fo-rum, Family and Youth Forum, Environment Forum, Sport and Recreation Forum or Volun-teering Partnership you are welcome to attend any of the meetings. Meeting times appear in the Monitor on a regular basis.

If you would like to join the Health Forum and/or Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partner-ship please contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 or via email to: [email protected] to express your interest.

FURTHER INFORMATIONIf you would like to find out more about any

of the forums visit the www.roxbydowns.com website or contact Michelle Hales - Executive Officer Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.Mobile: 0418 833 818Phone: 8671 0010 Fax: 8671 0452Email: [email protected]

GENERAL INFORMATION

MEETING DATES- Arts and Culture 26 August 7.30pm

COMMUNITY MATTERS

Living simply doesn’t mean going without. It means that by de-cluttering your life and surroundings, you can focus on what’s really important. That means less time insuring, cleaning, maintaining, protecting and paying for things – and more time for activities, experiences, people and family.

An initiative of the Environment Forum

reen tipWhy it pays to downsize

– or live ‘simply’.

G

SA Great has received an impressive total of 35 nomi-nations and 18 entries from

the Far North region for the 2009 SA Great Regional Awards.

SA Great CEO, Nikki Seymour-Smith, said SA Great was thrilled with the way the Far North region had once again performed in 2009.

“It is extremely encouraging to see the response SA Great has received from the Far North region for this year’s Awards,” Ms Seymour-Smith said.

“The Far North region is a huge supporter of the SA Great Regional Awards and year after year the peo-ple of this region nominate and enter in their dozens.

“Now that all the entries have been received comes the massive task of sorting and judging. I am truly looking forward to uncovering the inspirational stories among these entries.”

One of the many remarkable en-trants this year is the Outback Smart program, which has been nominated for training local volunteers to im-

plement greener practices in the Far North region.

Outback Smart has also been rec-ognised for the environmental aware-ness campaign it released through local radio, newspapers and events.

The date and venue of the Far North Awards ceremony will be released in the coming weeks, with tickets to go on sale following the an-nouncement.

“The Awards night presents a great opportunity for regional people to come together and be acknowledged for a fantastic year of achievements,” Ms Seymour-Smith said.

“We hope that the Far North com-munity all come together to celebrate the winners and commendations of this year’s Awards,” Ms Seymour-Smith said.

The SA Great Regional Awards are supported by Program Partner, the Government of South Australia – Department of Trade and Economic Development, Office of Regional Af-fairs, and Regional Partner, Regional Development South Australia.

Hiltaba or Hornridge – will the new accommodation camp change names?

The Hornridge Sporting Club of Roxby Downs com-mittee sent a formal proposal to the Development Policy Ad-visory Committee in Roxby Downs, to consider changing the name for the new accommodation camp on the Andamooka Road from Hiltaba to Hornridge.

The camp will be situated very close to the existing Horn-ridge cattle yards, Hornridge Dam and the actual Horn ridge.

The club argues that these sites, landmarks and infrastruc-tures are known locally and are in evidence on maps of the region dating back to Andamooka’s early years of initial de-velopment.

They have since become associated with the newer develop-ments of Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam.

“As a club, one of the issues we often face is our local area identity.

“We have often been asked where the name Hornridge originates from and how we originated,” says the President of Hornridge Sporting Club, Craig Hancock.

“The name Hiltaba, although being much known among the geology fraternity is not well known locally and is usually rec-ognised with the region around Wirrulla and Wudinna, Gawler Craton and the Gawler Ranges in the Eyre Peninsula region of Northwest South Australia. Roxby Downs is approximately 400 kms by road from this area.

“As a name for such a large development in our local region Hiltaba hardly comes close, Hornridge on the other hand is already a local landmark in the region and a growing and estab-lished identity in the local community,” Mr Hancock says.

Tasman Resources Ltd announced this week that drilling for high grade gold and silver will commence at its 100% owned Parkinson Dam Project, located 60km west of Port Augusta.

Tasman discovered new, outcrop-ping epithermal-style gold and silver mineralisation in 2005, and later hit very encouraging, high grade gold and silver mineralisation.

Follow up drilling close to PD 63

(within about 40m) confirmed the continuity and orientation of the main high grade structure targeted, but the intersections obtained were narrower and lower grade (e.g. 1.7g/t Au and 3.2g/t Ag over 1m down hole in PD 71).

However, the targeted structure hosting this high grade gold-sil-ver mineralisation (named the P15 structure) may possibly extend much

further west than the relatively small area so far tested (possibly for up to 1.6km), and Tasman has located out-cropping, mineralised quartz veins along this projected trend.

The planned drilling will consist of at least eight, widely spaced, RC percussion drill holes along this in-terpreted structure and beneath the outcropping quartz veins.

By Celeste Lustosa

Students from Port Augusta West Primary School were jumping around Roxby

Downs Area School, last Friday, August 7.

They are travelling around the re-gion to bring awareness about the Jump Rope for Heart Foundation.

“Our school has been involved with the Foundation for 11 years and on this specific activity we are not raising money but working as Ambassadors for the Heart Foun-dation,” said Krista Gill, the chil-dren’s trainer.

The children, who are in year’s four to seven at school, practice their jumps three times a week during lunch.

“The children enjoy the activity and it is good to show people what they can do.”

To know more about the Heart Foundation and to donate go to www.heartfoundation.org.au.

Give a little jump for your heart’s sake

Students from Port Augusta give a jump presentation at the Roxby Downs Area School.

What’s in a name?

Parkinson Dam gold-silver drilling to commence this week

Start your training for the Desert Dash

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It is time to dust off those running shoes in the closet as the South Aus-tralia Road Runners Club and the Roxby Downs Triathlon committee are hosting the Desert Dash on Sep-tember 13th.

The 5km and 10km walk or run is a great chance for Roxby Downs to get out and about with friends and

family or for travellers to head north to experience a desert dash.

The event begins at the oval at 9 am with the 10km run and walk followed by the 5km event with participants starting at 9:30. A portion of the en-try fees, which are $15 for 10km and $10 for the 5km, will be donated to the Andamooka Health Services.

There’s also a training schedule for those that are keen to start a running routine or are interested in partici-pating in the City to Bay run in Ad-elaide the following weekend.

To get more information or to reg-ister, visit www.sarrc.asn.au.


Trip to China for Brock

The Member for Frome, Geoff Brock, will visit desalination plants in China on a 10-day fact finding trip.

He said last week in an interview with ABC radio that a Chinese company is interested in building a desalination plant in Port Pirie.

Mr Brock said he wants to get more information about desal plants and look at opportunities for the local area.

“We all know that the Chinese economy is still moving very quickly and I think that we should be able to learn from them and if they want to come over here and partake and partnership in something that will benefit regional South Australia - I’m going to be going for that,” he told the ABC.

The South Australian Government says it has been helping the Queensland Government to develop a water plan and has been discussing the possible environmental effects of water management in the Cooper system.

Ghan, Red Cross turns 80

The Ghan and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service both celebrated their 80th anniversaries in Port Augusta last week.

The Ghan stopped at the railway station for an hour on its way to Alice Springs, with guests includ-ing the Governor-General Quentin Bryce.

Kathy Bowlen from the Red Cross says the blood service has come a long way in 80 years.

“We went from no blood donations to over a mil-lion donations every year,” she said.

“We went from no facilities to having 93 donor centres, another 22 donor mobile vans that go to over 800 locations in Australia to collect blood from more than 500,000 generous Australians who donate every year.”

Holden introduces a new green engine

Last week Holden announced that it will build an Australian-made, fuel-efficient V6 engine for the Commodore.

“The new engine responds to the demands of Aus-tralians who care for the environment and care about fuel consumption, but still need a family–sized car,” said Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, In-dustry Science and Research.

“Holden will introduce a new 3.0 litre V6 engine to be manufactured at its Port Melbourne V6 engine plant, alongside its existing 3.6 litre engine, using, for the first time in Australia, Spark Ignition Direct Injection technology.

“SIDI improves fuel efficiency while increasing power and lowering emissions, by injecting fuel di-rectly into the combustion chamber.”

Fuel efficiency for the new engine is expected to be up to 13% better than the current Commodore, with as little as 9.3 litres of fuel used per 100 kilometres.

“The new Australian-made engine for an Austral-ian-made car is great news for Australian workers and for the industry as a whole.

No pilot

A light aircraft took off from Coober Pedy last Tuesday without its pilot.

A man was unable to start the Cessna from the cockpit, so got out to spin the propeller by hand.

When the plane started it became airborne with-out him and travelled about 300 metres before it crashed in a ditch and rolled over.

No-one was injured in the mishap but police say the plane is a write-off.

Bashing death accused found guilty

A man charged with bashing his partner to death at Coober Pedy has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of

manslaughter. The Supreme Court at Port Augusta was told

Leon Curtis, 30, used a tyre rim, cooking pot and two stones to kill Rebecca Hogan, 29, in March last year.

Curtis is to be sentenced next month.

News in brief


OPINION

LETTERS to the editor

EDITORIALAre Greens anti-mining?

John Pick

Last week’s focus on the last day of the pub-lic consultation of the Olympic Dam EIS has shown the great divide between the headline grabbing Greens, and the vast majority of South Australians and particularly those living in the Northern Regions.

The Green’s headline grabbing opposition to the EIS is a ploy to give the party some relevance in the face of looming elections.

Questions must be asked about Australian Greens Mark Parnell’s obstructive efforts to oppose almost every aspect of the 4,600 page Environmental Impact Statement since day one of the release.

First, it was the time allowed for the public examination, next it was the desalination plant impact, then the dust management, followed by the height of the overburden, use of renewable

energy and anything else he could dream-up for a headline.

On the face of it we must ask is Mark Parnell anti-mining? Is Mark Parnell anti-development? Is Mark Parnell anti-employment?

People might well ask is Mark Parnell the right man to have in a South Australian parliament when he appears so anti-South Australian?

His little stunt of getting a band of like minded protestors to release 662 balloons last Friday in front of Parliament House was a copycat ver-sion of the myriad of stunts by the “Member of Stunts”, Nick Xenophon. Parnell is not in the same league.

His 662 balloons were supposedly to repre-sent how much greenhouse pollution the Roxby Expansion would produce each hour. The pro-test, like the stunt, was a dud!

There is little doubt the South Australian and Federal Governments will support the expan-

sion of the mine and it will get by-partisan sup-port from the State and Federal Oppositions who need some good, positive press, now more than ever before.

There may be reforms to some parts of the plan, but why stop something that is perhaps the only positive for this State after years of drought, lack of water flow and the loss of key manufac-turing industries.

People in South Australia and Australia are still hurting financially and any project set to boost the economic bottom line to the State and the country by billions of dollars is going to get far more attention than the bleatings of Mark Parnell who opposes everything, seemingly for a headline.

While he claims the EIS has questions unan-swered, Parnell has gaping holes in his position and to put it in his own words, “as big as the mine’s open pit” itself.

The ongoing debate about honesty and in-tegrity in government, about political lobby-ists and their success fees and exclusive politi-cal dinners serves to highlight the potential for corruption in this state – from the highest to the lowest levels of government and its relationships with the business sector.

If Members of Parliament maintained their focus on fulfilling the needs and aspirations of the people and communities they represent, if they uphold our laws and sustain their hon-esty and commitment to the service of this state, would we need an Independent Anti Corruption Commission?

South Australia and Victoria are now the only states without a corruption watchdog, after the Tasmanian Government recently announced that it would establish its ‘Tas-manian Integrity Commission’ modelled on the ‘NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption’. Queensland also has its ‘Crime and Misconduct Commission’, and in the west there is the ‘WA Corruption and Crime Com-mission’.

Yes, we too should be doing everything in our power as individuals, communities, and as a state to fight corruption. Corruption is a cancer that eats away at fairness and justice in our society. Corruption leads to poor deci-sions and actions that impact negatively on our fellow South Australians.

The big political party machines, the ‘wheel-ers and dealers’, the power hungry, together with self interest, greed, and dishonesty are potent ingredients that make for a corrupt society.

We need to hold true to the values of service, law and accountability, equality and freedom, responsibility, and respect for our communities. Our State Parliament needs to lead the way in demonstrating and upholding these values, providing a beacon for com-munity organisations, business organisations, and individuals to follow.

I believe there are steps we can take to de-feat political corruption: Firstly, there needs to be an Independent Anti Corruption Com-mission in SA, where corruption issues can be

dealt with integrity and transparency.Secondly, we should strengthen our Legisla-

tive Council to enhance its ability to function as a true ‘house of review’, that appropriately and effectively represents all the people of this state.

Thirdly, as individuals we should vote for political candidates who have a focus on the people, and who uphold the values of serv-ice to others and to the community, with accountability and justice above loyalty to a political party or their own self interest.

Finally, we need to take personal responsi-bility to uphold these values within our own families, businesses and communities.

We should never underestimate the power of our vote or the power we have as individu-als and as small groups to ensure corruption does not permeate our society, and threaten the very freedom and happiness we seek.

Wilbur Klein, SA Nationals President, Cockaleechie

Does SA need an Independent Anti Corruption Commission?


REAL ESTATE

An experienced property consult-ant believes the investment needs of people in mining towns such

as Roxby Downs are not being looked after.

Mr Greg Biggin, Managing Director of Greg Biggin & Associates, formed

this conclusion after visiting Roxby Downs re-cently.

“People in Roxby Downs and other major mining towns are earning good money and they are often looking for ways to invest the cash they are generating to secure their future,” Mr Biggin said.

“Mining has always followed a boom-and-

bust cycle and people need to manage their savings carefully so that they have good invest-ments generating satisfactory returns when the industry encounters a downturn.”

Mr Biggin’s firm has been advising and act-ing for investors in mining towns and other re-gional centres since 1986. The Melbourne-based firm specialises in identifying good property

investment opportunities for its clients, securing those properties and helping the clients manage them.

“Our clients are based all over Australia and we buy properties all over Australia. There are good buys in every sort of mar-

ket. You just have to know where to look.”Mr Biggin said the climate for property in-

vestment had improved significantly in recent months.

“The stars are moving into alignment for property investors. Property values have fallen in most markets, interest rates are at very low levels and rents have increased sharply, signifi-cantly improving investment returns.”

Mr Biggin said he was writing to people in Roxby Downs and he would be happy to make frequent visits to the area to talk directly to cli-ents and to brief them on emerging investment opportunities.

South Australian new home sales surged by 24.2 per cent in June, the best monthly result of all main-land states, according to the latest report from the Housing Industry Asso-ciation (HIA), Australia’s largest building industry organisation.

“It’s been a very healthy month for several of the largest volume builders in

our state,” said HIA’s South Australian Executive Direc-tor Robert Harding.

“A pull-back is likely in July, but overall sales vol-umes in our state look set to remain higher than in 2008.”

The volume of South Australia’s detached house sales increased by 1 per cent over the June 2009 quarter and was up 7.7 per

cent in the first half of the year.

Private sector dwelling approvals fell by 15.5 per cent in May.

“First home owners are increasingly flocking to South Australia’s afford-able housing market,” Mr Harding said.

“We hope to see reason-ably steady sales for the re-mainder of the year.”

Nationally, new home sales rose 13 per cent for the first half of the year, driven by low mortgage rates and first home buyer stimulus measures.

For the month of June, detached new home sales increased by 1.2 per cent in Victoria, and 8 per cent in Western Australia.

Sales fell by 4.2 per cent in New South Wales and by 9.9 per cent in Queens-land.

Over the six month period to June detached home sales were up in all five mainland states with the strongest gains evident for Victoria (+35.2 per cent) and New South Wales (+25.7 per cent), fol-lowed by South Australia (+7.7 per cent), Western Australia (+4.2 per cent), and Queensland (+3.5 per cent).

SA gets best new home sales result for June

Roxby Downs investment needs ‘not being looked after’


What do a Mail Medal winner, an author and a teacher have in common? They are one in the same man, Don Henderson.

Some in the northern regions may remember Don as a young school teacher based at Tarcoola and who played footy for Central Woomera way back in 1987.

Don told The Monitor last week he remembers the year well. It was the year he won the Mail Medal in the Woomera and Districts League and also the year that Roxby Downs beat them in the grand final.

These days Don is taking a year off teaching to concen-trate on a full time writing career, four months of which will be spent in a writing residency in Malaysia.

When Don left the Northern Regions he spent a couple of years teaching at Whyalla before heading to the city where he has spent most of his time teaching at Seaton High School.

While teaching is his career, his passion is writing and he already has three books published.

His first “Half the Battle” was inspired by his experi-ences in coaching the Stuart League junior footballers and is naturally about Aussie Rules footy.

“I noticed in a recent article in The Monitor the need for English lessons for non English speaking residents and my novels Half the Battle and Keepinitreal are ex-cellent intros to Aussie culture and great reads for new arrivals,” says Don.

He said his stories highlight that not everyone up north needs to be a miner – “there are people from the area also pursuing literary careers”.

His first novel, Half the Battle is a mindset of young adolescent boys, the milieu of the secondary school play-ground in a working class suburb where the local footy team might just be the salvation of a couple of the kids, an old fart and a couple of families.

A review of the book says there are some truly hilarious set pieces, mainly involving descriptions of inept football games, an out-of-control coach, and an inspired version of kick to kick next to the teachers’ carpark at Port Road High.

His second book “Keeping it real” is about a teenage kid who doesn’t seem good for much, but finds niche with a friend when they take-on a bikie gang and the local council.

Another reviewer said this book contains humour that both boys and girls of secondary school age will appre-ciate and is a setting most young readers will identify with.

The passion of writing for Don Henderson continues and earlier this month he released his third book, “Mac-beth, You Idiot! “

Again with a feel for sport the book is a reworking of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but based on a high school soccer team.

Now from a converted garage at his home in Adelaide Don is a full time writer and we can expect to see more of his work in the future.

His life experiences gained as young, impressionable teacher while working in the remoteness of the northern region has never been far from Don’s mind, although he can never quite forget that grand final loss to Roxby Downs all those years ago!


NEWS

Roxby Downs locals Christine Spartalis and Craig Parker were married on the evening of Saturday, August 1.

The couple shared their special day with 55 of their closest friends and fam-ily in a beautiful garden wedding.

Honeymoon plans for Christine and Craig include a trip to the Gold Coast.

Spartalis and Parker Wedding

Mail Medallist has never forgotten

the north

ABOVE: Don Henderson and Macbeth, You Idiot! cover


ROXBY RACES

Gaylene and Andrew Crane

enjoyed the day.

TENNIS FOR

MUMSJust because the

mum’s play it doesn’t

mean the kids can’t

start.

ROXBY RACESShae Walker and Melanie Virgin of

Dublin were recent visitors to Roxby

Downs.

ROXBY RACESRegina Qualmann and Lauren Chessellhad a fun day.

ROXBY RACESJade Papas with baby Tikah Dingwall who enjoyed her first Roxby Downs Cup recently.

ROXBY RACES

Nathan Rains with his

partner Alex Allen (right)

and their friend Lauren

Marschall visiting Roxby

Downs for the Racing

weekend.

ROXBY RACESAdrian and Alicja

Brady of Roxby Downs looked like they

should have been at the Melbourne Cup

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper

Roxby Downs Kindergarten celebrating 20 years

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 – www.themonitor.com.au

NEWS

Roxby Downs Kindergarten is holding two “Wine Tasting Evenings” on M onday

and Tuesday August 24 and 25, at 6.30pm, at the Roxby Downs Kindergarten.

Come along and bring a friend to try some quality boutique wines which will be available for purchase on the night. Wine bottles can also be ordered to feature the Kindergarten‘s 20 year An-niversary Logo. Stock up on your wine collection, or put some away as Christ-mas presents for the grandparents!

Remember to hurry and reserve your spot now! There are a limited number of spaces available for each evening. This is a RSVP event, Adults only, and tickets are $5 payable on the night. RSVP to the Kindy on 86710455 or [email protected].

All monies raised from the orders will go towards purchasing craft and curricu-lum supplies, an interactive white board, upgrading outdoor play equipment and towards the general maintenance of the Kindergarten building.

“20 Year Kindy Anniversary logo”The theme of the “20 Year Kindy

Anniversary logo” was inspired by the Roxby Downs Kindergarten staff and features the prominent “Kindy Tree”, which is a Native Hibiscus. The actual logo was designed by a Kindy Commit-tee member, and graphic designer, Mrs Susie Smith. The Kindy tree is an iconic feature of our outdoor play area and the Kindy children play on it daily. It is a favourite with the children due to its unique long and low branches and has been at the Kindy since it was built. The tree is also regularly used in taking the children’s annual Kindy photos!

Art Show Details Roxby Downs Kindergarten is cele-

brating “20 years of educational service delivery” on September 12th with an Art Show, to be held at the Kindergarten

between 3pm and 6pm. The day will feature the auctioning of

10 large canvases produced by the Kindy children and there will also be individual children’s art work available for parents to purchase by means of a donation. A silent auction including signed sport-ing memorabilia and other items will also be held in conjunction with the “Art Show”.

There will be free balloons and face painting for the children and a free show bag for the family. A sausage sizzle, drinks and ice blocks will be available on the day. There are 4 Lucky door prizes with each winner taking home a dou-ble movie pass for the Outback Cinema donated by the Roxby Downs Leisure Centre and Cultural Precinct.

We will also be drawing the winners of the Kindergarten Mega Raffle with prizes being donated by local businesses including 2 return tickets (OD – Adel) kindly donated by Alliance Airlines & a painting by local Andamooka artist Alex Mendelssohn “Red Sunset Andamooka” to name just a couple.

The Roxby Downs Kindergarten “Art Show” is proudly sponsored by:

Alliance One Credit UnionBHP BillitonMcGuiness RiggingMonadelphousMPS Building and ElectricalCoatesThe Monitor Rox FM Wardle and Co SodexoChandler Macleod Roxby Downs PharmacyBSH transport Solutions Roxby Downs Pest Management Budget Car and Truck Rental York Raine and Horne Cowell Electric Northpoint ToyotaCavpower and Mitre 10.

‘Wine Tasting’ Evenings

Roxby businesses get ready for the

Pink DunnyT he Pink Dunny will be launched at Roxby

Downs Market Day on August 15 and you can help flush cancer down the dunny by

having it at your business and getting donations for the Relay for Life.

The dunny will be for businesses within our district to have at their premises where customers or work colleagues can make a donation.

After Market Day, the first business to display the dunny will be Tandales Hairdresser, so you can always pop in there and make your donation.

If you have a business, how about getting it to your business too and get your custom-ers and staff involved?

Any company interested in help-ing promote Relay for Life by having the “dunny”, please call either 0418 820 249 or 0417 855 064.

There will be several pink dunnies appearing over the next few months, so keep an eye open because it’s your chance to donate and help.

The dunny was kindly donat-ed by Neville Goldsmith, Roxby Plumbing and Gas fitting and the brightly coloured paint for the “dunny” was donated by Kat McKin-non from Auto Pro Roxby Downs.

The Cancer Council’s Relay for Life is more than just a fundraiser, it is an opportunity to get together with your community and celebrate cancer survi-vors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back against a disease that takes too many.

Relay for Life is a unique event where teams of 10 to 15 friends, families or colleagues challenge themselves to take turns to keep a baton moving in a relay style walk or run overnight.

There are no age limitations or fitness require-ments – Relay for Life is suitable for everyone and anyone can join in the fun!

The Relay for Life fun run will be held in Roxby Downs on October 16 and 17, 2010.

Whether you are a cancer survivor, a carer, supporting friends or loved ones, or simply wanting to make a difference, Relay for Life empowers everyone who participates.

You can help flush cancer down by having it in your business and

getting donations for the Relay for Life.


By Celeste Lustosa

Roxby Downs is one of the hottest towns in South

Australia and many would enjoy a nice cold beer after a working day. Why not appreciate the best quality beers in the world right here?

The Adelaide Bier Shop

invites everyone in Roxby to take a look at their range of beers available and shop online.

“We are passionate about very good quality beer and we try to show on our web-site the great range of beers from everywhere in the world, including the best ones made in South Aus-tralia,” says the shop owner Aston Kastner.

“All the products you see

in our website are available to be delivered in Roxby.”

Aston adds there’s an $11.80 freight to get a carton to Roxby but you can get a slight discount for every carton on top of that. He also clarifies that there’s a minimum order of 4.5 litres of beer for the deliveries.

The Adelaide Bier Shop sells beers from all over Australia, New Zealand and many other places. “We sell the best quality beers you can find in the world and we also have special packages with 12 different brands of beer from South Australia, for example.

“And if you’re interested in having a beer tasting here in Roxby Downs, just contact us and we’d be more than happy to come over,” says Aston.

Buyinvite is leading the way to a new way of savvy shopping.

We know shopping online is not new but buyinvite has cre-ated a new concept, The Shop-ping Club.

Each week the members can go online and participate in a three day time limited sales event for high-end branded merchan-dise. Any given week there will be a brand or brands up for sale at highly discounted prices, 50% to 80%.

We are not only talking fash-ion here, it could be Jamie Ol-iver’s kitchen wares which are coming soon. A few recent names have included, surf wear from Mantra, Loveable Lingerie, Jaq+Jack and an event exclusively for top of the line shoes. Another brand coming soon is a range of products from Australian grown brand Natasha with their slick party dresses and legendary ac-cessories.

All products on offer are

sourced from the brand owners if from Australia or the official Australian distributer if it is an international product.

Membership to the club is by referral only and consists of designer brand lovers and savvy shoppers, however if you go on-line now you can register as a member by clicking on “maga-zine” as your media source.

This entry offer is time limited and costs nothing.

Buyinvite is not for every-one, the shopping club brings together shoppers who have a sharp eye for quality and value, it’s for people who want, and ex-pect, the best quality, which is why the brand names are keen to promote their stocks through the club.

Remember it costs nothing to join and could save you hun-dreds of dollars on just one of a few items.Stephen Coles and Ben Hollenstein directors of buyinvite

Imagine having access to over 10,000 movies from a library that boasts the best of classic and current movies at all times. A library that shared your passion for film whether it be old classics, Directors Cuts, art house, foreign, cult classics, a particular actor or the cream of mainstream releases.

All this and you never have leave home, never get late fees and the movies from your person-alised library just keep on coming.

Too good to be true? No, it’s available to you right now at the click

of the mouse from $9.95 per month. Video by post has been around for a while

and while there are only a few options in Aus-

tralia, kino.com.au is clearly the premium on-line library.

Kino started in 1994 as a small specialist shop front video store and over 15 years has earned a reputation as the art house movie store in Australia.

Ray Dyett’s Kino team spent five years de-veloping kino.com.au opening their library to every Australian.

Mr Dyett said “It’s a system that requires a little bit of a head shift around how you hire and watch videos but once you’re there it opens up a whole new world of choices, for less cost and no late fees. We offer a 14 day free trial to get you started.”

The system is simple, you choose a monthly package (cancel or change at anytime – no has-sles) and once signed on, set up your own pri-vate personalised library. List 10 or hundreds of your favourite movies. Immediately two DVDs will be forwarded to you, watch them, keep them as long as you like and when you’re ready, place them into the returnable post return en-velope provided (no postage costs to you) drop them into the letterbox and the same day Kino receives your returns two more movies from your library are dispatched.

How often you swap over videos each month is your choice and is reflected in the package you choose.

Beer from all over the world just a click away

Brand names up to 80% 0ff

Create your own personalised video library from home

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 – www.themonitor.com.au

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Tell me the embarrassing or difficult ques-tions you’ve been wanting to ask – so I can find you the answers you need.

Do you have an embarrassing health question you’ve been dying to ask?

Don’t know how to help your depressed child? Want to know where you can go for help?

If you have a question, ask away online and I will get the expert answer for you to be featured weekly in your local newspaper The Monitor.

Just email [email protected] – and remember to collect next week’s paper to find the answer.

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Women talk:

Funny FactsQ. What do men and beer bottles have in common?

A. They are both empty from the neck up.

By Krystle Bower

As a child we learn from example, often our par-ents set a bar of expectation and it is upon us to reach it.

More often than not we succeed, we make a goal and reach it, and thus forth we grow into the people we are today.

Our parents enforce their own rules, religions and lifestyles upon us, in an attempt to raise us correctly (in their eyes) as their way would appear to them to be the right way.

Parents often give their children a unique per-spective on life, teaching us what is acceptable, and what we should eventually expect to gain in our own lives as adults.

In knowing this, growing up, as I had learnt from example, in my mind I had it all figured out (or so I thought) for whatever reason things don’t turn out the way we plan.

Entering into a new relationship, can leave a per-son breathless, in this I don’t refer to passion and romance, but more-over the inevitable truth about committing to a serious relationship.

At the point where you may be ready to commit to a person that might possibly be ‘the one’ many people find themselves negotiating, compromis-ing and giving way on issues that seemed some-what more important to them when they weren’t in love.

Many couples can find it difficult to find a happy medium when it comes to their way of life, espe-cially if they come from two completely different lives.

Life in general can be hard to juggle, who gets to decide how many hours at work is just enough, and how much time should be spent at home, or how much time spent on personal projects is ac-ceptable.

For each family the needs are different, their lives are always different, it’s about trying to find balance in an already topsy turvy world, that can change any minute.

My husband and I came from very different backgrounds, and this alone often contributes to our disagreeing on a wide range of subjects.

I grew up with divorced parents and therefore an extended family and from the word go was pushed to fight for attention.

When I was a child, if you fell over while skating, you just had to get back up and keep going, instead of being nurtured.

I did not come from a privileged home, we didn’t have a lot of money, so it was never a big thing for us, what we did have was each other, family to rely on.

My husband came from a (from the otherside) “perfect” family.

His mother and father have been together since they were our age, and have worked their whole lives to provide my husband and his siblings with a very privileged life, the exact opposite to mine.

The point is that things that were never impor-tant to me growing up have all of a sudden taken monopoly over my life, and replaced many things that used to be incredibly important to me.

I’m sure my husband has even had to make com-promises for me on the things in which I just won’t budge!

It makes me wonder, are couples able to sur-vive and find a balance, no matter what the back-ground, or are we inevitably bound to live a life of constant compromise in which one person gives up their hopes, dreams, beliefs to replace with those that belong to a complete stranger that we may choose to spend the rest of our life with.

Looking after yourself and maintaining a healthy life is easier then you think.

Health is something of which we need to be conscious of all the time, not only for ourselves, but also for those around us.

So here is a list of things you can do daily to ensure your well being in the future.

- Watch your posture. Be mindful of how you sit and stand – it could have long-term effects on skeletal health.

- Drink at least 2 litres of water every day, (this has proven to help people shed some of their unwant-ed body fat) – be aware that coffee and fizzy drinks actually dehydrate you.

- Try and get a little exercise every day. It doesn’t have to mean training hard, even taking a 20-minute walk every day can make an enormous change to your state of health.

- A bath is a great way to relax, if you are not into meditation then a bath is the next best thing, make an occasion of it.

- Keep yourself from eating too many refined or fatty foods, as they will make you gain weight in the long run (allow yourself a treat once

a week).- Eat at least four portions of

fresh fruit and vegetables every day, you will feel and look better adding these types of food to your life.

- Set a bed time and try to stick to it, a routine sleep pattern can help your body heal faster, make sure you get your recommended eight hours of sleep a night (if your body loses sleep it has to catch it up at some point).

- Remember to brush and floss your teeth every day in the morning and evening.

- Feel guilty if you smoke and make a plan to stop.

- Do something every day you enjoy, if you feel happy, you are less susceptible to illness.

- Go to the toilet when you feel the need. Holding it in for a long time is bad for you and could lead to bladder infections and consti-pation.

- Clean your face properly twice a day and remember to moisturise your skin.

Source:http://www.health24.com/Wom-

an/Medical/711-727-1503.asp

Can we find balance?

Healthy things to do daily

Men are like commercials…

You can’t believe a word they say!

...Taking a 20-minute walk every day can make an enormous change to your state of health... “

”Understanding your legal

rights and obligations is very important when you are facing

complex life decisions. Whether it’s finding the best way to pro-

tect yourself and your family from threat-ening or abusive behaviour, or ensuring you receive your fair share in a property settlement. Knowing what options are available and how the legal process works can help you decide what to do.

You may also need help to resolve an ongoing dispute, especially if it involves your wellbeing, your children’s welfare, or the division of shared property and pos-sessions.

While this does not always mean going to court, it usually requires getting legal advice from a lawyer.

So where do I go to get legal ad-vice?

The Legal Services Commission of South Australia, the Women’s Legal Serv-ice and community legal centres provide free initial legal advice via their telephone services and face-to-face interviews, or you can employ a lawyer privately.

Some private lawyers and law firms of-fer the first appointment free or at a low cost.

Always ask what costs are involved and whether discounts are available before you engage a lawyer.

For more information about private lawyers contact the Law Society of South Australia.

If you need to employ a lawyer but can’t afford it, legal aid may be able to help.

However, you must prove that you are on a low income and are likely to win your case.

For more detailed information about the legal aid guidelines and how to apply visit http://www.lsc.sa.gov.au/cb_pages/legal_aid.php.

Legal aid is subject to restrictions for example Family matters (other than an emergency) must involve a genuine dis-pute over children that is not resolvable

by negotiation or counselling.It pays to ask the right questions Before you decide to engage a lawyer

make sure they have the right kind of ex-perience and expertise, and are not cur-rently giving legal advice to your partner.

This is particularly important in domes-tic violence and Family Law cases where there may be complications regarding in-tervention and parenting orders.

Be prepared Getting involved in a legal dispute can

be a very complex, long and costly process, particularly if you are unprepared.

To save time and ultimately money, it’s a good idea to get originals or copies of all official paperwork before you see your lawyer.

Here’s a quick checklist of the types of information a lawyer may ask you for:

• Passport • Birth certificate • Citizen-ship papers • Marriage certificate • Driver’s licence • Health care card • Bank books, ATM and credit cards • Bank statements • Tax returns and tax records • Titles of ownership and property deeds • Partner-ship and company records • Details of joint and personal debts • Guarantees • Wills • Car registration • Mortgage and home loan details • Rental agreement • Centrelink/Austudy number • Insurance policies (eg home, contents, car, life and superannuation)

Crimes compensationWomen who are victims or have been

adversely affected by a violent crime, may be able to get financial assistance from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. For more information contact the Victim Support Service Inc on Tel. 8231 5626 (Adelaide Metro), 1800 182 368 (South Australian rural) or see their webpage at www.victimsa.org.

Getting Legal Advice


NEWS

WHAT’S ON

ROXBY DOWNS’ LUTHERAN CHURCH10:30am 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sunday of the month5:30pm 3rd Sunday of each month9:30am every Sunday during school termsFAITHWORKS’ CHRISTIAN CHURCHAn Assemblies Church meets every Sunday 9.30 am at Roxby Downs Catholic School LibraryST. BARBARA’S PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCHSaturday 6:00pm & Sunday 9:00am78 Pioneer Drive, Roxby DownsANDAMOOKA/ROXBY BIBLE CHURCH10:00am Sundays, Worship Service 6.30pm Fridays, Kids Club, 7 years + Phone: 8672 7213ROXBY DOWNS COMMUNITY CHURCH10am Sunday Worship. For other events & activities phone Alison 8671 1032

CHURCH

GREYHOUND RACING - PORT AUGUSTA - 15th AugustSTONEHENGE RODEO & BRONCO BRANDING - 15th AugustART IN THE PARK - PT. AUGUSTA - 16th August 9:30am -2pmAUSTRALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL - Jondaryan, 22nd AugustROXBY DOWNS RFDS GOLF &AUCTION DAY - 19th SeptemberBELTANA MEMORIAL WEEKEND - 26th September

FAR NORTH EVENTS

Community members are welcome to attend any meeting of the Roxby Downs Community Board, Fo-rums and Partnerships - see schedule on the Commu-nity Matters page. For more information call Michelle Hales on 8671 0010ROTARY CLUB - ROXBY DISTRICT1st and 3rd Monday of the month For more information contact Sandy Sumsion ph: 0400 366 619ANDAMOOKA OPAL GIRL GUIDESAndamooka Community Hall Mondays from 5:00pm to 7:00pmPhone: 0427072710OUTBACK MULTI-CULTURAL GROUPPhone: 8671 2892ROXBY DOWNS CFS AGM 7:30pm 6th August 2009 at the Roxby Downs Fire Station All positions are to be vacated as this is a full elec-tion year. Nominations to be sent to Karen Atkins - Email [email protected] or phone 0418857261.

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday9:00am - 12:00pm Saturday and SundayPhone: 8671 2001CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT - MOVIESTuesday, Friday, Saturday & SundayPhone: 8671 2001ROXBY DOWNS TODDLERS’ STORY TIME 9:30am - 11:00am Tuesday & Thursday (repeated)Meet at Roxby Downs Library during school Terms OnlyANDAMOOKA TODDLERS’ STORY TIME10:30am Monday - Fun for 1-4 years.Phone: 8672 7018Meet at Andamooka Community LibraryPLAYGROUP - St. Barbara’s Parish School 9:30Call Jakki: 8671 2323PLAYGROUP - Roxby Downs Kindergarten9:30am - 11:00am FridayContact 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 FridayMARKET DAY - August 15th - September 19th

ROXBY DOWNS KINDERGARTEN 20TH ANNIVER-SARY WINE TASTING - 24th & 25th AugustROXBY DOWNS KINDERGARTEN ‘ART SHOW’ CELEBRATING 20 YEARS 1988 - 2008 12th September 2009

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SCHOOL TERMS 2009Term 3: 20 Jul – 25 SepTerm 4: 12 Oct – 11DecMT DARE HOTEL - 8am – 9pm Open every dayOUTBACK COMMUNITY GARDENS - Phone: 8671 2892ROXBY ROAD SAFE - Phone: 8671 2892

GENERAL INFORMATION

ROXBY DOWNS’ FAMILY PRACTICEPhone: 8671 3231 ROXBY DOWNS’ MEDICAL PRACTICE9:00am-5:00pm Monday to FridaySaturday morning by appointment. Phone: 8671 1900VISITING ALLIED HEALTH SERVICE

DIABETES EDUCATOR - 23rd OctoberPhone: 86485706OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - 21st AugustPhone: 86485800SPEECH PATHOLOGIST - 21st AugustPhone: 86485800PHYSIOTHERAPIST - 3rd & 4th SeptemberPhone: 86485800COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WORKER - 21st AugustPhone: 86485800DIETICIAN - 21st AugustPhone: 86485800PODIATRIST - 21st AugustPhone: 86485500CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE - 3rd & 4th SeptemberConfidential counselling for children up to 18 years.Phone: 1800819089

HEARING SERVICES9:00am-2:30pm Monday to FridayPhone:1800 006 303DOCTOR’S NEW SPECIALISED DRUGPhone: 1800 700 270 (Number for Medicare Use)ROXBY DOWNS’ FAMILY AND YOUTH OFFICERCrisis and relationship counselling, mediation and support.Phone: 8671 2892CRISIS 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.

HEALTH

across the region Do you think motorbikes are damaging the environment in our

region by riding off the tracks?

HAVE YOUR SAY . . .

“I think the Council and BHP need to work together and allocate an area for the bikers to ride. I don’t think they’re dam-aging the environment but I think they need to be educated and have a proper place to ride, so we prevent people riding illegally or causing acci-dents.”

Carli Smart

“This is an old story. They’ve got to have their recreation but also need the proper place to do so. They could approach lo-cal farmers and find bet-ter places to ride, where there’s no harm to the environment.”

Mike Ryan

“I think it’s ok to ride the motorcycles in our region, as long as they are careful and are not dam-aging the plants, I don’t see any problem in that. I don’t think it’s danger-ous to the environment if they’re not killing the wild life or the vegetation.”

Nathan Timmins


LIFESTYLE


August 15thRed Earth Festival Launch (Roxby Downs Market Day)Come along and find out all about what’s on this festival. There will be FREE face painting, play dough sculpting and bal-loon give-aways for the kids, live music and volunteers on hand to answer all your questions. Fairybelle will also be making an appearance!

Workshop Schedule August 16thKids Memorabilia TinsScrapbooking fun for kids aged 8 years and up.Where: Roxby Downs LibraryTime: 10am-noon.What to bring: Scissors, double-sided tape, ruler, pencil, eraser, craft knife and craft mat.Cost: $15 ($5 deposit at booking)

Make a 12x12 Scrap PageDesigned for scrapbooking adults both new and experienced come along and learn some new techniques.Where: Roxby Downs LibraryTime: 2-4pmWhat to bring: 6x4 black and white photo in por-trait, scissors, double-sided tape, ruler, pencil, eraser, craft knife and craft mat.Cost: $20, $10 deposit at booking.

August 22ndDawn Photography Field TripSee and capture the best of what the outback has to offer on this photography field trip. Come along on a tag-a-long field trip to local conser-

vation reserve, Arid Recovery. From tracks and plants to sunrise, landscapes and even the odd animal or two – this is an experience not to be missed.Suitable for participants aged 15+Where: Meet at the Visitor Information Cen-tre – the group will then travel together to Arid Recovery.Time: 6.30am SHARP to (approx. 9.30am)What to bring: Camera, sturdy walking shoes, long pants, water and hat.Cost: $5 Donation to Arid Recovery.

Landscape Oil PaintingLearn to paint your own outback landscape with local artist Alex Mendelssohn. Suitable for participants aged 5+. Where: Roxby Downs Area SchoolTime: Workshop 1 – 2-2pm, Workshop 2 – 3-5pmCost: Adults $20, Children $5 (includes cost for all materials and canvas which participant takes home).NOTE: Bookings need to be made by August 12th

August 26thNight Photography Field TripSee and capture the beauty of the outback when local conservation reserve, Arid Recov-ery, comes alive! This is a rare opportunity to photograph the endangered burrowing bettong at Arid Recovery’s viewing hide.Suitable for participants aged 15+Where: Meet at the Visitor Information Cen-tre – the group will then travel together to Arid Recovery.Time: 7pm SHARP to (approx. 9pm)What to bring: Camera, tripod (if available), sturdy walking shoes, long pants and water.Cost: $5 Donation to Arid Recovery.

2009 Program

Hurry! Limited places available!Bookings can be made at the Roxby Downs Community Library.

August 27thIntroduction to PhotographyFind out all about how to get the best results out of your camera. This workshop is open to anyone who has an interest in photogra-phy – no matter their skill level or type of camera.Suitable for participants aged 15+Where: Roxby Downs Area SchoolTime: 7.30-9.30pmWhat to bring: Camera and notebook.Cost: Gold coin donation.

August 29th and 30thIntroduction to RadioGet into the groove and find out what it’s like to be an on-air radio presenter. See what goes on behind the scenes at your local community radio station - RoxFM! Partici-pants will gain the skills to present a half hour radio program.Suitable for participants aged 15+.Where: RoxFM, Richardson Place.Time: 12-4.30pmCost: $15 (Includes 2009 Membership, training manual and lanyard. Participants can opt to continue further training if they wish).What to bring: A couple of CDs.

September 5thCard MakingLearn to make your own unique and person-alised gift and special occasion cards. This workshop will have you seeing every day ma-terials and odds and ends in a completely different way.Where: Roxby Downs Community Library

Time: 12-2pmCost: $5

September 12th and 13thJewellery MakingJoin local artist Rachel Young in her work-shop create your own unique piece of jewel-lery. Learn some basic techniques of this age old craft and apply them to create your own contemporary piece.Suitable for participants aged 16+Where: Rachel’s Workshop. Details on book-ing.Time: 2-4pmCost: $60 – each participant will leave with their own completed piece.What to bring: Personal protective clothing (eg. Cotton clothes, closed in shoes – prefer-ably boots or leather shoes, protective clear glasses.

September 14th and 15thJewellery Making

Join local artist Rachel Young in her work-shop create your own unique piece of jewel-lery. Learn some basic techniques of this age old craft and apply them to create your own contemporary piece.Suitable for participants aged 16+Where: Rachel’s Workshop. Details on book-ing.Time: 7pm-9pmCost: $60 – each participant will leave with their own completed piece.What to bring: Personal protective clothing (eg. Cotton clothes, closed in shoes – prefer-ably boots or leather shoes, protective clear glasses.

By Celeste Lustosa

When I knew that I had to write a review on the play “Fizz…Bang” last

weekend I did get a bit concerned because I knew it would be about Roxby Downs’ history and not knowing too much about it, I figured I could be lost during the play.

I couldn’t be more wrong. The play is suitable for people who

have been living here for years and for those, myself included, that have just moved here.

I realised during the play that I didn’t know much about the town.

All I knew was what every outsider does; the kind of information you can see on Wikipedia.

After this weekend, I do know what makes Roxby Downs such a special place to live and I have heard it all from locals; from people who knew what they were talking about.

I could see the pride every actor felt about the story they were telling and that made a huge difference to their performance.

The performances were really good and the way the play was put together, with all the interactions between the actors and “the voice” was hilarious.

My friend Zak, as “the voice”, was a great surprise as his performance was all based on his tone.

The man really delivered and his interactions with his mother, who was also in the play, were something that made me laugh by myself at home afterwards.

You had it all in the play. It certain-ly covered all the aspects of Roxby – the mining industry, the political side of being the town that hosts the big Olympic Dam, but without for-getting the cultural and social sides that makes a town.

Now I know how every important business took place in the town, the one I work for included as they talked

about when The Monitor started. I must admit I found it brilliant the

way they put the name of the news-paper in the play.

So now I work for “Not the Goan-na” and I also left the play needing to ask my dear friend Ray Goldie some questions, as some stories about him were mentioned.

And let’s not forget the footy. It had to have a special part in every Aus-tralian story and it wouldn’t be any different in Roxby. Guernseys on and we had a little match on stage.

Another great part of this play were the songs.

Those actors can certainly sing and play instruments as well.

The piano was beautiful and the songs were extremely funny.

Some very well-known songs with a pinch of Roxby‘s history, some changes in the lyrics and you have some fun memorable moments.

Overall, it was a pleasant night and provided a great understanding of Roxby in a funny way.

Who said a history class should be boring?

Roxby Downs is unique in South Australian history but now I certainly don’t need Wikipedia to tell me that. And I can’t wait for next year’s play.

No better way to know Roxby’s History than watching “Fizz Bang”


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CAMP OVEN COOKOUT

AT the Cottage. Saturday 15th August at 6:30pm. Enjoy a 3 course meal (soup-lamb/pork-sweets). Fresh Streaky Bay oysters can be purchased. BYO drinks. Live entertainment. Adults $15, Children $8. All proceeds to go to the Andamooka Hospital Auxiliary for purchase of a new DEFIBRILLATOR

ROXBY WINDSCREENS AND WINDOW TINTING

CARS: domestic and industr ial . Insurance Claims. Licensed Tradesmen. Ph 0411 215 787 or (08) 8671 1414

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SPORT

Web: www.roxbycouncil.come-mail: [email protected]

Office hours: Mon to Frid – 9am to 5pm.After hours Emergencies, please phone 0419 892 870.

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

Accounts for 30th June 2009 quarter have been issued, please pay by due date to avoid a late fee.

WATER

Council are aware that some people may, upon receiv-ing any of their Council accounts, experience diffi-culty with payment of them

by the due date. Please feel free to visit the Council office

and complete a Payment Ar-rangement Form as early as possible or phone and advise us.

HAVING DIFFICULTY PAYING YOUR ACCOUNT?

Fourth quarter of rates for financial year 08/09, have now been issued. The due date for payment was 16th June, 2009. If you have any

enquiries please contact Bronnie Warren on 8671 0010

during office hours.

RATES

Service SA operates at the Council Office on Wednes-day and Thursdays ONLY, between the hours of 9.00am and 4.30pm. Coun-cil provides Transport Serv-

ices including Vehicle and Boat Registrations and Licensing

Transactions. No learner written theory tests will commence after 4.00pm.

SERVICE SA

COUNCIL SNIPPETS

PUBLIC NOTICESPlease note it is an of-fence to place public notices on trees, veran-dah posts etc. Penalties

may be incurred.

- Please familiarise yourself with parking restrictions around both the schools and obey the parking signs and restrictions e.g. the “drop off zones”. These

restrictions are specifically designed to improve the safety

of pedestrians and minimise traffic con-gestion. - Familiarise yourself with the location of all signage, e.g. Disabled Parking areas and Loading Zones.

PARKING

- Dog registrations renewals are now due and are pay-able from 1st July 2009. Registrations are for a 12 month period, in the finan-

cial calendar year. (July 09 – June 2010), NOT 12 months

calendar year. You will have until 31st August 2009 to register before receiv-ing a late fee. Cheaper registration fees shall apply for proof of desexed, micro chipped or trained dogs.- Please also ensure that all dogs over the age of three months are registered, failure to comply can again result in an $80.00 Expiation Notice being issued. WARNING: Dogs registered with another Council are NOT considered to be reg-istered within our Council. An Expiation Notice will be issued if not registered with us. Proof of registration with another coun-cil is required and only incurs a minimal transfer fee.- Council would like to advise that due to a new Council by-law; only two dogs are allowed per property. Written application to the council for approval of more dogs is required.- Council are receiving many complaints about barking dogs. If you have a com-plaint, please come into the council and collect the relevant complaint form. If you would like a booklet on ways to stop your dog barking, please come into the coun-cil and ask for your copy.

DOG REGISTRATION

- Council is offering FREE cat registration until June 2010 providing you can supply proof that your cat is de-sexed and microchipped.

You must register it with us by 31st August 2009. After

this date normal registration fees will be incurred.- Council would like to advise that due to a new Council by-law; only two cats are allowed per property. Written application to the council for approval of more cats is required.- If you are having problems with stray cats, the council do hire out cat traps for a refundable bond, just come into the council office. Once caught, council will collect both the trap and the animal.

CAT REGISTRATIONUNABLE TO GET INTO THE COUNCIL OFFICE?

If you need to pay a Council account, and are unable to come into the council office during work hours, we do offer payment via

2 ways:- either by credit card facility

via the Internet. Please include your account number in the reference area, and then advise us via email when making payment by Internet. - or by phoning us at the Council in work hours for over the phone payment.

DEPOSITING OF RUBBISH IS A FINEABLE OFFENCE IF:- It is disposed of on the side of the road or in a public place.

- Depositing of goods, ma-terials, earth, stone, gravel

or any other substance on a public road or public place.- Over - filling your house green gar-bage bin. The lid must be fully closed, otherwise the crows can get into the garbage. These offences can attract a $315 fine

OPAL ROAD LANDFILL (THE DUMP) AND RECYCLING:The Opal Road Landfill is open from 1pm – 6pm, seven days a week. This is

a FREE service. Recycling can be taken to either the landfill or BSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street, or phone them on 8671 1154.

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Accounts for 30th June 2009 quarter have been issued, please pay by due date to avoid late fee been added to your account.

ELECTRICITY

To connect your electricity supply, you are required to lodge the paper work with the Council before 3pm.When vacating a property,

you are required to lodge the paperwork with the

Council 2 – 3 days prior to the requested final meter reading date.If you would like this paperwork faxed or emailed, feel free to contact us at the above number.

ARE YOU MOVING INTO OR OUT OF A PROPERTY AT ROXBY DOWNS?

A1/A2 GradesZodiacs, 42 defeated Miners 2,

39Hornridge 1, 53 defeated

Olympic Dam 2, 26Miners 1, defeated Hornridge 2,

30B Grade

Olympic Dam 3, 36 defeated Andamooka, 27

Miners Red, 47 defeated Hornridge 3, 22

R.D.N.A Continuous Raffle Results 7/8/09

Rob Charman Ticket no. 49Lena Allen Ticket no. 20

Zodiacs on a rollBec Eli reports

Newcomers to the competition, Zodiacs have picked up some

new recruits and are gaining momentum in the home run to the finals.

With two consecutive wins on the board, they are hitting form as the major rounds loom. Against Miners 2 this week in what began as a tough and physical contest, Zodiacs took it to the young red and white side. The first quarter was an even tussle with Zodiacs hit-ting the bench at quarter time with only a one goal lead but by half time had stretched the margin to four. Changes at half time saw new recruit Gideon take the court and there was no stopping Zodiacs as they forged on to take a nine goal lead by the three quarter time whistle. Min-ers had a stronger final quarter keeping Zodiacs to just six goals alongside their twelve goal haul, however the final push wasn’t enough for the Miners to peg back the lead and Zodiacs took out the game 42 to 39.

Next week Zodiacs play Ol-ympic Dam 2 which is set to be a tight game based on both sides recent form.

Olympic Dam 2 played Horn-ridge 1 this week in a game that also provided a tight first quar-ter. With Hornridge missing many of their usual line up, the first quarter was even at twelve a piece. By the end of the sec-ond quarter the Magpies had settled and pushed the mar-gin to nine. With neither team making changes to their line ups throughout the game, Hornridge 1 took out the win with a final score line of 53 to 26.

In the third A1/A2 game of the week Miners 1 played Horn-ridge 2. From the first whistle, Miners 1 had the momentum and won the game with 34 goal margin.

In the B grade, Andamooka were coming off a two week win-ning streak and faced the OD Devils. First quarter followed suit with the other games this week and was tied at eleven a piece at quarter time. With OD 3 boasting one of the tallest teams in the B grade competition their

height at both ends of the court was difficult for Andamooka to match and they finished win-ners, 36 to 27.

The other B grade game saw Miners Red play Hornridge 3. Miners Red are clear on the top of the B grade premiership table and Hornridge found them dif-ficult to stop. Carthew played well in defence for Miners Red as did Johnson in defence for the Magpies however Miners took the game 47 to 22.

Looking forward to next week, don’t bother with the football, the action is at the netball. The match of the week would have to be Hornridge 1 versus Ol-ympic Dam 1. The first round saw OD1 take the win against the Magpies, however on recent form Hornridge are set to give the Devils a fair run.

Zodiacs take on Olympic Dam 2 and this should also be a tight and entertaining game to watch. Miners 1 face fellow club team Miners 2, Olympic Dam 3 play Miners Red and Hornridge 3 play Miners White. Hornridge 2 and Andamooka have the bye.

NetballResults On 07/08/2009 Police were advised of an alleged assault that occurred on Eremophilia Street, ROXBY DOWNS. Police are contin-uing their enquiries in rela-tion to the allegations.

On 08/08/2009 Roxby Downs Police arrested a 22 year old male from Henley Beach after he returned to licensed premises after be-ing removed. The male was bailed to attend court at a later date.

In the early hours of Sat-urday morning 08/08/2009, Police were recalled to a vehicle collision on Pioneer Drive, ROXBY DOWNS. The driver of the vehicle had left the scene prior to police arrival. Enquiries have re-vealed that the vehicle had been stolen from a Bolami Street address earlier in the night, when the owner had left the keys in the vehicle

and believed to have been used to damage a number of road signs around Roxby Downs. Police were then advised of a second stolen vehicle from Nyaroo Court, a stolen motor bike from Wirrda Street and a stolen push bike from Pioneer Drive, which all occurred shortly after the crash. Po-lice believe that this was a crime series committed by the same offender/s. All ve-hicles have been subjected to forensic examinations and Police are continuing their enquiries.

In the early hours of Sunday 09/08/2009, Police arrested a 35 year old male from Roxby Downs after he returned to an address in Roxby Downs after being trespassed by police earlier in the night. The male was bailed to attend court at later date

WHAT’S ON

TUESDAY

COME-TRY-SOCCER (for juniors) – School Oval3:30pm – 4:15pm = 4-7yr olds4:15pm – 5:00pm = 8-10yr olds5:00pm – 6:00pm = 11-16yr oldsSENIOR MEN’S BASKETBALL – Leisure Centre – 7:00pm – 10:00pmSQUASH – Leisure Centre – 7:00pm – 9:00pmCOMBAT – Pulse Fitness – 6:00pmSTEP – Pulse Fitness – 7:00pm

PILATES/YOGA – Pulse Fitness - 6:00amNIPPY GYM – Auditorium – 9:30am – 11:30amSENIOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL – Leisure Centre – 7:00pm – 9:30pmSQUASH – Leisure Centre – 7:00pm – 9:00pmPUMP/HI-LO – Pulse Fitness – 6:00pmSUPER STRETCH – Pulse Fitness – 7:00pm

SPIN – Pulse Fitness – 6:00amPILATES/YOGA – Pulse Fitness – 9:00am KARATE – Auditorium 6:00pm – 8:30pmWOMEN’S AND MIXED NETBALL – Leisure Centre – 6:00pm – 9:30pmSOCIAL SQUASH – Leisure Centre – 7:30pm – 9:30pm-

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAYMONDAY

KARATE – Auditorium - 6:00pm - 8:30pmVOLLEYBALL – Leisure Centre - 6:30pm -9:30pmFITBALL – Pulse Fitness - 9:00amSPIN – Pulse Fitness - 6:00pmAB ATTACK – Pulse Fitness - 7:00pm JUNIOR SQUASH – Leisure Centre - 5:30pm -7:30pm

INDOOR HOCKEY - Leisure Centre – Juniors – 5:00pm – 6:30pmSeniors – 6:30pm – 8:30pm ASSOCIATION SENIOR NETBALL – Netball Courts – 6:30pm & 8:00pm FITBALL – Pulse Fitness – 6:00pm, GROOVE – Pulse Fitness – 7:00pm

FRIDAY

SOFTBALL – School Oval – 10:00am TOUCH FOOTBALL – Town Oval 6:30pm - 8:30pm

SPIN – Pulse Fitness - 9:00amFOOTBALL - Town Oval

SUNDAY

SATURDAY

sports

Hornridge Op Shop Ball15th AUGUST 7pm Roxby Downs Club

Further info call Brent on 0411 042 423

Police news


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By Celeste Lustosa

Roxby’s Tummy Tightener Tennis Trials happen every Tuesday, from 10 to 11am, at the Roxby Downs Tennis Courts and

every mum is welcome to join at anytime.Sue-Ann Scobie has three children and always

found it difficult to find activities she could do to get fit and at the same time be able to look after her children and socialise.

So, she came up with the idea of getting mums together for friendly tennis matches.

“When I had the idea for tennis matches to get mums fit again, I contacted Roxby Downs Health Services and Building Healthy Communities and they gave us a thousand dollars so we could buy new racquets for us and the kids, balls, tennis equipment in general.

“We usually have around eight women coming every week and we split the court hire fee between

us,” says Sue-Ann.According to Sue-Ann, since they’re all mums, they

understand it can’t be a commitment to come every week, because it depends on your other responsibili-ties as a mum, as well as your baby’s well-being.

“We understand a mum’s schedule and that’s why our group is so relaxed about our tennis.”

There are also no competitions, scores or regular times or teams for the tennis, since some of the mums are breastfeeding or just need to stop whenever their babies need them.

“You don’t have to know how to play tennis to join us. We’re here to get some exercise, have a chat and also it’s a lovely opportunity for our children to be outside, playing with other kids,” says Sue-Ann.

Getting fit again is always a new mums concern and since they can only start exercising at the gym after six months, the Tummy Tightener Tennis Trials have been welcomed by Roxby mothers.

“It’s been great to get out of the house and exer-cise,” says Sharon Lyons, who has a three-month old

baby boy.Belinda Gay has a five-month old baby girl

and also added the group is great because it’s pressure free.

“It’s an informal, relaxed group where you don’t have to know how to play tennis to join in.

“I had never played before and that’s alright.”

So if you’re a mother who wants to exer-cise, have a chat with other mothers, make new friends and have some fun while your children are safe and being looked after, just come along to the Roxby tennis courts on Tuesdays, at 10am.

For those who are available at this time and want to be part of the group but don’t have a child, you can have a hit with the mums and volunteer to help watch the children.

It could be a good practice!

Mothers get fit and watch their children at the same time.

You don’t have to know how to play tennis to join us. We’re here to get some exercise, have a chat and also it’s a lovely opportunity for our children to be outside, playing with other kids...

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Mum’s get together for a tighter tummy

Ambrose golf attracts big field

of 80 players

The popular Cavpower-Cat Rental ambrose golf competition was a huge success on Saturday when 80 players took to the course for a team

golf day and lots of fun and laughter.Overall winner was a team made up of Craig Smith,

Geoff Darling, Kate Hobbs and Shaun Smith who had a team score of 113, but a combined score of 67.

Their net score after handicap just edged out the sec-ond place team of Rob Bollinger, Dougal Macleod and Butch Casserly who only managed a three man team. Their score was also 67 but with a slightly less advantage with a handicap of 14, their net score saw them relegated to second spot, just .025 behind the winners.

Third place went to Jason Schell, Stephen McInerny, Rob Vanderhoven and Greg Jarman 53.15 net, while fourth place saw Robert Gray, Xavier Spokes, Damien Grantham and Tony Richter only just out of contention with 53.750 net.

The Mixed team competition saw Geoff Cane, Vikki Cane, Tony Webber and Darren Lamb take out the top spot with a net score of 55.50 with the runners-up being Sally Benn, Adele Wallace, Glen Mungur and Reinhardt Viljoen who returned to the clubhouse with a 58.125 net.

Ladies’ winners on a net score of 68.625 were Julie Darling, Fiona Bilney, Jodie Brind and Uleen Pearce.

Any Ambrose competition brings out the best and also the worst. The dubious honour of the NAGA prize ended up with Jako Kok, Wynand Cronje, Glen Bassett and Jen Bassett, who finished ahead of two other teams who would rather not have their scores mentioned, especially the one which returned a net score of 135.375!

Longest drive winners for the day were Ben Norman, Reinhardt Viljoen and Uleen Pearce, while the nearest the pin winners were the accurate ones, Scott Humphries, Rob Bollinger and Sally Benn.

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Miners have a long way to go

By Ray Goldie

I f the Miners have aspirations to play in the Grand Final let alone win it, they will have to show con-

siderable improvement by September 5th.

The Miners started impressively kick-ing the first goal of the match against the wind and holding OD to 2 goals 3 for the quarter.

At quarter time, Miners’ Coach Mark Dalgleish applauded his back line and told the team having the wind they needed to be five goals up by half time.

The Miners scored the first goal of the quarter but OD retaliated with three un-answered goals against the wind.

The Miners chipped in with another goal but OD was playing the better foot-ball.

As the game progressed, despite some good passages of play, the Miners could

not close the gap as OD pushed out to a seven goal lead by the end of the quarter.

The Miners had given away too many free kicks including at least three 50 me-tre penalties and at times had made some poor decisions when going into attack.

Miners outscored OD five goals to three in the last quarter, but it was all too little, too late for the Miners who never looked like they would snatch victory.

OD was just too strong physically and as a team.

OD’s dominance was greater than ap-peared on the scoreboard and it was really only their inaccuracy in front of goals that kept the Miners remotely in the game.

The game was marred by a melee which had a player from each team sent off with yellow cards, the second involved over 20 players.

Final Score OD 13 goals 12 behinds, 90 points to The Miners 10 goals, 4 behinds, 64 points.

Too easy for HornridgeHornridge cruised to an

easy win over an improved and sometimes valiant Andamooka last Saturday with the final margin being 86 points.

The first quarter started as a contest between the half backs as the ball re-bounded up and down the ground with no real advan-tage for either team.

It took 17 minutes for Price to kick Hornridge’s first goal followed by a second goal just moments later as Monfries showed some dash through the centre of the ground to score on the run. As the quarter progressed, Horn-ridge had far more system up forward patiently work-ing their way forward with a series of handballs and short kicks but they could not capitalise on the score-board as Andamooka’s back line held strong. While An-damooka were strong in defence they made no use of the wind going scoreless for the quarter.

Quarter time, Horn-ridge 2 goals, 2 behinds, 14 points

Andamooka nil During the quarter time

break, Hornridge’s coach asked his player’s not too just bomb the ball forward but too look for targets. In the opening few minutes of the second it was as if the team did not hear the coach as they continued to bomb it into the forwards only to be repelled by Andamooka on each occasion.

Late in the quarter, Munro kicked a goal for Hornridge which was fol-lowed by two others giving Hornridge a 28 point lead at half time. Andamooka had defended well, con-sidering the first half had mostly been played in Hornridge’s forward half. The problem was their in-ability to score.

Half Time Hornridge 4 goals, 4

behinds, 35 points, Anda-mooka nil

Andamooka finally got a score on the board in the first few minutes with a point. Unfortunately, it would be their only score for the match. Hornridge’s Quinn scored their first goal of the third quarter from a strong lead and mark to be followed later in the quarter by Monfries

bursting through the centre and scoring a major from a long kick on the run and Pace kicking two goals, one thanks to a weak 50 metre penalty.

Quinn scored another major to take Hornridge’s lead at the last change to 55 points

Third quarter score: Hornridge 8 goals, 8 be-hinds, 56 points to An-damooka 1 behind.

The last quarter was a re-peat of the previous three quarters mostly played in Hornridge’s half of the ground as they added an-other 5 goals to their score. Andamooka, to their cred-it, never stopped defending and fought the game out. Hornridge despite putting in a solid effort gave the impression they still had a few more gears to go and will need to be tested come finals.

Final Scores: Hornridge 12 goals, 13 behinds, 87 points to Andamooka 1 behind.

Touch Footy Grand Final: 09-08-2009Safe As 9 defeated Noble Knights 2Best on Field was presented to Chachi TaparaBest and Fairest for the season on 19 points went to Witapine Ratapu.Runner Up Best and Fairest for the season on 13 points went to Reid Ratapu.

Wednesday Netball: 05-08-2009Women’s:Hornridge 47 defeated Zodiacs 15Roxby Milkshakes 32 defeated HSB 24Redbacks 49 defeated Red’s 15DaFunk 25 drew with Cruisers 25Pink Ladies 22 drew with Tango’s 22Mixed:Wedgies 39 defeated Goal Diggers 21Black Cats 24 defeated TLCU 19Mixed Indoor Hockey: 07-08-2009Scorpions 7 defeated Hot Shots 4Pythons 9 defeated Blues 8

Olympic Dam 13 goals 12 points 90 points defeated Roxby Districts 10 goals 4 points 64 points

Best players for OD 1st R Saracino 2nd D Summerton 3rd R Summerton 4th D Rogers 5th C Green. Goal scor-ers N Shinnick 4 goals R Saracino S Peek 2 goals each S Montgomerie D Rogers D Summerton C Reily B Davis 1 goal each.

Best player for Roxby Districts 1st T Roberts 2nd I McBey 3rd C Kenny 4th B Haliman 5th J Pyke. Goal scorers B Wray 4 goals I McBey 3 goals J Watson K Zeptner A Brady 1 goal

Hornridge 12 goals 15 points 87 points defeated Andamooka 1 point 1 point

Best players forHornridge 1st T Price 2nd W Moroney 3rd W Monfries 4th M Blackie 5th D Male. Goal scorers W Monfries 4 goals T Price S Quinn D Smith 2 goals each L Munro V Buza 1 goal each.

Andamooka’s best players 1st A Monfries 2nd T Pycroff 3rd D Reid 4th T Ripley 5th S Hall

JUNIOR COLTS Under 12’s Hawks 7 goals 5 points 53 points defeated Bulldogs 3

goals 3 points 21 points Best players for Hawks 1st J Daly 2nd W Abbott 3rd M

Booyens 4th A Ryan 5th C Trussler. Goal scorers J Daly 3 goals A Ryan 2 goals L Rudiger and unknown 1 goal each.

Best player for Bulldogs 1st B Evans 2nd J Mason 3rd L Weston 4th C Best 5th J Rigden. Goal scorers M Hanson 2 goals S King 1 goal

SENIOR COLTS Under 14’sBulldogs 10 goals 6 points 66 points defeated Hawks 3

goals 4 points 22 pointsBest players and scores for Bulldogs unavailable. Best

players for Hawks 1st C Haugum 2nd S Orr 3rd C Griffin. Goal scorers K Ellis E Zeptner C Haugum

SENIOR COTS Under 17’sBulldogs 11 goals 6 points 72 points defeated Hawks 8

goals 3 points 51 pointsBest players for Bulldogs 1st K Forrest 2nd J Kenny 3rd

V Buza 4th N Hombsch 5th D Reid. Goal scorers J Kenny V Buza N Hombsch 2 goals each D Kraljev T Hombsch B Weltner D Sanford 1 goal each.

Best players for the Hawks 1st L Munro 2nd K Lynch 3rd S Orr 4th D Male 5th C Hocking. Goal scorers A Warren 4 goals D Male 2 goals L Munro J Christall 1 goal each . Andamooka’s Ripley and Hornridge player Monfries

wait for the outcome from this ruck contest.

This Miners’ gang tackle was not enough to stop OD Devils from maintaining their run to be grand final contenders.

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Hombsch on his way to big

AFL future Can he become the next

Dangerfield or Roo?Jack Hombsch from the Roxby

Downs Junior Football Club has been selected in the 2009 intake

of the Australian Institute of Sport-AFL Academy, following the recent NAB AFL Under 16 and Under 18 Championships in Sydney.

The AIS-AFL Academy is a key com-ponent of the NAB AFL Rising Stars Program, providing an in-tensive 12-month training pro-gram for 30 elite young players from all around Australia.

Reaching the pinnacle in one’s chosen sport is the wish of many young people and and for 16 year old Jack Hombsch the se-lection in the elite squad sees him well on his way to achiev-ing his dreams of playing AFL football at the top level.

“We are very proud of Jack’s achievements and the manner in which he plays the game,” said proud parents, Brian and Von Hombsch.

Now living in Adelaide and attend-ing Rostrevor College, Jack is continu-ing his burgeoning football career with the Sturt Football Club in the SANFL and was picked to represent the State in the Under 16 Championships played recently.

His performances in the National Championships caught the eye of the AFL, promoting him to the AIS elite squad.

Jack will again play on the big stage when he represents SA in the grand final of the Under 16 National Cham-pionships when they play Victoria as a curtain raiser to the 2009 AFL Grand

Final at the MCG on September 26.The occasions don’t get much bigger

and for the 16 year old from the out-back it is an occasion he will remember forever.

“As a family we have always loved being involved with junior football and watching the boys play,” said Von.

Younger brother, 14 year old Nick is

also a very keen footballer and Von says he and Jack spent hours playing football together in the backyard.

Jack played all his junior football at Roxby Downs from the age of eight and would not be where he is today without the local support.

“He has always had fantastic support from the local coaches and Junior Com-mittee,” said Von.

Sturt picked Jack up when they vis-ited Roxby in 2007 and selected him to play for them in the Sturt U15 country team in the State Championships. He played again in 2008 and in the same year transferred to Rostrevor College and played his football for the 10A school side.

His rise in the ranks has seen him for

the Sturt U16’s and the Rostrevor first XV111.

Since playing in the U16 State team in Sydney Jack has played his first U18 game with Sturt and is destined to go much further in the future.

For now the Kurt Tippett fan has to go through the training process and if past success is any indication Jack may

be picked-up in the AFL draft, but there is no guarantee it will be with his beloved Crows.

This is the 13th intake, with Academy graduates currently making up more than 20 per cent of AFL club lists.

2009 NAB AFL Rising Star nominees Daniel Rich, Jack Grimes, Jack Ziebell and Patrick Dangerfield are all graduates of the AIS-AFL Academy in recent years.

All inductees will attend their first camp at the Australian In-

stitute of Sport in Canberra on Sunday, September 27.

Other camp dates are in November/December when additional atheletes attend, January camp in Melbourne, followed by an AFL induction from January 18 to 22.

The elite squad will also do an inter-national tour in April when they visit South Africa and then in July the squad will attend a luncheon as the final part of the process at a venue in Melbourne.

AIS-AFL Academy High Performance Coach Jason McCartney said he is look-ing forward to the year ahead with the 13th intake after taking over the head coaching role from Alan McConnell earlier this year.

Jack Hombsch has the world of AFL football at his feet after his selection in an elite squad last week.

“He has always had fantastic support

from the local coaches and Junior

Committee.”

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