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www.katherinetimes.com.au KATHERINE TIMES, WEDNESDAY JUNE 12, 2012 19 MY TIME working in Katherine was brief but the memories will be long last- ing. The sense of community and the pride locals have in their town is truly unique. That pride and love of community is the cornerstone of truly great towns. Katherine is a place where people and the community stick to- gether, through good and bad. They are the first to congratulate each other on success, and the first to grab you by the boot straps and get you back on your feet when you need a hand. I am proud to have been an editor of the Katherine Times because it is truly a paper which supports and re- flects those wonder- ful, dinky-di Australian community values which we all hold dear to our hearts. Happy 30th birthday to the Katherine Times. I know the next 30 years you will con- tinue deliver for people of Katherine. - Mark Wilton Editor July to October 2011 the editors FOR thirty years the Katherine Times has played an impor- tant role in the lives of the people in the Katherine region. And it is thanks to the people - our read- ers - that the paper is going strong, de- spite so many modern- day ways of accessing all the latest news. The paper has come a long way from the first edition printed in 1983 to today’s edition - but one thing hasn’t changed: The Katherine Times is a paper for and about the people in the Katherine region. There is never a lack of story to be told - and despite having to report on tragic events, crime and anti-social behav- iour, I am still a great believer in good news. And there is no bet- ter place than Kather- ine for a journalist to find a good-news story. With an overwhelming sense of community, people in our region are never too caught up in their own busi- ness to give each other a helping hand. There is no shortage of stories about com- munity heroes and quiet achievers, of people who go the extra mile to help a neighbour in need or raise money for a per- son they’ve only just met, of students and sports people who do their schools and clubs and their community proud. And they are the stories that will al- ways be written about the people in Kather- ine. I feel honoured to be able to help share those stories through the work the Katherine Times does. It is you - the peo- ple in our region, the people who contribute to the every-day life in our community and to the paper, and the people who buy the paper every week - who give the staff at the Katherine Times inspi- ration and motivation to keep going for an- other 30 years. Happy birthday Katherine Times - thank you Katherine. - Annie Hesse Editor since October 2011 Circulated in Katherine, greater Katherine district, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs and available throughout most other centres in our great Northern Territory. Katherine Times Ph 8972 1111 Fax 8971 0120 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 Vol 29 Issue 39 $1.10 Horror week on our roads Dad dies in rollover - P2 Man killed in train collision at level crossing - P5 Graham Peter Oakes was killed at the Pine Creek Mango Farm railway crossing when his car collided with a cargo train. Katherine’s part in London Olympics - P4 8972 2422 www.wynholden.com.au Series II Commodore SV6 Bonus Rear Park Assist & Rear Camera while stocks last! 210kW SIDI Direct Injection V6, Dual-zone climate control, Touch-screen Holden-iQ system, Enhanced Bluetooth, USB and iPOD compatibility, CD Ripping (15CDs), 18” alloy wheels. From only $36,990 drive away New Series II Cruze CD Built in Australia New styling! 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Ban ‘destroying’ north Australia Circulated in Katherine, greater Katherine district, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs and available throughout most other centres in our great Northern Territory. Katherine Times Ph 8972 1111 Fax 8971 0120 WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2011 Vol 29 Issue 25 $1.10 By ANNIE HESSE THE halt on live export trade to Indonesia is “destroying Northern Australia” as businesses lose their employees to “jobs with a future”. Cattle producers and employers in related in- dustries said they could only “hope and pray” for the live export ban to Indonesia to be lifted, while they have to watch their employees leave the industry. Northern Feed & Cube’s General Manager, Lawrence Christian, said the export ban had “literally devastated” his business and the first employee had already resigned in what he calls “a sensible decision”. “She came to us for a chat about a new job she had been offered and all we could do was support her decision to leave and take the new job,” Mr Christian said. “It is sensible – in the situation the industry is in we cannot tell anyone to stay unless we can guarantee continuing employment. “People depend on their employment and their income and they have to look at the future. “Because of the live export ban every em- ployee in the industry is in jeopardy, contrac- tors' employees are in jeopardy, farmers' employees are in jeopardy. “Government has to wake up and realise that they are destroying Northern Australia.” Mr Christian, who only started three months ago as the general manager at Northern Feed and Cube – in what was meant to be a “step up in the career” – said he was now working “to hold it together as long as possible”. “Our business is to 98 per cent related to the live export business – we make the feed that goes onto the ships and we make the pre-feed that is fed to cattle before they go onto the ships. “As of the exact day (from the day the export ban was put in place) we had only one boat to leave with our feed on. “Before the ban we were a progressive busi- ness with no indications of any problems and no expectation of not going easily for another 20 years. Now we can only hope and pray for government to wake up.” Mr Christian said government needed to re- alise that the industry was “not a machine you can just turn off. Farming is a 12-months-a-year operation.” “The export ban has put everyone on edge – it is hard for people not to know what the future holds.” More reports: Pages 3 and 10 Katherine has just suffered through its coldest June since 1946. So it is no wonder we were all rugging up like Haley Wilson, 7, who said she had been wearing long pants to school because it has been so cold. 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www.katherinetimes.com.au KATHERINE TIMES, WEDNESDAY JUNE 12, 2012 19
MY TIMEworking inKatherinewas briefbut thememorieswill belong last-ing.
The senseof community and thepride locals have intheir town is trulyunique.
That pride and loveof community is thecornerstone of trulygreat towns.
Katherine is a placewhere people and thecommunity stick to-gether, through goodand bad.
They are the first tocongratulate each otheron success, and thefirst to grab you bythe boot straps and getyou back on your feetwhen you need a hand.
I am proud to havebeen an editor of theKatherine Times becauseit is truly a paperwhich supports and re-flects those wonder-ful, dinky-diAustralian communityvalues which we allhold dear to ourhearts.
Happy 30th birthdayto the KatherineTimes.
I know the next 30years you will con-tinue deliver for
people of Katherine.
- Mark WiltonEditor July to October
2011
t h e e d i t o r s
FOR thirty yearsthe Katherine Timeshas played an impor-tant role in the livesof the people in theKatherine region.
And it is thanks tothe people - our read-ers - that the paperis going strong, de-spite so many modern-day ways of accessingall the latest news.
The paper has come along way from thefirst edition printedin 1983 to today’sedition - but onething hasn’t changed:The Katherine Times isa paper for and about
the people in theKatherine region.
There is never alack of story to betold - and despitehaving to report ontragic events, crimeand anti-social behav-iour, I am still agreat believer in goodnews.
And there is no bet-ter place than Kather-ine for a journalistto find a good-newsstory.
With an overwhelmingsense of community,people in our regionare never too caughtup in their own busi-ness to give eachother a helping hand.
There is no shortageof stories about com-munity heroes andquiet achievers, ofpeople who go theextra mile to help aneighbour in need orraise money for a per-son they’ve only justmet, of students andsports people who do
theirschoolsand clubsand theircommunity proud.
And they are thestories that will al-ways be written aboutthe people in Kather-ine.
I feel honoured tobe able to help sharethose stories throughthe work the KatherineTimes does.
It is you - the peo-ple in our region, thepeople who contributeto the every-day lifein our community andto the paper, and thepeople who buy thepaper every week - whogive the staff at theKatherine Times inspi-ration and motivationto keep going for an-other 30 years.
Happy birthdayKatherine Times -thank you Katherine.
- Annie HesseEditor since October 2011
Circulated in Katherine, greater Katherine district, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs
and available throughout most other centres in our great Northern Territory.
Katherine Times
Ph 8972 1111 Fax 8971 0120 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011
Vol 29 Issue 39 $1.10
Horrorweekon ourroads
Dad dies in rollover - P2
Man killed in train collision
at level crossing - P5
Graham Peter Oakes was killed at the Pine Creek Mango Farm railway crossing when his
car collided with a cargo train.
Katherine’s part in London Olympics - P4
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Father-of-three Chris Remulla died when his car rolled 10km north of Katherine. His wife
and children survived with minor injuries.
RIGHT: Mark Wilton’’s first frontpage - on July 6, 2011- coveredthe live cattle export ban and a sudden cold snap.
LEFT: Annie Hesse’s first front page - onOctober 12, 2011 - covered the tragic deaths of two
men who were killed in separate road crashes inKatherine and Pine Creek.
Ban ‘destroying’north Australia
Circulated in Katherine, greater Katherine district, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs
and available throughout most other centres in our great Northern Territory.
Katherine TimesPh 8972 1111 Fax 8971 0120 WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2011 Vol 29 Issue 25 $1.10
By ANNIE HESSE
THE halt on live export trade to Indonesia is“destroying Northern Australia” as businesseslose their employees to “jobs with a future”.Cattle producers and employers in related in-dustries said they could only “hope and pray”for the live export ban to Indonesia to be lifted,while they have to watch their employees leavethe industry.
Northern Feed & Cube’s General Manager,Lawrence Christian, said the export ban had“literally devastated” his business and the firstemployee had already resigned in what he calls“a sensible decision”. “She came to us for a chat about a new jobshe had been offered and all we could do wassupport her decision to leave and take the newjob,” Mr Christian said.“It is sensible – in the situation the industryis in we cannot tell anyone to stay unless we canguarantee continuing employment.“People depend on their employment andtheir income and they have to look at the future.
“Because of the live export ban every em-ployee in the industry is in jeopardy, contrac-tors' employees are in jeopardy, farmers'employees are in jeopardy.“Government has to wake up and realise thatthey are destroying Northern Australia.”Mr Christian, who only started three monthsago as the general manager at Northern Feedand Cube – in what was meant to be a “step upin the career” – said he was now working “tohold it together as long as possible”.“Our business is to 98 per cent related to thelive export business – we make the feed thatgoes onto the ships and we make the pre-feedthat is fed to cattle before they go onto the ships.
“As of the exact day (from the day the exportban was put in place) we had only one boat toleave with our feed on.“Before the ban we were a progressive busi-ness with no indications of any problems andno expectation of not going easily for another20 years. Now we can only hope and pray forgovernment to wake up.”Mr Christian said government needed to re-alise that the industry was “not a machine youcan just turn off. Farming is a 12-months-a-yearoperation.”
“The export ban has put everyone on edge –it is hard for people not to know what the futureholds.”
More reports: Pages 3 and 10
Katherine hasjust sufferedthrough its
coldest Junesince 1946.So it is nowonder we
were allrugging up likeHaley Wilson, 7,who said she
had beenwearing long
pants to schoolbecause it hasbeen so cold.
FULL REPORT:Page 3
Picture: ANNIE HESSE
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The first aeroplane used by theKatherine-based medical officer, Doc-
tor Clyde Fenton in 1934 has beenfound in mint condition on a station
near Cobar in NSW.***
After 10 years Katherine has a newMayor, Jim Forscutt.
***A submission for a sobering up shel-ter is to be placed before the NT
Government.***
The Katherine Tourist Promotion Asso-ciation has come out in full supportof the Government’s plans to conserve
natural barramundi stocks.***
Katherinites face on the spot finesof up to $200 for littering.
***Barunga and Beswick introduce a buf-
falo domestication program.***
A new NT record of $13,000 was estab-lished at the sixth annual BrahmanBreeders Association Bull Sale.
***Katherine man Laurie Jones defiesdeath by jumping 10 metres from ahelicopter that crashed at Edith
Farms.***
A proposed $5 million dollar Magis-trate Court will definitely be builtin Katherine but the Supreme Court
plan is still under review.***
A mid-air collision between two AirForce F/A-18 Hornets 30km north-west
of Katherine claimed the life ofpilot Wing Commander Ross Fox.
***Katherine Police rule out adding moresign warning people of the dangers of
swimming off the Low Level Bridgeduring the wet season, despite thedrowing of a 17-year-old teenager.
***The Nitmiluk Board of Management de-cides to introduce an entrance fee
for visitors to the Katherine Gorge.***
Police will enforce the two kilometrealcohol law at this year’s KatherineShow, in an effort to reduce public
drunkenness.***
Katherine Community Radio has re-ceived its broadcast license from the
Australian Broadcasting Tribunal.***
Two local school teachers say theywere attacked and chased by a groupof freshwater crocodiles at Edith
Falls.***
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Phone 8972 2050.
Mobile 0408 895 279.
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