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Alcopop tax failingBy Zak Zeptner

The Government’s tax on alcopop drinks to combat youth drinking habits is failing miserably, conversations with local teenagers

reveal. Th e Monitor hit the streets to discover exactly what

eff ect the tax increase has had on teenage drinking and the results are revealing.

Conversations with Roxby Downs youth revealed the Government’s initiative has had little eff ect on changing teenage drinking habits.

Teenagers appear to mix their drinks in as many diff erent ways as there are alcoholic beverages, contra-dicting many statements and reports released by the Government.

Th e youth of Roxby seem to enjoy all types of alcoholic drinks, including beer, alcopops and spirits, raising the question of whether the Government’s tax on alcopop drinks is achieving anything other than raising a new tax.

When asked if the tax increase had deterred teenagers from purchasing RTDs, the response was simple: no.

“It’s just easier getting premixed drinks,” commented a local youth.

“I don’t buy as many as I used to but I mostly drink beer anyway,” said another.

In fact, a local 13-year-old youth said he only drank beer, not alcopops, seeming to contradict the statement of the Federal Health Minister that youth do not like the taste of beer.

Many alcohol drinkers were outraged to learn of the 70 percent tax increase on premixed alcoholic bever-ages, or alcopops, earlier this year, which raised prices to above $10 a pop.

Australia has the highest per capita consumption of alcopop drinks in the world, consuming an average of 15.7 million litres a year, compared to 7.7 million in New Zealand and just 2.1 million litres in the US.

Both the Roxby Downs Tavern and Community Club believe the tax increase has had a severe impact on pub and clubs, with a decrease in sales of the ever popular alcopops, or Ready to Drink (RTD) beverages.

While some may say this is exactly what the tax increase is supposed to do, many argue most teenagers who drink are underage and therefore do not obtain their alcohol from licensed venues.

Roxby Downs Tavern Assistant Manager Jared Helm says there has been a decrease in sales of RTDs because patrons do not wish to pay so much for them.

“When you say to someone it’s $12 for a can of Jack Daniels they cringe and it only takes one time to understand it’s a stupid move, so now they’re buying glasses of Jacks and Coke and beers and the like,” said Mr Helm.

Why someone would pay over ten dollars for a premixed can when they can purchase a glass of virtually the same drink for almost half the price is a question many are asking.

Roxby Downs Community Club Manager Steve Ellard is of the same opinion, saying purchases of RTDs decreased dramatically at the beginning of the tax increase and, while they have started to increase sales again, it is nowhere near the level it used to be.

“People just don’t want to pay the price,” said Mr Ellard.

Both Mr Helm and Mr Ellard believe the Government is going about the prevention of teenage drinking the wrong way.

“Th ey did it to stop kids drinking but now they’re just going out and buying a $40 bottle of Jim Beam and drinking it straight so in my opinion, it’s doing a worse thing rather than a good thing,” said Mr Helm.

Th erein the issue is raised that there has not actually been a change in the amount of alcohol consumed, merely the method of drinking has changed.

Mr Ellard also believes the Government is targeting the wrong group.

“Th ey are targeting teenagers but teens don’t drink those drinks, not up here at least.

“I’ve got teenage kids, I know what they drink and they don’t drink that stuff .”

Similarly, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says there is no evidence to suggest binge drinking has increased as a result of alcopops.

Th e Government, however, remains steadfast in its decision.

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Casey Potts was awarded the Adelaide Showground Youth Award and Kristina Meredith, on behalf of the Environment forum, who were absent from the

ceremony, received the SA Water Science and Sustainability Award.

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late. Our positive community spirit has well and truly returned after some un-pleasant snipes from the cold water bri-gade. And! Th anks to some hard work, some fantastic community events, ini-tiatives and achievements, a real sense of excitement and positivity dwells amongst us.

For example, after much planning and preparation, ten teenage girls from the Roxby Downs Area School (along with two local adults) recently joined up with Operation Flinders staff in the Northern Flinders Ranges in order to participate in a well planned eight day gruelling trek across 120km’s of rugged terrain.

Our ten girls and two adults should be proud of their monumental eff ort of completing such a diffi cult trek and we should be mighty proud of them as well. We’ll see photographs of the team in our local newspapers and I hope you make an eff ort to congratulate them when you recognize them around town because it was a massive achievement.

Whilst our girls were without their mobile phones and ruffing it in the Flinders Ranges, Roxby celebrated the presence of some Australian sporting stars and legends at the (Nov 14) Sports Night. It was an awesome occasion and a great opportunity to unite as a com-munity to not only meet, greet and lis-ten to some of Australia’s elite sporting fi gures.

But it was also a great occasion to fund raise for special charity groups. Th e Cultural Centre staff , organizers and sponsors of the night should take a well deserved bow because the night was a tremendous success. Th e extra special treat for the night was the won-derful heavy down pour of rain!

Th e following night (Nov 15) Roxby celebrated two great occasions. First there was the RDAS Year 12 Formal which was held at the Dunes Café. Year 12 students, teachers and parents en-joyed a proud night together that cel-ebrated the completion of school life for a number of our young people.

I hope all the Year 12 students are ex-

tremely proud of themselves because of their achievement and we parents sin-cerely thank the teachers for their time, friendship, patience and teaching skills throughout the year.

On the same night, an exciting infor-mal dinner was organized at the Oasis which included the attendance of some young Port Adelaide Football Club play-ers, fi tness coach, board members and senior management. Th e dinner coin-cided with Saturday’s Family Day.

Th rough the Family Day festivities Roxby Downs and the Olympic Dam Mine celebrated its 20th birthday! How awesome! We residents probably don’t realise the massive importance the OD mine is to our country, state and over-seas countries.

But what I hope we do realise is the profound uniqueness of who we are as a community. Yes we are a very diverse and multi-cultural outback community that works long hard hours…but we are obviously a community that enjoys get-ting together for interaction and fun.

Th e success of the 20/20 cricket match at Woomera and the coaching clinic by Former Test and fi rst-class cricket great Greg Blewett, the success of our Tria-thlon, Show and Shine, Relay For Life, Rotary, International Dinner, Scouts and various community and sporting groups and forums indicates further that we embrace social interaction and commu-nity involvement with both hands.

We should be proud of that because not only does our social interaction and community involvement help build a healthy community ethos for all of us to enjoy…but it’s the perfect legacy for future generations to enjoy and further build on.

Th ey say success in a relay isn’t based on how well you run as an individual, but on how well you pass the baton. An obvious baton we shall pass on to future generations is our social acceptance of each other and our willingness to em-brace community interaction.

We fi nd inspiration and life changing experiences in the most unusual places and at times when we least expect it. Who knows, maybe our stars, legends and footballer guests were inspired by us as much as we were inspired by them.

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From Page 1...Predictably, the Opposition Government believes this

increase will have the opposite eff ect, merely forcing teenagers to switch to diff erent drinks, or possibly even drugs.

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon retorted to the Opposition’s claims by saying teenagers do not like other types of drinks.

“We don’t think there will be a simple change-over because we know many young people simply don’t like the taste of beer, or straight alcohol,” she said.

Paul Dillon, of Drug and Alcohol Research and Train-ing Australia said alcopops allowed kids to get drunk from a far younger age.

In fact, a Labor Senator in parliament recalled a col-league’s 10-year-old child describe an alcopop as being “sweet and fi zzy and tastes just like soft drinks”.

With the tax increase on alcopops appearing to have little eff ect on the youth of Roxby Downs, how can soci-ety protect youth from the dangers of drinking that does not seem to anger pub and club patrons?

Both Mr Helm and Mr Ellard believe the only true

alternative to counter teenage drinking is awareness. “People need to get behind backing drinking as bad

thing and obviously if people aren’t buying alcohol for teenagers, there’s no way for them to get it,” said Mr Helm.

Mr Ellard’s solution is very much along the same lines.

“I think parents shouldn’t buy alcohol for their kids when they’re underage.”

Th e Government believes its initiative is working, licensed venues say it is only angering customers and aff ecting revenue and the youth, whom the initiative is aimed at, appear to be eff ected little by the tax in-crease.

Any solution to counter the eff ects of teenage binge drinking will need the support of Government, busi-nesses, the public.

Above all, any proposed solution must include teenage opinions to understand the factors that drive them to-ward binge drinking and how to counter this epidemic.

Until then, it appears a diff erence of opinion will con-tinue between licensed venues and the Government while the wellbeing of children remains at risk.

Alcopops: what’s the solution?

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“It might be easier to list what we don’t do”

By Zak Zeptner

W inning a total of six awards in the past three years may soon see the

SA Great Flinders and Outback Awards being renamed to the Great Roxby Awards.

Roxby Downs once again featured highly at the Regional SA Great Awards receiving two of the coveted Awards.

Casey Potts was presented with the Adelaide Showground Youth Award at a ceremony last Wednesday and the Environment Forum was awarded the SA Water Science and Sustain-ability Award.

Th e Environment Forum received the award for their hard work in the Roxby Downs community through

initiatives such as the Road Watch and Outback Smart program.

Casey was nominated by ROX FM for her dedicated volunteer work at the station.

ROX FM Manager Kristina Me-redith said, “Casey is a very hard worker, she’s very dedicated and will-ing to help out; she’s my little angel when I’m stressed out.”

Casey was stunned to learn she had been nominated for the award, and even more surprised to discover she won.

“Th is means a lot to me; it’s really exciting and a push in the right di-rection for my career in radio. I can say I’ve got an SA Great Award be-hind me on my resume,” said Casey Potts.

Th e Environment Forum nominat-ed itself for the award and is over-joyed to win.

“Th is means a great deal because it means we’ve got recognition for the hard work of our volunteers and it’s really their awards because they’re the ones that help with all Forum’s initiatives,” said Environment Forum Chair Sophie Torrisi.

“It’s fantastic and congratulations to the Forum for winning such a won-derful award but there is still a long way to go for the town concerning environmental issues.”

Th e Monitor congratulates both Casey and the Environment Forum for their outstanding contributions to the community.

In 2006, Tina Forster won the In-dividual Community Person Award and Th e Monitor Newspaper won the Small Business Award with Arid Recovery winning awards in 2006 and 2007.

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G raphic advertisements depict-ing young drunks being raped, glassed and left in pools of

vomit have been released by the Government to encourage safer drinking.

Th e $2.6 million scheme, targeting 18-25 year olds, has been created in antici-pation of the upcoming alcohol fuelled Schoolies Week.

Th e ads are aimed to warn people of the dangers of drinking and to prevent parents from purchasing alcohol for their teenagers.

Th e ads have come under fi re as being too graphic in their portrayal of the eff ects

of drinking, however, Liquor Licensing Minister Andrew Fraser remains con-vinced they are for the greater good.

“We need to be able to jolt people out of the idea that there is no consequence other than a hangover,” he said.

Youth Violence Taskforce Member Paul Stanley, whose 15 year old son died in an alcohol related incident, surprisingly came to the defence of Schoolies, believing the event should continue but parents had to take responsibility.

“I suspect it is better to have 40,000 kids all able to be looked after…than ban Schoolies and have 40,000 kids spread out over 20,000 diff erent venues,” he said.

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On Th ursday November 13 the Government passed a new law which bans the provision of environmen-tally unfriendly plastic bags as used by supermarkets to pack groceries.

From January 1 2009, re-tailers can still off er the use of plastics bags but must provide alternatives. Shop-pers will be encouraged to avoid using plastic bags and instead adopt the use of the eco friendly green bag.

As of May 4 2009 shops will no longer be able to sup-ply light-weight single-use polyethylene carry bags.

The state Government will launch an education campaign for shoppers, re-tail workers and businesses to ensure that the plastic bag ban has a smooth tran-sition.

“Now that legislation has passed both houses, retailers soon will receive an informa-tion kit with comprehensive

details about what they need to do ahead of the ban tak-ing eff ect,” Environment and Conservation Minister Jay Weatherill announced.

At least seven companies already supply compostable bags, which meet Australian Standards.

“This means that when the ban on environmentally unfriendly supermarket-style bags takes eff ect, there’ll be a number of other options for shoppers,” Mr Weatherill said.

“We’re banning the type of bags that sit in landfill and take hundreds of years to break down.”

The Government will eventually be able to elimi-nate the use of plastic bags in the attempt to make a more eco friendly environment.

“I know that many South Australian shoppers have already made the switch away from environmentally unfriendly bags and they should be congratulated,” Mr Weatherill said.

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After a $228,000 up-grade, the Marla airstrip re-opened in late Sep-tember.

Th e upgrade was pro-vided by the Outback Areas Community De-velopment Trust under the jointly-funded Fed-eral and State Govern-ment Natural Disaster Mitigation Program.

Th e airstrip features solar-powered runway lights, a new lit air stock-ing pole, the taxiway,

sealing of the apron and 400 metres of the main runway were also part of the upgrade.

The Marla Airstrip will now be able to be used 24 hours a day in most weather condi-tions.

The airstrip, which is regularly used by the Royal Flying Doctors Service is vital to out-back communities in the remote areas.

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C areer Employment Group (CEG) held their presentation night to announce the Apprentice and supervisor of the year

for 2008 at the Roxby Downs Club on Friday November 14.

Th ere are two streams of awards; one for a BHP Billiton Apprentice and Supervisor of the Year and one for the Contractors Apprentice and Supervisor of the Year.

Tony Place Manager of the Roxby Downs CEG opera-tions, which have been operating in Roxby Downs for 20years, spoke of the high standards of apprentices and

supervisors at BHP Billiton and the Contractors thanke-ing the host companies and their apprentices.

Th e winner of Apprentice of the Year for the contrac-tors was Kelly Millard of Downer EDI Engineering and the s Supervisor of the year was Pom Feleppa of Sandvick Mining Contractors.

Th e winner of the BHP Billiton Apprentice of the year was Josh Coombes and the Supervisor was Corey Lynch.

Th e CEG Team welcome new staff member Darren Lowe.

Apprenticeship and Supervisor of the Year Named

By Zak Zeptner

The lack of science, technology, en-gineering and mathematics skills being taught in schools may prevent the state from achieving the targets of South Australia’s strategic plan, a new report shows.

Released by Engineers Australia South Australia Division, the report, entitled ‘Technically Speaking’, details the eff ect the shortage of skilled workers will have on the state.

BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine oper-ates with approximately 300 engineering skilled employees and while appearing more attractive than many of their com-petitors in the opportunities they can of-fer, they do experience diffi culty in fi nding skilled workers.

“It has always been tough to get suitably skilled engineers to remote mining loca-tions - generally it seems to be most diffi -cult to fi nd mining engineers, metallurgists and electrical and mechanical engineers,” said Olympic Dam Human Resources Vice President Paul Walters.

“Reports from universities are telling us that there are less graduates available to choose from, particularly in metallurgical and mining-related disciplines.”

Th e Olympic Dam mine has recruited 291 employees in the last 12 months with 85 being engineering related positions.

“We are always looking for good, suita-bly qualifi ed engineers,” said Mr Walters.

Th e ‘Technically Speaking’ report pro-poses schools reprioritise their curricula to counter the reported lack of science, technology, engineering and mathemat-ics skills.

“It is no exaggeration to say that the relative decline in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics capability and literacy of South Australian school students is a very serious situation that requires decisive remedial action by the government,” said Engineers Australia South Australian Division President Bill Filmer.

“Th ere is an urgent need for repriori-tisation in schools, staffi ng and curricula to overcome this problem to enable South Australia to be more competitive in the knowledge-based economy.”

State Shadow Education Minister David Pisoni believes this revelation is an indict-ment of South Australia’s education sys-tem and urges the Rann Government to step up and push science and maths as a priority for South Australian education.

“Premier Rann is talking up the mining and defence boom but he is failing to get South Australians job ready,” Mr Pisoni said.

“Th is is doubly disturbing given that South Australia has the highest youth unemployment in the nation with one in four out of work.”

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Motorists will be delighted to hear the price of petrol is rap-idly falling, possibly headed

for $1 a litre in the near future. A slide in the price of crude oil and the

steadying Aussie dollar has seen petrol prices drop more than 20 cents in the past three weeks and more is expected.

“Motorists across capital cities should not be surprised to see pump prices near-ing $1 a litre,” said Commsec Economist Craig James.

Th e national average for petrol is $1.26 a litre and while Roxby Downs and other Far North regions may still be paying $1.40 a litre, it is a considerable improvement from $1.80.

Shane Jury, Manager of Lavrick’s Road-house, is not sure why prices in the Roxby

Downs region are higher, but attributes the diff erence to freight charges.

“It’s hard to say (how low prices will go) because we’ve got a set margin for petrol and we don’t change that until we recal-culate the margin with the next delivery,” said Mr Jury.

“I don’t see the price going down to $1 here; it’s lower than we can buy fuel for.

“Th ey charge us a dramatic level higher than Adelaide service stations so if it hits $1 in Adelaide next week, it might go down here a month after that.”

Mr James of Commsec expects petrol prices to fall by at least 10 cents a litre in the next fortnight

Th e drop in pump prices means, accord-ing to Mr James, that motorists could be paying $70 less each month.

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By Krystle Bower

Roxby Downs Area School recently joined forces with emergency services to bring the Road Accident Awareness Program (RAAP) to Year 11 and 12 students.

On Tuesday November 18, the Adelaide Metropolitan Fire Services and State Emergency Services showcased a display for the students, highlighting the methods used to rescue people who are trapped in vehicle ac-cidents.

Th e teenagers witnessed the “Jaws of Life” tear off a vehicle’s door; the roof was also removed demonstrating how seriously in-jured victims can be removed from a car wreck.

Th e demonstration was ac-companied by a real life record-ing from the scene of an accident where students heard helpless screams and cries of motorist victims.

“Th e RAAP program is de-signed to show kids what hap-pens at a scene,” said Brett Atkins from Country Fire Services.

The teenagers were then shown a series of fi lms of road accidents, and listened to people talk about how one moment of stupidity for the sake of fun had ruined their lives, or how a sim-ple wrong decision can change a life forever.

The Fire Services used the opportunity to promote their

new slogan ‘Concentration and Commonsense’.

“I like the two things RAAP was trying to project, it applies to every person that gets behind the wheel of the car; two things we need to remember: concen-tration and commonsense!” said Tom Beever.

Th e Fire Offi cers shared their personal stories with the stu-dents, demonstrating the true impact a crash can have by emp-tying eight chairs in the room.

“If you come back to school on a Monday after an accident involving two vehicles, this could be how many seats are empty; think about how you would feel losing the people who were sit-ting in those seats,” said Station Offi cer Anthony Bell, referring to the empty seats.

Mr Bell then went on to pull aside two of the eight people and added, “How would you feel if you knew it was because of these two classmates that those other people may never return to school?”

RAAP explained the main causes for road fatalities known as the fatal fi ve.

Tragically 59 percent of all fa-talities and 50 percent of serious injuries occur on rural roads in South Australia.

Th e Program has a lot of sup-port from the local police who would like to see a decrease in road crashes, including both injuries and fatalities.

“Th e Police department has always been involved state-wide,” Sergeant Stuart Paxton said.

“It is fantastic for the youth of our community.”

Th e program was a success with many teenagers sitting in silence after they watched the DVD, with little to say.

Information packs were hand-ed out with surveys attached and many of the attendees took the time to fi ll them out right there and return them to the Fire Of-fi cers.

Many thanks go to the Met-ropolitan Fire Services as well as the local CFS, SES, Police, Council and moreover, the school, for without them the program would not have found its way into the classroom.

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Nurses f rom t h e R o x b y Downs Health

Service/Woomera Hospital recently to ok a t r ip to Adelaide to take part in the Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives National Conference.

Accompanied by Ex-ecutive Offi cer/Direc-tor of Nursing, Janine Connell, three nurses entered their work into the conference.

Melissa Condon, Clinical Service Co-ordinator for the Roxby Downs Health Service and Woomera Hospital won the Hos-pital Nurse Excellence award for 2008 at the conference. Melissa delivered a presenta-tion on the challenges of cross campus staff -ing after working in her current role for almost three years.

Community Health Nurse, Petra Noble presented a paper on Community En-gagement in Primary Health Care in a min-ing community. Pet-

ra’s paper was very well received and members from the ARNM of-fered Petra the oppor-tunity to have her work published.

Quality Coordinator/ Clinical Service Co-or-dinator, Linda King en-tered a poster presen-tation on Rural Clinical Waste management in-novations. Representa-tives from many Health Units were interested in her initiative.

Th e Director of Roxby Downs , Wo omera Port Augusta, Quorn, Hawker & Leigh Creek Health Services, Ms Ros McRae and the

Country Health SA Di-rector of Nursing Ms Lyn Olsen were also at the conference to sup-port our staff , present-ing for the fi rst time at a national conference.

The event that was held over November 6 and 7 gave nurses all over Australia the chance to showcase their level of nursing skill and discuss health care initiatives.

“It was good to show everyone what we can achieve with a small but dedicated and enthusi-astic staff ,” said Janine Connell

“It was also a good chance to educate other health care profession-als about Roxby Downs and Woomera, and the great work we do for the community.”

The staffs of both Roxby Downs and Woomera are very proud of their achieve-ments and are confi-dent that the commu-nities of Roxby Downs, Woomera and sur-rounding areas will also feel proud of the Health Services and the images that have been given to other Rural and Remote areas of Australia.

By Zak Zeptner

L egislation was passed one year ago banning smoking in pubs and

clubs with nine in every 10 South Australians support-ing the ban, a new report reveals.

Th e report revealed 72 per-cent of smokers and 86 percent of bar managers believing the ban to be a good act.

30 percent of smokers also ad-mitted the ban has increased the likelihood of them quitting.

Roxby Downs Community Club Manager Steve Ellard be-lieves the smoking ban has been well received in town.

“We don’t have to yell at any-one for lighting up inside now,” he said.

Concerns have been raised sending smokers outside may have an effect on businesses, however Mr Ellard remains as-sured this is not the case.

“It aff ected the business a lit-tle bit in the beginning but like everything, people get used to it and we have no problem with it at all really.

“We have a fairly large out-door area and people are fairly happy to go outside for a ciga-rette now.”

In fact, 92 percent of venues across the state report having outdoor areas for smokers and over 90 percent of bar manag-ers agree providing a smoke-free

environment for staff is impor-tant.

While the Club has seen little eff ect due to the smoking ban, the Roxby Downs Tavern tells a different story, particularly where the pokies are involved.

“Now gaming people can’t smoke at the machines so ob-viously they have to leave the machine to have a cigarette and we find the profits are drop-ping quite a reasonable amount there,” said Roxby Tavern Assist-ant Manager Jared Helm.

“It’s the same in front bar with people having to go outside and obviously now that the town’s a dry zone people aren’t allowed to take their drinks outside to have a cigarette.

“Th en you’re coming into a confl ict between you can’t leave your drink at the bar because of spiking, you can’t take your drink outside because of licens-ing and you can’t have a smoke inside so you’re kind of stuck be-tween a rock and a hard place.

“Th ere’s been a bit of a down-fall in sales because of the smok-ing ban and I guess now you fi nd a few more people are having parties at home but it’s not dra-matic.”

Much like the Club, the Tav-ern provides outdoor areas for smoking, however as Mr Helm explains, in the front bar, the outside are is not shaded well.

“It does get hot in summer and we’re fi nding a lot of peo-ple don’t want to stand out

there…but everyone knows the rules so they’ve got no excuse really,” he said.

While some businesses have seen changes due to the smok-ing ban, the Government re-mains confi dent it’s initiative is working for the better.

“It’s great to see that the com-munity and industry strongly support the ban on smoking in our indoor entertainment ven-ues, with inspectors fi nding over 98 percent compliance,” said Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister Jane Lomax-Smith.

“Removing second-hand smoke from venues such as ho-tels, gaming venues, nightclubs, sporting clubs and SkyCity Casi-no is a great step forward for the health of South Australians.”

Th e ban is designed to create a cleaner and healthier environ-ment for club and pub patrons in an attempt to prevent the deadly occurrence of lung cancer.

“By banning smoking in pub-lic places not only is the risk of developing cancer reduced, but smoking becomes increas-ingly socially unacceptable,” said Cancer Council SA Chief Execu-tive Associate Professor Brenda Wilson.

Th e ban on smoking has been extremely well received across South Australia and goes one step closer to reducing the health risks associated with cigarette smoke.

RAAP crashes into school

Pride in local nursesSmoking ban: one year onSES demonstrate how they remove parts of the vehicle.

SO Anthony Bell gives a talk about concentration and commonsense.

JOHNSTON WITHERS LAWYERS

are now visiting Roxby Downs each monthOffering professional legal advice and representation in most areas of law including:Industrial Employment Law Criminal & Traffic Law Medical NegligenceWorkers Compensation Wills Estates & Trusts Family & DeFactoDiscrimination Law & Personal Injury ConveyancingWorkplace Harassment Commercial Defamation

Nic Kernahan and Emma Wilkinson will next be in attendance at the offices of Lin Andrews Real Estate, 3 Richardson Place,

Roxby Downs on 21 January, 2009.For appointments, contact us at:

17 Sturt Street, Adelaide SA 5000Telephone: 8231 1110 (Adelaide) 8642 5122 (Pt Augusta)

Fax: 8231 1230

Email: [email protected]: www.johnstonwithers.com.au

Regional offices at Clare and Port Augusta (also visiting Whyalla)

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Strengthening Our Families can provide a volunteer to support you to enjoy and strengthen your family relationships.

You can get more information from Jo Culf at the Roxby Downs Health Services on 8671 9020

[email protected] Our Families is proudly supported by BHP

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Parenting Quote of the Week…“Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he’s in

trouble.”Dennis Fakes

BOARD MEETINGSIf you would like to do a presentation to the Com-

munity Board please contact Michelle Hales to or-ganise a date and time to be placed on the agenda. Requests close on the Wednesday prior to the Board meeting. Board meetings take place on the last Mon-day 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 Forum, Family and Youth Forum, Environment Forum, Sport and Recreation Forum or Volunteering 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 Partnership please contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 or via email to: [email protected] to express your interest.

FURTHER INFORMATIONIf you would like to fi nd out more about any of the forums visit the www.roxbydowns.com website or contact

Michelle Hales Executive Offi cer Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.Mobile: 0418 833 818Phone: 8671 0010Fax: 8671 0452Email: [email protected]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Th e R o x b y D o w n s Community Board is call-ing for nominations to fi ll

positions that will soon become vacant.

Board members have set terms and some of these are due to expire on 31 December 2008.

While retiring Board members may apply for reappointment some have decided that after a 3 year stint it is time for a change.

At the fi rst meeting in January 2009 are new chairperson will also be elected.

“We would like to encourage an-yone with a strong interest in the current and future development of Roxby Downs to nominate for a

position” Executive Offi cer Michelle Hales said.

“2009 promises to be a very in-teresting year with the expected release of the Olympic Dam Mine Expansion Environmental Impact Statement and other related re-ports.

Community input will be sought and the Community Board is well placed to be able to participate and contribute to this process”.

In addition to monthly Board meetings Board members also at-tend meetings of an allocated forum or partnership.

These meetings may be either monthly or quarterly and create direct links between the forums/partnerships and the Board.

Th is leads to collaboration and sharing of information across the various sectors. It is also a chance for Board members who have an in-terest in a particular sector such as family and youth to get involved in practical projects and issues based discussions.

Nominations close on 31 Decem-ber 2008.

If you are passionate about the community and wish to become more actively involved in commu-nity life contact Michelle Hales on 0438 871 153 or email to: [email protected] for further in-formation and a nomination form.

By Krystle Bower

C hanges to the Australian Road Rules will

introduce a manda-tory size-appropriate restraint system for all children up to the age of seven.

Nationally approved laws for child restraints in motor vehicles represent a signifi cant change that will provide greater protection for children travelling in vehicles.

“Th e new laws will re-duce the risk of injury caused by the use of un-suitable restraints for a child’s size by specifying the type of restraint to be used at diff erent ages, and where children must be seated in a vehicle,” Road Safety Minister Carmel Zollo said.

Nearly 60 children un-der 12 years of age are ei-ther killed or seriously in-jured in crashes on South Australian Roads every

year with approximately a quarter of those not wear-ing a child restraint at the time.

“Research also suggest that children are being moved to bigger seats – or are prematurely graduating to seatbelts – when this is not appropriate for their size,” Minister Zollo said.

Parents and Carers will be provided with the ad-vice needed about what type of restraint provides the best safety for chil-dren.

Children aged between four and seven will be re-quired to sit in the back seat, unless they are all oc-cupied by children under the age of seven.

Children up to the age of four must be restrained in the back of the vehicle only.

Th e new laws will come into eff ect in the middle of next year to allow parents and carers suffi cient time to purchase restraints or make the necessary modi-fi cations to their vehicles.

“Th e simple fact is seat-belts and child restraints save lives and can reduce the trauma of crashes dra-matically. Nothing else of-fers the same level of crash protection for babies and

young children as a prop-erly fi tted child restraint,” Minister Zollo said.

By law, drivers are re-sponsible for themselves and the passengers in their vehicle, ensuring everyone

is properly restrained.For more information

and frequently asked ques-tions about the new child restraint laws visit www.dtei.sa.gov.au or www.raa.net.

BOARD SEEKS NEW BLOOD

Laws toughen

to protect children

Tougher child restraint laws will be inforced starting the middle of 2009.

Festival Festival of of

TreesTreesThe kids of The Monitor did a fantastic job helping to create a newspaper themed Christmas tree for the Festival of Trees.

Meeting Dates02/12/08 7.30pm02/12/08 7.30pm

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Editorial

Collusion for good is bad?

Cowley’s Motorcycles are coming to town

in a big big way.For the first time ever

Roxby Downs and sur-rounding area’s will be able to ride 15 different “09” Harley Davidson mo-torcycles including the fi rst time on demo the all new XR1200 SPORSTER, THE V ROD MUSCLE AND THE ROCKER CUSTOM.

Th e fl eet of Harleys are arriving on the Sunday, ready for a full day of rid-ing on Monday the 1st and Tuesday the 2nd of Decem-ber at the B.P Roxby on Olympic Way.

Ride times will start at 12 noon on both Monday and Tuesday and for something diff erent we will be riding demos till 8 at night trying to cater for all people of the Roxby area.

Th is fl eet of Harley Dav-idson motorcycles has been travelling around Australia and Cowley’s motorcycles

have been able to bring the road show to the Why-alla and Roxby regions this year.

So if you want the expe-rience of freedom and feel the wind in your hair, then get yourself in the saddle of the world’s most recognised motorcycle.

Simply ring Cowleys Motorcycles on 08 8682 4444 to book your free ride today.

Th is is the best chance you will ever get to ride 15 diff erent bikes across the Harley-Davidson family.

With a big line up of bikes, why not spend the afternoon with the team from Cowleys.

Bikes include the Street Bob, Street Glide, Fat Bob, Fat Boy, Rocker C, 1200Nighster, the new V Rod Muscle plus more.

Even if you don’t have a bike licence at least come and have a look.

Cowleys Motorcycles turning your dreams into reality today.

Test Drive 15 Harleys right here in Roxby

With the challenges this country faces over alco-hol abuse, drink driving and associated crimes one would think a Government and its agencies would applaud and encourage licensed venue operators who get together and developed and implemented a series of strategic actions that would assist reducing drunken behaviour?

Not so, it would seem.Th e ACCC have said any licensed venues getting

together to agree on a set of initiatives such as:• Not allowing admittance to any new patrons to

enter a premises after a set time;• to stop selling shooters after an agreed time;

and • any person barred from one hotel is immediately

barred from all local venues could be collusion and may be unacceptable by

the ACCC. Further to this stupidity is if the police approach

each venue individually and broker the same ac-cord with a group it’s OK, but if they call a meeting and facilitate such an agreement as a group it is collusion.

Th is is not a local South Australian issue; it is Australia wide and is currently under discussion and negotiation.

Th is is bureaucracy at its worst, crushing initia-tives of concerned professionals and potentially creating more work for police.

I can only imagine the cost to ‘negotiate ‘this non-sense and the 100s of man-hours that will be wasted by government staff and lawyers.

As I said a few editions ago, Commonsense R.I.P.

Ray Goldie

FOR SALE BY TENDERSECOND HAND & USED PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SCRAP

SURPLUS TO COUNCIL REQUIREMENTS.Consisting of approximately 54 Lots for Sale including:

• 11 Commercial Evaporative Air Conditioners• Bar fridges and bar equipment

• Klip Lock roofing• Floor tiles• Scrap Metal – including pipe, stairs etc• Chairs, bins, shelving, hot water services• Inspection of the goods will be by appointment.

For further information contact Peter Keller or Graham Ferris on 08 8671 0010 during office hours.• All tenders must be in a sealed envelope marked “Surplus Stock for Tender”.• Tenders will not be accepted via Fax, Email or Telephone.

• Tenders are to be placed in the Tender Box at the Roxby Downs Council Offices, Richardson Place Roxby Downs by 5.00pm on Tuesday 9 December 2008.• Goods are to be sold as is.• Council makes no guarantee as to the condition of the goods.• Goods are to be paid for and removed by Friday 16 January 2009.• Roxby Downs Council is not bound to accept the highest, lowest or any Tender.

No operation and service manuals, test certificates, data sheets or reports etc. are available for any goods.The Occupational Health Safety and Welfare Act 1986 imposes obligations on designers, manufac-turers, importers, suppliers and employers in respect of safety for plant for use in a workplace. This includes the provision of readily available health and safety information.Your attention is drawn to the fact that no information is available to determine the safety status of these items of goods. A hazard identification, risk assessment and control process has not been carried out. These goods are not to be placed in to service in their current state.

A full catalogue with photos is available on line at www.roxbycouncil.comPeter Keller

Municipal Works Manager

O lympic Dam Precision Engineering com-menced its operations

at the Charlton Road premises, at Olympic Dam, in mid 1997. Starting out as a small machine shop, comprising of 3 employees, it provided specialist services to the then Western Mining Corporation.

Over the next 10 years ODPE expanded its specialist line bor-ing and machining capabilities to include a fully equipped and operational boilermaking facil-ity, capable of light to medium fabrication. The functional-ity of this department extends to welding of specialty metals, plasma cutting and sheet metal fabrication.

In addition to this the com-pany has also developed, and continues to expand, a fully equipped automotive work-shop, capable of handling most vehicle/motorbike services and repairs. Th e extent of this opera-tion also includes heavy vehicles, excavating equipment and Bob-cat type machinery. As a recent development a pipe bender has been purchased to accommo-

date the growing exhaust fab-rication needs, whether it be a factory or custom system.

In addition to providing spe-cialist services to the local min-ing industry, ODPE is a ‘one stop shop’ for steel supplies and pro-vides a sales and service agency for other companies such as Aggreko generators and tem-perature control units, Enerpac Hydraulic Power, JSG Industri-al and Chicago Pneumatic air tools. Th is wide range of diver-sity enables ODPE to provide a service to both the industry and general community alike.

Today Olympic Dam Preci-sion Engineering has a staff of 13 people, comprising of skilled professionals in machining, boilermaking and mechanical trades, an Accounts Administra-tor, Administration Coordinator and General Manager. Th e Com-pany also supports local youth through the Apprenticeship and Work Experience programs. As a local company ODPE heavily supports the local community through sponsorship of junior football, fund raising events and local organisations.

10 years of success

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 8 – Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Such were the words the girls who participated in Operation Flinders used to describe how they felt as their

transport to Operations Flinders drove off in a cloud of dust.

Th e girls said it did not get any better when their team leader, Jennifer Vonic Joyce bluntly, laid down the very stringent set of rules they would follow over the next seven days.

To quote the girls: “It was scary.”Th e Monitor travelled the 600 kilometre dis-

tance to Apinega Station and then a further 30 mins in a four wheel drive through rugged Flinders Ranges terrain to where the girls had set up camp for the night.

Upon arrival, it was obvious the girls were ab-solutely exhausted despite this day being their shortest walk for the seven days, however, it had been in 37 degree heat across tough terrain. Th ey hadn’t showered or changed clothes for seven days and they looked like it.

Th e girls were gracious enough to talk to Th e Monitor, warts and all, about their experience. After 45 minutes of listening to them, this is their story. All quotes are attributed to the group, as they all spoke as one.

Th e story starts in the Club Car Park. It’s 6.30am on Day One and the girls have mixed emotions of excitement, nervousness, and apprehension. “We did not know what to expect”, they said.

Th e girls climbed aboard a fleet of four wheel drive vehicles and head-ed out along the Boarfield Road to an unknown destination in the Flinders Ranges; the starting point of their trek.

Th ey were liter-ally dropped off in the middle of no-where. All round there was nothing but rugged terrain, no shade and a sol-itary, dusty, uneven track stretching off into the wilder-ness.

“We felt aban-doned and were devastated and

then our Team Leader, Jennifer Vonic Joyce,

immediately started telling us the very strict set o f rules we had to adhere to. Our appre-hension grew by the minute and we were si-lently asking ourselves, why did we agree to do this, what have we got ourselves into?” said the girls.

With nothing but their 17 kilogram back-packs, they struck out on their trek. Such was the personal tension and emotion that within an hour, one of the girls was feeling ill and vom-iting, though with team and leader support, she carried on. In that fi rst day the girls trekked 17 kilometres and in their words: “We encoun-tered the biggest moun-tain – almost vertical.” Th at day it had rained and there were thunder-storms.

When they arrived at camp for the night the girls were split into small teams, all with tasks that were rotated throughout the rip. While food was plentiful, each night the girls on cooking duty were given a box of food-stuff s and had to prepare the evening meal for the rest of the company.

Th eir fi rst night sleeping out was “a little fright-ening”; they were “tired and sore.” Already the blisters had appeared and minor injuries had oc-curred.

Day two, the team trekked 20 kilometres, which included abseiling under the tutelage of the Operation Flinders Staff . Th is proved to be a highlight of the trek as each girl overcame their own fears and abseiled down a rugged cliff in the middle of the Flinders.

By day three the girls knew there was no res-pite from the hiking as they set off again into the wilderness. In girls own words: “God it was hot. Th e day was long and boring as we just trudged on and on. Th e blisters got bigger and it was like walking on glass. It was quiet an emotional day but the saving grace was the stunning scenery”

Day four started off as more of the same: an-other mountain and the frustration of taking the wrong track and needing to trudge back over our tacks for fi ve kilometres. It was, however, the day the girls really came together as a team. Th e girls said: “When we started out we were more a group of 10 girls who had split into smaller groups or couples and we were all trying to fi nd our posi-tion. By day four we were one team all working for and supporting each other.”

By day fi ve the heat was again oppressive as they undertook a 10 kilometre trek. “Th e packs were feeling heavier and heavier. We momentarily caught a glimpse of people in the distance. It was the fi rst time we had seen an-other person outside our group. Day six was more of the same but by now we were used to it.”

Day seven was another hot day but it was the shortest walk of any day and the highlight was a BBQ meal. By the time The Monitor caught up with the girls at their camp, despite the blisters, the heat, sore an-kles, past emotions and sore bodies, the girls were in good spirits. No doubt lifted by the fact that the trek was nearing the end and a shower was only 24 hours away.

Mostly the high spirits came from the girls’ personal, and team, sense of achievement of not only completing the trek but of the manner in which they achieved it.

When Th e Monitor asked the girls what the most challenging aspects of the trek were, the list was extensive.

“Th e long days, the relentless

heat and fl ies, the weight of our packs, the ration-ing of water, blisters, leaving everything behind and handling the emotional swings”.

However, when asked what the best part of the trek was, the response was unanimous and di-rect. “Our sense of accomplishment and personal achievement. We are more confi dent; we have learnt so much about ourselves and being there for each other.”

Th e girls also spoke as one of their apprecia-tion, particularly for the opportunity that had been given to them. Th ey said: “We know it took the organiser two years to get this started and we are thankful for the work Scott Sauerwald, Tom Beever and others put in to make this happen, and to BHP Billiton for paying for the program.”

When Th e Monitor spoke to the girls’ leaders they were brimming with pride for how these girls took on the challenges and how they conducted themselves.

Chris Jones from Roxby Downs Area School, who travelled every step of the way with the girls, described them as courageous. Maree Jackson, who also trod every kilometre with the girls, spoke of her pride in the girls’ accomplishments and how much she had gained personally from the experience. Assistant Leader Ian Shedlick spoke extremely highly of Ian and Maree and their wonderful contribution to the team.

Th e fi nal word was from Teams Leader Jennifer who said, “Th ese ten went away as young girls and have returned young women.”

No doubt this experience has changed them forever.

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“Middle of nowhere, abandoned, devastated”

Araluen assists in prerparing the evening meal.

Assistant team leader Ian Shedlick team couselle and mentorMaree Jackson Team Leader Jennifer Vonic Joyce Chris Jones team counsellers and mentor.

The packs were big and the tracks were barren and at time rugged as Nadine Beytel heads off.

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ABOVE: Dick Johnson at the BHP Billiton 1 table.BELOW: Deb Steinhouser and Bev Zeptner with Warren Tredrea.

ABOVE: Scott Sauerwald of RoxFM with a signed board by the stars, including Dick johnson, Andrew Gaze and Vicki Wilson (pictured).BELOW: Andrew Gaze seated at the Sports Power table.

BELOW: John eales at the York table.

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ABOVE: Grant Hackett seated at the Roxby

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ABOVE: John Caputo with the stars.

ABOVE: Kate Phillips, Cameron Johnson, Robin Tarr and Phil Holman of Chnader MacLeod.

LEFT: The Leisure Centre Staff enjoying the night with the stars.ABOVE: Rick McPhee of Tripple R Racing has his shirt signed by Dick Johnson.

ABOVE: Warren Tredrea seated at the BHP Billiton 2 table. BELOW: Vicki Wilson seated at the GHD table.

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Currently all 3 are rented to a corporate company for $1590 pw serviced by a cleaner once a week. However whether you provide weekly service or not is entirely up to you - units unserviced will be paid at a rental of $1260pw. Th is lease is for 3 months and has 4 rights of renewal to the company.

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All 3 units have been re-painted throughout in neu-tral tones with new floor coverings, window treat-ments and new kitchens with stainless steel handles which have given the homes a fresh new look.

There is ducted evapo-rative cooling throughout; each unit has its own en-closed yard with clothesline and a carport for each.

Council Rates are ap-prox $945 for each unit per

annum. For further information re-garding this property please contact Ali Webber – Wardle Co Real Estate 0417 816 738.

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Households under the strain of escalating costs and growing environmental concerns will benefi t from keeping the air-conditioner switched off this summer according to a leading de-signer of door and window systems.

Centor Asia Pacif-ic , General Manager, Garry Stone said the best way to beat the summer heat with-out the use of an air-con-ditioner is to simply check your house is breathing.

“Cross-fl ow ventilation is the key to cooling your home naturally and can be achieved by checking the placement, size and system of openings around the home,” Garry said.

“A home can be cooled naturally by ensuring any

glazing or openings are placed on the north and south walls of the property to minimise controllable heat gain in summer and heat loss in winter.

“In established homes where you can’t easily change door and window placement, homeown-ers need to make sure the openings are the right size, adequately shaded and have the right system to capture cooling breezes and allow them to fl ow through the home.

“Systems such as bifold doors off er a sensible and stylish environmental solu-tion to household cooling by enabling air to circulate through a room thus re-ducing the need for energy-guzzling air conditioners.

“Homeowners who can’t bear the thought of giving up their cooling system, should look at systems such as bifold doors to ‘zone’ their house allowing unoccupied parts of your house that may not need to be cooled to be closed off .

“It is important to re-member air conditioners are currently responsible for around a quarter of the average home’s greenhouse gas emissions – more if a ducted system is installed.

“We know the strain air-conditioning puts on the environment as well as the power grid but un-fortunately that is often forgotten as summer tem-peratures climb.”

For further information visit www.centor.com.au

Beat the heat by letting your house breathe

Schmidt Road Quorn “Rangeview”This picturesque property has a lot to offer, gum tree lined creek running through the middle of approx 10 acres, 3 bedroom home with a/con, combustion heating, large lounge, cozy kitchen, separate dining, 20x30 rumpus room, 10x20 workshop, various other shedding and poultry runs, equipped bore, 8 water tanks, property is fenced into 2 paddocks. This property has spectacular views and is ideal for the horse person or hobby farmer, don’t waste time get in quick before someone else does.

38 Gunya Road Wilmington - First Class ViewsThis pleasantly presented home has much to enjoy, consisting of 3 bedrooms large lounge, new kitchen, family room, ducted evap air cond, combustion heating and an attached double carport with roller doors. Outside there is low maintenance gardens, large 20x40 shed with power & cement floor, large storage shed all set on approx 1 acre of land, this property is ideal for those who want more space.

Web SPA080902 Mark Vardy 0428 993 301

Price $250,000 - $275,000

Web ID: SPA080403 Mark Vardy 0428 993 301Price: $217,000

71 Commercial Road Port Augusta PH 8642 5777RLA206858

2 Thompson Street Port Augusta

Under instruction from Mortgagee

AUCTION ON SITE 28TH NOVEMBER

2008 AT 11.30AM

1930 Circa Villa – solid stone, set

on corner block close to CBD. Original

features bull nose verandah, high ceilings

& floor boards. 2 main bedrooms, with

2 sleepouts off side. Large original

bathroom & Laundry, store room,

combined kitchen/meals, & garage.

Great opportunity, great neighborhood.

2 Cobbin Street Port Augusta West

Under instruction from Mortgagee

AUCTION ON SITE 28TH NOVEMBER

2008 AT 12.30PM

Simply Sensational 1303sqm block

Very rare opportunity to secure this size of

land in a Prestigious area of Port Augusta.

Just imagine building your dream home

opposite school with an uninterrupted

view of parklands & Spencer Gulf.

Kristy-ann Falcione 0428 831 136

MORTGAGEE AUCTION

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Ali WebberPhone 0417 816 738

Lic No. RLA 151074

50 Pioneer Drive $385,0003 bdrm home in need of some TLC to the gardens but otherwise great inside, steel framed, brand new gas heater, BIR’s to all bdrms. Leased at $400 pw until Dec 2008.

42C Tiliqua Crescent $358,0003 bdrm courtyard home, lovely gardens, sensational outdoor entertainment area, fully undercover, lg bdrms all with BIR’s, single carport. Leased until Dec but company prepared to cancel lease at settlement for owner occupy to move into.

ROXBY DOWNS

3A & B Myall Street $750,0002 x 3 bdrm brick courtyard homes with adjoining carport, open plan living, dining and kitchen area, large windows at front, “U” shaped kitchen, BIR’s to all rooms. Large entertainment area, garden shed, low maintenance gardens. Combined rental of $860 pw.33 Finniss Street $415,0004 bdrm home with timber floor boards to living area, kitchen & dining overlook large undercover decking area and has full size walk in pantry, Large shed approx 20 x 30. Leased to a company until May 2009 at $460pw subject to 6 monthly market rent increases.

31 Gregory Street $420,0004 bdrm home with tiled lounge, dining, kitchen & passage, Timber kitchen with halogen lights, ornate timber fireplace appearance surrounding gas heater. Large 12 x 6 x 3 m shed, above ground in ground pool with palms, citrus trees, small patch of lawn. Leased until March 2009 at $480pw. Tenants are negotiable with lease & prepared to vacate prior to lease expiry date.

Family Friendly Holiday Beach House

Clean, Fully Furnished

Middle Beach – 40mins from Adelaide

Bookings – 08 8358 0277

HOLIDAY HOUSE

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Birthday Celebration

Kate Bennie celebrated her 50th birthday with: ABOVE: Son Michael, Husband Jeff and Daughter CamilleLEFT: Close friend Julie Darling BELOW: Friends and Family

Fantastic school sing-along RIGHT: Blake and Ethan had a fantastic time dressing up as Santa’s little helper and and a reindeer while performing at the R-2 sing-along.

LEFT: The reception to Year Two kids of RDAS were all smiles and cheers as Santa made a surprise appearance, offering hugs and lollies to the kids

L a s t T h u r s d a y s a w Reception to Year Two students perform a

collection of songs for their parents at the Roxby Downs Area School Sing-along.

Th e evening was all smiles and cute little voices as the students sang songs including ‘Aussie Jingle Bells’ and ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas.’

For the fi rst time, the sing-along was held on the Admin Lawn in the RDAS grounds, with hundreds of parents turning up with picnic blankets and nibbles.

Rob Scott entertained the audi-ence during intermission with a collection of songs he performed on his guitar.

Th e highlight of the event came when Santa made a special guest appearance, carrying a sack fi lled with lollies.

Th e sing-along was a tremen-dous evening, fi lled with singing, dancing and laughter; the perfect way to end the school year.

RDAS R-2 staff would like to thank Sandy Visser at Auto Pro for her gernous donation of the Santa suit and for her unwaving community supprt.

COMMUNITY RADIO “LOCAL, LIVE AND LOVIN’ IT”

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www.roxfm.com.au

Programs may change without notice

THURSDAY 9am JOB BOARD9-11.30 am RoxFM Mix11.30-1.30pm Blast from the Past with Annette1.30-4pm RoxFM Mix4-5pm POMMY SHOW with Conrad & Beeno5pm JOB BOARD5-6pm MAD COW AND THE ABBATOIR with

Summo & Schultzy

FRIDAY 9am JOB BOARD9am-2pm RoxFM Mix2-2.30pm COUNCIL SHOW with Marie2.30-3pm RoxFM Mix3-4pm PRINCESS PRESENTS with Suzie4-5pm TLC with Casey5pm JOB BOARD5-6pm RoxFM Mix6-7pm THE SCOREBOARD with Scott, Tom & Greg7-9pm REQUEST SHOW

SATURDAY10-12pm WEEKEND HUSTLERS with Brooks &

Moreitis12pm-1pm RoxFM Mix1pm-2pm THE ROCK with Stephanie, Carmen &

Yvonne

SUNDAY8am-6pm RoxFM Mix6-7pm REQUEST SHOW with Scott7-8pm FOCUS ON with Scott8-10pm SUNDAY MELTDOWN (Heavy) with Sam

MONDAY9am JOB BOARD9am-5pm RoxFM Mix5pm JOB BOARD5-8pm RoxFM Mix8-9pm THE ROCK DOCTOR with Krista

TUESDAY 9am JOB BOARD9-11.30 pm RoxFM Mix11.30 - 1.30 pm BLAST FROM THE PAST with Annette1.30 - 5pm RoxFM Mix5pm JOB BOARD5-8pm OVERLOAD with Soroush & Bec

WEDNESDAY 9am JOB BOARD9-10am CHOOSE LIFE with Tracey10am-5pm RoxFM Mix5pm JOB BOARD5-6pm RoxFM Mix6-7pm FOETAL POSITION with Nick7-9pm LATIN ROX with Rafael and Sol

What’s Onacross the region

ROXBY DOWNS’ FAMILY PRACTICEPhone: 8671 3231

ROXBY DOWNS’ MEDICAL PRACTICE9:00am-5:00pm Monday to FridaySaturday morning by appointment. Phone: 8671 1900

VISITING ALLIED HEALTH SERVICEOccupational Therapist -Speech Pathologist- Dieti-cian - PodiatristPhone: 8671 9020

CHILD ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESPhone: 1800 819 089

HEARING SERVICES9:00am-2:30pm Monday to FridayPhone:1800 006 303

PRAM WALKING GROUP9:30am FridayMeet outside the Dunes Café

DOCTOR’S NEW SPECIALISED DRUGPhone: 1800 700 270 (Number for Medicare Use)

ROXBY DOWNS’ FAMILY AND YOUTH OFFICERCrisis and relationship councelling, mediation and support.Phone: 8671 2892

CRISIS CARE COUNSELLINGUniting Care Wesley Port AugustaRegional Women’s and Children’s Support Serv-ices:1800 655 716Crisis care line:13 16 11

For immediate response if feeling stressed call 0428 326 529 to speak with a counsellor 24/7

BREASTFEEDING ROXBY DOWNS’ GROUP1:30pm - 3:00pm Third Tuesday of the month.At the Roxby Downs Public Library.

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday9:00am - 3:00pm Saturday9:00am - 2:00pm SundayPhone: 8671 2001BINGO (All proceeds go to the community)7:00pm Tuesdays - At Tuckerbox in AndamookaCULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT - MOVIESTuesday, Friday, Saturday and SundayPhone: 8671 2001TODDLERS’ STORY TIME 9:30am - 10:30am Tuesday & Thursday (repeated)Fun for young children and mumsMeet at Roxby Downs LibraryPLAYGROUP - St. Barbara’s Parish SchoolCall Jakki: 8671 2323PLAYGROUP - Roxby Downs Kindergarten10:00am - 11:30am Friday

ROXBY DOWNS’ HEALTH SERVICES COFFEE MORNING9:30am - 11:00am ThusrdayMeet at the Dunes CaféRAPTORS CYCLING CLUB8:00am SundaySocial bike riding group Meet at Stuart Road roundaboutDADS AND KIDSDecember 21stFor Dad’s and kid’s of all ages Meet at the Lions ParkROXBY DOWNS’ CHILDCARE6:30am-5:30pm Monday to FridayPhone: 8671 0911TODDLERS’ STORY TIME - Fun for 1-4 years.10:30am MondayPhone: 8672 7018Meet at Andamooka Community Library

ROXFM SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING - to fill the vacancies of President and Committee Members to the Board3pm December 7th at the Roxby Downs ClubAll are invited to attend. Any RoxFM members of 6 months or more are invited to nominate. A board meeting will follow afterwards. For more informa-tion, call Kristina on 8671 2545.

HEALTH EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Community members welcome to attend any meet-ing of the Roxby Downs Community BoardCommunity Board, Forums and Partnerships see schedule on the Community Matters page. For more information call Michelle Hales on 8671 0010

ROXBY DOWNS’ ROTARY CLUB1st and 3rd Monday of the month Meet at the Dunes CaféFor more information contact Kaye Doyle

ANDAMOOKA OPAL GIRL GUIDESAndamooka Community Hall Mondays from 5:00pm to 7:00pmPhone: 0427072710

OUTBACK MULTI-CULTURAL GROUPPhone: 8671 2892

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

GENERAL INFORMATION

SCHOOL TERMS 2008Term 4: October 13th - December 12thMT DARE HOTEL8am – 9pm Open every dayOUTBACK COMMUNITY GARDENSPhone: 8671 2892ROXBY ROAD SAFEPhone: 8671 2892

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 6:00pmSunday 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


Zeppy’s reviewsZeppy’s reviewsBook Review: Ramses: The Son of Light A creative take on history

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Th e fi rst Narnia movie saw international success, bringing to life C.S Lewis’ epic masterpiece The Lion, Th e Witch and Th e Wardrobe. Now comes the long awaited sequel Prince Caspian and let me say, it’s defi nitely worth it.

Prince Caspian is unlike most sequels in the fact it does not bring back the same characters and try to capitalise on them. Grant-ed the four main Peven-sie children are back and let’s not forget Aslan, but apart from that, everyone in the movie is new. Th is is because the time period of Prince Caspian is vastly diff erent from Th e Lion, Th e Witch and Th e Wardrobe; 1300 years diff erence, in fact. One year has past for the Pe-vensie children but so much more time has gone in the mythical land of Narnia, as the children soon learn.

Th e story begins automatically in Prince Caspian, without the need to explain a great deal to the audience. We learn of the title character, Cas-pian in the opening scene and im-mediately the Pevensie children are whisked off to Narnia to help save the kingdom once again.

Instead of the White Witch, the enemy is now the Telmarines, a con-quistador-like race that has taken

over Narnia and changed the land forever. Th e Pevensie children must help restore the throne back to Prince Caspian, after his evil uncle Miraz attempted to assassinate him. Th is sees epic battle scenes between hu-mans and the mythical creatures of Narnia, themes of growing up, ac-cepting responsibility and making the right decisions. Th e fi lm is fi lled with reference to the first movie while expanding the world of Narnia and developing the characters of the Pevensie children.

Th e acting in Prince Caspian is very good, with fantastic performances from Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes. Ben Barnes as Prince Cas-pian was an excellent choice and of

course, Anna Popplewell and Wil-liam Moseley do a fantastic job. Th e supporting cast are great, with every character seeming believable and the return of Aslan and his intervention in the fi nal battle is spectacular.

While this fi lm may be based on books inspired by Christianity, the references to the religious mantra is minimal and acts more as an epic fantasy adventure than an homage to the bible.

Prince Caspian was superbly writ-ten and directed with beautiful scen-ery, epic adventures and comical and enjoyable creatures. Th is is defi nitely a movie for anyone with an interest in the epic fantasy adventure genre.

Th e Verdict: 4/5

I am a fan of everything Ancient Egyp-tian so when I laid eyes of the Ramses series by French Egyptologist Christian Jacq, I immediate fell in love. Th e Ram-ses series follows a fi ctional biography of one of Egypt’s greatest and longest living pharaohs.

Th e Son of Light is the fi rst of a fi ve book series, spanning the life of the great pharaoh and his many trials and other-worldly deeds as a living god. Th e fi rst book reveals the early years of the young king, how he became pharaoh, his teach-ings of the ways of the great kings and the meeting of his great true love Nefertari.

We follow the tale of Ramses becoming pharaoh, while his older brother Shanaar plots to steal the throne from him. Ramses is fi lled with danger, adventure, jealousy, betrayal, love, sorcery and historical refer-ences. Readers must understand the trails of the great pharaoh in this series are not historically accurate, merely based on his-tory. For example, Moses and Ramses are close friends and the Exodus of the He-brews from Egypt is not nearly as biblical as the common myth states and Helen of Troy and the poet Homer are personal friends of the pharaoh.

While reading of Ramses’ life as phar-aoh, Jacq also takes you to other aspects of Ancient Egyptian life, illustrating the religion of the time, the occupations and the belief in otherworldly infl uences.

Ramses: Th e Son of Light is a book for everyone with an interest in ancient cul-ture, the history of Egypt’s greatest phar-aoh and the dangers and trials of being king of the greatest civilisation in the land. Th is book is thoroughly enjoyable and epi-cally entertaining.

Movie Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian An epic adventure that delivers

By Zak Zeptner

Tuesday November 18 saw the Year 3-6 group of Roxby Downs Area School perform their end of year con-cert, and what a show it was.

Every class performed fantastically with a collection of songs, dances and highly amusing skits.

A great deal of hard work went into this concert, with lavish set pieces and stunning costumes showing off the talent of these children.

High School Musical seemed to be a common theme for the night, with two spectacularly choreographed dances to songs from the hit movies and the singing talent of two students to HSM song ‘Fabulous’.

A cute dance to a medley of chip-munk songs saw smiles of delight upon the students’ and parents’ fac-es and entertaining skits saw many laughs.

From fashion shows to ‘It Takes Two’ re-enactments, the Concert

night was spectacular. But it was ‘Miss Hollitt’s Class’ Got

Talent’ that saw the most laughs, with stunningly enjoyably skits from the students, and a ballet presentation from a group of very brave young lads wearing tutus.

Th e children of RDAS should feel extremely proud with themselves for the fantastic performances at their end of year concert extravaganza.

Concert Extravaganza

RIGHT: I like to move it: A stunning performance entitled Welcome to Madagascar.

LEFT: Twinkle toes: It was all tutus for these brave lads at the Concert Night.

BELOW: Little Red Riding Hood made an appearance at the 3-6 Concert Night.

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THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.auPage 16 – Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Everyone in Roxby Downs can enjoy the bene ts of banking with Big Sky.

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DUSTY DOGSgrooming service

Pick up and delivery service Eftpos facilities

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WINDOW TINTINGKeep your car cool this summer by up to 60%!

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Big brand cars - $360 fittedCall Dave for quote! 8671 1414

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Dr Mark BarnesConsults at 97 Pioneer Drive, Roxby Downs

THURSDAYS 4 pm - 9.30 pmFRIDAYS 7.30 am - 12 noon

Instant health fund rebates • 24 hour/7 day booking & enquiry servicePHONE 8645 0880

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The mission of the AFP is to provide dynamic and effective law enforcement to the people of Australia. It provides policing

throughout Australia in relation to the prevention and detection of crimes against the Commonwealth, its laws and

integrity, and community police services to the Community of the ACT.

PROTECTIVE SERVICE OFFICER

GRADE 1, $51,754 - $70,203

ALICE SPRINGS, EXMOUTH, GERALDTON, WOOMERA

(this salary includes a base salary plus 22% composite paid in lieu of shift penalties)

Protective Service Offi cers are employees of the Australian Federal Police and play a vital role in protecting all Australians. The AFP is a truly global policing agency, committed to staying one step ahead in a rapidly evolving criminal environment. The AFP actively encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

PSOs perform a range of functions including Counter Terrorist First Response duties at designated airports and Commonwealth establishments around Australia. PSOs provide an armed uniform capability at these sensitive sites and conduct patrol and response duties.

On completion of probation, further opportunities may exist for deployment to a range of specialist functions within the AFP such as Bomb Appraisal Offi cers and Firearms and Explosive Detection Canine handlers and overseas deployment with the International Deployment Group.

To become a Protective Service Offi cer you must:

• Be at least 18 years old, be an Australian Citizen • Hold a current manual driver’s licence.

The selection process will include:

• A physical fi tness test, an assessment centre process • A stringent medical examination and psychological profi le• You will also be required to undergo a police check and full security check. The ability to hold an Australian Security

Clearance is essential.

The AFP offers a generous remuneration and conditions package, including six weeks annual leave, leave to maintain a healthy work/life balance, and Commonwealth superannuation provisions.

Applications are invited from suitably qualifi ed people who are interested in an appointment to the AFP. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to the core values of the AFP.

Successful applicants will be placed in a talent pool and may be offered a place on a recruit course scheduled for early 2009.

Applications may be lodged online at www.afp.gov.au. For further information please contact David Demaid on (08) 8674 3040.

Conditions of service are in accordance with the Collective Agreement 2007 - 2011 (available on www.afp.gov.au).

Applications close 12 December 2008.

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

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For an agenda and inquiries contact the Board on

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SPECIALS

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D12” and 16” kids bikes, bmx, mountain bikes, road and

comfort bikes. Brands: Avanti, Specialized, Sub (womens) Raleigh, ABD

and TariniAccessories: Trainer wheels, Baskets, Pack Racks, Helmets, Glasses, Gloves, Shoes, Top Brand Clothing and much more

Service workshop - Victoria Parade, Port AugustaDelivery to Roxby Downs arranged

Ph: 8641 1128 Fax 8641 1129 OPEN 6 DAYS

12” and 16” kids bikes, bmx, mountain bikes, road and comfort bikes.

Brands: Avanti, Specialized, Sub (womens) Raleigh, ABD and Tarini

Accessories: Trainer wheels, Baskets, Pack Racks, Helmets, Glasses, Gloves, Shoes, Top Brand Clothing and much more

Service workshop - Victoria Parade, Port AugustaDelivery to Roxby Downs arranged

CLEARINGMODELS

Email:[email protected]

VISIT: www.roxbycouncil.com.

BUSHFIRE PREVEN-TION:

Saturday 1st November saw the start of the Fire Dan-ger Season. Th is will continue until 31st March, 2009.

Some points to consider:- Cleaning up around

yards- Clean out gutters- Trim trees, especially

those brushing against the house

- Clear undergrowth where possible

- Make yourself fully aware of the BBQ regulations

When cleaning the rubbish, please be aware of snakes and rodents.

Incase of Fire dial 000When next visiting the

council offices, please take your free copy of Preparing for Bushfi res

Opal Road Landfi ll Open-ing Hours

The Opal Road Landfill Opening Hours are 1pm – 6pm, seven days a week. Residents are encouraged to utilise this FREE service as the dumping of litter in re-serves or lands surrounding the town attract an expia-tion penalty fee of $315.00 as per the Local Government Act. Collect your free mag-net when next in the offi ce.

RUBBISH COLLEC-TION

Residents are reminded that there is a limit of one bin per household for weekly rubbish collection and that it is the resident’s responsibil-ity to ensure that bins are in serviceable condition with closable lids that prevent fl ies and birds from accessing rubbish. Please be diligent as littering attracts an Expiation Penalty Fee of $315.00 – ie: over fl owing bins. For dispos-al of old batteries these can be disposed of at the Opal Road Landfi ll Dump.

DEPOSIT OF RUBBISH ETC

Under Local Government Regulations it is an off ence to deposit rubbish, goods, mate-rials earth, stone gravel or any other substance on a public road or place. Th is will incur a penalty and a fi ne.

ILLEGAL PARKINGTh is is a friendly reminder

from Council, that parking in the following zones is illegal:

WITHIN THE ROXBY DOWNS TOWNSHIP:

- A loading zone- A drop off zone- A disabled parkWITHIN THE RESIDEN-

TIAL STREETS:- Parking on a nature strip- Parked on local govern-

ment land.- Vehicle left on side of

the road for greater than 24 hours

- Parked in the opposite di-rection of oncoming traffi c.

Under the Local Govern-ment Act, Council has the power to instigate Infringe-ment Notices and/or im-pound the vehicle(s) for the noted offence. If infringe-ment notices are not paid by the due date, then a fi ne will apply. Please make yourself aware of all the parking regu-lations and signage.

A D V E RTI S IN G ON COUNCIL INFRASTRUC-TURE

Advertising on Council infrastructure such as light poles can attract expiation notices under the Local Gov-ernment Act. If you spot any such advertising please notify the Council.

DOG REGISTRATION- Dog registrations are for

12 months in the financial year calendar. (July 08 – June 09), NOT 12 month calendar year. Grace period for regis-tration expired on 31 August 2008; thereafter an $80.00 expiation fee applies under

section 33 of the Dog and Cat Management Act.

- 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.

- Make sure when changing your address, you also change the address of your dog(s)

If infringement notices are not paid by the due date, then a fi ne will apply.

RATES08/09 Financial year Rates

have been declared. 2nd Quarter Instalment notices have been sent and the due date for payment is 16.12.08. The following instalment dates will be, 17th March and the 16th June 2009. If you have any enquiries please contact Bronnie War-ren on 8671 0010. PLEASE NOTE: Fines will apply for all overdue accounts.

ELECTRICITY Quarterly accounts for the

30th September 2008 are now overdue. Reminder notices have now been issued with the late fee added.

WATERQuarterly accounts for the

30th September 2008 have been issued. All accounts were due to be paid by the 17th November 2008. Failing to do so will incur a late fee.

GENERAL INFORMA-TION for Electricity & Water - Autopays & Direct Debits

- All MONTHLY AUTO-PAYS AND DIRECT DEBITS are taken out on the 20th of each month.

- All QUARTERLY AUTO-PAYS are taken out on the DUE DATE of the Notice

- All QUARTERLY DI-RECT DEBITS are taken out on the 20th day of which the notice is due.

LOCAL WEBSITE & EMAIL ADDRESS

Visit our website and read what’s new: www.roxby-council.com.

If you need to contact us, please Email: [email protected]

SERVICE SAService SA operate at the

council offi ce on Wednesday and Thursdays ONLY be-tween the hours of 9.00am and 4.30pm. Council provides Transport Services including Vehicle and Boat Registra-tions and Licensing Trans-actions. No learner written theory tests to be started af-ter 4.00pm.

WASTE OIL DISPOSALCouncil operates a waste

oil collection facility at the Roxby Downs Landfi ll site. Disposal of all used motor oil at this facility is free. For Further information contact Council 8671 0010 or BSH Waste Solutions on 8671 1154. No cooking oils, cool-ants, diesel, or diesel blended fuels (bio Diesel) are to be deposited into the unit. Th is Facility is open 1pm -6pm seven days.

C O U N C I L O F F I C E HOURS – GENERAL

Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm.

For all after hours Emer-gencies please contact the Emergency number on 0419 892 870.

CHRISTMAS HOURS AT THE COUNCIL AND LIBRARY:

Both venues will be closed from 12.00pm 24th Decem-ber

and re opening on the 5th Jan. 2009 at 9.00am.

SERVICE SA, within the Council, will be closed from

Th ursday 18th December and will re-open on Wednes-day 7th January 2009.

For Service SA enquiries please phone 131084.

COUNCIL SNIPPETS

Andamooka Football Club is advertising for a Coach for the

2009 season.All interested persons to send expression of

interest to PO Box 65 Roxby Downs 5725.

Contact Ian Tuohy on 0408 925 854 for further details. Closing date 5th December 2008.

The ‘Bushies’ beat Team Santos in this year’s Cooper

Cup, held on Saturday October 11 at the MCG.

Th e Cooper Cup has been held at the MCG every year since 1979. That’s the Moomba Cricket Ground, 1,600 kilometres away from Melbourne in the Stre-zlecki desert. The hal-lowed turf at Moomba is a windswept oval of scorched dirt near the main Santos plant, sur-rounded by oil and gas pipelines. Temperatures can reach 45 degrees, the crease is concrete, the outfi eld is a dustbowl and grass is just a distant memory.

This is cricket in the raw – played by die-hard supporters of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The annual fundraiser pits cricketers from Moomba against a team of players from outlying stations, including people like Lee Marsham, who drove for nine hours just to get to the venue. Th e aim is to raise money to support the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).

Moomba won the toss and chose to bat. Within minutes they looked to be the favourite to win. With solid opening part-nership in the limited-over match, piling on the runs, but disaster struck after drinks. It could have been the beer, it could have been the burgers, either way Moomba lost momentum and the Bushies were quick to take advantage. Th ey piled on the pressure, throwing everything they had at the batsmen. They raced after balls heading for the bound-ary (not easy in cowboy boots) and in spite of an admirable 53 from both Rohan Graetz and Andy Elder, by the end of the innings, Moomba had sacrifi ced eight wickets. Th eir total after 30 overs was 8 for 222.

Th e Bushies stepped up to the crease, determined to do their best. The opening Moomba bowler delighted the crowd with a maiden over, followed by another, but the Bush-ies dug in. Th ey played a solid, defensive game, losing just 3 wickets, and runs gradually piled up. The batsmen grew more confi dent. Several fours, and even a couple of sixes, soared across the boundary. Suddenly victory was within their grasp. At three for 174, the Bushies needed 49 to win off the last seven overs. With birds of prey wheeling overhead, and seagulls strutting at the heavy machinery end, top scorers Tim Law-son and Paul Hunt gave it everything they had. Th ey chased every single, swung at loose balls and the match was eventually won when Paul hit a mas-sive six in the fi nal over.

Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section) executive di-rector Clyde Thomson praised the spirit of the players and thanked or-ganisers Brian Hall and Peter Lamb, plus host Santos, for their ongo-ing support and com-mitment to the RFDS. The Peter Kirkby Man of the Match trophy was awarded to Tim Lawson. Th e celebrations which followed included an auction of prizes donated by generous supporters and corporate sponsors, including Santos, SA Brewing, Schweppes, Salisbury Locksmiths, ANZ Bank, Bardrill and Diversifi ed Const.

This year’s auction raised over $56,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Brian Hall, one of the principal organizers of the annual event, said that this year a total of $100,000 was raised for the RFDS. Mr Hall said $100,000 was also raised by last year’s event.

Bushies beat

Santos

By Gerard Secker

Olympic Dam defeated Roxby Rogues by 29 runs in a tense, low-scoring match at Roxby Downs on Sunday morning to widen the gap between the top two sides and last season’s premiers.

Only 161 runs were scored for the day as batsmen in the main struggled to score against good bowling from both sides in the cool conditions.

Wayne Moroney won the toss and elect-ed to bat and his side was soon in trouble at 5/26 but rallied through the eff orts of Darren Eckermann (31) and a dogged un-beaten 13 by Adam Warren to a fi nal tally of 96.

Sam Nethery (3/10) and Toby Ferguson (2/17) continued their good form with the new ball and were complimented by the eff orts of Paul Trotta with 3/19 and a run out.

However the Rogues lost Trotta early at 2 and were themselves in trouble at 5/33 as Joel Nicholson took 4/9 in a devestating eight over spell with the new ball.

Dan Haines and Nic Th omson stopped the rot temporarily with a 23 run partner-ship but another four wicket haul, this time by Allan Woolford, ended the innings on 66, giving the Devils a 29 run victory.

SCORESOlympic DamPrior b Nethery -1Moroney b Ferguson -13Nichols lbw Nethery -0Woolford c Nethery b Ferguson -8McEvoy B c Wyatt b Trotta -8McEvoy D lbw Nethery -0Warren not out -13Eckermann lbw Trotta -31White c Walker b Trotta -5Hoff mann b Wyatt -3Nicholson run out (Trotta) - 0 Sundries (1b, 1lb, 11w) -13 Total -95 Bowling: Ferguson, 8-2-2/17, Nethery 8-

3-3/10, Walker 2-0-0/10, Trotta 8-3-3/19, Martlew 3-1-0/8, Benson 1-0-0/12, Queale 3-0-0/15, Wyatt 0.5-0-1/2

Roxby RoguesTrotta b Nicholson -1Wyatt lbw Nicholson -23Walker c Nichols b Nicholson -0Westlake c Eckermann b White -3Haines b Woolford -15Queale lbw b Nicholson -0Th omson b Woolford -12

Martlew st Nichols b Hoff mann -3Ferguson c B McEvoy b Woolford -1Nethery not out -1Sundries (1b, 1lb, 4w) -6Total -66Bowling: Nicholson 8-2-4/9, White 8-

0-1/28, Woolford 5.1-1-4/15, Hoff mann 5-0-1/12

A waterlogged pitch at Roxby Downs made play impossible at that venue on Sat-urday so Wanderers travelled to the drier conditions at O’Donoghue Oval in the morning and recorded an easy ten wicket win over Woomera.

Th e Redbacks, who have lost the serv-ices of Wally Broome for good and were without Chris Pillar, Joey Blatchford , Andy Searle and Joey Payne, were bundled out for there second successive embarrassing total.

Th e Swaggies used Jason Carroll (5/25), Leigh Kavanagh (3/4) and Ben Grimston (2/21) to dismiss their opponents for 55 with Steve White and Mitchell Blackie the only players to make double fi gures.

Ryan Selkirk and Chris Walker scored the runs needed in just seven overs to keepWanderers at the top of the premier-ship table

SCORESWoomera RedbacksWillis lbw b Carroll -6Badley b Carroll -1Fyfe b Grimston -1Staines b Grimston -1Blackie b Carroll -10White b Carroll -13Couzens c Grimston b Kavanagh -3Gore c Taylor b Kavanagh -0Ingold c Taylor Kavanagh -3 Martin b Carroll -6McKielor not out -0Sundries -11Total -55Bowling: Grimston 5-0-2/21, Carroll 5-

2-5/25, Kavanagh 4-1-3/4WanderersSelkirk not out -25Wilson not out -28 Sundries -4Total -0/57Bowling: correct fi gures unavailable Next week Wanderers meet Roxby

Rogues in the Saturday morning game at Roxby Downs oval with the latter badly needing a morale boosting win while Ol-ympic Dam will travel to Woomera for a day game starting at 10am.

Low-scoring, tense

ABOVE: Sam Nethery has all the batsmen in trouble and returned 3 for 10.BELOW: Alan Walford prepares to hit the ball for 6.


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INDOOR HOCKEY

The Roxby Downs Leisure Centre is now off ering a bigger and better swimming school

program in place of VacSwim. Aquatics Coordinator Yvonne

Klomp and Recreation and Youth Services Manager Perdita Cooper have been involved in the planning of the new swimming program, as yet un-named, for almost a year now.

“Th e town does need a swimming school but the only people that off er it is the Swimming Club and they’re full, so we approached the management of the Leisure Centre and they’re happy to off er it,” said Yvonne Klomp.

As the VacSwim program is only on off er for a nine day period over the Christmas Holidays, the Leisure Centre believes its program will allow for those who missed the opportunity for VacSwim to attain the pool safety training needed.

As the Roxby Downs pool is an out-

door facility, the swimming program can only be off ered during the warmer seasons and therefore will operate be-tween January and April 2009.

“I’m hoping people will respond really well to the new program,” said Yvonne.

“It’s local and everything stays here which is diff erent to VacSwim as it is a separate program.”

“We’ve had a huge amount of en-quiries from the people who did Vac-Swim in the past asking what we are doing instead,” added Perdita.

“I think it will be a really good thing for Roxby.”

As of now, the swimming program has not been named, however Perd-ita and Yvonne welcome any sugges-tions.

For further information, please con-tact the Leisure Centre Kiosk on 8671 0500.

New swimming Program

Members of the Far North Swimming Associations met last Saturday to show off their talent and compete in the Roxby Downs Swimming Carnival.

Roxby Down Swimming Carnival

BasketballBasketball

Local kids showed off their skills at the Junior Basketball last Saturday.

Perdita Cooper and Yvonne Klomp have spent several long months planning the new swim program .


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SUNDAY

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COME-N-TRY-SOCCER - Indoor Courts3:30pm - 6:00pmSENIOR SOCCER - Indoor Courts6:00pm - 7:00pmSQUASH - Leisure Centre7:00pm - 9:00pmTOUCH FOOTBALL - Town Oval6:30pmSENIOR BASKETBALL - Indoor Courts7pm-10pm

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JUNIOR HOCKEY 5:00pm - 6:30pm

SENIOR HOCKEY 6:30pm - 8:30pm

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O n S a t u r d a y November 22, Roxby Leisure

Youth Services put on a fantastic skate competition at the Lions Park

Local skate enthu-siasts battled it out at the Skate Park against members of

the Streaky Bay ‘Eyre Riderz Group’, showcasing their skills and competing for major prizes.

Nine young people com-peted, putting on a show for over 50 kids, young people and their families, who rocked up to support the day’s event.

There were two age-groups competing - 9-14 years and 15-18 years - with all participants showcasing some superb talent, pulling

off some difficult tricks and putting their bodies to the test.

Each participant had two rounds of three minutes each to show their talent and pull off their best tricks whilst adding style and va-riety to their game.

Local judges Lisa Kerehi, Coordinator for the event, Donna Luscomb, Ben Lus-comb and Streaky Bay sup-porter Rick Sergent kindly volunteered their time to judge the competition, with Rick also putting on a show for the audience.

Rick has had plenty of experience within the skating world, not only as a competitor during his younger years but is a skating pioneer who has assisted in building skate parks from Coober Peedy to Ceduna to Elliston and Streaky Bay.

For the 9-14 years com-petition, third place went to Jaiden Roberts of Roxby, second place went to Daniel Bullman of Roxby, and first was awarded to Cheyne Taylor of Streaky Bay.

For the 15-18 years com-petition, third place went to Josh Higgins of Streaky Bay, second place went to Jesse Roberts of Roxby, and first went to Josiah Schmaker of Streaky Bay.

Thanks to all those who participated, supported and volunteered their time to-wards the event.

Thank you to Mensland and Desert Edge for donat-ing a Bam Magera Skate-board and Protek helmet, Subway for donating Sub-way vouchers and BHP Bil-liton for donating Icey Poles and drinks; their donations were greatly appreciated.

Without the support from

local businesses and resi-dents and those who par-ticipated and volunteered their time, this would not be possible, so thanks to all those involved!

Youth Services Coordi-nator Lisa Kerehi hopes to take a group of skaters up to Streaky Bay early next year to compete in order to make a placing to compete at the NSW National Com-petition later on in 2009.

As soon as details are available, check out www.bebo.com/roxby-downs-youth for more details and information on up and coming events for Roxby Youth and WARP Commu-nities, or come see Lisa at the Youth Centre Tuesday-Thursday between 3-6pm, Friday between 4-9pm and Saturday between 12-3pm, or phone 86710500 or 0409 888 931.

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L ast fortnight saw a collection of sporting stars visit Roxby Downs and Th e Monitor was

fortunate enough to sit down and chat with them.

Over the next few weeks, we will bring you an exclusive chat

with the stars, beginning with the very talented swimming legend Grant Hackett.

The Monitor: From your short visit here, what do you think of Roxby Downs?

Grant Hackett: It’s very dif-ferent from, I guess living in Melbourne, to come out here

and see this. Th is is the real part of Australia often Australians don’t get to experience, so to come out here and see this place, to see the locals - everyone seems friendly - I’ve really enjoyed the experience.

It’s nice to come out like this and see a mining town and all that.Th e Monitor: You are a very busy man,

working in fi nance, the media, travelling around to events such as this, how do you

fi nd time to fi t everything in?Grant Hackett: It’s very diffi cult, to be hon-est. I’m always on a plane, maybe twice a

week, so you try to fi nd a balance and or-ganise your time. Th ere’s no key trick

to it except trying to have that balance in life. Just prioritise

everything, I guess.The Monitor: What

was the highlight of your career?

Grant Hackett: I’d have to say probably win-ning at Sydney Olympics. Th e fact is: very rarely do you get an Olympics in your home country and then also have the oppor-tunity to peak at one. It is one of the best moments of my career. It was only going to be a once in a lifetime chance so to ac-tually win at one, I think, is pretty hard to beat.

The Monitor: If you weren’t an athlete, what direction do you think your life would have taken?

Grant Hackett: I’d probably be doing the things I’m starting to pursue now. Business, fi nance, I enjoy property and a bit of media, so probably those things. What I’m starting to pur-sue now in life are cer-tainly the passions I’ve had since I was younger.

Th e Monitor: What do

you do for fun in your free time?Grant Hackett: I like to go out to nice

lunches or dinners with my wife. I love mov-ies, going out and hanging out with friends. All pretty basic broad things that are perceived as not overly exciting but for me they’re great little luxuries that I love to do.

Th e Monitor: We heard you had an interest in one day entering politics, is that true?

Grant Hackett: Th at was probably a bit of a beat up. It was funny because I was actu-ally at parliament house for board meetings when the rumours started. I got a phone call from a political journalist the weekend after asking if I was interested in politics. I said of course I am, I think every Australian should be and she asked if I would get into it one day. I said maybe in 20 years after I had experi-ence in the private sector and it sort of went from there. Th ey were questions that were very much hypothetical scenarios and then there was an article the next day. It’s the way things get sensationalised in the media but it’s funny. Th e media and fi nance where I am now is re-ally my passion, what I want to pursue at the moment.

Th e Monitor: We understand you are men-tioned in John Eales’ book ‘Learning from Leg-ends’. Are you friends with John?

Grant Hackett: Yeah, I’ve known John for years; I’m good friends with him. He did that book a few years ago and certainly I look upon him as inspirational character. Th e way he conducts himself with the gentleman-like nature he has and his personal ambitions and the way he’s successful, not only in sport but the transition from sport to real life and be-coming a business person and very savvy on all fronts – he’s just a person to be admired. He’s a great bloke.

Th e Monitor: Being a swimmer, how did it feel learning you had lung problems?

Grant Hackett: It’s funny; it’s a real contrast. My lung capacity is 12.6 litres, which is nearly double what it should be for my age and size. Th e thing with me is I was susceptible to in-fection. I had a really good engine but it was a matter of getting it used correctly, putting the right fuel in or having it operate properly, and for me, an induced exercise asthmatic, there was always a bit of an issue. When you’re an athlete, you’re always on that knife’s edge so you can fall either which way. Th rough my career I had to wrap myself in cotton wool be-cause I train extremely hard at intense levels and I was very susceptible to infections. I guess it was always an ongoing challenge throughout my career.

Th e Monitor: What advice would you give to those wishing to follow in your footsteps of becoming an athlete?

Grant Hackett: As an athlete I think you’ve just got to set your goals and know what you’re passionate about, whether it’s winning or com-peting or just participating in sport; it could be a few things or all of those. Th e only advice I can give is just focus on those goals and don’t lose sight of them. Always keep the discipline and strength to pursue your goals regardless of the things around you.

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