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ROXBY DOWNS...Local businesss have throwntheir support behind a ‘Plastic Bag-Free RoxbyDowns’ following discussions at the recent RoxbyDowns Business Forum.Darren Pedler, manager of Roxby Foodland - theregion’s largest consumer of plastic bags - said thebusiness was prepared to do away with plastic bagsif the community supported the initiative.Roxby Foodland caters to around 10,000 customersevery week and, according to Mr Pedler, most useplastic bags.Mr Pedler said the supermarket has already intro-duced a recycling bin for plastic bags, and stockscanvas and hessian bags as an alternative for cus-tomers.SBS managing director Brenton Smith - who facili-tates the region’s waste management services - con-firmed that plastic bags make up a large percentageof local residential waste and offer their own spe-cific range of waste problems.SBS is one of the driving forces behind the proposalof a ‘plastic bag-free Roxby Downs’ and, accordingto Mr Smith, will commit financially to an exchangeprogram.“We want to promote the program because we seefirst-hand at the landfill,” he said.“The first issue is their lack of bio-degradability, butthe other thing is the way they fly around before theysettle.“When we tip rubbish at the landfill we see the plas-tic bags take off like kites - and they can land any-

RECYCLING…Roxby Foodland manager Darren Pedler saysthe community has already responded positively to thesupermarket’s new plastic bag recycling initiative andFoodland is now ready to take the next step to a ‘plastic bag-free Roxby Downs’.

where.”Mr Smith has proposed a local exchange scheme tokick off a plastic bag-free Roxby Downs, where resi-dents can exchange 10 plastic shopping bags for acanvas bag.All plastic bags collected will then be collected forecologically-safe disposal.Proposals for a plastic bag exchange program, styledon recent metropolitan initiatives, were tabled at therecent local business forum by Mr Smith and SBSFinance and Quality Officer Jennifer Young.Another alternative to plastic bags is the introduc-tion of corn starch bags which break down easier inland fill, according to Mr Smith. SBS is currentlyinvestigating this product as a local alternative.However, one of the convenient alternatives to plas-tic bags - cardboard boxes - is already available atRoxby Foodland and can be recycled locally.Consumers can also recycle plastic bags themselvesfrom the bin introduced by Foodland this month.Council administrator Bill Boehm has voiced coun-cil’s support for the initiative if it is welcomed bythe community and supported by local business.The team at The Monitor - Your Community News-paper has thrown its support behind this proposaland intends to table a plan to implement a ‘plasticbag-free Roxby Downs’ next local business forummeeting.Why not have your say, and tell The Monitorwhether you would support a ‘plastic bag-free RoxbyDowns’.

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It’s hard enough movingby yourself when you’resix months pregnant,without getting dumpedby your removalists inthe middle of the deserttwo days before yourmove.I was lucky enough, Ithought, to book myselfwith a nationalremovalist companywho was prepared tomove me to Adelaidethis week on thebackload of an existing

move.I was quoted $880 andpacked my house, withthe help of friends, whilemy partner was workingaway to coincide withthis convenient andcheaper arrangement.Nowhere in my contractwas I warned that thisprice was conditional soI was not prepared forthe phone call I received,two days before mymove, with my electric-ity about to be turned off

and my bed already dis-mantled.I was told that the com-pany’s original contractto move to Roxby hadfallen through and there-fore I would be chargeddouble the price if I wentahead.This news did my headin.While I will not namethe company that let medown, I would like toname the company thatrescued me – Anmar Re-movals of Whyalla.Thank you Andy atAnmar for your support,your company’s willing-ness to match my $880quote and your compas-sion for a stranded, preg-nant and distraught‘damsel in distress’.I hope that my leavingRoxby Downs ends witha few more people beingaware of your good andkind service.

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Faxes and emails must include a contact phone number.FAR NORTH REGION...On August 25,police attended an accident on OlympicWay approx 3km north of RoxbyDowns. The accident occurred betweena utility and kangaroo causing the util-ity to leave the road. There were no se-rious injuries to vehicle occupants.On August 25, a 26-year-old male ofRoxby Downs reported for driving an unreg-istered and uninsured vehicle.On the same day, in an unrelated incident, a three-year-old child was reported missing from a localcaravan park. He was located a short time latersafe and well.On August 25, police attended a disturbance involv-ing firecracker being let off in the Richardson Placerotunda. As a result, two local youths were infor-mally cautioned for possessing the firecrackers. Anadult with the youths was also issued an expiationnotice for possessing cannabis.On August 26, police received a report of a maletaking a pushbike from the Roxby Central Mall. Asa result of enquiries it was found to be a caretakermoving bikes that were blocking pedestrian accessto shops in the area. Cyclists are requested to parktheir bikes in the bike rack provided at each en-trance and keep this area safe for the use of pedes-trians.On August 26, a 45-year-old female of RoxbyDowns was reported for driving an unregisteredmotor vehicle.On the same day, in an unrelated incident, a 48-year-old male of Roxby Downs was reported forexceeding the .05 PCA.Police attended and accident on August 28, inMulgaria Crescent, in which a Holden Sedan col-lided with two parked vehicles. When approached

by the owners of the vehicles the driverand passenger failed to provide theirparticulars and decamped. As a resultof enquiries a 24-year-old male ofWhyalla Stuart was reported for driv-ing without due care and failing to ex-

change particulars.On August 28, a 54-year-old male of Ol-

ympic Dam was reported for exceeding thePCA with an alleged reading of 0.153%. He willreceive a summons to attend court at a later date.On August 29, a 26-year-old male of Royston Parkwas reported for exceeding PCA (0.114%), lack ofdue care and unregistered/uninsured motor vehicle.On August 30, police attended the local footballgrand final. The large crowd was all very well-be-haved, entering into the spirit of the game. It wasalso pleasing to note that RBT conducted after thegame revealed many designated drivers for the dayand no reading over .05.On the same day, police attended a report of a hit-run accident in a local caravan park. Police knowthe alleged driver of the vehicle and their enquiriesare continuing.On August 31, a 47-year-old male of Roxby Downswas reported for PCA (0.113%)On September 1 a 53-year-old male was arrestedfor driving without due care, driving under the in-fluence and refusing to comply with police direc-tions to submit to a breath analysis after collidingwith a light pole on the corner of Coolibah Driveand Maireana Circuit Roxby Downs.On the same day, a vehicle was damaged onSantalum Way, Roxby Downs, with a sharp objectcausing about $1000 damage.On September 2, police received report of a housebroken into and clothing stolen from a residence inWangianna Street, Roxby Downs.On September 4, an 18-year-old male from RoxbyDowns was reported for disorderly behaviour anddriving without due care after he performed a ‘burn-out’ in Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.On September 5, a 24-year-old male from RoxbyDowns was reported for riding his motor bike un-registered, uninsured and unlicensed.On the sam day, police received report of an attempthousebreak on Myall Street, Roxby Downs, as wellas report of a broken car window.On September 6, a 27-year-old male from RoxbyDowns was reported for urinating in a public placeoutside of the Tavern.On the same day, police received report of the theftof a letterbox from a house on Pioneer Drive.On September 6, a 26-year-old Roxby Downs manand a 37-year-old Roxby Downs man were both re-ported for urinating in a public place, at differentlicensed premises. The 26-year-old man was alsocited for disorderly behaviour.On September 7, a report of a vehicle driving offfrom a service station without paying for $97 in fueland gas.If you have any information regarding these mat-ters or any other crime-related matters please con-tact Roxby Downs Police on 8671 0370 or BankSACrime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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ROXBY DOWNS...Roxby Downs Munici-pal Council’s rate rise of9.8 per cent this yearmay just be the tip of theiceberg, according toTown Administrator BillBoehm.The local rate rise is oneof the state’s highest,compared to a 5.5 percent rise in Adelaide.However, the increasestill leaves RoxbyDowns comparing fa-vourably on the basis ofaverage residential ratesper mean taxable incomeper residential property.“The average rate is now$880 for an average-val-ued house in RoxbyDowns,” Mr Boehmsaid.“Will rates go up nextyear? Well rates go upevery year according tolocal and national finan-cial indicators.“Will rates go up morethan average? Possibly.We’re not an averagecommunty and that’s theissue the community hasto face - currently wehave lower rates than alot of places.”Mr Boehm said the raterise comes primarily inresponse to pressurefrom the State Govern-ment and Western Min-ing Corporation whoboth contribut to arounda million dollar subsidyfor the community everyyear.“We get more than 1 mil-lion subsidy and thequestion needs to beasked - why should thestates and WMC provide1 million dollars whenwe provide a lower thanaverage rate compared toour taxable income.“It is a very complex is-sue - it’s not simple, andit’s very emotive becauseit’s right in people’sfaces when that billcomes in the mail.“Council has been tryingto highlight and explainthis issue in a variety ofways because it is socomplex.“Hopefully our explana-tions in The Monitor, inletter-drops and pam-phlets, have done some-thing to make that expla-nation clearer.”Mr Boehm said theRoxby Downs commu-nity enjoyed a highstandard of facilities fora remote area with all theadditional expenses as-sociated with regionalisolation.“While our municipalrates are below the stateaverage for our incomeand our needs, we dohave additional costs likehigh water prices - andthat’s an issue the com-munity has to face.“In terms of what we of-fer Roxby Downs we doget value for money andif we didn’t have thosesubsidies then wherewould we be getting thatextra million dollars toprovide these services -from the rate-payers!”

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Star-Gazers Gather forWoomera Viewing of MarsWOOMERA…A crowd of around160 people gathered at Woomera fora local viewing of Mars and publicbarbecue on Saturday, September 30.The response far outstripped organ-isers’ expectations, according toWoomera Astronomy Group commit-tee member Rob Dillon.“If you’d looked at the sky the after-noon before you would have beenprepared to settle for just a barbecueand an eyepiece full of clouds,” hesaid.“A few days before the event we hadto replace computer parts because ofthe rain,” he said. “We were still wor-ried at 4pm as to whether we’d be upand running.”But, despite concerns, star-gazers

travelled from as far away as CooberPedy and Roxby Downs, down toAdelaide, Port Augusta and Whyallato catch a glimpse of the red planet.The viewing, hot on the heels of the‘opposition of Mars’, marked theclosest the Earth and Mars have beento each other in more than 73,000years.Tourists and locals alike continue tobook viewings at the WAG’s ‘BakerObservatory’ this week.“I think the success of the viewingbarbecue is a good sign that a big-ger facility is needed and would beused,” Mr Dillon said. “We reallyneed to give a big thankyou to allthe volunteers and the sponsors whomade the event possible.”

SIGHT-SEERS...Christine Grez gives daughter Katherine,9, a lift up for a view of Mars at the Baker Observatorypublic viewing this month.

ROXBY DOWNS... Lo-cal song-writers took themicrophone on Sundayat the Ausmusic record-ing session ‘Wax Lyri-cal’ at Roxby DownsCommunity Club.The sessions saw fivelocal songwriters andbands put down theirmusic on CD and videoin the hopes of appear-ing on the ‘Wax Lyrical’television series along-side songwriters from allover the country.“In some ways, the factthat so much brilliant tal-ent has evolved inRoxby Downs doesn’tsurprise us,” Wax Lyri-cal organiser Brian Wardsaid.“It’s in the most remotetowns of Australia wefind the most outrageoustalents.“Last year Wax Lyricalcircumvented the coast-line of Australia and Tas-mania running 70 ses-sions around the countryand returning home toPerth with some 1200new songs.“This year we are cov-ering the ground wemissed last year, beingcentral Australia and thesouth western corner ofWA.“The result of our musi-cal adventure will be atotally national snapshotof songwriting in Aus-tralia.”Wax Lyrical will collecthundreds of hours ofvideo tape of previouslyunrecorded Australianmusic, which will even-tually be compressedinto eight half hour TVshow episodes.Organisers hope to airthe program on ABC orSBS, but have alreadyreceived interest fromChannel 31 in broadcast-ing the series.The ‘open mike’ ses-sions, supported byAusmusic and the Aus-tralian Songwriters As-sociation, almost didn’tmake it to Roxby Downsafter organisers’ soundequipment broke downin Alice Springs.“We wouldn’t have hadthe resources to recordthe bands of Roxby if itwasn’t for the generoussupport of Graeme Valeand Lyndal Robertson ofRAW,” Mr Ward said.

SOUND CHECK...Wax Lyricalcoordinator Brian Ward behind thesound desk at ‘ Wax Lyrical’ with localmusician Graeme Vale of RAW.

LOCAL BAND...Local musicians Antacidtook the stage alongside four other localsong-writers and bands - from left, ShazFoster, Dom LoBasso, Jay Paulaskasand Rhys Simmonds.

Local band RAW joinedother local bands andsongwriters Antacid, JayStringer, the TrillingFrogs, Kevin Lymn andEli Iannucci in perform-ing onstage Saturday.“Our mission is to makesure that Australian

songwriters, especiallythose in remote areas,feel part of a greatercommunity,” Mr Wardsaid. “We want Australiato burst into song and it’sbeen great for us to seethat Roxby reallyrocks!”

ROXBY DOWNS…Local tipster TrevorKroemer is celebratingthis week after placingfirst in the national on-line Midas AFL tippingcompetition ahead of al-most 60,000 people.After making 135 cor-rect tips, out of a possi-ble 176, he was namedfirst in a field of 56694tipsters.Mr Kroemer originallyjoined the internet tip-ping competition alongwith office workmates,but left his fellow-tip-sters in his wake by theend of the season.He is now waiting on thedetails of his prize – askiing/snowboardingtrip to Canada.“I’ve also had an invita-tion to go in the celeb-rity tipsters competitionnext year against TV per-sonalities Sandra Sully,Michael Long, RodneyEade and the likes ofWayne Jackson,” hesaid.

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ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby DownsMunicipal Council will budget$235,000 this year to maintain and re-pair roadside verges following in-creased costs in the 2002-2003 finan-cial year.This increase, according to Town Ad-ministrator Bill Boehm, comes frompeople parking or travelling over road-side verges instead of over designateddriveways.“It may be time for council to start en-forcing the $42 fine,” Mr Boehm said.“There are a large number of cars inpeople’s front yards or on the street,parked across the roadside verges.“This behaviour damages watering sys-tems, degrades the mulch, cracks foot-paths and kills the plants.“This is stupid stuff - people who pullout of their pockets to pay for the main-tenance of their streets, and then de-cided to damage the work that’s beendone.”Mr Boehm said council was reluctantto start enforcing infringements and feltit was more important to change localbehaviours from within the communityitself.“Regulations and rules are not liked orrespected in a general sense,” he said.“Do we have to actually go to the ex-tent of charging the $42 fine?

ROADSIDE REPAIRS...Roxby Downs Council contractorsLeon Marshall and Ben Rasheed performing concrete curbingrepair work. Council expects to spend $235,000 on roadsiderepairs this financial year.

Costs of Road-side Repairs on the Rise“We understand that there are a largenumber of people with a large numberof cars - and in some cases perhapsresident should apply to council foradditional driveway access.“But the message here is respect yourown backyard - it’s your community,your environment.”Mr Boehm argued that local roadwidths and the urban street 50km/hrspeed limit meant parking on roadswas a reasonable alternative to park-ing on roadside verges.“The roads in Roxby Downs are thewidth they need to be according tomodern traffic requirements,” he said.“If anything, parking on the roads en-sures that drivers keep to the 50km/hr limit.“We have the opposite situation inHermit St where it’s a relatively wideand long road and we have to putroundabouts in to slow the trafficdown.“We’ll be spending around $100,000this year in Hermit St because peopleare travelling as much as 100km anhour in an urban area.“Really, the message is, council andthe traffic authority have been askedto fix a community problem - but per-haps we need to deal with the localphilosophy first.”

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DRESSED TO IMPRESS...Tandales Hair and Beautyemployees added a formal touch to their usual service onFriday. The team dressed in shirts and ties for Father’sDay. Pictured in their businesswear, from left, Taryn Chick,Tracey Williams, Penny Smith and Dearne Masson.

ROXBY DOWNS... Localparking was the hot topic ofthe night at the recentRoxby Downs regionalbusiness forum.Businessman Peter Clokebroached his concernsabout business staff and lo-cal teachers parking carsthroughout the day in themain street.“The Richardson Placeparking spaces are often al-most fully by 9.15am in themorning.”The issue, which has beendiscussed in business andpublic forums previously,centres around the employ-ees of main street busi-nesses taking up thepremimum parking spotsmaking customer accessmore difficult.Local day carers have alsoexpressed their concerns forthe safety of parents andchildren accessing parkingat the beginning and end ofthe school day.Mr Cloke, at this month’sbusiness forum meeting,called for a two-hour park-ing limit in RichardsonPlace, to be enforced bycouncil.However, Town Adminis-trator Bill Boehm coun-tered this week, by urginglocal drivers to examinetheir own “parking philoso-phies”.“There is clearly ampleparking available in RoxbyDowns for the local popu-lation,” he said.“Like most country towns,we all like to park outsidethe door but if we were inRundle Mall we’d be happyto pay $5, park in a multi-storey carpark and walk twoblocks.“Expecting someone toregulate behaviour is likepushing a barrow up hill -it’s up to the community toregulate its own behaviour.“Enforcing parking restric-tions will cost the commu-nity in staff time and admin-istration, and will mostlikely end up in a lot of badwill.”However, Mr Boehmagreed with local business-owners that freeing up park-ing space in RichardsonPlace was important to en-courage customer turn-overfor local business.”Business Forum partici-pants voiced several othersuggested solutions to alack of available parking inRichardson Place.These included additionalsignage to publicise thenumber of parkings spotsavailable at different sites,and to educate visitors tothe region about alternativeparking sites.Other suggestions includeddesignated staff parkingspaces, and designatedparking for buses, motorhomes and caravans - a hotissue of discussion since theforum’s inception in 2001.Does Roxby Downs reallyhave a parking problem? Ifso, what solutions can youoffer?Have your say in TheMonitor - Your Commu-nity Newspaper.

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FAR NORTH RE-GION... Waste man-agement contractorSBS is currently innegotiations withRoxby Downs Mu-nicipal Council tobuild a transfer sta-tion near its existingGosse St yard.The transfer stationwould allow resi-dents to deposit theirgarbage at a mannedyard, increasing op-portunities for recy-cling and stopping allresidential traffic tothe existing landfillsite at Opal Rd.This proposal hasbeen prompted by re-cent thefts and van-dalism at the existingOpal Rd facility.SBS managing direc-tor Brenton Smithsaid plans to man the

Opal Rd dumpsite andextend opening hourswere halted after thetheft of more than $5000worth of generators andpumps disabled the fa-cility.The introduction of atransfer station will al-low SBS to step up its re-cycling services, filter-ing salvageable materi-als, cardboard, recycla-ble plastics, ferrous andnon-ferrous metals, aswell as non-deposit glassfrom the region’s resi-dential waste.Concerns about the deg-radation of Opal Rd byresidential traffic hasalso become an issue inrecent months, as has lit-ter from uncoveredloads and illegal dump-ing outside the facility.“We believe people willbe more conscientious if

the facility is basedcloser to the town,”Mr Smith said.“It might also pro-mote more people torecycle more be-cause they are al-ready coming to thetransfer yardCouncil and SBShave pinpointedthree possible loca-tions for the pro-posed transfer sta-tion, but negotia-tions are continuing.“Recycling is an es-sential service, es-pecially in a com-munity like this, soisolated from nor-mal services,” MrSmith said.“We’ve been luckyto have the supportof both industry andcouncil in our op-erations.”

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WASTE MANAGEMENT...SBS managing directorBrenton Smith with employees John Crompton, BrettTiziani and Allan Lucas.

TALKING TRASH...2003 has been a record winter for recyclable glassin Roxby Downs - primarily beer bottles - with the local communityproducing around 10 tonne of bottles a fortnight, compared to about 10bales of cans weekly. Each bale comprises around 14,000 cans.SBS employs around 30 people locally as part of its recycling servicesand has been recycling locally for five years. While recycling would notnormally be a viable service in such a remote region as Roxby Downs,Andamooka and Woomera, the business’s costs are offset by its truckinginterests.In addition to general recycling, SBS also works closely with the WMCsalvage program. SBS currently recycles cardboard from the OlympicDam site, Roxby Foodland and catering company Eurest, and plans toextend the service to other industrial businesses in the region.Around 10 tonne of cardboard is recycled locally every month. Some isreclaimed from landfill or contributed by local industry, but more than50 per cent is recycled by the community.Glass, cans and cardboard can be recycled locally at the SBS yard inGosse St, Roxby Downs. SBS also accepts clean, non-deposit glass suchas jam jars and sauce bottles.The yard is open from 8am to 4pm weekdays, and 9am to noon on Sat-urdays. SBS collects recyclables from Andamooka on Wednesdays andfrom Woomera on Fridays - phone 8671 1154 to confirm your pick-up.

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ANDAMOOKA…Localcouple Robert andMary Ames have of-fered the AndamookaSwimming Pool a last-minute reprieve frompotential closure.The public facilityfaced closure thismonth, after pressurefrom the Departmentof Education and Chil-dren’s Services(DECS) if operatorswere not available.Negotiations with

DECS had stalled withthe service reluctant tofund necessary upgradesto the facility until apool operator was ap-pointed.Steps to secure a pooloperator had previouslybeen unsuccessful andthere were fears the poolwould not open thissummer.The two paid operatorswill be required to at-tend a two-day course inAdelaide this week to

gain the necessary quali-fications and will be re-quired to check the wa-ter in the pool twice eachday.The pool was closedover last summer be-cause equipment andamenities were not up tostandard.DECS has now agreed toallocate the $50,000 re-quired to upgrade equip-ment and machinery andthe community is waitingon final approval.

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B o bStainer – RoxbyDown’s only full-timeresident retiree – hasspent seventeen yearsworking locally in aplethora of roles, fromorganising annualAnzac Day activities,to hosting ‘Kids withCancer’ fundraiserRoxby Rocks.Bob is also a keen sup-porter of local sport -a foundation memberof the Roxby Downsand Districts RacingClub and an activemember of the Olym-pic Dam Devils.Bob’s commitment tothe local communityhas seen him dedicatehis time as one of theoriginal town boardmembers and the cur-rent chairman of theRoxby Downs Busi-ness Forum. “I love Roxby – I lovethe people and lovebeing a part of it all,”he said.Nowadays, Bob dedi-cates his time to Bob’sBulldust Tours – hisown non-profit “mis-guided tour of the out-back”.“I love the wide-openspaces and the laid-back lifestyle of theregion – and my toursreflect that,” he said.“I take friends andfamily to places of in-terest along the

ROXBY RETIREE...Bob Stainer hasenjoyed his past 17 years in RoxbyDowns so much, he has retired locallyas well.

Oodnadatta Track andthe Flinders Ranges.“I’ve had a life-long in-terest in the outback –my great-uncles weredrovers caught up in thedepression and had tohump the bluey uparound the Ghan railwayline.“I used to hear storiesabout the area and I setout to find out about itfirst hand.”He moved to the regionin 1987 as an Emergency

Services Officer andtransferred to the Ol-ympic Dam mine in1995.As a mine training of-ficer at Olympic Dam,Bob has had the luckyopportunity to see thelocal region up close,both underground andabove.“I’ve enjoyed watch-ing the town grow andwill continue to be en-couraged by its poten-tial and its vitality.”

Comedy Fun for Father’s Day Winners

FATHER’S DAYWINNERS…Shane

and MichelleThomson joined

Phillippa andGreg Weltner at

the localperformance by

nationally-renowned

comedians ‘TheScared Weird

Little Guys’. Theywere joined by

Emily and KarenTraeger who,

thanks to 105.5RoxFM, were last-minute winners of

the third set oftickets donated

by WildEntertainment

and The Monitor.

ROXBY DOWNS...Community fire safety is afamily concern for the Peters family with dadDaryl and sons Andrew, 14, and Michael, 12, alldonning helmets and orange overalls for the lo-cal CFS.Mr Peters recently received his Level 1firefighting certificate through the Roxby Downsbranch of CFS and his now working alongsidehis cadet sons to continue his training.“I joined the service mainly for the boys,” MrPeters said.“I think its important for them to learn a sense ofresponsibility and how to work as part of a team.“The best way I can teach them that is to be partof something like the CFS with them.“There are also real career opportunities as train-ing as nationally-accredited training is provided.“We also believe its an essential service to thecommunity and we get a sense of satisfaction frombeing involved.”The CFS offers cadet training to youths aged 10to 16 years.For more information about how you can sup-port this essential local service, phone 0419 803054.

VOLUNTEERS...CFS volunteer DarylPeters with cadet sons Andrew, 14,and Michael, 12.

Transfield Services,along with WMC, andother major subcontrac-tors are donating moneyto the Royal Flying Doc-tor Service for every safeday worked during thecurrent Smelter shut-down.Shutdown manager Pe-ter Townsend told TheMonitor “we want toprovide a positive safetymessage to theworkforce and localcommunity”.“It gives us great pleas-ure to see money do-nated to the RFDS, in-stead of havingworkplace accidents.”Signs have been madeup to promote the ‘SafeDays idea’ in the com-munity and on site.The signs show the pro-gressive amount ofmoney that will be do-nated to the RFDS.Mr Roland Brohaska,the Transfield Servicesproject manager said“the Safe Day concept isnot new – it’s been usedextensively in othershutdowns run byTransfield Services”.“Normally, other sitesuse a ‘barometer’, how-ever, we wanted to usesomething that signifiesthe Smelter,” he said.“We came up with theideas of a slag pot.“The level is adjusted tomatch the money do-nated.”A Safe Day has been

designated as a daywithout an injury requir-ing medical treatment ora lost-time injury.The main contributors

to the scheme are WMC,Transfield Services,Mowatt, BSA,Monadelphous, Auburn& Calwood.

More than $21,000 hasalready been raised bythe program for theRFDS before the begin-ning of September.

RFDS Benefits From Site Safe Days

SAFE DAYS...More than just Olympic Dam employees willbenefit from injury-free days on site during the September-October Smelter shutdown.

ROXFM RAFFLE...RoxbyDowns resident Lyal

Starick was the luckywinner of 105.5 RoxFM’s

Father’s Day raffle. MrStarick loaded up his ute

with a wheelbarrow ofgifts and treats providedby local businesses and

RoxFM volunteers.


105.5 RoxFM Program - “Local, Live and Loving It!”MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

SUNDAY

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

‘Country Katie’‘Country Katie’‘Country Katie’‘Country Katie’‘Country Katie’

‘‘‘‘‘

Bright Side of Life6am-8am

Music Mixture8am-9am

80s music9am-10am

Mandy Books10am-11am

Deb 70s Music11am-12pm

Willo’s ‘Rox on Blues’12pm-1pm

Music Mixture1pm-2pm

Tracey 90s Music2pm-3pm

Steph 2000s Music3pm-4pmOz Rock

Brad & Carl4pm-5pm

Drive Timewith The Fatman

5pm-6.30pmMusic Mixture6.30pm-8pm

Monday ManiaMike & Tracey

Requests8pm-10pm


Music Mixture8am-9am

80s with Tracy9am-10am

Annette’s ‘Theme’10am-11am





Steph 2000s Music3pm-4pm

Ashley & Kane4pm-5pm


5pm-6:30pmMusic Mixture6.30pm-8pm

‘Evening Mixup’With Crusty & Twisty

Requests7.30pm-10pm


80s music8am-9.30am

Annette’s ‘Theme’9.30am-11am



Country HourKatie or Twisty

1pm-2pmTracey 90s Music

2pm-3pmBrad & Carl 2000s

3pm-4pmMusic Mixture

4pm-5pmDrive Time

with The Fatman5pm-6.30pm

Music Mixture6.30pm-8pm

‘Midweek Mayhem’with Mandy & Richard

8pm-10pm


80s music8am-9.30am

Annette’s ‘Theme’9.30am-11am




Health with Michelle2pm-3pm

Ashley 2000s3pm-4pm



5pm-6:30pmMusic Mixture6.30pm-8pm

‘Evening Mixup’With Crusty & Twisty

Requests7.30pm-10pm


Council Newsevery second week

8am-9.30amAnnette’s ‘Theme’

9.30am-11amDeb 70s Music

11am-12pmWillo’s ‘Rox on Blues’


1pm-2pmTracey 90s Music

2pm-3pmSteph 2000s Music


4pm-5pmAria Top 20

with The Fatman5pm-7.30pmFeature DJ8pm-11pm

Saturday SunriseCoops - 6am-9am

Louise9am-11am

Music from 70s-00s11am-1pm

Barb and the Girls1pm-3pm

Music from 70s-00s3pm-8pm

Feature DJ8pm-11pm

Mellow Music6am-12pm


Wendy’s Classicalevery second week

3pm-4pmMusic Mixture4pm-6.30pmMystery DJ6.30pm-8pm

Rob8pm-11pm

ROXBY DOWNS…Home and Away fansmight have noticed a familiar face in thebackground last week.One of local 17-year-old RebeccaSheppard’s dreams came true this monthwhen she sat down to watch herself on tel-evision alongside some of her most-ad-mired soap opera idols.Rebecca’s chance to appear on Australiantelevision came to her courtesy of the‘Make-A-Wish Foundation”.The foundation was originally establishedto grant children with life-threatening ill-nesses a cherished wish.For Rebecca, who was diagnosed with kid-ney disease in 1999 at age 12, that meantthe chance to further her dreams of becom-ing an actor.“I’ve been watching myself on TV and it’sreally good to see yourself as part of thebig production, in amongst everything – it’sreally exciting,” she said.“Being part of a TV show was very differ-ent – the whole atmosphere, talking qui-etly on a soundstage instead of projectingacross an auditorium.“You’ve got people controlling every stepand if you make a mistake you don’t keep

going, you do it all over again.“I like the program, probably because Ican relate to it as a teenager and it wasgood for me and my sisters to meet lots ofthe cast and crew.”Rebecca told The Monitor last week thatshe “got along well with Bec Cartright andkept following Chris Egan around”.“It’s pretty exciting speaking to them whenthey’re not in character.”The vibrant teenager lives in RoxbyDowns with sisters Petra, 15, Rachel, 12,mum Vicki and dad Pieter.Rebecca and her family travelled to Syd-ney for filming in July, and were able toenjoy a holiday together including attend-ing a football game and a tour of Sydney’svarious tourist attractions. “I was really glad to be able to take myfamily with me – we got to do a lot of sight-seeing and do the tourist thing.”Rebecca’s family have been battling herdisease right alongside her.“I do the dialysis myself – it’s tough butit’s something I have to live with so I dealwith it and try and look at the positive sideof things, that gets me through each day,”Rebecca said.

“It makes it a lot easier when you’ve gotthe support of your family – like I have.“I’m hoping for a kidney transplant nextyear in March – my mum wants to give meone of her kidneys.“I’m really looking forward to it becauseI’ll be able to do things I can’t normallydo, an eat things I can’t eat now.”It’ll be a real change of lifestyle for me -and for mum.”Three years ago, dad Pieter donated a kid-ney for Rebecca but the transplant faileddue to complications.Now the family’s ready to try again.Rebecca’s battle with kidney disease re-quires regular dialysis, medication andstrict diet.Her wish with the foundation was made atthe beginning of the year and she was“overwhelmed when they called me”.“I was teary and then screaming with hap-piness when I got the news.“It’s very hard to get a speaking part onHome and Away, for me to jump the queuewhen there were so many extras who hadnever had a speaking part, they’d only everjust walked past in the background.”For Rebecca, the experience – teamed withadvice and support from Home and Awaycast and crew – has underlined her desireto act professionally in the future.“I’ve always been determined to act but Iloved it so much it made me even moredetermined to do it than I was before,” shesaid “The main reason I decided to do this wasfor the experience, behind-the-scenes aswell as onstage.“To hear it from people who have actually“made it” – it was pretty inspirational andgave me confidence to keep trying.“I got some good pointers on performingbut I got to see behind the scenes as well.“I want to finish Year 12 - it’s my last yearnow. Then I want to get an agent and doacting courses at TAFE or go to NIDA -just basically get out there and have a go.“A lot of the crew said the key to gettinginto acting was to keep doing things on alocal level, get an agent and just keep add-ing to my résumé.”Rebecca thanked the Make-a-Wish Foun-dation for the realisation of her wish.“I’d like to thank the Make-a-Wish Foun-dation for making one of my dreams cometrue,” she said.“I think the foundation is pretty important– it gives kids something to dream aboutwhen they’ve been down a pretty toughroad“To be able to be handed a wish - to begiven something they want and they’vedreamed about when they’re going throughdifficult times – well it sure brightened upmy life.”

BUDDING ACTRESS...RebeccaSheppard’s dream to act on TV came truelast week.

Rebecca’s Acting Wish Granted on ‘Home and Away’

RITE INTERVIEWS…RITE interviews began this week in preparation for sec-ond semester placements. The Roxby Industry Training and Education pro-gram places local Year 10 students in working environments for two weeks,in and outside of school hours. The program has been running for sevenyears and has been pivotal in career choices and employment opportunitiesfor more than 200 local senior students. Nathan Cunningham, 16, was inter-viewed last week by local Tourism Product Development Officer Alex Barker,Tavern manager Damian Jones and RITE coordinator Yvonne Cloke. “TheRoxby Downs Area School is grateful to employers for the time given to men-tor these students,” Mrs Cloke said. Other panel members interviewing stu-dents this year were real estate agent Vicki Reid, along with WMC repre-sentatives Ben Garwood and Jay Stringer. Interviews, a resume and a letterof application are all part of the RITE process.

Whether your tastes run to classic coun-try hits from the 50s and 60s, or some ofmodern music’s better known home-grown artists - 105.5 RoxFM is the placeto be for Katie’s Country Hour. So pullon your cowboy boots, slap on your Stet-son, and settle in for your weekly dose ofgee-tars, good-ol’ boys, boot-scootingbeats and tunes with a Texas twang.

ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs Youth Servicesare keeping it all in the family, with the announce-ment of a youth traineeship for Rebecca Penglase,17-year-old daughter of Youth Services Coordina-tor Sue Penglase.Rebecca’s interest in local youth work has grownnaturally as she has watched and assisted her motherin her own role. When the pressure of grant applica-tions, administration and general day-to-day youthactivities grew so much that Roxby Downs YouthServices began looking to employ another person –Rebecca put her hand up for the position.Rebecca has been awarded a 12-month Youth WorkerTraineeship, Certificate 3, through Business SA.Her role will be instrumental in extending servicesat the local youth centre, as youth numbers now re-quire the centre to be staffed by two supervisors inthe evenings.“The best part is that Bec is a youth herself and canunderstand some of the issues that face young peo-ple in our community - a great step forward for RoxbyDowns Youth Services,” Youth Services ManagerLaurence Duggan said.

YOUTH WORKERS...Rebecca and SuePenglase.

Youth - A Family Interest


BIRTHDAYSMini-MonitorMini-MonitorMini-MonitorMini-MonitorMini-Monitor

JACOB…JacobMartin celebratedhis fourth birthdayon August 30.

G R A C E . . . G r a c eSawyer will celebrateher fifth birthday onSeptember 15.

MAX...Peter andLibby Steer

welcomed thebirth of son Max

at Ashford PrivateHospital on July

22, 2003. Maxweighed 3840g

(8lb 8oz) at birth.

Welcomeyour baby

with aphotograph

in yourcommunitynewspaper!

Father’s Day came earlyto Roxby Downs Kin-dergarten last week -and the kindergartenwas open late to make itpossible.Around 40 devoted dadsjoined theirkindergarteners for twoevening sessions of kin-dergarten last Wednes-day and Thursday.The evening sessionsgave working dads thechance to spend somequality time with theirchildren and join insome activities - frombuilding blocks andpounding pinkplaydough, to shakingtheir booty on the dancefloor to the tune of “Hi,my name is Joe”.

Dads Get Crafty at Kindergarten Father’s Day Sessions

CUTTING EDGE…Conrad Darlinghelped son Troy, 5, create a masterpieceat Father’s Day kindergarten.

PLAYDOUGH…Michael and CaitlinRoberts, 4, pound playdough into piesat Father’s Day kindergarten.

SANDSTUFF…GraceSawyer, 4, anddad Ian in the

sandpit at RoxbyDowns

Kindergarten.

COLOURING IN...Shane Eastwood joinsson Jack, 5, at the colouring-in table.

PUPPET PLAY...Reuben, 5, and dadNeale Sutton played with puppets atFather’s Day kindergarten last week.

BRUSHSTROKES…SteveRyan and sonMitchell, 4, getartistic atFather’s Daykindergarten.

THOMAS...ThomasHowie celebratedhis third birthdayon August 12.

M O L LY. . . M o l l yHowie celebratedher first birthdayon July 23.

Prizes for Pet-Lovers

COLOURING COMPETITION…Competition winners AmberGoldsworthy, 5, and Lauren Nesbit, 6, receive their PetDental Month colouring-in prizes courtesy of the RoxbyDowns Veterinary Clinic.

Winners of the Pet Dental Monthcolouring competition receivedtheir prizes this week - Poochpouches for their dogs and a videovoucher and Freddo frogs for them-selves.“We checked a lots of dogs’ teeth

this month as part of pet dentalmonth” said Dr. Melville-Smith.“It is good to see that pet owners inRoxby Downs are becoming moreaware of the need to keep their petsteeth clean and the health problemsthat can be caused by bad teeth.”


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ROXBY DOWNS AREA SCHOOL fortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterA Message

From ThePrincipal

SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP...Opening timesfor the P&F school uniform shop, in H-block,have changed this term.The shop is now open at 3pm on Mondayand Thursdays and at 8.45am on Tuesdays.

SCHOOL SNIPPETSThis community page is paid for by the Roxby Downs Area School

Dear Parents and Community MembersFathers Day...Congratulations to all fathers in thecommunity and we hope you had a wonderful daylast Sunday.The importance of fathers contributing to the posi-tive development of their children can never be un-dervalued. Whether boys succeed at school is oftendue to the attitude towards education modelled bythe parents.If Dad encourages, shows an interest in their sondoing well at school then they are more likely tosucceed. You can easily understand what boys atti-tude to school would be like if parents are negativeabout teachers, the school and the education sys-tem.Please strive to work in positive partnership withteachers and the school for the benefit of your chil-dren.District Support Role...With the recent retirementof Mr Graham Davis, the District Superintendent ofEducation (DSE) in the Far North, I have been askedto fill in for him until the end of this year.This means that I will be offering support to schoolsin the Far North District but will also maintain myposition as Principal here. As a result I expect to beout of the school in the Port Augusta office or othersites for at least two to three days per week.Mrs Macalister and the Management Team will pickup some of my duties but I will still have an over-view role.During this time the Far North District will be re-structured and the DSE will be called District Di-rector. Our District will incorporate Whyalla andPt Augusta schools as well as Woomera, RoxbyDowns, Andamooka, Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta andMintabie.All Districts in the state have undergone a restruc-ture with the number of Districts dropping from 24to 18.A process to appoint the new Director will soon beunderway.Our School Choir...The Primary Choir are in thefinal stages of their preparation for their participa-tion in the Combined Choir in Adelaide next Mon-day night in the Festival Theatre. Mrs Jenni Nitschkeand 32 members of the Choir will be travelling toAdelaide this Sunday and return next Tuesday.To Mrs Nitschke’s and the students’ credit our Choirare regarded as being extremely well trained and areplaced in the second row on the night which is agreat honour. We wish them every success as theyrepresent our school in this very public forum.This will probably be Mrs Nitschke’s final time withthe choir as she plans to travel overseas with herhusband part way through next year. Both Mrs andMs Nitschke have been wonderful in this role overseveral years.Years 7-12 and Years 3-6 Sports Days...Final prepa-rations are being made for our 7-12 Sports Day nextFriday, September 19 and the 3-6 Sports Day onThursday, September 25.Hopefully the weather continues to be beautiful andbe conducive to athletic endeavours.A lot of work goes into preparing for these days andwe look forward to a good turn out of parents tosupport the students.Camps...Many of our 3-6 classes have been awayon camps this term with some venturing to Thuruna(near Tumby Bay) and Point Lowly (near Whyalla).Everyone returns exhausted but full of fun-filled sto-ries of new experiences and adventures.Camps are a great opportunity for social growth, newlearning and independence.Thank you to all staff, volunteer parents and stu-dents who all work together to make these memora-ble experiences.Continuing School Prgrammes...Please be assuredthat all school programmes such as Headstart, Stretchwill continue next year irrespective of change of per-sonnel.

Jim MichalanneyPrincipal - Roxby Downs Area School

Upcoming EvUpcoming EvUpcoming EvUpcoming EvUpcoming EventsentsentsentsentsWeek 9 Emerald Camps – Pt Lowly

Primary Choir performs inAdelaide – Monday & Tuesday

Subject Counselling - ThursdaySeptember 18

R-6 Assembly - Friday,September 19, 11.45 in stadiumR-12 Parent/Teacher Interviews7-12 Sports Day Friday

Week 10 3-6 Sports Day ThursdayR-12 Assembly - Friday,September 26, 11.45 in stadiumEarly Closure - Tuesday,September 23, 2.10pm

Early dismissal - Friday, September 26,2pm - last day Term 3.

NEWS AND VIEWS...Kyle Arthur, 12, Paul Luke, 12, andShelby Davies, 12, joined their other Year 7 Englishstudents for some insight into local media at The Monitor- Your Community Newspaper.

INDONESIAN...JessHolden, 7, and

Dylan Barnes, 7,colouring in their‘Garudas’ during

Indonesian class.

Ms Bartsch…Busy, busy, busy. Our class has been so busy cooking for Father’s Day, adding up tricky

sums, learning about traditional Aboriginal peo-ple and doing Milo Tennis. We need a holidaynow for sure.Mrs Zeptner…We talked about how wonderfulour Dads are. We wrote a poem about our Dadand made him a present. Hope you liked it andhad a happy Fathers Day!Ms Hallion/Christall…In maths we’ve beenmeasuring in centimetres. We’ve also estimatedthe length of various objects in our room and re-corded our findings.Ms Steele…We all love our Dad’s so much thatwe’ve been busy cooking Father’s Day gifts. Wemade chocolate balls with marshmallows andyummy caramel popcorn parcels. We hope ourDad’s share them with us. Yummy!Indonesian…Saya Suka Balon. I like balloons.We’ve done a number of activities after readinga big book written completely in Indonesian.Library - Amanda Trasy…During R.B.L the Year2 students have been continuing to find out aboutan Asian country. They have collected informa-tion on a number of tropics and are learning howto write these facts into sentences using their ownwords.Mrs Jenni Nitschke…R-2 students have beenlearning new rhythms using minims (ta-a) andrests.Miss Nash…Have you heard us on the radio? Werecorded an advertisement for the Healthy Life-styles Expo. It was so much fun. We all think wesound super. We have also been practising ourtyping on the computers we’re getting much faster.Mrs Marksteiner…At the tennis clinic we learnedto hit the ball high with the racquet. We playedgames called ‘ghost’ and ‘skeleton’.Miss Methofer…This week we have been learn-ing about ea words. We feasted on pizzas and hadsuch a treat eating them.Miss Underwood…We have been making fan-tastic Father’s Day presents and cards. We hopeall our Dads liked them.Ms Hallion…In Drama we have been workingwith props. Students have been very creative withprops to support characters. We are using our im-aginations.Miss Campbell-Colquhoun…What artists weare! We made fish for the Bookweek competi-tions and we are happy that they swam back fromthe Library to our classroom.Ms Eastwoods/Andrews…We’ve enjoyed learn-ing different ways to join paper wood and strawsand how to join cylinders to a flat surface. We’revery creative.Ms Andrews – Special Class…This week wehave had lots of visitors in our classroom. It hasbeen great meeting new people saying hello andintroducing ourselves.Mrs Rosie Willson…We had a class party andlots of mums and a dad came. We had fun. Weenjoyed learning how to play tennis.

School Representatives...Mikaela Aldenhoven andKane Honnor attended a reception at GovernmentHouse on Friday, August 29. They joined schoolleaders from many schools around the state and hadthe opportunity to meet with the Governor, Mrs.Marjorie Jackson. They both thoroughly enjoyedthe experience.Senior Study...Year 11 and 12 students are fast ap-proaching the end of the year. This is a crucial timefor senior students and regular attendance, alongwith positive, committed work habits, will result insuccessful outcomes for all students.SACE...Wednesday night (September 10) was an op-portunity for parents of Year 10 and 11 students tocome to the theatrette and learn how they can bestsupport their child to achieve their South AustralianCertificate of Education (SACE). Subject choicesat these years are critical and experience shows thatstudents who perform best are those whose parentsshow a keen interest in this process.Subject Counselling...Thursday September 18 isSubject Counselling day for all Year 10 and 11 stu-dents. Appointment times will be made for studentsand their parents with senior school staff to selectsubjects for next year.

Jos FoxAssistant Principal 7-12

Secondary School NewsDear Parents andFriends, welcome to an-other fortnight.Good news – theCollingwood FootballJumper sold on E-Bayfor $500, to a bidder inKalgoorlie.This money will go to-wards P&F projects.Don’t forget next Mar-ket Day will be on Sat-urday, September 20,2003, come along havea cuppa at Coffee Cor-ner and check out thestalls.Also, the first week backat school in Term 4,P&F will be holding amorning tea at school,keep an eye out for moreinformation in up-and-coming P&F newslet-ters in The Monitor.

Annette JacksonRDAS P&F Committee

P&F News

Budding Journalists on the JobA class of budding Lois Lanes andJimmy Olsens visited The Monitoroffices last week.Ms Speight’s Year 7 students havebeen creating their own Roxby kids’newspaper as part of their Englishlessons and visited Seonie Lyon inher office to get a few tips.Seonie explained the process of cre-ating a newspaper to the keen cub re-porters and fielded their many ques-tions about how to find news in thelocal area, using digital cameras andcomputer programs to printing the

unfinished product.One group turned the tables onSeonie, interviewing and photo-graphing her for their own paper,while yet another group has becomeso excited about the project that theyare planning to publish a monthlypaper.Students returned to school, newlyinspired and continued to keenly“stop the presses” and “scoop” withtheir own literary creations whichwill be printed and circulated to theYear 7 students at the school.

Learning About IndonesiaStudents at RoxbyDowns Area School,from Reception to Year6, study Indonesian as alanguage in a single 45-minute lesson everyweek.Junior primary studentshave been recently look-ing at the maps and na-tional emblems of bothAustralia and Indonesia.Primary students arestudying housing andanimals.


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Have you heardthat the Year 7-12Sports Day is onagain?

When: September 19

Where: Town Oval

Time: 8.30am

Houses:Frome - BlueGairdner - YellowEyre - RedTorrens - Green

Year 7 – 12 Sports Day

Come dressed in yourteam’s colours.

Trade your trash for a lot of cash!at the Roxby Market Days

September 20 and October 18

Some items will be for sale atboth Market Days and theremainder being auctioned onOctober 18 with the proceedsgoing to The Cancer Councilof Australia in memory ofKerryn Rose.

For more information pleasephone either Kaidi or Steph atthe Roxby Downs Area Schoolon 8671 0011 during schoolhours.

Your trash is someoneelse’s treasure.

PLEASE DONATE YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS

This semester a numberof Year 11 students atRoxby Downs AreaSchool are studyingbusiness studies.As part of their course,students have beenlearning all about busi-nesses, how they work,types of businesses suchas franchise, sole traderand so on.This is leading up to stu-dents forming their ownbusiness as part of theirmajor assessment.The students haveformed two groupswhich will operate twodistinctly different busi-nesses.The first are taking pho-tos and selling thempackaged with niceframes.The second group willbe collecting odds andends which they will re-birth and sell at marketday.They also plan to culmi-nate their business by or-

ganising a trash andtreasure in RichardsonPlace.Students will require agreat deal of organiza-

Young Entrepeneurs toDevise Business Plans

Year 11 Business Studies students Belinda Petherick, 16,Alison Crompton, 16, Tanya Bilka, 15, investigatingadvertising opportunities for their respective marketing plansat The Monitor – Your Community Newspaper.

tion and effort and I amsure they will appreciateany support that we cangive them.

Mr O’Connor.The Music Practice-A-Thon has now ended andstudents are reminded tocomplete their practiceand sponsorship formsand return the moneyraised to school by Fri-day, September 12.Students who havepracticed the most min-utes or have raised themost money will be eli-gible to win prizes kindlydonated by Music Cor-ner.All participating students

will receive a certificate.Presentation of certifi-cates and prizes will bemade at Assembly.Over the last 4 yearsRDAS students haveparticipated in the annualTechnics Music Prac-tice-A-Thon to raisefunds for the AustralianCranio Maxillo FacialFoundation.Over $3500.00 has beenraised, with the schooland students also ben-efiting from prizes won

Money Due for Practice-A-Thon

PRACTICE...Elizabeth Fairweather, 6, hits the keys for the RDAS music practice-a-thon. The fundraiser will help raise money for new keyboards for the school’smusic faculty. Student’s money is due now – so get your pledges in quickly.

FATHER’S DAY...Making Father’s Day cards in MissUnderwood’s class, from left, five-year-olds Ben Jacobs,Lane Whittaker and Timmy Williams.

each year.This year RDAS stu-dents have the opportu-nity to raise money fortheir school to help payfor the purchase of 5 newYamaha keyboards.Monies left over will beused to buy more musicresources.Music Corner havekindly donated $200worth of prizes to beawarded to the studentswho raise the mostmoney and spend the

most time practicing.Music Corner are lo-cated at Salisbury andWhyalla and can be con-tacted on 1300 853 358.Their commitment to“music for life” ap-proach to sales, serviceand tuition has enabledthem to offer a full rangeof brands, instrumentsand teaching facilitiessuccessfully in SA fornore than 20 years.“It has been great to sup-port the Cranio FacialFoundation over the lastfew years, but this yearwe decided that it wouldbe good for our studentsto have the opportunityto raise money for theirschool.“I have had parents andstudents comment thatthey are excited to raisemoney for the schoolwhile promoting goodpractice habits!“Well done to everyonewho has participated.”

Jenni NitschkeArts Coordinator,

RDAS

Primary Choir Set for Festival of MusicThe Primary Choir leave on Sunday, September 14, to travel to Adelaideto sing at the annual Festival of Music. Togetherthey will perform with 432 other students fromPublic Primary Schools from around SA to apacked audience in the Festival Theatre onMonday, September 15. Pictures of the trip willbe published on their return to Roxby! Good luckeveryone!

Jenni Nitschke - Arts Coordinator, RDAS

NUMBER LINE...A growingunderstanding of numbers –Headstart students, from left,Maddison Cordy, 5, and TraeVanlaarhoven, 5.


St Barbara’s Catholic Church – Roxby DownsSaturday evening 6pmSunday morning 9am

Andamooka Catholic ChurchSunday 11am – first and third Sunday of every month

St Michael’s Catholic Church – WoomeraSunday 5pm – all denominations welcome

Roxby Downs Lutheran ChurchSunday 10.30am and Sunday School – 9.30amRoxby Downs Christian Community Church

Sunday 10amAndamooka Community Church

Sunday 2pmAssemblies of God

Phone Pastor Bruce 0427 663 033 or Gay 8671 0573

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Saturday, September 13MOVIE MARATHON

American Pie 1, 2 and 3 - Commences at 6pm• NOTE: Parent consent forms are available from the CulturalPrecinct for children 16 years and under wishing to attend.• Adults $25.00 and Children $18.00

...coming soon...Finding Nemo (commences School Holidays)

Hollywood HomicidePirates of the Caribbean

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Fri, September 12 - Tues, September 16

...for up-to-date movie guides every time!

Fri, September 19 - Mon, September 22

The Italian Job Rated MFri & Mon - 8pm, Sun 4pm & 8pm

Fri & Mon - 8pmSun 4pm & 8pmTues 2pm & 8pm

Sinbad - Sat & Sun - 2pm

Sinbad Sat & Sun - 2pm

RFDS Auction & Golf DayRoxby Downs Golf CourseSaturday, September 13Ph - 8671 0336

Show and ShineRoxby Shopping CentreSaturday, September 20Ph - 8671 2859

Motorcross Fun DaySaturday, September 20Motocross track, Opal RoadPh - 8671 1459

Roxby Tree Planting DaySunday, October 12Pine Crescent PlaygroundPh - 8671 0010

WMC Open DayPh 8671 0010Saturday, October 25Ph - 8671 8361

Postie Bike Charity RallySunday, October 26Roxby Downs to BirdsvillePh - 8671 0461

Roxby Toy RunSaturday, November 29Assemble at Richardson PlacePh 8672 7036 or 0408 315 703

Roxby Downs Christmas PageantSaturday, December 6Ph 8671 0277

September October November & Beyond

Roxby Desert Motocross Club

SOCIAL DAYMotocross Track,

Opal Road, Roxby DownsSaturday, September 20SPECTATORS WELCOME

All riders must be members(Full membership is available on the day)

Family membership $50Single membership $40

Registration fee $15 on the dayRegistration fee prior to the day $10

Registration commences at 9amScrutineering at 9.30amRacing starts at 10am

Registration forms available from:Mel or Carl Vanzati – 8671 1459

Robert Trice – 8671 1390Jason Nottle – 8671 1474

Greg ‘Smiley’ Starick – 8671 1179

CANTEEN & BAR FACILITIES AVAILABLEBBQ Tea – $8 per head

Strictly NO DRINKING and RIDING

ROXBY DOWNS…Fourteen local residents willride postie bikes from Roxby Downs to Birdsvillenext month to raise money for the MeningoccocalAssociation of Australia.The Roxby Downs Postie Bike Charity Rally hasalready raised more than $1600 in cash from regionalsupport.Other practical support has come in the form of pet-rol, food and even concrete donated for a silent auc-tion.More than 60 people are expected to join the three-day rally when it leaves Roxby Downs on Sunday,October 26.As numbers continue to increase, local support forthe event is also growing.Not only will local postie bike riders publicise theevent at the Roxby Downs ‘Show and Shine’ thismonth, but they will also raise funds and hold a dem-onstration at the next local dirt circuit meeting.October, will also see the rally supported by theRoxby Downs Community Club as ‘charity of themonth’.Rally organisers will host their first annual generalmeeting on Monday, September 15, at 8pm at theRoxby Downs Community Club.This date is the last chance to register your interestin participating in the Postie Bike Charity Rally.

RALLY RIDERS…Postie bike riders and rally organisers, from left, Rider Number9 Luke Haddock, Rider Number 43 Rob Cunningham and Rider Number 8 JohnHansford.

Registered participants are required to attend theAGM or contact the organisers prior to the date byphoning Kerrianne Cunningham – 8636 2927 orJohn Hansford – 8671 0461.The Roxby Downs Postie Bike Charity Rally hasbeen organised in memory of local boy JakeCunningham who died of Meningococcal in 2001.Jake’s friends and family have been instrumental inorganising the event.

Local Rally Ridersto Hit the Road

FAR NORTHREGION…The newly-named arts and culturalforum SpinFX will hostits first official event atMarket Day on Satur-day, September 20.A variety of live per-formances by local mu-sicians, dancers andperformance artists areintended to add to theregular Market Day fes-tivities.Regular Market Dayperformances will kickoff a variety of arts-re-lated activities high-lighted by local resi-dents at last week’s fo-rum meeting including –open jam sessions at theRoxby Downs Commu-nity Club, handicraftsshowcases, the revitali-sation of the Desert No-mads Theatre Troupeand various visual artsexhibitions.Local performers are in-vited to register their in-terest in SpinFX activi-ties by phoning LeeNelson – 8671 3340, orby filling out a registra-tion form at the RoxbyDowns Visitor Informa-tion Centre, The Moni-tor – Your CommunityNewspaper office, orthe Roxby Downs Com-munity Club.To receive the SpinFXnewsletter via email,email Yvette Mooney [email protected],or phone 0409 506 213.

New Name andNew Plans for

Arts Group ROXBY DOWNS...Organisers are calling allcars for the 2003 Show ‘n’ Shine on Saturday,September 20.The event will be held from 9.30am to 11.30amat the Roxby Downs Shopping Centre.Whether your baby rides on two wheels, threewheels or four – it’s time to pull her out of theshed, buff her up and show her off.Roxby Downs Show ‘n’ Shine is proudly spon-sored by Autopro and the Roxby central Shop-ping Centre Traders.For more details contact event coordinatorAlex Barker on 8671 2459

Show ‘n’ Shine


PO Box 1785Port Augusta SA 5700

Mobile: 0419 844 325Ph: (08) 8643 6936

Nick & Lee HeronServicing Port Pirie to Roxby Downs

and all areas in between.

Lights, Heaters.Marquees, Chairs, Trestles, BBQs,

Food Warmers & Roasters.We also have:

Crockery, Glassware, Cutlery, ChairCovers, Round Tables & Linen

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VIEWING...Visiting Woomera to get a closer glimpse of Marswere, from left, Eric Patrick from Adelaide, Allan and JudyPizibilla from Coober Pedy and Kym and Lisa Hunt fromYalymbooah Station.

POOL PLAYERS...Enjoying a quiet gameof eight-ball on a Wednesday night atRoxby Downs Community Club - Markand Monique Behan, 14.

LOCAL LOOKERS...Karen and TravHalliday at the Baker Observatory Marsviewing celebrations this month.

WOOMERA...Fr Jim Monaghan and LynnDillon at the Woomera ‘opposition ofMars’ barbecue.

WOOMERA VISIT...Lauri Hannaford andHedley Widdup took the trip to Woomerato view Mars at the Baker Observatorythis month.

SMELTER SHUTDOWN...Taking time offafter work to mix with the ODC smeltershutdown team - Morris Crosby andSally Jones.

STAR-GAZERS...Sister Patricia Hoganand Cynthia Thompson at the WoomeraMars viewing barbecue.

VOLUNTEERS...WAG volunteers FionaChase and Annie Glover selling a varietyof star-studded products at the BakerObservatory Mars viewing barbecue.

VOLUNTEERS...Woomera Astronomy Goup members andlocal residents supporting the recent Mars viewing, from left,Rob Dillon, Bernie McCarthy, Heather Cleland and PhilMorphett.

ROXBY RESIDENTS...Roxby residents Al Hausler andRebecca Roehr travelled to Woomera for a closer view ofMars at the Baker Observatory this month.

MARS VIEWING...Phil Hartley, Julianne Bradley and Bob Jollyvisited Woomera for the recent opposition of Marscelebrations.


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STAR-GAZERS...Sister Patricia Hogan and Cynthia Thompson at theWoomera Mars viewing barbecue.

FAMILY NIGHT OUT...Tonya and Tony Volk with sons Jaxton, 4, andKaedyn, 3, at the Roxby Downs Community Club members night.

WOOMERA VISITORS...At Woomera for the recent Mars viewingbarbecue, from left, Paula McKenzie, Linda Biddau, Catherine Carr,Bob McKenzie and Maria Fleming.

FAMILY FUN...Kerry and Brett Woodall enjoying a family night out atthe Roxby Downs Community Club with Caitlin, 7, Stephanie, 12, andNatasha, 5.

SHUTDOWN SOCIAL...Steve Ingham, Warwick Hoad and Geoff Eagle takea breather from work at a social evening out for the Olympic Damshutdown team.


RED LISTING

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Andamooka Primary School 8672 7018Augusta Party Hire 8643 6936Australian Raised Drilling 8326 2711Beaurepaires 8671 2856CFS - Andamooka 8672 7072CFS - Roxby Downs (Emergency) 8671 0000CFS - Roxby Downs 0419 803 054CFS - Woomera 8674 3200Civil Constructions 1800 248 066Coopers Brewery 8440 1800Cowell Electric 8671 0018Eyebus 8671 2001Garry Baker Building 8671 1353Geoff Smith at Michael Simounds Real Estate 0408 331 427Glendambo Outback Resort 8672 1030Herbalife 8671 1002Len Kay Driving School 8642 6603Monadelphous Engineering Associates 8671 0020Olympic Dam Precision Engineering 8671 0177Olympic Dam Transport 8671 0336Onesteel 8671 0388Outback Landscaping & Garden Supplies 8671 0131Repco 1800 182 321Roxby Downs Anglican Church 8671 0270Roxby Downs Area School 8671 0011Roxby Downs Catholic Church 8671 0925Roxby Downs Community Church 8671 0270Roxby Downs Community Club 8671 0117Roxby Downs Community Library 8671 0660Roxby Downs Council 8671 0010Roxby Downs Cultural Precinct 8671 2001Roxby Downs Health Services 8671 9020Roxby Downs Hospital 8671 9020Roxby Downs Kindergarten 8671 0455Roxby Downs Leisure Centre 8671 0500Roxby Downs Lutheran Church 8633 1773Roxby Downs Medical Centre 8671 9010Roxby Downs Police 8671 0370Roxby Downs TAFE 8671 9070Roxby Downs Youth Centre 0407 719 714Roxby Foodland 8671 0288RoxFM Community Radio 8671 2545SBS Group Pty Ltd 8671 1001Skilled Engineering 8440 5044St Barbara’s Parish School 8671 3207Stevens Resources Pty Ltd 8671 0087The Monitor - Your Community Newspaper 8671 2683Wardle Co. Pty Ltd 0417 816 738Ware Products 8524 8466WMC (Olympic Dam) 8671 8888Wendy’s Supa Sundaes 8671 3144Weston Raine and Horne 8395 2233Woomera Area School 8673 7287Woomera Heritage Centre 8673 7042Woomera Area School 8673 7287

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OPEN INSPECTIONSSunday, September 14

HOME SWEET HOME...This meticulously-decorated home of three good sizebedrooms is ready for you to walk in withnothing to do. A fibreglass pool and seperatespa bath surrounded by pattern paveconcrete and covered by the pergola.Inspection a must!

4pm-5pm @ 8 Gregory St, Roxby DownsINVESTMENT PROPERTY...Fourbedrooms, two bathrooms (includingensuite) good size lounge/dining/kitchen,carpets throughout, lino and gas stove only12 months old, gas heating, ductedevaporative air conditioning, enclosed pavedpergola area with garden bed, outdoor blindsto front windows, low maintenance yard onautomatic watering system, two years andthree months to run on existing lease at $250per week - $178,000.

2pm-3pm @ 27 Arcoona St, Roxby DownsSURPRISE PACKAGE…This property hasa few hidden extras! Three bedrooms, largelounge/dine, c/w reverse cycle airconditioner and ceiling fan, kitchenupgraded - all tastefully decorated, carpetsand lino in very good condition. Set on ahuge block and only a stone’s throw fromRoxby Central. Inground spa under pergolaarea. The real bonus is the self containedflat out the back, lined and c/w three airconditioners. $188,500.

Noon - 1pm @ 26 Irrapatana St,Roxby Downs

EMPLOYMENT…Do you need extra cash? Areyou teachable? Go to www.mumshomebiz.com/4nrg or call 8219 0151.

GUARANTEED RESULTS…….Gain Energy,Control Stress, Lose Weight. To learn morephone Pat 0411808733 or visitwwwbodybrilliant.com/4nrg.

ETERNITY RING…Lost eternity ring with fivesmall round diamonds, made to fit aroundengagement ring. If anyone has found it pleasephone 8671 0052. A reward will be offered.

POSTIE BIKE CHARITY RALLY... SilentAuction Item. Readymix Concrete – OlympicDam have kindly donated 3.0 cubic metres of20 mpa pre-mixed concrete, delivered free ofcharge within the Roxby Downs township. Weare offering this item to persons via Silent Auctionprocess. If you wish to make a bid for the pre-mixed concrete please [email protected] or telephone KarenBaker on 0418 757 244 or Cas Lynch on0419 810 176. Bids close 8.00pm Wednesday,September 24, 2003.

CUNNINGHAM, Jake Cooper – November 7,1998 to August 21, 2001. Still loved and alwaysremembered. Mum and Dad, Josh, Konner andEllee.

IN MEMORIAM

TO RENT…Three bedrooom home with heatingand cooling $240 per week. Phone David Murleyof Weston Raine and Horne on 0412 050 200.

TO RENT…Four bedroom with ensuite andswimming pool. $300 per week. Phone DavidMurley of Weston Raine and Horne on0412 050 200.

FOR SALE…Exquisite four bedroom home withensuite, family room, wooden kitchen with walk-in pantry plus many more features. Located ina quiet cul-de-sac on a large well maintainedblock. It has a fabulous entertainment area, aninground pool and there is still plenty of roomfor the kids. A must see as it won’t last long, bequick to inspect phone 8671 2337 or0416 024 061.

FREE...‘For sale’ to the value of $50or ‘to give away’ classifieds are FREEfor the first 25 words and $5 for everyextra 20 words in 10pt Arial.

GENERAL...General classifieds are$8 for the first 25 words and $5 forevery extra 20 words in 10pt Arial.$12 for the first 25 words in 11pt Arial.

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6 Callanna Road,Roxby Downs SA 5725

Phone: (08) 8671 1353Fax: (08) 8671 2229

Mobile: 0417 487 615Email: [email protected]

Proudly supporting theRoyal Flying Doctors Service

Auction/Golf Day

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Great news for home buyers!Michael Simounds Real Estate, in conjunction withSonwards Development and Harpers Carpentry andJoinery, has announced a new housing sub-division,Sea Change Estate at Port Broughton.Selling agent Geoff Smith of Michael Simounds RealEstate comments, “just the place to experience yourown Sea Change, Port Broughton is a popular holi-day destination just four hours driving time fromRoxby Downs.”“The location offers all the advantages of a relaxingcoastal lifestyle, including great beaches and afriendly country community.Sea Change Estate is situated within five minuteswalk of the town centre and within easy distance tothe towns beautiful foreshore area.”The 10 allotments range in size from 522 to 538square metres with all services provided.Buyers can choose from a range of seven differentone and two storey house designs.Full details on conditions of purchase are availablefrom Geoff Smith, Michael Simounds Real Estateon 8635 2566 or 0408 331 427.

For more information - please refer to Page 13.

Sea Change EstateNew Land at Port Broughton

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Long-standing Local BusinessOffers New Range of ServicesRoxby Downs’ own Garry Baker Building now offers a new facetin its comprehensive range of building services - kitchen renova-tions.Garry Baker Building has recently welcomed cabinet-maker TonyStride to its local team.Tony offers 31 years of experience in kitchen renovations and gen-eral cabinet-making, offering local home-owners a new standard inhome renovations.Consult with Tony to create something especially suited to yourhome needs.Garry Baker Building will also help you source the finishing touchesand appliances you need to complete your tailor-made kitchen.Already Tony is hard at work building solid wooden sliding doorsfor built-in wardrobes in several local homes, creating stylish fur-niture for the Royal Flying Doctors Service annual auction andgolf day, as well as renovating local kitchens to include their ownbars and custom-designed bench tops.

LOCAL TEAM...Garry Baker, of GarryBaker Building, and his team of kitchenrenovation specialists, from left, CortFraser, David Marshall, Mark Hill, TonyStride, Matthew Baker, Tom Speight,Greg Burke and Steven Webber. State-of-the-art kitchens, tailored to home-owners’ needs and tastes, are the latestadditon to the variety of services offeredby local business Garry Baker Building.

Garry Baker Building has been established locally for 10 yearsand offers competitive prices, comparable to most Adelaide busi-nesses.“We offer everything from electrical services, planning and airconditioning, to carpentry, tiling and glazing,” Garry Baker said.“This time of year people are looking at putting up pergolas, in-stalling pool fences and refurbishing air conditioners - and we doit all.Whether you’re putting up new lighting, building a bar in theoutside entertainment area, or just hooking up a gas barbecue,this long-standing local business offers a versatile and affordableservice to make your summer a little more enjoyable.Garry Baker Building employs almost 40 people locally and of-fers the region’s most comprehensive renovation and buildingservice.Phone now for your free quote, or talk to the team at Garry BakerBuilding and find out the best options to improve your home.

ROXBY DOWNS...Renewed interest in AussieHost training may prompt a series of localworkshops following discussions at the recentRoxby Downs Business Forum.The AussieHost program, directed at educat-ing local service-providers and businesses inbetter customer service, was offered locally inJune but failed due to insufficient registrations.AussieHost aims to establish and improve a‘customer service’ culture in the region’s tour-ism and hospitality industries.If 60 per cent of the region’s businesses un-dergo accreditation the region is designatedan AussieHost town. Just 16 Australian townshave received this accreditation.Since 1993, 98,500 Australians have beentrained as AussieHosts and 3200 businesseshave received AussieHost status.Tourism Product Development Officer AlexBarker said the program’s two-day schedulewas originally too restrictive for local busi-nesses, and that he hoped to facilitate more flex-ible timetables for participants.For more information about the Aussie Hostprogram contact Alex Barker - ph 8671 2459.

AussieHost on Offerto Local Businesses


For sale by tenderImpounded Vehicle & Building MaterialsRegistration Make of Vehicle

UKE-682 Ford Falcon Station WagonBuilding Materials

Will be sold in 12 separate lots. A catalogue isavailable from the Council front office.All building material in each lot must be removedfrom the Council Depot by successful tendererbefore October 13, 2003.Inspection of vehicle and building materials will beon-site at the Council Depot, Olympic Way onSaturday, September 13, 2003 and Saturday,September 20, 2003 between 10am and 12 noon.Tenders are to be placed in the tender box at the RoxbyDowns Council Chambers, Richardson Place, RoxbyDowns by 12 noon, September 26, 2003.Vehicle and building materials are to be sold as is.Roxby Downs Council makes no guarantee as to thecondition of vehicle and building materials.Vehicle and building materials to be payed for andremoved by Monday, October 13, 2003. Roxby DownsCouncil is not bound to accept the highest or anytender.

Robert BarkerMunicipal Works Manager

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Richardson PlacePO Box 124

Roxby Downs SA 5725

Ph - 08 8671 0010Fx - 08 8671 0452

Email - [email protected]

After Hours Emergency ContactPh - 0418 892 870

COUNCIL SNIPPETS !

Upcoming WorksStreet Sweeping of township streetswill be undertaken during the monthof September.Street VergesResidents are reminded that it is a traffic of-fence to park or travel over street footpathsand street verges except over a designateddriveway crossing. Fines and costs can ap-ply. More importantly, it’s your money thatfunds these repairs.For Sale By TenderBuilding Materials and Impounded Motor Ve-hicle: Items can be inspected on Saturday the13th of September, 2003 and Saturday the 20th

of September, 2003 at the Council Depot, Ol-ympic Way between 10am – 12noon. Tendersmust be lodged at the Council Offices by12.00pm on Friday the 26th September, 2003.Upcoming Events Roxby Tree Planting Day will be held at thePine Crescent Playground (Cnr of Pine Cres-cent and Burgoyne Street) on Sunday, Octo-ber 12, 2003. For more details or to registeras a volunteer, please contact the Council.Dog RegistrationsDog Registrations are now overdue. Pleaseregister your dogs immediately to avoid pen-alties.Accounts DueRates: First Instalment for the 2003/2004 ratesare due by September 19, 2003.GrantsRoxby Downs Council has been successfulin obtaining a grant from the State BicycleFund, which is to be used to upgrade cross-ings where bike paths meet roadways.Council BudgetCopies of the Council Budget are available atthe Council Office.Opal Road Landfill Opening HoursTuesdays, 8am to 12 noon, Thursdays 1pmto 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm.Out of hours access - call 8671 1154 .Council Office HoursMonday to Friday—9am to 5pm.

In this day and ageCouncils in Local Gov-ernment are required towear many hats, one ofthese (unfortunatelysome might say) is thatof the dreaded dogcatcher.That’s right - RoxbyDowns Council is theauthority in the RoxbyDowns area that is re-sponsible for dogs andcats and the enforcementof regulations and provi-sions under the Dog andCat Management Act1995.There are, however,some simple steps thatyou as a responsible petowner can take to makethe unfortunate ac-quaintance with Dog andCat Management Officera little easier on thepocket:Ensure that your dog isregistered in your LocalGovernment area.Owning or keeping anunregistered dog is anoffence under the Actand is punishable by afine of $75.In South Australia dogsare required to be regis-tered by the age of threemonths and you can dothis at the Roxby DownsCouncil Offices Mondayto Friday during busi-ness hours.Registrations for the pe-riod July 1 to June 30 thefollowing year are pay-able annually and willcost you $20 for a non-desexed animal and $10for a desexed animal(proof of desexing is re-quired).Not only will registeringyour dog save youmoney if it is picked upbut the Dog and CatManagement Officerwill be able to locate youand return your dog assoon as possible.Ensure your cat ismicrochipped and ad-equately identified.Under the Act any catthat is captured by Coun-cil within 1km of a genu-ine place of residenceand is “identified” - thecat is microchipped and/

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or has an identificationtag with the owners ad-dress on it - must be re-leased immediately.All “unidentified” catsmay be disposed of oreuthanased.It is also a good idea toput a bell on your catscollar to warn off anywildlife that s/he may bestalking.Keep your yard secure.By keeping the areawhere your dog is keptsecure, there is lesschance of your dog es-caping the yard and be-ing injured or picked upby Council’s Dog andCat Management Of-ficer.There is a fine of $75 fora dog that is deemed tohave been wandering atlarge under the Act.This means that s/he wasin a public place and notunder effective control(by an owner or personresponsible for the dog)at the time.All dogs that are pickedup by Council are takento the Municipal DogPound located on Ol-ympic Way, RoxbyDowns.If the dog is identifiedwith a current registra-tion tag, Council willcontact the owner imme-diately and return thedog as soon as practica-ble.Unidentified dogs areadvertised by Councilfor 72 hours and if notcollected, disposed of atCouncil’s discretion.Unfortunately dog man-agement is not Mo-nopoly and dogs cannot“get out of jail free”.A seizure fee of $30 ispayable for Councilpicking up your dogalong with pound fees of$10 for each night theyspent in impoundmentbefore they can gohome.Notify Council if yourdog has been missingfor more than 72 hours,transferred out of theCouncil area or if he orshe is deceased.This ensures that the

Council Dog Register ismaintained with accu-rate information at alltimes and can stop anyfraudulent use of old,missing or lost dog tags.If your dog is missing,however, it often pays toring Council and checkthat it hasn’t been im-poundedTake advantage of reg-istration transfer fromanother Council Area.If your animal is cur-rently registered in an-other Council and youhave moved to RoxbyDowns, you may be eli-gible to apply for a trans-fer of registration whichwill only cost you $2 forthe initial registration ofyour animal.Registrations will becharged at the standardrates at registration re-newal time.

Dog Registration - A Serious Business

REGISTRATIONS...Dog registrations are due now. Make sureyour pet is properly registered and identified and avoid costlyfines. Council Dog and Cat Management Officer ChristyOlditch fastens a registration tag on a local dog.


RFDS AUCTION & GOLF DAY Saturday, September 13Roxby Downs Golf Course

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Australian Raise Drilling wishes the Roxby Downs Community every successwith the RFDS auction and is proud to be a sponsor of this worthy cause.

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COMMUNITY CHARITY...Roxby Downs Royal Flying DoctorService Auxiliary president Shirley Gow accepts a chequefor $740.20 from Roxby Downs Community Club managerStev Ellard.The funds were raised for the RFDS over the past monthafter the service was named ‘charity of the month’ at the club.Patrons are able to donate to ‘charities of the month’ bydropping their donation into the yellow tins on the bars atthe Roxby Downs Club.Roxby Downs RFDS Auxiliary volunteers will play asignificant part in the success of this week’s upcomingAuction and Golf Day.

Local Auxilliary Supporting Golf Day


RFDS AUCTION & GOLF DAYSaturday, September 13Roxby Downs Golf Course

RFDS GOLF/AUCTION DAY

If you want to be a part of this fantastic fund-raising

event phone Olympic Dam Transport on 8671 0336

on Saturday, September 13, 2003

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The Royal Flying DoctorService is one of Austral-ia’s great icons and in2003 it celebrates 75years of service to theAustralian community.RFDS Central Opera-tions began in 1939 inAlice Springs and nowalso operates from basesin Adelaide, PortAugusta and Ayers RockMedical Centre.In 2002 RFDS CentralOperations assisted morethan 45,000 people -which amounts to 123people every day of theyear.RFDS operates in themost remote areas ofAustralia, servicing min-ing, pastoral and otherrural communities.What is not so readilyrecognised is that theRFDS has expanded itsrole significantly in re-cent years to incorporatea broader range of serv-ices in remote areas ofAustralia whilst increas-ingly providing criticalsupport to the metropoli-tan area.The RFDS of today pro-vides:" traditional emer-gency flights for victimsof accidents or illness," clinic flights to iso-lated communities with

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Club Championships Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 September.The Eurest Club Championships were held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7September, 2003.The numbers weren’t as large as was hoped due to shifts but those whodid turn up had an interested weekend of golf.The change in weather conditions was a factor that affected most of thegolfers. On both days it was blue skies and very little breeze.The temperatures for the two days were 26 and 28 degrees which is a bigchange from the 16 - 20 degrees that has been the case over the last twomonths.The heat took it’s toll on a few of the golfers and it was reflected in thescores on the first day where most players struggle to play to their handi-caps, with only five of the field playing to or below their handicaps.After day one the Clubhouse leader was Dougal Macleod with a two shotlead over the field.Day two saw the lead changing between five players two of these being Bgraders.The A Graders in the field were unable in the end to hold off AndrewWellington who took out the Club Champion trophy. This is the first timein the history of the Roxby Downs Golf Club that a B Grader has knockedoff the more fancied A Grade players.Congratulations to Andrew on a very fine performance. His two rounds of87 and 85, 172 was enough to win the Championships by two strokesfrom Robin Passmore, Dougal Macleod and Neville Petherick all on 174.The A grade Championship went to Robin Passmore after a playoff be-tween Dougal, Neville and Robin.An A grade Championship had to be awarded in the unprecedented cir-cumstance of the Club Champion not being an A Grader.The B Grade Championship was a battle between Andrew Wellington andJason Schell with these two unaware of the fact that they were in conten-tion for the Club Championship.At the turn of the final nine holes on Sunday Jason was three shots behindAndrew but was unable to reel him in. But as it turned out for Jason hisround was enough to win the B Grade Championship as his rival took outthe main prize.The C Grade Championship proved to be a battle royale as well with NinoTormena and Damien Flavel fighting it out to the last hole.Geoff Chick had a great round on the Sunday but he had too much groundto make up on Nino and Damien.

GOLF CHAMPIONS...Roxby Downs Golf Club Championship winners from left...Jason Schell, Jason Smith (Sponsor- Eurest), Andrew Wellington, Robyn Passmore and Damien Flavel

Roxby Downs Golf Club was wellrepresented at the recent StreakyBay Open.The local contingent consisted of17 players (15 from Roxby DownsGolf Club and one from Woomeraand a former Roxby resident/mem-ber) at the open, which consisted of36 holes of golf over two days.The weather was at times inconsist-ent with almost four seasons beingexperienced on both windy days (atrue Scottish summer).On a teams basis Roxby DownsGolf Club wasn’t positioned toowell after day one and were staringdown the barrel of losing the Head-ings Contractors Shield (which isfiercely contested between RoxbyDowns Golf Club and Streaky BayGolf Club).Following some impressive teambonding (via the 19th hole) and thefear that someone would be takinghome the infamous “Pink Oyster”trophy, the Roxby Downs Golf Clubgroup rebounded on Day 2 to forcea draw for the coveted HeadingsContractors Shield and thus wasenough to get Roxby Downs GolfClub over the line to retain theshield for another year.Christian McArthur had consistentrounds over both days at Streaky toforce a sudden death playoff for theB Grade Championship.Unfortunately he lost the play-offafter having to take a penalty drop.He was surprised to make the playoff because he was six strokes be-hind the leader after day one.The other hotly contested trophywas that of the “Pink Oyster” forworst nett score after each round.Unfortunately the real winner is theplayer who acquires the trophy atthe conclusion of day two atStreaky, as they have to hold thistrophy until the Roxby Open in2004.Dave Gibson was the winner of the“Pink Oyster” after the SmokeyRound. Brad Perkins was the win-ner of the “Pink Oyster” after roundone at Streaky with Joel Robertstaking the “Pink Oyster” trophyhome after day two at Streaky.In all the weekend was an overallsuccess and many thanks must gothe Streaky Bay Golf Club and toHeadings Contractors for hostingsuch a wonderful event.The hospitality that the Streaky BayGolf Club extended to the RoxbyDowns Golf Club group was sim-ply outstanding.Results:Smokey Bay “Pink Oyster” -DaveGibson.Streaky Bay: A-Grade - PtLincolnB-Grade - Streaky Bay, CMcArthur lost sudden deathplayoff.C-Grade - Streaky BayHeadings Contractors Shield.RDGC Pink Oyster: Smokey - DGibson, Streaky Day 1 - BPerkins, Streaky Day 2 (overall) -J Roberts.

Golf played on August 30, 2003, was sponsored by the local RoxbyTraders Association.Those golfers left behind played a Stableford competition for theday.Three golfers played to or below their handicaps, the othersenjoying a fine winters day.The wind got up a little late in the afternoon most saying it madeconditions difficult on the course.Not so for Geoff Chick who scored 39 points for the round.Good the see Geoff playing and playing well. Michael Champion had no problems as the course played easy forhim. He had a birdie on the 18th and scored 5 points.He also had 2 x 4 and 4 x 3 pointers and a wipe. Not good enough to win though as Darryl Dyason knocked him offfor top spot. Darryl had 42 points with 2 birdies on 6th and 15th.Results:Winner - Darryl Dyason - 42 pointsRunnerUp - Michael Champion - 40 pointsThird - Geoff Chick - 39 pointsSweepstakes - Don Crawford and Tubby Gray - 35 pointsLongest DriveA Grade - Mick NicholsB Grade - Tony HolbrookC Grade - Fatty CameronLadies - Fiona BilneyNearest The PinB Grade - Tubby GrayC Grade - Daniel Morris

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Club Champions Hitting for the HeightsDamien Flavel took out the C Grade Championship by one stroke fromNino Tormena.The grade Nett winners were:A Grade - Dougal Macleod.B Grade - Tony Holbrook .C Grade - Ted Charman.Congratulations to all the champions and winners.Thanks to Eurest for their tremendous support of the Club not only in theChampionship but throughout the year.

Roxby Residents Support Revitalised Tennis Association

TENNIS...Interested residentsexpressing an interest in revitalisinglocal tennis - Anthony Noll, TracyRichards, Linda Evans, AndrewGoldfinch, Vicki Hamblin, RogerHamblin and Robert Hamblin.

Roxby Downs residents met last week to throwtheir support behind a plan to revitalise localtennis this summer.At the meeting it was decided to form a com-mittee and incorporate the association so thatthe group could attract funding to repair localcourts and facilities.There will be another meeting to finalise allthe details on Thursday, September 11, at 7pmin the Leisure Centre Boardroom.Everyone who has an interest in tennis in RoxbyDowns is invited to come along and air theirideas.


Grand final results - Saturday, August 30, 2003.Under 13sHawks 12.4 (76) defeated Bulldogs 6.2 (38)Hawks Best Players – T Paull 5, T Sutherland 2, J Drefke 2, C Skinner 1, JHaugum 1, J Beenham 1Hawks Goal Scorers – D Vanzati, D Ironside, J Drefke, T Paull, C SkinnerBulldogs Best Players – B Ley, C Buran, N Fernandez, J Hombsch, B TonkinBulldogs Goal Scorers – B Tonkin 3, J Hombsch 1, T Ley 1, K Whittaker 1Under 16sDragons 15.8 (98) defeated Razorbacks 6.2 (38).Dragons Best Players – A Watkins, D Cunningham, J OrrDragons Goal Scorers – A Watkins 4, T Roberts 2, B Elson 2, B Bowser 1, CKenny 1.Razorbacks Best Players – B Chesson, G Garth, S Kaminski, C Gaitor, W FrancisRazorbacks Goal Scorers – N/A.

DRAGONS U16s...Premiers, from left, front, J Drefke, M Riggs, B Bowes, MNedelkovic, C Gaitor, T Norton, middle, C Norton, B Ley, J Orr, M Weaver, B Elson,J Roberts, R Paxton, M Zoe, T Roberts, A Watkins, S Ferenci, S Rogers, DCunningham, K Williams (Assistant Coach) and K Elson (Coach).

RAZORBACKSU16s...Runners-up,

from left, front, THornhardt, W

Francis, R Lynch,K Gloede, S Freeth,J Tegen, S Gloede,

middle, SKaminski, S

Crafter-King, CKenny, B Chesson,P Chesson (Coach)

Back from left: PClark (Assistant

Coach), BHansford, R

Shields, G Garth, BNedelkovic, R

Keller

HAWKSU13s...CoachesAndrew Farnhamand Jack Drefkewith U13spremiers theHawks.

Woomera and Districts Junior Football

BULLDOGSU13s...CoachesGraham Warren

and MarkWhittaker with

U13s runners-upthe Bulldogs.

BEST ON GROUND...U16s Dragons player Aaron Watkins,16, was awarded best on ground at this month’s local footballgrand final. Aaron was congratulated by coach Kym Elson.On accepting the shield, Elson spoke to his players. “Welldone to my boys today,” he said. “I said it was a confidencegame and they got the confidence, they got their minds onthe game and it got them through.”

U13s SUCCESS...Hawks U13s player Todd Paull, 12, acceptedthe best on ground trophy at this month’s local junior footballgrand finals. Hawks coach Jack Drefke congratulated Todd,and his team, on their success. “All the stuff we’ve beentalking about all year - they went out and did it today,” hetold players and their supporters at the trophy presentations.


Successful Grading For Local Martial ArtistsRoxby Downs Rhee Tae Kwon Do stu-dents performed well at a recent grad-ing ceremony in Whyalla.The majority of the local group’s 12core students received their new beltsand were promoted up a grade.Rhee Tae Kwon Do has been operat-ing locally since February 2002 andthe group trains on Tuesday and Thurs-day nights, from 6pm to 7pm, at theChristian Community Church inRoxby Downs.Instructor Jim Bowden trained in the1980s before returning to the sport in2002 alongside son Marcus.“After being out of the system forabout 19 years I finally came back andgot my black belt – which made mefeel good,” Bowden said.“It helped me with getting my fitnessback again, overcoming old strains andinjuries - helped strengthen my body.“It also gave me something to do to-gether with my son, and helped keephim interested.”When the group’s original instructormoved to WA, Bowden was then askedto take over the class.Rhee Tae Kwon Do is described as the‘art of kicking and punching” and wasdeveloped in Korea thousands of years

MARTIAL ARTS…Local Rhee Tae Kwon Do students, fromleft, back Sam Tyler, Adam MacNamara, Kye Marksteiner,Tamara Hollitt, Marcus Bowden, front, Alex Tyler, instructorJim Bowden and Jory Marksteiner.

ago.According to Bowden, the sport is suit-able for students from six-years-old to60 years, men, women, girls and boys.“The class runs as a whole, but theteaching is tailored to allow each stu-dent to work at their own level,”Bowden said.“At Rhee Tae Kwon Do, people learn‘realisation’ – that it’s not impossibleto achieve something if you’re pre-pared to work your way through it.“They gain improved concentration,fitness, discipline and it’s a big confi-dence booster.“Some of our younger students, whohave had concentration problems, haveblossomed at school since joining RheeTae Kwon Do.“It keeps me interested, watching stu-dents gain experience, and get theirnew belts and a whole new range ofskills,” Bowden said.For more information about Rhee TaeKwon Do, phone Jim Bowden on 0417084 112.Rhee Tae Kwon Do offers life mem-bership with a one-time fee allowingparticipants to train with any registeredRhee Tae Kwon Do centre Australia-wide.

Roxby Downs Swimming Club Inc is seek-ing expressions of interest from volunteerswho can assist with swim coaching for theclub during the upcoming season.You may have coaching experience or havebeen a competitive swimmer in the past orwould just be interested to help develop theRoxby Area’s young swimmers.While the club has traditionally trained fourafternoons per week during past seasons,your assistance for any amount of timewould be greatly appreciated by our swim-mers.If interested please contact Stuart Mills 86713026 (Club President) or Mel Katzorke 86711961 (Club Secretary).

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SOFTBALL SEASON AWARD WINNERS...Minor Premiers – Red Tins, Wooden Spoon Award –Monos. Player of the Year – Sherralee Lewis (Red Tins); Most Catches for the Season – GeorgeHolland (Black Cats); Most Home Runs – Deon Hoopers (Red Tins); Most Conscientious – KerriStuckey (Rebels); Most Improved Player – Linda Hooper (Red Tins); Best and Fairest – GeorgeHolland (Black Cats); Most Outstanding Player – Deon Hooper (Red Tins); Player of the GrandFinal – Amber Dixon (Black Cats); Most Valuable Player – Peter Steer (Monos), Jason Castle(Red Tins), Graham Nielson (Black Cats), Joe Blackwood (Shakers), Geoff Haugum (Rebels).

Black Cats and the Rebels met in the Roxby DownsMixed Softball Associations Grand Final on Satur-day, August 30.After the sad demise of the Red Tins, due to a for-feit the previous week, the two grand finalists werean even match with the smart money on Black Cats. Pitching for Rebels on the day was Simon James,fresh after a stint in the all whites the previousweeks. Throwing his well tried change up pitches and hisvariable curves (assisted by the north westerly);James had one of his more reliable days in the cen-tre. Shana Forrest was the winning pitcher for the BlackCats and one of their better players for the day. The consistent pitching of Shana Forrest did notmatch the flare of Simon James, however a goodspeed enticed the hitters to hit to the field set. Graeme Neilson had a good day catching matchedby his usual hitting prowess. Grant Phelan and George Holland also figured inthe best players for Black Cats. John Bailey awoke to have his best match of theseason hitting three home runs for the Rebels. Helping John Bailey out was the consistent NickiWiska belting in RBIs to keep the game at level peg-ging throughout the day. Nicki Wiska, John Bailey and Donna Haugum werethe better players for the Rebels. Of the juniors Kerrie Stuckey and Jeremy Blake ex-perienced their first finals series and performed well. With most of the runs being scored with two outs, itwas going to be the fielding that won the game.

Saturday September 6Semi FinalsU11s - Bullets 16 de-feated Rockets 8. TBirds 28 defeated Shoot-ers 14.U13s - Lightning 48 de-feated Bullets 30, Opals23 defeated Shooters 18U16s - Bullets 39 de-feated Lightning 34,Opals 43 defeatedShooters 41.Preliminary Finals –September 13, 2003Grand Final – Septem-ber 20, 2003

MOST IMPROVED...Linda Hooper, ofRed Tins, was named most improvedplayer for season 2003 at Roxby DownsSoftball.

August 28, 2003A Grade - Blues 62 defeated Miners 24, Redbacks67 defeated Cougars 35.B Grade - Miners1 64 defeated Andamooka 16,Miners2 59 defeated Blues 28.September 6, 2003 – Semi FinalsA Grade - Redbacks 52 defeated Blues 30, Cougars53 defeated Miners 42.B Grade - Tangos 44 defeated Miners1 42, Miners250 defeated Blues 32.

Interested persons are being sought to re-formthe Roxby Downs Darts League.After a break for several seasons there havebeen a number of people asking about dartsbeing played in the various venues in andaround our town.A summer competition would make a greatstarting point to revive the game in RoxbyDowns.If you or your club are at all interested in play-ing darts or providing venues for a weeklycompetition get in touch.A draft constitution is available to kickstart theprocessTo enable organisers to establish the level ofinterest in the game in Roxby Downs contactRos or Bob on 8671 0163 during office hours.

Interest Sought for Roxby DartsJuniorNetball

Saturday Senior Netball Results

August 25, 2003A Grade - Easybeats 78 defeated Prophets 65, Somfaw89 defeated Benders 78.B Grade - Salmon Haters 118 defeated Angry Bea-vers 70, All Blacks 100 defeated The VBs 76.September 1, 2003A Grade - Volleroos 75 defeated Easybeats 73,Somfaw 80 defeated Prophets 56.B Grade - Angry Beavers 110 defeated The VBs 93,Salmon Hater 98 defeated All Blacks 95.

RDLC Volleyball Results

To this end Amber Dixon’s fielding was a stand-out, contributing to the Black Cats Grand Final winfor season 2003 - Rebels 23, Black Cats 24

Stand-out Performances in Softball Final

Beyblade Champion Retains TitleTWICE

AROUND...11-year-old Jake

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Tuesday August 26, 2003C WomenChocies 25 (T Barnes 8) defeated Cougars 17 (L Drefke 9)Tandales/Jets 32 (K Ley 15) defeated Wanderers 14 (M Kiely 4)B Men - Semi FinalsWanderers 43 (J Kerr 12) defeated Bulls 20 (M Rowney 7)Jets 38 (C Fraser, C Kenny 10) defeated Chocie Soldiers 27 (D Cotterell 8)Thursday, August 28 - Semi FinalsA WomenEagles 79 (R Redden 28) defeated Devils 28 (C Horewood 13)Bulls 39 (L West 14) defeated Little Devils 36 (P Smith 10)B WomenEagles2 20 defeated Devils 0 on forfietJets 32 (B Fisher 10) defeated SSA Cougars (T Hill 10)Tuesday, September 2 - Preliminary FinalsC WomenChocies 25 (E Neilson 14) defeated Cougars 18 (P Shepley 8)B WomenEagles2 45 (L Reid 15) defeated SSA Cougars 38 (T Hill 19)B MenChocie Soldiers 55 (R Shields 15) defeated Wanderers 46 (D Dyason 14)A WomenDevils 39 (B White 14) defeated Bulls 33 (L West 18)Saturday September 6, 2003 - Grand FinalC WomenChocies 47 (E Neilson 24) defeated Wanderers 30 (K McPaul 19)Best and Fairest - Kathy Lee (Tandales/Jets)Runner Up - Emma Neilson (Chocies)B WomenJets 38 (L Hooper, D Zanker 12) defeated Eagles2 18 (L Reid 9)Best and Fairest - Linda Hooper (Jets)Runner Up - Louise Reid (Eagles2)B MenJets 51 (D Cunningham 15) defeated Chocie Soldiers 36 (B McPaul 12)Best and Fairest - Damian Cunningham (Jets)Runner Up - Jay Orr (Bulls) and John Kerr (Wanderers)A WomenEagles 44 (R Redden 19) defeated Devils 35 (B White 12)Best and Fairest - Lauren West (Bulls) and Bec Penglase (Bulls)Runner Up - Connie Woods (Little Devils)A MenChocie Soldiers 91 (J Read 22) defeated MPR Magpies 49 (I Baker 16)Best and Fairest - Kit Williams (Bulls)Runner Up - Gary Sutherland (MPR Magpies)AGM - Tuesday September 16, 2003 at 7.30pm at the Leisure Centre Confer-ence Room. All teams must be present or a fine will be incurred.

EAGLES...A-GradeWomen’s grand finalwinners, from left,back, R Redden, CLindner, RSchulz, LSutherland with GSutherland (Coach),front, R Young, KSkinner, K Fraser and LKenny.

CHOCIE SOLDIERS...A-Grade Men’s Basketballgrand final winnersChocie Soldiers.

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Hooray! Auskick Kids Play at AAMILocal youth have puttheir hands up for abeach volleyball court atRoxby Downs.The proposed court hasalready received a com-mitment of $5000 fromRoxby Downs Munici-pal Council and another$1000 Family and YouthServices grant for equip-ment. “A beach volleyballcourt has been one of themost requested-items forthe leisure centre,”Youth Services managerLaurence Duggan said.We’ve had heaps andheaps of requests fromboth kids and parents.“It’s not often the localyouth and adults agreeon the same thing – butthey have no this.“It’s even going to havewhite sands - real beachsand. It might soundfunny but you have to goaways to find white sandup here.”The proposed beach vol-leyball court is depend-ant on the service beingsuccessful in receiving ayouth services grant of$5000.

Beach VolleyballCourts Plannedfor Desert Town

Roos Premiership SuccessBreaks Eight-Year Drought

Andamooka 15.12 (102) defeated Olympic Dam 7.6 (48)Andamooka Goal Kickers - K Williams 6, B Stevens 3, M Meaney 2, J Perkins 1, MLukich 1, D Semmler 1, M Humphries 1.Olympic Dam Goal Kickers - M Bourke 3, A Balnaves 1, W Feltus 1, P Heading 1, DCouzner 1.Best on ground - J Perkins (Andamooka).

A tightly contested battle with Olympic Damsaw Andamooka take its first premiership since1995 on Saturday, August 30.While the Roos went into the competitionfavourites, the Devils were hot on their tails atthird quarter and up on goals.But the blues played decisively in the finalround taking the game 15 12 (102) to 7 6 (48).

Coach Darren Linke, on accepting the shield,thanked Olympic Dam for their efforts in pushingAndamooka to perform so well through theseason.“They were always the team that was going topush us all the year,” he said. “And well done toour boys for doing a top job, and to John Wilbyand Pat Taylor for supporting us all the way.

For many locals, the footy finished last Saturday,but for 44 juniors there was one last hitout at AAMIstadium on Sunday during the Port Power - SydneySwans second qualifying final.“The opportunity to have some of Roxbys’ juniorfootballers play in demonstration matches at half timeof an AFL finals match had been in the pipeline sinceMarch,” Auskick coordinator Shane Thomson said.“But, to actually run out onto AAMI stadium withthe kids and play 13 minutes of footy in front of33,000 people was unbelievable to say the least.“Four eight dads and 44 Under 8 and Under 12 foot-ballers it was the perfect way to spend Father’s Day.“Graham Warren and Andrew Farnham had the U12swell organised although some weren’t real sure aboutplaying in Power Guernseys’.“For the many family members that had a role in theunder 8 organisation and matches it proved to be thebest fathers day present you could hope for, beingpart of a memorable event that will surely be remem-bered by all for many years to come.”More than 110 Roxby Downs residents travelled toAdelaide to see their young players hit the turf.Mid way during the first quarter the players and of-ficials were led down to the change rooms under themembers grand stand and the excitement becameapparent with the kids barely being able to containtheir excitement. The under 12’s had change room 3while the Auskick under 8’s were led into a ‘crowscoloured’ change room no.4.“After teams were finalised and lost boots found,everyone was led down several corridors to stand inthe player races with just a piece of clear perspexbetween them and some of the biggest names in AFLfootball,” Thomson said.“The atmosphere was awesome and although the lo-cal team was not doing as well as perhaps expected,the look in the kids’ eyes said they were thrilled tobe there.“To say the kids had fun would be an understate-ment and the handstand display by the players from

the northern end after the final siren would havehad Brisbane’s Akermanis glued to his TV screen.“The icing on the cake was forming a guard of hon-our for the Power and Swans players as theyemerged from their perspective players’ race afterthe break.“Kids being kids - they took it all in their stride.”

CELEBRATIONS...Local Under 8sfootballers keen for their Father’s DayAFL match-up (above) and (right) allkitted out on the day.

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