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BILBY VS BUNNY...Arid Recovery volunteers hope to seethe Easter Bilby take over from rabbits, not only in thereserve, but right throughout the Easter holidays.

Bilby vs Bunny this EasterOLYMPIC DAM…While most children are hoping for a glimpse of theEaster Bunny this Easter, a group of dedicated local conservationists aredreaming of a rabbit-free Easter.The staff and volunteers of Arid Recovery, a conservation project 20kmnorth of Roxby Downs, have commandeered the Easter holiday as anopportunity to promote the Bilby as a uniquely-Australian Easter mascot.Since the project began in 1997, staff and volunteers have fenced off ahuge 60km2 reserve; removed all feral cats, foxes and rabbits; and suc-cessfully reintroduced four threatened mammal species. One of the re-introduced species is the Bilby - a far better candidate for an Easter mas-cot according to Arid Recovery publicity officer Yvette Mooney.“Easter is a great time to encourage people to think about the Australianenvironment, since rabbits are on everyone’s mind at this time of the year.”Ms Mooney said. “Rabbits are without a doubt one of Australia’s biggestpests. The bilby is easily as cute and cuddly, it’s an Australian native, andwhile rabbits do an amazing amount of damage to the Australian environ-ment, it’s turning out that bilbies are actually very good for the environ-ment promoting germination of more seedlings.”Future plans for the Arid Recovery reserve include a 26km2 expansionand species more reintroductions. “And as for the Easter Bunny? If allgoes to plan he’ll be out of a job very soon,” Ms Mooney said.Arid Recovery is a joint initiative of WMC Resources, University of Ad-elaide, SA Department for Environment and Heritage and the Friends ofArid Recovery.

BIG WINNERS...Philip Lienert, front, and the Warracknabeal Aeroclub syndicatefrom left, David Ward, Chris Dovaston and Paul Clyne, were the day’s big winnersof the William Creek Cup, the Camel Cup and the Dick Nunn Memorial Cup. BarrelRacing, right, was another highlight of the day.WILLIAM CREEK...Three was the luckynumber of the day at William Creek Gymkhanawhere leading rider Matt Curnow swept thepool and took home the event’s three majorcups at the weekend.Mr Curnow rode Pound Shilling to success inthe William Creek Cup and Dick Nunn Me-morial Cup, then leapt aboard camel Dagwoodfor another win in the William Creek CamelCup.Former Anna Creek ringer Phil Lienert, and hisfriends from the Warracknabeal Aeroclub syn-dicate, were also three-time winners on the day- ‘purchasing’ winners in all three main races.“We had some great luck on the day - we picked

an angry-looking camel and a good-looking horse,” MrLienert told The Monitor this week.Mr Lienert, who previously worked at Anna Creek Sta-tion as a ringer, has been travelling back for the WilliamCreek Gymkhana every year, for 10 years.More than 200 people attended the annual gymkhana inthe small town of William Creek, raising around $17,000in all.“Numbers were a bit down on last year but the crowd hada really good time,” William Creek Gymkhana Commit-tee secretary Bobby Hunter told The Monitor.Look out for more William Creek Gymkhana photos inthe next issue of The Monitor - Your Community News-paper.

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Roxby Downs is passionate about its sport,whether it be bowls or motorX or indoor hockey,people in our community are committed to thesport that they are involved with.As with most communities the actual organisa-tion and running of the various sports usuallyboils down to a handful of individuals, unlikemost communities this can be dangerous for ushere in Roxby Downs due to the fact that peo-ple come and go on a very regular basis, as re-cently happened with our BMX club.We have the potential to make sport in this towna model for all smaller communities to follow,with the mix of facilities available to the com-munity, the level of participation and the pas-sion with which people approach their sport.Unfortunately this same passion is holding usback as we don’t very often work together toachieve our goals, and quite often we don’t evenknow what our goals are!For our sports to grow and develop and to re-ally take hold of the opportunities that are avail-able to us we need to start planning for our fu-tures. It is well and good to say I want this andwe want that but if you got it would you knowwhat to do with it?Many of our issues and problems are the sameeven though the sports are different and togetherthese issues can be overcome at a greater speedthan standing alone.The time has come for sport in Roxby Downs tomove forward to the next level and we can cer-tainly achieve this together.

Most small communities ride on the backs ofvolunteer groups like Lions, Probus, CWA andRotary. It’s not a secret that those groups aremostly run by older semi-professional, or re-tired people - which Roxby Downs is quite shorton. In Roxby Downs our largest volunteer basecentres around sport - mainly junior sports - re-flecting our unique demographics. We’ve beenvery lucky to date because that support has beeninstrumental in developing a variety of codes,not to mention several individual youngsportsplayers’ careers.But why, with around 1600 people playing sportin more than 30 codes and levels, can nobodyever band together for long-running and sus-tainable program of sport support?Imagine a bucket of corn being demolished bya frantic flurry of hungry chickens - that’s whatit’s like to be a sport-supporting business inRoxby Downs. And those greedy corn-grabbersscratching, pecking and crawling over eachother are pretty likely to break the bucket even-tually. It’s not a flattering image, and it’s notnecessarily true about individual groups - butall together they’re a pretty frightening propo-sition. I’ve been working in an office when theseasonal sponsorship requests start coming in.And it’s pretty daunting.Long-term planning seems to be the key to suc-cessful upgrading of facilities, long-term fund-ing support and solid sponsorship.I’d like to see a single body for Roxby Downsand the surrounding region, create a generalsporting fund where sponsorship funds arepooled and allotted on a grant basis - both bigand small, groups and individuals.Sponsors would receive significant advertisingat all sporting venues and in local communitymedia. Registered sporting groups would bothbenefit from the fund and prioritise where a per-centage of that money is spent each year.I believe it would also encourage other network-ing opportunities.Treat your sport like a business - plan for thelong-term, set your budgets, stay up-to-date andlook out for new training opportunities. There’speople out there to help you - and if you’relucky, they love your sport as much as you do.

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Have your say!As the community board consultation process draws to a close, itis important that all Roxby Downs residents have their say.This process is an opportunity to direct the future of Roxby Downsand set priorities and goals for the next 10 years.Have your say now!Comments from the community have already been submitted inregard to sport, health, education, the environment and many otherissues.But what is important to you?Drop your submission into Roxby Downs Council, or email thecommunity board at [email protected].

While participation is high for sportsin Roxby Downs, funds are compara-tively low, local organisers told theCommunity Board last month.Several sports were represented at themeeting, both junior and senior, includ-ing indoor hockey, basketball, netball,football and motorcross.According to sports representatives,most sporting groups in Roxby Downsand the surrounding region enjoyed astrong player base and expanding jun-ior ranks.Local development focuses on juniorsport and is almost completely volun-teer-organised.Auskick coordinator and Woomera &Districts Football League representa-tive Shane Thomson called for greatercooperation between sports and facil-

ity managers.He also called for a community sport-ing calendar to highlight local sport-ing events and allow different clubsand codes to avoid overlapping ofevents.Inter-club communication was a gen-eral concern of all representatives, aswas parental support and supervision.However, while most sports are basedcentrally in town and share in facili-ties, others, like the motorsports, arestill without running water and power.Business plans, coaching clinics andpayment for umpires were highlightedas key factors in improving the suc-cess and sustainability of local sport.Look out for The Monitor’s new sport-ing calendar as of our April 22 issue -never be late for a game again!


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OLYMPIC DAM...On Sunday, March28, the Olympic Dam aerodrome wasthe setting for a mock emergency serv-ices incident complete with flames,foam and fake near-fatalities.“The purpose of ‘Exercise Wedgetail’was to test the Aerodrome EmergencyPlan (AEP),” Aerodrome Manager PhilGoldsworthy said.“We placed particular emphasis on thecoordination of the emergency serviceorganisations and the adequacy of theprocedures and facilities provided forin the plan.“The AEP is required, by Civil Avia-tion Safety Authority (CASA) to betested once every two years.”This year’s scenario involved a Saab340 aircraft which had crashed whilelanding.A medium-sized WMC bus was usedto represent the aircraft which also fea-tured custom-made wings that were seton fire. Community members volun-teered to be part of the scenario.Bearing fake blood and scars, the vol-unteers were placed inside the aircraftas passengers and crew and briefed onvarious injuries to act out. Some evenwandered from the wreckage, appear-

ing disorientated.Crews that were involved included SAPolice, SA Country Fire Service, SAState Emergency Service, SA Ambu-lance Service, WMC Emergency Serv-ices, WMC Aerodrome Management,Roxby Travel, Airservices Australia’sAviation Rescue and Firefighting Serv-ice.Organisers heralded the scenario as agreat success and an opportunitiy foremergency crews to sharpen theirskills.“There was a very good response fromall organisations involved and the ex-perienced gained is invaluable in help-ing our emergency service organisa-tions be prepared for an actual emer-gency - not just at the Aerodrome butfor any emergency in the surroundingdistrict,” Mr Goldsworthy said.“Debriefings are being held to discusswhat went well and what didn’t go sowell so we can make improvements tothe way we respond to incidents in thefuture.”The Roxby Downs Emergency Man-agement Committee meets quarterlyand will hold more exercises in thenear future.

FIRE FIGHTERS...While OperationWedgetail’s air crash was not real, theflames and fire suppression techniqueswere true-to-life.RESCUE...Volunteer Jeff Turpinreceives first from ESO Leigh Witchardand SA Ambulance Officer WayneMcCann.SES...Volunteer Jason Wilson duringOperation Wedgetail.

ANDAMOOKA…The annual AndamookaProgress and Opal Miners Association Eastermarkets will be held on April 10, from 9.30am till1pm, at the Andamooka Community Hall.Stallholders will set up from 8.30am at a cost of $5per stall. For more details, phone Naomi – 0402 006769.FAR NORTH REGION…Almost 500 entrants froma record 340 SA communities will compete in thisyear’s KESAB Tidy Towns Program. Local judgingwill begin Leigh Creek on August 25, Marree onAugust 26, followed by William Creek, Glendambo,Andamooka, Roxby Downs and Woomera on con-secutive days and finishing with Port Augusta andWhyalla at the beginning of September.ANDAMOOKA…Andamooka’s annual TeddyBears’ Picnic will be held at the Andamooka Play-grounds on April 10, from noon. Come and meet theEaster Bilby, bring the kids for an Easter egg huntand barbecue lunch. Remember to bring your favour-ite teddy bear. For more details, phone Naomi – 0402006 769.FAR NORTH REGION…Government ServicesCoordinator Jim Litster met with representatives ofthe Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankuntjatjara communi-ties last month. The newly-appointed coordinator hascalled for the appointment of two male mental healthworkers. Community representatives stressed that MrLitster and other government representatives needto take a hands-on approach to solving the region’sisolation and health problems – working closely withlocal residents.FAR NORTH REGION…Northern and Far West-ern Health Services received a boost of $305,000this month from the South Australian Government.The cash injection is part of a state-wide bonus of$2.2 million to counter an increasing demand onhospitals and health services in regional and ruralSA.ROXBY DOWNS…Work is expected to begin thismonth on the Roxby Downs Skate Park. The nextstep is surveying of the land between the swimmingpool and school oval, where the town’s scout hallwas originally situated. Design is finalised and youthworker Sue Penglase told The Monitor that local kidsare keen but patient for work to begin.WHYALLA…Whyalla Stuart Early Childhood Cen-tre is one of three SA preschools designed specifi-cally to deal with high-need disabilities which willshare in almost $1.5 million from the State Govern-ment. Children’s Services Minister Jane Lomax-Smith said specialist facilities and equipment arebeing added to the preschools to assist children withdisabilities to access suitable learning programs.

Locals join battle for better school fundingROXBY DOWNS…Local teacher BenSummerton has joinedthe fight for betterfunding of publicschools.Mr Summerton washand-picked to repre-sent the region and theAustralian EducationUnion in the union’s‘fairer funding forpublic schools’ cam-paign.The local push beganlast week with volun-teers – mainly localteachers, students andtheir families – can-vassing for signaturesin Richardson Placeon Saturday morning.Mr Summerton andthe union claims 70per cent of FederalGovernment fundinggoes to just 30 per centof students – those at-tending privateschools.“Just 30 per cent offunding goes to the re-maining 70 per cent of

FUNDING FIGHT…Local teachersLyndall Craker, Ben Summerton andShane Hodgson join the fight for betterfunding for public schools.

students attending pub-lic schools,” he said.Petitions are availablefrom the Roxby DownsArea School and theRoxby Downs Veteri-nary Clinic.“The petition is the firstpart of the local cam-paign and we’re part ofa delegation of peoplefrom throughout theelectorate of Grey whowill meet with BarryWakelin later this yearbefore the State’s grantsact will be enabled inMay.“When that act is ac-cepted it will set ourfunding for the next fouryears.”“We believe the healthof RDAS is vital to ourcommunity and we wantto offer the best serviceto our local students sowe can attract them tostudy here, and givethem the best start wecan.”Mr Wakelin has spokenout strongly against the

campaign claiming theunion is “deliberatelymisleading’ the publicabout schools funding.He told The Monitor thatthe Federal Governmentsupports states and terri-

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Fancy dress kids no April’s Fools

CLOWNING AROUND...Roxby Downs kindergartenersOlivia,4 , and Matilda, 4, with Lucy, 4, during their AprilFool’s Day fancy dress celebrations. Children’s last namesomitted in accordance with kindergarten policy.

FRIENDLY CHARACTERS...Roxby Downs Kindergartenstudents, from left, Daniel, 5, Mitch, 5, and Jack, 5,dressed up as ‘friendly’ characters for April Fool’s Day.Children’s last names omitted in accordance with kindergarten policy.

LOCAL HEROES...Four-year-olds Lochie and Bailey wereall dressed up for a day of play and fancy dress fun atRoxby Downs Kindergarten on April Fool’s Day. Children’slast names omitted in accordance with kindergarten policy.

FAIRY FRIENDS...Four-year-olds Jasmine and Inca-Jaydewere friendly fairies at the April Fool’s Day fancy dresscelebrations at Roxby Downs Kindergarten.

A car was illegally interfered with on Axehead Roadon April 3, 2004. Entry was not gained to the vehi-cle but about $300 damage was caused.Also on April 3, 2004, in an unrelated incident, of-fenders committed a Serious Criminal Trespass(break-in) on business premises at Charlton Rd, Ol-ympic Dam. Property valued at about $7,000 includ-ing a laptop computer, digital camera, mobile phoneand cash was stolen. Pt Augusta Crime Scene at-tended and conducted fingerprint and DNA analy-sis of the premises.A 30-year-old Victorian woman was arrested onApril 3, 2004 for assault, following a disturbance atthe Roxby Downs Motor Inn. She was bailed to ap-pear in the Roxby Downs Magistrates Court on April21, 2004.Unknown offenders attempted to gain entry into abusiness premises in Callanna Rd, Roxby Downson March 31, 2004, by removing iron cladding fromthe building. Their attempt was unsuccessful.Anyone with information about these matters isasked to contact the Roxby Downs Police Stationon 86710370 or Bank SA Crime Stoppers on 1800333 000.A 23-year-old Roxby Downs woman was reportedon March 28, 2004 for driving an unregistered anduninsured vehicle and being unlicensed. This arisesfrom her being stopped by Police in Roxby Downson March 26, 2004.A 21-year-old Roxby Downs man was arrested fordisorderly behaviour and resisting arrest on March28, 2004. A further fivepeople have been reportedfor behavioural offences and issued with barringnotices, in relation to this incident which occuredoutside a local licenced establishment.A 21-year-old man from Roxby Downs was reportedfor breaching a licensed premises barring order onMarch 27, 2004.Also on March 27, 2004, a 33-year-old RoxbyDowns man was reported for urinating in a publicplace.On March 26, 2004, a 23-year-old Roxby Downswoman was reported for driving an unregistered anduninsured motor vehicle.A 23-year-old Roxby Downs woman was reportedon March 25, 2004 for driving an unregistered anduninsured motor vehicle.A theft was reported from a hire company at Olym-pic Dam operations on March 25, 2004. The thievesagain targeted tools with an arc welder, electrodeoven and lighting valued at $5000 being taken.Thefts on the Olympic Dam operations site continueto be of concern and police seek the assistance ofWMC employees and contractors to report mattersthey think may be suspicious. Anyone having anyinformation in relation to these thefts can contactthe Roxby Downs Police direct on 86710370 or ifthey prefer, the Bank SA Crime Stoppers Hotlinenumber of 1800 333 000. Alternatively, they canreport the matter direct to WMC security.The Roxby Downs Area School suffered vandalismto a toilet block and an on-roof air-conditioner onMarch 24, 2004.Also on March 24, 2004 in an unrelated incident, alarge quantity of tools was stolen from shipping con-tainers situated in the western lay-down yard at theOlympic Dam mine. Valued in excess of $6000, thetools include; a Honda 7kva generator, pedestal drill,bench grinder, angle grinders, cable cutters, Borschdrill, Millwaukee drill, Kyritsu insulation tester and20 metres of Three-Phase flex.A 17-year-old Roxby Downs man was arrested forbeing unlawfully on premises on March 23, 2004.The Liquor Licensing Commissioner attendedRoxby Downs this week and met with local licen-sees and police. Concerns by all parties continue inrelation to the behaviour of patrons while at, andwhen leaving licensed premises, primarily on Fri-day and Saturday nights.In recent weeks police have had to attend to anddeal with large scale fights and behavioural prob-lems on three of the last four weekends, resulting inat least 22 people facing the Magistrate at our AprilCourt hearing for behavioural offences. As a result,those attending licensed premises during these timescan expect an increased police presence and thepolice to be taking a more rigid response to behav-ioural problems.Again, this is a problem that has the potential toimpact on each and every person in Roxby Downsas additional police come to town to assist our localofficers.

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ROXBY DOWNS…St Barbara’s Parish School Par-ents and Friends will host a Fashion Show Fundraiseron Friday, April 30, from 7.30pm.St Barbara’s and Rockmans Fashion will team to-gether to provide a show of clothes and accessoriesfor all sizes.Buy your ticket before Wednesday, April 28, andthey will cost $10 for adults – including a glass ofchampagne - and $5 per child.Tickets on the night will cost $15 per adult – withjust 80 tickets available for sale.The show will be held at the Roxby Downs GolfClub with raffles and spot prizes including a voucherfor two nights accommodation at the Adelaide Hyatt,a $100 Rockmans voucher and a voucher for theOasis Restaurant to the value of $80.

Fashion show fundraiser

Mums on the cutting edge

ANDAMOOKA…Therese Schofield was at Andamooka’s Sunday bingo lastweek to thank bingo-players, APOMA, and Country Women’s Associationvolunteers Margit McLean and Bev Burge for a donation of $5000 to theAndamooka Recreation Reserve. Money raised from bingo is funnelled into avariety of projects through APOMA and the CWA every year. Bingo is playedat the Andamooka Tuckerbox every Sunday, 1pm start for eyes down at 1.30pm.

Bingo proceeds go to Andamooka playground

ROXBY DOWNS… Localresidents who have suffered theloss of a baby through still-birth, miscarriage or neo-nataldeath have been invited to joina support group in RoxbyDowns.“Many families suffer the lossof one or more of their babiesin silence and for many yearsafter the loss,” group organiser

Support available for local families

ROXBY DOWNS…The Roxby Downsbranch of AustralianField Services (AFS)held a general meetingon March 17, 2004, inthe council boardroom,to give local youth moreinformation about theexchange programs thatAFS Australia coordi-nates.We had four new stu-dents and one currentapplicant attend themeeting along with aparent of an interestedstudent, who heard in-formation from past andpresent students, fami-lies with students cur-rently away and whohave had children awayin the past, former hostfamilies and committeemembers.The committee were ex-tremely impressed withthe current level of inter-est at the Roxby DownsArea School in overseasexchanges, as interesthas been low in the pastcouple of years.Roxby Downs has along-running history ofsending and hostingrecord over the past thir-teen years, and we en-courage anyone inter-ested in participating onan exchange to give oneof the local members acall.Or speak to HelenBennie or Bev McKennaat Roxby Downs AreaSchool.Teto Jessica McKinnon,one of our students whois currently overseas inthe United States.Jessica has been living inMedford, Oregon sinceAugust 2003, and hasbeen competing in apublic speaking tourna-ment on behalf of herschool.The Roxby Downs girlhas won both her localand state titles and willsoon represent her stateagainst the rest of theUnited States ofAmerica.The speech that has cata-pulted our young local tothis national competitionis an eight minute speechthat she prepared on ‘thestolen generation’.We wish Jessica all thebest in the national com-petition.

Mandie Arnold,AFS Reporter.

Kathy Hoffmann told The Moni-tor.“All of us, no matter what oursituation, need the support andunderstanding that only thosewho have suffered such a losscan understand,” she said.Families seeking support areinvited to a coffee morning totalk freely and informally abouttheir loss in a relaxed and sup-

portive environment.The first meeting will be held onThursday, April 15, from 10am tonoon, at 96 Stuart Rd, Roxby Downs.For more information, call KathyHoffman – 8671 1236.

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Early dismissal time - 2pm

Term 3 beginsTuesday, April 27

The school front office will be openduring the holidays from

Tuesday, April 13, to Friday, April 16,8.30am - 4pm.

May 1 Mother’s Day Market DayMay 5 P&F Committee meeting

School staffroom, 7.30pm.May 28 P&F Quiz Night

Oasis Restaurant - 7pm

Staffing Changes...We are sad to farewell MrMichael Roper, a senior school Maths teacher, whois returning to NSW early in term 2.Mr Roper joined the staff at the start of 2003 andhas taught students in the 7-12 cohort during thistime.We also take this opportunity to congratulate himon his upcoming wedding.At the time of print we are still waiting on confir-mation for two positions in the Primary school.Water Quality...Following some parent concernabout the quality of water available on the schoolsite I contacted the Town Council. The water hasbeen sampled and sent away for tests that indicatethat our water is of a high quality and is not har-bouring any bacteria that might cause harm to chil-dren.Thank you to Mr Trevor Kroemer and the Councilfor supporting the school community through yourprompt response.The text of Mr Kroemer’s letter follows:I refer to our telephone conversations on 4th and 8th

March regarding complaints that some childrenwere getting sick (possibly) from drinking fountainsat the school.On Thursday 4th March, in your presence, I tookChlorine and pH samples; the results of which wereas follows:n Chlorine 0.88 (this is a very good result as theAustralian Drinking Water guidelines recommendchlorine is 0.5ppm to 1.5ppm)n PH 7.55 (This is also a good result as the Austral-ian Drinking Water Guidelines recommend pH ofbetween 6.5 and 8.5).n On Friday 5th March I took samples from thefountains used for drinking water and sent these offto the Australian Water Quality Centre to check forE.coli and Coliforms. In both instances the resultsfor E.coli and Coliforms was nil.

Trevor Kroemer, Water & Sewerage ManagerRecent highlights...Last week we held the twoSwimming Carnivals on Thursday and Friday.The Year 7-12 carnival was held on Thursday withEyre being the winner on the day and the Year 3-6Swimming Carnival was held on Friday withGairdner being the winner.The combined house points for both carnivals willbe published early next term with age championsand overall house winner.Annual plan...The cycle of reporting and develop-ing the annual plan has occurred during term 1. Acopy of the Annual Report for 2003 can be accessedthrough the library for interested parents. The Stra-tegic Plan will be available in the library early interm 2.Our priorities for the next three years are:1. To build parent and community partnerships andraise the profile of the school in the wider commu-nity.2. To develop the social, emotional, physical andcultural wellbeing within our school community.3. To ensure that a climate of quality teaching andlearning exists across the school.Within these priorities significant focus is beingplaced on improvements in:" literacy and numeracy;" attendance;" retention of students at school;" student wellbeing through a focus on posi-tive relationships and healthy lifestyles.One of the strategies we will use to help us to achievethe best for individual students is to establish aLearning Assistance Program.This program has a long history and is in existencein many schools around the state.It works on the principle of using the skills and abili-ties of parents, grandparents and community mem-bers who act as coach and mentor for students whoneed some support in their learning.If you fit this profile and are interested in being apart of this program please phone the school and letCarol Lindner (Assistant Principal Student Services)know.Alternatively, complete the slip in this newsletterand return it to Carol via the Front Office.

Kath MacalisterActing Principal

This community page is paid for by the Roxby Downs Area School

Swimming...Congratulations must go to the follow-ing students who were selected in the Far North teamto compete at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre on the19th March. Conor Morgan, Jade Morgan, JacobHaugum, Dominika Jamnicky, Jessica Katzorke,Ellen Peters,Tara-Jane Hill and Samuel Wilson.Special congratulations to Conor, Dominika, Jadeand Tara-Jane who have been selected to trial forthe state team. Thanks must go to Monique Morganand the Roxby Downs Swimming Club for their on-going support of our swimmers.Netball and Football...Teams have been training hardfor the carnival held on Port Augusta on April 5.Look out for the results in the next issue of TheMonitor. Last year the netballers brought home theshield and the footballers lost out in a close grandfinal. Teams are enthusiastic and training hard sowe are looking forward to more success this year.Basketball...Teams have been selected and trainingis underway. The carnival will be held in Adelaideover two days on April 7 and 8.Other important dates...May 24-28: Football andNetball Metro Exchanges. June 7– 11: Football andNetball Country Carnival. August 20: Athletics- PortAugusta. October 22: Athletics- Adelaide

Bec FischerSAPSASA Coordinator

Dear Parents and FriendsWelcome to another fortnightly newsletter from theParents and Friends committee.We have a fundraiser on Saturday May 1 and Sun-day May 2, 2004.Professional Photographers will be back in town,for a $10 sitting fee, you and your family can comealong to Roxby Downs Community Library and havea family portrait taken, which is normally valued at$65.You will receive a 10x13 inch, framed, colour fam-ily portrait.If you would like to book a sitting, please ring MrsAvril Luke on 8671 0090.All money raised goes to the Parents and FriendsCommittee for our children at RDAS.Thank you to all parents and friends who supportedour Bulbs Express Fundraiser. The money and or-ders had to be in last Friday, April 2.The bulbs will be distributed to your children in thefirst week of second term in time for Mother’s Day.There will be no Market Day in April, due to theschool holidays.There will be a Mother’s Day Market on Saturday,May 1, in time for Mother’s Day.Come along and browse and check out the stalls.Our next general meeting for the Parents and FriendsCommittee will be Wednesday, May 5 at the schoolstaffroom at 7.30pm.Please come along and support your school and yourchildren.We would like to see some new faces.Finally, we have a date for Parents and Friends QuizNight.It will be in Term Two, Friday May 28 at the OasisRestaurant at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.The bar will be open and a hot and cold light supperwill be provided.Tickets will be $10, with a maximum of six peopleper table. Only 112 tickets will be available, so getyour tickets early.They will be on sale from Desert Décor from April27.There will be some great prizes for our Parents andFriends Quiz winners.

Annette Jacksonfor the Parents and Friends Committee

Parents and Friends report

SAPSASA update

Adding a little drama

At RDAS Mrs Partington and Mrs Hoffmann’s year 4 class join in with MissSteele and Mrs Haddock’s year 2 class to share their work in literacy.This term the Year 2s were introduced to long and short vowel sounds.The Year 4 class put their knowledge of vowel sounds and poetry skills to-gether to make a big book of rhyming vowel sound poems. At RDAS wepromote peer support by students engaging in cross age group activities.Here are some examples of the Year 4 poems taken from their book.Long E and Short IEating at the tableFinishing off my dinner.Trying to eat it all,Because dessert is always a winner.By Tim Harbridge and Luke RobinsonShort IA tornado is coming,It is large and scary.It will tear the trees out,so please be wary.By Patrick Steinhauser

Long IThe sun is yellow,It shines so bright.It goes away,When day turns to night.By Taylor Bone and Jaimie HansfordShort EI was playing football,I hurt my leg.When I looked at it,It looked like an egg.By Jordan Dadleh

VOWEL SOUNDS...Year 4 students reading their class bigbook about long and short vowel sounds.

DRAMA...RDAS Year 5-6 drama students Sian Sauerwald, 9,Shaeydyn Phelan, 10, and Jade Morgan, 10, head up a wholecast of fancy dress characters during Fiona Campbell-Colquhoun’s class. The students have been learning aboutmime, puppetry, character development and prop usage.

YEAR 9 CAMP…Enjoying their Year 9 camp at Port Vincent,from left, back, Mr Hodgson, Lachlan Zupp, Ben Hicks, ZakZeptner, Chad Nixon, Jess Williams, Andrew Peters, CarlyMcPhail, Brad Spillman, Shaun Freeth, Cody Lee, ToddRoberts, Joshua Watson, Shaun Taylor, Brenton Worby, BillHancock, Jack Orr, middle, Keagan Teare, Zak Sauerwald,Brodie Elson, Tegan Coombes, Rebecca Clancy, Laura Kruger,Lauren Hender, Sophie Wissell, Alexandria Russell, Mrs Oak,Zhenia Tcherepanov, Mr Mawodza, front, Travis Wilby, RyanHollobone, Meagan Traeger, Laura Gray, Hannah Mills, KristelleCockshell, Nicole Darling and Emma Warren.

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Sister Pat’sthought for the daythought for the daythought for the daythought for the daythought for the day

Kind words can be short and easy tospeak, but their echoes are trulyendless.

Mother Teresa

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AARON...Aaron Olsen (Year 1/2 - MissMelanie Wastell) was named Buddy ofthe Week last month for always beingthe first one to help in the classroom.He was also commended for being abuddy to several students and helpingthem.He is always ready to listen and followinstructionsTAYLOR...Taylor Lindner (Year 4 -Amanda Partington) was named Buddyof the Week for being a caring, helpfuland polite student at all times

Swimming carnival success

TOP RIGHT...The Year 7-12 carnival washeld on Thursday, last week, with Eyrebeing the winner on the day. Pictured atthe presentation of the house trophywith their banner were Eyre captains,from left, Tanya, 16, Aaron, 16, Aiez, 17,and Jade, 16.The combined house points for bothcarnivals will be published early nextterm with age champions and overallhouse winner.

LEFT...The Year 3-6 Swimming Carnivalwas held on Friday with Gairdner beingthe winner. House captains, from left,eleven-year-olds Jay, Brianna, Adamand Amy, with the house trophy.The combined house points for bothcarnivals will be published early nextterm with age champions and overallhouse winner.

ABOVE...House support is skin-deep forEmma, 13, Tiffany, 12, and Cristy, 13,who decorated their bodies with theirown house-proud body art for the seniorswimming carnival.

RIGHT...Barracking for their teams, fromleft, Shelby, 13, Chelsea, 13, Jade, 13,and Laurel, 13.

ABOVE...Taylor, 11, represented Fromein the pool during RDAS juniorswimming carnival.

LEFT...Strong swimmers for the Torrensteam, from left, Kerri, Jade, Hannah andAnneka.

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April 2004Barry Wakelin MP GREY’s community newsletter

Where has the money gone?

State Spending on Rural Roads

Population Area

1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 Total ('000) (Sq. km.)

NSW 761 800 774 763 842 3940 6,575.2 800,642

VIC 233 302 327 324 357 1543 4,804.7 227,416

QLD 494 528 568 540 579 2709 3,628.9 1,730,648

SA 96 110 72 91 85 454 1,511.7 983,482

WA 325 293 285 343 367 1613 1,901.2 2,529,875

TAS 77 67 70 73 66 353 471.8 68,401

NT 55 60 69 62 65 311 197.8 1,349,129

ACT 319.3 2,431

Australia 19,413.2 7,692,024

Sources : ABS - Australian Demographic Statistics, ABS - Year Book Australia,

DOTARS Working Paper 56, State Spending on Roads.

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June 2001 and Area

by State/Territory

TABLE – Australian States and Territories Rural Road Expenditure

The announcement on additionalfunding for local government by thePrime Minister was welcome and agood outcome after years of lobby-ing by SA Federal and Local Gov-ernment representatives – but thereare many faces to local governmentfunding and specifically road fund-ing.On June 17, 1986 an agreement wassigned by the SA Minister for Trans-port and the Australian Minister forTransport with the active support ofthe Local Government Association of SA to allowa 66 per cent - 34 per cent split with 34 per cent ofthe grant to be kept by the State Minister for distri-bution at the Minister’s discretion rather than dis-tributed directly to Local Government.In the financial year 91/92 these grants became un-tied and therefore did not have to be distributed toroads and 34 per cent did not have to find its wayto roads in regional SA.The probability, in my opinion, is that the “discre-tionary’ 34 per cent figure of national funding whichSA local government rightly believed left us shortchanged by the Commonwealth, simply never gotto local government and stayed with the State gov-ernment.A simple calculation shows that the “discretionary”34 per cent when added to the 5.5 per cent of ac-tual national allocation becomes in excess of eightper cent of national allocation which is much nearerto the mark.

The elusive 34 per cent I un-derstand, simply went to gen-eral State Grants and eventu-ally, some ten years on becamepart of the GST agreement.An analysis of State Govern-ment funding on Rural Roadsis very interesting and someobvious comparisons betweenthe States and Territories fur-ther begs the question of wheredid the money go for SA?The question now surely be-

comes, where is the State government on the fundingof regional roads and when will they start matchingthe expenditures of their fellow States and Territoriesand the Australian government?The Australian government has allocated an additional$226 million over an eight year period to SA roads.The important fact to remember is that the Australiangovernment is not the main funder of roads.It is the prime responsibility of the States and Territo-ries and the main Federal responsibility is the nationalhighway system linking our States and Territories.The passing lanes and widening on Highway One overrecent years have been important improvements to ournational infrastructure.Another question for the state government is, and itmakes me cranky when I remember this – when I fightfor and win $4 million for outback roads and withinmonths the Labor State Government withdraws $3 mil-lion plus, what do I have to do to get the cash spentwhere it was intended?

BE SAFE THIS EASTER...Barry, Tina and their staff wish everyone a safe Easter this year. Drive safely, and make time for yourselves and families.

On March 15, 2004 the Prime Minis-ter announced an additional road fund-ing package of $26.25 million forSouth Australian Councils over threeyears to address the State’s current dis-advantage in local road funding.This secures an extra $4.25 million in2004/05, $9 million in 2005/06 and$13 million in 2006/07.This funding irregularity has beenidentified for a long time and againbought to the Government’s attentionby the Local Government Associationof SA’s ‘Fair Federal Funding: Fix SARoads’ campaign.Barry has been a long time advocateto address this anomaly – regularlyrepresenting councils concerns to theresponsible Ministers and is nowpleased that this anomaly has been

In January this year the Acting PrimeMinister, John Anderson, and the Min-ister for Roads, Ian Campbell, an-nounced an extension to the Roads toRecovery program until 2009.This decision secures an extra $1.2 bil-lion, $300 million a year for Austral-ia’s local roads.The Roads to Recovery program hasbeen an important funding componentfor rural and regional roads since it wasintroduced by the Coalition Govern-ment in 2001.It is the largest commitment by anyAustralian Government towards fixingAustralia’s local roads.The money goes directly to lo-cal councils, who have usedit to fund almost 10,000projects.Before this announcementlocal councils within theElectorate of Grey had re-ceived nearly $17 million infunding under this program.A comprehensive list ofprojects funded underRoads to Recovery is acces-sible at www.dotars. gov.au/t r a n s p r o g / r o a d / r 2 r /index.htmThe extended program willalso help councils work to-gether to build new trans-port infrastructure, whichis essential for new indus-tries but is often beyondthe financial capacity ofindividual councils.$100 million a year has

The Roads to Recovery Program

addressed.This is an interim response to theHawker Inquiry into local governmentfinances by the House of Representa-tives Standing Committee on Econom-ics, Finance and Public Administration.The Government’s formal response tothe Committee’s recommendations willprovide a longer-term solution to theSouth Australian local road-fundingsituation.This funding is in addition to the $106million in 2003-04 provided as Finan-cial Assistance Grants to local govern-ment in South Australia (of which $25.5million was specifically allocated to lo-cal roads). It is also on top of the $200million which South Australian coun-cils have been allocated under the Roadsto Recovery Program.

also been provided to councils through-out Australia to build local land trans-port infrastructure projects of strategicregional importance.Regional areas also stand to benefitfrom the Government’s decision toboost transport funding in regional andouter metropolitan areas by $810 mil-lion over the three years from 2006-07,paid for by the by winding up the FuelSales Grants Scheme.Local communities are clearly pleasedat the continuation of the Roads to Re-covery Program and have expressed thisto Barry through letters received fromthe Local Government Association and

District Councils.

Barry represented the Prime Minister at the commu-nity ceremony to welcome the first freight train toDarwin at Port Augusta on Thursday, January 15,2004. Barry was proud to represent the Prime Min-ister, who had instigated and invested so much timeand determination into this nation building project.The Prime Minister announced the initial injectionof funding of $100m for this project from the Fed-eration Fund in Adelaide on the August 23, 1997. Afurther $65m towards the project was allocated bythe Prime Minister at the Regional Summit in Octo-ber 1999.The Upper Spencer Gulf has seen the benefit fromincreased private firm contracts from the railway con-struction and has fulfilled the vision of many. Sev-enty five percent of the value of goods, labour andservices has been sourced from South Australia andthe Northern Territory and thousands of direct andindirect jobs have been created.Barry had the opportunity to drive the length of therailway last year to examine construction first handand the completion of this project is a testament todecades of representation by many – too many toname here – but all were vital to seeing the task com-

pleted! The Australian Government is contributingup to $191.4 million towards the cost of the railwaybetween Alice Springs and Darwin $178.9 millionhas been provided to date and the remaining $12.5million will be provided, if necessary, in 2005-06and 2006-07 to assist in further development of com-mercial operations along the line.The Northern Territory has also committed up to$191.4 million towards the project, and the SouthAustralian government is providing $176.4 million.The private Asia Pacific Transport (APT) consor-tium, which was selected by the Northern Territoryto undertake the 50 year Build Own Operate andTransfer (BOOT) agreement for the railway, is con-tributing the remainder of the estimated $1.3 billionconstruction cost.The Australian Government has also granted use ofthe existing Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway lineto APT on a peppercorn lease for the term of theBOOT agreement.Construction of the railway began in June 2001, andthe first freight train left Adelaide on January 15,2004 and the inaugural passenger train The Ghandeparted Adelaide on February 1, 2004.

SA celebrates first train to Darwin

PORT AUGUSTA...At the community celebration for the firstfreight train from Adelaide to Darwin at Port Augusta are theHon. Graham Gunn and Mayor Joy Baluch pictured with Barry.

Picture courtesy of The Transcontinental.

(in $ million)June 2001

Population and Areaby state and territory

South Australian roads

EDITORIAL


Across the regions GREY’s community newsletter

...What’s going on in

GREYThe Australian Education Union (AEU) haslaunched a campaign which is deliberately mislead-ing in its portrayal of school funding.It is in fact half truth masquerading as whole truth.The AEU has reportedly set aside $1 million ofteachers’ hard earned money to run this blatantlypolitical campaign.The Labor Party are reluctant to rebut the mislead-ing information apparently considering its union al-liances more important than Australian parents be-ing given the full story on school funding.These are the facts in relation to school funding.2.25 million students or 68 per cent of all schoolstudents attend state schools and receive 76 per centof the taxpayer funds which go to schools.1.04 million children or 32 per cent attend independ-ent and Catholic schools and receive the remaining24 per cent of taxpayer’s funds.Under the Australian Constitution, state schools arethe responsibility of State and Territory Govern-ments.They own the schools, manage them and have themajor financial responsibility for them.Since 1985, Australian Governments – Labor andCoalition - have been the primary source of fundsfor Catholic and Independent schools.An honest appraisal of the public funding of schoolswould have included both the Australian Govern-ment contribution andthe State and Territorycontributions.Every child in a Catho-lic or independentschool receives lesspublic funding thanthey would in a publicstate school.For example, TheKings School which isregularly attacked bythe Labor Party andthe AEU, last year re-ceived $3.6 million inpublic funds.Fairvale state highschool, with a similarnumber of students, re-ceived $15.9 million in

School funding - the factspublic funds.Scotch College in Melbourne received $3.5 millionin public funding while Balwyn High school, with asimilar number of students, received $19.8 millionin public funds.Australian Education Union policy states that par-ents of the 1 million students in independent andCatholic schools should receive no public funding.“(The) AEU reasserts its view that the resource ef-forts of Governments should be wholly devoted tothe public systems which are open to all.”Point 4.5 AEU Curriculum Policy...The HowardGovernment believes that every parent, having paidtheir taxes, deserves some level of public assistanceto support the education of their child, regardless ofwhich school their child attends.The Labor Party is the only party with a plan to takemoney off schools.The AEU and the ALP also ignore the fact that theparents of children in independent and Catholicschools contribute some $3 billion to the educationof their children, making a significant saving to thetaxpayer.The Australian Government unhesitatingly supple-ments the States’ and Territories’ funding of theirschools through an annual indexation arrangement(AGSRC) that consistently delivers increases to stategovernment schools greater than the states own in-

creases. This indexa-tion arrangement ishighly valued byLabor State EducationMinisters but dis-missed by the AEU assimply ‘indexation’.If State and TerritoryGovernments had in-creased their fundingto their schools at therate of the AustralianGovernment increasein the 2003 budget,there would havebeen an additional$667.8 million avail-able for state govern-ment schools acrossAustralia this year.

Explorers Hall of Fame update

SPENCER GULF…The Northern Regional Develop-ment Board has been offered a $645,318 AustralianGovernment grant to establish a small business incu-bator network in the Upper Spencer Gulf region inDecember 2003.The grant was made under the Australian Govern-ment’s Small Business Incubator Program which isone of a number of assistance measures, such as theSmall Business Enterprise Culture and Small BusinessAnswers programs the Australian Government has inplace to help small operators prosper and thrive.This incubator is unusual as it will be established attwo locations, in two buildings in Port Augusta andanother at Whyalla. Each incubator will form part ofthe business incubator network and will be managedand administered jointly by a single incubator man-ager and management team.The funding will be used to cover refurbishment ofthe buildings, buying equipment and early operationalcosts. The sites will offer tenant space of up to 854 sqmetres at Port Augusta and 540 sq metres at Whyalla,and about 50 work spaces for office, commercial andlight industrial activities.Andrew Eastick CEO of the Northern Regional

Development Board said that this announcement wasa culmination of years of work behind the scenes. MrEastick said small business are by far the largest in-dustry in Australia and this network will provide thenecessary grounding for many businesses that mighthave trouble setting themselves up initially to over-come and become self sufficient.Fostering the development of new small businesseshelps create local jobs and delivers benefits to the lo-cal economy.The Australian Government has provided funding tohelp establish small business incubators since 1991-92. During that time, more than $46 million has beenprovided to establish incubators around Australia, themajority in regional and rural areas. Presently, thereare 75 small business incubators operating in Australia,with another nine under construction.These incubators accommodate about 1200 tenantbusinesses and have graduated a further 1500 into themainstream business community.For more information on the Government’s programs,visit the website of its business unit, AusIndustry, atwww.ausindustry.gov.au or call the AusIndustryHotline on 13 28 46.

Small business support for Spencer Gulf

KADINA...Barry with past R&SL President and past Chairmanof the Kadina Dry-land Farming Centre, Laurie Franks at thePresentation of a cheque for restoration of local RSL MemorialBoards which will be displayed at the Kadina Branch of theNational Trust of South Australia.

SPENCER GULF…Dean Dolling Chairman of the DistrictCouncil of Barunga West and Broughton and Districts ApexMember, Philip Harris after Barry fired the starting pistol ofthe Spencer Gulf Yacht Cruise at Port Broughton on March15, 2004.

ROXBY DOWNS...Barry and Tina pictured at the OutbackFringe Festival with David and Kathy Wakelin and Sue Todd.

PORT LINCOLN…Barry presents the National Service Medalsto Robin Iles and Trevor Blood at Port Lincoln R&SL onDecember 8, 2003.

Kevin Schulz is Chairman of the Australian Ex-plorers Hall of Fame, based at Crystal Brook. Thisis an update of the ‘hall of fame’s’ present posi-tion.The body has leased 55 acres of land on the out-skirts of Crystal Brook adjoining National High-way One at the southern exit towards Adelaide.The intention is to purchase the land in the future,and a change in land use from its present agricul-tural category will be sought.The land is very visible from passing traffic on thehighwayIt is planned to try a Pilot Scheme in the near fu-ture utilising volunteers.This could tie in with the organisation’s plans forthe Year of the Outback in 2006. Kevin recentlyattended a meeting of the History Group atSpalding, and was delighted with the positive re-sponse to be involved in the 2006 event.Exhibits from the old Treasury building are beingstored in both Crystal Brook and Port Pirie for fu-

ture use. The organisation’s impressive logo isbeing placed on all stamps cancelled at CrystalBrook Post Office.Membership is now over 150 and inquiries con-tinue to be made from all over Australia. The ideaof the Hall of Fame is ongoing in that later ex-plorers such as Douglas Mawson and Andy Tho-mas will be included.While looking to the Hall of Fame as an icon forthe region Kevin says the aim is to pull together anumber of regional icons eg Booleroo Steam andTraction at Booleroo Centre and Steamtown atPeterborough to provide tourists to the region withplenty of options alongside the other aspects suchas the arts and food and wine in the Clare Valley.Funding of around $14,000 has come through fromthe Federal Government by way of SouthernFlinders Tourism.It will be used for bollards in the main street,signage, and steel images.Story by Terry Price


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First step to school

D AV I D . . . D a v i dNelson celebratedhis fourth birthdayon Sunday, April 4.

KYLE…Kyle Bellcelebrated his fifthbirthday on March31, 2004.

H O L LY … H o l l yC a r t h e wcelebrated her firstbirthday on March26, 2004.

EASTER BUNNIES...Enjoying Easter-themed crafts at St Barbara’s ParishPlaygroup, from left, Emily, 2, Hannah, 3, and Samuel, 2. Children’s last namesomitted in accordance with playgroup policy.

TRANSITION...Enjoying their transition to ‘bigschool’ at St Barbara’s Parish School, from left,almost-five-year-olds Eloise, Amy, Amelia, Josh,Nathan and Maggie with LGA teacher LisaMcCuish.

To build selfesteem andoptimismchildren need:

Try a few of these tips:• once a week let children choose somethinginexpensive the family can do together

• change what your baby has to look at – babiesdon’t like to stare at blank walls

• make some outdoor time everyday – even toexplore the garden, different leaves, stones,caterpillars

• make something to play with from things aboutthe home, eg cardboard boxes, corks, pegs,playdough – young children don’t always have tohave bought toys.

Parenting SA –a service of Child and

Youth Health

1. an interesting environment...to encourage thinking, growing and learning.

L A C H L A N … L a c h l a nMaciejewski , 1, KwarnStott, Ji, 3, and TomMaciejewski celebratedLachlan’s christening onSunday, March 28, 2004.Lachlan’s family andfriends were present forLachlan’s christening atthe Roxby DownsLutheran Church.

ANASTASIJA. . .A n a s t a s i j aS t a n o j e v i cColman had herfirst birthday onMarch 20.

Family celebratesLachlan’s christening

GET GET GET GET GET YYYYYOUR BOUR BOUR BOUR BOUR BABIES ABIES ABIES ABIES ABIES AND BIRAND BIRAND BIRAND BIRAND BIRTHDTHDTHDTHDTHDAAAAAYYYYYS INS INS INS INS IN

THE MONITTHE MONITTHE MONITTHE MONITTHE MONITORORORORORPh - 8671 2683 Fx - 8671 2843 [email protected] drop into our Richardson Place offices in the council building.

L I A M . . . L i a mSpencer celeb-rated his secondbirthday on April14, 2004.

WHITNEY…WhitneyDuggan celebratedher ninth birthdayon April 1, 2004.

Parenting is powerful. It is one of the most important roles we cantake on and for which there is little preparation. Most people be-come parents with excitement and anticipation, but today's worldcan make parenting demanding, and at times overwhelming.The increasing evidence from around the world stresses the impor-tance in the lasting influence parents have in shaping their children'slives. We live in a time and culture where we now know more abouthow chidren grow and develop and there are now higher expecta-tions and pressures on parents than ever before.Parenting SA's Key Messages: An appreciation of the challengingnature of parenting; recognition that there's no right way of parenting;there's always new information that can build on existing knowl-edge and skills; parents who are stuggling should be able to seeksupport without feeling they have failed; parents need to know wherethey can get help when they need it.Parenting SA supports parents in a number of ways - one of the mostpopular is providing free, easy-to-read easy guides (or PEGs, asthey are affectionately called) on 70 different topics faced by par-ents in raising children.Parenting SA comes to Roxby Downs this edition with a free PEG -"Self Esteem", along with the first of 12 messages (see Mini Moni-tors that are some of the blocks to helpchildren develop self-esteemand optimism. In a world of uncertainly and change, where manythings are beyond our control, it's important for our children to havea solid foundation for coping with life.

Parenting - the most important job of all


YOUTH

ROXBY DOWNS…Despite low numbers, organ-isers have heralded Roxby Downs’ National YouthWeek activities as a success.Around 50 youth participated in a nation-widekaraoke competition organised for National YouthWeek on Friday, March 26, at the Roxby DownsAuditorium.Another 50 youth attended the Mega Pool Day thefollowing Sunday at the Roxby Downs Leisure Cen-tre and enjoyed ping pong, tetherball, swimming,volleyball and music.National Youth Week comes close on the heels of aseries of youth activities at the Fringe the precedingweek“I want to thank all the volunteers that helped foryouth week,” coordinator Sue Penglase told TheMonitor this week.

Local youth join in fornational celebrations

IN THE TANK...Marko Nedelkovic, 13,Zak Sauerwald, 14, and BoroNedelkovic, 13, hit the dunk tank to cooloff during National Youth Week at RoxbyDowns Leisure Centre.

TEEN QUEENS...Karaoke queensStephanie Foster,Bree Butler andAlex Nedelkovictook themicrophoneduring NationalYouth Weekkaraokecompetition.

SING THING...Kristen Worby ,

12, and TaraBarber, 12, at the

Roxby Downskaraoke

competitionduring National

Youth Week.

WET SET...Takinga dip in the dunk

tank, from left, 13-year-olds KeriStuckey, Sian

Roberts, SarianaZamora, Camille

Bennie andElizabeth Beever.

SPIKE ZONE...Dylan Ironside, 12, Lachlan Munro, 12, andTyler Devine, 12, take their turn at the net during a NationalYouth Week game of volleyball at the Mega Pool Day.

photograph supplied by Quarter to Four

MEGA POOL DAY...Mark Netherton, 11,Brandon Sullivan, 12, and Josh Towler,11, clowning around for National YouthWeek’s local ‘Mega Pool Day’ in RoxbyDowns.

SLAM FEST...Sumo suits were one ofthe highlights of Roxby Downs’ youthweek celebrations. Daniel Summers, 12,and Jacob Langdon-Oates, 12.

photograph supplied by Quarter to Four

TABLE TEAM...David Kaminski,

17, and AdamKemp, 16. hit thetables for a game

of ping pongduring the youth

mega pool day.


OUT ON THE TOWN

SHOW GIRLS…Rachel Rudiger andMaria Saxton showing a bit of leg atDave Saxton’s 40th Birthday partyrecently.

COWBOYS…Nino Tormena and MickParisi went out west for Dave Saxton’s40th birthday last month.

COUNTRY GIRLS...Lisa Tormenaand Sonia Parisi were dressed forthe part at a recent cowboy party.

WAY OUT WEST…Andy Mclean, Bobby Watson, Debbie Mcleanand Lubi Milanovic dressed for the west at David Saxton’s 40th

Birthday Party.

DRESSED FOR THE WEST…Murray Drogemuller, Greg Smith,Deb Drogemuller and Ellie Williams at Dave Saxton’s cowboy40th.

BIRTHDAY COWBOY...Dave and MariaSaxton at Dave’s cowboy 40th birthdayparty in Roxby Downs last month.


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8 Emeroo Court – “Neat & appealing”. Very neatfamily home located in quiet cul-de-sac. 3 bedrooms withBIR’s, large lounge with gas heater, beautiful Blackwoodkitchen, gas bench top, wall oven, rangehood. Three waybathroom, full length rear verandah and pergola. Doublepower garage, auto irrigation. $214,950. Leased at$280 per week.

18 Wangianna Street – “Appealing in every sense”.Beautifully presented 4 bedroom family home offersBIR’s, esnuite to master, good size lounge, family room,updated gas kitchen with range hood plus WI pantry.Ducted air conditioner, 2 gas space heaters, fabulousoutdoor entertain areas including fully fenced and pavedswimming pool with shade sail. Enclosed “outback” styleverandah, BI gas BBQ, carport UMR + undercoverparking for 2 more. $264,950.

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2A Emeroo Court – “Perfect example of good tasteand quality”. Quality brick 3 brm family home, his/herswir’s + BIR’s to other 2 brms, fabulous American oakkitchen with gas bench top, wall oven and large w.i.pantry. Ducted evap cooling, gas heating, dble c/port umr,good size pergola, inground saltwater pool, lovelylandscaped gardens, 3 sheds and much more. $279,950.

46 Axehead – “Entertainers delight”. Neat 3 bedroomall with BIRs and ceiling fans, spacious lounge and diningroom, gas kitchen, heating and cooling, fully fencedswimming pool. $189,950.

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25 Finniss Street – “Don’t pass this one by”. Wellpresented 3 brms + study + ensuite. Built-in robes,spacious lounge, family and adjacent dining, w.i. pantry,heating and cooling. Full length rear v/dah, undercoverheated spa/pool, drive through c/port, paved pergola.$210,000+. Rent potential $300 per week.

25 Hermit Street – “A fine offering for your portfolioinvestment”. Well located family home of 4 brms, bir’sto 3. Spacious lounge and dining, practical kitchen withgas cooker, rangehood, dishwasher and b/fast bar. Coolingand heating, front and rear verandahs, large paved pergola,in-ground swimming pool, Colorbond shed. Vendorrequires rent back. Offers over $230,000.

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If you haven’t taken adrive to historic MoontaBay, to Simms Cove andthe Port Hughes area ina while, you’ll beamazed at the extraordi-nary development thatlines the coastline in thisregion.Not only from the aspectof capital investment inreal estate but there aremany people – young,old and semi retired,seeking the combinationof lifestyle, investmentand property in this cop-per triangle region.While a lot of the coast-

PATRICK’S VIEW…Private cove frontage to magnificent panoramic sea views anda lifestyle second to none.

Great views, great lifestyle - a great opportunityline investment is drivenby the baby boomer dol-lar, the many purchasersin the Moonta Bay areaare not necessarily ofthat demographic.So what is the drawcardto the copper triangleseaside?Undeniably the beautyof the sea in the region –crystal clear turquoiseblue waters ideal forswimming, clean sandybeaches – relatively pri-vate even during holidayseason, excellent fishingfrom a boat or the jettyat Port Hughes or

Moonta Bay, historic ar-chitecture dating fromthe early settlementdays, historic mines thecopper triangle area isrenowned for and, ener-gizing clean fresh air –enough to make yougulp, all surrounded bypicturesque Yorke Pe-ninsula farming country.The adjacent historictowns of Moonta,Kadina and Wallaroo arepacked with features thefamily will love – pizzacafes, fresh seafood, an-tiques, movie theatres,JYP art, along with allthe fun of exploring themain streets – lined withheritage architectureunique to the region.Based on a love affairwith the simplicity andbeauty of the region, andthe spectacular pano-ramic coastline here,Patrick’s Cove develop-ment is the brainchild ofIrish developer PeterButterly, and the devel-opment is named for theIrish Patron Saint – SaintPatrick himself.Just an hour and a halffrom the Gepps Cross/Port Wakefield Roadcorner in Adelaide, takea mellow un-windingroad through the goldenpasturelands to this su-perb destination. Withinvestment in homes inthe million dollar rangealong the coastline,Moonta Bay has come ofage – no longer a holi-day home destination,but rather a preferredlifestyle – where you canbe on holiday all yearround.With a limited numberof beachfront allotmentspriced from $300,000,Patrick’s Cove offers anumber of allotmentsfrom $105,000 to$265,000 and the infra-structure is complete,with all undergroundservices, and brick path-ways already in place.While not all blockshave a view of the sea,there is a private sandypath along the foreshoreto the beach just a fewmetres away but cer-tainly within sound ofthe water and the gulls.Rob the piggy bank oruse your superannuationfunds – whichever wayyou do it, you’ll neverregret and investment inthis magical part of theworld offering such asuperb coastline lifestyleyet within a few minutesof major townships andamenities.Retire and invest! Formore information,please contact ChrisWardle – L J Hooker(Moonta/Wallaroo) byphoning 8825 2007.


Across the regionsGREY’s community newsletter

COOBER PEDY…Funding for the Child Care LinksProgram which will integrate early childhood servicesin Coober Pedy. $2.9 million has been approved by Min-ister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, inAustralian Government funding for 19 Child Care Linkssites across Australia.This funding is part of the $10 million committed by thePrime Minister earlier this year from the Stronger Fami-lies and Communities Strategy to support more earlychildhood intervention and prevention projectsThe Mini Gems Child Care Centre, will receive $143,000over 18 months to manage the Child Care Links projectin Coober Pedy.A Child Care Links worker will be based at Mini Gems,and will operate from both this centre and the Umoonacentre and other children’s services in Coober Pedy.Using the resources of the child care services and otheragencies, the worker will assist families to access practi-cal information and support about child development,

and other issues affecting the well being of families.The project will aim to develop community and familystrengths and resilience in dealing with life matters.This project will help connect parents with informationand support relating to parenting skills, social interactionand local initiatives to meet any unmet needs.Child Care Links projects facilitate the development ofchild care centres as neighbourhood networks in selectedareas throughout Australia, including several in remoteIndigenous communities.These projects build on the contribution the AustralianGovernment is already making to protect young childrenand promote their interests.All levels of Government and the community have a vitalrole to play to ensure Australia’s children have a brightfuture.The most effective way to assist children and prevent abuseis through intervention and assistance for families in thecrucial early years of childhood.

GREY…Older Australians living in Port Lincoln, PortPirie and Crystal Brook will benefit from the alloca-tion of Aged Care places and Capital Grants. $1.3 million is being provided to a three stage devel-opment of Matthew Flinders Home in Port Lincoln.Stage 1 consists of the reconstruction of the laundryand kitchen, stage 2 will build 13 dementia specificrooms and stage 3 will involve changing the existingdouble rooms to singles with ensuites which will pro-vide first class accommodation for the changing needsof the residents.St Joseph’s House in Port Pirie has been allocated sixresidential low care places and a capital grant of$900,000.The Willochra Home in Crystal Brook has been allo-cated eight residential low care and four residential highcare places and a capital grant of $800,000Local aged care providers have been proactive in theirpursuit to provide first rate aged care facilities byapplying for cash grants.Their commitment to caring for local older residents

Child care iniatives boostfor Coober Pedy Mini Gems

After seven years of service to the Grey Elec-torate, April the 2nd was the last day for Timin the Wakelin Whyalla office.Tim has been a valuable team member and wewill all miss his knowledge, abilities and sup-port.We wish Tim, Rosemary, Shannon andChristopher well in their life in Adelaide.

Farewell to Tim Schwarz

New boundaries for Grey

has been recognised through these allocations.Over the past five years the Australian Governmenthas made available more than 52,700 new aged careplaces across Australia and the government is wellon the way to delivering on their 2001 election com-mitment to allocate 200,000 places by 2006.Residential aged care places are allocated to thoseapplicants who demonstrated they could best meetthe care needs of the ageing community within aspecified region.The four key priorities for 2003 were to ensure theallocated places become operational in a timely man-ner, provide care for people living with dementia,provide residential respite care and improve accessto aged care services for people with special needs.More than 8600 aged care places, worth in excess of$186 million have been made available in the 2003-04 Aged Care Approvals Program.Additional information is available on the Depart-ment of Health and Ageing Internet site atwww.ageing.health.gov.au/acar2003/index.htm

Government delivers new agedcare places and capital grants

MINTARO...Members of the graduated Clare GreenCorps team. Anita Grace, Nikita Coull, BrianKehehan, Brendan Maynard, Michael Johnston,Bradley Cohen and James Wybrow with some oftheir handy work at the Mintaro Playground withBarry and Mayor Patricia Jacka on graduation dayMarch 12, 2004.

WHYALLA...Barry speaking to the Members of theWhyalla Multicultural Centre at their very successfulHarmony Day celebrations, Wednesday, March 17,2004.

KADINA…Neil Andrew, Member for Wakefield andBarry at opening of the Yorke Peninsula Division ofGeneral Practise Offices in Kadina.

...What’s going on in

GREY

The newboundaries of theGrey electorate,which include all ofYorke Peninsula, haveapplied to enrolments since December2003.These new boundaries will be used whenvoting at the next Federal election.Clare and Gilbert Valley Council area,formally in Grey, is now included in theWakefield electorate.


How to ContactBarry Wakelin MP

Postal Address: Po Box 265, Whyalla SA 5600Website: www.barrywakelin.com.aue-mail: [email protected]

Port Pirie Office1300 301 742

Whyalla Office1300 301 651

Across the regions GREY’s community newsletter

PORT PIRIE...Picturedis the 1888 MelbourneCup currently ondisplay at the Port PirieRegional Art Gallery.Photo courtesy of the PortPirie Regional Art Gallery.

PORT PIRIE...ThePort Pirie RegionalArt Gallery will fea-ture a Talking Silosexhibition from May 8to May 30.The multi media exhi-bition by MalcolmMcKinnon andNathan Pana cel-ebrates and examinesthe heritage and con-temporary function ofPort Pirie as a focalpoint for grain pro-duction, storage andexport.It looks beyond thestandard image ofPirie as a city builtaround a metalsmelter, underliningthe fact that it is also aservice centre for alarge rural farming hinterland.On May 9, using digital video clipsand still images, the artists will cre-ate a temporal public art event via pro-jector onto the huge grain silos at the

Busy time for Pirie galleryPort Pirie wharf.This a free publicevent developed byPort Pirie RegionalArt Gallery in partner-ship with AusBulk,which celebrates the10th anniversary ofthe opening of thePort Pirie RegionalTourism and ArtsCentre.Recently the centrefeatured a series ofsporting exhibitionscoinciding with thePort Pirie Pura LightStart State MastersGames 2004.At present the Sport-ing Moments exhibi-tion features the 1888Melbourne Cup, aspictured, left.

The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Giftwas specifically brought to Pirie for theGames from the National Gallery ofAustralia.Story by Terry Price.

JAMESTOWN...Cultureand Community willagain be celebrated atJamestown with March12 and 13 being thedates for BundaleerWeekend 2005.The Twilight Concert inthe forest will again fea-ture the Adelaide Sym-phony Orchestra accom-panied by base baritoneTeddy Tahu Rhodes.The weekend will fea-ture regional wine andfood and Sunday morn-ing’s Performance Walkin the forest should be agood crowd drawer themorning after the con-cert.Further enquiries can bemade to the Belalie ArtGallery, phone 86640455. In other newsBundaleer ChairmanJohn Voumard has been

appointed by FederalArts and Sports Minis-ter Rod Kemp as SArepresentative on the

Bundaleer Weekend 2005

JAMESTOWN...Barry enjoying theBundaleer Weekend in March last yearwith the Minister for the Arts and Sport,Senator Rod Kemp and Nicky Downer,Chairperson of Regional Arts Australia.

Community Cultural De-velopment Fund of theAustralia Council.Story by Terry Price.

PORT PIRIE...The PortPirie Australian Cus-toms office will remainopen following repre-sentations from FederalMember for Grey, BarryWakelin.Late last year it was re-ported the Federal Gov-ernment had ordered a“business review” of theAustralian Customs of-fice at Port Pirie.Customs was to cut backits services to absorb anadditional $50 millionbeing spent on coastalsurveillance as part ofAustralia’s stepped-upcampaigns against ter-rorism and “boat peo-ple” incidents.Mr Wakelin deemed theclosure inappropriate.

Federal Justice andCustoms Minister ChrisEllison agreed the of-fice would stay openfor the “foreseeable fu-ture” following MrWakelin’s representa-tions.Mr Wakelin said his“small victory” ac-knowledged the impor-tance of these servicesto the total viability ofthe community.“I advised customs I re-garded the proposedclosure of the office asinappropriate, given theFederal Government’semphasis on the ongo-ing vigilance of Aus-tralia’s borders,” hesaid.Port Pirie Regional

Council Mayor GeoffBrock said his council washappy the office wouldstay, particularly since ithad been advised it facedclosure.Staff at the office will bereduced from two to one.The Port Pirie office hasbeen running for 121 yearsand plays a crucial role inhelping to detect illegalactivity.It covers an area stretch-ing down Yorke Peninsulaand across to Whyalla.Customs in Port Pirie han-dles exports of lead andzinc concentrates, bulkgrain from Wallaroo,dolomite from Yorke Pe-ninsula, steel and ore ex-ports and imports of lime-stone.

Historic Customs Office stays open

With a lifetime of highs on the world stage it takesplenty to get Keith Michel excited.However there’s one thing which never ceases toexcite one of the world’s great on stage performers.And that is having the Keith Michel Theatre in PortPirie named after him.Back in Adelaide relaxing the day after his enthral-ling homecoming performance of All The World’sA Stage in mid-March he contemplated my ques-tion as to his inner feelings about the decision someyears ago to name the 500 seat theatre in Pirie afterhim.“I’m pretty bloody proud! Yes, you could say I’mpretty pleased about it,” he says.Admiring the wonderful scenery around his oldhome at Warnertown, off National Highway One justdown the road from Port Pirie, Keith says the clos-est he could find to it in his adopted England is wherehe lives at Hampstead Heath, a parkland of about1000 acres in London. A visit to Australia for Keithand wife Jenny is never complete without SouthAustralia included, and a comfortable journey northto the scene of his cherished early days.“My visits to South Australia are never completewithout a trip north to catch up with my dear friendsin Port Pirie. “Catching the train to school, the firstperformance of my career in the Warnertown Insti-tute alongside Una Wallace and Joyce Turner, andplaying on stage in the old Port Pirie Town Hall inEllen Street. They are memories which stay with mealways,” he says.

No longer can this favourite son stand in Ellen Streetfacing the old Ozone Theatre and Town Hall withthe Flinders Ranges in the distance. That part of PortPirie’s architectural history is no longer. The memo-ries linger though. “My first stage performance wasin the Town Hall - the director was Doug Kuss - andI’ll never forget it.”On his return to Adelaide following his Port Pirieperformance Keith found it interesting to hear peo-ple talking about all the traffic.“This is really very quiet. In London there are somany people and so much traffic. Europe is just aw-ful in both these respects today. There you’ll findout what traffic jams really look like.”Despite that he regards London as “an extraordi-nary place to live. It just has everything.”So how does he see his home country today?“I’m not surprised at the cultural direction Australiahas gone, towards America.“It’s the nearest culture to Australia so the reflec-tion of America in Australia today is something Ienvisaged some time ago.Having set his own high standards the acclaimedShakespearean performer looks at the array of won-derful young talent on the world stage today, buthesitates in naming anyone in particular he greatlyadmires.“They can be wonderful one night, yet all too oftenlet you down with their consistency over a period oftime,” he says.Story by Terry Price.

Star of stage and screen remembers where it all began

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Power OutagesCouncil wishes to thank all residents for their patience in support-ing the annual high voltage maintenanceprocedures that took place in the town-ship last week. The maintenance pro-gram is invaluable in keeping all equip-ment in a safe working condition.Power outage apologyCouncil apologises for the unscheduledoutage on Saturday night 17 March 2004.A ring main link tripped during switchingoperations and was reset as soon aspossible.Local WebsiteVisit your local updated website. NewForums have now been added. Readwhat’s new and have your say in the Fo-rums at www.roxbydowns.comBushfire PreventionAlthought bushfire season finished on 31March at midnight, residents are re-minded to take care as fire danger isstill imminent.RatesReminder fines notices have been sentfor rates arrears. Any accounts outstand-ing for two or more quarters will bepassed on to our Collection Agency forrecovery. If having difficulty with pay-ments, please contact Bronnie at theCouncil office on 8671 0010 to avoid thisaction.Electricity AccountsElectricity accounts for the 31 Marchquarter will be issued mid April, due forpayment early May.Water AccountsWater accounts for the 31 March quar-ter will be issued mid April, dur for pay-ment mid May.Community BoardThe Reports of the Meetings of the Com-munity Board held Tuesday 30 andWednesday 31 March, 2004 are nowavailable at the Council office.Street ClosuresRichardson Place and adjacent adjoin-ing roads will be closed to all traffic from10am 25 April 2004 until 12 noon 25 April2004 for the Anzac Day Ceremony.Opal Road Landfill Opening HoursTuesdays, 8am to 12 noon, Thursdays1pm to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10amto 4pm.Out of hours access call 08 8671 1154Easter Rubbish CollectionNo changes to normal rubbish collection.Council Office Hours - GeneralMonday to Friday.—9am to 5pmOffice ClosureThe Council offices will be closed on Fri-day 9 April and Monday 12 April for theEaster break

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APRIL, 2004Coober Pedy Opal FestivalEaster Saturday – April 10Ph – 1800 637 076APOMA Easter MarketApril 10 – 9.30am till 1pmAndamooka Community HallPh Naomi Campbell - 0402 006769Teddy Bears PicnicAndamooka PlaygroundsApril 10 - from 12 noonPh Naomi Campbell - 0402 006769Support Group Coffee Morning(For families who have lost a baby or babiesthrough still-birth, miscarriage or neo-natal death).April 15, 2004 from 10am – 12 noon96 Stuart RoadPh Kathy – 8671 1236Roxby Downs Gymkhana & Picnic RacesApril 17, 2004 - 9amRoxby Downs Race CourseRick Grantham – 8671 2908Kathy Wilby – 0418 815 436Roxby Downs Cup Ball & PresentationsApril 17, 2004 – 8.30pmRoxby Downs Tavern

St Barbara’s P&F Fashion ShowFriday, April 30 – 7.30pmRoxby Downs Golf ClubPh – 8671 3207MAY, 2004Outback Tap and Jazz ConcertSaturday, May 29 – from 8pmRoxby Downs AuditoriumJUNE, 2004Marree Picnic RacesJune 12 - 13, MarreePh – 8675 8344JULY, 2004Boogie in the BushRoxby Downs Race CoursePete Paisley – 8671 0878SEPTEMBER, 2004Hooves and Horns Down the Oodnadatta Trackto William CreekFriday, September 3 – September 23, 2004Oodnadatta to William [email protected] Creek CampdraftSeptember 24, 2004Ph – 8670 7978

Have your say!As the community board consultation process draws to a close, itis important that all Roxby Downs residents have their say.This process is an opportunity to direct the future of Roxby Downsand set priorities and goals for the next 10 years.Have your say now!Comments from the community have already been submitted inregard to sport, health, education, the environment and many otherissues.But what is important to you?Drop your submission into Roxby Downs Council, or email thecommunity board at [email protected].

Minor power outagePower to Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam was in-terrupted for about half an hour on Tuesday morn-ing.The outage occurred at around 6.30am and was rec-tified before 7.05am.The break was caused by failure of a supply cablein the Roxby Downs substation.As a consequence repairs will have to be made.Roxby Downs is currently running on around 50 percent of capacity due to the cable failure.As such council requests the community to use theirpower responsibly over the next week while repairsare undertaken.

Flagpoles a vibrant feature

BANNERS…RDAS student Aiez Ahmed,17, works with art teacher and fringecommittee member Dan Bradley on thestudent-designed street banners whichadorned Richardson Place during therecent Outback Fringe Festival.

FLAG RAISING…Raising the flagpolesin preparation for the Outback FringeFestival – from left, MonadelphousEngineering Associates employeesSteve Thompson, Jarrod Kennedy andDuke Barac.

Richardson Place showed its new colours during the recent Out-back Fringe Festival – including new flagpoles sporting locally-designed banners and the newly-completed shade structure andperformance area.These changes, showcased at the Outback Fringe Festival, arepart of the ongoing Richardson Place redevelopment.The redevelopment is expected to improve shade in the main street,offer more social and performance sites for the community, andprovide a vibrancy ‘first-glance’ for visitors to the town.The new flagpoles offer a host of options to make the street morecolourful – with a major emphasis for the Christmas pageant andNew Year.“The Outback Fringe Festival was a good example of what thestreet can look like,” Town Administrator Bill Boehm told TheMonitor. “We really have to congratulate St Barbara’s ParishSchool and RDAS for their excellent work on the Fringe banners.“The community will continue to work on a range of colourful

banners which will brighten up the street all year round.“It’s extremely important to have a vibrant main street as it is thecentral meeting place for the entire community.“We also have the opportunity to provide a vibrant, first impres-sion for tourists, leaving them with a lasting good impression.”Main street seating, while revamped, has not yet been completed.Completion of the seating is reliant on installation of artwork byregional artists working closely with RDAS and St Barbara’s Par-ish School.Council is also working on concepts for improved stage facili-ties, seating, generally ongoing continuation of the current workwithin budget constraints“I think the improvements were highlighted during the fringe –creating a sense of atmosphere for people in the community whodidn’t know what to expect,” Mr Boehm said.“The new performance areas were also a chance for local resi-dent to display their artistic talents.”


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RoxFm Copper Card Specials for the Month of MarchAll specials are exclusive to Copper Card holders on presentation of their card.

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If you are venturing down to Ad-elaide over the Easter Break it’sworth taking a look at Smith MotorCompany at Port Adelaide - aHolden lovers’ paradise and onestop shop for parts, accessories andservice.Imagine the thrill of driving a newHolden on the long stretch home -not to mention the envy in yourmates’ eyes as your sleek new ma-chine rolls into town.Or you could buy a bargain usedvehicle in top notch condition andall the extras to boot - grab your-self a sweet deal from Smith’s vastselection.It’s as easy as taking a short drivefrom the City down Port Road to-ward the main shopping district atthe historic Port Adelaide - a stopat Smith Motor Company on PortRoad is well worth the trip.

One-stop shop for Holden-loversSMITH MOTOR COMPANY...Adelaide’s one-stop shop forHolden-lovers.

General Used Car Sales ManagerLeon Milde said Smith’s customerscould choose from 200 used cars,as well as the latest and greatestHolden models - all on the oneblock.However Smith Motor Companywas far more than just a car yard.Mr Milde said the business also of-fered full service facilities, as wellas Holden spares and accessories -making it a one stop shop for coun-try customers. Which means youdon’t have to drive all over Adelaide- Smith’s can take care of all yourHolden needs at the one site.Mr Milde said the Smith’s teamcould handle any service require-ments for Holden vehicles, andwere also happy to service othermakes and models.It’s the perfect excuse to spend aday at the Port!

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The Roxby Downs Dirt Circuit Clubheld its second race meeting of the yearon Saturday March 27, 2004.The meeting was again held at night,and drew a good crowd.Open Class1st - Steven Webber (Wobbly).2nd - Greg Limbett from Ceduna.3rd – Geoff Munro (Mundy).Modified Class1st - Deb Beenham.2nd - Troy Flannigan.3rd - Steve Keller.Standard Class1st - Damien Jones.

2nd - Wayne Dempsey.3rd - Duke Barac.Social Class1st - Andrew Reed.2nd - Shaun Johnson.3rd - James Beenham.The sports person of the day awardwent to Michelle and Dave Hamil-ton and their family, for working onthe gate and the bar on the night.The Best Presented car award wentto Josh Gigney.The next Dirt Circuit race meetingwill be held on the night of Saturday,April 24, 2004.

Dirt circuit under lights

NETBALL…Andamookanetballers, from left,back, RoxanneSmirnios, 9, MelissaPidgeon, 14, LeahBlackmore, 15, KiraleeBuran, 12, and NaomiBuran, 14, visitedSunday bingo at theAndamooka Tuckerboxto thank APOMAvolunteers MargitMcLean and Bev Burge,and the bingo-players,for their donation of$1500 to the Roosnetball team.

BULLS…A-Mens premiers the Bulls defeated the Magpies.From left, Greg Colbeck, Sam Hall, ‘Best and Fairest‘ KitWilliams, Matthew Castle, Jason Castle, Brody Elson andVictor Buza. Absent – John Buza and Paul Inglis.

Game 10 (finals) – April 2, 2004Norms (79) d Care Factor (41)She Devils (76) d Funky Frogs (44)Yorkes (61) d NFI (59)Back Fillers (63) d Physical Rejects(57)No Names (61) d Enterprise (59)East Enders (75) d Bals’N”All (45)Night Owls Scores Round 10Team Total %1 Enterprise 132 59.262 Norms 123 54.173 Yorkes 113 51.774 Back Fillers 111 55.525 No Names 107 46.116 Care Factor 106 53.217 She Devils 104 50.52

8 Funky Frogs 90 8.819 Physical Rejects 73 50.1010 N.F.I. 73 47.0811 East Enders 68 46.2012 Balls ‘N’All 54 36.0413 Scubbers 20 46.1114 Stone Crows 0 0March 26, 2004Norms (71) defeated Carefactor (49).Funky Frogs (78) defeated No Names(42).NFI (63) defeated Back Fillers (57).Yorkes (73) defeated Balls’N’All (47).Enterprise (72) defeated She Devils(48).East Enders (66) defeated Physical Re-jects (54).

Enterprise goes boldly into bowls finals

Darts results as of Game2: Team - MatchesPoints Games WonGames Lost.OD Devil Gold 1/f 417 1; Boxers 1/f 4 144; RSL 2 2 11 7; Tav-ern Devil 2 2 10 8;Bombers 2 2 7 11;Golf Club 1/f 0 4 5;Legends 1/f 0 3 6.Some upcoming eventsinclude a Woomera chal-lenge, to be held inWoomera on April 21,followed by anotherchallenge to be held inRoxby Downs on July14, 2004.

Darts results

Bulls trample the Magpies in basketball finalRoxby Downs Basket-ball grand finals - Satur-day April 3, 2004.C Grade Women -Tandales/Jets defeatedChockies. Best and Fair-est - Karen McAdam.Runner -up - EmmaNeilson.B Grade Women - Eaglesdefeated Bulls. Best andFairest - Linda Hooper.Runner-Up - LorraineGirdham.B Grade Men - Jets de-feated Bulls. Best andFairest - Brett Chessan.Runner-up - Jason Orr.A Grade Women - Dev-ils defeated Eagles. Bestand Fairest - RebeccaSchutz. Runner -up - BecPenglase.A Grade Men - Bulls de-feated Magpies. Best

and Fairest - KitWilliams. Runner-up-Graham Neilson.Thursday, March 25,2004 - First and SecondSemi FinalA Grade Women

Eagles 60 (L Sutherland22) defeated Chocie Ea-gles 53 (R Penglase 20).Devils 50 (N Darling, TCoombes 16) defeatedLittle Devils 45 (RSchultz 16).

B Grade WomenBulls 30 (L Girdham 16)defeated Jets 25 (LHooper 8). Eagles2 39(L Reid 12) defeatedSSA Cougars 29 (T Hill10).


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Andamooka Roos for saleThe Andamooka Foot-ball Club will be sell-ing off its players - pic-tured, right, at the pre-season training camp -on gurnsey presenta-tion day, Sunday, April18, at the Roxby Tav-ern, at 2pm.Purchase your veryown “Roo” for the du-ration of the season for$50 and see your nameprinted on your play-er’s shorts.Your own ‘Roo’ willescort you to the pres-entation dinner at theend of the season .All money raised goestoward the running ofthe club throughout theseason.

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BUY A ROO...Andamooka Roos at thepre-season training camp.

Mini basketballers make their mark

Junior basketball hosted its grand finals at the weekend.Results were as follows:Under 10 GirlsBreakers 24 (N Trewartha 10) defeated Capitals 17 (TLindner 8).Rangers 25 (J Langdon-Oates 15) defeated Flames 12 (CLange 6).Under 10 BoysLakers 11 (J Daw 6) defeated Wizards 5 (C Haugum 3).Sonics 27 (S Coombes 9) defeated Magic 10 (L Grantham6).Spurs 35 (N Hombsch 22 ) defeated Bulls 30 (B Kelly 20).Under 13 Girls Grand FinalBullets 47 (R Sheppard 41) defeated Capitals 24 (C Fairlie8).Bullets Players were Rachel Sheppard, Katheryn Grez,Hannah Maynard, Danni-Rae Vanzati, Skye Steff andShauna Franks.Under 13 Boys Grand FinalTaipans 36 (J Drefke 28) defeated Bullets 30 (B Ley 16).Taipans players were Jaebyn Drefke, Koby Lynch, JacobHaugum, Mark Barrand, Cameron Hocking, BraydanGerrity, Tyler Devine and Brendon Passmore.Under 18 Mixed Grand FinalTaipans 42 (S Ferenci 20) defeated Giants 36 (S Crafter -King 15).Taipans players were Ben Hansford, Aimee-Lee Elson,Stuart Ferenci, Roger Fromm, Kelly Spillman, KierenGloede and Steven Kaminski.

SUB-MINIS…Organisers, players and familiescelebrated a successful season of juniorbasketball last week with presentations onSaturday, April 3. More than 50 five and six-year-olds participated in the RDJBL’s sub-minis program this year. “It was an excellentyear,” volunteer coach and umpire StevePressler told The Monitor. “The numbers havebeen fantastic every week.” Participantsreceived trophies at an informal end-of-season presentation ceremony.

VOLUNTEERS...Parent volunteers WendyMoy, Jody Brind and Steve Pressler werethanked at the junior basketball presentationsfor their unending support during the season.


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Round one of the South Australian Paintball Play-ers Association (SAPPA), paintball tournamentwas held on the weekend of March 13 and 14,2004 at the Skirmish Paintball Field, Strathalbyn.14 teams from South Australia, Victoria and West-ern Australia attended this first round of the 2004series.Over two days, 126 games of paintball wereplayed in near perfect weather conditions on anairball field from Paintball Australia in Queens-land.There were many fast games, showing a high levelof play of tournament paintball in Australia.The Roxby Downs Paintball team “Ballistic” com-peted and achieved a first place in Division Two,winning first place medals and five boxes ofPaintballs ready for the next tournament.Roxby Downs will possibly have two teams in thenext tournament, round two, in June.Anyone interested in playing tournament paintballcan contact Peter or Cheryl from Roxby Paintball

March 31, 2004Ladies - Masters 22 defeated Prime Movers 21. MakLadies 44 defeated Huneez 14. Keeches 28 defeatedRebels B 24. Rebels A 26 drew with Hornridge 26.Shorties 30 defeated Ready Mixed Rangers. BlueJays 25 defeated Misfits 16.Mixed - Miners 44 defeated Team Tiger 26. AllBlacks 28 defeated Obstructions 21. March 24, 2004March 24, 2004Ladies - Hornridge 49 defeated Ready Mixed Rang-ers 13. Misfits 30 defeated Masters 23. Blue Jays38 defeated Huneez 14. Shorties 27 defeated RebelsB 24. Mak Ladies 30 defeated Keeches 18. RebelsA 52 defeated Prime Movers 18.Mixed - Miners 45 defeated All Blacks 10. TeamTiger 36 defeated Obstructions 14.

on 0417 925 883.Roxby Paintball can assist with equipment re-quirements.Results from Round OneDivision OneTeam PointsSevere Effect (Vic) 1445Jetts (Vic) 1257Severe (SA) 1153X-Presidents (WA) 1120Night Shade (SA) 1061Welt (SA) 1017Bruise Brothers (Vic) 963Kaoz (SA) 929Damage (SA) 450Division TwoBallistic (SA) 978Fallout (Vic) 822Cyclone (SA) 749Toxic (SA) 745Sudden Impact (SA) 727

PAINTBALL...Members of the Roxby Downs Paintball Team ‘Ballistic’ are KennyField, Peter King, Cheryl Chew, Aaron Laister and Greg Mitchell.

Divisional win for local paintballersRoxby Downs netball

Junior football set for another strong season

TOUGH TUSSLE…Auskick coordinator Steve Daly met his match in Matthew Wilson, 8, JaizanePhelan, 6, Nick Calligaris, 5, and Luke Partington, 7, at the Auskick grading day on Sunday inRoxby Downs.

More than 120 youngfootballers hit the fieldon Sunday for the firstRoxby Downs juniorfootball grading day.Roxby Downs’s Auskickprogram was namedSANFL country centreof the year in its first twoyears, attracting morethan 140 players in 2004.Initial registrations of90+ promise similarnumbers this year, com-plemented by a strongand vibrant team of par-ent committee membersand community support-ers.“Parental support hasbeen excellent over thelast couple of years, in-creasing every season,”committee vice presidentBrian Hombsch told TheMonitor at the gradingday.“We still need the par-ents’ support for coach-ing, umpiring and gen-eral organising,” he said. “We’d like to see thescoreboards manned forthe U13s and U16sgames this year to givethem a real sense of aproper football game.“We’ve started the sea-son a lot earlier this yearand registrations are stillopen until our first gameon May 1.Junior football playersand followers can expecta few new highlights thisseason including threenight games at Woomerafor the U13s and U16sunder lights.Coober Pedy youngsterswill also line up along-side more local youththis year when Woomeraand Districts FootballLeague hosts a juniornine-a-side competitionon June 27.Junior football andAuskick training startsApril 29, at 4pm.Registrations are stillopen until May 1 whenthe season kicks off.

Local footballers andsupporters can gain theirSANFL Level 1 coach-ing qualifications nextmonth when Woomeraand Districts FootballLeague hosts a coachingclinic on May 7.The course – held at theRoxby Downs LeisureCentre form 6pm – costs$110 a person but somereimbursement is avail-able from the SANFL forsuccessfully accreditedparticipants.Auskick coordinatorShane Thomson encour-aged local parents to jointhe program in order tosupport their children’ssport in the community.“With this kind of train-ing, parents can offertheir kids more skills ina structured and recog-nised format,” he toldThe Monitor.For more informationcontact Shane Thomson– 8671 1384.

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KICK OFF...LachlanBaker, 5, above, andJoel Martin, 4, take apunt at Auskickgrading day.


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The Easter weekend will be a feast of golf. SaturdayApril 10 is the second round of championships andMonthly Medal with Concord Engineering’s Strokeevent. On Easter Sunday, April 11 there will be a 9/18 hole Stableford event and Easter Monday willalso have a 9/18 hole Stableford event.Tee times for all three days will be 11am to 12 noon.Early starts are available for the Saturday Strokeevent. Please contact Di Beveridge by email or on0419 648 359 or Robin Passmore by email or 86710992 or Ext. 87840 to arrange early starts.Everyone is welcome to come and play in our golfcompetitions so see you there.On Sunday March 28, 2004 a new sponsor, PerrycoManufacturing Ltd, had a stableford event. Golferswere expecting a hot day but the only hot thing wasthe golf.John Kerr in his first game of the season blitzed hisway around the course with four birdies finishingwith 40 points. This translated to a 75 off the stickwhich is a course record for a Stableford round. Theround could have been better with John taking outone of the Long Drives for the day on number 18with a monster drive but he failed to take advantageof the drive and bogied the last hole.Rod Banks also put in a very good round scoring 39points on the day. Making up for last week’s adven-ture was Mark ‘Horrie’ Dillon with a round of 38points. John Freeman had an exciting start to hisround with his shot on the par three, second hole.His tee shot looked like heading straight for the holebut ran over the cup and finished up 15cm from thecup. Oh so nearly a hole-in-one but John had to walkoff with a tap in birdie instead.Full results: Overall winner John Kerr - 40 pointsDivision 1: Winner: Vlad Jamnicky- 35 points, Run-ner-up : Scott Bray - 33 points; 3rd: Nev Petherick-31 points. Division 2: Winner: Rod Banks - 39 points;Runner-up : Mark Dillon - 38 points; 3rd: DavidGibson - 35 points. Best 3rd Shot on 7. Division 1 -Nev Petherick, Division 2 - Mark Dillon.NTP on 13: Division 1 - N/A, Division 2 - RodBanks. Long Drives: No.3 Division 1: - NevPetherick; Division 1: I - Jeremy Folwell. No.18:Division 1 - John Kerr; Division 2 - Di Beveridge.NAGA - Shane Lyons. Best 27P - Yogi Secker. BestLady - Di Beveridge.Lucky Cards - Greg Miller and Hugh Beveridge.CCR for the day was 70. There was one handicapreductions with Rod Banks losing one stroke to beon 22.A non-sponsored Stableford round was held on Sat-urday, April 3, as a group of the shift golfers wereunable to make the Sunday game.Vaughan Petherick was a very excited lad, he postedhis best ever gross score of 81 which was, inStableford terms, 44 points but still couldn’t take outthe overall winner as Dougal Macleod scored45points (a 77gross). Col Fraser thought he was inthe hunt as well with a 42 point round. Mark “Horrie”Dillon continued his good form with 40 points. Theselads will have a visit to the handicapping surgeonfor a cut in the handicaps.Sunday April 4 was a Par event sponsored by theTavern. A disappointing turnout on the day but thescores returned by the top four were good.Sweepstakes went to Hugh Beveridge and Scott Braywith plus two, the runner-up was Tony Holbrook withplus five and the winner for the day was NevillePetherick with plus six.Novelties: Best 3rd Shot on No.10, Division 1: ScottBray, Division 2 - N/A, Long Drive on No.9, Divi-sion 1: Bernie Reid, Division 2 - Rod Banks.

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Easter feast of golf

March 29, 2004A GradeVolleyroos 94 defeated Prophets of Onan56. Benders 98 defeated All Blacks 59.B GradeBlock it 120 defeated Chalkies 66.Salmon Haters 107 defeated Fitchy’s Fol-ly’s 63.

March 22, 2004A GradeVolleyroos 108 defeated Benders 63.All Blacks 84 defeated Easy Beats 83.B GradeSalmon Haters defeated Chalkies on aforfeit. Pink Eyes 102 defeated Fitchy’sFolly’s 79.

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SAPSASA WIN…The St Barbara’s Parish School and Andamooka Area School combined SAPSASAfootball team took out the Division 2 title at Monday’s Port Augusta tournament. The team won 53 33 against Wilsden 2 1 13. This is the combined schools’ first SAPSASA win ever. For a completereport on the win, keep reading the next issue of The Monitor – Your Community Newspaper.

Milestone moment for combined schools team

Local parents answer committee’s callJ U N I O RFOOTBALL...Aftera failed AGM andconcerns thatWoomera andDistricts juniorfootball would notreceive sufficientsupport this year,local parents haverisen to thechallenge. The2004 committeeincludes, right,Tray Ryan, Shaneand MichelleThomson, KimandPaul Elliott, JohnKing, Zolly Ferenciand AndrewFarnham.


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Wanderers stump OD in finalsWanderers are the new premiers of RoxbyDistricts Cricket after trouncing the reigningshield holders Olympic Dam by four wicketsand twenty overs to spare at Roxby DownsOval.They out-batted and out-bowled their long-time nemesis in ideal conditions for cricketexcept for the last few overs when some dropsof rain gave the Devils a false hope of divineintervention.John Kerr won the toss for Olympic Dam andelected to bat first but his team could not getgoing at all and were all out for 111 in 39overs.Opener Craig Nichols top scored with 35 in122 minutes from 71 deliveries and Lloydmade 21 before slashing Dunn to point forWatkins to hold a brilliant catch.The bowling attack was too good for the bat-ting side, and were well supported in the fieldespecially by Jason White with a bag of threecatches after an early blemish and Gudgerwith the run out of Kerr.After Nichols and Lloyd were dismissed andthe score stood at 5/97, the tail gave barely ayelp and the last five wickets fell for 14 runs.The wickets were shared around betweenWatkins, Paxton and Duschke with two each

while Dunn, Bennett and Gudger took oneapiece.Olympic Dam had plenty to do to stay in thecontest and Roberts took 4/17 to have Wan-derers balancing on 4/80 after Paxton hadmade 47 and was out to a fine grab at slip byJason Cole.However, Olympic Dam failed to capitalizeon the position and Wanderers literally pow-ered their way to victory despite two latewickets by Lloyd and the target was attainedat the end of the twentieth over.‘Player of the Year’ Andy Bennett hit twotowering sixes over square leg in a short stayat the crease and Garry Briggs, Spencer andDutschke all managed to reach double fig-ures.Olympic Dam fielded very well but theirbowling was generally too short and an easyride for the strong Wanderers batting line upand it looks like back to the drawing boardfor the Devils to get themselves back up forthe next season.The umpires from the Woomera Cricket clubdid a fine job and selected Rob Paxton fromWanderers as the recipient of the TommyLomman, Man of the Match Pewter Mug.Tony Richter, the President of the Roxby

Downs Cricket Association thanked thecrowd for attending and making it a great dayon top of a successful season as well as pay-ing credit to all who helped throughout theyear and during the finals.Tony then presented the Roxby Downs ClubShield to Wanderers winning Captain, MattWatkins who in turn handed out premiershipmedallions to his players followed by the sea-son trophies that were kindly donated by theRoxby Downs Club.SCORECARDWanderers: Paxton c Cole b Roberts 47;Dutschke b Roberts 11, Blake c Nichols bRoberts 1; Bennett c Schell b Roberts 15;Spencer lbw Lloyd 12; Briggs G c Kerr bLloyd 14; Briggs R not out 3; Watkins notout 1.Extras 8 (1 leg-bye, 7 wides)Total 6/112Bowling: Roberts 8-2-4-24, Henschke 4-0-0-33, Kenny 4-0-0-37, Hoffmann 2-0-1-7,Lloyd 2-0-2-10.Olympic Dam: Nichols c Watkins b Bennett35; Cole b Dutschke 5; Kerr run out (Gudger)7, Leonard b Gudger 9; Lloyd c Watkins bDunn 21; Roberts c White b Paxton 12; Kempc R Briggs b Dutschke o; Schell c White b

Paxton 1; Kenny not out 6; Hoffmann c Whiteb Watkins 2; Henschke c G Briggs b Watkins0. Extras 13 (4 leg byes, 8 wides, 1 no ball)Total 111FOW: 7, 10, 45, 87, 97, 101, 102, 107, 110,111Bowling: Dunn 8-2-1-19, Dutschke 8-1-2-19, Spencer 8-1-0-24, Bennett 8-0-1-29,Gudger 4-0-1-9, Paxton 2-0-2-3, Watkins 1-0-2-4.Man of the Match: Rob Paxton (Wanderers).Junior Encouragement Awards: Jeff Gaerth(Rogues), Jo Payne (Woomera), JeremyBlake (Wanderers).Batting Aggregate: Andy Bennett (Wander-ers) 456 runs.Batting Average: Andy Bennett (Wanderers)50.7.Bowling Aggregate: Barry Dadleh (Rogues)26 wickets.Bowling Average: Darren Lloyd (OlympicDam) 9.4.Fielding Trophy: David Nicholls (Woomera17 votes).Player of the Year: Andy Bennett (Wander-ers) 916 points.

Gerard SeckerCricket Reporter

WANDERERS WIN...TheWanderers ousted 2003shield-holders OD at theweekends cricket finals atthe weekend. TheWanderers’ own AndyBennett went home with aswag of trophies for bestbatting average, battingaggregate and player of theyear. Bennett’s twotowering sixes in the finalmatch helped pushWanderers to a classy winover long-time rivals OD.

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