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THE Wine Grape Council of South Australia plans to meet with other horticulture indus-try bodies to discuss a proposal to introduce legislation that in the worst case scenario, would see landowners forced to re-move dead fruit trees.

With a number of prop-erties across the Riverland home to neglected and aban-doned vineyards or fruit trees, many from the recent drought, the proposal would require the plants to be maintained or removed.

Currently growers whose blocks neighbour neglected vineyards or trees are concerned about disease, pests, weeds and the potential fire risk.

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of South Australia execu-tive officer Peter Hackworth said the legislation is based on laws already current in Western Australia.

“We are trying to develop a mechanism that would pre-vent disease spreading from neglected orchards and in our case, neglected vineyards, into neighbouring properties,” he said.

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RIVERLAND Weekly editor and jour-nalist Brad Perry received the Best Rural Regional Print Journalist Award at the Telstra Rural Media Awards 2012 on Friday.

The new sectional award was cre-ated this year for print journalists working at smaller regional publica-tions and Mr Perry was named as the inaugural winner.

Mr Perry said he was honoured to be recognised for the work he does at the Riverland Weekly.

“I was surprised but very ex-cited to receive such an award,” he said.

Rural Media South Australia Pres-ident Ian Doyle said many of the ma-jor award winners began their careers in regional South Australia.

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for these journalism and photography awards, the competition has been ro-bust and more entrants are receiving due recognition.

“It’s good to see the judges again had diffi culty in separat-ing the winners from a fi eld of very high standard entries, particularly in journalism.”

ABC Television’s Michael Sex-ton took home the major journal-ism award, while The Advertiser photographer Tait Schmaal won the overall photography award for the fourth time.

Each journalist and photogra-pher was asked to submit a port-folio of his or her work, published or broadcast in the 12 months to October 31, 2012.

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“There is a staged process at the end of which if the owner hasn’t been willing to undertake that then we think there should be provision to enable those diseased plants to be removed.

“Clearly it’s a property owner’s responsibility so we are looking at a range of mechanisms on how that could be funded.

“If somebody can’t afford to pay, then there would be a lien on the property, so when the property is sold the costs would be recovered that way.”

Mr Hackworth said he will meet with other horticulture plant indus-try bodies in January to continue the process and put options for-ward for the legislation.

“It certainly has been an issue in all regions and we really are looking at putting in place a measure so if there was a really high disease risk into the future then there is a way to manage it,” he said.

“What we are looking at is a process where if we’ve got dis-eased vines and it’s impacting on someone who is trying to stay in the industry and trying to hang in there, then they don’t need to have the initial expense of more sprays because someone either chooses not to or isn’t able to maintain their vines.”

While many of the vineyards and orchards were removed through exit packages, CCW Co-operative chairman Jim Caddy said the rea-son more growers have since turned off water to their properties is most

likely fi nancial hardship.“Most people who have turned

them off have done it because of fi -nancial reasons and there is a fair expense to pull the vines and trees out and people just can’t afford it,” he said.

“If the weeds have been left to go crazy, there is some (fi re) poten-tial and now that most people don’t work their vineyards, there is prob-ably the potential of shifting into the next vineyards.”

Mr Caddy said properties with dead trees can also have an impact on the local tourism industry.

“It’s always nice to see green vineyards or trees and then you see something dead in between it, it’s never a good look,” he said.

South Australian Murray Irriga-tors chair Caren Martin said rather

than using a “heavy handed” ap-proach, properties with unproduc-tive trees should be encouraged to move back into production.

“In the past State Government have not been easy to work with, so with the legislation will it make it as easy as ringing someone from the State and they can help you out or is it going to be a bit more like the pest, plant and animal control where they do it for you and slap you with a big bill?” she said.

“Anything that puts a fi nancial burden back on the grower at this point in time is not very welcome because they are still recovering from drought.

“Ultimately we want these blocks to go back into produc-tion, so we don’t want forced re-moval, we want the water turned back on and we want productive irrigation again.

“I’d like to see more encourage-ment to get them productive, partic-ularly in the Trust areas which are hooked up to world’s best practice irrigation.”

Mrs Martin said many of the neglected vineyards may have been failed attempts to claim the exit packages.

“I can understand the burden they are creating at the moment and that is the legacy of drought and the legacy of buy-out packages

that weren’t thought through prop-erly,” she said.

“I think you’ll fi nd with the derelict ones that are the fi re haz-ards and have weed problems, the people are gone and they are either blocks waiting to be sold or blocks who have already been sold.”

Loxton North winegrape grower Brett Munchenberg said he has seen fi rst hand the problems caused by neglected properties.

“They will probably be an eyesore but if there is no foli-age anymore, they are more of a fi re risk than anything else,” he said.

“We had one (an orchard) burn on into our road the other year.”

Mr Munchenberg said he can see a “dead patch” of fruit trees from his property.

“It does put a negative connota-tion over the industry but this is the

reality, if they can’t pay for it, they can’t keep doing it,” he said.

An option may be to use al-ternative workers to assist in clearing neglected vineyards and orchards.

“If the government checked into their fi nances and if they couldn’t afford to clear it, then maybe the government could arrange for someone to clear it through work for the dole or something similar,” he said.

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Most people who have turned them off have done it because of fi nancial reasons.

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■ WINNERS: Riverland Weekly editor Brad Perry (third from left) holds his award with (from left) RMSA President Ian Doyle, Deanna Lush, 2012 Telstra Rural Photographer of the Year The Advertiser’s Tait Schmaal, Telstra Country Wide general manager Michael McGlashan, 2012 Telstra Rural Journalist of the Year ABC Television’s Michael Sexton and chair of the

journalism judging panel and RMSA life member Dale Manson.

Positive tourism?

LAST week I was lucky enough to take a week’s worth of holidays to Bali.

While I had never been there before, the threat of the terrorist attacks was not far from my mind.

Not only did I wonder about the dan-ger level in such a country as Indonesia but I also found myself thinking about how the economy was able to recover from the 2002 bombings.

While tourists stayed away for a num-ber of months following the attacks, surely it would have been a positive attitude that helped visitors to return. So it was to my surprise that while reading two of the lo-cal newspapers, there were some strikingly negative headlines in relation to tourism. ‘Tourist numbers must be limited’, ‘Local watersports operators struggling to sur-vive’, ‘Foreign investors dominate 80 per cent of tourism in Bali’.

I then related this to our situation in the Riverland and the general positive at-titude we have towards tourism since the drought.

Positive reporting, where warranted, certainly makes a difference to a visitor reading a newspaper.

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SUNLANDS irrigators Mark and Louise Doecke featured in a “con-troversial and provocative” docu-mentary titled Muddied Waters: A Clear Solution which aired on na-tional television on Sunday.

The documentary, which was funded by community donations, screened on Channel 7Two.

Co-produced by retired journalist Ken Jury and Wayne Groom, the hour long documen-tary “exposes fl aws in the 2007 Water Act, reveals the diffi culties in sending down large environ-mental fl ows and questions the validity of maintaining the Low-er Lakes in South Australia as a freshwater lake”.

Mr Doecke said he agreed to

participate in the documentary as he is sick of the misinformation in the public and wanted to “help get the truth out there”.

“There is so much misinfor-mation out there, especially in South Australia, about how the upper river should be all allowed to run to the Lower Lakes,” he said.

“They just came and fi lmed us as we were doing some top work-

ing and they were asking about water security and whether they thought the basin plan will give us any more water security and I said ‘no’ I don’t think so as we are all subject to the next “greenie” whim.

“I had a paragraph in there and I just said ‘the Basin Plan was wrongly conceived because they assessed the health of the basin in the middle of the worst drought ever and of course, if you assess something that hasn’t got any wa-ter the result will be that it needs more water.”

Doecke said those involved in making the documentary were not associated to any particular group and did not have an “agenda”.

“They are not paid by any-body to push their point, they are just genuine Australians living on the river so they’ve got local knowledge,” he said.

Documentary director Kent Smith said he is passionate about the project.

“Everyone agrees we need a healthy river but there seemed to be so much information out there I felt it was important to make a documentary that also looked at the ‘hidden’ issues, asked the tough questions and al-lowed people to form an opinion based on a broader coverage of the facts and not just the tsunami of ‘spin’ trotted out by all sides of politics,” he said.

By BRAD PERRY

THE South Australian River Com-munities Group has gone into re-cess as the Murray Darling Basin Plan enters the fi nal stages of ap-proval.

At a meeting on Tuesday, members decided the group no longer needs to operate after achieving what it set out to ac-complish.

South Australian River Com-munities group chairman Gavin McMahon said members are “re-

ally happy with the community reaction”.

“We’ve resolved that SARC’s done its job and will go into re-cess until there is another issue of importance to deal with,” he said.

“We were pretty much formed to deal with the Basin Plan and the issues with the Basin Plan for the region, so most of that has been done and while there are things still with implementation we think the reason SARC was formed has probably now passed.”

Mr McMahon said the River-

land has benefi ted from the for-mation of the group.

“There has been some really good outcomes,” he said.

“Compulsory acquisition was something we were faced at early on and that was something that was knocked on the head.

“Things like the introduc-tion of environmental works and measures, that’s been adopted in the plan and so they were things, looking back at our fi rst submis-sion, that we put forward.

“The Water Industry Alliance

project is certainly something that the group’s worked hard on to get up, so if water is going to leave the community, we get some recognition for it.”

The Basin Plan is something the community will learn to live with, according to Mr McMahon.

“I think it has been good to bring the community together, it has helped us understand the plan a lot better and I think it has been a positive conduit to get in-formation back to government,” he said.

LOXTON taxi driver Barry Searle is South Australia’s best cabbie.

He became the fi rst country taxi driver to win the Adelaide Airport 2012 Taxi Driver of the Year Award at a gala dinner at Ad-elaide Entertainment Centre on Friday, November 30.

Barry was nominated on more than one occasion by his passen-gers and as a result was second in the state awards for the month of September.

Passengers could nominate in 25 words or less why they consid-ered their driver provided extra service.

Consideration was given to the elderly, assistance given to passengers, service to passengers with special needs, cleanliness of the car, driver knowledge and skills and wearing of uniform among other things.

As a result of his passenger nominations Barry was asked to attend a community judging pan-el in Adelaide on November 14.

He was questioned on his regular work and knowledge by solicitor Terrence Kavanagh, 5AA radio announcer John Keaneally, Senior Sergeant Lloyd Sanderson,

from SAPOL and SA Taxis chair-man Brian Hemming.

The award win stunned Bar-ry who nearly didn’t attend the award ceremony – thinking he was only invited to collect his September prize of $500.

However, he and his wife Rita were shocked when he was announced the winner of the major award earning him the $5000 prize.

While he is not sure who nominated him, Barry would like to thank all of those who did.

“I would like to thank the per-son who nominated me for the award,” he said.

Taxi driving was a career change for Barry after he was made redundant by Elders, who he had been employed by for 43 years.

He started driving for Loxton Taxis three and a half years ago on a part time basis but now mans the taxi phone around the clock.

Despite recently turning 69 Barry has no intention of giving taxi driving away, enjoying meet-ing people as well as seeing all of his regular clients.

“I take blood from Lox-ton Hospital to the IMVS in Berri, I meet the air ambulance, I man the phone 24 hours a

day,” he said.“Most of the trips are taking

the oldies to and from shopping, the hairdressers and the doctors.

“I have got the regulars each week.

“I am up at 6am every morn-ing but then the phone rings and I start work.”

However, Barry said work isn’t continual and he gets to snooze for an hour and have a bit of a break at various times through-out the day.

This year’s awards were launched on July 25 with fi rst, second and third prizes named for August, September and Octo-ber and more than 2400 drivers nominated.

From those, six were selected to be interviewed by the panel for the major award.

Loxton Taxis owners Deb Wilkie and Dean Pocock said they believe two of Barry’s great-est strengths as a taxi driver are that he has lived in the Riverland since 1966 and so knows his way around and knows lots of people.On top of that he is courteous and provides great service to his customers.

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APPLICANTS to the $20 million Riverland Sustainable Futures Fund will fi nd out whether they are successful in just days.

Regional Development Min-ister Gail Gago has assured ap-plicants that an announcement will be made in 2012 despite concerns from the public that the decision may be delayed until 2013.

It is expected the Minister will make an announcement next week.

“An announcement will oc-cur before the end of the year,” she told the Riverland Weekly.

However, the wait has been long for the Waikerie Hotel, which was signifi cantly damaged

during a fi re last year.The hotel currently has an ap-

plication with the fund but has decided to push ahead with the rebuilding project before fi nding out whether it has been success-ful for grant funding.

Waikerie Hotel chairman Graeme Thompson said engi-neers and surveyors were con-fi rmed following a board meet-ing on Monday.

“We have just had to proceed without that (Futures Funding) because the Minister was un-able to give us a decision,” Mr Thompson said.

“We are just proceeding and rebuilding with our insurance money and if we are able to get

Riverland Futures Funding, then it will just enhance the project.”

A copy of the new design is located in the hotel’s foyer which will need approval from the Loxton Waikerie Council before building begins in late March to early April.

“The architect Mark Fol-land believes that the major construction can be achieved in around nine months,” Mr Thompson said.

Soil surveys and preliminary work will be carried out prior to Christmas, while a list of local trade and service people is col-laborated with applications be-ing taken at the hotel.

Minister Gago said applicants

are aware of the rules and regula-tions for the fund.

“The applications are pro-cessed by an assessment panel in PIRSA,” she said.

“Applicants receive con-fi rmation of receipt of their application.

“Applicants are made aware that any funds spent on their project prior to fund-ing being allocated is at their own risk.”

The Renmark Club is an-other project which has applied to the fund and has confi rmed that works will go ahead be-fore knowing whether it will receive part of the remaining $10 million.

THE Mid Murray Council is wait-ing on a State Government report into riverbanks along the River Murray to offer solutions on the risk of collapse.

In an article in The Advertiser on Friday, it was stated that the Save the River Murray Fund re-port highlights that there is a high risk of collapse in areas between Blanchetown and Wellington.

However, Mid Murray Coun-cil mayor Dave Burgess said he is yet to see the report and is still awaiting its release to council.

“We hope the report that comes out will give some solu-tions to the problems we’ve had,” he said.

With water levels dropping so low during the drought, Mr Burgess said many areas, par-ticularly in Mannum and Murray Bridge were subject to riverbank collapse.

“It has been a long, long time since the river has gone down that low,” he said.

“If it does start to go down we’ve got to be more vigilant to-

wards sites. “It caught us unaware last

time as we’ve never experienced anything like that.”

Part of East Front Road col-lapsed during the drought and it was forced to close following po-lice advice concerning safety.

Mr Burgess said a major en-gineering report needs to be pre-pared before the Murray Bridge based road can reopen.

The Walker Flat vessel pump station has also had clean up work carried out and the Mannum Car-

avan Park and Caloote Landing boat ramp have reopened over the past 12 months.

“Since the river has come back up everything has been stable,” Mr Burgess said.

“You’ve got all clay soils along the river and when they dry out they shrink and crack, slip and move and when the water comes back it’s like a sponge, it fi lls plus the pressure of the water of the bank.

“It’s just about getting that balance back.”

Rebuild pushes forward

Riverland Sustainable Futures Fund announcement expected within days as....

Concern remains over riverbank collapse

Road subsides as car drives over

A photo appearing in last week’s edition of the Riverland Weekly about the Waikerie Pageant in-correctly stated the name of an organisation.

The correct name should have been the Waikerie and Districts Machinery Preservation Society and not the Na-tional Trust.

Photo correction

THE State Government is inviting indus-try and community stakeholders to have their say about how South Australia’s food and wine industry can grow, both locally, interstate and in key markets overseas.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Gail Gago said a discussion pa-per about the State Government’s strate-gic priority of Premium Food and Wine from our Clean Environment has been produced to stimulate feedback.

“This paper introduces the priority to industry and stakeholders and establishes a framework for its implementation for the benefi t of all South Australians,” Ms Gago said.

“The paper presents the current think-ing on how Government, industry and the community can work together to fos-ter growth in the South Australian food and wine sector.

“What we are now seeking is feedback on the areas identifi ed to successfully de-liver this initiative.

“We know South Australians have a very passionate food culture, and we want to work together to capitalise on oppor-tunities and also come together for the challenges ahead in boosting our food and wine sector.

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RIVER MURRAY shad-ow Minister Vickie Chapman has called on the State Government to guarantee revenue from all River Murray licenses sold or returned to the Commonwealth under the Murray-Darling Ba-sin Plan go to Riverland communities.

Ms Chapman, who was in the region on Tuesday and yesterday, said South Australia’s commitment under the Basin Plan is to return 20 gigalitres of water per annum through SA Water.

“My view is that those licenses were ac-quired when local peo-ple here were on their knees and it’s appropri-ate that upon the sale back to the Common-wealth, which of course is part of our commit-

ment under the Basin Plan, that the proceeds of that go back into this district,” she told the Riverland Weekly.

“The actual people themselves that sold their licenses got some payment in adverse cir-cumstances when they were on their knees but the whole commu-nity has suffered and the whole community should have the recog-nition and the repay-ment.”

Ms Chapman said she is urging the State Government to consid-er this option.

“I’ve made that commitment and I ex-pect the government to do it,” she said.

“This is a very sim-ple one, it’s either mon-ey that’s going into Ade-laide’s bank account or

the river communities’ bank account.”

During Ms Chap-man’s visit, she met with groups includ-ing the South Austra-lian River Communi-ties members, toured Chowilla and discussed the Ral Ral Floodplain project.

Shadow Parliamen-tary Secretary for the River Murray Tim Whet-stone said that while in-dividuals benefi t from a one-off payment from water buybacks, the community they lived in did not receive an ongoing benefi t.

“People in river communities do not want handouts but they do want support to ensure their com-munity is sustainable and successful,” Mr Whetstone said.

THE region’s peak tourism body is hoping a newly an-nounced partnership be-tween Tourism Australia and Wine Australia to attract international tourists into the country will include the Riverland.

While it is likely that re-gions such as the Barossa Val-ley in South Australia and the Hunter Valley in New South Wales will be heavily pro-moted as part of the project, Destination Riverland execu-tive offi cer Tony Sharley said he hopes Australia’s largest wine producing region will also be included.

A new three year Memo-randum of Understand-ing between the tourism and wine organisations was signed last week to promote key markets such as China, USA, UK and Canada from January 1, 2013.

The two organisations will partner on a range of marketing activities such as advertising and consumer promotions, digital market-ing, public relations and spe-cial events.

A Tourism Australia spokesperson said it is too early to confi rm which areas will be involved in the pro-motion.

“The intention is that

Tourism Australia and Wine Australia will work with the respective state and regional bodies (i.e. state tourism organisations and regional wine associations) to identify cooperative marketing op-portunities,” they said.

“The agreement comes in to place from January 1, 2013, so these discussions will most likely take place from that time on after which time we will have further de-tails on how specifi c wine re-gions will be promoted.

“Certainly though, all wine regions will have the potential to benefi t from the potential exposure generated by the partnership.”

Mr Sharley said currently there is a lot happening in

the region to help build the Riverland’s wine reputation.

“These things don’t hap-pen overnight but at the same time what we need to do is make sure groups like Tour-ism Australia know about what we are achieving in the wine world,” he said.

“It’s very appropriate to refer to the Riverland as Aus-tralia’s most popular wine given it’s something like one in four glasses consumed in Australia has got Riverland wine in it.”

Currently Destination Riverland is in discussions with the Riverland Wine In-dustry Development Council about linking websites to en-hance the visitor’s wine and food experience.

River Murray Shadow Minister demands reward for locals

Water revenue must go to river communities

■ TOURING: River Murray Shadow Minister Vickie Chapman and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the River Murray

Tim Whetstone at Chowilla this week.

Riverland included in wine tourism plans? Fires deliberately lit across the Berri business district

POLICE are seeking witnesses in rela-tion to a number of deliberately lit fi res around the Berri central busi-ness district during the early hours of yesterday morning.

A number of industrial bins at the Riverland Plaza in Berri had their con-tents set alight as well as a further indus-trial bin in a laneway behind the Repco store on Vaughan Terrace.

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Challenging season for stonefruit growersBy STEPHANIE GROPLER

RIVERLAND stonefruit growers are facing a diffi cult season with low prices and oversupply despite pro-ducing high quality fruit.

While the industry peak body said near ideal growing conditions would make it “a great summer of stonefruit”, local growers remain cautious about the coming harvest.

South Australian Fresh Fruit Growers Association chairman Dino Ceracchi said consumers would benefi t from lower prices.

“The crops are quite heavy throughout the country, there have been no bad rain events to knock things around,” Mr Ceracchi said.

“The oversupplying is causing quite a drop in prices, particularly with white nectarines as they are one of those varieties that grossly over supplied early in the season.”

Mr Ceracchi said he is seven weeks into the season that will last until the middle of March.

He said it was disappointing that prices didn’t refl ect the good quality fruit being grown in the ideal weather conditions.

“We all have had such a dream run with weather and right on the onset of having good crops and chilling hours through the winter, everything has cropped well across the board,” he said.

“Rain events can destroy half your crop just by markings on the fruit, there has been very very little of that.”

Mr Ceracchi also said that while the weather has been favourable, it has not been hot enough to get consumers really hungry for fruit.

Bookpurnong stonefruit grower Jason Size said weather conditions have been excellent and he remains

hopeful it can stay that way for the rest of the season.

Mr Size said the quality of the fruit this season was high, however, low prices were disheartening and encouraged consumers to shop around.

Summerfruit Australia chair-man Mark Wilkinson said there is an abundance of stonefruit.

“Orchardists, particularly in cooler areas of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, are now relying on warm, dry days of sum-mer to perfect the harvest,” he said.

“As the weather warms up, con-sumers can expect an excellent crop of stonefruit with harvest tonnages on par with last season.”

About 800 growers in 26 regions across the country produce more than 100,000 tonnes of nectarines, plums, apricots and peaches from October to April next year.

IT IS never too late to study, as mature age stu-dent Bob Suchenko can attest.

Mr Suchenko arrived at TAFE SA’s Berri Campus with limited schooling but with a willingness to have a go and enrolled in the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP).

“I left school during Year 9 and had always struggled with maths and spelling.” he said.

“The LLNP course helped me to gain the skills which I didn’t learn at school.

“My spelling has improved 100 per cent.” During the course the class took part in a

cocktail making session run by TAFE SA Hos-pitality lecturer Wendy Hunyadi, who noticed that Mr Suchenko had a fl air for mixing drinks and engaging with other people.

“Bob did so well in the cocktail making session that I suggested he should enroll in the Certifi cate II in Hospitality, which he did”, Mrs Hunyadi said.

“He arrived fi rst to class every day. “His work was always completed on time

and his spelling and writing were excellent. “Bob blossomed throughout the course as

his confi dence and abilities improved. He was a pleasure to have in the class and

he worked really well with his classmates.”Throughout the course Bob really enjoyed

the camaraderie of his classmates and he dem-onstrated his team skills working at both the Chefs of the Murray event and during the opening of the TAFE SA Berri Campus Training Restaurant.

“I really enjoyed those experiences and be-ing able to put into practice all the hospitality skills I have learnt during my course, includ-ing how to pour a beer correctly, table service, workplace safety and bar skills. I like work-ing in a team and being able to help others,” Mr Suchenko said.

Mr Suchenko has gained employment at the Renmark Hotel as a casual groundskeeper/bar attendant and is looking forward to the busy Christmas and New Year period.

He is adamant that completing the LLNP class is the key to his success. “

“Early in the semester we had to complete a Literacy and Maths Skills Test and I achieved high scores because I was able to understand the questions,” he said.

“I also gained the confi dence to apply for the hospitality course and now I am looking at a bright future.”

Mature age student showsit is never too late to study

■ PROUD: Riverlander Bob Suchenko prepares a table in the TAFE SA Berri Training Restaurant.

■ GROWING: Bookpurnong stonefruit grower Jason Size has been disheartened by low prices despite high quality fruit being produced. Photo: STEPHANIE GROPLER

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■ WORLD CLASS: Bamera Country Club general manager Devon Suckling with the eight new electric golf carts that arrived on Friday morning.

BAMERA Country Club now has in-ternational standard golf carts follow-ing the delivery of eight new carts on Friday morning.

The electric golf carts are the same as those used on the top 10 golf courses in the world and are in use at the Au-gusta National, as well as city clubs such as Royal Adelaide, Grange and Glenelg golf courses.

General manager Devon Suckling said the club was investing more than of $60,000 on the carts as part of its plans to upgrade the facilities at the venue and target golfi ng tourism.

“We work very closely with the golf club and we decided to make the invest-ment,” Mr Suckling said.

“We have signifi cant potential to de-velop group play and golfi ng parties into the Riverland.”

The club was also keeping two of its previous carts.

“We will have a fl eet of 10 which is double the size of the fl eet that we have had,” Mr Suckling said.

“That enables us to cater for those playing groups and that mar-ket which is part of our ongo-ing commitment to upgrading the facilities.

“The course now is in the fi nest nick.“The same could be said of the 12

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By STEPHANIE GROPLER

LOXTON has been targeted as an area of concern from a national peak swimming in-dustry body due to a shortage of accredited teachers.

AUSTSWIM will conduct courses in Loxton beginning today after the area was high-lighted as not having enough qualifi ed swimming trainers and therefore impacting on the number of children learn-ing to swim.

AUSTSWIM south Austra-lian co-ordinator Julie Wilson said a shortage of swimming instructors may impact on the number of children drowning due to a lack of knowledge in water safety.

An Offi ce of Sport and Recreation study has stated there was a direct link be-tween a shortage of swim-ming schools and drownings

in regional areas.Mrs Wilson said the train-

ing is vital for the region and there has been a short-age of instructors available to deliver the VACSWIM and school programs.

“There is so much water that children have access to but obviously the more chil-dren you can get into swim-ming lessons, the better,” Mrs Wilson said.

The 10 positions available

for the course were quickly fi lled and extra spots have been made available.

After training is complete, instructors are required to do voluntary teaching until they become confi dent to go forward solo and they are then assessed.

The course is nation-ally accredited and is linked to both a certifi cate three in aquatics and certifi cate three in recreation.

Instructors must be over the age of 16 and Mrs Wilson said this year there were also a number of back to work mothers becoming involved.

Mrs Wilson also advised to check with swimming schools if they are AUST-SWIM accredited before start-ing lessons as there are still instructors teaching without training in some areas.

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THE Local Government As-sociation has welcomed news from the Federal Gov-ernment that it has opened the next round of funding for seat belts on regional school buses.

LGA President May-or Kym McHugh said the organisation had for many years called on the State and Federal Governments to rec-ognise the safety of regional school children travelling to and from school.

In 2010, following a se-ries of letters to the State Minister for Education, the LGA, in conjunction with the

South Australian Regional Organisation of Councils and Regional LGAs, developed a regional strategy for rural and regional Councils to focus at-tention on the dangers facing rural children travelling on school buses.

“We are pleased that the Federal Government has an-nounced another round of funding under the National Road Safety Strategy 2011-20 to reduce the risk to country school kids,” he said.

“The LGA encourages all regional school bus opera-tors, who have a contract with the State Government to pro-

vide services on recognised regional school bus routes, to apply for funding to retro-fi t seatbelts on existing buses or to fi t these essential safety devices.” Mayor McHugh said the Seatbelts on Re-gional School Buses program will assist school bus opera-tors to upgrade the safety of their buses.

“Funding applications close on February 4 2013, offering up to $25,000 per bus to subsidise seatbelt in-stallation and I hope that many applications for these funds are made from South Australia,” he said.

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Big crowd at pageantBig crowd at pageantBy STEPHANIE GROPLER

MORE than 5000 people turned out to the 2012 Renmark Club Christmas Pageant on Friday night with organisers hailing the event as a major success.

Those in attendance were once again delighted by the fi re-works display, sideshows and at-tractions with plenty to see and do for all ages.

Renmark Christmas Pageant Committee member Rhiannon Pinyon said she was pleased with the attendance despite the hot weather.

“It was a really good night,” she said.

“We had a lot of food vendors and variety and a few more mar-ket type stalls as well that seemed

popular,” Mrs Pinyon said.She said the fi reworks over

the river were spectacular with plenty of young faces on hand.

“Tinsel the Reindeer did his performance and the kids seemed to really enjoy that,” she said.

“There were over 35 fl oats with the friendly rivalry between Glen View Poultry Farm and Devilee’s Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration still clear, however Glen View Poultry took the top honour taking out the most out-standing fl oat award”.

Other winners included Renmark Paringa Hospital in the not-for-profi t, community or sporting organistion cat-egory and Mitre 10 Renmark in the best Christmas themed fl oat category.

■ PARADE: Many impressive fl oats took part in the Renmark Christmas Pageant on Friday.

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Festive season comes to life in MorganTHE combined Morgan Christmas Pageant, riverfront fair and fi reworks attracted a large crowd on Saturday.

Morgan Community De-velopment and Tourist As-sociation secretary Heather Pinnington said there were 11 different stalls including jewellery, food and crafts.

“We had 3500 people there, it was wonderful,” Mrs Pinnington said.

Mrs Pinnington said there was a small scare when the fi reworks display was almost cancelled due to the warm and windy conditions but after being given the green

light, the fi reworks were spec-tacular.

“All day we were in con-tact with the CFS because we didnt know whether we would be able to go ahead with the fi reworks but the CFS were fantastic,” she said.

Mrs Pinnington said or-ganisers were thrilled with the support from the Mid Murray Council, businesses and local residents.

“The kids received Santa bags and everything was do-nated by SA Water, Coca Cola and lots of anonymous dona-tions,” she said.

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■ JUST2DEADLY: Riverland Aboriginal students to complete year 12 this year received Just2Deadly awards to mark the milestone and are all keen to encourage others to follow in their footsteps. (From left) Waikerie High graduate Harley Dutschke, Loxton High students cousins Juanita and Jeremy Sumner and Glossup High students Naomi Taylor and Toby Stone. Photos: BEV STORY

FORMER Berri man Peter Amar-icai is making his way home from Timor Leste after completing a four-month deployment to Operation ASTUTE in Dili.

Now an offi cer in the Austra-lian Army, Major Amaricai, a for-mer Glossop High School student, joined the Army in 1993 and is on his second operational deployment after previously serving with the United Nations as a Military Ob-server in Sudan in 2009.

Major Amaricai is currently posted as the project manager at Doctrine Wing, Army Knowledge Group, Land Warfare Development Centre at Puckapunyal in Victoria.

He said his deployment has been enjoyable but he was look-ing forward to getting home for Christmas with his wife Melissa, daughter Olivia, son Ben and walking his two beagles ‘Lucy’ and ‘Kizmet’.

“It’s been a very fulfi lling role on this deployment but it will be nice to get home and be there for my daughter Olivia’s fi rst birth-day and play soccer again with my son Ben in the backyard,”

Major Amaricai said.“I operate out of Camp Phoe-

nix at the Joint Task Force Head-quarters in a plans role where I provide information operations support to the International Stabilisation Force.

“The people I work with are highly professional and capable and this has made my experience in Timor Leste absolutely fantastic.

“Learning about the local Timorese people and the hardships they had to overcome on their jour-ney to nationhood has been hum-bling and inspirational.

“There is so much hope in this country and it is an honour to be a part of the Australian team that has worked so hard over a decade or so to bring peace and stability.”

Major Amaricai has had an eventful deployment out of the offi ce and has run a marathon around Camp Phoenix and called on his experience as a Football Federation Victoria referee to blow the whistle in an ADF versus local community soccer match and other friendly games.

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(2964m), attended the Special Olympics in Dili, visited Balibo where the fi ve Australian-based journalists were killed in 1975 but most importantly, I enjoyed the community engagement pa-

trols and visiting the St Bakhita Children’s Orphanage,” Major Amaricai said.

Though he has moved around the country with the army, Peter said he still calls Berri home and

holds the Adelaide Crows close to heart.

“I try to visit the Riverland at least once a year,” he said.

“I have great memories from my younger years, in particular my Army Reserve and Army Cadet days in Berri, which were great formative experiences,” he added.

Timor Leste began an exciting new chapter in its history when the Australian-led International Stabi-lisation Force (ISF) ceased security operations on November 22.

After more than six years of supporting the East Timor security forces, the ISF role has changed to the redeployment of its people and equipment to Australia and New Zealand.

ISF troops started to depart East Timor in late November and bases will be remediated for handover by mid-2013.

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Major still calls Berri home■ SERVING: Former Berri man Peter Amaricai who still calls the Riverland home, recently

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Kinder Resort offers government funded pre-school programRENMARK Kinder Resort is now a DECD funded centre that can deliver a govern-ment funded pre-school pro-gram in 2013.

To ensure the Kinder Re-sort meets the government criteria, it has engaged the services of a local qualifi ed teacher.

“We are very excited here at Kinder Resort as we have fi nally been recognised that we can provide our children in Renmark the best pos-sible start to early childhood education,” Centre director Sheryl Morris said.

“To lead our Pre-School in 2013 will be Ali Uren and Sue Lahainer, they are both eager to commence their new roles.”

Each child will be given the opportunity to attend 15 hours of funded pre-school, and by choice, parents can extend on these hours.

The Centre’s curriculum will be in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework.

Children who are en-rolled for pre-school must be four-years-old on or be-fore May 1. Children who are enrolled for three-year-old pre-school (pre- entry) must be three years old prior to commencement.

“We are inviting our fam-ilies and any other families who aren’t associated with the Centre who are inter-ested to attend an evening to be held at Kinder Resort on Thursday, December 20, at 6pm,” Sheryl said.

“This will be an informal evening to discuss our pre-school of which will com-mence in 2013.”

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WITH the festive season under-way, pet owners including their four legged friends in Christ-mas cheer are being urged to exercise caution when sharing their leftovers.

Treating animals that have contracted diet related illness from consuming human foods has become an unfortunate Christmas tradition.

Specialist veterinarian Dr Rod Straw said the community need-ed to be better educated about the serious risks of feeding pets leftovers.

“Diet related illness, such as pancreatitis, is one of the most common but also eas-ily avoidable health problems,” he said.

“Unfortunately many pet owners don’t understand that human foods pose problems for pets or think they are acceptable in small amounts.

“There are some common foods that can have potentially fatal health effects on your pet.”

To help pet owners avoid an emergency trip to the vet this Christmas, Dr Straw has put to-gether a list of Christmas foods harmful to pets:

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“The safest and most nutri-tious food you can feed your animal is good quality pet food,” he said.

“There are many different Christmas themed pet treats on the market which are often more appealing to animals than human foods and will ensure your pet doesn’t miss out on any festive fun.”

Dr Straw advises pet owners who suspect their pet may have eaten something toxic to contact a veterinarian or a veterinary spe-cialist immediately.

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■ READING: Riverland Vietnam Veterans’ Association member Trevor Richardson with author Doctor Glen Edwards (front) outside the war memorial in the main street of Berri with a copy of his book Beyond Dark Clouds.

FOLLOWING the launch of his book Beyond Dark Clouds in the Riverland re-cently, the local Vietnam Veterans’ As-sociation will discuss the possibility of a return visit for the author.

Doctor Glen Edwards launched his book, which features a local veteran, in the Berri Library, while also visit-ing high schools in Loxton, Glossop and Renmark.

The reception was so strong that the Riverland Vietnam Veterans’ Association is considering inviting Dr Edwards back to the region to talk in front of a bigger audience.

“If we can get the Chaffey Theatre or something like that to hold a few people and just invite the Riverland to listen to Glen because he’s got a very, very strong and powerful message to give to people,” Riverland Vietnam Veterans’ Association member Trevor Richardson said.

Almost 800 children, teachers and staff at the local high schools listened to Dr Edwards speak.

“What I’m trying to do is promote the issue of mental health and people with depression, anxiety, stress and trauma, not just Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),” he said.

“They (students) are like sponges, they take this all in, they do understand and they are our future.

“One of the important things is I didn’t stand up there as a 65-year-old and tell the students ‘this is what you should be doing’.

“I took quotes from the book and I invited students to come up and each of them read a quote from the book, so that it was the students talking to their peers.”

Dr Edwards said he was intrigued to fi nd out more about the families of vet-erans following his fi rst book Vietnam: The War Within.

“The fi rst book with the Viet-nam veterans, they talked about their lives and about how they came from the war and the trau-ma that happened and that was 20 years ago,” he said.

“So I decided that I wanted to look at it again but this time I wanted to look at the wives’ story and the children’s story because I had great concern about the children and wheth-er or not they were picking up the symptoms that their fa-ther had, not sleeping, walking around the house, going into isolation.

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and I started to realise they had messages to give to society about how to cope, what worked for them and what didn’t work.

“The book became more than just about their lives it be-came an educational and a his-torical document.”

It is not only war vet-erans who are traumatised and Dr Edwards said many people in different roles can be impacted.

“Police offi cers, ambulance offi cers, emergency service per-sonnel, doctors, nurses, they see terrible things, they are stressed, they are traumatised,” he said.

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Welcome to the Christmas edi-tion of the Berri Barmera LAP/ Riverland West Landcare update.

Well what a year it has been, prolonged high river fl ows with plenty of water on the fl oodplain, offset by below average rainfall for most of the year.

We thought we would try something different this update and with photographs showcase a summary of just some of the projects and activities we achieved over the last 12 months.

Some of the highlights of the year include:· The Lowbank Ag Bureau low soil distur-bance crop trials. The crops have now been harvested and to date, over 600 people have visited the trial site· The SA MDBNRM Weed Warriors pro-gram was successfully run again with Ramco Primary joining in for the fi rst time. Leaf hoppers were released at locations in Ramco and Maize Island· Walk for a healthy Hart – this was a free community event to introduce volunteers to wetland health and maintenance· WPS Youth Environment Team and Ramco Environment Group joined forces to propagate over 300 seedlings for the Banrock Station revegetation project.· Waikerie High students ‘discover’ Hart lagoon and participate in several fi eld trips for their year 11/12 research projects· Community bus tour held which took in Hogwash Bend (Regent parrot recovery project), Ramco lagoon (decommissioning of tracks), Hart lagoon (bird hide re-build) and fi nished with drinks and nibbles at the Riverview bush tucker garden at Illalangi· Barmera Primary School once again held a very successful environmental expo, and for the fi rst time taking it on the road to other schools in the Riverland.· Completing the new wetland regulating structure at Martin Bend.· Undertaking weed mapping and con-trol measures at local wetlands, and having community groups “put their hand up” to continue this work into the future· Providing training to volunteers in seed collection and propagation· Developing a new project with Winkie Primary School connecting students with native fi sh and their habitats· Undertaking on-ground works at Love-day and Overland Corner.

This is, of course, only a small sample of the work that has been done and there is lots more already planned for 2013.

We do know that we will be spending a fair bit of time out on our wetlands install-ing monitoring markers and repairing pho-topoints and piezometers, so feel free to invite yourself along and get to enjoy some of the best spots in the Riverland whilst we undertake these works.

From all of us at Berri Barmera LAP and Riverland West Landcare, we hope you have a wonderful and safe Christmas and New Year and we look forward to seeing you in 2013.

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MONEY FEATUREYour Finance

Save fees with an end of year super clean-upBy AMP Financial Planner Craig Rashleigh

WE ALL know the festive season is a time for giving and a time for shar-ing but could it also be the time of tidying?

As the year draws to a close, we seem to be doing everything from ti-dying our work desks before heading off for a relaxing break, to tidying up after the seemingly endless string of Christmas parties.

It makes sense that this could also be the perfect time for people to tidy up their superannuation.

It’s a common story. People change jobs over the years

and a new job can often bring a new super account.

You say you’ll get around to con-solidating into one fund but time goes by and before you know it you’re receiving multiple super statements and possibly even paying multiple administration fees.

There are a few advantages to con-solidating your super into one fund.

Save money – Paying just one set of fees and charges could save people money. With one fund, people pay

one set of fees instead of several.

Save time – Consolidating makes managing super easier. One fund means one set of paperwork to keep track of, and more time for people to do the things they want to do.

Maximise your investment – Hav-ing money in one fund could mean people are better placed to man-age their super’s investment strategy and asset allocation.

It’s important to do some research before deciding whether or not to consolidate super funds.

A good place for people to start is to contact their funds and fi nd out what their current benefi ts are and what will happen if they transfer their money to another fund.

They should also make sure they fi nd out if they’ll be charged transfer, withdrawal or exit fees.

People can then compare the fees and investment options avail-able in their main fund to those in their other funds. People should in-clude all fees that may be charged when they transfer.

If people’s current funds pro-

vide them with insurance cover, they should fi nd out what will happen to the cover when they transfer.

By checking and comparing the levels of cover in their new fund they can ensure they are still happy with the overall cover provided.

Armed with this information, people are then in a good position to decide whether it’s best for them to transfer or not.

The process might seem daunt-ing but in fact most superannuation funds make consolidating or “rolling over” superannuation into one fund very easy. In most cases, people need to provide their chosen fund with the details of their other super accounts, and the fund will do the rest of the work.

A small “tidying” job now could make a signifi cant difference to people’s retirement funds in the long-term.

*Craig Rashleigh is an Authorised Representative of AMP Financial Planning Pty Ltd, ABN 89 051 208 327, AFS Licence No. 232706.

Any advice given is general only and has not taken into account your objectives, fi nancial situation or needs. Because of this, before acting on any advice, you should consult a fi nancial planner to consider how appropriate the advice is to your objectives, fi nancial situation and needs.

THE Lions Club of Renmark will again be providing a Christmas present wrapping service at the Renmark Plaza during the 12 days leading up to Christmas Day.

The service will be pro-vided during each day (and some evenings during late night shopping) in the centre

of the shopping mall at Ren-mark Plaza from today.

The club is hoping for a gold coin donation for each present wrapped.

Lions Club of Renmark president Colin Pettigrew said “our club is pleased to again be able to provide this Christmas wrapping service”.

“This follows a success-ful service given by members and partners of our club in partnership with the Plaza centre management at this location over the past three years,” he said.

“All funds raised will go towards community projects undertaken by our club.”

DESCENDENTS of Johan-nes and Pauline Milich gath-ered in Loxton last month to celebrate the arrival of their ancestors to the town of Pyap.

A walk was held at the Loxton Cemetery where Jo-hannes and Pauline Milich and their children’s graves were marked for easy iden-tifi cation.

Following a dinner on Saturday, relatives and friends met at Pyap on Sun-day to witness the unveiling of the monument by the oldest family member pres-ent from each ‘branch’ of the Milich family tree.

The descendents were Leon Bradtke, Dot Dough-erty, Bob Ernst, Rhonda Froud, Marlene Manning, ‘Blue’ Milich, Keith Milich, Robert Milich and Wendy Sharpen.

Grant ‘Wally’ Milich was the MC for the event.

Member for Chaffey, Tim Whetstone, Loxton Waikerie Mayor Leon Stasinowsky

and his wife Lynette and Councillors Mark Ward and Michael Vowles, with his wife Jeannie, were special guests at the unveiling.

A number of local businesses and individu-als received certifi cates for contributions towards the monument.

Relatives and friends then met at the Loxton Lutheran School for a pooled lunch.

Andrew Milich had his

historic river steamboat collec-tion on display and Quentin ‘Mick’ Tschirpig entertained those present with a whip cracking demonstration.

The monument was the brainchild of Denise (nee Milich) and Mark Van Oost-veen, who saw “a need for a permanent reminder to inform future generations of their pioneering families achievements before the ones that do remember are no longer with us”.

TAFE SA Berri Campus stu-dents studying the Certifi cate II in Conservation Land Man-agement have restored and beautifi ed the Gerard Mis-sion Cemetery.

An offi cial opening and graduation ceremony was

held at the cemetery last month to acknowledge the students, who were all Aboriginal community members.

The restoration program was supported by TAFE SA, the TAFE SA Berri Campus

Aboriginal Access Centre, Gerard, the Berri Barmera Council, Career Employ-ment Group Inc, the De-partment of Education, Em-ployment and Workplace Relations and Mission Australia and MADEC.

Lions Christmas wrapping

Milich descendents gather

■ TOGETHER: Relatives gather at Loxton for the cemetery walk during the reunion.

■ ABOVE: At the reunion was the family of Paul and Isabel Milich, (back from left) Jenni Thiel, Mary, Cooper, Nathan, Kirsty and Caudis Koch, (front from left) with Jackson and Harrison Thiel. (Left) Organis-

ers of the monument Marc Van Oostveen and Denise (nee Milich).

Gerard cemetery project opened

Loxton Primary School band puts on entertaining show

■ ABOVE: Performing at Loxton Lights Up is (from left) Tyler Flood, Cicilia Gomes, Chloe Warrick, Nova Rolevink, Brooke Durdin, Kaitlin Napolitano and Sam Rob-ertson of the Loxton Primary School band Epic Heights. (Left) Sam Robertson, of Loxton, and Charlie Stivahtaris and Chloe Warrick, of New Residence, with Peter

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Barmera Christmas Pageant FEATURE

BARMERA is already bustling with Christmas spirit with decorations throughout the town and Christ-mas music being played in the main street.

However, tomorrow night heralds the arrival of the main event - the an-nual Christmas Pageant and a visit from Father Christmas.

Bamera Visitor Information Centre manager Helen Morgan said pageant day entertainment will get underway at about 4.30pm and con-tinue through until the fi reworks display at 9.15pm.

“We will have Kiwi the clown, stilt-walkers, jugglers and face paint-ing,” Mrs Morgan said.

Local country musician and sing-er Caroline Eichenberger will also en-tertain those attending.

The pageant itself will start at about 6.45pm.

Mrs Morgan said there will also be a fashion parade from local store OMG and a number of variety and food stalls operating.

“All the stores will be open for late night trading,” she said.

“Santa will be coming with

goodies for the kids.“Santa Clause will be opposite the

Bonney Theatre “just for the night” and only “after the pageant”.

Mrs Morgan said she expected that there would be a large number of fl oats participating in the parade.

“We will also be having a demon-stration of gymnastics,” she said.

One of the highlights of the night is also the presentation, as part of the pageant, of the queen, princesses and junior princesses.

“We generally get a few thousand people, between 2000 and 3000,”

Mrs Morgan said.“The Barmera Christmas Pageant

is seen as one of the major highlights in the Riverland Christmas event pro-gramme.”

A highlight of the pageant will be Glossop High School’s circus per-formers, while the newly refurbished

Bonney Theatre will be open to the public to view.

Fireworks a big hit

ONE of the favourites of the Barmera Christmas Pageant is the spectacu-lar fi reworks display to conclude the fantastic night.

The fi reworks are performed by Mike Philpot, of Ballistic Fireworks, who has been providing spectacular entertainment in the sky for more than two decades.

Offering plenty of noise and colour, Mike will this year introduce new fi reworks among some of the fa-vourites.

The display, which will run for over 10 minutes, kicks off at 9.15pm tomorrow and is expected to draw up to 5000 people to watch.

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Festive season in PinnarooTHE joy of the festive season will be seen on the faces of those in attend-ance at this year’s Pinnaroo Christ-mas Pageant tomorrow night.

A large crowd is expected to at-tend the popular annual event which continues to grow each year.

Pinnaroo Christmas Pageant co-cordinator Sharon Phelps said she is expecting a big turnout of fl oats and people.

Mrs Phelps said there is always a great family atmosphere at the Pinnaroo Pageant, which will run

along the town’s main street, Railway Terrace, from about 7pm.

“We have had about 20 fl oats in previous years,” she said.

“They can just turn up on the night.

“Everybody mingles around and catches up.”

Cool4Kids will perform for three hours at the pageant, playing a num-ber of Christmas themed songs and entertaining children of all ages from 6pm to 9pm.

“We close the street off, the Lions have a barbecue and shops stay open a bit longer,” Mrs Phelps said.

“Father Christmas has a gift for the kids.”

Mrs Phelps said that while only a few people had fi nished harvest in the Pinnaroo district, as a rule almost everybody made an ef-fort to get in to town for the Christmas pageant.

“I think it is successful because it is a family event,” she said.

“Even if they are still harvesting, all the dads stop and come in with the family.”

There will be plenty of entertain-ment options for the whole family-with a Christmas tree and the much anticipated visit from Santa.

Volunteers from throughout the community put in many hours to make the pageant a fun fi lled and un-forgettable night.

■ ENTERTAINMENT: The Pinnaroo Pageant offers something for the whole

family from those participating in the

annual parade through town, to the visit from Santa and much more.

HIGH water levels at a number of permanent and temporary wetlands in the Riverland have resulted in a good response to a frog survey.

The frog surveys con-ducted by Natural Resources – SA Murray-Darling Basin (NR SAMDB) heard and re-corded up to six species at a number of wetlands across the region.

Frogs are identifi ed during the surveys by re-cording their calls, which helps program offi cers to recognise the individual frog species.

Species heard include the Eastern Banjo Frog, Perons Tree Frog, Long-thumbed Frog, Spotted

Grass Frog, Eastern Sign-bearing Frog and Southern Bell Frog.

These species, with the exception of the Southern Bell Frog, may be common-ly heard along the River Murray and in wetlands across the region.

The Southern Bell Frog was recorded at three sites and is a species of conser-vation signifi cance listed as vulnerable in SA and na-tionally.

Some species, such as the Perons Tree Frog, may only be recorded when temperatures exceed 20˚C, while the Southern Bell Frog is typically heard in summer months.

Few tadpoles have been

observed so far, however further monitoring through-out summer will help deter-mine whether a signifi cant recruitment event has oc-curred this year.

Over the past two years, there have been high frog numbers recorded across the region from a range of species.

Flooding is likely to have promoted the estab-lishment of favourable habitat and breeding areas which may have promoted this response.

The next round of frog surveys is scheduled for this month.

For further information contact the NR SA MDB on 8580 1800

High croaking levels Counsellor Counsellor loses hair for loses hair for a good causea good cause

RIVERLAND Division of General Practice clinical counsellor Carley Milich recently shaved her hair off in a bid to raise extra

funds for the Cancer Council.In the lead up to this year’s Relay for

Life, RDGP held a fundraiser in Berri, where Carley (pictured) lost her locks.

“It has been on my bucket-list to do this but I wanted to make it worth my while,” she said.

“The Cancer Council was a great sup-port to my Uncle Red, who transferred from outback NSW to stay in Adelaide for treatment of his brain tumour.”

RDGP raised over $800 at the event and donated most of Carley’s hair to the Hairifi c Hair Salon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where it will be made into a wig to benefi t someone in need.

■ CROAKING: The Southern Bell Frog has been recorded at three sites along the River Murray and in wetlands.

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JUST days before Christmas is offi ically upon the town of Lameroo, the small Mallee community will hold its annual pageant on Friday, December 23.

With about 300 people expected to attend, new Lameroo Apex Club presi-dent Adam Berwick said there is much to do for the whole family.

“The bulk of the town at-tend,” he said.

The pageant will kick off at 6pm on the main street, Railway Terrace North and will feature the arrival of fa-ther Christmas.

After the pageant Santa will be in his cave in front of the council chambers for a couple of hours.

Children visiting him can expect a real treat - as they will be given showbags containing items donated from various businesses in the town.

There is usually 15 to 20 fl oats in the pageant and that provides much of the enter-tainment for the night, with people getting a laugh at see-ing others they know dressed up and on the fl oats.

“It is a little bit of fun - lo-cal business people putting their own fl oats together and the kids having a ball,” Mr Berwick said.

There will also be other entertainment with the lo-cal choir and school band

both performing and face painting also an option for the children.

Local pilot Kevin Traeger will once again do a fl y-by of the town and a children’s movie will be shown in the Lameroo Institute.

Among the food stalls will be the CWA selling fruit salad and icecream, one from Mallee Mums and Bubs and a Rotary barbecue.

Mr Berwick said some of the district’s farmers were already fi nished harvest and therefore expected the family to attend.

“The bulk of the farmers will be fi nished harvest by then, some are already fi n-ished now,” he said.

Once again Lameroo and Pinnaroo pageant organis-ers have worked together to ensure that the two Mallee town’s Christmas events didn’t have a clash of dates.

“We try and work in with Pinnaroo so we can generally support each other,” Mr Ber-wick said.

Railway Terrace North will be closed between 6pm and 9pm to ensure the safety of those attending the pag-eant, watching the entertain-ment and taking advantage of those shops which stay open later for last minute Christ-mas shopping.

“Some shops will be trading but that is up to their own discretion, but they generally do,” Mr Ber-wick said.

A couple of Lameroo children are likely to get an extra Christmas present this year with two pocket motor bikes the prizes in an Apex Club raffl e.

The club, which orga-nises the town’s annual Christmas pageant, has a two-wheel and a four-wheel pocket bike as the fi rst and

second prize in a raffl e to be drawn on on pageant night - Friday, December 23.

Tickets are $3 each or two for $5.

Mr Berwick said the hold-er of the fi rst ticket drawn will have their choice of the two or four wheeler, with the sec-ond ticket drawn winning the other.

Anyone wanting to take a look at the bikes can view them at Mallee Tyres where they are on display.

Family entertainment galore at Lameroo Pageant

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■ FUN: There is plenty to do for children at the Lameroo Christmas

Pageant on December 23.

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■ GRINNING: Elishya Williams and Jarrad Smith are all smiles

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■ BLACK: Wearing matching colours were Luke Dalgleish

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■ FORMAL: Arriving at the formal in Waikerie were Mariah Jinks

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■ NICE: With a stunning car at the Waikerie Formal were Jackson Haese and Molly Hamdorf.

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6.00 rage 11.30 Eggheads 12.00 Cheese Slices 12.25 Movie: I Wanna Hold Your Hand 2.00 Movie: The Glenn Miller Story 4.00 Basketball: WNBL: West Coast v Canberra 5.00 Football: W-League: Canberra United v Melbourne Victory

6.00 River Cottage 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Doc Martin 8.20 Young James Herriot 9.20 Upstairs Downstairs: Sir Hallam makes a discovery that will change his life forever. 10.20 Silent Witness 11.15 Waking The Dead 12.10 rage

6am Children’s Programs 7pm Spicks And Specks 7.30 Beauty & The Beast 8.15 The Onion News Network 8.30 Movie: Barefoot In The Park: Jane Fonda, Robert Redford: A pair of newlyweds rent a freezing cold flat at the top of a lift-less

building. 10.15 Movie: Five Easy Pieces: Jack Nicholson, Fannie Flagg: After rejecting his wealthy and cultured upbringing, a young man returns home when his father has a stroke. 11.50 Breaking Bad 12.35 Harry And Paul 1.05 Misfits 1.55 ABC News

6.00 Children’s Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 The Morning Show 11.00 Children’s Programs 12.30 Movie: Barbie: Princess & The Pop Star 2.00 That ’70s Show 2.30 V8 Xtra 3.30 V8 Utes: Sydney 4.30 NZ On A Plate 5.00 Hart Of The

Barbecue 5.30 Mercurio’s Menu 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Michael Bublé - Home For The Holidays 7.30 Movie: Goldfinger: Sean Connery 9.45 Movie: Thunderball 12.30 Grey's Anatomy

6.00 Children's Programs 6.30 Weekend Today - Saturday 9.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Two 12.00 The Cricket Show 12.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Two 5.30 Antiques Roadshow

6.00 Nine News 6.30 Australia's Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Christmas With The Kranks 9.30 Movie: Caught Inside: Ben Oxenbould 11.30 Movie: When Time Ran Out 1.40 Movie: King's Ransom 3.30 Skippy 4.00 Danoz

6.00 Orangutans: People Of The Forest 7.00 Children’s Programs 9.30 Good Chef Bad Chef 10.00 The Doctors 11.00 Sons Of Tucson 11.30 Golf: 2012 Australian PGA Championship 4.30 Everyday Gourmet 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Simpsons

6.30 Life Of Mammals 7.30 Wildlife Warriors 8.00 Bondi Vet 8.30 The Graham Norton Show 9.30 Go Girls 11.30 Movie: I Love You, Beth Cooper: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust 1.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Bayless Conley 4.30 It Is Written 5.00 Hour Of Power

5.00 Weather 5.05 World Watch 1.00 Passione: A Musical Adventure 2.40 Piano Notes 2.50 Michelangelo Revealed 3.55 Photo 4.30 PBS Newshour 5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 6.30 World News 7.30 Amazon With Bruce Parry

8.30 Hunted: Sam discovers Jack Turner is involved in sabotage to make millions on the stock market. 9.30 Real Humans 10.40 Movie: Dragon Tiger Gate (Hong Kong): Donnie Yen 12.20 Anatomy For Beginners 1.20 Dave In The Life 1.55 Weather

6.00 rage 6.30 Children’s Programs 9.00 Weekend Breakfast 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Landline 1.00 River Cottage 2.00 Young James Herriot 3.00 Private Life Of A Christmas Masterpiece 4.00 10 Aussie Books To Read Before You Die

5.00 First Life 6.00 Schools Spectacular 2012 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The Manor Reborn 8.30 The Pillars Of The Earth 10.15 Life In Movement 11.35 Movie: Two Mules For Sister Sara 1.25 British Invasion 2.35 rage

6am Children’s Programs 7pm Spicks And Specks 7.30 The 27 Inch Man 8.30 God Bless Ozzy Osbourne: The first documentary to tell the story of a major icon's journey to sobriety, which Ozzy Osbourne regards as his greatest accomplishment.

10.05 Louis Theroux 11.05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 11.55 Kids' Business: Over a year at a Victorian primary school, a group of students talk about things that concern them. 12.50 triple j presents 1.20 Radio 1's Big Weekend 2010 2.15 ABC News

6.00 Children’s Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 The Morning Show 11.00 Kochie's Business Builders 11.30 Reece Mastin: Live And Lost 12.00 Children’s Programs 1.30 No Ordinary Family 2.30 Movie: Ice

Princess 4.30 Drive Thru Australia 5.00 Great Outdoors 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Vicar Of Dibley 7.30 Border Patrol 8.00 Coastwatch 8.30 Bones 9.30 Covert Affairs 11.30 Parking Wars 12.00 Movie: Death Becomes Her 2.00 Home Shopping

6.00 Children's Programs 6.30 Weekend Today - Sunday 9.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Three: Presented by Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell, Mark Nicholas, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy and Michael Slater 12.00 The Cricket

Show: Presented by Michael Slater and Brett Lee 12.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Three 5.30 South Aussie With Cosi 6.00 Nine News 6.30 Frozen Planet 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 The Mentalist 9.30 CSI 10.30 Unforgettable

6.00 Mass At Home 6.30 Hillsong 7.00 Children’s Programs 8.00 Supreme Cat 9.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 10.30 Pat Callinan's 4 X 4 Adventures 11.30 Golf: 2012 Australian PGA Championship 4.30 Everyday Gourmet 5.00 Ten News

6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Merlin 7.30 Modern Family 8.30 Homeland 9.30 Vegas 10.30 Go Girls: A childcare crisis leads Britta to an unlikely guru. 11.30 The Good Wife 12.30 48 Hours 1.30 Home Shopping 5.00 Life Today

5.00 Weather 5.30 World Watch 8.30 Popasia 10.30 Football Asia 11.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 11.30 Speedweek 1.30 World Watch 2.30 The Russian Enigma 3.30 Trawlermen 4.30 ADbc 5.00 Cycling Central 6.00 Thalassa

6.30 World News 7.35 Lost Worlds 8.35 Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design 9.30 Under African Skies: Paul Simon’s Graceland 11.10 Movie: The Light (France) 1.00 Movie: A Way Of Life (The UK): Stephanie James 2.35 Weather

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 10.00 Menzies And Churchill At War 11.00 Best Of Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Manor Reborn 1.30 Meerkat Manor 2.00 The Forsyte Saga 3.00 Children’s Programs 5.00 Eggheads

5.30 Poh's Kitchen 6.00 Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Family Confidential 8.30 Country House Rescue 9.15 Dream Build 9.30 Fake Or Fortune? 10.30 ABC News 10.40 Gandhi 11.35 Poirot

6am Children’s Programs 7pm Spicks And Specks 7.30 Mega Builders: The city of Madrid has hired a team of top-notch German engineers to design the only tunnelling machine in the world big enough to bury its busy ring road deep underground.

8.30 Louis Theroux 9.30 Hit & Miss: Mia has two hits to be done on the same day. When things go wrong with the second hit, it is Mia’s life that is on the line. 10.15 Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work 11.40 Being Human 12.35 Latin Music USA 1.35 triple j presents 2.00 ABC News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Picnic 2.00 Bush Doctors 2.30 Dr Oz 3.30 Children’s Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Price Is Right 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Today Tonight

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens 7.30 Motorway Patrol 8.00 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 8.30 Castle 9.30 The Amazing Race 11.30 Whitney 12.00 Grey's Anatomy 1.00 Home Shopping 3.30 The Real Seachange

5.30 Today 9.00 Children's Programs 9.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Four 12.00 The Cricket Show 12.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Four 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Nine News

6.30 Win News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 RBT 8.30 The Mentalist 9.30 CSI: Miami 10.30 House Husbands 10.30 Unforgettable 11.30 Nikita 12.30 Win News 1.00 The Avengers 2.00 Guthy Renker 2.30 Trivita 3.00 Danoz

6.00 CBS: This Morning 7.00 Children’s Programs 7.30 ET 8.00 The Insider 8.30 Bold & Beautiful 9.00 Judge Judy 9.30 Everyday Gourmet 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 10.30 Taste Of Travel 11.00 Living Room 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors

2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Huey 4.00 Children’s Programs 4.30 Bold & Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Simpsons 6.30 The Project 7.30 Modern Family 8.00 Ben & Kate 8.30 Modern Family 9.00 New Normal 9.30 Hawaii Five-O

5.00 Weather 5.05 World Watch 1.00 Arena: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited 2.00 Magical Mystery Tour 3.00 World Watch 4.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5.00 Popasia 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Food Safari 6.30 World News

7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 Derren Brown: The Experiments 9.30 The Arecibo Message 10.00 South Park 10.30 World News 11.00 The World Game 12.00 SOS 1.05 La La Land 1.35 South Park: The Early Years 2.35 Weather

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 10.00 Fake Or Fortune? 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Carmen And Geoffrey 2.00 The Forsyte Saga 3.00 Children’s Programs 5.00 Eggheads 5.30 Poh's Kitchen 6.00 Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas

6.55 Audrey's Kitchen 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Maggie Beer’s Christmas Feast 8.30 Ruth Rendell’s 13 Steps Down 10.00 My Family 10.30 ABC News 10.45 Dragons' Den 12.15 Willie's Perfect Chocolate Christmas 1.05 Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas

6am Children’s Programs 7pm Spicks And Specks 7.30 Dirty Jobs: Presented by Mike Rowe 8.10 Video Killed The Radio Star 8.35 Louis Theroux: Louis Theroux meets patients and therapists at California's Coalinga Mental Hospital,

which houses more than 500 convicted paedophiles. 9.40 Louie: Louie looks for a new home. 10.00 God Bless Ozzy Osbourne 11.35 Louis Theroux 12.35 The Real Filth Fighters 1.00 Traffic Blues 1.25 Blade Of The Immortal 1.50 ABC News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: The Scream Team 2.00 Bush Doctors 2.30 Dr Oz 3.30 Children’s Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Price Is Right 5.30 Deal Or No Deal: Presented by

Andrew O’Keefe 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Today Tonight 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens 7.30 Once Upon A Time 8.30 Grey's Anatomy 9.30 Covert Affairs 11.30 I Just Want My Pants Back 12.00 Desperate Housewives 1.00 Home Shopping

5.30 Today 9.00 Children's Programs 9.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Five 12.00 The Cricket Show 12.30 Cricket: First Test: Australia v Sri Lanka: Day Five 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Nine News

6.30 Win News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Hamish & Andy's Euro Gap Year 8.30 Big Bang Theory 9.30 Two And A Half Men 10.00 Anger Management 10.30 Survivor 11.30 Weeds 12.00 Win News 12.30 20/20 1.30 Danoz

6.00 CBS: This Morning 7.00 Children’s Programs 7.30 ET 8.00 The Insider 8.30 Bold & Beautiful 9.00 Judge Judy 9.30 Everyday Gourmet 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 10.30 Taste Of Travel 11.00 Living Room 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors

2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Huey 4.00 Children’s Programs 4.30 Bold & Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Simpsons 6.30 The Project 7.30 Jamie’s 15 & 30 Minute Meals 8.30 NCIS 9.30 NCIS: LA 10.30 Go Girls

5.00 Weather 5.05 World Watch 1.00 Katherine Jenkins: Live 2.20 A Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra 2.50 Spacefiles 3.00 World Watch 4.30 PBS Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Food Safari 6.30 World News 7.30 Finding Your

Roots 8.30 The Truth About Looking Younger: Dr Rozina Ali asks if it is possible to make your skin look younger without surgery. 9.30 Forensics On Trial 10.30 World News 11.05 Movie: Marock (Morocco) 12.55 Mad Men 2.50 Weather

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 10.00 Missing: Presumed Dead 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press 1.30 Can We Help? 2.00 The Forsyte Saga 3.00 Children’s Programs 5.00 Eggheads 5.30 Poh's Kitchen 6.00 Jimmy's Christmas Food Factory

6.30 Choccywoccy-doodah 6.55 Audrey's Kitchen 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 QI 8.30 Movie: Bran Nue Dae 9.55 Absolutely Fabulous Special 10.25 ABC News 10.35 Spooks 11.35 Blue Murder 12.20 Durham County 1.10 rage

6am Children’s Programs 7pm Spicks And Specks 7.30 Face Facts: The Truth About Botox: Presenter Kirsten O'Brien investigates the good, bad and ugly side of the booming cosmetic injections industry. 8.30 Louis Theroux 9.30 Louie: Louie has a rough show in Atlantic

City. 9.50 The 27 Inch Man 10.40 Louis Theroux: Louis Theroux meets patients and therapists at California's Coalinga Mental Hospital. 11.40 OMG! Sextuplets! 12.25 The Urban Chef 12.55 The Fabulous Beekman Boys 1.20 How Do They Do It? 1.45 Late Show

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Abandoned And Deceived 2.00 Bush Doctors 2.30 Dr Oz 3.30 Children’s Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Price Is Right 5.30 Deal Or No Deal: Presented by

Andrew O’Keefe 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Today Tonight 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens 7.30 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 8.30 Grimm 10.30 The Cult 11.30 Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny 12.00 Sons And Daughters 1.00 Home Shopping 4.00 NBC Today

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings - Summer Series 10.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Nine News 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Children's Programs

4.30 Nine News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Nine News 6.30 Win News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Big Bang Theory 8.30 Movie: Four Holidays 10.30 Anger Management 11.30 I Hate My Teenage Daughter 12.00 Win News 12.30 Eclipse 1.00 Extra

6.00 CBS: This Morning 7.00 Children’s Programs 7.30 ET 8.00 The Insider 8.30 Bold & Beautiful 9.00 Judge Judy 9.30 Everyday Gourmet 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 10.30 Yes Chef 11.00 Living Room 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook

3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Huey 4.00 Children’s Programs 4.30 Bold & Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Simpsons 6.30 The Project 7.30 Wedding Band 8.30 Movie: The Accidental Husband 10.30 Go Girls 11.30 The Project 12.30 Saving Grace 1.30 Home Shopping

5.00 Weather 5.05 World Watch 1.00 America Before Columbus 2.00 A Taste Of Iran 2.50 Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong Bitesize 3.00 World Watch 4.30 PBS Newshour: With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Global Village: Presented by Silvio Rivier 6.00 Food Safari

6.30 World News 7.30 Monster Bug Wars 8.30 Toughest Place To Be A... 9.30 Under Fire: Journalists In Combat 10.35 World News 11.10 Movie: The Refuge (France): Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte 12.45 Iron Chef 2.25 Weather

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HAND CRAFTED items and art-works from Riverland and Mallee artists are currently on display at the Riverland Lands Gallery in Berri.

The exhibition titled ‘Treasures’ opened yesterday and will be on display until January 25.

Treasures was fi rst trialled last year as an opportunity for local art-ists to promote and sell their work in the lead up to Christmas and during the January school holidays and the exhibition has returned by popular demand.

The exhibition includes favou-rites such as signature glass works

by well known local artists Liz and Clint Frankel, one of a kind wear-able art by Lorraine Marter and a selection of stunning turned wood items by Ian Campbell.

This year the exhibition also in-cludes pop art inspired canvases by Pinnaroo artist Tyrone Richardson, captivating ink and watercolour images by young Riverland artist Taylor Schramm and a wide vari-ety of textile based soft teddies and other goodies.

Viewings are available from 10am to 4pm Monday to Fri-day and selected Saturdays from 11am to 2pm.

Local ‘Treasures’ on display in Berri art gallery

■ ON SHOW: The River Lands Gallery currently has a display

from local artists.

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Section 7 statements relating to the properties will be available for viewing at the offi ce of the Agent 3 business days prior to

the Auction and at the place of Auction 30 minutes prior to the

Auction commencing.


New home, New home, beautiful viewsbeautiful views

BUILT just over twelve months ago, this home offers the ideal opportunity to purchase a

new home without the hassles of establishing gardens and outdoor living areas.

The three bedroom home features spacious open living areas, ducted evaporative aircondi-tioning, built-in robes to all bedrooms, a high quality kitchen overlooking the lounge and din-ing areas and a two–way bathroom with direct access from the main bedroom.

A double carport with an automatic lift door is attached to the home and the solar power sys-tem will help to keep those ever growing power bills down to an affordable level.

The glass enclosed rear deck provides pan-oramic views over the Paringa township and riv-er valley and is the perfect place for entertaining family and friends.

3 Panorama CourtPrice $263,000Inspect By Appointment

PARINGA

Ray White RenmarkMark Cresp

0417 883 892

Contact

RLA 147968

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Chet Al

Paringanew

release

25 Middleton AvenueSpace Position and Affordability!

Price: $215,000view: Saturday 10:00 - 10.30amChet Al 0413 104 002

Chet Al

Renmarknew

release

Perfect for the First Home Buyer!

Price: $170,000 to $180,000View: Saturday 10.00 - 10.30amChet Al 0413 104 002

Chet Al

Renmarknew

release

Graceful Elegance

Price: Expressions of InterestView: Saturday 11.00 - 11.30amChet Al 0413 104 002

Renmark

Modern Renmark North Home

Price: $298,000View: Saturday 9.30 - 10.15amMark Cresp 0417 883 892

129 Renmark Ave, Renmark

8586 6831 Renmark

............................................Principal

Chet Al ..................................................Sales

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Property Management

.............................. Office Manager

...................... Office Administration

RLA 147 968

Paringa

Brick Veneer Home at a Great Price!

NEW Price: $194,500View: Saturday 11.00 - 11.30am Mark Cresp 0417 883 892

NOW UNDER $200,000!Paringa

Superior Quality, Superior Location

NEW Price: $410,000View: Saturday 11.45 - 12.15pmMark Cresp 0417 883 892

Renmarknew

release

Ideal for First Home Buyers!

Price: $120,000View: Saturday 12.45 - 1.15pmHelen Makris 0404 555 153

Renmark North

Ranch Style Inspired Rural Retreat

Price: $290,000 - $300,000View: Saturday 1.30 - 2.00pmHelen Makris 0404 555 153

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

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Monash

Large Family Home on 4 Acres

Price: $249,000View: by appointmentHelen Makris 0404 555 153

Paringanew

release

Only 12 Months Old!

Price: $263,000View: by appointmentMark Cresp 0417 883 892

Chet Al

Renmark

Admire Move in and Enjoy

NEW Price: $249,000View: by appointmentChet Al 0413 104 002

Renmark

A Home to Impress


Berri

300 Metres of Riverfront


Chet Al

Renmark

Beautiful Solid Construction Home

Price: $410,000View: by appointmentChet Al 0413 104 002

Great Investment or Personal Living

New Price: $117,000View: by appointmentMark Cresp 0417 883 892

Renmark

Chet Al

Renmark

Stunning Executive Lifestyle

NEW Price: $370,000 View: by appointment Chet Al 0413 104 002

price

reduced

Renmark

Chet Al

How’s the Serenity?


Renmark

Huge Family Home


Sophisticated, Stylish & Near New

Price; $340,000View: by appointment Chet Al 0413 104 002

Chet Al

Renmark Paringa

Near New Brick Veneer


Chet Al

Renmark

Neat, Tidy and Ready For you!

Price: $180,000View: by appointmentContact: Chet Al 0413 104 002

Chet Al

Monash

Neat & Sweet!


Chet Al

Paringanew

release

Cute, Cosy & Full of Character

Price: $185,000View: By appointmentChet Al 0413 104 002


129 Renmark Ave, Renmark

8586 6831

“Peace of Mind” Property Management

8586 6831

Interested in High Quality Stonefruit?

11.91 Ha (29.4 Acres)

tion

CONTACT Mark Cresp0417 883 892 or 8586 [email protected]

WE NEED MORE RENTAL PROPERTIESWe are currently experiencing a high demand for properties

in Renmark.

8586 6831

Renmark

Rural Living Opportunity

New Price: $165,000View: by appointmentMark Cresp 0417 883 892

Renmark

Renmark

$320,000

Wren Street, Chaffey .......................................... 26.7 acres ...$450,000

Quarte Street, Renmark .................................... 10 acres ......$160,000

Sanctuary Road, Renmark .............................. 16.5 acres ...$170,000

Begarra Street, Renmark .................................. 8.7 acres .....$280,000

Warrego Street, Renmark ................................. 19 acres ......$300,000

Government Road, Renmark ......................... 74.4 acres

Darling Street, Renmark ................................... 19.2 acres ...$260,000

Wentworth Road, Renmark ............................. 140 acres ....$250,000

Teal Street, Chaffey ............................................ 7.93 acres .....$90,000

Hobby Farm plus Income

Price: $160,000 with plantView: by appointmentMark Cresp 0417 883 892

Chet Al

Ezy As!

New Price $50,000View: by appointmentChet Al 0413 104 002

Berri Renmark

High Return Duplex Rentals

Price: $210,000View: By appointmentMark Cresp 0417 883 892

Paringa

Business Opportunity

Paringa Post Office

Price: $195,000 + SAVMark Cresp 0417 883 892

Renmark

10 Acres with Brick Veneer Home

New Price: $255,000View: By appointmentContact: Mark Cresp 0417 883 892

BERRI1 Sultana Street, $250pw

RENMARK10 Tapio St, $335pw

7 Dedes Drive $350pw

Lot 37(98) Brewarinna St, $275pw

15B Twentieth St, $250pw

83 Hughes Ave, $170pw

17E Namoi St, $165pw

12 Belah St, $160pw

THIS perfectly presented home will impress even the fussiest of

buyers.Set in a quiet street in Paringa, the

home offers three good size bedrooms. The main bedroom has wall to

wall built-in robes, the lounge room has a gas heater keeping the house warm on those wintery days and reverse cycle airconditioning for the summer heat.

You will be absolutely delighted with the renovated kitchen and the modern style bathroom.

Situated on a large allotment of 895m2, the front and back yard are fi lled with native trees and shrubs, which require very little maintenance or water and there’s even room for the veggie patch.

The shed/carport with a concrete fl oor allows access to the rear of the home, where the outdoor entertaining area is situated along with the garden shed and pergola area to fi nish off the package.

This is the ideal home for the fi rst home buyer or even the fi rst home investor.

It feels like homeIt feels like home

13 Stoeckel TerracePrice $185,000Inspect By Appointment

PARINGA

Ray White RenmarkChet Al

0413 104 002

Contact

RLA 147968

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Saturday, December 15

RENMARK9.30 - 10.15am Brewarrina Street Ray White Renmark

10.00 - 10.30am 25 Wattle Street Ray White Renmark

11.00 - 11.30am 155 Arumpo Street Ray White Renmark

12.45 - 1.15pm 6 Howie Drive Ray White Renmark

RENMARK NORTH1.30 - 2.00pm 214 Paroo Street Ray White Renmark

Saturday, December 15

PARINGA10.00 - 10.30am 25 Middleton Avenue Ray White Renmark

11.00 - 11.30am 6 Middleton Avenue Ray White Renmark

11.45 - 12.15pm 29 Shepherd Drive Ray White Renmark

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Berri

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Mannum

Murray Bridge

Adelaide

Lameroo

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Mindarie

Karoonda

Swan Reach Sedan

Kingston on Murray

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Distribution Area MapRiverland and Mallee Region South Australia13,500 papers distributed throughout the Riverland and Mallee area including home delivery in Renmark, Berri, Barmera, Loxton and Waikerie with over 100 outlets throughout the coverage area.

RIVERLAND’SLARGEST FREE

CIRCULATION

BERRI, 64 Zante Road

Details: Iris Williams Mobile: 0437 497 304

AFFORDABLE CORNER BLOCKThree bedroom home on corner lot. Side entrance to the garage/workshop. Good sized block. Neat throughout with lounge, kitchen, tiled bathroom. At present tenanted on a fixed term. Suit first home buyer or investor.

$129,000

BERRI, 53 Kay Avenue


INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITYThree flats situated opposite the Riverland Central Plaza, in Berri, are on the market. Each flat comprises of two bedrooms, airconditioning, a small yard and a carport. Currently these flats are fully let and returning seven per cent.

$330,000

BERRI, 6/11 Coneybeer Street


GOOD INVESTMENTUpstairs single bedroom unit with built-in robes and ensuite bathroom. Open plan living area including kitchenette, partly furnished with carport. Sitting tenant returning $7,280 per annum.

$89,000

BARMERA, 15 Kelly Avenue

Details: Sue Wurth Mobile: 0431 488 538

FIRST HOME OR RETIREGood size three bedroom home close to lake home newly painted throughout consisting of new floor coverings in lounge and hall. Large shed and carport and good size backyard with clothesline and rainwater tank.

$135,000

RLA 1935

BERRI, 4A McLean Street


MODERN VILLASituated in a popular area close to facilities and surrounded by quality homes is this three bedroom modern spacious home. Complete with airconditioning, garage UMR and pergola. Suit retiree or investor. Currently tenanted at $245. per week.

$229,000

BERRI, 11/11 Coneybeer Street


GREAT INVESTMENT One bedroom community titled unit featuring built-in robes in bedroom, open plan living kitchen, dining, partly furnished including fridge, two lounge chairs and double ensemble. Bathroom, undercover parking, split system. Tenanted at $145pw.

$89,000

LOXTON, 40 First Street


INVESTMENT FLATS PLUS LANDSituated on the corner of Sixth/First Street are six two bedroom flats plus land suitable for further development. The flats have good returns and will be an excellent investment.

$455,000

INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

WANTED Due to demand we are seeking

homes and fruit properties in the Riverland area

CONTACT Iris Williams or

Sue Wurth 8582 2744

BERRI, 2/54 Old Sturt Highway


BRICK STRATA UNITAdd this to your investment portfolio! Two bedroom community titled unit in a small group. Built-in robes, open plan living areas, modern kitchen, reverse cycle airconditioning, carport, fenced yard. Currently tenanted.

SOLD

RENMARK NORTH, Lot 18 Tareena Street

Details: Sue Wurth Mobile: 0431 488 538

HOBBY FARM & HOMEWant to live on the land and get a small income? Situated on 5.8 acres comprising organically grown grapes planted to gordo, mataro and shiraz with 22.4 megs of water. This property also has a good size three bedroom home with open plan kitchen.

Contract

Under

BERRI, 1/52Old Sturt Highway


BRICK STRATA UNITAdd this to your investment portfolio! Two bedroom community titled unit in a small group. Built-in robes, open plan living areas, modern kitchen, reverse cycle airconditioning, carport, fenced yard. Currently tenanted.

SOLD

KINGSTON ON MURRAY, Farley Road


SET HIGH ON THE HILLSituated on about two and a half acres, this four bedroom home offers ducted air throughout, good size living space, sunken lounge, large separate family room and four good sized bedrooms. There is a good amount of shedding and large amount of rain water tanks.

SOLD

BARMERA, 82 Gillespie Rd

Details: Sue Wurth Phone:85 822 744 Mobile: 0431 488 538

PRICED TO SELLSituated on approximately one acre of land just outside Barmera/Glossop, is this four bedroom home with a fully renovated kitchen. It features an Indoor swimming pool and spa, fully enclosed, yard and a good amount of shedding. There is also a large entertaining area.

$275,000

ReleaseNewBARMERA, 5 Cocksedge Road


$105,000

ReleaseNewWALK TO THE LAKESituated just a few minutes walk from Lake Bonney is this well kept two bedroom home. Large open plan kitchen/dining and lounge, separate shower, toilet and laundry. Ducted evaporative airconditioning thoughout with split system in living areas. Fully fenced front and back yard. Very neat and totally complete for the retiree or investor.

COUNTRY LIVINGSituated just outside of Barmera on 3.78 acres of land is this comfort-able three bedroom home. Inside comes complete with good size bedrooms and open plan kitchen/dining and lounge. Outside there is plenty of room to move and a large shed consisting of power and concrete floor and a great front veranda perfect to relax with a beer or bbq.

BARMERA, 284 Caddy Road


REDUCED TO$159,000

BARMERA, 2a Bruce Road


LIFESTYLE PLUSSituated predominantly on the Barmera Golf Course is this magnificently presented open plan three bedroom, two bathroom home. Nothing has been spared to provide a relaxing lifestyle for your family and friends to enjoy. Featuring master bedroom with french doors leading out to the patio area, large ensuite and his and hers walk in robes. Complete with sunken lounge, ultra modern kitchen/dining area, large laundry, separate toilet, shower and bath, car parking for two vehicles under main roof and plenty of room to entertain.

REDUCED TO$370,000

GLOSSOP, 81 Woolmer Rd


LOTS AND LOTS OF SPACEFeeling closed in and needing to move out of town? Perfect for horses, motor bikes or just room to move, is this three bedroom, two bathroom home on 18 acres. Large amount of shedding and rain water tanks, this property is perfect for lovers of the outdoors.

REDUCED TO$275,000

BERRI, 15 Minnis Rd

Details: Iris Williams Phone: 85 822 744 Mobile: 0437 497 304

THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FORThis home is set on a low maintenance two and a half acres. Boasting a large tiled family room, separate carpeted formal dining and lounge overlooking the extensive paved outside pergola entertainment area. There are four large carpeted double bedrooms with built-in robes and ceiling fans with a two way toilet/bathroom/vanity and separate study office or fifth bedroom. The large master bedroom has a feature ensuite and walk-in robe. There is undercover parking for six cars.

$480,000

Internet: 3J7FD7

BERRI, 10 Derrick Street


FABULOUS HOME IN PRIME LOCATIONThis solid brick home is centrally located in a great position. With low maintenance gardens, large main bedroom and lounge room. Open plan dining and kitchen area. It has R/C heating/cooling as well as a fireplace with gas heating and modern ducted evaporative cooling. It has been recently tastefully refurbished and painted throughout and is complete with carport UMR, garden shed and backyard.

REDUCED to $199,000 for a QUICK SALEGLOSSOP, 9 Dalziel Road


NOTHING TO DO BUT MOVE INSituated on ¾ acre of land just outside of Berri is this beautifully presented four bedroom home. With recently renovated kitchen and bathroom, the kitchen comes with dishwasher, built-in fridge/freezer and loads of cupboard space. The bathroom has both bath and separate shower. The large master bedroom comes with built-ins and there are three other great size bedrooms.

$330,000

BERRI, 7 Grenache Avenue


GROUP OF FIVE UNITS IN BERRIFive two bedroom units with carports and air conditioning are available. The units are fully let with fixed term tenants, in excellent condition and returning nine per cent gross. They are low maintenance and a great investment.

$455,000

BACK ON MARKET DUE TO CONTRACT FAILURE


RLA 1935

LYRUP PROPERTIES

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIESBERRI PROPERTIES

RENTAL PROPERTIES

LOXTON PROPERTIES

BARMERA PROPERTIES

FOR SALE COMMERCIAL

BERRI, UNITS - NO PETS

2 bdr, BIRs, tiled kitchen area, open living, enclosed back yard, carport, close to all facilities.

16A SULTANA ST Price: $160 PW


Approximately 180sqm. Corner position, airconditioning, kitchen, toilet. Two car parks, previously used for office stationery sales. Suit offices or retail. Selling with vacant possession.

BERRI, 11 William St $179,000SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING

BARMERA, Barwell Ave

Details: Iris Williams Ph: 85 822 744 Mobile: 0437 497 304

BARMERA COMMERCIAL SHOPSituated in the main street in a prime location. Shop premises plus attached residence. Vacant possession. An opportunity to run your own business, formally a deli. Priced to sell.

REDUCED TO$149,000

LOXTON, Drabsch St

Details: Iris Williams Ph: 85 822 744 Mobile: 0437 497 304

FOUR BRICK SHOPSSeparate entrance for each, all on one title, at present vacant. An opportunity to run your own business or to lease.

REDUCED TO$205,000

LOXTON, East/Edward Tce


COMMERCIAL SHOPS Group of Freehold Shops, all currently let, plus large storage area. Two shop premises fronting East Terrace and two on Edward Street. Returning $36,000.

$395,000

KINGSTON ON MURRAY PROPERTY


LANDSituated just off the main street in Loxton’s business district, is an opportunity to purchase vacant land. Develop further or use for parking.

LOXTON, Drabsch St

REDUCED FOR A QUICK SALE

$150,000

Exec 2 bdr apartment, desirable area, O/P living, encl. yard. No pets.

1/62 DERRICK ST Price: $190 PW


WORKSHOP, SHOWROOM & OFFICELarge workshop, shed, formally used for Auto Electrical work. Approx 300 sq metres, fenced, on land.

BERRI, Mortimer/Todd St

REDUCED AGAIN

$105,000PLUS GST

3 bdr, spacious, open, modern liv-ing, S/S A/C, carport, encl. yard, easy to maintain garden, sml shed.

8 O’MALLEY ST Price: $270 PW

RENMARK PROPERTY

GLOSSOP PROPERTY

Top location, walk to facilities, 2 bedroom, brick, BIR’s, modern bathroom and enclosed yard.

59B KAY AVE Price: $190 PW

3 bdr on land, lrg O/P living/dining, A/C, carport & encl. yard. No Pets.

HOLMES RD Price: $155 PW

COMMERCIAL LEASING

Shop premises approx 200sqm, suit retail. Air-conditioning, kitchen and two toilets. Lease ne-gotiable, $330.pw PLUS OUTGOINGS.

BERRI WILSON STREET

Contact: Iris Phone:85 822 744 or 0437 497 304

Large shop premises in prominent position. Re-verse cycle airconditioning, next to the supermar-ket, kitchen/toilets. Parking. Lease negotiable.

RENMARK ARCADE


Prime location in Berri, Reverse cycle aircondi-tioning. Suit office/workshop. Parking available. $850 per week.

BERRI HUGHES STREET


Approx 130 sqm. Shop premises fitted out as of-fices and reception area. Reverse cycle aircondi-tioning. Parking at rear. $900 per month.

BERRI, 6 WILSON ST


Prime location in the main street, approximately 200sqm. Carpeted with airconditioning, kitchen and toilets.

LOXTON EAST TERRACE


360 PIKE CREEK RD Price: $260 PW

4 bdr on land, study, BIRs, huge rumpus, outdoor entertainment, S/S, double garage & est. gardens.


BERRI, Sturt Hwy

VACANT LANDTwo parcels of land in Industrial Park fronting the Sturt Highway. Approx 2,100 square metres and 1,400 square metres. Water and power are available.

$87,500ea

Shared office space, two offices with facilities, airconditioning and parking.

BERRI RIVERVIEW DRIVE



BERRI, Sturt Hwy

WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR LEASEWarehouse space available. Approx 6,312 square metres with steel framed hangers. The first hanger measures 3,168 square metres with a clearance of 8.7 metres high. Power and water are available. Lease negotiable. The second hanger mea-sures approx 2,921 square metres with pits plus offices, toilets and evaporative air-conditioning. Lease negotiable.

Spacious 2 bdr, study, external bdr. Lrg O/P living, shed & encl. yard.

7 HOBBS ST Price: $170 PW

2 bdr + study, separate dine, encl. yard, huge carport, garage, garden shed & easy to maintain garden.

24 DICKERSON ST Price: $165 PW

3 bdr, out of town, kitch/dine, sep lounge, lrg yard, heat & cool, c/port.

49 BOTTOM ROAD Price: $180 PW

RP 395 HUNT RD Price: $260 PW

4 bdr + study , Ducted A/C & wood heater, main with spa & WIR, Modern chef’s kitchen, shed & enclosed yard.

2 bdr unit, convenient location.

2/2 MORTIMER ROAD Price: $155 PW

33A & 33B VAUGHAN TCE $220 PW

2 bdr, modern, close to town centre, O/P living, evap cool & gas heat, lrg yard, no pets & carport.

22 MAHONEY ST Price: $190 PW

3 bdr, large O/P living, sep dining, R/C H/C & ceiling fans, enc. easy to maintain back yard plus garage.

39 POMROY Price: $270 PW

Executive 3 bdr on land, 2 bath-rooms, large entertainment area, S/S, 3 bay shedding, garaging.

Executive office in a prime location. Approximately 272 sqm of office space and common area. Reception area plus two built in compactus. Fitted out as four offices and staff room. Undercover and onsite parking. Large furnished board room/training plus facilities. Long lease available.

9 KAY AVENUE, BERRI


Approx 410sqm fronting Vaughan Tce. Large build-ing including glassed showroom, reception area, kitchen and toilets on site. Parking. Suit retail.

BERRI, VAUGHAN TCE


Modern 2 bdr, BIR’s, R/C A/C, car-port and small rear yard, close to facilities.

3/65 TONKIN AVE Price: $145 PW

3 bdr, kitchen & sep Dine/lounge, R/C A/C, carport, encl. backyard, large shedding & garden shed.

10 COOPER ST Price: $190 PW

3 bdr, S/S A/C, lrg kitch, sep lounge, storeroom, encl. yard, lrg shed.

13 ROBERTS Price: $190 PW

3 bdr, close to town, kitchen/dine sep lounge, carport, large shed-ding & encl. yard.

101 CHILTON RD Price: $210 PW

2 bdr, BIR’s, O/P living, R/C A/C, bathroom with bath, separate toi-let, small rear yard & carport.

7/65 TONKIN AVE Price: $140 PW

BARMERA, UNITS - NO PETS

BERRI PROPERTIES

1 bdr split home, quiet location, carpeted, spacious bathroom, wide carport/verandah.

12 MATRUH ST Price: $130 PW

Approx 85 sqm. Suit office or retail. Available at the end of December. Kitchen and toilet facilities, reverse cycle airconditioning.

BERRI 19 DENNY STREET


Newly built, executive 4 bdr, study, ducted R/C, Chef style kitchen, 2 outdoor living areas, d/garage.

44A JARVIS STREET Price: $350PW

2 bdr, partly furnished, 2 bathrm, in small group, walk to town centre, encl. rear yard.

3/3 WORMAN STREET Price: $170 PW

3 bdr, brick house, close to schooling, R/C, bath, gas cooking, encl. yard.

6 ACACIA AVE Price: $170 PW

Large & spacious 3 bdr, quality brick home, top location, evap cool & R/C, carport, garaging, shady yard.

8 TRANTALIS COURT Price: $280 PW

For more information on any of the rental properties

PLEASE PHONE 8582 2744 or visit www.ljhooker.com.au/berri


BERRI, Verrall Cres

INDUSTRIAL SHEDDING AT BERRISituated in a commercial area, Colorbond shedding with roller doors plus workshop and office space. Fully fenced, grounds paved with bitumen. Reduced for definite sale.

REDUCED TO$295,000


284 Caddy RoadPrice $159,000Inspect By appointment

BARMERA

LJ Hooker BerriSue Wurth

0431 488 538

Contact

RLA 1935

3 1 2

Country livingCountry living

SITUATED just outside of Barmera on 3.78 acres of land is this comfortable

three bedroom home. The inside comes complete with

good size bedrooms and open plan kitchen/dining and lounge.

Outside there is plenty of room to move and a large shed consisting of power and concrete fl oor and a great front verandah perfect to relax with a beer or barbecue. REDUCED TO $159,000

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Friday 14th December Loxton Terrace Gallery, Visitor Information Centre, artwork exhibition by 15 Riverland Artists. Opening hours 9am-5pm weekdays, 9am-4pm Saturdays and 10am-4pm Sundays. The Barmera Uniting Church Christmas Café, 9.30am-12.30pm with morning tea, snacks. PLUS 5pm until the fireworks, including sausage sizzle. Christmas Tree Festival, Loxton C.W.A Hall. 11am until 6pm Daily.

Saturday 15th December Come and join the Family of the Lord. Family Fellowship Breakfast, 7am, Senior Citizen Hall, Crn Tobruk Tce and Anzac Cst, Loxton. Families Welcomed Santa’s Cave, Loxton Open between 10am and 1pm. Donation proceeds go to support of Sheree Cameron, 2013 Rotary Mardi Gras Ambassador. Riverland Farmers’ Market, 7.30-11.30am, Senior Citizens Hall, Crawford Terrace Berri, Fresh local produce. Contact Rosalyn on 0417 824 648, www.riverlandfarmersmarket.org.au Riverland Ballroom Dancing to be held at Cobdogla. Please bring a plate of supper. For more information, phone Bob Adams on 8582 1840.

Sunday 16th December Carols by the River will be held at the Berri Riverfront near the playground at 7pm. Bring a rug or a chair. Guest artist, great band and lots of carol singing. Come early and bring a picnic tea. There will be a collection for the Riverland Christmas Appeal. Last day of the Christmas Tree Festival, Loxton C.W.A Hall. 11am until 6pm.

Tuesday 18th December Barmera Public Library Christmas/New Year Holiday Program. Christmas Boxes and Decorations, starting at 2pm. Phone 8588 2872. Summer reading packs available to pick up at the Library. Get yours now.

Wednesday 19th December Rainbow connection, a support group for people and their Carers with mental issues. Weekly meetings, 10am-3pm, Riverland Resource Centre, 9/11 Seekamp Street, Berri. Come join us in our events and activities.

Thursday 20th December The Riverland Bridge Club meets every Thursday at the Loxton Club from 9am, new players welcome. Phone Peter on 8584 7735. Free computer lessons for beginners on Thursdays at the Barmera Library. Bookings essential, Phone 8588 2872.

Old Sturt Highway

FRIENDSHIP FELLOWSHIP WORSHIP

Sunday Worship 10amChildren’s activities Weekly meetings

for all ages Community lunch from

12pm, Sunday 16 December, all welcomePs. Roger Risson

Phone 0419 783 779www.berrichurchofchrist.org.au

BerriChurch of Christ

PHONE 0400 330 857

Seventh-day AdventistRIVERLAND

19 Sunrise Court, Berri

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15

9.50am: Bible Study Groups for all ages

11.30am: Family Worship

Presenter: Kyle Richardson

Community

Church & CentreJellett Road, Berri

Real PeopleLiving Passionately

Fulfilling Destiny

Sunday10am

Ps. Bill & Rayleen Keros

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14 Edward St, Loxton

10am Sunday December 16Ps. Sonny Pillay

Ps Tony Kew 0481 207 302

Church servicesBerri Town Hall 10am2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays

Barmera (cnr Pascoe & Laffer)1st Sunday - 10am 3rd Sunday - 5pm...come and be a part of it

Baptist Church

All welcome

1 Verran Terrace, Berri (Band Hall)

Enquiries phone 8582 2920 or 8588 2506

SUNDAY December 16, 10am

Morning Worship & Communion

Guest SpeakerRecorded Message

Morning Tea 11.30am

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8583 2260

Old Sturt Highway Glossop

Sunday 10amWorship

Kids Program Coffee & Cake

All welcome!

Pastor David Crossfield

Loxton & Renmark Uniting Church

December 16Renmark West 8.30am

Carols ServiceRenmark Ave 10am

Carols ServiceLoxton 10am

Rev Nathan Whillas HCPHONE 8584 1267

ALL WELCOME

LUTHERAN CHURCH LOXTON PARISH

December 16thThird Sunday

of Advent

St Peter’s 8.30am HC 10.30am Kids Church

Concordia 10am Lay Reading

Myrla 10.30am Kohrt

Confirmation

Meribah 10.30am HC Georg

Taplan 9am HC Georg

Bookpurnong 8.30am HC Kohrt

Wednesday December 19thRest Home 10.40am HC

Church Church Services Services

P: 8582 5500 - 10A Wilson Street, Berri - [email protected]

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Memorial

MEMORIAL SERVICEDon & Vicky Sweet and the staff of Riverland Funerals invite members of the community to a candlelight service of remembrance to pay tribute to those who will not be with us this festive season.

The service will be held at the Riverland Funeral Chapel, 32 Hughes Street Berri on Monday December 17 at 7.30pm and be conducted by Pastor Tim Klein.

As part of the service there will be an opportunity to light a candle in memory of your loved one.

Following the service, light refreshments will be served.

RIVERLAND FUNERALS Berri 8582 1333

Renmark 8586 4422

For Sale

BUNNIES - Purebred Mini Lops. Blue in colour. Male and Female $60. Ph 0477 316 396.

BUY direct quality vacuum cleaners from only $325/425, why pay More. Call Peter at Riverland Vacuum Cleaners for service to your Door 8583 9389 or 0427 106 603.

CAMPER Trailer, Kimberly Kamper - Kakadu, boat loading frame, outboard motor stand, Treg hitch, 12v battery, gas bottle, 2 jerry cans, good tyres, queen size bed, fully enclosed annexe, good tidy camper, private sale - Renmark Ph 0427 839 687 $25,500.

HOUSEBOAT 10-12 berth $135,000 + GST. 2x 50hp Suzuki 4 stroke outboards. 2x marine toilets. 5x double bedrooms plus sofa lounge. Ducted evap a/c into rooms. Aluminum pontoons. Has forwarded bookings till Jan 5th 2013, in survey. Any enquiries phone Shane Houseboat Adventures, 0428 282 867.

For Sale

HOUSEBOAT 13 X 4.8m 4 berth aluminium pontoons diesel motor EPA compliant, Morgan area $70K ONO. Ph 0427 059 126.

JOHN Deere, ride on lawn mower. L108 Auto, 18.5 Hp, OHV excellent condition. Ph 0408 282 300.

LOUNGE Suite - 2 x single seats, 1 x 3 seater, good clean condition - Renmark Ph 0427 839 687. $200.

OBRIEN P layer Wakeboard and boots, also comes with a KGB carry bag. $500 ONO. Ph 0405 679 274.

OLIVE Oil. Extra Virgin $8 a litre. Also bulk 20L $120. 467 Chowilla Street Renmark. Ph 0430 567 150.

PUPPIES, Purebred English Staffys. 2 girls and 2 boys. Wormed, vacc. $600. Parents on show. Ph 0424 545 629.

SOS big button senior mobile phone. Take advantage of the brilliant 3G signal now in the Riverland area. Xmas sale now on, with bonus car charger. ezfmobile.com.au

TRESTLE tables, assorted chairs, Nesting Pews, piano, Yamaha Organ. Few items available immediately. Rest on Jan 2nd 2013. Salvation Army Renmark Ph 0417 703 859.

Motor Vehicles

1984 Prattline Low Tow. 18ft w RC air con, 3 way fridge, oven, sleeps 4, reg to mid 2013, mag wheels w 2 spares, includes full vinyl annexe. REG TYJ-924 $7,500 ONO. Ph 0429 036 78.

DAEWOO Lanos 1998 Hatchback, white, 277,000kms, mags, A/C, C/D, exhaust, tinted windows, new tyres, breaks & radiator, just been fully serviced, cheap to run, good first car, REG BB-546J $2,900 ONO. Phone 0488 027 537.

HYUNDAI Sonata ‘95’ V6-auto, 167+++Kms. Very good buy. Registered until 18/02/2013. REG VUS-366 $2,300 Firm. Ph 0477 496 877.

Give Away

FREE Female and Male Yorkie Pups. Fully vet checked, wormed and vaccinated. Friendly and cute. Would make a great Companion. Contact: [email protected]

Public Notices

54 year old Man seeking companionship with young Lady aged between 55 and 55 Local or Overseas nationality. All most welcome. Ph between 7-8pm week nights. 0458 135 947.

INSURANCE - For the most competitive prices on home, contents, commercial, caravan and boats. Contact your local SGIC Agents, Rosenthal’s, Renmark, Ph 8586 6626 or Berri, Ph 8582 3644.

MASS Management. Simple, no fuss systems designed for the bulk Grape, Citrus and Grain transport sectors. 10% payload. Professional support and advice. Phone 1300 350 089.

SPIRITUAL and energy heeling by local psychic. Ph 8584 5118 for an appointment.

Services

DOG grooming, bathing, blow dry, clipping. For an appointment phone Kay 8583 5325.

PAINTING wanted. 23 years experience. Free quote. ABN 52014912126 BLD 108538. Contact 0414 686 565 or home 8588 7357.

TANK Lining, leaking concrete and iron water tanks lined with fibreglass, onsite all areas. Ph Pete Headlam 08 8764 8131.

For Hire

JUMPING CASTLES! Birthday parties & special events, all Riverland Towns. Call Ken, 0437 061 847.

Wanted To Buy

RENMARK Caravan Centre consigns and sells a wide range of Pre Loved and New Caravans. Ask for a free Trade In Appraisal today. Phone (08) 8595 1911.

WANTED to buy- Good quality young cattle, small lots. Ph 0419 588 232.

Garage Sales

BARMERA, 5 Maple Street. Sat 15th 8am – 2pm. Household items, toys, electrical and more.

MOVING Sale 9-1 Sat. 6 Lexia St, Berri. Heaps. Something for everyone.

RENMARK, 31 Acacia Crescent. Sat 15th 8am-12noon.

RENMARK. Queen Size bed and mattress, 2 single bed bases, dinner table and 6 chairs. Sat 7-9am, 101 Pyap Street.

Garage Sale

WAIKERIE Lutheran Church Social Centre Grounds, Cates Ave 9am – 11pm Saturday 15th. Furniture, bikes, electrical and Bric-Brac. Grab a pre-Christmas bargain. Sausage sizzle and hot drinks available.

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Holiday Home

STUNNING beach holiday home for rent in James Well, just 5 min from Ardrossan. 4 bdrm, sleeps 10, fishing facilities. Phone for enquiries 0422 693 465

Public Notices

PLACE your ad in the Riverland Weekly and add a colour block for just $5 extra!

MONASH ADVENTURE PARK

Monash Adventure Park will be open from 10.00am - 7.00pm 7 days per week (other than Christmas Day) The Kiosk will be open each day during the school holidays for the

purchase of drinks and snacks. For bookings of large groups over 30

people or events please contact Pat Hess on 0416 439 095

The District Council

of Loxton Waikerie

PUBLIC NOTICECouncil are seeking expressions

of interest from people willing to be involved and trained in a volunteer

effort to remove graffiti in the Loxton township.

Further inquiries to Chris Fels Director Infrastructure Services: Ph 8584 8000

Payment of Water Supply Rate (Access Charge)

The Renmark Irrigation Trust reminds members that to avoid penalty interest,

current half yearly rates are due for payment by 5.00pm on Friday 21 December 2012

Christmas/New Year Trust Main Office Closure

CLOSED from 5.00pm Friday 21 December 2012

RE-OPEN 8.30am Wednesday 2 January 2013

The main office will be opened only for water orders between 8.30am and 10.30am

from Saturday 22 December 2012through to Tuesday 1 January 2013.

BR SchierCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Gas Orders 1300 655 784

www.unitedgas.com.au

45kg Cylinders

$92

Call now for a competitive gas price

Berri: Riverland Bottle Depot, 8582 3522Renmark: R.R & P.J Holland, 8595 7303

Murray Bridge /Tailem Bend: Argyle Batteries & Solar, 85323335

Blanchetown: Blanchetown Deli & Hardware, 8540 5305

Waikerie: AGRI-TECH Irrigation Enterprises, 8541 2455

ROAD CLOSURE ORDERMONASH CFS CAROLS NIGHT

The Berri Barmera Council exercise power delegated to it by the Minister for Transport under Section 11 of the Road Traffic Act and through the Instrument of General Approval, part 1, Clause F: Delegation of Power to Close Roads and Grant Exemptions for Road Events to:(a) Declare the Monash Country Fire Service

“Carols Night” to be held on Randal Terrace, Monash as an event to which Section 33 of the Road Traffic Act applies.

(b) Hereby make an order –1) To close the Road specified in the Schedule

(below) to vehicles as provided in Section 33 (1) (a) of the Road Traffic

THE SCHEDULE

Location From ToRandell Terrace from Madison Road south to Fenwick Road, Monash

5.00pm Wednesday 19 December 2012

12.00 Midnight Wednesday 19 December 2012

2) Exempt persons in these areas when they are closed to vehicular traffic from Road Rules 230 (crossing a road) and 238 (pedestrians travelling along the road).

For further information please contact Gary Brinkworth on 8582 1922 or [email protected]

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in December 2012 was altered and the following will now apply:

Date of Meeting: Tuesday 18th December 2012

Meeting Place: Council Chambers Wilson Street, Berri

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Council wishes to advise Berri Barmera residents of the Monash Landfill Christmas Period Hours:

Friday 21 December 2012– 9am to 12pmSaturday 22 December 2012 – 10am to 4pmSunday 23 December 2012 to Thursday 27 December 2012 – CLOSEDFriday 28 December 2012 – 9am to 4pmSaturday 29 December 2012 – 10am to 4pmSunday 30 to Monday 31 December 2012 & Tuesday 1 January 2013 - CLOSED

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Temp. Over 40°C - 9am - 12pm

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■ IN Friday night’s baseball all three games were held at Glassey Park.

Top side Renmark Blue comfortably defeated the Renmark development team, White 14-1, Lyrup contin-ued to grow as a force with an impressive 14-2 win over Berri Blue, and in the game of the night, Berri Red defeated Loxton 12-6.

The Lyrup performance was clinical, highlighted by good batting depth through the likes of Darren Barton-Ancliffe, Ben Tanner and Shane Healy, along with some great base running.

In the Berri Red, Loxton clash, Loxton really tested the defending champion from the opening pitch and only the Berri team’s hitting power and all-round input of Nick Kuhn was the differ-ence between the teams in the end.

Leading 12-6 entering the third innings, the intro-duction of Steven Goldspink onto the mound for the fi rst time this season for the War-riors and a rejuvenated Steve Dack taking over for the Wild-cats saw excellent pitching.

Steely defence from both teams resulted in a stale-mate as far as further scoringwas concerned.

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Looking at Saturday’s softball there was indeed a touch of fi nals type competi-tion when reigning champi-on Loxton won a tough, low scoring clash against ladder leader Berri 3-2.

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In contrast to that game it rained runs when Wai-kerie (James Smith, Nick Hocking, Bethany Smith) defeated Lyrup (Kerry Hart-up, Ryan Thiele, Deeanna Holtham) 21-7.

Berri, Loxton A and Cob-dogla B are now only sepa-rated at the top of the ladder by percentage with all having fi ve wins from six games for 10 points.

These teams will split into an A grade section from this week with Loxton having

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Loxton plays Lyrup and Waikerie versus Cobdogla on Saturday.

■ THE high pressure as-sociated with the regular monthly competitions at the Loxton Field and Game range was a notable absentee when the traditional Christ-mas Novelty event was held last Saturday.

Also traditional for this annual competition is a relaxed atmosphere and plenty of fun and laughter as, a priority for the usual safety standards aside, the Sporting Clays Rule Book is tossed aside and those re-sponsible for the placement of the targets aim to confuse and amuse.

This day is also an ideal opportunity for novices of sporting clays shooting to have a try with the thought that when the 2013 program gets underway next Febru-ary there may be newcomers taking aim.

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for 2012.Runner-up in the A grade

of the Novelty competition was Adelaide visitor Dar-ren Randal (49/60), while the B grade went to John Page and C grade was won by young Renmark member Matt Redway.

The B grade of the down the line event was won by club president Rick Gibbs and C grade was also won by Matt Redway.

Another tradition, the annual free dinner and Christmas party conclud-ed the day for local and visiting shooters.

■ From Page 32

“By doing this hopefully I can encourage more younger kids to become involved,” he said.

Known as an all-rounder, fi elding on fi rst base, pitch-

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■ SEVENTEEN-year-old Loxton triathlete Jacob Otto had the big-gest victory of his short career when he won Sunday’s Coomeal-la Memorial Sporting Club Tria-thlon.

This was a major event with over 170 competitors from every state in Australia taking part in the course which includes a 750 metre swim, 20 kilometre bike ride and fi ve kilometre run.

The event was the fi rst in the qualifying series for the Interna-tional Triathlon Union World Championships to be held in London in September 2013 with the Coomealla Triathlon the only regional event in Australia to be granted qualifi er status.

Other events in the series will follow in Melbourne, Perth, Bris-bane and Sydney.

Sunday’s event was also a leg of the South Australian Sprint Triathlon Championships.

As far as Otto’s performance in the triathlon was concerned, experienced competitor and en-thusiast Renmark’s Ruth Strout tells it best.

“Jacob had a scorcher,” she said.

“He won outright from some serious contenders.

“The second placed triathlete Chris Wigell is about to go over-seas to train and is semi profes-sional.

“Despite Jacob’s goggles breaking during the swim leg he managed to swim a personal best keeping just behind the main pack, then he passed many in the cycle to eventually catch and pass

Wigell in the run. “He was fl ying – it was very

exciting.”Otto fi nished fi fth in the

swim leg and then won both the cycle and run sections for an over-all time of 56.56 minutes with Wigell close behind on 57.13.

It has certainly been a big year for Otto. The current Austra-lian and South Australian Junior Long Course Champion received the Adelaide Triathlon Club’s

Junior High Performance Male award and last month blitzed the fi eld in the ATC’s Half Murray Man at Barmera’s Lake Bonney in oppressive weather conditions.

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ident Andrew Bartlett said “Jacob has started the 2012-13 season in spectacular fashion.

“He produced a time of 2.06 hours for the Half Murray Man in extreme conditions, with a maxi-mum temperature of 39 degrees and fi nished 12 minutes ahead of second place.

“That has been followed by his fi rst open win at Coomealla and it clearly demonstrates that Jacob is now a triathlete to be taken very seriously”.

The Riverland was also rep-resented by Strout, Waikerie’s Craig Wilson and Renmark’s Tim French in the Coomealla event on Sunday.

Strout fi nished 11th overall amongst the age groupers and second in her own division, Wilson was sixth overall and sec-ond in his own age group and for French, he fi nished 10th and sec-ond respectively.

■ RECENTLY we reported that leading Riverland football fi eld umpire Mark Wilksch was putting his whistle aside in season 2013 and turning his attention to a coaching position.

Always one to simply get on with the diffi cult task in hand Mark has never sought personal attention but on this occasion when I approached him for a chat he agreed, stressing it was not to be just about him but more about trying to encourage more people to join the local umpiring panel.

I started by at least trying to draw something from him about Mark Wilksch, one of the leading umpires in SA Country football.

Mark how did you get into umpiring, when and why?

■ Back when our two boys Na-

than and Keenan started in Aus-kick an RFL umpire at the time, Ken Holzer, was the coordinator and after I had helped with some of the kids’ games he suggested I go out to umpires’ training.

Current league chairman Neil Martinson was the coach. I remember my fi rst serious match when our panel helped out the Mid Murray competition in a Robertstown home game against Morgan. Being new and enthusiastic I volunteered for the job which seemed to amuse some of the seasoned campaign-ers. I later realised why as it was a 10 hour day with all of the travelling involved.

What had you played before that?

■ A bit of mini league at

Renmark before I got into mini bikes and motocross. Actually I used football training to get me fi t for motocross and that led to some games for Renmark in the Independents and Seconds before I married and moved to Berri.

I played under Colin Leckie in winning and losing Seconds grand fi nals in 1986 and 1989 and spent a season at South Mer-bein. Finally back in the Riverland I could not risk injury with a job on deliveries for Coca Cola so l pretty much stayed away from football to avoid getting itchy feet and tried to make a golfer out of myself.

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you umpired? ■ I have not really counted

games, a couple of hundred I suppose. Ten seasons anyway.

How many grand fi nals and the most memorable one?

■ Seven in all and the fi rst

one naturally (was most memo-rable). It was the last time with the two umpire system and I part-nered Paul Stribley at Renmark in 34 degree heat.

However, the best one would have to be when Mark Ricciu-to inspired Waikerie to a win over Renmark at Berri. It is still the best venue for grand fi nals and there was a great crowd for a great game.

At one stage I was less than 30 metres from a boundary umpire and I could not hear his whistle. That’s what football is all about, a fantastic atmosphere. I am also very proud of having umpired at AAMI Stadium with my older son Nathan, one of the boundary umpires and with my younger son Keenan when he made his A grade RFL debut last season.

What about appearances at the higher level?

■ I have been fortunate to be

at four SA Country Champion-ships, three at Berri and one at Port Pirie and to be selected for two Australian Carnivals as the state’s umpire, 2010 in Canberra and last season in Wagga Wagga.

The national event is a fantas-tic standard of football.

Teams like the Peter Knights coached Victoria number one team are just great to watch and would be more than competi-tive against most SANFL sides. They don’t mess about with tactics like fl ooding either and play real footy.

The best players you

have umpired? ■ Obviously ‘Roo’ is a stand

out but any of the top play-ers at the Australian Country championships.

You wonder how some of those players compare with some of the athletes or rugby and bas-ketball converts the AFL clubs are grabbing if they were given opportunities at that level. I am loath to single out any players for fear of missing someone but I have seen blokes like Michael Ar-nold, Leigh Kruger, Ryan Bennett and Andrew Bachmann do well at higher level.

Any characters amongst players, offi cials,

spectators,umpires, any humorous incidents? ■ Occasionally you do hear

something funny from the crowd. In a game at Barmera an opposi-tion player ran a fair distance with the ball without a bounce and my fellow umpire was pretty lenient bringing a classic from our mate Mick, “fair go ump I’ve backed horses that haven’t run that far”.

Those very good players like the Clonan/Stevens brothers at Waikerie are very clever with some of their sledging.

Problems with player, offi cial and spectator

behaviour resulted in club presidents being involved in producing a Code Of

conduct. Effective or not?

■ I think we should be care-

ful not to sanitise our game too much. I believe our player behaviour here is quite good but it is disappointing when a club offi cial gives you a rip.

They should be above that and setting the standard. To me it is not a real problem unless it is personal or threatening or your family is involved.

That is defi nitely out of bounds.

How serious is the

shortage of umpires? How does the game

recruit? ■ Real serious and not just

here but in most country and metro competitions as well. I don’t know what the answer is as most of the best umpires seem to be on the wrong side of the boundary line.

Seriously there are so many people out there who would make terrifi c umpires if only they would take the fi rst step.

It is the next best thing to playing and you learn so much about the game.

I reckon it is a great personal development tool with a great comradery with fellow umpires, the learning of new skills, meet-ing and dealing with people and situations, fi tness and stepping out of your comfort zone.

What does it take to be an umpire?

■ Just a passion for the game I reckon. If you have enjoyed playing football perhaps you owe it to the next generation to give something back.

While it is probably not for everyone if there are just the slightest thoughts give it a go. The hardest part is taking that fi rst step. There will be good and bad days like any sport but it is like life itself you learn from your mistakes and move on.

Why did you decide to coach at Loxton North? ■ I was involved as coach

with the Berri juniors for six years. Keenan moved to Loxton North last season and after fi nd-ing the club had similar coaching philosophies as my own and was well structured with a good cul-ture, I grabbed the opportunity when it presented itself.

Again, I have no doubt that had it not been for my umpiring I would not have had the knowl-edge or confi dence to tackle the job.

Will you return to umpiring? ■ Who knows what is in

store down the track. I would like to keep my hand in, perhaps by doing the odd junior game. But at the moment my focus is on coaching.

Stand out people along the

umpiring journey? ■ I learnt the most from two

people and still enjoy umpiring with them today. Mike Horsman and Warren Couzens. I have nev-er seen either of them lose their cool and even after all of their years in the game they are still prepared to listen and learn.

I have the utmost respect for them and we are fortunate that they are both still involved. War-ren put me back in my box in my playing days and I have never forgotten it.

Can I just pay a tribute to a little group of people who per-haps never got to play the game but turn up every week as club of-fi cials, men and women, canteen helpers, cooks, cleaners, without the accolades players and um-pires might get? Take a moment to think what your club would be like without them.

■ THE Region Four men’s bowls selection panel will meet after the zone’s annual match against Upper North at James-town on Sunday, January 6, to choose the team to defend its title at the 2013 Round Robin tournament in Adelaide.

The team for Jamestown comprises six rinks with the skippers Andrew Hill, Craig Treloar, Mark Kubank, Dennis Tre-loar (Berri), Gary Pursche (Waikerie) and Justin Morris (Freeling).

The remainder of the team is Graeme King, Ken Stokes, Graham Butt (Berri), Terry Thurston, Peter Kimber (Loxton), Ben Quarterbournes (Renmark), Phil Ashton (Barmera), Brian Burnett, Wayne Collins (Waikerie), Steve Rose (Loxton RSL), Barry Hooker, Peter Gageler, Mark Bloomfi eld (Broken Hill), Stuart Allen, Ron Turnbull (Nuriootpa), Chris Kearns, Anthony O’Brien (Freeling) and John Standish (Angaston).

Reserves are Waikerie’s Robert Thompson, Loxton’s Trevor Schulz and Angaston’s Liam Buckley.

■ IT CAME down to a fi nal clash be-tween the two top players Greg Marlor, from The Guinnes, and Kane Watts, from The Stoneys, to decide the premiership in the Loxton Squash Club’s spring pen-nant season.

Earlier Polly Johnson had defeated Paul Horsfall and Angela Nelson, Craig Todd (both 3-1) to put the title favourites two up but when Peter Miller overcame a slow start to defeat Wayne Voigt in four games and Robert Stone accounted for Mark Cash it was all square with the number one players to decide the issue.

Marlor was to defeat Watts in a great contest 3-1 to give The Guinnes the title.

At an after grand fi nal barbecue, pre-sentations included Tanya Marlor being crowned the club’s Open Champion after she defeated husband Greg in the fi nal.

The Open Plate winner was Dar-ren Schultz while in division one John Vaughan defeated Peter Miller for the championship and James Searles won the Plate.

The next pennant season commences when school opens for 2013.

Anyone interested in playing should contact club president Steve Emery on 0417 859 232 or secretary Tanya Marlor on 04229 33 550.

■ IT was a big week of golf at Barmera with three stablefords and a stroke event held.

Last Wednesday, Alistair Nixon-Smith was the clear winner of a stabl-eford, scoring 39 points ahead of Colin Galdwin and Don Marrett on 34.

Luke Hampshire won a nine hole twilight stableford on Friday with a score of 20, one shot ahead of Dennis Hodgson.

It was a close tussle on Satur-day with Brian Finn victorious on 40 points, followed by Jordan Wright on 38, Garry Eitrich 38, Ian Winen 36 and Ade Selfe 36.

On Sunday, Glen Millard topped the rankings of a stroke event with a score of net 75.

■ A BLAZING hundred from Loxton vet-eran Michael Gutsche helped his team to 8/261 during the weekend’s clash with Berri in Riverland A grade cricket.

Gutsche was ably supported by Josh Deren with 68, while Kale Smith provid-ed a valuable 23.

For Berri, Gary Branford and Danyal Reynolds snared two wickets.

An all-round team batting display from Waikerie-Ramco has given Renmark a mammoth chase.

Tim Bevan scored 91, Liam Schiller 51 and Phil Valentine an unbeaten half century in a total of 9/271.

Young Zakk Gallo picked up 3/26 from 16 overs.

Region four selection todefend bowls title

The Guinnes wins squash

Big week of golf at Barmera

Gutsche’s blazing century

Otto’s runaway win

Despite Jacob’s goggles breaking during the swim leg he managed to swim a personal best.

Insight into leading umpire turned coach


The number of Golden and Silver whistles won by former local umpire Mark Wilksch.

From the day he retired I’ve been trying to get him back in the team ~ Michael Clarke on Shane Warne. 06 SPORT

Loveday’s Lochlan Charity has not let a disability stop his athletic dreams

Born to run against

the odds■ ELEVEN-year-old Lochlan ‘Lo-chy’ Charity was only introduced to athletics in March this year after impressing at a Talent Search Day organised by the Paralympic Com-mittee in Adelaide.

However, the Loveday resi-dent and Barmera Primary School student already holds Australian School Sports records for athletes with disability.

A rare medical condition at birth resulted in Lochy having his right leg amputated from below the knee before his fi rst birthday.

Speaking to his mother Mel on Monday she said she is proud of her son’s achievements.

“You know, thinking back it is no surprise that Lochy has taken to athletics so quickly,” she said.

“Right from the time he got his prosthesis it has not been about walking, it has been running.”

The suggestion to attend the Talent Search Day came from staff at the prosthesis company Prostek

who had a strong belief in Lochy and from there he was chosen to take part in the state SAPSASA car-nival at Santos Stadium.

At the event Lochy won three gold medals in his age group in long jump and 100 and 200 metre sprints and that performance qual-ifi ed him for last month’s national carnival, also at Santos.

It was there that Lochy contin-ued his meteoric rise in the sport.

In the boys’ 11 years age group he won silver in both the AWD long jump (3.05 metres) and 100 metres (16.53 seconds), and in doing so established new School Sports Australia records, as well as claiming bronze in the 200 metres.

Lochy also took out silver and gold medals for 10 to 12 years age groups in two SA/Vic-toria combined teams in a 4x100 metre relay and an 800 metre boys medley.

Therefore he has already quali-

fi ed for next year’s nationals in Brisbane.

Lochy’s parents Mel and Ja-son are amazed by their son’s success but not surprised be-cause of his positive attitude and determination.

Lochy was privileged to be a fl ag bearer this year when the suc-cessful Australian team was wel-comed back from the 2012 Para-lympic Games in London.

“He has an ambition to be a Paralympian,” Mel said.

Mel went on to explain that her son’s success on the track has come while using prosthetics designed for walking, not running.

“He has also played junior football for Cobdogla,” she said.

“All this without any real training.

“The people at Prostek say it is all about having a lot of natural ability.”

And of course some real courage, determination and a positive attitude.

■ ATHLETE: ‘Lochy’ Charity, who has a prosthetic leg, has broken a number of Australian School Sports records for athletes with disability.

■ WHEN it comes to lawn bowls in the Riverland there were good news stories at both senior and junior levels this week.

Firstly Wayne Ruediger, a third generation bowler from our region, took out a gold and a silver medal at the World Cham-pionships at the Lockleys and Holdfast Bay Clubs in Adelaide.

At the same time Loxton Bowling Club junior, Moorook’s Tamzin Jenke, has been named in the state under 18 girls team to play a Test series against Victoria in Bendigo from January 8 to 10.

Ruediger, the only South Australian in the 10 strong Aus-tralian squad for the massive tournament in Adelaide, is the grandson of Ron and son of Kym, two well known Riverland bowling identities.

Chosen in the national team for the fi rst time, Wayne, 36, a greenkeeper at his home Grange Club, played in both the triples and fours competitions amongst

a gathering of men’s and wom-en’s teams from 27 countries.

His gold medal came in the Fours competition when he played lead for a rink that also in-cluded Brett Wilkie, Mark Casey and Aaron Sherriff and defeated South Africa 22-13 in the fi nal.

Then in the triples fi nal, with Wilkie and Casey, Australia went down 13-12 to Scotland.

Ruediger said “words can’t describe how I feel right now I’m so happy”.

“I never expected to be a World Champion.

“I wouldn’t have even thought it possible a year ago.”

He would also be celebrat-ing the Australian Jackeroos’ overall team triumph as it won fi ve gold and two silver medals over the eight disciplines to fi n-ish as the top nation, with the women retaining the Taylor Tro-phy and the men winning the Leonard Trophy.

The tournament ended in

electrifying circumstances as world number four Karen Mur-phy defeated defending cham-pion Val Smith of New Zealand in a marathon three and a half hour showdown 21-17 and world number two Leif Selby edged past Canada’s Ryan Bester in a titanic tussle 21-19 to give Australia the double in the blue ribbons sin-gles fi nals.

Meanwhile, Tamzin Jenke will play both in singles and will skip-per the pairs for SA at the under 18 tournament in Bendigo.

Her partner in the pairs will be Carly Otterspoor from Tanunda.

The South Australian party will fl y from Adelaide early on Monday, January 7, and after ar-riving in Melbourne, they face a two hour bus journey to Bendigo ready to start the competition the next day.

Locally, in last Saturday’s men’s Pennant round 10 results, at home Waikerie grabbed two

of the rinks against ladder leader Berri but still went down 88-67 when the Craig Treloar and Mark Kubank led visiting rinks both had big victories.

At Loxton, the home team lost its fourth game of the season after its strong start, this time go-ing down to a Renmark team that has travelled in the opposite di-rection, starting 2012/13 poorly but now storming into the top four.

Renmark won three of the rinks with Sean Leesue’s re-sult 25-14 over Terry Thurston decisive.

In the other game, Loxton RSL kept its fi nals hopes alive by winning all four rinks, 93-66 at Renmark RSL.

In this Saturday’s matches Berri hosts third placed Barmera, Renmark and Renmark RSL meet in the local derby and in another similar clash, Loxton RSL is at home to Loxton.

Waikerie has the bye.

■ IT IS often said sport is a great leveller.Well fi shing sure is, just ask Riverland

Fishing Club member Matt Littledyke.In 2011 at the Mulwala Cod Classic

Competition in New South Wales, Matt (pictured) landed a 900 millimetre cod just before the event concluded to put him amongst the prize winners.

There was no such luck this time at Australia’s richest freshwater fi shing tournament.

In fact, on this occasion Matt was up-staged by his dad Mark.

However, compared to his son’s 2011 monster catch, Mark’s effort was a ‘tid-dler’ being only 670 millimetres.

And it was caught the day before the event offi cially started.

There were over 2700 anglers and some 1400 boats at this year’s classic that boasted $130,000 in prize money.

Over 4000 carp were caught.Up to 35 entries involved Riverlanders

including 10 or so from the local fi shing club, which by the way, has experienced a considerable increase in membership in recent times.

Membership now stands at around 35 people and up to 30 anglers have at-tended the monthly club competitions, whereas as few as only four or fi ve used to be involved 12 months ago.

There are now members from as far away as Port Pirie.

Talking of new members, a recent addition, Paul O’Donnell, also landed a reasonable fi sh being 700 millimetres in size at Lake Mulwala but on this occasion it was caught half an hour after the com-petition ended.

The overall winner of the competition in its 13th year was a lady angler landing a 1.17 metre beauty.

Further details about the club are available from Matt Littledyke on 0438 876 656.

■ THE Waikerie Swimming Club has enjoyed an infl ux of new swimmers this season and it was a fantastic effort when it produced its best result for some time at an Open Carnival on Saturday.

At its own hosted carnival, Waikerie won fi ve gold, 14 silver and 15 bronze for a total of 34 medals.

With the three other Riverland clubs, Berri, Vitor Renmark and Loxton also represented plus swimmers from Barossa Valley, Gawler, Henley and Grange, Le Fevre Portside, Mountain Pool, Pirhanas and Starplex competing, a total of 74 athletes attended the event resulting in 328 entries, across the 51 race program.

In a full weekend of swim-ming the second Points Carnival for the season was also held at Loxton on Sunday.

The rejuvenated Renmark

club dominated the pool scoring 398 points, followed by Loxton 239, Berri 191 and Waikerie 77.

This weekend abandoned pennant carnivals have been rescheduled for Renmark and Waikerie before a break over Christmas.

The Berri Open on January 5 will then serve as a good warm up for the Country Championships.

Right from the time he got his prosthesis it

has not been about walking, it has been

about running.

Littledyke out of luck at national fi shing competitionLawn bowlers doing the Riverland proud

Waikerie swimmers impress at carnival

■ SWIM: Local swimmers Beatrice Walladge (above) and Annie-Rose Marafi oti (left) swimming individual events at the

recent points carnival. Photos: SARAH TREWREN

Thursday, December 13, 2012Thursday, December 13, 2012Issue No. 259

YOUNG LOVEDAY ATHLETE’S WILL TO BATTLE AGAINST THE ODDS - PAGE 31

■ FUTURE STAR: Local baseballer Jesse Stemberger is ecstatic after being selected in

the state under 19 team. Photo: BRAD PERRY

YEARS of hard work and determi-nation have paid off for 17-year-old baseballer Jesse Stemberger follow-ing his selection in the South Aus-tralian under 19 team.

Stemberger received notifi cation he had made the fi nal cut and will now play in a series against Ameri-can baseball teams in Adelaide next week and in a national series in January.

It was a proud moment for Stemberger, who had unsuccessfully tried out for state selection on two previous occasions.

“I was pretty happy because the past couple of years I’ve tried out and haven’t made it,” he said.

“I’ve worked pretty hard to try and get this far and I’ve done it, so I’m proud of myself.”

Under the banner of SA Bite, Stemberger will be given the opportunity to impress more than 100 scouts at the nation-al competition in Geelong next year.

After Barmera failed to fi eld a team in this year’s Riverland Baseball League, Stemberger now plays for Renmark, and from there he has continued to improve.

■ Continued Page 29

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