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Two glass doors and one large window were smashed in Richardson Place recently, leav-

ing business owners angry and upset.

Th e incident occurred on at night time on Saturday, December 7, tar-geting the front and side door of the Subway franchise, and a large window in an empty shop two doors down, that previously housed Simon’s Pizzeria.

Subway Manager Jo Gordon said the owner of the franchise was angry at the incident. She believed the culprit(s) were trying to break in to the shop.

She was unsure of the value of replac-

ing the two broken doors.

CCTV footage that is stationed in the

main street and the shop is currently

being reviewed.

Ms Gordon had one message for the

off enders, “Grow up!”

Any information that could lead to

an arrest should be directed to Crime

Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to Roxby

Downs Police Station on 8671 4200.

BY MILLIE THOMAS

Shop front windows smashed

By Millie Thomas

Roxby local Bec Hutchins has acted out in kindness, by reu-niting a gold bracelet with its

owners – years after fi nding it.

Bec found the bracelet in Adelaide or the Yorke Peninsula four to fi ve years ago, and picked it up, with the intention of one day returning it to it’s owners. A few weeks ago, she found it again, nes-tled amongst her jewellery collection and put the call out on Facebook.

Th en the unexpected happened – within a few days, her post had been shared 1500 times, and by the time she spoke with Th e Monitor, it had been shared almost 6,000 times – with some links as far away as Victoria and Towns-ville.

Despite having numerous hoax at-tempts of retrieving the 9 carat gold bracelet, Bec was fi nally contacted by a legitimate connection.

“Th is bird contacted me, and said that it might have been her Aunty Lorraine,” Bec explained. “She came back and said she had shown her Aunty a photo and it was!

“Th ey are an older couple, he’s nearly 70 and she said, ‘here’s their numbers I’d really appreciate if you could give

them a call’.”It was the most genuine attempt at

returning the bracelet to its rightful owners, so Bec gave a very thankful and emotional Bill a call.

“I rang them and he said ‘I couldn’t believe it when I saw it, it brought a tear to my eye, I remember buying it for her and she lost it’.

“He just went on about it, and how he engraved it himself.”

Th e couple who are based in Ade-laide, travel around a lot and were dev-astated when they realised the bracelet was missing.

A very humble Bec said she didn’t know why she decided to reach out on Facebook, but just thought it would be sweet to have the bracelet returned after so many years.

“I thought if it was mine I would be devastated,” she said. “I’ve lost jewellery that has meant something to me and been absolutely shattered that I’ve lost it. I thought somebody out there probably was, and it turns out she was.

“It’s not worth a lot, but the sentimental value is worth more than the jewellery itself.”

Reunited with Bill and Lorraine

ABOVE Bec with her daughter Indi and INSET the bracelet she has reunited with its owners.

ABOVE left a smashed window at a vacant shop in Richardson Place and ABOVE RIGHT one of the two smashed glass doors at Subway.

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We’ve loved working with you this year Roxby - Stay safe over Christmas and we’ll see you in the New Year!

Dam NNews wwith Barry Mitchell

Over the last two months we’ve stepped through some basic Olympic Dam processes and now we’ve reached the final stage – the smelter and refinery. The ore has been blasted, hoisted, crushed and processed and now we’re ready to make some copper, gold and silver. The first step is the smelter where we take the dry concentrate (which is about the consistency of talcum powder) and put it through three furnaces. The flash furnace first burns the copper concentrate to form blister copper in one step. Luckily for us, we’re one of very few smelters in the world that can go straight to blister copper instead of matte and then blister copper due to the sulphur in our ore. This also means we can make some of our own sulphuric acid to use in the processing plant – just one of the recycling initiatives at Olympic Dam. Next the molten blister copper is sent to the electric furnace where we ‘tap’ (or let out) the ‘slag’ (or waste) to be sent back through the mills to be reprocessed. Finally, we send the refined blister copper to the anode furnace for further refining at 1300 c, and then pour the molten metal into casts which form what we call anodes (big copper sheets with handles on top). The refinery is where we take the 360kg anodes that are 99.6% pure copper and make them each into four sheets of copper that are 99.999% pure. This is where we remove all the gold and silver in the anodes before we send the copper out the gate. The process works in a similar way to a battery. The anodes are put into concrete baths (or cells) filled with an acidic electrolyte solution, alternating with a stainless steel mother plate. An electric current is run through the cell which causes the copper to plate onto the stainless steel. After twenty days each anode will have made four sheets of copper which are ready for our customers. At this point, we’re left with a slime at the bottom of the cells which we wash out and send to the ‘goldroom’. Here the we go through 20 processes over 25 days to produce about 110,000 oz of 24ct gold and 800,000 oz of silver each year, ready for the Perth Mint. And that’s it! This will be my final Dam News as I leave Olympic Dam to take up a new role as General Manager of the Broadmeadow Mine at BMA in Queensland. I’ve loved being a part of the Olympic Dam and Roxby Downs community, have enjoyed sharing with you a little about our operation and look forward to hearing of the many successes in the years to come!

Summer is amongst us and the Wildlife Awareness Initiative mobile hotline has been setup to respond to issues with injured native

wildlife and snakes in and around Roxby Downs.

All volunteers of the initiative have been trained in snake handling and have knowledge of wildlife response. Whilst these volunteers will do their very best to ensure the safety of our community, there are a few simple steps that you can take to ensure that you and your family are safer this summer.

Knowledge of appropriate application of fi rst aid is extremely important in response to snake bite. Medi-cal research suggests that fi rst aid response infl uences patient outcome and survival, and the sooner fi rst aid is applied, the greater the victim’s chance of survival.

In the event of snake bite, follow these fi rst aid steps immediately:

• Contact emergency services.• Monitor airways, breathing and circulation, as you would whilst conducting regular fi rst aid.• Do not interfere with the bite in any way – don’t wipe or wash the bite, suck the venom or apply a

tourniquet!• Remove all jewellery from bitten limb, cut it off if necessary.• Keep limb and person still.• Apply elasticised bandage to the limb, starting from the extremity (fi ngers or toes) and working your way up, no matter where the bite is on the limb. Inclusion of fi ngers and toes helps to immobilise any joints.• Ensure the bandage is tight, but not too tight that it restricts blood fl ow. Allow enough space for one fi nger to be slipped under the bandage.• Bandage over clothing or cut it off . Normal clothing removal increases movement and venom spread.• Mark location of bite on bandage. Th is assists with venom detection in hospital.• Once limb is bandaged apply a splint to keep limb still. Use anything that is rigid in the nearby vicinity.• If bitten on the body or head, apply a pressure pad and then immobilise as above.• Do not give food or drink, only small sips of water if requested.

• Patient must be moved quickly and passively to hospital.“Whilst snake bite is rare, it is important that mem-

bers of the community understand the steps involved in applying snake bite fi rst aid,” explains Anni Walsh, Arid Recovery’s Education and Community Offi cer. “Prior knowledge in the correct application of snake bite fi rst aid can dramatically increase the victim’s chances of survival. First aid courses are off ered in Roxby Downs on a regu-lar basis and cover snake bite fi rst aid.”

For more information about upcoming fi rst aid courses con-tact the Rox-by Downs Coun-cil.

Remember snake fi rst aid over summer!Remember snake fi rst aid over summer!

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ECG needs your help

By Millie Thomas

P ilot program the English Conversation Group has been highly successful in its fi rst year but faces closure next year after losing 90 per

cent of its volunteers.

Th e program, supported by the Roxby Downs Com-munity Library, provides an avenue for local women who speak English as a second language to connect

and participate with the community.“Th is is an avenue for them to build confi dence and

be able to connect with other people in the commu-nity and also be able to use the resources we have in the library,” group facilitator Grace Morokai said last week.

“Th e other purpose of it is to share with each other. To come and share and discuss some of the social barriers with not just Australian culture but their cultures, and to learn and teach other about sharing their language and culture.”

Th is year’s program at peak attracted 15 members, whose nationalities ranging from Africa to India, Papua New Guinea to Peru.

“It has been a very successful project and these ladies have grown, they have started coming out of their shell, and they’ve got so much confi dence now they will be able to make friends,” Grace said. “Some

of them had been living in Roxby for many years, but didn’t step out of the house and this has really helped them.”

However with 90 per cent of the group’s volunteers leaving town recently, the group needs the commu-nity’s help to survive.

“I really desperately need volunteers and these vol-unteers must be committed, they must have patience and tolerance for other cultures and they must be willing to help and have a heart to help other people and enrich other people’s lives as much as they can, compassion and fl exible,” Grace said.

To participate in the program, or to volunteer, drop into the Library or give them a call on 8671 0500.

“I’ve seen them grow and we’ve grown with them. Th ey have enriched my life as well in so many ways. Th ey’re all very clever ladies, and I’ve come to learn a lot from them,” Grace fi nished.

Third year local elec-trical apprentice Nicole Grantham

has won the Apprentice of the Year Award for the second time in her apprenticeship.

Miss Grantham first won the award in 2011 in her fi rst year, and won it again recently.

She was also award-ed TAFE Apprentice of the Year for the Port Pi-rie campus recently. Ms Grantham attributes her successes to her TAFE theory work.

“Generally it’s just because I do so well at TAFE,” she told The Mon-itor last week. “I’ve got 12 distinctions and fi ve cred-its with an overall per-centage of 91 per cent.”

Throughout her ap-prenticeship, Nicole has worked in the Smelter, Refi nery, SX and Under-ground on site.

Her advice to other women looking to pick up a trade in a typically male dominated industry was, “You don’t have to be a man to be able to achieve good things, really!”

BY MILLIE THOMAS

Nicole’s future looks bright

ABOVE: 2013 members of the English Conversation Group benefi tted endlessly by learning from others, and celebrated their successes recently.


HAVE YOUR SAY

What would make you stay in Roxby in the summer holidays?

“Having family members around would make us want to stay here in Roxby Downs for these summer holidays.”

Penny Knott, Emily and Liam Miller

“What would make me want to stay in Roxby Downs for the holidays would be

the pools opening every day.”

Emily O’Tlave

“I think that a change in the climate would make me want

to stay in Roxby Downs for

the summer holidays.”

Scarlett Bright

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“What a great way to welcome the festive season - NOT. A round of applause for those involved in smashing windows down Richardson

Place. Like shop owners don’t have enough to deal with!Unimpressed

Welcome to Summer in Roxby. Where most days are 40+, and the communtiy turns into a ghost town for at least four weeks.

At least there will be plenty of space to use the gym!Summa Luvva

With the road toll in SA already high I just wanted to remind all those driving to please, please play it safe this festive season. Roxby has lost

too many to alcohol infl amed traffi c incidents, and sleepy drivers. Rest, revive, survive - don’t drink and drive - wear your seatbelts - don’t be an

idiot. We all want our community back in one piece in the New Year.Safe driver

Watch out for snakes this Christmas holidays - even though we all love to watch the kids under the sprinkler and to fi ll up

the paddle pool, be wary that water attracts snakes!Snake whisperer

The Andamooka splash pad is going to be a veeeery popular spot as the temperatures rise next week! Enjoy!

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Wendy Young and Kaye

Doyle enjoyed Barry Mitchell’s

farewell recently.

Matt Welke, Adam Barbalet

and Daniel Fernandez at

Barry Mitchell’s farewell.

James enjoyed the

entertainment at Barry Mitchell’s

farewell recently.

Nippy Gym Christmas (No.1 and No.2)Little locals at Nippy Gym recently received a surprise visit from Santa. The children were treated to special gifts from

Roxby Leisure, which won the Most Creative Float award for their Let’s Get Physical fl oat in the recent Christmas Pageant.

The teams’ $100 award was spent locally on pens that doubled as stamps and bubble blowers, much to the delight of youngsters attending Nippy Gym before school holidays.

Mini gym junkies (No.3 and No.4)Children at the popular Roxby Leisure Nippy Gym program will be able to

‘work out’ just like the big kids with the introduction of mini gym equipment.The equipment, made especially for children aged four to fi ve, aims to help children improve gross motor skills and coordination – and

more importantly to have fun working out from a young age.The mini circuit room, which is set up in one of the squash courts

during Nippy Gym sessions only, includes an exercise bike, treadmill and row machine. Local little gym enthusiasts Harry

and Grace (below) put the equipment to the test recently, with the help of Nippy Gym Attendant Bec Cook (above).

Nippy Gym sessions run on Thursdays at 9.15am -10.30am and 10.45 until 12pm.

Children must be four to fi ve years of age to use the new mini circuit equipment and can sign in through a special sign in sheet

provided by attendants Bec Cooke or Regina Qualman.

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Named streets for Andamooka

A fter years of running with a lone title of ‘Government Road’ for its laby-rinth of streets, Andamooka will have

some signed streets.Town Administrator Deb Allen said after a

long process, the bituminised streets of Anda-mooka will fi nally have street signs, funded by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI).

Th e process was started by Andamooka Progress Opal Miners Association (APO-MA) some years ago, which has helped the Andamooka Town Management Committee (ATMC) steam roll the project.

Well over 80 jobs lost – more expected

O lympic Dam was rocked again by job cuts to both BHP Billiton employees and contractors.

Sixty BHP Billiton employees and 20 con-tractors were cut within the functions depart-ment, with further cuts planned for the op-erations department where Mr Cuzzubo said it would be a smaller number of BHP Billiton employees and larger number of contractors.

More defi nite numbers are not yet avail-able.

Step forward for Woomera

D espite overall reductions in the Aerospace Operational Support Group recently, Woomera opera-

tions are ramping up, with extensive plans to upgrade Woomera announced by a Defence spoke.

Despite falling in line with budget re-ductions across the board, Defence had increased the workforce at the Woomera Test Range to support initiatives in the Hawke review.

Th e Hawke review was announced in May 2010 by then Minister for Defence Senator John Faulkner. It made recommen-dations about the best use of the Woomera Prohibited Area in the national interest.

Th e recommendations are now being im-plemented, with respect to the importance of the economic potential of not only min-ing, but other industries as well.

January

Unhitched trailer causes minimal

delays

A trailer containing sulphuric acid became unhooked from a truck during transit 35 kilometres south

of Roxby Downs.

Th e incident was reported by local police via social media at 6:35am and occurred on the Pimba to Roxby Downs road.

Despite the toxic nature of the cargo, the incident was treated as a traffi c hazard rather than a chemical incident, as no waste was spilled.

Police arrived on the scene shortly after it was reported to divert the small amount of traffi c on the road around the trailer.

Th e incident reportedly caused no major issues.

Opal closes its doors

The Andamooka Opal Hotel was set to close following normal business hours on Australia Day.

However, the decision is not permanent, with Andamooka Opal Hotel SA Pty Ltd Di-rector Brett Matthews applying only a tempo-rary suspension to the hotel’s license.

Th e decision comes after BHP Billiton’s de-cision not to go forward with the expansion of Olympic Dam was announced in August, and the cancellation of a years’ worth of booked accommodation at Th e Opal in July last year.

Major trade for Th e Opal rested in accom-modating temporary mine workers when ac-commodation in Roxby Downs and worker’s camps had no vacancy.

Mr Matthews said without overfl ow accom-modation opportunities from Roxby Downs and the camps, the hotel is not profi table.

Smokemart to come to Roxby

G iftware and cigarette retailer Smokemart announced it would take up residence in Roxby Central

Mall.

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BHPB Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo.

The Opal Hotel closed in January.

Roxby Central Traders Chairperson Leigh Malcolm is glad new business has been at-tracted to the ailing mall.

“I’m just glad to see a shop full,” Mr Mal-colm told Th e Monitor. “Th e last thing we want to see is an empty shopping centre.

“It’s good to see a new business come into town and good on them. I hope they make a success of it and wish them all the best.”

Vicki Mason Citizen of the Year

A small, patriotic Roxby crowd were pleasantly surprised in January when local Vicki Mason was announced

the 2013 Citizen of the Year.

Th e Australia Day celebrations at the Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct off ered residents free breakfast and pool entry on Australia Day morning supplied by Roxby Council.

Star gazing at Twilight stud

International movie star Robert Pattinson was rumoured to be in the region, ready to fi lm the fi rst scenes of the $12.5m

futuristic western Th e Rover.

Th e star was seen in Adelaide night spots and spent time at the South Australian Film Corporation’s new multi-million-dollar stu-dios at Glenside.

Pattinson was to be joined by Australian actor Guy Pearce in the movie, set around Pattinson’s character and described as ‘Mad-Max-esque’.

Th e fi lm is set in the Australian desert and scenes will be fi lmed around the Flinders Ranges and outback.

Taranis possibly tested at Woomera

B ritish stealth drone bomber Taranis was to be tested in the Australian outback in early 2013, according to

a News Limited source.

Taranis is an Unmanned Combat Aircraft System advanced technology demonstrator.

Th e article, ‘Australia’s top secret sites re-

vealed’, speculated the world’s largest weap-ons test range, Woomera Rocket Test Range, would be the most likely location for the testing.

February

Andamooka run dry

The township of Andamooka ran out of water following a mechanical fault in the water supply.

The town’s tanks, which during warm weather have the capacity to hold enough for approximately a week’s worth of water supplies ran completely dry when a solenoid cut off water supply from the mine.

Th e solenoid is designed to shut the water supply off if it detects a diff erence in water leaving the mine and arriving at Andamooka. It can help detect leaks in the pipe, among other discrepancies.

Town Administrator Deb Allen said em-ployees from the Desalination Plant, where the water comes from, were very helpful and responsive to the situation.

Thomas shows brilliance in Year 12

Roxby Downs local Th omas Russell wowed his parents and friends recently, scoring a tertiary entrance

ranking (TER) of 98.5.

Not only did Th omas achieve an exemplary score for his senior schooling in general, but he did it through the internationally recog-nised senior schooling program International Baccalaureate (IB), with his corresponding IB score equalling 39/45.

Th omas completed years four to eight in Roxby Downs, before moving down to board-ing school in Adelaide at Prince Alfred Col-lege.

2012 Postie Bash donations reach

far and wide

Community donations funded by last year’s Postie Bash began reaching the community, with some very excited

Out of Hours School Care (OHSC) stu-dents unveiling them in February.

OHSC was given three iPad 2s, along with covers, iTunes vouchers and speakers, which Director Di Stanton presented to the children.

Th e Postie Bash also donated a heart moni-tor and portable defi brillator to Roxby Downs Health Services, interactive whiteboard for Roxby Downs Area School, and enclosed trailer for the Blue Light Disco Committee, a community projector for the Roxby Downs Bowling Club and a stretcher for the Far North Football League.

Junior sports in Roxby Downs also fared well, with the Roxby Downs Junior Football Association receiving 100 footballs and cater-ing for the end of year presentations last year, and junior cricket in Roxby receiving enough equipment for two teams.

Andamooka also received goods, with the Frontier Services receiving a portable defi -brillator and Andamooka Primary School receiving café blinds.

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the delay, according to many who raised the issue with BHP Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo at a Business Forum Networking breakfast.

Retailers and other local businesses all raised the same concerns about their long term viability and the continual struggle to survive following the expansion delay last year.

Mr Cuzzubbo told the crowd the compa-ny was moving forward with plans to gain Olympic Dam a stronger long term future,

including ongoing research into new mine

processing technologies to make the local operation more feasible. However the trials were still currently underway and could take at least another 12 months.

More cuts probable

BHP Billiton Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo said there could be more job cuts as the company reigns in

its costs and looks at future viability of Olympic Dam.

Mr Cuzzubbo said the company was only one third of the way through implementing the necessary cost cutting measures to make the ongoing mine operation viable.

Ken Lamb speaks up for mining

Roxby Downs local Ken Lamb again became the face of a leading televi-sion advertisement urging voters to

remember to support the mining industry in the next election.

Th e one minute advertisement, authorised by the Minerals Council of Australia, talked about what further mining industry tax could have on the industry’s future.

Th e advertisement was fi lmed partly in the SA Outback and in the streets of Canberra.

in Roxby Downs, and neighbouring commu-nities in Marree and Woomera.

“All three schools and their students will benefi t from this generosity and we are hope-ful that the majority of new apprenticeships resulting from this ambitious project will fi nd career pathways with BHP Billiton Olympic Dam and local industry,” said Roxby Downs Area School Principal Kath Macalister.

Locals go bald

The Allen family of Andamooka put their heads together and went varying degrees of bald and colourful for the

annual Shave for a Cure initiative.

Th ey joined several other Andamooka lo-cals who put their heads in the hands of those willing to dig deep, and pay for the honour to remove or dye local locks.

Chris and Kim, 24, David, 16, and parents Peter and Andamooka Town Management Committee Community (ATMC) Adminis-trator Deb Allen, joined others to shave their way to around $5,500 for the charity.

Th e ‘shave off ’, organised by team leaders Chris and Kim, was held on the verandah of the local Tuckerbox Motel, and brought plenty of new hairstyles to the streets of An-damooka.

RDAS basketballers visited by basketball magnate Phil Smyth

A vid basketball players of Roxby Downs Area School were pleasantly surprised when they were treated to

a visit from iconic South Australian bas-ketballer, Phil Smyth.

Smyth is a four time Olympian, who won three National Basketball League championships with the Canberra Cannons before going on to become the head coach of the Adelaide 36ers with a three time championship win-ning team.

The Rover fi lm crew in Marree

The cast and crew of drama fi lm Th e Rover had been staying and fi lming in Marree, Outback South Australia.

Marree General Store owner Lyle Oldfi eld said the group of about 80, which included international stars Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce, spent the whole time fi lming in the Marree township.

Mr Oldfi eld described Pattinson as a ‘nice bloke’, but conceded he really had no idea who the stars were.

“Half the people (of Marree) don’t even know who they are. I have no idea who they are, ” Lyle said.

March

Roxby Downs cleans up

An offi cial number of 67 registered volunteers turned up to help ‘clean up’ Roxby recently, which is almost

double fi rst predicted numbers.

Roxby Council Environment Offi cer Bree Galbraith said the day was considered a suc-cess, with almost half of the volunteering con-tingent being supplied from the Joey and Cub Scouts from the Roxby Downs Scouts Group.

Th e volunteers collected approximately 15 ‘Clean-Up’ bags of recyclable material and 30 of general waste, with Scouts benefi tting from any refundable recyclable items.

“Some key areas of concern for Clean-up Day Volunteers and Council alike were be-hind residential fences where they backed onto reserves,” Ms Galbraith said. “Many of these areas were found to have all manner of rubbish dropped over back fences.”

She said this ‘out of sight, out of mind’ atti-tude was not good enough.

Roxby’s Live Music Festival announced

Local radio station RoxFM, in con-junction with the Roxby Council Community Team announced they

would bring a live music festival to Roxby Downs in 2013.

Th e festival will be funded by a Festivals Australia Grant from the Australian Council for the Arts, and calls were being put out in March to assemble a committee to spearhead the project.

Carrapateena moves forward

OZ Minerals was granted a retention lease to continue exploration in the Carrapateena mine located 130

kilometres north of Port Augusta.

Th e Iron Oxide Copper Gold deposit at the Carrapateena project was in advanced exploration. OZ Minerals was preparing to develop a 6.5 kilometre exploration decline to the resource to undertake further geotech-nical testing.

Th e company also planned to undertake a pre-feasibility study and it is expected they will be in a position to make a decision to mine in 2015.

Th e potential resource of the project was upgraded by 40 per cent earlier this year and the company said the site has the potential for a signifi cant mine life.

Training centre reaches fi nal

approvals

The Desert Trade Training Centre (DESTTC) was nearing f inal approvals, after a second application

attempt to the Department for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations was lodged in October 2011.

The application was last year awarded $1,951,500 towards the project, with local employer BHP Billiton agreeing to also fund $755,000, and is now set to benefi t students

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Smyth is a four time Olympian who won three

March to assemble a committee to spearhead the project.

The Scouts helping clean up Roxby.

April

Woomera Gibber Ants discovered

R esearchers in Woomera discovered a new species of ants specially adapted to living in the salt lakes around

town.

Th e study, undertaken by Jonathan Ives, Patrick Schultheiss and Sabine Nooten for the Macquarie University in Sydney, is part of a much wider study investigating the amazing ability some ants possess to fi nd their way

back to their nest, even in habitats as sparse as a salt lake.

Th e research indicated that although most species of ant navigate their world by follow-ing scent or pheromone trails, ants on salt plains use diff erent strategies to fi nd food sources.

Th e research showed that out on the salt lakes, where food is less available and the tem-peratures too hot for ants to use scent trails eff ectively, ants use a strategy scientists now call ‘path integration’.

Scientists believe these ant species seem to possess an internal compass and distance measurer.

Doing it for the kids

When local Casey Simmons and his mates, Chris Gobbett and Dan Trezise, decided on an adventure

in a new four-wheeled-drive – raising funds for Variety SA was the icing on the cake.

Th e team met with fellow ‘bashers’ at the offi cial starting line in Roxby Downs, ready to undertake an awe-inspiring, seven-day trek across the Simpson Desert to Birdsville, and then back down to Wilpena Pound.

Th e bash is reward for months of hard work from teams who move heaven and earth to fundraise for sick and needy kids across SA.

Th e week included a number of ‘fun-stops’, a mystery Th eme Day and nights of enter-tainment, including performances from John Farnham bands Lisa Edwards at the Coolapy-ninna Aboriginal Community, and Sydney’s Jack Black at Birdsville.

How about paying our rent?

BHP Billiton should pay local shop rents to ensure the town’s retail future while it comes up with a plan for the

Olympic Dam mine expansion.

Local shops and businesses will not survive

A Woomera Gibber Ant nest.

Roxby Downs local Ken Lamb speaks up for mining.

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WPA shrouded with red tape

The Australian Department of Defence released a legislative framework intended for the Woomera Prohibited Area,

revealing stringent ‘red-tape’ restrictions to all non-defence users.

Th e South Australian Government estimated more than $35 billion in developments within the WPA throughout the next decade, including iron ore, gold and uranium mining projects.

Th e Australian Department of Defence com-missioned a review in May 2010 to re-evaluate the use of the area.

It was hoped the new framework will enhance the WPA’s potential usage, for both Defence and economic development, in the next 20-30 years.

Over 400 attend Dawn Service

Roxby Downs Returned Services League sub-branch President Jack McGuire estimated over 400 people to have

attended the ANZAC Day Dawn service, held in Richardson Place.

Mr McGuire also estimated there to be ap-proximately 250 attendees at the 11am memorial service.

An auction was held at the Bowls Club to raise money for the RSL and community projects, and while offi cial numbers were not yet ready at the time of print, Mr McGuire estimated there to have been $5000 raised.

1000 attend Happy Healthy Expo

Roxby Downs Health Forum Chairperson Karen Russell estimated 1000 people came to support the Happy Healthy Expo,

with the event considered a huge success.

Th e expo, which is in its second year, featured

stalls presented by local forums, businesses and services, all promoting a happy and healthy life-style.

Mrs Russell, who was extremely pleased with the day, said the event was fortunate enough to have warm, sunny conditions, and a lot of com-munity support.

“It was a really successful event and we will defi -nitely have more in the future,” Mrs Russell told Th e Monitor.

Greyhound bus service cancelled

The Greyhound bus service transporting passengers from Roxby Downs to Pimba was cancelled, leaving commuters little

public transport options when travelling to Adelaide.

Th e service connected with an Alice Springs to Adelaide bus route three times a week, and was the only bus service available for general com-muters.

Th ere is an alternative bus service provided for mine site workers.

A Greyhound Australia spokesperson has said on average, there were only two passengers uti-

lising the service, and this too was declining.

Another year for Woomera Hospital

The Woomera Hospital will remain open for at least another year following the announcement of a further $1.3 million

in funding from the recent budget.

The extension follows doubts the service would continue following the

expiry of a 20 year agreement on July 1.

A Country Health SA spokesperson said the future of the local hospital following the ex-tension was still being decided. What would happen to the service after this funding round

expires remained unclear.“Country Health SA is cur-

rently in discussions with the Australian Government about the future health service re-quirements of the community based on population needs,” the spokesperson said.

State Member for Giles Lyn Breuer said the future of the Woomera Hospital and future health services in Woomera following the 12 month pe-riod was still being decided, however the funding would ensure the short term future of the service.

Mice back ...but it’s

seasonal!

R eports of increased mice numbers in town sparked local concern,

however Pest Control offi cer

Travis Hague said the vermin’s ‘reappear-ance’ was simply seasonal.

While some longer standing residents may be wary of a repeat mouse plague such as that in 2011, Mr Hague said it is unlikely to happen.

“Th ere have been little pockets of mice,” Mr Hague said. “It’s not broad ranged, not a plague, it’s just this time of the year as the cold comes on.”

“The night’s temp eratures have really dropped, and the mice are looking for ref-

uge!”

June

Academy of Dance impresses

The Roxby Academy of Dance impressed major stakeholders at their CANDANCE performance

receiving an invite to the next Eisteddfod dance competition.

Instructor Miss Lana Chamberlain was thrilled with both the invite, and the perfor-mance of 44 of her students in the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

Twenty-eight dance schools performed individual dances in front of a crowd in ex-cess of 2000, and fi nished off the evening with a joint performance from an estimated 1000 performers.

More cuts – but the last

Positions in the Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) sector of BHP Billiton’s

Olympic Dam mine have been cut, in the third and apparently fi nal round of forced job cuts since the mine’s expansion

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Dreaded mice made a return to Roxby in May.

cancellation last year.BHP Billiton Asset President Darryl

Cuzzubbo said he expected this to be the last lot of job cuts at the mine, unless there were future detrimental external factors, beyond BHP Billiton’s control.

Th e cuts have been made to prove Olym-pic Dam’s viability for future investment, Mr Cuzzubbo said.

Sister Pat Hogan celebrated 60 years

as a nun

A lifetime of commit-ment doesn’t come easy for many. For

many, there is nothing more daunting.

However, this couldn’t be further from the truth for 78 year old Sister Pat Hogan.

Th is year the much-loved Roxby Downs local celebrat-ed her 60th year as an Our Lady of Sacred Heart nun.

She came to Roxby Downs fourteen years ago, but grew up 100 kilometres south of Sydney, NSW and first thought of becoming a nun at the young age of 13.

Rotary welcomed

new president

The Rotary Club of Roxby District wel-comed incoming club

president John Davis, and thanked outgoing president Craig Sumsion for the last 12

months of service.Craig has been involved in the Rotary

Club of Roxby District for approximately fi ve years, and Rotary clubs in general for up to eight years.

Faux fur and sequins galore

F aux fur and sequins dazzled onlook-ers at the Roxby Early Learning Community Group’s Great Gatsby

themed fundraiser.About 30 people attended the dinner

and movie night at the Roxby Cultural and Leisure Precinct, despite inclement cold weather and showers.

Fairies and Superheros

More than 200 people attended Sarah ‘Fairybelle’ Sanders’ fairy and superhero themed Biggest

Morning Tea fundraiser, raising over $2000 for the Cancer Council.

Th e event was a huge success, in what is said to be Fairybelle’s ‘last hurrah’ before moving to Adelaide in the next year.

Parents and children lined up outside the auditorium before the 11am start time, leaving Sarah simply overwhelmed.

Andrew and Skyelah enjoyed the fairies and superheroes morning tea.

Incoming Rotary President John Davis, with outgoing President Craig Sumsion.

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July

Kath refl ects on a decade of RDAS

A fter a decade of working with the Roxby Downs Area School and the community of Roxby Downs, school

principal Kath Macalister was moving on.

Mrs Macalister was accepted into a co teaching /principal role at Coomandook Area School in the state’s south – and in a whirl-wind transition, would start in Term 3.

Commercial rent still on the rise

D espite ailing conditions for retailers continuing, Central Traders landlords had continued to implement a 12

monthly rent increase.

Central Traders Chairperson Leigh Mal-colm said business conditions hadn’t changed, with most shops still experiencing an approx-imate 40 per cent drop in trade compared to this time last year.

Retailers lease agreements depict a four per cent or Consumer Price Index increase annually, whichever is greater, and Mr Mal-colm said his business, Roxby Hourglass Jewellers, had a four per cent mark up in its lease agreement on May 1 this year.

“All the other stores, as they tick over that 12 month period, they’re all getting four per cent increases,” Mr Malcolm said.

“Th ey (the landlords) understand, they know full well what’s going on here. Th ey’re just plain ignorant, they just don’t care.

“I said, ‘it’s an absolute farce that you’re going to impose this, it’s just ridiculous’ and they came back to me and said that it was in my lease, and so be it.”

Landlords Savills went on to point out retailers were off ered some rent discounts – but only if they were fully up to date with their rent.

Foggy weather causes fl ight delays

Unusual foggy weather caused fl ight delays to two early morning fl ights out of Olympic Dam.

An Alliance Airlines spokesperson con-firmed two flights, QF2605 and QF2627,

which were scheduled to depart Olympic Dam for Adelaide at 8am and 10.30am re-spectively, were delayed ‘a couple of hours’ due to the foggy conditions.

Th e Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) re-corded a low of only 9.1 degrees Celsius be-tween 12am and 8am on Monday, July 15, recorded at 4am and between 7.30am and 7.36am. Th e BOM also recorded a high of 11.8 between those same times.

Th e temperatures followed an unseasona-bly warm weekend, which reached highs of 24 degrees over Saturday and Sunday July 13 and 14.

The fog is thought to be ‘advection fog’; a warm moist air mass blowing over a cold surface.

Roxby Downs and surrounding regions have recorded temperatures of below fi ve degrees Celsius during corresponding times.

Up to $30,000 damage in vacant “cubby” houses

Children aged 10 and 11 charged

Four youths were charged with off enc-es relating to what was believed to be

over $30,000 in damage to a vacant house in Roxby Downs.

Th e news came after local police reported two recent break-ins at vacan.

Senior Constable First Class Keiran Bag-goley explained one 10-year-old, and three 11-year-olds had been charged with an array of off ences, some quite serious.

“From what we understand, these houses were used, for want of a better term, for cubby houses for children as young as 10 or 11 years old,” Snr Const. Baggoley told Th e Monitor.

“We were aware of parents who knew of the existence of the term ‘cubby houses’ but they didn’t investigate anything.”

He said the houses were accessed at night during week nights, and damage had been done to the interior and will now require extensive renovations. Snr Const. Baggoley questioned why the children were out by themselves at that time of day.

We’ve got talent!

The inaugural Roxby’s Got Talent show-case wowed locals as ten talented acts performed in front of an audience of

more than 130 people.

Overall winners were guitar and voice duo Louis Th ornton and Tyhani Hope, with sec-ond place going to Daniel Bulman, and Millie Clarke and Brigham King –Pieterse tied in third place.

Sandy appointed Assistant Governor

Local Rotarian Sandy Sumsion was about to hit the road as part of a new appointment as a Rotary Assistant

Governor.

Her experience and motivation with Rotary earned her the prestigious new title in one of the widest spread Rotary districts. She is now the assistant to Rotary District Governor Bar-

bara Wheatcroft (Group Eight, District 9500).Mrs Sumsion would work between Rotary

clubs in Group Eight, which included the Ro-tary Clubs of Roxby District, Whyalla, Whya-lla Norrie, Port Augusta and Port Lincoln, and the district and international levels of Rotary, over a three year tenure .

August

Outback Copper Cup attracts over 2000

A crowd of approximately 2000 flocked the Roxby Downs Racecourse for the

18th Outback Cup, exceeding organiser’s expectations.

A smaller crowd was expected for the day due to mine cutbacks over the past year, but it seemed nothing could deter avid racego-ers.

Cup winner for 2012 and 2011 Young Tearaway, ( ridden by Kate Brook) was hoping to go for three in a row, but was pegged by fi rst place getter Pelekunu Val-ley (ridden by Libby Hopwood), second place getter Kingnadium (ridden by Tara O’Donnell) and third place getter Royal Entity (ridden by Lauren Stotjakovic) in a photo fi nish.

Hollie Cockshelle took out the coveted Fashions on the Field, followed by last year’s second place getter Kristy Per-rett, who went back to back and third place getter Ella McCarthy.

Truck roll over causes delays

A turned over Linfox triple road train caused a number of delays approxi-mately 35 kilometres south of Roxby.

Th e single vehicle incident was reported to local police at 1.30am Th ursday, August 8 and continued to disturb traffi c later that day.

Th e scene was attended by local emer-gency services, who worked diligently to remove the vehicle and keep the road open.

It was the third incident in the past year for Linfox, the proprietor of the triple trail-er vehicle involved in the accident.

It’s bloomin’ early!

I t seems spring came early for Roxby Downs, with reports of native wildfl ow-ers already sweeping the desert.

Just walking distance from town are fresh carpets of poached egg daisies (Poly-calymma stuartii) and even in amongst town some talented locals have been able to grow hoards of Sturt Desert Peas (Swain-sona formosa), a notoriously diffi cult plant to cultivate.

Local fl ora and fauna enthusiast George Giakoumis said wildfl ower appearances were not dependent entirely on a certain time of year.

“Th e wildfl owers have a bit of a mind of their own,” he said. “It’s largely dependent on not just the time of the year, but the soil moisture.

“So if we get some unseasonal rain, sud-

wind transition, would start in Term 3.

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A rid Recovery relocated almost 1000 Bettongs outside of the reserve following a boom in numbers of the

species.

Arid Recovery General Manager Kylie Piper said the breeding program of the Bettong – an endangered species – had been so successful that approximately 4000 were now living with-in the reserve.

Ms Piper said Bettong numbers had grown so high the species was now beginning to dominate the area, and have a serious impact on other species.

Rockin’ Roxby

A small but very enthusiastic crowd welcomed performers to the Roxby Downs stage for the inaugural

Jammin’ the Dam event.

Th e event, held in the Roxby Downs Audi-torium and Dunes Café, included two stages and performances by Melbourne based band British India, and Adelaide’s Lowrider, Pur-pose and DaKlinic.

Several locals, including winners from the recent Roxby’s Got Talent performance, also took to the stage to throughout the night.

Event organiser Kaye Doyle said the evening was a great success.

Olympic Dam improvement

There had already been an improvement in costs and production at OD but a break though was not expected until

the end of 2014.

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo has said answers to ongoing research into more cost eff ective mining tech-niques at Olympic Dam were not expected until the end of next year.

In his speech to a wide spectrum of interest-ed parties attending the recent Global Mainte-nance Upper Spencer Gulf (GMUSG) in Port Pirie recently, Mr Cuzzubbo identifi ed “two goals” for Olympic Dam moving forwards.

Th ose were “to be the best we can be with what we already have,” and “to fi nd an expan-sion path that is in bite size chunks and which competes very well against other investment opportunities for limited capital available.”

Tracking tremors at RDAS

Roxby Downs Area School is one of only 42 schools chosen as a home base for a seismometer capable of

tracking tremors up to 6000 kilometres away.

Th e instrument, used to measure earthquakes, was installed in the school senior science area by experts from the Australian National University in Canberra and the University of Melbourne.

Th e amazing opportunity was made available through the education component of the AuS-cope Australian Geophysical Observing System after an application by local science teacher Has-san Bhatti.

Th e main aims of the project include increas-ing community awareness of earthquakes and raising interest in seismology and geoscience as fi elds of study for future careers in the in-dustry.Fog delayed local fl ights from OD.

Outgoing RDAS Principal Kath MacAlister with her ‘Best Support Team’.

A bed of Sturt Desert Peas took up residence in a front yard in Roxby Downs.

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Netballers celebrate with end of year presentations

The Roxby Downs Netball Association celebrated the end of the 2013 season on Saturday night, with an evening of

games, glitz and glamour.

Th e coveted A Grade Best and Fairest po-sition was a tie between Hornridge’s Jemma Howe and a very surprised Fiona Hooper from Olympic Dam, with Runner-Up Best and Fair-est going to Olympic Dam’s Sharon Fielder.

Th e award for the B Grade Runner-Up Best and Fairest was taken out by talented Olympic Dam Wing Attack Nardene ‘Nards’ Montgom-erie, with the Best and Fairest a three way tie between Roxby Miner’s Emma Killeen and Danielle Weir, and Olympic Dam’s Megan Crawford, who came to the event after some excited and congratulatory phone calls.

Finally C Grade Best and Fairest was tak-en out by young talent Millie Clarke from Hornridge Pink (who also won the C Grade Best Under 21 Award), with Runner Up being Olympic Dam’s Alicia Lee.

Best Under 21 Awards for B Grade and A Grade were also presented to Danielle Weir and Tanisha Herilhy-Graham respectively.

Birdsville Croc

When locals at Birdsville started to report sighting of a crocodile in the local creek, many thought it was

the usual tall tale from an outback drinker.

Th e tale proved true last week when a 1.2 metre freshwater crocodile was captured and moved to Dreamworld on the Gold Coast.

Th e relocation came after local concern the croc might pose a danger to tourists visiting the outback town for the popular annual races, to be held this weekend.

Local park ranger Don Rowlands help cap-ture the croc – and told online news service news.com last week that the event had created some good fodder for local gossip in recent months.

“Tourists had talked about seeing a croc in the river about 1km from town but I thought they’d been drinking,” Mr Rowlands said.

“Th en a local lady saw it near the bank so we all went down for a look.

“We haven’t met as a town community like this for a good while. We all went down to spot it and had a great old yarn. It was real good.”

WINNERS!

The Roxby Miners took out an easy victory over the Hornridge Devils in the Far North Football League A-Grade

fi nal last Saturday.

Th e Miner’s team, which hasn’t played the exact same team twice all season due to local job losses and player commitments, thumped their opponents 4.3, 6.5, 12.11, 17.14 (116) to 1.2, 4.2, 6.2, 7.3 (45).

Rogers takes out Madigan Medal

Ex- Olympic Dam footballer Daniel Rogers has taken out this year’s cov-eted Spencer Gulf League Madigan

Medal.

Rogers, who played for the Proprietary/Risdon Lions won the count with 21 votes, followed by Darren Shillabeer from Port Au-gusta Centrals on 17.

Rogers, who was undecided if he was even going to play at all this season, was surprised with his most recent win.

“I just needed something new with my footy I guess,” he told Th e Monitor. “I just sort of wanted something new, I wasn’t even going to really play this year!”

At 27, Rogers was the eldest member of his team, playing 15 of the 17 rounds so far. He commuted from Roxby Downs weekly for weekend matches.

It’s a draw for Roxby’s Most

Popular Business

A Sprinkle of Magic and Red Desert Cleaning have won in a draw of 302 votes a piece to be the 2013 Roxby

Downs Most Popular Business.

Th e surprise announcement was accompa-nied by a back to back win by Roxby Hourglass Jewellers in both the Best Small Business cate-gory and Most Outstanding Business category for 2013.

More than 100 people gathered at the Roxby Leisure Auditorium for the sell-out, gala event hosted by BHP Billiton’s Head of Production Olympic Dam Barry Mitchell.

Th e night included a key-note address by BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo.

Sustainababy took out the award for Best Micro Business, Subway won Best Medium Business and GHD took out the title of Best Large Business for 2013.

Link library building offi cially opened

The ‘link’ community library was offi -cially opened in front of a furore of State library dignitaries and passionate

community members and those who made the project happen.

Th e eight month project fi nished up earli-er this year, with public access granted for a couple of months now, however the building’s offi cial opening was celebrated in September.

Th e ceremony was attended by Hon Lyn Breuer and the members and CEO of the Li-braries Board of South Australia, who visited Roxby Downs as part of their annual regional tour.

October

Carberry guilty

Anthony Carberry was found guilty of causing the death of local man Dylon Fraser in Roxby Downs in June 2012.

Carberry was found guilty on both charges of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, and Leaving an Accident Scene.

Carberry was the driver of the vehicle when Fraser, 25, fell from the tray onto the road on Pioneer Drive in the early hours of June 8, 2012.

Fraser was fl own to Adelaide for medical treatment, but later died in hospital.

Carberry had plead not guilty to both charg-es, but a jury at the District Court of Port Au-gusta disagreed, and found him guilty on both

counts after almost two weeks of adjudication, and testimony from several key witnesses.

Hombsch takes out McCarthy Award

Former local footballer and current Port Power defender Jack Hombsch was awarded the inaugural John McCarthy

Award for the 2013 AFL season.

Hombsch, a former local junior player, was awarded the auspicious new title at the club’s recent Best and Fairest night on September 21.

Th e award is named in honour of the late John McCarthy – the Port Power player who was tragically killed on a team end of season trip to Las Vegas in 2012.

South of the fence

A forum addressing the rising occur-rence of wild dogs south of the dingo fence was held in Port Augusta,

highlighting the need for stakeholders to work together to overcome the issue.

Held by the SA Arid Lands (SAAL) Natural Resources Management Board and Biosecu-rity SA, it addressed decade long mounted concerns of heightened wild dog presence, due mainly to lower pastoralist occupation of land around the fence, and therefore a lessened need for fence maintenance.

$150,000 bowling green installed after

three year battle

A fter three years of court pro-ceedings , the

Roxby Downs Bowling Club has replaced their uneven playing green, with a brand new state of the art $150,000 replacement.

“When laid approx-imately six years ago, it was a very average job,” said club secretary Tony Weir. “Unfortunately, at the time, the club did not have the knowledge of what a new synthetic green should play like, let alone a consistent mem-ber base to control the installation.”

Mr Weir said the Club was also sold incorrect equipment for the green’s upkeep, and resultant-ly, the fi nished product never met appropriate standards.

“After three years fi ghting in court to get the green replaced and spending an amount of money with independ-ent professionals in their fi eld to have it tested we found the green to be

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as world standard – all greens are to reach this level when installed,” he said.

After battling for three years with the green installer through court – the Club weighed up the risk of losing approximately $40,000 in their pursuit, receiving no result, or simply going back to the drawing board and replacing the green.

“With our transient community and not being able to contact all our witnesses it was thought best to give up the case and work to-wards getting a new green installed,” Mr Weir said.

Andamooka Caravan Park squashed by regulation

M ajor plans for a $6 million caravan park development in Andamooka were squashed by overreaching

government regulations.Th e concept plans were fi rst released to

Th e Monitor in June 2011 by local developer Chad Oldfi eld, who hoped to fi ll a void in a then restrictive accommodation market and meet demand from an overfl ow of workers at Olympic Dam.

In only July this year, it looked as though Mr Oldfi eld, in conjunction with the Andamooka Progress Opal Miners Association had a good chance of fi nally pushing the development through. However, Mr Oldfi eld last week ex-pressed his dismay at State Government leg-islative shortfalls which had made the project uneconomical.

“Th ey made it all too hard, the rules and reg-ulations just got out of hand and they turned a great project into an unviable project,” Mr Oldfi eld told Th e Monitor.

Most Outstanding Business award winners - Roxby Hourglass Jewellers.

Concerns have mounted of dingo sightings south of the fence.

Plans for a $6mil caravan park were quashed.

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Chopper ‘drops in’ at BP

Roxby Downs was a stir when a mystery helicopter dropped in on the driveway of the local BP Service Station.

A spectacle that could have been due to one of many reasons, the occupant of the chopper, was the embarrassed owner of the station, and Managing Director of Th e Agostino Group, Frank Agostino.

Mr Agostino, who was joined by fellow busi-ness executives Cosi and John, had fl own into town to discuss redevelopment options for the BP franchise.

“It’s early days,” Mr Agostino told Th e Mon-itor. “We’re looking to put a food off er here, over and above what we already off er. Until we obviously plan, draw up contracts and everything it’s a bit early to say.”

Woomera facilities to be given a boost

The 200 person town of Woomera was set to get a major

boost from the Australian Defence force over the next decade, with hopes it will bring town facilities up to scratch to match upgrades at the Woomera Test Range.

Woomera, which was originally established in 1947 as a domestic support base for the Test Range was declared an ‘open’ town in 1982 and will next year be declared an RAAF base town – with plans to be fully operational by 2015.

ADF Air Commodore Noel Derwort said to support equipment upgrades on the WTR and an upgrade to the airstrip, there was no point leaving the village as is.

“It’s looking a bit tired, so we’re going to invest into the village to support the increase in defence,” he told Th e Monitor.

Centre of excellence

The Roxby Downs Kindergarten will become a Centre of Excellence after exceeding all seven levels of assess-

ment in the National Quality Standard assessments.

Assessed in August of this year, Kindy Di-rector Kerryn Jones recently received a de-tailed 50 page document outlining observa-tions made on the centre, with some overtly pleasing results.

“It’s really beautiful to read and it’s great for the staff because they work so hard and I think they’re great. I think they’re exceeding the national quality standard and so it was

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November

Tim SA’s best plumbing apprentice

Local Andamooka plumber Tim West exceeded the expectations of his employer and father John West of

Northlands Plumbing, by being recognised as the State’s best plumbing apprentice.

Tim started his plumbing career as a school based apprentice at Roxby Downs Area School also completing a successful school career – being awarded Dux of the school at Anda-mooka Primary School, and School Captain at RDAS. His father said he has always done well at everything he put his hands to.

“He started doing a school based appren-ticeship with us and at the start, I think he was in two minds about it, but as he got into it, he got keener and keener,” Mr West told Th e Monitor last week. “I’m extremely proud of him, he’s done very well… everything he puts his hand to he does excellently, so I couldn’t be a prouder dad.”

Man arrested for Coober Pedy disappearance

A man has been arrested for the murder of Coober Pedy school girl Karen Williams, 16, in 1990.

Police arrested a 42-year-old Mount Gambi-er man in relation to the case after a new focus on the investigation shed new light earlier this last year.

At the time of the disappearance more than 115 statements were taken with investigations extending into other states and territories.

120 enjoy formal

An independent youth formal was held for the children of Roxby Downs on the weekend, with approximately 120

glamorous Year 7 to 12s in attendance.

Th e event was held in the Dunes Café, and co-organiser Jane Rogers, who has been in-volved with the event for three years, said the attendees went to every length to look the part.

Prizes were handed out on the night for those who had made a stand out eff ort, and included Formal King and Queen Layton Weston and Millie Clarke, Best Dressed Male and Female Adam Barnes and Maddisyn Cox, Best Couple Lilly Mason and Hamish Jacka, Best Hair Demi Gow-Smith and Daniel Bul-man, Best Dancers Hayley Wurfel and Brodie Caden and Best Scrubbed Up Mitchell Ryan and Demi-Jo Rhodes.

Case closed

Amendments made to the Outback Communities Authority’s community engagement policy have satisfi ed the

requests of the Ombudsman, rendering the matter closed.

An inquiry was made into the OCA earlier this year, after Andamooka local Brian McFar-lane lodged complaints to the Ombudsman in December 2012.

McFarlane questioned whether the OCA had complied with section requirement in

the Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009 in consulting about the Community Aff airs Resourcing and Management Agreement for Andamooka, and whether the OCA had valid authority to implement the Community Contribution Scheme.

After fi nding minor error in the consulta-tion processes in these two issues, the Om-budsman acknowledged the OCA had made the errors unintentionally and ordered a re-view of the Authority’s policy.

RoxFM wins again

Community involvement was key to local radio station RoxFM receiving their most recent, and possibly most

prestigious award – the Community Broadcasters Association Australia’s award for Best Station Production.

Th e national awards were held in Sydney with station representatives Julian Tregenza, Teresa Malcolm, Kerryn Jones and Kylie Piper attending the event.

Th e awards recognised the 60 second intro to country music show Outback Tracks (Sun-days, 10.30am until 12pm), a piece that was written and produced by one of the show’s regular listeners.

Muloorina Station goes into Top Gear

Internationally renowned ‘Top Gear’ host Richard Hammond made a trip to the South Australian outback as part of

fi lming for his new series recently.

In a sharp change from the methanol fuelled, boys toys ‘Top Gear’, broadcaster, writer and journalist Hammond’s new pro-gramme ‘Big Weather’ to be shown on BBC1.

Th e three part series aims to capture the full force of the world’s most extreme weath-er experiences in the natural world.

Almost a week’s worth of fi lming was done at Muloorina Station – 54 kilometres North West of Marree.

December

Santa’s busy Roxby weekend

I t was a long, hot day for Santa …

He made a special visit to Roxby Downs in between his busy Christmas schedule to

fi rstly take to the open road on the back of a Harley for the annual Roxby to Andamooka Toy Run.

After a short afternoon siesta he returned to make an appearance at the Roxby Downs Christmas Pageant in 30 plus degree heat, de-lighting more than a thousand excited people attending the event.

Twenty-nine fl oats took part in the famous annual pageant, second only to a previous record of 33.

• Best Business Float - ODT Australis ‘Xmas Beach’• Best Community Float - Roxby Downs Christian Church ‘Th e Nativity’• Best New Float - A Sprinkle of Magic ‘Christmas Wonderland’• Most Creative Float - Roxby Leisure ‘Let’s Get Physical’• Best bike - Th e Kovacs ‘Christmas’• Most Creative Female - Sarah Sanders - ‘Fairy Belle’ from A Sprinkle of Magic fl oat.• Most Creative Male - Nathan Eberly - ‘Th e King’ from the Wonder in Aliceland fl oat.All prizes were collected from Raine and

Horne’s offi ce on Tutop St.

1lb cannabis found in Andamooka home

Roxby Downs Police arrested a 55 year old Andamooka man after allegedly locating approximately one pound of

cannabis at an Andamooka property.

Th e property was searched by Roxby police, local detectives and a police drug dog.

Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said the search was part of ongoing drug operations in the area.

“Drugs are an issue in all towns in South Australia,” Snr Sgt Boylan said. “I don’t think Andamooka, Roxby Downs or Woomera are

exempt from the issues of drugs in their

community and police are always working and tar-geting those people in the community who deal in these substances.”

Wedgetail Six cancelled due to heat

Extreme heat delayed the sixth Wedgetail event in December, a biannual emergency services exer-

cise designed to test various facets and responses of Roxby’s essential services teams.

Wednesday’s temperature hit 40 degrees Celsius before 4pm and 4.30pm that day, and was still stifl ing at 39.7 degrees at 6pm that night, when the exercise started.

Despite the setback, Roxby Downs SAPOL, CFS, SES, SA Ambulance, SES and MSS Security went through the motions of the exercise, with plans to reschedule and undertake the event in the cooler months of next year.

“Anytime the emergency services organi-sations and BHP Billiton get together to do a task, we always make sure that we learn from it,” said Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan last week.

“It’s unfortunate that some of the prac-tical parts of this particular exercise were cancelled due to the extreme heat and we always have to mindful of the Occ (sic) Health and Safety of the participants.”

of Woomera was set to get a major

in their

community and police are always working and tar-

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SA’s best plumbing apprentice Tim West with proud boss and Dad John West.

Wedgetail 6 was cancelled this year.

Top Gear’s Richard Hammond was in the area recently.

The Monitor got a privileged peek inside the Woomera Prohibited Area.

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ROXBY COUNCIL

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 9 am to 5 pm Monday-Wednesdays, Fridays

9:30am to 5pm Thursdays9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Toddler Story Time 2 pm Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTLIBRARYCOUNCIL OFFICE

W atch out for the 2014 waste collection calendar, which will arrive in Roxby

letterboxes during the week com-mencing next week.

This publication will reflect

changed collection days for Arcoo-

na Street and northern Stuart Road.

Please note the Christmas day col-

lection will take place on Tuesday

December 24, 2013.

For waste collection, disposal and

recycling enquiries contact BSH

Waste Solutions 8671 1154.

The Roxby Downs Community Library will be closed for the Christmas break from noon

Tuesday, December 24 , 2013 and

will reopen in the New Year on

Th ursday, January 2, 2014.

Snakes are a common and nat-ural part of living in Roxby Downs, if you have any issues

or queries regarding snakes or any

other wildlife in or around your

home please contact the Wildlife

Response Number 0497 808 313.

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Roxby’s infamous summer has well and truly set on locals, resulting, as

expected; in an elevated use of air conditioning, and of course, both public and household pools.

It serves as a timely reminder for swimming pool owners of their re-sponsibilities and legal obligations.

Each swimming pool owner is responsible for the safety of those using their facility. Two key ele-ments in helping ensure safety for pool users are by installing ade-quate fencing and ensuring chil-dren are supervised at all times.

Th ere are a number of mandato-ry requirements set by the South Australian Government that help

enforce safety in pool fencing. Th e fi rst and foremost being, that all swimming pools must have a con-tinuous safety barrier maintained by the pool owner that restricts ac-cess by young children to the pool.

Th e fencing must also be per-manent, be at least 1.2 metres high and the outside of the fence must be an effective barrier to young children. Young children must not be able to crawl under or climb over the fence by us-ing foot or hand holds and any boundary fences used as part of the child-safety barrier must be at least 1.8 metres high on either side with a 900 millimetres non-climb-able zone.

Gates to the pool area also come with a number of requirements.

Th e gate(s) must swing outward from the pool area, be self-clos-ing from any position and be fi tted with a latching device out of reach of small children at least 1.5 me-tres above ground level.

In-ground or above-ground swimming pools and spas must have a water recirculation and fi l-tration system that complies with Australian standards to reduce the risk of a young child being trapped by suction.

As a swimming pool owner you must make sure that all required swimming pool safety features are maintained in working order at all times. In a life-threating or urgent situation phone the emergency services triple zero (000).

Stay safe and cool in the pool this

summer

Roxby Council is pleased to announce that we are hosting the Summer Reading Club.

Th e national program is designed to promote reading and literacy during the summer school holidays.

Th e offi cial club website (summer-readingclub.org.au) has loads of activi-ties that will engage and occupy young people of all ages in reading and shar-ing books, games, craft and storytelling from December 2013 through to the end of January 2014, and it's all free!

Participants in the Summer Reading Club locally can visit the Roxby Downs Community Library to arrange a read-ing log for the investigation themed program. Th ere are lots of prizes for your children to win so visit the library. For further information call into the Community Library, visit the offi cial club website or call 8671 0500.

Don’t forget the library is also holding School Holiday activities from Monday, January 6, 2014. Check out what is on off er by visiting the library or calling 8671 0500.

Summer Reading Club

The SunSmart UV Alert is a tool you can use to protect yourself from UV radiation; it tells you

the time during the day that you need to be SunSmart.

The Alert is issued by the Bureau of Meteorology when the UV index is forecast to reach 3 or above. At that level, it can damage your skin and lead to skin cancer. For smartphone users, the Cancer Council of Australia free SunSmart app is a great way to check the UV Alert when you are out and about. iPhone users can download it at the iTunes App Store, Android users at Google Play and Samsung users at Samsung Apps.

So whether you are at work, home or

on the move, you can easily and quickly check the times of the day look or listen for the Alert when you are:

• Planning or participating in an out door activity or event

• Undertaking recreational activities such as running, swimming, cycling or team sports• Watching a spectator sport, such as tennis or cricket• An outdoor worker, or have respon sibility for outdoor workers, or• Responsible for young children and their outdoor activities.If an Alert has been issued, you need

to protect yourself during the times indicated.

UV alert tool helps Roxby residents get Sun Smart


WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

Monday of the month.Members of the public are welcome to

attend and observe.If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be included on the

agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Teresa Malcolm

Michelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Mary Lewis • Chad Menzies •

Bill Boehm

CCCOOONNNTTTAAACCCTTTIIINNNGGG TTTHHHEEE BBBOOOAAARRRDDD

The voice of the The voice of the community...community...

JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please

contact the following people.

New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000Thursday, February 15 @7.30pm

Location TBC

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

TBC February 2014.

SPORTS and REC FORUMDamien Condon 0439 862 784

TBC February 2014.

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrik Ibele (08) 8671 0168Thursday, February 13 @7.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAngela Neyland 0448 168 167

Thursday, January 9 @7pm

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818Thursday, December 12 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, February 12 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010Wednesday, January 29 @ 8.30am

Dunes Café

NEW Roxby Downs Community Facebook PageTo keep up to date on local community events and services visit and like our Facebook page!

facebook.com/roxbydownscommunity

Like us on Facebook facebook.com/roxbydownscommunity

Thanks to the Community Board and all forum

members for making 2013 a spectacular year.

Well done!Merry Christmas to all!

1. International Women’s Day -

March 2013.2 and 3. Happy Healthy Expo -

May 2013.4. Roxby Road Safe

stall at Happy Healthy Expo - May 2013.

5. Community Mural - July 2013.

6. NAIDOC - July 2013.

7. High Tea - June 2013.

8. Roxby’s Got Talent - July 2013

9. Business Awards - September 2013.

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Celebrations - October

2013


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Pt Pirie & Adelaide

Depots

Antique & Household RemovalsLocal, Interstate & Country Storage

Delivery Specialists

Phone: 0427 716 173Roxby Downs • Pt Augusta • Pt Pirie

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Ongoing commercial

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OPEN 7 DAYS

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Monitor Community Newspaper Inc.Vacancies exist for two people to lodge an

expression of interest.If you have a background and an interest in

media, business management, and a passion for the local community, please apply to:

The Chairman Monitor Newspaper Inc.

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or email [email protected]


AOG/ACC Church New Life Christian Community Centre

As of Sunday 13th October

Enquiries Ps Keith Moody Ph 0414 570 871

Christmas services at Roxby Downs Christian Community Church

cnr Tutop & Burgoyne Streets.

Christmas Eve (Tuesday 24th December) 7pm Family Nativity and Carols at RDCCC

8.30pm Readings and Carols at The Club.

Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25) 9.30am Holy Communion at RDCCC.

Everybody is welcome to join us.

"Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel, God with us."

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR CLOSING TIMES

CAFECafe will be closed 25/12/2013 - 06/01/2014

Coffee and cake only 24/12/2013CINEMA

Cinema times will be scheduled around pool opening timesPOOL

Pool will be closed Christmas Day 25/12/2013Boxing Day 26/12/2013 12pm - 5pm27/12/2013 - 31/12/2013 8am - 8pm

01/01/2014 12pm - 5pmGYM

Gym will be closed Christmas Day 25/12/2013 - 26/12/201327/12/2013 & 31/12/2013 8am - 4pm

01/01/2014 - 10am - 4pmNormal hours resume 02/01/2014

LIBRARYLibrary will be closed 24/12/2013 - 02/01/2014

ADMINISTRATIONAdministration will be closed 24/12/2013 - 30/12/2013

CRECHECreche will be closed 20/12/0213 = 13/01/2014

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTREVIC will be closed 24/12/2013 - 06/01/2014

PUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESSITUATIONS VACANTFOR SALE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

GERRY’S Dublin Meats. Top quality beef, lamb and veal from our farm to you. $100 family pack. $20 lamb roast, 2kg roast chicken, 1kg pork chops, 1kg beef sausages, 10 gourmet patties, 1.5kg beef roast, 1kg BBQ steak, 1kg packet bacon, 250gm mettwurst, 1kg BBQ lamb chops, 1 bottle of marinade. All packs mix and match. Ph 8529 2229. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM 25th Dec - 5th Jan inclusive. Merry Christmas and have a happy and safe new year from us here at Ger-ry’s Dublin meats.

HAPPY birthday to my main man Markus for Friday, December 20. Your purveying of bad jokes and expensive taste in sunglass-es are all I need in my day. Your doting wife, Sasha.

I can really focus my skills on criticalsituations when my clients need methe most. Supported by my talent,knowledge and team, I can do whatit takes to give my clients the resultsthey deserve. At SA Health, I can usebetter models of care, cutting-edgetechnology and energetic staff tobecome the best nurse possible.

Registered NurseRoxby Downs Health ServiceJob Ref: 528298

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An hour with Kaye

An hour of music and conversation with Kaye and friends. “I’m a typical baby boomer, still coming to terms

with growing up and my musical

is along for the journey to keep it balanced, so join us for

the ride. I enjoy my hour

with regularco-host Miss Jane

now streaming live at www.roxfm.com.au

Phone 8671 0500

NOW SHOWING

roxbyaquatics

TICKETSAdult: $10 Children $8

Family Pass (4) $30Cheap Tuesday: $8

COMING SOON:CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE

OF MEATBALLS 2BAD GRANDPA

Gym Hours 6am to 12 midday (Closed in between 12-2pm) 2pm to 9pm Weekends 8am to 4pm Public Holidays 10am to 4pm

There will be no group fi tness classes from Saturday, December 21 until Monday, January 6 2014.

See below for gym opening

times.

BHP Mine Tour - Will resume on Friday, January 17 2014.

Bookings essential!

Do you have an upcoming

event this festive season? Come and see the friendly staff at the Dunes Cafe for all your event and catering

needs.

FROZEN**Coming Soon**

ENDER’S GAMEDuration: 1 hours 54 mins

Rating: PG

ANCHORMAN 2**Coming Soon**

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2

Duration: 1 hour 40 mins Rating: GTHURS 26th Dec | 7PM

FRI 27th Dec | 7PM SAT 28th Dec | 1PM & 7PMSUN 29th Dec | 10:30AM & 4PM

THURS 26th Dec | 4:00PM FRI 27th Dec | 4PM & 7PM

SAT 28th Dec | 10:30AM & 4PM SUN 29th Dec | 1:00PM

The Roxby Downs Shotokan Karate Club will host quarterly beep tests in 2014 to help locals

monitor and improve their fi tness levels.

Local Sensei Deanne Hancock said the fi rst beep test held recently was also part of a fundraising drive to help the team go to the nationals in the last half of next year.

Sensei Deanne said the beep tests were a great tool for locals looking to keep track of their fi tness levels.

“It’s a good way of keeping an eye on a person’s fi tness – especially if you are a football player, basketball play-er netball player, those that take their sport seriously – even if you are a gym junkie,” Ms Hancock told Th e Monitor.

She said participants would get a certifi cate after each session showing

their scores.The beep tests will be held one a

school term with dates for 2014 yet to be confi rmed.

Th e local club, which makes up the entirety of the highly successful SA team, has also begun self defence class-es which are expected to be held again toward the end of Term 1 next year.

Sensei Deanne said there were now 60 students, both children and adults, at the local club and anyone was wel-come to join. Th e fi rst two sessions are free.

For more information contact Sensei Deanne on 0408 445 232 or fi nd out more information at the Shotokan Ka-rate Club Roxby Downs, DoJo page on Facebook.

Th e beep test sessions will cost $5.00 per person.

More Karate Beep Tests to be held in 2014


Celebrate your special memories with photo gifts...

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SHOP NOW for Back to

School & Valentines Day

Closed from Friday, December 13 at noon and will reopen on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 9am for all your

instant prints and gift line needs.

(Back) Best Adult Male Matt Hayball and James Bremner from Miners Football Club, Best Adult Female Sally Natt,

Sensei Bill Natt, and (front) Best Male Junior Mitchell Natt, Liam, Best Female Junior Tamsyn and Chain.


SPORTwww.themonitor.com.au Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843

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Merry Christmas and see you all in the New Year!Merry Christmas and see you all in the New Year!

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