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On board with city studies

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

The trend towards boarding schools for older Roxby Downs students continues,

with local parents even setting up a Facebook group on the subject recently.

Hayley � ompson, Katie Meadow and Sally Natt are all part of the ‘Roxby Kids at Boarding School

2016’ group and agreed it was helpful to have contact with other parents who were going through the same thing.

“� ere are a lot of boarding kids who come from Roxby Downs, you just don’t know who,” said Mrs � ompson.

“It is its own sub-culture, and it is a big one.”

Mrs Meadow is about to send her second child, William, to boarding school at Sacred Heart College – the

same school his sister Mackenzie, started at last year.

Mrs Meadow said there were a number of reasons for sending her children to boarding school.

“� ere are better education op-portunities in Adelaide because of the wider range of resources they have available to them,” she said.

“� ey are bigger schools and have more extracurricular activities as well.”

The three mothers believed at-

tending school in Adelaide would also better prepare their children for university when they fi nished.

Will, Mitch and, Mrs � ompson’s eldest, Sam, said they were all excit-ed about heading to boarding school.

“It will be a good adventure and I am excited,” said Mitch.

“It will be good because there will be a lot of opportunities I will get down there that I don’t have up here.”

While the students were last week

preparing for the start of the school term on Monday, their parents said it was yet to sink in that their chil-dren were leaving.

“Yes, I am excited for Sam to go,” Mrs � ompson said.

“People have been asking me whether I am nervous or sad, but I think it will only really start to hit me when I drive away.

“I think we’ll miss them more than they’ll miss us.”

William and Katie Meadow, Sally and Mitch Natt and Hayley and Sam Thompson are preparing for a new school term on Monday. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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Budget backlashRoxby Council criticised for $1.5 million rise in employee costs

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

Roxby Council is fi ghting back against claims its $1.5 million growth in employee costs for 2015/16 – along

with wage increases by other local governments – is “outrageous”.

Council’s key arguments include a projected $1.9 million decrease in operating costs for the fi nancial year that was partly achieved by transferring contract work to council staff .

It also notes that it has created effi ciencies via a workplace restructure that has seen its full-time equivalent employment jump from 44 in 2014/15 to 60 in 2015/16.

� e comments are in response to a story pub-lished by � e Advertiser last Friday that refers to fi ndings from the SA Parliamentary Research Library about local government expenditure.

� e data revealed that councils’ employee costs over the past fi nancial year had exceeded $805.2 million.

� is was up from $769.5 million in 2014/15 – an almost 5 per cent increase.

� e Advertiser claimed the revelation had “prompted calls to reduce the ‘outrageous’ wages growth”.

� e article also singled out Roxby Council as having the greatest percentage increase in employee costs.

� e fi gure rose from $3.5 million in 2014/15 to $5 million in 2015/16 – a 41 per cent ($1.5 million) diff erence.

� is change is documented in Roxby Coun-cil’s 2015/16 Annual Business Plan and Budget.

However, council administrator Bill Boehm said the statistics referenced in � e Advertiser failed to tell the full story.

“Besides wages, the expenditure attributed to Roxby Council also includes superannua-

tion, workers’ compensation and indirect staff costs,” he said.

Mr Boehm said the transfer of contract work to council staff and other changes helped create a $1.9 million reduction in operating expenses for 2015/16.

“What is not shown is the reduction in ma-terials, contractors and other expenses from $11,731,000 to $9,820,000 as a result in part due to a workforce restructure,” he said.

Mr Boehm noted that council’s full-time equivalent employment had increased from 27 to 44 between 2013/14 and 2014/15 as part of the restructure’s fi rst stage.

“� is mainly involved staffi ng of the Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct,” he said.

“� e change in operation has been phased in over two years with organisational effi ciencies that actually reduced the number of people required to perform the necessary work.

“� e 2015/16 business plan projected a fur-

ther increase in staff numbers with a number of short-term casuals who work varying hours now directly employed by council.

“� is has increased our full-time equivalent employment to around 60.

“Overall, council now performs work that previously was outsourced at greater cost for a lesser amount.

“Some positions are also funded by new grants and other arrangements.”

Mr Boehm also pointed out that council was a main employer of many spouses and children of Olympic Dam mine workers, and this helped attract families to Roxby Downs.

“I am proud of the performance of Roxby Council and our employees, who work hard to serve the Roxby community,” he said.

“� ere is a signifi cant downturn in our local economy because of staff and contractor re-ductions at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine.

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JANUARY29th - ‘Healing

Hearts and Minds’ exhibition launch, roxbylink gallery,

6pm. Ph: 8671 0010.

31st - Roxby Academy of Dance information and registration day,

roxbyblink auditorium, 1-3pm. Email:

roxbyacademyofdance @gmail.com

FEBRUARY20th - Pink Stumps Day. Details TBC.

20th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon.

23rd - Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly

Show, roxbylink auditorium, 4.30pm.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:Outback HotShots Photography Group member Ruby Turner took this photograph as part of the group’s ‘clouds’ theme.


O rganisers of last year’s Police Ball have donated $1000

from the event’s proceeds to the Roxby Downs Little Athletics Club.

Club president Bill Natt said donations like these were important because the group had only recently started up.

“We very much appreciate the donation from the Police Ball,” he said.

Mr Natt said the club was yet to decide what to spend the money on.

Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said he was thrilled with the success of the Police Ball and happy it was now able to help support local

community groups. Little Athletics has been

taking a break over the Christmas and New Year period and will resume on Sunday, February 7.

Mr Natt said he was excit-ed about the upcoming sea-son and the introduction of new ideas.

“I am really looking for-ward to getting everyone out there in their new tops,” he said.

“Hopefully we can get a representative team together from Roxby Downs to send away and compete this year.

“� at is the plan – rather than just localising it, it will be a step up for the club.

“We are also looking at introducing a cross country event, which will include not just juniors but an open cat-egory as well.”

Police Ball jumps in with $1k donation

Last year’s Police Ball helped raise $1000 for the Roxby Downs Little Athletics Club. Pictured is club president Bill Natt (right) with Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1“Council has responsibly managed its workforce to

maintain the services that our community needs in an environment of declining external revenue.”

Mr Boehm said seasonal work and part-time po-sitions could give the impression of more full-time staff than the actual number.

“We employ a lot of young people, some of whom have left Roxby and return to work in the summer holidays during their university breaks,” he said.

Mr Boehm added that the restructure had allowed council to off er “terrifi c career paths” for young locals.

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Works are currently under way to expand the Roxby Downs BP

service station on Olympic Way.

Manager Leah Jones said up-grades to the store should be fi nished within eight weeks, and

she hoped customers would be understanding in the meantime.

It is understood access to the petrol pumps would be unaff ect-ed, but workers would be pres-ent on the premises throughout the works.

Also shelves within the store will be moved around and some stock may be unavailable at times.

Once complete, the expand-

ed BP will off er a wider range of grocery items to customers.

Ms Jones said the expansion plans had been in the works for some time as the store was in need of a facelift.

“It will be really good when it is done,” she said.

“It will be something positive for the locals with everything that has been going on.

“� ey have been supporting

the business for so long, so it is good to be able to give them something back.”

Meanwhile local man Brett Rudiger said he was disappoint-ed that BP was hiring an Ade-laide business for the works.

He said he would like to see more opportunities for local contractors.

“I’m sure we can be as compet-tive as a lot of people,” he added.

WRITTEN BYRYNEISHA BOLLARD

An exhibition targeting mental health awareness will open at the roxbylink art gallery this Friday.

Healing Hearts and Minds was offi cially opened at Port Lincoln’s Nautilus Art Cen-tre last October before travelling to the Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery and now Roxby Downs.

� e project is co-ordinated by Eyre Penin-sula sisters Susanne Wegener and Janet Ra-leigh, who are also the contributing artists.

� ey aim to use the exhibition as a way of starting conversations about mental illness and its eff ects on individuals and families.

Wegener told � e Monitor the idea for the exhibition came about following the death of their brother from melanoma two years ago.

“In his last months, as he was in hospital and not well, (Janet) and I and our other sis-ter, we sat together around his bed,” she said.

“We talked about family and our own sto-ries, and found that we had all been touched by mental illness in diff erent ways.

“My sister Janet and I decided we would

do this exhibition to highlight that families often don’t have anywhere to go in those situations.

“We wanted to start conversations about mental health probl ems.”

Wegener, of North Shields, has contribut-ed a range of triptychs – artworks involving three panels that form one piece – to the exhibition.

� e digital prints on vinyl banners have hearts as the centrepieces – a theme that her sister also explores in the exhibition.

Raleigh lives in Port Lincoln and works mainly with mixed media including recycled material, with one of her specialties being sculptures made out of waste products.

“A lot of the work is provocative and chal-lenging, but it’s contemporary and it’s also pertinent to people’s lives,” said Wegener.

� e exhibition will offi cially open at the roxbylink art gallery this Friday from 6pm and will close on March 18.

Just before it fi nished, Raleigh and Wege-ner are set to hold workshops with locals on Wednesday, March 16, and � ursday, March 17, from 6pm to 9pm.

“People will have an opportunity to look at their own emotions and feelings and work

with lots of artistic mediums to produce a fi nal work,” said Wegener. “It’s not just for us – it’s for anybody who would like to do some exploration in a really safe environment.”

Wegener said art was often an eff ective means of allowing people to overcome their fear of judgment and discuss mental health issues.

“Diff erent aspects of the exhibition have had really profound eff ects,” she said.

“The workshops, too, have had really strong impacts on people.

“We’re getting a lot of feedback that peo-ple are really pleased to see something that’s normally been shameful is now being ac-cepted.”

Wegener said mental illness was some-thing most people dealt with in some way in their lives, and it was important to re-member that these difficulties could be overcome.

“The cycle often is that if we give it enough time we’re going to emerge again, and it’s okay to have those feelings because they don’t last forever,” she said.

Following the Roxby visit, Healing Hearts and Minds will be on display at the Flinders Medical Centre until May.

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Art seeks to heal communities

Works are under way to expand the Roxby Downs BP service station. Pictured are workers at the site last

week, PHOTO: Patrick Glover.

Eyre Peninsula sisters Susanne Wegener and Janet Raleigh are bringing their Healing Hearts and Minds exhibition to Roxby this week. PICTURED

LEFT: Examples of the works to be displayed in the roxbylink art gallery from this Friday until March 18.

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The Board is guided by the 10-year strategic direction provided in Volume 1 of the Regional NRM Plan and the Business Plan (Volume 2) sets out how the Board’s own investments will contribute to achieving these goals.

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POLICE BRIEFS

Child endangerment chargesFar North police arrested a man and a woman

for child endangerment and other off ences on Sunda y.

� e arrest came a day after the pair were lo-cated with three children in a stolen Nissan Ni-vara about 100km north of Lyndhurst.

All fi ve – including the three boys aged four years, two years and 10 months – were taken to the Leigh Creek Hospital for treatment for dehydration and sun exposure.

� e 30-year-old man was charged with ille-gal use of a motor vehicle, engaging in a police pursuit, assaulting police, property damage and acts to endanger the lives of the three children.

His accomplice, a 29-year-old woman, was charged with illegal use, hindering police and acts to endanger the lives of the three children.

It is understood the man and woman were known to each other, but on Monday police were yet to establish whether the children are related to the arrested couple.

MPS Building and Electrical employee Adrian Nourse died at the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam mine site after a medical

emergency last Wednesday morning.A spokesperson said the relevant authorities

had been contacted and BHP was assisting them with their activities.

“We have off ered our full support to the family and our contracting partner during this diffi cult time,” the BHP spokesperson said.

MPS director Brett Rudiger said Mr Nourse would be sorely missed.

“(MPS) would like to pass on their sincerest con-dolences to Nicole, William and the immediate family of their work colleague, Adrian Nourse, who sadly passed away last week,” he said.

“Adrian was a great employee, good friend and workmate to us all.

“� is loss has aff ected many within the commu-nity, as Adrian has touched many people in the time he has lived in Roxby Downs.

“Our heart goes out to all on this sad, sad occasion.”

Mr Rudiger said MPS would assist aff ected em-ployees and Mr Nourse’s family where it could.

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Roxby Downs Area School pr incipal Steven Bennett says

the success of last year’s seniors has set the bar high for the class of 2016.

Mr Bennett said he was proud of the efforts of the class’s eff orts and wished this year’s seniors all the best.

“(Last year) saw the contin-uation of excellent results for our year 12 students, setting the bar high for the year 12 class of 2016,” he said.

Lochlan Taylor, Renee Smirnios, Kyle Duance, Ma-retha Potgieter and Shannon Wood made up the top fi ve academic achievers for the graduating class of 2015.

� e group of 18 students had a busy year, but Mr Copeland said it was made easier thanks to extra help from parents, mentors and staff .

Subjects outs ide the classroom received an in-creased focus in 2015 with the continued expansion of the school’s vocational ed-ucation and training (VET) program.

“Many of these (VET op-portunities) were used to contribute towards SACE (South Australian Certifi-cate of Education) comple-tion and ATAR scores,” Mr Copeland said.

“� ese included Engineer-ing, Workplace Health and Safety, Tourism and Disabil-ity Studies.

“This provides a great opportunity for students to gain vocational qualifi cations in an area of interest while completing year 12, and provides a platform for further study or employment upon completion.”

Mr Copeland said he was excited for the new school year to begin next week, when a new group of seniors will take on the challenge of completing their SACE.

Continued development of the school’s VET program is set to include the introduc-tion of a Certificate III in Fitness.

Also several senior stu-dents will commence school-based apprenticeships within the local community.

“This is an excellent op-portunity for students to gain work skills while con-tributing points to SACE

completion, and the school really appreciates the enthu-siasm and support of the lo-cal community for making it possible,” Mr Copeland said.

� e school also hopes to introduce mid-term report cards to give parents addi-tional updates on how their children are performing.

Twelve local Scout group members refused to let constant rain dampen

their fun at the 2016 Australian Jamboree recently.

The event, held at Cata-ract Park, near Wollongong, brought more than 12,000 Scouts together from all over Australia and the world to take part in a range of activities from January 2-12.

� e 12 local Scouts, along with two team leaders and one Venturer, met up with others from the Beadell district – which includes Port Augusta, Whyalla, Port Lincoln and Mu-rat Bay – to form their patrols for the 10 days.

“For the 12 from Roxby, this was the fi rst time ever they had all been on a jamboree and the fi rst time they had been away from their parents for so long, but they really enjoyed it,” said Sharleen Lloyd from the Roxby Downs Scouts.

“They all made lots of friends, especially from the Beadell district.”

All of the Roxby Downs Scouts at the Jamboree agreed that making friends was the highlight of their trip.

� e 12,000 Scouts in attend-ance got the chance to take part in a large range of activ-ities throughout their time at the jamboree.

These included abseiling, water activities – including canoeing, water slides and snorkelling – laser tag and rock climbing.

Various bands and musi-cians performed on the main stage throughout the jambo-ree, including Justice Crew at the opening ceremony and Sa-mantha Jade and Cyrus at the closing ceremony.

Mrs Lloyd said there were also fireworks, markets and plenty of badge swapping.

She said the rain had re-

stricted some activities for four days and washed away some campsites, but her troops were unaff ected.

� e next national jamboree is set to be held in Adelaide in 2019.

Scouts’ views on the tripTariro Mtendeudzi

My favourite part about the jamboree was either abseiling or making new friends. My fa-vourite part about abseiling was that I thought it was scary but it turned out being really fun. Rhys McGough

My favourite experience on AJ2016 was getting to make new friends from all around Australia and the world, while my favourite activity was prob-ably the market day. It was fun trying to sell items to other Scouts’ parents, family mem-bers and friends. AJ2016 at Cataract Park was the best ex-perience in my life so far, and I think it will be for a few more years. Samuel McGough

The most exciting parts of jamboree were the performance by Justice Crew, the gang show, the rock and roll night and Jam-boree’s Got Talent. My second favourite was meeting new peo-ple.Summer Ohrnberg-Wilson

My favourite part of AJ2016 was getting to meet new people – I made 10 new friends.Amy Dospisil

From January 4 to 14 I went to AJ2016 and as part of my duty I was patrol leader. I learnt a lot and most of the time it was great, but it involves a lot of talking and yelling. Unfor-tunately I lost my voice on the fourth day and the only way I could communicate was by pen and paper.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

New year, new class of seniors at RDAS

ABOVE LEFT: Lochlan Taylor and Renee Smirnios were the top two achievers in the RDAS graduating class of 2015. ABOVE

RIGHT: Maretha Potgieter was among the top fi ve achievers. She is pictured receiving an academic excellence award at last year’s presentation night. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

Weather fails to dampen jamboree

Members of the Roxby Downs Scouts group on their way to the 2016 Australian

Jamboree. PHOTOS: Supplied

Sarah, Renee and Amelia ready for water activities.

Tom tries out the water slide

at AJ2016.

Sarah shows off her canoeing

skills at AJ2016.

Patrols 1, 3 and 5 (made up of Scouts from the Beadell

district, which includes Roxby Downs) at the

jamboree theme park.

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Two of Adelaide’s top dance teachers ran special work-shops with Roxby Downs

students in the roxbylink audi-torium last week.

Around 50 children registered for lessons organised by the Roxby Academy of Dance (RAD).

Gaynor’s School of Dancing na-tional team coach and 2014 Aus-tralian hip hop champion Emma

Palmer, along with CanDance Australia’s Rachael Adcroft, held the classes.

� ey included contemporary, hip hop, acrobatics and cheer.

“It is good for the students to learn from other teachers,” said RAD director Lana ‘Miss Lana’ Chamberlain.

“� e sessions were open to any-one – it gave the kids a chance to try things they haven’t tried before and gives them an understanding of what they want to do for the rest of the year.”

Ms Palmer said she was thrilled to visit Roxby Downs and to provide something new to the students.

“It is great to be able to come up here and teach the students acro and cheerleading,” she said.

Ms Adcroft has visited Roxby Downs before and said she was pleased to be back.

Miss Lana said she was grate-ful that the creator of CanDance for a Cure was able to visit Roxby Downs.

Dancers get a kick out of workshops

Bailey Kiejko, Lana Chamberlain and Emma Palmer at the Roxby Academy of Dance

summer workshops. PHOTOS: Patrick Glover

A group of students warm up

before the contemporary dance class with Rachael Adcroft last

Friday.

Ella, Lucy and Jada practice some of their dance moves during one of the workshops. INSET: Llewellyn gets down low as part of one of the dances

in the contemperary workshop.

Jada shows off her

fl exibility during

the acro workshop.

Hayley walks though some

dance moves.


OUT ABOUT&DESERT DONATION: Arid Recovery’s Kimberley Solly receives a cheque from Mitre 10’s Keren Luke for money raised by selling 2016 calendars.PHOTO: Patrick Glover

Chamila, Yuvee, Hiru and Chae

Yoon.

Nikita Trickey (with Charlotte) and Robert Rayner.

Riley, Ava, Sadie and

Delilah.

Zeke (with Teya), Simon and Max Parker.

Jason Dawes and Catherine Tarr.

Stacey and Barry Dadleh.

Kristy Lucadei and Tim Olds.

PHOTOS: Verity Casserly


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Connor and Jamie Barrett with Shannon Scarr during her farewell party at Lions Park on Saturday. Ms Scarr worked

at the Roxby Downs Early Learning Community Group.

Allanah Wegner (with Leilah) and Laura Frederick. Jaslyn and

Maddison.

Jed and Ava.

Milla and Asha.

Attendees of last Saturday’s farewell party at Lions Park.

Matilda and Jenna Schipper.

Lena and Evie Barrett.

Zoey and Jack.



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‘Squirrel’ and Lesley Richardson.

Trent Smits, ‘Budda’ Nedelkovic and Shane Rogan.

David and Chance Jones.

Mimi Fulcher (right) with

Hugo.

Matilda, Ollie and

Hugo.

Brad Dodman, Alison Foyer, Matt Gersch, Clo Finlayson,

Tom Dwyer and Pete Davies.

Darren Faehrmann and Matt Shepperd.

Jazma Trasy, James Anderson, Rodney

Weetra and Dave Allen.

PHOTOS: Verity Casserly and Julie Tovakuta

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Marko Nedelkovic.

Denise Clethero and Sheila North.

Raigan Ohrnberg-Wilson and Jesse Innes.

Clo Finlayson and Matt Gersch.

Jess Hassett and Zandria

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Lex and Gethin.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Roxby Council

Opening hours Monday to Friday

9am to 4.30pmCouncil provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

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

All inquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi ll now CLOSED to the public.

Waste unsuitable for the red, green or yellow domestic collection can now be

deposited at BSH Waste Solutions’ Resource Recovery Centre, 10 Gosse Street, Roxby

Downs (in the light industrial area).

Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm Saturday 8am – 12 noon

Sunday 1pm – 5pmAll inquiries 8671 1154

Opening hours 9am to 5pm

Monday - Friday9am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. A wide range of resources are available including books,

DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.Toddler Story Time 9.30am Wednesday.

Opening hours

9am to 5pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

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Do you have Roxby Council’s 2016 Waste Collection Calendar?

Including the new dates for the once-monthly township green waste collection,

Council’s Waste Collection Calendar for 2016 was delivered to all Roxby households in December last year.

If you didn’t receive yours, they are also available for download from www.roxbydowns.com or you can collect a copy from the Council offi ce during business hours.

Water and power bills distributed to residents

Water and power bills for the October – D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 5

quarter have now been issued, with a due date of February 15, 2016.

For further information about your bill or to discuss payment options/arrangements (including if you are experiencing fi nancial diffi culty), please call the friendly Council team on 8671 0010.

Would you like to expand your child’s reading reper-toire with some new books

– for free? � e Roxby Downs Community Li-

brary is thrilled to again partner with the Little Big Book Club program as the distributor for the new 2016 tod-dler and preschool reading packs for our local area.

� e Little Big Book Club is a South Australian initiative which provides reading packs to families of children up to school age.

� e Toddler Reading Pack, aimed at children approximately 18 months old, was developed in consultation with the early childhood sector in support of the SA Government’s Nu-meracy and Literacy Strategy, with a

key focus on introducing simple nu-meracy concepts to support young children’s emerging numeracy and literacy skills.

Developed in consultation with the nutrition team at SA Health, the Pre-school Reading Pack targets children of approximately three years and has a focus on school readiness and food literacy, providing families with cur-rent information and an understand-ing of the nutritional requirements for young children.

� e Toddler and Preschool packs can be collected from the Roxby Downs Community Library any time during opening hours, while Baby packs (up to 18 months) are availa-ble from the Child and Family Health Service (CAFHS) at the Roxby Downs Hospital.

E lectricity and water billing notices for the October – December 2015 period have now been issued, with a due date of February 15,

2016. Historically, each year Roxby Council receives

numerous queries from residents concerned about high electricity invoices for the December and March quarters.

Before billing notices are distributed, Council staff check for higher-than-usual quarterly bills and dou-ble check meter readings to ensure data is correct.

For the most recent quarter, more than 20 meters were double checked and all were found to be correct.

A number of factors contribute to high summer energy bills in Roxby Downs, including:

- Roxby’s daily temperature warming earlier than our southern counterparts – by October many of us are switching our airconditioners on (the average daily temperature for Roxby in October was 34.5C, compared with 27.1C for Adelaide).

- � e length of time airconditioners are used in residences – many Roxby homes are fi tted with evap-orative coolers which, while generally being more energy effi cient than their refrigerated counterparts, are still often run for most or all of the day/night to keep homes cool.

- � e age of airconditioners – some Roxby resi-dences have ageing airconditioning systems which may not be running at full effi ciency.

- The type of airconditioner – recently many residents have moved into the newer sections of town and into homes featuring ducted reverse-cycle airconditioning, which is more expensive to run.

- � e frequent use of pumps and fi ltration systems in swimming pools. So, what can you do to reduce your electricity bill?

Reducing the amount of sunlight (and therefore heat) that enters your home is an easy way to keep it cooler.

Keep blinds and curtains (block-out if possible)

drawn, use external blinds such as roller shutters if fi tted and shade north and west-facing areas outside.

Use your airconditioner as sparingly as possible.At night or on days where the temperature drops,

consider using ceiling or pedestal fans to circulate air – these are the cheapest forms of cooling.

If you have an evaporative cooling system, get it checked and serviced before summer each year to ensure that it is running at its maximum effi ciency.

If you’re in a home with refrigerated or reverse-cycle airconditioning, one of the most important things you can do is check the temperature you’ve set the system at.

� e ideal temperature range is 24C to 27C, and every one degree lower you set your thermostat to cool your home can increase your power bill by as much as 10 per cent per degree!

If you can, only cool the sections of your home that you’re using, rather than the entire house and spaces that may not be occupied (such as bedrooms).

� e Roxby Downs Community Library has a Home Energy Tool Kit available for loan for free which, using the supplied test meters, allows you to better understand your household’s energy use, and how much this equates to as a cost per hour of use.

To fi nd out more, drop in and speak to one of the Library team or phone 8671 0500.

� e Roxby Downs Environment Forum’s Sustain-able Living in Roxby Downs booklet is another great source of information and is available from Roxby Council, the Library or for download online (www.roxbydowns.com).

� e SA Government website www.sa.gov.au/en-ergy (used as a source for this article) also has loads of facts and ideas to help you cool your home more effi ciently.

For further information on your electricity bill, or to discuss payment options (including if you are experiencing fi nancial diffi culty), please call Roxby Council during business hours on 8671 0010.

NEXT WEEK: Ways to reduce your water

NEW EQUIPMENT FOR PLAY CAFE: A range of new equipment has recently been added to the Dunes play cafe area. As pictured above, the bright and cheerful new

equipment provides children with a number of new play experiences to enjoy.

Little Big Book Club bags available at the Library

Are you wondering why your electricity bill is so high?


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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 to

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

Email: [email protected]

George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Mary Lewis • Bill BoehmSandy Sumsion • Angela Thompson

Thevoice of the 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 FORUMThursday, February 18 @ 7pm

38 Pioneer Drive

BUSINESS FORUMJohn Wilby 0428 815 436Tuesday, February 9 @ 6pm

The Club Boardroom

COMMUNITY GARDENVicki Mason 0418 526 608

Thursday, February 11 @ 6.30pm

Community Garden (cnr Alberrie St, Pioneer Dr & Mulgaria Cres)

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAnni Walsh 0448 168 167Thursday, February 4 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Tuesday, February 9 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, February 17 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

FAMILY FORUMJoel Hill 0433 792 450

Thursday, February 11 @ 5pm

Council Boardroom

S chool will be returning back for another year

next week, and Roxby Roadsafe is reminding motorists to be extra cautious while driving around town.

Students will be trav-elling to and from school on foot and on their bikes, and motorists will need to share the road with attentiveness, particularly just before and after school.

Pedestrian incidents can occur during any time of day. However, there are peak times when the number of se-rious casualties is par-ticularly high.

Sixty per cent of crashes that resulted in a serious or fatal injury of a pedestrian were dur-ing the hours of 7am and 7pm, with a peak occur-ring between 4pm and 5pm, when parents and children are most active after school.

Approximately one in every eight road deaths in South Australia is a pedestrian, with an av-erage of 87 pedestrians seriously injured and 262 who receive minor inju-ries on South Australian roads each year.

School-aged pedestri-ans are smaller, harder for drivers to see and less predictable than other pedestrians.

In the event of a colli-sion, children are more likely to have serious minor injuries because their whole body is more likely to be hit by the vehicle.

While the statistics do not show child pe-destrian casualties to be a major contributor, drivers need to take precautionary actions to ensure that incidents are minimal.

� ere are multiple pe-destrian crossings within Roxby Downs that are frequently used to get to and from school.

These are the safest places for students to cross the road, and mo-torists need to use vigi-lance when approaching and travelling through these crossings.

� e two main crossing types are slightly diff er-ent, and are explained in some detail here.

When approaching a crossing it is important to remember that chil-dren do not always have a good sense of road safety and can also be easily distracted.

We all have a duty of care to ensure that everyone stays safe when travelling to and from school.

For more information on South Australian road rules, including pedestrian crossings and road safety tips, visit: www.mylicence.sa.gov.au

Drivers urged to use extra caution with school back

Clean UpAustralia Day

6th March

InternationalWomen’s Day

8th March

Harmony Day – Colourfest Shortfi lm

Festival21st March

Co-Opera workshops & performance‘The Mikado’

27th to 28th May

Reconciliation Week

27th May to 3rd June

Roxby’s Got Talent 25th June

NAIDOC Week 3rd to 10th July

World Food and Music Festival

24th September

Wombat crossing� e wombat crossings are located in Richardson

Place and they are a pedestrian crossing placed on a raised section of road.

Motorists are to travel at no more than 40km/h when approaching the crossing and must stop for pedestrians at the crossing at any time of day, as pe-destrians have right of way.

� e driver must not proceed until there is no pe-destrian on or entering the crossing.

School (Emu) crossingBoth the Roxby Downs Area School and St Bar-

bara’s Parish School crossings are Emu crossings. � ey have red and white posts and only operate

when the CHILDREN CROSSING fl ags are displayed. � e Emu crossing is placed within a school zone,

and a speed limit of 25km/h applies when children are present.

It is the driver’s responsibility to give way at an Emu crossing when the fl ags are being displayed and children are present.

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Around the groundsAround the groundsAround the grounds

Chocies basketballer Lochie Munro (right) fi ghts off defence from The Pigs during their game last week. PHOTOS: Ryneisha Bollard

Luke Godfrey (The Pigs) fends off opposition

from Chocies players.

Father John Folkman.

Logan at the Roxby Downs Bowling Club last Friday night.


Cathy Grillo in action.

Kristy Mackenzie.

Phil Lovelock at Friday

night bowls.

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Roxby Downs Cricket Association

Friday, January 22, 2016Hornridge v Andamooka

1st InningsHornridge battingG. Shorrock run out .......................................................................... 13A. Malm c & b S. Muthukumarana ...............................................2P. Jones b Mash c P. DeSilva ..........................................................21C. Denbesten c P. DeSilva b B. Hahn ...........................................6N. Tutthill c S Griggs b P. DeSilva ................................................30J. Way run out ...................................................................................20M. Howard c & b C. Rathnajake .................................................... 1Z. Bradbery b C. Rathnajake .......................................................... 3M. Hammering c & b C. Rathnajake ........................................... 3S. Rienstra not out .............................................................................0A. Wissell c & b C. Rathnajake ....................................................... 1Extras (6w, 0nb, 1b, 0lb) ...................................................................7Total .................................................................. all out 112

Andamooka bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wide Runs WicketsS. Muthukumarana 5 1 0 12 1B. Hahn 8 2 1 28 1T. Mulders 3 0 0 20 0C. Rathnajake 7.3 1 1 24 4P. DeSilva 5 0 2 16 1J. Mandemaker 5 0 0 11 0

2nd InningsAndamooka battingB. Hahn not out ................................................................................ 52J. Mandemaker c P. Jones b R. Winter ...................................... 11S. Muthukumarana c C. Denbesten b S. Rienstra ................39C. DeSilva not out .............................................................................. 12Extras (4w, 0nb, 1b, 0lb) .................................................................. 5Total ............................................................................2/117

Hornridge bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Runs WicketsM. Hammerling 4 1 0 15 0Z. Bradbery 4 0 0 26 0R. Winter 6 0 0 21 1M. Howard 4 0 1 25 0P. Jones 1 0 3 13 0S. Rienstra 1 0 0 1 1N. Tutthill 1 0 1 18 0

Saturday, January 23, 2016Olympic Dam v Miners

1st InningsOlympic Dam battingT. Krieg c P. Trotta b K. Dadleh ......................................................6D. Kamiski b P. Trotta ........................................................................ 3P. Glover c J. Sheppard b J. Dadleh ............................................50S. Holbrook c T. Cribb b J. Sheppard .......................................... 75S. Peek b P. Trotta ............................................................................. 17A. Harris b P. Trotta ............................................................................. 1R. Geraghty c P. Trotta b J. Sheppard .........................................6R. Rayner not out ..............................................................................14S. Clark c & b S. Lane .........................................................................0T. Olds run out .....................................................................................0Extras (16w, 2nb, 18b, 1lb)..........................................................37Total ..................................................................all out 212

Hornridge bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wides Wickets RunsP. Trotta 8 1 0 3 38K. Dadleh 7 1 1 1 28G. Aitchison 3 0 0 0 24J. Dadleh 8 0 0 1 38J. Sieburn 4 0 0 0 34J. Ford 1 0 0 0 7J. Sheppard 5.4 0 1 3 18S. Lane 1 0 1 1 6

2nd InningsMiners battingP. Trotta b A. Harris .......................................................................... 33C. Rainsford b S. Holbrook ............................................................. 13J. Sheppard c S. Clark b R. Rayner ...............................................21G. Aitchison b R. Geraghty .............................................................9S. Lane c R. Rayner b P. Glover .......................................................2J. Bremner lbw b A. Harris .............................................................. 5T. Cribb c S. Clark b R. Rayner ......................................................... 3J. Sieburn lbw b A. Harris ................................................................0J. Ford c R. Rayner b R. Geraghty ..................................................2K. Dadleh not out ..............................................................................9J. Dadleh c R. Geraghty b D. Kaminski ...................................... 11Extras (11w, 0nb, 10b, 0lb)...........................................................21Total ..................................................................all out 119

Miners bowlingBowler Overs Maidens Wide Wickets RunsP. Glover 8 0 0 1 22S. Holbrook 8 1 0 1 28A. Harris 8 2 0 3 24R. Geraghty 7 0 1 2 31R. Rayner 5 1 0 2 13D. Kaminski 2.3 0 0 1 0


The race for the Roxby Districts Cricket Association finals is beginning to heat up af ter

Andamooka won its second game for the season on Friday night.

� e side’s victory over Hornridge means the Roos are now on the same amount of wins as the Magpies and only one behind their next opponents – the second-placed Roxby Miners.

On Friday, Hornridge won the toss and elected to bat fi rst with Glenn Shorrock and Adam Malm opening the batting.

� e pair got their side off to a steady start, reaching 16 without the loss of wicket be-fore Shorrock was run out for 13.

Malm followed soon after with no change in score to leave his side at 2/16.

A number of small partnerships followed with Hornridge’s middle order batters all getting starts, but no one was able to go on with it.

Andamooka’s Chamila Rathnajake came on and made sure the tail didn’t wag, taking four wickets and wrapping up Hornridge’s innings at 112 in the 33rd over.

Nigel Tutthill was the top scorer for the Wanderers with 30 while Phil Jones and captain Jamie Way chipped in with 21 and 20 respectively.

Rathnajake was the pick of the Andamoo-ka bowlers with 4/24 from 7.3 overs, while the rest of the wickets were shared around with two run outs.

In reply the Roos made light work of the modest total thanks to half centuries from Ben Hahn and Sachira Muthukumarana.

� e men in blue and white passed the

score two wickets down just after drinks. Hahn finished unbeaten on 52 while

Muthukumarana was the top scorer with 69 – falling with only 12 runs to win.

Rhett Winter and Simon Rienstra were the only wicket takers for Hornridge.

Olympic Dam d Roxby Miners

In the Saturday night fi xture, Olympic Dam took out its seventh victory for the season after accounting for the

Roxby Miners. � e Devils got off to a shaky start after

losing openers Dave Kaminski and Tom Krieg in the fi rst four overs to have their side in trouble at 2/9.

Patrick Glover and captain Seb Holbrook then combined for one of the highest part-nerships for the season to guide their side out of trouble by putting on 121 runs for the third wicket.

� e 121-run partnership steered their side out of trouble, and when Glover fell just after drinks having made his fi rst-ever 50, the score was 3/130.

Holbrook continued his good form, com-bining with Scott Peek to put on 43 before he fi nally fell for 75.

� e Devils then proceeded to lose wickets at regular intervals before some late hitting from Rob Rayner saw the Devils post 212.

Holbrook and Glover were the top scor-ers for the Devils with 75 and 50 respective-ly, while Peek and Rayner added 17 and 14 to their side’s total.

Josh Sheppard, playing his first game for the Miners after crossing over from Hornridge this season, was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets – including the important one of Holbrook.

In reply the Miners got off to a slow start

with openers Craig Rainsford – another who has crossed over from Hornridge this season – and Paul Trotta playing and miss-ing a lot early.

However, the two settled in and com-bined for a team-high 49-run partnership before Rainsford played and missed at one too many and was bowled by Holbrook.

Trotta followed soon after, bowled by Adrian Harris, to have two new batsmen at the crease – Sheppard and Grant Aitchison.

� e two survived until drinks with the score at 2/77 and the Miners still needing another 146 runs to win from the fi nal 20 overs. It was a big ask.

When Aitchison and Simon Lane fell just after drinks off the bowling of Rein Ger-aghty and Glover, the Miners were in even more trouble at 4/89.

Sheppard (21) provided some resistance, but he was the next to fall and from there the Miners fell apart, losing 4/5 in the space of a few overs.

� e Dadleh brothers Kiaran and Jordan provided some late resistance, but the dam-age had already been done.

Eventually Jordan hauled out to Geraghty in the deep off the bowling of Kaminski to end the innings with the score at 133.

� e pick of the bowlers was Harris with 3/24 from his eight overs, while Geraghty and Rayner picked up two scalps each.

Trotta was the top scorer for the Miners with 33, while Sheppard’s resistance saw him score 21 batting at three in his fi rst game in red and white.

� is week will see Hornridge take on Olympic Dam in the Friday night game while Andamooka will take on the Miners on Saturday night with a second placing up for grabs.

Finals race heats up

ABOVE: Andamooka’s Jordan Mandemaker throws the ball in from

the boundary during his side’s comprehensive victory over Hornridge.

RIGHT: The Miners’ Jordan Dadleh

enters his delivery stride as OD’s Patrick Glover

watches on.

Hornridge’s Nigel Tutthill on his way to a score of 30

during his side’s innings.PHOTOS: Verity Casserly

OD’s top scorer, Seb Holbrook, looks to hit

this ball leg side.

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Cricketers’ carnival

ambitionsWRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

A fter missing out on the title by four points last year, Roxby Downs is

looking to go one better at this year’s Country Carnival Cricket Association competition.

With a strong combination of players from both locally and out of town, team co-ordinator James Beenham said they could take home the trophy this year.

“I think we will give it a good shake,” he said.

“We always go down there and aim to win fi ve out of fi ve games.”

The side will be competing against other South Australian teams including Le Hunte, Quorn, Barossa and Light, Stansbury and Port Augusta on February 15-19.

While Beenham was unsure of what the competition would be like this year, he said the fi rst few days always gave the side an idea of who to look out for.

� e carnival, while about the

cricket, is also a good chance to meet new people.

“It is also about bonding,” Been-ham said. “You go down there and you make some really good friends and play against some good competition.

“But at the end of the day you can sit down after the game and have a beer and relax.”

� e side has been attending the carnival for more than 20 years and has once again received sup-port from the Roxby Districts Cricket Association (RDCA) de-spite the challenging economic climate.

“In these hard times there is not as much sponsorship around as in previous years to support us,” Beenham said.

“But (RDCA president Paul Trotta) and the association have been doing all they can to help.

“� anks also to all the players who are making the time and ef-fort to come down and play.”

Games will be played in Ade-laide and will vary from grounds at Brighton to Walkerville and everywhere in between.

LEFT: Roxby Downs team co-ordinator James Beenham and captain Seb Holbrook are ready to try and take out this year’s Country Carnival Cricket Association competition. PHOTO: Patrick Glover

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Gym Hours 6am to 12 midday (Closed in between 12-2pm) 2pm to 9pm Weekends 9am to 5pm Public Holidays 10am to 4pm

THURS 28th Jan| 10:30am FRI 29th Jan | 1:30pmSAT 30th Jan | 1:30pmSUN 31st Jan | 1:30pm

THURS 28th Jan | 1:30pmFRI 29th Jan | 10:30am

SAT 30th Jan | 4pm SUN 31st Jan | 10:30amTUES 2nd Feb | 4pm

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THURS 28th Jan | 4pm FRI 29th Jan | 7pm

SAT 30th Jan | 10:30am TUES 2nd Feb | 7pm

Dunes Café exciting changes from Monday, February 1:• New Menu lanches

• Now open from 8am Weekdays• Will be serving breakfast from 8:30am -11am Weekends & lunch until 12:45pm

Healing Hearts and Minds Exhibition by

Sue Wegener and Janet Raleigh coming to

roxbylink Art Gallery on the 29th January 2016

DADDY’S HOMEDuration: 1 hour 40 minutes Rating: PG

THE REVENANTDuration: 1 hour 56 minutes Rating: MA 15+

GOOSEBUMPSDuration: 1 hour 14 minutes Rating: PG

THE PEANUTS MOVIEDuration: 1 hours 30 minutes Rating: G

Pulse Fitness New Year Challenge –

Starts February 1. Prizes to be won – see Pulse Fitness for more

details.

Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly Show: Tuesday 23rd of February 2016 – 4.30pm roxbylink

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