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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...The ‘dog squad’ was called in to assist a series of drug buststhroughout Roxby Downs, Woomera and Olympic Dam this month. Explosives-detecting dog‘Kimba’ is pictured here with handler Simon Cooper and some of the mature cannabis plantsand thousands of dollars of hydroponics equipment seized in the raids.

Drug dogs sniff out local dealersROXBY DOWNS…Police scouredthree towns, local businesses andschools last week as part of a re-gion-wide drug raid which uncov-ered two commercial cannabis pro-duction operations, seized 20 ma-ture plants and thousands of dollarsworth of hydroponic equipment.The interdepartmental police opera-tion involved local officers, crimi-nal investigators, traffic police, aswell as drug and bomb squad offic-ers who raided homes, businessesand blocked local roads on Novem-ber 9 and 10.As a result, a 52-year-old RoxbyDowns man was reported for culti-vation of cannabis. A total of 15mature plants and a sophisticatedhydroponics system were confis-cated from the man’s home.“This was a very elaborate set-upcomplete with drying racks and airconditioners,” Sgt Richard Hobbstold The Monitor last week.A second Roxby Downs man, 33,was also reported for cultivation ofcannabis. In this case, hydroponicsequipment and five mature plantswere seized.In all, police have laid more than25 charges as a result of OperationIncursio. A Woomera man was re-ported for firearms offences. Sixexpiation notices were issued forcannabis offences and seven expia-tion notices for traffic offences.Another 11 people were cautionedfor traffic offences and one was re-ported for driving an unregistered/uninsured vehicle.

While Transport SA blocked roadsin Roxby Downs and Woomera tostop vehicles during the coopera-tive operation, police used snifferand bomb dogs to search lockersat Roxby Downs Area School andWMC (Olympic Dam), as well asinvestigating the Roxby DownsPost Office and passengers and lug-gage coming into the Olympic Damairport off the afternoon flight.The raids on local homes came asa result of community sources.“One report came as a result of aCrimeStoppers phone call,” SgtHobbs said.“We’ve had excellent support fromthe community in the lead-up to thisoperation – especially the schoolsand businesses involved whoweren’t legally obliged to give usaccess.“We found no drugs at the schoolor at Olympic Dam – that’s a casewhere no result is a good result.“Nonetheless, I think we’ve put areal dent in the town’s cannabissupply.Over a period of several monthswe’ve gained some intelligence inrelation to drug use in town fromvarious sources“We’re aware that drug use is go-ing on and we are still looking formore information about cannabisor other drugs in Roxby Downs –we can be certain that the two cul-tivators charged weren’t the onlytwo operating in town.”

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the Weather at a glance...Date Minimum Maximum2/11/04 16.7° 27.9°

3/11/04 10.6° 26.7°

4/11/04 14.7° 23.5°

5/11/04 14.3° 20.8°

6/1104 7.9° 21.1°

7/11/04 10.5° 22.6°

8/11/04 12.1° 26.1°

9/11/04 17.1° 30.4°

10/11/04 22.6° 34.3°

11/11/04 16° 26.7°

12/11/04 18.9° 35.9°

13/11/04 13.7° 25.1°

147/10/04 13.1° 26.7°

15/11/04 14.3° 28.5°

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To the people of Roxby Downs.After nearly 13 years in Roxby it is time to say goodbyeto you all.We arrived here from Adelaide to stay for a year or two,as you do, and have now decided the time is right to goback to the big smoke to family, traffic jams, traffic lights,rain and the ocean.The time has gone by so fast and there are many thingsthat we will miss and many memories that we will takewith us.Memories and experiences like the Million Star Restau-rant and the dance of the fire light fairy on a cold clearJuly night.Have you ever stopped on the side of the road betweenAndamooka and Roxby, turned of the car lights and stoodquite still listening and looking at the stars, especiallywhile an electrical storm is happening in the distance?Have you ever been caught in the middle of a flash flood,then gone swimming on the first tee at the golf club?Have you ever experienced a power black out for 15 hoursin 40 plus degree heat? Thank goodness only once.How many flies have you eaten to get your daily proteinallowance?I will miss all of the four-year-olds, past, present andfuture.I will miss the people I have come in contact with andworked with. I will miss being within walking distanceto anywhere in town, especially work.I will miss the beautiful winter days and the crisp clearnights. I will miss the beautiful sunsets.I will miss the enthusiasm of the many committees toraise funds for their respective causes, the main one be-ing the RFDS Golf day which has raised such a greatamount of money for an organisation which we all may,and some of us have needed to, use during our stay here.I will miss waving to every car that passes me, just incase I know the occupants. I will miss saying a greetingto everyone I walk past whether I know them or not!I will not miss the flies, the excessive heat, the red dirt,the crazy television times during daylight saving. I willmiss the relative safety of this little town.As I have said. There are many things I will miss andmany, many memories I will take with me.So if I do not get to see you I now say goodbye to you all.

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NEWS

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FELLED...A pile of splinters isall that remains of four historicWestern Myall trees felled inRoxby Downs this month.

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New community centreWOOMERA…Woomera resi-dents have a new place to meet,with last month’s official open-ing of the Woomera Commu-nity Centre.The centre, in Banool Avenue,Woomera, is the new home ofthe Woomera Board and theGibber Gabber.In addition, meeting rooms andwoodworking facilities arenow available to the Woomeracommunity.The new venue and its associ-ated services are the latest in-dicator of a revitalised commu-nity, Woomera Board SupportOfficer Travis Halliday toldThe Monitor.“The centre was opened in re-sponse to perceived need in thecommunity,” Mr Halliday said.“The craft group and the dramagroup were meeting at theschool and the Board felt thatthere was a need for a morelocalised facility.“The centre is available for thecommunity’s use and we’d like

to hear how local residentswould like to see the facilityused.“It’s a very good sign forWoomera. “The town isgrowing again, it’s very posi-tive.”Like the town, the Woomera

COMMUNITY CENTRE…Woomera Board SupportOfficer Travis Halliday is just one of the friendlyfaces at the new Woomera Community Centre.

Board’s free newsletter TheGibber Gabber is also en-joying a resurgence withweekly publications and anew, full-colour front page.Read The Gibber Gabberonline every week atwww.woomersa.com.au .

OLYMPIC DAM...Local emergencyservices have called on drivers to be moreaware of their on-road responsibilitiesfollowing a driver-related delay to emer-gency vehicles responding to an accidentcall.At around 8.30am, on Saturday morning,November 3, 2004, a Roxby Downs man,18, after driving through two telephonebooths, destroying the booths and writ-ing off the vehicle but leaving the youngdriver and passenger relatively unharmed.On the way to the incident, emergencyservices vehicles were delayed by a driver

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OLYMPIC DAM…WMC Olympic Dam is gearingup for its free Family Fun Day on Saturday, Decem-ber 4, at the Roxby Downs Leisure Centre Swim-ming Pool.“This annual event is WMC’s way of thanking itsemployees and the community for their support in2004,” Olympic Dam spokewoman Amanda White-head told The Monitor this week.“The day promises to be a great one and is action-packed with free entertainment, food and drinks,giveaways and activities for the whole family.“The swimming pool gates will open to the publicfor free swimming at 10am, kicking off a day jam-packed with things to do.“Clowns, a magician and a face painter will keepthe kids occupied, there’ll be Roxby Rocket ridesfor the littlies, as well as the fantastic Fun Factory -a massive mobile factory of fun activities for kidsof all ages.“You’ll also be able to test your aim and see whichcommunity member you can soak in the dunkingmachine!“We’ll be cooking up a free barbecue for lunch andthere will also be free drinks and iceblocks through-out the day.“Plus, we’ll be handing out some great giveaways.“So keep Saturday, December 4, free in your diaryfor the 2004 WMC Family Fun Day at the RoxbyDowns Leisure Centre Swimming Pool - and keepan eye out for more updates in The Monitor.”

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CRASHSITE...RoxbyDowns SESvolunteerMarkLongmireand CFSvolunteerBrett Atkinsset outtraffic conesaround thesite of a carcrash onOlympicWay.

who, allegedly unaware of the emergencyvehicle behind him, did not allow it to pass.SES controller Lol Wilton urged the com-munity to be aware of emergency vehicles– SES, CFS and SA Ambulance – on localroads.“There’s only limited time to save a lifeand we can’t afford to be held up, or maybecause another accident trying to pass,” shesaid.Vehicles are legally required to pull asideand allow an emergency vehicle to passwhen it is flashing its lights or soundingthe siren.

ROXBY DOWNS…A Roxby Downshorticulturalist has raised concernsover the removal of four historic West-ern Myall Trees from the site of theproposed Roxby Downs Skate Park.Long-term Roxby Downs resident andhorticulturalist John Zwar wasprompted to question the trees’ re-moval when a fellow resident tel-ephoned him with concerns.“I was told that they’d been removedfor the skate park to go in,” he told TheMonitor. “Those trees had been care-fully protected and saved during thebuilding of the original youth hall, thenagain during its demolition – nowthey’ve disappeared all together.“Western Myalls are particularly long-lived trees which can live for 600 to1000 years. My guess is the trees thatwere removed were 300 to 400 yearsold.”Mr Zwar’s own son Peter was one ofthe original driving forces for the skatepark’s development.“I’m not for a minute against the skatepark, kids have waited for it a long timeand it’s needed, I’m just disappointedthat the site wasn’t looked at more care-fully.”However, Roxby Downs Youth Serv-ices coordinator Sue Penglase told TheMonitor the site had been carefullychosen on the basis of appropriate re-search and consultation.“It was sad that we had to knock downthe trees – but we did have to, it wasunavoidable,” Mrs Penglase said.“We did a lot of research, we did con-sult people and we got all the rightpermissions – we didn’t just go aheadand do it without thinking.“The skate park will benefit everyone.”Roxby Downs Council Town Admin-istrator Bill Boehm told The Monitorthat the development application forthe skate park had fulfilled all legalrequirements. He said the site is spe-cifically designated for recreation andis part of a far-reaching developmentplan for the area which will also in-clude a new youth hall.

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NEWS

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Next visit: December 15 & 16Call Paul for an appointment on 8351 5911 or 0417 896 345

New Woomera Board namedWOOMERA…A newWoomera Board waselected on November 8,2004.Outoing president StuartKnox handed over theboard’s reins to PeterRocco, while PhilHartley has been namedDeputy Chair and Kim-berley Jeffrey is theboard’s new Finance Of-ficer.Other committee mem-bers include: BernieMcCarthy, AndrewDempsey, Annie Martin,Nikki Gregory, SharonaBlake, Janine Connelland Phil Hartley.Established in February1949, the primary role ofthe Woomera Board is toadvise the WoomeraArea Administrator oncommunity welfare mat-ters and to manage vil-lage amenities.The Woomera Boardmembership consists ofa minimum of threenominated and sixelected members.The Board manages theWoomera CommunityLibrary and The GibberGabber newsletter.

WOOMERA BOARD…New members of theWoomera Board, from left, back, BernieMcCarthy, Andrew Dempsey, KimberleyJeffrey, Peter Rocco, Annie Martin, front,Nikki Gregory, Sharona Blake and PhilHartley. Absent: Janine Connell.

Weeding out problems

Far North and Outback regional police report

ROXBY DOWNS…Drivers on Olympic Way willhave a very visual reminder this month of their localspeed limits, thanks to a cooperative initiative organ-ised by Coates Hire, Roxby Downs Council andRoxby Downs Police.As drivers enter Roxby Downs from Olympic Dam,on Olympic Way, they are now confronted with a sixfoot-high electronic sign which reminds them of the50km/h speed limit and warns them if they are al-ready exceeding that limit.The sign, which was originally sited on the OlympicDam mine lease, was provided by Coates Hire, RoxbyDowns. “It’s a good education tool to keep peopleaware of what their speeds are and what the speedlimits are in town,” Roxby RoadSafe committee mem-ber Sgt Richard Hobbs told The Monitor.The move comes in response to an increase in speed-ing drivers in the region, according to Roxby DownsCouncil Muncipal Works Manager David Watson.“We targeted Olympic Way and Burgoyne St forspeeding because there has been an increase in speed-ing drivers,” he said. “This is a polite measure toremind the community of the 50km speed limitthroughout that area.”

Sign of the times

OLYMPIC DAM…The board of WMC Re-sources, Olympic Dam, has turned down a pro-posal by Swiss mining company Xstrata. The boardhas maintained that the company’s offer to buy thecompany’s shares at a value of $6.35 per share didnot reflect or recognise the value of WMC’s op-erations and assets.ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs Christian Com-munity Church and the Andamooka CommunityChurch will again host their annual combined Christ-mas tree appeal this year. Practical gifts and non-perishable foodstuffs can be donated to the churchesthroughout this month. The donated items will bedistributed to isolated stations throughout SA’s FarNorth. Contact Fr Tom Beever to drop off your do-nation or confirm service times – ph 8671 0270.OUTBACK…Drought support for pastoralists inthe Birdsville Track areas was announced thismonth, through the State Government’s ‘exceptionalcircumstances’ fund. The decision to declare localdrought conditions ‘exceptional’ will see more than35 pastoralists receive financial support over twoyears. Local stations included in the relief programwill include: Mumpeowie, Etadunna, Mulka,Muloorina, Clayton, Dulkaninna, Andamooka andMungeranie Stations.ROXBY DOWNS…The Roxby Downs ChristianCommunity Church’s recent ‘bike-a-thon’ has raisedalmost $1000 for the church. Some sponsorshipsare still outstanding and those sponsors are encour-aged to hand in their money before the end of themonth.OLYMPIC DAM…Olympic Dam aerodrome sawa little piece of history touch-down on the tarmacthis month. The DH84 Dragon Mark II plane is oneof the original Royal Flying Doctor Service’s fleet.The plane has been a recent regular in Outback com-munities as it recreates the earliest flight routinesof the RFDS in the 60s and 70s.

WEEDS…Working together to combatlocal weeds, from left, WMC’s Kelli-JoKovac, Gary Olsen of OutbackLandscaping and Supplies, TrevorKroemer of Roxby Downs Council andLeigh Ridge from TAFE SA at a weedawareness workshop last week.

About $400 damage wascaused to the front doorsof the Roxby Downs Com-munity Club on November14, 2004, when a male per-son attempted to force hisway into the premises toretrieve some car keys.The man had previouslybeen doing ‘burnouts’ inthe carpark and had thekeys removed by a con-cerned patron. Enquiries inrelation to this matter con-tinueFour street signs weredamaged in the PioneerDrive/Arcoona Street areain the early hours of themorning of November 13,2004. Cost of replacementis estimated at $400 ($100each).A 24-year-old RoxbyDowns man was arrestedon November 13, 2004forthrow missile, assault po-lice and property damagefollowing a disturbance ata local licensed premisesin the early hours of themorning. The damage oc-curred when the man threwbeer bottles at the policevehicle and caused dentingto the rear of the vehicle.Police, SA Ambulance,CFS, SES and WMCESOs all attended at a sin-gle vehicle roll over thatoccurred on Olympic Way,Olympic Dam during themorning of November 13,2004. The driver and pas-senger did not receive anyinjuries as a result of theaccident.

Two telephoneboxes, with a re-placement costof about$20,000, weredestroyed as a re-sult of the accident,and it is likely that thevehicle will not be eco-nomic to repair. An 18-year-old Roxby Downsman was reported on No-vember 14, 2004 for duecare as a result.In an unrelated incident, a21-year-old Roxby Downswoman was reported forcause and permit drivingan unregistered vehiclewhich was lent to thedriver while it was unreg-istered.On November 14, 2004, a25-year-old Roxby Downsman was reported for pos-session of ammunition.A man disturbed twoyoung girls in hisBurgoyne Street home dur-ing the early afternoon ofNovember 10, 2004. Thefemales had smashed awindow to gain entry to thepremises and had taken acarton of cigarettes and alighter. The property wasrecovered by the male vic-tim, and the two girls ranoff.Police have since arresteda 12-year-old RoxbyDowns youth and are mak-ing enquiries to locate thesecond girl.On November 9, 2004,police received a report of

a serious criminaltrespass that oc-curred overnightat a businesspremises on Ol-

ympic Way, RoxbyDowns. $300 cash

was stolen and no damagewas caused to thepremises.Police received a report ofabout $500 damage thatwas caused to carpet at theRoxby Downs AreaSchool on November 8,2004, when an unknownperson turned on a firehydrant, causing a class-room to flood.Police and CFS attendedan address in QuandongStreet on November 8,2004 in response to reportsof a fire in the scrub to therear of the premises. Thefire was as a result of rub-bish being burnt in anempty 44 gallon drum,which spread to the sur-rounding scrub. Minordamage was caused to thefence. Police and CFStake this opportunity toremind people that the FireDanger Season com-menced in this area on No-vember 1, 2004 and thatrestrictions are now inplace on the lighting offires in the open.Also on November 8,2004, police received areport of the theft of a pairof sunglasses that oc-curred at Olympic Damduring the day.

A report was received onNovember 6, 2004 of a carmirror being damaged in atown car park.A 25-year-old RoxbyDowns man was arrestedfor illegal interferencewith a motor vehicle andtheft on November 5.Also on November 5,2004, a report was re-ceived of a vehicle beinginterfered with and ciga-rettes being stolen from it.A car stereo was stolenovernight on November 4,2004 from a vehicle in thecar parks at Olympic Dam.A 20-year-old RoxbyDowns man was reportedon November 2, 2004 fordriving an unregistered,uninsured motor vehicle.Police issue a reminderthat a state-wide policeoperation targeting miss-ing, defaced, obscured orillegible vehicle numberplates is currently running.Fines ranging up to$274.00 for the breachingof number plate require-ments can be issued.For those that require re-placement number platesso as to comply with thelegislation, this can be eas-ily arranged by contactingthe Transport SA staffmember who attends theRoxby Downs Police Sta-tion, Tuesday afternoons,all day Wednesday andthen Thursday mornings ofeach week.

Paul G. DoubéBARRISTER & SOLICITOR

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Call Paul for an appointment on8351 5911 or 0417 896 345

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Final farewell for outback character

TRIBUTE...Friends, and family paid their final respects tooutback grader driver Brian ‘Butch’ Osborne in a service atWilliam Creek last month.

WILLIAM CREEK..Family andfriends of the late Brian Osborne ofWilliam Creek, travelled hundredsof kilometres for the outback char-acter’s memorial service late lastmonth.Born in 1944, the outback graderdriver was 60 years old when hedied of an illness in 2004.Father Chris ‘CJ’ O’Neil of CooberPedy conducted the service whichwas attended by more than 60 peo-ple from throughout the state.Well known throughout the outbackas ‘Butch’, the former grader driverwas laid to rest at the base of a fit-ting memorial erected by the peo-ple of William Creek, the town hehad called home for many years.Mr Osborne’s grave was marked bya stone monument he unearthedhimself while grading along theOodnadatta Track. The monumentreads, fittingly – “this rock was

raised by Butch”.The service was attended by morethan 60 people, including Butch’ssister Janet and her husband DeanFidge, from Bute; his cousin Kayand her husband Mick Mellow ofWallaroo, Ros Harris and her part-ner Bob Stainer of Roxby Downs,and former William Creek residentsTerry Crisp, Helen and MalcolmAnderson who flew in from Mel-bourne to pay their respects.Many local station communitieswere also represented at a servicedescribed as “colourful” and onewhich “Butch would have loved”.Mrs Fidge thanked all who hadshown such generosity and thought-fulness towards her brother, Butch,during his life at William Creek,those who travelled from afar andlocal businesses who supported thememorial service.

PIMBA…For 50years BannermanTransport has beendelivering the mail,newspapers and gro-ceries to stations andoutback homesteadsthroughout some ofthe most remote partsof Far North SouthAustralia.When Gwen Oldfieldjoined her husbandJohn ‘Jack’Bannerman at Pimbain 1974, BannermanTransport had alreadyheld the ‘Royal Mail’contract to Far NorthSA for almost 20years.In those days, itwasn’t unusual for thetruck drivers to transport opals and cash along-side the letters in their mail bags.“Jack never talked about it, but he carried a pis-tol with him under the seat when he did thoseruns,” Gwen, now Bannerman, said.A station girl herself, Mrs Bannerman grew upon Cowarie Station on the Birdsville Track, butmet young truck driver Jack Bannerman whileshe worked the counter of a Two Wells delica-tessen.When Jack Bannerman died in 1989 Gwen andson Ashley took up the reins of the business.Gwen’s second son, ‘Bundy’ Bannerman is alsoemployed as a truck driver in the business.In fact, when Gwen Bannerman celebrates her62nd birthday in Pimba this month, she will beone of four generations of the family to sit in thecab of a Bannermans Transport truck deliveringmail to the Far North’s station communities.

OUTBACK POSTIE…Gwen Bannermanand her family have been the vital linkfor many local stations for 50 years thisyear, delivering post and groceries tostations throughout the Far North.

“I don’t drive myself butevery time we have anew driver to do themail run, I go with themto show them the way,”Mrs Bannerman toldThe Monitor last week.Nowadays theBannermans’ ‘mail run’includes five stations –a round-trip of 486km –Parakylia, Billakalina,Miller’s Creek, MountEba and Mount Vivianstations, with a stop-over in Glendambo tocollect any local par-cels.Prior to the establish-ment of the RoxbyDowns township in thelate 1980s, the run alsoextended to Andamooka

and Arcoona Stations, and the Andamooka PostOffice.“We’ve had some interesting times – in 1989 wecouldn’t get out to the stations for six weeks withall the rain.“They had to airlift food out to the stations andwhen the rains stopped we’d drive as far as wecould to a station and someone from the otherstations would drive out to meet us.“We did the mail run to Andamooka until RoxbyDowns opened up and we used to have to go toOlympic Dam out through Andamooka or RoxbyDowns Station.“When Olympic Dam started we brought out theirfirst drill rigs.”Today the business loads wool and stock fromstations as far afield as Oakden Hills in the MidNorth to ‘Jumbuck’ and Commonwealth Hills inthe Far North.


YOUTH

WOOMERA…Woomera Area School are set to fea-ture some of the region’s most spectacular landmarksand landscapes in a calendar due for release thismonth.A group of senior students at WAS will feature theirown photographs and designs in a calendar, designedas part of the school’s business studies curriculum.The team of students, dubbed ‘The OutbackRocketheads’, has been developing the calendar forsix months - from the original market research andfinancial planning, to the final graphic design andphotography. Each student was assigned a role inthe business process.“We’ve learned a lot – mostly we learned that busi-ness is hard,” 16-year-old Samantha Elphick toldThe Monitor last week. “We did a lot of market re-search, talked to people, asked them what kind ofcalendars they liked,” she said.“We hope to have them printed and out on the streetsby the end of the month.” Calendars will be avail-able from businesses in Woomera, the WoomeraArea School and The Monitor newspaper office inRoxby Downs.

CALENDAR KIDS…Checking the finalproofs for Woomera Area School’s‘outback calendar’ are, from left, LorenHartley, 15, Lachlan Clarke, 15, SamanthaElphick, 16, and teacher Kelly Faust.

Woomera’s own calendar kids

Local kids behind the camera

All frocked up for formal

ROXBY DOWNS…Local teenagers saw theirown ideas transformedon film during the ‘InThe Bin’ touring filmfestival workshops thismonth.The ‘In The Bin’ touringshort film festival cameto Roxby Downs on

Monday, November 1,to Wednesday, Novem-ber 3, at the invitation ofRoxby Downs YouthServices.“In The Bin was origi-nally a short film festi-val in Currumbin [theinspiration for the festi-val’s unusual touring

name] but it now hasevolved into one of Aus-tralia’s most prestigiousshort film festivals,”program coordinator JedCahill told The Monitorlast week.“Our goal for the festi-val is to encourage film-making in regional com-munities”“It also has an educa-tional component inwhich we involve theregional communities toparticipate in short film-making including cam-era-use and editing.”In Roxby Downs a teamof local youth attendedworkshops with MrCahill.“The students have threedays to create shot andedit a short film – theprogram incorporates amix of life skills, includ-ing group work and Eng-lish language skills.”In The Bin travelsthroughout Australia andwill next visitCooktown, Longridgeand Coober Pedy.In The Bin will be backin Roxby Downs for theOutback Fringe Festivalin March next year.The ‘In the Bin’ shortfilm company operatetwo other festivals: “Oneis School Shorts, forschool students, and theother is Board Shorts,with only short filmsabout sport.”“We also want to de-velop a short film festi-val purely devoted toregional short films.”

CAMERA KIDS...Local youth Cody Lee, 14, Jake Duggan, 12,Zhenia Head, 14, Marko and Boro Nedelkovic, 14, and Ben Hicks,14, edit their films with ‘In the Bin’ coordinator Jed Cahill, while,right, Verity Casserly, 15, and Roxanne Henfry, 15, put their ownideas on film.

FORMAL COUPLE...Samantha Sunnersand Brad Spillman at last weekend’s juniorformal.

GLAM GIRLS...Jenny Burger, Amie Willisand Emily Traeger all dressed up for theRoxby Downs junior formal on Saturdaynight.

FORMAL...Roxby Downs Area Schoolhosted a formal for students fromthroughout the region on Saturday night.Pictured on their way to the formal wereLeah Blackmore and Matt Schodde.

ALL DRESSED UP...Tara Jordan andKristen Worby at the junior formal.

Friday, November 19 – Tuesday, November 23Cinderella Story – Rated: PG. Saturday 11am; Sunday 2pm.

Collateral – Rated: MA. When an off-shore narco-trafficking cartellearns they’re about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mountan operation to identify and kill the key witness. Friday 9pm; Sun-day 8pm; Monday 8pm; Tuesday 8pm.

Sharktale – Rated: G. The sea underworld is shaken up when theson of the shark mob boss is found dead and a young fish namedOscar is found at the scene. Oscar takes advantage of the situationand makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster. Oscarsoon comes to realise that his claim may have serious conse-quences. Saturday 2pm; Sunday 11am.

Friday November 26 – Tuesday November 23Sharktale – Rated: G. Saturday 11am, Sunday 2pm &Monday 7pm.

Shall We Dance – Rated: PG. Romantic comedy where a bored,overworked accountant, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signsup for ballroom dancing lessons. Friday 7pm; Saturday 2pm, Sun-day 11am & 7pm; Tuesday 7pm.

Friday, December 3– Tuesday, December 7Catwoman – Rated: M. A shy woman, endowed with the speed,reflexes and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal andhero. Friday 8pm; Saturday 2pm; Sunday 8pm; Tuesday 8pm.

Sharktale – Rated: G. Saturday 11am, Sunday 11am & 2pm.

Friday, December 10 – Tuesday, December 14Bridget Jones Diary 2 – Rated: M. You thought wrong! Bridgetand Mark are together, but for how long? Friday 8pm; Saturday2pm and GIRLS NIGHT OUT 7.30pm Movie Marathon; Sunday8pm; Tuesday 2pm.Yu Gi Oh – Rated: PG. Underneath the sands of Egypt, Anubis, anancient evil spirit has awakened. It’s up to Yugi, who defeated Anubiscenturies ago, to use his skill and determination to rid the world ofevil once again. Saturday 11am; Sunday 11am & 2pm; Monday11am & 2pm; Tuesday 11am.

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CASSIDY...CassidyWilliams turnedfour on November12, 2004.

AMELIA...AmeliaCurtis-Cooperturned eight onNovember 8, 2004.

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HANNAH…HannahDay celebratedturned five onNovember 9, 2004.

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TALANA...TalanaJackson turnedseven on November6, 2004.

KOBE...KobeTonkin will turn fouron November 29.

DANCE-A-RAMA...Nissa and Grace sell refreshments during the Little Rascals ChildCare Centre’s Dance-a-Rama on Saturday night. Appearing in the performance were,right, Jasmine, Mikayla, Teegan, Sienna, Jan Sires, Emily, Tarni, Maddie and Emma. Morethan 50 people attended the event which featured dances from all over the world, magic,puppets, singing and string performances. Last names omitted in accordance with centre policy.

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thought for the daythought for the daythought for the daythought for the daythought for the dayNot to know is bad.Not to wish to know is worse.

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Nov 19 Formal Year 12 DinnerNov 20 Market DayNov 22 R-6 End of Year ConcertNov 24 7-12 Presentation NightNov 30 Early closure - 2.10pmDec 3 Final assembly 12pmDec 3 End of Term

Dismissal 2pmJan 31 Term 1, 2005,

return to school.

With the issue of drug use in the community recentlyhighlighted by local police investigations, two RDASstudents decided to talk to their fellow students aboutthe issue.Hi our names are Alex and Jae and we are fromRoxby Downs Area School.For our Community Studies project, we decided toeducate the younger generation of Roxby Downsabout the harmful effects that drugs and alcohol canhave on themselves and their families.We came up with the concept of holding a small classdiscussion with some of the Year 9 students of RDASto talk about drugs and alcohol.We also planned for a police officer to come in andtalk to the students and give their thoughts and knowl-edge of drugs and alcohol.They also wanted to talk about the consequences ifcaught with possession of drugs or alcohol and theeffects they have on their minds and body.On Monday, November 8, at 12pm the Year 9 stu-dents assembled in the theatrette at the Cultural Pre-cinct for a talk with local police officer Senior Con-stable John Yates.Overall the talk was very beneficial, we had muchfeed back from the students that said they wouldthink twice before taking any drugs or consumingany alcohol.Drugs and alcohol are a major problem amongst theyouth of Roxby Downs - we just hope that this hasmade some of them think before using.

By Alexandra Nedelkovic and Jae Grimston.

STRAIGHT TALK...RDAS studentsAlexandra Nedelkovic and Jae Grimston,with Senior Constable John Yates, at aneducational discussion about drug useand abuse.

Students initiate talkson drugs and alcohol

‘Buddy of the Week’Awards were awarded tothese students last week:R-2 Winner – HaydenStolz and 3-6 Winner –Tobias Watt.The following studentsreceived achievementawards at the recent R-6 Assembly.Congratulations to thesestudents:Year R-2 AchievementAwardsMrs Pedler – BayleeTahu, Millie ClarkeMrs Cormack – KyleBell, Ciara ScottMrs Zeptner – LauraGreenfield, TaylaScholefieldMr Petty – HunterFairlie, Maddie BournMs Dalgety/ MissCampbell-Colquhoun –Shannon Crowhurst,Nicky ScholefieldMiss Richter/Mrs VanLaarhoven – JamieFelton, Nicky CalligarisMiss Wastell – AmyPassmore, PatrickLeongMiss Bartsch – AshaPedler, Ethan ZeptnerMiss Steele/Mrs Had-dock – Luke Partington,Caitlin WoodallSpecial Ed – FilipNikolicDance & Drama –Brooke CarthewYear 3-6 AchievementAwardsMr Jones – MillieO’Neill, Ashton GoldingMr Gera – Joel Vanzati,Lucy NollMiss Arthur – Kira Tahu,Thomas RussellMrs Meyer – MarcusBowden, AnnekaFarnhamMiss Nash – ShaunaFranks, Harley ReimannMr Wyskamp/MrsFerenci – Emily Perry,Daniel JacksonMiss Litster/Mrs Bennie– Sarah Hayball, JadeLeeMr Summerton –Ebonee Vandenberg,Brandon SullivanSpecial Ed – CassieJacksonDance & Drama –Grace Sires

BBBBBUDDUDDUDDUDDUDDYYYYYof the week

Over the past few weeks in scienceour class has been studying min-ing.We have carried out various experi-ments in the classroom that aresimilar to some of the processesthat occur at WMC Olympic Dam.One of these has involved miningchocolate chips from chocolatechip biscuits to simulate the min-ing process.Two experiments that have mim-icked the processing of an ore thatwe have carried out have been a flo-tation experiment and another wasan experiment to mimic copper re-fining using copper sulphate andelectricity.To further help our understandingof what occurs in the largest minesite in Australia we have invitedguest speakers to the school.The first speaker was HedleyWiddup who is a geologist at thesite. He spoke about the ore body,what he does in his job and how hebecame a geologist.Our second guest speaker wasChris Schultz.He is the head administrator of theEnvironmental Department on site.He mainly spoke about two aspects.The first was the various environ-mental factors that need to be con-sidered when mining and process-ing an ore.Some of these included the controlof gas emissions from the smelterand another was the monitoring offauna and flaura in the mine siteand at the Arid Recovery Project.To help our understanding of envi-ronmental considerations we as a

Real-life science at Olympic Dam

class have carried out a recyclingsurvey and this has included inter-viewing the general community inRichardson Place.To put all our information into per-spective we concluded our studiesby going on an ‘on site’ excursion.Jay Stringer, a past student at ourschool, talked to us about the eco-nomics of WMC, and the miningand the processing at OlympicDam.We got to pass around a copperplate that represents the copper thatis sold to WMC customers. DebAinsley then drove us around themine.

One of the features of our visit wasthe Salvage Yard where a great dealof recycling is occurring.Another was the Clark shaft, whichbrings ore to the surface form theunderground rail system.We would like to thank all the em-ployees of WMC that helped us toenrich our learning about the Ol-ympic Dam mine. It has helped us to understand bet-ter what many of our parents actu-ally do in their jobs and why ourtownship of Roxby Downs hasbeen established.

Year 10,Science and Mining.

SCIENCE AND MINING... Year 10 Science students metwith Olympic Dam spokesman and former RDAS studentJason Stringer.

The end of year Presentation Night for years 7-12 is soonupon us and we are looking forward to another excitingevening to celebrate student achievement.This year our guest speaker is Mia Handshin. Mia has anumber of experiences she will share with students frommajor achievements during her school years through toher current involvements. While at school Mia began asa leader in Year 7 as a member on her school’s SRC. At14 she wrote her first Parliamentary speech which wasdelivered in Canberra. Mia was chosen to attend TheWorld Summit of Children held in Taiwan in 1997 andwas Australia’s representative to the First InternationalYouth Parliament in Manchester. Mia has been on many

committees which represent youth issues. In November1997 Mia won the Community Service Award in the SAYoung Australian of the Year. Mia was a national final-ist at the Young Australian Awards in Canberra in 1999.Mia completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 and a Bach-elor of Law in 2000. She worked as Associate to anAdelaide Barrister. Since 1997, Mia has been a regularcolumnist for The Advertiser newspaper. These are onlya few of the many success stories Mia will share.We invite all parents/caregivers of students in 7-12 toattend our Presentation Night on November 24, at 7pmin the Auditorium. There will a number of awards pre-sented, student acts, and an address given by Mia.

Mia Handshin to speak at presentation night

At this time of the year we become increasinglyconcerned as to students and parents organisingparties to celebrate the end of the year, school,Christmas etc.This is a particularly dangerous time for youngpeople who may be subjected to alcohol or drugconsumption, speeding etc.Most celebrations are fine when adequately su-pervised by adults but we know from bitter ex-perience that students can be at risk when theyare unsupervised.Sexual and physical assault is not unheard of inour community as a result of inappropriate alco-hol and drug use.We do not want any tragedies that could havebeen averted through due parental concern.

Discuss the following with your teenager beforeany upcoming party and contact the host parents.Find out:

What adult supervision will there be?Will there be alcohol supplied, if so whattype?What time are the guests expected to leave?What are the travel arrangements to andfrom the party?How many people have been invited?What will the age of the guests be?Will there be food supplied?

As the adult/caregiver you can establish someground rules that reinforce the message to yourchild of the importance of keeping themselves safe.

Safeguarding students’ welfare


Handy hints for improving learning

These handy hints for improving learning are extracted from‘Help Your Child Succeed at School’ by Andrew Fuller .

No. 11 Limit the amount of part-time work

A messagefrom the Principal

Senior secondary students should not work more than 10 hours a week at apart-time job.If they do so, there is clear evidence that their marks will suffer.

Year 12s Finish…Congratulations to allof our Year 12s: Aiez Ahmed, TanyaBilka, Kirby Blake, Heidi Buran,Jessica Clancy, Alison Crompton,Cassie Davies, Stephanie Foster,Adam Gilbertson, Thea Gluyas,Kirby Hobbs, Kaidi James, JessicaMcKinnon, Daniel Perkins, SarahPerrett, Belinda Petherick, NatashaSwan, Aaron Watkins and AshleyWooldridge who have completed theirassignments and examinations to thebest of their ability. They now beginthe nervous wait for their results.For these Year 12s, and their parents, itcan be an anxious but exciting time,readying themselves for life beyondschool. I am confident that these par-ticular individuals have the potential tocontribute greatly to society and eachmake a positive and productive contri-bution to the world. Good luck to alland thank you for your efforts through-out your schooling.We look forward to farewelling themformally at the 7-12 Presentation Nighton Wednesday 24th November 2004and at their Formal Dinner this Friday19th November.Staffing 2005…Congratulations to MsCaroline Andrews who has won aSchool Choice position in Adelaide atKilparrin Teaching and AssessmentUnit in Adelaide for 2005. Ms Andrewshas done some exceptional work in ourSpecial Class and we will miss her ex-pertise in this area.Each year several teachers transfer inand out of our school. The Placementprocess for teachers is currently wellunderway. This is a difficult time formany of our contract teachers who areunsure whether they will or will not behere next year.Many of our vacancies have alreadybeen filled so far with Ms Kerry KnipeEnglish Year 12 and Society and En-vironment, Ms Kristen Bence Art/Drama, Ms Nardene Edmonds PE,Mrs Sally Cormack Junior Primary,Ms Kathryn Bennett Special Class,Mrs Jill Harvey Library, Mrs SharonFuss and Ms Natalie Jones in theMiddle School accepting permanentpositions.We also await several vacancies thatneed to be filled to over the next fewweeks.Class Structures…As we do not haveour full teaching complement confirmedas yet we cannot make any final deter-mination as to which teachers have whatclasses. The number of classes and thenumber of students in them can only bedetermined when we know exactly howmany students will return next year. Ifyour child/ren will not be here next yearwe would appreciate knowing so we canfigure this into our calculations. Pleaselet your child’s teacher or front officeknow as soon as possible.

However we generally aim to have nomore than 28 in Years 3-10 and 25 inYears R-2. You would already knowthat our average class numbers are wellbelow this. We also plan for straight yearlevel classes where we can. This is al-ways very difficult to determine as wehave some of the highest transience instudent population anywhere in thestate. Sometimes we do not finally knowuntil school is due to begin the next yearbut will let you know as soon as possi-ble.Facilities…The Premier and Ministerof Education have recently announceda $40 million allocation to state schoolsfor Asset Management in 2005. $25 mil-lion will be allocated to a School Prideprogram which will be mainly externalpainting. We received $23,620 to assistwith this here at RDAS. We also planto utilise our Asset Management allo-cation to maintain the ongoing upkeepof our excellent facilities. There will bea number of upgrade programmes overthe coming Christmas holidays. Wehope to lay new carpets in H and GBlock, paint the interior and exterior ofI Block, replace the drinking fountainswith four tap drinking troughs in B andC block, and to progress the replace-ment of some of the evaporative air con-ditioners with split systems.Year 8 and Year 10 SASSSABasketball…Last week the Year 8 andYear 10 SASSSA boy’s basketballteams travelled to Adelaide to competein the state finals for SASSSA Basket-ball. The Year 8 team comprising of:Jake Roberts, Millane Weaver, TobyChesson, Jaebyn Drefke, JonathonKruger and Ryan Paxton won all 3 oftheir games making it to the Grand Fi-nal and unfortunately lost by 9 pointsduring overtime in a highly skilled andvery exciting game.The Year 10 team comprised of: BenHansford, Stuart Ferenci, ToddRoberts, Brody Elson, Shaun Freethand Nathan Granger all played ex-tremely well against some very tall andstrong opposition and won one out oftheir three games.Congratulations go to all these playerson reaching the state level of this com-petition. Thanks to their coaches, MrSeidel and Mr Hodgson who accom-panied the teams and to Bev and JoelRoberts for assisting with transport.Formals…Parents are reminded thatthe school has no responsibility for or-ganising or supervising any ‘Commu-nity Formal’ event at the RecreationCentre.We advise that no school staff will bein official attendance or supervisoryrole. All enquiries should be directed toMr Laurence Duggan at the CulturalPrecinct.

Jim Michalanney,Principal.

CHRISTMAS DONATIONS...StudentVoice representatives displaydonated gifts for OperationChristmas Child, from left, frontRebecca Clancy, Tara Jordan, back,Jonathon Bray, Kristen Worby andNathan Kittel.

This week, Mrs Van Dyke joined students in MrPetty’s class for fun with science.They learnt how to make slime, learn how yeastgrows and made bubble pictures.Students were amazed to see how bubbles couldmake pictures and the patterns that they make.

Welcome to our last news-letter for the year. We hada great turnout at our lastmeeting on Tuesday, No-vember 9.As mentioned in previousnewsletters P&F havemade contributions tomany different areas of theschool, the most recent be-ing: curtains for the com-puter room, R-6 Concertand 7-12 PresentationNight, and the SchoolMagazine.Our first meeting for nextyear will be on WednesdayFebruary 2nd at 7.30pm inthe school staffroom.Our P&F AGM, to electour committee for 2005,will be held on Wednesday,March 2, at 7.30pm in theschool staffroom.Hope to see you there.On behalf of our PresidentSheila Culf and CommitteeMembers, we would like tothank all parent and friendhelpers throughout theyear.We wish everyone a MerryChristmas and a HappyNew Year and have a won-derful and safe school holi-days. See you in 2005.

Annette Jackson,For P&F Committee.

UpcomingP&F AGM

Making science fun

MAKING BUBBLES...Brianna Rowley,Mitchell Partington and Troy Darling.

PAINTING FUN...Rory Mcaskill, AmyAbsalom and Andrew Jones

The R-12 Student Voice has kicked off thisyear’s annual fundraiser – Operation Christ-mas Child.Through the fundraiser, every class fills ashoebox full of gifts for a girl or boy of a cer-tain age and that shoebox is then sent overseasto help children around the world who are lessfortunate.“The response has been really good and I thinkwe have 32 boxes all together,” 7-12 StudentVoice facilitator Lyndall Craker said.“This is the second year we’ve run this projectand it’s been very successful both years.”

Learning to give

LAN Tests...Parents of Year 3, 5 and 7students would recently have receiveda report on their child’s results fromthe South Australian Literacy and Nu-meracy Tests conducted in August.These results provide a snapshot oflearning and should be consideredalong with the other assessment toolsused within the school to monitor stu-dent learning and progress.School results overall were compara-ble with the state average and wherestrengths and weaknesses are identifiedfrom all data collected, students are be-ing supported through programs suchas Stretch and SHIP.If you have any queries regarding yourchild’s results please contact yourchild’s class teacher.Concert NightStudents and teachers are eagerly re-hearsing, making costumes and plan-ning their Concert Night items to beheld next Monday 22nd November at6.30pm.Come along and help celebrate a won-derful year as considerable time and ef-fort has gone in to making this a nightto remember.2004 HighlightsAs the year draws to a close we havebeen reflecting on the many achieve-ments and events held this year. It hascertainly been a busy and fulfillingyear, which has included:Swimming lessons and 3-6 SwimmingCarnival

SAPSASA sportsVisiting performers and guest speak-ersThe LAN test and other NationalCompetitionsHeadstart, Stretch and SHIP programsSports DaysYear 3-6 campsExcursions to Woomera and locationsin the local areaPeer support program focusing onschool valuesR-2 electives programThe R-6 computer room establishedThe ‘Great Chicken Run’ with SAFMand Miss Steele’s classPlay-based learning in R-2 classesEmpire Earth Club on Thursday after-noonsR-2 Father/Child Night held to cel-ebrate Father’s DayOpen DayChoir trip to Adelaide…and many others not listed herewhich allow for our students to beinvolved in a range of excellent edu-cational opportunities, none of whichcan be achieved without student par-ticipation, teacher commitment andparental support.We thank everyone for making suchopportunities possible, particularly theR-6 teachers and support staff.Lyn Ferenci, R-6 Assistant Principal.

R-6 - the year so far


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ROXBY DOWNS…Community radio station 105.5RoxFM marked its annual general meeting in trueentertainment style with the Radio Ga Ga Awardsearlier this month.The Radio Ga Ga Awards celebrated the commit-ment and contributions of the station’s team of vol-unteer DJs.As Australia’s ‘youngest radio station’, RoxFM rec-ognised youth DJ Amber-Hancock Inglis with the‘We Know You’re Going to be Great’ award.Outgoing station manager Deb Paliska was recog-nised for her long-time commitment to the stationwith the ‘Golden Ga Ga’ award.Shane ‘Crusty’ Foster received the ‘CommunityChoice’ award after on-line web votes named hisshow ‘The Crack’ as listener’s favourite RoxFM pro-gram.Organisers hope to see the fun-filled awards nightbecome an annual community event.During the evening a new station committee wasnamed: President – Shane Foster, Laurence Duggan,Lorraine Tyler, Jason Stringer, Stev Ellard, Tina Fos-ter, Geoff Osborn, Donna Hill, Lisa Kearney andSue Penglase.

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Shane Foster – better known as‘Crusty’ to his dedicated listenersat 105.5 RoxFM – was recentlyvoted the community’s favouritelocal DJ for his rollicking humourand pacey show ‘The Crack’.At this month’s Radio Ga GaAwards, which recognised the workof volunteer DJs at the RoxbyDowns community radio station,on-line voting saw Mr Foster re-ceive the ‘Community Choice’award.

However, Mr Foster has had along history of entertaining theRoxby Downs community asfront man for rock cover bandSpeed Loader and with wife andfellow RoxFM DJ Tina ‘Twisty’Foster as TAS Sound.The pair, who have raised threechildren locally, also volunteertheir time to DJ at many commu-nity events including blue-lightdiscos and community fundraisers.

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Shane Foster -aka ‘Crusty’

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RADIO GA GA...Murray and Lorraine ‘Fin’Tyler MCed the inaugural 105.5 RoxFM‘Radio Ga Ga’ awards this month.

DIVAS...On-air presenters Tracey Warnekeand Teya Dunn open ‘the envelope’.

AWARDS...RoxFMrecognised all itspresenters andvolunteers at theRadio Ga GaAwards including,anti-clockwise fromleft, Jake Duggan,Jason ‘Fatman’Stringer and‘Scuba’ Stev Ellard.

SCRAPBAG QUILTERS...Local quilters,from left, Sonia Smith, Megan Howie, KerryWorby, Julie Nixon and Jean Dunstan atthe group’s recent quilting exhibition.

ROXBY DOWNS…Quilters from the Out-back Pastoral area of SAshowcased their quiltingexpertise in their bien-nial exhibition in RoxbyDowns last month in theRoxby Downs Audito-rium.The Roxby ScrapbagQuilters’ exhibition wasa great success, withmore than 100 visitorsadmiring the hours ofhard work and creativityin the quilts, bags, dolls,cushions and crafts ondisplay.The group’s work willagain be showcased atnext year’s OutbackFringe Festival in March2005.This exhibition will fol-low on the group’s suc-cessful showing at the2004 festival.The RoxbyScrapbaggers enjoy afun and busy program,meeting on the fourthSaturday of every month

at the Roxby DownsCommunity Library.In June of this year theScrapbaggers held theirfirst quilting retreat inWoomera, providing arare opportunity forquilters from both iso-lated communities tomake notes, share inspi-rations and learn newskills.Ladies from the

Woomera Craft Groupwho attended, appreci-ated a show and tell af-ter a delicious meal onthe Saturday night.St Michael’s CatholicSchool, converted sinceits closure into a publicretreat, accommodatedthe group well with itssunny windows, plentifulpower points and schooltables.

Festival to showcase local quilts

WOOMERA..In early 2004 three local Woomerawomen decided to start the Woomera Craft Group.The group was formed to encourage local womenwith a common interest in needlework and otherhandicrafts to meet socially and share learnt skills.The first projects undertaken by the group were, abasic Hardanger doiley, followed closely by a StrippyQuilt and then a brief foray into the wonderful worldof card-making.The Strippy Quilt - more commonl y known as aflower garden quilt - was chosen by the group, asthe first meeting venue lacked electrical power out-lets and most of the quilt needed to be completed byhand.Local interest in the group has seen numbers swellto more than a dozen people on some nights and arecent window display setup by the group encour-aged a visiting German quilter to call in.The group meets every Tuesday night at 7.30pm atthe Woomera Community Centre.Woomera Craft Group is looking forward to display-ing its work and being involved in the 2005 Out-back Fringe Festival at Woomera, Roxby Downs andAndamooka.

Woomera’s ‘works of craft’

The Roxby Downs Outback Fringe Festival, in con-junction with the Roxby Downs Art Gallery, is host-ing the second Annual Arts Prize in 2005.With $3000 in prize monies - a grand prize of $2000for first place - the 2005 Arts Prize promises to be ahighly successful and inspirational event.Awards will be given for works of art which signifi-cantly address the theme of ‘Outback, Mining &Family’.The competition is open to all artists throughout Aus-tralia and the aim of the prize is to stimulate ourregional artists and particularly draw attention to theoutback regions of South Australia.To compliment the 2005 Arts Prize, organisers haveintroduced a Junior Arts Prize with $1000 in prizemoney. Keeping with the theme of ‘Outback, Min-ing & Family’, the Junior Arts Prize is open to allSouth Australian students up to 18 years of age.Exhibition dates are; Arts Prize (seniors) 11 March– 5 April 2005. Junior Arts Prize 1 – 28 February2005. Application deadlines are 31 January 2005and 5 January 2005 respectively.For application forms, guidelines or further infor-mation please contact the Roxby Downs CulturalPrecinct - telephone 8671 2001.

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ARTS PRIZE...Roxby Downs Art Gallerywill host the 2005 Annual Arts Prize duringthe upcoming Outback Fringe Festival.

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Beat the Summer heatSplit Systems – Fitting and Installing

Pre- Season CleaningPoly-Air Supplier

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ALL DRESSED UP…Local ladies Penny and Tammy Fawkes andMichelle Hamilton celebrated Melbourne Cup at the Roxby DownsTavern.

HATS OFF…Bill Addington, Alan ‘Staffy’ Heath and ColleenAddington donned their chapeaus for Melbourne Cup.

MELBOURNE CUP…Rayleen Pankov,Karen Hayball and Mandy Franks out forMelbourne Cup at the Roxby DownsTavern.

CUP FUN…Enjoying the Melbourne Cup celebrations at theTavern, back, Fay and Gina Syvertsen, Melissa Allen and Owen,eight months, front, Louise Dunn and nine-month-old Cooper,with Leanne Houlahan.

RAGS TO RICHES…Kelly and Lawry Bakerdressed up for the “Rags to Riches”themed 18th birthday party for MarcelFernandez recently.

CUP DAY...MarissaStokes, BrookeMcCulloch andDonna Coulter atthe Roxby DownsCommunity Club’sMelbourne Cupcelebrations earlierthis month.

GONE COUNTRY...Tracey Warneke andKerry Worby helped host the RoxbyDowns Scrapbag Quilters’ country-themedChristmas party last weekend.

COWGIRLS ANDINDIANS...Di Brooksand Di Court at acountry-themedChristmas party.

FAREWELL…Bill Moore from Anna Creekand Terry Crisp, formerly of William Creek,raise a glass to old friend Brian ‘Butch’Osborne at his wake.

BEST DRESSED...Rachel Rudiger andKerry Worby at the Roxby DownsCommunity Club’s Melbourne Cup party.

FILM FESTIVAL...Josh Towler and Jarrod‘Spud’ Trezise at ‘Ín The Bin’.

IN THE BIN...Bridget and Darren Guiney atthe ‘In The Bin’ film festival at the RoxbyDowns swimming pool last week.


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LADIES’ DAY…Enjoying Melbourne Cup at the Tavern earlier this month, from left,Denise Shepherd, Jenny Longmire, Lindy McAskill, and Marg Allen.

TAVERN…Enjoying a Melbourne Cup meal at the beginning of this month, from left,back, Marina Chebotenko, Mary Chan, Lesley Porter, Pina Parker, Debbie Smith, front,Colleen Dingwall, Vicki Hamblin and Kim Noble.

RAGS TO RICHES…Jose, Liz, Monica, Marcel, Nick, Johnny andNina Fernandez, celebrating Marcel’s 18th birthday at a party athome on November 6, 2004.

BIRTHDAY PARTY…Sam Pak Poy, Tash Swann, Serena Tolson,Hayley Jenson, Abbey Tucker, (front) Sarah Jeffreys and CassieWilliamson – at Marcel Fernandez’s 18th birthday party.

COUNTRYCOUPLE…DanielPerkins and Bec

Sheppard helpingMarcel Fernandezcelebrate his 18th

birthday.

GINGHAM GANG...The Roxby DownsScrapbag Quilters hosted their annualChristmas party at the weekend with acountry theme. The group enjoyed aprogressive dinner which moved from theLion’s Park in Roxby Downs to severalhomes and venues, courtesy of a hay-rideon the back of a local truck. Julia Allen andMegan Howie came to the party dressed asthe ‘Gingham Twins’ in keeping with thecountry theme of the event.

FILM FANS...ScottGreen, LeisaWesterman andLauren Green at the‘In The Bin’ filmfestival.

RAISE A GLASS…Bob Stainer from Roxby Downs, BarryClements and Ray Schmidt from Red Hill with Peter White ofWilliam Creek at William Creek’s ‘Dingo Café’ for a wake for Brian‘Butch’ Osborne.


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PO Box 124Roxby Downs SA 5725

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International DinnerSaturday November 20St Barbara’s Courtyard6.30pmPhone 86713207

RDAS P&F Market DaySaturday, November 20Richardson Place8.30am to 12.30pm

SpinFX Jam SessionSunday, November 21Roxby Downs CommunityClub1pm to 4pm

Roxby Downs BrassSunday, November 21

Ph Marnie - 0408 877 808New musicians welcome

St Barbara’s PlaygroupWednesday, November 249.30am – 11.00amSt Barbara’s Parish SchoolPh 8671 0319

Woolbalers B&S Ball8pm Saturday, November27, to 2pm Sunday,November 28Glendambo RacecourseFor more information,phone 0428 711 176 or0400 858 071 Only 700tickets available

December 2004

Far NorthPhotographic ClubSunday December 5Le Funke Cafe 2pm“Night Photos”Ph Lindall: 0408 805 691

CWA MeetingTuesday December 14Andamooka CWA Hall1.00pmPh Pat Freer: 8672 7125

March 2005

Outback Fringe FestivalMarch 13 - 15Roxby Downs,Andamooka & WoomeraPh - 0418 870 012.

David Watson joins theRoxby Downs Councilteam this month as Mu-nicipal Works Manager.Mr Watson comes toRoxby Downs from theRegional Council ofGoyder where he wasoverseer for the southernunit – Burra to the south-ern boundary inEudunda – managingconstruction, amenity,effluent, waste-manage-ment and 1000km of un-sealed roads.“I oversaw the southernunit and was responsiblefor the operation forthree years,” he told TheMonitor this week.“Before Goyder Iworked for a group train-ing scheme in Adelaide– it was a private train-ing provider and I wasresponsible for 100 ap-prentices.“I used to train the ap-prentices in civil works,horticulture, manage ournationally-assessed op-erators and provide oc-cupational health andsafety training.“In the 80s I worked atLeigh Creek and I en-joyed the lifestyle andthe weather.”It was this fondness foroutback living whichprompted Mr Watson toapply for the local posi-tion.“I’d come to Roxby andhad a look around andwas taken by the amen-ity and infrastructure ofthe town – the quality ofthe town.“It seems a great place toraise a family and mywife Lisa and son Dan-iel, 14, will join me inRoxby Downs forChristmas.”Mr Watson brings withhim a wide spectrum ofskills.“I’m dual-trained in hor-ticulture and construc-tion – which is prettyunique,” he said.“I’ve got the mining,

construction and horti-culture backgrounds.“I’ve worked in localgovernment and pri-vate enterprise experi-ences and now I’vebeen able to marry allthose skills together.“I have an awarenessfor education - I do be-lieve that ongoing edu-

cation and good socialpolicy is the key to suc-cess.“I honestly believe frommy brief time here sofar, this town has goodsocial policy and there’sa demonstrated posi-tiveness within thiscommunity and a goodsense of community

pride.”Mr Watson will beworking closely withlong-term Council em-ployee Rob BarkerIn his personal life MrWatson enjoys off-shore yachting, motor-bikes and his family.He love cooking, barbe-cues and camping.

New works manager bringsa variety of skills to council

NEW TEAM MEMBER...Municipal Works Manager David Watson isRoxby Downs Council’s newest team manager. Mr Watson bringswith him a wide spectrum of skills from a background in bothlocal government and private business.

Works in Progress...Some interruptions towater and sewerage and electricity may be en-countered within the township due to serviceconnections to new blocks.Upcoming Works...External lighting in court-yard adjacent to the library to be upgraded.Technicians will be checking and re-calibratingwater and sewerage stations and irrigationpumps during the week commencing 2 – 7 No-vember 2004.Australia Day Nominations...Nominationsclose November 29 2004. Don’t forget to regis-ter your nomination with the Council Office.Business Signage...Local businesses havebeen invited to be part of new tourism signagein Roxby Downs. Council and the Roxby DownsBusiness Forum have thrown their support be-hind new tourism signage at the corner of Ol-ympic Way and Burgoyne Street and on thepublic toilet block in Richardson Place. Designsechoing the current Wilmap distributed throughthe Roxby Downs Visitor Information Centrehave been approved. Signage sales are nowopen. Telephone Alex Barker on 0417 816 807for more information.Building, Health and Planning Inspectors –upcoming visits to Roxby Downs...BrettFennell Building Inspector and Nicole NewtonHealth Inspector will be available at the Counciloffices to assist with any building or health is-sues on 18 and 19 November 2004.Electricity Cent A Meters...Council is purchas-ing 5 analyser meters for customer service pur-poses. These meters are available for hire fromCouncil for a small fee. Meters will assist cus-tomers to monitor their power usage.Dog Registrations...Dog Registration Renewalletters have been sent to all registered dog own-ers. Please register your dog/s by November30 2004. Fines will apply for non registereddogs. This is an offence under the Dog and CatManagement Act, punishable by a fine of $80.00per offence. If your dog has been desexed ormicro chipped, proof of this service will be re-quired. Fines will also apply if your dog is foundto be wandering at large.Bushfire Prevention...Residents are requestedto keep areas surrounding their homes free fromlitter, dry leaves and any other combustible ma-terials. Bushfire season commences 1 Novem-ber 2004 – 31 March 2005.Permits can be obtained from the Council officeduring this period. Fire Regulations and book-lets will be on display at the Council office shortly.Mosquito Control...Residents are reminded tothrow away any unwanted containers which holdwater – old tyres, drums, place sand in pot plantbases, to seal or cover all openings in raintwatertanks and to ensure that roof gutters are notholding water. Wear loose clothing , apply in-sect repellent that contains DEET (DiethylToluamide) and use mosquito coils for outdooractivities.Smoke Detectors...To coincide with daylightsaving, now is a good time for you to replacethe battery in your household smoke detector.Local Website...Visit your local updated web-site. New Forums have now been added. Readwhat’s new and have your say in the Forums atwww.roxbydowns.comStreet Lighting...Is there a street light not work-ing near your home? Please include the exactlocation (street, house number) when reportingto assist in easy identification for repair.Opal Road Landfill OpeningHours...Tuesdays, 8am to 12 noon, Thursdays1pm to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm.Out of hours access call 08 8671 1154Council Office Hours - General...Monday toFriday—9am to 5pm

These applications maybe examined at theOffices of the Councillocated at RichardsonPlace, Roxby Downs,during normal businesshours and any person orbody affected may makerelevant representationsin writing concerningthese applications toreach the Administrator,PO Box 124, RoxbyDowns, South Australia,5725 no later than5.00pm, Thursday,November 18, 2004.

Each person making asubmission shouldindicate whether thatperson wishes to appearpersonally or berepresented by anotherparty before the Councilin support of thatsubmission.

Please note that,pursuant to Section 38(8)of the Development Act, acopy of each representa-tion received will beforwarded to the applicantfor a writtenresponse.

Bill BoehmAdministrator

Dated: Nov 18, 2004

THIS IS THE FIRST ANDONLY PUBLICATION OF

THIS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given thatapplications comprising aCATEGORY 3 DEVELOP-MENT has been lodged withthe Council for a developmentassessment.Details of the applicationsare as follows:

DEVELOPMENT No.:692/152/04APPLICANT:Roxby TradersADDRESS:64 Axehead RoadRoxby Downs SA 5725NATURE OF THEDEVELOPMENT:Double carport and verandahat front property boundary.ZONING: ResidentialSUBJECT LAND:64 Axehead Road, RoxbyDownsCERTIFICATE OF TITLE: Vol4352, Folio 847

Development Act, 1993Municipal Council of

Roxby Downs

ROXBY DOWNSCOUNCIL

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR CATEGORY 3

DEVELOPMENTPursuant to Section

38 (5) of the DevelopmentAct, 1993


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9a and 9b Cacatua Close2 impressive brick, 3 bdrm homes (on one title), prime position,master with WIR and ensuite, others with BIRs, 3 way bathroomincl powder room and separate toilet, spacious open plan living/dining/kitchen with walk in pantry, ducted reverse cycle air con,paved and semi enclosed outdoor entertaining area, fullylandscaped, low maintenance garden with full reticulation system.INVESTORS NOTE:9a Cacatua is currently Vendor occupied, potential to be leasedfor $350 /wk after settlement9b currently tenanted, but lease due to expire, potential to beleased for $350 /wk.

INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

AUCTION ON SITE: Nov 26, 2004 @ 11.00amShop 3, Richardson Place (next to Post Office)

Contact Lorraine Aubrey atLin Andrews Real Estate - Roxby Downs

8671 2000 or 0400 980 338

Lot 51 Andamooka – “Investors treasure chest.” 3 bdrms,2 bathrooms, large lounge and large entertaining area. $70,000negotiable. Web ID 713216

8 Alford Court – “Invest for your future.” 4 bdms withBIRs, ensuite to main, large walk in pantry, ducted air, ceilingfans, gas space heater, front and back verandahs, dble carportUMR, garage plus attached carport, land approx 1150m2.Leased $300/wk/3yrs. $245,000. Web ID 755070

2/46 Aquila Boulevard – “At this price - rarer than hen’steeth”. 3 bdrm maisonette, BIRs, large lounge, new floorcoverings, full length bull nose verandah, garden shed, ductedair, pergola. Leased at $230 /wk till 23/04/05. $179,950

1 Blanche Crt – “Investment opportunity.” Well postioned4 bedroom, ensuite and BIR's, good sized lounge, sep dining,gas kitchen, heating/cooling, carport UMR, currently leasedat $1043 /month until 2006. $249,950. Web ID 758450

25 Irrapatana Street – “An opportunity begins here”.Family home, 4 bdrms with BIRs, ensuite to master, gaskitchen with d/washer, ducted cooling, gas heating, pavedpergola and powered tool shed. $224,950. Rent potential$300-$320 /wk.Web ID 750688

4 Melaleuca Court – “Wanted - one loving family”. 3bdrms, all with BIR’s. Large lounge, games/rumpus, goodsized dining, gas kitchen, heating and cooling, large outdoorentertaining area, plus undercover workshop, Colorbondshed, cubby house, viewing recommended. $249,950.Web ID 754474

8 Morethia Court – “Young and attractive - just for you.”4bdrms, main with ensuite and WIR, BIRs to other 3, large openplan lounge, dining, family and gas kitchen with walk in pantry,gas heating, ducted air, dble carport UMR, front verandah,pergola. Leased at $1122 /mth. $254,950. Web ID 756615

22 Myall Street – “Size and style - add up the value”. Largefamily home, 5 bdrms or 4 plus study, master with WIR andensuite, formal dine and family room, gas kitchen, dishwasher,walk-in pantry, ducted cooling, ceiling fans, gas heating, doublecarport, a/g, fully fenced, swimming pool. Offers over$260,000. Web ID 751008

11 Santalum Way – “Another gilt - edged investment”.Good location, lounge, dining, 3 bedrms with BIRs, ductedevap cooling, gas heating, fully fenced IG pool, double garageplus carport UMR. Leased at $330/wk. Web ID 752922

80 Stuart Road – “A blue chip investment”. Lovely home, 3good sized bdrms, lounge, dining, heating, cooling, pool, doublegarage, long lease at $1300/mth. $245,000Web ID 752206

122 Stuart Road – “A new dream begins here.” Wellpresented, 3 good sized bedrooms, BIRs, large dining, gaskitchen, heating and cooling, carport UMR, 30'x20'Colorbond garge, paved entertaining area, Colorbondtoolshed, cubby house. $244,950

Lot 1374 Tutop Street – “Zoned District Business Zone”Approx 2343m2 of land with 58 metre frontage, suitable forretail shops on application. $195,000 neg. Web ID 760795

For Rent - 3 bedroom BIR’s, brick villa, garage UMR, 2bathroom, powder room, lock up garage $300p/w

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HOUSE OF THEWEEK…21 TiparaCourt, Moonta Bay.PRICE…Offers above$590,000 considered.“Bring the wine, I’ll pro-vide the sea views!“From sunrise to sunsetthe kaleidoscope of col-ours changes,” says Mi-gnon Chapman of L JHOOKER Moonta/Wallaroo.This as-new home wasbuilt with time and

thought.Plans change, the ven-dors have only justlived in this home, andnow they are allowingyou the opportunity ofenjoying your life intheir dream home.The home boasts a to-tal of five bedrooms allwith floating floorboards.The lower level offerstwo bedrooms, mainwith walk-in-robes with

ensuite, glorious kitchenwith stainless steel ap-pliances as a feature,tiled floors through tothe lounge and dining.Adjacent toilet and largelaundry.Up the timber stairwellto the large family room,three more bedrooms,one with walk-in-robesand one with built-in-robes, main bathroom,and of course the bal-cony.“Get your chair ready,you haven’t seen sunsetsuntil you have seen themset over the sea,” ex-claims Mignon.Make use of the doublegarage under the mainroof, plus a double ga-rage to the rear of thesuperbly landscapedgardens.“From the paved drive-way, to the glorious ga-ble roof paved entertain-ment area, who wants tobuild when all the hardwork has already beendone,” says Mignon.For more photos, logonto www.ljhooker.com.au/moontawallarooor call Mignon or Chrisat the office 8825 2007,open seven days to ar-range a private inspec-tion.Take the first step to abetter life and ring now!

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NOTHING LEFTTO DO...LJ HookerMoonta/Wallaroopresents thisgorgeous home inMoonta Bay.The home boastsa total of five bedrooms all withfloating floorboards.Take the first steptowards a betterlife call Mignon orChris at the office8825 2007.

Wayne, David, Penny and staffwish all our Roxby Downs clientsand acquaintances all the best forthe Festive Season and thanks forall your support throughout 2004.

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56 Pioneer DriveThree bedrooms of generous size (all with carpet andbuilt-ins), open dine/lounge, timber flooring to kitchenand dine, pantry, ducted evap air-con, gas heatingand cooking, 2 x linen cupboards, Austar connection,fibreglass in-ground pool with shade, pergola areawith rockery and ferns, aviary, 3m x 12m shed.

Vendor keen to sell – $234,000

VERY APPEALING HOME25 Quandong Street

Good sized 4 bedroom home, all with built-ins, largelounge and dine, good amount of cupboard space inthe kitchen, beautiful timber flooring throughout,freshly painted inside, evaporated ducted air, pergolawith decking and all season entertaining area, 6m x6m shed with power, concrete floor and reverse cycleair con, pattern paved driveway and walkway,established gardens on auto retic.

Offers over $260,000Open inspection Monday November 22, 4-5pm.

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Concretor – Olympic DamExperienced concretor required forongoing work at Olympic Dam.Experienced in footings, footpaths andkerbing essential. Work will also involveminor formwork, steel fixing and otherduties as required. Will be required to workautonomously and in a team environmentwith a variety of trades. Current driverslicence essential as well as clearance ofmedical and drug/alcohol screen.Accommodation and meals provided.Competitive rates apply. Immediate start.

Applications including referencesand resume to:HR Manager

PKI Solutions Pty LtdPO Box 142

Goodwood 5034Fax: 8671 3314 or 8297 2208or call Simon 0417 804 502

Notice of Road ClosureNOTICEIs hereby given that the Administrator of theRoxby Downs Council on Thursday, November11, 2004 made the following orders;That the Administrator of the council exercisesthe power vested in the Administrator under theRoxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982and section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 andclause F of the instrument of General Approvalof the Minister, November 28, 1999.Pursuant to section 33(1)(a) of the Road TrafficAct 1961 declare that the event describedbelow is to take place on the road describedbelow is an event to which section 33 of theroad traffic act 1961 applies; andPursuant to section 33(1)(a) of the Road TrafficAct 1961, make an order directing that the roadon which the event is to be held and any adja-cent or adjoining roads specified below can beclosed to all traffic except police and emergencyvehicles and vehicles involved in the event forthe period commencing 4pm, Saturday,Decemeber 11, 2004 and expiring 1.30am,Sunday, December 12, 2004.

ROAD: Richardson Place, Roxby DownsEVENT: Christmas ParadeADJACENT/ADJOINING ROADS:

Burgoyne Street, Arcoona Street,Norman Place, Tavern Road

Pursuant to section 33(1)(b) of the Road TrafficAct 1961 make an order directing that personstaking part in the event be exempted in relationto the road, from duty to observe the AustralianRoad Rules specified below subject to anyconditions described below and attached to theexemption.Australian Road rules Exemption and ConditionsRule 230: Crossing the roadRule 234: Crossing the road on or near a

crossing for pedestriansRule 238: Pedestrians travelling along the

roadW.J. Boehm

Administrator

Section 33 Road Traffic Act 1961

Kelly would like to thank herclients for their patronage

during her time with Roxby'sCutting Edge. Due to the closure

of the business, Kelly will becontactable on

8671 2428 or 0400 012 428for future

appointmentrequirements.

Class TeacherPE Coordinator

St Barbara's Parish School is a Reception toYear 7 co-educational Catholic School.

St Barbara's is seeking a 1.0 FTE6/7 Classroom Teacher/PE Coordinator.

This is a replacement position for 2005. Therole description/criteria can be obtained from

St Barbara's Parish School.Applications close November 26, 2004

Applications to:The Principal

St Barbara's Parish SchoolPO Box 467, Roxby Downs SA 5725

Phone: (08) 8671 3207Fax: (08) 8671 3208

email: [email protected]

St Barbara’s Parish School

GOW – JANOUT, Kira, Alynnta andBaylee Tahu, along with Vicki and ElmarPrees (Roxby Downs), Robert andLeanne Janout (Mt Isa) and Shane andShirley Gow (Roxby Downs) are pleasedto announce the engagement of theirmum, Kylie to Stewart on November 5,2004.

WEBBER – TUCKER…Tony and Ali weremarried at Cummins House, NovarGardens on November 13, 2004. Bestwishes for your future together from bothfamilies.

ACCOMMODATION

Getaways Reservation Service, Just onecall to book a perfect getaway. All typesof accommodation and tours, statewide.1300 136 970, www.grs.com.au

LOST

LOST Sunday, November 14 in thevicinity of Woolworths and the Arcade atRichardson Place, Roxby Downs, Baby’ssolid sterling silver bangle engraved withthe name ALEXANDER. Reward forreturn, as it has special sentimentalvalue. Contact Wendy on 0413931711.

AGM, The Roxby Downs Kindergartenwill be holding their Annual GeneralMeeting on Monday November 22, 2004at 7.30pm at the Kindergarten. Pleasecome along and support your child’sfuture! Guest speaker. Supper provided.

ANDAMOOKA Football Club,applications invited for Coach for the2005 season. All applicationsconfidential. Please send to Po Box 65,Roxby Downs. Applications closeDecember 3, 2004.

ANDAMOOKA Football Club,applications invited for Head Trainer forthe 2005 season. All applicationsconfidential. Please send to Po Box 65,Roxby Downs. Applications closeDecember 3, 2004.

LEARN TO FLY Roxby Downs Aero Club,phone Ben Hammond 0407 974 002, JimSpring 0417 867 812 or Phil Goldsworthy0417 810 494.

OUTBACK Fringe Festival committeemeetings to be held the second Tuesdayof each month at 5.30pm, Dunes Café.All welcome. For further information,please contact festival coordinatorMegan Barker on 0418 870 012.

ROXBY Second Hand Furniture. TradingHours Mon – Fri 11.30am-2pm and Satand Sun 2pm-4pm or, by arrangementby phoning 0428 138 758.

CARAVAN, 18 ft, 4 berth with newreverse cycle air con, double bed andannexe. Has connection for phone line.$5000 neg. Ph 8265 6957, 0417 829 043or 8671 0935.LEAVING town…7 piece colonial diningsuite $100, canon S400sp printer(accessories included) $60, Brother fax920 $50 and paper shredder $10. Phone8671 1560.

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Visiting Roxby areathe weekbeginning Monday,December 6,2004.Our last tripbefore Christmas

38 Olympic Way. 4 bedrooms, 2bathrooms. Main with WIR and ensuite.Good size dining area and kitchen withample benchspace, rangehood, gasstove and dishwasher. Separate loungewith gas heater. All bedrooms (2 doublesized) have BIR’s. In-ground pool. Ph86711 382 or 0417 711538.

Church TimesSt Barbara’s Catholic Church

Roxby DownsSaturday evening 6pmSunday morning 9am

Andamooka Catholic ChurchSunday 11am

first and third Sunday ofevery month

St Michael’s CatholicChurch, Woomera

Sunday 5pmAll denominations welcome

Roxby Downs Lutheran ChurchSunday 10.30am

and Sunday School – 9.30amRoxby Downs Christian

Community ChurchSunday 10am

Andamooka Community ChurchSunday 2pm

Desert Springs ChurchSunday 10.00am at the

Roxby Downs TAFE College.

Ph 8671 2790

“Something Special”– 13 Blanche CourtEx-exec, 4 bedroom with BIRs, 2 bathrooms. Modernkitchen with wall oven, walk-in pantry and dishwasher.Sliding doors from dining/family room leading tocovered outside entertaining area. Large pool with gasheater. Beautiful, landscaped gardens on 1669m2

block. Extensive paving, double carport. Elevated andprivate, close to town centre.

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SWIMMING CLUB…Roxby DownsSwimming Club is back in the water andgetting ready for competition this month.Pictured during ‘junior’ training are, fromleft, front, Kane Mooney, Billy Weltner,Michaela Mooney and Chloe Barrand, back,Sophie and Emily Lepinath. Juniorsessions will kick off at new times thismonth, Tuesday to Thursday, from 5pm to6pm. Junior sessions are designed forbeginners, while the senior group -Monday to Thursday, from 6pm to 7pm – isaimed at more advanced swimmers.Swimmers and parents interested injoining the club can attend duringsessions to talk to coordinators.

The Tavern sponsored theRoxby Downs Golf ClubClosing Day four-personAmbrose.The First Card In was teamErica Johnson, GayleSiersema, Tom Bilney andCol Fraser. The Last Cardin were team Simon Gray,Tubby Gray, DougalMacleod and Kirsten Tho-mas. Team Toby Ferguson,Brian Ferguson, CraigHodgetts and Rob Roehaving the most fun on thecourse ended up with theNAGA as the proportion offun to strokes was ratherhigh.The hardest par 3 on thecourse, No.10 had a Best2nd Shot novelty and waswon by Nev Petherick, VaughanPetherick, Geoff Darling and ScottFraser. No.4 was a difficult par 3 in thewind and this also had a Best 2nd Shotnovelty which was taken out by ButchRichards, Jamie Fitzsimmons, SteveVelling and Zane West.The overall team results were: 3rd placeTony Ferguson, Brian Ferguson ,CraigHodgetts & Rob Roe Nett 56.125Overall runners-up: Tony Holbrook, SebHolbrook, David Gibson & John Free-man Nett 55.75The Mixed Winners were GayleSiersema, Erica Johnson, Tom Bilney andCol Fraser Nett 60.725The final Ambrose for the year was wonby Bunny Dryburgh, Bernie Reid,Michael Champion and Brenton Waye.Their Gross of 63 equal the best Ambrosescore for the season and their Nett 52.375the second best of the season. The win-ners were also presented with the BruceWoolan Memorial Shield. The gala night for the golf club will bethe Presentation Dinner on Saturday No-vember 20.ESS sponsored the final individual roundof the 18 hole season.Junior, Simon Gray topped off his sea-son with his first round under 100 withhis 99 Gross and a 63 Nett. Simon re-duced his handicap by 3.5 strokes as aresult of that fine effort. No one else

could match his score andhe took out anotherMonthly Medal and theoverall winner for the day.Seven other golfers camein under their handicaps.The Ladies winner was DiBeveridge with 96 Gross71 Nett. This round wasalso the final round ofchampionships. Di’s lastround put her into a tiewith Gayle Siersema forthe Ladies Champion andthey will have an 18 holeplayoff to decide the win-ner. Geoff Darling cardeda Nett 68 and had to sur-vive a countback fromChris Zanker to take out CGrade.There was a three-way

countback in B Grade with Robert Gray,Scott Fraser and Mark Dillon all with Nett71’s. Robert Gray had the best back nineto take out B Grade. Haydn Bone with an81 Gross Nett 67 took out A Grade.Three golfers had 28 putts with DaveGibson having the better final 6 holes win-ning Best Putter from Simon Gray andTony Jordan.The last big event for the season will bethe Presentation Dinner to be held at TheTavern on Saturday, November 20, 2004.Members and sponsors come along andcelebrate the champions, award winnersand the end of a successful season.For further information contact DiBeveridge 8671 1026 or [email protected] or Robin Passmore 86710992 or [email protected] Wednesday Warriors played a nine-hole Stableford on Wed November 10.Zane West carded a very credible 19 pointsto be declared the winner. Danny Morriscame in with 17 points for second spot.Danny had to survive a count-back fromfive other golfers on 17 points as didBunny Dryburgh to take out 3rd place. NTPwent to Bernie Reid and the Long Drivewas won by Jake Bowden.Next week will be the second leg of theBruce Woolan Shield and the score to beatfor the teams is Dougal Macleod and SamNethery’s Nett 33.75.

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WINNINGTEAM...KerrinDryburgh andMichael Champion.

November 2, 2004C Grade Women - Tandles 28 (A Freeth 15) defeatedChocies 18 (B Pape 8). Spectres 31(M Howie 19) de-feated Cougars 24 (A Sutherland 10).A Grade Men - MPR Magpies 41 (D Gerrity 15) defeatedBulls 33 (S Weight 16). Jets 63 (D Kaminski 19) de-feated Chocie Soldiers 29 (J Turpn 9).B Grade Men - Bradken Bears 46 (J Roberts 14) defeatedMagpies 28 (R Roe 8). Jets 48 (S Ryan 16) defeatedChocie Soldiers 25 (D Seidel 10).November 4, 2004A GradeWomen - Devils 36 (N Darling 11) defeated Lit-tle Devils 31 (B Schutz 14). Eagles 33 (N Hay 11) de-feated Bulls 32 (L Girdham 20).B Grade Women - Eagles2 38 (T Sadler 14) defeated Wan-derers 27 (K James 14). Devils 52 (S Weston 24) de-feated Eagles1 14 (D Hancock, D Shephard 4). Jets 35(A Lamb 10) defeated Bulls 15 (A Nedelkovic, M Kiely4). SSA Cougars 27 (T Hill 11) defeated Devils2 26 (MTraegar 10).

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Game 5…There were some very close gameswith three of the five top teams losing, thisallowed the Norms to move into top spot andclear by 9 points.The big winners for the night was a team con-sisting of John Maynard, Jim Reed, DanielRobinson and Bernie Reid playing as Merv’sTeam. Congratulations guys and I hope you

enjoy your glasses.There were 11 juniors bowling from 6.30pmto 7.30pm all having a great time.Game results: Yorkes (64) d NFI (56),Carefactor (66) d Enterprise (54), Beenham’sBungups won on a forfeit to Back Fillers, SheDevils (64) d Balls’N’All (56), Safety Biased(63) d Funky Frogs (57), Norms (85) d Tav-

ern (35), Merv’s Team (88) d AAs (32), Crowless(62) d No Names (58).Game 4 of the local Night owls competition washeld in freezing cold and windy conditions. Therewere 64 players on the green enjoying a goodgame of bowls. There were some very close gameswith one rink having a draw and four other rinkswhere the difference was less than 20 points.

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Woomera won their secondgame of the season whenthey downed Rogues byeight wickets in the day/night encounter atWoomera oval on Saturdayevening.Rogues batting first couldonly manage 106 after suf-fering two batting col-lapses and wasting fourand a half overs of battingto give their opponents acomfortable chance of tak-ing the points.The visitors began wellenough with the consistentPeter Wooldridge andNigel Altmann putting on32 for the opening partner-ship before four wickets allfell on that score asMichael Ingold and AndySearle snared two wickets each.They recovered to be 6/107 due mainly toBarry Dadleh’s knock of 49 until JoeyBlatchford was introduced into the attackand proceeded to dismiss four batsmen inthe space of nine deliveries without con-ceding a run.The Redbacks took full advantage of thesituation and with Wally Broome and ChrisPillar amongst the runs against a hardworking bowling attack the home sidepassed the score with five overs to spare.The win took Woomera off the bottom ofthe table and next week they face Wander-ers at Roxby Downs on Saturday morningwho will be seeking revenge for their losslast time around and they may well be stillsmarting from their narrow loss to the Dev-ils.Rogues face the ominous task of topplingunbeaten Olympic Dam on Sunday morn-ing.SCORES: Woomera 2/111 d Rogues 107Rogues Wooldridge 21, Altmann 11,Kaminski 0, Trotta 0, Steer 16, Dadleh 49,Nethery 0, Promnitz 7, Gaerth 0no , Bassett0, Bourn 0 Sundries 3 Total 107.Searle 8-4-2/12, Nicholls 3-0-0/12, Ingold8-1-2/21, Taylor 8-0-1/37, Pillar 7-1-1/22 Blatchford 1.3-1-4/0 Catches: Pillar 4Mackenzie 2 Allchurch Blatchford TaylorWoomera Pillar 31, Mackenzie 16,Broome 35no, Taylor 12no Sundries 17Total 2/111. Promnitz 7-0-0/21, Nethery 8-2-1/15,Trotta 8-0-0/26, Dadleh 8-1-1/19, Bassett3-0-0/18, Kaminski 1-0-0/3Olympic Dam are undefeated for the sea-son after their second nail biting win in asmany matches with Wanderers the unluckyvictim this time going down by one wicketat Roxby Downs oval on Saturday morn-ing. The previous week the Devils fell inagainst Woomera by two wickets and hadto pull out all stops to get home againstthe Swaggies.Chasing a target of 159 set by their oppo-nents Olympic Dam scored the necessaryruns off the fifth ball of the 39th over whenChris Kenny pushed a Des Taylor for tworuns and a heady victory.The unbeaten 21from Kenny was the pro-verbial captain’s knock to follow up histhree wicket haul with the ball and twocatches in the field and he was just shaded

for match honours by AlanWoolford who top scoredwith 36, bowled well andheld the important catch todismiss Paxton earlier inthe contest.The efforts of Andy Wel-lington also deserves amention as he came in tobat at number eleven withhis side needing a furtherfifteen runs to secure thepremiership points and dis-missed both Rob Paxtonand Andrew Bennett whenbowling.For the gallant losers DesTaylor tallied up a defiant44 to be their top scorer af-ter the top order had comeand gone while Bennetttook 4 wickets, two catchesand hreatened to make a

big score before being bowled for 36.Sean Dunn made twenty in a 59 run part-nership with Taylor that breathed life intothe innings and opening bowler BrettThompson claimed two wickets.SCORES: Olympic Dam 9/158 d Wan-derers 157Wanderers Rob Paxton 8, Thompson 0,Bennett 36, Gow 6, Taylor 44, Dunn20, Dipolo 14, Gordon 1, J Blake2no, Reed 0, Ryan Paxton 0 Sundries27. Kenny 7-1-3/30, Hoffmann 7.2-0-2/38, Wellington 6-1-2/15, Woolford 8-2-1/22, Kemp 5-0-0/11, Richter 3-0-1/25, Shinnick 3-0-0/12 Catches:Kenny 2 Woolford Boyle Run Out:HoffmannOlympic Dam: Boyle 18, Kemp 7,Partington 7, Shinnick 15, Woolford 36,Leonard 4, Richter 6, Nichols 16,Kenny 21no, Hoffmann 1, Wellington7n0 Sundries 21Dunn 8-0-0/23, Thompson 8-1-2/33,Dipolo 1-0-0/7, Gordon 8-0-1/22,Bennett 8-1-4/44,J Blake 3-0-1/11, Taylor 3-0-0/15Catches: Bennett 2 Gow Stumping: RobPaxtonWanderers: Paxton c Teare b Bassett 131,Blake D c Salisbury b Teare 68, Briggs Rnot out 68, Taylor lbw b Teare 0, Spen-cer c Altmann b Baker 5, Briggs G notout 5, Extras (1 leg bye, 16 wides, 2 noballs) 19. Total 4/296.FOW: 162, 162, 259, 291Promnitz 7-0-0/41 Bassett 8-0-1/62Kaminski 3-0-0/36 Salisbury 5-0-0/34Adams 8-0-0/51 Teare 8-0-2/63 Baker1-0-1/8Rogues: Salisbury b Dunn 8, Wooldridgec Taylor b Baldock 17, Kaminski cBriggs R b Spencer 14, Altmann lbw bPaxton 11, Adams b Blake J 26, Tyler cJordan b Spencer 0, Bassett c Briggs Gb Blake J 4, Baker c Briggs R b Blake J1. Teare not out 2, Promnitz c Taylor Jor-dan 21, Rhodes c Blake D b Hancock 4,Extras (14 wides, 2 no balls) 16. Total124FOW: 20, 34, 46, 73, 74, 83, 85, 92, 118,124Dunn 5-0-1/12 Baldock 8-0-1/37 Spen-cer 8-1-2/21 Paxton 7-0-1/14 Blake J6-0-3/20 Taylor 3-0-0/12 Jordan 1-0-1/5 Hancock 1-0-1/5

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TENNIS COMP…Almost 50 people –parents and children – attended a Tennis‘Come ‘n’ Try’ evening at Roxby Downs lastweek. Pictured during the evening were,from left, back, Craig ‘Boof’ Hodgetts,Linda Evans, Michelle Thomson, middle,Sam Greenfield, Ryan White, MadisonEvans, Erin and Georgia Greenfield, front,Riley Evans, Nick Thomson and BaileyEvans. The success of the event willensure a local competition for both juniorand senior players in the new year. A totalof 60 local residents have registered to jointhe competition. The competition will beaffiliated with TennisSA and organisers ofthe event will host the club’s first-ever AGMon Thursday, November 18, at 7.30pm atthe Roxby Downs Leisure Centre. Untilcompetition starts in the new year, a socialcompetition will be held on Saturday nightsat the Roxby Downs town courts. For moreinformation, contact Michelle Thomson –ph 8671 1384.

Tennis competition

Junior Cricket resumed in Roxby Downs this monthafter a long absence when about 30 excited young-sters took to the field after the senior match finishedon Sunday afternoon and it was hailed a great suc-cess, no more than by the enthusiastic and apprecia-tive players themselves.Rob Paxton, Andrew Farnham, Graham Warren andGeoff Hayball conducted a fully-fledged contest be-tween the Red and Black teams with modified rulesto give all players a chance to have meaningful par-ticipation. The above-mentioned esteemed gentlemendid a great job on the day and are happy to continuethe work required but they need support from the par-ents and interested senior cricketers at matches andtraining sessions if this venture is to succeed.Blacks came away the victors on the day with 64 to 58from the Reds but it has to be said that Junior Cricketwas the winner. Jack Hombsch 16, Ryan Paxton 15and Jacob Langdon 10 all retired were the top scorerswith the bat while Kane Zeptner and Jake Bowdentook two wickets each.Training sessions are scheduled to be at the cricketnets (rear of tennis courts) on Monday afternoons at4.30pm.

Junior cricket resumes in Roxby

Monday November 8, 2004A Grade - Volleyroos 97 defeated Prophets 72 (RKraack). Benders 89 defeated Phoenix 76 (S Napper).B Grade - Volleygods 125 defeated Techie Tigers 77 ATyler). Block It defeated Hamsters on a forfeit.Please remember there will be no games on MondayNovember 22, due to the R-6 presentation night.

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NovemberNovember 18,2004Tae Kwon Do–6.30pm, auditoriumNovember 20,2004RD Cricket Assoc.9.30am,Wanderers vsWoomera, RoxbyNovember 21,2004RD Cricket Assoc.8.30am, Rogues vsOD, RoxbyNovember 21,2004Touch Football–5pm, school ovalNovember 21,2004AndamookaSports Shooting10am and 3pm,ASSA rangeNovember 21,2004Tennis CoachingFrom 9am, Towntennis courtsNovember 23,2004Tennis CoachingFrom 3pm, Towntennis courtsNovember 23,2004Tae Kwon Do–6.30pm, auditorium

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Coaches check out local cricket talentUpper Northern Junior Cricket squadcoaches were in Roxby Downs on Sun-day to take a close-up look at the com-munity’s up-and-coming cricket talent.Local cricketers trained alongside theUpper Northern U14 and U16 teams onSunday morning, before enjoying a sau-sage sizzle sponsored by Eurest SupportServices.Local cricketers have played a promi-nent part in the region’s training squadsincluding: U16 – Jeremy Blake, KeaganTeare, Ryan Paxton and Sam Hansford;U14 – Jack Hombsch, Jacob Langdon-Oates, Nick McPhail, Lachlan Munroand Dylan Ironside.While this season’s competition teamwill be confirmed this week, many ofthe local players have already been in-vited to play again with the squad nextseason.“We’ve had couple of young local ladsplaying and we will be keeping a closeeye on some of the other boys for nextseason,” U14 coach Paul Travers said.U16 coach Brett Baker said it was im-portant for the squad to host trainingsthroughout the Upper North region, rais-ing the profile of youth cricket in theOutback’s more isolated communitiesand encourage local players.

CRICKET COACHING…Local cricketer Ryan Paxton, 14, gets some bowling tips fromUpper North U14 team coach Paul Travers, while training continues in the background atthe weekend.

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