Mannum Mag Issue 97 December 2014

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December 2014

Mannum, South Australia 5238

Issue Number 97

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New Mid Murray Council

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ollowing the recent Local Government Election the new Mid Murray Council consists of the following:-

Mayor Dave Burgess Eyre Ward: Cr Mardi Jennings, Cr Kevin Myers, Cr Brenton Schmitt Murray Ward: Cr Jeff Hall, Cr Adriaan Sakko Shearer Ward: Cr Kelly Kuhn, Cr Peter Raison, Cr Brian Taylor, Cr Steve Wilkinson

he first Council meeting where Councillors took their Declaration of Office was held on Tuesday 18th November 2014 and another Council meeting was held on Tuesday 25th November 2014. The next two Council meetings are scheduled to be held at 9:30 am at the Council office at Cambrai on Tuesday 16th December and Tuesday 20th January 2015 and then every second Tuesday of the month at 9:30 am at the Cambrai Council office.

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Russell Peate, CEO Mid Murray Council

Front Row: Cr Brenton Schmitt, Cr Mardi Jennings (Deputy Mayor), Dave Burgess (Mayor), Cr Kevin Myers, Cr Brian Taylor Back Row: Cr Adriaan Sakko, Cr Kelly Kuhn, Cr Steve Wilkinson, Cr Jeff Hall, Cr Peter (Beachy) Raison

A Word From The Mayor would like to thank all those that took the time and effort to vote in the recent Local Government Elections. Our voter turnout was 49.41% which is a slight decrease from 2010 where voter turnout was 50.4%.

We have a new team for the next four years to progress a range of projects and services for our communities throughout the Mid Murray Council area. I would like to congratulate Councillors Kelly Kuhn, Steve Wilkinson, Brian Taylor, Peter (Beachy) Raison, Mardi Jennings, Kevin Myers, Brenton Schmitt, Adriaan Sakko and Jeff Hall for being elected and thank all other Candidates for taking the time and effort to stand for Council.

Over the next few years we will be improving how we communicate and engage with our communities. I noted that one candidate, at a Candidates Forum prior to the election, quoted, “remember, if you want something from Council, you need to come to us. We won’t come to you.”

I know that the Chief Executive Officer Russell Peate’s and my personal view is that, where needed, his Directors and Managers will come to meet with you on-site to discuss any issue that you may have. I will also attend when I can. This has already been undertaken on numerous occasions throughout the Mid Murray Council area with residents from Rockleigh to Truro to Swan Reach, Blanchetown and Morgan. We will always listen and try to provide assistance where we can. Please bear in mind though that we are a very large Council with 17 towns, 220 kms of the Murray River, responsible for around 6,000 shacks, 52 shack sites and the second largest road length of any other Council out of 68 Councils in South Australia.

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We will improve how we communicate and work with the various Progress Associations and communities, so that we can have partnerships in achieving what the community wishes to see done.

Obviously, we have limited finances and this needs to be undertaken within our resources.

We will also continue to lobby Federal and State Governments to get as much funding as we can for projects and services that communities have identified. Some recent examples have been the State Government replacing two ferries and Bowhill Engineering being successful (with the ferry replacements), better mobile phone coverage, National Broadband Network, funding to upgrade our boat ramps and riverfront precincts, better and more health services at Morgan and address the issues associated with the socially disadvantaged in some areas of our Council.

As you appreciate, in such a large Council area, some of this is difficult to achieve and many of the Council’s team are very good at communicating and working with our communities and residents.

However, we still have room for improvement. The management team of Council is changing with an Acting Corporate and Financial Services Director (whilst the Director is on extended leave) and shortly a new Development and Environmental Services Director (following the incumbent accepting a part-time contract position as Manager of Governance). Together, with our Progress Associations, many other organisations, Community Clubs and Sporting Clubs, we can continue to work together to provide better services and facilities for our residents and families throughout the Council area.

Mayor Dave Burgess, Mid Murray Council

Murraylands Fire Danger Season: Restrictions apply from 15th November 2014 until 15th April 2015. Information Hotline: 1300 362 361

Ageing in the Murraylands Calendars & Dates Church Services

12 Classifieds 32 Food is Life is Food 3 Mid Murray Council

31 Mid Murray Support Services 29 Out of this World 18 Musical Miscellany 21 Pause A While 17 On My Bookshelf 19 Whistle Toot

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Pensioner Concessions Dear Editor In the lead up to council elections, the Mannum Mag gave us a great opportunity to observe local candidates personalitiesand policies.

We saw demonstrations on how to be economical – with the truth reminding us that we begin with nothing and some still have plenty of it to share.

Fortunatelyvoters recognised that writing statements in italics and capitals does not magically make them true any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

It appears that federal budget concession cuts of $30 million will force the state to cut rebates by $98 million next year, because they think we can’t count.

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Deadline 23 January for publication in the February issue

It’s good to see that the council will advocate to keep pensioner rate concessions. Hopefully there will be a statewide community response to this issue.

Kendra Radford

Locals Supporting Locals Dear Editor, I am writing to commend the local businesses on banding together to support the new owners of the Mannum Ice Works.

I was probably not alone in not knowing what had happened until reading my local Mannum Mag: “David beats Goliath” - A Community Working Together (page 7).

Once again congratulations must go to the locals who support locals.

Well done to Brian and Gary.

Ros Udy

All Steamed Up Dear Editor, What a glorious weekend we had, when boats, blacksmiths, bands and engine enthusiasts all came to town for the All Steamed Up festival.

The atmosphere was palpable. I believe it has been calculated that in excess of 8,000 people attended the event and I have it on good authority that both ATMs in Mannum ran out of cash. Surely this is what Mannum is all about, a celebration of our river heritage.

We can’t thank and congratulate the organisers enough, in particular Roger Baker who was in high evidence all weekend with his immaculate boat Wind In The Willows, supported by his wife Karen (sporting her jaunty red hat).

Whilst appreciating the enormous amount of effort organising an event like this, could we follow Goolwa’s example by having this as a regular event. Once again many thanks to all concerned.

Tricia and Derek McRiner

Council Elections Dear Editor, To the Mannum community, thank you for your continued support.

Brian Taylor

Thank You – Ready for Business

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hank you to all those who voted for me in the recent Council Elections for Shearer Ward, your support is much appreciated.

During the election campaign, by talking to residents, I came to the opinion that most people are happy with the Mid Murray Council. Some of the issues raised were: • • • • • • •

Footpaths need upgrading.

The need for an additional disabled car-park in Randell Street, by Foodland.

The need for a pedestrian crossing on Adelaide Road near Aminya.

North Terrace needs a rip and reseal as the surface is uneven.

Extend the walking track to Long Gully Road from Gass Reserve.

Shift the 50 kilometre speed limit on Purnong Road to the end of Gass Reserve.

Requests for extended car parking time limits to 2 hours from 1 hour in Randell Street.

• Wind Farm issues.

• Improvements to the appearance of entrances to Mannum.

So far in Council we have had a meeting to be sworn into Council, elect the Deputy Mayor (Cr Mardi Jennings), have our pictures taken and deal with a few other organisational issues. I have received the agenda for the first ordinary Council meeting which, with the appendix, totals 734 pages. At this meeting, as well as dealing with monthly reports and correspondence, we will decide what committees we will be on, and adopt the Annual Report of Council.

I am always happy to talk to residents about your issues with Council. Please contact me on 0439 355 440 or 8569 1631. Email address: crswilkinson@mid-murray.sa.gov.au or just talk to me in the street, or wherever you see me around town.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Festive Season.

Steve Wilkinson

Council Elections – A Reflection

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would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who supported me across the district in my campaign to represent the community in the recent local government elections. I approached the election from a perspective that was not based on economic rationalism. My quest to represent the Murray Ward was to shift the focus of the Mid Murray Council to be more representative of the diversity of our communities as not everyone is a member of a progress, sporting, church, service, business or tourism group. The support that I received was wide spread and passionate.

I know that the Mid Murray Council area is generally conservative and I knew that running with a climate action policy was risky but I FIRMLY BELIEVE, along with the majority of the world’s scientists, that IT IS THE ISSUE OF OUR TIME and that this cycle of climate warming is being caused by human behaviour. It is affecting the temperature of the Earth’s air, soil and water and it is leading to a future of extremes. The potential spread of disease, high death rates from heat related issues, loss of habitat and species and pressure on emergency services and the health system are but a few of the outcomes to be dealt with. Climate change will affect the economy in a detrimental way unless we as a whole accept it and mitigate our impact. Governments are telling us we need to adapt to the coming changes and it appears true because we don’t seem to be able to make the tough decisions now to curb our dependence on fossil fuels and over consumption.

Some years ago, I was told that I should stop worrying about international issues but it is a fact that we are not immune to the decisions and actions that

are being undertaken all around the world, no matter how insulated we feel.

“Team Australia”, as our Prime Minister calls us, is part of the rest of a bigger human picture and we all need to gather the strength and determination to focus on the issues that unite us rather than what divides us and make the necessary (some radical, some minor) changes. The reality is that for the majority of us affluent westerners, our self-serving lifestyles and global promotion of economic rationalism are driving the world to an ugly future.

To the unnamed person who reviewed the candidates forum in Mannum in the previous Mannum Mag, I was one candidate who did not attend. For your information and that of the wider community, I had a previous engagement and the short notice that we were given of the meeting, did not allow me to make other arrangements. Also for your information, I was door knocking in my ward over several weeks which I believe is the most valuable way to address my platform for change. This method of campaigning was a wonderful way to get to people who would never have the opportunity or interest to attend a public meeting. People were happy to receive my “blurb” as it contained genuine information about what I was standing for … Issues I still stand for.

Conforming to someone else’s agenda does not appeal to me and my unofficial market survey proved that I am not alone in my thinking.

Once again, thank you to all the people who see a brighter future and are working towards making it a reality and I hope the newly elected council is open to discussing these important elements of our social development.

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Issue Number 97

Solidarity Sunday

Induction of Reverend John Thompson

Mannum Baptist Church prays for victims of Iraqi and Syrian genocide annum Baptist Church has joined with over 600 churches across Australia to pray for and raise awareness about the suffering of Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities overseas, particularly in Iraq and Syria.

The violence brought about by the rise of Islamic State, known as IS, has brought about terrible destruction and disruption to the lives of so many Christians, Yazidis and even Muslims, said Mannum B ap tist Church Pastor, Reverend Colin Nieass.

Christians have been given three choices, convert to Islam, pay an extraordinarily high tax to IS or run for their lives. Now there is not a single Christian living in the city of Mosul.

They have all fled.

During the three year civil war in Syria, half a million

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Christians have fled persecution.

IS targeted Christians by spray painting their houses and businesses with the Arabic letter “N” for Nasara, meaning Christian.

Christians in Iraq and around the world have adopted this symbol as a sign of solidarity.

On Sunday November 2nd members of Mannum Baptist Church wore t-shirts bearing the symbol while praying for victims of the genocide.

“Today we are praying for our Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq, Syria and other countries where they live in danger simply because of their religion,” said Reverend Nieass.

“We also acknowledge that it is not just Christians suffering at the hand of IS, but IS has also killed many Muslims and attacks anyone who does not share their extremist views.”

capacity crowd filled St Andrew’s Church on the evening of Tuesday 25 th November for the licensing ceremony of Father George Kirreh as Parish Priest and Father John Thompson as Priest Assistant for the pastoral district of Mannum–Mount Pleasant.

Father John and his wife, Sigrid, will be resident in Mannum. At the supper following the ceremony, they were welcomed to Mannum by the mayor, by representatives of the churches of Mannum and by an enthusiastic crowd that filled the hall. Father John sends this message to the

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people of Mannum.

Our arrival in Mannum has been overwhelming, the kindness shown to Sigrid and me has been amazing.

My induction service will not be forgotten for a long time.

I am only part time in the parish and my allocated days on a trial basis will be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and, of course, Sunday. However I will be available anytime if I am needed.

It will take a little time for me to find my way around Mannum. From what I have experienced since we have been here I don’t think it will take too long, because everyone is so helpful.

Sigrid and I are looking forward to our time with the people of Mannum, Mt Pleasant and Mt Torrens and hope to get involved in community activities as time allows.

Thank you all once again for the warm and friendly welcome given to my wife and me.

May God bless you all. Yours in His service.

Fr. John

Mannum Sporting and Community Clubs are invited to apply for a site to sell FOOD ONLY

in accordance with the Food Safety Standards, Food Act 2001

Billy Graham Hymns Sing-a-Long

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t’s time to sing again! At the next HymnLovers Sing on Sunday 11th January 2015 at the Mannum Uniting church, corner Walker Avenue and Greening Street, we will be singing the wonderfulhymns from the Billy Graham Hymn Book.

Singing starts at 2 o’clock and finish about 4 pm, but we’ll take break after an hour or so for

afternoon tea to lubricate our throats and regain our breath.

If you love the songs from Billy Graham, come along for an inspiring afternoon of singing.

The HymnLovers Sing is an initiative of the Mannum Interchurch Council.

For more information call Carl or Lyn on 8569 7392 or 0449 947 009.

Carl Gross

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District Church Services for Mannum Congregations ANGLICAN 6 Adelaide Road. Ph: 8569 2385 Mannum, Sundays 10:30 am BAPTIST William Street. Ph: 8569 6040 Mannum, Sundays 10:30 am CATHOLIC Mau Street. Ph: 8531 1699 Mannum, Mass: 1st Sunday 9:30 am, all others 8:30 am LUTHERAN 79 Cliff Street. Ph: 8569 2863 Mannum, Sundays 9:00 am, Sunday School 9:45 am during school terms. Everyone welcome.

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RIVER WORD CHRISTIAN CENTRE Greening Street. Ph: 8569 1333 Mannum, Sundays 10:00 am SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 17 King George St. Ph: 0433 734 037 Mannum, Saturdays 9:30 am, Sabbath School 11:00 am UNITING Corner of Greening Street & Walker Avenue Enquiries: Rev. Darren Lovell 0466 411 784 or one of the Elders G Gobbett: 8569 1083 M Thomas: 8569 1005 G McInerney: 8569 2076 Mannum, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays 11 am, 2nd & 4th Sundays 9 am

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Pause A While

Raine and Horne Christmas Collection

with Mannum Interchurch Council he New Testament contains a his love was outrageous and his story about Jesus meeting a man claims unbelievable. But that did named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a not stop Jesus. After he died he came tax collector. In Jesus’ community, back to life and sent the Holy Spirit tax collectors were considered scum. down to earth to continue his work At a time when Jesus’ home of of reconciliation and love. That Judaea was under Roman Holy Spirit lives and breathes in this occupation, the tax collectors town of Mannum today. It reaches collected money from their own out to all of us in this town with the Jewish people and gave it to the offer of the same reconciling love.

Roman rulers. Many of the tax Jesus claimed he was God, come collectors also fudged the books and into this world as a person. Jesus took some of that money for claimed that the way he treated themselves. In short, they became people was how God treats people. rich through injustice to others. In short, Jesus’ actions showed us They were understandably what God is like. God reaches out considered to be thieves and traitors to all of us no matter who we are, or and they were despised. Despite this what we have done in our lives, with hostility towards tax collectors, the offer of reconciliation, Jesus made a beeline for this tax friendship and love. God values and collector and said to him, loves every person in Mannum the “Zacchaeus, I want to come to your same. No matter who they are and home and share a meal with you”. no matter what they have done.

Sharing a meal with someone was a How about you and me? Do we sign of friendship. value each person in Mannum like Was Jesus insane? He was that? Do we love and value reaching out to Zacchaeus in ourselves the way Jesus loves and friendship. Jesus was offering his values us? love to a man everyone else hated.

Jesus calls us to do as he did, to Jesus did this often. The result of reach out to those we despise with Jesus’ ridiculous and outrageous the offer of reconciliation and love was that he too came to be friendship. despised by his community, and How will you and I go doing that eventually those in power, the so this Christmas?

Rev Darren Lovell called respectable people of his community, had Jesus killedbecause

Supporting Local Families or 18 years since its inception in on Christmas morning – we may 1997, Raine and Horne not see this, but it certainly does Mannum’s annual Christmas make you smile.”

Charity Collection has been helping Many people may not realise that those in our community who are less while their collection is primarily fortunate. It has helped to ease the for Christmas, all food stays in financial burden for local families Mannum and is donated to the Mid that sometimes can’t stretch their M u r r a y S u p p o r t S e r v i c e s budgets any further at Christmas.

Emergency Food Bank for the In association with Mid Murray coming year.

Support Services Mannum and St Raine and Horne Mannum invite Vincent de Paul Murray Bridge, you, the local community, to donate Raine and Horne Mannum collect and place a small gift or small gifts and non-perishable food non-perishable food item under items to be distributed amongst their Christmas Tree located at local families in need.

Raine and Horne Mannum, 93 Director of Raine and Horne Randell Street, Mannum. The Tree Mannum, Adrian Davis, said “each will also be available at the Carols year has been a success, and it really By The River, which is to be held on showshow generous our community Saturday 20th December at Mary can be at Christmas. To know that Ann Reserve. the spirit of Christmas is not All gifts and food items are forgotten, to give and to share, and distributed by St Vincent de Paul to come together and celebrate and Mid Murray Support Services. family, peace and togetherness; this For further information, please is what the season is truly about. contact Raine and Horne Mannum But knowing that a child will not on 8569 2120 or via e-mail at miss out and feel forgotten, to mannum@rh.com.au receive a teddy or a doll or a book

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Prayer Meetings for Mannum Thursday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday

11th December, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, 16th December, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm, 8th January 2015, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, 21st January 2015, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm,

Baptist Church, William Street Lutheran Church, Cliff Street Baptist Church, William Street River Word, Greening Street

Mannum CFS Fire Ready

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annum CFS is now ready for the upcoming fire season after its 20 year old appliance was replaced with a new Isuzu Rural fire truck on 5th November 2014.

It features enhanced crew safety with a 5 seat, air conditioned, twin cab unit with 25% more water

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carrying capacity and user friendly pump and hose operations.

This new vehiclewas funded 100% from the SA State governments Emergency ServicesLevyandvalued at approximately $300,000.

Steve Wilkinson

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Twilight Market Mount Pleasant Farmers Market he Mount Pleasant Farmers stallholders will be offering the Market is set to shine again at opportunity to taste their products. the annual Christmas Twilight There will also be musical Market to be held at the Mount entertainment with ‘Free Genie’.

Pleasant Showgrounds on Tuesday The Barossa library group will have 23rd December.

Christmas Story time and activities Market Manager Genevieve for the kids, and of course Father Hebart says “The Christmas Christmas will also be in Twilight Market has become very attendance. Shed 2 Full catering popular since its inception in 2012. will also be doing a delicious dinner Throughout the year regular menu, along with other dinner Saturday stallholder and patron options.” numbers have gradually been Genevieve says “The hunger for increasing. The Twilight Market fresh, seasonal, local produce is seems to be a culmination of both, growing, and farmers’ markets are with stallholder numbers for the proving the perfect way to support night already pushing for a record local and regional producers. And all-time high. what a better way to support your “The market will have its usual local farmer than spending your offerings with local and fresh dollars locally at Christmas time.” produce ready for your Christmas The twilight market will be open table including fish, wine, bread, from 5pm until 9pm. The market milk, cream, gluten free products, WILL NOT be open on Saturday fruit, vegetables, meat, homemade 27th December but will resume products, all your condiment needs, trading on Saturday 3rd January, beer, chocolates, and tea.”

2015 from 8am to 12 noon.

MarketingManager Terese Reeves For all stallholders or customer says “Easy parking and friendly e n q u i r i e s p l e a s e e m a i l stallholders make for stress free managermpfm@bigpond.com or Christmas shopping. Most phone 0418 301 121.

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A Walk for Evelien

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velien Machin was one of those truly amazing people you are lucky enough to have in your life. There wasn’t anything that I know of that she couldn’t do and if there was something, she soon set to work and learnt how to do it.

I don’t quite know how Evelien and I first met but we started walking together, on a Sunday morning (early), twelve or more years ago and rarely did we miss a Sunday.

She loved her pets, so Chuckie, her little Maltesse cross, used to come with us. When he got too old and full of aches and pains, Evelien said to

me would I mind if she brought Chuckie in a Baby’s pusher? I was fine with that, anyway I won’t be pushing the pusher, I told her. A bit later on Evelien came to me and said that some one had said to Jim, her husband, that they had seen Evelien out walking with a pusher and they didn’t know they had a baby. That made us both laugh for weeks. After Chuckie passed on, along came Lankie, a big black dog, with a beautiful nature who loved his Sunday morning bath in the river.

We also decided to do our own City to Bay walk here in Mannum, on the right day of course and 12 km. Evelien later became very ill and we never

walked again together on a Sunday morning.

Though she kept saying I’m going to get well again and we will walk together again, it never happened, so I decided to do that for her. On Sunday morning 26th October 2014 at 5:30am, a group of others that were dear friends to Evelien joined me. The walk wasn’t twelve km but six, or 9,070 steps. We finished with breakfast at the Mannum Motel. So, here’s to you Evelien, where ever you are. I’m sure you are using your wonderful talents and everyone is loving you as we do here.

Anne Schultz

Mannum Community Film Night

Mental Musings

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his month a serious muse for this time of year, when we have already had our local Christmas Tree Festival and Pageant.

Social contact and relationships have been proven to affect physical and mental health and mortality risk. Depression and anxiety are the most prevalent mental health disorders, according to an Australian Bureau of Statistics survey back in 2007, when it was stated almost half of the Australian population would experience a mental health disorder in their lifetime.

That is not just a statistic from a survey, it actually means a family member, friend, acquaintance, work or study mate, or even you could be one of the affected!

How important for us to muse in a positive way, to be open and alert about the way we and those around us are travelling.

Some folks have large and varied networks while others have very little social contact. Many live

alone. What a difference a smile and kindly spoken words could make to another person, even if we don’t know them.

Even those having regular contact with others, could be suffering under their mask of frivolity where everything is not okay, when they have said it is! We could take time, make an effort to ‘read between the lines’, as the saying goes, of those around us, and our community would be a better place.

If it’s you, or someone you know, feeling incredibly sad for no apparent reason over a prolonged time, there is no shame in seeking help.

Talking to someone trusted, seeing a GP before it escalates further, is vital. Let’s all do our bit for the health of our community, particularly at this time of year with its celebrations but also grief for some.

Community Correspondent

Dahl & Warhurst Funeral Directors LOOKING AFTER YOU, WHEN IT MEANS THE MOST

Mannum Lutheran Hall Saturday 24th January, 7:30pm

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Heaven is for Real

his movie, based on the number 1 New York Times best-selling book of the same name, brings to the screen the true story of a small-town father, Todd Burpo (played by Greg Kinnear), who must find the courage to share his son’s extraordinary claim to have visited heaven during a near death experience. His son, Colton, recounts details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factlyaboutthings that happened before his birth... things he couldn’t possibly know!

The film night is hosted by the Mannum Inter-Church Council. Admission is free and there is the opportunity to support the local school chaplains. This movie is suitable for all ages.

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Mannum Community Hub Christmas Holiday Program Black Hill Hall Curtain Call he Black Hill community is looking for people that may have ‘old’ stage curtains for the Black Hill Public Hall.

The curtains that were made for the hall were magnificent for it’s time, but we believe it is t i me t o f i n d s u i t a b l e replacements for them after doing their duty for over 40 years.

We would also be very interested to hear from you if you have enough fabric to recreate curtains.

If you can help, or know of someone that can help, please contact Sabrina on mobile 0424 593 737 or via email

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Monday 15th December 9:00am - 3:00pm Morning Tea / Lunch Provided Tuesday 16th December 9:00am - 3:00pm Morning Tea / Lunch Provided Wednesday 17th December 9:00am - 3:00pm Morning Tea / Lunch Provided **Transport Provided Thursday 18th December 9:00am - 3:00pm Morning Tea / Lunch Provided **Transport Provided

Ages: 5 - 9 years Christmas Crafts and Movie Afternoon Ages: 5 - 9 years Christmas Cooking and Jewellery Making Ages: 10 and Up 11:45am - 3:00pm Karaoke afternoon LAN and Video Games Ages: 13 years and Up LAN and Video Games

Ages: 10 years and up Christmas Cooking / Card Making LAN and Video Games Ages: 10 years and Up Jewellery Making and Karaoke LAN and Video Games Ages: 12 years and Up *Laser Skirmish ( Crawford Forest) – Bring /purchase your own lunch

Ages: 13 years and Up Beauty for Teens Ages: 13 years and Up Beauty for Teens

All ages *Grandparents Day - Trip to Monarto Zoo Maximum 1 Adult with 2 children.

– Bring / purchase your own lunch

*Please bring or purchase your lunch for the Laser Skirmish and Monarto Zoo trips. **Transport is provided from the Mannum Community Hub to the Venues off site.

ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE OF CHARGE LIMITED SPACES - BE SURE TO BOOK EARLY TO SECURE A PLACE PH: 08 8569 1832 Mannum Community Hub 58 Walker Ave Mannum 5238

Please call in to the Hub to collect a Registration/Consent Form or go to: www.mmss.com.au - Print off / complete and return the form by 10th December For a detailed schedule of programs call the Hub or go to the website.

sabrina.koetsier@bigpond.com Sabrina Koetsier

Mid Murray Council Christmas Period Arrangements

YOUNGHUSBAND SELF STORAGE UNITS FOR BOATS, JETSKIES AND CARAVANS

Office Closures Residents and Ratepayers are advised that the following office closures will apply during the Christmas period.

18 December 2014

Mannum & Cambrai: Morgan: 24 December 2014 Mannum, Morgan & Cambrai: 25 December 2014 to 5 January 2015, inclusive:

Close at 12 noon Closed all day Close at 12 noon All offices closed

For any urgent matters please refer to the after hours telephone numbers listed in the telephone directory.

Garbage Collections

Christmas Day and New Years Day: No household collections.

DIRECTLY OPPOSITE KIA MARINA AT 509 GREENSHIELDS RD YOUNGHUSBAND CALL LARA FOR ENQUIRIES ON 0402 354 195

General household and Recycled waste collections over Christmas and New Year will take place one day later. Refer to the Kerbside Collection Calender.

Wheelie bins are to be out by 6:00 am on collection days.

Waste Transfer Stations All waste transfer stations will be closed on Christmas Day, New Years Day and CFS declared Total Fire Ban Days.

No other changes to the normal operating hours of all waste transfer stations.

Russell J Peate, Chief Executive Officer

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Maximum Power Show

Come & Try Basketball

You Too Can Be A Superhero!

Free Theatre Performance Swan Reach Gymnasium Friday 23rd January, 2015 10:00 am - 11:00 am Starring Captain Chomp, The Activator and Sergeant Sleepwell in a Super Hero Showdown!

his engaging, interactive stage show encourages children from ages 2 - 12 years (and their families) to d e v e l o p positive life habits in order to achieve Maximum Power in life.

You have Maximum Power when your whole body feels great, strong, full of energy and can take on a challenge.

In the s h o w , children w i l l

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m e e t three s u p e r heroes, who each think they h a ve t h e answer to achieving Maximum Power. Which one of them is right? Well to find out, they will go head to head in th e ultimate “Super-Hero Showdown” u s i n g a combination of comedy, magic, video and other effects to try to convince the audience.

Will they find the answer to Maximum Power?

With the help of the audience, including some very lucky Junior Superheroes, they just might get there!

Phone the OPAL team on 8 5 6 9 0 1 0 0 o r e ma il opal@mid-murray.sa.gov.au.

Free Clinic for All Ages Organisation

Mid Murray Council, Starclub, OPAL

Venue

Swan Reach Area School Gymnasium

When

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Cost

Free

Bring

Please bring a named ball and drink

Age

This clinic is suitable for any school aged children (K-12)

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Please register to confirm your child’s attendance on the details below

More information

Contact Marc Maddaford on 0438 973 511 or email starclub@murraybridge.sa.gov.au.

o far this year, more than 500 children have taken up the great sport in Country SA. Now you can come along and see why so many are mad about hoops - and it is absolutely free.

This free basketball clinic is for all ages.

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If you have never played before, and would like have a go, this clinic is also perfect for you.

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Out Of This World Astronomer’s Corner t around 10pm the Scorpion has set in the south-west and the grand sight of Orion the Hunter is on the eastern horizon. Directly north are the four stars in the square of the constellation Pegasus. From our perspective on Earth, Pegasus may be seen as a centre point for viewing the motion of Pisces, Aries and Taurus along the ecliptic, lying between Pegasus and Orion. As the night progresses, this grouping of fixed stars will move to the west, at present planet-less till Jupiter rises after 1am.

At this time of the year we can see more constellations, where Pegasus and the Andromeda Galaxy are a treat. Planispheres, your map of the night sky, and star charts do vary in composition and many magazines on astronomy contain a disc of both northern and southern planisphere globes.

At present, all planets are rising in the early morning in the order Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn with Venus and Mars coming after sun rise at around 6 am. Adjacent to Pegasus, the vast constellation of Eridanus (the river), 6th largest in the sky, lies in a large dark area, the foremost of dark regions in the night sky.

Venturing out at around 10 pm shows very few bright stars overhead, even less with a thin layer of misty cloud. To view the Andromeda Galaxy and find the group of faint stars at the head and tail of Pisces dark skies are needed. The constellation Eridanus links these groups of faint stars and, as these are somewhat fixed groups (not wanderers like the planets), they can be used as markers next time they pass our sight to discover a little more. Many constellations may go under local names stretching to antiquity and a good star atlas such as Norton’s will explain these pearls in detail.

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Bah! Humbug! The original Scrooge (who pre-dated Ebenezer) was probably Oliver Cromwell and his Puritan Council, who, in December 1657 abolished all Christmas festivities. These were restored in 1660 when King Charles the second was returned to the throne.

FREE GREEN WASTE DISPOSAL DAY Due to the success of the recent Free Green Waste Disposal Day held in October, Council will be holding another Free Green Waste Disposal Day for residents/ratepayers in the Mid Murray Council area in December 2014.

Proof of residency/ratepayer will be required at time of disposal. This proof of identification could be your driver’s licence, rate’s notice and/or rent agreement.

This disposal day is free at all Council Waste Transfer Stations and will further assist with fire prevention in the Mid Murray Council area during the 2014/2015 Fire Danger Season.

When: Saturday 13 December 2014 and Sunday 14 December 2014 during normal operating times.

Transfer Station locations and operating times can be viewed on the Mid Murray Council website www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au

What will be accepted?

• Clean residential green waste, including:  grass clippings  prunings  leaves  small branches, up to 100mm in diameter

What will not be accepted?

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Commercial loads or materials Waste or hard rubbish Soil Proclaimed weeds, these include:  rose  poplar  blackberry  gorse  olive  bridal creeper  kikuyu  couch  bamboo

For more information please contact the Morgan Office on 8540 0060.

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Mannum Day Centre is open from Mondays to Fridays except Public Holidays. The Day Centre is available for hire by community groups for a small donation.

Please ring on 8569 0219 for more information.

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Can you spare a couple of hours per week, or even once a month?

To find out more phone Ruth, Wendy or Natalie 8569 1749.

For more information about any of these services Phone Coralie on 8569 0240 Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm

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Matinee Series January – June 2015 Series Tickets $80 1. Three Stuffed Mums

Kate has a toddler - she is physically stuffed! Maggie has a teenager - she is mentally stuffed! Kehau is an empty-nester - she can tell ‘em to get stuffed!

2. The Bacharach Song Book

Enjoy Mark Oates, Susan and Mark Ferguson as they present the Bacharach songs you know and love, and some that you didn’t even know you loved!

3. Linda, our Fathers and Me

Dolly Lee tells and sings the Linda Ronstadt story, who became one of the most popular artists of the 70s and 80s.

Her extraordinary career will amaze you.

4. Crazy with Sondheim

Join singers Blake Parham, Tahlia Ries and pianist Joshua Mollart for an entertaining exploration of some of Stephen Sondheim’s most colourful and stimulating music.

5. First Things First

Join award winning performer Joseph Simons in this one man show of technically virtuosic dance and hilarious physical theatre that explores the art of ‘getting used to it’.

6. The Foenander Bros

Mike and Steve present a repertoire including exquisite renditions of classic jazz standards to new and exciting arrangements of contemporary songs.

Murray Bridge Town Hall Series Tickets $80 Individual Show Tickets $16 Tickets available from Visitor Information Centre 3 South Terrace, Murray Bridge Phone: 8539 1142 10am to 4pm, 7 days per week.

Carols By The River Mannum Carols Not to Be Missed! nala Preston, lead singer of popular local band Mamboobies, will head up an array of quality local talent at this year’s “Carols by the River” to be held at Mary Ann Reserve, Mannum, on the evening of Saturday December 20th. The Carols event will go from 8:00pm-9:30pm, but the entertainment starts from around 7:30pm.

Father Herd from Murray Bridge will present a short Christmas message, and a choir of people with roots in another culture will share some of their indigenous music.

As usual, Santa will make an entry and there will be plenty for the children to enjoy. Bring a deck chair or rug, insect repellent, and a light jacket in case it gets cool. Glow stick ‘candles’ will be available for a gold coin donation.

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My Pet Topic Crate Training Your Dog

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ogs are den animals and become quite accustomed to a crate; all my dogs have loved their crates and they choose the crate to spend most of their time in. It has brought me much mirth to see 8 German Shepherds trying to cram themselves into one crate or the one dog trailer bay, should I have forgotten to close the door.

What a ruckus!

A crate is somewhere where the dog can feel safe and secure, a spot to get away from noisy children when time out is wanted, a place for the dog to go when you need to separate the dog from whatever you are doing or if the dog has been injured and its movement needs to be limited. If the dog is already crate trained, it is a stress free environment where it can feel comfortable and heal.

There are different types of crates; wire, wood and plastic crates (that are used for airline travel)

and soft canvas crates which are great to use in the home (although if your dog is a chewer they will not last long, the zips seem particularly inviting).

Always choose a crate that will allow your dog to fully stand up and have clearance at the shoulders.

The dog should be able to easily turn around in the crate so it can move about if it wants to.

Make the crate a comfortable place with some bedding. If your dog is a chewer, bear in mind the sort of bedding you are going to use. Be mindful that if the dog is destructive, whatever is in the crate may very well be destroyed, so only have things in there that are indestructible or that the dog is allowed to destroy and that will not harm the dog.

Start by feeding your dog in the crate with the door open at first then, when the dog is used to it, close the door. The crate should always be a place

of quiet safety for the dog; it should never be used as a punishment device. It is an effective tool though for helping with house training both for toilet and teaching the dog not to wreck the home.

You have given them their own piece of real estate, if you want to think of it in human terms.

Remember that there may be some anxiety at the start of training because the dog is unable to move at whim to where it wants. The dog will adjust and, once it is used to the crate and has gotten the idea that it cannot do what it wants when it wants, will be happy to go into the crate and spend most of its time there when the door is left open.

If you would like any further advice for choosing a crate or further crate training information, please feel free to come on in and have a chat.

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Ageing in the Murraylands

Mannum Men’s Shed

with Millie

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friend has recently bought 2 sets of African bongo drums, one for her and one for her young grandson who has developed a fascination with them. One can imagine the happy hours they will spend together sharing a fun interest, the frustrations they will send into the airwaves, the jamming sessions coming up for family events.

One of the unexpected surprises of getting older is suddenly bursting into song, out loud or in our hearts, with songs we memorised years ago, be they ballads, folk songs, traditional hymns and even nursery rhymes.

Consider, for example, the words of old hymns. Many are written in the olde-worlde English of the times of Charles Wesley, Fanny Crosby, Isaac Newton and so on. Even as new Scripture songs in modern English have emerged, so there are older people who are seeking to introduce new ‘hymns’. They find the words of the golden oldies are irrelevant, even offensive, and clash discordantly with the understandings theyhold in the latter part of their lives, and with the language and culture of our 21st century society. For example, they cannot sing hymns that have concepts like the shedding of Christ’s blood, that refer to all human beings in the masculine gender only, that use archaic words like justification and righteousness, that speak of non-believers in

need of ‘rescuing’, or that use militaristic terms.

Recently, the Progressive Christianity Network held a seminar on the history, words and music of old and new songs and hymns. Poet Helen Wiltshire spoke very movingly of the poems/hymns that spontaneously pour from her mind in these years where she has more freedom from home and family responsibilities. She described it as free falling without a parachute (yes, she might just crash!), getting in touch with the ancient wisdom within, burying herself deep in the darkness awaiting the spots of light to lead her through. She encouraged us to trust our own thoughts, feelings, insights and give expression to them.

Many of her sacred songs are copyrighted by Pilgrim Publishing and available through Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide. Her music collaborator is Norman Inglis.

“Gift of Grace” is sung to the tune of Amazing Grace, and is used here with permission as Millie’s thoughts for you at the end of another year.

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Officially Opened

n Sunday 23rd November Mayor Dave Burgess officially opened the Mannum Men’s Shed at the Community Hub in the old primary school grounds on Walker Avenue.

More than seventy people gathered in the shed for a sausage sizzle and drinks and to hear the mayor and shed chairman Bill McGhie speak before the opening ceremony. Mayor Burgess commended and congratulated the building committee for its efforts and community spirit to provide Mannum men with a purpose built facility to cater for their creative, social and health needs.

On behalf of the Men’s Shed Committee the mayor presented Certificates of Appreciation to individuals, community groups and local businesses that contributed to the shed financially or donated tools and equipment. Mr McGhie pointed out that of all the equipment and tools in the shed only two pieces

of machinery were actually purchased, the rest were donations.

The opening became official when the Mayor revealed a “Donor Board”, salvaged from scrap material, varnished and displayed on a wall for all to see.

The donor board lists the generous community groups and Mannum businesses that assisted the committee during the building and development stage.

Mr McGhie asked the Mayor to ac c e pt a Certificat e of Appreciation on behalf of the Good People of Mannum who had made personal donations.

The Mayor and Council’s CEO Mr Peate said that the certificate would be displayed prominently in the Council office.

The shed is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 1pm. Men, come and join us! Create something, say something, meet new friends and re-establish relationships with old ones.

Bill McGhie

The gift of grace has blessed our days, and touched our lives with peace; this grace has journeyed shadowed ways, and brings love’s sweet release.

The gift of grace will hold our pain, and calm our deepest fears; this grace comes now as gentle rain to share our grief and tears.

The gift of grace has come as care to bless our lives anew; this grace will every sorrow share, and shine like morning dew.

The gift of grace will always flow and weave a healing space; this grace has depths we’ve yet to know, as life’s new path we trace.

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SA Dog Rescue here are so many deserving local causes in need of support especially at this time of the year. Here is some information about one of them.

SA Dog Rescue started in 2001 when Carole Morris took home a dog on the pound’s kill list. His name was Freddy, one of the thousands of dogs the world forgets about. We are a registered not for profit organisation dedicated to saving dogs from euthanasia - one of the few ‘no-kill’ rescues in South Australia.

We believe every companion animal deserves a chance to be loved via our fostering and adoption programs.

Adoption starts with an application, a yard check and the needs of both the owner and pet are considered to ensure a good match. We pride ourselves on a thorough adoption process, adhering to r esp o nsible re-homing practices, therefore the adoption fee covers de-sexing, micro-chipping

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and vaccinations.

We care for many dogs in our kennels but we also rely heavily on our network of foster carers. These special people open their homes to dogs and cats in need and enable us to help a greater number of animals, so if this sounds like something you would like to do, we would love to hear from you.

Our dogs and cats enjoy a day out. To provide opportunities to meet them we are at Marion Market the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month and our Northern Adoption Shop at Pets Domain Gepps Cross each f o r tnight. Check o u r Facebook page for other events. Come along, meet some of the lovable animals available for adoption and chat to our dedicated volunteers.

The rescue is run entirely by volunteers and relies on the generous support of the community to continue our work. We are always in need of dog and cat food, blankets,

worming treatments, toys and treats. To find your nearest donation point, and more information on donating, please check the donations page on our website. We always welcome new donation points too, so if you have a business or location that would like to offer this please get in touch. There are currently over 100 volunteers for SA Dog Rescue and new volunteers are always welcome. If you would like to help but cannot commit your time you might like to consider sponsorship or running a donation drive at your workplace or local group.

To find out more visit our website at www.sadogrescue.com or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sadogrescue

If you would like to make a donation Hallett Ski Boats at 205 Adelaide Road in Murray Bridge is the closest donation point to Mannum.

Nicole Cordeiro, 0404 238 474 Sponsorship Coordinator

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ur November meeting was held in the charming Cross Road’s School where we met with researcher Philip Rosenberg and enjoyed the display in this typical one teacher school. It was good to see the announcement re Heritage in the November Mag. and I thought you might like a quiz to see how much you know about our unique river town.

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1. The oldest solid building in Mannum still stands. Where is it?

2. Why are there bars on the windows of the Bottom Pub wine shop?

3. When was Main Street renamed Randell Street after the town’s founder?

4. How many years after the Council’s founding in 1877 did it receive its first elected female Councillor?

5. In which year did Council pay a shilling each for 100 sparrow heads or eggs?

6. When was Main Street raised due to floodwater fears?

7. What was the Mannum Club’s original name?

8. Why was it changed?

9. What was the significance of the P.S. Etona 2?

10. What was sold from Mr. Nehmy’s van?

Answers can be found in Pioneering Pathways by Rod Williams and other local books, or you can ask members of the History Group!

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he Matinee Series, presented by the Rural City of Murray Bridge and Out of the Square Inc., has a very special final performance in for the 2014 series. Arrive early and enjoy a complimentary morning tea from 10am followed by the performance at 11am.

“Barry Morgan & His World of Organs” Thursday 15th December 2014, at 11 am Concert tickets are $20.00 each Barry Morgan has charmed his way into Australian lounge rooms with his unforgettable performances on “Spicks and Specks”, “Gordon Street Tonight” and “The Circle”. Since then he’s played to sell-out audiences at the Sydney Comedy Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe and the Famous Spiegeltent. He’s even been seen displaying his organ for NZ Comedy and the Edinburgh Comedy Festival.

“Three Stuffed Mums!”

Thursday 22nd January 2015, at 11 am Concert tickets are $16.00 each Kate Burr, Maggie Wood and Kehau Jackson are the Three Stuffed Mums! Kate has a toddler, so she is physically stuffed; Maggie has a teenager, so she is mentally stuffed; Kehau is an empty-nester, so she can tell ‘em to get stuffed! This very funny show will appeal to mums, dads and anyone who has ever had a mum.

Tickets are available in person at the Murray Bridge Visitor Information Centre, 3 South Terrace, Murray Bridge, between 10:00am and 4:00pm every day, or by phoning 8539 1142. The Town Hall Box Office is open one hour prior to each performance for the sale of any remaining tickets.

There is also the opportunity to buy a subscription to the January to June 2015 Matinee Series for $80.00. Subscriptions make great Christmas gifts, so if you have a senior family member who loves live theatre, this would be a great idea. Of course, if this is the gift that you would like, start dropping hints now. If you would like a brochure on the complete season forwarded to you, please give Avis a call on 8539 1430.

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After you attend a performance in the Murray Bridge Town Hall, you are invited to visit the beautiful Murray Bridge Regional Gallery where Same River Twice will be exhibited from 5th December until 8th February.

Same River Twice features innovative and culturally diverse contemporary art practices that probe, investigate, interpret and raise pertinent questions about the very real issues surrounding the Murray River: its history and future; its force and fragility;its social, political and environmental relevance; and our current relationships to it and with it.

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An Angel at Christmas

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he festive season was well upon us. The pageant was once again only a memory. Christmas songs had played ad nauseum in the shops and arcades. The shrill cries of uncontrolled children shattered the peace of the season and severely tested the spirit of Christmas as we did that last minute shopping. At last it was the eve of the day for which we waited.

Most of us celebrate the occasion with activities that have become traditional, adding meaning and feeling to the occasion’s spirit. Our family is no different. For many years now we have ceremoniously dressed a family tree on Christmas Eve. When we were first married we gathered at the home of my in-laws, together with the families of my wife’s brother and sister. Over time the gathering grew to include the grandchildren who seemed to arrive regularly. The occasion became more joyous as we all watched the youngsters grow and enjoy decorating the tree.

Of course there came the day when my wonderful father-in-law was no longer with us. That year the celebration seemed a little muted as we remembered the Christmases past.

Later still we crowded into the small room my mother-in-law occupied in the aged care facility to which she had been finally obliged to shift.

This year there was no gathering at the home. At first it seemed that the tradition of many years was to pass. With about a month to go the wife’s brother called and suggested a get together to discuss what we might do. It seemed none of us

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wanted to change the habit of almost a life time.

We decided to rotate the venue between the three families. All the children, grandchildren and emerging grandchildren of my wife’s parents, who were able to, would gather at the appointed time and place for the ritual to continue.

My wife was the oldest child so by seniority our home became the first venue. We felt strangely privileged to be the first.

So we took considerable pains to make a good start to this new yet old occasion. Ours was an older home with high ceilings. The tree just fitted inside the lounge room. We had a nice new ladder for the more energetic to scale to place tinsel and lights, bells and other decorations high amongst the pine needles. The families arrived and a gay time was had by everyone.

It was our son who pointed it out.

“Where’s the angel?” he asked.

There was silence and blank faces.

For as long as any of us could remember there was an angel with a cheeky grin fixed to the topmost point of the tree. Searching everywhere through all our decorations and what we had taken from the home after Mum’s passing produced nothing. There appeared to be a gloom descending upon us. It just wasn’t quite the same.

That angel, who had lately appeared a little derelict, was Christmas for us.

Little Chrissy, the brother-in-law’s grandchild spoke, “Great grandma gave me this the last time we saw her. She said I should put it on the tree at

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Christmas. Do you think this will be all right?”

She produced a box that we had all missed seeing. We all watched as she opened the box and then there was a concerted sigh as we saw inside, the angel; more bedraggled than ever, but just as cheeky. CeremoniouslyChrissymounted the ladder and installed the angel.

In my imagination the angel had a wide grin and seemed to say “Merry Christmas.” Christmas was complete.

The Diarist

The Poetry of Isayah Kuhlmann

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’ve been writing for nine years and I still haven’t scratched the surface of knowledge and skill that many others I have seen possess and show in their work, all I ask is to learn and be able to have just a few say “Wow your poem/poems mean a lot to me” Please visit my website at www.poemsbyisayah.com.

Isayah E Kuhlmann

Sense my presence Seek my trembling heart Note my essence In you my memories begin to impart Forget my name Sing my song Feel my ever loving flame For I hope it gives you hope to be strong Isayah Kuhlmann

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round up of recent Mannum Community College (MCC) events.

Just 2 Deadly Awards The Deadly Awards, held on the 4th of November at the Town Hall in Murray Bridge, celebrate Years 7 and 12 Aboriginal students’ success in passing their year and achieving their SACE in Year 12.

To be eligible to receive this award each student must have at least an 85% attendance rate (no more than 7½ unexplained absent days per term), perform well in their school work, and abide by their school values.

We believe that by celebrating student achievement their confidence grows and they are proud of who they are and what they have achieved.

Bringing our families together to celebrate will provide our students with a sense of pride and encourage them to continue with their education and/or their future employment.

Congratulations to the MCC Aboriginal students who completed year 7 this year.

Just Deadly Awards: Tamiera Giles, Mellissa Hamilton, Tahlia Casey, Angela Cooper, Bindi Barker and Leonie Falland (at back). Absent: Jasmine Morey and Luke Quinlan

Year 12 Formal MCC Year 12s celebrated their Formal in style with a cruise and dinner on the PS Marion. The students and their partners, resplendent in long dresses, black tie and other formal wear, were greeted by an admiring crowd of parents, friends and MCC staff.

The following awards were presented by Mrs

Falland during the evening.

The Queen of the evening: Rachael Berlin The King of the evening: Jeremy Strauss Outstanding Outfit - female: Tahnika Shillabeer Outstanding Outfit - male: Josh Wiebrecht Gorgeous Couple: Laura Pfitzner & Chad Westlake Most Special Guest: Charity Greenland

Thanks are due to many people for making this event possible and ensuring its success: Penne Lewis Brown, Correta Odera and her students, Cheryl Neville and the Governing Council, Julie Hunt, Jeremy Strauss and Rosaling Newland and Bryan Wilson, year 12 Home Group teachers. Thanks also to the PS Marion crew, Mannum Information Centre staff, Mannum Motel (Dave and Wendy Hartley) and Graham Prosser (MSP photography).

Special Guests attending were Russel and Merrin Peate (CEO Mid Murray Council) and Colin and Cheryl Neville (Governing Council Chairpersons).

Peace Run MCC had the honour of hosting the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run. This global relay seeks to promote international friendship and understanding. Students from Reception to Year 9 had the opportunity to hold the torch and wave flags from different countries. The Peace Run volunteers gave up their precious time to talk to us about the purpose of their mission and run around our school oval holding the flags and torch. Many students made posters and banners emphasizing the importance of Peace, which the volunteers took with them to swap with other schools and to display in Canberra. The volunteers were very proud and honoured to feel so welcomed by MCC students and staff. Their efforts were greatly appreciated.

Since its inception in 1987 the Peace Run has travelled to over 100 nations touching the lives of millions of people. It does not seek to raise money

or highlight any political cause, but simply strives to create goodwill among peoples of all nations.

The Peace Run travelled from Uluru through the Flinders Ranges to Adelaide, then followed the length of the mighty Murray River from its mouth to its source, and ascended Mt Kosciuszko before concluding in Canberra.

Treacher Collins Syndrome Jono Lancaster visited MCC recently to talk to students about the challenges he had growing up with Treacher Collins Syndrome. Jono is visiting from the UK and has made it his mission to inspire others with the same condition. Treacher Collins syndrome is a genetic disorder which prevents the skull, cheek and jawbones from developing.

Students listened respectfully to Jono’s story about the torment and struggle he faced on a daily basis as a child. He talked about how different and ugly he felt and the constant challenges of continual bullying and being lonely. As a way of coping he says he became quite naughty at school.

It has taken 21 years for Jono to accept his face. If people had only accepted him and his differences, and actually changed their attitude, his life and that of others with Treacher Collins syndrome would be totally different.

He is meeting children across Australia who live with the condition, telling them they can achieve what ever they want in life. In Mannum he met Zack Walton who also has the condition and will be attending MCC Zack Walton in the near future.

Michelle Grieger

The Philmac Project Bow Hill Needs Your Vote to Secure A Project Grant he simple act of taking a minute to vote online may help the Bow Hill keep its manufacturing operation in Australia.

“We know it can be difficult for community groups to Progress Association stay in the running for a national grant to improve the source funding even for small projects these days, and community’s main public recreation space.

The association wants to install an irrigation system at the WAB Reserve so sometimes all they need is a little bit of cash to get them it can establish a permanent lawned area to complement an existing playground started,” says Philmac General Manager, Marketing and Development, Jason Mitchell. and barbecue facilities, and plant more trees.

“So we set up the Philmac Project as a way of giving something back, and as Overlooking the River Murray, the reserve is popular with the local community, holiday home owners and house-boaters. The lawned area would an expression of our ongoing commitment to rural Australia and keeping provide a better place for children to play and visitors to picnic, and for communities connected.” Mr Mitchell said.

Applications are still being accepted from community groups from regional community events such as the Party in the Park dinner held in December. areas interested in applying for a grant. To qualify for the initiative a project To help make the dream a reality the association has applied for support from the Philmac Project, a national initiative providing individual grants of up to must be water related, such as upgrading or installing watering or irrigation $5000 to water-related projects that benefit regional Australian communities. systems, plumbing installations or water capture facilities.

“Ultimately, the funding will be allocated to projects that make a genuine Importantly, applicants need the support of individual votes made via the project website before voting closes on Friday 12th December. Submissions that difference to their local community, and have the potential to reduce water use, improve water quality or benefit the environment in some way,” Mr Mitchell attract the most votes make it onto a short list for final judging.

The Philmac Project is an initiative of leading Australian manufacturer said.

To vote go to www.philmacproject.com.au. Click on ‘Entries’, and then Philmac, which has been designing, manufacturinganddistributing fittings and click on the project you wish to support. Entries and voting close at valves for polyethylene pipes for more than 80 years. th It was set up by the company in 2012 as a way of thanking primary producers midnight Friday 12 December. and regional communities who have stood by the business, enabling Philmac to Page 16 Mannum Mag Issue Number 97

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Works, Services and Projects

Local Summer Fun For Children

Update from Mid Murray Council rief notes on a selection of i t e ms d i s c u s s e d o r determined at the Tuesday 25th November 2014 meeting.

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• Council has authorised additional expenditure of up to $10,000 to complete section 4 of the Randell Street retaining wall in Mannum. Due to variable soil conditions, soil nailing has required an extension from 3 metres to 8 metres in depth, meaning an extra cost.

• Council has received $107,000 funding for the resheeting of 5km of Bower Boundary Road under the Special Local Roads Program. The works are expected to commence in March/April 2015 and be completed by the 30th June 2015. The funding applications for the sealing of 4km of Murraylands Road and reconstruction of 800 metres of Purnong Road were unsuccessful.

• A $15,000 funding application has been submitted for Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park mooring facility which will allow the larger boats to tie onto pylons and to undertake stabilisation works to the river bank.

Additional houseboat mooring pylons will be installed to encourage people travelling along the river to stop at this location.

• Cost estimates have been received for the Mannum Hospital Helipad: the undergrounding of power lines, associated trenching and backfill is $70,000; closure of a section of Parker Street is $7,340; formal design of the Helipad is $5,250; earthworks, concrete pad, retaining wall, landscaping, pathways, pavement and sealing, lighting and accessories, is $178,665. The Development Application will now be assessed and potential funding sources will be investigated.

• To maximise usage of the Cambrai Swimming Pool, it will be open to the public when the temperature is 28 or more. There is no increase in ticket fees this year.

• The Council Annual Report for 2013/14 was adopted and will be available on Council’s website.

• Council will proceed with the proposed Community Wastewater Management Scheme at Truro, based on the option of utilising the already constructed treatment plant and storage lagoon at Stockwell in a cost sharing arrangement with the Barossa Council.

• Council will continue to work with Bowhill Engineering in providing in-kind assistance to enable access for the refurbished ferries to a temporary slipway.

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increases from $11,480 to $19,971.

A proposal from William Smidmore to consider the construction of an additional lock between Teal Flat and Piggy Flat will be forwarded to the Murray Darling Association Region 6 for comment prior to consideration of Council.

Taking into account the additional rates payable to Council upon completion, the economic benefit to Swan Reach and the additional fees payable due to the application being non complying, the Development Application fee for a Chicken Farm near Swan Reach has been reduced by $5000.

Council has endorsed the proposal from Mannum Football Club for emergency catering and accommodation at the newly refurbished clubrooms and is awaiting advice from the Zone Emergency Management Committee.

Taking into account that the Swan Reach Progress Association have received external funding, have raised funds and that the cost of the upgrade is estimated to be $246,000, Council has approved the contribution of $6,377 to complete the Swan Reach Town Hall project upgrade.

Council will ascertain from SA Power Networks the status of the electricity upgrade of Mannum to enable the future development of residential, commercial and in d u s t r i a l development in and around Mannum.

All 14 areas within Mid Murray Council that have poor, very poor or no mobile phone coverage have been included in the Governments Mobile Black Spot Program for consideration of funding.

Council will meet with the representatives to discuss the proposals for possible contribution to the upgrade of the Nildottie Tennis Club court lighting facilities and for the Club to be the caretaker for Greenways Recreation Park.

Having lodged an initial expression of interest, discussions will be held with the SA Community Football League, Mannum Football Club regarding the level of financial assistance and operational requirements for the Mid Murray Council to host an Adelaide Crows/Port Adelaide Reserves showdown at the Mannum Oval (which is likely to be telecast through Cannel 7 for a cost of $15,000). The matter will be further considered.

Russell Peate CEO, Mid Murray Council

December Monday December 1 Mannum Leisure Centre Mini Movers and Kindergym ($) 10 - 11:30am Friday December 5 Mannum Community Hub Christmas Toy Expo 2 - 7pm Saturday December 6 Mannum township Christmas Pageant 6pm Mannum Riverfront Fireworks 9:30pm Sunday December 14 Mary Ann Reserve, Mannum Murraylands APEX 2014 Mannum Fun Run and Walk 8:30am PS Marion Cruise, Mannum Blue and Pink Day ($) 12noon Mannum Palm Court Café Blue Pink Day Christmas Lunch ($) 1pm Monday December 15 Mannum Community Hub Christmas craft, cooking, movies, LAN and video games *^ 9am - 3pm Truro Sports Ground At Create a playground and kite making *^ 11am - 12:30pm Tuesday December 16 Mannum Community Hub Christmas cooking, jewellery making, karioke, beauty workshops, LAN and video games *^ 9am - 3pm Swan Reach School Gymnasium Junior basketball workshop 9:30 - 11am Wednesday December 17 Mannum Community Hub Christmas cooking, jewellery making, karioke, beauty workshops, LAN and video games *^ 9am - 3pm Thursday December 18 Depart Mannum Community Hub Day trip to Monarto Zoo for Grandparents and children * 9 am - 3pm Mannum Community Hub LAN and video games *^ 9am - 3pm Friday December 19 Depart Mannum Community Hub Surfing lessons in Moana *^ 10:30am - 4pm Saturday December 20 Mary Ann Reserve Mannum Christmas Carols 7:30pm Monday December 22 Depart Mannum Community Hub Day trip to Mylor Adventure Camp *^ 9am - 5pm

January Tuesday January 6 Mannum Canoeing for beginners *^ 10am - 12noon Bowhill Canoeing for beginners *^ 2 - 4pm Wednesday January 7 Swan Reach Canoeing for beginners *^ 9 - 11am Thursday January 8 Depart Mannum Community Hub Mannum adventure activities *^ 9:30am - 1pm Friday January 9 Mannum Sporting Oval Family Outdoor Cinema ($) 7pm Wednesday January 14 Collier Park Palmer Create a Playground and Kite making workshops * 10 - 11:30am Thursday January 15 Keyneton Sports Grounds Create a Playground and Kite making workshops * 10 - 11:30am Cambrai Swimming Pool Free swimming pool entry ^ 2 - 5pm, Weather permitting Friday January 16 Swan Reach Swimming Pool Pool snorkelling session *^ 10:45am - 12:30pm Mannum Swimming Pool Free swimming pool entry ^ 2 - 5pm, Weather permitting Tuesday January 20 Cambrai Swimming Pool Pool snorkelling session *^ 10:45am - 12:30pm Mannum Community Hub Drumming workshop *^ 9:30 - 1pm Mannum Community Hub Mannum Adventure Activities *^ 9:30 - 1pm Nildottie Lantern making workshop * 10am - 3pm Wednesday January 21 Bowhill Community Centre Create a Playground and Kite making workshops * 10 - 11:30am Thursday January 22 Palmer Lantern making workshop * 10am - 3pm Friday January 23 Swan Reach School Gymnasium OPAL Maximum Power Show ^ 10 - 11:30am Mannum Swimming Pool Free swimming pool entry ^ 2 - 5pm, Weather permitting Monday January 26 Mannum Australia Day Awards and Breakfast Morning

Dates and times are subject to change – see website and Facebook page * Registration essential ^ Age restrictions apply ($) Small cost

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Whistle Toot

Food is Life is Food

PS Marion and Mannum Dock Museum

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fter having repair work done on the hull on the Berri slipway, the PS Marion returned to Mannum in time for the inaugural All Steamed Up and Fresh Water Classic Event, attended by 4000 visitors over the weekend of 15th - 16th November. All scheduled cruises on the PS Marion and visiting paddle boat Oscar W from Goolwa were fully booked. An additional cruise on the PS Oscar W was added on Sunday.

A cheery band of blacksmiths and stationary steam engine enthusiasts helped create a vibrant and interesting display. The Museum, Information Centre and Steam Works shed attracted a steady steam of people, many of whom have positively commented on the scope and interest of it all. Adding to the festival atmosphere, boats of all sizes and shapes were in the water and some out of it, moored and on

display at the Mary Ann Reserve.

Final cruises for the PS Marion are the three Christmas Lunch cruises, after that the next public cruising dates are the 2015 Australia Day weekend.

Preparations are continuing on the final stages of the Women of the River Exhibition with plans to open in Mannum before the end of the year, and then moving to Goolwa for the Wooden Boat Festival in February. It was also planned to have the PB Mayflower ready for the Goolwa Festival, but on closer inspection the top plank right round the hull needs to be replaced and to do this the sponson decks have to be removed.

For any inquiries about activities at the Mannum Dock Museum, the contact number is 8569 2733 or visit the new website www.psmarion.com Jenny Twigden

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he Christmas dinner table is a diverse wonder to behold across many a religion and tradition! Many families have their own traditions that make it special for them. In our family, Mum and aunties were in control of the kitchen and food preparation, with the kids in control of the setting up and clean up! We got very good at it, as the presents were not allowed to be touched until the clean up was complete. A good plan, especially according to my dad and uncles! In hindsight, I got a sense of we’re all in it together, bringing it all together with fun to have a joyful day with each other making memories that last a lifetime. I wish you all a joyful time this Christmas with your loved ones and a safe and prosperous New Year.

With the exceptionally warm spring bringing an early arrival of summer, I was very interested to see on Gardening Australia recently Dr Tim Entwisle promoting the idea that in the Australian climate there are at least 5 seasons: Sprinter (August

and September), Sprummer (October and November), Summer (December to March), Autumn (April and May), Winter (June and July). This is not a

new idea; Aboriginal systems throughout Australia range from 2 to 8 seasons. I think it carries some genuine sensibilities with it, what do you think?

This month the recipe is a salad that celebrates an in-season fruit; peaches that are smooth and sweet, with lime to balance the sweetness, toasted shredded coconut adding some crunch, and a hint of chilli to give some zing. The addition of watercress as a base is dedicated to a lovely ‘supermarket conversation’ I had with a shopper about this very ancient aquatic vegetable/herb.

Watercress provides considerable nutritional benefits as a source of vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, iodine, folic acid, phytochemicals,

antioxidants. It is also a diuretic and a digestive aid. It packs a punch of flavour, imparting peppery, tangy, zesty and piquant attributes. If the chilli does not ‘float your boat’ it may be omitted or the amount reduced. However, I urge a ‘brave food first’, you may be surprised! I hope you enjoy this salad, perhaps at a BBQ over the Christmas period.

Peach and Lime Salad with Toasted Coconut 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tsp 2 2 8

fresh lime juice good quality olive oil honey limes ‘handfuls’ of watercress peaches, halved, de-stoned, cut into thick wedges 2 spring onions, thinly sliced 1 fresh chilli, deseeded, chopped finely 3 tbsp toasted shredded coconut 1. Remove the zest from 1 lime and set aside, use a zesting utensil or, carefully remove rind (no white parts, meaning the pith) and very finely slice (chiffonnade) with a sharp knife. Use this lime to juice.

2. To toast shredded coconut, use a dry (no oil) small frypan over a low to medium heat; add coconut moving it around the frypan constantly until it is golden in colour, set aside to cool.

3. Whisk together lime juice, olive oil and honey until well combined.

4. Remove the rind and pith from the second lime and segment. To do this, carefully use a small sharp knife to cut in between the segments of the lime alongside the segment membranes.

5. Place an even layer of watercress onto a serving platter, evenly scatter the peach wedges, lime segments, spring onion and chilli , drizzle with the prepared dressing and top with the coconut. Enjoy!

This salad works very well with any barbequed meat or fish.

Cheersandhappy healthy cooking.

Angie Roesler, Murraylands Community Foodie.

Phone: 0414 892 525.

Email: a.roesler@live.com.au Angie Roesler

Picklemee Grandma

Shop 9 Randell St, Mannum Ph: 0434 085 506 (next to The Bogan Store)

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On My Bookshelf Diary of A Young Man Adelaide 1891 – January 1st - January 16th

Daniel perhaps overdoes the cycling in early 1891.

JANUARY 1ST THURSDAY Public Holiday. Up at 7, read news, bathed, spin on bike.

Prayers, breakfast, all as usual.

Being very busy cannot make holiday today. Busy in office from 9.45. Lovely day. Office till 6.20.

Home to dinner and tea. Spin on bike after tea with Alfred. Read “Lorna Doone”, prepared summary of expenses during last year. To bed about 11.

JANUARY 2ND FRIDAY 6.10. Played tennis, bath. Office 9. The Paymaster’s (S.A. Railways) holiday begins today. I have charge of his keys and his duties. Very busy. Visited Architects, Federal Bank and Insurance office re premises at Hindmarsh. To Hindmarsh 5.45, left 250 pounds for King and Sons, Contractors, back to city, tea, busy in office till 9.15, balanced expenditure (S.A. Railways). Lovely night. Home 9.40. Notes and summary of expenses. Bed 11.

JANUARY 3RD SATURDAY 6.20. Played tennis with Alfred, bath. Office 9. Warm day. Busy with Paymaster’s duties as well as my own. Dined with Lou and children at Woodville. Office 1.30 to 4.30. Home 5. Read “Lorna Doone”. Sterne (David, blind teacher) came and chatted for some time. Bed about 11.

JANUARY 9TH FRIDAY 6.00. Ride on N. Road 6.30 to 7.10, bath. Office 9.5. Very busy till 6.10. Paid Adelaide Loco men at 5.0. Cool day. Tea. Tommy (Lou’s boy) disgracefully disobedient. Bike spin. Studied “Sabbath”. Very sleepy. Bed 11.

Somewhat restless.

JANUARY 10TH SATURDAY Awoke 5, up 5.30. Spin on bike to Islington (5.40 to 6.30), bath, not feeling bright. Office 9.15.

Busy. Dined at Woodville. Home via Hindmarsh and office 2.30.

Touch of neuralgia. At 3.25 started out with Alfred for Tea Tree Gully on our machines, reached hotel 4.45 - exceedingly stiff pull, rest and refreshment (soda and milk).

Returned 5.28. Home 6.38. Bath, tea. Sterne visiting. Rested in bed and chatted, feeling delicious neuralgia gone. Sydney Kent called. Sang. Balanced cash a/cs.

Bed 11.

JANUARY 14TH WEDNESDAY 6.30. Cut wood, bathed. Office 9.10. Abundance of work, Paymaster still away. Tea at home about 6pm. Visited Roses and Willings on bicycle, getting their absentees to return to Sunday School. Bike ride with Alfred, collided and both overturned.

Home 8.30. Wrote reports of visits.

Visited Hendrys, Hales. Bed 11.

JANUARY 16TH FRIDAY 5.50. News, cut wood, bath. Hot day. Busy all day. Home dinner and tea as usual. Walter (Geo’s boy) at the latter. Played tennis. Rode to Hindmarsh re buildings. Wrote Rev Boas (Jewish Rabbi of Adelaide) asking opinions on the Sabbath question for my Bible Class paper. Studied “Sabbath”.

Took a refreshing bath, supped and retired about 11.

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annum Progress Association thanks all those who have pledged sponsorship for the Annual Christmas Pageant and Street Party.

It is wonderful to be able to provide good entertainment and a fun night for this event through your generous donations.

Once again the Progress Association will be playing Christmas music through the Randell Street speakers. Whilst this has been unsuccessful in years gone by, we hope this year we have solved problems previously encountered.

We wish all members of the community compliments of the Season and hope that 2015 will be a happy and successful year.

Jo Kader

Carol Greening, Chairperson Mannum Progress Association

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It Was a Quiet Ceremony

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his story takes place between two major wars.

It was a quiet ceremony in a registry office, only the girl’s parents and the required two witnesses to watch as he and the girl were married by the magistrate. It was not what he would have wished but it was necessary.

She had moved into the district three years ago and he had watched her walk past every school day since. He saw them every day on their way to school, the young folk who passed his shop window and it gave him pleasure to look at their bright young faces. Some were not so bright and he wondered about those, the solemn and worried ones and the few angry ones. But mostly they were cheerful and carefree and why shouldn’t they be? They had all of life ahead of them and none of the burden of it yet.

The girl caught his attention the first day of the term. She was new to him and she looked a little apprehensive that first day. Soon, she was laughing with the rest and her smile was so honest, her face so expressive, he felt he knew her. He didn’t of course, not really. He said hello to them all passing by as he opened the shop and if she was there she always answered with that smile. He saw her going in and out of the apartment building down the block. Not one of the more prosperous families then, it was strictly a low rent building but respectable enough.

He began to suspect something was wrong when the girl stopped smiling. She hurried past with her head down, never looking up. A few

weeks later the mother came in one day to pick up a kettle, looking distressed, and he had asked if something was wrong. “My daughter is pregnant. Soon everyone will know anyway, it can’t be hidden much longer so you may as well know.”

It was a too familiar story. The girl did not want to reveal the name of the father but what did it matter? No one was offering to take responsibility. They had hoped they could send her away before it became evident but the older cousin they had hoped would take her in was pregnant herself. They were not wealthy people.

The landlord would not accept small children and they could not afford a larger apartment in any case. The neighbourhood would never accept her or the child. Social services would have to be called. The homes for ‘wayward girls’ were called ‘reform schools’ but they were more prisons than schools. The mother was heartsick.

“There is another way. She could marry me.”

He wasn’t sure how he came to say it. He had said it before he thought. But it was said and he would not take it back.

And once he made the offer, he was content. It would do.

So he sat in their little apartment and gently made his offer to the girl. It would not solve the problem of the neighbours but he had a plan for that also. He would lease the shop and they would move to his home town where he would work for his family. She would be his legitimately pregnant wife. No one would ask

questions, he had been away a long time and had not been in regular contact. Later, if she wanted, when enough time had passed that people forgot, they could come back.

And so they were married and they prepared to leave. He helped her into the old car and she smiled that gentle smile and thanked him. “We will be a good family,” he promised. “I have always wanted a child. It will be most loved, my little Mary.”

She seemed very wise and very certain as she replied, “It will be a most special child, Joseph, my husband.”

And it was. All children are special and all children should be loved, for who knows what they have to offer the world, if given the chance.

Vivian Garner

Community Passenger Network Office Closure ur office will close at midday Wednesday 24th December and will re-open Monday 5th January 2014.

We wish you all a happy holiday season and safe travelling!

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HYMN-LOVERS SING Featuring:

Billy Graham Hymns

Sunday, 11th January 2015 2 – 4 PM Mannum Uniting Church Walker Street, Mannum For more details, ring 8569 7392 or 0449 947 009

Wool Shed Gallery 3 Randell Street, Mannum

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Musical Miscellany A Live Concert

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e don’t have much live theatre in Mannum, more’s the pity. It seems that the local population just does not support such efforts.

Recently I attended a concert given by the Lobethal Harmony Club. It was held at the Lutheran Church Hall. The hall itself could, with some imagination, lend itself the to production of one act plays. Perhaps the Community College could consider something of the sort and the word Community could become more than just a name.

The concert was wonderful. It was local talent, perhaps not international standard, bringing entertainment to an arts-starved area.

The choir was conducted by Garr Roberts, assistant John Herbig. The accompanist was Dorothy Staska with Master of Ceremonies, Craig Lieschke. Craig had a fund of corny jokes, so bad that they were very funny and the audience groaned and clapped in appreciation.

The choir performed a variety of items. Of interest were the two items sung in Japanese. I particularly enjoyed the Russian Folk Song Kalinka with solo by John Herbig. Since my childhood I have enjoyed the music of “White Horse Inn” and it was wonderful to hear “Goodbye” from that almost forgotten musical.

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” was an unusual but effective choice whilst “Stout Hearted Men” always gets the blood pulsing when sung by a male choir at full throttle.

The choir would perform two items each time then there was a different artist.

Firstly we had a solo from Raylene Magor who wanted to “sing in opera” then she was joined by the rest of the group known as “Simply Women”.

Later Barry McAllister gave us two wonderfully funny Australian ballads. They were topical, one dealing with the attempted defecting of an old Ute by a young policeman unaware that the driver was the father of the police sergeant.

The other poem was about ownership and the perils of reversing a trailer. As a former caravan owner, the various hazards of backing were fully known to me so I was able to identify with every hilarious situation. Hilarious, that is to others, or well after the event.

Another highlight of the evening was with the “Wannabe Troupe” who wanted to be various people, including a house painter, policeman and air-hostess. The actions accompanying the singing put all the performers at risk of being hit by those next to them. The audience waited for the inevitable, it didn’t happen. It was great fun.

Darrol Magor took us, with song, through the trial and tribulations of a leaking tap. Also entertaining.

John Herbig joined with two solo offerings.

The “Simply Women” group returned with partners to sing “The Last Time I Saw Paris”.

Their costumes and matching white parasols added to the atmosphere.

The program closed with the hymn “How Great Thou Art”.

Afterwards a supper was served.

Funds raised by the concert went towards the School Chaplaincy Program. The choir members are all volunteers.

It seems a shame that there is not more entertainment of this nature within the Mid Murray region. The Country Arts SA organisation seems only to focus on the visual arts ignoring all other forms. Perhaps the Mid Murray Council through itsvarious officers could look more closely at our cultural wellbeing, both as audience and performers, and provide some other opportunities.

Peter Weir

Pink / Blue Cruise PS Marion Sunday 14th December n additional cruise day has been scheduled for the PS Marion on Sunday 14th December: ‘Pink / Blue Cruise Day’, with part proceeds to Prostrate and Breast Cancer Research.

45 minute cruises departing Mannum Town Wharf 10:30 am, 12:00 noon, 1:30 pm and 2:45 pm at a cost of $20.00.

Pink / Blue Luncheon cruise (12:00 noon cruise) – 45 minute cruise on the Marion and lunch at the Palm Court Café in Mannum $39.00.

Call 8569 1303 to book or AH 0419 765 090.

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n the 1st of November I held the first Mannum Howl Ween Parade at the Mannum Community College, with the APEX club providing a sausage sizzle and drinks. It was, and I hope it will become, a fun annual community event.

We had the SA Super Dogs doing Agility Demos and Pat with her Kelpies doing Duck Herding Demos. A special thank you to these people for giving their time to help highlight activities one can do with their dogs and be part of the festivities. And, of course, there were those that dressed up their dogs to take part in the parade, entering different categories to win prizes. I must say the show of imaginations was wonderful.

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Everyone that attended to watch, socialise or take part had a great time. All those involved with this year’s event are keen to come back next year.

If there are any other not for profit organisations in the Mannum area and surrounds that would like to offer a service or goods at next year’s Howl Ween Parade please contact me on 0409 081 007.

A big thank you to all those that helped put up and pull down arenas and organise and sort things for the day.

Thank you to the following people for their donation/loan of items: The Show Societies of Murray Bridge and Mannum, Kym and Michelle Thiele, Kym and Denise Frahn, Daphne Battams and The Safety Hub Croydon Park.

Thank you also to Murray Bridge Riding for the Disabled for running the Howl Ween Parade raffle leading up to the event.

Last, but not least, a huge thank you to our sponsors: for the parade prizes and raffle prizes, Hills Ideal Balance and Science Diet; for Raffle prizes, Purina Pro Plan and Mannum Pet and Rural.

Next year should be bigger and better with more demo teams taking part showing different sports and pastimes that can be enjoyed with your wonderful 4 legged companions.

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Issue Number 97

New Residents Welcoming Party

Poet of the Saplings

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fter two successful and highly appreciated welcoming events for new residents to the Mannum area, Mid Murray Support Services has undertaken to support the next two in March and September 2015.

The partnership between MMSS, Council, Mannum Rowing Club, OPAL and Mannum Progress Association has supported a small but committed group of locals to reach out to new residents in a gesture of welcome and inclusion by holding a biannual BBQ complete with local entertainers.

In the two events held so far, over 50 people have been welcomed to the area, introduced to each other and connected to groups matching their interests and aspirations.

Thank you in particular to Mid Murray Council, OPAL and the Rowing Club for their initial support and to Mid Murray Support Services, Council and Rowing Club for their continued support.

The next BBQ will be on the 29th of March 2015 so if you or some one you know is new to the area please drop into the council office at Mannum or Cambrai to pick up a Welcome invitation.

Tess Minett, Mid Murray Council Arts and Cultural Development Officer

eysen differed from many immigrants, celebrating by brush the majesty of iconic Australian Eucalyptus trees. Unlike others who dreamed of their lush green homeland forests, Heysen daubed and demanded that we stop and look at our ‘Lords of the bush’. Each of their knotty burled generous trunks was an artist’s challenge, a joy to re-create. After early success, Heysen purchased his studio home ‘The Cedars’ in Hahndorf. He expanded his property from 36 to 150 acres to protect many local gum trees.

Council workers were often paid well by Heysen to save more trees.

We see his mastery as an artist in paintings of other subjects. His floral arrangement of Zinnias and Grapes was much-admired by ballerina Anna Pavlova. She insisted on buying the work and promptly returned an alternative arrangement painted for her by Hans. Another masterpiece was of his beloved turkeys, described below:

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Summer Bronzewings “Bronzewings and Saplings” Hans Heysen 1921.

Sun has stripped crisp bark from skinny-dipping saplings, bathing in mid-morning glow as turkeys strut and scatter litter helter-skelter, scarcely seeing your easel, your satisfied smile.

Exuberant in their love of life, resplendent in their feathered finery, they gobble-gossip loudly while they work.

Deftly you paint a complex pattern, column and arc, column and arc,

show-off fans of white and bronze, burnished blue on wings and blue on foliage, red and bronze of wrinkled head and peeling bark among the youthful sheen of saplings.

Clear light, warmth and harmony, painted with a sure and steady hand.

Watercolour perfection, Hans.

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His clinical, sweeping lines of the ancient Flinders Ranges in earthy ochres from purple to bloods and browns are as ageless as country. But true passion revisited, again and again, his love affair with our mystic, majestical Australian gums.

Candlebark Crooning Rock to the kisses of a moonlight stream, sleep, weary children, as I watch and croon.

Whisper tomorrows while you rest and dream; daddy’s by the pool and he’ll be back soon: catching the virginals of soaring snow, saving a moment with his artist’s eye, charcoaling shadows in the full moon’s glow listen, my children, can you hear him sigh?

Limbs of the candlebarks caress the night, soft-footed animals may look askance, frogs in a symphony of sound and light, ghosts of the gatherers emerge and dance.

Sleep till the morning as your father nears, dream of tomorrow when he greets you, dears.

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he guest speaker at the August meeting was Petrea, the Mannum Barber. The 42 members plus two visitors enjoyed Petrea’s talk on starting her training in Adelaide, then to London, then to the Emirates in the middle east, eventually settling in Mannum.

September’s meeting took the form of a visit to Old Tailem Town. After lunch at the Riverside Hotel, it was back to Old Tailem Town to finish browsing.

The guest speaker at the October meeting was an ex teacher at the then Mannum High School, now Mannum Community College. Dr. Bruce Munday held

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the audience’s attention with his talk on, would you believe, stone walls, along with pictures. Very entertaining.

The November meeting took the form of a car convoy to the Marne River Gorge where it emerges from the eastern Mt Lofty ranges.

Two prospective members led us to the gorge and spoke of the history and some of the events of the location. An interesting timefill was a visit to the Sanderston cemetery before stopping at Glenroy Homestead. Bill and Jan Broughton were excellent hosts.

Bill spoke of the history of the place, what they had done, and what they were hoping to achieve.

Jan provided a light lunch. Then

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we had a look at the property. A lot of renovations have been done.

A lot is still to be done. They have accommodation and a conference room.

The December meeting will be the annual Christmas Lunch at the Mannum Club and our last meeting for 2014. The first meeting for 2015 will be on 2nd February.

If anybody wishes to come along to any of our meetings on the first Monday of the month, you would be most welcome. Contact Pre side nt Mr Ian Mann (8569 1646) or Secretary Geoff Gobbett (8569 1083) for details.

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n the “All Steamed Up” weekend Lions catered for 200 guests at the Rowing Club for the PS Marion dinner. A good night was had by all. Congratulations to all who organised and were involved with the weekend. It went very well and was a big success and great for our town.

Our raffle tickets are still for sale outside Foodland. Also Lions cakes are for sale both here and at various shops around Mannum.

All proceeds from cake sales go to Lions charities. Don’t forget to attend the Mannum Club for the raffle draw on Friday 12th December at 7pm. Good luck to all and thanks for all the support with this and other Lions activities throughout this year.

This is the last report for the year.

Mannum Lions would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas and New Year.

Barry Mansell

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Teen Challenge – 10th Birthday Celebration

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een Challenge at Mannum celebrated our 10th birthday on Sunday afternoon, 2nd November, at the Mannum Community Hub. The weather was great, the ‘fun for youth’ activities were ‘fun’, the electronic games room was popular, the food prepared at school was tasty and the sound of people chatting was great, as was the music over the PA. It was good to have our Mayor Dave Burgess and our retired Mayor Ian Mann at our birthday along with the team from the wider ‘Teen Challenge’ in South Australia. CEO Graham Ross spoke and we heard inspirational stories from the young people involved in the residential program talking about how Teen Challenge and God have helped them to get back control of their life. We couldn’t have a birthday without a cake. In fact we had 2 cakes cooked by students at school and decorated beautifully. It was so good to have Daniel Marks representing the young leaders of 2004 and Jeremy Strauss representing the young leaders of 2014 to cut the cakes. What a great

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afternoon. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who helped in any way.

10 years ago a small group of volunteers joined by the Mayor Ian Mann gathered at the Baptist church hall for our opening on July 26th 2004. So much has happened since that time and so many fantastic volunteers have given over 11,500 volunteer hours to serve the young people and families of our community. ‘Convertible Café’ opens fortnightly on Friday nights during school terms; ‘TAG’ groups have run at school lunch times and after school; TAG trips and fun events run each school term; ‘EFFEKT’ celebrations occurred 2 times each year for a few years; programs like ‘Youth Alpha’, ‘Princess and Braveheart’, and more recently ‘Tribe’ and an annual camp have all added to the fun and excitement. It has been fun, it has been challenging, it has been rewarding, it has been exhausting but overall it has been an awesome privilege to share life with so many of our families in this community.

So many thanks are owed to so many people. All the volunteers, both adult and youth – you have all been amazing and have brought so many ideas and skills to improve what we can do! A huge thank you to the Baptist, Uniting, Anglican and Lutheran Churches for your support and your generosity, providing us with a venue until the Hub became available and lots of other support as well. Thank you to Mid-Murray Council for all your support over the years; for the funding provided for equipment and programs and for the fantastic facility we now use. Thank you to MMSS

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for being such a great group of people to work with and for finding funding to support our presence at the Hub. Most of all thank you to all the young people and their families who have been involved in any of the activities and programs over the years. We hope that you can look back fondly on your experiences and the support we were able to provide. We have a passion to support the well-being of young people and their families in our community and we hope that in some way we have been able to do that. It has been our privilege to serve our community for the last 10 years and we look forward to even greater things ahead.

Joy Marks

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Giant Inflatable Pageant Project

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annum youth took their own giant surprise along to the local Christmas pageant this year, thanks to a partnership project funded by Mid Murray Council.

Teenagers from Mannum Community College worked with nationally renowned artist Tony Hannan, to design and build a giant inflatable masterpiece.

The project, brought to life through a partnership with the Council’s award-winning youth engagement program, gave local youth the chance to proudly showcase their creative work to the whole community at the 2014 Mannum Christmas Pageant.

Mid Murray Council Community Development Officer Amy Loechel said she

was excited to provide a non-traditional workshop to local youth, giving them an opportunity to engage with a professional artist and be involved from start to finish in the development of such a creative piece of community art.

“After talking with local youth, we decided it would be a unique experience to bring something quite different to the pageant,” Ms Loechel said.

“T he giant inflatable workshop has not only produced a spectacular eye catching float, but it has also encouraged young people to express themselves in a positive way.”

“Christmas pageants are all aboutcreating community spirit and traditionally Mannum attracts a large number of

families from across the Mid Murray who rally in the streets to be part of the celebrations.

As a Council, we felt that supporting and displaying the creative work of this youth group would help to involve a demographic often disengaged from these type of events.”

Mayor Dave Burgess said this project was one of many the Council was continuing to run as part of its investment in supporting local families, children and youth.

“We want to be innovative in the way we build community capacity, and ensuring our young people feel they are represented at majorcommunity events is an important part of that framework,” Mayor Burgess said .

“In recent years, the Mid Murray Council has started to look outside the square when it comes to community services, and we look forward to growing this portfolio as part of our long-term strategic planning for the district.”

Down to Earth The Community Garden At The Hub s we sat eating homemade cakes we all agreed the little garden at the Hub is looking particularly lovely at the moment. The Cosmos are all in bloom, waving in the breeze and peeping into the beds of flourishing fruit, vegetables and herbs. So many contributions from the community are dotted all around and, with the beautiful Jacarandas on Walker Avenue as backdrop, you can’t help but feel good.

I’m told it is very easy to propagate the Jacaranda from the seeds; they need lots of water and protection from frosts when young, and children can turn the big seed pods into creatures with tongues for holiday fun.

One gardener and creator of incredible edibles picked zucchini flowers and spoke of cream cheese stuffing and tempura batter. Talk turned to the amazing insects that help keep our planet, and we humans, alive. Without bees nothing would grow – there would be nothing to eat.

Ladybirds are natural predators of aphids and smaller larvae too. Wasps, spiders and ants all have their place and we must remember pesticides kill all the good bugs too. So next time you see a big wasp dragging a fat green caterpillar in to her nest you can thank her for the lettuce you will eat instead of her prey! Apparently, there is even a little native wasp that lays its eggs inside live aphids. If you look closely you can see the aphid’s shape change as it gets eaten up – true story.

Thought for the day: “We all have a relationship with nature – gardening just affirms it.”

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Summer Fun for Children

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calendar of free, fun and active events for children, youth and families across the Mid Murray district has been released this month thanks to a partnership projectbeing driven by various not-for-profit organisations across the region.

In response to community consultation, 12 agencies have come together to formulate a collaborative program of varied events, with something for children of all ages living in all locations across the Mid Murray landscape.

The calendar of events spans December 2014 and January 2015, andincludes activities such as surfing trips to Moana and Grandparents day at Monarto Zoo. It also includes Canoe workshops in four different towns, plus snorkelling workshops to be run at local swimming pools.

Also on the activity car are Mid Murray Council’s Create a Playground and OPAL’s Kite-Making workshops which will mostly be run together in some of our more remote communities.

Considering the warm weather, there will also be some free opening hours at swimming pools in Cambrai, Mannum and Swan Reach.

The Mannum Community Hub has an excellent program of events,

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including Christmas craft, movies, drumming workshops and more.

Further up River, Swan Reach will be treated to a free junior basketball workshop in the first week of school holidays thanks to Starclub, and also the OPAL Maximum Power theatre show in the last week of school holidays.

Calendars will be distributed to all children in the region through school and kindergarten newsletters.

They will also be available from the Mannum Visitor Information Centre, Mannum Leisure Centre, Mannum Community Hub, and the Mid Murray Council offices in Mannum, Cambrai and Morgan.

There will be something for everyone. Agencies involved encourage local families to jump online and download the calendar, or check out more information and register at: www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au.

You can keep up to date on all of the activities through the Mid Murray Council’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MidMurray HealthFitnessandYouth.

Jump online and ‘like’ this page to keep informed on all of the events and more.

The Signature Strengths ollowing on from the previous h o p e , o p t i m i s m a n d Flourish article (November future-mindedness.

2014, page 18) which outlined the Each of the 24 questions provides five wellbeing elements posited by a description of the strength Dr Martin Seligman in his book involved and a self rating scale for ‘Flourish’, this article introduces the you to complete. The process of 24 Signature Strengths and answering the questions is quite questionnaire found in the book’s enlightening in itself, while a further appendix. benefit that awaits you is the Take a look on the website discovery (or perhaps confirmation) www.authentichappiness.org and you of your own strengths and will also find the questionnaire importantly, your Signature related to those strengths. Rather Strength which will be indicated in than become tiresome by attempting the summary. to detail all of the 24 strengths here, The insights gained from the the indicative selection below will Strength survey combined with the reveal Dr Seligman’s drift. application of the 5 wellbeing The questions are divided into six elements outlined in the November g r o u p s : W i s d o m a n d Mag will, Dr Seligman warrants, Knowledge, Courage, Humanity contribute towards your wellbeing and Love, Justice, Temperance and a sense of flourishing. and Transcendence.

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Questions on Courage cover You might even be inclined to let valour, bravery and perseverance. our editor know if you did, in fact, Humanity and Love includes enjoy the ride. Hope so! kindness and generosity. Justice It’s time to conclude. Thumbs up questions cover fairness and equity. for 2015.

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Time To Plant ow that the USA has finally had their world record taken by Switzerland, the challenge is on for Cadell to move the title to Australia.

Beni Meier of Switzerland took the world record at the European Champ ionship P ump kin W e i g h - o f f in Germany on 12th October 2014.

Weighing in at an amazing 2323.7 pounds (1054.01 kg), it will be a challenge to beat. But who knows, with the right ingredients Cadell certainly stands a chance.

It’s time to plant for your chance at the ultimate prize of a trip to the United States.

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Emily Alexander planting her giant pumpkin seeds

“Many growers source their own seeds but we like to give everyone a chance to see these amazing giants take shape in their backyards,” said Danny McGurgan, Chairman of the Cadell Community and Tourist Association.

Cadell’s Murray River Giant Pumpkin Competition, proudly sponsored by MGA Insurance Brokers, is now in it’s fifth year. The 2015 Cadell Harvest Festival will be held on Easter Saturday at the Cadell Oval.

“We hope to see many new entries from regional and backyard growers,” said Paul George, Managing Director, MGA Insurance Brokers.

“I attend the event every year with my wife and 3 young boys.

They love it and the boys crawl all over the pumpkins and can’t wait for the massive Easter Egg hunt.”

“MGA Insurance Brokers is proud to again be involved with the Murray River Giant Pumpkin Competition as the event has grown into one of the iconic and signature events for the Riverland and Mid Murray

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Cadell’s 2014 winning entry, from a first time grower Ashley Beale, from Cooltong near Renmark, weighed in at 242.2 kg. The Cadell record, Damien Oliver’s 394kg in 2011, still has not been broken.

“Planting your seed in a disposable cup or similar, is a good way to start off your seed and monitor the seedling. It’s essential you plant the young seedling into the ground when it has 4 leaves. Don’t leave any longer to plant”, said event coordinator Kevin Myers.

Free seeds are now available at many regional outlets or you can contact Kevin Myers on 0428 518 944 who will send you some seeds. Visit the website for more details www.cadell.org.au.

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Mid Murray Support Services & Mannum Community Hub he Board of Management extends a very warm and heartfelt Christmas Greeting to all who have had contact with MMSS and the Mid Murray Community.

During the past year the organisation has experienced its downs and ups, however the Board is pleased to announce that we are heading into the new year full of exciting new developments, service provisions and programs that will be offered to the whole of our community.

MMSS assists in providing integrated support services to our rural community assisting people with opportunities to achieve their life goals. The organisation is supported by Commonwealth and State Government funding, which allows us to provide services to Children, Adolescents, Families, Aged, Disadvantaged and Disabled to name a few. Our relationship with the Mid Murray Council, is of critical importance. The community itself has been tremendously generous in providing valuable support by way of volunteer hours, donations and other general support for the organisation. Without input from the community, our community organisation would cease to exist and would simply be just another government funded support service.

Our Staff and volunteers are the backbone of the operation. They have been solid and supportive throughout the year and the Board thanks them all, past and present, for their massive efforts and their confidence in the Board that it is making a difference and paving the way for a new direction in the new year.

Chair Person Fiona Mann and Board Member Geoff Stephens have stood down from the Board after many combined years of service. We extend our gratitude to them for their time with MMSS. MMSS acknowledges Males Meats for their ongoing contributions and Lovell’s Bakery for the supply of bread for our Foodbank. Your support during the year is very much appreciated, thank you.

Our office Volunteers, Volunteer Drivers, Cleaners, Gardener and Handyman have been kept very busy throughout the year, their acts of kindness and willingness to help clients has not gone unnoticed.

Karen at Scrooges thanks all the volunteers for their fantastic and mighty effort throughout the year. Mountains of donations have been sifted through, sorted, cleaned, washed, priced and

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merchandised. Without our volunteers we would not be able to operate. I am proud to be working with you all.

I take this opportunity to wish all our Volunteers, Customers and Donors a very safe and Happy Christmas. It is great to know that we can provide a service that helps and gives back to the community. We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

The Mannum Community Hub has been open for a year in January 2015. We have certainly grown and become very busy with many community members and groups making use of this wonderful facility.

We love it and from the feedback we have received, you in the community are loving it too. We really appreciate your support.

Our last lunch and film afternoon for 2014 was a huge success with 55 people attending. Food, fun, friendship and a good movie; what more could you want? Another one you say? They begin again on 19th February 2015 with the movie STAR (the musical Life of Gertrude Lawrence). Please make sure that you telephone the Hub to make a booking.

Tai Chi and Qigong for health are among the many activities being held at the Hub. These and more will continue in 2015. To check what is happening you can call 8569 1832, check out our Facebook Page or log on to our website www.mmss.com.au and look at the “Calendar of Events”.

A wide range of activities will be held at the Hub over 4 full days between the 15th and 19th December 2014. The activities are for ages 5 years to 15 years. See the full schedule elsewhere in this issue.

Grow and Share is on every second Sunday 9:00am to Noon. The next is on the 7th December and the last for 2014 on the 21st December. Come along and share your extra fruit and veggies or simply make a donation if you see something you like. Morning tea is supplied.

Thanks to Peter and Lyn for their untiring efforts in running and organising this activity.

The Hub will be closed on Monday 22nd December, reopening on Monday 19th January 2015.

From all of us at the Hub, to all of you in the Community, we wish you a very Happy Christmas period and a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. We are looking forward to seeing you all again in 2015.

For any enquiries relating to MMSS Services, contact us on: 8569 2129, for any questions relating to activities at the Hub call 8569 1832, Scrooges can be contacted on 8569 1892.

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Rockleigh Bushfires – Past, Present, Future An Introduction to Our Area ockleigh is an area name. There is no town as such. In general it links Mt Torrens to Murray Bridge and includes all the high country, in contrast to the Murray Flats of Tepko and Pallamana. I married a Rockleigh farmer 43 years ago. We have a family farm, started from an original land grant in 1854. It is still in the same family today. The land is owned by my sister-in-law, Rose, and my husband, Terry. My son, Vincent, runs our dairy at Wall Flat and we use the Rockleigh farm to run our dairy heifers and beef cows.

The house where Rose lived until five years ago and where Terry grew up is currently rented out to the Wombat Rescue Association. Four years ago, we locked up 400 acres in a conservation agreement because of rare and endangered plants and birds that are there. It is still virgin land. The wombat women have a similar conservation agenda to us and it works well. Our farm in the hills is 1400 acres: hilly, rocky country about one-third suitable for cropping and one quarter too steep to drive a vehicle on it. As the crow flies, and the wind blows, it is 4 km to the mine at Kanmantoo, 4 km to Harrogate, 9 km to Nairne, 12 to Woodside. Callington is 18 km away and Murray Bridge is 20 km. Parts of Rockleigh are the extreme boundary of Murray Bridge Council and it joins Mid Murray Council further over.

Rockleigh, historically, has been almost untouched by fire for over 50 years, and yet we have had 4 major fires in the last 2 years.

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started on December 18th 2013 as a direct result of a bearing failure on a header. A neighbour bought a second hand header, and despite the forecast of a 38 degree day, decided to do a round of his crop to try it out. Our crop adjoining his had been reaped the week before. By the time he came back over the hill to complete the first lap a roaring fire was bearing down on his neighbour.

At our Wall Flat farm, my son Vince was milking, I was feeding calves and the 2 grandsons were buzzing around when the phone call came. A fire in our back boundary paddock roaring through stubble and scrub and the wind blowing it further.

Tyson Paech had led the CFS in through our gateway off Bondleigh Road. We have fire tracks cleared through the rocks and the CFS were cutting the fences to get into our neighbours. We have 170 cattle and a big stirry Angus bull up there. All ages and all sizes were running, chasing the fire trucks.

Fire roared down the gullies picking up speed. Fire doesn’t travel in straight lines. It spreads in every direction. Wind is generated by the heat and great whirly winds pick up burning twigs, leaves etc. and rain them down in crazy patterns, spreading it even further and faster.

There were burnt trees from a previous fire that caught like matchsticks and in no time surrounded a house. The owners were frantically trying to round up their sheep and lock them up.

The MFS in Adelaide were soon there as

well as 22 CFS trucks. The wind changed and the fire flared back into our place and was heading for Harrogate through our stubble. The water bombers were called and soon had it out on our place, but it was totally out of control further over and the rocks are so huge trucks can’t drive over them.

We control our cows and heifers by our ute. They know that vehicles usually mean feed. They chased the trucks, smelt the smoke and ran crazy. Vince had to yard what he could find, using a bale of hay as a bribe, and locked them in our yard. There were no standing fences from Dishers Hill to our place on Bondleigh Road, a distance of 12.5 km, and some of our cows went that far. We had to urgently start putting up fences as holding 170 head in yards and hand feeding is not sustainable. We had some burnt cattle, burnt wild life, dead birds and kangaroos burnt but still hopping around, and hares with no ears needed shooting. We had water in large tanks next to the yard. Heifers and cheeky red Angus calves came back with great burnt patches on them, hungry, disoriented and so glad to find the water trough and the rest of the mob.

We had 500 metres of fences to finish when the heat waves came. We couldn’t keep cattle locked up without shade, so we ran a single wire electric fence, and let them all loose.

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Bus: Mannum  Murray Bridge  Mt Barker  Adelaide and Return Monday to Friday except public holidays.

School holiday times (when different) are in brackets.

Mannum to Adelaide Adelaide to Mannum Mannum  Murray Bridge LinkSA Adelaide  Mt Barker Metro bus 842F 8:00am Leave Arnold Park, Mannum 1:50pm (4:03pm) Leave Harris Scarfe Murray Bridge  Mt Barker LinkSA Grenfell Street (Stop G2) 8:45am Leave Murray Bridge, South Mt Barker  Murray Bridge LinkSA Terrace, Information Centre 2:45pm (5:00pm) Leave Mt Barker Mt Barker  Adelaide Metro bus 842F Park & Ride 9:30am Leave Mt Barker Park & Ride, Murray Bridge  Mannum LinkSA Metro bus 842F to Adelaide 3:40pm (5:35pm) Leave Info Centre Detailed timetables are readily available at the Mannum Information Centre.

For more information telephone 8532 2633 during office hours.

Mannum School Community Library School Term Times School Holidays Mon, Thur, Fri: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Mon, Tue, Wed (am), Thur, Fri: Tue: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Wed: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Wed (pm): 04:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sat: 9:30 am - 12 noon Sat: 10:00 am - 12 noon Closed Sunday and Public Holidays. Further information: 8569 2005

CLASSIFIEDS

$5 Classifieds can be up to thirty (30) words and must be PRE-PAID before your advertisement will appear, unless by prior arrangement. Advertisements over thirty words cost an extra 20 cents per extra word. Payments may be made by cheque or cash.

Scrooges Needs Your Help Wanted Our fridge has died, is there anyone in the community who has a working fridge that they no longer need?

We at Scrooges would be very appreciative of a donated fridge.

Please contact us on: 8569 1892.

Mannum HOSPITAL AUXILIARY CRAFT SHOP Shearer Car Park, Randell Street Mannum We Stock A Large Variety of Jams, Pickles, Chutneys and Sauces.

Books, Bric A Brac, Baby Clothes, Gifts Rugs, Cushions, Patchwork Handbags Decorated Hand Towels, Kitchen Hand Towels.

Footy Rugs, Cushions, Scarves, Caps, and Novelties Opening Hours Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Australian Red Cross THE POWER OF HUMANITY

Cambrai familystore Main Street Cambrai Wed–Fri and Sun: 10AM–4PM Phone: 8564 5244 Mannum Leisure Centre Supervised Opening Hours

Mon: 10-11:30am Mini Movers; 6:00pm Bootcamp (6 week programs) with Renee Tues: 11-12noon Strength For Life; 3:30-4:30pm Tai Chi; 6-7pm Power Step Wed: 7:30-8am XTraining Class; 67pm TTB and Pilates with Renee Thur: 9:30-10:30am Mannum Movers; 11-12noon Strength For Life; 67pm Aerobics and boxing with Renee Seasonal Evening Programs. Soccer, Mixed Netball, Squash, Men’s Senior Basketball and Aussie Hoops.

Meeting rooms available.

Members 24/7 access. All others:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 3:30pm-7:30pm Wednesday 7:30am-11:00am, 3:30pm-7:30pm Friday 7:30am-11:00am, 3:30pm-6:30pm Check out the Mannum Leisure Centre Facebook Page for updates on programs such as Personal Training, specials, etc.

Further information: 8569 0185

mannumleisure@mid-murray.sa.gov.au

Deb Roberts, Programs Manager

Mid Murray Support Services Contact MMSS for details.

Email: mmcss@internode.on.net 71 Randell Street, 10 am - 4 pm.

Phone: 8569 2129.

Men’s Breakfast: 8:30am - 10am, First Tuesday of the Month. River Bar, River Lane entrance, Mannum Community Club. Gold coin donation. Sausages, bacon, toast, juice, cereal and more. Come along and have a chat.

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2014 PUBLICATION DEADLINES (12 noon) Collate & Fold Home Delivery Feb. Issue 98 Wed 28 Jan. Tue 3 Feb. March Issue 99 Wed 4 Mar. Tue 10 Mar. April Issue100 Wed 25 Mar. Tue 31 Mar.

Community Meetings Clash Calendar R e g u l a r m e e t i n g s o n l y Last Wednesday (MCHMannum Community Hub) 6:30pm Mannum Mens Discussion Group.Mike McDowell. 8569 2818.

MONTHLY 1st Monday 9:45am Combined Probus, Club 10:00am Murray Darlings Red Hatters, Café Mannum. 8569 1438.

1st Tuesday 7:30pm Agricultural Society, Showground 2nd Tuesday PalmerCard Day, Collier Park Hall, Palmer. 8569 4184.

2nd Wednesday 9:00am Shared Stitches of Mannum Quilting Group. Lions Den, Showground. 8569 2363.

8:00pm Mannum Gem and Minerals Club.MurraylandsGemandMineral Club, Collier Park Palmer. Leonie Hughes. 8278 2112.

2nd Thursday 1:30pm Prayer Meeting for Mannum, Baptist Church, William St. 3rd Monday 1:30-4:00pm Scrabble & Games, MCH. Gold Coin Donation.

8569 1832.

3rd Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm, Combined Churches Prayer Meeting. See Pause a While for location.

2pm-4pm History Group, MCH. 8569 1832.

3rd Thursday 11:00am Mannum RSL, Mannum Rowing Club/RSL 3rd Friday 10:00am Secateurs Soup & Soapies, St Andrews Church. All welcome 3rd Saturday 10am-mid pm Gem Cutting and Silversmithing W/shop.

MurraylandsGemandMineralClub, CollierParkPalmer.LeonieHughes.

8278 2112.

8:00pm-midnight Mannum Dances.

Lutheran Hall, Cliff St. Judy 0488 130 354, Lesley 8569 2449.

4th Thursday 7:30pm Progress Association, Meeting Room Council Chambers.

Last Monday 1:30pm Hospital Auxiliary, Meeting Room, Esmeralda St. First Wednesday Noon Mannum Mag Committee, Showground. 8569 2385.

WEEKLY Mon, Wed and Fri 10:00am-3:00pm The Hall, 5 Greening Street. 8569 1643.

Tue, Wed and Thur 9:00am-1:00pm Mannum Men’s Shed, MCH. Tuesday and Thursday 10:00am-4:00pm, MIFSA (Mental Illness Fellowship of SA), St Andrews Anglicanchurch,activities,lunch($3).

Tuesday and Friday 8:00am Walkie Talkies, Lions Den, Showground. Helen 8569 2275.

Tuesday 9:30am River Word Christian Centre Prayer and Bible Study; 10:30am, Friendship Group.

Greening St. 8569 1333.

9:00-10:00am Mannum Weight Watchers. MCH. Jane Kelly 8569 1799.

4:15pm Aroona Joeys, Showground.

5:30pm Aroona Cubs, Showground.

Kym Walton 0407 179 101.

Wednesday 10:00am Down to Earth, Community Garden Group, MCH. 10:00-11:15am, Yoga, MCH. Fee $5.00 Bring your own mat.

Friday 9:30 am Bus Trip, MIFSA participants, donation. Trevor or Sam 0427 442 775 OTHER 1st and 3rd Sunday 9:30am Murray Mallee Field Archers, Long Gully Rd Mannum. Ian Baensch (after 6pm) 8569 1274.

Alternate Wednesdays 1:00pm Sewing/Craft and Computing Grp. Baptist Church House, William St. Lisa 8569 6040, Helen 8569 2886, lisa@mannumbaptist.org.au Alternate Fridays 1:30pm Senior Citizen’s Club, Club Rooms. Marnie: 8569 2980.

Every Three Months 7:30pm Neighbourhood Watch.

Leisure Centre. Coordinator Russ Dellow 0428 813 201.

Email: editor.mannummag@aussiebb.com.au Contact: General 8569 7392.

Advertising: email Editor.

Deliver: 71 Randell Street, Mannum SA 5238 (a service kindly provided by MMSS) Our email account is provided by Aussie Broadband as a community service

2014 Community Calendar DECEMBER Mannum Garden Group Lions Den Monday 8th, 11am Christmas breakup lunch.

Contact: Bev Connell Phone: 8570 4322

JANUARY HymnLovers Sing Mannum Uniting Church Sunday 11th, 2:00pm Billy Graham hymns sing-along Phone: 8569 7392 See page 3

Mannum Fun Run & Walk Mary Ann Reserve Sunday 14th, 8:30am Registration now open. Run or walk followed by a healthy APEX breakfast.

Sounds By The River Mary Ann Reserve Saturday 17th Phone: 0414 857 738

Carols By The River Mary Ann Reserve Saturday 20th, 8:00-9:30pm Entertainment from 7:30pm.

See pages 8 and 10

Maximum Power Show Swan Reach Gymnasium Friday 23rd, 10:00am-11:00am Free theatre performance for children 2 to 12 years old Phone: 8569 0100 See page 7

PS Marion Pink/Blue Cruise Mannum Town Wharf Sunday 14th, 10:30am, 12 noon, 1:30pm, 2:45pm Cost: $20 Cruise and lunch at Palm Court Café,$39 Bookings: 8569 1303 See page 21 Mount Pleasant Farmers Market Mount Pleasant Showground Tuesday 23rd, 5:00pm-9:00pm Phone: 0418 301 121 See page 4

Mannum Community Film Night Mannum Lutheran Hall Saturday 24th, 7:30pm Movie: Heaven is for Real See page 5 FEBRUARY Mannum Garden Group Lions Den Monday 2nd, 10am First meeting for 2015. All welcome Contact: Bev Connell Phone: 8570 4322

Have Your Event Listed This section of Mannum Mag is for brief notices about community events for the current month and the following month.

In some months space is limited. For extra detail, write a short article for publication inside Mannum Mag. This will also ensure that your event is publicised if there is insufficient space to list your event here.

Your listing should include a location, date, time, cost and a contact number for enquiries.

Remember: When possible, send the calendar entry for publication in the issue of the month before the event.

Weekly Passenger Service Mannum to Murray Bridge Every Thursday: Mannum Information Centre  Murray Bridge Information Centre Depart Arrive Depart Return Mannum 10:00am Murray Bridge 10:45am Murray Bridge 2:30pm Mannum 3:10pm 1st and 3rd Tuesday: Mannum Information Centre  Murray Bridge Information Centre Mannum 10:00am Murray Bridge 10:30am Murray Bridge 1:30pm Mannum 2:00pm Information: LinkSA, 18 Alma Avenue, Murray Bridge SA 5253, Ph: 8532 2633

All material submitted for publication is subject to editorial approval. This is done not to censor, but to ensure topics are relevant to the content of Mannum Mag.

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