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2 • Riverland Weekly – Thursday February 19, 2009
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Outside the square
This week in the Riverland Riverland Weekly journalist Brad Perry spent part of last Friday evening with AFL legend Kevin Sheedy. He tells the story of a star struck fan meeting a footy icon. - Full report, Page 6
Just the sense of giving and helping others was what we were aiming for.
LOXTON woman Donna Langford recently visited Mexico to help with a charity organisation that supports people with eye issues. – Full report, Page 9
~ Faye North – Page 4
Word of the week
Grape prices are too low and I can’t warrant purchasing any more water.
APPEAL (noun): An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication. A resort to a higher authority or greater power for a decision.
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny Min 17Âş. Max 37Âş
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Sunny all day Min 15Âş. Max 33Âş
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There is a high expectation and the bar is set quite high. ~ Luke Saville
February 19 – 0197 - Lucius Septimius Severus’ army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon. February 20 – 1968 - John Cleese married Connie Booth. February 21 – 1966 - Indonesia’s president Sukarno fires General Nasution. February 22 – 1958 - Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets six world records in two days. February 23 – 1905 - Rotary Club International formed. February 24 – 1821 - Mexico gains independence from Spain. pogrom
Mallee Weather
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THURSDAY
Sunny conditions Min 17Âş. Max 36Âş
FRIDAY
Sunny Min 15Âş. Max 29Âş
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny Min 12Âş. Max 28Âş
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communities. McLEAN Without someone thinking outside of the square, we might never have had the mechanical harvester or, looking further back in time, the stump jump plough. This week’s news that the water allocations would be staying at 18 per cent is bad news, no doubt. However, over the past 100 years, this region has shown resilience and while times are tough, we will survive and continue to fight on. It could well be something totally different to what we are doing now. Providing our region with the tools to survive and, more importantly, thrive in the future, will defintely come from someone thinking outside of the square.
This week in history
Riverland Weather
~ Peter Harman
FOOTBALL legend Kevin Sheedy was in the Riverland last Friday night and left a mark among those who attended his presentation at the Chaffey Theatre. Having seen ‘Sheeds’ speak live in the past, it was no surprise to hear that he had the audience in raptures. While the evening’s theme was about bringing smiles to the faces of locals, the master coach also brought a number of messages to the table. One that stood out to me was about “looking outside the square�. It is a term thrown about regularly. But how often do we look outside the square to provide a solution to our own problems? It is only by thinking outside the square that we are able to move ahead in life, as individuals or
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‘Mama’ Cass Elliot, singer. Enzo Ferrari, sportscar manufacturer. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean president. George Washington, first US president. Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer.
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Blind cricket
Secret stadium
Firefighter killed
Troops to Afghanistan
RENMARK’S Lions Club will host the annual visit to the region by the SA Blind Cricket Club this weekend. The annual match was first held in 1980 and will be played at the Paringa Oval from 10am. Spectators are invited to attend the match, which will be a 40 over a side contest for the Hage Shield.
THE State Government is sitting on a report which recommends building a centrally located sports stadium for up to 100,000 people, adelaidenow reports. The report, commissioned by Sports Minister Michael Wright in 2006, is believed to have gone to the Cabinet without any subsequent action being taken.
A firefighter killed when a tree crushed him near the Victorian town of Marysville was within hours of returning home after battling bushfires for four days, The Age reports. The 58-year-old professional firefighter was due to join 101 of his mates on a bus trip home to Canberra early yesterday morning.
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has authorised the deployment of up to 17,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan, saying they are to “meet urgent security needs�, the BBC reports. This first major troop deployment under Mr Obama comes as his administration reviews US policy in Afghanistan.
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