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The Andamooka Yacht Club, who was awarded with the Mayors’ Award, was established by Sydney couple Matilda Moylan-Blaikie and Kurt Jury in mid-2015 and since opening has attracted a widespread following of not only tourists, but State and national media coverage alike. The couple, who were blown away by the award, thanked the local community for their success.
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o c al phenomenon the Andamooka Yacht Club have come home with gold after the Brand SA Outback Regional Awards presentation night in Port Augusta on Friday night.
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“It’s really thanks to the locals who have shown us an incredible amount of support from the beginning,” Ms Moylan Blaikie said. “It’s (Andamooka) such a unique and beautiful place - a quirky and wonderful group of people. We feel really lucky to be a part of it.” “We’ve been having so much fun throughout the whole process, and it’s nice that when you’re passionate about something it can really show,” Mr Jury added. “All the love and support since we’ve opened has been amazing, not only from within Andamooka and Roxby Downs but from all over the State. “It hasn’t always been easy, but living and running a new business in
the Outback has been an incredible learning experience for both of us.” Of the 10 finalists selected for the Outback region, four were from the Roxby Downs and Andamooka area, including Deb Price, Samantha Secker of Secker Real Estate and Trent Headland of the Roxby Rockets. Brand South Australia CEO, Karen Raffen, congratulated the winners for their success. “The evening was a huge success and a great way to celebrate and showcase achievements from the Outback region,” she said. “I’d like to thank everyone who was involved, including the nominees, our team of journalists, the
Matilda MoylanBlaikie and Kurt Jury of the Andamooka Yacht club were winners on Friday night.
finalists and winners as well as the general public for reading the stories and voting. Of course this special program would not be possible without the support of the Mayor’s, Sponsors and each of our partners, in particular, our major partner and category sponsor Primary Industries and Region South Australia.” Regional Development Minister Geoff Brock congratulated all the winners and finalists of this year’s Regional Awards. “Regional South Australia is a vital part of the economic and social fabric of our State, contributing around $25 billion to the state’s economy,” he said. “This is a remarkable achievement and I thank you all
for playing a part in helping to build our regions.” The other two award winners for the night included Port Augusta entries Sundrop Farms for the Sponsor’s Choice award, and Magic Memories by Erika for the People’s Choice award. “We hope that people will continue to acknowledge and appreciate the beauty and importance of the Outback. There are definitely great opportunities out there for creative people to re-invigorate regional areas with their passion and youthful energy,” Matilda finished.
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elebrating its 30th year of recognising talented young South Australians, nominations for the Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year have now opened for 2017.
Open until Tuesday, January 24 2017, the awards feature 10 categories and will culminate at a gala presentation dinner at Hilton Adelaide on Friday, April 28 2017. Current Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year, Marcellus Enalanga spoke at the recent launch of the Awards about the importance of recognising our young people and the difference it can make to their self-worth. “Nominate someone, it could really make a difference” Marcellus said. Categories include; • The Coffee Clubs Arts and Fashion Award • Department for Communities and Social Inclusion Aboriginal Achieve ment Award • The University of Adelaide Science & Technology Award
Last year’s Young Achiever of the Year Marcellus Enalanga.
• Websters Lawyers Service to the Community Award • Multicultural Youth South Aus tralia Spirit of Resilience Award • Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Rural Health Award • Worldwide Printing Solutions Sports Award • Scouts SA Leadership Award • Santos Regional Service Award • University Senior College Create Change Award Category winners will each receive $2,000 thanks to Allianz Australia in addition to a trophy. One of the ten category winners will be chosen as the Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year and will win an additional $2,000 from Allianz Australia and a State trophy. For more information, contact the Awards Office on (08) 8132 0753 or email sa@awardsaustralia.com. Nominations can be made online at www. bit.ly/sayaa, with each nominator going into the draw for a $200 Coffee Club voucher.
Quiet day in court WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER
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he Roxby Downs Magistrates Court held one of its shortest sessions for the year last Wednesday with a number of the major cases adjourned until the next court date on December 14.
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Two domestic abuse cases were heard and another regarding a local man charged with trafficking a controlled drug and basic possession of equipment to be used with a controlled drug. All were adjourned until De cemb er 14 where the accused will face court again.
Another local man was facing nine different charges, including a number of driving and fire arm offences, but all will be heard in December once more information is collected to be presented. A total of 12 driving offences were heard by the court on Wednesday and a number of assault and hindering police charges also were put in front of the Magistrate. There were three civil cases heard, with the Roxby Council and Roxby Downs Area School involved in one each, with warrants awarded in both cases.
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he development of SA’s $985 million ‘onestop-shop’ for employment, training and education will provide employment and training opportunities for interested South Australians, it has been revealed.
The Northern Connector project, or ‘North Hub’ will set a new benchmark for local industry participation on public infrastructure projects in South Australia, according to Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher. “This facility is an innovative way to ensure local communities are receiving the full range of benefits major infrastructure projects can provide, and that includes employment opportunities,” Mr Fletcher said. Providing for approximately 480 jobs a year in industries such as civil and formwork construction workers, site supervisors, project engineers, safety professionals, administrative professionals, and trainees and apprentices, the facilities will be accessible in house or online. “NorthHub will provide opportunities for locals to find work or train towards gaining employment on the project which is critical for an area experiencing higher unemployment than other parts of the state and which is facing the impending closure of the Holden factory,” said South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill. Jobs are already available at the facility, and are expected to increase when major construction begins. Details can be found at www.northhub.sa.gov.au.
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Community has its say on Roxby’s future governance WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER
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he Roxby Downs Governance Review Committee’s report and recommendations have left locals with a number of ideas to ponder.
The public have made it clear change is needed and the recommendations have been met with praise by most locals. The two-page summary of the drafts recommendations outlined short, medium and long term solutions for the governing structure in Roxby Downs. The short term recommendations included making the Roxby Council more transparent through publishing decisions and policies made and ensuring increased communication with the community. Medium term recommendations said the Administrator’s role and CEO position that are currently all undertaken by the Roxby Council Administrator should be separated into two positions. The Committee’s other recommendation is to appoint two parttime council administrators, selected and answerable to the Minister for Mineral Resources and Development along with the CEO. These medium term plans would
be given at least two years to be established before the long term recommendations could be looked at. The longer term recommendations included moving to a fully elected council and reviewing the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982 Local of seven years, David Brown said in an ideal situation the indenture act would be re-written to allow the change locals were after. However he understood the ‘powers that be’ wouldn’t allow it so he said just modifying them would be sufficient. But he did agree with some of the other suggestions put forward by the Governance Review Committee’s report. “The utopia for me would be to have two Administrators and a CEO but also have a representative group,” he told The Monitor. “The group could consist of BHP representatives, State government representatives and two elected members.” He said the two year time frame given for these plans to come into fruition was a bit long however he understood that dealings with council and State Government matters took time to sort out. One of the long term recommendations is to implement an elected government, which is something a
number of locals have called for. However, local Michelle Casserly, who is involved heavily in the Roxby Downs Scouts group and Netball Association, said she believed other options would be more beneficial to a town the size of Roxby Downs. “Personally my preferred option is separate CEO and Administrator and the (Roxby Downs) Community Board have more say and voting rights on council decisions,” Mrs Casserley said. “I am not in favour of an elected council for such a small community that is so transient. “As you can see many councils around the country it ends up as vested interests or a popularity contest, with many of the same issues remaining unresolved.” Roxby Traders chairperson Katalin Wilby agreed with Mrs Casserley saying the town was too transient to be able to sustain an elected council. She also said a change in governance structure would have little effect on local businesses but the traders would continue their already positive relationship with whatever council was elected. At a recent community consultation session attended by members of the Governance Review Committee locals raised concerns around the absolute authority held by previous administrators and whether
Locals have varying opinions on what the future governance of Roxby should be.
that would continue and the lack of transparency. “Past governing structure, main fault was that the community was not fully informed why decisions were made and some seem to be made without merit that cost rate payers, without benefit of their input,” Mrs Casserley said. “Also community members did not have any avenue or recourse to dispute decisions. “Even once the oversight committee was formed by local government, it was not conducive to dealing with or answering queries
Power to the people following outage
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he Roxby Downs community w ill be given a chance to have their say about local efforts to manage a recent power outage that affected the town at a public de-brief next week.
The power outage lasted from 4pm, Wednesday September 28 until 7pm, Friday September 30 and was part of, but longer than, a State-wide power outage that was caused by extreme weather circumstances. A final date is yet to be set but Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said it was important to include the public as part of the power outage de-brief to understand what they need to improve on for next time. “I’d like to think we handled the situation pretty well, we had a variety of things in place,” Snr Sgt Boylan said. “But other people’s opinions are important too. “Normally after every event like this the services have a de-brief amongst themselves and they will be getting together again this time. “But due to what happened and the length of the power outage we thought it was a good opportunity to get the members of the community to give us feedback about how they think things were done in Roxby Downs.” He said despite the public session, it was not an opportunity to discuss why the power went out,
as “that is out of our control”, but more about how local services operated through the event. Attendees are asked to discuss what improvements could be made to make the next time run a little smoother and anything that can be altered if the town suffers a similar event. The Monitor will keep community up to date on any developments with a final date for the de-brief. BY PATRICK GLOVER
without referring to the then current Administrator, so a catch 22 situation.” Since the community consultation acting administrator Geoff Whitbread has attempted to address the transparency issue holding the Roxby Council’s first ever public meeting. However Mr Brown added the meeting did still not provide complete transparency with guidelines put in place for the meeting still providing some restrictions.
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Local team start forming fabulous figures your own way – you get out what you put in,” she said. Four weeks in and already she said the group has begun seeing results, with Mrs Price alone losing 5.4kg. The group has been walking Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while also taking part in ‘Beat It’ program sessions at roxbylink and classes with the local foodies team. Mrs Price said she has also set up a Facebook page for people to post healthy meal ideas, recipes and exercise tips. She said it was another way to keep each other motivated. While there are obvious health benefits that will result from the program, Mrs Price said it was also beneficial for participant’s wellbeing and for meeting new people in a social setting. The community has even been getting behind the group, with
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hat started as a personal health kick has turned into a group of 42 locals taking part in a 10-week challenge and raising money for a cause in the process.
The Fabulous Figures program was started by Deb Price so she could lose a little weight to fit into her Brand SA Far North Regional Awards dress for last Friday night. However, before starting she reached out to others to see if it would motivate locals and she said the response has been incredible. The program lasts for 10 weeks and Mrs Price said it is all about people losing weight ‘their own way’. “It’s not about telling people to eat this or eat that and you exercise
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prizes donated to be awarded to the most successful participant at a weigh in each week. Participant Angela Lafferty sang praises of the Fabulous Figure program and said it was just the kick she needed to get her exercising again. “By being involved with Fabulous Figures it has made me look at my eating habits and motivated me back into walking each day – a kick start that I needed,” Mrs Lafferty said. “It is a great way for the community members to become involved and start thinking about their lifestyle and wellbeing without it costing a lot of money.” While the program is all about personal health the participant to lose the most weight by the end of the 10 weeks will win half the money raised through the $50 registration fee. The other half will be sent to a
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Fabulous Figures participants Kerrie Thomas, Ali O’Connor and Deb Price with Beat It Program instructor, Steh Melling.
charity of the winner’s choice. Mrs Price added they would be look to hold a 70s disco in the com-
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ing weeks to help with the cause and because ‘dancing burns more calories than walking’.
Local scouts recognised
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oxby Downs Scouts members Michelle Casserley and Martyn Gobbie have been recognised for their efforts at a State level recently, each receiving SA Special Service Awards. Local Scouts Leader Scott ‘Yak’ Gaskin said the pair, who have been involved with the scouts for 10 and six years respectively, were thoroughly deserving of their awards. “They have been recognised for the way they go above and beyond with the work they do as volunteers,” Mr Gaskin said. “It is people like these two that are the back bone of the club and the community, the scouts would not be able to operate without them.” Mr Gobbie is the Quarter Master of the club, while Mrs Casserley has held a number of roles during her 10 years including most recently her role as secretary. She was also recognised for her 10 years of service at a local level on Tuesday, September 27. On the same night, Rebecca Taylor received recognition for 10 years of service, while Cherie Gaskin and Alexandra Runge received certificates recognising them as adult leaders. All awards on the night were presented by District Commissioner Wayne Usher. BY PATRICK GLOVER
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Alexandra Runge with her certificate acknowledging her as a adult leader.
Cherie Gaskin is awarded a cerificate acknowledging her as an adult leader from District Commissioner Wayne Usher.
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Wayne Usher (District Commisioner) congratulates Michelle Casserley for her 10 years of service to the Roxby Downs Scouts.
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ndamooka’s outdoor theatre will be trialled on Saturday, October 29 (Family Halloween Night) as part of APOMA’s push to revive some of the community’s past popular social activities.
Once an integral part of the local social setting in Andamooka, the Andamooka Progress Opal Miners Association has recognised the potential in bringing the outdoor theatre back to the fore. The ‘bring your own seat’ theatre space is located at the Andamooka Historic Cottages
Reserve and as part of the restoration of the Reserve. There are a number of hurdles to overcome to get the outdoor theatre up and running for the night including the replacement of the big screen, which has succumbed to the ravages of time and elements. Despite this, there is great enthusiasm amongst locals who are collectively working on having everything in place in time for Halloween. Repair work from a fire earlier this year at the Community Hall is expected to be com-
pleted by the end of October so in the event of inclement weather, or hold-ups with a new outdoor screen arrangement, the movie will be screened in the Hall. The family night will kick off with a Trick or Treat trip around the town organised and led by Youth Coordinator, Donna Waters together with a community BBQ at the Cottages and live entertainment. There will be loads of creepy fun and games for kids, until darkness falls and the scary movie is screened. Ms Waters is calling for local residents to
register as a ‘trick or treat visit’ spot at the counter at the Andamooka Friendly Grocer. Donations received on the night will go towards covering costs for the screening with any surplus used towards setting up more regular outdoor theatre nights – with locals hoping to hold it in the warmer months spanning between October to May. More details will be published soon in the Andamooka Press which is also published on the website at www.andamooka.sa.au or check one of the notices posted around the town.
ABOVE: Halloween decorations filled the Andamooka Hall at an event in the past. RIGHT: The restoration of the Andamooka Historic Cottages Reserve will be complemented by an outdoor theatre screening at the end of this month.
Independent living outreach to visit Andamooka T he Independent Living Centre’s free Mobile Outreach Service will be visiting Andamooka on Wednesday, October 19 for the convenience of local residents in need of living assistance devices. The Government service will be held in front of the Andamooka Community Hall on School Road from 9am until 1.30pm and will provide free professional advice on techniques and equipment to assist with every day activities. Visitors to the Outreach’s caravan can discuss their individual needs with an experienced health professional (occupational therapist) and view and/or trial a wide range of equipment. Informative brochures covering a large variety of topics and disabilities are also available. The service is available to all members of the public, including people with a disability, injury or illness, carers, health professionals and organisations. Bookings are not required and an interpreter
Bus available for Glenn McGrath visit On Friday October 14th Donna Waters will take the community bus into Roxby for the Glenn McGrath Pink Stumps event. If anyone is interested in going please contact Donna on 0476 298 992 to book a seat on the bus.
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tense customer service approach to win new customers and to keep and look after existing ones. But more importantly, they’re proactively trying to improve their reputation by taking on an aggressive Greener plan to reduce their carbon emissions, inline with the recently ratified Paris Cop 21 Climate Agreement. Although they’re not the most Greenest supplier, they do have the largest and most diverse Green Power portfolio in Australia. AGL has invested $3 billion in renewables, having acquired and built three solar power plants, in Wilpena Pound, Nyngan and Broken Hill (largest in Australia), built wind farms such as the Macarthur Wind farm (largest in the southern hemisphere) and a Hydro plant. Furthermore, it has publicly released its ‘Greenhouse Gas Policy’ showing a commitment to gradual decarbonisation and closing of its Coal Power stations by 2050. Most importantly though, AGL has formed ‘Goegen Victoria Pty Ltd’, a Geothermal Exploration Company, to develop commercial scale Renewable Energy. My proposal Mindful that our State Government did
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produce a surplus in the last financial year, rather than spending to th up to $43 billion to build a severely bad idea which will perpetually tarnish our States’ pristine reputation and therein, potentially damage our tourism and various other industries, my proposal is that the SA government and AGL embark on a combined, co financed building of the 4 Geothermal Power stations that our state needs. Done correctly, it would resolve the intermittency and frequency problems when our Wind farms aren’t producing, finally secure our energy supply and eradicate any interstate dependence for energy at more than half the cost. To conclude, this would be recognized as a great example internationally, as it’s a practical and sensible Win Win strategy for our State Government, AGL, the people of South Australia and the Environment. Thank you for your time and I urge you to please consider this proposal. Yours sincerely, Lincoln Coull Concerned Citizen
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in mind, there should be no blame gaming and though I’m not an energy expert, it is clear that our energy system needs to be updated to address security, intermittency and frequency issues. More specifically, it needs to be modified so that when parts of the system falls down, immediate re-routing and or backups engage; rather than a complete statewide trigger switch off. Relatively, did you know our neighbours in New Zealand already have a couple of Geothermal plants; including the $300 million 100MW Kawerau Geothermal power plant. As South Australia has around 700,000 households, we would normally need to build seven (1000 MW) Geothermal power stations at a cost of $28 billion to satisfy the energy demand. But as our state already has 40% renewable energy supplied by Wind, it would cost only $16.8 billion to build the necessary 4 Geothermal Power plants to provide 24/7 endless base load, pollution free, Green Power. AGL – Australia’s oldest, largest and dirtiest energy provider has in the last two years, under the direction of CEO Andrew Vesey, implemented an impressive and in-
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Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my thoughts on this issue and propose a practical and common sense solution. Consider that our SA Tuna Industry is worth $164 million per year, our SA Wine Industry, including the Riverland, Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra and Clare Valley is worth $1.87 billion per year, our SA Tourism Industry, including Kangaroo Island, Flinders Ranges, Yorke Peninsula and other areas is worth $5.6 billion per year in revenue to our state. The Japanese buy our Tuna because it’s caught in pristine waters, the people of the world buy our world class award winning wines because they’re expertly produced in unspoiled soils and tourists visit Kangaroo Island and the like because of its’ untouched beauty. Then we hear that our Premier is suggesting we embrace a Nuclear Waste Dump, with construction costs of up to $43 billion that will only eternally tarnish our great States’ clean and unpolluted reputation. It’s also poignant that 64% of South Australians are opposed to it – The Advertiser survey 8/10/2016. Now with the recent statewide blackout
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woman died in a single vehicle crash in the State’s Far North on Saturday.
Just after 4.30pm Saturday, October 8, police and emergency services responded to the single car rollover on the Stuart Highway, Mount Eba, which is approximately 100km south of Coober Pedy. Sadly, the 66-year-old passenger, who was from Alice Springs, died at the scene, while the driver, a 71-year-old man, also from Alice Springs, was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition. Major Crash are investigating. The Stuart Highway was closed for several hours but has since been re-opened. This fatal crash brings the state’s road toll to 69 compared to 74 at the same time last year.
Community Calendar OCTOBER 8th - Glendambo Gymkhana, events start 9am sharp, Glendambo Race Course 14th - 16th - First Aid training course, Roxby Downs Health Service, free course, ph: (Deborah Hawke) 8671 9020. 14th - Glenn McGrath visit. Town Oval, 7.30pm. 14th - Roxby Districts Cricket Association, round 1 Andamooka vs Hornridge, town oval. T20 starting at 6pm. 15th - Roxby Market Day, 9am to 12 noon. 15th - Show and Sine, Roxby Downs Auto Pro, 9am. 15th - Walk for Freedom event. Starting at the Police Station at 9.30am. 15th - Roxby Desert Motocross Club Night Meet and 21st. celebrations at the track from 4pm. Ph: 0437 546 758. 15th - Roxby Downs Sporting Car Club night meet. Includes 20-lap All Comers Handicap.
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Tracks up to scratch for night meet D
edicated members of the Roxby Desert Motocross Club (RDMX) braved hot weather conditions on the weekend to prepare the track ahead of this weekend’s annual night meet. Pictured is the kids’ track, complete with new berms ‘looking fresh’ according to RDMXC President, Clint Gow-Smith. He added, “The track has been
widened, and will be perfect come the big event on Saturday.” For the first time ever, prize money will be awarded to the winners of all junior and senior divisions in a bid to attract ore riders to the meet. The gates open for the meet at 2pm, with a $10 admission fee for over 16s, and kids can come for free. The night will offer a full canteen and bar facilities and camping for those planning to stay.
The weekend will also feature the Club’s 21st birthday celebrations, to be held on both the Saturday night, and Sunday at the track. Sunday celebrations will kick off for club members with a club wind up, presentations, barbecue and general track riding from 2pm. For more information on the club or night meet, please contact Clint on 0437 546 758 or message the RDMXC Facebook page.
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ROXBY Saturday October 15th UNDER LIGHTS OVER $8000 prize money Prizemoney ALL classes! Plus Novelty cheques and trophy’s Senior & JUNIOR Feature race for the 1st time! • Camping Available Full Canteen and Bar- NO BYO • Gates open 2pm- Admission $10 Kids under 16 Free Seniors $60 Juniors $40 + $20 Flaggy (or supply your own optional) Sign in from 3pm- 4.15 SHARP , Riders brief 4.45pm Practice starts at 5pm ! For more details contact Clint 0437 546 758 or message Roxby Desert motocross Facebook page
Nominate now!! To nominate for this weekend’s motocross night meet, contact RDMXC President Clint Gow Smith via the ‘Roxby Downs Motocross Club’ Facebook page with your name and competing class.
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The roxbylink outdoor pool opened to the public last Wednesday after a slight delay due to the weather. Roxbylink Aquatics Manager Matt Kinnaird said since last Wednesday the pool had seen steady numbers visit in the opening few days. The outdoor pool played host to 30 children last week as part of a number of learn to swim school holiday programs – some of whom are pictured here. A lifeguard course was also run on the weekend. Mr Kinnaird said the works on the Splashpad would have no effect on the pool while constructions continued. Memberships are on sale again and the outdoor pool can also be booked for birthday parties, just visit the staff at the roxbylink kiosk for more information. Pictured above are Alex Bode, Donnell and Darrell Soka, Cole Manasigan, Tatenola Takaidza and Jack Docking.
Hunter, Phoenix and Maddox Denman with Kirstie Denman and Bec and Otto Webster.
Arid Recovery’s Kimberley Solly with Flynn, Lucas and Penny.
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Natalie, Pippa and Taylor Mattschoss with Bethany and Charlene Frith.
Brand SA Regional Awards finalist Deb Price at the awards ceremony on Friday night.
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Tom Hannigan, Trent Headland, Millie Thomas and Ashley and Travis Kingham at the Brand SA Regional Awards recently.
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roxby downs community board & forums October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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ctober is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Roxby Health Forum want to encourage our local ladies and men to ensure they are in full health.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation is the only national body that funds life-changing breast cancer research. Research into this disease is important, with eight women dying from the disease every day. Breast cancer statistics • Breast cancer is the most com mon life threatening cancer facing Australian women; • Every day 44 Australian women are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer;
• Around one in 700 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and; • There are nearly 60,000 people living with breast cancer in Aus tralia today. The Health Forum would like to encourage everyone to take the time this month to find out what you need to know regarding breast cancer, and how to look for changes in your body, share this important information with your family, friends and colleagues. Visit www.canceraustralia.gov.au/ healthy-living/campaigns-events/ breast-cancer-awareness-month for more information on what to look for in your body.
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Above: A scene from this year’s World Food and Music Festival in Richardson Place.
Festival thankyou! THANK YOU, thank you, thank you to all sponsors, stall holders, volunteers and contributors for making the 2016 World Food and Music Festival a huge success! BHP Billiton The Community Board Roxby Council roxbylink Coates Hire Cowell Electric Supply The Monitor Newspaper RoxFM Beyond India – Adelaide Roxby Scouts Group Jen’s Thai Foods Elke’s Delicious Foods Jeab’s Noodle Bar
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Below: Cooking in preparation for this year’s World Food and Music Event.
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ARTS and CULTURE FORUM Thursday, November 10 @ 7pm for Dinner & Meeting 88 Stuart Road
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Tuesday, November 8 @ 6.15pm Community youth Centre
New members are always welcome.
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CONTACTING THE BOARD For further information, advice or general questions please contact: Michelle Hales, Executive Officer Roxby Downs Community Board Inc., PO Box 85, Roxby Downs SA 5725 Mobile: 0418 833 818 Email: communityboard@roxbydowns.com WHO’S ON THE BOARD Terry Boylan • Vicki Mason • Sandy Sumsion • John Wilby • Angela Thompson • Kaitlyn Frankish• Theresa Bunyon • Chad Menzies • Geoff Whitbread • Hayley Scrivens
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A tree to remember
t’s that time of year again to get creative and create something special for the annual Festival of Trees exhibition.
This year’s theme is ‘A Tree to Remember’. Ines Badman, Community Services Officer (Trainee), is looking forward to some colourful and creative pieces that ‘reflect and impact on the artist’s life’. Entrants are encouraged to think outside the box and the piece does not have to be a tree. There were approximately 40 entries for last year’s Festival of Trees and Roxby Council anticipates another great year for the festival. As the pieces will be on display there are some restrictions. Pieces cannot be larger than 1.5 metres x 1 metre x 1 metre and unfortunately they cannot utilise electricity to operate.
There are three categories to enter: groups, individuals and class groups. Entry forms need to be completed and submitted with entries. You can download a form from the Roxby Council website or from the Visitor Information Centre. Entries needs to be submitted to the Visitor Information Centre before 12 noon on Friday, December 2. The 2016 Festival of Trees exhibition will launch the next day Saturday, December 3 at 10am. There will be a formal presentation with prizes kindly donated by local businesses. For more information, contact Ines Badman by email at ines. badman@roxbylink.com.au or by phone on (08) 8671 0500.
Fab Figures is a local group completing a weight loss challenge for charity. The challenge has been organised by local Deb Price and the prize money will go to the winner’s charity of choice.
Public Consulation – Interim By-law The Local Government Act 1999 gives councils the power to establish By-laws for licensing, regulating and controlling of specific activities within its area. These By-laws relate to the functions and powers of council and the degree of control council may exercise. By-laws are legally enforceable and impact on all residents and visitors within the council area. Councils are required to undertake a public consultation process and consider the community’s comments when making and reviewing By-laws. This process ensures public participation in council decisions that may affect day to day activities of the community.
Some of the entries from the 2015 Festival of Trees.
Foodies in action TIME CAPSULE T he Roxby Foodies are at it again! This time, local Roxby Foodies Kelly Reid and Melissa Allen took the opportunity to chat to some of the members of the Fab Figures group about a well rounded diet and how to identify healthy portion sizes.
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Visitor Information Centre, Roxbylink Capturing the memories from the town of Roxby Downs
Above: Kelly Reid and Melissa Allen talking to the Fabulous Figures group recently.
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Design a 2 or 3 dimensional tree for the 2016 Festival of Trees Exhibition Theme: A Tree to Remember
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Feedback can be submitted via the feedback form on the Roxby Council website, emailed to roxby@roxbycouncil. com.au or by post to the Acting Administrator, PO Box 124, Roxby Downs SA 5725. Submissions close Monday, October 24 at 5pm.
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Opening hours Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm Council provides transport services including: • Vehicle registration • Boat registrations • Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 3.30pm) All inquiries 131 084.
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Local helping a friend From stopping traffic to stop trafficking one step at a time W L WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER
ocal woman Kristen Dwyer has come to the aid of longtime friend Amy Young after her son, Sebastian, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
While they are separated by distance with Mrs Young based in Mudgee - Mrs Dwyer has been doing her part to help Ms Young and Sebastian by taking part in ‘Step-tember’, a fundraiser for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, where she must walk 10,000 steps for each day in September. Mrs Dwyer has completed the required steps, but still has until the end of October to finalise fundraising. “I have been watching Sebastian and all the updates Amy has been posting on Facebook and he is only a couple of months younger than my daughter Hannah,” she said. “With his condition he should be about a year behind Hannah,
development wise, but he is only a few months. “I want to try and raise money to see that progression continue to occur.” Mrs Dwyer is part of a group called Sebastian’s Army with her team of four – consisting of her mum Kerry Worby, Declan Court, Karena Scott and herself – one of three teams raising money for her friends son. As of last week Ms Dwyers group had raised $580 with the hope of reaching $1000 by the time the fundraising stops at the end of this month.
She has run market day stalls with raffles tickets and cakes as part of her fundraising campaign. “Most people came up to speak to me at market day and if they didn’t buy a cake or a raffle ticket or guess the jelly beans people were happy to make a donation,” Mrs Dwyer said. Donations will be open until Monday, October 31 and can be made at https://event.steptember.org.au/donate/onbehalfof?id=8319bf52-9a11-46e6-9dcbebb8a02778e2.
Kerry Worby, Declan Court, Kristen Dwyer and Karena Scott stepped 10,000 steps during ‘Step-tember’ for cerebral palsy recently.
Thousands of bettongs call Arid Recovery home T housands of bettongs now call the Arid Recovery Reserve home, an astonishing accomplishment since the mammal’s introduction to the area in 1999. It is estimated around 8,304 bettongs call the Arid Recovery reserve home after data was collected from a number of trapping events recently. Bettongs suffered a large decline in population on mainland Australia between 1863 and the early 1940s, coinciding with the widespread establishment of introduced species the fox and cat. It is believed additional introduced species – the rabbit, may have
also played a part in the animal’s decline. The Arid Recovery team introduced 29 ‘burrowing bettongs’ between 1999 and 2000, and have seen an exponential increase in numbers of the mammal within the feral –proof area. It is estimated there are around 129.77 bettongs per squared kilometre on the Reserve, with roughly 1817 of them found in the main expansion region, and 517 in the Red Lake section. Data collected shows there are more males than females on the main expansion with 1030 compared to 786 respectively.
Arid Recovery general manager Katherine Tuft with a bettong during a trapping event recently. Page 12 -- Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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ith human trafficking and modern day slavery rising to its highest levels in history, local woman Hayley Scrivens will be holding a Walk for Freedom event this Saturday at 9:30am, departing from the Police Station.
All participants will wear black and will walk the streets of Roxby Downs in a silent protest to raise awareness about human trafficking. Ms Scrivens said the idea behind the walk is to ‘stop traffic in order to stop human trafficking’ but due to the lack of cars driving the streets in town it would essentially become a photoshoot used to spread the message though social media outlets. “These children, men and women are trapped in a living nightmare most of us really cannot even imagine, preyed upon simply because they are vulnerable,” she told The Monitor. “I know I can only play a small part in this fight, but I don’t believe this problem is the sole responsibility of governments, police or charities, it’s too big for them to fight alone. “What horrifies me is that on top of the injustice and the abuse these people are suffering, is that people like me have been contributing to their nightmare in ignorance simply by buying into the ‘demand’. “Every time we buy cheap products - even from what we perceive as a reputable retailer, without questioning who made them and what the human cost was, we risk contributing to the demand of an unpaid and involuntary workforce. “We need to start challenging the assumptions we make - about cheap products and about prostitution, because someone may look like they are working voluntarily, but have had their passports confiscated, their families threatened and be working for no pay, or simply to stay alive.” The walk is part of a campaign put together by A21 an organisation aimed at ‘abolishing injustice in the 21st century’. Ms Scrivens said she was hoping to get at least 50 participants involved in this weekend’s walk. “Raising awareness is the first step in bringing an end to this injustice,” she said. “I now know that the UN conservatively estimates there are over
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27 million slaves in the world today, that the average age of a victim is 12 years old, and that only 1 per cent are ever rescued. “I am responsible to share what I know, every life is precious to someone, and no one deserves to be traded like cattle for as little as $5 (USD).” Ms Scrivens said she had only become aware of the situation 18 months ago when she heard A21 founder Christine Crain speak at a conference. Since then she has been committed to alerting people to her cause including students at the Roxby Downs Area School. Ms Scrivens said she met with year 9 art students earlier this year and asked them how much they thought it would cost to purchase a human. “They were guessing in the range of $3000 - $30,000 (USD), but the tragic truth is that a victim of human trafficking is traded (over and over) for an average of $100 (USD), and in some countries as little as $5 (USD),” she said. Ms Scrivens encouraged as many locals as possible to take part in the walk on Saturday and for more information to contact her on 0459 824 026 or check the ‘Abolitionists of Roxby Downs’ Facebook page. BY PATRICK GLOVER
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A large group attended the first Sports Psychology Seminar held at the Community Youth Centre.
Visiting sports psych to motivate locals V isiting sports psychologist Emma Mattey will endeavour to help local sporting groups motivate their athletes, following feedback from a previous community session held in Roxby Downs in June this year.
Returning to Roxby with fellow sporting professional Mike Martens, Ms Mattey said motivating athletes and keeping them engaged was the number one topic of interest identified by previous Roxby Downs’ attendees. “From a psychological point of view, we know that athletes who are highly motivated work harder, are more likely to achieve in
their sport and are less likely to quit sport,” Ms Mattey told The Monitor. “Given that there are a multitude of reasons why an athlete may or may not be motivated, Mike and I aim to give coaches an understanding of motivation and to provide practical tips and knowledge for how to tap into why an athlete plays sport and how to keep sport engaging from a coach’s perspective.” Aiming to make the delivered information as applicable across as many sports as possible, Ms Mattey said she and Mr Martens will be providing attendees with the opportunity to think about how they can apply the information to their specific sport.
“I hope they (attendees) will take away a deeper understanding of motivation as a concept, a deeper understanding of why athletes (particularly children) play sport, and practical strategies for applying this understanding of motivation and why athletes play to create an environment most conducive to keeping athletes engaged and working hard,” Ms Mattey explained. “They will be presented this information from both a psychological point of view and a coaching point of view (from Mike Martens).” Following from the last session held in Roxby Downs, Ms Mattey is excited to return to the community, saying her last visit was ‘fantastic’.
30 year Miners’ Champion team announced
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he Roxby Districts Sporting Club’s 1986 – 2016 (30 year) Champion Team was announced at the Club’s 30th birthday celebrations in Adelaide on the weekend.
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The event, which was held at the Glenelg Football Club on Saturday, October 8, celebrated three decades of trials and tribulations experienced by the club. The team features new and past renowned players including current greats Ricky Prosser and Justin Watson in forward pocket positions, and former players Steve Owens and Brendan Clarke on half back flanks. The champion team included the following players; Full back: Shane Thomson Back Pockets: Craig Hall and Graham Howard Centre Half Back: Mark Young Half Backs: Steven Owens and Brendan Clarke Wings: Warren Rose and James Telfer Centre: Kevin Harris Centre Half Forward: Paul Nikel Half Forwards: Steve Symonds and Simon Burden Full Forward: Terry Dwyer Forward Pockets: Ricky Prosser and Justin Watson Followers: Tim McLeod, Steven Dryburgh and Cody Kenny Interchange: Michael Foulds, Jarrod Pyke, Jared Greenbank and Haris Vrbovac
“The feedback provided was really positive, the group thoroughly enjoyed being able to interact with each other and said they took away practical tips for the application of sport psychology techniques covered (i.e., effective goal setting, and pre-performance routines),” Ms Mattey said. Attendees ranged from representatives from netball, swimming, cricket, football and basketball, as well as others. “Come along, the more people we have the more interactive the session will be and the more we can all learn from each other!” she finished.
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President predicts close season
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oxby Districts Cricket Association president Adam Malm is predicting a close competition this season with an influx of new and returning players set to even out the competition. He said the end to last year’s season showed the competition was beginning to even out again and was
looking forward to the first game this Friday. “The finals series to conclude last season was one of the closest I have seen in recent years,” Malm said. “From what I have heard all clubs have been busy recruiting in the off season so it should make for an exciting 2016/17 competition.” Games are set to commence this Friday, with Hornridge taking on
Andamooka in a T20 fixture. Glenn McGrath will be at the game and will address the public following the game in a sportsman’s night event. “It is a great way to kick off the season having one of Australia’s alltime greatest cricketers in attendance,” Malm said. “It is going to be very exciting and I hope as much of the community
as possible can come down and be around the event as possible, he is here to thank the community not just the association.” This is Malm’s first year as president having taken on the role after last year’s president Paul Trotta stepped down at the recent AGM. He said he has big shoes to fill but is looking forward to the challenges ahead.
“Although I am president I have a number of people around me to help me out, people who are more than capable of making the decisions with the cricket association’s best interests in mind. “I would like to thank Paul (Trotta) for all the work he has done for the association and he will be sorely missed.”
Cricket side hoping to Change in name, change in fortune? follow Miners’ winning ways
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he formerly known Andamooka Cricket Club will enter the 2016-17 cricket season under the ‘East Roxby Roos’ banner for the first time, with hopes a name change may change their fortunes on the field.
Mulders was unable to be contacted for comment before The Monitor’s Monday deadline.
The Roos finished bottom again last season for the second season in a row, but showed signs of improvement with two wins. The change of name is set to bring a few additions to the side from the football club, boosting numbers for the upcoming season. The Roos will be hoping to add more service from Scott ‘Scotty Mac’ McIntyre who took out the batting average trophy last year despite only playing in four matches. With experienced trio Chamila Rathnajake, captain Troy Mulders and spiritual leader Sachira Muthukumarana added to the list they will be hoping it will be enough to propel them to the team’s first finals berth in three seasons.
Andamooka’s Chamila Rathnajake bowling.
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he Miners Cricket team will be looking to follow in the footsteps of their netball and football counterparts this season to claim the 2016/17 Roxby Districts Cricket Association premiership.
The Miners came within one wicket of the title last year, narrowly going down to Olympic Dam in one of the closest grand finals in recent history. Captain Michael Nelson believes his side has found a good balance of new and experienced to go one better in season 16/17. “Considering the roster changes, early signs suggest the team is shaping up with a good mix of past experienced players and some new faces who will add another dimension to the team,” Nelson said. “We look forward to putting a competitive team on the park each week.” “Our bowling and fielding last season was a key factor in the team’s success, however setting up consistent batting partnership and putting a solid foundation of runs on the board, will be the aim this season. “Several new faces will add some extra options for our batting order, and the lads are looking forward to getting some time in the middle and find some consistency.” Nelson said the team’s performance last season was pleasing with the club going through a bit of
a rough patch off the field with the name change from the Rogues to the Miners. Some club members were unsure about the name change, for fear of losing some of the club’s heritage associated with the ‘Rogues Cricket Club’. But he said he believed the club had got through those difficulties and their ability to make the grand final last year showed the depth and commitment the squad had to the cause. Nelson added he believed the closeness of last year’s grand final would only drive his side more to go one better this season.
Miners’ captain Michael Nelson in action.
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lympic Dam will be looking to continue their dominance again this year as they push for premiership number four in the T20 competition and seven in the 40-over competition.
The Devils have recruited a number of new players during the off season and captain Rein Geraghty was hoping to continue the winning streaks. “We have been lucky enough each year to pick up a few handy cricketers to add to our already core group and we have done that again this season,” Geraghty said. “We have been playing some good cricket in the past few seasons and hopefully we can carry that over into this season. “The Miners pushed us in last year’s 40-over grand final so we need to up our game once again.” Geraghty is set to remain as captain in season 2016/17 but co-captain Seb Holbrook has stepped down from the position meaning a new co-captain was voted in last night, after The Monitor went to print on Monday. Tyler Sims has been appointed as president for the cricket club after the long standing Lucas Holbrook stepped away from the role before the start of the season. Geraghty, who was also elected Vice President, said he was looking forward to working with Sims with the new combination set to have a number of benefits for the club. “With the football and netball clubs
combining to become the Olympic Dam Sporting Club at the start of the season the cricket club is definitely looking to join the other two under the one banner,” he said. “Tyler is the president of the Sporting Club and has had some good ideas for them this season, so his appointment is going to be an extremely beneficial one moving forward.” With the economic climate in Roxby Downs a little slow going Geraghty said another main focus for the club this season would be sponsorship.
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OD’s Craig Nicholls puts bat to ball.
osing players for crucial matches cost Hornridge’s cricket team last year, resulting in them missing the grand final in both the T20 and 40 over competitions. Captain Jamie Way said a more consistent and more fit team list this season would hopefully see his side return to the big games this season. “We probably finished where we expected to last year, we just missed key players when we needed them, particularly in the first final last year,” Way said. “This year we have the same core group and we are hoping to build a bit from where we were last season.”
Way said the signs had been promising early, with a number of new players coming into the club and strong numbers attending the trainings so far. Add a few of the elder statesmen back into the side and Way said the Magpies would be competitive once again in 2016/17. “We have a core group and we have been lucky that we have had a lot of local lads play for us every week when we are short,” he said. “We might not be the most talented side but we will definitely be around the mark this season.” Way added Andamooka were the team to look out for this season as a bit of a dark horse,
having recruited well in the off season.
Hornridge captain Jamie Way.
Kids to have blast with new junior program
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ocal children between the ages of seven and 12 will have a stepping stone from Milo In2 Cricket to the junior level this year with the introduction of the T20 Blast program.
The sessions will run for an hour and a half on Saturday mornings, 8am-9.30am, beginning with a come and try day on Saturday, October 22. “It is all about creating pathways for kids to get through to junior cricket from In2 Cricket,” said local In2 Cricket Co-ordinator Scott Humphries. www.themonitor.com.au
“The T20 Blast program is a great idea and hopefully it will encourage more local juniors to continue with their cricket.” The program lasts for eight weeks and gives children the chance to play in a game like situation while taking part in drills at the same time. All equipment is provided and all children get to bat, bowl and field in a T20 Big Bash League (BBL) type atmosphere with music and dancing. “It is exciting to have a program like this in Roxby Downs,” said Roxby Downs Cricket Asso-
ciation president Adam Malm. “The T20 format is becoming more and more popular these days and this gives kids as young as seven a feel for what it is like to be a part of the bash and crash of a T20 BBL game.” Registration costs $99 which allows children the opportunity to partake while also receiving a backpack with a range of goodies in it. For more information contact Scott Humphries on 0488 089 981.
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Copper 9s cancelled WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER
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he Olympic Dam Barbarians will have to wait until next season to blood their new recruits after the Copper 9s tournament was cancelled due to lack of teams.
This game was set to give the Barbarians a chance to blood some new players with the reigning Spencer Gulf Rugby League (SGRL) TEC Cup premiers looking to strengthen its side after the loss of a number of players. “We are looking to keep our run going whilst at the same time attracting some new players,” said ODB president Jason Starkey. “We have got three or four more from last season but we have lost about four or five (players).” Starkey said the side will now take a well-deserved break over the Christmas and New Year period before undertaking a big recruitment drive and kicking off pre-season training in January. “In the new year we will look to rev up our search for new players,” he said. “We want to try and get more people interested and lift the profile of the game in town in the process.” Starkey said he was disappointed the Copper 9s tournament had to be cancelled but was hoping to get a similar competition organised next year instead. Meanwhile, due to the recent power outage the ODB fundraiser poker night was postponed and will now be held at the Roxby Downs Community Club on Sunday, October 16. The night will begin at 7.30pm with registration opening at 7.15pm and a $100 buy in required to take part. It is $50 to sponsor a player and the winner walks away with $500. The Barbarians will then hold its annual general meeting on November 16.
Olympic Dam Barbarians’ players Jason Starkey, Jason Broughton and Ratu Buinqio at training last week in preparation for the Copper 9s showcase match, which has since been cancelled.
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