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Awards recipients for 2011 Last name Schoen Belsey Spillman Cooper Sunners Kirkham Hammond Szczubelek Jones Bairstow Zupp Faulkner Hore Pridham Denholm Weltner Dall’Armi Johnson Williams Ibele Cronje Roberts Espinoza Lazic Horewood Cochrane Player Altree Hutchinson Cameron Ho Puglia Lange Cormack Mahon Hornhardt Whittaker Powell Powell Sires Lloyd Daw Tegen

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Awards night a grand affair B

HP Billiton acknowledged long serving employees ments, 43 employees received awards ranging from 10 years of last weekend at its annual awards presentation night service to 30 years service.

Some recipients have spent all or most of their years of service featuring iconic Aussie band The Black Sorrows.

at Olympic Dam while are others are long term BHP Billiton Emceed by Peter Fitzsimmons the night drew around 140 employees.

BHP employees and their partners and was held at the Roxby This year the longest serving recipient of the service award was Downs Auditorium.

Peter Tegen who notched up 30 years, while there were another During the lavish evening of entertainment and acknowledge- five recipients who achieved their 25 years status.

ABOVE: Stacey, Peter, and Lynn Tegen. Peter received the longest serving award of the night.

LEFT: 10 year award winner Zgbigniew and his wife Ella Szczubelek.

RIGHT: Another of the 10 year awardees, Jim Zupp with his wife Bev.

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High Tea - a first for Roxby ladies C

By Millie Thomas

hina tea cups and cucumber sandwiches galore featured at the Women’s Network’s inaugural High Tea on Saturday afternoon.

The event, which was held to help unite women of Roxby Downs from all facets of life, also raised money to purchase special needs equipment for Roxby Leisure.

Committee member and the woman behind the idea, Kaye Doyle, said the event was ‘fantastic’.

“My understanding from the community is that we’ve been given a 10 out of 10! So how awesome is that,” said Ms Doyle. “I just think it was an experiment to see what we could do, I think my committee members would all have very tired feet from serving everyone, but we had fun!” she added.

The inspiration behind holding a ‘high tea’ was that all over the world, women meet and share dreams, aspirations, stories of the day to day – anything, over a cup of tea.

“Part of what we are trying to do is bring women together and

Women’s Network Committee: Mary Lewis, Jo Culf, Michelle Hales, Vivienne Holloway, Kaye Doyle, Kath Messner, Karen Russel and Amanda Hudson at the High Tea event on the weekend

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give them an avenue to come and meet other people,” said Ms Doyle. “Oh, and give people the opportunity of if they want to dress up, they can!”

“I think that the event has done everything we wanted it to do.”

Fifty-seven women adorned with pearls, fascinators and summer dresses attended the ‘Outback Tea Rooms’ to sample homemade sandwiches and sweets, as well as home brewed coffee and of course, various teas.

On offer on the day were iced teas, English Breakfast Blend, French Earl Grey and South African favourite ‘Roobios’ teas, as well as T2 varieties ‘Just Peppermint’, ‘Gorgeous Geisha’, ‘Lemongrass and Ginger’ and ‘Chai’.

But the piece de resistance were the unique blooming teas. “The thing that I thought finished the day was when we brought out the glass tea pots and hot water and these funny looking little balls called blooming teas!” said Ms Doyle. “You watch how blooming teas grow and it’s interesting to watch peoples’ faces as they do!

“It grows into this amazing display of flowers, and then the tea is yum!”

Dr Owen Lewis revealed an interesting (and valuable) favourite pastime, of growing and brewing coffee beans, and the homemade treats, were a hit. “Everyone remarked on having the food homemade,” said Ms Doyle. “The love and tender care that went into making the sandwiches, the love and tender care that went into making the scones, and then the little stories that came out from making them were great.”

Ms Doyle, on behalf of the Roxby Downs Women’s Network, would like to thank Roxby Leisure, the Women’s Network Committee, Roxby Hourglass Jewellers, RoxFM, Nextra, Sustainababy and the community.

While it is unsure yet whether the next High Tea will be held in six or 12 months time, it is sure, that it will happen again.

Tempting treats: Carmen Jackson serving some of the delicious treats at the High Tea.

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“Please don’t close down!”

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By Millie Thomas

ith less than a month to go, the D’Arrigo family, better known as the faces of Chives Restaurant, are still without a home.

As previously reported in The Monitor, the D’Arrigos arrived at a crux a few weeks ago when they were told they could not renew the lease on their current home.

Their pursuit for a house large enough to accommodate their five strong family plus storage for the restaurant seems to be never ending, as the real estate market remains unrealistically tight.

Since the release of The Monitor’s article ‘Chives future uncertain’, the family has been inundated with empathy from loyal customers, but the problem still remains; they have no where to go.

Silvia D’Arrigo said the response has been overwhelming.

“They tell us, ‘please don’t close down!’” she said. “It’s just been amazing, people are just coming in saying please don’t close down, you can’t leave us, this is

the only place we like to eat at!

“It’s been just everyone, it’s been amazing. It comes from people you don’t even know.

Strangers have offered me their sheds to store our stuff in, it’s ridiculous!”

After a plea to BHP Billiton to provide them with housing in return for servicing constant bookings for corporate dinners failed, Mrs D’Arrigo concedes she appreciates why they didn’t help find a solution. “I can understand that,” she said. “As much as they probably wanted to give us a house because of the situation we’re in, they couldn’t. It would open up too many doors for everyone else as well.”

Desperation has become so high that Mrs D’Arrigo has even tried applying for a house loan, but even that is not a viable option.

“If it was just me and him (Joe D’Arrigo, husband and manager of Chives) I wouldn’t care, I would live in the caravan park but the issue is, we haven’t got a normal life and I need to have a home that’s going to be appropriate for my family, that they

ABOVE: Silvia and Joe D'Arrigo outside their ‘Chives’ restaurant.

are going to be happy living in,” Mrs D’Arrigo said.

The only ray of hope is the rumour of a number of rentals becoming available in November. Even that, is three weeks too late.

“I’m trying not to let it get to me, but it’s like, do I box up eve-

rything, because we’re going to have to store everything if we have to live in a hotel before we find a place… I just really don’t know,” she said.

“Chives just can’t close down, we really cannot do that to our customers, but really, I don’t know what the other option is.”

Building Business in Roxby LEFT: Roxby Council’s consultant for Business and Marketing Vivienne Holloway is available to help local business owners.

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great lifestyle is built on many things, good facilities and amenities, arts and culture and great community just to name a few, but key to a great lifestyle is a community with great retail shops and services.

Roxby is home to many great businesses that service the community, both those we see on the mainstreet, on Tutop and out in the industrial estate, and those wonderful service businesses, as well as many home based businesses.

The vision of the Community Plan is that “Roxby Downs businesses enjoy profitable economic stability and are renowned for their innovation, high levels of service and the cooperative manner in which they work together and support their community.”

The Council has engaged a consultant in Business and Marketing: Vivienne Holloway. A part of her role is to help businesses do that

and she is keen to meet local businesses, especially home based businesses, to discover the key issues associated with running a business in Roxby, what support is required, and how best for Roxby businesses to work together and make living and doing business in Roxby even better.

You can find Vivienne in the Cultural Centre near the Visitor Information Centre or via phone on (08) 8671 0500 or email vholloway@roxbyleisure.com.au.

and growing one of the world’s first carbon management companies, and hence brings with her a strong sustainability background. Prior to and in concert with that work she ran an arts events organization with a focus on youth arts.

In her personal life she is passionate about the arts (especially music), food, wine, the outdoors and travelling. You also might have seen her buzzing about on her bicycle.

She moved to Roxby in September with her husband, Alex and Vivienne comes to Roxby from a two children, Charlotte and Emsimilar role at the City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters where she manuel. managed the precincts of Magill Road, Payneham Road and the Vivienne says, “There are very Glynde Corner. She also develfew towns that are just twenty oped strategies for home based something years old. Having the businesses, the creative industries opportunity to be a part of buildand students.

Prior to working in local govern- ing and shaping a town like Roxby ment she spent five years launching was just too good to pass up.”

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ur own Dr Owen Lewis has been helping develop general practice medicine in recent trips to India through the Australian branch of program aid, PRIME.

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Some brands that are currently in stock include Nokia, Apple iPhones, Samsung, LG, Telstra and HTC. The Telstra Glide pre-paid mobile phone is recommend-

ed for rural coverage. Other features include a slide out QWERTY keyboard with a touch screen, three megapixel camera, MP3 player and FM radio.

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PRIME (Partnerships in International Medical Education) is an international organisation originating in England, that is committed to training, envisioning and empowering doctors and other healthcare workers to excellence in practice coupled with compassionate patient-centred care.

PRIME, as part of the Christian Medical College Vellore, enables Dr Lewis to help run a post graduate diploma of family medicine to willing doctors.

“General practice is something we want to encourage and in India it is taking off,” said Dr Lewis.

The distance education program that runs for two years asks participants to meet with professionals like Dr Lewis three times a year for their ‘contact block’. While Dr Lewis was based in Chennai, he also organises other Australian professionals to congregate in other medical centres.

Twenty-five doctors assemble in the highly interactive training blocks and become involved in exploring what they already know and how to apply it. “That’s something we are trying to encourage is the idea that they already know quite a bit and that they just need to go further,” said Dr Lewis.

He explained that while there is an abundance of specialist doctors in India, there is a lack of general practitioners. “Medical education and the status quo tend to say if you’re not in the most advanced specialty then you’re nothing.

“It meant that there was hardly anybody with post graduate qualifications in general practice,” said Dr Lewis. “This is shifting, now there are increasing numbers so our role is for a few years while they build up their numbers in teachers then they’ll be doing it themselves.

“Primary health care is the building block of our health system,” he said. “We’re pretty fortunate in Australia because we have a system that encourages the role of the GP and the relationships between the specialists so it’s more coordinated, with more

continuity of care.”

According to Dr Lewis, health care is fairly average for the middle class and lower income population, and until recently, the government has been doing little to help this. At present India lacks a corresponding health rebate system. “In Australia most of our costs are worn by the government to whom we pay taxes,” said Dr Lewis. “In India that’s not true, most health costs are paid by individuals so if we go ahead and order expensive tests or treatments for people who can’t afford it, its not helping them at all.”

“We’ve got to be careful to choose wisely so that they can afford it and they can sustain it over the coming years. That mentality is something we need to encourage in the trainees.”

However, India is second only to China in economic growth, so subsequently; the government has started to use some of the country’s new wealth to invest back into the health system, and part of that is in encouraging the program Dr Lewis is involved with. “That’s one of the reasons that we’ve been invited is that the need for teachers is more than they have capacity to meet, because in the past, GP wasn’t recognised as a discipline.”

So, after spending weeks volunteering and helping the health system in India, Dr Lewis met with authorities due to a small, comical error.

Dr Lewis held an employment visa, which is correct for volunteers. He applied for it for a year, but didn’t realise that anything over six months, volunteers must hold a Tax File Number and submit various other documents.

“When I got to the airport to leave Chennai, they wouldn’t let me through immigration!” he said.

“I was detained! Not arrested, but I had to get all of the documents sorted out.”

Dr Lewis had to travel back across Chennai, backwards and forwards from the immigration office to try and sort the debacle out. “It was terrible!” he said. “Turned out I was a week late getting home basically!

“Now we know the rules around our visa, we won’t make that mistake again. It seems that until you make a mistake you don’t know what the process is!”

After 40 years,

Plan to revive 1970s UK satellite T ruthDive, an organisation of scientists and engineers in London, are working on an ambitious project to revitalise a unique UK satellite which is still in orbit after almost 40 years.

The Prospero spacecraft was the intial UK satellite launched by a Black Arrow rocket on October 28, 1971 from Launch Area 5B, Woomera carrying a series of experiments to investigate the effects of the space environment. The satellite operated successfully until 1973 and was contacted annually until 1996. Its beacon on 137.560 MHz was heard by Amateurs in 2006.

It marked the end of an era, a very short era.

It was thought Prospero was the first UK satellite to be launched on a UK launch vehicle; it would also be the last. Initially, ministers had cancelled the rocket project in the run up to the flight.

However, as the Black Arrow was ready, the

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program team decided to go-ahead anyway.

Prospero was blasted into orbit from the remote Woomera base. It turns out; the satellite is still up there.

But after 40 years, a team is attempting to revive it. A group led by PhD tyro Roger Duthie from University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey is anticipating in reinstating communications in time for a satellite’s 40th anniversary.

“Since the contact has stopped for years together, first, we have to re-engineer the ground segment from knowledge lost, and then test the communications to see if it’s still alive,” Duthie told the Space Boffins podcast.

But none of this is easy. The satellite was built

by Space Department at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough but the department was broken up long ago and the codes to contact Prospero were missing.

“The technical reports made in the 1970s were thought to have been lost,” explained

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Duthie. “We talked to the people involved in Prospero, searched through dusty boxes in attics and tried the library at Farnborough.”

The codes typed on a piece of paper in the National Archives at Kew, London were discovered. The engineers still have to build equipment to “talk” to the satellite using those codes and win approval from the broadcast regulator Ofcom to use Prospero’s radio frequencies – these days being employed by other satellite operators.

Once this “ground segment” is complete, the plan is to test the technology to see if it is still possible to communicate with Prospero before attempting any public demonstration. If the satellite is still alive, some of the experiments might even be working.

“It’s an artifact of British engineering; we should find out how it’s performing,” said Duthie. If it works, Duthie’s team can call themselves the world’s first astro-archaeologists.

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Greens call for release of hidden report The Greens have called for the immediate release of a “hidden” report they say captures the views of the State Government Agencies on the Olympic Dam expansion.

SA Greens Leader Mark Parnell says, “The only reason the Government is choosing not to release the assessment report now is to avoid scrutiny.

“The Government is holding back the report’s release for political reasons keeping the SA community in the dark. This means that the public doesn’t get a chance to respond. It allows the Government to dodge tricky questions as the media and others tend to focus on the approval decision, rather than what the Government Agencies think.”

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Monitor NEWS MacMahon in joint venture with Kokatha

By Millie Thomas MacMahon Holdings Ltd last week announced its first South Australian Indigenous partnership.

MacMahon have joined forces with the Kokatha people, the traditional land owners of the Olympic Dam area.

The Kokatha/Macmahon Joint Venture will pursue work relating to resources sector expansion in the far north region of South Australia, including Olympic Dam and Stuart Shelf mines.

Macmahon subsidiary Doorn-Djil Yoordaning formed the agreement with the Kokatha people to tender for new work on relevant projects in the Olympic Dam and Stuart Shelf mining areas.

Doorn-Djil Yoordaning General Manager Tony Noonan welcomed the joint venture as an important part of Macmahon’s commitment to Indigenous engagement and participation.

“The joint venture enables Macmahon to work with the Kokatha people to pursue training and employment opportunities,” Mr Noonan said.

“The joint venture clearly sees Olympic Dam as a major potential client and we’ve had some initial indications that Olympic Dam management are positive about the joint venture.”

“We’ve seen that as a

positive move encouraging the venture to look at some work there,” he added.

The signing of the agreement represented the first commercial venture by Kokatha and will help boost employment opportunities for local Aboriginal people.

“We’ve got a strong record of successfully developing people so the ambition is to have this project and any work we do being predominantly manned and managed by aboriginal people and certainly training more people to be in management roles,” said Mr Noonan.

Mr Noonan said the joint venture would work to create a long term business, gradually increasing the scope of works undertaken as local capabilities are developed.

The Kokatha people infamously refuted expansion of Olympic Dam back in 2009, with claims that the ‘wishes of our grandfathers and father, who specified, no open cut was to take place’.

The Kokatha Macmahon Joint Venture furthers Macmahon’s commitment under the Australian Employment Covenant to creating 500 new jobs for Indigenous people by 2013.

Doorn – Djil Yoordaning also have long standing partnerships with traditional owners of land surrounding WA’s Argle Diamond mine, QLD’s Gladstone area and various others in WA.

Working mothers rejoice at news!

By Millie Thomas The announcement of BHP Billiton’s funding of Roxby Early Learning Centre Group (RELCG) to provide for extra childcare came as a relief for many.

After the closure of Little Rascals on June 24, many mothers were left option less, having to forego work commitments to look after their children.

Mother Belinda Ramsey said it is ‘excellent’ to now have two options for childcare in town, and said the move on BHP Billiton’s behalf to fund the centre should have been expected of them.

“Definitely, if they want to attract their workers they need to have facilities,” she said.

Kate Higgins, who was directly affected by the closure of Little Rascals said it affected her employment. “A lot of women had to quit their jobs,” she said.

“It’s going to be great,” she said of having more childcare facilities. “Early learning is also probably a bit more educational than just standard (childcare).”

Business Manager Jo Gordon said the closure of Little Rascals severely affected her workforce.

“At the moment one of them (a staff member) can’t work, because she can’t get her son, who has been in the other childcare centre for two years,

into childcare,” she said.

“There has been at least three days this week and she can’t get him in.”

The planned opening date for RELCG childcare is November, pending on approvals from DECS (Department of Education and Children’s Services), DEEWR (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) and other relevant authorities, said RELCG representative, Sally Bryant.

She also said that the services provided will be available to all, not just children of BHP Billiton employees. “BHP Billiton is providing funding to RELCG but the childcare centre will operate independently of BHP Billiton and be accessible to all in the Roxby Downs community and surrounding areas,” said Mrs Bryant.

Age sp e cific two, three and four year old programs will also be incorporated. The centre will be open Monday to Friday from 7:00am to 6:00pm, 50 weeks of the years (closed for two weeks over Christmas and New Year), with long day care service from available for children from three months to school age.

Kylie Moloney with daughter Holly will be one of the many mums glad to see the extra child care centre open.

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Pursuant to section 82(1) of the Constitution Act 1934 (“the Constitution”) the South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission is about to commence proceedings for the purpose of an electoral redistribution of South Australia into House of Assembly (State) electoral districts.

A redistribution of the Federal electoral boundaries is also taking place this year. The Federal redistribution is a separate exercise from the State redistribution, governed by different legislation and timeframes, and they are not related.

What is the basis of the redistribution?

Whenever an electoral redistribution is made, the number of electors in each electoral district must not vary from the electoral quota by more than 10 per cent. The electoral quota is obtained by dividing the total number of electors for the House of Assembly as at a specified date, being a date not earlier than six months before the date of the Commission’s order, by the number of electoral districts.

What is the task of the Commission?

In making an electoral redistribution, the Commission is required to: • ensure, as far as practicable, that the electoral redistribution is fair to prospective candidates and groups of candidates so that, if candidates of a particular group attract more than 50 per cent of the popular vote (determined by aggregating votes cast throughout the State and allocating preferences to the necessary extent), they will be elected in sufficient numbers to enable a government to be formed; • have regard, as far as practicable, to: a) the desirability of making the electoral redistribution so as to reflect communities of interest of an economic, social, regional or other kind; b) the population of each proposed electoral district; c) the topography of areas within which new electoral boundaries will be drawn; d) the feasibility of communication between electors affected by the redistribution and their parliamentary representative in the House of Assembly; e) the nature of substantial demographic changes that the Commission considers likely to take place in proposed electoral districts between the conclusion of its present proceedings and the date of expiry of the present term of the House of Assembly.

The Commission is also authorised to have regard to any other matter it thinks relevant.

Can you make a submission?

The Commission invites representations from any person in relation to the proposed electoral redistribution.

Any persons wanting to make representations to the Commission regarding the proposed electoral redistribution may do so in writing, either personally or by post, to the Secretary of the Commission, by 5.00pm on Tuesday 31 January 2012.

When and where will the hearings take place?

The Commission will conduct a preliminary hearing as to demographic data which will commence at 10.00am on Monday, 14 November 2011 in the Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 3 Angas Street, Adelaide.

Please refer to our website ecsa.sa.gov.au for more information on the demographic data and details of the Commission.

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Defence is scheduled to conduct Demolition Activities in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) during the months of October and November 2011. The predicted outcome is minimal for the public however if certain weather conditions exist at time of activity, noise and effects from sound wave propagation may be heard or felt in the vicinity of Woomera, Roxby Downs and Glendambo.

The WPA is declared under Defence Force Regulation 35 as a prohibited area for the purposes of ‘the testing of war material’. From time to time other Defence approved activities, such as sounding rocket launches, are also conducted.

The WPA is located in the North West of the State of South Australia and is approximately 127,000 square kilometres (12.7 million hectares) in area. Its South Eastern corner is located approximately 450 kilometres North West of Adelaide.

Members of the public traversing the WPA via the Stuart Highway are reminded that these roads are part of a prohibited area and that they are not to deviate from them.

Other roads and tracks entering the WPA are signposted to the effect that the WPA is a prohibited area and no person shall enter, be or remain therein without proper authorisation. Penalty for unauthorised entry is $2200 fine and/or six months imprisonment under Defence Force Regulation 35.

Under Section 82(1) and 82(2) of the Defence Act 1903, it is illegal to photograph, draw, sketch or paint any part of a Defence Installation or enter a defence installation with materials or apparatus for carrying out such activities, without lawful authority.

Members of the public traversing the Anne Beadell Highway from Coober Pedy to Emu Junction are reminded that in addition to a permit being required from the Area Control Officer - Woomera, a permit is required from: Mamungari Conservation Park The Department of Environment & Natural Resources PO Box 569 CEDUNA SA 5690 Phone (08) 8625 3144 Maralinga Tjarutja Lands Administrator Maralinga Tjarutja Lands PO Box 435 CEDUNA SA 5690 Phone (08) 8625 2946 Tallaringa Conservation Park The Department of Environment & Natural Resources 9 Mackay Street PORT AUGUSTA SA 5700 Phone 1800 816 078 There may be some items such as cylindrical rocket motor cases and nozzles, flat rectangular pieces of metal, spherical tanks, military projectiles or unexploded ammunition encountered in the WPA. If any unusual item is encountered it must not be handled as it may be extremely dangerous and could cause serious injury or death. Note the description and location of the item and report it to the Pastoral Station Manager or the Area Control Officer Woomera – Telephone (08) 8674 3370.

Within the WPA there are sites of significance to indigenous people. These sites are protected under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 with penalties of up to $50,000.00 for causing damage to or removing items from these sites.

Inquires in relation to the use of or entry into the WPA should be directed to: Area Control Officer – Woomera Aerospace Operational Support Group Defence Centre PO Box 157 WOOMERA SA 5720 Phone (08) 8674 3370 AG52641

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ast week’s announcement that McDonalds Australia more truth in labelling.

The long running battle to expose those goods posing will lose its right to display the National Heart Foundation’s tick of approval on its healthy option as Australian should now include the truth in labelling of foods should come as no surprise – but the biggest surprise healthy foods.

A trip to the supermarket can take hours if you read the to consumers is they pay to use the logo annually!

The $300,000 fee to put the trademark Tick on its fish burgers, salads and chicken wraps has been paid for over the past five years and essentially has duped consumers into thinking what they were buying met Heart Foundations criteria as a health alternative to fast foods.

McDonalds is not the only fast food chain to lose the accreditation of the Foundation which has said it is a change in direction to concentrate on ingredients delivered to restaurants and food outlets. It was not a criticism of McDonalds. The foundation also plans to announce a new plan to conduct random tests on restaurant and takeaway food for levels of saturated fat and salt.

So where does that leave the consumer? If the Heart Foundation can sell its Tick of Approval on an annual licence, then what are we to believe? It gets back to the argument and war being waged by Nick Xenophon and Bob Katter for

fine print on every label to see if it is made/produced in Australia and to see the components of salts and saturated fats etc. are acceptable.

The stop light system being used successfully in other countries could be the answer here. Green if it is an all Australian product, Amber if it is produced here with Australian and overseas content and Red if it is totally imported. A similar system on health benefits could be a consideration.

Whatever happens if truth in labelling can be applied in this country - it is at the whim of the politicians who seem blinkered in their views - perhaps because they fear that truth in political advertising may follow and where would they be then?

Xenophon and Katter are on the right track and should now add to their campaign that health status for food products must earned and not bought for a fee.

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LAST WEEK’S HOT TOPIC: Do you think traditions and loyalties are dead in the AFL following recent player and coach defections in the hunt for big bucks?

AFL traditions have been lost ever since they pushed for an 18 team comp. These days the players and coaches get way too much for what they do, but they want more and more. But it’s not just footy, all pro sports people are paid over the top.

Norm from the Couch. RD At best players have a 10 year window to make as much money as they can. It only takes an injury to cut short their time in the game. I say go for it while you can. As for coaches, the clubs have to show some loyalties too.

AC

News in brief . . .

Council considers flyin, fly-out impact

family, because it’s probably not the pre- sustainability of the water supply for the ferred lifestyle for a married family with whole peninsula for some commercial children.” interests and for overseas export into China?” he said.

The impact of fly-in, fly-out jobs on Residents fear water regional communities who lose workers Teenager charged with will be among the agenda items for South supply threat Australia’s new Regional Communities Adelaide murder A residents’ group on Eyre PeninsuConsultative Council.

A teenager from Whyalla has been The council held its first meeting in la says big mining plans for the region charged with murdering an Adelaide threaten its entire water supply.

Loxton last Friday.

The group says modelling has been man.

Chairman Peter Blacker says that will Daniel Haughey, 50 of Elizabeth include what is going to become a greater done which backs its concerns about extraction of water for open-cut iron ore Downs, was stabbed in the stomach and impact from mining on many country mining in South Australia. chest when three men invaded his house communities.

Milton Stevens from the Saving Our on August 8.

“Fly-in, fly-out is going to be an integral Sustainability group says SA Water alHe died in hospital about a week latpart of mining development,” he said. ready struggles to maintain local supplies er.

“What we’re really looking at is the An 18-year-old man will appear in the impact on regions - one from the peo- from underground aquifers and mining Magistrates Court at Whyalla on a murcould tip the region over the edge. ple that leave a region to fly out for work “Mining is short-term, some mines der charge. Police say they are hoping to and fly back again and the impact it has for them, secondly what impact for the only last 20 years, is it worth risking the make further arrests in the case.

There is only one club left that shows tradition and loyalty – Collingwood! Go you mighty Pies.

Mad Max The disrespect of the office of the Prime Minister and the Australian flag is not acceptable and the ABC should be ashamed of airing the show last week. The ABC should remember who pays for it to show this stuff.

Proud Aussie.

Climate changes are the result of natural influences and that Australia’s CO2 input is so miniscule as to be economically unviable to act upon. In layman’s terms “why insure a $5,000.00 car for $25,000.00?”

Sump – Adel.

Did he mean Robbed or romped?

Romped past participle, past tense of romp (Verb) 1. (esp. of a child or animal) Play roughly and energetically.

2. Proceed without effort to achieve something: “the Vikings romped to victory”.

Perhaps he just got the spelling wrong.

Robbed past participle, past tense of rob (Verb) 1. Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.

2. Overcharge (someone) for something.

Doesn’t mention anything about winning a Premiership.

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Do you think the State and Federal governments have lost touch with people on things such as the off shore processing of refugees, carbon tax, gambling issues and regional development to name a few?

MINING TOPICS Arafura buys rare earth processing site

A company planning to build a rare earth processing plant at Whyalla has now acquired the land it needs.

Arafura Resources plans to build a processing complex on 800 hectares just outside Whyalla.

Its supply would be sent by rail from Alice Springs.

Arafura managing director Steve Ward says obtaining the land shows the multi-million-dollar project will proceed.

Change to mining for gold

A gold mining company is about to try a new extraction process developed by Australian scientists.

The method will be tested at a gold deposit owned

by Minotaur Exploration Limited in the Gawler Craton near Tarcoola in South Australia.

At present, the only commercial way to extract gold has been by using the toxic chemical, cyanide.

Tony Belperio, of Minotaur, says the method developed by the CSIRO uses non-toxic chemicals.

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Wildcard!

By Millie Thomas

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n an unexpected twist in the upcoming fundraising event ‘Shave for a Cure’, a fifth local character has been added to the list of shavees.

As previously reported in The Monitor, Josh Rose, Merv Rogers, Mick Gillespie and Barry Mitchell are joining forces this year, along with the driving force of Mel Egginton to raise $10,000 for the Cancer Council SA. On October 1 this year, these four shaggy men will congregate at the Roxby Downs Community Club at AFL Grand Final half time and upon raising $10,000 will shave their various anatomical areas.

Exceeding all expectations, the fundraiser surpassed the $10,000 aim with two weeks to go before d-day.

With this in mind, Mrs Egginton decided to up the stakes by adding another willing participant, should the total raised reach $20,000.

According to close sources, the mystery wildcard accepted the challenge, in the hope that the $15,000 mark would not be made. “I asked ‘X’ if he would be our Wildcard at $20,000 and he agreed as I think he thought he would be quite safe,” explained Mrs Egginton. “He is starting to get nervous now that we have passed the $10,000 and is refusing to return my calls!

“We may also have another couple of people who may step up if we go even higher.”

‘X’ who will remain a mystery until October 1 when the shaving will take place seems less than excited about becoming prematurely bald. “I was bushwhacked

by Mel,” he said.

‘X’ will be losing an amount of facial hair, and depending on how high (or maybe low) spirits are on the day he will lose head hair.

As resilient as ‘X’ is to lose his most defining asset, he realises how meaningful his contribution could be. “Anything that can help raise money and awareness of cancer is great to be involved in,” said ‘X’. “I have lost some good mates to cancer and also a young girl and she was way too young to leave this land.”

ABOVE: Hairdresser Kylie Green with the brave Merv Rogers, Barry Mitchell, Mick Gillespie and Josh Rose and INSET: Who will be the wildcard?

According to ‘X’ balding is becoming of him. “At the end of the day, there will be one good-looking bloke (me) and four not so good-looking blokes,” he said.

And, vengeance will be sweet, “The thing I am most looking forward after the event is payback so Mel, WATCH OUT Adelaide is not that big.”

Mrs Egginton has been overwhelmed by local support and the generosity of the men involved. “The guys have been wonderful with helping me out even though I am sure they have started to screen my calls!

“I phoned Mick the other day and he said ‘Who is it, do I know you?’ What a great bunch of blokes to do the fundraiser

with though.”

She stated that at the rate the donations were coming in, combined with BHP Billiton’s Matched Giving Program, it could be possible to raise $10,000 per man involved.

To donate or just keep an eye on progress please come along to the event at the Roxby Downs Community Club, donate on line via Cancer Council SA, find our Facebook ‘Roxby’s Great Shave’ site or call Mel on 0428 167 274.

There will be prizes on the day for game tipping, a prize for the best dressed person in the winning teams’ colours, plus a couple of other surprises.

Tickets are $10 and include finger foods and are available now from the club so please get in quick.

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Mel tells her story

long with raising three children and working at BHP Billiton Mel Egginton finds the time to raise much needed funds for the Cancer Council SA due to being closely impacted by cancer.

Mel is the driving force behind raising $10,000 for Josh Rose, Merv Rogers, Mick Gillespie and Barry Mitchell to shave various areas of interest.

Mel tells The Monitor her heart wrenching story of how cancer changed the lives of people close to her.

“It was May 31, 2007 and I was working in Chile. About a week earlier my mother had phoned to let me know that my sister Jane had found a lump in her breast and just as a precaution had gone to see her GP. After talking with Jane her GP explained to her that with no family history of breast cancer and due to her being so young (one month before her 25th birthday) their was very little chance that it would be anything serious and if anything possibly just a cyst or hardened tissue. She didn’t encourage Jane to do any further testing and to a certain extent almost discouraged it. Jane wanted the reassurance and pushed to have some further testing done to put her mind at ease.

The tests were conducted on May 28 and I remember not being the slightest bit concerned as our family had always been blessed with reasonably good health. It was also the day I found out I was 5 - 6 weeks pregnant with our second child and so keen to share the excitement with our families but knowing it was not the right time.

I remember arriving very early to work on May 31 to get ready for some meetings and I was sitting in the offices all alone. Knowing that it was mid afternoon in Australia I phoned home to do a quick check to see if Jane’s test results had come back.

Firstly, I was surprised as Dad had answered the phone and in a family of four girls he had long ago left that job to Mum as it was usually one of us phoning for a chat. To be honest, I can’t even remember where the conversation went from there but I remember he didn’t start the conversation with his usual dry humour.

I heard sadness and he struggled to find words and I knew there were tears.

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dad. I knew that day what people felt like when they say the walls closed in as I just sat there in shock and almost disbelief and fear as I did not understand ‘cancer’ and what this would mean for Jane.

She was booked in for surgery the following week and less then three days later I was on a plane with my one year old son and less then two months pregnant. I travelled for 23 hours to arrive in time to visit Jane and my family at the hospital just before she went into surgery. They wanted Jane to start chemotherapy immediately after surgery due to the aggressive nature of the cancer however my mother asked them how this would affect her future fertility.

Jane’s oncologist explained that their was a high chance that this may impact her chances of having children as the chemo doses would need to be very strong. After considering options Mum encouraged Jane to undertake a month of fertility treatment in order to harvest some eggs and freeze them in case Jane needed them in the future. Jane’s oncologist contacted a highly demanded fertility doctor who agreed to see Jane immediately due to her situation.

Within a month she had completed a round of treatment and 16 eggs were harvested and frozen and then within days her chemotherapy had started.

I was home for almost a month and it took almost two weeks for me to share my pregnancy news as it was so difficult to share our happy news when the rest of the family was still adjusting to Jane’s diagnosis and uncertainty about whether or not she would ever be able to fall pregnant. The guilt I felt about being pregnant was heart breaking and sharing the news with my family was very difficult even though they were all so excited.

Even though Jane managed to keep her fun and optimistic nature there were certainly some difficult times for herself and those close to her as she went through her chemotherapy and then surgeries. Jane’s biggest fear and most difficult moment was losing her hair.

My husband and I made plans to move back to Australia to be closer to Jane and family and whilst Queensland would have been ideal we also needed the balance in our own lives of having Grant home every night to see our young children every day so the attraction of Olympic Dam being a residential site is what brought us here. Jane had gone into remission so this provided a level of comfort and whilst at times it still feels like a world away to

ABOVE: Mel Eggington with her sister Jane whose cancer is her motivation.

North Queensland the life long friendships we have made here and in particular the ‘mothers group’ I have been part of has given us the family away from home that helps in some of the toughest times.

Last year, after what seemed like a fairytale year for Jane where she married the man she started seeing only six months before her first diagnosis, announcing at their July wedding (the third time I saw my Dad cry!) that she was three months pregnant, after falling naturally, her whole world started to shine again.

On December 14, 2010 a beautiful baby girl, Tinsley, was born. As you can imagine, probably the happiest day of their life, until two days later when tests revealed that her cancer had returned and this time to the bones in her shoulder. Urgent radiation treatment then commenced and Jane’s oncologist explained to my family the impacts of secondary cancer.

When Jane phoned me to explain it she said the doctor’s words were that she would never be cured from cancer and it would continue to come back and each time they would determine which treatment path to take to fight it but that she would need to be prepared for a

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number of battles. What broke my heart was when she repeated his words, “It will eventually catch up to you’. I asked her, does that mean two years? Does he mean five? Could it be 20? She said I hope so as I want to see my little girl grow up.

I am passionate about raising awareness and also money as I have hope that we will find a cure in my lifetime and these efforts can only make a difference. It never concerns me if people don’t donate as often it is those who have not been impacted by this terrible disease and that can only be good. I have met people through fundraising who have shared their stories and that gives me a heavy heart and I just pray that through these efforts we can contribute to research that will one day make a difference to so many people’s lives as I don’t want people to ever have to watch a sister, a brother, a wife, a husband, a parent, a child, or a friend go through this.”

Upon raising $10,000 the four men will congregate at the Roxby Downs Community Club on October 1, at AFL Grand Final half time to face the big shave.

To donate please contact Mel Egginton on 0428 167 274.

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HAVE YOUR SAY . . .

Local mums unite

By Millie Thomas

How do you think Brenton Sanderson will go as the new Crows coach?

“Anything is better than finishing 14th on the premiership ladder, the Crows worst result in 21 years!

From what I’ve heard, Sanderson was highly valued at the Cats and seems to have a fresh and positive outlook.”

Millie Thomas

“They definitely needed a change.

This will give them a new life and hopefully improve their future seasons.”

Victoria Wilkin and Bonnie Moroney

“He has had a great apprenticeship under Mark Thompson. It’s good to have an Adelaide boy back in town.

Hopefully he brings back his experience from Melbourne. It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen.”

Damien Condon

“I don’t really care as long as they keep losing we’ll be happy!”

Ayrton Koning

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rom what I hear, being pregnant is tough. Apparently so, being a mother is even tougher.

Add in 600km isolation and we have a problem.

Samantha Platten, a local mum, and a group of around 100 women around Australia and overseas have been working towards overcoming problems such as isolation, amongst others, by forming an internet support group.

The women come from every state and territory in Australia, as well as one member communicating from Sri Lanka.

Originally an online forum, the group has moved to Facebook and as a result of its success; plans to have its first ever ‘National Catch Up’ in Sydney, March 2012. “ Th i s g r o u p w a s formed in September 2010, when we all found out we were pregnant,” explained Sam. “Originally, we met through an open forum, and from there we created our private Facebook group.

We now have 100 members, and a bond like no other.”

Sam went on to say that the women have supported each other through not only pregnancy, but also miscarriage, infant

T

By Vanessa Switala

om Koutsantonis, Minister for Industry and Trade launched the first step in the refocusing of South Australia’s manufacturing industry to ensure the sector can tap into the state’s developing mining industry and infrastructure pipeline.

Mr Koutsantonis said the Department of Trade and Economic Development (DTED), with the Manufacturing Consultative Council, industry and current Adelaide Thinker in Residence, Professor Göran Roos is developing a new manufacturing strategy.

A discussion paper has also been released which aims to set out SA’s

donated their venue, Claytime Australia is sponsoring the event, Medela have donated a breast pump to be auctioned off to help raise money, GFP Studios are donating their time on the day to photograph the event and that’s just the beginning “Everyone is putting in their own time and effort to raise as much money as possible to make this event as successful as possible,” added Sam.

existing and emerging opportunities for growth linked to burgeoning, mining and defence among other industries.

“These sectors have been identified as vital growth areas that must be developed if the state is to locally anchor the benefits from our $80 billion in major projects underway or in the pipeline,” Mr Koutsantonis said.

Mr Koutsantonis added that manufacturing around the nation is facing a huge challenge and the industry must be helped to adapt in order to meet these challenges.

“Professor Roos has indicated that there is a great scope for the manufacturing industry to piggy back on the state’s mining indus-

try and huge portfolio of major projects, but first we need to map out the industry to determine what fits in and where,” he said.

“We hope to facilitate opportunities for SA’s manufacturing sector to supply the mining industry with its services, for the manufacturing industry to be supplying the infrastructure builds with its products and so on, so the benefits of these growing industries flow through our state.”

Mr Koutsantonis said that in order to achieve this South Australia must take advantage of emerging industry opportunities by building ‘new industrial capabilities.’

The first consultation session will be held in late September.

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offers support in various forms to women suffering post natal depression.

“We are going through so many avenues to raise as much money as we can to get as many of our members to Sydney in March, while also having a great donation for PaNDA,” said Sam. Work is well under way to try and raise money for PaNDA. Locally, last weekend’s Buy, Swap and Sell Car Boot Sale donated $130 to the cause.

Nationally, Club Burwood in Sydney has

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loss, relationship breakups, financial difficulty and even labour.

“The support this group has provided me throughout the past year has been amazing!” said Sam. “We all have friends and family who we can lean on for help and support, but to create an amazing bond and friendship with women from all walks of life, all over the country who are experiencing the exact same things that you are at the exact same time, is wonderful.

“Everyone in our group is unique, with the youngest member being 18 and the eldest 40. Also, having 100 girlfriends to chat/whinge to at 3am while doing a midnight feed, has helped dealing with a newborn bub that much more enjoyable!

“Those living nearby each other have already had the opportunity to meet in real life, and create wonderful friendships,” she said.

The national catch up next year is being held to raise awareness of the support online groups and forums can provide to women who are often left feeling devoid of adult interaction when bringing up a young child.

It is also to help raise money for the Post Ante Natal Depression Association (PaNDA) which

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Little Heroes Foundation Leo roars across Australia

By Vanessa Switala

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ast weekend, three local ladies, Sharon Fielder, Elke Parks and Beth Elliot completed the 12km Sunday Mail City to Bay Fun Run. The ladies were three of 35,000 that participated in the event from Adelaide central business district to Glenelg beach. The three Roxby Downs residents ran as part of ‘Team Amber’ to raise awareness for the Little Heroes Foundation.

Pre viously known as the McGuiness McDermott Foundation, Little Heroes Foundation strives to help the families of children who face childhood cancer and other serious illness.

Ms Fielder believes that the local community should support the Little Heroes Foundation because Roxby is a close-knit community with a lot of young families and children.

“I think it would be closer to people’s hearts as it is a foundation supporting children with cancer and serious illness,” she said.

Many sporting champions are the driving force behind the Little Heroes Foundation fundraising activities.

Amber Halliday, former Olympian and friend of Ms Fielder, became a patron of the Little Heroes Foundation in 2010, after suffering major injuries in a cycling accident.

Ms Halliday won her first Australian road cycling championship in January 2010 after making the move from elite-level rowing to road cycling.

Ms Halliday completed the 6km walk last weekend which was a huge achievement for her as only earlier this year she was in an in-

duced coma after her cycling accident during the lead-up to the 2011 Tour Down Under.

Since becoming a patron for the foundation, Ms Halliday has raised a generous amount.

Her fundraising is focussed toward children with neurological issues as this is what she experienced as a result of her accident.

The latest fundraising efforts for the Little Heroes Foundation have focused on $2 million towards establishment of a new single point service centre- Haematology and Oncology Centre and $1 million towards a new MRI unit at the Women’s and Children’s Health Network.

The foundation has also contributed $12 million to the Women’s and Children’s Health Network and other funding programs to make a genuine and enduring

contribution to a more fulfilling life for children living with cancer and serious illness.

The Little Heroes Foundation website states; “Our vision is for diagnosed children to rediscover and enjoy their irrepressible enthusiasm for life. Our mission is to identify and support funding projects; provide information and advice; recommend service providers; advocate for individual needs; partner other children’s charities; so that every critically ill child is treated with utmost respect and provided with the very best care.”

The foundation’s mission was to create the largest team running in the City to Bay fun run.

Monetary donations are always in need or items can be donated to be auctioned off at events. The foundation is always looking for volunteers to help with variety events.

Sharon Fielder, Elke Parks and Beth Elliot at the City to Bay Fun Run.

By Millie Thomas

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he 70s days of eccentric rockers and equally eccentric outfits may be over, but Leo Sayer still remembers them.

A lot has changed for Leo over the 40 years he has been in the music industry.

From jumping continents to battling with the competitiveness of the music charts, now, at 62, he looks back in fondness at a different era of music.

One where commercialism and quick money making schemes did not reign supreme, but soul and heartfelt lyrics, and compassion took precedence over all.

To celebrate 40 years in the music industry, Leo is touring Australia, making a special pit stop at iconic Australian destination, Parachilna, South Australia on October 29.

A permanent population of two, count them up, two people, this town and it’s surprisingly highly successful pub has a serious knack of attracting film crews and musicians to boot, and this time is no different.

Leo will be featuring at the town’s inaugural ‘Fossils Rock’ Festival, an event which will support development of an interpretive space in the Town Square, depicting fossils of the first life on earth, as explored and filmed by Sir David Attenborough in the surrounding area. These are of international significance in understanding the evolution of life on earth.

And so what of Leo? Well, despite not having reached the Australian top ten since 1982, he has a plethora of knowledge of music and is excitable in his compassion about music and the journeys he has been through.

Originally a graphic designer, Sayer used the crafts he learned in his former professional to help curb his artistic ability in his singing and song writing.

According to Sayer, it was this prior experience that helped to define his individuality and durability in the industry, the latter, at least, a must have commodity in 60s and 70s music.

Sayer and his band led a typically rock star lifestyle. Travelling the country by bus from gig to gig with signature hairdos and flared pants was just how life was. He was rivalled by artists to the tune of Slade, The Osmonds, Gary Glitter and The Sherbets, not to men-

tion household names such as Bob Dylan and David Bowie. That alone, was not enough to deter him.

He remembered the day his hit single ‘You make me feel like dancing’ made number one on the American charts. Sayer was in a department store, avoiding the stress of watching the charts unfold. “I kind of knew that we were near the top and the record was moving freakishly quickly and everybody was playing it,” he said. “We were doing big concerts and it looked like it was going to go.

“I was walking around and I was in a department store in New York and we were playing a concert in New York the next day and somebody yelled out, ‘there he is, that’s the guy who got to number one!’ And that’s how I found out! It was fantastic, it was mindblowing.

“Every now and then you get things like that and it’s fantastic, it kind of justifies the whole existence, as it were.”

But it’s not only the god-like praise that that incessantly inspires Sayer, “To me more is the greatest achievement of where you’ve written a song and it’s just you and the people that you’re working with and you hear it coming back from the speakers when you’ve first recorded it and there’s goosebumps… those are the moments that I really live for.

“It’s not so much in the public eye; it’s the private creativity that is always the thrill.”

Whether he be recording in Abbey Road or relaxing in his Sydney home, it’s always the thrill of music that keeps Sayer so fervent.”

At the ripe age of 62, there really is no end in sight for Sayer’s long winded career, he remains optimistic, realistic and above all absolutely a rock star.

Leo will rock audiences at the Parachilna Hotel on October 29.

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01- Kristen Ward at Soccer Open Day.

03 02 - Sam Platten at the car boot sale.

03 - Mick Towler and Kath Lousberg at the RFDS Auction.

04 - Macie and Mahli Kruger enjoying the sandpit at the oval lights opening.

05 - Chris Lewis, Wade Hooper, Sam Olsen and Scott Rogers at the RFDS Auction and Golf Day. 06 - Demi Gow-Smith and Hayley Wurfel at the Junior Netball Grand Finals.

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By Millie Thomas

ocal contracting company MPS Building and Electrical have experienced exponential growth since starting business in 2006.

Growing from a staff base of three to now almost 100, their success is an obvious indication of a good working reputation around town.

MPS started off in 2006 providing mainly electrical maintenance and services and just two years into business, successfully bought out another local business Gary Baker Building, ensuring their expansion into a building and electrical production.

Now, in 2011, MPS can offer general building & maintenance, civil works, Gas Fitting & plumbing, electrical, refrigeration & air conditioning, com-

munications and data, Painting, Tiling, & Glazing.

“There’s not too much we don’t do really!” said Director Kym Elliot.

MPS are a town based business, but in response to demand have started extending their services out to Woomera, Port Augusta, Prominent Hill and surrounding areas.

MPS are evidently building a good rapport over in Prominent Hill as well, having just won a three year contract for maintenance and upgrading of refrigeration and air conditioning. “we have built a strong working relationship with a number of other contracting companies within Olympic Dam and Roxby Downs area, this coupled with project works on the Mine site as well as town keeps us busy” Mr Elliot said that the business’ success has a consequence of a higher demand.

“As the opportunities arose we’ve taken them,

run with them and grown. “ Work in Roxby has really picked up, there is a positive vibe around town and everyone is looking forward to the official announcement of the expansion starting,” he said.

MPS have also been one of the contractors employed to work on Roxby’s newest housing division, Sub Division C, a project they were happy to take on. “One of the good things is that Roxby is a small community and you really get to know people,” he said. “It is a close knit community. You get that good working relationship with people, which is good.

“We do employ a lot of local people, although trying to get local people is getting harder so we have had to go out of town a bit more, but we do encourage them to stay in town and live in town.”

Mr Elliot has lived in Roxby for 20 plus years,

and prides himself on being a community involved family man, as well as a successful businessman.

It’s not uncommon to see him enjoying Saturday football, or attending community events.

MPS’s sponsorship for junior sporting and local events, employment of local apprentices and involvement in the Contractor Framework Implementation Team (CFIT) exemplifies the commitment to the community, as well as safety.

MPS boast a zero TRIFR (Total recordable injury frequency rate) for the past 18 months.

“We are constantly driving the safety message to our employees,” said Mr Elliot. “getting this message across to new starters as well as keeping our existing team focused is always a challenge, but I’d like to think we are doing it very well,” he added.

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Patricia returned to Market Day for the third time this year recently, and said Wallaroo residents enjoyed the contrast of a relaxed seaside lifestyle and more temperate climate.

“Some Roxby homeowners are considering taking advantage of high Roxby Downs’ real estate prices and rents to leverage themselves into the more reasonable prices at North Shores,” Patricia said.

There are several house and land options to choose from, such new, fully fitted three to four bedroom homes on a 607 meters squared for $349,950.

“Other Roxby residents are considering making North Shores their regular holiday destination and building one of the many two storey attractive lightweight homes available with large decks and

sea views for a relaxing lifestyle,” Patricia said.

“Of course for investors, or people wanting to use holiday homes for short term rentals taxation advantages are available. This is a common way for mine workers to increase their wealth while in the higher earning portion of their life,” she said.

With over 200 blocks sold and about 70 houses already built North Shores is probably South Australia`s most successful current regional development, Patricia said.

“North Shores is a master-planned estate, fully sewered, which means no messy and expensive septic tanks, with large reserves, and a playground which will be completed in 2011.

“It is a short walk to beautiful North Beach, one of South Australia`s premier beaches. The regular feedback we are constantly getting from North Shores residents assures that North Shores is a great to holiday or live.”

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By Alex Brooks need to rebuild to create more space. Start by replacing space–hogging shelves with pullout drawers or concealed cabinets. This is especially true in the kitchen, where planning to gain more storage space pays off by not having to expand the cabinetry into other rooms or extend.

2. Natural light without adding doors or windows Before cutting a big hole for those bifold doors you’ve longed for, consider less invasive—and less expensive—ways of capturing light. To brighten up a windowless hallway, for instance, install a solartube skylight for less than $500 - it slips between roof rafters and funnels sunshine down below. Velux also make beautiful skylights.

3. Demolition Derby Reap big savings with recycled or lightly used fixtures and building materials. But beware, because some tradies and builders won’t guarantee their work if they have to use salvaged items because they don’t want to assume the liability if something goes wrong. That said, if you’re doing your own work, you can find anything from prehung doors to acrylic skylights to windows

and reclaimed hardwood timber floors.Oh, and this one works in reverse. Don’t forget to salvage any re-usable materials if you’re about to embark on demolition work.It will also save you on skip and rubbish removal fees. And doing your own demolition can also save you. Knocking down may not be as costly as rebuilding, but you can still shave dollars by doing some of the demolition yourself—as long as you proceed with care.

Beware of unwittingly take out a load–bearing wall or, worse still, sawing through live wiring or plumbing.

4. Consider long–term costs Buying pre-finished materials can be costly upfront, but works well if it means you save on an extensive paint or finishing job. Some examples of this include primed and painted weatherboards, decking boards, skirtings and even some prefabricated wall finishes. These materials cost more upfront but will save time and money down the track by helping you avoid too much painting.

5. Tap into your tradies sources When it comes to things like flooring, ask your tradie if he has stock left over from other jobs.

Sometimes tradies have mates who are about to trash material from a demolition job and want material taken away, which means you might just get something for nothing (Ok, that’s unlikely, but it will be cheaper than buying from new).

6. Limit recessed lights - especially old-style halogens Low voltage halogen downlights can cost more to run and usually require eight or 10 for one room to create general lighting. In addition to

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oban Lawyers have been providing conveyancing, wills, family law and some legal aid to the Roxby Downs community since July this year when Greg Hoban visited our desert oasis for a holiday.

Mr Hoban believes that he can help the Roxby Downs community with wills and he will do some criminal law when he attends the magistrate’s court when it sits in Roxby.

When Mr Hoban visited Roxby he noticed that the community had significantly grown since he was last here in 1986. He kept an eye on the local newspaper and noticed that there was little activity from the legal profession when he thought, “There is a community in need.”

Mr Hoban said that if you are unfortunate enough that your spouse passes away you are only entitled to $100,000 of their estate.

The rest of their estate will be divided equally between the partner and children. The money will be kept in trust until the children are 18 years of age. Mr Hoban believes this is why families in Roxby Downs should consider getting a will made.

“There is a large need for wills in Roxby Downs to protect families,” he said.

“There are lots of young families with something to protect in Roxby Downs.”

Mr Hoban brought Hoban Lawyers into our community as he thought it may be difficult for our local, remote community to find legal services. “I thought I could help that way,” he said.

Mr Hoban established Hoban Lawyers in Adelaide earlier this year in February and has worked in law for the past eight years.

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Aquatic safety in the lead-up to summer

COUNCIL RATES 2011/12 Council rates no ces have now been issued. Please pay the first quarterly instalment by the due date to avoid fines and interest been charged.

By Vanessa Switala

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s the warmer weather arrives it is important in the lead-up to summer that children are educated about aquatic safety and general pool safety. The newly built Roxby Downs Leisure Centre indoor pool will be providing swimming lessons from the ages six months and up commencing October 17, 2011.

Roxby Leisure will be running a unique swimming program focusing on the development of safety skills for children to prevent drowning and increase participation in aquatic activities.

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This season Roxby Leisure will be implementing the Royal Life Swim and Survive Program as an endorsed Swim School.

Children will learn how to be safe while in the water and will also be able to improve swimming techniques and basic water skills.

All of the instructors at Roxby Leisure are fully certified and eager to help children feel more comfortable in the water.

Michael Esposito, Operations Manager at Roxby Leisure said, “Water safety is every-

SNAKES Residents frequently contact Council when they see a snake in their proper es. Council is unable to assist and recommends that residents contact BHP Billiton main gate on 8671 8262 or BHP Billiton’s Environmental sec on on 8671 8369. If available they will arrange for an experienced snake handler to remove the snake for you.

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CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES Citizenship ceremonies take place throughout the year in Roxby Downs.

The ceremonies take place in the Council office and are conducted by the Council Administrator Bill Boehm on behalf of and under delega on from the Commonwealth Minister for Immigra on and Ci zenship.

If you would like to apply or find out information on eligibility and costs please contact the Australian Ci zenship Line on 131880 or visit www.immi.gov. au. The process takes approximately 3 months from applica on to ci zenship ceremony.

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one’s responsibility. Watching around water is a message Roxby Leisure will be promoting this summer.” Mr Esposito recently attended the South Australian Aquatic Conference where it was released that Australia wide, in 52% of all revivals the life guard was the second person to respond to an incident. In other words, in nearly half of all public pool related CPR revivals, a lifeguard was not the primary person to identify and respond to an incident. “This proves that water safety and watching around water is everyone’s responsibility. We encourage everyone this summer attending any pool or body of water to bear this message in mind,” he said. “Roxby Leisure’s policy is that all children under the age of 10 must be supervised by a parent or caregiver 18 years and over. Children under the age of 5 must be within arm’s reach of their parent or caregiver,” he added.

Aquatics Coordinator at Roxby Downs Leisure Centre, Matthew Kinnaird said, “It does not matter if you are hoping for a competitive swimmer or just looking to make your child more comfortable in the water - our qualified and experienced staff will help your child to achieve their goals.”

Private lessons are also on offer for children that may be too old for the regular programs on offer or to cater to different needs.

The qualified instructors at Roxby Leisure are also keen to help adults improve their swimming abilities with their website stating, “We believe that Australians of all ages should feel confident in the Aquatic Environment.”

Roxby Leisure Swim School will be operating on a session by session basis. They will be offering swimming programs during school term and school holidays.

The National Drowning Report states that in South Australia 13 people drowned in waterways between July 1, 2010 and 30 June, 2011. The most common locations for drowning deaths were rivers, creeks and streams as well as swimming pools (23% respectively).

Please refer to the current swim school timetable for further information.

Enrolment day will be on September 22, 2011.

For more information please contact Kelly Brougham on (08) 8671 0500.

Linemarkers were in town last week to repaint and refresh all the white and yellow road markings. This is part of Council’s annual maintenance program to ensure that parking spaces, arrows and road lines are highly visible for motorists and pedestrians.

Are you considering Solar Power as an environmentally friendly and energy efficient alternative for power to your home?

Solar panels are now an affordable option for many Australian households looking to reduce their power bills and generate their own clean electricity.

The use of solar panels has expanded quickly over the last couple of years and more consumers are looking for guidance so they can make an informed decision.

The Clean Energy Council has an excellent website for those looking to install solar power and have also produced a guide so that you can make smart choices about a system that is right for you. Visit their website at http://www.cleanenergycouncil. org.au.

How do you go about it in Roxby Downs?

Once you have selected the solar system you wish to install, you need to complete a new Application for Supply Form - these are available from the Council office. On this form you must state that it is for the additional SOLA tariff.

When you submit the Application for Supply, you will need to provide the installation details relating to size, specifications and ETSA approval documentation for Council records and approval.

On approval the system can be installed and when ready, the contractor is to provide Roxby Power with a Certificate of Compliance who will then inspect the system and it can then be connected to our mains.

For more information, please contact David Hallett, Electricity Manager at Roxby Power, on 8671 0010.

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Theressa Hines progresses to National Awards

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“Participating in the National Awards is an amazing honour and one that I am looking forward to,” n inspirational former local woman, Theressa she added.

Hines, was announced the winner of the Ms Hines will now progress to the National Awards Hudson Private and Corporate Award for which will be held in Melbourne on November 18.

South Australia at the Telstra Business Women’s Awards on Friday, September 16.

As reported previously in The Monitor, Ms Hines was a local resident in Roxby Downs whilst she was the Senior Human Resources Advisor at Western Mining Corporation (WMC) from 2000 until the end of 2004.

Ms Hines now resides in Kersbrook, Adelaide and is the Global Director HSE for Electrolux.

“I think it is really important to demonstrate that living in a remote mining community, whilst personally rewarding, it can also be very beneficial for your career,” Ms Hines previously told The Monitor.

“I have no hesitation in my role as a Telstra finalist to recommend to women to look at mining as an attractive and positive career path. I encourage women to see this as a viable, worthwhile and meaningful career path,” she added.

Ms Hines has worked predominantly in the mining and manufacturing industries as both a Human Resources and Occupational Health and Safety executive. “This journey has not been without its challenges, sacrifices, hard work and calculated risks,” she stressed.

“Winning the South Australian Awards has been an amazing honour and is a significant recognition to those people whom have supported me over the years,” Ms Hines said.

“It was such a huge honour to be nominated, so to actually win is truly amazing.”

“Further, it is important for women, to be able to demonstrate that they can achieve corporate success through hard work, determination and taking risks,” she added.

Ms Hines thanks her two children, her husband Gavin, and her close-knit friendship group for the love and support they have shown her in the past years. “On a personal level, success does not come without commitment, hard work and sacrifice,” she said.

Ms Hines thanked Hudson, Telstra and other finalists for their dedication in aiding women to be successful. “These awards are indicative of the commitment of the sponsors to women in business,” she

Theressa Hines says the mining industry can be very rewarding.

No venue bullride off

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ast year’s highly successful Kempe Bull Ride has been canned this year, due to lack of venue.

In it’s inaugural year in 2010, the Bull Ride pulled in over 1500 spectators through the gate and featured children’s entertainment, live entertainment, bar and canteen facilities and of course, bull-riding.

Organiser Matt Braithwaite said that despite high sponsor interest, nobody was willing to give up a venue. “I’m devastated, absolutely shattered,” said Mr Braithwaite. The race course, golf course, town oval, smaller soccer oval, speedway club, fun bowl amongst many other places were looked into, but were all met with a resounding ‘no’.

“The council and BHP Billiton were just completely and utterly non supportive of the event,” said Mr Braithwaite.

With the promise of this year’s event being bigger and better than the last, Mr Braithwaite said Roxby will be losing its chance of holding a national event and in turn, the public and local business owners will miss out. “It’s going to have a massive impact on the town – those who were looking forward to seeing some bull-riding action and having a family friendly night out, and those who were looking to make revenue from outside business wont have that chance,” he said.

Mr Braithwaite had lined up professional, nationally recognised athletes, and the best broncos and bulls money could buy. “You try your hardest to create an extra event for the town, to give the people a local event and

make the town a bit more liveable and attractive to tourists, and it just gets knocked on the head,” he said.

When asked if Mr Braithwaite would try again next year to get this show up and running, he conceded it was unlikely. “I don’t think so, I have been pretty disheartened,” he said. “I wore my heart on my sleeve and we gave it our best to bring something pretty special to Roxby but, now the town misses out.”

It seems that much of the reason clubs turned down the opportunity to host this event was due to prior bookings, or pre-planned renovations. But BHP Billiton’s lack of support is what Mr Braithwaite is most disappointed in. “We approached BHP Billiton to have it in three different places,” he said.

“The old caravan park, but it was too dangerous because of old infrastructure, the Olympic Dam Football Club Oval which is under BHP Billiton lease but that was a no go, and the fun bowl, but no, it’s too dangerous.”

Mr Braithwaite couldn’t understand how it was okay for ‘weekend warriors’, amateur motorbike riders to utilise the fun bowl space at their discretion, but professionally trained bull-riders could not use it for a community event.

“You have a professional show that wants to go out there, with every insurance under the sun, with a professional crew and BHP couldn’t come to the party,” he said. “All of my sponsors are completely devastated.”

And so it seems, now the event is no more. “I’d like to thank all of the companies that got behind us to make it possible, but without a venue this event will not be running this year or in years to come.”

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Aged care assessment provides options for Andamooka Lyn Breuer MP

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ni SA health researchers have taken up residency in Andamooka to help provide better facilities for the elderly, it has been reported.

Leisha Clifford, Research Assistant for Spencer Gulf Rural Health School moved to Andamooka with her husband and young family last year and is taking an active role in listening and documenting elderly citizens’ wants and needs.

A stark contrast to Roxby Downs’ young working populous, Andamooka’s ageing residents (considered those over the age of 65) are being asked what their personal concerns are, what they experience as they get older, their opinions and what they plan to do as they get older.

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tastic response from a survey and we’ve done three focus groups and key note interviews as well,” she said.

Mrs Clifford explained that the prominent feeling in town was for the elderly to stay in Andamooka. “The idea of relocating away is a distressing prospect – people don’t want to have to go,” she said.

Frontier Services, major provider of aged care, health, family and community services in Andamooka provide an amount of support and services to the elderly, but as Mrs Clifford pointed out, the support and funding for Frontier Services needs to be greater for the services to be adequate. “There needs to be more of a support for home support services,” she said. “Frontier Services are doing a fantastic job at the moment, but they need more support.”

She also said that infrastructure needs to be addressed with issues surrounding roads and footpaths, as well as regular visits from

allied health services.

At this stage in the research, Mrs Clifford said a main request is a fully funded day care centre. “It’s somewhere for the older people to go during the day, whether it’s for arranged activities or not, it’s just for a place.

The people would like just a place for them,” she said.

Another possibility is the instalment of a residential care facility, or nursing home, as an option for when the elderly are no longer able to care for themselves. “There is definitely a support for establishing a residential care facility but there’s also support for lots of other things as well,” said Mrs Clifford.

“I think before infrastructure can be put in place (for the residential facility)… I think something in regards to a day centre should come first, start with those smaller things and then an increase in the funding for home support services.”

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Grow seedlings to help South Australia’s environment

Through the award-winning Tree hen Trees For Life started in South Australia 30 years ago, Scheme, volunteers are asked to grow and its founders travelled around care for the seedlings for landholders and the state in a campervan promoting the revegetation projects in South Australia.

The Tree Scheme operates by annual revegetation cause.

That year – 1981 - 200 people were recruited as volunteers to grow 3000 native seedlings.

Since then nearly 60,000 landholders have ordered seedlings through TFL, more than 30 million seedlings have been grown for landholders and revegetation projects across the state and 44,058 volunteers have grown TFL seedlings.

You can be part of this South Australian success story by becoming a volunteer grower this year.

seedling orders being taken for landholders, councils, government projects and private enterprise, with Trees For Life then linking up orders with volunteer growers.

TFL provides all the propagation materials – seed varieties, tubes, boxes, soil and mulch – free to volunteers, along with easy-to-follow instructions. Once sown and raised, volunteers then hand over their seedlings for planting in the winter months.

The seedlings provide food and habitat

for our native wildlife, and help counteract some of South Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Each year volunteers raise hundreds of thousands of seedlings in a bid to help continue to revegetate SA, and with the community’s support, Trees For Life is again hoping to reach this target.

Those interested in volunteering don’t need to have a green thumb – it’s a perfect way for people to do something positive to help our environment, it’s free and it’s a feel-good experience!

People interested in becoming a volunteer grower can phone the office on 8406 0500 or log onto the Trees For Life website: www.treesforlife.org.au.

The difference between spaces and places

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ot long ago one of my friends asked me what I do and what I was coming to Roxby to do, and I explained, and they exclaimed “Oh, so it’s like Sim City!” Sim City being a computer game where the player gets to build their own town, sticking a supermarket here, a record store there and a library there. They were kind of right but the practicalities of that are more up to the town planners.

What I do is less about the spaces and more about the places. So what’s the difference? What I do is more about the stories. But they aren’t my stories, for me to just pick up a pen (or a mouse) and write. It’s the story of a town, its past, its present and its future. It’s all of our stories.

The stories of this desert are older than time, and for a while this place was a cattle station. The stories of Roxby as a town are only twenty something years old, they’re just beginning.

It’s really rare to find a town where the stories are just beginning. And what’s so exciting is that all of us here, now, get to be a part of what Roxby’s stories are, its present, its future, together.

It’s a part of my role to find out what these stories are, to pick up those stories and stitch them in to the fabric of the town. To take these spaces and turn them into places that represent who we are, what we all want them to be, so that when we say “Roxby” it means “us”, something we are proud of. And when

other people think of Roxby, the story that comes to mind is that story. And we do that by telling the story, in a lot of different ways.

So that’s a part of my job, and stitching that into the mainstreet, the heart of a thriving community, where businesses flourish and the community is proud to be. A sustainable mainstreet is one that provides the community with what they want and what they need, so tell me what you want! I’m no fairy godmother, but I do find it difficult to back down from a challenge!

I’m also here to work on other elements of the business community plan, so I’m keen to connect with businesses of all types – retail, services, and home based businesses to find out who you are, what your challenges are, and to work on some innovative solutions together.

So businesses, and community members alike: Please! Talk to me, in my office in the Cultural Centre, via email, or on the street. I need to know you and your stories, to understand the Roxby that is, and the Roxby that you want it to be. I can’t do it alone. A phrase I read today comes from Chile, “Vivir con identitad”. It means, “Live with identity”.

So let’s do it.

For more information please contact Vivienne Holloway, Business & Marketing Consultant to Roxby Council at Vivienne Holloway the new Business and Marketing wholloway@roxbyleisure.com or phone Consultant at Roxby Council.

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“The key to being an environmentalist is having the right perspective. When you throw something in the trash realize that it will eventually end up helping to fill a landfill, when you turn on a coffee pot or a light remember that somewhere nearby there is coal burning and releasing emissions to make it possible, when you take a long shower realize that your water heater is burning natural gas piped in from thousands of miles away. Pay attention to your actions and their effects on the greater environment.”

An initiative of the Environment Forum

BOARD MEETINGS

WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

Board meetings are held on the last Monday of the month.

Teresa Baddeley • Darren Smith

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe.

Michelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Michelle Hales, Executive Officer Roxby Downs Community Board Inc. PO Box 85 Roxby Downs SA 5725 Mobile: 0418 833 818

If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Officer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be included on the agenda.

Confidential discussions with the Board can be arranged if required.

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Swimming Instructor Are you an experienced Swimming Instructor?

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Are you interested in becoming a Swimming Instructor?

Roxby Leisure is seeking passionate Swimming Instructors to teach babies, children and adults how to swim and about water safety.

Training in becoming a Swimming instructor will be provided to the right candidate.

Responsibilities: · Customer Service; · Promote program and services; · Teaching swimming classes of mixed age and ability; · Ensuring the smooth and efficient delivery of swimming lesson program; · Ensuring a safe and secure environment for visitors and employees; · Developing positive relationships with class participants and guardians; · Ensure equipment is safe, regularly inspected · Administration duties as required; Essential: · Current AUSTSWIM Teacher; · Current CPR Certificate; · Current Senior First Aid Certificate; · Ability to work early mornings, afternoons and evenings.

Please send an updated copy of your cover letter and resume to: Dani Furbow – Human Resources Officer Roxby Leisure PO Box 300, Roxby Downs SA 5725 Phone: 08 8671 0500 or 0447 888 337 Email: danielle@roxbyleisure.com

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Projectionist / Cinema Assistant Casual Position The Outback Cinema is located next door to the Art Gallery within the Roxby Cultural and Leisure Precinct, and is the only cinema in the area. It caters for approximately 60 people and showcases the latest feature films, so no Roxby Downs resident misses out on the cinema experience.

Responsibilities: · Customer Service; · Ensure area is kept clean and tidy at all times; · Prepare and play movies for patrons; · Collect tickets on arrival; · Monitor levels of noise and patron behaviour; · Undertake emergency procedure as required; · Statistical reporting; · Administration duties as required.

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Primary Responsibilities · Demonstrate strong safety leadership and promote positive safety culture change · Identify and ensure maintenance best practise are utilised to maximise equipment reliability and minimise the time and cost of repairs · Communicate regularly with key stakeholders including operations and support maintenance teams, regarding issues affecting the production plan and maintenance plans · Ensure appropriate allocation of resources to achieve planned outcomes assigning clear and achievable tasks within the context of the role · Implementation of key shutdown planning and execution metrics (Safely, quality, time and cost) Ideal Candidate Requirements · Ability to manage effectively in a demanding and challenging environment · Excellent verbal and written communication skills · Desire to broaden their career scope Please contact the recruitment team on (08) 9419 4455 or send your resume to jobs@capeplc.com.au and reference shutdowncoordinator

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Essential: · Available to work over a 7 day roster and some out of hours.

Previous experience preferred but not essential. On the job training will be provided.

If you are a friendly person, hard working, good with customers, reliable and trustworthy.

Please send a copy of your cover letter and resume to: Dani Furbow – Human Resources Officer Roxby Leisure PO Box 300, Roxby Downs SA 5725 Phone: 08 8671 0500 or 0447 888 337 Email: danielle@roxbyleisure.com

FOR SALE SALE OF CARAVAN UNIT Myall Grove Caravan Park, 6 Casuarina Way Consists of: • On permanent site • 12 metre caravan • Solid annexe • Wood floors • Reverse cycle split air conditioner • New kitchen 000 • Garden sheds x 2 $40, • Bathroom on site • Parking within fence • Fridge/dining table Contact Monte 0437 383 353

MOBILE SHIFT FITTER Terramin Australia Ltd is an ASX listed base metals company with an operating underground mine at Strathalbyn in SA (Angas Zinc Mine).

We are seeking to appoint a Trade Qualified Mobile Shift Fitter to support our Maintenance division.

Reporting to the Leading Hand Mobile Plant the position will be scheduled on a 12hr 4x4 roster including days and nights.

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Send applications to employment@terramin.com. au or contact Susan Palmer on 8536 5972.

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Junior Netball Grand Final action

ABOVE: 13 and under Lightning defeated Bullets (36-24).

TOP LEFT: 17 and under Bullets defeated Lightning (43-38).

LEFT: 11 and under Shooters defeated T-Birds (19-16).

ABOVE: T-Birds player Hayley Hambdron and Shooters Lucy prior compete for the ball.

LEFT: Shooters team member, Lucy Prior gets to the ball as T-Birds goalkeeper, Telisha Darling looks on.

BELOW: Shooters Kiara Coctzee grabs the ball while TBirds player Flo Palance runs behind her.

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Mixed netball action LEFT: Heath Mynhart from TMNT with the ball as Scott Rogers from Misfits looks on.

BELOW: Chelsea Brind from Misfits and Kelly Weston from TMNT compete for the ball.

RIGHT: Fiona Jordan from Cunning Stunts against her opponent from Heathanasia.

Aquarobics classes are back!

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to be working on building and toning muscle and

oxby Leisure will be bringing back versa- burning fat,” she added.

Once again due to the wonders of water, Aquartile Aquarobics classes as of October 1.

This highly beneficial, low stress class stopped during pool closure over winter, but as the warmer months creep in it is once again the ideal way to keep both fit and cool over summer.

Roxby Leisure Sports and Gym Team Leader, Kelly Seward explained that the class is suitable for all. “It’s a great workout,” she said. “It’s a great cardiovascular and muscle endurance workout for people of all abilities and fitness levels.”

One of the benefits of water based exercise, Ms Seward pointed out, is the constant muscle resistance without joint strain, which you may get from running or similar forms of exercise.

Aquarobics is still a great workout even if swimming is not your forte, as most classes are held in shoulder deep water only, however this will need to be double checked with your instructor at the beginning of the session. “Normal aerobics and group fitness classes are performed on concrete floors causing high impact on joints and bones which is not always good for all,” explained Ms Seward. “Because aquarobics is performed in the pool, it is low impact but still creating enough resistance to the entire body to be getting a great workout. The resistance of the water is enough

obics can prove to be an easy going workout for pregnant women or people with injuries. “However,” said Ms Seward, “please ensure you check with your doctor prior to starting any new exercise regime and also inform the instructor of your injury/pregnancy so that they can provide you with alternatives.”

Priced at $10.90 per person per session and available either on Monday evening at 7pm or Saturday mornings at 10am, this class is an affordable option for improving your fitness and strength. However, for the money conscious, “If you would like to attend regularly, a membership is highly recommended and works out much cheaper,” said Ms Seward. “If you’re interested in a membership, come into the gym and speak to one of our friendly staff.”

One last note from our local sports and fitness expert, “Please be aware of the weather and always drink lots of water before you come to the class and bring a sports bottle with you to ensure you stay hydrated,” said Ms Seward. “Also, ensure you are ‘sunsmart’ and slip, slop, slap during the classes.”

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Tyrone Price pictured in 2008 receiving his Mail Medal award.

He is pictured with Graham Warren who received the Gold Whistle award for umpiring.

By Millie Thomas

ar North Football League (FNFL) has been graced with many memorable players over its 20 odd year history.

The league has seen ex SANFL, WAFL and even AFL players sport the varied colours of Roxby’s local teams.

No exception to this rule is ex Hornridge centre Tyrone Price who has made his mark amongst various South Australian football leagues during his 15 year football career and shows no signs of slowing down.

Price was recently awarded with the Madigan Medal (Spencer Gulf League’s version of Mail Medal) to add to his growing collection of sporting achievements.

Having won two Mail Medals in FNFL, two Madigan Medals in the Spencer Gulf League and a runner up in the Far West League, his playing is evidently one not to be forgotten.

Price started his football career at the age of 7, playing in the Under 13s competition with the Western United Tigers. He played for his home town club, moving up the ranks until he moved to Roxby Downs and Hornridge Sporting Club in 2006. He stayed with Hornridge for four years until moving down south and picking up a paid position with Solomontown Football Club in Port Pirie. In addition to this, he played six reserve games for SANFL team

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West Adelaide at the start of 2011.

Upon playing for Solomontown, Price relocated to Adelaide following work. The three hour drive each weekend during football season turned out to be a big commitment.

“The money helped!” he joked. “Most games I travelled up with a mate, but regardless, I have always loved playing the game.

“Also, the club had, had a few years of not winning a game at all so it was good to be part of the team that got them back onto the winners’ list,” he added.

Not matter how impressive Price’s list of awards might be he remains adamant this is not a measure of a good footballer. “They say a footballer’s success is judged on premierships… I haven’t had one of those in a long time!” he said. “But I would have to say growing

up around a club like I did (Ceduna Western United Tigers), watching and learning from all of the good players just makes you want to be that good as well.

“Also some people I have played with are pretty inspirational.”

However, the options are endless for Price, whose performances over the years have made him a wanted man in footballing society. “I played for Solomontown this year but not sure what I’m doing next season wouldn’t mind a change again, maybe somewhere with a few more teams,” he said.

At the age of 28, Price has missed his chance at playing AFL, but concedes it was a dream at one stage. “I think anyone who enjoys playing football would love to be on the sort of money the AFL footballers are - just for playing.

“But it’s a bit late for me so I’ll have to keep working!”

Whether it is travelling around the state chasing football, or dragging wooden spoon teams up to a premiership, Price always remembers fondly his time in Roxby.

“It’s a pretty friendly league up there everyone gets along well and there wasn’t too much travelling,” he said.

“Hornridge is a great young club with good people behind it… they are really welcoming.

“I met a lot of new people all the time through the club and we always enjoyed ourselves after the game. As much as I enjoyed my time up there and would like to come back, I would still like to try something different again and see where that leads…but you never know.”

“Go the Hornridge Maggies!”

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