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ROXBY DOWNS owners of BHP Billiton shares are being targeted by an opportunist company to buy their

shares at half their value.One such shareholder alerted Th e Monitor to

the scam last week saying that while he was aware of the value of his shares and what the company Hassle Free Share Sales was trying to do, other investors might simply respond to the acceptance form without checking all the details.

Th e letters being received by some of the share-holders indicates the number of shares owned by the person and makes the off er to buy them at $17.63, even though recognising the fact the

actual BHP share price at the time of off er was $37.15.

Th ese unsolicited off ers by opportunists like Hassle Free Share Sales Pty. Ltd. are not new and there are a number of other companies operating in similar ways.

Hassle Fee Share Sales has been making the same offers for Wesfarmers shares and also Woodside Petroleum and are not endorsed by the companies concerned.

Th e Australian Securities and Investment Com-mission, the corporate watchdog, is apparently powerless to ban such off ers if the share values are clearly disclosed.

ASIC banned similar company Share Buyback Group from making off ers after ruling in 2007 that the company’s actual name could mislead shareholders. It was revealed then that new off ers could be made by Hassle Free Share Sales, a sepa-rate company but with a common director.

Ms Suzane Forster owns the company Hassle Free Share Sales Pty Ltd and is not associated with BHP Billiton or any of the other companies she has made off ers for in the past.

Shareholders who receive these off ers should know that they don’t have to accept any off er and by ignoring the letters the off er will lapse.

Anyone who may be tempted by the Hassle

Free Share Sales off er should consider seeking independent fi nancial advice from a qualifi ed professional advisor before making any decision. Th ey are also advised to read the documenta-tion carefully, check the current market price and check all other options available.

Had the Roxby Down’s man responded to the Hassle Free off er for his particular portfolio of BHPB shares he would have lost $421,600 on cur-rent share value.

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Olympics - Roxby styleOlympics - Roxby styleBHP Billiton proudly supplied the metal for medals for this year’s Beijing Olympics and in keeping with the spirit of the games, hosted an Olympic Sports Day at Roxby Downs last Friday. Students from Roxby Downs, St. Barbara’s, Woomera and Andamooka schools took part in the fun day and all received commemorative medals for their efforts.SEE STORY PAGE 16

Olympic Ambassadors Kyle Vander Kuyp and Robbie Crowther with the Roxby Downs Olympic Torch

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Great Work Great InitiativeI’ve just come back from my early

evening jog and what a delight it was.

I’ve always enjoyed jogging and working out and have done so since I was thirteen. My elder brother was into amateur wrestling when we were younger and I remember hop-ping on the back of his motor bike when I was 13, in order to attend a wrestling competition and compete for his club.

We lived on the east side of Mel-bourne when we were growing up and I still can’t remember my brother telling me that we had to go ALL the way to Geelong to compete! Geelong was like, forever away in those days and I’m not sure how good motor bike seats are today, but the mo-tor bike seat I sat on for nearly two hours way back then felt like a damn brick!

Anyway! I ended up coming sec-ond in my division and therefore won a silver medal and it was from that day on that I began my journey into competitive sports and keeping fi t. Th e diff erence between the jog I have just come back from and all the others I’ve had in my near six years of living in Roxby…is the fabulous brand new footpaths along Burgoyne Street and Olympic Way.

If you haven’t noticed, take a drive, or preferably walk along the Burgoyne Street footpath and you’ll see there is

now a brand new section of footpath that starts from the driveway into the Myall Grove Caravan Park, and ex-tends all the way down Olympic Way to the corner of Burgoyne Street.

I’ve obviously noticed all the work that has been going on in regards to the construction of the fabulous new footpaths. But I just wished I had taken the time to stop and thank the workers for what they were doing because the footpaths will greatly benefi t many residents and families for years to come.

I probably didn’t stop because I knew it would be too hard to wind myself up again. But, after a bit of research, I discovered that the con-struction of the new footpaths was a BHP Billiton initiative.

I congratulate BHP Billiton be-cause they saw the need to provide more safe places for us to walk (or jog) and they set out to do something about it. I would also like to thank York Civil because they were the ones who BHP Billiton asked to construct the new footpaths.

Some of my fondest memories as a little boy were the times my Grandma would come to stay at our home. On one of those occasions we all went for a long walk to our local foot-ball oval in order to enjoy Carols by Candlelight. To have our beautiful Grandma walk and talk with us on that occasion was so special and a

great memory! Family walks are special. We would

all remember the happy times when we walked and talked with those whom we love. Children especially love to walk and talk with mum and dad and our gorgeous Roxby weather enables us to enjoy the benefi ts of short or lengthy walks, or jogs along safe footpaths regardless of our fam-ily situation.

Th e other benefi t of walking is that it’s good for us. Walking is good for our heart, it’s good for our lungs, it’s good for the muscle and bone growth of children and it’s good for our feel-ing of wellbeing. Walking has also been shown to improve self esteem, relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improve moods.

It’s great to take a break from the busyness of home or to take an af-ter dinner walk on a lovely spring, or cool summer evening. But it’s a relief to know that jogging on the side of the road in the dark around the top of Burgoyne Street and Olympic Way is now over.

I congratulate the drivers who waved and showed consideration to nutty people like me who love to get out in the dark in order to do our thing. But I congratulate Bhp Billiton for their great initiative and York Civil for work well done.

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Trial fl ight for workers from Eyre Peninsula Last week it was reported that a new air service for Eyre

Peninsula workers to Roxby Downs would commence on the weekend, initially fl ying in and out of Andamooka.

Th e Wudinna council wants the fl ights to help over-come the dislocation caused by an exodus of workers to the mining industry.

Th e report stated that the council is in negotiations to overturn a BHP Billiton policy barring single-engine aircraft from its Roxby Downs airstrip which has threat-ened the trial program.

Tim Scholz, Wudinna Council Chairman says Anda-mooka was used as a landing strip in the meantime for the fi rst fl ight this weekend.

“Th e Andamooka Progress Association is being very supportive and they’ve off ered the use of a bus service to take people across to Roxby Downs, but it’s certainly not the simplest way of approaching this trial project,” he said.

“It would make much more sense to land right at Roxby Downs, that’s certainly our preferred option,” Mr. Scholz told the ABC.

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Derrick passes on his positive outlook on life

By Zak Zeptner

Students sat captivated as STAR Group Senior Con-stable Derrick McManus shared his experience of being shot 14 times by a high powered rifl e in one of South Australia’s greatest police sieges.

One would imagine being shot would have a consider-able impact on one’s life, and Derrick is no exception; the impact, however, was positive.

Th e STAR Group member spent three hours bleeding alone while fellow offi cers attempted to mount a res-cue mission while a gunman remained barricaded in his house, shooting at police.

After a lengthy recovery period, Derrick is back work-ing for STAR Group and as a motivational speaker for people all over the country.

Roxby Downs Area School year 10 to 12 students were lucky enough to hear from Derrick and his positive out-look on life.

“I like to be lighthearted in life,” Derrick told students while showing photographs of his extensive injuries.

“Th e ambulance offi cer who got to me fi rst thought I only had about 30 minutes left to live, due to the amount of blood I’d lost,” commented Derrick.

Fortunately, Derrick’s thoughts remained positive, a key element of his speech, even after he lost feeling in his arms and legs and began to see the “white light”.

It was this incident that inspired Derrick to speak with people about life, the choices we make, keeping positive and being focused.

Derrick began his speech with a heart wrenching video presentation outlining STAR Group, the notorious siege and his recovery period.

“It made me want to cry,” said RDAS councillor Bec Eli.

With the students captivated by the details of the shooting, Derrick used this experience to illustrate his theories towards attitude.

“Be passionate about what you want and you’ll be pre-pared for what may come,” said Derrick.

Th roughout the talk, Derrick stated several elements people need in order to achieve their goals: motivation, focus, skills, a mentor and high self esteem.

Some may ask how to achieve these essentials and Derrick’s answer was simple: the power of thought.

“Keep positive and don’t let negative thoughts in.” Derrick is a true example of positivity leading to suc-

cess. From the minute he was shot, Derrick knew he could

not give up.“At that point, anything better than death was a bonus,”

said Derrick. Derrick was so positive, in fact, he was joking in the

ambulance about getting shot. “We had diving training the next day and the Sergeant

in charge was a strict guy who didn’t like excuses for lateness or absence, so I called my mate over, who ran to my side expecting my fi nal words of love for my family or some life wisdom, and I told him to tell the Sergeant I might not make it to training. He called me a clown.”

Humour is a virtue Derrick enjoys and loves it when people speak their mind, a comment he made when stu-dents asked why the police simply didn’t throw a grenade into the house so they could get to Derrick.

Derrick thanked the students for their honesty and off ered another anecdote about his experiences.

“I was at a talk and there was a camera man there, so I asked him what he was here to speak about and without thinking, the camera man said, ‘I’m just here to shoot you’.”

A good story, motiva-tional tips and a humor-ous speaker was a thrilling experience for students, many of whom stayed af-ter the talk to hear more of Derrick’s adventures and lessons in life.

“It was really good to hear from Derrick, under-standing that even when terrible things happen, the good is still there,” said captivated student Karly McDonald.

Th e good, for Derrick, is essential.

When asked if he wanted revenge on the man who shot him, Derrick had only one thing to say.

“If I wanted revenge, I would have it, but then

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Sodexho) is the new provider of Village Management Services f o r B H P B i l l i t o n Olympic Dam.

In a statement to The Monitor, Mr. Paul Walters, Vice President Human Re-sources Olympic Dam, said that Sodexo was selected after an extensive tender process in accordance

with BHP Billiton’s Global Sourcing Guidelines.

Sodexo was selected for its innovative and fresh ap-proach to village manage-ment, with a number of exciting changes expected to be implemented in the Roxby and Olympic villages over the coming months.

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what kind of a person would that make me? I’d be just like the gunman.”

In fact, Derrick would relish the opportunity to have a “friendly chat” with the man who caused him so

much harm, just to under-stand why he did the things he did.

While this may never happen, Derrick is content with simply passing on his advice to students.

“Showing kids there are so many choices and op-tions available to them is a great thing and seeing the light go on in their eyes is an incredible feeling,” Der-rick told Th e Monitor.

Th ought equals results, as Derrick says, and hope-fully the students of Roxby Downs Area School will use the advice Derrick has bestowed upon them to better themselves in life.

Keynote speaker, Derrick McManus pictured after his talk with Roxby Downs Area School students, Kristen Warby, Karly McDonald, Tim West and Wayne Vangelder

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Plans for the

Christmas tree

Festival By Krystle Bower

O f ten the best thing about small towns is how they

celebrate every event as a community. One example of a good com-munity event in Roxby is the Christmas Tree Festival.

Th e fi rst Christmas Tree Festival was 12 years ago, when a member of the pub-lic thought Roxby needed to bring some spirit back

to the community.

“Th e fi rst year, was such a success,” said Helen Ed-wards, the creator of the event, “I actually got the idea from a Port Pirie Fes-tival,” she added.

Th e Festival only ran the one year, and for 10 years after nothing like it was repeated, then 2 years ago another community mem-ber came forward to put a festival together again, and now after two consecutive

years, Gaylene Crane is stepping up to the plate for the fi rst time, to organise another Festival for Roxby Downs.

Th e event, which encour-ages the community to get involved, has promised us something special this year. In previous years, Christ-mas Trees were the only acceptable entry, but this year the organisers are de-ciding whether they should allow the community to en-ter wreaths as well, in the hope to get more people involved.

Th e Christmas spirit is really what it is all about and with people from over 52 countries represented in Roxby there is bound to be quite diff erent ideas about Christmas. The winners of the categories will get a prize for their eff orts.

All community members are welcome to enter the

event, in any of the catego-ries, which are Individual, Community Group, Family Group, Junior Primary, Pri-mary, and Secondary.

The organisers are en-couraging anyone to make a tree or wreath and enter the competition, however, at this stage entry fee is to be advised. Th e Festival is expected to be held in late November, with the exact date to be confi rmed later.

Th e entries will be judged a week before the event, by the financial supporters, and then displayed when the winners collect the prize. Th is year’s organis-ers are hoping for a large turnout in the hope of encouraging more Christ-mas Spirit through Roxby Downs.

“Last year they had about 30 entries, we hope to get more this year,” said Gaylene Crane.

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Meet Helen Goldfi sh. Originally from Murray Bridge, Helen moved to Adelaide at the age of 16 with her family as her father was appointed to a manager’s role at Woolworths in Adelaide.

A year after the move, Helen got her fi rst job and commenced her career at “Woollies”, joining her dad, her brother Derek and later her sister Carol, who started working at diff erent branches of the Woolworths chain.

Still at school, 17 year old Helen worked as casual employee, 12 hours a week on Th ursdays nights and Saturdays.

She started fi lling shelfs, straightening the clothes area and working on the check out for a year in Adelaide’s Gilles Plains branch.

“I still remember my fi rst day as it was yesterday. My supervisor asked me to tie my hair back. I didn’t like that,” Helen recalled.

Forgetting that event she stayed at this branch for 10 years doing a 25 hour part time administrative job.

“Woolworths gave me plenty opportunities to advance in my career,” she said.

After some years she was promoted to an auditor’s role.“Th e job as branch auditor gave me the opportunity to travel around. I

went to Darwin, Alice Springs, Tasmania and Brisbane.”“What I love are the people. Th e staff makes Woollies a really good com-

pany to work for,” she said when she was asked about the benefi ts of working for a big company.

Helen said, “It’s an excellent company that gives the opportunity to work with a lot of people of all age ranges.”

Helen arrived in Roxby a year ago, with her partner, Peter, who was ap-pointed to a position at Cav Power and their two kids, Kane, 4 years, and Sean, 2 years.

Th ey would like to stay in town, “As long as the kids, Peter and me are happy.”

Th ey are having a good time in Roxby. “We participate in Toddler Story Time at the Public Library and in the Community Club. On weekends we are exploring around Roxby, travelling and seeing the countryside. And Peter is teaching me to drive a manual 4WD!” she said.

“In my free time I love to take the kids for a walk and ride their bikes and I like to cook, especially desserts. My speciality is the chocolate mud cake.”

On August 8th Helen celebrated 25 years working in “Woollies” and the Adelaide Area Management fl ew to Roxby on Th ursday, August 14th to celebrate with her.

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Residents live in fear

By Sol Pizanez

One issue that is currently alarming many Roxby Downs’ residents and Roxby Road Safe is the behaviour of

drivers in the streets. “We are deeply concerned about speed in

the town at early hours in the morning and late hours in the night,” said Tom Beever, Roxby Road Safe chairperson.

Drivers take advantage to break laws and speed limits during the nights, when police are not always patrolling.

“It is unbelievable what some people are do-ing in Roxby streets,” Mr. Beever said.

In the past weeks, neighbours are complain-ing about drivers doing burnouts, “donuts” and speeding along Burgoyne Street and then around the town centre.

“It’s about the noise made by cars driving out of control using roads as race tracks, speeding, doing burnouts and basically driving erratical-ly,” said a worried resident on Burgoyne Street. “If you are trying to sleep they wake you up. If you are awake they scare you,” she said.

Residents on Burgoyne Street live terrifi ed

thinking a car could crash into their houses. And it is not too crazy to think that it could

happen.Six years ago a speeding driver lost control

of his car and smashed into the main bedroom of the house on the corner of Burgoyne and Agonis Streets. “Fortunately no one was killed,” said Mr. Beever.

As a safety measure some houses built con-crete pillar fences and brought boulders in case another car lost control.

Th e resident said, “But that is not the solu-tion. It is not the answer to live in our houses as if they were bunkers, being afraid and not sleeping at nights.”

In summer this year a drink driver who was also on drugs smashed a car into a shed near the corner of Aquila and Santalum Way. Again, happily, nobody was hurt or killed.

Mr. Beever said, “I also ask Roxby drivers to slow down whilst turning corners. Th ere have already been two really serious car accidents in Roxby because of speed and drink driving when they tried to negotiate a corner too fast.”

Drivers aff ected by alcohol avoid main streets to evade the police and speed in narrow streets with parked cars on either side of the road and

therefore have more chances of having an ac-cident.

“We live in a small town, where everything is not more than 20 minutes walking. Th ere is no excuse to drink and drive.

“It takes less than a blink of an eye to lose a life in a crazy and unnecessary car accident because of the speed, alcohol or both of them together,” he said.

“When is there going to be another accident with a car driving straight into someone’s bed-room. What are we waiting for - someone actu-ally getting seriously injured?” said the neigh-bour of Burgoyne Street resident interviewed.

“If drivers don’t start to be conscious about speed and drink driving it is only a matter of time before another accident will happen. Someone is going to die,” a concerned Mr. Beever said.

“Just to jog drivers’ memories: Driving in ex-cess off 50km/h in Roxby Downs is an off ence,” Mr. Beever said.

Police ask Roxby residents to take note of car’s number plates and call them so they can follow up drivers’ actions.

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“Herding cows to save lives”

The Bush to Burra Cattle Drive is an Australian fi rst…A group of enterprising Mid North business-

men, farmers and residents has got together to raise money for health services and

hospitals within the South Australia’s Mid North – by driving cattle.

People are being off ered the chance to join a testing fi ve-day cattle drive (complete with a 400-strong herd) from the outpost of Whyte Yarcowie through the Boo-borowie Valley to the historic mining town of Burra.

Cattle drives are nothing new, but there are three prin-ciple diff erences to this event.

1. Anyone can join – but you’re encouraged to bring your own horse and camping gear

2. It costs just $250 per day if you BYO horse, $400 if you borrow one of theirs – the latter being at least half the price of a regular cattle drive.

3. Profi ts will go to local health services with the intention of assisting them to buy much-needed medical equipment.

Held on October 7th – 11th 2008 over fi ve days and four nights, the event is not only signifi cant for its good

intentions, it also follows part of the historic stock drov-ing route used by Sir Sydney Kidman.

“We’re using real drovers on one of Australia’s most important stock routes,” says organiser Graham Radford. “I mean, it’s the real deal out here! Th e valley’s really pretty, the history of the area is remarkable. Th ere’ll be plenty of stories along the way.”

Radford, who has been a local trail guide in the region for 15 years, believes the event off ers some extra authen-ticity, giving horse-owners the chance to saddle up and put their four-legged friends through their proper paces with real stock.

“Th e fi ve-day drive will cover 56km,” he says. “So I guess it’s a terrifi c opportunity to work with your horse outside of the paddock, dress circle or the arena.”

Horse owners paying $250 per day get three meals – ‘real bush cooking’ – plus live music by local and visit-ing artists each night.

“You’re responsible for your horse, and its feed. If you’ve got any back-up crew – maybe someone support-ing in a 4WD – then we’re saying they can pay $90 per day which covers all their meals and entertainment.”

Th ere are 60 riding slots each day, 50 of them for horse-owners, 10 of them for horse hirers.

“If you’re paying $400 to hire a horse, then we’ll be responsible for looking after it, plus we’ll loan you all the camping gear – so you get it cushy!”

Th e drive’s completion will coincide with the Burra Show where all partici-pants enjoy a night of music and festivities within the Burra Showgrounds.

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L ast Sunday, August 17 was the opening of the Karla Branch

art exhibition at the Roxby Downs Art Gallery.

Th e set of 24 paintings and more than 20 pieces of jewel-lery will be on display until September 4th.

“We had the best sales ever with 17 pieces being sold on the opening night. Karla did a great job,” said Gallery Direc-tor Gaylene Crane.

In only one night Karla al-most sold of all the paintings on show.

“I am very happy. It was really exciting,” said Karla Branch.

“I like the idea that people buy my paintings because they like them and will enjoy

them hanging in their houses,” she said.

Th is is the fruit of 6 months of work, “I fi nished almost a half of the paintings in the past couple of months.”

“I want to continue painting and this exhibition makes me feel like creating new things,” Karla said when she was asked about what will happen if she sold out.

Fantastic opening night for Karla Branch


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Race lovers from Roxby Downs have two weeks to make fi nal preparations before heading to the outback for the Birdsville Races on September 5 and 6.

Greyhound Australia Chief Ex-ecutive Offi cer, Robert Th omas, said residents still have time to take advantage of a special char-ter tour from Roxby Downs to the unique Birdsville Races.

Th e return trip includes most meals while in Birdsville, accom-modation in Greyhound’s Tent

City, and a commemorative Birdsville Races t-shirt.

“Crowds of more than 6000 celebrate the carnival each year enjoying two days of quality out-back racing and two great nights of live entertainment,” Mr Th o-mas said.

“Great acts, class horseracing and premium hospitality makes for a fantastic weekend in the heart of Australia’s outback.”

Mr Thomas said catching a Greyhound bus to an event like

the Birdsville Races makes a lot of sense giving travellers a hassle free and environmentally friend-ly way to enjoy the weekend.

“Catching a bus will ensure a safer and easier trip home after a weekend jam packed with horse races, whip cracking, sideshows and excited crowds,” he said.

Travellers who plan on head-ing to Birdsville for the Races on the 5th September are advised to book as soon as possible because seats are selling fast.

As seen by parent Yatsuko Howes

In a young town like Roxby Downs it is safe to say that the children are among the vulnerable, hence the children of special needs belong to the weakest.

Th eir circumstance are far from an ideal one; living in the outback aff ects their lives badly in several ways. Th e aim of this article is to inform people of the realities that the special needs chil-dren face, otherwise, the kids are almost invisible and their problems are unknown, outside their families, teachers and carers.

As a mother of an autistic son, I would like to draw the picture of autistic children in the spe-cial needs class in Roxby Downs Area School, be-cause I know them better than other children.

Th eir situation provides a good example to demonstrate how the government fails our chil-dren.

Th ere are eight children from age fi ve to 13 in the special needs class. Six out of the eight suff er from ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder). Th e class is run by one of the two teachers assigned to the class with two SSOs (School Services Of-fi cers).

Each child has their own diffi culties, according to the degree of disabilities. Autism is a compli-cated intellectual disability with various diff er-ent forms; its cause is yet unknown; hence its treatment diverse.

One of the common symptoms is communi-cation impairment and lack of common sense.

Some autistic boys in the class are barely verbal; almost all of them with behavioral issues. Th ey have sensory problems; they tend to have very poor fi nd motor skills. Th e inability to communi-cate with others causes them frustration, leading up to emotional meltdown.

I know my writing does not really express the magnitude of the hardship each family has been going through. Th e recent Australian fi lm called ‘Black Balloon’ has an authentic representation of an autistic boy and his family (please watch it if you can).

To overcome these diffi culties, the children require professional help from experts such as speech pathologists, occupational therapists and psychologists. Th e special needs children are entitled to receive these services from these professionals through DECS (Department of Education and Children’s Services) in theory. But, most unfortunately, they have not received the necessary services for a long time. Th e short-age of speech therapists is particularly severe.

Not a single speech therapist from DECS has ever visited to the RDAS for years.

And it is not because there is no speech pathologist in the area, there is a one who visits Roxby Downs from Port Augusta every fortnight. Unfortunately for the kids in Area School, she works for the Health Services, not for DECS. She is only allowed to see children under four, before the school age.

Th is is utterly ridiculous. Some children are diagnosed before the age four, but the others are found with the condition at a much later age. Most of autistic kids have to have various therapies for at least several years. Autism is a life-long condition. No cause has been found, and therefore no cure has been discovered. Only constant therapies and education can improve the condition.

The territorial bureaucracy between the Health Services and DECS has created the inef-fi cient system of service and that ignores the signifi cant characteristics of the disease. Without

applying any fl exibility to the existing system for the benefi t of the children, the government deprives medical and educational rights of the children.

South Australia has a non-benefi cial organi-sation called Autism SA, whose goal is to lead ‘the way through knowledge, understanding and acceptance’ (Quoted from their own brochure). Autism SA off ers ranges of services including training, school support to diagnosis.

Unfortunately, again, we are not able to get their services because most of them are avail-able in Adelaide only, where they are based. Th e service they provide us is only a twice-a-year visit to the school. Needless to say, that is not enough.

I have shown above the appalling situation of the autistic children. Th e location of outback cannot be an excuse. We pay our tax equally with urban counterparts. We are treated as sec-ond-class citizens, without any sign of care and compassion from authorities.

Quentin watching a dvd with Yatsuko in her house.

A plea to help the special

needs kids of Roxby

Three weeks to go until Roxby Downs heads to Birdsville Races

Suzanne Crafter recieving the us$263.95 donation on behalf of the Tennis Association from Steve Ellerd.

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Kym Buttery and Claudia Mitchell enjoying the exhibition.


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Letters to the Editor

Not all teachers were on strike!

Ridiculous opinions and expectations

Sir - I write in response to the incredibly ill-informed and disrespectful author of the letter “Teachers need a Reality Check” 14/8/08. Th is parent stated their com-plaint that their children “did nothing” in the afternoon hours following the half day strike, that teachers are be-ing “so greedy” in their union’s demands and that “the majority of teachers are on $70,000” or “undoubtedly higher” in Roxby Downs.

Obviously this person has little to no understanding of what being a teacher involves. We are no longer surprised about the lack of knowledge communities across Aus-tralia have of our profession. But we are sick of it. People who make comments that they surmise from watching Current Aff airs shows on television probably shouldn’t make stereotypical and completely untrue statements in a public forum.

Th e Roxby Downs reality is that a proportion of the workers in our town are earning excellent wages; and let me be clear – it’s not the teachers. Th e recent win for the Victorian Teacher’s Union bears no implications for teachers in South Australia excepting that it leaves us as the new lowest paid state in the nation.

Not all teachers join unions, not all of us strike, not all of us work for the Department of Education and it’s certainly not all or even a majority of us who earn any-thing close to $70, 000 pa until a minimum of 10 years in the job and then have to study to qualify for the Ad-vanced Skills Teacher Classifi cation. Working in Roxby Downs has zero bearing on our wages. But we do all cop ridiculous opinions and expectations from parents and communities almost on a daily basis. We do all have that in common.

Th e most insulting part of the letter to the editor was the complaint about having to teach your own children some facts about numeracy and reading each night. Well, fancy having to be responsible for helping your child suc-ceed? Fancy having to make the eff ort to support their learning? Fancy having to supplement individual atten-tion for the benefi t of your child’s future? Who would believe that these parents think it is the entire responsi-bility of teachers to raise their children?

Th ey are your children, they are your responsibility to love, nurture and educate on a daily basis. YOU are the constant in their lives, beyond the time they spend with one teacher in one year, they need your teachings and attention too. Th ese are the things teachers expect of parents but it’s almost like some parents have gone on strike…I wonder, when their demands end?

Name and address supplied

Don’t criticise teachers Sir - I am writing to you regarding the letter published

in your paper on Th ursday. August 14th on page 6 enti-tled: ‘Teachers Need a reality Check’.

To those out there who think teachers are becoming greedy over pay rates a reality check is of high impor-tance. A lack of information is allowing parents and other community members to be misled to the true facts that are causing teachers to strike.

It was mentioned previously that teachers come out of University on a decent wage of $50,000, if only this was the case. A reality check for those unsure, I have been a teacher for almost three years, both in the city as well as Roxby Downs and I have not even achieved this wage yet.

Furthermore, teachers in the Roxby Downs area areno better off than the teachers in the city. If I were to still be teaching in a school in Adelaide I would be on exactly the same wage as I am here! I think some members of the public are the one’s who need the reality check not us teachers! Th e pay rise we are asking is little, 21% is not much over three years with the infl ation we are facing in the current economy and the role we are expected to play within a child’s life.

As teachers we are being held responsible for more and more roles to assist your children. Not only are we accountable for your child’s academic abilities such as reading and writing but we are now taking on additional roles within the system. We are helping many learn how to tie their shoes, be toilet trained, teaching them about sex education and drugs, fi ght childhood obesity, we are nurses when they are hurt or sick, counsellors when they argue.

Teachers are expected to be educators, friends, parents, adults, policemen, supervisors and playmates all at the same time. If our role is to simply look after your kids while you earn more than us, then keep them at home, don’t send them to school. Get a “teacher” to teach them at home and a babysitter. Chances are you will shell out more for the babysitter alone than what we in schools gets paid to do. We are sick of being ridiculed by those who think they know better!

Th ose who criticise need to take a day in our shoes. We deserve our share of pay! Every day we show up to work, when we are sick, we still work. We spend hours planning programmes suitable to what each individu-al child is in need of, we question every day what it is your children will be doing, we work during our holi-days, gaining more knowledge in order to off er yourchild the most current programmes to achieve success.

Now you say we don’t deserve the pay for our ef-forts. If homework is an issue, if it’s such a burden don’t bother, however realise that your child needs constantreinforcement and if it is not followed through at home it gets lost. It is not that we are asking for our jobs to be done for us, but a practice to assist your child in

understanding and cementing the concept withinthem.So think carefully before the criticism about teach-ers is made! Half a day is nothing just think….where would you be today without your teachers?

Anonymous Roxby Teacher

Your letters and opinions are always welcome.Just remember to put your name and

address on any correspondence and a phone number for verifi cation purposes.

Sir - I was appalled by the letter written in about the teachers. I am a new teacher and I am astounded by the ignorance of some people in our community.

People who comment about teacher’s work need to live at my house for a week. I am at school at 7:30am every morning and leave at 4pm.

But... I then go home and work another 4-5 hours a night. Th at is just to keep up.

Teachers are accountable for so much in students’

lives. If a child cannot read the teacher is blamed. When are parents going to be held accountable for not helping students at home?

It is a constant battle to get some parents to care about their children’s edu-cation let alone do some-thing about it!

Not all teachers went on strike! Did the reader note that?

I think people need to be careful before they judge.

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Not constructive politicsSir - In reply to recent comments made

by the Member for Hammond Adrian Pederick MP regarding the country health plan being used by the Liberal Party as a political football. Why deny it when it is patently clear to all that the present state-ments and actions of the Liberals are stra-tegically aligned with the 2010 election?

Again I ask the question, “How many country Members of Parliament made for-mal submissions to the Health Minister in regard to the Country Health Plan?” Per-haps Mr Pederick could start by advising this newspaper of the specifi c dates and circumstances of his personal representa-tions to the Health Minister on the local health services and needs in his electorate during the year or so prior to the release of the Country Health Plan.

We should also ask how many country Members of Parliament have actually met with communities in their electorate to

discuss health issues and needs during this period, and what is the Liberal country health plan alternative?

It is disappointing that what we now have is a political process that is moving further away from the people it is sup-posed to serve. Th e language of “them and us” and “political enemies” is simply not constructive for country South Aus-tralians. Real leadership and a focus on the common good is what country people need.

Political football is about winners and losers. We just don’t need it. Rather we should all be working together to support country people and country communities, especially at this time of need for our fel-low South Australians who live and work along the Murray River.

Wilbur KleinPresident, SA Nationals


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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BIOSECURITY STRATEGY 2008-2013The draft South Australian Biosecurity Strategy 2008-2013 proposes a policy & planning framework to manage biological threats posed by pests, weeds, and diseases to primary industries, natural environments and communities.

The strategy aims to ensure that biological threats in South Australia are managed effectively through collaboration and participation by governments, industries and communities.

The draft strategy covers threats to the following biosecurity sectors: animal health, aquatic animal health, aquatic pests, plant health, public health, social amenity pests and diseases, terrestrial vertebrate pests, weeds, wildlife health and other terrestrial environmental pests and diseases.

Individuals and organisations with an interest in biosecurity are invited to contribute comments on the draft strategy.

The draft SA Biosecurity Strategy 2008-2013 and a summary brochure are available via:• Web site – www.pir.sa.gov.au/biosecuritystrategy• Telephone – (08) 8226 7980• Fax request – (08) 8463 3366• Email – [email protected]

Written submissions should be addressed to Biosecurity Strategy Consultation• Posted – GPO Box 1671, Adelaide SA 5001, or• Faxed – (08) 8463 3366, or• Emailed – [email protected]

Submission deadline – 5pm Friday 26 September 2008.

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Nic Kernahan and Emma Wilkinson will next be in attendance at the of ces of Lin Andrews Real Estate, 3 Richardson Place,

Roxby Downs on 3 September, 2008.For appointments, contact us at:

17 Sturt Street, Adelaide SA 5000Telephone: 8231 1110 (Adelaide) 8642 5122 (Pt Augusta)

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The garden is in need of a little tender love and care – but once the gardens were tidied up rental increase would need to be considered. This could be your opportunity to secure a property at a reasonable price in a mining town that’s boom-ing and make some improvements down the track.

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4 bedroom home with formal lounge area, large open plan dining, kitchen and extra living area. Main bedroom has ensuite and BIR’s. There is a spa outdoors with timber decking, large paved full length verandah and a second entertaining area next to the large shed, rear gate access, currently rented until Oct 2008 at $490 pw.

3 bedroom home with great location opposite childrens playground. Property has been repainted throughout within last 3 years, great size living and open plan kitchen/dining area. Passage way leads you to the 3 bdrms all with BIR’s and the toilet, bathroom and laundry. Outside is an undercover entertainment area, garden shed. Currently leased until Nov 2008 at $450 pw.

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S eventy-nine per cent of South Australian first

homebuyers-to-be will need to make sacrifi ces in order to purchase a home, according to the 2008 Mortgage Choice Fi r s t Homebuyers Survey.

However, this was a drop of 15 percentage points from the 2007 survey and the smallest number for any state, indicating that SA residents are willing to wait longer to achieve their home ownership goals rather than make changes to their lifestyle.

The annual survey, of people looking to purchase their fi rst home in the next fi ve years, also found that for almost half of respond-

ents (49%) the largest con-cern about buying a home was, by far, not being able to aff ord repayments if in-terest rates rise. Only 5% blamed rental costs as the reason why they had not bought yet.

Nine per cent intended to buy within the next six months, 30% within 12 months, 33% within two years and 30% within fi ve years.

Mortgage Choice Media Support Manager, Kristy Sheppard said today’s SA first homebuyers face a number of challenges in entering the market.

“It’s a reality that in order to achieve the ’Great Australian Dream’ of owning your own home, sacrifi ces will be necessary. Th e fact that

the number of people planning to sacrifi ce is slightly down on last year’s fi gures might in-dicate a decision to sim-ply take longer to buy rather than cut back on life’s pleasures,” said Ms Sheppard.

“Regardless, it could be said that having to make sacrifi ces is a posi-tive step because it helps people to understand the reality of a mortgage before they commit to one.

“Too often, new mort-gage holders start spend-ing up on new furniture, luxury items, etc, that they actually can’t aff ord. Th is is a large contribu-tor to ‘mortgage stress”.

Accommodation for ProposedOlympic Dam Expansion

BHP Billiton has initiated a three-stage process to identify developers interested in fi nancing and con-structing housing and other accommodation in Roxby

Downs as part of the proposed Olympic Dam Expansion.Th e company is inviting developers to provide a range of op-

tions for the Olympic Dam operational workforce according to the demand and living preferences of the emerging workforce including –

- Housing to be available for purchase or rental for those em-ployees and their families who are permanent residents of Roxby Downs

- Suitable unit accommodation for employees working on a ‘long

distance’ commute roster

Th e fi rst stage of the process will pre-qualify developers able to demonstrate they have the experience, expertise and fi nancial capacity to undertake signifi cant parts of the development.

Th e further stages will comprise –- Invitation for expressions of interest from selected ‘pre-quali-

fi ed’ developers- Direct negotiations with one or more parties, a more selective

tender process or some other arrangement to be determinedBHP Billiton’s preference is that a small number of developers

will be selected to be responsible for the design, fi nancing and construction of the required accommodation.

Th e plan is to develop the accommodation progressively between 2010 and 2018 subject to approval of the proposed expansion project by the Federal and South Australian Governments and the BHP Billiton Board.


Care givers need support in remote areasWalk a mile in the shoes of a care giver

or a parent of a child suff ering a disorder like autism in a place like Roxby Downs, and you will immediately feel the isolation and the tyranny of distance between you and any support.

While that is not the fault of anyone in particular, it is evident there are broad rules set for what level of care is available and that may be fi ne when you live in the city or close to it.

Th ese bureaucratic lines drawn in the sand must be looked at by the govern-ment, so people in remote areas don’t feel alone and isolated.

Take for instance the parents of a child with autism living in Roxby; they cannot get professional speech therapy help here after their child turns four, even though there are monthly visits by those very peo-ple who can off er a vital and much needed support service.

It would seem these poor parents, and there are several in town, are virtually on their own and in some respects are prison-ers in isolation.

Autism SA works out of Adelaide but

cannot cover this remote area other than a 1300 info line.

Th e visiting professionals are not al-lowed to take on extra children over four – so what happens to these local families living without the help?

Th e beliefs of Autism SA are that sup-port is best provided to children with au-tism when parents and professionals work together in a spirit of mutual respect and co-operation.

How can parents in Roxby access that type of help?

For the parents of any child with this unfortunate disorder they have a lifetime of learning ahead, as they grow in their understanding of the disorder and the ever changing issues they face day by day.

Th ese local people don’t get the respite off ered in the city, they can’t access the training options, the peer mentoring, or clinical support.

Spare a thought for these local parents or other care givers who are doing it tough in more ways than we can possibly im-agine.

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Footy Guernsey up for auctionA signed and framed Collingwood Football Club

guernsey is being auctioned by the Roxby Downs Scout Group as a major fundraiser to help get the boys to the next Jamboree.

With the help of local radio station RoxFM and the Friday night Football Show team of Scott Sauerwald, Tom Beever and Greg Latham, a silent auction will be held over the next few weeks after which a winner will be announced.

Collingwood’s number one ticket holder in Roxby Downs and Magpie mad Tom Beever, has already thrown down the gauntlet saying this is his and his bid will win! Co-host and perhaps the other Collingwood supporter in Roxby Downs, Greg Latham has other ideas, so there is already a battle on between ‘Pies, - not really that unusual in the Magpie army!

But for Footy Show guru Scott they can have the guern-sey. He says that if there was going to be a good fundraiser it should have been a Hawthorn jumper up for grabs.

Listen to the Friday night’s footy show on RoxFM and see how the silent auction is progressing.

As somebody quipped this may well be the last signed Collingwood jumper with Alan Didak’s name on it, so it could be a collector’s item if you share the Beever pas-sion.

To place your bids call into RoxFM and fi llout the form.

It’s as easy as that - and you know you are supporting the largest Northern Scout Group in South Australia.

Collingwood tragic Tom Beever puts in his bid for the silent auction with Scout Group leader Trent Burton and Football Show co-hosts Greg Latham (back) and Scott Sauerwald.

Silent Auction will aid local Scout Group


A dream comes true for Wanda

By Krystle Bower

Th e story of Wanda Dormehl’s life is no ordinary one. Filled with drama, heartache and miracles, it is inspiring and makes you believe that if you put your mind to it anything can happen.

When Wanda Dormehl, came to visit her daughter Courne’ Walkinshaw in Roxby Downs, in June 2007 she didn’t expect to stay very long, however, a visit to the doctor produced shocking news, Wanda was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

Described as a caring person, Wanda is still concerned for others’ needs more than her own, “I love people, I love chil-dren, especially babies,” said Wanda.

“She loves to help people,” Courne’ commented, “all her life she has looked after other people, she is a very good grandmother, and a very good mother.”

Wanda has always had a passion for life, some of her favorite things include, reading, knitting, and baking, “I love to bake,” she added.

Wanda came to Roxby Downs, all the way from Middleburg South Africa; the trip was intended to be short and everything was wonder-ful until one day she became too ill to even get out of bed.

Having had previous problems, Wanda knew she needed to see a doctor, however, after being given a clean bill of health multiple times when seeing a doctor in South Africa, Wanda never expected to be diagnosed with cancer.

She initially went to Doctor Lockwood here in Roxby Downs, who immediately noticed a problem, and sent her to the Port Augusta Hospital for scans. Th e scans showed that Wanda had a perforated colon, and she was rushed to the Adelaide hospital for emergency surgery.

Although the surgery went well the colon did not stay mended for very long, and Wanda was told she would have to have the surgery again. She refused to go through the procedure a second time, as she didn’t fi nd it at all pleasant, and after spending three weeks in hospital, they discharged her with just one thing to say, without the surgery she only had a week to live.

For Wanda the news was devastating, however, her daughter

Courne’ commented, “Mum never had bitterness, she accepted she was ill, but wouldn’t give up hope,” which is true of the 65 year old, still residing in Roxby Downs.

Wanda had just one dream she wanted to come true, and that was to go home to South Africa. For a while she was too ill to think about making the trip home, but now after spending 14 months in Roxby Downs, Wanda fl ew out of Ad-elaide last Friday morning to Johannes-burg South Africa.

A special mention was made of all the people who helped in the diffi cult times. Wanda would like to thank; the Flying

Doctor Service, Doctor Lockwood, Community Nurses, the hos-

pital staff in Roxby Downs, and Adelaide, Frontier

Services, Tom Beev-er, her personal

helper Yvonne Vytis, palli-ative care people, and

eve-

ryone in the Roxby Downs community who helped her get this far. Also a special thanks goes to her daughter, Courne’, son-in-law John, and grandson Manton Walkinshaw, for everything they have done for her, to make her recovery as successful and pleasant as it was.

Wanda hopes after reading this people can appreciate what they have in life, and Australia. She said if she hadn’t come to Australia she would not have found out she had cancer, and she would not have survived it because South Africa has no public health service.

“A lot of perseverance” says Wanda of her dream to one-day return home.

“We have been saying goodbye for two weeks now, she has touched so many people in the community and in return they have all prayed for her to make it through, and here she is,” says her daughter Courne’. “It’s important to remember to eat healthy, this is so true, eat healthy, think healthy, a lot of laughter, a lot of love, to help her through it,” adds Courne’.

Wanda credits her recovery to the people in Roxby Downs and is in awe of how the community has come together, and cared for one another. Now Wanda can fulfi ll her dream of returning home, with just one message to leave behind, “believe and have faith!”

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“It might be easier to list what we don’t do”

Andamookian DiaryBy Heather Hounslow

Th ank goodness for Saturday mornings, I can sleep in. So what I can hear you saying. Well, it is like this. Every week I buy what is called a Dream Pack from the X Lotto Agency and that gets me a ticket for every day of the week that a draw takes place, except if I buy it on a Monday, I get one for that night’s draw, but not for Wednesday, and vice versa, if you get my drift.

Now many of you, except if you work at Richby Up (Roxby Downs) would take a Saturday morning sleep in for granted without even thinking of being up and dressed and waiting for the phone to ring at 9a.m. with THE GOOD NEWS. So, as there is no lotto draw on a Friday night, I can sleep in without worrying about the phone ringing. Don’t any of you smart alecs ring me at 9am on ANY day.

Now the reason I can’t sleep in on the other days is because (a) I have to get up for work and (b) what if the phone did ring and I hadn’t got out of the shower, let along got dressed. Can you imagine a naked, OVER 50’s (I lie, it is over 60) crazy woman running around the street screaming “I’ve Won, I’ve Won!”. Th at would not be a good look, particularly fi rst thing in the morn-ing, and more so if you hadn’t had breakfast.

So, now do you get it? Th ere I am every morning except Saturday, dressed to the nines, full warpaint on (or poly fi ller as some would say) ready to accept the dream call from a lady at the Lotteries Commission to advise me of my good fortune and more importantly HOW MUCH.

Can you imagine what it is like for that person who rings the winners? Only a saint would not think “you silly b…., you don’t sound as if you need it”. Or talking to those winners who declare they are going to give most of it to charity. SUUURE! How come I didn’t receive any of it as I am a real charity case, (after all, I do live in a shed with a MOTH who goes shopping at Mitre 11 – Andamooka Tip).

Come to think of it, I still haven’t heard from my veerrrry best friend in Richby Up who won over one million dollars recently. I am sure I am related to them, maybe I was the fl ower girl at their wedding. Did I tip my basket of rose petals over great aunt Mar-tha, or poke out my tongue at Grandpa Henry? Sorry if I did, but then again I was only a little girl. But, please ring anyhow.

I am also waiting on a call from the RSL, Deaf So-ciety, Boystown etc. who have luxurious homes to be won. Can you imagine us fl ying to the Gold Coast to visit and stay in our new million dollar home? I mean, it can’t be much diff erent to “the shed” can it? Maybe the views out over the inground pool, with the river fl owing past the manicured lawns (might need that tractor sprinkler thing the MOTH found at Mitre 11 after all), laying back on the sun deck, might be a tad diff erent to the views I currently have of mullock heaps.

I would need to give this some serious thought, which of course would include checking out the local Op Shop and the local Dump, just to see what the shopping is like.

I think they have water there, hence the pool and river, so no more waiting for the tanker to arrive, and we would even have the paper delivered. Maybe it will be a LOT diff erent to “the shed” after all. And where would the mere male store all his treasures that he has found over the years. I bet the neighbours of the dream mansion would not appreciate a monstrous shed built on the property, and the two trailers and ditch witch and sewer machine parked on the front lawn, alongside the lengths of pipe and copper tube that he needs for his plumbing jobs.

Of course, we would need to work – how do we pay the rates on the mansion every year with only the rent from “the shed” coming in. Yes, you guessed it, no way would I sell the shed or the treasures, but I will still get up, get showered and dressed and made up in time for that 9a.m. phone call.

By the way, the other lotteries, i.e. the mansions are drawn at 2p.m. so I guess I am going to have to knock of work early on those draw dates so that I don’t make a scene in the offi ce. I think I will still need the job.

The Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced a funding package for the Yarnballa Festival of Aboriginal

Arts and Culture to be held in Port Augusta in October.

Speaking in Adelaide last week, Mr Garrett said, “For many Indigenous communities, these arts and cultural activities are their lifeblood, generating economic benefi ts, showcasing the skills of Indigenous artists and performers, and keeping communities connected.”

Th e $85,000 grant will be used by Umeewar-ra Aboriginal Media Association to produce a large scale, multi-arts festival that provides a showcase for Indigenous visual and performing artists in the Port Augusta region.

Umeewarra Director Vince Coulthard said, “Yarnballa will represent Aboriginal artists and performers from Port Augusta and the sur-rounding areas.”

“We hope to establish Yarnballa as an an-nual event on the Port Augusta calendar and we’d like to see it grow into the future,” Mr Coulthard said.

Th e four-day Festival will be held in Port Augusta from October 23 to 26. It will include an art exhibition featuring new works by cel-ebrated local artists and a contemporary dance performance choreographed by former Port Augusta dancer Gina Rings.

Rings, who danced with the acclaimed Ban-gara Aboriginal dance company, will also direct

the opening ceremony on the Port Augusta Foreshore on Friday 24th October.

Th e music program will feature loads of lo-cal talent and performers from the APY Lands and the west coast. Th ere are artists lined up from Ceduna, Coober Pedy, Whyalla, Port Lin-coln and Ernabella.

Th e legendary reggae band No Fixed Ad-dress will headline an all day concert and a great comedy and short fi lm program will be off ered.

Yarnballa will also host a series of workshops designed to encourage local artists and musi-cians to improve their skills, branch out in new areas and also to market and promote their work.

Yarnballa Festival gets funding

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper www.themonitor.com.au Thursday, August 21st 2008 –

OutOut and About. . . at the Races

ABOVE: Brothers in arms, Joe and Mat Sampson enjoying the Roxby Races.

BELOW: Kate Hobbs, Sally Benn and Chloe Harsley were among the many ladies who made the effort to dress-up for Roxby’s annual race day.

BELOW: Trish Aartsen, Sam Luckett, Chloe Jones having champagne between races.

ABOVE: Mickey Mitru and Tara Mann trackside.

ABOVE: Peter Barber, Margot Duke and Staffy trying out for the best hat competition.

ABOVE: Dean Coats, Brett Chesson, Rodney Cunnenn, Brodie Vandenbrink had a boy’s day out.

LEFT: Jane Rogers looked the part in her basic black outfi t and matching hat.

BELOW: Tracey Oldfi eld and Regina Qualmann looked lovely for thier big day and the after race party.


LIFESTYLEMonitorThe

Q. Full Name A. Natalie Anne White Q. NicknameA. Nat, WaWa - affectionatley given to me after a certain costume at a Roxby fancy dress! Q. Where are you from?A. AdelaideQ. How long have you been in Roxby?A. 2 yearsQ. Occupation?A. Human Resource Advisor with BHP Billiton Olympic DamQ. Favourite Food?A. Indian, love a good curryQ. What hobbies do you have?A. Sport. Cycling, Running, Gym, NetballQ. What is your idea of fun?A. Anything that involves good friends. Q. Winter or summer?A. Summer. It’s easier to cool down than it is to warm up Q. What is something you consider you do really well?A. Getting out of bed in the morning. I’m a morning person. Q. What frustrates you?A.Delays of any kind: airports, traffi c lights etc.Q. What is your favourite quote?A.“Watch this space, cos I’m going all the way” Q. What would you do with $10million if you won it?

A.Probably buy a place on Lake Como, ItalyQ. Who would you least like to sit next to on a plane and why? A. A stranger. I don’t want to make conversation or try to squeeze past to go to the toiletQ. What is something about you that not many people would know?A. I can speak German, although it’s getting a bit rusty these days. Q. If you had one wish, what would it be?A. To have a life-time of health and happiness.

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FRIDAY 9am JOB BOARD9am-2pm RoxFM Mix2-2.30pm COUNCIL SHOW with Damian and Trevor2.30pm-3pm RoxFM Mix 3-4pm PRINCESS PRESENTS with Suzie4-5pm TLC with Casey5pm Job Board5.00-6pm RoxFM Mix6-7pm THE SCOREBOARD with Scott & Tom7-9pm REQUEST SHOW

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MONDAY 9am JOB BOARD9am-3pm RoxFM Mix3-4pm OCEANS OF MUSIC with Th e Fish4-5pm RoxFM Mix5pm JOB BOARD

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WEDNESDAY 9am JOB BOARD9-10am CHOOSE LIFE with Tracey10am-12 noon RoxFM Mix12-1pm ECO HOUR with Sabina and Kristina1-1.30pm WHAT’S COOKING AT THE CLUB1.30-4pm RoxFM Mix4-5pm TLC with Casey5pm JOB BOARD5-6pm RoxFM Mix6-7pm FOETAL POSITION with Nick7-9pm LATIN ROX with Rafael and Sol

Did you have too many roasts and red wines over the winter months? Now is the time to kick start a new fi t-ness regime to shed those unwanted kilos. Follow the professional tips for Roxby Pulse Gym and include it with a daily fi tness routine. Remember, a minimum of 30mins a day is all you need to start being healthier. Whether it be pushing the pram to and from the park or going for a jog, every bit counts.

Before embarking on any form of exercise there are some specifi c tips that must be followed in order to avoid any injury and to obtain optimum performance.

Tips to always remember before starting any exer-cise:

· Engage abdominal muscles - switch the inner ab-dominal muscles on, which helps the body balance and establish the correct posture.

· Always keep your body in line – be sure that your feet, knees, hips, shoulder and head are facing forward.

· Use correct breathing techniques – breathing out on the extraneous part of the exercise (the hard part)

· Always warm up the muscles that are to be targeted when using weighted exercises. Never use weights on cold muscles!!!

· Always stretch after a workout – this releases lac-tic acid in the muscles and aids in recovery. It will also improve fl exibility if done on a continued and regular basis.

Exercise of the week:BICEP CURL

· Standing with feet shoulder width apart, keeping feet straight or slightly turned out.

· Pull your shoulders back, your abdominals towards your spine and check that your back is long, lifted and straight.

· Arms are straight down from the shoulders, palms facing the front.

· Using Dumbbells, or even a pair of tins from your cupboard, bend your arms from the elbow to contract the Bicep.

· Keep your elbows in line with your shoulders and your body when you raise and lower the weight.

TIPS:· Always use a slow controlled movement.· Breathe out as you pull the weight up towards the

shoulder.· Pull you abdominals towards the spine as you breathe

out.

I recently read an article about a Jewish Bobba (grandmother) who decided she was not going to let age get in the way of her fun. At 73years, she dragged her reluctant husband to Proserpine for a jet-skiing adventure. By the jetty, they were greeted with instructors who provided the safety measures that had to be adopted whilst on the water. Th e reality of her fragility kicked in and she chose a bracha (blessing) for her life before her and her husband whipped away on their red and white jet-ski. Alas, all went well and soon she found herself screaming in delight as the warm, salty water sprayed her weathered face.Age should not disable someone from achieving their dreams.

When I was 22years young, I was walking to catch a train at North Wollongong station. Pro-viding a safe passage across the tracks was a pe-destrian bridge with 43 steps on each side. Upon climbing the fi rst half of the bridge, I began to descend the other.

But the temptation of the shiny hand-rail be-came too much; I balanced myself carefully on the banister and slid (very quickly) to the bottom of the bridge. As I giggled with delight, I made my way to the ticket box. Th e conductor looked concerned and asked, “Aren’t you too old to be sliding down the rail?” to which I responded, “You are never too old! I plan on doing that for the rest of my life!”

More often than not, people can get caught up in social expectations of people and as such assume that they can’t do things because “they are too old”. Th ese constraints should not stop anyone at any age from having fun.

Later in life, people may have gained a couple of kilos, or had surgery, or just become less ac-tive. Th ese factors may lend someone to believe they cannot do something they thought they could 20years ago. It is a matter of restructuring your mindset in order to achieve your dreams.

Just because you’re older doesn’t mean you are too old. Bobba proves that anything can be achieved regardless of age.

Look up at your mountain, put one foot in front of the other, and conquer your dream. Never say never, because at some point, never will come up a bite you in the behind.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather, to skid in side-ways, Champagne in one hand - chocolate covered strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘Woohoo - What a Ride!

Now, get out there and write a book, climb a tree, book in a shark dive or take a trip overseas. Life is what you make it, don’t let it make you.

Never too young…

by Erin Robertson

Strengthening Our Families can provide a volunteer to support you to enjoy and strengthen your family relationships.

You can get more information from Jo Culf at the Roxby Downs Health Services on 8671 9020

[email protected] Our Families is proudly supported by BHP

Billiton Olympic Dam.

Parenting Quote of the Week…

“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.”

Roger Lewin

Federal Government funding for safety up-grades to the Hawker, Manna Hill and Glen-dambo airstrips has been welcomed by Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey.

Th e funding will allow a range of essential safety upgrades including all-weather access for the Royal Flying Doctors, the extension and re-sealing of runways, animal-proof fencing and

the installation of runway lighting.Funding for remote airstrips in Grey will help

ensure people living in remote and isolated ar-eas of Grey can access regular and reliable air services.

“It is essential for rural Australians to have ac-cess to air services, especially in times of medical emergencies,” Mr Ramsey said.

“Rural people, especially in isolated areas, de-pend on air transport for a diverse range of serv-ices including the delivery of essential goods and mail and to convey medical personnel, teachers and families in and out of their communities.”

Airstrips to receive funding include- Manna Hill- $219,000; Glendambo- $234,000; Hawker- $83,584.

Ramsey welcomes airstrip funding

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaper www.themonitor.com.au

Opal Road Landfi ll Opening HoursTh e Opal Road Landfi ll Opening Hours are

1pm – 6pm, seven days a week. Residents are encouraged to utilise this FREE service as the dumping of litter in reserves or lands surround-ing the town attracts an expiation penalty fee of $315.00 as per the Local Government Act. Open days and hours on a magnet is available at the front counter upon request. See www.roxbycouncil.com.au

Rubbish CollectionResidents are reminded that there is a limit of

one bin per household for weekly rubbish collec-tion and that it is the resident’s responsibility to ensure that bins are in serviceable condition with closable lids that prevent fl ies and birds from accessing rubbish. Please be diligent as littering attracts an Expiation Penalty Fee of $315.00 – ie: over fl owing bins.

Deposit of Rubbish etcUnder Local Government Regulations it is

an off ence to deposit rubbish, goods, materials earth, stone gravel or any other substance on a public road or place. Th is will incur a penalty and a fi ne.

Abandoned and Illegally Parked VehiclesTh e Roxby Downs Council is concerned with

the number of vehicles including, trailers and caravans which have been either parked or aban-doned on the road edge, as well as on the council verge between the road and the property bound-ary. Parking illegally in Richardson Place is also a concern. Council in the fi rst instance will target the owners of the off ending vehicles by issuing written warnings to the owners detailing what charges could be implemented if the vehicle is not moved or parked correctly. Areas to be tar-geted are a follows:

· Parking in disabled zones without a permit.· Parking in the bus zone opposite Richardson

Place.· Parking near pedestrian crossing to drop off

and pick up school children.· Freight vehicles parked near pedestrian

crossings to pick up and deliver goods.· Parking on the boundary between residence

and road.· Leaving vehicles including Trailers and Cara-

vans on roads for over 24 hours.· Parallel parking – the driver must position

the vehicle to face in the direction in which ve-hicles could lawfully travel on that part of the road

If the off ending vehicle is not removed or parked correctly, under the Local Government Act, Council has the power to instigate infringe-ment Notices and/or impound the vehicles for the noted off ence. Please consider others in the Roxby Downs area and for safety reasons as well as appearance of the community, please park correctly.

ParkingResidents should be aware of signifi cant expia-

tion fees for parking in a bus zone $79.00 and parking in a disabled zone $235. Other fi nes are stopping in loading zone $33, failing to park on road $33 (except in median strip parking area) in accordance with rule- parallel parking and failing to park vehicle wholly within parking bay $20.

Advertising on Council InfrastructureAdvertising on Council infrastructure such as

light poles can attract expiation notices under the Local Government Act. If you spot any such advertising please notify the Council.

Dog RegistrationDog registrations for the 2008/09 fi nancial

year became due and are payable from the 1st July 2008. Grace period for registrations expires on 31 August 2008; thereafter an $80.00 expia-tion fee applies under section 33 of the Dog and Cat Management Act. Please also ensure that all dogs over the age of three months are registered, failure to comply can again result in an $80.00 Expiation Notice being issued.

RatesTh e Fourth and fi nal instalment no-

tices for rates have now been issued and were due for payment on 16th June 2008. Please contact Bronnie Warren at the council on 86710010 with any enquiries.

WaterAccounts for 30th June 2008 Quarter

are now overdue and late fees have been issued. Please pay by the due date to avoid further action.

ElectricityAccounts for June Quarter are now

overdue. Late payment fees have been applied.

GENERAL INFORMATION for Elec-tricity - Autopays & Direct Debits

• All MONTHLY AUTOPAYS AND DIRECT DEBITS are taken out on the 20th of each month.

• All QUARTERLY AUTOPAYS are taken out on the DUE DATE of the Notice

• All QUARTERLY DIRECT DEBITS are taken out on the 20th day of which the notice is due.

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Visit your local web-site. Read what’s new a t w w w.roxbycoun-cil.com.au

Service SA

On Wednesday and Thurs-days only between the hours of 9.00am and 4.30pm Council pro-vides Trans-port Servic-es including Vehicle and Boat Regis-trations and Licensing Transac-tions

Waste Oil DisposalCouncil operates a waste oil collection facility

at the Roxby Downs Landfi ll site. Disposal of all used motor oil at this facility is free. For Further information contact Council 8671 0010 or BSH Waste Solutions on 8671 1154. No cooking oils, coolants, diesel, or diesel blended fuels (bio Die-sel) are to be deposited into the unit. Th is Facility is open 1pm -6pm seven days.

Council Offi ce Hours – GeneralMonday to Friday – 9am to 5pm. For all after

hours Emergency’s please contact the Emergency Phone on 0419 892 870

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DEVELOPER seeks expressions of inter-est for the leasing of an accommodation village in Andamooka. Available for lease, in whole or in part, will be 34x 2-bedroom self-contained homes, accommodating up to 136 people. The homes will be brand new, fully furnished, high-end develop-ments with air-conditioning, stainless steel appliances, separate laundry and solar power. Development expected to complete late 2009. Interested parties will have the opportunity to dictate the desired layout and furnishings of the homes. The development is fl exible and all expressions are welcomed. To submit expressions of interest or for further details please contact [email protected] or 0423 131 477. Expressions closing 5pm Tuesday 26th August.

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Give a gift to help those affected by cancer The Cancer Council SA Red Sands Branch is calling on the community to help raise a record $675,000 on Daffodil Day Friday 22 August, to help

bring hope to those affected by cancer.

Daffodil Day, now in its fi fteenth year nationally, remains one of Australia’s most popular fundraising events because it

inspires belief that one day, cancer will be beaten.

Fresh Daffodils and merchandise can be purchased from in front of the community Library from 8.30am

and then at 5 pm

All money raised goes to Cancer Council research, education and patient support programs. As little as $5 can

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KT OPEN: 1st DARREN LAURENCE2nd FORREST3rd SMOKIE DAWSON

J JUNIOR 1st JACK LAURENCE2nd JAYDEN DAWSON3rd NICKY CALLIGARIS

ROOKIES Great racing between Lachlan Ali and Brodie

Walsh, for their 1st race meeting.Great racing over 12 heats by all drivers in all

classes, with Darren Laurence coming out in front by 1pt in the KT open class.

A big thank you to Roxby Autopro for sponsoring this 2 day race meet.

What’s Onacross the region

ROXBY DOWNS FAMILY PRACTICEPhone: 8671 3231

ROXBY DOWNS MEDICAL PRACTICE9:00am-5:00pm Monday to FridaySaturday morning by appointment. Phone: 8671 1900

VISITING ALLIED HEALTH SERVICEOccupational Therapist -Speech Pathologist- Dietician - PodiatristPhone: 8671 9020

CHILD ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESPhone: 1800 819 089

HEARING SERVICES9:00am-2:30pm Monday to FridayPhone:1800 006 303

PRAM WALKING GROUP9:30am FridayMeet outside the Dunes Café

PULSE FITNESS SPIN CLASSES6:30pm Monday &Thursday

DOCTOR’S NEW SPECIALISED DRUGPhone: 1800 700 270 (Number for Medicare Use)

ROXBY DOWNS FAMILY AND YOUTH OFFICERCrisis and relationship councelling, mediation and support.Phone: 8671 2892

CRISIS CARE COUNSELLINGUniting Care Wesley Port AugustaRegional Women’s and Children’s SupportServices:1800 655 716Crisis care line:13 16 11

For immediate response if feeling stressed call 0428 326 529 to speak with a counsellor 24/7

ROXBY DOWNS HEALTH SERVICESPregnancy, Labour And DeliverySaturday 23rd AugustPost Natal Topics And ServicesSunday 24th August 2008To book phone Kae: 8671 9020

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday9:00am - 3:00pm Saturday9:00am - 2:00pm SundayPhone: 8671 2001

BINGO (All proceeds go to the community)7:00pm Tuesdays - At Tuckerbox in Andamooka

CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT - MOVIESTuesday, Friday, Saturday and SundayPhone: 8671 2001

TODDLERS STORY TIME 9:30am - 10 30am TuesdayFun for young children and mumsMeet at Roxby Downs Library

PLAYGROUP - St. Barbara’s Parish SchoolCall Jakki: 8671 2323

PLAYGROUP - Roxby Downs Kindergarten10:00am - 11:30am Friday

ROXBY DOWNS HEALTH SERVICES COFFEE MORNING9:30am - 11:00am ThusrdayMeet at the Dunes Café

RAPTORS CYCLING CLUB8:00am SundaySocial bike riding group Meet at Stuart Road roundabout

DADS AND KIDS9:00am - 12:00pm every third SundayFor Dad’s and kid’s of all ages Meet at the Lions Park

ROXBY DOWNS MARKET DAYSSeptember 20thOctober 18thNovember 15th

ROXBY DOWNS CHILDCARE6:30am-5:30pm Monday to FridayPhone: 8671 0911

TODDLERS STORY TIME - Fun for 1-4 years.10:30 am MandayPhone: 8672 7018Meet at Andamooka Community Library

HEALTH EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Community members welcome to attend any meeting of the Roxby Downs Community BoardCommunity Board, Forums and Partnerships see schedule on the Community Matters page For more information call Michelle Hales on 8671 0010

ROXBY DOWNS ROTARY CLUB1st and 3rd Monday of the month Meet at the Dunes Café.

ANDAMOOKA OPAL GIRL GUIDESAndamooka Community Hall Mondays from 5 pm to 7 pmContact 0427072710

OUTBACK MULTI-CULTURAL GROUPPhone:8671 2892

ROXBY DOWNS CFS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING7:30pm September 4th. All welcome.

COMMUNITY MEETINGSGENERAL INFORMATION

SCHOOL TERMS 2008Term 3: July 21st - September 26thTerm 4: October 13th - December 12th

MT DARE HOTEL8am – 9pm Open every day

PRELIMINARY NOTICEST BARBARA’S PARISH SCHOOL FETEFriday 19th Sept 5:30pm-9:00pmMarket Stalls, Entertainment, Bar facilities and much more. Everyone welcome.

OUTBACK COMMUNITY GARDENSPhone: 8671 2892

ROXBY ROAD SAFEPhone: 8671 2892

ROXBY DOWNS LUTHERAN CHURCH9:30am every Sunday during School Terms

FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCHAn Assemblies Church meets every Sunday 5:00pm at Roxby Downs Catholic School Library

BIRDSVILLE RACES - Fri. 5th - Sat. 6th September26th HAWKER ART EXHIBITION - 15 Sept. - 8 Oct.

FAR NORTH EVENTS

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LEFT TO RIGHT: C Grade Champion Xavier Spokes, Julie Penna from Weir Minerals, Open Champion Paul Neikel, Ladies Champion Ullen Pearce and B Grade Champion Craig Smith.

WHEIR Minerals sponsored the Roxby Open Championship on the 16th and 17th of August at the Roxby Downs Gold Club.

Great weather tempted more competitors to the course making for a strong fi eld and close competition.

Th e A-Grade Open winner was Paul Niekel with a handicap of 6 and an overall total gross score of 160 points followed by Tom Beckett with an overall total gross score of 162. Dougal MacLeod was the Open Nett winner on 148 points followed by Robin Passmore with a score of 149 points.

In B- Grade the Open winner was Craig Smith with an overall total gross score of 176 points, followed closely by Tony Hollbrook on

177 points. Darren Eckermann was the B-Grade Open Nett winner on a score of 137 followed by Don Shields on 148 points.

Th e Open C-Grade winner was Xavier Spokes with an overall total gross score of 193 points, followed by Rob Paxton on 195 points. Th e Open C-Grade Nett winner was Shaun Smith with an overall Nett score of 131 points followed by Chris Zenker on 146 points.

Th e women’s overall winner was Uleen Pearce on 104 points, followed y Janette Pickstock on 106 points. Adele Wallace took out the women’s overall Nett score on 72 points.

Another successful day at the golf course with all competitor enjoying the weather and healthy rivalry.

Roxby Downs Golf Club Results

By Erin Robertson

Results for Go Karts 2 day event

What may look like a bit of fun was

actually an impor-tant training sessions for a group of BHP Billiton employees.

Recently 11 people from different divi-sions of the mine were involved in a training session where they were taught the finer points of lawn bowls.

But it wasn’t so much the bowls that was the important subject - it was the training and each had to do a pres-entation on the training as part of a train the trainer session.

Looks can be

deceivingBowls training Holly Tranfi eld

Los Tintos’ players Kate Hobbs, Andrew Winterfi eld and Andre Jarrad preparing a move on volleyball court last monday against Los As Say Toon Us.

On Th ursday, Kyle Vander Kuyp visited Olympic Dam site in the morning to briefl y talk to the weekly manage-ment meeting about his role as a BHP Billiton Olympic Ambassador and his sport-ing career.

He then took a hurdles clinic in Roxby Downs for year 8,9,10 students from the area school, first giv-ing a talk to the students about the path that had led him to achieve so much in his sporting life. He spoke about the decisions he had made as a teenager - includ-ing staying at school to com-plete year 12 at a time when his athletics career was tak-ing off - and then told the students about what it was like to be a 13-time nation-al champion, compete at two Olympics, four World Championships and four Commonwealth Games.

Th ursday afternoon, he was joined by fellow Ol-ympic Ambassador Rob-bie Crowther and visited Olympic Dam. Th is was a

BHP Billiton Roxby Downs Olympic Sports Day

great opportunity for the two Olympic Ambassadors to see fi rst-hand how the metals in the Olympic medals (copper, gold and silver) are produced and get a close look at them as fi nal products.

On Friday, more than 900 students from Woomera Area, Andamooka Primary, Roxby Downs Area and St Barbara’s Parish schools attended the Ol-ympic Sports Day, which aimed to celebrate BHP Billiton’s sponsorship of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. BHP Billiton supplied all of the raw materials for the gold, silver and bronze medals at the Games.

A highlight was the Parade of Nations when the schools pa-raded banners they had made representing countries compet-ing in the Olympics. Th e designs were fantastic and it was evident

that a lot of time and work had gone into them.

Olympic Dam employee Gra-ham Warren MC’d the event, which was offi cially opened by Olympic Dam Vice President Fi-nance Paul Dunn. After the Pa-rade of Nations Robbie and Kyle carried a replica of the Olympic Torch and lit the ‘cauldron’ to of-fi cially begin the activities.

Th e students were divided up into groups and rotated through four sport stations - soccer, net-ball and basketball, shot put/tur-bo javelin, and sprints/hurdles. It was great to see so many of the students having a go and getting involved.

After lunch, Kyle and Rob-bie (who signed hundreds of autographs during lunch) were interviewed on stage, with both sharing their thoughts around

their sporting achievements. Th e kids were very impressed to hear that Robbie can jump more than 8m in the long jump, which was easily longer than the stage they were standing on, or more than the length of a parked car!

Th e day concluded with thank you speeches from students from each of the schools.

Th e day couldn’t have been pos-sible without the support of the four schools (especially Woomera and Andamooka, who travelled to Roxby for the day) and the vol-unteers who helped out. Senior students from Roxby Downs Area School participated as volunteers throughout the day; while a large number of Olympic Dam employ-ees also volunteered their time to ensure the day ran smoothly. Th anks also to all the parents who came out on the day and enjoyed the celebration with us.

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Great night of racing at Red DunesA sensational night of motorsport en-

tertainment was had at the Red Dunes Raceway on Saturday night. Crowd num-bers were down but a fi eld of 18 sure made for some great entertainment.

We welcomed new vehicles onto the track this month Steve Ingham RD21, Paul Francis RD73, Ben and Tony Brown RD999 and a competitor from Arno Bay, Greg Gator AB243.

We lost one car during practice, Deb Beenham RD51 with a shredded tyre due to a guard rubbing but Deb jumped into her son James vehicle and literally drove the wheels off it to pick up 2nd place in the modifi ed section.

As always, there were a few incidents. Tony Brown RD999 caught the dirty line coming out of pit corner, lost the back of the car, spun and hit the wall backwards which put his vehicle out for the night. Car Hobbs RD69 after winning the race, showed the crowd the correct procedure for reverse parking after going over the fi nish line at a rate of knots and not taking pit corner slowly. He hit the wall back-wards. Th e rest of the fi eld had quite a job trying not to hit him.

Th e open wheelers were a sight to be seen, Tania Johnson RD40 had the rest of the fi eld in her rear vision mirrors all night

as she led from the front. Steve Bell RD23, Geoff Munro RD19 and Steven Webber RD50 showed great speed and driving skills while trying to catch her.

The modified class had the biggest fi eld for quite some time and produced some sensational driving. With Carl Bar-tlett RD38 and Deb Beenham RD53 both driving diff erent cars it made for great entertainment. Shannon Warren RD44 showed his car has what it takes to take out third place.

Action aplenty in the street stock class from the very fi rst race which saw John Webber RD25 turned around on the in-fi eld. Jonathon Hills RD42 and Tony Web-ber RD1 continued their great rivalry with Tony taking the honours this month.

Special thanks this month to the “Rock-etman” Paul Arnold for stepping up at the last minute to drive the Roxby Rocket for the kids, it’s defi nitely a treat they enjoy and travelling around the track makes them feel apart of the racing.

Th e next meeting will be held on Sat-urday, 13th September with racing start-ing at 7 pm. Come and join us for a great nights entertainment before we head off to Port Pirie for the second round of State Titles.

Results: Street Stock1st Tony Webber RD12nd Jonathon Hills RD423rd James Beenham RD53 (Count back) Open1st Tania Johnson RD402nd Steve Bell RD233rd Geoff Munro RD19 Modifi ed1st Carl Bartlett RD382nd Deb Beenham RD533rd Shannon Warren RD44

All Comers1st Paul Arnold RD192nd Steve Bell RD233rd Tania Johnson RD40

Sportsperson of the Day: Kat McKinnonBest Presented Vehicle: Steve Ingham RD21New Lap Record/Short Track Anticlockwise Street

Stock: Tony Webber RD1 2.58.94

What our “armchair” experts have to say about footy fi nals

Scott Vears

AFL: Geelong because they’re in front of every-one else and have few weak points.

Local: Roxby Miners be-cause they are a very even team.

Mail Medal: Ricky Pross-er because he’s a standout player week in, week out.

Ethan Zeptner

AFL: Geelong because they’ve barely lost this year and seem to be the red hot favourite.

Local: Th e Roxby Min-ers because they started off well and should fi nish the same way.

Mail Medal: Ricky Pross-er because he’s a great play-er and I think he gets lots of votes from the umpires.

Haydn Edwards

AFL: Geelong because they’re stronger and smart-er with greater ability.

Local: Roxby Miners because the way they’ve played this year is great and they’re quicker and faster and on the day, they’ll have the drive.

Mail Medal: It’s a hard one but I think Ryan Schell will win because of his leadership abilities, his knowledge of the game and his outstanding abilities.

Jordan Christall

Who will win the AFL: Geelong because they won last year and they seem to have the better team this year.

Who will win the local football: Th e Roxby Min-ers because they started off really well and hopefully they’ll keep it up.

Who will win the Mail Medal: Daniel Rogers be-cause he is really good at his position and is always in there doing his best.

Harry Harrison

AFL: Geelong because Buddy Franklin can’t kick straight.

Local: Andamooka be-cause I have faith the team will train hard and play the best team game in the grand fi nal.

Mail Medal: Ryan Schell because of his consistency, he’s a fair player and doesn’t back chat the umpires.

Matthew Daddow

AFL: Hawthorn because they’ve got Buddy Frank-lin.

Local: I’d like to see Roxby win but I think it will be Andamooka.

Mail Medal: Tyrone Price because he’s - how do you say it? – a perfect footballer.

Wednesday Netball

A GradeRedbacks 28 defeated Gecko Girls 23Miners A 37 defeated Phoenix Flames 30

B GradePink Ladies 37 defeated Miners B 30Jaffas 24 defeated Milkshakes 18Tangos- Bye

MixedMartini’s 39 defeated Thunderphoenixcougarbirds 8TBA 35 defeated Jam Donuts 7Big Rascals forfeited against West CoastersGoal Diggers 26 defeated Old Skool 24

Indoor Hockey Hot Shots 10 defeated Blues 3Scorpians 13 defeated Pythons 3

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Miners Through To Grand fi nalBy Delinda Cuthbert

M iners 1 are through to the 2008 Grand fi nal after a dominant victory over the Green Devils on Friday night. In

recent years Green Devils have completed the minor competition successfully and have faced Miners in the second semi fi nal. Th is fi nal proving to be the Devils nemesis has once again claimed its victim with what would be described as a shock display of netball.

Miners who were obviously focused on the win from the fi rst whistle scored 5 unanswered goals. Meaghan Kiely again a strong contender for Min-ers 1 was inspirational in her shooting eff orts, rarely missing a goal opportunity. Th e Devils out of sorts were outplayed all over the court and were down by 9 goals at the fi rst break. Miners were relentless in their attack in the second and third quarters dominating the game, and were out rebounding at both ends of the court. Min-ers Vicky Peters was hard working. Peters was responsible for many turnovers and opportunities for her team through the centre court.

Th e Devils managed a minor improvement dur-ing the third quarter but still went down, Min-ers increasing the margin to 20 goals at the fi nal break. Devils approached the fi nal term with only a glimmer of hope to attempt to salvage what was already lost. Pressure aside the Devils looked like the team of old attacking and defending, turned the ball over on several occasions, the fi nal term in favour of the devils by 9 goals, reducing the margin to 11, the fi nal result Miners 1, 53 to Green Devils 42. Devils are now faced with the task of taking on Hornridge 1 this Friday, a battle surely to be hard won. Hornridge 1 and

Green Devils have played off on three occasions throughout the season and the result has been 2 games to 1 in favour of the Devils. Th e margins of these games however have all been under 7 goals; this game could go either way. Miners brimming with confi dence can momentarily relax while they enjoy a week break prior to the Grand fi nal on the 29th August.

Hornridge 2 set themselves up for a Premiership opportunity after defeat-ing Yellow Devils by 15 goals in the A2

competition. Hornridge strong throughout the court dominated the game from start to fi nish.

Yellow Devils with moments of success, contin-ued working tirelessly but were unable to match the ability of the opposition. Sophie Wissell was strong in defence for the Hornridge side, compet-ing against the height of Libby Steer from Yel-low Devils. Wissell defending within the goal circle intercepted the feed on several occasions. Hornridge looking unbeatable were up by a 15-goal margin at the fi nal break when Yellow Devils fi nished evening the fi nal term with 7 goals apiece. Final result in favour of Hornridge 42 goals to Yel-low Devils 27. Yellow Devils will take on Miners 2 this week, whilst Hornridge 2 sits the week out in preparation for the Grand fi nal.

Our B Grade competition produced a sizzler when OD Devils drew with Andamooka 32 goals apiece at full

time. OD Devils were the initial leaders in the game outscoring the opposition 12 goals to 8 in the fi rst quarter.

Andamooka not outdone evened the second quarter and managed to win the third term by 1 goal. Th e third quarter margin reduced to 3 goals,

the game was still up for grabs. Andamooka with support on their side started to hit their target at the required time, Tegan Kelly for the Andamooka Roos shooting well for her team, supported by playing partner and mother Jen Kelly who com-bined had the team on a winning role, until at the fi nal whistle the score revealed a draw. At this point the teams were required to play time on. Unfortunately for the Roos this overtime was all that was needed for the Devils to take home the win. Th e Devils outscored their opposition again 7 goals to 1 in the overtime period. OD Devils celebrating their successful passage through to the grand fi nal, whilst the Andamooka Roos are now to play Miners 3 in the Preliminary Final this Friday. Final result OD Devils 39 goals defeated Andamooka 33.

Miners 3 had a solid victory over Hornridge 3 in the elimination fi nal. Hornridge 3, aff ected considerably by injury and illness, were only able to scrape a team of 7 together this number includ-ed injured player Chloe Barrand who sustained an ankle injury at the teams training session on Tuesday night.

Injury it seemed was destined to upset the Hornridge balance and be a deciding factor in the game when goal shooter Mel Dunn suf-fered injury to her hand in the fi rst quarter, it was thought that Dunn’s injury severe enough to withdraw from the game, however the gutsy player continued the game through to the fi nal whistle. Hornridges woes were Miners successes the young team held a positive lead from the fi rst quarter and maintained throughout the remain-ing three terms. Miners maintaining a consistent line-up provided good competition for the more experienced Hornridge team, to their credit the young side have worked their way through to the Preliminary fi nal to oppose Andamooka, Miners victorious 29 goals to Hornridge 20. Hornridge

now eliminated will have to regroup and look forward to 2009.

Our Continuous Raffl e winners for wk 9, 15th August were Tori McGauchie and Tegan Kelly. Congratulations to our winners.

Scheduled games for Friday 22nd August

A Grade6.00pm A2 Preliminary Final Yellow Devils vs. Miners 2

Ct 1

7.15pm B Grade Preliminary FinalAndamooka vs. Miners 3 Ct 2

8.30pm A1 Preliminary Final Green Devils vs Hornridge 1

Ct 1

Results from Semi Finals 15th August

A GradeMiners 1, 53 defeated Green Devils 42Hornridge 2, 42 defeated Yellow Devils 27

B GradeOD Devils 39 defeated Andamooka 33Miners 3, 29 defeated Hornridge 3, 20

Mel Tucker with the ball, is guarded by Natasha

Moroney and Erin Robertson

of the Miners while Redbacks team mate

Chloe Barrand gets ready for

a rebound.

Strongdefence

Katie James (left), and Tara Wood (Hornridge) are being denied the ball by OD Devils’ Vicky Hockley

Strong defence by Chloe Jones and Vicky Hockley makes it hard for Hornridge Goalie Kayla Langdon during Friday night’s all important last round game.


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top sides in the Woomera and District Football League went through their paces, with the outcomes having no bearing on the premiership ladder position.

While there were no sheep stations on the end of things, and with several key players missing from most line-ups, a vic-tory was still worth the psychological edge in the fi nal series.

For Olympic Dam and Roxby Districts with the edge over the rest there was a bit of pride on the line and both teams scram-bled home for victories in what could be described as two lack lustre games.

In the early match the strong wind played havoc with scoring and the Horn-ridge defence was under extreme pressure from Olympic Dam early in the game. It was only very late in the fi rst quarter when the Hornridge Magpies got the ball past half forward to post a score.

But even with the wind OD made some silly choices going forward and could have been further ahead by half time.

Just when it looked like Hornridge were capitulating, the boys came out with re-newed vigour and confi dence in the third term kicking two early goals and taking it right up to the premiership favourites.

Th e strong three to four goal wind blow-ing to the dam end of the oval certainly helped and they didn’t squander any op-portunities.

First A grade gamer, young Victor Buza made an impressive debut and will cer-tainly be a player of the future.

Olympic Dam held the lead at the last change albeit by eight points, and as hard as they tried the Magpies couldn’t beat the wind and a fi red up OD team that had been challenged and revved up by coach Les Myles.

Hornridge can deem themselves un-lucky in one sense, but unfortunately they didn’t do enough in the fi rst half. Th e fi nal scoreline of OD 11-9 to Hornridge 7-5 was unfl attering for the Magpies and especially the defence who to a man, battled hard in that do or die last term.

Roxby District go into fi nals with a win

In the later game Roxby District Min-ers had to fi nd some winning form before fi nals, and while their victory was far from convincing, a win is a win!

Still with six of its starting line-up miss-ing through injury or holidays the Miners took on Andamooka as slight favourites, but even the most ardent of the red and white army weren’t confi dent until half time, when they held a three goal advan-tage and had the strong wind at their backs in the third term.

Again the third quarter hoodoo for An-damooka was costly when Roxby added 3-6, at the same time keeping the Roos scoreless.

In the last Andamooka even with the wind had no answers to the stronger run of the Miners and now look even further depleted with one of their defenders un-likely to start in the fi nals due to a broken fi nger.

By the end of the game Roxby Districts led comfortably and go into the fi rst semi fi nal against arch rivals, Olympic Dam with a confi dence boosting win.

Finals startNext week both the fi rst and second

semi-fi nals will be played on Saturday with Andamooka facing off against Hornridge and it’s going to be a tough one to predict the winner. On paper one would think the Roos, but certainly not on last week’s performance.

When Olympic Dam lines up against Roxby Downs in the later game you can expect some fi reworks as both teams are expected to be at near full strength. Roxby still has a bit to prove but nerves will play a big part in who wins this one.

For mine, Olympic Dam has the overall strength to win, but Roxby District will start sentimental favourites.

It should be a cracker of a fi nal series.

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Results Olympic Dam 11 goals 9 pts 75 defeated Hornridge

7 goals 5 pts 47

Best players for OD 1st D Moyse 2nd D Rogers 3rd L Copeland 4th T Martin 5th S Chapman 6th A Petty 7th S Freeth 8th A Sheilds

Goal ScorersD Moyse 4 L Copeland 2 S Chapman 2 T Martin 1 S

Montgomerie 1 A Petty 1Best Players for Hornridge 1st T Price 2nd W Moro-

ney 3rd B Cooper 4th V Buzza 5th T ArthursGoal Scorers W Moroney 2 S Moroney 1 D Johnson

1 R Briggs 1 N Burton 1

Roxby Districts 9 goals 10 pts 64 defeated Anda-mooka 5 goals 4 pts 34

Best for Roxby Districts 1st B Chesson 2nd J Orr 3rd J Eckermann 4th K Zeptner 5th T Roberts

Goal Scorers J Roberts 3 R Prosser 3 B Wray 2 T Rob-erts 1

Best for Amdamooka 1st S Hagerstrom 2nd M Uhlik 3rd D Mcdonald 4th A Monfries 5th D Mordaunt

Goal scorers A Monfries 1 J Bowden 1 T Ripley 1 L Brind 1 S Hagerstrom 1

BELOW: Ricky Prosser gets a handball away in front of the Roos’ Warrick Monfries.

In the back!Ryan Briggs took the mark and/or the free ahead of Paul Trotta.

Playing his fi rst A grade game, young Victor Buza gets a kick away before being tackled by Cam Green. Buza made an impressive debut.

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Over 700 people fl ocked to the Roxby Desert Moto-X Club Inc. Freestyle spectacular on Saturday night for a feas of fast racing, exciting stunts and some big spills.

Event organisers are thrilled with the attendance and new facitlities at the course were tested to the limits with a bumper crowd.

Spokesperson for the club Carmen Alves said it was “heaps” bigger than last year and the gross takings are expected to be just over $22,000.

She said that 60 bikes were entered for the big program of rac-ing with riders coming from Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Adelaide as well as one sidecar team from Victoria.

Luke Arbon and his fellow freestyle riders put on a wonder-ful display of airborne acrobatics which held the large crowd breathless as they tested their skills to the limit.

Again the club acknowledged the support of its sponsors and the eff orts of Roxby Engineering and Fabrication for building and supplying the new freestyle ramp.

Carmen told Th e Monitor the canteen did a roaring trade with a small band of helpers run off their feet throughout the evening.

She praised the girls from the hairdressers who not only of-fered sponsorship for the night, but also volunteered to help at the canteen.

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