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Where do yourkids go at night?ROXBY DOWNS…A series ofyouth crimes - rapes, car theft, van-dalism and drug overdoses – hasprompted local police to call forgreater parental vigilance.Local police are calling on parentsto take a greater role in protectingtheir children’s safety following ahorrifying increase in youth crimesduring the past month.“It boils down to one thing – do youknow where your kids are at night,”Sgt Richard Hobbs asked TheMonitor last week.In the past month, police have re-sponded to a series of youth-relatedincidents including:• Illegal use of a vehicle by a 12-

year-old boy and a 13-year-oldgirl, both from Roxby Downs.

• A suspected Ecstasy drug-over-dose by a teenaged RoxbyDowns boy.

• More than $13,000 of vandal-ism on public property, believedto be linked to increased num-bers of youths in the Lion’s Parkand Richardson Place in theearly hours of the morning.

Additionally, a 20-year-old RoxbyDowns man has been charged withindecent assault and assault withintent to rape involving two differ-ent teenaged girls on separate oc-casions.These charges came as the result ofan investigation where, in an unre-lated incident, an 18-year-oldRoxby Downs man was chargedwith unlawful sexual intercoursewith a third teenaged girl.“Some of the things that have comeout of these investigations are justfrightening,” Sgt Hobbs said.“Alcohol is always a big issue, butnow we’re seeing a lot more of theparty drugs coming into town.“Young people drinking in publicspaces has become much more vis-ible and you just have to wonderhow much interest parents are tak-ing in where their children are and

what state they’re coming home in.“We can lock these kids up, we canreport them, but we can’t fix theproblems – that’s got to come fromhome.”Sgt Hobbs stressed that, while thenumbers of youth involved in dan-gerous or unlawful activities inRoxby Downs was only a small per-centage of the youth community, theage of offenders was decreasing andthe seriousness of incidents was onthe rise.Community health nurse and Com-munity Board mentor KathyWooldridge has echoed the con-cerns of local police.“We talked a lot about these issuesearlier this year within the Commu-nity Board forums and I think a lotof it is parenting education,” shesaid.“Where are the parenting skills?“I think parents have to take a big-ger interest in their children andgive them some support and knowl-edge in how to say ‘no’ to things.“But maybe we, as adults, have gotto look at the kind of role modelswe are, otherwise, we’re setting ourkids up to be victims.“Where are these kids getting theirdrugs and their alcohol? It’s got tobe coming from adults.“As a community we have to askwhat we want our town to be andhow are we going to make it possi-ble?“If you know something is wrongwith a child don’t hesitate to reportit – you can report it anonymously– but you can protect that child.“The more people that do it, themore support and services the lo-cal community will have.“People have to stand up and becounted because these kids needthat protection.”To report child abuse anonymously- telephone the Children, Youth andFamily Services hotline on 131478.

ANGELIC HOST…Laura Kruger and ‘baby Jesus’ Declan O’Sullivan showed sometraditional Christmas spirit at the Roxby Downs Central Traders Christmas Pageant onSaturday, December 11, 2004. More than 2500 people attended the pageant - for a fullreport and photographic coverage, turn to Pages 12 and 13.

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EditorialEditorialEditorialEditorialEditorialSEONIE LYON

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Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Season’sGreetings. Good thoughts for Kwanza and Ihope you enjoy your Summer Solstice.Whatever your religious affiliation or your cul-tural background this is a great time of year tocelebrate!It’s a also a great time to remember that it’sonly a holiday if you really do get a chance tosit back and relax.The Christmas holidays are a time to rejuve-nate, take a break from work or school andspend time with you family.There’s no need to go overboard and drown inholiday spirits. The best present you could giveyourself this year is the ability to say ‘no’!No - I won’t have that next drink.No - I’m not going to drive like crazy to get toeveryone’s house on Christmas Day.No - we don’t need to run up the credit cardthis year, we’ll buy a little less.No - I don’t need to spend all day in the kitchencooking and stressing out.No - I’m not going to spend my holidays withpeople I don’t enjoy being around...even if theyhappen to be family.I know there’s a lot of people out there saying- but it’s all about family and it’s all about theparties.But No - I think it’s all about renewal.All of the holiday traditions underline thattheme - Kwanza with its message of ‘goodfruits’, the Christian message of hope reborn,and the Summer Solstice, marking the turningpoints of the seasons.So why not get into the historical spirit of theholidays - renew your love for yourself, yourfamily and your fellow human beings. And howabout renewing your health and energy at thesame time with some rest and recreation.And this year, you can manage it all just bysaying ‘no’.You can tell, can’t you, that I’ve already starteddoing just that. No?

The real meaning of ChristmasThe real meaning of ChristmasThe real meaning of ChristmasThe real meaning of ChristmasThe real meaning of Christmas We asked locals how they were celebrating Christmasthis year, and what made the season special to them.

KINGSLEYMcDONOUGH…Christmashas nothing to do with usgrown-ups. I’m going tospend Christmas with mygirls, watching theirsmiles and just enjoyingbeing with them onChristmas morning.

VICKI McGAUCHIE…I’mspending Christmas athome in Roxby this year– Hooray! I’ll be with mykids and my grandsonand another on the way.

KELLY TRELOAR…Ilove the parties and allthe festivities atChristmas. It’s greatspending time withfamily and watchingeveryone get into thefestive spirit.

MEGAN DENHOLM…Welove spending time withfamily at Christmas –this year we’re going toPerth to be with mysister.

JODY LUSCOMB…I likeseeking my brothersopen up their Christmaspresents and justhaving everyone happy.

CYNTHIA THOMPSON…Forme, Christmas representsthe birth of Christ, and forpeople all over the world, itrepresents renewed hope.

JIM SPRING…AtChristmas I’ll go to churchthis year – I haven’t beenfor a while.

JAMIE-LEE OLDFIELD…Ilike spending myChristmas at home, withmy family and eating loadsof food. Being with familyand friends makes it allworthwhile at Christmas.

Merry ChristmasMerry ChristmasMerry ChristmasMerry ChristmasMerry Christmas Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings from theteam at The Monitor - Your Community Newspaper.

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ROXBY DOWNS…Local resi-dents and visitors alike can logonto the internet in a café atmos-phere now, with the introductionof public broadband internet ac-cess at the Roxby Downs VisitorInformation Centre.The new service comes in responseto requests from residents and vis-iting tourists, Roxby Downs Cul-tural Precinct Director LaurenceDuggan told The Monitor lastweek.“We’re constantly being asked byvisitors and tourists about internet

ONLINE…Whitney, 9, Jake, 12, and Laurence Duggan checkout the Roxby Downs VIC’s new public internet kiosks.

access, especially when other localservices like the library are closed,”Mr Duggan said.“We rang around to talk to otherVICs around the state and came upwith these public internet and emailkiosks.“The response has been excellent,”he said.“And we’re still getting a lot of tour-ists through for this time of year, to-gether with local youth, the serviceis really getting a workout.”The internet kiosks cost $2 for everyfive minutes of access.

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OLYMPIC DAM…WMC Resources is seeking ap-proval to build a rail link to Olympic Dam to trans-port uranium to both Adelaide and Darwin.WMC Resources is currently seeking approvals fromthe SA, NT and Federal Governments for a trial trans-port period of three months, starting early next year.During the proposed trial period, shipping contain-ers filled with drums of uranium will be trucked – asnormal – to Adelaide, where they will then be trans-ported by rail to the Port of Darwin.However, in the long-term, WMC Resources is in-vestigating the viability of a railway service all theway to Olympic Dam, or to an ‘inter-modal’ facilityat Pimba.“An inter-modal facility would allow containers tobe taken off a truck and put onto a train,” WMCspokesman Richard Yeeles told The Monitor lastweek. “What we’re looking for is more flexibility inour shipping arrangements as production at OD ex-pands in future years.“Since we started production in 1988 we’ve only usedthe port of Adelaide and to date we’ve shipped outabout 2000 containers of uranium without any inci-dents. The Uranium Oxide concentrate is currentlyput into steel drums at Olympic Dam and then intoshipping containers – it does not leave the containertill it gets to the port of destination.”If the plan is approved, and a decision made aboutthe type of rail facility utilised, Mr Yeeles antici-pates much of the freight being trucked to OlympicDam will be transferred to the rail system.“We would then be taking a lot of trucks of the roadbetween Adelaide and OD or Adelaide and Pimba.“The options are being actively studied within WMC– we’d like to be moving on this soon,” he said.There are no current plans to transport copper – Ol-ympic Dam’s primary product - by train due to theproducts’ different packaging requirements.Olympic Dam copper is transported in bundles, whilethe uranium oxide concentrate is transported in drumsinside shipping containers.However, Dave Sweeney - national anti-nuclear cam-paigner for the Australian Conservation Foundation- says the plan is bad news for tourism, the environ-ment and the city of Darwin.“We’re not happy with the uranium being truckedthrough Adelaide or railed through Darwin - we don’tthink it should be going out full-stop,” Mr Sweeneytold The Monitor last week.“We think there are a lot of gaps in information aboutthe current proposal - it’s obviously a very long dis-tance and there’s a concern about the emergencyservice...ability for response over that distance shouldthere be an incident or a derailment.“We also believe the presence of this material on therail undermines the ability to promote the train as amajor tourism destination if it’s seen as a hazardousproduct freightline.”Mr Sweeney said the ACF is also investigating in-digenous landowners’ reactions to the proposal.

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Not every scooter is asafe buy this ChristmasROXBY DOWNS... Lo-cal police have warnedparents to be aware ofregistration require-ments before buyingtheir children motorisedscooters, mini-motorcy-cles and quad-motorcy-cles this Christmas.Police throughout thestate are reporting thatparents are investing inexpensive poweredscooters and skate-boards, min-motorcy-cles and quad-motorcy-cles without realising thevehicles cannot be reg-

istered for road use.In fact, these vehiclescannot be ridden on anyroad, footpath or road-realted area - includingcar parks.“We know that these ve-hicles are available forsale in Roxby Downs butit’s a lot of money tospend when you can’tride the bike on Christ-mas Day,” Sgt RichardHobbs told The Monitor.“We know there’s a lotof parents spending a lotof money thinking their

kids can ride these vehi-cles up and down thefootpaths.“But they can’t be regis-tered and they can’t beridden on any road-re-lated areas - they justcan’t be used legally.”Sgt Hobbs called on par-ents to talk to policeabout registration re-quirements before mak-ing any major purchasesthis Christmas.More information isavailable from TransportSA - phone 131084.

R O X B YD O W N S …R o x b yDowns po-lice are in-vestigatinga motor ve-hicle colli-sion which oc-curred on Saturday,December 11, on Olym-pic Way between theSouthern Lease Gateand Eagle Freeway inthe early hours of themorning. As a result ofthe accident the solemale occupant, a malefrom the Northern Terri-tory was taken to theRoxby Downs Hospitaland treated for minor in-juries.

Police have cautionedsmokers to be vigilantabout discarded ciga-rettes following a fire inthe Roxby Downs Arbo-retum on Tuesday, De-cember 7. The fire ap-pears to have beenstarted from a discardedcigarette.

Police attended a distur-bance at the Single Per-sons Quarters in RoxbyDowns on Sunday, De-cember 5, during whichdamage was caused tothe room and its con-tents.

As a result a CrimeScene Investigator at-tended from PortAugusta and, the follow-ing day, a 41-year-oldAndamooka woman wasarrested for seriouscriminal trespass,threaten harm, damagingproperty and throwing amissile. She was refusedbail and taken to PortAugusta to appear incourt.

Police received a reporton December 5, 2004, ofan assault.

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An Andamooka man ,45, was reported fordriving an unregisteredmotor vehicle on De-cember 3, 2004.

In an unrelated incident,a 15-year-old RoxbyDowns youth was re-ported for possessingliquor, on December 3.

Also on the same day, a16-year-old RoxbyDowns youth was re-ported for possessingliquor.

A report was received onDecember 2, 2004 in re-lation to a child beingbitten by a dog inAndamooka.

On December 2, 2004,police received a reportin relation to four hubcaps being stolen from avehicle parked overnighton Olympic Way.

A report was received byPolice on December 1,2004 in relation to themisappropriation ofcompany funds. Investi-gations are continuinginto the matter.

A report was taken onDecember 1, 2004, in re-lation to a car that hadbeen stolen fromAndamooka on Novem-ber 26 and then recov-ered in Port Augusta.

A complaint was re-ceived by police on No-vember 29, 2004, in re-lation to an assault. In-vestigations have re-sulted in a 27-year-oldRoxby Downs man be-ing charged with assault.

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OUTBACK…The Outback Tracks Tourism Groupheld its first meeting in Marree on Tuesday, Novem-ber 30.Tourism operators and business-owners from RoxbyDowns, Oodnadatta, William Creek, Marree, CooberPedy, Wirraminna Station, Glendambo, Copley,Marla, Mungerannie and Innamincka attended themeetingThe purpose of the group is to facilitate collabora-tion between communities and tourism operatorsalong the Oodnadatta, Birdsville and StrzeleckiTracks to better serve the needs of visitors travellingthose routes.The establishment of the cluster will also give op-erators a forum to discuss tourism issues and con-tribute, as a collective voice, to tourism related de-velopment in the Outback SA region. “It’s all about linking these cluster groups at a na-tional level,” Torrens Track tourism product devel-opment officer Alex Barker told The Monitor lastweek. “It’s a very positive thing, linking people with acommon environment.“We all share problems with things like water, ac-cess to the international tourism market and dealingwith the long distances to major services.”The Outback Tracks Tourism group will meet bi-an-nually.Mike Crow from Desert Knowledge Australia ad-dressed the forum, as did Wirraminna Station man-ager Michael Wilkinson who spoke about the sta-tion’s diversification into tourism.For more information about the Torrens Track Tour-ism Group or Desert Knowledge Australia, contactthe Northern Regional Development Board – ph 86411444.Locally, interested operators can talk to Alex Barker– Torrens Track tourism product development of-ficer, ph 0417 816 807; or Stephen Staines – Out-back tourism product development officer, ph 0428846 500.

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Takeover talks andpromises of profitsOLYMPIC DAM...In the midst of rumours of atakeover bid by Swiss-based mining companyXstrata, WMC Resources has upgraded its 2004profit outlook for its Olympic Dam operations.‘On current performance, prices and exchange rates,we expect a record 2004 profit,’ WMC CEO AndrewMichelmore told shareholders last week.The announcement coincides with the upgrade of2004 earnings outlook to around $1.3 billion, a stepup from the current analyst consensus estimates ofaround $1.1 billion.The upgrade of full year 2004 estimated earnings toaround $1.3 billion reflects strong overall perform-ance and some additional one-off items.These include a series of tax credits and the conclu-sion of the Olympic Dam Solvent Extraction Plantinsurance claim which, in addition to insurance pay-ments relating to WMC’s Kalgoorlie smelter acidplant, totals $45 million before tax.‘Underlying our estimated $1.3 billion profit for2004 is a business that will generate about $1.0 bil-lion of cash (net of capital expenditure) this year,”Mr Michelmore said.‘After implementing these initiatives, the companywill remain well positioned to fund current opera-tions and exploration activities as well as take ad-vantage of business development opportunities.”Swiss-based Xstrata announced its intention to makea conditional takeover offer for WMC ResourcesLtd (WMC) last month.This takeover offer has not been endorsed by theWMC Board, in fact, the Board has urged share-holders to “take no action in response to Xstrata’sadvertisements, announcements or documents”.Shareholders were informed by mail that “the WMCBoard believes that Xstrata’s proposed offer of $6.35per share is highly conditional and fails to recog-nise the current and prospective value of WMC’s’assets and the strategic benefits to Xstrata or otherpotential acquirers”.“In addition, since the offer of Xstrata’s conditionalproposal on 28th October, WMC share price hasbeen trading substantially in excess of the offerprice.”

FAR NORTH…In therush to prepare for yourfestive season holidays,pets often get left out ofthe holiday preparation.A small amount of timenow can save last minuteheadaches, according toRoxby Downs veterinar-ian Andrew Melville-Smith.“Locate your pets vacci-nation record and makesure their vaccinationsare up to date,” DrMelville-Smith told TheMonitor this week.“If you are boarding yourpet, this will be requiredbefore you can placeyour pet in boarding ken-nels.“If you are travellingwith your dog, keep thevaccination card withyour important papers,so that you are able toboard your dog if cir-cumstances change andboarding becomes nec-essary.“If you are not takingyour pet with you, thenreputable boarding ken-nels are the recom-mended option for petcare whilst you are away.“Identification is vitallyimportant during theholiday season when youmay be away or your dogmay be travelling withyou.“Check the simple itemslike the condition of thecollar and lead, does thepet tag have your currentphone numbers on it andis the council registrationtag the latest one andfirmly attached to thecollar?“Microchipping your petfor identification ishighly-recommended.

This involves inserting asmall electronic chip be-tween the shoulderblades and tattooing theletter ‘M’in the right earto alert everyone that amicrochip has been fit-ted.“It is unacceptable thesedays to leave cats to“fend for themselves’with someone calling inonce a day to put downfood and water when yougo away for holidaysIf you can’t get a personto house sit and look af-ter your cats, they shouldbe boarded“If you are travellingwith your dog, it is es-sential to get a good har-ness to restrain your dogin the event of suddenbraking and to preventthem from distracting the

driver.”Before holidaying withyour pet, Dr Melville-Smith urged pet-ownersto be aware of local con-ditions at your traveldestination and treat petsappropriately.He highlighted the needfor flea and heartwormprotection.“When you return fromholidays, it is always agood idea to worm yourdog and cat,” he said.“Check the fences andgarden on your return toensure it is still safe andsecure before you putyour dog back in theiryard.”Talk to your local veteri-narian to find out moreabout local pet boardingfacilities or other holidayprecautions.

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KESAB awards presentedKESAB AWARDS…The Arid Recovery Reserve, WMCResources (Olympic Dam) and the Arid Lands BotanicGarden were part of a series of Far North and Outback awardwinners in the recent KESAB Tidy Towns competition.Pictured at the award ceremony in Adelaide last month were,from left, John Hill - Minister for Environment andConservation, Jennifer Hayes representing the Arid RecoveryReserve near Roxby Downs, Judy Day - Director of Schoolsand Children’s Services, John Zwar from WMC Resources(Olympic Dam) and the Roxby Downs Tidy Towns Team,Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden was represented byDeon Schumann of the City of Port Augusta, with BronwynHalliday - Chair of KESAB.

ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs GP DevinderGrewal has renewed his call for cooperation in rela-tion to general admitting privileges at the RoxbyDowns hospital.“I am very strong and clear that all medical practi-tioners serving the community should be treated inexactly the same manner,” he told The Monitor lastweek.“The privileges and the responsibilities should beidentical. This would serve the interest and well-be-ing of not only the community but also encouragethe team approach between all medical practition-ers, the hospital staff and the administration.”The issue was highlighted last month when RoxbyDowns GP Simon Lockwood was denied admittingprivileges by the management board of the RoxbyDowns Health Services.The issue is still being discussed by both the PortAugusta Hospital and Regional Health ServicesBoard and, locally, the Outback Health AdvisoryBoard.Dr Grewal has declared his intent to work “in coop-eration with all parties”.Dr Lockwood told The Monitor he expects an offi-cial response from the Hospital Board this monthafter protesting the decision to deny his request forgeneral admitting privileges.

FAR NORTH…Mobile random breathtesting has begun throughout the Far North andOutback of SA following the official beginning ofschool holidays on Friday night. During the schoolholidays ‘prescribed period’ police can stop and alco-test any driver at any time. The MRBT period willfinish at midnight on January 30, 2005.ROXBY DOWNS…Transport SA will not have arepresentative at Roxby Downs Police Station afterDecember 16, 2004, until January 18, 2005. For moreinformation about registration or licensing inquiries,please telephone 131 084.COOBER PEDY…SA Great Awards were held inPort Augusta last week. The Desert Open Air Drive-in at Coober Pedy was named community categorywinner ahead of more than 20 Outback and FlindersRanges nominees including The Monitor – YourCommunity Newspaper.

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ROXBY DOWNS…The Roxby RoadSafecommittee will farewellits long-time chairman FrJim Monaghan nextmonth.Fr Jim has been a driv-ing force for local socialchange since 1999, notonly within RoxbyRoadSafe but as part ofseveral community or-ganisations.He will move to PortPirie at the end of Janu-ary, 2005, to take up aposition with the localdioscese.“If I had to leave Roxbythen Port Pirie is a verygood place to be goingto,” Fr Jim told TheMonitor last week.“I’ll leave at the end ofJanuary but I’ll celebrateChristmas in RoxbyDowns, Andamooka andWoomera – I’m lookingforward to that.”Fr Jim has been an inte-gral part of many com-munity groups includingRoxby RoadSafe.“Roxby RoadSafe endedthe year on a really en-couraging note – we’veheard some really posi-tive feedback from theHermit St residents afterthe completion of thenew roundabouts.“They are reportingspeeding has droppedconsiderably and theyfigure there is a lowerlevel of traffic goingthrough.“One resident told us thathe hadn’t woken up tothe sound of screechingtyres in the night sincethe roundabouts came in.“There’s also extra light-ing going up on theroundabouts as well –which was noted by theresidents but has beenplanned for.“There’s a lot to do nextyear when I leave butwe’ll have a slightlylarger committee.“Our banner will be dis-played at Olympic Damand some strategic loca-tions around the commu-nity including outside theOchre Cellars bottle

FAREWELL…The Roxby RoadSafe committee - back, from left,David Watson, Rob Barker, Graham Warren, Richard Hobbs andKathy Wooldridge - farewells long-time committee chair JimMonaghan.

shop – we’ve also gotsome plans to use thebanner in imaginativeways to appeal to peo-ple’s sense of responsi-bility on the roads.“We’ll be changing themessages in the ‘drowsydrivers die’ signs 5kmout of Roxby Downs andWoomera and we’re go-ing to explore ways ofusing illuminated speed-ing signs for maximumimpact.”Fr Jim has been bothchairman and commu-nity representative onthe Roxby RoadSafecommittee since August2001.“It’s been a mixture ofsome really good con-structive work and alsofrustrating, being face-to-face with the compla-cency of a lot of our roadusers.”Fr Jim moved to RoxbyDowns in August 1999to work within the localCatholic parish just asthe community was es-tablishing the StBarbara’s Parish School.“I was fortunate to takeover from Father Steve

Ardill – he’d done thereally hard work of get-ting commitments fromparents to enrol in theschool, then I came onstream with the buildingand hiring of staff.“It’s been really satisfy-ing to watch the schoolgrow – our school hasbeen dedicated to the for-mation of the characterof the young people whogo there but also towardsmaking our town be-come home for morepeople, rather thansomewhere to live onyour way to somewhereelse.“Starting the playgroupwas a lot of fun, and a lotof people helped it be-come viable and it’s agreat base of support forpeople who come totown.“I think the most pre-cious thing for me hasbeen the friendships Imade which I want towork hard at maintain-ing.“I encourage anyonewho’s new to Roxby toreach out for friendship– even though people

come and go it’s worththe risk, some of thosefriendships will sustainyou through the rest ofyour life.“We had an alcoholicsanonymous group in theregion for a little while,and I’d love to see some-one take that back upagain.“Then there was my timeworking with theWoomera communityand the people at theDetention Centre.“That was an educationin human nature and tosee the way ordinarypeople – both detaineesand staff – would rise tothe challenge of the in-tentionally-degradingenvironment and still re-tain their dignity andtreat people with respectand kindness – I foundthat really inspiring.“People shouldn’t haveto be put into that kindof environment andtested to those limits.”Fr Jim will, once again,follow in the footsteps ofFr Steve Ardill who isleaving the Port Pirieparish.

Community farewells Father Jim

PIMBA…After a quarter of a cen-tury, Pimba resident Claire Ridley,68, is still enjoying being a part ofSpud’s Roadhouse.Claire has been a part of Spud’s for25 years – since the outback iconwas still owned by ‘Spud’ himself.While, today, Claire is Spud’scook, she has also cleaned rooms,waited bar and served customersin the dining room during her timeat the local roadhouse.“There was a lot more people inWoomera and Pimba back then,”Mrs Ridley told The Monitor lastweek.

LONG-TIMER…Claire Ridley celebrates 25 years associationwith Spud’s Roadhouse in Pimba last month.

“I came to Pimba with my husbandRex – he was working on the rail-ways – we came over from NSWwith our three kids.“I still love the outback – I don’tlike big cities at all.“We love working in the desert andI’ve seen a lot of different thingsand different people come throughSpuds.“I even outlasted Spud himself –our current manager is the fourthone I’ve worked for.“But it’s the people who’ve alwaysmade it so much fun – Pimba is sucha friendly place.”

Spuds long-timer celebrates 25 years

CITIZENS...Guy and Samantha Cunard, pictured withdaughters Emma and Chelsea, are Roxby Downs’ latestAustralian Citizens. Their citizenship ceremony was held atthe Roxby Downs Council November 10, 2004.


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ROXBY DOWNS…WMC Re-sources (Olympic Dam) hosted itsannual Family Fun Day on December4, 2004, at Roxby Downs.“We had a fantastic day, perfectweather, great venue and really goodsupport from the community,” WMCspokeswoman Amanda Whiteheadtold The Monitor last week.“As organisers of the day, WMC wasreally pleased to see so many peoplecome out to celebrate our year withus.“It’s hard to say how many peoplecame because the gates were openfrom 10am to 4pm and people cameand went as they pleased, but the poolarea was pretty ‘chockers’ for most ofthe day with people everywhere!“Santa’s visit at midday was a high-light, of course - he was mobbed bykids everywhere he went!

“He even went for a ride around theoval on the Roxby Rocket and sungChristmas carols the whole way.”Families also enjoyed performances bystreet entertainers, juggling, balloon-animals and face-painting.“Another highlight was the ‘Fun Fac-tory’ which we brought up from Ad-elaide for the day - it folded out off abig semi trailer and had lots of activi-ties to keep the kids busy“We also had a barbecue lunch whichwent well and gave out WMC ‘good-ies’ to all who attended.“I’d like to highlight the fantastic sup-port we had from WMC staff - we hada large group of WMC volunteers whohelped out on the day and we couldn’thave done it without them.“Special mention goes to the Mineteam who cooked the barbecue and fedthe hordes.”

BARREL RIDE...Inside the barrel at the‘Fun Factory’ duringWMC Family FunDay onDecember4,2004.

FATHER CHRISTMAS...Father Christmas was welcomed bychildren, everywhere he went at WMC Family Day.

ROXBY ROCKET...The Roxby Rocket wasone of WMC Family Fun Day’s mostpopular attractions again this year.

TALL STORY...Children at WMC Family FunDay enjoyed a variety of street theatre.

ALL FUNNED OUT...SonyaGoldsworthy-Speirs, nineweeks, relaxing after allthe excitement of FamilyFun Day.

POOL FUN...Tia MacGowen,2, and Serena Tolson hit thepool at WMC Family Fun Daythis month.

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FUNFACTORY...CaitylnAllenenjoyed allthe ups anddowns ofthe ‘FunFactory’ atWMC FamilyFun Day.


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Shhh!Three small outback Australian towns - Woomera,Roxby Downs and Andamooka - hold a secret.From March 10 to March 13, 2005, they will hostthe second annual Outback Fringe Festival!Following the success of the inaugural OutbackFringe Festival 2004, this year’s event promises tobe bigger and better.The Outback Fringe is an event designed to show-case the Far North Region of SA and local Austral-ian artistic, creative and musical talent - in additionto bringing top class entertainment to the SA Out-back.The SA Cultural Arts season is extended to the land-scape, location, culture and industry of these com-munities, inspiring an artistic theme for the OutbackFringe Festival 2005 of ‘Families, Mining and TheOutback’.This theme will be reflected throughout the festivalin the superb visual art, photography, murals, film,textile art, live performance, live music, cultural ac-tivities and food on offer.The festival’s calendar is already filling up – so checkout some of the proposed events and attractiosn al-ready on the list:THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2005Black tie official opening night in WOOMERA in-cluding:A colourful street parade by Woomera Area Schoolstudents.Comedy, juggling, street theatre and fire shows.Jeff Cook – poet, author, speaker and entertainer.‘Mark Making’ - Mural project and workshop.Local historic films.Quilting and craft exhibition by the Woomera CraftGroup.Official Opening Show.FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2005Fun activities in ROXBY DOWNS including:Sessions 1, 2 and 3 with award-winning Australianauthor Mem Fox – for all students.WMC mine tours.‘In The Bin’ Short Film and media workshops.Children’s entertainment - The Silly Billies“Mark Making” - Mural project and workshop.Story time and sing-along for children.Comedy, juggling, street theatre.Short Films (M Ratings) by local film-maker anddirector Jason Stringer.Movie marathon (Australian Classics).Literature workshops with local authors Alison Spiersand John Read,

Official Opening ShowSATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2005A huge day in ROXBY DOWNS incorporating:WMC Mine ToursOutback Fringe Bazaar with market stalls,multicultural food, drinks (licensed), and live musicPhotography Workshop with South African born lo-cal photographer Anneke Botes‘In The Bin Film Festival’ Short Film and Mediaworkshops‘Mark Making’, Mural Project and WorkshopQuilting, craft and scrapbooking exhibitions andworkshops with the Roxby Scrapbags and RoxbyDesert Scrappers.Literature Workshops with local authors AlisonSpiers and John Read, poet Geoff Goodfellow.Jeff Cook – Poet and Entertainer.Roxby Downs Art Exhibition.Children’s Entertainment – The Silly Billies, KarenMentiplay, “Roxy the Clown” from Roxby Downs,student Radio Play and children’s disco.Beer brewing competition.Short Films (M Ratings) by local film-maker anddirector Jason Stringer.Movie Marathon (Australian Classics).Indigenous contemporary and cultural performanceswith Carroll Karpany and Amoss Roach.Lego competition on display.Artistic Workshops – drumming, painting and more.Comedy, juggling, street theatre, fire shows.Live Performances, with – Blues Band ‘Sweet BabyJames’, ‘Hip Hop Boys’, ‘Endangered Species’,‘D’faces Youth Theatre’.SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2005Festival finale at ANDAMOOKA with:Outback Fringe Bazaar with market stalls,multicultural food and drinks, and live music.Opal ‘noodling’ and opal cutting workshops.Jeff Cook – poet, author, speaker and entertainer.‘Mark Making’ - Mural project and workshop.Comedy, juggling, street theatre.Quilting exhibition by the Andamooka Sew ‘n’ Sews.Indigenous Contemporary and Cultural Perform-ances with Carroll Karpany and Amoss RoachLive Performance, with – Blues Band ‘Sweet BabyJames’.Artist’s Residence Open Day, with Andamooka art-ist Alex Mendelssohn.‘In The Bin Film Festival’ - Sticks in The Flicks.So now you know the secret, you need to come alongand see it for yourself.

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A kindergarten Christmas

CHRISTMAS GIFTS…The Roxby Downs Christian CommunityChurch is heading up a community Christmas Tree Appealthis holiday season, to distribute toys, gifts and other non-perishables to families along the Oodnadatta Track. Whileappeal coordinators thanked the many parishioners and localbusinesses who have donated to the appeal, they encouragedmore community members to donate to the appeal. Picturedwith some of the donated gifts are, from left, front, BonnieRixon, Keren Luke, Divine Togara, middle, Laura Kruger withTanya Togara, Madeline Young, Susanna Kruger with MillieYoung, Declan Rixon, back, Kate Zwar and Lauren Hender.Make your donations to the Roxby Downs ChristianCommunity Church in Burgoyne St, or phone Rev. TomBeever – 8671 0270.

The season of giving

BUGGED OUT...Roxby Downs Kindergarten singers took abreak from Christmas Carols and invited listeners to “creepinto my garden” for a “buggy kind of song”.

KINDYCONCERT...

Roxby DownsKindergarten

farewelled earlychildhood worker

Lesley Porter.Mrs Porter is

pictured with,from left, front,

Divine, Oliver andReuben, back,Gabby, Emma,

Lesley andIsabella at thekindergarten’s

end-of-yearconcert this

month. Children’slast names withheld in

accordance withkindergarten policy.

Playgroupparties atthe poolPLAYGROUPPRESSIES...Bayrai,3, and Lilia Millerreceive theirChristmas giftsfrom Santa Claus atthe Roxby DownsKindergartenPlaygroupChristmas party lastweek. The partywas held at RoxbyDowns LeisureCentre swimmingpool.

RIGHT...AmyDonellan, 3, relaxes

in the pool duringthe Roxby Downs

KindergartenPlaygroup

Christmas party lastweek.

FAR RIGHT...Splashing into theChristmas season

at Roxby Downsswimming pool was

Annie Barker, 3,during the Roxby

DownsKindergarten

Playgroup party.

GABBY...GabbySchofield turned 5on November 28.

Fun andgames atOSHCROXBY DOWNS...Roxby Downs Out ofSchool Hours Care willbe available to childrenaged five to 12 years ofage these holidays.OSHC participants willgo to the movies theseholidays and participatein a mine tour of Olym-pic Dam.Children will enjoyswimming and visitingthe Roxby Downs Lei-sure Centre.“We’re doing lots ofChristmas crafts andcooking,” OSHC coor-dinator Nicki Mooretold The Monitor.“We’ve got treasurehunts and a visit fromFather Christmas.”OSHC runs Monday toFriday throughout theholidays but will beshut on December 24and opens again Janu-ary 10.OSHC is also shut onthe public holidays.During the school year,OSHC runs from6.30am to 8.30am, andfrom 3pm to 6pm everyworking day.For more informationabout the service,phone 0417 813 209.


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School in the pool

Students scrub up for community formal

RDAS...RoxbyDowns Area Schoolstudents enjoyedseries of break-upparties at RoxbyDowns swimmingpool. Above, fromleft, Shannon,Nicky, Courtney,Teagan andOakleigh. Students’last names ommitted inaccordance with schoolpolicies.

SWIM THING...Hannah, Reneeand Chloe in the pool for theirRDAS break-up party.

BREAK-UP...Above,Ashley, Demi, Hayley,Bebe, Cate andKathryn relaxing atthe RDAS pool partyto celebrate term’send this month.

SENIORSTUDENTS...Markingthe end of the schoolyear, from left,Emma, Teagan,Lorraine, Kristy,front, Nicole andHannah at the poolfor a break-up party.

Andamooka end-of-year presentationsDRESSED TO IMPRESSED…Dressed upfor the Roxby Downs community formalthis month, from left, front, StevenKaminski, Cody Kenny, back, TysonHornhardt, Scott Rogers, Ben Hansford,David Kaminski and Brett Chesson.

LOVELY LADIES…Nicole Darling, KasiahBarrand and Emma Warren at the RoxbyDowns community formal.

FORMAL COUPLE…Kelly Spillman andSteven Kaminski at the Roxby Downscommunity formal organised by localteenagers on Monday, December 6.

GIRL POWER…Katica Cockshell, MeganCrawford and Amiee-Lee Elson at therecent Roxby Downs community formal.

SILKS AND SATINS…Cara Brittain, AlexNedelkovic, Stacey Tegen, Petra Sheppardand Melissa Roach at the Roxby Downscommunity formal.

YEAR 7...Thismonth, Andamooka

Primary Schoolfarewelled its

graduating Year 7sincluding, above,

from left, back, TimWest, Corey Buran,

Erika Carter-Randall, withteacher Nina

Andrews, Kira LeeBuran, Chris Aldam,

front, Rhys Tanzer,Kade Perrett,

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Jacqui Algate.SCHOOLDUX…School DuxTimothy West wasrecognised at APS’send-of-yearpresentations thismonth by teacherNina Andrews andprincipal BarryHajisavva.


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BIKE BUDDIES…Decorating their bicycles for the Roxby DownsChristmas Pageant, from left, Jake Zeptner, Deneeka Sonter andDaniel Bulman.

ROXBY DOWNS…A crowd of almost 2500 peo-ple attended the Roxby Downs Central TradersChristmas Pageant on Saturday, December 11, 2004.More than 20 floats entered into the pageant this year,and a record number of families registered for Christ-mas presents from Father Christmas, pageant coor-dinator Alex Barker told The Monitor this week.The event was MC’d by community radio stationRoxFM’s Jason ‘Fatman’ Stringer and Shane ‘Crusty’Foster.The Pageant ‘Encouragement Award’ was awardedto Hornridge Sporting Club, ‘Best Community Float’– Woomera and Roxby Downs Hospitals for theirAlice in Wonderland theme, ‘Best Bike’ – DaneekaSonter, ‘Best Sporting Club Float’ – Roxby DownsMotorcross Club, ‘Best New Float’ – RoxbyScrapbag Quilters and the ‘Most Outrageous Float’for their ‘Kath and Kim’ theme.The Roxby Traders Mitre10 Christmas Lights Com-petition continues this week.Register your home at Roxby Downs Council andreceive $10 off your next power bill, then be in therunning for a $500 voucher from Mitre10.Roxby Downs police reported a relatively hassle-free event at the pageant on Saturday.“The crowd of about 2500 people was generally well-behaved with only a few alcohol fuelled disturbancestowards the end of the night,” Sgt Richard Hobbssaid.“I was, however, disappointed by the amount of rub-bish left behind at the end of the night, even with alarge increase in the number of rubbish bins provided.“The local police regularly ask the towns’ youth toclean up after their ‘parties’ in Richardson Place andLions Park.“Unfortunately the litter left by the predominantlyadult crowd after the pageant has sent a poor mes-sage in this regard.”

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PAGEANT WINNERS...Winners of the ‘BestCommunity Float’ award - the combined

staff of the Roxby Downs andWoomera Health Services with their

‘Alice in Wonderland’ theme.

LOLLIES &LOOT…Maggie Clarke,Jessie Schmidt andLauren Hocking werecounting their loot at theRoxby Downs Christmas

Pageant after being firstrow of the crowd to catch

lollies thrown from the morethan 20 local floats.

ANIMAL HOUSE…All creatures great andsmall joined the Roxby Downs ChristmasPageant, including Josh Towler, JarrodTrezise and Kerry Dunn from the RoxbyDowns Veterinary Clinic and theirassociated pets.

HELLO SANTA…Three generations of Roxby Downs ladies –Sharon and Adelle Wallace with Georgia Barr – wave to FatherChristmas as he passes by in the Roxby Downs Central TradersChristmas Pageant at the weekend.

FUNKÉ PAIR…KasiahBarrand and Rebecca

Clancy representedLe Funké Café as

‘Kath and Kim’ inthe Roxby DownsChristmasPageant.

BLACK AND WHITES… Hornridge Football Club supporterssuited up for the weekend’s pageant. Supporters included; StuartGow, Alynnta and Baylee Tahu, Kylie Janout, Damo Han, CraigHancock, Cody Gaiter, Kira Tahu and Jack Rigden.

ON-AIR FAMILY...Lorraine, Alex, Sam andMurray Tyler represening RoxFM in thepageant.


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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT…Brenda Field, Jordan Honner and TanyaField started their family Christmas celebrations at the weekend’spageant in Roxby Downs.

MINI MEN…Mick Parish and Steve Garwoodproved that size isn’t important at the Roxby

Downs Christmas Pageant.

ON TRACK…Clinton Atkins climbs aboardfor the Desert Dirt Go-Kart Club’s float in

the Roxby Downs Central TradersChristmas Pageant.

FAMILY DAY…Enjoying the Roxby DownsChristmas Pageant as a family, Vanessa Butler withKingsley, Georgia, Rhiannon and ChelseaMcDonough.

A POSH SPREAD…Enjoying a little luxuryat the Roxby Downs Christmas Pageant,from left, Glenys and Paul Jansen,Andy and Theresa Wurfel, withJanice Willis.

CHRISTMAS CROWD…Enjoyingthe Christmas celebrationsalongside more than 2500people at the recent RoxbyDowns Christmas Pageantwere, from left, Nicole Darling,Emma Warren, Phoebe Elson,Aimee-Lee Elson, KimberleyTeale, Megan Crawford and EmmaDarling.


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Remote Access Machines would liketo wish everyone a safe and happy

festive season and thank ourcustomers for shopping locally.

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Equilibrium Skin& Body Therapy

Vanessa at Equilibrium Skin andBody Therapy wishes Roxby

residents a happy, safe and relaxingfestive season.

A special thank you to clients fortheir support during 2004.

Bring in this advert toreceive 15% off your meal,including breakfast 7-9am

(Drinks not included)Valid until 18/12/04

Wishing youWishing youWishing youWishing youWishing youa very Merrya very Merrya very Merrya very Merrya very Merry

Christmas and aChristmas and aChristmas and aChristmas and aChristmas and awonderful New Year.wonderful New Year.wonderful New Year.wonderful New Year.wonderful New Year.

from the staff at theOasis Restaurant andOasis Restaurant andOasis Restaurant andOasis Restaurant andOasis Restaurant and

Roxby Downs Motor InnRoxby Downs Motor InnRoxby Downs Motor InnRoxby Downs Motor InnRoxby Downs Motor Inn

Keep your cool thisChristmas!

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,Christmas in Australia on a scorching

summers day, Hey!All the family’s there, sitting by the pool,Christmas time the Aussie way, by the

barbecue.

Merry Christmas to all,from the staff at the Roxby Downs

Leisure Centre

George and

Staff at

OutbackLandscapingand Supplies

wish you all a veryMerry Christmas

and a prosperous andsafe New Year

OutbackLandscapingand Supplies

Geoff and the teamat Wardles Real

Estate would like tooffer warm Season's

greetings to alltheir clientsand residentsof Roxby.

CuttingRoxby’s

EdgeKarina would like to thank you all foryour support and hopes to see you

continue to support local businessesfor another year to come.

Hope you all have a MerryChristmas and a great New Year.

Open by appointment only.Please phone 8671 1930Please phone 8671 1930Please phone 8671 1930Please phone 8671 1930Please phone 8671 1930

between 9.30am - 5.30pm

The Dunes Café would like towish all our customers a

Merry Christmas.Thank you for your continual

support throughout 2004.We look forward to seeing

you again next year.

Wayne, David, Penny and staffwish all our Roxby Downs

clients and acquaintances allthe best for the Festive Season

and thanks for all your supportthroughout 2004.

TOY KINGDOMCREW...Tanya Arthur, Deb Blake,Angie Harvey, and Yvonne Cloke with FatherChristmas.

GOOD BOYS...Jaxton and Kaedyn Volk with FatherChriStmas at the Roxby DownsCentral Traders Christmas Pageant.

NAUGHTYOR NICE...Santa Claus

takes a photo with Daniel andOlivia McInnis.

CHRISTMASWISHES...

TristanBrougham

withSantaClaus.


CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

Friday, December 17 – Wednesday, December 22Taxi– Rated: M. Belle has earned a rep as New York’s fastest cabbie, herdream is to become a race car champion. She is well on her way, untilAndy an overeager undercover cop derails her. Friday 2pm; Sunday8pm; Monday 3pm & Tuesday 8pmYu Gi Oh – Rated: PG. Saturday 12 noon; Sunday 11am & 2pm; Mon-day & Tuesday 12 noon; Wednesday 2pm.Without a Paddle – Rated: M. Three friends go canoeing in the woodsand mountains of Oregon after the death of their friend, Billy. The trio soonfinds that their canoeing experience goes wrong. Friday 8pm; Saturday3pm; Sunday 6pm DOUBLE MOVIE SCREENING Buy one ticket andreceive a ticket to Taxi half price; Tuesday 3pm.

Friday December 24 – Thursday December 30Yu Gi Oh! – Rated: PG. Friday 11am; Sunday 4.30pm.The Polar Express – Rated: G. Late on Christmas Eve, a boy lies in bedhoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells. Instead a steam engine’s roarand whistle can be heard outside his window. Friday 2pm; Monday4.30pm; Tuesday 4.30pm.The Incredibles – Rated: PG. The Incredibles are a family of superheroeshiding in the suburbs from one of their supervillains. They soon find them-selves called into action to save the world. Sunday & Monday 1.30pm &7pm; Tuesday 2pm & 7pm; Wednesday 12 noon, 3pm & 7pm; Thurs-day 1.30pm, 4.30pm & 7pm.

Friday, December 31– Wednesday, January 5Christmas with the Kranks – Rated: PG. Luther Krank decides to skipChristmas and go on holiday with his wife. His daughter decides to comehome, so he must put together a Christmas celebration. Friday 2pm;Sunday 7pm; Monday 4.30pm; Tuesday 7pm.The Incredibles – Rated: PG. Friday 11am; Sunday 1.30pm &4.30pm; Monday 1:30pm & 7pm; Tuesday 11am & 2pm; Wednesday12 noon & 3pm.

Friday, January 7 – Tuesday, January 11The Incredibles– Rated: PG. Friday 11am & 8pm; Saturday 11am;Sunday 2pm; Monday & Tuesday 11am & 8pm.Ella Enchanted – Rated: PG. Anything anyone tells her to do, Ella mustobey. Then her father remarries a loathesome woman with two treacher-ous daughters. Friday and Saturday 2pm; Sunday 11am & 8pm; Mon-day & Tuesday 2pm.

www.roxbydowns.comwww.roxfm.net

...for up-to-date movie guides every time!

REUNION...Former St Barbara’s ParishSchool principal Paul Delahunty and wifeBernie joined Fr Jim Monaghan and SgtRichard Hobbs at the school’s end-of-yearconcert last week.

CHRISTMASPARTY...Aphrodite

Ivens, Nick Allenand Ben

Hammond at theChandler McLeod

Christmas partyearlier this month.

GOT A PARTYCOMING UP?

Why not email usa photo of you

and your friendsfor our social

pages.news@themonitor.

com.au

WOOMERA...Bianca Broome, Meg Blackieand Rachel Matthews at the WoomeraSports Club family Christmas party earlierthis month.

RELAXING...Adam Balnaves and Gerard‘Yogi’ Secker kick back at the ChandlerMcLeod Christmas party.


CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

Mount Lofty Railway Station – Adelaide Hills

Ph 8339 7400www.mlrs.com.au

When you next visitAdelaide...stay with us.

Where there are hills andvalleys and our trees

are green.Just 20 minutes from the city

Why not come down and getout of the hot weather?

Enjoy a freshly squeezed fruitjuice or smoothie.

Dunes Cafe opening hours for January 200510am to 4pm daily

Dunes Cafe and Visitors Information Centrewill be closed from Saturday December 25,2004 to Monday January 3, 2005 inclusive.

The Outback Cinema will operate as normal.

Christmas church services

GIFTED...Riley Martin, 10, and MitchelBlackie, 11, lined up for their Christmasgifts at the Woomera Sports Club’s familyChristmas party this month.

Roxby Downs Christian Community ChurchChristmas Eve – 11pmChristmas Morning – 10amFor more information, contact Rev. Tom Beever –ph 8671 0270.St Barbara’s Catholic ChurchFriday, December 24Family Mass – 7pm, Friday, December 24Midnight Mass – 11.45pm for Carols, Saturday,December 25Mass – 9am, Sunday, December 26Fr Jim Monaghan – ph 8671 0925 or 8673 7085.Andamooka Community ChurchSaturday, December 25Mass - 11amFr Jim Monaghan – ph 8671 0925 or 8673 7085.St Michael’s Catholic ChurchWednesday, December 22Mass – 5pmSupper to followFr Jim Monaghan – ph 8671 0925 or 8673 7085.Desert Springs ChurchSunday, December 1910am at Roxby Downs TAFESunday, December 2610am at Roxby Downs TAFEGay Darling – ph 8671 0573.Roxby Downs Lutheran ChurchSaturday, December 259.30am – Corner of Pioneer Drv and Axehead Rd,Roxby Downs.Pastor David Schache – ph 8671 1300.

REIN-DEAR...Tara Gavan, 3, at theWoomera Sports Club family Christmasparty on December 5, 2004.

CHRISTMAS SPIRITS...Enjoying theWoomera Sports Club’s family Christmasparty this month, from left, Jo and EbonyWardman, Briana Ward, RochelleBannerman and Melissa Crane.

FAMILYFUN...Enjoying the

Woomera SportsClub’s family

Christmas partythis month, from

left, back, ShayBates, Amber andBree Martin, front,

Kye and KainJarvis.

CHRISTMAS...Amber and Bria Martin at theWoomera Sports Club’s family Christmasparty this month.

SANTA CLAUS...Thomas Schelle receiveshis gift from Santa Claus at St Barbara’sPlaygroup Christmas party.

CHILD CARE PARTY...Mikeely Warrenerand Hannah Demaine at the Roxby Downs

Child CareCentre

Christmasparty.

CONCERT...StBarbara’s ParishSchool studentsdon their own‘crowns’ for theirend-of-termChristmas concert.


In adopting the 2004/05budget, Council fore-shadowed likely changesin 2005 for the retail pricefor power, water and sew-erage.

Aside from the normal in-flationary cost increasesvarious matters weretaken into account in a re-view as per the followinghighlights.

POWER

Tariffs are set in ac-cordance with Section18(16) and 18(17) ofthe Roxby Downs (In-denture Ratification)Act 1982 whichbenchmarks Roxby’spower prices with ref-erence to metropolitanAdelaide plus 10 percent.

Following a major re-organisation last yearonly nominal changesin line with Adelaidetariff movements havebeen applied. Overallmost tariffs are gener-

ally less than those de-fault rates as approvedby the Essential Serv-ices Commission ofSouth Australia that ap-ply elsewhere in SouthAustralia.

Various static chargeshave also been reviewedto bring them into linewith those that currentlyapply elsewhere inSouth Australia.

SEWERAGE

Sewerage charges haveincreased from the cur-rent $77 per propertyunit to $85. For residen-tial premises this is lessthan charges that areapplied by SA Water inCountry South Aus-tralia.

WATERIncreased tariffs are re-quired to ensure that asa commercial businessthere are adequate re-turns on investment tothe “municipal” share-holders.

No change in the current$35 supply charge peraccess unit.

Retention of the current2 step pricing structureper access unit whichencourages “responsi-ble” consumer behav-iour. Review identifiedthe need to retain thecurrent 34kl first stepbut reduce the secondstep from 150kl to120kl. For a three per-son family this nowequates to around thecurrent average waterconsumption per personwithin the town.

Rationalisation of tariffstructure to ensure thatall properties weretreated the same. As aresult all properties willnow have their accessunits determined purelyaccording to the size ofthe water meter. Thiscontrasts to some whichhad had their accessunits determined ac-cording to the numberof residential units perproperty. In additionBusiness tariffs are nowthe same in every re-spect as Residential tar-iffs.

Details of adopted tariffs,effective from 1 January2005, are shown at left, onthe Council Page.

For residents requiring fur-ther detailed explanationthen please contact theCouncil Office.

Telephone (08) 8671 0010or drop into our RichardsonPlace office during businesshours.

ROXBY COUNCIL

Roxby Downs Council Newsis a paid community service

COUNCIL SNIPPETS

IncorporatingROXBY POWER

(Electricity Supply)ROXBY WATER

(Water & Sewerage Services)Richardson Place

PO Box 124, Roxby Downs SA 5725Ph - 08 8671 0010 Fx - 08 8671 0452

Email - [email protected] Hours Emergency Contact

Ph - 0418 892 870

Works in Progress...Draft Community Land ManagementPlans have been advertised and are available for public com-ment. Plans may be inspected at the Council office duringoffice hours. For further information please contact DavidWatson on 8671 0010.Coates Hire in conjunction with Council have been pro-ac-tive in reinforcing the 50km speed limit within the township.As a result, the number of speeding vehicles appears to havereduced. Council would like to thank Coates Hire for theirassistance and support.There will be road closures in the southern section of the townto connect up services to new allotments. The length of timeeach closure will take depends on the type of, and how manyservices are to be put into place. Council does not expect theroads to be closed any longer than one day per road crossing.Council regrets any inconvenience. A letterbox drop will bemade prior to inform residents effected by this work. Theremay be interruptions to water/electricity and Telstra services.Repairs to vandalism damage in Richardson Place at a costof $1300 has been undertaken. A review is under way as aresult of recent vandalism.Upcoming Works...Sewer pump stations to be cleaned andsome to be upgraded.New lights are to be installed at the two roundabouts in Her-mit Street. During installation there maybe some disruptionto traffic flow. Council thanks all road users for their pa-tience during this time.Annual Report – 2003/04...Copies of Council’s 2003/04Annual Report are now available at the Council office.Business Signage...Local businesses have been invited to bepart of new tourism signage in Roxby Downs. Council andthe Roxby Downs Business Forum have thrown their supportbehind new tourism signage at the corner of Olympic Wayand Burgoyne Street and on the public toilet block inRichardson Place. Designs echoing the current Wilmap dis-tributed through the Roxby Downs Visitor Information Cen-tre have been approved. Signage sales are now open. Tel-ephone Alex Barker on 0417 816 807 for more information.Electricity Cent A Meters...Council is purchasing 5 analysermeters for customer service purposes. These meters are avail-able for hire from Council for a small fee. Meters will assistcustomers to monitor their power usage.Dog Registrations...Dog Registration Renewal letters havebeen sent to all registered dog owners. Please register yourdog/s by November 30 2004. Fines will apply for non regis-tered dogs. This is an offence under the Dog and Cat Man-agement Act, punishable by a fine of $80.00 per offence. Ifyour dog has been desexed or micro chipped, proof of thisservice will be required. Fines will also apply if your dog isfound to be wandering at large.Rates...Second quarterly rate payments were due on 16 De-cember 2004. Fines of 2% will be charged for late payments.Bushfire Prevention...Residents are requested to keep areassurrounding their homes free from litter, dry leaves and anyother combustible materials. Bushfire season commences 1November 2004 – 31 March 2005. Permits can be obtainedfrom the Council office during this period. Fire Regulationsand booklets are on display at the Council office.Fireworks...Fireworks are only allowed to be set off by a pyro-technician with the appropriate permits. Fines are applica-ble if not adhered to.Mosquito Control...Residents are reminded to throw awayany unwanted containers which hold water – old tyres, drums,place sand in pot plant bases, to seal or cover all openings inraintwater tanks and to ensure that roof gutters are not hold-ing water. Wear loose clothing , apply insect repellent thatcontains DEET (Diethyl Toluamide) and use mosquito coilsfor outdoor activities.Local Website...Visit your local updated website. New Fo-rums have now been added. Read what’s new and have yoursay in the Forums at www.roxbydowns.comStreet Lighting...Is there a street light not working near yourhome? Please include the exact location (street, housenumber) when reporting to assist in easy identification forrepair.Opal Road Landfill Opening Hours...Tuesdays, 8am to 12noon, Thursdays 1pm to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am to4pm. Out of hours access call 08 8671 1154Council Office Hours - General...Monday to Friday—9amto 5pmCouncil Office Christmas Closure...Council offices will beclosed from 12 noon Friday 24 December and will re-openon Tuesday 4 January 2004. In case of emergency, pleasetelephone 0418 892 870.Community Library Hours – Christmas...The Roxby DownsCommunity Library will be closed from 4.00pm Friday 24December 2004 and will re-open on Tuesday 4 January 2005at 9.00am. The Library staff would like to wish everyone asafe and Happy Christmas.

Power, water and sewerage - all the facts


8 Alford Court – “Invest for your future.” 4 bdmswith BIRs, ensuite to main, large walk in pantry, ductedair, ceiling fans, gas space heater, front and backverandahs, dble carport UMR, garage plus attachedcarport, land approx 1150m2. Leased $300/wk/3yrs.$245,000. Web ID 755070

2/46 Aquila Boulevard – “At this price - rarer thanhen’s teeth”. 3 bdrm maisonette, BIRs, large lounge,new floor coverings, full length bull nose verandah,garden shed, ducted air, pergola. Leased at $230 /wk till23/04/05. $179,950

1 Blanche Crt – “Investment opportunity.” Wellpostioned 4 bedroom, ensuite and BIR's, good sizedlounge, sep dining, gas kitchen, heating/cooling, carportUMR, currently leased at $1043 /month until 2006.$249,950. Web ID 758450

12/30 Burgoyne Street – “Another tidy investment.”3 bedroom villa, WIR and 2 way ensuite to master, gaskitchen, lounge, good size dining, heat/cool, frontverandah, carport. Leased at $250/wk.$189,950

21/30 Burgoyne Street – “Investment - make the movenow.” Cottage style villa, master with 2 way ensuite,good size lounge, gas kitchen, adjacent dining, heat/cool,carport, garden shed. Leased at $250/wk.$189,950

8 Morethia Court – “Buy now and invest for yourfuture.”4 bdrms, main with ensuite and WIR, BIRs toother 3, large open plan lounge, dining, family and gaskitchen with walk in pantry, gas heating, ducted air, dblecarport UMR, front verandah, pergola. Leased at $1122 /mth. $254,950. Web ID 756615

30 Myall Street – “The Killa Villas - attention allinvestors.”Group of 3 brick villas on single title, 2x2bdrms and 1x3 bdrms. Al have high ceilings and twoway ensuite to master, extra toilet and shower in the 3bdrm. All bdrms have BIRs, tiled family and dining witha good sized, well equipped kitchen forming part of theopen plan design, all with r/c split system air con, garagewith roller door and access door to home, outdoor pergolaarea and easy care auto retic gardens. Currently leasedat $800/wk. $455,000

7a Willaroo Street – “Live in or rent out”. 4 bdrms,2way/3way bathroom to master. WIR, bay window tofront bdrm, good size open plan lounge, formal dineand casual meals area. Well equipped compact kitchen,heating and cooling, bull nose front verandahwith awnings. Carport UMR, large side verandah, toolshed and easy care gardens. $195,000. Rent potentialaround $275/wk.

Lot 1374 Tutop Street – “Zoned District BusinessZone” Approx 2343m2 of land with 58 metre frontage,suitable for retail shops on application. $195,000 neg.Web ID 760795

For rent– 3 bedroom, BIRs, brick villa, garage UMR, 2bathrooms, powder room, lock up garage. $300/wk

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LOOKING FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT?Phone us, we’ll look after you.

BUSINESS

Everyone can afford tolook their best when RedSands Hair Design opensits doors in RoxbyDowns this week.The business - headed upby long-time local hair-dresser Kelly Baker incooperation with DianneFisken and apprenticeMarcel Fernandez – willbe based at 10 Gosse Stuntil March 2005 whenRed Sands Hair Designwill take up permanentresidence in Tutop St.The team at Red SandsHair Design prides itselfon modern, professionalservice at a reasonableprice that everyone canafford.“After almost 15 years inestablished salons andsmall business, it’s greatto be striking out on myown,” Mrs Baker toldThe Monitor this week.“Along with Marcel, andmy fellow hairdresserDianne Fisken, we’regoing to be able to offerthe Roxby Downs com-munity a really modernand professional service.“I started my apprentice-ship locally in 1990,”Mrs Baker said.“I was grateful to begiven the chance atTandales when I was

starting out, and whatcomes around, goesaround – that’s whywe’re offering our ownapprenticeship locally.“When you come acrosslocal talent like Marcelyou want to take advan-tage of that interest andkeep him here, locally.“Marcel’s training is go-ing to complement ourknowledge of the latesttrends and techniquesbecause he’ll be attend-ing trade school andcompeting inWorkSkills competi-tions against other sa-lons.“This will give us aclose look at the mostup-to-date techniquesand products as theycome into the industry.”Mr Fernandez told TheMonitor that he “had al-ways wanted to be in thisindustry and it’s justgreat that I can continuemy apprenticeship lo-cally”.“I started this appren-ticeship working along-side Kelly at CuttingEdge, and now that Cut-ting Edge is going in anew direction, I’m justglad to build on thatstrong foundation at RedSands Hair Design.”

Red Sands Hair Designwill offer a full range ofhairdressing services,“but our expertise is col-ouring and cutting,” MrsBaker said.“We’re using the Indolacolour range – our triedand true salon products,and offering a large rangeof salon retail products.Red Sands Hair Designis a unisex salon offeringfacial waxing, lash and

brow tinting.As an exclusive openingoffer, book in for a cutand colour during theChristmas season, at RedSands Hair Design andreceive a voucher for afree treatment valued at$28 on their next book-ing. Offer ends January20, 2004. Appointmentsare essential.Christmas gift couponsare available – so this

year, give someone youlove the perfect present,a chance to look theirbest at Christmas.For more informationabout the service contactKelly, Marcel andDianne – ph 0400 012428.Appointments are essen-tial but opening hoursare flexible so make yourappointment today, atRed Sands Hair Design.

Everyone can afford to look their best

Why build?Save money by buyingand you could find your-self in the ‘fast lane’ - atthe Clipsal 500 in Ad-elaide next year.“We have done all thehard work for you”, ex-claims MignonChapman and ChrisWardle“Location is everything,as we all know. Thistasteful home is built inthe new subdivision ofPatrick’s Cove, PortHughes, overlookingthe reserve, which willbe ‘the place to be’,”says Mignon Chapman.With the developmentcompleted, there are nu-merous homes underconstruction, and beingprotected by a LandManagement Agree-ment, the calibre andquality of building willonly enhance the futurevalue of your invest-ment.“The purchaser of thishome will go into thedraw to win two one-daycorporate tickets to theClipsal 500 in Adelaidein March 2005.“Nearing completion,this stunning home builtby local buildersWahlstedt QualityHomes, is ready for itsnew owners.“You could be in thereby Christmas.”The home has used allthe modern colour tones

Buy now and get fast tracked to Clipsal 500

SALES STAFF...The Monitorfarewells regional salesrepresentative Misty Gale this monthwho leaves to begin a family withhusband Mike.She will be replaced by long-timeRoxby Downs resident Jodie Day.The Monitor welcomes Jodie whobrings with her a long-termrelationship with the Roxby Downscommunity and a solid backgroundin markerting and sales.We wish Misty and huband Mike thebest as they start their familytogether in the new year.For more information aboutadvertising in your communitynewspaper phone Jodie - 0408 267318 or 8671 2683.

RED SANDS HAIRDESIGN...Kelly Baker

and Marcel Fernandezat work in the newly-

opened Red SandsHair Design at 10Gosse St, Roxby

Downs. The pair willwork with fellow

hairdresser DianneFisken in the old SBS

office.

and tiling for the pur-chaser seeking style andquality.Consisting of three bed-rooms, with the main ac-commodating an ensuiteand walk-in robe, thebuilding boasts a taste-ful kitchen with stainlesssteel electric appliancesof wall oven andcooktop.Enjoy ample cupboardsand benchspace with araised breakfast barthrough to the family/meals area, plus a largewalk-in pantry, whatevery kitchen needs.The floors have beentiled from the front doorthrough the living areas,leaving only the bed-rooms and lounge for

your choices.Check out this gorgeous,three-way bathroom,large laundry and doublegarage under the mainroof with twin electricroller doors.“Modern, stylish and ab-solute quality,” says Mi-gnon. “Wanting to build?Why bother - when wehave done all the hardwork for you?”Chris or Mignon are onsite, Saturdays and Sun-days from 2pm - 3pm, soif you are interested inthis home, or if you stillwant to build, call downto the Patricks Cove De-velopment.For further details, call88252007.

DON’T BUILD, BUY...Why build when you can have all the hard work done for you bypurchasing this tasteful home in the new subdivision of Patrick’s Cove, Port Hughes.The purchaser of this home will go into the draw to win two one-day corporate ticketsto the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide in March 2005.

New face of sales


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To all myChiropractic

PatientsThank you for being part

of my practice for allthese years.

It has been a very difficultdecision to make and aftermuch deliberation, it is withregret that I am no longerable to make the trip to

Roxby Downs to offer youyour Chiropratic care.

It's been a wonderful partof my life.

Thanks for beingpart of it,

Scott T Rowlands

Fleet / Branch Manager- Olympic Dam

We are looking for an energetic and selfmotivated Fleet/Branch Manager for our Olympic

Dam office. The role includes maintaining the fleetand day to day running of the office in liason

with Adelaide office.The successful applicant will require:

• sound organisational skills• demonstrate problem solving• basic computer skills• ability to work with minimal supervision• full drivers licence• punctual and reliable• strong customer focus• team player and• flexiblity in duties and working hours required.

This is an excellent opportunity for an independent,enthusiastic, self motivated person with an

eagerness to succeed.Must be available for immediate start.

Please email your resume to:[email protected]

or post/fax resume to:Pauline Rochester

Cars and Trucks P/LGPO Box 1219Unley SA 5061Fax: 8357 9422

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GLUYAS – FLANAGAN Shirley and Troyare pleased to announce theirengagement on December 5, 2004. Withlove and best wishes from both families.

ACCOMMODATION

GETAWAYS Reservation Service, Justone call to book a perfect getaway. Alltypes of accommodation and tours,statewide. 1300 136 970,www.grs.com.au

Arabesque Villas –Coobowie – Newbeachfront villas.

Holiday accommodation availbefore Dec 27 and after Jan17.

Com Cont breakfast firstmorning + extras.

Contact Julie atProfessionals Yorketown

Ph 8852 1188Mob: 0438 922 002

[email protected]

LEARN TO FLY Roxby Downs Aero Club,phone Ben Hammond 0407 974 002, JimSpring 0417 867 812 or Phil Goldsworthy0417 810 494.OUTBACK Fringe Festival committeemeetings to be held the second Tuesdayof each month at 5.30pm, Dunes Café.All welcome. For further information,please contact festival coordinatorMegan Barker on 0418 870 012.ROXBY Second Hand Furniture. TradingHours Mon – Fri 11.30am-2pm and Satand Sun 2pm-4pm or, by arrangementby phoning 0428 138 758.

Career EmploymentGroup Inc.

Roxby Downs OfficeP.O. Box 50, Roxby Downs

Ph: 8671 3033Mobile: 0429 697 481

[email protected]

Do you have an office, retail orhospitality business, in or around

Roxby Downs, that requiresfull time staff?

Ever thought about the benefits oftraineeships and school based new

apprenticeships?Supporting local employment, the

benefits of structured training packagesand local support from a dedicated

community member, are reasons whyyou should talk to Shane Thomson today.

Call 8671 3033 or 0429 697 481 todiscuss the benefits of group training and

the flexibilty that traineeships canoffer your business.

ON October 19, Kate and Doug Simonwere involved in a terrible car accident,which saw Dad rushed to ICU/RAH,Mum in surgery and our grandfather diedin the car. Immediately, support fromfriends and the Roxby DownsCommunity came flooding in, by way ofphone calls, flowers, cards and offers ofhelp in any way. So, a big thank-you mustgo to WMC, St Barbs Parish and Schooland to our very special friends. You allknow who you are and should feel proudthat it was your prayers and well wishesthat got Mum, Dad and our familythrough. There’s still a long way to go forfull recovery. But hey guys, thank you all,from the much appreciative SimonsFamily.

THANK YOU

PUBLIC NOTICES

The RDAS Uniform Shop willThe RDAS Uniform Shop willThe RDAS Uniform Shop willThe RDAS Uniform Shop willThe RDAS Uniform Shop willbe open during the last weekbe open during the last weekbe open during the last weekbe open during the last weekbe open during the last week

of school holidays at theof school holidays at theof school holidays at theof school holidays at theof school holidays at thefollowing timesfollowing timesfollowing timesfollowing timesfollowing times:

Monday January 24 3.00 - 3.30pmTuesday January 25 9.00 - 9.30amThursday January 27 3.00 - 3.30pm

Friday January 28 9.00 - 9.30pmIf you are unable to come in at these times, you

can leave an order at the front office andcollect the uniforms the following day or see

Teresa Barrand at the library to makealternative arrangements.

PUBLIC NOTICES

Can and Bottle YardThe Roxby Downs Can and Bottle Yard willbe closed from Friday December 24, 2004 at4.00pm and will reopen on Tuesday January 4,2005 at 8.00am.

Town Rubbish CollectionTown Rubbish Collection will remain as pernormal with collections being on MondayDecember 27, Tuesday December 28 andMonday January 3, 2005.

Roxby Downs Dump Hours

Collex SBS hours of Operationover Christmas and New Year

For the following:

Saturday Dec 25 CLOSEDSunday Dec 26 CLOSEDTuesday Dec 28 OPEN 8.00am to 12 noonThursday Dec 30 OPEN 1.00pm to 5.00pmSaturday Jan 1 CLOSEDSunday Jan 2 OPEN 10.00am to 4.00pm

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St Barbara’s Catholic ChurchRoxby Downs

Saturday evening 6pmSunday morning 9am

Andamooka Catholic ChurchSunday 11am

first and third Sunday ofevery month

St Michael’s CatholicChurch, Woomera

Sunday 5pmAll denominations welcome

Roxby Downs Lutheran ChurchSunday 10.30am

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Andamooka Community ChurchSunday 2pm

Desert Springs ChurchSunday 10.00am at the

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KARATE...Practicingtheir katasat RoxbyDownsShotokanKarate,from front,AndrewMacGown,EmilySouthon,Lucy Nolland KurtJohnstone.Karate willresume inRoxbyDowns inJanuary.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004A-Grade Men...Jets 48 (D Kaminski 16) defeatedBulls 39 (J Castle 11).MPR Magpies 53 (C Kenny 16) defeated Chocies45 (M Oldfield 20).B-Grade Men...Magpies 45 (T Hornhardt 11) de-feated Chocies 37 (D Siedal 16).Jets 37 (S Ryan 17) defeated Bradken Bears 30 (JBanning, M Weaver, J Roberts 6).C-Grade Women...Tandles 31 (A Freeth 16) defeated Cougars 23 (ASutherland 6).Chocies 41 (B Allen 23) defeated Spectres 16 (JFreeman 6).Thursday, December 2, 2004A-Grade Women..Little Devils 47 (B Petherick 17)defeated Eagles 21 (S Dadleh 6).Devils 50 (T Coombes 14) defeated Bulls 18 (LGirdham 10).B-Grade Women...Devils 33 (S Weston 13) defeatedWanderers 31 (B Allen 9).SSA Cougars 28 (R Shephard 12) defeated Eagles227 (V Hombsch 12).Jets 40 (C McKenna 12) defeated Eagles1 21 (SDadleh 11).Bulls 19 (H Wilson 6) defeated Devils 2 (J.Walford6).

A-Grade volleyballers Prophets triumphed in theRoxby Downs Volleyball grand finals on December 6,2004.In the B-Grade competition, the Volleygods took homethe trophy.A-Grade..Prophets 3 defeated Volleyroos 0.MVP – Nicole Hay.Best and Fairest (three-way tie) – Neil Ryan, NickBackhouse and Sue Napper.B-Grade..Volleygods 3 defeated Techie Tigers 2.MVP – Andrew TylerBest and Fairest – Graham Wood.Runner Up – Drew Vonthein.November 29, 2004 – Preliminary FinalsB-Grade..Techie Tigers 3 defeated Block It 0.A-Grade..Prophets defeated Benders on a forfeit.

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GymNormal gym hours from Dec 1, 2004 to Jan 31, 2005

with the following exceptions:• Fri Dec 24 - Closing at 6pm

• Sat Dec 25 to Tues Dec 28 - CLOSED• Wed Dec 29 to Fri Dec 31 - Open 9am to 12 noon

• Sat Jan 1 to Mon Jan 3 - CLOSED• Resuming normal hours from Tues Jan 4

No aerobics over December and January

PoolFrom December 1, 2004 to January 31, 2005 the pool will be

open to the public 10am - 8pmOpen to lap swimmers 6am - 8am Mon/Wed/Fri

Holiday exceptions:• Fri Dec 24 - Closing at 6pm

• Sat Dec 25 - CLOSED• Fri Dec 31 - Closing at 6pm• Sat Jan 1 and Sun Jan 2 -

12 noon to 8pm

Creche closed fromDecember 24, 2004.

Reopens January 18, 2005

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Don’t be the only one without one!Get your Copper Card from RoxFM studio, located at Richardson Place (next to the Dune’sCafe). Cost $25.00 and you will receive hundreds of dollars of savings throughout the year.

Auto Pro: Turtle wax car cleaning gift basket great for Xmas, just $19.95.

Blockbuster: Buy the Aladdin DVD 2 disc special addition and receive “OnHoliday with Timon and Pumba” free.

BP: Single budget swags just $160, while stocks last, at the newlook BP.

Beauty by Nancy: $5 off a set of permanent French acrylic nails.

Creative Trims and Crafts: 20% off all ribbons and laces. Phone: 8671 0153.

Dunes Café: Buy lunch and and be in the draw to win a Xmas hamper.

Equilibrium: Get ready for Summer with a Bonza Bronze spray on tan introprice for 2 full body sprays, just $50.00.

Far North Photographics: Half price A4 photo calendar.

Flowers in the Bush: 10% off all fresh flowers.

Lè Funke Cafè: Buy a slice of cake and receive a free coffee.

Mitre 10: 10% off all eskys and coolers.

Outback Cinema: Spend over $20 onmovie tickets or food, and go into thedraw to win a Xmas hamper.

Outback Landscape & 10% off store wide(does not include bulk products)Supplies: 15% off all plants.

Roxby Downs Community Club: Sunday and Mondays, buy one counter meal, get one free.

Roxby Downs Pharmacy: Buy one Stich fragrance and get the second at half price.

RoxFM: All copper card holders will go into a draw at the end ofthe month to win $25 in cash.

Roxby’s Mensland: 10% all men’s and women’s hats or caps.

Roxby’s Newsagency: Buy $20 worth of toys and receive a free pack of Xmascards.

Wendy’s: Buy one large 97% fat free smoothie and receive thesecond smoothie for half price.Birthday draw for a birthday cake – drawn on the lastFriday of every month.

RoxFM Copper Card Specials for the Month of DecemberAll specials are exclusive to Copper Card holders on presentation of their card.

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ON-GREEN...BrettGrocock sends inhis bowl duringFriday night’ssocial bowls inRoxby Downs.Roxby DownsBowls Club willhost social onWednesda nightsthese schoolholidays, names inby 7.30pm play tostart at 8pm, all arewelcome.

NOMINATION FORMROXBY DARTS

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I....................................would like to nominate ateam for the Summer Season 2005.

Name of team ...........................................................Venue ........................................................................Captain .....................................................................Address .....................................................................Phone ........................................................................Vice Captain .............................................................Phone ........................................................................Email ........................................................................

I understand that I (captain) will be givenProgrammes, score sheets and envelopes before the

Summer Season starts.ALL NOMINATION FORMS to be recieved by the

secretary NO LATER than January 14, 2005.Season to start on February 2, 2005.

SecretaryRos Harris60 Pioneer Drive or PO Box 211Ph: 8671 0163

Game eight was a very pleasant evening for bowls.Unfortunately two teams did not turn up and so theymissed out on a great night. Again we had some closegames and then there were some games that were notso close.The big winners for the night were Carefactor de-feating No Names 87 to 33.They each walked away with a glass. Next week isthe last week before we break for Christmas and ithas become a three-way battle for the top spot honors.The Norms are in top spot with 123 points and theyplay third spot holders Enterprise on 111 points. Ei-ther team can take the top spot by winning.The dark horse in the race is second place Carefactoron 111 points who can possibly grab top spot if theyhave a big win and Enterprise defeats the Norms in aclose game. Good luck to all teams.With the close of this season coming quickly we arelooking for teams to nominate for next season start-ing on January 28 and finishing at Easter time.Starting this Wednesday we are holding a social bowlsnight, names in by 7.30pm play to start at 8pm, allare welcome.Game 8 results.Norms (85) defeated Yorkes (35).Enterprise (81) defeated Funky Frogs (39).Backfillers defeated She Devils (F).Beenham’s Bungups (63) defeated NFI (57).Carefactor (87) defeated No Names (33).Merv’s Team defeated Balls’N’All (F).Crowless (64) defeated Safety Biased (56).AAs (75) defeated Tavern (45).The weather for Round 7 was much improved on

previous rounds which led to good bowls and somevery close games.Most of the teams that won were expected to win,but several of them had good struggles on their handsand only just managed to scrape home.The Tavern, a team of youngsters, had their first winfor the season and were quite proud of themselves.We hope to see more of it.Two teams had forfeits and they played off againsteach other, the Norms defeated NFI 94 to 26 in avery one-sided game.Consequently the Norms won the glasses on the night.With only two rounds to go the Norms are clear ontop with 106 points followed by the Funky Frogsand Enterprise on 95 and 94 respectively.Bowls SA has a promotional activity going at themoment, called “Get On The Green with NightOwls”.This is for any new bowlers who might be interestedin playing, to join up and get a bag of goodies and ofcourse, find out how much fun lawn bowls is to play.This will be carrying on into the New Year with ournext season which will start in late January.Game 7Funky Frogs (65) defeated Yorkes (55).Enterprise (68) defeated She Devils (52).Carefactor (65) defeated Beenham’s Bungups (55).Norms (94) defeated NFI (26).Safety Biased (77) defeated Merv’s Team (43).Tavern (63) defeated Crowless (57).No Names (78) defeated AA’s (42).

Jim Bowden,‘Bowls Reporter’.

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March 2005

Outback Fringe FestivalMarch 13 - 15

January 22, 2005ASSA ShootingRangeRapid Fire /CentreFire 8pmJanuary 22, 2005RD CricketAssoc.Wanderers vsRogues, 8.30amRoxbyOD vs Woomera5.30pm WoomeraJanuary 26, 2005ASSA ShootingRangeAir Pistol 6pmJanuary 29, 2005RD CricketAssoc.OD vs Wanderers,8.30am RoxbyWoomera vsRogues, 5.30pmWoomera

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ROGUES...Nigel Altmann batted well for Rogues at Woomera atthe weekend.

Olympic Dam crushedWanderers by 114 runsat Roxby Downs Ovalon Saturday morning asthe Swaggies were bun-dled out for 66 chasing181 for victory.Chris Kenny won thetoss for Olympic Damand elected to bat first inhumid conditions on aheavy oval following themid-week rains and de-spite losing early wick-ets, they recovered topost a very handy 180 allout, off 40 overs.Greg Roberts top scoredwith 72 after surviving acouple of chances in thefield and figured in im-portant partnershipswith Alan Woolford andKenny that added 107runs to the tally afterMick Hoffmann andWoolford had put on 44for the third wicket toturn things around.Matthew Watkinsbowled well with thenew ball taking 3/27from eight and JeremyBlake’s 2/2 from 2 oversthat included sendingdown a wicket maiden atthe death is worthy ofmention, as is DesTaylor’s effort with thegloves.Less said about Wander-er’s effort in reply prob-ably the better, asAndrew Wellington (4/29) and Kenny sent aprocession of batsmenback to the pavilion tohave their opponentsreeling at 7/32 aftereleven overs.Des Taylor held firm asthe carnage continued allround him and topscored on 23 and a latesalvo of 16 from RobMcElhinney that in-cluded a mighty six oversquare leg added someface saving runs at theend.Olympic DamNichols c Taylor b

Briggs 0Hoffmann b Watkins 21Fiebig c Ryan Paxton bWatkins 2Woolford c Taylor b RobPaxton 34Boyle b Watkins 0Roberts run out (Taylor)72Kenny run out (RyanPaxton) 21Kroll not out 13Balnaves c Taylor bBlake 0Wellington c Oldfield bRyan Paxton 1Shields c Taylor b Kroll0Extras 16Total 180Bowling: Briggs 8-0-1/36, Watkins 8-0-3/27,Spencer 7-0-0/42,Paxton Rob 8-0-0/35,Harper 5-0-0/26, PaxtonRyan 2-0-1/10, Blake 2-

1-2/2.WanderersRob Paxton c Boyle bWellington 0Watkins c Shields b Wel-lington 0Briggs lbw b Kenny 4Taylor c Wellington bKroll 23Spencer b Kenny 0Oldfield b Wellington 0Harper run out (Boyle)2Blake J c Balnaves bWellington 1McElhinney c Welling-ton b Shields 16Hancock not out 0Ryan Paxton b Kroll 0Extras 10Total 66Bowling: Kenny 7-0-2/19, Wellington 8-1-4/28,Shields 2-0-1/13, Kroll1-0-2/5Rogues travelled to

Woomera for the onlymorning game schedulesat O’Donoghue Ovalthis season and cameaway with the points af-ter trouncing their hostsby seven wickets on adamp pitch due to thenow dreaded “sprinkler”effect.Rogues skipper NigelAltmann elected to taketo the field after winningthe toss and the collapsetriggered by the dis-missal of Scott Macken-zie saw them lose theirlast nine wickets for theaddition of a paltry 41runs.Keegan Teare, RickSalisbury and DavidKaminski took threewickets each to destroyWoomera’s batting am-bitions that ended at 91in the 33rd over withChris Jefferey’s wellcompiled 44 easily the

top score.The Rogues reply suf-fered no such fate de-spite being 2/14 at onestage as NathanPromnitz and Altmannenjoyed as partnershipof 79 runs for the thirdwicket to ensure victory.Joe Payne finished withtwo wickets and AndySearle managed a con-solation scalp near theend but Tim Tulenue al-though wicketless wasthe pick of the bowlers.WoomeraNicholls lbw bKaminski 1Jeffery b Adams 44Mackenzie b Kaminski16Broome lbw b Salisbury0Searle b Kaminski 0Tulenue b Salisbury 10Ingold c&b Teare 4Payne b Salisbury 5Budden c Wooldridge bTeare 0Bowes not out 0Caulfield st Altmann bTeare 0Extras 11Total 91RoguesWooldridge c Broome bPayne 11Noll lbw Payne 2Promnitz lbw Searle 39Altmann not out 38Smith not out 0Extras 3Total 3/93Bowling: Tulenue 8-0-0/16, Payne 5-0-2/20,Budden 3-0-0/20,Ingold 4-0-0/25, Searle4-0-1/11Premiership Table:Olympic Dam 7-1-36,Wanderers 4-4-24,Rogues 3-5-20,Woomera 2-6-16.Gerard ‘Yogi’ Secker,Cricket Reporter.

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Gecko Girls take home premiership

MIXED...The Miners defeated the Cougars, 48-7, totake the Roxby Downs ‘Mixed’ netball premiershipthis month. The Miners are pictured, from left, back,Damian Gallagher, Graham Neilson, NickBackhouse, front, Mel Katzorke, Jodie Brind,Roxanne Henfry and Emma Neilson.

A-GRADE...Winners of the RoxbyDowns ‘A-Grade’ netball

premierships - the Gecko Girlsdefeated Mak Ladies 40-24 to take the

title last week - pictured, from left,back, Nardene Edmonds, BelindaPetherick, Asha Shinnick, Rachel

Petherick, Bec Schutz, Kerry Phelan,Rosalie Dellow, front, Naomi

Campbell, Tammy Fraser, NicoleDarling and Georgina Arthur.

The Roxby Downs netball grand finals wereheld on December 8, 2004.In the A-Grade, Gecko Girls fought a hardbattle to defeat Mak Ladies 40-24 and takethe top title.The B-Grade premiership was awarded toKeeches, C-Grade was won by Prime Mov-ers and the Mixed title went to the Miners.A Grade...Gecko Girls defeated Mak Ladies.MCP – Asha Shinnick. Best and Fairest (three-way tie) – Nardene Edmonds, Bec Fisher andCassie Cooper.B Grade...Keeches defeated Blue Jays.MVP – Claire Munyard. Best and Fairest –Hollie Cockshell and Belinda Ramsey. Run-ner Up – Tara-Jane Hill.C Grade...Prime Movers defeated Shorties.MVP – Amanda Whitehead. Best and Fairest– Maureen Tyler. Runner Up – Lisa GraefeMixed...Miners defeated Cougars.MVP – Graham Neilson. Best and Fairest –Nick Backhouse. Runner Up (tie) – MelKatzorke and Daniel Gerity.December 1, 2004 - Preliminary FinalsC Grade...Prime Movers defeated Huneez ona forfeit.B Grade...Blue Jays 34 defeated Misfits 20.A Grade...Mak Ladies 40 defeated HappyHippos 24.Mixed...Cougars 30 defeated Spankees 15.

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