mannum mag issue 48 july 2010

Cadell’s Easter Harvest FestivalCockroach Racing, Giant Pumpkins and Humorous Scarecrows

The annual Cadell Easter Harvest Festival is a fantastic family funday out with cockroach racing, grape catching, Easter egg hunt

and jumping castles for the children, carp throwing, food/craft stalls,bar facilities and much more.

Entrants in the scarecrow competition will be your personal guidesand direct you to the Cadell oval. Entry is only $3.00 and childrenunder 16 are free. The festival commences at 3:00 pm. and concludesat 8:00 pm.

Giant pumpkin entries must be at the Cadell oval on EasterSaturday from 1:30 pm with the festival commencing at 3:00 pm.Winners will be announced at 5:00 pm.

Will the winner of the Murray River Giant Pumpkin Competitionbeat the world record of 1725 pounds (750.5 kg) which was weighedin at the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers weigh off in Americaon October 3rd, 2009.

Don’t miss the Cadell Easter Harvest Festival on Easter Saturdayat Cadell oval presented by the Cadell Community and TouristAssociation.

Mannum Kindergarten pumpkin patch

ContentsAgeing In The Murraylands 7Calendars & Dates 28

Choristers Corner 24Church Services 3

Classifieds 27Letters 2Mannum Youth - YAC 22

Memories of Mannum 16Out of this World 8

Puzzle 3Under the Toadstool 3

Camp QualityA day out in Mannum for kids with cancer

On March 14th the Mannum Lions hosted a day out for kids withcancer, and their families, as part of the Camp Quality program.

The day started for the 70 visitors with a short river cruise, courtesyof ‘River of Australia Expeditions’. For the kids, the highlight of thiswas being allowed to steer the boat for a few minutes, and thenearning a ‘Captain for the Day’ certificate from the Captain.

Back at Mannum’s Mary Ann Reserve everyone was treated to aBBQ lunch and ice-cream by the Lions. The Mannum CFS thenturned up to give the kids the thrill of sitting behind the wheel of thefire truck or squirting the big fire hoses. Two face painters donatedtheir services and added greatly to the fun of the day.

A number of the adults commented that a day like this was not only

important for the kids with cancer but also for their parents andsiblings.

This event has been a regular feature of the Lions program formany years, a legacy of the late Lester Howie who initiated the eventand ran it for over a decade. Lion Fred Lowe, who has taken on therole of organising the day, expressed his appreciation to the‘Expeditions’, the CFS and the face painters who had all donatedtheir services without charge.

D Dowley

Camp Quality lunch on the Mary Ann Reserve Dracular: Daniel Fullagar ( Blanchetown) River Pilot: Issac Hooker from Clare

April 2010 Mannum, South Australia 5238 Issue Number 45

Mannum Community Magazine Inc

EditorialDoes Mannum Have

A Problem?

This question wasposed in a letter,printed in the March

issue. The letter raised 8serious questions aboutwhat is happening inMannum. The issuesranged from a perceivedmisapplication of justiceto ‘personal vendettas bylocal powerbrokers’,from underage drinkingto ‘death threats fromdrug barons’ and therestriction of businessopportunities in thecommunity.Are these claims true?

We at Mannum Maghave no idea, and wesincerely hope they arenot, but we are notinvestigative journalists.We do not have theresources to check theveracity of such claims.

Provided that we canverify the credentials ofthe contributor, weendeavour to publish allletters and articlessubmitted.

We rely on the goodpeople of Mannum torespond to and rebutthose that make falseclaims. We have alreadyreceived one letterrebutting one of theclaims. Thank you forthat response.

So, how about it,Mannum community? Ifthis picture of Mannum isfalse, write in, let usknow and correct theview. If any of the claimsare true, let’s worktogether to clean up ouract.

To accommodate a wide range of comments, short letters have more chance of publication.Longer letters addressing important matters will not necessarily be excluded. In general, aimfor about 100 to 150 words, or less. Letters must include contact details for verification.

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Letters to the EditorDeadline 30 April 2010 for publication in the May issue

Under Age DrinkingNot Supported

Dear Editor,The Mannum Community

College would like to statethat it does not support orpromote under age drinking.

Pam Fleming, ConvenorPromotions Committee

Mannum Community College

Simply Go DigitalDear Editor,Thank you for your very

informative article “SimplyGo Digital” on page 12 of theMarch edition.

My wife and I recentlydecided to go digital andenjoy all the Freeviewchannels that were beingadvertised, but fortunately,before we bought a Set TopBox, somebody warned usthat we still would not getdigital reception in Caloote.So we saved our money andstuck with analogue.Thankfully.

The article was pessimisticabout the chances of gettingdigital in our area. But Iwonder why the MannumBlack Spot re-transmitter,where we get our signal fromnow, can not be upgradedinto a digital re-transmitter.

Is it true that the Councilo w n s a n d r u n s t h ere-transmitter? If so, comeon, Council, provide aservice for the community.

Carl Gross

A Fond FarewellDear Editor,I hereby wish to thank all

the wonderful Mannum folkwho made my leaving of thisgreat little town so relativelypainless.

The kindness, generosityand help offered by so manywas phenomenal!

Physically I’ve left, but youall will stay in my heart.Love and blessings.

Elf

Country MusicIt’s Thank You Time

Dear Editor,There is a list of people I

must thank for theiroutstanding contribution tothe Country Music Venue atthe Mannum Show, thatensured its success again thisyear.

A big thank you to my verygenerous sponsors EichlerEarthmovers of Mannum andConnect Hearing of MurrayBridge.

Also, a big thank you to myvolunteers for going thatextra yard.

Thank you to Des Buick,Geoff Thurley, Alan Thomas,Paul Rand and HowardSmith.

A big thank you to Mr TimMale of Males TransportMannum for supplying thestage again.

The band Tracy Rains &C l a y p a n s w e r e j u s tmagnificent on the day.

Thanks to you all, again. Afantastic effort.

Brian AlbinoConvener of Country Music

Blokes OnlyMannum Men’s Discussion Group

Interesting speakers (ourspeciality) always give our

members something toremember, something to thinkabout and may even generate achange in perception from anentrenched point of view, or, ifyou like, a shift away from a‘paradigm prison’.

The mental exercise requiredin discussions can usually becounted upon to be rewarding,of lasting value, and if engagedin regularly, of great benefit tothe sense of well being.

Happily, two more interestingspeakers are coming our way inApril and May; one being acommercial pilot and the other aspecialist in digital photography.

In case you are thinking ofjoining us, we have observedthat first time membersinvariably reveal surprise at theirlevel of enjoyment during theevening and comment on thefriendly atmosphere and howeasy it is to fit in with the group.

We meet at 6:30 pm on the lastWednesday of the month for alight meal (cost $7) at theMannum Hospital Day Centre.

For more info, telephoneRalph 85691264 or Frank85692244.

Ralph Pitman

Mannum Mag Issue Number 45

Puzzle

How many words of 4 or more letterscan you make with these 9 letters?

• Each word must include the letter in theshaded box

• One word includes all 9 lettersScore: 27 Good, 42 Very good, 54 Excellent

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Mental MusingsWhat is The Hall?

T h e H a l l i s avolunteer-based, not for

profit organisation dedicatedto supporting people withmental health issues in theMurray Mallee district.

It’s a vibrant, professionaland supportive organisationusing a community-basedmodel to encourage sociali n c l u s i o n a n d s k i l l sdevelopment for people withmental health issues and theirfamilies. It is run by volunteersand a management committeedrawn from the attendees andsuppor t i ve commu n i tymembers who understand theissues.

The Hall provides a space forinformal activities, learningand social interaction.

This space helps people withmental health issues, and theirfamilies, and provides ana c c e p t i n g , r e s p e c t f u lenvironment where friendshipand mentoring are encouraged.

Why are we here?Because mental health and

well-being is a ‘whole ofcommunity’ issue, the Hall isworking with individuals andorganisations to promoteunderstanding and to develop

community compassion forpeople with mental healthissues, their carers and peoplewith disabilities.

The centre understands thatpeople with mental healthissues need a space where theycan access support andfriendship in a welcoming,non-threatening environment.

Therefore the Hall plays acrucial role in the communityin supporting people withmental health issues and theirfamilies.

Its goals are to:• Provide a space where people

with mental health issues, carersand people with disabilities canaccess support and friendship.

• Support health and communityservice organisations’ servicedelivery.

• Educate the community aboutmental health and mental illness.

• Promote acceptance and reducestigma.In other words, it’s a great

recreational and resourcecentre for mental healthconsumers and their familiesand friends, people withdisabilities and supportivecommunity members.

Ros Udy, The Hall

DISTRICT CHURCH SERVICESFor Mannum congregations

ANGLICAN 6 Adelaide Road. Ph: 8569 2385Mannum, Sundays 10.30 am

BAPTIST William Street. Ph: 8278 3992Mannum, Sundays 10.30 am

CATHOLIC Mau Street. Ph: 8531 1699Mannum, Mass: 1st Sunday 9.30 am, all others 8.30 am

LUTHERAN 79 Cliff Street. Ph: 8569 2863Mannum, Sundays 9.00 am, Sunday School 9.45 am duringschool terms. Everyone welcome.

RIVER WORD CHRISTIAN CENTRE Greening Street. Ph: 8569 1333Mannum, Sundays 10.00 am

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 17 King George St. Ph: 0419 855 941Mannum, Saturdays 9.30 am, Sabbath School 11.00 am

UNITING Corner of Greening Street & Walker AvenueEnquiries: Phone one of the Elders.G Gobbett: 8569 1083, M Thomas: 8569 1005R Marshall: 8569 1737, G McInerney: 8569 2076

Mannum, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays 11 am, 2nd & 4th Sundays 9 am

Under TheToadstoolFarewell Idle Ant

For a fungus tosurvive for more than three

and a half years is quiteremarkable; and toadstool had provided the umbrella for theant that lived in its shelter.

For an ant to live a solitaryyet satisfying life is not easy.Ants are critically and sociallydependant on one another.That is why Elf, still singing,journeys forward towards thecolony where she belongs.

That colony saw her need ofhelp for the long trip, so it senta companion ant to go withher. They travelled togetherand the journey was perfect.

Elf

Mannum MagChairperson: Geoff Skein 8569 2385Editor: Keith Baldwin 8569 7304 [email protected]: Juanita Brooks 8569 2170Secretary: Carol Greening 8569 1609

Calendar: Jo Kader 8569 1879Photographer:

Jessica Clark 0488 153 491Coeditors: Carl Gross 85697392

Bill McGhie 8569 1821

Mannum School Community LibrarySchool Term Times School Holidays

Mon, Thur, Fri: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Mon, Tue, Wed (am), Thur, Fri:Tue: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pmWed: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Wed (pm): 04:00 pm - 8:00 pmSat: 9:30 am - 12 noon Sat: 10:00 am - 12 noon

Closed Sunday and Public Holidays. Further information: 8569 2005

Issue Number 45 Mannum Mag

Mannum Golf Club

With the worst of the heat of thesummer months behind,

players have started to come outregularly as the start of the Men’sand Ladies’ Winter seasonapproaches.

The ladies held their Winter SeasonOpening Day on Wednesday 17th

March with a 9 hole Ambrosecompetition. Warm overcastconditions greeted the 21 players inthe morning as the Club’s PatronessErica Temme hit the opening ball ofthe season. After play, playersenjoyed a light lunch together with11 ladies from Murray Bridge, whoalso attended.

The ladies have also travelled toother Club Open days during themonth, travelling to Echunga, SouthLakes, Murray Bridge and

Blackwood Golf clubs.At South Lakes Mary Underwood

and Leanne Quast played a PinehurstFoursome format and came 6th

overall. Both won a Nearest to Pinand combined well to win theLongest Drive event.

At Murray Bridge Cathy Morrisseywon the Members event with 36points, with Mary Underwood runnerup in the Visitors event, with 37points and a Nearest to Pin prize.Leanne Quast was able to take thelongest drive prize on the day as wellas a Nearest to Pin.

During February Shaun McGlashantravelled to compete in the MurrayBridge Sponsors’ Day and won thelongest drive of the day. His drivewas close to 300 metres, which is thelongest drive seen at the first hole at

the Murray Bridge course in quitesome time.

The Mannum Golf Club WinterSeason Opening Day will be held onSaturday 10th April with a mixedAmbrose competition, and a familytea that evening.

The Club is also running its annualUnforgettable Houseboat Holidayraffle to raise much needed funds forour Club. At only $2 per ticket itcertainly is a cheap holiday and youwill be supporting a local club.

Just a reminder that the Golf Clubis always ready to welcome newplayers, so why not come and givegolf a try? We will have amembership package to suit yourneeds.

Neil Warhurst


Whistle TootNews from the Mannum Dock Museum

During the weekend of March 6/7 the PSMarion ran further public cruises from the

Mary Ann Reserve. The weather was cooler andnumbers attending were a little lower thanexpected. However passengers enjoyedthemselves, some taking turns in steering theboat, and children having their ‘Junior SkipperCertificates’ signed by the captain. One youngpassenger, an accomplished pianist, played thepiano in the dining room while her parents andother passengers listened and enjoyed theirDevonshire tea. These cruises also gave traineecrew members an opportunity to further theirexperience in handling the boat and tenderunder cruise conditions.

During these cruises it became apparent to thecrew that the PS Marion is in need of somemaintenance that requires the boat to be slipped.The only suitable slipping docks for the PSMarion are in the Riverland, and the low levelsof water in the bottom end create logisticproblems for the Board. At the moment it isplanned to attempt to slip her towards the end ofApril. We will keep you informed.

As Mannum is a popular holiday choice atEaster time, the PS Marion will still be availablefor cruising on the Saturday and Sunday,departing from the Mary Ann Reserve.

Save Our Dry DockThe creation of a Memorandum of

Understanding between the Mannum DockMuseum and the School of Archaeology atFlinders University has been given the OK bythe Board. This will ensure the continuing inputby the Archaeology team under the direction ofProfessor Mark Staniford. The Mannum DockMuseum was well represented at the recentAustralian Maritime Museum Conference heldin Warrnambool.

Volunteers Jenny and Trevor Twigden, Billand Veronica Jones Ingram and Jenny Callanderthe Dock Museum coordinator, attended to hearand support Rob Bowring Chairman of theBoard. Britt Burton, Flinders UniversityArchaeology faculty, and Chris Payne of ArtLabSA also gave papers concerning the dry dockand its future.

The conference was a well organised eventand attendees returned to base with many newideas and contacts for additional information.

The operation of the PS Marion depends onvolunteer help - it is lots of fun, interesting andrewarding. For further information please giveJenny Callender a call on 8569 2733 or emailher at [email protected] or visit the websiteat www.psmarion.com

Jenny Twigden

Archaeologists working in Jerusalem found a slab of rock with five figures carved on it. Inorder the figures were: 1. A Woman 2. A Donkey 3. A Shovel 4. A Fish 5. A Star of David.

After months of study, the leader went on a lecture tour. He said the carvings were severalthousands of years old but even so they revealed a lot about the people of that time.1. The woman being placed first in the line of figures indicated that women were held in very

high esteem. It was most likely a family oriented culture.2. The donkey, probably used to till the fields, showed they had domesticated animals.3. The shovel shows they were highly intelligent as they knew how to make tools.4. The fish shows they knew how to augment their crops by also reaping from the sea.5. The Star of David, of course, indicates they were a very religious group of people.

A little old man in the front row finally got the attention of the speaker. When acknowledgedhe said "I'm sorry to harm your conclusions, but you were reading it left to right. In Hebrew weread from right to left. That way it reads: “Holy mackerel, dig the ass on that woman!”

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BabblersReadings and poetic songs

In the Park with the RotundaCadell St, centre of Goolwa

SASaturday 24th April, 2010

2pm to 3pmA free concert

featuring the poetry and poetic songs ofMax and Jacqui Merckenschlager local, award-winning SA writers.

Traditional rhyming and freeform verse,songs from their musicals and more,including:

“Giddyup Donkey”“Guantanamo Bay”

and“Sorry Day Song”

50 ‘Reconciliation’ handout CDscontaining Sorry Day Song and 2006national championship winning bushpoem Men Of Skins.

A National Poetry Festivalevent


MannumCommunity Club

66 Randell Street, MannumPhone: 8569 1010 – Fax 8569 2700

Email: [email protected]: www.mannumclub.com.au

Sunday Gold 5MU Radio HostBarrie Martin is back every Wednesday

Playing music from 12-3pm In the dining room

Bingo with Betty every 2nd ThursdayCommencing at 1pm in the dining room

Every Friday NightHappy Hour Beer from 6-8pm

Meat Draws and Raffles from 6pm

Meals available 12-2pm and 6-8pm7 days a week

Cadell’s Easter Harvest FestivalCockroach Racing, Giant Pumpkins and Humorous Scarecrows

The Cadell Easter Harvest Festival isheld annually on Easter Saturday by

the Cadell Community and TouristAssociation at the Cadell Oval at Cadell.

Cadell is well known as a fruit growingdistrict with citrus, grapes and stone fruitin the area. The annual Cadell EasterHarvest Festival showcases the townshipof Cadell on the banks of the MurrayRiver and their diverse harvest.

The festival boasts an array of good oldfashioned country style competitions andcreative events such as Cockroach Racing,Carp Throwing, Grape Catching, EasterEgg hunt and orange throwing.

Last year, the Easter egg hunt attracted120 children with prizes for varying agegroups.

Mayor Ian Mann said, “The CadellEaster Harvest Festival is an event not tobe missed and my wife and I attend eachyear. It is a family focussed event with funfor everyone. The people of Cadell shouldbe commended for their creative eventprogramme and its popularity seems to begrowing every year.”

The annual Scarecrow competition hasbecome a highlight of the festival.Categories such as Best movie characterscarecrow, humorous, original and scariest

scarecrow create a grand spectacle as youenter the town. Scarecrow entries willwelcome visitors to Cadell and act as yourguides to the Cadell oval.

Danny McGuirgan, Chairman of theCadell Community and TouristAssociation said, “We are extremelyexcited about the entries for this year aswe have seen many amazing scarecrows inprevious years.”

The Cadell community has createdinnovative and novel events to attractvisitors to their small township and haslaunched the inaugural Murray RiverGiant Pumpkin Growing Competition.Over 70 registrations have been receivedand will be judged at the event with amajor prize of $500.00 for the heaviestpumpkin with minor prizes awarded.

“Some of the pumpkins I have seen areenormous. However the weight for themajor prize of $500 is the key and wehave minor prizes and a novelty prize aswell,” said Jason Baguley, coordinator ofthe Murray River Giant PumpkinCompetition. “Although we have 70registrations which will be amazing to seeon display, we believe there are manypeople who are coming to the event andregistering on the day.”

Chi ld ren f rom the MannumKindergarten are just one of the entrantsentering in to the schools category of thecompetition.

Mary Langsford, principal of theMannum Kindergarten said, “The childrenhave been learning about how pumpkinsgrow from small seed, how to nurture andcare for the growing vine. They havewatched with great interest formation ofthe pumpkins, the work of bees topollinate the flowers and they check dailythe growth of our biggest pumpkin. Ourpumpkin is 42cms long and has acircumference of 78cms.”

Pumpkins have been grown all over thestate and are reaching amazingmeasurements. Kieran Myers aged 12 ofCadell featured with his giant pumpkinmeasures 196 centimetres or 6 foot 6inches in circumference. However, weightwill determine the winner on the day andthe prize of $500.00.

Home brew, wine and jam competitions,wine tastings, giant jumping castles for thechildren, food/craft stalls and bar facilitieswill also be available.

If you are looking for something to doon Easter Saturday, bring the family toCadell Easter Harvest Festival.

Kieran Myers tends his giant pumpkin


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Ageing in the Murraylandswith Millie

Psst, fellow Ageing Murraylanders, haveyou heard about the Aged Care facility

coming to the Sanctuary on Mannum site?I’ve been very curious about it for a longtime, and no-one I asked could tell memuch, so I decided to find out myself.

Here’s the shortened version of mysearch. I visited the developer’s office inLight Square (very enthusiastic salesman,but he didn’t deliver on his promises forinformation), sent emails hither and yon,phoned Aged Care information lines, andgot to the source.

Dr. P C Goel of Northfield, Director,Ananda & Kooluna Aged Care, answeredall my questions promptly.

He wrote:

• We are the sole owners of Ananda &Kooluna Aged Care and do not own anyother facilities

• It is a Federal Govt approved Resident HighCare facility

• The proposed building will be like AnandaAged Care at Hope Valley.

• Modern facility with single and doublerooms with ensuites

• There will be a Dementia specific unit• It has taken us nearly 2 years to get council

approval• We are in the tendering process and

hopefully the Aged Care facility will beready by Oct 2011.

All hostels and nursing homes aremonitored by the Federal Government’sAged Care Standards and AccreditationAgency. We mere mortals can access thereports of this Agency on individual homes,so I went to accreditation.org.au and the“Reports on Homes” to see how Anandaand Kooluna performed at their lastassessment. The reports run for 28 pages! Icould easily understand why aged care staffget rather uptight before and during theAssessment Team’s visit, as they prod andpry into everything, interview staff,residents, relatives, etc., etc.

Ananda Hope Valley Residential Carewas approved with full marks for threeyears until 11 October 2012. Kooluna (atSemaphore) had the same result.

A phone conversation with Dr Goelprovided some more details. He stated thathe is the chair of the SA branch of the AgedC a r e A s s n , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h eprivately-owned facilities which account for40% of the beds in South Australia. Hiscompany saw that the Riverland/Mannumarea was listed as an area of need andthence became part of the Sanctuarydevelopment.

Management of the Mannum nursing

home will be through the Director ofNursing and the CEO answering to a Boardof Management. Senior management stafffrom Adelaide will provide supervision.Members of the Board will be drawn fromexisting directors of the company, andadministrative staff, with no members of thepublic.

I don’t know where the nearest for-profitnursing home is, but this seems a step in anew direction for us oldies thinking wemight end up in residential care. Years ago,I knew of one for-profit home in Adelaidewhose fees were significantly higher thanothers.

So I still have a few questions:

• Will the fees at Mannum be higher than thelong-term beds in Mannum Hospital,Resthaven, or Lerwin in Murray Bridge?

• Will the Adelaide-based managementunderstand and be responsive to theparticular characteristics of a ruralcommunity?Mmmmmm…

MillieSillie Millie says: There’s always a lot to

be thankful for if you take time to look forit. For example, I’m sitting here thinkinghow nice it is that wrinkles don’t hurt.

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Change of Season Leaves turn to goldCooler eveningsMist settling in hollows at dusk.TV weather forecasters disappointmentThat fashionable heat has gone.No more girls in bikinis,Or speed boats powering through water.To entertain, they'll have to settle for long cold nights.Boost excitement on the black boxWith a few armed hold ups.Summer.The great aphrodisiac. Lynda Becker


Out Of This WorldAstronomer’s Corner

Out here in the country we get a chance toobserve a clear night sky, as opposed to city

viewing with higher levels of light and air pollution.Light pollution nearly always hinders the full effect of good

seeing conditions. Unshielded street lighting, advertising andbuilding lights reduce the view of the night sky to a few of thebrightest objects.

Anywhere near the horizon the haze from ‘urban heat’ andpollution can cloud an object, changing its colour andapparent size. Humidity can also ‘boil’ an image in the lens,even on clear nights.

Get to know your own back yard: locate the street lights,find the best view of the horizon, look for positions that avoidoverhanging obstacles, note when the local light pollution isa minimum. Having many viewing spots allows you tofinetune your location when conditions are adverse.

When Halley’s comet was around last time there werereports at certain times stating the tail was not easily seen.Picking time and place played a major roll in planning to getthe best view well in advance. The Astronomical Society ofSA gave out information six months before it was seen for anextended view. There were working star charts having thecomet permanently marked just for added historical relevance.

All of the information gathered about when and where to seean object could be misleading due to weather conditionswhere change happens so fast. The rise in humidity from 50to 75 per cent during the day means giving attention tocleaning the moisture and grit from the telescope lens beforeobservation begins.

The prime time for telescope failure is after long periods ofdisuse when dust and moisture can form a layer over themirror or lens. Care must be taken to remove the dust so asnot to scar the sensitive surface. Professional help may berequired.

Jupiter is a pre dawn object in Aquarius. Mars is in Cancer.Saturn is an evening object in Virgo with Venus inAries/Taurus.

Dave AllenMoon Phases

Last 1/4 New First 1/4 Full

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Mozzie Musings

When I was green andnew to Oz I was often

called an “American”. GuessI was in a way, being fromnorth of the Canadian borderwith the USA. We were allNorth Americans - as areMexicans, incidentally.Anyway, it led to lots ofexperience with the good oldAussie send up. Readingabout the Anofeel mozzies inlast month’s Mag, brought tomind my friend Col’swarnings on the samesubject.

Col was a master of the artand it was Col who firstwarned me about Aussiemozzies.

As I had migrated to NewSouth Wales it was thelegendary Hexham greymozzies Col warned me tobeware. It seems Col, whoworked for the council, hadbeen dropped off in bushlandjust outside Hexham with amate to do some clearingwork. Their ride home failedto appear and they spent thenight in the bush. Knowingthey were in the territory ofthe dreaded greys they soughtshelter in an abandoned watertank. They figured it was alucky find, being big enoughto hold them and their gear,and cheerfully crawledinside. After stuffing theopenings with bits of sparegear, they leaned back to

finish the contents of theEsky and prepare for a goodnight. Suddenly they both gota sharp stab in the back. Theyrealized to their dismay thatsticking through the tank wasthe proboscis of a Hexhamgrey. Not to be outdone heand his mate raided the toolkit and proceeded to hammereach proboscis over andflatten it against the tank.(Col enjoyed that word‘proboscis’- nothing likeshowing the Yank he had afew twenty dollar words inhis vocabulary). Thiscontinued for some time untilthe greys eventually gave upand the two bushies settledback to enjoy a good night’ssleep. They felt they wereonto a winner - until theywoke up next morning andfound they were in Darwin.

That’s the story as it wastold to me. I did have a fewdoubts as Col had alreadyadmitted to showing avisiting Texan around theshire and getting fed up withthe Texas tendency to extoland exaggerate all thingsTexan. So when the Texanjumped as a roo burst fromthe bush Col had asked“ D o n ’ t t h e y h a v egrasshoppers in Texas?”

I like to think I’m as Aussieas Col now but I’ll nevermatch his storytelling.

Vivian Garner


81 Randell Street, MANNUMPh: 8569 1003

Rear (L to R): Peter Girke, Danielle BakerZoe Tomkinson, Melissa Muster

Front: Rob Brown, Jim HavelbergEmail: [email protected]

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WOOLSHED Gallery3 Randell Street, Mannum

Fine Art and Selected Furniture

Open Weekends and Public Holidays11 am – 4 pm

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Mannum Creative Picture Framing & Gifts

Hugh range of giftsSomething for everyone

New stock arriving

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The Butter Factory40 Randell Street, Mannum SA 5238 Ph: 8569 1677

From The Lions’ DenYouth of the Year Competition

The Mannum Lionswere host to the

2009/10 Youth of the YearReg iona l F ina l onSaturday, March 13, at theM a n n u m F o o t b a l lClubrooms.

Five Year 12 studentsfrom the region competed,with Rachel Jeisman fromKeith winning the right toproceed to the DistrictFinal. Rachel faced strongcompetition from the otherfour contestants, JacobShearer (Hahndorf) ,Su-Sim Lim (Lobethal),Laura Johns (MurrayBridge) and KurtisShillabeer (Strathalbyn).

The most challengingmoments of the day werein the impromptu speeches

that tested the students’familiarity with currentaffairs and their ability tothink on their feet. Theywere required to give a twominute speech, with onlyseconds to prepare, oneach of two topics - one onthe legacy of pastgenerations and the otheron youth drinking.

Rachel’s win was a resultof a strong overallperformance in herin t e rv i ew, i n bo thimpromptu speeches and inher prepared speech.Rachel also won the PublicSpeaking Award for beingthe best speaker on theday.

David Dowley

Youth of the Year Competition(L to R): Laura Johns, Su-Sim Lim, Rachel Jeisman,

Jacob Shearer and Kurtis Shillabeer

“It usually takes more than threeweeks to prepare a goodimpromptu speech.”

Mark Twain

“Make sure you have finishedspeaking before your audience hasfinished listening.”

Dorothy Sarnoff

“Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books,and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.”

Gore VidalEvery speaker has a mouth;An arrangement rather neat.Sometimes it’s filled with wisdom.Sometimes it’s filled with feet.

Robert Orben


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Mannum Summer Netball Grand Final

It threatened to be a blowout, because the top team,

Mixed Nuts, had gonet h r o u g h t h e s e a s o nundefeated. But theiropponents, Mannum Magic,displayed some magic in theopening quarter, and thescores were tied at the firstbreak. It looked as though wewere in for a good, tightgame. But the class of theMixed Nuts began to show inthe second quarter, and theybegan to pull away, buildingup a commanding lead andachieving an emphaticvictory. The final scores were47 to 28, but the Magic werenot disgraced.

Even though the scoreswere not close, the spectatorswere treated to a good gameof netball. The silky skills ofthe athletic, experiencedgirls, and the running andjumping of the football-fitboys kept the lesser talentslike me constantly amazed attheir talents. It was a good

climax to the season.It was a little disappointing

that there were only fourteams in the competition,down from 8 the previoussummer. Although the teamsthat finished third and fourth(Mannumals and Dazed &Confused) did not win manygames, we all had fun andmaintained a modicum offitness to counter theC h r i s t m a s / N e w Y e a rgoodies. Perhaps the namesof these teams were propheticof the results, and next yearsome more positive namesmight be called for; forexample, “Mannum Highs”or “Mannum, Oi, Oi, Oi!”

So, congratulations to thepremiers, Mixed Nuts, and toKim (Magic), who waschosen as best player of thefinal. And a big thank you toSimon at the Leisure Centrefor organising and runningthe competition.

Carl Gross

Netball Premiers: Mixed Nuts

Simon with trophies Best Player in Final: Kim

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Palmer PlaygroupCome along and join in the fun!

Who: 0 – 5 year olds. Mums and dads welcome.Where: Palmer Primary School, Playgroup Shed.When: Each Monday (during school term).Time: 9:00am – 11:00am.Cost: $2 per family, plus a piece of fruit or healthy

food to share. Tea and coffee provided.Note: There is no membership fee.

We have a theme each week which is designed to encourage thechildren to develop their social, emotional and physical skills.

Contact: Jill 8569 4246 or 0417 888 778See you there!

A man, helping one of his cows give birth, noticed his 4-year-old son standingwide-eyed at the fence. The man thought, “Great. 4 years old and I’m gonna have to startexplaining the birds and bees. I’ll wait. If he asks I’ll answer.”

After it was over, the man walked over to his son.“Here it comes,” he thought.“Dad? How fast was that calf going when it hit that cow?”


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On My BookshelfAt Home – Pictures by Carl Larsson

Carl Larsson (1853-1919), one ofSweden’s best-loved artists,

found international acclaim andenormous popularity in his owncountry with his book At Home ( orEt Heim) which depicted, inwatercolour, his own house andfamily in the small village ofSundborn in the years between1894-99.

I discovered Larsson’s paintings inbooks many years ago and he hasbeen one of my favourite artists eversince. He was a prolific artist; hepainted in oils, did pen sketches,composed monumental frescoes, butabove all he was a master of the useof watercolour. The gentle andbeautiful paintings of his own wifeKarin and their children are to me themost appealing. In his paintings thesweet-faced Karin is forever young.

Karin was also a gifted artist butshe gave this up to raise their 7children and to work on theirbeautiful home. She made beautifullywoven and embroidered tapestries,carpets, draperies and cushions andis also believed to have designedsome of their furniture.

Carl was also a talented craftsman;he carved wood, made furniture,decorated doors, windows and wallswith paintings, designs and patterns.His ideas (and probably Karin’s also)influenced Swedish interior designconsiderably.

Eventually while travelling on a

coach tour of Scandinavia I realizedthat I was “within cooee” of hishouse, which has been preservedexactly as it was in the paintings, asa museum. I left the tour for a dayand our tour guide took me to catcha bus and explained to the driver(who spoke no English) where Iwanted to go. When we reached hisdestination he took me by the hand toanother bus and told the next driverto let me off at the railway stationwhere I could catch a taxi the shortdistance to Carl Larsson Garden.

When I arrived there were othertourists there but they were allSwedish so I was given an Englishspeaking guide for an individualtour. How lucky! The house lookedexactly as I had imagined and whenI entered I felt that I knew everyroom already, although to mysurprise the rooms were tiny.

The young Swedish guide told mesome interesting stories and pointedout some quaint features. Some oftheir furniture had been made by alocal furniture maker and he haddelivered it at night as he didn’t wantpeople to see the strange objects hehad been commissioned to make. Itall looks quite normal nowadays butmust have been unusual at the time.

Carl’s bedroom had a small interiorwindow so that he could get up in themorning, open the window and lookdown in to his studio and see what hehad painted the previous day.

One cupboard was painted with aninscription which I thought may havebeen a worthy quotation or a biblicaltext but the guide translated it assomething like “This is where CarlLarsson keeps his junk”!

I was enchanted with everything. Itis a day I will never forget. When Irejoined the tour that evening, aftercatching a taxi back to the stationand then a train ride to Stockholm, Itold the group about my day andshowed them the huge calendar I hadbought and also a book about thehouse. I don’t think any of them hadheard of him before. Some of themtold me that had they known aboutthe artist, they would have gone withme. However I did enjoy my littlesolitary adventure.

Since then I have collected morebooks, china cups and saucers, ametal tray, several biscuit tins, aplastic tray, lots of cards and otherbits and pieces with his illustrationson them. A Danish friend sends me aLarsson calendar every year. Sothere are reminders here and there inmy house, even in the loo wherethere is a picture of the back view ofone of his sons. His lovely roundedhead reminds me so much of my ownson’s.

Happy memories!Jo Kader


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Musical Crossovers – Part 1

Music today is widely varied and if wekeep our ears and our minds open

we can experience some wonderfulsounds. Our tolerance to new sounds andto crossovers has become much improved.Still we often express surprise and notalways delight when we hear of artistswho have straddled genres. Even within aparticular genre there can be intolerance toother sub-genres.

Jazz enthusiasts who favour NewOrleans or Traditional style are referred toas Mouldy Figs by other enthusiasts whoembrace Bebop, Mainstream, Free orwhatever is currently in vogue.

In just the same way there are thoseadmirers of Western classical music whofeel the baton was dropped after Bach orMozart or Beethoven and that composerssuch as Ravel or Stravinsky or Hindemithwere heretics who should be burned at themusic staff. It is a pity, for those with thatapproach miss so many wonderful artistsand composers. In no particular orderthese are some that are worthexperiencing.

Leonard Bernstein was for many yearsthe leader of the New York Philharmonicorchestra. He had a classical musical

education and wrote classical music. Healso wrote music for the Broadway stage;music which was made into film; musicwhich has been played by symphonyorchestras, string quartets, jazz ensembles;music sung by pop stars and opera divas.Bernstein wrote the music for ‘On theTown’ and ‘West Side Story’. He alsowrote another show named ‘Candide’which is well worth hearing if you canfind it. Shortly before his death in 1990 here-recorded ‘West Side Story’ with DameKiri Te Kanawa in the role of Maria.

Another artist to transcend boundaries isAndre Previn. He came from Germanyjust before the Second World War. Atabout fifteen years of age he was alreadyworking in the musical department ofMGM. By twenty his name was appearingin film credits as the musical director. Hearranged the music for the film version of‘Porgy and Bess’ for which he won anOscar. At the same time he was able toplay jazz piano and record his owncompositions such as ‘Like Young’ forwhich his wife of the time wrote thewords. Yet before he was forty Andre hadturned his back on all that and had becomethe conductor of the world famous

London Symphony Orchestra or LSO.Later he returned to the US and becameconductor of notable classical orchestrasthere. At the same time he began playingjazz again recording with guitarist JoePass and bassist Ray Brown. Andre has awonderful sense of humour and his book‘No Minor Chords’ is good reading.

Wynton Marsalis is a celebrated jazztrumpeter and an outstanding spokesmanfor his art. At the same time he hasrecorded several superb albums ofbaroque music which feature the trumpet.He has been described by Maurice Andreas “potentially the greatest (classical)trumpeter of all time.” Wynton has visitedthis state for an Adelaide Festival with ajazz orchestra from the New York LincolnCentre where he was Artistic Director.One of his recordings of baroque musicfeatures Wynton overdubbing to achievethe necessary sound. This was becauseother suitable trumpeters were unavailableat the time. The end sound is delightful,allowing us to hear little knowncompositions as they are meant to beheard.

Peter Weir


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Have a little faith : a true storyAuthor: Mitch AlbomSphere, 2009

Many of us will rememberthe TV program Tuesdays

with Morrie about a decade ago.The author, Mitch Albom, hasnow written another story,tracking the last years of a dyingman.

The book opens with the oldrabbi asking the author to do hiseulogy and ends eight years laterwith the eulogy he gave at therabbi’s funeral. But it is not amorbid or depressing book, eventhough you might shed a tear atthe end. It describes the livelyrelationship between rabbi andauthor during that time, becausethe author felt that he should getto know the rabbi if he was toeulogise him. The story focuseson the vibrant faith andendearing eccentricities of the

old New Jersey rabbi, and it isclear that the faith of thesemi-lapsed Jewish boy, theauthor, was challenged anddeepened in the process.

But the rabbi is not the onlymajor character in the story. Theother, a larger-than-life, blackChristian preacher, namedHenry, had turned his lifearound from involvement indrugs, alcohol, murder,degradation, to set up a churchfor the poor in downtownDetroit. The roof had a hole in itand no heating in the winter,Henry was dirt-poor, but heministered to a ‘congregation’ ofdrunks, addicts, outcasts,homeless. And, although he wasJewish, the author was drawn

into that communityb y t h e l o v eand faith he saw.

People of faith will betouched, encouraged andchallenged by the lives of therabbi and Henry. But thewisdom of the old rabbi and theselfless altruism of the preacherwill not fail to impress eventhose for whom God is anantiquated oxymoron, becausecompassion and respect forothers speak loud and clear in alllanguages and every religion.

The book is short enough toread through at one sitting (250small pages), but once I got intoit, I preferred to sip at it, a fewpages at a time. I found it trulyinspirational.

Carl Gross


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Are You a Diabetic?

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Giant Panda Poo

Organic compost made from thewaste of Adelaide Zoo’s Giant

Pandas Wang Wang and Funi is nowavailable.

‘Panda Poo and Friends’ isavailable in almost 200 outlets acrossSouth Australia, retailing at $8.95per 25-litre bag. The premiumcompost is a combination of Pandaand other manures from the Zoo.

Famous for its fragrant aroma andundigested appearance, Panda Poo ishigh in micro-organisms, making it agreat all-round soil enricher.

“The benefit of using ‘Panda Pooand Friends’ is that you get acombination of manures, therebyincreasing the organic nutrientcontent,” said Mr Lugg, Zoos SAcurator of Horticulture.

“The importance of organic matterfor good gardening cannot beoverstated. Good soil structuremeans the soil will both hold andreadily release water and food toplant roots.”

Zoos SA CEO Chris Westacknowledged that many people

would find the idea of selling pandapoo slightly humorous.

‘Panda Poo and Friends’ wasunveiled by 11-year-old studentJordan Steed, who won a nationalall-ages competition to design theartwork for the front of the bag.

Part proceeds will go towardssupporting international Giant Pandabreeding programs and growingspecial bamboo varieties to feedWang Wang and Funi.

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2010 Courses

Courses and classes will continue in 2010, and are as alwaysopen to all members of our community.

Getting the Most out of yourComputer

Wednesday Night ClassStarting on February 3rd

6:00pm - 9:00pm, 10 weeksStarting Out on Your Computer

Tuesday 2nd February6:00pm - 9:00pm, 5 weeks

Cooking with AngieThursday 8th April6:00pm - 9:00pm, 5 weeksMannum Community College

Sewing GroupThursdayStarting on April 19th

1:00pm - 3:30pm, ongoingMYOB

Monday EveningsSeeking interest now6:00pm - 9:00pm, 10 weeks

Various Craft WorkshopsThursday Afternoons1:00pm - 3:30pm, ongoingSeeking interest now

Registration is essential to avoid disappointment.When the forecast temperature is 30 or over the weekly Monday

Art Class with Evelyn (12:00pm - 3:00pm) will convene at theMannum Community Club River Bar.

Belly Dancing, Mannum Community Club, 5:00pm - 6:00pm.Other courses available are Getting the Most Out of the Internet,

Digital Story Telling and Adult Literacy and Numeracy.Call MMCSS 8569 2129 for more details.

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A woman in labour started shouting, “Didn’t! Can’t! Couldn’t! Wouldn’t!Shouldn’t!”, and the midwife just nodded happily and said, “It looks as if she’shaving lots of strong contractions.

“A midwife should have a lady’s hands, a hawk’s eyes and a lion’s heart.”Aristotle

Memories of MannumLenore Wedding: Easter at Walker Flat

Between 1987 and 2004, Lenore and her late husband Maxwere lucky enough to live at Walker Flat before they moved toMannum. They were both born in Loxton and indeed, Lenore,whose maiden name is Loxton, is a descendant of the pioneeringfamily who gave the town its name. Sadly, Max died just over 2years ago. Lenore enjoys activities with the Red Hat Society, hergarden, and the companionship of her neighbours, as well as ofBoz, her daughter’s friendly little dog, who probably loves hisholidays with her very much.

As my maiden name isLoxton, the river is a big

part of my life.While living at Walker Flat

for 15 years we had thepleasure of working for the SABrewery, before Lion Nathantook over.

SA Brewery had a holidaycamp there called Sab-Aruma.There were 8 cottages, arec-room, tennis court,swimming pool and a caravanpark. Two families lived onthe site at all times. WhenBrewery employees with theirfamilies stayed there they onlypaid $18 for the weekend, forthe whole family! Think whatit would cost today!

At Easter, we had the besttime; with the Easter Bunnygoing around the Park on amotor bike giving Easter eggsto all the children. The

morning started early at 6o’clock, with children runningthrough the park calling out tohim.

In the early years he wore anold brown bunny costume thatthe mice probably ate. Lateron, he wore a new fancy EasterBunny costume which wasbright lolly-pop pink, and hewas quite cuddly. He used tothrow the little chocolate eggsto the children and there wouldbe eggs all over the lawns.After that, he would disappeardown the river in a speed boat,giving eggs to all of thecampers along the river bank.

What Easters they were!If only it was still like that,

and our river was as it wasthen.

Lenore Wedding

Tirra Lirra Book GroupMidwivesAuthor: Chris BohjalianVintage, 1998

Midwives is a novel set inrural Vermont, USA, in

the early 1980s and toldthrough the eyes of Connie,recalling the trauma in herlife at the age of fourteen.

Her mother, a Midwife, lostone of her patients duringchild birth, but saved thebaby. Suspicions were raisedby the apprentice midwife. Atrial followed. Was themother dead when acaesarean section wasperformed or did theprocedure actually take herlife? Should the Midwife beconvicted of involuntarymanslaughter or will the juryfind her innocent? What ofthe father who was present

and indeed fetched the knifefor the birth?

Connie’s parents allow herto sit through the trial, andher experience of how boththe medical and legalprofessions respond totragedy leads her into asurprising choice of career.

Many issues were raised,and our group had aparticularly lively andinteresting discussion onhomebirths. Overall thegroup found Midwives worthreading, fast-moving andengaging, and wouldrecommend it.

What a surprise to find theauthor is male!

Cheryl Temme


Murraylands Regional Tourist Association

The ABC Country Hour was inMannum on Friday 5th March 2010

to interview State winners of theRevive and Thrive, the MurraylandsRegional Tourist Association Inc. andto announce the national winners.

Chairperson Jen Whitehorn andChair of Promotions KirstyMacGregor were interviewed duringthe live program, broadcast from oneof the famous Rotundas in the MaryAnn Reserve at Mannum.

Our congratulation go to theTownship of Theodore in Qld theNational winners and the other statesin the running. It is hard to be upset ordisappointed when you have alreadywon $10,000.

Our thanks to The ABC and FRRR.The Country hour team did a full

broadcast complete with news andweather. It was fascinating to watchtechnology working, with some scarymoments just before live crosses whereit almost didn’t. Interviews wereconducted on the water by ShaneStrudwick from Discover Murray. Hespoke to Annabell about the River andthe Canoe Trail from canoes (suppliedby Breeze Hire) on the River.

Back on dry land before cruising,Jester Cruise’s Captain Helen Griffithsand the Captain of the Murray Princessspoke about Mannum and the River ingeneral.

So what’s next?Back into planning and producing

trails and a celebration. This is the firsttime in 29 years that we have garnered

this amount of money for theAssociation and the Region. It will beused to build solid foundations for themany projects we currently have in theresearch phase. It will be used as astepping stone to keep creating ourtrails for river, road, and cycle, leadingthroughout the river communities, andinto the Mallee and beyond.

Remember, it is important to taketime out and be a visitor in your ownback yard.

A recent R and D trip on the Rivershowed us how great the towns, thepeople and the river are.

Always keep planning, ask yourselfwhat can I do that’s different but addsto the experience offered?

MRTA


Contacting Mannum PoliceUrgent emergency assistance

call 000. For police attendancecall 131 444.

If you need to contact us forother matters either visit thestation or call 8569 2211.

This may be answered by theMurray Bridge station. Theywill contact us by radio andthen we will contact you.

Your police are available 24hours a day.

Emergency 000Police attendance 131 444Mannum Station 8569 2211

Mannum Regional Skate Park

After much controversy anddeputations to Mid-MurrayCouncil, Council voted at the

February meeting to locate the SkatePark at the town oval.

The location selected is by thecricket nets, between the nets and theequestrian area along North Terrace.The area allocated is approx 25m ×25m, which is approximately 500square metres. This was met withmixed feelings by many but thedesperation of those involved formany years in the battle for a SkatePark has led to an acceptance of thisdecision to place the park in alocation previously consideredunsuitable.

Shane Thompson has beenappointed by the Council as Managerof Community Development. Whenhe was with Murray Bridge Councilhe was instrumental in establishingtheir Skate Park and will be involvedwith our Skate Park project.Engineering consultant Stan Robbhas been employed by Council todevelop a concept plan for Park.Federal Government funding of$159,000 is allocated to building thispark by Dec 31st this year.

At the Leisure Centre on Monday22nd March, Stan Robb met thirtythree people, including ShaneThompson, members of the SkatePark Committee and other interestedpeople, to plan the design of theSkate Park. The elements youngpeople want were listed and collated

into level of priority.Top 5 ‘Must Have’ Elements• 2 bowls. 1 Tall bowl approximately 2.7m

linked with a smaller bowl 1.2m (for smallerchildren).

• Spine• Banks• ¼ pipe• Fun BoxOther Elements Listed• Ledges• Upsie Rail• Stairs• Waterfall• ½ pipeConsideration must be given to

how elements fit together. Many ofthe ‘other’ elements will be includedin linking the ‘must have’ elements;e.g. waterfall and ledges willautomatically go to different heights.How many banks will depend onhow they can be placed and theneeds of different users (BMX,skaters, scooters). The Skate Parkwill be half above ground level andhalf below.

For competitions there are no setstandards, rather the park mustcontain the right elements.

Other factors to consider:Texture: Rough and smooth, to getdifferent feel, like a footpath.Lighting: A timer to turn off at acertain time in consideration ofnearby residents.Landscaping: Comply with CrimePrevention Through EnvironmentalDesign guidelines.Water drainage: Appropriate measuresneeded.

Access: For all, including disabled.Some good disabled skaters sit ontheir boards. How do they andyounger people get on to the park?User Age: To attract olderprofessional riders and competitionsthere need to be elements for them.Also need elements for youngerusersSunset: Most skating needs to beNorth - South to avoid riding withsun in the eyes.

From here the challenge is to try tobring all these together and includemore elements for Skaters. As theelements listed are mostly forBMXers, other elements will have tobe brought into the plan.

We now know the core plan and weshould get this with the fundingavailable.

Next steps:• Develop design plan then preliminary

costings (Approx 2 wks)• To Council to approve plan and Skate Park

Committee• Public Consultation• Development Application (1 to 3 months)• Construction• Completed by end of the year.While some scepticism prevails

from those who have been in asimilar position before, expecting aSkate Park by September 2009, thegeneral mood is positive and that weare close to achieving the dreamwe’ve been working towards for over10 years!

Joy MarksSkate Park Committee

Mannum Hotel Social Club

On Saturday 20th Marchwe held our “B” party at

Beachy’s and it was a greatsuccess. Everyone lookedgreat - there were babies,bees, belly dancers, brainsurgeons, beauty queens andthe list goes on. However, itwas a unanimous decision forthe best dressed prize;congratulations Rossy! Roswent all out as a meanlooking bikie and, thanks tosome facial hair andstrategically placed strapping,she was unrecognisable.

Coming up on the SocialClub Calendar we have ourEaster raffles, which willinclude an esky filled withgoodies and some rabbits.Reminder that the draws willbe held on the Thursdaynight (instead of Friday) forEaster weekend. We alsohave our Mystery BusTrip/Pub Crawl scheduled forJune 26th. If it’s anything likelast year, Social ClubMembers won’t want to missit. Tip for new members

(coming from experience) -watch out for the peg!

Did you know that… theMannum Hotel Social Clubhas a marquee and trestletables for hire? For just $65(plus $35 bond) and $5 pertrestle table you can hirethese from the Social Club.Enquire at the MannumHotel.

Hope to see you atBeachy’s!

Kim Smithson, Vice PresidentMannum Hotel Social Club


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Competition Pumpkins Stolen

The Murray River Giant Pumpkincompetition has prompted thefts in the

Riverland of prized giant pumpkins ready forjudging.

Two giant pumpkins, ready and waiting tobe entered in the Murray River GiantPumpkin Competition at the Cadell EasterHarvest Festival on Easter Saturday werestolen last week.

A giant pumpkin weighing over 100 kgwas stolen from a property in Monash in theearly hours of the morning on Saturday 20th

March. Fruit grower, Neville Gillesinspected his pumpkins at 6:00 am anddiscovered the cut runner still dripping fromhis prized competition entry.

“I am very upset and have placed a lot of

hours of over the past 4 months to get thepumpkin to that size. I even imported seedsfrom America and it took 3 months to getthem through customs. It certainly was thebiggest and best of the pumpkins I havegrown for the Cadell competition”, saidNeville.

As an experienced giant pumpkin grower,Neville believes his weight estimation iscorrect and is extremely disappointed withthe loss of a potential winner in the heaviestpumpkin category at the Cadell EasterHarvest Festival.

Neville added, “My next door neighbourhad his sprinklers stolen a few weeks agoand placed a sign on his property that hewanted them back and amazingly, his

s p r i n k l e r s w e r ereturned. I have nowplaced a sign on myproperty ‘Can I havemy pumpkin backplease because I needit!!’ in the hope mypumpkin will bereturned.”

Loxton high schoolstudents came toschool on Monday todiscover their prizedgiant pumpkin had

a l s o b e e n s t o l e n . A gT e a c h e r , S a n d yLoffler was telephoned by the schoolgroundsman on Saturday 20th March toascertain whether the pumpkin had beenmoved as it was missing. No-one at theschool had moved the pumpkin.

Sandy Loffler said, “Students wereenjoying the project and watching it grow tothe enormous size it was reaching. We aredevastated that someone could do such athing with all the hard work the students didnurturing the pumpkin. As teachers we couldnot believe the excitement it caused amongstthe students with comments such as, ‘It’smassive - what a tank!’ and now to lose itwith the competition only a week away isextremely disappointing.”

“The stolen pumpkin was our best out ofthree, with one rotting and the other verysmall. The pumpkin was too big to move byhand and it would have needed a pallet toshift it on,” Sandy added.

Security was tightened with some growersnot wishing to be named, to ensure theirprized pumpkins arrive safely on the day andthey have their chance of winning theattractive $500.00 cash prized donated byMGA Insurance Brokers.

Neville Gilles and his now missing pumpkin

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The American Songbook – Part 3

The change which came to theAmerican musical theatre and

eventually film was the integration ofthe music with a contiguous story lineoften taken from well known novels.Although Rodgers and Hammerstein IIwere credited with the breakthroughthere had been some earlier attempts.

George Gershwin with brother Ira andDubose Heyward made a left turn, if youlike, with Porgy and Bess. Argumentcontinues as to whether it is an opera, afolk opera or what. It doesn’t reallymatter, it was a musical which told astory and not just a vehicle for themusic. Jerome Kern with OscarHammerstein II also was a path breakerwith the dramatisation of Edna Ferber’s“Showboat”. And Rogers and Hart alsopaved the way with their musicalinterpretation of John O’Hara’s “PalJoey”, which was unsuccessful at thebox office initially, because the criticsfelt it was not sufficiently escapist, thatit was too real.

The big break through came with“Oklahoma”. With that, Rodgers andHammerstein II were on a roll. “SouthPacific” and “Carousel” followed.Others began to take notice. FrankLoesser produced “Guys and Dolls”from the works of Damon Runyon.

Lerner and Loewe produced“Brigadoon”. Even Irving Berlin wroteshows with a story such as “Annie GetYour Gun” and “Call Me Madame”.

The Hollywood machine becameaware of the phenomenon and began tomake films of the stage productions.Often they tinkered with successproducing less credible pieces. Theyalso didn’t use the established Broadwaystars. They wanted the bankable appealof Hollywood stars even if they couldn’tsing. So “Guys and Dolls” had MarlonBrando and Jean Simmons in thestarring roles. Sinatra was there and sowas Vivian Blain but the two principalswere not musical stars.

Probably the ignoring of JulieAndrews for the role of Eliza Doolittlein “My Fair Lady” was the most glaringexample of the Hollywood blindness totalent in the pursuit of the dollar.

Again technology aided the growthand recognition of the Americansongbook on the world stage.Microgroove recording techniquesallowed the entire musical score fromthese emerging shows to be placed on asingle unbreakable record.

The hits and the shows rolled on. Inthe eighties and nineties some of the

shows came from overseas writers;shows such as “Cats” and “Phantom ofthe Opera”. Some of the shows, it couldbe argued, turned back the hands oftime; they had very little story line, evenif the music was enjoyable. “Hair” couldbe said to be such a show.

What makes a song or tune part of theAmerican songbook?

The fact that it is instantlyrecognisable; that it has been recordedby a number of recognised artists; givendifferent musical interpretations fromjazz to classical and has survived changeand time.

In one sense the Songbook has beenvery fortunate. It has coincided with theexpansion of ways and means of makingpermanent the music and allowing it toreach an international audience. Howmuch local music has been lost in thepast? A small part has become folkmusic but much sung before the peopleand the lords and ladies has been lost.

For all that, the music of the Americansongbook has brought pleasure to aninternational audience of many millions.It continues to do so into the twenty firstcentury.

Peter Weir, Jazz PresenterBarossa Community Radio

Mannum Day CentreMannum Day Centre is open from Mondays to Fridays except Public Holidays. The Day Centre is available for hire by community groups for a small donation.

Please ring on 8569 0219 for more information.WEEKLY

Monday 9:30am Knitting Group. Bring your craft along and join in!Tea/coffee provided. For $6, stay for a cooked lunch.

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centre based activities including a cooked lunch. Outingsare held on a regular basis. Costs may vary on these days.

3rd Wednesday 10:00am Women’s Health and Information Group.3rd Wednesday 1:30-3pm Card Afternoon. Bring your cards and participate in a

friendly relaxed game of 500, Canasta, Bridge, Whist (thechoice is yours!). Cost $2 (includes afternoon tea.)

4th Wed 6:30-9:30pm Men’s Discussion Group. F Ralph on 8569 1264.

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Teeth for life

An Australian AdventureVivian Garner

(... and on to Brisbane.)

Iam never in more danger ofbeing a gay divorcee than

when getting our littleexped i t ion underway .Somehow there is always onesuitcase that just won’t fit.We pack the trailer the nightbefore but every morningpiles of forgotten necessitiesseem to come out of thewoodwork. We finally do getthe trailer tarped down,bulges and humps stickingout in all directions - theuntidy hodge-podge alwaysadds to my neat-nick mate’sdisgust. We are invariably anhour behind schedule at thispoint. Then we have towrestle the ungainly thingover to the car - there neverseems room to park themtogether. I try to help but Ialways seem to push when Ishould pull. This morning we

had to load on a hill. It gotaway and almost smashedinto the car.

I just had my first look atBrisbane - 600,000 peoplespread over the largest cityarea in Australia, a gloriousprofusion of tropical greeneryand vivid blooms on rollinghills overlooking a bay.There is a greater tendency toelevated housing here than inNSW partly to let the coolbreezes blow through insummer, partly to be abovethe seasonal floods, I think.

I’m navigator and I take itseriously - we had 3 maps toget us to Brisbane and onlymanaged to get lost twice.

June 9th, 1974 - SundayAfter Werris Creek and

Tamworth, Brisbane seemedas bustling as Sydney. Jeffhad told us that Brisbane wasjust a country town. Of

course his experience withour faltering Falcon mayhave temporarily soured hisoutlook. It had coughed itsway through almost 200dollars worth of repairs theweek we left Werris Creek.The only thing it would dofor sure was start - how faryou got after that wasanyone’s guess. It hadreplaced or repaired bits andpieces scattered liberallythroughout. The seven of usplus luggage did exceed themanufacturer’s expectationsso its reluctance to go wasunderstandable. We hadoutwitted it at every otherturn so now it refused to start.But man won over machine.We parked it only facingdownhill which made forsome long walks but easypushing.

To be continued

Welcome To The Hall.That’s a good start to

the day, don’t you think?It’s nice to see new faces

coming through the door,people from all walks of life,some in greater need thanothers wanting to share theirlife or just a cuppa. That’swhat “The Hall” in Mannumis for!

We want to see you or yourfriends making new friendsor reading the resources wehave here to help you througha particular part in your lifethat you’re not coping with.

“The Hall” has beenoperating now for three and abit years, yet there are peoplein the district who still don’tknow we are here. Take astep in the right directionnext week, come in and getthe new April Calender andsee the exciting andinteresting things we aredoing - and make a newfriend.

See you soon.Annette, A Volunteer

Church BulletinsThese sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services.

• Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double door at the side entrance.• Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 pm. Please use the back door.• The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.


Youth Advisory CommitteeWhat is a YAC?YACs are groups of young

people aged 12-25 years whowork in partnership with LocalCouncils to provide advice ondecisions that affect their lives.

YACs also plan activities andprojects that encourage youngpeople to actively engage intheir local community.

What is involved in the YAC?The YAC will meet on a

regular basis (up to 10 times peryear) to have a say and improvethe opportunities for youth in theMid Murray Council area. Thetime of the meetings will bedecided by the YAC and couldpossibly be during school orafter school. Free food and softdrinks are usually part of thedeal!

Where will the meetings be?Again, this will be driven by

the youth who want to make adifference to their community. Itis hoped that YACs may beformed in different parts of theMid Murray region dependingon the interest from youth.

Why join a YAC?The YAC will provide a youth

voice to the Mid MurrayCouncil. As a member you willhelp shape the community you

live in for other youth. The YACwill decide what it does, but itmay include things like runningevents, speaking out aboutthings that affect youth,lobbying for Council support onissues, transport to get to eventsin other places, training to helpwith getting a job and muchmore. It is about YOU helpingmake your community moreyouth friendly!

How do you join a YAC?A registration form is available

from Council, your school or bycontacting Shane Thompson.The form and more informationis also available on the Councilwebsite Youth page under theC o u n c i l S e r v i c e s m e n u :www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au

A meeting will be held after anumber of registration formshave been received.

What will Council do to help?Mid Murray Council, with the

support of the Office for Youth,will provide a youth worker andfunding to make it happen. Theyouth worker will engage andempower the members of theYAC to be part of the solution toyouth needs in the community!

Mannum YouthYouth Advisory Committee

Have a YAC’ with the Mid Murray Council

Community Development Manager

Mid Murray Council has recently appointed Shane Thompson to the position of Manager, Community Development.In that role, Shane will be working on a range of projects and areas involving the community.

Shane Thompson has a particular interest in youth affairs and is keen to establish a local Youth Advisory Committee.You can contact Shane via

Telephone: 8569 0100, Mobile: 0457 845 999 or Email: [email protected] discuss youth or other community development needs, challenges, issues or opportunities.

National Youth WeekThe YAC is currently planning a ‘National Youth Week’ event!

Where: Arnold Reserve MannumWhen: Tuesday April 13th

Time 2.30 pm - 5.30 pmCost: FreeWhat: 3 dynamic elements of the Hip Hop Culture

combined together to make a great performance.BMX/Skateboard PerformanceThis show is for the

BMX/Skate lovers. It includesan inline skater, a BMX riderand a Skateboarder. Basicallythey set up 4 big ramps, two oneach end of the space and two inthe middle. The Riders/Skatersdo backflips, spins and big tricksover the middle ramps.

Breakdance and Human BeatboxPerformance

With Breakdancers , aBeatboxer and a Freestyle MC.Starting with the Beatboxer whowill provide the beats while thefreestyler accepts topics fromthe crowd to make up afreestyle; then a 10 minutebreakdance show with 3 of thebest in the state; then theBeatboxer and Freestyle MCagain for 15mins, followed bythe second Breakdance set.These 3 dynamic elements of theHip Hop Culture combinetogether make a great

performance.DJ SimoLocal DJ Simo will blast out

some tunes to keep the crowd arockin’.

Have a go!Council is in the process of

finalising suitable insurance toallow youth to have a go on theskate ramps that will be set upfor the performance. Riders willneed to wear appropriate safetyequipment including a helmet toparticipate . (Subject toinsurance.)

This FREE event will besupervised and drug and alcoholfree.

The event has been madepossible by the generous supportof the South Australian Officefor Youth, National Youth Weekand the Mid Murray Council.

Youth Survey – Win an iPodIn order to better understand and therefore meet the needs of youth in the

Mid Murray area we are conducting a youth survey called ‘Word Up’.The survey for youth aged 12-25 will be easy to complete online in about

5-10 minutes or you can request a printed copy from Shane Thompson.The online survey is at the address below. There is also a link from the

Council website.www.surveymonkey.com/s/MidMurrayYouthSurvey

By simply filling out the survey young people can go in the draw to win aniPod Touch worth around $270, but you can only enter once.

The survey will be confidential and no young person will be identified bytheir answers.

The results of the survey will help Council direct resources includingfunding and attract grants to support the needs and aspiration of the youthin our community.

Skate ParkThe skate park project is heading in a positive direction with

young users of the proposed facility having their say in the design.Whilst there is still a process to go through every effort is being

made to have the skate park built by the end of December to meetwith the funding partners deadlines.

Want to know more about any of the above?Contact Shane Thompson.

Telephone: 8569 0100, Mobile: 0457 845 999 orEmail: [email protected]


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We still call Australia home

What does “home” mean to you?Artist-in-residence for the

Murray Bridge ‘Ripples’ Year ofCulture, Craig Walsh, put thatquestion to a dozen local peoplefrom a range of ethnic backgrounds,while he recorded their answers onvideo.

The responses were as diverse astheir cultures. This made me thinkhow lucky we are to be living inAustralia, where “home” is safe andcomfortable for most of us. Max hasjust reviewed and edited the storiesof four torture victims from Bhutan’sbeautiful, ethnically-divided country,ruled by an absolute monarchy. Afterhe read me one of their stories onbedtime, we both had disturbeddreams for the night.

Two weeks ago we both performedas guests at another Ripples event,the Murray Bridge Friendship Forcedinner which celebrated WorldFriendship Day. We enjoyed food

from across six continents andentertainment by the NgarrindjeriWomen’s Choir, singing hymns intheir re-learnt language, localTurkish dancers shimmying acrossthe stage as their visiting Melbournecompatriots played traditionalinstruments, our Chinese-Australianfriend talking about the history of theSilk Road and a Bhutanese dancerentreating her lover to return homesafely.

A week later we joined severalthousand people on the eighthfairway of Murray Bridge GolfCourse and listened to popularclassics played by the AdelaideSymphony Orchestra, with itsthrilling violin soloist NataukoYoshimoto.

Local artists and woodturners willsoon begin to design and carvemooring bollards for Sturt Reserve,where Craig’s nocturnal riverdinosaurs glide and seek out

European Carp under the wharf’smagical projection lights.

There will be a smorgasbord ofexperiences to enjoy throughout2010. Call in soon to the Ripplesoffice located in former Toogood’sShoe Store, opposite a refurbishedMurray Bridge Town Hall, andexplore the menu!

ExploringNaked she lay on the soft wool blanket,

sun kissing her in a dappled dance, asoutside Spring pulsed and spun newgrowth upon the wattle tree. She giggled,rolled, then rocked back. Her tiny perfectfingers curled around her ears, thenstraightened to explore a strand of downyhair. She rolled again. To her surprise,this time it worked. She was on hertummy, but off the blanket. The floor wascold. She stiffened and drew in breath. Apause, then a squeal - of displeasure ordelight I could not tell. I picked her up.She smiled.

Jacqui Merckenschlager

Mannum RSL

The next meeting will be held on Thursday 15th April2010 at 1100hrs in the River Bar at the Mannum

Community Club.Anzac Day is on Sunday 25th April 2010. The Dawn

Service will be held at the Monument starting at 0555hrs.If you wish to place a wreath you may do so.

After the service we will retire to the River Bar at theMannum Community Club for a sausage sizzle breakfast.

T shirts are available if you wish to purchase one ortwo.

See you all at the Anzac Day service.The Badge


† Choristers Corner †Franz Joseph Haydn, Father of the Sonata. Part 3

Despite or because of thetragedy of his personal

circumstances, the 30 yearsf o l l o w i n g H a y d n ’ sunfortunate marriage werehis most productive. Hisprol i f ic composi t ionsrevealed no trace ofbitterness or emotionalturmoil. There was humourand comedy in manycompositions, such as in hisfamous ‘Surprise’ symphonyin which well fed andsoporific concert goers werejolted back to consciousnessby loud percuss ion!Tympani, as was mentionedpreviously, featured stronglyin his works. ‘The DrumR o l l ’ a n d ‘ C l o c k ’symphonies are goodexamples of Haydn’screative use of percussion.

When he eventuallytravelled abroad at 60 yearsof age, there was muchexcitement in Englishmusical circles. Haydn’sfame had preceded him, andLondon especially was readyfor the famous composer.Oxford bestowed anHonorary Doctorate ofMusic on him, and hecompleted his famousSalomon Symphonies, sonamed for his British patron.He must have felt so prouddressed in splendid cherryand c ream co louredacademic robes, conducting

the orchestra from hiskeyboard.

George Frederich Handelwas composing his popularoratorios in England at thattime, and the public adoredthem. Haydn decided to tryhis hand at this musical formtoo, when in advanced agehe wrote ‘The Creation’. Inmany respects, it reflects thesimple pious devotion of anold man, although someregard this charming simplework as naive.

King George III wasact ively involved inEngland’s musical scene, aswas the then Prince of Wales(who was to become KingGeorge IV) who played thevioloncello. Haydn heardand so much admired theEnglish national anthem,‘God Save The King’, thathe decided to compose asimilar one after he returnedto Europe. Its primary sourcewas an old Croatian folktune which he rearranged tosound more grand. Nowcommonly called ‘Austria’or the ‘Austrian Emperor’sHymn’.

Napoleon was occupyingAustria in 1809, and Haydnwas dying. He was weak andheartbroken, but had himselfcarried to his piano, andreverently played that Hymn,then died a few days later.

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This poem and “Last Of The Nomads” by MaxMerckenschlager was published in the Summer - 2008Prosopisia (an international journal of poetry and creativewriting).

Other Australian contributors include John Kinsella andPhillip Mead, and Les Murray is on the editorial board.

Editor

BROWN BEACH, KANGAROO ISLAND

The penguins came last night.Above the squallI heard them callas into bush they barrelled homebeyond our arc of light.

And now before the dawnthey call againfrom every denlike shift-workers, arousing friendsto retrace pathways worn

by centuries of feetin endless questto seek and wrestthrough beach rock crumbling into sandwhich paves their ancient beat.

Down into restless seastheir bodies lungeand deftly plunge.They’ll work the unforgiving depthsof liquid factories.

They’re programmed to report.No sick-leave daynor double-pay.They’ll toil un-thanked for familiesand salt no fish they’ve caught.

I ponder on their fatewhen aged and bentwhen strength is spentwithout our social safety netprovided by the state.

Reality is stark.Perhaps they’ll becast from the seato starve ashore or else, in turnbe taken by a shark.

Max Merckenschlager


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Fees apply for the above services

For more information about any of these servicesPlease phone Coralie on 8569 0240

Monday to FridayBetween 8:30am to 4:30pm

OrPick up a handbook which outlays the fees and services

available from the Hospital,Medical Centre or Dom Care Office

Night Bowls CompetitionSponsored by The Family of Lester Howie and Company

On Thursday 4th March, the final night of the competitionwas held at the Mannum Bowling Club. Twenty teams

participated in the second of the six week series.During the competition many new bowlers have tried their

hand at bowling and most have found the game to be moredifficult than they first expected. After a few ends most playerswere able to adjust to the length of the end and then it was amatter of trying to find the right line. This certainly added tothe fun and enjoyment of the evening and players were morethan willing to help one another.

Bowlers have found the synthetic surface to be great fornight bowls. The surface runs very well and does not slowdown as the night cools off. It does tend to get a little faster.The atmosphere during the evening has been very relaxingwith a music background being thrown in to help in this area.

Competition was keen amongst the sides and they kept theireye on the scores each week. Some of the new teams enjoyedearly success and proved to be difficult to beat, as they soonfound good touch and handled the bowls very well.

Players looked forward to the BBQ sausages and hot dogs

after the first game and they enjoyed the excellent supperprovided on the final night prior to the presentation of prizes.

Weekly ResultsWeek 1 PK’s Mob 50Week 2 Reichstein Racing 54Week 3 Predators 52Week 4 Young Lions 53Week 5 Huddos Boys 53Week 6 Peasants 52

Final ResultReichstein Racing was the overall winner with a total of 306 points,

followed by Bundy Bears on 262 and Young Lions on 244 edging outThe Mackas on 226.

President Graham Leathers presented the prizes provided bysponsor ‘The Family of Lester Howie and Company’ to theoverall winners and runners-up of the series. Nigel Reichsteinthanked the club and sponsors for putting on the series andstated he was looking forward to the next season.

Jack Pitcher

Reichstein Racing: Adele Wagenknecht, David Schache, Clint Mason and NigelReichstein

Bundy Bears: Emma & Hamish Eichler, Scott Eichler, Malcolm Bormann and BradSchmidt

An Easter MessageTo gain God’s pardon for man’s sinsChrist paid the highest price!Each Easter we commemorateThe Saviour’s sacrifice!Once, Jesus said, “If you love me,Keep my commandments, too”!His words are as applicable today –For me and you!The Lord’s two chief commandments are –“Love God! Love your neighbour!”So heed His words and do his will –You’ll gain the Saviour’s favour!He’s seated, now, at God’s right hand –The source of might and power –So pray to Him to guide you right;And guard you every hour!

Rita Gade


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2010 Community CalendarAPRIL

Old Mannum DisplayArnold Gallery.Photos and Memorabilia.Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm. Sat-Sun: 10am-4pm. Until further notice.Free to Mannum Residents.Contact: Jenny CallenderPhone 8569 2733.

PS Marion Short CruisesEaster WeekendSaturday 3rd and Sunday 4th

11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm.Adult $15, Child $7.50Cadell Easter Harvest Festival

Cadell, follow scarecrow guides.Saturday 3rd, 3:00pm – 8:00pm.Entry $3.00; under 16 free.

Giant Pumpkins cockroachracing, food & craft stalls, etc.

Easter Trash & TreasurePurnong Hall, Purnong.Saturday 3rd, 9:00am.Contact: Maureen Barber 85704309.

Market/Trash ’n TreasureMannum ShowgroundsSunday 4th, 9:00am – 2:00pmFree admission. Sites availableContact: Irene LovellPhone: 8569 2541

National Youth WeekArnold Reserve, MannumTuesday 13th, 2:30pm – 5:30pmFree admission.Contact: Shane Thompson

8569 0100, 0457 845 999 [email protected] page 22.

Anzac Day ServiceMemorial MonumentSunday 25th, 5:55amFollowed by Sausage Sizzle.

MAYOld Mannum Display

Arnold Gallery.Photos and Memorabilia.Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm. Sat-Sun: 10am-4pm. Until further notice.Free to Mannum Residents.Contact: Jenny Callender,Phone 8569 2733.

Crystal & Craft Fair

Collier Park, Palmer.Saturday 1st, Sunday 2nd

Free entry.All day and evening events.Contact: Kym 8569 2262 Market/Trash ’n TreasureMannum ShowgroundsSunday 2nd, 9:00am – 2:00pmFree admission. Sites available.Contact: Irene LovellPhone 8569 2541

Powerlifting ChampionshipsMannum Leisure Centre.Australian Masters & JuniorsContact: Pam Cutjar 8569 2534

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Every Thursday: Mannum Information Centre ø Pine Park Murray BridgeDepart Arrive Depart Return

Mannum 10.00am Murray Bridge 10.45am Murray Bridge 2.30pm Mannum 3.10pm1st and 3rd Tuesday: Mannum Information Centre ø Pine Park Murray Bridge

Mannum 10.00am Murray Bridge 10.30am Murray Bridge 1.30pm Mannum 2.00pm

Weekly Passenger Service Mannum to Murray BridgeFor information or bookings:

18 Alma Avenue,Murray Bridge SA 5253Ph: 08 8532 2633

Mid Murray Community Support ServicesPop in 10 am - 4 pm at 39 Randell St Mannum. Ph: 8569 2129. A

wide range of personal development courses are offered. ContactMMCSS for details. Registering for courses and programs isessential

Special EventsApril6th Mens Breakfast - bookings absolutely essential.8th Start second course “Cooking with Angie”

2010 PUBLICATION DEADLINESFriday (12 noon) For Publication in

April 30 May Issue 47May 28 June Issue 48June 25 July Issue 49

Email: [email protected]: 8569 7392 (Lyn), 8569 1879 (Jo)Drop in to: 39 Randell Street, Mannum SA 5238

(a mailbox kindly provided by MMCSS/CHIPS)Email facilities provided by Broadband Anywhere

Mannum Leisure CentreSquash courts, gym, and cardio

room are available.Tai chi, karate, basketball, netball,

squash, carpet bowls, fitness classes,pilates, card games, and others areheld throughout the week.

Opening HoursMorningsMon, Wed, Fri: 8:00 am - 12 noonTue, Thur: 6:00 am - 12 noonSat: 9:00 am - 11:00 am

AfternoonsReopening at 3:00 pm, closing at theend of the sporting program oractivity.

Stadium and Clubroom areavailable for hire for functions onweekends.

Further information: 8569 0185Pam Cutjar, Centre Manager

Community Meetings Clash CalendarEmail details of regular meetings to:[email protected]

MONTHLY1st Monday

9:45am Combined Probus,Mannum Club10:00am Murray Darlings RedHatters, Mannum Motel Café. Ph.8569 1438 Mannum Health AdvisoryCouncil, Ph. 8569 1239

1st Tuesday7:30pm Agricultural Society,Showground

1st Thursday4:00pm History Group, CHIPS

2nd Wednesday9:00am Shared Stitches ofMannum Quilting Group. Ph.8569 1035

3rd Tuesdaypm Palmer Card Day, LutheranHall Palmer. Ph. 8532 22557:30pm Neighbourhood Watch.Coordinator 0428 856 911

3rd Thursday1 1 : 0 0 a m R S L , M a n n u mCommunity Club

4th Tuesday7 : 3 0 p m M a n n u m S h o wCommittee, Showground

4th Thursday7:30pm Progress Association,Mannum Community College.

Last Monday1:30pm Hospital Auxiliary,Meeting Room, Esmerelda Street.

Last WednesdayMidday Mannum Mag Committee,Showground. Ph. 8569 23856:30pm Mannum Mens DiscussionGroup. Ralph 8569 1264.

WEEKLYMon, Wed & Fri

10:00–3:00 The Hall, 5 GreeningStreet, Mannum. Ph. 8569 1643

Monday6:30pm Mannum Town Choir,Uniting Church hall.Ph. 8569 2295

Tuesday & Friday8:30am Walkie Talkies, LionsDen, Show Ground

OTHERAlternate Fridays

1:30pm Senior Citizens Club, ClubRooms. Ph. 8569 2795

2nd & 4th Tuesday10:00am Craft Group. UnitingChurch Cottage. Ph. 8569 1827.


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