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WOOMERA…Locals and tourists alikeare lining up to get a close look at Marsas it journeys closer to Earth than it hasbeen in 73,000 years on Friday.The Woomera Astronomy Group intro-duced viewings from Baker Observatoryfour weeks ago and have average closeto 20 visitors a week.The viewings, hosted by volunteers andbooked through the Woomera HeritageCentre, have been made possible by thedonation of a 10 inch telescope by theBritish Defence Systems.The telescope, and the publicity gener-ated by Woomera’s prime position forthe ‘opposition of Mars’ are integral toWAG’s long-term plans to see Woomerare-establish itself as Australia’s ‘spacebase’.Plans were tabled to the Woomera Boardearlier this year outlining a world-classpublic observatory complete with arange of telescopes, an observatory, startheatre and lecture halls.Volunteers are already working to con-vert the Daly Theatre for public use andWAG continues to seek funding to es-tablish a comprehensive Woomera ob-servatory.The town’s main focus this week, how-ever, will be ‘the opposition of Mars’ onFriday, August 29.For laymen, this means Mars will line up

in orbit with the Earth.While Mars opposes Earth every 15 to 20years, this year’s opposition is one of theclosest ever – and the best opportunityin our lifetime to get close to ‘the RedPlanet’.This celestial event actually occurs onFriday, August 29.However, WAG members and theWoomera Board will mark the event witha public viewing and barbecue, for thecost of a gold coin donation, from 6pmthe following Saturday.WAG volunteers are currently conduct-ing tours through the observatory mostnights.In addition to local commercial accommo-dation, St Michael’s School Camp willopen its doors for the event at a cost of$10 per person per night, on Friday, Sat-urday and Sunday.Bookings can be made by phoning StBarbara’s Parish School – 8671 3207.For more information or to book a tour,contact the Woomera Heritage Centre –ph 8673 7042.In Roxby Downs, the Outback Field Natu-ralists will host an astronomy night onWednesday, September 3..The viewing will be held on the bypassroad, north of the Andamooka turnoff.For more information contact Kelli-JoKovac - ph 8671 8656.

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Letters to the Editor

To all our friends and the Roxby Community whohave shown such wonderful support to myself andmy family for our loss of a beautiful wife and mother– Kerryn Rose.We are moved by all the kind words, cards and flow-ers that we have received through this difficult time.These gestures show us just how highly regardedKerryn is within this community, something for us tohold dear to our hearts.A special thank you to Carol, Rowley, Nora and theirfamilies, your support and treasured words will bewith us forever.We would sincerely like to thank you all.

Your friends,Warren, Callie and Josh.

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Family Thanks Local CommunityAfter losing a gold watch and hearing many simi-lar stories from friends and workmates, Lesley Por-ter began to wonder where all these lost items weredisappearing to.This is her plea for the return of her lost jewellery….Open letter to all lost watches and other items ofsentimental value.Come home – all is forgiven, but not forgotten.I know there are many of you out there, somewherelost and alone.Or, are you being cared for by a new loved one.Where are you hiding?Is there a lost jewellery club that has secret meet-ings?Do you meet somewhere and plan who your nextnew member will be?I know I did one silly thing (that is – accidentallylost you), but I did hope that you would find yourway home, especially after I posted those flyersaround town.This is an offer of amnesty to you and any of thejewellery in your club.Tell your new carers that you want to go home.Turn up at any shop, radio station, police station etcand tell them you were lost, but now I am found, andyou will be returned to your homes.

We miss you.Lesley Porter.

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Where Have the Watches Gone?On August 24, 2003, a re-port was received of ascooter stolen fromRichardson Place. Thetheft allegedly occurredwhile the owner of thescooter was inside ashop.On August 23, 2003,Roxby Downs Police at-tended a two-vehicle col-lision at Woomera whereone vehicle turned ontothe Roxby Downs roadand allegedly failed togive way to a vehicletravelling south towardsPimba. One vehicle is awrite-off and the damageto the other vehicle isestimated to be in the vi-cinity of $2500. The fouroccupants of one vehi-cle were taken to theWoomera Hospital forcheck ups, but were re-leased.A report was received inrelation to three windowsthat were broken at theRoxby Downs AreaSchool, and repairs areestimated at about $750.Police would like to re-mind the public that it is

an offence to be on Edu-cation Departmentpremises between mid-night and 7am.A 48-year-old male fromAndamooka was ar-rested for Throw Missileafter throwing a ciga-rette lighter at police.A 21-year-old male fromRoxby Downs was re-ported for Breaching aBail Agreement andBreaching a Barring Or-der in relation to an inci-dent that occurred onAugust 9.On August 22, 2003, a19-year-old male fromRoxby Downs was re-ported for Driving With-out Due Care and Driv-ing Unlicensed.On August 21, 2003, Po-lice were called to attend

a fight in the carpark ofa local licensed premiseduring the early hours ofthe morning. As a resultof the incident a 26-year-old male from OlympicDam was arrested forDriving Under the Influ-ence and Driving whilstDisqualified.As a result of further in-cidents the male wasfurther charged withAssault Police, ResistPolice and Refuse BreathAnalysis.On August 20, 2003,Roxby Downs Police at-tended two unrelatedmotor vehicle accidentsabout 70km south ofPimba on the StuartHighway. The first acci-dent involved a motorcyclist who was con-veyed to Woomera Hos-pital and was admittedovernight for observa-tions, as a result of mi-nor injuries.There is no informationavailable in relation tothe extent of the damageto the motorcycle.The second accident in-volved a motor vehicleand kangaroo. No inju-ries resulted from theaccident, however thevehicle was no longerdriveable.On August 19, 2003, atheft of $5500 worth ofmachinery items fromthe Opal Road Landfillsite was reported to po-lice.On August 18, 2003, thetheft of a quantity ofmoney from a caravan inthe Myall Grove Cara-van Park was reported topolice on August 18,2003.Late in the evening po-lice attended a local li-censed premise as a 41-year-old male fromFishermans Bay whohad been removed fromthe premises, had re-turned and was causinga disturbance. As a re-sult the male was ar-rested and charged withReturn to LicensedPremises.Any person with infor-mation in relation tothese or any other crime-related matter is asked tocontact Roxby DownsPolice on 8671 0370, orphone BankSA CrimeStoppers on 1800 333000.

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ROXBY DOWNS…New trafficcounters on Olympic Way have re-vealed more than 250 vehicles trav-elling to and from Roxby Downs in asingle day.Roxby Downs Municipal Counciland local tourism product develop-ment officer Alex Barker have intro-duced the counters to assist in fu-ture regional planning.“We have no traffic data at all fortraffic movement in and out oftown,” Mr Barker said.“These kind of numbers are criticalin identifying our tourist market andfor gaining government funding andgrants. Already, the figures from thefirst month have been revealing.“On the Friday of Boogie in the Bushwe had more than 250 vehicles trav-elling on that road into RoxbyDowns.”The traffic counters allow data to bebroken down into several categoriesincluding caravans, four-wheel drivevehicles, two-wheeled vehicles andtrucks, as well as direction and timeof travel.“This kind of data will help us iden-tify what our tourist market is.“Do we have the facilities for thenumber of caravans coming into

COUNTING CARS…Tourism product developmentofficer Alex Barker at the traffic counter, which has beeninstalled on Olympic Way to measure traffic volume inand out of Roxby Downs.

town?“Do we need more four-wheel-driveactivities in the region?“The information we’re receiving isthere are more repeat visitors follow-ing the 2002 solar eclipse, and morecaravans – which the trafficcounters are confirming.”These newly-identified trends ofolder visitors, more caravans, andrepeat visitors following the 2002solar eclipse, hold true for the re-gion, according to Harry Bovey,manager of Spuds Roadhouse inPimba.“We’re seeing more of what I callthe grey tourers – semi-retired cou-ples in caravans.“In my opinion, a lot of those visi-tors are coming back through theregion because of the attention wegot during the solar eclipse.”Traffic counting will continue on Ol-ympic Way, between the highwayturnoff and the Burgoyne St en-trance to town, for the duration ofthe 2003-2004 tourist season.“These figures will be critical in cre-ating a benchmark for next year anda way of measuring improvementsin our growth as a tourism centrefor the outback,” Mr Barker said.

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ROXBY DOWNS…Police are calling for public com-ment following rumours of drink spiking in recentmonths.The issue of spiked drinks was raised at a recentLocal Liquor Licensing Precinct Management meet-ing attended by representatives of police, the Li-censing and Gaming Commission, council, the re-gional drug action team and local licensed premises.“We’re actually on the verge of launching a regionalawareness program to highlight the dangers of drinkspiking, but we’re getting very few reports locally,”Sgt Richard Hobbs told The Monitor this week.Police have received three confirmed reports in thepast twelve months of people – two of whome weremale - who received hospital attention after con-suming spiked drinks.“We’re getting information second and third-handthat there might be more out there but just becausesomeone is treated at the hospital, doesn’t meanwe’re automatically made aware of it, because ofpatient confidentiality,” Sgt Hobbs said.“If it’s happening locally, we’d certainly like to knowabout it and people should feel comfortable to comeand talk to our officers any time.”Local licensed premises have thrown their supportbehind a local awareness program, including theRoxby Downs Tavern.“We know patrons who have reported drink spik-ing, not a lot, but we are aware of it happening,”Tavern manager Damian Jones said.“It happens anywhere where anyone has access tosomeone else’s beverage or food - that’s the scarypart!“It’s not isolated to Roxby Downs by any stretch –it’s a symptom of today’s lifestyle because drugsare so readily available“Everybody needs to be aware – everyone and any-one is a potential target. - and the Tavern is sup-porting the local awareness programs.”Local police have warned patrons to watch theirdrinks when they are out at licensed premises orparties, and not to accept drinks from strangers.“If you, or a friend, have any symptoms that youfeel are disproportionate to the amount drunk thenthe first thing you should do is seek medical treat-ment,” Sgt Hobbs said.“After that, it should be reported to police, so thatwe can establish whether there is a pattern.“It’s very hard for us to know the full extent of theproblem from hearsay.”

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ANDAMOOKA…Recent rains brought traffic to astandstill in Andamooka last week, and highlightedthe problem of muddy roads for the AndamookaProgress and Opal Miners Association (APOMA).Andamooka received just under 30mm of rain in asingle week turning local roads to quagmire, acces-sible only by 4x4 vehicles.Most residents were trapped at home or forced towade through the mud on foot.While most residents are used to the situation anddeal with it philosophically, APOMA members havevoiced concerns that traffic on the rained-out roadsis not only risky for the drivers but churns up theroads, creating slippery patches and large ruts whenvehicles become bogged and wheels spin in the mud.These actions are believed to contribute to badly-conditioned roads which contine to be a problemlong after the sun has dried up the excess rain.“If residents would only drive when absolutely es-sential under these conditions, it would be very help-ful,” said APOMA chairwoman Pat Katnich.“The responsibility for road maintenance falls toAPOMA but because of limited funding APOMAdoesn’t have the right equipment and consequentlyroad maintenance has been a matter of grading tosmooth out the ruts.“However, APOMA is concerned that continual grad-ing has degraded the roads so much that more rocksare exposed each time causing new headaches.Earlier this year two particularly bad sections of roadswere resheeted with materials trucked from depletedmine sites and then rolled.Inspection by Ms Katnich after the recent rains showthat these sections held up quite well.“The problem with rolling rather than grading, how-ever, is that the road surface has to be the right tex-ture,” Ms Katnich said.“If it is too sticky it adheres to the roller and thenfalls off in great lumps.”Ms Katnich told The Monitor that Transport SA man-ager John Page was due to visit Andamooka thismonth to look at the maintenance issue and discussthe development of a local resheeting program re-ceiving partial funding from Transport SA“The problem for all outback towns is that no gov-ernment department is responsible for townroads,”Ms Katnich said.“For larger towns like Roxby Downs or Coober Pedy,where councils can receive funding via rates, fund-ing road maintenance is less of a problem.“For small towns without councils and very smallincome bases, however, it is very difficult to accesssufficient funding to properly maintain roads.”

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ROXBY DOWNS...Roxby DownsMunicipal Council has committed$4000 to kickstart Roxby Downs’own Fringe Festival in its 2003/2004 budget.The “modest allocation” is a com-mitment to negotiations currentlyin process between the council,the Roxby Downs Cultural Pre-cinct and Adelaide Fringe organ-isers, according to Council Ad-ministrator Bill Boehm.Mr Boehm heralded the proposed2004 festival as an innovative ex-tension of the town’s Cultural Pre-cinct and performing arts facility,at the prompting of the local artsand cultural forum.“It has been suggested that thecommunity has a festival of itsown and a post-Adelaide Fringe

Festival would give us an oppor-tunity to measure the viability ofsuch a proposal,” he said.The proposed festival is expectedto be an extension of the region’sparticipation in the Country ArtsSA travelling program over the pasttwo years.This program has seen some of theregion’s most dynamic perform-ances and exhibitions visit RoxbyDowns, including the MelbourneComedy Festival Roadshow.“We’re in negotiations with Fringeorganisers at the moment but weshould know where we stand intwo or three months,” Mr Boehmsaid. “Council has a vibrant visionfor the use of Richardson Place asa centre for a range of activities inthe town.

“The fringe is just one example ofthe council being a catalyst forcommunity events and services.”The proposed Roxby DownsFringe Festival will be one of theissues discussed by the newly-reformed but so-far-yet-unnamedlocal arts and cultural forum.The forum is set to meet in Sep-tember at the Cultural Precinct todiscuss a range of issues includ-ing better use of public facilitiesto showcase local talent, publicjam nights, support for localvisual arts and handicrafts as wellas performing artists, public prac-tice and recording venues, and thepublication of a newsletter andregional artists register. To learnmore about the forum phoneYvette Mooney - 0409 506 213.

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CUPPA...AnnaDaly, MegHombsch, 3, LeeNelson andDenise Hobbs.

P&F...CynthiaThompson, LisaTormena andLita Hall at theSt Barbara’sParish SchoolP&F afternoontea this month.

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ROXBY DOWNS...The latest fitness craze in Roxby Downs doesn’t involveexpensive equipment or protective sportswear - it’s dancing!The new, adult-focussed classes are a step away from the ongoing successoflessons for Roxby Downs’ youngest dancers over the past few years byseveral local instructors.New Roxby resident and long-time professional dancer Cristiane Cornes is cur-rently offering adult classes for latin, ballet and even belly dancing. Classes areheld at the Little Rascals Childcare Centre Sundays at noon and Tuesdays at7pm.

ROXBY DOWNS...Roxby Downs YouthServices is aiming forbigger and better thingsfollowing its incorpora-tion this month.The youth service -which currently incorpo-rates the local youthcentre, youth counsel-ling services, provides achaperone for police in-terviews with youth andis managing the estab-lishment of a local skatepark - took the step tobecoming an incorpo-rated body to further itsopportunities for fundingthrough grants.“Grants have been veryimportant to the growthof the service - we relyon grants,” Youth Serv-ices Coordinator SuePenglase said.The service has alreadybeen successful over thepast 12 months in receiv-ing State and FederalGovernment grants forestablishing a localyouth centre, a series ofcomputers and fundingfor an interactive youthwebsite, as well as a$50,000 grant for a localskate park.“We’ve had meetingswith local youth and skat-ers around the state andwe’ve got designs beingput together by skaterAshley Watson for localapproval,” Mrs Penglasesaid.“Our next step is to builda regional youth centre.“Laurence (Duggan) andI are going to visit someof the outback commu-nities and offer our serv-ices to them for activities,entertainment andcamps.“We need to get ouryouth centre and skatepark built first.“After that there’s lots ofthings we want to do butwe need more funding.“Becoming an incorpo-rated body will play a bigpart in achieving that.”

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MAD ABOUT THE MAMBO...Neil and Mariana Pickers out onthe dance floor.

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M A C H I N I S T S . . . K a r e nDrescher and Tonya Volk hitthe machines for the recentdoll-making workshop inRoxby Downs.BELOW..Wendy Hunt andHelen Edwards, of the RoxbyDowns Scrapbag Quilters,during the doll-makingworkshop.

DOLL DUO...Local work-shop organiser MeganHowie with visitinginstructor Wendy Brigg of‘Country Friends’.

ROXBY DOWNS...Local ScrapbagQuilters tried their hand at some doll-making and feltwork this month.The group met under the tutelage ofvisiting designer Wendy Brigg of‘Country Friends’ in Canberra.“I love coming to places I’ve neverbeen before and talking about the

things I do,” Mrs Brigg said.“Every year I try and visit a communitygroup in rural communities.“My designs and business receive alot of support from rural and countryareas.”More than 20 local women attended theworkshops this month.

ROXBY DOWNS…Thevolunteer-run FriendsInformation Connectionand Support (FICS) net-work closed this monthdue to lack of attend-ance.“The program was wellattended in its earlierstages, but unfortu-nately, a lack of supporthas forced us to close,”Child and Youth HealthServices Family SupportOfficer Lindy Clark said.Mrs Clark thanked the“few parents” that sup-

ported the service andcalled for parents inter-ested in joining a newparents group to regis-ter their interest at theRoxby Downs HealthService – ph 8671 9020.“If you are not already ina coffee morning group,or would like to join an-other, and meet some newmum’s, please give us acall,” Mrs Clark said.“New parent groups of-fer a range of informationsessions, from babymassage to nutrition and

lots of other interestinginformation that can beespecially helpful in thefirst few years of yourbabies lives.“They will be run over afour-week period andthen you may continueyour weekly meetings ata selected location or inyour own homes.“Staff from Strengthen-ing our Families andChild and Youth Healthwould be available to talkor support these groupsand assist in any way.”

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BEST SHOT…Tavernchef Kerrie Smithputs her job on theline to take a shot atboss Damian Jones.

BARRED BOSS...Marj James chargedTavern patrons forthe privilege ofthrowing food atDamian Jones on‘Lock Up Your BossDay’.

ROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Downs Tavern staff raisedalmost $1000 for ‘Lock Up Your Boss Day’ this monthwhen they locked boss Damian Jones in a metal cagein the Tavern’s front bar.Handcuffed and armed only with a pair of gogglesand white overalls, Mr Jones was displayed in frontof dozens of patrons who paid for the privilege ofpelting eggs and tomatoes at him through the bars.“The patrons paid $10 each for tomatoes or eggs,

and $5 for a bag of peanuts to throw at Damian.“The crowd was really good and he got a big cheer –people were really impressed by what he was doing.“They were so impressed that some people didn’teven through their eggs, just plopped them over thecage, and one patron ate the peanuts and threw theshells.”Tavern staff raised a grand sum of $918.30 on the daywhich will be donated to the Kids Help Line.

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Senior Constable Nigel Campbell,otherwise known as ‘Digger’, is thenew face of the law in Andamooka.Snr Const. Campbell, 36, came toAndamooka from Sturt in Adelaide.However, he has a service historywell-rooted in country areas, servingnine years in Yunta, and then inCoober Pedy, Marla, Oodnadata andMurray Bridge.When asked why he chose to cometo Andamooka Snr Const Campbellsaid he likes the Outback atmosphere

and the challenges of the job.Officer Campbell told The Monitorhe has a low tolerance for irrespon-sible drivers and will be hot on roadtraffic infringements.Officer Campbell is looking forwardto becoming involved with theAndamooka community, in particu-lar the emergency services andprogress association.Nigel is married to Naomi and theyhave two sons - Thomas, 4, andWilliam, six months.

NEW FACE OFTHE LAW...Andamooka’s new full-timepolice officer Nigel Campbell.

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ROXBY DOWNS…Nominations forthe Roxby Downs Community Boardwill be publicised in the next fewweeks, project manager Ray Goldietold The Monitor this week.This process is the most recent in aseries of moves to see Roxby Downsbecome more community-directed,as outlined in council’s ‘Creating ourFuture’ vision.Mr Goldie said the board’s agendawould be strictly focussed on thedevelopment and enhancement ofRoxby’s highly desirable lifestyle.“This project is about a communityvision and how the community cango about realising that vision” hesaid.“The householder survey con-ducted in 2001 clearly indicated thatpeople thought Roxby Downs wasa safe and friendly place to live.“Respondents also identified issuesand opportunities that they wantedchanged or improved.

“This project will provide the com-munity with the forum to table theirissues and ideas and more impor-tantly develop realistic achievableplans that will ensure positivechanges are made.“The end result will be a commu-nity-developed vision and plan thatwill direct Roxby’s future commu-nity growth for the next 10 years.”The board’s role will involve liaisonwith council ensuring the entirecommunity has the opportunity tobe consulted and heard.The board’s role has a very differ-ent terms of reference than theTown Board and is not meant to inany way replace the Town Board,Mr Goldie said.“This board has a very different pur-pose and will be strictly focused oncommunity development.”The Community Board is expectedto have its first meeting by the endof September 2003.

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Long-term Roxby Downs residents Tina andShane Foster – RoxFM’s ‘Twisty and Crusty’ –boast their ‘Evening Mix-Up’ show is almost asmixed-up as its hosts. The pair present an eveningof bad jokes and good music, requests, birth-days, trivia, with a special focus on up-and-com-ing Australian artists. Shane and Tina have beensounding off over the local airwaves since dayone at RoxFM - local, live and loving it!

ANDAMOOKA…The proposal to convert a disusedand derelict building into a youth centre has beenenthusiastically received by the Andamooka YouthGroup.The proposal to use the property was originally putto the youth group by APOMA along with a coupleof other options.The property - a deceased estate left to APOMAsome years ago – has not been used because of thevolumes of work needed to make it habitable.However, the local youth group has decided the Lot108 building will best suit their needs and are nowworking furiously to raise funds to refurbish the prop-erty.The proposal to renovate it and use it as a YouthCentre was put to the Andamooka community at apublic meeting on June 1, this year.It fell to Youth Chairperson, Joanne Lucas, 16, topresent the proposal to a crowd of over one hun-dred people.“It needs heaps of work and it will cost a lot onmoney to fix,” Joanne said.“We have made up a list of things we can do to getmoney and will ask local businesses and organisa-tions to help too.”Since the youth group’s inception three years agothe young residents have had several meeting places,but nothing to call their own.

When the youth group first started three years ago,the community hall was made available for them onweekends.The drive for a purpose-tailored youth group of theirown, comes at the same time as a funding boostfrom the Outback Areas Community DevelopmentTrust.The Office for Youth recently allocated funding forthree Youth Advisory Councils in Andamooka, LeighCreek and Penong with the requirement that they bedriven and controlled by youth.While work continues on Lot 108, the YAC is cur-rently meeting at the APOMA shed where work re-volves around the group’s stock car.“The shed is a very suitable place but the APOMAcommittee has future plans for the shed.” said localyouth advisor Verona Taubers.Miss Taubers said funding activities are underway,with the youth group contributing the productionsof the 2004 Andamooka Calendar which will entitlethe group to a share of the proceeds.Rae Plush from the Office for Youth visitedAndamooka recently to make her annual report onyouth progress. Together with Mark Sutton, fromthe Office for Youth, she was very pleased with theprogress being made by the Andamooka YouthGroup.“They have some great ideas,” Mr Sutton said.

Andamooka Youth to Make a Place of Their Own

YOUTH CENTRE...Andamooka YouthGroup chair Joanne Lucas surveys Lot108 - the proposed youth centre localteenagers are currently working torefurbish.

DESIGNER...Skate park designer andskateboarder Ashley Watson isconsulting with local youth abouttheir plans for a skate park in RoxbyDowns.

Youth Contribute to Skate Park PlanR O X B YD O W N S … A f t e rnearly 12 years ofskateboarding andtravelling around theworld to skate in Eu-rope and Malaysia,skate park designerAshley Watson, 26, isin Roxby Downs towork with localyouth.The up-and-comingyoung designer con-sulted with local skat-ers last month onwhat they envisage alocal park needs.“The kids were justblown away,” localyouth services coor-dinator Sue Penglasesaid.“We had girls andboys, from 12 to 24 -the whole spectrum -and everybody had asay which was veryimportant“It’s their park, that’sthe bottom line.“We could havefound anybody butwe chose Ashley be-cause he skates him-self, he’s young him-self, and he can talkto the kids.”Mr Watson told TheMonitor he originallystarted his business‘Focus Skateparks’ inresponse to his owndisillusion with SAskate parks.“The whole reason Istarted my was be-cause of what I’veseen overseas.“I realised we werereally lacking in Aus-

tralia.“There’s plenty of facili-ties popping up but theactual quality was lack-ing compared to the restof the world.Mr Watson is currentlyworking on plans, incor-porating the expressedneeds of local youth,and hopes to meet againwith the community thismonth.“The one park has to in-corporate everything –

there are no alternativefacilities for BMX rid-ers or in-line skaters –it has to cater to every-one in one place,” hesaid.“Practicality of designis essential – you can’tjust plonk down a hand-ful of ideas – youwouldn’t just throw agrand prix track to-gether there’s a lot ofmathematics and an-gles that come into it.”

ROXBY DOWNS...Did you know that aYouth Advisory Committee (YAC) existsin Roxby Downs?If you are aged 12 – 25 you can be a partof the Roxby Downs YAC. ““Through the Office for Youth fundingwe are able to provide this vital voicefor the youth of our community,” YouthServices Coordinator Sue Penglase said.

YAC allows local youth to have animpact on what is happening withYouth Services and to participate insome leadership and developmenttraining .“So come on give your YAC a try andbe part of shaping the town that youlive in!”For information ph 0407 719 714.

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ROXBY DOWNS..St Barbara’s ParishSchool can’t wait until September 22,2003 as they prepare to participate in aGolden Circle School Fun Day.More than 130 students have beenseeking sponsorship over the past fewweeks to raise money for the school’sPhysical Education Department.The students’ fundraising is also go-ing to earn them personal rewards withjust the first $10 raised already quali-fying them for terrific prizes.The school’s highest fundraiser willreceive a Golden Circle Gift Pack plus

a Hoyt’s discount voucher.“We are looking at making our schoolan active sports school promoting ahealthy lifestyle,” Physical Educationteacher James Ralston at St Barbara’sParish School said,The fun run will take place on Septem-ber 23, 2003 at 9am and will be finishedat around noon.Parents, friends and cheer squads aremost welcome to come along and cheer.Each participant will receive a frozenGolden Circle Icy Stick along with aGolden Circle Hacky Sack.

Students Running for Prizes

FUN RUN...Already visualing the finish line for St Barbara’sParish School, from left, Nicole Wilson, 12, Alex Stephens,12, and Sarah Warr, 12.

ANDAMOOKA…Studentsat Andamooka schoolhave been busy learningabout castles this month.Each student was askedto build a castle fromboxes and other materialaround the craft room.The criteria for the cas-tles consisted of highouter walls with turretsand battlements, a work-ing drawbridge and akeep or tower where, indays of old, the peopleof the castle would fallback to when the outerwalls were breached byan invading army.All of the 16 studentsmaking castles met mostof the requirements andthe results were judgedby the students of MrsKemenyvary’s class.The castles ranged insize from large to smalland compact and weredecorated as the builderchose.

Some ingenious deviceswere invented to make thedrawbridges workable

and some even had drop-down gates to block en-emy soldiers.

Building Castles in the Air

CASTLE CLASS...Kelvin D'Amorebuilding his working castle.

FAR NORTHREGION.. .Studentsacross the region joinedin Book Week activitiesin local schools and li-braries last week.Students in RoxbyDowns joined in thetheme ‘Oceans of Sto-ries’ with sea-themegames and puzzles.Children played fishtwister, dove for pearlsor threw rings over dol-phins’ noses.A little way down theroad, Woomera AreaSchool studentsdressed up as classicfairy tale characters.

PEARLS OFWISDOM…StephanieDunkley, 7, andAmelia Curtis-Cooper, 6, divingfor pearls duringBook Week.

FISHING…Throwing out a line,from left, Megan Folwell, 5,Sarah Vanlaarhoven, 7, DanielAdamson, 6.

DOLPHIN TOSS…NinaFernandez, 6, MichaelaMooney, 6, and KyeMarksteiner, 10, testing theirring-throwing skills.

FISH TWISTER…Brodie Jenkins, 7,Kerri Nicholls, 10,Tegan Gilbertson,10, SamuelGraham, 12, alltwisted up for BookWeek.

WHICH WITCH...WoomeraArea School’s Mia Starkeycelebrated Book Week as awitch.

TOP LEFT...Mark and RachelCharlesworth came dressedas the ocean to Book Week.

ABOVE...Nina Starkey asLittle Red Ridinghood.

LEFT...Principal Stuart Knoxcame to school as HarryPotter for Book Week.

RIGHT...Pippa Searle as the103rd dalmation.


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ROXBY DOWNS AREA SCHOOL fortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterfortnightly newsletterA Message

From ThePrincipal

SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP...Opening timesfor the P&F school uniform shop, in H-block,have changed this term.The shop is now open at 3pm on Mondayand Thursdays and at 8.45am on Tuesdays.

SCHOOL SNIPPETSThis community page is paid for by the Roxby Downs Area School

Staffing News...Congratulations to Mrs RenaeHallion (Parkside Primary), Mrs Rosie Willson (UnleyPrimary) and Mrs Marilyn Eastwood (Prospect Pri-mary) for winning School Choice positions in Ad-elaide commencing 2004.Each of these teachers has contributed greatly toour school over a number of years and will be missedby all in the school community.Fortunately we are pleased to announce that MsSarah Van Dyke and Ms Fiona Campbell-Colquhounhave won permanent positions here through the sameSchool Choice (staffing) process.There is a second round of this placement exerciseat the end of this term and we will be looking torecruit further to any vacancies we anticipate fornext year.As you would already know it is becoming increas-ingly difficult to attract and retain experienced teach-ers due to the worldwide shortage.Fortunately we are privileged with a good blend ofexperience and youth on our staff.Please value your child’s teacher and work closelywith them in partnership to ensure that the best learn-ing opportunities occur. Further staffing news willcome about over the next few weeks.District Superintendent Retires...Mr Graham Davisour District Superintendent has recently announcedhis retirement due to the new District restructure.Mr Davis is well known throughout the Far Northafter many years making flying visits into the manyisolated schools.His extensive support and knowledge of schools,their communities and the people of the Far Northwill be greatly missed.He will conclude his role next Friday, September 5.We wish him all the best for the future.R-2 Sports Day...Congratulations to all in the R-2Cohort for an enjoyable and fun filled Sports Daylast Friday.It was terrific to see so many parents following theactivities, helping out and supporting their childrenthroughout the day.Many parents commented positively about the day’sactivities and how great the school was looking af-ter the redevelopment.Camps...Several year levels are heading off on campsduring this term. A lot of effort has been put intoorganising these wonderful learning and social op-portunities.If you have difficulty paying for any of the campsplease contact Mrs Uhlik to make arrangements forpart payments.Students who do display ongoing inappropriate be-haviour or have a history of suspensions will not betaken on camps or excursions. Students need to beon their very best behaviour as they are ambassa-dors for our school.The safety of our students can not be compromisedat any time, particularly while on camp. All parentsin the 3 to 6 Cohort should have received informa-tion relating to all camp arrangements.Vandalism...Unfortunately the school has sufferedvandalism of broken windows over the last coupleof weekends.Last Friday night the new school administration lawnthat was recently laid was torn up and trashed.We were able to refurbish the lawn and reglaze thewindows without too much long term damage beingdone.Although the Admin lawn use will be delayed an-other week or so until the roots firmly take.Fortunately we have relatively little vandalism oc-cur which is great for a school our size.We would very much appreciate the whole commu-nity keeping a close watch on our school after hoursand report any suspicious happenings to the Police.The school is not open to the public after hoursunless for special school occasions and we will pur-sue police action in future.Official Opening of the Redevelopment...We haveinitially invited the Minister of Education, Ms TrishWhite, to officially open our new redevelopment.Final details need to be determined but we hope tohold this early in Term 4.

Jim MichalanneyPrincipal - Roxby Downs Area School

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Week 6 Haematite Camps – ThurunaEarly Closure - August 26, 2.10pm7-12 Assembly - Wednesday, August 27

Week 7 Emerald Camps – Pt LowlyP&F Meeting - Wednesday, September3, 7.30pm in the staffroomR-6 Assmbly - Friday, September 5,11.45 in stadium

Week 8 Emerald Camps – Pt LowlyEarly Closure - September 9, 2.10pm

Week 9 Emerald Camps – Pt LowlyPrimary Choir performs in Adelaide –Monday & TuesdayR-6 Assembly - Friday, September 19,11.45 in stadiumR-12 Parent/Teacher Interviews7-12 Sports Day Friday

Week 10 3-6 Sports Day ThursdayR-12 Assembly - Friday, September 26,11.45 in stadiumEarly Closure - September 23, 2.10pm

ROXBY DOWNS...RDAS Read-a-thonis on again for 2003, from August 18,2003, to September 12.Money collected and sponsorshipforms will need to be returned to schoolbetween September 15 and September18, 2003.Taking part in this year’s read-a-thonis not only fun - it’s good for you!

Read books of your own choice at yourown level and pace.Money raised will go towards schoolresources.Sponsorship may be in the form of asingle donation or per book basis.Keep a look out for Read-a-thon regis-tration forms, as they will be comingout very soon.

Read Books to Raise Money for School

Rainbow Reading ProgramThe New Zealand-de-signed Rainbow Read-ing program was intro-duced at RoxbyDowns Area School in1999, just 12 monthsafter it gained interna-tional recognition.More than 160 SAschools now utilisethe innovative pro-gram which encour-ages reading skillsthrough a range oflearning strategies andtechniques.More than 130 stu-dents have accessedthe program locally inthe four years since itsinception, comple-menting general class-room literacy pro-grams.Rainbow Reading stu-dents receive inten-sive reading supportfour days a week, foraround 25 minutes aday, in small groups.The program offersstudents a fun way tolearn and improve theirreading, utilising audiotapes, work sheets andactivities, all tailored tosuit each student’sinvidual requirements.All books and readingmaterial in the programis ‘levelled’ so thatstudents’ abilities aresufficiently challengedwithout being pushedbeyond their limits andtherefore demoralised.While a small group ofteachers and studentsupport officers cur-rently work closelywith the RainbowReading program, par-ent volunteers are al-ways welcomed.

THE GOOD WORDS...Lorraine Tylerworks with Rainbow Readers, fromleft, Anneka Farnham, 8, JessieAdams, 8, and Bowde Kelly, 8.

RAINBOW READING...Penny Shepleyprovides an ear to listen to readersEmily Graham, 9, and Skye Kelly, 10.

EASY LISTENING...Rory Richards, 9,and Alex Wissell, 10, get a little audiosupport for their reading activitiesduring the Rainbow Readingprogram.

Year 11 and 12 students have all had opportunitiesto view and collect the SATAC (South AustralianTertiary Admissions Centre) Guides.Students planning to begin courses at Tafe for Uni-versities need to apply through the SATAC processby ringing the SATAC number and following theprompts - before the end of September.

The Drug Strategy teamhas been working tobring together servicesand agencies that areavailable to support peo-ple in our community.Next Market Day, Sep-tember 20, will see anumber of these groupsset up displays in theAuditorium.There will be a ‘BilbyTrail’ for children to fol-low and interactive ac-tivities. Student work isincluded in the display.Throughout the morningvarious dance and otherleisure activities will beperformed on the Audi-torium stage.Come along to find outmore about services thatcan be accessed.

HealthyLifestyleInitiatives

Career Opportunities

Miss Methofer’s class has been learning about the long ‘í’sound in the words mice, nice, ice, twice and dice.

We even made fried rice.Miss Steele...Friends are very special people! Theyare very important to us. We are learning andpracticing lots of ways to be friends to each other.Sharing, being kind and making people feel happyis a great start.Miss Campbell...Our tummies are rumbling in Room9. We have been learning about ‘Healthy Food’and talking about our favourite foods. Delicious!Miss Underwood...Patterns, patterns, that’s whatyou will find if you come to Miss Underwoodsclass. We have made patterns with shapes andcolours.Mrs Zeptner – In our class we have been learningabout weather. We have been looking at the cloudsand learning about different types of clouds – stra-tus, cumulus, cirrus and nimbus. Nimbus is theblack clouds that bring rain. We don’t see them alot in Roxby.Mrs Haddock...Year 2s have accurately drawnAustralian and Indonesian maps. They have alsobeen comparing the landscape, flags and emblemsof the two countries.Miss Hallion...We’ve been enjoying using propsand becoming a character. We have also beenclever at photography freeze frames!!Mrs Nitschke...R-2 students have been introducedto playing notes on xylophones and glockenspiels.We are learning Hot Cross Buns and Mary Had aLittle Lamb.Ms Eastwood/Andrews...What colour is your hair?How many pets do you have? We’ve been makingcolumn, bar and picture graphs for many differenttopics and are very clever at ruling them neatly.Ms Marksteiner...We have been discussing themeaning of friendship, how to make and stayfriends.Mrs Willson...We have been learning the lettersS&P this week. We made stars and listed all thewords starting with ‘S’ and we made popcorn pop!Miss Nash...We have started learning about frac-tions and we have a Queensland pen friend. Hisname is Jamie and soon he will be coming to RDAS.We’ve all written letters to him.Miss Bartsch’s class voted “Bear and Chook” thenumber one book for book week. We have beendoing activities for book week and trying hard tobe good friends like ‘Bear and Chook’.Miss Andrews...We have been working very hardlearning about money. We can identify coins andnotes and are very clever at adding the coins.Library...In library all R-2 class have read the shortlisted books to choose their favourite book for2003. They have also had fun doing the activitiesfor book week.Ms Christall/Hallion...In technology we investi-gated different ways of joining two pieces of pa-per and how to join a cylinder to a flat surface. Wemade our own cylinders and joined them to a flatsurface to create a cylinder sculpture. Check themout around our classroom door.

The University of Adelaide’s Centre for Professionaland Continuing Education offers revision and studyskills courses designed to give a distinct advantagein undertaking Year 12 studies.Year 12 Subjects – mathematical studies, chemistry,biology, physics, specialist mathematics, account-ing.Call (08) 8303 4777 for more information or visit thewebsite www.adelaide.edu.au/pce.

Year 12 Study Programs

PARENTS AND FRIENDS...The next meet-ing of the RDAS P&F will be held onWednesday, September 3, 7.30pm in thestaffroom.All parents and community members are wel-come to attend the meeting.


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Over the past four years RDAS stu-dents have participated in the annualTechnics Music Practice-A-Thon toraise funds for the Australian CranioMaxillo Facial Foundation.Over $3500 has been raised locally,with the school and students also ben-efiting from prizes won each year.This year RDAS students will havethe opportunity to raise money fortheir school to help pay for the pur-chase of five new Yamaha keyboards.Monies left over will be used to buymore music resources.Music Corner has kindly donated$200 worth of prizes to be awarded tothe students who raise the mostmoney and spend the most timepracticing.Music Corner are located at Salisburyand Whyalla and can be contacted on1300 853 358.Their commitment to “music for life”

approach to sales, service and tuitionhas enabled them to offer a full rangeof brands, instruments and teachingfacilities successfully in SA for over 20years.Students who are learning an instru-ment or are in Choir can obtain Spon-sorship forms and information from theMusic Room at school.The Practice-A-Thon runs for twoweeks and all forms and monies needto be returned by Friday 12th Septem-ber.Mrs Jenni Nitschke said “It has beengreat to support the Cranio Facial Foun-dation over the last few years, but thisyear we decided that it would be goodfor our students to have the opportu-nity to raise money for their school,promote good practice habits and pro-vide more resources for their music les-sons”.“Good luck to everyone!”

PRACTICE-A-THON...Breanna O’Neill practising for theRDAS Music Practice-a-Thon to raise money for newkeyboards and other musical instruments.

Practice Makes Perfect - And Raises Funds For Instruments

WORDPLAY...Ten-year-olds ShannaRussell and Taylor Butler get right intotheir word exercises during the Stretchprogram at RDAS.

MAGNETIC...Harley Reimann, 10, andBrodie Farnham, 10, practise theirwords on the whiteboard with magnetsand markers during the Stretchprogram.

Stretching Students’ Skills

Bags of Fun at R-2 Sports Day

SPORTS DAY...TysonHill, 7, racing for therope at the RDAS R-2Sports Day.

On Friday, August 22, the R-2s held their Sports Day atRoxby Downs Area School.All children participated in avariety of games and practiseddifferent skills, particularlyworking as a team.We would like to thank par-ents for their support duringthe day.It was a great success!

Kate Underwood

The RDAS ‘Stretch’ program is an intervention pro-gram that specifically targets the learning needs ofstudents that experience difficulty in Literacy.Students attend three 45 minute lessons per weekwith a qualified teacher and SSO support worker.Group sizes range from eight to15 students, maxi-mizing the teacher/SSO-to-student ratio.The program also has direct impact on other stu-dents remaining with their class teacher, who withsmaller class sizes during this time, are able to de-liver challenging and enriching curriculum.It also provides an excellent opportunity for col-laborative planning and teaching to occur.The ‘Stretch’ program is an intensive learning pro-gram that immerses students in a wide variety ofhigh interest activities that help students to exploreand learn the basic skills of reading, writing andspelling.It is designed to allow students to learn and de-velop at their own individual rate, recognising thatthis is quite clearly wide and varied.The aim is to “stretch” students from their presentpoint of learning, in a positive and forward direc-tion, by creating opportunities for them to be highlysuccessful learners.The program incorporates intense, repetitive learn-ing tasks that ensure the students reach mastery ofskills and knowledge, not just exposure.The stretch program acknowledges that many ofthe attending students are reluctant learners whoneed many opportunities to experience success andbuild their confidence levels.Approximately 80 per cent of the students are boys,so considerable emphasis is placed on kinaestheticlearning activities that require hands on learningand the expenditure of energy.The Stretch Program is in its second year and hascontinued to grow and develop into a highly suc-cessful program that suits the needs of students,teachers and parents.

KICK OFF...Zac Hodgetts, 7, kicks off the fun atRDAS sports day last week.

S A C K E D . . . T a r l e eJenkins, 6, hoppingahead for Eyre.

BLUE DAYS...Nikita Northcott, 6, jumps intoaction at RDAS R-2 Sports Day



St Barbara’s Catholic Church – Roxby DownsSaturday evening 6pmSunday morning 9am

Andamooka Catholic ChurchSunday 11am – first and third Sunday of every month

St Michael’s Catholic Church – WoomeraSunday 5pm – all denominations welcome

Roxby Downs Lutheran ChurchSunday 10.30am and Sunday School – 9.30amRoxby Downs Christian Community Church

Sunday 10amAndamooka Community Church

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Roxby Tree Planting DaySunday, October 12Pine Crescent PlaygroundPh - 8671 0010

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ROXBY DOWNS…The Scared Weird Little Guys – Australia’smost musical comedians – are coming to Roxby Downs.The nationally-renowned comic musicians – John Fleming andRusty Berther – have never been any closer to our part of theworld than Whyalla in 2000, but they’re prepared to do a littleresearch to prepare themselves.The ‘scaredies’ began originally when John and Rusty teamedup in a barbershop quartet.When the quartet transformed into a duet the pair began to de-velop their own original style of music, blending it with their ownslightly crazy and completely Australian style of humour.“We don’t do stand up – we tell some jokes between our songsbut the idea of stand-up frightens us a little bit,” Rusty said.“Originally we just wanted to write some silly original songs -just crazy music – that’s where we started and that’s what we’restill doing.“I think our show is very diverse – we incorporate Whistlepops,mandolin, guitars, banjo - we’ll even be doing a live radio play onstage complete with sound effects.

“There’s the chance for lots of audience participation and we’regoing to have a SA quiz including some local Roxby info –which we’ll learn when we get there.”In fact, the pair are known to carry their laptops with them toeach performance so they can research local news and tailortheir show to the community they’re performing to.“You can expect the show to be energetic and amusing, enter-taining, quite musical, and possibly humorous,” Rusty said.“I like to think of it as mindless stupidity for the thinking per-son - a good fun night out to just relax and enjoy a laugh.”Nationally-renowned comedians Scared Weird Little Guys willbe appearing at Roxby Downs Auditorium on Sunday, August31.Doors and bar open at 6.45pm, show starts 7.30pm. Ticketscost $25, or $20 for students.This show is rated PG so bring the whole family along for a funnight filled with lots of laughs.Tickets are available now at the Roxby Downs Cultural Pre-cinct – ph 8671 2001.

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PRIZES...We have double passes to the Scared Weird Little Guys comedy show to giveaway this issue, courtesy of Michelle Wild Entertainment and the Cultural Precinct.Get creative and drop us off a ‘portrait’ of your Dad - in any medium - and you could win hima great night out full of laughs.Just drop your entry into The Monitor office before Friday, August 29, along with your nameand phone contact for the chance to win a night of laughs for your Dad.

ANDAMOOKA...Roxby Downs’ owns Skunks mo-torcycle club will host its annual Toy Run on Satur-day, November 29.Participants are invited to assemble in RichardsonPlace in Roxby Downs at 11am to drive and ride tothe Tuckerbox in Andamooka.The community is invited to donate toys on the day,or by phoning 8672 7036 or 0408 315 703.Bring a toy for a needy kid - $10 minimum value.Trophies will be awarded for the best bike, hard luckand the best Christmas outfit.

Christmas Spiriton Two Wheels

ROXBY DOWNS...Organisers are calling all cars forthe 2003 Show ‘n’ Shine on Saturday, September 20.The event will be held from 9.30am to 11.30am at theRoxby Downs Shopping Centre.Whether your baby rides on two wheels, threewheels or four – it’s time to pull her out of the shed,buff her up and show her off.Roxby Downs Show ‘n’ Shine is proudly sponsoredby Autopro and the Roxby central Shopping CentreTraders.For more details contact event coordinator AlexBarker on 8671 2459

Calling all Cars forShow ‘n’ Shine

Roxby Tree Planting DayROXBY DOWNS…Roxby Tree Day will be held onOctober 12 at the Pine Crescent playground.Come along and help plant trees, supplied by theWMC (Olympic Dam) nursery, and help beautifyone of our local playgrounds.The focus of the day will be on planting WesternMyall trees, many of which have died out locallydue to an unprecedented white-fly outbreak in thepast decade. Groups and individuals can register tohelp on the day by phoning Christy Olditch at RoxbyDowns Council – 8671 0010.


RAISING A GLASS…Kicking off race day with achampagne and chicken breakfast on Saturday were,from left, Leanne Peebles, Cath Lousberg and KerryStephens.

FAREWELL…Trish Ellardand Shaun Astlesfarewelled Roxby Downswith a final day out at theraces.

FAMILY DAY...Megs, Alexand Annie Barker out forthe races.

HATS ON…CristianeCornes and Mireille el-Ansary displayed their raceday hats at the OnesteelOutback Cup.

RACE DAY…Rory Caneand Megan Gould relaxingat Roxby Race Day.

BUDDIES…Wayne Shipleyand Mark Downie at theRace Ball.

RED & BLACK…Showing their colours at Roxby RaceDay, from left, front, Yvonne Cloke, Margie Clarke, MariaByrne, Gaynor and Gary Green, Stephen Clarke andDavid McNamara.

RACE-GOERS...Ros Boothey, Julie and Chad Nixon atRoxby Race Day.

DRESSED TO IMPRESS…Maria Saxton, Rachel Rudigerand Donna Dryburgh got into the spirit of Roxby RaceDay early in the day at a champagne and chicken breakfastin Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.

RACE LADIES…Anne Dempsey, Carmel Larsson,Beverley Thomas and Penny Lommon at the OnesteelOutback Cup.

FRIENDLY FUN…Grant and Kathy Patrick relaxing withfriends John and Jeni Tumbers at Roxby Race Day.

RACE BALL…Kerrie Dey, Janie Pichler and MichelleDyason at the Race Ball at Roxby Downs Tavern.

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FANCY DRESS…MarilynMonroe and JaneMansfield, better knownlocally as Verona andKaren Taubers, made anappearance at KevinClarke’s 50th birthday thismonth.

GOOD EGGS...First to buy eggs to throw for ‘Lock UpYour Boss Day’ at Roxby Downs Tavern this month were,from left, Kerry ‘Lofty’ Knobber and Tony Knobber.


OUT & ABOUT…Revellers from around the region were atRoxby Downs Tavern for ‘Lock Up Your Boss Day’ this month,from left, back, Kathy Hansen, Sean Mylius, front, KatyaJakube, Kel Andrewartha, Dave Martin and Kathy Harvey.

BAD SHOTS…Bewailing their poor egg-throwing skills, ‘LockUp Your Boss Day’ supporters, from left, Ellen Ryan, TrevorProsser, Kerry Campbell, Phil Ryan and Noel Ryan, at theRoxby Downs Tavern this month.

RACEDAY CLASS…A formal start to Race Day with achampagne and chicken breakfast for, from left, back, SarahVan Dyke, Sebastian Tello, Charles Walker, Nina Andrews,front, Andrew Kozlowski, Penne Wong and Felicity Pearsall.

ON DUTY…On-course doctor Dervinder SinghGrewall joined Jack Cooper, Peter and LeonieYates at the Onesteel Outback Cup.

RIGHT…Enjoying the Roxby Raceday calcuttaevent, from left, Chris Haines, Emma and GrahamWarren.

NUMBER CRUNCHERS…Making sure thenumbers add up at the pre-race Calcutta eveningat the Roxby Downs Community Club, from left,Jo Henschke, Ros Boothey and Jen Laurence.

LEFT…Recently-engaged couple Ben O’Connorand Belinda White out at the Roxby Race Day.

RACE FACES…Tracey Williams andRebecca Steele out for Roxby Race Day.

DESERT DAMSELS...Nicki Munro, Robyn Ransley, Raynal Sims, Brydie Hill andKatherine Moseby added a little Australiana to the sea of ladies’ hats on display atRoxby Race Day.

FAMOUS FACES… John Travolta andOlivia Newton-John – better knownlocally as Lorraine Westcomb and DarrylWright – got ‘Greased up’ for KevinClarke’s fancy dress 50th birthday party.

BIRTHDAY BOY… Kevin Clarkecelebrated his 50th birthday with sonSeth in Andamooka this month.

RACE BALL...Christie-Lee Perkins andRick Oldfield at the Roxby Race Ball.


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AGM…Roxby Downs Basketball Association AGMwill be Tuesday September 16, 2003 at 7:30pm inthe Recreation Centre Conference Room. All teamsmust be presented or a fine will be incurred. ALLWELCOME.AGM…Roxby Downs Netball Association AGM willbe held on Monday September 22, 2003 at 7.30pmin the Roxby Downs Leisure Centre ConferenceRoom. All members and non members welcome.AGM...Roxby Downs State Emergency Services willhold its Annual General Meeting on SundaySeptember 7 at the Roxby Club at midday. For moreinformation about the Roxby Downs SES, pleasecontact Controller Scott Cheers phone 0419 811705 or email [email protected].

VACANT BLOCK…Vacant residential block of land13 Teliqua Street Roxby Downs approx 748m2$35000 phone Michael on 0418 335 843.FOR SALE…26 Alberrie Street – Three bedroomhome featuring blackwood kitchen with slate floor,lounge, carpeted bedrooms and ceiling fans in allrooms. Two enclosed entertainment areas/pergolas leading to inground pool, spa,computerised garden watering system, carport, t/w tank, garden shed. POA – ph 8671 1646, 86710891 or 8641 2048 to arrange inspection.TO RENT…Two bedroom unit, furnished, airconditioned, flexible lease terms $170 per week.Located in Myall Grove Caravan Park phone 0412679 068.TO RENT…Four bedroom home with swimmingpool. Close to city centre and schools. Phone DavidMurley of Weston Raine and Horne on 0412 050200.

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Upcoming WorksSafety nets to be installed in StadiumOne at the Recreational Centre.Opal Road and the road to the landfill to begraded.Works in ProgressNew bin at the Arboretum seating area.Hardstand patching of road edges on Olym-pic Way, Callanna Road and Gosse StreetUpcoming EventsThe next Roxby Road Safe (RRS) Meeting isto be held on Thursday , September 11, 2003at the Council Chambers at 5.30pm.Roxby Tree Planting Day will be held at thePine Crescent Playground (Cnr of Pine Cres-cent and Burgoyne Street) on Saturday, Oc-tober 12, 2003. For more details or to registeras a volunteer, please contact the Council.Dog RegistrationsDog Registrations are due no later than Au-gust 31, 2003. Please note that penalties ap-ply for failure to register before the due date.Accounts DueOverdue Water accounts are payable by Fri-day, September 5.RatesFirst Instalment for the 2003/2004 rates aredue by September 19, 2003.Roxby Downs Dot NetReminder that customers of Roxby Downs DotNet will not be able to dial in as of September1. Alternative Internet Service Providers arelisted on the Council Webpage atroxbydowns.netThank you to Tracey Ryan for her long stand-ing help and support to Roxby Downs Dot Netcustomers.Tourism ForumNext Meeting to be held on September 8, at5pm at the Council Chambers.Council BudgetCopies of the Council Budget are available atthe Council OfficeOpal Road Landfill Opening HoursTuesdays, 8am to 12 noon, Thursdays 1pmto 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm.Out of hours access call 08 8671 1154Council Office HoursMonday to Friday.—9am to 5pm

Roxby Downs is in manyways a very lucky town.We have outstandingregional facilities and avery high townshipamenity for our remotearea.For instance, we areblessed with tree-linedand landscaped streetverges that, while costlyto maintain, make us theenvy of many othertowns without our re-sources.However, are these fa-cilities appreciated?Since the town’s incep-tion damage to the irri-gation system, trees,plants and pine chipshas been a never-endingmaintenance issue forCouncil.This year we are budg-eting $235,000 for foot-path and streetscapingmaintenance.Yes this is a very highsum which will likely in-crease in the future assome street verge areasin the southern part oftown come under thecare and control ofCouncil.Much of this work is as-sociated with maintain-ing irrigation systemsand trees as well askeeping tidy and restor-ing pine bark.Damage caused by carswho illegally park or onstreet verges or travelover kerbs and foot-paths costs many ofthousands of dollars ofyour money.Over the years a numberof education attemptshave been made; withsome limited success.The question arises “isenough, enough?”The following offencesand penalties under theLocal GovernmentRegulations apply tothose who illegally parkon footpaths and streetverges." Parked on a path, di-vided strip or naturestrip. ($42 infringement)" Parked on local gov-ernment land ($42 in-fringement)" Left on a public roadfor a period greater than24 hours. (Vehicle maybe towed away and im-pounded. All costs as-sociated for return of ve-hicle are the owner’s re-sponsibility)In addition Council mayrequire the owner of landto construct, remove orrepair a crossing placefrom the road to theirland and if the work isnot carried out carry outthe work at the ownerscost.Council is reluctant toissue infringement no-tices or orders.

damage to the roadverge and the potentialof a fine, residentsshould contact theCouncil Office to look atwhether there is enoughspace available for a sec-ond crossover, and ob-tain the necessary ap-provals for any con-struction.

However, maybe this willbe the only course of ac-tion that we can take?Meanwhile, we do under-stand that many resi-dents have more than onevehicle and some maywish to park them in dif-ferent locations on theirproperty.In this instance, to avoid

Illegal Parking Poses Big Questions

ROXBY DOWNS...Localhairdresser Karina Hillhas officially launchedher new business thisweek along with a newname and business part-ner Kelly Baker.Karina chose the nameRoxby’s Cutting Edgefrom the many calls shereceived after asking thecommunity to give hersome ideas for hersalon.The winner wasMichelle Johnston - shewill receive a free cut andcolour for her efforts.At Roxby’s Cutting Edgeyou can expect to receivefriendly professional ad-vice at an affordableprice with a whole newrange of products andcolours that are safer foryour hair and exclusiveto Roxby’s Cutting Edge!Karina and Kelly are flex-ible with their workinghours and they will do

after hour bookings byappointment only, for allthose people who workor those who just don’thave enough hours in

their day.For Father’s Day Karinaand Kelly have some af-fordable vouchers avail-able for children to pur-

CUTTING EDGE...Karina Hill and Kelly Baker at Roxby’sCutting Edge.

chase for their dadSo call in and see thegirls at 97 Pioneer Driveor phone for an appoint-ment on 0407 605 033.

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Thank youTo the parents whose ‘kute kids’ were photographed by Markand Andre of Expressions of Love Photography over the lastcouple of weeks….Thank you.We truly enjoyed working with you all and your children wereincredibly photogenic.Your enthusiastic acceptance of our rather unusual style wasa real thrill for both of us.As a token of our appreciation, we have a little surprise foreach of you which will be available after Sept. 1, 2003.

Thanks again, Mark Hill and André Crisci,Expressions of Love Photography

P.S. An exhibition of the best images is on at the CulturalPrecinct from August 22 till September 30, 2003.

Internationally-renowned photographersMark Hill and André Crisci.

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The Monitor – YourCommunity Newspaperand internationally-re-nowned portrait photog-raphers Mark Hill andAndré Crisci are offeringlocal Dads the chance towin a photographicpackage valued at $580for Father’s Day.Additionally, 25 run-ners-up will receive‘Mystery Portraits’ val-ued at $150 each.And in recognition ofthe importance of creat-ing special photo-graphic memories ofyour family, the ‘Expres-sions of Love’ team will

donate a percentage ofevery booking fee to theRoxby Downs PostieBike Charity Rally in Oc-tober this year.Book your family portraitbefore Father’s Day –and mention the PostieBike Charity Rally – toenter in the competitionand support an impor-tant cause.The rally - organised bylocal dad RobCunningham who losthis son Jake to Menin-gococcal while still atoddler - will raise fundsfor the MeningococcalAssociation of Aus-

Give Dad a Gift to Remembertralia.Mark Hill and AndreCrisci will create a treas-ured memory for yourDad in the relaxed andnatural atmosphere ofRoxby Downs.This offer comes in re-sponse to the incredibleresponse the pair re-ceived when they visitedRoxby Downs thismonth.Mark – SA’s Portrait Pho-tographer of the Year –and Wedding Photogra-pher of the Year Andrénow intend to base theirbusiness in RoxbyDowns part-time to offera more complete local

service.Some of Expression ofLove’s unique portraitsof local children are cur-rently on display at theRoxby Downs CulturalPrecinct.To see your child de-picted in a unique Ex-pression of Love image– or to enter Mark andAndré’s Father’s Daycompetition, phone0500 882 143 or visit theirwebsite www.expressionsoflove.com.au.And don’t forget tomention that you readabout it in The Monitor– Your CommunityNewspaper.

LOCALFACES...One ofthe uniqueimages created byworld-renownedphotographersMark Hill andAndré Crisciduring their visitto Roxby Downs -something theynow plan to doregularly.


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There are two avenues to the ‘Creating our Future’ plan for Roxby Downs.One is the community planning process via the Community Board. The other concerns theparticular structural issues that face Council. Combined they make a successful Roxby.Over the next few months Council will provide a regular briefing on various structural issues facing Council and the community. Hopefully we will all become betterinformed.

When all of the pieces of the jigsaw are put together we will then be in a better position to provide half the picture to assist in continuing to Create Our Future.The other half will be delivered through the Community Planning process.

Like most structural issues there is more to them than meets the eye. Often they are complex with no real definitive answer.

Creating Roxby’s Future - How the Pieces Fit Together

ISSUE 1 - RATES...Let’sstart this process with atopic that challenges us all –Council rates. This is mosttopical since we have justsent out 2003/04 rate no-tices that included a 9.8 percent rise! “Why?” - you mayask? Or is the level reallyhigh? How does Roxbycompare with other Coun-cils in the cost of rates andservices delivered?Why is Rating so emotive?Perhaps it’s because it isupfront and “appears” to besimple.Upfront - Council rates arereviewed once per year totake into account inflation,community infrastructureneeds and communitywishes for increased servicelevels. Yet Commonwealthtaxes hit us all every day ofour lives through taxation ofour wages and salaries orthrough the GST. We all justbecome acclimatised. Weforget that for an average in-come of $50,000 in an aver-age house in Roxby wewould pay $11,380 in per-sonal income tax, depend-ing on spending patternsapprox $2000+ in GST,$3,900 in stamp duty whenwe purchased the house and$56 per annum for the Emer-gency Service Levy. Thiscompares with $880 inCouncil Rates! Of course,this all adds up but it ap-pears easiest to complain toa Council because we arehere; whereas Governmentsare remote and may be per-ceived as not caring!Simple – We all understandrating don’t we? It’s a prop-erty tax isn’t it? The higherthe value our property themore we pay? True, but doyou know the principles be-hind rating, how rates arederived, how the level is setor what controls there areon a Council in making deci-sions about rates. WhileRoxby Downs does nothave an elected Council, theAdministrator must followcertain specific criteria inconsidering rates.Rating BasicsRates are paid to enableCouncils to provide commu-nity services and facilitiessuch as libraries, rubbishcollection, footpaths, localroad maintenance etc.Council’s June 2000 discus-sion paper on the subject,which was made available toall households, explains indetail the philosophy behindCouncil rating. Essentiallyrating is a form of taxationand as such, there are sev-eral principles of taxationthat apply. These includethe equity or fairness prin-ciple which implies that thetax will fair to the taxpayerand that each taxpayer willbe taxed relative to other tax-payers; the benefit princi-ple in that the person whopays benefits; the taxpay-er’s ability to pay; the effi-ciency of the tax; and thesystem’s simplicity.For those interested inthese complexities a copyof this discussion paper is

available from the CouncilOffice.However, the “rating ba-sics” are as follows:Reasons for RatesRates are only levied in or-der to “balance thebudget” for a program ofworks and services thatare required or desired bythe community. Becausethese are general in natureit is not possible to iden-tify who should pay forwhat, hence the need forsome form of general taxa-tionNormally any significantincrease in a Council’s ex-penditure to support ahigher level of service willalso have to be funded byan increase in rates or a re-duction in another area ofservice.Because Roxby Downs isa relatively new town andsignificant up-front capi-tal costs were involved indeveloping it, the SouthAustralian Governmentand WMC agreed to sharethe cost of the Council’sannual financial deficit.The deficit is currentlyrunning at just over $1 mil-lion per year. Were thissubsidy to be removed asa result of current town ad-ministrative arrangementsbeing replaced by a fullyelected council, ratepayersrather than the governmentand WMC would have tomeet the cost of this defi-cit if they wanted to main-tain current levels of serv-ices and facilities.Minimum or Fixed ChargeThis is the component thatensures that all rate pay-ers make at least some con-tribution towards Councilservices. The Local Gov-ernment Act prohibitsCouncil’s from levyingboth a minimum charge anda fixed charge so a choiceneeds to be made about thetype of charge as well asits level. In our instanceCouncil has adopted afixed Charge of $150 peryear as this ensures thateveryone at least pays abase charge for a generalrange of services. It ap-plies to all rateable land.Property Valuation. Thiscomponent covers thevalue of the property andis always the major com-ponent. Council’s are per-mitted to use CapitalValue, Site Value, or aproperty’s annual “rentalpotential” value. Reasonsfor adopting one over theothers are complex. How-ever, most Councils inSouth Australia and else-where use Capital Value asthe type of rating.Principally this is becauseit is usually the best meas-ure of a ratepayer ’s“means” or ability to pay.Yes all the property valu-ation attempts to do is toestablish that one rate-payer with a higher valuedproperty has more“means” than one with alower valued property, andhence should pay more; in

much the same way incometax varies with levels of in-come. Property value istherefore used as a “surro-gate” for income.No one doubt some mightargue that it would be betterto use an actual taxable in-come as takes place in somecountries like Switzerland.However, this is not possi-ble as it would requireamendments to the Austral-ian Constitution to allowthe States and Local Gov-ernment to have there owntaxation powers. This isunlikely in the extreme!Councils are required to en-gage an independent Valuerto carry out the task of de-termining property values.Like most other South Aus-tralian Councils, RoxbyDowns uses the South Aus-tralian Valuer General’s De-partment. They value allproperty at least once peryear, and are completely in-dependent of Council. As a“general” rule valuations areof a general nature and usu-ally ‘conservative’. Anydisputes over a property’svaluation are dealt with bythem, not the Council.Land Use Differences. TheLocal Government Act al-lows rating to be varied ac-cording to a property’s landuse. This can be by zoning,or in our case by designatedland use categories as estab-lished by the Valuer Gener-al’s Department. Thismethod is actually superioras it can take into accountmixed land use and allow aCouncil to “differentiate” inthe way it uses the ratingsystem.Like almost all Council’s, wehave adopted differentialrating for residential, com-mercial, industrial and va-cant land. Usually commer-cial and industrial rates inthe dollar are slightly higherthan residential rates. Thisis in itself a huge subject ofdebate and discussion.However, one of the princi-pal reasons for this is thatthe road network in an areais by far the greatest andmost costly asset that aCouncil has to maintain andit is the one most affectedby traffic load. For instancethe wear and tear or axle loadof by one large commercialtruck is equivalent to about10,000 cars! No this is true!Commercial and industrialproperties rely heavily oncommercial vehicles hencethe slightly elevated contri-bution through differentialrates.Service Rates and UserCharges. Councils are alsopermitted to provide a sepa-rate service rate or set spe-cific user charges for the de-livery of specific services.This method is ideal whenthe benefit of a service isidentical for all. From anequity viewpoint all shouldpay the same charge. Anexample in Roxby Downsis the domestic kerbsidewaste collection service toall residential properties.Current charge is $110 per

annum.Rate Rebates and NonRateable property. Variousland is by law either notrateable or required to haverates rebated either in partor in full. This includesproperties such as schools,churches and hospitals.In our instance propertiesat Olympic Dam and theOpal Road Quarry are alsoexempt under provisionsof the Roxby Downs (In-denture Ratification) Act.As a result not all proper-ties make a direct contri-bution to the costs of run-ning the municipality.However, indirectly theState and WMC do pro-vide a contribution by wayof annual municipal deficitsupport; it’s just that thesize of the deficit is dis-torted by some $200,000or so.Separate Rates and Levies.Councils are also permit-ted to make a separate rateor levy for a specific area.This is usually for a spe-cific project that only ben-efits the particular area orconcerned. A common ex-ample is a levy on a retailarea for specific businesssupport or infrastructureupgrade. Roxby has nosuch levy in place.So as you can see, rates arenot really simple! They arevery complex and involvea degree of subjectivity.Alas it’s not the perfectsystem. However, it’s theonly system that we have.It’s been around for“yonks” and is unlikely togo away.So how come rates on ahouse in Roxby Downs aregreater than the same val-ued property valued else-where?You cannot meaningfullycompare actual propertyvaluations between twoCouncils and the resultantrates. There are simply toomany variables. For in-stance let’s compare twodifferent Councils eachwith a different valuationbase but identical services.(see Table 1)As shown, even though theaverage rate per propertyfor each Council is identi-cal, the comparison of rateon an average valued prop-erty on a normal $100,000property varies markedly.Add into the variation thevaluation method equa-tion, differential rates, mini-mum rates, fixed chargesand service rates, then ameaningful comparison isimpossible.So why has the valuationof my property dropped,but my municipal rate in-creased?From year to year, the to-tal capital valuation of theCouncil area will vary intotal and also within a spe-cific locality. Indeed thisyear property valuationrose by between 10 and 16per cent; yet rate revenuefrom the same valuationbase rose less than this.Aside from any rate in-

crease imposed to reflectincreased costs to carry outworks, the same amount ofrevenue still needs to beraised. The rate in the $will naturally vary to suit.If the total valuation drops,it is likely that the rate inthe dollars will rise to com-pensate. This year the reverse ap-plied.However, if an individualproperty’s valuationdropped less than the av-erage, then their rate mayactually remain the same orrise.Why do we have in Roxbya combination of fixedcharges, rate in the $ andseparate service rates?Every Council has theirown views on the fairnessof the local governmenttaxation system. And mostwould vary slightly in someway. We have ours and fol-lowing the 2000 reviewthink that the current oneis better than what pre-ceded it. Confused yet?OK. So have we ever triedto compare rates with an-other area?Of course we all have andhave all made the same er-ror. As indicated it’s’ im-possible to compare onearea with another. Thereare simply too many vari-ables. It’s like comparingapples with oranges.Whilst they are both fruitthey look different, feel dif-ferent, taste different andcost different amounts!But if we do compare whatmeasure can we use?Given the large range inland use types and differ-ent make ups within anarea there are only three“half” reliable measures.One is the average residen-tial rate in a municipality.It is usually the first ques-tion someone asks as it sortof gives you a feel for thelevel of rating in an area. Itignores whether the area isvalued highly or lowly andabsorbs distortionsthrough a fixed charge ormunicipal rate.At the same time it is in-herently better than a capi-tal value of a property orthe rate in the dollar.

The second is the commu-nity’s “perceived” capacityto pay. In reality most lo-cal governments make fromyear to year some form ofvalue judgement at thebudget time when deter-mining whether to increaserates and by how much.For example in rural areaswhen there is a drought or apoor season the followingyear’s rate increase tends toremain static or rise onlyslightly. Yet in “good” yearsthe rise often tends to begreater. Councillors invari-ably have a feel for changesin their constituents’ in-come and react accordingly.The third revolves aroundcomparing like with “likeish”. It’s clearly no goodcomparing a rural coastalCouncil with one on the ur-ban fringe. The make upand expenditure profiles arecompletely different as isthe land use by which ratesare determined.In our instance Roxby istruly unique. Where elsewould a local governmentirrigate and maintain theirstreet verges! We are in re-ality a small remote urbanCouncil, but with metro-politan standard infrastruc-ture and regional standardfacilities. Comparisonswith some areas of metro-politan Adelaide are con-sidered to be probably themost applicable based onstandard of services and fa-cilities and capacity to pay.As a result a preliminarysurvey has been carried outto compare Roxby Downswith Adelaide metropolitanCouncils.Data combines the 2002/03Average Residential Ratewith the 2001/02 AverageIncome per propertyassessment.(that’s the lat-est information we couldfind).

However, it’s by no meansscientific and should beonly used to “get a feel”for the current relativities.Resultsare illustrated inTable 2.What does this prove? Inreality all this shows is thatwe have one of the lowestaverage residential rates forour taxable income.We have also looked atother Councils on a percapita basis with similarresults. Indeed we rank 55out of 56 in this measure.It suggests that we can af-ford to pay a bit more; al-though how much is a sub-ject for on-going debate.What about implicationsfor the Future?As part of the State Gov-ernment’s budget approvalprocess and the continuingprovision of a governmentsubsidy, Council was “re-quired to show a strongrating effort”.In part this explains thisyear’s rate increase.However, to view munici-pal rating in isolation with-out addressing all of themany issues that face thecommunity as part of thisjigsaw would be foolish.After all, although notstrictly relevant as theyconcern a fee for service,we also have water priceswhich also impact.What can be asked is “whyshould the State and WMCcontinue to pay over a mil-lion dollars in an annualmunicipal subsidy, yethave the community payrates that are low by com-parison with most otherareas? Worth pondering!It’s a question the Counciland the community willcontinue to be asked.Next Piece of the jigsaw.Watch this space as we at-tempt to put other pieces ofthe jigsaw together!

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Local artist Kym Ainslie presented ahand-drawn portrait of Richards andhis Castrol Perkins Racing TeamHolden V8 Supercar to Richards forsigning during the official opening ofthe Roxby Downs Beaurepaires storelast week.After its signing, he then donated thesigned portrait to the Royal FlyingDoctors Service Golf Day and Auc-tion.

At the same time, auction-organiser KenLamb accepted a donation of a signedCamry Crows Guernsey from theBeaurepaires team.These donations are the latest in a se-ries that have begun pouring in to eventorganisers just a few weeks before theevent. Mr Lamb said the generous do-nations would be instrumental in help-ing the event reach its $500,000 mark inthis, its 13th year.

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ROXBY DOWNS… Thir-teen will be the luckynumber for local RFDSGolf Day and Auctionorganisers who intend toreach the half million dol-lar mark in this, their 13th

year of fundraising forthe Royal Flying Doc-tors Service.The annual event is thebiggest single RFDSfundraiser in outback SA,raising $420,000 over thepast 12 years,This year’s event will behosted on Sunday, Sep-tember 13, and the auc-tion will be called by SA’s2003 Golden Gavel win-ner auctioneer AndrewMaros from Mason GrayStrange.The day kicks off withgolfing fun at the RoxbyDown Golf Course.Local police join in thefun, coasting around thecourse in their paddywagon, fining golfersand locking up offend-ers.Next stop after golf is abarbecue lunch and thechance to relax in the sunwhile bidding begins onthe variety of item do-nated by local and inter-national businesses.Highlights of this year’scatalogue include ‘OldSmokey’ – a weber-stylebarbecue built by Olym-pic Dam Precision Engi-

neering in the shape of asteam engine – and a rus-tic bar made of corru-gated iron complete withan inbuilt bar fridge.Auction-goers can bidfor a flight over Lake Eyreand a weekend at WilliamCreek or a tour of the AridRecovery Project.Other catalogue itemsinclude signed Crowsand Port Power Guern-seys, the popular ‘scud’heaters built by the Ol-ympic Dam Transportteam, hydraulic jacks andother tools, jackets, caps,plants and a variety ofother giveaways.

“It’s the ‘Million StarRestaurant’ that takesthe cake ever yearthough.“It involves a five-coursemeal under the desertstars and dinner enter-tainment and someonebid $3250 for it once.”To donate items, or learnmore about the RFDS GolfDay and Auction phone8671 0336.The team at OlympicDam Transport wouldalso appreciate any inno-vative ideas or sugges-tions or volunteers whowould like to be involvedin a working bee.

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VOLUNTEERS...Malcolm Wickham, KenLamb and Rod Fraser working on a‘Coopers Bar’ for the RFDS Auction.

Long-time local residentKen Lamb and his familyhave been coordinatingthe annual RFDS GolfDay and Auction for thepast 12 years alongsidethe Roxby Downs RFDSAuxiliary.Ken’s disgruntlementwith the growing com-mercialism of local sportduring Olympic Dam op-erations’ early boom pe-riod prompted the idea ofa charity auction.“Golf in Roxby Downs,for so many years, wasall about big companies,big prizes, and a smallgroup of golfers,” MrLamb said.“I wanted to see thecommunity see more ofthe benefits of these bigsponsorships.“We donate to the RFDSbecause it’s non-prejudi-cial – it could be me, youor your grandmother butthey’ll be there – there’sno prizes for best playeronce you’re in one ofthose planes.“My family have helpedme all the way. “I remem-ber the kids used to hateputting the posters up inthe main street.“Our employees at ODThave been unbelievablyloyal too – especially theyear my mum died and itjust went on – the troopsjust took over.”

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ONESTEEL OUTBACK CUP...Roxby Downs and Districts Racing Club committeemembers and local Onesteel representatives congratulated winning trainer ShaneOxblade and jockey Jayeleen Burgess who rode Peligro to victory in the hotly-contested Onesteel Outback Cup.

CONSULTING THE GUIDES…KerryGum and Roma McKinnon check theform guides during Roxby Race Day.

SPONSORS…Sherri Barker, andsponsor Paul Bartley with Phil Patersonat the Race Ball at Roxby Downs Tavern.

LADIES DAY...Donna Dryburgh - best dressed lady at the Onesteel Outback Cup -lined up with nine other finalists in Roxby Downs Race Day’s first-ever ‘fashionof the fields’ competition. Ms Dryburgh received a $500 Myers voucher donatedby Allstaff Resources.

RACE 6…Steven’s Resources representative Paul Smith and race club presidentStuart Cormack present a trophy to trainer Murray Shackleford for the StevensResources Class B Handicap. Mr Shackleford’s stables clocked up two wins onthe day with Cassic Danzig ridden by Robert Faeher, and Pure Class in the Race 4.

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The 2003 Onesteel Outback Cup at-tracted more than 1000 race-goers onSaturday, August 16.The event kicked off on Friday nightwith a Calcutta held at the RoxbyDowns Club and hosted by Phil McEvoy, a night that saw a crowd of 270get into the punting spirit.Saturday race day kicked off with the achicken and champagne breakfastdown the main street, entertained bylocal a cappella singers The TrillingFrogs.The festivities then continued on outto the track where the cup’s first-everinternational jockey, Hiuma Akiyama,took two second placings and a thirdon the day.The highlight of the racing calendar –the Onesteel Outback Cup – added atinge of controversy to the day’s eventwhen a protest by Peligro jockeyJayeleen Burgess was upheld againstBradley Vale on Accelerating was up-held.The protest of ‘interference at the 75mmark’ is the first ever cup protest atRoxby Downs, and the first local pro-test ever upheld.The decision saw Accelerating takesecond place – a blow that hit homefor Strathalbyn trainer Mick Whittlewhose stables clocked up four second

placings and a first on the day andhad hoped to take home is second cupin two years.“No one likes to win cups – or anyrace – on a protest but there has to bea winner and a loser and I’m happy tobe the winner today,” Peligro trainerShane Oxblade told The Monitor.Almost as hotly-contested as the cup,was one of the new features of theday - the ladies’ ‘fashion of the field’,which temporarily took the focus offthe actual races.“Conducting a race meeting 600kmfrom Adelaide and 200km plus fromPort Augusta the nearest major centeris always a challenge,” Roxby Downsand Districts Racing Club presidentStuart Cormack said.“However the RDDRC would like toexpress our sincere gratitude to all ofthe trainers, owners, jockeys andTRSA for their support.”While exact attendance figures are stillto be finalised, more than 1000 peoplemade it trackside to enjoy the racing,possibly the biggest attendance sincethe first registered meet.One noticeable issue was the in-creased number of tourists that at-tended the event, hopefully due tosome of the advertising initiativestaken by the club and TRSA.


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V8 Supercards Identity Visits RoxbyRoxby Downs’ racing-mad fans made a steadypilgrimage to the new lo-cal Beaurepaires storeon Friday to meet V8Supercar identity SteveRichards.Richards was in town toofficially open the GosseSt store, and to be in-volved in an afternoon offood, fun and prizes.On the day, local artistKym Ainslie presented ahand-drawn portrait ofRichards and his CastrolPerkins Racing TeamHolden V8 Supercar toRichards for signing –before donating thesigned portrait to theRoyal Flying DoctorsService Golf Day andAuction.

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Winter finally hit the golfers on the Roxby Downsgolf course on Saturday August 23, 2003. MeyersEngineering fortunately provided very warm hos-pitality and made things a lot better for the golfers.A field of 37 golfers played a par event in cold andwindy conditions. The scores returned reflectedthe difficult conditions out there with only 3 golf-ers playing to or below their handicaps. The win-ner for the day was Robert “Tubby” Gray with agreat score of +4. It is good to see Tubby have awin as he spends many hours working in the Club-house and at the beginning of the season was outof golf due to an injury to his back.Tubby has his handicap reduced by one shot as aresult of his effort. Geoff Chick took out the runnerup position on a count back from Tony Holbrook,both on +2. Sweepstakes went to all the golfers on-1. James Daley, Andrew Wellington, David “Fatty”Cameron, Barry Thompson and Christian McArthur.The wind made the Nearest the Pin hole very diffi-cult being into the teeth. The only grade to makethe green in one shot was James Daley who landed1.5m from the pin and then missed the birdie putt.The cross wind on the Long Drive hole made itdifficult to keep ball on fairway. Fortunately the 3rdis a generous one and all but A Grade made thegreen stuff.B Grade - James Daley; C Grade - Craig “Junior”Smith; Ladies - Jana Jamnicky.CJT Resources hosted their golf day with an 18hole stroke event on Saturday August 16, 2003.Even though there was a clash with the annualRoxby Race Day there was still a decent field for

the day. To accommodate the golfers who wantedto support the races as well as golf there wereearly tee-offs. Three groups went out early andthe overall winner for the day was BarryThompson. Barry is blitzing the competition atthe moment with his second win in a row. Hislatest win could have been so much better but heleft a few shots out on the course. Barry’s win-ning score of 65 (gross 94) included two 3 putts,one lost ball and one penalty drop. He also hadsome good luck with trees assisting and not re-sisting him. Peter Wooldridge had a Nett 70 andwas runner-up on a count back from James Daleywho took third place. Tony Bidgood had the BGrade novelties sewn up winning the Long Drive,Nearest the Pin. Tony also won Putting competi-tion for the day with 27 putts for the round. Forsomething a little different for sweepstakes win-ners on the stroke event the match decided toreward gross scores in the grades.A Grade went to Robin Passmore with 80; B Gradewent to Tony Bidgood with 89; C Grade went toJohn Lachmund with 102.Long Drives - A Grade John Kerr, B Grade TonyBidgood, C Grade Peter Wooldridge, Ladies/Jun-iors Seb Holbrook.Nearest the Pins - A Grade Robin Passmore, BGrade Tony Bidgood, NTP eluded the C Gradersand Ladies.The Club Championships will be played on Sep-tember 6 and 7, 2003.Players should register for the event by Septem-ber 3 to Di Beveridge or Robin Passmore.

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The Andamooka SportsShooting associationheld a clay target shooton Saturday August 23,2003 starting at 10am. Itwas attended by 10shooters to shoot 75 tar-gets over 3 rounds toquite windy conditions.Results are as follows:John Nicholls 58/75; Pe-ter Grubic (visitor) 54/75;Mal Smith 53/75; Chris

The Woomera R&SL Bowling Club is located offBundilla St Woomera, and thank you to all thosewho pointed out that I was incorrect in my location.We are open weekdays from 5pm and from 2pm onSaturdays during the bowls season; Visitors and resi-dents of Woomera and Roxby Downs who are notmembers are most welcome to drop in for that re-freshing cool and cleansing in the afternoon.Our groundskeeper John Bradbury, recently resignedafter eight years of tireless service.John, on behalf of the committee, thank you verymuch for all your efforts and good work over theyears, we wish you all the best in your upcomingretirement.And where one chapter closes, another opens.We welcome our new groundskeeper, Neil “BD”Brokensha; Neil brings many years of horticulturalexperience to the club which was demonstrated tous on Saturday.His preparation of the green and the grounds in gen-eral for bowling was exemplary. Well done and wel-come Neil.Raffles last Thursday saw Harry Bovey’s numbercome out, bad luck Harry you missed out on themoney so it jackpots to $90.00 this week.Graham & Chrissy walked away with $20 each andsix-packs went to Bernie, Murray, Jimmy and SteveRogers.On the darts scene, RSL Bowls achieved a 7-2 winover Koolymilka and RSL Bias snuck a 6-3 win overBAE Black a good nights enjoyment was had byboth teams.If you’re not a member of the club, let me explain theadvantages; The basic social membership which is$15 gains you entry in the membership draw eachweek where a cash prize or dinner for two can bewon, you must be present to claim your prize, it alsogains you entry to the Club Christmas Dinner func-tion.For everyone’s information BJ’s Café presents anexcellent dinner menu from Tuesday to Saturday.Restaurant hours are from 6:30 to 8:30pm and it isimperative that group bookings be arranged by phon-ing the club on 8673 7596.Please book for dinner on Thursday nights to avoiddisappointment and to help our kitchen staff in ca-tering.The Club, barbecue and beer garden facilities mayalso be booked for private functions by arrangementwith the Club Manager.Please do not bring drinks into the Club that havebeen purchased elsewhere, and as a mark of respectto our fallen comrades, please Gentlemen NO CAPSinside the Clubrooms.The Annual General Meeting has been postponedto October 12, meeting will commence at 12 noonfollowed by a barbecue lunch all interested personsplease keep this date free.

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Hunter 53/75; MartinAllen 47/75; Mick Hollitt46/75; Stuart Eggart 44/75; Craig Thompson 42/75; Rob Hunter 41/75;Bluey Powell 20/50.An enjoyable day washad by all.The next shoot is onSunday September 14,2003 starting at 10am.All visitors are welcometo come along.

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Clay Shooting Results

Highest Pegout Score DateJoe Blatchford 119 30/4Merran Tschirpig 80 5/3Dave Nicholls 99 25/6High ScoreGreg Budden 200 29/5Shane Adams 200 9/4 , 11/6Andy Searle 200 11/6,23/7Julie Wright 141 5/3Brodie Jarvis 174 12/3180sGreg Budden 29/5Shane Adams 9/4 , 11/6Andy Searle 11/6Top Three Aggies LeadersMen;Shane Adams 9238,Greg Budden 8844, IanConnell 7678.Women; Ros Harris 6088, Marg Surman 3522,Mellissa Crane 3408.Juniors;Dave Nichols 2984, Brody Jarvis 2929, TysonNorton 2590.Team AggiesGolf Club 32559WSC Royals 24266RSL Bias 22450RSL Bowls 21768WSC Blue 13979Village White 12546BAE 11548Koolymilka 11400Pimba 9694

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Exciting Racing in Round 6Round 6 of the RoxbyDowns Sporting Carclub was held on Satur-day, August 23.After a month off withmany teams makingchanges and adjust-ments to their toys madethe nights racing inter-esting.BP Roxby DownsProudly sponsored thenights racing and wethank them for their con-tinued support of theRoxby Downs sportingCar Club.Numbers were unusu-ally down for this corre-sponding meeting ofprevious years, howeverthe cars in the field wereamongst the best all day.Ladies - The usual classwere hard at work onceagain, Bec Jensen re-turned to the track aftera couple of meetings onthe side lines.Ruth Dempsey was onceagain on the pace as wasthe Yellow and Red OpenWheeler of TaniaJohnson, whose car wasalso presented with BestPresented.Standards - The field ofstandards was downwith only four cars com-peting in the class.Damien Jones was theman to beat with theblue and yellow stand-ard staying mostly at thefront all day.The red van of RuthDempsey’s was alsoamongst with BecJensen biting their heelsfor third.Duke Barac made a startin his new Falcon, teeth-

ing problems gave him anight to forget, howeverwith the time on thetrack, he will be varyhard to catch in the nextcouple of meetings.Modified - The bigCharger of Steve Keller’swas given a heart trans-plant with the car hav-ing a very much newmotor.The car was at thepointy end of the field allnight and given that theengine is reasonablynew there is high hopesthat this car will produceresults.Brian Bishop was backand running very well inthe white Cortina andTina Johnson was hav-ing a night to remember,storming home to third.Wayne Dempsey in thepurple Falcon howeverwas good enough to se-cure another modifiedvictory.Paul Williams was theonly open class car torace, starting off with a

handicap , he chaseddown the modifieds.Open Modifieds - Un-doubtedly the mostfierce and entertainingclass of the night wasback in force.Richard McPhee threwaway the old Chev andinstalled a new 350power plant.Justin Webb was out toput the V8s back wherethey belong with hisnew supercharged 202Holden, however a wa-ter pump ended thatended that idea and DonMckinnon decided a diffchange would beenough for his car.The night’s racing wasfull of surprises withDave Bertilmiser drivinga brilliant night to graba very well earned sec-ond, Carl Bartlett hadthe 351 Ford expire in acloud of smoke, butthrough it all it was theold stallion RichardMcPhee who lead fromthe front all night.


The Woomera and Dis-tricts Football Leaguesaw several players rec-ognised for outstandingpeformances throughoutthe 2003 season.The highly-coveted MailMedal was awarded toAnthony Howie (Olym-pic Dam) with 36 points,while Kit Williams(Andamooka) followedclosely behind with 33points.Roxby Districts’ SimonRiddle took third placewith 25 pointsKit Williams, 19, was alsonamed leading goalkicker and best under 21.Darren Linke was named‘Coach of the Year’ forthe second year runningat Saturday’s Mail Medalcount for the Woomeraand Districts FootballLeague.The Andamooka Roos

LIFE MEMBER...Bev Zeptner is congratulated on her “longoverdue” life membership presented by friends and fellowW&DFL committee members Graham Howard and GarySutherland.

A select group of league members werenamed life members at Saturday’sWoomera and Districts Football LeagueMail Medal count including 10-yearcommittee member Bev Zeptner.Zeptner was swamped with congratu-lations following her surprise award.“I’m very touched and very surprised,”she told The Monitor on the night.

“I’ve been involved with local foot-ball since 1987 and on the league com-mittee since the early 90s. My husbandwas a member of the Koolymilka Sport-ing Club at Woomera and my threeboys are involved with the local footy.”Life memberships/100-game badgeswere also awarded to Darren Fairlie andStuart Nunn.

Surprise Recognitionfor League Stalwart

player, who hadn’tplanned to coach againthis year, told The Moni-tor “you don’t get any-where by yourself”.“We’ve got a good, con-sistent side and a dedi-cated committee atAndamooka,” he said.Andamooka are the fa-vourites for Saturday’sfinal and have held topnotch on the league lad-der all year.“We’ve struggled withinjuries through the yearbut we’ve put the teamback together now andthey’re relaxed andfocussed on doing thehard work.Andamooka will face theOlympic Dam Devils inthe final, after the ODteam defeated the RoxbyMiners in Saturday’spreliminaries.The Devils held the lead

throughout the game de-spite doubtful weatherconditions.“It was a blustery day,conditions weren’t goodfor football,” DevilsCoach Tim Lange toldThe Monitor on Satur-day night. “I was pleasedwith the team’s effortthough - everyone wasout there playing good,hard footy.“In finals it doesn’t mat-ter how many points youwin by, as long as youwin, and we’re going tokeep that in mind goingup against Andamooka.The thing we’ve got go-ing for us at the momentis fact that we are play-ing well as a team. We’llgo in as underdogs -Andamooka deserve tobe favourites - but we’regoing to get out thereand do our best.”

Mail Medal Presentations

ROUND 15 August 17, 2003Olympic Dam 19.13 (127) defeated Hornridge 8.7 (55)Olympic Dam Best Players - A McEvoy, A Howie, D CouznerOlympic Dam Goal Kickers - M Bourke 5, S Montgomerie 4, W Feltus 3, AMonfries 2, D Nicholls 2, G Devine 1, P Heading 1 and J Payne 1.Hornridge Best Players - C Hodgetts, D Male, A WatkinsHornridge Goal Kickers - J Thorpe 2, M Gow 2, R Roe 1, S Gow 1, P Beake 1.Andamooka 13.9 (87) defeated Roxby Districts 9.11 (65)Andamooka Best Players - J Perkins, D Semmler, R KraackAndamooka Goal Kickers - K Williams 4, B Stevens 3, M Uhlik 1, J Sullivan1, C Nunn 1, R Kraack 1, C Phelps 1.Roxby Districts Best Players - D Cunningham, M Doyle, M DaddowRoxby Districts Goal Kickers - S Riddle 6, M Katzorke 2, M Doyle 1.Preliminary Final August 23, 2003Olympic Dam 13.11 (89) defeated Roxby Districts 6.8 (44)Olympic Dam Best Players - A Balnaves, A Howie, A McEvoyOlympic Dam Goal Kickers - A Howie 4, M Bourke 3, W Feltus 2, B Hornhardt1, D Couzner 1, C Aldenhoven 1, A McEvoy 1.Roxby District Best Players - M Young, M Dale, M ButterworthRoxby Districts Goal Kickers - S Riddle 2, J Orr 1, R Allen 1, A Clarke 1Olympic Dam to play Andamooka in the grand final on Saturday August30, at 2pm. On grand final day the gate will be manned from 10.30am. Alladults that enter after this time will be expected to pay the $5 entry feeincluding junior football spectators and supporters.

Woomera and Districts Football League

THE BIG LEAGUES...Local Year 10 footballers joined theirpeers from Leigh Creek to play a demonstration matchduring half time at the Port Power vs Melbourne gameon August 17. The boys made a good account of itselfwinning 5 goals 2 points to no score. The local teamcomprised, from left, back, Millane Weaver, KolbiWhittaker, Jake Roberts, Brad Halliman, Kurt Reynolds,front, Callan Skinner, Wayne Parker, Brad Ley, JaebynDrefke and Todd Paull.

Junior Footballers Show Their Stuff

Sunday August 17, 2003Under 13sHawks 8.7 (55) defeated Bulldogs 5.5(35)Hawks Best Players – K Zeptner, RLukich, C Morgan, S Gray, N McPhail.Hawks Goal Scorers – K Zeptner 4, JCunningham 2, T Sutherland 1, RLukich 1.Bulldogs Best Players – C Buran, THombsch, W Fernandez, J Kruger, TDevine.Bulldogs Goal Scorers – J Kruger 2, CLynch 1, C Buran 1, B Rouston 1.Under 16sDragons 23.5 (143) defeated Razor-backs 8.1 (49)Dragons Best Players – DCunningham, B Elson, A Watkins, SFerenci, W Burton.Dragons Goal Scorers – N Burton 6, AWatkins 6, B elson 4, J Likich 3, DCunningham 2, C Gator 1, M Riggs 1.Razorbacks Best Players – G Garth, SCrafter-King, C Kenny, R Lynch, RKeller.Razorbacks Goal Scorers – J Teagan 3,

C Kenny 2, B Markovich 2, R Hegg 1.Saturday August 23, 2003-08-25Under 13sBulldogs 6.17 (53) defeated Hawks 4.1(25)Bulldogs Best Players – C Buran, JHombsch, B Ley, B Tonkin, B Haliman.Bulldogs Goal Scorers – B Tonkin 2, BHaliman 2, C Rainsford, C Buran.Hawks Best Players – J Drefke, T Paull,D Ironside, J Cunningham, C Skinner.Hawks Goal Scorers – T Paull 3, J Drefke1.Under 16sRazorbacks 14.9 (93) defeated Dragons5.3 (33)Razorbacks Best Players – B Chesson,R Lynch, G Garth, B Hansford, WFrancis.Razorbacks Goal Scorers – B Hansford5, R Flegg 3, B Nedelkovic 2. R Keller 1,J Garth 1, C Kenny 1, B Chesson 1.Dragons Best Players – M Riggs, DCunningham, A Watkins, M Zoe, MWeaver.Dragons Goal Scorers – S Rogers 2, MRiggs 2, D Cunningham 1.

Junior Football Results

Tuesday, August 12C WomenTandales/Jets 39 (JTaylor 14) defeated Cou-gars 14 (L Drefke 6).Wanderers 37 (K McPaul12) defeated Chocies 28(E Neilson 14).B MenMagpies 58 (R Roe 16)defeated Bulls 41 (J Orr27).Chocie Soldiers 40 (BMcPaul 16) defeated Jets32 (S Freeth 8).A MenMPR Magpies 41 (VPetherick 12) defeatedJets 26 (N Backhouse 10).Chocie Soldiers 57 (JStevens 29) defeatedBulls 36 (J Castle 16).Thursday, August 14B WomenBulls 44 (L Girdham 13)defeated Eagles 1 9 (CWildman 7).Jets 32 (D Zanker, LHooper 10) defeated Ea-gles 2 16 (D Hill 6).SSA Cougars 20 de-feated Devils 0 on forfeit.A WomenBull 27 (L West 11) drewwith Little Devils 27 (TFouet 12).Eagles 47 (R Redden 17)defeated Devils 14 (NDarling 8).Tuesday, August 19C WomenChocies 28 (E Neilson 12)defeated Tandales/Jets24 (J Talyor 8).Cougars 38 (P Shepley10) defeated Wanderers20 (K McPaul 11).B MenJets 47 (D Cunningham15) defeated Wanderers41 (J Kerr, Z El-Ansay 8).Bulls 63 (J Orr 20) de-feated Chocie Soldiers 35(R Shields 15).Thursday August 21B WomenSSA Cougars 40 (T Hill21) defeated Eagles 2 33(V Homsch 11).Devils 40 (A Lamb, CBeenham 10) defeatedBulls 36 (L Girdham 17).A WomenDevils 26 (T Coombes 9)defeated Bulls 25 (RPenglase 13).Eagles 45 (R Schutz, RRedden 12) defeatedChocie Eagles 18 (SGrantham 10).Roxby Downs Basket-ball Association willhost its Grand Final onSaturday, September 6,2003, starting at 5pm atthe Rec Centre.Bar facilities are avail-able and presentationsand supper will followupstairs after the A Mensmatch.

BasketballResults

Please be advised junior netball semi final times on September 6, 2003 have beenchanged to the following times: 11 and under – 9am, 13 and under – 10am, 16 andunder – 11am.This is only for semi finals all other finals will remain the same.On September 20, 2003 we will be having our presentation night in the audito-rium. This will include Minis and Seniors.Doors will open at 6.30pm. Presentation will commence at 7pm sharp.It would be great if you could all attend as we all have a great time with a discofollowing presentation.This is a family night so bring all your family and party till late.Supper provided, bar facilities available.

See you there.Roxby Downs Netball Committee.

Roxby Netball Presentations

Saturday August 16,2003U11sT-Birds 16 defeatedLightning 4; Rockets 14drew with Bullets 14.U13sLightning 54 defeated T-Birds 18; Bullets 43 de-feated Opals 38.U16sLightning 33 defeated T-Birds 31; Opals 48 de-feated Bullets 35.Saturday August 23,2003U11s

Shooters 19 defeatedLightning 11; Bullets 14drew with T-Birds 14.U13sShooters 38 defeatedLightning 29; Bullets 50defeated T-Birds 26.U16sShooters 44 defeatedLightning 31; T-Birds 47defeated Bullets 35.Semi Finals – September6, 2003Preliminary Finals – Sep-tember 13, 2003Grand Final – September20, 2003

Junior Netball

August 16, 2003A GradeBlues 59 defeatedCougars 48;Redbacks 58 de-feated Miners 33.B GradeTangos 74 defeatedAndamooka 24; Min-ers1 60 defeatedBlues 17.August 20, 2003A GradeBlues 62 defeatedMiners 24; Redbacks67 defeated Cougars35.B GradeMiners1 64 defeatedAndamooka 16; Min-ers2 59 defeatedBlues 28.

SeniorSaturdayNetball


Leisure CentreJunior & Senior Netball

Grand Final Presentation NightSaturday, September 20 at 5.30pm

in the AuditoriumLight Supper Provided – Entertainment by TAS SOUND

Saturday Senior Netball Semi-FinalsSaturday, September 6A Grade: Redbacks v Blues 12.30pm Court 1

Cougars v Miners 2.00pm Court 2

B Grade: Tangos v Miners 1 12.30pm Court 2Miners 2 v Blues 2.00pm Court 2

Please note the change of times above are due to theSenior Basketball Grand Final. All the following finals will be

played at: B Grade 1.30pm and A Grade 3.00pm.

Phone 8671 0500 for more information

GOOD HANDS...Ty Hancockpicks up the ball incentrefield at tee- ball.

SWING THING...Nissa Gordon,7, batting in the final round oftee-ball for the season.

Locally-trained grey-hound ‘Watch the Pa-pers’ kicked off his localcareer with a disappoint-ing last place in his firstSA start at Port Pirie onFriday night.The ‘Totally Tavern’syndicate-owned grey-hound has only recentlyrecovered from beingpoisoned – an allegationwhich police are con-tinuing to investigate.Trainer Sandy Thomsontold The Monitor thisweek he had not hadhigh hopes for Watchthe Papers in his debutat Port Pirie.“We were quite happywith his run - until he gotknocked over he was infourth,” Thomson said.“The distance was toomuch for him thoughand we weren’t expect-ing too much of him thistime.”Thomson said syndi-cate participants hadbeen warned not to“blow a packet” on thedog in his first race.Watch the Papers wasnot expected to peformwell considering his un-familiarity with the trackand his recent poison-ing.

On Saturday August 23,2003, the finals of theRoxby Downs tee-ballseason were completed.This year was the firstseason for local tee-ballers aged five to eightand eith to 12 years.Organisers heralded Sat-urdays as a great after-noon, ending in a funparents and kids match

that saw the young tal-ent overcome wiserheads - 20 to 13.Presentations weremade to all participantswho played through outthe 2003 season.Tee-ball coordinatorLeanne Stuckeythanked the many par-ent helpers who sup-ported this year’s initia-

tive – with a special men-tion for Deb Blake, StevePressler, Geoff Haugum,Susie Alford and NicoleWiskar, and sponsorsSportsPower and Eurest.“I would like to thank allthe tee-ballers for par-ticipating and making ita successful season for2003,” she said. “Seeyou all next year.”

Successful First Season for Tee-ball

August 13, 2003A Grade MAK Ladies 36 defeatedPearlers 23; Hornridge 31 defeatedKeeches 27.B Grade Shorties 24 defeated Rebels216; Masters 44 d Primemovers 9.Mixed Blues 37 defeated All Blacks 28;Miners 44 defeated The Trevs 31.

August 20, 2003A Grade MAK Ladies 27 defeatedRebels1 22; Hornridge 26 defeatedPearlers 26.B Grade Masters 27 defeated Shorties19; Primemovers 29 d Rebels2 22Mixed Blues 62 defeated Miners 24;Redbacks 67 defeated Cougars 35.

Wednesday Night Netball Results

Roxby Downs MixedSoftball Grand Final willbe held on August 30,2003 at noon betweenthe Black Cats and theRebels.The Black Cats will com-prise Shana Forrest,Graham Neilson, BecSurendra, Kerry Wild,Amber Dixon, GeorgeHolland, Paul Gudger,Ray Forrest, GrantPhelan, Phillip Cusano,Steve Moss, CarolWildman and LorelleWilton.The Rebels will contestthe field with team mem-bers Leanne Stuckey,Kerry Stuckey, LouiseSullivan, Alison Spiers,Simon James, NicoleWiskar, MichaelRontauray, GeoffHaugum, Kane Honnor,Hedley Widdup, JohnBailie, Jeremy Blake andDonna Haugum.The match will be fol-lowed by a presentationnight dinner at theRoxby Club, beginning6.30pm.

More than forty bowlers from Ascot Park, Ceduna,Port Pirie, Bordertown and Quorn competed againstteams at Roxby Downs last week, in the Roxby DownsBowls Club’s first tournament of the season.Saturday was a pair’s competition which was wonby the Ceduna team of Bernie Blums and PhilTrowbridge, followed on Sunday by a fours compe-tition won by Ascot Park Bowling Club’s TonyTrentelman, Keith French, Paul Herreen and BillMorris.Events sponsors - Auto Pro, Foodland, Roxby DownsLeisure Centre, Gary Baker Building, Beenham Eliteand Monadelphous Engineering.

Bowls Season Warming Up

WINNING TEAM...Winners of lastweek’s fours competition at RoxbyDowns Bowls Club, back, Ascot ParkBowling Club’s Tony Trentelman, KeithFrench, front, Paul Herreen and BillMorris.

RoxbyDownsSoftballFinals

Greyhound Performance DisappointingWatch the Papers wasscheduled to race againthis weekend at PortAugusta but, after only

drawing reserve for theevent, Thomson has de-cided to rest the dog an-other week.


Thursday, August 28, 2003 sportYour Community Newspaper

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Roxby Race DayP20

Tournament Gets LocalBowls Season Rolling

Race Day Puts a Smile On Punters FacesWINNERS ARE GRINNERS...Kym Roberts and Tonya Volkjoined more than 1300 people at last week’s Onesteel OutbackCup. Full report & photos on Page 18 or turn to Pages 12 &13 for lots more social pics.

Proudly supporting the Royal FlyingDoctors Service & the Community of

Roxby Downs since 1988!

Howie’s Hat Trick

MAIL MEDAL...A night of successes forlocal footballer Anthony Howie at theMail Medal presentations in RoxbyDowns on Saturday.

BOWLS...Barney Baxter was joined by, back, David White,Tony Trentelman, Tony Jordan and Brian Robinson onthe Roxby Downs green for the first tournament of theseason this month.

Anthony Howie went home a three-time winner onSaturday after being presented with both the MailMedal and The Monitor Newspaper Best and Fair-est trophy and being named in the local ‘team of theyear’ following the Woomera and Districts FootballLeague semi-final.On the same day, he was also named president of theW&DFL at the league AGM.“I’m pretty happy about it all,” the Olympic DamDevils player said.“It’s a great league this one, and to see young play-ers coming up through the ranks and succeeding iswonderful.“I’ve been playing in the league for seven years nowand I don’t plan any dramatic changes under mypresidency.“There hasn’t been too many other committeechanges and that’s one of our strengths, a dedicatedcommittee.“I think the main thing is to keep the focus on juniorsand keep four strong teams in the competition.”Howie confirmed that the league is currently in ne-gotiations with Coober Pedy representatives to ex-pand the league.

TEAM OF THE YEAR...Umpire M Whittaker, Coach D Linke (Andamooka), FullForward S Montgomerie (OD), Forward Pocket A Balnaves (OD), S Moten(Hornridge), Forward Flank M Uhlik (Andamooka), K Williams (Andamooka), CentreHalf Forward S Riddell (Roxby), Wing C Williams (Andamooka), D Couzner (OD),Back Flank S Gow (Hornridge), R Kraack (Andamooka), Centre Half Back A McEvoy(OD), Back Pocket J Perkins (Andamooka), M Katzorke (Roxby), Full Back A Ingold(Andamooka), First Ruck G Colberg (Andamooka), D Semmler (Andamooka), DKemp (OD), Second Ruck N Backhouse (Roxby), A Balnaves (OD), S Moten(Hornridge), Interchange N Backhouse (Roxby), D Haines (Roxby), J Thorpe(Hornridge), R Grander (Hornridge), Captain A Howie (Roxby), Vice Captain RKraack (Andamooka).

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