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By Jason Munn

Th e A n d a m o o k a Town Management Committee (ATMC)

and the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (APOMA) recently put in motion the re-sheeting of a frequently used road.

Th e project is a step for-ward in the continual process of improving local infrastruc-ture.

“It’s a road that’s quite steep and narrow and was previously just local soil; it had never been surfaced properly, so whenever we had a small amount of rain it was a major bog,” APOMA Chair-person and ATMC Commit-tee member Peter Allen said.

“Cars used to slide all over the place on the way up the hill because of the steepness, and residents at the top of the hill couldn’t get home, or go into town.”

Re-sheeting is a process of scarifying and re-surfacing the existing road; scarifying is scratching the ground to about three inches, via a

scarifying attachment on a grader.

“Th is is done to break up the surface.

“We then identify suita-ble material for a road base, screen out the big rocks, which is anything bigger than 100 millimetres, then water the material and mix it in a borrow pit.”

Th e borrow pit is used to mix the underlying sand-stone or limestone material with small rocks and finer material, which creates the hard road base.

Quarry rubble high com-paction road base, commonly known as PM21, is the stand-ard, but Mr Allen said it doesn’t work in Andamooka due to its high maintenance required and the shortage of water needed for such main-tenance, so earth movers in Andamooka create their own road base.

“Th e base is laid and grad-ed, then watered to preserve the moisture because it tends to evaporate during the day, then regraded and rolled sev-eral times,” Mr Allen said.

“Th is brings the fi ner el-ements to the surface and

pushes the larger elements underneath; a bit like trow-eling concrete.

“And that means you get quite a tight surface.”

Mr Allen said the re-sheet-ing was scheduled for next year; however current fi-nances provided a window of opportunity.

“We didn’t think we had enough money left in the budget, but it turned out we did, so we brought it for-ward.”

Th e re-sheeting was nec-essary due to the high usage of the road, combined with the problems associated with rain.

“There’s probably about 12 families using that road, and it’s always been diffi cult whenever it rained.”

The re-sheeting should now resolve those hazards, and is one of several planned road maintenance activities as infrastructure improve-ments continue around town.

“Th ere are a group of roads that we have identified as being needy – roads of high traffi c, so we’ve been getting more and more of them done and over time will continue

the program of expansion creating properly made roads.”

Mr Allen said Andamooka is about to trial an additive product to the water used when laying the road base.

“It prevents moisture from penetrating the road – like a sealant.

“It’s reasonably expensive but if it’s done properly it can be very cost effi cient because instead of having to regrade the road every time it rains, hopefully, we won’t have to touch it.”

As the town grows and the numbers of road users increase, the question of bi-tumen has also been raised.

“I think bitumising roads is something that needs to be considered and we have iden-tifi ed three or four roads of particularly high traffi c load that could use bitumen.

“Th ere’s no point in bitu-mising every road in town because it will destroy the character of the place, and if there are only two people living on that road then bi-tumising is unnecessary, but there are some roads that should be considered.”

By Jason Munn

S ecurity systems at the Olympic Dam Airport

have been upgraded af ter the Federal Government recently introduced changes to regional aviation security.

A B H P B i l l i to n spokesperson said the upgrades were installed over the last few months and the airport has now rolled out its new secu-rity procedures.

“The new security measures have been in place since mid-June, when passengers were encouraged to test the new facilities. From July 1 the new system offi cially went ‘live’ and participation has been compulsory.

“To comply with new regulations from the Office of Transport Security, the Olympic Dam Airport has re-cently undergone the construction of a new passenger lounge near the existing amenities block, with a capacity to hold 120 people, as well as the installation of an enhanced security system.”

The existing termi-nal building has been extended to allow for baggage screening.

The spokesperson said BHP Billiton has taken every possible measure to ensure that the disruption to pas-sengers and the gener-al public is minimised throughout the transi-tion.

As of July 1, 2012, it is compulsory for all passengers to undergo security screening, in-cluding x-ray baggage screening for both car-ry on and checked lug-gage, and metal detector screening.

“From July 1, all pas-

sengers are required to present for check-in at least 45 minutes before departure to account for any delays and the increased security mea-sures will be no diff erent to checking in at Ade-laide airport.”

Th e upgrades have re-quired additional, fully trained security staff to operate the new system, in addition to existing staff , with some of the costs of the upgrades being assisted by the Australian Government.

“Th e Government did assist with some of the cost around the specif-ic scanning equipment, while the other upgrade costs were borne by BHP Billiton.”

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Roxby Downs will again hold the Relay for Life in October this year to raise

much needed funds for the Cancer Council.

Th e event will be held on Satur-day and Sunday, October 20 and 21, at the Roxby Downs Town Oval, and teams are now invited to register.

Relay for Life is one of the most popular and successful fundraising events in the world. It is an oppor-tunity for the community to get together and celebrate cancer sur-vivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fi ght back against a disease that has taken too much, from too many.

Teams of between 10 to 15 peo-ple are urged to get involved and raise much needed funds in the

months leading up to the event. At the event, teams walk or run around the Roxby Downs Town Oval for 19 hours.

Relay for Life is being run in 16 locations throughout South Austral-ia this year and has been a popular event amongst small business, com-munity groups and local families.

It is a great way to engage a group of people around a common cause and enables them to participate in a team building and a fun event that focuses on remembering those who have been aff ected by cancer, and educating the community as to how they can take simple measures to prevent cancer in their own life.

“Everyone involved in Relay for Life is united by a common experi-ence - cancer - and in just one day people can make a lifetime’s diff er-ence,” said Cancer Council Relay

for Life Event Manager, Christine Robertson.

Relay for Life events in South Australia have raised over $2 million to help fund Th e Cancer Council’s cancer research, education, preven-tion and support programs. The metropolitan Relay for Life event held at Santos stadium has alone raised over $1.2million.

Th e inaugural South Australian Relay for Life was held in Adelaide in 2001 and there are now seven re-gional venues and new communities taking up the challenge each year.

If you would like to become in-volved with Relay for Life please contact Kate Pederson on 0418 820 249 or Regina Qualmann on 0428 174 408. Alternatively, or for further information log onto www.relayfor-life.org.au.

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R esidents in the Flinders and Outback are being encouraged to learn more

about cardiovascular disease as part of an education campaign for National Diabetes Week 2012.

Ros McRae, Director Flinders and Outback Health Service, said approximately 275 Australians are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes every day and as these numbers continue to grow, so does the risk of cardiovascular disease.

“People with diabetes are up to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, a group of conditions causing blood vessels to narrow or block the fl ow of blood to the heart,” Ms McRae said.

“Risk factors for Type 2 diabe-tes include, being over forty, being

overweight, being inactive or hav-ing a family history of diabetes.

“Th e good news is that people can reduce their risk of developing diabetes or cardiovascular disease by adopting a healthier lifestyle.

“Changes such as quitting smok-ing, controlling your cholesterol in-take, monitoring your blood pres-sure, increasing physical activity and eating a healthy diet can make a big diff erence.”

While prevention is a key factor in the fi ght against diabetes and cardiovascular disease it’s impor-tant to learn to recognise the warn-ing signs of a heart attack or stroke.

Some people who have diabetes do not have chest pain when they have a heart attack. Other signs that may alert you include extreme fatigue, nausea, feeling anxious or

short of breath, sweating and be-coming pale or grey coloured.

Receiving treatment quickly can reduce the long term eff ects of a stroke so it’s important to call an ambulance as soon as possible.

Signs of a stroke can be remem-bered with the acronym FAST.

Face – is the person’s mouth drooping? Arms – can they lift both arms equally? Speech – is the person’s speech slurred? Time is critical – get help immediately.

If you have diabetes, or the risk factors for the disease it is recom-mended you get regular check-ups with your local doctor. For more information about diabetes please call 1300 760 177 to make an ap-pointment with a diabetes educator in your local area.

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Roxby Food and Music event funded

By Vanessa Switala

The Roxby Downs Community Board has been awarded $15,000 for the Roxby World Food and Music event as part of the Regional

Arts Fund, an Australian Government program delivered by Country Arts SA .

Th e proposed date for the Roxby Food and Music event is Saturday, October 13, 2012 with children’s workshops being held from October 8 to 12.

Th e Community Board has also been awarded a Multicultural Grant for $5,500 as part of the State Government’s Multicultural Grants Scheme. Th e scheme assists community organisations to develop projects that increase the understanding of culturally diverse communities, participation of South Australi-ans of all backgrounds in the community, and to help celebrate a value of multiculturalism.

Th e Regional Arts Fund assists community organ-isations to undertake projects which encourage par-ticipation, extend or advance knowledge and the de-velopment of arts and culture within the community.

Th e Multicultural Forum, which formed only last month, decided a food and music event would be ideal to bring the community together as they are universal mediums.

Roxby Downs is home to more than 40 nationalities and the Multicultural Forum was created to promote cultural diversity.

Grace Morokai, Chairperson of the Multicultural Forum, said the forum is key to sustaining the future of the young Roxby Downs’ community

She said it aimed to bring people together in the community through food and entertainment.

“Th e group is very young and new,” explained Ms Morokai. “Th e fi rst meeting was only held last month.”

Ms Morokai told Th e Monitor the fi rst meeting for the Multicultural Forum was to brainstorm ideas for the event, which also depends on funding from local businesses.

She said the forum is considering outside perform-ers and acts to attend the event including African Soul, a Ghanain musical spectacular which will include a mass drumming workshop, La Bomba, a Chilean act including professional dancers to teach how to rumba and salsa, and Sufi Soul, a traditional Indian music ensemble with a professional Indian dancer.

Ms Morokai said it was also important to include local community members with ‘hidden talents’, and to make use of local knowledge and stories.

Ms Morokai explained the Multicultural Forum want to include various community members and dif-ferent groups, such as the Roxby Downs Area School (RDAS), in order to involve a diverse range of people.

“We want to involve young people so they learn to accept and tolerate other cultures,” she said.

“(Th e Forum) would assist with existing programs such as Harmony Day,” Ms Morokai added.

She stated the Forum is currently in talks with teachers at RDAS and the school has been ‘very

supportive.’“Th e event is really promising and exciting!”She told Th e Monitor the Multicultural Forum and

community would work together and support each other to create an exceptional event.

“Roxby is a very culturally diverse community, the community embraces cultural diversity.

“With the Multicultural Forum we can achieve big-ger things.

“It’s a blessing to be in this town,” Ms Morokai add-ed.

Business and Cultural Development Consultant for Roxby Downs Vivienne Holloway said the event is important for Roxby Downs for numerous reasons.

“Th e Roxby Downs community includes over 40 nationalities, which makes us quite unique. Great community celebrations are those that celebrate what makes us, us.

“Understanding and celebrating this cultural diver-sity will be key to the community’s success. Food and music are easily accessible to everybody, and a great and fun way to share cultures.”

Ms Holloway added, “It’s really important that the whole community is involved in this type of festival, both in planning, contributing and in sharing, so over the next few weeks we’ll be looking for people to get involved in planning the event.”

Th e Honourable Simon Crean MP recently an-nounced a total of $226,710 to fund 25 projects across South Australia to be delivered by Country Arts SA.

A total of 25 projects received funding in the lat-est round of the highly competitive Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government program delivered by Country Arts SA.

Chief Executive Offi cer of Country Arts SA Steve Saff ell said the organisation will be assisting more community arts initiatives as a result of the latest funding round.

“We believe in the ability of the arts to enrich local communities and with many of the successful projects led by some of our State’s younger artists the future is bright for the arts in our State,” he stated.

“Th e Regional Arts Fund is fantastic for our com-munities in regional and remote South Australia as it ensures we can continue to off er support to artists working across a wide range of mediums,” he added.

Th e next Multicultural Forum meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 18 and will establish more details regarding the event.

Anybody interested in joining the Roxby Downs Multicultural Forum can contact Grace Morokai at the Roxby Downs Community Library on 8671 0660.

Th e Multicultural Forum is creating a subcommittee to help plan and run the event. To get involved please email the event facilitator vholloway@roxbyleisure.com or call 0448 059 168.

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By Jason Munn

The Roxby Downs Community Toy Library has been operating for almost three months and

is now seeking feedback from the community.

Toy Library Coordinator Sarah Kopman, together with fellow coordi-nator Ali Webber, established the Toy Library to fulfi l a widespread need for the service, and are now keen to learn the community’s thoughts.

“Everyone who is using the service are providing great feedback, they are really happy with the variety of toys, and they come back every week to re-turn and change those toys, but we’re also very keen to hear from people about why they aren’t using the ser-vice – is it the hours, is it the toys? Perhaps they are looking for diff erent toys?” Mrs Kopman said.

“Th is is a community program … we want to make sure we take on board the community’s feedback and, if necessary, alter the service if that means it will better serve the needs of the community.”

Roxby Downs doesn’t have a ded-icated toy store and the selection of toys available in town is rather limit-ed. Mrs Kopman said this, combined with the practical reality of large toys

taking over the house, is what drove Mrs Kopman and Ms Weber to estab-lish the service.

“It’s not always practical to contin-ue to buy large toys; your house just fi lls up with toys.

“Parents can come and borrow large toys they maybe wouldn’t buy themselves, because they take up too much room in their home.

“While cleaning of toys is a respon-sibility for borrowers, the Toy Library also cleans all toys with disinfecting wipes before they are made available for borrowing again.”

The Toy Library is open Tues-days and Th ursdays from 9.30am to 12.30pm, “but we’re looking at the possibility of changing or extending those hours.

“We’re also currently looking at whether Saturdays are a possibility.”

And the Toy Library is not closed during the school break.

“Most programs that run during the school terms and closed during the holidays, but we are open throughout the school holidays.”

Mrs Kopman said the Toy Library can only off er the service while there are volunteers to help.

“Volunteers are always needed and one morning a month is all we are looking for.”

Official judge of the Roxby Downs Community

Poetry Competition Barbara De Fraceschi wants Roxby Downs’ people to know you don’t need a university degree to write poetry.

Entries for the compe-tition are still open and keen poets are invited to pick up an entry form from the Roxby Downs Library or Roxby Council. Forms can be download-ed from roxbydowns.com before August 15.

“For me personally the purpose of writing has many motives. To cre-ate a poem is to enrich both poet and reader, to explore, to discover a greater understanding of self, to share experienc-es and emotions,” Ms De Fraceschi said.

“Poetry is all about communication, it can be ridiculous, open minded, strange or beautiful, bold or shy, and a heap of other fac-tors invented or real, in fact poetry can be any-thing the writer wants it to be. Poetry knows no statute of limita-tions; above all poetry is the free voice of the writer.

“I write in a style known as ‘free verse’ which eliminates the rhyme and is not con-stricted by set verses with regular line count. This is not a new genre, ‘free verse’ has been around for centuries, it is the most popular form of poetry published today.

“Th e fi rst thing to do is to decide what to write about.”

Ms De Fraceschi said three major components that benefi t a novice writ-ers are to observe, inter-pret and communicate.

“Another helpful sug-gestion is: write what you know. Whatever your lot in life, whether you are a miner, a nurse, a truck driver, a shop-keeper, grandmother, philoso-pher or a simple dweller,

you will have a multitude of stories to tell.” She said.

“A poet often explores his/her private world; the act of sharing personal events both painful and joyous can be therapeutic as well as uplifting.

“If you have a yearn to write poetry it is a good idea to read poetry writ-ten by others, develop your own style and don’t be afraid to break new ground. As a poet you can be a voice for those who cannot express their own triumphs or failures.

“With your words you can communicate with strangers, bring commu-nities together and per-haps create wisdom from foolishness.”

Th e following is a fa-vourite poem of Ms De Fraceschi which was fea-

tured on the Radio National pro-gram Poetica.

Ms De Fraceschi was awarded an OAM (Or-der of Australia Medal) in 2002 for service to the community as well as a Citizenship Award from the Broken Hill City Council in 2000 for her untiring contribution to various community pro-jects and committees.

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William and Harry playing with one of the toys from the Roxby Downs Community Toy Library.

Above: Barbara De Fraceschi OAM has agreed to judge the Roxby Downs

Community Poetry competition.

APOLOGYFORCED ADOPTION PRACTICES

On behalf of the South Australian Government, the Premier, the Hon Jay Weatherill MP, will deliver a formal Apology to mothers and fathers whose children were removed because of forced adoption practices from the past, and to people who were separated from their parents as infants as a result of those practices.

The Apology will be delivered at the South Australian Parliament from 11am on Wednesday 18 July 2012.

A live video broadcast of the Apology can be viewed online at www.saapology.sa.gov.au

A DVD of the Apology will be available. For a copy of the DVD, please contact the Office of the Minister for Education and Child Development, the Hon Grace Portolesi MP, on 08 8226 1205 or email: apology@sa.gov.au

Because limited seating is available at Parliament House, you will need to reserve your place by 13 July 2012. If you have been affected by forced adoption practices and wish to attend, please call 08 8226 1205.

Please be aware that if you have been affected by past adoption practices, support is available by contacting the State Government Post Adoption Support Service on 08 8245 8100.

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AlmostI nearly say I love youwhen you take the stone out of my shoewith muddied hands from pulling weeds.I notice how thin your shoulders have grown,the roundness of spine,muscles dented from all those heavy loads.My tongue recalls the taste of wine wetted lipsI should have known to cup your cheeks,dab the sweat,take the loss. Instead I smile into another idiot silence, listen to the failure of summer, kid myself there are plenty more summers to come.

SAPOL is urging residents not to be too concerned

about the upcoming Lizard’s Revenge protest festival from July 14 to 18.

Roxby Downs Police Offi cer in Charge Terry Boylan has stressed po-lice will have more than adequate resources to handle any situation that may occur in relation to the festival.

OIC Boylan said SAPOL has received var-ious pieces of informa-tion from the community which has helped in plan-ning for the event.

“We have a range of in-formation that comes in from time to time about the protest, and any in-formation that’s relevant we disseminate within the community as required.

“I’ve held community meetings with BHP Bil-liton and their contrac-tors, the local emergency services, the local coun-cil, business owners and schools in relation to the upcoming event to reas-sure them that everything is being planned for and that the community should not unduly worry about the matter.

“I stress again that SAPOL has done a great

amount of planning in relation to this operation and there will be more than adequate resources to deal with any eventual-ity that occurs in relation to the planned protest action.”

OIC Boylan said addi-tional police will be ar-riving in Roxby Downs in the not too distant future and are scheduled to stay for an unspecified time depending on the action.

“Also, as part of the op-eration there will be an additional police pres-ence on the highways and roads leading into Roxby Downs to ensure every-one’s safety,” OIC Boylan said.

After a previous protest in 2008 where partici-pants left behind a terri-ble mess, some residents are concerned that a sim-ilar situation may occur.

“At this stage we don’t know where the pro-testors are planning to camp,” OIC Boylan said.

“We’ll obviously be monitoring that and I would hope they would leave it in much the same state that they found it – to leave it in any other state would indicate they don’t seem to care about our local environment.”

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S ince September 2011, the Andamooka Primary School has been using iPads as a teaching aid

and they have proven to be very helpful.

Th e Year 2 to 5 class provides one iPad per student which allows greater access for eff ective and alternative teaching methods.

“We take photos with the camera and import them into a program called “Pages”, then we write learning stories about them; it’s a form of report so we can document things with the pictures,” Teacher Meg Jolly said.

“We also have lots of diff erent apps (appli-cations) for diff erent subjects, for example we have a maths app where we give the kids 5 or 10 minutes at the beginning of a lesson to go through at their own levels they are up to.”

An enthusiastic student, Tyler, showed Th e Monitor a music application that helps students record their own music.

“Th ere is a Spanish app as well,” Ms Jolly

said.“We teach Spanish using colour games

and number games, which is really good.”Th e iPads are also used for storytelling

where the students create their own col-ourful cartoons.

“It’s a way they can express their ideas.”Ms Jolly said the iPads are a fantastic way

to help children who approach learning in diff erent ways.

“It’s defi nitely helped with kids that are hard to get engaged by actually sitting down and writing – it’s really easy to get them to tell a story in a similar way, but with pictures and speech bubbles and things like that.”

Recently, students observed the transit of Venus through the Star Walk app, an as-tronomy application that teaches students the movements of planets, moons and stars.

“Th e students were able to study the path of Venus across the sun, take still photos of the event and monitor the progress each day.”

Teaching with technology

By Jason Munn

The Roxby Downs Neighbourhood Watch group recently held a second meeting at the Roxby Downs Police

Station.

Th e meeting primarily focused on the roles that are needed to be fi lled in order to estab-lish the viability of the group.

Roles identifi ed included Chairperson, Area Coordinator, Zone Representative, Sec-retary, Treasurer, Catering Offi cer, Publicity Offi cer, Recruitment Offi cer, Newsletter Ed-itor and Property Offi cer.

Some individuals who attended the meet-ing were elected to fi ll a small number of key roles including Senior Constable Kieran Baggoley who fi lled the position of Police Coordinator, taking over from Andamooka Offi cer in Charge (OIC), Kelly Chidgey.

Crime prevention ideas were discussed

including street kerb numbering and engrav-ing identifi cation numbers on push bikes and scooters.

A Facebook page for the Neighbourhood Watch group was also brought up and the Area Coordinator is looking into the legali-ties involved as well as seeking promotional material from Port Augusta.

Senior Constable Baggoley said the group would need 12 to 15 members to sustain its viability.

“Neighbourhood Watch only works when people in the community get involved - and it does make our job as police easier.”

OIC Chidgey said residents may notice something in the community and not know the signifi cance of what they’ve seen.

“People often feel they don’t want to both-er the police, but if there are people in the community they know they can ask, they

can suggest whether or not to approach the police.”

Senior Constable Baggoley said the more numbers there are in a Neighbourhood Watch group, the more people are willing to get involved.

“Th e responsibility can be shared and res-idents need only put in what they feel they can commit to.”

Area Coordinator Katie Meadow said if residents would like to get involved, but need to work around shift work, they can share email addresses with other members and pass on information or questions to be brought up at meetings.

Th e group will have a stall at Market Day on Saturday, August 18 to promote the Rox-by Downs Neighbourhood Watch group with a meeting scheduled for 7pm the following Monday, August 20.

Neighbourhood Watch group meeting

ABOVE: Andamooka Primary School Teacher, Meg Jolly, and student, Tyler, are impressed

by the Star Walk application on the iPad.

BELOW: Senior Constable Keiran Baggoley and Andamooka police Offi cer in Charge Kelly Chidgey discuss roles needed in the Neighbourhood Watch group.

On Monday, July 2 a 25-year-old man from New South Wales was involved in a vehicle collision after

falling asleep at the wheel.

He was later reported for the off ence of driving without due care and will appear before the Roxby Downs Magistrates Court at a later date.

Two breaks-in have been reported in Roxby Downs during the past week.

On Friday, July 6, a unit at Olympic Vil-lage was entered and various items were stolen, and on Saturday, July 7 a person also broke into a unit located at Th e Dunes.

If you can help with any information please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or the Roxby Downs Police Station on 86714200.

“Make sure you lock all door, windows, gates and sheds when you are not at home. If you are going on holidays get a neighbour or friend to check your house and collect your mail and newspapers,” Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said.

“Remember to lock your cars and don’t leave valuables where they can be seen and keep your Olympic Dam site pass in a safe place along with any uniform or clothing with your company name on it.

Snr Sgt Boylan also reminded locals to be vigilant during the upcoming Lizards Revenge protest.

“With the additional people in Roxby Downs it is timely to remind everyone to secure your home and remove all valuables from your vehicle.”

Roxby Downs police news

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VOLUNTEER GRANTS 2012Invitation to Apply for FundingThe Australian Government’s Volunteer Grants initiative recognises the valuable

work of volunteers. Volunteer Grants 2012 is part of the Australian

Government’s ongoing commitment to supporting volunteers, assisting

disadvantaged communities and encouraging social inclusion to assist

vulnerable people within our society.

The Volunteer Grants 2012 Application Form and Application Guidelines are

available at www.fahcsia.gov.au or by telephoning the Volunteer Grants 2012

Hotline on 1800 183 374. A TTY service is available for persons who have a

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Applications close on Wednesday 25 July 2012 at 5pm AEST.AG64558

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A thriving and sustainable local business community is essential to a vibrant and sustainable community. This weekly column shares some of the issues facing local business and some of the strategies they are using to gear up for the exciting times that lay ahead for Roxby Downs. Got an idea for a story or some feedback

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Western Australia (WA) is sup-posedly booming, however, insolvencies have increased by 134

per cent in the state over the past couple of years.

Cameron Belyea, the head of the WA re-structuring team at Clayton Utz spoke about some of the underlying factors leading to these insolvencies.

“In the mining services sector, although there are some huge projects in WA, there are cash fl ow limitations out of those huge enterprises, one of which is there’s a cash-fl ow time lag between a party skilling up and incurring the capital expenditure, incurring the labour costs associated with building into those projects, and then actually being paid for their services.

“I think that’s probably the major pressure that faces WA companies at the moment, that time lag between putting in the time, the cost of incurring the services at their end and then being paid for it at the other end.

“Th e anecdotal evidence is it’s more the small end of town at the moment, the two to three, maybe under 10 person groups which have got to the stage where the capital cost is too high, the cash-fl ow constraints are too high, and the alternative uses of their labour on personally working on the big projects just makes it more economic for them to close down and to go onto the mines them-selves.

“So the small end of town really covers every sector you can think of full retail ser-vices, tourism and other forms of services.

“What we’re seeing… Is a shift to more turnaround workouts where the big end of town, the directors, need to strategically plan to invest into the future and to replenish the capital to come up with a new form of op-erational turnaround and save the business. So the big end of town is surviving more because they’re facing up to their problems earlier; the smaller end of town is under the cash fl ow pressures that we spoke about.

“Sometimes you wonder whether growth

is such a good thing because I suspect we’re going to see quite a few more insolvencies in WA. Certainly the fabrication, engineering, construction sectors are all said to be under a lot of pressure at the moment and the people that are speaking to us are in those sectors. “Th ere are probably three reasons for that:

“One is that they invested heavily into capital a year or so ago and they’re coming under pressure from their fi nanciers to pay for the loans that were taken on.

“Two, they’re seeing the cash fl ow pres-sures that we spoke about earlier.

“Th ree, there’s a fair degree of interaction between the small fabricators and the large contractors working on these sites who are quite often off shore entities. Th ey’re requir-ing variations or renegotiations of existing contracts which small WA suppliers really just can’t cope with without coming under further commercial pressures themselves. Where they can’t then fund the renegotiated contract they obviously need to take some form of administration or protective action.”

Cash fl ow lags lead to 134 per cent increase in insolvencies

Julia, how can 22 million Australians paying a carbon tax prevent global warming when 7 billion others around the world pay nothing and pollute far more than this country??? Ivan of the Far North

The Germein Sisters that performed at the Golf Club last week were fantastic. Pity not more of the community made the effort to go and see them. Amazing.Amazed

Lizard’s Revenge- give it a rest. Everybody is getting all worked up and probably for nothing. Let them protest, bet nothing happens in town any way.Sick and Tired

It is disgusting the amount of rubbish, bottles and cans that are littered around the town oval after night football games. Clean up your act.Clean Up King

How many people does this community have to lose for people to get the picture? Pull your head in- don’t speed, don’t drink drive, don’t put your friends and family through the hell so many have gone through already this year.Don’t be a rooster

Age pensioners in Australia should be hiring boats to take them from Broome to the Christmas Island processing centre. They could then return to Australia with far more benefits as landed immigrants, free health check, free legal aid, free housing, and far more that the pension pays currently and the total support for the Greens. JR

Dear Anti-Ranter...in response to your “rant” about Roxby Rant and Rave...if you don’t like it I guess you don’t have to read it. It’s amazing how many people complain about this site, but it still seems to be the talk of the town!Raver

Now centre based sports have come to an end whatever will I do to fi ll my time? Too scared to run the streets in case I roll my ankle on the dips and cracks!Running scared

Miners for the fl ag.RW

Standing room only at the shed on Saturday night and most of Sunday. Hope my poor Power neighbours get over it!From the Roxby Crows Shed

What are your thoughts on Roxby

Council’s decision to separate the school

and community library services?

An investment partnership and a per-sistence pays approach have paved the way for construction of a 12-kilometre

water pipeline in Coober Pedy that will deliver strong economic dividends for the region.

In Coober Pedy recently to make the an-nouncement, Regional Australia Minister Si-mon Crean said a Federal Government grant of $910,000 through the second round of the Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF) will leverage other investments to bring the $1.84 million project to life.

“Th is project will help secure Coober Pedy’s water future and is a great example of what is possible when you combine partnership invest-ment and persistence,” Mr Crean said.

“Our grant is being leveraged by investments from the State Government and the District Council of Coober Pedy to get this project off

the ground.“Th is project was unsuccessful in the fi rst

round of RDAF, but the council learnt from the feedback, strengthened the partnership and persisted with the project.

“Partnership and persistence have paid div-idends this time around.”

Mr Crean said the project will provide a pipeline from a sub-artesian bore-fi eld, develop irrigation systems at the town oval and extend the community orchard.

“The new pipeline will save the council $140,000 annually with savings being invested in growing the population of the town and re-gion in-line with the expansion of the resource industry,” he said.

“Th e project will also create new employ-ment and training opportunities for indigenous residents.

“Th e skills learnt on this project can be trans-ferred to food production, mining and other

enterprises throughout the region – an im-portant step to break the cycle of lower work-force participation rates, reliance on welfare for many indigenous families.”

South Australian Senator Alex Gallacher said the project will make an important contribu-tion to the community.

“RDAF is already making a signifi cant diff er-ence around regional Australia with $150 mil-lion distributed to 35 projects through round one last year including $15.89 million in South Australia,” Senator Gallacher said.

“Projects such as this one have been select-ed because they have leveraged funding and demonstrated clear long-term regional ben-efi ts, including jobs and opportunities for the broader region.

Mr Crean said seven South Australian pro-jects that deliver both economic and social div-idends will share in a $27.8 million regional development boost through the $200 million

second round of RDAF.“Th e seven South Australian projects share

in $27.8 million of RDAF grants but leverage a total of $94.5 million in partnership investment between the Federal Government, State and local governments and the private sector. Th at’s a one to three leverage of Federal Government funds,” he said.

“RDAF is more than a regional investment program, it is driving cultural change – demon-strating what is possible when you prioritise, build partnerships and leverage funding from a range of sources.

“Such a view inevitably results in buck-pass-ing, inaction and a blame game. Th e alternative is a partnership between the three levels of government, and where appropriate, the pri-vate sector.”

More information on RDAF projects can be found at www.regional.gov.au.

12 kilometre pipeline for Coober Pedy

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• Interest from bank statements.• Dividends from Shares.• Rent from a house, etc.• Sales of Assets, e.g., shares,

houses.• Do you have any managed

funds?Once you have your income to-

gether you can start to think about what work related expenses you have incurred during the year and where might those receipts be. Th e following may help:

• Have you used your motor ve-hicle for work related purposes?

• Have your incurred any costs traveling for work?

• Uniform expenses or protec-tive clothes are often deductible.

• Costs of study are usually claimable if they are work related.

• Union Fees.• Th e cost of using your private

phone for work calls.• Sun protection costs if you

work in the sun, e.g., sunglasses.

• Cost of doing last year’s tax return.

• Work related magazines or periodicals.

• Income Protection Insurance.• Donations to registered char-

ities.• Donations to school building

funds are often claimable.• Have you purchased any work

tools or equipment?• Are you paid a meal allowance

for working overtime? Th is could be claimed.

• Do you have any new tickets or licences?

• Any other work related costs.Some of the other items that you

may need to bring include:

• Income and expenses of a rent-

al property if you own one.

• Medical costs if these are

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• Your spouse’s income and date

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• Your bank account details for

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• Private health insurance de-

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Th e Australian Taxation Offi ce (ATO) is reminding employers to use the new Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding tax tables from 1 July 2012.

Tax Commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo said employers need to apply these new tax rates to payments made on or after July 1 even if some of the payment relates to work performed before this date.

“Th e ATO recently wrote to 900,000 employers to inform them that new in-come tax rates will apply from July 1.”

“If an employer uses a computer sys-tem or a service provider to manage their payroll, they should ensure that their software has been updated.”

“Employers can also use the free ATO tax withheld calculator available at www.ato.gov.au/taxwithheldcalculator , to quickly work out how much tax to withhold from their employees’ salary or call the ATO on 13 28 66 to discuss their specifi c circumstances,” Mr D’As-cenzo said.

Th e new tax tables are available from the ATO website at www.ato.gov.au/taxtables or by calling the ATO on 1300 720 092.

Paper copies of the weekly and fort-nightly tax tables are also available at ATO shopfronts and most newsagents.

TAX&FINANCEWhat do I need to get my tax done? New tax rates from July 1

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ALLIANCE

Financial planner John Flanigan said people should be aware that most

income continuance forms of income protection tied to super might only pay benefi ts for up to two years.

“Over the years I’ve been in the fi nancial planning industry, I’ve noticed a lot of people have a ‘sal-ary continuance’ form of income protection in their superannua-tion fund. Most people are not aware that benefi ts are often only paid up to two years.

“So if you have serious acci-dent or long term illness, their replacement income benefit would only last for up to two years.“

“What then? How would you pay your mortgage or other loans, buy food, run your car or look after your family?” Mr Flan-

igan asked.“I’ve been able to assist a lot

of people in the mining industry with ‘top up’ income protection insurance that kicks in after their super income benefi t expires and can go right through to age 65.

“Because it doesn’t start for up to two years, it’s relatively inex-pensive. It’s also tax deductable in most cases,” he said.

“It has been really popular because people in the mining industry are earning good in-comes and commit themselves to investments, in particular a lot of property investments and take on loans.

“Th is extra income protection insurance can help cover the pay-ments and other living expenses if they do lose their income as a result of a long term illness or injury.

“If you are interested looking

at this further, please call me and I’ll be happy to discuss it with you. I deal with a number of large companies, as a result of that; premiums can vary quite a bit.”

For further information, con-tact John Flanigan, Authorised Representative of Charter Finan-cial Planning Limited Australian Financial Services License Num-ber 234665, on 0407 399 945.

Disclaimer: this editorial pro-vides general information only. Before making any fi nancial or investment decisions, we rec-ommend you consult a fi nancial planner to take into account your particular objectives, fi nancial situation and individual needs. Charter FP and its authorised representatives do not accept any liability for any errors or omis-sions of information supplied in this editorial

TAX&FINANCE

Advice on how to use your tax return to your benefi t.

So you’ve been through the process of submitting your tax return and now you need

to decide what you are going to do with it.

Th ere are two choices.A tax return can be treated as a bit of

extra cash that you can reward yourself with – blow it.

A tax return can be treated as a start-ing point for a much bigger goal – grow it.

In most cases, if you haven’t got a goal in mind, then you will more than likely blow it.

However, before your tax return ar-rives, it’s a good time to think about what your goals really are, and what you really should be putting the extra money towards.

If it’s a house, consider where you

will buy, what fi rst home owner grants will cover (if eligible), how much de-posit you need (this is your goal) and where you will put the money to grow it.

If it’s a car, consider what you need it to do, how much you can aff ord, what you want to pay (this is your goal) and where you will put the money to grow it.

No matter what your goal is, the point is that you need one if you don’t want to blow it.

When a goal is in mind visit theAlli-ance One Credit Union on Richardson Place to fi nd out where to put the mon-ey to grow it and how much to set aside each week to reach your goal.

It’s a choice that is simpler than you think. So don’t delay discussing it with friendly staff . It’s a free service that will

make a big diff erence in helping you achieve your goal.

You can also access calculators that will help show you how long it will take you to reach your goal at various levels of saving.

Just visit a1cu.com.au or call the branch on 1300 344 481 to set up a time to discuss with a service consultant.

Alliance One Credit Union is the only regionally based Credit Union in South Australia and has a 40 year history in serving South Australians, including a presence in Roxby Downs that extends over ten successful years.

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Protecting your income is critical

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TAX&FINANCEP eople with rental properties

sometimes miss very impor-tant tax returns, according

to Taxation Consultant John Flanigan.

“The major deductions people miss out on is because they mistak-enly believe they cannot get deduc-tions for a property pu rchased as second hand.

“Th is is not the case, as they can get building and depreciation allow-ances on that property even though it was built a few years ago,” Mr Flan-igan said.

“Basically, if the construction of a property commenced after July 18, 1985, and before September 16, 1987, the tax deduction for deprecia-tion on the building is 4 per cent per annum and buildings built after the September, 15, 1987 is 2.5 per cent per annum.

“Th e actual construction date de-termines the rate of deduction to apply.”

Mr Flanigan said if investors pur-chase a property built in 1990, it’s very important to get a quantity surveyor to give you a report on the depreciation allowances that you can claim on the property.

“Th ese depreciation allowances are recognised by the tax offi ce. You are able to claim deductions on not only the building construction costs, but also any improvements that have been added to the building since its original built date,” Mr Flanigan said.

“As the building is 22 years old you still can claim for another 18 years,” he said.

Depreciation on plant and equip-

ment, items such as carpets, blinds, ovens and air conditioners can be claimed and a quantity surveyor re-port would show all these factors, he said.

“Another thing you are able to claim is any expenses you have in respect of depreciable items once you buy the property.

“At the end of the day, if you’re claiming these depreciation costs it can have a big impact on the tax amount payable. In other words if you’re getting a refund and you claim these extra deductions that you may not have claimed in the past, then you can get an increased refund.

“Even if you’re paying tax and you weren’t claiming these deductions in the past, the amount of tax you pay would be reduced.

“Th e important thing is to make sure that if you have a property where you haven’t been claiming all the items as above, and building con-tinued after the dates listed above then it’s worth going back and looking at the sit-uation and perhaps applying for some amendments in past returns.

“What I fi nd is that most people in Roxby Downs often own a house in another area which has been their principal residence but their now rent-ing it out and living in Roxby Downs in rented accommo-dation.

“If they are renting accom-

modation and don’t have a principal residence they will not have any cap-ital gains issues for six years if they rent elsewhere and rent their own home out.

“Th e point to remember is that the house that you own, you may not have claimed the depreciations that I’ve listed above. Th at is if the building was bought or constructed after 1987. Unless you built it your-self and have all those cost details you would need to have a quantity surveyor to do that.

“I do have people that I can refer

clients to that can do this for you and

you will fi nd that it’s very important

when you’re renting properties, as

the important thing to remember

is that you should always claim the

maximum amount that you can

claim when you prepare your taxa-

tion returns.”

Anyone looking for further infor-

mation can call Mr Flanigan on 0407

399 945 for a no obligation discus-

sion.

Important tax returns for rentalsNew PAYG tax tables available The Australian Taxation

Offi ce (ATO) is reminding employers to use the new Pay

As You Go (PAYG) withholding tax tables from July 1, 2012.

Tax Commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo said employers need to apply these new tax rates to pay-ments made on or after July 1 even if some of the payment relates to work performed before this date.

“The ATO recently wrote to 900,000 employers to inform them that new income tax rates will apply from July 1.”

“If an employer uses a comput-er system or a service provider to manage their payroll, they should ensure that their software has been updated.”

“Employers can also use the free ATO tax withheld calculator availa-ble at www.ato.gov.au/taxwithheld-calculator , to quickly work out how much tax to withhold from their employees’ salary or call the ATO on 13 28 66 to discuss their specifi c circumstances,” Mr D’Ascenzo said.

Th e new tax tables are available from the ATO website at www.ato.gov.au/taxtables or by calling the ATO on 1300 720 092. Paper copies of the weekly and fortnightly tax tables are also available at ATO shopfronts and most newsagents.

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will be consulting in your area fromMonday 23rd to the Friday 27th of July inclusive

to complete your 2012 Tax Returns

Consulting at 1A Tutop Centre, 20-22 Tutop Street, Roxby DownsFor an appointment please call us on (08) 8363 2500 or Steve 0411 981 698

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John FlaniganRegistered Tax Agent of

Financial Management & Taxation Services Pty Ltd

will be visiting Roxby Downs for client income tax interview’s on

1st - 5th August 2011For an appointment,

phone John on 0407 399 945ABN 98 077 525 743

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An eff ectively developed safety culture extends beyond the immediate workplace and forms part of the way in which we carry out our

day to day operations. Th e Contractor Framework Implementation Team (CFIT) is striving to develop such a safety culture with all habitants of the Roxby Downs area.

Safety culture often refl ects the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in rela-tion to safety. CFIT believes everybody should have a vested interest in their own safety and that it is impor-tant to take these values and attitudes home to assist in eliminating accidents and injuries.

Pre-start checks can assist in eliminating accidents and injuries in the workplace and at home. Basic ob-servations such as wearing enclosed shoes before us-ing the lawn mower, checking the power points and leads before using an electrical appliance or putting on safety equipment before getting on a motorbike can be signifi cant.

Everyday handyman tools around the household pose a potential threat to the user if pre-assessment is not carefully conducted. A chainsaw, car jack, electric drill or sander not properly assessed before operation, could present real dangers. Chemicals not handled or stored correctly could be potentially life-threatening for children and family members in the home.

While at the home make sure you carry out your own pre-start checks to make your home and equip-ment is safer for you and your family. A safety culture should be developed throughout all facets of life to assist in eliminating accidents and injuries. Th e com-munity needs to embrace the safety culture many

workplaces in Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam strive to develop.

Th e community should always be on the look-out to identify hazards that may cause harm to themselves and people around them.

Parents act as leaders at home and their actions reverberate to those closest to them, especially chil-dren. Th erefore, CFIT feel it is important to set a high standard of safety within the home.

CFIT is a conglomerate of contractors in the Rox-by Downs and Olympic Dam area which are both proactive in developing and maintaining safe work procedures and are committed to support our local community. CFIT was fi rst established in 2007.

Currently there has been $114,000 contributed from CFIT companies to the community from January to May this year.

A CFIT representative explained, “CFIT companies are not only focused on workplace safety but also con-tribute substantially to the community in the way of monetary donations, volunteers and other specialised services that satisfy the needs of local organisations or initiatives.”

Th ese services may also include donations of ma-terials, labour, equipment and general supportive in-volvement. Many community members benefi t from contributions CFIT have made to the community including the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) or the indoor pool at Roxby Leisure.

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By Jason Munn

The Monitor welcomes Gail Heritage as its new Managing Editor.

A country girl at heart, Ms Heritage was born and bred in Port Augusta, and al-though she hasn’t lived there for years, she still has family in town.

“I have a real love for this part of the coun-try after spending many years interstate in Western Australia and Victoria,” Ms Herit-age said.

Ms Heritage said being able to work in Roxby Downs is a dream come true.

“It’s like I’m fi nally coming home and back to my roots as a country girl.”

The new role as Managing Editor not only includes the usual proof reading and sub-editing of stories but will also include empowering staff and developing ideas to give readers the very best local information.

Ms Heritage originally stepped into the role of Metropolitan Sales Manager for Th e Monitor from 2003 to 2007.

“I was actually very heavily involved with many aspects of the paper back then, includ-ing developing lift-outs and features, training staff , and also writing general news stories and advertising.”

Starting in newspapers as a work expe-rience kid in Port Augusta, Ms Heritage entered the industry professionally as a 16-year-old cadet journalist in Port Pirie and Port Lincoln.

“I’ve also spent time working in mags in Adelaide, doing food reviews and fashion parades... and putting together the fi rst Min-ing Guide for South Australia, but country newspapers are my passion and I love the ties with the local community.

“I also spent some time in PR (public rela-tions) for the Open Garden Scheme dealing with publicity and helping open private gar-dens and host events for charity.”

Ms Heritage has lived in quite a few places, both country and city, and believes the expe-rience has helped her develop a broad view.

“I’ve worked on both sides of the newspa-per industry, in journalism and advertising, which means I can see both sides of the ‘sto-ry’ when it comes to publishing.

Ms Heritage is also a hard working mother of two.

“I have an amazing partner, Spike (Adam)

who also works in the mining industry and has ties with Roxby Downs, and two great kids, Ryan 17 and Erika 12.”

“Parenting has taught me patience and perseverance,” Ms Heritage said, “in a way no other role can.

“Th ose qualities are a real advantage when working in media.”

Th e future of Th e Monitor excites Ms Her-itage, fuelled by ideas to help further engage with readers and expand on marketing op-portunities to maintain the paper’s strengths and viability.

After a diverse career in metropolitan marketing, Ms Heritage returned to Th e Monitor 18 months ago fulfi lling a market-ing, sales and features role.

“It has been fantastic to see how far Th e Monitor has grown over the years.”

Ms Heritage said the paper has launched many local careers, while reporting on a huge array of stories and characters, and will continue to build those relationships and strengths for many years to come.

Retiring Managing-Editor, John Pick is confi dent he is leaving the paper in very good hands.

“Gail Heritage brings a wealth of knowl-edge about Th e Monitor having been in-volved shortly after the newspaper started.

“Gail is well respected in the industry and her background in both journalism and ad-vertising gives her a good overview of all the requirements for this important community newspaper.”

Mr Pick said Gail is very enthusiastic about her new role and is looking forward to becoming more involved in community activities and spending some of her time working with local groups to help Roxby Downs become an even bigger and better town.

Ms Heritage feels exceptionally lucky to step into the ‘very big boots’ of John Pick, who is “a bit of a legend in country newspa-pers and a genuinely nice guy,” Ms Heritage said.

“John took Th e Monitor to the next level over the past few years and I am really hon-oured to be following in his footsteps.

“He has been a great mentor for me and has a wicked sense of humour that we will really miss.”

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G eorgia, Clara and Ella Germein rocked Roxby last Tuesday with a performance at the Roxby

Downs Golf Club as part of their National Tour.

Th e indie, folk and pop sisters are cur-rently on their National Tour and have performed around Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia and are now heading to the Northern Territory.

Award-winning singer and songwrit-er for the group, Georgia Germein on lead vocals, guitar, piano and ukulele, has brought her songs to new levels with sisters Ella, on backing vocals, bass gui-tar, synth and cello, and Clara on back-ing vocals, drums and guitar.

Th e girls have received widespread at-tention for their talents at such a young age. Clara is the eldest at 23, Ella is 22 and Georgia is 20.

Th e girls are originally from Adelaide and are jetting overseas in September to record their new album in Ireland with the producer of Th e Corrs, and will then travel to Canada to perform at a music festival.

Georgia previously recorded a solo album ‘Take My Hand’ which was pro-duced with Ian Pritchett, producer of Angus and Julia Stone and the Beautiful Girls. Th e album was inspired by her travels during her ‘gap year’ to South Africa, Malaysia and Nepal as World Vision’s Youth Ambassador.

Georgia told Th e Monitor, “I got to

travel overseas to Nepal and see World Vision projects fi rst hand and my role was to come back and speak in schools and tell people about it and encourage young kids to do the 40 hour famine which is World Vision’s big youth fund-raiser.”

“It’s a really exciting role and I’m really happy to be able to continue my rela-tionship with World Vision as an Artist Associate,” she explained.

Georgia added, “I get to promote World Vision through my music which is really awesome.”

“A lot of the songs on the album (‘Take My Hand’) refl ect my experience’s while I was overseas.

“I also went to South Africa in April as part of a project teaching music to dis-advantaged kids in the Kalahari Desert, and then I went to Malaysia on a music tour so the whole album encompasses a lot of the experiences I had while I was overseas,” she explained

Her single ‘Puppet’ reached number 11 on the Triple J pop charts, received airplay in New York and the music vid-eo received airplay on Australian video show RAGE.

“We’ve got some music videos that were fi lmed in 2010 or 2011 and they’ve been going really well on RAGE,” Geor-gia said.

“I’ve been successful in a few music competitions like the International Song Writing Competition, which was real-ly exciting, and some other Australian competitions.

“Also, the Red Cross Radio Compe-tition which was writing jingles, so I do a bit of jingle writing which is fun,” Georgia said.

Georgia told Th e Monitor the sisters really enjoyed their fi rst trip to Roxby Downs.

“It was really good, it’s our fi rst time in Roxby Downs so we had a great time,” explained Georgia. “It’s heaps diff erent to what we thought it would be like. It’s such a great place, and a great town.”

Th e sisters have always been involved with music and are excited to record their album together.

“We’ve always been playing music growing up and then just in the last cou-ple of years got our act together and did it together. Its good fun,” laughed Clara.

Ella explained it is fun being on the road with her sisters, although it can be tough at times.

“It reminds us of being on family hol-idays, and it is kind of like being on a family holiday I guess, but after a while I suppose you get sick of each other … but we’re really fortunate that we all can just get over it.

“It’s not like friends, we can’t just walk away because we all have to go back to the same home at night,” she said with a chuckle.

“As we’ve got older we’re a bit more mature and can handle things a bit bet-ter,” Ella added.

To listen to Georgia Germein and the Germein Sisters log on to their website at http://georgiagermein.com.au/.

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ROXBY COUNCILWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATEWEEKLY INFORMATION UPDATE

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays

9.30 am to 12 noon SaturdaysTelephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418

Email: roxbydowns.library@plain.net.auLibrary membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities

Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Regional dog and cat registrations are now open until

August 31, 2012.

The registration will then be valid until June 30, 2013 and is valid from July 1 2012 provided it is approved before August 31.

Roxby Council is cur-rently sending out ap-proximately 810 registra-tion renewal notices for dogs, and approximately 160 for cats.

“It means if they get lost you are reunited a lot quicker,” explained Roxby Council Custom-er Service Offi cer, Kerrie Th omas.

Wandering animals at large attract an $80 expi-ation notice, and a collec-tion fee of $30

Pet owners are remind-ed that unless their cat is registered, micro-chipped and de-sexed, and they have proof of this, they may not keep the animal at or over three months of age.

Dogs are not legally re-quired to be de-sexed or micro chipped in order to be registered, but would benefi t from the acts.

“Micro-chipping is a re-ally good idea,” said Roxby Council Works Manager, Peter Keller. “It ensures the early return of the dog to the owner.”

Mr Keller went on to explain many dogs that are found wandering at large have often slipped their collar and identifi ca-tion tag, making it hard to return them to their own-ers in a timely fashion.

Dog and cat management registrations

now open

Expressions of interest open for cricket netsRoxby Council is calling for ten-

ders from interested parties to construct new practic e cricket

nets adjacent to the main town oval.

According to Roxby Council Works Manager Peter Keller, the old cricket nets were in need of repair after being there for over two decades.

“The fencing needed to be fixed around it, the synthetic turf needed to be replaced and there’s no net above cricketer,” said Mr Keller.

Th e old nets had to go to allow for the redevelopment of the small oval.

“Council had put up the lights to fa-

cilitate the longer term plan of resurfac-ing the small oval making it suitable for soccer, football, softball and whatever multifunction purpose they want to use it for,” Mr Keller explained.

Th e playing area for general sports has been enlarged to host games of Australian Rules Football.

“We wanted to bring that up to a better oval standard and by putting the lights up we can now have an alterna-tively from the main oval where they can play football and it gives us a chance to give the main oval a rest,” he said.

Up to three wickets have been incor-porated into the plan, and Mr Keller

said hopefully they will be completed in

time for Roxby Downs cricket pre-sea-

son training.

Tenders are invited from experienced

and suitably qualifi ed civil contractors.

Works will include earthworks, con-

crete, synthetic turf and fencing.

Tender documents are available

from the Roxby Downs Council web-

site www.roxbycouncil.com, with the

closing date Friday August 3 at 4pm at

the Roxby Downs Council offi ces.

For more information refer to the

public notice in Th e Monitor classifi eds.

Temporary closure for community library Temporary closure for community library

Ro x b y C o u n c i l ’ s revamped website has attracted high visitor

numbers for the month of June.

An astonishing 4,248 unique visitors visited www.roxby-downs.com 5,586 times from June 2 to July 2 this year, view-ing over 16,000 pages.

Th e top fi ve countries to visit the site in chronological order were Australia (4,264 visits, 13,560 pages viewed), united states (475 visits, 765 pages viewed), Hong Kong (269 vis-its, 790 pages viewed), China

(231 visits, 265 page views) and United Kingdom (131 visits, 374 pages viewed).

Popular interest was shown in employment and health, as well as general community information and the business services directory.

The site throws a compre-hensive view on the municipal works of the Roxby Downs Council, major employer BHP Billiton, as well as community media, community groups and statistics and popular leisure activities and sporting groups.

Revamped Roxby Council website a hit

The Roxby Downs Community Library’s reloca-

tion will mean the community library’s service will be unavail-able from Thursday, July 12 until Saturday July 21.

Following it’s closure planned to assist with moving the library, Rox-by Council will be pro-viding library services to the community from the Cultural Precinct build-ing from late July.

Community Librari-an Kimberley Hargrave said the move will ena-ble both the community and school library ser-vices to expand.

“This  provides a wonderful opportuni-ty for both libraries to expand not only their collections, but also the services and programs which can be accommo-dated at each location.”

While the community

library service is closed, library resources can be returned to the Visitor Information Centre in Roxby Leisure, and Rox-by Council as an interim measure until July 24.

Th e library’s wireless internet access will be temporarily disbanded; however the Dunes Café will provide a wireless service during this pe-riod.

Miss Hargrave con-tinued, “The Com-munity library’s new location will be only a short distance from the school enabling im-proved library services to our growing com-munity, whilst keeping close links with the Rox-by Downs Area School.

“Council has a focus on community initia-tives and the new library location is going to be beneficial to the resi-dents of our area”.

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The Board The Board that provides that provides a community a community voicevoice locallylocally

BOARD MEETINGS WHO’S ON THE BOARD CONTACTING THE BOARD

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

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe.

If you would like to make a pres-entation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be

included on the agenda.

Confi dential discussions with the Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.

PO Box 85Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818

Email: halesm@roxbycouncil.com.au

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JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and

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New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUM

Rachel Young 0428 671 000

BUSINESS FORUM

Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

COMMUNITY BOARD

Michelle Hales 0418 833 818

EDUCATION and

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SPORTS and RECREATION

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Michael Wall 0439 862 784

COMMUNITY GARDEN

Patrik Ibele 8671 0168

HEALTH FORUM

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

A fter many months of persistent work, the Roxby Downs Community Board launched it’s inaugural

Multicultural Quilt last week.

Designed to be a celebration of newly ar-rived immigrants to Roxby, the fi rst panel for the quilt was offi cially presented at this year’s International Women’s Day event in March.

Roxby Council Community Projects Of-fi cer Kath Messner said the Roxby Downs Community Board had successfully applied for the grant for the quilt, but the project was yet to get off it’s feet when she came along.

“It was to be a celebration of newly arrived migrants to Roxby refl ecting on their much loved homelands and greatly missed fami-lies, but it became clear to us that it was a more encompassing journey involving more sections of our community,” explained Ms Messner.

In the ensuing months, generosity from members of the ‘Roxby Scrapbag Quilters’ and a new Roxby Downs resident, Mrs Chris Meyer kept up the project’s momentum.

In the end, 33 women from 17 diff erent countries became involved in the inaugural project

“One thing that is a constant is the incred-ible generosity, courage and unity that we share as women coming from many roads but here now together in this place,” Ms Messner said.

In a heart-felt address, she explained the

project was about more than simply making

a quilt. “Th e project ended up being a great

example of women taking on a personal chal-

lenge, working together across cultures and

lifestyles to create something outstanding for

our new and loved community.

“Our quilt is testament to our diversity

and proof that women working together can

create beauty from simple beginnings,” she

fi nished.

The quilt will be hung in the Cultural

Precinct for the community and visitors to

enjoy.

The success of Roxby’s inaugural NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance

Committee) event was cemented by the day’s 35 volunteers, said Roxby Downs Community Board Executive Offi cer, Michelle Hales.

Th e event attracted approximately 600 people throughout the whole day, and Ms Hales went on to say the Board was pleased to auspice the event.

“Th e Board congratulates the organis-ing committee and volunteers for their eff orts in making the event such a great success. Th e Board’s support included managing governance which allowed the organising committee to focus on the creative aspects of the event,” she explained.

According to Ms Hales, the Board recently established the Multicultural Forum subcommittee to recognise and celebrate cultural diversity within the Roxby Downs community.

“Th e NAIDOC event was an oppor-tunity to showcase Indigenous Culture to the broader community and we hope that this is the fi rst of many more events,” she said.

However, it was the contribution of

the volunteers that really ensured the day’s success. “Th e involvement of 35 volunteers is outstanding,” said Ms Hales. “Events such as this would not happen without the willingness of local people to pitch in and lend a hand.”

Event organiser, Vivienne Holloway said local businesses had contributed $33,000 in cash and in kind support. ”Roxby’s inaugural NAIDOC week event was made a success due to input from the whole community.

“Not only that, but artwork donat-ed from both local schools, interactive stalls from both SA Health and Arid Recovery and a community team from BHP Billiton cooking the barbecue made for a great community day out,” she said.

As part of NAIDOC week celebra-tions, traditional skills workshops were also held Monday July 2.

“Young people learned dot painting from Colleen and Candice Taylor, as well as Traditional Woodcarving from Roy Coulthard.

“A great day was had by all with some very beautiful boomerangs to take home as well as dreamtime stories shared,” said Ms Holloway.

Th e success has paved a path for fu-ture NAIDOC celebrations.

Volunteers ensured NAIDOC’s success

Multicultural Quilt launched into community

The unveilling of the Multicultural Group’s community quilt last Wednesday.

Roy Coulthard

carving boomerangs last Sunday.

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Tuesday 24th July PM and Wednesday 25th July AMTuesday 7th August PM and Wednesday 8th August AM

TO Meegan and family. Julia was a blessing and a gift, whose memory will be cherished forever. Our hearts go out to you in your time of sorrow. Sophie, Megan, Tanya, Brooke, Lisa and fam-ilies xo

JULIA Barlow 10/03/56 - 06/07/2012. Alan, Meegan, Mel issa, Melanie and families are saddened by the passing of a beautiful wi fe, mother and grandmother and a friend to so many on July 6, 2012. She has left a huge hole in all our hearts but has also left us with the most amazing memories. We love you and miss you but you’re at peace now.

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Hockey ChampionsHockey Champions

ABOVE: Grand fi nal winners, Willy Wonka’s Nerds, Rachael Sheppard, James Oakley, Alex Burton, Nick Fernandez, Tom Gray and Stewart Jones.

RIGHT: Glen Mungur (Scorpions) takes control of the ball.contractors for the construction of a cricket practice net facility.

Works include earthworks, concrete, synthetic turf and fencing.

Tender documents are available electronically from:The Roxby Downs Council website www.roxbycouncil.com

Tenders received in writing will close at 4pm on Friday August 3,

Roxby Downs CouncilRichardson Place, Roxby Downs SA 5725

Tenders must be submitted in duplicate in a sealed envelope and clearly marked ‘Roxby Downs Cricket Practice Net Facility’.

Tender enquiries may be addressed to the Works Manager, Mr Peter Keller on (08) 8671 0010.

Neither the lowest nor any tender request necessarily accepted.

Bill BoehmAdministrator

Roxby Downs CouncilTender for the Construction of Cricket Practice Net Facility

Full-time position Responsibilities:

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Please send a copy of your cover letter and resume to:

EVENTS & FUNCTIONS Coordinator

Sports Assistant Casual Position

Roxby Leisure is seeking a energetic and reliable person with an interest in sports to join their Sport and Recreation team on a casual basis.

Responsibilities:

If you are a friendly person, hard working, and reliable please send a copy of your cover letter and resume to:

ABOVE: Grand final runners up, Scorpions, Lieta Van Rooyen, Lindi C a s t l e , D e o n Mynhardt, Bevan Fernandez, Glen Mungur.

R IGHT: S tewart Jones (WWN) keeps the ball moving during the season fi nal.

LEFT: Nick Fernandez (WWN) dashes towards a goal.

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Far North Far North Football LeagueFootball League

ROUND 10 July 7, 2012A GRADE

Roxby Districts 18.8 (126) defeated Coober Pedy 10.3 (63)Roxby Districts best players: C. Hall, L. Ryan, B. Baldey, C. Kenny, J. Anastasapoulos.Coober Pedy best players : B. Warren, T. Stewart, R. Williams.Roxby Districts goal scorers: B. Baldey 9 goals, J. Watson, E. Jones, E. Zeptner 3 goals each.Coober Pedy goal scorers: D. Warren 4 goals, K. Henry 2 goals, D. Dodd , K. Aitken , M. Grava , T. Walker 1 goal each.

Olympic Dam 25.19 (169) defeated Andamooka, 6.10 (46)Olympic Dam best players: T. Clarke, M. Shaw, J. Neindorf, T. Hornhardt, B. Harris.Andamooka best players: W. Monfries, A. Schiller, T. Mulders, D. Vanzati, K. Adams.Olympic Dam goal scorers: J. Neindorf 6 goals, D. Summer-ton 4 goals, T. Clarke 3 goals, B. Rynne B. Harris, D. Moyse, J. Oliver S. Montgomerie 2 goals each, L. Francou D. Rogers 1 goal each.Andamooka goal scorers T. Paull 3, goals K. Adams, A. Moss, C. Rainsford 1 goal each.

PREMIERSHIP TABLE P W L D F A % Roxby Districts 8 7 1 0 862 349 246.99Olympic Dam 8 5 3 0 944 456 207.02Hornridge 8 5 3 0 740 526 140.68Andamooka 8 2 6 0 527 879 59.95Coober Pedy 8 1 7 0 395 1258 31.40

OVERALL WINNER ANDREA FREETH ON C/B

A GRADE ANDY HIGET

B GRADE DON SHIELD

C GRADE TONY FORREST

LADIES/JNR GRACE SELLECK

SWEEPSTAKES ROBERT GRAY

MARK DILLON

NEVILLE PETHERICK

MATT PARISH

JEFF BARRAND

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BEST PUTTER STEFAN BUYS

LONG DRIVE A ANDY HIGET

LONG DRIVE B MATT PARISH

LONG DRIVE C MISSED

LONG DRIVE L ANDREA FREETH

NTP A RYAN BRIGGS

NTP B MISSED

NTP C TONY FORREST

NTP L ANDREA FREETH

By Woody Turner

I t seemed there were more players than specta-tors at Saturday night football as Roxby Downs turned on cold mid-winter conditions.

Th e game started with both teams making funda-mental turn overs. Devils scored the fi rst goal followed by two more before the Roos got on the score board with a point.

From this point on the Roos controlled the rest of the quarter but poor kicking for goal let down their eff orts.

Hackett was their go to man up forward. Tuohy, Monfries and Schiller were getting plenty of midfi eld ball. Devils stayed in the quarter due to the eff orts of Clarke, Shaw, Francou. Neindorf and Spinks.

Th e second quarter was all for the Devils scoring seven goals to Roos with no goals at all.

Th e Devils started to control the midfi eld due to Spinks’ dominance in ruck, feeding the midfi eld group of Clarke, Rogers, Shaw and Francou.

Harris on the wing played great footy and Hornhardt dominated across the centre half back.

Neindorf and Rynne proved to be very dangerous up forward. Roos had very few players contributing at this stage in the game.

Hackett, Troy Mulders, Ernest Walker, Monfries and Schiller all worked hard, but lacked support from their team mates.

Th e third quarter was much the same as the second, with Devils in control of most areas.

Devils backed six in Hooper, Hill, Hornhardt and company not allowing the forward much ball.

Clarke playing his fi rst game for the Devils and is becoming the most dominant player on the ground. He received good support from Rogers, Shaw and Francou.

Up forward, Harris, Neindorf, Summerton and Rynne proved a handful for the Roos defence.

Th e Roos had very few contributors in this quarter. Monfries, Hackett, Troy Mulders and Sporton tried their hearts out for their club.

Th e fourth quarter was really only about both teams waiting for the siren to blow. Th is quarter was the Roos’ best quarter of the game scoring three goals.

Th e last quarter also saw the return of the Devils’ dozer Montgomerie, who kicked two goals, and Roos’ Todd Paull also put a couple through for the quarter.

In the end, the Devils’ were too good. Roos need more players to be playing for their team, not for them-selves. Roos’ players should take this on board and give their supporters something back for their loyalty.

Listen to Gotchy, Woody and Dags on the RoxFM Footy Show on Th ursday Nights for the latest news and com-ments on the teams and their predictions for the round.

Devils too strong for roos

July 7 golf results

FOOTBALLER of the Year

Ben AbelaMatt TuohyJaydn Brind

Nyani ThomasC Jurek

J Dawson

Justin WatsonA Stone

Craig HallBYE

Dale SummertonNathan Gregor

M Shaw

Craig Hall 11

Nyani Thomas 11

C Jurek 10

Matt Tuohy 10

Goal Kicker of the Year

Round 10 results...

ROUND TEN HIGHLIGHTSBrett Baldey 9Jason Neindorf 6Dale Summerton 4Dylan Warren 4

Tally after Round 10Dale Summerton 32J Harman 25Ricky Prosser 20

HIDDEN ROUND

HAVE YOUR SAY . . . Do you enjoy the night football games

or do they clash with other events?

“I think it’s good. It gives families time to do things togeth-er during the day.”

Clint Gow-Smith

“It’s something different from the day games I’m used to.”

Steph Saxton

“It doesn’t real-ly bother me. The day games fit better into everyone’s free time.”

Nikki Pedler

“It gives you more time to prepare for our games. It doesn’t clash with any events I’m in-volved with.”

Jessie Sellar

Sandvik Desert Classic golf

resultsBest nett Woomera Glen Mungur and Andy Higet 63.25

Best nett Roxby Downs Chris Pillar and Jeff Barrand 64.00

NAGA Tiffany Shah and Paula Mackenzie 253.00

Ladies nett winners Rachael Schilds and Jane Hosking 171.50

Nett runner-up division 2 M Bagger and R Williams 147.00

Nett runner-up division 1 Andy Searle and Joe Blatchford 129.50

Nett winners division 2 Scott Mackenzie and John Bayley 139.50

Nett winners division 1 Ryan Briggs and Graham Wood 129.00

Mixed winners Lance Selleck and Grace Selleck 160.00

Ladies runners-up Andrea Freeth and Fee Bilney 182.00

Ladies winners Ruthie Dyker and Sonia Bayley 179.00

Div 2 gross runner-up Stuart Johnson and David Zwar 161.00

Div 1 gross runner-up Chris Pillar and Jeff Barrand 140.00

Div 1 gross runner-up Glen Mungur and Andy Higet 139.00

Div 2 gross winners Chris James and Eric Rognli 160.00

Overall champions Brenton Huntley and Jason Hable 128.00

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By Jason Munn

The Regional Netball Championships were held in Adelaide last week with

fi ve local players selected and performing extremely well.

Madeline Young was selected for the Under 15s class, Lucy Prior for Under 13s, Danielle Weir Under 17s and Erika Syvertson selected as reserve for Under 17s.

Local netball player and trainee umpire, Centaine Cas-serly, was also assessed during the championships for her C grade umpiring badge, which she achieved.

Th e championships were held over two days and the Roxby Downs’ players competed as part of the Spencer Academy, made of players from Roxby Downs, Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla.

There were eight regional academies with 80 players in each grade.

The players have attended

monthly trainings in Port Au-gusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla since their selection in Septem-ber 2011 after invitational try-outs, with training increasing to once a fortnight in the fi nal month before the champion-ships began.

Lucy Prior’s team in the Un-der 13s division won their over-all grade in a fi erce game that tested the metal of every player, with Lucy being listed in the top 11 players out of the 80 in her grade.

The eight academies repre-sented in the championships were Spencer, Eyre, North-ern, Lower North, South East, Southern, Mt Lofty and Murray.

Proud local Rachel Young snapped theses photos of the players as she watched every heart pounding minute in Ad-elaide.

“All the Roxby Downs girls played very well throughout the championships and should be commended for their skill and dedication, which required

hours of training and travel, as well as their sportsmanship,” Ms Young said.

“All of the girls represented the Spencer region and par-ticularly Roxby Downs in an

outstanding manner, they have

done us proud.”

Locals in Regional Netball Championships

Madeline Young (GK) reaches to take posession

of the ball.

BELOW: Danielle Weir (C) about to move the ball from centre court.