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Y ears of planning and construction have come to fruition

with the official open-i n g o f th e D e s e r t Trade Training Centre (DESTTC) planned for Th ursday, September 11.

Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsay will open the new training and skills devel-opment centre at the Roxby Downs Area School.

Built with the help of a Federal Government grant of $2 million and a further $800,000 commitment from BHP Billiton, the centre would provide innovative programs and skill training pathways to local students.

Trade Training Centre Coordinator Tony Holden said students right across the region would benefi t.

“Th is innovative program will provide multiple path-way options for students who study in our secondary education system from as far afi eld as Marree Aboriginal School to Woomera and Roxby Downs Area Schools,” Mr Holden said.

“BHP Billiton is par-ticularly interested in ensuring our students leave the secondary system with work-ready skills, and that they are adequately prepared with the literacy, numeracy and ICT skills needed to successfully compete in post-secondary education, training and employment,” he said.

Mr Holden said the centre was a commitment to the education of regional South Australian students.

WRITTEN BYGAIL HERITAGE

O lympic Dam has again made international headlines after it was ear marked by BHP Billiton’s CEO as one of its top six major global projects, with an expected

lifespan of 200 years.

Th e statement from BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie followed the release of the company’s end of year report last week announcing a full year profi t of $US13.8 billion.

Olympic Dam would form an integral part of a transformation of the company as it turns its focus on six core projects in a new structure that would concentrate on large assets in iron ore, copper, coal and petroleum.

Th e company announced it planned to split its global operation to create another metals and mining company, which would accommodate smaller projects in the aluminium, coal, manga-nese, nickel and silver sectors.

BHP Billiton Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo said last week Olympic Dam continued to prove its worth as one of the best

copper and uranium deposits in the world.“Olympic Dam sits in one of the four pillars of the company,

copper, and it is seen as an asset with tremendous potential,” Mr Cuzzubbo told Th e Monitor last week.

“Olympic Dam continues to optimise performance and build a strong, viable business today that is worthy of investment tomorrow,” he said.

“As Olympic Dam becomes more successful, Roxby Downs will thrive as well.”

Mr Cuzzubbo said although the reserve mine life of Olympic Dam was confi dently indicated at 56 years, as shown in the 2013 Annual Report, the resource life of the mine could be much greater.

“The reserve life includes both measured and indicated resource available, and carries a high level of confi dence in what is known of the ore body,” he said.

“…The resource life of Olympic Dam is far greater but it includes inferred resource which is basically a ‘lower confi dence’ portion of the ore body.

“As the resource life carries with it a number of unknowns, we normally report and plan against the reserve life.”

Th e news follows recent reports the company would explore

the option of heap leaching technology to access the world-class Olympic Dam ore body.

“We continue to evaluate all options for growth and heap leaching is one technology option that we are investigating,” Mr Cuzzubbo said.

“Early results of laboratory trials have been encouraging and we are seeking approvals to build a demonstration plant to further test the technology.”

Th e company’s end of year report said the techonology would help to explore this alternative, less capital intensive process.

“Should government and board approvals be granted, construc-tion of the demonstration plant is expected to commence in the second half of the 2015 calendar year,” the report said.

“A trial period of 36 months is envisaged, commencing in late 2016.”

Th e top six assets referred to by Mr Mackenzie highlighted for future investment are Western Australian Iron Ore, Queensland Coal, New South Wales Energy Coal, and the vast Escondida and Pampa Norte Copper mines in Chile.

Th e company said Olympic Dam continues to be one of the best copper and uranium deposits in the world and is Australia’s largest underground mine.

Olympic Dam in global top six

Training Centre to open

Roos causing grief on local roadsWRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER

Local car repairer David Critchlow has been hard at work over the past few weeks fi xing cars that

have come to grief with kangaroos.

In the last two weeks alone Mr Critchlow has repaired 14 that cars have hit kangaroos on local roads - and more continue to roll.

“I was really busy before Easter, but once it rained and greened up they moved away,” Mr Critchlow said.

“Th en in the past three weeks they have come back.

“Almost daily someone comes in with damage – fortunately the damage is mostly cosmetic but now we are seeing some big hits in bent bull bars and tyre damage, which can cause loss of control.”

Mr Critchlow said half the hits he had dealt with were from collisions that occurred between Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam.

But the danger is not isolated to that stretch of road with Mr Critchlow saying he had heard of someone spotting 43 kangaroos between Roxby Downs and Andamooka.

Motor Accident Commission (MAC)

data showed only 28 crashes involving animals occurred in the Far North last year, and to the end of June 2014 ,there had been a only 10 collisions for the year Th is includes all animal collisions and was not isolated to just kangaroos.

But General Manager for Road Safety Michael Cornish said it was important to note, not all of these crashes were reported and the recent increases can take time to appear in statistics.

“The Motor Accident Commission reminds all drivers to be vigilant and attentive on the roads,” he said.

“Dawn and dusk are likely to be higher risk times for crashes....

“Avoid all distractions, like mobile phones, which may take your eyes off the road.

“Stick to speed limits, which helps to achieve better braking distances.

“Driving is a complex task, and when an animal suddenly enters the road, it is important to be in a position to react quickly.”

Roxby Downs Police Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said local police had not received any reports of an increase in kangaroo collisions, but backed up Mr Cornish’s claims that not all accidents are reported.

He pointed out that reports can now be made online.

A kangaroo warning side on the road between Roxby Downs and Olympic Dam, an area where a number

of kangaroos have been hit by cars recently.

RIGHT: Cars that were damaged after hitting kangaroos on

local roads in recent weeks.

Big Bash Breaky Variety Bash hits Roxby. See the photos on page 9.

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Hourglass Jewellers joined the online market last Monday

when they released a website allowing people to shop online.

Manager/O wner of the store Leigh Malcolm said it was important for his business to make this move to keep up with the ever-changing market.

“It is important for brick and water retailers to have a presence online,” Mr Mal-colm said.

“It gives us that reach outside the Roxby Downs market.

“Th e Roxby Downs mar-ket has shrunk over the past few years so it (online shopping) gives us a larger audience.”

Although the Roxby Downs market has de-clined, Mr Malcolm said he had a number of cus-tomers outside of town that

brought products from his store and the online shop-ping availability would help build that customer base.

“Roxby Downs is a very transient town, and there are people all over Australia that were in Roxby Downs and still want to shop with us,” he said.

“It is an opportunity for us to see what they need and keep in touch with them and their needs.”

While Mr Malcolm was thrilled to have online shopping capabilities, he said it would only give his sales a small boost.

“Five per cent of all jew-ellery sales are online (for a jewellery store), while 95 per cent are made in store,” he said, a statistic from the Jewellers Association of Australia.

“People still like to touch and feel what they are buy-ing.

“But if I have a fi ve per cent increase in sales from what I currently do, I would

be more than happy.”The website took six

months to develop to a level Mr Malcolm said he was happy to release to the public.

Hourglass Jewellers al-ready has a Facebook page they have been using to keep in touch with their customers, and will con-tinue to do so.

So far only one tenth of the store’s stock is on the website, but the content will continue to grow over the coming months until all items have been loaded.

Links to brands and a full list of jewellery items will eventually be available from the website, allowing people to order in items that Mr Malcolm does not have in stock in store.

Delivery time will be no longer than seven days and any purchase over the value of $100 will be free of deliv-ery costs .

The Roxby Downs Golf Club is the latest target in a sequence of thefts made to sports clubs over the last couple of months – with a break

in to the premises on Th ursday, August 14.

Cash tins full of money from the Club’s ‘Wednesday Warriors’ competition and Darts Club competition were taken at 4:40am on Th ursday, August 14, with members alerted to the break in by the Club’s alarm. Th ere was also approximately $500 damage to the club premise.

“Th ey (the perpetrators) kicked in the back door and broke the glass door to get to the bar,” Golf Club Captain Damien Condon said last week.

“Th ey might have known exactly where things are kept.”

Oddly, the cash register, which is normally emptied before close – but in an unusual break from tradition was left with the night’s takings, was left untouched.

Th e Roxby Downs Golf Club (RDGC) has reported

the incident to the Police, but so far have no leads or persons of interest.

“We are certainly beefi ng up our security!” Mr Con-don said.

He urged anyone with any information to the incident to contact the RDGC or local police on 131 444.

In a similar, but unrelated incident, the Olympic Dam Football Club was broken into approximately two months ago, resulting in damage to the premises and thefts.

“Th ey tried to smash into our ATM, but they didn’t get into it,” ODFC President Michael Wedding told Th e Monitor recently. “Th ey took cigarettes, money from the bar that was meant for the cricket club hats and stubby holders.

“(Th ey took) some alcohol, they went through the freezers, and there was a meat tray in the freezer that they took out but forgot to take that - and it went rotten because it was sitting out of the freezer!”

Th e thieves also took the club’s set top box.“Th ey (did) a bit of a number on us,” Mr Wedding said.Th e Crime Investigation Branch from Port Augusta

travelled up to Olympic Dam to fi nger print the area, but as of yet, no charges have been laid.

Th e incident again seemed to be opportune, with the premise, which is normally securely locked up slight-ly more accessible. A metal cage covering glass doors hadn’t been padlocked.

SAPOL’s Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said there was no inclination that the two instances were linked.

“I would suggest no, that’s just my gut call,” Senior Sergeant Boylan said.

“It’s disappointing that this has occurred. We’re con-tinuing to investigate the matter.”

The Community Garden and Environment Forum have come together to produce the joint

initiative Outback Smart.

Outback Smart is a group of work-shops run by volunteers from within the community, often Community Fo-rum members, who come together to share their passion and information on sustainable topics.

“Th e aim of this project is to create an environment conservative communi-ty,” Community Projects Offi cer Angela Neyland said.

“It is about whatever anyone wants to pass on; it creates a platform for the community.”

Anyone is encouraged to come for-ward with whatever environmentally friendly ideas they may have to run a workshop.

Th e next workshop will take place Saturday at the Community Garden and will focus on the Sturt Dessert Peas.

Jess Davis will then be running a Green Beauty Workshop early in Sep-tember.

“Th is program is very much volun-teer based,” Mrs Neyland said.

“It is all about being social and shar-ing your skills.”

Th e fi rst session, a Green Cleaning Workshop, was run last Tuesday night and focused on how to make cleaning products that were non-harmful to the environment.

“It was good fun,” Mrs Neyland, who hosted the workshop, said.

“It was nice to see diff erent people there, not just people from the environ-ment forum and community garden.”

“Th ere were a good number of people that attended.

“Th ere was a lot of interest in the lead up (to the workshop).

“We are trying to get the broader community involved not just the fo-rum members.”

The forum, through the Outback Smart program, will be releasing book-lets with environmentally friendly tips and information in the coming weeks after receiving a grant from SGIC to help with printing costs.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Roxby Downs will host the well-known Ananguku A r t s a n d Cu l t u r e

Aboriginal Corporation at an upcoming exhibition at the local art gallery.

The exhibition will feature works from the Coober Pedy Art Project, including paintings from

emerging local artists George Cooley and Lily Ulah, and will also showcase work from artists throughout the APY lands.

Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation is an Aboriginal owned and governed arts organisation. It was original-ly founded by the artists of the APY Lands in the far northwest

of South Australia. Artisis from

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Sports clubs targeted in local thefts

Time is right for hourglass to go online

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Workshops have environment focus

Hourglass Jewellers Owner/Manager Leigh Malcolm shows

off his store’s new website.

This water colour from Coober Pedy artist George Cooley will be one of many on display.

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A diverse range of nominations have been received for

the 2014 Roxby Downs Business Awards.

Nominations have now closed and tickets are now available for the popular award gala night on Friday September 19 with BHP Billiton Asset President Darryl Cuz-zubbo to give the key-note address.

Roxby Council Com-munity Projects Offi cer Sasha Yantewo said a new online nomination system had worked ex-tremely well.

Th ere was an increase in nominations this year, and a diverse range of nominations received in all categories, Mrs Yantewo said.

“Which shows the awards keep growing every year,” she told Th e Monitor last week.

“Also the MEGT Trainee/Apprentice of the year award was ac-cepted extremely well with some fantastic can-didates.”

2014 is the fi rst year for the MEGT Trainee/Apprentice of the Year Award, with other local businesses nominated in the usual award sectors of Best Large, Best Me-dium, Best Small, Most Popular and Most Out-standing Business.

Th e three person judg-ing panel is this year made of John Rejack and Cecelia Woolford from Regional Devel-opment Australian Far North and BHP Billiton Finance Manager Jodie Custance.

Th ese judges will score the nominations accord-ing to the judging crite-ria and meet together to discuss their scores and reasoning to decide on the fi nal outcomes.

Finalists will be noti-fi ed prior to the awards.

“A different set of judges that are within the training industry will judge the MEGT train-ee/apprentice of the year award,” Mrs Yantewo ex-plained.

She said this year has been the best yet for the Business Forum.

“After much scrutinis-ing, the forum changed the judging panel to accommodate inde-pendant, further afi eld judges, and also created the online forms for all categories including the Most Popular category to allow for transparen-cy in the category,” Mrs Yantewo said.

“Also there was an in-formation package put together by the forum with helpful info such as support questions and examples, judging criteria and scoring and there was an information session held in July with one of the judges, John Rejack, to allow for en-trants to ask questions before submitting their

application.“Th e forum has really

stepped up a big notch for the 2014 awards.”

She said securing Darryl Cuzzubbo as a keynote speaker again this year was also a big bonus.

“The opportunity to hear from Darryl is amazing, he is always a good speaker and deliv-ers a good message to the community.”

Tickets for the gala awards presentation night are $90 and are now available from the Visitor Information Cen-tre.

Th e event includes a fantastic three course meal accompanied by premium wines by South Australian Wineries Co-riole and Mitolo, and en-tertainment by ‘Whose on First’.

Raffl e prizes will also be on off er on the night.

Th e red carpet event is known as one of the best on the local social calendar.

BHP Billiton has come aboard as the major sponsor for the awards in 2014, and local em-ployment agency MEGT has sponsored the inau-

gural Apprentice/Train-

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WRITTEN BYGAIL HERITAGE

O z Minerals has released a Prefeasibility Study into the proposed Carrapateena

Mine 100 kilometres South East of Olympic Dam.

Th e study has shown the project is both technically and fi nancially viable and the company, which owns the successful Prominent Hill Mine near Coober Pedy, will now look for partners in order to push the project forward.

Early estimates have predicted the project could cost around $3 billion, and could generate up to $22.1 bil-

lion in revenue over 20 years.Th e 18 month Prefeasibility Study,

controlled by OZ Minerals Techni-cal Services and managed by global mining service company Aecom, showed the mine had the potential to produce 114,000 tonnes of copper and 117,000 ounces of gold annual-ly, with an estimated mine life of 24 years based only on reserves.

Th e study highlighted plans to use block caving mining methods to ex-tract the minerals – sinking an initial two shafts 500 metres deep into ore body. A traditional processing plant could also be built, with the prod-uct expected to be transported via road and rail via exisiting transport routes.

Th e study also highlighted the fu-ture potential of the region, fl agging the nearby Khamsin and Fremantle Doctor deposits for future mining.

Oz Minerals CEO Terry Burgess said Carrapateena showed all the right signs for future development.

“Th ere are very few projects like Carrapateena, which off er the po-tential of multi-decade production at low operating costs, with the demonstrated potential for further

discoveries nearby, located relatively close to all necessary infrastructure, and in one of the best and safest mining jurisdictions in the world,” Mr Burgess said.

“We believe these features will be highly attractive to potential part-ners to join with Oz Minerals in advancing the development of the Carrapateena Precinct.”

Th e study showed early works at the site could begin as early as next

year, with the possibility of major mine development starting in 2019 all subject to mine lease and project approval.

If successful and following the proposed timeline, the mine and processing facilities was not ex-pected to be fully commissioned until around 2022, with production expected to ramp up the same year.

The study is now available to download at www.ozminerals.com.

Business Award’s Night S eptember 19

Carrapateena Prefeasibility Study shows viability of project

ABOVE: The conceptual timeline.RIGHT: Carrapateena Infrastructure Map.

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Do you have any aches and pains or problem with your posture? Have no

fear … there is a new chiro-practor in town.

Michael Landry, from Access Chiropractic, has been visiting Roxby Downs for two days a week every fortnight for the past month having joined the compa-ny recently.

Roxby Downs is not the only rural town Mr Landry visits within his new role at Access Chiropractic, based in Whyalla. He is also now visiting Cowell, Cleve, Ceduna and rural towns all over South Australia.

He said he is enjoying his new position and the chance to move around and meet new people within the diff erent communi-ties.

“It is good. The people are good - everyone is really nice,” he said.

“You get everyone from min-ers to families, to oyster farmers, farmers, teachers and business men.

“You get people from all walks of life.”

Mr Landry was born in the USA, graduating from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1993, before moving to Australia where he worked in Tasmania and Mel-bourne.

He has 21 years of experience behind him which is something he believes will help in his new role.

“I have had a lot of experience, 21 years, and have dealt with a lot of diverse cases,” he said.

“Everywhere you go you see a diverse range of cases.

“You can be doing work on children or people in their 80’s and the pressure you apply is go-ing to be diff erent for the child than the 80-year-old.”

He said one thing to remember was to get on top of sore spots or problems early before they got too bad.

“You can prevent things from getting worse by getting on top of them early, before they get bad,” Mr Landry said.

“Health is important and the later you leave something the worse it is going to get.”

Donations and sponsorship is now being sought for a special golf day planned in memory of the late

Scott McKay.

Local Damon Wilkie has put the call out for support and is asking locals to come together in memory of the popular Roxby Downs resident, who died suddenly earlier this year.

Th e date of the event is yet to be con-fi rmed, however a November date is in the planning.

“As I am sure you are aware Scott was a resident of Roxby Downs for many years and gave nothing less than 100% back to the community, his business and his fam-ily,” Mr Wilkie said last week.

“I was lucky to meet Scott in 1997 and over the years our friendship grew and I consider myself privileged to know such a great man and ‘a top bloke’.

“Now it is time to give something back to his family and to honour him.

“I would like to let the local businesses of Roxby Downs know that they can be a part of such an event, by contributing to-wards sponsorship, prizes, items for raffl es,

assistance with lunch or anything else if they wish,” he said.

“I am currently taking registrations of interest for those that would like to be a part of the day both businesses donating, and teams of four who wish to play.”

Mr Wilkie said the McKay family had given their support to the event, and he hoped it to become a regular feature of the local golf club calendar.

Th e event is expected to be a 9 Hole Ambrose, with teams of four followed by presentations of the Inaugural Scott McKay Shield, prizes and a lunch. Cost will be $15 per person ($60 per team) and people can register their team by sending an email to Harry Noll - [email protected] or sign up on the registration form at the Golf Club.

“I will be encouraging families to come down for the presentations and dinner after the golf game and to be a part of a special day in memory of Scott.”

Th ose interested in supporting the cause or playing on the day should contact Da-mon on 0433270202 or email [email protected].

Successful applications for the recently increased Regional Development Funding (RDF) will be notified in

coming months.

Th e RDF recently rose from $1.6 million to $15 million, thanks to an agreement between the Premier and Member for Frome and new Minister for Regional Development Geoff Brock.

A Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) spokesperson said the increase had been justifi ed by the rise in the number of entrants that had applied for funding this year.

“Th e importance of the enhanced Regional Development Fund is demonstrated by the high level of interest shown across all programs,” the PIRSA spokesperson said.

“Th ere are likely to be multiple successful pro-jects from each program.”

Th e purpose of the RDF is to drive economic growth and productivity by investing money into regional infrastructure in the hope of creating new jobs and new opportunities for regional South Australia.

Th e fund is divided into fi ve program catego-

ries: Regional Food Initiatives, Small Groups, Major Projects, Community Infrastructure and the Country Cabinet Program.

Th e money is then divided between the fi ve categories with Regional Food Initiatives being allocated $300,000; Small Grants $3,000,000, Ma-jor Projects $8,550,000, Community Infrastruc-ture $3,000,000 and Country Cabinet Program $150,000.

Any Roxby Downs applications will compete against a large number of other groups, with 35 applications received for the Regional Food In-itiatives Program, 105 for the small groups, 40 for the major projects, 22 for the Community Infrastructure Program and 71 for the Country Cabinet Program.

A fi nal decision on the successful candidates will be made by the Minister for Regional Devel-opment, Geoff Brock.

Th e fi rst four categories would be allocated money per annum over four years, with the funds administered by Regions South Australia.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

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Regional Development Funding announced soon

Chiropractor now more accessible in RoxbyAccess Chiropractic’s newest chiropractor Michael Landry

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Local Nicole Briley has won the National Raine & Horne Most Outstanding

Property Manager for 2014 at an awards night last Tuesday.

Mrs Briley was presented with her award at a dinner in the Syd-ney Opera House last week and Mrs Briley said she was shocked to receive the award.

“I was not expecting it,” Mrs Briley told Th e Monitor last week.

“I knew I was in with a chance because I had won the state award, but it was still a shock.”

Mrs Briley and her husband Troy fl ew over for the event with Raine & Horne Roxby Downs Managers Craig and Sandy Sum-sion, and said everyone got excit-ed when her name was called out.

“It was very exciting. My hus-band was stocked and he and Sandy got straight on Facebook to let everyone know,” she said.

Mrs Briley has spent four years in Roxby Downs and has worked at Raine and Horne for three and a half, and said she walked into an already successful business which has helped her achieve.

“Craig and Sandy have given me the training I needed to get to where I am now,” she said.

“I came into a business that al-ready had a great reputation.”

But the celebrations for this award didn’t last long, with the crew back in Roxby Downs the fol-lowing day and Mrs Briley back at work after only one afternoon off .

Th e trip to Sydney allowed her to pick up a few new ideas and she said “there are still some things I need to work on”.

Mr Sumsion and Mrs Briley also undertook workshops on the trip, with Mr Sumsion doing a sales workshop while Mrs Bri-ley did a property management workshop.

“It was good to see a range of different people there and see how individuals work, see how people work in the city,” Mrs Bri-ley said.

Mrs Sumsion said it was fab-ulous Mrs Briley had won the award.

Mrs Briley said she would like to thank her husband, and the Sumsions and offi ce staff for their support, as well as local landlords for choosing her as their property manager.

Local Property Manager wins national awardNicole Briley with

her Raine and Horne National

Outstanding Property Manager

award.

The schools and library were full of colour and activities last week as locals cele-brated Book Week.

Th is year’s Book Week theme was ‘Connect to Reading’, with all children taking part in activi-ties and learning about recent Children’s Book Council of Australia’s (CBCA) award winning books.

St Barbara’s had a busy week with a book fair running each day. Students also participated in “connecting” games and diff erent activities using the short listed books. Th e Indonesian and Arts classes came up with a banner to signify the connection books and reading have to art and other cultures.

Th e week ended with a special Book Week assembly attended by Mellisa Hapi, local author of Carmelo and the Giant Marshmallows, and a tradition Book Week parade which saw many students dress up as story book characters.

“All the students were engaged throughout the week,” organiser of the week Grace Maroma said.

“Th e teachers put in a lot of eff ort and it paid off .”

Th e Area School, enjoyed a larger focus on National Science Week, but still managed to celebrate Book Week.

Librarian Annette Blackett ran special Book Week lessons with the classes based on three texts: Banjo and Ruby Red, Granny Grommet and Me and Silver Buttons, all recent award win-ners at the Children Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Awards.

Teachers would then extend on these lessons through daily reading comprehension lessons, focused on connecting to reading.

Students were also able to go into the library during recess and lunch to participate in Book Week themed activities.

“Book Week is an excellent celebration of books and the joy of reading,” Mrs Blackette said.

“It evokes creative responses through art experiences which we have been practicing all week during recess and lunch breaks.

“Th e children have thoroughly enjoyed mak-ing ‘chickens’ for Banjo and Ruby Red, ‘swim-mers and surfboards’ for Granny Grommet and Me and ‘paper footprints’ for silver buttons.”

Th e library connected to Book Week by run-ning ‘story time’ after school each day, as well as the usual Toddler Story Time, sharing a new CBCA award winning book with the children each day.

“It (Book Week) is very exciting,” community librarian Kimberley Hargrave said.

“It is a chance to celebrate Australia’s wonder-ful authors and illustrators.”

Ms Hargrave said the number of children that attended the session was great, with around 70 parents and children attending one of the Tod-dler Story Time session and the after school session also well attended.

Th e week concluded in extravagant fashion last week with St Barbara’s holding an assembly that included a costume parade.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Roxby Downs children connect with Book Week

Coby and Bailey came dressed as footballers.

Grace Morokai reads a book to Nidya

Budiarso, Aqeela, Brodie and Brock as part of Book Week.

Back: Lex, Taylor, Jesaiah, Aemelia, Billy, Harley, Max,

Pulitha. Front: Amelia, Alyssa, Kayla and Tayla.

Takunda shows off his muscles in front of Matilda,

Georgie, Bree-Anna and Charlee.

Millie, Amelia and Sanja all dressed up for the Book Week parade.

Martika, Indy, Chelsea, Jaxton

and Mannie enjoy Book Week activities at RDAS.

Grace Maroma, Mellisa Hapi and

Karen Taylor helped with Book Week at St Barbara’s.

Teacher Lucy Pickering with

students Hannah, Brianna and Alex.

Dylan, Callan, Shaun, Rafael and Jake

at the St. Barbara’s Book Week parade.

Alia, Emily, Chido and Layla enjoy the St. Barbara’s Book

Week parade.

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A rid Recovery began a ‘fi rst of its kind’ project recently with the launch of the South

Australian Rangelands Alliance.

Th is project sees Arid Recovery join forces with Bush Heritage in order to share resources and knowl-edge to better protect arid-zone ecosystems and threatened species in South Australia.

“It is great, it is going to be very interesting,” Arid Recovery General Manager Kylie Piper said.

“Two conservations working to-gether, providing feedback to each other, “ she said.

“It’s never been done before, at least in this region. Usually funding is so tight, so you are competing against each other, but I think it will work better if we work together.”

Th e project kicked off Monday August 11 with the new ecologist, Dr Aaron Fenner, starting his new role at Arid Recovery recently.

Dr Fenner will be working be-tween both Arid Recovery and Bon Bon Station, where Bush Heritage protects nine rangelands ecosys-tems, home to at least fi ve diff erent threatened species.

“We have always had an ecologist but this is diff erent,” Ms Piper said.

“Th is is going to be a joint posi-tion, so he will be working between the two.

“It is going to be more fi eld based, doing more research and trying to get more students involved and more universities involved, just doing more outside (the reserve) work.”

Ms Piper said this project will hopefully build on the research al-ready being done at Arid Recovery, by getting the initiative outside the fence, which she said was a major goal.

Th at process has already begun with Arid Recovery adding to the their current partners BHP Bil-liton and Adelaide University, just to name a few, with a conservation partner in Bush Heritage.

Th e benefi ts work both ways. “It doesn’t have an impact on ei-

ther organisation, sharing resources is only going to provide a benefi t to both,” Ms Piper said.

Th e fi rst joint project to be run will be Arid Recovery taking their Buff el Grass Busting team to Bon Bon Station.

“Bon Bon station only has two people, so for us to go down there would be a massive influx and a

great way to start,” Ms Piper said.

Ms Piper said they would be able

to return the favour. With Bush Her-

itage having such a huge supporter

base Arid Recovery had the poten-

tial to benefi t as well. Th e project

has originally been set up with a

three year time span, but Ms Piper

said that could change.

Between the two organisations

they have 40 years of conservation

and land management experience

which would help underline the po-

tential the project had to go over the

allocated three years.

Arid Recovery teams up for new projectNew Arid Recovery

ecologist Dr Aaron Fenner.

This year’s Roxby Community Postie Bash raised more than $40,000 despite participant numbers being down from

previous years.

Events in former years raised between $40,000 and $50,000 and Postie Bash media representative Kate Collins said the committee was happy with this year’s outcome.

“Th e committee is very happy with the result considering the entrant numbers were down on previous years and the town economy has been a little slow lately,” Miss Collins said.

Th e Tuckabox team raised the most mon-ey for an individual team, raising close to $10,000.

Community groups, organisations, health

and educational services or sporting clubs that may be in need of funding for a particu-lar project can now apply to the Postie Bash Committee.

“Each submission is presented to the com-mittee and deliberated,” Miss Collins said.

“A fi nal vote is taken on each submission and the submissions that are deemed to be

the most needed and viable will be approved for funding.

“Th e money is then divided up to all the ap-proved causes.”

Applications can be made in writing to the Postie Bash Committee on [email protected] or PO Box 588, Roxby Downs, SA, 5725.

Postie Bash raises $40,000 - fi nd out how to get a grant

W e at Th e Monitor are never short of a few good stories - and this week was no exception.

Th ere were so many good stories this week, in fact, that we had to fi nd room for four on the front page alone.

The Olympic Dam mine was in the news again as the BHP Billiton CEO bought it to headlines across the world with a statement that the OD mine could have a 200 year lifespan.

And other big things were happening locally too.

Th e long awaited Desert Trade Training Centre is almost complete and will open in a few short weeks.

Kangaroos have been causing havoc on our roads, with more than a dozen cars in the local repair shop after recent col-lisions.

And, the WA Variety Bash visited Rox-by Downs and enjoyed a great welcome from locals.

Among the many stories this week are two that are close to many local hearts.

Th e recent unexpected death of popular local Scott McKay has lead locals to or-ganise a special memorial golf day to help raise funds for his family (Page 4).

Locals have also come together to help another local familiy - the Zeptners.

Team Zep - as the initiative has been named, is helping support the family as as they go through a diffi cult time. Read more about that in today’s sport section

Th rough all the ups and downs, Th e Monitor continues to bring you the sto-ries that matter.

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Fernando and Cornel Carvalho at the

Astronomy Night.

Local residents were entertained by the Watoto African Choir as a special performance last week.

Violet Rowe painted Zaf and Boh’s faces on the weekend

at the Roxby Downs Early Learning Centre garage sale.

Sasha and Marcus Yantewo at the Astronomy Night

on Saturday night.

Mackenzie, Lucy, Evie and Neville attended the Astronomy Night.

Joshua at the Roxby Downs Early Learning Centre

Garage Sale on Saturday.

Kylie and Kate Dospisil brought some fl owers

for Dafodil Day.

Koby and Nardene Montgomerie last Friday.

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The Western Australian Varity Bash rolled into Roxby Downs late Friday

afternoon and left early Saturday morning, but that was all it took for the town to leave an impression on the bashers.

Senior Motoring Events Co-ordinator Geoff Kemp said their short stay in Roxby Downs was “brilliant” and they were warmly welcomed by the entire commu-nity.

“The people at the morn-ing breakfast were brilliant, the school went out of their way for us – it was fantastic,” Mr Kemp said.

“All the bashers went away say-ing it was the best breakfast, the best town and the best donuts ever.”

A big crowd turned out to see the Bashers on Saturday morning as the Roxby Downs Area School put on a breakfast for the Bashers and the community.

“It was a good crowd, there

were people everywhere,” Mr Kemp said.

“Th ere was a great atmosphere.“Th at (a good atmosphere) is

what we aim for and the school handed it to us on a plate.”

While in town the Varity Bash donated a cheque for $1000 to the RDAS to help them with the building of some outdoor furni-ture.

Mr Kemp said while the bashers had a good time in Roxby Downs he was hoping they had returned the favour.

“With each town we go to we aim to leave them with a good feeling, so we hope we left them (Roxby Downs) with a good feel-ing because we defi nitely got a good feeling back,” he said.

“It was fantastic.”Mr Kemp said locals Vern and

Wendy Krueger played a big part in making this all happen and a big thanks should go to them. BY PATRICK GLOVER

WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER

Local Kate Tilley, for the second year running , was named Coober Pedy

and Outback South Australia regional winner in the 2014 Excellence in Family Day Care awards.

Th e mother of three is registered with the Far North Family Day Care and runs a child care from her home.

“I was quite surprised to win the award again,” Mrs Tilley said.

“It is all thanks to the families for nominating me.”

Mrs Tilley has been running the Family Day Care child care in Rox-

by Downs for two years and start-ed it up because she wanted to be able to look after her own children.

“I didn’t do it to make money, I did it to be home with my kids and it was good to get in other kids to stimulate them,” she said.

“It is the best job in the world, I am blessed and lucky to be able to care for and educate child in my care.

“I have never had a bad day at work.”

Th ese awards celebrate the im-portant role family day care plays in the learning and development of more than 155,000 children around Australia.

Mrs Tilley said the Family Day Care is “amazing” and gives her the chance to educate children in a more comfortable environment.

“Th ey (the children) are more at ease, more relaxed and more will-ing to learn,” she said.

“I have been referred to as mum, some of the kids are so attached.”

Mrs Tilley is hoping to get more people running child care centres in Roxby Downs saying her child care is the only independently owned child care in the town.

She won the award ahead of 2000 other nominated carers and will now set her sights on the State and National awards.

State winners will be announced next month with the National Award winners to be revealed at the Visions for Leadership in Fam-ily Day Care Centre Symposium in Adelaide on October 25.

Local with “best job in the world” wins second award

Katie Tilley was recently named Coober Pedy and Outback South Australia regional winner in the 2014

Excellence in Family Day Care Awards.

,

Bashers label Roxby best town ever

Caleb, Isaac and Lily at the Variety Bash

breakfast on Saturday.

Doy and Mildred Valesco with sons

Joaquin and Rafael.

The ‘Middle Aged Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Glen Cornish,

Brad Dean and Len Luxford.

‘Lifesavers’ Davinka and Don Brooker.

‘Dolly Diggers’ Brett Jacobs and Bredon

(Rowdy) Welbon.‘Superheros’ Sally and Jay Walter.


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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard 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 presentation 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 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818

Email: [email protected]

Michelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Mary Lewis • Brett McNeil

Bill Boehm • Nidya Iwan • Di Stanton

JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

Thursday, August 28 @ 7pmCouncil Boardroom

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

Wednesday, September 2 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom

SPORTS and REC FORUMMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

TBC

COMMUNITY GARDENAngela Neyland 8671 0010

Thursday, September 11 @ 6.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMPerri Carter 0433 248 627Thursday, September 4 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818Thursday, September 11 @ 5.30pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, September 17 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, August 27 @ 8.30amDunes Cafe

W ith the World Food and Music Festival approaching in October, there will be so much to do and it really is shaping up to

be an event not to be missed!

Th e committee is interested in inviting anyone to come dressed in their country’s attire, costumes, and colours.

It is a great opportunity to share your culture with everyone and we encourage you to come dressed and be proud of your culture.

In 2012, there was a fantastic response at the event and people came along dressed in beautiful outfi ts - African, Filipino, Indian - and so many more. Don’t be shy, come along and represent your culture to fellow Roxbyites!

The Community Garden Forum has a site for a community garden at 34 Mulgaria Crescent has been busy building major infrastructure

including a garden shed, fence, water tank and composting bays. It has also been the site of several tree planting days and garden workshops.

No current, clear plan for the design and manage-ment of the garden exists as yet and there is a great need for additional members to provide the necessary manpower to make this project happen.

Community gardens can take many diff erent forms from botanic parks to locations with individual plots used to grow vegetables.

To help inform the forum as to the best direction to take the garden and to fi nd additional people in-terested in taking part in this group, the Community Garden is conducting a survey.

Have your say on the future of the garden at:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/roxbygarden

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The wonderful Women’s Network have another fantas-tic High Tea planned for this

weekend – Saturday, August 20 in the Outback Tea Rooms (aka Oasis function room) from 2pm.

Th e women have been planning the event for the last few months and are very excited to be serving won-

derful cakes, sandwiches, tea, coff ee and more. Always a great event for the ladies to dress up or down, bring their cup and saucer and some girl-friends and enjoy a Saturday after-noon together.

Tickets are on sale from the Visi-tor Info Centre - $25 per ticket, call 8671 2001.

Cakes and Tea anyone?The 2012 World Food and Music Festival was a hit.


Roxby Council

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 9 am to 5 pm Monday-Wednesdays, Fridays

9:30am to 5pm Thursdays9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.Toddler Story Time 10.30am Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

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NEWS IN BRIEF

P et ownership is a rewarding responsibility, off ering great benefi ts such as companionship, increased

physical activity and numerous links to health benefi ts.

Th e importance of owning a pet and reg-istering your dog or cat was given more sig-nifi cance recently local resident Danielle Vardy explained.

During the July school holidays Dan-ielle and her family holidayed in the South Australian coastal town of Victor Harbor.

In amongst the travel and fun of their time away the family lost their camera SD card on the beach. Th e card contained numerous photographs of the family milestones and experiences from the previous years.

Unknown to the family, the SD card was found by a resident of Middleton 10 kilo-metres away, in the sand at the local beach. Th e gentleman took the SD card home and spent time reviewing the photos to fi nd a connection to the owner.

Th e answer was found in a photograph of

Jack, the family dog wearing what was an up to date registration tag.

Danielle was thrilled to receive a phone call a week after losing the SD card and to receive it in the post.

“I was so glad the person who found it cared enough to take the time and fi nd out who we are and our location,” Danielle ex-plained.

Th is great story demonstrates the impor-tance of looking out for each other and of registering your pets. Great work Jack!

Power and Water Reminder Notices

Reminder notices for Power and Water billing notices have also been issued, with late fees applied.

Council is required to apply fees in line with other service providers and residents are asked to fi nalise outstanding payments by Wednes-day, September 3, 2014.

It’s important to budget for bills and ensure they are paid on time; this will avoid having late fees charged to your account.

Payments can be made via BPay or direct deposit. Also, monthly or quarterly auto-pay or direct debit contracts can be arranged.

For further information contact Roxby Council staff on 8671 0010 or email [email protected]

The footpaths on Wangianna Street are currently under construction.

Roxby Council initially scheduled works to replace 75 metres of the asphalt footpaths on Wangianna Street, however following community consultation and feedback the project has been extended.

Th e community discussed the need to lengthen the footpath the span of the street, so Council has scheduled these works to be completed in the coming weeks.

Residents are reminded to be mindful of the speed limits associated with these works and to drive safely.

Wangianna Footpath construction

Going to the letterbox and fi nding an account, regardless of who it was sent by, can sometimes

make us sigh!

Roxby Council recognises it can be tough to make ends meet and pay a large account on time.

If you are experiencing fi nancial dif-fi culty and are fi nding it diffi cult to pay your accounts on time, please telephone our friendly staff on 86710010 who will be able to assist you.

We understand that from time to time,

some of our customers may face periods of fi nancial trouble and unexpectedly fi nd themselves unable to meet their account payments, for many reasons.

Whatever the reason, we encourage customers to contact Roxby Council im-mediately when they may be in fi nancial hardship. Th e Council will work with you and discuss all alternatives.

Council has produced a brochure high-lighting ways they can assist those having diffi culty paying accounts, in a confi den-tial and proactive manner. Please don’t wait until it’s too late, come in and see us.

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your Petyour PetRegistration!Registration!

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The footpath in Wangianna Street will be extended.

Local Dog Jack’s registration disc helped return an SD card to his owners who were

holidaying in Victor Habor recently.

The Roxby Link Community Library would like to thank the many patrons who took

part in the Children’s Book Week story telling events. August 18 – 22, 2014.


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The fi ne weather saw an increase in the spectator turn out for the prelim-inary fi nals on Friday night.

Olympic Dam A grade defeated Horn-ridge by 17 goals, 59-42. OD were on the attack in the fi rst quarter taking the lead by eight goals, 9-17. Jessica Reid and Ali Knights (OD), the dynamic duo, worked the goal ring to their advantage shutting out the Hornridge defenders. By three quarter time OD had increased their lead to 19 goals, 47-28. Amanda Giles (Hornridge) left the court mid third quarter after calling injury time. It appeared that OD ran out of steam in the fourth quarter however it was a case of ‘too little, too late’ for Hornridge to make a comeback.

Olympic Dam A grade will be facing off against Miners in the Grand Final this com-ing Friday in a revisit of the 2013 fi nal. We are expecting a tight game with long time A grade couch Tony Weir (Miners) taking on new blood Nick Backhouse (OD). Will last year’s winners Miners retain the crown or will the Devil’s get their revenge?

Olympic Dam B grade defeated Miners 53-44 in a fast paced game that left spec-tators on the edge of their seats until the fi nal whistle. OD took the lead by fi ve goals in the fi rst quarter and were not giving it up. Even though Emy Nicholson and Sam Summerton (OD) appeared nervous and took time to settle they soon managed to hit their stride barring a few misses. OD had increased their lead to seven goals by the end of the third quarter. Erika Syvertsen (Miners) pushed for leads and created turn overs in the centre courts as goal attack. Erika made a notable turn over in the fi -nal quarter where she leapt into the air and appeared to curl around the ball. Miners worked hard but were unable to put a stop to a determined OD even though OD had faulted in the third quarter and Miners were able to match them goal for goal. By the fi nal whistle OD had taken the lead by nine goals.

For the fi rst time in fi ve year Miners will not be completing in the B grade grand fi nal. Th is will leave Hornridge and Olympic Dam to battle for the 2014 B grade premiership. Tammy Feltus has guided Hornridge to the top of the ladder and into the Grand Final in her fi rst year involved in Roxby Netball. Will Tammy be able to couch her girls to the top or will long-time local Kateland McBey (OD) bring home the trophy?

In a low scoring game, Hornridge Pink C

grade defeated Olympic Dam Green 37-21. After a surprising turn around to the sea-son for Hornridge Pink, after experiencing player defi cit, they settled before entering the fi nals and were able to overcome OD Green who had been second on the ladder throughout the season. Hornridge Pink had the lead by seven goals at the end of the fi rst half, 17-10. Renee Johnson and Dee Mason (Hornridge Pink) worked hard in stopping Joanne Waye-Hill and Anna Gubbin from scoring for OD. Kelly Reid (OD Green) car-rying an injury fi nished her season off strong in goal keeper for the fi rst half of the game. By three quarter time Hornridge Pink had found their stride increasing their lead to 10 goals, 26-16. Kaitlin James (Hornridge Pink) and Mel Ferry (OD Green) once again creating a hard and contested man on man match in the centre court. Hornridge Pink took the game by 16 goals shattering OD Green’s hopes for the grand fi nal.

Th e C grade grand fi nal is now set up to be an interclub rivalry between Hornridge Green and Hornridge Pink. Hornridge Green new coaches Renee Anderson and Moreen Tyler face off against seasoned couch Lorraine McEvoy in a game that is expected to be fi ercely competitive. No mat-ter what the outcome, it will be a bittersweet ending for Hornridge as there can only be one winner.

VERITY CASSERLYNETBALL REPORTER

Deja vu for A Grade Grand Final Victoria Wilkinson for OD dodges around Renee Wurfel for Miners in

Friday Night preliminary fi nals.

Lightening (Yellow) and T-Birds (Green) battled it out

in Saturday’s junior fi nals.

OD’s Kylie Green blocks Ashlie Ali (Miners) as she goes for a goal.


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Friday, August 22, 2014Preliminary Finals:

C GradeHornridge Pink 37 defeated OD Green 21

Grand Final: 29 August 7:15pmIntroductions at 7:00pm

Hornridge Green vs Hornridge PinkB Grade

Olympic Dam 53 defeated Roxby Miners 44Grand Final: 29 August 6:30pm

Introductions at 6:15pmHornridge vs Olympic Dam

A GradeOlympic Dam 59 defeated Hornridge 42

Grand Final: 29 August 8:00pmIntroductions at 7:45pm

Roxby Miners vs Olympic Dam

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Two players took out this year’s Mail Medal in a tight medal count with Olympic

Dam’s Tim Walsh and Coober Pedy’s Matthew Lynch tying for the league’s top honour.

Walsh and Lynch fi nished with 21 votes each with Roxby Districts Justin Watson, who took out the Blackwoods Footballer of the Year with Daniel Fisher, fi nishing run-ner up on 18 votes.

“Both were very worthy win-ners,” Far North Football League President Henry Andryszczak said.

“Th ey both had good seasons for

their respective teams.“Very deserving winners and I

congratulate them on their win.”Lynch built an early lead with

heavy competition from Roxby Districts Jared Greenback but with Greenback going down injured half way through the season Tim Walsh came home with a fl urry of votes to tie with Lynch.

Lachy Forward from Hornridge received the most votes for a player under the age of 21, earning him the best Under 21 award.

Coober Pedy can also boast the league’s leading goal kicker, to go with their Mail Medalist, with Kel-vin Henry taking out that category with 42 goals for the season.

Joel Harman (Hornridge) was

runner up kicking 37 goals for the season.

A new award was presented at the medal count this year with the Barry Mitchell BHP Billiton Club Award being presented for the fi rst time with Roxby Districts Miners taking out the award and a cheque for $1500.

Th e Miners donated the $1500 to the Zeptner family taking the total amount raised for the family on the night to $1895, with money from a $5 door charge also going towards the family.

Five players: Mark Bell from Coober Pedy; Cameron Green and Tyson Hornhardt from Olympic Dam; and Steve Kaminski and Ricky Prosser from Roxby Dis-

tricts were were awarded FNFL life membership having played 100 games and been in the competition for 10 years.

From an offi ciating side of the game Leigh Malcolm was award-ed the Golden Whistle award for most outstanding umpire with Luke Young receiving the Umpires Encouragement award.

On accepting his award Malcolm said this would be his last season as an umpire in Roxby Downs, elect-ing to step down after the season ends due to work commitments.

With Malcolm stepping away this leaves the Umpires Co-ordi-nators role vacant for next year and Malcolm encouraged people to step forward and take on the role.

Devil and Saint share Mail MedalMiners President

James Bremner with

the Barry Mitchell BHP Billiton Club

Award.

ABOVE: OD’s Dale Summerton and Coober Pedy’s Mark Bell receive the Mail Medal on behalf of dual winners Tim Walsh and Matthew Lynch.

ABOVE: Coober Pedy’s Mark Bell was one of fi ve players to be awarded life membership during

the presentation on Saturday night.

Local Umpire Leigh Malcolm received the Golden Whistle Award.

Luke Young received the Umpire’s Encouragement Award

Miner’s Ricky Prosser received Life Membership.


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SEMI FINALS - August 23, 2014A GRADE

Olympic Dam 2.3 6.8 9.10 13.11 (89)Coober Pedy 1.1 4.2 9.5 13.5 (83)Olympic Dam best players: C. Green, M. Shaw, D. Cummings, T. Hornhardt, W. Hooper.Coober Pedy best players: W. Chamberlain, I. Ankers, T. Stewart, I. Fielding, M. Grava.Olympic Damgoal scorers: D. Cummings, J. Elliott 4, S. Montgomerie 3, C. Green, R. Edwards 1 goal each.Coober Pedy goal scorers: M. Lynch 4, I. Ankers 3, D. Warren, K. Roderick 2, M. Grava, M. Sampson 1 goal each.

Roxby Districts 2.2 12.5 14.6 15.10 (100)Hornridge 1.0 6.7 6.8 7.10 (52)Roxby Districts best players: C. Hall, L. Godfrey, J. Mandemaker, C. Gibson, H. Vrbovac.Hornridge best players: L. Gersch, C. Millard, A. Baxter, L. Forward, S. Schwartz.Roxby Districts goal scorers: L. Godfrey 6, J. Greenbank 4, R. Prosser 3, J. Mandemaker, S. Mcivor 1 goal each.Hornridge goal scorers: A. Baxter 3, B. Grimston 2, N. Tutthill, J. Harman 1 goal each.

Roxby Downs Junior Roxby Downs Junior Football LeagueFootball League

Senior ColtsBulldogs 14.13 (97)Hawks 9.5 (59)Bulldogs best players: J. Ellis, A. Caburnay, L. Holder, J. Male, I. Fielding.Hawks best players: not supplied.Bulldogs goal scorers: I. Fielding 3, J. Ellis, D. Kenney, J. Zeptner 2, M. Lynch, J. McCarthy, A. Caburnay, S. Brougham, J. Male 1 goal each.Hawks goal scorers: J. Van Kruyssen 4, R. Edwards 2, B. French, B. Daddow, B. Chamberlain 1 goal each.

Junior ColtsHawks 10.6 (66)Bulldogs 8.5 (53)Hawks best players: S. Parks, J. Van Kruyssen, C. Woolford, B. Chamberlain, C. Seery.Bulldogs best players: not supplied.Hawks goal scorers: C. Seery 3, K. Flavel, B. Chamberlain 2, Z. Wilson, J. Van Kruyssen, C. Woolford 1 goal each.Bulldogs goal scorers: M. Natt, H. Turner, S. Crilly 2, Z. Noll, C. Robertson 1 goal each.

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The Roxby Downs community is showing its generosity once again with a large portion of locals getting

behind Team Zep.

Team Zep aims to raise money for the Zeptner family, with John currently under-going treatment in Adelaide for cancer.

The Zeptner family have been a huge part of the Roxby Downs community for a number of years with Bev playing a signifi -cant role on the Far North Football League (FNFL) Board, as well as being a junior pri-mary school teacher at Roxby Downs Area School. Bev and John have also been a big part of the Roxby Districts Football Club for around 20 years.

Th e name “Team Zep” came about when close family friend Mark Dalgleish received messages from the Zeptner family giving updates on John’s condition and how the treatment had been going.

Dalgleish would then send back: “Team Zep is on your side” and send pictures of Roxby Downs sunrises and sunsets, to re-mind the Zeptners of home while they were in Adelaide.

Since then the name has stuck and the community is beginning to get behind it.

“Th e community have been so important, they have really embraced it,” Dalgleish said.

“It is overwhelming the generosity people have shown.”

Th e fi rst act of generosity and fundraising

for Team Zep was led by Kym Elson and involved a group of John Zeptner’s closest mates doing up the shed at his shack in Port Neill.

“I started up the fundraising side for Bev and Zeppy and the Team Zep name has been Dags (Mr Dalgleish),” Mr Elson said.

People from the Miners Football Club and across the community have chipped in to and the fi nal result was overwhelming for John Zeptner.

“When we were fi nished we had to decide how to break it to Zeppy,” Dalgleish said.

“When we told him, he was overwhelmed … he couldn’t believe all the support he had gotten.”

Mr Elson said the group was able to raise $5000 in a week to help lay concrete and hook up electricity in the shed.

“It is a bloody good community,” Mr El-son said.

“To be able to raise $5000 in a week just by sending out a few emails, the people are great.”

The Roxby Districts Miners Football Team has been running barbeques at the football for the past three to four weeks with all proceeds going to the Zeptner family.

It is not just the Miners from the football community that are getting behind Team Zep. Th e local league has also stepped up to help.

Th e league charged a $5 door fee at last weekend’s Mail Medal Count, raising $1895 for the night, which included a $1500 do-nation from the Miners Football Club from

their Barry Mitchell BHP Billiton Club Award.

“It’s almost like a mini charity, Team Zep,” Far North Football League President Henry Andryszczak said.

“Th ey have been in the town 25 years. Th ey are almost part of the furniture.

“Bev has been on the league committee for a long time and they are an integral part of the community and the football commu-nity.”

The Zeptner family has been over-whelmed with the support.

“Roxby Downs has been our home for over 25 years and it never ceases to amaze us how easily and willingly the community is to pitch in and help each other out,” Bev said.

“From sporting clubs to local businesses and everyone in between, we hope everyone understands just how much we appreciate everything that has been done.

“We would like to thank everyone who took the time and eff ort to help out Zeppy during this trying time.

Bev said she is grateful for even the small things people have done, like sending well wishes.

“Everyone who has donated to help make our lives a little easier, whether by time, money, or simply being there to off er sup-port, will be forever in our hearts,” she said.

“We have been surprised, amazed, and humbled by the generosity of the Roxby Downs community and are once again re-minded of just how proud we are to call Roxby our home.”

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Olympic Dam vs Coober Pedy

There was a sense of excitement in the air as the fi nal series were about to start, and the football was going to be

broadcast live on air for the fi rst time ever by RoxFM.

In the fi rst semi – fi nal on a warm sunny afternoon, Olympic Dam took on Coober Pedy in a rematch of the week before.

Both teams were undermanned, with Coo-ber Pedy losing a few key players including Kelvin Henry late in the week, and Olympic Dam still plagued by injury concerns. Both teams put out young fast sides in what prom-ised to be an evenly matched contest.

Th e game started very enthusiastically, with both teams attacking the ball hard as befi tting a fi nals game. Even though conditions were good both teams fumbled early, showing some fi nals nerves. Th e game was fast fl owing with the ball moving quickly from end to end, with Olympic Dam having a bit more of the play but unable to breakthrough with a major.

A great goal to Cameron Green fi nally broke the ice, but was followed not long after by a goal to Coober Pedy’s Kelly Roderick.

Th e tight arm wrestle continued with Olym-pic Dam notching one more goal for the quar-ter to have an eight point lead at quarter time.

Th e second quarter started off in similar fashion with both teams kicking a goal each to continue the arm wrestle. Coober Pedy then started to get some system into its game and notched up two unanswered goals to pull within four points of Olympic Dam. Th e Saints

looked full of run, whilst the Devils were start-ing look a bit fl at.

But Olympic Dam steadied to grind out the next three goals to go into the long break lead-ing by the same margin.

Coober Pedy came out with all guns blazing after half time to kick four goals straight to hit the lead and looked as if it was going to run away with the game.

Olympic Dam again showed its customary courage to stem the Coober Pedy onslaught and slow them down, and then notching up another three goals to take control of the game. A late goal by Coober Pedy’s Matthew Lynch put Coober Pedy within one goal of Olympic Dam at three quarter time.

At the start of the last quarter both teams were starting to fl ag from the heat, and the play started to get more scrambly with players starting to make mistakes as they tired.

Both teams matched each other with a goal each, but goals were hard to fi nd as both de-fences stood solid. With about four minutes left in the game, Coober Pedy kicked two quick goals to take a seven point lead and with Olympic Dam tiring badly, it looked like Coo-ber Pedy would take the game away.

But Olympic Dam’s big Scott Montgom-erie stood up when Olympic Dam needed him most and kicked two goals to give Olympic Dam a one goal lead.

This was answered by a goal by Dylan Warren to Coober Pedy to square away the game, and it looked as if it was going to be the League’s fi rst fi nals draw.

But with 13 seconds left in the game, Olym-pic Dam’s Jason Elliott kicked a goal to win the match for Olympic Dam and break Coober

Pedy’s valiant heart, in the best fi nish for the season. Best for Olympic Dam were Cameron

Green, Daniel Cummings with four goals and Tyson Hornhardt, with Jason Elliott kicking four goals and Scott Montgomerie three, all being in the crucial last quarter. For Coober Pedy Wayne Chamberlain, Izaac Ankers with three goals and Th omas Stewart were stand out players, with Miners Cup representative Matthew Lynch kicking four goals.

Roxby Districts vs Hornridge

In the second game of the day the league’s two best sides in Hornridge and Roxby battled it out for a place in the Grand

Final in two weeks’ time.

Both sides were close to full strength so it was expected to be a tough and high quality encounter.

And it was. Hornridge came out playing a tough man on man game combined with very fi erce tackling that just didn’t allow Roxby to get their running game going at all.

It was a tight strongly contested aff air, with neither team being able to gain any kind of ascendency. After a torrid fi rst quarter, Roxby had managed a one goal lead over Hornridge.

It was more of the same at the start of the second quarter with goals still being hard to come by. Roxby was still struggling to get their running game going due to the physical pressure of Hornridge. Hornridge got the fi rst three goals of the quarter to open a second goal break, but there were good signs emerging for Roxby as their runners were starting to fi nd some space.

Luke Godfrey was starting to become a threat in the Roxby forward lines, and as Rox-by’s mid fi eld started to get on top he became a key target to kick three goals for the quarter. Roxby kicked the last fi ve goals of the quarter to regain the lead and have a margin of three goals at half time.

After half time Roxby showed why they are the premiership favourite, and as Hornridge’s intensity began to wilt in the heat Roxby fl exed their muscle and got their running game fi -nally going. Th ey cracked Hornridge in the premiership quarter, kicking seven goals to Hornridge’s two, with Luke Godfrey bagging another three and Jared Greenbank returning from injury also getting three for the quarter. Roxby had a commanding lead of eight goals at three quarter time to have the game virtually wrapped up.

In the last quarter both teams were suff ering from the heat and the intensity of the previous three quarters, and the game slowed down a bit.

Hornridge would not give up however and showed a lot of courage as they pushed and pushed Roxby despite the game being lost.

Both teams kicked a goal each in the fi nal quarter with Roxby taking out the game by eight goals and winning a place in the Grand Final.

Best for Roxby were Miners Cup captain Craig Hall, Luke Godfrey with six goals and Jordan Mandemaker. Jared Greenbank also kicked a handy four goals and Ricky Prosser three. For Hornridge, Luke Gersch, Clayton Millard and Ashley Baxter with his three goals were their best in a brave eff ort by the club.

Footy Finals

ROXBY DISTRICTS: Great game, high standard of footy. Very happy with the effort from all in the club, and

looking forward the challenge ahead.

COOBER PEDY: A great four quarter effort by our players in one of our best efforts playing in Roxby Downs over the last 10 years. Good

luck to the rest of the teams in the fi nals.

OLYMPIC DAM: Just a great team win. Very

proud of the boys that we had available.

HORNRIDGE: Roxby was the better side on the day. We have to bounce back against OD next week

and get another crack at Roxby.

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