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Municipal Works Manager Peter Keller and Stevens Resources Manager Paul Smith are shocked by the $6,000 rampage that ruined a community area recently.

ABOVE LEFT: Litres of commercial grade oil were spilled on the town’s skate park, rendering it unusable for three days.

ABOVE RIGHT: One of the 19 broken sprinklers in and around the town oval.

By Millie Thomas

A large quantity of commercial grade cooking oil was spread over the Roxby Downs Skate

Park and 29 reticulation sprinklers were damaged in a sporadic $6,000 vandalism attack in the early hours of Sunday, December 29 last year.

But the carnage didn’t end there - with rolls upon rolls of toilet paper also spread all over the Roxby Downs Lions Park and Richardson Place and items of public property defaced in the senseless act.

It took over 40 hours for Roxby Council contractors Stevens Resources to clean up the mess, in an attack that company manager Paul Smith said was ‘the worst he’d ever seen’ in his 16 years with the business.

And local rate payers will ultimately foot the bill for the damage.

“Th at park should be so far advanced by now, but we’re always replacing stuff because anything that is starting to develop or have new growth is just getting crushed and trashed – it’s very annoying,” Mr Smith told Th e Monitor last week.

“Probably one of the worst times we have is when school holidays are on. I think a lot of people, kids, are bored. Th eir parents are still at work, they are left to their own devices and we get a lot of damage during school holidays and it’s always in that area there.”

Generally damage is more limited to things like broken glass and broken tree limbs, but this latest attack saw sprin-klers smashed by concrete blocks. Th e

sprinklers were snapped back to the connections underground, meaning the grassed oval behind the Lions Park had no irrigation for two days.

The skate park – a highly utilised public area – was also closed off for three days while work crews dumped sand on it to soak up the oil, and scrubbed it with degreaser.

“We’re never going to get anywhere if it continues to go on like this,” Mr Smith said. “Th ey say it’s a young town, but for the age it is, these areas should be much further advanced than they are now. Th ey’ve been planted so many times and we’re just replanting, and replanting.”

Roxby Council Works Manager Peter Keller has been disgusted by the inci-dent, citing the clean up as a ‘cost to the community’.

“Why do the people of this town want to ruin anything that’s good for the rest of us?” Mr Keller asked. “Who pays the bills? We as a community are fi tting the bill for the enormous cost to what they’ve done. It’s a huge cost to the community.

“What happened here didn’t take fi ve minutes, it took quite some time to do. It took a lot of eff ort to smash those sprinklers with bricks, and douse oil all over the park.

“It was done by a number of people, so obviously there are people around who know, who’s done this, and if they’ve got any conscience, they’d dob them in.”

To report any information about this incident or any other incidences of vandalism, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 33 000.

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The recent spate of above average summer temperatures has prompted the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Animal Welfare to remind all to think

of their pets during hot days.

Last week Roxby, along with most of the rest of the State, expe-rienced at least three days in a row of mid 40 degree temperatures.

Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Animal Welfare (DEWNRAW) Manager Deb Kelly said animals were at as much risk of heat exhaustion as humans in hot weather, and many strategies we use to keep cool can be applied to pets too.

Keeping pets out of the sun and alone in the car (even with win-dows wound down) were just some of the suggestions Dr Kelly outlined.

Reconsidering walking animals during hot weather (to save their paws form the hot concrete), providing plenty of drinking water with added ice blocks and access to cool, tiled rooms were also suggested.

Caged birds should be kept in the shade and misted with water, while birds in coops or chicken runs will benefi t from having their

accessible ground wet down to cool their enclosure.Fishponds, rabbit and guinea pig hatches also need to be shaded.“Just because they are in the shade in the morning doesn’t mean

they will still be in the shade in the afternoon,” Dr Kelly said.But it’s not just domestic animals that aff ected by the extreme

heats, with the behaviour of native animals also changing. “Putting out large, shallow bowls of water in cool spots away

from the house will benefi t many native species, from koalas and possums to birds and lizards,” Dr Kelly said.

“Snakes also change their behaviour during hot weather and may stay active well after the sun has gone down.”

Local wildlife carer Gay Darling said over the Christmas break there were a large amount of callouts to injured wildlife, particularly joey kangaroos.

She urged all to utilise the Wildlife Awareness Initiative Hotline on 0497 808 315 to report any injured animal sightings.

She is pictured here with her granddaughter Charlotte (8) and Betty the Bettong who was named following an Arid Recovery com-petition, and came to Mrs Darling at 178 grams before Christmas.

Betty now weighs over 600 grams.

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Wildlife Carer Gay Darling with her eight-year-old granddaughter Charlotte and Betty the Bettong.

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‘Outstanding’ winners are expected at this year’s Australia Day ceremony, with a larger than normal amount of entries received for

the day’s various award categories.

Roxby Council Community Projects Offi cer Sa-sha Yantewo said nomination counters had defi -nitely seen an increase.

“Roxby has some incredible people in the midst and it has been great to see these people being nominated for the awards,” Mrs Yantewo told Th e Monitor la st week.

“(Th ere is) defi nitely an increase on last year’s numbers which shows people want to celebrate people who really deserve it in town.”

Mrs Yantewo said Australia Day Award nomi-nees had exhibited some very admirable attributes including outstanding contributions to the com-munity such as community involvement, partici-pation and volunteering.

She said these people are invaluable to the com-munity, saying ‘we would be lost without them’.

Last year’s Australian Citizen of the Year was lovable character Vicki Mason – a proactive and modest local – who would do anything, for anyone.

Vicki fi lls her time by being on active member on nine local boards and forums, and is often the single handed host at various fundraisers.

Award categories include Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Community Event of the Year, Sports Person of the Year, Young Sports Person of the Year and Team of the Year.

Celebrations for Australia Day will be held at the Roxby Leisure Pool, and will include free pool en-try and a barbecue breakfast. Australia Day themed fl ags and tattoos will also be available.

Th e awards ceremony will begin at 10 am.“It’s a great morning to come down and say g’day

to other fellow Aussies and eat a fair dinkum break-fast in the sunshine around the pool, have a swim to cool off and celebrate our local award winners,” Mrs Yantewo fi nished.

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By Millie Thomas

D espite the rest of the State going into shock at mid-40 degree Celsius temperature readings

over the last week, the Roxby Downs region has proven to be no stranger to the extremes.

Roxby’s hottest day to date this year was New Year ’s Day, which record-ed a sweltering 47.1 degrees Celsius, followed closely by January 2, which came in at 45.8 degrees Celsius. Last week Adelaide recorded maximum temperatures of 42.1 on Monday, 45.1 on Tuesday and 43.7 on Wednesday, and Roxby Downs 44.1, 44.8 and 45.4 on the same days.

Locals were also forced into solitude last year on Friday, December 20, when the power supply from Olympic Dam faulted for six hours from approximate-ly 10am until 4pm, with a maximum temperature outdoors of 43.7.

In an advertisement sent to Th e Mon-itor last week, BHP Billiton Asset Pres-ident Olympic Dam Darryl Cuzzubbo said there had been a fault on the power line, which in turn tripped a protection system resultantly cutting off power to the Roxby Downs township.

“Our teams worked quickly to rectify the issue and following a comprehen-sive review, have put a number of meas-ures in place to mitigate against similar occurrences in future,” Mr Cuzzubbo said. “Some of these include additional

inspections on the components that contributed to this incident and the implementation of an improved design of the insulators.

“We sincerely apologise for the in-convenience this caused. Rest assured, we are taking this very seriously and will work hard to ensure that this does not happen again.”

While most sweated it out in misery during the power interruption, the An-damooka Tuckabox continued business as usual, entertaining an estimated 70 visiting guests – looking for air condi-tioning and cold beer.

Bartender and waitress Roxanne Smirnios said it had been ‘a while’ since they had done that many meals at a lunch, with lunches usually con-sidered busy at 40 meals.

An additional waitress was called in to help cater for the crowd, but Ms Smirnios said otherwise the Tuckabox easily handled the sudden infl ux.

“Heaps of people told me they were stoked (with the service) which I was surprised because some people had to wait (for meals), but they were heaps considerate.

“A few of the ladies and some hus-bands stayed behind and they said we had done a heaps good job, and noone knew it was going to be that busy,” Ms Smirnios said.

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F ederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has welcomed the launch of the Emergency+ smartphone application by the Australian Government.

When activated, the Emergency+ app provides users with their GPS reference which they can verbally provide to an emergency call taker to pinpoint their physical location.

“I encourage everyone with a Smartphone to download this free app and to encourage family members to download it as well,” he said.

“In the case of an emergency the app can pinpoint the exact location of the caller enabling emergency services to quickly locate the position of the accident or fi re.

“I have downloaded this app myself and it is very easy to use and gives callers an easy one-press button to call emergency services while providing GPS reference to pass on.”

Mr Ramsey said the increase in mobile phone use by Austral-ians means that more than 65 per cent of calls to Triple Zero are made from mobile phones.

“Sometimes mobile phone users are not aware of their phys-ical location – making it diffi cult for emergency call operators to accurately and quickly dispatch emergency services,” he said.

“Th is app solves this problem by providing callers with the ability to verbally provide emergency call operators with their location information as determined by their smartphone’s GPS capability.”

Th e app also contains the emergency contact numbers and a short explanation of when to call non-emergency numbers such as the Police Assistance Line (131 444) and the SES national number (132 500). Th is is to help members of the public dial the correct number and reduce the number of calls to the Triple Zero (000) service that should be directed to another service.

Th e Emergency+ app is available free of charge on iOS and Android devices through the Google Play store and the Apple App Store.

Th e development of the app was funded by the Australian Government through a National Emergency Management Project grant.

By Millie Thomas

CFS volunteer of 23 years Richard Giles Mould Junior has

been awarded the SA Emergency Services Medal and CFS Chief Officers Commendation for his efforts in an incident on December 6, 2007.

Country Fire Service (CFS) Regional Offi cer for the Out-back Areas Phil Dunkley said Mr Mould, who was present-ed the award by CFS Region Four Commander Bluey Devine in November last year, was nominated for the award for his role in the ‘very serious commercial fi re inci-dent’ in Glendambo in 2007.

“Th e Glendambo CFS was contacted around midday (of that day) and Richard Mould, the Captain, responded alone with the local Glendambo fi re appliance to fi ght the in-ferno,” Mr Dunkley told Th e Monitor recently.

Upon arrival at the scene, Mr Mould was confronted with one destroyed ATCO hut, a second partiallyen-gulfed and a third beginning to burn. Flames were also impacting a caravan.

“As a result of leaf litter and grasses burning in the

yard, the poly pipe water connection to the Roadhouse was burnt through, resulting in loss of water to the facility and hydrants,” Mr Dunkley explained.

To top off an already vol-atile situation, the day’s weather conditions includ-ed an estimated 80 kilometre per hour north wind, and a temperature nearing 40 de-grees Celsius.

During the battle, Mr Mould was also joined by a passing traveller, who assist-ed in putting out the fi re.

“Undoubtedly Richards’s bravery, decisive action and ability to combat the fi re on his own for the majority of the time prevented the fi re from spreading to the road-house complex and averted a potential BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapour ex-plosion),” Mr Dunkley said.

Additional resources were also called in from Woomera Emergency Services, Roxby Downs CFS and Coober Pedy CFS to help combat the incident, while Stirling North CFS was dispatched to provide coverage for the township of Woomera.

Despite the fire still at-tracting an estimated $300,000 in damages, Mr

Dunkley said it was undoubt-ed that Mr Mould’s ‘decisive actions and ability to com-bat the fi re on his own for the majority of the time’ had prevented the roadhouse too from going up in fl ames – which would have attracted another $2 million in dam-ages.

At the presentation of his awards, Mr Mould recalled the billowing black smoke as

he came over the hill, and re-fl ected on his actions on the day as, ‘all in the call of duty’.

In presenting the Med-al and Commendation, Mr Devine acknowledged Rich-ards commitment as a CFS Volunteer with more than 23 years’ service as ‘not being in the CFS for any awards but his dedication to the com-munity’.

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Gledambo CFS volunteer Richard Mould receiving his award from Region Four Commander

Bluey Devine in November, 2013.

Local contractors Sandvik Mining and Construction and Ahrens swapped premises in Olympic Dam late last

year, as one business reduced its local operations and the other expanded.

Ahrens, a South Australia owned and op-erated construction and engineering busi-ness, fi rst cemented their role in Olympic Dam in April, 2012, when they acquired homegrown business Olympic Dam Preci-sion Engineering.

Almost 18 months on, Ahrens has con-tinued to evolve, and took over Sandvik’s non-core operations fabrication, machining and blast and paint sectors at Olympic Dam.

Ahrens Managing Director Stefan Ahrens said the transaction involved a “swap” of premises and was a win-win situation for both Ahrens and Sandvik.

“From the handover date on December 16, 2013, we will be operating as Ahrens,

rather than ODPE, but we will continue to provide our mining and support service customers, including BHP Billiton, with precision engineering, machining, steel fabrication and blast and paint services,” Stefan said.

“In addition, we will be able to increase our capabilities and capacity to enable us to target a broader range of opportunities in and around Olympic Dam.”

Ahrens will relocate all of its existing ODPE employees to the new facility and fol-lowing a review of staffi ng requirements will consider off ering additional employment opportunities to former Sandvik employees.

“We are very excited about the opportu-nities that will arise from our second acqui-sition in Olympic Dam within the last 18 months,” Stefan said.

A Sandvik spokesperson said the divest-ment of Sandvik’s non-core business activi-ties will now allow the company to focus on

its core business areas of providing under-ground mining equipment, drilling tools, mineral processing solutions and the ser-vices associated with these products.

“Th e change in premises will mean that Sandvik will operate from a smaller, more manageable site which is better suited to Sandvik continuing to provide solutions and services associated with our core business areas of underground mining equipment, drilling tools, and mineral processing solu-tions at Olympic Dam.

“Sandvik has retained the personnel with the required knowledge and skills to provide these services and support.”

“Despite the expansion plans being put on hold, Olympic Dam is an ongoing prop-osition and we are confi dent that the ac-quisition of two local businesses will pay dividends in the long term,” Stefan added.

BY MILLIE THOMAS

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By Millie Thomas

Roxby Downs locals have been warned to be aware of counterfeit money

after two fake $50 notes were located at a supermarket and service station in Port Augusta since the beginning of the New Year.

In a statement released earlier this year, Port Augusta Police re-minded businesses to check cash closely.

Th e counterfeit money found in Port Augusta appeared dirtier than normal, and the stars within the hologram window were doc-tored with a liquid paper type substance.

Roxby Downs Police Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said tell-tale signs of counterfeit money can be case specifi c.

“A lot of counterfeit money just ‘doesn’t feel right’,” Snr Sgt Boylan said last week. “It’s very hard to replicate the ‘feel’ of real money.”

However, he said a lot of indi-cation in identifying counterfeit money is purely in the handler’s ‘gut feeling’.

Th e Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said our country has one of the lowest rates of counterfeit-ing in the world, but said the best way to discern a counterfeit note, is to compare it with a real note.

Some other indications are

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discrepancies in the note’s window, and money that tears easily. Also, real money has a number of intri-cate details, such as raised printing, and ultraviolet serial numbers.

In coming across a counterfeit note, the RBA suggested the pub-lic handle the note as little as pos-

sible, record as much information as possible about the incident, and report the matter directly to police on 131 444.

For more information on identi-fying counterfeit money, visit the RBA website at http://banknotes.rba.gov.au/counterfeits.html.

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The New Year brought a possible new threat to pet owners in Roxby Downs,

with the sighting of signage advising 1080 baiting in the area.

The signage, which was ob-served on the main road out to-wards Andamooka, is believed to be located on Andamooka Station, a private property owned by BHP Billiton.

It is still unclear whether the sig-nage is new to the area, but resi-dents are advised to be aware of the dangers of the poison.

“We can confi rm that we have not put up, or permitted any new signage,” A BHP Billiton spokes-person said earlier this week. “It’s also important to note that the signs are on private property and unauthorised access is not permit-ted.”

An Arid Recovery spokesperson also said the observed signs had not been erected by a nyone at the Reserve, although they do, from

time to time, use the baiting for various purposes.

According to PIRSA (Primary Industries and Regions South Aus-tralia), the Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996 allows land owners access to 1080 baits for the control of rabbits, foxes and dingoes/wild dogs on their own property.

“1080 contains a toxin called ‘Sodium fl uoroacetate’… Fluoro-acetate is a naturally occurring substance found in about 35 Aus-tralian native plants,” the spokes-person said.

“Many native animal species feed on these plants and have developed a resistance; therefore they are generally less vulnerable to fl uoroacetate than introduced species.”

Arid Recovery advised that dog owners need to use caution in ar-eas where 1080 baits are used, and that many landholders within the region would use 1080 on their properties.

“Information sessions are held at Arid Recovery for local pasto-ralists undertaking baiting as part of the Biteback program run by the SA Arid Lands NRM to con-trol wild dogs in the region,” said Arid Recovery General Manager Kylie Piper. “Th ere are a number of pastoral properties south of the dog fence in the Arid Lands NRM region that regularly undertake baiting as part of their feral ani-mal control.

“Dog owners visiting pastoral properties should also know that there is no antidote for 1080. Th ere are a variety of diff erent kinds of baits that are used, so they don’t all look the same. So if you see a 1080 sign you should assume there may still be poison present in the area.

“I would prefer that people know that baiting with 1080 occurs to control feral animals in our region, and across most of Australia.”

BY MILLIE THOMAS

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I t is unfortunate to read again vandals have been at work at the skate park and football oval this

school holidays.

This time, more than $6000 in damage was done to the sprinkler irrigation system at the football oval, and a large quantity of commercial oil was tipped on the skate park.

Th e oval was unable to be watered for three days, in the peak of the hot weather – and the skate park was closed for several days to enable lo-cal contractors to clean up the mess.

It’s certainly not the first time we’ve seen vandalism in Roxby Downs during the school holidays – but it’s certainly the fi rst time we have seen damage to this extent.

So, who pays? You do – in extra rates. If council and contractor costs go up, so do yours.

Vandalism is not a new phenome-non, particularly in towns with high demographics of youth.

Some may say it’s not fair to point fi ngers, but it seems to be pretty ob-vious when the majority of the dam-age happening in both Roxby Downs and Andamooka happens during school holidays.

In other towns there has also been a lot of noise about making the par-

ents of the culprits foot the bill for any damages.

Th e question that seems to arise again and again is ‘Where are the parents of these kids?’ And should the parents be held responsible for the actions of their children if and when they are caught?

Most parents in Roxby Downs work during the day, and yes, youth are often left unsupervised during those hours – but it seems unlike-ly this damage was done during the daylight hours.

Maybe it’s unfair to ask parent to pay for damage caused by their children – that’s certainly been the argument in other communities, but maybe this will make those parents stop and think.

Where are your children, and what are they doing?

It’s also worth remembering Roxby Downs now has several street cam-eras in operation. It won’t take long for local police to put two and two together. You will be caught. It’s only a matter of time.

It’s a shame to say that maybe we need more operational cameras in Roxby Downs – particularly around the skate park. Maybe a deterrent like this will be enough to make vandals think twice.

Thank God we have alternatives to fruit and veg and meat with all

the businesses who deliver up here. Now I know what ‘fresh’ really is.

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Adelaide the hottest city in the world - 46.1? Awwww - poor things!

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Pad been in this heat? So many people are talking about it and it has been so much

fun for families both in Andamooka and Roxby

Downs. Well done!Andamookan

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On Friday, 20 December 2013, Olympic Dam experienced a fault on the power line which in turn, tripped the protection system that we have in place. As a result, power supply to Roxby Downs was disrupted for six hours. Our teams worked quickly to rectify the issue and following a comprehensive review, have put a number of measures in place to mitigate against similar occurrences in future. Some of these include additional inspections on the components that contributed to this incident and the implementation of an improved design of the insulators. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this caused. Rest assured, we are taking this very seriously and will work hard to ensure that this does not happen again. Darryl Cuzzubbo Asset President Olympic Dam

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Four years ago Roxby Downs local Darcy Kraljev received news that has since changed his life

forever.

The now 18-year-old had been awarded a Councillor Governor’s schol-arship to Saint Peter’s College in Ade-laide, a scholarship that would cover 50 per cent of his tuition fees at one of Adelaide’s most prestigious boarding schools.

“I couldn’t really believe it, because it was unexpected to get the call, and then it was just joy I suppose,” Darcy told Th e Monitor last week. “I rang up Mum and Dad and they were jumping out of their seat, so I was really excited for the opportunity that lay ahead.”

Now, after completing Year 12 with an impressive ATAR score of 97.9 and being appointed School Captain, the move has proven to be worth its weight in gold.

Moving to Adelaide to complete the final three years of school in a completely diff erent environment is a challenge for anyone, but as Darcy ex-plained, the pros outweighed the cons.

“Because you live with 90 other peo-ple, the tight knit community- it made me feel at home, so it was fantastic,” he said. “I was always a little bit nervous about moving away from my family, but I got over it. I managed to adapt to it and now I’m used to it.”

School captaincy at St Peters is much more involved than at other schools. It requires the chosen student to take on a ‘Year 13’, undertaking partial study of one or two SACE Stage II subjects, and devote much of their time mentoring and assisting students, and also work towards the betterment of the school.

“I get the opportunity to further con-tribute to the school’s ongoing success,

and also work with the rest of the stu-dent body to determine how we can help not only the community, but also South Australia. Also, I have the oppor-tunity to mentor a lot of boys, wheth-er that’s in the senior school or junior school,” Darcy said.

“For instance I know that I want to support them and challenge them in the way that I was challenged in my time at Saints by teachers, mentors, oth-er school captains and obviously the boarding house. Th e boarding house challenged me and the scholarship gave me the opportunity to be challenged.”

The prestigious appointment has changed Darcy’s plans of heading straight to Adelaide University this year to study his fi rst preference of Mechan-ical Engineering, but he’s not fussed.

“At this stage all it’s done is pushed the plans back one year, which I’m okay with. My choices for Uni may change throughout the year, but regardless it’s only one year so I’m fi ne with it.”

Darcy’s advice to students looking at taking on Year 12 this year was simple: be consistent and work hard.

“You do need breaks, and you do need down time to spend shooting hoops of basketball or whatever calms you down. I would advise you to be consistent and get on top of things ear-ly and it will make it easier in the long run,” he said.

“Inevitably there will always be a cou-ple of late nights here and there but if you can minimise them and maximise your consistency that’s the best advice I can give.”

He encouraged anybody with the chance of applying for a scholarship or attending St Peters to give it a shot, saying it is ‘an opportunity to develop lifelong relationships.’

Consistency and hard work key to Year 12

F ederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said the recent announcement of

funding to undertake a com-prehensive study into solar thermal power generation in Port Augusta is a real boost for the Alinta power station and the strong advocates of solar thermal power in the region.

Th e Australian Renewable En-ergy Agency (ARENA) has an-nounced it would partner with natural gas and electricity provider, Alinta, and the South Australian Government to undertake a $2.3 million full feasibility study into solar thermal power generation at Port Augusta.

Mr Ramsey said the funding

would enable a collaborative ap-proach to ensure the longevity of the Alinta power station by pro-gressing the research required to tap into our greatest natural re-source, the sun.

“I have always maintained Alin-ta is in the best position to deliver solar power to the grid in Port Au-gusta because they have the ability to capitalise on their existing as-sets”, he said.

“I was disappointed last year when ARENA rejected Alinta’s bid to support just such a study, however Alinta have gone away and reworked their proposal and ultimately been successful”.

“Th e funding will provide the opportunity for Alinta to look at the best and most advanced tech-

nologies in the world,” he said. “At a time when some of the

most advanced nations are reas-sessing their supporting programs for renewable energy, I believe Port Augusta has much to off er. After all, if solar energy does not make sense in Port Augusta, where is it likely to?”

“At the same time Alinta has announced it is opening up a low-er level in the coal mine at Leigh Creek and with the possibility of a hybrid plant this would extend the life of the power station past 2030 and bring many benefi ts to the region such as reduced coal dust pollution, reduced emissions, jobs and a positive impact on elec-tricity retail competition in South Australia”.

$1m for solar thermal study at Port Augusta

Darcy has developed valuable life long relationships

at Saint Peter’s College.


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Alice at the school holiday program.

New library volunteers Asal Etezazian, Asanatu Umar and Preethi Premkumar.

Malakai with his visiting aunty Natasha Woodall.

Archie and Jacob at

Nippy Gym.

Beth Elliot, Bec Eli with Nyah (8 months) and Ali Knights

with Fraser (4 months).

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program in the library.

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OUT ABOUT&

Photographer Charmayne Cronje, the collaborator

of the ‘Day in the life of a Roxbyite’.

By Millie Thomas

Just under 20 locals gathered at the Roxby Downs Art Gallery on Friday night to witness the opening of the Roxby Stories

Project Exhibition.

The exhibition displayed the work of local photographer Charmayne Cronje, who last year gathered images from fellow photographers and community members to help portray 24 hours in Roxby – from the eyes of the commu-nity, aptly titled ‘A Day in the Life of a Roxbyite’.Part of the presentation from the Roxby Cele-brates 25 Year Anniversary street party last year was also on display.

“It was really good, a really nice event, it was a nice way to end the week, we had about 17 peo-ple come and I think everyone had a great time,” Community Librarian Kimberley Hargrave told Th e Monitor last week.

“Th ey spent a lot of time looking at the exhibi-tion and reading the quote, and it was nice to see some of the younger members of the community come up with some really nice quotes about what Roxby means to them.”

Th e ‘Day in the Life of a Roxbyite’ display was a highlight of the event, which was accompanied by the production of a catalogue detailing the photographers who contributed to it.

“Th e other work is a part of the main exhibition that was held last year, so a range of quotations and photographs and information about Roxby Downs and its development,” Ms Hargrave ex-plained. “It’s really a snapshot exhibition, which gives the community an opportunity to learn about our story, because of course we couldn’t replicate the big exhibition that was held at the anniversary celebration last year.”

Th e exhibition will be on display in the Art Gallery until early February.

“Come and have a look. It’s a great way to learn about how Roxby Downs has changed over time and about our past pioneers and our present!” Ms Hargrave said.

Roxbyites on display

The opening of the exhibition in the Art

Gallery on Friday night.

Children enjoyed reading about the exhibition

on Friday night.

Jane Gloster, Kay Doyle and Kath Messner.


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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 000Thursday, February 13 @7.30pm

Location TBC

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964Tuesday, February 4 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom.

SPORTS and REC FORUMDamien Condon 0439 862 784

TBC February 2014.

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrik Ibele (08) 8671 0168Thursday, February 13 @7.30pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAngela Neyland 0448 168 167

Thursday, February 6 @7pm

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Thursday, February 13 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, February 12 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010Wednesday, January 29 @ 8.30am

Dunes Café

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]

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Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane Mary Lewis • Chad Menzies

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Goal Setting for 2014

I t is the New Year and many people will be making New Year’s resolutions. If living a more environmentally sustain-

able life is important to you then add some environmental goals to your list.

It can be very overwhelming thinking about

all the changes you can make. Psychologists

say new habits become automatic after about

28 days, so adding a new goal each month

rather than changing everything at once will

give you a better shot of making changes a

permanent part of your lifestyle.

So what kind of lifestyle changes can you

make this year that will help you live a more

sustainable life with a smaller ecological foot-

print?

I f you are a parent planning the school supplies for the coming new school year, then you may be dreading the oncoming

spending spree.

However there are many things you can re-use from last year and greener choices from items to buy that can minimise your impact on both the environment and your bank balance.

Here are some tips that may help you:• Take stock of what you already have that

can be reused• Mend pencil cases or school bags if they

are only slightly damaged rather than buying new ones. Iron on mending patches may work if you cannot sew

• Choose notebooks made of recycled paper and buy in bulk to reduce overall waste

• Buy well-made items that will last many school years

• Th ere are many school uniforms available second hand at the local op shop or ask other parents for hand-me-downs

• Opt for solar powered calculators• Cover notebooks with recycled wrapping

paper or decorated newspaper rather than plastic contact

Th ese green tips are brought to you by the Community Environment Forum. For more ideas on leading a sustainable lifestyle ‘like’ our Facebook page – Roxby Environment Forum

The Roxby Downs Business Forum is driven and man-aged by the Business Forum

Executive Steering Committee (BFESC) which is run as part of the Community Board.

The Business Forum Executive Steering Committee) is made up of 17 members and its functions and purposes are to advocate, support and represent all stakeholders in the local business community including Olympic Dam and BHP Billiton.

The BFESC is looking for new members to form part of the com-mittee and the positions vacant are Olympic Dam contractors, Light In-dustrial areas and general positions.

You will be involved in all decision making made by the executive com-mittee with initiatives including busi-ness development strategies, market-ing and promotional plans, research and training programs.

The BFESC meets ten times per year, on the fi rst Tuesday of the month at 6.15pm in the Council Boardroom. Th e committee is made up of retailers, contractors, service providers, gov-ernment agencies, media, fi nance sec-tors, tourism and hospitality, consult-ing fi rms and home-based businesses.

It is so important to have these various roles fi lled on the committee, according to Chair of the Business Forum Laura Trotta.

“(It) ensure(s) we have an accurate representation of businesses in Rox-by Downs and Olympic Dam on the committee,” Mrs Trotta said.

“Th is enables the BFESC to tailor networking and training events to ad-dress the needs of local businesses,” she said.

“Being part of a positive and moti-vated group of business people all pas-sionate about building a thriving and sustainable Roxby Downs is a central goal held by all members.”

While there are specifi c roles on the committee, there are also general member positions which people can fi ll if their business sector position is already fi lled. Members of the broader Business Forum, including all busi-ness owners in town and Olympic Dam, are welcome to attend at any time as a guest to any of the meetings, which are advertised on Th e Monitor Community Board page weekly and on the online calendar at www.rox-bydowns.com.

If you don’t wish to be on the com-mittee but have some great ideas of what the BFESC could do to help build a thriving local business com-munity, please forward them to Lisa Hewerdine.

If you would like a nomination form, contact Lisa on 8671 0010 or email her at [email protected].

Business Forum seeking new members

Sustainable back to school tips for parents

Green tips from the Environment Forum

Save Water• Take shorter showers

• Use a bucket of water and sponge to wash cars rather than a hose

• Set up a drip irrigation system for your garden rather than hosing it

• Direct your washing machine water onto the garden (using grey water safe

cleaning products).

Use Energy Effi ciently• Turn off appliances like TVs at the wall• Turn off any second fridges or freezers

when they are empty• Walk or cycle, carpool or take the bus

where you can.

Reduce Waste• Start composting

• Use food scraps to make stocks, soups or juices• Buy less pack-

aged food or buy in bulk

• Remember your reusable shopping

bags• Switch to cloth

nappies rather than disposables.


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V isit the Roxby Library this month and enjoy the growing collection of books and resources available.

Get involved in the School Holiday activities, Sum-mer Reading program and Toddler Story time.

Participants in the Summer Reading program are reminded their reading logs will need to be returned

by Saturday, February 1. All children who complete the program by reading 10 books will receive a prize and be invited to a library celebration.

Opening hours are 9am-5pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 9.30am-5pm Thursday and 9.30am-12pm Saturday. For further information con-tact library staff on 8671 0500.

School Holiday ActivitiesRoxby Downs Link LibraryJanuary 2014 programme

Become a DetectiveMonday 6th 11:00am to 12:00 noonWednesday 8th 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Thursday 9th 11:00am to 12:00 noon

Make a mug shot

Monday 13th 11:00am to 12:00 noonWednesday 15th 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Thursday 16th 11:00am to 12:00 noon

Investigating AustraliaMonday 20th 11:00am to 12:00 noonWednesday 22nd 2:00pm to 3:00pmThursday 23rd 11:00am to 12:00 noon

Activities are for children aged 5 to 12 years old.Spaces are limited, so bookings are essential on

86710500. Children must be supervised.

PRE-SCHOOL HOLIDAY

STORY CIRCLE Come and join us at the library for a holiday story, song and rhyme

session especially for your pre-schoolers.

• Sessions will be held at 10.30am on Friday January 10, 17 and 24 in the Community Library.

• Bookings are essential and children must be accompanied by an adult.

• Call in at the library or phone 8671 0500 to book.

A vibrant place of activity

Come and help us celebrate Australia Day 2014 at the Roxby Leisure Pool on Sunday, January 26, 2014.

Residents are invited to come along and enjoy a FREE

BBQ breakfast commencing at 9am, and free pool entry between

9am and 12noon. Following breakfast, at 10am presentations will

be made to the winners of the Australia Day Awards including; Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Community Event of the Year, Senior Sports Person of the Year, Young Sports Per-son of the Year and Sports Team of the Year.

All residents and visitors are welcome to come along and enjoy the celebration on Australia Day.

Message from the Roxby Council and BSH Waste:

Due to an error in the 2014 Bin Calendar the following will occur:

An extra recycling collection will happen on Feb-ruary 4-7. Please then follow the bin calendar as collections will follow the roster.

We apologise for inconvenience that this may cause.

Any questions or queries please contact the Roxby Council on 8671 0010.

Does your business, group or association have a community event you would like to adver-tise on the Community Events Calender?

Please contact us at [email protected] out upcoming events by visiting http://

www.roxbydowns.com/Community/c-Whats-On.html

R eminder to pay your Power and Water accounts by 17 February 2014. To discuss your account contact the Roxby Council on

8671 0010.

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Former Australian Women’s Cricket Captain Karen Rolton will be coming to Roxby Downs for a charity ‘Pink

Stumps’ cricket match on Saturday, February 15 to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation.

Rolton had a decorated international career, including scoring a century in the 2005 World Cup Final and scoring a test double hundred against England.

She will join local identities in the game to played under lights at Roxby Downs oval, in-cluding BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Asset Pres-

ident Darryl Cuzzubbo, Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan and well known local volunteer Vicki Mason. Further players will be announced closer to the event.

Emcee will be Brenton Hobart for ABC North and West’s Saturday sports show.

As well as the game, there will be a memo-rabilia auction, and bar and canteen facilities.

Last year the event, organised by the Roxby District Cricket Association raised $11000, which toward funding Breast Care Nurses to support families impacted by Breast Cancer. To donate, go to http://pinkstumpsday2014.gofundraise.com.au/page/RoxbyDistrict.

By Millie Thomas

The f irst ever Sidecar Supports Group meeting was held on Friday, January

10, with over 50 locals attending.

Th e night was considered a suc-cess, with organisers only having two days’ notice to get the show together, and over $600 raised be-fore costs.

A myriad of bikes were put on display, from Triumphs and dirt bikes, to a 1000cc sidecar and lo-cally designed and created ‘bar-stool bike’.

Organiser Rob Cunningham was pleased with the outcome, saying the next one will be even better.

Mr Cunningham developed the group to help support and empow-er local sidecar racing team Th e Headland Brothers.

Th e Headland Brothers racing team consists of locals Trent Head-land and Jack Spear and compete on a state, national and interna-tional level.

Last year they fi nished sixth in Australia after competing in the Australian Titles in Adelaide.

Sidecar supporter s gather

Cricket is back Australian Cricket Captain coming to Roxby

F riday night saw two top sides Roxby Rogues and Olympic Dam face each other in a reduced game

of 30 overs due to the heat rule.

An under strength Rogues won the toss and elected to bat.

Tight bowling from opening bowlers Seb Holbrook and Jacob Langdon saw OD restrict Rogues run rate early on.

Th e fi rst wicket of Mill fell in the third over when he was caught behind from the bowling of Holbrook.

Th e OD fi eldsman backed their bowlers up well and took their chances when they came to have Rogues at 3/49 at drinks.

Immediately after the drinks break Adrian Harris snared the key wicket of Fisher for 21 when Lucas Holbrook caught him at mid-off .

From that point wickets continued to fall at regular intervals until Rogues were all out for 76 in the twenty-sixth over. Pick of the bowlers were Harris 3/13, Geraghty

2/4, Hand 2/11 and L Holbrook 1/ 2.

Th e OD run chase got off to a shaky

start when Rogues took two early wickets

to have OD 2/3 in the fourth over after

dismissing Seb Holbrook and Homer for

two and one respectively.

When Darlington trapped the danger-

ous Peter Morris in front for two in the

seventh over Rogues could sense they

were in with a chance of victory. However,

Wally Hand and Wade Stevens had other

ideas and decided to take the game on,

putting on 52 runs in the next six overs

to get OD over the line.

Hand was dismissed in the second last

over of the game for a quick fi re 51. Ste-

vens scored 20 from four scoring shots.

Pick of the Rogues bowlers was Darling-

ton with 2/28 from fi ve overs.

S aturday night saw a very competitive game between Andamooka and Hornridge that went right down to

the wire.

Hornridge batted fi rst and were bowled out for 109.

Top scorers were M. Wright 28 and K. Gohel 19. Pick of the bowlers were Mulders 2/17, Tuohy 2/20, Ross 2/22 and Ted 1/9 in-cluding a brilliant catch.

Andamooka made a real game of it needing

just two runs when their second last wicket fell when their number 10 batsmen was run out.

With luck on their side a top edge fl ew over the top of the keeper to get them home with one wicket to spare. Top scorers were Ross 23, Ted 20 and Griggs 18.

Pick of the bowlers for Hornridge were Hewett 2/13, Denbesten 2/33 and Munro 1/17.

Th is week sees a weekend off cricket for the Australia Day weekend.

More cricket news

Karen Rolton with the Women’s International Cricket Award.

OD presented a strong side in matches last year and hopes to continue the trend.

Some of the attendees of the fi rst Sidecar Supporters Group recently with the Headland Brothers Racing Team members Trent Headland and Jack Spear.

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By Millie Thomas

F ifteen-year-old Layton Weston’s life changed drastically on Friday, December 6 last year,

when he was told he had been selected to participate in the West Adelaide Football Club’s Under 16 Country Talented Program.

Weston was also chosen to play for the Under 16 side, after playing his whole football career to date in the Roxby Downs Junior Football League.

Th e off er took Weston by complete surprise. Nevertheless, he and his fam-ily wasted no time making arrange-ments to make the dream come alive, and he and his mum Sarah had already relocated to Adelaide when Th e Moni-tor caught up with them last week.

West Adelaide Football Club De-velopment Manager Andrew Marks said he had been watching Weston progress through the ranks for a num-ber of years, and he had made a stand out performance at the Under 15 State Championships last year.

“We have a player in our club called Shannon Green and coincidental-ly Shannon Green wears number 18

which is the number Layton wore in the carnival,” Mr Marks told Th e Monitor last week.

“Shannon Green is everybody’s fa-vourite player at West Adelaide because he’s tough, he’s hard, he kicks long, he’s very strong, his attack on the ball is good, and when we were all standing, watching Layton, we all said, this has got to be Shannon’s little brother!”

Th rough the Country Talented Pro-gram (CTP), Weston will be exposed to game strategy and simulation, high pro-fi le guest speakers and education ses-sions. Th e CTP will meet again in April, and successors from the program will go on to represent in the SA State Under 16 Squad. In the meantime, Layton will also play for the WAFC U16 side.

“What we fi nd with all of our kids, no matter if they’re country or metro, is when they come and play for West Adelaide, even though they are already a talented player, all of a sudden, they’re not the best and they’re mixed with players that are just as good as them, and playing against players that are

just as good as them, if not better,” Mr Marks explained.

“It’s a good opportunity to test how good they are physically, mentally in what’s involved in playing footy.”

Weston, although excited at the brand new pathway presented towards him, was still a little nervous when Th e Monitor spoke with him last week, with his fi rst training session for the year occurring on Sunday.

“It’s been hard moving down to Ade-laide, because I’ve lived in Roxby pretty much my entire life,” Weston said. “I’m happy and a little bit unsure, only be-cause I haven’t been to school yet.”

Weston will start school at Henley High in coming weeks.

“Th ere will be more of a competition in Adelaide than it would be in Roxby, and I don’t think I’ll have to work as hard, I’ll have more people (on par) to work with.”

Layton’s first season with WAFC doesn’t start until April, and until then he said he would be working hard not only with footy, but also with his school grades.

Regardless of the outcome, Weston

has been pledged support from his previous League and President - Rox-by Downs Junior Football Association President Matthew ‘Taita’ Daddow.

“Even as an Auskicker you could see he had what it took to be the best, from winning age group champion at school carnivals right through his years he al-ways gave 100 per cent whenever he took to the oval, pool or courts,” Mr Daddow said last week.

“What a great opportunity Layton has at his fi ngertips and I think now he understands that he is good enough to be the best.”

“It’s another exciting prospect for the Roxby Downs Junior Football Associa-tion,” Mr Marks added.

“Taita and Youngy (Mark Young – RDJFA coach) and all their hard work, without those two blokes, there’s not even football in Roxby Downs, let alone footballers coming down to play in Ad-elaide to better themselves.

“It’s just a credit to them.”

Weston pursues footy dream

LEFT: Roxby’s Layton Weston who will participate in West Adelaide Football Club’s Under 16 Country Talented Program.

“ It’s another exciting prospect for theRoxby Downs Junior Football Association,

Roxby Downs Junior Football Association President Matthew ‘Taita’ Daddow.

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