Riverland Weekly

By BRAD PERRY

THE stagnant level of irrigation allocations has growers fearing they will be unable to afford to purchase more water.

River Murray Minister Kar-lene Maywald announced yester-day that water allocations would remain at 18 per cent for the re-mainder of the irrigation year, prompting fears of skyrocketing water prices.

“We are all in very uncertain times,” she said.

“There is enor-mous pressure on our entire commu-nity as the drought deepens.”

Minister May-wald urged grow-ers to think about all the options available such as exit packages, if they are contemplating leaving the industry.

“Hopefully people in tough times will make decisions that are better for them in the long term,” she said.

Loxton grape grower Peter

Harman is concerned about the future of many Riverland grow-ers as resources tighten and the possibility of the price of water increasing.

“Grape prices are spiralling down,” he said.

“At the top end of the range, costs are still going up.

“We have got to lease more water in to survive.

“I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that the price of water will be very high.”

It is a scary real-ity for Mr Harman, who said a lot of people will be con-sidering taking the exit package before the cut off date of June 30.

“I’ve got a funny feeling that I won’t know where to go in six to 10 months time with no water and no crops to grow,” he said.

“It will be a spiral effect right through the community and in-dustry.”

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RESIDENTS in the Lake Bonney district are being urged to attend a meeting to discuss future developments in the area. - Full report, Page 5

THE Riverland Weekly’s snappers were out and about over the Easter long weekend catching all of the holiday fun. – Full report, Pages 6 to 9

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bit extra that they spend will help

the region’s economy.

~ Renae Harman– Page 3

Fiji shuts down ABCFRANK Bainimarama’s military regime is forcing the ABC to shut down its radio transmitters in Fiji to limit “negative” reports about the government’s undemocratic rule, The Australian reports.

The broadcaster says it has been ordered to close its FM relay stations in the capital, Suva, and in the tourist town of Nadi.

Physio service returnPHYSIOTHERAPY services are again being offered by the River-land Regional Health Service in Loxton.

The return of services starts to-day and will operate on Mondays and Fridays.

The services are available to community members through Home and Community Care.

Alcopops tax backLEGISLATION to resurrect the al-copops tax and validate revenue al-ready collected will be introduced when parliament returns next month, The Australian reports.

Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the Government’s alcopops policy was a success as it dramati-cally reduced sales of the ready-to-drink beverages.

Zoo favourite diesADELAIDE Zoo’s beloved orang-utan Pusung has died from a res-piratory infection similar to the common cold, Adelaidenow re-ports.

Zoos South Australia says respi-ratory infection is a common cause of death in older male orangutans.Pusung was 31 years old - middle-aged in primate terms.

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YOU have got to admire the efforts of the consorti-um of Barmera and district locals to try and provide some positive news for their community.

In the past there has not only been negative press, mostly from city based media outlets but also some divisions within the community in regards to the way the lake situation is being handled.

Through its ambitious plan, the group hopes to smooth over some of those divisions and bring people together, working for a cause.

Hopefully this apolitical stance can work as Barmera and its surrounding communities need an opportunity to move ahead.

While no in depth plans have been released at the moment, what has been mentioned is a desire to move ahead and focus on the fact that the district has more to attract visitors and new residents than

just Lake Bon-ney.

Adding fur-ther interest is that group spokesman Ian Penno has made the assertion that governments and local gov-ernment won’t be involved in the program.

This suggestion takes us back to a time when lo-cal communities got up and did things for them-selves, rather than relying on government organisa-tions.

How this can be achieved, when it is those or-ganisations that will be called upon to provide sig-nificant funding for the project, remains to be seen.

Whatever the case, this project will not fix all of the district’s problems but will at least give it a leg up.

Bonney plan admirable

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IT was my fi rst Easter in the Riv-erland and I felt immediately overwhelmed by the support for the region at the Easter break-fasts on Saturday.

More than 3000 people at-tended the Berri Easter breakfast ,while there were around 1000 people at the Loxton breakfast and around 450 and 300 peo-ple at the Renmark and Paringa breakfasts respectively.

Attending the Loxton Eas-ter breakfast quite early in the morning, I heard a number of comments from tourists about how there was nowhere else in South Aus-tralia that does a free Easter break-fast “that good”.

Rhonda West-lake, of Port Pirie, could not believe the great food that was on offer.

After that I made my way down to the Berri breakfast to take some photographs and was amazed by the number of people who had come down to enjoy them-selves.

What a way to unite the com-munity and show tourists what we have to offer.

On Sunday, I headed to Barmera to check out the mar-kets and the tourists relaxing down by Lake Bonney.

The lake was, as always, picturesque and there were a

number of people fi shing, play-ing beach cricket and cruising around on a donut on the back of a boat.

Graeme Bower and Peter Judd, both from Adelaide, had four fi shing rods cast and ex-plained they had not caught anything but that was not a problem, they were enjoying the

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Caravan Park, Ad-elaide residents Bill Andreassen and his son, also named Bill, were enjoying Barmera for the 10th year in a row.

It is also a tra-dition for the Hirst family from Freel-ing, who sat in front of their tent, eating yoghurt and taking in the views.

There were the usual concerns

about the water levels and the salinity of Lake Bonney but all seemed to be forgotten quickly when they looked out over its waters.

I also called in to the Cob-dogla Irrigation and Steam Mu-seum to snap some shots as it came to life.

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By BRAD PERRY

IT was certainly a happy Easter for the Riverland as thousands of people stayed in the region, prompting lo-cal tourism operators to la-bel it as a positive result for the region.

Tourists poured into the region early on Friday and took advantage of the perfect weather and the idyllic waters of the River Murray.

Riverland Tourism Au-thority acting regional tour-ism manager Renae Harman said the region benefi ted greatly from a very busy Eas-ter weekend.

“There were a lot of peo-ple looking for events and attractions,” she said.

“People were certainly out and about.

“The amount of boats on the river were phenomenal.

“It is extremely impor-tant for the region and every bit extra that they spend will

help the region’s economy.”Mrs Harman said it was

not just the main tourist at-tractions that benefi ted from the tourism boost, smaller businesses such as baker-ies, fuel stations and super-markets felt the increase in trade.

“It is very timely this year, coinciding with the school holidays, so many families are staying on,” she said.

“The weather has been fantastic and perhaps camp-ers will stay around longer.”

According to Mrs Har-man, Berri Riverside Caravan Park reported having around 200 children staying at the popular accommodation spot.

“The region has got a very strong return of visiting friends and relatives,” she said.

The Easter breakfasts were extremely popular amongst visitors as well as local wineries, hotels, restau-rants, the Riverland Farmer’s

Market and PS Industry cruises to name a few.

Barmera, Berri, Loxton, Waikerie and Renmark Par-inga visitor information cen-tres all recorded busy trends and said visiting num-bers were well up on last year.

Loxton Visitor Informa-tion Centre manager Tracy Bye said there was an over-whelming number of people in the town over the Easter weekend.

“It has been a wonderful Easter,” she said.

Waikerie Visitor Infor-mation Centre manager Lucy Quintel shared similar views.

“The perfect weather conditions made it one of the best Easters ever, with Waikerie coming alive with so many tourists, visitors and locals getting out and about,” she said.

“Tourists were pleasantly surprised about the amount of water in the river and said

THE nominees for the 5RM Rotary Club Riverland and Mallee Citizen of the Year award for 2009 have been announced.

Amongst the list are names familiar in community circles and all great con-tributors to the region.

The awards night will be held on Friday, May 8, at the Berri Resort Hotel from at 6.30pm.

Berri Rotary Club’s John Rix will host the evening.

Nominees:

Terry Miller, BerriRobert Charity, BerriMichael Cook, Berri

Peter Magarey, LoxtonKevin Muller, Berri

Jeff Nickolls, PinnarooGilbert Pilgrim, Paringa

Robert Ray, BerriPaul Smith, Renmark

Margaret Thiel, WaikerieCherie Walkington, Berri

Lynette Summerton, PinnarooLyn Pinnington, Berri

Nominees for Citizen of the Year

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Easter weekend a cracker in

the Riverland

they were glad they hadn’t listened to all the negative publicity about the lack of water in the river.”

Saturday was the busiest day of the Eas-ter break with the Berri Visitor Information Centre seeing 308 peo-ple through its doors, while 532 visited over the three days.

Of those, 144 came from Adelaide, 126 from interstate and 22 people came from overseas.

Excellent Easter■ LOCAL TOURISTS: South African family Lieze, Micaela, Reinhard and Schalk Holl, currently residing in Berri, enjoyed visiting many of

the Riverland attractions, including the Loxton Historical Village, on Sunday. Photo: JANE WILSON

Tourist numbers have local operators stoked with the...


Easter damageA REAR window of the Barmera Public Library was smashed over the Easter weekend but no entry was gained to the build-ing.

On Easter Monday, Loxton Primary School also had several windows broken causing $450 damage to the school library.

In another incident, over $1000 of damage was caused to tents at Blanchetown Cara-van Park on Easter Sunday.

Meanwhile, graffi ti was put

on the walls of a 100 year old homestead at Brenda Park on the Blanchetown to Morgan road on Easter Sunday.

Stick and stones assault

A 14 YEAR old Berri youth was arrested for allegedly assaulting another youth with a large stick and for throwing rocks at him.

He was bailed and will ap-pear in the Berri Youth Court at a later date.

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Have your say about the issues that affect you.

Meeting reminderI AM hoping through your paper that I can remind the Terrace Gallery Arts Council Inc members that the next general meeting is at the Gallery in Loxton on May 3 at 7pm.

This is a special meeting that no member should miss.

Your continued support and at-tendance is neccessary.

Kindly mark this date in your diary. Thank you.

Connie Hopper,

Arts council publicity offi cer

Xenophon’s responseI READ with interest, the recent opin-ion piece by the Pink Bloke in which he claimed I wasn’t doing enough for the Riverland.

And I agree with him. I never feel like I am doing enough.

I spend a lot of time in the Riverland (not just when the media is around) and I am overwhelmed by the terrible conditions our regional communities face.

At the time of securing the $900 million dollars in the stimulus pack-age for the Murray-Darling, I said in Parliament that the money was just the fi rst step.

This included $500 million in fast tracked water buybacks, which will help water effi cient communi-ties like the Riverland, $200 million for communities to cope with and re-structure for less water, an additional $200 million for stormwater harvest-ing, which will reduce the reliance of cities and towns on the Murray, and fi nally much improved exit packages for irrigators who wish to exit the in-dustry but stay on their land.

But much more needs to be done.

The Pink Bloke asked what am I doing about over-allocation and about managed investment schemes?

He asks why aren’t I taking on the other states, what am I doing about

water effi ciency, and why isn’t one body running the river in the nation-al interest?

Well let me start with the last one fi rst.

In my very fi rst speech in parlia-ment I said, “for more than a century state governments have put parochial interests above the national interest and allowed this great river system to be drained to death’s door. With one river system, there should be one set of rules”.

That is why I was the only Senator to vote against the Federal Govern-ment’s Water Bill last year because the Bill did not create one national body, independent of the states, to run the rivers in the national interest.

I have long argued only a national take-over can end the over-allocation that is killing the rivers.

In the Senate, I am working with the Nationals, the Greens and Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan to push the government to outlaw the managed investment schemes that use tax-payer subsidies to destroy the Mur-ray-Darling.

Last year, I traveled to Victoria to lead a protest against that state’s Sug-arloaf north-south pipeline.

Speaking to the Victorian Rural Press Club at the time, I described as “madness” the idea that any state government would be taking water away from a dying river system.

I have been working with farm-ing groups in New South Wales and Queensland, pushing for improved effi ciencies to end wasteful practices upstream forever.

Recently, I also traveled to St George in Queensland to explain to farming communities the harsh reali-ties faced by SA farmers.

And on top of all that, I am con-stantly championing the cause of the Murray-Darling in meeting after meet-ing in Canberra with the government, the opposition and the Greens.

The government treats me like a pain in the neck but I don’t care if it means they understand the pain rural communities are experiencing.

So to answer the Pink Bloke’s question, what am I doing?

Not enough and my absolute best and I will keep doing whatever I can to deliver a better deal for SA farm-ers.

To do any less would be to fail the people of South Australia.

Senator Nick Xenaphon,Canberra.

Widows thank tradersON behalf of the Riverland Vintage Widows Committee, I wish to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to the many Riverland traders and in-dividuals who helped make our fi fth annual luncheon and auction on Fri-day, April 3, the biggest yet.

As wives and partners of those involved in the daunting demands of harvest, we often feel ‘widowed’ and enjoy this opportunity of getting to-gether for some fun and social con-tact.

The absolute privilege of raising money for families in our own com-munity, is truly a delight on the day.

The willingness and generosity of local businesses in these hard times has been overwhelming.

Ten major sponsors, along with a further 112 local businesses, made the day an outstanding success for the 140 people attending at the pic-turesque Ruston’s Rose Garden.

It was an honour to be able to give Red and Oohnagh and their re-spective families $5600 each.

To those who joined us for lunch, to those who contributed in the small-est way, to the many, many businesses who contributed and who were glad-ly acknowledged on the day, to the amazing Riverland Community, we say a big, big thank you from the bot-tom of our hearts – we look forward to doing it all again next year!!

RVW Committee,Deb Kassebaum, Teresa Grigo-

rio, Kerry Woolston, Kathy Gauci, Sue Caddy, Sue Fox.

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Lake Bonney district takes matters into its own hands

By BRAD PERRY

A GROUP of locals has decided to take the future of Barmera and the Lake Bonney district into their own hands, embarking on a million dollar project to link the surround-ing area.

More than 80 community members have put forward ideas to link Barmera, Cobdogla, Loveday, Overland Corner and Kingston-on-Murray into one district in an attempt to put them on the tourist map.

A local architect and land-scaper has been hired to draw up plans on how to connect the sur-rounding areas of Barmera into a district, with walking trails, riding tracks and steam trains all being discussed.

A meeting will take place at the Hellenic Hall in Barmera on Monday to provide people with information about the proposed projects.

Barmera District War Memo-rial Community Centre chairman Ian Penno insisted the negative comments about Lake Bonney had taken away the positive aspects of the district.

“We have involved the commu-nity with ideas to make the Lake Bonney district vibrant, viable and to keep businesses going,” he said.

“It has copped a fair bit of stick over the past three years.”

While there have been many groups and projects over the years designed to enhance Barmera and the Lake Bonney district,

Mr Penno said this plan is tak-

ing a different approach.“The idea of it is to keep gov-

ernment and bureaucratic repre-sentatives and councils at an arm’s length,” he said.

“They will have no say in what we are doing or how we are doing it.

“The community takes owner-ship and control of what happens around the district.”

However, Mr Penno said while government, bureaucratic repre-sentatives and councils will have no say on project ideas, the group is still keeping those authorities updated.

Another aspect which makes the Barmera and Lake Bonney dis-trict meeting unique is that it is not focusing on Lake Bonney.

“The focus has been on the lake and we have forgotten about what else we can offer,” Mr Penno said.

“It is only a focal point because locals have made it that.”

The group has nominated fi ve core values of the community and developed a motto: ‘ Leisure Activi-ties for Everyone Everyday’.

Frisbees and beach balls were supplied on behalf of the Offi ce of Recreation and Sport’s Be Active program and given out to tourists

on Easter Sunday to promote the area.

One of the project ideas in-volved the release of an activity cal-endar this month with daily activi-ties for tourists and locals which are hoped to continue for the rest of the year.

“We have come up with those values and we need to build on them with projects and ideas that a majority of the community will agree with,” Mr Penno said.

“We recognise that we are one of the few towns, possibly in Aus-tralia, with every sport within a fi ve to 10 minute walk of the town

centre.“If we keep pushing that, peo-

ple looking for shorter holidays will have something to do (in the district),” he said.

Mr Penno said the group wants to take the focus away from the problems of Lake Bonney and make better use of the positive as-pects already prominent within the local community.

With more than 400 people expected to turn out to the meet-ing in Barmera at 7pm on Monday night, Mr Penno said it is impor-tant to come with a positive atti-tude and outlook.

■ TOURIST ATTRACTION: The Barmera and Lake Bonney district group meeting will focus on the positive aspects of the surrounding district and the community hopes to attract tourists who are looking for a shorter holiday by offering a year round schedule of things to do. Photo: BRAD PERRY

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Easter HOLIDAYS

■ SMILE: Brodie Atkins, 13, Flynn Jeffery, 14, Becky Sheean, 11, and Alex Robertson, 12, all of Adelaide, enjoying themselves at the Loxton Easter breakfast. Photo: BRAD PERRY

■ TOYS: Marianne Westley with Lauren, Abbey and Emily, of Winkie, at the Toyworld stall with Jim Efthimiou at

Sunday’s Barmera Main Street Market.

■ RELAXING: Eli Spicer (left) and Tori Stevens from Lewiston enjoyed a spot of fi shing near Loxton. Photo: JANE WILSON

■ PREPARED: Aimee Oxlade was prepared for the Easter hunt while camping at

Loxton North. Photo: JANE WILSON

■ CONCENTRATION: Codin Mason, 6, of

Reynella, tried his hand at the touch game at the Loxton Historical Village on Sunday. Photo: JANE WILSON

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From July 1, anyone travelling into the Riverland with ‘fruit fl y host produce’ purchased elsewhere within SA, must carry with them an itemised shop receipt or plant health certifi cate, or risk an on-the-spot fi ne.

The new fi nes for illegally carrying fruit, vegetables or plant material are:

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Minister Paul Caica says the new mea-sures are all part of South Australia’s new Plant Health Act designed to protect the state’s $1.5 billion fruit, vegetable, grape and fi eld crop in-dustries from plant pests, including fruit fl y.

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splitting tree stumps. Photo: BRAD PERRY

Easter HOLIDAYS

■ TRADITION: Sonya Ebert, as the Easter Bunny, continues a 13 year old family tradition at the Renmark Riverfront Holiday Park with over 300 children partaking in an Easter egg hunt.

■ SPLASH: Josh Hynes, of Adelaide, splashes back to the bank at Martin’s Bend.

Anytime 3 hoursper week Never

Watering cans

Buckets

Dripper systems

Hand held hoses fi tted with a trigger nozzle

Sprinklers

Other watering systems

Even numbered housesTuesday & Saturday 7–10am or 4–7pm

Odd numbered housesWednesday & Sunday 7–10am or 4–7pm

Now that daylight saving has fi nished, new watering times are in place.

So cut out this guide and stick it on your fridge as a reminder to water

within the enhanced level 3 water restrictions.

Of course, letting nature do the watering for you is always the fi rst priority,

but in the event of no rain, make sure to stick to your allocated time and

continue to save water.

When can I water my garden?

Watering times remain unchanged for people with a permit who are

unable to adhere to restrictions due to age or disability.

To fi nd out more, visit www.sawater.com.au

or phone 1800 130 952.

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■ BOUNCE: William Formato, from Glenelg, gets some air on the bouncing pillow at the Berri Caravan Park.

■ EASTER TREAT: Jodie Koch and Marian Woodberry stacking hot cross buns at the Loxton Easter breakfast. Photo: BRAD PERRY

■ LUNCH: Lorraine Pech (centre) hands Jye Elford a hot dog while Raelene Gladigau looks on at the Loxton Historical Village’s pie cart. Photo: JANE WILSON

■ DIVE: Tayla Roberts, of Elizabeth Downs, dives into the pool at the Berri Caravan Park over Easter.

Photo: LES PEARSON

■ RELAX: Townsville couple Boyd and Ann Kellon spent some time relaxing in front of the Renmark Riverfront

Holiday Park.

■ SERVICE: The Lions Club ran a driver reviver van at Monash over the Easter weekend period.Photo: TED LAFFIN

■ PERFECT: Adelaide pair, Graeme Bower and Peter Judd fi shing on the shores of Lake Bonney. Photo: BRAD PERRY

■ SURF’S UP: Making the most of the warm, Easter weather at

Loxton North were (from left) Jackson Waechter,

Colbey Jachmann and Tyler Wagner.

Photo: JANE WILSON

Easter HOLIDAYS Easter HOLIDAYS

■ PLENTY TO SEE: Yvonne Lempens, of Lyrup, and Khyl Mc-Intosh, 8, of Grange, taking in the sights

at the Cobdogla Steam and Irrigation

Museum. Photo: BRAD PERRY

■ SWIMMERS: Jackson and Tayla Walls, of Gawler, enjoy a swim in the Renmark Riverfront Holiday Park on the weekend. Photo: LES PEARSON

■ GREAT TIMES: Mark Pontt with daughter Jo at the Loxton Easter breakfast.

Photo: BRAD PERRY

■ RIGHT: Emma Limbert and Sam Tester, from Adelaide, enjoy a break at the Berri

Easter breakfast on Saturday.

■ FUN IN THE SUN: (Back left) Jordan Lavista, 8, Amber Venn, 5,

Maddison Williams, 7, (front left)

Kiara Pinyon, 2, Kylie Basedow, Mia Basedow, 8, Naomi

Lavista and Jas-mine Williams,3, from Adelaide, at

Lake Bonney. Photo: BRAD PERRY

and pets too!and pets too!

monly used for bedding, though unscented varieties are preferred to avoid respi-ratory problems.

Whatever the bedding used, it should be absorbent and changed regularly to pre-vent smell and to promote hygiene.

Two to three bedding changes per week are nor-mally needed.

Shredded newspaper can be used as nesting material.

Feeding mice and rats

While mice and rats will eat almost anything, includ-ing grains and meat prod-ucts, commercially available

rodent pellets are the easiest and most reliable diet.

Seeds, grains and cereals can also be fed and lucerne hay is particularly useful.

Hay is an excellent fi bre source. It helps to keep the mouse or rat’s intestines in good order.

In addition, hay offers plenty of activities for rodents.

Your mouse or rat will love to play with it and will use it to build nests.

General care

Mice are prolifi c breed-ers, about twice as produc-tive as rats.

One female mouse can

theoretically be responsible for the production of over 30,000 cubs in a year.

Mice can live for up to three years and rats for up to three and a half years.

A female mouse is fertile as early as 28 days of age but it is best not to breed with her until she is 50 days old.

Mice can have litters of 10 to 20 cubs, whereas rats have litters of six to 10 cubs.

Rats and mice can suffer from a variety of diseases. Of the serious conditions, the most common are tumours, bowel disease, pneumonia and skin infections.

Generally, such diseases suggest poor housing or maintenance.

With any disease, the fi rst step to a solution is to thoroughly clean the cage and utensils.

Separate any sick mice or rats from the others and observe them.

If the problem persists, veterinary attention should be sought. (Vets love seeing ‘different’ animals and you will get a warm reception!!)

Lastly - don’t forget them.

Mice, rats and, for that matter, any animals that are confi ned to a cage are totally at your mercy.

As they don’t bark or meow for food, they are sometimes forgotten in the busy lives that we all lead nowadays.

Like all pets, they are a responsibility.


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Mandy needsa new home.

This is Mandy a female stumpy tail cattle dog cross. She is roughly 18 months old. She is very friendly, very smoochy, playful and good with other dogs. She would make a great family/companion dog. She is $50 to adopt.

Mickey Mouse to a three year old is a six foot tall rat

- Robin Williams

Mandy

Never play cat and mouse games if you’re a mouse

~ Don Addis

FEATURE PET

By DR JULIA ADAMS

Have you no room for a pet and no backyard?

Do you want a pet but don’t want to spend a fortune on buying and feeding it?

Do you dislike noisy, de-manding pets that shed hair on your lounge suite and chase cars and bring in dead birds?

Maybe a mouse or rat is just the pet for you.

Mice and rats make fasci-nating pets.

They are social, gentle creatures and cost very little to purchase.

They are also cheap and easy to maintain.

Residences for rodents

Mice and rats can be housed in a variety of con-tainers.

Their rodent residence

should be made of strong material that will resist the attempts of the mouse or rat to chew through it.

Mice will rarely return to their cage if they escape, although by comparison, rats often do.

Metal or strong plastic cages are ideal.

An old aquarium makes a good house as the mouse or rat cannot climb the glass walls.

Mesh cages are suitable but they must have a solid fl oor.

The cage should be as large as you can manage and preferably should have two or more levels.

To add some fun, visit the hardware store and buy PVC pipes and connectors.

Your rodent buddies will love to explore these and will rest and sleep in them too.

Toilet rolls and plastic butter containers make good cubbies for mice and rats

and you can buy a fascinat-ing range of mouse and rat modular tunnels from your local pet shop.

Wood chips are com-

■ THE PERFECT PET: A rat is the pet you have

always wanted;social and gentle,

with very little cost to purchase and maintain.

Photo: SUPPLIED

Rodents can be perfect pets

Photos taken by the Riverland Weekly are available for purchase from

our office at 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri

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Touching response to request for help

Memories of Derrek fl ood in

■ CLOSURE: Margaret Caulfi eld holds a photo of her beloved uncle Derreck Gerrard at his grave in Berri during her recent visit from England. Photo: JANE WILSON

By BRAD PERRY

THE Riverland Weekly re-cently called for help piec-ing together the time spent by Derrek Gerrard in our community during the early 1950s, in order to pro-vide his family with infor-mation.

Our readers responded in droves.

Margaret Caulfi eld knew very little about a place called Berri and even less about how her beloved Uncle Derrek spent the last three years of his life.

James Derrek Gerrard tragically died of cancer in 1953, before the people of Berri were able to fl y him home to England with the money that had been gen-erously raised so he could see his family again.

His niece, Magaret Caulfi eld told her story to the Riverland Weekly, hop-ing that the people of the region may have been able to pass on any information about her uncle’s fi nal years in Berri.

From reader responses, we were able to piece to-gether some information involving James Derrek Ger-rard and his time in Berri.

“Jerry” as he was known by some, was a popular community member who was highly respected and made the most of his time here.

He was a dedicated mechanic who worked at “an old established garage” called Prior’s Mechanics, which was owned by the Prior brothers Frank and Viv, on the corner of Wilson Street in Berri.

It was from his work that he established many

friendships, including a strong bond with his co-worker Mick Broadbent.

David Curyer was a member of the Berri Bowl-ing Club at the time and re-members associating with Mr Gerrard.

“We often saw him down the rowing club and would always say g’day,” he said.

Derrek was a member of the Berri Rowing Club and was often seen rowing at re-gattas, while his co-worker Mick Broadbent spent time socialising with him as a supporter of the club.

Mr Curyer recalled the day the truck that James Derrek Gerrard was travel-ling in, tipped over on the way to a rowing regatta causing minor damage to the car.

“John Sellhorn (a row-er) was going to a regatta on the long weekend at Murray Bridge and Mannum,” he said.

“It tipped over at the s-bend on the other side of Wanbi.”

Derrek spent his time in a number of different accommodations, includ-ing Wandeen House, which was owned by Mrs Thomas, whose son was a rower and at his friend, Mr Broad-bent’s house.

He also was helped by Ron and Robert Dennis, who were heavily involved with the Berri Masonic Lodge, a place where the Priors befriended Derrek.

Carol Cooper believes her grandfather Robert Dennis had some associa-tion with James Derrek Ger-rard at the lodge because he always had a “soft spot” to care for people.

Local resident Joan Magaard recalled her time meeting the “friendly, young man who made friends eas-ily” and was introduced to him through a friend of her late husband.

During his time in hos-pital battling cancer, an is-sue rarely talked about in the 1950s, nurse Fiona Da-vis drove him to Adelaide for treatment.

“The thing I remem-ber of the trip back home was that I have never seen the full moon come up so much,” she said.

“Whenever I see a full moon, I think of him.

“He was a brave boy who took it all in his stride.”

Nurse Margaret Evans, met James Derrek Gerrard after he had been admitted to the Berri Hospital in his fi nal days.

“I was privileged to be with this lovely man at the end of his life,” she said.

“He had borne the ill-ness with courage and pa-tience.”

Mrs Evans was actually on her fi rst night of duty as a nurse the night that Der-rek passed away and she re-called how he was apprecia-tive of everything the staff did to help him.

“The people of the Berri district in 1953 really did open their hearts to a very beautiful person.

“(There was an) out-pouring of compassion by so many people here in Berri and the fundraising to send him home to die, sur-rounded by his family.

“He died in his adopted town of Berri, in South Aus-tralia, mourned by those who’d grown to know, love and admire him.”

TALKING SHOP ADVERTISING FEATURE

BY NOW you’ve probably heard about the Active Com-munity Team Challenge com-ing to your town.

This is your opportunity to take charge of your fi tness, so act now.

Run or walk two kilome-tres or four kilometres once a fortnight for 16 weeks.

Entries will also be ac-cepted on the day, so put on some comfortable clothes and sneakers and come down to see what it is all about.

Specially marked courses

are situated at:

■ Renmark - riverfront, Murray Drive, on Tuesdays, beginning May 5;

■ Loxton - aquatic club, Grant Schubert Drive, on Wednesdays, beginning May 6;

■ Berri - number two oval, Riverview Drive, on Thursdays, beginning May 7.

Why not challenge your whole school to get fi t to-gether or grab some work-mates and come down in

your lunch break?For more information,

contact Life. Be In It on 8232 3944 or register on-line by visiting www.sa.lifebeinit.org.

The Active Community Team Challenge is funded by the Australian Govern-ment Department of Health and Ageing and supported by the Berri Barmera, Loxton Waikerie and Renmark Paringa councils and the Riverland be active Sport and Recreation Project.

Get active and challenge yourself and your mates

■ LAUNCHED: Berri Barmera Council

deputy mayor Bruce Richardson (left)

was on hand to help launch the Active

Community Challenge earlier this month.

Photo: LES PEARSON

■ From Page 1

Riverland Grape Growers As-sociation chief executive offi cer Chris Byrne said the water alloca-tion announcement was not un-expected and many growers had prepared for it.

“It is not unexpected but there is further disappointment,” he said.

“This means there will be less water to fi nish off this year’s crops.

“I think it will encourage more growers to think about what the options really are.”

Mr Byrne said there are already hundreds of people contemplat-ing exiting the industry and the future is looking very challenging.

“If growers take exit package number two, they have to sell their water and don’t know how much they will get for it,” he said.

“It is not a particularly attrac-tive option.”

Minister Maywald said River Murray infl ows were at an all time low but remained hopeful that there would be some rainfall in the coming months.

“Infl ow conditions have con-tinued to deteriorate since the end of last year due to low rainfall and above average temperatures,” she said.

“Last month’s infl ows were very close to our worst-case sce-nario predictions, while January and February 2009 infl ows were slightly below the previous his-torical minimum infl ows.”

Allocation remains steady

Major Make A Wish Foundation fundraiser will have...

Riverlanders treated to Red Carpet Dinner

By LES PEARSON

RIVERLANDERS, dust off the ball gown and get your tux dry-cleaned, the year’s night of nights approaches as the Make A Wish foundation unfurls the red car-pet for a massive fundraiser this weekend.

The prestigious Red Carpet Dinner is a fi rst for the founda-tion, doubling as a major fund-raiser and celebrating 10 wishes granted for children living with life threatening illness in the re-gion in 10 years.

With over 150 guests already booked in, and with the building capacity at 190, the event is al-ready considered an overwhelm-ing success by the Make A Wish Riverland branch president Dal-las Zeliff

“At the moment we have just over 150 people booked and paid so anything over that would be a huge bonus,” he said.

The whole evening is being coined as one of glitz and glam-our.

“We’re asking everyone to…really get dressed up because we have the paparazzi ready to take their photos as they get out the limos and vintage cars,” Mr Zeliff said.

Guests will be escorted to the Berri Town Hall by two stretch limousines and eight vehicles from the Riverland Vintage Car Club.

“This is really an adult prom/

Oscars night,” Mr Zeliff said.The evening meal is also go-

ing to be a major feature, pre-pared by local caterer/baker Ra-chel Harrow.

Guests will be greeted with three lots of hors d’oevres, before venturing inside for the fi nal two

courses of a delicious meal with an alternate plate main course and homemade desserts.

“This is no ordinary three-course meal, this is something out of the ordinary,” Mr Zeliff said.

He was also enthusiastic

about the evening’s entertain-ment, featuring a live band providing background music throughout the evening and a line up of great company.

“I think our three guest speak-ers are the stand-out attraction.”

Guest speakers include Brad Taylor, Australia’s longest liv-ing triple transplant patient and motivational speaker, local girl Kimberly Smith, young ambas-sador for Make A Wish in South Australia, and Danielle Chartres, wish granting co-ordinator for Australia.

“We’re putting it on as a fund-raiser because in the Riverland, we try and raise enough to grant our own wishes and we’ve been very lucky this year to have raised quite a lot of money already,” Mr Zeliff said.

“Over 150 people is going to be a very successful number where we’ll raise well in excess of $5000.”

External support has also been phenomenal according to Mr Zeliff.

Beverage giant Lion Nathan has donated three kegs of beer and Barossa Valley’s Norman’s Wines has also put forward eight dozen bottles of wine.

“It’s been unbelievable, the support’s been fantastic,” Mr Zeliff said.

“We’ve got a committee of 12 people but our support base for this show is enormous.”

■ GLITZ: All dressed up for this weekend’s event are (from left) Darrell Smith, Robyn Blight, Anne Smith and Dallas Zeliff. Photo: JANE WILSON


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OVERLOOKING the magnifi cent River Murray, the Morgan

Riverview Cafe is a great place to stop and unwind.

Customers can have take-away or simply enjoy a tasty snack dining in while taking in the fantastic views.

Delicious pizza and hot chips are two of the favourite foods at the cafe and can be topped off well with a sooth-ing espresso coffee.

The cafe is close to the Morgan Caravan Park and adjacent to both of the town’s hotels, making it very conve-nient.

There are also souvenirs and tourist information avail-able with a warm friendly smile whilst being served.

Whether you are on your way through Morgan or taking advantage of water sports on the river, the Morgan Riverview Cafe is the place to stop.

SITUATED in a convenient location on the Sturt Highway in Renmark, the Almond Hut is home to some

of the most tantalising fl avours in the Riverland.

Chocolate covered almonds, rocky road, natural muesli, almond fudge, apricot slice, milk rock and nougat are just some of the tempting options.

In conjuction with Almondco, which currently processes over 8000 tonnes of Australian Almonds every year, the Almond Hut was established

to ensure consumers have the freshest almonds possible.

A wide range of almonds are available in the hut, including whole almonds, diced almonds, almond meal, fl avoured almonds, chocolate almonds, almond bread, almond con-fectionary and much more.

The Almond Hut also has prod-ucts that are hard to source, including almond fl akes to fi nish off your deli-cious dessert or slivered almonds to add to a chocolate sundae.

The Shores of beautiful Lake Cullulleraine are home to the Lake Cullulleraine Caravan

Park which provides the perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of life.

Whether taking advantage of the cabin accommodation or camping,

the caravan park offers a great value for money stay.

Holiday makers will be pleased to see the lake is so close and safe for swimming, fi shing, skiing and canoeing.

Free electric barbecues and a seasonal kiosk are just a few of the

feature facilities the park boasts, so book now and enjoy the friendly hospitality on offer.

While choosing your holiday accommodation, make sure to keep Lake Cullulleraine Caravan Park in mind, so book now and enjoy the friendly hospitality on offer.

Delicious, fresh almonds

Lake Cullulleraine offers plenty to do for the family in the school holidays

A PICTURESQUE scene greets you when you stop off at Mallyon’s on the

Murray Bush Café and Gallery at Weston’s Flat.

Located on the road be-tween Morgan and Overland Corner, it may be a little out of the way but it is well worth the trip.

Opened in 2000 and operated by Rita and Nick Builder in a historic Overlander building, the bush café features home cooked meals, using only seasonal organic ingredients.

Rita Builder plays the genial host as you peruse the tasteful menu board, which features a wide range of meals and treats.

Specialties include a warm chicken salad, Overlanders lunch or Weston’s Flat pan-cakes, topped with fruit jams and whipped cream.

The salad side dishes are fresh and have plenty of zing, including a delicious home made dressing.

Stepping inside the historic, former stables is a treat in itself.

The building is cool and features arts and crafts for sale, as well as tourist information.

With a wonderful river view, Mallyon’s has a wonder-ful relaxed atmosphere and is a great place to stop over while travelling between towns, or is a destination in itself.

Unique bush dining

Take a good break in Morgan

■ TASTY: Amy Charlesworth is ready to greet you at Renmark’s Almond Hut.

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JUICE lovers will welcome the refreshing product range from Berri Direct when

they’re relaxing after a busy day touring the region.

Riverlanders love Berri juices but there are many more great tasting Berri products for the whole family to enjoy.

The store, on the Old Sturt Highway at Berri, has an extensive selection of fantastic natural Berri goods for the school holidays.

Kids will enjoy the show bags on offer, full of healthy juices and snacks they’ll love.

Drop in to Berri Direct to see the full range of carbonated drinks, milk products, lollies, chocolates, dried and canned fruits.

Don’t forget about the ever popular traditional tomato sauce and other Berri condi-ments either.

For customers who shop at Berri Direct, buying in bulk means you can save money.

Gift baskets are another popular item, which can be as-sembled to suit the individual.

Using a range of Berri juices mixed with other deli-cious treats such as almond breads, jams and preserves and chocolate coated fruits, a Berri Direct gift basket could be the perfect present.

Whatever the need, be sure to drop in to Berri Direct these school holidays.

Quality Berri products

THE Morgan Highway Service Station has everything to help you have a smooth holiday in

the Riverland.Owners Kenny and Lucy offer

ice creams and drinks, which can become especially handy if you are looking for a refreshment while enjoying one of the many activities in the region.

Not only do they provide ice to restock the esky, they also have fi sh-ing gear and bait along with some skiing gear.

On top of that, the service station offers you competitive fuel prices and can repair car tyres if needed.

The Morgan Highway Service Station is open from 6am to 7pm, seven days a week.

Service station offers variety of quality products

THE Morgan Roadhouse Cafe has recently been completely renovated

and now has a new look that you just can’t go past.

An all day breakfast is just one of the many features of

the roadhouse and cafe that will catch your eye.

Focused on healthy food and great service, there is also an extensive takeaway menu including inviting, light, home made meals.

The Morgan Roadhouse and Cafe also has selected gro-cery lines, fuel, Mobil products and serves a delectable coffee to fi nish off your day.

It is open from 7am to 9pm, seven days a week.

Renovated Roadhouse Cafe serving delicious fresh food

THERE is no better place to relax and unwind these school holidays

than amongst the soothing aroma of 2500 lavender plants at Bella Lavender Estate.

Owners Mario and Lucy have made a name for them-selves in producing hand-made lavender products and offering customers a place to relax and unwind in their coffee shop.

In fact, you can’t leave Bella Lavender Estate with-out having one of Mario’s famous cappuccinos or some unique lavender scones.

The Winkie based busi-ness also offers homemade light lunches amongst many other lavender products.

The in store lavender products include shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, soaps, deodorant, facial cream, body butter, mist, lotion, herbal teas and even pet shampoo.

Mario and Lucy are always available to talk to guests about the process of growing, drying and distill-ing lavender, so make sure you pay them a visit these holidays.

Enjoy the soothing aroma

■ UNWIND: Mario and Lucy Centofanti’s Bella Lavender Estate is a lovely place to unwind. Photo: JANE WILSON

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ONCE it was something that only happened to other people but in these challenging economic times, redundancy is fast becom-ing something a number of us may experience, so it pays to be prepared.

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This will depend on a person’s assets and assessable income.

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The good news is that redundan-cy payments are taxed at a lower rate.

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What to do with a redundancy payout will have a lot to do with what stage of life a person is at.

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There are many issues surround-ing redundancy and each person’s

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■ SEEKING: Job seeking can be a daunting task if you have received a redundancy. Photo: JANE WILSON

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The BRI Ferrier group has more than 100 staff and has offi ces located in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide with a local offi ce

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The combined group offers services across the full spectrum of business offering a diversity of experience and expertise in business reconstruction and insolvency fi elds for companies and individu-als.

The local offi ce at Berri has operated since January 2006 and Des Munro, the insolvency specialist who represents the fi rm

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■ Q: Where will the club improve in 2009?

We will be a lot fi tter and a close knit bunch of guys.

■ Q: Who are the recruits for this season?

Scott Huddleston will be handy, Steven Crouch, Adrian Lovegrove and Harley Bennell will all be good pick ups.

■ Q: Of the departing play-ers from last season, who will you miss the most?

We haven’t lost any players, apart from utility Brett Lines to Ovingham.

■ Q: Who do you think will be the big improvers among your players?

Those lads that have been playing colts and a couple of senior games will really pick up the pace.

Blokes like Bennell, Loveg-rove and Mark Crawford. It’s time for them to step up.

■ Q: What lessons has the club learned from last season?

What they have learnt from last year is that they can be competitive, they just have to get fi tter.

■ Q: How important is it

for the club to perform strongly in the RFL’s centenary year?

Hugely. Very, very important. Wunkar is a fairly proud club, so it’s important.

■ Q: Have there been any off fi eld changes at the club?

Ken Little is the club’s new president, plus we’ve got a whole new committee.

Tony Hucks is our team manager.

This year there’s a better atmosphere around the club and we are getting a lot more to training than we’ve had in the past few years.

■ Q: Will your club play fi nals football in 2009?

Defi nitely. Yes. Everybody would like to hope so.

■ Q: Of your opponents, who will be the club and the players to watch this season?

I think Paringa will be a strong performer this year just by the way they are recruiting…and Cobdogla, they are always around the mark.

Who knows about Ramco?

■ Q: Which juniors have impressed on the track this pre-season and how will your other grades perform over the season?

The older colts, who have been training with the seniors are developing quite well.

Rhys Heinrich, we hope, will play some senior football this year as well.

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EAST Murray has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons this

pre-season, as it struggles to fi nd new players.

However, new coach Ben Reichstein is positive the club can move forward in 2009 and he tells Riverland Weekly journalist Les Pearson why.

■ Q: Where will the club improve in 2009?

We’ll be looking to improve on-fi eld and hopefully that may get more players back around the club.

■ Q: Who are the recruits for this season?

We’re still in the process of recruiting.

■ Q: Of the departing players from last season, who will you miss the most?

Midfi elder Craig Johns. He was really starting to get a lot of the footy at the end of the year and we’ll miss his experience.

■ Q: Who do you think will be the big improvers among your players?

It’s a bit hard to tell at this early stage but that will become appar-ent once the season gets underway.

■ Q: What lessons has the club learned from last season?

In a sense, it’s getting to the stage where you’ve got to put your

best side out there and get results to get people coming back to the club.

■ Q: How important is it for the club to perform strongly in the RFL’s centenary year?

The team and the club’s staff

will be endeavouring to try our hardest this season.

■ Q: Apart from you taking on the coach's role, have there been any off fi eld changes at the club?

Robert Winen has taken over as

bar manager.

■ Q: Will your club play fi nals football in 2009?

I bloody hope that we will but at this stage it looks like it will be a bit of a battle.

■ Q: Of your opponents, who will be the club and the players to watch this season?

I would dare say the league is going to be much closer than last year and it certainly looks that way at this stage. In saying that, Cobby have always put a very strong side on the park over the past few sea-sons and they would be the team to beat this season in my opinion.

■ Q: Which juniors are impressing on the track this pre-season and how will your other grades perform over the year?

With Nathan Francis heading to Loxton North, I think our big-gest improver in terms of juniors looks like Jordon Hentschke.

He’s really started to step it up a bit. The colts are looking all right and the netball girls look like they’ll have a strong side again.

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WAIKERIE5.00 - 6.00pm 4 Edwards Crescent Ray White Loxton

BERRI11.00 - 11.45am Scott Road LJ Hooker12.00 - 12.45pm 5 Coombe Street LJ Hooker1.00 - 1.45pm 7 Worman Street LJ HookerLOXTON10.00 - 11.00am 117 Bookpurnong Tce Ray White Loxton11.00 - 12.00pm 30 Sixth Street Ray White Loxton12.30 - 1.30pm 1a Stasinowsky Court Ray White Loxton1.15 - 2.15pm Sec 836 Newton Road Ray White Loxton1.30 - 2.30pm 12 Stasinowsky Court Ray White Loxton2.30 - 3.30pm 11 Milich Court Ray White LoxtonMONASH10.00 - 10.45am Nixon Road LJ HookerRENMARK9.30 - 10.00am 2/1 Thurk Street Ray White Renmark9.30 - 10.00am 19 Murtho Street Ray White Renmark10.15 - 10.45am 9 Lagoon Court Ray White Renmark

Saturday, April 18, 2009

11.00 - 11.30am 7 Tenth Street Ray White Renmark11.15 - 11.45am 4 Marrara Street Ray White Renmark12.00 - 12.30pm Tarcoola Street Ray White Renmark12.00 - 12.30pm 84 Twentieth Street Ray White Renmark1.00 - 1.30pm 8 Anabranch Place Ray White Renmark1.00 - 1.45pm Twenty Second Street Ray White Renmark2.00 - 2.30pm Eighth Street Ray White Renmark2.15 - 2.45pm 4 Cook Street Ray White Renmark

Sunday, April 19, 2009

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• Charity for all Bingo at the Loxton Club, Bookpurnong Tce Loxton, eyes down at 7:30pm, proceeds to Loxton CWA. Phone Deb Ball on 0428823924

Friday April 17th

• Friends of Child, Youth and Women’s Health is having an Arty Crafty Morning from 10:30am at the Child Health Clinic, Cornwall Street Berri. Phone 85802526 or 85822338

Saturday April 18th

• Riverland Farmers Markets, every Saturday morning, 7:30– 11:30am, Crawford Tce, Berri. Phone the Market Manager on 85824864

• Riverland Ballroom Dancing Loxton Peace Hall, 7:30pm– 11.30pm. For details phone Ray 85845945

Sunday April 19th

• Pace Makers Bingo at the Berri Resort Hotel eyes down at 2pm, proceeds to Barmera In-Line Hockey. For more information contact Dianne 85838267

Tuesday April 21st

• Riverland Gem and Mineral Club, workshop in Glossop from 3pm - 5pm. For more information and directions phone Dennis on 85823430.

• Palms Bingo at the Berri Club eyes down at 10:30am proceeds to Queen Elizabeth Research Centre. Phone Pam 85821692 for more information

• Barmera Monash Charity Bingo at the Barmera Monash Football eyes down at 7:30 proceeds to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Phone Pam for more information on 85821692

• Barmera Library School Holiday fun from 2pm, make your own Supa Spacecraft and Alien Critters. Phone the Library for more information on 85882872

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Riverland girls in the frame for classy calendar

Netballers become glamour girls

■ LOCKER UP: Chloe Drogemuller (left) and a team-mate in a locker room for the classy Woods Panthers netball calendar.

■ FOR those amongst us who require a cal-endar to keep up with what day it is, an excel-lent publication has just been released by the Woods Panthers Netball Club featuring its playing

group.The fundraiser sells

for $10 with former Riverland lasses Jade Keightley, Chloe Droge-muller and Bodelle Stan-ley amongst those that may in fact actually make

it diffi cult to concentrate on what day it is.

Never mind, it is for a worthy cause and it is not too late to grab a copy as the dates run with the netball season and start in March.

Ring Wendy Gam-bling to order, or call into Riverland Premier Sports, Berri or Renmark, next week and if Todd and Doc haven`t bought the lot, there should be some spare.

Life, Be In It■ ADRIAN Pipe, our local ‘Be Active’ fi eld offi cer has spoken to me about the support he is giving to the ‘Life Be In It’ program, the Riverland Active Community Team Challenge that starts early next month.

I suspect Adrian was aware that I am a member of the very active World Problem Solv-ing (WPS) group at the heated pool in the Renmark Health and Fitness Centre and perhaps thought that we may be inter-ested in taking part.

Well I have put the idea to WPS chiefs and they seemed fairly keen, although one as-pect of the event’s criteria did concern them.

The fact that it was all about improvement over a 16 week period and not straight out physical fi tness worried them as they believed our stringent exercise routines had us in such ‘cherry ripe’ condition there was not room for any further im-provement so we had no hope

of winning any of the prizes.Some members did feel

WPS should enter anyhow, even if only to grab a free t-shirt and goodie bag but the deci-sion has been referred to the Centre’s resident fi tness guru Alan Coulter, for him to assess our condition and scope to im-prove.

I feel we may be entered at top level (four kilometre run-ning), if Al is to have a say.

Weekly colleague, Les Pear-son had a good look at the Challenge a few weeks ago, so all I want to do is commend the event to our communities as an ideal way to get out and about under no pressure and with no need to be as fi t and to run as fast as we WPS members.

Entry forms are available from local council offi ces, li-braries, information centres, sports stores and the Renmark Health and Fitness centre, or ring Adrian for further details (0401 100 202).

■ LAST week we confi rmed that the annual Tour of the Riverland cycling classic is on again in 2009 for the 35th year with the Berri Re-sort Hotel continuing as hosting sponsors of the two day event on May 23 and 24.

Since then I have received a note from race co-ordinator Barry

Skinner saying he is always “seek-ing co-sponsorship to help this prestigious Riverland sporting icon continue to retain its fi ve star status on the growing Australian cycling calendar”.

Anyone requiring further information can contact Barry (0412 344 381).

Cycle tour seeks sponsors

■ THE Marathon Canoe Club of SA is promoting the Mini-Mara-thon option of its annual River-land Paddling Marathon weekend on June 6 to 8, as a way novice paddlers, school groups and the like can become involved along the route, Berri to Loxton to Waikerie to Morgan.

The Mini-Marathon was intro-duced last year as part of the club’s Murray 200/100/Relay Challenge, three events in one, that it has been conducting for over 20 years.

The Murray 200 is one of the great marathon paddling events in Australia and this state’s premier marathon event, involving 208 kilometres over three days from Berri to Morgan.

Those who enjoy more of a touring challenge would consider the Murray 100, 93 kilometres from Loxton to Morgan.

Then there is the Murray Re-lay Challenge and Mini Marathon where some paddlers cover legs of the 200 course as a member of a team.

As I said earlier, this is an ideal event for schools, clubs or com-munity groups that provides both an individual challenge and a sense of team work.

The mini marathon may in-volve some 10 kilometres on a single day or on each day.

Also, for those not wanting to paddle, there is a great oppor-tunity for volunteers to help in a number of areas.

All events have classes for in-ternational, touring and recre-ational craft and entry is available to men, women, mixed crews, ju-

niors and veterans.For more information, contact

club president Brad Butler (8552 2411 or 0408 846 422), race direc-tor Martin Finn (8443 7881) or visit www.mcc.canoe.org.au.

Promising netballers■ THE complete 2009 Murray Region Netball Academy squad was involved in a two day camp at Berri earlier this week.

In all, 60 promising young players are members of this year’s academy and recently we pub-lished details of the Riverland juniors involved, 14 in under 13, eight in under 15 and seven in un-der 17.

Joining them are Tamara Mark, Emily Hill (River Murray), Chloe O’Leary (Murray Bridge), Mercedes Sumner, Abbie Keough, Brook Hand, Cassie Walter (Mal-lee) in under 13.

Bianca Kahl, Jacinta Dugan, Kirsty Gregory, Marni Hood, Sta-cey Hein, Bec Longdon (River Murray), Kimberley Maynard, Le-tisha Heintze, Erica Sporn, Tenille Maynard, Georgia Sanders, Anna Thomas, Prue Webb (Mallee) in under 15 and in under 17, Gabri-elle Maczkowiack, Emily Frahn, Nicole Cocks, Emily Edwards, Sharna Hoffmann, Libby Frazer, Georgina Patterson, Mariana Mark (River Murray), and Dani-elle Dutschke, Loren Dutschke and Leah Carling (Mallee).

Further training camps and also a carnival involving some of the other SA Academies will now be held in Murray Bridge.

Marathon entry call■ THE 2009 Hockey sea-son will get underway on Friday night, May 1; with some changes in the jun-ior grades.

Minkies will be played as under nines early on Saturday morning and along with under 11 and a new age group under 14, to follow, will all be mixed grades.

Under 18 girls and boys are still in place, so it is the under 13 and under 15 age groups that have been shelved at this stage.

Whilst on juniors, the next SA Hockey De-velopment Area of Excel-lence session will be held at Glassey Park, 9am to noon on Sunday, May 17.

SA Game Develop-ment Offi cer Nick Lenoir will be in charge.

The session is for play-ers 12 to 17 years old.

Enquiries to Tim Schubert (0428 849 140).

Also on that same day, and at the same time, the next state junior zone tri-als will be conducted.

Offi cials are looking for Riverland and Barossa girls and boys, under 15 and under 17 to play in Adelaide over the June long weekend.

In the local senior competitions, word around the traps suggests men’s teams at most clubs seem more settled than

the women, where a fair amount of rebuilding will be taking place.

At Berri, the men un-der Shaun Kelly have al-ready impressed with a blend of youth and experi-ence playing well in a trial game against Adelaide di-vision one team.

On the other hand, the women appear due for major changes, includ-ing the loss of Karri Mc-Mahon to Adelaide and this may be a challenging season for them.

Loxton’s men, under stalwart Karl Hennig, look genuine title chances on

the strength of them mak-ing the grand fi nal of a state veteran’s tournament at Berri recently.

Amongst the women, playing coach B.J. Ham-merstein will not have a lot of senior help but there will be an abundance of promising youngsters joining her in the A grade side.

To Renmark’s men and coach Callum Benda has had his squad working on their fi tness with Matt Lang and there appears to be a good mix of juniors and seniors there too.

The women have lost a number of players as

Martin Tucker works on getting a new look line-up together.

Waikerie looks to be the hardest hit with player losses right across the board as a number of families have left the area.

There are a huge num-ber of juniors coming through the ranks in both men and women, so their development will add extra interest to what ap-pears a keenly contested 2009.

And hockey is in good hands with David Benda recently re-elected as as-sociation president.

Junior hockey changes

■ MISSING: Promising hockey player Karri McMahon (left) has left big shoes to fi ll in Berri’s A grade women’s hockey side, having decided to play in Adelaide this year. Photo: FILE


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■ ON TRACK: Brad Gallard and Scott Modistach (pictured at an event last year) had started well in the fi rst meet of the 2009 championships, winning several events in Western Australia over the weekend.

■ LOCALS Brad Gallard and Scott Modistach with their car number 401, a USA Geiser Bros Trophy Truck, continue to domi-nate the Extreme 2WD class on the Australian off road scene.

With fans still talking about the pair’s brilliant win at Goondawindi in the fi nal round of last season’s championships, to clinch the Australian Exteme 2WD title, the ‘Big black buggy eater’ was one of the most popular buggies welcomed to Smithy’s Place for the

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engine’s mid range power paid off handsomely.

The only Riverland representative at Hyden, the Trophy Truck won the Extreme 2WD prologue and one lap fi rst section of the event on Saturday and also took out the two lap sections two and three on Sunday.

That meant a fi rst plac-ing in their division and 11th place overall in the event, which was won for the second year in a row by Shannon and Ian Rensch, of Victoria, in a pro-buggy.

■ I NOTICE that two River-land teams have nominated for this weekend’s state mixed pairs lawn bowls champion-ships in Adelaide.

Renmark RSL men’s fi rst division players John Van der Wyst and Dixie Lee will take with them as their partners Berri’s Katrina Miller and Barmera’s Candise Jenke re-spectively.

Katrina, a former state ju-nior representative, has been playing in local fi rst division men’s pennants for a few sea-sons now, while Candise, 14, has also turned out with the SA juniors and was a mem-ber of a Saturday men’s pen-nant team at the Lakeside in 2008/9.

On Saturday, Van der Wyst-Miller start their cam-paign at the Adelaide Bowl-ing Club, while Lee-Jenke

will be at Hope Valley.While on bowls, a couple

of opinions have been run past me in recent weeks on how competitions and rinks should be structured look-ing ahead; and boy have they been poles apart.

There is no doubt about bowls, as every year there seems to be more bias applied in the off season than there is when it’s being played.

Grants for clubs■ ADRIAN Pipe has also given me details of the Active Club Program grants.

The Offi ce of Recreation and Sport is accepting ap-plications up until Monday, May 18, with eligible clubs or organisations able to ap-ply under one of these three

categories.1. Program and equip-

ment funding (up to a maxi-mum of $10,000 for the purchase of new equipment to conduct ‘come and try’ ses-sions, train volunteers or for promotional material).

2. Facility funding (up to a maximum of $20,000 with the club required to contrib-ute 50 per cent of the total cost of the project. This can be in cash, in kind support or volunteer labour).

3. Youth at risk (up to a maximum of $10,000 for pro-grammes that increase youth participation – particularly for at risk and disadvantaged youth).

For further information, guidelines and application forms visit www.recsport.sa.gov.au and go to grants and scholarships.

Mixed bowls pairs head tostate titles this weekend

■ WITH the class of the fi eld in Satur-day’s Riverland Bookmaker’s Cup and the speed merchants involved at the Barmera greyhounds, it is probably no surprise that with so many hell bent on being the leader around the fi rst bend, there was a huge pile up in a messy dog traffi c snarl.

As a result, some of the more fancied runners were shuffl ed back through the pack and 7-1 chance Deniro Bale, trained by Shaun Matcott at Murray Bridge, was fi rst to the line three quarters of a length in front of the favourite, the consistent

Ronellie Rocka, with Hattahpark Bond a head astern third.

Renmark trainer Nicole Price got her day off to a good start when Shanghai Sin grabbed the major prize money in the opening event, a maiden.

Training doubles went to Matcott who also had Marvin Bale successful at 11-1 in race fi ve and Lewiston’s Dale Martin with favourite So Saucy in race three and 11-1 outsider Impromptu in the Bookmaker’s Cup Consolation. Barmera runs again on Saturday, May 9.

Deniro Bale beats snarl

■ THE talk about AFL fooball at AAMI Stadium and/or Ad-elaide Oval is interesting with supporters of the various ar-guments all making relevant points.

After being a fairly regu-lar spectator of top footy in Adelaide when it was mainly played in the daylight, I have not been going to AAMI in recent years when a lot of matches have been at night.

In fact I did go to Mark Ricciuto’s 300th game a season or so ago (and nearly froze to death) but my last game be-

fore that was the Crows ver-sus North Melbourne match when Tony Modra grabbed his famous Mark of the Year – ages ago.

The reason I don’t go – I can’t see the play at night de-spite donning a cap to get the lights out of the eyes.

I was interested to hear from a recent AAMI patron that it is currently worse if you are sitting in the grand-stand at night as you are blinded by a huge digital sign that is doing its thing on the outer fence.

He is adamant that it is the lights plus sign that makes watching play extremely diffi -cult.

A lot of we older genera-tion boost the football fol-lowing fraternity consider-ably but I reckon our inability to follow the ball live at night makes television viewing at home much more attractive.

Only an opinion of course, and yes I wouldn’t mind football at top level being at both of Adelaide’s major arenas – and in the day time as much as possible.

A sore sight issue at footy

■ From Page 48

“It’s been mas-sive with the NAB Cup and organising that, it feels like we’re halfway through the season already,” Mr Beech said.

He is also keep-ing one eye on the league’s centenary weekend on May 16, where clubs are sort-ing out their delegates for the day’s formalities.

Round one has Berri fronting up against last year’s premiers Waikerie at Berri, while Barmera Monash hosts Loxton North lakeside.

Loxton will take on the early premiership favourites Renmark at Tigerland, which will also be the LifeFM match of the round for round one.

Wherever you are in the Riverland, footy fans can tune in to FM 100.7 from 2.30pm for live commentary on the game headed by Tim Jackson with support from Bruce Gehling.

“It should be an absolute beauty,” Mr Beech said.

Brenton Kay, Craig Griffi ths and even Mr Beech himself are also likely to end up behind the microphone at

other stages through-out the season.

“I might have to get Wendy (Kruger) in to do my part,” he laughed.

“I haven’t had a practice yet, so they might not want me.

“I think it’s been nearly 20 years since we have been broad-casting games.

“It helps people who can’t get to the

footy, stay in touch with it and even people at the game like to listen to it to help them pick up player names.”

While Mr Beech confesses the current commentary team will have to work hard to reach the lofty stan-dards of Peter Frankom and Rex Fiel-ke’s work in the past, he does feel the broadcast should be worth a listen.

Mr Jackson said the team will also be inviting past stars and current in-jured players into the commentary box for special comments throughout the centenary year.

As for the season ahead, Mr Beech predicted Renmark to be the early premiership favourites, while also suggesting an even league in 2009.

“I think it will be a really competi-tive year,” he said.


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ChampionshipsScores: K. Zimmermann 508, A. Lugg 464, A. Reich-stein 460, A. Biele 456, G. Freer 376.

GolfRenmark

Wednesday stablefordM. Daws 42 points, R. Knight 37. Ball winner: C. Berry 37, W. Baum 36, B. Spratling 36, A. Ruston 35, A. Parkyn 35, G. Stimpson 35, P. Hendricks 35.

Ladies par competitionDivision one: A. Cenko +2,

L. Berry square. Division two: D. Scales -1, J. Gray -3.Leading scorers: P. Dohnt -1, H. Walker -1, A. Pethick -2, C. Thomas -2, B. Howe -2.

Saturday parR. Paige +7, C. Donnellan +6. Ball winners: S. Palat +4, T. Murfi tt +4, G. Stimpson +3, B. Kruger +2, G. Seddon +1, R. Yates even, C. Berry even, B. Rossborough even.

BerriSaturday stableford

N. Wait 38 points, K. Trae-ger 37 (c/b). Ball winners: W. Thiele 37, P. Mudge 36, R. Thurmer 36, J. Efthimiou 35, C. Wait 35.

Sunday stableford

G. Staehr 44 points, T. Bran-ford 42. Ball winners: A. Dru-ery 41, L. Mudge 40, P. Frahn 39, K. Barnett 39, P. Kellaway 37, R. Staehr 37.

Wednesday stableford A. Dand 36 points, J. Nowell 35. Ball Winners: L. Kruger 36 (visitor), A. Kellaway 35, S. Baylis 35.

Thursday ladies competition

B. Baird 72 nett (c/b). Ball winners: L. Kellaway 72, Di-anne King 73.

BarmeraSaturday stableford

B. Danvers 41 points (c/b), J. McKendrick 41, J. Nitschke 39, S. Farley 39, J. Kniter 37,

E. Van Hensbergen 37, J. Rosenberg 36.

Saturday ladies competition

P. Girdler 36 points, M. Costello 35.

Sunday par eventK. Magain +7, B. Danvers square.

Monday stablefordL. Hampshire 38, J. McKend-rick 38, T. Foot 37, K. Magain 37, I. Girdler 37.

WaikerieDivision one: M. Thomas 41. Division two: B. Lane. Voucher winners: P. Charles 39, M. Kay 39, M. McGrath 37, M. Hall 37.

■ From Page 48

The triathlon will have a number of options for all age levels, with a short course starting at 12:30pm consisting of a 250 metre swim, a 13 kilometre cycling leg and a 2.5 kilometre run.

The main event will com-mence at 2:30pm and will include a 750 metre swim, a 25 kilometre cycling leg and a fi ve kilometre run.

There will also be a fun run or walk at 1:15pm, with a 2.5 kilometre distance for under 16s and a fi ve kilo-metre journey for over 16s which has regular refresh-ment stops.

Mr Moore said the fi nal stage of the triathlon is of-ten the hardest test for most athletes.

“During the run at the end of the race, people get a bit tired,” he said.

“I guess people are get-ting out into the open road and are exposed to the ele-ments a bit more.”

While there will be a strong presence of local competitors, Mr Moore said the majority of the fi eld will travel up from Adelaide or Melbourne.

During the fi rst year of the triathlon, a survey re-

vealed there was more than $30,000 injected into the lo-cal economy and Mr Moore said the event continues as a successful exercise for local tourism.

“One of the attractions of the event is it is the only Saturday afternoon event for the whole summer and people can come up just for the day,” he said.

By LES PEARSON

NOT unlike the Trussell fam-ily featured in Charlie’s Goss last week, the Wilksch family is also gearing up for the foot-ball season ahead in the orange shirts.

Central umpire Mark Wilksch and sons Nathan and Keenan will all be doing their bit this season, both on the oval, around the oval and between the goal posts.

“They sort of followed me along really,” Mark said.

“Anything your kids get in-volved in you’d like to support them and if they follow your own footsteps a bit, then that’s good.

“A few years ago, Nathan fi lled in boundary umpiring and

sort of took to it like a duck to water.”

Nathan has since won two boundary umpiring awards in the past two years.

Younger son Keenan has also dabbled in boundary umpiring as well as offi ciating in under 11 matches.

“He’ll have a go at goal um-piring this year as well,” Mark said.

This weekend starts some six months of busy weekend sched-ules for the Wilksch family.

“Saturday is a big day in the household, we’re never there,” Mark laughed.

“I think it’s hats off to the wife and mother who does all the washing and tidying up after everybody.

“She deserves a medal, not so

much us I think.”Nathan said the physical fi t-

ness and fi nancial benefi ts are great motivations to get into um-piring.

“Mum kind of pushed me to keep fi t so it helps and money is also a good incentive,” he said.

Keenan said the social aspect is also a reason to keep donning the orange shirts.

“Some of your friends do it and you can umpire with them and at the breaks and before the game it’s good to hang with them and have a chat, stuff like that.”

While the generally thankless task is avoided by many, there are indeed some out there that do get something out of it.

“I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t enjoy it,” Mark said.

By BRAD PERRY

A DEFECT in the Berri bridge may cause South Australia’s biggest club cycling event to change its annual route and not pass through Loxton this year.

The 35th Annual Tour of the Riverland will be held next month with more than 100 riders expecting to take part.

Race co-ordinator Barry Skinner has been in discus-sions with the Berri Barmera Council to fi x a dangerous gap in an expansion joint on the Berri bridge, which is big enough to catch a cyclist’s front tyre.

Mr Skinner said the gap is especially dangerous when there are a number of riders in one spot, such as what might occur during the event.

“If you ride on it as an individual cyclist (regularly) you know about it (the gap),”

he said.“If you’ve got a big group

of cyclists you can’t go around it.

“You also have to contend with the traffi c.”

In the past, rubber melt has been placed over the gap in an attempt to fi x the prob-lem.

However, the steel rail

fence on the bridge moves slightly during the hot and cold weather, forcing the gap to slightly widen.

At last year’s event, the same problem was apparent but the relevant authorities

failed to fi x it in the lead up to the race and had to cover the gap with a piece of carpet at the last minute.

“We were lucky to get by last year,” Mr Skinner admit-ted.

“Those trucks thunder across it at 80 kilometres per hour and with those wheels it tears it up.”

Mr Skinner said he was hoping to have the gap fi xed soon but it would be a mas-sive blow to the event if it was not fi xed and the riders were unable to take the regular Loxton route.

“We won’t be going that way if it doesn’t get fi xed,” he said.

The Riverland cycling weekend spans over two days on May 23 and 24, with the major race starting at the Berri Resort Hotel then head-ing on to Loxton, Renmark and Paringa, before fi nishing in Berri.

Triathletes prepare for Loxton

■ READY: Competitors competing in last year's gruelling Loxton Triathlon. Photo: FILE

Live commentary to feature in round one

■ Mick Beech

Tour needs to bridge the gap

Wilksch family take the whistle

■ EFFORT: The Wilksch family (from left) Keenan, Mark and Nathan will all

be umpiring this year. Photo: JANE WILSON

■ HOLE: A gap in the Berri bridge may force the annual cycling race onto a different route. Photo: JANE WILSON

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Loxton v Renmark

THESE two sides met in round one last year with the Tigers running out the game the fi tter side, booting six goals and reg-istering arguably their best win for the year.

So much has changed this year for both sides, who will be keen to begin their season with a positive fi rst step.

For the Tigers, new coach Steve Smith brings with him a different style as opposed to outgoing player/coach David Byrnes, who heads back to the Sunraysia Football League this season.

There is a lot to like about Smith, who brings with him a sense of enthusiasm coupled with experience and a passion for the club.

The inclusion of signing Pete Smith from Gepps Cross will greatly increase Loxton’s chanc-es, many reports suggesting this guy has quite a bit of talent and will be great to watch.

Typical suspects Rhys Mitchell, Leigh Kruger and Nick Uren will most likely have a large leadership role to play, while Bronte Manuel’s run

through the midfi eld will be needed.

Interest surrounds star util-ity Raphael Liddle and where he lines up.

He’s had a good preseason and is one to watch this week-end.

Renmark’s senior list had plenty of depth last year and it just got a whole lot deeper with the inclusion of several former players for the club reuniting ties with the Rovers for the cen-tenary year.

While Ryan Bennett will be the big focal point up forward, midfi elders Paul and Matt Stelzer will cover for the loss of Ben Wagnitz and should be a handful to contain.

Throw Simon Callahan into that mix with ruckman Nathan Farr and things start to really take shape.

Watch for former coach Brett Exelby to make a return to the fi eld this year, while new coach Brenton Venables will love the services of Pete Dempsey up forward as a twin-pronged at-tack with Bennett.

The Rovers should go in favourites, although Loxton won’t count themselves out of this one.

Barmera Monash v Loxton North

WHILE both clubs appear to have broken even on recruits and losses this season, they still remain an unknown quantity and it’s fair to say the jury will still be out until at least round six.

Mac Grummet takes the Pan-thers into his second season at the helm and his work with the young squad led them to the fi nals last year.

He’ll be without the services of midfi elder Matt Barry, who missed the latter part of the 2008 season with a nasty broken leg.

William Rowe will also be spending some time with Gaza in the amateur league.

The Panthers welcome back the height of Rhett Davis, while Blake Hentschke is also a familiar face returning this year, while utility Adam Zauch has also signed up.

Terry Eleftheriadis continues his tenure with the Roos this year, hoping to build on the club’s third placing last season.

His young squad achieved well in 2008 and will hope to build around a young core unit of Matty Leyson, Jake Smith, Dillon Millard and Murray Middleton.

They also welcome back An-drew Nunan from his season-end-ing injury last year.

The Roos also will play a

few recruits this year, including Walkerville B grade midfi elder Chadd Hawley, solid Gol Gol in-clusion Nick Wade, Gaza’s Jack Selfe, Waikerie’s Russell Boatswain and forward Brad Wilksch.

Boatswain will introduce some aggression around the stoppages, while Wilksch should fi ll the gaps up forward with Robert Price.

Both Tim and Michael Arnold have a big year ahead of them this season, as does Brad Williams and forward Jake Albrecht if the side is going to get off to a solid start.

The Roos should win this one by all rights.

Berri v Waikerie

WAIKERIE might not need a for-ward line if Ben Venning continues his torpedo kicking form from the NAB cup game.

Jokes aside, the Magpies come into this one with the premiership behind them and most likely brim-ming with confi dence to back up their back to back efforts of 2007 and 2008.

With Russell Boatswain head-ing to Barmera-Monash and Josh Keller back to Border Downs Tint-inara, the other Riverland clubs are rather interested in who the Mag-pies have picked up for 2009.

Coach Troy Lehmann wel-comes back Steven Ford and Mat-thew Gibson to his squad, while

Brownlow Medallist Mark Riccuito is not returning this season.

Young Craig Miller rucked ad-mirably last year, while Damien Stevens is reported to be looking in great shape.

Waikerie is brimming with skill in a versatile squad and are penned in as another premiership contender.

How the team set up this sea-son will be interesting.

Berri enters the match with en-thusiasm after gradually improv-ing following a slow start last year.

Whillas Medal winner Dean Storic will again front up in the midfi eld, although he may expect a bit more attention this year from the opposition.

The Demons have had a great start to the year on the track with good numbers in both senior grades fronting up.

Depth was a factor last year but with inclusions Clint Ridgway, tough defender Nathan Geyer and key position player Steven Raeder the team is taking shape.

Youngsters Dave Hankin, Rory Corell, Michael Voigt and Keiran Stone will also be thrown in the deep end at some stage, with a real focus in getting them used to A grade footy.

It’s a hard one to call with so many unknowns, although many will be expecting the Magpies to claim the fi rst win of the season.

■ STAR UTILITY: All eyes will be on Loxton’s Raphael Liddle when he lines up

this weekend. Photo: FILE

Morgan/Cadell v BSR

IT is hard to choose an outright winner before the season has started but going by pre-season form, this match will be a close affair.

The Bulldogs were very strong all over the ground last year but may need to fi nd at-tacking options after losing gun forward Brett McPherson.

In saying that, BSR picked up three talented players from Strathalbyn in the Beaumont brothers, Scott and Grant, and Jason Oliver.

Youngster Dale Payne is looking dangerous on the track and defender Brett Gierke was moved forward in a trial game

with great success.Insiders are saying that

Morgan/Cadell had an exten-sive pre-season and are look-ing dangerous on the training track.

New Tigers coach Mark Woods will be looking to get the most out of his players, knowing there are four teams at the club this year.

As far as key match ups and players, it is hard to tell this early in the season who will be dominate.

At this stage the slate is clean.

However, BSR should get up in this one and it will be a tester for Morgan/Cadell and the work they have done on the track.

Sedan/Cambrai v Robertstown

THE visiting Robertstown will be looking to assert its early au-thority on Sedan/Cambrai and should do so without too much trouble.

Peter Burman continues on as coach, after helping Rob-ertstown to a premiership last year.

Sedan/Cambrai, under the guidance of coach Dean Adams, began its pre-season before any of the other sides and is fi eld-ing some healthy numbers at training.

However, it may struggle to fi ll the voids left by missing consistent talent Adam Schutz, to Angaston, and Adam Falken-berg.

Last year, the two teams had some good clashes, including a preliminary fi nal meeting but this season Robertstown could be a hard force to stop.

Robertstown will be looking for consistency this year and it will be a surprise if it misses out on a fi nals place at the end of the year.

As for Sedan/Cambrai, if it can put it all together, the Mag-pies could be the team to watch in 2009.

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1998 TOYOTA HILUX 4X4 DUAL CAB3.0lt diesel, manual, a/c, alloys, 1 local owner WCN-408 $21,990

2005 WL STATESMAN V6 auto, climate, full

electrics, alloys, leather trim, Oydessey CC637B

WAS $29,990 SAVE $2,000 $27,990

2008 MAZDA 2, 5 door hatch, 1 local owner with books, cruise, as new XSN-162 $18,990

2002 TOYOTA ECHO HATCH 1 local owner, manual, a/c, WVG-366WAS $9,990 SAVE $1,000 $8,990

06 VE COMMODORE OMEGA SEDAN ,Dual fuel, spoiler, low km’s XLG-570 $26,990

2001 FORD LASER LXI, 5 speed manual, 1 local owner, books, spoiler WNZ-461 $9,990

2005 HOLDEN CREWMAN CROSS 6

DUAL CAB UTE, many extras including

canopy, excellent vehicle S614AAM $28,990

1996 DAIHATSU CHARADE CX, a/c,p/steer, very economical. WBZ-391 $4,990

1996 TOYOTA 4X2 TRAY TOP auto, a/c,

manual, a/c, white VVIK 696 $9,990

ROSENTHALS

Berri 8582 3644 Renmark 8586 6626

2006 MAZDA 3 MAXX SEDAN, 1 local owner, manual, cruise, BB613T $20,990

05 VZ COMMODORE EXEC SEDANonly 53.000km’s, lovely car XIB-483 $16,990

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2004 MAZDA BRAVO B2500 DUALCAB,Tdiesel, 1 local owner. XBH-827 $19,990

• manual • a/c • 1 local owner

• manual • 1 local owner

• V6 • full luxury• automatic

07 VRX PAJEROXSZ-283

•Did Turbo Diesel

03 SUBARU FORRESTERWVJ-573

• AWD• 1 local owner

02 VY SS SEDANWUI- 889

• 5.7LT • local owner

$20,990

BB 613T

04 MAZDA 3 MAXXS548AAM

05 WL STATESMAN

04 HOLDEN RODEO 4X4

• 1 local owner• manual • t/diesel

XBN-223

04 CAMRY ALTISE SEDAN

• 1 local owner• automatic • a/c

XCI-003

04 MAZDA BRAVO

• 4x4 • 2.5lt • a/c • towbar

XBH-827

05 VZ SV6

• auto• sports pack

XGY-095

08 MAZDA 2

• automatic• Only 7,000km’s

XSN-152

98 TOYOTA HILUX

• 2.7lt Diesel • a/c • alloys

WCN-408

2003 VY COMMODORE S PACK, localowner, auto, drives great. WXG-646 $14,990

00 FORD LASER

• Low km’s • economical

XLB-227

05 VZ COMMODORE

• 3.6lt • automatic •a/c • low km’s

XIB-483

04 HOLDEN RA RODEO

• 3lt Turbo diesel • 4x4 • bargain

XBL-846

1994 MAGNA SEDAN, auto white TKB-866

$9,9901999 TOYOTA COROLLA, manual, a/c, p/steer, White in colour. WIH-724

$2,490

1999 FORD LASER SEDAN, a/c, p/steer, manual, white. WIH-724 $9,990

1992 HYUNDAI EXCEL SEDAN, a/c,automatic, red. WUU-401 $2,990

2006 HOLDEN VIVA HATCH 1.8lt, auto,

immaculate, only 21,000kms XLB-227

2002 SS COMMODORE VY SEDAN, redhot, local owner, auto. WUI-889 $19,990

$15,990

$19,990

02 TOYOA ECHO HATCH

$14,990

$16,990

$12,490

$23,990

$16,990

08 BARINA 3 DOORXUG-089

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08 MAZDA 6 CLASSICCC-785P

$29,990

DEMO

•2.5lt• 4 cylinder

•1.6 lt• 4 cylinder • a/c

1991 MITSUBISI MAGNA WAGON, auto,air cond white, gas, VSN-636 $2,990

2004 CAMRY ALTESE SEDAN, 1 local owner, auto, a/c, gold XCI-003 $14,990

2007 HOLDEN VIVA HATCH automatic,

a/c, p/steering, white XNR-514 $15,990

XSN-450

07 AH ASTRA CD HATCHBACK,1.8L automatic a/c, only 12000 k’s WFX-389 $19,990

99 VT COMMODORE EXECUTIVE, alloysbody kit, only 83000 K’s, WHM-534 $9,990

06 KIA GRAND CARNIVAL, 8 Seater wagon, V6, a/c, 46000 km’s XSN-450 $28,990

$4,9901997 FORD MONDEO SEDAN, manual,a/c. s/n 9387R

07 HOLDEN VIVA HATCHXNR-514

• a/c • CD • dual airbags

WVG-366

08 VE COMMODORE SV6

• only 100kms • a/c

XSN-148

DEMO 2006 KIA GRAND CARNIVAL

• LWB• 8 seater • V6 $28,990$36,990DRIVEAWAY

$33,990

$28,685

$32,990

$38,490

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1997 MITSUBISHI VERADA SEDAN,automatic, full luxury, VXK-637 $5,990

plus dealer delivery and on-road costs

97 VT COMMODORE EXECUTIVElow km’s, alloys, spoiler, WAR-709 $9,990

06 HOLDEN RODEO LX DUALCAB 3.0lt turbo diesel a/c, tow bar XIU-772 $17,99003 VY COMMODORE EXEC SEDAN

3.8lt, V6, automatic, a/c XAW-774 $11,990

2000 MITSUBISHI MAGNA SEDANV6, auto, a/c, alloys, spoiler WMC-217 $9,990

07 MITSUBISHI PAJERO VRX LWB 7seats, Did T/Diesel, extras XSZ-283 $44,990

1992 MAZDA 626 SEDAN2.5lt V6 automatic VHK-364 $6,990

DRIVEAWAY

03 VY 11 EXECUTIVE, cruies control dual air bags, ABS WYH-699

$19,990

1998 VT ACCLAIM SEDAN, a/c, automatic, p/steer, WEV-644 $6,990

2005 VZ SV6 SEDAN automatic, a/c, body kit, alloys, XGY-095

2001 VX COMMODORE S PACK, a/cautomatic, 1 local owner, WMG-653 $9,990

08 VE COMMODORE SV6 SEDANex-Holden, low km’s, XSI-924 $32,99007 VE BERLINA SEDAN, ex-Holden,only 8000 km’s, Silver, XSZ-625 $29,990

$10,990

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~ Insurance claimant

PERHAPS the most talked about topics around the camp fi re are what make of 4x4 is best, closely followed by which brand of tire to shod your 4WD with.

Mickey Thompson Tyres have sponsored race meets at the Loveday 4x4 Adventure Park for a number of years.

They are the tire of choice for many competi-tors and this week we briefl y look at the history of the company, tires and Mickey Thompson himself.

In 1939, at age nine, Mickey witnessed John Cobbs break the land speed record.

Mickey vowed that one day he would break that record. He started his career in drag racing and his Christmas tree starting lights and water fi lled crash barri-ers are still used today.

By 1958 he was ready to become the fastest man on earth.

But tire companies were reluctant to build a 400mph tyre.

Goodyear did make one but Mickey started his own tire company that has be-come an industry leader in

racing and off road tires. Two years later, he

became the fastest man on earth by traveling at 406.6mph.

In 1967, off road racing hit the scene in Baja, Mexico, and Mickey soon switched to this exciting form of mo-tor sport.

Together with Gene Mc-Mannis, Mickey built lead-ing technology bias belted off road racing tires. These tires paved the way for the off road tires we use today in competition and recreation.

At age 53, Mickey won the Baja 1000 setting a new time for the event.

During his life, Mickey participated in over 10,000 races, drove over one million race miles and won cham-pionships in such diverse categories of auto racing as midgets, sprint cars, off road vehicles, stock cars, drag rac-ing and sports cars.

But his contribution to motorsports goes far beyond his car building and driving skills.

In 1990, Mickey Thomp-son was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

By the numbersSO YOU have decided to buy a new set of tires, just what does all that lettering mean?

The information on the sidewalls of your existing tires is the fi rst important step in selecting new tires for your car.

It looks something like 205/65 R16 95 V:

■ 205 is the width of the tire.

■ 65 is the aspect ratio. The aspect ratio, or profi le, is the height of the tire from the rim to the tread area.

It’s shown as a percent-age of the tread width.

In this case, the ‘height’ of the tire is 65 per cent of the width.

■ R is for radial and tells

us the ‘construction type’ of the tire.

It is less important these days as all car tires are radial. Many years ago, we had ‘bias ply’ or ‘cross ply’ constructions as well and they needed to be able to identify the different types of tire since they could not be mixed on the same axle. If there is no ‘R’, the tire is not a radial.

■ 16 is the diameter of the rim that the tire can be fi tted to.

Internationally, rim sizes are still measured and quoted in inches.

■ 95 is a type of shorthand or scale used to describe the load carrying capacity of each tyre.

The higher the number, the more load the tire can carry at a higher pressure.

■ V is the speed symbol indicating the maximum speed the tire is capable of running.

In the case of a V rated tire it’s 240kph. While it may seem excessive hav-ing such high speed ratings on tyres in Australia, these ratings come almost as a ‘by product’ of more highly developed tires.

A higher speed rating generally improves the tire’s ability to withstand heat (eg. driving long distances in hot conditions).

A word of advice, make sure you check with your insurance company prior to fi tting larger tires to your road vehicle, as in many cases, oversize tyres will void your insurance.

The story behind 4WD tires

■ GUIDE: The numbers and letters on your tire can tell an important story. Photo: SUPPLIED

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Offers end 30/4/2009 or while stocks last. Holden reserves the right to change or extend these offers. Not available in conjunction with any other special pricing

or allowance. Private or ABN buyers only. 1. Max. Sale Price for Astra CD hatch manual. 2. Max. Sale Price for Barina 3 door hatch manual. 3. Max. Sale Price

for Epica CDX diesel 4. Max. Sale Price for Colorado LX dual cab utility 4x4. Metallic paint extra for all vehicles. *Price do not include $1295 Dealer Delivery, and

compulsory Government registration charges, unless stated as driveaway.

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Car industry respondsAUSTRALIA’S car industry has rejected as non-sense suggestions that it’s just a matter of time before the country’s local vehicle producers close their doors, news.com.au reports.

The Federal Chamber of Automotive In-dustries said there is cause for optimism af-ter recent decisions from Holden, Ford and Toyota.

Holden has also reaffi rmed its commit-ment to local production, including building a new small car in Australia from 2010.

Their response follows comments from the editor of the Dog and Lemon car guide, Clive Matthew-Wilson, that Australia’s three car pro-ducers will close.

Drunken disorderPOLICE who pulled over a drunk, speeding driver at Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, found a baby lying on the fl oor behind the driver’s seat, the Illawara Mercury reports.

The 26-year-old man allegedly told police he was going for cigarettes and the baby cap-sule was in another vehicle.

Police stopped the man’s car at about 1am on Easter Sunday as part of a road blitz.

The man had been clocked travelling at 104 kilometres an hour in an 80 zone.

He was breath-tested and found to have a high-range concentration of alcohol in his blood. While the car was stopped, police heard a child and discovered the three-month-old ly-ing on the fl oor.

Dog friendly carDOG crazy Americans will soon be able to buy a pet-friendly car with a cushioned dog bed in the trunk, fi tted with a built-in water bowl and fan and a ramp to help less agile dogs climb in.

Reuters reports that Honda unveiled the pet friendly version of its Element utility ve-hicle at the New York Auto Show.

It features easy-wash seat covers, a fi tted dog bed with restraints to keep ‘Rover’ safe in the event of a crash and a paw logo on the side. Honda said the car would go on sale across the United States later this year.

More blind spotsRESEARCH conducted by the NRMA has found many new cars have more blind spots, accord-ing to St George and Sutherland Shire Leader.

Cars such as the Holden Commodore and the Toyota Yaris scored one out of fi ve stars for safety visibility when the position of the wind-screen pillars was taken into account.

Only 14 out of the 138 cars tested were able to meet a balance between vehicle safety, ergonomics and visibility.

For Sale

BERRIAG for slashing, mulching, rotary hoeing, frost rolling, etc, competitive rates. Phone Steve Bye on 0428179668

BERRIAG for Don KR Castlemaine Smallgoods, free delivery, 6 days a week. Phone Steve Bye on 0428179668

EPIRBS available now limited stocks of the new 406 Mhz units for boats, aircraft and 4WD with or without GPS from Gardners Radio, Verrall Crescent Berri. Phone 85821768

FIREWOOD redgum split and round, $88 per bin inc gst, can deliver. Phone 0418615099

HAY Oaten, Lucerne, Triticale. Large round rolls, can deliver. Phone 0418615099

INSURANCE - For the most competitive prices on home, contents, commercials, caravan and boats. Contact your local SGIC Agents Rosenthals, Renmark 85866626 or Berri 85823644

POKER table, solid construction, custom made, $600 ono. Phone 0400068932

STEELINE / BUILDPRO Do yourself a Boral Paver! Pavers and retaining wall blocks until the end of April at Buildpro Berri. DIY is easy with Boral! Come in and view the range at Old Sturt Highway Berri. Phone 85822166

TOMATOES (Roma) Vine ripened. Great for sauce, salads and sun drying. See us at the Riverland Farmers Markets or ring to order. Phone Mick 85953408 or 0413184932

WHEELBARROW $10. Dog Kennel $10, 2 ½ metre length chicken wire $5. Phone 85822984

600mm Elvie gas stove, $2,000 ono. Phone 85845433

Wanted to Buy

2 Bedroom unit/house in Adelaide or suburbs, $160,000 neg. Phone 0407726335

HONDA 110 cc engine to suit trike/postie bike any condition. Phone 85845151. Please leave message

Cars For sale

HOLDEN Commodore VX Berlina supercharged V6, traction control, cruise, cd, alloys, alarm, p/wind, p/mirrors, p/steer, WZZ618, $13,000 ono. Phone 85887588 or 0429892368

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SUNDAY 10am• Worship• Communion• Kidz Central• Creche• Underground Youth

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For further information:Ps David & Ps Joella Crossfi eld on

Old Sturt Highway

Sunday Worship 9.50amChildren’s activitiesWeekly meetings

for all agesPhone 0411 658 282

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Share Accommodation

BROOKLYN Park (very quiet location) 4 bedroom house to share, close to bus stops and airport. $120 p/wk includes utilities. Phone 0408817030

To Let

LOXTON 7km from Post Office, 3 b/room house, r/c aircond, references an advantage, pets neg, available now, $170 p/wk. Phone 0413238219, 85845151 AH only

Houses for Sale

3 b/rm plus study solid construction in quiet location, near new kitchen with gas appliances, heater and for those really cold nights, combustion heating is the best. Huge 5 bay lockable shed and 2 bay carport UMR. On school bus route, only minutes to Renmark. Renovators delight, take advantage of the 1st homeowners grant and stop paying rent now, $185,000 neg. Phone 0429957221

HOUSE and land for sale ideal for the first home buyer. Set on 2.5 acres in Loveday. This two bedroom home has shedding, animal enclosures and irrigation meter POA. Ph 0414369982

Garage Sales

LOXTON Scout Group monster Garage Sale, Loxton Scout Hall Bookpurnong Tce, Saturday April 18, 8am start. All proceeds for Jamboree. Furniture, bric-a-brac, too much to list something for everyone. Phone 85846639

LOXTON Keith Payne Court, follow signs from BP (Valdon’s) Sat April 18, 8am - 1pm. No early birds please. Includes furniture bric-a-brac, moving interstate. Phone 0403334466

Work Wanted

CAR DETAILING For any car cleaning needs, from a wash to an upholstery shampoo, a cut and polish or a full detail, contact Albanese Auto Repairs and Detailing on 85863355 Lot 12 Tarcoola Street Renmark

GARDENING, mowing, rubbish removal, gutter cleaning, yard clean ups. Phone Don 0439849204

Public Notices

BUNNY rabbits to be born early May. Purebred Dwarf Lops in Orange colour, $60ea, registered breeder, reservations taken now. We still have a few guinea pig boys for sale, from $10 up. Call Romana at the Berri Pet Nursery at 85825058

KARBEC Computing offers prompt and professional support for your computer and network support needs for home and business. Phone Paul on 0427837128 or 85837128

Return Thanks

CROUCH Ray

The family wish to thank everyone for their expressions of sympathy through care, cards, visits, phone calls, flowers and donations to the Cancer Council. A very special thanks to the Renmark RSL Bowling Club for their support, Rev. Trevor O’Brien and the Parish of the Renmark Uniting Church, Ambulance officers, Palliative Care Nurses, especially Dr. David Mills and staff of the Regional Hospital throughout Ray’s illness. Your thoughtfulness, support, love and kindness remain gratefully appreciated. Pat, Rosemary and David, David and Veronica and grandchildren


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Death

MATULICK Frederick Arthur

Passed away peacefully at the Renmark Nursing Home on April 9 2009.

Aged 91 years.

Beloved husband of Joyce.

Loved father and father-in-law of Robert and Doreen, Shirley and Peter, Norma and Howard, Rex, Don and Nancy, Pam and Ron. Loved grandpa of 17 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren

In God’s careYou rest aboveIn our hearts

You rest with love

Funeral

MATULICK

The relatives and friends of Mr. Frederick Arthur Matulick are respectfully invited to attend his funeral service to be held in the Salvation Army Citadel, Renmark Avenue Renmark on Friday April 17 at 10am.

At the conclusion of the service the cortege will proceed to the Renmark Lawn Cemetery for the committal.

In lieu of flowers donations to the Renmark Nursing Home in Fred’s memory would be appreciated, donations may be made at the service.

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ROBERTS-BRALEY

Ken and Leanne and Martin and Trish are thrilled to announce Michelle and Simon will be married on April 18 2009. We wish them a lifetime of happiness together

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Climate change is all around us- we are beginning to see the impactswith changing weather patterns and more extreme weather events,and of course you can’t switch on the radio or TV without hearingabout it!

But what can you do? What should your businessbe doing? What is the wine industry doing?

Free Information Sessions for theWine Industry in the Riverland

The Wine Industry Sector Agreement is a two year project to inform and educate the wine industryof the issues surrounding climate change, while encouraging and assisting industry to measureand report their carbon footprint. Register for the information session to find out more and receivea free information package.

Breakfast 7.45 am, Presentation 8.00 am - 9.30 am

Wednesday 29 April 2009Waikerie Hotel Motel,2 McCoy Street, Waikerie

orThursday 30 April 2009Berri Resort Hotel,Riverview Drive, BerriTo register contact Jodie Painon [email protected] orphone 8222 9278 by 22 April.

The South Australian Wine Industry Association and the WineGrape Council of South Australia signed the Sector Agreementwith the State Government in accordance with the Climate Changeand Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007.

The Information sessions are proudly supported by the Riverland WinegrapeGrowers Association Inc. and the Riverland Wine Industry DevelopmentCouncil.

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PRCC Administrative AssistantREF: 9103 An exciting opportunity exists to join the Flinders University Rural Clinical School team at Renmark. The successful applicant will provide clerical and administrative support in the Riverland Parallel Rural Community Curriculum program, which coordinates the clinical attachments and learning programs for third year medical students based in the Riverland area.

• Location: Flinders University Rural Clinical School, Renmark• Available until 30 June 2011 on a full-time basis• Salary HEO3: $40 439 to $43 905 pa• Plus 17% employer superannuation contribution• Applications close: Monday, 27 April 2009

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people we treat. All we need now is you to help

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Community ServicesCACP COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKERRiverland Regional Health Service, BarmeraIndicative Total Remuneration: $18.69 - $18.96 p/hr(pro rata) – Multiple positions: Casual – WHA2

Responsible for the provision of a high standard of Home

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care, cleaning, shopping and meal preparation to residents

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or disabled people is essential, as is demonstrated experience

relevant to working in a community setting. You’ll also bring

a general understanding of the needs of aged and disabled

persons. Job Ref: L2358.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKERRenmark Paringa District HospitalIndicative Total Remuneration: $18.69 - $18.96 p/hr(pro rata) – Multiple positions: Casual – WHA2

You’ll be accountable, under direction, for the provision of

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homes. With high level communication skills, you’ll bring

demonstrated experience and knowledge in health care and

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a Certifi cate 3 in Aged care or Home and Community Care

Certifi cate would be an advantage.Job Ref: L2355.

Allied HealthRURAL COMMUNITY COUNSELLORCountry Health SA, Mid RiverlandIndicative Total Remuneration: $67,572 - $75,604 – ASO5; $69,630 - $77,485 – PO2 – Temp F/T (Up until 30/06/2010)

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8. Who played ‘Dodge’ Connelly in Leatherheads?

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NCIS9.30pm, WIN 10Yepper, it’s on Monday night as well!

Fans of Desperate Housewives will also be stoked to see it back on tonight as well.

Anyway, McGee breaks the rules, risking his NCIS job, to help his sister Sara. The team is investigating the case of a Navy sailor, who is somehow connected to McGee’s sister.

Time Team6pm, ABC 1Digs are suggested by a member of the viewing public who knows of an unsolved archaeological mystery.

The team then uncovers as much as they can about the archaeology and history of the site in three days.

Sure, geeky as hell but just as entertaining as a monkey doing cartwheels.

South v Centrals2pm, ABC 1For those not keen on the latest AFL trend of possession football, take a step back into the SANFL this weekend, where reigning premiers Central District take on South Adelaide at Elizabeth.

Centrals remain unbeaten, while Souths have a win over West; but they’ll need more luck than George Bush’s election campaign to beat the Dogs.

The Biggest Loser6.30pm, WIN 10Okay, so I don’t mind watching the show but they continually eliminate people and then bring them back into the game.

The series has now dragged on and the contestants have now lost so much weight, it’s not even fun to watch any more.

It’s like watching normal sized people exercising. Not so interesting.


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Solo8.30pm, ABCThe perfect advertisement for the delicious fizzy drink, Solo takes a look at seasoned adventurer Andrew McAuley’s ballsy yet fatal quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand across 1600 kilometres of one of the world’s wildest and loneliest expanses of ocean.

Lions v Magpies8.30pm, WIN TVWell, what do you know, the Magpies have another Friday night fixture.

Anyway, the Lions struck the winner’s list last week under their ginger, freckled leader.

He’s up against a Collingwood side with Mick Malthouse at the helm, whose moustache is beginning to twitch more and more, as calls for his head grow.

Viewtubewith LES PEARSON

Australia’s Got Talent7.30pm, WIN TVFrom musical virtuosi to spectacular circus acts, they’ve searched the nation for the hottest undiscovered talent.

In tonight’s Grand Final, they will announce who Australia has decided is the winner of Australia’s Got Talent, taking home a massive $250,000!

Hopefully it’s not an interpretive dancer. Those guys just roll around on the floor.

■ GUTSY: Adventurer Andrew McAuley attempted to kayak to New Zealand.

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in:• Each of the nine vertical columns• Each of the nine horizontal rows• Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember no number

can occur more than once in any row, column or box

Sudoku

Last week’s solution:

Answers: 1. 1972; 2. False – gridiron; 3. The Bombers; 4. Northern Ireland; 5. T-Pain; 6. New York City; 7. Waikerie; 8. George Clooney; 9. False - New York City; 10. The Panthers; 11. Ludwig van Beethoven; 12. The ABC; 13. Eng-land; 14. Europe, Asia, North Amer-ica, South America, Africa, Austra-lia and Antarctica; 15. Manchester United; 16. False – eight; 17. The Hooters; 18. Western Australia; 19. Bruce Springsteen; 20. Angels in the Endzone and Angels in the Infi eld

Trif’s Triviawith CALLUM TRIFONOFF

AUSTRALIAN pop icon Glenn Shor-rock returns to the Riverland to perform at the Renmark Hotel on April 23.

The former Lit-tle River Band lead singer has been a fea-ture of the Australian music scene since the 1960s when he formed a vocal quar-tet called the Check-mates, which then became the Twilights and had several hit

singles.Following brief

stints with super-group Axiom (Little Ray Of Sunshine) and the 12 piece Espe-ranto Rock Orches-tra, Shorrock ended up working as one of Cliff Richard’s back-ing singers.

In 1975, Shorrock returned to Australia where he formed his best known outfi t, the Little River Band.

LRB became an

internationally re-nowned AOR outfi t, having massive hits across the world, in-cluding in the lucra-tive US market.

Hit songs includ-ed Curiosity Killed The Cat, Reminiscing and Help Is On Its Way.

Shorrock’s run with LRB ended in 1982 when he left the band to be replaced by John Farnham.

Although no lon-g e r

with a big name band, Shorrock has remained in the spot-light over the years through solo albums, stage shows and tele-vision appearances.

In 1991, he was inducted into the Australian Record In-dustry Hall of Fame.

Shorrock is an Australian music scene survivor and well worth catching at the Renmark Ho-tel.

Shorrock rocks on■ ROCKER: Glenn Shorrock

hits the stage next weekend at the Renmark Hotel.

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6.00 Mass For You At Home6.30 Hillsong7.00 Children’s Programs8.00 Meet The Press8.30 Video Hits12.00 Oprah's Big Give1.00 Meerkat Manor 1.30 Don’t Forget The Lyrics2.30 Netball: ANZ Championship: Thunderbirds v Vixens

4.30 Everybody Loves Raymond5.00 Ten News5.30 Out Of The Blue6.00 Guerrilla Gardeners6.30 Biggest Loser7.30 So You Think You Can Dance Australia9.00 Rove10.10 Dexter 11.15 Formula One Grand Prix

5.00 Weatherwatch6.25 World Watch10.00 Mythbusters11.00 Cycling: Track World Championships12.00 Cycling: Tour Of Flanders1.00 Speedweek3.00 Football Asia3.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine4.00 Football Feature5.00 The World Game

6.00 Thalassa6.30 World News7.30 Lost Worlds8.30 Dateline9.30 Movie: Good Night, And Good Luck (The US): George Clooney. Jeff Daniels and David Strathairn11.10 Movie: Spasm (Thailand)1.10 Speaking In Tongues1.40 Weatherwatch

4.30 G.P.5.30 The Einstein Factor6.00 Children’s Programs11.00 Landline12.00 Midday Report12.30 Poirot1.30 The Cook And The Chef2.00 Parkinson3.00 Children’s Programs6.00 Landline Extra

6.30 Talking Heads 7.00 ABC News7.30 The 7.30 Report8.00 Australian Story8.30 Four Corners9.20 Media Watch9.35 Spooks10.30 Lateline11.05 Lateline Business11.35 The Somme12.25 MDA1.25 Movie: Cornered: Dick Powell

6.00 ABC News Breakfast9.00 ABC Asia Pacific News9.30 Business Today10.00 Children’s Programs4.30 Gardening Australia5.00 Message Stick5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 Collectors 6.35 Re-Inventors 7.00 Zoo Days:

Narrated by Jane Horrocks 7.30 Something In The Air 8.00 Red Dwarf 8.30 Good Game 9.00 triple j tv 9.30 Code Geass9.55 Paul Kelly: Live Apples (Part One)10.55 Fanging It 11.20 Movie: Short And Curly 11.30 Cowboy Bebop

6.00 Sunrise9.00 The Morning Show11.30 Alive And Cooking12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1.00 Movie: Buffalo Dreams: Adrienne Bailon 3.00 Home And Away 3.30 Children’s Programs4.30 Seven News

5.00 M*A*S*H5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Win News 6.30 Seven News7.00 Today Tonight 7.30 How I Met Your Mother8.00 Scrubs8.30 Desperate Housewives9.30 Brothers & Sisters10.30 Boston Legal11.30 30 Rock


Beautiful5.00 Ten News6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours7.00 Biggest Loser7.30 Celebrity Plastic Surgery8.30 Good News Week9.30 NCIS10.30 Ten News11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Cops12.30 Home Shopping2.30 Copeland

5.00 Weatherwatch5.20 World Watch7.10 Weatherwatch7.25 World Watch1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia1.30 Heat2.30 Dateline3.30 Insight4.30 World Watch5.00 The Crew5.30 Corner Gas 6.00 Living Black6.30 World News

7.30 Top Gear 8.30 Swift And Shift Couriers9.00 Bogan Pride9.30 World News10.00 Shameless10.55 Skins 11.50 Movie: Killing Cabos (Mexico): Joaquin Cosio, Kristoff Razcinsky and Gustavo Sanchez Parra1.40 Weatherwatch

4.30 G.P.5.30 The Einstein Factor6.00 Children’s Programs11.00 Never Did Me Any Harm12.00 Midday Report12.30 The Einstein Factor1.00 The New Inventors1.30 Catalyst2.00 Parkinson

3.00 Children’s Programs6.05 Time Team 7.00 ABC News7.30 The 7.30 Report8.00 Foreign Correspondent8.30 Around The World In 80 Gardens9.30 Lead Balloon10.05 Artscape10.35 Lateline11.10 Lateline Business

6.00 ABC News Breakfast9.00 ABC Asia Pacific News9.30 Business Today10.00 Children’s Programs4.35 Little Angels5.05 Talking Heads5.35 Sun, Sea & Bargain Spotting 6.35 Re-Inventors 7.00 Zoo Days: Narrated by Jane

Horrocks 7.30 Something In The Air 8.00 Australian Story 8.30 Teachers: Marcella and her daughter move in with Simon’s father. 9.20 The Bill: Mel Ryder panics when her brother is accused of a nightclub stabbing. 10.50 Fireflies

6.00 Sunrise9.00 The Morning Show11.30 Alive And Cooking12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1.00 Movie: The Muppets’ Wizard Of Oz3.00 Home And Away 3.30 Children’s Programs4.30 Seven News

5.00 M*A*S*H5.30 Deal Or No Deal6.00 Win News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Today Tonight 7.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue8.00 Find My Family8.30 To Be Advised10.30 Eli Stone11.30 Carpoolers12.00 Win News12.30 That ’70s Show


Beautiful5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours7.00 Biggest Loser8.00 Bondi Rescue8.30 NCIS9.30 Lie To Me10.30 Ten News11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Cops12.30 Home Shopping2.30 Copeland3.00 Life Today

5.00 Weatherwatch5.20 World Watch7.15 Weatherwatch7.25 World Watch1.00 The Storm Rages Twice1.50 Butterfly Man2.00 Don Matteo3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood3.30 Living Black4.00 World Watch4.30 Newshour5.30 Corner Gas

6.00 Global Village6.30 World News7.30 Insight: Presented by Jenny Brockie8.30 Cutting Edge9.30 World News10.00 Hot Docs: The Hugo Chavez Show11.30 Movie: Four (Russia): Marina Vovchenko and Sergei Shnurov1.45 Weatherwatch

4.30 G.P.5.30 The Einstein Factor6.00 Children’s Programs11.00 Viking Boat Race12.00 Midday Report12.30 National Press Club Address1.30 Talking Heads2.00 Parkinson3.00 Children’s Programs

6.00 Travel Oz6.30 The Cook And The Chef 7.00 ABC News7.30 The 7.30 Report8.00 The New Inventors8.30 Spicks And Specks9.00 Gruen Transfer9.30 Choose Your Own Adventure10.00 At The Movies10.30 Lateline

6.00 ABC News Breakfast9.00 ABC Asia Pacific News9.30 Business Today10.00 Children’s Programs4.30 Travel Oz4.55 Animal Cops5.45 Time Team 6.35 Re-Inventors 7.00 Zoo Days: Narrated by Jane Horrocks

7.30 Something In The Air: Sally reels from Wayne’s declaration of love. 8.00 ABC2 Live Presents Firebird And Other Legends 10.30 Expedition Bhutan: An epic journey to the never-before-seen regions of the mystical Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas.

6.00 Sunrise9.00 The Morning Show11.30 Alive And Cooking12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1.00 Movie: Once Upon A Mattress 3.00 Home And Away 3.30 Children’s Programs4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H

5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Win News 6.30 Seven News7.00 Today Tonight 7.30 Australia's Got Talent: Presented by Grant Denyer8.30 Criminal Minds9.30 To Be Advised12.00 Win News12.30 That ’70s Show1.00 Home Shopping4.00 NBC Today


Beautiful5.00 Ten News6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Biggest Loser8.00 The Simpsons8.30 House 9.30 Life10.30 Ten News11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Cops12.30 Home Shopping2.30 Copeland3.00 Life Today

5.00 Weatherwatch5.20 World Watch7.15 Weatherwatch7.25 World Watch1.00 Movie: The True Legend Of The Eiffel Tower (France)2.40 Panorama3.00 Salam Café3.30 Nerds FC4.00 World Watch4.30 Newshour5.30 Corner Gas 6.00 Global Village

6.30 World News7.30 Food Safari8.00 Trawlermen8.35 Long Way Round9.30 World News10.00 Movie: Izzat (Norway): Emil Marwa11.50 Black Soldier Blues12.50 Movie: The Embalmer (Italy): Ernesto Mahieux2.30 Weatherwatch

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Issue No. 71 - Thursday, April 16, 2009 www.riverlandweekly.com.au

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TRIATHLON TIMETRIATHLON TIME

Local footy

kicks off

LOXTON will be home to elite athletes this week-end as competitors from across the state prepare for the season fi nale of the 2008/2009 Triathlon SA State Series.

This year’s Loxton Ho-tel Triathlon is the fi nal op-portunity for competitors

to accumulate State Series points in an attempt to claim the prestigious state title.

The triathlon will start and fi nish at the Loxton Aquatic Club boat ramp this Saturday and event organ-isers are hoping for a big number of entrants for the event, which is in its ninth year.

Race director Mark Moore is expecting the event to be a

great fi nish to the season and said there will be some seri-ous competition.

Despite the triathlon coinciding with round one of football around the Riverland, Mr Moore said he hopes there will be a strong number of participants.

“Triathletes are no-

torious for entering their applications in the last week and sometimes even entering on the day,” he said.

“In the fi rst year of the event, only eight days out, we had 12 entries.

“Currently we already have around 50 entries.

“There tends to be fami-lies, relatives, friends (attend-ing) and we get quite a few people watching and cheer-ing people on.”


BRADPERRY

REPORT BY

By LES PEARSON

AT last, round one of Riverland Football League’s 100th anni-versary season is upon us, as a buzz of anticipation grows in each town.

Independent players and supporters will have to wait until next week but for the RFL, games kick off this weekend.

RFL executive offi cer Mick Beech said the league has just fi nished sending out the last of its memos to the clubs, while the clubs themselves look to fi nalise their clearances be-fore the beginning of round one.

“Otherwise, we’re all ready to go,” Mr Beech said.

He said the build up for the league’s centenary season has been huge, panning out for a big year of local footy.


■ FAMILY: Riverland umpire Mark Wilksch (centre) with sons Keenan (left) and Nathan (right) share a unique family

bond in the orange shirt. Full story Page 32. Photo: JANE WILSON

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