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Golf club wants help to stay green■ PROPOSAL: Waikerie Golf Club president Marty Burnell (front), with golfer Jack Sullivan, believes golf clubs should be eligible for

government assistance in keeping the course green and the club attracting players. Photo: BRAD PERRY

By BRAD PERRY

A LOCAL golf club president be-lieves Riverland courses should be included in the State Government’s Irrigation Industry Support Program

as clubs continue to spend thou-sands of dollars on water to keep greens to a playable standard.

Waikerie Golf Club president Marty Burnell believes, like irriga-tors, golf courses are becoming un-

viable due to the amount of money spent keeping courses alive.

“At the end of the day, the grass we grow is part of a business that needs to survive,” he said.

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KNIFEBy LES PEARSON

THE Riverland is bracing to lose its only resident general surgeon, Dr Arnold Seglenieks, one of only two remaining resident specialists in the region, as early as January

2010.Neither Dr Seglenieks or Riv-

erland Health Services director Geoff Illman were in a position to comment about the situation this week.


Specialist’s departure means local surgery likely to go...

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THE proposal, put forward by the Waikerie Golf Club, for golf courses to receive water grants to ensure the future of the businesses certainly is very interesting.

On the surface it seems a fair request, as golf courses are a major part of our region’s tourism industry and bring in valuable fi nancial benefi ts to the region.

However, there would be

many people who would question the provision of funding for water to organisa-tions that could essentially be considered as a hobby.

It would be hard to see lo-cal irrigators, some of whom are club members, agreeing to the call for support either.

Hopefully the golf courses can get by in these times, as it appears they will be battling to get any additional funding

from the State Government.

Battler spiritIn a week in which the Relay For Life was held, the River-land Weekly features a piece on a young cancer sufferer and his family.

The story of Josh Gillespie is one worth reading, showing the true value of small com-munities and tight families.

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Date set for Riverland drag strip startBy LES PEARSON

THE start to work on the Riverland Motor Sport Club’s drag strip edges ever closer, the club re-ceiving preliminary ap-proval from the Native Vegetation Council to clear the land.

Offi cial approval is expected to be granted following Berri Barmera Council’s offi cial sub-mission to clear the land to build the strip, which is located on the Riverland Field Days site.

Club president De-

nis Oates said the de-velopment approval is also reaching the fi nal stages, with only the completing touches to be applied.

“They should be a mere formality,” Mr Oates said.

“Once that goes

through, council will submit the offi cial ap-plication to Native Vegetation.”

With all planning fast nearing an end, work looms on the horizon early next year.

“After the Easter pe-riod, we probably should

be able to make a start,” Mr Oates said.

First in the pipeline for the physical works will be the clearing of the area, followed by the seal-ing of the drag strip.

“We’re looking to do it all in one hit,” Mr Oates said.

Funding boost for iconic Riverland historical site

Olivewood receives funds for expansion

By BRAD PERRY

RENMARK ICON Olivewood Estate was a big winner in the Federal Government’s recently announced heritage project funding, receiving $326,000 to build a visitors’ centre and car park.

Project manager Max Burr, who has been a volunteer at Olivewood Estate for 20 years, hailed the announcement as a huge bonus for the popular mu-seum and the region.

“It was extremely good be-cause it is something we have wanted to do for a long, long time,” he said.

“We’ve all known what we wanted but have never been able to come up with the funds to do anything.”

Olivewood Estate will begin building a visitor centre in Janu-ary, in place of the current car park, which will include areas for seminars and exhibitions, as well as toilet and kitchen facili-ties.

A new car park will also be constructed using the funding, along with a newly landscaped lawn area.

Mr Burr said it is an oppor-tunity to add to the current mu-seum facilities and offer more for visitors.

“It will be huge for Olive-wood and open up a whole oth-er set up,” he said.

“At the moment we have got two 20 foot containers packed full of memorabilia.

“We will be able to display and make a history of the mu-seum.

“It is going to be exciting.”Mr Burr added that the proj-

ect will not only generate further tourism dollars but it could also

create extra jobs.The Renmark business was

one of 10 heritage listed sites in the state chosen for the $1.5 million heritage conservation funding.

In a press release, Federal Heritage Minister Peter Garrett

said the heritage conservation work at the 10 sites is expected to create 47 jobs across the state.

Minister Garrett outlined Olivewood Estate as a signifi cant heritage listing for the state.

“This remarkable building was the home of the Canadian-

born Chaffey brothers who were instrumental in developing the irrigation schemes of the late 1800s that turned the Riverland into Australia’s fruit bowl,” he said. “It is particularly fi tting that their work be appropriately interpreted to educate visitors.”

■ HAPPY: Olivewood Estate development project manager Max Burr is delighted with the $326,000 funding that was recently announced for Renmark’s popular historical property. Photo: BRAD PERRY

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The man will appear before the Berri Magistrates Court at a later date.

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BOOKPURNONG man Tim Baulderstone received the surprise of his life last week when he discovered a shed snake skin wrapped around electrical appliances in his kitchen.

The snake skin was com-plete from to head to tail and had wrapped itself around two kitchen appliances, so that it could gain enough traction to escape its skin.

Mr Baulderstone said he was, obviously, very surprised to fi nd the snake skin on his

kitchen bench and was not too keen to start a search to see if it was still in his house.

His discovery comes just as the Department for Envi-ronment and Heritage has warned the public to look out for snakes, especially while undertaking spring cleaning or gardening.

“Remember that now it is getting warmer, snakes will start to appear,” DEH animal welfare manager Dr Deb Kel-ly said.

“When cleaning or gar-dening, never put your hands in objects you can’t see inside,

or anywhere that a snake may be hiding.”

Dr Kelly also warned snakes may be inside homes as they seek, food, water and shelter.

“If doors and windows have been left open, snakes may have come inside during the recent cool snap to fi nd a warm spot to shelter,” she said.

The doctor advised that if you fi nd a snake on your property, contact a profes-sional snake removal agency, which can be found under ‘snake’ in the White Pages.

■ SKIN: Bookpurnong man Tim Baulderstone was surprised when he found this snake skin in his kitchen.

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By BRAD PERRY

TIGHT water restrictions have not de-terred local gardeners from coming out in force for this year’s 15th annual Renmark Rose Festival, which starts on Friday.

Seventeen gardens will feature dur-ing the festival, with seven of those new entries, and committee chairperson Hel-en Slade has been overwhelmed by the support considering the current drought conditions.

“We are really quite surprised with the number of gardens we have got,” she said.

“I thought people wouldn’t have been prepared to open their gardens be-cause of the current situation.”

Mrs Slade said the beautiful gardens on display show adversity over the cur-rent dry conditions.

“The town gardens look fantastic at the moment, which is great considering they use recycled water,” she said.

“Our gardens up here are gorgeous...the roses are looking really good at the moment.”

In her sixth year as chairperson of the festival, Mrs Slade said it is a great op-portunity for green thumbs to open their doors to the public and be rewarded for their passion and time spent to keep their gardens to a high quality standard.

She added that the festival has also helped the local economy.

“We know from what people tell us that we have been booked out accommo-dation wise,” she said.

Mrs Slade said the festival always generates plenty of interest throughout the state and beyond.

With a reputation as one of the na-tion’s top rose festivals, Mrs Slade said it is a great opportunity to get out and see Riverland roses in full bloom.

This year’s event promises to be big-ger than ever with guided walks, wildlife shows, cake decorating demonstrations, a mystery bus tour, giant garage sale and a fl ower lunch with David Ruston amongst some of the events included in a hectic schedule.

“It is our 15th year, so we thought we would go bigger and better,” Mrs Slade said.

The offi cial opening of the festival is on Saturday morning and will be held at the Jarrett Memorial Gardens for break-fast.

The opening will feature stalls from the Riverland Farmer’s Market.


Rose Week to blossom

By LES PEARSON

ABOUT 3500 pledge forms will hit mail boxes in the Renmark, Paringa, Lyrup and Cooltong areas this week as the Renmark and Districts Community Bank steering committee ramps up its drive to support the develop-ment of a Bendigo Bank branch in the area.Committee chairman Dave Pat-ty said the mail out has been added to the committee’s mar-keting strategy.

“It probably should have happened a while ago,” he said.

“We needed a better way for us to get out to our audience.”

About $130,000 in pledges has already been made, main-ly from local businesses, and while short of the $700,000

needed, Mr Patty is confi dent the pledge forms will encour-age more of the target group to get on board.

“We’re more about the mums and dads, the ‘every day-ers’ that want to invest in both the town and its future,” he said.

That is exactly what poten-tial investors will be doing if they do join up, according to Mr Patty.

“This bank will put money back into the community,” he said.

Mr Patty said it is important for people to understand that the pledge forms are non-bind-ing and are part of the process to gauge community interest.

“Anyone who supports the concept of a Community Bank branch in Renmark and Dis-

Community Bank committees ramp up pledge campaign

■ STUNNING: Rose Festival Commitee chairperson Helen Slade (left) and committee member Marianne Smith in Judy Jones’ (middle) beautifully colourful garden, which will be open to the pubilc during Rose Week. Photo: JANE WILSON

tricts is urged to take 10 minutes to complete a pledge form,” he said

Forms can be returned to Dave’s Work and Safety, Priceline Pharma-cy, Yates Menswear and Riverland Optical.

Meantime, pledges continue to fl ow in, albeit steadily, for the Com-

munity Bank in Pinnaroo.Steering committee chairman

Richard Angel said despite pledges slowing up, interest is still strong.

The bank received more pledges at the recent Pinnaroo Show but most of the potential investors are waiting until after this year’s harvest

to see exactly how much they can invest.

The bank’s agency will be offi -cially opened at the Pinnaroo News-agency on November 5, while the ATM installation has been delayed until after Christmas while disabil-ity access is planned.

By BRAD PERRY

SPLASHES of red, pink, yel-low and orange are a selection of the fl ower colours that in-habit Judy and Darryl Jones’ garden, which will be open to the public for the third consecutive year during the Renmark Rose Festival.

It was the festival that in-spired Mrs Jones to create her garden masterpiece almost 10 years ago and now she is look-ing to give back to the event.

“I am giving back what Rose Week has given to me,”

she said.“It (the festival) is good

for the Riverland and good for Renmark.”

Mrs Jones admits keeping the garden to a top standard requires many hours of care and maintenance.

“It is just absolutely full on and continuous,” she said.

Over the years, Mrs Jones has adapted to the lack of available water by planting drought tolerant species.

“We have got lots of gera-niums, iris and agapanthus,” she said.

“I am pleased we live out of town because we catch all of our grey water in a holding tank.

“There is no water wasted here whatsoever.”

Mrs Jones’ garden is so beautiful that it was used as the backdrop to her son’s wedding and she said every-one is welcome to come and visit during the festival.

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Mr Illman did say, however, that he is “currently looking at service models post January”.

If Dr Seglenieks does leave, the move will leave the region with just one resident specialist, obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Bruce Gilbert.

Family First MLC Robert Bro-kenshire and Liberal candidate for Chaffey Tim Whetstone both believe the rapidly depleting number of resident specialists in the region is a sign the Labor Gov-ernment is reverting back to the highly opposed fi rst version of the Country Health Plan.

Mr Brokenshire told the Riverland Weekly he is working on legislating State Health Minister John Hill’s promise to not down-grade country health services.

“It is one thing to put out a statement on a press release but a press release is exactly that, it’s not law,” Mr Brokenshire said.

“We’ve seen the treatment, disregard and contempt of coun-try health by this government, that’s why I’m pushing this legislation.

“I’m concerned there is no guarantee that, if the current gov-ernment get over the line at the next election, it will re-introduce plan number one, which was a very bad country health policy.”

Mr Brokenshire outlined his interests.

“I want to see a return to resi-dent specialists and surgeons,” he said.

“At this stage, I’m still not see-ing any improvements after the pressure from country communi-ties to ditch the fi rst plan.”

Mr Whetstone believed the struggle to attract resident special-ists relates to a lack of belief in the health plan.

“The fact that the Riverland can’t attract a raft of specialist medicos is a refl ection of the lack of confi dence they have in the Country Health Plan,” he said.

“The continued budget cuts and changes to policy and the lack of commitment to the up-grade of the Riverland Regional Hospital must have an impact on the decision to relocate, or stay in the region, of these much needed professionals.

“A region must have good and reliable health services to be attractive for people to live in the area.”

While Mr Whetstone did not directly support Mr Brokenshire’s push for legislation, he shared similar thoughts about locking in Minister Hill’s country health promise.

“We must demand that the State Government makes an im-mediate commitment to health services in the Riverland,” he said.

“They must stop talking about what they intend to do and get on with it.”

Member for Chaffey Karlene Maywald dismissed the claims of switching back to the fi rst country

health plan as political spin.“I think it’s election time,” she

said.Mrs Maywald said she is un-

der the impression that Mr Illman has recruitment plans in place at the moment and as a whole, the Riverland has in the past achieved far better results in recruiting health professionals than a host of other country areas.

She also defl ected criticisms of the Labor Government’s treat-ment of country health.

“I would remind people at the time the Liberals were in govern-ment, we saw signifi cant reduc-tions in the country health bud-get,” she said.

Mr Brokenshire was a Cabinet minister for the Liberal Govern-ment when Riverland operating theatres were fi rst closed due to funding cuts.

“That’s why the Nationals are pushing the Royalties for Regions initiative,” Mrs Maywald said.

“It has proven to be very suc-cessful in Western Australia.”

Mrs Maywald said the Royal-ties for Regions scheme will direct much needed funding into coun-try communities from South Aus-tralia’s growing mining sector.

She added that both Liberal and Labor parties are heavily dic-tated to by metropolitan votes, with a high percentage of met-ropolitan ministers, driven by necessity to win elections, and as long as either of these have power, country people are likely to con-tinue seeing such metropolitan favouritism.

Health plan now

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By LES PEARSON

CONCERNED Riverlander Kathy Rosenthal is preaching to all locals with concerns and wanting an in-put into forming the region’s fu-ture health services to pick up their pens and write to their local Health Advisory Council (HAC).

Mrs Rosenthal said recent health complications experienced by her family have led to her great-er concern for securing local health services.

Amongst these are the falling numbers of medical specialist pro-fessionals, particularly general sur-geons, anaesthetists and orthopae-dic surgeons, the Riverland having none of these specialists in many cases.

There is also an increased wait-ing list for local doctors according to Mrs Rosenthal.

“It is an increasing complaint by ordinary Riverland people, that the standard appointment with their general practitioner can take in the range of six weeks to three months,” she said.

“We need to support and en-courage specialists, medical practi-tioners, pharmacists, physiothera-pists, chiropractors, lymphoedema and rehabilitation therapists and the like to stay in our region.

“I think the government really needs to consider what is going to happen over the next 10 to 20 years as the Baby Boomers are getting older and living longer but may re-

quire more medical attention.”These concerns are a part of

a long list of related issues Mrs Rosenthal has developed to submit to her local Health Advisory Coun-cil.

She is encouraging anyone else with similar thoughts to do the same.

“This is your opportunity to express your concerns about the health services in the region.”

HAC liaison Kerry Dix said apart from writing, residents can have their say in other ways.

Loxton HAC has distributed fl yers at key locations throughout the town.

Waikerie HAC has mailed the questionnaire to households, while Berri Barmera is conducting stalls in the Riverland Central Plaza and

distributing questionnaires to key locations throughout the town.

Renmark is conducting a stall in the Renmark Shopping Centre and distributing questionnaires to the library, council, hospital, post offi ce and the medical clinic.

A stall to survey the community will be run at the Renmark Plaza in early November.

“I encourage people to make direct contact with their local HAC or myself direct at Flinders Univer-sity Rural Clinical School on 8586 1010 if they have would like copies of questionnaires,” Mrs Dix said.

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“If you haven’t got a green course, people don’t come and play.”

Mr Burnell said there are not enough people that “jump up and down about golf” to try and push the State Govern-ment for some desperate-ly needed support.

While the Waikerie Golf Course has wa-ter provided by a newly constructed wastewater management system, Mr Burnell said the club still has to buy in substantial amounts of water.

“The STEDS sys-tem provides us with 90 megalitres over the year,” he said.

“To water the whole course we need 200 plus.

“You have to spend the same amount of mon-ey on the course whether one person plays on it or 1000 in a week.”

Riverland Devel-opment Corporation business development manager Alan Ling said Riverland golf clubs ap-plied for last year’s critical water program and were not accepted.

“It was deemed we didn’t qualify for it be-cause turf was not regard-ed as a permanent plant-ing,” he said.

“It is very selective and very targeted at these essential permanent plantings.”

Mr Ling said he be-lieves golf clubs in the Riverland would be inter-ested in pursuing a criti-cal water type allocation to get through the current drought.

“The golf courses in the region are small busi-nesses that are impacted directly by the drought and in most cases there have been some hard-ships,” he said.

“Nobody likes to see

the damage done through the lack of irrigation.”

However, Mr Ling is realistic about the chanc-es of golfers receiving critical water.

“If golf courses were accepted, in that case you would get councils with sporting ovals and gardens and anyone with turf would be putting their hand up,” he said.

“It is very political...all the golf courses would love to have it but so would everyone else.”

According to Mr Ling, golf is an essential service to the region and helps bring in revenue.

River Murray Min-ister Karlene Maywald said there was very little chance golf courses would be included in the Indus-

try Support Program.“Firstly, golf clubs

do not have production trees,” she said.

“The Irrigator In-dustry Support Pro-gram is specifically tar-geted at production tree plantings.

“The principle behind why the program was es-tablished is to keep those trees alive.”

Minister Maywald added that there are a number of growers and farmers who are not eli-gible for the program.

“Dairy farmers who grow pasture for cows aren’t eligible either,” she said.

“Even though they need water to grow the grass, the pasture cannot be considered a perma-

nent planting.”However, Minister

Maywald acknowledged the drought’s effect on Riverland golf courses.

“I do acknowledge they are a business af-fected by drought, so I would suggest applying for exceptional circum-stances funding might be an option for the clubs,” she said.

With five golf courses in the region, Waikerie Golf Club president Mar-ty Burnell is optimistic about the future.

“Where does golf go in the Riverland in the future?”

“Can it sustain five courses?

“I don’t think you could ever change it from five, barring misadven-


By BRAD PERRY

EXPERIENCED golfer and Waikerie resident Jack Sullivan has played at up to 600 courses in Australia and believes the Waikerie 18 hole course is one of the best in the state.

For Jack, golf is a way of life and after retiring as a farmer and grazier years ago, he has been able to travel the country playing at a range of high standard resort style golf courses.

However, when he returns home, the Waikerie course is the first place he goes.

Putting on the greens of the Waikerie Golf Club, Jack remi-nisces about the day he earnt the rare honour of achieving a par score on arguably the Riverland’s best course.

“The set up of Waikerie is as good as any inland golf course in South Australia,” he said.

“The construction of the greens and layout of the golf course is as good as it gets.

“It is absolutely sensational at the moment.”

Jack has played on all the major golf courses in Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia and enjoys the

lifestyle of golf.“I love the company of play-

ing the game and I enjoy the spirit and self umpiring of golf,” he said.

“You meet a lot of great peo-ple on golf courses.”

According to Jack, the univer-sal handicap system is one of the advantages of the game.

“The handicap system is rele-vant to where you are at anywhere in the world,” he said.

His wife, Faye, also likes the lifestyle of a travelling golfer, something the couple has been enjoying for the past 14 years.

“She enjoys golf and enjoys the travelling,” Jack said.

Despite travelling to all parts of the country, Jack still likes re-turning home.

“I love Waikerie,” he said.“I think it is a town full of op-

portunity.”

Jack’s top five courses:1) Barnbougle Dunes (north east coast

of Tasmania)2) The Glades Golf Club (Surfer’s

Paradise)3) Hyatt Regency Coolum Golf Course

(Sunshine Coast)4) Moree Park Golf (Sydney)

5) Palm Cove Golf Course (Cairns)

Seasoned traveller reveals his top five

■ LOVES IT: Jack Sullivan has played about 600 golf courses in his time, sampling some of the best in Australia. Photos: BRAD PERRY

President believes course deserves recognition

Golf club wants water

support

■ HELP WANTED: Waikerie Golf Club president Marty Burnell believes golf courses deserve some form of government support to stay viable and green.

DIVIDED we fall, but united we prosper, that was the message from the Business Development Council (BDC) at the October launch of Small Business Month.

BDC member and MTA Riverland Chairman Kym Webber said “each town needs to stop competing for funds and services”.

“The Riverland needs to market itself as one region, not

individual towns, to survive and prosper into the future,” he said.

“All business owners and staff need to embrace customers and tourists to promote other activi-ties and business in our region. Riverland MTA members are always keen to help and promote all Riverland services to customers and potential customers,” he said.

“We need to treat people as

we would like to be treated, be positive and helpful,” Mr Webber said.

The BDC believes each busi-ness can do its part to build the strength of the Riverland, espe-cially through tourism.

By having a solid knowledge of neighbouring towns, store owners and staff can recommend sites around the region to visitors,

ensuring longer stays and more dollars spent in the Riverland.

Small Business Month 2009, now in its fifth year, offers a program of activities, guides, links and contacts especially designed to support small businesses.

Discover how Small Business Month can help your business to survive and succeed in these challenging times, with the

various workshops, activities and networking functions being held across the state.

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Want to be a climate change and energy leader in your community?

Volunteers are needed to be Energymarkgroup convenors and lead discussions in your community on climate change, energy, water and waste.

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You don’t need to be well informed on climate change to participate.Group convenors organise meetings with small groups of people (family, friends, neighbours or workmates) and are supported by discussion material from CSIRO.

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Over 72 group conveners and 1000 people have participated in Energymarkaround Australia. On average, participants have reduced their carbon footprints by 27%.


Pioneer Trail puts youths’ to the test

By LES PEARSON

ABOUT 50 youths from the Firle Stake of the Church of Latter Day Saints went bush recently when they re-en-acted the famous Pioneer Trail journey at Calperum Station.

Described by many histo-rians as the most organised mass-migration in American history, the original Pioneer Trail trek took place in 1846.

Some 70,000 members of the church walked from Illinois to form what is known today as Utah to escape per-secution.

D r e s s e d from head to toe in early set-tler fashion, the youths walked with loaded old-fashioned handcarts, cov-ering 51 kilo-metres over four days, 80 per cent of the total journey cov-ered in the fi rst two days of the original trek.

Trail boss and church leader Brett Wilmott said the group was faced with some genuinely harsh surround-ings, similar to those suffered by the pioneers.

He explained the camp had a handful of objectives for young church members to take away from the expe-rience, including learning and appreciating the pioneer heritage of the church and

increasing self-esteem.“These kids are growing

up spending half their lives in a virtual world with Face-book, MySpace and Twitter,” Mr Wilmott said.

“This got them off the computer and got them to take on some real-life experi-ences from the real world.”

The third objective was to push participants to their limits, to realise how strong they are.

With no tents and only a tarpaulin, a sleeping bag and a thin foam mattress, sleep-

ing conditions were less than comfortable and the group experienced a dust storm and prolonged rain periods during the trek.

“We couldn’t have paid for that,” Mr Wilmott said.

“That was awesome be-cause that’s exactly what the pioneers endured.”

He said the reactions from the group were uplift-ing.

“It was life-changing for some of them.”

Mr Wilmott also pointed out that participants grew a stronger love for their fam-ily, while also making new friends and breaking down barriers between cliques that

emerge in youth groups.“This really broke the

mould and said ‘you’re all equal’.”

He hopes the camp will return back to the region again.

“If Calperum Station are happy to have us, we will be happy to come back.”

■ ROUGHING IT: Youths from the Firle Stake of the Church of Latter Day Saints took part in a re-enactment of the 1846 Pioneer Trail trek

from Ilinois to Utah at Calperum Station recently, pushing replica pioneer hand carts (left and bottom) over 51 kilometres.

A new community project is offering South Australian residents the chance to tackle climate change and help people reduce their carbon footprint.

Energymark, an initiative of the CSIRO and supported by the Local Government Associa-tion of SA, facilitates communi-ty dialogue on climate change, energy and the role individuals can play in moving towards a new energy future.

The CSIRO is seeking volun-teers to be group convenors and take the lead on these discus-sions.

Group conveners gather small groups of people (family, friends, neighbours or work-mates) and instigate conversa-tion while providing the crucial link back to the CSIRO.

CSIRO social scientist Anne-Maree Dowd said the introduc-tion of Energymark to South

Australia follows the program’s success in other states where, on average, participants have reduced their carbon footprints by 27 per cent.

“Its success is due to the group convenors that bring together friends, family, work-mates and neighbours to talk about energy, climate change and mitigation,” Ms Dowd said.

Groups receive balanced information about energy and

climate change, discussion topics and various activi-ties throughout the program, which provide an opportunity to evaluate current behaviours and develop actions to improve energy use.

Group convenors will also receive a complementary copy of The CSIRO Home Energy Sav-ing Handbook, which offers prac-tical information and advice for households to cut their energy

use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Volunteers for Energymark group convenors are needed in regional and met-ropolitan South Australia.

To volunteer, or for more information, visit www.csiro.au/science/EnergymarkTrial or contact Sarah Crossman, SA Energymark Project Offi cer, CSIRO, on 08 8303 8462.

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Three Second Rule…

I LEARNT something new and interesting dur-ing class the other week – amazing right?

Within the fi rst three seconds of meeting someone new, you are evaluated, and an opin-ion is formed of you – even if you don’t speak.

This got me think-ing about all the times I have briefl y encoun-tered people when I went down the street to get the milk - in my ug-gies and ‘clothes meant only for home’, with my ‘bird’s nest’ hair and an expression on my face that said “I’d rather be in bed”.

I decided that this evaluation, whilst inevi-table, is entirely unfair.

How could you pos-sibly fi gure someone out within the short time-frame of three seconds?

In any case, I was in-trigued – so I proceeded to Google ‘Three Sec-onds’.

It was interesting to learn the variety of things that can happen in three seconds, for in-stance; you can calibrate a Nokia N97’s compass in three seconds; if you meditate for three sec-onds before taking a photo, you will look “real” (go fi gure); and if you drop your food on the fl oor and pick it

up within three seconds, you’re safe to eat it (that last one was actually a personal rule).

But I deviate. Ever been told the

insightful expression “don’t judge a book by its cover”?

Then, on the same day, proceed to purchase a book based primarily on the fact that it has a picture of Robert Pat-tinson on the front of it; it is shiny and/or fl uffy and comes with a sticker collection?

I am guilty of this.I am also guilty of

the three second rule, so I have realised in the past couple of weeks.

As soon as I meet someone, I instantly, though not intention-ally, decide whether this person is approachable or withdrawn, fun or boring, capable of mass murder or plans to give me chocolate at the end of our conversation.

I can’t help it, it’s only human.

I suggest you step out of your head and see for yourself what you are thinking, you may sur-prise yourself.

Next time you go to the supermarket and have a brief encounter with that girl in the ug-gies carrying the milk, think again – she may just be an upstanding col-umnist in your favourite newspaper.

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INTEREST is sought for the placement of international ex-change students in the region next year.

The Education First Riverland co-or-dinator Mel Smith, of Berri, is seeking host families to take ex-change students from January.

“All the organisation EF re-quires, is a warm, caring, safe home environment and for the student to be part of your family,” Mr Smith said.

“Students aged be-tween 15 and 18 years old, from a variety of backgrounds come to Australia from 34 countries, and nor-mally stay for a year.

“They study at your local high schools, in exchange for Austra-lian school students studying abroad.”

EF can also ar-range for your family members to be part of an oversees student exchange program, to study overseas.”

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By BRAD PERRY

SITTING idle in its dock, the PS Murray River Queen’s temporary closure, while it is up for sale, is signifi cantly hurting the region, ac-cording to a concerned local.

Waikerie Caravan Park manager Tracey Mahoney, who has placed a tender to buy the historic pad-dlesteamer, said it is disappointing the vessel is not running because while it sits stagnant, it is losing tourism dollars for Waikerie.

Tender submissions were meant to close almost a month ago but a delay in the process has meant a lengthy wait for hopeful buyers.

“It has been very long winded,” Mrs Mahoney said.

With the PS Murray River Queen usually a popular tourist at-traction in the school holidays, Mrs Mahoney said it is a shame it could not have been utilised for both ac-commodation and hospitality.

“We have had feedback about the loss of accommodation due to the loss of those beds,” she said.

With the caravan park fully booked over the long weekend, Mrs Mahoney said it would have been

no trouble to fi ll the paddlesteamer with tourists.

“We could have easily fi lled a lot of the beds on the boat on the long weekend,” she said.

As new owners of the caravan

park, Mrs Mahoney and husband David are hopeful of buying the vessel and changing the way it has operated in the past.

“(If we buy it) we will go on there and totally refurb it and bring it up to a really high standard,” she said.

Mrs Mahoney believes the PS Murray River Queen is a vital tour-ism icon for the region.

“To get more people to come to Waikerie, we need to have it,” she said.

The caravan park owners have plans to extend the park to the river-front and turn the current park site into a lifestyle village and believe the paddlesteamer would fi t in perfect-ly with their plans.

“If we could combine the caravan park and the PS Murray River Queen...it would cut down the huge costs of running two business plans and it can be put into one,” Mrs Mahoney said.

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By BRAD PERRY

AFTER more than 1000 hours of planning, research and building, Morgan man Bruce Perrott is just weeks away from his hand built paddle wheeler cruising the waters of the majestic River Murray.

It has been a labour of love and hard work for Bruce, who started building the historically designed paddle wheeler named PV Chloe in the backyard of his Morgan home over four years ago.

After a boating accident when he was young, Bruce was put off the idea of cruising on the River Murray but many of life’s events changed that perception and he decided constructing a paddle wheeler was something he could achieve.

Bruce now looks forward to spending the rest of his time on the water.

“I will live on the boat when it is fi nished,” he said.

“Somewhere in a nice quiet spot, I can sit back with a beer and a fi shing rod and I will be happy.

“For me it is pretty special...I just want to travel up the river and take it pretty gently.”

It all began with an “on the spot idea” and after 18 months of planning, talking to boat de-signers and hours in the library, Bruce started building the paddle wheeler.

“I spent countless hours on the drawing board,” he said.

Bruce admits planning and building PV Chloe has not always been smooth sailing and he said his initial ideas were met with doubt.

However, the Morgan commu-nity got behind him, with many people donating pieces towards the paddle wheeler.

Bruce received an old steam

wheel from a local resident and the posts for the bow came from timber used by the Terminus Hotel.

“I’ve collected a lot of bits and pieces as I have been travelling around the world,” he said.

“I must admit, it has attracted a lot of attention.”

In fact, Bruce was recently con-tacted by an overseas journalist and a story was published about

his journey on an English boating website.

“I was quite taken aback when I saw it,” he said.

When the boat is launched, Bruce will set about bottling his own wine label to give back to the people who have helped him on his journey.

“It will be pay back time,” he said.

However, Bruce still faces a num-ber of challenges before the vintage style cruiser can hit the water.

“The magic trick will be lifting it with a crane,” he said.

“We will have to take down the top deck and then rebuild it, other-wise it will not get under the power lines.”

Being very community orientat-ed, Bruce hopes that one day he can

work in conjunction with the town’s museum and the paddle wheeler could become a static display.

“Anything we can do to bring people into the community is a good thing,” he said.

With the vessel just weeks away from debuting along the river, Bruce is looking forward to enjoying the fruits of his work.

Big wheels ready to turn

■ BIG BUILD: Morgan man Bruce Perrott has nearly fi nished building his paddle steamer and is ready to cruise the River Murray. Photo: BRAD PERRY

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A FIT and healthy young man, 24 year old Josh Gillespie’s world came crashing down when he was diagnosed with cancer in late July.

“Thinking back now, I had been unwell for some months,” Josh said.

“I was extremely tired and had a lot of back pain.

I thought the long hours of hard, physical work I had been doing previously were the cause of this.

“My girlfriend Cassie and I kept fi t by walking and bike riding and I felt that I was in good condition but the tired-ness was catching up with me and after breaking a rib in May, things seemed to get worse.

“I also had frequent nose bleeds. I still had no relief with my back pain after go-ing to the physio and chiro and Mum and Nan were on to me to go to the doctors.

“I decided to come home to the Riverland for a week or so and fi nally gave in and let Mum make me a doctor’s ap-pointment. I just wasn’t feel-ing right.

“After having some tests I went back to my grandfa-ther’s property to give him a hand. It wasn’t long after that I got the phone call from the surgery saying I was to go to hospital straight away.

“I didn’t know what to think. My blood and urine tests weren’t good and I was

fl own to Adelaide urgently. “The doctors at the RAH

couldn’t believe I had even thought about working that day, I was anaemic and in re-nal failure,” Josh refl ected.

Josh’s mother Monique and her husband Mark had a frantic few days.

Josh was a very, very sick young man.

He had blood transfu-sions and treatment for his

kidneys to lower the high level of protein and calcium.

Many more blood tests, a skeletal x-ray and a bone marrow biopsy confi rmed their fears, Josh had multiple myeloma, an incurable but treatable cancer, very rare for someone so young.

“We couldn’t believe this was happening. We felt like we were part of a very bad nightmare,” Monique said.

“Our beautiful boy was so very ill.”

“I just felt so numb,” Josh said of when the family re-ceived the bad news.

“I asked the doctor if it was something I had done, or could have prevented. He just said, ‘Mate, it’s just bad luck’.”

Josh spent three weeks in hospital regaining strength and having surgery before being well enough to start chemo. The effect this has

had on the family has been enormous.

Even with Mark and Mo-nique taking time off work, Josh’s sisters Kate and Meg missing school, changed dai-ly routines and the emotion-al turmoil that has been part of their lives, they wouldn’t have it any other way.

“It’s what being a fam-ily is all about, being there for each other through good times and bad,” Monique said.

The Riverland Community has rallied its support for Kingston-on-Murray’s Josh Gillespie and his family as they face a tough battle. Josh is now undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer. This is the story of Josh and his family, as shared with the Riverland Weekly.

Monique said the love and support from their won-derful family, dear friends and work colleagues has helped so much.

“Josh has been amazing too,” she said.

Starting to lose his hair and the forced lifestyle changes he has had to make have been really hard for him.

He tries to lead as nor-mal a life as pos-sible, catching up with mates and so-cialising.

Because of his treatment and the

bone pain, Josh’s physical ac-tivity is restricted and he has good days and bad days.

He won’t work for up to a year and will have to reassess what he can do after that.

Some days he feels great, other days lousy.

Setting goals to look for-ward to is important now, more than ever to the fam-ily.

“It’s tough, Josh has never been the type to sit around and do nothing, he has always been very active and busy. Constantly on the go,” Monique said.

“As a younger boy he kept us on our toes all the time.”

Josh is overwhelmed by the fundraising support from the community.

He never thought this would be done for him; but then again he never thought he would be in this posi-tion.

“Maybe now I will be able have a holiday with my family, have some special times and have some of life’s stresses made easier,” Josh said.

“I am so lucky to have such great friends and a lov-

ing and close family. All my family have made tremen-dous sacrifi ces. I would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone.”

Monique said it is a tough time for the whole family, most especially Josh.

“Josh’s journey has only just begun; he still has many bumps in the road as he fac-es his greatest challenge yet,“ she added.

“We are positive of the outcome and having the support from our wonderful community will help him through this.”

THIS Saturday night an auction will be held to raise funds for Josh Gillespie.

The auction will be held at the Cobdogla Club and starts at 6pm, for

meals.A donation of

$2 from every meal sold will be made by the club, while auction items in-clude signed AFL team guernseys,

artwork, holiday packages and much, much more.

Local band Shat-tered Glass will be performing, while a free bus will run from each of the

major Riverland towns to get every-one to and from the event safely.

For more infor-mation, contact the Cobdogla Club on 8588 7092.

Special fundraising evening at Cobby Club this weekend

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The doctors couldn’t believe I had thought about working, I was anaemic and in renal failure. ■ BATTLE: 24 year old Josh Gillespie’s world was rocked in late July

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Team winners:Highest Fundraising Team

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Best Themed TeamIndian Dreamers

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By BRAD PERRY

PARTICIPANTS and on-lookers turned out in large numbers to raise more than $73,000 for cancer research during this year’s Relay For Life.

Locals reached deep into their pock-ets to donate to the cause and Relay For Life organising com-mittee chairman Rob-in Foley said the event was a great success.

“It was just a lovely event again,” she said.

“People put a lot of effort into their camp sites and cos-tumes.”

Mrs Foley said those people who par-ticipated are already talking about next year’s event and she was very happy about the younger genera-tion getting involved.

“It is going to grow,” she said.

Over 300 people in 22 teams participat-ed in the relay, while 32 cancer survivors and carers were at the opening ceremony.

The Hula Girls and Boys, captained by Nancy Murdock, raised the most money with almost $14,000.

Relay rally raises $73,000

■ CHARGING ON: Berri’s Roger Langdon and Barmera’s Leah Evans in good spirits despite the cold conditions on Sunday morning. Photos: LES PEARSON

■ RUGGED UP: Lauran (left) and Krystal

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early Sunday morning.

■ COLOUR: Wearing colourful hats at the Relay For Life

were Berri’s Craig Tranter and Brodie Wegener.

■ TEAM: Team-mates (from left) Berri’s David Centofanti, Denise Nolan, Barmera’s Mick Ashton, Berri’s Steven

Centofanti and Vicki Beech enjoyed the event.

■ CAMP: In arguably the best camp set up on the weekend were (from left) Katherine Vowles (Renmark), Sharie and

Danny Dillon, both of Paringa, and Renmark’s Lorna Edwards.

■ FUN: Having fun at the Relay For Life on the weekend were

(from left) Petrina McDonald, Donna Darwin and Maddy Anderson, all from

Renmark.

Relay rally


Local fl ooring expert believes the Riverland needs...

Wake up call on asbestos clearing

By BRAD PERRY

MORE and more Riverlanders are being exposed to asbestos because not enough is being done to edu-cate the community on the poten-tially deadly mineral fi bre, accord-ing to one concerned local.

Local fl ooring expert Louise Dolphin believes the government is not doing enough to educate people on asbestos and crack down on those ignoring crucial disposal regulations.

“People need to be better edu-cated on asbestos and the fact they might have asbestos in their house,” she said

“In particular, I am concerned about people fi nding it in their fl oor coverings and putting themselves at risk because they pull it up.

“The government has set up an action plan and at this stage, I personally haven’t seen that put in place.”

The Environmental Protection Authority website states: “Asbes-tos-containing materials (ACM) were used extensively in Australian buildings and structures, plant and equipment, and in ships, trains and motor vehicles during the 1950s to the mid 1980s and some uses, in-cluding certain friction materials

and gaskets, were only discontin-ued on December 31, 2003”.

This site also states that “asbes-tos dust or fi bres are known to be highly hazardous when inhaled and can be released into the air when products and wastes contain-ing asbestos are incorrectly han-dled, removed or transported for disposal”.

Asbestos was used in the build-ing of many homes until the 1970s and Ms Dolphin believes due to the number of ageing homes in the re-gion, it is still a serious issue need-ing further attention.

“I just want people to be more aware because the long term is, when we go into a house and someone has already pulled it (fl oor coverings) up, everyone else in the community is at risk as well because they are not disposing of it properly,” she said.

Ms Dolphin has seen fi rst hand instances of asbestos affected vi-nyl being disposed of incorrectly because of the mounting costs in-volved to discard it properly.

Working at a local site, Ms Dol-phin came across asbestos on fl oor vinyl used on the wall of an old house.

The suspected asbestos was sent away for testing and came back as friable, the most dangerous type of

asbestos.“Three days later I went back

to the site and it (the vinyl with asbestos) was gone, someone had disposed of it because it would have cost thousands of dollars to remove,” Ms Dolphin said.

Ms Dolphin is also concerned about the limited number of Riverland councils which accept asbestos disposal with only Loxton Waikerie Council, Southern Mallee District Council and the Mid Mur-ray Council accepting asbestos waste at specifi c dump sites.

“I am surmising that when people in Berri and Renmark come across asbestos, they are just put-ting it straight in the bin, exposing it to everyone,” she said.

Ms Dolphin’s thoughts echo those of professional asbestos re-mover Andrew Watts, who found media attention in June after he had diffi culty disposing of hazard-ous material in the region.

In an article in The Indepen-dent Weekly, Mr Watts said he was told by the Loxton Waikerie Coun-cil waste station he was not using the correct process when trying to dump asbestos at its site.

The next day he returned and without changing the process the material was accepted.

■ CONCERN: Local fl ooring expert Louise Dolphin believes Riverlanders need to be further

educated on asbestos.Photo: JANE WILSON

New chair for Fruit Fly CommitteeRIVERINA citrus boss Scot MacDonald has been appoint-ed chairperson of the Tri-State Fruit Fly Committee.

The group represents in-dustry and government bodies throughout South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

Mr MacDonald said it is an exciting opportunity.

“It is an honour to be asked to take the role of chair and help facilitate the work of this group,” he said.

“Fruit fl y management is a complex task.

“Each state has different regulations and requirements

and each industry has its own issues to face.”

Mr MacDonald said it will be a combined effort to prevent fruit fl y.

The committee manage a sterile fruit fl y production fa-cility and co-ordinate a public awareness campaign, with a focus on stopping travellers entering the fruit fl y exclusion zone with fruit.

“As summer approaches and we face the peak season for fruit fl y activity, everyone has work to do to make sure we protect our horticultural indus-try,” Mr MacDonald said.

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THE Murray Valley United group pursuing legal action against the Federal Government over the valid-ity of its water reforms is hoping to gain the support of Riverland irriga-tors with a meeting in Barmera next Thursday.

After cancel-ling a meeting in the region last week, the group is orga-nising another gathering to update Riverland grow-ers on what has come out of the court hearings to date.

Coalition of Concerned River Murray Communities (CCR) chair-man David Peake and Central Irri-gation Trust and individual irrigator representatives attended a meeting

across the border in Merbein last week following an invite from the Murray Valley group.

“What was conveyed to us was that South Australia has a very good chance of getting compensation,” Mr Peake said.

Mr Peake said if Murray Valley United win its High Court case, mem-

bers will be compensated and urged Riverland irrigators to join for $500.

Following the meeting inter-state, it was decided that Murray Valley United members would head to the region to explain the group’s current position and gain further support.

The meeting will take place at the Barmera-Monash Football Club from 11am next Thursday and Mr Peake is hoping more than 2000 people will turn up.

“They had done it all (to be heard) and in the end, they decided a legal challenge is the only way to go,” he said.

“If Murray Val-ley United win, others can apply for compensation.

“It is impera-tive that growers

attend and at least listen to the legal advice.”

With CCR already hosting a num-ber of well publicised meetings in the region, Mr Peake said the Murray Val-ley United meeting would be one of the most important so far, uniting the states together.

They had done it all, in the end they decided a legal challenge is the only way to go.

United group look for local support

Just Married

If you have had your wedding recently, bring your photos in to the Riverland Weekly at 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri,

or send them to PO Box 1279, Berri 5343 or email [email protected]

Angela Valente, daughter of Luigi and Lucia Valente, of Renmark, and James Butler, son of Robert and Glenda Butler, of Minlaton, were married at the St Therese Catholic Church,

Renmark, on August 29.The couple honeymooned on the Sunshine Coast,

Queensland, and are now living at Renmark.KAREN JERICHO PHOTO

CATARINA Perre and Lee Santini were married in a ceremony at St Patrick’s Church, Grote Street, Adelaide, on August 1.

The bride is the daughter of Pat and Grace Perre, while the groom is the son of Leo and Kerry Santini, all of Loxton.

Fr Steve Ardill conducted the ceremony, which was followedby a celebration at the Donato Reception Centre and was

attended by 300 guests.The married couple now reside in Loxton.

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CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20If this is meant to be everyone involved will want to go along with your plans. It might help to be more direct about cluing them in. Things like this go over better if people are prepared for it in advance.

LEO JULY 21 - AUGUST 20It would be easier to adapt if you hadn’t been given the impression that everything was cool. All of these restrictions have taken the fun out of what isn’t as delightful as it was a few months ago.

VIRGO AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 20You may feel the need for a little company but don’t waste your time with the wrong people. I don’t know if you’re slumming it or just playing therapist but if you keep this up your reputation will suffer.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 21 - OCTOBER 20You’ll lose yourself to compromise if you keep telling people what they want to hear. At a time when the truth would get you further too much diplomacy makes it crystal clear that you have something to hide.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 21 - NOVEMBER 20The full impact of recent confl icts has yet to reveal the extent to which you can trust others. If you’ve turned a friend into an enemy it would serve you better to make amends before they write you off.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 20You may be in unfamiliar territory but you seem to know where you’re going. Steer the course. Getting others to follow your lead will depend on whether or not your success continues to justify their faith in you.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 21 - JANUARY 20Don’t even bother to pursue this. Whatever’s going on, you don’t need to belittle or over infl ate yourself. All these avoidance signals are a clear sign that someone isn’t interested. Who knows what their deal is?

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PISCES FEBRUARY 21 - MARCH 20The gossips have woven your story into a tapestry. Little do they know that the truth is even stranger than the lies that are being spun around your valiant attempt to depart from the past and build a new life.

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Riverbush rewarded■ BERRI’S Riverbush Holidays has taken out an award in the TakeA-Break.com.au Awards, winning the state award for Group Holiday Ac-commodation.

The awards recognise properties providing outstanding product and exceptional service.

Having won the state title, Riv-erbush Holidays now goes into the running for the national award which is announced in November.

Riverbush Holidays also recent-ly took out the award for the best tourist accommodation for the third year running in the 2009 Riverland Tourism Awards and was inducted into the RTA Hall of Fame.

Pumpkin promotion■ RIVERLANDERS with big pump-kins will have two chances to show off their wares next year.

I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to enter a pumpkin in both the Riverland Pumpkin Challenge, be-ing held at the Riverland Floral Spectacular from March 27, and at the Murray River Giant Pumpkin Competition, which will be part of the Cadell Easter Harvest Festival.

Organisers of both events sug-gest you plant your pumpkin seeds in the next couple of weeks to give

yourself a chance of winning.Each competition has a $5 entry

cost.I’m going to keep my eye out

over coming months to see how other entrants are going.

Riverland takes part in Every Generation Festival■ YOUNG people will have the chance to meet a war veteran and learn of their experiences as part of COTA’s Every Generation Festival later this month.

From midday on October 23, a session will be held in which David and Maxine Ennis, of the Repatria-tion Veterans Museum at Daw Park, will be sharing some of their exhi-bition with students from Our Lady of the River Catholic School.

A range of other guest speakers will be present for the afternoon, which will be held at the Berri RSL.

School tackles climate change

■ BARMERA Primary School stu-dents will be in Canberra for the MDBA International River Health Conference from Sunday, taking ac-tion against climate change.

They will join students from 150 schools for the environment

event held by kids for kids.The students will host a work-

shop titled Lake Bonney – Back to the future and views of the present, which will take participants into the realms of King Murray the Cod who is fi ghting to destroy the Salt Fairy, set on destroying his lake home.

While in Canberra, the students will also partake in other workshops as well as meeting celebrities such as comedian Claire Hooper and Re-becca Breeds from Home & Away.

Big night for Loxton Primary

■ THE Loxton Primary School will be holding its annual fundraiser to-morrow, the Big Night Out.

As per usual, the school will be putting on a fantastic spread of food, entertainment and activities to keep everyone occupied.

The school oval becomes a fair ground with a wonderful commu-nity atmosphere that celebrates what living in a country town is all about.

The highlight of the night will, of course, be the silent auction, with a wide range of exciting lots on offer.

I can vouch for how good this event is, so get along.

Rose week fundraiser■ VISITORS to this year’s Renmark Rose Festival will be able to use fl ower power to demonstrate their support for research into breast cancer.

Resident artist, Yvette Schepel Frahn, has partnered with Ruston’s Roses to turn a 1948 TEA20 Fer-guson tractor into a work of art to raise money to assist Breast Cancer Australia.

“I’m delighted to be involved with this great project, which com-bines a tractor that has played a ma-jor role in the development of the Riverland’s horticultural industries,

and at the same time, gives me the opportunity to be able to contrib-ute to such a worthwhile cause,” Ms Frahn said.

In return for a donation, rose festival visitors to Ruston’s Roses will be invited to paint a fl ower on the pink vintage tractor.

Following the rose festival it is planned to use the tractor and its fl ower power messages to promote breast cancer awareness and to en-courage members of the Riverland community and visitors to the region to donate to this worthy cause.

The tractor will be on display at Ruston’s Roses from this Saturday.

■ OPENING: Enjoying the Pinnaroo Show last week were (from left) Tom Benney, the Honorary Town Crier of the City of Salisbury, Jeremy Schutz, South Austra-lian Young Rural Ambassador, Giles Oster, Pinnaroo Agricultural Society president, and Phillip O’Driscoll, who opened the show.

■ THE Berri Church of Christ recently donated $1000 to the Riverland Youth Ministries group following a Christmas in September fundraiser.

Church administration offi cer Ross Wilkinson said the group does a lot of important work with youth in the region and was a more than worthy recipient for the funding.

The money has been earmarked to go towards assisting members of the group to attend and run various educational seminars. “We really see the value in it,” Mr Wilkinson said.

$1000 donation to RYM

■ GIVING: At the cheque hand over recently were (from left) RYM treasurer Darryn Karpany, church

adminstration offi cer Ross Wilkinson, RYM secretary Jessica Main and church secretary Barry Galliford.

Photo: LES PEARSON

■ STAR STRUCK: Pictured with Toni Childs (centre) at the recent concert were Loxton girls (from left) Jodie Meredith, Tracy Steicke, Gail Dolphin

and Tania Cregan.


Riverland RENAISSANCE

New Around the Region formatTHE Around The Region initiative has been expanded this year to attract visitors to various corners of the region, exposing the Riverland’s best kept secrets.

“So people not only come to the region for the food and the wine but for the whole experience as well,” organiser Belinda Turner said.

“You can wile the weekend away in the Riverland, literally.”

Amongst the big attractions in the Around the Region section are Ruston’s Rose Garden, Riverland Farmers’ Market, Bella Lavender, Renmark River Cruises and the Beef, Beer and Border Collie Sheepdog Trials at Barmera.

Also on the list are Torambe Nissen Hut, Banrock Station, Angoves and 919 wineries, as well as Spook Hill winery, a new addition to the Renaissance.

So whatever your agenda, there are a number of different attractions to capture the imagination of every visitor, whether local or not.

ACCLAIMED chef Camillo Crugnale of Assaggio Ristorante will head the ever popular Nippy’s Chefs of the Murray event at the Renmark Club tonight from 6.30pm.

“I love eating and I am obsessed with

simple, fresh and well seasoned food, that’s what’s important to me,” Mr Crugnale said.

“It’s not one dish, it’s good food made with passion and patience which is what really matters to me.”

Delicious hors

d’oeuvres will feature on arrival, followed by a fi ve course meal din-ing extravaganza.

The intricate menu will combine local products and unusual fl avours to deliver a food experience not soon forgotten.

This will be complemented by the highest quality local wines including Nissen Hut, Kingston Estate Sarantos, Banrock Station, Southern Secret and 919 wineries.

THIS event seems to grow and grow each year, in both popu-larity and sheer size.

Held on the banks of the River Murray in Berri on Sat-urday from 11am, the BankSA Food and Wine Festival always draws a huge crowd.

Event organiser Belinda Turner said the committee has confi rmed more wineries and food variety will be present this year.

“We’ve taken a slightly dif-ferent angle this year with new local wineries on board, the new brewery and we’ve got a couple of new food stalls,” she said.

The food producers will all be working together this year, bringing a larger variety of fl a-vours and choices to the table.

“We’ve got a really diverse range of food to provide to

people,” Mrs Turner said.She said the event is a genu-

ine refl ection of what Riverland life is about.

“It showcases what the region has to offer in regards

to food, wine and the whole culture,” she said.

“It’s what our lifestyle is all about up here.

“Sitting back on the river-side enjoying great food, great

wine and music is always some-thing special.”

The festival always attracts a vast array of people, from couples, families, groups and singles.

“It doesn’t matter if you go on your own, you’ll probably end up surrounded by some form of friends in the end,” Mrs Turner laughed.

“It’s an event not to be missed and it really is on every local’s calendar to go along and enjoy it.

“I think it’s a reminder to the locals that there is a lot of small businesses out there that are going to a great deal of effort to continue producing a quality local product.”

Entry is $10 with a glass and complementary fi ll included, while free water will be avail-able throughout the day.

Camillo Crugnale headlines tonight’s Chef’s of the Murray event at Renmark Club

IF you haven’t got into the spirit of the Riverland Renaissance yet, then the coming few weeks present the perfect opportunity to get on board and experience everything the region has to offer.

While impossible to touch on all the events to come over the rest of the month, there are certainly a number of highlights this week.

Food and Wine Festival to draw another big crowd ■ SECRET: 919 Winery is a Riverland secret

exposed in the Around the Region feature.

■ PARTY: The Bank SA Food and Wine Festival is possibly the biggest party in the Riverland, attracting a big crowd each year. Photos: JANE WILSON

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Barmera Sheep Dog TrialsADVERTISING FEATURE

THE well known Barmera Sheep Dog Trials kick off tomorrow in the event’s 28th consecutive year but with a new twist to attract more spectators.

The popular three day event at Barmera Oval has been renamed the Beef, Beer and Border Collie Sheep Dog Trials to be incorpo-rated within the Riverland Renais-sance and organiser Bob Clark is excited about the new format.

“We are hoping people that come up to the Wine and Food Festival will come down and see

the sheep dog trials,” he said.The event will feature the

Riverland’s very own brewed beer, Amazon Ale, along with local meat to be cooked on a barbecue over-looking the trial arena.

As well as watching all the sheep dog action, featuring 13 competitors from across the state, anyone ordering a beef meal at the Barmera-Monash Football Club will receive a free schooner of Amazon Ale.

The trials have a long history, predating their arrival in Barmera

in 1993, and Bob believes this year could be the event’s strongest, predicting more than 2000 people to turn up on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Bob has helped to organise the event with the support of willing Glossop High School students who help run the show by, among other things, yarding

sheep, managing the arena and running scoreboards.

The event has followed Bob wherever he has transferred for teaching; starting off at Smithfi eld Plains High (1982 to 1984) and then to Northfi eld High (1985 to

1992) before its Riverland incarna-tion.

Bob’s baby has several aims, including the development of students and to provide entertain-ment and encourage tourism.

“It is regarded as one of the

best sheep dog trials in South Aus-tralia, if not Australia,” he said.

“A lot of people are really look-ing forward to it.”

Loxton farmer Kelvin West-brook has provided 270 of his sheep for the event.

Most of the 13 competitors will be from South Australia and Victoria.

The aim of the trial is to lose as few points as possible by keeping the three sheep within 10 metres of the competitor, and on their right side, while walking from one obstacle to another. There are four obstacles that have to be passed within 15 minutes.

While most of the action is on the Barmera Oval, there is plenty of entertainment over the three days of competition, including sheep chariot races, skydivers and a free dinner dance at the Barmera-Monash Football Club.

The trial is completed with a river cruise for competitors on Sun-day evening – without the sheep and dogs on board!

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■ ACTION: The Barmera Sheep Dog Trials get under way tomorrow with the Beef, Beer and Border Collie format looking to attract more spectators. Photo: JANE WILSON

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Riverland AUTOEXPOADVERTISING FEATURE

WHETHER you are a car lover, rev head or just looking for a great family day out, the Riverland AutoExpo has plenty to offer.

The event is held over two days, October 24 and 25, with a Show and Shine and Cruise sure to impress.

In its 16th year, event com-mittee member Stuart Edwards said there will be over 150 cars on display at Loxton Oval for the Show and Shine, including a number of local favourites.

Gary Baxter’s V8 Brute Ute and Gary and Deby Myers’ super charged Mustang known as the ‘Silver Bullet’ are showstoppers.

There are 70 different trophies and categories to be won, including street machine, top coupe, top sedan, judge’s choice, people’s choice and best interior (to name a few).

Stuart said car entries for the Show and Shine are open right up until the day and added that

not all entries have to be judged and cars can just be put on display only.

There will be an ex-tensive range of vehicles for show from classic imports, vintage and muscle cars, to bikes and boats.

Car enthusiasts will be thrilled to know that Skyline Australia will be on hand on the day, as well as Hot 4s cars which have featured in a number of magazines.

Stuart is excited about the size of this year’s event, expect-ing more than 2000 people to attend, along with the large number of vehicles that will be on display.

“It is a great event to pro-mote motorsport in the region,” he said.

“It is also a unique oppor-

tunity to showcase the diverse range of vehicles owned by local car enthusiasts.”

Stuart is encouraging all lo-cals to consider displaying their pride and joy, even if rebuilding is still under way.

Vehicles can be brought to the oval from 7am Saturday, with gates opening for the pub-

lic three hours later.Live music will be

provided by local band Snitzel Pack, while mar-quees will be available for shade.

There will also be a wide variety of food stalls, as well as a num-ber of market stalls and a bouncy castle to keep the children entertained.

The Show and Shine will fi nish at 4pm but the action does not stop there, with a cabaret

being held that night at the Loxton Sporting Club from 7pm and a car rally

starting at 10am in East Terrace on Sunday.

The cruise, featuring more than 50 of the cars displayed the previous day, will head to Berri and Renmark before fi nishing up at Barmera for a barbecue lunch.

Stuart said the Riverland AutoExpo is a family event and encourages locals to get along whether they are ‘revheads’ or not.

“It is defi nitely a great atmo-sphere with the live bands and hot cars to look at,” he said.

Stuart believes supporting the event will also play a huge part towards getting a drag strip and driver education facility built in the region.

He said the facility would not only be for the racers but also for young people who want to have a bit of fun and do it safely in a controlled enviro-ment.

“Let’s bring people back into the Riverland, enhance our tour-ism and reduce road fatalities,” Stuart said.

The event also benefi ts the Cancer Council of South Austra-lia as part proceeds are donated to the cause.

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■ SLICK: Some great vehicles will be on display at the Riverland AutoExpo.

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THE big feature at this year’s Riverland AutoExpo is Gary and Deby Myers’ stunning 1966 Mus-tang Coupe known as the ‘Silver Bullet’.

The fully customised and modifi ed showcar, complete with twin superchargers, is sure to catch the eye of those at the event next weekend.

Known as the Burnout King, New South Wales based Gary My-ers acquired the famous Mustang as a 17 year old in 1982 for $7000.

He purchased the American muscle car as virtually stock standard and has since spent more than $200,000 stripping the vehicle back and customising it to the standard it is today.

The Silver Bullet has an extensive history in showcas-ing throughout the world and Gary is stoked to be able to bring the Mustang to the region.

After driving the Silver Bullet around for years, Gary de-cided to give the car a makeover adding a fi sh blower, wheel tubs, a new turret and a paint job.

Working as a motor mechanic in Wagga Wagga, Gary was able to use many of the skills he had gained to create and work on the Silver Bullet.

His Mustang quickly became known on the burnout circuit as Gary won numerous national awards. His fi rst big win came at Summernats Six in 1993 and he prospered from there winning almost every event he entered.

Gary became the fi rst person to win more than three consecutive burnout competitions at Summer-nats and continued to show off his skills with a two minute, tyre blow-ing burnout at Summernats Eight.

After he was crowned Burnout

Champion of the World, Gary added a new fl amed paint job to the Silver Bullet.

However, the new bodywork was damaged when Gary reached a huge 8000 revs per minute (over the usual 7000rpm) to win a burn-out competition and he had to redo the fl aming paint work.

After winning Summernats 13, Gary decided to use the Mustang for display burnouts and static shows only, although he did break an Australian land speed record at a run at the Salt Lakes in Lake Gairdner in South Australia.

The Silver Bullet continued to win accolades when it was award-

ed Street Machine of the Year in Street Machine Magazine in 2001/2002.

The car’s interior was replaced shortly after to the grey leather interior that is seen today.

Gary is extremely proud of the Silver Bullet and what he has achieved.

“When we debuted it, it took out overall car of the Summernats,” he said.

“We put it on the show circuit for two years and it basically

won everything it entered.” He said the Mustang earnt its name because of its brilliant paint work.

“Most showcars, you sort of look for a name following and because the car was painted silver and it is very sleek, it became known as the Silver Bullet,” he said.

The Mustang is sure to be a big crowd puller at this year’s Riverland AutoExpo and Gary urges everyone to come down and have a look as it features at the Show and Shine on the 24th.

You may also get the chance to have a chat to the Burnout King himself.

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■ WILD: Gary and Deby Myers’ 1966 Mustang pre revamp (above) and after the full customisation (below) with interior (inset).

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Proud local history

SIXTEEN years ago, the Riverland Au-toExpo was fi rst run by the local street machine club, before it was taken over by the Riverland Motorsport Club in 2004.

Strong publicity, a highly

organised committee and some great support from locals and businesses has seen this year’s event build nicely.

“All the local towns have sup-ported the event and really got behind it,” event committee member Stuart Edwards said.

“Events like these do not work without the community support.”

Show and Shine

Saturday, October 24,Loxton Oval,

gates open from 10am.

CruiseSunday, October 25,starting 10am, East

Terrace, Loxton.

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By AMP Financial Planner PETER AITCHISON*

IT IS PROBABLY fair to say that current economic conditions have many people feeling at least a lit-tle unnerved, if not concerned, about their fi nancial future.

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Just like appropriate asset

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If something was to unex-pectedly happen to a person or their partner, how would their family be affected fi nancially?

While many Australians do not think twice about insuring their car, home and contents, their most valuable asset, them-selves, are often overlooked.

Consider this: a 40-year-old

Insuring your future in troubled timesearning $40,000 per year (in-creasing fi ve per cent per year), will earn $1,909,000 in total by the time they reach 65.

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There are a number of types of insurance worth considering in order for people to protect themselves and their family.

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Business Overheads Insurance

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Specifi cally designed for self-employed people, this insurance can either be purchased on its own, or packaged with income protection insurance.

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Trauma cover is designed to help cover increased medical costs and living expenses, pro-viding some fi nancial security during the important recovery process.

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the security that if the unthink-able were to happen, at least their family won’t have to worry about money.

Death cover works by mak-ing a lump sum payment to a person’s family if they die or are diagnosed with a terminal illness.

It is important for people of all ages, especially if they have others relying on them fi nan-cially or have large debts, such as a mortgage.

One of the most tax effective ways of holding life insurance is through superannuation.

Most superannuation funds have an option to take out life insurance, which can provide a simple and cost effective way to buy into this insurance.

There are many different insurance options available, so it may help for people to speak with a qualifi ed fi nancial plan-ner to ensure they get the right insurance solution for their specifi c needs.

*Peter Aitchison is an Authorised Representative of AMP Financial Plan-ning Pty Ltd, ABN 89 051 208 327, AFS Licence No. 232706.

Any advice given is general only and has not taken into account your objectives, fi nancial situation or needs. Because of this, before acting on any advice, you should consult a fi nancial planner to consider how appropriate the advice is to your objectives, fi nancial situ-ation and needs.

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~ Charles A. Jaffe

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Great fi rst home

BERRI

3 1 1

6 Bahnisch AvenueLJ Hooker RLA 1935Iris Williams 0437 497 304 Sue Wurth 0431 488 538,

Price $165, 000Inspect Saturday October 17, 10am - 10.45am

Snap up a bargain. This three bedroom home on a

good size block has a carport and shed. All bedrooms have carpet and ceiling fans. Good sized kitchen, lounge, dining areas with separate bathroom and toilet. Paved outside living area.



The ListHOME INSPECTIONS FOR THIS WEEKHOMEHOME INSPECTIONS FOR THIS WEEK INSPECTIONS FOR THIS WEEK

Saturday October 17, 2009

BERRI10.00 - 10.45am 6 Bahnisch LJ Hooker Berri11.00- 11.45am 64 Zante Road LJ Hooker BerriLOXTON10.00 - 10.30am 40 Third Street LJ Hooker Berri10.00 – 11.00am 5 Hall Crescent

Ray White Loxton10.30 – 11.00am 7 Matruh Street

Ray White Loxton11.15 – 11.45am 25 Tanko Street

Ray White Loxton11.30 – 12.00pm Sec 710 Edmonson Road

Ray White Loxton12.15 – 12.45pm 53 Tobruk Terrace

Ray White Loxton12.30 – 1.30pm 36 Wheatley Road

Ray White Loxton1.00 – 1.30pm 145 Paruna Road

Ray White LoxtonPARINGA9.30 - 10.00am 8 Eckermann Close Ray White RenmarkWAIKERIE 10.00 – 11.00am 30 Strangman Drive

Ray White Waikerie

RENMARK9.30 - 10.00am 3 Howie Drive Ray White Renmark10.30 - 11.00am 31 Hale Street Ray White Renmark10.30 - 11.00am 4 Marrara Street Ray White Renmark11.00- 11.30am 189 14th Street LJ Hooker Berri11.15 - 11.45am 4 Cook Street Ray White Renmark11.30 - 12.00noon Cooltong Avenue Ray White Renmark

Sunday October 18, 2009

BARMERA11.30 – 12.30pm 27 Lake Avenue

Ray White BerriBERRI2.30 – 3.30pm 16 McLean Street

Ray White BerriGLOSSOP1.00 – 2.00pm Sec 828 Chabrel Road

Ray White BerriLOVEDAY10.00 – 11.00am Lot 9 Sec 1073

Slaughter RoadRay White Berri

Call 8582 5500 today to

advertise.16,000 copies distributed FREE every Thursday!

For Marschall First National, Berri and Waikerie properties, call their offi ce on 8541 2777, 7 days a week to arrange

an inspection time convenient to buyers and sellers.

Saturday October 17, 2009

Move in January 7thTHIS character fi lled

home is ideal for the young family. The current lease ends on January 6th which is now not very far away.

The solid construction bungalow home has a mod-ern colourbond roof, three bedrooms with built-in robes to the master, formal lounge with bay window plus separate games/play room.

Cosy combustion heater,

ducted reverse cycle aircon-ditioning plus two reverse cycle split systems provide year round comfort.

Nice gardens, carport attached to the home, good shed plus appealing vine-covered pergola.

The location is fantas-tic, adjacent to the football and hockey ovals, close to the hospital and swim-ming pool and an easy walk to schools and the town centre.

RENMARK

3 1 1

4 Marrara StreetRay White RenmarkRLA 147968Mark Cresp 0417 883 892

Price $198,000Inspect Saturday October 17

10.30 – 11.00am

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PEOPLE looking to enter the property market are not rushing to take advan-tage of the boosted Federal Government First Home Buyers Grant before it is phased out, according to Riverland mortgage broker Robert Gruzlewski.

The grant, doubled to $14,000 for established dwellings and $21,000 for new homes, is being phased out from Septem-ber 30.

First time buyers entering into new contracts from October 1 until December 31 will receive a total of $10,500 and those buying new homes $14,000.

The scheme will revert to its standard form from January 1, 2010.

Mr Gruzlewski said inquiries from first time

buyers had fallen back gradually from their peak in the middle of the year and there was no sign of people looking to cash in before the generous grant is pared back.

“Over 140,000 people nationwide have taken advantage of the boosted grant and it has been one of the most successful of the Federal Government’s economic stimulus pack-ages,” he said.

“It is also the most peo-ple over one year that have taken advantage of the First Home Owners Grant since its inception. But enquiries from first time buyers have dropped back and lately we have been seeing more activity from investors.”

Mr Gruzlewski said

tougher lending criteria by the major banks would have made it more difficult for some first time buyers to get into the market.

“Other people consider-ing buying a property have also been sitting back waiting for prices to fall,” he said.

Mr Gruzlewski said a recent Loan Market Group survey found most Austral-ians believed the oosted First Home Owners Grant had contributed to inflated property prices.

“Many people thought the grant had an impact on prices but mainly at the lower end of the residential real estate sector,” he said.

“Overall, the expanded grant scheme has provided stability and even some buoyancy for property

markets at a time when it was really needed.

“It provided a core foundation for the property market overall, protecting the values of every home owner in the country and one which should enable it to remain stable once the boosted grant is phased out.”

He said the combined effects of near record low interest rates and the boosted grant had created an environment in which many more Australians have been able to afford a home.

“The residential real estate sector in Australia has so far weathered the worst of the downturn and the grant has played a major part in shoring up the market,” he said.


No Late Rush For Boosted Grant: Loan Market Group

A DV E R T I S E M E N T

WITH particular emphasis on spaciousness and

natural light, combine good taste with a relatively discreet and private location and this is what you’ll get…a quality family living residence offering a lifestyle that was built to be enjoyed in absolute comfort.

Aesthetically designed and with a rural scrub outlook, native landscaped gardens introduce this wonderful home tucked back a little just off the bitumen road.

Close proximity to the local primary school may be

a bonus and the school bus goes right past the property for the secondary students to go to Glossop High School.

The floating timber floor and hallway entry introduces the wide spacious areas.

On the left, a formal lounge and dining room with bay window and on the right the large master bedroom with the extra space in the walk in robe and of course the en-suite adjacent to the WIR.

The main bathroom is large and has a corner spa bath, shower alcove,

vanity, toilet and is tiled in contemporary themes.

The well equipped kitchen is a delight and also has floating timber floors, down lights, walk in pantry plus bulk overhead and floor cupboard space and breakfast bar.

Large picture windows observe play and entertaining under the gable roof pergola.

Evaporative air-conditioning for balmy summers and slow combustion heating for wintry days are installed which will care for the

occupants all year round. Shedding will create the

smiles with the high roof, five bays, three phase power and will be perfect housing for the multiple vehicles, boat or caravan.

Inside the shed is a fully lined rumpus room for the visitors with a third toilet for relief convenience.

Inspect this wonderful lifestyle property today and you’ll find all the goodies incorporated within this one hectare rural parcel.

Could this be your new lifestyle life change address?

BARMERA

4 2 5

Lot 9 Sec 1073 Slaughter RoadRay White BerriRLA 195 714Greg Cram 0439 890 822

Price Review $349,000Inspect Sunday October 18,

10am – 11am

It’s just blissful country living

THIS solid three bedroom home, conveniently nes-

tled just minutes from town on a one acre parcel of pure lifestyle, awaits a lucky fam-ily or younger couple, wish-ing to embrace the space of the true care free country.

On entrance into the formal dining you will find polished floorboards

underfoot, wooden feature mantle and large aluminum light filled window panes which absorb the morning sun and wildlife singing in your trees.

Conveniently located central to the

bedrooms, the bathroom has been recently renovated and boasts an array of luxurious features, such as floor and wall tiles, new vinyl wrapped vanity, and corner spa with a surrounding shower alcove for a choice of soak or scrub.

Each of the three sleeping zones are a comfortable size and have rich polished floors, while the master has built in robes and enough room to spring a sleepover party.

Climate control is this properties forte with a selection of heating and cooling options

ranging from gas, wood combustion heating and a reverse cycle ducted unit for those scorching summer days.

The undercover outside entertaining can only be described as HUGE!

And being within the fully fenced backyard, the children can safely play while you entertain all day.

Shedding will be far from an issue at the address with a two car garage, additional 30 x 20 concrete based shed and a lockable workshop with power and concrete for the handy man.

LOXTON

3 1 2

710 Edmonson RoadRay White LoxtonRLA 195 714Bronte Manuel 0439 828 882

Price $225,000Inspect Saturday October 17,

11.30am – 12.00pm

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THE MARSCHALL FAMILY Serving the district from 2 Coombe Terrace Waikerie SINCE 1920

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Imagine yourself hereHAVE you ever considered

owning your own block of land on the river with lawn to pull your boat up.

If you have thought about this and have thought about this and have contemplated building a new river home in the future but thought it was unaffordable, I’m here to tell you it’s possible to own this very affordable river block for only $197,000.

For this price you also get an elevated river shack which is neat and tidy all within a short distance of the pub and general store.

Choose to ski above the lock or put your boat in up the road, motor it back and tie it up.

Great spot for a barbeque, a few drinks or to build your boat shed- subject to consents.

BLANCHETOWN

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Lot 2 South TerraceMarschall First NationalRLA 47936Phone: 8541 2777

Price $197,000Inspect By appointment

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~ Gene Hill


SHAMPOOCH, along with other responsible and caring pet lovers, choose Dr Billinghurst’s BARF Diet for their canine and feline com-panions.

BARF Australia’s goal is to achieve healthy pets through evo-lutionary nutrition.

Seeking genuine healthDR BILLINGHURST wants all pets to be happy, active, bright, alert and free of problems and wants them that way for their whole life.

Ideally, young pets need to develop to the peak of their genetic potential, breeding stock to pro-duce supremely healthy offspring.

Active pets should perform to the maximum of their inher-ited limits and sick pets need to become well and it would be good for our aged pets to become ‘young’ again.

Feeding our pets their opti-mum diet is the most effective way to achieve these aims.

The optimum diet for our pets is the evolutionary diet and that is why Dr Billinghurst has produced Dr B’s Genuine Aussie RAW (BARF) Foods for Pets.

These evolutionary foods for pets have become known as The BARF Diet, where BARF stands for Bones And Raw Food or Biologi-cally Appropriate Raw Food and RAW stands for Restoring Animal Wellness.

Dr Billinghurst’s products for pets are proudly Australian and echo a long tradition of feeding pets with, meat, bones and healthy table scraps.

These products follow years of study and research by Dr Billing-hurst, the veterinarian who intro-duced the world to evolutionary

A happy pet is a healthy pet with BARF

■ DIET: The BARF diet is fast becoming

popular for Australian pet owners looking to keep their

pet healthy.

JELLETT ROAD, BERRI PHONE 8582 5070

Call and place your order today!

Robby is a male staffy cross. He is fi ve to six years old. He is very friendly, smoochy, playful and good with other dogs. Robby likes going for the odd walk and is good on the lead. A great family/companion dog. For more information, contact Moorook Animal Shelter on 8583 9393.

FEATURE PET

Meet Robby

nutrition (BARF) for pets. Using whole raw foods for

pets is not new; it is the diet that nature or evolution used to shape our pets; it is the diet our pets require to become and remain truly healthy.

What’s so special about BARF?

FOR any machine to work properly, it must be supplied with the manufacturer’s recom-mended fuel, lubricants and spare parts.

Anything less will cause the machine to malfunction.

Our pets’ bodies work on the same principle.

The only diet that will ensure maximum health and longevity for our pets is the evolu-tionary diet.

Benefi ts of Dr B’s BARFIMPROVEMENT in arthritis; healthier skin and coat; improved kidney and heart health; liver, pancreatic and bowel health; healthier teeth and elimination of bad breath; strength-ened immune and digestive system; greater resistance to fl eas and internal parasites; minimal chance of degenerative diseases; lean body mass.

Comparing Aussie RAWDR B’S Genuine Aussie RAW (BARF) foods for pets contain the freshest raw foods available, including muscle meat, organ meat, bones, vegetables, fruit, eggs, yoghurt, garlic, fl ax seed, alfalfa and kelp.

These healthy foods are rich in essential fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, natural phytochemicals and anti-oxidants, presented as only ‘Mother Nature’ knows how.

BARF is available in seven different fl a-vours: chicken, lamb, pork, beef, kangaroo, rabbit and combination.

For more information, see www.sham-pooch.net.au or contact Di on 0403 153 454.

ADVERTISING FEATURE

the latest little additions in the Riverland and Mallee

Send in photos of your new arrival with details to: Riverland Weekly, PO Box 1279 Berri 5343 or email to

[email protected] and you’ll be entered in the monthly draw for a chance to WIN a family portrait,

valued at $120, compliments of Photography by Visage

Booties and Bibs

Bumblebee PortraitsBumblebee Portraits

Ocea Jane Higginson

BORN September 9, 2009weighing 7lb 5oz,to Ryan and Amy

of Barmera.


Isaac Dean Ayoub

BORN September 22, 2009 weighing 7lb 12oz

A son for David and Fleur Ayoub (nee Wood),

of St Marys.

MitchellHenry JohnsonBORN September 24, 2009

weighing 8lb 15oz.A son for Ado and Carly.A little brother for Ebony.

Toby Michael Davis AllderBORN October 8, 2009

weighing 4.19kgto Melanie and Michael

of Barmera.A brother for Sam and Lucas.

Angeliki Sophia KargasBORN September 8, 2009

weighing 2.88kg, to Melanie and Anastasios

of Barmera. A sister for Anastasia

PHOTOGRAPHY BY VISAGE

Mahlia Jae Gill

BORN October 3, 2009weighing 11lb 5oz,

to Penny and Aaron Gillof Renmark

PHOTOGRAPHY BY VISAGE PHOTOGRAPHY BY VISAGE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY VISAGE

Baby

Congratulations!to our winner for September,

Matthew Aaron Rogers, and his parents Eve and Jason of Renmark.

October 15-21 Community Events File

Got an event for our File? Phone 8582 5500 and let the Riverland and Mallee know about it!

Thursday October 15th • Charity for all Bingo at the Loxton Club,

Bookpurnong Tce Loxton, everyone welcome, eyes down at 7.30pm, proceeds to Brown’s Well Novita. Phone Deb Ball on 0428 823 924 for more information.

Friday October 16th• Barmera Community Markets, every Friday

morning from 8am to 12pm at the Pioneer Park in Barmera. For more information phone Steven Lynch on 0428152235.

Saturday October 17th• Riverland Farmers Markets, every Saturday

morning, 7.30am – 11.30am, Crawford Tce, Berri. Phone the Market Manager on 8582 4864 for more information.

• Riverland Ballroom Dancing at the Loxton Peace Hall, dancing from 7:30pm. For more information phone Ray on 8584 5945.

• The P.S Industry is steaming at 3pm to 4.30pm. Devonshire afternoon tea available. Twilight cruise at 6pm to 7.30pm, BYO license, fi nger food and entertainment available. Bookings essential. Phone 8586 6704.

Sunday October 18th• Enjoy a guided tour of the “The Pines”

Loxton Historic House and Garden, admission $8 open every Sunday between 2pm & 3pm, alternate times by appointment. Phone 0412649766 or 8584 4642

• Pacemakers Bingo at the Berri Hotel eyes down at 2pm proceeds to Waikerie Hospital Auxilliary. For more information contact Dianne 8583 8267.

• The P.S Industry is steaming at 11am to 12.30pm. Devonshire morning tea then steaming to Berri at 1:30pm, with entertainment. Returning to Renmark with

Townsends bus service. Bookings essential. Phone 8586 6704.

• The Loxton Golf Club will be hosting a fundraising event for Life Education SA Riverland. The 9 Hole Ambrose Golf Day will begin at 9am with 4 player teams at $20 per head (students $17). For more information contact Liz on 85841201.

• The Berri Barmera and District Garden Club meeting at 1pm sharp at the Berri Senior Citizens Club car park to car pool. Includes mystery tour of Renmark with a visit to the fl oral display at the Renmark Institute. BYO chair. For more info call Heather on 85832063.

• Cambrai Family Store is holding a garage sale at Railway House, Main Street. Sellers from 9am with sites at $10, buyers from 10am onwards. Australian Red Cross-The Power of Humanity.

Tuesday October 20th• Riverland Gem and Mineral Club,

workshop in Glossop from 3pm - 5pm. For more information and directions phone Dennis on 8582 3430.

• Palms Bingo at the Berri Club eyes down at 10.30am proceeds to Spina Bifi da. Phone Pam 8582 1692 for more information

• Barmera Monash Charity Bingo at the Barmera Monash Football Club eyes down at 7.30pm proceeds to the Spina Fida. Phone Pam for more information on 8582 1692

• Art Classes every Tuesday at the Berri Art Centre, 23 Wilson Street Berri. Classes run for 2 hours, $15 per session. Beginners and advanced artists welcome. For more information or bookings phone Jamahl Pollard on 85822442 or 0414 39 5340 or email [email protected]

• Scrapbooking night at the Monash Hall. $5 includes supper. New project each month. Art and craft supplies. Enquiries to Tracey on 0429 808 937.

Wednesday October 21st• Refresh and Bloom for women married or

single who are looking to develop new friendships, learn new skills and gain new ideas. Every Wednesday at the Belmont Hall, Berri Uniting Church, Denny Street Berri. Gold coin donation, morning tea will be provided. Phone Helen on 0429 822 524 for more information.

**FUTURE EVENTS**• Rose Week at Renmark Uniting Church,

15th Street, Renmark starts Friday, October 23 from 10am to 2pm. Morning tea and lunch available, trading table operating. All welcome.

• Open day and garden fete at Bonney Lodge on Sunday October 25th from 10am. Tours of the facility, morning tea, afternoon tea, barbeque lunch, variety stalls, gold coin admission.

• Special Olympics Riverland is holding a Bingo night as a fundraiser. Thursday October 29 at 7pm sharp at the Loxton Club. Please bring mixed sandwiches cut in quarters and wrapped in gladwrap, with fi lling showing, or cakes, scones or slices to sell for supper.

• The Barmera Primary School is holding a Quiz night on Thursday October 29 at the Barmera Monash Football Club. 7pm for a 7.30pm start, the cost is $8 per person, tables of 8 people are preferred. To book a table call 85882198.

• Scrapbooking night each third Tuesday of the month. Next night is November 17 at the Monash Hall. $5 includes supper. New project each month. Art and craft supplies.

Enquiries to Tracey on0429 808 937.

• The Renmark Show’s “REVIVED” Recycled Art Competition entries close this week. Entries will be taken at the Renmark Show Offi ce, Marrara Street Renmark on Friday October 16 from 12pm-6pm or Saturday 17 from 10am-12pm. If you are unable to get your entries in at this time please contact Cindy Shorrock to make other arrangements. No late entries will be accepted. Contact Cindy on 0418 822 734 or email: [email protected]. All entries & winners will be on display at the Renmark Show on Saturday October 31st.

• Barmera Library is holding Baby Rhyme Time at 10:30am and story and activities for all ages at 11am every Tuesday during the school term. Phone 85882872 for more information.

• Renmark Kindergym fundraiser: Focus Family Portraits by Italo Vardaro. A sitting and a 10” x 13” portrait sitting is $15.00. Photo packs available to purchase. Sunday November 8 from 1pm. Renmark Kindergym, Marrarra Street, Renmark. For appointments contact Amanda Thiel on 0418 837 673.

• The Terrace Gallery Loxton is displaying the winning artwork from the Loxton Show in the Tourism and Arts Centre. Work on display until the end of October.

The community events fi le is for “Not for Profi t” organisations.

Events are listed at the discretion of the Riverland Weekly

management. We recommend you verify details of events listed with

the relevant organisation.


Wanbi HotelADVERTISING FEATURE

THE Wanbi Hotel is celebrat-ing one year since its reopen-ing next Saturday night, October 25.

Hotel management is inviting the community to come along and join in with the celebrations.

A free sausage sizzle for all patrons will be held between 6 and 7pm.

The Mallee pub has been a busy haven of activity over the past 12 months with extensive renovations giving it a new lease on life.

Established in 1932, it has been an integral part of the community for locals and farmers from surround-ing areas.

The pub closed for three months in 2008 for renova-tions, before reopening on October 24.

Renovations have been ongoing since, with a revamped pool room, and bedrooms, which are now

air-conditioned, while the front bar also received a major overhaul.

While the changes have been extensive, the hotel has maintained its old style, country pub feel and atmo-sphere.

The hotel also boasts equal to the cheapest stan-dard price for a schooner in the region (aside from promotional prices).

West End Draught, Cooper’s Pale Ale and Hahn Premium Light are all $3.50 a schooner.

It’s the cheapest beer by a distance, with some estab-lishments asking up to $4.60 a schooner.

About $160,000 has been invested into the hotel’s continuing renovations, including the revamping of the dining room and accom-modation facilities.

The Wanbi township history, including the history

of the hotel and the railway, can be viewed in the front bar and dining room, bring-ing back that community feel a local pub should have by preserving a strong local identity.

Meals are generous serves with nothing on the menu over $15, with a wide range of delicious choices avail-able.

The hotel developed the low-cost menu so its custom-ers can still enjoy dining out without a big impact on their weekly budget.

While prices are low, fl avour and quality remain uncompromised on the delicious new menu, which features some hearty inclu-sions.

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■ AFTER spending last sea-son with Marion in Adelaide’s Premier League, Andrew Hill resumed as a skipper with his home club Berri in Saturday’s opening round of men’s pen-nant bowls for 2009/10.

A member of the state squad, Hill made no secret of the fact that he was transferring to Marion in 2008-09 to give himself the best opportunity he could to take his bowls career to its limits.

Andrew usually travelled to the city on Fridays to get in some practice, played on Satur-day before returning on Sunday, a huge commitment and one that was only possible because of the support of his family.

As a skipper for Marion he was the most successful for the

club over the season and the fourth best across the 10 team competition.

At the same time, he rep-resented the state team in its commitments during a period that SA was taking huge steps to improve its standing in the sport.

In the off season, he was involved in the state teams’ im-pressive performances against some of the leading bowlers in NSW on a special visit to the Merrylands Club in Sydney.

Andrew, aware of Bowls SA’s plans to improve its perfor-mances and image, gave him-self the opportunity to be part of it and despite now return-ing to play in the country, you would think the sheer weight of his efforts will keep him in the

minds of the SA selectors.And to assist in jogging

their memories, he is getting in as much bowls as possible to keep his name before them, including playing in the quali-fi ers for the Australian Open in November and December.

These games will be con-ducted on Mondays and Tues-days, making it diffi cult for a businessman from the country but Andrew will be there.

His prime focus, however, is gaining selection in the SA team for the Australian Sides Championships to be held in Adelaide in April next year.

As a member of the state squad, he will get the opportu-nity to trial for that major event and stepping stone to perhaps even higher honours.

■ CHANGE: River conditions at Murray Bridge have caused

organisers to shift a major speed skiing meet to Berri.

■ LAST summer we looked at the possibil-ity of river conditions at Murray Bridge resulting in one of its major water ski events being trans-ferred to the Berri Water Ski Club site at Martin’s Bend, Berri.

Well, it is going to happen and local offi -cials consider the Berri Resort Hotel 110 on Sat-urday and Sunday, Octo-ber 31 and November 1, “will be huge”.

Around 90 boats will take part, including V8 Super Car champions Mildura’s Rick and Todd Kelly with their water toy Mojo, while likely to be amongst the skiers is Jack Houston, who recently won a world junior boys title in Belgium.

Of local interest is that the emerging Hit

It racing team, of driver Damien Philp, observer Daniel Jury and skiers Saxton Brown and James Moldovan, will be there.

In fact, there will be only two other SA boats competing the president of Ski Racing SA Murray Bridge’s Les Obst and Swan Reach’s Graeme Johns.

Saturday’s events fea-ture the Berri Resort Ho-tel Dash For Cash from the Lyrup ferry to the Berri Resort Hotel, with the fastest boats to cross the line at around 225 ki-lometres per hour while pulling two skiers.

Boats, some of them valued up to $350,000, will then go on public display in front of the hotel.

Sunday’s Berri 110 will start at the ski site,

travel towards Loxton to the Bookpurnong cliffs, then complete 55 kilo-metres as boats and ski-ers return through Berri on the way to a second 55 kilometre leg upstream and a fi nish back at Berri.

I mentioned several times in this column last summer the enormous amount of effort this relatively small Riverland club had put into devel-oping its prize facility.

It has put itself and its surrounding commu-nity well and truly on the map.

Boats from NSW, Vic-toria and Queensland are expected for the event, which should pull a large number of visi-tors from far and wide to contribute to a huge audience.

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Hill returns to bowl at Berri

■ THREE Riverland Su-perdogs, Lance Gum, Nick Kossatch and Paul Arnold, have returned from the AFL Masters Cairns 2009 football carnival with champions medallions.

Playing his part for South Australia, winning two of the fi ve age divisions, Superdogs president and crumbing for-ward in the State 50 to 55 years Super Seniors line-up, Gum was a member of a side

that won all of their three games against Victorian and Queensland combinations and then a virtual grand fi nal against North Queensland comfortably.

For key defender/forward Kossatch and rebounding half back Arnold, the 40 to 44 years Masters competi-tion was not as easy.

They defeated NSW by three points and Vic-toria Country by two, be-

fore crushing Queensland by 77 in another title decider.

For Gum, it was his fi rst ‘premiership’ medal at the event, for Kossatch, his sec-ond, while Arnold emulated Nick’s performance in 2006 when he won a medallion on his fi rst trip to the carni-val.

Kossatch was unable to repeat his All Australian selection of 2008, slowed

down somewhat when he suffered a rib injury in a col-lision with something like a local sugar cane truck in the opening game.

Despite his ailment how-ever, I gather he was still able to gain some qualifi cation off fi eld as a belly dancer.

Nick, upon refl ection, did consider that his team-mate Paul Arnold “was ex-tremely unlucky to miss the All Australian line-up”.

Three Superdogs return as masters carnival champions

■ WIN: Riverland Superdogs members winning at the AFL Masters Carnival were (from left) Lance Gum, Nick Kossatch and Paul Arnold.

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■ THE first leg of the second annual Riverland Junior Tennis Grand Slam held at Berriview last weekend has been described by one of the organisers Mike Hors-man as “a tremendous success in perfect weather”.

This tournament was held on the January long weekend in the first year of the Slam but clashed with a number of similar events in other regions, so it was moved to this almost pre-season time slot.

Despite that, nearly 70 juniors entered with a big contingent of locals joined by players from Mil-dura and other areas.

A highlight of the tourna-ment was the boys 16 years sin-gles competition, where highly rated Murray Bridge junior Tavis Saunders defeated Berri’s Keirren King in a super tiebreaker (10-7) in a semi-final, before going on to win the final 7-6, 6-3 against Leon Coetzer of Kesmond Metro.

Girls 16 singles went to Ni-

cole Pope (Nuriootpa) with Sarah Pickering (Berriview) runner-up, while the doubles went to Pope and Renmark’s Rhiaanon Grosse.

The boys 16 doubles was won by Coetzer and Saunders from King and David Strongman (Ren-mark).

Other Riverland players to perform impressively included Nathan Flight (Loxton), who teamed with Nathan Pope (Nu-riootpa) to win the boys 14 doubles, Marcus Drogemuller

(Berriview), who was runner up to Pope in the singles, and Mur-ray and Steve Burton (Cobdo-gla) runners up in the boys 12 doubles.

Jamie Jaensch/Shenae Ru-cioch and Tahlia Matulick/Me-gan Schulz (Renmark) were the top two combinations in girls 10 doubles, while Blake and William Koskinas (Renmark) finished run-ners-up in boys 10 doubles.

Jamie and Shenae also fin-ished top two in girls 10 singles.

■ UPON competing in the Australian titles at Lucindale recently, lead-ing Loxton driver Keke Falland is to put his dirt kart career on the back-burner.

Falland, who com-pleted a diploma in mo-tor sport in Queensland a year or so ago, and harbours an ambition to work his way into one of the sport’s teams has moved on to wingless sprint cars.

This involved pur-chasing a cool chassis sprint car, removing the wings and the V8 motor and replacing it with a V6.

So he has a ‘fantastic looking’ wingless sprint car but he has retained the wings and V8 motor with the plan to upgrade to sprint cars further down the track.

Keke had his first hit out in his new machine at last Saturday night’s

speedway meeting at Murray Bridge.

As a newcomer he has to start from the rear of the field for his first three meetings and from

11th position he worked his way to eighth and seventh in two lead up races.

Then from position eight in the final, he fin-

ished fifth, despite los-ing his power steering, enough to stop many drivers, early in the 15 lap event.

It was a display of grit

and determination that has been a feature of his dirt kart career.

According to Keke’s supportive father Steve, “the car felt good” and they now look forward to appearing in 15 races (the next back at Mur-ray Bridge next month), including several at the Riverland and Waik-erie Sunline tracks after Christmas.

Keke will in fact give local speedway fans the chance to see his wing-less sprint car when he does some hot laps at this Saturday’s meeting at the Calperum Hill complex.

He will also drag the dirt kart out of moth balls to compete on the same program.

Wingless or not, Keke Falland keeps on flying.

Gates open at River-land Speedway on Satur-day at 5pm, with racing starting an hour later.

A deeper look into dog racing■ THE more you learn about the Riv-erland Greyhound Racing Club at Bar-mera, the more you realise what a ma-jor player it is in the industry in this state.

It is not just all about a dozen or so Saturday race meetings.

Forty or more dogs trial at the track most Sunday mornings.

Exceptions are when trials are held im-mediately after the last event on a Satur-day race day, instead of the next morning.

Normal trial days cater mostly for lo-cal and Sunraysia members.

Then on Sundays before a Saturday race day, special qualification trials are held.

Long term stalwart steward John Rix is in attendance for these ‘qualies’, when based on times and placings, greyhounds can gain automatic entry into the races the following weekend.

Trainers bring their greyhounds from all over the state, including Adelaide for the ‘qualies’.

The Barmera complex springs to life again this Saturday, Caulfield Cup Day.

Over 90 nominations were received with an eight race program in place.

Boxer notches fifth win■ THE Loxton gymnasium’s Bradley Wil-son won his fifth bout in a row when he defeated the more experienced Sunraysia fighter Matt Walker in a big Desert Storm tournament at the Edge Hotel, Buronga, NSW, last weekend.

Wilson not only had to contend with a tough opponent but also a loud and paro-chial (but fair) interstate crowd of around 700 during the bout.

And, according to Loxton gym chief Phillip Goodes, who was in the corner for Wilson for the fight, it gave his fighter some invaluable experience in such situ-ations.

Goodes came out of ‘retirement’ as a coach on this occasion because his recent replacement, Paul Rose was busy becom-ing engaged.

Rose will be back on deck for the next tournament in Adelaide on November 1, when hopefully opponents will be found for Bradley and also Matt Wilson and Ryan Goodes.

Bradley Wilson was the sole River-land boxer from the trio to fight in Bu-ronga, being the only one over 14 years of age as required for such events in that state.

Gallard to miss titles

■ I SPOKE to a still weary Kris Weir early on Tuesday morning after she had re-turned from playing for the South Australian over 50s team in the Australian Veterans Hockey carnival in Tasmania.

I wrote a couple of weeks ago that Kris was the youngest member of the team, in which she was joined by Renmark’s Teresa Shawyer.

It must have been big-ger then Ben Hur.

Over 600 women at-tended the wind up to the carnival at Wrest Point Ca-sino (along with about five blokes).

But proudly, despite a fair bit of partying, Kris and Teresa did play in the most successful of the five SA teams.

Some of the veterans with the SA squads were nearly 70 years of age and “amazing”, according to Kris.

The over 50s won three of their seven games, de-feating Tasmania twice, including a playoff for fifth position amongst the seven teams, and against North-ern Territory, but were also competitive and in fact in winning positions at the half way mark against Vic-toria, WA and NSW.

Queensland was a dif-ferent matter – “they blew us away 8-0 and beat Tas-mania 11-0” Kris said.

I suggested to her that second half fade outs may have been due to too much chatter after she gave an-other example of it ‘really being a small world’.

Kris explained that shadow players, those not required by their home team, are still able to at-tend the carnival and to play for other states.

Two such women from Rockhampton, Queensland, joined the SA over 50s, Kris thought she recognized one of them

and was right.It was Sue Deakin (nee

Woodhouse) a former Glos-sop High School student who had played against Kris (Renmark High) in their early days before she moved to ‘Rocky’ in 1975.

Deakin indicated that she had a photo of a Riv-erland team from that era that included Kris, as well as a former fellow Glossop student, friend and hockey stalwart Berri’s Leanne De-laine.

Kris apparently ar-ranged a telephone hook up between the two old pals.

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Weary Weir returns from national hockey carnival

■ RENMARK’S Brad Gallard will not be in Goondawindi this week-end to defend his Australian Ex-treme 2WD Off Road title.

A delay in repairs to the motor in his Geiser Brothers USA Trophy Truck will rob him of the oppor-

tunity to repeat his spectacular performance at the venue last year in the final round of the national championships.

Gallard has been competing in the 2009 championship series using a Pro Truck, on loan from colleague Robbie Gwynne, but this is currently being prepared

for Gwynne’s brother Bernard to take to WA for the Gascoyne Dash.

It is understood the Waik-erie-Riverland club will not have a vehicle in Goondawindi, al-though Gallard’s navigator Scott Modistach will be there as a spectator.

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■ From Page 56

“The depth of the soil relates to the bounce and speed you get off the wicket, so we’re hoping we should have a really good standard of wicket here.”

Clifford said if the pitch turns out to be the right standard, the potential of getting big games and big names back into the region will grow substantially.

“Hopefully it all pans out and down the track we hope to be able to attract the higher standard of crick-et back to the Riverland,” he said.

“We’ve had a World Cup game here on the old pitch, which is pretty unique, and who knows, in a year or two’s time we might be able to get a higher standard game here again.”

Using both the internet and South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) curators as reference points, Frankel believes the club has got it right.

The process involved fi rst digging the old pitch square out, then fi lling the 150 mil-limetres deep hole with the new soil, cricket pitch loam sourced from the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Plans were originally in place to sod grass seeds but with the pre-season AFL game scheduled to be held at Berri last summer, rollout turf was the only option.

“With the AFL game here last year, there was no guarantee that we would get good grass cov-erage (from sodding the grass from seed),” Clifford said.

The Berri Barmera Coun-cil, which had dug the old pitch out, supplied the turf, the same type used on met-ropolitan SACA wickets.

“In return, we had to stay off the oval for the season and couldn’t play cricket here last year, so we’re look-ing forward to playing here this year,” Clifford added.

“We were pretty happy to go with what they’re using

down there (in Adelaide),” Frankel said.

Now it is a nervous wait for the Berri boys as round one nears to see if all their work over the past year or so pays off.

“A lot of hours went into this, with just the logistics of trying to organise and re-search it and put everything into practice,” Frankel said.

“Kym Traeger was also a big help to us throughout the whole process as well.

“It was a pretty big un-dertaking.

“It comes down to the fi rst game.

“I suppose we’ve done the best we can to get the best wicket we can.”

According to Frankel, Berri’s clay depth is twice as deep as the Barmera pitch.

“If you use what’s hap-pened with Barmera’s wicket as a guide, which is a really good cricket wicket, hope-fully we have a really good one on our hands.”

Riverland Men’s Pennant Bowls

First divisionRenmark 110 d Renmark RSL 58.(S. Leesue 23 drew J. Van Der Wyst 23, M. Howe 34 d R. Sutton 13, B. Dopson 27 d R. Lee 12, J. Thompson 26 d M. Inglis 10).Barmera 83 d Lyrup 76.(I. Wandel 24 drew G. Godena 24, J. Morena 25 d J. Jungfer 18, P. Ashton 11 l S. Munro 23, A. Ness 23 d W. Haby 11).Berri 71 d Loxton 65.(K. Stokes 16 drew B. Bald 16, D. Tre-loar 15 drew V. Pavia 15, A. Hill 20 d J. Darby 13, C. Treloar 20 l P. Kimber 21).

Second divisionBerri 63 d Lyrup 53.(K. Breakwell 14 l L. Seltitzas 25, G. Meyer 23 d J. Calgie 14, R. Grosser 26 d

N. Nattrass 14).Monash 76 d Waikerie 34.(K. Schulz 23 d D. Thompson 13, K. Ruediger 18 d N. Taylor 11, W. Barnett 32 d M. Carrera 10).Loxton RSL 64 d Loxton Black 42.(T. Lehmann 23 d T. Wurst 12, B. Rose 25 d B. Thiele 6, D. Vaughan 24 d J. Gin-nelly 16).Loxton Green 83 d Renmark RSL 47.(G. Ireland 32 d S. Hume 19, D. McRae-Wood 26 d M. Curtis 14, M. Nugent 25 d W. Tankard 14).Loxton Blue 63 d Barmera 60.(D. Schliebs 13 lost to I. Lloyd 23; P. Vaughan 31 d A. Schulz 19, S. Semmler 19 d J. Klingbiel 18).

Third divisionMoorook 55 d Waikerie 50.(N. Pollard 16 d S. Copeland 13, M. Couzner 24 d M. Rolton 20, M. Farrant 15 l C. Wilson 17).

Monash 75 d Berri 45.(I. Radosevic 19 l E. Mason 20, A. Viney 29 d L. Schubert 11, I. Dixon 27 d P. Reynolds 14).Loxton RSL 64 d Loxton Orange 51.(K. Ward 10 l J. Vaughan 27, R. Bedson 16 drew M. Campbell 16, C. Hampel 38 d B. Williams 7.5).Barmera 63 d Renmark White 52.(B. Mitchell 26 d J. O’Loughlin 20, K. Dougherty 17 d D. Parish 13, S. Cristo 20 d P. Lindsay 19).Renmark RSL 58 d Loxton White 54.(P. McDonald 14 l J. Lidgerwood 24, K. Phillips 28 d W. Reichstein 10, L. Va-lente 16 l A. Reichstein 20).Loxton Yellow 74 d Renmark Blue 49.(W. Ahrens 28 d C. Smith 14, D. Vaughan 18 l M. Weiss 21, M. Nitschke 14 l N. Menz 28).

Fourth division

Loxton Red 69 d Barmera 44.(P. Durdin 22 d F. Roberts 21, B. Mattner 29 d H. Freier 6, E. Davey 18 d J. Wyrill 17).

Berri 81 d Loxton Gold 41.(P. Johnson 21 d C. Jenke 12, D. Vlem-mix 19 d K. Henderson 16, L. Gapco 31 d T. Holman 13).Waikerie d Renmark (forfeit).

Pinnaroo Line BowlsFirst division

Geranium 57 (6) d Parilla 51 (2); Lameroo Red 45 (6) d Pinnaroo 44 (2); Murrayville 47 (6) d Lameroo White 32 (2).

Second divisionPinnaroo 76 (8) d Lameroo Red 66 (2); Parilla 79 (8) d Geranium 78 (2); Murrayville 80 (8) d Lameroo White 67 (2).

Golf

WaikerieDivision one: D. Greenfi eld 38. Divi-sion two: J. Fladrich 42. Voucher win-ners: J. Tscharke 41, R. Cain 38, C. Rob-inson 38, J. Thomas 37.Ladies: V. Kleeman 35, K. Watkins 34.

RenmarkSaturday stroke: T. Smith (Naraco-orte) 75/70, A. Parkyn 75/71, D. Bell 93/71, B. Heath 97/72, S. Searles 89/73, A. Noles 77/73, J. Angove 88/74, J. Ross (Mt Gambier) 79/74.Ladies: Division one - A. Pethick +3, K. Steed +1. Division two – B. Pendle +3, I. Proud +2.

BerriSaturday stroke: R. Yates 65 nett, R. Dale 69, D. Zeliff 70, W. Hocevar 70, G. Kellaway 72, W. Thiele 72, D. Howes 73.

CroquetAssociation croquet:

Game one - N. Hart 16 d A. Wright/S. Noske 11; Game two - N. Hart/S. Bel-chambers 21 d S. Noske/R. Bauer 19.

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Championships: R. Crisp 526, D. Kilsby 511, K. Zim-mermann 508, A. Biele 476, B. Peterson 457,G. Freer 433, A. Reichstein 369, F. DiCerbo 301.

■ From Page 56

“I’ve got a good rap-port with most of the players being involved last year with the camp and things like that.”

Hankin said that his junior development role will continue in the senior sides this year.

“We’ve got a num-ber of young players showing enormous po-tential I’ll be looking at,” he said.

“The likes of Rory Correll, Gary Branford and those young fellas coming through, I think we will see just how good they can be next year.”

Juniors aside, Han-kin will also be looking at recruiting closely.

“We need to recruit around a few areas, there’s a few blokes on the radar,” he said.

While the centenary is a big occasion on the club’s calendar, Hankin conceded he will not be dwelling too much on the past.

“History isn’t something I real-ly worry about,” he said.

“We’re in a position to make our own history.”

B a r m e r a -Monash Foot-ball Club also recently an-nounced Mark Wilden as A grade coach for 2010.

Wilden coached the club’s reserves to a premiership in 2009.

Waikerie has reap-pointed Troy Lehm-ann as senior coach for 2010, while Renmark’s 2009 premiership coach Brenton Venables has also been reappointed.

Loxton and Loxton North are yet to name their lead-ers.

■ COACHES: Appointed senior coaches for 2010 are so far (from left) Barmera-Monash's Mark Wilden, Renmark's Brenton Venables, Waikerie's Troy Lehmann and Berri's Rod Hankin (main).

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Pitch pundits confi dent

OLYMPIC swimmer and former Loxton girl Sophie Eding-ton will be the guest speaker at this year’s Riverland Sport-sperson of the Year Awards.

The awards will be held at the Berri Resort Hotel on Fri-day, November 6.

Along with the major an-nouncement of the

Riverland Sportsper-son of the Year, the John Ormsby Coach of the Year Award, the Steve Mcfarlane Contribution to Sport Award and the Peter Frankcom Ju-nior Sportsperson of the Year Award will also be announced.

Tickets for the night are available by calling the Berri Resort Hotel.

■■ GUEST: Sophie Edington, pictured with boyfriend Adam Byrnes (who plays rugby union for the Queensland Reds) during

a recent visit to Loxton, will be the guest speaker at the Riverland Sportsperson of

the Year Awards. Photo: CAROL GOETZE

Edington guest speaker at sportsperson awards

■ COMPETING: Loxton Horse Riding Club members Jordan Jachmann, riding Yoshi, and Renata Nitschke, riding Sally, competed in the pairs event at the Pinnaroo and Loxton shows.

■ RIDERS: Mitch Neumann, riding Rebel, and Grace Cullen, riding Ben, competed in the

encouragement ring at the Loxton Show in the pairs event

recently.

Berri 2009 coachesUnder 18s coach: Todd GlennUnder 15s coach: Mark WilkschUnder 13s coach: Paul DackUnder 11s coach: Peter HoffmannAuskick coaches: Peter and Bern

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HiLux is available in 32 variants that in-clude two and four-wheel drive, three cabins, three double overhead-cam engines, manual and automatic transmissions and three equip-ment grades - Workmate, SR and SR5.

Toyota has substantially improved the value of two key models, chopping $3100 from the prices of the 4x2 SR turbo-diesel double cab and single cab-chassis.

The single cab-chassis is now priced 10.4 per cent lower at $26,590, while the double cab price has been reduced by 8.7 per cent to $32,590.

Along with the upgrades, other models have received price increases ranging from $250 for 4x2 Workmate models to $1850 for 4x4 SR5 models.

So far this year, Toyota dealers have delivered just over 24,000 HiLux - more than double the sales of the nearest rival. HiLux is the market leader in both 4x2 and 4x4 pick-up segments, accounting for one-quarter of all sales in these combined segments.

The HiLux nameplate was launched on the Australian market over 30 years ago, with 4x2 models, followed by 4x4 versions from 1980.

Total sales in Australia have exceeded 600,000, including more than 40,000 in each of the past two years.

With the latest upgrades, HiLux SR5 double cab 4x4 models - which adopt sports-style front seats - now come standard with a total of six airbags.

These vehicles now have side airbags for the front seats and curtain-shield airbags in addition to the existing driver and front-pas-senger airbags.

All SR5 models now have cruise control as standard equipment, following the addi-tion of this feature to manual Xtra Cab 4x4 models.

Privacy glass has been adopted on the rear door windows and back window of all Double Cab SR5 models.

Audio systems have been improved across the range.

Entry-level Workmate and volume-selling mid-grade SR now have a single CD player with USB port and Bluetooth mobile tele-phone compatibility.

SR grade also adopts a four-spoke ure-thane steering wheel with audio controls.

The new SR5 audio unit has a six-CD multi-changer and colour LCD screen.

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The Kingoonya Hotel is being lovingly restored to a place of

beauty and interest.~ Outbackjack.info

ONE of the great attractions of the Australian outback is the chance to enjoy a cold beer in the many pubs scattered across our nation.

One such pub is the newly renovated establishment at Kingoonya.

Hosts ‘Frosty’ and Maria, along with their daughter Shilo, have re-cently announced that the famous Kingoonya Cricket Match will be reintroduced on Saturday, October 31.

“It will be a big weekend; we close the main strip, have a game of cricket and wash the dust down with a few cold beers,” Frosty explained.

“A great band will be on hand Saturday night to keep the crowd entertained.”

The Kingoonya pub has had a diverse history since the establish-ment of the township in the early 1900s.

Before the Stuart Highway was sealed and re-routed north-east of the township, it was the point at which the old Alice Springs road left the east-west railway line and headed north.

Many a railway worker and traveller spent a few dollars wash-ing the dust out of their parched throats in the air conditioned comfort of the pub.

In the early 1970s, whilst work-ing in the then Commonwealth Railways, I slipped into the pub for

a quick schooner. At the end of the bar was an

old ‘fella’ with a forest of grey hair sprouting from all parts of his head.

Thinking he could easily fool a young fella new to the bush he announced, “I’ll bet you a beer I

can crawl ‘into’ this here empty beer glass”.

With a sense of fun I replied, “rubbish, no one can do that”.

As quick as a fl ash he jumped off his bar stool and shot out the door, only to reappear on all fours and commenced, “crawling ‘in to’

this here empty beer glass”. “You’d better fi ll it up laddy, I’ll

be thirsty by the time I reach it!” he laughed as he crawled past.

Kingoonya is now almost an abandoned town. The houses in the township are only intermittent-ly occupied by people involved in

mining exploration and kangaroo shooting.

But the pub lives on and retains all the character of bygone years and I’m sure visitors will have a few stories of their own after a visit.

A Telstra blue phone adorns the widest street in the country, along with now operational diesel and petrol fuel pumps.

Having a reputation for the biggest and best steaks in the state, the Kingoonya pub is well on the way to becoming one of our great outback icons.

Another great place to grab a drink and a bit closer to home is the local Loveday Tavern.

No cricket match here but instead it’s time for the famous Riverland 4x4 Challenge over the weekend of October 23 to 25.

To honour the great Australian bush tradition of fi xing up the old bomb with a piece of fencing wire, the standard class has been renamed the Bushman’s Class.

In the past, this class has brought thrills and spills to en-tertain the crowds and looking at the numbers, this year will be no different.

The big boys in their powerful V8s will be there again over this fully catered weekend.

See you there. Say hello and share a beer.

Experience the charm of the outback pub

■ HOST: While the Loveday Tavern has some work to do to match the ‘outbackness’ of Kingoonya, it will be one of the main attractions at the Riverland 4x4 Challenge.

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

RABBITS baby dwarf lop-eared, $20 each. Phone 0404898554.

STEELINE / BUILDPRO PAVERS PAVERS PAVERS. Its time to place your orders as Santa is warming up his sleigh! We have plenty of pavers in stock but they are selling fast. Come in and discuss your requirements and place your order to ensure pre-Christmas delivery. Old Sturt Highway, Berri. Phone 85822166.

TENT rough it, 8 person cabin dome tent with screen house. $400. Phone 85824452 or 0437069305.

VASES 10cm x 10cm x 15cm high, heavy base, clear glass, excellent for all short stemmed flowers, ideal for wedding centerpieces. $5 each. Phone 0400 007 366.

Cars For SaleDAEWOO Lanos 2002, 2 door, manual, air cond, silver, 48,000kms, well kept, granny’s car. S299ADM. $5000 ono. Phone 0418820623.

HOLDEN Astra Classic, 2005, 1.8 litre, 4cyl, auto, sedan, air con, p/steering, dual air bags, front electric windows, c/locking, CD player, tinted windows, XKM058 $13,990.00 ono. Phone 0438865784.

FORD Falcon Forte wagon, 1998, white, auto, t/bar, smart bar, cargo barrier, tint, sports wheels, dual fuel, good cond., WFC318. $6750 ono. Phone 85839359 or 0427196603.

HOLDEN Captiva 2007 LX wagon, 2.0L turbo diesel, auto, 7 seats, n/bar, d/lights, tow bar, bluetooth, new car warranty. $35,900. Phone 0438854274.

HOLDEN Monaro 2002 CV8, devil yellow, 2005 18” Monaro rims, 2 owners, Pioneer CD player, 30,000kms, serviced every 10,000kms. XNI322 $29,500 ono. Phone 0433265816.

Funeral

WHITEThe relatives and friends of Mr Albert Keith “Mick” White are respectfully invited to attend his funeral service to be conducted entirely in the Riverland Funeral Chapel, Wishart Street Berri, on Friday October 16 at 2pm, followed by private cremation at the Riverland Crematorium.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Barmera Residential Care in Mick’s memory would be appre-ciated. Donations may be made at the service.

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A1 quality redgum split or round, per bin. Defontenay Rd Barmera. Last year’s prices. Open 7 days a week. Phone 85883298 or 0427883298

BABY rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats available now. Phone 85825058.

CARAVAN Jayco Heritage, 2004, 25ft, ensuite, ex. cond, designed for 2. Reg til May 2010, YHI000. $43,000. Further info call Barmera 0400530310.

CARAVAN Windsor Statesman 2003, 5.3m, pop-top, singe beds, front kitchen, side lounge and dine, roll out awning and annexe, well kept. RT6856 $26,000 ono. Phone 0418820623.

COMPUTER Full computer system with brand new 20” widescreen LCD monitor, fast 3200CPU, 200GB disk space, 1024MB RAM, graphics card, DVD burner. $575 ono. For more information call 85951502.

HOME insulation: keep cool and save with this reclaimed cellulose natural fibre insulation. Suitable for an average size home or similar building. Highly efficient, safe, easy to install. Only $750. Phone 85951502.

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

ORGAN electric, double keyboard, stool, teach yourself books. $200. Phone 85845353.

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Cars For Sale

NISSAN Pintara 1988, A/C, p/steer, 5 speed, good condition, 3 month reg, UPA567. $1400 ono 85881926.

TOYOTA Coaster motorhome, 1971, dual fuel, 2H motor, very roomy interior w sep. kitchen, unregistered and needs minor work to get running. Engine number 5R1463322. $2000 ono. Phone 0427598775.

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.

House for Sale

RENMARK Stone’s throw from Plaza and school, large 3 bedroom home, new kitchen, near new bathroom, polished hardwood floors throughout kitchen and living areas, Large fully fenced backyard, r/c and evaporative air conditioning throughout. $234,950. Phone 0431476919 for more details.

Houses for rent

BARMERA Spacious, clean, 2brm unit, R/C A/C, BIRs, carport, close to shops, no pets. $125 pw. Phone 0406382342

BARMERA Refurbished 1 and 2 brm units in central location. Accessible features and bathroom. Affordable housing. Eligibility criteria applies. Phone 83738307.

Services

COMPUTERS for mobile computer sales and service call Neotek Services on 0420597000. Friendly reliable and affordable no need to unplug, we come to you.

Businessfor sale

BE your own boss. Dareton takeaway. Great small business. Ex. turnover. Walk in, walk out. Phone 0350274630.

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EngagementN O K E S - H A M P E L .Cheryl and Chas of Loxton and Lyndon and Nathalie of Nadda have much pleasure in announcing the engagement of Sara and Matthew on Wednesday September 30th, 2009. With love and best wishes from both families.

Deaths

LETTON Colin George.Passed away peacefully in the loving company of June. October 3rd, 2009Aged 76 years.

Much loved andloving husband of June.

Loving brother and brother-in-law ofJim and Rhonda,

Glennis and Graham.Loved uncle of

Stephen, Carla, Andrew,Natalie, Jodie and

Catherine.Forever in our hearts

LETTON Colin. Much loved uncle of Carla and husband Michael.Great uncle to Peter, Justin and Riley. Will be missed always.

LETTON Colin George.Our deeply loved uncle who lived far away.You will remain close to our hearts and with us forever.All our love Jodie, Joe, Simone, Alex, Tyson and Jade.

WHITE Albert Keith “Mick”13/7/1922 – 13/10/2009Passed away peacefully at Bonney Lodge Barmera.Father of Helen, John, Betty, Geoffrey, Robert and Barbara.Grandfather of 14; great-grandfather of 9.Gone to the big circus in the sky.

Funeral

LETTONThe relatives and friends of Mr. Colin Letton are respectfully invited to attend a memorial service to be conducted entirely in the Riverland Funeral Chapel, 231 Twentyfirst Street, Renmark on Saturday October 17, at 10.30am.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Smith Family in Colin’s memory would be appreciated. Donations may be made at the service.

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Auction

LOXTON The next Loxton auction will be held on Saturday October 24 in Trenerry Ave at 8:30am. Included will be furniture (mostly antique) and lots of workshop equipment (deceased estate) Phone 85845492.

Garage Sales

BERRI Unit 11, 3 Jones Street, Saturday October 17, 8am - 5pm. Swimming pool, 6x4 trailer with crate, 11 months rego (YG4546), cupboards, bric-a-brac. Phone 85824752.

COBDOGLA 8am Saturday October 17, Drogemuller Road. Baby/toddler clothes, pram, highchair, computer desk, dining table, rocking chair, lounge plus much more.

Ongoing Sale

MONASH Ongoing sale, cnr Sturt Hway and Bollenhagen Rd. Whitegoods, beds, wardrobes, large carpet squares, small cool room, ride-on mower, child’s bicycle. Phone 0418820623 or 85835245.

Public Notice

SINGLE? If you are single, widowed, separated, don’t worry, we help you get the best partner in your life. Phone 0875177000.

Dogs for sale

GERMAN Shepherd cross Black Labrador, 7 puppies, 4 male, 3 female, black with white chest and toes. Loveday area. $200. Phone 0401365954.

Wanted

WINE grape bins with forklift slots, any quantity. Phone 04288955 64.

For counselling or urgent assistance, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Friday 23rd October 2009 at 10.00 am sharpIn the old Stepney’s Heritage Supply Building, 33 – 37 Seventh Street, Mildura

ENGINEERING & WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT; TOOLS, VEHICLES, FIREARM RE-LOADING EQUIPMENT NUMEROUS SUNDRIES

Engineering & Workshop Equipment: BV20DC lathe (approx 1 mtr bed); Frejoth lathe (approx 4 ft bed); Sheradon lathe (approx 1 mtr bed); lathe mill 15” bed; Lombardini generator welder diesel 380V 220V; McMillan air compressor, electric V twin 12 cubic; 3ph air compressor; Peerless pedestal drill; magnetic drill press; Sherline bench drill; CIG transarc arc welder; EMF transarc welder; Brumby CIG mig welder; Weldmate arc welder; Lincoln jet welder; twin cylinder petrol air compressor; 10tne body repair equipment; Metabo cut off saw; Kingchrome air compressor; Makita 9.6V cordless drill; Metabo & B & D hammer drills; Wolf drill; air riveter; Metabo & Wolf 9”, 7” & 4” angle grinders; B & D 4” angle grinder; Bosch electric drill; Makita screw gun; B & D reciprocating saw; Aarlec 850 watt router & hammer drill; 6” bench grinder; Makita 14” cut off wheel; retractable air hose; 2 x 8” grinders; 3ph cut off bench; 9” Makita angel grinder; Honda 13 HP stationery engine; work benches; hydraulic rams; numerous hydraulic hoses; oxy set; 2 x CIG mini cutting & welding oxy kits (new); cut off wheels; air tools; air grease guns; drill bits; Kingcraft socket set; 2 x tap & die sets; grinders; Wurth torque tips; tension wrench; welding rods; heavy duty jumper leads; CIG welding helmets; steel shelving; fl ood lights; extension cords single & 3 ph; air tank; battery chargers; tool boxes; 2 x 1tonne endless chains; 4 tonne endless chains; electric endless chain; Pipe bender ½” – 2”; large trolley jacks; jacks; steel drawers; 3ph electric motor; 3ph hydraulic pump; B & S 5hp petrol motor; 2 x ¾” socket sets; vices; greases & oils; numerous tools (many heavy duty); chains etc etc.

Vehicles/Boat/ Trailers/ Out board motors: rover Ranger ride on lawnmower, electric start, 28 inch cut; Honda 80cc motor bike; 12ft punt with trailer & 25hp Mercury outboard; camping trailer; Toyota Diesel Hi Ace van Reg PNO – 740; Isuzu Diesel Ute (parts only); heavy duty work trailer; Hilux 2.8D Diesel ute Reg AE25QN manual; 1988 Ford Falcoln, not reg; Yamaha 4 stroke 9.9hp long shaft outboard motor; Johnson 15hp short shaft outboard motor; Mercury 6hp short shaft outboard motor; out board fuel tanks; Masport push lawnmower; Atom lawn edger.

Firearm Re-loading Equipment: Dillon turret loader; Pacifi c turret loader model 366; 2 Lee turret loaders; Redding shot gun re-loader; Lee primer (D) & primer; powder scales; powder measures; re-loader; gun books; chronograph; Ransom rest; tumbler; boxes empty shot shells; boxes lead shot; projectiles 38, 44, 45, 357

Other: Avery 1 – 500kg scales; Stihl chainsaw (near new); Echo Chainsaw; Anvil; Aluminium ladders; fi shing & camping gear; 4 W.D winch; Large Chubb safe door; 6 x key & combo safes; sack trucks; truck & 2 way radiators; truck air horn; truck bead breaker; 9” post hole digger; Qty scrap & other sundries far too numerous to mention.

Number System to Apply, 12.5% buyer premium on all lots.Inspection & Registrations Thursday 22nd October 2.00pm – 5.00pm or 8.30am day of sale

or Register from 10th October at the Stockdale & Leggo Offi ce 107 Eighth Street, Mildura

On Site catering availableTerms: Strictly cash on day of sale

FURTHER ENTRIES INVITED AND ENCOURAGEDAuctioneer: Ashley Burns 0408 618 294

Item Information: Tony Scherger 0400 560 947

107 Eighth Street, Mildura Vic 3500 Phone 03 5023 5000 [email protected]

MULTI VENDOR CLEARING SALETo Finalise Deceased Estates & Client Relocation

NOW TAKING ENTRIES FOR THE SATURDAY 21ST NOVEMBER CLEARING SALE Featuring Antiques, Collectables & Household Items

LAST SALE BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK

BM LIVESTOCK, EUDUNDABudgie Schiller Phone: 0437 795 190

Phone 8582 5500 • 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri • Email: [email protected]

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Bear Grylls is certainly the latter, although his breath may also smell of salmon.

This week he travels to the Copper Canyon in Mexico with only a water bottle, pocket knife and flint.

Aussie Ladette to Lady9.30pm, WIN 9Crikey, some of these sheilas are more feral than Britney Spears on a bender.

This show looks to curb these young tearaways into fine young fillies.

They burp, fight, swear, scratch, whinge and some are missing several teeth.

Enough about Port Adelaide’s fans though, this show might teach us all something.

Dodgeball11.10pm, WIN SAThere will be no arguments come 11.10pm Saturday night.

Those who have been to the Riverland Food and Wine Festival will be either continuing the party or sleeping, leaving many viewers the prime opportunity to take pole position behind the remote.

It’s a position single men take for granted, for once lost, it is gone for ever.

Border Security7.30pm, WIN SAGreat show watching people getting busted doing things they shouldn’t be doing.

This week, we see the conclusion to the Romanian keyboard mystery, where an Aussie is questioned after partying hard in Mexico and a traveller argues that he’s not who officials believe him to be.

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If you’ve been under a rock for the past 12 months, look it up on YouTube.

In tonight’s episode he meets the duck and his ducklings, who initially at least, think the whale is dead...

Movie Dilemma8.30pm, WIN SA, 9 and 10Take your pick from a bigger movie dilemma this week.

WIN SA has another James Bond classic in Tomorrow Never Dies, Nine has hard-hitting classic The Shawshank Redemption and Ten will show romantic comedy Love Actually.

It’s a tough predicament sure to create divisions in the strongest relationships.

Viewtubewith LES PEARSON

Celebrity Masterchef7.30pm, WIN 10This week’s contestants are fashion designer Alex Perry, Australian cricketer Simon Katich and comedian/author Wendy Harmer.

I’m chearing for the Kat, given I love the Aussie cricket team and I have no idea who the other two are.

I only hope he can deal with George’s intensity. That guy is pretty intense.

■ FUNNY: The Beached Az series follows a whale beached on the coast of New Zealand.

1. In January, what two star signs is it possible to have?

2. What is the world’s largest online retailer?

3. What does RSL stand for?

4. What is the motto of the Girl Guides?

5. Which Australian rules football catchphrase was used as a war-cry in World War II?

6. True or false - In 1950, Australia lost to England 17-0 in a soccer match?

7. Who directed the fi lm The Da Vinci Code?

8. What river is Melbourne on?

9. What is the capital of Guatemala?

10. True or false - Batman’s

car was known as the Batmobile?

11. What is the most popu-lated country on Earth?

12. Which punk band dedi-cated their song God Save the Queen to the Queen of England?

13. What is the fear of rain called?

14. What is the chemical symbol for lead?

15. What does QANTAS stand for?

16. How many circles are on the Olympic fl ag?

17. True or false - the Bris-

bane Bears merged with South Mel-bourne to create the Brisbane Lions in 1996?18. Sofi a is the capi-

tal of which Eu-ropean country?

19. What is the most com-mon breed of sheep in Australia?

20. Which country is the sport hurling most pop-ular in?

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THE much antici-pated Rivmics Dance Concert will be held at the Chaffey Thea-tre next Saturday.

Carole Walker is exceptionally proud of her dancers, who recently performed at the Chaffey The-atre’s Birthday Dance Spectacular.

The concert is Beyond The Looking Glass, which is a mix of The Nutcracker and Through The Looking Glass.

“Children are given a magic mirror

at a Christmas Eve party and they travel through it to a land of black and white,” Carole said.

“They must help fi nd the missing rainbow fairies to restore the colour before Christmas morning.”

The show fea-tures 80 children aged two to 18 years, with an all boys class of 13.

Tickets are avail-able from all Chaffey Theatre outlets around the region

■ DANCERS: The Rivmics Dance Concert will feature (from left) Kira Mader, Abby Neideck, Georgia Pogorecki, Sarah Aucote, Tori

Kay, Samantha Whittington-Arnold, Stephanie Twigden and Tiarna Lehmann.

Annual dance concert

WELL known singers and musicians Andrew and Ingrid Greeff will be performing in Waikerie from 7.30 tomor-row night.

Currently touring Austra-lia, the duo will be perform-ing at the Salt Church, Pe-naluma Crescent.

Pastor John Newsham is excited about the perfor-mance.

“This will be an incredible evening of music with people who regularly play very big gigs,” Pastor Newsham said.

Andrew and Ingrid have been worship pastors in churches of thousands in South Africa but are now trav-elling the world to perform.

Further details are avail-able from Salt Church on 8541 2885.

A BAND Concert will be pre-sented by the Berri Senior Citizens Club on Saturday, October 24.

Organiser Brian Wittke said the night, which will feature performances from the Riverland Brass Band and

Opera Etc, will be a night of bonding and supper.

“It’s going to be a good night of fellowship and we will be putting on a supper afterwards, so everyone can mingle and so-cialise,” Brian said.

The music will be a vari-ety of brass band and choral singing.

The event will be held at the Berri Senior Citi-zens Clubrooms on Craw-

ford Terrace, Berri, from 7pm.

Band night to entertain

Visiting singers a big

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RiverlRiverlandandRiverlandIssue No. 97 - Thursday, October 15, 2009 www.riverlandweekly.com.au

Berri appoint Rod Hankin as coach for centenary yearDEMONS’ CHOICEDEMONS’ CHOICE

Hopes high for quality new pitch

■ LOOKING GOOD: Berri Cricket Club members and pitch curators Simon Frankel (left) and Matthew Clifford believe the newly installed pitch could be a drawcard for higher standard matches to be played in the region once more. Photo: LES PEARSON

By LES PEARSON

THE newly established Berri cricket pitch is just one exciting new fea-ture to look forward to when the 2009/2010 Riverland Turf Crick-et Association season starts this weekend.

It has been 30 years since the pitch has been replaced and the club has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of the new deck.

So much so, the pitch curators Simon Frankel and Matthew Clif-ford, are hopeful of attracting state level cricket, or higher, back to the region.

Frankel said after much research, the club is confi dent it has produced a high quality surface.

“Just looking at the different depths of clay you can use, we went the maximum of what a lot of pitch-es have,” he said.


By LES PEARSON

THREE-time Independent football premiership coach Rod Hankin has been appointed to lead Berri’s A grade for the club’s centenary year in 2010.

The club’s selection committee made the decision last Thursday night, with Hankin starting in an

offi cial capacity on Monday.After coaching at Indepen-

dent level with Cobdogla for three years, he said coaching A grade in the RFL is almost a dream come true.

“Ever since I left Cobby, my dream was to coach at the high-est local level and Berri was it,” he said.

“I’m not worried about the jump up.

“I see probably Independent coaches making better coaches than anyone else due to the motivational factor.

“Most RFL players are already motivated.”

Hankin has brought with him his own senior coaching panel, in-

cluding reserves, fi tness and assis-tant coach.

“I need people around me that can challenge me and also be a sup-port as well,” he said.

“Sometimes as coaches we can think we’re better than what we are, so you need people to challenge you around decision making, selec-tion, training drills, everything like

that.”All of Berri’s club coaches will

meet tonight to appoint team man-agers and start preparing for 2010.

After being at the club through-out 2009 in a development capac-ity, Hankin said the year has been a benefi cial time to get to know the players.


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