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HONOUR AT LAST‘Forgotten soldiers’ memorial to openBy LES PEARSON

ABOUT fi ve years of campaigning, fundraising and hard work will culminate in the offi cial opening of the Riverland Post WWII Sol-diers War Memorial at 2pm to-morrow.

“I guess it all started about four or fi ve years ago, a bit before my

time (in the association),” Riv-erland Vietnam Veteran’s Asso-ciation president Roger Edmonds said.

Although erected by the Viet-nam Veteran’s Association to hon-our those who served from this region, the memorial will also incorporate service personnel who have served their country since the

end of World War II.The memorial, situated on the

intersection of Vaughan Terrace and Riverview Drive, is unique, made up of two curved brick walls, with fi ve sheets of etched glass, 1800 millimetres high and 900 millimetres wide, standing upright on the walls.

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■ PLAQUES: Riverland Vietnam Veteran’s Association treasurer Peter Stoeckel (left) and Post WWII War Memorial Committee chairperson Trevor Richardson assist with fi nal touches to the memorial. Photo: LES PEARSON

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NO MATTER who we are, we each have a pet peeve when it comes to the use of the Eng-lish language.

One of the most popular segments on ABC radio in-volves an expert discussing the use and misuse of the English language.

In this week’s Riverland Weekly, Waikerie’s Thomas Ad-ams rails against the use of the word Xmas instead of Christ-mas for our major festive cel-

ebration. One of my former editors always hated seeing the word last being used in-stead of past, while another editor thought the word deci-mate (to kill a large propor-tion) is overused, particularly in sporting fields.

Many people show angst over the Americanisation of the English language in this country.

My bugbear? The incorrect use of apostrophes.

Common examples of apostrophe abuse include “80’s”, “Sunday’s” and “it’s”, when not being used as an ab-breviation of “it is”.

While we all have our bugbears, let’s just remember that language is a fluent, ever changing organism.

The language we use today will be different in a hundred years time. Can you imagine using the word trothplighted (to be engaged) today?

Apostrophe abuse gets my goat ROB

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The highlight of the whole thing was seeing how much

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The BURNING Question

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Do the administrators of health services in Adelaide understand the needs of rural communities.YES: 8% NO: 92%

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Why I live here....Tony Sharley, Murtho

I love the space, the peace, the climate and living near the Murray.

THE Berri District Business Associa-tion is holding a breakfast meeting forum from 7.30 next Wednesday at the Berri Resort Hotel.

Member for Chaffey Karlene Maywald will at-tend the meeting, giving members the chance to raise

business related is-sues and matters with her.

“The associa-tion’s aim is to give an opportunity to local business operators to have issues relating to their own business-es brought forward and discussed,” BDBA secretary Barry Phillips said.

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By BRAD PERRY

A SURGE in member numbers and recreational fl yers using its airfi eld over the past three years has seen the Loxton Aero Club successfully gain a deben-ture loan through the Loxton Waikerie Council, as well as grant funding, to construct a state of the art pilot’s rest facility.

The $30,000 facility is set to be a major boost for the club, which will move its clubrooms from an old hangar when the new facility is constructed early next year.

Loxton Aero Club president Rod Hondow believes the 40 year old club’s signifi cant rise in member numbers, from around fi ve to 25 over the past three years, is a tribute to the enthusi-asm of the club.

Mr Hondow said the grow-ing number of fl yers using the Loxton air strip is also because of the continued interest in light aircraft recreational fl ying.

“The last six to 12 months has been very exciting and I think the enthusiasm of the club is attracting people,” he said.

“With the light sport catego-ry, a lot of people are fl ying these days that could not afford it in the past.”

The Loxton Aero Club has many visiting aircraft and pilots, including trainees from the Ren-mark Aero Club and pilots from Adelaide and Mildura, while the

Royal Flying Doctors Service also uses its facilities.

The new pilot’s rest, which will include kitchen and toilet facilites, will be used by visiting air crews, as a pilot briefi ng and instruction area and a meeting room for members.

Mr Hondow said the club has acquired seven extra planes over the past three years and hopes the popularity of light air-craft travel in the Riverland will

continue.Loxton Waikerie Council act-

ing corporate and community services director Des Schliebs said the aero club has taken off in leaps and bounds.

“I think, in the past, the mo-mentum of the club just hasn’t been there to need this facility but through their own member-ship and the additional usage that the Loxton airfi eld is get-ting of other aircraft and pilots,

there is no facility out there for them when they land to actually be able to access decent facilities to write up paperwork or refresh themselves,” he said.

The Loxton Aero Club is also working with the Loxton High School to create a joint training venture, which will be a fi rst for the club.

For more information about how to become a member, visit www.loxtonaero.com

Flying high from funding

By BRAD PERRY

AN alarming number of Riverlanders have been diagnosed with the as-bestos related cancer, mesothelioma, prompt-ing South Australia’s Asbestos Victim Associa-tion to join the calls for further education on the dangers of asbestos in re-gional areas.

Asbestos Victim As-sociation SA president Terry Miller said the number of victims with asbestos related illnesses from the region in recent years is concerning, con-sidering the relatively small population size.

There have been fi ve people diagnosed with mesothelioma in the Riverland over the past

three years.“It is a worry, it really

is,” he said.“It is concerning

right across the state and regional areas.

“When you look at the Riverland, there is quite a bit of asbestos in-

volved.”Mesothelioma is a

form of cancer that can occur as a result of being exposed to asbestos and in worst cases can result in death.

While the State Gov-ernment has released an action plan to tackle the deadly mineral fi bre, Mr

Miller said Riverlanders need to be aware of the dangers.

“There is a list of over 3000 products that have it (asbestos) in there,” he said.

“We don’t think awareness is getting out

as it should in rural ar-eas.

“There should be a lot more and one of our slogans is ‘asbestos awareness saves lives’.”

The Asbestos Victim Association believes re-gional doctors are able to more easily identify asbestos today, some-

thing which had been a problem in the past.

“We are pretty pleased local doctors up there are identifying it better now,” Mr Miller said.

“Radiologists and doctors are asking the

question ‘has the person been exposed to asbes-tos’.”

Mr Miller said the group is also concerned about the cost local councils are charging to dispose of hazardous material.

“We need local gov-erning councils to make

it easier to dump (asbes-tos) and pay for it,” he said.

“It is absolutely ri-diculous the cost of what some of the councils are charging to dump it, that is even if they accept it at all.”

The Asbestos Victim Association SA is holding an information booth at the Renmark Show on Saturday and is encour-aging anyone who would like to know more about asbestos to visit the site.

Mr Miller said if there is enough inter-est about asbestos edu-cation, the victim’s group may return to the region for further presentations.

We don’t think awareness is getting out as it should in rural areas.

Alarming asbestos-related cancer count

■ PROPELLED: Loxton Aero Club president Rod Hondow believes the club’s recent success in gaining funds to build a new pilot’s rest facility, will mean a continued boost in member numbers. Photo: BRAD PERRY

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Xmas objectionI WANT to express my objection for your front page item of Thursday’s (October 22) Riverland Weekly.

The word of objection is “Xmas”.

To my knowledge, there is no such word.

It is not a synonym.There is nothing in any diction-

ary which denotes that the word exists.

I can only suggest that the four letters refer to Christmas.

I have also heard, on the radio, Christmas referred to as Chrissy. This is also wrong.

Let us return to the correct word-ing of Christmas and its ideals.

I am sure that Pastor Phil Comins and his willing volunteers

feel the same way as I do and object to their names and charitable soci-eties being associated with Xmas.

Thomas Adams,Waikerie.

Editor’s note: According to News Limited’s Style (Third Edi-tion): “Xmas is acceptable in head-lines. (Xmas is not offensive. The X is the Greek character chi, the ini-tial letter of the word Christ. X or XT have been widely used by scholars and others as legitimate contrac-tions of Christ since the 13th Cen-tury)”.

Burning question answer: No

LAST week’s Riverland Weekly (October 22) says it all: The Burning Ques-tion – Do the administra-tors of health services in Adelaide understand the needs of rural communi-ties? The answer is no.

I do not blame Dr Seglenieks for leaving because he got no sup-port from the State Gov-ernment in his quest for help.

I think the editor is right on the ball stating Doctor’s Departure a Damn-ing Indictment.

All of Minister Hill’s talk and no action is be-yond belief in this time.

Come on minister, get

out of Adelaide and find a life in country South Australia.

Yes, we are real people. Yes, we do live past Gawler and the Toll Gate.

I say thank you to all who work in our hospital system in country South Australia.

Doctors, nurses and other staff, you are all doing well under hard times with this government at the present time.

We do not blame you for the shortcomings of Minister Hill, or our local member Minister K. Maywald.

Max Scholz,Barmera.

Asbestos education a must

REGARDING the article Wake up call on asbestos clearing (October 15), we totally agree with Louise Dolphin on education needed for the community.

We, the Asbestos Victims Associ-ation SA, have been running infor-mation seminars in regional areas.

We also assist people and fami-lies who have already been diag-nosed with an asbestos disease.

AVA will have an information stall at the up coming Renmark Show on October 31 and we will have information available and people to talk with for anyone who has concerns regarding asbestos.

Regarding the Government As-bestos Safety Action Plan, AVA is one of a number of stakeholders in

this and for our part, we do as many asbestos awareness infor-mation seminars

as we can.We also agree with Ms Dol-

phin that local councils need to get more involved and to be pro-active, although not just through the Riverland but right across the state. Disposal and cost to the average resident is not made easy and of course that can lead to illegal dumping and further exposure.

We recommend that anyone wanting to get information or just chat with us about asbestos should come and see us at the Renmark Show, or contact us on 8212 6008

Terry Miller,president,

Asbestos Victims Association SA.

Court challenge a rightLAST year, Premier Mike Rann emerged triumphantly from the July 2008 COAG meeting touting the newly signed agreement for the Murray as “a historic piece of unity by all the states in the basin”.

Labor’s Water Security Minister Maywald played a key role in these negotiations.

By January this year Mr Rann must have changed his mind, as he announced a High Court challenge against the upstream states over River Murray water.

Last week, the Minister for Wa-ter Security circulated a letter to a few selected people counseling irri-gators against supporting any alter-native action.

This letter was sent on the same morning as the meeting held by Murray Valley United in Barmera and its legal challenge over the gov-ernment’s constitutional right to withhold water from irrigators.

If the State Government can

challenge through the courts, then why not the people that have been so adversely affected by their deci-sions.

It is the right of citizens to chal-lenge the actions of government if they feel they are not in accord with the Constitution.

River communities are facing economic collapse, while city and industry carry on business as usual.

Challenging government via the law may be the only way to bring a fair balance.

Just watch how quickly the Rann government will support the 600 Bridgestone employees who lost their jobs on Friday - compare that to the speed we have endured from our local member over the last five years.

Ben Logos,Renmark West.

Where is our assistanceBRIDGESTONE: another 600 made redundant.

Isn’t it amazing how that’s hit the media, even today in Federal Parliament.

These ex-employees will get all sorts of government assistance and good luck to them.

But when a local company makes over 100 redundant over the past 12 months, not a thing.

Per population, I’d say this is much bigger, yet we don’t get hard-ly a mention.

No major training plans to re-educate, retrain.

The only thing that comes to mind from the State and Federal governments and the local mem-bers is ‘Jack’.

Andrew Thomson,Berri.

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POLICENEWS

Club graffitiTHE Berri Foot-ball club sustained graffiti on the clu-broom walls be-tween 5pm and 11.15pm on Sun-day.

Anybody with informa-tion regarding this offence is asked to phone crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Drug offencesRIVERLAND Police arrested a 19 year old man from Loxton on Tuesday after-noon at 4pm and charged him with cultivating can-nabis.

It is alleged by police that the man was growing 13 cannabis plants in the rear yard of the premises he was living at.

He was bailed to ap-pear before the Berri Magistate’s Court in December.

On Tuesday evening, Riverland police issued a cannabis enforcement no-tice to a 43 year old woman from Cooltong.

Police allege they found a cannabis plant growing in the rear yard of the person’s

premises.

Pinnaroo hotel room damaged

A 27 YEAR OLD Munno Para man was arrested for property damage and as-saulting police following a disturbance at a hotel in Pinnaroo.

Police allege that con-siderable damage was done to rooms in the hotel, in-cluding an allegation that a fire extinguisher was let off inside a room.

The man was arrested at about 11pm and was con-veyed to Berri police station where he was later released on bail to appear before the Berri Magistrate’s Court in December.

Driver hits verandahA 39 YEAR OLD female driver of a Holden Commo-dore collided with a veran-dah pole in Vaughan Ter-

race, Berri, outside the Mitre 10 store at 11.55pm on Tuesday evening.

All emergency services attended.

The driver of the vehicle was

conveyed to Riverland Regional Hospital by ambulance where she was treated for minor injuries.

Offensive weapon arrests

LAST Friday, an 18 year old man from Berri was arrested for allegedly being in pos-session of a screwdriver, at Berri.

He was bailed to ap-pear in the Berri Magistrates Court at a later date.

Meantime, on Sat-urday Lameroo police arrested a 39 year old Lameroo man for allegedly brandishing an axe han-dle in a public place in Lameroo.

He was arrested for car-rying an offensive weapon and being unlawfully on the premises.

He was bailed to appear in Court at a later date.

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By BRAD PERRY

THE number of Riverland peo-ple seeking rural counselling has dropped recently as generations of fruit growers exit the industry after losing their battle with the drought.

Rural financial counsellor Max Baker said there has been a slight drop in people seeking counselling in the region com-pared to previous years.

“We see in the vicinity of 35 per cent of the growers (in the re-gion),” he said.

“That (the drop in numbers) has probably been brought about by the fact that some of the grow-ers have exited the industry.”

According to Rural Financial Counselling Service SA’s 2008-09 annual report, the Riverland still has a huge number of people receiving counselling services compared to other areas of the state.

The Riverland dropped from around 750 people seeking counselling in 2007-08 to 650 in 2008-09, still significantly higher than the 250 people seen across the Murray and Mallee region.

However, Mr Baker said there has been a rise in the need for as-sistance over past weeks with ap-plications for the Industry Sup-port Program, which replaced last year’s critical water scheme,

closing Saturday.The program offers grants for

winegrape growers while water allocations remain under 36 per cent.

For citrus growers, the mark for grant access to cease is 55 per cent.

Mr Baker said there are still significant benefits in the pro-gram for stone fruit, almond and citrus growers.

“Everyone is aware that if we do have improved water flows, the assistance drops off,” he said.

Since the Small Block Irriga-tors Exit Grant applications fin-ished at the end of June, Mr Baker said he is still receiving comment about the exit grant.

“Since the June 30 cut off, wineries have announced they have dropped the price further and are not accepting as much fruit,” he said.

“A lot of people now wish they would have put in for it.”

While the number of grow-ers approved for the grant is un-known, Mr Baker said more than 250 applied.

“Not everyone that applied has gone ahead with it,” he said.

Mr Baker added that those who have been accepted for the exit package are now starting to receive money after a lengthy de-lay.

“It has taken a while but it is a complex process,” he said.

Demand for advice declines■ GROWER DRIVEN: Rural financial

counsellor Max Baker said the drop in demand for counselling services is due to growers exiting

the industry.

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“We’re over the moon with the end result, particu-larly with the glass because it had not been done be-fore,” Mr Edmonds said.

He said the generosity of the community was ex-tremely helpful throughout the building process.

“The highlight of the whole thing was seeing how much Riverland peo-ple were willing to put in, in such tough times,” he said.

The memorial sub-com-mittee secured a significant amount of the required funding, raising $20,000 through selling pavers to the public, while barbecues and street stalls were major contributors in the $56,000 the association raised in the Riverland.

Both the State and Fed-eral governments provided grants of $4000, while the Berri Barmera Council is also a supporter of the proj-ect.

Mr Edmonds said there were also a number of peo-ple and businesses that do-nated generously, includ-ing the Berri War Memorial Committee, which donated $11,000 to the cause.

Brigadier Richard Burr, a 45 year old Riverland man who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, will open the memorial, a coup for the event according to Mr Edmonds.

“We’re very excited and proud to have him open it with us,” Mr Edmonds

said.A Black Hawk helicop-

ter will also be present at the opening and will de-scend on the Berri number two oval.

“We started out think-ing that we weren’t going to make the opening too big but now it’s turned

into this,” Mr Edmonds laughed.

He said the memorial will also be an educational tool.

“That’s part of the deal, that kids will see the me-morial and learn from it,” he said.

Ecstatic with final product

■ PLANNED: The plans for the memorial as they were published in April 2008.

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By LES PEARSON

ANOTHER huge crowd is forecast for this weekend’s Renmark Show, organisers estimating the attend-ance to go into the thousands.

“We always get well into the thousands but we’ve never had the counter on the gate to get exact numbers,” Renmark Show Soci-ety spokesperson Cindy Shorrock said.

“Hopefully this year we will use tickets that you can keep a stub from to keep track of crowd numbers.”

With the spring weather setting in, the forecast looks good for a day full of sunshine.

The warmth is not something

the Renmark Show is unfamiliar with, last year’s show was held in stifl ing and blustery conditions.

“We’re used to having warm days, although we’re hoping to stay in the 30s this year,” Mrs Shorrock said.

The day is sure to keep the whole family entertained, with a range of new attractions mixed in with some of the classics.

Sideshow alley will again be the centre of all the action, with the thrills of the large rides sure to en-tertain.

Amongst these will be the V8 Supercar simulator, where partici-pants get to drive a lap of the Clip-sal 500 track.

Mrs Shorrock said the person to

lodge the fastest time on the simu-lator will win $100.

Also set to be a big attraction

will be the Super Sizzler.Show bags, along with a huge

selection of hot food, drinks and ice creams are all another reason to

head on down.Ms Shorrock said there will also

be a local band competition on one of the two stages, while the second will have other performances in-cluding a bush poet.

A whip cracker will be present and be teaching showgoers the ins and outs of his sport.

For those more art-minded, there are a range of competitions and displays in two halls full of arts, crafts, cooking and pets.

Free Life. Be In It activities will be happening throughout show day as well.

Riverland Youth Theatre act Slack Taxi will also be providing en-tertainment.

All of the action will be topped

off with the Renmark Ute Competi-tion.

Mrs Shorrock said organisers are hoping for a similar number of entries to last year (42) with a strong Adelaide contingent making the journey up.

“It would be good to get some more local entries,” Mrs Shorrock said.

It is not too late to enter either, with entries also being taken on the day.

There are a great range of prizes available in each category, with tro-phies going to the winner and sec-ond placegetter in each section.

So get down to Renmark this weekend and immerse yourself in the great show atmosphere.

We’re used to having warm days, although we’re hoping to stay in the 30s this year.

Show gears up for big dayShow gears up for big day

Exchange programTHE Education First stu-dent exchange program is still looking for host fami-lies for visiting teenagers.

The organisation will be hoping to place stu-dents in the region from January.

Riverland co-ordinator Mel Smith can be contact-ed on 8582 5420.

By BRAD PERRY

THE PS Murray River Queen has been handed a lifeline in the region after local car-avan park owners purchased the paddlesteamer follow-ing an anxious wait during the tender process.

The new owners of the PS Murray River Queen, Tracey and David Ma-honey, are hoping to take the ves-sel “back to its glory days” and believe the purchase is a major win for Waikerie and the Riverland.

Competing against three other tenders placed, the Mahoneys were fi nally told of their successful ten-der late last week and have since received overwhelm-ing community support.

“We were very vocal in the beginning of the ten-

der process and throughout about keeping the Murray River Queen in Waikerie,” Mrs Mahoney said.

“We thought it was a great thing that we could provide to Waikerie and the Riverland.

“I actually feel honoured (to own the PS Murray River Queen).”

As the lengthy tender process continued, Mrs Ma-honey felt that the pair may not have been successful in purchasing the tourist icon, which went into adminis-tration in August.

“The day we got the news, I had written out a speech as to why we didn’t get it,” she said.

The new owners will re-ceive the keys in a week and a half and Mrs Mahoney said it will be a busy time to get the cafe and accommo-dation up and running by Christmas.

“It is not going to be one of those things that will open overnight but it will get done,” she said.

Mrs Ma-honey said the paddlesteam-er will also re-quire further e m p l o y e e s and is cur-rently taking applications

through Mission Austra-lia. Accommodation on the vessel is set to receive an upgrade and while the iconic paddlesteamer will not cruise the waters of the River Murray until around April next year, Mrs Ma-honey hopes locals will use the fl oating cafe as soon as it opens.

Caravan park owners throw River Queen a lifeline

Loxton High 50th anniversary

■ HEAVY: Loxton High School students look on as prefects Desiree Davis (left), Kieran Langford, Georgina Spilsbury and Daniel Schulz hold the time capsule, unearthed as part of the school’s 50th

anniversary celebrations. Photos: RENEE VAN DER HOEK

■ UNVEILING: Revealing the contents of the time capsule are Kent Spangenberg, Daniel Schulz and Desiree Davis.

■ CAKE CUTTING: Member for Chaffey Karlene Maywald, former head prefect Belinda Willis (nee Huppatz), Daniel Schulz, Desiree Davis and

principal Kent Spangenberg cut the celebratory cake.

■ COLOURFUL: The Renmark Show is a great day out with

plenty of fun for the family.Photo: TERRY MARTER

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Riverland schools to be validated

By LES PEARSON

RENMARK Junior Pri-mary School was the fi rst Riverland school to be validated under the De-partment of Education and Children’s Services’ re-cently introduced improve-ment and accountability framework.

Murray Mallee regional director Brian Featherston said all schools will be subject to the new frame-work with validations now to be held every three years.

“It’s something all schools across the state must abide by,” he said.

The validation process involves a panel compris-ing of regional directors and peer principals touring the school and looking at various learning processes the school employs and the general direction it is heading.

“The panel said Renmark Junior Primary was an exceptionally high-performing school,” Mr Featherston said.

“They saw that the

school had highly dedicat-ed staff completely focused on getting the best out of each student.

“Overall, this process is an affi rmation of what they’re doing and a bit of quality assurance in their education processes as well.”

A school not meeting the framework under the validation process will re-ceive recommendations on how to improve.

“It probably means the school is under perform-ing,” Mr Featherston said.

“That said, I don’t think any school in the Riverland won’t be validated.”

Renmark Junior Pri-mary School principal Gale Hansen was proud for the school to receive such ac-colades from not only re-gional directors, but also her peers.

“There’s a really lovely buzz around the school,”

she said.“It’s hard to get anybody

here to stop smiling.”Mrs Hansen said the re-

marks from the panel were fl attering and she hopes other schools in the region will receive similar acco-lades.

Loxton Kindergarten will be next to go through validation, with Renmark Primary School to go un-der the spotlight in early November.

Curvaceous Cups given the bra-voBy LES PEARSON

BRA-VO was the message to all entrants in this year’s inaugural Curvaceous Cups Competition from Curves Renmark manager Jill O’Donnell.Mrs O’Donnell said she was “ec-static” with the number of entrants in the fi rst competition and will look to make it an annual novelty in the future.

“I didn’t think we would get anywhere near this amount of en-tries,” Mrs O’Donnell said.

“I like them all, they’re all fan-tastic.”

The competition raised money to assist breast cancer research and promote awareness of the disease in October, Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month.

Mrs O’Donnell said participants paid $5 entry, with 51 submissions vying for the main prize.

Judges were unable to pinpoint one winner from the high number of quality entries and settled with three category winners instead.

Renmark’s Daphne Geyer’s en-try Double D-Lite won the pretty

category, while fellow Renmark resident Heather McNaughton’s delicious design Yummy Mummy collected the win in the creative section.

Berri’s Val Elliott, with her entry Eat In Or Take Away, won the most humorous category.

The entries will soon be on dis-play at Ruston’s Rose Garden.

■ BRA-TASTIC: Curvaceous Curves competition organiser Jill O’Donnell with a selection of the winning bras. Photo:LES PEARSON

■ VALIDATED: Renmark Junior Primary School principal Gale Hansen with students (from left) Kiara Strother, 7, Aiden Courtney, 6, Emma Schulz, 5 and Joshua Goody, 6.

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SPRING is the perfect time to see wildfl owers in full bloom, and where bet-ter to do just that than in the Mallee’s premier park, Ngarkat Con-servation Park.

L o c a t e d just 20 kilo-metres south of Pinnaroo and Lameroo, Ngarkat is just over 270,000 hectares of Mallee wilderness just waiting to be explored.

Spring is the ideal time to visit this wildlife haven, as the days are generally sunny and warm, yet the comfort and warmth of a campfi re is still appreci-ated at night.

Access to the park is generally by four wheel drive only but two wheel drive visitors can still visit the Pertendi Hut Camp-ground (off the Pinnaroo to Bordertown Road) and stroll along the two kilo-metre walking trail, which gives visitors an insight into the Mallee vegetation.

Whilst you’re there, utilise the shaded tables to enjoy a picnic with your family.

If you’re interested in orchids, Ngarkat has a dedicated orchid hike.

Located just off the Centre Track (south of the

Pine Hut Soak Campground), the 40 minute walk takes you through native pine woodland that shelters delicate na-tive orchids - a must see for any orchid lover.

If you en-joy spectacu-lar views, the Tyms Lookout Hike might well be for you.

Located in the south west corner of the park (close to Keith and Tintinara), this fi ve kilo-metre hike offers spectacu-lar views over the park and surrounding farm land, as well as giving walkers a chance to observe the brightly coloured wild-fl owers and abundant bird species that call Ngarkat home.

Why not make a week-end of it and camp at nearby Bucks Camp to re-ally enjoy the peaceful sur-roundings?

For further informa-tion on Ngarkat, includ-ing fi re danger seasons and visitor guidelines, please call the Murray Mallee District Offi ce on 8576 3690 or visit the Depart-ment for Environment and Heritage’s website (www.environment.sa.gov.au).

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By BRAD PERRY

ON the verge of another possible rise in irrigator water allocations, water market prices have hit a two year low, offering a window of opportunity for a positive start to next year’s water season.

Irrigator allocations, at 34 per cent, are at their highest since 2006-07 when allocations were at 60 per cent and this has prompted water prices to fall below $200 per megalitre.

AgriExchange Water senior agrono-mist Trevor Sluggett is confi dent wa-ter prices will remain below $200 per megalitre for an extended period of time.

“We anticipate we should be able to

hold these prices, if not, they may drop again,” he said.

“They have had some bad news with the wine prices (and wineries accepting less tonnage), so this (the water price drop) is good news.”

Mr Sluggett said the water market has reversed, with buyers starting to gain the upper hand over sellers.

“Growers can now access more of their requirements if needed,” he said.

The main benefi t of the low water prices is that growers can get a boost for the start of the next water season.

“We would anticipate that as we go through the summer, growers will be accessing water for carry over,” Mr Slug-gett said.

“Growers might start to bank some water for the next season.”

However, Mr Sluggett said irrigators need to be careful not to “panic buy” and rush into the market, so that prices can remain low. Other irrigation areas interstate also experienced water alloca-tions rises recently, which also played a role in the current prices on the water market.

High reliability water shares in the Goulburn Murray Valley went up eight per cent to 37 per cent of the full entitle-ment, while Goulburn irrigator alloca-tions went up by three per cent to 33.

New South Wales Murray and Mur-rumbidgee irrigators also received an increase in water allocations.

By BRAD PERRY

RIVERLANDERS have joined the legal action against Federal and State Government water reforms after being addressed by the Murray Valley United legal team in Barmera last week.

Many people were quick to pull out the cheque book to secure their place in the group for a fee of $500.

With more than 250 people present at the meet-ing, Murray Valley United vice chairman Danny Lee said it was clear Riverland communities are suffering.

“We’ve got 200 to 300 in there (the meeting) and those people are hurting and looking for something to help them,” he said.

Mr Lee said uniting irri-

gators along the river is the only way to force change.

“People are tired of go-ing to protest meetings, whilst they make you feel good for fi ve minutes, at the end of the day, the gov-ernment ignores them,” he said.

“What we have got to stop is the Lower Murray meeting, the Riverland meeting and Mildura meet-ing because the govern-ment loves for us to meet as small groups...they divide and conquer us.”

If the group wins its le-gal battle with the Federal Government, its members will receive a piece of the compensation.

“If we win, there is a chance we can overturn the corporatisation of Austra-

lia’s water, that is currently illegal in our view, and if we can prove that, there is a future for the family farm-ing, there is a future for the Riverland of South Austra-lia,” Mr Lee said.

“If we lose, well that’s it.“I think the communi-

ties on the river will carry on the way they are which is slowly declining and very, very few will remain.

“We have come over here to call a public meet-ing and tell people that are as affected by the lack of water as we are, that there is something being done and we are giving people the opportunity to be part of it.”

With a result from the High Court battle expected in coming months, Mr Lee

said the group is confi dent of proving the water re-forms are unconstitutional.

“We have spent two years researching this,” he said.

“We have got a team that we hope are as good as they sound.

“They are really com-mitted and they believe we have an excellent chance of challenging this.

“The governments nev-er had the water they com-mitted.

“They couldn’t ever honour all the entitlements they gave out, so therefore they have spent more than they had.

“They have got a prob-lem if they have done that illegally and we think they have.”

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Dollar Man makes returnLOCAL people will again be encouraged to shop locally at Christmas this year after last year’s successful launch of the Riverland Christmas Dollar Man initiative.

The Riverland Development Corpo-ration, which helped create the idea, will again launch the Dollar Man concept in November with posters to be displayed in-many local businesses.

RDC chief executive offi cer Ken Smith hopes the initiative will result in people spending their money locally during the annual Christmas shopping blitz.

“Last year RDC received reports from throughout the region that the Christmas Dollar Man promotion achieved its goal of stimulating extra local sales,” he said.

“Because of this, the RDC has decided to re-introduce the character again.”

Mr Smith said the Dollar Man’s mes-sage is to inject funds into the local econ-omy by spending Christmas dollars in the region.

He hopes a local Christmas shopping spree will help secure jobs and keep ser-vices operating in thre region.

“I think it’s fair to say that most Riverland residents are acutely aware of the challenges facing our region at present, so spending locally, wherever it is possible to do so, is probably more important this year than at any other time,” Mr Smith said.

KAROONDA East Murray Council is ap-pealing to the commu-nity for suggestions on how it can use the re-cently allocated $30,000 federal infrastructure

funding.Council chief execu-

tive offi cer Peter Smith-son said only one sugges-tion has been submitted to date, although restric-tions on how the money

can be spent may be a limiting factor.

“The guidelines are pretty specifi c on how the money has to be spent on council land,” Mr Smith-son said.

“Last round there was a mix of interested parties but this round we defi nitely haven’t been inundated with ideas.”

Call for nominationsBy LES PEARSON

AUSTRALIA Day award nomi-nations for the Karoonda East Murray Council are now open and council is appealing to the community to contribute.

The fi nal list of nominations will be determined in December.

With only about two months

before the cut-off, council chief executive offi cer Peter Smith-son said it is important to get organised and help give some de-served recognition to communi-ty-minded people in the region.

“We’ve had a couple come through this week but we would love to get a long list of nomi-nees,” he said.

Rate discount on offerRATEPAYERS in the Karoonda East Murray Council area will again receive a fi ve per cent dis-count on their council rates this fi nancial year.

Council chief executive of-fi cer Peter Smithson said the offer, which is on rates paid in full in the fi rst quarter, has benefi ts for the community and council.

Mr Smithson said early rates payments allow council to make a saving on administra-tion and processing costs, ben-efi ting both the ratepayer and council.

He said 60 per cent of rate-payers had their rates paid in the fi rst quarter last year, a signifi cantly higher percent-age than other council areas in South Australia.

The fi ve per cent discount is also regarded as a solid bench-mark.

“We’re probably one of the more generous councils in the state in regards to our discount-ed rates,” Mr Smithson said.

“The long and short of it is, the longer people support it, the longer we will continue to do it.”

■ WINNER: The Australia Day Awards are a great way of acknowledging hard working citizens, including last

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Wine seminar to pavethe way for the future

AS local winegrape grow-ers begin the new sea-son unsure of where the industry is heading, the Riverland’s biggest wine seminar Some Like It Hot is hoping to pave the way for a new future.

In its seventh year, the annual seminar has the who’s who of the wine industry speaking on a range of topics to help update attendees on the extent of the chal-lenges and opportuni-ties the current situation presents.

Speakers include for-mer TESCO senior wine production development manager Phil Reedman, who will talk about the Riverland sustaining a position in the world market, and New Zealand 2008 Nuffi eld Scholar James Parsons, who will use his experience of red meat and wool to discuss the nuances of industry restructure.

Riverland Wine Indus-try Development Council industry development offi cer Tim Smythe said it is an opportunity to se-riously consider the stra-tegic outlook and future of the Riverland wine industry.

“We understand the Riverland is under pres-sure at the moment and we are looking for op-portunities to breathe vi-

ability into enterprises,” he said.

“Really this (the sem-inar) is directed at indus-try participants who want to get on the front foot and believe that the re-gion’s wine industry has a future.”

The seminar will ex-plore positive solutions to carry the region’s wine industry forward, keeping in mind the challenges that are currently faced.

“We acknowledge we have got diffi cult times ahead but we also believe there are opportunities,” Mr Smythe said.

“There is hope and we should be holding on to that.”

Some Like It Hot is one of the most im-

portant events on the Riverland wine industry calendar and Mr Smythe said attendance usually exceeds 150 people but he hopes more growers will avail themselves of the opportunity to be present this year.

“It would be really nice to get out there and reach a few more grow-ers,” he said.

“We really want to give the audience the op-portunity to get involved in discussions.”

Other topics to be addressed on the day include data collection, emerging markets across Asia, winegrape growers’ retention of title and an alternative varieties fo-rum.

Mr Smythe said it is a chance for industry rep-resentatives and growers to unite and help secure a positive future for the Riverland wine industry.

The Some Like It Hot seminar is on November 5, from 8.30am to 3pm, at the Chaffey Theatre.

Tickets cost $50 per person with morning tea and lunch provided.

A program for the day’s events can be down-loaded at www.riverland-wine.org.au.

For further informa-tion about bookings, please contact Andrea Logos on 0414 595 153.

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LAST Sunday over 80 avid garden-ers enjoyed a tour of Loxton and Lyrup gardens.

The tour was organised by Sin-dy and Tanya Lloyd, from Thym-less Nursery, in Loxton, as a way of thanking the local community for their ongoing support of the business.

After visiting a wide array of gardens, the group returned home feeling inspired and eager to im-plement some of what they had seen in their own backyards.

The day was a good reminder that despite our current drought conditions, with a little bit of imagination, a beautiful gar-den can still be a reality in the Riverland.

■ GROUP: About 80 gardeners recently took part in a garden tour organised by Sindy and Tanya Lloyd from Thymless Nursery, Loxton.

■ TOUR: Dot Healy (left) and Jan Lloyd at Sindy Lloyd’s garden in

Lyrup.

80 keen green thumbs tour some of the region’s most beautiful gardens

By BRAD PERRY

WAIKERIE Christmas Pageant organisers are calling for fl oat entries for this year’s parade af-ter minimal entries have been received just over a month away from the event.

Last year’s pageant involved 40 Christmas fl oats and organis-ers are hoping to gain a similar number this year, despite a lack of entries at present.

Pageant publicity offi cer Jan Heppner said it would be great to have the same number of fl oats as last year.

“We need them all back again,” she said.

“Really if we get 40 this year, we are doing extremely well.”

Despite a slow start to fl oat

applications, Mrs Heppner said the pageant is always success-ful.

Over the years, the pageant has averaged around 30 fl oats and organisers are concerned at this stage, that the number of entries is well off that fi gure.

Mrs Heppner said the Christ-mas pageant, on November 27, is always a great night out for the family.

“We get thousands of people out into the street that night...it is a real community event,” she said.

The committee is also look-ing for entries to the pets on pa-rade section of the pageant.

To enter a fl oat, please call the pageant secretary on 8541 3032 or 0407 601 394.

By BRAD PERRY

MORE than a year after the Berri Barmera Council ex-pressed concerns over the clo-sure of the iconic Big Orange and the road signs that con-tinued to advertise it as open, little has changed.

While the giant citrus still stands, it can currently only be seen through closed gates, despite signs that state buses are welcome.

In a previous article in March last year, Berri Barmera Mayor Peter Hunt said the signs needed to be dealt with urgently to stop mislead-ing locals and tourists but was told that because it was a private enterprise, the Berri Barmera Council could not act.

Travel websites also con-tinue to advertise the Big Or-ange as a major Riverland at-traction.

One website, australian-explorer.com, groups the Big Orange amongst more than 50 other oversized attractions to visit throughout the na-tion.

Another website, total-travel.com, notes Berri has all the big attractions, including “the notable Big Orange” and another web page praises the

great scenery from the site’s viewing deck.

The current owners are keeping tight lipped as to whether its gates will ever re-open.

However, Riverland tour-ism manager Paula Bennet believes the Big Orange could have great business potential for the region if it was to open again.

Ms Bennet said if the Big Orange reopened, it would add to the many exciting at-tractions helping to bring tourism dollars to the region.

“We would like to see more attractions open in the region,” she said.

“It adds to the overall ex-perience.

“In the end, that is a pri-vate business decision.”

Despite many tourists stopping to have their pic-ture snapped in front of the Big Orange, Ms Bennet said its closure is not damaging to Riverland tourism.

“Usually people are not coming to the region just to do one thing,” she said.

“It is not a huge problem that it is not open.”

The Big Orange was opened in 1980, stands 15 metres tall and has since had three different owners.

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■ LONG CLOSED: Tourists are still stopping to visit the Big Orange despite it being closed.

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By BRAD PERRY

THE former Brown’s Well Area School, which shut its doors almost two years ago, has fallen victim to re-peated vandalism attacks, according to the Loxton Waikerie Council.

Concerns have been expressed by council members about the ongoing broken windows and break-ins at the site.

Loxton Waikerie Council acting chief executive offi cer Peter Sellar said the damage has been reported

to the Department of Education and Children’s Services, which will inves-tigate the matter.

“It has been reported that there has been a bit of damage to the old Brown’s Well school and it has been reported to the State Govern-ment and they are working on that,” he said.

The school operated for over 40 years before a lack of student num-bers saw it close down and it has since sat idle, pending State Govern-ment processes.

With its future still up in the air, Mr Sellar said the assets council own are still being maintained.

“We can report it and we will cer-tainly maintain our assets down that way with assistance from the Brown’s Well community,” he said.

Mr Sellar called for the vandal-ism at the site to stop.

“It is disappointing when build-ings get vandalised but we just need to secure the buildings and make sure it is a bit safe,” he said.

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Rivmics SHOW

■ AUDIENCE: Enjoying the Rivmics performance at the Chaffey Theatre were Faye and Dean Truscott.

■ BLACK AND WHITE: Hayley Lodge (left), Courtney Sim Gully, Shannon Sperling and Kerry Dick all took part in the Rivmics

Beyond the Looking Glass performance.

■ DANCERS: Kayla Ellis,

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The time line of the changes are:

• 1/7/09 – most parts of the Fair Work Act commenced.

• 1/1/10 – modern awards and national employment standards (NES) commence.

Changes for employees and employers

12 month parental leave:Available for all workers, except casuals, of up to 12 months unpaid parental or adoption leave.

Once an employee has per-formed 12 months of continuous service, the employee may request an additional 12 months of unpaid leave and the employer may not unreasonably refuse this request.

Cashing out annual leave and paid carer’s leave:

Modern awards and enterprise agreements may include provisions allowing for the ‘cashing out’ of unpaid leave, provided the em-ployee retains a balance of at least four weeks.

The NES grants employees a minimum of 10 paid carers and personal leave days per year.

These may also be cashed out where an award or an agreement allows, provided the employee re-tains a balance of at least 15 days.

Payment on dismissal:Employees must be advised of their dismissal in writing and provided with a minimum period of notice or payment in lieu of that notice.

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THERE is no doubt that Aboriginal people have a great affi nity with the land and thanks to a new training program, four local indigenous peo-ple are pioneering a one year trainee-ship in land management at Calp-erum Station, near Renmark.

The Aboriginal Learning on Country (ALoC) commit-tee was formed after several people from various groups including Madec, Natural Re-source Management Board, Riverland Development Cor-poration and the Australian Landscape Trust, which manages Calperum Sta-tion, decided to fund a pro-gram that would get Aboriginal people trained and quali-fi ed in land related jobs.

The trainees are mature age students with a history of un-employment.

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They were selected in the hope that they will be good role models for the younger Aboriginal community, inspiring them to do similar trainee-ships and show the benefi ts of work-ing full-time.

Riverland Development Corpo-

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He is now a mentor for the group, visiting regularly to offer support and advice.

“One of the trainees had never

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and quad bikes.“By February, all of the trainees

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saws and now they all use them.”Mr Lovegrove said the project is

not just about the manual skills the trainees are gaining, it is also about pride.

Natural affi nity with land

■ PIONEERS: GrowSmart trainer assessor Steve Gibbs (second from left) and RDC economic development offi cer George Lovegrove (far right), have been working with the

Calperum trainees (from left) Amanda Morgan, Kevin Hamilton and Milta Abdulla. Photos: JANE WILSON

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■ EAGER TO LEARN: Steve Gibbs assists Amanda Morgan with identifying

a plant.

“This is life changing, they’ve all gained so much confi dence,” he said.

“The trainees have to work hard and think for themselves.

“One of the fi rst things we did was get them into a uniform which helped make them feel part of it.”

After originally completing handyman tasks around the sta-tion, the group moved on to more formal training to gain their Cer-tifi cate 2 in Conservation and Land Management with GrowSmart and River Murray Training trainer asses-sor Steve Gibbs.

Mr Gibbs has worked as a vol-

unteer paddock manager at Calp-erum for 15 years.

His expertise in the fi eld has been invaluable to the students.

The group originally had 15 units to complete but due to

its hunger to learn, an extra four blocks have been added.

S o m e of the units in-clude trac-tor driv-ing, basic m a i n t e -nance, res-toration of native veg-etation and

i d e n t i f y i n g and control-ling weeds.

The trainees practice each task for a few months be-fore Mr Gibbs

returns to assess them in the fi eld.

The group is affectionately known as the ‘A Team’ because they are the pioneers of the project and they are all well aware that if they fail, no more funding will be avail-able for more traineeships.

Kevin Hamilton, 43, used to work for the dole at Gerard and wondered whether at his age, he would ever be employed again.

His passion for his train-eeship was obvious as he ex-plained how it had changed his life.

“When you’ve been unemployed

for a while and you’re getting older, you start to think nothing is go-ing to happen, so when something like this comes along it’s great,” Mr Hamilton said.

“I always love the work because it’s lovely and quiet and you get

away from home.“I wish this sort of thing

had been around when I was young-er.

“I don’t care what sort of job I do, as long as I’m working.”

Mr Hamilton said he had received a lot of interest from the ‘young fellas’ at Gerard who would like to follow in his footsteps.

Amanda Mor-gan, 27, from Renmark, has had a similar response from her friends.

They are envi-ous of her trainee-

ship because she is not stuck inside all day and is doing something she loves.

Amanda has evolved as the group plant specialist, working in her nursery at Calperum Station, as well as working on the fi eld iden-tifying, recording and photograph-ing the plant species throughout the station.

It is an early start to the day, with the trainees clocking on at 7am, fi ve days a week but by the look on their faces, they would not have it any other way.



Careers In Focus

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■ PROUD: Amanda Morgan shows off one of her ‘babies’ in the

Calperum nursery.

■ ABOVE AND BELOW: With the help of Steve Gibbs, Amanda Morgan has been identifying and photographing the native fl ora at Calperum.

■ LEFT: Fox baiting is just one of the tasks Kevin Hamilton has been involved with at Calperum.

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STATEWIDE Group Training SA is an independent, community-based, not for profi t organisa-tion that has been servicing the employment and training needs of apprentices and trainees, business and industry since 1988.

Employing around 400 ap-prentices and trainees across the state, including the Riverland, Statewide is one of the largest employers of its type in South Australia.

Statewide knows it is im-portant to fi nd the right person to work for you, if you are contemplating putting on an apprentice or trainee.

As legal employer of the worker, Statewide is also re-sponsible for covering wages.

When taking on an ap-prentice or trainee, the business becomes known as the ‘host business’.

If the business is affected by the downturn or unable to fi nd enough work, Statewide can fi nd another host for the apprentice or trainee.

Apprentices and trainees benefi t from being part of the Statewide group training pro-gram by gaining insights from industry professionals to help achieve career goals.

If you are interested in be-ginning your career experience

with Statewide, or taking on an apprentice or trainee in your business, call Heather Roberts on 0429 696 586.

What’s in it for the trainee/apprentice?

Great career opportunities;National industry qualifi cations;

Wages direct to your bank weekly;Safety and security

training for professional qualifi cations;

Learning on the job;Secure entitlements;

Recognition of achievement;Your own mentor for ongoing support;Opportunities for workplace rotation.

What’s in it for the business?

Statewide Group Training is responsible for:

Organising and co-ordinating formal training;

Payment of wages including penalties, superannuation, workcover,

sick leave and holiday pay;Recruitment and selection

mentoring;Performance monitoring;

Personal protective equipment (where required).

Statewide looks after it all

IT’S the most confronting situation a learner driver could face.

Driving a massive mining truck carrying 240 tonnes of ore in heavy rain, half way along a steep, slippery decline with a huge drop to one side when a front tyre explodes.

Fortunately for learner drivers taking part in a new driving course in Adelaide, the incident is not disastrous.

The situation is just one of many created on a special simulator that has been set up to train people wishing to enter the mining industry before they set foot on a mine site.

The $1 million advanced simulator mim-ics the visual, auditory and sensory experiences of driving a 240 tonne CAT793D model mining truck, one of the largest made, at a number of virtual mine sites.

The simulator is owned by Adelaide com-pany Mining Sims Austra-lia, which in conjunction with Civil Train, a busi-ness unit of the Civil Con-tractors Federation (CCF), has established a mining truck training course at the CCF’s training centre at Dry Creek.

It is the fi rst privately owned mining truck simulator in South Austra-

lia and the only one operating in Ad-elaide.

Mining Sims Australia was set up by Alan Read and Les Hughes, who between them have more than 50 years experience as drivers and trainers in the mining industry.

Mr Read said the simulator had been purchased from Immersive Technolo-gies, a world leader in simulator technol-ogy, to train people who wanted to enter the mining industry, as well as to help mining companies train recruits.

“We conduct a fi ve day course which provides extensive training on min-ing trucks,” he said.

“This includes safety, awareness of other ve-hicles and standard min-ing procedures, as well as potential issues that could arise.

“At the end of the course, successful can-didates will be given a certifi cate of attainment which shows mining com-panies that the candidate has completed initial machine training.

“While any driver will have to undergo addi-tional training at a mine including induction, the training period will be sig-nifi cantly reduced.

“This saves the mining company considerable time and expense, as well as possible damage to mining trucks.”

Mr Read said it costs mining companies more than $15,000 to train new drivers on site, while a fi ve day course using the simulator cost around $5000.

For those who suc-cessfully completed the course, it opened the way for a career driving trucks on mine sites with salaries that could exceed $100,000 a year.

However, it would also weed out those who were unsuitable for such a job.

“The simulator is as close to driving a min-ing truck as is possible

without actually being on a truck,” he said.

“At the end of the course, trainee drivers are put through a real time driving exercise with their performance automati-cally assessed by the simu-lator.

“They will only be given a certifi cate of at-tainment if they pass what is a strict examination of their skills and ability.”

Mr Read said comput-er aided training makes up a large part of the course, as this was found to have faster results than conventional forms of operator training.

The course is unique and will help address the chronic staff shortages that face mining companies.

Truck simulator the perfect training ground

■ HUGE: The 240 tonne CAT793D mining truck.

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CAN’T decide what to do after school? Interested in a trade or traineeship? SMGT can assist.

As you may already know, there are many pathways from school that can lead to rewarding careers.

As the school year fi nishes, you may be decid-ing whether to undertake university studies, an apprenticeship or trainee-ship, fi nd a full time job, or even start your own business.

SMGT’s experienced team has been assisting school leavers fi nd appren-ticeships and traineeships

and full-time employment for over 25 years.

SMGT can provide advice and information about furthering your career across a range of industries including construction, hospitality, automotive, engineering, retail and business.

In fact, an appren-ticeship or traineeship is available in over 500 occupations and in an ever increasing number of industries.

SMGT legally employs apprentices and trainees and then places them within local businesses in the community.

Employment consul-tants will co-ordinate, manage and monitor the training for all apprentices and trainees in the work-place and with the regis-tered training provider.

SMGT ensure that the apprentices and trainees re-ceive the relevant training for the national qualifi ca-tion they are undertaking. So before you make the fi nal decision about your career, be sure to speak with SMGT about the op-tions available to you.

Simply contact Glen Blythman on 1800 025 09 or visit www.smgt.com.au for more information.

THE civil construction industry is fundamental to the economic sustainability of South Australia and its activities underpin every new development.

It is a $10 billion a year industry that is crucial to Australia’s economy and it needs you.

Civil construction is anything to do with the earth, water or transport infrastructure.

Civil construction work-ers do the site clearance, excavations, sewerage and drainage, lay the asphalt for roads and ballast for rail-ways and dam walls.

Jobs range from the plant operators who drive the earthmoving equipment on construction sites, to the engineers who design the structures and manage their implementation.

Due to the massive growth of the industry, there is a shortage of skilled workers, so there are plenty of jobs.

In civil construction you will have a great future, be well trained and able to work anywhere in Australia; in local government coun-cils, private contracting fi rms and the mining industry.

You can enter civil construction straight from school, or after university studies and Civil Train can help guide you in the right direction for your new career.

Civil Train SA has fund-ing for a 10 week plant operation induction training course, which is focused on developing the technical and employability skills required to successfully gain employ-ment as a plant operator in the civil construction industry.

A strong focus is also placed on occupational health and safety and course participants are included in site toolbox meetings and undertake plant safety and white card training.

The CCF actively sup-

ports participants to secure work in the civil infrastruc-ture industry at the end of the course.

This course has been running for a number of years and boasts a 90 per cent employment outcome.

For more information on the 10 week plant operator training course, please con-tact Bianca on 8262 8066 or [email protected].

Plant Assessment and training is a big part of Civil Train SA.

If you would like the special price for training and assessment or just an assessment, please contact Kylee Smith on 8262 8066 or [email protected] now as places are limited.

For more information about Civil Train SA and the courses, please con-tact Naomi Morgan on 0400 112 136 or [email protected]

Attention all school leavers

Training today for tomorrow

■ SUCCESS: SMGT employment consultant Glen Blythman (far right) with apprentices (left to right) Adam Mau, Tom Smith, Adam Rapisarda and Hoffy’s Steel owner Peter Hoffmann.

■ FUTURE: Have you considered a future career in the civil

construction industry?


The Perfect PromADVERTISING FEATURE

PROM night is a unique occa-sion for students to celebrate their schooling achievements with friends and prepare to move on to a new era of their life.

That is why prom night is a fantastic time to relax and have fun with friends and family.

However, it is important to be organised for the night to avoid as much stress as possible.

Finding the right outfi t is gener-ally the fi rst thing young men and women do, with multiple fi ttings of tuxedos and dresses.

If you haven’t found something to wear at this stage, it is time you get a move on to avoid any major stresses in the lead up.

The Riverland Weekly has drawn up some prom tips to help make your night run as smoothly as possible.

Less is moreMANY hours can be spent trying to fi nd the perfect look.

For girls, spending signifi cant amounts of time on make-up or hair is not always necessary.

Keep it simple. If you think you are wearing

too much jewellery, you probably are.

Ensure your accessories are co-ordinated without any one item standing out.

Casual lookGIRLS can spend hundreds of dol-lars trying to copy a fancy celebrity hairstyle for prom night.

Why go to all that trouble, if your hairstyle is going to bother you all night when you are trying to have fun?

Today’s prom hairstyles are soft, fl owing hair or loose, fl atter-ing updos.

Make sure you let your hair-dresser know what sort of style you are looking for.

Opening hoursWHEN organising your dress or suit, make sure you check opening

and closing times of the shop you have purchased or hired it from.

PhotographsCHECKING the price list of pho-tographs with the school before the night will help you know how many offi cial photos you can buy.

Also fi nd out the payment options and whether credit cards are accepted, so you don’t have to carry big amounts of cash around.

AppointmentsWITH the big night looming, dou-

ble check all your appointments, from hair, to nails, make-up and transport.

If you have not yet booked ap-pointments, it is important to do that as soon as possible.

Two or three weeks prior, phone and check your booking times, making sure to write them down.

Purse and walletRATHER than carrying around a huge wallet or handbag, choose something small and light to carry the essentials such as your identifi -cation, money and possibly lipstick for girls.

Riverland proms:

Loxton High SchoolNovember 26,

Loxton Club, 5:30pm arrival.

Renmark High SchoolNovember 26,

Renmark Club, 7pm arrival.

Glossop High SchoolNovember 27,

Berri Resort Hotel, arrival 6pm.

Waikerie High School,November 28,

Waikerie Club, arrival 6pm onwards

Make your prom a memorable night■ SPECIAL: The prom is a special event in the lives of students as they celebrate their schooling achievements together.


The Perfect PromADVERTISING FEATURE

Four weeks before:IF you have purchased new shoes, start wearing them around the house to get used to them.

Organise a group or date to take to the prom and remember to introduce them to your parents prior to the evening.

If you are not getting make-up done for you, ensure you have the right shades to match your dress.

Acne is often a problem lead-ing up to the big night, so if you start to get pimples, treat them ac-cordingly.

Three weeks before:GET your hair and make up trial done at the hair or make-up sa-lon, if you are not doing it your-self.

Confi rm all appointments, in-cluding transport, manicure, hair and make-up.

If you are going to get a tan before prom night, make sure that is organised. If you want to use sunless tanning lotion to bronze, now is a good time to try it out.

Experiment with your make-

up and what looks good (also to make sure you don’t have any al-lergies against it).

Try on your dress or suit to en-sure it fi ts and organise any altera-tions if needed.

Two weeks before:PURCHASE any last minute items such as batteries for your camera.

Prom day:THE most important thing is to start the day with a healthy break-fast and continue with a nice lunch.

Don’t wash your hair, as up-dos last longer with unwashed hair.

Attend all appointments such as hair, nails and make-up and make sure you wear a button up shirt for your hair appointment.

Put some extra money in your purse or wallet and get your par-ents to take a photo before the night.

Finally, make sure you relax and don’t become too stressed and most of all, have fun!

WHEN it comes to the Prom, men are often overlooked as the ladies pamper themselves to get ready for the special night.

You might have your suit and had a shave, what more do you need?

Here are some very important

tips, the guys should remember to make prom night go off without a hitch:

If you are taking a date to the prom, try to co-ordinate with her dress and accessories.

If not, dress your very best.

It is very important to remember to use your best manners and be chivalrous. It is the little things that count such as pulling out a chair for your date to sit down or opening the car door.

It may be daunting but the prom night always involves dancing.

Even if you are shy, don’t be afraid to dance and have fun.

Remember, it is a one off occa-sion, so don’t be afraid to ask that one person to dance that you have always wanted to.

If you are taking a date to the prom, remember to compliment her on how nice she looks.

Remember to make sure your suit or tuxedo is all in order.

If you are driving to the prom, fi ll up your car with petrol the day before.

Your passengers (especially your date) will not be impressed if you fi ll the car up on the way there.

The one-month checklist■ PLANNING: Consulting your hairdresser well in advance can save on last

minute hair disasters.

Tips specifi cally for guys

■ ENJOYING THE NIGHT: Renmark High School’s 2008 Prom King and Queen Salim Mohammadi and Caysey Sloan (above) celebrate with each other on prom night,

while (right) Athina Donehue and Denika Gartery showing that preparation can help you look your absolute best.

PROM SPECIAL

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

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spend around $600,000.Mr & Mrs B whose home we have sold require a stone home

with open plan living in township or western side.Mr & Mrs D from Sunshine West Victoria require a 3 or 4 bedroom home on neat allotment. No close neighbours.

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You need to see thisSITUATED within minutes

of the shopping precinct your car may not get much work.

This fastidiously pre-sented home is undergoing its fi nal transformation from tired and boring to family friendly and fabulous.

The current owners have replaced the kitchen, refi tted the bathroom, freshened

up the interior, worked their magic in the gardens, rewired and replumbed. There’s not much left to do except put your stamp on the place set aside for outdoor entertaining.

This is a big house with double frontage so it would suit the self employed pro-fessional who has dreamed of working from home.

Call Marschall First National on 8541 2777 to arrange you inspection.

WAIKERIE

4 1 2

1 Henderson StreetMarschall First NationalRLA 47936Phone: 8541 2777

Price $289,000Inspect By appointment

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Saturday October 31

BERRI10.00 – 11.00am 16 McLean Street

Ray White Berri11.30 – 12.30pm 5 Marschall Street

Ray White BerriLOXTON10.00 – 10.30am 53 Tobruk Terrace

Ray White Loxton10.45 – 11.15am 145 Paruna Road

Ray White Loxton11.45 – 12.15pm 25 Tanko Street

Ray White Loxton12.00 – 1.00pm Sec 174/195

Briers RoadRay White Loxton

12.45 – 1.15pm 7 Matruh StreetRay White Loxton

1.30 – 2.30pm 30 Sixth StreetRay White Loxton

3.00 – 4.00pm 15 Keith Payne CourtRay White Loxton

PARINGA9.30 - 10.00am 8 Eckermann Close Ray White Renmark12.30 - 1.15pm Murtho Road,

approx. 4kmsfrom Paringa StoreRay White Renmark

RENMARK9.30 - 10.00am 4 Marrara Street Ray White Renmark10.30 - 11.00am Cooltong Avenue Ray White Renmark10.30 - 11.00am 72 Pyap Street Ray White Renmark11.30 - 12noon 4 Cook Street Ray White Renmark11.30 - 12noon 176 Thurk Street Ray White Renmark12.15 - 12.45pm 76 Murtho Street Ray White Renmark1.00 - 1.30pm 197 19th Street Ray White Renmark

Sunday November 1BARMERA1.00 - 1.45 pm Gaskell Road LJ Hooker Berri1.30 – 2.30pm 6/41 Queen

Elizabeth DriveRay White Berri

2.00 - 2.45 pm 24 Laffer Street LJ Hooker Berri3.00 – 4.00pm 3/86 Nookamka Tce

Ray White BerriBERRI11.30 – 12.30pm 22 McGilton Street

Ray White BerriLOXTON10.00 – 11.00am 5 Hall Crescent

Ray White Loxton11.30 – 12.30pm 16 Hameister Ave

Ray White Loxton1.00 – 2.00pm 2 Eringa Avenue

Ray White Loxton2.30 – 3.30pm 14 Milich Court

Ray White Loxton

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.

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A RelaxingHouseboat Holiday!


“Peace of Mind”

THIS extremely well pre-sented solid construction

home is location close to schools, Renmark Plaza and the new Vitality Health Club and just a short walk from sporting facilities and the Town Centre.

The home features newly polished timber fl oors throughout the living areas and the as-new kitchen offers stainless steel oven and cooktop, dishwasher and large island bench with built-in wine rack.

The large L-shaped din-ing/living room has plenty of natural light and offers reverse cycle airconditioning and an open fi replace with feature stone mantelpiece. All three bedrooms are very generous in size and have built-in robes.

The fully-fenced back-yard is ideal for kids and pets and features a nice pergola and a solid construc-tion garage with attached storeroom.

This high quality home

is sure to impress so inspect this weekend!

Great home, fantastic location

RENMARK

3 1 1

76 Murtho StreetRay White RenmarkRLA 147968Mark Cresp 0417 883 892

Price $225,000Inspect Saturday October 31

12.15 – 12.45pm

67 Lime Avenue, Mildura Vic www.collieandtierney.com.au

Frank Tierney 0418 502 040 [email protected] OR Robert J Stephens 0458 658 566 [email protected]

FOR SAL E BY TE NDER Tandou Orchard & Vineyard, via Menindee NSW

F I R S T S T O N E F R U I T O N T H E M A R K E T This is a substantial property with huge potential, comprising 3,630 Ha of Western Lands Lease and 1,690 Ha of State Water Corporation Term Lease. The property is planted to 18.35 Ha of apricots, 14.55 Ha of nectarines, 1.97 Ha of peaches, 12.64 Ha of citrus and 109.21 Ha of chardonnay grapes. Located on the Lower Darling River, 6km north of Menindee NSW and 105km SSE of Broken Hill NSW. Water entitlements include 438ML of Lower Darling High Security and 1,087ML of Lower Darling General Security. The property has extensive improvements to support the development including a large packing shed and cool room with excess capacity to accommodate expanded production. Climatic conditions are favorable for early season production with opportunities to further expand the orchard with suitable soil types to possibly grow table grapes and dried fruit.

For further information and terms and conditions of tender please contact:

03 5021 2200

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Captivating country cottagewith space

WITH a combination of pine rail fencing,

corrugated iron, wire and brushwood this almost three acre property has been lovingly divided into areas that allow everyone an opportunity to indulge in their favourite pastime.

The drive into the home has you corralled into a roundabout that is lined with a fl amboyant rose garden greeting you as you enter and then, as you cross the front of the home there is a colourful display of fl owering peren-nials positioned in fl ower boxes placed along the front of the home.

The trip continues as the drive turns away from the home, it bids farewell while you exit along the brushwood fence line that provides shelter for the lower more delicate cot-tage style garden beds.

The two car carport is positioned on the western end of the home cleverly providing additional shel-ter for your vehicles.

The back yard is fenced and leads to a series of raised garden beds con-structed on the western rear corner of the property, the positioning maximises the growing hours avail-able and enables a huge variety of vegetables to be grown as the seasons progress and the climate changes.

The vegetable garden is dotted with a variety of fruit trees and fruit pro-ducing vines. The whole garden with proper care and attention would cater for all of the needs of the family for years to come.

The home itself is a typical cottage style home with three bedrooms, single bathroom, open plan kitchen, dining and lounge room. The entrance to the home is via the study and once you enter the kitchen you begin to realise the well thought out features of the home. The fi rst is the walk in pantry in the corner of the kitchen

keeping cupboard space to a minimum while freeing up bench space you then notice the bay window over the sink giving broad views of the garden. The real bonus in the kitchen is the large side by side, stainless steel refrigerator complete with ice maker and drink cubby in the door so you are not continually opening and shutting the fridge on hot days. The large evapora-tive cooler positioned on the end of the home supplies a constant stream of cool air throughout the summer months while the

colder months are catered for via the slow combus-tion wood heater. There is a solar hot water system installed supplying hot water free from the sun for the better part of the year and with insulation installed in the roof the home is as energy effi cient as the next.

WAIKERIE

3 1 2

94 Checker RoadRay White WaikerieRLA 195 714Cary Hocking 0488 414 460

Price $249,000Inspect By appointment

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2009 Melbourne CupADVERTISING FEATURE

Local hopesLIGHTLY raced fi ve-year-old Al-copop has rocketed into equal favouritism for the Melbourne Cup after annihilating his rivals

in consecutive victories in Mel-bourne.

Young Victor Harbor based trainer Jake Stephens and little known South Australian jockey Domenic Tourneur unite in a bold attempt to emulate the feat

Flemington racecourse holds the prestigious $5.5 million Melbourne Cup on the fi rst Tuesday of November. BRAD THOMPSON previews the race that stops a nation.

Liking Leica Ding for Cup gloryof Alcopop’s father Jeune, who won the Cup in 1994.

Last year’s winner Viewed has been racing in sublime fashion in 2009, encapsulated by his resound-ing victory in the Caulfi eld Cup.

Trained by the undisputed Cup’s King Bart Cummings, Viewed is look-ing to become the second horse to carry 58 kilograms to victory.

The last horse to achieve such a remarkable feat was the great Maky-be Diva.

The revered Bart Cummings has two more certain starters in Toorak Handicap winner Allez Wonder, and AJC Derby winner Roman Em-peror who fought on gallantly in the Caulfi eld Cup when second behind stablemate Viewed.

Think Money, Dandaad and Na-val Escort remain in Cup contention and loom as hopefuls for Cummings to notch up his 13th Melbourne Cup but each will have to win a race on Derby Day this weekend to confi rm their start in Tuesday’s race.

Darren Weir-trained Leica Ding has long been touted a Melbourne Cup fancy, and gets his chance fol-lowing an impressive win in the Gee-long Cup.

Seven-year-old Master O’Reilly has produced a string of encourag-ing performances this preparation, following his luckless fourth in last year’s Cup, but has struggled to break through with big weights on his back.

This year’s Cup is the fi rst race he won’t carry any additional weight since his Caulfi eld Cup triumph and will relish the wide open space of the Flemington straight.

Leviathan owner Lloyd Williams has pin-pointed this year’s Cup for 2007 winner Effi cient.

If not for injury last year, the great son of Zabeel could well have been following in the footsteps of champi-on Makybe Diva in search of a third successive Melbourne Cup.

The hopes of forgotten horses

C’est La Guerre and Fuimicino seem to hinge on the unlikely chance of rain descending upon Melbourne be-fore Tuesday.

But as is often the case in Mel-bourne Cups, beware of the forgotten horse – Just rewind 12 months to see that Viewed was hopeless and very much off the punters’ radar.

Keep him safe and a defi nite for multiples.

One of few four-year-olds con-testing this year’s Cup is the Mark Kavanagh trained Shocking.

The former South Australian-based trainer has encountered a tumultuous ride in 2009 with the retirement of stable star Maldivian and the disappointment of Cox Plate favourite Whobegotyou.

If the form around Alcopop stands up into this race, then Shock-ing will be around the mark.

John Sadler trained eight-year-old veteran Zipping pro-duced a stunning fi nishing burst in last week’s Cox Plate and must come into some consideration after his well-documented hard luck story in last year’s Cup.

Internationals and imports

SIX internationally trained horses are left in the mix - Luca Cumani’s pair of Basaltico and

Cima De Triomphe, Godolphin’s Crime Scene and Kirklees, along with Mourilyan for Herman Brown and the Ian Williams trained Munsef.

Cumani is looking to go one better than recent years, following consecutive runner-up placings with Purple Moon in 2007 and Bauer in last year’s edition of the Cup.

Champion UK hoop Frankie Det-tori is rumoured to be coming to ride Group One winner Kirklees for the Godolphin Stable.

Kirklees produced an even ef-fort in his maiden Australian outing fi nishing 7th behind Viewed in the Caulfi eld Cup.

2000 Melbourne Cup winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy is expected to jump aboard Crime Scene.

Chris Waller’s new stable acquisi-tions Warringah and Changingofthe-guard, who is now with David Hayes, are also among the remaining con-tenders.

The controversial running of fi ve-year-old Mourilyan has generated interesting debate but not for his gal-loping prowess.

Mourilyans, trained by Herman Brown, but owned by foreign dicta-tor and Chechnyan president Ram-zan Kadyrov who has been constant-ly linked to criminal activity.

Victoria’s leading jockey Damien Oliver has taken the ride on English import Warringah.

The four-year-old is arguably the most promising of the international brigade after a gallant performance in the Ebor Handicap where he car-ried top weight.

He comes into the Melbourne Cup likely to encounter his favoured fi rm ground with almost 10 kilo-grams of weight relief and is fl ying well under the punters’ radar.

New Zealanders Daffodil, Harris Tweed, Spin Around, Gallions Reach, Capecover, Six O’Clock News and Hoorang, were paid up for the Cup.

The main chance from New Zea-land looks to be Daffodil, who ran on strongly for fourth behind Viewed in the Caulfi eld Cup.

Thompson’s top 61. Leica Ding

2. Roman Emperor3. Alcopop4. Effi cient5. Viewed

6. Master O’Reilly

Best roughies1. C’est La Guerre

2. Warringah3. Shocking

■ BATTLER: Little-known jockey Domenic Tourneur will be teaming up with local

hope Alcopop on Tuesday. Photo: LES PEARSON


Show and Shine - Riverland AutoExpo

■ TOUR: Touring Saturday’s Show ‘n’ Shine were James Zerner, of Morgan, and Eli Peanetta, of Lyndoch.

■ SPEEDSTER: Loxton’s Keke Falland with his wingless sprint car at the Riverland AutoExpo’s Show ‘n’ Shine at Loxton last Saturday. Photos: ROB MCLEAN

■ CLASSIC: Chris and Wendy Hampel, of Adelaide, with their 1969 HT Monaro. Chris is a former Loxton resident.

■ COLT: Rebeka Pusonjic, of Adelaide, with Ryan Probert, in front of her tuned up

Mitsubishi Colt.

■ LEFT: Waikerie’s Mick (left) and Jack Wallace enjoying Saturday’s

Show ‘n’ Shine at Loxton.

■ RIGHT: Cameron Gordon, of Adelaide, with his 1961 EK Holden

with a super charged 350 Chev engine.

■ MONSTER: Loxton’s Lucas

Zimmermann with a big attraction at the Riverland AutoExpo,

the F650 truck.

■ VOLKSY: Looking at a Combie on Saturday

were Sarah and Benjamin Dunne, of

Loxton.

■ CHILLING OUT: Enjoying the Show ‘n’ Shine were Loxton’s Troy (left) and Rohan Stoeckel. The pair were showing their VK Brock Commodore.

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■ SPEAKING to Riverland Basket-ball president Les Lange recently, there can be no mistaking his sat-isfaction with the way the sport is heading in this region, particularly in the junior competitions.

He is quick to acknowledge where it is possible to go in bas-ketball from the country, with the latest example Nicole Seekamp (the former Renmark junior now plays for the AIS in the WNBL).

Nicole holds an AIS scholarship and is studying in Canberra.

Local juniors are currently in-volved in regional try outs in each age group at Loxton, the boys at 9am, girls at 10.30 on Sunday mornings, and Lange is thrilled at the attendances.

State trials will follow in Ad-elaide on November 14.

Meanwhile, there have been some terrifi c contests at the start of the junior season with a 20-16 win by Renmark over Berri in under 12 and a thrilling one point victory 25-24, by Berri over Renmark in under 18 girls in round two.

Under 16 boys saw Loxton just edge out club mates Supercats 34-31.

Amongst individuals to stand out so far in the girls are Lorie Haynes, Abby Perry (Renmark), An-nabell O’Dea (Barmera), Ashlyn Fielke (Loxton) and Ashlee Wutke (Barmera) in under 12, Jordan

Jachmann (Loxton), Tylah Cooper (Renmark) and Berri’s outstanding pair Steph Sarro and Indee Thiele in under 14.

Loxton’s Mikayla Graetz and Renmark’s Ainslie Trenwith have caught the eye at under 16 level, while in under 18, two players who have been elevated from that younger age group by Berri, State representative Ellee Eleftheriadis and Stacey Pront, their team-mate Hannah O’Leary-Fletcher, Meg Gil-lespie (Barmera) and Loxton’s Han-nah Learhinan have shown excep-tional form.

The boys’ competitions are also revealing some outstanding prospects, including Loxton’s Jesse Will, Renmark’s Ricky Garrett and Barmera’s Mitch Wellington in un-der 12 and Nicky Hankin and the tallest player in the ranks Ben Clarke (both Berri) along with Aaron Fran-cis (Loxton) in under 14.

Bradley Maitland (Barmera), Lachlan McDonald, Adam Proud (Loxton), Sam Steed (Renmark), Kale Trussell (Berri) and Camer-on White (Waikerie) have started 2009-10 strongly in under 16 and in under 18 SA Country Scholar-ship holder Tyson Hoffmann, and Campbell Baker (Loxton), James Coats (Barmera) and Kaiden Brand (Berri) look destined for bigger things.

As far as Tyson Hoffmann’s

scholarship is concerned, he has benefi ted from two components of SA Country Basketball’s junior rep-resentative player identifi cation and development strategy that provides opportunities for local players to achieve success in the sport.

The Development Network Squad Program (DNSP) and Re-

gional High Performance Scholar-ship Squad have been established by SA Country Basketball to iden-tify and develop outstanding junior players in regional areas.

The current Riverland DNSP is co-ordinated by regional head coach Ben MacCulloch and in-cludes 10 players who were

selected based on their individual skills, attitude and commitment to basketball.

The squad has been attending training weekly since March this year and will soon attend the 2010 SA Country Team trials in Adelaide.

Players who are selected will play in the Australian Junior Coun-try Cup in Albury, NSW, or the Pa-cifi c Coast Slam, Port Macquarie, NSW, depending on the age group.

MacCulloch has been named as the SA Country under 17 women’s coach.

The Regional High Performance Scholarship Squad was developed to assist identifi ed performance focused athletes throughout SA to reach their potential in basketball.

Approximately 25 to 30 athletes aged 15 to 17 are selected to take part in the state wide program each year.

Tyson,16, has been included and this gives him access to high performance training sessions held every six to eight weeks that encom-pass all aspects of player develop-ment.

He will receive at least six such sessions, access to an accredited strength and conditioning coach, a dietician/nutritionist observation and evaluation of performance, online training and feedback and a High Performance Squad uniform.

■ ELITE: Tyson Hoffmann (left), pictured with regional head coach Ben MacCulloch, recently benefi ted from two components of SA Country Basketball’s junior

representative player identifi cation and development strategy.

Basketball’s positive direction

ARIESMARCH 21 - APRIL 20

Maybe it’s time to stop the madness or at least pull out of it; whoever or whatever you’re hanging in there for isn’t about to come around any time soon. You can’t allow this to hold you hostage too much longer.

TAURUSAPRIL 21 - MAY 20

It would be better for you if you didn’t think you were right about everything. All of your problems stem from the fear that you could be wrong - and what you refuse to see keeps you totally asleep to what’s going on.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 20

With one foot out the door, you’ve just about had it with this; the deeper part of you isn’t entirely sure. When you don’t know what to do the best thing to do is nothing. For now, remain clear and stay put.

CANCERJUNE 21 - JULY 20

Do you see how your actions have fi ltered into other people’s lives? For better or worse, we have an impact on absolutely everything. Check in with yourself and see what kind of ripple effect you’re creating.

LEOJULY 21 - AUGUST 20

People who have no business hanging around are part of the picture right now. Who knows how they got here but don’t be na‘ve about what they’re up to and whatever you do, don’t let them drag you down.

VIRGOAUGUST 21 - SEPT 20

Cutting your losses seems to make more sense than trying to make your infl uence felt. You’ve been up against this wall before. Any effort to change things didn’t work then; what makes you think it’ll work now?

LIBRASEPT 21 - OCT 20

You can delude yourself into seeing this any way you want. No one can talk sense into you, so far be it from me to even try, but you’re overestimating something or someone that isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.

SCORPIOOCT 21 - NOV 20

You keep wondering why the weight always seems to fall on you. Your need to be the one who’s there no matter what has turned you into a martyr; not a fun place to be my dear. Do you dare to do life without a hair shirt?

SAGITTARIUSNOV 21 - DEC 20

You have no business demanding too much, at a time when others already have their hands full. Something’s got to give. It would be easier if you were the one to lighten up and let go of the need to control everything.

CAPRICORNDEC 21 - JAN 20

Don’t be disappointed by things that aren’t coming to fruition as fast as you want them to. Between the run around and the red tape, all you can do is sit back and wait for life to untangle itself.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 20

You’d be happier about things if someone wasn’t expecting you to handle it all. The balance between give and take is totally off kilter. If this keeps up neither one of you will get what you want out of this.

PISCESFEB 21 - MARCH 20

You’d prefer to put this off but you can’t. Getting things over with will make life easier all the way around. Prolonging the agony and the drama will make it really diffi cult to get your show on the road.

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Saunders stars in state soccer side

■ A FEW weeks ago I wrote about the performances in various sports of the three Saunders lads from Loxton North.

Well one of them, Blake, has just returned from New-castle where he was the only Riverlander playing for SA Country in the Under 13 Veto Tournament.

The Football Federation of SA also had a Metropoli-tan team at the event, with other sides in the six team competition coming from around Australia and New Zealand.

SA Metro in fact won the tournament and in a terrifi c result for the state’s soccer, the Country side fi nished third.

SA Country was also the only team to defeat SA Metro with Blake named man of the match.

Making the country boys’ effort even more commend-able in winning four out of six matches, was the lack of preparation time they had together before the trip to Newcastle, compared to most of the other teams.

SA Metro by comparison, worked as a group for two months, while the country players were separated and only playing in their home zone teams.

As part of the trip, the SA group was able to attend the Socceroos versus Nether-lands friendly in Sydney.

Cricket future committee formed, squad announced

■ AN INITIAL meeting to establish a Future Directions Cricket Committee will be held at 10.30 am at Berri Oval on Sunday, November 8.

It is the same day the Riverland will meet Pinnaroo and Border in their annual interassociation game at the Berri Oval.

Representatives of the various associations around the Murray Districts Zone will be invited to attend the inaugural meeting.

Riverland selectors met on Monday night and named the squad for the match against Pinnaroo and Bor-der.

Jake Albrecht, Josh Deren, David Hankin (Monash), Chris Scholefi eld, Jayme Peltz, Todd Van Dyk (Berri), Les Pearson, Craig Fisher (Loxton), Tim Bevan, Bradley Gay, Dave Golding (Waikerie-Ramco).

Amongst those unavail-able were in form Waikerie pair Glynn Muster and Kym Taylor.

On the other hand, the fact that Waikerie-Ramco’s Dave Golding has emerged as a key player in 2009-10, taking eight wickets in two impressive performances in the opening matches, is good news.

Tennis teams near impossible numbers

■ US OLDIES can remember when a four minute mile in athletics was deemed ‘impos-sible’.

Then our own champion long distance runner John Landy went within a bee’s whisker of reaching the mark on a couple of occasions and looked like being the fi rst to defy the odds.

Not so, along came a Pom named Roger Bannister, and he achieved the impos-sible.

Where is this leading? I don’t really know but local tennis stalwart Mike Hors-man says that fi ve years ago, he would have considered that in this region it was ‘impossible’ that the junior competition would ever con-tain 60 teams.

In 2009-10 there are 59 teams. Not far away eh?

Also, nearly 30 ju-niors have tried out for the Riverland Advanced Tennis Squad (RATS) – a pleasing number again.

That group and mem-bers of the Riverland Junior Development Squad will be the fi rst considered for the Mildura Exchange to be held in early December.

However, the door is also open to any others keen to participate, Contact Mike

Horsman 0419 030 566.The second leg of the

Riverland Junior Grand Slam will follow at Loxton on De-cember 16/17.

Powerlifting demo in Adelaide

■ POWERLIFTING SA is holding a demonstration type bench press only com-petition in Adelaide on Sat-urday at the Lakeside Gym at Mawson Lakes .

The event starts at noon and is designed to attract new members to the sport.

So far 10 current mem-bers, seven from the Riverland and three from Ad-elaide, plus eight guests from the city, trying lifting for the fi rst time, are taking part.

A bus leaves the Riverland at 7.15am on Saturday.

Any enquiries to Don Juers on 8583 0196 or 0418 932 489.

Sailing changes at Barmera

■ NOT only are newly in-troduced spinnakers giving three of the Lake Bonney Yacht Club’s mosquito fl eet new experiences in their sail-ing techniques, the colourful sails are easily spotted on the lake.

Lake Bonney is also look-ing a lot brighter with the welcome arrival of some wa-ter and the 2009/10 sailing season is now in full swing.

Winds were relatively light last Saturday but boats did well to complete their A3 and A4 races within an hour.

Steve Thomas, aboard Just Do It, took out the A3 division, one ahead of John Eshman, Talisman, and Peter Dunk and Kirsten Thomas, Natural Progression.

In the A4 division one, Just Do It completed a dou-ble for the day, followed by Natural Progression and Tal-isman.

Jean Holdernesse with Polar Bear was the only start-er in division two.

One of the big events of the season, the Queen of the Lake, will be held this Satur-day.

■ “I HAVE been praying for the right weather for six to eight months,” said one of the chief organisers of the Barmera Kite and Windsurfi ng Experience to be held at Barmera’s Lake Bonney on November 7 and 8.

And you can understand Kym Manning’s apprehensions.

This is the fourth kite and windsurfi ng weekend that has been arranged for the lake.

Ideally, winds should be be-tween 10 and 15 knots to suit both the experienced and new-comers to the sports.

So far one weekend has had

good conditions, the other two dead calm.

This next event has all of the ingredients to be sensational if the weather is kind.

Up to 20 or so experi-enced locals are expected to take part, including Barmera windsurfer Anthony Hamood, the current national nautical mile record holder, and Meta Sindos.

Kitesurfi ng will see Rohan Sy-mens, Stefan Defrancesco, David Packer (Barmera) and Renmark’s Jeremy Neske amongst others.

In addition, some of the top exponents from around Aus-

tralia will be there putting on a display.

However, it is not all about the pros.

Organisers aim to get every-one out on the water from the experienced to the beginners and there will be opportunities to talk to the experts.

Both days will run from 11am to 4pm with a start from a meeting place on the foreshore in front of the Barmera Skate Park.

Ian Penno’s Lake Shed – Eco Park will sponsor one major event, a kite challenge, with Ian investing $500 to get up to 20

kites into the air for a promo-tional photograph opportunity.

Another feature event has been tagged Kymbo’s Windsurfer Cup.

As an indication of the ap-proach, the heavyweights in these sports have to the Riverland event, and in particular the po-tential of Lake Bonney as far as a venue is concerned, Adelaide based Onboard Windsurfi ng and Snow will supply all of the gear for the event for ‘come and try-ers’ to use, free.

Any enquiries to Kym Man-ning on 8588 2871.

Organiser hopes for the right weather

■ WEATHERED: Rather than the fl oods that struck in October, organiser of the Barmera Kite and Wind-

surfi ng Experience Kym Manning is hoping for some strong breezes and plenty of sunshine.

■ BERRI’S Brian Jeffrey, a nomination for the 2008-09 Riverland Sportsperson of the Year award, with his power boat Bondage, is preparing to leave for the scene of some of last sum-mer’s triumphs, spectacu-

lars at Bundaberg and Yar-rawonga.

As we mentioned at the time, these trips are not only to compete, se-riously, but to promote the Riverland and its own splendid appeal as a power

boating venue and tourist destination.

And the Bondage crew will of course be focusing on the Berri Spectacular, to be held over the Aus-tralia Day Weekend in January.

Jeffrey’s happy hunting ground

Oct 29th - Nov 4th

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

Community events fi le is for not for profi t organisations and events are listed at the discretion of the Riverland Weekly management. We recommend you verify details of events listed with the relevant organisation.

Community Events File Thursday October 29th • Charity for all Bingo

Loxton Club, Bookpurnong Tce Loxton, everyone welcome, eyes down at 7.30pm, proceeds to Special Olympics. Phone Deb Ball 0428 823 924.

• Special Olympics Riverland fundraising Bingo night, 7pm sharp, Loxton Club.

• Barmera Primary School Quiz night, Barmera Monash Football Club. 7pm for 7.30pm start, $8 per person, tables of 8 preferred. To book call 85882198.

• Social bowls, Lyrup Bowling Club, Thursday nights commencing tonight, 7.30pm.

Friday October 30th• Barmera Community

Markets, every Friday 8am - 12pm Pioneer Park Barmera. Phone Steven Lynch 0428152235.

• Come and bowl for Tamara the 2010 Mardi Gras Ambassador for the Loxton Football Club. Loxton Bowling Club, Friday October 30, 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. $10 per head and includes supper. Teams of 4, all ages welcome. Please wear fl at soled shoes, confi rm teams with Tamara 85847606 or 0427584348 AH.

Saturday October 31st• Riverland Farmers

Markets, Saturday, 7.30am – 11.30am, Crawford Tce, Berri. Phone 8582 4864.

• Riverland Ballroom Dancing Loxton RSL, 7.30pm. Phone Ray on 8584 5945.

• Cobdogla Irrigation and Steam Museum Diesel Twilight Train. Phone Barmera Travel Centre8588 2289.

• Waikerie Markets, Crush Terrace, 8am – noon.

Sunday November 1st• “The Pines” Loxton Historic

House and Garden, $8, open every Sunday 2pm - 3pm, or by appointment. Phone 0412649766 or 8584 4642

• Pacemakers Bingo, Berri Hotel at 2pm proceeds to Pacemakers Club. Contact Dianne 8583 8267.

• The P.S Industry is steaming back to Renmark. Townsend Bus leaving Renmark Visitor Centre 10.30am. Devonshire morning tea, light two course lunch. For bookings phone 85866704.

• Berri Barmera and District Garden Club meeting at 1pm sharp at Barmera Visitor Centre to car pool to Barry Porters Caper and Vegetable patch, Barmera. Bring chair and afternoon tea. Phone Heather 85832063.

Tuesday November 3rd• Riverland Gem and Mineral

Club, Glossop 3pm - 5pm. Phone Dennis on 8582 3430.

• Art Classes every Tuesday at the Berri Art Centre, 23 Wilson Street Berri, for 2 hours, $15 per session. Phone Jamahl Pollard on 85822442 or 0414395340 or email [email protected]

• Barmera Library; Baby Rhyme Time 10.30am, story and activities for all ages at 11am, every Tuesday during school term. Phone 85882872.

Wednesday November 4th• Refresh and Bloom for

women, every Wednesday at the Belmont Hall, Berri Uniting Church, Denny St, Berri. 10am – 12noon. Gold coin donation, morning tea provided. Phone 0429 822 524.

**FUTURE EVENTS**• Our Lady of the River

School, Berri annual Fiesta on Friday November 6, 5.00pm. Gold coin entry, variety of food and drinks, entertainment and games.

• Renmark Kindergym Focus Family Portraits fundraiser. Sitting and 10” x 13” portrait $15.00. Sunday November 8 from 1pm. Renmark Kindergym, Marrarra Street, Renmark. Phone Amanda Thiel on 0418 837 673.

• Scrapbooking night each third Tuesday of the month. Next night is November 17, Monash Hall. $5 includes supper. New project each month. Art and craft supplies. Phone Tracey 0429 808 937.

• Renmark West Pre-school quiz night, Saturday November 7, Lutheran Hall 17th Street Renmark, 7.30pm. $5 per person, auctions and fantastic prizes. Renmark West Preschool 8595 1036.

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■ From Page 52

“Personally, I don’t believe that we will have a Mid Murray Football Association in 2010,” she said.

“Nothing is offi cial until we actually receive a letter of with-drawal of a club.”

However, Robertstown is on the verge of being the fi rst of the fi nal four teams to pull out of the association as it pushes closer to an amalgamation with Eudunda.

“I think everyone was hoping Robertstown would stay and the association would hold together,” she said.

“Nobody wanted to see the association go down but if Rob-ertstown do withdraw, we just couldn’t play with three teams.”

League offi cials and teams refused to admit the association would dissolve altogether, dis-cussing a possible two year recess at the meeting.

Ms Tanner said time is run-ning out to fi nd leagues for clubs to join but the SANFL will be le-nient on teams needing to qualify late.

“Clubs now know it is serious and they don’t have much time left,” she said.

“Clubs have been seriously told to look for new homes.”

It is now a race against time for clubs to fi nd somewhere to play before football competitions around the state begin preparing for the 2010 season.

Blanchetown/Swan Reach’s approach to the Hills Football League was unsuccessful, while Sedan/Cambrai will put its case forward to the same league in November.

Ms Tanner said BSR will now look at joining the River Murray Football League or Riverland In-dependent competition.

Morgan/Cadell representa-tives were not present at Mon-day’s meeting but it is understood the club will look at joining the Riverland Independent competi-tion if the Mid Murray Football Association folds.

With the Mid Murray league facing an uncertain future, Ms Tanner said it is important to sup-port the four clubs in fi nding new places to play football.

By LES PEARSON

BERRI will play host to some of the fastest speed skiers in the na-tion this weekend when the Berri Resort Hotel 110 Water Ski Race Classic revs up tomorrow.

Conducted by Ski Racing SA, the event is the third in the Aus-tralian Super Series that is held across the country annually and has attracted over 100 entries this weekend.

The event was previously held in Murray Bridge but has been shifted upstream due to river con-ditions south of Lock One.

A show and shine held in con-

junction with safety checks will be held at Martin’s Bend on Friday afternoon, before racing begins at 10.30am Saturday.

Local entry Hit It Racing Team will be in the fi rst race, taking part in the 60 miles per hour catego-ry on the 80 kilometre course.

Skier James Moldovan will be behind the boat clinging on for dear life as he and his team vie for another title to add to its recently won state title.

In only its second year of com-

petitive speed skiing, Hit It Racing has taken to the sport like a very fast duck to water.

Moldovan was rather casual about the dangerous speeds they

hit.“We go at about 60 miles an

hour and that sounds fast to a lot of people but some of the teams with bigger boats get up to 120 miles an hour,” he said.

Moldovan did admit that fall-

ing off at that speed can tend to sting a little.

“It’s (falling off) not that fun,” he laughed.

The different rope system al-lows speed skiers to go longer, taking the strain off the arms but that by no

means makes it easy.Moldovan said the 80 kilome-

tre course, followed up with the 110 kilometre course on Sunday, takes its toll on the legs.

The relatively young Hit It Rac-ing Team has big ambitions for

the future, although it does face some major hurdles in getting to the top.

Moldovan said one of the biggest issues teams face is rais-ing the money to rebuild boats and customising engines to reach speeds suited to the top racing category.

It will be a huge weekend of racing, with the speed of the Berri Dash, an 11 kilometre sprint from Lyrup to the Berri Resort Hotel, combined with the sheer stamina of the Expert Berri Resort Hotel 110 kilometre race, giving spectators plenty to look forward to.

Riverland cricketA grade

Waikerie-Ramco 3/206 (G. Muster 96 n.o, K. Taylor 43, T. Bevan 28, R. Griffi ths 23, P. Valentine 2 n.o.; R. Smith 0/31, C. Fisher 0/45, D. Ward 1/57, L. Pearson 1/8, B. Lynch 0/32, S. Reilly 1/28) d Loxton 130 (A. Duffi eld 41, S. Inglis 2, R. Arnold 0, L. Pearson 21, K. Reynolds 17, T. Arnold 4, S. Reilly 6, D. Ward 0, B. Lynch 13, R. Smith 2 n.o, C. Fisher 0; P. Valentine 0/31, D. Gold-ing 5/14, L. Seabrook 1/37, N. Paschke 3/10, B. Gay 0/20, C. Schutz 1/12).

B gradeBrown’s Well 8/139 (D. Nitschke 39 n.o, C. Patterson 20, L. Patterson 16; P. Roberts 3/21, D. Roberts 3/26) d Monash 9/136 (M. Doherty 43, M. Middleton 28, P. Roberts 16; D. Nitschke 3/14, A. Flavel 3/25, B. Ham-pel 3/27).

Under 16Renmark 8/106 (M. Smith 23, R. Pen-dle 22; S. McKinnon 2/10, J. Robertson 2/14) d Waikerie-Ramco 9/75 (A. Wer-ner 16, R. Hassani 15; Z. Matulin 3/10, R. Pendle 2/6).Loxton 6/168 (A. Lehmann 30 ret, K. Reynolds 29, K. Smith 23, T. Pontt 23, J. Zdanowicz 21; C. Hentschke 2/18, S. Martin 2/22) d Loxton North 22 (K. King 5; S. Burgess 3/2, T. Pontt 3/9, J. Hentschke 2/2, D. Voigt 2/5).

SoftballSeniors

Berri A 17 (T. Dowdy, M. Rossack, D. Nixon) d Loxton A 2 (H. Symens, A. Altschwager, A. Lidgerwood).Cobdogla Gold 13 (D. Passmore, K. Chamberlain, B. Anderson) d Cobdogla Blue 12 (J. Gregory, V. Taylor, J. Cook).Gerard 5 (G. Abdulla, T. Johnson, K.

Johnson) d Renmark 3 (T. Schwartz-kopff, A. Selfe, D. Moldovan).Waikerie 16 (H. Johnson, N. Ogle, R. Foster) d Loxton Blue 6 (K. Loxton, D. Lidgerwood, K. Edmonds).

C gradeCobdogla 22 (D. Strother, N. Taylor, J.Cook) d Loxton 19.Waikerie 30 (M. Briscoe, N. Collins, N. Ogle) d Renmark 4 (L. Plush, S. Roesler, K. Edwards).

Primary gradeWaikerie 17 (J. Collins, L. Howell, J. Smith) d Renmark 14 (L. Croft, A. Cas-sidy, A. Vanderhoek).Loxton 20 (J. Cripps, K. Attwood-Mitchell, S. Rullo) d Cobdogla 15 (T. Ford, C. Passmore, J. Passmore).

Mid Murray cricketWaikerie Gold 8/319 (C. Hawke 104 ret, J. Walding 50, D. Hilton 39, A. Be-van 37, A. Coombe 35 n.o; R. Atkinson 4/36, J. Haese 2/65) d Cadell 139 (B. Seabrook 46, A. Thompson 39; D. Hil-ton 3/19, M. McDonald 3/33).BSR 147 (M. Griffi ths 70, S. McKen-zie 47; R. Zadow 4/14, M. Bolt 4/23) drew Claypans 7/147 (J. Ashenden 54, M. Waechter 50; S. Stewart 2/23, M. Griffi ths 2/37).

Riverland Pennant BowlsFirst division

Lyrup 80 d Berri 67S. Munro 25 d A. Hill 12; G. Godena 16 l C. Treloar 18; N. Leach 17 l D. Treloar 25; W. Haby 22 d K. Stokes 12.Waikerie 109 d Renmark RSL 59B. Burnett 38 d R. Sutton 9; G. Pursche 27 d R. Lee 13; B. Harden 19 drew J. Van der Wyst 19; T. Strauss 25 d M. Inglis 18.

Loxton 95 d Barmera 61.B. Bullock 17 l J. Morena 19; B. Bald 21 d A. Ness 17; V. Pavia 35 d P. Ashton 5; P. Kimber 22 d I. Wandell 20.

Second divisionLoxton RSL 70 d Monash 49.S. Rose 30 d K. Schulz 10; T. Lehmann 17 l K. Ruediger 21; J. Ginnelly 23 d W. Barnett 18.Loxton Green 68 d Berri 65.D. McRae-Wood 15 l R. Grosser 26; M. Williss 23 d G. Meyer 19; G. Ireland 30 d K. Breakwell 20.Renmark RSL 80 d Lyrup 35.M. Curtis 24 d B. Packer 16; B. Tankard 25 d L. Seltitzas 9; S. Hume 31 d N. Nat-trass 10.Moorook 76 d Barmera 52.S. Pantic 33 d I. Lloyd 12; J. White 24 d A. Schulz 20; C. pantic 19 l J. Kling-biel 20.

Third divisionLoxton RSL 65 d Monash 57.C. Hampel 23 d I. Radosevic 14; K. Ward 22 d R. Scott 18; S. Schmidt 20 l A .Viney 25.Loxton White 69 d Loxton Orange 55.A. Reichstein 19 l J. Vaughan 24; W. Reichstein 19 l J. Nelson 20; J. Lidger-wood 31 d J. Kirkby 11.Waikerie 69 d Renmark White 54.M. Rolton 20 d J. O’Loughlin 17; C. Wilson 12 l A. Gibson 22; S. Copeland 37 d D. Parish 15.Barmera 86 d Moorook 47.S. Cristo 27 d N. Pollard 19; N. Schulz 25 d K. Marshall 16; B. Mitchell 34 d M. Couzner 12.Renmark Blue 75 d Renmark RSL 36.M. Leesue 14 l K. Phillips 16; M. Weiss 28 d P. McDonald 11; M. Nitschke 33 d L. Valente 9.

Berri 65 d Loxton Yellow 56.P. Reynolds 23 d D. Vaughan 18; L. Schubert 30 d W. Ahrens 12; E. Mason 12 l N. Jenke 26.

Fourth divisionLoxton Red 101 d Berri 32.B. Mattner 42 d K. Tanner 11; P. Durkin 31 d D. Vlemmix 14; E. Davey 28 d L. Martin 7.

Pinnaroo Line BowlsFirst division

Parilla 56 d Pinnaroo 41.P. Broughill 29 d R. Simon 23; D. Atze 27 d W. O’Driscoll 18.Lameroo Red 46 d Lameroo White 42.L. Walker 16 l P. Bowman 24; B. May-nard 30 d L. Maynard 18.Geranium 49 d Murrayville 43.T. Kakoschke 23 d C. Crane 22; L. Gre-gurke 26 d R. Kalms 21.

Second divisionPinnaroo 102 d Parilla 49.P. Barker 27 d B. Michell 20; R. Angel 41 d C. Atze 14; T. Quince 34 d M. Candy 15.Lameroo White 97 d Lameroo Red 35.A. McCabe 27 d T. Coleman 13; P. Byrne 25 d G. Godden 11; C. Spratt 45 d M. Mcappion 11. Murrayville 75 d Geranium 68.G. McKee 9 l P. Howard 34; P. Willder-sdorf 24 d M. Clarke 15; H. Crane 42 d I. Jarvis 19.

BaseballA grade

Barmera 4 d Loxton 2.Hits – Barmera: Z. Butterworth 3, D. Harwood, J. Golding, K. Harwood 2, M.

Golding. Loxton: R. Taylor 2, M. Ray-mond, J. Voigt.

B gradeLyrup 7 d Renmark Vets 0.Hits – Lyrup: R. Grenfell, B. Hill, B. Foote, W. Priest, N. Berry, C. Tsonis, T. Williams, M. Recchia. Renmark: D. Schwartzkopff.

GolfRenmark

Saturday stableford: G. Seddon 42, D. Magor 40, L. Berry 38, G. Stimpson 37, C. Foreman 37, B. Heath 36, C. Doevan-dans 36.Four ball better ball: S. Tyndale/B. An-derson 46, B. Hartshorne/P. Dohnt 44.Individual stableford: A. Pethick 40 A. Haynes 38, B. Hartshorne 38, J. Reid 38, S. Machell 37, R. Christie 37, S. Tyn-dale 36.

BerriSaturday stableford: M. Odgers 40, K. Wilksch 39, R. Day 38, J. Meakin 37, P. Cummins 36, R. Staehr 36.Thursday ladies competition: L. Kel-laway 38, L. Martin 32, R. Kassebaum 31, J. Phillips 31.Friday twilight competition: K. Wilksch 20 c/b, G. Kellaway 20, R. Yates 19, R. Mitchell 19, M. Yates 18, W. Ad-ams 18, R. Gates 18.

BarmeraStroke competition: P. Butterworth 68, E. Van Hensbergen 69, J. Nitschke 70, D. Walker 70, T. Norris 71, D. Morgan 71, T. Foot 73, M. Cenko 73, B. Whitehead 74, F. Sutton 75.

Riverland basketballWomen

Division one: Renmark 54 (S. Mod-

linski 18, J. Haynes 12) d Loxton 26 (J. Dahlitz 12); Berri 38 (S. Prontt 14, K. Wade 8) d Barmera 26 (L. Millard 6).Division two: Renmark 27 d Waikerie 22; Supercats 49 d Berri 34.Division three: Renmark 27 d Barmera 18; Loxton 27 d Waikerie 18.Under 18: Berri 25 d Renmark 24; Blaz-ers 53 d Barmera 37.Under 14: Berri 53 d Renmark 29.Under 12: Renmark 20 d Berri 16.

MenDivision one: Renmark 45 (C. Seekamp 14, M. Camplin 12) d Loxton 40 (J. Reichstein 18); Barmera 43 (Dil-lon Millard 13, A. Grose 11) d Berri 23 (L. Mensforth 6).Division two: Supercats 34 d Loxton 28; Barmera 41 d Waikerie 35; Berri 36 d Allstars 27; Warriors 43 d Renmark Masters 37.Under 18: Berri 70 d Renmark 25.Under 16: Barmera 65 d Waikerie 16; Berri 60 d Renmark 22.Under 14: Loxton 37 d Barmera 15; Berri 55 d Renmark 31.Under 12: Loxton 27 d Barmera 18; Renmark 31 d Berri 25.

Murray Plains tennisA grade:

Cambrai 10-75 d Nildottie 6-64; Swan Reach 10-78 d Angas Valley 6-62.

Pinnaroo volleyballMunsters 3 d Muppets 0(25-18, 25-14, 25-15);Flintstones 3 d Hill Billys 0(25-18, 25-19, 25-19); Simpsons 3 d Brady Bunch 0(25-13, 25-6, 25-20).

We go at about 60 miles an hour and that sounds fast to a lot of people.

Berri hosts skiing classic

Doubts strengthen over Mid Murray fold

■ DELIVERY: Rohan Zadow sends down a delivery for Claypans, while BSR's Scott

McKenzie backs up in Mid Murray cricket. Photos: LEANNE GRIFFITHS

■ ABOVE: Loxton youngster Kieran Reynolds lofts

Waikerie-Ramco bowler Brad Gay down the ground on Saturday,

while wicketkeeper Ramazan Has-sani looks on, in Riverland cricket.

Photo: LES PEARSON

■ LEFT: Claypans wicketkeeper Fred Tyler looks on as BSR's Matt Griffi ths plays a forward defensive

shot in Mid Murray cricket.

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New Prado features a high level of on-board guidance and technical support to help even accomplished off-road drivers feel more confident in rough terrain. ��

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Over the loud speakers, Tony Whateley announced, “Get your cameras ready!” Scrubber is going for the Fletchers’ Freighters Jump for Cash record”.

Most of the 2000 spectators rushed to get a view of the table-top as Scrubber roared down the straight, hitting the jump at an un-believable speed.

This was just part of the action at last weekend’s Riverland Chal-lenge held at the Loveday 4x4 Ad-venture Park.

Spectators had travelled from right across Australia to be part of what has now become a nationally recognised event.

Participants and spectators alike had followed the action from Perth and Melbourne after witnessing the Loveday 4x4 Extreme Spectacular at their recent 4WD Adventure Shows.

The local Scouts and Rotary groups must have received a big bonus, as the beautiful Riverland weather encouraged many to empty the odd can and enjoy the barbecue put on once again by Rotary.

The ever present CFS joined in and kept the dust to a minimum, whilst ensuring the safety of drivers and navigators as they were urged on by the crowd.

Campers arrived early on Fri-day to get their favourite spot, with many staying over on Monday to enjoy an extra day or two on the banks of the Murray River.

The variety of tents, caravans, camper trailers and the odd bus certainly made for a colourful back-drop to the event.

Media representatives from

4WD TV and a number of national 4x4 magazines were also present, capturing all the action.

Hans Schneider from Mel-bourne said “we heard about this

event at the 4WD Show and three couples have joined us for a week’s caravanning in the Riverland”.

“Wayne Whateley has certainly looked after us,” added Hans’ Scot-

tish mate. The appearance of the ‘Bob the

Builder Ute’ thrilled the kids who lined the track and cheered wildly when it raced.

“Bob” was driven by Ben Nixon, the previous holder of the Fletchers’ Freighters Jump for Cash.

As Scrubber hit the Tabletop, the crowd gasped in disbelief and hor-ror as the big truck fl ew through the air and hit the ground an incredible 24 metres (78 feet) from take off to landing, claiming the record by 3.5 metres (12 feet).

The impact busted the suspen-sion with Scrubber coming to rest with the driver’s side front wheel fi rmly stuck underneath the rear.

Driver Bill Metcalf and naviga-tor Daniel (who fl ew over from Perth) emerged shaken but even-tually came around to wave to the cheering crowd. Keep an eye out for the many coming events due to be held at this popular park.

■ JUMPING JOY: Almost 2000 people saw Scrubber (left) break the Fletchers’ Freighters Jump for Cash Record at last

weekend’s Riverland Challenge, jumping an incredible 24 metres.

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WINKIE Winkie Road, Saturday October 31 7am-1pm, fish tank, with stand, kids motorbikes, kids push bikes, dog kennel, trundle bed and much more!

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US Aussie Blokes will meet at 6:45pm on Friday, November 6 at Living Waters Christian Community, 14 Edward Street, Loxton.

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Phone 8582 5500

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For Sale

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, 15ft, pop-top, 85 model, a/con, gable, annexe, carport, easy tow, all electric stove, 3 way fridge, good cond. $6900. Phone 85882004.

FILTER stainless steel Dix irrigation filter, 6 to 8 inch with manual cleaning. $600. Phone 0407502127

HOT water service, Dux 31SF-36, still under warranty, ex. cond. $600 ono. Phone 85841134.

I N S U R A N C EFor 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.

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

SET of golf clubs, King Cobra 2 Tour, 12 clubs and bag. $450 the lot, as new. Phone 85841158 or 0437381565

STEELINE / BUILDPRO We now have in stock Outback Concrete Sleepers in various designs. Come and view the range of sleepers and steps on display. Order now for Pre-Xmas delivery. Old Sturt Highway, Berri. Phone 85822166.

Cars For Sale

FORD Falcon Wagon, 1995, auto, air-con, 202,000km, new tyres, sleeps 2 people, camping equipment, CD player, just serviced , 3 months rego AA149R, good cond. $3,900. Phone 0431567904.

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.


Community Church & Centre

Jellett Road, BerriReal People

Living Passionately Fulfi lling Destiny

Sunday Service 10am

Ps Bill and Rayleen Keros

Ph/Fax 8582 3928

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Sunday Worship 9.50amChildren’s activitiesWeekly meetings

for all agesPhone 0411 658 282

www.berrichurchofchrist.org.au

BerriChurch of Christ

Good Friday 9.50am

SUNDAY 10am

Old Sturt Highway GLOSSOP

WorshipCommunion

Children’s ProgramCreche

Wednesday Playgroup9.30 - 11.30am

Ps David & Ps Joella Crossfield

8583 [email protected]

Church Church ServicesServices

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Conveyancing

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Thanks to our SESVolunteers for theirdedicated service

to the SA community.

Nature’s worst brings out the best in us.Storm, flood, marine, road crash, confined space, vertical (cliff, mine and cave)rescue, land search and urban search and rescue. SES to the rescue.

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Phone 8582 5500 • 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri • Email: [email protected]

Public NoticesPublic Notices46 • Riverland Weekly – Thursday October 29, 2009

BM LIVESTOCK, EUDUNDABudgie Schiller

Phone: 0437 795 190

Is Your Future Financially Secure?

Make 2009 the year to learn how to achieve financial independence despite

the current economic climateThe Investors Club, founded by Kevin Young, is a free organisation, to assist the average person create wealth through investing in property using ‘OPM’ (other people’s money), this being the lender, the tenant and the taxman.

Learn how to • Build a property portfolio with little or no cash regardless of age • Weather the current economic down turn • Understand interest rate changes • Understand the current property market • Avoid the usual property investor pitfalls • Set up the correct financial structures • Increase your investing knowledge.

Join other local people and find out how The Investors Club has assisted its members to

purchase over 12,000 properties.

Introductory seminarLoxton HotelPyap Room

Tuesday, November 3, at 7.30pm

THE INVESTORS CLUBOur Long-Term Support is the Key to Your Financial Independence ~ Founded in 1995

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION call JILL & BEVAN CLIFFORD 0438 847 981

Loxton Riverfront Focal Point Development Plans

The District Council of Loxton Waikerie has developed a draft Riverfront Plan for the Loxton Riverfront Focal Point, based on the Loxton Riverfront Master Plan adopted in 2007.Included with the draft plan for consultation is a brief summary or explanation which will provide additional information in regard to the plan.Loxton• Concept for the Visitor Information Centre

and Cafe• Concept for all footpaths, ramps and

stairs linking East Terrace, the proposed Visitor Information Centre, Café, Historical Village and the Town Wharf

• East Terrace car park and access road – with emphasis on bus parking and car trailer availability

• Access road to the new entry to Historical Village, designed for full pedestrian/disabled accessibility

• New car park facilities located on the NW boundary of the Historical Village

• Historical Village entry plaza• New toilet block – with both internal

Historical Village access and external riverfront access

Consultation for the plan commences on Wednesday October 21, 2009 and concludes on Wednesday November 11, 2009.Comments in writing will be received up until that time addressed to:The Acting Chief Executive Officer District Council of Loxton Waikerie PO Box 409 Loxton SA 5333Or can be forwarded by email to [email protected] further information regarding the plan please contact the Manager Projects, Mr Chris Fels on 8584 8000.A copy of the plan can be found on council’s website

www.loxtonwaikerie.sa.gov.au or a hard copy is available to view at the Loxton Council office.

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• Ability to achieve sales targets• Opportunity to grow into a leadership roleThe role will require a mix of weekday and weekend work, on a roster basis. We are willing to negotiate working hours with the successful candidate.The successful applicant will enjoy the benefit of joining our team of enthusiastic people, in a SA based National retailer with over 60 years in the industry.If you believe you have the skills and drive to suit the above position, please apply in writing or email to;The Home Improvement Store ManagerStratco (SA) PO Box 1219, Berri SA 5343Or [email protected] information about Stratco can be obtained atwww.stratco.com.au

Riverland Weekly is published by Riverland Weekly. Pty Ltd, ACN 128401123 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri, South Australia. 5343. Printed by Bridge Printing, Murray Bridge, South Australia. Distribution is by letterbox drop in major centres as well as bulk distribution in other centres throughout the Riverland and Mallee. Riverland Weekly Pty Ltd (the “Publisher”) hereby expressly disclaims, to the full extent permitted by the law, all and any liability whatsoever including any liability for damages, consequential damages, costs, expenses or the like (“Liability”) to any person howsoever arising from or in connection with any copy, information, advertising or other material contained in Riverland Weekly (“Copy”) including, but not limited to, any liability arising from or in connection with any action or inaction by any person in reliance on any copy, and each consequence of such action or inaction. The Publisher also expressly disclaims any and all liability arising from or in connection with any negligence whatsoever of the Publisher. Inclusion of copy must not be construed deemed or inferred by any person to constitute any endorsement of the same by the Publisher. The Publisher reserves the right to decline to publish any material including any advertisement. Copyright. All content of Riverland Weekly is copyright, and must not be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the Publisher. Responsibility for electoral comment in this issue is accepted by Rob McLean, 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri.

Phone 8582 5500 • 3/29 Vaughan Terrace, Berri • Email: [email protected]

EmEmploymentploymentThursday October 29, 2009 – Riverland Weekly • 47

BERRI ESTATES WINERY2010 Vintage Casuals

CellarhandsLab Technicians

Weighbridge/Testing Station OperatorsVineyard AssessorsNIR’s Lab Assistants

Constellation Wines Australia (CWAU) showcases regional winemaking at its fi nest, offering premium wines from key wine growing areas around Australia. CWAU is part of the world’s leading broad-based beer, wine and spirit company, Constellation Brands, Inc.

Berri Estates is one of Australia’s largest wineries, with the ability to process in excess of 200,000 tonnes of grapes annually.

Applications are now being sought to fi ll the above positions for the 2010 vintage.

To be eligible, applicants must be available from early January though to March/April.

All vacancies are casual, involve shift work and require fl exible working hours.

The successful applicants will be part of a dedicated team and will be directly responsible to the Cellar Managers, Laboratory Manager, Viticulture Secretary, Viticulture Tech Offi cer and NIR’s Manager respectively.

We are looking for enthusiastic, hardworking people who have a genuine interest to be involved in the making of quality wines to the world. Previous experience in the wine industry would be preferred but not essential.

Applicants are required to apply in person at:Mission Australia5 Kealley StreetBERRI SA 5343

Enquiries to Vicki Beech or Karen Simpson at Mission Australia – Berri on 8582 2188 in the 1st instance

OrGreg Balkwill at Berri Estates Winery on 08 8582 0370

Applications close Friday 6th November 2009.

Interviews will commence mid November, with inductions to occur in December.

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SUMMER is the party season and there will be plenty of partying over the next few months as the weather warms up with Andrew Sarakinis (aka DJ Sarez) announc-ing his Riverland gig schedule.

“The crowds always get bigger when the weather heats up, so we tend to put on a few more shows than we would in winter,” Sarez said.

“I guess people socialise more when the weather is great.

“We also have all the uni students back for the summer break and there’s always tourists in the area at this time of year.”

As one of the most popular DJs in the state, it is a time Sarez genuinely enjoys.

“I always look forward to the big summer festivities,” he said.

“It’s the time of year when there’s a lot going on and as a DJ, you’re always in the thick of it.”

“We also see a lot of the big tunes getting released just in time for the party season.

“I love the sum-mer time vibe with music and I think this year we’ll see some very big anthems hit the clubs.”

Sarez believes the varying themes play to a wider audience.

“I think it’s a good idea to have a bit of variation because there are so many things on and it’s good to keep people interested,” he said.

“We’re not just trying to appeal to the same crowd every week.

“It’s good to see different people come

to all the different shows.”First in a huge line up of

shows to come over the summer period is this Friday night’s Rock

Versus Dance at the Loxton Club .

“Rock Versus Dance is a very unique show,” Sarez said.

“It’s a combination of two totally different styles which at-tracts two very different crowds.

“It’s set over two rooms, so you can rock out with the (local cover band) Door Snakes in one or party to dance music with the DJs in the other.

“It’s the only show of its kind in the Riverland.”

Rock Versus Dance is the fi rst in a long line of themed events coming up.

These include Digital Ses-sions, an all ages event held at the Renmark Club on November 7.

“It’s the only club night in the Riverland dedicated to bring-ing people new, unreleased tunes mixed by DJ Sav and myself,” Sarez said.

“We say that if it’s going to be a massive hit, you’ll hear it fi rst at Digital Sessions.”

Back In The Dayz – Riverland Anthems returns to The Vines on November 21.

“I’ll be playing all the big tunes from my old residencies from clubs like Heaven, Soda Room and Rise,” Sarez said,

“It’s defi nitely a night for the ‘old school’ crew.”

Renmark Club will again be the venue for Chix On Dex, which will feature one of Adelaide’s hot new talents, glamour model DJ Vanilla, on Friday, November 21.

“The only thing hotter than her is the beats she plays,” Sarez laughed.

The main unmissable event for the summer touches down on December 19 at The Vines with Full Circle Versus Karisma, where the two biggest and longest run-ning club nights in the Riverland join forces to make the party of the year.

“We will also have the Such Salon Hair Show modelling girls and guys hair styles,” Sarez said,

Finally rounding out the year will be the Devine – Not A Silent Night show at the Loxton Club on Christmas Eve.

“It is fast becoming everyone’s favourite Christmas Eve party,” Sarez said.

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Afro Samurai10.30pm, ABC 1Those blessed with pay TV may have already spotted Afro Samurai on MTV in recent years but here it makes its first foray into free to air in Australia.

It’s basically a cartoon series about a ninja with an afro hair style.

As always, he is trying to avenge his father’s murder. There can’t be a lot of fathers left alive in Japan.

2009 Melbourne Cup2.30pm, WIN SACan Bart do it again?

He’s got a handful of entries in this year’s cup and with the form the ‘old fella’ is in, your money might be safe in his capable hands.

I’m going to try and tip the trifecta, before all the scratchings and the likes.

Leica Ding, Dandaad and Allez Wonder.

The World’s Fastest Indian6.30pm, WIN 10I believe this is one of my dad’s favourite movies and is about an old ‘fella’ from New Zealand who builds a really fast motor bike and breaks speed records with it in the United States.

Anthony Hopkins is in the lead role and after seeing all of the Hannibal series, I keep waiting for him to bite someone’s face off. He doesn’t though.

Antiques Roadshow3pm, WIN 9People rock up to these functions with some random piece of art, furniture or crockery and get it valued by experts.

It’s pretty golden to see what people hold on to.

I’ve seen a lady rock up with a pretty looking tea spoon and it turns out to be worth thousands.

Don’t let your mates catch you watching.

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John Safran’s Race Relations9pm, ABC 2Cross-cultural relationship experts say that you should walk in the shoes of other people to understand different cultures.

Disguised as a black man, John visits Chicago and integrates into the community.

Pretty eye-opening stuff and sure to ruffle some feathers. Vintage Safran.

Mean Girls8.30pm, WIN 10Movie where Lindsay Lohan is cast to play a bitchy teenager.

That’s like casting Seth Rogan to play an awkward looking, fat, hairy guy with not much talent.

Lohan is in her element in this movie and it could well be the catalyst of her shift from freckly innocent blood-nut to freckly incriminated blood-nut.

Viewtubewith LES PEARSON

Two and a Half Men7pm, WIN 9Do you think I’m sick of this show?

Does Lamb Chops poo cotton wool?

Yes, and probably to the latter.

Every day we cop at least 20 minutes (10 minutes of ads in between to make it bearable) and I’ve just had enough.

Nine even schedule it in different timeslots to catch you unawares. Argh!

■ CRAZY: While not biting people’s faces off like he did in Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins

is still crazy in The World’s Fastest Indian.

DJ launches into party season■ PUMPED: DJ Sarez will be ripping it up on the decks this summer in the Riverland, providing plenty of music

for the summer party season.

Seniors walk down memory lane By BRAD PERRY

RIVERLAND seniors will be treated to a fun, eventful af-ternoon at this year’s Down Memory Lane show at the Waikerie Club.

In its 13th year, the show, on November 1, is a feast of drama plays, musical enter-

tainment and sing- a-longs.The event is a must see

for seniors and bookings are required as the popular event sells out quickly.

Waikerie Lions Club member Jan Heppner, who helped organise the event, said it is a great day out for seniors.

She added that this year’s play, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Revisited, is sure to impress.

“We get all the senior members and make sure they are the number one pri-ority,” she said.

“They (the seniors) love it and look forward to it ev-ery year.”

I love the summer time vibe with music and I think this year

we’ll see som very big anthems hit the clubs

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7.00 Children’s Programs3.00 rage 6.05 The New Inventors: Presented by James O’Loghlin 6.35 Heartland: A wedding threatens to consume everyone’s relationships. 7.30 The Einstein Factor: Presented by Peter Berner

8.00 At The Movies 8.30 Movie: Psycho: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire and Simon Oakland 10.20 Movie: The Thing From Another World: James Arness, Margaret Sheridan and Kenneth Tobey

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World's Fastest Indian: Anthony Hopkins9.10 Movie: A Good Year: Russell Crowe11.40 Dexter12.40 Rock Of Love1.30 Sex And The City2.00 Home Shopping4.00 Bayless Conley4.30 Leading The Way With Dr. Michael Youssef5.00 Hour Of Power

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northern exposure as it heads for Alaska.8.30 Iron Chef9.20 Rockwiz10.00 Movie: The Science Of Sleep (France): Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Alain Chabat11.50 SOS12.50 Newstopia1.20 Knot At Home1.50 Weatherwatch

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Of Communism 3.00 With Gilbert And George4.45 Conversations With Australian Artists5.00 Sunday Arts6.00 At The Movies6.30 The Einstein Factor7.00 ABC News7.30 Rainforest8.30 Wuthering Heights 9.40 Compass10.15 Yellow House

7.00 Beautiful Noise8.00 Zoo Days8.55 Little Angels9.25 Scrapheap Challenge11.00 Journey Through American Music12.00 Soundtrack To My Life12.30 Red Dwarf 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles2.00 Coldplay

2.55 triple j tv 3.25 Queen And Paul Rodgers4.30 triple j tv 5.00 BBC Electric Proms 076.00 ABC Fora7.00 Artscape7.30 Sunday Arts 8.30 Guerilla Art9.30 Deconstructing John Kelly 10.00 Connected By Light

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5.00 Weatherwatch5.20 World Watch1.00 Food Lovers' Guide To Australia1.30 The Growing Anger Of Hunger2.30 Dateline3.30 Insight4.30 World Watch 5.00 The Crew5.30 Futbol Mundial6.00 Living Black 6.30 World News7.30 Top Gear

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must create the best machine they can using only parts found in the junkyard. 7.20 Mr Bean 7.30 Coach Trip 8.00 Australian Story8.30 Posh Nosh8.45 The Beast9.30 The Wire 10.25 Teachers 11.20 Rose And Maloney

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5.00 Ten News6.00 The Simpsons6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project7.30 The Simpsons 8.30 NCIS 9.30 Lie To Me10.30 Ten News11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Tell Me You Love Me1.00 Home Shopping2.30 Copeland3.00 Life Today

5.00 Weatherwatch5.20 World Watch1.00 Movie: Persona Non Grata (Italy, Poland and Russia): Zbigniew Zapasiewicz and Nikita Mikhalkov3.00 Corner Gas3.30 Living Black4.00 Wine Lovers' Guide To Australia 4.30 World Watch 5.00 Newshour

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6.00 ABC News Breakfast9.00 Lateline 9.35 Lateline Business 10.00 Children’s Programs4.30 Around The World In 80 Gardens5.30 Time Team6.30 Junkyard Wars 7.20 Mr Bean 7.30 Coach Trip

8.00 Whatever! The Science Of Teams8.30 Le Cirque 9.30 Superhuman: Five especially talented people talk about their special gifts. 10.20 Victoria’s Empire11.20 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves

6.00 Sunrise9.00 The Morning Show11.30 Seven News12.00 Movie: Gosford Park: Maggie Smith3.00 Home And Away3.30 Children’s Programs4.30 Seven News5.00 M*A*S*H5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Win News 6.30 Seven News

7.00 Today Tonight7.30 Border Security: 8.00 Medical Emergency8.30 City Homicide9.30 Criminal Minds10.30 My Name Is Earl11.00 American Dad11.30 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia12.00 Win News12.30 Auction House1.00 Home Shopping4.00 NBC Today


5.00 Antiques Roadshow5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Nine News 6.30 A Current Affair7.00 Two And A Half Men8.00 Money For Jam8.30 RPA Where Are They Now?9.30 Crime Investigation Australia10.35 Without A Trace11.30 Nine News


5.00 Ten News6.00 The Simpsons6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project7.30 Celebrity Masterchef8.30 Movie: A Model Daughter: The Killing Of Caroline Byrne10.30 Ten News11.15 The Late Show 12.00 Eureka 1.00 Home Shopping2.30 Copeland

5.00 Weatherwatch5.30 World Watch6.00 UEFA Champions League8.00 World Watch12.25 Weatherwatch12.35 World Watch3.30 A Fork In The Mediterranean4.00 Eco House Challenge4.30 World Watch5.00 Newshour 6.00 Global Village

6.30 World News7.35 Inspector Rex8.30 Shintaro!9.30 World News10.00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey11.05 Movie: Nero (Italy): Hans Matheson and Laura Morante12.50 Movie: Almost Peaceful (France): Simon Abkarian2.30 Weatherwatch

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Mid Murray clubs told to move onBy BRAD PERRY

THE MID Murray Foot-ball Association has ad-vised its four teams to seek a position in new leagues following a meet-ing on Monday night, despite not offi cially dis-

solving the competition.The association is all

but fi nished with Robert-stown and Eudunda in the fi nal throes of merger talks and Sedan/Cambrai pursuing a place in the Hills Football League.

Mid Murray Football

Association secretary Deb Tanner said it appears the century old football league may have played its fi nal game, with Rob-ertstown claiming the last fl ag.

■ Continued Page 38

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