Mannum Mag Issue 61 September 2011

September 2011

Mannum, South Australia 5238

Issue Number 61

National Athletics Championships Blake Tabe and Cameron Horstmann or the second year Blake Tabe and Cameron Horstmann have been selected by SAPSASA for the South Australian Athletics Team in the National Athletics Championships.

On September 15th - 19th these local lads will be in Darwin representing South Australia.

The South Australian Primary Schools Amateur Sports Association (SAPSASA) is an independent body which organises representational sport in both public and

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Cameron Horstmann and Blake Tabe

private primary schools for students aged 10 years and over.

Earlier in the year Cameron, from Swan Reach Area School and Blake from Mannum Community College, representing their schools competed at the Murraylands District Athletics day held at Unity College. At this meet they were selected to represent the Murraylands in the SA Country Championships.

In May the boys competed for the Murraylands SAPSASA team at the Country Championships at Santos Stadium in Adelaide. This event gave about 1700 primary school athletes the chance to compete at the upgraded athletics venue.

Eighteen country districts from around South Australia came together to compete in 100m, 200m, 800m and 4x100m relay track events and in long jump, high jump, shot put and discus field events. Each athlete is only allowed to compete in a maximum of three events.

Cameron won the silver medal in 11 year old boys 100m (14.56 seconds) and gold medal in the 4 × 100m relay. Blake won the gold medal in the 11 year old boys shot put (8.71 metres) and discus (21.14 metres).

Cameron’s times and Blake’s distances, as well as their commitment and good attitude, qualified them for selection in the State Team.

Their commitment is demonstrated by their training for the National Championships which has the boys travelling to the Santos Stadium early on Saturday mornings for training with the state team under the guidance of Athletics SA coaches. The assistance they receive by these coaches is really improving their skills.

The experience of competing against athletes from across Australia is very rewarding for these boys. They encourage each other to perform at their best and to improve their Personal Bests, as there is strong competition from the Eastern States.

Last year at Bendigo, they formed friendships which have continued, as many of those in last years team have been selected again in 2011.

Blake and Cameron will fly with the South Australian team to Darwin and will meet up with their families who will be there to cheer them on.

Jo-en Tabe

Diamond Wedding n Sunday 7th August, Rae and Bob Bottroff celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary with their family and Rae’s brother Charles.

After lunch at the Pretoria Hotel in Mannum, they went to their daughter Kathy’s house for delicious sweets and the cutting of the cake.

Made by Kathy, the cake was decorated in lemon and green, the colours worn by their bridesmaids 60 years ago.

Rae and Bob were married in St Martins Lutheran Church, Mannum on August 4th 1951, by the late pastor H Harnath.

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Front: Rae and Bob Bottroff with their family Robyn Bottroff, Michael Bottroff, Lynne Schmidt and Kathy Craig Contents Ageing in the Murraylands At Your Leisure

Calendars & Dates 10 Chippy Chatter 8 Church Services

28 Classifieds 5 Food is Life 3 Letters

27 Mental Musings, The Hall 11, 17 On My Bookshelf 18 Musical Miscellany 22 Out of this World 2 Neighbourhood Watch 18 Puzzle

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, In response to Valorie Bottroff’s letter in your last edition (August 2011), I am very pleased to provide this information.

Council shares Mrs Bottroff’s sentiments in that it is essential that our heritage is preserved for not only its tourism value but for the edification of future generations.

To this end, Council’s heritage program is being developed and this program will not just involve listing local heritage places. Recognition will be also given to numerous places of historical significance beyond those on our local heritage listing.

Policy and Heritage We are currently in ne go t i a t i o ns wi t h t he Department of Planning and Local Government regarding introducing heritage into our Development Plan.

As the heritage list is being composed, it is planned that owners of proposed places will be notified next year as part of the consultation process for the Heritage Places Development Plan Amendment.

This process will also include a broader community consultation and we encourage residents and ratepayers to participate. Also included in the development of this program will be workshops, seminars, free heritage advice, information

Disappearing Heritage Dear Editor, As for the historical Where is our heritage and photographs and documents at h i sto r y? Our sense o f the Mannum Information Centre, community spirit and pride? many of which have been My letter has been prompted in donated by kind local people, I response to a letter published in among others, have been your August edition noting, informed that these were in the sadly, the loss of so much of our archives and no one was history. Is it for the sake of so- permitted access to them. By called progress or some hidden very definition archives means agenda? public records!

Mannum, the Birthplace of the Surely this is our heritage and Paddle Steamer! What have we not the sole possession of now got to signify our rich river misguided bureaucrats. history? A dirty, degraded Randell House, the original launch site at the Noa-No home of Captain Randell, is one Landing sporting a graffiti of the rare few magnificent covered cairn. A sad legacy buildings that has evaded the indeed to that great father of demolishers. Will it too, like Mannum, Captain William Esmerelda and Brigadoon, Richard Randell. vanish into the morning mist?

regarding conservation, tourism grants and incentives.

The heritage program aims to provide a broad prospectus - an extensive database for State and local heritage places located in the Mid Murray area along with all places listed on the Historic Places Register.

Council will be sending out more details of the program to our local media outlets within the next couple of weeks.

The program is being headed

by Council’s Development Officer - Policy and Heritage, who is currently available every Monday. Should anyone need further information, please call (08) 8564 6020.

Dean H Gollan Chief Executive Officer

Mannum Craft Fair Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Mannum Progress Association for their second annual Craft Fair, I thought it was excellent.

It was very colourful and interesting with lots of variety. I particularly enjoyed the demonstrations by the lace makers and the “Shared Stitches of Mannum” quilters.

On Saturday morning I “warmed up” in the refreshments area with a cup of pumpkin soup. It was so delicious that I went back for more. I wonder if the maker would share her recipe with Mannum Mag readers!

Jo Kader

Dianne Downie (nee Dowdy)

Garden Party

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Mid Murray Homes for the Aged Inc and Mid Murray Homes for the Aged Housing Association Inc Tuesday September 27th at 7:30 pm Senior Citizens Hall, Mannum • Reports: Chairman of Board Director of Care Chief Administrator Financial • Elections Nomination forms for the election of Board Members are available from the office at Aminya.

Nominations close at 4:00 pm on Friday September 16th 2011

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izella and Ron will be holding a Garden Party.

Monday 24th October, 2011 10:00 am until 4:00 pm 16 Arnold Street, Mannum Everybody welcome.

The proceeds will go to charity.

Glen W Cooper, Chief Executive Office

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Mannum Mag Thanks for the Help hank you to the volunteers who helped with the folding of the August edition of the Mannum Mag. For some time now numbers for the collating and folding have been down, making it an onerous task for a few people, but at the recent folding 19 people attended making the job very easy and finished within 2 hours.

Thank you to the new folders who answered the call for help and of course to all the old hands who have been part of this team for some time.

We hope you enjoyed the morning and will come along whenever you can to enable us to continue this community service.

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Annual Craft Fair

Aminya

A Big Success

Mid Murray Homes for the Aged - Independent Living

annum Progress Association is very pleased that the Craft Fair was a big success and hope to continue to hold the event annually.

Mayor Dave Burgess opened the Craft Fair and the event covered many crafts, including quilting and patchwork, card making, decoupage, scrapbooking, lace making, beading and jewellery, glass painting, leadlighting, children’s clothes, home made sweets, dolls, and locally made soaps.

The balustrade around the basketball stadium was again decorated with all locally made quilts. We must thank all those who lent their quilts. There was not one the same and they were all very beautiful. Thanks to all those who are too numerous to name for lending us their valuable and irreplaceable quilts. There were over 50 quilts displayed just in the stadium itself without those in the Senior Citizens Rooms. One person commented that the quilts were a health and safety issue as everyone was walking around looking up at the quilts and not looking where they were going.

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Also, the stage was decorated with floral art which was kindly done by Lyn Noblett and some items were for sale.

This year we converted the Senior Citizens Room into a quilting and patchwork haven.

Many thanks to the girls from Shared Stitches of Mannum who quilted from start to finish each d a y wo r k i n g o n t h e i r Community Quilts. We also had three retailers with quilting materials and accessories for all those interested.

The food in the canteen was a hit and added to the profit we made.

Lastly, Mannum Progress Association would like to sincerely thank all those who helped in any way to make the weekend such a success.

Without these people, events such as this would not be able to be held. Also thanks to all who came along and made it such a wonderful weekend.

If you have any further ideas or criticisms for our next Craft Fair, please contact Irene Lovell on 8569 2541.

Irene Lovell

Australian Red Cross THE POWER OF HUMANITY

Cambrai familystore Main Street Cambrai Wed–Fri and Sun: 10AM–4PM Phone: 8564 5244 DISTRICT CHURCH SERVICES For Mannum congregations ANGLICAN 6 Adelaide Road. Ph: 8569 2385 Mannum, Sundays 10:30 am BAPTIST William Street. Ph: 8569 6040 Mannum, Sundays 10:30 am CATHOLIC Mau Street. Ph: 8531 1699 Mannum, Mass: 1st Sunday 9:30 am, all others 8:30 am LUTHERAN 79 Cliff Street. Ph: 8569 2863 Mannum, Sundays 9:00 am, Sunday School 9:45 am during school terms. Everyone welcome.

RIVER WORD CHRISTIAN CENTRE Greening Street. Ph: 8569 1333 Mannum, Sundays 10:00 am SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 17 King George St. Ph: 9433 734 037 Mannum, Saturdays 9:30 am, Sabbath School 11:00 am UNITING Corner of Greening Street & Walker Avenue Enquiries: Phone one of the Elders.

G Gobbett: 8569 1083, M Thomas: 8569 1005 R Marshall: 8569 1737, G McInerney: 8569 2076 Mannum, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays 11 am, 2nd & 4th Sundays 9 am Issue Number 61

n response to Millie’s article ‘Ageing in the Murraylands’ I can assure the community that Aminya will continue to provide opportunities for exchanges of information with the community.

Plans to extend onto the vacant area adjacent to Aminya have been the subject of discussions with the community for at least two years. The proposed development at Aminya was outlined in a recent presentation at the Mannum Community Forum. Further details on development opportunities will be presented at the AGM on September 27.

With regard to the independent living units Aminya currently owns 8 units, 6 of which are 1 bedroom while the remaining 2 are 2 bedrooms and operate under the Retirement Villages Act. To occupy these units a Licence to Occupy fee is paid with a weekly maintenance fee also charged. On vacating the unit a percentage of the current licence fee is retained by Aminya. Of the 8 units owned

by Aminya only three are currently occupied by tenants who have paid a Licence fee with rental tenants occupying the other units.

A further 18 one bedroom units plus 2 houses in Mannum and 2 houses in Blanchetown operate under a debenture agreement between Housing SA and Aminya. These operate under the Residential Tenancy Act under the following criteria: • Tenants are unable to own their own home • Tenants must be a resident of South Australia • Tenants must have an independent income which must be less than a level prescribed by Housing SA

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• An assets test applies in accordance with Housing SA requirements.

• Tenants must be aged 55+ years of age.

• All applications are assessed for eligibility in accordance with Housing SA procedures.

Occupants of these debenture units pay rent as determined by Housing SA. Aminya collects rents and retains a proportion of the income to cover administration and maintenance costs. The balance is paid to Housing SA. Major renovations to the 22 debenture units are funded by Housing SA while routine repairs and maintenance are financed from the proportion of rents retained by Aminya.

All tenants are eligible to receive all services that apply to members of the community including domiciliary care, home and community care. Aminya is not currently able to provide personal and home care support to tenants.

The indenture agreement with Housing SA is in the process of being amended to enable a transfer of land and properties between Housing SA and Aminya. This is required to enable Aminya to own the land on which further development of the residential aged care facility and additional independent living units is proposed. A memorandum of understanding is in place between Aminya and Housing SA for this transfer is expected to be finalised over the next few months.

Further information on the units, eligibility criteria and application forms may be obtained by contacting Wendy Gowling at Aminya, 8569 1749.

Glen W Cooper Chief Executive Officer

Puzzle ow many words of 4 or more letters can you make with these 9 letters?

• Each word must include the letter in the shaded box • One word includes all 9 letters Score: 18 Good, 27 Very good, 35 Excellent

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Doctor Hamoudi Aldyni

Mannum Golf Club he Mannum Golf Club is looking forward to hosting three upcoming events and invites all interested people to come along and join in the fun.

On Sunday 4th September the Golf Club is holding its annual PACE Ambrose competition. Teams of four players are invited, non golfers are very welcome. It costs $100 per team and players need to be at the club at 9:30 for a shotgun start at 10 o’clock. There will be prizes for the winning teams, nearest the pins and longest drives. Lunch is included in the entry fee. We hope to see you there. Phone Jeff on 0418 147 760 to register your team.

On Friday 7th October the Mannum Golf Club is holding its Quiz Night at our club house situated on Douglas Street, Mannum. It costs $8 per player. The night starts at 7:30 and there are 8 rounds of questions. Bring your own supper. Nibbles are supplied and drinks are available at the Club house. There are great prizes on offer all night, in fact every player wins a prize and it promises to be a lot of fun. Ring Denis on 8569 1584 to book your tickets or get a group of friends together and organize your own table.

Thirdly, the Mannum Golf Club is having a Melbourne Cup Luncheon on Tuesday 1st November. There will be sweeps, a raffle and prizes for the best dressed man and woman and also for the best hat on the day. The day starts at 12 o’clock. Please put this date in your diary. Phone the Mannum Golf Club on 8569 2066 to book your tickets. More information about this event will appear in the October edition of the Mannum Mag. You can also book in for any of these events, by contacting the Mannum Golf Club on 8569 2066.

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hose pesky sheep keep escaping. It’s highly annoying – especially for the neighbours; they keep eating their trees. So Hamoudi spends his days off on his Mannum property repairing fences. But there’s nothing he’d rather be doing.

Living peacefully along the banks of the River Murray is a far cry from his days growing up in the battleground that was Iraq.

Now aged 43, he has survived the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s (in which two of his brothers were killed), the 1990 Saddam Hussein-led invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent war.

The doctor finished his medical training in 1992 and was sent to work – for $US1 a month – at a military hospital in the south of Iraq.

“I could see the oppression and humiliation of our people in the south of Iraq and it just breaks your heart and you can’t do much really,” he says. “I was outspoken against the regime, I would criticise this and criticise that. I thought: ‘I am going to

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get executed if I say any more’.”

So in 1996, Hamoudi made the difficult decision to escape strife-torn Iraq.

Without a passport and only with a toothbrush and the clothes on his back, he walked for eight days, across marshes and difficult terrain, into Iran.

“For everyone’s safety, I decided to keep it top secret; I did not tell anyone, not a single one of my family,” he says.

He met two others escaping Iraq on his trek and they crossed into Iran together.

“When we arrived at the border, there were spotlights and soldiers. You had to lie on the ground, so they couldn’t see you.”

Hamoudi spent six months living quietly on the streets of an Iranian town before heading to Yemen, where he found a job working as a doctor in a remote hospital with no electricity and no running water.

“I remember the first call to my father and he was so thankful I was still alive,” he

says.

After two years in Yemen he had a fake passport made and went to Malaysia and then on to Indonesia, where, in 2000, he took a boat to Australia. After landing on Ashmore Reef he spent seven months in the Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia before he was gr a n t e d a t e mp o r a r y protection visa.

Hamoudi ventured out into the Australian community full of dreams and with 75c in his pockets. With the help of refugee advocacy groups, he completed his requisite testing and, in 2002, was given a job in the Emergency Department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

He was granted permanent residency as a skilled migrant in 2005.

“I lived nearly five years on a Temporary Protection Visa and a permanent nightmare.

Always, in my dreams, I was being sent back to be captured in Iraq,” he says.

He went back to Iraq around the same time, and rekindled his love for his now 35-year-old wife, Dunia.

The couple and their children Daniel, 4, and Lina, 2, are enjoying life in Mannum where Hamoudi works as a GP. “We have fallen in love with Mannum and the river,” he says. “We’re lucky to have orchards with apricots, plums, nectarines, peaches and figs. We have 20 chooks, an alpaca and a couple of sheep. It’s a beautiful setting.

I just love the country.”

Reproduced courtesy of Liz Walsh of the Sunday Mail, Adelaide.

Three men were sitting in the waiting room of a maternity ward. The nurse comes out and says to the first man, “Congratulations sir, you’re the new father of twins!”

The man replied, “How about that, I work for the Doublemint Chewing Gum Company.” The man left to visit his wife.

About an hour later, the same nurse returned and announced that Mr Smith’s wife has just had triplets. He stood up and said, “Well, how do ya like that, I work for the 3M Company.”

The last man promptly got up and started to leave.“I think I need a breath of fresh air. I work for 7-UP.”

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CHIPS and MMCSS Keeping you up to date with happenings at CHIPS and the Mid Murray Community Support Service

Annual General Meeting he Annual General Meetings of Mid Murray Community Support Service and CHIPS will be held on Thursday 27th October 2011 at 7:30pm in the Mannum Senior Citizens Clubrooms. All members of the Mid Murray Council region are invited to attend. Please come and support your community organisations.

Adult Learner of the Year 2011!

MMCSS volunteer, Education Coordinator and well known Mannum foodie, Angie Roesler, was awarded Adult Learner of the Year at a ceremony in Adelaide on August 25th.

Despite working for 30 hours each week Angie has managed to complete a Certificate IV in Community Service, a Diploma of Community Services Coordination and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification graduating with these qualifications in August 2011. Also in August 2011 Angie completed and passed Certificate 1 in Hospitality (Kitchen Operations) and 3 modules of

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Certificate II in Hospitality (Kitchen Operations) - the latter of which Angie continues to study with an objective to complete all modules by December 2011. On top of all this Angie manages to teach her regular Cooking with Angie food courses and a couple of healthy eating seminars coming up later in the year. Congratulations Angie!

Volunteers At Work Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who are working together to get our new offices ready for us to move in by October. Windows have gone in, inside walls are going up, carpet is going down and paint is going on. Thanks Greg, Hutchie, Brian, Mike and others. Thanks to MADEC for giving us a real helping hand too!

Breakfast with the Blokes On the first Tuesday morning every month a group of around 20 blokes gather at the Mannum Community Club for a hot breakfast and a chin wag. The Bloke’s Breakfast is open to

all men of any age. Cost is a just a gold coin donation. The next Blokes Breakfast will be on October 4th. If you’d like to join us please give us a phone call on 8569 2129 and we’ll give you more details and book you in!

Mannum Community Men’s Shed MMCSS and The Hall worked together to secure a grant to get the Mannum Community Men’s Shed up and running by the end of September this year. Unfortunately we missed out on the funding so we are now looking at other ways to get the money we need to set up and operate the Men’s Shed.

We have the shed, we have the tools and equipment, all we need is a couple of thousand dollars to get us started.

Watch this space!

New Address From early October our new address will be 71 Randell Street, in the old Shoe Shop. Please drop in and say “gidday”.

Tim Clemow CHIPS/MMCSS Coordinator

Mannum Community Club 66 Randell Street, Mannum SA 5238 Phone: 8569 1010 – Fax 8569 2700 Email: admin@mannumclub.com.au Website: www.mannumclub.com.au Sunday Gold 5MU Radio Host Barrie Martin is back every Wednesday Playing music from 12-2pm with LIVE Broadcasting 2-6pm In the dining room Bingo with Betty every 2nd Thursday Commencing at 1pm in the dining room Upcoming dates are 15/9/11 and 29/9/11 Every Friday Night Happy Hour Beer from 6-8pm Meat Draws and Raffles from 6pm HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT OUR NEW MENU YET?

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Mannum Little Athletics New Season Start e are having a “Come and Try” day on Sunday, October 16th at 11:00 am for all current and new members. There will be a BBQ lunch available afterwards.

Our Meets are all held at the Mannum Community College School Oval. Our regular meets are held on Friday nights at 5:30 pm during School Term 4 and Term 1, starting on Friday 21st October 2010. We have a BBQ tea available afterwards.

Little Athletics is a uniquely Australian sport for children aged 3-17 years. As the name suggests, it is based upon the sport of athletics (track and field) and the events are specially modified to suit the ages and abilities of children. A wide range of running, jumping and throwing events are conducted.

Little Aths, as it is affectionately referred to by those who enjoy it, is not really about winning, but about having fun, making friends and getting families involved in healthy activities. The emphasis is placed on participation and personal improvement. Little Athletics recognises that children vary widely in shape, size and athletic ability, and is thus one of few sports that successfully caters for them all.

Mannum Little Athletics Centre is not for profit and all proceeds go back into purchasing equipment and running the centre. Fees are very reasonable.

For more information, contact Simone Bailey on 0438 858 439 or 8569 1899.

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Murray Darlings A fashion Show and a New Local Logo

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he Murray Darlings would again like to say a huge thank you to our very own resident artist Sandie Keuhne (Princess Picasso) for the wonderful new logo that she has designed for our red hatters group! Don’t you just love it? We do!

We continue as always to pursue our goals of FUN, FRIENDSHIP, FREEDOM and FULFILMENT. And we certainly do have fun. Recently the Murray Darlings held a Fashion Parade with a difference, all the fashions to be paraded had to be purchased from an Op Shop!

I love the way that our members will take an idea and look at it from a completely different perspective, for example, our member Colleen (Lady of Love and Laughter) wasn’t going to join in as she didn’t have any clothes that she had bought in an Op Shop. But she came up with a novel idea to ‘parade’ the cook book that she had bought, ‘wearing’ the pages, and complementing her unique outfit with a patty case hat! Well done Colleen! I decided to be a bit silly and wear ALL the scarves and

Colleen’s Cookbook Costume

several pairs of gloves and hats that I have bought over the years, and then peel them off one at a time to the song “You can leave your hat on!” Judy gave us a touch of glamour and decorum, parading her beautiful outfits, all ready to go to the races. Thanks also to Bev (Lady Violet and “The Enforcer!”) andGeraldine (Lady Goldfinch) for joining the parade, and to Diana for ‘volunteering’ to be MC! At our last morning tea, we introduced a new idea to celebrate the contributions made by different members, by presenting our own “Special Red Hatters Awards”. A couple of examples were awards to Sandie, who was given a special award for her “Excellent Contribution to the Y’arts”, and M’Lady Coral Reef, for “Being at the Beck and Call of the Queen with such Good Grace at all times”!

We also invited the members at the last morning tea to list their thoughts and words about what red hatting is all about for them. This is just a snippet of what they wrote: • Fellowship • Sanity Saving • Joyfulness

Judy, a picture of elegance

• Caring • Kindness • Inspiration for Creativity • Laughs!

• Acceptance • Sharing • Women Supporting Women • Happiness • My medicine for the month!

• Fun! Fun! Fun! I personally get so much inspiration from all our members, and in particular it gives me much joy and pleasure in watching new members ‘get’ what we are all about when they don that beautiful red hat.

Coming soon is a PJ movie night, a trip to Moonta to visit the ‘Cousin Jennies’ red hatters group, and our famous annual retreat to Victor Harbor. If you would like to know more, please ask!

Yours in fun and friendship.

Karyn Baker, (8569 1438) (Queen of the Murray Darlings)

Karyn does the dance of the 20 scarves

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8569 2129 8532 6303

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Trish Uzzell Memorial Bench

Friendly Street Poets

Dedication Ceremony, Monday 19th September 2011, 2pm. All Welcome

rish was a valued member of several local Mannum community groups, and at the end of 2010 these groups got together, along with Trish’s family and friends, to arrange a collection to erect a memorial bench in her honour. We wanted a special place where we can all go to sit and have a chat with Trish, and to remember her contagious smile and laughter.

Thanks are due to the Mid Murray Council – while we successfully raised over $1700 for the bench, we also received a very generous additional donation of funds from the council, which enabled us to purchase a bench plus a shelter. Also thanks go to the Mannum Lions Club who kindly offered to install the bench, and did so very promptly and professionally. I am very

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pleased to announce that the bench has now been installed, and it looks absolutely brilliant!

The bench will honour the memory of Trish Uzzell, who lost her battle with cancer on the 3rd July 2010, aged 62.

Trish was a very well known and well loved member of the Mannum community, and is sadly missed by all who knew her. In addition to being an active member and coordinator of various community groups, she was also a volunteer with Meals on Wheels for many years.

Trish was awarded a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ by the Mid Murray council on Australia Day 2010, for her communi t y wor k including the ‘Anna Street Walkway’ revegetation, and various other works. So it is fitting that the bench has been installed adjacent to the

Mannum Ice Works Serving the Mid Murray

Poetry Reading in Murray Bridge

Anna Street Walkway.

As well as the many donations made by Trish’s family, members of the Mannum community and the Mid Murray Council, the groups that were involved in the collection for the memorial bench are: Murray Darlings Red Hatters Group Mannum Walkie Talkies Friends of the Mannum Walking Trails Mannum Weight Watchers Mannum Garden Group

We do hope you can join us for this special dedication ceremony, to officially unveil the memorial bench, and to gather together to honour the memory of a very dear friend.

See you at the top of the Main Street (just past the Ground Floor Op Shop) next to the Anna Street Walkway at 2pm on Monday 19th September.

Karyn Baker On behalf of the Community Groups

Sunday 11th September 2011 John Dohler Hall Behind Lutheran Church, Swanport Road

2 pm – 4 pm Book in to read at 1:45pm

Guest Poet: Jill Wherry Everyone is Welcome

his annual FSP poetry reading at Murray Bridge, provides local poets with the opportunity, as FSP members, for their poetry to be published in the FSP annual anthology. The 36th volume will be launched at Writers’ Week, at the Adelaide Festival of Arts 2012. Please come and read and risk publication.

Each poet has 3 minutes at an open microphone. Please bring 2 copies of your poems for consideration by the editors. Come to read or listen and enjoy the poetry of others. Please bring something along to share for afternoon tea. Tea/coffee provided. Door charge $6 ($5 concession) which includes annual membership. friendlystreetpoets.org.au

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MANNUM DOCK MUSEUM BOARD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2011

Block & Crushed Ice Firewood

Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting commencing at

11:00 am on the PS Marion at the Mannum Dock Museum 6 Randell Street, MANNUM SA 5238

Now Available!

Mobile Coolroom Hire Cubby Houses Lay-By Welcome Dog Kennels Made to Measure

If you require any further information, please contact Jenny Callander, Museum Coordinator, Mannum Dock Museum on 8569 2733 or museum@psmarion.com Rob Bowring, Chairman, Mannum Dock Museum Board

Agent for Kleen Heat Gas Bushman Tanks Ph/Fax: Bus 8569 1813 Ph/Fax: A/h 8569 2040 www.mannumiceworks.websyte.com.au Props Brian & Jayne Bormann 81 Adelaide Road, Mannum SA 5238 Issue Number 61

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Out Of This World

At Your Leisure

Astronomer’s Corner

Mannum Leisure Centre – Squash

urrently, one arm of our Milky Way galaxy spans the sky from north to south. Directly overhead at around 9 pm is the centre of our galaxy. This gives a visual connection to the point in space around which our sun and solar system takes some 225 million years to orbit.

At this time of night, away from streetlights, the expanse of the constellations has its full effect. The somewhat smaller constellation of Capricornus, shaped like an arrowhead, is wrapped around visually by the much larger Aquarius constellation.

Knowing that the Ecliptic, or path of the sun, runs through these constellations as we see them here on Earth, we can use this as a reference line when trying to make sense of the positions of the extraordinary display of stars in the night sky.

At the moment Jupiter, the largest planet, rises after 11 pm and is in Aries, which at 9 pm is still yet to rise. The other planets are early morning objects spanning out before and after sunrise time.

Each month at varying times and dates, when the sun shines directly onto its surface, we have a full moon. This is always a good night to avoid for viewing the night sky, and is also not a good time to study the moon because its brightness hides its own features and many other features of the night sky.

Observing the moon is best done during the phases of first and last quarter when craters and other features are enhanced by the oblique light across the surface.

The moon is a great subject to continually study, sketching and drawing your observations, but it also provides photographic opportunities for technical and amateur interests. The phases of the moon can be used to observe and plot the path of a planet as it appears to graze the limb of the moon. On the 16th September, the moon and Jupiter will be close together.

A much sought after place for the amateur observer has a dark night sky and a telescope that doesn’t move too much in a gentle breeze.

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Expressions of Interest

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f you are a squash player, or would like to learn or improve your play, the Mannum Leisure Centre is the place for you. In fact, it’s the only place in the Murraylands, because Murray Bridge does not have a squash court any more. Mannum Leisure Centre has two, and on Tuesday evenings from 7pm they are fully booked for competition. Most of the competitors come over from the Bridge, but it would be good to increase theMannumcontingent too.

There are two seasons of competition, spring and autumn.

Each goes for about 20 weeks, and they are now well into the spring season, which began in July and will culminate with the grand final on 9th December. This season there are 7 teams of 4 members, which is just about as many as they can handle at present,althoughreserves and fill-ins are always needed at a moment’s notice.

Interestingly, each season the names of the teams follow a specific theme. This spring the theme is “Tradespeople”, so one might be a chippie, or a sparky, or a brickie.

Who knows what next season may bring: animals, or birds, or countries, or clouds! So if you play, you might find yourself a “zebra”, or a “peacock”, or a “Bolivian”, or a “cumulus”. It boggles the mind!

Coralie Bryan coordinates the competition, and she can be reached on 8532 4338. But if you have a partner and would like to play socially, i.e. non-competitively, the

Coralie Bryan

squash courts are available for booking whenever the Centre is open, whenever they are not being used for competition of course.

Sometimes I wonder why anyone would shut themselves in a small room, armed with a lethal weapon, and run around smashing the ‘you know what’ out of a small, defenceless, innocent, black ball, but I have tried it-and it was fun! In fact, I’m looking for a partner again to work off a bit of excess girth. If you have only recently started playing squash, or would like to return to it after a lay off, and you’re not confident of trying yourself out in competition yet, you would probably find it encouraging to play me. I’m good at being an encouragement to opponents like that! You can contact me through the MAG, or by indicating your interest to Pam at the Centre.

For more information on squash or any other programs availablecontact the Leisure Centre on 8569 0185 or email mannumleisure@mid-murray.sa.gov.au Carl Gross

Leasing Former Mannum Primary School Building Mid Murray Council has taken ownership of the former Mannum Primary School Building on Walker Avenue.

Council is now seeking expressions of interest from organisations which may wish to lease the premises.

Written applications can be forwarded to the Chief Executive Officer, Mid Murray Council, PO Box 28, Mannum SA 5238 or email postbox@mid-murray.sa.gov.au.

The applications should include the type of services and activities likely to be undertaken.

Expressions of Interest should be received no later than 5:00 pm on Thursday, 22 September 2011.

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Lorraine and Adrian

A badminton player, a squash player and a tennis player decided to stay at a country inn. The innkeeper says he only has 2 beds free, someone will have to sleep in the barn. “That’s OK”, said the badminton payer, “I’ll sleep in the barn.” Off he went.

A few moments later there’s a knock at the inn door. The innkeeper opens the door to see the badminton player. He said he was unable to sleep in the barn as there was a pig in there, and he couldn’t sleep with a pig. “That’s OK,” said the tennis player, “I’ll sleep there.”

A few moments later there’s a knock at the inn door. The innkeeper opens the door to see the tennis player. He said he was unable to sleep in the barn as there was a cow in there, and he couldn’t sleep with a cow. “That’s OK,” said the squash player, “I’ll sleep there.”

A few moments later there’s a knock at the inn door. The innkeeper opens the door to see a cow and a pig there…

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Issue Number 61

Mannum RSL

Mannum Rowing Club s mentioned in last months edition the club held its AGM on Sunday 31st July.

There were a number of apologies but about 30 attended and enjoyed a lunch after the close of proceedings.

Elected were:

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President: Brian Bormann Vice President: Robin Bourne Secretary: To be elected Treasurer: Viki Harding Captain: Dean Mobbs Committee: John and Claire Banks, Mauri Ryan, Jayne Bormann, Renee Osbourne

Brian Bormann thanked the previous committee for their support and effort that has left the club in a strong financial position for the coming year. Brian also made a special mention to Kris Lindsay for her immaculate, financial reports each month.

Kris and Max will be leaving for an extended

driving holiday later this year, so we wish them a safe and non-eventful trip.

Club Captain, Dean Mobbs reported on the state of the equipment being in excellent condition and on the success of the rowers in the past season.

This meeting was somewhat special given the fact that Captain Arnold delivered the Club’s First Annual Report in September 1911 on the founding of the Club in 1910. This year also coincides with the first Regatta that was held in January 1911.

This Centenary Regatta was to be held in March this year but was cancelled due to river conditions. This has been re-scheduled for October 3rd this year. A river closure will again apply from 8am to 4pm on that day. It is hoped a large contingent of master rowers will attend

because of the Australian Masters being held the following week. This will give those in composite crews a chance to try out.

It’s pleasing to see some young people trying out, quite a large group from Unity College have been attending. It would be nice to see a few more from Mannum Community College. Perhaps someone within the College would like to take on the task of encouraging a few more budding rowers to try out.

What other town has a great facility and a magnificent stretch of water on their door step.

A reminder that the Club Rooms are available for hire.

Great for any purpose.

For information contact Brian on 8569 1813 or 0417 803 707.

Brian Bormann, President

ur next monthly meeting will be held on Thursday 15th of September in the River Bar at the Mannum Community Club at 1100hrs, with a sausage sizzle after the meeting.

The Annual Dinner is fast approaching (Sunday 6th November, 1200 for 1230hrs, in the dining room at the Mannum Community Club), and if you are going to attend please contact President Mark on 8569 1560. Cost is $25 per person which includes dinner and drinks.

Any Legacy people are invited to attend if they wish.

Remembrance Day this year is significant because it will be the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, (11/11/11).

The service will be held at the Mannum cemetery at 1100hrs, then retiring to the Mannum Community Club for light refreshments and fellowship.

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Ageing in the Murraylands with Millie

Why target bricklayers? nyone who has built a house in recent times knows that good bricklayers are hard to find. Who wants to do this backbreaking work in all weathers, day after day, under the go-go pressures in the building industry, when there are much cushier jobs around?

Thankfully, there are still blokes around signing up for bricklaying ap prentices h i p s , but signing up is just the first step. I was shocked to learn that a survey in a regional area showed that ¾, yes, three-quarters, of them couldn’t do basic arithmetic like adding or subtracting numbers with decimal points or ‘borrowings’. More than

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Mannum Red Cross he Mannum Red Cross Branch held another successful Card Luncheon on July 28th, with players coming from as far as Kapunda, Nuriootpa, Mt Pleasant, Murray Bridge and Jervois.

A Three course meal was served, after which cards and bugs were played.

Bill Schultz from Nuriootpa was the winner of 500, with the special prize going to Shirley House from Mt Pleasant.

The winner of bugs was Sharon Nolan from Jervois, with Myrtle Johns, also from Jervois, winning the special prize.

The afternoon finished with the serving of tea, coffee and biscuits.

A total of $710 was raised.

Several members will be attending th e Regio nal Conference at Karoonda on 22nd August.

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that could not calculate the area of a rectangle. More tellingly, they could not work out the pay they should get for working 4½ hours. And a fifth of these apprentices could not work out millimetre measurements with a metric tape measure.

There, I thought it was just ageing dressmakers from the days of feet-and-inches who couldn’t manage that!

And no, this is not a problem specific to the bricklaying trade. It is but one example given in the Industry Skills Council report this year. Others have more frightening implications when you think of how menial jobs are often left to new arrivals with English as their second or third language. For example, it

can be a matter of life and death if health and aged care staff cannot interpret work instructions or keep accurate records.

Half of our working population do not have the readi ng, writing or numeracy skills necessary for work. During Speech Pathology week in August, we were reminded that it is not as simple as more education in the basic 3Rs. There is comprehension (remember doing those horrible comprehension tests in English classes?) to check mental ability to understand, solving problems, communicating verbally and in writing, filling out forms and processing documents.

How do school-leavers from our area rate? Are we leaving it all up to the

schools? Are the time and talents of us older people being used, whether in school-time or not, to provide extra help for students?

Why aren’t the pages of the Mannum Mag being used to publish the work of children and young people? Sure, they have avenues like the web, but the buzz that comes from being recognised in your local area wouldn’t be the same. And the Mag is more highbrow than The Children’s Friend or Aunt Dorothy in The Chronicle years ago.

Advance Australia… where?

Source: “No More Excuses: an industry response to the language, literacy and numeracy challenge” Industry Skills Council report 2011.

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Issue Number 61

ore a statement than just a muse.

“Look after it - everyone has mental health” Just like there are things we can do to look after our physical health, so too we can for our mental health. Often the same activities bring benefits to both.

Here are some tips for looking after your own, and encouraging others to look after their mental health.

Relax. It means different things for different people.

Running for some, being still for others; whatever helps let off steam and escape stresses and strains of everyday life.

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Learning new skills. Take up the challenge! You never know who you could meet or what ideas you might get for other areas of your life.

Organise your time. Prioritise it to fit in activities that are good for your mental health.

Become involved in a community group, if not already. Helping others helps us feel good about ourselves.

Regular physical activity helps improve mental health, reduces depression and anxiety and gives more energy too.

Don’t push yourself to do something you don’t like. Try different activities until you find one that suits; walking is

also an activity.

Good nutrition plays an integral part in the state of our mental health and energy l e ve l s . P o o r n u t r i t i o n contributes to both low mood and depression.

Talking to someone can help us understand ourselves better.

We can often limit ourselves and our lives by the way we think. We need to view our health from a holistic perspective.

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Mannum Probus Combined Club annum Probus Club was out and about for our July meeting with a bus trip to the Fleurieu Peninsula. The occasion was a visit to the “Pryer’s on the Fleurieu Entertainers”.

On arrival, our group of forty members were greeted by the Pryer’s with a welcome morning tea and coffee with biscuits.

After which we were entertained with a selection of yesteryear

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songs, together with jokes and skits, one being a Frank Spenser impersonation.

The entertainment was of a very high standard which kept the laughter flowing. We can recommend to any group that paying them a visit is worthwhile.

Then on our Bottroff’s bus we travelled down to Victor Harbor and had an excellent lunch at the Urimbirra Wildlife Park

Books I’ve Never Read

Restaurant. We then travelled back to Mannum after a glorious day out.

At our August meeting the President, Secretary and Vice President were all on holidays so Trevor Frahn, last year’s President, conducted the meeting.

Once again, our guest speaker was Barry Laubsch from Murray Bridge giving us a DVD presentation of one of his holiday trips through Bavaria and Georgia in Europe.

Certainly a different part of the world as to scenery and life style.

September will be another busy month with the presentation for our usual meeting on the 5th being Member Profiles from some members. The 26th will be our Annual Friendship Day, when Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie and Strathalbyn Clubs come together. Strathalbyn is the host club this year. Usually, around 160 members attend.

The Garlic Eater

by I. Malone Shipwrecked!

by Mandy Lifeboats Weekend Breaks

by Gladys Friday Catching Criminals

by Hans Upp Whodunnit?

by Ivor Clew Pain and Sorrow

by Anne Guish Garden Water Features

by Lily Pond Sunday Service

by Neil Downe Fade Away

by Peter Out The Worst Journey Ever

by Helen Back

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Joan Bormann (Probus Club President) with Paul and Rhonda, the Pryer Entertainers

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Issue Number 61

Pit Ponies “

year old elderly ladies, you should treat them with respect and not rush them into senseless decisions,” says ‘Yelta’ engineer John Gresty. Accordingly, her volunteer crew take three days to gently fire up Port Adelaide Maritime Museum’s historic steam tug before each voyage.

Yelta was the state’s last working tugboat. Retired in 1976, she lay quietly rotting until her restoration by an army of volunteers in 1985.

Each year now young cancer victims and their families enjoy the spectacle and thrill of a voyage from Outer Harbour down the Port River in vessels such as Yelta. The Flotilla for Kids is organised by Rotary Club of Adelaide and Camp Quality, assisted by many volunteers and supported by donations from the general public.

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When Jacqui and I were invited to contribute poems for a new anthology about Port Adelaide, we began by researching its history. It has been an amazing journey, fuelled by memories of my time as a junior clerk at the Port’s Savings Bank of SA in the early 1960s. As Mag space is limited, I recommend the search to you, through Murray Bridge Library’s book selection, about ‘Port Misery’ as it was sometimes called. However, here is one of my poems on offer to our publisher Ginninderra Press about another much-loved old Port lady, retired from dredging duties in Brisbane River, who now rests on dry land opposite Fisherman’s Wharf.

They do get into your blood!

Max Merckenschlager

Here are some websites so that you can start your research at home. http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/portadelaide.htm http://www.history.sa.gov.au http://www.history.sa.gov.au http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au http://www.abouttime.sa.gov.au

Pit Ponies of the Port Dull, shabby-coated teams of them, barrel-chested and stubby, have worked their way into our hearts.

Possessors of sixth sense, it seems, nudging and stalling, tugging and wedging, backing off or bullying their burdens almost without command.

Their coal-seam counterparts were cunning beasts, snatching crib from coats they passed and swallowing in stride, keeping to the beat.

We swore at, but loved them still.

And when Steam Tug ‘Fearless’ passed her prime, ready to retire or scrap, a dollar said more than eloquent speeches.

When push came to shove it was payment enough a proud symbol, funnel-painted, of respect for that faithful, ageing pit pony of The Port.

Volunteers sailed her from Brisbane down the eastern seaboard and interested crowds came out to wave and watch her pass.

Now she rests near Birkenhead and the dollar has again changed hands.

The dollar says more than any eloquent speech.

Max Merckenschlager

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Contacting Mannum Mag

Gympie Country Music Muster 30th Anniversary

he Gympie Music Muster officially began on Monday 22nd August but it really began on August 1st when the road to Amamoor State Forest reopened after sections were washed away by floods earlier this year.

As the gates to the Muster sites opened, crowds of enthusiasts who had been waiting outside, drove in to mark out their spots.

They then set up camp for the next month or registered their name and erected a token camp by placing a tent with the camp tag, paying $5.15 per night for the Ghost Site.

We were unaware of the procedure, being ‘Muster Virgins’, and planned to arrive on or about August 20th. Luckily I mentioned in conversation at the showers at Caboolture that we were heading for the Gympie fun, only to be warned that we better head off if we wanted to get a level site big enough for our car and little caravan.

We arrived on August 3rd and there were very few good sites left. We bought enough rope at the Cooroy Hardware to mark out a 36 square metre area, then discovered our gear needed more space than that. We registered and erected our shower tent before being taken on a tour by one of the long-term residents. It was quite a trek through the Amamoor creek-side to the Muster venue. It looked a bit like a ghost town with timber framework marking where the marques would sprout up to house the seven stage venues.

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The Main Stage is framed by a natural amphitheatre called ‘The Hill’.

We left our poor lonely tent marker and travelled 30km north to Gympie (12 km on dirt road) then east to Rainbow Beach.

From there we took a 10 minute barge trip ($100 return and $40 for a one month car permit) to the World Heritage listed Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world. It has been the highlight of our trip, first camping in the rainforest then on our own sand dune overlooking the open Pacific Ocean with humpback whales competing with each other for performance points in front of us. The dingos wandered freely but caused no problems. However tourists must be vigilant and pack any food and scraps into their cars as these animals are expert at opening sealed containers.

Unfortunately we had to report a dead dingo which had been hit by a vehicle. Its mate was sitting beside it, guarding the body which had a tracking device around its neck.

Back at Amamoor on August 15th, we watched the Muster emerge like the phoenix out of the valley of the Amamoor Creek ready to entertain the 60,000 people who have prebooked tickets for the 30th Anniversary of the Gympie Country Music Muster. I hope we’re not disappointed. I’ll keep you posted.

Marion Foster

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Two music lovers were being held hostage and both were going to be shot. One of them was a country music lover and the other enjoyed all kinds of music.

They were allowed one last request before they died.The country music lover said, “I would like to listen to ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ fifty times in a row.”

The other music lover says, “Please, shoot me first.”

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Issue Number 61

Christmas Tree Festival

ANZAC Day Commemoration Fund

“I would like to get more involved within the community, but where should I begin?”

ave you had thoughts such as this? Well then the Christmas Tree Festival held in St Martin’s Hall in Mannum is the place for you to go.

This is where many of the various organisations from within our community come together to raise money for local worthwhile causes.

For several years the Christmas Tree Festival committee has supported the young and the aged people in our community; the young via school chaplaincy program and the aged through Friends of Aminya. The monies raised at the festival are divided equally between the two groups.

This year the festival date is 9:00am, Friday 25th November at St Martin’s Hall.

Every year a variety of interesting Christmas trees created by the local community are on display. Everyone who comes along on the day has the opportunity to vote for the tree they like the best by putting some coins into the voting tin alongside their favourite tree.

Many of the supporting groups also have a stall on the day. Quite a large number of the goods for sale at the festival are articles which the school children can buy for Mum or Dad for Christmas.

One of the most enjoyable sights on the day is the pleasure seen on a child’s face when they have bought a nice gift for Mum or Dad. Entertainment during the day is usually presented by school children. Sometimes local artists generously support the Festival by participating as well.

During the past year the Friends of Aminya have purchased a digital TV, a new letterbox and a bird bath. The money raised at Christmas Tree Festivals helped to provide these for the residents at Aminya.

So you see, if you are feeling patriotic towards your community, attending and supporting the Christmas Tree Festival would be a good place to begin. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Issue Number 61

Creative Christmas

Applications Open

rants of up to $8,000 are available to support a range of initiatives that focus on educating the community about the significance of ANZAC Day and commemorating our nation’s military heritage.

Round five is open and applications will close at 5 pm on 21 October 2011.

Member for Schubert, Mr Ivan Venning is encouraging individuals and organisations that have an interest in preserving ANZAC memories to apply for funding from the ANZAC Day Commemoration Fund.

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“It is important that we keep ANZAC memories alive in our community as the historic events they have been involved in have shaped our nation into what it is today” said Mr Venning.

Guidelines and application forms can be downloaded from the Department of Premier and Cabinet website at the website listed below.

Further information can be obtained by contacting the Executive Officer, Ms Clare Hennessy on 8226 3502 or by email at: anzac@dpc.sa.gov.au

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Friends of Aminya Are You Up to the Challenge?

riends of Aminya was started in 1994 by Joan Thompson, board member for Aminya, who saw a need for a committee to provide a few luxuries for the then, nine residents.

During this time, once a month, a home cooked meal was provided. Also, the Mannum Club donated a monthly meal which was collected from the Club by the Friends of Aminya.

This was really appreciated by the residents.

Over the years we have catered for clearing sales, fetes, ‘open days’ at Aminya, Christmas Tree Festival, raffles, garden parties and much more.

The Mannum Hospital Auxiliary donated $5000 which enabled us to pay for up-grading the Leisure area, now the new Dining room.

Our next challenge was to spend many days providing and sewing window curtains and shower curtains for all the new independent units. At the completion of the hostel extensions,

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Friends of Aminya again supplied and made all the lace curtains, tablecloths for the old dining room, and then again, tablecloths for the new dining room. Money was also provided for crockery and cutlery. Curtains were also bought and made for Joyner Place.

You will have noticed a new letterbox and birdbath, filled with bright flowers at the new entrance. These were also purchased

by Friends of Aminya.

Over many years we have participated in the annual Christmas Tree Festival, providing food and drinks, as well as a tree and stall. We are very grateful to the Christmas Tree Committee to receive half of the door takings. This money has enabled us to hand over $18,000 to Aminya for the veranda extensions, also a new digital Television for the residents.

We would sincerely like to thank the many, many people who have helped us over the years, we could not have managed without them.

It is with a great deal of regret that we can no longer continue after the Christmas Tree Festival this year. Most of the committee are in their 70s and 80s and are retiring from office.

We would dearly love someone to continue our challenge!!

There is a need and you could make a difference.

If you feel you can help in any way, please contact the Aminya Office.

Ann Dyer, Brenda Taylor and Rae Bottroff On behalf of the Friends of Aminya Committee

HALL ACTIVITIES SEPTEMBER 2011

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BUS TRIPS: Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens Salavage and Save, M/Bridge

Wednesday 7th, 21st 1:00 pm Friday 9th 10:30 am Wednesday 14th 1:00 pm th Monday 26 1:00 pm Wednesday

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Monday 12th Friday 16th

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October: Wednesday 12th. Free, all day Expo at The Barn.

Starts 10:30 am with Displays, Information and Activities.

Enquiries for Bookings and Costs The Hall, 5 Greening Street, Mannum. Phone: 8569 1643

2011 Adult Community Education Courses - for everyone

Jack hammer Hammer drills Rotary hoe Lawn corer/aerator Lawn thatch remover Generators 600w to 6.5kVa

Bookings should now be made in advance.

DECOUPAGE FELTING BY NEEDLE BEADING WITH PENNY MENS DISCUSSION Trevor Muithead Prostrate Group MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS with Meryl

St Johns Senior First Aid 29th and 30th September Two days. Hospital Day Centre. $130.

Job Application Skills 3 hours a week for 5 weeks. $30.

6 - 9pm from 5th October

Art Classes with Evelien $10 per lesson.

Mondays, Noon - 3pm from 17th October

Holiday Cooking Workshops 5 - 9pm, 20th and 27th October 4 hours a week for 2 weeks only. $20.

Zumba for Health 5 - 6pm, every Tuesday River Bar at the Mannum Club. Gold coin.  8569 2129 or visit CHIPS/MMCSS 39 Randell Street, for more information

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Issue Number 61

Hall Happenings Coordinator’s Report

i as this report is being read, Ros and I will be attending a consumer forum conducted by the Health Consumers Alliance of SA in Adelaide.

I will report back next meeting.

I can confirm that all the four Coordinators positions (which includes Admin) funded through MMCAG in The Hall have now been filled and the coordinators have begun their work. I must thank Ros for all the hard work at nights she has put in to make this possible; she has worked out the insurances, payroll, superannuation, developing a record system, etcetera.

It is now full steam ahead. New faces have started to arrive already and the new staff have some good ideas for future activities.

The Mannum Lions asked The Hall to cater for the Black Dog motor bike ride held on Tuesday evening 23rd August.

The riders are raising money for depression research. We arranged with the caravan park to use their camp kitchen and outdoor BBQs to do spuds in alfoil, pumpkin soup and a sausage sizzle. Carly, Tony, Bob, Terry D, Jillian and Bev volunteered for the catering.

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Preparations for the mental health week event are also well underway with the COTA speaker organized and the venue (The Barn) booked, with catering for a sit down meal for invited guests. If we make it an all day event we can include displays and activities right in the town for all to see. It will be a great boost for positive mental health and The Hall.

We are also working on the idea of using the COTA speaker at our combined Christmas party with MMCAG on 21st December.

Since moving the pool table into The Hall, it has been used most days. The Wii machine is getting a work-out too by a host of different folk. All good exercise.

Speaking of workouts, the Zumba workshops have been popular with eight folk who wriggle and giggle and dance to the beat. I note that other exercises are being put on the calendar - The Hall folk will soon be the fittest in town. It looks like they may continue next month too.

Computer classes are into their third week; we have 3 classes with very excited participants. A beginners’ class

on a Monday and two picture slideshow classes on a Friday, with a total of 15 students keeping me on my toes.

Other activities that have been successful are the regular lunches thanks to Benita, Bev and Ros, The Gawler bus trip for some retail therapy and the Symphony Orchestra trip. Penny’s beading workshop is always popular and this month was no exception. These will become a regular feature of our calendar. Meryl’s Mental Health Awareness workshop is also a regular feature on the last Wednesday of each month.

Speaking of the calendar, the new coordinators have lots of ideas they are firing at the calendar to see if they will stick (swimming, golf, gentle exercise).

Our attendees can also offer ideas and suggestions as well so that our calendar is relevant and achievable for all.

In July we had a total of 175 visits at an average of 13.5/day. For August that figure has jumped to 17.5/day. And 76 meals were eaten in The Hall.

Terry Udy, Coordinator

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Food is Life is Food ello happy cooks, I’m glad to be back finally! I want to say I’ve been busy, but that would be an understatement and everyone is busy these days, instead let me say I’ve been occupied with study, updating my skills and knowledge in the wonderful world that is food.

There is nothing like a fresh start. The new title of my column reflects what I’m passionate about; my philosophy and what food really means to me. So join me as I continue to share tips, recipes, thoughts and answers to the stumbling blocks that dare to get in the way of our food experiences.

I was happy to share recently with some volunteers a solution to the dark ring that was appearing around the yolk of hard boiled eggs. Most annoying, as it detracts from the appearance but not so much from the flavour. It occurs when the egg has been boiled for too long and is overcooked. To avoid this happening follow these steps that will give the desired result.

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1 2 3 4

Boiled Eggs Cold Water Start Method Place room temperature eggs into a saucepan.

Cover with cold water - to just submerge the eggs.

Bring to the boil Turn the heat down to simmer simmer for 7 minutes. If you are using eggs taken straight from the fridge, simmer for 8 minutes.

Remove eggs from water, cool quickly to stop the cooking process.

Boiling Water Start Method 1 Place eggs into a saucepan of boiling water, enough water to Q: A: Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.

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cover the eggs 2 Bring back to the boil - as placing the eggs in the saucepan will make the water cool down.

3 Turn the heat down to simmer simmer for 10 minutes. If you are using eggs taken straight from the fridge, simmer for 11 minutes. Remove eggs from water, cool quickly to stop the cooking process.

Top Tip: To easily peel prepared boiled eggs, when they are cooled enough to handle, gently tap the egg on a hard surface to crack shell evenly all over. Place in a bowl of cold water for about 2-3 minutes. Peel as usual and you will find the shell will peel off effortlessly.

This method allows the water to seep through the cracks and the water gets in between the egg and the shell, and ‘tres voila’ off comes the shell.

I hope this helps anyone else who ‘eggsperience’ this problem. To see for yourself if it does work, have a go at this month’s recipe, Rolled Surprise, inspired by an Italian dish that I had many years ago. If any readers do know the name of it I would be grateful if you would share it with me, a bonus would be the original recipe.

Mr Google doesn’t have psychic abilities more’s the pity!

400g 1½ 4 1 ½ ½ 2 2

Rolled Surprise topside steak cups fresh breadcrumbs semi dried tomatoes clove garlic, crushed cup chopped parsley cup grated Parmesan cheese tablespoons olive oil hard boiled eggs, quartered salt and pepper to taste butchers’ twine for tying

Method 1. Preheat oven to 180?C. 2. Using approximately 200g steak, (smaller amounts may be used) sandwich the steak portion between 2 pieces of cling wrap and pound with a heavy object until thin. Try to keep steak in a rectangle shape.

3. Combine breadcrumbs, dried tomato, garlic, nutmeg, parsley, Parmesan and olive oil in a small bowl. Season to taste.

4. Divide the mix into even quantities to match the number of steak portions.

5. With the narrowest end towards you, spread half of mix over steak, leaving approx 1.5cm edge all around steak. Line 4 quarters of egg across narrowest end about 2cm from nearest edge.

6. Gently roll steak over egg and onto itself to create a roll.

Continue rolling to end, not too tightly.

7. Using long length of butchers twine, secure rolled meat.

8. Place frypan over medium-hot heat, drizzle approx 1 tbsp olive oil. Sear rolls on all sides for approx 2-3 minutes.

9. Place on baking tray, cook in oven about 8 minutes. Remove from oven, place rolls on cutting board, cover with foil and rest 2 minutes.

10. Cut on the diagonal, plate cut side up, resting on each other.

Serve with your favourite accompaniment. A simple salad works very well.

Top Tip: Other meats may be used for example, chicken or veal.

Remember don’t be shy, I am always happy to take any queries or have a chat of a culinary nature.

Happy cooking to all, Angie.

Contact me 8569 2129 or mmcss.angroesler@internode.on.net

What do you get when you cross a chicken with a cement mixer?

A brick layer!

What do you get when you cross a chicken with a martian?

An eggs-traterrestrial!

Why did the chicken stop in the middle of the road?

She wanted to lay it on the line.

Is it okay to eat fried chicken with your fingers?

No. You will find it painful if you do.

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Angie Roesler

a n n u m Neighbourhood Watch meet bi-monthly on the second Monday of the month in the Senior Citizens Rooms at the Leisure Centre.

All community members are encouraged to come along and be involved. It is an opportunity to hear what has been occurring in the district and to learn what role you can play in making Mannum and the district a safe place to live and work.

Next Meeting Monday October 10th 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Citizens’ Room Mannum Leisure Centre

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All welcome, especially new members.

Tea and coffee provided after the meeting.

Enquiries: 8569 1172 For Police assistance and/or attendance phone: 13 14 44

Contacting Mannum Police Urgent emergency assistance call 000. For police attendance call 131 444.

If you need to contact us for other matters either visit the station or call 8569 2211.

This may be answered by the Murray Bridge station.

They will contact us by radio and then we will contact you.

Your police are available 24 hours a day.

Emergency 000 Police attendance 131 444 Mannum Station 8569 2211

Issue Number 61

Two Dogs and A Garden Derelie Cherry Paradise Publishers Sydney 2009 his book is a visual delight and a heart-warming and true story. It is about a beautiful and unique garden called “Paradise”. Bob Cherry, a gardener, plant hunter and breeder, began creating the garden, situated 100 kilometres north of Sydney, in 1972.

In 1996 Derelie, a garden lover, happily working in book publishing, visited the garden for the first time.

In her own words “... I discovered a row of my favourite pink Dianthus planted all along one long bed, I almost thought they had been planted

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especially for me! I sat down on the grassy bank beside the huge lake and contemplated the meaning of life for over two hours.” She also wandered innocently into the owner’s house, thinking it was a restaurant.

Three years later, at the Melbourne International Flower Show, Derelie met Bob Cherry. He was a divorcee and looking for a wife and she was single and not looking for a husband.

However he wooed her with buckets of flowers and won her heart. A few months later she left her job in publishing and moved to Paradise.

Her dream of owning two dogs and a garden came true.

The text is very enjoyable and readable, even to a non gardener like me. Although it is mostly about the garden there are also stories and memories, including mention of Derelie’s childhood in the Adelaide hills. Derelie also took the superb photos of the ever-evolving garden.

As well as camellias, rhododendrons, roses, magnolias, etc. There are Bob’s creations - a rustic stone bridge, walled gardens, arcades,

pavilions, Greek columns, and the list goes on.

They now travel a lot on plant-collecting trips and there are stories of their experiences in Australia and overseas. There are also stories of their much loved dogs, Jessee and Trudy, and some sadness.

They have a commercial nursery, Paradise Plants, on their property, but their beautiful private garden is open to the public only three weekends a year, in May (Autumn), August (Spring) and October (Roses).

My copy was ordered in for me on Inter Library loan by the always helpful Mannum Library staff. It would be a wonderful gift for a garden lover, in fact I have just ordered a copy to put away for Christmas for my stepdaughter Jayne.

Happy Reading.

Jo Kader

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Redecorating

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t had been a particularly heavy Saturday night so I was not in a very receptive condition when the wife announced on Sunday morning, “Now Marion is married we can redecorate both the kids’ rooms. I will have one as a crafts room and the other one will be the spare bedroom for when anyone visits us. Tomorrow you can get some paint charts and we will start to redecorate.”

They don’t seem to make paint charts anymore; just paint strips. Eventually I found some in a little hardware store off the beaten track. Triumphant I returned home with my bounty. Herself wasn’t impressed.

We agonised over colours for weeks. Then we haunted places such as Ikea for more weeks seeking suitable furniture that would blend and be functional. And of course there were new floor coverings to be pawed over, examined then discarded by the roll full.

Eventually we had made our decisions; at least I had nodded my head and looked wise at the appropriate moments.

One bright early summer morning when the birds were singing and next door’s dog was barking I was given my commission.

“And don’t be too long. Marion is coming over for morning tea and she will want to see what we have decided.”

I set off; full of the joys of an innocent mind. The paint chart was now much

battered and much marked. It sat on the seat beside me as I again sought the little back road’s hardware store.

That became Mission Impossible. After driving around for some time I eventually became convinced that what was now a bare plot of land was where the store had been. I stopped and got out of the car and began to look around.

“Looking for something?” asked a man of around my own age who had come from a house opposite the vacant block.

I explained and he explained. “Old Bert Jackson closed up and retired. He couldn’t compete with the big boys and he wanted to go fishing so he closed up and sold the land.

A developer is going to put multi-story units on the space.”

I was at a bit of a loss. However, as I am an optimist I headed for one of the bigger hardware stores. The assistant in his apron laughed when he saw the chart.

“How long have you had that?” he asked.

“We haven’t been mixing those colours for at least six months.” He fumbled around under the counter, muttering to himself about old fashioned codgers who couldn’t handle the real world. “Here,” he said as he handed me another, rather soiled, chart, “You had better take this home and choose new colours. Don’t take too long because we

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regularly change them. In this way we sell more paint because all the trendies don’t want to be caught with something that is out of date. Have a good day,” he told me as he walked away to serve another customer.

Rather reluctantly I journeyed home. I was not lookingforward to the comments Herself would make. Further, I knew that we would now go through the entire performance again.

As I entered the drive Herself came out to greet me. She had a great beaming smile.

Marion was behind her and she too appeared to be smiling a little secret smile.

“Oh, Henry, wonderful news; Marion is expecting. Now we will turn the spare room into a nursery and the craft room can become the change room.”

I mumbled about the paint.

“Good, you would have had to take it back, we don’t want it now. Isn’t it exciting?

And you have a new chart. You must have known, you sly dog. Well we may as well start right now seeing as Marion is here.”

She turned around and walked back inside with Marion beside her. I followed slowly. I suppose we did have nine months to make a decision but by then the colours might have changed again. Outside the birds still whistled.

The Diarist

Hospital Programs - Phone 8569 0200 Audio Clinic: for appointments phone 1800 057 220.

Child & Youth Health Services: Contact 1300 733 606 for appointment.

Community Midwifery Service: phone 8569 0200 to make a booking.

Community Nursing Service:MurrayMallee CommunityHealth Service Phone 8535 6800.

Hire of Crutches: visit the hospital or phone 8569 0200.

Mannum Domiciliary Care Services: phone 8569 0240 or through the hospital on 8569 0200.

Meals on Wheels: Doctor’s referral necessary.

Optometrist: For an appointment phone 8569 0200.

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*Asthma Clinic / Cardiologist / Continence Clinic / Diabetic Clinic / Dietitian / *Echocardiograms / Hypertension clinic / Mental Health Clinician / If you would like further information or would like to attend the Day Centre for Psychologists / *Physiotherapist (Public). activities and need transport, please contact Louise Haby, Mannum Day *Doctor’s referral required Centre Coordinator (8569 0219) Page 20 Mannum Mag Issue Number 61

On My Bookshelf

Diary of A Young Man, Adelaide 1890 – January 19th - 23rd

aniel’s holiday is coming to an end. Next week it will be back to work and the daily routine.

JANUARY 19TH SUNDAY

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Up 6.15. Bathed from jetty enjoyable. Sun hot, water smooth.

Breakfast 8.30. Rested and read until 10.30 (under pine trees), Attended Wesleyan Service with Annie and Milton and friends attended Anglican Church. Met Bricknell and wife and walked on jetty. Talked much on hours of labor breadmaking. Bricknell (a baker) acknowledged that the best part of the grain - most nutritious- is given to pigs in shape of bran and pollard, but bakers, he said, made the kind of bread the people demanded....

Bartletts’ to tea with Annie and Milton. Attended Anglican Service very hot, did not enjoy the service.

JANUARY 20TH MONDAY Up about 6. Bathed from jetty. Hot morning - dressed leisurely. Too hot to go driving.... Head a trifle bad took Epsom Salts.... Took cup of tea at 3.30 and felt better.... With Bricknell and wife walked to Weaver’s garden and obtained nice peaches, apricots and figs. Met Miss Bartlett, walked home. To bed before 10. Milton came in hurriedly for overcoat and hastened away to the yacht “Treasure Trove”, which is going out in search of a boating party supposed to have met with some mishap.

JANUARY 21ST TUESDAY Up 6. Light rain and cold wind.

Found that the lost boating party had just returned, having lost a paddle, and drifted across the harbor landing about 2am about 7 miles away....

Away 2pm. Called for Miss Bartlett and walked (and climbed) to Winters Hill, placing the highest stone on the “trig”. Wonderful views from this spot. Walked home, arriving about 5pm, very tired.... Promenaded jetty with Milton, Bricknell. Cold wind.

Home before 9.

JANUARY 22ND WEDNESDAY Up between 6 and 7. Bathed from jetty. After breakfast, took Jackson’s dinghy - old Nicholas (Greek fisherman) bringing it to jetty and with Milton and Bricknell tried fishing off Happy Valley, but without success. Seeing the steamer “Ferret” coming up the Bay, did a fast pull and having left the boat on beach, reached the “Ferret” on her arrival, saw Steward re berths for return journey, watched unloading, waited about an hour for the mails, eventually receiving letter and newspapers from home at about 1 o’clock. Very glad of both and especially glad that no bad news came. At about 2pm started for Proper Bay in Provis’s trap....

Reached the bay in about half an hour. It is called the “Proper” because it was first selected as the site for Port Lincoln. Bricknell shot some Plover and the three gents scoured the scrub for wallaby, seeing some, but getting a shot at none, while the ladies collected shells. Home again at 6.

Enjoyed tea, am doing well without my midday cup of tea. Talked and walked with Bricknell on the “Higher Life”.... Bed about 10.

JANUARY 23RD THURSDAY Slept a little late - up at 6.50.

Shower bath instead of salt water.

After breakfast visited Weavers’ fruit garden - 1 mile distant - with Bricknell and Milton. Got 5 doz. fine peaches, the only fruit available, @ 1/- per dozen. To jetty with the following company:- Misses Durston (2), Mesdames Owen, Bartlett, Bricknell, Miss Bartlett and Annie and Messrs Owen, A.S. Bartlett, Milton, Bricknell and self, a sailor and several boys; got away at 11 on Owen’s yacht “Treasure Trove” and made for “The Monument”, had to tack all the way and did not cover the distance (7 miles) until 1.40pm. This was my first sail in a yacht and proved to be very enjoyable. After landing - the passengers on rocks, and provisions on sandy beach - made a fire from the abundance of firewood about and spread dinner on the ground with green boughs for seats.

Enjoyed a good repast.... after resting climbed the steep ascent and saw “The Monument” - of marble, pyramid shape, about 25 feet high and about 8 feet square at the base and bearing the inscription at the end of this book. [Below. Ed.] The view of the bays, islands, hills, ocean was grand in the extreme. We carved our names on the monument. Having had tea we again started sailing and enjoyed a lovely trip home, arriving without mishap (for this we are grateful) - our faces are like something boiled. Took Miss Bartlett home and arranged for tomorrow. To our rooms at 10 o’clock and after doctoring our faces, soon slept.

Jo Kader

To be continued

This place, from which the gulf and its shores were first surveyed on 26 Feby 1802 by Matthew Flinders R.N. Commander of H.M.S. Investigator, the discovery of the Colony now called South Australia, was set apart on 12 January 1841 with the sanction of the Lt. Col. Gawler K.H. then Governor of the Colony; and in the first year of the government of Captain G. Grey adorned with this monument to the perpetual memory of the illustrious Navigator his honored Commander by John Franklin Capt. R.N. K.G.H. K.R. Lt. Governor of Van Diemens Land.

Restored with original inscription by the S.A. Government A.D. 1866.

Memo: the monument was encased in 1866, it is now about 25 ft. high, of pyramid shape, 8 ft. square at the basement thus:Issue Number 61

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Musical Miscellany Music for Ludwig Becker

usic makes the world go around or perhaps the world makes music go round.

Recently I was asked to help record a small choral group singing a number of verses of a song written in German.

The recording might or might not be used for a radio program broadcast sometime in the future by Deutsche Welle, a German radio station. An ABC producer, Carl Holm, is also associated with the production. Other programs of a similar nature had previously been broadcast and had also been broadcast by our local ABC. They explored German culture in various parts of the world.

The music to be recorded tells of the fictional voyage and arrival in Australia of Ludwig Becker. He starts from Hamburg and arrives at Melbourne.

The verses, of which there were many, were published as a series of bubble cartoons in the Melbourne Deutsche Zeitung, the German language newspaper published for the local German community. The cartoon, when printed, measured more than seven feet.

The real Ludwig Becker came to

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Australia via Rio de Janeiro. He originally landed in Tasmania or Van Diemen’s Land as it was then known.

He spent time there earning a living from his paintings. Then he moved to the goldfields of Victoria where he produced enough sketches to hold an exhibition in Melbourne. He championed the cause of the camel for the outback and at considerable expense camels were bought for the Burke and Wills expedition. Becker became a member of the expedition and suffered the same fate as its leaders. Becker actually tried to alert the expedition committee in Melbourne to possible failure. He did this while the venture was still at Menindee. His efforts were ignored.

On a Friday night in the foyer of the Barossa community radio station the recording took place. Six choristers who were bi-lingual, together with a piano accordionist, set out to record seventeen verses of the song. We managed twelve verses without mishap.

Then restarted and completed the rest without mishap. We also recorded some new words to Waltzing Matilda written by one of the choristers. Now

we wait to see whether our efforts are acceptable to Deutsche Welle.

However the experience and camaraderie were well worth it, I think all of us enjoyed it The first three verses in English give a feel for the song or lied.

Dear cheerful friends of mine, Come spend some time at my side, Listen to a new song, A new verse to an old tune.

Once upon a time there was a German lad, Who had no patience, And felt no call to stay in Germany, And headed out into the world.

And what he experiences in the world, What he lost, what he strove for, And his pleasures, his woes You’ll see it here in pictures.

If you wish to see the full song and its German words then the site listed below contains the full song and the cartoons.

The biography of Ludwig Becker can be found on several internet sites. I used “The Australian Dictionary of Biography”.

Peter Weir

www/teachers.ash.org.au/dnutting/germanaustralia/e/ozlied/lied2.htm

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Issue Number 61

Putting Up With A Complicated Business

ife in Mannum is easy, we put up with each other rather well. No one seems to think I’m hopeless as I cruise slowly looking for a car park that doesn’t require reversing into. I get lots of horns and nasty gestures driving in Adelaide.

I wonder if we have such a good life here that it’s easier to put up with things or is it because we are willing to ‘put up with’ that we have such a good life.

Putting up with is a very complicated business. I remember one lovely pastor.

He and I were in conflict. I was assigned to work with families who felt disenfranchised in our congregation and I could see their point of view. Other members taught the classes and organised the services.

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kitchen. When they became discouraged and dropped out it was seen as a welcome relief.

When I suggested to this gentle man that the situation was discriminatory, he explained that this could not be the case because he did not do that. He had had a dream that affected him greatly in which he was shown that he was rejecting people who were not ‘the kind he wanted in the church’, while God kept saying “but I do.” And so of course he did not do that anymore and the proof was that he had had the dream. It never occurred to him that he had had the dream because he was doing exactly that and putting up with was required on both sides.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a beloved character because Dickens was wise enough to

show him going on to change his ways. Would we keep telling this story if it ended with Scrooge standing with tears running down his cheeks saying “I’m so sorry, spirit”. It’s the changes that happen that make the ending so satisfying.

It’s not easy to see your own faults and all too easy to spot them in others. I once tried to teach myself touch typing and I would have said I had succeeded until I tried to type without turning on the overhead light so as not to disturb the rest of the household. It was virtually unreadable. I did not realise how much I depended on looking at the keyboard.

Every once in awhile, I get a look at the more unflattering parts of my nature. It makes putting up with a lot easier.

Annual Quiz Night he Mannum Golf Club will be holding its Annual Quiz Night in the Club Rooms on Douglas Street, Mannum.

Readers are welcome to join in the fun filled Quiz night.

There will be 8 rounds of questions and all contestants win a prize!

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Date: Friday 7th October, 2011.

Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start.

Numbers: Everyone welcome, come alone or make a table of 8 of your friends and family.

Cost: $8.00 per player.

BYO - supper.

Nibbles, tea and coffee will be provided.

Drinks will be available from the Club Bar. For catering purposes, please ring the Quiz Master, Denis, with details of the number of players attending by 6 th October, 2011. Phone: 8569 1584

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Denis Jericho, Quiz master

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Mannum Community Club Social Club News Views and Dos

i Mannum Mag readers. Haven’t we been enjoying some lovely early spring weather. I have already spent an hour or so on a couple of occasions in the sunshine on the balcony at the Club watching not only the houseboats go past but also the wide variety of bird life that has returned. I think my visitors were quite envious of our great River and the place from which we observed it.

Our first Monster Meat Raffle was very successful and feedback about the new varieties of trays has been good. One was held in August and the next will be on the 30th September, so come along and buy some tickets for your chance to win one of 21 prizes.

Talking of meat raffles, if you are planning on being a Social Club member next year, how about considering being one of our ticket sellers on a Friday night. Express

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your interest when you pay your membership and your name can go on the roster.

Our last function was an Audience with Frank Spencer - a show and a two course dinner at the Club which was superb. Fourty one Social Club members were part of the crowd that packed the Dining Room to be thoroughly entertained by two very versatile gentlemen. I know I wasn’t the only one who came away with sides sore from laughing after enjoying one of the funniest shows seen for ages.

The Car Rally on 15th October leaves from the car park downstairs from the Club at 11am. The Rally is suitable for all members as we don’t leave the bitumen and don’t have to get out of vehicles except for a mystery destination stop-over for a sausage sizzle lunch at a location with ample car parking, indoor venue

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and toilets. Lunch, dinner and some drinks are included in the cost. Prizes and fun guaranteed. More details on notice board at Club.

Our AGM is Sunday October 9th at 11am. Come along members, we would love to have your input and support. The two year term of four members of the committee finishes so if you want to have a say this is your chance. Light refreshments will be provided upstairs after the meeting for those attending.

We have two surprise Happy Hours coming up over the next couple of months, and our grand finale for the year, our Christmas lunch is on 10th December; entertainment, meal and a visit from the Old Fellow himself.

More details later.

Till next month stay safe and hope to see you at the Club. Members check the notice board.

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From Your Local Member Mr Ivan Venning MP, Member for Schubert Hospital Parking Fees r Ivan Venning has joined the chorus of South Australians angered at the Government’s decision to charge public hospital patients, visitors and staff, car parking fees.

Mr Venning said the Liberal Party was absolutely disgusted that the Labor Government were using the sick and frail, their families and friends and those who care for them as “cash cows”.

“The Liberal Party has initiated a petition calling on the Labor Government to reverse this appalling decision and I would encourage people to contact my office to obtain a copy.”

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Ivan Venning with Barossa resident, Mr Aubrey Rosenzweig signing the petition

“This decision will not only affect those in metropolitan Adelaide, but it will also affect those from rural and regional areas who have to travel to metro hospitals for treatment themselves or to visit a loved one” said Mr Venning.

Copies of the petition can be obtained from the Schubert Electorate Office, 129A Murray Street, Tanunda in person, via phone 8563 3636 or a request sent via email to schubert@parliament.sa.gov.au

Schubert Survey - Cost of Living A recent survey undertaken by Mr Ivan Venning has revealed the number one concern for residents within the Schubert Electorate is cost of living.

Mr Venning sent the survey out to residents in mid June and so far more than

1000 have been returned.

“More than 35 per cent of respondents indicated that the increases to the cost of living was their biggest concern” said Mr Venning.

This result confirms his expectations as he said, his office has received many phone calls from residents experiencing financial difficulties with such basics as water, electricity, food and Government taxes and charges continually rising.

The need for better hospital facilities and treatment waiting times were the second issue that most concerned residents.

“Again, I was not surprised by this response at all, the Barossa Valley community has been waiting patiently for a new hospital for many years, but still continues to have to seek treatment in the existing, outdated facilities or travel elsewhere” said Mr Venning.

The final issue of concern in the top three was government accountability.

“I think this is because people are sick of their taxes increasing and the generated revenue being wasted.

“There needs to be increased transparency regarding Government spending, so the public can see how much is spent on what” said Mr Venning.

“Many respondents put a lot of time in efforts in providing extra comments and information in addition to completing the survey, which I appreciated.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time to fill in the survey and return it” he said.

Schubert Liberal Party Awards Three Schubert Liberal Party members were recognised for their contribution to the Party with Federal Awards presented by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Tony Abbott at the Liberal Party’s State Council meeting held in late August.

Mr Peter Frazer of Marananga received a Distinguished Service Award, in recognition of his service and influence over the

direction of the Party over many years.

The award recognises a person who has given service to the Party beyond the normal “call of duty”. Mr Frazer was one of only three South Australians to receive this award.

Ms Stephanie Martin of Greenock and Mr Roger Lillecrapp of Keyneton both received Meritorious Service Awards. The Meritorious Service Award is awarded to those who have made, or are making a major contribution to the success of the party at a Branch, Electorate of Divisional level.

Ivan Venning, Peter Frazer, Stephanie Martin and Roger Lillecrapp

Mr Ivan Venning said it was a huge achievement for three members from within a single Electorate to be recognised with Federal Awards.

“I felt extremely proud to see Peter, Stephanie and Roger presented with Federal awards in recognition of their service and commitment to the Liberal Party” said Mr Venning.

“They have all been an enormous support to me throughout my career as a Member of Parliament and have contributed greatly to the Party over many years.

“A political Party is only as good as the members who support it and the number of hours these three members would have volunteered to the cause would be phenomenal.

“These three have been a part of a very successful team and it has been an honour to be associated with them.

“I would like to congratulate Peter, Stephanie and Roger for all they have done and continue to do for the Party” he said.

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(Monday to Friday except public holidays. Times change during school holidays.)

Mannum to Adelaide Adelaide to Mannum Mannum  Murray Bridge Adelaide  Mt Barker 8:00am Leave Arnold Park, 1:30pm Leave Harris Scarfe, Mannum Grenfell Street Murray Bridge  Mt Barker Mt Barker  Murray Bridge 8:41am Connect with bus to Mt 2:50pm Connect with bus to Barker Park & Ride Murray Bridge Mt Barker  Adelaide Murray Bridge  Mannum Transfer: Metro bus 842F to Adelaide Arrive Mannum 4:20pm Timetables are readily available at the Mannum Information Centre.

For more information telephone LinkSA 8532 2633 during office hours.

Mannum School Community Library School Term Times School Holidays Mon, Thur, Fri: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Mon, Tue, Wed (am), Thur, Fri: Tue: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Wed: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Wed (pm): 04:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sat: 9:30 am - 12 noon Sat: 10:00 am - 12 noon Closed Sunday and Public Holidays. Further information: 8569 2005

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Live Celtic Music Food Stalls Irish Dancing Singing Competition Street Parade Children’s Story Telling For full details visit www.kapundaceltic.org

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2011 PUBLICATION DEADLINES Friday (12 noon) For Publication in September 30 October Issue 62 October 28 November Issue 63 November 25 December Issue 64

Email: editor.mannummag@aussiebb.com.au Phone: General 8569 7392 (Lyn), 8569 1879 (Jo). Editor 8569 7304 Deliver: 39 Randell Street, Mannum SA 5238 (a service kindly provided by MMCSS/CHIPS) Our email account is provided by Aussie Broadband as a community service

Community Meetings Clash Calendar Email details of regular meetings to: editor.mannummag@aussiebb.com.au MONTHLY 1st Monday

9:45am Combined Probus, Mannum Club 10:00am Murray Darlings Red Hatters, Café Mannum. Ph. 8569 1438 Mannum Health Advisory Council.

Ph. 8569 1239

1st Tuesday

7:30pm Agricultural Society, Showground

1st Thursday

4:00pm History Group, CHIPS

2nd Monday (Bimonthly)

7:30pm Neighbourhood Watch.

Leisure Centre. Coordinator 0428 856 911

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Wednesday

9:00am Shared Stitches of Mannum Quilting Group. Ph. 8569 2185 10:00am–1:00pm Craft Day, River Word Christian Centre, 3 Greening St. Ph. 8569 1333

3rd Tuesday

Palmer Card Day, Lutheran Hall Palmer. Ph. 8532 2255 Old School Steering Committee, The Hall, 5 Greening St.

3rd Thursday

11:00am RSL, Community Club

4th Tuesday

7:30pm Mannum Show Committee, Showground

4th Thursday

7:30pm Progress Association, Mannum Community College.

Last Monday

1:30pm Hospital Auxiliary, Meeting Room, Esmerelda St.

First Wednesday

Midday Mannum Mag, Showground. Ph. 8569 2385

Last Wednesday

6:30pm Mannum Mens Discussion Group. Ralph 8569 1264.

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WEEKLY Mon, Wed & Fri 10:00am–3:00pm The Hall, 5 Greening St. Ph. 8569 1643 Wednesday 10:00am–1:00pm Friendship Group, River Word Christian Centre, 3 Greening St. Ph. 8569 1333 Tuesday & Friday 8:30am Walkie Talkies, Lions Den, Show Ground OTHER Alternate Fridays 1:30pm Senior Citizens Club, Club Rooms. Ph. 8569 2795

2011 Community Calendar Mannum Sundry Sale and Auction OCTOBER Mannum Golf Club Quiz Night Mannum Showgrounds Golf Clubhouse, Douglas Street Class of 1935 Exhibition Class of 1935 Exhibition Sunday 4th, 10:00am Friday 7th, 7:30pm th Arnold Gallery, Mannum Dock Contact: Kim Loechel Until 18 . See September entry.

Cost: $8 per person.

Museum Phone: 0427 054 336 PS Marion Four Short Cruises Details: See page 23.

Students interviewed Mannum Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd Bookings: Denis on 8569 1584 Australian International Pedal Prix residents of the time. Family Contact: Information Centre Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge Kapunda Celtic Festival names include Captains Randell th th Phone: 8569 1303 Thursday 15 Sunday 18 Hill Street, Kapunda and Arnold, Hoffman, Hoad, th Market/Trash’n Treasure Australia’s oldest Celtic Festival Berndt, Baseby, Walker, 24 hour race starts 12noon, 17 Entry: $10.00, children & adults Mannum Showgrounds Friday 14th - Sunday 16th Shearer, Schuetze and May. nd Contact: Andrew McLachlan Sunday 2 , 9:00am 2:00pm Free entry See page 27.

Free Admission. Now open.

Phone: 8357 1978 Free Admission. Sites Available. Details: www.kapundaceltic.org Market/Trash’n Treasure Contact: Irene Lovell Karoonda Centenary Celebrations Garden Party Mannum Showgrounds Phone: 8569 2541 and Railway Terrace, Karoonda 16 Arnold Street, Mannum Sunday 4th, 9:00am - 2:00pm Mannum Sundry Sale and Auction th rd Monday 24th, 10:00am- 4:00 pm Free Admission. Sites Available. Fri 30 Sept - Mon 3 October Mannum Showgrounds Contact: Elizabeth Kerr Contact: Gizella and Ron Contact: Irene Lovell Sunday 2nd, 10:00am Phone: 8578 1020 Proceeds to charity. See page 2.

Phone: 8569 2541 Contact: Kim Loechel Phone: 0427 054 336 Mid Murray Community Support Services Mannum Leisure Centre Squash courts, gym, and cardio Opening Hours A wide range of personal development courses are offered. Contact MMCSS room available at all opening times.

Mornings for details. Registration for courses and programs is essential.

Activities: Basketball, netball Mon to Fri: 8:00 am - 12 noon 39 Randell Street, 10 am - 4 pm. Ph: 8569 2129, Email: mmcss@internode.on.net carpet bowls, card games, gym, tai Sat: 9:00 am - 11:00 am chi, squash, tennis, soccer, roller Afternoons September disco, Mannum Movers exercise for 15th Spring Fever Friendship Luncheon at the Mannum Reopening at 3:00 pm, closing at the the 50+ and Zumba.

Community Club end of the sporting program or Mon: 6:30 pm Zumba October activity.

Tues: 5:45 pm Aerobic and th Stadium, Clubroom and Meeting 4 Blokes Breakfast 9am at the River Bar, Mannum Fitness Instructor.

Wed: Dance School all ages room are available for hire.

Community Club afternoon/evening.

Further information: 8569 0185 27th Annual General Meeting, 7:30pm at Mannum Senior Thur: 9:30 am Mannum Movers Pam Cutjar, Centre Manager Citizens Club SEPTEMBER

Weekly Passenger Service Mannum to Murray Bridge For information or bookings: 18 Alma Avenue, Murray Bridge SA 5253 Ph: 08 8532 2633

Every Thursday: Mannum Information Centre  Pine Park Murray Bridge Depart Arrive Depart Return Mannum 10.00am Murray Bridge 10.45am Murray Bridge 2.30pm Mannum 3.10pm 1st and 3rd Tuesday: Mannum Information Centre  Pine Park Murray Bridge Mannum 10.00am Murray Bridge 10.30am Murray Bridge 1.30pm Mannum 2.00pm

All material submitted for publication is subject to editorial approval. This is done not to censor, but to ensure topics are relevant to the content of Mannum Mag.

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