Mannum Mag Issue 63 November 2011

November 2011

Mannum, South Australia 5238

Issue Number 63

Mid Murray Skate Park Launch Official Opening Secures Line Up of Local Talent for Sunday 27th November, 2011 he Mid Murray Council has secured a huge line-up of local talent to help celebrate the construction completion, and official opening, of the Mid Murray Sk8 Park on Sunday 27th November 2011.

The Council’s Fun4YOUth and OPAL teams organising the launch have already secured international BMX rider and local man, Liam Zingbergs for an appearance at the youth-focussed event.

Zingbergs has volunteered his time, along with several other local skateboard and scooter riders to hold a demonstration using the new facility, following which the Sk8 Park will be open for all ages.

The official Mid Murray Sk8 Park opening will be a free event open to the public and will run from 11am to 3pm at the Mannum Showgrounds where the new park was constructed.

All children 18 years and under who enter through the gate will go into the draw to win a Razor Pro Scooter valued at $120, and donated

by Brooks Cycles and the Mid Murray OPAL team.

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In addition to the official opening ceremony, other features throughout the day will include live music from award-winning band ‘Greedy Frank’, a chance to ride the innovative ‘Smooth Revolution’ pedal-powered fruit-smoothie maker and activities from the Fun4YOUth van.

During the official opening, Mid Murray Mayor Dave Burgess will ceremonially hand over the Mid Murray Sk8 Park to local youth who have been key drivers throughout the project’s life – from when it was simply an idea being thrown around by local kids, onwards to securing funding, designing the Park and now to completion.

Mayor Burgess said the completion of the Sk8 Park and the continued passion of the local youth for the project had been inspiring.

“I’m proud of the fact many of our Youth Advisory Council (YAC) members have been involved in the project since it began - even more so recently when I saw many of them laying turf at our recent working bee, and also helping plan the launch event,” Mayor Burgess said.

“This project is testament to what can be achieved through the Council and local youth working together.

“Not only do we have a great event planned to celebrate the completion of the Mid Murray Sk8 Park, but we now have permanent infrastructure which adds to the number of local activities young people in our district can enjoy and help lead active and healthy lifestyles.

“The $160,000 Sk8 Park, funded by the Australian Government’s Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Projects Grant, further supports our Council’s focus on youth engagement and childhood health, and we continue to support the Fun4YOUth and OPAL programs to explore other future initiatives across the district.”

A free healthy lunch, water and other refreshments will be provided by the Fun4YOUth and OPAL teams.

Fun, Run, Walk Healthy Murraylands he Healthy Murraylands program will officially launch in Murraylands region for people aged 18 and over.

Mannum on Thursday 1st December 2011 by holding a The event will encourage walkers to sign up to community Fun Run and Walk celebrating the first day of summer. become Heart foundation walking groups. Running People of all ages are encouraged to participate in this 5 km and walking are free and easy ways to reach 30 minutes of daily community event, starting at 5:30pm from Mary physical activity. Walking groups are fun and Ann Reserve, heading to the Showgrounds and sociable and give extra motivation to be active. returning to the Reserve for a barbecue and official Murraylands residents are encouraged to follow in celebrations.

Cosi’s active footsteps on the first day of summer.

The event will be led by Healthy Murraylands Registration for the Healthy Murraylands Fun, Run, celebrity ambassador Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello. Cosi Walk are essential. Forms can be downloaded from is proud to be an ambassador working with the team www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au, collected from the Mid at Healthy Murraylands - a partnership between the Murray Council Office or call 8569 0182. five Local Government Authorities throughout the Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello and Project

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Co-ordinator Bianca Gazzola Ageing in the Murraylands At Your Leisure Calendars & Dates

15 Chippy Chatter 17 Church Services 28 Classifieds

4 Food is Life 3 Letters 27 Musical Miscellany

19 Neighbourhood Watch 2 On My Bookshelf 15 Out of this World

18 Puzzle 18 The Hall - In Focus 8 Whitle Toot

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Letters to the Editor Deadline 25 November 2011 for publication in the December issue

Good Samaritans Dear Editor, I would like to publicly acknowledge the good deeds of four young lads on Saturday, 22nd October. On my way home from the shops, I noticed a gentleman, with whom I am acquainted, stranded on Memorial Corner, holding a wheel which had come off his electric wheelchair. By the time I had detoured, parked and walked to where he was sitting, two young lads were keeping him company and, as I discovered shortly afterwards, two others had already gone to Aminya to alert the staff of his predicament.

Well done, boys! It is reassuring to know that we do have so me car ing and responsible young people in our community.

Accolades also to Wendy and Noreen for going to the gentleman’s aid with another wheelchair!

Georgia Hanks

Reedy Creek Railway Bridge Dear Editor, My husband and I [Graeme and Rosemary Lohde] take photographs of the areas along the river and found the old Reedy Creek Railway Bridge.

We are interested in finding out more information about it as we have exhibitions.

We would like to hear from anyone who has any information so that we can give some details when we have an exhibition.

We can meet anyone within the area or they can get in touch with us by email r.lohde@gmail.com or phone 0409 280 384.

We have a few photographs we have taken on display at The Craft Shop in Swan Reach. We hope to have another exhibition in Adelaide next year and display Reedy Creek and any other points of interest from the area.

Graeme and Rosemary Lohde

[See photograph page 16]

Dear Editor, It was with interest that I read the article in the Murray Valley Standard (9/10) on the proposal by the Mannum Progress Association for the refurbishment of the “Golden Stairs”. For quite some time many of us have lamented the parlous state of one of Mannum’s most unique features.

Whilst I congratulate the Progress Association for their committed efforts to having the stairs repaired, I do not find much merit in their proposal for the subsequent embellishments.

Indeed, the thought of the literal interpretation of “Golden” for the risers, combined with the commercialisation of the stair treads with business names, leaves me cold, and saddened at the thought of such paucity of imagination.

Dear Editor, We are visitors from West Australia and are very impressed

by Mannum; its wonderful Tourist Information Centre, Museum, Mannum’s history and loverly old homes.

Then we visited River Lane and gazed open mouthed at the mega-ugly concrete mass that is under construction. It is totally out of character in this beautiful heritage area.

Shame on Mid Murray Council for giving approval to such a monstrosity.

D and G Shinners

Dear Editor, Thank you P. Weir for your October letter to the editor affirming ever so succinctly exactly what so many Mannum Residents have been expressing amongst themselves for so many months, but left feeling they had no way of venting their concern, anger and bewilderment at what has been allowed as “committed protection of our natural and built environment”. (Mid Murray Council’s Mission

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The Golden Stairs This is not the first time the Progress Association has considered the “dilemma” of the stairs.

As chair of the Progress Association, 99-00, I recall a strong proposal put forward by a resident artist, and teacher, Ms Sue Lord. It described a panoramic mural featuring local heritage, flora, and fauna: a vista through the seasons; from the river, to the cliff top, to the farmlands. Another stage envisaged had one wall decorated in softly coloured tesserae, textured surfaces that “would delight children and vision impaired persons”.

The benefits to the community that were put forward in the proposal included restoration and community interest, civic pride, employment, education and tourism. Sue grew up in this One Man’s Castle ...

Statement) Thankfully, some people do have taste and a feeling of sensitivity to their surroundings when building.

The new house in Anna Street abutting William and Banksia Streets clearly shows that one can build in an area of older housing in a salutary way.

The owners should be commended for the thoughtfulness in the design which melds so sympathetically into its location, creating what can only be described as a beautiful, tasteful and classy example of modern architecture.

Valorie Bottroff

Dear Editor I write further to P Weir’s letter, “A Concrete Castle or Curse?”, in the October “Mannum Mag”. You can’t stop progress, P. There is ample room to insert a bus ticket between the building and those on either side. What more do you want? It’s a pity the front garden is so pokey; how about closing River Lane and the Mary

town, left, became well travelled and returned home. After seeing so much more of the world she had a vision of what was possible. Unfortunately nothing came of this fine proposal. This was eleven years ago!

I still have a copy of this proposal and would be thrilled if anyone would care to support it.

None the less, I would like the Mid Murray Council to undertake so me serious community consultation on this matter, even if it is only tourism that is the motivating factor in the decision to refurbish the stairs, cultural philistinism is not good tourism business.

Only one of these ideas is worth putting on a postcard.

Michele G. Bottroff

Ann Reserve so that it can be extended right down to the river and allow permanent mooring for a bright red speed boat with a megadecibel sound system and flashing neon lights? I await with interest further activity on the project, such as the construction of a helipad on the roof; stone lions at the front gate and an enormous plaque bearing the name: “The Point of No Return”.

I salute your optimism, P. “Please, Mid Murray Council no more”, you say. I fear that The Point of No Return means that the principle of stopping inappropriate development has been sacrificed and will be almost impossible to claw back.

I invite the Mid Murray Council to use these pages to explain its reasons for permitting this ugly development, its protocols for public consultation and the restrictions, if any, it intends to impose on future developments. Or is it simply a case of I mean, like hey, there’s money out there.

Lorna Turner

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Top of the Torrens Theatre Group

Mannum Menswear New shop for Mannum

Robin Hood and the Singing Nun

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ur 2011 Theatre/Restaurant show is a great musical comedy set in Sherwood Forest, as we follow the adventures of Robin Hood and his merry outlaws. Richard the Lion-Heart appears to have gone missing, Prince John is about to usurp the throne, the Sheriff of Nottingham is terrorizing Sherwood Forest and Maid Marian has become a nun!

Sue Hill, Graham Todd and Belinda Eastham

Be sure to come along and find out if the dastardly Sheriff and Prince

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reat, Mannum needs a menswear shop”,is the reaction Leanne and Nathan Steicke constantly get when they tell people that they plan to open a menswear shop in Mannum. This addition to the services available in Mannum will help to make it a real shopping hub.

Leanne, wife of Lutheran Pastor Mike Steicke, says “our philosophy is to keep prices competitive... there are many reasons why we can be affordable. With the help of some kind Mannum people, we can keep our overheads low... we will stock quality at a very competitive price.

“We have battled raising a family of 5 children so know what it is like.

We believe we will add to the economy and tourism of our town in a very positive way. Quality at affordable prices will be our motto!”

Nathan is Leanne and Mike’s second son. Leanne and Nathan previously had a cleaning business in Toowoomba, where they lived for four years following a nine year stint in Birdwood. They know what it is like to drip sweat and feel depleted at “

John get caught out in the end? Can Robin Hood save the day with his trusty bow and arrow? All will be revealed along with a lot of laughs and a few twists to the story.

Mannum Lutheran Church Hall November 12th and 13th Mount Pleasant Hall November 18th, 19th and 20th

Evening Tickets including a meal are $35. Doors open 7 pm and the first course is served at 7:30pm.

Matinee Tickets are $24 and doors open at 1 pm, show starts at 1:30pm.

Concessions are available.

Tickets to these shows are selling fast, so If you would like a good seat, now is the time to book as seating is allocated on a “first come gets the best seat” plan. If you like, come in costume and make it really festive.

Bookings are essential - so call Andrew on 8568 2281, and come and enjoy a night out.

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the end of a day! “I am a worker”, says Leanne. “My strength is work and people. I love people and communicating. They are my gifts!”

Leanne and Mike have 5 sons, 4 of whom have left home. The boys do everything from mental health work to spray painting and panel beating.

Seven year old Harrison, their late ‘surprise’, recently survived a quad crash into the river Murray. “We have had our hardships” Mike says, “but our miracles also. Our life has been one big struggle propped up by miracle after miracle. I don’t know why people just opt for the struggle without the miracle and blessing?”

Mannum Menswear hopes to open sometime in November, 2011. As you will find, the Steickes are real ‘community’ people... down to earth, goers, friendly, welcoming and forgiving. “We know our faults, and there are plenty of them”, they say.

“We just try to be as true as we can and do the best as we can... and we have come across plenty of people in the area who are the same!”

Mike Steicke

Mid Murray LAP Presents

The Pro-Nuclear Environmentalist Nuclear Power: From Opponent to Proponent Presented by Ben Heard -Director of ThinkClimate Consulting and Founder of Decarbonise SA

Julia Halloran, Amelia Noel, Jaxon Monis, Grace Harris and in front is Freya Harding.

The new young faces of the Top of the Torrens Theatre Group

Mid Murray LAP AGM Date: 10/11/2011 Time: 6:30pm Venue: Mannum Leisure Centre Senior Citizens Room RSVP: 7/11/2011 Contact: Warrick Barnes (08) 8564 6034 midlap@internode.on.net

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.

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Carols by the River

CHIPS and MMCSS

Revamped Carols Not to Be Missed

Keeping you up to date with happenings at CHIPS and the Mid Murray Support Services

Mike McDowell is the Chairman ike McDowell was re-elected Chairman of the Mid Murray Community Support Service and CHIPS Boards at the AGM held on October 27th. Others elected were: Secretary Julie Metcalf; Treasurer Chris Harford and Board members Rob Brophy, Fiona Mann, Geoff Stephens, Marion Foster and Brian Lowrey.

In his annual report Chairman Mike McDowell spoke of the many changes to services and service delivery by CHIPS during the year and the outcome of an extensive internal audit that has been conducted to ensure that we are delivering best practice services to the Mid Murray Community.

“Using our much valued volunteer base we are providing transport, house cleaning, home maintenance and social support services to more than 320 elderly and disadvantaged people throughout the lower Mid Murray region,” he said “And we are also delivering quality Adult

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Community Education courses to those who want to learn a new skill, improve their opportunities for employment or to get into further education”.

Mr McDowell praised the work of the staff and many volunteers who provide the services to the elderly and disadvantaged and also those who operate the very successful CHIPS Community Shop at 39 Randell Street, Mannum. He also thanked Dell Henderson, Joan Kreiser and John McDiarmid, who have retired from the Board, for their dedication to the Mid Murray community through CHIPS and MMCSS Mid Murray Support Services Mid Murray Community Support Service and CHIPS are trading under the name Mid Murray Support Services. We will have a new exciting logo and you will see that shortly on the window of our new shop. We are still offering the same excellent volunteer based services and a great range of ACE community education

courses but we’ve put it all together under one fresh new banner.

Anti-Poverty Week Thank you for your support for Anti-Poverty week 2011. To those of you who donated non-perishable goods through our “Wheelie Bin” at Mannum Foodland a very big thank you on behalf of the community. If you did not get around to donating but would still like to do so we are always happy to accept donations at 71 Randell Street, Mannum or at the CHIPS Community Shop, 39 Randell Street, Mannum.

Fresh Food Friday Fresh Food Friday will be held every Friday in November. Come along, have a chat and sample fresh Mannum produce prepared by Angie Roesler. It’s free! (See page 16.)

Got A Hankering to Volunteer?

Please call us on 8569 2129 if you’d like to volunteer a couple of hours a week. We’d love to talk to you!

Tim Clemow CHIPS/MMCSS Coordinator

Aminya Mid Murray Homes for the Aged - Independent Living

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n response to the Commonwealth Government’s advertisement for the annual allocation round of residential aged care places and community based services, an application was submitted by Aminya for additional places and a grant to finance any places that may be approved. Indications are that approvals will be announced in December 2011.

Based on an estimated need for 85 places per 1,000 population aged 70+ the Mid Murray Council district is under-supplied with residential aged care places. It is clear that the catchment area covered by Aminya is experiencing steady growth in the aged population and as a result there is a need for increased residential and community based services.

The current shortage of residential places continues to impact adversely on aged members of the community, several of whom have been required to relocate to facilities in other areas including Meningie, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend and Mount Pleasant.

This under-supply will continue for at least two years which is the minimum time in which anyapproved new places could be constructed.

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With preliminary estimates indicating a building cost of $250,000 per place it is very unlikely that any major development will occur without a financial grant being made available. A sketch drawing has been prepared outlining the areas in which development might occur.This drawing is for planning purposes only and will be the subject of more detailed consideration with residents, staff and the community should an approval of additional places be received.

During 2009/10 the Board completed an upgrade of fire protection services to improve compliance with regulations. More recently a planning guide has been prepared to assist with scheduling further improvements to achieve a higher level of regulatory compliance. A development bid list has also been established to provide a mechanism for recording details on priorities for attention as funds become available.

Ideally, further improvements will be undertaken at the same time as an expansion of facilities. Most major works that increase compliance and provide for additional places are reliant on receipt of external grant

funding from the Australian Government.

The planning guide includes the landscaping of the secure area off Adelaide Road as well as further modifications to 12 rooms to enable all accommodation to be suitable for high care residents. The sketch drawing developed to assist in preparing the cost estimate required in the application process included provision for areas designed to provide residents with improved amenities including access to areas that support a range of sensory functions.

Regardless of the outcome of the application a master development plan will need to be established to support a co-ordinated approach to future development. This planning process will be progressed during 2012 and opportunities for contributions from residents and members of the community will be provided.

Further information on services provided by Aminya can be obtained by contacting either Wendy Gowling or Glen Cooper at Aminya.

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Glen W Cooper Chief Executive Officer

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new committee was told they have the license to recast and rejuvenate the annual ‘Carols by the river’, and were encouraged to do so!

The first change is the day. This year the Carols will be held close to Christmas on the evening of Friday the 23rd of December, just as people get into the holidays and Christmas spirit!

As usual it will be held on Mary Ann reserve. Some pre event entertainment will commence at 7:30pm, with the Carols proper starting at 8:00pm, concluding around 9:30pm. This will enable us to use a bit of darkness and lightingtocreatesomeatmosphere.The philosophyistokeepthingsmovingand tight, leaving the people upbeat and satisfied, even hungering for more!

Mark the calendar now. Get a group together, or just come with some of the family or by yourself. Don’t forget the deck chair!

Leanne Steicke, wife of new Lutheran Pastor Mike Steicke, is in charge of organizing a band with various local musicians. You will recognize some familiar faces. Leanne oversaw the Carols event at Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills in the late 90's and early 2000's; a community event that flourished and became a part of many peoples calendar. Leanne, along with one or two other band members have a fairly broad experience with rock bands that will help jell the current group.

We are privileged to have as a special guest Darren Mullan. Darren has workedasaprofessionalmusicianandis now a record producer. He was married here in Mannum a few months ago.

Darren will perform a number of ‘crooning’Christmasfavouritesthatare sure to get us into a sentimental mood.

We are contacting community groups who can help with the backing for songs such as I’m Dreaming of A White Christmas. And of course, we are not going to forget the children.

We hope that this years Carols will have something for everyone. Upbeat and traditional, religious and non religious, all kept moving, with of course the real reason for the season; the theme of love, hope and faith; a reason for believing in something better, namely that love really exists, and that hope is more than just an empty word.

Real power, peace and substance are hard to find in a cynical world that seems to have lost it’s spiritual compass years ago, but that compass still holds out it’s hands to you and me, totally undeserving though we are. Join together whoever you are to get the real spiritofChristmasthisyearandbeyond.

Mike Steicke

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Pink Ribbon Dinner

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ctober was Breast Cancer awareness month so that was the theme chosen for the recent successful ‘Celebrating Life’ dinner held by the Baptist ladies of Mannum.

The Church House was beautifully decorated in pink and white with pink candles, balloons, streamers, flowers and table confetti. Wall quilts made for Lois Quast and Heather Constable by ‘Shared Stitches of Mannum’ and quilts made by Lois and Heather, after their diagnoses, were hung on the walls to give a cosy atmosphere.

Jan Rice, a breast care nurse, from the breast cancer clinic at Flinders Medical Centre was the guest speaker.

She shared some of her story and gave us facts regarding the incidence of breast cancer in women and men, and

the latest survival rates (over 80%).

Lois and Heather shared some of their experiences as survivors and how their faiths and the prayers of their friends and family helped make the experience so much easier to manage.

To keep the atmosphere light and breezy several competitions and amusing stories were told between courses of the meal, which was very capably served by 4 terrific men who worked in the kitchen and served drinks throughout the night. Thanks guys; you did a fantastic job.

We were thrilled to be able to forward to Breast Cancer Network Australia a cheque for the $240 that was raised on the night. A big ‘Thank You’ to the 24 ladies who came and supported the fund raiser.

Mannum Christmas Tree Festival Friday 25th November St Martins Hall Community, Sporting and Non-profit Groups are invited to participate. $10 Registration fee covers a Tree and a Stall.

Tree only - also $10 Organising Group 2011 - St Andrews Contact and information: Berrie Skein 8569 2385

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 DON’T MISS OUT BOOK NOW NOVEMBER ENTERTAINMENT Saturday November 19th WAYNE HORSBURGH AND THE HOWIE BROS 2 Course Dinner Country Cabaret Show Book Now Only $30pp Friday November 25th Popular Duo LOST AND FOUND FREE Entertainment in the Bar Area 8:30pm til Late Saturday November 26th THE BALD EAGLES 2 Course Dinner Eagles Tribute Show Book Now only $40pp CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH Huge Buffet Lunch 12-3pm $70 Non-Members $65 Members $30 Children Under 13 Free Children under 5 NEW YEARS EVE JUNK MALE Classic Rock Band Playing 9pm til Late Free Entry

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Mannum RSL

Community Development Fund Don’t Go Breaking Our Heart

he message was delivered to delegates of the Labor Convention on Saturday 22nd of October at the Festival Theatre by approximately 200 passionate and enthusiastic members of the community, including myself and colleague Gail Acott, representing Mid Murray Support Services.

Delegates were handed a ‘goodie bag’ that included a heart shaped biscuit, information about sector champions and most importantly, a copy of the motion to instigate the reversal of the 23% funding cut to the Community Development Fund.

There was singing, lots of singing, of a reworded version

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Angela Roesler and Gail Acott

of ‘Don’t go Breaking our heart’. Communities along the Murray River were well represented; Tailem Bend, M a n n u m , Lo xt o n a n d Renmark along with other regional areas like Port Lincoln - the round trip was a tremendous effort on their part, that’s dedication.

Several speakers addressed the rally and I was honoured to have been invited to do so. I spoke about how I believe our communities deserve to have support in place when they need it, and how centres want to be there for them when that happens.

I had the amazing opportunity to speak to our new premier, Jay Weatherill on the day and was able to personally provide him with the campaign message. I found it very encouraging that he took the opportunity to have an

engaging conversation in relation to the campaign.

The ‘Don’t go Breaking our heart’ rally was rewarded with a great result. The delegates at t h e Labor Con f e r e n c e supported the motion put forward. While we are pleased with this outcome, the campaign must continue. It is up to all parties involved to follow through; our communities deserve it. At the moment the government p r o vi d e s e v e r y S o u t h Australian with only 81cents per person for community support, in Tasmania community support is provided at over $5.00 per person. Our government has to show that South Australian communities are valued, important and deserving of support.

Angela Roesler, MMSS Training and Community Development Officer

Angela Roesler at the Don’t Go Breaking Our Heart rally

ur next meeting will be held on Thursday 17th November 2011 (in the River Bar at the Community Club) and it is the AGM, followed by the normal monthly meeting.

After the meeting there will be a sausage sizzle.

The Annual Dinner is on Sunday 6th November in the dining room of the Mannum Community Club, 1200hrs for 1230. So let the secretary know if you are attending.

Remembrance Day this year is significant as it is the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year: (11-11-11-11).

This service will be held at the Garden of Memory at the Mannum Cemetery at 1055hrs, followed by light refreshments back a t t h e Mannum Community Club.

The Xmas party will be held on Thursday 15th December at 1200hrs in the dining room of the Community Club. Notify the secretary if you will be attending.

We have applied for a grant from the Anzac Commemorative Fund to affix 10 plaques to the Monument wall, which will dress it up.

The first meeting for 2012 will be on Thursday 19th January.

May I take this time to wish you all a safe and Merry Xmas and a fun New Year.

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move it mid murray Mayor Dave Burgess says: “The enthusiasm from our Fun4YOUth team in driving this new program will mean that local kids, all across the council district, from Nildottie to Morgan, will have the chance to take part in professional training in modern dance styles.”

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Mannum Inter-church Council

From Your Local Member

Comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to them… Isaiah 40:1

Mr Ivan Venning MP, Member for Schubert

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n November 11 local folk will gather at the Garden of Memory at the Mannum Cemetery or just stand still elsewhere to observe Remembrance Day - the day the Armistice was signed ending the 1st World War. This tragic event cost the lives of tens of thousands of young Australian men in often wasteful and futile battles in a terrible and needless war. To this day, we gather to fulfil the vow made then: Lest we forget!

Countless men and women have put their lives on the line to protect the welfare and security of our nation until this day - so many of whom have paid the ultimate sacrifice. We all owe them our deepest gratitude and the obligation to make our land and world places where people can live in peace and harmony lest their sacrifices are diminished in any way.

God the Father and Jesus the Son together made an ultimate sacrifice for the whole world when Jesus came among us and gave himself in life and death to show us God’s love for us.

In a special meal just before he died, Jesus took bread and wine and gave

them to his followers to eat and drink in remembrance of him - Lest we forget! He said, “This is my body given for you. This is my blood shed for you, for the forgiveness of sins.”

So much sacrifice - Lest we forget!

May we become better people in ourselves and a better community for keeping in our remembrance those sacrifices which cost so much for us to have the life we have and the hopes and the peace that they bought.

TheMannumInter-church Council meets monthly as Christians working together for the life of our community. We manage the Christian Pastoral Support Workers in the Mannum, Cambrai and Palmer Schools. At Christmas, we organize and conduct the Mannum Community Carols. On a monthly basis, we share times of devotion at Aminya. On the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm we also come together to pray for our community and its well-being. On 9th November, the Prayer Meeting will be held at the Anglican Church on Adelaide Road.

Pastor Alwin Schirmer Mannum Lutheran Parish

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ember for Schubert Ivan Venning is disappointed at yet another ministerial change for the Department of Primary Industries.

“Every time we see Labor re-shuffle its ministries, primary industries gets short shifted” he said.

“Primary industries was generally comfortable with previous Minister, Hon Michael O’Brien, but as has been the case with the previous two Ministers, he’s been ‘promoted’.

“Why is primary industries the lowest priority for the Weatherill Labor Government?

“The primary industry sector is facing many important issues, especially the upheaval with the South Austr alian Farmers’ Federation (SAFF) and grain levies, along with the new body to represent grain growers, Grain Producers SA. “This issue really was relying on ministerial guidance, and Michael O’Brien was well across it, but now… we start again.

“I do not wish to be disparaging to new Minister Gail Gago, but I don’t believe she has a ‘natural fit’ for the job, and her knowledge of the portfolio would be practically zero” said Mr Venning.

“We need some quick responses and decisions on many issues - issues that

the new Minister would have little, or no, knowledge of, or natural affinity for.

“I believe that Michael O’Brien should have kept the portfolio (he’s not been overloaded) until at least some of our problems are resolved.

“Having to go through a three month hiatus while Minister Gago gets up to speed is disappointing, and these issues will continue to ‘lie around’.

“Labor doesn’t have a ‘natural candidate’ for this job, but I think when they eventually get someone who warms to the job, they should keep them in the portfolio.

“Labor treats primary industries so poorly - no wonder it’s seen by Ministerial candidates as a very junior portfolio, and not a coveted position.

“The bottom line for our primary industries and countrycommunities is insecurity for the sector and some disillusionment in not having a Minister across the issues and therefore able to reverse the fight against budget cuts.

“Primary Industries certainly didn’t win in this latest Ministerial change. I wish Minister Gago well, but she’s been dealt a difficult task” said Mr Venning.

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Out Of This World

The Hall - In Focus

Astronomer’s Corner t around 9pm in the evening the tail of the scorpion in the constellation Scorpius is setting in the southwest. Jupiter is rising before 8pm and flickers as it rises through the heavy atmosphere near the horizon. It appears close to the moon on 9th November.

Using the large square of Pegasus our nearest galaxy Andromeda can be located below the lowest corner of the square. It may not be visible due to haze on the horizon.

In the early hours the Orion constellation and Sirius, both very low on the eastern horizon, act as pointers to other major stars and nebulae.

The planets are always the wanderers, but the stars form a pattern that only changes shape slightly across millennia as the night sky moves across our field of view. By following the trail of one or two stars the wandering planets become obvious as they pass through the region.

If the exact location of the stars in constellations is a mystery, a planisphere or other charts available will show the relationship between the stars and the constellations. It may still take awhile to locate even the most obvious constellation like Scorpious as its visibility weaves between weather patterns and full moons from month to month.

In constellations like Aries, formed by only a few stars, it is difficult to locate which are part of the constellation and which are isolated stars. A star atlas and detailed maps are the only way to identify what part of the sky is being observed at any one time.

Many publishers may choose to draw constellations differently but how we choose to picture them and what is easiest to commit to memory is the point. Finding what looks to you to be an arrowhead but is represented as a sea creature is part of the fun.

History also plays a part in the depiction of star constellations. So plan to have a few star atlases, old and new, to see the wide variety of pictures used.

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his month has seen the introduction of some new and physically challenging activities to The Hall calendar with bowling on Monday and swimming at the heated pool and spa on Friday. Participants travel to Murray Bridge in The Hall bus and range in age from 18 to 85. The bus is available to take participants for swimming only every second Friday but Hall participants can attend the centre every Friday if they are able to provide their own transport. Swimming is provided as part of the Reclink program and a qualified instructor is on site to assist with swimming instruction and exercise advice. The pool is available for an hour from 1pm - 2pm but it is hoped next year the time will be extended.

Passive exercise has been on the calendar several times this month and has been well received by participants.

The Hall has been involved in two major community events to mark Mental Health Week, the COTA lunch for seniors and the Mental Health Expo held in the Town Hall in Murray Bridge.

The COTA lunch held at the Barn in Mannum on Wednesday. 12th October was a great success with 64 senior citizens coming to hear the COTA guest speaker Pat Graske talk about the signs and symptoms of depression and strategies for improving mental well being. The finger food provided by the Mannum Motel with funds kindly donated by the One Voice Network was a hit with guests, volunteers and staff alike. Entertainment was provided by John Francis who enthralled guests with his rendition of some old favourites. His contribution to the event gave a festive feeling to the proceedings and lots of toe tapping was observed.

The Mental Health expo held on Friday 14th went well with the numerous exhibitors

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contributing to the dynamic atmosphere of the day’s proceedings. Food and drink was provided at a reasonable price by the ladies of the CWA. As well as the vast array of resource material available there were information sessions on a variety of mental health topics with approximately 40 people attending each session.

Fabulous food has been provided 3 times a week over the past month by participants, volunteers and coordinators taking turns in preparing nutritionally sound meals for $4. On 19th October Benita and Ruby prepared a 3 course traditional Malaysian meal which was really amazing at a cost of $6.

If you would like to participate in any of The Hall’s activities, require more information or would like a copy of the November calendar please ring between 9am and 4 pm Monday, Wednesday or Friday and speak to Michelle, Bev or Jillian. Transport may be arranged if required.

On Mental Health Day October 10th The Hall was one of six State Mental Health Organisations which were recognised for their outstanding contributions. The Margaret Tobin Award was received by The Hall for its excellence in the provision of mental health services and recognition of consumers and their carers. The award was received on behalf of The Hall by past Senior Coordinator Terry Udy and was presented by the Health Department’s chief executive David Swan. The Hall committee, staff members, volunteers and consumers would like to thank Ros and Terry for the significant contribution they have made over the past 5 years and we wish them well in their future endeavours.

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Mannum Stonecraft

Mannum Rowing Club s mentioned last month, a contingent of Masters rowers attended the Thirteenth Australian Masters Games in Adelaide held at the West Lakes International Rowing Course over three days on 14th, 15th, and 16th of October.

Of 60 events entered, Mannum came home with 52 medals: 26 Gold,13 Silver and 13 Bronze.

The games allowed composite crews with combinations of rowers from Adelaide and Interstate clubs, This enabled a variety of events to be rowed in different age groups.

The next big one is the Head of the Yarra in Melbourne on the 26th November. A gruelling 8.6 km race against the clock in your average age group, with over 200 eight-oared boats competing. Three boats start at ten second intervals with 30 seconds before the next three start. It makes for very interesting racing approaching the first few corners as the inside crew has right of way.

On the local scene, the Club

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held its Opening of the Season Day on 23rd October. Some 60 people attended, including about 15 of the Club’s Juniors participating in a series of scratch races over 200 metres.

There was plenty of spirited racing with the Juniors teaming up with the more experienced rowers and even some of the parents.

This was followed by a pancake and egg and bacon brunch, enjoyed by all.

The final race was decided after a series of heats that resulted in the crew Sam Bormann - Bow, Steve Wilkinson - 2, Laura Pfitzner 3, Chris Pfitzner - Stroke and Nathan Sheldon Cox winning by about 30 cm in a neck and neck race. Nathan had to leave early but did the hard yards up to the final but had to be replaced by Alyson Boyd from Adelaide.

The winning crew was also presented with an Opening Day Shield that was presented to the Club in the early1980's by Club members. Because of the lack of

Same Location, New Address Juniors this was last competed for in 1992. All Juniors that competed also received a medal for participation.

Acknowledgment must also go to the parents for encouraging and supporting their children to participate in rowing. It’s a great outdoor sport that does require an amount of discipline and effort but has satisfying results.

The day finished with the launch of a Memories Book that was started during History Week in May last year and in line with the Clubs Centenary Year. Past members were asked to contribute their stories and memories of their association with the Club. This resulted in a 50 page booklet being produced.

Thanks must go to Deb Wilkinson for coordinating this project, and to those who contributed their stories.

These books are on sale for $10. Contact Brian Bormann 8569 1813 if you would like a copy.

Brian Bormann, President

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World Mental Health Day 2011 prestigious South Australian Mental Health Award was presented to Terry Udy for the success of The Hall at the Festival Centre on World Mental Health day October 10th 2011.

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Hon John Hill, Terry Udy, David Swan

The finalists of the six categories were invited to a breakfast prior the presentation

by Hon. John Hill, Minister of Mental Health and David Swan, Executive Officer of the Health Department.

The Margaret Tobin Awards for Excellence are given each year to nominated organisations and individuals who have served the Mental Health community.

David Swan presented Terry with the award for Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Services. Following the presentation David shared stories with Terry of his involvement as CEO of the Mannum and Kar o o nd a Hospitals.

Pictures were taken with the awardees, and the morning concluded with a celebratory morning tea for the organisations, families and friends.

World Mental Health Day raises public awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention, promotion and treatment services.

The treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders is formidable especially in poor resource countries.

This year the theme was “Investing in mental health”.

Financial and human resources allocated for mental health are inadequate especially in low resource countries.

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Q: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry?

A: If you weren’t so sweet, we wouldn’t be in this jam!

Q: Why were the little strawberries upset?

A: Because their parents were in a jam!

Three prisoners are captured in the war and are about to be executed. They are asked what they wish to have for their last meal.

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The second requests a Filet Mignon, which he is served and also taken away.

The last man requests a plate of strawberries.

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Christmas Tree Festival A Community Event t’s that time of year, Christmas coming up quickly, just the blink of an eye away.

This year’s Christmas Tree Festival will be held in St Martins Lutheran Hall on Friday 25th November from 9:00am to 3pm.

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This is a Mannum Community Event and the committee encourages all interested groups or charities to participate by conducting a stall and exhibiting a decorated Christmas tree.

The cost is $10 for a tree and a stall of goods.

There is usually a large range of goods, including craft

work and pot plants, for sale for young and old. During the day, there will be performances by c h i ld r en fr o m M a n n u m Community College and other groups. Morning tea, coffee and lunch are available at a reasonable cost. There are many raffle prizes to be won, drawn at 2:30pm on the day. A donation entitles you to vote for the best decorated Christmas tree.

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It’s The People riving into Melbourne from the north west and anxious to extract ourselves from a looming tollway, we took the next exit and arrived at a concrete block packaging a shopping centre. Max was quickly entombed inside the structure, searching for a Melbourne Directory, since our tattered road map lacked detail.

I was sceptical about his chances at 5:30pm, so I accosted the next young mobile-toting local for any information she could add to interpret our meagre map. We were a stone’s throw from Tullamarine Airport and the noise of evening flights interrupted our conversation.

However, she quickly looked up her GPS and filled in the directions I needed - no trouble at all - thanks heaps. Max emerged with a directory and we were off.

We followed our instincts down Bell Street through Coburg and there, suddenly, on our left was a caravan park sign.

We zipped around the corner and our little blue Micra and

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two-man tent were soon snuggled into a camping spot overlooking Merri Creek. I recommend this Big4 park clean, attractive, friendly and convenient to public transport, which we needed the next afternoon. We were due at Melbourne Library for the launch of Melbourne Books fourth annual anthology of Award Winning Australian Writing, as my Eyre Writers Award winning poem This Empty Space is included in it.

But as we backed out from our campsite, the Micra died and refused to respond to prayers for resurrection. Support we were given to get us back on the road again with only one day’s delay amazed us. The repair business near the park entrance was bursting with cars, but they fitted us in, ordered the part, then carried out repairs and a full service next day.

We began our journey to Melbourne on a bus, passing the ominous and grimy bluestone walls of Pentridge Prison and the crater of Coburg’s new

Mannum Golf Club housing development choked with dust and excavators, to the ugly train-lines which run directly to the city heart. I don’t mind inner Melbourne. In fact, for a city it is rather nice: the Yarra and its bridges, the gardens and buildings old and new, but most of all, its multicultural nature. We might have been in any city of the world as we walked from Flinders Street station up a narrow lane cluttered with culture and colour, spicy foods from Indian curry shops, waffles from the charming Belgium, café tables sprinkled down the middle, with barely room to weave along the footpaths.

Maybe if I was twenty again I could learn to love vibrant city living, its meeting and eating by office friends, uni pals or work mates. But for now I’m content to say a fond goodbye until next year, when we’ll return briefly for the launch of Melbourne Book’s new anthology of award-winning bush poetry and stories which Max is editing.

Jacqui Merckenschlager

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Lions Club of Ridley

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he Royal Society for the Blind held its annual collection on Friday September 23rd this year. Ridley Lions Members collected from patrons at the Cambrai, Sedan, Nildottie and Swan Reach Store and Post Office entrances. We wish to thank the proprietors for generously allowing the club the use of their facilities. $300 was raised on the day and the club will add to this from the Lions activities fund to make a total contribution of $400.

Guest Speaker Shane Thompson, Youth Co-ordinator for the Mid Murray Council, was unable to attend and his place was taken at a Sedan Hotel Dinner on Tuesday September 20th by co-workers Courtney Blacker and Bianca Gazzola.

Bianca is Healthy Murraylands Project Co-ordinator for a program designed to tackle issue s of overweight, obesity and chronic disease in relation to community lifestyles. Courtney is Council Manager of OPAL, a program designed to promote healthy exercise and diet among children of the Mid Murray President Tony Friebel, guest speakers Bianca Gazzola Region. We thank (centre) and Courtney Blacker at the Sedan Hotel Dinner them for a very

informative and educational presentation.

Please note the change of date for the annual Seniors and Isolated Citizens (and their carers) Christmas Lunch to now be held this year at the Nildottie Hall on Sunday December 4th. A coach will provide free transport for attendees from Cambrai, Sedan and Swan Reach Halls departing Cambrai at 10am. Due to the popularity of this eventextracoachtripsfrom SwanReachtoNildottie are usually required. The usual raffles, musical events and games are planned and Lions ChristmasCakesandPuddings,anewinitiative,willbe onsale.The Nildottie Hall Committee have offered the use of the hall free of charge on the day while mid Murray Council are thanked for the generous grant of $500 toward the cost of providingthe coachservice. Bookings are essential with Tony 8570 1068 or Leigh 8564 5224.

Nildottie HallCommitteeholdadinner everyFridaynightwiththe provisothat on alternate Fridays local organisations are invited to conduct the evening and provide a meal. Ridley Lions have been invited to investigate the possibility of participating in this worthwhile fund raising activity by holding a Hamburger Dinner early next year.

Members are looking forward to an interclub visit with Barossa Lions who are planning to hold a dinner meeting with us at the Angaston Cement Works later this month. If sufficient numbers are booked we plan to run a mini coach from Nildottie for members and guests.

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I Wonder - Do you?

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’ve always been curious.

I lived in a big house with a big family but I was the little kid and they were all ‘grownups’.Ilearnedalotofthings byjustkeepingmymouthshutandmyearsopen but some subjects were not spoken about until I was safely out of the way. It wasn’t a generation that believed in freedom of information, especially for children. My favourite aunt used to tell me about the things no one else in the family would talk about. She said I always insisted, “I want to know.” She figured if I was that concerned, I had a right to know. I miss her. But I still wonder and she’s not here to ask. So I’m taking a risk that the world has grown up enough to put up with my questions and listing a few of them here, just for the company. The ‘birds and the bees’ aren’t included. I got that one answered a long time ago.

I saw a man on TV this month who had escaped the Cambodian killing fields. He was grateful for a real bed with a spring mattress. He was astonished that a traffic lightwouldmake carsstopfor one person because inCambodiaifyougothitbyacar it was your fault. Obviously you had gotten in the way of someone important. He named his daughter ‘Alice’ because he thought he was in Wonderland. He and his family are very proud Australians. It makes me wonder why we can’t choose more refugees with that attitude.

I wonder why so many people who have more money than they can count keep on grabbing for more instead of getting out of the rat race and enjoying life.

I wonder why people argue over if God exists or not. Like we have any say in the matter? If we exist for any particular reason, that’s the question.

I wonder why keeping you waiting unnecessarily - in phone queues; after you’ve arrived for an appointment; when people promise to call you right back; almost everywhere you go - is not seen as discrimination. I have things Ineed to be doing too and only so much life to do it in. Is their life more important than mine?

I wonder if I can’t understand the singers on TV because my ears are failing or because their diction is awful? I still understand Frank Sinatra.

I wonder if there’s a God who doesn’t let us see Him, not because we’d be so scared that He is so big, but because He looks just like us. Someone like me in charge of the universe would sure scare me. He did say we were made in His image. What if He meant just exactly that?

I wonder why my clothes keep changing shape. They looked ok last year.

I wonder why people have started calling me ‘luv’ since my wrinkles sprouted.

I wonder why I keep wondering about stuff like this.

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Issue Number 63

Musical Miscellany

Ageing in the Murraylands

The Sangerfest

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aturday and Sunday of the October long weekend saw the Barossa Valley alive to the sounds of music. No, Julie Andrews was not there however it was almost as good.

The venue was the Brenton Langbein theatre in Tanunda, part of the Faith Lutheran School.

There were sixteen choirs, members of the German Choral Association of Australia, and they presented a Sangerfest, a feast of song.

The occasion was the celebration of 150 years of the Tanunda Liedertafel. The choirs came from all parts of Australia, smartly dressed in uniforms.

The music was mostly sung in German but there were some verses or even entire songs in English. Much of the music was traditional folk songs. However there were songs taken from other sources and some were English translated into German. The most popular source of music was the musical “The White Horse Inn”.

Most of the choirs were mixed however the Liedertafel is a male choir.

South Australia was well represented as expected. There were choirs from Tanunda, (The Liedertafel), Adelaide (Choir Alpenfrieden), H ahndorf Liedertafel, Deutscher Volksliederchor also from Adelaide, Adelaide Liedertafel and the Lobethal Harmony Club.

The Saturday program consisted of each choir presenting three items.

Naturally the Tanunda Liedertafel commenced the concert. The organisation was superb. As each choir finished its selection and filed off, the

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next choir filed on. In such a manner we heard performances from sixteen choirs commencing at twelve thirty and finishing by four o’clock. We were well satisfied with the offerings.

It was interesting to see that not all the performers were of German appearance. Several seemed to me to be more likely to have come from Italy and several others very definitely came from Asia. They all appeared to take joy from the music and from the performance. One choir, the Cacilien Choir from Croyden in NSW had a young pianist who was probably Chinese. He had a solo passage in the performance of An Guiletta by Beethoven. It was most impressive and drew warm applause from the audience.

The Sunday performance which I did not see was a showcase of massed male voices, several hundred all told. The music was not all German. Items included music from “The Merry widow”, “The Gendarmes Song” which is always great fun and “Ave Maria”. The performance climaxed with a second half appearance of the Tanunda Liedertafel and finally a mass mixed voice choir.

Wonderful music! Choral music, when performed well is so beautiful, so stirring and uplifting. It seems though that it doesn’t appeal to our younger people as noticeably the performers were nearly all what could be termed senior citizens. Perhaps the young are discourage because what seems to be taught to them has to be politically correct rather than musically good fun.

Peter Weir

ood news: Somebody wants to hear what life is like for older people in the Murray and Mallee. For years, he has researched and pioneered thinking about age friendly communities around the world. (Are our mid-Murray communities age friendly, I wonder?)

Dr Alexandre Kalache studied medicine in his native Brazil. From 1994 to 2008 he was Head of the Ageing and Life Course Programme of the World Health Organisation (WHO), advocating for older people and studying their health care needs. Under his leadership, the WHO Active Ageing Policy Framework was released in 2002 and also the Global Movement on Age Friendly Cities. Dr Kalache’s expertise is in ageing issues in particular old age care, epidemiology of ageing, health promotion, intersectoral policy development, advocacy, migration ageing, and cultural attitudes to ageing.

So, what brings him to our area? Dr Kalache is a current “Thinker in Residence”, engaged by the State Government and partner organisations such as the Office for Ageing, Council On The Ageing, SA Health and aged care providers to help build deeper appreciation of the contribution and needs of our ageing population.

He is examining South Australia’s performance in four key areas: security (dealing with vulnerability), activity (participation), health, and continuing education.

Thus, he is looking at how ageing affects our whole lives, not just our health. Through his passion for “age friendly communities”, Dr Kalache is

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exploring how to make South Australia a society for all ages.

His findings will contribute to the State Reform Agenda, ‘Adding Life to Years’.

The Murray Mallee Ageing Taskforce brought him to the M u r r a y B r i d g e Lo c a l Government Centre on Friday 4th of November.

Unfortunately, I only received news of Dr Kalache’s visit recently. I am hoping that he will still accept written or phoned input, and if enough of us communicate with him, he might even come back to Mannum in person sometime in the future.

Our region has so many wonderful people who are living examples of Dr Kalache’s ‘active ageing’ that he should hear from some of us how we do it to enjoy the quality of life offered by living in the country without all the on-tap services of city life… and what the State Government and aged care agencies could do to fill the gaps.

For more information contact Gary Sawyer on 8539 1156 or g.sawyer@murraybridge.sa.gov.au Millie

Sillie Millie says: You’re the experts, so go to it, guys and gals.

Millie’s eyes have glazed over and her mind has collapsed after decoding all the web stuff to write her article, so she’s no more use to us.

Ah, she has revived enough to let people know that the Standard and The Advertiser (if indeed they advertised this visit) don’t reach a lot of people in our community, and they read the monthly Mannum Mag from cover to cover to try to stay in touch.

move it mid murray Fun4YOUth Program Coordinator Amy Loechel says: “It’s exciting to see that many kids in our region, who may have never had exposure to this type of dance workshop before, will now have the opportunity to try something new in their own local area, which is free of charge.”

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Festive Fare Thursdays 17th & 24th November, 6pm-9pm or Thursdays 1st & 8th December, 6pm-9pm Ideas for parties and Christmas creations. 2x3hr Cooking Workshops at Mannum Community College. $12.00 inclusive.

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Resurfaced Community Courts Longevity of Netball and Tennis Courts Ensured

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annum and surrounding communities will reap long term benefits from the recent court resurfacing project - 2 years in the making. The deterioration of the surface was brought about by the severe drought conditions in 2006 through to 2009, followed by wet conditions in 2010 causing major cracks in the playing surface.

A modern new top coat of acrylic pave paint known as ‘Plexipave’ has been laid, alongwiththeinstallationofageotextile membrane layer whichgreatlyassistsinthe prevention of surface cracking. This is the latest in hard court sport surface technology and has been very well received by the netball and tennis community.

The courts were built in 1982, and were given a basic topcoatresurfacingin1997.

Withcorrectcareandmaintenance ofthe courtsundertakenbythetennisandnetball clubs, it will be around 20 years before any further top coats are required.

The $117,000 funding for the project was made possible by a significant federal government rebate scheme through Tennis Australia and partial funding by Mid Murray Council, Mannum Tennis Club and Mannum Netball Club. Each of these stakeholders played a vital role in writing a business plan, sourcing funding and quotations and community assistance.

A number of organisations and their representatives have shown wonderful community spirit, playing an integral part in the success of the project. These include; Tennis Australia for their generous grant and Tennis SA for their liaison; Mid Murray Council for its dedication and commitment to the community; the Mannum Tennis and Netball Clubs for their foresight and significant voluntary efforts in all aspects of the project; the Mannum Lions Club for their assistance with manual labour; the social committee of Horwood Bagshaw for their kind donation of the piping for netting around the courts; Mannum school for allowing players of the tennis club to practise on their courts in the early weeks of season 2011 and ‘Prestige Sports and Earth Moving Constructions’ for their flexibility and commitment to the project.

The Mannum community as a whole should also be congratulated for supporting the dedicated fundraising efforts held by the netball and tennis clubs over the 2 year durationofthe projectandbeyond.Thisprojecthasensuredthe longevityofsummer tennis and winter netball in the Mannum community - an achievement we can be proud of for many years to come.

Kelly Kuhn

At Your Leisure Summer in the Gym

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ummer has come to the Mannum Leisure Centre. Mixed netball has started, aerobics, Zumba and dance classes are going through their moves, and indoor soccer, basketball and volleyball are looking for more participants. There’s something for everyone, so join in.

Recently, there has been a significant development at the Leisure Centre, designed to enhance your health and exercise experience. New machines have been purchased for the Cardiac room, and the room itself hasreceivedacoatofpaint,new carpet and new blinds - not to mention a new large screen TV to take your mind off the aches and pains in your muscles! The new machines are state of the art: 2 rowing machines, 2 bikes, 2 treadmills and 2 cross trainers. All of them are electronically operated and veryeasytouse,evenifyouare notelectronically-minded.Andyoucanevenmonitor your own pulse as you are working out. We can’t make exercising any simpler than that.

The good thing about the cardiac room is that there are no weights, bench presses or heavy pulleys about that might cause you to put your back out. All the machines involve familiar activities of everyday life (walking, running, cycling), although I found the cross trainer difficult to get used to - it felt a bit like what I imagine cross-country skiing to be, without the snow. You can, of course, push yourself too hard,andendup stiff and sore, but you don’t need to. Pam will guide yousothatyou don’t overdo it.

So come in and give it a try. Even if you keep things low-key, you will get your heartpumping, the blood rushing around your body and your lungs cleaned outand filled with oxygen. Now that’s got to be good for all of us!

For more information on the cardiac room or any of the programsavailable at the Leisure Centre, contact the Centre on 8569 0185 or email: mannumleisure@mid-murray.sa.gov.au

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Diary of A Young Man, Adelaide 1890 – February 5th - 28th ince recording excerpts from Daniel J o hn Smith’s handwritten diaries in the last four issues of Mannum Mag I have received such an enthusiastic response that I will continue deciphering. I enjoy doing it very much but it is very time consuming. As I have his diaries for 1890-92 I am resisting the temptation to peek ahead. His story continues...

FEBRUARY 5TH WEDNESDAY Up 7.30. “Register”. Routine.

Rain ceased about 9 - heavy during night. Inquired re Tram Car for tonight - not to be had.

Alfred arranged for a dray.

Home 5.15. Tea. Away 6.10.

Annie, Eliza, Polly, Alfred and I, with about 25 friends, were driven to Henley Beach - met Kellsmiths, Taplins, McLeans and Tom Peck. Amused ourselves on beach, supper, jetty. Started back about 10.30.

Night clear, cool and brilliant; sang most of the way. Misses Gilmore, Boundy, Congrieve, Barker, Ingham and McLean amongst company. Home at 12.

Bed about 12.30.

FEBRUARY 6TH THURSDAY Up 7.15.... Home to dinner about 6pm. Away with Eliza and Polly at 7.50. Attended Gymnasium Social, a very successful affair. Mayor Cohen presided. Hugh Gilmore (whom I met for the first time) gave an address. Misses Dixon, Tusker, Congrieve, Barker and Mills and many other ladies were present, most of the Club members and some other gentlemen. Home about 11. Bed, after a bath, about 11.30.

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FEBRUARY 7TH FRIDAY 7.15. Bath. Read news. Office 9.30. A cool breeze came at last.

Counting money all morning, having promised to pay 350 Loco men for the Paymaster.

Paid most of the men between 5 and 5.20. Walked home....

Gymnasium, and removed flags, tables, chairs. Home 9.45.

Moonlight, rain falling and lunar rainbow visible. Light supper.

Took blind girls home. Bed about 11.

FEBRUARY 16TH SUNDAY 7.45 Bath etc. Service 11.

Delegates re Jubilee Fund present. Dinner about 1. Taught in Sunday School.... Service at 7. Took up collection in absence of a deacon. Walk, feeling well, cool night. Home Sang with Kent. Walk. Supper 10.15. Bed about 11 - buoyant.

FEBRUARY 20TH THURSDAY Up 5.50, bathed and dressed.

Away at 7. Walked to Botanic Park and thru’ the grand avenue of planes - a delicious sight.

Home 8. Routine. Home to 6 o’clock dinner. Visited Bennett, Gymnasium and Hendrys. Home about 9. Read “Leisure Hour”.

Supper. Felt weak-headed. Bed about 10.30.

FEBRUARY 21ST FRIDAY Bath at 7am. Fine breeze.

Office 9.30. Lunch 1. Cup of tea at 3 - feeling need of Stimulant.

Home 5.30. After dinner visited Bennetts and Mills’s, meeting Hendry and Sterne with whom I walked to Prospect conversing on the Higher Life. Walked home, took home Miss Brooks (blind). Supper 11.15. Bed 11.30.

FEBRUARY 27TH THURSDAY Bath about 7.30. Routine duties. Busy all day. Home about 6.... Attended Church meeting at 8.30 and with Hendry opposed the engagement of Professor Ives and the purchase of a new organ, to cost 900 pounds. We regard the proposal a s o n e o f d i sg r a c e f u l extravagance, our opposition however was not strong enough - about 15 voted for the organ and 7 against - this in a membership of 450! I spoke several times and felt a nervous pain across the chest. Home.

Light supper. Bed 11. Some time getting to sleep - thinking of the organ business.

FEBRUARY 28TH FRIDAY 7.15am. Bath, exercises.

Routine. Fine and cool. Office 9.15. To Platform 9.50/10.5 seeing the Mayor’s Picnic Train off to Balhannah. The blind folks, with Annie, Polly and other sighted helpers, were included in the party. Met Hugh Gilmore, also Mr and Mrs Gilmore, Mr C.H. Goode, Misses Burdon, Mr Hendry, Mr Dennis and many others were included. Accompanied Miss Gilmore upstairs after train had gone. Busy all day - would have gone to picnic, had I not been too busy.... Home before 6 for dinner. Away 6.15, met train returning from Balhannah, walked home with sisters, 2 blind girls and Mr Haggerty (blind). Attended Y.M. Society - occupied the Chair - Society adjourned for 3 months. Bible study. Took blind girls home.

Supper. Bed about 10.30.

annum 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 December 12th 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 2157 For Police assistance and/or attendance Phone: 13 14 44

Contacting Mannum Police Emergency 000 Police attendance 131 444 Mannum Station 8569 2211 If you need to contact us for matters other than emerge n c y o r police attendance 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.

Jo Kader To be continued

1889:

Governor Algernon Hawkins Thomond commenced duties. Lead smelting began at Port Pirie. School of Mines and Industries opened (later renamed South Australian Institute of Technology, now University of South Australia).

1890:

220 deaths from diphtheria.

1891:

United Labor Party formed. Cremation legalised. National Park Act. Population (excl aborigines) 315,212.

The 1891 census showed that 42% of South Australians lived within a 16 kilometre radius of the Adelaide Post Office. Outside this area only eight corporate towns had more than 1000 people. The largest with 4000 was Port Pirie, booming as a wheat port and smelting centre for the silver-lead mines at Broken Hill.

The largest concentration of people outside Adelaide was on the Moonta-Wallaroo copper fields with 11,600 people. The Renmark Irrigation Colony was established in 1887 but only 367 people lived there according to the 1891 census.

Almost the whole of Eyre Peninsula, apart from small clusters around Port Lincoln and some other small ports, was virtually uninhabited, as were the lands east of the Murray and North of Border Town.

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Food is Life is Food id Murray Support Services is presenting Fresh Food Friday every Friday of November, incorporating the messages of some health and nutrition campaigns you may have heard of, such as ‘Go for 2 and 5’, ‘Swap It’ and ‘Be Active’. Together these campaigns deliver great nutritional information and ideas on how to action them. I look forward to seeing you there and sharing with you a range of fresh food ideas. (See page 16.)

Bad eating habits stay with us for so long because they become ‘normal’. How to bring a ‘new normal’ into your diet is the tricky bit. There are no magical solutions unless you call eating less and eating right a magic trick. That is what I have to get my head around. We need information that will give us the ‘tools’ to create nutritional balance and wellbeing in our lives.

It’s all in the planning and for a plan to work you need ideas and information. I will share some ideas I have discovered for snacks; we all need them to keep our bodies fuelled to get through the day (especially kids).

There is so much that you can do with low fat yoghurt. Make a smoothie, combine the two and freeze for a refreshing snack.

Frozen yoghurt with unsweetened crushed pineapple is very refreshing. Make other

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varieties of yoghurt ‘ice-blocks’. Mix yoghurt with unsweetened orange juice (or unsweetened juice of your choice) and a fruit pulp (e.g. berries, mangoes, bananas).

A satisfying alternative for kids after school or sports.

Add low fat yoghurt to your favourite mayonnaise for a dressing or dipper. You can get low fat mayonnaise, but do you read the label to find out how much sugar there is? Quite a bit, let me tell you.

Incorporating some yoghurt lessens the volume of sugar consumed. Even adding yoghurt to shop bought dips helps and as an added bonus makes it go a lot further.

Keep it fresh and keep it handy. Have ‘ready to go’ snacks in your fridge: cucumber, celery, carrot, zucchini, radishes, cherry tomatoes, capsicum, pineapple and melon just to name a few. Easy to grab, and with a yoghurt dip ‘ready to go’. You have an easy and nutritional snack at your fingertips. A good rule of thumb is to eat a ‘rainbow’ a day. Consume foods that encompass the colours of the rainbow, this will go a long way to providing your body with the various nutrients it requires to promote wellbeing.

Make your own popcorn, it is easy. I am not talking about the microwave ready

packs, sorry. Popping corn is inexpensive to buy. Use an air popper without lashings of butter, a little for flavour is all you need.

Toss in 1-2 teaspoons of freshly ground spices before air popping and/or some grated Parmesan to prepared popcorn. Add some almonds and pumpkin seeds and you have yourself a very satisfying snack.

When our body is not receiving the nutrition required it signals hunger. If these signals are constantly met with a bag of chips or sweet treats it only provides a temporary solution and our bodies keep craving the nutrients and will continue to signal hunger.

Think about it. When the kids come home from school they are famished, a bag of chips is downed in record time, 20 minutes later the catch cry “I’m hungry” comes back to haunt you. Try a nutrient filled snack and hear the difference.

Any change takes effort which requires time and planning and I have discovered results don’t just fall in our laps without it.

I would love to hear from you if you too are on this discovery of wellbeing.

Happy cooking to all, Angie.

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

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Mannum Community College Wins Powerlifting Prize n behalf of Powerlifting Australia Ltd., Pam Cutjar, Manager of the Mannum Leisure Centre, presents a cheque for $500 to Bryan Wilsdon of the Mannum Community College for having the most participants in the National Schools Powerlifting Competition in 2010. Congratulations to the students, the College, and Pam for her encouragement of the sport in Mannum.

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Whistle Toot PS Marion and Mannum Dock Museum

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ollowing on from the successful school holiday cruises, the PS Marion will be used for private charter cruises until Christmas with regular workingbeeskeeping the boatlooking clean and smart.

Our family of volunteers pulled together in the early hours of Friday morning 28th of October to meet Channel Seven’s Sunrise team for a breakfast cruise on board the PS Marion. A fantastic effort by all and superb footage of Mannum and the PS Marion was shown on direct telecast.

As reported: “why would anyone go down the Danube when the Marion is in your back yard!” Well done and thanks to everyone who helped out to make this a tremendous success.

The PS Marion depends on volunteerstocrewandmaintainher,as does the Museum and Information

Centre. At the end of the year the Management Board always holds a volunteers’ picnic in recognition of the big job volunteers do to keep “the show afloat”. This year it is being held on Sunday November 27th at the Mannum Rowing Club.

The 2012 season starts on January 26th with 3 days of cruising that coincide with the Australia Day Breakfast at the Mary Ann Reserve on Sunday 29th January 2012.

Inquiries about the 2012 cruising schedule, please ring 8569 1303 or email museum@psmarion.com or visit the website www.psmarion.com For information about the current exhibition in the Arnold Gallery, see page 24.

Jenny Twigden

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New exercise machines in the Leisure Centre Cardiac room

Mannum Day Centre Mannum Day Centre is open from Mondays to Fridays except Public Holidays.

The Day Centre is available for hire by community groups for a small donation.

Please ring on 8569 0219 for more information.

WEEKLY Monday

9:30am

Knitting Group. Bring your craft along and join in!

Tea/coffee provided. For $6, stay for a cooked lunch.

Tuesday 9am-10:30am Mannum Weight Watchers.  Rhonda 8569 1123.

Tuesday 10am-2:30pm Social Day. Bingo in morning and games in afternoon.

Cost $6 for the day which includes cooked lunch.

Tuesday * 6:00pm Yoga. (*Except during school holidays.)  Monica Martin 0488 133 625.

Thurs/Friday * 10:00am Scrabble Day. (*Alternating Thursday/Friday. Dates change so please ring to confirm times.) Come and enjoy a relaxed game of Scrabble. Cost $2 for the morning or $6 for a cooked lunch MONTHLY 2nd Monday 1:30pm Mannum Red Cross 1st Wednesday 7:00pm Wellbeing Nucleus Discussion Group. Evolved from Meditation, Pastoral Care, Enneagram, Art & Soul Groups.

2nd & 4th Wed 11am-2pm Men’s Group. Socialisation and companionship. $6 for centre based activities including a cooked lunch. Outings are held on a regular basis. Costs may vary on these days.

3rd Wednesday 1:30-3pm Card Afternoon. Bring your cards and participate in a friendly relaxed game of 500, Canasta, Bridge, Whist (the choice is yours!). Cost $2 (includes afternoon tea.)

4th Wed 6:30-9:30pm Men’s Discussion Group.  Mike McDowell 8569 2818.

Open Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 12pm to 3pm Call Meredith Dale on 8239 9800 or 0400 250 004 for information Cnr. Uplands Drive & Jaensch Road uplandsdrive.com.au

Mannum Hospital Programs  8569 0200 Audio Clinic: for appointments  1800 057 220.

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

Community Nursing Service: Murray Mallee Community Health Service  8535 6800.

Purchase of Crutches: visit the hospital or  8569 0200.

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

Meals on Wheels: Doctor’s referral necessary.

Optometrist: For an appointment  8569 0200.

Physiotherapy (Private): Consulting Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Appointments  8569 0200.

Private Podiatry: Appointment to be made at the Domiciliary Care Office  8569 0240.

Mannum Medical Centre –  8569 0222 Immunisation / * IMVS Collection Centre.

Lester Howie Clinic

* Asthma Clinic / Cardiologist / Continence Clinic / Diabetic Clinic / Dietitian / * Echocardiograms / Hypertension clinic / Mental Health Clinician / Psychologists / * Physiotherapist (Public) / If you would like further information or would like to attend the Day Centre for Women’s Health Clinic activities and need transport, please contact Louise Haby, Mannum Day * Doctor’s referral required Centre Coordinator (8569 0219) Page 20 Mannum Mag Issue Number 63

A Childhood in Adelaide Life in the 30s and 40s enjoyed Linda Hunter’s story of her childhood in England in the last Mannum Mag. Here is my story.

I was born in the Baby Factory, Queen Victoria Hospital, Rose Park, Adelaide in 1932. The first place I remember living in was in Wright Street. We lived behind a newsagent and my Dad worked for him delivering newspapers.

The shop was on the corner of the lane and in the lane was the West End Baptist Mission. My Dad was a lapsed Muslim and my Mum was a lapsed Catholic and they sent me and my two sisters to the Sunday School there to give themselves a break. They told us not to believe too much of what we were told but to remember that there would be a Christmas tree at the end of the year and we would get presents.

I remember being taken to school for the first time when I was four years old. I was carried on Dad’s shoulder to Sturt Street Primary School with me screaming and crying “I don’t want to go.” Dad lied about my age and when they found out I was kept in Grade 1 for two years. And so my prison sentence began.

Before school began we assembled in class groups, standing to attention in military fashion. The Headmaster, Herbie Obourne, a retired Army officer and martinet, would often stand on the podium in the schoolyard and tell of the wonders of the British Empire and how to be proud to be British, the word Australian was rarely used. When he’d finished his spiel we would all march into school to the beat of drums. Friday was a special day when the school drum and fife band would perform, dressed in red jackets and black trousers with a stripe down the leg and pillbox hats. One of the favourite tunes was “Colonel Bogie” (the theme of the much later film “The Bridge on the River Kwai”).

Ours was a poor area, half the kids had no shoes or socks because their families could not afford them. All the boys wore short pants with a little hole with a flap for a fly, zips were unknown and buttons were expensive. My pants were lined with calico and nobody wore underpants. I was one of the lucky ones - I wore school boots and socks. In my class there were various

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nationalities including Italian, Greek and Aboriginal kids and we were unaware of racial differences.

Every lunchtime in the boys’ yard we played games. One was to draw a 1 foot square near a wall, five bottle tops were in this square and we’d throw a tennis ball, hoping to knock out the bottle tops, then continuing to bounce the ball against the wall and back to the thrower. We would gamble using marbles as rewards.

Marbles was also a favourite game. A one foot circle was drawn and a line a few paces back and your opponent had to knock your marble out of the ring with his marble.

Winner takes all.

Another highly illegal game was to have a peeing competition in the toilet (then known as the lav) to see how far up the wall we could wet. I remember getting six handers (whacks of the hand with a cane) after a teacher came and caught us competing.

I don’t remember a child ever arriving at school with their parents. We all walked from a radius of about half a mile unaccompanied and went home the same way. There were no motorcars or bikes owned in this poor area then.

In 1939 my Dad volunteered for the Army and went off to War. I was seven. About that time we shifted to Gouger Street. My Mum had an income from the government for the first time in her life as Dad was serving in the Army. We moved into rooms behind a shop that was a Lending Library. It was owned by an old gentleman who charged a penny to change a book.

On the way to school we’d walk via Whitmore Square and when the Japanese came into the war it was completely covered with slit trenches for the people to shelter in, in the event of an attack. After school we’d play there, throwing small clods of dirt at each other and pretending we were soldiers.

There were two shops near the school - a fish shop and a lolly shop. The fish shop sold fish and chips only and most kids bought a penn’orth of chips for lunch or a pie from the lolly shop. Sometimes we took a sandwich from home if Mum was broke. For a time the Church of England near Whitmore Square supplied penny dinners in the Church Hall;

every day it was a plate of mince stew with a piece of bread and butter. It was a welcome change from a bread and dripping sandwich.

Sometimes we would go to the cemetery in West Terrace during the lunch break and try to find the oldest grave. One of my friends was killed when a cross he was swinging on fell on him.

A good friend in early Primary School was Georgie Callaghan, who later died after scratching a measles rash which gave him blood poisoning. We lived opposite each other and one day we tied a big rope across the road and tried to pull it tight if we saw a car coming. The only vehicle that came was a police Harley and sidecar. When they saw the rope they stopped and approached us. I ran inside and remember hanging on to the doorknob screaming “Don’t let them take me.”

At the age of ten or eleven I got a job selling newspapers in King William Street. I would also jump on and off trams from one stop to another to sell more. The American Forces were in Adelaide at the time and we would get cigarettes and pennies given to us by the soldiers who were very generous.

Later in the evening it was quiet in the city and you could hear the lions roaring in the Zoo. We would go to the Pie Cart around midnight after selling the (Sunday) Mail and have a pie floater and get home about 1am Sunday. Dad was overseas and Mum didn’t seem to worry that I’d come to any harm, and I didn’t. We weren’t sheltered in those days, but we survived.

Some fifty years later I went to a school reunion and I’ve never seen so many expensive cars. Sturt Street Primary produced many high achievers in professional and business fields. One I remember as a barefoot girl of Greek descent, who punched a teacher on the nose one day, became an Australian Ambassador.

These are just a few memories of my Primary School years, I hope you enjoyed them.

Dennis Kader

PS. A recently retired teacher told me that the peeing competitions still continue to this day. Boys will be boys!

Mannum Mag December 2011, Issue 64 Deadline 12:00 noon, Friday 25th November

There is no January issue Publicity for events that occur in January 2012 must appear in the December issue.

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Driven to Distraction ou probably don’t know yet, but we will soon have new road rules. The Road Traffic (Sad Gits Enabling) Amendment Act 2011 will become operational on 1 April 2012. I know because I was instrumental in drafting it. Here’s a preview.

1. The 80 km signs on Purnong Road refer to the minimum speed; not the maximum speed. This applies particularly to P platers, truckies and drivers of red cars. If you encounter a vehicle failing to comply with the minimum speed restrictions on Purnong Road, tailgate it for a couple of kilometres before overtaking it on a double centre line.

2. Gophers may be driven up the middle of busy roads provided they display sand flags.Driversofbusesandtwentytonnetruckswillsee your sandflagandgetout of your way. Gophers may also be driven on footpaths and in shops, but only if they exceed the landing speed of an Airbus A380.

3. The laws relating to push bikes remain unchanged, viz, if you ride one, continue to do as you bloody well please. Ride it on footpaths, ringing your bell to let pedestrians know that they are in your way and must move. Ride on the right hand side of the road if you prefer, or in the middle. Ride across pedestrian crossings. When you see a car in the left hand lane and signalling left, pass it on the left hand side. Leave your bike lying across the footpath outside the supermarket.Ifpeoplecan’tnegotiatetheirwaypastitwithoutfallingover,they shouldn’t be out on their own. Red traffic lights do not apply to you.

4. If you are taking your dog in your car, the best place for him is on the driver’s lap. Don’t worry about him obscuring your vision; he will tell you if there is a hazard ahead. Under the old legislation, the dogs most commonly seen on drivers’ laps were little fluffy dogs, but in order to avoid possible conflict with anti-discrimination laws, the new road rules state that it is equally fine to drive with your Irish Wolfhound or your St Bernard on your lap.

5. When proceeding along a highway at 90 kph, never pull over to allow other vehicles to pass. Let a long convoy form behind you. 90 kph is quite fast enough.

People are too impatient these days.

6. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph when, having led a convoy at 90 kph for twenty minutes, you are approaching an overtaking lane, you must accelerate rapidly and go like the wind in the overtaking lane until it ends. No doubt a couple of kamikazes will pass you on your left and give you some hand signals, but if it’s a reasonably short overtaking lane, most of the convoy will remain intact behind you.

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7. If wearing a hat whilst driving, you must proceed everywhere at 40 kph, except whilst pulling out of a parking space in front of oncoming traffic. This you must do at 80 kph. Don’t worry about approaching vehicles. They’ve got brakes.

8. If you have a P plate, you must overtake everything in sight, especially in multi storey car parks. You are full of testosterone or oestrogen or possibly both. You are full of your own importance and comfortable in the knowledge that you are the only driver on the road who knows how to do things properly. It is now compulsory to decorate your vehicle with a cerebrally amusing slogan, such as “Jet Pilot” or “Babe to Bitch in 5 seconds”. With a bit of luck, you’ll leave it all behind you if you live long enough to grow up. In the meantime, “P” to most people doesn’t mean “Perfect”; it means “Poophead”.

9. The safe stopping distance whilst travelling at 110 kph is one metre. If the vehicle in front wasn’t in your way, you wouldn’t have to tailgate it,wouldyou?

10. Whilst driving, continuously talk on your mobile phone or preferably send text messages. You have to keep in touch with all people at all times. It is the price you pay for being Painfully Important.

11. Yellowlinespaintedacrossdrivewaysmean“pleaseparkherewhileyougotothe ATM. It will save you having to walk four or five metrestoadesignated parking space”. Your time is too valuable, and think what you will be able to do with all the energy you save. If your vehicle is obstructing an ambulance or a fire truck, don’t worry. You’ll only be a couple of minutes, won’t you?

12. Laziness has now been classified as a disability. By all means park in spaces reserved for disabled drivers. If someone seriously disabled wants the space, they can wait. Ideally, they can get stuffed while they’re about it.

13. When turning a corner or changing lane, do not signal until after you have manoeuvred. This is very helpful to other drivers. Better still, do not signal at all. Someone went to a lot of trouble to fit indicators to your car; it would be a pity to wear them out and to tire yourself in so doing.

14. Always remember that exercise is bad for you. When driving in Mannum, park at the Post Office, then move your vehicle down to the supermarket and park there, then drive to the bottle shop and park there, then drive to the ATM and parkthere.Ifadesignatedspaceisn’tavailable,parkacrossadrivewayor double park.

15. When leaving a parking space in the main street, wait until an approaching vehicle is almost level with you and pull out in front of it. The driver will assume that you are a brain surgeon who has just been called to an emergency, and will forgive you. Having given the oncoming driver the opportunity to test his brakes, proceed at 30 kph. Keep well to the middle of the road.

Lorna Turner

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Someone We Have Met he desk, one of a large number located in an open office space, was pristine in its tidiness and cleanliness. A neat, tidy and empty metal waste receptacle, known in earlier, less formal times as a rubbish bin or WPB, stood empty beside the desk awaiting the day’s input.

As the time on the office clock, visible from all parts of the room, neared commencing time the occupant of the desk came near. A large cup of coffee, bought from the coffee bar on the ground floor, was placed on the left hand side of the desk. With a minimum of effort the silent computer with its ghostly screen was switched on. After a time Windows™ 7 produced its characteristic whirling dervish and the screen then assumed the colours of the screen saver with all the desktop icons appearing.

Quickly the wireless mouse was moved to select the e-mail icon. There were a large number of new messages. Again quickly a small number were selected, read and then with an added note, forwarded to other

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addresses. Examination would have shown that the messages selected related to work. The attached message always read the same. “Not a matter for this department, please expedite” and a set of initials was typed below. In more leisurely fashion the other private messages were read, in some cases forwarded, and almost always filed for further enjoyment.

A junior staff member came by pushing a trolley containing files. The member paused long enough to place several files in the lower tray of an empty two tiered tray perched on a corner of the desk.

With a sigh the files were taken out and in their turn opened, annotated and returned to the other tray of the tier. The annotation had the same message as had been typed on the forwarded e-mails.

A telephone in front of the file tray rang softly.

“Enquiries” was the answer.

There was a pause then “I’m sorry you have the wrong department, this is general

At The Office enquiries and your enquiry is specific. You will have to hang up and call again. Follow the menu through and make sure that you select the correct option.” There was another pause then, “Well no. I am sorry I cannot transfer your call. I mean if I was to do that for every call such as yours I would get no work done.” Yet another pause, “And the same to you, remember that we are always happy to be of service.”

Finally the ever present office clock showed the finishing time.

A ragged sigh could be heard from all around the office space and the sound of computers being closed down was audible.

This was followed by the sound of coffee cups being dropped into the now crowded waste bins.

After an exhausting journey in an air-conditioned bus, home was reached. Once inside a voice was raised. “Yoo-hoo, I’m home. Let’s eat out tonight; I have had an exhausting day.”

And so another hard day ended.

The Diarist

 Remember, a pat on the back is only a few centimetres from a kick in the pants.  Don’t be irreplaceable, if you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.  If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.  You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.  People are always available for work in the past tense.  Pretend that there are 59 minutes in an hour to avoid doing everything in the last minute.  Use the time you would spend redoing a task to do it right the first time.  Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.  Success is just a matter of luck, just ask any failure.

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Murray River Pilot – The Easy Life Xerxes--King of Persia While retreating from Greece aboard a Phoenician ship, a dangerous storm blew up. The ship was overloaded with Persians and it looked as though the ship would sink. Xerxes asked the pilot if there was anyway to survive and was told that the ship’s load must be lightened substantially. On hearing this, the king addressed the Persians, “It is on you that my safety depends.

Now let some of you show your regard for your king.” Many obediently threw themselves overboard and the ship, now significantly lighter, was able to reach the shore safely. Xerxes quickly ordered that the pilot of the ship be given a golden crown for preserving his life, but then also commanded his head be cut off for causing the death of so many Persians at sea.

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6 Randell Street Mannum SA 5238 P: 08 8569 2733 / 08 8569 1303 email: museum@psmarion.com

TIMELINE OF MANNUM HISTORY Free Exhibition NOW OPEN (closes 31/1/12) This exhibition was originally exhibited in 2004 for Mannum’s 150th Anniversary The timeline commences from 1854 through the years of the town’s history to the present day at the time the display was created.

Not every year is represented and not every event is accompanied by a photograph, but we would like to add to the story…

We invite you to participate - if you have any interesting material, photos, or other objects from 2004-2011 please contact the Museum or Information Centre.

We would love to display them as part of this exhibition to bring it up-to-present!

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Murray Darlings Adelaide Fun Feast

hree members of the Murray Darlings were lucky enough to attend the Adelaide Fun Feast held at West Lakes last week-end. The Lakes Resort was a sea of Red and Purple when 180 Ladies from all over Australia gathered for a week-end of Fun and Friendship. Red Hat Chapters from Perth, Broome, Darwin, R o c ki n g h a m , B r i s b a n e , Gosford, Sydney, Ballarat, Moonta Mannum and Adelaide (just to name a few) were well represented. There was also one Lady from London and one from California.

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L o c a l Ladies were able to Showcase Adelaide City, the Hills and the Barossa to our interstate visitors via organised Bus Tours complete with commentary; and the weather was perfect. One group enjoyed lunch by the beach in perfect conditions.

Groups of Ladies proudly dressed in “their colours� turn heads wherever they go, but they are mostly the happiest, friendliest group of women supporting and looking out for each other in a safe and friendly environment.

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Mid Murray Set to Dance up a Storm

PS MARION Overnight Cruises 2012

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ove IT Mid Murray is an all new fun, creative and energetic dance initiative coming to the Mid Murray local area throughout the month of November.

DesignedinconjunctionwiththeMid Murray Council and Country Arts SA, and led by professional dance instructors, Move IT will help young people learn new moves, build their personal fitness levels, increase their self esteem and help maintain a positive self image.

Mr Richard Seidel, Dance Program Manager at Country Arts SA described Move IT Mid Murray as an exciting opportunity for all those involved.

“Country Arts SA and the Mid Murray Council have worked together to produce a program which will give the young people within the local community the opportunity to explore, learn and engage through dance” said Mr Seidel.

“This program represents the beginnings of a long term relationship between Country Arts SA and the Mid Murray Council, one which will continue our commitment to engage local communities through the arts” he said.

Country Arts SA selected two professional dance instructors, Jessica Statton and Rebecca Bainger, both experienced dance teachers in regional settings, to lead the dance activity program.

Miss Statton, a qualified teacher, has danced her way around the globe, perfecting her craft and sharing it with school students across the Riverland.

Rebecca Bainger, a freelance dance teacher, began her dance career in Victor Harbor SA, where she studied everything from jazz to contemporary and now performs and makes dance works as an independent artist.

This pilot program will add value to the Council’s already successful Fun 4 YOUthprogram,whichprovidesyoung people with games and activities, including computer generated dance activities via a Wii. Move IT also complementsthe Mid Murray Council’s newly introduced OPAL initiative, targeting 0-18 year-olds to improve nutrition and increase the level of participation in physical activity within the Mid Murray area.

Bring your dancing shoes from 4:30 5:30pm. See page 27 for your nearest location.

For all enquiries and to register please contact Richard Seidel, Dance Program Manager 08 8444 4420 or 0427 007 853 or email:

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For bookings please contact: Mannum Dock Museum, 6 Randell Street, Mannum SA 5238 Tel: (08) 8569 2733 email: museum@psmarion.com Detailed itineraries available upon request or upload: www.psmarion.com

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CLASSIFIEDS

Mannum, Murray Bridge, Mt Barker, Adelaide by Bus

(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

$5 Classifieds can be up to thirty (30) words and must be PRE-PAID before your advertisement will appear, unless by prior arrangement. Advertisements over thirty words cost an extra 20 cents per extra word. Payments may be made by cheque, money order or cash.

House Sitting HOUSE SITTER, Homestead Sitter, Business Sitter available.

Retired mechanic, non drinker, non smoker.

Long term quite OK. Contact: 0432 427 540.

For Sale SHOPRIDER ROCKY 6 $1900 O.N.O. New Batteries (Cost $600).

50km before recharge. Carry Up to 180kg. Phone 8569 1370

Mannum Express Freight

Daily Service From Adelaide Daily Service From Mt Barker Daily Service From Murray Bridge • All Size Freight/Pallets • Interstate Freight • Furniture Specialist

Phone: Stuart 0433 961 023 Workshops 4.30 - 5.30pm in...

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Mon 7 November Collier Park - Hall Swan Reach Tue 8 November School Sports Stadium Truro Wed 9 November Truro Oval Complex Bowhill Mon 14 November Bowhill Community Centre Sedan Tue 15 November Sedan Hall Cadell Thu 17 November Cadell Hall Mannum Mon 21 November Mannum Leisure Centre Blanchetown Tue 22 November Blanchetown Oval Complex Nildottie Wed 23 November Nildottie Hall

www.mid-murray.sa.gov.au All times are subject to change without notice. Check website for changes.

move it mid murray Mayor Dave Burgess says: “The Mid Murray Council’s Fun4YOUth and OPAL programs have done a great job in working Country Arts SA to design the Move IT Mid Murray program from scratch and bring it to our local youth.”

move it mid murray OPAL Manager Courtney Blacker says: “It’s fantastic to see the Mid Murray Council leading the way in innovative new opportunities to engage our local youth with positive and healthy opportunities – especially in dance which is a fun way for kids to keep active – no matter where they live.”

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2011 PUBLICATION DEADLINES Friday (12 noon) For Publication in November 25 December Issue 64 January 27 February Issue 65 February 24 March Issue 66

Email: editor.mannummag@aussiebb.com.au Phone: General 8569 7392 (Lyn), 8569 1879 (Jo). Editor 8569 7304 Deliver: 71 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

NOVEMBER Mannum Timeline Exhibition Arnold Gallery Ongoing Exhibition. This exhibition was originally exhibited in 2004 for Mannum’s 150th Anniversary. Further contributions are welcome.

Free entry. See page 24.

Market/Trash’n Treasure Mannum Showgrounds Sunday 6th, 9:00am - 2:00pm Free Admission. Sites Available.

Contact: Irene Lovell Phone: 8569 2541

2nd Monday (Bimonthly)

7:30pm Neighbourhood Watch.

Leisure Centre. Coordinator Russ Dellow. Ph. 8569 2157 2

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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. Mike McDowell8569 2818.

Mannum

2011 Community Calendar DECEMBER Sedan Hall Strawberry Fete Sedan Hall Saturday 12th, BBQ tea: 6pm Father Christmas: 7pm Fete: 7:30pm Stalls, licensed bar and raffles.

Phone: 8565 2187 Mannum Christmas Tree Festival St Martins Hall Friday 25th, 9:00am - 3:00pm Registration: $10 for tree and stall. See page 12.

Contact: Berrie Skein Phone: 8569 2385 Mannum Business & Community Twilight event, Rowing Club Wednesday 23rd Contact: 8569 0100 (MMCouncil)

Mannum Christmas Pageant Randell St, Mary Ann Reserve Saturday 3rd, 6:00pm start Fireworks at 9:30pm Market/Trash’n Treasure Mannum Showgrounds Sunday 4th, 9:00am - 2:00pm Free Admission. Sites Available.

Contact: Irene Lovell Phone: 8569 2541 Mannum Sundry Sale and Auction Mannum Showgrounds Sunday 4th, 10:00am Contact: Kim Loechel Phone: 0427 054 336

Mid Murray Community Support Services Contact MMCSS for details about these special events.

39 Randell Street, 10 am - 4 pm. Ph: 8569 2129, Email: mmcss@internode.on.net

November 1st Blokes Breakfast 9am. River Bar, Mannum Community Club 4th 11th, 18th and 25th. Fresh Food Friday 1pm - 3pm in front of 71 Randell Street 17th to 24th Festive Fare 6pm - 9pm. Mannum Community College December 1st to 8th Festive Fare 6pm - 9pm. Mannum Community College 6th Blokes Breakfast 9am. River Bar, Mannum Community Club 14th Christmas Friendship Luncheon

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

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

Carols by the River Mary Ann Reserve Friday 23rd, 7:30pm - 9:30pm Carols at 8:00pm.

Bring a chair. See page 4.

Contact: Leanne Steicke JANUARY 2012 Breakfast in the Park Mary Ann Reserve Australia Day, Thursday 26th Breakfast: 7:00am - 9:00am Cost: Children $3, Adults $5 Australia Day Celebrations 9:15am Mannum Lions and Mid Murray Council: Australia Day Breakfast in the Park, Council Awards and Lions Youth awards.

Mannum Leisure Centre Opening Hours Mornings Mon to Fri: 8:00 am - 12 noon Sat: 9:00 am - 11:00 am Afternoons Reopeningat3:00pm,closingatthe end of the sporting program or activity.

Squash courts, gym, and cardio room available at all opening times.

Stadium, Clubroom and Meeting room are available for hire.

Further information: 8569 0185 Pam Cutjar, Centre Manager

Activities: Basketball, netball carpet bowls, card games, gym, tai chi, squash, tennis, soccer, roller disco, Mannum Movers exercise for the 50+ and Zumba.

Mon: 5pm to 6pm Drama Class 6pm to 9pm Mixed Netball 6:30pm Zumba Tues: 5:45pm Aerobic & Fitness Instructor Wed: 6pm to 7pm Mixed Soccer Thur: 9:30am Mannum Movers 5:45pm Aerobics 6pm to 7pm Mixed Vollyball Fri: 6pm to 8pm Roller Disco or Family Fun Night in alternate weeks

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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