Mawson Lakes Living issue 59 April 2012

Celebrate Easter at MLCC

DISCOVER HOW YOUR LIFE CAN BE TRANSFORMED BEYOND YOUR EXPECTATIONS

Easter worship times:

✝ Good Friday: 10.00am

✝ Easter Sunday: 9.00am Bacon and egg Easter breakfast;

9.30am Easter egg-hunt for children;

10.00am Easter celebration.

Why we have easter eggs at Easter

Pastor Stephen Trautwein, Mawson Lakes Community Church

We worship every Sunday @ 10.00am. EVERYONE WELCOME!

Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (which usually occurs on 21 March) in the northern hemisphere.

Easter is not the celebration of the beginning of spring. It is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Like a number of Christian symbols, the easter egg had its beginnings in the seasonal cultural pagan festivals and rituals of the northern hemisphere.

The egg is a symbol of fertility and new life and signifies the beginning of spring - the season of new life.

Christians have taken the symbolism of the egg associated with spring and applied it to the resurrection of Christ from the dead.

From the outside the egg appears dead, and yet life comes from the inside as the chicken breaks through the shell.

Christians see a tomb as the place for the dead, but the tomb of Jesus is the tomb of life. Life breaks out from the tomb of death through the resurrection of Christ.

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! (Luke 24:1-6a TNIV).

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Growing Your Business

cattered throughout Mawson Lakes are dead trees purposely left in place to provide shelter for wildlife. These are called ‘habitat trees’ and this month’s dramatic cover photograph illustrates a magnificent dead tree on the banks of Dry Creek near the Old Homestead. It was photographed by Peyham Pourbeik who has established Lakeside Photography from a home office in Mawson Lakes. See page 9.

ML is full of businesses run from home and in this issue we hear from three home-based entrepreneurs who give their tips on setting up home-based business ventures.

The message from these successful entrepreneurs is that no matter how good your business, or how extensive your expertise, people need to know about you.

Kym Turner says that many businesses don’t budget enough for marketing and then wonder why business is slow. He advises that you need to invest between 5% and 15% of your turnover in marketing. “Diversification and frequency are the key elements of marketing,” said Kym when I interviewed him. See page 11.

Mawson Lakes Living is an independently owned community magazine and website for people who live, work, study and play in Mawson Lakes. Advertising is open to any organisation with products, services or events relevant to the people of Mawson Lakes.

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Cover photo by Peyham Pourbeik - Habitat Tree Along Dry Creek (see story on page 6)

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As Elizabeth Pullen, who runs a home-based tutoring service, said at the last business womens network meeting: “People in ML like to be loyal to the locals.”

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Mawson Lakes Living COMMUNITY

Call Wally Karpiuk

In 2011 Wally was awarded Centurion Status which places him in the top 2% of Century 21 acheivers in the world. He has over 40 years experience in real estate and lives in Mawson Lakes so he knows every corner.

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The value of dead trees in Mawson Lakes

The old River Redgum (cover photo) is more than 100 years old, and although it’s best days are over, this habitat tree still offers value in its cracks, crevasses and knot holes where animals can live, breed and shelter.

Team leader of landscape design at Salisbury Council, Craig Johansen, said that Council incorporates dead trees into the landscape for their biodiversity value. “We appreciate that dead trees are of great importance to the natural environment, not waste material to be disposed of.”

as at the dog park where many remnant trees and logs are mixed in with natural vegetation to make interesting playing places for dogs.

Look and listen and you may see and hear nesting parrots, rosellas, lorikeets, galahs, sulphur crested cockatoos, small bats and even possums. The old gums are home to the laughing kookaburra. Insects, lizards and spiders live in holes and crevasses. The birds attracted to the old trees help control mosquitoes, flies and moths. Ed.

Good Dead Wood

Every part of a dead tree in every stage of its decay has value to the natural environment such as:

A place to live—many animals, including birds, bats, reptiles and possums make nests in hollow cavities and crevices in standing deadwood.

Council reduces dead trees to safe structures and lets them degrade naturally. You can see them scattered all over Mawson Lakes, sometimes as single stands or in clusters,

A food source—by attracting insects, mosses and lichens, deadwood becomes a gourmet restaurant for wildlife.

A lookout—higher branches are excellent look-outs from which wildlife such as small birds of prey, for example hawks, spot potential prey.

A communication post—birds use a high point for sunning and to show off their desirable features in the breeding season.

A soil refresher—mosses, lichens and fungi aid in the return of vital nutrients to the soil.

Habitat trees in the dog park add to the biodiversity of the natural environment and provide fun places for dogs to play.

Photo by JMike Flynn

Community Comments

Have your say

This month Living introduces Community Comments. It’s good to know what’s on your mind and this is the place to air your opinions on what’s good, what’s not and what could be better. Send your comments to the editor at office@mawsonlakesliving.info

Safer living

The streets of ML are for everyone to use, residents, family, friends, visitors and also for thoroughfare traffic. We as residents should slow down, give way, park correctly, watch out for children and the elderly, stop to move somebody else’s garbage bin left on the road after collection back onto the footpath… it’s all really not that hard. Let’s be considerate of others -

Sam Mat

Loyalty to locals

I love the new look community magazine. I always read every story and I particularly like the advertisements because whenever I can I buy local - Lizzie

Underpasses get thumbs up

I was really pleased to see that pedestrian underpasses are planned for Mawson Lakes. I rang the Council to tell them so.

Maureen Pridham

Doggie do

Dog walkers of Mawson Lakes are united in the opinion that we need dog bags and bins. Other suburbs have them, why not Mawson Lakes?

We have a higher than average dog population, yet no dog bags and too few rubbish bins.

Jacob Vanella, The Sanctuary

Garage sale aftermath

A few Saturdays ago my neighbours held a garage sale. They put cardboard boxes on street corners with “SALE” signs and arrows. It’s now some days later and the signs are still there. They are now litter on the streets. So, if you have a garage sale please clean up afterwards by removing all your posters and box signs immediately - Tania

Brett

Gray Resident, Shoalhaven

“People in Mawson Lakes have a real sense of pride in their suburb. keeps us knowledgeable about what’s going on, who are our neighbours, what business are here and the clubs and networks we can join.

Mawson Lakes community magazine & website

We keep each copy and use it when we want somewhere to eat, a solicitor, local providers, a dry cleaner or whatever . . The other day we wanted new screen doors and we found the right supplier in the community magazine.”

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Running a successful home-based business in Mawson Lakes

Home-based businesses are the fastest growing small business sector in Australia, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, a trend reflected in Mawson Lakes.

Adesire for flexible lifestyles has made home-based businesses a popular choice in ML. Lower overheads decrease the financial risk of starting up, while email and internet communication eliminate the need for a shopfront. Time saved commuting to and from work can be spent with the family or on the business. Living looks at three home-based businesses and the entrepreneurs who run them.

Julie Wasley who has been running her home business for 15 years says it takes courage to step out of your comfort zone in a salaried job and become self-employed, but for her the rewards, both financial and personal, have been very worthwhile. “I am my own boss and my business fits around my lifestyle,” she said.

When Kym Turner left the finance sector he transferred his skills to a consultancy. He advises that 5-15% of turnover should be spent on marketing, “but you have to be smart about how you do it,” he said.

Ian Lamb is in the start-up phase of a new business called Oz Bin Cleaning. His initial challenge is to build brand awareness, because he says, “no matter how good your business, it will only thrive if people know about you.” Ed.

Business: Oz Bin Cleaning

Owners: Ian and Jayne Lamb

Type of business: Mobile bin cleaning and sterilising service for residential and commercial premises.

Marketing plan: We have only been in business for 5 months so our focus is to build name recognition and earning referrals. To do this we have bright yellow vehicles displaying our business name, corporate t-shirts, we are networking, we tag garbage bins with promotional leaflets, door knock and advertise locally.

Biggest challenge: I need to structure my time carefully to fit everything in. There is so much to do to develop a new business concept.

Business wisdom: It’s not what you sell, it’s how you relate to your customers that counts.

See Oz Bin Cleaning advertisement on page 17

Things to do in setting up a home-based business

Attend to operational matters: Register your business name, know council and government regulations, especially regarding client parking. Are any approvals required? To check government licensing requirements go to http://sa.bli.net.au

Understand financial management: Get advice on tax and gst and ways to protect financial assets. Get approval from your financial lender or landlord before commencing business - some home mortgages and rental agreements prohibit business being conducted on the premises. Research insurance: Look into personal insurance, income protection, professional indemnity, public liability.

Ian and Jayne Lamb from Oz Bin Cleaning.

Kym Turner from Famous Performance Marketing.

Business: Famous Performance Marketing

Director: Kym Turner

Type of business: Sales and Marketing Consulting

Expertise : Kym has been in financial planning for 30 years. This year he set up a home office and is working full-time on a Business2Business model where he goes to the client.

Steps for self employment: Start with operational things such as registering your business name, consider tax and gst, get insurance for income protection and professional indemnity and find out how to protect your financial assets.

Marketing strategy: Do things smart. Spend your marketing $$ in the right places. To build credibility and authority write books (it’s easy online), use videos and have a good website. Advertise locally. Have lots of give-aways. Diversification and repetition are the key to effective marketing.

Business wisdom: People buy from people they know, like and trust. See advert page 23.

Business: Intimo Fashion

Director: Julie Wasley

Type of business: Direct selling in lingerie underwear and outerwear, specialising in fittings for larger ladies. “Big girls want to be beautiful too,” says Julie who divides her time between fitting women, training presentations and fashion shows.

Office: Two front rooms of Julie’s house are used as a fitting room, an office and a waiting room. “It is important to separate business from family,” she said.

Marketing strategy: Has a team of 50 women around Australia selling Intimo. “This is a people-oriented business so I talk to every one of my team every day by email or phone and I stay in touch with my customers. Constant communication is the key to my successful business.”

Business wisdom: Your attitude determines your altitude.

Consider your neighbours: Avoid complaints about clients visiting your business or the noise your business will create. Discuss your plans with your neighbours before you begin.

Establish an office: Build a home office/studio in a separate room or your garage, or hire a serviced office. Talk to Innovation House in ML about small office spaces for hire. See page 13

Manage your time: Get organised. Write a business plan with detail of your goals, opportunities, risks, budget and time constraints. Follow a to do list.

Build name awareness: Invest in a range of promotional material to let people know you exist, what you offer and where to find you. Allocate 5-15 % of your turnover to marketing. No matter how good your business, you need to constantly remind people you exist. Ed

Julie Wasley - Intimo Fashion for MLL.

Living Legend

Tireless Mawson Lakes worker, Maureen Morton, has been named a 2012 City of Salisbury Living Legend.

The annual awards, run by Salisbury Council, recognise people who are making an outstanding contribution to the community.

Maureen was recognised for her work with young people in the field of science education.

Presenting the award, Mayor Gillian Aldridge said Maureen is passionate about making young people aware of opportunities available in Science. She has been a key player in the Science at the Lakes Committee and has raised funds through Mawson Lakes Rotary Club to send students to science conferences and workshops.

Maureen has been a representative on the Mawson Lakes Community Trust Fund that

has allocated many millions of dollars to community works in ML.

On receiving the award Maureen said that she enjoys her voluntary work because it benefits so many people in the community.

“To make things happen you need to be involved on committees so that you can quietly seed ideas from which many good things can grow,” she said. Ed.

Living Legend Maureen Morton (left) with Millie Ritchie from Mawson Lakes.

What TREE is that?

London Plane Tree: Botanical name Platanus x hispanica (platanus x acerfolia))

This majestic, large tree with bright green leaves in summer and smooth patterned pale grey bark is widely used in Mawson Lakes as a shade tree. It is deciduous so it looses its leaves in winter and lets the sun shine through its bare branches.

It can reach 20 to 30 metres high and needs enough space to reach its full potential.

The tree is well-suited to ML conditions because it is tolerate of drought, wind, air pollution and heavy soil making it an ideal tree for urban landscapes. It likes a sunny position and has low water demands when established.

Flowers are red or yellow in clusters and the seed is a fuzzy rounded ball.

Water regularly when young and stake the tree, but don’t forget to remove the stakes as the tree grows. Prune when young to remove low growth and space lateral branches along one central trunk. Prune in winter.

The London Plane is planted along the streets of London to form dappled avenues. It is a hybrid of the Oriental Plane and the American Plane and can be long-lived. While the London Plane has larger leaves than the Oriental Plane, all three species can be identified by maple-like leaves, the dappled pattern left by the peeling bark of the trunk and larger branches and by the pendant ball-shaped clusters of seeds that remain after leaf fall and on through winter.

Plane trees can be seen on the corner of Parkview Drive and The Walk and along The Walk. The town centre has many examples. Ed.

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A row of juvenile Plane trees along The Walk.

Toastmasters come to ML

The Mawson Lakes Toastmasters Club has been formed and meets in The Mawson Centre on the first and third Monday of the month at 6.30pm.

If you are more comfortable communicating by email or phone than in person, or if speaking to large or small groups intimidates you, this club is your saviour.

On the other hand, if you are already skilled at talking and enjoy the stimulation of good conversation, this club is for you too.

No matter what profession you are in, good communication skills are vital for success and career progression.

In Toastmasters you’ll learn how to express and sell yourself and your ideas with poise and confidence. You’ll learn how to raise a toast

at a function, make a power presentation, give an impromptu talk, train your staff, introduce and thank a speaker and how to inspire your audience.

You’ll improve your ability to listen, understand body language and evaluate other’s ideas.

Club meetings are fast-paced and fun with word games and interesting topics. During workshops you will study and practice communication and leadership skills. You’ll learn by doing and watching other members.

For more information

contact Darrell Klar on 0407 480 067 or darrellklar.toastmaster@gmail.com

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OZ Bin Cleaning

Here is why 130 Mawson Lakes residents and businesses already choose OZ Bin Cleaning;

• We clean, sterilise, vacuum dry and deodorise bins of all sizes

• We use biodegradable products to eradicate 99% of germs and bacteria

• We leave bins smelling cherry fresh

Australia’s leading bin cleaning specialists since 2001 have arrived in Mawson Lakes 20% Saving o regular price when 6 bin cleans purchased.

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Rule of 3 by Linda Vining

WhenI was a child and my mother sent me to the shop for groceries she would ask me to remember three items. If she wanted more than three things she would write a list. That’s because she understood the rule of three.

The human brain can remember three things easily. It’s why good speeches are peppered with lists of three items: William Shakespeare in Julius Caesar called “Friends, Romans, Countrymen”. George W Bush used three F words in his election campaign – Family, Faith and Flag. In fact, he used it in nearly all of his speeches, because it is so easy to remember.

Winston Churchill in his famous speech said, “I can promise you Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears”. Yes, that’s actually a list of four, but because we remember three things best, it is usually quoted as “Blood, Sweat and Tears”.

From politics to nursery rhymes we see the rule of three in action. Think of childhood stories - Three little pigs, Three blind mice, Goldilocks and the three bears.

And have you heard the joke: There was an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman ...”

Religion refers to Father, Son and Holy Spirit and then again to Faith, Hope and Love.

Put simply, no matter what your calling, if you want to get across a message, the best way to deliver it is in a run of three.

Here are ways

to apply the Rule of 3 to your business.

Presentations

If you are going to get up and talk about your business, odds are that people will only remember three things from your presentation, so before you even start, plan your three key messages. Next time you give a talk ask yourself – if there are only three points I’d like my audience to take away, what are they? Structure your talk around the 3 key messages and illustrate each point.

Advertising

Lists of three are particularly useful in advertising. Think of some memorable jingles: A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play” or the very effective sunscreen slogan: “Slip, Slap, Slop.”When preparing your ads list three benefits – no more

Pics and Bullets

When taking promotional photographs limit the composition to three people per pic. If you are using bullet points stick to the magic number. It’s easy for the eye to take in and easy for the brain to recall.

D r Linda Vining is an award-winning, international specialist in marketing. She has written many books and articles on marketing and run courses and conferences. She will be the guest speaker at Mawson Lakes Rotary Club on 10 April talking about “3

To book a place contact: maureen.morton@lifestylesa.net.au

things that bind a community”.

3 things that bind a community

by Lynette Eggins Design

1. Inverse

7. Curt

8. Crib

9. Sentinel

10. Hinge joint

12. Remedy

13. Cask

16. Mythical bird

17. Fishing boat

18. Duty

2. Bizarre

3. Disregard

4. Wealthy

5. Nimble

6. Arithmetic operation

8. Lowest female singing voice

11. Empty

12. Freight

14. Entice

Quick Crossword 4 Active Brains

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Puzzle by Puzzle Choice

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Day & Night in Mawson Lakes

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Photos by Janet Coelho

ML Representative in Federal Parliament

Following a review of the electoral boundaries, Mawson Lakes is now within the federal electorate of Makin making Tony Zappia the representative for Mawson Lakes in Federal Parliament.

Tony was the mayor of Salisbury from 1997 to 2007 so he knows Mawson Lakes well. He says that Mawson Lakes has 10,000 residents, 7,500 students and 5,000 workers, making an overall population of 22,500

To gauge community feeling, Tony has been canvassing public opinion from local residents in street corner meetings. Topics raised included the National Curriculum in education, Afghanistan, Parafield Airport (here to stay) and the cost of utilities.

If you missed his visit and have any issues you would like to discuss call his office on 8265 3100 Ed.

Tony Zappia , Federal MP for Makin (centre) at a street corner meeting talking with Mary Fraser, Eileen Jayne, Margaret and Colin Taylor, John Percy and Anthony Leverenze

Smartphones are an integral part of people’s daily lives. Now more than ever, consumers regularly use their phones to seek and act on information.

One half of all searches are performed on smartphones and in 2013 more smartphones will connect to the internet than computers. Research tells us that 95% of smartphone users look for local information.

93% of smartphone owners use their devices while at home.

People on mobile devices (Smartphones/ Ipads/Tablets) are 3 times more likely to buy than people on desktop computers!

Ever tried to visit your own website from a smartphone?

82% of business websites are not optimized for mobile phones.

Many websites use Flash, others are hard to navigate on a small screen, and some take a while to load. In serious cases, websites may not load at all.

With more people searching the web from their mobile devices, it’s never been more important to ensure your website represents your business professionally when it matters most.

‘I’m a Mawson Lakes resident who wants to address this problem through my new marketing and web design company in Mawson Lakes. We are offering a 50% discount on websites for the first 10 clients this month!

Weekends in Mawson Lakes

Weekends in Mawson Lakes are a hive of activity on the sporting fields, in the community centres, in the parks and gardens and on the social scene. Living captures people enjoying their free time.

Rubens Fernandes living up to his New Year’s resolution to get fit.

Golf competition at The Palms Mawson Lakes Golf Club: Brett Strickland, Shane Harrison, Tony Bean and Peter Thomson.

Sam (12) and Meik (10) with fishing on their minds.

Andrew Plumridge representing the Mawson Lakes Soccer Club on the home field.

Donna Bowen at her garage sale talking to Christina and Duan Luchun who have recently moved into Mawson Lakes.

Weekends in Mawson Lakes

Weekends in Mawson Lakes are a hive of activity on the sporting fields, in the community centre, in the parks and gardens and on the social scene. Living captures people enjoying their free time.

Cake makers Rebecca Dow and Amanda Shiell exhibit one of their wedding cakes at the bridal

Eighty people participated in Clean Up Australia Day in Mawson Lakes including State MP Susan Close and resident Lycia Kerh.

Clean Up Australia Day: Environment Watch Volunteers Chris and Lesley Stanton with ML resident Long Hoa from the Vietnamese Buddhists Youth Association.

Local florists Kerry Trotter and Julie Wyatt display their designs at the bridal expo at ML.

expo at Mawson Lakes.

Dad Tim Stanley with Nicholas (7) and Cameron (12) visit the Mawson Lakes Library.

Josslyn Taylor and Martin Francis at the site of Biodiversity Reserve at The Bridges.

iving iving L L

Closing Date for entries 4pm 12 June 2012

Photographic Competition & Exhibition

See Mawson Lakes through new eyes at this community event with a focus on photography.

Opening & Presentation of Awards 6:30pm Sat 21 July 2012

Public Exhibition & Workshops Sun 22 July 2012 at The Denison Centre, Garden Terrace, Mawson Lakes.

See Mawson Lakes through new eyes at this community event with a focus on photography. Information and entry form at www.mawsonlakesliving.info

Photo by Peyam Pourbeik

Photo by Miichael Flynn

Photo by Lynette Eggins

Photo by Katarina Husakova

Space Tourist

Mawson Lakes residents are well placed to view the cosmos. We have the Adelaide Planetarium right on our doorstep. But what if you want to get up close and personal with space, to look down and see our blue/green planet from on-high.

For just US$200,000 you can book a flight on Virgin Galactics, “Spaceship Two” that will take you on a suborbital flight to 100km above earth.

But if the high “g” forces, the price, and the risk of sitting on tonnes of explosives and riding a rocket into space don’t appeal to you then you will be pleased to hear there is another way.

Spanish company “Zero2Infinity” plans to take people into near-space in 2013 for just $145,000 in a high altitude balloon with a pressurised capsule. The balloon will only take you to 34km above earth, not the

100km of the Virigin Rocket, but the company’s founder says he feels the defining experience of space travel isn’t the vomiting, the weightlessness or the g-forces. Rather it’s the “overview effect” – the blissful sense of connection that astronauts report after gazing down at our blue planet from above.

For more info www.inbloon.com

Source: New Scientist Dec 2011 #2844

Stay Active for Life

New Heartmoves program starting in April at

When: Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 9.00 am

Cost: $6 per session

Where: FlexiFitness, Shop 1-2, 5 Goodall Parade, Mawson Lakes SA 5095

Contact: 8359 5390 or info@flexifitness.com.au

Heartmoves is a low impact fitness program suitable for everyone. Accredited exercise professionals will provide a safe, low to moderate tailored physical activity program that will help you achieve a healthier lifestyle, continue exercise after rehabilitation and meet new people in a supportive environment. www.heartfoundation.org.au/heartmoves

Bloon space pod (above) Virgin Galactics, Spaceship Two (left)

Dogs Onlne by Nigella

Everybody is on the internet these days so it’s not surprising that the dogs of Mawson Lakes have some cyber space too. Yes, I have a facebook profile and a blog, so my family and friends can hear what I’m up to, who I’ve met and some of my naughty antics.

Ohyes, I do get up to mischief . . . particularly when the family goes out and leaves me home alone. It’s sooo boring, but you’d be surprised how high I can reach and how low I can go.

Poor Mummy nearly expired the day she came home and found I’d eaten her Valentine’s chocolate heart. It was on her desk and I devised a clever way to reach it.

This resulted in a very serious talk from Mummy about the dangers of dogs eating chocolate. Mummy is a former teacher and you’d swear she was disciplining an errant pupil. All I could do was hang my head in shame. She said very seriously, “Nigella, we need a relationship built on trust.” It gave me something to think about in the sin-bin (the laundry).

Courtesy of the internet, the family gets to hear of my every indiscretion. I’m not sure this is a good thing. Happily, they also hear about the funny things that happen to me, like the time we were camping in the Blue Mountains and I was chewing on a delicious bone when a magpie swooped down and stole my treat. How rude!

You can see my blog at nigella-maltese. blogspot.com.au. where you’ll find lots of pictures of my canine friends in ML.

Pictured on this page is my intelligent friend Oscar, who is a master of the internet. He has the job of photo editor for his owner, photographer Janet Coelho. He advises on the best photos for the Adelaide Pet Photo website. I think he does a fantastic job. Take a look for yourself at www.adelaidepetphotos.com.au

Mummy and I love to watch dog videos on YouTube and laugh at doggie tricks. One of our favourites is Ashwyn the German Coolie. He is learning to dance and is just starting to participate in dog dancing competitions. Ash is fast, smart and ever so talkative. He barks whenever he performs a good deed, just to let everybody know! Google Ashwyn the german coolie.

Other local dogs are on YouTube too. How we laugh at Roxy playing in Dry Creek with his rascal buddies, especially the splash’n’play when they find a BIG stick in the water. This video is set to the music ‘Who let the dogs out’ and it’s rollicking good fun. See ‘Who let the dogs out by 777KittyKat’

Some dogs are particularly camera-clever and photogenic. Take Koko the West Australian kelpie who is the canine lead in the movie Red Dog. He recently won a prestigious award in Hollywood for his acting ability. His acceptance speech is on YouTube.

And don’t miss Red Dog’s screen test for the movie. It’s brilliant.

Photo by Janet Coelho

Photo by Janet Coelho

Dread

The Dentist? If So, This Could Be For You!

If you suffer from sweaty palms or sleepless nights at the prospect of dental treatment, you are not alone.

Dental phobia and anxiety often prevent patients from seeking necessary treatment, leading to pain, increased cost and loss of teeth.

North Adelaide Dental Care understands this and has been providing high quality dental treatment in a non-threatening manner, with the latest equipment and materials available for the last 30 years.

Intravenous sedation is administered by a fully qualified anaesthetist and recovery overseen by a registered nurse, within the rooms, whilst general anaesthetic procedures are undertaken at a local hospital.

This is ideal for patients who have a strong gag reflex; have medical issues that prevent standard dental care; have dental phobia; or require extensive treatment and want it completed in the minimum number of visits possible.

New parking restrictions in ML

New parking restrictions are being placed on some streets in the town centre of Mawson Lakes in an attempt to alleviate parking problems for shop owners and local residents.

Shopkeepers are concerned that their businesses are being bypassed because customers cannot park and run in.

Ray Cutting, traffic manager at the City of Salisbury Council, said that areas where shops have a fast turn around will have a half hour restriction erected outside their shops to allow patrons to park and pick up. Streets affected include Hurtle, Goodall, Metro, Main and Light Common.

While shorter parking limits will apply to some parking bays, others will continue to have a 2 hour limit.

“We are trialling a mixture of parking

conditions in order to reduce problems for some shopkeepers while allowing sufficient time for customers to engage in longer services,” said Mr Cutting. Notices will advise the changes, so be careful to read the parking signs and make sure you are within the parking limits as traffic inspectors will be monitoring the area. Ed.

Pet care with Dr Brendan Dogs of the month

Easter is nearly upon us, and with Easter comes a hidden danger for our pets: chocolate.

Most pet owners are aware that chocolate is toxic to dogs, and the darker the chocolate, the higher the risk: 25 grams of dark chocolate can produce severe tummy upsets in a 5kg dog, and just three times as much can be fatal. However, prompt treatment usually will avoid such a tragic outcome.

Bella

Right, Darryl ?

Less well known is the fact that lilies are acutely toxic to cats. All parts (flowers, leaves, even pollen) are toxic by ingestion (eating). Unfortunately signs are late in onset and related to kidney damage, which is irreversible and can be fatal. Early treatment is essential, so if your cat has chewed any part of a lily, see the vet urgently. So keep your pets safe this Easter: keep the flowers out of reach and the chocolate for yourself!

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Born to run. Harley loves a long, hard jog with his dad Tony.

Bike-trotting Igby the Beagle runs 3 to 4 km each day with Peter.

may look sweet and pliable but she’s the BOSS.

Lilo a Maine Coon, the largest domestic cat breed in the world. I’m a friend of Nigella.

The Denison Centre

Situated between Mawson Lakes School and Mobara Park is The Denison Centre, a facility for community, learning and leisure.

The modern, attractive building is surrounded by parkland and framed by hardy, low-growing Knock-Out rose bushes.

The versatile space consists of a hall, two community rooms called the Mobara Rooms, a kitchen and a foyer.

The Centre has accommodated some exciting community events, including the annual Japanese Festival held in October, several handmade markets and the Festival of Dance in March. See story page 36.

In July this year it will be the venue for the Mawson Lakes Photographic Exhibition on 21 and 22 July . See page 26.

On 9 September it will be a central location for the community event, Dogs Day Out (more about this in upcoming issues).

When set up as a gymnasium, the hall can be used for basketball, volleyball, badminton, netball and martial arts.

Opened in 2011, funding to build the Centre came from the Australian Government ($3 million) and the Mawson Lakes Community Trust Fund ($1.1 million).

Mawson Lakes School manages The Denison Centre and the management committee is composed of the school principal plus representatives from the City of Salisbury, the school’s governing council and a community representative.

The hall is for school use between 8am-5pm. It is available for community use at other times, including evenings and weekends, along with the Mobara meeting rooms.

Bookings are necessary and hire charges apply. For bookings and further information contact 8260 1681

Japanese Festival in The Denison Centre in October.

Active Brains

KENKEN® is a new mind game invented by a Japanese man Tetsuya Miyamoto. In Japanese “Ken” means wisdom, so “KENKEN” is wisdom squared.

For more info go to www.kenken.com

The rules are simple:

 For a 3x3 puzzle, each row and each column must have the numbers 1-3.

 For a 4x4 puzzle, each row and each column must have the numbers 1-4.

 Do not repeat a number in any row or column.

 The numbers in each heavily outlined set of squares, called cages, must combine (in any order) to produce the target number in the top corner of the cage using the mathematical operation indicated.

 Cages with just one box should be filled in with the target number in the top corner.

This puzzle is at Master’s Level Solution on page 43.

National Year of Reading 2012

Nearly half the population struggles without the literacy skills to meet the most basic demands of everyday life and work. There are 46% of Australians who can’t read newspapers, follow a recipe, make sense of timetables or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.

A campaign called the National Year of Reading 2012 is designed to encourage people to read books and use their local libraries.

Get a copy of the Good Reading

Magazine (pictured) available from the Mawson Lakes Library in Main Street (opposite the lake). The magazine showcases new books, including children’s books, has book reviews, stories about writers, who’s reading what . . . and more.

If the Mawson Lakes Library does not have the book you want, the librarian may be able to get it in for you via an inter-library loan. Just ask. Ed.

WHEEL of WORDS

How many words can you make from these letters? Words must contain 4 or more letters. There is one nine-letter word. Each letter may be used once only. No plurals. Each word must contain the centre letter.

Solution page 43.

E K P H E N D E C

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Dealing with Stress in Year 12

Year twelve. The mere words can send high school students into a fit of depression with thoughts on never-ending assignments, constant study, and, of course, end of year exams in November.

Year 12 can be the most stressful period of a student’s schooling time, however, according to Marni Harding, the Endeavour College Student Counsellor, there are ways to deal with the stress.

Ms Harding believes that monitoring stress levels is the best way to work on reducing them. “I’d really encourage Year 12 students to value their health and wellbeing and monitor that. Sometimes when you get busy with school work, part-time jobs, and sporting and social commitments, you don’t pay a lot of attention to your physical health and your emotional wellbeing,” she said.

She adds that parents and friends of Year 12 students should be able to tell if the student is stressed. “There are a number of physical symptoms that might come up, like people becoming run down, tummy aches, headaches, and also feeling overwhelmed or anxious,” said Ms Harding.

“Parents need to understand that it is a stressful time and there is a lot of pressure on students to achieve a high tertiary entrance score. It’s important that parents encourage young people to seek help either at home, at school, or through other people. We’ve got to be proactive in how we deal with stress,” she said.

With support, honesty, and guidance, there are ways that end-of-school stress can be dealt with, and as a result, students can work to achieve their true potential.

Aimée Thomson - Living Youth Writer

Aimee is a Year 12 student at Endeavour College, Mawson Lakes

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Festival of Dance at Mawson Lakes

Glamorous dancers in colourful sequinned costumes twirled around the floor at The Denison Centre in March at the Australian Festival of Dance organised by the Australian Dancing Society of SA. Chairperson of the society, Oryst Tkacz who is a resident of Mawson Lakes, said this was the first time in Australia that a variety program had been held that combined a ballroom dancing competition, social dancing, showcase performances from professional dancers and performances from school students.

“We wanted to appeal to a wide crosssection of people and herald a new enthusiasm for dance sport and this event has been very successful,” he said pointing to a capacity crowd in the hall.

Oryst and his wife Janet have been dance partners for 19 years and have danced competitively in many parts of the world. They moved to Mawson Lakes 9 months ago and were out walking their dog when they came upon The Denison Centre. As they peered in through the windows, their thoughts turned to a colourful community dance event.

“The Festival of Dance has been so successful that it was beyond our expectations, and we would like to stage another dance event in Mawson Lakes later in the year,” said Oryst.

Oryst and Janet Tkacz, organisers of the Festival of Dance held at The Denison Centre.

Why Pay Salon Prices

April’s birthstone is remarkably simple in composition, yet stunning in its unique ability to reflect and refract light into vivid flashes of brilliant color. The ancient Hindus called the Diamond “Vajra,” meaning lightening, both because of the sparks of light thrown off by this gem as well as its invincible strength.

The Diamond is harder than any other substance on earth.

Formed deep within the earth where there is intense heat and pressure, Diamonds are simply crystallized carbon. Volcanic activity of centuries ago brought these gemstones to the earth’s surface, where they are found either within volcanic rock formations or washed out into rivers. India is thought to be the first river-bed source of Diamond mining, but today these gemstones are found primarily in Australia, the Soviet Union, and Africa.

A gift of a Diamond is symbolic of everlasting love. There is no more convincing a promise of an enduring relationship than the brilliant gemstone that has endured in people’s hearts throughout the ages.

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Garage sales in ML

Every weekend in Mawson Lakes there’s a garage sale, or two or three . . .

Maria Jenkins (pictured) who has run several, said garage sales don’t make much money but they are a great way to clean out the house. “To us it’s disused junk, but to other people it’s treasure.”

In Maria’s experience the big items go first and the most popular items are kitchen ware and electrical items, “as long as you can demonstrate they are in working order.”

Different garage sales have different themes. There are children-growing-up sales, surplus stock from businesses such as a cosmetics sale I came upon with boxes and boxes of cheap makeup, plant and pot sales and moving house sales.

For Christie Hill, children’s things sell well. “We live in a small house and as my daughter grows we clear out one age to make room for the next.”

Maria says her tips for a successful garage sale are to be well organised, put things into categories and lay items out in a neat and tidy way. She makes sure the goods are clean and tested so that everything works. “People like to know prices so put a label on everything. Have lots of change in a bag around your waist. Be prepared to sell at a cheap price and to negotiate, because people come to a garage sale for a cheap bargain.”

“The weather plays a major role in the success of a garage sale,” said Maria.“People don’t come out in the rain or on very hot days.”

To attract a crowd get up early and put signs around the district, (remember to remove them afterwards) and don’t forget to put a free announcement in the community magazine.

On one point all garage sale holders agree – it’s one of the best ways to meet the neighbours. Ed.

Above: Christie Hill and Maddison clean out the house at their garage sale

Below: Maria Jenkins lays everything out neatly.

Delivery of Mawson Lakes Living

Ittakes a lot of time, costs a lot of money and involves many people to produce and deliver Mawson Lakes Living every month.

One of the big challenges is to get the free magazine to every letterbox in Mawson Lakes, so I am grateful to the following volunteers who deliver the magazine in their local areas: Michael and Christine Flynn, Kerry and Sarah Henderson, Michael Holtby, Meredith Ireland, Cheryl and Mark Jaeschke, Terry Richards, Colin and Margaret Taylor and Viv Ward and her dog Tessa (pictured left)

Each of these people has a strong sense of commitment to the local community and works behind the scenes in many ways to make Mawson Lakes a safe and beautiful place.

A contractor delivers to areas not covered by volunteers. If you do not receive a copy, or would like additional copies, collect from the Living office at 43 Parkview Drive. Ph 8260 7077 Ed.

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Samatha Schroader, Manager Mawson Lakes

Recipes

Coloured Eggs

An easy way to make colourful boiled eggs that kids love. These are a favourite for Easter.

Ingredients:

Food colouring in various colours

Eggs and white vinegar

To make:

1 In a saucepan, add sufficient water to cover the eggs by 2cm.

2 Add 1 tsp of white vinegar and 2 tsp of your favourite food colour.

3 Boil the eggs as you would ordinarily do, without cracking the shell.

4 Remove from colour and dry on an absorbent towel.

Your coloured eggs are ready to crack and eat. Serve with slices of buttered toast.

Sage herb

Garden Sage - (Common) (Salvia officinalis)

Sage is a beautiful, silvery herb. It is believed that sage helps to stimulate the brain, increasing memory, concentration and reasoning. This is how the term sage came to mean “wise person”. Sage has also been known to whiten teeth, using it as a mouthwash to kill bacteria. In parts of India, sage is used as a herbal toothbrush.

Sage has a sharp, spicy scent that goes well with thyme, lemon and pine. The strong flavour goes a long way, so not much is needed for cooking. Another benefit is that it is a digestive aid as well as an antioxidant when ingested because it relaxes muscles in the digestive tract. As sage dries, the flavour intensifies and can act as a preservativedefinitely a herb you can feel good about.

Roast chicken with lemon, dried cranberry and pistachio stuffing

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken

2 tbsp butter

1 onion, diced

3 tbsp pistachio nuts, roughly chopped

Loaf stale white bread, pulsed into crumbs

3 tbsp dried cranberries

Bunch sage, finely chopped

Lemon, zest

Salt and pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp sweet paprika

To make:

1 Pre-heat oven to 180°C.

2 Melt butter in a sauce pan, add onions and sauté on medium heat for 1-2 minutes, add pistachio nuts and sauté a further minute before adding the crumbs, lemon zest, cranberries and sage, season with salt and pepper, stir well and set aside.

3 Rinse chicken under cold water and dry with a kitchen towel.

4 Season the inside of the chicken with salt and pepper, a sprinkle of paprika, rub the outside with oil and season with salt, pepper and paprika.

5 Gently separate the skin from the breast at the cavity end of the chicken (not the neck end). Place the stuffing under the skin.

6 Fill chicken with remaining stuffing.

7 Place onto a baking tray and roast for about 1 hour or until golden and cooked. Serve with roast vegetable salad.

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Mawson Lakes Safe Community Network

he Mawson Lakes Safe Community Network (MLSCN) was established 5 years ago by Delfin Lend Lease to work collaboratively with other key stakeholders to further support the development of safety promotion and injury prevention.

The network is a coalition of volunteers from the Mawson Lakes community including the University of SA, Endeavour College, Mawson Lakes School, SA Police, the Australian Safe Communities Foundation, local businesses and residents.

In December 2010, Mawson Lakes became the 2nd community in South Australia and 226th in the world to be designated as an International Safe Community by the World Health Organisation’s Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion in Sweden.

This year the MLSCN is focusing on a new communication strategy to keep the community informed about important issues to do with injury prevention and community

Tsafety. This includes the promotion of SAPOL’s new e-Watch program and the use of injury and crime data to inform and improve preventative programs in the community. Secretary of MLSCN, Alan Peucker, said the network aims to engage more with the community, businesses and other organisations.

The Mawson Lakes Safe Community Network meets on the third Thursday of each month from 1.00 – 2.00pm in The Mawson Centre. Meetings are open to anyone in the community and people are most welcome to join the group.

For more information or if you can help in anyway, contact: Alan Peucker on 0432 336 955.

Local Swimming Champ

Aaron Cho from Mawson Lakes is a Year 9 student and champion swimmer at Endeavour College. At the Secondary School Sport SA Swimming Carnival he received a standard for his swim in the Boys U14 50m Breaststroke. Congratulations Aaron.

Alan Peucker (left) has been appointed Executive Officer of the Australian Safe Communities Foundation. He is secretary of the Mawson Lakes Safe Community Network.

Community Groups in Mawson Lakes

Community groups are listed here free of charge. If you are a community group (run by volunteers) and would like to list your contact details, send an email to office@mawsonlakesliving.info (90-100 characters- including spaces)

Football Club Players, sponsors & volunteer support required and welcome. Training Tues & Thurs 6:15pm Mawson Lakes Hotel Oval. Geoff - 0410 412 281 www.mawsonlakesfc.com.au

Muslim Ladies Morning

Join us for hadith readings and stories, Phone or SMS Nadiya on 0416 759 984

Community Church Sundays 10:00am

Endeavour College, 85 Mawson Lakes Boulevard. Contact Stephen - 0403 007 156 or 8162 5108 or www.mlcc.org.au

Significance Church Sundays 10:00am The Theatre, GP Building UniSA off Mawson Lakes Boulevard Pastors Wayne & Virginia Harrison 0412 802 865 www.significancechurch.com.au

Mawson Lakes Hotel Social Club Meet new friends, regular social functions, discounts, weekly members draw & meat raffles $20 annual fee.

Enq Amanda 0430 196 637

New Parent Group meets every 2nd Monday in the Mawson Lakes Children’s Library from 10am during school terms. For information phone Bec

Feltus 0422 425 967

Caption Winner (March)

“Should have used 30+ sunscreen !” Mr R Franceschini wins a gift voucher donated by Relections of India.

Wheel of Words Solution

cede, cheek, cheeked, cheep, cheeped, deck, deep, deepen, eked, epee, heck, heed, hence, henpeck, keen, keened, keep, knee, kneed, neck, necked, need, neep, peck, pecked, peek, peeked, peen, pend, HENPECKED

Mawson Lakes Safe Community Network

Meets third Thursday of the month in The Mawson Centre from 1.00 - 2.00pm. Community welcome. Contact Alan Peucker - 0432 336 955 alan.peucker@bigpond.com

Quilting Friends Meet alternate Mondays 6pm-9pm & 2nd Sat each month 10am-5pm - The Mawson Centre BYO quilting/patchwork project. Enq Clare - 8367 6918 or rosecm@tpg.com.au

Life Church 5:00pm every 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month. The Denison Centre, Mawson Lakes School. Contact Nick - 8284 3861 or www.lifechurchsa.org.au

Crossroads Community Church Sundays

10:30am The Denison Centre, Mawson Lakes School, Garden Terrace, Mawson Lakes. Anthony - 8258 3179 or 0425 874 240 www.wesleyancrossroads.org

Mawson Lakes Girl Guides contact Girl Guides SA on 8418 0900 or email kerry.henderson@internode.on.net

Cricket Club Four one-day senior turf teams, senior players wanted. Training every Wed 4:30pm. Contact Anton - 0412 394 592

Playgroups in Mawson Lakes

Contact Fran via Ph 8162 5108 or mawsonlakesplaygroups@gmail.com or facebook.

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Crossword solution

Caption Contest

WIN!

Colouring Comp

Write a caption for this photo and win a gift voucher.

To enter send your caption, your name phone and postal address to Caption Contest Mawson Lakes Living

43 Parkview Drive, Mawson Lakes 5095 or office@mawsonlakesliving.info

Closing date for entries is 5 April 2012. See last months winning caption on page 43.

All you need to do is colour in the picture opposite, fill in your name, address and telephone number and send to:

Kid’s Colouring Competition, Mawson Lakes Living , 43 Parkview Drive, Mawson Lakes 5095

Closing date for entries is 5 April 2012. The prize is a copy of FArTHER by Grahame Baker-Smith Book supplied by Schooldaysmagazine.com

Living Book Competition ki d s

Win this book. Entering is easy - all you need to do is find 7 pictures of Hunwick hidden on the pages of the magazine. Write the page numbers, together with your name, age address & telephone number and send your entry to:

Kid’s Competition, Mawson Lakes Living , 43 Parkview Drive, Mawson Lakes 5095

Closing dates for entries is 5 April 2012

The prize for this month’s competition is a copy of

‘Hunwick’s Egg’

by Mem Fox

Illustrated by Pamela Lofts

Congratulations t o Sienna Edwards winner of the March 2012 Kids Competition. Sienna received a copy of ‘The Wheels On The Ute go Round & Round’.

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that information in this publication is accurate, Mawson Lakes Living cannot be held responsible for any ad content, including errors or omissions. We endeavour to ensure that all local information in this magazine is accurate but cannot guarantee. All artwork is accepted on the condition that permission has been given for use in the publication. All ads are accepted on the understanding that the description of goods and services are fair and accurate.

Living ki d s Colouring Competition

Introducing the new Australian Curriculum

Throughout Australia, students in the compulsory years of school (Reception to Year 10) will be following a new national curriculum developed by the Federal Government in association with teachers.

Endeavour College at Mawson Lakes has introduced the Australian Curriculum this year. Principal Heather Vogt said it offers advantages to both families and schools.

“A national standard for education will give families greater freedom to move interstate without interruption to their child’s learning. It will also establish a standard set of knowledge and skills in students moving from primary to secondary school. This will make it much easier for teachers to fill any education gaps in a student’s learning at the beginning of Year 8.”

Ms Vogt explained that in its initial stage, the new secondary curriculum sets a structure for what is to be taught in 4 core subjects - English, Maths, Science and History, from Year 8 to Year 10.

She said this does not mean that every school must read the same novel, use the same texts or go on the same excursions. Rather, the document defines topics for study and the skills that students should have developed by a certain grade.

These skills are called ‘general capabilities’ and they include measurable achievements in literacy, numeracy, computer technology, cultural understanding and critical and creative thinking.

“Under the new guidelines, teachers retain flexibility to pursue their preferred methods of teaching, arrange local excursions and use favourite and relevant texts,” said Ms Vogt.

Some changes that will occur at Endeavour College, prompted by the new curriculum, are a greater engagement with the local community through association with local organisations such as Helping Hand,

Environment Watch and Technology Park.

“These associations provide scope for student service to the community, and at the same time, provide cross curriculum learning which is recommended in the national curriculum. For example, students who visit Helping Hand can learn from older residents about life in the past (History), the changing value of money (Maths) and the language of an older generation (English),” said Ms Vogt.

Another new focus of the national curriculum relates to cultural understanding with an emphasis on the way Asian and Aboriginal people see the world, so Ms Vogt said the school is considering introducing an Asian language, in addition to German.

In the second phase of development of the national curriculum, the government will prescribe a standard for languages, geography and the arts.

Future phases will consider learning areas of health and physical education, information and communication technology, design and technology, economics, business, and civics and citizenship. Ed.

Principal of Endeavour College Heather Vogt , with students Simone Buckley and Jacob Eckermann.

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