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speed limit change our poll reveals the local backlash

Les Pearson reports: AN overwhelming number of regional road users have declared their opposition to the State government reducing the speed limit from 110km/h to 100km/h on 45 rural roads within 100 kilometres of Adelaide. Road Safety Minister, Jennifer Rankine, announced the changes on Tuesday last week, claiming the changes are coming in to reduce the state’s road toll. But thousands of people – not all local resiudents – rejected the plan in a poll conducted on the Plains Producer Facebook

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page from last Tuesday afternoon. More than 91 per cent of about 5700 voters opposed the change. Only 7.3 per cent agreed with the speed limit reduction,

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while about 1.4 per cent were left undecided. The general public is not the only ones annoyed by the decision, with local councils also feeling slightly aggrieved many were not consulted on the changes. Liberal Member for Goyder, Steven Griffiths, contacted each of the five councils in his electorate in the wake of the State government announcement. n CONTINUED PAGE 7

read what they said on our facebook poll – plus reaction from opposition mp’s – pages 6 & 7

A HUGE party will mark the opening of the Seabreeze Estate Development’s initial stages at Port Wakefield on Sunday, December 4. Graders last week built a temporary access road and car park on the future residential site, east of Port Wakefield near the golf course, in preparation for the event. Entertainment will include a live band, sausage sizzle, face painting and much more. Elders Playford special project manager, Colin Bellamy, said the event was about getting the community involved.

“It’s just a fun day for everybody,” Mr Bellamy said. “Because it is something like 90 kilometres from Adelaide, we want to make a big impact and do something different. “We’ll have the developers there, major sponsors, finance representatives, so any questions can be answered by the relevant people. “We also want to let the townsfolk what’s going to be happening. “It’s going to be a good day.” Mr Bellamy also said $150 from the sale of each block would be donated to the Little Heroes Foundation. n CONTINUED PAGE 4

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The ‘science’ of education Science is all the rage at Mallala Primary School thanks to teacher, Prue Mossman, who has recently been nominated for a prestige 2012 BHP Billiton Science teacher Award. Prue, who has been teaching at Mallala for four years, was nominated for her ability and enthusiasm to teach science in a fun and dynamic way. While trained to teach reception through to year seven, Prue teaches science to mainly the year sixes and sevens but has recently started up a Science in Schools group for all who are interested in learning hands on. “We have someone come in every week to show the kids science which happens in everyday life, and you can tell they enjoy it by the look on their faces,” Prue said. With some students asking to take the procedure home to practise, the science group has proven to be very popular with the entire school. “For a small school of just 180 students and to have 54 signed up for the group is just fantastic,” Prue said. The BHP Billiton Science Teacher Awards allows only one teacher from each state and territory to be nominated by their local Science Teachers Association (STA), and Prue was chosen to represent South Australia. “I’m very excited, I’ve filled out all the forms and now just have to wait for a phone interview,” Prue said. Prue is judged on a range of criteria which are noted in her forms, and also discussed in the interview. These

MALLALA teacher Prue Mosman with students Teliah Charnstrom, Jacob Baker and daughter Chloe. RIGHT: Anita Trenwith from Lower Light won the Eureka Award for science and maths. BELOW: Jenni Lester shows her teaching award Chief Executive Officer Credit Union SA, David White and Grace Portolesi, Minister for Education and Child Development.

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include professional knowledge practices and attributes. If Prue is successful in the interview, she will then travel to Melbourne during the BHP Billiton Science Awards Camp in February next year. She will also participate in a program that includes presenting best practice ideas and attending a celebratory dinner with other finalist teachers. “It would be a great experience to talk to other teachers in different states to compare techniques,” Prue said. One teacher will then be selected to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in May next year. n Another local teacher who has been recognised for her efforts in teaching science to special needs students, is Lower Light resident and Salisbury High science teacher, Anita Trenwith, who has been awarded this year’s Eureka Science Award. The 36-year-old has been teaching science at Salisbury High since 1998 and is part of the school’s Special Education Unit. It is her work here that earned her the top prize in the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Awards for Science or Maths teaching. A finalist last year, Anita was nominated this year by one of her school’s senior leaders, and has a real passion for the often misunderstood subject area. “I’ve always had a fascination for science,” she said. But I didn’t want to be stuck in a lab. “I’ve always had that desire to teach, so it was just logical to combine the two. “I like the fact you can work things out in science. n On World Teacher’s day, October 28, Peterborough High School music teacher, Jenni Lester, received an Early Career Teacher award from the Council of Education Association South Australia (CEASA). Jenni did her schooling in Balaklava and is the daughter of Chris and David Lester of Balaklava.

IN BRIEF

Balaklava Christmas fair

It’s starting to feel like Christmas, with the pageant in Adelaide last weekend, families putting up their trees – not to mention the town of Balaklava getting ready for the annual Christmas Fair this Saturday! Held at Balaklava town hall, the fair will run from 9am until 4pm, featuring more than 40 stalls. Organiser, Brenda Nankivell, said the day should be quite busy. “It’s a big day every year and we’re usually choc-a-block in the morning,” Brenda said. All your Christmas shopping can be done in one day, with stalls providing something for every interest including handcrafted items, plants and produce, jewellery, embroidery, scrap booking and even Harry Potter items. There’s a vintage card making demonstration and face painting for the kids. Entry is a gold coin donation.

Report into chicken meat THE Australian Chicken Meat Federation (ACMF) has published a new report providing a profile of the Australian Chicken Meat industry, fast growing in the Adelaide Plains region. The report is the first of its kind, assembling important industry data in one document. ACMF executive director, Dr Andreas Dubs, said the report provides an up-to-date description of the industry, predominantly formed in the early 1960s. The report estimates Australians spend $5.6 billion per annum on chicken meat.

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NEWS v District THEY DID IT AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR SHARON AND MANY OTHER CANCER FIGHTERS:

Behold the ‘boldaholda’ bunch

PICTURES: Terissa Smart

THE team (from left) rear Daniel Butterfield, Amy Daniels, Josh Butterfield, Kelly Leach, Carl Leach, Abbie Tiller, Leigh Wright, Rob Hoepner, Tania Butterfield, Peter Butterfield, Brooke Wood, Matt Hoepner, Jody Bretherton. Front: Sally Wilson, Dylan Wood, Amy Barr, Jacob Butterfield, Terissa Smart, Jack Smart-Angel, Tahne Beaumont, Hannah Hoepner, Vanessa Barry, and Rebecca Mahon. It was another successful weekend for Balaklava Relay For Life team, Ovasholdaboldaholdas, after raising $21,500 for the Cancer Council, doubling their target of $10,000. The relay took place last Saturday and Sunday at Clare community oval, which involved the team walking around the oval for 19 hours.

The team participated in the event in 2009, when they raised $18,500. This year, after losing their respected team captain, Sharon Hoepner, to cancer in July, the team decided to rise to the challenge once again. The group was supported by the local community, with people dropping by to walk a few laps for them, and even the Balaklava tennis team took the baton for a several laps. But the impressive fundraising total did not come without effort and the support of the community. Team member Abbie Tiller, named “Queen of the Relay” said she was “blown away by the generosity.” “Asking people to buy merchandise, chocolates, or raffle

tickets, or to donate cash or goods can be a hard task, but rarely did we hear the word ‘no’,” Abbie said. A candlelight ceremony was held on Saturday night, which showed just how hard the district has been hit, with an emotional power point presentation picturing both local cancer survivors and those who had lost their fight. “Cancer is a disease which has affected everyone is some way or another, and to some day find a cure would be a dream come true for most people,” Abbie said. Sharon Hoepner’s daughters, Hannah and Kimberley, officially opened the relay on the Saturday afternoon, with Sharon’s father, Merv Smitham, of Blyth, making a generous donation, helping the team over the $20,000 line.

PROUD of the effort (from left) Matt Hoepner, Merve Smitham (Sharon’s father), Rob and Hannah Hoepner.

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NEWS v District

Police target trucks in ‘Wakefield intercept’ YORKE and Mid North police Highway Patrol Section staged “Operation Wakefield Intercept” on the Port Wakefield Highway, north of Port Wakefield, last Thursday. The operation aimed to “enhance road safety” for both heavy and light vehicles travelling north of Adelaide to locations across the state. This operation also utilised special powers relating to Drug Transit Routes. Highway patrols from both Yorke and Mid North and Barossa police service areas worked with SAPOL’s Heavy Vehicle Enforcement Section, members of Traffic Operations Drug & Alcohol Testing Section and Dog Operations, along with patrol officers from Port Wakefield and Port Pirie. Also present were Transport Safety Officers from the Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. During a five-hour period, 118 heavy vehicles including three passenger buses and more than 120 light vehicles were stopped and screened for roadworthiness. From this, 190 drivers submitted to a roadside alcotest and 50 drivers to a drug test. No driver tested positive for alcohol. A number of drivers tested positive for prescribed drugs with one receiving a 24 hour direction not to drive after testing positive for methamphetamine. About 20 defect notices were issued with one heavy vehicle immediately grounded due to serious safety concerns. Police drug detection dogs detected a number of persons in possession of controlled substances. This resulted in eight cannabis expiation notices being issued. A further 28 expiation notices were issued to drivers for traffic infringements.

PORT WAKEFIELD

AN 18-year-old Port Wakefield woman was reported by Snowtown Police for allowing her disqualified boyfriend to drive her car. The woman knew he was disqualified from driving and therefore committed offences herself by allowing him to drive. She will be summoned to court at a later date.

MALLALA

ON Saturday, November 12, Barossa Highway Patrol reported a 19-year-old male learner motorcyclist from Gilles Plains for driving at a speed dangerous to the public and contravening the conditions of his

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6 Edith Terrace, Balaklava Enquiries: Jo May 8862 2342 or 8862 1173 Now Showing … Start setting the mood and reflecting on the beauty, peace and joy of Christmas by visiting “A Christmas Festival”, opening at the Balaklava Courthouse Gallery this Thursday November 17 and running until Sunday December 18. Local community groups, schools, churches and businesses have been invited to exhibit a decorated Christmas tree or space incorporating their ideals, ethos and field, and to spread some cheer to their nominated charity at the same time. Visitors to “A Christmas Festival” are invited to vote with a gold coin for their favourite display, with proceeds going to the exhibitor’s charity of choice. Do call in to the Gallery to enjoy the Gallery’s final exhibition for 2011 - share the Christmas spirit and celebrate what promises to be a charming and very individual expression of Christmas! Christmas Shopping at the Gallery The Gallery’s Gift Shop is brimming with affordable handcrafted gifts – deliciously perfumed aromatherapy candles and soaps, our famous ironing board covers in beautiful fabrics, pretty fabric hairclips and handcrafted jewellery for little girls (and older ones!), useful and compact mirrors for your handbag, whimsical wooden angel bears and unique Christmas decorations – something for almost everyone. Call in to start your Christmas shopping and to share the festive season at your local community Gallery! Supervisors’ “Thank You” Tea Gallery supervisors are reminded that a special “Thank You” tea will be held at the Gallery on Thursday December 8th at 6pm. The Curators and Committee look forward to seeing all those who have helped with Gallery in 2011 and to welcoming those 15 or so wonderful new supervisors who responded to the Gallery’s recent call for help. We acknowledge the great contribution made by the more than 50 volunteers who help keep the Gallery open for all to enjoy. Thank you all so much!

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DISTRICT POLICE NEWS

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CRIME STOPPERS 1800 333 000 n CALL 131 444 outside business hours or 000 in an emergency learner permit on the Mallala to Gawler Road at Redbanks. It is alleged that he was travelling at 150 km/h when only permitted to travel at 100 km/h. The motorcycle was impounded for 28 days.

TWO WELLS

Police reported a 31-year-old man from Two Wells for speeding on Sunday, November 13. It is alleged he was travelling at 109 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. He was issued with an instant loss of licence for a period of six months. • TOOLS were stolen from a shed on Germantown Road, Two Wells, on Tuesday, November 8.

LEWISTON

GAWLER Police reported a 52-year-old Lewiston man for driving under the influence with an alleged blood alcohol concentration of 0.162 on Friday, November 10. His vehicle was impounded and an immediate loss of licence was issued for 12 months. • BETWEEN November 12 and 13, a house and shed were broken into at Dawkins road, Lewiston and electronic equipment stolen. During the same period, a vehicle was also stolen from a property on the same road.

WASLEYS

A WASLEYS man was reported for driving unlicensed by the Barossa Highway Patrol on Saturday, November 12.

Benefits flow with clean energy plan Low and middle income households are now guaranteed to receive tax cuts or rises in their payments following the passage of the Federal government’s Clean Energy Future legislation by the Senate last week. From July 1, any taxpayer earning less than $18,200 will no longer have to pay tax. Labor MP for Wakefield, Nick Champion, said families, pensioners, self funded retirees and students from Elizabeth to the Mid North would benefit from the passage of the legislation. In Wakefield: •More than 17,300 families will receive household assistance through their Family assistance payments.

•More than 30,500 pensioners and more than 1,000 self-funded retirees will receive an extra $338 per year if they are single and up to $510 per year for couples combined. •More than 3,100 students will get up to $177 extra per year. The amount they get will depend on their rate and type of payment (e.g. Austudy, Abstudy, or Youth Allowance). The Clean Energy Future legislation passed by the Senate allegedly will cut 160 million tonnes of pollution from the atmosphere by 2020, enabling Australia to cut emissions by 5 per cent on 2000 levels. This is equivalent to taking 45 million cars off the road.

A DAMAGED grave at Balaklava cemetery.

Drivers blamed for grave damage VISITORS to the Balaklava cemetery are inadvertently damaging graves by driving over the edges of burials with their vehicles. Cook Memorials owner, David Cook, said a number of graves have been run over in recent months, resulting in chipping and cracking of the memorials. “What I suspect is happening, is people who perhaps can’t get out of their vehicle, are driving down the paths and running right over some of the graves, causing quite a bit of damage,” he said. “Sometimes they’re just not negotiating the corners properly. I can think of about four graves that have been damaged because of it.” A vehicle has already damaged a recently installed monument. Mr Cook said it was a distressing find for relatives. “If you had a family members buried there and people were driving their cars over (the grave), it doesn’t make for happy thoughts,” he said.

Not only are family members distressed but Mr Cook’s business is also feeling it, offering free repairs to the damaged memorials. He said there is a sign stipulating vehicles must not be driven past a certain point in the cemetery but it is either not being seen, or just ignored. Wakefield Regional Council infrastructure services manager, David Hassett, clarified the vehicular access policy of the Balaklava cemetery. “There are signs in place restricting vehicles. Most cemeteries have no vehicular access and the cars are to remain outside,” he said. “The only vehicles that should have access within the graves area are maintenance vehicles only. “This includes the contractors placing the memorials.” Mr Cook believed if more signs were erected in the cemetery, it could reduce the number of future instances where graves are damaged by unauthorised vehicles accessing the cemetery.

More digital TV channels RURAL television viewers experiencing bad digital television reception can expect a clearer picture in the new year. This includes viewers in the Clare region. Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Minister, Stephen Conroy, said the government has pledged $34 million over four years to enable commercial television broadcasters to deliver all digital TV channels to their audiences via terrestrial broadcast in regional South Australia. “For decades, viewers in these smaller TV licence areas have put up with having only two commercial TV channels, often missing out on some of the country’s most popular programming,” he said.

“The funding was provided to assist regional commercial broadcasters to install 22 new transmitters throughout regional and remote licence areas, giving them the capacity to transmit all new digital TV channels. “The new transmitters will mean that by early 2012, South Australians will have access to the full suite of digital television services – many for the very first time. Eighteen new transmitters will be up and running in South Australia by the end of this year at existing sites, including Clare. Another four at Quorn, Burra, Lameroo and Tumby Bay are scheduled to be completed by the end of February 2012, well in advance of switchover in the second half of 2013.

Port Wakefield estate launch • From Page 1 “We hope everyone comes up and has a good time and hopefully the Little Heroes Foundation can make a quid out of it as well,” he said. Seabreeze Estate belongs to development company, Access Civil. The 34 allotments of stage one are now on sale, while part of the 36 allotments of stage two are also on the market. Four major builders will be building show homes in coming

months, while Mr Bellamy and fellow special project manager, Greg Johnson, will be working on-site a few days per week. Mr Bellamy said there was fairly solid interest from buyers. “We’ve got quite a few blocks under contract already, which is good,” he said. Locals in the town had also responded well as the development progressed. “There’s been a phenomenal response from people,” Mr Bellamy said. “It is hoped this will

help put Port Wakefield on the map a bit more.” The Seabreeze Estate will potentially be 300 blocks. “We might make the other stages a bit bigger, depending on how we go with these initial stages,” Mr Bellamy explained. Mr Bellamy said selling the first blocks had been a long time coming. “It’s probably three and a half years in the making,” he said. Wakefield Regional Council has approved the development’s

internal layout, block sizes and road layout, although Department of Transport and Energy and Infrastructure has raised traffic flow concerns. Regardless, Mr Bellamy is confident the development will go ahead. “We’ve been involved with this for ages and it has been frustrating but we’ve just had to keep moving on,” he said. “It’s going to happen and we’re pretty excited about this one.”

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What is the story with those millipedes! Our roads are still covered, and every morning they make a beeline from the garden, over the gravel or lawn, and head straight to the house. They are up the walls, on the doors, hanging from the ceiling (not the chandelier) and drop to the floor like a drop bear when you least expect it. They are in my ironing pile(s) and squished in every doorway. Are we due for another huge rain? Let’s hope not... Kapunda The annual exhibition of work by students of Kapunda Primary and High Schools will be at the Community Gallery from November 11 to December 4. Moderation of completed Year 12 work will be conducted this Friday so the gallery will be closed until noon that day. The gallery always looks forward to supporting this event to encourage the next generation of creative people. Opening times are 10am to 4pm daily and admission is free. Riverton

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The 2011 Christmas carnival has been saved, thanks to some enthusiastic people who attended the recent special community meeting. A new committee has been

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elected and lots of support offered. So mark your diaries for December 23 at the town oval where the community will gather together for some Christmas cheer! Well done to the Riverton community for keeping the carnival going! Brinkworth The Brinkworth Progress Association (BPA) is again facilitating the town Christmas event but needs everyone’s help. Please contact Anne on 8846 2260 asap with any plans or contributions. New ideas very welcome. School News Port Wakefield Primary School will be quiet this week as all students have been or will be on camps! Years R-3 went to Narnu Farm Camp and returned today (Wednesday), while Years 4-7 are still away in Canberra. Parents have had a quiet time at home! • Riverton High School sent 16

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lucky Year 9 students to the Wayville Showgrounds to learn from experienced judges how to taste and judge olive oils. Students worked in groups of three to grade 2011 Royal Adelaide Show entries. This pilot program, called SA Olive Oil Young Judges program, was such a success that SA Olives are looking to expand it for 2012. The students left with a new appreciation of the challenges faced by producers and judges. •Tarlee Primary School students had a visit from Mr and Mrs Robert Jenkins who discussed astronomy with the students. Robert answered questions about stars, planets and galaxies and explained how telescopes work. •Balaklava Primary School is geeting a visit from the very talented Music is Fun band on November 25 at 11am. This band always draws a big crowd of parents and grandies, and

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personally I think they are fantastic! So come along and be entertained. And mark your diaries for the Carols by Candlelight on December 13 at 7pm on the school oval. •Mallala Primary School held their Sports Day last week. Well done to the four house teams, especially Butler! A highlight of the day was seeing Hilda the chook run a race (not the headless chook or egg and spoon races though). Her teacher was seen puffing afterwards! Dublin The History Group is holding a Bingo night on Thursday, December 1, at the Institute. Eyes down at 7.30pm. Come along for a good old family night out! DISTRICT

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A group of 37 ‘Centenary Babies’ gathered to celebrate their 75th birthdays with a luncheon at the Royal Hotel in Balaklava on October 16. Elaine Jericho welcomed the group, who celebrated their combined birthdays with a large mocha birthday cake. The oldest 1936er, Don Tiller, lit the candles, with the youngest ‘36er, Elaine Rosenzweig, cutting the cake honours. The group discovered two of their members had traced their ancestry back to the first settlers arriving in 1836 on the HMS Buffalo. A lot of reminiscing and talking went on, with verses also read out from, “It’s tough to be a senior”. Beryl Sandow expressed a vote of thanks to organisers Elaine Jericho and Joan Robinson for arranging a wonderful day.

Tinsel and Tears… In the coming weeks, we are bombared by the ‘holiday’ season of blissful families. But real life doesn’t work that way, so our Christmas ‘Service of Rememberance’ is open to everone, as a time to acknowledge that special person you love, who is no longer here. Taylor & Forgie Chapel 15 Cowan Street, Gawler Sunday November 27, 2011 at 1pm

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Piccolo Deputy Speaker State Member of Parliament for Light, Tony Piccolo, was elected to the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly last week. The position was vacated by Chloe Fox, who was recently appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Transport Services. Mr Piccolo’s position of Parliamentary secretary to the Premier is now held by the Member for Taylor, Leesa Vlahos. Mr Piccolo was nominated to the position following his endorsement by the Labor Caucus and started his new duties within minutes of his

election by the House of Assembly. As Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees, Mr Piccolo fills in for the Speaker when she is not available and chairs the House of Assembly when it sits as a “committee of the whole” to consider Bills in detail. Mr Piccolo said his new role gave him greater responsibility with respect to the passage of Bills through Parliament. Mr Piccolo said he would continue with a number of projects he had started while Parliamentary secretary, keen to see them through to their conclusion.

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Wakefield Regional Council Supplementary Election for Councillor in Western Ward Nominations to be a candidate for election as a member of Wakefield Regional Council will be received between Thursday 24 November 2011 and 12 noon Thursday 8 December 2011. Candidates must submit a profile of not more than 150 words with their nomination form and may also provide a photograph, predominantly head and shoulders, taken within the previous 12 months. Nomination kits are available from the Council office, Scotland Place, Balaklava. A briefing session for intending candidates will be held at 6.30pm on Monday 28 November 2011 at the Civic Centre, Scotland Place, Balaklava. K Mousley Returning Officer

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‘$200 million backlog’ on road spending THE impending speed limit reductions from 110 km/h to 100km/h on rural roads within 100 kilometres of Adelaide and on Yorke Peninsula is masking a $200 million backlog of South Australian road maintenance, according to Shadow Road Safety Minister, Mark Goldsworthy. The changes will affect 45 roads in rural South Australia. “While Labor has shuffled around the Road Safety portfolio from Minister to Minister five times in the last two and a half years, South Australia’s roads are deteriorating and our road maintenance backlog has reached $200 million,” Mr Goldsworthy said. “One of the best ways to improve road safety is to improve the roads. “There is little doubt that the

conditions on our local road system contribute to the number of deaths and injuries on our roads. “Regional South Australians should not be penalised by reduced speed limits because the Labor Government has neglected our road network.” Road Safety Minister, Jennifer Rankine, declared the State government had invested heavily in safety upgrades on country roads. “About $371 million has been spent on road maintenance in rural South Australia over the past five years using a combination of state and federal funding,” she said. “We’ve spent more than $17 million improving safety on these 45 sections of road over the same period. “More than $110 million has been invested into arterial roads

over the past five years through the Rural Road Safety Program, the Shoulder Sealing Program, the Responsive Road Safety Program and the State Black Spot Program.” Mr Goldsworthy also believed the reduced speed limits made way for further ‘revenue raising’. “Lowering speed limits and increasing speeding fines is just another attempt by this Labor Government to raise revenue,” he said. Ms Rankine dismissed the claim. “Personally, I’d be delighted if we didn’t earn one extra cent in revenue from these changes in speed limits,” she said. “All revenue from speeding fines goes into the Community Road Safety Fund. “This fund is used to improve road safety measures.”

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WHAT YOU SAID:

‘Longer and more dangerous to overtake trucks’ Matthew Taylor: Does the SA government understand that it will take longer to overtake trucks, be more dangerous and eventually back more cars up behind trucks because people will be less willing to overtake? Paul Sharer: How does reducing the speed limit help? There will sadly always be accidents no matter what the speed is. Nicole Graham: If they spent money on keeping the roads usable and safe they wouldn’t have to reduce the speed limit. Jena Crosbie: What a load of crock. They might as well put all of us that are on our full licence back on to our P’s! We weren’t given the right to do 110km/h for there to be no roads with that speed limit for no reason! Daniel Lish: In a way, reducing the speed limit increases the amount of time it takes you to reach your destination by 10 per cent. Also, you increase the chance of fatigue becoming the fault of an accident. But in reality, if you where to travel constantly for an hour at 110km/h, you would in turn travel 110 kilometres. So compared to the 100km/h

proposed speed limit, in an hour you would have travelled 10 kilometres less. So your desired destination would take six minutes longer to get to, every hour. So, do the maths before you complain, honestly.

Bethany Gilbert: This is a stupid idea. The people that are reckless drivers who speed and cause crashes will not slow down just because the signs have been changed. The only people that are going to follow this decision are the responsible drivers who do not drive stupidly. Wendy Schulz: 100km, 200km, 500km, what’s the difference? We should all just drive safely wherever we are!! Wendy Finch: Just another opportunity for revenue raising and another example of the policy makers having little knowledge of the inhabitants who

dwell north of Gepps Cross! Alex Hill: It isn’t the speed that causes accidents it is the people driving the cars that cause accidents. If drivers operated their vehicle correctly, the accidents would decrease by half. Accidents can’t be stopped but we can all do our bit by just lifting your right foot just a little. Ta n ya M a nsf i e l d Jones: Depends on the road, some should have been 100km/h for years, but others are good enough to be driven on at 110km/h. Damian Lawrie: Make it harder to get a licence and only dedicated people will have one, those who are dedicated are usually sensible. I bet all the yes voters never have to travel out of the city and do the long hours anyway. Peter Coult: Revenue raising, definitely not road safety. Add five minutes to the trip from Adelaide, just five more minutes to fall asleep late at night. Making the roads safe costs money, reducing the speed limit makes money. Gotta pay those big pollie super accounts somehow. Just wait till they bring in the blanket 80 km/h on all gravel roads.

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the Road Safety Advisory Council (RSAC), which conducted wide public consultation across the state through community forums,” she said. “The RSAC membership includes senior representatives from SA Police, the Motor Accident Commission, the Royal Automobile Association and the Centre for Automotive Safety Research. “One hundred and seventy responses were received following the release of the draft document in May this year with strong support for the Safe System approach behind the new strategy.” Ms Rankine suggested the change was the first step to saving lives on country roads. “Reducing average travel speed is the most effective way to reduce trauma and produce significant and immediate road safety benefits,” she said. “In the past five years, almost one fifth of all fatal and serious injury crashes in South Australia happened in the inner rural area within 100 kilometres of Adelaide. “By reducing the speed limit on these road sections, I’m told we could save 12 casualty crashes per year.” The changes will be in place before the busy Christmas holiday period.

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•From page 1 Some roads on Yorke Peninsula also are subject to a speed limit change. Locally, Wakefield Regional Council CEO, Geoff Sheridan, found out on an online news source and Mallala council CEO, Charles Mansueto received a letter from the government advising of the change the day after the announcement. District Council of the Copper Coast chief executive officer, Peter Harder, received a call on the morning of the announcement. Yorke Peninsula council CEO, Andrew Cameron, also received a phone call on Tuesday morning, while District Council of Barunga West CEO, Nigel Hand, was informed by a ratepayer about the announcement. However, the government did forecast its proposed changes. The Plains Producer published a report on October 19. This also flagged a demonstration project of applying an 80km/h speed limit on unsealed roads. “The LGA was not consulted and is angry and is encouraging all councils to write to the (Road Safety) Minister,” Mr Griffiths said. Ms Rankine defended the State government’s consultation process. “The strategy was prepared by

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must be complemented with other measures like lower speeds if we are to bring down the road toll,” she said. “Safer Speeds is one of the key planks of our recently-released Road Safety Strategy 2020 Towards Zero Together. “The strategy contains 15 strategies in four key areas, including Safer People, Safer Speeds, Safer Roads and Safer Vehicles.” Shadow Road Safety Minister, Mark

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ROAD Safety Minister, Jennifer Rankine, believes the speed limit reductions of 45 rural roads will result in less deaths on South Australian roads. Speed limits on selected roads within 100 kilometres of Adelaide and also on Yorke Peninsula will be reduced from 110km/h to 100km/h in coming weeks, as part of the State government’s Road Safety Strategy. “These changes are about saving the lives of South Australians,” Ms Rankine said. “(Some) 55 people have already been killed on our rural roads this year.” Ms Rankine agreed infrastructure investment was part of improving road safety. “Road safety infrastructure improvements are an integral part of our Road Safety Strategy, but

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Bowls gets U.G.L.Y Port Wakefield Hotel is getting U.G.L.Y (Understanding, Generous, Likeable, You) this November as bartender Natasha Pope aims to raise $5000 in the Leukaemia Foundation’s U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the year. “Last year we had a target of $1000, but managed to raise $4000, so this year we decided to go better,” Natasha said. Along with meat raffles and a Billy G’s cookie fundraiser, Natasha has decided to once again hold an U.G.L.Y bowl’s day, which is a Port Wakefield favourite. “Last year it was just a really fun day and got the whole community together for a good cause,” she said. It’s at Port Wakefield Bowling Club at 9.30am for a 10am start, with full bar facilities, adult slushies, raffles and prizes. The cost is $80 for a team of four, which includes a charcoal BBQ and salad lunch. Teams can still register until Friday to Natasha on 8867 1016. A massive raffle is also on the go, with more than $1500 in prizes including an iPad 2, Xbox 360 and a digital camera, with tickets selling for only $10. On Sunday November 27, the hammer will be going down at the U.G.L.Y auction, held in the Port Wakefield Hotel beer garden, kicking off at noon.

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WARNINGS Information at www.bom.gov.au/weather or 1300 659 215 (Local call cost) STATE Wednesday: Isolated showers extending across most parts of the State, clearing from the west and from southern coasts during the morning, with the chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Pastoral districts. Warm to hot with moderate to fresh south to southeast wind about the northeast interior and the coasts. Light to moderate northerly wind elsewhere. Thursday: Isolated showers in the northeast contracting north and clearing later. Warm to hot with moderate northerly wind ahead of a milder southerly change in the far west.

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Brinkworth’s Tamara Welke received her Lone Scouts Queen’s Scout Award at a special ceremony on November 6. Tamara, along with 11 other Scouts, including Balaklava’s Samuel Tiller, was presented to South Australian Chief Scout and State Governor, Kevin Scarce, who presented the Scouts with Certificates of Achievement. Tamara started Lone Scouts when she was six years old, and has now completed the highest level in every category from Cubs to Venturers to Queen’s Scout. It took Tamara four years to complete the Queen’s Scout Award, and she felt both relieved and proud to complete it.

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CHAP too confusing MY mother is a reasonably new client with CHAP. She has her cleaning done once a fortnight, and agrees it is much easier to hand over the money and have the work done for her. Under the new system, every time you receive a monthly bill, you go and pay it at the post office, but if you don’t use CHAP’s services you have to ring Nuriootpa to let them know, or you will still get billed. I thought we were supposed to be saving money with CHAP? I worked with CHAP for 10 years, and now I am glad I no longer do. I’ve just finished paying mum’s bill, which was all too confusing. Annette Barker, Balaklava.

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Harvest report tips ‘above average’ year South Australia is on track for a slightly above-average harvest of 7.63 million tonnes, expected to inject an estimated $1.6 billion into the state’s economy. This figure is higher than the 10-year average farm-gate value of $1.5 billion, according to Primary Industries and Regions SA’s latest Crop Report. Agriculture Minister, Gail Gago, said the report shows a crop area of 4.13 million hectares – the largest on record – on the back of the 2010-11 bumper harvest of 10.34 million tonnes. “An above-average crop is welcome news for our state and farmers,” Ms Gago said.

“The relatively good finish to the season is despite below-average rainfall across most parts of the state in September following a dry winter. “Much-needed rain throughout October was timely and crucial for grain growers, as growing season rainfall from April to October was well below average for most regions.” The 2011-12 crop is predicted to be the state’s fourth largest in recent times. South Australia’s second biggest harvest was 9.36 million tonnes in 2001-02, while the third largest was in 2009-10 at 7.83 million tonnes. Harvesting is under way across most parts

of the state,starting with very early sown barley crops near Port Germein at the end of September. Peas, barley and canola followed in other districts last month. There is a record area of canola sown this year as a result of high prices, with plantings up by 20 percent on the previous high in 1999. The area and production of wheat plantings is down on last year, however remains above average. The barley crop area is up this year and production is also above average, while lentils look promising. PIRSA’s latest Crop and Pasture Report is available online at www.pir.sa.gov.au/ grains/cpr

ON top of the announcement of another year of solid yields this harvest, bulk grain handler Cargill has joined the throng of spending on its GrainFlow receival sites. Cargill’s GrainFlow site at Mallala will be expanded by an additional 25 kilotons. The company announced it has committed more than $10 million to expand a number of its grain receival sites in

Australia to increase performance and capacity in time for this season’s harvest. “With the prospect of a good Australian crop this harvest we have made the commitment to expand a number of our receival sites and purchased new grain handling equipment in time for this year’s harvest,” Cargill managing director, Ralph Selwood, said.

“This is expected to increase capacity in the GrainFlow network from 3.12 million tonnes to 3.45 million tonnes.” GrainFlow has also committed to expand its fleet of mobile grain handling equipment to provide additional drop off points for farmers and improve turnaround times during what is expected to be a busy harvest.

Boosted capacity at Mallala silos

Maggie earns Young Achiever nomination While our region is full of young achievers, one Blyth resident in particular has been nominated for a Channel Nine Young Achiever award. Maggie Hentschke, 28, has been nominated for the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Rural Health award, which recognises her contributions to the health of rural South Australians. In January She was awarded Wakefield Regional Council’s Young Citizens of the Year. “It is an absolute privilege to be nominated. It isn’t necessary – but it is lovely to have the effort I put into my work and community recognised,” Maggie said. Having completed masters in bachelor of behavioural sci-

ence, Maggie currently works for the Mid North Division of Rural Medicine in a combined Clinical Psychology and role and travels to see clients each week in Balaklava, Port Broughton and Clare. “I’ve been able to focus on youth psychological intervention which I find incredibly rewarding. Tough at times, but definitely worth the effort,” she said. Maggie also extends her time to community programs such as managing the Suicide Prevention program and being an active member of local Mental Health groups. “I believe in becoming involved and supporting your community,” she said. Suicide claims more lives

each year than motor vehicle accidents and so it is incredibly important people know where to go for help as the consequences of such a terrible event is often devastating for families and communities,” Maggie said. Maggie also provides support to the community both clinically and in an educational role, holding special information sessions after a rural community tragedy. “I also want to support the connection between sport and mental health, as sport is a wonderful means of connecting with others, increasing fitness and belonging to the group,” Maggie said. The awards night will be held on Saturday March 17.

developing a new facility at the town oval. Clare and Gilbert Valleys chief executive officer, Roy Blight, said the club presented its idea to council before last month’s council meeting. “They’ve got some site issues with the current location, including undulation and they’re

evaluating the merit of either doing up the current site, or moving to the oval,” Mr Blight summarised. The proposal to potentially shift to the oval still is in its infancy, with council advising the tennis club to continue looking into the option if it so desires and also to gauge

Virginia concert ready to rock You’ve seen it in this newspaper, you’ve seen it on TV, so if you haven’t bought your tickets to the Run Rally Rock concert at Virginia Community Oval this Saturday, what are you waiting for? Presented by Two Wells RSL the concert kicks off at noon and features many artists including Cold Chisel

revisited, Syndicate, Bjorn again and James Abberley, just to name a few. With all proceeds going to Childhood Cancer and the Cure for Life Foundation, it is a must-do event, capped off by a fireworks display. Admission is $20. For further details or to purchase tickets, contact Tony Flaherty on 0412 773 111.

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Farmers planning to sell their farm can potentially pay little or no tax on the sale. Other farmers who prefer to scale down their activities and sell a paddock or two to ﬁnance their retirement can also reduce their tax liability enormously.

There are several highly attractive capital gains tax concessions which farmers, primary producers and nearly every other business operator can utilise when selling their business or property from which they operate their business. Consider the following common example: Joe is a farmer who bought his farm many years ago (after the introduction of capital gains tax in September 1985) for $400,000 and now wants to sell his 1000 acres for $2 million. He will have a capital gain of $1.6 million on the sale. Understandably, he’s worried about the size of his tax bill! The most generous small business concession is the “15 year exemption”. There are conditions he needs to satisfy (for example, he will need to retire), but if he can, his $1.6m capital gain will be entirely tax free. However, even if he doesn’t qualify for the 15 year exemption, all is not lost! A typical strategy which can also reduce his capital gains tax bill to nil is the following: Joe’s $1.6m capital gain is reduced by 50% because he has owned the farm for more than 12 months. This discount applies to both business assets and non-business assets such as rental properties and shares. He now has a capital gain of $800,000 to deal with. With appropriate advance planning, he can make sure he will be able to apply some of the other small business concessions as follows: he can access the 50% “active asset reduction”, reducing his capital gain down to $400,000. To this $400,000, he can apply the “small business retirement exemption” and reduce his taxable capital gain right down to nil. He doesn’t even have to retire; he could continue farming on a reduced scale and still qualify for this concession. However, if he is under 55 years of age, he’ll have to contribute the $400,000 into his superannuation fund (or purchase other business assets) to avoid paying tax on this last $400,000. If he’s 55 or over, he can take his entire $2m proceeds and not pay any tax at all, without needing to contribute anything into his superannuation fund. There are numerous other strategies primary producers nearing retirement can use to legitimately minimise their tax and hence optimise their lifestyle choices. These include: • Reducing tax on clearing sales by making superannuation contributions • Planning for the tax eﬀective withdrawal of Farm Management Deposits • Taking advantage of the extremely attractive tax rules applying to superannuation (for example, lump sums and pensions taken by people 60 or older are generally tax free).

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the response from Tarlee residents. “From a planning point of view, we would want to know this project would have broadlybased community support,” Mr Blight said. “We told the club ‘we are interested in seeing the proposals and their sustainability, because if we build it, we want to know they are able to maintain it into the future’. “They’re working through the proposal and researching their options and council is happy to support that conversation. “From council’s perspective, recreation and sport is an important issue in all of our commu-

nity and a viable sporting culture is imperative to community wellbeing.” The floods from 12 months ago are also considered to have had an impact on the deterioration of the courts. “There is some concern it contributed to the instability underneath,” Mr Blight said. He explained the sealed surface over the top could retain moisture in the sub-soil, attracting root intrusion and upsetting the court surface. Mr Blight said council would wait for further correspondence from the tennis club, the ball very much in the club’s court at the moment.

Other important issues for primary producers include asset protection and succession planning. There are laws which enable farms to be transferred within the family free of stamp duty, providing specific requirements are satisfied. Proper planning could save tens of thousands of dollars. We invite you to meet with us to discuss your specific circumstances Just mention this article and we will be pleased to review your circumstances and explain how you can access the small business concessions. This will be a no obligation complimentary meeting. Established in Gawler over 25 years ago, we offer you: Local Knowledge With Local Service

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NEWS v District

Our day to remember

ALWAYS READY TO HELP A DIGGER: THAT’S what mates are for – Balaklava RSL president Peter Shaughnessy places a wreath on the Balaklava war memorial, with a supportive hand from fellow RSL member, Warren Durdin. BELOW: Carrying on the tradition – youngsters Charlotte Davey and Harrison Lemon share a respectful moment of remembrance as they place rosemary on the memorial.

DULCIE Williams places a wreath on behalf of Balaklava CWA. Fallen soldiers were remembered and saluted last Friday as many gathered in services held across the region for Remembrance Day. In Balaklava locals met at the Triangle at 10.40am, with Balaklava Primary School students in attendance. After the prayer of remembrance, wreaths and gifts were then placed on the memorial by Balaklava Primary year two student Harrison Lemon

and year one student Charlotte Davey. World War two veteran, Don Beare, also addressed students. The Ode was read by Balaklava RSL sub branch president, Peter Shaughnessy before the last post was played and two minutes silence began at 11am. At 11am on November 11, 1918, the guns of World War I fell silent as hostilities ceased, ending four years of death and destruction.

n Tarlee residents were joined by students of Tarlee Primary School, at a ceremony to commemorate Remembrance Day. Local resident, John Tayler, gave a brief history of the reason for the day and read out the names of those who enlisted in both World Wars from Tarlee and were killed in action. The students and others then placed red poppies and wreaths on the memorial in memory of all who served in all theatres of wars.

WAR veteran Don Beare chats to students about the significance of Remembrance Day, as (RIGHT) serviceman Daniel Kenny also addresses the children, explaining the meaning of the rising sun hat badge.

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special feature v EDUCATION

Share the vision and facilities

CCC would love to create an Early Childhood Development One Stop Spot in Balaklava specifically for families. Why? We believe the early years, especially the first three years of life, are crucial to the child, and that parents, with a little help from a team of professionals, could be the difference in their child’s future. What? A place where families of young children can come to: • The Community Meeting room scheduled for Hot Topic discussions •Use the Baby Care room to breastfeed, change or play with their babies in comfort

visiting Toy Library. Which services like this idea? • Department for Education and Child Development (formerly Education Department) • Child & Youth Health • Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services • Growing Health Kids TeamLower North Health • Learning Together at Home • Balaklava Community Children’s Centre How can you help? • Let us know, as a member of the local and wider community, if you like our concept- drop us a line

BALAKLAVA COMMUNITY CHILDREN’S CENTRE

BY Dale Gathercole, (left) director BCCC and Skye Colley, manager of childcare. • Make a coffee or tea in the kitchenette to network with others • Drop your children off for Before or After School Hours Care • Bring your youngsters to Playgroup • Meet in the confidential Con-

sult Room with a visiting specialist to assess, review or discuss your child’s development • Relax in the Parent Resource Room and use the Hot Desk to explore the Virtual Parenting Room • Borrow some toys from the

(15 Scotland St Balaklava 5461) or send us an email (kindy.director@ balaklavacc.sa.edu.au or child. care@balaklavacc.sa.edu.au ) or Like it on our Facebook. • We have the space for the building – we just need the finances, so… if you have any suggestions as to how we can make our vision a reality, let us know of any grants or funding opportunities. We have the ideas, the energy and dedication to see this throughbut we need to know this is a well supported community vision. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Balaklava primary

Committees build pride

n STUDENTS REWARDED:

Emily’s VET honour Balaklava High School student Emily Sanders, was named the overall winner of the 2011 VET Student Awards held last Wednesday at Wakefield Regional Council chambers. Emily, who received the award for her work in aged care, was followed by runner-up, Rhianna Mallon for her work in finance. Nominees who received an honourable mention include Jessica Angel in retail and Duane Wilson in Agriculture. Other nominees who attended on the night were Daniel Butterfield in the field

MALLALA primary

Fun and adventure at Victor camp One of our school values is ‘Fun’, and there was no shortage of fun at the Years 5/6/7 camp! On Monday, November 7, students headed to the Adare Centre at Victor Harbor for a few days of fun and adventure. That afternoon was spent exploring the house and the nearby beach. After dinner we visited the Penguin Centre on Granite Island. On the walk across the causeway to get to the island, some students saw seals swimming nearby the bridge, which was exciting. Next day saw us all head for adventure at the Greenhills Adventure Park. It was a great day, but very tiring. This is what some of the students had to say about their experience at camp: “Great fun!” – Chloe, “Awesome!” – Brian, “Thrilling” – Riley, “The best!” – Robert, “Excellent!’ – Tiffani, “Wicked” – Kayla.

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BALAKLAVA VET award winners (from left) Ryan McPharlin, Jess Angel, Rhea Greenshields, Duanne Wilson, Rhianna Mallon, Josh Kelly, Emily Sanders, Luke Williams and Daniel Butterfield.

of engineering, Rhea Greenshields for library and info services, Joshua Kelly for engineering, Ryan McPharlin for furnishing and Luke Williams for Eengineering and metal fabrication. Also in attendance were parents and family members, work place supervisors, trainees and school supervisors. Presenters for the evening were mayor James Maitland, Andrew Lane from major sponsor Balco, and Adele Agars, from Lower North Futures. All enjoyed a meal catered by Wendy’s Cafe n Cakes.

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Balaklava Primary School has strong spirit of school pride. This has been further enhanced with students in years 6 and 7 participating in Student Committees. The committees are managed by the students with support from staff members. This year the five committees have focussed on the following activities: 1) Gardens: In consultation with the Governing Council and staff the students plan and develop the gardens around the school. So far this year students have planted a significant amount of plants which have the school looking beautiful. 2) Information Technology: Students are using their IT skills to produce a professional year 7 magazine. 3) Cross-age tutoring: Students work with students from younger classes on special school projects. This has included school murals, support from reading and PE activities. 4) Promotions: This group advertises school events to the community and helps to organise school events such as Socials and Swimming Carnival. 5) Choir: The choir is renowned within the district for their singing ability. The choir performs at community events, in Adelaide and around the district. The committees run on a Tuesday afternoon. Students report back to the principal via the Student Executive in conjunction with the school captains. Students thoroughly enjoy participating in these activities and look forward to Tuesday afternoons with enthusiasm.

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Dre am, Believe, Cre ate, Succeed Mallala School aims to provide the highest quality learning opportunities which will assist all students to achieve their personal best and become life long, empowered learners.

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special feature v EDUCATION

Focus on quality and opportunity

RIVERTON AND DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL

BALAKLAVA HIGH SCHOOL BalaklavaHigh School provides a safe, dynamic and challenging educational environment that equips students to meet challenges of the future. A comprehensive curriculum allows students the opportunity to experience success in many fields of endeavour Curriculum diversity is highly valued by students, parents and staff at Balaklava High School. In Years 11 and 12 students are equally divided in choosing between academic and vocational pathways and through the school’s commitment to providing learning programs that genuinely meet student needs, Balaklava High School has an outstanding student retention and success rate. Students choosing a university pathway do so in the knowledge that they can study the subjects they need to gain entry to their course of choice. Small classes, quality face-to-face teaching and a supportive environment give them every opportunity to succeed. A proud tradition of successful academic achievement is a hallmark of the school with many students each year gaining outstanding Year 12 results and securing places in universities and other tertiary institutions. The vocational pathways programs are an outstanding success story and are recognised as among the best in the state. This year Emily Sanders won the Adelaide Plains VET Student of the Year Award continuing a growing history of Balaklava High School success in the

competition, with our students taking out the top award seven out of the last eight years, with Rhianna Mallon the runnerup. Students involved in the vocational program regularly train in industry, and gain formal training in TAFE and other training providers outside the school. Employers are now confident of the skills, abilities and attitudes of our Vocational students and regularly target them directly for employment. Balaklava High School is clearly a place where students have the opportunity to excel and, as a result, gain entry into a very diverse range of career options. Learning opportunities will be further enhanced by: • Completion of the new $2 million Science complex; • Completion of $1.1 million facilities and equipment development for Technical Studies andAgriculture as part of the Commonwealth Government’s Trade Training Centre Initiative; • Completion, this year of the Commonwealth Government Digital Education Revolution, which will see a total of 286 new computers provided to the school; • Provision or 12 new electronic whiteboards and; • New wireless capacity of the school. These, together with the school’s ongoing focus on quality teaching and learning, will further ensure a modern, challenging, dynamic and ICT rich learning environment for all students.

RIVERTON AND DISTRICT High School RDHS is proud of its long history and excellent academic record. In recent years over 95% of students have graduated to employment or further study after completing their studies at RDHS. A large number of students have also been successful in gaining scholarships to support their further studies. RDHS offers many vocational pathways including: ✓ Automotive ✓ Building ✓ Construction ✓ Viticulture ✓ Information Technology ✓ Hospitality ✓ Tourism ✓ School Based New Apprenticeships

YEAR 11 Riverton physics students at the UAV challenge in Queensland. Top (from left) Stuart Perso, Stephen Cutting, Patrick Callery, Nikki Dunn and Laura Schulze. Front: Annie Merritt, “Outback Joe” and Adam Busch– PICTURE: Michael Wilson.

n SHOWCASING THE BEST OF STUDENT ENDEAVOUR

Concept to creation

The year 10s of Riverton and District High School have had the exciting opportunity of being a part of the Concept 2 Creation (C2C) program. The students have had a semester long journey of proposing, problem solving, producing and presenting a product, which will solve a particular problem. The results of the students’ hard work will be presented at the Riverton and District High School Showcase tomorrow in Riverton Community Gym. The students started off by brainstorming ideas with the assistance of engineers and CEOs from northern Adelaide industries. These ideas were written up, considered and voted upon to decide a final seven projects.

To be appointed to a project, students wrote applications based upon their current skills and suitability for the project. The final projects ended up being Mahali – developing a phone finding device, Extinguish Life – looking at new ways to employ emergency lights, Mototech – adding Bluetooth wireless systems to a bike helmet, Custom Markers – Remote Control line marker, Tied with a Ribbon – inventing new ice cream flavours, PYM – Remote Control lawn mower, and Sweet Dreams – music and night lights for babies. The other allied programs running at the school include the Unmanned Aviation Vehicle (UAV) challenge undertaken by the Stage 1 Physics Class and the Holden Cruze Challenge

undertaken by Mr Bastian’s Year 8 Maths Class. The UAV team competed in Queensland at the end of September and came fourth in Australia and locally came second last week at the RAAF Base Edinburgh. The team had to fly a remote controlled aeroplane and drop a load as close as they could get to a target. The Year 8 Team had to construct and race a scalectric car and they came third against year 9 and 10 teams last week at the C2C Expo in Adelaide. • The RDHS Showcase runs from 5.30pm to 8pm at the school. There will be the launch of the 2010 Riversleigh Shiraz wine, a cook-your-own barbecue with steak from our award winning led steer, and a range of student work on display.

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Uniforms not so uniform Everyone wants to be different. However if everyone is different then they are the same. Some of the “uniforms” being worn seem to be like this. Players are meant to be uniform with different numbers to identify them not socks or length of shorts. Scorers have a hard enough job and having to cope with lots of differences, like they did in a couple of games, makes their job even harder. One player, Dribbler tells me, had hoop socks up to his knees. It was not surprising that some one threw the ball at his legs. Each week Dribbler’s team starts off with a mad rush. The first person to get the ball dribbles furiously down the court and then chucks the ball at the ring as soon as they get guarded. As I walked around the courts it seemed like every team had the same idea. Later on in the game the same players who threw wildly settled down and smoothly zipped around defences and layed up with ease. Chris Veitch, Jayden Wedding, Jesse Shephers and Zac Zilm are all players who showed this ability. I love watching a game when players pass the ball around to create a space or a moment. Alexandra Wilson had a few moments on Friday night. One of the three pointers she put up was from a couple of metres back from the line. Not a lot of passing went on and the shot was amazing. I guess that is why they have moved the three point line back. It makes it hard though for mere mortals like Dribbler and me. It also gave them the edge over the young and improving Redlegs. Shooting well is critical for youngsters. Karl Binker of Magic has obviously being practising, so too Striker’s Thomas Michael and Emma Lane. There are still many who either need to practise or stop throwing hope goals. Dribbler reckons there were a number of goals that were amazing. Ross Sharer of Long Plains A Men and Lachlan Michael of Peckers seem to do them each week. Someone from the Avon Bulls needs to step up this week if they are going to be a threat. How about Owen in the U17 boys? Talk about shooting well. A hundred

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points exactly were scored in their game against the Bulldogs with Josh Harkness and Ryan Lloyd shooting fifty between them. In the other game Titans held the top team Bullets to a draw in another game. Zachary Scholz is “the man”. It will be interesting to see what they can do against Owen this week. Long Plains, in the Under 18 Boys, are at the bottom of the ladder. They lost again this week by another close margin. Just doing a few things differently could have had them on top of the ladder. Lets hope they have the character to turn things around as dribbler thinks they have the ability. This grade is a close competition and one where character and commitment will make a difference. Dribbler reckons the Women’s Division has been a closer competition than it looks and the next four rounds will have a number of teams change position on the table. However the top team, Opals, are showing they will be the team to beat. Dribbler reckons defence is the way to go. Shut out Stacey and Brianna and the game will be yours. I don’t believe it. They have a lot of top shooters and scoring goals is what it is about. Bulldogs are a team that can score and defend. Their game this week is the match of the night. They will need plenty of stamina and discipline. Jess Angel has been scoring well of late and has the ability to shut out Bri. However it will be Teagan’s elusiveness and team play that I think can make the difference. One thing for sure it is a game worth watching. Dribbler thinks supporters could actually make it the game of the season. I’ll be there that’s for sure.

BALAKLAVA’S Luke Guy takes control of the ball on the way to the hoop. LEFT: Anthony Deer, Bulldogs, prepares to shoot.

RACHEL Dunstan, Owen, drives up the court during the game against Bulldogs in the Under 14 Girls competition. BULLDOGS’ Dallas Hill takes it all the way to the basket during the A Men’s game on Friday night.

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1 Fisher Street, Balaklava - Ph: 8862 1513 Results of matches played on Friday November 11, 2011

A MEN

Peckers 39 (L.Michael 11, R.McPharlin 7, L.Wright 5) def Avon Bulls 28 (D.Haggerty 9, W.Hennessy 8, A.Markopoulos 5). Long Plains 48 (R.Sharer 21, H.Pym 8, J.McArdle 8) def Bulldogs 33 (D.Hill 15, J.Kelly 8, T.Lawson 7).

B MEN

Old Dogs 40 (C.Temby 14, G.Palmer 6, K.Simon 6) def Auburn Hawks 3 (J.Hicks 16, K.Allen 10, P.Clark). Owen 39 (A.Pratt 14, L.Dohnt 7, T.Halls 5) def Young Guns 19 (K.Robinson 5, L.Williams 4, J.Henderson 3).

WOMEN Div

Thunder 27 (A.Wison 17, B.Koch 4, S.Morrison 2) def Redlegs 25 (C.Moulds 9, T.White 6, B.Taylor 4). Opals 26 (S.Wilson 11, B.Wedding 8, A.Schahinger 5) def Long Plains 18 (K.Blackwell 11, L.Tynan 4, A.Daniel 2). Storm 46 (R.McPharlin 13, L.Michael 10, C.Powell) def Celtics 24 (A.Barrand 11, T.Barrand 10, R.Mahony 2). Bulldogs 50 (J.Angel 22, A.Simon 10, K.Cmrlec 8) def Pumas 31 (S.Florence 9, J.Smith 8, K.Harkness 7).

U/16 Girls

U/18 BOYS

Gems 32 (C.Guy 12, A.Davey 8, S.Faehrmann 8) def Bulldogs 30 (T.White 10, K.Price 6, N.Greenshields 5). Suns 21 (A.Wehr 8, A.Michael 6, C.Williams 5) def Owen 17 (B.Wilson 11, H.Sellar 4, M.Merry 2).

U/17 BOYS

Wildcats 18 (S.Heaslip 8, A.Langdon 8, M.Bennett 2) def Sharks 11 (K.White 8, B.Smith 2, E.Cunningham 1). Owen 39 (K.Ewdding 17, R.Dunstan 9, K.Gregory 8) def Bulldogs 26 (T.Williams 12, G.McArdle 11, T.Bigg 2).

Raiders 31 (T.Michael 9, H.Veitch 8, J.Butterfield) def Long Plains 30 D.Haynes 16, L.Lu 6, K.McArdle 6). Redlegs 32 (J.Zilm 10, J.Shepherd 8, C.Veitch) def Owen 14 (J.Wedding 8, J.Dunstan 4, Z.Hallion 2). Titans 29 (J.Speissegger 10, J.Wehr 8, J.Butterfield 6) drew Bullets 29 (Z.Scholz 21, J.Michael 6, L.Cunningham 2). Owen 82 (J.Harkness 32, R.Lloyd 18, J.Pratt 16) def Bulldogs 26 (T.Nottle 18, B.Krieg 4, D.Bigg 2).

U/14 BOYS

Falcons 37 (S.Speissegger 15, A.Lawless 14, T.Lamond 6) def Eagles 30 (W.Dixon 12, S.Michael 8, A.Clifford 4). Bulldogs 37 (T.Moulds 23, S.Carslake 8, C.Fitzgerald 2) def Owen 12 (R.Betts 4, J.Baker 2, B.Humphreys 2).

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GEORGIA McArdle, Bulldogs composes herself before taking some free throws on Friday night.

U/14 Girls

U12 Mixed

Magic 16 (K.Bina 14, S.Bennett 2) def Boomers 5 (E.Browlie 4, C.Smith 1). Strikers 33 (T.Michael 19, E.Lane 12, L.Dixon 2) def Bulldogs 27 (M.Lawrie 14, C.Hoepner 6, A.White 3). Owen 20 (T.Gregory 6, C.Harkness 6, J.Heaslip 6) def Redlegs 5 (O.Carslake 3, E.Anderson 2).

OWEN’S Jessica Heaslip goes to dribble past Bulldogs player, Kate Wilson.

A MEN Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Peckers 4 3 0 1 0 0 160 123 130 7 Long Plains 4 3 1 0 0 0 165 133 124 6 Avon Bulls 4 1 2 1 0 0 98 112 88 3 Bulldogs 4 0 4 0 0 0 105 160 66 0 B Men Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Old Dogs 4 3 1 0 0 0 127 106 120 6 Auburn Hawks 4 3 1 0 0 0 139 131 106 6 Owen 4 2 2 0 0 0 168 133 126 4 Young Guns 4 0 4 0 0 0 96 160 60 0 U/18 Boys Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Redlegs 4 3 1 0 0 0 146 110 133 6 Owen 4 3 1 0 0 0 135 127 106 6 Raiders 4 2 2 0 0 0 120 140 86 4 Long Plains 4 0 4 0 0 0 131 155 85 0 U/17 Boys Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Bullets 4 3 0 1 0 0 127 100 127 7 Owen 3 2 1 0 0 1 127 102 125 4 Titans 4 1 2 1 0 0 114 107 107 3 Bulldogs 4 0 3 0 0 0 93 152 61 2 U/14 Boys Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Bulldogs 4 3 0 0 1 0 115 54 213 6 Falcons 4 3 0 0 1 0 120 81 148 6 Eagles 4 1 2 0 1 0 80 85 94 2 Long Plains 4 1 2 0 1 0 73 90 81 2 Owen 4 0 4 0 0 0 60 138 43 0 Women Div Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Opals 4 4 0 0 0 0 164 72 228 8 Bulldogs 4 3 1 0 0 0 172 106 162 6 Storm 4 3 1 0 0 0 134 102 131 6 Celtics 4 2 2 0 0 0 115 130 88 4 Thunder 4 2 2 0 0 0 76 128 59 4 Long Plains 4 1 3 0 0 0 94 107 88 2 Redlegs 4 1 3 0 0 0 107 142 75 2 Pumas 4 0 4 0 0 0 101 176 57 0 U/16 Girls Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Gems 4 4 0 0 0 0 152 75 203 8 Owen 4 2 2 0 0 0 93 83 112 4 Bulldogs 4 1 3 0 0 0 75 120 63 2 Suns 4 1 3 0 0 0 64 106 60 2 U/14 Girls Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Owen 4 3 1 0 0 0 150 89 169 6 Bulldos 4 3 1 0 0 0 140 92 152 6 Wildcats 4 2 2 0 0 0 77 91 85 4 Sharks 4 0 4 0 0 0 41 136 30 0 U/12 Mixed Pld W L Drn Bye Fft For Agst % Pts Magics 4 4 0 0 0 0 71 41 173 8 Bulldogs 4 3 1 0 0 0 111 98 113 6 Strikers 4 3 1 0 0 0 85 76 112 6 Owen 4 2 2 0 0 0 75 55 136 4 Redlegs 4 0 4 0 0 0 64 101 63 0 Boomers 4 0 4 0 0 0 47 82 57 0

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sport v Bowls

Come and try bowls with the Night Owls BOWLS “Night Owls” is a great way to get some exercise, socialise and try your hand at bowls – and it’s fun too! Games are played in a very relaxed atmosphere, so why not either get your family or a team together – or just turn up at Balaklava Bowling Club on Tuesday nights. Everyone plays and requirements are flat soled shoes or thongs and casual clothing. The fun begins at 7pm with a cost of $3 per bowler – a really cheap, fun night out. Bowls are available for people to borrow. Supper and drinks are available. All ages are welcome to come and “have a go” said organiser, Peter McPharlin.

ROLLING up for fun on Tuesday nights are (from left) Ewan Edwards, Pat Scholz, Derily Snook, Lee Williams, Jenny Stewart and Peter Guthberg watch as Beryl Sandow and Craig Stowers bowl.–PICTURES: SHARON PALMER.

Peter Guthberg shows his style.

Croquet Northern YP

Results from November 9. Wallaroo Blue 35 (Kennett 8, M Walker 9, R Walker 9, Learmonth 9) d Moonta Green 21 (Bennett 10, James 2, Promnitz 7, Hall 2). Snowtown 26 (Bolvig 8, Freebrain 4, Clark 7, Lydeamore 7) d Wallaroo White 21 (Hendry 7, Fuss 7, Davies 3, Price 4). Balaklava 25 (Sutton 9, Hilzinger 6, D Williams 4, N Williams 6) d Moonta Brown 14 (Trenwith 5, Lamshed 5, Bagshaw 2, Donaldson 2). Pt Wakefield 42 (McWaters 10, Lipsett 6, Algie 13, Simpson 13) d Kadina White 13 ( D Virgin 1, Daddow 0, Roach 9, Jenny Lydeamore 3). Kadina Blue 20 received a forfeit from the NYP team.

Shooting Mallala

Results from Sunday November 13. 30 target continental: A; B Dempster 28/30, 2nd; G Hopgood 27/30. B; T O’Connor 29/30, 2nd; B Zanker 27/30. C; P Noto 26/30, 2nd; J Boland 23/31. 50 target pt score: A; B Dempster 140/150. B; T O’Connor 137/150, 2nd; B Zanker 135/150. C; P Noto 138/150, 2nd; J Meaney 123/150. 25 target handicap: 1st; B Dempster 24/25, 2nd; T O’Connor 24/25, 3rd; G Hopgood 23/25. Overall High Gun in ‘B’: T O’Connor 166/180. Next shoot, Christmas shoot Sunday December 11.

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Lower North bowlers lose shield Bowls Lower North

Southern President, Don Guerin accepts the Marshman Shield from Lower North President, Peter Buckley.

President Peter Buckley, Nuriootpa, welcomes newly inducted members Helen March, Mallala, and John De Vries, Saddleworth.

Forty members of the Lower North Branch of the Bowls Past Presidents Association travelled to Port Noarlunga to defend the trophies they won the previous season, against Southern Branch, at Two Wells. The Southern Branch picked a strong side to wrest back the Marshman Trophy, and the Bolton Bowl, donated by the late Max Marshman and Eric Bolton, who were stalwarts of the competition which is played annually. Lower North President, Peter Buckley hopes that a strong side will be available to challenge Northern Branch at Snowtown on Monday December 5, 2011.

Wasleys, Owen upsets What an interesting round of matches last weekend with a smattering of close results and upsets scattered across both Divisions. Division One Wasleys continued Hamley Bridge’s woes in Division One with an upset one shot win over last season’s premiers. Rex (HB) continued his winning way as skipper accounting for McQuade (W) by six shots while Olive (W) countered with a five shot win over Donohue (HB). The remaining rink – Grady (W) vs O’Brien (HB) – had yet to finish with the final end still to play. As Grady (W) stepped up to play the final bowl of the match, Hamley Bridge was holding shot; a two shot lead overall. Grady needed to alter the head sufficiently to give Wasleys either two shots for the draw or three shots for a Wasleys’ win. Fortunes favoured Grady as he gained the necessary three shots for Wasleys to record an upset win over Hamley Bridge. Owen has a history of having tough matches against Riverton and their match last weekend was no exception. McMillan (R) had a comfortable fifteen shot win over Harkness (O) while Rogers (R) finished five shots up against Simpson (O). However, this lead of twenty shots was not enough to cover Parker’s (O) twenty two shot win over Mullins (R). Owen finished the day with a two shot win over Riverton despite having only one rink up. As some of the Owen bowlers were heard to remark later, it was their first win they could recall over Riverton at Riverton for some time. Port Wakefield gained the points against an improving Balaklava Green combination with the odd end here and there eventually swaying the match in Port Wakefield’s direction. G. McPharlin (PW) had his first loss for the season losing to Olsen (BGr) by the solitary shot; W. McPharlin (PW) – Lamond (BGr) finished a draw; and Murphy (PW) had a nine shot win over Cowan (BGr). The final match of the round saw Balaklava Gold easily account for Mallala. Division 2 Owen retained top position in Division Two after recording their

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Owen the only unbeaten team in Division Two sixth win in a row at Balaklava Red’s expense. Second placed Port Wakefield Blue had a close call against an improving Hamley Red combination securing a one shot win despite having only one rink up. Reimers’ (PWB) sixteen shot win over Morris (HR) was just sufficient to counter Tily’s (HR) and Schilling’s (HR) wins over Baum (PWB) and Fontaine (PWB), respectively. Among the other leading sides – Hamley White, Riverton Black, Mallala Black and Mallala White – all secured comfortable wins over their respective opponents. Balaklava Blue was the remaining winner from last weekend. Based on present standings, the feature match in this weekend’s Division Two will see Port Wakefield Blue pitted against Mallala Black. Despite having a close call last week, Port Wakefield Blue should account for a much improved Mallala Black combination with home green advantage proving to be the deciding factor. Elsewhere, wins should be recorded by Hamley White, Riverton Black, Hamley Red and Owen with the remaining matches – Mallala White vs Tarlee White and Tarlee Red vs Port Wakefield Gold – perhaps too close to call. Please note that as Tarlee’s green is temporarily unavailable, the Tarlee Red vs Port Wakefield Gold match for this weekend will be played at Riverton instead. Division Two – 12 November 2011: - Mallala Black 97(12) (K. McDonald 37, B. Whyte 36, I. O’Loan 24) def. Tarlee Red 48(0) (I. Rohde 9, F. Gorey 22, R. Clarke 17); Port Wakefield Blue 68(8) (P. Baum 20, P. Fontaine 17, S. Reimers 31) def. Hamley Red 67(4) (J. Tily 29, G. Schilling 23, B. Morris 15); Mallala White 83(10) (J. Cordon 19, J. Curnow 41, G. Forrest 23) def. Port Wakefield Gold 66(2) (K. Anderson 35, A. Brown 16, A. Carslake 15); Riverton Black 92(10) (R. Schulz 38, P. Gates 33, P. Koster 21) def. Riverton White 61(2) (G. Giles 14, J. Glistak 20, R. Hannaford 27); Balaklava Blue 87(10) (K. Harkness 34, C. Stewart 27, P. McPharlin 26)

REPORT: By John Glistak, WMBA secretary def. Wasleys 68(2) (J. McDonnell 16, S. Wendland 22, J. Williamson 30); Hamley White 81(10) (A. Fyfe 30, N. Fyfe 24, J. Bell 27) def. Tarlee White 66(2) (J. Perry 20, P. Dunn 18, D. Branson 28); Owen 79(10) (R. Uppill 26, L. Hean 35, P. Sullivan 18) def. Balaklava Red 62(2) (C. Milton 19, B. Moffat 16, G. Heffernan 27) Division Two Standings: - Owen 64 (+120), Port Wakefield Blue 56 (+145), Hamley White 52 (+65), Riverton Black 51 (+72), Mallala Black 48 (+96), Mallala White 42 (0), Tarlee White 40 (+4), Riverton White 30 (-37.25), Hamley Red 29 (-27), Wasleys 26 (-46.75), Balaklava Red 19 (-91), Balaklava Blue 25 (-83), Port Wakefield Gold 12 (-71), Tarlee Red 10 (-146) Division Two – 19 November 2011: - Mallala White vs Tarlee White, Hamley White vs Balaklava Blue, Wasleys vs Riverton Black, Tarlee Red vs Port Wakefield Gold (to be played at Riverton), Balaklava Red vs Hamley Red, Port Wakefield Blue vs Mallala Black, Riverton White vs Owen All Clubs are reminded that a scoresheet audit is scheduled for this weekend’s round. Please ensure that all scoresheets are completed appropriately. Sixteen Wooroora Bowlers Selected Thirty two bowlers have been selected to represent Region 8 Lower North at the Men’s Inter-Regional Round Robin to be held at Port Pirie on Sunday 20 November against Eyre Peninsula, Upper North and Yorke Peninsula Regions. Sixteen Wooroora bowlers have been named: Balaklava Gold – B. Olsen, P. Thompson Balaklava Green – D. Lamond Hamley Bridge – H. Frencken, A. O’Brien, P. Rex, B. Smith Owen – B. Parker Port Wakefield – W. McPharlin, M. Rankine Riverton – M. Greenslade, M.

Griffiths, J. McMillan, B. Mullins, N. Rogers, D. Willmott The Association congratulates the above bowlers on their selection and wish the Region 8 Lower North side every success this Sunday. John Glistak Association Secretary

sides for saturday

Sides for Balaklava Bowling Club, Saturday November 19. Division 1: Balaklava Green v Balaklava Gold played at Balaklava. E Cunningham, N Olsen, J Bastian, M Olsen (sk). J McPharlin, S Guy, J Milton, C Cowan (sk). R Barr, J Roberts, O Chapman, D Lamond. Balaklava Gold V Balaklava Green played at Balaklava. B Olsen, G Palmer, A Chivell, P Thompson (sk). K Cottle, K McPharlin, R McPharlin, T Clifford (sk). A Northcott, J Olsen, S Hawke, B Taylor. Division 2: Balaklava Blue v Hamley White to be played at Hamley Bridge, cars leaders. D Anderson, H Philp, K Catford, P McPharlin (sk). L Braddock, P Ramm, C Welke, C Stewart (sk). R Hillman, C Haasbroek, R McDonald, K Harkness (sk). Balaklava Red v Hamley Red to be played at Balaklava. L Zerk, E Edwards, T Jones, C Milton (sk). N Sampson, A Barr, L Day, G Heferman (sk). H Herbisch, R Greenshields, D Beare, B Moffat (sk). Sides for Owen Bowling Club Saturday November 19. Division 1: Owen v Wasleys to be played at Owen. G Marshman, I Freebairn, B Roper, B Parker (sk). G Harkness, K Warnes, N Harkness, G Simpson (sk). P Freebairn, D Greer, G Bubner, T Harkness (sk). Division 2: Owen v Riverton to be played at Riverton. D Northcott, D Hartwell, R Hill, P Sullivan (sk). D Brown, D Lauricella, M Miles, L Hean (sk). L Beaty, A Wandel, A Tiller, R Uppill (sk). Cars; D Northcott, D Lauricella, A Wandel to depart at 12.30pm. Reserves; J Harkness, B Freebairn.

NLWBA PENNANT

10th NOVEMBER 2011 Auburn Black 36 ( L. Wildash 14, S. Hean 22.) d Burra Red 31 (K. Maidment

21, L. Sutton 10.) Auburn Red 55 (M. Mount 21, M. Parkinson 34.) d Burra Green 25 (H. Stockman 14, K. Lomman 11.) Burra Gold 41 (A. Webster 21, D. Day 20.) d Riverton Black 26 (M. Keast 15, C. O’Toole 11.) Riverton Blue 50 (E. Passehl 28, M. Prime 22.) d Saddleworth Blue 25 ( B. Schoenberg 6, R. Richardson 19.) Riverton Green 42 ( J. Glistak 27, A. Harrip 15.) d Tarlee 30 (J. Branson 13, S. Molineux 17.) Booborowie 40 ( L. Pearce 13, R. Landorf 27.) d Mintaro 33 (R. Tohl 22, S. Ettridge 11.) Robertstown Gold 52 (C. Ruediger 18, L. Mosey 34.) d Saddleworth Gold 21 (T. Ritchie 12, C. Haydon 9.) PREMIERSHIP TABLE Auburn Red 38 + 112 Auburn Black 32 + 43 Riverton Black 30 + 33 Robertstown Gold 28 + 33 Riverton Green 28 + 23 Booborowie 24 + 21 Riverton Blue 22 + 26 Burra Red 22 + 6 Saddleworth Gold 22 - 32 Saddleworth Blue 20 - 38 Burra Gold 18 - 10 Robertstown Green 14 - 14 Burra Green 14 - 26 Mintaro 12 - 51 Tarlee 12 - 54

North Eastern

NEMWBA PENNANT RESULTS Wednesday 9.11.11 Due to the stormy weather, all pennant matches except the one played at Balaklava were washed out by heavy rain and hail. BALAKLAVA 34 (10) def BRINKWORTH 20 (0) (G Heffernan 19, R Martin 11, T Jones 15, P McLaurin 9). PREMIERSHIP TABLE Points For Against % Burra 51 231 150 60.63 Clare Red 44 206 169 54.93 Spalding 37 163 131 55.44 Snowtown 36 141 139 50.36 Clare Blue 31 210 175 54.55 Blyth 31 150 139 51.90 Clare White 30 189 185 50.53 Clare Green 23 161 194 45.35 Balaklava 15 160 206 43.72 Brinkworth 2 148 271 35.32 November 16 fixtures: Clare Green v Balaklava Brinkworth v Blyth Clare Blue v Clare Red Spalding v Clare White Burra v Snowtown

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Two Wells 65 def Pt Wakefield 38; M Gameau 27 def H Brown 12, L Berry 18 def B Molloy 15, S Underwood 23 def S Kempster 8. Owen 60 def Balaklava Gold 59; H Hocking 24 def C Goldney 17, J Milton 29 def G Wandel 14, B Harkness 22 def K Catford 13. Mallala Black 61 drew Mallala White 61; Y Curnow 29 def Y Howard 19, J Curnow 21 def C King 18, B Roney 24 def R Jenkin 11. Hamley Bridge 54 def Balaklava Green 53; G Chapman 21 def N Fyfe 20, N Bubner 21 def H Menadue 10, B Philp 22 def B McQuire 13.

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SPORT v District

Dreams shot with bike malfunction WITH a flick of a switch, Windsor sidecar racer Adam Pascoe’s shot at the world title was stripped from his grasp. Having breezed through the heats, Pascoe and teammate, Simon Cohrs, were looking in top form and threatening to take the title. The pair were the top point scorers in qualifying and also set a new track record. “We just kept on winning,” Pascoe said. “We gave ourselves first pick of the gate in the semi final and everything.” It was in the semi final, sitting in second place, when disaster struck. “I was in second and I sort of collided with the bike in front of me,” Pascoe recalled. “When I did that, it turned my fuel pump off and another half lap later, I ran out of fuel and the bike stopped and everyone went past. “Obviously that was enough to bump the cover which goes over the

switch, and it turned it off. “By the time I realised what it was, I was already in last so I turned it back on and tried to catch up but I couldn’t quite get there.” A top two finish would have qualified the team for the final. They finished third. “A switch cost me the world title,” Pascoe said. “It was really disappointing, I was shattered. “I went home without the title. “I’ve never felt so low in my life.” Despite the disappointment, Pascoe collected his thoughts and has set his focus on future races. “That’s racing though, everyone has to go through it at some stage, so you just have to battle on,” he said. “It was all going to plan, even the other competitors said ‘bad luck boys, you were the quickest on the night’, but there’s nothing you can do about it. “There’s no point crying over spilt milk, what’s done is done.

“I’m disappointed, more than anyone can believe but you can’t do anything about it. “I just have to move on to the next meeting. The next meeting, another international event, is at Mildura tonight. Pascoe will be representing the Australian team against other racers from New Zealand, England and a local team of four from Victoria. There is talk of the next world championships to be held overseas in two years’ time. Pascoe’s sponsors have already declared their support to help him get over there and have another crack. “Lucky I’m young, I’ve got plenty of years to go, I can try and win it again,” he said. Make no mistake, he will be prepared to the finest little detail. “I’m getting rid of that fuel switch, don’t worry about that,” Pascoe laughed. “I’m moving it somewhere else.”

Pascoe ‘tilting’ towards world title n TEAMMATES Chris Pascoe and Simon Cohrs at the Australian Sidecar Championships earlier this year.

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NOTHING gets the blood pumping for Windsor speed-demon, Chris Pascoe, like sidecar racing. However, the butterflies are sure to be fluttering inside as this weekend nears, when Pascoe, paired up with Mildura teammate, Simon Cohrs, will have a tilt at the world title in the 2011 FIM Track Racing Sidecar 1000cc World Championship Final at Murray Bridge on Saturday night. The rider list and starting draw, as declared by the International Motorcycling Federation, has Pascoe listed as one of seven Australian teams on the start line. Pascoe will be taking on reigning world champion, Mick Headland. The Australians will face strong competition from some of the best track sidecar riders and passengers from New Zealand and Great Britain. It is currently the off-season for the South Australian sidecar competitors, so to compensate, Pascoe and Cohrs have ventured up for three race meets in northern Queensland last month, as well as doing some practise locally. Murray Bridge has been a successful hunting ground for Pascoe in the past. “I normally seem to do alright there,” he said. With the world title within reach,

REPORT: By Les Pearson Pascoe is pushing for a top four finish this weekend. “It is probably harder to win the Australian title than the world title,” he said. “Australians tend to be the strongest in the world at sidecar racing, so there are about eight teams out of the 16 that have a really good chance of winning it.” The top eight point scorers from the five preliminary races will decide the two semi final fields, the top two from each semi final qualify for the final. A solid finish in the world championships would cap off a solid 12 months for Pascoe, who claimed fourth

place in the Australian championships earlier this year. Sidecar racing has been in his blood since birth, Pascoe’s father, Darren, introducing him to the sport. “I guess it was a natural progression,” Pascoe said. “Just the adrenaline rush, you don’t get a bigger buzz out of anything else I reckon.” It will be a bittersweet event for Pascoe, who usually races with his brother, Adam, as the passenger. A crash earlier in the year left Adam with some serious injuries, Cohrs taking over for the Australian titles. Pascoe said Adam would still be getting around the team this weekend. “He’ll be supporting us and wants us to win it, he’s still part of the team,” he said.

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A group of 13 players took to the fairways on Wednesday November 9, with Rick Campbell winning the day with 50 CB, Scott Davey 50, Doug Taylor 49, John Michael 48, Dean Trickett 45 CB, Greg Sonntag 45, Merv Hameister 40, Dene Newton 39 CB, Brian Stewart 39, Chris Hahesy 36 CB, Bill Berry 36, Mike Hahesy 34 and Austin Henstridge 32. Birdies: Doug Taylor hole 6. NTP: Brian Stewart hole 8 and Bill Berry hole 10.

Hamley Bridge

Twenty one players contested the stableford round played on Thursday 3/11/11 with Ed Manning being the winner. Ed who has been slowly recovering from a couple of operations scored 42 points and its great to see him back to almost “ full swing” the runner up was a former B grade champion Ron Smith on a countback from Vince Zito both on 39 with the other two. Prize winners being Lance Hatcher and Dennis Hawke both on a c/b from Bob Ahola and Rex Mortimer all on 38. Birdies Barry Schwartz 12 Ed Manning Dennis Nation 9 Ron Smith, Cliff Applebee 4 Nearest to pins Bob Hillier 4 Ed Manning 9. On Saturday (5/11/11) Doug Cooper who is in good form at the moment,again played a round with the Hand brake off to win the Stableford event with 42 points knocking even more off his handicap. Russell Grigg a Guest from Two Wells showed some of the locals how to play the course snatching 2nd spot carding 41 points from Ron Smith, Anton Noack, Wayne White and Vince Zito all with 38 the above being prize winners. The Club also welcomed 2 other guests from Two Wells Paul Shields and Elaine Grigg Birdies John Mitchell 17 Leigh Durdin 9 Vince Zito 5 Nearest to pins Leigh Durdin 9 Shirley Noble 14. Last Thursdays Stableford competition was won by Ross Hienze who played just well enough with 41 pts to edge out Wally Jackson who finished on 40 while in form Doug Cooper

grabbed 3rd with 38. Other prize winners were Max Grasby 37 and George Dahlitz 36.Birdies Roger Hahn 12. Competitor numbers were notably down with only 18. Last Saturday 27 players competed in a Stroke competition including 3 players from Two Wells. Veteran Max Grasby who is affectionately Known as “Abob” put in a stunning performance with a nett 64 from another tough campaigner Vince Zito 65 while Brian Cooper slipped in front of the big hitting Lance Hatcher for 3rd spot on a countback both with 66. Other prize winners were Wally Jackson, Cliff Applebee and John Mitchell all with 67. Birdies Anton Noack 3 Russell Grigg (Two Wells) 12 Barrie Zerna 17 Ian Ferguson 6 and 12 Nearest to the pins Helen Bell 14 Ian Ferguson 9. The main topics of The Annual General Meeting held on the 9th Nov will be reported in next weeks edition.

balaklava Pennants

A field of 25 locals and 15 pennants visitors graced the course on a perfect spring day, with the greens in schmick condition. The Balaklava pennant team of five played Round 1 last week against Mount Pleasant at their home ground and came second 4 to 1. This week Balaklava played host to Tanunda and had a much closer match, going down in a thriller 3 to 2. All of the players have a bye next week and our boys will then play Gawler 2 at Tanunda in the final round. Good luck lads. Back to the rounds at hand, and in A Grade, we saw an obscene score of 44 points to that rapscallion Rob Lawson, who blitzed the field and told fellow golfers he’d had ‘an average game’. We wish. Shunted into second place on 41 points (with 78 off the stick) was dastardly Doug Taylor. That’s the third week in a row Dougie has beaten his age! Not bad for an old fella! Deflated by the aforementioned scores, was our Captain oh captain Merv Hamstrung Hameister with 40 points. Other A Grade scores: Craig Noble and Tate Michael 37, Ian Michael & Jim Breuer 36, Wayne Nagle 31. Peter Thorne 25. The B Graders saw the undisputed devil of disguised demeanour, Digby Ad-

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dison score a huge 41 points, and he still lost his pennants match! How is that possible? Neverthless it was enough to win B Grade, with Rob Veitch taking second on the dreaded “Count Bach” with 38 points, from John Michael, Bil Berry and Rob Roy all on 38. J Hoffmann was pipped with 37, Barrie Michael and Greg Sonntag 35, Les Masson 34, Dave “I won on the 18th with a 10 or 20 metre putt” Rodgers 33, Roger Hahn and Dean Trickett 32, Geoff Leo 31, Graham Ackland 30. C Grade saw the very excited and excitable Tania Matz romp home with 39 points and a great score of 94 off the stick. Pushed down the pecking order into second was Martyn Bell with 34 points, and in third was Mike Hahesy with 31points. The other unlucky bridesmaids were Chris Hahesy 29 and Greg Anderson 25. Men please note that you need to have played your first round of the Summer Cup by November 26 so get organised. It can be played on any day at any time. And subs are now due. And don’t forget that Johnny Michael’s Golf History Book launch is on Sunday November 27 at 2pm and we ask members who’ll be attending to please bring a plate of afternoon tea. Start organising your pair for the Ham and Turkey Day, a two-person ambrose on Saturday December 10. Great prizes, being hams and turkeys and more, will be hotly contested. Further details later. That’s all folks.

Veterans

Veteran Golf Results 10 November On Thursday 58 players from 14 clubs played in a Stableford Competition at Mt Pleasant. The prizes were sponsored by Chris Bitters of Langmeil Wines. A grade winner was Brian Lee of Kapunda with 39 points from D Butler (35) and G Dawson (34) both of Penfield. Ball winners in A grade were R Grigg (Two Wells)34, P Mc Carthy (Barossa Valley)34, W Isgar (Hamley Bridge)33, J Thornhill (Tea Tree Gully)33, L Williams (Barossa Valley), V Zito (Hmley Bridge) and M Marcus (Penfield) all on 32 B Grade was won by Craig Sims (Barossa Valley) with 39 from R Twitchen and

S Demaria both from Penfield with 38. B grade ball winners were D Dowsett (Mt Pleasant) 37, R Hargrave (Mt Pleasant) , R Staehr (Barossa Valley), B Stewart (Balaklava), T Lehmann (Police) all 36, D Mc Queen (Mt Pleasant) 33 and C Sharpe (The Palms) 31. C Grade winner was Trevor Dowling (Gawler) 36, second was J Clark (Barossa Valley) 34 with B Milne (Barossa Valley) third also with 34. Ball winners in C Grade were D Kaesler (Barossa Valley) 34, B Sims (Tanunda Pines) 32, G Benier (Mt Pleasant) 31, C Tonkin (Hamley Bridge) 30, P Jones (Penfield) 30, V Cozzitorto (Kapunda) and F Trimboli (Penfield) each 29. Nearest the Pin winners were J Ryan (Kapunda) A grade, R Twitchen (Penfield) B Grade and B Sims (Tanunda Pines) C Grade. The next meeting of the AP&B Veteran Golfers will be at Barossa Valley on December 15.

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On Saturday the guys who played in what was the last game for the year were presented with a surprise performance by Hans Linford. Yes that’s right folks Hans stepped onto the first tee to claim he would take both John Ball and I apart. Well what can one say with a solid performance of one under turning the 7th . The eighth provided a slight hiccup as did the 9th but 24 points was a grand lead for Hans as he paid tribute to the fine golf displayed by John and myself. Oh course we felt humbled in such fine form to which we both agree would spurn us on to a greater back nine. The scene set for either the greatest game of the year OR stumble depending on which player you looked followed. After four holes on the back nine Hans showed no sign of slowing down despite crashing on the 13th to which John and I both ripped it up him especially when he picked up before reaching our third shots on the scrap edge. We were neck and neck with 12 pts apiece whilst John quietly went about his game and stirred Hans on with my comments on his game in any attempt to “distract him” of course

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SPORT v Cricket

LOWER North opening batsman has a wry grin at Long Plains b o w l e r, M i c h a e l Wa r n e s . McPharlin finished with 76 not out.

Para Districts Results Grade 1 - Played November 5 & November 12

Rose & Crown vs Virginia

RIGHT: Long Plains medium pacer, Mick Trussell, sends one down against Lower North at Long Plains on Saturday.

Rose & Crown 6/235 (dec) 3/69 (2nd Inn) def Virginia 10/136 (1st Inn) 10/166 (2nd Inn) Results 20/20 Cricket - Played October 30

Central United vs Virginia Central United 6/98 def Virginia 10/93

Results Grade 3 - Played November 5 & November 12

Atco Cricket Club vs Virginia

Atco Cricket Club 6/230 (dec) 3/39 (2nd Inn) def Virginia 10/69 (1st Inn) 10/86 (2nd Inn) Results U/12 Cricket - Played November 12

Eastern Park vs Virginia Eastern Park 4/146 def Virginia 7/71

Results Grade 6 - Played November 12

Dublin vs Salisbury North Dublin 9/228 def Salisbury North 10/103

Results U/14 - Played November 12 & 19

Dublin vs Craigmore Dublin 2/65 vs Criagmore 10/192

Results Grade 4 - Played November 5 & 12

Two Wells vs Atco Cricket Club Two Wells 9/302 (dec) def Atco Cricket Club 10/117 & 10/110 Results U/16- Played November 12 & 19

Two Wells vs Salisbury North Salisbury North 10/102 vs Two Wells 4/50 after 1st day play Results Womens Black- Played November 14 & 21

Two Wells White vs Sandy Creek Sandy Creek 6/245 after 1st day play

Barossa & Light Results of A4 Grade cricket played on November 12

Freeling vs Mallala

Match won by Mallala Mallala Batting A.Buckley b G.Shaw................................ 47 B.Martin st A Read b J.Young.................7 W.Farrelly c B.Pearce b G.Shaw............16 N.Work not out.........................................58 W.S Rudd ct A.Read b G.Shaw...............9 B.Wilson b J.Meaney...............................15 K.Curnow not out.................................... 52 Freeling Bowling Bowler J.Young J.Meaney T.Byrne G.Shaw B.Pearce G.Rooney A.Read

Extras 22 Total 5/227 O M W R 5 0 1 18 8 1 1 32 2 0 0 20 8 0 3 42 8 0 0 25 7 0 0 44 2 0 0 24

Freeling Batting A.Read c B.Martin b A.Buckley............. 75 T.Byrne b A.Buckley.............................. 10 G.Shaw c K.Curnow b J.Charnstrom.... 10 B.Pearce c B.Wilson b W.Farrelly.......... 44 J.Young b A.Buckley............................. 14 G.Rooney c W.Farrelly b A.Fischer........ 13 B.Smith ct A.Fischer b K.Curnow........... 6 D.Loveridge c W.Rudd b K.Curnow........ 0 M.Lucatoni b K.Curnow.......................... 8 J.Meaney run out..................................... 0 A.Haseldine............................................. 0 Extras 9 Total 10/188 Mallala Bowling Bowler O M W R A.Fischer 8 0 1 18 T.Algar 4 0 0 32 J.Charnstrom 5 1 1 25 A.Buckley 8 0 3 43 W.Farrelly 3.1 0 1 22 K.Curnow 3 1 3 2

ABOVE: Ryan McPharlin, Lower North, clips this ball off his pads, watched by Long Plains wicket keeper, Dean West.

RIGHT: Long Plains opening bowler, Jarrod East, was unlucky to not snare any wickets during Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match against Lower North. East finished with figures of 0/30 from nine overs.

Results Grade U/16 - Played on November 12 & 19

Mallala/Lyndoch vs Gawler Central Gold Gawler Central Gold 10/106 after 1st day play

Results Grade U/12 - Played on November 12

Mallala vs Eudunda/Robertsown Eudunda/Robertsown 5/116 def Mallala 8/81

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SPORT v Cricket

ABOVE: Michael Warnes, Long Plains, sends down a fast delivery to Todd McPharlin, Lower North.

Cricket GILBERT VALLEY

A mixed bag for the teams this round, 1st day of two day games in the A1’s & A3’s, the 1’s posting a good score with the Captain getting some runs James Vandeleur making 83, the A3’s have some work in front of them to save the match getting rolled for a low score, but then getting the opposition out for not much more, the last time this happened they got an outright so lets hope they can do the same. A great bowling effort by Matt Kooyman in the A3’s taking 4/1 off 10 overs. The A5’s got a good score but lost with a couple of

overs to go, a good knock by the Captain Richard McInerney 79, good to see Gary Davis back in the whites to help the A5’s making 41. A1: Gilbert Valley 244 v Kapunda 0/17 GV: J Vandeleur 83, C Mullins 46, J Schahinger 32, T Vater 22, R Vandeleur 21. Kap: M Goldsmith 4/61, M Ryan 3/17 A3: Gilbert Valley 33 & 2/22 v Lyndoch 49. GV: J Owens 9 no, H Behn 5, L Molineux 5. GV: M Kooyman 4/1, J Owens 3/8, H Behn 2/0. A5: South Gawler 3/243 defeated Gilbert Valley 242. SG: A Borgas 81no, N Bartsch 62, D Schwerdt 52no. GV: P Callery 2/30, J Tucker 1/12. GV: R McInerney 79, P Callery 53, G Davis 41, C Busch 30. SG: D Schwerdt 3/40, A Borgas 2/19.

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Results of A Grade cricket played on November 12, 2011

LOWER NORTH VS LONG PLAINS

Close Calls…The ball was just out of reach for Long Plains’ Tim McArdle, in the slips (above) and Long Plains bowler Jarrod East, reacts to a near miss (below).

MATCH WON BY LOWER NORTH Long Plains Batting H.Pym ct L.Michael b S.Dykes.............. 40 R.Bushell ct S.Rowland b B.Jones....... 24 S.McArdle ct J.Cowan b B.Jones........... 7 D.West ct L.Michael b S.Rowland......... 13 T.McArdle ct R.McPharlin b S.Dykes.... 22 M.Trussell ct L.Michael b S.Henderson.19 R.Litzow ct S.Hendrson b S.Dykes......... 0 M.Warnes b B.Jones............................. 16 J.McArdle ct B.Jones b S.Dykes............. 1 K.Daniel b R.Darling................................ 4 J.East Not Out......................................... 0 Extras 16 Total 10/162 Lower North Bowling Bowler O M W R R.Darling 8.4 2 1 23 B.Jones 7 0 3 23 J.Cowan 4 0 0 21 S.Rowland 7 0 1 33 S.Dydkes 9 1 4 35 S.Henderson 7 0 1 23

Lower North Batting T.McPharlin Not Out.............................. 76 J.Henderson b M.Warnes........................ 4 R.McPharlin ct J.East b J.McArdle........ 27 R.Darling Not Out.................................. 50 S.Rowland..........................................DNB L.Pearson...........................................DNB J.Cowan.............................................DNB B.Jones..............................................DNB Mahoney.............................................DNB S.Dykes..............................................DNB L.Michael............................................DNB Extras 10 Total 2/167 Long Plains Bowling Bowler O M W R M.Warner 9 1 1 25 J.East 9 1 0 30 J.McArdle 7 1 1 37 M.Trussell 7 0 0 27 R.Litzow 2 0 0 19 H.Pym 3 0 0 11 S.McArdle 3 0 0 9 R.Bushell 1 0 0 9

Results A1 Grade - Played November 12

BRINKWORTH/KOOLUNGA VS WATERVALE Brinkworth/Koolunga 4/224 def Watervale 10/150 Results A2 Grade - Played November 12

CLARE COMBINED VS WATERVALE Clare Combined 7/188 def Watervale 9/136

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SPORT v Tennis

Tennis Balaklava night

ABOVE: Chris Curnow, Cherie Cmrlec, Adam Pratt, Joy Ryan shake hands after division one match. BELOW: Lorraine Jenner, division two (left) and Ashlyn Flyn, division two (right).

LEFT: Cherie Cleary serves as partner Peter Rohrlach stands at net. Furst 6-4 Lane/Harkness def G.Furst/ Strudwicke 6-0 Singles Ryan Lloyd def Rachel Dunstan 6-4 Sophie Parker def Jackson Furst 6-4 Riley Lane def Georgia Furst 6-0 Jake Harkness def Lachlan DIVISION 1 Mallala White 3-28 def. Strudwicke 6-1 Long Plains 4-28 def. Two Wells 2 Balaklava Green 3-27 Doubles Howard/ Howard lost to Michael/Cmrlec 5-6 Jenkin/ 2-22 Doubles McArdle/H.Hosking lost to Parsons def Lane/VanKleef 6-3 Singles T.Briscoe/Eastman 6-2 Daniel/M.Hosking Douglas Howard def Ben Michael 6-3 def M.Briscoe/Baker 2-6 Singles Hannah Clare Howard lost to Kate Cmrlec 2-6 McArdle def Tarsha Briscoe 6-0 Harry Mark Jenkin lost to Henry Lane 3-6 Edward Hosking def Natisha Eastman 6-5 Jessica Daniel def Macey Briscoe 6-3 Mary Parsons def Sam VanKleef 6-3 Balaklava Silver 4-34 def. Long Plains Hosking lost to Monica Baker 2-6 Balaklava Gold 3-27 drew with Bal2-24 Doubles H. Greenshields/Taylor def N.Curnow/Sharer 6-0 M. Greenshields/ aklava Green 3-27 Doubles Seminuiton/ Michael def R.Curnow/Daniel 6-4 Singles Scholz lost to White/Lane 5-6 Heaslip/ Hedley Greenshields def Nick Curnow 6-5 Renshaw def Michael/West 6-5 Singles Jordan Taylor lost to Corey Sharer 5-6 Mitchell Seminuiton def Tenneal White 6-2 Marni Greenshields lost to Riley Curnow Todd Scholz lost to Tom Lane 3-6 Sarah Heaslip def Toby Michael 6-2 Syjourn 5-6 Jake Michael def Amy Daniel 6-3 Owen 6-36 def. Balaklava Gold 0-14 Renshaw lost to Billy West 1-6 Hamley Bridge 3-23 drew with Two Doubles Robinson/Fry def Michael/Freebairn 6-4 McBride/Harkness def Scholz/ Wells 1 3-23 Doubles McCabe/Packer Greenshields 6-3 Singles Kieren Robinson lost to Humphrys/Gameau 3-6 Powell/ def Callum Michael 6-0 Charles Fry def Langtry def Tapscott/Musolino 6-2 Singles Brett Freebairn 6-0 Jason McBride def Amy McCabe lost to Jamie Humphrys 1-6 Zac Scholz 6-4 Brayden Harkness def Beth Packer lost to James Gameau 1-6 Tyler Powell def Angas Tapscott 6-0 Mia Natasha Greenshields 6-3 Mallala Black 6-36 def. Hamley Langtry def Caitlin Musolino 6-3 DIVISION 3 Balaklava Gold 4-31 def. Bridge 0-8 Doubles Watson/Graham def Power/C.Humphrys 6-1 Jarmyn/Wilson Mallala 2-26 Doubles White/Allen def def Bell/Raether 6-1 Singles Josh Watson Howard/Cocks 6-4 Tiller/Freebairn lost def Andy Power 6-1 Trent Graham def to May/Matters 2-6 Singles Kirrily White Claire Humphrys 6-2 Laura Jarmyn def lost to Alex Howard 5-6 Lori Allen def Tristan Bell 6-2 Brooke Wilson def Leon Brayden Cocks 6-3 Claudia Tiller def Matt May 6-3 Matthew Freebairn def Kimberly Raether 6-1 DIVISION 2 Owen 6-36 def. Mallala Matters 6-4 Two Wells 2 5-32 def. Two Wells 1 1-17 0-13 Doubles Lloyd/Parker def Dunstan/J. Doubles C.Foubister/ Tapscott def Lawson/ Chua 6-5 J.Fobister/ Mallala Tennis Club Boyd def L.Turner/ Dart 6-1 Singles Chelsea Fobister def Cassandra Lawson 6-2 Jack Tapscott def Martina Chua 6-2 Jake Fobister def Lauren Turner 6-1 Kobe Boyd lost to Zoe at Mallala Tennis Courts Dart 2-6 For details contact: Hamley Bridge Douglas Howard 3-28 def. Owen -23 Doubles H.Langtry/ P: 8527 2020 M: 0458 518 192 Loffler lost to Lloyd/J. E: dougiehow@bigpond.com Heaslip 3-6 N.Langtry/

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Watson def Parker/M.Heaslip 6-2 Singles Hannah Langtry def Kaitlyn Lloyd 6-1 Ethan Loffler lost to Jack Heaslip 4-6 Kimberley Sellars def Lucy Parker 6-2 Amber Watson lost to Max Heaslip 3-6 No match details available for Div. 3 Long Plains v Balaklava Green. Division 1 Points % Owen 8 87.50 Mallala Black 8 79.17 Balaklava White 4 61.11 Balaklava Green 4 61.11 Mallala White 3 41.67 Balaklava Gold 3 33.33 Balaklava Silver 2 33.33 Long Plains 0 33.33 Hamley Bridge 0 11.11 Division 2 Points % Owen 8 75.00 Hamley Bridge 5 66.67 Two Wells 1 5 62.50 Balaklava Gold 5 50.00 Mallala 4 41.67 Balaklava Green 3 45.83 Long Plains 2 33.33 Two Wells 2 0 25.00

It was a sad and sorry state of affairs for David Northcott’s Shreks as they tumbled to Mary Heslop’s Incredibles 6-34 to 0-15. Having said that, three sets were close and could’ve gone the other way, so it wasn’t as bad as David first thought! David met his match against the much younger Ben Mayne, and they had two close 5-3 sets. Shreks Megan Shepherd played the incredible Mary all night, and they too had close sets including a 5-3 and a tiebreaker. Megan and partner Sue Nicholson were unlucky to lose that tie to Mary and Tanya Heslop, with all players showing great concentration. The latest INcredible Wade HUdson showed he’s still got it and gave opponent Emmalee Lomman the run around. Emmalee chased the shots down but Wade kept plugging away and took the honours there. Bec Houston’s Nemos just scraped over the line to defeat Emily Taylor’s Grinches 4-32 to 2-18. Grinches Jarek Flight and Fran Henderson started well winning long 5-3 over Nemos Keanan Catford and Bridget Guthberg, with Jarek going on to have a very long tiebreaker win with fill-in Clare Howard over lovebirds Keanan and Kylie Scott. Nemons captain Bec kept the ball rolling with three good wins making her younger opponent Emily chase many tramline shots. The last set was yet another tie with Clare and Fran unlucky to come second to Kylie and Bridget. A good game to watch. The final Div 2 match was a thriller with Diane Gregor’s Simpsons scraping through to defeat Cherie Cleary’s Flintstones 3-29 to 3-20. We welcomed Lorraine Jenner to the Simpsons for her first hit for the season, and she got a hard welcome when she tripped over her own feet and crashed backwards onto the ground. Luckily Lorraine was OK and continued on like the trooper she is. Alexandra Wilson was also playing for the Simpsons as Carolyn Mutton has joined the old crocks brigade with a pulled calf muscle, and Danielle Murphy was out partying. Lorraine and Alexandra were unlucky to lose a tie to Cherie and Peter Rohrlach, but Diane and young gun Robert McNair had a good win over Alice Parsons and ever- improving Ash Flynn to even things up. Flintys secret weapon Alice Parsons redeemed herself after the first set and had a win with Peter, and then Cherie. That gave the Flintys three sets but the Simpsons came storming home to win the other two. A close affair but not

close enough for the Flintys. There were no calculators needed to determine Pauline Hill’s Top Guns had terminated Louise Michael’s Terminators 6-36 to 0-12. All we can say is that Louise and Cherie Cmrlec featured in two 5-3 sets each, one each with team mates Chris Curnow and Jarrad Thiele, and that was it. The only other interesting things were that Cherie and Louise, and opponent Joy Ryan were all wearing pink tops, and Pauline was feeling left out so had to reveal some other pink clothing. We also won’t mention Chris and Jarrad had to reveal some of their clothing after a dak dropper loss to camera shy Adam Pratt (yeah right) and young gun Jordan Taylor, who had plenty of serving practice and very, very long rallies in his first set of the night. He begged his opponents to stop making him have such long rallies. That’s all on that match. The calculators, or Marty, were needed to triple check the scoresheet as Paul McBride’s Fugutives pipped Andrew Lane’s Bad Boys by one measly game 3-25 to 3-24. Boo hiss. Andrew and fill-in Kathryn Taylor had a good 5-3 win over Paul and Tania Allen, but the sneaky Dustin Guthberg and Lisa Redpath won an all important tiebreaker over Wally Treverton and fill-in Peter Freebairn on debut after many years off. Andrew started his set with Peter thinking he’d have to carry his partner, when he suddenly realised Peter could actually play! Andrew grinned sheepishly after they cleaned up Paul and Lisa in fairly easy fashion. Andrew teamed up with Wally to win another close set 5-3, but Fugitives Lisa and Tania only just let Peter and Kathryn save their pride and daks. Oh, the despair when they added up the scores, with the Fugitives feigning concern and understanding. The final Div 1 match saw Scott “Beam me up Scotty” McDonald’s Die Hards defeat Di Taylor’s Lethal Weapons 5-34 to 1-15. Lethals oldies Colin Mutton and Julia Hoskin proved to be a handful for their younger opponents Scotty and Leonie McRostie, giving them a lesson winning 5-3, while Die Hards Gary Wilson and Dougy Howard made fairly short work of Jason McBride, filling in for Scholzy, and Di. Scott regrouped to win his next two sets letting Colin keep his daks up - just! Di and Julia were very unlucky to lose a tiebreaker to Leonie and Dougy, who had the bodyline net tactics going. A tip for the week - The young players need to realise they should hit the ball fairly close to the older net players’ racquets so we don’t have to move very far or fast. And a good height for us to smash a winner would be appreciated too thanks. LOL

ABOVE: Jarrad Thiele, div one. LEFT: Ben Mayne, div two. BELOW: Tania Heslop, div two. BOTTOM LEFT: Louise Michael, division one.

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Results for Saturday November 12. Clare Masters 120 def Balaklava 93. Ladies Singles: Belinda Dare d Pauline Hill 6-1, Lisa Bennie d Shaz Pike 6-4, Belinda McInerney d Shelley Lamond 6-1, Kate Hartman d Lisa Redpath 6-2, Lauren McInerney lost to Kate Cmrlec 3-6, Gabriel Weckert d Tayla Durdin 6-4. Mens Singles: Mark West d Derek Friedrichs 6-4, Andrew Noack lost to Rick Lamond 6-1, Reuben Zweck d Scott McDonald 6-1, Riley Knight d Andrew Lane 6-3, Josh Pearse lost to Jonathon Brice 5-7, Ben Pearse d Ben Michael 6-1. Dalkey 103 lost to Saddleworth 115. Ladies Singles: Joanne Humphrys lost to Tania Williams 3-6, Stacey Bell lost to Hidi Schmaal 4-6, Cassandra Bell lost to Chris Schmaal 3-6, Sally Fritz def Rachael Oehmes 6-0, Carolyn Koch def Kay Winders 6-3, Kate Barry def Katie I’Anson 7-5. Mens Singles: Sam Wedding lost to Ashley Winders 2-6, Luke Wedding lost to Greg Schmaal 3-6, Richard Gregory def Jared Schmaal 6-0, Stuart Milde def Alex Maynard 6-1, Ben Marshman def Tyler Friebel 6-3, Andy Power lost to Wayne Thomas 1-6.

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LOCAL v Living

The way We were

YEARS AGO October 2006

• Port Wakefield bowler Lainee Murray and bowling partner, Breanna Dickson, won bronze in the pairs competition of the national junior bowls championships in NSW.

YEARS AGO October 2001

A radio the family could afford Heritage Highlights

The 1933 “Back to Balaklava” booklet featured advertising for many local businesses, one of which was Earl P. Simons’ ‘Radio Depot’ in Edith Terrace. Earl Simons came to Balakalva in 1897, and in 1921 took over the Saddlery business which his father, Mr Luther Simons, had conducted for many years. Since then Earl Simons had branched out into radio and motor trimming. The advertisement was promoting the “Gainsborough” Superheterodyne, described as the ‘Aristocrat’ of Radio…its beautiful

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• All-rounder Kimberley Olsen collected two gold and two silver medals while representing the state at an athletics meet at Santos Stadium.

YEARS AGO October 1991

Mr Brightside

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• Nov 19: Salt of the Earth Country Market, Port Wakefield. • Dec 3 & 17: Salt of the Earth Country Market, Port Wakefield • Dec 11 Carols by Candlelight at Woolsheds Church Rhynie • Dec 13: Balaklava Primary School Carols By Candlelight. • Dec 15: Mallala Christmas Street Parade and combined Mallala Community Markets. • Dec 16: Balaklava Christmas Pageant. Send us your diary dates!

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• Balaklava Primary School students Andrew Evans, Cherie Heyes, Derek Barr and Rachel Battle collected two gold, two silver and a bronze medal between them at the SAPSASA country athletics event, held at Kensington.

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service and 12 months’ guarantee with every set. Does anyone know – was it as good as the advertising claimed? Earl Simons could also supply any other make of radio at city prices. He was also well known for the early use of electricity locally, as well as colour photography.

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Repetition, repetition, repetition! We all know a song played on each radio station, whether it’s SAFM, Triple M, SAFM, Mix102.3, and not to mention...SAFM, that is constantly being flogged. For example, most radio stations went through the ‘Adele’ stage, when we all found ourselves humming ‘Someone like you’, without even realising it. But, whether it makes sense to us listeners or not, that is all part of the radio stations’ plan to sell the song in a method called ‘rotation’. Having slight experience in the radio industry myself, I can say from experience when a station adds a new song from aPuzzle popular or well-known artist, 3 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.38) it9 is4placed rota7 5 2 in 8 the 1 3 heavy 6 3 2 category, 6 7 1 9 which 8 4 5 starts at tion 5 or 8 more 1 6 3 spins 4 2 a 9 week, 7 20 even 7 1 9 8 6 3 4 5 2 reaching 50 spins and beyond. 8 6 2 9 4 5 7 1 3 This results in several spins 4 5 3 1 7 2 6 8 9 each 1 9 day, 8 2 meaning 5 7 3 6 a4 high level of2 repetition who 3 5 4 8 6for 9 listeners 7 1 6

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To confuse you even more, songs are also categorised in their pace and mood. For example you wouldn’t want two or three slow songs in a row, and the same goes for fast-paced rock songs. Another way radio stations can be enticed to play certain songs are through persistence of record labels. Record labels such as Sony and Universal, ring up the radio stations each month to discuss adding their clients’ new songs, as this equals more revenue for the record label. But if the record label supplies the stations with clients’ albums and concert tickets, this can of course persuade the stations to add their songs. So if you’re over hearing the same song again and again, stop showing interest in particular tracks, or do what I do and become best friends with your iPod Tune in next time, ‘coz I’m Mr Brightside.

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november 27 A.O.G./A.C.C. Balaklava.................. 10.00am Hamley Bridge...........6.00pm anglican Balaklava..............9am & 7pm Goyder......................5.00pm CATHOLIC CHURCH Balaklava.................. 10.30am Pt Wakefield.......Mass 9.00am CHURCH OF CHRIST Balaklava.................. 10.00am Community church Pinery........................ 9.00am LIGHTHOUSE Balaklava.................. 10.00am

december 4 A.O.G./A.C.C. Balaklava.................. 10.00am anglican Balaklava.................... 9.00am Hamley Bridge..........11.00am CATHOLIC CHURCH Balaklava.................. 10.30am Pt Wakefield.... Liturgy 9.00am CHURCH OF CHRIST Balaklava.................. 10.00am Community church Pinery........................ 9.00am LIGHTHOUSE Balaklava.................. 10.00am

LUTHERAN Auburn...................... 9.00am Balaklava................... 11.00am

LUTHERAN Balaklava.............9am & 11am

LUTHERAN Auburn...................... 9.00am Balaklava................... 11.00am

UNITING Mallala....................... 9.00am Two Wells.................10.30am Owen Comm............ 11.00am Hamley Bridge........... 9.15am Windsor ..................... 9.00am Balaklava......................9.30am Pt Wakefield..............10.30am Nantawarra..................9.00am Tarlee.......................... 9.15am

UNITING Mallala..... service at Two Wells Two Wells.................10.30am Owen Comm............ 11.00am Hamley Bridge........... 9.15am Windsor ..................... 9.00am Balaklava......................9.30am Pt Wakefield..............10.30am Lochiel....................... 10.00am Tarlee.......................... 9.15am

UNITING Mallala....................... 9.00am Two Wells.................10.30am Owen Comm............ 11.00am Hamley Bridge........... 9.15am Windsor ..................... 9.00am Balaklava......................9.30am Pt Wakefield......With Balaklava Nantawarra........With Balaklava Tarlee.......................... 9.15am

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Grape harvester, Gregoire, model 108, three row sprayer. Condition as new, 2004 model, $120,000 o.n.o. Phone 0469 085 970 or 0402 030 081. Hyperlite wake board, ex demo $300. Lateral thigh trainer $40. All o.n.o. Phone 0438 041 491.

Ladies 26” push bike, cardboard cubby house, TV top box, video, household goods, toys. Balaklava. Phone 0411 602 495. Port Wakefield - house for private sale, 3 bedroom, study, TLC needed, P.O.A. Phone 0427 727 785.

Pullets point of lay, Isa brown. $14.90 each. Westview poultry. Phone 8864 5096 or 0400 297 658.

Solid hand crafted 8 seater wooden table with turned legs, 8 chairs $400 o.n.o. Timber and wrought iron queen bed frame with slats $50. Phone: 0421 634 857.

Retravision - computers, cameras, mp3, appliances, Telstra dealer, air conditioning, wiring and repairs. Phone 8862 1552.

Rottweilers - pure bred, 2 pups and Mum & Dad, $250 o.n.o. each. Phone: 0427 441 612.

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CASH for cans and bottles, Owen Recycling - 18 Railway Terrace, Owen. Wednesday 10-5; Saturday 10-1 or by appointment. Ph 0428 890 107. Ovasholdaboldaholdas grand raffle winners. 1st P.Buttery, 2nd M.King, 3rd M.Twoze, 4th S.Angel, 5th S.Wood, 6th R.Marni, 7th S.Lamond,8th B.Wood, 9th G.Allen (Rhynie), 10th L.Tankie, 11th L.Wood, 12th A.Bigg, 13th J.Boxall, 14th A.Tomney, 15th B.King, 16th D.Buttler, 17th J.Tiller, 18th S.Arnold, 19th T.Smart, 20th A.Manuel

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Work Wanted

CONTRACT slaughtering is our speciality at our quality assured Snowtown Abattoirs for butcher shop farmers and every day people. Serving all areas. Phone 8865 2162.

21st Birthday

M c A r dle - S t e v e n . Congratulations and best wishes on your 21st Birthday on October 30. All the best for the future. Love Mum, Dad, Jamie, Sally and Kirsty. To our beautiful girl Stacey. Happy 21st Birthday on November 9. Wishing you the very best for the future. Lots of love today and always Mum, Dad, Liana, Brooke and Brad.

Birth

Masson (nee Donhardt). Brett and Dearne are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their beautiful daughter, Holly Kaytee Born November 8, 2011 weighing 6lb 14ozs (3.15kgs). Special thanks to Dr Jackson and staff at Port Pirie Hospital. Michalanney Kerry, Jo & 3 excited children welcome Riley James born November 2, weighing 9lb 10oz. Thanks to Dr Lane and staff at Ashford.

Engagement

Mallon - Neill. Liam would like to announce the engagement of his Mummy and Daddy Kara and Mathew on 11/11/11. Love You.

Mallon - Neill. Congratulations Kara and Mat on your engagement. Love always Mum, Dad, Rhi & Drew xxxx.

Neill - Mallon. On the night of 11/11/2011. As Mathew went down on one knee and Kara shed some tears. He said, will you marry me? And she said, Yes indeed. Wishing you a terrific future. Congratulations and love from Mum, Dad, Amanda, Clinton and Tyler.

Neill - Mallon. Congratulations Mathew and Kara on the announcement of your Engagement. So happy to be a part of your special night. Lots of love Nan and Pa.

Engagement

Wood - HARPER. Sue and Mike of Balaklava and Sandra and Mike of Semaphore are pleased to announce the engagment of Jamie and Emily on November 5, 2011. Love and best wishes for the future from all of us.

Wanted to Buy

HORSES unwanted, top prices, cash, any types, Ph 8524 3640 or 0414 546 217.

VALIANTS wanted AP5 to CL sedans, wagon, utes, parts, anything considered. Ph Joe 0439 339 634.

Very large second hand aviary. Ph 0430 720 207.

Work Wanted

Contract harvesting. Owner/operator, large capacity header. Very competitive rates. Ph Steve 0428 891 578 or 8846 2281 any time.

In Memoriam

Baron Thys (Ted). Time heals pain, but the memories never fade. Missing you always. Philip, Christine and family.

Return Thanks

Helps - Renee May. The family of Renee would like to sincerely thank everyone for their expression of sympathy and support after the passing of our much loved Wife, Mother, Nanna and Great Nanna. Please accept this as our personal thanks.

Thank you

I WOULD like to thank, my friends, family, husband, Carolyn, Susan and Chris for all the help, cards, phone calls and visits. Thanks to all. Joan Verran.

Balaklava

DOG Training Club Mon Nov 28

6.30pm at Ralli Park • Xmas Break-Up & Fun Night • All members & family welcome • Tea provided RSVP by Nov 24, 2011

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Balaklava Golf Club Annual Christmas

Street Stall

Friday Dec 2 • 8.30am Edith Tce, near Tads • Donation of goods to Jenny Edwards 8862 1155

our big 1st birthday WEEkEnd SaTurday november 19 • Cafe/Country market 9am to 1pm • Pasta night 6pm to 10pm bookings preferred

January 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 2012  A great program for children aged 6 months - 4 years with a qualified instructor  Also qualified in teaching children with special needs within the classes  Registration day: Wednesday December 7, 2011, 9am 12noon at Uniting Church Hall  Registrations close Friday December 9, 2011

★ Blyth Cinema ★ 15 Moore Street, Blyth SA (opp. Medika Gallery)

• Cars 2 (PG) ★ ★ ★ Animated, All tickets $5 - Sat 19th Nov 19, 6pm - Sat Nov 26, 6pm • Bridesmaids (MA15+) ★ ★ ★ ★ Comedy - Sat Nov 19, 8pm - Fri Nov 25, 8pm • De-Lovely (M) ★ ★ ★ Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd - The Cole Porter Story - Wed Nov 23, 6.30pm • Super 8 (M) ★ ★ ★ ★ Drama/Thriller - Sat Nov 26, 8pm - Fri Dec 2, 8pm Tickets: • Concession/Student $8 • Adults $10 • Child $5 • Family tickets $25 (2 + 2) extra child $2.50 3 Full Dolby digital surround sound 3 Candy bar 3 A/Cond

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2pm at the Golf Club

9 am - 4 pm at Balaklava Town Hall

] Gold Coin Entry ] Over 40 stall holders ] Under Cover ] Make your own craft and demonstration stalls

Enquires Telephone: 1300 655224

Invitation to attend the NRM Board meeting Members of the community are invited to attend the next meeting of the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board on Monday 28 November 2011 12.00 noon

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Annual General Meeting Tuesday November 29

7.30pm at the Anglican Church, Two Wells • This group supports the work of the Christian Pastoral Support Workers in the Two Wells and Mallala Primary Schools. We need your help and interest to continue a Christian influeance within these schools

For bookings Lyn 0417 863 701 Caterina 0407 398 018 saltoftheearth@hotmail.com.au www.saltoftheearth.net.au

Sunday November 27

Saturday November 19

Adelaide Plains Inter Church Council

Cafe & Country market

Advert Deadline Monday 5pm

Balaklava Christmas Fair

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Caravan 17’ Majestic Tourer, poptop, 2005, excellent condition. Electric brake, reg YGG 584, new annex, rollout awning, new TV/DVD, towing mirrors, van towing levellers. Always kept under cover. $21,950. Phone 8862 2061 or 0421 389 885.

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Experienced Broiler Farm Worker ML Jaeschke and Co is seeking an experienced broiler farm worker who could assist a manager. The position is part time casual including some weekend work. ML Jaeschke and Co has been operating four broiler sheds located at Hill River near Clare, SA for three years. This may suit a semi retiree.

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Taylors Wines, a family owned and operated wine company is home to some of Australia’s most consistently awarded wine brands. With their head office located in Sydney and sales offices located around the country, Taylors Wines offer a friendly & progressive environment within which your career can flourish. The vineyards & winery is situated in the picturesque Clare Valley, South Australia & has been in operation since 1969. We have a wonderful opportunity for a full time Diesel Mechanic to join our vineyard team. You will partner with the Vineyard Manager and undertake a range of duties which include continuous improvement, breakdown and preventative maintenance. With a positive attitude and a passion for service excellence and safe work practices you will become a valued member of the Taylors winery team. The person we are seeking will be a qualified Diesel Mechanic with proven skills in the service and repair of vineyard/agricultural machinery. If you believe you have the essential qualities listed above, please post or email your application in the strictest confidence to: Taylors Wines Vineyard Maintenance Person, PO Box 90, Auburn SA 5451 Or via email to: admin@taylorswines.com.au Applications received up to 4pm November 18, 2011

Clearing Sale Virginia

Saturday November 26, 2011 - 9.30am A/C G & D Trimboli Sale signs on Pt Wakefield Road, at Martin Road, between Two Wells and Virginia

Trucks: 1992 Hino Griffon FF turbo reg. VHV-478 with cattle crate (good condition), ¾ gate & side load; 1986 Acco Bogie drive Inter. tipper 2250D reg. WZK-578; Isuzu tray top (not going); Tractors: JCB 3D backhoe; Fiat 130-90 turbo 3pl; 115 Lamborghini Formula, multi speed, 3pl, row crop tyres; Ford 3550 fel (not going); Vehicles: Valiant AP 5; series 45 Land Cruiser ute; Sheds: Cyclone 50’x30’ shearing shed with raised floor plus 30’x40’ extension; Ahrens 84’x40’ implement shed (8”x5 ½” H iron frame); Stock Equip: Cyclone sheep yards, 3 way drafting race and ramp; vet crush; Rudway cattle scales: Thompson long horn cattle crush (V squeeze); portable sheep ramp; 20’ single deck sheep crate; cattle feeder; long cattle race; assorted cattle gates & panels; sheep ramp; steel hay feeders; 40 teat mobile calfateria; feed troughs; Silos: 41 tonne Sherwell; Venning ; Sherwell 100 bag; Grosser grain bin, 200 bag; various others; Irrigation: Stirline centre pivot, 7 span, covers 110 acres; 3” & 4” aluminium irrigation pipes; 5”-4”medium density pipe for irrigator; 10” foot valve & suction pickup; poly piping; sprinklers; Farm Plant & Equipment: Howard Rotavator 120”, heavy duty twin drive; Howard off set 60” rotary hoe; backhoe attachment; 400lt 3pl Hardi sprayer; 850lt 3pl Hardi sprayer (no pump); 600lt sprayer; 3pl wick sprayer; Vicon KM 321 mower conditioner; Kuhn mower; 10 wheel V rake 3pl; 7 leaf harrow 3pl; 8 leaf harrow; Chamberlain 28 row Mk 2 combine; Shearer 25 tyne cultivator; Shearer 21 tyne cultivator; 5 tyne Massey ripper; potato banker; 3pl rear end loader; silage hay grab; 3pl hay spike; Farmor ridger; back hoe attachment; various small trailers; 3 bale pickups; baby quin trailer; Vegie grading equipment; potato bin tipper; various ute hurdles; Sunbeam twin box wool press; 40’ auger; augers various lengths; 3pl grader blade; grain feed out cart; various wool partitions; salt bush/tree planter; Rota mix 16 cube feed mixer; Yeoman 7 tyne deep ripper with crumble roller; New Holland 8’ slasher; Wuhlmaus 10.33 potato harvester; fuel tanks; truck bin set up as a sheep feeder; side delivery truck bin; 2 fork lift masks (1 with side shift); 2 extension forks; Other: stainless steel fermenting bins; 9 speed Road Ranger gear box; Holland turn table; Hilux long range fuel tank; Hilux side steps; heavy duty tub liner; Toyota tub body; Land Cruiser tray; Land Cruiser ute body; small seed boxes; new tractor tyre 18.4.34; various tyres & rims; stainless steel sinks; stainless steel tank; weld mesh; and many more items and sundries. • Luncheon Available • Terms: Cash/Cheque on Day of Sale (no card facilities) GST will be added to purchase price • Number System Applies • Photo ID Required

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Ideal Property Investment

Homestead, shedding, acreage, lifestyle

Stone home of lovely proportions features 4 spacious bedrooms, big lounge, open plan kitchen, sunroom, bathroom and separate laundry. Return wide verandah surrounds the home. Freshly painted inside and out, neat and tidy throughout, rc/ac, high ceilings, central hallway. Secure house yard, with large lawn and entertaining area with permanent Gazebo for the much loved BBQs with family. The homestead yard is spread out over 6 acres with trees and various shedding including an implement Shed 29 m x 6 m 415 + 240 with farm power meter separate to house power meter. This is a property that will highly appeal to those looking for peace and quiet, privacy.

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Landmark Balaklava 10 Port Wakefield Rd Balaklava RLA 102485 RLA 223600

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Auction: December 8 at 2.30pm

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20 Werocata Road

$150,000

Surrounded with established greenery this two bedroom home is presented immaculately with fresh paint, polished timber floor boards, new blinds and oven, and both spacious bedrooms feature ceiling fans. Located on the edge of town overlooking cropping land, within walking distance to main street and facilities. The kitchen boast plenty of cupboard space and overlooks a large healthy lemon tree in the garden. With a separate toilet, large laundry, built in linen cupboard and a shed in the backyard, this neat little home makes an ideal first home. Land size approx 767sqm

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Balaklava Only $219,000

2 Virgo Terrace

• 3 Bedrooms • Large Lounge • Close to schools • Semi Modern Kitchen • Workshop • Established gardens • Semi Automatic watering system

Balaklava

$289,950

17 Roberts Avenue

• Formal lounge room • Centrally position 3 way bathroom • Main bedroom with WIR & ensuite access • 3 carpeted bedrooms • Outdoor entertainment area • Open plan kitchen & dining

21 Company Street

Balaklava $162,000 21 Humphrey Street

Superbly renovated & set on 1021m2

Affordable 2 bedroom cottage in an excellent position

Pt Wakefield $285,000

• Stone home • Huge block • New Kitchen • Luxurious spa bath • Updated bathroom • Three bedroom • Shed

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3 Bedroom Double Brick Home

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This lovely home consists of 3 bedrooms, large dine in kitchen and a separate carpeted lounge with reverse cycle air conditioner. The bedrooms are also carpeted and feature ceiling fans and a roller shutter on the main bedroom window for extra security and shade. The bathroom is fully tiled with a corner vanity and the roomy laundry is also tiled and has bonus storage cupboards. A shady pergola is a feature of the back yard as well as the low maintenance garden. The carport provides easy parking and access to the house and the shed at the rear has convenient power making it ideal for a workshop. Situated in the sought after location of Walsh St. on a large corner block, this home would suit all buyers. Inspections can be arranged by appointment with our office.

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Do you want to access the genuine buyers we have registered????? Balaklava $230,000 29 Walsh Street

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Blyth/Balaklava road

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• Character stone cottage • Functional kitchen • Car garage • Combined bathroom and laundry • Bonus storage room or compact office

Balaklava

$215,000

12 Baker Street

Great location and ready to go

• 4 Bedrooms • Stone Home • Quiet location • Large Kitchen • Large Lounge • Ducted A/C • Recently retiled bathroom & laundry • Recently painted inside

Balaklava Red $179,000 Unit 6 - 1 Charles Street

Unit with heaps of extra’s and prime location

• 2 bedroom home • Great little workshop with power • Large lounge adjoining the eating area

Vacant Land

Wattle Ridge Estate Stage 2

• 9 lots remaining • Wide frontages • Sizes: 527m2 to 1,057m2 • Price range $68,950 to $92,950

rental properties Aval.

• 42 Edward St, Pt Wakefield, $250 per week

Balaklava $149,500 17 Kelly Street

Location & Great Investment

• Very affordable home • Pre-fabricated 3 bedroom • Good size lounge room • 1062 m2 block with fruit trees and a established lawn and garden area.

Balaklava $190,000

Unit 5 4 War Memorial Dv

• Secure 6 unit complex • 2 bedrooms • Easy care yard • Large open plan lounge and eating • Kitchen ample cupboards • Tiled bathroom sep bath and shower • Garage w/- direct access to unit

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Division 1 Bowls Preview

Showdown at the Port REPORT: By John Glistak, WMBA secretary

This weekend’s round completes the first cycle of matches in Division One and much interest will be shown in a number of matches. Firstly, Hamley Bridge plays host to top side Port Wakefield. Hamley Bridge’s performance over the past two weeks has raised eyebrows amongst the bowling community whereas Port Wakefield has had a consistent season recording only one loss so far. In past seasons, Hamley Bridge would be favoured to win this match but with several players returning to Port Wakefield this season to strengthen their side, this is no longer the situation. Based on performances to this stage of the season, the odds favour a Port Wakefield win. Owen vs Wasleys – what an interesting match-up! Each side has had three wins for the season with Wasleys the big improvers in Division One. Both sides are coming off upset wins last week and the momentum gained from their respective wins will ensure that this match will be a very close affair; perhaps too close to call. Pressure! It will be very evident as the two Balaklava sides meet for the first time this season. Balaklava Gold has had four wins for the season whereas Balaklava Green has yet to record their first win. However, Balaklava Green’s performances against leading sides over the past two weeks will ensure that Balaklava Gold cannot count this match as an easy win. As shown in earlier matches this season, the under-dog has pulled off several unexpected wins against more fancied opponents. This match is no exception with Balaklava Green having every chance of upsetting their more favoured sister side. The final match should see Riverton return to the winners’ circle with a win over Mallala. Division One – 12 November 2011: – Owen 67(8) (T. Harkness 17, B. Parker 31, G. Simpson 19) def. Riverton 65(4) (J. McMillan 32, B. Mullins 9, N. Rogers 24); Wasleys 65(10) (W. Grady 20, D. McQuade 20, D. Olive 25) def. Hamley Bridge 64(2) (C. Donohue 18, P. Rex 26, A. O’Brien 20); Port Wakefield 74(9) (G. McPharlin 23, R. Murphy 28, W. McPharlin 23) def. Balaklava Green 66(3) (M. Olsen 24, C. Cowan 19, D. Lamond 23); Balaklava Gold 90(12) (B. Taylor 41, P. Thompson 22, T. Clifford 27) def. Mallala 58(0) (K. Roberts 15, B. Smith 19, P. Furst 24) Division One Standings: - Port Wakefield 55 (+69), Riverton 48 (+52), Hamley Bridge 45 (+68), Balaklava Gold 45 (+62), Owen 38 (-5), Wasleys 31 (-31), Mallala 13 (-97), Balaklava Green 13 (-118) Division One – 19 November 2011: Hamley Bridge vs Port Wakefield, Balaklava Green vs Balaklava Gold, Owen vs Wasleys, Mallala vs Riverton. n Turn to pages 18 for more Bowls results.

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Night sports

Mid week now the time for fun

n Keen to play some sport during the week, but don’t know where to start? There is an array of outdoor sports played on week nights in Balaklava. n Night Owls Bowls on Tuesday nights, Night Tennis and Twilight Golf on Thursday nights, and Basketball Friday nights. If you’re keen to get involved contact the respective clubs. You will be made welcome. n Andrew Lane is pictured having a smash on the newly re-surfaced tennis courts in Ralli Park last Thursday night. n Have a roll at Night Owls, see page 17.

Marrabel Road, SADDLEWORTH SA 5413 Ph 8847 4020

Marrabel Road, SADDLEWORTH

Marrabel Road, SADDLEWORTH SA 5413 Ph 8847 4020 SA 5413 Ph 8847 4020

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