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First heap leach cathode

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HP has taken another step towards “revolutionising” production at Olympic Dam, with the first copper cathode produced from its heap leach trials in Adelaide.

In addition, the company is also celebrating the delivery of the first ore from the high-grade expansion into the Southern Mining Area (SMA).

Olympic Dam Asset President Jacqui McGill announced both milestones last week, saying BHP continued to take steps towards “unlocking the potential of one of the world’s largest orebodies”.

“The move into the SMA forms the foundation of Olympic Dam’s long-term expansion plans, and successful tests of the heap leach copper extraction technology have the potential to support an increase in production to over 450,000

tonnes of copper a year,” she said.

The first ore from the SMA comes after BHP invested an estimated $250 million in the expansion in the last financial year.

“A dedicated team of approximately 180 people have accelerated the development of the Southern Mine Area over the past 15 months, and confirmation today of first ore is a testament to their hard work and commitment,” Ms McGill said.

Speaking at the Bureau Veritas pilot plant in Wingfield (Adelaide), Ms McGill said heap leaching technology could revolutionise production at Olympic Dam. “Integrated heap leach ore processing is a low-cost processing option being assessed for Olympic Dam to extract copper, uranium, gold and silver from our unique poly-metallic orebody, and support our future growth plans in the

BHP Olympic Dam Asset President Jacqui McGill announcing production of the first copper cathode from heap leaching trials last week.

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A series of larger scale experiments and testing on the heap leach process are being undertaken over the next three years.

The cathode and ore milestones come on the back of BHP’s recent media announcements to invest around $600M this financial year to support underground development and upgrade surface facilities at Olympic Dam. “Seeing the first output from the heap leach trials and from the SMA supports moving toward unlocking Olympic Dam’s potential and building a foundation for long-term, sustainable growth in South Australia,” Ms McGill said.

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300 new rooms to ease shutdown pressure

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HP hopes an additional 300 camp rooms will help alleviate accommodation pressure caused by workers on the current major smelter maintenance campaign.

Three weeks into the smelter “shutdown”, The Monitor understands that accommodation at BHP’s two accommodation villages – also known as camps – is at a premium.

The smelter maintenance campaign is BHP’s largest planned

shutdown in South Australia, and is bringing 1300 contractors during the peak of construction.

With the extra workers flying in, The Monitor has been told that camp rooms are already at capacity, with more workers expected to be flown in, while some camp residents have been asked to change rooms several times.

In a statement, BHP said that “teams are continuing to work really hard to safely execute the project.”

“As the largest planned shutdown

by BHP at Olympic Dam, we’re con-

tinuing to face a number of challenges, however it’s been fantastic to see our teams working together through these and everyone stepping up to support in any way they can,” the company said.

BHP acknowledged that accommodation has been a challenge, with their camps “close to full capacity.”

“We appreciate everyone’s patience as we work to resolve this as quickly as possible, which includes making arrangements for an additional 300 camp rooms this month.

“With such high camp room us-

age, the project team is also asking everyone to ensure their rosters and bookings for site travel are correct and up to date, that room keys are handed back as soon as people leave and that any travel to site is business critical.

“The safety of our teams remains paramount and we are focused on delivering a safe shutdown.”

The shutdown is expected to run over 100 days, as workers dismantle, rebuild and upgrade components of the operation’s smelter.

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inter is over for another year but that doesn’t mean it’s the end of influenza – the ‘flu’ - quite yet.

This year has been a particularly bad flu season, and according to Dr Simon Lockwood from the Roxby Downs Family Practice, it’s not over.

“I think we are right in the middle of the worst of it at the moment,” he said.

“There’s been a lot of proven influenza here, particularly influenza A and B. “We’ve had four or five times more [people diagnosed] than in previous years.”

Dr Lockwood said he understood that BHP did not provide their workers with a flu vaccination this year, which he thought had had “a big impact”.

“BHP used to vaccinate about 1000 people every year, and I think that gave our community a bit of protection,” he said.

A BHP spokesperson said that while they did not offer flu vaccinations on site this year, they encouraged their entire workforce to organise their own vaccinations.

Dr Lockwood said it was not too late to get the flu vaccine, and recommended people stay at home if they were unwell.

“If you’re sick with the flu, stay away from work, and go and see your doctor if you’re not feeling better after a day or two of paracetamol and rest,” he said.

Symptoms to look out for include fever, muscle and joint aches and pains, headaches, runny nose and sore throat.

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oxbylink is hoping to be a conversation starter for R U OK Day this Thursday, September 14.

The national day is promoted as a day of action “dedicated to reminding everyone that we’ve all got what it takes to ask, ‘are you ok?’ and support those struggling with life”.

“We will have merchandise throughout the Dunes and Roxbylink,” Roxby Council Community Projects Officer Sasha Yantewo said.

“There will be coffee cups and conversation cards that we hope will give people the confidence to ask someone else, ‘are you OK’?

“It might be a co-worker, it might be someone in your mum’s group, or a friend.

“It’s about starting a conversation and asking someone if they are OK, as it’s not necessarily something that you might ask someone.

“And (there is also information) to also support people if someone says they are not OK with information about what to do next.”

With most local residents not having family living locally, Mrs Yantewo also encouraged them to check in with their family and friends.

“It’s also about picking up the phone, calling your family or friends and catch up,” she said.

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Women come together for morning tea A s part of Women’s Health We e k , l o c a l health partnership Time for Wellbeing held a Women’s Health Morning Tea last Thursday.

Around 50 women attended the event at the Roxby Downs Community Hub, where guest

speaker Jacqui McGill, BHP Olympic Dam Asset President, encouraged them to make their own health and wellbeing a priority.

Ms McGill spoke about the importance of enjoying your job.

“A lot of your wellbeing comes about from being happy in your

workplace and feeling that people actually appreciate your efforts,” she said.

“As leaders in a workplace, there’s a lot that we can do to create wellbeing for our employees.”

Ms McGill admitted she worked very hard, but made sure she balanced that out with other things she enjoyed doing.

“I start my job at about 7.30am and fin-

ish at about 6.30pm at night, but before I start work every day when I’m in Adelaide, I go to the gym and I work out hard for 45 or 50 minutes.

“It’s the 50 minutes of the day that I don’t think about my job and it’s a wonderful break.

“When I go home, most of the time I’ll have dinner, relax with my husband and do a bit of reading, which is the other time I don’t think about work.”

Ms McGill noted that in the past, there had been a “martyr culture” in businesses where bosses hadn’t looked after themselves, worked too hard, and bragged about only getting four hours sleep.

She thought that culture was shifting, but wanted to see some people’s reticence to seek help for their wellbeing change.

“The impacts of mental illness are profound

on our communities, they’re profound on our kids, and they’re profound on our friends and relatives,” Ms McGill said.

“If it was an illness like pneumonia, you’d go and get help.

“And so the more we can do to reduce that stigma around mental wellbeing and getting early treatment and early coaching and intervention, I just can’t encourage you all enough

to do that.”

Ms McGill finished by saying that all women wanted to be at their best at all times, but to do that, “you need to take care of yourself.”

She encouraged everyone to get involved in community programs, saying they were a great opportunity for locals to come together and support each other.

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oxby Downs’ only locally-based speech pathologist has started her own business.

Liette Schoemaker launched Little Lingo Speech Pathology in late July so that she could work more closely with families.

She has been in Roxby Downs for nearly two years now, and has been working for the education department with school students in the far north region.

Miss Schoemaker decided to start her own business because she felt there was “a need” for it.

“There’s people that want a service in Roxby,” she said.

“A few people had been asking me ‘can you see my child?’ and I wasn’t able to, so now this has given me the opportunity.”

Miss Schoemaker was “blown away” with the interest in her business.

“When I opened six weeks ago, I was totally overwhelmed with the amount of people who got in contact,” she said.

“The number of people who liked my Facebook page – and they were people I didn’t know – I was blown away.

“It’s working out really well.”

The work that Miss Schoemaker does with children depends on their needs.

“You don’t need to have a concern to come and see a speech pathologist; you can come and see one because you would like your child to be more proficient in a particular skill,” she said.

“I work with kids who are having trouble acquiring language.

“It could be spelling, reading, writing letters or remembering letter or speech sounds.”

Although there are speech pathologists who visit the area,

Local speech pathologist Liette Schoemaker.

Miss Schoemaker thinks having one based in Roxby Downs is a great opportunity for locals.

“Because Roxby is so geographically isolated, it’s nice to have someone just in town,” she said.

“I hope that people engage with the service as much as they can.

“The skills that you need for

communication and speech and the impact those skills have on literacy development is really important, so I’m hoping that people come and have a chat and hopefully we can work on ways that I can improve their child’s literacy skills.”

At this stage, Miss Schoemaker is working about one day a week, but is looking forward

to what to the future holds.

“I’ve got a few clients which is really exciting,” she said.

“I’m really excited for it to grow.”

Little Lingo Speech Pathology is also supporting the local community, and has begun sponsoring the Olympic Dam Barbarians ladies rugby league team.

Dry July and unusually warm winter recorded

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t’s been a warm winter across South Australia, with maximum temperatures above average across the State.

Minimum temperatures were near or below average in the eastern parts.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) acting state manager Matt Collopy, it was also a dry winter across the Roxby Downs and pastoral districts.

“For July 2017 for example, the average maximum temp was 20.7 degrees and the

average is 18.6 degrees, so nearly two degrees above average,” said Mr Collopy.

“This was pretty much the case for all winter months this year, in the one to two degrees above average range.

“The Roxby monthly rainfall table [shows] all winter months were well below average, some of the driest on record.”

For the first time in at least 20 years, the rainfall table showed that there was no rain in the area in the month of July.

Mr Collopy said it should be an average spring season.

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“This coming spring is expected to be near average in terms of rainfall and temperatures, although the minimums are a tad warmer than average but not a strong signal,” he said.

“Neutral conditions (or average) through spring doesn’t mean we can’t or won’t have some significant weather in terms of rain or storm systems.

“Large weather events which can affect the community may not really be picked up in the averages.”

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Come and meet your neighbours

Roxby Downs Family Forum’s Sarah Curtis, Silvie O’Connor and Angela Thompson (pictured with Joannah and Logan Turner), are very excited for this weekend’s Neighbourhood Day, which is a great opportunity for people to meet their neighbours and form new friendships. There’ll be games, music and a sausage sizzle. Neighbourhood Day will be held this Sunday 17 September at the Lions Park from midday to 2pm.

he Art Gallery of South Australia’s START at the Gallery program will hold workshops at the Roxby Downs Market Day this Saturday.

The program’s visit is part of TARNANTHI: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art, which is a partnership between BHP and the art gallery, and supported by the Government of South Australia.

START at the Gallery will visit Port Augusta tomorrow, Thursday 14 September, before heading to Roxby Downs for market day on Saturday.

“We recognise that many families living in the regions can’t get to the Art Gallery of South Australia, so we are excited to be able to take the art gallery to them through our START program,” Megan McEvoy, Exhibitions and Public Programs Coordinator, Art Gallery of South Australia said.

“This is a great opportunity to extend the reach of the Art Gallery beyond Adelaide and to make arts and cultural activities accessible to all.”

Suitable for children of all ages, the local START workshop will run from 8am – 12pm and have been inspired by the collaborative work of art Kulila which will be presented at the Art Gallery of South Australia as part of TARNANTHI this October.

Participants will create soft sculpture self-portraits and can participate in workshops, all inspired by the Yarrenyty Arltere artists’ sculptures.

Bookings for the workshops are not required; for more information visit www.artgallery.sa.gov.au or call 8207 7578.

ABOVE: Mount Gambier children who recently participated in a START workshop and (BELOW) one of the self-portraits created at the workshop.

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Guest EDITORIAL

By Anne Marie Seagrim “The beggar went and died on me!” is something that I hear quite often.

No-one is ever really prepared when a tragedy happens.

When you go to bed tonight, think about what would happen if you or your partner died or became unable to work and earn an income. The effect of this is life changing.

Will you survive financially and will the right people receive the assets or continued income?

How many times do you hear stories about the wrong people getting their hands on the assets of the person who died?

More than eight million people in Australia do not have a will - that is more than 45 per cent! (source: Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS] )

In addition, for every house lost in a fire in Australia, 2.5 houses are in mortgage default due to illness or death (source: ABS) Four reasons to review your will (estate planning): - Tax - Divorce - Death - Asset protection.

When the worst happens, don’t expect that you are going to be thinking clearly or know what to do next. Put one foot in front of the other until you start to recover.

But in the meantime, you will need a simple guide which is why you should speak to a Certified Estate Planning Professional.

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Little Lizards Does your child love celebrating birthdays?

The Monitor has started up a Little Lizards section where it gives a shoutout to local kids enjoying birthdays, with one child selected to have their photo appear in the paper as well.

To participate send your name and contact phone number, along with your child’s name and date of birth, to editor@themonitor.com.au, phone 8671 2683, drop it in to our Richardson Place office or mail it to PO Box 72, Roxby Downs SA 5725.

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Community Calendar SEPTEMBER 15 - Wine & Cheese Night, 7.30pm, RDAS hall.

16 - RDAS Parents & Friends Market Day. OCTOBER 14 - ‘Think Pink’ Golf Day 14 - A21 Walk for Freedom 21 - RDAS Parents & Friends Market Day 17 - Neighbourhood Day, Lions Park Roxby Downs, 12pm - 2pm 24 - Andamooka Community Markets 28 - RFDS Bogan Bingo fundraiser, 7pm at the Roxby Downs Tavern.

28 - RDAS Parents & Friends Halloween Disco (over 18s), 7.30pm, RDAS school hall

To add your event to the calendar, email editor@themonitor.com.au or phone 8671 2683.

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Amelia becomes overseer

The Andamooka Children’s Centre offers a kindergarten program and a range of other services to the local community.

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ong-time Andamooka local Amelia Hancock has joined the Outback Communities Authority (OCA) as Andamooka’s new Town Overseer.

The overseer is contracted by the OCA and works closely with the Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association (APOMA) to ensure that aspects relating to the effective management of Andamooka’s municipal services is undertaken in a timely and effective manner.

Byron Gough, OCA Governance Manager, said the organisation welcomed Miss Hancock to the role.

“I was pleased to note the number of applicant expressing an interest in this role. The applications were generally of a very good standard,” he said.

Kindy program expands

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ndamooka Children’s Centre has recently expanded its kindergarten program to accommodate some of the younger students who just missed the eligibility criteria to officially access “kindy” this year.

“As long as the students are at least three-and-a-half years old, we are allowing these students to access our program now,” Andamooka Primary School Principal Tricia Williams said.

“These children are experiencing real kindy for one day per week, before they officially start next year with their 15 hours weekly entitlement.

“We welcome enquiries from Andamooka and Roxby Downs families. Priority remains for Andamooka families but we warmly welcome Roxby families, subject to available spaces.”

Andamooka Children’s Centre also has spaces available for children eligible for kindy in 2018.

“Due to the intimate nature of our nurturing kindy service, we are very well placed to provide for children who do not feel as comfortable around larger groups,” Ms Williams said.

“The kindy program at Andamooka is very well regarded by the community and we are fortunate to have a highly skilled and passionate kindy teacher of more than 20 years’ experience.”

The team at Andamooka Children’s Centre makes a point of being responsive to community feedback, with the relationships with families much-valued.

“Our programs exist due to the support, drive and vibrancy of our families,” Ms Williams added.

The children’s centre programs include kindy on Mondays and Tuesdays, facilitated playgroup on Tuesday mornings, under-twos occasional care Wednesday mornings, early learning (three to five year olds) on Thursday morning, with over-twos occasional care on Thursday afternoons.

In addition, there is also a parents group with crèche on Friday mornings, where friendly, welcoming conversation, a “cuppa” and cakes are on offer.

For more information about all of the programs that the Andamooka Children’s Centre has on offer, call the Andamooka Primary School (Anne or Trish) on 8672 7018.

School sports day fun

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tudents from Andamooka Primary School joined Roxby Downs Area School’s reception to year two sports day last Wednesday.

Eleven students, along with some very supportive parents, teachers and families, travelled over to Roxby Downs to participate in the activities on offer.

Jimmy, Jessi and Jasmine competing in the running race.

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“Our students really enjoyed themselves, it was such an exciting morning,” Andamooka Primary school teacher Sharn Harris said.

“We would love to say a big thank you to Roxby Downs Area School staff for allowing us to be a part of the fun.

“The students were all very chuffed with their participation ribbons.”

“Amelia was able to clearly demonstrate her suitability for the role and I look forward to working closely with her.

“Amelia has close ties to Andamooka, having lived most of her life in the town. I believe Amelia will be a valuable asset to the town.”

Miss Hancock replaces former overseer Stephen Lyons, who had held the position for a number of years.

“I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank Stephen Lyons for his commitment to the role previously,” Mr Gough said.

“Stephen’s sound understanding of the town’s municipal needs was invaluable. I wish him all the best.”

Children get up close with reptiles

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ndamooka students and staff were able to get very close to a range of reptiles recently, thanks to SA Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board and Jake Manser from Limestonescales.

Mr Manser visited Andamooka Primary School to provide some reptile education, as the school has a number of lizards on-site.

“We have a lot of lizards around our school and we want our students to understand the impact they can have on the habitat of our precious critters and ensure we keep them safe and leave them in peace,” a school spokesperson said.

“Jake brought along some friends and everyone got the chance to get up pretty close and personal. The engagement and interest from the students was satisfying proof that the next generation of Earth keepers is bright.

“Jake’s friends included a very agreeable Children’s Python called Agnus and an impressively–sized Blue Tongue Lizard called Bella.”

Donna Waters with Bella the Blue Tongue Lizard.

Social, emotional, artistic learning

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ndamooka Primary School students were able to experience art therapy sessions recently.

With the help of pastoral care worker Silvie O’Connor, art therapist Helen McNicholl held the sessions over three days of “wonderful social, emotional and artistic learning for the students”.

“They explored themes around personal feelings and empathising with others,” Andamooka Primary School principal Tricia Williams said.

“The students explored some interesting facial expressions of themselves in mirrors to then reflect those faces and feelings in their portraits.

“Students’ thoughts about empathy before the sessions were interesting.

“While some of the older students could express what empathy is, (others) thought empathy is when you don’t give up, others thought it was about being kind, someone asked, “Is it like graffiti?”

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Silvie O’Connor working with an Andamooka student.

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PHOTOS: Mikaela Wedding, Amanda Astri

Danielle Thiele, Marley and Jameson Buza, Ella Walker and Lloyd Clayden checked out the helicopter which landed on the town oval last Friday.

Lloyd Clayden with Byron, Matilda and Mel Aitchison.

Maisie and Andy O’Rouke.

Kaylee, Jason and William O’Neill.

Leila Day and Anne Czydel at the women’s health morning tea last Thursday.

Tori Robertson, Zaia Westwarne and Shaynee Rosewarne.

Sandy Sumsion and Sally Modystach.

Desi Brady and Alice O’Connor.

Lorraine Edmondson and Sue Davies.

Beth Elliott, Renee Johnson and Kristin Humphries.

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Mel Condon, Ann Shields, Nick Teare and Anne Gray at the Roxby Downs Golf Club.

Kathy and Alex Hoffmann at the junior netball grand finals on Saturday.

Sasha, Jesse and Drew Anderson.

Damien and Mel Condon at the golf club on Sunday.

Michael Wedding, Rene Ayala and Stacey Dadleh.

Lexia Vonow , Jobe Howard and Maddy McCarthy.

Regina Qualmann received Hornridge Sporting Club life membership on Saturday night.

Mel Rigden and Lorraine McEvoy at Hornridge Sporting Club’s presentation night on Saturday, where Mel received life membership.

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Kendall Pfeiffer enjoyed the sunshine over the weekend.

Pete Davies.

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Hands on for book Junior students’ sports day week adventures R

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oxby Downs Area School (RDAS) recently celebrated 2017 Children’s Book Week with an exciting and fun-filled week.

A variety of hands-on activities were held in the school’s library every day at recess and lunchtime, with students invited to participate as often as they wished.

“This year’s book week theme was “Escape to Everywhere” – and the library staff dressed as airline staff, ready to take staff and students travelling on RDAS Airlines on an adventure!” teacher librarian Lisa Hassan said.

RDAS’ book week events began with a colouring competition which all of the primary classes entered – meaning there are several hundred “fabulously bright” pictures displayed in the library.

“Library staff picked two winners from every class and each student was able to select a prize from a range of wonderful books,” Ms Hassan said.

“Other activities were centred on several of the short-listed titles on the Children’s Book Council of Australia awards list.

“The first was a beautiful picture book called “Fabish”, written by Neridah McMullin. “Fabish” tells the moving story of a horse who survives a bushfire and the young horses he kept safe until they were found by the farmer.

“This book has such lovely illustrations that we designed an activity using a giant painting of Fabish and the children created a collage of this brave and steadfast horse. More than 50 children

were engrossed in putting their own thoughts and imagination into a beautiful picture that we now have hanging in the school library for posterity.”

Another popular activity involved a book titled “One Photo” by Ross Watkins, which tells the heart-warming story of a father who has a terminal illness and all the photos he took for his family to remember him.

RDAS students were given a camera and invited to take photos anywhere in the library – no area was out of bounds, even the places they are normally not allowed into!

“From this, we now have an amazing collage of picture from all over our current library space as a great memory.

Alongside the photos are a range of words we associate with libraries; the students are enjoying picking out their photos!,” Ms Hassan said.

An activity that had the children thinking was called “The Gigantic Book of Genes” by Lorna Hendry, which is a fun and fact-filled book that offers a great introduction into the amazing world of genes and genetics and is illustrated with beautiful colour photos.

“The students used resources such as mirrors, partners, their own observations and finger prints to collect a variety of data about their eye colour, their hairlines, whether they could roll their tongues and so on,” Ms Hassan said.

“They took this home and talked to their parents and grandparents about where those traits came from and if they were dominant or recessive – fascinating information for our budding scientists!”

oxby Downs Area School held its junior school sports day last week, with students from reception to year six competing.

Students from reception to year two participated in novelty activities and events, while students from years three to six completed traditional

competitive sports events.

Final scores for the years three to six sports day saw Frome house win the day (927 points), with Gairdner in second place on 872, Torrens in third (801) and Eyre finishing with 774 points for the day.

Roxby Downs Area School’s junior sports day included novelty events.

Torrens house members competing in the tug o’war.

=Eyre house competing in the tug o’war

Students from Gairdner cheer on their house at the 3-6 sports day last week.

HELICOPTER VISIT: CFN Llewellyn Kingston with studentss after a defence helicopter landed on the school oval last Friday.

RIGHT: The helicopter arrives at the Roxby Downs Area School oval.

Fathers celebrated

Makynlie and Mahli Jarrad and their dad at the Father’s Day celebration.

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Sophia Zbierski and her dad.

Roxby Downs Area School students from reception to year two recently celebrated the dads in their lives with a Father’s Day night at school.

Dads came along to their children’s classrooms where they were able to spend some special time and participate in activities with their children.

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The next meeting is 27 September, 2017 at 4pm in the Council boardroom.

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ith electricity and water meter reads occurring in the next week or so, it’s worth reminding residents of some of the things they can do to reduce their power and water bills.

Simple measures include: - Annual servicing of air-conditioning units - Checking taps and fittings for water drips or leaks.

In relation to water leaks in pipes supplying properties, there is often confusion about

where the responsibility of property owners begins and ends.

Roxby Water is responsible from the town supply to the property’s meter, while the property owner is responsible from the meter onwards.

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Roxby Downs Joey Scouts recently enjoyed a recycling information session at Roxby Council.

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oxby Council staff recently joined with the Roxby Downs Joey Scouts to coordinate an engaging and fun learning exercise about recycling.

“The major highlight of the event was the recycling bingo game,” Roxby Council’s Community Projects Officer (Environment), Holli Hahn said.

“The interactive game taught the Joey Scouts about everyday items which are recyclable.

“They learnt by seeing demonstrations of recyclable items such as cereal boxes, milk cartons and paper rolls, whilst marking them off their bingo sheet.”

In addition to bingo, the scouts were also shown several short videos demonstrating what happens to waste after the bin collection process, which resulted in a discussion about the landfill and recycling process.

“After a bit of a chat, the Joey Scouts had a team game,” Mrs Hahn said.

“They were asked to place items correctly in the miniature red, yellow or green coloured bin, replicating bins at home – with special thanks to the Roxby Downs Kindergarten.

“Furthermore, the Joey Scouts had information sheets to take home about how they can recycle for their personal benefit, with ideas such as decorating jars to store their collectables and melting old crayons to create new crayons.”

Roxby Downs Joey Scout Leader, Cherie Gaskin said that in addition to visiting Roxby Council, the Joey Scouts will meet with members of the Community Garden, Arid Recovery and undertake a visit of the BSH Waste Solutions yard.

“The Scouts program is very important for our community, in particular our youth, and we appreciate the involvement from residents to assist our local Scouts in acquiring their awards, giving service to others, learning new things and becoming active members of their community,” Mrs Gaskin said.

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It costs nothing to nominate a volunteer, and recipients receive a $100 donation from Beyond Bank to go to a volunteering organisation or charity of their choice.

The Volunteer of the Month is a fantastic initiative of the Roxby Downs Community Board and is proudly sponsored by Beyond Bank and supported by the Monitor Newspaper.

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New Life is a member of the Australian Christian Churches Association and have sister churches of the same name in Port Augusta and in Port Pirie. For more details don’t hesitate to call Ps Dave Bunyon on mobile No. 0403 058 050 or Theresa Bunyon on 0413 609 102 and leave a message. Email: roxbydowns@newlifeccc. org.au SAINT BARBARA’S PARISH. Mass 6.00pm Saturday, Lutheran Church, Pioneer Drive. For information or emergency please contact Sr Pat 8671 0499.

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Junior netballers fight for top honours

Roxby Downs Netball Association held its junior grand finals and presentations on Saturday, with the Shooters (ABOVE LEFT) being named 11 and under premiers, while Lightning (ABOVE RIGHT) took out the 13 and under premiership. See next week’s edition of The Monitor for more grand final action and presentation photos.

Roxby Downs Junior Netball Results for Grand Final Saturday, September 9, 2017 & Award Winners 2017

11 & under Shooters def Lightning 24 to 12 Best on court- Ainsley Steer Coaches’ Awards Shooters-Riley George Lightning- Tailee Martlew Bullets- Merredy Bawden TBirds- Chelsea Maywald Team Best & Fairest Bullets- Lucy Ramsey Lightning- Summah Cooke Shooters- Charlie Rigden TBirds - Milly Wise & Lacy Faulkner RDNA Association Runner-Up Best & Fairest (joint winners) Lucy Ramsey & Charlie Rigden RDNA Association Best & Fairest (joint winners) Milly Wise & Lacy Faulkner

13 & under ABOVE: 17 and under Roxby Downs Netball Association premiers, Lightning and (BELOW) some of the action from the under 11, under 13 and under 17 grand finals played on Saturday. PHOTOS: Harry Jay.

Lightning def TBirds 24 to 22 Best on court- Chloe Turley Coaches’ Awards Shooters- Georgie Dixon Lightning- Lucy Moten Bullets- Jasmine McDonald TBirds- Aliyah Brougham Team Best & Fairest Bullets- Ella Ramsey Lightning- Chloe Turley TBirds - Madison Qualmann Shooters- Charlee McDonald RDNA Association Runner-Up Best & Fairest Ella Ramsey RDNA Association Best & Fairest Madison Qualmann

13 & under T-Birds def Lightning 52 to 40 Best on court- Abby Hardwick Coaches’ Awards Shooters- Jessica Snell Lightning- Rachel Slusser Bullets- Nicole Johnson TBirds- Jessica Crane Team Best & Fairest Bullets- Cody Jackson Lightning- Chloe Odgers TBirds- Hayley Wurfel Shooters- Alisha Millar RDNA Association Runner-Up Best & Fairest Cody Jackson RDNA Association Best & Fairest Chloe Odgers

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Griggs takes clear club championship win

Roxby Downs Golf Club held the MTM Club Championship last weekend, where Seb Griggs (centre) was named A Grade Club Champion, pictured with (left) club captain Michael Paul and event sponsor Mark Beenham.

Club captain Michael Paul, A Grade Nett Winner Glen Mungur (right) and sponsor Mark Beenham.

Club Captain Michael Paul, B Grade Nett Winner Adam Malm (centre) and sponsor Mark Beenham.

Ladies’ Club Champion Anne Gray, B Grade Club Champion Damien Condon, C Grade Club Champion Chad Oldfield and Club Champion Seb Griggs.

Roxby Downs Golf Association MTM Club Championship Saturday, September 9, 2017 A GRADE CLUB CHAMPION B GRADE CLUB CHAMPION C GRADE CLUB CHAMPION LADIES CLUB CHAMPION A GRADE STROKE R/UP B GRADE STROKE R/UP C GRADE STROKE R/UP LADIES STROKE R/UP A GRADE NETT WINNER B GRADE NETT WINNER C GRADE NETT WINNER LADIES NETT WINNER A GRADE NETT R/UP B GRADE NETT R/UP C GRADE NETT R/UP LADIES NETT R/UP BEST NETT SAT A GRADE BEST NETT SAT B GRADE BEST NETT SAT C GRADE BEST NETT SUN A GRADE BEST NETT SUN B GRADE BEST NETT SUN C GRADE NOVELTY SAT “A” LD NOVELTY SAT “B” LD NOVELTY SAT “C” LD NOVELTY SAT “A” NTP NOVELTY SAT “B” NTP NOVELTY SAT “C” NTP NOVELTY SUN “A” LD NOVELTY SUN “B” LD NOVELTY SUN “C” LD NOVELTY SUN “L” LD NOVELTY SUN “A” NTP NOVELTY SUN “B” NTP NOVELTY SUN “C” NTP NOVELTY SUN “L” NTP 11 TH HOLE SAT 11TH HOLE SUN

NAME SEB GRIGGS DAMIEN CONDON CHAD OLDFIELD ANNE GRAY RYAN BRIGGS RENE AYALA JEFF CHILTON ANN SHIELDS GLEN MUNGUR ADAM MALM TONY FORREST STACEY DADLEH DON BARWICK KEEGAN BLOWS MARK BENNHAM MEL CONDON RYAN BRIGGS RENE AYALA CHAD OLDFIELD RYAN BRIGGS KEEGAN BLOWS JEFF CHILTON NICK TEARE BARRY DADLEH ADMIRE DON BARKWICK BARRY DADLEH MISSED PETE DAVIES ADAM MCKEE MARK BENNHAM STACEY DADLEH JOHN LACHMUND MISSED MISSED ANNE GRAY TONY FORREST GLEN MUNGUR

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SCORE 159 179 201 98 159 179 203 99 150 145 179 77 152 C/B 148 C/B 179 78 70 71 70 71 67 70

Club Captain Michael Paul, C Grade Nett Winner Tony Forrest and sponsor Mark Beenham.

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Andy Height lines up a shot.

Chris Pillar is a picture of concentration at golf on the weekend.

Chad Oldfield at the Roxby Downs Golf Club at the weekend.

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10km Open Female winners Elisabeth Wynn (third), Donna Lamb (first) and Mel O’Donnell (second). PHOTOS: Mick Nelson.

10km Open Male winners Jason Starkey, (third) Cyrus Weir (second) and Tom Burkitt Ifirst).

Annual dash through the desert

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ust over 100 people put on their sandshoes for Sunday’s ninth annual Roxby Downs Desert Dash.

The cool weather made for perfect conditions for participants to either run or walk three, five or ten-kilometre courses.

Desert Dash committee member Scott Humphries said that while numbers were lower than what he was expecting, it was still a great morning.

“Everyone had a good time,” he said.

“The five-kilometre (event) was the most popular race this year, but there was still plenty in the 3km which is a good option for a

Geraghty honoured by award CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE Geraghty has been involved in junior football in Roxby Downs for four years, where he has been everything from a coach, umpire, “water boy”, and president of the RDJFA. Currently he is the association’s vice president, and this year he also became the junior development coordinator for the West Adelaide Football Club’s Roxby Downs Academy.

While he loves watching the juniors make it to the top level, Geraghty gets the most joy from seeing them develop.

“We had a young boy who came here from New Zealand with a rugby union background who couldn’t kick to save himself or handball,” he said.

“I worked with him along with other coaches and teammates, and to see his improvement up to the grand final was amazing.

“That sort of stuff gives me satisfaction.”

Geraghty enjoys helping out with junior football where he can, and said he doesn’t do it for the recognition.

“You don’t do it for the accolades, you do it because you love it,” he said.

“But to be given an award like this is very humbling, and I’m sure there’ll be some very worthy recipients in the years to come.”

lot of people.

“There were lots of kids which is good, everything went pretty smoothly.”

Humphries is already thinking about next year’s Desert Dash, which will be the event’s tenth anniversary.

“It’s such a great way for people to get out there for their exercise as well as a community get together,” he said.

Humphries would like to thank the volunteers, BHP and the other sponsors for their support.

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Winners of the 3km Junior Female Lacy Faulkner (second) and Jess Snell (first).

Winners of the 3km Junior Male Brodie Collins (third), Archie Faulkner (second), and Shepherd Humphries (first).

Motocross club championships WRITTEN BY TIM DIXON ROXBY DOWNS MOTOCROSS CLUB

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t was an action packed day of racing at the Roxby Downs Motocross Club on Sunday when the final club round for the year was held.

Great weather had the spectators’ numbers up for the day, which kept the canteen busy all

day.

Everyone was treated to some great close racing, particularly in the 65cc and 85cc races, with some very tightly contested battles in all races.

Junior numbers were up, while the seniors were down a little on previous club rounds.

The little division two 50cc class was won by Aiden Way, with Sammy Dixon coming in second closely followed by Jackson Way in third place.

Axle Dean brought home first

Motocross action from Sunday.

PHOTOS: Allie Thomas.

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place in the 65cc class, with Bailey Anderson second and young Harry McDonald third.

The 85cc race was won by Jack Secker, while Ben Dixon finished second and Bailey Anderson brought home third place.

Andrew Swanson was first place for the day in the A grade senior class, with Trent Smits not far behind in second place.

The B grade senior class was won by Tanner Turner with Jesse Anderson coming in second and Matt McDonald finishing third.

2017 Desert Dash Results Sunday, September 10, 2017 3K JUNIOR MALE 1st Shepherd Humphries 2nd Archie Faulkner 3rd Brodie Collins 3K JUNIOR FEMALE 1st Jess Snell 2nd Lacy Faulkner 3rd Isabelle Coombes 3K OPEN MALE 1st Mick Collins 2nd Ryan Alchin 3K OPEN FEMALE 1st Kristin Humphries 2nd Boryana Woodhouse 3rd Drieka Coombes 5K JUNIOR MALE 1st Angus Hewitt 2nd Henry Snell 3rd Cameron Qualmann 5K JUNIOR FEMALE 1st Kyra Barnes 2nd Maya Smith Indie Walker 5K OPEN MALE 1st Michael Seed 2nd Todd Parker 3rd Anthony Hordacre 5K OPEN FEMALE 1st Joice Takaidza 2nd Louise Westwood tied with Carly Dunn 10K JUNIOR FEMALE 1st Brianna Bastian 10K OPEN MALE 1st Tom Burkitt 2nd Cyrus Weir 3rd Jason Starkey 10K OPEN FEMALE 1st Donna Lamb 2nd Mel O’Donnell 3rd Elisabeth Wynn

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Harry’s award honour for Rein WRITTEN BY AMANDA ASTRI

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t last month’s Roxby Downs Junior Football Association’s (RDJFA) presentation day, Rein Geraghty received the Harry Harrison Memorial Award for Outstanding Service to the association.

The award has been in place for four years now, and recognises those who have made a significant contribution to junior football in the area.

Geraghty was good friends with Mr Harrison before he lost his battle with cancer in 2014, and receiving the award meant a lot to him.

“I’m really glad I didn’t have to make a speech otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to get through it,” he said.

“Even presenting the award in previous years has been big with just talking about Harry, so to actually be given the recognition and be held in the same sort of calibre as the previous recipients is huge.”

Geraghty met Mr Harrison through work, and from there they formed a close friendship.

“Harry was actually my boss at work,” he said.

“He’d often come over to my house and watch State of Origin and stuff like that.

“My kids even comment that it’s not the same watching that anymore without him.”

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Rein Geraghty sitting on a chair at Roxby Downs oval dedicated to Harry Harrison.

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