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Local skateboarder Zack Netherton has succeeded where State Government grants and extensive planning have failed – he built a skate park. Local skateboarders and bike riders turned out in force over the weekend of May 13 – 14, to use equipment built and provided by Zack and transported by his father, Luke.
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Back row skaters: Joel Vanzati (11), Zack Netherton (15) and Shaun Smith (11). Front row bikers: Shaedyn Phelan (12) and Lochie Munro (13)…all enjoyed the chance to use the equipment Zack built.
INSET: Shaun Smith in action on the jump.
The rising cost of living in Roxby Downs Roxby Downs residents are digging deep as householders find themselves hard hit by recent price hikes. Price rises have had residents reaching for their wallets and in some cases even cost hardearned savings. While household expenses have risen across the country, Roxby Downs residents have
been harder hit than most. Residents had been faced with utilities bills that were significantly higher than usual as well as the increase in petrol prices. Local petrol prices have increased by about 25 cents per litre over the past year. As if that was not enough the inflated cost of local housing
translated to bigger mortgages, meaning the increase in interest rates added to the strain. To top it all off, those ‘lucky’ enough to have a BHP Billiton Mobile card were faced with the additional cost of paying two months’ fuel bills from April’s wages. Card holders were recently billed for two months, instead
of the usual one month period, in an effort to decrease the fuel backlog from two months to one. BHP Billiton declined to comment on why this decision was made. T h e u n ex p e c t e d p r i c e rises have left some people wondering what to do next. Continued on page 4
Don’t have any deposit? Talk to us, we may be able to help you! A Mortgage Choice consultant will be visiting Roxby Downs on June 22, 23 & 24, 2006. Appointments can be made through Garry Baker Building on
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