2016 November Echo

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Airlie Tapscott boating in the driveway of the family’s Lower Light property following the floods late last month. It took several days for the water to subside. Local residents sent in their thoughts, plus more flood photos Pages 3-5.

Major marketing move as development destination From little things big things grow.

An idea to bridge the country city gap, between Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains, has started to take shape with the newly formed group, Adelaide Plains Major Events and Innovation.

The official launch of the group took place on Tuesday, October 11 in Two Wells, where 30 people, heard an inspiring plan by local farming identity, John Lush, to promote the Adelaide Plains as the foodbowl of South Australia.

Natalie Centenera reports: “I think the Adelaide Plains is a secret waiting to be discovered,” John said.

“The major Events Committee wants to do something about it.

“The foodbowl that is on the doorstep of Adelaide is not well known, and we want to change that.

“We’ve actually got a few ideas, and if you have a look around the Adelaide Plains you’ve got some pretty

Carmine elected to Plains council Lewiston resident, Carmine De Troia, is the Adelaide Plains Council’s newest member, following a supplementary election last month.

APC chief executive officer, James Miller, confirmed Mr Di Troia was officially sworn in to the position of Lewiston ward councilor on Monday October 17 and will serve in this role until November 2018 when the next council elections will be held.

“The council is very excited to have Carmine on board and we’re confident that he will offer a lot of experience and local knowledge to the chamber throughout the duration of his appointment,” Mr Miller said.

A little over 300 formal postal votes were received for the supplementary election, with Mr Di Troia obtaining a total of 98.

exciting industries going on, and some pretty exciting opportunities.”

The vision that John Lush has is actually a business plan, “because at the end of it, there will be a pay off,” he explains.

The first idea to come from the Major Events group is to hold an expo in September 2017, where all of the businesses of the Adelaide Plains are in one place and on show. n Continued Page 7

New Adelaide Plains councillor, Carmine De Troia, of Lewiston.

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New Community Service directory Natalie Centenera reports:

A gathering of nine service clubs, including Angle Vale Lions, were invited to an official launch of the inWard Belt augural Service Club Directory 2016/2017 for the Light Lewiston Two Wells Gawler Middle Electorate, at the Gawler Beach CWA branch, on Wednesday Gawler River October 12.

Port Gawler Ti m e l y p r o d u c e d a n d launched during Service Club MacDonald Buckland Port Gawler Park week, the directory, an idea of Penfield Virginia Park Conservation Andrews Munno Para Gardens Park Farm Mr Piccolo’s, is the first of its Penfield kind and lists all of the Service Clubs in the electorate.

Waterloo RAAF Base Corner Edinburgh Elizabeth The directory promotes the work of service clubs and Angle Vale, Lewiston, Two Wells, & encourages members of the Virginia, Middle Beach, Lower Light, Port community to join in and make Gawler, and Buckland Park. a difference.

“Service clubs enrich the lives of people living in their Phone 8862 1977 local communities,” Mr PicFACSIMILE 8862 1997 colo said.

NEWS editor@twowellsecho.com.au All newcomers to the electorate will receive a copy of SALES sales@twowellsecho.com.au the directorate informing them internet www.twowellsecho.com.au of the clubs running in their deadlines Advertising and Editorial closes community, the type of work 5 pm the last Wednesday of the month. they do, and contact details. reporters Bec O’Brien & Natalie Centenera Dorothy Lewtas, president news@twowellsecho.com.au of the Lions Club of Angle MOBILE 0419 292 715 Vale was pleased by the new advertising David Newsome directory. sales@twowellsecho.com.au “This is an excellent idea, Lower Light

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Angle Vale Lions Club member Margaret Peterson, State Member for Light Tony Piccolo, Angle Vale Lions Club President Dorothy Lewtas. especially if we’re getting new residents to the area,” she said.

“We’re always looking for new members.”

For more information on The Lions Club of Angle Vale please contact Dorothy Lewtas on 0412691721, or email dixie-

dee1@gmail.com Or for a copy of the Directorate please email light@parliament.sa.gov.au.

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New committee for Virginia action group Despite the recent disaster that struck Virginia at the start of the month, about 20 eager community members managed to attend the Virginia Residents Action Group AGM. The meeting was held in the Virginia Community Centre and the attendees represented the history and culture that makes the town so unique.

After introductions were made, formalities took place whereby residents nominated each other for various positions on the committee.

Adrian Marschall remained chairman, Kyreene Thompson became vice chairperson, Domenica Bergamin remained secretary, Maria Yfantidis was happy to lend her experience to the position of treasurer and Tom and Elvira Hancock filled the positions of committee members.

Denise Wilson, the previous Treasurer, who has since moved out of the area, was publicly thanked and her efforts recog-

New VRAG Committee members - back row standing- Maria Yfantidis, Kyreene Thompson, Adrian Marschall. Sitting- Tom and Elvira Hancock and Domenica Bergamin. nised for a wonderful contribution over the years.

Talk quickly moved to what residents hoped to achieve through the committee; improvement of footpaths, access to mains water, subdivision of land and the recycling of rubbish

and the celebration and cohesion of the multicultural community, which will culminate in a Community Day to be held either late this year or early 2017.

Councillor Peter Rentoulis stated at the meeting, “I want us to drive action right from the

grass roots level.”

If you are passionate about the community you live in, it’s worth getting involved to either lend a hand or a brilliant idea.

Contact Adrian on 0439 717 653 or Peter Rentoulis 0421 167 139.

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Flooded with generosity

A personal perspective and reflection by Two Wells resident, Lynette Seccafien

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he Two Wells Oval and Community Centre became the CFS Staging Centre during the recent flood event affecting the Gawler and Light Rivers.

After an initial request to provide ‘a couple of meals’ on Thursday night for the local CFS volunteers preparing sandbags, over 100 meals were served up before the end of the day.

An early morning call on Friday morning resulted in breakfast followed by lunch and dinner after the Light River went over at around 6am.

By late Friday the Two Wells community had quickly rallied to prepare and provide meals for the volunteers with a steady stream swiftly turning into a torrent matched only by the rivers themselves.

Just as we were sitting down on that afternoon to discuss menus and food required, the CFS Incident Management Team (IMT) based at Roseworthy called and asked how we were going and advised that 150 Army personnel were on their way to assist with sandbagging and did we reckon we could feed them too!

Later that day the IMT called again to advise that they were calling in the Salvation Army to assist with catering.

The Salvos arrived late on Friday night, but a steady stream of community members continued to arrive to cook for the volunteers each day.

Despite being the lead organisation, the Salvos worked in collaboration with the community to continue to provide hearty meals including copies amounts of morning and afternoon teas.

The Two Wells Football & Netball Sporting Club opened up their doors to provide showers and accommodation for the Army and CFA. Community members provided towels and laundering for those who needed them.

Meals wound down with lunch on Wednesday the last served up before clean up began.

The official Salvos meal count was 2360 from Saturday morning plus the 500 or 600 meals before they arrived between us we prepared and served just under 3000 meals to the CFS, CFA, SAPOL, Army,

RAAF, SES, DEWNR and anyone else that turned up.

Throughout the event, the community rallied to help out with cooking, dishes, cleaning toilets and showers, providing and washing towels and tea towels, cooking the barbie, donations of cakes and biscuits and endless sweeping of the hall.

People worked hard and pulled things together at a moments notice to keep the volunteers well fed and supported.

Local businesses including the Two Wells Bakery, Butcher, IGA, Dimasi Fruit & Veg and Lange Auto all opened their doors sometimes out of hours to help and provide food where they could.

At one point a trip to Woolworths was required to top up on items that we had cleared out local supplies.

Main Street Cafe and Patchis Pizza also delivered pizzas and delicious chicken for the troops.

Members of the Two Wells Scout Group, CWA, Footy & Netball, Lions, Bowling, Tennis, Cricket, Church groups etc and members of the community both old and new who turned up to assist where possible.

This event has shown a strong, cohesive and connected community that worked together during a time of need and showed great resilience and one that we should all be proud to be a part of.

Thanks go to the following organisations who donated: Main Street Cafe and Patchis Pizza for dropping off pizza and cooked chicken D’Vine Ripe dropped of a pallet of tomatoes and pineapples Another grower from Pt Gawler (didn’t get their name) dropped off another couple of boxes of Roma tomatoes plus a few huge bags of Lebanese cucumbers Woolworths donated almost $300 worth of groceries ACE Septic Service who organised Mick Hart to pump all the septic tanks in the oval precinct and especially to Mick who came back late Sunday night in the cold to check a mysterious odour!

ABOVE: The Light River in full flood.

LEFT: Preparing to sandbag his home on Dawkins Road, Lewiston, was Dave Brown (left), helped by neighbours Michael and Ryan Herbst.

I am really afraid of naming people and leaving some out.

I did though, want to say a big thank you to Robyn Ford who I asked to oversee the kitchen and meal preparation while I dealt with every other question that came up over the weekend (septic system emptying, public toilet cleaning, accommodation, showers, rubbish removal) and all the people who came to volunteer, including the Scouts who also came to help and were our primary floor sweepers.

I did call the Two Wells CWA girls and ask them to provide girls

on a roster to help.

But I really didn’t need to call many people as so many just rolled up and wanted to help in some way.

The volunteers filling sandbags plus going out to the rivers were very well fed with homemade soups, pasta, roast, veggies, potato bake plus lots of members of the community turned up with delicious home made cakes, scones and biscuits.

I do recall a young boy who had made cupcakes with his mum who proudly bought them in.

Feedback from members of other

CFS groups was that they were very well fed and some were planning on staying!

All in all it was a great community effort.

I saw so many positives come out of this – in particular it was a brilliant way to integrate new members into the community and get them to work side by side with the more established residents.

I believe that if the new residents feel a sense of belonging to the town then they will treasure it as much as the ‘old’ ones and be proud of where they live!

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Ark owners felt abandoned at sea At the height of the September flooding, one local family’s home became very much like a floating houseboat and they were calling it the “Cattell Ark”.

Jokes aside, however, for the Cattell family of Two Wells, there are many questions they’d like answered as a result of the widespread flooding.

While stories abound of the camaraderie, friendship, and community support of locals and strangers alike during this devastating event - with which Tania and Andrew Cattell and their three children, Ben, 11, Amy, 13 and Bethany, 19, wholeheartedly agree - they also felt very vulnerable and isolated for much of the time as it was happening.

The family live on Old Port Wakefield Road, approximately 500 meters north of the Gawler River and their raised transportable house became surrounded by water.

It was a first for the property, only having experienced minor flooding in the back paddock in the past.

The front of their property, which faces the road, is protected by a levee.

“They drum into us to prepare for fire, for floods, etcetera, to know where to go and what to do,” Tania said.

“But we just felt so isolated.

“We wanted information, we wanted to know what to do.

“There was no SMS warning, we had no idea what was happening, no-one came in with flashing lights, no-one came to our door.

“It wasn’t until Andrew said, “there’s a river running down the road’, that we thought we’d better start thinking about evacuating.”

So on October 1 at around 5am,

LEFT: Tania Cattell in front of the family home on Old Port Wakefield Road. Four weeks after the flooding and the family were still not able to return home.

Bec O’Brien reports: after a long and fretful night, Tania and Andrew packed up the kids, two dogs and a cat and headed for the only place they could think of as a local evacuation point to get help – the Two Wells Community Centre.

The short journey there was not uneventful, with the Gawler River having broken its banks and flooding both along Old Port Wakefield Road, and from behind their property, along Gawler River Road.

They were effectively stranded.

“As we decided to leave we discovered a large body of water running down and across both roads, joining together,” Tania explained.

“We were unsure of how deep the water was, so we rang the SES assistance number but they did not have any local knowledge and we were told to contact the local police.

“Even though we could see the police approximately 600 metres up the road we were unable to contact them.”

Eventually the police realized the family needed assistance and guided them through the floodwaters.

However, on reaching the community centre, they were informed the building was being used as an emergency services base not as an evacuation centre.

“At this point we were in shock and were extremely confused about being asked to leave,” Tania said.

“We were all finding it hard to cope and make any decisions.”

Luckily a friend heard of their plight and came to the rescue, inviting them to stay for the day.

Tania says this act of compassion was the first of many to come over

RIGHT: The Cattell family home on Old Port Wakefield Road is surrounded by floodwaters and looks like a houseboat. Nicknamed the “Cattell Ark”. the course of the next few days, with another friend providing accommodation in Two Wells for three nights for the family and their pets.

It was the pets that were the sticking point throughout this experience, Tania said.

“On Monday October 3 we registered at the Emergency Recovery Centre (at Evanston Gardens) but they advised they could not help the whole family because we had animals,” she said.

“Pets are members of the family too.

“We actually had nowhere to evacuate to with our pets.”

While Andrew was offered relief accommodation closer to his place of work, Tania and the children remained at the friend’s house in Two Wells.

“We were staying in a house with 11 other people, had no home to go to, and were all suffering shock at the state of everything, the whole family was in shock,” Tania explained.

“I was feeling extremely disillusioned and distressed about everything.”

Once again another local family heard of the Cattell family’s plight

and offered them their house, as they were overseas.

As of October 29th the Cattell’s were still unable to return to their home.

Their septic tank had flooded and had to be pumped out.

The electricity had been turned off and needed to be checked before being turned back on again, the property’s bore needed assessing and their backyard was a complete mess.

However, as much as the event was a massive upheaval for the family and many questions have still not been answered, Tania says there are many more positives to come out of it.

The Cattell family wishes to thank everyone, including all emergency service personnel, who helped in any way, but particularly Adam Harris and the local CFS members for making decisions and helping wherever they could; Andrew and Wendy Sharpe who offered their house while they were away overseas; Michelle and David Barnett, who took them in for three days (“11 people, 2 dogs and a cat in one house - that’s friendship”); David Cowell from Adelaide Plains

Council for his support and advice with the clean-up; and Tony and Michele Renaglia of Lewiston, who were quick to offer their support and home for a day when the family had nowhere else to go.

When contacted by The Echo, State Emergency Service (SES) corporate communications manager, Jon Carr, said it was advisable for all residents who lived in a flood prone area to have a current flood action plan.

Mr Carr said the SES did not ask residents to evacuate, but rather to follow their flood action plan.

“We’re the response agency not the recovery agency,” he said.

“All I can say is people should have a current flood action plan, which is different for each person, and they should enact it during a flood crisis.

“No two plans are going to be the same, it will depend on the situation of each person at the time.”

Mr Carr said it was the responsibility of the State Government’s Department of Community and Social Inclusion to nominate and organise recovery centres during and after a crisis.

MAIN: A friend took a snap of the front of the Tapscott’s driveway the next day. RIGHT: Airlie and Jack Tapscott watching the CFS trucks roll in with sand bags. INSET: The flood water creeping up the driveway.

Volunteers a family saviour

Lower Light resident, Marie Tapscott, recounts her flood experience

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he flooding of the Light River was inevitable after so much rain.

The only information available to the Lower Light community was from farmers and residents along the river who gave the heads-up that the river broke banks at 6am Friday morning.

We knew then that our property would be under water but had no time frame of when.

The flood threat became real when four Mallala CFS vehicles came racing down our driveway loaded with sandbags.

Volunteers poured out and began packing sand bags at doorways and vents around the house then declaring that this flood would be twice as

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big as 2010.

It was then that I started to worry because the 2010 flood stopped a few metres from the house.

There is not much you can do except put things up high, roll up rugs, pack towels inside doorways and cross your fingers.

Once all the preparing was done, our family waited for the water to come.

We monitored where it was all day and into the night.

The time of year and crops altered the waters path and slowed it down.

This was a good thing for us but not for some others further out who thought they were safe. We cut our fences and at midnight the water flowed silently onto our property.

It seeped through a magnificent chickpea crop then gained momentum and began to back up as it struggled to escape through the small waterways to the sea.

The railway line and highway act as a barrier dam, but when the water finally comes through it is incomprehensible how much water there is.

Our whole family was up all night, digging levee banks and sand bag barriers, moving tractor buckets of dirt for reinforcement and protecting our pets and livestock.

We were grateful for our neighbours who were either on the highway relaying information or who called to see how we were at 2am.

We had to decline help at our

house because we knew we would soon be on an island for a couple of days. It was a long night with moments of panic when water broke through sand bags or when the shearing shed was again flooded.

We were constantly alert and it was exhausting.

I can only imagine how the emergency services volunteers felt after days of assisting people. By 5am as dawn came we felt safe that the water had stopped rising and once again, as in 2010, we stopped it a few metres from the house.

It is an eerie feeling being completely surrounded by water.

Our chickpea crop was mostly submerged in 4-feet of water with not great prospects for success after

being flood irrigated.

Plans to watch the grand final at the pub were dashed because we didn’t have a boat but we were too tired anyway. The kids took the opportunity to go boating in their blow up dingy because it’s not every day you can go boating in your driveway!

Even though we were safe, we found out that the water was still causing trouble for our neighbours and felt helpless because we couldn’t lend a hand.

We were able to get off our property two days later to see what was going on and the activity at the Two Wells oval was amazing. The community should be immensely proud of themselves for the effort that was put in to help each other.

Two Wells Echo, November, 2016

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Déjà vu for Virginia flower farmer Virginia flower grower, Adrian Marschall reports: September 30 2016 seemed a case of déjà vu to me.

It’s hard to believe it was only 11 years ago when Virginia last saw the might of the Gawler River break its banks and flood the region I have called home for all of my 42 years.

The storm the whole state endured on Wednesday the 28th was something you could only describe as eerie and if you followed the weather patterns as I did, you knew we were getting a lot of rain with the potential to cause a lot of damage.

After the night of complete darkness, Thursday consisted of counting costs for the whole of the state.

For me, my interest was directed at the rainfall that had fallen in the river catchment area.

As Friday came around I did my usual analysis, which involved driving to Gawler and assessing North and South Para River levels and then watching the levels at Winkles Bridge.

During the day my usual markers that I have watched time and time again were indicating a huge amount of water was coming down to our end of the river.

Around 10am on Friday I decided to go home and start setting up for a flood to be on the safe side as I then predicted I would have approximately 12hrs before this wall of water would threaten my home.

I picked up my children from school early and made my way home so I could be at the ready in case anything happened.

Sure enough, just before dark the river began to rise, the dirt appeared at Baker’s road and the lights began to flash.

The river was doing its thing, carrying a mighty volume of water at a rapid pace.

We could only watch it pass from our vantage points and as it got darker these got less and less.

Soon CFS and SES personnel were on our streets warning us of the dangers that I had seen all too often before.

I remember as a child we would have family and friends come to our house in these times and we would walk the banks of the river with torches spotting fox and rabbit holes and stopping any water as it seemed to make its way over the top.

Nowadays this is near impossible with the banks almost inaccessible covered with boxthorns and other weeds that have infested the river.

So only the vantage points that were accessible were the option for the night and these were few and far between.

Virginia flower grower, Adrian Marschall, in one of his paddocks, which was covered in flood waters in September. INSET: Adrian Marschall, inspects the water level at the railway line not far from his house. At the height of the flood, the water covered all the graffiti.

Just after 9:30pm the word was out the river had come over near Stanton road (my road) and I was at home with my brother and 2 of my kids.

The one thing I noticed immediately was the speed of the water.

In the 2005 flood, the water came up to my house with such a pace it covered the length of my 200m paddock in five mins, whereas this one took around three hrs to cover the same distance, indicating this was not a break but simply water overflowing.

Time was then an advantage as water rose slowly to cover my property and surround my house.

CFS personnel arrived and asked us to evacuate, but I was going nowhere and when they suggested that the banks due north to me were quite suspect and may break I decided to evacuate the children and have them looked after by family.

When I think about it though, how did they know the bank was suspect?

Like I said these banks are full of weed and boxthorn bushes! How did they walk it?

With the children in safe hands we were now completely surrounded with water and with the great help of the CFS the house was sand bagged and it was now time to wait and monitor the water level to keep it out of the house.

The CFS had now left us and told me they were shutting down the road, but I felt confident with my decision to stay and with the plan I had in place.

With water now covering 90% of the property I did not have much hope for any of the cut flowers I was growing, but compared to the loss and the damage I knew others would be suffering this seemed minor at the time.

Friday night as always in these times was a sleepless night and as dawn came upon us the damage was much clearer.

Water was still flowing through the culverts under the train line with quite a loud disturbing, gushing sound and didn’t seem like it was going to let up anytime soon.

Completely surrounded with water and the flow still strong it was now time to try and find the source of the water.

Early Saturday afternoon a friend and neighbour who had walked the train line asked me if I had seen the “hole”.

As I hadn’t been anywhere I waded through the water, across to the train line to higher ground and walked with him down to the river.

Along the bank around 150m he showed me the hole in the river, which now was about 20 meters wide and 1.5meters deep.

Now the source was found the aim would be to fill the hole as soon as possible to avoid any further damage if the river came up again.

Notifying the authorities was the first thing to do to achieve this.

Once a plan was in place many people from Council, Army, Airforce CFS, SES and a great number of local volunteers gave up valuable time to achieve this goal.

I might say it probably wasn’t without its hiccups, but nonetheless it was achieved with a huge effort.

As the water started to recede on Monday at our end of the disaster I still heard reports of it going further into properties west of Virginia and into Buckland Park.

I guess this was the peak of the water doing its thing, finding its way, just as it does when it in the confines of the river.

Weeks on, the dirt is cleared and the ford is open and the water is slowly dispersing.

Again we deal with the clean-up and the stench.

Growers are desperate to plant or restart.

Meetings now seem to be the order of the day as help is trying to weave its way to those affected through grants and other means.

I have been to a few and people are tired, they are angry and extremely upset, some with thoughts

beyond my belief.

Although this is confronting, it is understandable.

All they want is to be able to move forward without too many hurdles.

Remember, these are relentless farmers that provide an enormous boost to our state’s economy.

We should respect that and listen to their needs.

From what could have been a trickle over the banks of the Gawler River, in time turned into a large hole and hurt the livelihood of many families in the area.

People will suffer now for a long time to come.

Perhaps the problem at present is that like years gone by the river floods, families and livelihoods are affected, opinions are voiced but not much seems to happen in the lower areas of the river.

This time voices need to be heard and ideas need to be listened to.

Access to the river, widening and raising banks, raising bridges and extra channels are just a few views I am hearing from locals, many of who have lived here longer than me.

Some, or all of these may be achievable, but unless these are presented to and discussed with the appropriate people we will never know.

I sure don’t want to be here in another 10 years in the same situation.

Further State Government support for clean up The State Government will provide more help to flood-affected primary producers in the Gawler River Floodplain region so they can get back to full production faster.

As flood waters recede, our priority is to help producers assess the damage and remove rubbish, building materials and spoiled crops.

Primary Industries and Regions SA will coordinate the waste management program, beginning with assessments to identify the waste and then work out the best

management and removal methods.

While the assessment process is underway, landholders are advised to pile the waste in an accessible area of their property, at a safe distance from roadways.

Waste will be collected at no cost to the landholder.

Topsoil will not be collected.

Flood-affected primary producers can still apply for grants of up to $10,000 – totalling $3 million - to reimburse immediate recovery costs associated with flooding and storm damage.

Two Wells Echo, November, 2016

The recovery grants are available to assist eligible businesses in the floodaffected areas in the City of Playford and the Adelaide Plains Council. The grants can be used to reimburse additional clean-up and reinstatement costs not covered by insurance.

Early damage assessments of the flood-affected region have put the damage bill at more than $50 million, with up to 300 primary producers affected and between 10001500 hectares of farming land (open fields and greenhouses)

inundated with flood waters.

“PIRSA’s recovery teams have visited about 300 landowners and met with local industry sectors across the Gawler River Floodplain, getting first hand accounts of the damage,” Agriculture Minister, Leon Bignell said.

“Most of the affected primary producers have lost annual crops, with many close to - or at the point of - harvest, resulting in significant loss of income.

“The State Government has listened to concerns in the

region and the most immediate help we can offer is by stepping in and coordinating the clean-up.

“This will help speed up waste removal, ensure all properties are part of the clean-up, and get this region back on its feet - returning to its role as one of Australia’s premier intensive food production zones.

“Help is not limited to just the clean-up. A program providing additional technical and business advice for affected landholders will be made available, as the next

step in the recovery program.

“Also, affected primary producers can still access the flood recovery grants of up to $10,000, and the Business Reinvestment Industry Taskforce will examine ways flood affected businesses and industries can come out of this storm stronger than before.

“We realise for many farmers it may take 6 to 12 months to recover. The State Government will be here for the long haul, working with them to get them back on their feet.” www.twowellsecho.com.au

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Send or amend your free community announcements at news@twowellsecho.com.au Alcoholics Anonymous, Meets every Thursday evening in Two Wells, Commencing at 8pm in the Hall at St. Pauls Anglican Church Old Port Wakefield Road, Anyone who thinks they may have a problem with alcohol is welcome to attend.

basketball Two Rivers Basketball Association, Angle Vale Primary School, PO Box 455 Two Wells SA 5501. Basketball Coaching Clinic from 5pm, Games commence from 5:30pm, 12 & Under, 15 & under, learn basketball in a friendly family atmosphere.

Contact Paul on 0414 248 732.

BOWLING CLUB Whether you are new to lawn bowls or are a seasoned player why not consider joining the Two Wells Club? We field Pennant teams on Thursday for women (match times fit in with school drop off and pickup) Wednesday is Men’s day and Saturday is Open Gender.

Social bowls start in October, this is all about having fun whilst enjoying good company and getting out in the open air. Why not get a group of friends to come along with you?

If you haven’t played lawn bowls before there will be someone available to show you how to play.

We will provide the bowls, and for $5 a night you can learn a new skill.

Contact Bev Molloy Phone: 0427 970 865.

The Clubrooms at Old Pt Wakefield Road are available for hire and have bar facilities.

Calisthenics Two Wells Calisthenics. Looking for something new and lots of fun? Come along and give it a go!

Classes held at Two Wells Primary School, Tuesday Night practice, Sub Juniors(7-9 years) 5pm to 6.30pm. Juniors(10-12 years) 6pm to 7.45. Inters(13 and older) 6.45pm to 8.30pm. Phone Jodie Simons on 8524 3990 or 0423 928 311, first lesson complementary.

Children’s centre

Two Wells Community Children’s Centre, 27a Gawler Road, Two Wells. Community-based, fully accredited. Childcare for children aged 6 weeks to 12 years, Monday to Friday 7am-6pm. Full time/ part time/casual care, before and after Kindy care, vacation care for school-aged children.

Dept of Education Preschool and Pre-Entry. Qualified, caring staff. Educational, developmental programmes, and Special Needs services available. Nutritious, fresh meals. Children are too precious for profit! Visit www.twowellskgn. sa.edu.au or phone 8520 2358.

child & youth health

Child and Youth Health, Child and Youth Health services are held on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at The Two Wells Children’s Centre, 27a Gawler Rd, Two Wells 9:15am to 10:30am and 1pm to 4pm by appointment only, 10:30am to 12 noon drop in. Call 1300 733 606 for appointments.

Community Library

CommuniTY Public Library, Located in the Institute. Hours: MondaysClosed, Tuesday & Thursday - 9:30am to 5pm, Wednesday – 1pm to 7pm, Friday – 9:30am to 3pm, Sat – 9am to 11am, Phone 8520 2100.

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Church times

Anglican Church Services St Peter’s Mallala 1st Sunday of the month 10am November 6 10am December 4 10am January 1 Contact: Nita Noble 8527 2303 St Paul’s Two Wells 10am November 13, 20 & 27 10am December 11 9am December 18 - No Service at Two Wells (joining in with Uniting Church, Mallala - Christmas in Song Service 7.30pm December 24 Christmas Eve 10am Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29 Contact: Di Meaney 8520 2308.

Priest: Fr Bart O’Donovan (08) 7510 1148.

Two Wells / Virginia Catholic Church invites residents to attend its weekly services. Held at St Josephs, Two Wells 8.30am or Our Lady of the Assumption, Virginia 10am. All are welcome. Parish Priest: Fr Pham Anh Hao (08) 8380 9029.

Two Wells Uniting Church, Gawler Road. Services are held every Sunday from 10.30am, including Sunday School for the children.

All welcome Two Wells Lutheran Church, services contact Salisbury office 8281 2976 for further info.

Windsor Christian Church - Sunday evening 5pm - 7pm, Windsor Institute Hall. Ph 0427 572 237.

Community bus

Community Bus, return trip to Elizabeth City Shopping Centre, Only $5 return (kids free), Next bus: November 19, 2016. Bus departs Mallala Post Office 9am, Port Parham Sports and Social Club 9:15am, Two Wells Bakery 9:40am, Dublin, Lower Light & Lewiston by arrangement.

Return departs Elizabeth 3pm. All bookings contact Jasmin Daniele 8520 2233.

Community centre TWO Wells Community Centre, Available for hire for weddings, special occasions, seminars, conventions. Seats up to 200, large kitchen & bar, Contact: Lance Morgan 0407 796 195 for more information.

Equestrian & Pony club The Adelaide Plains Equestrian club holds riding and horse-related events on the 4th Sunday of each month. Riders of all ages and abilities welcome. Visit the club’s website at www.freeteams.com/ APEC and check out what’s coming up or for more information contact Sam on 0408 455 677.

Equestrian & Pony club Two Wells Equestrian and Pony Club hold rallies on the first and third Sundays of the month at 9.30am on our grounds, Aunger Road, Lewiston. Further details on www.twepc.com.au.

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Families Learning and Growing, This is a FREE service for anyone with children aged birth to 4 years. Come and join us in some fun, games and activities. 9.1511.30am every Friday in begining of school term 2, Uniting Church Hall, Gawler Road. For more information please contact Tanya Wilson 0438 202 840, Narelle Copley 0439 837 099, Colleen Sheedy-Palethorpe 0417 899 968.

Karate Virginia Karate. New kids beginner course starting February 22 for kids 5-12 years old. Register your interest by contacting Matt on 0404 125 845.

kennel & obedience club A DEL A IDE P l a i n s K e n n e l & Obedience Club, Training Wednesday evenings, Beginners, Grades 1 & 2 - 7pm, Grades 3, 4 & 5 - 7:40pm, Conformation 7:40pm.

All breeds & people welcome. If you have a problem come & see us. Contact Josie on 8524 3499 for more info.

landcare

Landcare Two Wells, Lewiston & Districts Land Care Group, Monthly Activities. Land Care is bigger than your back yard. Pat: 0419 860 981, Sharon: 0412 345 852.

Lions Club - Angle Vale

The Lions club of Angle Vale holds their meetings on the 2nd & 4th Wed at the Clubrooms Gabriella Court, Angle Vale, 6.30pm start.

New members always welcome for more info please call 0416 452 925.

Mallala Foreshore Advisory Committee Mallala Foreshore Advisory Committee meets the second Tuesday of every month except January at 7pm in the Old Council Chamber in Two Wells. New members welcome. Contact Barb Reid on 0407 798 285 for further info.

Mallala Weight WatcheRs Mallala Weight Watchers Group has moved to a new venue. Weighins, followed by a group meeting, will now be held at the Mallala Uniting Church every Monday night from 6.30pm. New members welcome.

Neighbourhood watch Neighbourhood Watch meeting held every second Tuesday in the month (except January) at 7.30pm in the Two Wells Community RSL, Main Street of Two Wells. For more information contact Dave Body on 8524 2036 or Maria Aunger 8520 2328.

Red Cross

Two Wells Red Cross meets on the first Tuesday of every month at the Catholic Church Hall, Two Wells at 1.30pm. All are welcome. Contact Jasmin Daniele on 8520 2233 for further information.

Time Out Craft Group

Time Out Craft Group at Two Wells.

Meet Wednesday’s fortnightly, from 10am to 12noon Hart Memorial Hall, Two Wells. November 2, 16 & 30. Christmas Break Up Dec 14.

Contact Di Meaney 8520 2308.

Two Wells Blue Light

Two Wells Blue Light held 5 times a year. For ages 8 to 17 years. For more information contact Maria Aunger on 8520 2328 or Anne Porter on 8524 3382.

Two Wells CFS CFS senior training every Monday night starting at 7.30pm open to anyone over the age of 17 years old. Everyone welcome however day time crews are needed. Cadet training is every 2nd Wednesday starting at 5.30pm until 7pm. Open to anyone aged 11 and above.

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Two Wells craft shop

The Two Wells Craft Shop located

in the old Court House is a treasure trove of handcrafted items, gift ware, local produce of olive oil, honey, jams and relish, bric-a-brac bargains, and hardy, healthy plants ideal for this area. Open Tues. to Fri 9.30am - 4pm. Sat 9.30am 1pm Closed Sun and Mon. Find us on facebook. Facebook.com/ twowellscraftshop.

Two Wells CWA

CWA Wells Girls is the newly formed Two Wells branch of the South Australian Country Women’s Association (SACWA) which welcomes women of all ages and backgrounds, and provides an opportunity to socialise, form new friendships, share skills and knowledge, and opportunities to support your local community.

Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Two Wells Bowling Club at 7pm, new and interested members are welcome to come along. Find us on Facebook www.facebook. com/CWAWellsGirls/ or email CWA_WellsGirls@hotmail.com for more information.

Two Wells Golf club

Two Wells Golf Club, McPharlin Road Lewiston (extn of Bethesda Rd). 18 holes Scrapes course open April to October. Competitions; Tuesdays Ladies day, tee-off 9-9.30am. Thursdays, Mixed comp. followed by bbq lunch, 9 am tee-off. Saturdays Mixed Comp. tee-off from 11 am. Membership available Phone Club 85202607 or Secretary Adam Bail 0407 711 793.

Two Wells Playgroup Two Wells Playgroup is held during school terms in the Two Wells Primary School hall from 9.30am until 11.30am for babies and children up to 5 years of age.

Contact Clare on 0413 814 047 for more information or drop into the school on a Tuesday morning and see what all the fun is about.

Two Wells Probus Club

The Combined Probus Club of

Two Wells Inc. Meetings are held in the Two Wells Bowling Club on the 4th Monday of the month from 10am. Come along and hear our guest speakers and enjoy some companionship. Contact: Judith Lamont 8380 9140.

Two Well Lions Club Two Wells Lions Club meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm at the Two Wells Tavern.

Contact Rodney Mildred on 0418 856 883 for more information. All are welcome.

Two Wells Regional Action Team Meetings are at 7.30 pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month - in Two Wells Catholic Church Hall. Contact 0418 811 315 for more info.

Two Wells United Kids Two Wells United Kids is a fun Christian-based group open to children aged 7y.o to Year 7 held every Thursday afternoon from 4.30pm-5.30pm at the Two Wells Uniting Church Hall. For a gold coin donation, there’s lots of games, craft, activities and of course discussion. More information can be found at facebook.com/ TwoWellsUniting or contact Tim Littleford on 0466 330 556.

Two Wells United Youth

Two Wells United Youth is an engaging and interactive Christian social group for children aged 12 years old to Year 12. The group is based at the Two Wells Uniting Church and offers a casual gettogether every Wednesday from 5pm-6.30pm where everything from the bible, football teams, friendship groups and favourite foods is open for discussion. $3 includes tea. More information can be found at facebook.com/ TwoWellsUniting or contact Tim Littleford on 0466 330 556.

Uniting Church Australia Op Shop Two Wells Uniting Church treasure trove op shop, opening times, Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm and Saturday 9am to 12noon. Open all school holidays, come in and browse, Uniting Church Hall Drew Street, Two Wells, contact Pam Duncan 8520 2764 any time for information.

Uniting Church Australia Adult Fellowship Uniting Church Adult Fellowship.

Meetings held monthly in the Uniting Church Hall with the aim to provide supported friendship and opportunities and to support the ongoing mission of the church.

For information contact Mollie Frost 8520 2073 or Alan Howell 8520 3063.

yoga YOGA, Classes are at the Two Wells Catholic Church Hall are held on Mondays 7pm to 8:15pm.

Enquiries to Diane 8520 2308 or 0427 616 301.

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Two Wells RSL

Two Wells RSL sub-branch, Old Port Wakefield Road, Two Wells, phone 8520 2826. Open Wednesdays 9am to noon and Fridays 11am til late. All welcome.

Contact president Tony Flaherty on 0412 773 111 or secretary John Allen on 0411 894 245 for further information. Subscriptions are now due. Cash or cheque

Two Wells scouts Two Wells Scout Group.

Cubs - 6.30PM - 8PM (Tuesdays) Scouts - 6.30PM - 8.30PM(Thursday) Joeys - 6PM - 7PM (Friday) Contact the Group Leader, Roger Ford: 0409 202 445.

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Plains promotion to attract residents • From Page 1

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It is hoped that that by highlighting what the area has to offer in an organised fashion, the Adelaide Plains will be put on the radar for people who live in Adelaide.

“The timing is right.

“We’ve got a new vision from the Council, a new leadership, a new major events committee, so all we’ve got to do is put it all together.

“If we all work together we can make this work.”

The strategy is to involve the whole community, including the Council, State Government, community groups, developers, businesses and residents.

Adelaide Plains Council CEO, James Miller, is looking forwards to working with the Major Events Committee, believing it to be an, “exciting opportunity.”

“A lot of what we’re talking about here tonight and over the ensuing period, I hope, will feed into Council’s strategic planning document for the 2016-2020 year period,” Mr Miller said.

“I think the community’s engagement through the next period of time and beyond is pretty important from my perspective, and indeed, the Council’s perspective.”

Mayor Tony Flaherty highlighted the need to address the lack of accommodation in the area and hopes to deliver something by way of camping grounds and camping sites within the next 12 months.

State Member for Goyder, Steven Griffiths praised the vision of the newly formed group.

“I’m a believer that your future is only limited by your imagination,” Mr Griffiths said.

“Adelaide Plains has to be made a destination point.

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Steven Griffiths MP, Adelaide Plains Council Mayor Tony Flaherty, John Lush and Adelaide Plains CEO James Miller.

LEFT: Francis Pellizzari, Rachel Lange, Kate Lange, Jack Lange and Councillor Eddie Stubing.

RIGHT: Craig Grocke from Regional Development Australia-Barossa and Kelly Phillips.

“I urge people to work collectively towards it.

“I see the expo that you are talking about as just the starting point. Create a new sense of camaraderie within the Adelaide Plains and get an outcome that ensures your grandkids have got jobs.”

Two Wells Councillor, Eddie Stubing, has been working closely alongside John and is “excited to get the message out there.”

Voting for the other three candidates was Mark Wasley (77), Margherita Panella (68) and Frank Maiolo (68).

A former property developer, Mr Di Troia, 52, comes from a farming background and for the past 15 years has been growing olives at his 40-acre property in Lewiston.

He was the only candidate to live in the Lewiston ward, and has a strong interest in horses; breeding, owning and training harness racers for many years.

With the support of his wife Katerina and daughter Joya, 7, Mr Di Troia is keen to work toward keeping and securing the unique lifestyle the Lewiston area provides, particularly as a designated animal husbandry zone.

“It’s going to be a very

challenging position but having the support of the local people in Lewiston, I’m very happy,” he said.

“I’m excited, nervous, probably a bit of everything, and just trying to get my head around everything, especially that first (council meeting) night.

“I’ve just got to stick to the issues I believe in and those of the Lewiston area.”

Mr Di Troia said the other eight APC councillors, along with the mayor and broader staff, had been very welcoming and helpful in his new role and he was looking forward to putting forward the issues most pertinent to the local people.

“Firstly I want to concentrate on the electorate of Lewiston, on the issues and ideas of the people,” he said.

“I look forward to being able to put their ideas

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The NorthHub skills and training centre is now open.

All jobs on the Northern Connector project will be available through NorthHub. Situated at Pt Wakefield Road, Waterloo Corner, the centre connects jobseekers with employment opportunities and vocational training.

Councillor Karen McColl and Tony Lange.

The group hope to form a membership base comprised of business, corporate and individual ratepayers, to keep informed of the Committee’s ideas and activities.

All members of the community are urged to become involved to make this venture a success.

“There is so much of an untold story of the Adelaide Plains,” John stated.

“You’ve got a unique country lifestyle on the doorstep of a major capital city.

“What an incredible opportunity.

“It shouldn’t be that hard to sell.”

For more information on the Adelaide Plains and Major Events and Innovation Group please call John Lush 0417809785, or Councillor Eddie Stubing 0428 824712.

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forward and to seeing what the people want in the area.

“There’s definitely a big demand to keep the animal husbandry area

(and) it’s such a unique piece of land in Adelaide that we’ve got here, we’ve got to try to keep it that way.”

Other issues Mr Di

Troia is keen to follow up in the Lewiston area include stormwater management, road speeds and the potential for a small convenience store.

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Laurie drops in on Long Ride Home Having ridden his bike for more than 8,500 kilometres across more than two continents, onelegged Vietnam veteran Laurie ‘Truck’ Sams pedalled into Two Wells on Friday October 14 for a well-deserved overnight stay.

Laurie is three quarters of the way through an epic six-month, 10,000km bike ride from Hanoi to Sydney to raise awareness of veteran suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder, and spent time at the Two Wells War Memorial Garden where he placed a wreath in honour of those who have fallen, before enjoying tea at the local RSL hall.

The 67-year-old former Special Air Service warrant officer, who lost his left leg below the knee in a parachute accident in 1995, has battled unseasonably cold head winds after leaving Perth to cross the Nullarbor on September 5.

“In the first week it was a case of pedal for two hours and hit the sleeping bag for the next hour to thaw out from 82-knot gales coming straight up from the Antarctic,” the veteran adventurer said.

Laurie was awarded a Star of Courage for saving the life of his

Bec O’Brien reports: student parachutist in the accident that cost him his left leg.

RSLSA sub-branches, town councils and businesses at Ceduna, Kimba, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Clare, Tanunda and Two Wells have provided welcome receptions and hospitality for Laurie and his support team since they crossed the border on October 1.

Laurie and his trusty Trek bike have logged 96 days and 8827km of riding since leaving Hanoi on May 12 carrying an Australian flag he wants to hand to the Prime Minister when he passes through Canberra on Remembrance Day. “We’ve had to contend with bucketing rain, high winds, and the chaotic roads of Asia in the monsoon season, almost being beheaded by a front-end loader on Route 1 in Vietnam and sliding under an outof-control gravel truck in heavy mud further south near Vinh city,” he said.

“But the toughest test has been the Nullarbor because of its sheer remoteness and the unusually bad

weather we encountered there and in the WA wheat belt.”

Laurie said while the first half of his ride was aimed at building a better understanding between Australia and its Asian neighbors, the message in Australia was about raising awareness for PTSD injury and suicide - not just amongst veterans but serving soldiers and civilian emergency workers as well.

“I’m amazed at the response to this message and our donations bucket, especially during the (recent) Mental Health Week,” he said.

“The ride is supporting three leading PTSD charities and almost everyone from truck drivers to grey nomads, farmers and ordinary townsfolk are coming forward with donations.

“And I’ve discovered so much here in South Australia, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it.”

Laurie hopes to complete his ride on November 20 at the Sydney Opera house and has already raised about $63,000.

Anyone interested in donating to the cause or finding out more about The Long Ride Home should visit www.thelongridehome.com.au.

LEFT: Two Wells RSL president Tony Flaherty with Laurie Sams and the certificate of appreciation the club received for its support of the Long Ride Home. Throughout the night members donated more than $650.

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Preparations for Christmas Parade begin The countdown is on!

Christmas is just weeks away and that means the popular Two Wells Christmas Street Parade is not far away.

A well-known radio personality will be this year’s special guest at the December 16 event, with Two Wells Regional Action Team president, Bev Smith-Trim, confident of another great parade.

“We have the same bands as last year in the Kensington and Norwood Brass Band as well as the City of Elizabeth Pipe Band,” Bev said.

“And so far there’s three new stall holders, one of which is handmade jewellery, which I’ve seen a sample of and that’s really nice.

“There is a lot to look forward to.”

Between 25 and 30 stallholders set up along the main

A tail or tails, which can be embellished with beads, feathers, ornaments etc.

Age groups for this competition are 5 – 8 years, 9 – 12 years, and Open.

All entries will be judged on craftsmanship and creativity and will be displayed in the old council chambers near the library on the night.

For children 4 years and under a colouring in Christmas picture is available, so littlies let out your inner artist and decorate away.

Bec O’Brien reports: street in Two Wells and there are many community groups selling hot food, home baked goods and craft items.

The CFS display unit is reportedly coming to the event, and the local CFS brigade will run a home safety fire display and possibly demonstrations.

This year’s event will be the last with Bev at the helm.

“We’re hoping everyone enjoys this year’s event and I’ll look forward to watching from afar in Townsville next year,” she said.

Local children are encouraged to take part in the annual craft and colouring competition, with this year’s task being to make your own dreamcatcher following a Christmas Theme.

A basic dreamcatcher has four elements, including: A hoop frame

Some sort of webbing in the middle of the hoop Some way to hang it

Pictured left: Children across the district are being encouraged to enter this year’s craft competition by submitting a handmade dreamcatcher similar to these.

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Firstly, this month the Regional Action Team would like to acknowledge the wonderful work of so many volunteers during the recent floods that affected the area.

The CFS, SES, Army, Navy, Airforce and the Salvation Army all worked so hard for those affected.

Almost 3000 meals were prepared and served at the community centre to volunteers from as far away as Victoria and Western Australia along with other regions of South Australia.

Over 300,000 sandbags were filled and distributed from the Two Wells staging area.

So many wonderful volunteers who did the hard work for people they do not actually know.

The Annual General Meeting of the Regional Action Team was very successful with the happy news of three new members joining us.

Welcome to Ian, Janine and Vanessa.

We are so happy that you have decided to come along and be part of our Team.

Sadly there was no nomination for president – however this problem is being worked on and Bev Smith-Trim will continue on as president until a new leader is found or

Two Wells Regional Action Team, by: Bev Smith-Trim until she moves to Townsville.

More members are welcome – please consider coming along and making this Team the stepping-stone for your community service.

Help will be needed with future Christmas Parades so if you have entrepreneur skills we would love to meet you.

TWRAT meet in the hall of the Two Wells Catholic Church at 7.30pm on the third Wednesday of each month.

The contest for the annual Two Wells Christmas Street Parade this year is going to be one that will make for an excellent display.

There is a colouring in contest for the youngest age group, and for all other age groups the topic is “A Christmas DreamCatcher”.

Please get busy and make your entry – prizes are given and all the entries will be displayed on the night of the Christmas Parade (December 16th) in the Old Council Chambers.

Entries must be lodged at the Craft Shop

(with your name on them) by 4pm on the day of the parade.

Stallholder applications must be lodged and paid for by Tuesday November 29.

No bookings can be accepted after that date.

Forms are available at the Two Wells Craft Shop or by emailing pacapark2@ bigpond.com.

The same applies for the forms, which must be filled out to participate in the parade.

If the committee does not know you are entering the parade you will not be permitted to line up on the night. This is a requirement for insurance.

So far no nominations have been received for parade prince or princess.

Think about a young person who assists in the community and whom you would like to honour with a nomination.

Have you guessed who the special guest for the Christmas Parade will be? One clue – it is a female.

We look forward to the Christmas Parade being another wonderful night of celebration.

Please put 16th December in your diary – make sure you are here for this great night.

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Kids’ medieval mayhem Natalie Centenera reports: When Mark Holgate of the Adelaide Sword Academy introduced himself to his Two Well’s school aged audience, he proclaimed he had “one of the coolest jobs in the world”.

And by the end of the workshop he was not alone in his thinking.

The Two Wells Library held a successful school holiday program for the kids in the community on Tuesday October 11, which was well attended with exceptionally behaved and enthusiastic children.

Mark told his budding squires, when you pick up a sword, “you need to behave the way a knight would.

“If you pick up a sword, you pick up honour.”

Mark and his partner, Catch Tilly, have been running the Adelaide Sword Academy for 10 years, and have captured the imaginations of adults and children ever since.

The first activity the participants enjoyed was an exercise on agility and footwork, as swordplay is about being really careful where you are in a space, and controlling the space around you.

Mark currently has the highest amount of competition points for a swordsman in Australia and explained to the students that he practices each day.

“If you’re a musician you practice your scales, if you’re a swordsman you practice your cuts.”

Not literally cutting things! Cutting through the air.

Apprentices then picked up practice swords and ‘cut the air’, before sparring with Mark and Catch.

After a thrilling exhibition of sword fighting by Mark and his assistant, Adam Gilkes, the workshop came to a finish with a hands-on experience.

Swords, daggers, gauntlets, chain mail and helmets were all tried carefully, with eyes-wide amazement at the little bit of the past that had been transported to the present, if only for an afternoon in Two Wells.

ABOVE: Mark Holgate schooling Isaac Jacobs on the fundamentals of staying alive.

LEFT: Mark Holgate and Catch Tilly from the Adelaide Sword Academy, with Hamish Wildbore, Bodhi Darby, Charley Wildbore, Cohen Wildbore, Shylah Darby and Mahlia Darby.

BELOW: Ben Patrick ducking a sword from Mark Holdgate.

Adam Gilkes and Mark Holgate displaying some swordsmanship skills.

AGRICULTURE GROWING AT HORIZON

(L-R): Andrew Smith, Connor Walden, Ellie Warner, Blake Dulwich, Jake Tiller, Matthew Waldhuter, Tasma Mackintosh Horizon Christian School’s Agriculture Department is celebrating the recent Royal Adelaide Show achievements including the “Most Successful New Alpaca Exhibitor 2016”.

A team of Horizon students entered the Alpaca Junior Handler competitions and finished with an impressive two firsts, two seconds and two third placings as well as a ‘Highly Commended’.

Year 10 student Ellie Warner, who placed first in the Junior Alpaca Handling Competition, loved the opportunity to work with the Alpacas and compete at the Royal Adelaide Show. Ellie said “The whole experience of going to the show was pretty amazing”.

Fellow year 10 student Andrew Smith also placed first in the Junior Alpaca Handling Competition. Andrew felt there were lots of good things about working up to and being part of the show competition. He commented, “I felt making that bond between me and the animal was very special”.

Horizon Agricultural Science teacher Jessica Bernhardt was very pleased with the performance of the ‘show’ team. She commented “This has provided great opportunities for personal growth for our students when they have responsibility for animal management”.

The Agriculture Department is growing from strength to strength. With spring in the air, busy classroom sounds of students engaged in their learning have the added excitement of the bleating of new lambs!

Studies in Agricultural Science at Horizon are fostering horticulture with the Stephanie Alexander Garden venture at year 5. In addition, students are conducting studies in crop trials, sheep and alpaca husbandry, and year 10 students are designing an aquaponics system for construction in 2017.

Ellie Warner echoes the thoughts of so many Horizon students when she says, “Everyone should do Ag because it is so good’.

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Angle Vale Scouts tour Parliament House During the school holidays a small group of the Angle Vale “Black Pearl” Venturers visited Parliament House in Adelaide.

The Honourable Tony Piccolo MP Member for Light gave them a fantastic personal tour of the historical building, where they were especially privileged to get a chance close look at the rare book collection, and listen to a talk

by John Weste, the Director of the Parliamentary Library.

The in-depth personal tour included the opportunity to

By Marlene Haese Venturer Leader walk through the halls taking in all of the fantastic South Australian parliamentary history, as well as visiting the House of Assembly Chamber, the Legislative Council Chamber and the Parliamentary Library.

The Venturers will use their visit as part of their citizenship badge to go toward their Queens Scout award.

Virginia’s top young scientists Five students from Virginia Primary School (VPS) entered the SASTA Oliphant Science awards, SA’s largest science competition.

Toby, Chloe, Belle, Charlie and Flynn all entered individual awards into the competition.

Year 6 student, Chloe Mickel, entered her project, Jelly Bean Science Machine in the Year 6/7 Games category and was runner up in her category.

In addition, she was also runner-up in the DECD Young Scientist Awards R-7, winning $310 in prize money for her efforts.

Toby Trenwith, also Year 6, had two entries, What happens to 3D Printed Plastic? in the Multimedia category, and What Conditions Weaken 3D Printing Plastics? in the Scientific Inquiry category.

Toby won first prize in each of his categories and also the DECD Young Scientist of the Year award, pocketing a cool $680 for his efforts.

Virginia Primary School students, Chloe Mickel (year 6) and Toby Trenwith (year 6), pictured with principal Ilia Tsoutouras.

“There are thousands of entries each year, so what a fantastic achievement by these students to take out first and second place,” Ilia Tsoutouras, VPS Principal said.

Toby attended the awards evening on Friday, September 23 at Brighton Concert Hall to receive

his awards, but unfortunately Chloe wasn’t able to attend as she was busy performing at the Festival Centre as part of the Festival of Music Choir.

“A fantastic effort by both of these students - Virginia Primary is certainly very proud!”

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Inspecting the Prime Valley Pastoral facility at Two Wells on Tuesday October 25 was Jodie Tuerlings, Prime Valley Pastoral director Brian Carey and Minister for Regional Development Geoff Brock.

Regional Development Fund grants have been approved for two local businesses – an abattoir at Two Wells and a grain facility at Dublin.

Prime Valley Pastoral abattoir at Two Wells received $650,000 for extensions and redevelopment, creating 35 ongoing jobs in the Barossa, Light and Lower North region, along with 20 jobs created during the construction of the redeveloped site.

The grant will support the new fitfor-purpose development, incorporating the latest technology and efficiencies to improve processing capacity and secure the abattoir’s long term viability.

Redevelopment will include an expansion of the abattoir’s beef and small stock yards, construction of a new small stock processing room, new multipurpose chillers and new state- of-the-art processing equipment.

The site will also include a goat dehairing facility – the first of its kind in South Australia.

Garry Winter, Director, Prime Valley Pastoral Prime Valley Pastoral, said the abbatoir acts as a conduit for some of South Australia’s best livestock producers to access the wider marketplace and present their high-end lamb, beef and goat offerings.

“The RDF grant has assisted us in purchasing and installing new processing equipment that will increase our daily throughput and reduce our cost per unit processed,” Garry said.

“This project will help strengthen South Australia’s premium food and wine brand by ensuring livestock is

raised and processed entirely in South Australia.”

A new grain packing, cleaning and storage facility at Dublin in the state’s Barossa, Light and Lower North region will create significant export opportunities for local growers after local company, Australian Grain Export Pty Ltd received a grant of $300,000.

The company will use the grant funds to help construct the new $6.3 million facility, which will help facilitate the company’s export program to Asia and the Middle East for Australian pulses and cereals.

The facility will also provide alternative pathways for South Australian growers to capitalise on global demand for pulses, cereals and other commodities.

The new facilities will be one of the most advanced packing and storage facilities in Australia providing improved infrastructure and services for South Australian grain growers.

Tyson Hewett, Director Australian Grain Export Pty Ltd, said the strength of Australian Grain Export is in managing the export supply chain from grower to consumer, which results in competitive pricing for both the grower and global consumer.

“Pulse demand internationally is increasing and thanks to this grant we look forward to being able to secure greater supply and quality for our global customers,” Tyson said.

“This new site will give us the capacity to realise value-adding opportunities for pulses and cereals.” The project will create six ongoing full time positions, and 20 jobs during construction.

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Wells girls in the USA Two Wells sisters, Kate and Rachel Lange, organised a last minute holiday to meet up with their girlfriend, Madeleine Seccafien, who had just finished 10 weeks work at a summer camp, two hours out of New York.

They then travelled to LA to meet up with two more friends, Sammy Stevenson and Stephanie Seccafien.

Here is Kate’s travel diary.

Toronto achel and I left on Saturday, August 20 for three planes and 30 hours of travel before we landed in Toronto, Canada—completely exhausted and dizzy.

We landed in the evening and stumbled across a pop-up market.

Live music and food—this is when we finally felt like we were on holidays!

We were up early the next day for a tour to Niagara-On-the-Lake (yes, it’s a suburb) and of course Niagara Falls!

We stopped along the way to try Ice Wine—grapes are left on the vine over the winter to freeze and create a very sweet and expensive wine.

Rachel and I took the Hornblower Cruise beneath the falls and the view was breathtaking.

We visited Graffiti Alley, St Lawrence Markets and the Distillery district. The streets and sidewalks in Toronto are beautiful and the gardens amazing.

Navigating around the city with ‘real maps’ proved to be an exciting challenge as there were no iPhone internet access overseas.

We finished the day drinking cocktails on a rooftop bar, surrounded by a gorgeous orange sunset.

Chicago Rachel and I arrived in Chicago very late on Monday night.

It was another early morning for Rachel and I as we ventured onto an architecture cruise along the Chicago rivers.

This was a huge highlight of the trip where we learnt so much.

The buildings had so much detail and we able to see a mix of new and old buildings.

That evening we attended the famous Second City to watch a comedy sketch show.

With minutes before closing we then raced across the city to get to the Chicago 360 tower to get a night time view of the city.

We managed to get a free ‘Tilt’ experience where the glass wall is tilted outwards above the city.

Also while in Chicago, we visited the Navy Pier and luckily managed a personal tour of the Chicago Firehouse, from the TV show ‘Chicago Fire’ by a real-life good-looking Chicago fire-fighter.

New York New York was where we finally met up with Maddy!

We saw the city from the top

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The Secret River is undoubtedly a well-written piece of historical fiction

STEVEN GRIFFITHS MP Member for Goyder

GOYDER UPDATE Not unexpectedly the Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2016 has been the topic I have been most contacted about in recent weeks, this legislation having been scheduled for further consideration in Parliament on October 20.

However, expected debate on the Private Members Bill proposed by the Member for Ashford the Hon. Steph Key MP was adjourned (to December 1, 2016); and a new Private Members Bill, entitled the Death with Dignity Bill, was introduced by the Member for Morphett Dr Duncan McFetridge MP (seconded by the Member for Ashford) and will now be considered for further debate next sitting week, on November 3, 2016.

Maddy Seccafien and Kate Lange in Times Square, New York.

I have very much appreciated the time taken by so many constituents to contact me with their thoughts on voluntary euthanasia, and to provide details of their experiences which have formed their view, for or against, the proposed legislation. Please be assured receiving your feedback has been very important to me.

I was pleased to hold a Goyder Listening Post in Dublin on October 13; these gatherings are also important and enable me to hear firsthand from locals about any State issue.

On the set of Friends, Rachel Lange, Maddy Seccafien, Sammy Stevenson, Stephanie Seccafien and Kate Lange. of the Rockefeller Centre, got up close and personal to the Statue of Liberty as we cruised around the island of Manhattan in a hop-on hop-off cruise.

We saw Aladdin on Broadway and explored Time Square.

Maddy, Rachel and I did a full day of shopping and then went to a NFL game to watch the Jets Vs the Giants.

We still love our AFL much better!

New York was a whirlwind and is without doubt my favourite place in America.

Los Angeles We met up with our friends Sammy Stevenson and Stephanie Seccafien, which made five Two Wells girls!

We explored both Disneyland theme parks where we went on the scariest rides and waited for the spectacular fireworks, water shows and parades.

I learnt to wave like a princess and saw the Frozen musical.

We did a tour of Warner Bros studios and saw the sets of all our favourite TV shows and movies.

We saw all the bat-mobiles,

walked through sets and most importantly the five of us were able to sit together on the THE Friends couch.

We explored the Sunset Boulevard and the Walk of Fame, we ventured to Hollywood land to see the famous Hollywood sign and took selfies with the amazingly realistic wax figures at Madame Tussauds in LA. San Francisco We cruised a short 2.4km to the island of Alcatraz where we did the ‘Hidden Secrets’ tour and audio tour of the infamous prison.

The quote on the wall read, “Break the rules and you go to prison, break the prison rules and you go to Alcatraz”.

The next day we did a hop-on hop-off tour of San Francisco.

We saw Union Square, Fishermans Wharf, and the Golden Gate Bridge, the Painted Ladies and visited Ghirardellis Chocolate Factory.

We walked down Lombard Street, the most crooked street in the world and had a delicious Italian dinner at ‘Mona Lisa’ for Rachel’s

Kate Lange jumping for joy on holiday. birthday.

The houses in San Francisco are just remarkable, boldly painted, oodles of detail and always three stories high.

Most were Victorian and Edwardian, although I’m not sure if I could justify the average of $5k-$20k rent per month.

Las Vegas Vegas was the last leg of our little holiday. We happened to be there on Labour Day long weekend and there were lots of people everywhere!

We watched David Copperfield do the impossible in a magic show at the MGM and saw a Burlesque Show at the Flamingo.

We travelled down to Fremont Street, the old heart of Vegas and experienced the Zoomline.

This was a zip line that ran above the animated street and we flew down on it.

It was scary and exhilarating and brilliant.

After this we made it back to the strip to see the Bellagio Water show at midnight beating to the tune of the American Anthem. Wow!

Time poor? Grab the series on DVD Each month the Two Wells Book Club will bring you a review of the book that had been read by the group the previous month.

The Book Club meets once a month at the Two Wells Library.

We hope you enjoy the segment and are provided with an opportunity to engage with some books that you might never have though to pick up and read This month’s book is The Secret River by Kate Grenville.

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that captures the helplessness faced by the poverty stricken in the slums of London in the early 19th Century, to the harsh reality of transportation to the convict settlement in NSW, Australia.

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William Thornhill, a victim of poverty and circumstance, is sentenced to the term of his natural life in the colonies.

His wife Sal and their children accompany him to Sydney, where she is her own husband’s master and they become begrudgingly accustomed to the land, people and the rum trade, “rum promised consolation for the fact that everyone in the colony might as well be on the moon.”

Thornhill is granted a ticket of leave for good behaviour and sets his sights on a parcel of land on the ‘Secret River’, the Hawkesbury.

He and his family claim

100 acres and begin to build and farm the land, only to find themselves in a situation of claiming something that had already belonged to others, the native inhabitants of the land.

What follows is a clash of cultures, philosophies, and consciences and poses the question to the reader, ‘what would you have done in that circumstance?’.

Many of the book club members were glad to have read the novel and revelled in Grenville’s ability to bring this country’s historical past, and the lives of those that lived on the frontier, into our own understanding.

However, it was hard to stomach at times, particularly incidents with characters that had little or no moral conscience, leaving some questioning how enjoyable the read actually was.

The first part of the book, which is set in England, was somewhat drawn out, and the ending described by some readers as a little ‘too tidy’.

If you’re not keen on investing time into reading the book, perhaps check out the ABC miniseries on DVD which is available at the Two Wells Library or on Netflix.

Next month’s book is ‘The Girl of His Dreams’,

by Donna Leon.

The impacts of the State-wide storm, power outages and localized flooding in late September/early October are still being felt, in particular by horticulturalists on the Adelaide Plains where some 1500 hectares were left underwater (affecting an estimated 300 growers).

The Recovery Hotline -1800 302 787- remains open for updated information about available services, including advice on relief grants.

Relief Centres have closed but the Northern Adelaide Flood Plains Recovery Centre on Old Port Wakefield Road at Virginia is open 8 am – 6 pm Monday to Friday and 8 am to 12.30 pm on Saturdays.

In grant news, a new program sure to be of interest to sporting groups is the “Female Facilities Program”, offering up to $500,000 to build fit-for-purpose female change rooms (applications close November 13). The Sport and Recreation Development Inclusion Program is also open for sporting and recreation groups, industry bodies, Local Government and community groups to develop projects aimed at growing a sport or activity, improving services and/or addressing barriers to inclusion. Up to $100,000 is available per project each year for up to three years (closing date December 5). Contact the Goyder office for information on all current grants.

On October 4 & 5 I was pleased to host a tour of the Goyder electorate by State Liberal Leader in the Legislative Council David Ridgway, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries and Shadow Minister for Tourism. This two-day itinerary included visiting Primo Smallgoods at Port Wakefield and Greenwheat Freekeh near Dublin, and meeting with local members of the Australian Grain Growers Co-operative. I thank all who met with us for their important contributions.

I also thank all who made me feel welcome at recent district events, among them the 150th celebrations at Port Wakefield Primary School, the Adelaide Plains Council gala event to mark the council’s name change, the Adelaide Plains Expo planning event at Two Wells, and the celebrations at Two Wells Tennis Club as part of its Australian Open “town of the year” win.

Address: 51 Robert Street, Maitland SA 5573 Telephone: (08) 8832 2455 Fax: (08) 8832 2699 Email: goyder@parliament.sa.gov.au Web: www.stevengriffiths.net www.twowellsecho.com.au

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Budding stage stars enjoy acting workshop

Adelaide Plain Drama Group leaders, Casey and Mandy Binns with Pepper, Ezra, Tayla, Chelsey, Scarlet, Charlotte, Miriam and Adelaide.

Eight budding actors from the Adelaide Plains enjoyed an acting skills workshop during the school holidays at the Mallala United Youth Centre, hosted by the newly formed Adelaide Plains Drama group.

This was the group’s first event and they hope to run the workshop again during the next school holidays, and include a session to cater for older ages.

Supported by the Mallala United Church, the not for profit group formed to give young people the opportunity to enjoy drama, build confidence and feel part of their community.

Mother and daughter team, Mandy and Casey Binns, volunteer their time to keep costs low for families.

“We are and hoping to start regular drama classes to compliment the up and running kids and youth groups at the church run by Pastor Jordan Gauci,” Mandy said.

“Our future goals are to perform at community events, and enter group, duos and solos at local competitions such as Balaklava Eisteddfod and Now Talent in Gawler.”

Mandy and Casey are no strangers to show-biz.

Mandy is a mother to four chil-

Natalie Centenera reports: dren, all with an interest in performing arts and has run a small family entertainment business for 13 years, Amanda & Co Entertainment.

Her daughter Casey has loved performing arts from a young age, winning awards in Adelaide and Balaklava Eisteddfods and has performed at various community and charity events.

At nearly 15 years of age, she has already decided that she would like to be a teacher as she loves working with kids.

“Our first Acting Skills Workshop was very successful,” Casey enthused.During the workshop we looked at quite a few important aspects of acting, and the kids engaged in all of topics with a great result.

“We’ve had some awesome feedback with parents commenting that their kids have talked about it all day.

“We’re looking forward to the next workshop.”

For more information please head to the Adelaide Plains Drama Group Facebook page, email apdramagroup@gmail.com, or call 0448 180 170.

A day in the life of: Grant Devlin This is a new segment the Echo hopes to bring to our readers periodically, in a bid to cast light on the various occupations individuals hold in our community.

We hope you enjoy this new segment and engage with us at the Echo as to other careers you would like to learn about.

This month we will be speaking to Grant Devlin, Officer in Charge at Two Wells Police Station.

How long have you been a police officer?

I joined the South Australian Police Force at the age of 17.

I spent two years training, graduating from Fort Largs Police Academy.

I am now 56, so that’s nearly forty years ago.

I have been in my current role as Officer In Charge at Two Wells for about 15 years.

What do you need to do to be able to qualify as a Police Officer?

At the time I joined you only had to have finished Year 10 at high school.

I then spent two years training at the Fort Largs Police Academy.

Since then, however, I have studied and completed my Police Studies and Police Diploma.

To become a Police Officer now, you’ll need to undertake a two-year Constable Development Program.

The first 12 months of this is at the Police Academy for cadet training, combining academic studies in law, policy and procedures, with practical exercises, physical conditioning and operational safety and communications.

What does your usual day look like?

I commence work on day shift at 8.30am and finish (on a good day) at 5.00 pm.

Afternoon shift starts at 3.00pm and finishes at 11.30pm.

I do work later on weekends and when required.

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There are many days that I don’t see my children.

I hear them in the morning when they head off to school.

I say, “have a good day”, but I don’t get a chance to say “goodnight”.

Office hours at the station are from 9am to 12 noon, people who read that laugh.

We try to be there between these times but taskings and other policing requirements take us away during those hours.

We normally have our mobile and can be contacted on it to make appointments.

You don’t get that service anywhere else.

We serve summonses; do enquiries such as firearms, criminal and accidents.

We follow-up on matters that occur within our district and respond to taskings alone, and are responsible for the investigations on our own.

We deal with serious road crashes and are often the first on the scene at fatal accidents. Having been in the country the majority of my career I have attended many homes of people known to me advising them of a death in their family.

What do you enjoy about being a Police Officer, and have you enjoyed any particular highlights throughout your career?

I still enjoy going to work and being interactive with the public, either just normal interaction or when arresting and reporting offenders.

I enjoy investigating offences and charging offenders.

It’s an incredible power, to change someone’s life when they are charged with a criminal offence.

I loved the early years of policing on the West Coast; playing sport with, and against, the people you arrested during the week.

There was no malice or hatred toward the Police, Police were treated with respect and in return everyone had the respect of the Police.

Officer in Charge at Two Wells Police Station, Grant Devlin.

One of my first postings after graduation was Port Lincoln. I hadn’t turned 20 and I’d never lived away from home (except Fort Largs).

I had been there a few weeks and was working with an older officer (everyone was older than me), we were working night shift (11.00 pm til 7.30 am).

We were travelling from Tumby Bay back to Lincoln, it was during the early hours of the morning.

Imagine the driver, smoking with the window down, I’m drowsy, heaters are on, it’s a cold night.

I am suddenly awoken by the sound of something going under the police car.

I look up and see the next white post disappear under the car. I look across and the driver is asleep.

There’s a cliff face to the left and that’s where we’re heading.

I yell, he wakes, the cigarette falls from his mouth to his lap.

You should have seen to look on his face!

What type of changes have you seen in the Police Force?

Policing has changed enormously over 40 years.

It has changed even more over the last 10 years.

When I first started we had a small handgun in our pocket and a rubber baton in a special pocket in our pants.

Now, we are armed with exposed firearms, batons, tazers and other equipment.

Police vehicles have the latest computers with information at our fingertips.

Our uniform has changed several times but I do like the current one.

We are moving with the times with our uniform and you will soon see local police wearing ‘baseball’ type caps.

Technology directs us to police in certain areas in ‘Crime Prevention’ strategies but nothing will beat good policing.

What advice would you give to anyone who is looking at entering the Police Force?

Get a trade behind you first and then ‘give it a go’.

But don’t be fooled, it’s not for everyone.

When I joined, it was a career.

I have enjoyed the country style of policing from the West Coast to the South East, to the Far North and now the Adelaide Plains.

SAPOL offers many different career paths; if you don’t like one area, try another and another.

It’s not for everyone, now more people are joining and only staying for a few years.

If you would like to nominate a career or industry, or know of a person in the local community The Echo should feature, email news@twowellsecho.com .au.

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Seres sings her way to Eisteddfod stardom Sixteen-year-old Two Wells resident, Stephanie Seres, is a quietly spoken teenager with a big grin and an even bigger voice.

In Year 11 at Balaklava High School, Stephanie has been singing for the past five years, cutting her teeth on the school stage as a primary school student at Two Wells Primary School’s annual Christmas concert.

Singing seriously since she was 11, Stephanie played piano throughout her primary schooling and was also part of the school’s choir.

It was here her singing talent was first recognised and it wasn’t long before she was singled out for solo performances.

“I really enjoy singing,” Stephanie said.

“It’s something that relaxes me.”

A soprano singer normally, Stephanie can also sing Alto range, and for the last three years has been training

Bec O’Brien reports: with Dublin-based voice coach, Kate Walker.

In recent years Stephanie has entered the Balaklava Eisteddfod, both as a solo artist and as part of a group, taking part for the first time in Year 7 as a member of Two Wells Primary School’s choir.

She formed vocal group, Armonia, with high school friends Jackie and Jade in 2013 and had success at the eisteddfod in 2014, where they won first place in the group vocal and musical theatre divisions.

Last year Stephanie won the intermediate category for her solo performance of Sara Bareilles “Fairytales”.

This year, her first in the senior division, Stephanie placed second for her rendition of “Gonna Get Over You”, also by Sara Bareilles.

Getting up on stage is something Stephanie loves, and while it’s not everyone’s cup of tea,

Two Wells resident Stephanie Seres has had solo and group singing success at the Balaklava Eisteddfod for the past few years. she does admit to a few nerves before a performance.

“I do get nervous but once I get up on stage I get into the music and really enjoy it,” she said.

When singing an emotional song, Stephanie says she often gets caught up in the feeling of the song and forgets there is even an audience

out there.

She also has a keen love of musical theatre: a genre where both singing and acting come into play.

“With musical theatre you get to really get into the character and you don’t really be yourself,” she said.

“I like doing both, and either way I get to sing.”

Although singing is definitely a passion for young Stephanie, she is also a keen netballer, playing this year in the Under 17 side for Two Wells.

She has recently started a part-time job working at the local IGA store and there’s no doubt a bright future awaits for this busy girl.

Library hosts treasured novelist Best selling Australian author, Rachel Treasure, will be the special guest speaker at the next Adelaide Plains Council library event on Tuesday November 8.

Rachael currently lives in southern rural Tasmania with her two young children, Rosie and Charlie.

Rachael is passionate about encouraging non-readers to read, inspiring farmers to consider regenerative agricultural practices and animal handlers to better understand their dogs and livestock.

She has worked as a jillaroo, rural journalist, ABC radio broadcaster, professional woolclasser, part-time vet nurse, family farm manager, drover and stock camp cook.

Her first novel “Jillaroo”, published in 2002, has grown to become one of Australia’s iconic works of fiction, inspiring other country women to contribute to the genre of contemporary rural literature.

Her other best selling works include, “The Stockman”, based on her experience with working dog education, ”The Rouseabout”, inspired by her wild times at Australia’s Bachelor and Spinster (B&S) Balls and “The Cattleman’s Daughter” which grew from her experience in the Victorian High Country riding horses and droving cattle.

Rachel is promoting her latest novel “Down to the Dirt Roads” on a national tour in November 2016.

This book starts as a heartfelt and moving insight into the life

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Doctors are concerned the welfare of their patients is suffering as patients put off local doctors’ visits due to the cost.

As a result of Mr Turnbull’s 6-year Medicare freeze, out-of-pocket costs for a patient to visit a GP has increased by six per cent in the past year, and that bulk-billing rates have plummeted 10 per cent since July.

Lewiston resident, Karen Simmons, is putting employment opportunities in the path of out-of-work people in the north and gathering an online following in the process. of a single mother displaced from her home, and becomes a groundbreaking and powerful story about healing, health and hope. Nourishing and sustaining, it presents a practical and positive vision of what life on our land could become.

In addition to her successful writing career, Rachel is also now trialling the latest pasture cropping and holistic grazing management techniques on her farming block using methods taught by NSW farmer, Colin Seis and Victorian farmer Graeme Hand.

Rachel’s books will be available for purchase on the day through Meg’s Bookshop.

Seats are limited so booking is a must.

Contact the Two Wells Public Library during opening hours on 8520 2100 or email library@apc. sa.gov.au.

I am regularly contacted by local doctors who are concerned with the approach this Government has taken with Medicare.

Karen’s career crusade

Working in the disability sector, Lewiston mother-of-two Karen Simmons, was constantly trying to find employment opportunities for her clients.

So she created a closed group Facebook page to help identify and publicise available jobs.

Her focus was on people in the north of Adelaide and sharing jobs that would suit their skills, especially those entry level jobs such as retail and hospitality work, factory and administration jobs.

“I started it specifically for my clients so that I could connect them to job opportunities,” Karen said.

Fast-forward three years and the page, Northern Adelaide Employment Opportunities and Surrounds, has grown to almost 18,000 followers.

Bec O’Brien reports: Now working in administration five days a week, Karen’s page has struck a chord with thousands and is now a public page where vacant positions are posted each week.

While Karen does not have the time to link prospective employers with possible employees, she says all her unpaid hours scouring websites for job opportunities is made worth it by the positive feedback many of her followers leave.

“A lot of people, especially mums, contact me, and they are trying to get back into the workforce. This has been a really good thing (and) the feedback I’m getting from people makes it really beneficial to keep on doing it.”

The Australian Medical Association estimates that many practices will need to charge patients $25 more because of Mr Turnbull’s Medicare policies.

In Parliament, Malcolm Turnbull has refused to repeat his preelection promise that no Australian would pay more to see a doctor.

While this Government stands by cuts that will make healthcare unaffordable for those who need it most – the sick and the poor – Australians will always know they can’t be trusted on health.

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FIRE DANGER SEASON

SPECIAL FEATURE

Open day at Dalkeith CFS Dalkeith CFS would like to invite all members of the public to a Brigade Open Day on Saturday, November 5.

Local Angle Vale man, and brigade captain, Clint Marsh believes the open day is a great way to increase awareness through face-toface engagement with the community, while providing guidance and assistance with preparation for the upcoming fire season.

The open day will be held from 8am to 2pm, at Coventry and Dalkeith Roads, Munno Parra Downs.

The community are welcome to come and

meet CFS members who volunteer in the local area.

They can check out the station and learn about the role of CFS volunteers and how to join them.

There are many nonoperational roles within the CFS, so there is plenty of opportunity for individuals to donate their time to a significant cause if they are looking at volunteering.

So if you’re looking for the best way to prepare for the ensuing heat, looking to volunteer, or just plain curious about this integral service, head down to the Dalkeith CFS fire station this Saturday and take a look around.

The new CFS advertising campaign features scenes from both the Pinery Fire (above) and Sampson Flat blaze of 2015. PHOTO: FILE

CFS campaign: Plan to survive

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Bushfires will happen again.

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The real life lessons of the Pinery bushfire feature in a new ad campaign that kicked off on Sunday night.

“Bushfires will happen – Plan to survive” is the key message for a South Australian Country Fire Service advertising campaign that will run between October 23, 2016, and March 2017.

CFS communications officer Neil Charter said as a direct result of Pinery and the lessons learned, the CFS said it knew it needed a campaign that was both real and straight to the point in order to engage with those living with bushfire risk.

“If you have experienced a bushfire you get it, but the challenge every year for the CFS is in getting those people that have not been touched by bushfire to understand firstly that the risk is very real and secondly that planning will put you in a much better position should you find yourself under threat from a bushfire,” Mr Charter said.

This season’s advertising campaign presents the reality of bushfire through a series of television commercials including a look at how bushfires have impacted us in the past and the fact that they will happen again.

This introduction to the bushfire season is supported by real life testimonials of people who have survived recent fires including Sampson Flat and Pinery.

The campaign is supported by extensive radio, social media and online media continuing to promote

John McMahon tells his Sampson Flat bushfire story as part of the new CFS ‘Plan to Survive’ ad campaign which also coincides with the launch of a new online My Plan to Survive plan and checklist. Photo Neil Charter. the message that people need to plan to survive.

Central to this call to action is a new online product called “My Plan to Survive”.

It is a downloadable personal plan and check list that can be filled out and saved or shared to friends and family about what you will do and need to do in a bushfire situation.

It is aimed at alleviating the confusion and panic in a bushfire which can lead to not knowing what you will do.

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“Whilst the Pinery fire was devastating and very sad for the area I am hoping that our campaign messages and stories told in testimonials both on television and on our website will save future lives,” Mr Charter said.

“We asked people that lived in the Pinery, Sampson Flat and other fire areas to tell their story and as hard as it was for some, all agreed it was critical people that hadn’t experienced bushfire knew what the reality was.

“Plan to survive is a powerful message and CFS encourage everyone to do it and encourage other family, friends and neighbours on the land to do the same.” www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/prepare_ for_bushfire/my_plan_to_survive

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Plan and prepare to survive fire season Are you bushfire ready?

Would you stay and defend your home or leave early in the face of a bushfire?

These are questions every homeowner needs to consider as the hot summer months near, according to Two Wells CFS brigade captain Adam Harris.

While the impact of the recent floods in the area is still at the forefront of many people’s minds, the long wet winter has produced massive amounts of weed and grass growth, which has now been topped up with even more spring rain.

And this is a volatile combination.

The Two Wells brigade was called out to its first grass fire on Thursday October 20 after a hay-baling machine sparked a blaze, which burnt around one hectare.

Adam said it was imperative families and property owners were not complacent and got on top of possible fire hazards now.

Priority should be keeping grass and weed growth low by mowing regularly to ensure at least a 25-metre buffer around the home. “This is the defendable zone,” Adam said.

“People need to make sure that they mow it down and keep it low.”

Keeping gutters clean and free of any plant debris was also important, as was trimming low or overhanging branches within the 25-metre defendable zone and along access driveways.

“People also need to make sure they have an up to date bushfire action plan,” Adam said.

“On those days that are classified as catastrophic fire days, property owners need to plan to either leave early, before a fire starts, or have themselves and their house bushfire ready.

“Things you need to consider include your personal protective equipment.

“This means enclosed shoes, long pants and a long shirt, gloves, and hat.

“If you do decide to stay make sure your house is ready.

“That means you have all your grass cut down a minimum 25 metres around your house and access to water.”

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Tips for being Bushfire Ready • Have a current bushfire action plan and practise it • Ensure a 25-metre defendable zone around property • Trim low or overhanging shrubs/trees and clean out gutters • Ensure access to your property is clear for emergency services.

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summer, if you have sandbags around your house or property from the September flooding, Adam suggests keeping them in place for another month as a precautionary measure for summer thunderstorms and flash flooding.

Check out the CFS website for further information or drop into the local CFS brigade in Two Wells on Monday nights from 7.30pm and volunteers will be more than happy to help out with any questions or advice.

TO ALL LANDOWNERS AND OCCUPIERS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL AREAS • Adelaide Plains Council Pursuant to the Fire & Emergency Services Act 2005, the owner of private land in the country must take reasonable steps to protect property on the land from fire and to prevent or inhibit the outbreak of fire on the land, or the spread of fire through the land and minimise the threat to human life from a fire on the land. Maximum Penalty $5000.

Council officers will be inspecting properties from early October onwards, to assess compliance with CFS requirements. Property owners issued with a Bushfire Hazard Reduction Compliance Notice are required to comply with the requirements of that notice within the required time indicated or Council may organise a contractor to perform the work required, at the owners expense and may take further legal action against them.

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• Vacant town blocks are required to have all dry flammable material reduced to a maximum height of 10 cm by means of slashing or mowing or removing, and to be maintained throughout the Fire Danger Season.

• House blocks are required to have all dry flammable grass material reduced to a maximum height of 10 cm by means of slashing or mowing or removing, and to be maintained throughout the Fire Danger Season.

• Larger blocks (more than 1 hectare) will require having a firebreak, slashed or mowed to maximum height of 10cm to a minimum width of 5 metres around property boundary, and with a minimum width of 20 metres around any building or asset on the property.

This must also be maintained throughout the Fire Danger Season.

• All flammable material must be stored in a safe manner.

Please have an ongoing maintenance program to keep your property fire safe.

Council thanks property owners and occupiers for the attention they put towards fire safety. Who knows, it may be your own home you save.

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Jacarandas blooming beautiful n November Jottings from the Amateur Gardener With the Pinery bushfire and the flooding of the Gawler and Light Rivers, it has been a difficult year for many gardeners and our thoughts are with you.

We hope that your gardens may recover and start to flourish again soon.

November means the Year 12 exams but also the flowering of the Jacaranda trees.

Jacaranda mimosiflolia is native to Brazil, and the countries nearby with climates not similar to ours, but the trees can be grown quite successfully in Adelaide.

AMATEUR It is a deciduous tree with a good height and spread so be aware if plantGARDENER ing one that it will grow to be a grand tree making a statement in any garden.

Do not prune a Jacaranda, leaving it to grow into an elegant, shady tree with the purple blooms being quite singularly spectacular.

In summer it will probably need a top up with water, and mulching around the root zone will help to retain the soil moisture.

The tree may also be susceptible to light frosts.

Another AMATEUR attractive plant for the ornamentalGARDENER or vegetable garden is Rhubarb (with the stalks being ready to harvest now), which is also great for pies and desserts.

Rhubarb is classed as a vegetable but is eaten as a fruit being rich in iron and high in vitamins A and C. Morning sun is fine but it does need afternoon shade in the hot summer and appreciates a good feed of manure or compost and several drinks.

The long reddish stalks stand out with the deeply veined green leaves giving contrast, but be wary as the leaves contain oxalic acid and are poisonous to humans as well as animals.

However, a good aphid spray may be made using the leaves.

Chop and boil 2kg of Rhubarb leaves in 3 litres of water for 30 mins and then

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strain (an old stocking is good for this).

Spray the aphids when the mixture is cooled.

T are very perOnly use if the aphids sistent as often they disappear by November.

Remember this spray is poisonous so make sure it is labelled and stored correctly and is not to be sprayed on an edible plant.

Do not use if there are dogs in the garden either.

Really, the planting of Cosmos in November will help to bring in beneficial insects along with the plants suggested last month.

Cosmos have very pretty flowers, E and again, are easy to grow.

In the selection of Yates garden seeds there is a variety known as ‘Yates Cosmos Bright Eyes’ with a proportion of the cost being donated to the Retina Australia Society.

A reminder to liquid fertilise your annuals if you want a display for Christmas.

A soluble fertiliser to the strength on the packet will ensure they are flowering in a few weeks.

A seaweed extract is not a fertiliser but rather it contains a growth hormone and trace nutrients that strengthens the plant to help prevent pests and diseases but only two applications are needed.

One on planting and another a couple of weeks later.

Above: a beautiful Jacaranda tree in full bloom.

Right: A variety of cosmos.

Good for all plantings but to get the flowers sooner and to keep your annuals flowering use a soluble fertiliser.

When the Grevilleas are finished with their flowering a good all round hair cut is needed, and keep the milk thistle population down as they are a host for white fly.

The Trappit Sticky insect traps are a help against the elimination of white flies and the planting of some native salt bushes helps to deter them.

May our next 12 months be less stressful and not as eventful!

Happy gardening from the Amateur Gardener.

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Irene says her Chicken and Rice dish is simple and tasty and is quick to prepare.

If you’re looking for something flavoursome and wholesome for tea tonight why not give Irene’s dish a go?

The amount of chicken used may be varied to suit your dinner guests, and the chicken soup can be replaced with mushroom, with the corn also replaced with mushrooms.

Happy cooking.

Ingredients 1 tin condensed chicken soup 1 soup tin of milk 1 packet of French Onion soup 1 400g tin corn 1 cup uncooked rice Six chicken thigh fillets Method Mix the chicken soup with the milk.

Put 1 cup of this mixture aside.

Add the corn and half of the French soup mix.

Mix well then add the rice.

Pour this into a greased baking dish.

Place the chicken fillets in the dish, pour the cup of soup mixture over the top and sprinkle the remaining French onion soup on top.

Cover with foil and bake for one hour in a 180-degree oven.

Remove foil and bake a further 15 minutes. Enjoy.

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Virginia Primary lends a hand Bec O’Brien reports: Random Act of Kindness A big shout out and thumbs up to Virginia Primary School, which opened its Vacation Care doors during the school holidays to families who were affected by the recent floods.

Principal Ilia Tsoutouras was seen on Adelaide media and local social media sites offering the service free of charge to any family who needed help caring for kids while they dealt with the after-effects of water damage. Well done VPS for your compassion and care.

It seems this community and its neighbours really do look out for one-another.

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If you love your greens, can’t stand meat or the shudder at the thought of eating an animal or animal product, don’t forget to celebrate World Vegan day on November 1.

More importantly November

13th is World Kindness Day, so do something nice for someone if you can, or just be kind to yourself. A little bit of kindness could just make someone’s day. November 17 is International Students Day so if you can, pull out the welcome mat and show just how friendly we Aussies are.

Netball End of Season The lasses at Two Wells Netball Club recently had cause to kick up their heels at the annual end of season trip.

This year the gang, including Leah Clifton, Brooke Trengove, Winnie Webster, Shylie Workman, Amy Webb, Jamie Dinham, Tamara Eves, Hayley Maiden, Rachel Williams, Sarah Dinham, Cristie Castle and Tara Learhinan (pictured right), were part of a larger group who headed to Renmark, where a few “L-plate” (or first time netty trip participants) were quickly initiated. Word is dancing at the local club was a hit, as was a trip to the Woolshed Brewery. The girls

enjoyed “hard lemonade” and made two human pyramids, just because they’re super talented and strong, and they could! Needless to say all who went had a fantastic time. Two what? Two Wells. Yeh!!

Farewell Smith-Trims It is with sadness we say farewell to two of our local residents. Bev Smith-Trim and husband John, who are both long-standing, communityminded volunteers who are passionate about the district, are pulling up the stakes and leaving our fair town.

Following a recent health scare, the couple are selling up and moving to Townsville, Queensland, to be closer to their daughter and grandsons.

The pair has worked tirelessly for the town of Two Wells, as well as the broader district, for many years and will no doubt be sorely missed by community and volunteer groups across the region. We wish you all the best in your move and hope you will visit often.

End of season netball fun: The girls at Two Wells Netball Club recently had cause to kick up their heels at the annual end of season trip. Pictured above is the gang at Renmark, where a few “L-plate” (or first time netty trip participants) were quickly initiated!

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Regulars at the Two Wells Public Library’s Toddler Read and Rhyme sessions are, from left, Jessica Hoppo with Alba, 3, Abigail, 5, Jesse Atkinson and Charlotte, 2.

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They say by the time a child is two years old they should have “read” at least 100 books.

Well youngsters Alba Hoppo, and Abigail and Charlotte Atkinson, have no doubt more than clocked up their quotas.

The trio has been regulars at the Two Wells Public Library’s monthly Toddler Read and Rhyme sessions, with parents (and friends), Jessica and Jesse attending for the past three years.

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Each hour-long session involves library assistant Amanda Kirvan reading a few storybooks, with songs and fun games also.

There are even theme-related craft activities, fruit for the kiddies and tea and coffee for the adults.

The library’s Toddler Read and Rhyme sessions are free to attend and are held on the first Wednesday of the month from 9.30am-10.30am.

The next session will be held on November 2 with the last one for the year on December 7.

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Under 11 team bags a win Bec O’Brien reports:

It was a home-side win for the Virginia Cricket Club’s Under 11 team on Friday October 21 as they took on across-the-river rivals Two Wells in the first game of the 2016/17 season.

It’s been two years since the Virginia club fielded a junior team and although it was a chilly night for spectators, those on the field seemed oblivious as balls were bowled, runs made and wickets taken.

Two Wells elected to bat first and after the allotted 16 overs, finished at 3/48.

Jacob Pellizzari top-scored with six, while Bailey Mulholland (1/7), James Mathews (1/6) and Ricky Leo were the best with the ball.

For their 16 overs Virginia surpassed Two Wells, ending with 1/54 and taking the outright win.

Alex Leo top-scored for Virginia with 12no, while best of the bowlers for Two Wells was Julian Harris (1/7).

If you’re keen to learn more about junior cricket in the area both clubs are looking for more players.

Contact Ashley Nicholas on 0422 587 462 for Virginia or Adam Harris on 0413 237 036 for Two Wells.

Two Wells Cricket Club president, Devon Hardiman, reports on the 2016/17 cricket season thus far

The Virginia Cricket Club Under 11 team, (back from left), Daniel Crossman, Alex Leo, Parker Dawson, Angelo Russo, Harrison Devlin, Gianna Russo, Ann-Marie Trimboli, Patrick Costigan, Bailey Mulholland, (front) Ricky Leo, and James Mathews.

Report: Devon Hardiman TWCC President

Right: Virginia’s Ann-Marie prepares to bowl as umpire Nathan Warren keeps a close eye on the game.

Above: Eagerly waiting to hit the field were Two Wells junior cricketers Michael Stevens and Lachlan Sochacki.

Left: Blake Harris in bat for Two Wells.

Far left: Watching the junior cricket were youngsters Tiarna Tromboli, Domenic Trimboli, Monroe Ruddy and Seth Ruddy.

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Junior grades bolstered Hello and welcome to the 2016/17 cricket season.

I have been told people enjoy my cricket updates so I figured I would stay on as president again for another year.

Firstly, I would like to thank the community for coming together and taking an interest in the future of the club by introducing another junior side.

We now have an Under 11 side to go with our Under 13 side, many of whom had to go up due to age restrictions.

Local icon, Adam Harris has taken over from last year's coach, Jason Presland, as he now coaching the Under 13s on Saturday mornings.

We are only fielding nine players in each side so any other children available to play either grade will be welcomed by both coaches.

Three new faces joined the women’s side this season with a few more leaving for personal reasons. Welcome to Monica Keynes, Kerry Poole (yes another Poole in the side) and Nicole McCallum.

Monica is an ex-district player from a few years back, Kerry has a softball background and Nicole played many moons ago too.

The women hosted Sandy Creek on October 17 and 24 in A grade once again.

Sandy Creek batted first on a cold and dark miserable night, it was so dark that once Two Wells had taken all the wickets both teams agreed they would call it a night due to player safety.

Rebecca Pool took 4 for 32 off 6 overs, with Leanne and Monica taking the other 2 wickets keeping Sandy Creek to all out for 149.

Two Wells came out swinging the following week and looked to steal victory after some powerful hitting from Megan Curry (22), Kerry Poole (17) and Leanne Pool (26).

If it wasn't for Sandy Creek’s fielding efforts seeing all three of these ladies getting out to two good catches and a direct hit run out. Two Wells all out for 125.

The men traveled across the Light River, which had receded since the recent floods allowing the game to take place at Dublin.

Coming back from his recent shoulder recon spearhead Lachlan Goss started sloppy with his first ball and could've had a wicket in the first over but somehow, due to fielder incompetence (yes I dropped it), he was denied.

The wickets were evenly shared between the boys with Travis Wake (2 for 15), Brandon Daly (2 for 12), Lachlan Goss (3 for 23) and newly crowned captain Dylan Wise (3 for 8).

Two Wells found themselves 9 for 172 at the end of the day with a lead of 109 runs with Will Hart and Dylan Wise both making 31 runs each.

The second week was a different story with the home side making 221 runs with Brandon Daly the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 37.

Dylan Wise was the only resistance with 26 runs and Lachlan Goss helped a bit with 17 runs, however no other player made it into the double figures thus handing Dublin the outright win.

The first home was due to be played against Adelaide Warriors however with a "wedding" on in Cairns the senior men’s side had to forfeit the game leaving them with the second week off.

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Stop the spread of pesky plants Two Wells, Lewiston & Districts Landcare Group With Mark Webb

Mother and daughter, Candy (right) and Dakota Michaelis and their powerful horses Ransom and Hustler will compete at this year’s Equitana event in Melbourne as two of Australia’s top 25 barrel racers.

Roll out the barrels!

Mother-daughter duo taking on Equitana Lewiston horsewomen Dakota and Candy Michaelis will compete at one of this year’s premier horse events as two of Australia’s top 25 barrel racers.

In a unique motherdaughter race-off, the gun riders, who are both competing in the open division, will take part in Equitana – a three-day horse fest held in Melbourne from November 17-20 where everything from showjumping and dressage, to reigning

Bec O’Brien reports: and cutting, to horsemanship, training, equipment, mounted games and much more will feature.

As many as 50,000 horse enthusiasts from around the country, and many from across the seas, are set to flock to the Melbourne Showgrounds for the event.

The Lewiston motherdaughter pair, who have

made a name for themselves on the rodeo circuit as top barrel racers, are keen to take it all in but will have just a few hours at the event.

For 19-year-old Dakota it will be her first time competing at Equitana, but her powerful 14-year-old horse Ransom, has been once before, with Candy upon his back.

This time around Candy, who represented the state at the 2015 event, will ride four-year-old Hustler.

“I don’t know what the atmosphere will be like,” Dakota said.

“But it’s a big event for me.

“I’ve never competed for that much money before.”

While the $10,000 barrel racing prize purse would be the icing on the cake, both ladies are just hoping to make it safely around three little barrels as fast as they can – under 18 seconds would be just perfect!

Good luck girls.

Left: The western action ranges must have been modelled on Tennessee close to “the Big Muddy”.

Below: This may well explain the Loch Ness Monster not being found in Loch Ness recently. She may have well moved to Korunye.

Pistol club left in a floody mess Natalie Centenera reports:

The Adelaide Pistol Club sustained quite a bit of damage when the banks of the Light River broke last month.

A major clean-up had to wait until two weeks afterwards as most places were under 400mm of water.

“One of the worst areas was the Shotgun Range,” club president, Jim Innes said.

“The trap was badly damaged electrically, at peak in the middle, water would have been close to 3 metres deep.

“It has been a hectic time

for all, but the members did the major clean up, and it went well with 40 plus volunteers.

“Only a month before this I was in Northern Laos.

“We came across heavy rains as we started the run back to the Thai border, it was a little out of season and it came down stinging sideways torrents.

“I thought at the time, ‘won’t mind getting back to the land of the speed camera in the driest state in the driest continent on the planet’....... boy, did I miscalculate as a few weeks later floods in biblical proportions hit South Australia!”

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Shotgun Range, the trap was badly damaged electrically, at peak in the middle this water would have been close to 3 meteres deep.

Our region’s greatest environmental asset is its local biodiversity.

On my regular travels around our district I see so many plant species that have escaped from peoples properties.

You could say, well if they look good in my yard they will look good anywhere.

Unfortunately this is not the case; a lot of these escapees will dominate and out-compete our native plants for available sunlight, moisture and nutrients.

They also do not provide the food resources for many of our native animals, birds and butterflies, etc.

Gazanias are one of those plants that may look good in your garden, but I have noticed that this plant through seed dispersal are moving into our reserves, Auger Ponds, Lewiston Wetlands etc.

In fact you don’t have to look far to find these plants.

When these plants become established in an area, we as a community will lose the essence of what I believe distinguishes our region from many other regions’ ‘sense of place’.

Pest plants are estimated to cost Australian agriculture $4.2 billion and the natural environment $2.5 billion per annum.

Health impacts are also significant with some being toxic to humans, native animals and livestock.

There are a number of pest plants that are significant weed threats to our state's primary

production industries and Gazanias is one of them.

As property owners it is our responsibility to manage these weed threats within our properties.

If you are unsure of what plants you may have on your property, I recommend the website www.amlrnrm.sa.gov. au (Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board).

This site is dedicated to the better management of our natural resources and here you will find a range of fact sheets providing identification and control techniques for common problem weeds that you may have on your property.

Gazanias may look nice but can have devastaing impact on the local biodiversity of our region.

If you have these plants on your property or your neighbour has some have alook around and see how far these plants have spread.

Working together we can stop the spread.

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Increase in Trespass Neighbourhood Watch Two Wells and Mallala held a joint meeting in Two Wells on Tuesday October 11 with guest speaker Senior Constable Michael Poole.

S/C Poole spoke about his career as a Police Officer with SAPOL, having worked in Two Wells, and also about his current role working with the Neighbourhood Policing team in Salisbury.

Two Wells Police reported an increase in serious criminal trespass, including thefts on houses under construction as well as rural sheds.

Police are available to call on 131 444 or 000 in emergencies and urge members of the community to remain vigilant and report suspicious, criminal behaviour.

You can remain anonymous when calling or reporting an offence.

Our next Neighbourhood Watch meeting will be held on Tuesday November 8 at 7.30pm in Two Wells RSL, Old Port Wakefield Road.

We welcome anyone in-

With Lisa Silvy terested in coming along to discuss the best for our community safety.

Blue Light Disco Our next Blue Light Disco will be held after the Two Wells Christmas street parade on Friday 16th December 16 from 7.30pm – 9.30pm in the Two Wells community Centre (behind the football club).

Please note the later start time due to the street parade event.

Please note this is a lock in event for children aged between 8 and 17 years.

Entry is $5 with drinks and accessories available from the canteen. Great prizes are available to be won along with prizes for good dancers.

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Sharing his many years of tennis knowledge to a captive young audience was Australian tennis great Todd Woodbridge.

Representing the Virginia Tennis Club were Tyler Ranalda, Lachlan Ewen and Jake Willemsen.

Tarscha Briscoe and Amelia Esposito with the winning balls.

Member of the Legislative Council, John Dawkins with Two Wells Districts Tennis Club president Trudy Van Osch and committee member Greg Spurling.

Runners-up and winners of the Corporate Challenge tennis event were, from left, Mackenzie Leo, Haydn Leo, Ben Dickson, Stacie Dickson, Annemarie Nicolai and Steve Nicolai.

Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge with the Australian Open trophies at the Two Wells “wells”.

Left: Virginia Tennis Club’s Jessica Ewen was runner-up in the U11 junior tennis tournament and received her prize from Todd Woodbridge.

Far left: Winner of the U9 junior tennis tournament, Angus Spurling of Two Wells, with Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge.

From left: Greg Tapscott, Jack Tapscott, Di Meaney, Marie Tapscott, Todd Woodbridge, Airlie Tapscott and Angus Tapscott.

Right: Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge (back centre) with Two Wells Districts Tennis Club committee members from left (back) Kylie Pellizzari, Francis Pellizzari, Greg Spurling, Lynette Seccafien, Tricia Spurling, Adele Stewart, (front) Tania Esposito, Di Meaney, Marie Tapscott, Trudy Van Osch, and Bec O’Brien.

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Above: Tayla with new friend Eva Heaslip.

Left: Jack Tapscott of Lower Light takes part in the Corporate Challenge.

Right: Virginia Tennis Club’s Jessica Ewen.

Two Wells player, Jonathan Pellizzari scrapes in for a backhand.

Member for Taylor, Leesa Vlahos.

Enjoying his first big tennis hitout was young Ben Marschall of Virginia Tennis Club.

Greg Tapscott shows how it’s done with a racquet that went out of production many years ago!

Good sports: Jamie Burdelof of Gawler and Maddison O’Brien of Two Wells.

Former Two Wells tennis star, Neville Seccafien, with his wooden racquet signed by Australian tennis great, Todd Woodbridge.

Right: Keely Silvy, of Lewiston, shows her style.

Left: Emily Marschall looks to keep the rally going.

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Woodbridge serves up valuable advice Bec O’Brien reports: Here’s a tip from a tennis pro: choose a doubles partner better than yourself.

This was just some of the advice served up (pun intended)

by Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge when he visited Two Wells on Saturday October 15 as part of the Australian Open Trophy Celebration Party.

The all day event run by Two Wells Districts Tennis Club was the result of an initiative of Tennis Australia earlier this year, which sought to encourage local clubs to get excited about tennis by matching top seeded players with clubs across the country.

Two Wells was paired with German seed Angelique Kerber at the 2016 Australian Open event, with the German going on to take out the

women’s competition.

Despite the hot and windy weather on the weekend a good crowd turned out the for the Two Wells event, with many keen tennis players and enthusiasts alike taking the opportunity to grab an autograph and photo with Todd as well as hold the Australian Open men’s and women’s trophies, which were on display throughout the day.

A junior development tournament in the morning had a strong turnout, with the day also featuring a short but informative coaching clinic run by Todd and a fun corporate challenge in the afternoon.

For those watching from the sidelines there were goodies to sample from the Wells Girls CWA stall, or hot food from the Mallala Lions van.

The hit the target station was popular not just with the littlies while the running of the balls raffle event

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Member for Taylor and Disabilities Minister, Leesa Vlahos, picked up a racquet and joined Team Echo for the corporate challenge, while Member for Goyder Steven Griffiths and Member of the Legislative Council, John Dawkins, both enjoyed the atmosphere and sense of community at the event.

All in all it was a fantastic day celebrating and promoting the sport of tennis, and was capped off with a lovely catered dinner in the quiet of the evening.

Thanks go to all the local and wider businesses and individuals who supported the day and a big congratulations to the club and organising committee for a wonderful event.

No doubt there’ll be a few less young people saying “Todd who?” now!

Top: Jordy Willemsen of Virginia Tennis Club with one of the Australian Open trophies.

Above: Tennis SA’s Steve Baldas, Member for Taylor Leesa Vlahos, Todd Woodbridge and Member for Goyder Steven Griffiths.

Left: Caitlin Stewart, of Two Wells, concentrates on her backhand shot. n More photos pages 22-23

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