Mannum Mag Issue 36 June 2009

The Way It Was!

Young mothers of Mannum, if you are having a bad day, thinkabout the way it was for one young mother in Mannum sixty

years ago.Imagine coming home from hospital with newly born triplets to a

two year old, a husband and a two-roomed house. No electricity orrunning water or disposable nappies. No Milton or baby formula andonly limited hot water from a wood stove, which had to be lit veryearly in the morning.

These babies would sleep in a double and a single pram in thewarmth of the kitchen for several months. No theme decoratednursery or baby bonus back then for anyone.

Imagine washing nappies and clothes by hand every day in thekitchen near the hot water and having a good ‘boil-up’ once a weekin the outside copper. Tuesdays would bring on the ironing with acoal or flat iron and lots of starch.

Imagine trips to the doctor with three babies and a two year oldwho all, at various times, suffered from childhood illnesses that werarely see today, whooping cough, measles, mumps, and so on.

Imagine toddler’s meal time with food from the veggie garden andhome killed meat - no pre-prepared food or special meals then - butI imagine, no fussy eaters either.

While coping with all of the above the young mother was busysewing, knitting and making clothes for all her children, whileregularly feeding fowls, milking cows, tending the garden as well askeeping the house clean and tidy with no vacuum cleaner to help.

Then of course, there was the man of the house to be waited on. Iimagine such was the life - minus triplets - of many of the older ladiesyou encounter in country towns today. So, young mums, was yourday so bad after all?

Berrie Skein

Faye, Graham and Colin at 60 years

Mothers DayA double celebration forlocal identity Ivy Kowald(Standing at left).Her triplets, Colin, Grahamand Faye, also had their 60th

birthday on May 10th 2009.They are the only knowntriplets born at MannumHospital.

Colin, Graham and Faye at 6 months

ContentsAngie’s Cooking Tips 22Calendars & Dates 28

Choristers Corner 7Church Services 3Classifieds 27

Letters 2Mannum Matters 26

Out of this World 8Police & Neighbourhood Watch 18

Puzzle 3Under the Toadstool 20

Fundraising River CruiseMannum Liberal Party Branch Enjoys A River Cruise

The Mannum Branch of the Liberal Party held a successful river cruiseluncheon recently to raise funds for the 2010 election campaign.

Federal Member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker; the Hon. John DawkinsMLC; and Member for Schubert, Mr Ivan Venning were among the 25 people,who boarded the Venturer Cruise boat at Mannum, and enjoyed a two courselunch whilst taking in the tranquil scenery. Over $300 dollars was raised to gotowards funding the 2010 electioncampaign.

Mr Secker, Mr Dawkins and MrVenning all addressed the group briefly,with topics covered including the FederalBudget, regional suppliers for countryhospitals, and regional developmentboard structures. However, most of thethree hour cruise was spent by guestsrelaxing and taking in the scenery.

Mr Venning commended the MannumBranch on its revitalisation in the pastfew months and encouraged the group tomaintain their interest.

“ I a p p l a u d p e o p l e - b o t h L i b e r a l a n dLabor - who publicly take an active part in politics.

“Australians are far too apathetic to politics and the fact that approximatelyonly 8 per cent of Australians play an active part in the political process is notgood.

“It’s now up to us all to ensure that the policies that affect Mannum and thesurrounding areas get the politicalpriorities they deserve” he said.

It was the first function held by theMannum Branch, since the AGM in Apriland due to its success the Branch isalready discussing holding a dinner,dance cruise in six months time.

Anyone interested in joining theMannum Branch of the Liberal Partyshould contact the Membership Officer,Brenton Mann on 8569 2911 or thepresident Joan Kreiser on 8569 1730.

Susie ReichsteinMedia and Research Adviser

to Ivan Venning MP

Left to right: Mannum Liberal Party Branch members Lindsay and MaureenBarber; Hon. John Dawkins MLC; Secretary and Treasurer, Fiona Mann;Vice-President, Helen Flett; Member for Schubert, Ivan Venning; Federal Memberfor Barker, Patrick Secker and President, Joan Kreiser.

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Mannum Agricultural SocietyAnnual General Meeting

Mannum Agricultural Society wishes to advise the AnnualGeneral Meeting shall be held at:

Schache HallMannum Showgrounds

North Terrace, MannumWednesday July 15 at 7:30 pm

Appointment of Office Bearers & Conveners will take place atthis meeting with a detailed report on the successful Show held inMarch 2009.

A Need for Council News

Dear EditorI’ve often thought how good it

would be to have regular newsabout what the Mid MurrayCouncil is doing, and whatbetter place than in some ofthose vacant spaces in theMannum Mag.

Is it correct that once upon atime the Mag reported that thiswas to happen?

I’m writing to offer to preparesummaries from Minutes ofmeetings, reports, etc. that aresent to me electronically, if thisis what is needed to open thelines of communication with usratepayers.

A news-starved ratepayer(Name and address supplied)

(Reports on news from Council meetingsare received intermittently. If someonefrom Council contacts the Editor, I willpass on your contact details so that thewriter of this letter can makearrangements with you. Editor.)

Christmas Carols bythe River

Planning is underway for theCarols By the River 2009.

Now is your chance to havesome input into the way they arerun. Help with the organising isas important as singing or beingthe MC.

Community input is veryimportant if we want the Carolsby the River to continue.

Please phone Ken or Dianneon 8569 1333 with yoursuggestions or offer of help.

The next planning meeting is16th July. The more the merrier.

Roslyn Udy

The Hall Report

Hi There Mannumites.This may seem a bit

strange! I’m on holidays at themoment but, as you can imagine,the folks at the Hall are keepingme in-touch with what’s goingon and I can tell you it’sexciting.

The veggie gardens aregrowing well and they havealready taken some produce tothe kitchen, where I’m suresomething delicious has beenmade. It just goes to show thatwhen you put your mind to italmost anything can beaccomplished.

Work in progress is sometimesslow. Because the money forthings we get done comes fromGrants there is not alwaysenough money to go around, butthe people who come to the Hallhave been bringing in bulbs anddifferent types of flowers to beadded to the garden.

If you are at all interested, whynot come in and have a look atwhat’s being done and maybeyou to can be planting andharvesting - the challenge isyours.

Pop in sometime during theweek for a cuppa and meet someof the nicest people around.

Volunteer

Mannum Red Cross

At the Mannum Red Crossmeeting held on April 14th,

nine members were present withone apology tendered.

Donations were given for awreath to be made for the AnzacDay Service. Mim Underwoodto attended on our behalf.

We also made the finalarrangements for the CardLuncheon held on April 23rd.

On the day of the CardLuncheon, as well as the locals,visitors came from MurrayBridge, Jervois, Mt Barker,Kapunda, Lobethal, Nuriootpa.

A trading table as well asraffles were held, raising over$700.

For the Luncheon a two coursemeal was provided. Afternoontea was served after the cardplaying.

Visitors were the luckywinners in 500 and Bugs.500: Bill Lambert (Lobethal)

and Peggy Bass (MurrayBridge).

Bugs: Mavis Tanner (Jervois)and Avis Marston (MtBarker).

Rae Bottroff

Issue Number 36 Mannum Mag

DISTRICT CHURCH SERVICESFor Mannum congregations

ANGLICAN 6 Adelaide Road (ph: 8569 2385)Mannum, Sundays 10.30 am

BAPTIST William Street (ph: 8278 3992)Mannum, Sundays 10.30 am

CATHOLIC Mau Street (ph: 8531 1699)Mannum, Mass: 1st Sunday 9.30 am, all others 8.30 am

LUTHERAN 79 Cliff Street (ph: 8569 2863)Mannum, Sundays 9.00 am, Sunday School 9.45 am duringschool terms. Everyone welcome.

RIVER WORD CHRISTIAN CENTRE Greening Street (ph: 8569 1333)Mannum, Sundays 10.00 am

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 17 King George St(ph: 0419 855 941)

Mannum, Saturdays 9.30 am, Sabbath School 11.00 am

UNITING Corner of Greening Street & Walker Avenue(ph: 8569 1187)

Mannum, 1st & 3rd Sundays 11 am, 2nd & 4th Sundays 9 am

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Can you believe that half ofthe year has nearly passed

us by and the June 10th

Friendship Lunch is just aroundthe corner? How time flies, Isuppose being busy contributesto this, just the way we like it atCHIPS.

Our client base is increasingweekly and we welcome theopportunity to assist those thatare experiencing long or shortterm difficulties, by filling the‘gaps’. A big welcome to ournew volunteers, we are thrilledby the steady stream ofvolunteer applications fromthose that have a little spare timeto share, so don’t be surprised ifyou see some new faces aroundthe place. If you have a littlespare time to give and wouldlike to volunteer come and payus a visit at 39 Randell St orphone us on 8569 2129 and havea chat. The more the merrier.

Neighbourhood House Weekand National Volunteers Weekwere recently celebrated. It wasthe perfect opportunity toacknowledge our strongpartnership with the Communityand Neighbourhood HouseAssociation, we are very proudto be a member of an associationthat has supported so many forso long.

National Volunteers Week wasthe ideal opportunity to thankour wonderful volunteers and onthe 15th May we held a ‘High

Tea’ in theirh o n o u r . A l t h o u g h t h ecelebrations were held in verytight quarters, all had a greatafternoon. I was pleased topresent 2009 Volunteer Weekbadges and certificates ofrecognition to our volunteers.Their continued efforts arehighly valued and CHIPS wouldsimply not be able to provideour clients with the assistancethat we do without them.

We were extremely gratefulthat our Mayor Ian Mann, IvanVenning MP (member forBarker) and Adrian PederickMP (member for Hammond) togave up some of their precioustime to attend. They thanked ourvolunteers, commending theirefforts for delivering outstandingservices to the community. Anapology was received fromPatrick Secker (Federal MP) asFederal Parliament was currentlysitting.

Chris Battle did a fantastic jobof catering for the event, theimpressive array of treatstempted us all; who could stop atone - I couldn’t. Thanks Chris.

The Community Helpers Shophas been busy with a verysuccessful book sale. If you havethe chance to pop in, there isalways a bargain to be had. Anenjoyable way of supportingyour community.

Marion Wilson, Coordinator

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Anzac Day Soiree… memorable and deeply moving …

That evening there wasgentle rain falling as the

guests arrived at the MannumHospital for a Vigil dinner andrecital of Australian warliterature to honour theANZACS and all who died inwars, or had been woundedphysically and mentally, andthose who still suffered as theresult of war.

On behalf of herself and herstudents, Joan Kreiser OAMintroduced the evening bywelcoming Adrian PederickMP, Ian Mann OAM MidMurray Council Mayor and alldistinguished guests. AdrianPedrick was to be the presenterfor the evening.

All stood for the NationalAnthem before enjoying agourmet meal prepared by thehospi tal catering staff.Following Digger soup or deepfried Camembert on babyspinach and cranberries, Adrianbegan his presentation of theevening by asking everyone tostand for the Last Post. Adrianthen introduced Emma Mannwho opened the evening withthe poignant “The Cross” byLeon Gellert, Anna Swarbrickfollowed with “AirmailPalestine” by David McNicoll.The bracket concluded withAlex Emmins presentation of“The Shearer’s Letter Home”by R.A. Watkins.

The main course followed: adelectable Gallipoli silversidewith mustard sauce or ChickenBorderlaise. Emma Mannopened the next bracket with aheart rending letter from thelate W/O Charlie Underwoodof Mannum to his fianceeGertrude. Charlie served inEgypt, France and theDardanelles in WW1. He had

been separated from his fianceeand family for 4 years. Charliewas the father of Roy,Malcolm, Howard, Joyce andKathleen. He died aged 51 as aresult of gas poisoning whichhe suffered in the trenches inFrance. Joan then read “BeachBurial” by Kenneth Slessor.Alex followed by reading areport to Parliament by the lateSenator Jack Critchley (uncleof Colleen Buchan ofPompoota) on the need formore beds and facilities for thewar wounded, both physicallyand mentally.

For dessert a mouth wateringchocolate Jaffa cake or limecheese cake followed, bothserved with thick cream. Thelast bracket began with Annareading a heartrending letterfrom the late W/O UnderwoodRAAF to his family in Mannumfollowed by his requiem fromthe War Graves Commissionjust two months later. He wasstationed on an English airfieldand was a Spitfire pilot. He wasjust 21years old when he waskilled. Aaron was the eldestbrother of Ray, Keith,Malcolm, Jack (dec’d) andChristopher - all of Mannum.

Joan concluded the eveningwith “Pre-Resurrection” byJack Sorenson a tribute to allthose families who lost lovedones as a result of wars.

Joan then thanked everyonewho had contributed to thisauspicious occasion. It hadbeen a very memorable anddeeply moving evening Therewas an aura of peace andremembering for all thesacrifices made by Australiansin all war in our short history asa nation.


Gardening Through Drought in the Murraylands

The April edition ofMannum Mag had an

article, “Living with ClimateChange – Yes, We Can!”,heralding a FREE CD onpractical ways for dealingwith a range of climatechange challenges.

Caloote Area LandcareGroup (CALG) has now gonea step further, and produced ahandy brochure for peoplelike me who need help ingreening the landscape underour harsh conditions. MidMurray Council contributedfunds for the publishingcosts.

The brochure is entitled

“Gardening through droughtin the Murraylands”.

Emerald green copies of thebrochure have been placed atMannum Ag and BuildingSupplies, the Council,library, Visitors’ InformationCentre, and the real estateoffices. It also replaces pages13 and 14 of this issue ofMannum Mag.

Cut and fold the copyprinted in this issue ofMannum Mag or collect adistribution copy to have asan easy reference to bothcheck out your property’sneeds, and take to the nurserywhen you are ready to buy. It

contains some hints on howto achieve success in ourharsh conditions – hintsLandcare members needed toknow when we moved to thisarea – plant names andrequirements, bulk purchasediscounts, and more.

Watch for notices of CALGgatherings. Everyone iswelcome to come as often oras little as they wish, and youcan ‘pick the brains’ ofexperienced growers to yourhearts’ content. Enjoy thisglorious weather in theoutdoors.

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Mannum Rowing ClubEnd of Season Luncheon

Some 70 supportersattended the 2008-09 End

of Season Luncheon at theClub rooms on 19th April.

President Brian Bormanngave a brief summary of theyears activities on and off thewater.

Although success incompetition was a littlemixed, the Club still hadsome 8 Senior Masterscompeting when possible.

It was encouraging to see anumber of Junior SchoolS tuden t s s ta r t i ng toparticipate at Regattas, whichwere marred by extremew e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s .Mannum’s own NovemberRegatta was cancelled due togale force winds and arescheduled Regatta inFebruary was cancelled dueto extreme heat.

Thanks to the Committeeand Volunteers in their fund

raising efforts. The Club,together with support fromBusinesses and Individualsfor material and resources,was able to complete thefinal shed extension andpurchase two new Racingshells.

The Club was supported byPete Smith, Co-ordinator ofthe Big River FishingCompetition, who donated a$1500 cheque in appreciationof the Rowing Clubsinvolvement with the FishingComp by providing thefacility for the Event. Petegave a summary of thedistribution of funds tovarious Service bodies in thedistrict which had amountedto many thousands of dollars.

The highlight of the daywas the Christening of thetwo newly purchased racingshells, a Double Scull/PairCombination named the

Tony Owen and a Four/Quadcombination named the DeanMobbs.

Both these two startedrowing careers at in theirteenage years, successfullycompeting in School, Novice,Junior and Senior Events,w i n n i n g n u m e r o u sChampionships in Four andEight oared Events, Theywere also State Reps indifferent categories, Tony inLightweight 4's and Dean inMasters 8, a class of which ispopular amongst the Oldiesand of which Mannum isnear the top.

T h e y g a i n e d L i f eMembership after 20 years ofservice, which was thecriteria at the time.

Dean still continues to rowand compete at regattas whileTony retied a couple of yearsago when he moved fromMannum.

On Christening the boats,both gave personal accountsof their Rowing Memories,and wished the Club all thebest for the Future.

The Club would love tohear from anyone wishing totry rowing as a social activityat your own pace or ease intocompetition. Age is nobarrier which is a credit to anumber of Members, bothmen and women in their 70'swho row regularly during theweek and compete atRegattas.

Social Rowing st i l lcont inues on Sundaymorning, even through winterat 7:30 am. So contact BrianBormann 8569 1813 and findout what rowing is all aboutand take advantage of thefacilities and venue, the envyof a number of metropolitanclubs.

Brian Bormann


MID MURRAYCOUNCIL

Mannum OfficeTemporary Office Closure

Residents and Ratepayers are advised that it isnecessary to close the Mannum office of the Mid MurrayCouncil on Friday 5 June 2009 from 12 noon until 5-00pm to allow building work to continue.

The Mannum office number 8569 0100 will remainavailable during that period.

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Mannum Probus Club

On Monday May 2nd, an excellentautumn day, 42 Club members

travelled by Botroff’s Coach to visitthe Barossa.

The first stopover on the way was avisit to the Whispering Wall atWilliamstown. Everyone was amazedat how clearly you could hear thepeople talking on the other side of thewall. Several members had never beenthere before, although they had beenalmost everywhere else aroundAustralia.

From there we travelled on toLyndock, where we called in on theChateau Barossa Winery. After ourmorning cup of tea or coffee, theguide gave us an outline of the wineryhistory from its beginning to thepresent day. This was followed by avisit to the museum, which was justamazing - ancient furniture, vases andartifacts - very interesting indeed.After this some members got down tothe real thing in wine tasting, whileothers went to look at the rosegarden.

After loading the extra freight inthe form of many packs of wine, thecoach travelled on to Tanunda. On

the way we saw many kangaroosgrazing in the paddocks and drovepast the Nudist Camp, which hadhigh fences. After an excellentluncheon in the Club House Hotelmany members took a stroll down themain street of Tanunda.

Homeward bound we made a stopat Angus Fruits in Nuriootpa andcalled in on the Country Store wheremany packs of fruit and nuts werepurchased.

The coach diver Mike brought usback to Mannum via Sedan Hill andCambrai. At the top of Sedan Hillthere was an excellent view of thelower Murray flats.

We arrived back at the LeisureCentre at 4:30 pm, having had a greatday out of fellowship and sightseeing.

Our next meeting (held on the 1st ofJune) in the Mannum CommunityClub will have had guest speakerBrian Hoffmann from Murray Bridgegiving a presentation and talk onAfghanistan Experience.

Visitors are always welcome toattend Probus Club meetings.

Trevor Frahn

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† Choristers Corner †National Living Music Treasures at Mt. Barker JAZZ Fest 2009

The annual Mt Barker JazzFestival has two claims of

noteworthiness. One is theabsolute certainty of rain formuch of the weekend and,over the years, this has becomethe norm. For local farmers,the annual “Jazz ConvergenceRain Reliability Factor” has(temporarily, anyhow) morecred than forecasts by theBureau of Meteorology! Onetelephone enquiry to Councilregarding dates of the Jazzweekend, determines thetiming of their seedingprogrammes, such is theirfaith!

The other is the highstandard of talent at thisgrowing South Australian, freeJazz event. Although theAuchendarroch Wallis TheatreComplex has hosted the largeconcerts in past years, thesehave been staged in anadjacent, large and draughtydamp, marquee. This yearhowever, the capacious WallisTavern was used.

Small Jazz groups alsoperformed outside the bakery,in arcades, shops, cafes, inns,on footpaths, and on the SteamRanger Train between MtBarker and the picturesqueBugle Ranges.

Mt Barker Council surelydeserves credit for the courageto invite the special artistsperforming at this year’s JAZZFest. Two iconic Jazz legends,Don Burrows, O.A., M.B.E.,and Bob Barnard, O.A., playedin concert with the BruceHancock Trio to a standingovation on Saturday night.Burrows, the 81year oldmaster of clarinet, saxophonesand flute, has played with Jazzgreats such as Frank Sinatra,Dizzy Gillespie, Cleo Laine,Nat King Cole and more.Demonstrating his immenseinstrumental versatility, heg a v e a p h e n o m e n a lperformance, despite severearthritic pain.

Barnard, the great Australianmainstream trumpet and cornetplayer, is 76 this year and also

world renowned, havingrecorded with top American,British and European Jazzartists. He gave us his famousstylishly smooth, accomplishedperformance.

Both gifted musiciansdemonstrated humour andhumility, the hallmarks ofgreatness, toward their fellowperformers, audiences andbudding musicians alike.

Burrows mentioned his toursof long ago when heencouraged youngsters to“bang or rattle anything tokeep the rhythm” as theylistened to the band, and hewryly thanked the audience onSaturday evening “for evenapplauding our mistakes!”Hancock, himself an acclaimedS.A. Jazz pianist and Head ofJazz studies at ElderConservatorium, spoke of theprivilege of performing withsuch “Greats” in this event.Personally, it was a rareprivilege to be part of such anaudience to experience themall.

Twenty-three year old, recentJazz graduate Jon Hunt, withhis long wavy red hair,beanpole figure and levitatingfeet, charmed everybody.Wherever they played, he andhis Trio had a huge followingof people of all ages, evenwilling to stand in the rain tolisten.

Students of Jazz at ElderConservatorium, were bothencouraged and delighted bythe unplanned arrival ofBurrows at their gigs. He thenplayed along with them, nodoubt creating life-longmemories and possibleinspiration.

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Out Of This WorldAstronomer’s Corner

Our galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, containssome 100 billion stars and so far as we can estimate

there are 400 billion galaxies. All different, some similar, theirstructure changing the further out we look.

Much more than that, crossing each new threshold requires deeperreasoning as the complexity broadens.

When studying fossils or geology on the earth each complexchange takes a long time span to occur, making it difficult toestablish an historical time line. In the astronomical universe theproblem is even more complex because changes are on going.

Because our observations depend on the speed of light, studyinga distant galaxy is not in the same realm as a mountain range or agrand canyon. We do not see a galaxy as it is now, but as it wasmany millions of years ago.

The fact that distant galaxies are observable and can be observedmeans the evidence about those places is constantly growing. Studiesin future millennia will allow this knowledge to be further expanded.

The Earth has a place in the equation and as we begin to knowmore and more about distant galaxies, becoming familiar with theunknown, our understanding of Milky Way will grow in proportion.Some distant galaxies have now become clearer due to technologythat even ten years ago were not even an idea.

If indeed the world we know is part of a greater cosmic ocean withdifferent kinds of galaxies lurking in certain parts, then a flow ofknowledge on a grand scale may overtake any static or expandingpicture of the universe that we now have.

It is known that light behaves as both a wave and a particle, butthere could be other diversity in a universe of incredible proportions.Leaving our galaxy may be the only way to find out the answer tothese big questions. We are only on the shore of something that hasunmeasurable complexity.

With Orion setting in the west and Scorpio becoming more clearin the evenings the planet Saturn is well placed for viewing. In theearly mornings, Venus and Mars are constantly changing appearanceas they race ahead before the dawn and are a great sight for amoments observing. Venus and Mars are close to the moon duringthe month of June.

Dave AllenMoon Phases

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Ageing in the Murraylandswith Millie

Dear MMs,“Now that I’m older and

wiser…”Yep, there sure are some things that

we learn from experience. Thankgoodness.

But does being older and wisermake us kinder, more willing to ‘turnthe other cheek’?

Living in the country has so manyjoys, and the beauties of nature allaround us call us to open our eyes,slow down, shut off our hassles,breathe deeply, be kind to ourselves.Sometimes we might need to kick thatpoor proverbial cat first … get rid ofour pent-up feelings. Maybe a stint inthe garden, writing a letter thentearing it up, or just holding a softball and squeezing the life out of it,might do the trick.

You know, when we spend sometime focussing our energy totally oncalming ourselves, breathing deeply,letting go of the noisy monkeyschattering in our brains, we not onlyhelp ourselves but we help others.

Our attitude to the foibles of otherpeople changes. They become lessimportant. Our minds start to losetheir clutter and we are more free tothink rationally about how to accept

others for who they are, maybe evenhow to bring out the best in them.

This bit of philosophy has beeninspired by listening to accounts ofhow some of the good people of theMurraylands, even as they work hardfor our community, are hurtingthemselves and one another e.g.letters written in anger, demands forthings to be done ‘my’ way,accusatory ‘phone calls, inferiorservice in offices to ‘ordinary’ peoplewho do not hold important positions.Just plain old lack of respect.

Good services and facilities forresidents and visitors are admirablegoals, but contentment surely calls usto strive for harmony withinourselves and with others.

Let’s remember to stop … smellour neighbour’s roses … then thinkagain ... and not give them a thornystem from our garden.

Go with kindess, MatureMurraylanders.

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old and wise, or young and silly,when he said:

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A Tribute to Jo DiorioLifetime Friends and Family Gather to Remember Jo Diorio

On the afternoon of Friday1st May 2009, at the

Tailem Bend CommunityCentre, a group of over 100special friends and familymembers shared a dayspecially set aside to honourthe memory of the late JoDiorio, who lived in TailemBend.

Jo Diorio (deceased 19th

January, 2009) would havebeen celebrating her 70th

Birthday on Saturday 2nd May2009.

Jo had especially plannedthis day to celebrate her 70th

with all her dear friends. All ofJo Diorio’s friends decided tostill go ahead with Jo’s wishesand used the event for a day offellowship, dancing and musicto “Celebrate The Life Of Jo.”

In 1999 Jo Diorio, wasawarded the 5RM andRiverland and Mallee RotaryClub’s Citizen Of The YearAward for her dedicated workin improving the Mental

Health Sector.Jo Diorio firmly, believed

that our lives begin to endwhen we become silent aboutthings that matter. For over 30years she was a dedicatedadvocate for those sufferingserious mental health problemsThis played a major part in herdevotion to improving mentalhealth issues.

Jo was instrumental informing a network of C.A.G(Consumer Advisory Group)members. Where today,through association with otherconsumer advisory groups andorganizations, consumers andadvocates are able to worktogether to provide a united,caring and support iveenvironment, for the good andmutual benefit of the MentalHealth Sector in SA.

In addition to many of Jo’sTailem Bend Friends, peopleattended from all over SA.

Terry & Roz Udy, from TheHall, Open Doors - Open

Minds, Mental Health,Resource Centre based inMannum, were accompaniedby many of Jo’s friends from“The Walk Tall Dance andMusic Workshop Group” thatshe had created.

The Hall began in 2006 withthe formation of the MurrayMallee Consumers AdvisoryGroup ( MMCAG).

The Hall’s Coordinator’sTerry and Ros Udy said “Ittruly warms our hearts today toknow that Jo Diorio, who wasour only Life Member, livedlong enough to know that hervaliant goal and dream toremove the stigma associatedwith Mental Health issues hasnow been finally realized bythe recent renaming of ourMental Health ResourceCentre, based in Mannum,being now called “The Hall -Open Doors - Open Minds.”

Another of Jo Diorio’sfriends attending was Julie

Fuller, Pinnaroo resident andlong time friend. Julie and herhusband Mike Fuller broughtdown with them JeanetteMoss, another of Jo’s Pinnaroofriends from the SouthernMallee region.

Jo Diorio and Julie Fullergrew up together as childhoodfriends when they lived atStreaky Bay. In fact bothfamilies knew each other sowell that Julie Fuller and JoDiorio’s grandmothers werealso life time friends.

The whole days event,became a very special time ofreflection, and a time for us allto share our stories andmemories of a Great lady, whocared so deeply for others.

Jo Dorio is dearly loved andmissed by all her friendseverywhere.

Annette BanniganMM Mental Health Activities &

Learning Centre, Mannum,Riverland & Mallee Carers SA


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goes out to all those lovelyfemales out there.

M.M.C.S.S. held their annuallunch at the MannumCommunity Club and thosewho saw the invitation butdidn’t attend missed a greatlunch.

We were lucky to have asspeaker a cervical cancersurvivor, proving that earlyintervention (regular papsmears) does indeed work.

We had quite a good turn outfor the lunch, 22 people fromin and around the Mannumarea, some who attended lastyear and some new faces too.It was nice to see you all, andif you didn’t attend pleaseremember, be aware and takethe appropriate action.

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[Lois and Ray Quast are in Victoriaassisting with the bushfire cleanupand delivering the quilts made by theCommunity Quilts Group of SharedStiches of Mannum. This is an editedextract from their email report of theexperience.

The full text (much longer) withphotographs is available on the“Extras” page of the Mannum Magwebsite (see page 27). Editor.]

Ray and I arrived at Kev’sS h e d ( B l a z e a i d

Headquarters) last Friday about4.30 pm in the cool of theevening. We are near Kilmore,about 60 km north ofMelbourne, at “BlazeaidHeights”.

On Saturday night we attendeda BBQ with about 90 otherpeople. A lot of folk come upfrom Melbourne to help on theweekend. All the meals areserved in Kev Butler’s shearingshed. He is a retired teacher.

Brekky is at 6.30am (oh, mygoodness), Ray and I are just notused to getting up so early.Sometimes we have brekky inthe van; that allows us to sleepin a bit longer!

Sunday we went to theMemorial Service held atFlowerdale. A few hundredpeople attended the emotionalservice, just 100 days after thefires. A number of people losttheir lives in that area.

From Flowerdale we drovethrough Whittlesea, where a lotof homes were lost, and on toKinglake West area. Drivingaround we saw tents and vans onon various properties. We thatheard some folk were sleeping inhorse floats. It is hard to believe.It can get very cold here.

On Sunday 31st May, “Macca”is doing a show from Kinglake,we hope to attend that, but it willmean getting up very, very early.

In the Shed after brekky it ischaos. Each group of volunteershas a team leader and goes todifferent farms to work. All thisis organised by Kev.

I became known as “the quiltlady”. Kev said we were the talkof the town. It doesn’t seem likethey have had quilts broughtover to them before this.

Today Kev chose three placesfor us to deliver quilts. Theterrain is hills and valleys as far

as the eye can see, quitebeautiful, but hard work for thevolunteers helping with thefences.

Anyway, armed with mudmaps, we picked three quilts andoff we went. All three placeswere delighted with them. Theguy at one place said he had abrother-in-law that used to livein Mannum (Frank Laucius). Iwent to school with his wife!

We got to the last place just asthe volunteers were leaving, sowe offered to do a bit of fencingand helped to finish the job. Itwas a productive day, they said.

Back at the Shed for tea, thestory came in that one couple intheir 70's showed the quilt to thevolunteers when they came infor a cuppa. They said she wasthrilled to bits with it.

Kev said today was a trial tosee how we would go, tomorrowwe will be going out in the“wild”. The plan is to deliverthree or so quilts a day, and thendo a bit of fencing after that if itworks in.

Based on the governmentvaluation, over one milliondollars has been given involunteer hours from theBlazeaid section. Quite a feat,isn’t it?

Some people come again aftera break. It is addictive, you get alot more out of it than you putin. We are really enjoyingourselves. If the weather doesn’tget too freezing will be here fora number of weeks yet. So keepus in your prayers.

Even though we have mudmaps it is still really hard to findplaces. We either stop and ask,ring up, stop again and so on.Finally we get there and deliverour quilt.

Our first delivery yesterdaywas to a lady now living in a vanwho had lost her home. She saidthat sometimes it snows there.She was most grateful for thequilt, and told us stories abouthow she survived the fires,darting back and forth, takingshelter when the flames cameclose. It’s the radiated heat thatkills. Her horse float caught fire,she quickly moved her car whilestuff was falling on it, thendrove back and forth to get outof the flames. Somehow she

survived.We visited one address which

abutted a national park. We aretruly amazed that any housessurvived the fires. Here we meta bloke who had lost his houseand was living in a friend’shouse. We gave him a quilt. Heand his wife survived by stayingin the dam. He was insured buthad a visiting friend who lost hisuninsured house, but was sopositive. We gave him a quilttoo. A lot of folk we have seenare just so resilient and positive.I wonder how do they do it, afterwhat they have been through.

Keen to get the quilts to thosefolk who had lost homes andwere living in vans, we did somecold calling. We saw a big buson a property so we called in.They had lost their house. Theyloved the quilt we gave them.T h e y h a d a s m a l lbathroom/laundry buildingwhich had been given to them,but they had to pay $400 forfreight. It was a lovely little unit.It made life easier for them. Ithink she had 3 kids.

Kev told us about a bloke whohad stud sheep in Tamworth buthad passed away about 6 monthsago. Early this week his wifecollapsed. She wanted the studsheep to go to farmers over herewho had lost their sheep, so atruck load of sheep arrived lastnight. The sheep will be farmedover here keeping the originalstud name.

Today we delivered the last ofthe quilts. Kev named a fewroads where a lot of houses weredestroyed. All we had to do wasfind them, look for folk in vansand go and visit. This was great.

At the first place we stopped ayoung guy told us they had losteverything. On another propertythere was a nurse living in a van.We woke her up, she had justdone night shift. She was at herneighbours place while the fireswere raging. Her goat, calledDaphne, stayed in the toiletduring the fires. Daphne is fine.

We came across a young chapand his partner who were rentingin Kingslake and lost everything.We gave them a quilt. We sawhis partner talking to her friend,they had 2 little kids betweenthem, another two at school.

The owners of one propertywere in WA at the time of thefire. When they heard theirhome had been burnt down,somebody offered to truck theirvan over free of charge and theyraced back with their 3 kids. Itlooked like it had been abeautiful house, with lots oflovely stone work. They told ustoday that they had been givenapproval to keep their front walland the slab. They were stoked.

When you ask how are theygoing, you get comments like“It’s the sort of stuff that youguys and the folk at Blazeaid aredoing that keep us going. This iswhat makes it easier for us.”

From our point of view, this isjust such a small thing we aredoing, but a group of peopleeach doing their little bit gets thejob done.

Lois and Ray Quast

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Wandering the byways

The group enjoyed the DVD“Palmer’s Past” at our May

meeting and congratulate thePalmer and District Associationon their achievements. It is easyto forget that the smaller townssurrounding Mannum have theirown rich history and uniquereasons for developing as theydid.

My last contribution regardingUK history reflects what I call“Secret England”. As a native of27 years, my England wasprobably a little different to thatof a tourist who visits for thefirst time. In our very early 20'smy husband and I together witha couple of friends hired a canallong boat. It was 66 feet long by6 ft 6 inches wide. It was thenthat I experienced a whole newworld — much like the effect theRiver Murray has on towndwellers when they hire ahouseboat.

Built for commercial use, thecanals in England are extensive.They run across wild country viahuge viaducts, through tunnelsand behind main streets. Theyhave “do it yourself” chains oflocks and even lifts for boats toget from one level to another.What a pleasure to find thatteams of volunteers are diggingout forgotten and neglectedwaterways and preserving theaccompanying structures thatsupported the canal people. How

wonderful to see the canals usedby families on holiday, theoccasional single eccentric wholives on his boat and wanders formiles, and people like me whojust meander along towpaths(reminders of the days whenhorses pulled the boats) andenjoy the silence or the gentle‘put put’ of the engine. Mostboats have been cut in half nowand are therefore moremanageable than ours was.

I remember one embarrassingincident when the lock was alsoa level crossing for a main roadin the middle of town. Whiletraffic waited, we drove in andlet the water out, only to findthat our boat had spread widthways due to a broken back thathad been repaired. The waterwas thirty feet below us, but theboat was wedged at the top ofthe walls. Red-faced, we had tofill the lock again and go backthe way we had come.

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RAIN

Rain, rain, beautiful rainNow that you’ve found usPlease come again.

The garden looks betterthe dust is all gonemy car looks a treatmy windows are shone.

Don’t forget to come backWe’re not hard to findIf you rain on the washingI really won’t mind.

I promise to stand on the porchAnd to cheerAnd please could you make itBefore some time next year?

Vivian Garner


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Little Anne Reserve

It’s great to see practicalcommunity spirit.The initial number of plants

bought and planted byvolunteers from The Hall, withCouncil permission, has nowdoubled. Other groups havebeen encouraged by Gavin, alocal Trees for Life man, to alsoplant native grasses and shrubs.

What a lovely surprise it waswhen a bus load from The Hallwent up to have morning tea andtend the plants recently, to find apath meandering through theplants.

Thank you to the Council foryour practical support (in answerto our letter) in constructing ahard gravel path that will nowgive wheelchair access to thearea.

Ros Udy

Cooking DilemmasDilemma: Is it possible to

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Solution: Yes it’s possible,just keep a few things in mind.Reduce the amount of oil usedby approximately ¼, forexample ¾ teaspoon of oil forevery teaspoon of butter.

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Next MeetingTuesday 16th June, 7:30 pm.

Senior Citizen’s RoomMannum Leisure Centre

All welcome,especially new members.Tea and coffee provided

after the meeting.

Mannum Police

Mannum Policehave been kept

busy in the past monthinvestigating the followingcrimes which have beencommitted. If communitymembers have any informationin relation to any of these crimesthey are encouraged to contactthe Mannum Police Station withthe i r informat ion. Anyinformation received is in totalconfidence.

10/4 - 27/4: Property DamageMannum Community College hadgraffiti painted on the side of thePedal Prix trailer.

25/4 - 26/4: Building Break & TheftThe lock on the entrance to theMannum Rubbish dump was cut anda quantity of property includingradios, gas bottles, clock, trolley and$15 cash was stolen.

30/4: Property DamageA rock thrown at a vehicle outsidethe school suffered a dent andscratching.

1/5: Property DamageA window was smashed at thePretoria Hotel. The offender waslocated and arrested.

3/5: Property Damage & TheftA quantity of DVD's were smashedand others were stolen from adomestic premises in Busch Street.

6/5 - 7/5: TheftA number plates were removed froma vehicle while it was in Mannum.The victim is unsure were the vehiclewas when the plates were stolen.

6/5 - 7/5: Property DamageA window was smashed at theMannum Visitor Information Centreovernight.

20/5 - 21/5: TheftA large quantity of money was stolenfrom a handbag in a domesticpremises in Sickerdick Street.

Arrests and Reports

30/4: A 59 yr old male was reportedfor Exceeding 0.05 in BoomerangAvenue.1/5: A 52 year old male was arrestedfor Property Damage in Randell Street.5/5: A 45 year old male was reportedfor Exceeding the PrescribedConcentration of Alcohol, and DrivingUnregistered and insured.6/5: A 47 yr old male was reported forfailing to comply with a request tosupply a sample of breath on SedanRoad.

9/5: A 18 yr male wasreported for Misuse of aMotor Vehicle, driving in a MannerDangerous and at a Speed Dangerousin Randell Street. His vehicle wasclamped.

The following infringementnotices were issued:

8 Drivers reported for exceedingspeed limit.

1 Driver was issued an ImmediateLoss of Licence Notice.

1 Driver was issued a notice for usinga mobile phone.

1 Vehicle was issued with a defectnotice.

The community is advised thatthe Police Station is generallyopen between about 8:30 am toabout 11:00 or 11:30 each day,subject to the requirement for apatrol to attend a job.

There will always be someonein the station between about3:00 pm and 4:00 pm when shiftchange over occurs.

If Police attendance isrequired ring 131444.

Sergeant Mick Towie

Contacting MannumPolice

U r g e n t e m e r g e n c yassistance call 000. For policeattendance call 131 444.

If you need to contact us forother matters either visit thestation or call 8569 2211.

This may be answered bythe Murray Bridge station.They will contact us by radioand then we will contact you.

Your police are available 24hours a day.Emergency 000Police attendance 131 444Mannum Station 8569 2211

Shared Stitches of MannumQuilts for Victoria’s Bushfire Victims

Sh a r e d S t i t c h e s o fMannum’s Community

Quilts Group had a 3 dayQuilting Bee recently and theresults of all that hard workand expense produced 16lovely quilts for Victoria’sbushfire victims.

The group wishes to thankthe local Lions Club for theirgenerous contribution whichpaid for batting and backingfor the quilts.

Thank you also to all whocontributed with their effortsor financially, or both.

One of the members, LoisQuast, with her husband Ray,has gone to Victoria to help

with fencing and other neededwork and also to give the quiltsdirect to the people who needthem. Lois & Ray also helpedwith fencing etc. after ourdisastrous fires on the WestCoast so are “old hands”.GREAT WORK!

The next quilts to be made bythe Community Quilts Groupwill be given to TeenChallenge and the Hutt StreetCentre in Adelaide. There isalways a need for warm quilts!

Congratulations to a verydedicated, industrious andgenerous group.

Jo Kader


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Teddy Bear’s Picnic

The Murray Darlings had aninvite to visit a doll and

bear collectors’ home on the11th May, and what awonderful time we all had.With a collection of over 3000dolls and bears, it was absoluteheaven for bear collectors likeme (what could be better,combining two of my favouritethings, red hatting and teddybears!) The collection includesartist bears and dolls made bySteiff, and R John Wright, andfeatures Christmas bears, polarbears, panda, gollies, Asiandolls, Digger bears, etc. - all inboth modern and traditionalstyles. The owner lives in asmall 3 bedroom cottage, andmost of the free space is takenup by this very specialcollection (one bedroom hasbeen taken up by floor toceiling shelves, absolutely fullof these special little friends).The only room absent of anydolls or bears was thebathroom! My favourite in thecollection was a gorgeousteddy bear who has his owndog called “Scribble” (aperfect imitation of a smallterrier). This bear won a goldmedal at the Sydney BearShow several years ago for itsAustralian maker, who hassince gone on to becomeinternationally renowned forher beautiful work.

We had a lovely sharedpicnic lunch out on theverandah, and as several of ushad brought along our

favourite bears, we had achance to tell their stories. Acouple of the bears got up tomischief on the way home, butenough said about that. Thanksagain go to the owner of thisfabulous collection for openingher home to us and making usso welcome. Also to ‘The Hall’for the use of their communitybus, it is such fun to go outtogether as a group; we neverneed the radio on!

Norfolk IslandWe received an invitation

from Queen Shirley for ‘allRed Hatters to join in amutinous gathering’ on thebeautiful Norfolk Island from20th to 27th June 2009. I amvery excited and pleased fortwo of our chapter members,HRH Baroness Butterfly (Jo)and Lady Runamuk (Shirley),who will be attending this veryspecial event. With its naturalbeauty and spine-tinglinghistory we will really lookforward to hearing all abouttheir adventures when theyreturn (apparently one night isgoing to be spent in gaol!)

“REDuation”The Murray Darlings are

organising a very special eventin July - a “REDuation” forPrincess Puss in Boots. This isa special celebration held forPink Hatters when they reach50, and they can finally‘graduate’ to wearing the realRed Hatters colours of red andpurple (up till the age of 50,chapter members are required

to wear a pink hat andlavender clothes, as a ‘fadedout’ version of the real thing).This event is greatlyanticipated by this particularpink hatter (me), and I reallylook forward to sharing thecelebrations with the MurrayDarlings. What a strange thingindeed for a woman to lookforward to turning 50!

If you are interested infinding out more about whatthe ‘Murray Darlings chapterof the Red Hat Society’ get up

to, or what we are all about,you are welcome to contactme, Karyn Baker, phone 85691438. We have a morning teaat the Mannum Motel the firstMonday of every month, from10am, where interested womenapproaching 50 and beyondare welcome to join us, to seeif red hatting is ‘your cup oftea’.

Princess Puss in Boots(Karyn Baker)

Murray Darlings – Bears and friends

Murray DarlingsRed Hat Society


Under The ToadstoolThe Kindness of Strangers

The express train left the grey Scottishmists of Glasgow promptly at 10 am,

and it was due in the English south coastalcity of Bournemouth at about 4 pm. Fromthere I expected to link with a west-boundlocal train to Wareham in Dorset where myfriends lived; but the British Railway systemhad undergone big changes since I had lasttravelled ten years ago. This journey wouldsee me arrive by taxi, (paid for by BritishRail,) four and a half hours later than thetimetable stated, but we did leave Scotlandon time.

Exhausted, hungry, and wrapped in themost comforting garment I owned (myEdinburgh Woollen Mills cape), my headbegan to nod as we gathered speed headingsouth towards England.

Briefly giving thanks for friends who askedno questions, but answered “Yes” to myrequest for a bed, I drifted into oblivionlulled by the warmth and rhythmic rockingof the train.

When I awoke two hours later, there was akindly looking woman sitting in the oppositeseat who said that we were quite near to

Oxford which was where she wasbeing met by her son. I foundmyself sharing some of my recent traveladventures, and she dived into her bag,producing a carefully packed lunch.

“Here,” she said, “I don’t need this as weare going to lunch in the High Street.” Asshe stepped off the train a few minutes later,I enjoyed the most delicious tomatosandwich I have ever tasted, and the mostperfect peach in the whole world.

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SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?Don’t believe the negative media advertising about the property market, there has never been a bettertime to buy property. Fact: Consider recent stock market corrections - the value of stocks were smashed by 47% and with the fallof the market 20 years ago, values fell by 42%. Throughout that period of time real estate prices have neverlost more than 10-15%.Fact: Even during our last recession in the 90’s where unemployment went from 6% to 12% and interest rateswere at a crazy 18%, the real estate market held firm.Why the looming recession is great news for real estate investors:-

• Cheap Money – the cost of borrowing money (interest rates) is at a 40 year low• Income Explosion – the income (rent) derived from real estate has increased considerably (in some cases

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will be looking for somewhere to rent• Hot Stock – there is plenty of property on the market to choose from and priced to sell, most sellers are

willing to consider offersDon’t believe the lies and bias, take advantage of this unprecedented period that is creating fantastic opportunityfor buyers. Whilst most people are happy to go with the general flow and believe what they read in thepapers about real estate, others are quietly picking up bargains of the decade and preparing forthe next upward real estate cycle and boom. Why not be one of them?

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Teeth for life

An Australian AdventureVivian Garner

(Paradise lost.)

Shopping was a challenge atfirst. It was much easier

once I realized that Taylorsdelivery was included and Isoon got used to the deliveryboy arriving with a “Cheerio”and unloading his cardboardbox on my kitchen table. Hekept the box.

I carried small purchaseshome in the carry bag on thestroller I had found in the usedgoods section at the estateagent’s. A string bag was ahelpful addition to my carryingcapacity.

Taylors general store was afascinating place. Hardware,g r o c e r i e s , m a g a z i n e s ,housewares - and an elevatedplatform in the centre occupiedby the pay clerk. The moneyand docket were sent up to herin spring loaded containers onwires. The change came backthe same way. The system wasconsidered a bit of a relic byour friends from Tamworth.

The grocery section was notself-serve and I confusedeveryone. It was three weeks

before I understood that sodacrackers were ‘soda biscuits’,ketchup was ‘tomato sauce’,cookies were ‘biscuits’, and theflashlight I wanted to show myway to the phone box after darkwas a ‘torch’. We worked it outthough. I was invited to stepbehind the counter and findwhat I wanted myself until Ilearned to know what to askfor. By then I knew all theclerks, mostly Taylors.

Which is how I won the locallottery. One day there was abox for entries on the counterand I was not really noticing.The lady on duty called meback and carefully pointed itout. “Put your docket in, Mrs.Garner. You might be lucky.”So I did.

Next trip down I was standingat the counter when she asked,“Didn’t you check the door onthe way in?” Nothing would dobut I went out and read thenotice on the door. I had wonthe prize and it was a set ofdishes I had been admiring.Ours were all chipped bits andpieces we had gathered up. I

think the whole town waswaiting for me to walk throughthat door. All the way homepeople waved and grinned.

A friend told me if threeAussies were walking alongand one fell down the other twowould bet on when he wouldhit the ground. There was sometruth to that. Even thegovernment got in on the actwith the TAB.

Lottery tickets were thepreferred money raiser for justabout anything and I got usedto buying tickets for the school,the hospital, the tennis club,etc. But it was the MelbourneCup that really impressed. Iwas running a little late on mymorning shopping and as I wasleaving Taylor’s dry goodsshop the ladies asked, “Mrs.Garner, were you going to go tothe grocery store?”

I had been but they suggestedit would be better to come backlater in the day. It wasMelbourne Cup day and thestaff had brought in a “telly” towatch the race. I was assured

they would not be happy if theyhad to come out front to serve.As I walked home the localpolice were just dashing fromtheir car into the station - theyhad the telly on too.

Of course the working man’sparadise had a few otherfeatures as well. My favouritewas ‘leave loading.’ So you hadthat little bit extra to coverholiday spend ups holiday payhad an extra 13.5 % included.Then there was ‘long serviceleave’ which varied dependingon the government set payaward rate. A rough averagewould be six months paid leaveafter 15 years service. Which isone reason so many Aussieswere backpacking aroundEurope. Wages weren’t greatbut the lifestyle was.

We’ve caught up now - theytell us we are one of the hardestworking western nations andholidays are often ignored - ornon-existent for our manycasual and contract workers. Iguess that’s progress.

To be continued


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Angie’s Cooking Tips

Peas are one of my favouritevegies, sweet, versatile and

the frozen variety comparesfairly well with the fresh and,because they are usually frozenimmediately after harvest, retainmuch of the flavour andnutrients of just picked peas.

Here are a couple of ideas forusing this convenient vegetable.

Pea Chutney½ cup toasted cashew nuts1 cup frozen peas1 tsp grated ginger2 tsp lime juice (lemon juice will

work)¼ cup coriander leaves¼ cup water

Place all ingredients in a foodprocessor, blitz until smooth,season with salt and pepper totaste. This is a tastyaccompaniment to any grilledmeat, chicken or fish and is soeasy to make.

Pea and Parmesan Frittata8 eggsa cup grated Parmesan cheese3 tbsp shredded basil leaves2 tbsp olive oil1 leek (white section only)

thinly sliced1½ cups frozen peas

Whisk eggs in a large bowl,add Parmesan cheese and basil,

stir to combine. Heat olive oil inlarge pan over medium heat, addleek and cook until soft, seasonwith salt and pepper. Stir infrozen peas. Pour egg mixtureinto pan, reduce heat to low,cook until the frittata is firmaround the edges and still soft inthe middle. Place under apre-heated grill and cook untiljust set. Cut into wedges andserve.

Happy cooking.Cheers Angie.


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Get Used to it

Our son-in-law took a weekto respond to Have We

Gone Too Far, a song that weplaced on our website andalerted him to. It’s one of fourwe’ve written to complementour new play about a drylandfarming family coming toterms with drought and climatechange. “Liked the songconstruction, recording wasgood, nice to hear you bothsinging” he said (paraphrasinghim), BUT “I really didn’t likethe message”. Which was whyhe took his time ruminating onit before replying. From ‘yes,the world has changed - getover it!’, to ‘I’m annoyed atprevious generations that madeignorant choices’, and onthrough ‘what am I doing?’and ‘what will my kids blameme for?’, he began thinkingabout the energy-wastefulsituation at his own place ofwork. Urns boil water 24/7 atfull power, air-conditionersand lights are left on overnight,car and aeroplane travel isoverused where phone andweb meetings could work,paper is over-printed … alladding to operational costs aswell as environmental ones.“Perhaps,” he thought, “Icould do something aboutthat!” And he went to see hisstate manager.

His company is nowundertaking an initiative toinstall energy meters in its

offices to monitor power forlighting/heating. Energy usagewill be displayed on a bigscreen in the foyer. He hassecured a license to usesoftware that will further bringin and track all elements ofenergy usage (flights, fuel,phone, etc), with drill-downreporting to each department,fleet car, area, season. Each ofthese measures will havetargets. The company will holdmanagers accountable formeeting those targets and forgiving its people the flexibilityin work methods, so they cancooperate to meet thosetargets.

There is so much “lowhanging fruit” that they canpick off, he says, to helpreduce their waste. And thepeople in his company are notresisting it - they are investingin it - because it’s good for theenvironment, good for the hippocket, and it’s good for theirfamilies and kids.

Other companies are doingthis too.

Much of this article reliesheavily and directly on thepassionate words of ourson-in-law. Therefore, wecannot take credit as authorsthis month, and for ethicalreasons we don’t wish to namehim or his company. His emailmade us smile. Our play maynever be performed, but it’salready a box-office hit for us.

From the Coordinators Desk

May certainly proved to bean exciting month, with

new volunteers, celebrations,visits from dignitaries, newcourses and some ‘springcleaning’.

It’s great to see some newfaces in our team, we arecertainly growing at a rate ofknots, and the enthusiasm isfantastic, welcome aboard toall.

C o m m u n i t y a n dNeighbourhood House Weekwas celebrated 11th - 18th May.The ongoing support of theC o m m u n i t y a n dN e ighbourhood H ouseAssociation (CANH) is a greatasset to many organisationsand communities. Governmentfunding is essential in theprovision of this support and iscurrently severely lacking. Inthe coming weeks you maynotice a campaign that isdesigned to highlight to thegovernment how increasedfunding in the communitysector is crucial to enableorganisations, such as ours, toc o n t i n u e c o m m u n i t ye n h a n c e m e n tprograms/projects. So if youhave the opportunity to getbehind this campaign in anyway, every little bit helps andit will benefit you and yourcommunity.

Three cheers for ourvolunteers! We held a ‘HighTea’ dur ing Nat iona lVolunteers Week to displayour gratitude for theircommitment. Certificates and

badges were handed out,guests Mayor Ian Mann, IvanVenning MP and AdrianPederick MP attended and allconveyed their appreciation ofthe time and efforts thatvolunteers put into theircommunities. It was also notedthat the dollar value on thetime given is enormous, andcommunities that have this‘free and willing’ workforceare extremely lucky. We allthen enjoyed a scrumptious‘High Tea’ prepared by ChrisBattle. Well done and thankyou.

We have many courses onoffer, from Art Classes toComputer Courses and an upcoming Senior First AidCourse, (see the MMCSSCalendar on page 28). For allenquiries pop in at 39 RandellStreet or phone us on 85692129.

D e a n n a K e l l a r ’ sPhotography Workshop hasbeen postponed until we havea base number of participantsenrolled. Deanna is eagerlywaiting in the wings for theword, so if you need somephoto know how, contact us toregister and we can set thewheels in motion.

The enthusiasm of our officeand shop volunteers in someout of season ‘SpringCleaning’ has been inspiringand much appreciated andcontributes to an efficientworking environment for all ofus. Thank you.

Marion Wilson, Coordinator


Mannum Bowling ClubNight Owls During the Day Tournament

On Sunday 17th May sixteen teamse ntered the tour na m e nt

sponsored by Phil and Colleen Gouldof Lizard Signs and Graphics.

Two games of eight ends wereplayed prior to the lunch break.Trevor Paech organised the roastlamb and pig on the spit for lunchwhich proved to be a great hit for theday as everyone felt very spoiltfollowing such a great feed. Tablewines provided by Penfolds andBeachy’s Mannum Hotel helped puteveryone in a great frame of mind forthe afternoon bowls.

The final two games of eight endscompleted the day and produced onlyone four game winner. The scores forthe day were tallied up and thecheques were then ready to bepresented.

Winners for the day were LordNelson’s team on 225 points. Teammembers were John Turner, KenGodleman, Leanne Dicker and JohnBurns (Skipper). The Scrubbers on201 points came in second andCrashes and Bashes on 198 pointstook out third place. All winners hadtheir cheques presented to them byPhil Gould.

Following the presentations weenjoyed more food when the ladiesprovided us with a high tea to roundoff the day.

Trevor Paech thanked the manysponsors and donors for making theday a great success. The Clubprovided many helpers and they toowere thanked for their valuableinput.

The day was finished off withseveral spins for prizes and the raffleswere drawn. Roger Helps and JackPitcher won the six packs, TrevorFrahn took the meat tray home andPat Brown carried out the carton ofbeer without any problems. RobWageneckt and Mick Woodhampurchased, through auction, the4WD tours for the tour of SaundersGorge Sanctuary provided byBrenton and Nadiene Newman.

The club is now hosting bowlsduring the winter months onThursdays and Saturdays with namesto be phoned in to the club by 12.30pm. These competitions are socialgames and two games of 10 ends areplayed on each day. Come along andjoin in! The club has plenty of sets ofbowls for people to use.

Jack Pitcher

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Changes to Regional Development StrutureIvan Venning Urges Country People to Have A Say

State Member for Schubert, MrIvan Venning and the State

Liberal team are urging SouthAustralians to have their say over theRann Government’s changes toregional economic development.

Under the plan, the State’s 13Regional Development Boards willmerge with four federally-fundedArea Consultative Committees toestablish Regional DevelopmentAustralia (RDA). Federal fundingamounts to “a paltry $1.4 million toassist with regional development.”said Mr Venning.

The new RDA will effectively cutthe number of organisations from 17to eight and is earmarked to begin on1 July. Of the proposed eight RDAs,seven will be based in regional areas.

Mr Venning said the new RDAstructure appeared to make sense onpaper but South Australians had nothad an opportunity to comment onthe proposal.

He felt that this was anotherexample of the State Government“ t r y i n g t o d u p e c o u n t r ycommunities”, citing Shared Services“which slashed country jobs” and“their failed bid to cut CountryHealth”.

“I am concerned that regional and

rural communities are beingrailroaded into accepting the RDAwithout proper consultation,” hesaid.

“I work with three RegionalDevelopment Boards, and I can saythat their performance is good and assuch, I’m concerned about thischange.” said Mr Venning.

Mr Venning said the Liberals wantto hear from communities about theimpact over the regional economicchanges.

“The Liberals will do theconsultation that the Government hasneglected,” he said.

“These are substantial changes tothe regional economic developmentsystem, the Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) relating to thee s t a b l i s h m e n t o f R e gi on a lDevelopment Australia (SA) is outthere, for public consultation and Iam encouraging country SouthAustralians to have their say.”

Submissions and comments will bereceived by the Schubert ElectorateOffice until 10 June, via post: 129AMurray Street, Tanunda 5352; fax:(08) 8563 0190 or email:[email protected].

[Extract from Ivan Venning’smedia release. Editor]


Should a skate park and BMX track be provided in Mannum?

MID MURRAYCOUNCIL

Expressions of InterestFormer Mannum Primary School Building

Mid Murray Council is anticipating taking possessionof the former Mannum Primary School Building onWalker Avenue within the next few weeks.

Council is therefore seeking expressions of interestfrom organisations which may wish to lease thepremises.

Written applications can be forwarded to:Chief Executive Officer,Mid Murray CouncilPO Box 28Mannum SA 5238

or email [email protected] applications should include the type of services

and activities likely to be undertaken. Expressions of Interest should be received no later

than 10-00 am on 9 June 2009.Dean GollanChief Executive Officer

MID MURRAYCOUNCIL

Public ConsultationRegional Skate & BMX Park, Mannum

Council is seeking public comment on a proposal toconstruct a Regional Skate and BMX Park on landadjacent the former Mannum Primary School on thecorner of Walker Avenue and Gargie Street, Mannum.

Written submissions will be received until 10-00 am, 9June 2009 and should be forwarded to:

Chief Executive Officer,Mid Murray CouncilPO Box 28Mannum SA 5238

or email [email protected].

Further information can be obtained from the MannumOffice, telephone 8569 0100.

Dean GollanChief Executive Officer

Federal Budget Impact on MannumIvan Venning Critical of Provisions Or Country Australia

State Liberal Member forSchubert, Mr Ivan Venning

said he had mixed reactionsabout the Federal LaborGovernment’s budget, whichwas handed down last week.

The budget containedmeasures to increase the agedpension by $32.49 per week;$1.03 billion for investment inroad and rail infrastructureacross South Australia, as wellas to double of the capacity ofthe desa l ina t ion p lant ;provisions for 18 weeks paidmaternity leave; $15 million forthe development of the RoyalInstitute of Australia andfunding for a cancer centre at the

Women’s and Children’sHospital.

“I am pleased that the FederalRudd Government has increasedthe age pension. I am aware thatthere are a lot of pensioners whoreside in Mannum and thesurrounding areas, and thoughonly small, I am sure thisincrease will be appreciated.”said Mr Venning.

He expressed concern thataside from the pension increasesand paid maternity leave, therewas nothing that would directlyimpact upon Mannum.

“However, I am disappointedthat no direct funding was givento the Murraylands region at all

- the funding received by SouthAustralia largely went to thecity.”

He appreciates that some ofthe $380 million pledged to bespent on small roads and railprojects across the state may goto road maintenance or blackspots in our region, but nodetails have been provided yet.

Another concern he has withthe Federal budget that mayhave a direct effect on Mannum,are the budget measures to cutthe private health service rebate.

He says “… I think that adecrease to the private healthrebate will see many discontinuetheir cover and move to relying

on the public health system.“… I wonder how the Mannum

hospital will cope if there is alarge increase in demand in theregion.”

Mr Venning further expressedconcern as to whether theFederal Government’s two cashhandouts, and some of theprovisions contained in theirbudget deliver anything morethan a record $57.593 billiondeficit.

“It may have been palatable ifwe had something to show for it- Country Australia hardly rateda mention” he said.

[Extract from Ivan Venning’smedia release. Editor]


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2009 Community CalendarJune

“In the Top Paddock”Visual Art Show in the Arnold Gallery.

Mannum Dock MuseumDate: Wed 3rd to Sunday 28th

“Old Style Dancers Performance”Mannum Day Centre

Date: Friday 5th JuneTime: 1:30pmCost: Gold Coin Donation. Light

afternoon supper supplied.Contact: 8569 0219

Market/Trash n TreasureMannum Showgrounds

Date: Sunday 7th

Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pmCost: Free AdmissionContact: Irene Lovell 8569 2541.

Sites available.Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Date: Monday 8th

JulyMarket/Trash n Treasure

Mannum ShowgroundsDate: Sunday 5thTime: 9:00am – 2:00pmCost: Free AdmissionContact: Irene Lovell 8569 2541.

Sites Available

Weekly Passenger Service Mannum to Murray BridgeFor information or bookings: Jim & Beryl Brandle, PO Box 59, Swan Reach SA 5354Phone: 8570 2093, Mobile: 0429 702 093, Fax 8570 2071

Every Thursday: Mannum Information Centre ø Pine Park Murray BridgeDepart Arrive Depart Return

Mannum 10.00am Murray Bridge 10.45am Murray Bridge 2.30pm Mannum 3.10pm1st and 3rd Tuesday: Mannum Information Centre ø Pine Park Murray Bridge

Mannum 10.00am Murray Bridge 10.30am Murray Bridge 1.30pm Mannum 2.00pm

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June 26 July Issue 37July 24 August Issue 38August 21 September Issue 39

Email: [email protected]: 85692295 (Elf), 85698112 (Denise)Drop in to: 39 Randell Street, Mannum SA 5238

(a mailbox kindly provided by MMCSS/CHIPS)Email facilities provided by Broadband Anywhere

MMCSS CalendarMid Murray Community Support Services

Pop in between 10 am - 4 pm at 39Randell St Mannum. Ph: 85692129.

Weekly ProgrammeContact MMCSS for details.

Registering for courses & programsis essential

MondayArt Classes with Evelyn. 12 noon-3 pm.MYOB. On demand, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm.

TuesdayStarting Out on Your Computer. Start28/4/09, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm.Belly Dancing at the MannumCommunity Club, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm.

WednesdayGetting the Most Out of Your Computer.1:00 pm-4:00 pm.Getting the Most Out of the Internet. Ondemand, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm.Digital Story Telling. On demand, 9:00am-12 noon.

ThursdayKnit-In Group. 1:00 pm-3:30 pm.Community Art. 10:00 am-4:00 pm.

FridayCooking with Native Ingredients.Adult Literacy and Numeracy. Ondemand.

Special EventsJune2nd Men's Breakfast, 39 Randell StMannum, 9.00am-11.00am. Bookingsessential.10th Friendship Lunch at MannumClub. RSVP required.18th & 19th Accredited St. Johns SeniorFirst Aid Course at Mannum Day CareCentre. Bookings essential.Mannum School Community Library

School Term Times School HolidaysMon, Thur, Fri: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Mon, Tue, Wed (am), Thur, Fri:Tue: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pmWed: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Wed (pm): 04:00 pm - 8:00 pmSat: 9:30 am - 12 noon Sat: 10:00 am - 12 noon

Closed Sunday and Public Holidays. Further information: 8569 2005

Mannum Leisure CentreMonday

6:00-8:00 pm Spin Bike and BoxingCircuit Ladies

Tuesday10:00-11:00 am Tai Chi (advanced)11:00-12 noon Tai Chi (beginners)3:30-5:30 pm Junior Basketball6:00-7:00 pm Spin Bike Classes6:15-7:15 pm J u n i o r N a t i o n a l

Karate7:00-10:00 pm M i x e d S q u a s h

Competition7:30-8:45 pm S e n i o r N a t i o n a l

KarateWednesday

10:00-12 noon Carpet Bowls12:30-4:30 pm Card Games5.45- 6.30pm Pilates6:30-7:30 pm KickboxerciseSee note below Soccer

Thursday9:30-10:30 am Mannum Movers -

gentle exercise class6:30-7:30 pm Men’s Boxing CircuitSee note below SoccerNote: Junior and Senior Soccer

Wedneday & Thursday eveningsplease contact Centre for times.

Friday10:00 am-10:00 pm

Seniors & Friends Cards & GamesSaturday

9:00-11:00 am-Gym-squashSquash courts, gym, and cardio room

are available during opening hours.Opening Hours

MorningsMon, Wed, Fri: 8:00 am - 12 noonTue, Thur: 6:00 am - 12 noonSat: 9:00 am - 11:00 am

AfternoonsReopening at 3:00 pm, closing at the

end of the sporting program or activity.Stadium and Clubroom available for

hire for functions on weekends.Further information: 8569 2534

Pam Cutjar, Centre Manager

Mannum MagChairperson: Geoff Skein 8569 2385Editor: Keith Baldwin 8569 7304 [email protected] Editors:

Elfrieda Wallent 8569 2295Photographer:

Jessica Clark 0488 153 491Secretary: Carol Greening 8569 1609Accounts: Denise Davis 8569 8112

Clash CalendarIf your Group, Committee or Club has

regular meetings leave the details atthe CHIPS Office or [email protected]

Monthly1st Monday

9:45am Combined Probus, MannumClub

1st Tuesday7:30pm Show Committee, Showground

1st Wednesday2:00pm Mannum Mag Committee,Showground. Ph. 8569 2385

2nd Wednesday9:00am Shared Stitches of MannumQuilting Group. Ph. 8569 1035

3rd Tuesdaypm Palmer Card Day, Lutheran HallPalmer. Ph. 8532 22557:30pm Neighbourhood Watch,Senior Citizens Centre

3rd Thursday11:00am RSL, Mannum CommunityClub

4th Thursday7:30pm Progress Association, MannumCommunity College Staff room. Allwelcome.

Last Monday1:30pm Hospital Auxiliary, MeetingRoom, Esmerelda Street

WeeklyMonday, Wednesday & Friday

10:00–3:00 The Hall, 5 GreeningStreet, Mannum. Ph. 8569 1643

Monday3:00pm Mannum Town Choir, UnitingChurch hall. Ph. 8569 2295

Tuesday & Friday8:30am Walkie Talkies, Lions Den, ShowGround

OtherAlternate Fridays

1:30pm Senior Citizens Club, SeniorCit. Rooms (Rear of Leisure Centre). Ph.85692795

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