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MEGAN MOULD
Tintinara correspondent

THE Tintinara Action Club is going from strength to strength.
And the club spirit continues to soar, with the volunteer members contributing many hours to fundraisers and projects.
At the annual handover dinner on June 19, the group thanked the executive committee for its work and commitment during the year, and welcomed a new, young, energetic team keen to take the helm.
Former young citizen of the year Ben Hooper replaced Ian Zadow as president, with Aaron Freeman coming in as secretary and Jarrad Fulwood as treasurer.
Phil Anderson is the new vice-president and Justin Croser is sergeant at arms.
Ian said he had enjoyed the busy year.
“I have given as much as possible and wish Ben and his team all the best for the coming year.”

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Mundulla rose to the occasion for the reunion of its 1958 and 1959 premiership teams and Jon Mock’s 200th A grade game with an upset win over the previously undefeated Keith in an exciting, hard-fought match.
Mundulla recorded their best upset win for quite some time and ended with a convincing margin of 28 points.

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A tussle of the two top A grade teams, saw Naracoorte winning by 10 goals, but Bordertown kept clawing back to within three to four goals throughout the match.
Demon goalies Hayley Cox and Kath Mott combined well, with great drive through the centre from Virginia Ross. Jordan Lange was very accurate in the Bordertown goals

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FIVE locals were arrested for property damage and trespassing, in an extraordinarily busy week for Keith police.
Officers were called to a number of disturbances early last Thursday that led to two men and a teenager being arrested.
A 20-year-old Keith man was arrested for allegedly trespassing and carrying an

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TATIARA district councillor Janet Allen has congratulated Keith artist Jaime Prosser on her success this year.
She won the $7000 prize for a painting of any medium in the Outback Spirit Ergon Energy Waltzing Matilda Art Show at Winton in far western Queensland.
And she also won the $5000 John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive

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TANIA'S Scrap Shack has a full range of papercraft supplies at its new location, 54 Woolshed St .
Owner Tania Sutherland has been in business for 3½, with her mum Barb Wagenknecht helping out along the way.
"The time has come to expand," she said.
Yvonne Sargeant has recently come on board as a

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BORDERTOWN Cheap Foods is offering locals more choice in where they buy their groceries.
With almost 200 Australian lines, Peter and Jayne Maddern buy products direct from the SPC Ardmona factory in Shepparton, Victoria, and pass on the savings to their customers.
The range includes baked beans, spaghetti, pasta, fruit

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A TRUCK hit a fallen tree on the Dukes Hwy, west of Keith, at about 6pm, Friday.
A roll-on effect resulted in two cars also being damaged in the incident.
The highway was partially blocked while police investigated the crash.
Assault. A 35-year-old Bordertown man was arrested on June 22 for allegedly assaulting

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RO ROSS
Editor

CHEAPER asthma treatment was promoted at a recent workshop at Bordertown Memorial Hospital, when the benefits of the spacer were highlighted.
The spacer, which is a plastic container with a mouthpiece at one end and a hole for the aerosol inhaler at the other, is fast replacing nebulisers.

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Birth Notice

JACOBS (nee Habner).
Joshua, Simone and Olivia are thrilled to welcome their son and brother Connor John, Born June 21, 8lb 2oz, in Whyalla.
Dear grandson for Jennie and Pieter, Di and Glen.

 

Birthday

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LAUREN BARKER
Reporter

CANNAWIGARA Water Conservation Region (CWCR) has received a $7000 State Government grant to rejuvenate two runaway holes.
The new grants scheme is part of a package of Natural Resources Management reforms that are designed to renew the focus on community-based NRM work.
The CWCR

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Bordertown led from start to finish to cause one of the upsets of the year and to further expose a vulnerability that threatens to derail Naracoorte's season.
The young Rooster team had come to play and their desire and commitment was first class against a better credentialed team.
Final scores—
Bordertown

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LAUREN BARKER
Keith Reporter

BESSIE Stone says she's had a "lovely life" – all 101 years of it.
She turned 101 on June 17.
It was a low-key celebration compared to her 100th birthday, when her son Peter took her to his house on the river at Tailem Bend and invited all of her nieces and

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LAUREN BARKER
Keith Reporter

TATIARA District Council will receive a $171,000 grant towards the stage two upgrade of Hender St, Keith.
Urban Development and Planning Minister Paul Holloway last week announced $2.95 million in grants for local councils to improve and beautify open space throughout SA.

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LAUREN BARKER
Keith Reporter

KEITH Area School student Sam Drummond has been awarded a $2000 Defence Technical Scholarship.
With critical shortages of skilled technical personnel having an impact on the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the scholarship was developed to raise awareness of trade opportunities, and

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MR BB Wolf, the beat boxing wolf, stars in the rap musical What BIG Teeth You Have.
The Splash theatre company production takes a contemporary look at two old stories – The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood – with the entertaining result a roller-coaster of action, comedy and rap.
Featuring the

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PAST volunteers and community members dropped in to Guiding Hand Bookshop on June 25 to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
The Christian shop, which is run by volunteers, was open all day for people to come in for a cuppa.
It was opened by Pastor Graham Maas on May 7, 1984, after the management committee raised $20,000 to

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TATIARA Palette Painters member Olive Lee will be holding art workshops for beginners this month.
The course will be basic acrylics and Olive will be teaching participants how to mix colours and how to get distance in paintings.
Other members will be on hand to help out.
Olive said her love of art had stemmed

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Birth Notices

BYWATER (nee Riddle).
Mark, Nicole and Lachlan are thrilled to welcome their new son and brother, Cameron Mark, born June 2, 2009. Weighing 7lb 12oz.
A second grandson for Barry and Maralyn.

CLOTHIER ­— McDONALD
Natalie, Will and Kira

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RO ROSS
Editor

BORDERTOWN aged care residents can now enjoy ideal outdoor living conditions, thanks to an extraordinarily generous donor.
Don Halleday – who recently moved into Ramsey House – has been so low key about his valuable contribution that he initially rejected the suggestion of a thank-you

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Ivy Beatrice Valmai Knowling
Born: December 23, 1910
Died: March 31, 2009

SINCE arriving as a 19-year-old teacher in 1930, Valmai Knowling was a well known, much loved Mundulla identity.
For many years she and her late husband Ron were so involved in local activities that they were referred to as Mr and

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DICK (nee Bowley).
Laticia, Jamie, Kali and Tahra welcome with much love a son and brother Beckham Jack on May 25, 2009, weighing 7 pounds.
Thanks to Dr Ian Jones and staff at Calvary.

 

Marriage

RODDA — HONAN
Jonathan Rodda

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Birth Notices

WILLIAMS (nee Tonkin). Tori and Ben welcome their daughter Stella Rose, 19/5/09.

BETTS (nee Rayson).
Shane and Deahnna welcome with love Erin Marie on May 13, 2009. 6pound 15oz. A long awaited sister for Jayden. Thanks to Sally, Dr Urlwin and staff at Tanunda

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LAUREN BARKER
Reporter

BORDERTOWN High School's new principal Greg Cox started this term.
Mr Cox was principal at Swan Reach Area School in the Murraylands for the past three years.
With a background in physical education, he said the focus on sport at BHS was one of many things that appealed to him.

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Birth Notices

HUNT (nee Radbone).
Matthew and Jess welcome Flora Jane, April 7, 2009, 9Ib 13ozs.
Mum and Dad delighted, brother Bertie quite pleased and third grandie for Bill and Jenny Hunt who are tickled pink. Well done everyone.

SCHREIBER (nee Andrews)
Adam and Jenny

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RO ROSS
Editor

ALONG with healing hands, Bordertown Memorial Hospital staff will have super-clean hands after the launch of a national program.
Infection control nurse Karen Pietsch launched Hand Hygiene Australia at a special morning tea recently, when the program was explained.
And it doesn't just apply

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