JOURNALIST: Sonny Coombs

CELEBRITY chef Dorinda Hafner visited Kadina last week, spreading the word about weight loss and healthy lifestyle change.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

A BYPASS road for B-double trucks to access the Wallaroo ferry will be built in the next 18 months, after the District Council of the Copper Coast was granted $828,000 in federal government funding.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

ABOUT 40 residents and golf club members attended an impromptu meeting held by Rural Bank to discuss the future of The Dunes, Port Hughes, last Wednesday night.

JOURNALIST: Sonny Coombs

KITE surfing has taken off on Yorke Peninsula.

WITH more than half of the fire danger season left, the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources is reminding people planning to visit the state’s national parks and reserves to be bushfire aware before leaving home.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

RESIDENTS of Hall Street and Lydia Terrace, Wallaroo, are fed up with bunker trucks continuously rumbling past their homes and have approached the District Council of the Copper Coast to help mediate the problem with Viterra.

MINISTER for Mineral Resources and Energy Tom Koutsantonis has said billions of dollars’ worth of investment and thousands of jobs would be under threat from the Liberal Party’s suggested moratorium on wind farm developments.

DISCOUNT supermarket chain ALDI has confirmed there will be a number of regional stores included in its South Australian expansion.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

ONE child is run over in a driveway every week in Australia and tragically it is often a parent, relative or friend who is driving the car.

LOCALS Ron Sherriff, of Port Hughes, and Brenton Schahinger, of Black Point, have been reappointed to the state Fisheries Council.

COPPER Coast police were kept busy on Saturday night, February 23, making three arrests and a report of weapon possession after incidents at hotels in Wallaroo.

SETTING off illegal fireworks on New Year’s Eve at Stansbury has cost one local resident $315, after an investigation by officers from the District Council of Yorke Peninsula.

PORT Victoria business owner Terry Borman is on a mission to get some positive publicity for the town and assure visitors the introduction of marine parks hasn’t meant the end of fishing activities in the area.

WALLAROO’S Laura Daniel is going to jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet on March 23 to aid type 1 diabetes research.

REPORTER: Lucy Short

ARDROSSAN’S Sarah Gray has been working as a dental assistant for the past four years but, after encouragement from bosses Dr Satera Papageorgiou and Dr Wayne Lowe, she applied to do further study and has been accepted into medicine at the University of Adelaide.

THE future of Go-Lo stores has been unclear since its operating company, Retail Adven­tures Pty Limited, went into voluntary administration late last year.

NEW District Council of the Copper Coast OPAL program manager Collette Hooper and project support officer Louise Benoit are looking forward to continuing the strong work of their predecessors.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

MAITLAND artist Daniel Battams is holding his first exhibition at The Ascot, Kadina, next month when he will showcase more than 40 artworks on canvas and tile.

REPORTER: Lucy Short

A RECENT survey showed six in 10 Australian adults believe social media is impacting privacy and causing cyber-bullying in the workplace, and many are therefore limiting or stopping altogether their social media use.

PORT Victoria locals gathered for a first aid course run by the South Australian Ambulance Service recently to enable them to become ‘community responders’ in cases of emergency.

TEGAN Roberts and Sue Rothnagel will have serious haircuts next month for the Leukaemia Found­ation’s World’s Greatest Shave.

TICKETS for the 2013 Kernewek Lowender Copper Coast Cornish Festival are now on sale after the final program was released by the organising committee last week.

THE 2YP Clinic encouraged young people to think about mental health by asking them to design a logo for the service.

THE 14th Stansbury Yard Dog Trials will be held on Sunday and Monday, March 10 and 11.

Curramulka’s Rosalind Short has thrown her way into the Australian Junior Athletics Championships with a personal best discus throw of 38.25 metres.

Kadina’s Carl Sherry muscled his way into third place in the lightweight division of South Australia’s Strongest Man competition, part of the recent Highland Games.

Bella Campion, of Port Julia, competed in her first optimist or ‘opti’ sailing boat race in Adelaide recently and came third overall after placing third, eighth and second.

Local athletes excelling in their chosen sports have been given Country Athlete Awards in the latest round of the South Australian Sports Institute Individual Athlete Program.

REPORTER: Kenn Rogers

In Saturday pennants, the last minor round matches were played before finals start this weekend.

REPORTER: Kenn Rogers

Edithburgh has taken over top spot on the SYP bowls ladder due to Curramulka causing an upset in the penultimate minor round game against Yorketown on Saturday.

REPORTER: Kenn Rogers

Sixteen players gathered at the Warooka Bowling Club on Sunday to see which would be the 2012-13 Southern Yorke Peninsula Bowling Association champion of champions pair.

REPORTER: Full Court Press

There were no problems with the lights this week after the temporary game of Marco Polo the previous week, giving teams much-needed game time with finals only two weeks away.

Talented young cricketer Lachlan Pointon, 12, of Curra­mulka, earned the Man of the Match medal for the under 14 game played at Mitcham oval on Saturday, February 16.

At a meeting of the YP Cricket Association on Monday, February 18, Shane Moss (Moonta) was announced winner of both the A grade and under 21 cricketer of the year awards.

Sunday was a busy day at the Wallaroo Sailing Club with scouts from Port Pirie, Wirrabara, Booleroo Centre, Maitland, Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo in attendance to celebrate Scouts Foundation Day.

THE Yorke Peninsula Alkaline Soils Group continues to provide relevant information to its members to keep them up to date in their farming businesses.

Grain growers are being challenged by the emergence of a new wave of crop protection issues caused by pests, weeds and diseases.

ON January 14, I sent an email to the District Council of the Copper Coast advising the barbecue shelter in Polgreen Park, Moonta, was filthy and the electric barbecues were not working properly.

I AM trying to establish whether there would be enough interested people on the Copper Coast in creating a table tennis group for social rather than competitive games during the week, 10am until 2pm.

INFRASOUND from the proposed Ceres wind farm turbines was raised as a major concern at a public meeting which filled the Minlaton Town Hall on Sunday, February 17.  

MY husband and I went to Freeling for lunch recently and while there I used the public toilets.

AT the public meeting held in Minlaton on Sunday, February 17, to discuss the Ceres wind farm proposal, Member for Griffiths Steven Griffiths reiterated during the afternoon submissions to Development Assessment Commission (DAC) is the suggested avenue to voice your concerns.

HAS anyone thought about the loss of farm productivity while the Ceres wind farm is being constructed?

THE 2013 Yorke Peninsula Beach Day Out, held on Sunday at North Beach, Wallaroo, was a great success with organisers hailing it the best yet.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

THE Dunes, Port Hughes, has been thrown a lifeline with an agreement made between Rural Bank and the District Council of the Copper Coast for council to take ownership of the nine-hole golf course.

RESIDENTS concerned about PIRSA’s proposed snapper spatial closures have the chance to learn more at two Yorke Peninsula meetings next week.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

LYNN Green has been making artisan toffee and chocolates in her Bute farmhouse for almost 25 years, refining recipes to create sought-after South Australian delicacies.

JOURNALIST: Jenny Oldland

ABOUT 250 people attended Sunday’s public meeting in the Minlaton Town Hall looking for answers, as angst surrounding the Ceres wind farm project continues to grow.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

THE Kadina Swimming Centre will close its doors for good on April 11 if it doesn’t sell in the next few weeks, after being on the market for more than 18 months.

REX Minerals has released its first mineral reserve for Hillside, putting it in a stronger position to acquire the funding needed to turn the project into a mine.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

THE trial no-parking zone on Port Road, Kadina, will either be scrapped or made permanent after the public consultation period closes at the end of this month.

JOURNALIST: Rhiannon Koch

THE controversial shelter on the Port Broughton foreshore could be relocated to the beach.

IF you are looking for the best deluxe accommodation in Australia, you need look no further than the Copper Coast after Emaroo Port Hughes won its category at the Australian Tourism Awards on Friday night.

REGIONAL Develop­ment Australia Yorke and Mid North has welcomed the announcement a number of projects put forward for the region have advanced to full application stage, rounds three and four, of the RDA Fund.

ABOUT 25 Country Fire Service brigades from Regions 2 and 4 were called to fight fires, caused by lightning strikes, near Snowtown last Thursday and Friday.

MEMBERS of the South Australian Boating Fac­ility Advisory Committee inspected boat ramps within the District Council of Yorke Peninsula region last week.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

PARENTS are giving their children an average of $10 pocket money per week, but they expect something in return, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Bank.

VERY little is known about Banded Stilts, a nomadic Australian bird which can often be seen in large groups frequenting local salt lakes.

AS part of the Port Adelaide Football Club visit to Yorke Peninsula, this week, AFL multicultural ambassador Alipate Carlile dropped into the Kadina Post Office to promote the Boots for All program.

A NEW telecommunications tower two kilometres north of Maitland will  broadcast digital television to many homes on Yorke Peninsula.

REPRESENTATIVES from CanTeen visited Yorke Peninsula last week to share their message with local health services.

HARDWICKE Bay nurse Sue Leverton will walk in the footsteps of millions of medieval and modern day pilgrims when she sets off to tackle El Camino de Santiago or The Way of St James, an historic trail through northern Spain, next month.

SOUTHERN Yorke Peninsula Uniting Churches celebrated the commissioning of Pastor Rob Morgan at the Yorketown Uniting Church on January 20.

SHE is a television chef, a nurse, a marriage celebrant, an inveterate foodie, an author and now a poster girl for weight loss.

IT’S time to register for the 2013 Make-A-Wish® Fun Run/Walk, planned for Sunday, March 17.

IT’S time to register for the 2013 Make-A-Wish® Fun Run/Walk, planned for Sunday, March 17.

THE Prince Edward Hotel Social Club, Wallaroo, has donated $1000 to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, $500 to the Wallaroo branch of the South Australian Ambulance Service and $500 to the Yorke Peninsula Mental Health Service.

REPORTER: Annette Rowntree and Kenn Rogers

Yorke Peninsula bowlers scooped the pool at the Country Round Robin last week, winning both the men’s and women’s competitions.

What a week it was for Kadina’s Ken Willcox! With the Bowls SA Country Carnival, the Country Round Robin, and a pennant game at Kadina, he played 35 games.

REPORTER: Joan Hill

With only one minor round to go in Division I, the Kadina v Maitland match on Saturday was a prelude to the first semifinal.

REPORTER: Kenn Rogers

Saturday’s game at Yorketown, between third-placed Stansbury and first-placed Yorketown, was a close encounter.

REPORTER: Peter Argent

In one of its best performances, Weetulta finished a commendable fourth in the 2013 Country Cricket Carnival, held February 11-15 around suburban Adelaide.

The Southern Yorke Peninsula Junior Tennis Association took on the mid Yorke Peninsula juniors in their annual match at Arthurton on Sunday, February 17.

The Yorke Valley Amateur Basketball Association’s junior teams had success at the Whyalla Champion Cup from February 8-10.

REPORTER: "Full Court Press"

Thunderstorms interrupted Friday night's games with the power going out between the 8 and 9pm games, leading to all senior matches being declared draws in fairness to those who couldn't play.

Southern Yorke Archers held its second annual Australian Bowhunters Association competition February 9-10, contested by 39 archers, most travelling long distances from other branches belonging to the SA Field Archery Group.

REPORTER: Peter Argent

Yorke Peninsula under 18s football talents Malcolm Karpany, George Hewett and Will Northeast played in the annual SANFL academy fixture in oppressive weather at the Max Basheer Reserve on Saturday morning.

THE Grains Research and Development Corpora­tion is hosting a forum in Clare next month to help grain growers develop a greater understanding of the many facets of managing a farm business.

THE Viterra name will remain in South Australia despite the company being acquired by multi-national grain giant Glencore International in December.

WELL, I was so shocked by the remarks made by Kathleen Lions, of Mackay, Queensland, (YPCT 12-2-13) I couldn’t let this opportunity go by without a response.

I WOULD like to congratulate Gary and Lesley Gilling, Castlemaine Breweries, local service clubs, local hotels and all the helpers who were involved with the YP Beach Day Out.

A FRIEND and I recently drove around the Jericho area and I was dismayed to see the place looking so neglected and untidy.

IN response to a letter in the YP Country Times (12-2-13) by Kathleen Lions, from Queensland, commenting about the lack of manners in the Moonta Bay and Kadina areas.

COULD Nora Finlay (maiden name) who lived at Omar Place, Unley Park, in the mid-1940s, or any descendants believed to be living on Yorke Peninsula, please contact myself on 8578 1122.

I WOULD like to praise Natalie Harris, the young 8 year old of Paskeville, for writing the letter in the YP Country Times (12-2-13) about the disgraceful conditions of public toilets in the District Council of the Copper Coast area.

FEDERAL opposition leader Tony Abbott keeps telling us ad nauseam he has a plan, but seven months out from the election we have yet to hear what that plan is.

A QUICK note to publicly thank Frank and Linda, from Kadina, and their array of jacks, who turned around as they headed home on Sunday night, February 10, to help us change a flat tyre.

WHEN, indeed, will government gone mad stop, S. Manners (YPCT 5-2-12)?

HAVING nothing better to do on Sunday, February 17, I decided to attend the public meeting in the Minlaton Town Hall, along with a reasonable number of other interested people.

I READ with interest the letter from Neil Bittner, of Curramulka, re: the proposed wind farm (YPCT 12-2-13).

I JUST wish to share with all people around the peninsula, if you are sick of phone calls you don’t want, register at donotcallregister.com.

YOUR lead article (Wind farm noise debate 5-2-13) refers to the recent report by the South Australian Environment Protection Agency that infrasound at houses near wind turbines is no greater than in other environments.

TO the person driving between Maitland and Arthurton at about 8.40am on Wednesday, February 6, did you make it to your appointment?

I WISH to say how much I appreciated the help given to me when my car broke down on Tuesday morning, February 12, on the Wallaroo-Moonta road roundabout, Wallaroo.

THE Development Assess­ment Commission (DAC) has released REpower’s Ceres Project wind farm proposal for public comment.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

FARMERS can start burning off this Friday, February 15, provided they have a permit and comply with regulations.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

TREDWELL Management has been selected to complete a master plan for the future of the Copper Coast Sport and Leisure Centre in Kadina.

MARY Poppins touted “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”, but experts have since revealed sugary drinks can be detrimental to a person’s health.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

PLANTS have shrivelled and lawns are dying after battling through the driest January since 1989, but there is some relief in sight for Yorke Peninsula gardens.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

THE Wallaroo Wastewater Treatment Plant is under construction with two of the four cement tanks now built.

MEMBER for Goyder Steven Griffiths has been assigned the shadow portfolios of science, information and the economy as well as consumer affairs.

KITTEN dumping is becoming an increasing problem on Yorke Peninsula with five kittens found abandoned in Moonta Mines recently.

FOUR medical students from the University of Adelaide are checking the pulse of rural medicine to see if the beat is right for them.

JOURNALIST: Rhiannon Koch

A RECENT study has found one in four young women has turned to fad diets to lose weight.

NEIL Sawley has made the shift from managing people who sell Band-Aids to people who apply them.

WITH more than half of Australian households owning a cat or dog, it remains vitally important to teach children and pets how to interact safely.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

CHOOSING a safe, reliable car has been made even easier for first-time car buyers, with the state government releasing a My First Car checklist.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

SENIOR Constable Coral Johnstone is hanging her hat up after a career in the police force spanning almost three decades.

MINLATON police are investigating an ongoing series of break-in attempts at the Stansbury Foreshore Caravan Park.

THE Kadina Bloodhounds will run out of their new clubrooms at their first home game on April 27, with the building on track for completion by the end of March.

GRAB your beach shade and deck chair and head to North Beach, Wallaroo, this Sunday, February 17, for the 2013 Yorke Peninsula Beach Day Out.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

FORMER Warooka girl Skye “Scooter” Lang wants $1000 for her 30th birthday, and she is giving it all to charity.

REPORTER: Lucy Short

THIS Thursday it’s all about the heart — it’s not just Valentine’s Day, but also Heart Research Day and Childhood Heart Disease Awareness Day.

THE South Australian Maritime Museum is seeking information about the last great grain race between barques Pamir and Passat, which left Port Victoria in 1949.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

PIGS will literally fly at the Maitland Show next month when the Australian pig racing and diving team makes its debut on Yorke Peninsula.

THE Port Clinton Progress Association has again commissioned artist Anth­ony Fenwick from Maitland to complete the first stage of its Anzac Centenary commemoration project.

JOURNALIST: Jenny Oldland

THE Fish Kisses 4 Finn support group has received a boost to its fundraising efforts with Minlaton IGA coming on board to support a family morning in front of the store last month.

MAITLAND Health Centre’s building fund is healthier after a $10,000 donation from the Maitland Rotary Club.

JOURNALIST: Jenny Oldland

HUGO Taheny, of Point Turton, takes his role of Santa’s helper at the Warooka Christmas Eve pageant very seriously, and now his work has been rewarded with a special medal and visit from the jolly man in red himself.

ARDROSSAN businesswomen Jeanette Long and Sharon Honner are among the leading female figures who will speak at the 2013 National Rural Women’s Conference next week.

AFTER Kylie McAvaney’s youngest son was born with kidney problems, her family had to make frequent and expensive trips to Adelaide for treatment, prompting her to develop a charity to support renal disease-affected families.

THE National Trust Moonta branch is responsible for operating many of the attractions in the Moonta and Moonta Mines areas.  

TWO volunteer groups, the Foul Bay Progress Association and South Coast Road Environ­mental Group, are working together to enhance the biodiversity of their part of the peninsula.

RE: Green waste proposal (YPCT 30-1-13). The District Council of the Copper Coast’s green waste proposal survey is little more than a stunt to make the ratepayers feel they have had a say!

YEP, you (District Council of the Copper Coast) have done well with the no sales of cars on council land.

REGARDING the proposed wind farm, the Ceres Project, much has been written about this subject but I see it developing more like a conspiracy than anything else.

AFTER my letter Statewide Cinema (YPCT 30-1-13), my husband and I attended the Ascot Theatre, Kadina, on Sunday, February 3, to see Les Miserables.

A GOVERNMENT website states, "The town of Minlaton is known in some circles as the barley capital of the world".  

I HAVE subscribed to the Country Times online to keep updated about Yorke Peninsula where I grew up and my parents still reside. 

I WOULD like to thank the inconsiderate farmer who did not slow down while driving past my horse and me in his harvester today (February 4) on Champion Street, Kadina.

I WENT to the public toilets in Wallaroo on January 23. The public toilets are near Jetty Road.

ON our morning walk through the park near the Wallaroo Sailing Club we noticed a van parked in the barbecue area opposite the sailing club.

SOME things don’t change. Reading your political report (YPCT 5-2-12) reminded me of an incident in the Mallee in the ’60s.

WITH some sadness I have seen, over the years, the three main towns in the Copper Triangle each with their own Christmas celebration.

MY family and some friends have just spent our holidays in Moonta Bay and Kadina. I am afraid we did not have a very enjoyable time whilst there due to the bad manners we encountered by many of the shop staff and local people.

I READ the letters in the Country Times Your View section each week, and believe it is an important public forum to present a point of view.  However, it can also be an opportunity for some to provide information which is either incorrect or incomplete. 

I AM writing in hope some offenders may read this and feel guilty enough to see the error of their ways and realise how lazy they are being and what a bad example they are setting their children/grandchildren by not returning their shopping trolleys.

REPORTER: Peter Argent

For the first time in the 88 years of the country cricket carnival, Yorke Peninsula has collected its third successive title.

AGE is no obstacle when it comes to the need for speed.

Racing at Wallaroo on the weekend of February 9 and 10 was dedicated to sponsor Kadina Retravision; this was the 16th year Bernie Schulz has sponsored the regatta.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

Ardrossan Football Club is working hard to find more senior colts after it appeared earlier this year the Kangaroos would not have enough players to field a team.

Members of the Henley Beach Surf Life Saving Club involved in this year’s Big Row event across the gulf on Saturday, February 2, had to battle choppy seas with the 68-kilometre crossing taking all of the eight hours allocated.

REPORTER: Full Court Press

In what could be a grand final preview, Bears’ A grade women defeated Arthurton by seven points on Friday night.

Moonta Cricket Club was one of 67 clubs across the state to receive funding from the South Australian Cricket Association last week.

What started as a one-off match to lift the community during a sustained period of drought, the twilight twenty20 match at Minlaton has become a popular annual event.

REPORTER: Joan Hill

In NYPBA Saturday pennants Division I, Kadina and Wallaroo White were equal on 88 after the last bowl was played on Saturday.

REPORTER: Kenn Rogers

The battle between Edithburgh and Stansbury will heat up on Saturday as both are fighting for the double chance, Edithburgh is currently holding a four-point lead from Stansbury in second place. Yorketown is secure in top place, and Warooka is settled in fourth.

CEREAL rust experts are issuing a clear warning to croppers to eliminate use of varieties susceptible to rust or they might be risking the resistance which protects many Australian cereal crops from the disease.

GRAIN growers are being encouraged to make soil testing their next priority.

LIVESTOCK and pets are unpredictable, especially in the mating season or if they have young they instinctively need to protect.

An understanding of the various factors that combine to drive cost-effective spray timing will be a key focus for farm advisers attending a practical cereal foliar disease workshop in Adelaide next month.

WITH school back in full swing it’s important to be aware of road safety, especially around school zones.

A REPORT released by the South Australian Environ­ment Protection Authority into wind farm noise has reignited the debate about infrasound and its effect on those who live near wind turbines.

THE state government will conduct a six-week public consultation process for proposed snapper spatial closures, beginning this week and ending in late March.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

ROWAN Ramsey’s re-election campaign for the seat of Grey has begun after Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a September 14 federal election date last Wednesday.

IT was a sea of maroon, blue and gold at the inaugural Kadina Memorial School assembly last Wednesday, January 30.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

HOLIDAY rental property owners on the Copper Coast are being encouraged to purchase a second bin due to overflowing rubbish becoming an increasing problem.

JOURNALIST: Sonny Coombs

A DECISION is still to be made about a state government proposal to raise the age for a provisional driver’s licence from 17 to 18 years old.

A LARGE number of ants are marching their way into Yorke Peninsula yards and homes with some hardware stores selling out of their anti-ant products.

REX Minerals has had no influence on the controversial Ceres wind farm project, according to managing director Mark Parry.

JOURNALIST: Nick Perry

PEOPLE wishing to display for sale signs on their cars are disgruntled about council regulations prohibiting the practice.

MEMBER for Goyder Steven Griffiths is hopeful of retaining a position in the state’s shadow cabinet after a reshuffle, expected to be this Friday, by new opposition leader Steven Marshall.

JOURNALIST: Steph Callow

THE future of farming is looking brighter with a 55 per cent increase in the number of students choosing to study agriculture at a tertiary level in 2013.

WORK has started on the new 16-bed high-care facility at the Star of the Sea Home for the Aged, Wallaroo.

REX Minerals has committed to running site tours of its Hillside project, near Ardrossan, on the first Saturday of each month.

THE state government has called for community and industry views about its proposal to legalise the sale of bottled wine in supermarkets.

A TELSTRA tower could be constructed in Bute but not until the 2014-15 financial year.

THE state government will begin a campaign this week to educate communities about the new marine parks.

SPORTING clubs with bar facilities will need to complete a risk assessment of their facilities by July to meet changes in liquor licensing laws.

WALLAROO man Adrian O’Daniel was sentenced to seven months imprisonment, suspended on a $500 two-year good behaviour bond, and an 18-month licence disqualification on Friday, February 1.

THE return of school and children’s summer sport makes this a good time for parents to save the number of a 24-hour health advice line in their mobile phones.

JOURNALIST: Rhiannon Koch

RECENT bursts of hot weather make owning a backyard pool seem ideal, but homeowners are reminded to think before jumping into installing a pool.

IT has taken almost 4000 beer cans, five rolls of duct tape and a bit of trial and error, but Maitland’s Darren Banks, Adam Mumford and Tyson Hewett are almost set to sail in this year’s Kadina Apex Club Beer Can Regatta at the Yorke Peninsula Beach Day Out.

REPORTER: Lucy Short

DOCTOR Tahir Khan, from Minlaton Medical Centre, not only passed his fellowship exams for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, he received some of the highest marks in the state.

REPORTER: Lucy Short

LOCAL cyclists were among the thousands who rode the fourth stage of the Tour Down Under in the Bupa Challenge Tour.

ADELAIDE’S Clipsal 500 V8 Supercar carnival is already the biggest and best motorsport extravaganza in the country so when it takes another quantum leap forward that’s really big news for fans.

ARTIST Ann Harris, of Yorketown, has recorded a snapshot of Edithburgh’s history in her latest mural.

FREE breastfeeding resources are now available at the Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta libraries since the District Council of the Copper Coast signed up as a member to the Australian Breastfeeding Association.

JOURNALIST: Rhiannon Koch

It has been 30 years since the 1982-83 tied Yorke Peninsula Cricket Association grand final and players from the two teams, Kadina and Wallaroo, came together to reminisce on the weekend.

JOURNALIST: Rhiannon Koch

Minlaton’s Jett Anderson plans on riding to new levels in motocross this year after being offered a team ride position by Victor Harbor-based Team Intensity — Suzuki.

REPORTER: Peter Argent

South Australian women’s cricket team (Scorpions) captain, and occasional Australian player, Lauren Ebsary has also donned her cricket spikes in Britain, Asia and now New Zealand.

Former Yorke Peninsula hockey player Bianca Green­shields recently returned to her roots to help train members of the Mid North Regional Hockey Academy, which includes players from Kadina, Moonta, Minlaton and Maitland.

REPORTER: Joan Hill

Moonta proved Wallaroo’s carpet is no longer a worry with its nine-shot victory against Wallaroo White. Two teams up each showed there was little dominance by either side; Daniel Glazbrook’s team had the biggest winning margin for the match.

REPORTER: Kenn Rogers

The game at Port Vincent on Saturday, between Yorketown, top of the ladder, and Port Vincent, bottom of the ladder, was a wakeup call for Yorketown. With both clubs winning two rinks, Yorketown won by only two shots in an exciting finish.

REPORTER: Full Court Press

It was Kadina’s night in the Yorke Valley Amateur Basketball Association on Friday, with their women pulling off an impressive win and their men cementing a top-two spot.

Six Yorke Peninsula boys competed in the first motocross race meeting for 2013 at the Port Lincoln Motocross Club during the Australia Day long weekend.

VENNINGS Engineering, Kadina, has been producing self-propelled augers in Kadina for almost 20 years, and now the technology is making its way around the world.

AUSTRALIANS are apathetic because we know we have no power to influence how we are governed. The only power left to the people is the right to vote every three years. Political parties select the candidates and the only meaningful vote is one for a major party.

SO another Australia Day has passed and as I wandered through Minlaton with the traditional aroma of a Lions sausage sizzle drifting from the senior citizens centre and saw the Aussie flags fluttering from passing utes, I pondered the significance of it all.

REGARDING the Ceres Project, if we are all to avoid the worst of the potential of climate change damaging this planet we will all have to put up with some inconvenience and costs.

IT was interesting to note several residential properties had “for sale” items lying on the footpath in front of their homes on the weekend, immediately after the article Selling vehicles illegally (YPCT 22-1-13).

BACK in late November, I had to use an ambulance; lucky for me I had cover.

THE following is in response to the Our View (YPCT 30-1-13) Green waste choice, which implies it is the green waste in landfill that generates methane.

WHAT an utterly immoral state of affairs in all respects is the Lance Armstrong fiasco.

I ATTENDED the wind farm information day at Port Julia.

AT the time of writing this personal account of community wellbeing, I am the fifth generation member to oversee and operate our family farm in the Curramulka district. 

I HAVE often felt confused by the misconceptions locals have about how things came about so Woolworths “withdrew” from its proposed acquisition of a supermarket site in Wallaroo, way back in late 2008.