Coober Pedy Lion's Club Over?
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Outback Communities Newspaper Est 1982 8762 5169 •Mechanic Thursday 2 August 2012 ISSN 1833-1831 on duty •Tyres •Tyre repairs •Fuel •Parts •Opening hours 7.30am- 5pm Tel: 08 86725 920 http://cooberpedyregionaltimes.wordpress.com COOBER PEDY LION’S CLUB OVER? The Lion’s club of Coober Pedy has had The Lion’s Club Hall allows for community a long and proud history of helping events such as the Arts and Craft Group and those in need in our community. Now the Lego Club. it’s the club that needs help. The Lion’s Club Calender advertises Local business to both tourists and locals alike. Dwindling membership has placed the club in a position where it has to be decided if it is Without the support of the town Lions will close worth having a Lion’s Club in Coober Pedy. and this support to the community will end. Lion’s currently has 5 members’ and 3 volunteers. This for a club that services the What can you do to help? needs of over 3000 community members. Coober Pedy Lion’s needs members and Most members work full-time yet still try and volunteers. contribute to events that benefit Coober Pedy. Lions Club hold meeting on the first and third Saturdays of the month at 4pm to 6pm. Trash Lion’s hold events such as Trash and and Treasure on the last Saturday of each Treasure, Hosting the Black Dog Ride, BBQ month at the Airport opening, Breakfast for the Oodnadatta bike ride, Freedom across You don’t have to attend meetings just come Australia and Variety Club Bash. They donate along, make new friends and help your to organisations such as Royal Flying Doctor, community.The more people we have the Diabetes Australia, Cancer Research, and more we can do together as a community Beyond Blue. Lions recently purchased a Above: Lion’s members after volunteering at the Black Dog Ride BBQ in 2011 mobility aid for a young disabled child. If you would like to know anything phone Kyle are Matthew, Jessie and Kaasha, Travis, Kyle and Ross Hay (President) on 0400274265 SERVING THE OPAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD SINCE 1982 The COOBER PEDY Far North Economic Development Forum REGIONAL TIMES What has progressed PO Box 275 Coober Pedy SA 5723 Ph: (08) 8672 5920 & what has not? Email: MARGARET MACKAY has been [email protected] the Editor of CPRT since 2005 and covers general news stories, photography, advertising and Next Newspapers coordinating of community contributions. Thursday 16 August Thursday 30 August Thursday 13 September Thursday 27 September SUE BRITT has contributed Space booked by Wed (week prior) articles and photographs of local Material must be in Fri prior interest since 1993. Sue works as a volunteer in the local Advertising Rates commmunity and has a strong Black & White interest in history and crafts. Display $6.50 per cm/col Classified $8.00 per cm/col Colour on Application Addressing the Economic Development Forum Far North is Robert Inserts on Application TANYA LAUDER commenced at Coro Chairman of the Coober Pedy Retail, Business & Tourism Assoc DCCP as Child Community Links Officer in 2005. Tanya’s roundup Robert Coro’s Address (continued on page 9) DISTRIBUTING 4,500 + to of children & family events, SA : ADELAIDE CENTRAL activities and playgroups are a The last time I spoke at this event was As mentioned by the Mayor in his . Also Cavan, Bute, Pt. Pirie, Dublin, Minlaton, Pt. huge bonus for remote families in 2006. speech this morning - water security Broughton, PT. AUGUSTA, Snowtown, Pt. Wakefield, is now assured. as well as helpful parenting tips. It was interesting to review my * Bute IGA 9 High St, Bute, SA presentation notes and to see what has Smiles all around at the recent * Snowtown IGA 36 Railway Tce, progressed within the town… and what announcement of the federal * Port Broughton IGA 27 Harvey St has not. government’s funding. * Dublin BP Lot 7 Port Wakefield Rd, * Port Wakefield BP Truckstop We’ll begin with where we are at Now the real work for Council 22 Snowtown Rd Port Wakefield CHARLIE-PARIS is Coober Pedy today…. continue with what should begins… the project needs to be and the Outback’s, one and only have been done yesterday… and finish delivered in a timely manner so that Ceduna/Thevenard, Pt. Lincoln, Penong, Fowlers Bay, Dog Reporter. Charlie sniffs out with what needs to be done tomorrow. we can move onto the next challenge. Coorabie, Nundroo, Yalata, Jacinth Ambrosia, Nullabor, the canine’s perspective, thus Eucla and Border Village lifting the profile of the average Woomera, Roxby Downs, Hawker, Leigh Creek, Arkaroola, Marree, Copley, Parachilna, Nepabunna, Lyndhurst Quorn street dog. Charlie’s views draw CPRT CONTRIBUTOR INFO and Stations, Innamincka, Andamooka, Pimba, Glendambo, a wide audience. Kingoonya, Tarcoola, Cook, Prominent Hill Village, The Coober Pedy Regional Times became a FREE Newspaper in 2006, increasing COOBER PEDY, Cadney Park and Stations, Marla, its distribution to 4,500 hard copies + digital online download, promoting news, Mintabie, Oodnadatta, William Creek and Stations, Witjira - events and distributing advertising to our regional towns. The CPRT is a small Dalhousie All Communities: APY Lands, business and receives NO external funding. Businesses wishing to promote their JOHN DI DONNA’s coverage of events in advance, will find the following points helpful. NT : Kulgera, Erldunda, Yulara Stuart Well, ALICE the shooter’s club activity SPRINGS, Aileron, Kings Canyon, Tennant Creek, Important points for submitting reaches out to the community, articles http://cooberpedyregionaltimes.wordpress.com the region and interstate. The Shooters event is a great 1.) Aim for a 300 word story, if you are sending a News Article after an event. Copyright Notice ambassador for the town. 2. If needing an “Advertorial” or “Promotion” in advance, please enquire about the All of the content published by CPRT, including cost first. articles, photos, images, graphics, advertising, 3.) Advertisers may be entitled to editorials layout, printing plate content and related material, 4.) Sponsorship for media coverage for clubs is by arrangement is owned by CPRT, or by other information Other CPRT contributors 5.) Names and Captions must accompany photos + DO NOT REDUCE PHOTOS providers who have licensed their content for use 6.) 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Cool. Dry. SW - 31% 919 SAT Sunny. Cool . Dry. 19 km/h - 23% 720 NW 31 km/h SUN Sunny. Mild. Breezy. - 16% 10 24 W 34 km/h MON Mostly Sunny. Cool. Breezy. SW - 29% 10 20 TUE Mostly Sunny. Cool. Dry. 12 km/h - 29% 819 SW Disclaimer: Opinions and letters published in The Coober Pedy Regional Times are not necessarily the views of the Editor, or Publisher. The Coober Pedy Regional Times reserves the right to edit or omit copy, in accordance with newspaper policies. Letters to the Editor must be attributed with a name, address and contact phone number - names and town of origin will be printed, or may be withheld at the Editor’s discretion. During the course of any election campaign, letters to the editor dealing with election issues or similar material must contain the author’s name and street address (not PO Box) for publication.” Page 2 Coober Pedy Regional Times Thursday 2 August 2012 Far North region adapts - Coober Pedy - an underground ‘city’, built to mining boom One behalf of the District Council of Coober We have come a long way in the past five on the back of opal mining Pedy, Regional Development Australia Far years or so. It has been our experience North, and the Coober Pedy Retail that mining companies now work very ♦ Experience life in the outback town Business and Tourism Assoc, Mayor Steve hard to become good corporate citizens. of Coober Pedy, famous for its fabulous opals Baines welcomed guests and speakers to They now work with communities such and bizarre underground homes. For the 2012 Coober Pedy and Far North as ours to minimise any negative effects Economic Development Forum. that their existence may produce. They generations, miners have dug into the white work effectively with Councils such as and orange rock to extract the valuable, Mayor Baines address ours to maximise the benefits to our sparkling stone. The tunnels and chambers communities, and to establish open lines they dug were cool and dark, perfect to escape Tourism continues to be an economic driver of communication, and they become a part from the desert sun. for the region, and although tourism of the community by providing important employment opportunities and ♦ numbers are down on last year I think it’s Coober Pedy ‘evolved’ as the result fair to say that as a region we are faring sponsorship to organisations and events of a massive post war Opal Rush where hardy much better than other parts of Australia.