28 Aug 08 | GOLF - KINGSCOTE LADIES
Pennants: Round One played at Kingscote 21st June. Teams of eight ladies from Parndana and Kingscote enjoyed the match play golf. Three ladies, Jen Trethewey, Jean Dennis and Leonie Florance all played well in their first Pennant experience.
28 Aug 08 | NETBALL - A Grade
Parndana 45 drew with Dudley United 45
A great display of Netball by the top 2 teams. DU led at each change by 3 and 4 goals. DU Goalies Julie Helyar and Hollie Buick had control in the first half with accurate shooting and very fast passing.
28 Aug 08 | FOOTBALL - A Grade
Parndana v Dudley
Excellent conditions prevailed at Parndana, the Roosters kicked with the aid of a slight southerly breeze in the 1st quarter.
28 Aug 08 | With all the current talk about climate change, reducing green house gas emissions, National Emissions Trading Scheme and carbon trading it’s a lot of information and new ‘lingo’ to get your head around. One issue that has arisen is whether or not farmers may be able to store soil carbon and then sell it as a carbon credits.
28 Aug 08 | POLICE REPORT - On August 22 a Gosse resident reported a forced entry on her house. She states that thieves took about $4000 of electrical equipment. Police are seeking any information in relation to this report.
28 Aug 08 | Kangaroo Island artist Janine Mackintosh, pictured, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize.
28 Aug 08 | John Lavers is going back to the beach.
The chairman of the Kangaroo Island Development Board is retiring from his post after a decade at the helm and 12 years on the board.
28 Aug 08 | The Pelican Lagoon Issues Paper study is set to expand and develop the first formal management plan for an aquatic reserve in SA for Pelican Lagoon Aquatic Reserve.
28 Aug 08 | Sue Davis has been named Director of First Impressions at the annual awards for Raine and Horne in South Australia.
28 Aug 08 | Power will be restored to the western end of the island in time for Sunday’s second semi-final clashes at Western Districts.
28 Aug 08 | Mail Medal
Clayton Willson (Dudley United)
- 18 votes
Nathan Trethewey (Parndana)
- 12 votes
Dustin Curtis (Kingscote) - 12 votes
Rob Clements (Western Districts)
- 9 votes
21 Aug 08 | The extensive renovations at the Kangaroo Island Veterinary Clinic herald a new era for the service which founder Greg Johnsson describes as “not your normal vet service”.
21 Aug 08 | Allen Harry West
31/7/28 - 6/8/08
Allen West was born in Cowell, the second of seven children for Harry Franklin and Eliza Bertha May West (nee Briggs ).
21 Aug 08 | GOLF - On July 29, a freezing cold day with strong winds, and rain, when most people would be indoors by the fire, Judy Bell broke the course record at Parndana Golf Club with a 76. Judy set the previous record of 77 in 1999, and she equalled it in the Parndana Open earlier in the year.
21 Aug 08 | NETBALL - Kingscote was fast out of the stalls, building a nine-goal lead in the first quarter as the Parndana goalies were uncharacteristically inaccurate and Kingscote was able to convert the rebounds by Caitlin Berry and Morgan O’Brien.
21 Aug 08 | FOOTBALL - In the top of the table clash between Kingscote and Parndana the home side won the toss and kicked with a three-goal breeze.
21 Aug 08 | When passing through the old convict town of Campbell Town in Tasmania during a recent holiday, Neville and Ros Cordes noticed two bricks among many thousands in a memorial walk.
21 Aug 08 | SA Water has started work on along-term plan to investigate Kangaroo Island’s future water supply.
Outer Metro Service Delivery Manager Steve Rose said this plan would ensure there was a secure water supply for the island looking into the next 25 years.
21 Aug 08 | Penneshaw and American River residents showed up in force to hear Andrew Dickson, an Al Gore-trained climate change messenger, give his talk at the Penneshaw Medical Annex last Friday night.
21 Aug 08 | Voters will choose from a veritable cricket team of candidates at the by-election for the Federal seat of Mayo on September 6.