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The South Eastern Times : July 4th 2017
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4 NEWS DAMAGED AGAIN: The vandalised wind turbine blade at Millicent’s Centennial Park was viewed yesterday by Mount Gambier visitors Helen and Bruce Kilsby. Picture: J.L. “FRED” SMITH With friendly and helpful service, Fosters Foodland is the place to shop WIN one of 2 $500 bank accounts P Trading hours Mon, Tues, Wed and Friday 7.30am-6.00pm Thurs 7.30am-9.00pm | Sat 7.30am-5.00pm Vandalism disgust From front page Have you heard? We have moved! Now consulting from our brand new office at 23 George Street, Millicent. Call us now to book your 2017 tax appointment. We guarantee a pain free experience. Newbery Park principal Stuart Miller said his school had experienced ongoing episodes of low-level vandalism over many weeks and remedial action is taken immediately. According to Mr Miller, windows had been smashed and items in the yard had been damaged. p 0407 394 029 e info@bradtilley.com.au 711428 “There is an impact on the taxpayer,” Mr Miller said. “We are a community school and we encourage community use of our facilities and to enjoy our grounds. “We take pride in what we do at Newbery Park. ELDER ABUSE CAN BE FEAR SADNESS NEGLECT STOPPED IF YOU SPEAK UP People experiencing Elder Abuse need your voice. Stop Elder Abuse. Start knowing the signs. For free confidential advice and support call the SA Elder Abuse Prevention Phone Line 1800 372 310 or visit sahealth.sa.gov.au/stopelderabuse 4 - The South Eastern Times, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 “Schools are a huge resource and we like to see people kick the footy on the oval or shooting hoops with our basketball rings. “However, the Millicent community in general needs to consider activities and facilities to engage young people and prevent a repetition of the vandalism.” Mr Miller said his school was investigating a cost-effective way of installing closed circuit television cameras. Millicent Veterinary Clinic co-proprietor Dr Sarah McGrath said steps were being taken to either clean or replace the damaged sign which fronts Mount Gambier Road. Dr McGrath was hopeful security camera footage is available which might identify the culprits. “We have a lovely community in Millicent and this vandalism should not deter anyone from the fact,” Dr McGrath said. “The graffiti was done in pink paint and this caused me to remember all the pink-themed fundraising and awareness activities relating to breast cancer in the past month.” The decorative wind turbine blade came from a fire-damaged tower at Lake Bonney several years ago. It has been repeatedly targeted by vandals and repainted by Wattle Range Council. Council engineering services director Peter Halton said his staff were working on removing the graffiti as well as taking photographs and preparing insurance claims. Mr Halton said dozens of playground items had been damaged. “This takes us off our maintenance tasks,” he said. “We will be looking at recompense if we can catch the culprits.” Census reveals Millicent cultural melting pot ITALIAN continues to be the most common language other than English spoken at home in Wattle Range, census data has revealed. The latest statistics of the 2016 National Census show the region is overwhelmingly monolingual, with 91pc of people only speaking English at home. Individuals reporting speaking Italian at home in Millicent has decreased in the last decade from 75 people in 2006 to 55 people in 2016, but it remains the most common language spoken in the township apart from English. Italian is most commonly spoken in Southend with almost 4pc of the population reporting speaking the language at home. Millicent resident Storm Brooks is among the 83 people in the council district speaking Italian at home after learning the language in high school. The 18-year-old has been speaking the language for almost five years and is planning to travel to Italy in future. “When I got to high school, I found Italian to be such a beautiful language to listen to and speak,” she said. “I love the way it sounded and the quirks that make it different from English. “The more I spoke it, the more I found myself learning about the Italian culture. “I found myself being invited to dinner by Italians and having an opportunity to find out more about their culture and food. “I was very excited to recently find out my great-great-grandfather was from Italy, but I’m trying to figure out whether he was from the north or the south.” Across the council region, Mandarin and Filipino follow Italian as the most commonly spoken languages at home, trailed by Dutch and German. Tagalog, a language spoken in the Philippines, Polish, Filipino and German were recorded as the most common languages in Millicent after Italian. Mandarin has overtaken Japanese as the most common language other than English in Beachport while Spanish and Bisaya are the most common spoken in Rendelsham. Afrikaans is now the most commonly spoken language in Glencoe other than English, surpassing German as the most common response in 2011. In Kalangadoo, Hungarian is the most common language other than English, Filipino is the top language other than English is Tantanoola, while Finnish, Japanese and Russian were the top responses for Nangwarry. Other than English, no languages were recorded for Hatherleigh, Mount Burr and Furner. www.thesoutheasterntimes.com.au 303ML 10791152WOMAN14X3 712754 • O Y T O • • U E C R N C H A H E • S R H E O
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