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The Border Watch : October 25th 2013
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4 NEWS DENTURE CLINIC ANDREW BOL WELL 22 ALEXANDER ST • MT GAMBIER • new dentures full and partial • denture repairs • denture relines • mouthguards • existing denture problems • private and health funds • Department of Veteran Affairs • South Australian Dental Scheme VISIT US ONLINE borderwatch.com.au Drug driver put off road Single mother convicted of multiple traffi c offences A KINGSTON woman has been disqualifi ed from driving, convicted and fi ned for various charges after being caught behind the wheel after using drugs. PHONE FOR CONSULTATION 03 5382 3930 • 0418 351 444 AVIS MOUNT GAMBIER HAS A DEAL JUST FOR YOU Rent an Avis car from $39* per day Latest model car is available at a very special price of $39* a day including GST, admin fee, registration fee and stamp duty, loss damage waiver (excess applies) and 100 free kilometres per day when you rent from Avis Mount Gambier. Jane Willmott, 28, was driving along the Jubilee Highway in Mount Gambier on June 22 when police noticed her seatbelt was not properly fastened. The Mount Gambier Magistrates Court was told this week that when offi cers stopped the vehicle they found she did not have a current driver’s licence. Police conducted driver screening and oral fl uid tests and Willmott tested positive to methamphetamines. She told police she thought her licence was still valid and that she was driving a friend’s car. With three counts of driving disqualifi ed, the defendant knew she had been disqualifi ed, but said she thought her licence was reinstated once the disqualifi cation period was over. Defence counsel Ebony Cunningham told the court Willmott was an unemployed single mother of two who lived in Kingston. Not having a licence had hindered her prospects of work and she had become depressed and turned to drugs and alcohol as a result, according to Ms Cunningham. With no criminal history until two years ago, life had spiraled out of control with a number of theft charges on top of the driving offences. The court heard the accused was undergoing counselling for her drug and alcohol addiction. Willmott was fined $900, convicted and lost her licence for three months. Mount Gambier Spring Show to fi nish with a bang SPECTACULAR fi reworks will light up the night sky over Mount Gambier this weekend in an exciting fi nale to the 2013 Mount Gambier Spring Show. Mount Gambier Agricultural and Horticultural Society president Peter Woodruff said Saturday night’s display, which is scheduled to launch at 8.45pm, was expected to be among the best yet. “Howard and Sons Pyrotechnics have been bringing their creative vision and passion to Mount Gambier for more than 40 years and this year they are promising around fi ve new features that people would not have seen before, so we’re really looking forward to it,” he said. Howard and Sons’ state manager Grant Freeman said the design for the show changed every year and 2013 would be no exception. To mak k tion call or NARACOORTE (08) 8723 4300 * Subject to vehicle availability. $39 per day on Group X, including 100km free per day (excess kilometres to be charged at 27.5 cents p/ klm). Minimum driver age is 25 years. Car to be collected and returned to Mount Gambier. W.T.H. Pty. Limited - ACN 000 165 855 - Avis Licensee. CT9843C : MOUNT GAMBIER, PORTLAND MOUNT GAMBIER PORTLAN “This time we are going to try and use the entire length of the arena in order to make the effects as wide and high as possible,” he said. The 10-minute show will be synchronised to the company’s “family feel-good” musical soundtrack and thousands of individual fi reworks will go off during the display. “Two of our individual items that we have send up 140 effects alone - and that’s only two of them,” Mr Freeman said. He said it was a pleasure to be part of the event and work with such a “decent and wholesome” organising committee. Fitzgerald’s Fish Sales Market Direct Factory Outlet this week’s specials Whiting $45.00kg Black Travella $19.50kg Whole Silver Bream $18.00kg Blue Grenadier $17.99kg Fresh Sardine Fillets $24.00kg Whole Sardines $7.50kg Fresh Australian Scallops $39.90kg Fresh Cooked Crystal Bay Prawns $26.50kg Sand Crabs $13.90kg Skate $15.00kg 11 Allan Drive, Mount Gambier Phone 8725 0087 Winter Trading 10.00am - 5.30pm weekdays and Saturday 10.30am-2.30pm “I think that the consistency of entertainment and value that Mount Gambier offers is second to none - hence why you get such great attendance,” he said. A crowd of up to 15,000 people is expected to attend this year’s show, with the gates to the Pick Avenue Showgrounds opening at 9am today. Despite the incredibly wet start to the week, the Bureau of Meteorology said the weather for both today and Saturday was expected to be relatively mild. “It’s remaining cool, but it should be starting to fi ne up by then, with only the chance of possible light showers,” Mount Gambier-based forecaster Craig Marsh said. Mr Woodruff said show goers can expect to see “all the usual traders”, along with some exciting new additions. “We have had more trade space taken up this year than for past events, so there will be plenty for people of all ages to see and do - you would have to travel a long way to fi nd a country show to match ours spread over 70 acres, with cattle, sheep, poultry, budgerigars, horses, championship dogs, working dogs, the Ag Learning Centre and all of the displays, traders and rides,” Mr Woodruff said. “I appreciate our many good hearted sponsors and volunteers as well as the show committee and members of the agricultural and horticultural society who work at making our show one of the best in SA - it really makes me proud to be the president of our show.” THRILLER: Show rides, music and fi reworks will combine in a spectacle on Saturday night at the Mount Gambier Spring Show. Hearing Loss? 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