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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 22, 2011

SPORT ON THE BARCOO

League roundup

Blackall primary school students have the opportunity to try their hand at cricket and martial arts this term with the recommencement of the Active After Schools sports program in early August.

Cricket sessions will be held on Monday afternoons from 3:30-4:30pm, while martial arts classes will be offered on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30pm.

The first cricket session will be held on Monday August 1 and the first martial arts session will be held on Wednesday August 3.

The martial arts classes won’t focus on a particular discipline but will teach general concepts of self defence and will be taught by Constable Joey Abbot and Terrie Donnelly.

The sessions are open to all primary school students within the Blackall district, and will be held at St Joseph’s Primary School.

Students wanting to participate need to take a water bottle and wear appropriate clothing for the sport, closed in shoes and a wide brim hat.

Active after school

The Blackall Magpies travelled to Winton on Sunday to play the Winton Diamantina Devils, with a final score of 58-10 to the Devils.

With a few players unavailable due to injury or other commitments, Blackall still fielded a very strong side.

Tries were scored by Brendon Schrag and Robert McLeod, and Matthew Weymss kicked one from two.

Players’ Player went to Nigel Hartley who played his best game of the year with other stand out players including Aidy Walker, Brett Hayman, Matthew Wemyss and Robert McLeod.

Blackall has the bye next week followed by a home game against Ilfracombe on Saturday July 30.

Last weekend the Barcaldine Sand Goannas defeated the Longreach Thomson Tigers 18-14, making the currents points tally Winton 18, Ilfracombe 12, Barcaldine 10, Longreach 4 and Blackall 2.

Members of the Blackall Pony Club competed in Barcaldine on the weekend in the Colin Wood Memorial Shield, representing Blackall State School. The riders competed extremely well with all winning ribbons.

The Barcaldine Regional Council is looking for expressions of interest from people who would like to attend a course to gain a Certificate III in Fitness in September.

Complete Performance Solutions are looking into running the course in Barcaldine around September, dependent on numbers. The course can be completed in 5 full days and would cost about $2200 per person (all inclusive).

Modules covered in the course include how to conduct a health screening, learning about anatomy and physiology, how to test clients’ fitness levels, how to design exercise programs, developing communication skills, how to make basic nutritional recommendations and client motivation.

The Cert III in Fitness courses are delivered from the National Training Package (SRF 30206) and are Austudy approved. Upon completing the course, participants can register with Fitness Australia and work anywhere in Australia.

Expressions of interest in attending the course should be emailed to the Barcaldine Regional Council and include the participant’s name, address, phone, email and relevant organisation (where applicable).

Fitness certificate

Ross Browning turned the tables on John Bowyer in the A singles on Sunday. Last time they met, John defeated Ross fairly easily but last Sunday he never got a chance after a terrible start. Being down 10-1 after 9 ends, he rallied a little to be down 24-12 after 24 ends but Ross kept going to win 31-14.

In sets of nine ends Gary Whitfield and Roland Blucher were one set each, but Gary was out played in the last set to lose 9-5, 8-9 and 11-2.

In social play Tracy, visitor Len and Roy defeated Leroy, Bradley and Trevor 21-6.

Next week pairs 11 and sets of nine ends will be played at the Blackall Bowls Club from 9:30am with social play available and visitors welcome.

In pairs 11 J Browning and J Bowyer to play C and M Pfingst.

In sets of nine ends B Carolan to play T Hayward with spotter L Kelly.

Browning bounces back in bowls

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Kangaroo processing plant closes doors

Work has come to a halt at the Blackall kangaroo processing plant after it closed its doors suddenly earlier this week.

Work came to a sudden stop for twenty people in Blackall earlier this week when the kangaroo processing operation run by Game Meat Processing was suspended on Wednesday.

General manager of Game Meat Processing Rex Devantier said a number of factors including the high Australian dollar, the loss of the Russian market and being unable to access the Chinese market meant the operation in Blackall was no longer commercially viable.

“It’s not something that we feel good about doing, but realistically we probably should have shut it some time ago,” Mr Devantier said.

“The operation has been mothballed until circumstances in the industry improve.”

Mr Devantier said Game Meat Processing would continue to buy kangaroo meat from the Blackall area.

Mr Devantier said the Blackall operation had been struggling for the last 24 months.

“Other processing plants closed

but we struggled on,” Mr Devantier said.

“We were probably a little more optimistic.”

Mr Devantier said a lack of experienced employees was another issue the operation had faced.

“One of our issues operating in Blackall is that we’ve been struggling to get workers,” Mr Devantier said.

“It’s almost a daily battle- there’s not that many experienced kangaroo boners,” he said.

“We’ve been having to get workers from Longreach, and of course it’s also very difficult to compete with the mining companies for employees.”

Mr Devantier said he admitted that the employees at the processing operation had not received much notice prior to the closure.

“We only made the decision recently so it was very short notice,” Mr Devantier said.

“No one likes to tell someone that they’ve lost their job.”

Mr Devantier said the

organisation would consider re-opening the plant if conditions in the industry improved but the situation looked dire at present.

“There’s been a whole raft of impositions on the industry- we’re doing it very tough.”

“The kangaroo industry’s on the verge of collapse.”

Executive Officer of the Kangaroo Industry Association John Kelly said although the closure had been a result of many reasons, he believed that if the Russian market was still operating the Blackall premises would still be open.

“It’s simple, Minister, get on the phone to Russia and sort this issue. Give us Russia and the kangaroo premises at Blackall would still be open, give us Russia and Charleville would still be open, give us Russia and Longreach, St George, Walgett, Brewarrina, Broken Hill and others would still be open,” Mr Kelly said.

“Some 2000 jobs across the bush have been lost, and never mind the damage to agriculture from a rampant and out of control kangaroo population.”

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The rainfall over the weekend was far more intense to the south of the region with falls of up to an inch being registered on some properties near Scrubby Creek. I imagine we will be all rugged up again by the end of the week as the colder air change reaches the region.

The agenda for the General Meeting of Council held in Tambo on July 13 was definitely a very busy document for the members of council to debate and make considered decisions on each issue raised.

A mosquito management plan was presented to council after a survey on February 7 2011 by Queensland Health Central Region, Central Queensland Public Health Unit and the Central West Public Health Unit showed that the dengue mosquito species (Aedes aegypti) was detected in Blackall. The Blackall Tambo Regional Council voted to forge a very strong partnership between the community and state and federal agencies to ensure the elimination of this mosquito and to ensure safety of the population from this disease carrying pest.

Council also agreed to investigate further recent proposals to hand for the rebroadcast of digital TV to Tambo. The Federal Minister for Communication Stephen Conroy has reiterated his stance is to adhere to free to air for most of the population of Australia and the VAST system (which is user paid with some subsidy) for the unfortunate and discriminated against 4% of the population of which the Tambo community is a part.

The Blackall Tambo Regional Council endorsed a resolution authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to seek quotations for a further upgrade to the Blackall Airport. Screening equipment will need to be

purchased and installed and the terminal building will require extension and renovation to cater for the full screening of passengers and their luggage from 1 July 2012. This is a requirement of the federal government and funding has been provided under the Regional and Domestic Aviation White Paper of 2009 and through the Strengthening Aviation Security Initiative of 2010.

The Blackall Tambo Regional Council will apply to the Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Program (Minor Facilities Category 1) and contribute 40% of the cost of the project for a disability toilet and shower block for the Blackall Aquatic Centre. Council also resolved to adopt the Blackall Disability Access Audit prioritised list as presented by the Manager of Works. Some works have already been carried out such as the installation of the new hoist at the Blackall Aquatic Centre. There will be a planned approach to address the prioritised list through our budget processes.

Council has received a communication from the Director General of the Department of Local Government and Planning regarding Council’s proposed electoral changes for the 2012 elections. Under section 19 of the Local Government Act, the Minister for Local Government has asked the Change Commissioner to conduct further public consultation to make an assessment, including inviting members of the public to make submissions in writing or online and to participate in at least one public hearing held in each of the relevant local government areas. Council will offer their support where appropriate to the Change Commissioner in this matter.

--Jan Ross

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The Radio Plays event being held in Blackall as part of the Queensland Music Festival is fast approaching and it’s shaping up to be a unique and interesting event. Those of us involved in the plays are rehearsing hard, and

with the arrival of the band next week, things are coming together for what are shaping up to be spectacular performances.

We have another colour edition coming out on August 5, so I’d like to remind advertisers to get

their bookings in early. Colour advertising is such an effective way of getting clients’ attention and our advertising rates are extremely reasonable compared with those of other publications.

The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 22 2011 - Page 19

Barcoo Independent TV Guide July 24- July 30ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday July 27

5:00 Talking Heads5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 For the Juniors10:15 Our Animals10:20 Cyberchase10:45 Behind the News Special11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Everest ER2:00 Poirot3:05 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 Angry Boys9:25 Angry Boys Bonus Scene9:30 Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Wild China12:25 Life at 11:20 Time Team2:10 Teenage Kicks3:00 Big Ideas4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Mystery Woman: Redemption2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Highway Patrol8:00 World’s Deadliest Roads8:30 Criminal Minds9:30 Covert Affairs10:30 Detroit 1-8-711:30 Eastbound and Down12:00 Style by Jury12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Room For Improvement4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 The Block3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block8:00 Top Design8:30 RPA9:30 RPA Where Are They Now?10:30 Embarrassing Teenage Bodies11:30 Secret Diary of a Callgirl 12:00 Eclipse Music TV12:30 Prime Time: What Would You Do?1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Fishing Australia3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music

5:05 International News

1:00 Idomeneo

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village

6:00 Demetri’s Castle

6:30 World News Australia

7:35 Inspector Rex

8:30 Seduction in the City - The

Birth of Shopping


10:05 Movie: I Served the King

of England

12:10 Film: Blueberry

2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight

Thursday July 28

4:55 National Press Club Address6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Neue Freunde: Alles Beginnt10:05 Jung In Europa10:15 A Table!10:20 Me Voila!10:30 Behind the News11:00 Visions Of The Future12:00 Midday Report12:30 Little Dorrit1:25 Lead Balloons2:00 Poirot3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst8:30 Crownies9:30 Junior Doctors10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:25 Songbook12:20 A Sister’s Love1:20 Time Team2:10 Junior Doctors3:10 To the Manor Bowen4:00 Compass 4:30 Catalyst

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Love Sick2:00 Dr Oz3:00 10 Years Younger3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 The Vicar of Dibley8:30 Law and Order: Los Angeles10:30 Off the Map11:30 Young Dumb and Living Off Mum1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block8:00 Hot Property8:30 Hamish and Andy’s Gap Year9:30 The NRL Footy Show11:15 The AFL Footy Show1:00 Entertainment Tonight1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 PWC3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Don Matteo2:30 Dateline3:30 Here Comes the Neighbourhood4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Demetri’s Castle6:30 World News Australia7:30 French Food Safari8:00 Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure8:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations9:30 World News Australia10:05 The Protectors11:05 Movie: Exit12:55 Movie: The Barbarian Invasions2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

Friday July 29

5:00 Can We Help?5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Noah and Saskia10: 25 What I Wrote10:40 Three Kinds of Writing11:00 Catalyst11:30 One Plus One12:00 Midday Report12:30 Midsomer Murders2:10 World’s Greenest Homes3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Collectors8:30 Silent Witness9:30 Hustle10:30 Lateline11:15 Beautiful People11:45 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Bad Girls2:30 Dr Oz3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 AFL North Melbourne vs Carlton11:45 That 70s Show12:15 Alan Sugar: The Apprentice1:35 The Super Dragons2:35 Room for Improvement3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block7:30 Brisbane Broncos vs Cronulla Sharks9:30 Manly Sea Eagles vs Wests Tigers11:30 Movie: Above the Law1:30 Movie: Unleashed3:30 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Insight2:30 The Nest3:30 Angels in New York4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Demetri’s Castle6:30 World News Australia7:30 James May’s Toy Stories8:30 As It Happened9:30 World News Australia10:00 Sex: An Unnatural History 10:30 Erotic Tales11:00 Movie: Live Flesh12:45 Movie: From Subway with Love2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

Saturday July 30

5:00 rage10:00 rage: The Vines11:00 Big Chef Takes On Little Chef12:00 Collectors12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 Two In The Top End2:00 Rugby League: QLD Cup 20114:00 Treks in a Wild World4:25 Space Odyssey 5:00 Bowls: World Cup 2011: Women’s Semi Final 16:00 James Martin’s Champagne6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 ABC News7:30 Kingdom8:30 Marchlands9:20 Rake10:15 Doctor Who11:00 rage Guest Programmer: The Vines

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Castaway12:00 V8 Extra12:30 That 70s Show1:30 Hawks Active2:00 AFL Western Bulldogs vs West Coast5:00 Creek to Coast5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 Hook Line and Sinker 7:00 The Zoo7:30 AFL Fremantle vs Hawthorn 11:00 Movie: Death at a Funeral12:50 Movie: Just Another Story2:20 One Antarctic Summer4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Power Rangers

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today9:00 Danoz Direct10:00 Fishing Australia10:30 Your 4x411:00 Kids’ WB2:30 Movie: The Man from Laramie4:30 Discover Down Under5:00 News: First at Five5:30 4WD TV6:00 National News6:30 Funniest Home Videos7:30 Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire10:50 Movie: Just Friends12:45 Movie: Newcastle2:45 The Avengers3:45 Nine Presents the Foo Fighters4:00 Danoz Direct5:30 Wesley Impact

5:00 Weatherwatch5:05 International News1:00 The Promise of Music2:40 Listen2:50 Sketches of Frank Gehry4:25 The Chopin Preludes4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Costa’s Garden Odyssey6:00 Behind the Front Door6:30 World News Australia7:30 Engineering Connections8:30 Iron Chef9:20 RocKwiz10:15 Movie: 2 Days in Paris12:00 SOS1:00 Life’s A Zoo1:55 Weatherwatch Overnight


Barcoo Independent TV Guide July 24 - July 30ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday July 24

5:00 Rage6:30 Children’s Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:05 Asia Pacific Focus11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Landline1:00 7:301:30 Message Stick2:00 Nature’s Great Events: The Great Salmon Run3:00 The Desert Of Forbidden Art3:50 James Castle: Portrait Of An Artist4:50 Clarinet.Ballistix: Kats Chernin: Without Words5:00 Art Nation5:30 Mr Bean5:45 Robin Hood6:30 Dance Academy7:00 ABC News7:30 Grand Designs8:30 Midsomer Murders10:00 Compass10:35 Strictly Speaking11:05 Foyle’s War12:40 Grand Designs1:30 Cricket in the 60s2:30 Wire in the Blood4:00 The Bill

6:00 Children’s Programs

7:00 Weekend Sunrise

10:00 World’s Strictest Parents

11:00 Breaking the Magician’s

Code

12:00 Movie: Catch That Kid

2:00 AFL Melbourne vs Hawthorn

5:00 Guide to the Good Life

5:30 The Great South East

6:00 Seven News

6:30 Sunday Night

7:30 Great Migrations

8:40 Bones

9:40 Castle

11:40 The First 48

12:40 The Magic of Africa

1:35 Room for Improvement

2:00 Home Shopping

3:00 NBC Today

4:00 NBC Meet the Press

6:00 ARL Schoolboy Cup7:00 Weekend Today10:00 Wide World of Sports11:00 The Sunday Footy Show12:00 The Sunday Roast1:00 One Hit Wonder Downunder 2:00 The Block4:00 Penrith Panthers vs Manly Sea Eagles6:00 National News6:30 The Block7:30 60 Minutes8:30 Panic at Rock Island10:30 Underbelly12:10 Nine Presents Kings of Leon12:10 English Challenge Cup Rugby League2:20 Nine Presents Damien Leith 2:30 Danoz Direct3:30 4WD TV4:00 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music6:05 International News7:30 Tour de France 2011 Daily Updates7:45 Weatherwatch and Music8:00 International News10:30 Football Asia11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature12:00 Futbol Mundial12:30 Speedweek2:00 Silk Way Rally 20113:00 Unfolding Florence4:30 In Good Hands5:00 Cycling Central6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily Highlights6:30 World News Australia7:30 Lost Worlds: Cannibals of the Stone Age8:30 Dateline9:30 James May at the Edge of Space10:00 Tour de France 2011 Live: Stage 212:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

Monday July 25

5:00 Art Nation5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Backyard Science10:25 Science Clips10:35 Atoms Alive10:50 Ace Day Jobs10:55 Wagging School: Which Breed Of Dog Should I Get?11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Monarch of the Glen1:30 Cheese Slices2:00 Poirot 3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:15 Media Watch9:35 Q & A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 Brideshead Revisited12:30 The Clinic1:25 Time Team 2:15 The Hidden Story Of Jesus: Part 13:00 Bowls: Moama International Tri Series 4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Crimes of Passion: Sleepwalker2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Border Security8:00 The Amazing Race Australia8:30 Crash Investigation Unit9:30 Bones10:30 Teen Wolf11:30 Ocean Force12:00 Heroes1:00 Room For Improvement1:30 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne

11:00 Morning News

12:00 The View

1:00 Danoz Direct

2:00 Days of Our Lives

3:00 Entertainment Tonight

3:30 Children’s Programs

4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News

6:30 A Current Affair

7:00 The Block

8:00 The Big Bang Theory

8:30 Rescue Special Ops

11:30 Secret Diary of a Call Girl

12:00 English Challenge Cup Rugby

League

2:00 Danoz Direct

3:00 4WD TV

3:30 Good Morning America

4:30 Copa América 2011: Final


1:30 Dateline


4:00 The Journal

4:30 Futbol Mundial

5:00 The Crew

5:30 Global Village

6:00 Tour de France 2011 Daily

Highlights


7:30 Mythbusters

8:30 Man vs Wild


10:00 Flight of the Conchords

10: 30 Skins

11:30 The World Game

12:30 Movie: Napola


Tuesday July 265:00 First Tuesday Book Club5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Behind the News10:25 Being Me10:45 Food for Thought11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address: Vaclav Klaus1:35 Meerkat Manor2:00 Poirot3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Time Team6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 Wonders Of The Universe9:35 QI10:05 Jennifer Byrne Presents: Geraldine Brooks10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:40 Four Corners12:25 Media Watch12:40 Air Australia1:40 Time Team2:30 Artscape: Marc Newson In Conversation3:00 Big Ideas4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Brian’s Song 2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Last Chance Surgery3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Mercurio’s Menu5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Australia’s Got Talent9:30 Dinner Date Australia10:30 How I Met Your Mother11:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians12:30 Cannibal Crusade1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The View1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Block7:30 The Big Bang Theory8:00 RBT8:30 Top Gear9:00 Worst Case Scenario10:30 Two and a Half Men11:30 Secret Diary of a Call Girl12:00 20/201:00 Entertainment Tonight1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 4WD TV3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music


1:00 Movie: Look At Me

3:00 Australian Biography

3:30 Here Comes the

Neighbourhood

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village

6:00 Demetri’s Castle


7:30 Insight: Migration Boom

8:30 SAS - The Search for

Warriors


10:00 The Confessions

11:35 Movie: Heaven on Earth

1:25 Love in India


Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G GeneralClassificationM MatureClassificationRecommendedforviewingbymatureaudiences.PG ParentalGuidanceRecommendedMA MatureAudienceNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage. AV AdultViolenceClassificationNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage.

The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 22 2011- Page 3

Blackall students got a taste of some live music when two rock bands from St Joseph’s Nudgee College in Brisbane performed at St Joseph’s Primary School as part of their western music tour.

Students from St Joseph’s and Blackall State School and community members turned out to hear the performance which included rock classics from well known artists such as U2, Roy Orbison and Michael Jackson as well as songs from contemporary bands including Kings of Leon and Franz Ferdinand.

This is the sixth time Nudgee College has held the annual tour

which this year sees them perform in Mitchell, Blackall, Barcaldine, Longreach, Emerald and Biloela.

The group was made up of twelve students with some who played as part of last year’s tour and some new musicians, as well as three Nudgee staff members.

Nudgee College music captain Guy Stacey said that the group was enjoying the trip and that it was a great experience.

“There are three or four of us that have never been to western Queensland before,” Mr Stacey said.

Nudgee bands rock out in Blackall

Students from Nudgee College’s rock bands put on a dynamic performance at St Joseph’s Primary School on Monday afternoon.

A crowd of students and community members gathered to hear the live music performance at St Joseph’s Primary School.

A symposium to be held in Blackall in August will see artists, cultural workers and policy makers gather to discuss public art in rural areas.

The Public Art in Non Urban Contexts Symposium from August 25-27 will explore the value and success factors of large scale public art in rural areas, with presentations from some of the artists who created Blackall’s public artworks.

The symposium will also include sessions discussing funding, the future of public artworks in regional areas, public art practice, purpose and participation.

Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, partnering with the CICADAS team will deliver the sessions with Arts Queensland, Desert Knowledge Australia and RAPAD sponsoring the event.

A collaborative creative project entitled GrassMudFlood will be undertaken in conjunction with the symposium with visiting artists Nat Billing, William Eicholtz and Fred White acting as mentors to create ephemeral artworks using mud and grass as materials.

Each of the artists will mentor four or five local artists via a Facebook group in a lead up period of about five weeks before the symposium with each participant encouraged to extend their normal art form into a non-permanent art piece that they will work on and discuss via the Facebook group.

In the week prior to the symposium the artists will transport some of their work to a outdoor studio workshop space in Blackall for a collaborative process with visiting artists as team leaders and mentors.

The resulting works will be fully documented and become models for future public artworks in more durable materials.

Artists interested in participating are asked to e-mail [email protected] as soon as possible.

Anyone interested in finding out more information about the symposium can contact Louise Campbell at CICADAS @ RAPAD on 46 576 741, or the Blackall Tambo Regional Council.

Art symposium

WHATS ON in 2011JULY22 Anglican Ladies’ Guild Street Stall24 CWA AGM25 St Joseph’s Prep Open Day26 Blackall State School Parent Teacher Interviews27 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner29-30 Radio Plays performances30 Blackall Rugby League home game

AUGUST3 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner6 Tambo Ladies Race Day6 Blackall vs Ilfracombe Rugby League Home Game6 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner8 Blackall State School Variety Bash10 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner12 Blue Light Disco13 Community Markets17 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner24 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner26 Blackall State School Showcase Evening25-27 Symposium on Public Art in the Non-Urban Context30 SDE Blackall Sports Skills Day31 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner

SEPTEMBER3 Annual Flower Show3 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner6 Blackall to Slygo Wagon Trek9 Blackall State School Arts Evening13-14 WesTech Barcaldine16-18 Back to Blackall Weekend16- 19 Tambo Teddy Bear’s Picnic Festival17 Community Markets23 Blue Light Disco

OCTOBER8 Community Markets 8 Blackall Hospital Auxiliary Springtime Festival14 Blue Light Disco15 Blackall Races15 Elvis Presley Tribute Show 28 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall29 Outback Tourism QLD Awards

NOVEMBER4-5 Gallery Day5 Halloween Trick or Treat5 Halloween Blue Light Disco7-8 SDE Blackall Swim Camp12 Dance Blackall Annual Concert26 Blackall Races26 St Patrick’s Christmas Fete 27 Christmas Tree Festival

DECEMBER16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Members’ Xmas Party24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New Year’s Eve Costume Party

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The Blackall CWA branch will hold its annual general meeting this Sunday July 24.

The CWA hall at 14 Clematis Street will open at 9am for a 9:30am start with everyone welcome to attend and new faces encouraged.

The guest speaker for the morning will be Mrs Joyce Rogers, State Vice President Southern Region.

A lucky door prize will be awarded and the prettiest cup or mug competition will be judged, with attendees asked to bring along their prettiest cup or mug to a shared morning tea after the meeting.

CWA holds AGM

Council employees will be asked to switch off their phones with the implementation of a new mobile phone policy.

At last week’s meeting the Blackall Tambo Regional Council decided to implement a policy asking employees to switch off their phone during work hours.

Cr Sally Cripps said she did not agree that people should be prevented entirely from receiving personal calls during work hours.

“It’s a changing world and these things are not regarded as non essential any more,” Cr Cripps said.

The decision was made in light of workplace health and safety concerns that mobile phones could be a distraction as well as concerns about productivity levels.

Mobile phone crackdown

Taxi service for BlackallBlackall residents will soon have another

way of getting around with the Blackall Tambo Regional Council deciding to employ a driver for the town’s taxi service at the last council meeting.

After failing to attract any expressions of interest from individuals wanting to run the taxi service, council has decided to employ a driver for a six month trial period.

It was suggested at the meeting that the taxi service could run on Friday and Saturday nights, and for a set number of hours each day during the week.

At the end of six months the arrangement would be reviewed with the possibility of it becoming a private business.

Correction: An error in last week’s advertisement for the Back to Blackall weekend has come to the attention of the Barcoo Independent. The contacts for the event were listed as Lynn Cavanaugh and Les Wheelhouse. The contacts are in fact Lynn Cavanagh and Del Wheelhouse. The Barcoo Independent apologises for any misunderstanding or distress this error has created.

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Blackall will be well represented at this year’s Young Auctioneers Competition at the Brisbane Exhibition on August 12 with Landmark’s Beau Frame and Grant Daniel and Long’s Jack Burgess both finalists in the competition.

Jack and Beau are two out of ten auctioneers competing for the state title run by Australian Livestock and Property Agents’ Association Limited (ALPA).

The auctioneers were selected at a two day course held earlier in the year at Gracemere, where a panel of judges selected ten finalists out of twenty competitors.

Both Jack and Beau also competed in the 2010 finals

of the competition, with Jack representing the Millmerran GDL branch.

Jack started his livestock and auctioneering career with GDL in Dalby where he gained extensive experience in marketing and selling livestock.

Jack was given the challenge of opening up a new branch at Millmerran which he did successfully along with drafting and selling at the Dalby cattle sale every week.

After five years in Millmerran, Jack moved to Blackall with his wife Stephanie earlier this year, transferring to the Blackall GDL office as a livestock salesman and auctioneer.

Young auctioneers to compete at Ekka

Tim Ludgate and Ann Russell from Grant Daniel and Long with their colleague Jack Burgess who will compete in the Young Auctioneer’s Competition.

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St Joseph’s Primary School will celebrate Catholic Education Week next week with a range of events planned to mark the occasion.

The celebrations will run from 24-30 July under the theme Excelling in education – heart, mind and spirit .

The annual event is held to promote the special ethos of Catholic schools with schools in the Longreach, Barcaldine and Blackall regions all joining the celebrations.

The week will start off with a whole school mass this Saturday night, followed by a Filipino Banquet.

The activities will continue on Monday morning with a P and F barbecue breakfast, a school liturgy, a netball match between the Years Six and Seven students and staff and Prep Open Day.

Any parents or guardians with children entering Prep in 2012 are encouraged to attend Prep Open Day with the day including classroom activities, a school tour, morning tea for parents, a free lunch and a sample bag.

Other activities during the week include the chance for students to bring their parents and grandparents to school on Tuesday, the opportunity to meet players from the NQ Cowboys in Longreach on Wednesday for Year Six and Seven students and Radio Plays workshops.

Catholic education in the spotlight


Susan Bridget Doyle (Sue)27 October 1916-14 July 2011Family and friends are invited to attend a vigil at St Patrick’s Church, Thistle Street, Blackall on Sunday 24 July at 7pm. A requiem mass will be held for Sue on Monday 25 July at 9am at St Patrick’s Church.

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Josh Nicholls, Melissa Cooke, Emily Moore, Susan Mullen and Sally Rouhan from the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology rural health club visited Blackall State School to talk about health professions.

Students spread the word on health careersHigh school students in Blackall

and Tambo got the opportunity to learn more about careers in health when a group of students from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of Queensland (UQ) visited earlier this week.

The QUT and UQ rural health club TROHPIQ, which stands for ‘Towards Rural and Outback Health Professionals in Queensland’, is comprised of students from medical, nursing and allied health degrees and aims to encourage students to work rurally after graduation.

Five students from the club travelled around schools in the central west including Alpha, Barcaldine, Aramac, Tambo and Blackall to conduct practical workshops to provide local

teenagers with an understanding of the roles of the different health professionals.

The group was made up of Susan Mullen (Medicine and Surgery), Joshua Nicholls (Medicine and Surgery), Emily Moore (Speech Therapy), Melissa Cooke (Speech Therapy) and Sally Rouhan (Nursing/Midwifery) and was sponsored by Health Workforce Queensland.

The visit aimed to encourage high school students to consider careers in health and provide information on different career pathways, as well as scholarships available.

Ms Moore said the group had tried to spark an interest among the teenagers in health careers and to emphasise to the teenagers that there are a range of health

professions besides medicine and nursing.

“I definitely think quite a few of them were really interested in what we had to say,” Ms Moore said.

“It really sparked an interest.”Mr Nicholls said he believed that

the high school students were enjoying the sessions.

“We’ve had a lot of positive feedback on what we’re doing,” Mr Nicholls said.

Ms Cooke said the trip was also a valuable opportunity for the group to experience life in western Queensland.

“All of us want to work rurally so it was great to get to see some of the different towns,” Ms Cooke said.


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Sally Cripps received the prize for best contemporary artwork at the Barcaldine Art Exhibition last Friday night, and is pictured with her dramatic storm photograph along with judge Caroline McKenzie-Craig. Over 140 artworks were submitted for judging in open, traditional, contemporary and 3D categories, and $8000 was offered in acquisitive sponsorship and prizemoney. A number of Blackall State School students, Deni Benson, Courtney Richardson, Amy Blucher, Chelsea Hayward and Codie Fanning, entered works into the exhibition. It is open for viewing in the old Barcaldine cinema between 10 am and 2pm each day until Saturday, July 30.

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There was reminiscing about life on the Barcoo, but not as we know it when visitor Leo Clements stopped by the Barcoo Hotel earlier this week to donate a photograph of the warship HMAS Barcoo.

The HMAS Barcoo was a River Class frigate built as part of Australia’s ship building program during World War II for the purpose of convoy escort duty and anti submarine warfare.

It was one of eight River Class ships named after Australian rivers with the other ships named Barwon, Burdekin, Diamantina, Gascoyne, Hawkesbury, Lachlan and Macquarie.

The HMAS Barcoo received the three battle honours for her wartime service: “Pacific 1944-45”, “New Guinea 1944”, and “Borneo 1945”.

Mr Clements was part of the ship’s company from 1943 to 1946 as an able seaman in the navigation party and said that he formed fast friendships with many of his shipmates.

“Living so close to one another you have to get on because you can’t walk away from people like you can in the army and the air force,” Mr Clements said.

After the war, the HMAS Barcoo was refitted as a survey vessel and logged approximately 54,000 nautical miles on survey duty,

before being retired from service in 1949.

The ship was reactivated for survey duties from 1952-1956 and from 1959-1964 before being finally decommissioned from the Royal Australia Navy in 1964.

The photo was taken in Madang Harbour at the north of Papua New Guinea in 1944 and will hang in the entrance of the Barcoo Hotel.

Mr Clements said the photo was taken by one of his shipmates on a box brownie camera whilst on the HMAS Burdekin.

“We weren’t allowed cameras but he had one and must have taken the photo from the other ship while we were both in Madang Harbour,” Mr Clements said.

“We also found time to have a rowing race against the HMAS Burdekin in the ships’ lifeboats.”

Mr Clements said the photo had been hanging on the wall of his study, but he wanted to make sure it continued to be appreciated in years to come.

“I thought what can I do with it so I did some research and contacted the Barcoo Hotel and decided that I’d hand deliver it from Melbourne,” Mr Clements said.

--by Victoria Nugent

Former Navy seaman Leo Clements presented Geoff Pohlner from the Barcoo Hotel with a photo of the warship the HMAS Barcoo taken in Madang Harbour in1944.

Memories of the HMAS BarcooThere was dissension in the

ranks at the Blackall Tambo Regional Council meeting on the subject of buying a collection of historical items owned by Sally Peacock for display at the Ram Park museum.

The decision was made to obtain an independent valuation before commencing negotiations, rather than accepting the initially requested price of $40,000.

The collection includes items such as a horse drawn buggy, kitchen goods, china and glass, washing goods and army and medical equipment.

Cr Peter Skewes said he believe the collection would be an asset to Ram Park.

“If it was presented well, it would look quite good,” Cr Skewes said.

“To acquire a collection like that over a number of years would take a long, long time.”

“It’s too good an opportunity to let go to waste.”

Cr Sally Cripps said she did not believe council should proceed with the purchase, or at least not without getting the collection independently valued and consulting with other museums for advice.

”Council should not add one more item to Ram Park without first repairing buildings, cataloguing existing objects and displaying what is there,” Cr Cripps said.

“I believe there is no substance to the statement that this collection is a logical extension of the community desire to see Ram Park enhanced,” she said.

“It’s such a non-heritage thing to do- to put things in a place that don’t belong there.”

Cr Cripps said the purchase of the collection could set a dangerous precedent which council would not be able to control.

“Those people who have already donated items to Ram Park will be miffed and those who intend to donate will want money,” Cr Cripps said.

--by Victoria Nugent

Antique collection for Ram Park


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Blackall-Tambo Regional Council is seeking suitably qualified or experienced applicants for a 6 -12 months maternity leave relief placement.

The Relief Family Day Care Coordinator will be responsible for support to care providers, ensuring safe environments for children and day to day duties within the coordination unit whilst improving current high quality licence and quality assurance standards.

The successful applicant will have relevant skills, knowledge and experience in child care work practices, national standards, policies and procedures.

The successful applicant will be required to possess appropriate qualifications as listed below; Mandatory Diploma in Children’s Services or 2 year qualification in the below related areas of study;

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Blue Card for Child Related Employment; Current Queensland Drivers Licence; and Current First Aid Certificate;

Job Information Packages including position description and selection criteria can be accessed at www.btrc.qld.gov.au or by contacting Council’s Human Resources Department on (07) 4621 6600 or via email [email protected].

Written applications addressing selection criteria and marked “Private and Confidential” should be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, PO Box 21, BLACKALL QLD 4472.

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When Madeleine Wickham (her real name) writes under the pseudonym of Sophie Kinsella, we know readers will be treated to light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek humour. Under her real persona, she promises us a little more grittiness.

“The Tennis Party begins on a flat note, but gradually unfolds into more diverting situations as the characters develop from mere stereotypes into genuine people. I defy anyone to view the children’s version of The Three Little Pigs and its application to the tennis party and its tensions as anything but subversive delight. The contrast between the attitudes of the tennis party are satirically charted by Wickham, who has obviously watched many a social game and noted the side play.

Set at the time of the collapse

of Lloyd’s insurance company in England, Wickham gives a background of the financial disaster probably being enacted in European economies at present. She touches on the situation deftly, but without too much detail- just enough to open the characters as they develop into slightly different people from our initial viewpoint of them.

Pleasant holiday or weekend reading, “The Tennis Party” is a book to make us look twice at the success we all strive for in life. Snooty Charles, aristocratic Cressida, ambitious Patrick, comfortable Caroline and their interesting children and friends open readers to a more charitable viewpoint of most of them than the one with which we began. This book ties its themes to a satisfying finish.

-- Meryl Gibson

The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham

Bookworm Nook

Welcome to Bookworm Nook, a

column dedicated to book reviews

If you are an avid reader and

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Independent, please contact

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This month’s featured book is

Tennis Party, the newest book by

Madeleine Wickham, also known

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Poultry and caged birds showThe Blackall Poultry and Caged

Bird Club held its first ever Poultry and Caged Bird Show last weekend at the Blackall showgrounds with over 100 entries flocking in from towns including Blackall, Barcaldine, Longreach and Alpha.

In the poultry category the grand champion was an Old English Game Black Red owned by Phillip Einam with reserve champion going to Merv Bryant for a Modern Dame Duckwing.

Paula and Geoff Bashford

received the prize for Soft Feather Bantam Champion with a pink and white cockerel, while Mick Campbell took out the prize for Large Soft Feather champion with an Australorp cockerel.

In the caged birds section, the award for Champion Finch went to Dan Burton, Trevor Balderson received awards for Champion Budgie and Champion Canary and Cecil Frost took out the prizes for Champion Parrot and Grand Champion with his sulphur

crested cockatoo, Clarence. The Champion Pigeon was

won by the Smith family, Kelly Harlow took out the award for the Backyard Chook section and Emerson Parry was the winner of the junior section.

The poultry section was judged by John Lea, the caged birds section was judged by Peter Oakey and Peter Ballard was the judge for the pigeon section.

Cecil Frost’s cockatoo Clarence was the caged bird grand champion.

Phillip Einam was the owner of the poultry grand champion.

Brody Bashford holding the poultry reserve champion owned by Merv Bryant.

Dan Burton took out the award for the champion finch.


Back to Blackall

16-18 September

As in 1941, the “Welcome to Blackall” banner goes up again to welcome everyone back to a great weekend in the bush.

It is now only 10 weeks away, and accomodation is filling, so please take our advice to book now. We have the offer of other accomodation once motels and hotels are full, but some may be swags only! Maybe a bus could be organised to meet the train on Wednesday if numbers require. Tell us!

We are requesting that people advise the contacts below if you have friends, relatives, or just know of someone who is coming back. We need to know so we can cater for everyone! Also, if anyone has any photos that you would like to have displayed on our memories wall, please see below. Photos can be copied if you don’t want the originals to have blu-tac on them.

Contacts:Lynn Cavanagh 0746574846/ 0427042552Del Wheelhouse 0746576638

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Things are shaping up for next weekend’s Radio Plays performances with rehearsals in full swing for the vintage radio theatre event.

Each cast has been rehearsing once a week in between visits from director Ian Lawson.

Props have been gathered for the show and range from an On Air/recording sign to old microphones with the halos.

The Clocked Out Band will be arriving in Blackall on Sunday 24 July and starting rehearsals from the 26th July.

They will be using some unusual instruments and techniques for creating the sound effects of the show.

For ten years Clocked Out have produced some of Australia’s most innovative contemporary music and inter-arts projects.

Radio Plays creative collaborators Ann and Ted Gibbons have said they are happy with the level of community support the event has received so far.

“The community have well and truly got behind this project,’” Ms Gibbons said.

“Radio plays bring people together for a night out, particularly when there are local performers playing, and gives the community an experience which they may not have had previously.”

Radio Plays is presented by Queensland Music Festival, Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, Western Downs Regional Council and Clocked Out in association with M.A.I.D.2 PLAY. The Queensland Music Festival is a biennial celebration of music, with special events being held throughout the state.

The Radio Plays performances will be held on Friday July 29 and Saturday July 30 at the Blackall Cultural Centre at 7.30pm with doors opening at 6.30pm.

Each night two plays from the Miles National Radio Play will be performed, Queen Bee and the Call of the Night Parrot.

Although it is a free event, bookings are necessary with audience members able to reserve a table by phoning Blackall-Tambo Regional Council.

Dinner and drinks will be available to purchase at the venue.

Radio theatre to wow Blackall

Ann Gibbons, Murray Hilton, Alison Mobbs, Bruce Trickett, Lisa Kings, Alison McNall, Georgina Heard and Ted Gibbons at an early rehearsal in Blackall for the radio plays.

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