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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, June 3, 2011

SPORT ON THE BARCOOThe competition was close

with plenty of interceptions and near misses at the teacher student basketball competition held at the Blackall State School last Friday to close out State Education Week.

The Educators took on Team One, who were selected as the winner of the student basketball competition held throughout the week.

The Educators were quick off the mark with Mykala Balderson shooting the ball through the hoop to score the first points.

Team One fought back however, with JJ Spencer scoring a shot not long afterwards.

The competition remained close with many interceptions from each team and several near misses for both the Educators and Team One before Harley Kowald-Dawson scored to put the Educators back in the lead for a half time score of 4-2.

The second half was hard fought by Team One, but the Educators triumphed with a final score of 10-6.

--Victoria Nugent

Teachers triumph in basketball competition

Kyle McPaul was in fine form attempting to block Glenda Tierney.

Prac teaching student Harley Kowald Dawson dribbles the ball towards the hoop with Eden Chapman coming in to defend.

In sets of nine ends played last Sunday at the Blackall Bowls Club, Julie Blucher was in rare form, demolishing Greg MacNamara in straight games 9-1 and 10-1.

Col Pfingst didn’t fare much better against son Mitch, losing 12-2 in the first set, winning the next 6-5 but losing the last set 11-1.

In handicap singles, Woody had a day out against Tex Hayward, who found the 16 start too hard

to pull back he scored 8 on the last seven ends, still going down 31-21.

In social play Lauretta and Wayne were too good for Judy and Hazel, winning 18-10. The Brown family fought out the other game with Charley and Trevor defeating Leroy and Tracy 10-5,

Next Sunday pairs and B singles will be played at the Blackall Bowls Club from 9:30am with social play available and visitors welcome.

Any players who wish to play in pairs and trebles are asked to submit their names this week so the draws can be finalised.

In pairs, J Bowyer and R Browning to play C and M Pfingst, Tex Hayward and L Kelly to play J and R Blucher.

In B singles, D Daly to play P Fry with spotter H McHugh.

--Dally Holden

Julie Blucher in fine form in bowls

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Heartland festival off and running

Paul Costa live on ABC radio with presenter Nicole Bond in front of the Visitor Information Centre on Friday.

Enthusiastic crowds and full classes have given the 2011 Heartland Festival the thumbs up at the opening weekend in Blackall.

Festival president Danielle Butler said tourists and locals alike had been very complimentary about the entertainment the event offered.

“We throw a good dose of bush hospitality into a program that any city festival would be proud to own, and are really showing what Blackall has to offer,” she said.

Around 300 people braved a cool Saturday evening to sample the international flavours on offer at the food and music fiesta at the showgrounds and then went on to enjoy the live concert by country music stars Paul Costa and Victoria Baillie.

“The multicultural flavours were well received,” Danielle said.

“People liked the red meat menus – it’s something different that we can do well with sponsors like Tendabeef and Silverwood

Organics, so that will be back next year,” she said.

“And most of the band that played is heading to Nashville to record this week, so we had world class entertainment here.”

“It has really laid a good foundation for an even bigger and better event next year.”

Nearly 100 glowing lanterns, featuring a radiant red sun and luminous blue stars, was another highlight of the night.

“The kids in the parade had a ball,” said organiser Karla Ward. “A few of them didn’t get a chance to make a lantern at a workshop but they loved joining in the spectacle in front of the crowd.”

The lanterns were created under the guidance of Sunshine Coast tutor Tamara Kirby and funded by the Regional Arts Development Fund.

Blackall’s Living Arts Centre has had a “house full” sign out as well, with 14 students from Gracemere, Tambo, Barcaldine and local areas making the most of skilled drawing

tutor Cees Sliedrecht.“He has been touching on what

are new techniques for most of us, sketching with pen and ink,” said Tambo’s Cassie Swanson.

Cassie was one of the prizewinners announced at the Heartland art exhibition opening on Friday night, receiving the award for best local artist.

Lesley Heatley was second in this section.

Roslyn Dux from Southport and Aramac’s Mylinda Rogers were each dual winners on the night – Roslyn for the landscape and open subject categories and Mylinda for contemporary paintings and 3D works.

Windorah artist Margaret Stevenson won the miniature category and Brian Harris from Southport collected the prize for portraiture.

Festival patron Gina Fairfax described the evening as another example of Blackall’s amazing coverage of the arts.continued page 3.

by SALLY CRIPPS

Blackall’s children line up for the lantern parade with the lanterns made at workshops during the week.

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From the Editor

After the Remote Area Planning and Development Board meeting in Longreach, I drove to a meeting in Toowoomba in regard to the reduction of logging in Queensland’s cypress forests, which was held on Thursday May 18. The Queensland State Government remains committed to reduction of available logging areas and to creating more state forest areas. The five regional councils involved have reiterated their concerns for the social and economic welfare of communities in which logging and milling are conducted and will continue to lobby the Government on this matter.

Travelling on to Brisbane I was able to attend a meeting, on behalf of the Remote Area Planning and Development Board and Local Government, with AgForce in regard to the compounding escalation of state government rental on leasehold grazing lands. As this was an inaugural meeting there will be further developments to report. The impacts of excessive costs on landholders will have a direct effect on local governments.

The 2011 Heartland Festival has been underway for four days. My apology to the committee for being unable to attend the opening days of the festival this year.

I was able to open the Arts Yakka workshop in Tambo on May 28. This was a wonderful opportunity

for local arts council members and state and regional board members to get together with the Arts Queensland Chief Executive Officer Arthur Frame and Queensland Youth Arts representative Duncan Maurice, who will also be working and attending the Blackall Shockwave Festival. I participated in the first session facilitated by Dr Ros Derrett OAM titled “Successful Events”. This proved to be a most interesting session indeed. The

Queensland Arts Council has for 50 years supported regional and remote communities through a range of performance programs and visual art exhibitions. They also manage funding from both state and federal governments for regional programs.

A performance by comedian Dr Mark Bin Bakar will be held at the Blackall Show Grounds on Friday night. The Shockwave Festival in Blackall and the Tambo race meeting will bring the action packed week to a close. Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business, Jan Jarrat will be in attendance at the Shockwave Festival on Saturday.

Funding applications to Emergency Services Queensland have been both successful and unsuccessful. Blackall SES were successful in gaining funding of $2386.37 to replace the doors on their SES Building while Tambo SES were unsuccessful in their application to improve their building.

--Jan Ross

FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK

Last weekend Blackall was kept busy with all the Heartland festival events, and this weekend is likely to be equally full with the Shockwave festival providing plenty of entertainment. There’s certainly no reason to say that there’s nothing to do in Blackall.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted information to me over the past weeks. It has made a busy job substantially easier.

Keep the stories, tip-offs, date claimers, letters to the editor and other information coming!

I am particularly enjoying these festival events as they are providing me with an opportunity to meet people from around the district who I haven’t had the chance to get to know before. As always, I welcome any suggestions about things that you would like to see in the newspaper and appreciate

any feedback that you choose to give me. I would also like to encourage businesses within the community to please advertise. It is advertising that allows us to sustain the paper. I have received positive feedback about the use of colour in the Barcoo Independent, but it is only through colour advertising bookings that we can afford to print these occasional coloured editions.

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide June 5- June 11ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday June 8

5:00 Talking Heads5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 For the Juniors10:15 Cyberchase10:30 Behind the News11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Everest ER2:00 Jeeves and Wooster3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Mr Bean6:25 Message Stick6:55 Wallace And Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 Angry Boys9:30 Hungry Beast10:00 At the Movies10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:30 Winter in Yellowstone12:25 Three Men in a Boat

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: McBride: Requiem2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Toybox4:00 It’s Academic4:30 Seven News5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Highway Patrol8:00 World’s Deadliest Roads8:30 Criminal Minds10:30 Detroit 1-8-711:30 Stag12:00 Style by Jury12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 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 Big Bang Theory8:00 Mike and Molly8:30 RPA9:30 BIG10:30 Embarrassing Bodies11:30 The New Adventures of Old Christine12:00 Eclipse Music TV12:30 Prime Time: What Would You Do?1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Alive and Cooking3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music

5:05 International News

1:00 Movie: Me, You, Them

3:00 Parent Rescue

3:30 Letters and Numbers

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village


6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Inspector Rex

8:30 Catastrophe: Snowball

Earth


10:00 Movie: Breathless

12:25 Movie: One Stays, the

Other Leaves

2:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

Thursday June 9

4:55 National Press Club Address6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Real Chinese10:15 Being Chinese10:50 Me Voila! 11:00 Ancient Megastructures12:00 Midday Report12:30 The Prisoner1:25 Lead Balloons2:00 Jeeves and Wooster3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 TBA6:25 Message Stick7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst8:30 On Trial9:30 The Baker Boys: Inside The Surge 10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:30 Live from Abbey Road12:20 Movie: Farenheit 451 2:10 Movie: Desert Passage3:10 Arctic Exposure with Nigel Marven4:00 The Bill

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Final Approach2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 How I Met Your Mother8:30 Grey’s Anatomy9:30 Desperate Housewives10:30 Private Practice11:30 30 Rock12:00 Heroes1:00 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 Big Bang Theory7:30 RBT8:30 Between the Lines9:30 The NRL Footy Show11:15 The AFL Footy Show1:00 French Open Tennis Highlights2:00 Danoz Direct3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Don Matteo2:30 Dateline3:30 Letters and Numbers4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Italian Food Safari8:00 Lyndey and Blair’s Taste of Greece8:30 Heston’s Feasts9:30 World News Australia10:05 Movie: Intimate Enemies12:00 Movie: The Red Cockatoo2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight

Friday June 10

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 Writers on Writing10:50 Ace Day Jobs11:00 Catalyst11:30 One Plus One12:00 Midday Report12:30 Midsomer Murders2:10 World’s Greenest Homes3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 TBA6:25 Message Stick7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Collectors8:30 Taggart9:20 Hustle10:20 Lateline11:00 Home Time11:35 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Final Approach2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Children’s Programs4:00 It’s Academic4:30 News at 4:305:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 AFL St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs11:45 That 70s Show 12:15 Alan Sugar: The Apprentice1:35 Rhythm Of Life: 24 Hours On A Coral Reef2:35 Room for Improvement 3:00 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 Big Bang Theory7:30 St George Illawarra Dragons vs Gold Coast Titans9:45 Movie: Run Fatboy Run11:45 Movie: The Wicker Man1:45 Movie: The Gumball Rally3:45 Nine Presents Slash4:00 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch5:05 International News1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Insight2:30 Journos3:00 Living Black3:30 Letters and Numbers4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Coast8:30 As It Happened: The Last Nazis9:30 World News Australia10:05 Indie Sex: Extreme Cinema11:20 Movie: 199 Tips to be Happy1:05 Entourage1:35 South Park2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

Saturday June 11

5:00 rage10:00 rage Guest Programmer: Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer11:00 Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory12:00 Collectors12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 The Trophy Room2:00 Rugby League Qld Cup Ipswich Vs Easts4:00 Pilot Guides5:00 Bowls: Moama Tri-Series6:00 Can We Help?6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 ABC News7:30 Doctor Who8:15 Doctor Who: Confidential Cutdown8:30 Outcasts9:30 A Quiet Word with Carrie Fisher10:00 The Graham Norton Show10:45 Durham County11:40 rage Guest Programmer: Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Castaway11:30 Legend of Enyo12:00 V8 Extra12:30 That 70s Show1:30 Hawks Active2:00 AAMI Stradbroke Cup 4:00 AUSTRALIA SMASHES GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS4:30 What’s Up Down Under5:00 Creek to Coast5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 Hook Line and Sinker7:00 AFL Geelong Cats vs Hawthorn10:30 Secret Mediterranean 11:35 Louis Theroux1:00 Movie: Thirteen3:05 Guardians Of The Wild

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today9:00 Danoz Direct10:00 Antiques Roadshow10:30 Your 4x411:00 Kids’ WB2:30 Movie: Snow Job4:30 Discover Down Under5:00 News: First at Five5:30 Your 4x46:00 National News6:30 Funniest Home Videos7:30 Movie: Arthur and the Invisibles9:30 Movie: The Castle11:15 Movie: Enough1:40 Movie: The Awakening3:30 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo4:00 Danoz Direct5:30 Wesley Impact

5:00 Weatherwatch5:05 International News1:00 Concert Schönbrunn 20112:25 Notes on the Other2:30 David Bailey: Four Beats to the Bar4:25 The Chopin Preludes4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?6:30 World News Australia7:30 Monster Moves8:30 Iron Chef9:20 RocKwiz10:05 Movie: Tell No One12:20 SOS1:20 Life’s a Zoo1:50 Drawn Together2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight


Barcoo Independent TV Guide June 5 - June 11ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday June 5

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 Birds of Paradise3:00 Trumbo4:30 Silly And Serious: William Robinson And Self Portraits5:00 Art Nation5:30 Mr Bean5:40 Doctor Who6:30 Dance Academy7:00 ABC News7:30 Mountain Gorilla: Kingdom In The Clouds8:30 The Kennedys9:55 Compass10:25 Strictly Speaking10:55 The Street11:55 Order in the House12:55 Luminous1:25 Foyle’s War3:00 Air Australia4:00 The Bill

6:00 Children’s Programs

7:00 Weekend Sunrise

10:00 The Amazing Race

11:00 Minute to Win It

12:00 Movie: Johnson Family

Vacation

2:00 AFL North Melbourne vs

Adelaide

5:00 Guide to the Good Life

5:30 Great South East

6:00 Seven News

6:30 Dancing With The Stars

8:30 Downton Abbey

9:40 Castle

10:40 Beyond the Darklands

11:40 The First 48

12:35 Louis Theroux

1:35 Medical Rookies

2:00 Home Shopping

3:00 NBC Today

4:00 NBC Meet the Press

6:00 Children’s Programs

7:00 Weekend Today

10:00 Wide World of Sports

11:00 The Sunday Footy Show

12:00 The Sunday Roast

1:00 French Tennis Open Highlights

2:00 In Their Footsteps

3:00 Fishing Australia

4:00 South Sydney Rabbitohs v

Melbourne Storm

6:00 National News

6:30 In Their Footsteps

7:30 60 Minutes

8:30 The Mentalist

9:30 Rescue Special Ops

11:25 The Guardian

12:20 Super League

2:20 Nine Presents Amy Meredith

2:30 Danoz Direct

3:30 4WD TV

4:00 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music7:00 International News10:30 Football Asia11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature12:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine Program12:30 Speedweek2:00 E2 Energy3:00 Darwin’s Lost Paradise4:00 Little Mosque on the Prairie4:30 Living Black5:00 Cycling Central6:00 Thalassa: Requiem for the Bluefin Tuna6:30 World News Australia7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?8:30 Dateline9:30 Cutting Edge: Kill/Capture10:30 Movie: The Charlemagne Code12:35 Movie: Tais-Toi!2:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

Monday June 6

5:00 Art Nation5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Backyard Science10:25 Atoms Alive10:40 Postcards from Bangladesh10:50 Mosaic: Eyes on the World11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Monarch of the Glen1:30 Cheese Slices2:00 Jeeves and Wooster3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Mr Bean6:25 Message Stick6:55 Wallace And Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:15 Media Watch9:35 Q & A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 MDA12:30 The Clinic1:25 Movie: The Vicious Circle3:00 Bowls: Moama International Tri Series

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Lone Rider 2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Toybox4:00 It’s Academic4:30 Seven News5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away 7:30 No Ordinary Family8:30 The Amazing Race Australia9:30 Brothers and Sisters10:30 My Big Friggin’ Wedding11:30 Ocean Force12:00 Louis Theroux1:00 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 Big Bang Theory8:00 Come Fly With Me8:30 Rescue Special Ops10:30 CSI Miami11:30 The New Adventures of Old Christine12:00 Super Rugby Extra Time1:00 French Open Tennis Highlights2:00 Danoz Direct3:00 4WD TV3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch5:05 International News1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Dateline2:30 Insight3:30 Letters and Numbers4:00 The Journal4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial5:00 The Crew5:30 Living Black6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Mythbusters8:30 Man vs Wild9:30 World News Australia10:00 South Park10:30 Cast Offs11:30 The World Game12:30 Living Black1:00 Movie: Kings2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

Tuesday June 7

5:00 Travel Oz5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Behind the News10:25 What I Wrote10:30 Magic of Making10:35 Designers10:50 Ace Day Jobs11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 Time Team1:30 Meerkat Manor2:00 Jeeves and Wooster3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Mr Bean6:25 Message Stick6:55 Wallace And Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 My Family’s Crazy Gap Year9:25 QI9:55 First Tuesday Book Club 10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:30 Four Corners12:15 Media Watch12:30 Movie: The Late Edwina Black1:50 Movie: Affairs of Annabel3:00 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: Wild West Mystery 2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Medical Emergency3:30 Toybox4:00 It’s Academic4:30 Seven News5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Australia’s Got Talent9:00 Winners and Losers10:00 Parenthood11:00 Cougar Town11:30 Keeping Up With the Kardashians12:00 The Philanthropist1:00 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 Big Bang Theory8:00 Customs8:30 Sea Patrol11:30 The New Adventures of Old Christine12:00 French Open Tennis Highlights1:00 Entertainment Tonight1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 4WD TV3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch

5:05 International News

1:00 Movie: Shower

2:40 Three of Us

3:00 Living Black


4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village



7:30 Insight

8:30 Into the Universe with

Stephen Hawking: The Story of

Everything


10:00 Jump!

11:40 Movie: Hope

1:25 The Operation: Surgery

Live

2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight

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

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Biggest Morning Tea for 60s and Better

continued from page 1. “I am in awe at the dedication

and hard work the community produces to help the young people realise a future here,” Gina said.

She chose Lorraine White’s moody painting titled Smoke for the patron’s prize.

A relaxing Sunday morning drinking good coffee and enjoying the poetry and song of Brisbane’s Graham Nunn and Sheish Money, as well as the launch of Bill and Carolyn Hauff’s book about the attractions of Blackall, topped the weekend off.

The Hearty Breakfast, which

began with a brisk walk around town organized by the Blackall Walking Group, was sponsored by the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council.

Action this week moves on to the Shockwave Festival, which is bringing young people from all over Queensland to Blackall for a weekend of live music, hip hop, skating and creative activities.

Tambo will also take centre stage with the staging of the Tambo Cup race meeting on Saturday and the opening of the Heartland photography exhibition at the Grassland Art Gallery on Sunday.

Heartland festival success

Brisbane performers Graham Nunn and Sheish Money put on blues and poetry sessions throughout the weekend.

Beris Dearmer, visitor Robyn Southam from Werris Creek, NSW and Lorna Kupfer at the morning tea.

Larry and Mabel Marks, Mytle Richardson and Lorna Browning enjoying the Biggest Morning Tea

Jessie Bauer and Rose Ellison caught up at the event at 60s and Better.

Blackall residents were able to get together to raise money in the fight against cancer at the Biggest Morning Tea held at 60s and Better last Thursday.

The event raised money for the Queensland Cancer Council and saw the 60s and Better building filled with people ready to enjoy the array of homemade cakes, biscuits and slices.

Tambo visitors also attended the event, staying for a soup luncheon and a game of Deal or No Deal.

WHATS ON in 2011JUNE3 RFDS Mary G Show3-4 Health and Wellbeing Information Stalls4 Tambo Cup Races4 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner4-5 Shockwave Festival 5 Photography Exhibition Opening and Les Chansons show5 Church Bishops and Leaders’ Gathering 7 Friendship Group7 Support Your Sister8 Essentials for Business Success Workshop8 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner10 Blackall vs Barcaldine Rugby League home game11 Community Markets11-12 Machine Quilting workshop with Pauline Rogers11-12 Ian Francis Campdraft Clinic11-12 MacKillop Rural Conference for Queensland 201115 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner18 Blackall State School Trivia Night18-19 Mental Health First Aid Course22 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner25 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Casino Night25-30 Woodies Workshop29 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner

JULY2 Blackall Races2 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner6 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner9 Community Markets9 The BeeGees Tribute Show13 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner20 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner20 Garden Competition22 Anglican Ladies’ Guild Street Stall27 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 Dinner13 Community Markets17 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner24 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner25-27 Symposium on Public Art in the Non-Urban Context30 SDE Blackall Sports Skills Day31 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner

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St Joseph’s students are learning a new skill with the introduction of a signing choir, which will perform songs using Australian sign language.

The choir is being run by teacher Katie Patterson-Kane who learnt sign language during her own primary school years, and is now relearning it with the students.

Ms Patterson-Kane said she’d had a good response from the students, with numbers increasing at each practice.

“I started it because I wanted to introduce something new to the school that they hadn’t had before,” Ms Patterson-Kane said.

“It’s a skill they’re going to have for the rest of their lives that could be really beneficial to them,” she said.

The choir has begun practicing each Thursday at lunchtime and will present songs at school assemblies later in the year, with the eventual goal of participating in the Charleville Eisteddfod, Ms Patterson-Kane said.

Sign language choir

State Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt will get to experience Blackall’s Shockwave festival firsthand when she visits on Saturday.

Ms Jarratt will be in attendance at the festival between 12-1:30pm, dropping by after a prior commitment at Birdsville.

Shockwave festival organiser Brooke Newall said Ms Jarratt’s attendance was confirmed on Monday and would be great for the festival.

“It’s definitely exciting, and we’ll be able to chat with her about the future of the festival,” Ms Newall said.

Tourism minister to attend Shockwave

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SPORT ON THE BARCOOOn Saturday May 28 children

from Blackall State School and the Longreach School of Distance Education (LSODE) travelled to Longreach for the Interschool Gymkhana.

The event was held at the Longreach Pony Club Grounds with 60 riders on the day and 12 schools participating.

Tambo State School was the overall winning school to take home the Aggregate Points Shield.

Some great results from local riders were Arena Wheeler winning the P-1 ridden Age Champion, Rosie Alexander winning the Yr 3/4 Age Champion, Kaitlyn McErlean came 2nd in the Junior Secondary age group, and Sarah Aspinall tied with Jemma Volka to come 2nd in the Upper Secondary age group.

LSODE finished the day winning the Overall Champion School Trophy being the school with the highest number of points accumulated during the day, with Blackall State School coming third after Longreach State School.

Blackall State School also came third in the March Past.

Everyone participating rode exceptionally well and the sportsmanship was fantastic.

-- Lisa Alexander

LSODE students from Blackall and Yaraka travelled to compete in gymkhanaBack: Sam Pearson, Bella Joseland, Hollie Taylor, Ella Pearson, Ashley Taylor. Middle: Rosie Alexander, Alex Pearson. Front: Sydney Carter.

Rosie Alexander riding Princess at Saturday’s gymkhana.

Blackall students compete in interschool gymkhana

In rugby league, the Blackall

Magpies will play the Ilfracome

Scorpions tomorrow night in

Ilfracombe, with kickoff at 6pm.

Next weekend, Friday night

football returns to Blackall with a

fixture game between the Blackall

Magpies and the Barcaldine Sand

Goannas with barbecue dinner

and bar operating.

The evening will start with two

curtain raiser games, with St

Joseph’s and Blackall State School

senior primary teams playing at

5:30pm and the St Joseph’s and

Friday night football for BlackallBlackall State School junior

teams going head to head at

6:30pm, before the main game

kickoff at 7:30pm.

Last weekend in round 6 of the

Central West draw the Winton

Diamantina Devils defeated the

Longreach Thomson Tigers 62-

16 and the Ilfracombe Scorpions

defeated the Barcaldine Sand

Goannas 24-22.

These results leave the points

tally at Winton 10, Ilfracombe 8,

Barcaldine 4, Longreach 2 and

Blackall 0.

Do you have results or

information to contribute to the sports section?

Contact Victoria Nugent.

(07) 4657 6966barcooindependent@

gmail.com

The Barcoo Independent, Friday,June 3 2011

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Patchwork Group Machine Quilting Workshop

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Head of Churches Visit

The Anglican, Catholic and Uniting Churches of Blackall invite you to an informal gathering to meet with the Central Queensland leaders of their churches on Sunday June 5 at 5pm at the Catholic Parish Centre.

A bring and share meal will follow at 6pm.

Further information is available from Fr Matthew Moloney on 46 574105, Reverend Scott Ballment on 46 512 662 and Reverend Beth O’Neill on

46 573154.

Garage Sale from 7:30am Saturday 4 June

at 48 Thistle Street

Items for sale include wardrobe and cupboards, gas BBQ, single beds, clothes, chest of drawers, chairs,

children’s toys, fridge/freezer, Xbox games, girls’ toys etc.


Blackall State School students had a chance to show off their abilities last week in the Blackall State School’s Got Talent competition.

Heats ran throughout the week with the final held on Friday morning before a cheering crowd with visiting singers Melinda Wells and Paul Costa and principal Jason Smith as judges.

After the competition Melinda Wells selected Bill and the Prep and Year One students, Jake Richardson and Nick Kinsey and Israel Chapman and Jake Baigre to perform their acts at the Food and Music Fiesta on Saturday.

Blackall State School’s Got Talent

Bill Turner shows off his rock star skills in his performance of We Will Rock You with the Prep and Year One students.

Charley Brown, Harry Timms, Quinne Carolan and Bailey Williams performed a song and dance routine.

Jake Richardson and Nick Kinsey hammed it up with a humourous dance routine.

will be available in next week’s issue of The Barcoo Independent on June 10. Taking bookings now.Contact Victoria Nugent on (07) 4657 6966 or at [email protected]

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Earlier this year Blackall IGA began a fundraising appeal for all those affected by the recent devastating floods in the South East corner and has now raised $2137.60 for the Premier’s Flood Appeal by staff and customers.

Collection tins were placed at each checkout and customers were asked to donate their change to the appeal.

The staff of IGA also contributed with a ‘free dress day’ where staff could have a day off from their normal uniform for the cost of $10.00 and a further $10.00 for the privilege of not wearing the customary IGA cap.

Store manager Zoe Johnson said the staff raised nearly $500 on these free dress days and that the customers also donated

generously.“It was amazing to see every

day the endless generosity of our customers from young school aged children who kindly donated their change from their after school treat to many adults who would hand over $50.00 without hesitation,” Zoe said

“It was easy to see that this was a natural disaster that touched everyone and I’d like to thank our customers and staff for their support and generosity.”

Plans are underway to have a free dress day once a month with all money raised going to a different local community group.

“Blackall’s support of us is unwavering and I am dedicated to return the favour,” Zoe said.

IGA raises funds for flood appeal

The Blackall IGA staff at the Blackall Sports and Memorial Club.

Photographers across western Queensland have the chance to win a share in $8000 worth in prizes in a photography competition being run by Vast Arts and Desert Channels.

The Channel Country Photography competition asks photographers to submit photos taken within the Queensland catchment areas of the Diamantina, Georgina, Barcoo and Thomson Rivers and the Cooper Creek within the last twelve months, that are not of babies, children or pets.

Entry photographs will be shown as a part of a slide show projection on the Channel Country Photography Competition gala evening to be held on October 1 at the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach.

All prize winners will also receive a tour package from Qantas Founders Museum and Kinnon & Co and a 12 month subscription to Vast Arts Inc as well as being hung in the Kinnon & Co Historic Ol’ World Gallery in Longreach.

The winning photographs will be printed in a 2012 calendar which will be available for purchase in November 2011.

Entries attract a fee of $30 for the first photograph entered and $10 for each additional photograph.

The competition is open to visitors to the region as well as locals.

Anyone interested in more information should visit http://vastarts.net/

Photography comp for rural Qld

will be available in next week’s issue of The Barcoo Independent on June 10. Taking bookings now.Contact Victoria Nugent on (07) 4657 6966 or at [email protected]

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Lighting up the West By Paul Costa & the people of Blackall

The birds are calling, the banks are breaking, around the old BarcooWith yellow belly biting, tourists arriving, orange and purple hueWhen Mother nature deals a tough hand, we don’t back downWe’re all part of this land, feet on the ground

CHORUSWe’re gonna make Jack Howe so proud, with stars shining bright in our townTogether we will make it happen, Reach for the stars in heaven. We’re lighting up the west.

We’ve got the warm sun, the artesian basin, see the old black stumpRestoration of our Woolscour, Roy Dunn’s great goat jumpSmell of the gidgee tree when it’s about to rainSheep and cattle stations …stock on the plains.

CHORUS

A strong history of our youth making and taking up every chanceThe sense of community, we’re there for each other, helping us to advanceTogether we will move forward and take a standWe know the future of Blackall is in great hands.CHORUS tag on “Reach for the stars in heaven”

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Songwriting workshops tap into Blackall spiritCountry music singer Paul Costa last week

conducted a number of songwriting workshops with the people of Blackall with the result a song created especially for the Heartland Festival.

Mr Costa held workshops with the Sing Australia Blackall Choir, St Joseph’s Catholic School and Blackall State School with each group contributing lyrics and information to the creation of the song, entitled “Lighting up the West.”

The song’s debut performance, by Mr Costa and workshop attendees, was at the Heartland Festival’s Food and Music Fiesta held at the showgrounds on Saturday night.

The workshops were supported by the Australian Government through Festivals Australia and the Regional Development Program of the Queensland Government: Events Queensland.

The songs started will be continued with assistance from Melinda Wells, with performances anticipated in the acoustic lounge of the Shockwave Youth Arts Festival.

Blackall residents gathered for the songwriting workshop with Paul Costa held at the Living Arts Centre.

The debut performance of “Lighting up the West”, a song written by Blackall community members with Paul Costa, at the Food and Music Fiesta on Saturday night.

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It was a blast from the past last Friday at the Barcoo Independent office when the daughter of a former owner of the newspaper popped by for a visit.

Colette Braithwaite, now based in Roma, is the daughter of Roy Darwen who ran the Barcoo Independent from 1950 to 1981 when he sold it to Lloyd Marshall.

Ms Braithwaite and her sister Julie completed their education in Blackall and used to operate Colette’s Salon, a hairdressing business in the town.

Ms Braithwaite had been travelling around Queensland with her husband when she returned to her home town.

Ms Braithwaite said Blackall had a population of around 300 when she lived in town and though it had changed considerably since she moved away in 1973, she still thought it had a great atmosphere.

“I think Blackall looks very pretty and I love all the trees,” Mrs

Braithwaite said.Mr Darwen bought the Barcoo

Independent from Jack Scully in 1950 and the family lived in a cream house opposite the railway station, with the newspaper office located next door.

In those days the Barcoo Independent operated with six staff, all typesetting was done manually and the business doubled as a printery for the town, printing racing forms, wedding invitations, show schedules and docket books as well as the newspaper, according to Ms Braithwaite.

“People used to order personalised Christmas cards and we’d print them,” she said.

“I helped my father out with a lot of the job printing. We used to have special gold dust for wedding invitations, and it was a bit special.”

--Victoria Nugent

Barcoo Independent reminisces

Colette Braithwaite paid a visit to the Barcoo Independent and shared her memories of the former newspaper office during the 1950s and 60s.

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Blackall-Tambo councillors and senior management have been undertaking a series of road inspections during May to see firsthand the damage done to the region’s infrastructure through the unprecedented wet season just passed.

Chief executive officer Ken Timms said councillors had covered two-thirds of the region on their trips.

“We are very aware of the ongoing inconvenience for commuters and people trying to move stock about,” he said.

“Council has identified a number of priorities and has put in a submission for $20 million worth of damage. Once the funding is approved, we are geared up to get out and rectify a lot of the damage.”

Mr Timms added that if any high risk issues were left unattended in the meantime, council was keen to be kept informed by the public so emergent works could happen.

--Sally Cripps

Road inspections

Councillors and staff having a smoko break at the Scrubby Creek recreation club.

Inspecting the damage on the Neverfail Road.


Art showcased in Blackall

Cassie Swanson and Marilyn Hobbs travelled from Tambo for the art exhibition opening.

Sponsor Ashley Adams of TendaBeef and Clinton Sondergeld were enjoying the evening.

Andrew King of Silverwood Organics and Ronald Noble caught up at the exhibition opening.

Fiona Fairfax, Emma Turner, Angela Strohmayr and patron Gina Fairfax enjoying the event.

Sonja Grava, Kerry Blyth and Dorothy Skinn caught the bus from Barcaldine for a girls’ night out.

Ted Scholes, Kathy Scholes and Sally Campbell at the exhibtion in front of Sally’s paintings.


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Sustainable gardening comes to Blackall Blackall residents got out their green

thumbs on Tuesday for the sustainable gardening day, held as part of the Heartland festival.

Around 65 people attended the workshop which started in the morning at the CWA Hall before moving to Jim and Jill Taylor’s home in Bedford Street for a healthy lunch and practical demonstration.

Visiting artists joined the group for the luncheon, after spending part of the morning sketching in the Taylors’ garden.

Workshop facilitator Leonie Shanahan travelled from the Sunshine Coast to conduct the day which featured information on topics such as composting, worm farms, no dig gardening and green manure crops.

Ms Shanahan said she was pleased with the response she had received from participants.

“There were a lot more people here than I expected,” Ms Shanahan said.

Workshop organiser Lindy Hardie said she had received a lot of positive feedback and that the practical demonstrations were particularly popular.

“Hopefully everyone’s gone home to aspire to build worm farms and compost heaps,” Lindy said.

Anja Moss and Kerry Edmistone enjoy lunch in the sun during the Heartland Festival sustainable gardening day.

Leonie Shanahan shows participants at the sustainable gardening day how to build a worm farm.


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PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN MARY (NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL)O most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruit of the vine, splendorous of heaven.Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea help me and show me herein you are my mother.O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of heaven and earth I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity. There are none that can withstand your power.O show me here you are my mother.O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (say three times).Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (say three times). Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine.This prayer must be said for three days and after that the request will be granted and the prayer must be published.

Under 8s Day at St Joseph’sThe beach came to the bush for this year’s Under

8s Day at St Joseph’s Primary School with students from St Joseph’s, Blackall State School and Blackall Kindergarten coming together for a range of activities.

Children enjoyed making hula skirts and leis, dancing, thong throwing competitions, sandcastle making and creating nature collages.

The police, ambulance and fire services were all on hand to help out with the day with some information sessions.

Adam McEwan and Lachlan Davison were creating nature collages.

Logan Newman enjoying bubble blowing.

Darcy Schragg, Declan Hayman, Brayden Dunne, Neeka Boyd, Clay Dunne and Macey Bird enjoying the pancakes they made with Sergeant Trickett.


A total of 742 head were yarded at the weekly fat and store sale at Blackall. Due to the low numbers and depressed prime prices of recent weeks a patchy yarding of cattle resulted. There were no heavy bullocks in the yarding with the heaviest steers weighing 560kg.

The fat cows yarded were of fair quality whilst in the store descriptions there were some useful lines of cattle. The buyer’s panel was reduced because of the small yarding and the store prices were easier in some descriptions as a result.

CW and GM Prow ‘Glenora’ Blackall sold a no. 9 Charolais bullock 162c/kg weighing 640kg $1038.

JM and JD Chandler, ‘Kynenton’ Barcaldine sold a very good line of no. 9 Santa steers. They topped at 155c/kg weighing 586kg making

$909 to average 153c/kg weighing 557kg making $854.

JA and AM Sprague, ‘Neverfail’ Blackall sold steers for 155c/kg weighing 639kg to $991 to average 150c/kg weighing 566kg making $849.

Ross and Sons “Vacy” Yaraka sold Santa Steers 420kg for 180.2c/kg returning $758.

Latrobe Grazing “Norwood” Blackall sold cows which weighed 538 kg to average 136.2c/kg and return $733.59 per head.

Homecreek Pastoral yarded some good Santa cows that topped at 138.2c/kg weighing 608kg and returning $841.

Ross and Sons, ‘Vacy’ Yaraka sold Santa cows for 136.2c/kg weighing 586kg to return $798.

Pink Hills Pastoral Co, ‘Politic’ Aramac sold Droughtmaster cows to a top of 135c/kg weighing 533kg making $721 to average

124c/kg weighing 501kg making $623. They sold some no. 8 and no. 9 Charolais x heifers for 138c/kg weighing 451kg making $624. While the no. 0 Droughtmaster heifers made 191c/kg weighing 335kg making $640.

Inkerman Grazing, ‘Hathaway’ Barcaldine sold a good line of Santa and Charolais x weaner steers topping at 226c/kg weighing 253kg making $574.

Akunam Pastoral Co, ‘Ercildone’, Tambo sold a line of Charolais x male calves for 217.2ckg for 225kg to return $489.

Avery Trading Emmet, Isisford sold Santa Steers for 220c/kg weighing 229kg making $504.

Inkerman Grazing “Hathaway” Barcaldine sold Droughtmaster weaner heifers 196c/kg weighed 224kg making $446.

Market report

St Josephs’ Got Talent

Emily Bird and Emma Birse show off their hula hooping skills.

Sequoia Tapim and Jasamine Alexander performed a duet.

Hannah Lipsett won a Best Dressed award with the clown costume she wore for her joke routine.

St Joseph’s Primary School students showcased their abilities at Tuesday afternoon’s St Josephs’ Got Talent competition.

An audience of parents and community members gathered to watch the competition hosted by MC Phoebe Allpass before judges Aimee Donohue, Sam Fletcher and Fr Ronaldo Rodriguez selected the final winners, who each received a “frog in the pond” dessert.

First place for an individual went to Max Schutt for his whipcracking, while first place for a group was awarded to Charlie

Schutt, Matthew Allpass, Rowan Davison and Billy Banks, also for whipcracking.

In second place was singer Kate Lipsett, stunt duo Slater Spinks and Riley Hinds and dance group Sammy Donnelly, Kayla Carter, Lauren Butler and Georgia Hayman.

Tied in third place were Rudd Choyce for his joke routine and Sequoia Tapim and Jasamine Alexander for their singing performance with Hannah Lipsett and Emily Bird and Emma Birse awarded Best Dressed prizes.


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Food and Music Fiesta livens up Saturday night

Tom Reddy and Tim Franzmann were serving up Greek lamb at the St Joseph’s food stall.

Scott Parry and Stewart Benson catch up at the Food and Music Fiesta on Saturday night.

Tim and Fiona Ludgate sample some of the night’s food. Sam Harlow and Jess Walker enjoying the event.

Duncan Grant and Valma Wood catch up by the bar. Victoria Baillie keeping the crowd entertained.


Whole economy rump only $4.99kgPrimo BBQ sausages $3.99kg

Kleenex Toilet roll 48pk $21.50eathat is only $0.48c per roll

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Joe Abbott, Jack Burgess and Steph Burgess enjoying the evening at the Food and Music Fiesta.

Cindy Morgan, Ron Morgan and Clinton Choyce take the opportunity to catch up.

Shockwave artists Claire Rawlins, Melly Niotakis and organiser Brooke Newall warm up with a coffee.

Accomplished artist Cees Sliedrecht was the judge for the art exhibition, pictured with Glenis Hilary of Yarra.

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