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Government’s joint planning and development group for outback Queensland, RAPAD (Remote Area Planning and Development), has organised an exciting new program to strengthen services to community arts and culture throughout Central West and South West Queensland, over a third of the State. RAPAD is the collective endeavour of the local governments of Barcaldine Regional Council, Barcoo Shire Council, Blackall- Tambo Regional Council, Boulia Shire Council, Diamantina Shire Council, Longreach Regional Council and Winton Shire Council. RAPAD’s new initiative is known as ‘CICADAS’, which stands for Creative Industries Culture Arts Development Assistance and Support. The CICADAS project is based here in Blackall with the generous support of the Blackall- Tambo Regional Council, and aims to make culture and the arts more accessible, substantial and tied in with our everyday lives. The project aims to develop partnerships and networks with local artists, cultural groups and community organisations to increase community capacity levels. CICADAS team leader Louise Campbell, along with Julanne Doonar and Robyn Adams, all from the Blackall region, emphasises that this project provides an opportunity for a dynamic approach in cultural services delivery. The CICADAS team wants to improve people’s access I NDEPENDENT THE BARCOO Blackall’s own community newspaper February 20 2009 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: barcooindependen [email protected] Sport on the Barcoo Page 16 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, February 20 2009 Ellerah receives Townhouse bursary - page 5 Opening School Mass - page 9 Barcaldine Swim Club hosted it’s annual ‘Outback Oasis’ Long Course meet on Saturday, February 14. Blackall sent a team of twelve swimmers to compete in over 100 events on the day. Clubs from the Central West, Highlands, Rockhampton and Roma attended the meet, ensuring a high level of competition was enjoyed across all age groups. Bridget Dendle and Lauren Meehan-Johnson excelled in their respective age groups to take out runner-up Age Champions. Jamee Johnson and Harley Kowald- Dawson performed well enough in their individual freestyle events to qualify for the skins held at the conclusion of the meet. The six fastest freestyle times in the under 12 and open age groups are selected to compete in a skins event with a total prize pool of $1200. Competitors swim 50 metre freestyle with the slowest swimmer dropping out. Two minutes rest is allowed in between each swim until a winner is decided. Jamee came an impressive third place in her division, with Harley taking out sixth place in the open males. Individual places are as follows: Rosie Alexander – buttery 8 th , breastroke 7 th , backstroke 3 rd , freestyle 4 th , Bridget Dendle – Blackall swimmers at Barcaldine Outback Oasis Long Course meet In ‘A’ singles Roy Black proved a bit too consistent for Rob Doyle, leading all the way after leading 26-10 on 16 ends. He went on to win 31-19. In ‘B’ singles Ron Robinson got away to a ying start against Lou Kelly, leading 13-2 after 9 ends. But then the wheels fell off and he stayed on 14 for the next 9 ends, allowing Lou to race to a 21-14 lead and go on to win 32-19. In another game of ‘B’ singles between Julie Blucher and Gumby Chapman, Julie put up an amazing performance after being down 24-7 after 18 ends with the game looking all over. She then produced a great spell of bowling to be only 30-27 behind after 37 ends. However, Gumby nally got 1 shot on the 38 th end, to win 31- 27. In pairs, Col Pngst and Dally Holden got away to a good start, leading Dave and John Carter 10- 1 after 6 ends. Some good bowls from the Carters saw the score at 14-13 after 15 ends. A couple of lucky shots and some more good bowling saw Col and Dally draw away to win 23-13. Sets of nine ends next week: G. Whiteld v J. Blucher, spotter R. Doyle. In ‘A’ singles, G. MacNamara v J. Turner, spotter R. Blucher, J. Carter v T. Hayward, spotter R. Robinson, L. Kelly v Mal McKellar, spotter D. Holden. In ‘B’ singles, D. Carter v J. Bowyer, spotter D. Daly. Games begin at 8.30am. – Dally Good bowling and lucky shots Alex Choyce and Jeff Russell (St Brendans College) from Blackall were selected to play for the Comets Under 16 side. Queensland’s talented youngsters will play for the Cyril Connell Cup, featuring teams from Central Queensland (Comets), Wide Bay, Townsville and the Northern Territory. The Comets played Wide Bay in a curtain raiser to the Comets - Broncos game on Saturday February 14 at Browne Park with Comets U16s running out winners 36 to 6. Below: Alex Choyce and Jeff Russell from Blackall who played in the Junior Comets U16 competition against Wide Bay at Browne Park on February 14. Comets under 16s The CICADAS team consists of (from left) Louise Campbell, Julanne Doonar and Robyn Adams CICADAS for regional art and culture buttery 5 th , breastroke 3 rd , backstroke 1 st , freestyle 1 st , Zach Frost – buttery 4 th , breastroke 4 th , backstroke 3 rd , freestyle 4 th , AJ Hauff – buttery 3 rd , breastroke 3 rd, backstroke 5 th , freestyle 5 th , Jamee Johnson – buttery 3 rd , breastroke 4 th , backstroke 3 rd , freestyle 3 rd , Jemma Jones – buttery 10 th , breastroke 10 th , backstroke 9 th , freestyle 10 th , Harley Kowald- Dawson – buttery 4 th , breastroke 3 rd , backstroke 3 rd , freestyle 3 rd , Joshua McErlean – buttery 4 th , breastroke 4 th , backstroke 4 th , freestyle 5 th , Kaitlyn McErlean – buttery 16 th , breastroke 17 th , backstroke 15 th , freestyle 14 th , LaurenMeehan-Johnson–buttery 2 nd , breastroke 3 rd , backstroke 2 nd , freestyle 2 nd , Lilly Richardson – buttery 5 th , breastroke 5 th , backstroke 4 th , freestyle 4 th , Carly Thomson – buttery 9 th , breastroke 12 th , backstroke 12 th , freestyle 12 th . Blackall Amateur Swimming Club will be hosting the Central West Championships on Saturday March 7. Club championships date will be set shortly. – Rowan Hunnam to quality arts and cultural experiences, and strengthen local communities, organisations, governments and councils to deliver vibrant, accessible and sustainable arts and cultural services in the region. CICADAS will develop a plan for the future of arts and cultural services in regional Queensland, towards improved strategic approaches to funding and coordination of resources, and an increased understanding of the needs of regional arts and culture. The three team members are experienced in creative industries and feel that their combined areas of expertise and energy will produce good results. “We felt that we would be doing the job justice working as a team, by reaching every part of the region and servicing communities adequately”, Louise said. “It is an honour to be involved with this pilot program, I feel very lucky”. “It feels great to be able to work with higher levels of government and to know that what we hear from people at a grassroots level will help us to embrace and assist with the right resources”. The CICADAS are keen to get out into the Central and South West region and investigate the needs of communities, build strong connections and facilitate the development of culture and the arts. “We want to be creative”, Louise said. They have certainly done that so far. “The project name CICADAS was chosen as communities, like cicadas, have constantly changing and vibrant colours”. “Each community has its own characteristics and vibrant bubbles of existence”. “Cicadas also make a lot of noise and that is what we will be doing: making noise about this program”, Louise said. The team’s rst step is to promote CICADAS as a combined initiative so that people are aware of its existence. Longer-term, CICADAS hope to get people thinking more laterally about culture and the arts, creating balanced growth and a more sustainable industry. “After all, if we were to take culture and the arts out of our communities there would be very little left”, said Louise.

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