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Sara Aspinall off to Malaysia for Mounted Games - page 12
INDEPENDENTTHE BARCOO
Blackall’s own community newspaper
Page 12 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, September 4 2009
September 4 2009 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]
SPORT ON THE BARCOO
– Rowan Hunnam
In pairs last Sunday at the Blackall bowls club, Ross Browning and John Bowyer had a fairly easy win over Ron Robinson and Dally Holden 27-11. John Bowyer bowled unbeatable bowls for the first 10 ends.
In handicap singles Tex Hayward proved too solid for Mitch Pfingst winning 31-18.
In another good game of handicap singles between Col Pfingst and Wayne Richardson, Col did all the hard work to make up the 11 shot handicap to go into the lead 25-23 after 29 ends. Col then lost the next 4 ends to lose 31-25.
It was nice to see a good group of social bowlers turn up again.
This week in handicap singles M Chapman will play W Richardson with spotter D Holden. G Whitfield will go up against T Hayward with spotter M McKellar. C and M Pfingst are set to play J Turner and Woody in the weekend pairs while D Carter and J Bowyer are playing sets of nine with spotter R Doyle.
There will be social rinks available. Games will start at 9.30am.
– Dally
(BY THE MOON) from Ken Ring of www.predictweather.com Little or no rain is again expected this month for the district. Temperatures should
rise to a maximum of 28 degrees C and minimum of 9 degrees C. The barometer may be high in the first week and again mid month. The highest maximum reached may be on or near the new moon on September 19. Over the month, the barometer may average about 1019mbs. Relative humidity at 9am may average 32%. Windier times may be around September 20 and 25.
Longrange Weather Predictions: Blackall September 1 - 31 2009
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Record-breaking August temperatures
The urge was just too great to have a go at rugby league after 12 years without playing a game. When I was coaching the Blackall schools rugby league team earlier in the year, I didn’t think I was going to be inspired by a bunch of 11 and 12 year old boys to become a Magpie. A little bit of encouragement from Jeremy Barron and a whole lot of courage was enough from me to turn up to training two weeks before the game.
Finally the big day arrived: Saturday – game day. After trying to keep myself busy with many odd jobs around the house and watching replays from Friday night football, human nature took over and feelings I hadn’t felt for a long time (like knots and butterflies in the stomach) started to kick in at about 4:30pm. It was now time to go to the showgrounds.
It was an amazing feeling pulling on the Blackall jersey for the first time. The number 1 jersey was thrown to me by Brett Hayman, from across the room. I accepted his request as a challenge and an honour to wear a jersey and a number that would have been worn by many great Blackall men before me.
After getting ready in the sheds and warming up with the boys, time came for me to mentally prepare for the run onto the field. I had never had this feeling before. Running from behind the grandstand in front of the local crowd the hairs on the back of my neck stood to attention and goose bumps ran up my back. This was it, time had come. It had been too long.
Blackall’s defence was better than the Magpie mascot could defend
its nest in spring. The line could not be broken as Barron, Wemyss, Matt from the pool, Chris Nevil and others put their body on the line time and time again crunching the Tambo men into the ground and forcing the ball loose. Our defence was so good that I didn’t touch the ball from a kick return once or make a cover defensive tackle in the whole first half. My highlight for the first half was setting-up the first try. I jumped into dummy half after the scrum and passed the ball to Ady Walker who then ran 40 metres to score the try. I know it was 40 metres but I did throw the pass. Before I knew, it was half time and Matt McLane, Beau and the impressive Matt Wemyss had crossed for tries and all seemed too easy.
In the second half our superstar half-back Matt needed a rest and I had to answer the call from the coach to lead the team at half back. What an honour! Guy was already doing a good job in Matt’s absence so all I had to do was catch the ball and pass it onto some big forwards to run into the defensive line. Maybe Matt should have stayed on the field, because I don’t think a try was scored in his absence. It was fantastic to have a go at 7 and to touch the ball and help with some tackles. Soon it was all over and we had comprehensively flogged Tambo 54 to 8. The crowd was happy, the team was happy and the 32-year old principal had one of the times of his life and survived. Thank you Blackall.
When is game two??– Tim Franzmann
Blackall v Tambo - Player’s View Part 1: Tim Franzmann
Heartland Church, a decade in the making
Record temperatures were set in both Blackall and Tambo last month after most of Queensland and Australia sweltered in unseasonal conditions.
Temperatures recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology show that August 2009 will go down in the record books as Australia’s warmest August, while winter was only 0.01 degrees Celcius away from setting a record as well.
Dr David Walland of the Bureau of Meteorology National Climate Centre said “August was a most extraordinary month, with Australian mean temperatures 2.47 degrees above the long-term average, breaking the previous record by 0.98 degrees.
“August saw particularly high day-time temperatures, with the national mean maximum being 3.20 degrees above average.
Blackall recorded a high of 35.7
degrees on Sunday, August 23, while on August 29 Charleville recorded 35.8 and Tambo reached 35. Longreach temperature records were reset to 37.5 on August 22 and 29.
The temperature was Blackall’s hottest August day on record. The previous high was in August 1970 when temperatures reached 35.1 degrees. Tambo’s previous August record was also in 1970 with a top of 33.6 degrees.
The minimum temperature recorded in Blackall last month was 4.4 degrees on August 4. A maximum of 35.7 degrees was reached on August 23. Minimum temperatures ranged from 4.4 to 18.4 degrees, while maximums ranged from 23.4 to 35.7 degrees.
The average maximum temperature was 30.1 degrees, an impressive 5.5 degrees warmer than the average, while the average
minimum was 11.1 degrees, 2.7 degrees above the monthly average.
Temperatures in Tambo ranged from 0.3 degrees on August 2 to a top of 35 degrees on August 29.
Neither Blackall nor Tambo received any rain in August. Last year in August it was much the same story with neither town recording more than 1mm for the whole month.
On average in August, Blackall sees 65 points (16.6mm). Solid rainfalls in August are rare occurrences with the most rain recorded in a single day in Blackall 85 years ago in 1924 with 251 points (64mm).
The maximum recorded wind gust in Blackall was 50 km/hour from the north-north-east on August 22 at 2201 hours.
Blackall bowls
Sara Aspinall has been named in the Mounted Games team to travel to Malaysia in October. Her mum, Helen Aspinall, has also been selected to travel with the team of four competitors from Queensland as Assistant Coach.
The team will ride borrowed ponies and will ride bareback in these games which will test and demonstrate the horsemanship skills of each of the riders.
Malaysia trip to top off a great year of competition
Leanne and Kevin Ongheen, with children Connor, Abbie and Ben, will leave Blackall next week after seven and a half years. See page 7 for story.
Last weekend Blackall officially welcomed a new church in town.
Around 130 local residents and visitors attended Saturday’s official opening and dedication of the Heartland – Assemblies of God Family Church building and induction of new Pastors Mark and Linda Whysall from Landsborough.
Departing Pastors Les and Dawn Peel, originally from Beerwah, came to Blackall on April 4, 2008 for what they thought to be a three-month posting. Eighteen months later, and they have completed the decade-long dream of many people in the region.
On October 21, 1989 Pastor Murray Tomlinson visited Blackall from Longreach to dedicate a baby, ironically at a location directly opposite the current site of the
Heartland church.As a result Brian and
Debbie Peterson conducted Assemblies of God church services in Blackall’s CWA hall and later in the Presbyterian Church for many years.
In 1999 Brian saw through his idea to buy the current land in Leek street. The site was purchased and in 2000 was levelled for building preparation. The first of the piers went in on August 21, 2001 and the remainder of the building followed suit over the years.
Pastor Les Peel says that the church building is a result of the generosity of many in the local community who have donated time and resources to the project.
Barcoo Independent TV Guide September 6 - 12ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS W
ednesday September 9
4:30 SeaChange5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Jamestown: America’s Birthplace12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Talking Heads2:00 Parliament Question Time: The House of Representatives3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Travel Oz6:30 The Cook and the Chef7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 The Librarians9:30 United States of Tara10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Taggart12:40 Sideshow with Paul McDermott1:40 Parliament Question Time2:45 Pride of the League3:25 National Press Club Address
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Stolen Youth (M)2:00 Murder, She Wrote3:00 Infomercial3:30 All for Kids4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 World’s Strictest Parents8:30 Criminal Minds9:30 My Name is Earl10:30 Family Guy11:00 American Dad11:30 Louis Theroux12:30 Auction Squad1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 Danoz Direct12:00 News1:00 The View 2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 Pyramid4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men8:00 Money for Jam8:30 RPA9:00 The Gift9:30 Without a Trace11:30 News12:30 The Beatles in the Studio1:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show2:30 Danoz Direct/Global Shop D3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today
5:20 International News7:15 Cycling: La Vuelta Daily Update7:30 International News1:00 Movie: Ushpizin (PG)2:40 Scripts Against Discrimations2:50 One Fine Morning3:00 Corner Gas3:30 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again4:00 Real Top Guns4:30 The Journal5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia7:35 Inspector Rex8:30 About Men9:30 World News Australia10:00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey11:10 NatWest Series One Day International Session 13:00 NatWest One Day Series Session Highlights
Thursday September 10
4:30 SeaChange5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Dynasties11:30 Two in the Top End12:00 Midday Report12:30 Journey of Life1:30 Collectors2:00 Parliament Question Time: The Senate3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 World’s Greatest Homes6:50 Australia’s Heritage7:00 News7:30 The 7:30 Report8:00 Catalyst8:30 Pedigree Dogs Exposed9:30 Q&A10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Live at Basement: Augie March12:25 Wildside1:15 Parliament Question Time2:15 Movie: The Drum (PG)3:55 The Glass House
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Second Nature (M)2:00 Murder, She Wrote3:00 Infomercials3:30 The Fairies4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Gary Unmarried8:00 How I Met Your Mother8:30 The Amazing Race9:30 TV Burp 10:00 Double Take10:30 Family Guy11:00 American Dad11:30 That ’70s Show12:00 Ski Season12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 Danoz Direct12:00 News1:00 The View 2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 Pyramid4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Getaway8:30 20 to 19:30 The Footy Show11:00 News11:30 The Footy Show Late1:30 Danoz Direct2:30 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today
7:15 Cycling: La Vuelta Daily Update7:30 NatWest One Day Series Match 3 Daily Update7:45 International News3:30 Wall Street Warriors4:00 The Journal4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer5:30 NatWest One Day Series Match 3 Highlights6:30 World News Australia 7:30 My Family Feast8:00 Costa’s Garden Odyssey8:30 ADbc9:00 Dave in the Life9:30 World News Australia10:00 Movie: The Man Who Copied (M)12:15 Oz1:20 Movie: Swordsmen of the Passes (M)3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
Friday September 11
4:30 SeaChange5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Planet Earth12:00 Midday Report12:30 Jane Eyre1:30 Spicks and Specks2:00 Monarch of the Glen3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Message Stick6:30 Can We Help?7:00 News7:30 Stateline8:00 Collectors8:30 George Gently10:00 Sensitive Skin10:30 Lateline11:15 Triple J tv with the Doctor11:45 Good Game12:10 Rage
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Nine Months (M)2:30 The Golden Girls3:00 Infomercials3:30 All for Kids4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News 5:00 Guide to the Good Life5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 AFL: Semi Final10:45 TBA12:00 TBA3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today
6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 Danoz Direct12:00 News1:00 The View2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 The Saddle Club4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Friday Night Football: 1st Quarter Final9:45 Movie: The Whole Nine Yards (M)11:50 News12:20 Movie: Highway (MA)2:20 Danoz Direct4:00 US Open Tennis Championships Women’s Semi Finals
5:20 International News7:15 Cycling: La Vuelta Daily Update7:30 International News1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Insight2:30 Diamond Road3:30 Blaktrax4:00 Andre Rieu4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Inside the Wonders of the Muslim World8:30 The Trials of J Robert Oppenheimer9:30 World News Australia10:00 Eye Candy11:00 Movie: Eight Miles High (MA)1:00 Movie: Up Against Them All (MA)2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight
Saturday September 12
5:00 Rage10:00 Rage: Guest Programmers: Sia11:00 Jam and Jerusalem11:30 The Cook and the Chef12:00 Stateline12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 Can We Help?2:00 Rugby League: Grand Final4:00 Nigel Marven’s Rhino Adventure5:00 Bowls: Australian Indoor Championships6:00 Planet Food6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 News7:30 Heart and Soul8:28 News Update8:30 The Bill9:15 Cold Blood10:25 Silent Witness11:20 Rage
6:00 Children’s Programs8:30 Movie: Motocrossed (G)10:30 Children’s Programs12:00 Better Homes and Gardens1:00 According to Jim1:30 Otago Classic International Rally2:00 V8 Supercars Phillip Island Support Races3:00 V8 Supercars Phillip Island Rounds 1 and 25:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 News6:30 Riverfire Pre-Show7:00 QBE Riverfire7:30 AFL: Semi Final11:30 Movie: Bad Girls (M)1:25 Movie: Thirteen (MA)3:30 It is Written4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Dateline NBC
6:00 US Open Tennis Championships Women’s Semi Finals8:00 Weekend Today9:00 Children’s Programs1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Postcards London2:30 Alive and Cooking3:00 Talk to the Animals3:30 Yamba’s Playtime4:00 Discover Downunder5:00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos6:00 News6:30 Rugby League: 2nd Quarter Final8:30 Rugby League: 3rd Quarter Final10:30 Movie: The Matrix Reloaded (M)1:30 US Open Tennis Championships Men’s Semi Finals
5:20 International News7:15 Cycling: La Vuelta Daily Update7:30 International News1:00 Black Music: An American (R)evolution2:00 Eugene and Berenice: Pioneers of Urban Photography3:00 The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn4:00 Tim Marlow Meets Paul Smith4:30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer5:30 Golden Sandals6:00 Street Soccer: Zimbabwe6:30 World News Australia 7:00 NatWest Series One Day International Session 111:15 NatWest Series One Day International Session 23:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
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WHATS ON in 2009SEPTEMBER5 Auction and Clearing Sale ‘The Old Dairy’5 Blackall Amateur Swimming Association AGM5 80th Blackall Anglican Flower Show5 St Joseph’s Fathers Day Mass, St Patricks5 Woolscour Bush Dinner6 Interschool Gymkhana12 Blackall Community Markets12 Barefoot Bowls, Blackall Bowls & Tambo Sports Club19 Flight Welcome and Presentation, Blackall Airport26 Tennis Tournament
OCTOBER3 Young and Restless Rural Ball4 Blackall Memorial & Sports Club Rugby League Grand
Final BBQ5-14 Q150 Document Exhibition10 Springtime Festival15 Blackall CWA Breakfast for International Rural Women’s
Day16 Dance Blackall Concert17 Blackall Community Markets17 Blackall Race Meeting26 Blackall CWA Annual Pink Ribbon Morning Tea27 ‘Simple Strategies for Entrepreneurial Rural Women’ Free
Workshop, Blackall31 Blackall Kindy Music Quiz Night
NOVEMBER3 St Joseph’s P&F Melbourne Cup Function3 Blackall Memorial & Sports Club Melbourne Cup
Luncheon7 Blackall Cultural Association Christmas Gallery Day7 Tennis Fun Day11 Remembrance Day18-20 Q150 Shed Entertainment28 St Patrick’s Christmas Fete28 Blackall Race Meeting29 Christmas Tree Festival
APRIL 2010
Season of no reason with the weather osillating between very HOT to CHILLY COLD! Spring is here!
Local Government Association conference held at the Convention Centre in Brisbane finished on a high note with some very interesting workshops on topical subjects which were high on the agenda in our region.
Youth and in particular the challenge of participation of youth in the community in general, ideas abounded, some communities manage the engagement of youth exceptionally well while others struggle with the concept. Council in the Blackall Tambo Regional Council Corporate Plan has undertaken to communicate and engage with the young folk of the region. We do not wish to let go of this commitment. The recent survey sent to all young people in the region should enable a “Youth Plan” to be created giving Council a pathway to follow in the years ahead. The establishment of links and communication have yet to be evolved however Council has supported strongly the “Speak Out” program which has given some of the participants a great deal, especially boosting their self-esteem as well as enhancing their skills in many ways. On hearing the concerns of some of the attending delegates, I came away knowing that we do at least have the most of the necessary infrastructure for sporting endeavors. It was apparent that we can do a lot better in the engagement and communication areas.
During the debate of the Conference I was unable to support the motion, put forward by the North Queensland Local Government Association and the Burdekin Shire Council, regarding compulsory baiting for wild dogs as per the “Kenny Report”. The motion was carried by the delegates voting, as I have little tolerance for ‘compulsory’ in all its forms. We are compelled to obey many laws and rules, so many in fact that it is increasingly difficult to remember them all. Then you need the Compliance Officer to ensure your adherence to all the laws and rules. Where will it end???
With the conference behind us the business of Council is, as always, the priority. There will be an upgrade to the electrical capabilities of Banks Park in time for the “Spring Affair” in October. This will put an end to repeated overload problems when events are held in the park.
The Blackall Tambo Regional Council’s Community Development Office, 14 Coronation Drive, Blackall, administers the Community and Individual Support Program from 8.45am until 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Through this program clients are able to access numerous support agencies which can offer a wide spectrum of assistance to those suffering hardship. This office also houses the office of the Sport Recreation and Youth Officer.
I attended a meeting for the establishment of “Country Education Foundation of Australia” in the Blackall Tambo Region. Fourteen interested people have become the steering committee to further the establishment of the foundation in our area. The mission statement of the foundation is “To foster the further education, career and personal development opportunities of rural youth, through community based encouragement and financial assistance”. This seems to be a very worthwhile program to me. I am sure there will be more information available in the near future.
Jan Ross
Barcoo Independent TV Guide September 6 - 12ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS
Sunday September 6
5:00 Rage6:30 Children’s Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:00 Asia Pacific Focus11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Landline1:00 Gardening Australia1:30 Message Stick2:00 Weapons Races3:00 Sydney Dance Company Farewell to…4:00 Monumental Vision in Sri Lanka4:30 First Tuesday Book Club with Jennifer Byrne5:00 Sting: Songs from the Labyrinth6:00 At the Movies6:30 The Einstein Factor7:00 News 7:30 Stephen Fry in America8:30 News Update8:35 Midsomer Murders10:10 Compass10:40 Margot: Part 111:35 Movie: Conquest of the Air (PG)12:40 Movie: 21 Days (PG)1:55 Movie: Murder, My Sweet (PG)3:30 Talking Heads: Iain Hewitson4:00 The Pet Show
6:00 Children’s Programs
7:00 Weekend Sunrise
10:00 Disorderly Conduct Caught
on Tape
11:00 The Great Outdoors
12:00 Movie: Ghost Dad (PG)
2:00 AFL: Qualifying Final: St Kilda
v Collingwood
5:30 Great South East
6:00 News
6:30 Dancing with the Stars
9:00 Movie: The Queen (M)
11:05 Las Vegas
12:05 Movie: Garden State (MA)
2:05 Auction Squad
2:30 Infomercials
3:30 NBC Meet the Press
4:30 NBC Today
5:30 News
6:00 Arrive Alive Cup: Matraville v Patrician Bros7:00 Weekend Today10:00 Wide World of Sports11:00 The Sunday Footy Show12:00 Sunday Roast1:00 4WD TV1:30 Fishing Australia2:00 Super League: Leeds Rhino v St Helens4:00 Sunday Football: Newcastle Knights v Penrith Panthers6:00 News6:30 Domestic Blitz7:30 60 Minutes8:30 Rescue Special Ops9:30 CSI: Miami10:30 CSI: Miami11:30 Psychic Detectives12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers v Warrington Wolves2:30 Police Ten 73:00 Danoz Direct3:30 4WD TV4:00 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today
6:10 International News7:15 IAAF World Championships in Athletics Daily Update7:30 International News10:00 Who Do You Think You Are? Vic Reeves11:00 Who Do You Think You Are? David Baddiel12:00 Cycling: 2009 Tour of Ireland1:00 Speedweek3:00 Football Asia3:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine Program4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature5:00 The World Game6:00 Thalassa6:30 World News Australia7:00 NatWest Series One Day International Session 110:45 NatWest One Day Series Session Highlights11:15 NatWest Series One Day International Session 23:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
Monday Septem
ber 7
4:30 SeaChange5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Poirot1:30 The Cook and the Chef2:00 Parliament Question Time: The Senate3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Landline Extra6:30 Talking Heads7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report8:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:20 Media Watch9:35 Ashes to Ashes10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 Bruce and Me12:30 MDA1:25 Parliament Question Time: The House of Representatives2:25 From the Heart: Kakadu National Park3:25 Bowls: Australian Indoor Championships
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: One Hour Photo (M)2:00 Murder, She Wrote3:00 Infomercials3:30 All for Kids4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo8:30 City Homicide9:30 Beyond the Darklands10:30 Boston Legal12:30 Hot Auctions1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 Danoz Direct12:00 News1:00 The View2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men 7:30 Two and a Half Men8:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 The Farmer Wants a Wife9:30 Drop Dead Diva10:30 Embarassing Bodies11:30 News12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 Footy Classified1:30 Young Lions2:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today
5:20 International News7:00 NatWest One Day Series Daily Update7:15 Cycling: La Vuelta Daily Update7:30 International News1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia1:30 Metropolis2:30 Mister President3:30 Insight4:30 The Journal5:00 The Crew5:30 NatWest One Day Series Match 2 Highlights6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Top Gear8:30 High Altitude9:00 Flight of the Concords9:30 World News Australia10:00 Entourage10:30 Skins11:20 Life’s a Zoo11:50 Movie: The Three Kings (M)1:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
Tuesday September 8
4:30 SeaChange5:00 The New Inventors6.00 Children’s Programs11:00 The Real Mrs Doubtfire12:00 Midday Report12:30 The Einstein Factor1:00 The New Inventors1:30 Catalyst2:00 Parliament Question Time: The House of Representatives3:00 Children’s Programs6:10 Finding the Fallen7:00 News7:30 The 7.30 Report8:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 The Wild West: Custer’s Last Stand9:25 Fear, Stress and Anger: The Job List10:00 Jennifer Byrne Presents10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Four Corners12:20 Media Watch12:35 Foyle’s War2:10 Parliament Question Time: The Senate3:25 Triple J tv with the Doctor
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: A Touch of Frost: A Near Death Experience (M)2:00 Murder, She Wrote3:00 Infomercials3:30 All for Kids4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 World Food Spectacular8:00 Surf Patrol8:30 Packed to the Rafters9:30 All Saints10:30 10 Years Younger in 10 Days11:00 Scrubs12:00 Saved1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne11:00 Danoz Direct12:00 News1:00 The View2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Hi-54:00 Pyramid4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 20 to 18:30 Two and a Half Men9:00 Two and a Half Men9:30 Movie: Austin Powers: Goldmember (M)11:30 News12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 20/201:30 Entertainment Tonight2:00 4WD TV2:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Joyce Meyer Ministries5:30 Today
5:20 International News7:15 Cycling: La Vuelta Daily Update7:30 International News1:00 Movie: Destiny Has No Favourites (PG)2:40 Hiyab2:50 Booth Story3:00 Corner Gas3:30 Blaktrax4:00 Wine Lovers’ Guide to Australia4:30 The Journal5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Insight8:30 East West 1019:30 World News Australia10:00 Hot Docs11:40 Movie: Purple Butterfly (MA)1:55 Weatherwatch and Music4:30 UEFA Champions League 2009/10 Playoffs
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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The Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, Blackall State School, Blackall Kindergarten, Limited Hours Daycare and C&K Emerald are working to submit a business plan to state and federal Governments for funding which would see the relocation of the Kindergarten and Daycare Centre to the existing unused Blackall State School preschool building located on the corner of Shamrock and Hawthorne streets in Blackall.
Modifications, extensions and upgrades to the building and grounds will be undertaken. The proposal strongly recommends that local tradesmen and materials be contracted for the work.
Consultation with community members including residents, local businesses and government departments has suggested that this is a much-needed facility that will assist and benefit the entire region. Community responses from surveys and letters of support will form the basis of the business plan.
It is expected that this project will provide employment opportunities at the centre, and give residents more choice in their individual working hours by increasing the hours of care for the children.
The new centre will be operational for longer daily hours and five days a week. Kindergarten days will be extended as well.
There will also be provision for before- and after-school care for both local schools, vacation care for everyone and better facilities. Eligible families will also qualify for Child Care Benefit from Centrelink which will help to reduce fees for the service.
The committee is working to finalise the submission by November 1, 2009, and welcomes any further letters of support or written comment from the community. This is a collaborative community project that the committee hopes will be fully operational in the next couple of years.
– Mandy Duke
PUBLIC NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
Planning Scheme for:Blackall-Tambo Regional Council
Applicant: Lynette Davison
On Land At:47 Shamrock St, BLACKALL QLD 4472
Proposal: To locate and operate ‘Wholesale Milk Depot and Delivery Service’ from this site. Proposal includes the construction of a building, 10.8m x 15m to enclose associated cold room and milk/butcher shop vehicles.
The Application Can Be Viewed At: Blackall Tambo Regional Council, Blackall Office, Coronation Drive, BLACKALL QLD 4472
Any person may, on or before 18th September 2009 make a signed written submission to:Ken TimmsChief Executive OfficerBlackall-Tambo Regional CouncilPO Box 21BLACKALL QLD 4472
Kindy and Daycare funding proposal drafted Ergon Energy calls for more apprentices from Central Qld
Ergon Energy has reported a big response to its statewide call for apprenticeships to fill its 2010 intake, with almost 2,000 hopefuls applying for positions.
More than 60 positions are available at 28 locations across Queensland.
The apprenticeships are primarily for electrical powerline linespersons, systems electricians, mechanical fitters, communications technicians and electrical transmission linespersons.
While applications have been received for every position available, Ergon Energy would like to encourage a greater response for linesperson apprenticeships in its Central Region at centres including Barcaldine, Blackwater, Biloela, Emerald, Longreach, Miriam Vale, Pinnacle and Yeppoon.
Successful applicants will undertake a five-week induction program in February 2010 before taking up their positions.
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KIDS CORNER with Eddie EmuG’day kids, what a surprise I got when I checked my post box…it was spilling out with jokes I have never seen so many funny jokes in one spot. There were chicken jokes and doctor jokes and jokes about lizards and even blizzards you name it there was a joke about it. It’s going to take me a month in Sundays to get through them all. Let the laughter begin. And remember to check out kid’s corner next week to see who the winner is of The Big Joke Competition. Eddie
Q. Why did the lizard cross the road? A. To see his flat mateSam Mobbs and Kolbe Duke 8 yrsQ. What do you call a monster sleeping in a chandelier?
A. A light sleeper.Q. How can you find a lost train?
A. Follow its tracks.Q. What’s black and white and eats like a horse. A. A zebraQ. What do weasels sing?
A. Pop goes the weasel.Q. What did the porcupine say to the cactus?
A. Are you my mother?Q. Why did the man chuck butter out the window?
A. To see a butterfly.Q. Doctor Doctor I keep hearing a ringing in my ears? A. Where else did you expect to hear it?Blackall State School 2/3 classQ. Why can’t Cinderella play
soccer? A. Because she keeps running away from the ball.Q. Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?
A. To get to the bottom.Amy McNamara 11 yrsQ. Why do you never play poker in the jungle? A. Because there are too many cheetahs.Louise Ward 11yrsQ. What do you get when you cross a bug and rabbit?
A. Bugs Bunny!!Q. How do you stop moles from digging up your garden?
A. Hide the shovel.Cooper Huff 7 yrsQ. What do you get when you cross a ghost with an elephant?
A. A big nothing.Q. Why did you put glue on your head? A. I thought it would help things stick in my mind!!
Q. What newspaper does a cow read? A. The Daily Moos…Emerson Parry 8 yrsQ. What is black, white and red all over? A. A sunburnt ZebraQ. How long do chickens work?
A. Around the cluck!Q. Why did the chicken cross the muddy road and not come back?
A. Because she didn’t want to be a dirty double crosser
Chloe Barnsfield 12 yrsQ. What do you call a rabbit that tells jokes? A. A funny bunnyQ. What does a jelly baby wear on its feet? A. Gumboots!!Q. What do you call a skeleton that lies in bed? A. Lazy bonesQ. How do you get an astronaut to sleep? A. You rock itQ. What goes tick-tick-tick-tock-woof? A. A watchdogRyan Blucher 8yrs
Eddies Joke Challenge
Blackall Amateur Swimming
Association
Notice of Annual General Meeting
5th September 2009Commencing at 10.00am
Blackall Multipurpose Sport and Rec Centre
All interested families are encouraged to attend to ensure a successful 2009/10 season.
Health services across the Central West have been given a boost through a donation of $2,650 from Ergon Energy’s innovative safety program, Power Aid.
Accepting the donation was Central West Health Service District CEO Jill Koeneman who said the donation was very much appreciated and thanked Ergon Energy for its community minded spirit.
“We are really thrilled to see that the local Ergon Energy crews have recognised the valuable work we do in the community.”
Ergon Energy Area Operations Manager Steve Harris said it was a great effort by the operational staff across the Central West area who made this donation possible and showed a sincere commitment by them to support the valuable role charities perform in the communities in which they work and live.
The Power Aid initiative involves work teams accruing points, which Ergon Energy converts to cash. Each work team gets to nominate a local charity of their choice to which they can donate their accrued Power Aid cash.
Central West Health Service gets powerful support
Connecting Australians in Singing
National Director and Founder of Sing Australia, Colin Slater OAM, is coming to Blackall to talk about the significance of singing for men and women and to encourage them to form a Sing Australia group. Come and experience Sing Australia’s welcoming and inclusive approach to singing and hear how singing can be for everyone
TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2009 Uniting Church Hall, 24 Clematis Street
BLACKALL 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Find out how to be a part of the FUN in this fast growing network and sing some great songs! With support from the Australia Government this event is presented FREE No booking necessary.
Contact: Sing Australia 1300 552 296 Marg – 02 6885 0403 [email protected] www.singaustralia.com.au
WHY DO WE SING?
Senior’s Week at St Josephs
At the end of August, the year 6/7 Class at St Joseph’s hosted a morning tea for Senior’s Week.
The morning tea went well with guests, grandparents and friends attending.
The class would like to thank all of the parents and students who donated a plate, and to Mrs Hauff, Mrs McNall and Miss McPaul, who helped with serving and organising the students.
Miss Suthers and her P/1 students sang ‘If I were a Butterfly’ which was a hit with the crowd.
Year 6/7 teacher Emma Martin said that she was proud the students in her class.
Following an intense training camp in Blackall on the weekend, the following Pony Club riders have done extremely well in preparing to compete at state level in Gympie over the September holidays:
Sara Aspinall, Codie Fanning, Jaimie Lee Morris, Logan Harlow, Caitlin Johnstone, Justin Johnstone, Naomi and Rochelle Bichsel, Tayla and Reece Kinsey and Alisha Woods.
They will be joined by Kimberly and Lauren Spinks who were unable to attend the camp.
The riders tried out for the Mounted Games teams which two were formed to attend the titles in
Gympie. All riders will participate on the first day in the state gymkhana, on the second the Mounted Games and concluding with Sporting on the third.
State Pony Club titles in Gympie
Don’t forget theANGLICAN FLOWER SHOWat the Blackall Cultural Centre at 1.30pm.
On Tomorrow!Saturday, Sept 5
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BLACKALL UNITING CHURCH
where Jesus makes a difference
SUNDAYS 9.00amMinister: Rev Peter Aay
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Blackall ContactsGraham & Meryl Gibson
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Ladies FellowshipHeather Whitfield
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Thrift Shop: 9am – 12 noonTuesday, Friday & Saturday
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Requests for council’s compulsory financial audit fees to the state government to be reduced, for an urgent review of the way land valuations are assessed, and for a review into the way social housing is allocated, were amongst the motions successfully taken to the local government conference in Brisbane last week by Blackall-Tambo Regional Council.
All seven motions put up by Crs Jan Ross and Peter Skewes were passed. They had earlier been debated and passed at the Western Queensland Local Government conference in April.
Blackall-Tambo’s other motions included a request for laws to allow councillors to use tele- and videoconferencing to take part in council meetings in extraordinary circumstances, a call for large increases in environmental charges to be minimised, a request for the state government to accept future claims for amalgamation costs, and a call for state government funding to enable councils to continue wild dog control.
Cr Sally Cripps, an observer at the conference and chair of Blackall-Tambo’s Wild Dog Advisory Group, said it had been pleasing to see statewide support for the motion and acknowledgement of the burden placed on local government to wage war against the pest species.
A second wild dog motion, put up by the Burdekin Shire Council, asking the state government to take forward the implications of the Kenny Report and give local government a framework for a baiting program, was not supported by Blackall-Tambo delegates.
Burdekin council told the conference that baiting in Queensland could only be effective if all rural landholders carry out a baiting program on their property.
Cr Ross said she did not like the idea of compulsory baiting. Cr Skewes said he thought the motion should have talked about compulsory control rather than baiting.
Richmond councillor June Kuhl said such a motion would be hard to implement in her area as it would put the livelihood of some landholders at stake if they used working dogs.
The Tablelands council, on the other hand, said they had a lot of people with rural residential land
experiencing wild dog issues, and that poison concerns could soon be overcome as trials with a poison with an antidote were currently underway.
The motion was carried 148-38.On the social housing issue,
Blackall-Tambo’s concern was that many western and smaller communities lacked the services or financial resources to cope with the arrival of social housing tenants from out of the region.
It submitted that the final decision on who should be allocated housing should rest with each community rather than being made centrally.
According to the state Local Government Association, the centralised model currently in place failed to consider council and community support for vulnerable people and families engaged in the social housing system.
“The decision to house families in communities with limited resources and capacity is an issue of concern,” it stated.
Conference carried the motion with no opposition.
Blackall-Tambo’s motion asking for councillors to be able to teleconference to participate in meetings, in times of flood or heavy rain, was also well supported, being passed 155-9.
Cr Cripps said she had requested Blackall-Tambo to put this motion up after she was prevented from attending a council meeting in February due to flooding, when important council business had been discussed in her absence.
“We already have a reduced number of c o u n c i l l o r s , a n d m a i n t a i n i n g a quorum is difficult when some of us are absent due to rain or circumstances beyond our control,” Cr Cripps said.
“For a council with five members, which is most remote shires, the absence of two people results in only three c o u n c i l l o r s
conducting council’s business. This substantially narrows the range of input into council’s decision making process.”
She added that teleconferencing was used as a solution in many situations around the world.
The LGAQ commented that it believed this issue would be addressed in the new Local Government Act soon to be released.
A motion by the Barcaldine Regional Council to lobby state and federal governments to fund the building of kindergartens and limited hours day care facilities, including staffing, in rural and remote communities, and to make parents of children accessing these facilities eligible for childcare benefits and childcare tax rebates, was supported by Blackall-Tambo delegates.
Two motions at the conference were lost, one asking for amendments to the Workforce Transition Code of Conduct to allow councils to realign organisational structures to maintain an affordable workforce, and the other seeking a plebiscite to ask communities about appropriate methods of representation.
The motion asking for councils to be able to change its workforce structures to reduce costs was lost 84-90.
A motion from Flinders shire seeking an increase in councillor numbers from four to six in geographically large councils was passed.
– Sally Cripps
Blackall-Tambo busy at local government conference
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80th Anglican Flower ShowSaturday September 5 ‘09
1.30pmat the
Blackall Cultural Centre
Fashion ParadeEntertainment by local schoolsStalls, cent sale, raffles, displays, afternoon tea
Schedules areavailable atlocal shops
Admission into the Flower Show is free
Giving blood helps save lives and the Red Cross’ National Blood Donor Week starts next week on September 7.
To donate blood you need to have adequate levels of iron in your body, but one in four Australian women have low iron status. To help meet the body’s iron requirements health authorities recommend eating lean red meat at least 3-4 times a week.
Red meat is one of the best sources of well-absorbed iron, as its high in haem iron. Haem iron is absorbed by the body four times more effectively than non-haem iron. It is found only in animal foods such as red meat, chicken and fish, with red meat containing the highest amount.
Haem iron also helps the body absorb more iron from non-haem sources of iron, like spinach and other green vegetables.
The quick and easy recipe below is a great tasting red meat meal that makes it easy to meet the body’s requirements for five critical nutrients – iron, plus zinc, omega-3s, amino acids and Vitamin B12.
Prep your body for national blood donor week
Pastor Brian Peterson (right), who founded the Heartland - Assemblies of God Family Church in Blackall in 1989, with Blackall’s departing Pastor Les Peel at Saturday’s opening
Director of AAC Gary Swensen (right) welcomes and inducts the Whysall family into the Heartland church in Blackall
Pastors from around the region came to Blackall to celebrate the official opening of the church and to bless Mark and Linda Whysall as the new Pastors
Letters to the Editor
The Barcoo Independent would like to acknowledge all letters received in the
past weeks.For a letter to the editor
to be considered for publication, it must be
accompanied by the name and phone number of the sender. This information is required for verification
purposes.If it is requested, names will not be published, however anonymous letters cannot
be printed.This is the reason that the
Barcoo Independent has not been able to publish some
of the letters received.Please send your letters to the editor to barcoo [email protected], fax to 4657 6966 or drop in at the Blackall Visitor Information Centre.
Beef, snow pea, asparagus and mushroom stir-fry
Preparation Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutesServes: 4
500g beef rump, cut in thin stir-fry strips1 tbsp brown sugar2 tbsp oil250g snow peas1 bunch fresh asparagus, cut into 3cm lengths100g oyster mushrooms100g shiitake mushrooms3 tbsp oyster sauce1 tbsp soy sauce2 tbsp blanched almonds, (whole or flaked)roastedSteamed rice to serve
Rub the brown sugar into the beef strips, then add a little of the oil to the beef. Mix well.
Heat the wok, ensure it is hot. Stir-fry the beef strips in three batches, reserving each cooked batch to rest in a warm bowl. Reheat wok between each batch.
Reheat the wok, add remaining oil and heat. Add the snow peas and asparagus, and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the mushrooms stir-fry for one minute. Add combined oyster and soy sauces, stir-fry to mix. Return the beef to the wok, toss to combine. Transfer to serving plate, sprinkle with almonds. Serve with rice.
Blackall service ends for local Sergeantcontinued from page 3After seven and a half years of
service to the Blackall community, Sergeant Kevin Ongheen has decided to make a career change and move to Emerald.
Kevin will be training to be a police prosecutor, which will involve 9 months on-the-job training in Brisbane and Emerald and upon completion will provide him with a postgraduate certificate in Law.
Kevin and his wife Leanne have three children at St Joseph’s Catholic School, Abbie, Connor and Ben, who will also move to Emerald and take up school there. Born in 2003, Ben Ongheen was one of the last babies to be born in Blackall; something that Kevin says has formed a special connection with the town.
Prior to his time in Blackall, Kevin worked in Rockhampton, Brisbane, Theodore, Mt Morgan and Emu Park, summing an impressive total of 21 years in the police force so far.
Kevin has been an active member of the police service in Blackall including in 2002 running a community committee to give residents the opportunity to inform police what they felt the issues in town were, and more recently designing the Community Liquor Accord to curb some of the violent alcohol-related behaviour in town. He has also been involved in community groups including Rotary and St Joseph’s P & F.
Kevin says that he moved to Blackall to fulfil the role of Sergeant; to build a good relationship between the police and the community.
“Blackall is a really good town. It is very family orientated which has been great.
“While we will be very sad to leave Blackall, we are also looking forward to this next opportunity.”
Senior Constable Brent Gerber, Officer Luke Johnson and Officer Craig Bew remain at the Blackall Police Station.
Ergon apprenticeships
Heartland opening
Chief Operating Officer Peter Billing said the apprenticeships highlighted the significant investment that Ergon Energy is making to develop its workforce for the future.
“The apprentices who join our company will be supported throughout their training in every way possible, as we help them take their first steps in their future careers,” he said.
“We’re looking at investing around $8 billion in capital works and maintenance on our network in the next five years and we need to support this capital investment by investing in our people and, more particularly, building our skills base through our apprenticeship program.”
Ergon Energy is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from all sectors of the community, including women and minority groups.