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Photographs Inside !!Shockwave Car Wash page 3
LSODE page 5
Clean Up Australia Day page 7Butterfly Day page 8
World Prayer Day page 12
INDEPENDENTTHE BARCOO
Blackall’s own community newspaper
Page 12 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, March 12 2010
March 12 2010 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]
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Blackall Shockwave organiser David Goodman worked hard to get the mud off the cars at the car wash fundraiser on Saturday
Butterfly Day: The girls release their ‘fear’ balloons
BLACKALL Championship Bowls finally got underway last Sunday with five games of handicap singles played in fine conditions.
Lou Kelly found his handicap a bit too much against an improving Mitch Pfingst, losing 31-12. In another game, Rob Doyle was well below his best, going down to Woody 32-13. Gary Whitfield and Julie Blucher had a really good game being close all the way, with Julie coming through in the end, winning 33-25. Gumby Chapman and Ron Robinson also had a tussle, with Ron coming out on top, 31-25.
In another very good game, Col Pfingst and Tex Hayward had a real battle with Col looking to be an easy winner at 15-2 after 23 ends. Tex came back and after 41 ends Col only led 26-20, to hold on for another 4 ends to win 31-24.
Next week at the Blackall bowls club, in sets of nine ends D Holden will play D Carter with spotter Woody, C Pfingst is set to play R Black with spotter R Robinson, M Pfingst will play Gumby Chapman with spotter G Whitfield, and R Doyle will play T Hayward with spotter L Kelly.
In B Singles, J Bowyer and J Blucher will go head to head, with spotter W Richardson.
Games will start at 9am. Social play is also available.– Dally Holden
Jason Smith and Colleen Morrison led a group of enthusiastic Clean Up Australia Day volunteers on Sunday
Some of the community who attended the World Day of Prayer service at St Patrick’s Catholic Church last Friday
THE celebration of the World Day of Prayer is held annually on the first Friday in March. In March 2010, the service was written by the women of Cameroon and based on the theme “Let everything that has breath, praise God”.
Approximately 100 people attended the World Day of Prayer service at St Patrick’s Catholic Church last Friday. Students and staff from the Blackall State School and St Joseph’s joined members of many of the local churches.
The order of service prepared by the people of Cameroon gave those in attendance an idea of the problems facing these people.
The powerpoint presentation that was shown gave the congregation some insight into their lifestyles. St Joseph’s students sang a blessing ‘God be in Your Heart’ to complete the service.
A collection was taken up and the contribution of $273 will be sent to the World Day of Prayer committee for distribution to people who are in most need. A morning tea in the Parish centre concluded the wonderful morning.
The World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement which brings Christians of many traditions together to observe a common day of prayer each year.
Through preparation and participation in the worship service, knowledge is shared about how women in other countries, languages and cultures understand the biblical passages in their context. Women can hear their concerns and needs and feel in solidarity with them as they pray with and for them.
The motto of the World Day of Prayer movement is Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action. Through participation in the World Day of Prayer, we affirm that prayer and action are inseparable and that both have immeasurable influence on the world.
It is an ecumenical prayer movement developed from a Christian women’s perspective as a creative response to issues of concern around the world.
In 1926, North American women distributed the worship service to many countries, but 1927 marks the first official World Day of Prayer in countries around the globe.
– Marie Messer
SEVENTY-NINE Blackall residents arrived at the Cultural Centre on Sunday morning to grab rubbish bags and put gloves on to clean up the streets and venues of Blackall for the 20th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day.
Six teams were sent out on to the Tambo road, Barcaldine road including Shamrock street, the Blackall showgrounds, skate park and surrounding areas, schools and out to the dump.
Twenty-five adults and 54 young people were ready to go from 8.30am, coming from the Blackall Girl Guides, Blackall State school students, teachers and families, the Blackall Tambo Regional Council mayor Jan Ross, CEO
Ken Timms and other council staff and their families.
Fifty-three bags of rubbish were collected throughout the morning, weighing a total of 187 kilograms.
Although a number of volunteer cleaners did comment that the designated areas were remarkably free of rubbish, the busy morning brought in a number of unusual items including a tyre found by Jan Ross, guide posts, mats and building materials.
Council Community Development and Support Coordinator Mandy Duke said that it was a great turn out and thanked everyone who spent a couple of hours on Sunday morning helping to clean up Blackall.
Bowls in the sun at lastBlackall shows support to Cameroon women in World Day of Prayer
“Great turn out” at Clean Up
THE Blackall-Tambo community is a step closer to being the first ‘AussieHost Town’ in Australia with the delivery of its first workshop last week.
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Tourism Visitor Information Centre Coordinator and AussieHost trainer Kayla Schurmann delivered the training with Kristine Arnold from the Australian College of Outback Tourism (ACOT).
The Blackall workshop attracted 15 local participants from council and a variety of businesses, as well as people participating in ACOT programs.
Local participating businesses have been able to register as bronze (with 50% of staff trained in AussieHost) or gold (90%) AussieHost recognised businesses and can display the decal, bringing the high level of service offered to customers.
Trainer Kayla Schurmann said the training is important to encourage businesses to maintain their high quality of service to customers.
“In having all our businesses trained, it shows a united approach to working towards the same goal.”
“This will allow the town to be recognised for its quality service and promoted in southern regions to encourage more travellers to experience our high quality hospitality.”
Council is taking advantage of
Blackall-Tambo in race for AussieHost success
WHATS ON in 2010MARCH12 Tourism Oi! Launch at the Blackall Woolscour13 Shockwave Youth Arts Festival Car Wash, Tambo13 Blackall Equestrian Group Jump Club13 Blackall Cultural Association Annual General Meeting13 West ‘N Breast Support Group Meeting17 Sheep Lice Information Day17 St Patrick’s Day Quiz Night24 Blackall Girl Guides Annual General Meeting26 St Joseph’s Catholic School P&F Fete27 Central West versus Central Highlands Rugby League27-28 Blackall Dance Group Dance Workshops
APRILBlackall Equestrian Group Jump Club3
10 Community Market Day, Short Street18 Blackall Races21-24 Blackall National Campdraft Finals
MAY1 Dressage & Junior Stockman’s Challenge, Blackall Show
Woolscour Bush Dinner1 Blackall Show2 Woolscour Tour and Dinner5
8 Blackall Girl Guides Cent Sale9 Blackall Equestrian Group Jump Club
Woolscour Tour and Dinner12 12 Biggest Morning Tea14-17 Hebel Artist Workshop14-30 Heartland Festival Photography Exhibition15-20 Heartland Festival Sean Leahy Cartooning Workshop19 Woolscour Tour and Dinner21 Heartland Festival Food & Music Fiesta: Friends of Pedro22 Isisford Sheep and Wool Show
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FROM THE MAYOR’S DESKSend your dates in!! Barcoo Independent TV Guide March 14 - 20
ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS
Wednesday M
arch 17
4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Talking Heads2:00 Parliament Question Time3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Stress Buster6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 Hungry Beast9:30 The IT Crowd9:55 At the Movies10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver11:55 Life on Mars12:55 Parliament Question Time1:55 Big Ideas2:55 The Fitzroy Stars3:25 National Press Club Address
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: A Touch of Frost (PG)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercial3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 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 RSPCA Animal Rescue8:00 Crash Investigation Unit8:30 Criminal Minds9:30 Gangs of Oz10:30 Highway Patrol11:00 Beat Squad11:30 Lost12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men8:00 Customs8:30 RPA9:30 Cold Case11:30 Nightline12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 Mad TV1:30 Entertainment Tonight2:00 Alive and Cooking2:30 Danoz3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Popoff Ministries5:30 Today
5:00 Korean News5:30 UEFA Champions League8:00 International News3:00 Here Comes the Neighbourhood3:30 Journos4:00 A Fork in the Road4:30 The Journal5:00 PBS Newshour6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia7:35 Rex in Rome8:30 The Killing9:30 World News Australia10:05 Inspector Rex11:00 Movie: Changing Times (M)12:45 Movie: Carnage (M)3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
Thursday March 18
4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Planet Science12:00 Midday Report12:30 Jeeves and Wooster1:30 Collectors2:00 Parliament Question Time3:05 Children’s Programs6:05 Grand Designs Revisited7:00 News7:30 The 7.30 Report8:00 Catalyst8:30 Human Journey9:30 Fire Talker10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver11:55 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…12:45 Parliament Question Time1:45 Big Ideas2:55 Voices from the Cape3:25 Agony Aunts with Clive Robertson3:55 Can We Help?
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Miracle in the Woods (M)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercial3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 The Ghost Whisperer8:30 Cougar Town9:00 How I Met Your Mother9:30 Thank God You’re Here10:30 Family Guy12:00 Blue Heelers1:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Getaway8:30 The Mentalist9:30 The Footy Show11:00 Nightline11:30 The Footy Show1:30 Danoz Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Popoff Ministries5:30 Today
5:00 Korean News5:30 UEFA Champions League8:00 International News2:30 Dateline3:30 Australian Biography4:00 Feast Bazaar4:30 The Journal5:00 PBS Newshour6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Italian Food Safari8:00 Costa’s Garden Odyssey8:30 Secrets and Lives9:00 ADbc9:30 World News Australia10:00 UEFA Champions League Hour11:00 Queer as Folk12:55 Movie: Killing Cabos (MA)2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
Friday March 19
4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Catalyst11:30 The New Inventors12:00 Midday Report12:30 Poirot1:20 TBA1:30 Monarch of the Glen2:30 Spicks and Specks3:05 Children’s Programs6:00 Stress Buster6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver7:00 News7:30 Stateline8:00 Sleuth 1018:30 Criminal Justice10:15 Moving Wallpaper10:40 Lateline11:20 Paralympic Games11:50 The Graham Norton Show12:35 Rage
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Le Divorce (M)2:30 The Golden Girls3:00 Infomercial3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 Movie: The Holiday (M)11:15 Movie: Road Trip (MA)1:05 Blue Heelers2:00 Jarunee – The Singing Ape3:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today
6:00 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Friday Night Football: Rabbitohs v Titans9:30 Friday Night Football: Illawarra Dragons v Bulldogs11:30 Nightline12:00 Movie: Good Fences (M)2:15 Movie: Go to Blazes (G)4:00 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America
5:05 Korean News5:45 UEFA Europe League8:15 International News1:30 Insight2:30 International News3:30 Living Black4:00 Classical Destinations4:30 The Journal5:00 PBS Newshour6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia 7:30 James May’s Toy Stories8:35 As It Happened: Hitler’s Bodyguard9:30 World News Australia10:00 Crazy Horse11:00 Movie: Darling (M) 12:40 Movie: La Petite Lili (M)2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
Saturday March 20
5:00 Rage10:00 Rage: Guest Programmer: Amanda Palmer11:00 Poh’s Kitchen11:30 Message Stick12:00 Stateline12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 Can We Help?2:00 Rugby League: 2010 Norths v Tweed Heads4:00 Dinosaurs on Ice5:00 Bowls: Australian Open 20106:00 Nigella Feasts 6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 20107:00 News7:30 Bed of Roses8:25 News Update8:30 The Bill9:15 Blue Murder10:25 News Update10:30 Midsomer Murders12:05 Paralympic Games: Vancouver12:35 Rage
6:00 Children’s Programs
7:00 Weekend Sunrise
9:00 Saturday Disney
1:00 Bathurst 12 Hour
4:00 Wonders of the Billabong
5:00 Creek to Coast
5:30 Queensland Weekender
6:00 News
6:30 Movie: Aladdin (G)
8:30 Movie: Bruce Almighty (M)
10:35 SA Election 2010
10:50 Movie: Stuck on You (M)
1:10 Blue Heelers
3:10 Movie: Bon Jovi 2 (G)
3:30 It Is Written
4:00 Infomercial
5:00 Dateline NBC
6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today9:00 Saturday Kerri-Anne10:00 Children’s Programs1:00 Horse Racing3:30 Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race4:30 The Garden Gurus5:00 Animal Emergency5:30 Antiques Roadshow6:00 News6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos7:309:3012:00 Movie: The Big Time (M)2:15 Movie: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (M)4:00 Global Shop Direct4:30 Danoz Direct5:30 Rise and Shine
5:05 International News1:00 The Cunning Little Vixen2:45 The Chopin Etudes2:55 Lin Hwai-Min and the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre4:00 Eating Art4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Napoli Dogs6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections8:30 Iron Chef9:20 RocKwiz10:00 Movie: Paris, Je T’aime (MA)12:05 SOS1:05 Matrioshki: Thai Sex Trade2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
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If you’re a land-manager or community group, you may be eligible for grants under DCQ’s ‘Protecting our Future’ initiative.
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Sunshine. It is so very good to see the sun again and to have the prospect of being able to get about without the danger of bogging or being held up by flood waters. I have to say though the rain has been just what the country needed!
I was surprised and pleased to receive telephone calls from the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd MP and Special Minister of State, Senator Joe Ludwig expressing their concern for the wellbeing of our communities. So very good to know our federal politicians are such caring beings.
I am aware that the region’s roads are in varying states of disrepair….IF… the weather remains clear then council’s outside workforce will be attending to the washouts and wheel tracks as soon as they can! The large washout on the Ravensbourne Road at the end of the bitumen has been attended to. Work on the second draft at the Blackall saleyards is well advanced. This will be a huge help when sales get underway again… hopefully next week!!!
I was able to attend the World Day of Prayer Service at St Patrick’s Catholic Church where the congregation took part in a moving church service compiled by the women of Cameroon. Congratulations to the students and staff from St Joseph’s school for their participation in this interdenominational, international, interracial, world wide fellowship of worship and prayer.
The carwash for Shockwave raised $500 towards their participation in the Heartland Festival. Many hands made light work of the mud encrusted vehicles and the two buses. The community support is very much appreciated!
There was a great turn out of students from the Blackall and Tambo State Schools for the 20th Clean Up Australia Day. My congratulations to the pupils and staff of the schools and to the staff of the Blackall Tambo Regional Council who made sure it all happened. The iceblock and the sausage sizzle afterwards were most welcome. The good news is that there was not as much RUBBISH as there was last year!!! How good is that?!! Let us keep up the good work….Our towns are really clean and tidy!
Over the weekend there was a house in Blackall totally destroyed by fire. The Blackall Tambo Regional Council has commenced a fire appeal in aid of the victim of the fire. Anyone wishing to donate can do so at the Westpac Bank in the Council Office
I attended the 40th ABARE Outlook Conference in Canberra where I attended Workshops on biosecurity, agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions, productivity and exploring Northern Australia. The opening address by the Hon Tony Burke foretold of imminent changes to the National Drought Policy and the change to a Risk Return Approach for Biosecurity.
While an address on the world economy by Murilo Portugal of the International Monetary Fund cautioned all attending that the financial crisis was no way over yet and while there would be increased agricultural production there will be an issue over our debt levels.
Westpac’s Bill Evans forecast a less than spectacular recovery in the short term with better terms of trade in 2011, a continuation of interest rate rises. He also questions how the federal government would reduce the national debt. Bill also stressed that the global financial crisis is not over … It is forgotten!!!! Jan Ross
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ONCE again, the Anglican Church ladies will be hosting a morning tea in the church gardens to raise money for the Queensland Cancer Council.
Wednesday, May 12 has been set aside for the morning tea, so mark your calendars and organise a group of friends to get together for a great cause.
The morning is very child-friendly with a toy area set up on the lawns so any mothers with young children not attending school can come along and enjoy a lovely morning out.
The day will also feature a multi-draw raffle and lucky gate prize.
The organising ladies depend on the generous donations of food and multi-draw items for the morning tea from the community.
If anyone requires further information, please contact Anne Hauff on 4657 4461, Beth O’Neill on 4657 4141 or Tressie Smith on 4657 4574.
Barcoo Independent TV Guide March 14 - 20ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS
Sunday March 14
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 Best of Gardening Australia1:30 Message Stick2:00 Travel Oz2:30 Primal Instincts3:30 Tiwi Islands Grand Final6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver7:00 News 7:30 My Place8:25 News Update8:30 Desperate Romantics10:15 Compass11:10 The Genius of Photography12:10 Paralympic Games: Vancouver12:40 Order in the House1:45 Movie: A Double Life (PG)3:30 Talking Heads3:55 Songs of Praise
6:00 Children’s Programs
7:00 Weekend Sunrise
10:00 Bush Doctors
10:30 Movie: Airport ’77 (PG)
1:00 V8 Supercars
5:30 Great South East
6:00 News
6:30 Sunday Night
7:30 Border Security
8:00 Air Ways
8:30 Bones
9:30 Castle
10:30 Scrubs
11:00 Royal Pains
12:00 Blue Heelers
2:00 Room for Improvement
2:30 Infomercial
3:30 NBC Meet the Press
4:30 NBC Today
5:30 News
6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today10:00 4WD TV10:30 Alive and Cooking11:00 The Sunday Footy Show12:00 Sunday Roast1:00 Movie: Springfield Rifle (PG)3:00 V4:00 Sunday Football: South Sydney Rabbitohs v Sydney Roosters6:00 News6:30 Domestic Blitz7:30 60 Minutes8:30 V9:30 TBA11:30 Bizarre ER12:00 Super League2:00 Skippy – the Bush Kangaroo2:30 Global Shop Direct4:00 Good Morning America5:00 Popoff Ministries5:30 Today
7:00 International News
10:30 Fork in the Road
11:00 Stolen Babies, Stolen Lives
12:00 PNG: The Rules of the
Game
1:00 Speedweek
3:00 UEFA Europa League
3:30 UEFA Champions League
Magazine Program
4:00 Football Feature
5:00 The World Game
6:00 Thalassa
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 China’s Great Wall
8:30 Dateline
9:30 Cutting Edge Special
10:30 Movie: The Lady of the
Camellias (M)
12:10 Movie: In the Company of
Men (MA)
2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
Monday M
arch 15
4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The Einstein Factor6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1:30 The Cook and the Chef2:00 Parliament Question Time3:05 Children’s Programs6:00 Travel Oz6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report8:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:20 Media Watch9:35 Q&A10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:35 Paralympic Games: Vancouver12:05 Seed Hunter1:00 Parliament Question Time1:55 Movie: Maid’s Night Out (G)3:00 In a League of their Own: The Tiwi Brand3:25 Bowls: Australian Open 2010
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: The Pledge (M)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercial3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 My Kitchen Rules8:30 Desperate Housewives9:30 Brothers and Sisters10:30 Border Patrol11:00 Ocean Force11:30 30 Rock12:00 Blue Heelers1:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Two and a Half Men8:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 The Mentalist9:30 CSI: Miami11:30 Nightline12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 McLeod’s Daughters1:30 WWE Afterburn2:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Popoff Ministries5:30 Today
5:05 International News
1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to
Australia
1:30 Indonesia – A Reporter’s
Journey
2:30 Dateline
3:30 Insight
4:30 The Journal
5:00 The Crew
5:30 Futbol Mundial
6:00 Living Black
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Mythbusters
8:35 Man vs Wild
9:30 World News Australia
10:00 Wilfred
10:30 Entourage
11:00 Flight of the Concords
11:30 Movie: Ong-Bak (MA)
1:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
Tuesday March 16
4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The Einstein Factor6.00 Children’s Programs11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 Galapagos1:30 The Einstein Factor2:00 Parliament Question Time3:05 Children’s Programs6:00 Stress Buster6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver7:00 News7:30 The 7.30 Report8:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones9:35 QI10:05 Artscape10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:35 Paralympic Games: Vancouver12:05 Four Corners12:50 Media Watch1:05 The Chaser’s War on Everything1:35 Parliament Question Time2:35 Poirot3:25 Message Stick3:55 Good Game
6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: A Touch of Frost (PG)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercial3:30 Larry the Lawnmower4:00 Kid Detectives4:30 News5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 My Kitchen Rules9:00 Grey’s Anatomy10:00 Brothers and Sisters11:00 Super Skinny Me12:00 Blue Heelers1:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News
6:00 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Top Gear8:30 Survivor9:30 TBA10:30 Kitchen Nightmares USA11:30 Nightline12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 20/201:30 Entertainment Tonight2:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 Popoff Ministries5:30 Today
5:05 International News
1:00 Movie: Round Trip (M)
2:40 Soft
3:00 If Only
3:30 Living Black
4:00 Wine Lovers’ Guide to
Australia
4:30 The Journal
5:00 PBS Newshour
6:00 Global Village
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Insight
8:30 Big Love
9:30 World News Australia
10:00 Hot Docs
11:40 Movie: Luxury Car (M)
1:15 Jabe Babe
2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight
Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G GeneralClassificationM MatureClassificationRecommendedforviewingbymatureaudiences.PG ParentalGuidanceRecommendedMA MatureAudienceNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage. AV AdultViolenceClassificationNotsuitableforpeopleunder15yearsofage.
18 Leek St; BlackallSunday 9amPastor: Mark & Linda WhysallContact: 0437 941 607
HeartlandAn Assemblies of God Family Church
Rochelle Robinson, Shelby Duke, Jessica Walker, Ben Timms and Jesse Duke take time out from washing cars
Rachel Walker and David Goodman worked hard to clean the muddiest of cars!
Back: Jo Timms, Lisa Goodman, David Goodman, Scott Walker, Rachel Walker. Front: Ben Timms, Jesse Duke, Jessica Walker, Shelby Duke and Georgie Heard
SOME of Blackall’s enthusiastic and committed young people got together last Saturday and organised a car wash to raise money for the Shockwave Youth Arts Festival.
It was perfect timing, with a solid break in the wet weather, and a lot of mud to clean off the cars, particularly the 4WDs.
Washing from 9am until 1pm, with a solid stream of customers, the group washed 27 vehicles and two buses, raising a total of $500 for Shockwave.
After the success of the event, the group plan to hold more fundraisers in the near future, as well as a wash in Tambo this Saturday.
Morning tea for Qld Cancer Council
Mud helps raise money for festival
LETTER TO THE EDITORTo the Editor,I am writing to this newspaper in response to a
recent article regarding Blackall-Tambo Council’s pest management costs. I have the following questions:-
Council states the draft budget amount for 1. pest management is $667 000. The wild dog bounty at $100 per scalp multiplied by approx 2000 scalps is $200 000, plus the costs of aerial baiting and fence maintenance. If 61% of the budget relates to dog control, what are the other costs? What other pests are targeted within the budget?At a cost of around $4000 per kilometre, it 2. would appear that “the personal issue” of dog control in the form of fencing, would be well out of the reach of most graziers, considering the prevalent drought conditions of recent years, and subsequent loss of income. If Council withdraws or considerably cuts support for wild dog control, what services will the average landholder receive in return for their Shire rates?
There has always been debate about the effectiveness of baiting, some graziers say it works others say it doesn’t and there does not appear to be any way of proving or disproving this.
At least with a bounty, a scalp is provided, so we know that equates to a dead dingo.
The bounty system is also supported by local roo-shooters, some of whom have indicated they would be reticent to continue doing so for a bounty of $30,
considering the distemper, parvovirus and hydatid disease, possibly carried by the dogs, and the grisly nature of the removal of the scalp.
The article also contained a statement that Council “must be seen to fund each of the pests on our priority list evenly and equitably”.
Surely if one pest is more prolific in numbers and the cost of damage caused by such pest considerable, funding should be allocated accordingly.
The population of the township has shrunk to present levels mainly because of the decline of the sheep population and the flow-on effect eg less shearers and other shearing industry workers,contractors etc.
With sheep prices on the rise, some local graziers would contemplate at least a partial return to the sheep and wool industry if wild dogs can be controlled.
A decision from our local Council to abandon funding for wild dog control would be very disappointing indeed.
Yours faithfully,Gwynne Stockwell ‘Fairlea’ Blackall
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KIDS CORNER --- Send all your favourite jokes, photos and anything that you find interesting to Eddie at [email protected]
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Kid’s Corner with Eddie EmuG’day Kids. Easter is fast approaching, which means school holidays are almost upon us. There is nothing better then a good sleep-in, followed by a day outside playing, bike riding, fishing and hanging out with your mates watching the clouds drift by. What are you and your family doing over the holidays? Some of you might be lucky enough to be going away. No matter what you do just remember to take heaps of photos, and send them into Kid’s Corner for everyone to enjoy. Eddie
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this fantastic master piece from Brendan, who is in year 2 at Blackall State School. I love the corks on my hat, they are a lovely touch and I am seriously thinking of adding some to my Akubra real soon.
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THE federal government has introduced two programs looking at ways to improve productivity and profitability of the land that can be considered by farmers or groups of farmers.
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Economic Development Officer John Hine says that the programs are associated with climate change but, with some creative writing, many projects could be made to fit.
Graziers in the Blackall-Tambo region who are interested in projects to improve grassland management, creek bank restoration, increased level of soil carbon or a range of other activities that could increase farm productivity, may be eligible for funding.
Under the FarmReady scheme, funding of up to $80, 000 is available on a competitive-bid basis to groups of farmers for projects which increase industry self-reliance and preparedness to adapt to climate change.
Grants of up to $1, 500 are also available to any farmer to attend recognised training courses each year. These could be, for example, a Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries Grazing Land Management course.
Workshops featuring Peter Andrews, who advocates changes to creek management practices, and who wrote the book ‘Beyond the Brink’ have also been offered in the Springsure region.
The Caring for Country program offers funds for farm projects, generally with groups of farmers in priority areas such as improved management practices, soil condition and landscape scale conservation.
Graziers in the Blackall-Tambo region who are interested in projects that might be funded under these schemes, are invited to contact the John Hine on 4621 6600 or at [email protected].
Assistance can be given in identifying the right scheme, possible sources of expertise and in filling in the application forms.
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From the Heartland Festival committee
The 2010 Blackall Heartland Festival is on again from May 14 to 30. Pull up stumps in the Blackall-Tambo region and enjoy two weeks of arts and cultural events.
The 2010 event embodies the heart and soul of the region and promises excitement, enlightenment and enrichment through a series of workshops, exhibitions and concerts styled in black and white to correlate with this year’s theme ‘The Black Stump and Beyond’.
One of the major highlights included in this year’s program is a series of workshops with acclaimed Courier Mail cartoonist Sean Leahy. Sean draws political cartoons along with his own comic aptly named ‘Beyond the Black Stump’ and promises to leave Blackall with a commemorative mural reflecting the community.
Watch this space for further updates, details of special guests and profiles of planned workshops. Also, be sure to check out the Barcoo Independent calendar for confirmed event dates.
For all enquiries contact Karen Brook STUDIOS on 4654 2364.
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TEACHERS from the Longreach School of Distance Education recently travelled to centres across the district to work with students.
Cluster days were held in Blackall, Longreach, Winton and Aramac.
According to principal Robyn Conlin, the days provide a valuable opportunity for quality face to face teaching time for students with their teachers.
“The children also really enjoy the time they can spend with their classmates, “she added.
Students from Prep to year 10 participate in the days.
Mrs Conlin said cluster days were an important time for secondary students to meet with their teachers to ensure high educational outcomes were being achieved for all students in the school.
This week at LSODE, students will participate in a cultural camp and swimming carnival while home tutors are also involved in two days of professional development activities.
Blackall cluster students have been amongst those named in the weekly encouragement awards, including Bryce Gillies (Year 3) for a great effort with writing, Bella Joseland (Year 5) for her enthusiasm and willingness to be involved in all tasks during telephone lessons, and Will Alexander (Year 5) for his insightful comments about what his ‘silent voice’ does when he’s reading.
Prep student Meredith Walker received her award for her fantastic description of how she made her playdough creation.
In Year 3, Rosie Alexander was rewarded for her fantastic writing ideas at cluster.
Ashley Taylor (Year 4) was congratulated on her excellent use of expression during reading and Gabrielle Rooney (Year 7) for showing responsibility and initiative towards her study.
Outreach week for LSODE
the training and encouraging all businesses to participate in the hope that Blackall-Tambo will beat other towns such as Redland City and the Sunshine Coast to be the first ‘AussieHost Town’ with 60% of businesses in town recognised as bronze AussieHost businesses or higher.
RAPAD and ACOT have identified the workshops as a valuable tool in developing positive attitudes to service, improving the way people
relate to customers, exceeding customer expectations and creating a first-class experience for their customers.
Dates have been secured for further workshops in Blackall on April 13 and in Tambo on March 22.
Local businesses encouraged to do AussieHost training
The lone male at Butterfly Day Dylan Dolinski got his nails painted by Lisa Goodman and Rachel Walker
Girls from Tambo State School were eager to start the day
~ Butterfly Day ~
Year 3 teacher Miss Hewson with Charlotte Russell and Rosie Alexander
Sam Pearson, Declan Russell and Will Alexander
Below: AussieHost trainer local Kayla Schurmann engages the group in an exercise during the customer service training program last Friday
THE Blackall Cultural Association has a busy year planned with a number of workshops in the coming months.
Some of these include creative cloth with Julie Latcham between March 23 and 28, Hebel sculpturing with Adrian Vanderlugt from May 14 to 16, a workshop with Cartoonist Sean Leahy between May 24 and 26, watercolour painting with Lyn Butchart from May 22 to 26, textile artistry with Tracey Hewitt in July, and acrylic/mixed media/landscapes/flowers on July 17 and 18 with Metka Skrober.
The Cultural Association will be holding their annual general
meeting on Saturday, March 13 at 12 noon. All are welcome to attend a light lunch followed by the AGM. The association encourages new members to be part of the organisation for the coming 12 months.
The accommodation at the Living Arts Centre is becoming very popular with travelling artists and those holding workshops for the community. So far in 2010, the accommodation has hosted artists in residence Fredrick White and Jenny Scott, dance teacher Birrali Schefe and the Human Ventures crew who are working with young people in the community. There has been a lot of interest from
other artists and organizations for the rest of the year.
The WORC scheme inmates have finished painting the inside of the building and it is now in first class order. They will commence painting the outside of the building in the next few weeks.
The association is still searching for a casual cleaner for the centre for 4 hours per week. Enquiries are to be made to Lynette Davison on 0427 574 337.
The Blackall Cultural Association committee says the Living Arts Centre is a wonderful community asset and would like to see it used to its fullest capacity.
Workshops make for a busy year ahead, Blackall Cultural Assc
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Community rally for local residentBLACKALL fire and rescue crew were called out to
a house on Rose Street in Blackall on the weekend.No-one was injured in the fire, although reporting
officer Luke Johnson said most of the house, owned by local resident Rosie Kerr, was destroyed.
“It will be a total write-off.”Mr Johnson went on to say that initial investigations
suggested that the fire was not suspicious.Local fire captain Matthew Richardson said that he
was pleased with the response, with 10 of Blackall’s 13 firefighters on the scene along with a few ex-firefighters.
Rosie’s daughter-in-law Leanne Griffiths says the community response has been amazing, with a lot of people donating clothes and household items.
There will be a raffle held on Friday night at the Union, with tickets sold throughout the day, as well as a big multidraw with donations from businesses in Blackall to be drawn on the weekend of the rugby games. A cake stall will also be held during the day on Friday. Money can be donated through a trust account set up by the Blackall-Tambo council.
DANCE Blackall held their annual general meeting on Thursday, March 4 at Blackall State School. Lavina Anderson was elected president of the dance committee, Christine Williams as treasurer and Susan Thomson as secretary.
Birrali Schefe, a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance, currently travels from Roma each fortnight to teach dance lessons on a Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
Lessons are held at the showgrounds and memorial hall, depending on availability of the hall.
The Show society will be applying for a grant to upgrade the building at the showgrounds which will include a toilet and airconditioning of the hall. Should this be successful, the dance group hope for a permanent base for lessons. The theme of the concert this year is “the Magic Toyshop”. A tentative date has been set for Saturday, November 27.
The dance group are hoping to hold weekend workshops on a more regular basis; with the first on March 27-28 at the memorial hall (free to members).
Dance Blackall is offering an adult dance fitness fun class for the first time, fortnightly on Tuesdays at 1.30pm. The class costs $10.
The next dance lessons are on March 15 and 16, and March 29 and 30 at the memorial hall.
New dancers are always welcome. Contact Lavina Anderson on 4657 5030 after hours.
Dance Blackall committee elected
Fiona Ludgate and her team of Blackall volunteers show off the rubbish collected at the showgrounds
Amber, Chloe, Anika & Brooke take a well-earned break
Iain Duke worked hard collecting all the full bags of rubbish
Melissa McKay and the girl guides after a busy morning
EVERY member of the Blackall Girl Guides attended Clean Up Australia Day in Blackall this year.
The girl guides were assigned to the Blackall showgrounds, and the girls believe they came back having collected the most rubbish!
Fiona Ludgate and Bridget were the winning bag fillers for the girl guides group.
Although not a lot of rubbish was found in such a large area, the girl guides were impressed by how clean the town was to start with.
Melissa McKay thanked the parents, grandmother and teachers who joined the group and kept the girls moving and their motivation levels high. The guides enjoyed the icy cups and sausage sizzle following the busy morning and will be eager participants again next year.
Girl Guides clean up Blackall
ARTIST Adriaan Vanderlugt has been carving stone, marble and wood for over 40 years.
He has a working background in Graphic Design. His slightly abstracted sculptures of animals, birds and fish are held in collections around the world.
In 2001, he created a number of public sculptures in the Mackay/Whitsunday region for Australia’s centenary of foundation year.
Adriaan writes a weekly art column for the local Whitsunday newspaper and in 2003 he was honoured with a Centenary Medal ‘for distinguished service to the arts’.
Adriaan was born in the Netherlands, grew up in Canada and lives in the Whitsundays.
Adriaan will be holding a 3-4 day workshop ‘Seeing around corners in Hebel stone’ from May 14 to 17
in Blackall. The workshop is open to adults with or without carving experience. Hebel Stone is also known as aerated concrete and is carved using woodworking tools.
I n t e r e s t e d participants should contact Lorelei Kiernan to book or for more details before April on 7 4657 6403 or 0428 731 390.
Hebel workshop coming to Blackall ~ Clean Up Blackall ~
Adriaan Vanderlugt