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Blackall’s own community newspaperMarch 9, 2007 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $1.10 Contact: [email protected]

Sport on the Barcoo

Blackall shooter Ashley Adams has received notification of his inclusion in the shadow team for Australia’s shooting squad heading for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

“I’m pretty excited about it,” he said. “To even think of being in the shadow team is a dream for me.”

What makes this achievement even more remarkable is that Ashley is a disabled athlete.

His favourite event, the 50m rifle prone, is the only one on the Olympic sporting schedule in which a disabled athlete can take part alongside able-bodied competitors.

While Ashley, aged 51, has competed in three Paralympic Games, at Atlanta, Sydney and Athens, and is assured of a berth in Australia’s team for the Beijing Paralympics, ranking number one in the world at present, proving himself in the able-bodied field has been high on his agenda.

He became the first shooter with a disability to represent Australia in able-bodied international competition when he took part in the Oceania Shooting Championships in Brisbane at the end of 2005, finishing fourth in the 50m prone rifle.

His silver medal score in this event at the Athens Paralympic Games would have earned him

sixth at the Olympic Games a month earlier.

While his world ranking in the open field has slipped recently, Ashley says he has been to Olympic level before and he feels sure he can get back there again.

He didn’t score well at the Australia Cup 1 event in Adelaide in February, despite winning three events and coming second in another in the disabled section.

“My gun barrel was playing up,” he said. “That’s something I’ll have to work on.”

He already spends hours each night at home on his property, Darracourt, practising and perfecting his technique and equipment.

“Other shooters have a gunsmith but I’m the shooter and the mechanic,” he said.

While this gives him little time to relax, Ashley agrees that being so familiar with his tools is part of the reason he has achieved so highly.

Keeping fit is also a high priority, with a busy schedule ahead, including the national titles in Brisbane from April 1-10, Australia Cup 2 in Sydney from April 20-22, and the World Cup, also in Sydney, from April 25 to May 3.

Good scores at these events will increase Ashley’s likelihood of competing for Australia at Beijing.

Ashley makes shadow Olympic team --by Sally Cripps

Ashley Adams hopes to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008

Memories for Memorial Hall

One of Queensland’s pre-eminent installation artists and former Blackall resident, Natalie Billing will mount the largest installation of her career to date in Blackall’s Memorial Hall as part of the Heartland Festival Art Show in May.

Wandering the Hall of Memories is the name of the work which will showcase this innovative modern art form featuring repetitive objects laid out across the floor, certain items particularly placed and photographic images transferred to diaphanous curtains.

The installation piece will temporarily transform the hall interior into one large artwork and holds special significance for Natalie.

It will convey many of her memories of the hall, once Blackall’s centre for balls, weddings and school concerts,

...continued on page 3

Sign on day success for BJRL

The Blackall Junior Rugby League held a successful sign-on day on Saturday, February 24.

Along with keen players from 2006 were approximately 18 new players signing up for the season.

Blackall will have under 7, 9, 11 and 13 teams and hopefully, with enough numbers, will also have an under 15 side as well.

Coaches for the season will be Peter Hauff for the under 7s, Roland Blucher the under 9s, Dan Burton the under 11s and Guy Elliott will coach the under 13 and 15 sides.

Assisting the coaches will be parents who have volunteered their services for training days.

The first game of the season will be a cluster day for all clubs on Sunday, April 1 in Ilfracombe.

Training for the children commenced on Tuesday, March 6 and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays every week of the season.

Those who have not signed up yet are still welcome to do so, by contacting either Peter or Anne Hauff or Roland Blucher.

--by Anne Hauff

In one of the best ‘B’ Grade finals for a long time Col Pfingst and Rob Hayward struggled neck to neck all the way on Sunday, February 4, being 22 all after 28 ends then 30 all after 39 ends. Col drew one shot to win by 31 – 30 in a great final for 2006.

In Handicap singles Hobby Farmer and Lou Kelly proved too strong for Roby Doyle winning 31 –23 on 30 ends.

Sets of Nine ends saw Dally Holden defeat Roy Black by 14 – 3 and 8 – 5 while in Cock of the Walk Don Daly ran out of condition to go down to John Bowyer 6 – 5.

In a family related ‘B’ singles game on Sunday, February 25, Rob Hayward led all the way.

After 24 ends with a close score of 21-20, Rob was able to pull away to beat Lloyd Alexander 31-23 in what was a very good game.

In sets of nine ends Mick Chapman had a comfortable win over Alf Cameron 12-6 and 12-4.

In another sets of nine ends Julie Blucher was too good for newcomer

Geoff Swan, winning 17-3 and 12-2.

Geoff was playing his first game of bowls and no doubt will improve on that in future games.

Phil Hayward was a bit too consistent for Rob Doyle in another sets of nine ends, winning 9-8 and 14-7.

Tina Holden, playing against her father Dally, struggled with the heat to go down 9-5 and a dubious 9-8.

Next weeks games include Sets of Nine Ends, G Whitfield v D Holden spotter L Alexander, J Carter v P Hayward spotter R Black.‘B’ Singles M Chapman v C Pfingst spotter M Gray, L Kelly v W. Cody spotter A Cameron, R Robinson v J Blutcher spotter D Daly. Play will commence at 8.30 am

A social game of bowls will be played on Saturday night, March 17.

Everyone is welcome to come and all names must be in by 6:30 pm.

--by Dally Holden

Close finish for 2006 final

2007 sees the Blackall Pistol Club retain its executive with Arthur Elmy as president, Bruce McPaul as vice president while Aubrey Carter is secretary and Peter Molle treasurer.

With a good attendance the club began the year with The Dinty Harlow Memorial Shoot as its first official shoot on February 18.

Winner of the Open Sports Pistol event was Dallas Kowald-Dawson with an excellent score of 518, followed by Ross Allen on 500 and Peter Molle third on 485. Other scores were Spencer Astill 410, Kahem Elmy 409, Doug Church 360, Helen Allen 344 and Shelley Haughton 319.

Len Russell while back in town took out the Centre Fire event with a score of 484, 2nd place went to Bruce McPaul 466 and 3rd place to Arthur Elmy 458 while Aubrey Carter shot a 446.

Lenny also had his eye in for the

day and took out the Rifle Match scoring 2060, 2nd place went to Aubrey Carter 1570 and 3rd place to Bruce McPaul 1420. Other scores were Wayne Dendle 1330, Arthur Elmy 1300, Ross Allen 1210, Helen Allen 1170, Dallas Kowald-Dawson 1110, Kahem Elmy 1025 and Matthew Allen 650.

The Slim Murray Airpistol event was held Sunday February 25 with a few handicaps due to bite the dust. Winner of the event Spencer Astill top scored on 631 followed by Noelene Gleeson 605 in 2nd place, closely followed by Kahem Elmy on 603. Other scores were Arthur Elmy 599, Bruce McPaul 525, Dave Steedman 508 and Aubrey Carter 506. Top off pistol score went to Arthur Elmy on 507.

The next official event is the Keith Hayward Memorial shoot on March 18 commencing at 9 am with standard Match and Air Pistol events being shot.

Dinty Harlow Memorial Shoot starts 2007

Over twenty swimmers rolled up to participate in evening activities when Blackall’s Amateur Swimming Association conducted its annual swim-a-thon on Thursday March 1.

Swimmers ranging from the age of six years up to adults swam laps for sponsorship of their club.

Most swimmers swam beyond the required amount with some swimming in excess of fifty laps on the night.

All money raised will go towards purchasing and renewing resources for the swimmers.

-- by Zoe Johnson

ASA Swim-a-thon

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MARCH10 CW swim championships14 NLIS database training17 60s & Better St Patrick’s Day24-25 Soccer Clinic29 Special weaner sale31 St Josephs School Easter feteAPRIL

6 Good Friday9-11 Zone 14 pony club camp14 Swim club presentation dinner15-17 Blackall Open tennis tournament21-22 Blackall campdraft25 Anzac Day26-27 WQLGA Conference27 60s & Better hoyMAY

3 Landmark beef show & sale5 Woolscour bush dinner5-6 Show & state sheep show7 Labour Day11 Heartland Festival opening dinner11-31 Heartland Festival activities13-14 Junior Masters tennis14 60s & Better Mothers Day lunch

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Local larrikin Matt Evans is in the running to be named Queensland Country Life Bush Bachelor of the year.

Matt, 20, better known to local rugby league fans as “Beefy” was recently announced as one of six finalists in the search for eligible studs and spinsters.

According to his brief, Matts dream job is a talent scout for Miss Universe.

If you’d like to vote for Matt, send an email to [email protected] with his name. Entries close on March 15.

Vote for MattThe Barcoo Amateur Race Club would like to invite

everyone to challenge their creativity and design a “Fashion of The Field” poster. The poster will be used for 2007 to advertise throughout the district the “Fashion of the Fields” in Blackall.

The 5 finalists will be displayed at the Opening Dinner of the Heartland Festival on the 11th May. The winner will be chosen and announced on this night and will receive a $50 prize kindly donated by Alan & Kelley Walker “Gowan”.

Entries are to be sent to BARC Secretary Kylie Banks PO Box 11, Blackall or they can be left at Blackall Newsagency. Please attach your name and contact details to the back of your entry. Entries close Tuesday 8th May.

POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION

Despite soaring temperatures a very strong crowd of punters and race goers turned out to support Blackall’s first race meeting of the year on Saturday March 3.

A good line up of horses from Central West & South West stables raced on the day with Todd Austin, trainer from Barcaldine, collecting three wins while local trainer Charlie Prow had one win. Local owners Bob & Pam Carolyn celebrated one win and two places with their horses.

Mr D Batts was another excited local owner, winning the Class 5 Handicap with El Bdoor .

Once again “Fashions of the Field” sponsored by Seymours & Strathmore Santa Gertrudis Stud attracted a great deal of interest. All the ladies who entered were dressed to such a high standard it made judging the event extremely difficult. Veronica Martin’s outfit was classic and very stylish and found by the judges to be the most outstanding.

Jamie Elmy won the “Best Hat” while Josh Griffiths won the Best Dressed Man which was kindly recognised by the Blackall Newsagency.

Other great prizes on the day including a lucky child’s toy voucher were kindly donated by Mr I. Kinsey.

The next race day in Blackall will be on June 2 and is part of the Matilda Highway Race Series.

--by Kylie Banks

Heat not a barrier for races

MARCH10-13 Orthopaedics-Dr Welsh, Longreach, Ph: 4658 473512 Child Health Blackall , Ph: 4650 770012-13 Orthodontist, Dr Walker, Longreach Referral required Ph: 4658 473519 Speech Therapist, Ph: 4658 334423 Women’s Health Nurse, Frankie, Blackall Hospital, Ph: 4650 770026 Child Health Blackall , Ph: 4650 7700

28 Psychiatrist, Ph: 4658 473529 Dietician , Blackall Hospital, Ph: 4650 7700APRIL4 Surgeon Dr F. Rowlands, Blackall Hospital Referral required, Ph: 46507 7009 Child Health Blackall, Ph: 4650 770023 Gynecologist, Blackall Hospital, Referral required, Ph: 4650 770025 Psychiatrist, Ph: 4658 4735

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St Josephs School Invites Everyone To Come Along And Enjoy The

“EASTER BONNET FETE” Easter Bunny will be visiting

SATURDAY 31ST MARCH @ 6pm

Lots of fun activities for the kids!!!

Pony Rides FooDStaLLs “JuMPing CasTle”“Blazer the Bear”

Donuts BBQ SHOWBAGS LIVE MUSIC – Entertainment Bar A Variety of Stalls Fantastic Cent Sale Prizes Great Auticon Items

@ BANKS PARK Saturday 31st of March

Winners: “Fashions of the field” Veronica Martin, “Best Dressed Man” Josh Griffiths and “Best Hat” winner Jamie Elmy.

Results:1. 900m 1st Ben Buckler , R Bellert, 2nd Sea Love, R Tilley, 3rd In A

Second, C Bumstead2. 900m 1st Pittapaddy, D Rewald, 2nd Tones, A Roberston, 3rd Yubi,

D McMaster3. 1000m 1st Charles Heritage, A Robertson, 2nd Barcoo George, R

Bellert, 3rd Kipchoge, D Rewald4. 1000m 1st El Bdoor, A Robertson, 2nd Dusty Daniel, R Bellert, 3rd

Reveche, C Rogers 5. 1000m 1st Rock Your Body, D McMaster, 2nd Baby Tod, T Hall, 3rd

Gee Gee McGregor, D Rewald

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and will take viewers back to their own memories of that time, place or experience.

The installation will open on Friday, May 18 and run until the close of the art show on May 28.

Students at the state school will benefit from Natalie’s accumulated knowledge gained by studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree and then practising and showing her work for more than 10 years, when she undertakes an artist talk at the school during the week.

The general public will be able to walk amongst the installation, take from and give to it whatever they choose, and wander back through Natalie’s and their own memories.

The installation will be brought to

Blackall with assistance from the Regional Arts Development Fund.

The Heartland Festival receives support from Queensland Events and the Blackall Shire Council.

-- by Robyn Adams

Wander down memory lane ...continued from page 1

Natalie Billing with her stunning 2002 installation They Were. Her Blackall work will have a similar floor element.

Curtains and hanging elements will feature in Natalie Billing’s Wandering the Halls of Memory exhibition at the Heartland Festival art show.

Natalie Billing will supply photographs on request. Contact [email protected] or 0422 287 358 or 07 3870 5721

Blackall business groups have decided to continue with television advertising in 2007.

According to shire Economic Development Officer Louise Campbell, a recent meeting saw a fair representation of businesses, including some who hadn’t been part of last year’s campaign, and a commitment to contribute to a new campaign this year.

“It was considered that there is a need to carry on the momentum from last year’s successful campaign which generated enormous interest,” Louise said.

“It was extremely successful with positive feedback from within the region and interstate.”

Karen Choyce said that while their trucking operation hadn’t picked up a lot of business from the ads, she and husband Scott saw them as a good way of promoting Blackall as a whole.

“It’s good to let people know we do have all these services out here, we are the sort of place you’d like to come to.”

The Blackall Memorial and

Sports Club will be coming on board with a financial contribution this year as well.

Manager Kaye Wood said the positive comment she’d heard from visitors and surrounding towns had convinced her to take part.

“The Club wants to support the concept as a whole, and we see value for us from the tourist market and surrounding towns,” she said.

“We’ve got to convince people to stop here and do business here.”

On the other hand, Blackall Rural Traders principal Peter McIntosh said he wasn’t keen to participate this year as his business didn’t get anything from the campaign.

“It’s aimed more at tourists and they don’t use our shop at all,” he said.

Peter also said he thought the slogan, ‘There’s More Than Stuff-all in Blackall’ was “ordinary”.

“That’s not what’s holding me back though.”

Karen thought the slogan had caught people’s attention. “It got

people talking.”Louise said those at the meeting

decided to build new adverts and develop a freshness that will continue to hold the audience interest.

“We’ll wait and see who commits and then work out what the ads will look like,” she said.

Business owners were keen to show that living in Blackall was a lifestyle choice and that the town should be considered as a place to live and invest in, as well as being a tourist destination.

“It’s an opportunity for business to unite and advance community capacity and showcase Blackall as a positive and progressive town,” she said.

The shire council is coordinating the advertising and contributing funds itself, and has extended an open invitation to all businesses and groups to join the campaign.

Louise said time was short as it was hoped to have the ads on air from Easter time.

“People need to contact us as soon as possible,” she said.

Blackall TV ads happening againDate Temp (°C)

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km/h1 24.5 31.8 0 E 542 21.6 26.4 0 E 443 21.2 33.7 0 ENE 464 20.5 35 0 E 485 22.4 35.8 0 ESE 486 19.9 38 0 E 397 22.6 37.2 0.6 NE 398 22.5 38 0 WSW 309 21.1 38.9 0 NNW 3110 20.7 40.7 0 W 3711 20.5 38.4 0 SSW 5012 16.7 35.8 0 WSW 3913 19.4 36.7 0 ESE 3714 25.1 35.5 0 W 6915 19.2 30.3 42.2 E 3716 20.2 32.8 4.8 ENE 3917 22.2 32.1 0 E 4618 21.2 31.4 17.6 ESE 3919 20.7 33.1 0 E 3720 21 33.9 0 E 4621 19.6 34.3 0 E 3522 21.6 35.6 0 ESE 3523 22.1 35.3 0 E 3024 21.2 36.8 0 E 3525 22.1 37.3 0 ESE 3726 22.4 36.2 0 E 3127 24.6 36.7 0 ESE 5728 23.2 37.2 1.4 N 28

February Weather

Sourced from the Bureau of MeteorologyObservations were drawn from Blackall Airport

Agents yard 940 head

Blackall Combined Agents yarded a total of 940 head at the fortnightly fat and store cattle sale on Thursday, March 1.

The store market was consistent with other sales held during the week, which showed an easing trend, however fat and feedlot types sold to a very solid market with some good quality cattle on offer.

A line of Charolais cross milk and two tooth bullocks, account Bailey Properties, sold to a top of 192.2c and $1332 for 698kg.

Best cows topped at 153.2c and $800 for 522kg.

Feeder weight steers sold to 185.2c, account Woodbine Livestock Trading, and $840 for 454kg.

Store steers, account Lambton Grazing Co, sold to 188.2c for 253kg to return $476.

Best store heifers, account La Plata Grazing Co, sold to 150.2c for 241kg to return $362.

The next Blackall Combined Agents cattle sale will be a fat and store sale on March 15.

A special store and weaner sale is to be held on Thursday, March 29.

Hot Dry February The highest maximum temperature

for February was on the 10th with 40.8 degrees, considerably lower than the previous highest recorded temperature of 43.9 degrees. The coolest day of the month was on the 2nd with 26.4 degrees. The average maximum temperature for the month of February set a new record with 35.2 degrees being .1 degrees higher than the long-term average recorded.

February had its coolest night on the 12th with 16.7 degrees, which was significantly higher than the previous recorded temperature of 12.4 degrees. The hottest night recorded was on the 14th with 25.1 degrees while the average minimum temperature for February was 21.4 degrees, slightly lower than the long-term average of 22 degrees.

It was a dry month with only 262 points (66.6 mm) falling compared to the average of 320 points (81.3 mm.)

An interesting month is ahead, with two good rain times and fine spells between. Not much rain is expected until mid March, blowing over by the 18th and followed by a dry period until just before the end of the month, when skies may open up. About three days of rain may ensue, followed by six dry days, and another dumping near the end of April’s first week. For this outlook interval, temperatures should stay in the lower 30s, with minimums rising again about the 17th. Over this time, the average for minimum

temperatures may be around 21C, and for maximums; 33C. Humidity should stay low, about 65-70% on average. The barometer may rise to the highest for this period about 17th/18th, and drop to lowest about 25th-28th which is when the rains are expected. Average for barometric readings may be around 1014mbs.

Allow 24 hour error for forecasts.

Ken’s Weather Predictions For Blackall March 10 – April 6, 2007 (By The Moon)

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Across: 1 Aesop, 3 War, 4 As, 5 Bus, 6 Struggle, 8 Dos, 10 Ira, 11 Eye Shadow, 12 Funen, 16 Jersey, 18 Grasp, 21 Lollipop, 24 Masquerading, 27 Logo, 28 Ebbs, 29 Adieu, 30 Air, 31 Eel.

Down: 1 Assayed, 2 Stress, 3 Waldorf Salad, 4 Ado, 5 Bet, 7 Graeme Clark, 8 Dawn, 9 Stun, 12 Fay, 13 Et, 14 Jar, 15 Yes, 17 Zoo, 18 Gems, 19 Answer, 20 Plumb, 22 Ian, 23 Plug, 25 Iris, 26 Glue, 29 Am.

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Puzzle Solutions from page 13


Barcoo Independent TV Guide - March 18 - 24ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

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4:30 Parkinson 5:30 Can We Help? 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Battlefield Detectives 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Shows: 4:55 Roller Coaster 5:55 Behind The News 6:00 Kylie Kwong 6:30 The Cook & The Chef 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 Extras: Ross 9:35 The Worst Week Of My Life 10:05 At The Movies 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Four Corners 12:25 Media Watch 12:40 Island Life 1:30 Parliament Question Time 2:30 Movie: A Piece Of Cake 1946 (G,R) 3:25 National Press Club

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 Bambaloo 9:30 Sons & Daughters 10:00 Food 4 Life 10:30 News 11:00 Infomercials 12:00 Movie: Company Business 1991 (M,R) 2:00 Blue Heelers (M,R) 3:00 Trading Spouses 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 8:00 Police Files Unlocked 8:30 Heroes (M) 9:30 Prison Break (M) 10:30 24 (M) 11:30 City Beat 12:00 Crime Scene Academy (M,R) 12:30 The First 48 (M,R) 1:30 USA High 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00

Yamba’s Playtime 9:30 Puzzle

Play 10:00 Dr Phil 11:00 Antiques

Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00

Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30

The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 The

Catch Up 2:00 Days Of Our Lives

3:00 Judge Judy 4:00 Bert’s Family

Feud 4:30 Totally Wild 5:00 The

Simpsons (R) 5:30 Neighbours

6:00 Temptation 6:30 News 7:00

A Current Affair 7:30 The Biggest

Loser 8:00 McLeod’s Daughters

9:00 Cold Case (M) 10:00 Medium

(M) 11:00 RPA (M,F) 12:00

Swimming – 12th FINA Highlights

12:50 Nightline

5:25 Overseas News 12:30

Business Report 1:00 Movie: Nynke

2001 (M,R) 3:00 Mum’s The Word

3:30 Down Under: Dallas 4:00

A Fork In the Road (R) 4:30 The

Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Living

Black 6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Cooking In The Danger Zone

(PG) 8:00 Inside Australia 8:30

Dateline 9:30 World News Australia

10:00 Movie: Chinaman 2005 (M)

11:35 Goalissimo 12:30 Class

Thursday Mach 22

4:30 Parkinson 5:30 Can We Help? 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Fact Or Fiction 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Monarch Of The Glen 1:30 Strictly Dancing 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Shows 4:55 Roller Coaster 5:55 Behind The News 6:00 Grand Designs 6:50 Hidden Treasures With Betty Churcher 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 The Big Blue 9:30 The House Of Obsessive Compulsives 10:20 Lateline 10:55 Lateline Business 11:25 Live At The Basement 12:25 Parliament Question Time 1:25 Movie: Split Second 1953 (M*,R) 2:50 Second Opinion 3:30 The Alan Clark Diaries (M*,R)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 Bambaloo 9:30

Sons & Daughters 10:00 Food 4

Life 10:30 News 11:00 Infomercials

12:00 Movie: Castaway 1987 (M,R)

2:35 My Wife & Kids 3:00 Trading

Spouses 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30

News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No

Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today To-

night 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 How

I Met Your Mother 8:00 My Name

Is Earl 8:30 Lost (M) 9:30 Bones

(M) 10:30 Family Guy (M,R) 11:00

Starveillance (M) 11:30 Stargate

Atlantis 12:30 A Mind To Kill (M,R)

2:30 USA High 3:00 Guthy-Renker

Australia 4:00 NBC Today








3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00

Bert’s Family Feud 4:30 Totally

Wild 5:00 The Simpsons (R) 5:30

Neighbours 6:00 Temptation 6:30

News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30

The Biggest Loser 8:00 Getaway

9:00 House (M) 10:00 Sports Nuts

10:15 NRL Footy Show (M) 11:45

AFL Footy Show (M)


Business Report 1:00 Mariza In

Concert In Lisbon 2:30 Dateline

3:30 If Only 4:00 Food Lovers’

Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal

5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village

(R) 6:30 World News Australia 7:

30 Hotline 7:35 Inspector Rex 8:30

The Eagle (M) 9:35 World News

Australia 10:05 The Mighty Boosh

(PG) 10:40 Movie: Rats 2003 (M)

12:30 Movie: Strawberries In The

Supermarket 2002 (M,R)

Friday March 23

4:30 Parkinson 5:30 Can We Help?

6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Big

Cat Diary (R,F) 12:00 Midday

Report 12:30 Born & Bred 1:20

Creature Comforts 1:30 Parkinson

2:30 Spicks & Specks (G,R) 3:00

Children’s Shows 4:5 Roller Coaster

5:50 Behind The News 6:00 As Time

Goes By 6:30 Can We Help? 7:00

News 7:30 Stateline 8:00 Collectors

8:30 Murphy’s Law (M) 9:20 Spooks

(M) 10:15 Lateline 11:05 jtv 12:00

Rage (M)


Sons & Daughters 10:00 Food

4 Life 11:00 Infomercials 12:00

Movie: Men Of Honour 2000

(M,R) 3:00 Trading Spouses

4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News

5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal

6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Better

Homes & Gardens 8:30 Movie:

Ella Enchanted 2004 (PG) 10:30

Movie: Eurotrip 2004 (MA) 12:20

Movie: Sexy Beast 2000 (AV,R)

3:05 Guthy-Renky Australia 4:00

NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Yamba’s Playtime 9:30 Rock It! 10:00 Dr Phil 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 The Catch Up 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 3:30 Fresh Cooking With AWW 4:00 Bert’s Family Feud 4:30 Totally Wild 5:00 The Simpsons (R) 5:30 Neighbours 6:00 Temptation 6:30 News 7:00 Dragons vs Knights 9:00 Penrith Panthers vs Bulldogs 11:00 The Biggest Loser 11:30 Swimming – 12th FINA Highlights 12:30 Comedy Inc. The Late Shift (M)


Business Report 1:00 The Food

Lover’s Guide To Australia (R) 1:30

Insight 2:30 Germany’s War 3:30

Living Black 4:00 Wine Lover’s

Guide To Australia (R) 4:30 The

Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global

Village 6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Sweet Paradise 8:30 As It

Happened: Churchill’s Bodyguard

9:30 World News Australia 10:00

Sex ‘N’ Pop (MA,R) 11:10 Movie:

So Normal 2003 (MA) 12:50 Movie:

If I Were A Rich Man 2002 (M,R)

Saturday March 24

5:00 Rage 8:00 Rage: Peaches 9:00

jtv Saturday 11:10 Falcon Beach

12:00 Stateline 12:30 Australian Story

1:00 Foreign Correspondent 2:00

Rugby League: Redcliffe Dolphins vs

Aspley Broncos 4:00 Horatio’s Drive:

America’s First Road Trip 4:30 The

Dog Listener 5:00 Bowls: Australian

Open 2007: Women’s Triples: Final

6:00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30

Gardening Australia 7:00 News

7:30 Around The World In Eighty

Treasures 8:30 News 8:35 The Bill

9:25 News 9:30 The West Wing

10:55 Carries’s War (G,R) 12:25

Rage (M)

6:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 6:30

W.I.T.C.H 7:00 Saturday Disney

9:00 Toon Disney 10:30 Get ED

11:00 Infomercials 11:30 Movie:

Mosquito Squadron 1970 (Pg,R)

1:30 7’s V8 Supercars 2007 5:00

Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland

Weekender 6:00 News 6:30 The

Great Outdoors 7:30 Great Comedy

Classics 9:45 Movie: Speed 1994

(M) 12:05 Movie: Class 1983 (MA)

2:00 Movie: Down ‘N’ Dirty 2000

(M) 4:00 Guthy-Renker Australia

5:00 Dateline NBC

5:30 Christian City 6:00 Jay Jay

The Jet Plane (R) 6:30 Toasted

TV 7:30 Wicked Science (R)

8:00 Totally Wild (R) 8:30 Scope

(R) 9:00 Yamba’s Playtime

9:30 Mortified 10:00 The Shak

10:30 Totally Australia: Living

Dangerously 11:30 Smallville

12:30 Horseracing: Golden Rose

3:10 Swimming– 12th FINA Weekly

Wrap-Up 5:00 RPM 6:00 Escape

With ET 6:30 News 7:00 Movie:

Honey 2003 (PG) 9:00 The OC

(PG,F) 10:45 Movie: Charlie’s

Angels: Full Throttle 2003 (M,R)


Business Report 1:00 Samson

2007 3:15 J.S. Bach – The 48

Preludes & Fuges 3:25 Saving

Jazz 4:30 Newshour 5:30

Mythbusters 6:30 World News

Australia 7:30 Equator (PG,R) 8:30

Top Gear 9:30 Rockwiz (PG,R)

10:20 VIP Pass: Motorhead (MA)

11:20 S.O.S: Shorts On Screen

(M,R) 12:20 Chappelle’s Show (M)

12:45 Sick Tricks (MA) 1:20 Crank

Yankers (M,R)

Dean Smith, the son of Steven and Kerrin Smith of Blackall, is amongst seven aspiring teachers to be awarded a Bid O’Sullivan teaching scholarship this year.

Education and Training Minister, Rod Welford, presented these four-year scholarships at Parliament House on February 15.

He said that they provided financial assistance to budding teachers during their studies and also guaranteed them a job in the school system at the end of their degree.

“It is appropriate the scholarships are named after Bid O’Sullivan as she was an inspirational woman who was passionate about teaching and dedicated to improving students’ lives through education.”

The Bid O’Sullivan teaching scholarships are awarded to high school graduates from rural and remote areas to enable them to work as teachers in these areas after they graduate from their teaching degrees.

“They are named after Bid O’Sullivan because she played a large part in bringing education to the outback - firstly as a teacher in bush schools and later establishing Queensland’s first School of the Air in Cloncurry in

1959,” Mr Welford said.“Since the establishment of

this scholarship in 1999, 21 recipients have graduated and are currently teaching in Queensland state schools. These scholarships ensure that rural and remote areas of Queensland continue to receive the high quality teachers they deserve.”

Dean graduated in 2006 from St Brendan’s Christian Brothers’ College in Yeppoon where he had boarded for five years.

Prior to this he undertook his schooling in a variety of locations and methods, including Capricornia and Charleville Schools of Distance Education, the one-teacher school of Wycombe, and Biloela and Blackall State Schools.

Dean credits a couple of sources for fostering his desire to pursue teaching, including his mother Kerrin, who spent many years teaching three children while cooking, cleaning and helping on the property.

He also said the teaching principal at Wycombe had influenced him.

“She wanted to be there and that meant a lot to me,” he said.

There were 12 students enrolled there at the time, five of them from

Dean awarded teaching scholarship

Dean’s own family. In his primary school years he was never taught by a male teacher.

“I’ve lived in the bush all my life and I’m looking forward to getting back there,” he said.

“I think I will understand how to show the kids to get the most out of what they’re doing.”

Dean will study for a Bachelor of Learning Management majoring in Japanese at Central Queensland University in Rockhampton.

On Thursday February 22 the Girl Guide group celebrated a joint Thinking Day and enrolment ceremony.

Liela Harvey welcomed everyone to the afternoon and also informed everybody the date for Thinking Day was chosen as it was the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell and his wife Olave, founders of the Boy Scout and Girl Guides movement.

Liela Harvey continued with the rest of the afternoon ceremony enrolling Guide leader Julie Hay. Julie was then able to enroll five new Guides; Cheree McDougall, Sophie Negus, Charlie Brown, Amy Blutcher and Elizabeth Loveday while Chelsea Hayward and Jamie-Lee Emly renewed their Promise.

The guides were privileged to have a visit from their Golden Guiding friend Mrs Grace Manttan.

The celebrations continued with cake and games ensuring all enjoyed a good day.

The Girl Guides also participated in Clean up Australia Day on the March 4.

--by Liz Harvey

Guides celebrate Thinking Day

Liela Harvey welcomed everyone to the Girl Guide Thinking Day and enrolment ceremony.

Julie Hay, flanked by the Girl Guides and onlooker Leroy Brown, cuts the celebration cake.


Barcoo Independent TV Guide - March 18 - 24ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday Mach 18

5:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs

9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business

10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific

Focus 11:30 Hymns of Glory 12:00

Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia

1:30 Message Stick 2:00 The

Minotaur’s Island : Into The Labyrinth

3:00 Eroica 4:25 The Red Dress 4:30

Art Safari 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00

At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein

Factor 7:00 News 7:30 Constructing

Australia 8:25 News 8:30 Agatha

Christie’s Miss Marple 10:05

Compass 10:40 Aeros 11:50 Movie:

Show Business 1944 (G,R) 1:25

Movie: Conspiracy Of Hearts 1961

(Pg) 3:15 Movie: Channel Crossing

1933 (Pg)

6:00 One 6:30 GTA 7:00 Blinky

Bill’s Around The World Adven-

tures 7:30 Fairy Tale Police 8:00

Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Deep

Jungle Part 1 (Pg) 11:00 Rolex

Spirit Of Yachting 11:30 Olivia In

Concert 11:45 Studio Portraits

(Pg) 12:45 Movie: The Magnificent

Seven 1960 (Pg,R) 3:30 Movie:

The Cheetah Girls 2003 (G,R) 5:30

Great South East 6:00 News 6:30

Australia’s Got Talent 7:30 Ugly

Betty 8:30 Grey’s Anatomy (M)

9:30 What About Brian (M) 10:30

Cheaters (M) 11:30 Movie: One

Eight Seven 1997 (AV,R) 2:05

Hang Time 2:30 USA High 3:00

Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC

Today 5:00 NBC Meet the Press

5:30 A New Way Of Life 6:00 Mass

For You At Home 6:30 Children’s

Shows 7:30 Totally Wild (R) 8:00

Sunday 10:00 Motorsport 4:00

NRL: Gold Coast Titans vs St

George 6:00 The New Adventures

Of Old Christine 6:30 News 7:00

The Biggest Loser 8:00 60 Minutes

9:00 CSI (M) 10:00 CSI Miami (M)

11:00 Movie: Shadow Of Doubt

1998 (AV,R)

7:00 Overseas News 10:30 Mozart

Plus Five 11:00 Women’s Road

World Cup: Geelong 12:00 Speed-

week 1:00 FIA World Rally Cham-

pionship 2007 2:00 The World

Game 3:30 UEFA Champions

League Magazine 4:00 Telstra A-

Series Athletics 5:30 Cycling Cen-

tral 6:00 Thalassa (G) 6:30 World

News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds

(PG) 8:30 Science: A Sun 9:30

Hooray For Bollywood 12:00 Hu-

man Cargo (M,R) 1:20 The Storm

Rages Twice (PG)

Monday M

arch 19

4:30 Parkinson 5:30 Can We

Help? 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00

Landline 12:00 Midday Report

12:30 Pilot Globe Guide (G*,R) 1:30

The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill

3:00 Children’s Shows 4:50 Roller

Coaster 5:55 Behind The News 6:00

Message Stick (G*) 6:30 Talking

Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30

Report 8:00 Australian Story 8:30

Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35

Difference Of Opinion 10:35 Lateline

11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Jonny

Zero 12:25 Movie: The Last Days Of

Pompeii 1935 (Pg) 2:10 Movie: The

Brighton Strangler 1945 (Pg) 3:25

Bowls: Australian Open 2007 :Men’s

Triples: Final (R)



Life 10:30 News 11:00 Infomercials

12:00 Movie: Sibling Rivalry 1991

(Pg,R) 2:00 Blue Heelers (M,R)

3:00 Trading Spouses 4:00 It’s

Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH

5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News

6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home &

Away 7:30 The Rich List 8:30 Des-

perate Housewives (M) 9:30 Broth-

ers & Sisters (M) 10:30 Boston

Legal (M) 11:30 Scrubs (PG) 12:00

Huff (MA) 1:00 Perfect Match 2:00

Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Aus-

tralia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Yam-

ba’s Playtime 9:30 Puzzle Play

10:00 Dr Phil 11:00 Antiques



The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00

The Catch-Up 2:00 Days Of Our

Lives 3:00 Judge Judy 4:00 Bert’s

Family Feud 4:30 Scope 5:00 The

Simpsons (R) 5:30 Neighbours


A Current Affair 7:30 The Biggest

Loser 8:30 Bondi Rescue 9:00 1

v 100 10:05 CSI: New York (M)

11:05 The Closer (M) 12:00 Swim-

ming – 12th FINA Highlights 12:55

On Track

5:25 Overseas News 1:00 The

Food Lovers Guide To Australia

(R) 1:30 How To By An Election

(R) 2:30 Insight (R) 3:30 Dateline

(R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 The

Crew 5:30 Living Black 6:00 Glo-

bal Village (R) 6:30 World News

Australia 7:30 Mythbusters 8:30

South Park (M,R) 9:00 Pizza World

Record (M) 9:30 World News Aus-

tralia 10:00 Wilfred (M) 10:30 The

Anatomist 11:25 The Eagle (M,R)

12:25 Queer As Folk (MA,R)

Tuesday March 20


6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Race:

The Power Of Illusion 12:00 Midday

Report 12:30 The Einstein Factor

1:00 The New Inventors 1:30

Catalyst 2:00 Parliament Question

Time 3:00 Children’s Shows 4:55

Roller Coaster 5:55 Behind The

News 6:05 Time Team 7:00 News

7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Not All

Tea & Scones (F) 8:30 The Bill 9:20

Foreign Correspondent 10:00 Dance

On Screen 10:30 Lateline 11:05

Lateline Business 11:35 Lonely Boy

Richard (M*,R) 12:30 Parliament

Question Time 1:30 Movie: Hitler’s

Children 1942 (Pg) 2:55 Nu-Country

3:25 Wild West (M*,R) 3:55 3 Non-

Blondes (M*,R)



Life 10:30 News 11:00 Infomer-

cials 12:00 Movie: A Change Of

Heart 1997 (M,R) 2:00 Blue Heel-

ers (M,R) 3:00 Trading Spouses

4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00

MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00

News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00

Home & Away 7:30 Dancing With

The Stars 9:00 All Saints 10:00

Crossing Jordon (M) 11:00 Life As

We Know It (M) 12:00 Mile High

(M,R) 1:30 Undercover Angels

2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker









3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show

4:00 Bert’s Family Feud 4:30 To-

tally Wild 5:00 The Simpsons (R)

5:30 Neighbours 6:00 Temptation

6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair

7:30 The Biggest Loser 8:00 Sav-

ing Babies 8:30 Missing Persons

Unit 9:30 Without A Trace (M)

10:30 Law & Order Criminal Intent

(M) 11:25 NCIS (M) 12:15 Num-

bers (M) 1:05 Nightline

5:25 Overseas News 12:30 Busi-

ness Report 1:00 Movie: The

Family Jewels 2003 (M,R) 2:30

Tales From A Suitcase 3:00 Fine

Line (PG,R) 3:30 Cycling Central

(R) 4:00 A Fork In the Road (R)

4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour

6:00 Global Village (R) 6:30 World

News Australia 7:30 Insight 8:30

Cutting Edge (M) 9:30 World News

Australia 10:00 Hot Docs: Guerrilla

Girl (M) 11:40 Movie: My Girl 2004

(M,R) 1:40 Soldier’s Heart

Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G General Classification PG Parental Guidance Recommended M Mature Classification Recommended for viewing by mature audiences.MA Mature Audience Not suitable for people under 15 years of age. AV Adult Violence Classification Not suitable for people under 15 years of age.

NEW OPENING HOURSMON - FRI 7 AM - 7 PMSAT 7 AM - 12 NOON 4 - 7 PMSUN 9 AM - 12 NOON 4 - 7 PMRefrigeration and freezer now instore; Even more coming

end of March. Limited packaged meat - more 2 come

The Blackall Historical Woolscour is looking forward to a rewarding 2007.

Great interest has already been shown in the start of a static display on the grounds, and the addition of a 1927 Chevy and tin caravan donated by the Dagan family is sure to create even more interest.

It is hoped that with the assistance of more volunteers, the old cookhouse and shearers’ quarters will also see some static displays added throughout the year.

A donation register has been set up to record any donation that has been given or loaned to be

placed on display and any local interesting fact about the object will also be recorded.

Michael Heatley has finished setting up a permanent display of photos taken by John Elliot from the book Sons and Daughters of the Barcoo in the operation centre for locals and visitors to admire.

Woolscour members are always keen to hear of any new volunteers wishing to help out at Blackall’s premier tourist attraction, or of items of interest for display, and are only a phone call away.

New additions at the Woolscour

Churches of Christ (Care) is taking training to the bush via their own registered training organisation (RTO), Care Training and Consulting.

The Care Training and Consulting team will be travelling to Blackall, on Monday 12 March, where staff from one of Care’s residential aged care facilities, Barcoo Living Multi Purpose Service will be the first to receive training from the newly expanded RTO.

Since the mid 1990s Care has had the capacity to deliver Certificate III in Aged Care but recently received accreditation to deliver a further 10 qualifications across three of their divisions; aged care, early childhood and family and community.

Nine staff from Barcoo Living have enrolled in either a Certificate III or IV in Aged Care. Joining Care’s permanent and part-time staff in the program will be a student from the local high school, the RTO’s first school-based apprentice. Golden West

Employment Solutions, Longreach will be the legal employer of the apprentice for the duration of the program.

Ms Bernice Leek, Director of Nursing and Care Services believes this is a great commitment from one of our smaller remote services.

“This is a terrific opportunity to be able to do this in a small town and staff are very excited” she said.

Petra Masters, RTO Manager agrees that Care’s commitment to delivering a quality training program at Blackall is a practical demonstration of why Care was a finalist in last year’s Queensland’s Training Awards in the category for Large Employers.

“We have a lot of work to do yet but Care Training and Consulting is committed to providing all Care staff with equity and access to quality training programs,” she said.

Care Training and Consulting has also been successful in obtaining

accreditation for a tailored training program developed by the chaplaincy team at Care.

The Certificate IV in Pastoral Ministry has been developed specifically for pastoral care workers and was highly commended during the accreditation process it went through to gain status as a nationally recognised qualification.

The program has attracted such a strong interest that enrolments filled very quickly and a waiting list was developed before the training has even begun.

Other RTOs, both in Queensland and interstate, are interested in the certificate as there is no other program like it.

Graduates from the program will be eligible for significant credit transfer in many recognised undergraduate ministry degree courses.

For more information contact Petra Masters, RTO Manager, on ph: (07) 3327 1699 or 0409 276 743.

Taking Care ‘beyond the black stump’

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Where the word GOD

becomes a way of life

SUNDAY 9.00amGraham and Meryl Gibson

46574740Peter Aay 4651 2662

Warren & Marg Lehman 4657 4546

Ladies FellowshipHeather Whitfield – 4657 4564

Thrift ShopTuesday, Friday and Saturday

9am to 12 noon Flo Moore 4657 4465

Betty Walker – 4657 4746

Some minds are like concrete thoroughly mixed

up and permanently set.

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide - March 11 - March 17ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday M

ach 14

4:30 Parkinson 5:30 Can We Help? 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Ancient Egyptians (F)12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows: 4:55 Roller Coaster 5:55 Behind The News 6:00 Kylie Kwong 6:30 The Cook & The Chef 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 Extras: Ian McKellen 9:35 The Worst Week Of My Life 10:05 At The Movies 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Four Corners 12:25 Media Watch 12:40 Island Life 1:35 Second Opinion 2:05 Movie: The Seventh Victim 1943 (M*,R) 3:25 National Press Club Address


Sons & Daughters 10:00 8 Simple

Rules 10:30 News 11:00 Infomer-

cials 12:00 Movie: Crossplot 1969

(M,R) 2:00 Blue Heelers (M,R) 3:00

Trading Spouses 4:00 It’s Aca-

demic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30

Deal Or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30

Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away

7:30 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 8:00

Police Files Unlocked 8:30 Heroes

(M) 9:30 Prison Break (M) 10:30 24

(M) 11:30 City Beat 12:00 Crime

Scene Academy (M,R) 12:30 The

First 48 (M,R) 1:30 USA High 2:00

Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Aus-

tralia 4:00 NBC Today













The Biggest Loser 8:00 McLeod’s

Daughters 9:00 Cold Case (M)

10:00 Medium (M) 11:00 RPA (M)

12:00 Amazing Medical Stories (M)

12:50 Nightline


ness Report 1:00 Movie: Tides Of

Change (M,R) 3:00 Mum’s The

Word 3:30 Down Under: Budapest

4:00 A Fork In the Road (R) 4:30

The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00

Living Black 6:30 World News Aus-

tralia 7:30 Cooking In The Danger

Zone (Pg) 8:00 Singles Club (Pg)

8:30 Dateline 9:30 World News

Australia 10:00 Movie: Whiskey

(M) 11:45 Goalissimo

Thursday Mach 15


6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Fact Or

Fiction 12:00 Midday Report 12:30

Monarch Of The Glen 1:30 Strictly

Dancing 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s

Shows 4:55 Roller Coaster 5:55

Behind The News 6:00 Grand

Designs 6:50 Hidden Treasures With

Betty Churcher 7:00 News 7:30 The

7.30 Report 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 The

Last Valley (M*) 9:30 Derek Tastes

Of Earwax 10:20 Lateline 10:55

Lateline Business 11:25 Live At The

Basement 2:10 Movie: Breakfast For

Two 1937 (G,R) 3:30 Italian Fascism

In Colour



Rules 10:30 News 11:00 Infomer-

cials 12:00 Movie: The Hand That

Rocks The Cradle 1992 (M,R)

2:30 My Wife & Kids 3:00 Trading


News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No

Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today To-

night 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 How

I Met Your Mother 8:00 My Name

Is Earl 8:30 Lost (M) 9:30 Bones

(M) 10:30 Family Guy (M,R) 11:00

Starveillance (M) 11:30 Stargate

Atlantis 12:30 A Mind To Kill (M,R)

2:30 USA High 3:00 Guthy-Renker









3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show

4:00 Bert’s Family Feud 4:30 To-

tally Wild 5:00 The Simpsons (R)



7:30 The Biggest Loser 8:00 Geta-

way 9:00 House (M) 10:00 NRL

Footy Show (M) 11:00 AFL Footy

Show (M)


ness Report 1:00 Citizen Black

2:30 Dateline 3:30 If Only 4:00

Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia



News Australia 7:30 Hotline 7:35

Inspector Rex 8:30 The Eagle (M)


The Mighty Boosh (Pg) 10:35

Movie: Anatomy 2 (MA) 12:25 The

Third Reich In Colour (Pg)

Friday March 16


6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Big Cat

Diary (R) 12:00 Midday Report 12:30

Born & Bred 1:20 Creature Comforts

1:30 Parkinson 2:20 National

Treasures 2:30 Spicks & Specks

(G,R) 3:00 Children’s Shows 4:5

Roller Coaster 5:50 Behind The News

6:00 As Time Goes By 6:30 Can We

Help? 7:00 News 7:30 Stateline 8:00

Collectors 8:30 Murphy’s Law (M)

9:20 Spooks (M*) 10:15 Lateline

11:05 jtv 12:00 Rage (M)



Rules 11:00 Infomercials 12:00

Movie: The Comfort Of Strangers

1990 (M,R) 2:30 My Wife & Kids

3:00 Trading Spouses 4:00 It’s

Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH

5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News

6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home &

Away 7:30 Better Homes & Gar-

dens 8:30 Movie: Raising Helen

2004 (Pg) 11:00 Movie: Breathless

1983 (MA,R) 1:00 Movie: In A Sav-

age Land 1999 (MA,R) 3:05 Guthy-

Renky Australia 4:00 NBC Today


ba’s Playtime 9:30 Rock It! 10:00

Dr Phil 11:00 Antiques Roadshow

(R) 12:00 Motorsport (L) 3:30 Fresh

Cooking With AWW 4:00 Bert’s

Family Feud 4:30 Totally Wild 5:00

The Simpsons (R) 5:30 Neighbours


Melbourne Storm vs Wests Tigers

9:00 Broncos vs Cowboys 11:00

The Biggest Loser 11:30 Movie:

Bad Boys 1995 (M,R)


ness Report 1:00 The Food Lover’s

Guide To Australia (R) 1:30 Insight

2:30 Germany’s War 3:30 Living

Black 4:00 Wine Lover’s Guide To

Australia (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00

Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30

World News Australia 7:30 Sweet

Paradise 8:00 Australian Biog-

raphy (Pg) 8:30 As It Happened:

Churchill’s Bodyguard 9:30 World

News Australia 10:00 Sex ‘N’ Pop

(MA,R) 11:00 Movie: Cold Show-

ers 2005 (MA) 12:55 Movie: How I

Killed A Saint 2004 (M,R)

Saturday March 17

5:00 Rage 8:00 Rage: Beasties Boys

9:00 jtv Saturday 11:10 Falcon Beach

12:00 Stateline 12:30 Australian Sto-

ry 1:00 Foreign Correspondent 2:00

Rugby League: Easts Tigers vs Wyn-

numm Manly Seagulls 4:00 Unsigned

Circles 5:00 Bowls: Australian Open

2007: Women’s Pairs: Final 6:00

Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30 Garden-

ing Australia 7:00 News 7:30 Around

The World In Eighty Treasures 8:30

News 8:35 The Bill 9:25 News 9:30

The West Wing 10:55 Gunpowder,

Treason & Plot: James (MA*,R)

12:40 Rage (M)

6:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

6:30 W.I.T.C.H 7:00 Saturday Dis-

ney 9:00 Toon Disney 10:30 Get

ED 11:00 Power Rangers 11:30

Infomercials 12:00 7’s V8 Super-

cars 2007 1:30 My Wife & Kids

2:00 Movie: Ten Seconds To Hell

1959 (Pg) 4:00 Treasure Hunters

5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queens-

land Weekender 6:00 News 6:30

The Great Outdoors 7:30 NAB Cup

2007 10:00 Great Comedy Clas-

sics 11:30 Movie: Porky’s (MA,R)

1:45 Movie: Ali- An American Hero

2000 (Pg) 3:30 Hang Time 4:00

Guthy-Renker Australia 5:00 Date-

line NBC

5:30 Christian City 6:00 Jay Jay

The Jet Plane (R) 6:30 Toasted TV

7:30 Wicked Science (R) 8:00 To-

tally Wild (R) 8:30 Scope (R) 9:00

Motorsport (L) 3:30 Speed Ma-

chine 4:30 Discover Down Under

5:00 4WDTV 5:30 The Car Show

6:00 Escape With ET 6:30 News

7:00 Movie: Mean Girls 2004 (Pg)

9:00 The OC (Pg) 10:45 Movie:

Clueless 1995 (M,R)


ness Report 1:00 Oz Concert 2007

2:30 Catrin Finch 3:25 Rembrandt

Inc 4:30 Newshour 5:30 Myth-

busters 6:30 World News Australia

7:30 The Colony (Pg) 8:30 Top

Gear 9:20 Rockwiz (Pg) 10:10

VIP Pass: Marvin Gaye (M) 11:25

S.O.S: Shorts On Screen (M,R)

12:25 Chappelle’s Show (MA)

12:50 Sick Tricks (MA) 1:20 Crank

Yankers (M,R)

The Blue Light Disco was off to a racing start for 2007 when forty-eight children attended ‘A day at the races’ disco on March 3.

The judges had a hard time choosing best-dressed gent and ladies fashion of the field with so many entries contending for prizes. The best-dressed gent was so hard to decide it was declared a tie, with Kelly and AJ Hauff taking out the honours. Of the many young ladies vying for fashion of the field Amy Blucher was eventually declared the winner.

Dancing of course was top priority for the children and once again volunteers and parents were amazed at the skill and gracefulness shown by boys as well as girls. Charlie Brown and Issac Hunter were voted best girl and boy dancer as they danced the night away together.

The next Blue Light Disco will be held on May 11. Volunteers and helpers are always welcome so come along and enjoy watching the children have fun. For further information on Blackall’s Blue Light Disco Association contact the police station on 4657 4200

Race Day at Blue Light Disco

Limbo dancing at the Blue Light Disco.

Ian Frost joins Issac Hunter and Charlie Brown as they dance the night away.

One of Blackall’s newest faces in the stock and station agencies, Anthony Hyland recently won a national auctioneering competition.

Anthony, who has just moved to Landmark’s Blackall branch from Mareeba, took part in the company’s Young Auctioneers event at the Canberra show last week, competing against representatives from all states and coming up trumps.

He’s no stranger to the game, previously competing in the 2006 final of the Ekka’s Young Auctioneers competition and having both his father and brother as agents.

Blackall was treated to a demonstration of Anthony’s skills when he took his turn at selling at the March 1 cattle sale at the Blackall yards.

Landmark auctioneer win

Anthony Hyland is the new face at Landmark

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide - March 11 - March 17ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday Mach 11

5:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs

9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business

10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific

Focus 11:30 Hymns of Glory 12:00

Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia

1:30 Message Stick 2:00 The Boy

Who Would Be King 3:00 Maxim

Vengerov: Living The Dream 3:55

Pablo De Sarasate 4:30 First

Tuesday Book Club 5:00 Sunday Arts

6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein

Factor 7:00 News 7:30 Planet Earth

(F) 8:25 News 8:30 Agatha Christie’s

Miss Marple 10:05 Compass 10:35 4

Emperors And 1 Nightingale And A

Ballet That Was Lost 11:30 Movie:

Anne Of Windy Poplars 1940 (G,R)

1:00 Movie: Slaughter Trail 1951 (Pg)

2:20 Movie: Blackbeard The Pirate

1952 (G,R) 4:00 Black Books: Party

6:00 One 6:30 GTA 7:00 Blinky

Bill’s Around The World Adventures

7:30 Fairy Tale Police 8:00

Weekend Sunrise 10:00 According

To Jim 10:55 Dragons: A Fantasy

Made Real 12:20 Movie: Von

Ryan’s Express 1965 (Pg) 2:45

Movie: Beaches 1988 (Pg,R) 5:30

Great South East 6:00 News 6:30

Australia’s Got Talent 7:30 Ugly

Betty 8:30 Grey’s Anatomy (M)

9:30 What About Brian (M) 10:30

Cheaters (M) 11:30 Movie: Blame

It On The Bellboy 1991 (M,R) 1:00

Movie: Hannah & Her Sisters 1986

(R,M) 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia

4:00 NBC Today 5:00 NBC Meet

the Press

5:30 A New Way Of Life 6:00 Mass

For You At Home 6:30 Children’s

Shows 8:00 Snobs (R) 8:30

Business Success 9:00 Sunday

11:00 2007 Planet X Summer

Games 11:30 Gravity Games H20

12:30 Surfsport 1:30 Movie: The

Tender Trap 1955 (G) 3:45 Movie:

Two Weeks Notice 2002 (Pg) 5:30

All New Simpsons 6:00 The New

Adventures Of Old Christine 6:30

News 7:00 The Biggest Loser 8:00

60 Minutes 9:00 CSI (M) 10:00 CSI

Miami (M) 11:00 Movie: Ransom

1996 (AV,R)

7:00 Overseas News 10:30 Malta-

crossroads Of Destiny 11:00 UCI

Track World Cup: Manchester

12:00 Speedweek 2:00 The World

Game 3:30 UEFA Champions

League Magazine 4:00 UEFA

Champions League 2006/2007

Sunday Matches 5:30 Cycling

Central 6:00 Thalassa (G) 6:30

World News Australia 7:30 Lost

Worlds (Pg) 8:30 Science: A Day

In The Life Of A Cigarette 9:30

Hooray For Bollywood 12:00

Human Cargo (M,R) 12:55 The

Storm Rages Twice (Pg)

Monday M

arch 12

4:30 Parkinson 5:30 The Pet Show

6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00

Landline 12:00 Midday Report

12:30 Pilot Globe Guide (G*,R) 1:30

The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill

3:00 Children’s Shows 4:50 Roller

Coaster 5:55 Behind The News 6:00

Message Stick (G*) 6:30 Talking

Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30

Report 8:00 Australian Story 8:30

Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35

Difference Of Opinion 10:35 Lateline

11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Jonny

Zero 12:25 Movie: Crossfire 1947

(Pg) 1:55 Movie: Star Of Midnight

1935 (Pg) 3:25 Bowls: Australian

Open 2007 :Men’s Pairs: Final (R)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 Bambaloo

9:30 Sons & Daughters 10:00 8

Simple Rules 10:30 News 11:00

Infomercials 12:00 Movie: On

The Borderline 2000 (M,R) 2:00

Blue Heelers (M,R) 3:00 Trading


News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or

No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today

Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30

The Rich List 8:30 Desperate

Housewives (M) 9:30 Brothers &

Sisters 10:30 Boston Legal (M)

11:30 Scrubs (Pg) 12:00 Huff (MA)

1:00 Perfect Match 2:00 Passions

3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00

NBC Today






The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00

The Catch-Up 2:00 Days Of Our

Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey

Show 4:00 Bert’s Family Feud 4:30

Scope 5:00 The Simpsons (R)



7:30 The Biggest Loser 8:30 Bondi

Rescue 9:00 1 v 100 10:05 CSI:

New York (M) 11:05 The Closer

(M) 12:00 The 4400 (M) 12:50

Nightline

5:25 Overseas News 1:00 The

Food Lovers Guide To Australia

(R) 1:30 Selling Sickness (R) 2:30

Insight (R) 3:30 Dateline (R) 4:30

The Journal 5:00 The Crew 5:30

Living Black 6:00 Global Village

(R) 6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Top Gear 8:30 South Park

(M,R) 9:00 Drawn Together (MA)


Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee (M,R)

11:05 Movie: Anatomy 2000 (M,R)

12:50 Queer As Folk (MA,R)

Tuesday March 13

4:30 Parkinson 5:30 The Pet Show

(F) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00

Race: The Power Of Illusion 12:00

Midday Report 12:30 The Einstein

Factor 1:00 The New Inventors 1:30

Catalyst 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s

Shows 4:55 Roller Coaster 5:55

Behind The News 6:05 Time Team

7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00

Not All Tea & Scones 8:30 The Bill

9:20 Foreign Correspondent 10:00

Woodlawn Cemetery 10:30 Lateline

11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Taking

Charge Of Cabramatta 12:30 Movie:

The Informer 1935 (Pg) 2:05 Movie:

Affairs Of Annabel 1938 (G,R) 3:25

Wild West 3:55 3 Non-Blondes

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 Bambaloo

9:30 Sons & Daughters 10:00 8

Simple Rules 10:30 News 11:00

Infomercials 12:00 Movie: The

Glow 2001 (M,R) 2:00 Blue Heelers

(M,R) 3:00 Trading Spouses 4:00

It’s Academic 4:30 News 5:00

MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00

News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00

Home & Away 7:30 Dancing With

The Stars 9:30 All Saints 10:30

Cold Feet (M,R) 11:30 Life As We

Know It (M) 12:30 Mile High (M,R)

1:30 USA High 2:00 Passions 3:00

Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC

Today













The Biggest Loser 8:00 Saving

Babies 8:30 Missing Persons Unit

9:30 Without A Trace (M) 10:30

Law & Order Criminal Intent (M)

11:25 NCIS (M) 12:15 Numbers

(M) 1:05 Nightline


Business Report 1:00 Movie:

Tides Of Change (M,R) 2:30 Tales

From A Suitcase 3:00 The Mary G

Show (Pg) 3:30 Cycling Central

(R) 4:00 A Fork In the Road (R)



News Australia 7:30 Insight 8:30

Cutting Edge (M) 9:30 World News

Australia 10:00 Hot Docs: Street

Fight (M) 11:30 Movie: Vento Di

Terra 2004 (Pg) 1:00 Afghanistan

Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G General Classification PG Parental Guidance Recommended M Mature Classification Recommended for viewing by mature audiences.MA Mature Audience Not suitable for people under 15 years of age. AV Adult Violence Classification Not suitable for people under 15 years of age.

The Blackall show wether trial received a real boost this week after gaining sponsorship from QantasLink.

Area sales manager Chris Brooker said he was delighted to be able to supply a return flight to Brisbane this year and would provide similar support in future years.

The prize will go to the owners of the supreme pen of wethers, having the highest fleece value and highest carcass value combined.

The winner of this will be known as early as April 5, when the annual shearing takes place at Avonleigh.

The wethers were crutched on December 23.Fleece sample results have been returned from the

Australian Fibre Testing centre at Morven, showing an average fibre diameter of 21.38 microns and an average yield of 71.87.

Elders will this year be valuing the fleeces and assessing the carcass value of the wethers.

New teams of five will also be shorn and tagged on the day.

Smoko will be provided and interested people are welcome to come out to Avonleigh for the morning.

Rod Allpass is the wether trial steward and is happy to answer questions about the trial.

QantasLink sponsors Blackall wether trial

Blackall Shire Council Soccer Clinic

24th & 25th of MarchTo be held at the Blackall Showgrounds

23rd March Friday 4.30pm to 6.00 pm Meet & Greet - Sausage Sizzle - Information session24th March Saturday 8.30am to 1.00pm Grassroots Coaching Clinic * Coaches to assist with clinics as part of their practical experience

24th March Saturday 2.00pm to 4.30pm Student Clinic25th March Sunday 9.00am to 12.30pm Student Clinic25th March Sunday 2.00pm to 4.30pm Student Clinic

For further information or to register please contact:Lisa Goodman, Blackall Shire Council on 46577700 or Lisa Kings, Blackall Shire Council 46574440


Lovely Garden Statues to bring your garden alive.Blooming white Iceberg Roses, assorted

Fruit trees & general garden plants. Good advice from Jenny for your garden concerns.

Check out our Jack Howe website at http://www.jackhowe.com.

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Position Vacant The Woolscour is hosting a Traineeship in Tourism Operations Level 11Application with Resume to the Historical Woolscour, P.O. Box 200, Blackall 4472.Closing date 16.03.2007.

Bessie May Simpson23 – 4 – 1942 to 17 –2 – 2007

The family wish to extend Special Thanks to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Ambulance Services, the Doctors, Nurses and Domestic staff of the Blackall Hospital, Rockhampton Base Hospital and Royal Women’s Hospital, Brisbane who looked after Bessie so compassionately all the times she was in their care.

Traineeship in Childcare / Admin available at the Blackall Kindy & Daycare. Please submit a letter of interest along with your resume to the centre or P.O. Box 54, Blackall, Qld. 4472

Position Vacant

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Conditions relating to Four Square Ad on page 3.Outback Emporium 2/Four Square Value Plus Foodmart, Blackall Save up to 15% value on your weekly Grocery SPEND!** Conditions apply-to approved customers only, must register and be accepted into this unique program. ***Must continue over 4 consecutive weeks to receive bonus 5% & 7.5% OE1 Clothing/Footwear Vouchers respectively. Dockets must have discount applied to qualify for bonus Clothing/Footwear Vouchers. Vouchers not exchangeable for cash. Consideration may be given to upgrade between 2 levels during the program and a pro-rata rate will apply respectively. No respective claiming of discount or bonus vouchers allowed, must join program before benefits can accumulate. Limits apply on in-store specials. Only available on grocery and fruit and vegetable spend, not available on Variety spend. Program may be extended at stores discretion.

THE WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE – “BE BRAVE AND SHAVE.” 15-17 MARCH

The World’s Greatest Shave is an annual event that raises money to support patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. The Leukaemia Foundation provides free support services including information and resources, education and support programs, transportation to and from treatment, ‘home away from home’ accommodation close to major hospitals, practical assistance and emotional support/counselling.

The Foundation funds cutting edge research into better cancer treatments and cures through its National Research Program.

The Foundation also funds research grants, scholarships and fellowships to promote innovative research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of these cancers and related disorders.

One in three men and one in four women will be directly affected by cancer before the age of seventy-five. In Australia each year, more than 88,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed – only just more than half of them will be successfully treated. However, through research, the survival rate for many common cancers has increased by more than 30 per cent in the past two decades. But, cancer is still the leading cause of death in Australia - over 36,000 people die from cancer each year.

Like many diseases, cancer doesn’t discriminate. It can affect anyone at any time. Two local residents share their stories.

MON’S STORYI will not be shaving my head as my hair is just

growing back after twelve months of chemotherapy, but I would encourage members of the community to cut, colour or whatever to raise much needed funds for cancer research.

In October 2005, I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma – a cancer of the plasma within the bone marrow. After months of chemo and radium treatment my stem cells were collected and I was given a transplant. To receive this treatment I had to live in Brisbane and my daughter Liz and I spent twelve months living at the Leukaemia Village. I have returned home and have also resumed work in a part-time capacity but I need to go back to Brisbane every couple of months for various tests.

Please support cancer research by being involved in “The World’s Greatest Shave” – Donations and sponsorship can be organised through Blackall State

School.BETH’S STORYAt the beginning of 2001, I was to be treated by

doctors for what they thought to be appendicitis. Later that afternoon after a number of tests, I was told that there was nothing wrong with my appendix and that I had ovarian cancer. My first thought was “I can’t have cancer – I’m too young.” I was twenty-four years old.

Over the last six years I have had various treatments for my primary cancer and also for secondary growths in my kidneys, lungs and pancreas, as well as a related blood disorder. My doctor and I are on very good terms!!

Cancer not only affects the person having the treatment, but those around them also. I would not have gotten through this time (nor will I get through the time coming up) without my support team of Lynney, Johnny and Tim; my aunt Janis; my best mate and wine drinking partner Delilah; and my ‘rock’ Brendan.

I urge everyone in the community to get behind “The World’s Greatest Shave” and raise funds and awareness for cancer research – it could affect someone who you know.

NUDE NUTS!!

Monica Bailey and Beth Harlow share their stories about living with cancer.

NLIS Workshop Doug McNaught a technical

officer from MLA/DPI&F will be running a National Livestock Identification System (Cattle) Database training – property to property workshop at the Blackall Sports and Memorial Club on Wednesday March 14 at 1 pm.

Workshop topics will cover areas such as creating a NLIS database account, using the database effectively, using electronic readers and software, completing data transfers and troubleshooting problems that arise.

Anyone with problems with any aspect of the database including scanner and such will be able to work through their problems at the workshop.

Doug has been with NLIS since it started and will be able to help anyone through most of their NLIS problems.

To register for the workshop or for more information contact Daniel Burton on 4657 4800.


A PLAY BY MARGERY FORDEand MICHAEL FORDE

Queensland Arts Council’s Ontour onstage presentsA La Boite Theatre Company Production

James and JohnnoJames and Johnno

This tour is assisted by Arts Regional Touring Service [ARTS], a Queensland Government initiative.

Image by Michelle Bowden at the Queensland Maritime Museum.

Featuring: MICHAEL FORDE and STEVEN TANDY • DIRECTOR: MICHAEL FUTCHER

An hilarious heart-warming

story of two brothers, a leaky

boat and one turbulent ocean

adventure.“...with writing this

good, and a subject that

will genuinely connect

with its audience, there

was no other option than

simply to let the magic

happen.”

THE AUSTRALIAN

Blackall Cultural CentreSaturday 24 March 7.30pmBookings: Seymour’s Department Store Ph: 4657 4889

RatesRatepayers of the Blackall Shire are hereby advised

that rate notices for the period January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007 were issued on February 21.

Please note:• There is only one discount period, which

closes on Thursday March 22, 2007 at 4.30pm.• It is the responsibility of the property owner

to advise Council of any change of address.• Any person not in receipt of their rate notice/

s should contact the Council Office immediately.• Prepayment booklets can be obtained from

the Council Office for those Ratepayers wishing to prepay rates during the year.

• We now accept payments by MasterCard, Visa, Direct bank deposit and Bill Express.

Tidy Towns JudgingCouncil has nominated Blackall for the Keep

Australia Beautiful 2007 Ergon Energy Tidy Towns Competition. Judging for this competition takes place during the months of April to June. Judges will give about 2 weeks notice prior to arriving.

Airport Terminal ImprovementsWork has been completed on improvements to the

Blackall Airport Terminal. Council sourced funding from DoTARS Regional Airports Funding Program to upgrade security arrangements at the terminal

building. A number of improvements have been made at the building including separation of baggage from passengers after booking in, a new booking area and new entrances, improved fencing and additional storage for equipment at the airport.

Overgrown AllotmentsOwners of land within Blackall are reminded to

regularly mow the grass and undergrowth to keep the land tidy. Failure to do so creates hazards from vermin, snakes and fires. Regular inspections of the town are being carried out to ensure owners are compliant with Local Laws.

Water Restriction HoursFrom October 1 to April 30 sprinklers are banned

between the hours of 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday. No water restrictions are in force over the weekends.

Be WaterWise – save money, energy and the environment

WaterWise Tip:Use a broom rather than a hose to clean the

driveway. The next Ordinary Meeting of Council is scheduled

for Wednesday April 11, 2007 at the Council Chambers commencing at 9.15am.

Council meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public.

COUNCIL NEWS

With autumn we once again head into ‘flu’ season. Flu is a highly variable influenza virus that changes

constantly and is an infection of the respiratory system and it can be serious. It is often confused with the common cold because the symptoms are similar. However, there are some key differences, influenza (flu) symptoms include: abrupt high temperature (39 to 40º C) for at least 2 days, muscular aches and pains and headache.

Vaccination remains the best way to prevent influenza. It is necessary to vaccinate every year since viral mutation produces new strains of influenza. The World Health Organization monitors these mutations and issues yearly recommendations for the influenza vaccine composition.

It is not possible to catch ‘the flu’ from flu vaccination, however the vaccinated subject may actually catch another strain (which he/she is not vaccinated against) of influenza. Therefore it stands to reason that the more years of vaccination, the higher the protection rate.

Some side effects, or reactions to, the vaccination may falsely lead people to believe that it gave them ‘the flu’. These reactions are typically mild and will resolve without treatment within a couple of days.

Who should get the flu needle? All individuals 65yrs & over, ATSI people aged 50yrs & over, persons with immune deficiencies, residents of nursing homes, carers of high risk patients and children over 2 months on Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule.

Phone Blackstump Medical Centre, Child Health Clinic or Blackall Hospital for advice on whether you

are eligible for a free flu shot.VISITING SPECIALISTS

Mental Health Nurse – Sharon Jenks. Every Wednesday at the Blackall Hospital, Ph: 4658 3344 Social Worker – Jan Sweeney by appointment, Ph: 4658 3344Alcohol and Drug psychologist – Allan Anderson, Ph: 4658 3344Occupational Therapist, Phone OT direct,Ph: 4658 4721Emotional and Social Well being Team, Ph:4658 1928 (visit fortnightly to Blackall)Continence Advisor (NWQPHC) – Joanne de Vries, Ph: 4658 3622Well Women’s Clinic – Dr Louise Russell, Ph: 4650 7700Women’s Health Nurse – Frankie, Blackall Hospital – Ph: 4650 7700Gastroenterologist – Dr Stevenson, Blackall – Names left at the hospital – Referral required, Ph: 4650 7700.Relationships Australia. Will visit Blackall, located at Longreach, Ph: 1300364277Lighten,Up Program – Blackall Hospital,Ph: 4650 7700Orthodontist – Longreach once a month, Ph: 4658 4735Orthopaedics – Longreach September, Ph: 4658 4735Paediatrician – August, Ph: 4650 7700 Longreach every three months, Ph: 4658 4700Podiatrist – Longreach monthly, Ph: 4658 4700

Health News

A day at the Blackall Golf Club would usually involve a couple of wild swings from the first tee and a quick trip down the back nine before returning to the club house for a cooling ale.

However on Monday February 26, OneSteel Waratah and Landmark Blackall teamed up to put on a day with a difference at the club.

OneSteel Waratah Territory sales manager for Blackall, Simon Richardson invited fencing expert Neville Prince to show local landholders a few tips and techniques for putting up fencing, followed by a pasture management workshop with MKL Rural.

A section of the Blackall Golf Club’s boundary fence was replaced, which Simon said was an opportunity to get Neville to demonstrate some new and existing fencing products, as well as talk about what is the most efficient fence for the area.

“The fence we are donating will be a general purpose Stocktite Longlife prefabricated wire fence, which is designed to suit graziers running mixed livestock,” he said.

The second part of the afternoon was a seminar delivered by Mick Alexander of MKL Rural where landholders had the opportunity to discuss pasture, stock and time management practices, as well as ways to improve profits and on-farm sustainability.

“Mick assists graziers with sourcing information on achieving grazing best practice, and a number of his local Blackall mixed sheep and cattle grazing clients were on hand to discuss their own experiences with implementing best practice,” Simon said.

“He also covered how to apply for government grants which help fund these projects.”

The day ended with a barbecue at the golf club.

Teeing up some fencing tips

Neville Prince shows local producers some fencing tips.

An ABC TV Landline film crew and interviewer Mark Willacy spent four days in the Blackall district last week, talking to local graziers, shooters, business operators and council personnel to get the latest information on wild dog activities and their ongoing impact on the district. The crew managed to obtain footage of three wild dogs shot or trapped in the one night at The Springs, Ravensbourne and Boorara. The story should feature on Landline’s program on a coming Sunday at noon.


Plans are well under way for the St Joseph’s School annual Easter fete to be held on Saturday March 31 at Banks Park. A fun evening is planned with everyone able to find something to entertain them.

The organisers have been able to gather together some terrific Cent Sale prizes as well as auction items. A few of the major auction items on the night will be a Bronco’s jersey signed by many of the 2006 premiers, a jersey signed by Matthew Hayden and 2 tickets to the Broncos – Manly game in

Brisbane.On display this week in the 60’s

and Better window is a majority of the cent sale prizes and auction items.

Pony rides and a jumping castle along with many other activities will manage to entertain the children throughout the night. Live music along with performances from the children of St Josephs will be part of the entertainment for the night.

There will be great prizes for children for their fabulous creative

Easter bonnets as well as prizes for those entering the colouring competition which will be released closer to the fete.

The Easter Bunny is planning a stop over and “Blazer the Bear” will also be around to say hello.

All the usual food stalls, cake and bottle stalls will be there along with a variety of new stalls to try.

More information on the fete can be obtained from either Penny Allpass, Kylie Banks or St Joseph’s School.

Easter at Banks Park

The history of Blackall’s fire brigade can be traced back to June 1945, when the Blackall Shire Council was offered civil defence fire-fighting equipment of two pumps and 200 feet of hose.

The fire brigade was acknowledged as an important acquisition for Blackall when council minutes in November 1952 recorded that the brigade had demonstrated its efficiency at the recent fire at the National Bank of Australasia – although the bank had been destroyed, Tattersall’s Hotel had been saved.

The present Blackall Fire Station was opened on June 4, 1966 and has become an integral part of the Blackall community.

The Blackall fire brigade is part of the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. The QFRS is aimed at protecting people, property and the environment with incident response and recovery, delivery of community safety and awareness programs, attending emergencies in the local community including containment of structural and grass

fires, motor vehicle accidents\entrapments and chemical spills as well as promoting community awareness.

Achievements have been many for the fire brigade with fire education for local year one students, road accident and awareness programs for year 12 students as well as home safety visits regarding fire awareness and smoke alarms. The brigade is actively involved with the local community with Fire Awareness Week, Under 8’s Week and a display at the Blackall Show.

In recent times the most notable events the brigade has been involved in were the 1990 flood and the Tattersalls Hotel fire of 1994. The floods in April 1990 were the highest ever recorded, inundating many homes and businesses, and the brigade assisted by hosing out the many buildings that had been left with a layer of mud and silt in them.

Bullets ricocheting everywhere were just one of the dangers faced when Tattersalls Hotel burnt down

on Sunday April 10, 1994. The fire burnt out half a block in the main street, including McEnlly & Co sports shop, where ammunition was kept. Volunteers remained at the site all night to ensure any hot spots that flared up were dealt with immediately. The site of the fire needed careful monitoring as it smouldered for the next few days.

The QFRS is an equal opportunity employer and anybody can apply to join as long as they live or work within a reasonable distance of the fire station, have Australian resident status and have a C class manual driver’s licence. Fire fighters join because they are dedicated people who are willing to work as a team to help others in a dangerous or an emergency situation.

The Blackall Fire Brigade requires new recruits and anyone who is interested can contact Captain Greg Tierney on 4657 4295 or the area Director Norm Pearce on 4658 1005.

Spotlight on Volunteers—Blackall Fire Brigade

Members of the fire brigade; Capt. Greg Tierney, Ross Collins, Dallas Kowald-Dawson, Geoff Swan, David Jackson (new recruit), Matthew Richardson, Phillip Hayward, Lou Kelly and Gary Dendle. Fighting the Tatts fire in 1994.

St Josephs swimming carnival was a huge success on Wednesday February 21 with great individual and team efforts. Gold House shone through with 496 pts, breaking a seven year drought against Red on 418 pts. Individual champions on the night were Tessa Doonar, AJ Hauff, Jamee Johnson who broke 3 school records for 50 m butterfy, freestyle and backstroke, Tom Fletcher, Claire Doonar, Jesse Walker, Kelly Hauff, John Hauff, Jamie Elmy and Dylan Fisher

***St Josephs students selected to compete at the

Central West swimming carnival in Barcaldine on March 6 were Jamie Elmy, Jesse Walker, Tom Fletcher, Jamee Johnson, Tessa Doonar and Kelly Hauff.

***Wheelie bins have come alive at St. Josephs as the

younger students painted their impressions of the garden and the sea, brightening the walking areas around the school.

***Camp Fairbairn proved an ideal place to provide

St Joseph’s students from 6/7 with leadership and team building skills. Team challenges, climbing wall, canoeing, catapulting, sailing and low rope challenges were many of the activities provided, with the climbing wall and sailing being voted favourite. The leadership camp also enabled the school captains to be elected.

***LSODE Blackall cluster students taking part in

the Central West carnival included Holly Sprague, Hamilton Walker, Lochie Rooney and Hilary Wood.

***LSODE families have just taken part in their

first cluster for the year and are now getting ready to attend a Home Tutor workshop in Longreach, with football/netball training for students. As well as talking about learning styles and schoolroom resources, the school community will be putting together a work of art depicting family life and the importance of communication, supervised by Fiona

Hamilton. Once finished the art piece will adorn the back wall of the school’s Memorial Lounge.

***Recent LSODE encouragement award winners

include Declan Russell (yr 2) for recount writing, Joe Schmidt (yr 5) for problem solving, Blake Arnold (yr 1) for working well at cluster, and Gibby Rooney (yr 4) for comprehension work.

***Cricket was the choice sport for Round 2 of Blackall

State School middle school fixtures. Teams and final scores were evenly matched this round. The only difference in points between the two sides a result of the number of students participating.

The second round individual winners were: 1st Place – Natalie Dendle, 2nd Place – Jesse Negus, 3rd Place – Ronan Robinson

***Blue house has had the greater number of student

participation so far this year which has helped it to maintain its lead. At the end of Round 2 the house points stand at Blue on 20 points and Gold on 10 points

At the end of the competition students who have consistently participated in the majority of fixtures will be in the running for the middle school sportsperson of the year.

***A number of students attended the touch football

trials in Longreach on Friday 23rd February. The following students were nominated for the Central West Team: Kyle Richardson, Matthew Wemyss, John MacNamara, Megan Richardson (Open) Trent Harlow & Jesse Minnis (shadow) (under 15’s)

***A number of Year 8-12 students attended a Rural

Vocation Pathways Program at the Australian Agricultural College in Longreach.

The training they received provided them with exceptional opportunities to work and study in a “real” workplace, as well as providing a broad understanding of the world of work and the opportunity to develop their technical and generic employability skills.

School News

On Monday 19th February, The Prep/1/2 class received a surprise visit from Mr Frank Smith and Mr Myles White, of the Queensland Ambulance Service, just in time to assist with the mock injuries suffered by Mrs Tina Loveday during the morning’s routine.

St Joseph’s yr 6\7 students learning leadership and team building skills at Camp Fairbairn.

Making wheelie bins come alive at St. Josephs school.

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