RESIDENTS and ratepayers of Blackall gathered together this week at a community meeting to air their concerns about the operation of the Blackall Tambo Regional Council and to form a committee to approach the council about their concerns.

More than 60 people heard Alison Krieg open the meeting, stating that the community is in need of help and that the council needs to be put on notice.

Chair Gwynne Stockwell said that the catalyst for the meeting was a culmination of learning of extravagant expenditure and the fear of the community being denied or restricted in its right to access Council information and decisions.

“We are here to hear your concerns and to find a way of letting Council know,” Gwynne said. “This is something we have to do; the more people we get involved, the bigger the message we send to Council.”

It was a unanimous decision at the meeting that a committee be formed; consisting of Gwynne Stockwell as president, Melissa McKay in the position of secretary and committee members Angus McDonald, Rebecca Parry, Chris Parnaby, Geoff Pohlner, Don Daly, Mark Wearne and Noel Gleeson.

The committee moved a motion of no confidence in the Blackall Tambo Regional Council, with 36 votes for and 8 against. This motion was then moved to be amended; on the grounds of taking a more

open and positive initial approach to working with Council.

Prominent questions and concerns aired at the meeting and through correspondence with organisers included a lack of transparency of Council operations, Council operating as a real estate agent, a lack of advertising of Council jobs, qualifications of appointed staff, the functioning of the new washdown facility, wild dog control, low staff morale, Wild Rivers, the Barcoo River camping grounds, an apparent inequity in addressing the concerns of rural versus town residents and an apparent disinterest in using local businesses, services and tradespeople.

President Gwynne Stockwell said she had hoped for a bigger turn out of people for the initial meeting but was pleased to see such enthusiasm from those in attendance to attend follow up meetings and discussions.

First on the committee’s agenda is to gauge if there is an interest from residents in Tambo in joining the group. The committee aim to meet with Council executives in the coming weeks to raise some of the concerns and questions aired at the meeting.

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Regional Fuel Watch - page 3Blackall State School Trivia Night - page 9, 11 and 12

Bowls Qld and Bowls Blackall mix over lunch - page 16

At the QLD Bowls luncheon last Friday: Blackall ladies bowler Melda Hauff (right) caught up with Phyl Smith who represented Blackall on the QLBA for 20 years. See page 16.

Blackall Bowls president Don Daly, here with Bowls Queensland chair Cynthia Neeve. Fifty Bowls Qld members had lunch last Friday at the Barcoo Hotel with representatives of Blackall Bowls. The group, with ages ranging between 40 and 95, were in Blackall as part of their ‘Goodwill’ tour around Queensland

Blackall bowls club life member Dally Holden, Junior Vice President Julie Blucher, and President Don Daly, with Bowls Queensland representatives, deputy chair Jack Oliver (left), chair Cynthia Neeve and Director of Finance Isobel Rhind

LOU Kelly and Tex Hayward had a tight game of bowls on the Blackall green in A singles last Sunday. Tex led Lou 7-0 after 4 ends, but Lou made his way back into the game to be in front 24-20 after 22 ends. Lou went on to take the game 31-27.

In B singles, Brad Carolan had a big form reversal; leading all the way to defeat Trevor Brown 31-16. A swab may be required!

In another B singles game, Dave Carter was out in front of Gary Whitfield the whole way, at 22-19 after 21 ends. He finally sealed the game with a 31-23 win.

In handicap singles, Dally Holden was a long way behind Woody early on in the game; down 20-6 after 12 ends. He got going to be only 1 behind, 25-26 after 26 ends but Woody hung on well to win 31-28 after 33 ends.

In a 3 way social game, Hazel and Judy tied at 11-11, both one shot in front of Loretta on 10.

This Sunday at the Blackall bowls club, competition games are on hold due to the long weekend and players travelling to Barcaldine for trebles games. Social games are on the cards once again. Be there for a 9.30am start.

– Dally Holden

Community group votes into action

It was a strong vote by the sixty residents and ratepayers of Blackall at the community meeting on Tuesday evening to form an action group and elect a committee. Photo by David Alexander.

Sunday bowls on the Blackall green

BLACKALL Volleyball is underway with their 2010 season with three teams competing in the weekly competition.

Organiser Meka Russell said that everyone is just pleased to have a game or two each Wednesday.

The volleyball players were thrilled to get the news from St Joseph’s that they are now able to play indoors in the new multipurpose sports centre at the school.

Volleyball moves indoors thanks to St Josephs’ new multipurpose centre

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FROM THE MAYOR’S DESKSend your dates in! Barcoo Independent TV Guide June 13 - 19

ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday June 16

4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 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 Cheese Slices6:30 Poh’s Kitchen7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors8:30 Spicks and Specks9:00 The Gruen Transfer9:30 Psychoville10:05 At the Movies10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:35 Spooks 12:30 Parliament Question Time1:30 Movie: Variety Time (G)2:25 Big Ideas3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Nowhere Land (M)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercials3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News 5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Medical Emergency8:30 Movie: Schindler’s List (M)8:00 Surf Patrol8:30 The Pacific9:50 Movie: Untraceable (MA)11:50 The First 4812:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercials4:00 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 State of Origin: QLD v NSW Game 210:15 20 to 111:15 Nightline11:45 Danoz Direct12:15 Eclipse Music TV12:45 20/201:45 Il Divo Live in Barcelona2:00 Alive and Cooking3:30 Good Morning America5:00 News5:30 Today

7:30 International News3:30 Nerds F.C.4:00 A Fork in Africa4:30 The Journal5:00 PBS Newshour5:30 FIFA World Cup Match of the Day6:00 Global Village6:30 World News Australia7:35 Inspector Rex8:30 Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever!9:00 FIFA World Cup: Honduras v Chile11:30 FIFA World Cup: Spain v Switzerland2:00 FIFA World Cup: Ivory Coast v Portugal4:00 FIFA World Cup: South Africa v Uruguay

Thursday June 17

4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 How the Earth was Made12:00 Midday Report12:30 Jeeves and Wooster1:30 Collectors2:00 Parliament Question Time3:00 Children’s Programs6:05 Grand Designs Revisited7:00 News7:30 The 7.30 Report8:00 Catalyst8:30 Voyage to the Planets9:30 The American Future: A History by Simon Schama10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:30 Live from Abbey Road12:20 Parliament Question Time1:20 Movie: They Passed This Way (G)2:45 Movie: The Lost Patrol (G)3:55 Can We Help?

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: To Love and Die (M)2:00 All Saints3:00 Infomercials3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Discover Downunder5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 The Matty Johns Show8:30 How I Met Your Mother9:30 Cougar Town11:00 American Dad11:30 Flashforward12:30 Trade Wars1:00 Infomercials4:00 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 Sea Patrol9:30 The NRL Footy Show11:00 Nightline11:30 The AFL Footy Show Late1:30 Danoz Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 News5:30 Today

7:30 International News3:30 Nerds F.C.4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 FIFA World Cup Match of the Day6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Tetsuya’s Pursuit of Excellence8:30 Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever!9:00 FIFA World Cup: Argentina v Korea Republic11:30 FIFA World Cup: Greece v Nigeria2:00 FIFA World Cup: Spain v Switzerland4:00 FIFA World Cup: France v Mexico

Friday June 18

4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Catalyst11:30 The New Inventors12:00 Midday Report12:30 Enough Rope with Andrew Denton1:30 Cranford2:30 Spicks and Specks3:00 Children’s Programs6:05 Meerkat Manor6:30 Can We Help?7:00 News7:30 Stateline8:00 Collectors8:30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple10:05 beached az10:05 30 Seconds: Be the Tool10:35 Lateline11:15 The Graham Norton Show12:05 Rage

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Movie: Brannigan (M)2:30 The Golden Girls3:00 Infomercials3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Hawk’s Active5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Better Homes and Gardens8:30 AFL: Hawthorn v Essendon11:45 Scrubs12:15 Movie: Below (M)2:15 Trade Wars3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

6:00 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 News12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow5:30 Hot Seat6:00 News7:00 Two and a Half Men7:30 Friday Night Football: Broncos v Panthers9:30 Friday Night Football: Bulldogs v Titans11:30 Nightline12:00 Bronco Billy2:15 Fire Over Africa4:00 Danoz Direct4:30 Good Morning America

7:30 International News3:30 Nerds F.C.4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 FIFA World Cup Match of the Day6:30 World News Australia 7:30 David Ogilvy: The First Mad Man8:30 Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever9:00 FIFA World Cup: Germany v Serbia11:30 FIFA World Cup: Slovenia v USA2:00 FIFA World Cup: France v Mexico4:00 FIFA World Cup: England v Algeria

Saturday June 19

5:00 Rage10:00 Rage: Guest Programmer: Bajo and Hex from Good Game11:00 Poh’s Kitchen11:30 Message Stick12:00 Stateline12:30 Australian Story1:00 Foreign Correspondent1:30 Can We Help?2:00 Rugby League4:00 Pilot Guides5:00 Bowls: International Test: Australia v England6:00 Planet Food: India 6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 News7:30 Doc Martin8:25 News Update8:30 The Bill9:15 News Update9:20 Midsomer Murders11:00 Silent Witness11:55 Rage

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Children’s Programs12:00 V8 Xtra12:30 Rookie Vets1:00 What’s Up Down Under1:30 Rookie Vets2:00 V8 Supercars5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 News6:30 Hook Line and Sinker7:00 AFL: Carlton v Freemantle10:30 International Rugby: Australia v England1:00 Movie: Live and Let Die (PG)3:30 Nature’s Gentleman4:00 Infomercials5:00 Dateline NBC

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today9:00 Danoz Direct10:00 Children’s Programs2:00 Gilligan’s Island2:30 Movie: Tom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars (G)4:00 Discover Downunder4:30 Postcards International5:00 4WD TV5:30 Fishing Australia6:00 News6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos7:30 Movie: Shrek 2 (PG)9:25 Movie: Connie and Carla (PG)11:25 Movie: Matchstick Men (M)1:45 Agatha Christie’s Evil Under the Sun4:00 Danoz Direct5:00 Global Shop Direct5:30 Rise and Shine

7:40 International News3:30 Tim Marlow Meets… Paul Smith4:00 Living with the Future4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 FIFA World Cup Match of the Day6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Monster Moves8:30 Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever9:00 FIFA World Cup: The Netherlands v Japan11:30 FIFA World Cup Match Lead-in11:50 FIFA World Cup: Australia v Ghana2:00 FIFA World Cup: Germany v Serbia4:00 FIFA World Cup: Cameroon v Denmark

The Barcoo Independent, Friday, June 11 2010 - TV GUIDE

WHATS ON in 2010JUNE11-14 Blackall State School and St Josephs 40 Year Reunion12 Blackall Community Markets16 Barcoo Living Advisory Committee Annual General Meeting16 Woolscour Tour and Dinner19 Blackall Emergency Services Open Day Fundraiser19 Blackall Equestrian Group Jump Club22 Blackall Combined Schools’ Athletics Carnival23 Woolscour Tour and Dinner26-27 Blackall Pony Club Shield Day and Open Gymkhana30 Woolscour Tour and Dinner

JULYWoolscour Bush Dinner1

3 Blackall Races7 Woolscour Tour and Dinner7-10 Onsite E-Business Solutions Training10 Blackall Community Markets13 Queensland Youth Orchestra Big Band Performance,

McLean Place, Blackall14 Queensland Youth Orchestra Big Band Performance,

Tambo14 Woolscour Tour and Dinner15 Queensland Youth Orchestra Big Band Performance,

Blackall21 Woolscour Tour and Dinner28 Woolscour Tour and Dinner

AUGUST4 Woolscour Tour and Dinner7 Woolscour Bush Dinner11 Woolscour Tour and Dinner14 Blackall Community Markets18 Woolscour Tour and Dinner21 Blackall Colin Wood Shield Day and Challenge Weekend25 Woolscour Tour and Dinner

As of May 31, the Bandanna Energy Project in the South Galilee Basin has been given a significant project status by the Queensland Government. This has great implications for the Blackall Tambo region and, in particular, future Tambo-Alpha road construction which I believe will have to be stepped up considerably to cope with the increase in traffic as Bandanna moves into the EIS (Environmental Impact Study) phase.

Advice from the Premier’s department announces the establishment of a growth management agency to be known as Growth Management Queensland. This agency will lead the state’s urban and regional planning functions and the implementation of outcomes from the Growth Management Summit. GMQ will have a mandate to deliver a more coordinated approach to growth management in Queensland, create better linkages between land use planning, infrastructure delivery economic development, protection of environmental assets, expansion of green space and affordable housing. In effect, a complimentary approach to regional planning and regional development.

A second initiative has also been announced; the establishment of an Infrastructure Charges Taskforce to examine infrastructure charges. The taskforce will identify the most suitable model for infrastructure charging which does not significantly affect industry or council viability or adversely impact housing affordability. This is a challenge for governments everywhere.

The Tambo races, held on June 5, were very well attended with good fields to make the racing very interesting. The Fashions of the Field certainly were stunning in the very latest fashions. Sarah Taylor of Tambo won “Best Dressed Lady” on the day. This race meeting is the first of two only held in Tambo now. It is interesting to me how clubs are expected to comply with the expensive upgrade standards demanded by Queensland Racing with only two meetings and no Queensland Racing financial assistance given to raise the funds required!

The Outback Regional Roads Eastern Group meeting held in Barcaldine on Tuesday, June 8, saw the creation of a 5-year program for the Eastern Group Councils’ Local Roads of Regional Significance and nominated state owned roads. Blackall Tambo Regional Council will benefit from this program which will commence for us in the 2010/2011 year of the program.

Immediately after the roads meeting, there was an integrated focus group mining meeting held at the Barcaldine showgrounds, where focus group members from Blackall Tambo, Barcaldine, Emerald and Alpha were able to progress the social and economic impact study being conducted by DEEDI, DIP, RAPAD and the CH Development Corporation Ltd. Many diverse issues were further explored, the opportunities and the concerns to the regions where mining will occur or has the potential to occur.

It was a pleasure to meet with artist Fred White to create his commission on water and life here in Blackall. It will be a prestigious addition to the register of public art here in Blackall.

News of the formation of a ratepayer’s association for Blackall is most pleasing. As mayor of the Blackall Tambo Regional Council I will look forward to working with the association.

Jan Ross

AFTER more than a century of Lane family history, Alan and Dale Lane have sold Elsinore and Taurus Hills to move south of Dalby to be closer to their eleven grandchildren and the other half of the family business, Opal Creek feedlot.

Taurus Hills was sold at auction in Brisbane in late May for $310/acre. Elsinore was subdivided into three blocks for the sale, and went to two parties in Blackall and one in Tambo.

“We had to subdivide to sell,” Alan said. “It’s a hard climate to sell out here at the moment.”

Alan’s great-grandfather Richard Lane moved to Blackall from Warrnambool in Victoria in 1882, travelling overland with a group and his seven children on a bullock wagon.

Historic records suggest that the Lane family purchased the Tattersall’s Hotel in Blackall prior to leaving Warrnambool. The family lived in town, and acquired Taurus Hills to use as a paddock to run cattle for sale in the family butcher shop.

This year marks 105 years of Lane family ownership of Taurus Hills, and exactly 100 years since Elsinore was purchased from the Hart family.

Elsinore was purchased in 1910 by Richard’s sons William George and Richard, after the death of Richard senior in 1896. Sheep have been run on the property right through until the middle of the drought, ten years ago, when Alan and Dale destocked and moved into cattle.

Alan says he thinks there is potential for the sheep industry, particularly the meat side, to get going properly again.

“From Tambo to Isisford is the best sheep country in Queensland. Tambo is a bit cold and Isisford is a bit dry,” Alan said. “We’re not at all biased!”

The Lane family also has a historic connection with the racing industry; running a horse in the

Melbourne Cup, designing and laying out the steeple track and instigating the first of the race meetings at the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival which has been ongoing for 128 years, and have been involved in racing at, and the development of, the Barcoo Amateur Racing Club.

“I think my father must have inherited the racing gene,” Alan remembers. “He and I built the mobile steel barriers down at the Blackall race track that they still use today.”

The homestead at Elsinore, as it stands today, was built in 1937 by Alan’s father Richard, who died in 1976. Alan was born and bred in Blackall, along with his three sisters; boarding in town to attend the Blackall State School in the 1940s. He served on the Blackall Shire Council as a councilor for 10 years and as deputy mayor for 4 years until local government amalgamation in 2008.

“The debate at that time was very uplifting,” Alan said of his involvement in Council.

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Regional Fuel Watch

BARCALDINE

134.9 ¢136.9 ¢

BLACKALL

142.6 ¢140.5 ¢

LONGREACH

138.9 ¢140.9 ¢

TAMBO

139.9 ¢138.9 ¢

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide June 13 - 19ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday June 13

5:00 Rage6:30 Children’s Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:00 Asia Pacific Focus11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Landline1:00 Gardening Australia1:30 Message Stick2:00 Travel Oz2:30 The House of Windsor: A Royal Dynasty3:30 Being John Banville4:20 Unfed4:30 Art from the Arctic5:00 First Tuesday Book Club with Jennifer Byrne5:30 Art Nation6:00 At the Movies6:30 Treks in a Wild World7:00 News7:30 Doctor Who8:30 News Update8:35 Agatha Christie’s Poirot10:05 Compass10:35 The Brothers Warner12:10 Movie: Advise and Consent (PG)2:25 Movie: Make Mine Laughs (G)3:30 Talking Heads4:00 First Tuesday Book Club with Jennifer Byrne

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise10:00 Movie: Lilies of the Field (G)12:00 Movie: Cool Runnings (G)2:00 AFL: Bulldogs v Brisbane5:00 Guide to the Good Life5:30 Great South East6:00 News6:30 Sunday Night7:30 Border Security8:00 The Force – Behind the Line8:30 Movie: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (M)10:50 Scrubs11:25 Russell Brand’s Ponderland12:00 The Mole – the Amazing Game2:00 Infomercials3:00 NBC Meet the Press4:00 NBC Today5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 News

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today10:00 Wide World of Sports11:00 The Sunday Footy Show12:00 Sunday Roast1:00 4X4 Adventures2:00 Men in Trees3:00 Men in Trees4:00 Sunday Football: Sea Eagles v Broncos6:00 News6:30 Customs7:00 Send in the Dogs7:30 60 Minutes8:30 Underbelly9:30 CSI10:30 Crime Investigation Australia11:35 Afterlife12:30 Super League2:30 Global Shop Direct4:00 Good Morning America5:00 News5:30 Today

7:30 International News11:00 Footy – The La Perouse Way11:30 Tales from a Suitcase12:00 First Flower1:00 Johnny Warren’s Football Mission2:00 Speedweek4:00 Football Asia4:30 Futbol Mundial5:00 Road to the 2010 FIFA World Cup5:30 FIFA World Cup Match of the Day6:30 World News Australia7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?8:30 Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever9:00 FIFA World Cup: Algeria v Slovenia11:30 FIFA World Cup: Serbia v Ghana2:00 FIFA World Cup: England v USA4:00 FIFA World Cup Match Lead-in4:20 FIFA World Cup: Australia v Germany

Monday June 14

4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6:00 Children’s Programs11:00 Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 The Return of Sherlock Holmes1:30 The Cook and the Chef2:00 The Bill2:45 Mr Bean with Rowan Atkinson3:05 Children’s Programs6:00 Travel Oz6:30 Talking Heads7:00 News7:30 7.30 Report8:00 Australian Story8:30 Four Corners9:20 Media Watch9:35 Q&A10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:35 Sin City Law12:05 Movie: The Moon is Blue (PG)1:45 Movie: The Thing from Another World (PG)3:25 Bowls: Australian Open 2010

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 News12:00 Raggs12:30 Infomercials1:00 The Boneyard2:00 AFL: Carlton v Freemantle5:00 M*A*S*H5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Breaking the Magician’s Code8:30 Desperate Housewives9:30 Brothers & Sisters10:30 Scrubs11:00 Trauma12:00 The Mole – the Amazing Game1:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 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 Super League2:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 News5:30 Today

7:30 International News

3:30 Insight

4:30 The Journal

5:00 Rough Science

5:30 FIFA World Cup Match of

the Day

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Mythbusters

8:30 Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup

Fever!

9:00 FIFA World Cup: Netherlands

v Denmark

11:30 FIFA World Cup: Japan v

Cameroon

2:00 FIFA World Cup: Australia v

Germany

4:00 FIFA World Cup: Italy v

Paraguay

Tuesday June 15

4:30 Shortland Street5:00 Something in the Air5:30 The New Inventors6.00 Children’s Programs11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 The World’s Worst Disasters1:30 The Einstein Factor2:00 Parliament Question Time3:00 Children’s Programs6:05 Time Team7:00 News7:30 The 7.30 Report8:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 Greatest Cities of the World with Rhys Jones9:30 QI10:00 Artscape10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 Four Corners12:20 Media Watch12:35 The Chaser’s War on Everything1:05 Parliament Question Time2:05 Island Life: Barrow Island3:00 Big Ideas3:55 Good Game

6:00 Sunrise

9:00 The Morning Show

11:30 News

12:00 Movie: Prairie Fever (M)

2:00 All Saints

3:00 Infomercials

3:30 Children’s Programs

4:30 News

5:00 M*A*S*H

5:30 Deal or No Deal

6:00 News

6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away

7:30 Australia’s Got Talent

9:00 Grey’s Anatomy

10:00 Private Practice

12:00 Trade Wars

12:30 Popstars

1:00 Infomercials

4:00 NBC Today

5:30 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 Gear10:30 30 Years of Origin11:30 Nightline12:00 Danoz Direct12:30 WWE Afterburn1:30 Entertainment Tonight2:00 Global Shop Direct3:30 Good Morning America5:00 News5:30 Today

7:30 International News

3:30 Nerds F.C.

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 FIFA World Cup Match of

the Day

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 The Brain the Changes Itself

8:30 Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup

Fever!

9:00 FIFA World Cup: New

Zealand v Slovakia

11:30 FIFA World Cup: Ivory Coast

v Portugal

2:00 FIFA World Cup: Italy v

Paraguay

4:00 FIFA World Cup: Brazil v

Korea

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

Elwyn and Jenny Bethel will

be at the Blackall Community Markets on Saturday, June 12 with cakes, jams, slices, chutneys and other goodies

Blackall Cemetery:Blackall Tambo Regional Council is undertakingthe digitalising of the Blackall Cemetery inpartnership with the Blackall Historical Societyjointly funded by the Department of PublicWorks and Council.

We are specifically looking for the map of the oldsection of the Cemetery.

If anyone has any information or maps relatingto the Blackall Cemetery that could be relevantto this project,

Please contact: Alison Shaw on (07) 4621 6600

Or drop any documentation to the BlackallVisitor Information Centre.

KL TimmsCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PO Box 21BLACKALL QLD 4472

105 years of Lane family history in Blackall

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Kid’s Corner with Eddie EmuG’day Kids. Welcome to ‘Kids Corner’ with a freezing Eddie Emu. This morning it was a very cold 4 degrees and my feathers had icicles on them (well, almost). When you get ready for school in the mornings and moan how cold it is, do you ever wonder what it would be like to live in the coldest place on Earth? Do you know where the coldest place is? No, it isn’t Tambo or Charleville. The confirmed coldest temperature on Earth was recorded in Vostok in Antarctica where it recorded a freezing -89.2 degrees Celsius (burr). I’m shivering just thinking about it. Get out your woolly jumpers because winter is upon us. If you are going to the snow fields these holidays, here is some advice: never catch snowflakes with your tongue until all the birds have gone north for the winter.

Eddie

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Your local taxation specialist will be attending their

Blackall Office in Woods Arcade on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 June .

For all your Accountancy & Taxation needs contact Prue Button on 07 4657 4144

ACCORDING to reunion committee member Kevin Hauff, all roads are leading to Blackall over this long weekend, for the 40 year reunion of past students from Blackall State School and St Joseph’s.

Kevin says that the committee, consisting of Alan ‘Pawpaw’ Douglas, Elaine Spinks, Vince Prow and himself, have been planning the reunion for 18 months, and are looking forward to having more than 60 people for the event from as far as Cairns, Rockhampton and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.

The reunion is for students who started year 1 in 1961 at either school, and any students who attended either school throughout the 10 years of the education of the class of 1961.

“If you didn’t attend during these specific years, you are still more than welcome to attend,” Kevin said. “There are no hard and fast rules. This is just a great excuse to have a really fun time.”

The long weekend kicks off on Friday evening at

around 5.30pm with an inspection of all the liquor selling outlets.

“To make sure the beer is at the correct temperature and the spirits at the right level,” Kevin explained. “It could take us quite a few goes to work out the results, though.”

Saturday morning will be spent enjoying morning tea at the State School and looking around, followed by a similar inspection at St Joseph’s, with a student roll call taking place at both schools, and the opportunity to make use of St Josephs’ new multipurpose centre.

The main function for the reunion will be held on Saturday evening with a dinner at the club, and a display of memorabilia and photos from various grades throughout the 10 years of education from 1961. There will be an auction, with major prizes donated by Landmark and Outback Lamb.

Special guests for the weekend reunion are Blackall State School principal Jason Smith and his wife Alison, Noelene Gleeson as a representative of St Joseph’s Catholic School, Marie Messer and Maureen and Cecil ‘Dinny’ Gill. An extract will be read out from a letter from Sandra Pigeon from London, the year 10 teacher in 1970, who is unable to attend.

Kevin said that organising the weekend has been a mammoth task, particularly tracking down the women whose names have changed since getting married.

“It has been a very worthwhile project though,” he said. “I have got immense pleasure from organising it.”

Kevin has put out a quiz question for all those who are familiar with the students back then; asking for people to have a go at naming the five young men in the 6 stone 7 Central West Junior Rugby League team that toured to Gympie in 1967.

Past students in town for 40 year reunion

IT has been a busy term for Blackall’s Longreach School of Distance Education students. All those in Years 3, 5 and 7 have taken part in minischools which have incorporated NAPLAN testing.

Anita Dennis has been elected as a parent representative on the LSODE School Council, along with Tanya Dawson from Longreach.

Encouragement awards have been received by a number of Blackall cluster students this term, including Georgia Sprague (Year 4) for always having a go at questions on air, Declan Russell (Year 5) for his explanations of body language, and Ashley Taylor for using all her reading strategies.

Prep student Meredith Walker was rewarded for her on air measurement activity, along with Will Alexander (Year 5) for the way he has been getting ideas from the text, and Gabrielle Rooney (Year 7) for expressing her talent effectively in her art portfolio.

Nathan Lloyd’s Year 1

encouragement award came for his beautifully completed unit work, Charlotte Russell’s Year 3 award for her work at cluster where she proofread and improved a piece of writing, and Bella Joseland’s Year 5 award was for her creative appliqué design.

Secondary student Alannah Kemp received an award for consistently achieving over and above in all subjects, while Riley Goodwin (Year 1) made a great effort in reading, and Sam Pearson (Year 2) improved his on air participation and enthusiasm.

Hollie Taylor (Year 6) received an award for a great effort with a science experiment involving pulley systems, and a LOTE award for her self introduction on air.

Hollie and sister Ashley also put entries into the Longreach Show. Ashley was first with her Wanted poster and Hollie was highly commended for her written description.

– Sally Cripps

Busy term for LSODE students Local emergency services hold open day fundraiser

LOCAL emergency services are holding an open day next weekend as a fundraiser for ambulance officer Mark Hancock, who plans to complete the Kokoda Track later this year.

On Saturday, June 19, from 10am, there will be information displays on first aid, CPR and career options with free giveaways for the kids from the fire station crew.

At 11am there will be a road accident rescue demonstration; the emergency services crew will cut an injured person from a vehicle.

There will be the opportunity for people to get involved and have a go at using the jaws of life and wearing the protective gear.

There will be drinks and a sausage sizzle for lunch.

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Blackall Tambo Regional Council staff were geared up for a great evening at the Blackall State School trivia night; Iain and Mandy Duke, Lisa Goodman, Glenys Kowald and Ken Timms

Tina Loveday, Andrea Sly, Claire Barron, Helen Hansen and Jo Davison had a great night

Frank Smith, Kevin and Bub Schurmann, Joy Smith, Shirley Dagan, Lionel and Judith Kennedy and Leanne Paix

BLACKALL Combined Agents yarded a total of 4000 head at the latest weaner and store sale last Thursday, June 3.

Agents yarded some top quality runs of steers and heifers, which was reflected in the prices with all descriptions rising considerably.

Ray White Rural agent Paton Fitsimons said the steer sale was extremely strong, with large runs returning to Meandarra, Taroom and NSW and QLD cattle country.

Paton said the strengthening fat market has boosted confidence in the restocker ranks.

David Hardie & family Dumfries, Blackall sold 210 Charolais cross steers to average 213 c/kg, 238 kg in weight, to return $508 per head, topping at 219 c/kg or $557 per head.

The Hardie family also sold 114 Charolais cross heifers to average 178 c/kg and 237 kg to return $422; topping at 183 c/kg or $439 per head.

Linamar Past Co Linamar, Isisford sold Santa steers to average 198 c/kg, 328 kg and $650 per head. They topped at 209 c/kg or $667 per head.

RM & DL Wells Burgoyne, Jericho had Gelbvieh cross steers average at 193 c/kg for 284 kg, to return $551 per head, topping at 200 c/kg or $632 per head.

The Wells family sold Gelbvieh heifers for 171 c/kg, 242 kg for a return of $415 per head.

The Enniskillen Past Co Boongoondoo, Jericho sold a draft of 389 Santa heifers to a top of 183.2 c/kg to average 171 c/kg, weighing 296 kg to return $507 per head.

MJ & SEM Cameron Romulus, Blackall sold Shorthorn cross heifers to average 165 c/kg, 267 kg in weight, returning $441 per head and topping at 168 c/kg or $536 head.

A & D Lane sold Charolais cross and Santa cross steers averaging 176.7 c/kg and weighing 424.1 kg.

RK & HM Aspinall sold Charolais steers for an average of 178.8 c/kg at a weight of 463.8 kg.

A combined agents’ sale was held on Thursday, June 10 and was a fat and store fixture.

4000 at Blackall weaner and store sale

Blackall State

School goes back to the 80s in trivia night

fundraiser

New bollards define boundaries in riverside park

Left: Council has recently placed bollards around Blackall’s Barcoo River camping and park areas, marking the boundaries for suitable camp sites. The bollards are under requirements set down by the ombudsman, after Council received complaints about the Barcoo River camping area.

THE Barcoo River camping and wider park area along the river is lined with bollards which mark out suitable camping areas for visitors to the town, according to Blackall Tambo Regional Council mayor Jan Ross.

The former Blackall Shire Council received a complaint from previous owners of the Blackall caravan park about the river camping area, as did the amalgamated Blackall Tambo Regional Council.

“We have been meticulous in complying with requirements set down by the ombudsman; putting suitable barriers around the areas that cannot be camped in, an honesty box for campers, and signs,” Cr Ross said.

“It has reduced the number of campers allowed down by the river.”

Council are also obligated to abide by the Department of Environment and Resource

Management’s caravan camping regulations; reducing the number of nights that tourists are allowed to camp by the river from 10 to 3.

“Council is not interested in taking anyone’s business away,” Cr Ross said.

“However, if we say there is no camping by the river, we lose those people and that business from the town completely.”

– Rowan Hunnam

Incoming chair of the State School Local Chaplaincy Committee Rev Beth O’Neill with Bec Ossipow, Janelle Dickson and Avril Fazel

Chaplaincy committee under new directionBLACKALL State School’s incoming Local

Chaplaincy Committee Chair Rev Beth O’Neill thanked Janelle Dickson for her long association with the chaplaincy since its initiation as a voluntary service.

A formalised chaplaincy service was put in place by past school principal Robin Jackson. Janelle has seen the service grow with the vital and continued financial support of local donors.

Chaplains have included Jamie Blucher, Emma Baills, Rebecca Ossipow and current chaplain Linda Whysall.

Rev Beth O’Neill assumed the role of chair earlier this year.

The In the Bin film crew have been in Blackall and Tambo between Friday, June 4 and Wednesday, June 9 working with youth in both communities, and teaching the students the necessary techniques to create, edit, film and produce short films.

A community screening was held last Sunday night in Blackall for small group who were exposed to a variety of films in differing media created from around Queensland, including the artistically-renowned film ‘Miracle Fish’.

Tambo held its festival on Wednesday afternoon; enabling the whole school community to witness and be entertained by the talents of some of the high school students. The short films were imaginative and hilarious; Emma and Luke from ITB said the students had made their job enjoyable with their enthusiastic participation.

The Tambo State School was able to develop the workshops into their social and english learning

programs. The project was jointly organised by Tambo State School P&C and the Council, and funded by Council and RADF. The In the Bin crew worked solidly for three days in each town to produce five imaginative short films inclusive of special effects.

– Alison Shaw

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Peter Hauff was the highest point scorer on Space Invaders with 3170

Tony and Lorelei Kiernan with Lorelei’s brother Graham Parminter (left), visiting from Brisbane

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Photograph taken on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 as construction of the concrete slab is underway at Landmark Blackall.Below: Photograph taken on Monday, June 7, 2010 as the Landmark Blackall shed is put into place

Tambo, Blackall students get filming with In the Bin

Clockwise: Justin Bailey and Seth West get some direction on filming from ITB crew, Kyle Hearn on the bike, Tambo students Reece Bensen and Justin Bailey. Photos by Peta Batts.

Gwynne Stockwell (left) and Alison Krieg chaired the community meeting which invited residents to air their concerns about the operation of the Blackall Tambo Regional Council. Photo by David Alexander.

Sixty turn up to express interest in residents and ratepayers group

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80s Trivia Night

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TAKING A LOOK AT BLACKALL’S HISTORY

Dinny Gill, Blackall ~ 1935

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Applicants holding a Qld Pest Control licence, having completed units 5, 6 & 18 in Asset Maintenance Pest Management Technical or TAFE qualifications would be highly regarded, however all self motivated persons will be considered and trained if successful.

A fully equipped, custom-fitted vehicle is provided, so a current Qld driver’s licence is essential. We require a clean driving record, background check and are able to pass a full medical as mine work is involved.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is motivated; works well on their own and has great communication skills. Successful applicants will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of a pest control schedule.

An attractive salary based position will be offered to the successful applicant, with further options available to the proven person. A newly renovated, furnished 2 bedroom cottage in Blackall is included in the package if re-location is required.

If you are looking for long term employment in Outback Queensland forward your interests to Gregson Pest Management ~ gpmcoastal@bigpond.com or 0418 458 211.

Above right: John Webber took this photograph one of Stockwell’s Blackall Trading Company trucks in Muckadilla, Queensland in 1960, transporting one of the Godfrey Brothers’ drilling rigs back to Blackall from Sydney after it was used in the construction of the Sydney Opera House.Right: John Webber took this photograph of the construction site of the Sydney Opera House in 1960, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background.

Cecil ‘Dinny’ Gill (born 2/3/1925) pictured here on a billy goat in the front yard of the family’s Blackall home on Rose Street built by his father. Dinny and his wife Maureen are travelling out to Blackall from Brisbane this week to attend the Blackall State School and St Joseph’s 40 year reunion this weekend. Maureen taught many of the students during her time at the Blackall State School.

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1958-1960: Blackall plays a part in the construction of the Opera House

Wool carted by motorised transport ~ 1915George Thomas Gill Senior, born in 1857, on the left, with George Gill Junior, born in 1884, in front of the Republic Truck loaded with wool from a property in the Blackall district. This would have been one of the first loads of wool that was not transported by a horse and wagon.

FIFTY years ago, engineering works Godfrey Brothers, with their head office in Blackall, sent drilling rigs by truck to Sydney for use in the construction of the piles of the Sydney Opera House.

The percussionary rigs were being used at the time to drill bores on rural properties in central western Queensland.

John Webber of Stockwell’s Blackall Trading Company drove down to Sydney in 1960 to collect the drilling rig and bring it back to Blackall.

The truck has since been restored and is now on display in the Winton Museum.

THE state government has announced it will vote against a Private Members Bill to stage a referendum on split time zone daylight saving for south-east Queensland.

Premier Anna Bligh said Caucus had voted to oppose the Bill by Independent MP Peter Wellington because regional Queenslanders were overwhelmingly opposed to daylight saving.

"The Labor Caucus this afternoon has had quite a lengthy discussion about the daylight saving issue and it's absolutely clear from regional MPs that regional Queensland is absolutely opposed to any splitting of the state and any split time zone," Premier Bligh said.

"This was put to the vote and it was the clear decision of the Caucus.”

"There are a number of people

- including myself - who would love to see daylight saving in the south-east corner but we accept that we are a government for the whole state.

"And that means governing for regional Queensland and doing the right thing for all parts of the state."

Debate on the Private Members Bill will be heard in the Parliament later this year.

Government will vote no to daylight saving

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Below: Kathryn Lipsett and Guy Elliot did their best to answer the trivia questions about television, music and life in the 1980s

Glenda Tierney and Bec Ossipow...

Left: Colleen Morrison and Blackall State School principal Jason Smith, better known on the night as Beetlejuice, couldn’t help but get carried away from the judging with one of the 80s songs

Below left: Lee Hansen, Glen Davison and Ashley Loveday had a laugh at the trivia night

Below: Glenda Tierney and Bec Ossipow were kitted out with leg warmers, fingerless gloves and tights; re-living the days of the 1980s at the Blackall State School trivia night fundraiser on Saturday

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TRAVELLER Don Legge this week found a coin in the dusty driveway at the back of the Barcoo Hotel on Shamrock Street.

Don said that at first he thought it was just a five cent piece but after a closer look and an inspection under the magnifying glass at the Opal shop, he saw that it was a sixpence from 1888 with the head of Queen Victoria on one side.

“My son is going to be so thrilled,” Don said. “He collects old coins.”

75-year old Don and his wife are from Benalla in Victoria and are in Blackall this week, in the midst of touring throughout Queensland in their caravan.

Tourist finds 1888 coin in Barcoo Hotel caravan park

Above and left: Tourist Don Legge from Victoria with his discovery; a sixpence dated 1888, found at the back of the Barcoo Hotel. Don said, “It just shows that you don’t need a metal detector to have good finds; you just need sharp eyes!”

Below: Reliving the days of Pac-man at the trivia night fundraiser on Saturday evening were Paul Banks, Brent Gerber, Kim Trickett, Natasha Gerber, Kylie Banks and Stacey Hansen

continued from page 3End of an Elsinore eraAlan bit the bullet and learnt to fly four years ago,

aged 72, in Toowoomba.“I love my flying,” Alan said. “I was going to do it in

1955 but I bought a Volkswagen instead!”“When we leave I’ll lose the excuse a bit to have a

plane, but I’ll find a way!”Alan’s wife, Dale was born and raised in Brisbane

and moved out to Blackall over 40 years ago. Alan and Dale had three children; Richard, William and Jenny who all grew up on Elsinore.

“We worked out the other day that between us, Alan and I have a combined total of 120 years living in Blackall,” Dale said. “We will never disconnect from here. We will be very sad to leave.”

“There is a strong sense of community that you don’t get anywhere else.”

The Lane family have owned 22 000 acres during their time in Blackall; 6 000 acres on Camberwell were sold 5 years ago, and the remaining 16 000 acres sold in May 2010.

It was only recently that Alan and Dale found out that Taurus Hills was named after a sheep property owned by Alan’s great-grandfather called Mt Taurus in Victoria.

They will be moving to the family’s feedlot in Cecil Plains where their two sons manage and operate the business; Richard specialises in the animal nutrition, and William in cattle management.

Alan said there are always positives that come with this sort of change.

“Now we can go and watch the Broncos play in Brisbane!”

– Rowan Hunnam

THE Blackall Community Choir have enjoyed a number of recent performances and a workshop with Sing Australia. This week, Joyce Carter talks about why she is keen to get along to the choir every Wednesday.

Joyce said she gets pleasure from singing as it helps her to relax.

“When you are part of a group you get enjoyment and laughter,” she said. “If I wasn’t in the choir I would be missing something that I really love.”

Choir members speak out about the benefits