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SPORT ON THE BARCOOGolf club hosts presentation luncheon

A Golf Club presentation luncheon was held on Sunday with a number of golfers, sponsors and their families attending for a great afternoon.

Only two games of golf were played at the start of the season due to the high rain fall, but by early April the course was dry enough to start some serious games of golf.

Golf Club president Les Williams and captain Shane Robinson presented the awards.

Congratulations go to Ronan Robinson, a junior player who took out the Guy’s Outback Workshop Match Play Final and to all the other golfers for their wins for the 2011 golfing year.

The Blackall Golf Club would like to thank all their sponsors for 2011 as well as Darren Batts Transport for sponsoring the Blackall Open for 2011.

--Karen ChoyceFurther results on page 13

Shane Robinson, Les Willams and Guy Elliott winner of the A Grade Men’s Club Championships.

Shane Robinson, Les Willams, Christine Willams and Janelle Schluter. Janelle and Christine won the Choyce Transport Club Foursome Championships for 2011.

Shane Robinson, Les Willams, Grahame Schluter and Karen Choyce. Grahame and Karen won the Smith Bros Mixed Foursome Championships for 2011.

Blackall’s Clay Target Club has begun planning for a two day shoot in May next year, the first to be held in the town for some years.

The idea comes on the back of a major revamp at the grounds north of town, thanks to the Queensland Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Program which supplied funding for the club to install three new trap houses and 15 new shooting lanes.

Club officials now have their fingers crossed for a Gambling Community Benefit Fund application for three new traps and associated equipment, to ensure the planned shoot runs smoothly.

It has been organised by the club executive of Danny Allan, John Pay and Jim Taylor, who were re-elected as president, vice president and secretary/treasurer at last Sunday’s annual general meeting.

Joe Taylor and Angus MacDonald are the club’s range officers for 2012.

In the meantime the club is planning a Christmas shoot on Saturday, December 17, with a four event program beginning at 2pm.

The last event, a 10 pair Deauville doubles with a draw for partners, will be run under lights after an evening meal.

--Sally Cripps

Blackall Gun Club aiming for a two day shoot in 2012

Jo Cripps was home from her vet science studies in Townsville and took the opportunity to have a go at clay target shooting at Blackall on the weekend. She was using her great grandfather’s Browning shotgun for the day.

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Blackall residents learn about Alpha mining plansA small group of Blackall residents turned out to

the Blackall Sports and Memorial Club on Thursday November 10 to learn about the mining plans of Waratah Coal at a community consultation.

At the meeting a small team of consultants outlined Waratah Coal’s environmental impact statement for their proposed coal mine located 30 kilometres north west of Alpha.

The proposed mine would operate for five to ten years, producing approximately 40 million tonnes of product coal.

Construction of the mine is predicted to take three years, employing 2500 workers, with work likely to operate on a fly in fly out (FIFO) basis.

Approximately 2000 workers would be employed during mine operations with 28 senior managers to be based in Alpha.

Consultant Michael Finlayson who spoke about the economic and social impacts of the mine, said the main concerns related to the mine’s impact on ground and surface water as well as fears that Alpha would become a “mining town” with a transient population, social issues and a high cost of living.

“We see that an increased population will increase the costs of living and that there would be social welfare issues as a result,” Mr Finlayson said.

Mr Finlayson said the mining company would try to offset high costs of living by considering options to increase the affordability of housing.

“It might be building some houses and giving them to the hospital or school for their staff,” Mr Finlayson said.

Mr Finlayson said the company was keen to employ as many locals as possible and would provide initiatives such as recruitment and training for mine workers and educating contractors in mining industry standards.

“We need to work out how we’re going to provide local jobs and not adversely effect local employers,” Mr Finlayson said.

Mr Finlayson said the majority of workers would be employed on a FIFO or drive in drive out (DIDO) basis.

“We don’t have any message from Alpha that they want a big town,” Mr Finlayson said.

“There’s a target of 2000 people in Alpha- residents want the town to grow enough to get a doctor and Year 11 and 12 at the school.”

Other infrastructure developments are set to include the installation of a rail line to Port Abbott and upgrades to the Alpha airport.

Residents at the consultation raised suggestions as how the mining company could assist Blackall including training programs and recruitment for school leavers.

Mr Finlayson said schools training would target school leavers for the duration of the operational period.

“It’s something we need to think about and show them that there is an avenue for training,” Mr Finlayson.

Mayor Jan Ross said council was concerned about losing workers to mining and was keen to prevent that.

“We’re pretty scarce on the ground and losing operational staff already,” Cr Ross said.

When asked if Waratah Coal might assist with upgrades to the Tambo Alpha road, Mr Finlayson said it wasn’t on their current program.

The environmental impact statement will be available for review until December 19 with Waratah aiming to start construction at the end of 2012.

Diagram of the proposed workers’ camp at the Waratah Coal mine near Alpha.

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Editorial

I was pleased to attend the Queensland Parliamentary Transport, Local Government and Infrastructure Committee enquiry into Queensland stock routes held in Longreach on Friday, November 18. It was a well attended meeting with many interested people having been to the Meat and Livestock Australia meeting also held in Longreach.

Many councils gave evidence through their councillors or through their respective rural lands officers on how they saw the proposed legislation affecting their particular council. Some were satisfied with the outcome while others were disappointed with the document. Individual landholders and Bill Little representing the drovers also gave evidence.

The management of routes by local government was called into question by users while there was a call for a code of conduct for drovers. It was pointed out that long standing water issues have never been resolved and certainly need to be in order to proceed.

There have been committees working on this matter for eight years with the outcome still looking rather blurred and in some cases definitely misunderstood. Stock routes have been a life saver for many a mob of drought affected cattle over the history of the routes

and with good management by council staff, the ability to drove a mob of cattle to a destination will continue into the future. DERM will have the ability to levee a charge per head on the use of the stock routes, local government will retain a portion of the monies collected to be used for needed improvements.

I was also pleased to have been able to be a witness to the Parliamentary Transport, Local Government and Infrastructure Committee’s hearing into the financial sustainability of remote councils on the same day.

I gave evidence on behalf of Blackall Tambo Regional Council supported by a written submission to the inquiry. I was able to highlight to the committee the difficulties faced by councils such as Blackall Tambo Regional Council which operate on a very small rate base annually and endeavour to provide services which fulfil community expectations and the absolute necessity to continue with the Financial Assistance Grants and other available support. Each panel of witnesses was given a time frame of half an hour. However I was asked to share my half hour with the chairman of RAPAD, Cr Ed Warren Mayor of Winton and general manager of RAPAD David Arnold, representing the six other

Councils on the RAPAD Board. Our time frame was stretched to one and a half hours which ensured there was a great deal of discussion between the committee members and the witnesses about the problems experienced and some solutions.

The announcement by the Change Commissioner in which he stated his recommendations for the Blackall Tambo Regional Council local government electorate could have some very beneficial outcomes. The recommendation for an undivided electorate and an increase to six councillors and a mayor if approved will certainly give a greater means of debate and ideas around the meeting table and eliminate the occurrence of two being a quorum. I am hoping above all that there will be greater engagement with the community due to the additional representation. I do hope the Minster for Local Government Paul Lucas will give his assent to the recommendations as presented.

There will be further councillor training offered by the Department of Local Government and Planning held here in Blackall on December 6 at 5.30pm in the council boardroom for prospective councillors.

--Jan Ross

FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK

It’s certainly a hectic time of year at the moment and I have a very busy schedule attending and photographing events. If you see a photo in the paper of which you would like to purchase a copy, please contact me to place an order.

We are now approaching

the final weeks of 2011, with the last Barcoo Independent for the year scheduled for December 16. The paper will then take a five week break over the holiday season. The first edition for 2012 will come out on January 27.

Next week in The Barcoo

Independent:* St Patrick’s Fete

* Christmas Tree Festival * Blackall Racesand more!

The Barcoo Independent, Friday, November 25 2011 - Page 15

Barcoo Independent TV Guide November 20- November 26ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

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5:00 Strictly Speaking5:30 Spicks And Specks6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 For The Juniors10:15 Our Animals10:20 Cyberchase10:45 Behind The News Special11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Bush Slam2:00 Parliament Question Time3:05 Children’s Programs6:00 Country House Rescue6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Outnumbered8:30 QI9:00 The Thick of It Special10:05 At The Movies: Summer Special10:35 Lateline11:10 Lateline Business11:35 Kalahari Tails12:30 Parliament Question Time1:25 Country House Rescue2:20 Hungry Beast3:00 Big Ideas4:00 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: 12 Days Of Terror2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Bush Doctors3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Destination New Zealand5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue7:30 World’s Strictest Parents8:40 Criminal Minds9:40 Air Crash Investigations10:40 Great Escapes11:35 30 Rock12:05 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Room For Improvement4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne Summer Series11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Big Bang Theory7:30 TBA8:30 TBA9:30 TBA10:30 True CSI11:30 Hot In Cleveland12:00 Eclipse Music TV12:30 Entertainment Tonight1:00 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Newstyle Direct3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music

5:05 International News

1:00 Movie: Good Girl

3:00 Letters and Numbers

3:30 Al Jazeera News

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village


6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Toughest Place to Be a...

Bus Driver

8:30 One Born Every Minute


10:05 Movie: The Singer

12:00 112 Emergency

1:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

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4:55 National Press Club Address6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Take On Technology10:20 Designers10:35 Behind The News11:00 Addicted To Plastic12:00 Midday Report12:30 Tess Of The D’Urbervilles1:25 Mother and Son2:00 Bed Of Roses3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 River Cottage Spring6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 Jimmy’s Food Factory8:30 Running To America9:30 Crownies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Live From Abbey Road12:20 Movie: The Living Idol2:00 Basketball: WNBL: Logan Vs West Coast 4:00 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Half Broken Things2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Border Security USA3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News3:00 Bush Doctors3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Destination New Zealand5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue7:30 The Amazing Race8:30 Movie: In Her Shoes11:20 30 Rock11:50 Trauma1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:30 First Test- Australia vs New Zealand12:00 The Cricket Show12:30 First Test- Australia vs New Zealand5:00 Alive and Cooking5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Big Bang Theory7:30 Getaway8:30 David Attenbourough’s Madagascar9:30 TBA11:30 Rubicon12:30 The Baron1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Newstyle Direct3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 Korean News5:45 UEFA Europa League8:10 International News3:00 Letters and Numbers3:30 Al Jazeera News4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita8:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam8:30 The Family9:30 World News Australia10:00 Big Love11:05 Movie: Diamond 1312:50 The Lazarus Effect1:25 Sex Positive2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

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5:00 Can We Help?5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Animalia10:25 Telling Tales10:30 Noah and Saskia10:55 Ace Day Jobs11:00 Chopper Rescue11:30 One Plus One12:00 Midday Report12:30 Land Girls2:10 The Genius of Design3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Choccywoccydoodah6:25 World Café Asia6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.30 8:00 My Family8:30 Midsomer Murders10:05 The Old Guys10:35 Lateline11:20 Tracey Ullman’s State Of The Union11:45 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Above Suspicion3:00 Bush Doctors3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Destination New Zealand5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue7:30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer8:30 Movie: Lewis10:30 Natural Mysteries11:45 Perfect Couples12:15 October Road1:15 Movie: Strange Holiday3:00 Infomercials4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:30 First Test- Australia vs New Zealand

12:00 The Cricket Show

12:30 First Test- Australia vs New Zealand

5:00 Alive and Cooking

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News

6:30 A Current Affair

7:00 The Big Bang Theory

7:30 TBA

8:30 TBA

1:30 Agatha Christie’s And Then There

Were None

3:00 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

3:30 Danoz Direct

4:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 Korean News5:45 UEFA Europa League8:10 International News2:30 Living Black3:00 Letters and Numbers3:30 Al Jazeera News4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Town with Nicholas Crane8:30 As It Happened 9:30 World News Australia10:05 Scarlet Road - A Sex Worker’s Journey11:05 Movie: Portrait of a Beauty1:05 South Park3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

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5:00 rage10:00 rage Guest Programmer: Iva Davies from Icehouse11:00 Choccywoccydoodah11:20 Miniscule11:30 At The Movies: Summer Special12:00 My Family12:30 Elders With Andrew Denton1:00 Basketball: WNBL: Bulleen Vs Sydney University3:00 Football: W-League: Melbourne Victory Vs Newcastle Jets5:00 Bowls: Australia v RSA 20116:00 Hockey: Mens Champions Trophy Highlights6:30 Gardening Australia7:00 ABC News7:30 Doc Martin8:20 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple9:50 The Graham Norton Show10:40 Trial And Retribution12:10 rage Guest Programmer: Iva Davies from Icehouse

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 V8 Supercars 20114:30 High Road, Low Road5:00 Creek to Coast5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 No Leave No Life7:00 Off The Eaten Track7:00 Movie: Definitely, Maybe9:50 Movie: King Arthur12:30 Grey’s Anatomy2:30 Movie: Barbershop 2: Back In Business4:30 Home Shopping5:00 Dr Oz

6:00 Weekend Today 8:00 Children’s Programs9:00 G2G- Got to Go9:30 First Test- Australia vs New Zealand12:00 The Cricket Show12:30 First Test- Australia vs New Zealand5:00 Alive and Cooking5:30 4WD TV6:00 National News6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos7:30 TBA8:30 TBA9:30 The Square 11:40 Movie: City Hall1:50 Movie: Poltergeist4:00 Danoz Direct5:30 Wesley Impact

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News1:00 In the Spirit of Diaghilev2:25 Maestro: A Portrait of Valery Gergiev3:25 Retouches3:30 Philip Roth: A Lesson in Anatomy4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Prototype This6:30 World News Australia7:30 Big, Bigger, Biggest8:30 Mythbusters9:30 RocKwiz10:20 Movie: Mongol12:35 South Park1:00 About Fish and Revolution1:15 Rugby: Wales v Australia3:30 Weatherwatch Overnight


Barcoo Independent TV Guide November 27- December 3ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

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5:00 Rage6:30 Children’s Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:00 Asia Pacific Focus11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Beachcomber Cottage1:00 7:301:30 Der Rosenkavalier2:00 The Mikado4:50 TBA5:00 Art Nation6:00 Life6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 Restoration Home8:30 Movie: Brideshead Revisited10:30 Pride And Prejudice11:35 Ladies Of Letters12:00 Order In The House1:00 Restoration Home2:00 Lilies4:00 rage

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise10:00 Kochie’s Business Builders10:30 Under the Hammer11:00 Erky Perky11:30 Master Raindrop12:00 Trapped1:00 Time Trackers2:00 Movie: Glory Road4:30 Three In A Bed5:30 The Great South East6:00 Seven News6:30 Mighty Ships7:30 Dog Patrol8:00 Coastwatch8:30 Bones9:30 Castle10:30 Royal Pains11:30 Love Bites12:30 Grey’s Anatomy 1:30 The Real Seachange2:00 Home Shopping3:00 NBC Today4:00 NBC Meet the Press

6:00 Children’s Programs7:00 Weekend Today10:00 The Wildlife Man11:00 Australian Fishing Championships11:30 Sydney Marathon12:30 International Cycling Grand Prix2:30 Nightrider3:30 Rugby Sevens World Series4:30 Alive and Cooking5:00 Getaway5:30 MX TV6:00 National News6:30 Animal House7:30 60 Minutes8:30 TBA9:30 TBA 10:30 Prime Suspect 11:30 Flashpoint12:30 The Baron1:30 Spyforce2:30 Danoz Direct3:30 Newstyle Direct4:00 Good Morning America

5:00 International News8:30 PopAsia 10:30 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature12:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine Program12:30 Speedweek2:00 Al Jazeera News3:00 Clay Aiken: Tried and True Live!3:30 Indigenous Football Festival 20114:30 Living Black5:00 Cycling Central6:00 Thalassa6:30 World News Australia7:30 The Bible: A History8:30 The Promise10:05 Walkley Awards 201112:10 Movie: Ae Fond Kiss2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

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5:00 Art Nation5:30 At The Movies6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Backyard Science10:25 Waterworks10:55 Ace Day Jobs11:00 Best Of Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Monarch of the Glen1:30 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook2:00 Parliament Question Time3:00 Children’s Programs6:00 Grand Designs6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House?8:30 The Hour9:30 Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour10:25 Lateline11:00 Lateline Business11:25 Darling Buds Of May12:20 Parliament Question Time1:20 The Hour2:20 Hungry Beast3:00 Bowls: Australia v RSA 2011 Men’s Triples4:00 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Motives2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Bush Doctors3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:00 Guide To The Good Life5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue7:30 SCU: Serious Crash Unit8:00 Drug Bust8:30 Criminal Minds9:30 Air Crash Investigations10:30 Special: The Air Show11:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians12:00 The Coral Reefs Are Dying1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Room For Improvement4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News6:00 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne Summer Series11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 The Mentalist9:30 CSI Miami10: 30 TBA11:30 Undercovers12:30 The Avengers1:30 Entertainment Tonight 2:00 Danoz Direct3:00 Newstyle Direct3:30 Good Morning America



1:00 Age of Terror

2:00 India Reborn



4:00 The Journal

4:30 Futbol Mundial

5:00 The Crew

5:30 Living Black



7:30 Mythbusters

8:30 Man vs Wild


10:00 Housos

10: 30 Skins

11:30 The World Game

12:30 Living Black

1:00 Movie: Since Otar Left


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5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:00 Morning News12:00 Movie: Blackball2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Bush Doctors3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 News at 4:305:00 Destination New Zealand5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue7:30 Happy Endings8:00 How I Met Your Mother8:30 Movie: Meet The Parents10:50 Parks and Recreation11:20 Keeping Up With The Kardashians11:50 House Calls To The Rescue1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne Summer Series11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Children’s Programs4:30 Afternoon News5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 Big Bang Theory8:30 TBA9:00 Mike and Molly9:30 Survivor: South Pacific10:30 Extreme Makeover11:30 The Unusuals12:00 20/201:00 Entertainment Tonight1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Newstyle Direct3:30 Good Morning America



1:00 Movie: Teddy Bear



4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village



7:30 Trapped in an Elevator

8:30 Immigration Nation: The

Secret History of Us


10:05 Vlast (Power)

11:15 Movie: Au Revoir Taipei

12:45 Burma VJ: Reporting

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

The Barcoo Independent, Friday, November 25 2011- Page 3

Blackall grazier killed in firefighting accident

Local grazier Graham (Butch) Walker was killed last Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a truck whilst fighting a grass fire.

Longreach District Officer Inspector Mick Keys said Mr Walker was involved in backburning on his property Gillespie at the time the accident happened.

“Mr Walker was involved in backburning when a fire broke over a boundary,” Inspector Keys said.

Inspector Keys said Mr Walker fell from the back of a motor vehicle after it was overtaken by the fire.

“He died as a consequence of injuries to the upper part of his body,” Inspector Keys said.

“It was an incredibly unfortunate

incident,” he said. “Mr Walker was very respected

within the community and a good operator.”

According to the Queensland Fire and Rescue media unit, the Queensland Ambulance Service had been called to a private property about 40kms from Blackall at 2.40pm on Tuesday where they found a man with serious head injuries.

CPR was carried out but Mr Walker was declared dead by police called to the scene.

Investigations are continuing with a report being prepared for the coroner.

An open memorial service is scheduled to be held at Gillespie on Friday afternoon.

Got something on your mind? If there’s an issue that bothers you or if you have an opinion you think the community should know about, write [email protected] 108a Shamrock Street,Blackall QLD 4472

The team from Creative Pathways are coming back to Blackall this December with theatre workshops set to run from December 5-7.

The workshops will run from 1:30-4:30pm each day for young people from 10-26 years at the Blackall Memorial Hall.

Workshop participants will learn basic theatre production skills and be involved in creating an

original theatre piece to perform at Shockwave 2012.

A public Shockwave planning meeting will also be held on Wednesday December 7 from 4-5:30pm.

Anyone interested in the planning of the 2012 festival is encouraged to attend to share ideas for workshops, activities, performers and more.

Creative pathways theatre workshops

St Joseph’s graduating students

St Joseph’s Primary School held its graduation last Friday night. Pictured:Pagen Arnold and Sammi Donnelly. Absent: Samuel Fletcher.


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WHATS ON in 2011NOVEMBER26 Blackall Races26 St Patrick’s Christmas Fete 27 Christmas Tree Festival 28 St Joseph’s Presentation Night29 Christmas Under the Stars Blackall State

School

DECEMBER5-7 Creative Pathways Theatre Workshops7 Shockwave Community Gathering9 Tambo Community Christmas Party 10 Community Movie Night: The Cup16 Blackall Community Christmas Party 16 Christmas Night Markets16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club

Members’ Christmas Party17 Blackall Clay Target Christmas Shoot24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New

Year’s Eve Costume Party

Christmas Tree FestivalThe annual Blackall Christmas Tree Festival

will be held this Sunday evening at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church.

The event will start with a sausage sizzle at 6:30pm which will be followed by a carol service and the tree lighting at 7:30pm.

The festival will feature trees contributed by local businesses, organisations and individuals.

The Christmas trees will be displayed at the church the following week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am-12pm and again from 6:30-9pm.

Christmas carols will resonate through the air next Tuesday night when Blackall State School holds a community Christmas Under The Stars.

Carols will be performed by the school and community choirs, soloists and duos, with each school class also putting on a performance.

The evening festivities will start from 6pm with a barbecue, beef and gravy rolls, and fruit salad with ice cream available.

Glow sticks will also be for purchase to help light up the carol service.

The wider community is invited to attend the free event which will be held on the Blackall State School quadrangle.

Christmas Under The Stars will run until approximately 8pm, with patrons ask to bring their own chairs.

Blackall State School celebrates Christmas Under The Stars

Christmas fete on Saturday nightSt Patrick’s Catholic Church will hold its annual Christmas

fete this Saturday night at Banks Park. The celebration will kick off at 6pm with the evening

featuring variety stalls, an auction, raffles, lucky envelopes, a ham wheel and more.

Children will be well entertained with a visit from Santa as well as mini golf, a jumping castle, archery, magnetic fishing and more activities.

A bar will be available with food choices including a barbecue, hot potatoes, spring rolls and donuts.

The Barcoo Amateur Racing Club will host Blackall’s final race meeting for the year this Saturday.

Five local races will be held on the day with the first race starting at 1:30pm.

It will also be an opportunity to don some fancy outfits with prizes for ladies’ fashions of the field, men’s racewear and for the best dressed racegoers from 13-17 years and under 12 years.

Sponsors for the day are the Prince of Wales Hotel, Blackall Tyre Centre, Chris Buckley Plumbing and the Blackall Motel.

Last race meet for 2011

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Blackall shooter Ashley Adams has once again demonstrated his shooting prowess at the IPC World Cup in Sydney last week, receiving a silver medal, two fourths and a fifth.

Ashley scored 593 in the qualifying round for R6 50m rifle prone SH1, the highest score for the round.

He then scored 97.9 in the final for a total of 690.9, taking out the silver medal and finishing 1.4 points behind Korean Jae Young Sim.

Ashley finished fourth in the R1 men’s 10m air rifle SH1 mixed and the 10m air rifle standing SH1 men, and fifth in the 50m rifle 3 position SH1.

In the R1 men’s 10m air rifle SH1 mixed Ashley fell short of receiving the bronze medal by only 0.1 point, with an overall score of 704.2.

In the final last Wednesday, Ashley scored the third highest score of 106.2 but was overtaken

by Korean Youngyip Shim who closed with a final shot of 10.7 to win the bronze medal.

In the 10m air rifle standing SH1 men, Ashley had entered the final in second position, six points behind Korean Jinho Park, after scoring a total of 590 from 600 shots in the qualifying round.

In the final held last Monday Ashley scored a total of 688.2 but was overtaken by Slovenian Franc Pinter and Great Britain’s Nathan Milgate, with Park holding in first position to win the gold medal.

In the 50m rifle 3 position SH1 men last Thursday Ashley received a total score of 1229.3 to place fifth.

Ashley was recognised in the Queensland sporting world as a nominee for the Sports Person with a Disability award at the Queensland Sports Awards held on Tuesday night in Brisbane.

--Victoria Nugent

Silver medal for Ashley at IPC World Cup

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Blackall shooter Ashley Adams competed at the IPC World Cup last week in Sydney, taking home a silver medal, two fourths and a fifth. Photo courtesy Australian International Shooting Limited Media.

2011 Golf Club Trophy List Winners 18 Match play Stroke 20.2.11 Steven Bird 18 Hole Stableford 9.10.11 Brendan Walker 18 Hole Stableford 16.10.11 Ronan Robinson Captain V President 2 Winners 6.11.11 Christine Williams and Grahame Schluter Blackall Golf Club Championships A Grade Men Gross 36 Holes Guy Elliot A Grade Men Nett 36 Holes Grahame Schluter B Grade Men Gross 36 Holes Anthony Allom B Grade Men Nett 36 Holes Anthony Allom C Grade Men Gross 36 Holes Brendan Walker C Grade Men Nett 36 Holes Frank Simpson A Grade Ladies Gross 36 Holes Lyn MacNamara A Grade Ladies Nett 36 Holes Lyn MacNamara B Grade Ladies Gross 36 Holes Karen Choyce B Grade Ladies Nett 36 Holes Karen Choyce Men’s Veterans Nett 36 Holes Grahame Schluter Ladies Veterans Nett 36 Holes Lyn MacNamara Juniors Gross Ronan Robinson Choyce’s TPT Men and Ladies Club Foursome Championships Men Gross: Grahame Schluter Men Gross: Anthony Allom Men Nett: Grahame Schluter Men Nett: Anthony Allom Ladies Gross: Janelle Schluter Ladies Gross: Christine Williams Ladies Nett: Janelle Schluter Ladies Nett: Christine Williams Guy Elliott 2011 Matchplay Final Winner: Ronan Robinson Smith Bros Mixed Club Foursome Championship Men Gross: Grahame Schluter Ladies Gross: Karen Choyce Men Nett: Grahame Schluter Ladies Nett: Karen Choyce Peter Skewes Annual Challenges All in 2 Winner Grahame Schluter All in 17 Winner Lyn MacNamara Men’s NTP 6 Winner Frank Simpson Men’s 2nd shot 13 Winner Joe Walker Ladies NTP 11 Winner Janelle Schluter Ladies 3rd shot 5 Winner Club A Men’s Long drive Hole 5 Guy Elliot B Men’s Longdrive Hole 1 Joe Walker C Men’s Longdrive Hole 8: Ronan Robinson A Ladies Longdrive Hole 5: Lyn MacNamara B Ladies Longdrive Hole 1: Katrina Austin C Ladies Longdrive Hole 8: Gillian Robinson Eagle Badges Eagle Badges 6.11.11 Les Williams Men’s Average and Consistence: Anthony Allom Ladies Average and Consistence: Lyn MacNamara Men’s Eclectic: Grahame Schluter Ladies Eclectic: Karen ChoyceMonthly Medal Blackall Rural Traders 13.2.11 Men's: Steven Bird Ladies:Lyn MacNamara Barcoo Butchery 10.4.11 Men's: Shane Robinson Ladies: Christine Williams Seymour's 8.5.11 Men's Ken Timms Ladies: Karen Choyce Newsagency 17.7.11 Men's: Brendan Walker Ladies: Karen Choyce Universal Gardens 24.7.11 Men's: Anthony Allom Ladies: Lyn MacNamara Mark and Donna Allen 7.8.11 Men's Joe Walker Ladies Karen Choyce Peter and Pauline Fry 28.8.11 Men's: Brendan Walker Ladies: Lyn MacNamara Shane and Gillian Robinson 18.9.11 Men's: Anthony Allom Ladies: Christine Williams Schluter's Final 23.10.11 Men's: Brendan Walker Ladies: Lyn MacNamara


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25.11.2011 To the Communities of Blackall & Tambo:

Unconfirmed minutes are available for perusal 10 days after the Council Meeting date (Local Government Act 2009) at both offices and on the Council website. Adopted policies are on website. Next Council Meeting – 29th November 2011 – Blackall. Ken Timms Chief Executive Officer

Darren Webb has commenced as Acting Manager of Works. He is available on 0439532022 for queries in regards to Works in the Blackall-Tambo Region

Regional Arts Development Fund - Approved Applications

Christmas trees will be erected in the Memorial Park in Blackall and EE Parr Park Tambo next week! Keep your eye out for them!

Works staff are working hard to complete projects before the end of the year. The work teams from Blackall are currently working on the Tumbar and Jericho Roads and the Tambo Crews are working on the Alpha and Scrubby Creek Roads.

Thistle Street water mains are now complete and work has started on Shamrock Street water mains - Chris Buckley Plumbing from Harlaxton is completing this work.

Nominations are being called Citizen of the Year Young Citizen of the Year Sports Award Junior Sports Award Cultural Award Community Event of the Year Nomination forms are available on the website and at the administration offices.

Christmas Lights Competition 2011

Nominations can be made at the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Offices, or via phone: 4621 6600.

NOMINATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER, 2011

Spirit of Christmas

Best Decorated Business

Best Decorated House

Best Novelty Theme

Most Creative Use of Lights

Good Neighbours Award

(2 adjoining premises)

Prize $100.00

Prize $100.00

Prize $100.00

Prize $100.00

Prize $100.00

Prize $50.00

each

Community Christmas Party

Blackall-Tambo Regional Council would like to invite our Local Residents to a Community Christmas Party. The Celebration is funded through the Flexible Funding Program which is part of the $20 million Community Recovery Package jointly funded by the Queensland and Australian Governments under Category C of the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) Come along to celebrate the resilience of our community in the aftermath of the 2010/2011 floods and receive information to prepare for future natural disaster events. FREE Entertainment, FREE Food, FREE Jumping Castles and FIREWORKS! Santa will be attending! Starts at 6:00pm till late! Bar operating!

Tambo Friday the 9th of December Mayne Pavilion & the Football field

Blackall Friday 16th December Blackall Showground's

Applicant Project Description Approved Grant Amount

B l a c k a l l C u l t u r a l Association

Hire Two professionals to tutor local and regional woodworkers in a six day furniture workshop.

$3,999.00

BTRC P r e p a r e s i g n i f i c a n c e assessments for Council’s heritage collections in conjunction with the region’s Museum Development Officer

$6050.00

B l a c k a l l C u l t u r a l Association

Silver Smithing course with Ms Jill Dyer

$1123.00

D a n c e Blackall

Workshops and mentoring local tutors in hip hop in Blackall and Tambo

$6125.00

BTRC Strategic initiative - “Art in the Grasslands”

$10000.00


‘Own Your Own Mexican Villa’ This quality three bedroom air conditioned insulated home is set in a remarkable low maintenance Mexican themed garden. It comes with a quantity of antique furniture. This new listing is priced at :- $333,000

View– By appointment contact Helen Aspinall 0428 316 289 Email: [email protected] Office: Ray White Rural Blackall 07 46 574 355

‘Property of the Week’

Local youth arts festival Shockwave has made it to the shortlist for the national Music In Communities Awards.

The awards, run by the Music in Communities Network, reward and promote community music groups, with the 2011 awards adopting a ‘Local Links’ theme.

The theme invited groups to outline the connections, partnerships and relationships they have nurtured in and beyond their local community.

Tony Breese from the Music in Communities Network said the theme was chosen to recognise that the best community music making does not happen in isolation.

“There are many groups that have had real success in forming strong and sometimes unusual partnerships which have enabled their activities to flourish and benefited their local communities at the same time,” Mr Breese said.

“Shockwave Festival were up against some outstanding entries from choirs, bands, orchestras, drum circles, accordion societies, all sorts of groups from right across Australia,” he said.

“After some very difficult decisions, these were whittled down to just 18 finalists.”

Shockwave Festival producer Brooke Newall said they were thrilled to be shortlisted for this national award.

“Shockwave is a festival designed and delivered

through the leadership and creativity of young people in Outback Queensland,” Ms Newall said.

“It’s an opportunity for young musicians to learn from professionals, take main stage and shine!”

Shockwave was also recently awarded the Festival and Events award at the Outback Queensland Tourism Awards held in Blackall.

The Music in Communities Network is Australia’s first national network linking community music leaders in towns, cities and villages all over Australia.

More information on the Music in Communities Network and the Awards can be found online at www.musicincommunities.org.au.

Shockwave shortlisted for music award

Damien Dolinski, Naomi Dolinski and Melinda Wells performing at the 2011 Shockwave festival.

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Bookworm Nook Welcome to Bookworm Nook, a column dedicated to book reviews. If you are an avid reader interested in reviewing new release books for The Barcoo Independent, please contact Victoria Nugent on 46 576 966 or by email at [email protected].

Outback drama Blue Skies tells the story of a young woman’s fight to save her family’s debt-ridden farm with hints of romance and mystery thrown in for good measure.

Upon graduating from an agribusiness degree, Amanda Greenfield is eager to help her parents manage the family property Kyleena and turn it into a thriving rural business.

Tragedy strikes early however, just six pages in, derailing Amanda’s plans. Amanda’s grief stricken father decides to sell Kyleena, but Amanda is determined not to lose the property that has been in her family for generations and embarks on a mission to resurrect it to its former glory.

However, her path is far from

smooth when more tragedy strikes and mysterious things start to happen around the property.

Flashbacks to the 1940s unfortunately seem to add confusion to the narrative rather than enhancing it in the way the author intended. Through these flashbacks, the reader is gradually given hints at the source of Amanda’s mysterious problems. Unfortunately the plot twists occasionally seem to be slightly melodramatic and the surprise the reader was meant to feel at the final twist wasn’t particularly strong for me. Other plot twists however work quite well, adding extra layers of complexity to the novel.

The start of the novel set the stage well for the events that

would unfold, getting the reader emotionally involved from the very beginning.

Unlikely romances seem another order of the day with romantic plot points that were both predictable and underdeveloped. The story would be stronger if the romantic sub plot had been either left out or developed more convincingly.

Amanda is ultimately a likeable character and her struggles are realistic, giving an accurate sense of the problems faced by people on the land.

Although Blue Skies isn’t as strong as some other outback dramas I’ve read, it’s a worthy addition to the genre and would undoubtedly make a good addition to one’s summer reading pile.

--by Victoria Nugent

Blue Skies by Fleur McDonald


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WALKER Butch Aged 62 yearsPeta, Alec and Cherie Walker of Gillespie, Blackall would like to invite family and friends of the late Butch Walker to a gathering at their home “Gillespie”, Blackall on Friday 25th November 2011 at 3.30pm to celebrate the life of Butch,tragically taken from them on Tuesday 15thNovember2011.This will follow a private family cremation serviceinRockhampton.The family request donations to The Royal Flying Doctors Service in lieu of floraltributes.

QUEENSLAND CHANGE COMMISSION

The Queensland Change Commission has forwarded to

the Minister for Local Government a recommendation

that the electoral arrangements for the Blackall-Tambo

Regional Council be changed by increasing the number

of Councillors from four to six.

In accordance with Part 3 of the Local Government

Act 2009 this determination has been published in the

Government Gazette. Information is also available at

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DeathsDOLINSKI, Isabelle ThereseBorn31stAugust2011CherisheddaughterofAnneandDamien.In our hearts you will always stay,Loved and Remembered every day.In lieu of flowers donations to theToowoomba Children’s Appeal and the BlackallHospitalAuxiliary.



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Looking backThis clipping was taken from the August 1 1936

edition of The Barcoo Independent. At this point in history the Lyceum Theatre in Shamrock used to hold regular screenings. The movies advertised here are The Affairs of Cellini, The Clock Strikes Eight, Stranded and Now I’m A Lady. Other recreational activities mentioned in The Barcoo Independent in the same month included the Diggers Races in September, the CWA Ball, regular euchre tournaments at the Barcoo Hotel and a masked ball in aid of tennis court improvements.


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Courtney Richardson and her partner Nick Scaife.

Jamie Harvey and his partner Kiah Barnfield.

Ashlee Fry attended the formal with her brother John.

Charlie Walsh and her partner Justin Johnstone.

Aaron Williams and his partner Georgina Heard.


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Deni Benson before the school formal.

Sara Aspinall and her partner Graeme Carnie.

Ashlii Timms and her partner Joshua McErlean.

The Blackall State School class of 2011 were dressed to impress at their formal held last Thursday night. Aimee Long and her partner Geoff Fry.

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