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Sport on the Barcoo

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-- by Sally Cripps

The Blackall Swimming Club kicked off its 2007/08 season on October 11 with its first sprint night for the year.

The club has reintroduced its ‘nippers’ class for young swimmers, which is designed for learn-to-swim children who are nearly on their way to swimming independently.

They swim four to six races spread across the evening, from the shallow end only, and all nippers are designated a buddie who swims with them.

This has proved very popular, along with the other events run on Thursday nights.

The club has welcomed 23 new members – all received a free swim bag including swim cap to get them started.

Also new this year is the club’s Swimmer of the Week award, which will recognise swimmers who have put in extra effort to their training, competition or club night swims.

The winner of this award on October 18 was Isaac Hunter and the October 25 winner was Kaitlyn McErlean. Each swimmer receives a Vici cap.

Coming up this weekend for BASA is the Alpha short course meet, when a team of 17 local swimmers will be travelling over to compete against teams from Central Queensland and Central Highlands regions.

On November 10 Blackall will be conducting its annual Open carnival, incorporating the Blackall IGA relay shield and the Elders overall points shield.

The club is hoping to repeat the success of last year and take out overall points winner of the meet.

The Blackall Swim Club reminds all prospective members that children are most welcome to come and watch on Thursday nights from 6pm and can join at any time throughout the season.

-- by Zoe Johnson

Sprint Night kicks off swim season

Braving the unseasonal chill of Saturday, October 13, six members of the Blackall Barracudas Swim Club travelled to Alpha to participate in a Zoggs swimming clinic.

Coach Stephen Smith from Brisbane put 26 children through a series of drills and exercises designed to optimise their efficiency in the water.

Alpha, as usual, were the most generous of hosts, providing delicious morning tea and a sausage sizzle for the ravenous participants.

-- by Kelley Walker

Zoggs swim clinic at Alpha

Photos by Kelley Walker

River gathering the first step towards shire union

”Shall we gather at the river” was the question posed by the combined churches of Blackall and Tambo in inviting both communities to a time of friendship and prayer at the natural meeting place of the Barcoo River rest area on the Landsborough Highway last Sunday.

Well, gather they did - and at the river too: the Barcoo was flowing ever so gently under the bridge on the highway between Tambo and Blackall.

For some, it was a sign of hope in these very dry times.

Around 120 people from both communities came together to “share their spirits” in these grim times of amalgamations.

It was a time to reflect together, to reconnect with old friends, and to meet new people.

There was a good spread across the age groups, from the very young to the “fairly” old.

The efforts of the Blackall community in preparing for the celebrations surrounding the successful completion of the Stock Up for Hope charity cattle drove have been praised by organisers.

Drove spokesperson Michelle Farrall acknowledged the huge effort made by everyone involved in producing a three-course meal for 300 people.

“Blackall people really chipped in and were a big help,” Michelle said.

The spotlight was well and truly on Blackall and its facilities during the days leading up to the cattle auction and gala dinner raising money for chaplaincy services in Queensland schools, with 300 people from around the state taking part in the activities at the saleyards and Cultural Centre.

Local chaplaincy committee chairperson Janelle Dickson emphasised the admiration of organisers for the “overwhelming amount of support” in the build up to the celebration dinner.

“Deanne Richardson mustered up 20 or more students and teachers to wait tables, help in the kitchen and work behind the bar,”

Janelle said.“Feedback from people who

attended the dinner had a lot of praise due to their exemplary behaviour.”

Janelle was keen to acknowledge the financial support of those who attended the outdoor concert set up to cater for those unable to secure tickets to the dinner.

She said about 70 people attended and described it as a wonderful evening, with Blackall chaplain Emma Baills providing a sing along with her guitar, something she’d done earlier in the week at the drove campfire.

The local chaplaincy committee is now set to raise money of its own thanks to a generous donation from Rick and Jenny Keogh of Terrick Merinos, who donated the Troy Cassar-Daly items that they’d earlier purchased by auction at the dinner.

The local committee plans to raffle these items.

The Blackall State School P&C Association organised the catering at the saleyards while the cattle auction was in full swing, with about 200 people enjoying a steak sandwich.

Hundreds celebrate end of cattle drive

The annual Publican’s Day bowls tournament was played in Blackall on Sunday, October 28 and despite the windy conditions 10 teams competed and enjoyed themselves.

The eventual winner, after some dubious scoring by Don Daly and Gary Whitfield, was the Barcoo Hotel by a narrow margin.

With the hotels, the Blackall Club and AutoPro fielding teams and many helpers and players, the day was a great success.

Robbie Doyle ensured none went hungry by preparing and serving meals, while Billy Malone manned the stubbie esky for 10 hours.

A barbecue and social bowls will follow the club’s annual general meeting on Sunday, November 4, with proceedings starting at 8:30 am.

A barbecue and bowls day for combined council workers from Jericho, Alpha, Tambo and Blackall will commence at 3 pm on Saturday, November 10 with members of the Blackall Bowls Club assisting on the day.

-- by Dally Holden

Fun on Publican’s Day

Isaac Hunter with his encouragement award received at last Thursday’s BASA club night.

Troy Cassar-Daly had the crowd up on their feet and kicking up their heels at the end of the gala dinner to celebrate the charity cattle drive.

Right: Blackall participants at the Zoggs Swim Clinic conducted at Alpha on 13th October: [L-R] Kelly Hauff, AJ Hauff, Hamilton Walker, coach Stephen Smith, Jamee Johnson, Natalie Dendle, Ainsley Walker.

Brisbane coach, Stephen Smith and Jamee Johnson, demonstrating the importance of correct positioning with AJ and Kelly Hauff looking on.

Nippers ready to race at last Thursday’s BASA club night.

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All were there to reflect on what is happening in their shires, and to begin the process of coming together to make the best of whatever hand they are dealt.

There was a good solid feel to the morning, with the sense growing, through the reflection to the typical bush “cuppa”, that this was a good thing to be part of, and that they should do it again sometime (but perhaps when it is a bit cooler!)

People came away with a spirit of hope in their hearts: they’ve endured tough times in the past, and, together, Tambo and Blackall can face and make good things come out of this new challenge.

-- by Terry Kingston

continued from page 1Shires come together Letter to the Editor

Amalgamation woes continueMeryl Gibson’s letter (Barcoo Independent, Oct 19) expresses

sentiments, which are shared by many members of our communities and of those other shire councils which have been abolished. To put people from outside our region on the transitional committees is an insult to local people, and we may ask why union representatives were chosen. Are we going back to the 1930s when the entire outside workforce, with the exception of the ganger, were sacked and offered re-employment provided they had a union ticket?

We have heard a lot about shire amalgamations. What we have to understand is that a large number of shire councils have been abolished and regional councils put in their place. The function of a regional council is far different to that of a shire council. It is much further removed from the people. For instance the present Blackall shire is represented by nine councillors and a mayor – under the new regional setup the same area will have three councillors and share a mayor with Tambo.

There will be other differences too. Candidates nominating for election to council will need six nominees living in the division for which they are nominating – this has always been the case – but if they are nominated by a political party they do not need any nominees. One of the reasons why most councils in rural Queensland have operated so well in the past is because politics have been kept out of council. Councillors have done their job, either without remuneration, or for very little. They have been responsible to their constituents. Bring politics into local government and you will have councillors who are responsible to their party – not a good situation.

No doubt other unsavoury factors will come to light as time unfolds. I fear that “we ain’t seen nothing yet” Fred RichBlackall

A very successful 2007 season for Blackall junior tennis concluded recently.

Coaches Jim McEnlly, David Carter, Anne Lloyd and most recently, Luke Johnson have overseen the development of nearly 50 juniors during the year.

Bridie and Maddie Carter, Will Butler and Mitchell Pfingst as shadow, were selected to compete in the Junior Masters Country Finals held in Rockhampton last weekend as part of the central west team.

Despite blistering court conditions, with temperatures reaching 52 degrees, all competitors

improved on their previous results to give the central west its best score in the competition.

Maddie Carter won three of her five games to place sixth in her age group, also the best result ever for a central west female competitor.

Her sister Maddie won two of her five games to finish in 13th place.

It was Will Butler’s first experience of the tournament and at 10 years of age, he was the youngest person competing there.

The junior tennis presentation and break-up will be held on Friday, November 16.

-- by Kelley Walker

Junior tennis finishes for the year

Blackall junior cricket has started up for the 2007/08 season.

Games are held at the St Joseph’s School grounds every Saturday morning from 9am.

Every second or third week a match is played with interested adults.

One of these matches was played recently, with the juniors winning by five runs.

Caitlin Johnstone topped the bowling with 2/2 and Jamie Harvey top scored in the junior batting with 22

For the adults, Josh Griffith topped with 34.

A great time was had by all.-- by Liz Harvey

Junior cricket underway

The extra grip of his moccasins was just what Billy Alexander needed to bowl Glenn Harvey out in the recent cricket match. Umpire Glen Carter and batsman Caitlyn Johnstone watch the outcome

Instructors Anne Lloyd, Luke Johnson, Jim McEnlly and David Carter with junior tennis club members at the last session for the season.

Blackall Shire Mayor Les Wheelhouse speaks at the river gathering

Residents from Blackall and Tambo gathered together on the banks of the Barcoo to join together in friendship and prayer.

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Proceeds from this will also go the to Blackall chaplaincy committee.

As well as hearing stories from chaplains working in schools and students who have benefited from the program, dining on a meal prepared by Cha Cha Char’s master chef and dancing to the music of Troy Cassar-Daly, those at the dinner dug further into their pockets for the cause.

Michelle said that between the corporate donations made through the day and the well-supported auction at the dinner, around $100 000 had been grossed.

“Together with the $90 000 raised from the cattle auction earlier in the day, we look like going close to our target of $200 000 for chaplaincy services,” she said.

“We are absolutely thrilled with the response we had from everywhere.

Other areas to exceed the expectations of organisers included the sell-out of dinner tickets, and the uptake of 70 people attending the agribusiness forum at the Walker family’s property, Ravensbourne earlier in the day.

Michelle said Don McKay from AA Co, John Warlters from Rural Press, Justin Harrison from Rabobank, and John Galligen from Queensland Rail shared with the participants what each of their companies is doing with their local communities.

“It gave people a chance to ask questions and share their knowledge,” Michelle said.

“People wanted to see how they could help.”Several Blackall State School students – Kyle

Richardson, Ginger Morgan, Samantha DuRietz and Ellerah Campbell along with chaplain Emma – featured in a video promoting chaplaincy produced by Scripture Union, which was shown at the dinner.

Janelle said a copy of the video is being sent to the school.

Michelle commented that chaplaincy services were probably the only support mechanism on the ground for school students in Queensland.

Scripture Union CEO Tim Mander, a former NRL referee, said he was still involved with conflict.

“Many young people are in conflict with themselves,” he said. “It manifests itself at schools because it’s a place where they all must go.

“Helping them through issues or preventing them can just be by having someone to talk to.”

Tim described the chaplains in schools as a ‘moral compass’, saying they had an influence on all children in that community.

“They are quickly becoming an indispensable part of our school communities,” he said.

The funds raised from the cattle drive will go towards employing regional coordinators to support the chaplains on the ground.

As to the future, Michelle said organisers were only at the dreaming stage at present.

“We encourage anyone with big ideas to get in touch with us and share them,” she said.

Duncan Brown is the man to speak to, on 0433 777 019.

continued from page 1Chaplaincy support for school students

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The Stock up for Hope charity cattle drove raised around $90 000 when the cattle were offered for sale at the Blackall yards last week.

With the sale being the first of its kind for many years, values for the 1350 head went against the trends of other markets.

Of the yarding, 230 head were donated.

Heavy Brahman steers from Western Grazing topped at 155 c/kg for 499kg or $774/head to average 469 c/kg and $693/head.

Feeder type Brahman steers ex Stanbroke Pastoral made 164 c/kg for 372kg or $611/head.

Red Brahman No 6 steers from

Brinard, Julia Creek topped at 185 c/kg for 322kg and $597/head to average 346kg or $584/head.

Another line of red Brahman No 5 and 6 steers ex Numil Downs, Julia Creek topped at 174 c/kg for 334kg.

A pen of 20 Angus cross No 6 steers donated by Tumbar Grazing Co, Jericho made 155 c/kg for 440kg or $683/head.

Milk and two tooth heifers from the McDonald family, Cloncurry topped at 146 c/kg for 353kg units or $517/head.

Milk and two tooth heifers ex Hacon & Sons, Cloncurry topped at 138 c/kg for 431kg or $596/head, and averaged 393kg or $541/head.

In the store heifers, No 6 grey Brahmans from Spyglass sold to a top of 139 c/kg for 313kg and $436 to average 127 c/kg and $349/head.

A pen of 14 No 6 Santa heifers donated by Peel Northampton Downs Pty Ltd, Blackall made 151 c/kg for 333kg or $504/head.

Ten Brahman heifers donated by Bull Creek Pty Ltd, Blackall made 122 c/kg for 268kg and $328/head.

The Daniel family, Cloncurry donated 16 Brahman heifers that made 124 c/kg for 266kg and $330/head.

Agents for the sale were Elders Ltd and Landmark.

Stock Up for Hope prices buck the trend

Mitchell Parry, Bill Banks and Cooper McKay had a great morning out at the cattle auction.

Stock Up for Hope organiser Dave Peake and wife Pauline Peake met up with Warren Lehmann, Blackall and Hume Turnbull, Tambo at the charity cattle auction.

Blackall contractor Bomber Baillie looks over the big mob yarded for the Stock Up for Hope cattle auction along with Rabobank representative Angus McLellan.

A clutch of chaplains - regional guidance officer Janelle Dickson (second left), who also chairs the Blackall chaplaincy committee, with Annette Currie, the Barcaldine and Aramac schools chaplain, Blackall chaplain Emma Baills and Elissa Coleing, Longreach’s chaplain - enjoying themselves at the gala dinner.

Dalby chaplain Sam Fromm with Sharon Elliott, Eskdale, Corfield, who outfitted a large part of the Stock Up for Hope charity drove. Sharon loaned the group 15 horses, 10 saddles, a camp oven and other cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery, a rainwater tank, panels and electric fencing, a semi trailer, a body truck and a horse float. “It started off as a request for four horses,” Sharon said, “ and just grew from there.”

Blackall State School principal Bobby Harding explains to the audience of 300 at the Stock Up For Hope gala dinner how chaplaincy services were helping students at his school.

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide - November 11 - 17ABC SEVEN Imparja SBSW

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4:30 Movie: Bachelor Of Hearts (G,1958,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Battleplan 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 A Place In Slovakia (F) 6:30 The Cook & The Chef (F) 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 The Chaser’s War On Everything 9:30 The Librarians (Pg) 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Cutting It (M*,R) 12:30 Movie: Gildersleeve’s Ghost (G,1944,R) 1:30 Movie: The Mark Of Cain (G,1947,R) 2:55 Men Behaving Badly 3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Playhouse Disney 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Crazy/Beautiful (M,2001,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 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 Medical Emergency 8:00 Child In A Million 8:30 Criminal Minds 9:30 Prison Break 10:30 The Unit (M) 11:30 Zero Hour 12:30 Family Plots 1:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Totally Wild 4:30 The Sleepover Club 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 The Farmer Wants A Wife 9:00 Without A Trace 10:00 CSI: Miami 11:00 Torchwood 12:00 Numb3rs

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Fear And Trembling 3:00

She’ll Be Right, Boss 3:30

Festive Ways 4:00 A Fork In

The Road 4:30 The Journal

5:00 Newshour 6:00 Living

Black 6:30 World News

Australia 7:30 Is Your House

Killing You? 8:00 Elvis Lives

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Newstopia 10:30 Movie: What

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6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Playhouse Disney 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: The Triangle (M,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 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 Ghost Whisperer 8:30 Bionic Woman 9:30 Heroes 10:30 Famous Presents Hollywood Uncensored (M) 11:00 Stargate SG-1 12:00 Life As We Know It 1:00 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Judge Judy 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Totally Wild 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Getaway 9:00 House 10:00 Missing Persons Unit 11:00 Sopranos 12:00 Supernatural

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A Trench 2:30 Dateline 3:30

Europe From Above 4:00 Food

Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4:30

The Journal 5:00 Newshour

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12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Hustle

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Specks 3:00 Children’s Shows 4:30

Netball: World Championships 2007

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Help? (F) 7:00 News 7:30 Stateline

8:00 Collectors 8:30 The Brief (M*)

9:40 Rose & Maloney (M*) 10:30

Lateline 11:10 The Chaser’s War

On Everything 11:40 jtv 12:10 Good

Game 12:40 rage (M)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Playhouse Disney 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: The Next Best Thing (M,2000,R) 2:20 Tony Bennett 2:30 Famous Presents Hollywood Uncensored 3:00 Infomercial 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 8:00 Movie: The Great Escape (Pg,1963,R) 11:50 Movie: The Last Witness (M,1999,R) 2:35 Hot Auctions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

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Rock It! 9:30 Cricket: Australia

Vs Sri Lanka 12:00 The Cricket

Show 12:30 Cricket: Australia Vs

Sri Lanka 5:00 Huey’s Cooking

Adventures 5:30 The Simpsons

6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00

A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation

8:00 All New Simpsons 8:30 So

You Think You Can Dance 9:30

Comedy Inc The Late Shift 11:30

Movie: About A Boy (M,2002)

5:20 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 Insight 2:30 Opera Therapy 3:30 Living Black 4:00 Wine Lover’s Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Adventure Of English 8:30 Two Men In A Trench 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 If Awards 2007 11:30 Movie: Garrincha - Lonely Star 1:20 Becoming Julia

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5:00 rage 8:00 rage: Guest Programmers: 1990s 9:00 jtv Saturday 11:00 Bowls: Champion Of Champions 2007 12:00 Stateline 12:30 Australian Story (F) 1:00 Bowls: Tri Nations 2007 2:00 Basketball: WNBL 2007/08: Dandenong Vs Bendigo 3:00 Netball: World Championships 2007: Play-Off 5:00 Netball: World Championships 2007: Final 7:00 News 7:30 New Tricks (F) 8:25 Election Announcement 8:30 The Bill 9:20 Election Announcement 9:25 The Sideshow With Paul McDermott 10:20 Netball: World Championships 2007 Final 12:20 rage

6:30 Children’s Shows 9:30 Mov-ie: Mulan2 (G,2004) 11:10 Daniel Radcliff 11:20 High School Musi-cal 11:30 Teamo Supremo 12:00 Eclipse 12:30 Vodafone Live At The Chapel 1:00 According To Jim 1:30 Seven’s V8 Super-cars 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 News 6:30 Movie: Herbie: Fully Loaded (G,2005) 8:30 Judge John Deed 10:40 Movie: Perfect Strangers (M,2003) 12:35 Movie: One Man’s Hero (M,R) 3:05 Hot Auctions 3:30 It Is Written 4:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 5:00 Dateline NBC

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dren’s Shows 7:30 I Got A Rocket

8:00 Totally Wild 8:30 Yamba’s

Playtime 9:30 Cricket: Australia

Vs Sri Lanka 12:00 The Cricket

Show 12:30 Cricket: Australia

Vs Sri Lanka 5:00 4WD TV 5:30

Escape With ET 6:00 Test Drive

6:30 News 7:00 Australia’s Funni-

est Home Video Show 8:00 Mov-

ie: The Cat In The Hat (G) 9:45

Movie: The Triumph (The Ron

Clarke Story) (Pg,2006) 11:45

Movie: Rush Hour 2 (M,2001,R)

5:20 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Glenn Gould: Hereafter 2:00 Festival In The Desert 3:35 The World In Art: 1776 4:30 Newshour 5:30 Mythbusters 6:00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Top Gear 8:30 Long Way Round 9:20 RocKwiz 10:15 Football: Olyroos 2008 Olympic Qualifier - Australia v Iraq 11:10 Classic Albums: Motorhead 12:15 SOS Shorts On Screen 1:15 Ghost In The Shell 1:45 Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law

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Rebecca Haughton has been keeping busy campaigning and raising money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service this month with trips to Longreach and Charleville.

Tuesday, October 9 saw Rebecca and Tania Barnfield travel to Longreach to set up a sausage sizzle in Eagle Street as part of Mental Health Week.

With sausages selling for a gold coin donation, Rebecca and Tania were kept busy all day, also handing out brochures which informed people of services provided by the RFDS and selling merchandise.

It proved to be a very successful day and they were able to raise a total of $642.45.

A trip to Charleville with fiancé Luke Callow on October 13 was also a success for the RFDS with the Charleville Bulldust & Bowties charity B&S ball raising approximately $8000.

Event organiser for the ball was Michelle Omyla who was last year’s Spirit of Qld Award winner, raising about $80 000 for the Service.

Rebecca had a busy night helping with events such as a tattoo competition, ute show and bike show as well as selling RFDS merchandise.

A couple from Warrnambool in Victoria have also assisted Rebecca to raise funds for the RFDS.

Smart Tours organisers Joan Giblin and Helen Moloney contacted Rebecca while at the Birdsville races and acquired a donation tin for their bus fines and shuttle bus donations.

The tour ran for 16 days, visiting towns from Birdsville to Adelaide, and raised $864 to give to Rebecca.

With all donations and contributions so far, Rebecca has raised $28 792.15, exceeding her goal of $20 000 with just one week still remaining in her campaign.

Rebecca will finish her campaign on November 10, with finals being held from November 14-16.

The award presentation and gala evening is at the Brisbane Hilton Hotel on November 16.

A street stall on Saturday, November 3 will be Rebecca’s final fundraising event for the RFDS Spirit of Qld awards.

Cakes, slices, RFDS merchandise and goodies, free balloons and stickers for the children means there should be plenty there for everyone.

Rebecca passes $20 000

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After competing in the triathlon at the Blackall show in May, Amanda Frost set herself the challenge of competing in a ‘real’ triathlon, at Yeppoon on Sunday, September 23.

After months of a strict training plan, Amanda faced her fears and arrived at the start line along with approximately 100 other competitors to race the short course of a 375 metre swim, a 10 kilometre bike ride, and ending with a 2 km run.

The conditions were perfect early in the day but just before race start the wind began to blow, creating an extra challenge – choppy water!

After exiting the water as fourth fastest female in her category, it was onto the bike.

Being the only competitor riding a mountain bike, she was soon swamped by all those riding much faster road bikes.

Not fazed by this, it wasn’t long and Amanda was back at the transition area to commence the 2 km run in what had become quite hot conditions.

Being fully focussed, her aim was to run the whole way, trying to avoid walking although feeling fatigued.

This she did, crossing the finish line in 1 hour and 7 minutes to be welcomed by family and friends.

Her mentor and trainer, Tony Holloway, himself an experienced triathlon campaigner, said Amanda’s race was the easy part.

“Having the courage to do the work and get to the start line was her greatest achievement,” he said.

“Amanda should feel very proud of her achievements in being able to get to the finish line as it is something very few would dare to do.”

Triathlon triumph for Amanda

Henry, one of the Doctors for the RFDS , Nurse Suzzanne Sweeny, Rebecca Haughton and Tanyia Barnfield cooking up a storm for the RFDS.

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

Sunday Novem

ber 11

5:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Remembrance Day 11:05 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Outlawed: The Real Ned Kelly 3.00 Operatunity Oz 3:55 An Artist In Eden 4:25 Noise On Screen 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 Captain Cook 8:25 News 8:30 Rain Shadow (M*) 9:25 Compass 10:00 Netball: World Championships 2007: Australia Vs Samoa 11:30 55 Degrees North 12:25 Movie: Annabel Takes A Tour (G,1938,R) 1:30 Movie: Carry On Matron (Pg,1972,R) 3:00 Movie: Okay For Sound (G,1936,R)

6:00 One 6:30 Children’s Shows 8:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 10:30 Movie: King Creole (Pg,1958,R) 1:10 Movie: George Of The Jungle 2 (Pg,2003,R) 3:05 Movie: Phenomenon 2 (Pg,2003,R) 5:00 Queensland’s Best Living 5:30 Great South East 6:00 News 6:30 National Bingo Night 7:30 Kath & Kim 8:00 My Name Is Earl 8:30 Movie: The Prince & Me (Pg,2004) 10:50 Movie: The Butterfly Effect (AV,2004) 2:05 Hot Auctions 2:30 It Is Written 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 6:30

Children’s Programs 8:00

Business Success 8:30

20/20 9:30 Cricket: Australia

Vs Sri Lanka 12:00 The

Cricket Show 12:30 Cricket:

Australia Vs Sri Lanka 5:00

Jamie At Home 5:30 Garden

Gurus 6:00 The Boatique

6:30 News 7:00 Singing Bee

7:30 Commercial Breakdown

8:00 60 Minutes 9:00 Movie:

Dukes Of Hazard (M,2005)

11:10 Australian Idol 12:10

Rove

7:00 Overseas News 10:30 The Movie Show 10:35 Corner Gas 11:00 Dateline 12:00 What Have We Done 1:00 Equestrian: R.I.D.E. International 2007 1:30 Speedweek 3:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5:00 The World Game 6:00 Thalassa 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Movie Show 7:40 Lost Worlds 8:30 The Heart-Makers - The Future Of Transplant 9:30 Movie: Operation Valkyrie 11:10 Newstopia 11:40 The Hidden History Of Homosexual Australia 1:10 The Storm Rages Twice

Monday N

ovember 12

4:30 Movie: True As A Turtle (G,1957,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 A Place In Italy 12:55 Nigel’s Place In France 1:30 The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 4:00 Netball: World Championships 2007 5:30 Children’s Shows 6:00 Message Stick (G*) 6:30 Talking Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Australian Story (F) 8:30 Four Corners (F) 9:20 Media Watch (F) 9:35 Enough Rope 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 The Human Mind & How To Make The Most Of It 12:30 Movie: Road Agent (G,1952,R) 1:30 Movie: Theirs Is The Glory (G,1946,R) 2:55 River Red 3:25 Bowls Tri-Nations 2007

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Playhouse Disney 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Voice From The Grave (M,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 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 Border Security 8:00 Surf Patrol 8:30 City Homicide 9:30 Criminal Minds 10:30 Boston Legal (M,R) 11:30 In Case Of Emergency (M) 12:00 Lost 1:00 Seven’s Champ Cars 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00

Puzzle Play 9:30 Cricket:

Australia Vs Sri Lanka 12:00

The Cricket Show 12:30

Cricket: Australia Vs Sri

Lanka 5:00 Huey’s Cooking

Adventures 5:30 The

Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours

6:30 News 7:00 A Current

Affair 7:30 Who Wants To Be

A Millionaire 9:00 Damages

10:00 Cold Case 11:00

Australian Idol Verdict 12:00

Californication 1:00 The

Office

5:25 Overseas News 1:00

The Food Lovers Guide

To Australia 1:30 The

Inheritance 2:30 Salome:

The Kiss Of Death 3:30

Insight 4:30 The Journal

5:00 The Crew 5:30 Living

Black 6:00 Global Village

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Mythbusters 8:35

South Park (M) 9:00 Pizza

(M) 9:30 World News

Australia 10:00 Shameless

10:55 Oz 11:55 Movie:

Joint Security Area 1:55

Crank Yankers

Tuesday Novem

ber 13

4:30 Movie: Portrait From Life (Pg,1948,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 The Future Eaters 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Netball: World Championships 2007 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 Time Team 6:50 Election Announcement 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Grumpy Old Men 8:30 Election Announcement 8:35 The Bill 9:20 Foreign Correspondent 10:05 A Year In The Art Life 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:35 Four Corners (F) 12:20 Media Watch (F) 12:35 Movie: The Great Gildersleeve (G,1942,R) 1:35 Movie: Upstairs & Downstairs

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morn-

ing Show 11:00 Playhouse

Disney 11:30 News 12:00

Movie: An American Affair

(M,1997,R) 2:00 Desperate

Housewives 3:00 Infomercial

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 William

& Mary 11:00 Interns 11:30

Murder Squad 12:00 The

Practice 1:00 Infomercial 2:00

Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker

Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Totally Wild 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment To-night 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Tempta-tion 8:00 20 To 1 9:00 NCIS 10:00 Crime Investigation Australia 11:15 Law & Order 12:15 Law & Order: SVU

5:25 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Movie: The Magic Kitchen 3:00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 3:30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4:00 A Fork In The Road 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Insight 8:30 Enemies of Happiness 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Afghan Muscles 11:05 Dying to be Anorexic 12:10 Movie: La Petite Chartreuse 1:50 The Age Of AIDS

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.

A designated smoking area will be set aside at the Blackall Aquatic Centre following discussions at the October meeting of the Blackall Shire Council.

Debate arose when the Blackall Amateur Swimming Association notified council that it felt the aquatic centre should be designated as a smoke free premise.

The swim club felt it had a duty of care to both swimmers and club members to ask that the centre be smoke free.

“The club uses a smoke free policy endorsed and used by the Good Sports Program which could be useful in developing a policy for the Blackall Aquatic Centre,” their letter said.

The council’s Environmental Health Officer Dave Soutar advised council that the policy put forward would only cover activities conducted by the club, such as club nights and carnivals.

“At times there is an overlap of uses of the pool between general public and swim club, such as swimming training,” he said.

“It is my opinion that council should be endorsing a smoke free environment for the entire aquatic centre, as it is a council workplace and a facility open to the public and council has a duty of care to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for the public, its staff and contractors.”

Cr Tina Holden said she believed smokers were being discriminated against.

“I have a problem with being sent outside to smoke,” she said. “The whole pool complex is an outdoor area anyway.”

She argued against making the whole aquatic centre smoke free and was in favour of a designated smoking area within the pool complex.

Cr Sally Cripps asked what difference there was between making smokers go outside to the carpark or being shunted off to the palm trees in a corner of the aquatic centre.

Cr Holden replied that it would be difficult for supervising staff to monitor as they would need to organise passes to keep track of paying customers.

Cr Mac Allan thought it would be difficult for parents to continue to supervise their children and smoke at the same time, if they were out in the carpark area.

Cr Colin Wood added that it wouldn’t look good to have smokers congregating around the entrance to the pool.

In the meantime, the state government has announced a review of its anti-smoking laws to see if they require further reform.

Some of the issues to be examined include whether to:

► Ban smoking in private vehicles carrying children under 16 years;

► Ban smoking at all public transport waiting points such as bus stops and ferry wharves;

► Give local government the power to regulate smoking in pedestrian malls like the Queen Street Mall;

► Modify arrangements for designated outdoor smoking areas in pubs and clubs to look at issues such as size of the areas and buffer zones;

Health Minister Stephen Robertson said smoking is already banned in many places including inside non-residential buildings, pubs, clubs and eateries; cinemas, shopping centres and major sporting facilities; children's playgrounds, patrolled beaches and railway stations.

"But there may be scope

Smoking restricted at Aquatic Centre

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for further reform to meet the expectations of both the community and industry," he said.

"The evidence suggests Queenslanders have embraced the laws and can see the long-term benefits of taking a firm stance on smoking in public.

"We want to encourage more Queenslanders to quit smoking and discourage young people from taking up the habit.”

Public submissions to the 2007 Review of Smoke-free Laws will close on January 31, 2008.

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Wednesday N

ovember 7

4:30 Movie: The Fast Lady (G,1963,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Battleplan 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 A Place In Slovakia 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 The Chaser’s War On Everything 9:30 The Librarians (M*) 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Cutting It (M*A) 12: Movie: The Falcon Out West (Pg,1944,R) 1:30 Movie: The Kidnappers (G,1953,R) 3:00 The View From Here 3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Playhouse Disney 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Night Of The Wolf (M,2002,R) 2:00 Desperate Housewives 3:00 Infomercial 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 Medical Emergency 8:00 Child In A Million 8:30 Criminal Minds 9:30 Prison Break (M) 10:30 The Unit 11:30 Zero Hour 12:30 The First 48 (M,R) 1:30 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00 Children’s Shows 10:00 McLeod’s Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Totally Wild 4:30 The Sleepover Club 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 The Farmer Wants A Wife 9:00 Without A Trace 10:00 CSI: Miami 11:00 Torchwood 11:50 Numb3rs

5:30 UEFA Champions League 2007/2008 8:55 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Overseas News 3:00 She’ll Be Right, Boss 3:30 The Fallas Of Valencia 4:00 A Fork In The Road 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Living Black 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Is Your House Killing You? 8:00 My Brother Vinnie 8:30 Dateline 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Newstopia 10:30 Movie: The Redeemer 12:20 Movie: Placido Rizzotto

Thursday Novem

eber 8

4:30 Movie: London Town (G,1946,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows 11:00 Visions Of Space 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Pie In The Sky 1:15 Proud Possessors 1:30 Strictly Dancing 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00 Grand Designs 6:50 Election Announcement 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 The Sounds Of Aus 9:25 Election Announcement 9:30 Difference Of Opinion 10:25 Lateline 11:00 Lateline Business 11:25 jtv live: Missy Higgins Goes AWOL 12:25 Movie: The Lost Patrol (G,1934,R) 1:30 Movie: Stop Press Girl (G,1949,R) 2:45 Movie: Good Morning Boys (G,1937,R) 4:00 Lizards Of Oz

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning

Show 9:30 Playhouse Disney

10:00 The 2007 Melbourne Cup

Carnival: Crown Oaks Day 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

Ghost Whisperer 9:30 Bionic

Woman 9:30 Heroes 10:30

Famous Presents Hollywood

Uncensored 11:00 Stargate

SG-1 12:00 Life As We Know It

1:00 Infomercial 2:00 Passions

3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia

4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00

Puzzle Play 9:30 Cricket:

Australia Vs Sri Lanka 12:00

The Cricket Show 12:30 Cricket:

Australia Vs Sri Lanka 5:00

Antiques Roadshow 5:30 The

Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30

News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30

Temptation 8:00 Getaway 9:00

House 10:00 Missing Persons

Unit 11:00 The Sopranos 12:00

Supernatural

5:30 UEFA Champions League 2007/2008 7:55 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Overseas News 2:30 Dateline 3:00 German News 4:00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Inspector Rex 8:30 Unit One 9:35 World News Australia 10:05 The Movie Show 10:15 Kings Of Clubs 10:50 UEFA Champions League Hour 11:50 Speaking In Tongues 12:20 Movie: The Best Of Times

Friday Novem

ber 9

4:30 Movie: The Astonished Heart

(Pg,1949,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows

11:00 Nigel Marven’s Vemon

Hunters 12:00 Midday Report

12:30 Hustle 1:25 Parkinson 2:10

Words 2:30 Spicks & Specks

(G,R) 3:00 Children’s Shows 6:00

Executive Stress 6:30 Can We

Help? 7:00 News 7:30 Stateline

8:00 Collectors 8:30 Rebus (M*,F)

9:40 Rose & Maloney (M*) 10:30

Lateline 11:10 Spy Shop 11:15 The

Chaser’s War On Everything 11:45

jtv 12:15 Good Game 12:45 Rage

(M)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Playhouse Disney 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Elizabeth (M,1998,R) 2:45 Melissa Ethridge 3:00 Infomercial 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: X-Men 2 (M,2002) 11:20 Movie: Sin City (AV,2005) 1:50 Legends Of The South Pacific 2:50 Melissa Ethridge 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00

Rock It! 9:30 Cricket: Australia

Vs Sri Lanka 12:00 The Cricket

Show 12:30 Cricket: Australia

Vs Sri Lanka 5:00 Antiques

Roadshow 5:30 The Simpsons

6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00

A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation

8:00 All New Simpsons 8:30

So You Think You Can Dance

10:30 Comedy Inc The Late Shift

11:30 Movie: Along Came Polly

(M,2004)

5:25 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 Everyone Loves A Wedding 1:30 Insight 2:30 Shake Rattle & Roll 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 The Adventure Of English 8:30 Two Men In A Trench 9:30 World News 10:00 Russian Dolls: Sex Trade 10:55 Movie: Love In Thoughts 12:30 Queer As Folk

Saturday Novem

ber 10

5:00 Rage 8:00 Rage: Guest Programmers: Expatriate 9:00 jtv Saturday 11:00 Bowls: NSW Open 2007 12:00 Stateline 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Foreign Correspondent 1:40 Mr Bean 2:00 Movie: 49th Parallel (G,1941,R) 4:00 Basketball: WNBL 2007/08 : Sydney Vs Adelaide 5:00 Bowls: Tri Nations 2007 6:00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 News 7:30 New Tricks 8:20 News 8:25 Election Announcement 8:30 The Bill 9:20 Election Announcement 9:25 The Sideshow With Paul McDermott 10:25 Parkinson 11:10 Rage

6:30 Children’s Shows 9:00 It’s

Academic 9:30 Toon Disney

10:00 The 2007 Melbourne

Cup Carnival: Emirates Stakes

Day 4:30 According To Jim

5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30

Queensland Weekender 6:00

News 6:30 Movie: A Bug’s

Life (G,1998,R) 8:30 Judge

John Deed 10:30 Movie: Quills

(AV,2000) 1:00 Movie: Ruby

Bridges (G,1998,R) 2:50 The

Kingdom 3:00 Hot Auctions 3:30

It Is Written 4:00 Guthy-Renker

Australia 5:00 Dateline NBC

5:30 Christian City TV 6:00 Children’s Shows 7:30 I Got A Rocket 8:00 Totally Wild 8:30 Yamba’s Playtime 9:00 Scope 9:30 Cricket: Australia Vs Sri Lanka 12:00 The Cricket Show 12:30 Cricket: Australia Vs Sri Lanka 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 Escape With ET 6:00 Test Drive 6:30 News 7:00 Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show 8:00 Movie: Are We There Yet? (Pg,2005) 10:00 Movie: White Chicks (M,2004) 12:00 Movie: The Astronaut’s Wife (M,1999,R)

5:25 Overseas News 12:30

Business Report 1:00 Bergman

Island 2:30 Keith Jarrett:

The Art Of Improvisation

3:35 The World In Art: 1603

4:30 Newshour 5:30 Vasili’s

Garden 6:00 Here Comes The

Neighbourhood 6:30 News

7:35 Top Gear 8:30 Long Way

Round 9:20 RocKwiz 10:15

Dig! 12:10 SOS…Shorts On

Screen 1:10 Ghost In The

Shell 1:40 Harvey Birdman:

Attorney At Law 1:50 Crank

Yankers

Banks Park was a sea of pink on Friday, October 26 when the Blackall CWA held its annual Pink Ribbon Morning Tea for breast cancer.

The standard of entries in the Best Decorated Bra competition was very high, with creations such as “His & Hers” and “Raspberries Galore”.

Judge Robyn Adams was most impressed with the amount of work that had gone into making them.

The winner on the day was Dell Wheelhouse.Alan Soxsmith won the lucky door prize and made

everyone’s day in his wonderful pink bra and fish net stockings.

Veronica Law won the Prettiest Hat competition and Dwayne Kangan won the pink tub of goodies raffle.

The fight against breast cancer was another winner on the morning with over $500 being raised.

Blackall CWA members believe the quality of entries in the bra contest could eventually lead to an exhibition.

The group is now preparing for its stalls day on November 10 at the CWA Hall, which will include Cotter’s Creations garden ornaments, Lorraine Lea Linen, Tupperware, Sugar & Spice Home Decorating, The Body Shop, State School MAD Group, Joy Smith Papercraft, Top Line Creations scrapbooking and mini workshop, Licensed Kids clothes, jewellery by Kylie Banks, George Bowyer and Judy Howard, and Gone Shopping from Barcaldine, to name a few.

The CWA has more stalls available for those with something to market and say it is shaping up to be an excellent day.

Tea, coffee and food will be available all day. The next CWA meeting is on Thursday, November

15 where members will be learning about Denmark, their country of study for the year.

Bras on show at morning tea

Judge Robyn Adams congratulates Veronica Law on winning prettiest hat at the CWA Pink Ribbon Morning Tea.

Decorated bras adorn the fence at Banks Park.

Heartland Festival granted resin and quilting funds

Blackall is one of nine Queensland communities to benefit from the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund’s latest round of funding, with $5900 al-located to a series of visual arts workshops taking place as part of the 2008 Heartland Festival.

Carrying a theme of Wool, Water and Wood in hon-our of the centenary of the Woolscour, the project will engage two visual art workers to deliver five-day workshops each in quilting and resin art.

The workshops to develop skills and encourage com-munity engagement will be taking place next May.

The president of Queensland Arts Council, Gary Evans said the Regional Arts Fund was yet another way for the Australian Government to support Queensland’s drought declared communities by developing the liveability and prosperity of these regions.

“Communities such as Nanango will benefit through its South Burnett Community Orchestra being funded for professional development activities,” he said.

“Mitchell and Blackall in central Queensland are also amongst the drought affected communities to benefit from the fund.

“This demonstrates how the Regional Arts Fund is able to add to the quality of life across regional and remote Australia.”

Townhouse BursaryThe Blackall Student Hostel Townhouse Bursary is now open for 2008, to provide financial assistance to one student from either Blackall or Tambo to further their education at an accredited educational facility. The bursary is valued at $2500.

Applicants must be 19 years of age or younger, have successfully completed years 10, 11 or 12 and have a residential address in Blackall or Tambo shires for the 12 months immediately preceding their application.

Applicants will be selected on the basis of a desire to further their education, the need to live away from home to do so and their success in gaining a position in a recognised full-time course.

Application forms and criteria can be obtained by contacting Sally Campbell on 46574693 or by writing to the Townhouse Bursary management committee, C/- “Clarenden”, Blackall. 4472.

Closing date: Friday, 21st December.

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Sunday Novem

ber 4

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 Stories

From The Stone Age 3.00 Martin

Scorsese: Emotion Through Music

3:55 In The Mood For Doyle 4:50

Noise On Screen 5:00 Sunday

Arts 6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The

Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30

Captain Cook 8:25 News 8:30

Rain Shadow 9:25 Compass 10:25

Bossa Nova (M*) 11:20 55 Degrees

North 12:10 Handel’s Messiah

1:45 Movie: Carry On England

(Pg,1976,R) 3:10 Ken Upsworth

4:00 Night Of The Bogongs

6:00 One 6:30 Children’s Shows

8:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00

Kochie’s Business Builders

10:30 Up Close Music 11:00 The

2007 Melbourne Cup Carnival

12:00 The Most Extreme

1:00 Seven’s Motorsport 2:00

Seven’s V8 Supercars 2007

5:00 Queensland’s Best Living

5:30 Great South East 6:00

News 6:30 National Bingo Night

7:30 Kath & Kim 8:00 My Name

Is Earl 8:30 Movie: Pandemic

11:45 Movie: Road To Perdition

(M,2002,R) 2:30 It Is Written

3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia

4:00 NBC Today 5:00 NBC

Meet the Press

5:30 New Way Of Life 6:00

Mass For You 6:30 Children’s

Shows 8:00 Business Success

8:30 20/20 9:30 Sunday 11:30

My Home 12:00 NBL 1:00 4 x

4 Show 1:30 Speed Machine

2:00 Movie: My Blue Heaven

(Pg,1990,R) 3:30 FINA World

Swimming Highlights 5:00

Jamie At Home 5:30 Garden

Gurus 6:00 Do It 6:30 News

7:00 Singing Bee 7:30 Dirty

Jobs 8:00 60 Minutes 9:00

Movie: Taking Lives (M,2004)

11:00 Australian Idol 12:00

Motorsport

7:00 Overseas News 10:30 The Movie Show 10:35 Corner Gas 11:00 Dateline 12:00 Australia By Numbers: Brewarrina 2839 12:30 2007 UCI BMX Super Cross World Cup 2007 1:00 UCI BMX Super Cross World Cup 2007 1:30 Speedweek 2:30 FIA World Rally Championship 2007 3:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5:00 The World Game 6:00 Thalassa 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Lost Worlds: The Crusaders’ Lost Fort 8:30 The Tobacco Conspiracy 9:30 Movie: The Last Mitterrand 11:30 Newstopia 12:00 A Girl A Horse A Dream 1:00 The Storm Rages Twice

Monday N

ovember 5

4:30 Movie: The Planter’s Wife

(Pg,1952,R) 6:00 Children’s Shows

11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday

Report 12:30 A Place In Italy 12:55

Nigel’s Place In France 1:30 The

Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill 3:00

Children’s Shows 6:00 Message

Stick 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 Enough

Rope 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline

Business 11:40 Children Of

Abraham 12:30 Movie: The Devil

Thumbs A Ride (Pg,1947,R) 1:35

Movie: Back-Room Boy (G,1942,R)

3:25 Bowls: Tri Nations 2007

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning

Show 11:00 The Fairies 11:30

News 12:00 Movie: Family

Of Cops 3 (M,1998,R) 2:00

Desperate Housewives 3:00

Infomercial 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 Border Security 8:00

Surf Patrol 8:30 City Homicide

(M) 9:30 Criminal Minds 10:30

Boston Legal (M,R) 11:30 In

Case Of Emergency 12:00

Lost 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-

Renker Australia 4:00 NBC

Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00

Children’s Shows 10:00

McLeod’s Daughters 11:00

Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30

News 12:00 Fresh Cooking

With AWW 12:30 The Bold

& The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil

2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00

The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00

Totally Wild 4:30 The Shak 5:00

Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The

Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30

News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

9:00 Damages 10:00 Cold Case

11:00 Australian Idol Verdict

1:00 The Office

5:25 Overseas News 1:00

The Food Lovers Guide To

Australia 1:30 Bahais In My

Backyard 2:30 Danger Virus

3:30 Insight 4:30 The Journal

5:00 The Crew 5:30 Living

Black 6:00 Global Village

6:30 World News Australia

7:30Mythbusters 8:35 South

Park 9:00 Pizza 9:30 News

10:00 Shameless 10:55 Oz

12:00 Movie: Divergence 1:45

Crank Yankers

Tuesday Novem

ber 6

4:30 Movie: Too Many Crooks

(G,1959,R) 6:00 Children’s

Shows 11:00 Supervolcano 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 6:00 Time Team

6:50 Election Announcement 7:00

News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00

Grumpy Old Men 8:30 The Bill 9:20

Foreign Correspondent 10:00 First

Tuesday Book Club 10:30 Lateline

11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Four

Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35

Movie: Mexican Spitfire (G,1939,R)

1:40 Movie: Heart Of A Child

(G,1958,R) 2:55 Movie: Blanche

Fury (Pg,1947,R)

6:00 Sunrise 8:30 Playhouse

Disney 9:00 The 2007

Melbourne Cup Carnival:

Emirates Melbourne Cup Day

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

William & Mary 11:00 Interns

11:30 Murder Squad 12:00 The

Practice 1:00 Infomercial 2:00

Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker

Australia 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Creflo 6:00 Today 9:00

Children’s Shows 10:00

McLeod’s Daughters 11:00

Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30

News 12:00 Fresh Cooking

With AWW 12:30 The Bold &

The Beautiful 1:00 Are You

Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30

The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00

Totally Wild 4:30 The Shak 5:00

Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The

Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30

News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30

Temptation 8:00 20 to 1 9:00

NCIS 10:00 Crime Investigation

Australia 11:10 Law & Order

12:10 Law & Order SVU

5:25 Overseas News 12:30

Business Report 1:00 Movie:

Swing 2:35 The Movie Show

2:45 Treasures Of The

World 3:00 Here Comes The

Neighbourhood 3:30 Football

Stars Of Tomorrow 4:00 A

Fork In The Road 4:30 The

Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00

Global Village 6:30 World

News Australia 7:30 Insight

8:30 The Putin System 9:30

News 10:00 The Putin System

11:00 Political Assassinations

12:00 Movie: House Of Fools

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 Campdraft Assoc will be holding its AGM at 3pm on the 3rd November at at the Blackall showgrounds.

All welcome.

The latest wave of garden tourism, the Outstanding Outback Gardens rail and bus tour run by Alan Smith of Longreach, spent a few days inspecting the greenery of Blackall property gardens recently.

Gardeners from south-east Queensland inspected the gardens at Homebush, Dumfries and Gillespie during their nine day tour, which included Charleville, Quilpie, Barcaldine and Longreach, and spent two nights at the Acacia Motor Inn.

All of the Blackall gardens featured in the book titled Gardens off the Beaten Track which was compiled locally and described by tour leader Colin Campbell as “probably the best garden book printed in Queensland” and a credit to the contributors.

The tour was a sister to one which travelled through the district earlier in the year, and travellers were no less enthusiastic this time about their experiences.

Comments ranged from the amazing hospitality they had received to the big hearts of the western gardeners.

“Friends said the trip would be no good because of the drought,” one woman said. “But we’ve seen much more than gardens. People have really opened themselves up to us.”

One traveller, Gena Evans of Paddington donated one night’s accommodation at her Brisbane B&B to the Blackall Garden Club

to raffle, to raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

According to Alan, who operates Outback Aussie Tours, the 2008 program will include a number of garden tours, one from Brisbane to Charleville by train and then by bus to Quilpie, Birdsville, Boulia, Winton and Longreach.

Another will involve a plane or train trip to Mt Isa before venturing north to Lawn Hill, Karumba, Cobbold Gorge and Cairns.

A smaller excursion will take in Maryborough and Kingfisher Bay.

Garden tourists back in town

Trying to find a common ancestor at the dinner to welcome visiting gardeners to Blackall were Sally Campbell (centre) with tour leaders Bev and Colin Campbell, Maleny.

Across: 1 Agree, 3 Auf, 5 Hi-fi, 7 Ali, 8 Charleston, 14 Clapton, 16 Ant, 17 Manipulations, 22 Arm, 23 Occasional, 25 Starving, 26 Austin, 27 Radish, 30 Obey, 31 Majestic. Down: 1 Accountants, 2 Err, 3 Act, 4 Fan, 5 Hid, 6 Ignites, 9 Accommodation, 10 Laconic, 11 Sharp, 12 Octal, 13 Halo, 15 Nut, 18 Using, 19 Annuals, 20 Idles, 21 Neolithic, 24 Aviary, 28 Dna, 29 Has.

3 8 2 7 9 1 6 4 54 9 5 3 2 6 1 8 71 7 6 8 4 5 9 3 26 1 4 9 3 2 7 5 85 3 7 4 6 8 2 9 18 2 9 5 1 7 3 6 42 4 1 6 8 3 5 7 97 6 8 2 5 9 4 1 39 5 3 1 7 4 8 2 6

P u z z l e Solutions from page 18

Tour operator Alan Smith (right) gives the Acacia Motor Inn’s Ozzie Newell the thumbs up for her hospitality to visiting gardeners.

Swapping garden tips at dinner were Judith Wark, Chapel Hill, Peta Gray, Oxenford, Heather Wehl, Blackall and Gena Evans, Paddington.

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Blackall’s first ever Walking School Bus event took place in Blackall last Friday.

A walking school bus works by people power. Rather than being driven to school, students from prep to high school walked there.

There were four buses on separate routes which were all manned by adult volunteers.

The biggest bus, with 14 passengers, was ‘driven’ by Joy Smith and Anne Hauff, while Lisa Goodman was in charge of the smallest, with one passenger.

Regardless of how many students rode which bus, the number surpassed expectations of the organisers, with a total of 34 students participating in all.

Students rode their bikes, skipped, joked, chatted and raced their way to school.

Prep student Molly Hayes even managed to get piggy-backed part of the way by Miss Weaver.

Organisers hope this will be the first of many Walking School Bus events in Blackall.

-- by Rebecca Weaver

Walking School Bus project gets legs

Peter Dallas, Don Wheeler and Ian Murray taking delivery of the new SES boat

New SES Boat Blackall State Emergency Service volunteers have

just received a new flood boat worth around $29,000, from the state government. Blackall was one of ten SES crews in Queensland to receive a new 4.75 metre boat with a Honda 50hp motor complete with trailer, compass, two fuel tanks and safety equipment. The new boat arrived in Blackall on Friday, October 26, just in time for the much anticipated wet season. The boat is for search and rescue and supply operations during flooding and inland waterway emergencies.

Council News

Blackall- Jericho Road constructionThe Blackall-Jericho Road work is well underway

with another six kilometres of bitumen works to occur on November 7. Once completed there will be a total of 22.5 kilometres of bitumen seal between Blackall and Dismal Creek. The Barcaldine Shire Council has also completed six kilometres of bitumen seal to the Chippendale grid.

Blackall Girl Guides HutThe Blackall Girl Guides are just weeks away from

moving in to their new guide hut situated at the Blackall showgrounds. The shed previously used as the bus shed has undergone major reconstruction in order to facilitate the Blackall Girl Guides. The shed now incorporates a kitchen, a unisex and disabled toilet, and an open room. Members of the Blackall WORK Camp have carried out the building works. Construction is due for completion in four to five weeks with the installation of the ceiling, plumbing works, kitchen and painting. Funding of up to $49 228 for the upgrade came from the Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund.

Memorial Hall facelift for SpeakOutBlackall’s Memorial Hall is undergoing a

transformation in preparation for its new role as the headquarters of the SpeakOut Blackall project. The facility upgrades include renovations to the stage area, polishing of the floors, and painting of both indoors and outdoors, with work contracted to Kevin Russell. The work should be completed by early November. The Blackall Shire Council and the state government’s Gritty Places partnership program contributed funds for the redevelopment. SpeakOut CEO Aleem Ali said everything was on track for the program to roll out in Blackall next March. Scott Walker is currently working full-time as SpeakOut’s junior designer in Brisbane. Aleem said the group was still in the process of identifying and recruiting a head designer for the Blackall operation.

Internal walls and flooring of the new Blackall Girl Guides hut

Below: Blackall Shire Council’s work supervisor Ross Browning, and foreman Matthew Richardson on the Blackall-Jericho road with grader driver Kevin Schurmann and roller driver Charlie Goodman.

Right: Grader driver Wes Blacker wet mixing on the Blackall-Jericho Road.

The new look of the Blackall Memorial Hall

Passengers, drivers and volunteers of Blackall’s first ever Walking Buses.

Ergon Energy staff from Blackall were amongst the relief crews mobilised to assist in the restoration of power to people in the Emerald area earlier in the week, following a wild storm that left around 4800 customers without power.

In what was reported by people contacting Ergon Energy to report power problems as a mini cyclone, trees were uprooted and along with branches and debris driven by the severe wind, brought power lines down in over 30 different locations across Emerald.

Flying debris also brought down numerous individual household service lines.

Blackall crew lend a hand at Emerald

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Stock Up For Hope

Di Hauff and Beaver Dendle were amongst the large crowd of onlookers at the auction of the Stock Up for Hope cattle auction.

Matthew Baillie and Lizzie Hird were amongst the big crowd at the gala dinner at the cultural centre

Terry Brennan and Robyn Adams frocked up for the gala night to celebrate the achievements of the cattle drive.

Casting their eyes over the cattle donated for sale for the Stock Up for Hope project were Vince Lester, Blackall grazier Terry Russell, National Party Senator Ron Boswell and Jan Clark of Brisbane.

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BLACKALL IGA

Blackall Good Sports clubs recently underwent Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) training at the Blackall Multipurpose Sport and Recreation clubhouse.

Fifteen people, members of groups including the Blackall Amateur Swimming Association, the Barcoo Amateur Race Club, the Barcoo Pastoral Society, the Blackall Tennis Club and the Blackall Pistol Club, representing five of the nine current Blackall Good Sports clubs, were in attendance at the training.

The RSA courses, which usually cost around $75 per person, were paid for by Liquor Licensing and made possible by the Good Sports program and Chris Watters, Executive Director of the Queensland Liquor Licensing Division.

“The course was a huge benefit to all that attended as it made clubs rethink the skills and knowledge required for responsible service of alcohol under state legislation”, said Lisa Goodman, the Blackall Shire Council’s Sport and Recreation Officer.

Central Western Queensland’s Good Sports project officer, Sharlene Hamblin said there will be more RSA courses on offer next year.

They will no longer be free but will be at a discounted rate if participants are members of the Good Sports program.

Good Sports is aimed at helping sporting clubs reduce alcohol and drug related problems, as well as improving the quality of the clubs.

Local clubs interested in joining the program or seeking more information on the program should call 0401 665 318.

Good Sports bring RSA to TownIt was a time for celebrating when Shelley Haughton

joined family and friends at the Union Hotel on Friday, October 19 to celebrate her 46th birthday.

The gathering also congratulated Shelley and husband Stan on their 25th wedding anniversary which took place on Tuesday, October 23.

“Congratulations on reaching this milestone – we all hope the next 25 years are as good as the last, if not better”, were the sentiments from daughters and partners, Bec and Luke, and Anna and Nathan.

Celebrations for Shelley and Stan

Shelley with and Stan Haughton share a laugh or two...(while cutting Shelley’s “Not Naughty Forty or Nifty Fifty Birthday Cake”) at Shelley’s birthday party held at the Union Hotel last Friday night.

PO Box 21 Brenda KellyBLACKALL QLD 4472 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERFax: 07 4657 4726 Phone: 07 4657 4222Email: admin@blackall.qld.gov.au www.blackall.qld.gov.au

Blackall Shire Council will be carrying out an approved inspection program, being a Systematic Inspection Program, of all premises in the town of Blackall for compliance with the requirements of Local Law 5 – Keeping and Control of Animals.

The Systematic Inspection Program will commence on 1 November, 2007 and end on 31 January, 2008 and will be from Monday – Sunday (inclusive) and conducted between the hours of 6.00am to 6.00pm.

It is the intention of Council that authorised persons will inspect every allotment in the town during the period of the program.

BLACKALL SHIRE COUNCIL

SYSTEMATIC INSPECTION PROGRAMExtra Large Bananas

$2.49 kg

Premium Rump Steak $9.97 kg

Chicken Breast Fillets $10.77 kg

Peters Ice-cream 4L $4.99 each

Bio Zet Laundry Powder 2 kg $5.49

Animal cruelty fineNorman Charles Watt, aged 20, was fined $2000

when he appeared in the Blackall Magistrates Court on October 25, charged with cruelty to animals, stealing, disposing of a carcass, misconduct in a national park, and national park driving offences.

The charges were brought about following an incident at Idalia National Park in mid-October when a four wheel drive vehicle drove down one of the main roads in the park and struck a horse, pushing it in front of the vehicle for a distance while still alive and then driving over it, causing “horrific injuries” according to police.

The driver then killed it by cutting its throat.Before leaving the park a quantity of weldmesh was

stolen.Anthony Dave Hayman, aged 20, was fined $200 for

stealing and Norman Harry Watt, 49, was fined $150 for receiving stolen goods.

No convictions were recorded for any of the offences.Missing boy

A NSW father has not seen his 10-year-old son since June and is now calling on the Queensland public to help locate him.

Damil Lafferty has light brown hair, with a “cow lick” in the front, hazel coloured eyes and is approximately 165 cm tall.

Despite extensive federal police investigations, Damil has not been located.

He is now believed to be with his mother, Susan Miller, and may be travelling throughout Queensland in a converted school bus.

Police enquiries indicate that they might currently be in north Queensland, possibly Townsville.

The bus is very distinctive. It is blue and has a dolphin mural painted on the side with ‘Just Magic’ painted on it.

The bus may be towing a Holden “Rocky” motor vehicle, white in colour, and a motor scooter.

Ms Miller is 46 years old. She has reddish hair, is 170 cm tall and has a small build and fair complexion. She also has a slight English accent.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Damil or Ms Miller are asked to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.

Information provided to CrimeStoppers can be made anonymously.

Police Briefs

Thursdays from 8:00 am at Barcoo Living MPS2A Coronation Drive, Blackall

Ph: 07 4651 0955 Mobile: 042930 9111

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BLACKALL UNITING CHURCH

Graham and Meryl Gibson 46574740 Peter Aay 4651 2662

Warren & Marg Lehman 4657 4546Ladies Fellowship: Heather Whitfield 4657 4564

Thrift Shop: Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9am to 12 noon

Flo Moore 4657 4465 Betty Walker 4657 4746

SUNDAY 9.00am

Council NewsCHRISTMAS LIGHTS COMPETITIONThere are six (6) $100.00 vouchers up for grabs in

the annual Christmas Lights Competition. Spirit of Christmas Good Neighbours Best Decorated Business Premises Best Home and Garden Best Illumination Best Night DecorationJudging will be done between Monday, December

10, 2007 to Monday, December 17, 2007 and all you need to do to enter is complete an entry form at the Council Office and leave your lights on till 9.30pm.

GOOK LUCK!!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:Install flow restriction devices on your taps and

shower. Westpac In-StoreWestpac In-Store opening hours are Monday to

Friday - 9.00am to 4.30pm.Council MeetingsThe next Ordinary Meeting of Council is scheduled

for Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at the Council Chambers commencing at 9.15am.

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

October 13 was a special day for the Smith family when Trethella and Neville celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary with family, relatives and friends at the Holy Trinity church in Blackall.

On display at the church were Trethella’s wedding dress, wedding photos and photos celebrating their 50 years together.

As part of the family celebrations on the day, son Alan Smith’s family from Longreach – wife Sue and children Isabella, Lachlan, Lily and Hugh – were all baptised.

Included in the celebrations was Neville and Trethella’s youngest son Bradley who recently graduated with a PhD in Psychology from the

University of London.Guests joined in the parish tea in the gardens of

the church after the service.

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Celebrations for the Smith family

The last LSODE cluster for the year was held at the showgrounds last Thursday. Some encouragement awards presented to students recently included Ashleigh Taylor for her “Black Brumbie” story, Hollie Taylor for her published poetry anthology, Charlotte Russell for reading her first book, Wilson Sprague for creative and original poetry, and Ainsley Walker for her proofreading.

***The Prep/Year One class at St

Joseph’s is busy investigating mini beasts while looking at their different lifecycles as well as growing vegetables, eggs getting reading to hatch and silkworms spinning their cocoons.

***The Year 2/3 class is identifying

the various materials objects are made of and for what purposes as they are about to become builders and experimenters as they test out various materials.

***The Year 4/5s and 6/7s are all

travelling back to Ancient Egypt. The 4/5s are discovering where democracy began as well as how it compares to life under a Pharaoh’s rule while the 6/7s are focusing on the country as a whole and the way of life in the Egyptian society.

***Year 5/6/7 students at St

Joseph’s spent another enjoyable morning down with the citizens of 60s+ Better. The students provided entertainment with the song “The River” and served morning tea.

***October is Mission Month

and all St Joseph’s classes are supporting this with fundraising activities. The Year 2/3 students spent a busy afternoon preparing chocolate crackles to sell and made 164 crackles all up – raising $37 for the missions. Next week the school will be having a free dress day organised by Prep/Year One as their money raiser with the theme “What I want to be when I grow up.”

***A number of new smiley faces

joined the St Joseph’s School community for the Prep open day with the children meeting new friends, listening to stories and making art creations. The current Prep students became their buddies and enjoyed the morning looking after the younger children.

School News

TENDERThe Barcoo Retirement Village Incorporated invites tender for the purchase and Removable of a home situated at 80 Thistle Street, Blackall.Tenders must be delivered before 2:00pm on the 12th Day of December 2007 to Ray White Rural, 98 Shamrock Street, Blackall, in a sealed envelope. Endorse “Tender for 80 Thistle Street, Blackall” in the appropriate form available from Ray White Rural, Blackall.The Lowest on any Tender will not necessarily be accepted.Ray White Rural, 98 Shamrock Street, Blackall, Qld 4472,Ph: 07 4657 4355

REMOVABLE HOMEThis home consists of 7 original internal rooms with ‘L’ shaped sunroom at front of home.This home is currently on timber stumps and made up of fibro exterior, iron roof and aluminum windows.For details and enquiries, please contact the office.

Past Blackall resident Nancy Lynch, now Nancy Cumming, returned to the district recently as part of the latest outback garden tour.

Nancy’s grandfather Richard Jones managed Listowel Downs in the 1890s.

With no Flying Doctor or other specialised assistance he moved to Blackall after a goring accident and later a horse rolling incident.

He married Elizabeth Church of Tambo. Two daughters, Ivy and Edith were born on the property.

The six Lynch girls scattered with only Nancy returning to her well-loved west, working in Australian Estates from 1946 to 1957.

Nancy said she had some wonderful memories that she was able to relive on the trip, especially on hearing that so many family names remain in the district.

“It just proves that drought, fire and flood have not dented the pioneering-gened descendants,” she said.

“I say thanks for the memories – it has been a long overdue happy

return and as we move on, may you be blessed with rain and even more rain!!”

Trip down memory lane for NancyBelow left: Year 5 Blackall Cluster group: Jess Hinrichsen, Holly Sprague, Jessica Scott, Miss Mandy Hamilton, Hamilton Walker, Dillon Bauman, Jake Lloyd.

Left: Year 3 Blackall Cluster group: Lachlan Carruthers, Lachlan Sypher, Wilson Sprague, Miss Tina Murry, Ainsley Walker, Hollie Taylor.

Procession to St Patrick’s Church.

Year 6/7 students at Cross and Icon Mass