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SPORT ON THE BARCOO

The Seymours Department Store
monthly medal was contested on
May 22. The winners for the mens
division were K Timms 56 nett
with runner up L Williams 67 nett
and the ladies division was won
by K Choyce 70 nett with runner
up C Williams 71 nett.
Pin shots were second on three G
Robinson, near pin 7 S Robinson
and golden hole S Robinson.
K Choyce plus 4 defeated C
Williams in the third round of the
match play.
This week on Sunday May 29 is
the Longreach Open with hit off at
8.30 am.
Sunday June 5 is the Holden
Scramble in Tambo with interested
competitors encouraged to
organise teams.
There will be some changes
happening at the golf club over
the next few months as the
organization starts to spend their
food grant money. The golf club
asks for the communitys patience
as this work is under taken.
For changes to the program see
the black board at the grid to the
golf club.
--Albert Ross
Golf monthly medal
Three games of sets of nine ends
were played last Sunday with all
games going to three sets.
Col Pfngst and Jeff Pohlner had
a close game with Col winning the
frst set 16-2, Jeff winning the
next 8-7, and Col taking out the
last 9-3.
Roland Blucher was too
consistent for Woody, who won
the frst set 13-5. However Roland
won the next two sets 12-5 and
7-3.
In the other game, Mitch Pfngst
won the frst set 9-7, but Don Daly
came back to win the next set
10-5. Mitch rose to the occasion
to win the last set 11-6.
In social play Tracy, Judy and
Wayne proved too good for Hazel,
Lauretta and Brad 20-7.
Julie and Roland Blucher, Woody,
Gary Whitfeld, Hazel McHugh and
Trevor Brown travelled to Aramac
last Saturday to play in the fnal of
the Central West Championships,
which was won by Barcaldine.
Next week handicap singles and
sets of nine ends will be played
at the Blackall Bowls Club from
9:30am with social play available
and visitors welcome.
In handicap singles, T Hayward
to play Woody with spotter R
Browning, R Blucher to play J
Pohlner with spotter G Whitfeld.
In sets of nine ends, J Blucher to
play Macca with spotter R Black,
C Pfngst to play M Pfngst with
spotter L Kelly.
--Dally Holden
Sets of nine ends run to three sets
Three St Josephs students are
set to represent the region after
being selected for the North West
touch football and rugby league
teams.
Kate Donnelly and Jack Banks
were selected for the North West
Under 12s girls and Under 12s boys
touch football teams respectively
at last weekends selection trials
in Longreach.
Jack will compete in the state
titles in Longreach, while Kate will
travel to Chinchilla for the girls
state titles.
Several weeks earlier Sam
Fletcher was selected for the North
West rugby league team which
will see him travel to Wynnum in
Brisbane for the state titles.
St Joeys students represent North West

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With the Shockwave festival fast
approaching, an impressive array
of artists from western Queensland
and Brisbane have been locked in
for the big event.
Bands, dancers and artists from
Blackall, Barcaldine, Longreach,
Ilfracombe, Isisford, Charleville
and Brisbane will be performing
with a host of workshops planned
in areas such as stencil art, visual
arts, light graffti and hip hop
dance.
Performances will kick off on
the main stage from 3:30 with
Blackall band Rodzenstwo, Stevie
Naylor from Longreach, Coleman
Wakefeld from Longreach, Ashley
Donald and Emily Cameron from
Barcaldine, Dalby singers Melinda
and Bree Wells, Hectic Daze from
Longreach and Blackalls own
dynamic drummer Dylan Dolinski
starting the musical portion of the
event.
Dance will then be on display
from 5:45 with performances lined
up from the Retro Pixies Dance
Crew from Ilfracombe, Longreach
dance groups Shadows of Angles,
Rons Remix and Rubiks Crew,
Dance Blackall, Blackalls own
hip hop crew, the Edrine Keegan
school of Ballet from Roma,
Brisbane dancer Storm Tierna
and Bekky and Errol from Fresh
Elements Dance in Brisbane.
It will then be back to the music
with sets from Brisbane hip hop
artist Candy Bowers, a DJ battle
between Brisbanes DJ Nic C and
Longreachs DJ Sweet Beats and
performances from Charleville
metalcore band Mary Celeste and
Longreach band Minor Details.
It will then be time to put
dancing shoes to use with DJ sets
from DJ Nick C, DJ Sweet Beats
and Blackalls own DJ Dave.
There will also be an acoustic
sound lounge available for new
performers aiming to build their
confdence, run by Melinda and
Bree Wells.
Gabby Mitchell and Clayton
Perkins will be showing off their
drawing skills creating artworks
live at the festival.
An extensive workshop program
will run between 10:30am-4pm on
Saturday with participants able to
create art from primitive objects,
create lightbox lanterns from old
water containers, participate in a
sticker swap and create wearable
items.
continued page 3.
Shockwave festival to showcase Western artists
by VICTORIA NUGENT
Longreach band Minor Details will be headlining at the festival next weekend.
Charleville metalcore band Mary
Celeste will perform at Shockwave.
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From the Editor
The past week has been one of
meetings, beginning with the Remote
Area Development Board Meeting
in Longreach where the Focus was
on the digital switchover for remote
areas. Digital Task Force CEO Nerita
OLoughlin was able to deliver the
latest news from the Government Task
Force. There was a negative answer to
the approach from RAPAD Councils to
pool the funding and allow continuation
of Local Government Rebroadcast Sites. Rural
properties, hotels and caravan parks are unable to
access the funding for connection. The good news
was that there was extra funding for senior citizens
for the installation of VAST.
Tambo residents should have received a letter
from the Digital Task Force after May 23. There will
be further promotion over the next few months with
dedicated support staff to assist in regional areas
over the time of the roll out.
There was considerable debate over the exemption
being sought via clause 183 of the Act to be a
Company Limited by Guarantee for the purpose of
a road works authority. As a council we have voiced
our concerns over this thrust into regionalism.
RAPAD regional pest management was also
discussed with our Blackall Tambo Regional
Council supportive of the Regional Pest
Management Plan. However as we have
already committed $500,000 to the
eradication of all pests in our region we
will work under the plan with our staff
and will not contribute fnancially to the
creation of a coordinator position for the
region.
Water was also on the agenda with the
creation of a Co-operative Water Group
via the RAPAD Councils. Blackall Tambo
Regional Council was in favour of the group in
general but we have yet to see the process develop
to the stage of a Secretariat Managed Group or of a
Bureau Management System. The later will cost far
more than the former to operate.
March 2012 will see council elections happening
state wide. These are the frst elections since the new
Local Government Act has come into being.
To ensure all candidates have a greater
understanding of the roles and responsibilities of
a councillor, there will be a prospective councillor
training course held in Barcaldine on June 30. If you
are considering standing in the forthcoming elections,
I recommend attending this course, to make your
transition into the role of councillor, should you be
elected.
--Jan Ross
FROM THE MAYORS DESK
A busy schedule with the
Heartland Festival and Shockwave
festival has coincided with other
cold snap within the region.
However, I have to hope that the
cold weather doesnt deter anyone
from attending the festivities.
With the amount of events on in
the next few weeks, I have to ask
that everyone tries to remember
our Monday deadline.
If I dont receive advertising and
stories early, its going to be very
diffcult to get the paper out on
time.
Our June 3 and June 10 issues
will be in colour, so once again Id
like to remind people to get their
colour advertising bookings in as
soon as possible.
Remember, its the colour
advertisements that pay for the
rest colour within the paper, so
the more advertisers choose to
utilise colour, the more photos I
am able to place in colour within
the newspaper.
On another note, Id like to remind
everyone that Im here to follow
up issues that the community is
interested in, so if there is anything
you are concerned about, please
let me know. Even if you dont
have many details on an issue, a
tip off from you can put me on the
right track to pursue a story which
may otherwise go untold.
The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011 - Page 19
Barcoo Independent TV Guide May 29- June 4
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5:30 The Cook and the Chef
6:00 ABC News Breakfast
9:00 ABC News
9:30 Business Today
10:00 For the Juniors
10:15 Cyberchase
10:30 Behind the News
11:00 Big Ideas
12:00 Midday Report
12:30 National Press Club Address
1:30 Everest ER
2:00 Parliament Question Time
3:00 Childrens Programs
6:05 Mr Bean
6:30 Message Stick
7:00 ABC News
7:30 7:30
8:00 The New Inventors
8:30 Spicks and Specks
9:00 Angry Boys
9:30 Hungry Beast
10:00 At the Movies
10:25 Lateline
11:00 Lateline Business
11:30 Clever Monkeys
12:20 Parliament Question Time
1:20 Flight from Glory
5:00 Sunrise Extra
5:30 Seven Early News
6:00 Sunrise
9:00 The Morning Show
11:30 Morning News
12:00 Movie: Miracle on the I-880
2:00 Dr Oz
3:00 Medical Emergency
3:30 Toybox
4:00 Its Academic
4:30 Seven News
5:30 Deal or No Deal
6:00 Seven News
6:30 Today Tonight
7:00 Home and Away
7:30 Highway Patrol
8:00 Worlds Deadliest Roads
8:30 Criminal Minds
10:30 Detroit 1-8-7
11:30 My Name is Earl
12:00 Style by Jury
12:30 Sons and Daughters
1:00 Infomercials
3:00 Home Shopping
4:00 NBC Today
5:00 Early News
5:30 Today
9:00 Kerri-Anne
11:00 Morning News
12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1:00 Danoz Direct
2:00 Days of Our Lives
3:00 Entertainment Tonight
3:30 Childrens Programs
4:30 Afternoon News
5:30 Hot Seat
6:00 National News
6:30 A Current Affair
7:00 The Big Bang Theory
7:30 Polar Bears Spy on the Ice
8:30 RPA
9:30 BIG
10:30 Embarrassing Bodies
11:30 The New Adventures of Old
Christine
12:00 French Open Tennis
Highlights
1:00 Eclipse Music TV
1:30 Danoz Direct
3:00 Alive and Cooking
3:30 Good Morning America
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music
5:05 International News
1:00 Movie: Caterina in the City
2:50 Fat Lucas
3:00 Parent Rescue
3:30 Letters and Numbers
4:00 The Journal
4:30 PBS Newshour
5:30 Global Village
6:00 Letters and Numbers
6:30 World News Australia
7:35 Inspector Rex
8:30 East West 101
9:30 World News Australia
10:05 Movie: Heartbeat Detector
12:30 Movie: Kings Game
2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight
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5:00 National Press Club Address
6:00 ABC News Breakfast
9:00 ABC News
9:30 Business Today
10:00 Real Chinese
10:15 Being Chinese
10:50 Me Voila!
11:00 Ancient Megastructures
12:00 Midday Report
12:30 The Prisoner
1:25 Lead Balloons
2:00 Parliament Question Time
3:00 Childrens Programs
6:00 Mr Bean
6:30 Message Stick
7:00 ABC News
7:30 7.30
8:00 Catalyst
8:30 On Trial: Proof or Truth
9:30 Outback Kids
10:30 Lateline
11:05 Lateline Business
11:35 Live from Abbey Road
12:25 Parliament Question Time
1:25 Movie: The Wrong Arm of the Law
5:00 Sunrise Extra
5:30 Seven Early News
6:00 Sunrise
9:00 The Morning Show
11:30 Morning News
12:00 Movie: Nora Roberts
Carolina Moon
2:00 Dr Oz
3:00 Childrens Programs
4:30 News at 4:30
5:30 Deal or No Deal
6:00 Seven News
6:30 Today Tonight
7:00 Home and Away
7:30 How I Met Your Mother
8:30 Greys Anatomy
9:30 Desperate Housewives
10:30 Private Practice
11:30 30 Rock
12:00 Heroes
1:00 Infomercials
3:00 Home Shopping
4:00 NBC Today
5:00 Early News
5:30 Today
9:00 Kerri-Anne
11:00 Morning News
12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1:00 Danoz Direct
2:00 Days of Our Lives
3:00 Entertainment Tonight
3:30 Childrens Programs
4:30 Afternoon News
5:30 Hot Seat
6:00 National News
6:30 A Current Affair
7:00 The Big Bang Theory
7:30 RBT
8:00 Getaway
8:30 Between the Lines
9:30 The NRL Footy Show
11:15 The AFL Footy Show
1:00 French Open Tennis Highlights
2:00 Danoz Direct
3:30 Good Morning America
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music
5:05 International News
1:00 Food Lovers Guide to
Australia
1:30 Don Matteo
2:30 Dateline
3:30 Letters and Numbers
4:00 The Journal
4:30 PBS Newshour
5:30 Global Village
6:00 Letters and Numbers
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Italian Food Safari
8:00 Lyndey and Blairs Taste of
Greece
8:30 Hestons Feasts
9:30 World News Australia
10:05 Movie: Shadows
12:20 Movie: The Method
2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
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5:00 Can We Help?
5:30 The Cook and the Chef
6:00 ABC News Breakfast
9:00 ABC News
9:30 Business Today
10:00 Noah and Saskia
10:25 Writers on Writing
10:50 Ace Day Jobs
11:00 Catalyst
11:30 One Plus One
12:00 Midday Report
12:30 Midsomer Murders
2:10 Worlds Greenest Homes
3:00 Childrens Programs
6:05 Mr Bean
6:30 Message Stick
7:00 ABC News
7:30 7.30
8:00 Collectors
8:30 Taggart
9:20 Hustle
10:20 Lateline
11:00 Home Time
11:35 rage
5:00 Sunrise Extra
5:30 Seven Early News
6:00 Sunrise
9:00 The Morning Show
11:30 Morning News
12:00 Movie: Fatal Contact: Bird
Flu in America
2:00 Dr Oz
3:00 Medical Emergency
3:30 Childrens Programs
4:00 Its Academic
4:30 News at 4:30
5:30 Deal or No Deal
6:00 Seven News
6:30 Today Tonight
7:00 Home and Away
7:30 Better Homes and Gardens
8:30 AFL Essendon vs Melbourne
11:45 That 70s Show
12:15 Alan Sugar: The Apprentice
1:35 Tiger Shark: Legendary Thug
of the Sea
3:00 Infomercials
4:00 NBC Today
5:00 Early News
5:30 Today
9:00 Kerri-Anne
11:00 Morning News
12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1:00 Danoz Direct
2:00 Days of Our Lives
3:00 Entertainment Tonight
3:30 Childrens Programs
4:30 Afternoon News
5:30 Hot Seat
6:00 National News
6:30 A Current Affair
7:00 The Big Bang Theory
7:30 Cronulla Sharks vs Brisbane
Broncos
9:30 Parramatta Eels vs Gold Coast
Titans
11:30 French Open Tennis
Highlights
12:30 Movie: Helter Skelter
3:00 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
3:30 Danoz Direct
4:30 Good Morning America
5:00 Weatherwatch
5:05 International News
1:00 Food Lovers Guide to
Australia
1:30 Insight
2:30 Journos
3:00 Living Black
3:30 Letters and Numbers
4:00 The Journal
4:30 PBS Newshour
5:30 Global Village
6:00 Letters and Numbers
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Coast
8:30 Edward VIII: The Nazi King
9:30 World News Australia
10:05 Indie Sex: Teen Flicks
11:15 Movie: Girls on Top 2
12:50 Entourage
1:15 South Park
2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight
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10:00 rage Guest Programmer: Airbourne
11:00 Willies Wonky Chocolate Factory
12:00 Collectors
12:30 Australian Story
1:00 Foreign Correspondent
1:30 The Trophy Room
2:00 Rugby League Qld Cup Tweed Heads
Vs Northern
4:00 Pilot Guides
5:00 Bowls: Moama Tri-Series
6:00 Can We Help?
6:30 Gardening Australia
7:00 ABC News
7:30 Doctor Who
8:15 Doctor Who: Confdential Cutdown
8:30 Outcasts
9:30 A Quiet Word with Richard E. Grant
10:00 The Graham Norton Show
10:45 Durham County
11:40 rage Guest Programmer: Airbourne
6:00 Childrens Programs
7:00 Weekend Sunrise
9:00 Saturday Disney
11:00 Castaway
11:30 Legend of Enyo
12:00 V8 Extra
12:30 That 70s Show
1:00 Queensland Weekender
1:30 Hawks Active
2:00 AFL Geelong Cats vs Western
Bulldogs
5:00 Creek to Coast
5:30 Queensland Weekender
6:00 Seven News
6:30 Hook Line and Sinker
7:00 AFL Collingwood vs St Kilda
10:30 Secret Mediterranean
11:30 The Hitrater.com
11:55 Movie: The Tattooist
1:45 Movie: Bad Manners
4:00 Home Shopping
5:00 Power Rangers
6:00 Childrens Programs
7:00 Weekend Today
9:00 Danoz Direct
10:00 Antiques Roadshow
10:30 Your 4x4
11:00 Kids WB
2:30 Movie: Gidget
4:30 Discover Down Under
5:00 News: First at Five
5:30 Your 4x4
6:00 National News
6:30 Funniest Home Videos
7:30 Movie: 17 Again
9:40 Movie: Crocodile Dundee II
11:50 French Open Tennis
Highlights
12:50 Movie: Edge of the World
2:35 The Avengers
3:35 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
4:05 Danoz Direct
5:30 Wesley Impact
5:00 Weatherwatch
5:05 International News
1:00 San Remo Song Contest
3:00 Jean-Michel Basquiat
4:00 Chroma
4:30 PBS Newshour
5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Monster Moves
8:30 Iron Chef
9:20 RocKwiz
10:05 Movie: Welcome to the
Sticks
11:55 SOS
12:55 Lifes a Zoo
1:25 Drawn Together
1:55 Weatherwatch Overnight
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6:30 Childrens Programs
9:00 Insiders
10:00 Inside Business
10:30 Offsiders
11:05 Asia Pacifc Focus
11:30 Songs of Praise
12:00 Landline
1:00 Jail Birds
1:30 Message Stick
2:00 Invasion of the Crocodiles
3:00 A Tale Faced Tale
4:10 Art Spiegelman: Traits De Memoire
4:55 Unfed
5:00 Art Nation
5:30 Mr Bean
5:45 Doctor Who
6:30 Chris Humfreys Wild Life
7:00 ABC News
7:30 The Great Rift: Africas Wild Heart
8:20 Inside the Great Rift
8:30 ABC News Update
8:30 The Kennedys
9:55 Compass
10:55 The Street
11:55 Order in the House
1:00 Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill
2:15 Fakes
4:00 The Bill
6:00 Childrens Programs
7:00 Weekend Sunrise
10:00 The Amazing Race Australia
11:00 Movie: Gone Fishin
1:00 AFL Adelaide vs Brisbane
4:00 Whats Up Down Under
4:30 Journey Through the Valley
of the Kings
5:30 Great South East
6:00 Seven News
6:30 Dancing With The Stars
8:30 Downton Abbey
10:00 Castle
11:00 Beyond the Darklands
12:00 AFL Collingwood vs West
Coast
3:00 NBC Today
4:00 NBC Meet the Press
6:00 Childrens Programs
7:00 Weekend Today
10:00 Wide World of Sports
11:00 The Sunday Footy Show
12:00 The Sunday Roast
1:00 Cybershack
1:30 Gilligans Island
2:00 In Their Footsteps
3:00 Between the Lines
4:00 St George Illawarra Dragons v
Wests Tigers
6:00 National News
6:30 In Their Footsteps
7:30 60 Minutes
8:30 The Mentalist
10:30 CSI Miami
11:25 The Guardian
12:20 Super League
2:20 Nine Presents Bruce
Springsteen
2:30 Danoz Direct
3:30 4WD TV
4:00 Good Morning America
4:15 UEFA Champions League
Final: Barcelona v Manchester
United
7:00 International News
10:30 Football Asia
11:00 Les Murrays Football
Feature
12:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial
12:30 Speedweek
2:00 International News
3:30 Feast India
4:00 Little Mosque on the
Prairie
4:30 Living Black
5:00 Cycling Central
6:00 Thalassa: The Voyage of
the Perle
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Who Do You Think You
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8:30 Dateline
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9:00 ABC News
9:30 Business Today
10:00 Backyard Science
10:25 Atoms Alive
10:40 Postcards from Bangladesh
10:50 Mosaic: Eyes on the World
11:00 Landline
12:00 Midday Report
12:30 Monarch of the Glen
1:30 Cheese Slices
2:00 Parliament Question Time
3:00 Childrens Programs
6:05 Mr Bean
6:30 Message Stick
7:00 ABC News
7:30 7:30
8:00 Australian Story
8:30 Four Corners
9:15 Media Watch
9:35 Q & A
10:30 Lateline
11:05 Lateline Business
11:35 MDA
12:30 The Clinic
1:25 Parliament Question Time
2:25 Bloodlines
3:00 Bowls: Moama International Tri Series
4:00 The Bill
5:00 Sunrise Extra
5:30 Seven Early News
6:00 Sunrise
9:00 The Morning Show
11:30 Morning News
12:00 Movie: Jane Doe: Yes I
Remember It Well
2:00 Dr Oz
3:00 Medical Emergency
3:30 Toybox
4:00 Its Academic
4:30 Seven News
5:30 Deal or No Deal
6:00 Seven News
6:30 Today Tonight
7:00 Home and Away
7:30 No Ordinary Family
8:30 The Amazing Race Australia
9:30 Brothers and Sisters
11:30 My Big Friggin Wedding
12:30 Room for Improvement
1:00 Infomercials
3:00 Home Shopping
4:00 NBC Today
5:00 Early News
5:30 Today
9:00 Kerri-Anne
11:00 Morning News
12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1:00 Danoz Direct
2:00 Days of Our Lives
3:00 Entertainment Tonight
3:30 Childrens Programs
4:30 Afternoon News
5:30 Hot Seat
6:00 National News
6:30 A Current Affair
7:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:00 Come Fly With Me
8:30 Survivor: Redemption Island
10:30 Survivor: Redemption Island
Reunion
11:30 The New Adventures of Old
Christine
12:00 Super Rugby Extra Time
1:00 French Open Tennis Highlights
2:00 Danoz Direct
3:00 4WD TV
3:30 Good Morning America
5:00 Weatherwatch
5:05 International News
1:00 Food Lovers Guide to
Australia
1:30 Dateline
2:30 Insight
3:30 Letters and Numbers
4:00 The Journal
4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial
5:00 The Crew
5:30 Living Black
6:00 Letters and Numbers
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Mythbusters
8:30 Man vs Wild
9:30 World News Australia
10:00 South Park
10:30 Cast Offs
11:30 The World Game
12:30 Living Black
1:00 Movie: Hostage
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9:30 Business Today
10:00 Behind the News
10:25 What I Wrote
10:30 Magic of Making
10:35 Designers
10:50 Ace Day Jobs
11:00 Big Ideas
12:00 Midday Report
12:30 Time Team
1:30 Meerkat Manor
2:00 Parliament Question Time
3:00 Childrens Programs
6:05 Mr Bean
6:30 Message Stick
7:00 ABC News
7:30 7.30
8:00 Foreign Correspondent
8:30 My Familys Crazy Gap Year
9:25 QI
9:55 Artscape
10:25 Lateline
11:00 Lateline Business
11:30 Four Corners
12:15 Media Watch
12:30 Parliament Question Time
1:30 Movie: I Know Where Im Going!
3:00 Big Ideas
4:00 The Bill
5:00 Sunrise Extra
5:30 Seven Early News
6:00 Sunrise
9:00 The Morning Show
11:30 Morning News
12:00 Movie: Mystery Woman: In
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2:00 Dr Oz
3:00 Medical Emergency
3:30 Toybox
4:00 Its Academic
4:30 Seven News
5:30 Deal or No Deal
6:00 Seven News
6:30 Today Tonight
7:00 Home and Away
7:30 Australias Got Talent
9:00 Winners and Losers
10:00 Parenthood
11:00 Cougar Town
11:30 Keeping Up With the
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12:00 The Philanthropist
1:00 Infomercials
3:00 Home Shopping
4:00 NBC Today
5:00 Early News
5:30 Today
9:00 Kerri-Anne
11:00 Morning News
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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011- Page 3
Shockwave plans
The Grassland Art Gallery in
Tambo will soon play host to
a quilted rendition of the well-
known Eric Carle picture book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
which is currently touring with
the Queensland Arts Council.
Inspired by one of the worlds
most recognised childrens books,
artist Karen Walden recreates this
lovable tale of metamorphosis as a
fusion of craft and literature.
To create the ten colourful fabric
pages, Ms Walden used a mixture
of hand dyed fabrics, machine
appliqu, paints and pencils.
Each page is recreated in
exact detail, with all 225 words
stitched alongside the much-loved
illustrations as the caterpillar eats
his way to becoming a butterfy.
Its pretty much an exact replica
of the book, just larger, said Ms
Walden.
Ms Walden, a Bundaberg artist
who has always loved sewing, was
inspired to create this exhibition
through her own familys love for
the classic childrens book.
Queensland Arts Council
Exhibitions manager, Mia Kempel,
says as one of our most cherished
books as children, The Very
Hungry Caterpillar exhibition
will capture the imagination and
hearts of both young and old.
With pages larger than life, The
Very Hungry Caterpillar invites
viewers to walk through the
book, allowing them to become
enchanted with this world-
renowned childrens tale, Ms
Kempel said. Its a wonderful
way for children and parents to
enjoy reading together while re-
discovering a family favourite.
The quilt will be at the gallery from
June 14 and will be accompanied
by themed canvases based on
the story created by Tambo State
School students.
An offcial opening will be held
on June 17 at 11am. Tambo State
School students from Prep to Year
Five and children from the Tambo
Child Care Centre will enjoy a
caterpillar feast of sausages,
cupcakes, salami and watermelon
at the opening, prepared by the
Tambo Arts Council and the
Tambo Multipurpose centre.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is
presented by Queensland Arts
Council in partnership with
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
and supported by Tim Fairfax
Family Foundation.
Quilted caterpillar tale
comes to Tambo
The front cover of the artist Karen Waldens quilted replica of childrens book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The Retro Pixies Dance troupe will
show off their moves at Shockwave.
Longreachs Gabby Mitchell will be a
live artist at the event.
continued from page 1
Those wanting something more
interactive can take theatre
workshops and create instant
performances for the festival, shoot
portraits for a huge photographic
projection, participate in a hip
hop hack workshop, try out some
hip hop moves, and learn DJ
techniques from DJ Nick C.
Other Shockwave activities will
include the community markets
and a range of artistic endeavours
which will transform Blackall for
the day.
Blackall youth can make their
mark with temporary light graffti
on the Memorial Hall which will
light up the town after dark, or
by contributing a post-it note to
the installation of Shockwave
messages.
Those wanting to create
something more permanent can
get involved with the stencil art
project to transform the skate
park table.
Sunday morning will bring a
skateboard, scooter and BMX
competition with young people
encouraged to bring their
skateboards, bikes and scooters
to the festival for the chance to
win prizes.
WHATS ON in 2011
MAY
27 Opening Night Heartland Festival Art Exhibition
28 Longreach SDE Interschool Gymkhana
28 Creative Generations Carwash
28 Heartland Festival Food and Music Fiesta
28-29 Arts Yakka Workshops in Tambo
29 Heart-y Breakfast with Blackall Walking Group
30-31Painting workshop
30-31 Photography workshop
31 Sustainable Gardening Day
JUNE
1 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
1 Under 8s Day St Josephs
1-2 Painting workshop
1 Shockwave volunteers briefng
2 Photography workshop
3 RFDS Mary G Show
3-4 Health and Wellbeing Information Stalls
4 Tambo Cup Races
4 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner
4-5 Shockwave Festival
5 Photography Exhibition Opening and Les Chansons
show
5 Church Bishops and Leaders Gathering
7 Friendship Group
7 Support Your Sister
8 Essentials for Business Success Workshop
8 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
10 Blackall vs Barcaldine Rugby League home game
11 Community Markets
11-12 Machine Quilting workshop with Pauline Rogers
11-12 Ian Francis Campdraft Clinic
11-12 MacKillop Rural Conference for Queensland 2011
15 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
18 Blackall State School Trivia Night
18-19 Mental Health First Aid Course
22 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
25 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Casino Night
25-30 Woodies Workshop
29 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
JULY
2 Blackall Races
2 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner
6 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
9 Community Markets
9 The BeeGees Tribute Show
13 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
20 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
20 Garden Competition
22 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall
27 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner
29-30 Radio Plays performances
30 Blackall Rugby League home game
Page 4 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011
Mary G brings
comedy to Blackall
Laughter will fll the Blackall
showgrounds next Friday night when
comedian Dr Mark Bin Bakar takes centre
stage as his well known alter ego Mary G.
The performance is part of the
Communities Caring for Mind and Body
tour which aims to raise awareness of
social and emotional wellbeing in towns
in the central west.
Mr Bin Baker promotes messages of
health, wellbeing and empowerment using
comedy in his shows as stage character
Mary G, a singing, dancing and comedic
indigenous woman.
He has performed at the Sydney Opera
House and other notable venues and was
named West Australian of the Year in
2007.
He also received an award for excellence
in flm in 2005 at the Deadly Awards
celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander excellence in music, sport,
entertainment and community.
The free concert will run from 6-9:30pm
and there will be a barbecue dinner
provided by the Royal Flying Doctor
Service and the Blackall Tambo Regional
Council for $4.
In conjunction with the event, health and
wellbeing information stalls will run on
Friday and Saturday in Short Street with
Mark Bin Baker taking the opportunity
to meet residents on Saturday morning
between 8:30-10:30am.
Blackall State School is gearing up to test
out the communitys general knowledge
with a trivia night to be held on June 18.
The event will kick off from 6:30pm at the
Blackall Cultural Centre for people over
18 and will raise money for the Blackall
State School P and C.
The night will cost $10 per head, with up
to eight people seated at each table.
Hot nibbles platters will be served and a
bar will be available.
The theme for the evening is fantasy with
prizes for the best costumes, as well as a
lucky door prize.
Anyone wanting to participate needs
to nominate themselves or their team by
Friday June 10 with nomination forms
available from the school or IGA with a
limited number of tickets available at the
door.
Trivia night
The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27- Page 17
To the Communities of Blackall & Tambo:
Council Meeting Unconfirmed 11 May Minutes:
x Administration is to investigate the most appropriate location
for the new Council noticeboards in Blackall and Tambo.
x Subsequent to the Tambo Child Care Community
Consultation Meeting held on the 15 April 2011, the surveys
sent out to the parents and users of the Centre are to be
collated and reported back to Council.
x Council adopted the Records Management Procedure Policy.
x Council adopted the Document Registering Procedure for
Councils electronic document management system,
Infoxpert.
x Council accepted the expression of interest from Ferry
Refrigeration and Electrical to supply electrical service to the
Township of Tambo as the company is suitably qualified and
is committed to living locally. Further that a rent free house
be provided to this contractor for a two year period.
x Council is to discuss the financial and in-kind commitment
associated with community events in Blackall and Tambo.
x Council supported the endorsing of a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Barcaldine, Blackall-Tambo and
Longreach Regional Councils to investigate the opportunity
and viability of establishing a regional waste management
approach for the Central Western Queensland region.
x Council received the minutes of the Blackall-Tambo Wild Dog
Advisory Group meeting held on 1 April 2011.
x Council is applying to Arts Queenslands Regional
Infrastructure Grant Program for shelving and air-conditioning
providing that it meets industry standards (ie humidity control)
for the storage facility at the Grassland Art Gallery and make
a budgetary allocation of half of the cost ($4,500)
x Council endorsed the recommendation from the Chief
Executive Officer to contribute $17,000 towards the
2011/2012 Annual Bid for the Regional Arts Development
Fund (RADF) program
x That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 97 and
Section 262(3)(c) of the Local Government Act) 2009, Council
modify the Schedule of Fees and Charges for the 2010/2011
to include the following fee under the heading Blackall
Saleyards Complex
NLIS Compliance Scanning $1.20 per head.
x Council accepted the tender from Mr Shane Robinson for the
construction of a new mezzanine floor and skillion roof shed
on a new concrete slab in the Blackall Council Depot.
x Council is to develop a policy on cemetery maintenance.
x Council is supporting the bid for a National Rugby League
(NRL) team in Central Queensland.
x Council advised the Outback Queensland Tourism Authority
(OQTA) why the Council prefers not to pay the amount
requested for the After the Rain campaign. However to
support regional tourism in this instance, the Council is
prepared to contribute $2,500 to the OQTA.
x Council has made Council facilities available to allow the
screening of the GasLand film.
x Council supports a deputation with the Minister for
Health to discuss the requirement to fluoridate
Blackalls water supply.
x Council supports a deputation with the Minister for
Local Government to discuss electoral arrangements
for the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council.
Positions Filled:
x Congratulations to the following new labourers and
plant operators for Tambo:
Trent Bannermann
Bryce Jarvis
Damien Sutton
Cody Saunders
Ashley Edmistone
x Congratulations to the following new labourers and
plant operators for Blackall:
Duncan Parry
Stephen Ogden
Guy Ashworth
Events Calendar:
x Bee Gees Tribute show will be playing at the Blackall
Cultural Centre on Saturday 9 July, 2011. Adults
$25.00, children $15.00 tickets are sold at the Blackall
and Tambo Council Offices. A bus service will be
running from Tambo for the Tambo residents for an
extra $5 per person. For further information please call
4621 6600.
x Elvis Presley Tribute show will be playing at the
Blackall Cultural Centre on Saturday 15 October with
more information to follow.
x Shockwave Youth Festival is on again on the 4 & 5 of
June, to be involved or to register your interest in
performing or entering your art contact Claire Rawlings
on shockwave.programmion@gmail.com.
Tambo Multi Purpose Centre:
x 3 June Mens Excursion
x 10 June Bingo
x 15 June Physiotherapist Tambo
x 15 June Exercise Physiologist Blackall
x 16 June Exercise Physiologist Tambo
x 17 June Hungry Caterpillar
x 24 June Blokes Afternoon
x 30 June Podiatrist - Tambo
For further information on any of the above, please
contact the Tambo Multi Purpose Centre on 4654 6481.
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 - 8 June 2011 Blackall.
Ken Timms
Chief Executive Officer.
Edition2027/05/11
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Head of Churches
Visit
The Anglican, Catholic and Uniting
Churches of Blackall invite you to
an informal gathering to meet with
the Central Queensland leaders of
their churches on Sunday June 5 at
5pm at the Catholic Parish Centre.
A bring and share meal will follow
at 6pm.
Further information is available
from Fr Matthew Moloney on 46
574105, Reverend Scott Ballment
on 46 512 662 and Reverend Beth
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or 0427 280 312
The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011 - Page 5
Blackall celebrates its volunteers
Blackall celebrated its volunteers
at a special luncheon held last
Thursday by the Blackall Tambo
Regional Council at the Community
Service offce.
Guests enjoyed quiche, lasagne,
salad and mocktails in the garden
with around 20 people turning out
for the event.
Councillor Peter Skewes thanked
the volunteers for their efforts
within the community and said their
assistance was necessary for the
town.
Today is to thank you all for
helping our community thrive, Cr
Skewes said.
Veronica Law, Rebecca Parry, Beth ONeill and Lesley Heatley
represented their respective community groups.
Danny Dugdell and Scott Walker found time for a chat
at the luncheon.
Gladys Hayward, Marie Messer, Bob Sutton and Terry Kingston caught up at
the luncheon held last Thursday.
Blackall ratepayers may have
reason to be concerned with recent
increases in land values causing
council to re-evaluate rates.
Recent land valuations saw the
values of some properties rise by
as much as 3500%.
Its an increase that is already
causing concerns among residents
who fear a substantial hike in
rates.
John Perry from Mead Consulting
Services attended the May council
meeting to discuss the current
rating system, with council
considering making changes.
CEO Ken Timms said council
will aim to ensure that individual
landowners are not subject to
extreme increases in their rates.
Some people will see their rates
go up, some may even see them go
down, he said.
Were currently reviewing our
differential ratings categories.
Mr Timms said potential
increases may even be gradually
implemented over a three
year period rather than in one
adjustment.
Council is trying to minimise
any impacts on the ratepayers,
he said.
Mr Timms said that the increases
in property values were substantial
but not necessarily unexpected.
The last valuation was in 2006,
so that means that there were
fve years where the values of
properties werent accurate, he
said.
According to Mr Timms, the
increases can be explained by
a variety of factors including
mining with the district, boundary
movements and market trends.
Residential properties within
Blackall and Tambo, and
industrial sites are the most likely
to be affected within the region.
Rural residents are unlikely to
be affected by any rates increases
as rural land values have not
changed signifcantly unlike
properties within town.
Any rises in rates will determined
at the upcoming budget meeting.
--by Victoria Nugent
Land valuations raise fears of rates increase
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Blackall youth can get creative
next week in the lead-up to the
Shockwave festival with workshops
planned for each afternoon.
The workshops will run each
afternoon at the Memorial Hall
between 3:30-6:30pm with visual
arts, theatre, photography and
event production all featured.
Young people will learn visual
arts skills with artists Duncan
Maurice and Sue Loveday.
Duncan Maurice is a director,
producer, event coordinator, stage
manager, and interdisciplinary
artist currently directing theatre
and live arts for the Queensland
Arts Councils Youth Program.
He has worked for a range of
organisations including Opera
Australia, the Cannes Film
Festival, The English National
Ballet, Tropical Fruits Inc, The
Really Useful Theatre Company,
and Nickelodeon.
Sue Loveday has 15 years
experience illustrating for
tattoos, stickers, clothing, books,
billboards, animations, computer
games and web sites.
Her latest works include the
10m long City Machine made
from painted cardboard boxes for
a Museum of Brisbane exhibition
and the giant pop up book made
for the Queen Street Mall Kids
Christmas workshops.
Those more interested in
theatre can take a workshop
with Johanna Searles who has
just returned to Australia after
six years in the United Kingdom,
where she worked within Creative
Junction delivering the Creative
Partnerships program and was
Head of Drama at Herschel
Grammar School.
Keen photographers can
improve their skills with Brisbane
photographer and flmmaker Melly
Niotakis who manages her own
company Niomedia and in 2010
produced a 55 metre photographic
mural at Inala in collaboration
with students from Inala and
Forest Lakes high schools.
Ms Niotakis is currently
collaborating with Contact Inc to
present a photographic project
with gender diverse participants
in Brisbane.
Shockwave organiser Brooke
Newall will be running workshops
in event production.
Ms Newall has worked in a
number of roles for Backbone
Youth Arts, BrainWays Education,
Metro Arts, Brisbane City
Council, Young People and the
Arts Australia, Arts Theatre, V
Management, Valley Fiesta, and
2high Festival.
There will be a volunteers briefng
held on the Wednesday from 6pm
until 6:30pm with volunteers co-
ordinator Rachel Walker.
Workshops will run throughout
the festival with young people able
to learn skills in areas from DJ-ing
to stencil art to hip hop dancing.
Workshop facilitators include
Brisbane DJ Nic C, hip hop artist
Candy Bowers, sound producer
Andrei Maberley, hip hop dancer
Bekky Carter, designer & stencil
artist Tom Everingham, and post-it
note prose writer Alex McCullum.
-- by Victoria Nugent
Creative workshops in Shockwave lead-up
The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011 - Page 15
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Once again I must thank the
many people who supported the
Biggest Morning Tea held in the
gardens of the Anglican Church
recently.
To all the community members
who baked a beautiful array of
scrumptious food and attended
the morning and supported our
raffe and multi draw, thank you.
Our community has been able to
raise a total of $3125 which has
been forwarded to the Queensland
Cancer Council.
We would not have been able to
raise this large amount of money
without the generous support of
all the individuals and businesses
who once again donated fantastic
prizes for our raffe, multi draw
and lucky gate.
Approximately 120 people
attended the morning tea and
enjoyed a great morning out. I
would also like to acknowledge
the support of the Blackall-
Tambo Regional Council and
the Department of Community
Services and the many people who
helped out on the day.
I am always extremely proud
of our local community when it
comes to working together for
a good cause and helping one
another to once again conduct
a very successful fundraiser for
cancer research.
--Anne Hauff
I write to express my
disappointment about recent
happenings in the retirement
village.
In the last two weeks, beautiful
shrubs and trees have been
reduced to brown remnants due
to very severe cutting back.
Why this was done at the
beginning of winter when there
is little chance of immediate grow
back baffes me. I used to take
great pride in showing visitors
around the beautiful grounds of
the Village. Alas, this wont be
happening for many months now!
I can only hope that the residents
will recover from their shock and
continue to lavish tender loving
care on their gardens.
--Terry Kingston
Retirement village disappointment
Biggest Morning Tea a success
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Blackall businesses have the
opportunity to brush up their
fnancial management skills with
a workshop to be held on June 8.
The workshop will be provided by
the Department of Employment,
Economic Development and
Innovation and will cover topics
including developing a budget
and cash fow budget, how to
use fnancial statements to
review business performance and
developing business improvement
strategies.
The workshops will be held from
5:30-8:30pm at the Blackall Tambo
Regional Council Chambers in
Coronation Drive.
Tambo residents wont miss out,
with the workshop to broadcast
via video conference at the Tambo
council chambers.
The workshop will be free to
attend, with light refreshments
provided.
Anyone interested in attending
the workshop should contact the
Rockhampton Service Centre of
the Department of Employment,
Economic Development and
Innovation on 4938 4572 or by
email at rockhampton.seminars@
deedi.qld.gov.au.
Workshops will also be held in
Longreach and Barcaldine.
Business workshops
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FoodandMusicFiesta
Date:Saturday28thMay
Time:3pm-midnight
Venue: BlackallShowgrounds
EntryPrice:$10adults,$5children,
cappedat$25forafamily
PAULCOSTA-LIVEINCONCERT
Contact:TamaraHardie,0411170
751tamara_hardie@bigpond.com
Heart-yBreakfast
Date:Sunday29thMay
Time:9am-11am
Venue:LivingArtsCentre,Cnr
HawthorneandRoseStreets
Price:$5.00
BreakfastincludingPoetrybyGraham
NunnandDaBestLittleTownintheWest
BookLaunch
Contact:DanielleButler,07-4657
4129,atholstation@gmail.com.Bill
andCarolynHauff,0755321815,
candwhauff@bigpond.com
TheWormTurns
GardeningWorkshop
Date:Tuesday31stMay
Time:9am-3pm
Venue:CWAHall,ClematisStreet,
Blackallforthemorningpresentation
andthenlunchatJimandJillTaylors
home,14BedfordStreet,Blackallfor
apracticaldemonstration.
Price:$25includesmorningtea,
lunchandafreesamplebag
Contact:LindyHardie,
0746576974,
hardie_dumfries@bigpond.com
PleaseRSVPforcateringby26.05.11
MaryGinConcert
Date:Friday3rdJune
Time:6pmto9.30pm
Venue:BlackallShowgrounds
EntryPrice:Free
Contact Person: Virginia Wacker
(BTRC Community Development
Offcer}, 07 4657 4440, cdo@btrc.qld.
gov.au
ArtExhibitionandOpening
Date:OpeningFriday27thMay,
runningtoThursday2ndJune
Time:6pm(OpeningNight),then
eachdayfrom10amto3pm
Venue:BlackallCulturalCentre,17
HawthornStreet,Blackall
EntryPrice:$15foropeningnight,
goldcoinforongoingexhibition
Contact:JillTaylor,0746576296,
blackallcultural@bigpond.com
Photographyworkshop-
CreativityandComposition
Date(s):Monday30thandTuesday
31stMay[2hoursessions]Thursday
2ndJune[4hoursession]
Time(s):Monday/Tuesday5.30pm
start,Thursday4pmstart
Venue:Monday/Tuesday-LivingArts
Centre,CnrHawthorneandRose
Street.Thursday-TheMemorialClub
EntryPrice:$120perperson
Contact:KarlaWard,0746576624,
karlaward@bigpond.com
LanternWorkshop
Date(s):May23rd-May27thplusa
LanternParadeSaturdaynight
Time(s):Workshops9.30-1pmand
3.15pm-5.30pm
Venue:TheLivingArtsCentre,corner
ofHawthornandRoseStreet.
EntryPrice:$10fortheworkshop
plus$20materiallevy
Contact:KarlaWard,0746576624,
karlaward@bigpond.com
PaintingWorkshop
Date:Saturday28thMay-
Wednesday1stJune
Time:9.30am-4pm
Venue:LivingArtsCentre,Cnr
HawthorneandRoseStreets
Price:$40plusmaterials
Contact:SallyCampbelltobook,
0746574693
PhotographyExhibition
Opening
Date:5thJune
Time:12pm
Venue:GrasslandArtGallery,26
ArthurStreet,Tambo
EntryPrice:$10
Contact:AlisonShaw,0428546107,
cfo@btrc.qld.gov.au
TamboCupRaces
Date:Saturday4thJune
Time:12noon
Venue:TamboRacecourse
Price:$5.50
Contact:BillRogers,0746546106,
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BlackallHeartland
LightingUpTheWest
27 May - 5 June 2011
www.blackallheartlandfestival.com.au
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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27, 2011 - Page 7
Blackall and Tambo residents interested in trying
their skills as voice actors will have their chance with
the upcoming Radio Plays event to be held in Blackall
on July 29-30.
The event is being held as part of the Queensland
Music Festival with two winning scripts from
Australias Richest National Radio Play Competition
in Miles set to be performed.
The frst play, Queen Bea is an entertaining look
at Australia in the future as a republic and the
appointment of a Grandmother from Emerald as our
new head of state. The second play The Call of the
Night Parrot is a humorous insight into the Cloncurry
Bird Observers Club and their quest to get evidence
that the rare Night Parrot isnt extinct.
Queensland Music Festival Artistic Director,
Deborah Conway said she encourages anyone with
an interest in acting from the Blackall-Tambo region
to get involved in the event.
Locals from both communities are invited to come
on down to meetings being held in June to hear more
about the production and meet the QMF team, Ms
Conway said.
Meetings will be held in Blackall at the CWA Hall
on June 5 from 2-4pm and on June 7 from 6:30-
8:30pm, and in Tambo at the Shire Hall on June 5
from 5:30-7:30pm and on June 6 from 6-8pm.
Performers aged from their teens and upwards,
male and female are needed to play the roles.
The plays will be presented in a casual cabaret
format, with the original scores written and
performed live by Queenslands award winning
Clocked Out ensemble led by Vanessa Tomlinson
and Erik Griswold with live sound effects provided by
foley artist Catherine Oates and music, sound effects
and staging provided by the festivals professional
production team.
Radio Plays is presented by Queensland Music
Festival, Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, Western
Downs Regional Council and Clocked Out in
association with M.A.I.D.2 PLAY.
Local actors sought for Radio Plays
At the end of this week Brisbane
poet Graham Nunn will be back
in the place he calls glorious
Blackall to perform at the 2011
Heartland Festival with Sheish
Money and Cindy Keong.
Its a place that is very special
to me and always stirs up some
new writing, he said.
He has visited three times in the
past for festival events and made a
number of friends.
I just love the place, he said.
You can see the whole universe
there.
Graham said he was excited
about playing at The Prince of
Wales Hotel on Friday, May 27.
The last time I performed there,
a local bush poet started whistling
on a gum leaf and all of a sudden
the place was overrun with dogs
that had come in, barking and
creating all sorts of commotion.
That kind of magic just doesnt
happen in the city.
Melinda Wells will be playing
early in the evening along with
Naomi Dolinski, before Graham
hits the stage with his blues
accompanist Sheish Money from
8:30pm.
He will also be featuring at the
Food and Music Fiesta on Saturday
and at the Hearty Breakfast at
the Living Arts Centre on Sunday
morning.
Sunday morning will be the
icing on the cake, being out in the
sun and putting on a show.
The Hearty Breakfast will be an
opportunity for people to meet
author Bill Hauff and his wife
Carolyn and obtain autographed
copies of their book about Blackall
and all its attractions.
Entitled Da Best Little Town
in the West, the Hauffs are
passionate about the town and all
it offers. The book will be on sale
for $22.95.
Breakfast starts at 9am after a
walk around the attractions that
Bill and Carolyn admire so much,
organised by the Blackall Walking
Group. People interested in joining
in should contact Gillian Robinson
for details on the starting point.
The breakfast has been
sponsored by the Blackall-Tambo
Regional Councils Primary Health
Care to promote healthy activities
and healthy food choices.
Graham recently featured a
poem about Blackall, which he
says captures some of the colour
and silence of the town, on his
blog called Another Lost Shark.
--by Sally Cripps
This town seems to be sleeping
quietly -
no one to be seen
on its one long street.
No one hanging out washing
or digging in the garden
or hammering on fence posts.
Children, where are you?
Why are you not chasing cloud
shadows
or throwing stones at telephone
poles?
Such calm, such calm.
I can hear the kite hawk circle
as it glides on thermal winds.
Its whooshing sigh
drawing a new map
around us.
Street of houses
show me you are alive.
Impatient children
chase each other across
red earth roads
toward the blue wall of
horizon.
--Graham Nunn
Shamrock Street
Blackall celebrated in poetry and words at festival
Page 8 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011

BlackallAirportUpdate

BPReliancePetroleum,thegroundhandlingagencyatBlackallAirport,hasdecidednottocontinuetheir
contract with QantasLink. As no other commercial operator responded to the advertisement, from
QantasLink, and in the interest of maintaining flights to and fromBlackall Airport, Council has initiated
negotiationstosupport theairservice forthebenefit ofresidents. Asofthe 2
nd
June 2011Council will
supplythegroundhandlingrequirementsforQantasLink.
Asatimelyreminderwewouldliketoemphasizetheimportanceofcheckinginearlyforyourflight,as
therewillbeanewteamwhodonotyethavethebenefitofthemanyyearsknowledgeandexperience
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checkinasearlyaspossibletoavoidflightdelays.TheBlackallAirportwillbeopen60minutespriorto
alldeparturesforcheckin.Rememberifyoucheckinonlineyoumaybecheckedinbutyourbagsare
not.Sopleasebeearlyoryoumayarriveatyourdestinationbutyourbagsmaynot.Baggagecloses30
minutespriortodeparture.
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are allowed multiple pieces of baggage provided the total weight does not exceed 23kg; if it does
passengers would be charged an excess baggage fee. The new system being introduced is 1 bag
per passenger policy with a maximum weightof 23kg. In addition passengers are allowed cabin
baggageof a total of7kg per person. ForQantasClub andChairmansLounge membersextra baggage
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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011 - Page 13

Market report
A top quality yarding of 3465
head were yarded at the Blackall
Weaner and Store Sale.
Good lines of weaner steers
and heifers sold to very strong
competition with the best of the
weaner steers topping at 256c.
Feeder steers in the 400-500kg
range sold to a top of 198c with
an avg of 185c. Steers in the 350-
400kg range made to 215c to avg
194c. Heavy weaner steers 280-
350kg topped at 217c to avg 195c.
Weaner steers 220-280kg avg
218c to top at 256c. Steers up to
220kg made to 256c to avg 226c.
Heifers in the 350-450kg range
made to 183c to avg 171c. Heavy
weaner heifers 280-350kg sold to
a top of 196c to avg 174c. Weaner
heifers 220-280kgs had a strong
top of 222c and avg 192c. Heifers
up to 220kgs topped at 222c to
avg 208c. A small number of cows
and calves topped at $790.
Woodbine Livestock
Woodbine Blackall sold Santa/
Droughtmaster/Euro cross steers
the top pen made 210c to weigh
399kg or $838, the draft avg
199c to weigh 392kg returning
$781. R and F Moyse Dunraven
Barcaldine sold a pen of Santa
steers for 188c to weigh 368kg or
$693.
The Seymour family sold
Droughtmaster/Brahman x steers
from Tambo to avg 184c weighing
353kg to return $650. Butch and
Hazel Howard of Locharnoch
Jericho sold Droughtmaster steers
and heifers. The steers topped
at 238c to avg 225c at 268kg to
return $605, while their heifer
portion averaged 215c and 219kg
to return $471.
Gillespie Graz Co Gillespie
Blackall sold Santa steers for 222c
weighing 270kg to return $600,
while their heifers made to 188c
to weigh 308kg to return $580.
Tim and Kylie Box Lancevale
Blackall sold Santa and Brahman
cross steers the top pen sold to
256c to weigh 233kg retuning
$596, the draft avg 200kg to make
236c or $471. Alister and Kim
Day Jaccondol Barcaldine sold
Droughtmaster Steers to average
217c for 286kg to return $622.
George and Jenny Bambling of
Hazelmere Aramac sold Santa
cross steers to avg 193c weighing
361kg to return $697.
Peter Skewes of Duthie Park
Blackall sold Santa/Charolais/
Angus cross heifers to average
177c for 321kg to return $569.
Ray and Helen Aspinall of Thalia
Blackall consigned Santa cross
heifers to 172c weighing 336kg for
$579.
Ian Macdonald Bloomfeld and Peter Evans Woodbine, catch up at the
Weaner and Store Sale held in Blackall last Thursday.
Blackall residents have a chance
to get a sparkling clean car on
Saturday when the dance troupe
holds their fundraiser carwash.
The event will raise money for
11 students to travel to Brisbane
to perform in the Creative
Generations showcase in June.
The fundraiser will run between
9am-2pm at the Blackall Tyre
Service and will cost $10 per car
and $15 for a four wheel drive.
If customers feel like something
to eat while they wait, the dance
troupe will also be running a
sausage sizzle throughout the
day.
Dance carwash
The Blackall Tambo Regional
Council has applied for an
exemption to Queenslands Water
Fluoridation Regulation 2008
which stipulates that towns with
a population over 1000 must add
fuoride to their water supply by
December 2011.
As part of the regulation the
council is getting concepts done
up for the project and establishing
costs of design and ongoing
maintenance, which may help in
earning the exemption, CEO Ken
Timms said.
Blackall has around 1,100
people. For the extra 100 people,
were asking if there isnt a simpler
way of doing things, Mr Timms
said.
Its in the hands of the
Queensland government now.
Fluoridisation fght
Rural businesses are being
encouraged to register with The
Brolga Project, an initiative that
provides Australian university
student the opportunity to
undertake work experience in
rural and regional Australia.
At the moment the project has
been experiencing diffculties
due to not having enough host
businesses for the number of
students registered.
The initiative aims to match
students with businesses in rural
and regional Australia within their
chosen feld of study, including
rural industries.
Anyone interested in more
information can visit www.
brolgaproject.com.au.
Rural work experience
Page 12 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011
Handmade lanterns to light up Blackall
Lanterns will light up Blackall this weekend for the
Heartland Festival, with lantern making workshops
ensuring a ready supply with 65 lanterns made by
Blackall students alone.
Sunshine coast artist Tamara Kirby guided a number
of RADF funded workshops throughout the week at
both schools and with the broader community at the
Living Arts Centre.
The lanterns will make their debut at the Heartland
Art Exhibition and will appear again at the Food and
Music Fiesta as part of a lantern parade.
Ms Kirby said that all the lanterns made tie in with the
Heartland Festival theme of Lighting up the West.
The small lanterns that the students have created
represent the colours of the earth, in red, orange and
green, Ms Kirby said.
Therell be a blue snaking river running between them
and the other lanterns include stars and a moon.
The lanterns will make a fnal appearance at the
Shockwave Festival next weekend.
Jo Timms and Brooke Hancock work on a lantern at the
workshop at the Blackall State School.
Jesse Stone prepares one of the paper sides of her
lantern.
Amy McNamara and Kaitlyn McErlean work together on a lan-
tern for the Heartland Festival.
Harry Timms and Karla Ward prepare to add another
side to the paper lantern theyre making.
Ben Timms shows off a fnished lantern at Wednesdays
workshop at Blackall State School.
The Barcoo Independent, Friday, May 27 2011 - Page 9
Although the Blackall Heartland
Festival doesnt offcially open
until this evening, the Heartland
Photography Exhibition being
hosted by the Tambo Arts Council
at the Grassland Art Gallery is
already open and attracting lots of
interest.
All the works are in colour
and there are some interesting
manipulated images that really
bring the colours out, organiser
Alison Shaw said.
The photographers have created
some remarkable effects it is as if
the gallery is on fre, she added.
With a theme of Lighting up the
West, images are predominantly
sunrises and sunsets, although
some different interpretations
include a koala that lit up the day
for Inge Gajczak.
Tambos own photography
practitioners have given the
exhibition good support this year,
with eight of the 14 entrants being
local residents.
All up, 42 works are on show
and for sale.
Nine works were sold through
the gallery at the exhibition last
year for a total value of $1155 and
organisers are hopeful of a similar
clearance this time around.
According to Tambo Arts Council
spokesperson Kim Davidson, the
exhibition offers photographers
from the central west a wonderful
opportunity to exhibit their work
in a frst class modern gallery, as
well as the chance to market to a
broader audience.
The exhibition opening will take
place on Sunday, June 5 when the
Heartland Festival focus moves to
Tambo.
After the Tambo Cup race
meeting on Saturday, June 4,
festival patrons will be able to
enjoy a light meal and music by
Les Chansons from 2.30pm on
Sunday.
The exhibition will be hanging
at the Grassland Art Gallery until
June 10.
-- by Sally Cripps
Janette Lawler has captured the power of the sun for the Heartland Festivals
Lighting up the West photography exhibition, open at Tambo until June 10.
Heartland photos open to public
will be available in the June 3 and June 10 issues of The Barcoo Independent. Taking bookings
now
Contact Victoria Nugent on (07) 4657 6966 or at barcooindependent@gmail.com
With all the volunteers currently
involved in community events,
Blackall residents may like to
think about nominating some of
them for the Queensland Young
Volunteers Awards.
The awards celebrate volunteers
aged between 12 and 25 who have
made signifcant contributions to
their community in a number of
different categories.
The awards recognise individuals
and groups in the categories of
arts and culture, community
service, green volunteers, online
volunteers, social innovators and
sports and recreation.
Winners will receive $500 and
a certifcate of recognition, with
applications closing on June 24.
Nominations can be made by a
community leader, organisation,
teacher or the young volunteer
themselves.
Nominees under 18 must have
their parent or guardians consent
for the nomination
For more information on the
awards, visit www.volunteering.
qld.gov.au.
Recognition for
young volunteers
Do you know of
something you
think The Barcoo
Independent
should cover?
Contact Victoria
Nugent.
(07) 4657 6966
barcooindependent@
gmail.com
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Blackall State School names local heroes
Blackall State School celebrated
the achievements of past students
and community members on
Monday at their annual Heroes
Awards.
The awards were held as part of
the schools State Education Week
celebrations which saw lantern
making workshops, Open Day, a
talent contest and a basketball
competition held throughout the
week.
At the awards ceremony two
Past Student Hero awards were
presented to past students who
have achieved success in their
studies or chosen career.
This year the awards were
presented to Dr Bradley Smith
and Jim McNall.
Dr Bradley Smith resides and
works in London as a molecular
biologist searching for a cure for
motor neurone disease.
After completing a Bachelor
of Science with honours at the
University of Queensland, Bradley
worked for the Department of
Primary Industries, at Long
Pocket, Indooroopilly in Brisbane,
researching ways to prevent
the spoilage of mangoes being
exported to Asia.
He also held positions at
the University of Queensland
investigating the genetics behind
the prawn industry and with
the Animal Research Institute
investigating methods of detecting
pneumonia in commercial
piggeries.
Developing a passion for
molecular biology saw Bradley
move to London to study neuro-
genetics at Kings College in
London.
He published a scientifc paper
entitled Candidate gene studies
in motor neurone disorders,
which saw him become Dr Bradley
Smith when he was awarded
a Doctor of Philosophy for his
specialist studies.
Jim McNall has achieved success
is his career as an electrician and
has made many contributions to
his community.
Jim completed his electrical
apprenticeship in Blackall with
Peter Shaw Electrical before
working with Ergon Energy in
Cunnamulla and Roma.
He is now employed in the
The Blackall dance troupe gave the audience a taste of their
upcoming Creative Generations performance.
Living Treasure Glenda Tierney and 2010 Living
Treasure Marie Messer with Alison McNall and Trethalla
Smith who received their sons past student awards.
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for school debating and public speaking and has
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Jim has previously received an Ergon Energy
Customer Service Award and the Apex District
Governor of the Year Award for his contributions to
community.
The Living Treasure award is given to a member of
the local community who has continually supported
Blackall State School students, with this years
award going to Glenda Tierney.
Glenda has spent 30 years educating Blackall youth
and was herself a Blackall State School student.
After fnishing Year 10 at Blackall State School,
Glenda worked as a student nurse at the Barcaldine
hospital before relocating to Brisbane where
she worked at the Montrose Home for Crippled
Children.
She soon returned to Blackall with a family of
her own and in her days as a Blackall State School
parent, Glenda volunteered in home economics,
tuckshop, coaching netball and swimming.
In 1981, she returned to the school as a teacher aide,
before returning to studies to achieve an Associate
Diploma of Education Childcare and a Bachelor of
Education via distance education in 2002.
Glenda has been a teacher at the school ever since,
beginning as the preschool teacher in 2003 and
holding various other positions.
Glenda also works with students with disabilities,
echoing her similar work during her earlier years in
Brisbane.
Community Hero Awards were also presented
to individuals who contributed to the education of
Blackall State School students by volunteering,
training, coaching and providing opportunities.
The recipients were Jody Fanning, Rod Allpass,
Peter Ward, Les Williams, Allen Soxsmith, Jane
Carolan, Peter Hauff, Alison Mobbs, Neville Dolinski,
Tina Loveday, Gladys Hayward, Liz Harvey, Max
Seymour, Lynette Davison, Ken Timms and Beth
ONeill.
The Creative Generations Dance Troupe, Blackall
State School band and Blackall State School choir all
provided performances throughout the ceremony.
The awards were followed by a luncheon for invited
guests, prepared by teachers Joanne Timms and
Karla Ward.
--by Victoria Nugent
The Blackall State School choir set the tone for the event
with their rendition of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,
led by teacher Fiona Ludgate.
The Blackall State School band started off proceedings for
the morning, led by music teacher Michelle Gracie.