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SPORT ON THE BARCOO

Do you have results orinformation to contribute to

the sports section?Contact Victoria Nugent.

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Isisford holds Ross Cup races

The Pearson family, right (James and Sarah with Ella,

Alex and Sam) were happy to collect the sash for the Isis

Downs class 3 plate from Amy Phillips and Alex Walsh afterGreenhides win at Isisford on Saturday. Also present were

jockey Roy Mules and strapper Rosie Kerr.

Richard Simpson, Longreach (fourth left) was happy to

collect the Ross Cup with his 11 year old gelding Equitant

at Isisfords only race meeting for the year. Members of

the Ross family making the presentation for the 1400

metre open handicap race were Kylie Hauff (far left),

Colin, David, Wayne and Craig, holding Tyson Hauff. WillChandler (second left) represented race sponsor Oma

Contracting and the jockey was David Rewald.

Checking out the form guide at the Isisford races were

Jenna McDouall, Matt McLane and Mike Butler.

Anita Dennis caught up with the Kings family Chloe,

Lisa and Rod at Isisfords Ross Cup race meeting on

Saturday.

In club pairs last Sunday, John Carter and Don Daly

were much too good for Greg MacNamara and Gary

Whiteld. After scoring ve on the rst end, John and

Don were never in doubt and nished up winning 30-

13 after only 18 ends.

In B singles John Bowyer played very well to beat

Mitch Pngst who had one of his worst days 31-15.

In social play Wayne and Lauretta were a shade too

good for Roy and Julie winning 22-15.

Next week the pairs nal will be played at the

Blackall Bowls Club starting at 8am due to hot

weather conditions.

D Daly and J Carter to play W Richardson and J

Bowyer.

Social play will be available and visitors welcome.

--Dally Holden

Carter and Dalys bowls

triumph


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INDEPENDENTTHE BARCOO

Blackalls own community newspaper

November 18 2011 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]

Game Meat Processing closed until 2012

Blackalls kangaroo processing

plant has been closed once again

after the wallaroo quota for the

year was met.

Wandering geese cause drama for residents The Blackall Golf Clubs

local geese have taken toroaming the town with

several Shamrock Streetresidents saying this is

causing problems.Bev Johnstone, Gretchen

Hayman and Del Wheelhouseare amongst those affected

by the wandering geese.Complaints include

gardens and paths strewn

with faeces, grass pulled out

by the roots, terrorised dogs

and small children and trafcdisturbances.

Bev said she has betweenseven and nine geese in herbackyard on a daily basis,

but the most that have beenin her backyard on any one

occasion was 20.Bev said she was constantly

cleaning up after the geese,

while her dog suffered the

disadvantage of having hiswater drained by the visitingbirds.

Im not a whinger, but

enoughs enough, Bev said.Bev said she also felt that

the geese caused a signicanttrafc hazard with two tothree vehicles having to slowfor the geese daily.

They nearly caused an

accident the other day with

an oil tanker, Bev said.He had to swerve really

close to the fence to get away

from them.Approximately 150 geese

live at the golf course,

alongside wild ducks, brolgas,kangaroos and various otherwildlife species, with variousmembers of the public feeding

the birds on the grounds.continued on page 3

Geese living at the Blackall golf course have been

causing problems for some local residents.

Blackalls kangaroo processing

centre has fallen quiet over thepast seven weeks after the wallarooharvesting quota set for Queenslandfor 2011 was lled.

Game Meat Processing general

manager Don Church said the

fullment of the quota meant thatit wasnt viable to keep running theBlackall plant, as it made up themajority of the product processed.

We thought there would be enough

to continue until the end of the year,

Mr Church said.Its no good to us to have that part

of our business sitting idle, he said.Next year the wallaroo harvest

quota is set to more than double

from approximately 240 000 to over500 000.

The plan is to open up after the

new quotas start, Mr Church said.Mr Church said the plant was likely

to remain closed for the remainder of

the year.In July, when the plant reopened

days after announcing its closure,

then general manager Rex De Vantier

said the decision would be reviewedwithin six months.

When asked to conrm a reopeningdate for the plant, Mr Church said he

could not comment on the matter.

I cant conrm or deny decisionsthat are not made by me, Mr Church

said.Mr Church said in addition to the

procedural changes, Game Meat

Processing were continuing to work

on upgrading the Blackall plant.Theres a contractor out there at

the moment working on drainage,

Mr Church said.Weve spent a substantial amount

of money.

When asked if the plant wouldreopen at full capacity next year, Mr

Church declined to comment.


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Editorial

Work is proceeding on the Barcoo

River Bridge at Gillespie withlarge pylons having been drivenand heavy rock walls installed atthe base of the reinforced pylons

and along the river banks as wellas the approaches to the bridge.

Main Roads ofcers have assuredme the bridge will be able to be

used with controlled trafc owsin the event of the sidetrack beingaffected by a ow in the river.While it is not as good as being

completely restored this approach

will ensure a nancial disaster isaverted.

Waratah Coal held an information

meeting in the Blackall Club on

the afternoon of November 10. I

have gathered the meeting wasnot well advertised and few peoplewere present. However it was aninteresting meeting in as much

as those who did attend havebeen able to listen and give theiropinions on some of the issues

which the presentation raised. Asthis project is one of ve plannedto come on line in the foreseeable

future there is denitely going tobe ow on effects for both Blackall

and Tambo. One can only trustthat the positives of such effectswill out weight the negatives whichwill undoubtedly arise.

At the General Meeting ofCouncil on November 9 a letter

was received drawing our attentionto a growing ying fox colony onthe Barcoo River. On November11 an inspection revealed a largesh kill in the waterhole behindthe Blackall Golf Course. Allefforts were made to contact the

relevant government body, theEnvironmental Planning Authority(EPA) to report the conditionsprevailing on the Barcoo. Wehave been assured verbally thatthe ying foxes are not causingthe pollution or the sh kill.EPA ofcers are investigating theoccurrence. Please keep clear ofthis area of the Barcoo River. The Blackall Tambo Regional

Council was able to listen to an

update of mining exploration beingcarried out by Coal Bank. BrucePatrick assured us there was no

appreciable coal close to the town

of Blackall. Exploration is tocontinue with agreements being

negotiated with landholders.Council has undertaken to

support an application for funding

through the National Rural and

Remote Health Infrastructure

Program to construct a facility

including exercise and consultingrooms to support the deliveryof Allied Health programs byvisiting professionals at theBlackall Aquatic Centre. TheBlackall Tambo Regional Council

contribution will be 50% of thecosts of the project should the

submission be successful.The recent dry storms have again

given landholders res aplenty tocontend with. The Blackall TamboRegional Council has again been

able to assist though deployment

of staff and machinery when

requested. We certainly thank ourstaff for their efforts in assisting in

the containment of these res.On a lighter note it was great to

receive a certicate of appreciationfrom the Blackall Dance Group,

for councils assistance for their

recent concert Alice ThroughTime, a most enjoyable production

which featured a cast of Blackalldancers. On behalf of Council,thank you so much.

It was indeed a pleasure to be

present at the presentation night

for the Blackall State School. The program was a reection ona very full year for the school with many sucessful students

receiving awards for excellencein their studies. It was also timeto say farewell to Principal Jason

Smith and his family. Jason hasbeen an exceptional leader of theBlackall State School and we wish

the Smith family every good wishfor the future.

--Jan Ross

FROM THE MAYORS DESK

Congratulations to the

graduating Year 12 students at

Blackall State School this week. Iremember all too well the mix of

joy and uncertainty that this time

brings and want to encourage

them in their future endeavours.

Its a wide world out there as therecent graduates are probably well

aware, with the future stretching

before them full of possibilities and

potential. I want to urge them all to

follow their dreams relentlessly.

Sometimes a little bit of courage

and determination is all you need

to build the future that you want.

Taking risks may well be terrifying,

but you never know how something

may turn out unless you try.

Dont miss next weeks

Barcoo Independent,

featuring Blackall StateSchool formal photos-

IN COLOUR!


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

WednesdayNovember23

5:00 Strictly Speaking5:30 Spicks And Specks6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 For The Juniors10:15 Our Animals10:20 Cyberchase10:45 Behind The News Special11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Bush Slam2:00 Parliament Question Time3:05 Childrens Programs6:00 Country House Rescue6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7:308:00 Outnumbered8:30 Spicks and Specks9:30 The Hamster Wheel10:00 At the Movies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 South Pacifc

12:25 Parliament Question Time1:25 Country House Rescue2:20 Hungry Beast3:00 Big Ideas4:00 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: In The Line Of Duty:Blaze Of Glory2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Border Security USA3:30 Childrens Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Guide To The Good Life5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 The One- Australias MostGifted Psychic8:30 Criminal Minds10:30 Great Escapes11:30 Gangs of Oz12:30 Sons and Daughters1:00 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping3:30 Room For Improvement4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News5:30 Today9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Morning News12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show1:00 Danoz Direct2:00 Days of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Childrens Programs4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat6:00 National News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 Frozen Planet Meltdown9:30 Prime Suspect10:30 True CSI11:30 Hot In Cleveland12:00 Eclipse Music TV12:30 Entertainment Tonight1:00 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Newstyle Direct3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Korean News

5:30 UEFA Champions League

8:00 International News

3:00 Letters and Numbers

3:30 Al Jazeera News

4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers

6:30 World News Australia

7:30 Toughest Place to Be a...

Paramedic

8:30 One Born Every Minute


10:00 Jameson Inside Film

Awards Sydney 2011

12:00 112 Emergency

1:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

ThursdayNovember24

4:55 National Press Club Address6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News

9:30 Business Today10:00 Take On Technology10:20 Designers10:30 Behind The News11:00 Badgers: Secret Of The Sett12:00 Midday Report12:30 Hope Springs1:30 Mother and Son2:00 Parliament Question Time3:00 Childrens Programs6:00 River Cottage Spring6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 QI8:30 The Slap9:30 Crownies10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:30 Live From Abbey Road12:20 Parliament Question Time

1:30 QI2:05 Lilies3:10 To The Manor Bowen4:00 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra5:30 Seven Early News6:00 Sunrise

9:00 The Morning Show11:30 Morning News12:00 Movie: Wicker Park2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Border Security USA3:30 Childrens Programs4:30 Seven News5:00 Guide To The Good Life5:30 Deal or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Home and Away7:30 Beauty and the GeekAustralia9:00 Happy Endings9:30 The Amazing Race10:30 Outsourced11:30 30 Rock12:00 Trauma

1:30 Infomercials3:00 Home Shopping4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne11:00 Hi 5

11:30 The Presidents Cup 2011

4:30 Antiques Roadshow

5:00 Alive and Cooking

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News

6:30 A Current Affair

7:00 The Big Bang Theory

8:30 Unforgettable

9:30 The Mentalist

10:30 CSI Miami

11:30 Rubicon

12:30 The Baron

1:30 Danoz Direct3:00 Newstyle Direct

3:30 Good Morning America

5:00 Korean News





4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village



7:30 My Sri Lanka with Peter

Kuruvita

8:00 Luke Nguyens Vietnam

8:30 The Family


10:00 Big Love


Hour12:05 Movie: Remember Me


FridayNovem

ber25

5:00 Can We Help?5:30 The New Inventors6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Animalia10:25 Telling Tales10:30 Noah and Saskia10:55 Ace Day Jobs11:00 World Caf Asia11:30 One Plus One12:00 Midday Report12:30 Agatha Christies Miss Marple2:10 The Genius of Design3:00 Childrens Programs6:00 Choccywoccydoodah6:25 TBA

7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 My Family8:30 Midsomer Murders10:05 The Old Guys10:40Lateline11:20 Tracey Ullmans State Of The Union11:45 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: The Family Stone

2:00 Dr Oz

3:30 Childrens Programs

4:30 Seven News

5:00 Guide To The Good Life

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

9:00 Movie: Funny People

12:00 October Road

2:00 Mountains Of Adventure

3:00 Infomercials

4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

5:30 Today

9:00 Kerri-Anne

11:00 Morning News

11:00 Hi 5


4:30 Antiques Roadshow


5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News


7:00 The Big Bang Theory

7:30 RBT

8:30 Movie11:10 Taking Lives

1:15 Thank God Its Friday

3:00 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

3:30 Danoz Direct


5:00 Weatherwatch and Music5:05 International News1:00 Food Lovers Guide toAustralia1:30 Tiger Woods: The Rise andFall2:30 Living Black3:00 Letters and Numbers3:30 Al Jazeera News4:00 The Journal4:30 PBS Newshour5:30 Global Village6:00 Letters and Numbers6:30 World News Australia7:30 Town with Nicholas Crane8:30 As It Happened9:30 World News Australia10:05 Boob Tube: Sex, TV andUgly George11:15 Movie:DarkBlueAlmostBlack1:05 South Park2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

SaturdayNovember26

5:00 rage

10:00 rage Guest Programmer: Bag Raiders

11:00 Choccywoccydoodah

11:20 Miniscule

11:30 The Hunt For HMAS Sydney

12:30 Foreign Correspondent

1:00 Basketball: WNBL: Logan Vs West Coast

3:00 Football: W-League: Adelaide United

Vs Sydney FC

5:00 Bowls: Australia v RSA 2011

6:00 Monty Dons Italian Gardens6:30 Gardening Australia

7:00 ABC News

7:30 Doc Martin

8:20 Agatha Christies Miss Marple

9:50 The Graham Norton Show

10:40 Trial And Retribution

11:25 rage Guest Programmer: Bag Raiders

6:00 Childrens Programs7:00 Weekend Sunrise9:00 Saturday Disney11:00 Childrens Programs2:00 V8 Extra2:30 Motorsport3:30 Destination New Zealand4:00 Cheetah Man5:00 Creek to Coast5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 Seven News6:30 Movie: Nutty Professor II:The Klumps8:45 Movie: Hellboy II: TheGolden Army11:15 That 70s Show12:15 Greys Anatomy1:15 Movie: Pieces Of April3:00 The Ghan Is Going4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Dr Oz

6:00 Childrens Programs7:00 Weekend Today10:00 Danoz Direct11:00 MX TV11:30 4WD TV11:00 Kids WB1:30 International Cycling Grand Prix3:30 The Wildlife Man featuring DavidIreland4:30 The Garden Gurus5:00 National News5:30 4WD TV6:00 National News6:30 Australias Funniest Home Videos7:30 Movie:9:30 Movie:12:15 Movie: A Love Song For Bobby Long1:50 Agatha Christies The Mirror Crackd3:50 Nine Presents Damien Leith4:00 Danoz Direct5:30 Wesley Impact

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music


1:00 Der Rosenkavalier

4:25 The Chopin Etudes

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Prototype This


7:30 Big, Bigger, Biggest

8:30 Mythbusters

9:30 RocKwiz

10:20 Movie: Stone Bros

12:00 SOS

1:00 South Park




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

S

undayNovember20

5:00 Rage6:30 Childrens Programs9:00 Insiders10:00 Inside Business10:30 Offsiders11:00 Asia Pacifc Focus

11:30 Songs of Praise12:00 Landline

1:00 7:301:30 Message Stick2:00 The Mikado4:20 Proud Possessors4:30 Proud Possessors5:00 Art Nation6:00 Life6:50 Miniscule7:00 ABC News7:30 Restoration Home8:30 The Night Watch10:05 Compass10:30 Pride And Prejudice11:25 Ladies Of Letters11:50 Restoration Home12:50 The Night Watch2:20 Hungry Beast3:00 Lilies4:00 rage


7:00 Weekend Sunrise

10:00 Kochies Business Builders

10:30 Under the Hammer

11:00 Erky Perky

12:00 Breaking The Magicians

Code1:00 V8 Supercars

4:30 Three In A Bed

5:30 The Great South East

6:00 Seven News

6:30 Sunday Night

7:30 Wild Boys

9:30 Castle

10:30 Royal Pains

11:30 Forensic Investigators

12:30 Greys Anatomy

1:30 The Real Seachange

2:00 Home Shopping

3:00 NBC Today

4:00 NBC Meet the Press

6:00 Weekend Today



5:00 Getaway

5:30 MX TV

6:00 National News

6:30 Frozen Planet

7:30 60 Minutes

8:30 CSI

9:30 Person of Interest

10:30 Prime Suspect

11:30 Flashpoint

12:30 The Baron

1:30 Spyforce

2:30 Danoz Direct

3:30 Newstyle Direct



8:30 PopAsia

10:30 Football Asia

11:00 Les Murrays Football

Feature


Magazine Program

12:30 Speedweek


3:00 A Fork in Asia

3:30 Indigenous Football

Festival 2011

4:30 Living Black

5:00 Cycling Central

6:00 Thalassa


7:30 The Bible: A History

8:30 Kissinger

10:20 Movie: Barefoot

12:20 Movie: The Vanishing

Point


MondayNovember21

5:00 Art Nation

5:30 At The Movies

6:00 ABC News Breakfast

9:00 ABC News

9:30 Business Today

10:00 Backyard Science

10:25 Waterworks

11:00 Landline

12:00 Midday Report

12:30 Monarch of the Glen

1:25 A Poets Guide to Britain

2:00 Parliament Question Time


6:00 Grand Designs

6:50 Miniscule

7:00 ABC News

7:30 7:308:00 Whos Been Sleeping In My House?

8:30 The Hour

10:30 Lateline

11:05 Lateline Business

11:35 Darling Buds Of May

12:25 Parliament Question Time

1:25 Whos Been Sleeping In My House?

3:30 Bowls: Australia v RSA 2011 Mens Triples

4:00 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra


6:00 Sunrise


11:30 Morning News

12:00 The Summit

2:00 Dr Oz

3:00 Border Security USA


4:30 News at 4:30



6:00 Seven News

6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away

7:30 The X Factor

9:30 Kyle And Jackie Os Night

With The Stars

11:00 Dual Suspects

12:00 Secrets Of The Rainforest

1:00 Infomercials

3:00 Home Shopping

3:30 Room For Improvement

4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Early News

6:00 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


4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News


7:00 The Celebrity Apprentice

8:30 The Big Bang Theory9:30 The Mentalist

9:30 CSI Miami

11:30 Undercovers

12:30 The Avengers


2:00 Danoz Direct





1:00 Age of Terror

2:00 India Reborn



4:00 The Journal

4:30 Futbol Mundial

5:00 The Crew

5:30 Living Black



7:30 Mythbusters

8:30 Man vs Wild


10:00 Housos

10: 30 Skins

11:30 The World Game

12:30 Living Black

1:00 Movie: The Kaifeck

Murders


TuesdayNovember22

5:00 Gardening Australia5:30 First Tuesday Book Club With JenniferByrne6:00 ABC News Breakfast9:00 ABC News9:30 Business Today10:00 Behind the News10:25 Australias Heritage

10:30 Australian Prime Ministers10:35 Naturally Australia10:50 Our Animals11:00 Big Ideas12:00 Midday Report12:30 Churchills Darkest Decision1:20 The Cook And The Chef Moments1:35 Meerkat Manor2:00 Parliament Question Time3:00 Childrens Programs6:00 The Private Life Of7:00 ABC News7:30 7.308:00 Foreign Correspondent8:30 The Grumpy Guide to Food9:30 United States of Tara10:00 Artscape10:30 Lateline11:05 Lateline Business11:35 The Deep

1:10 Parliament Question Time2:10 Monarch of the Glen3:00 Big Ideas4:00 rage

5:00 Sunrise Extra


6:00 Sunrise


11:00 Morning News

12:00 The Summit

2:00 Dr Oz3:00 Border Security USA


4:30 News at 4:30



6:00 Seven News

6:30 Today Tonight

7:00 Home and Away

7:30 The X Factor

9:30 Happy Endings

10:00 How I Met Your Mother

10:30 Dinner Date

11:30 Parks and Recreation

12:00 House Calls To The Rescue

1:00 Infomercials3:00 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 Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight


4:30 Afternoon News

5:30 Hot Seat

6:00 National News


7:00 The Celebrity Apprentice

7:30The Big Bang Theory

8:30 Two and a Half Men

9:00 Mike and Molly

9:30 Survivor: South Pacifc

10:30 Extreme Makeover

11:30 Hot In Cleveland

12:00 20/20


1:30 Danoz Direct





1:00 Ethnic Business Awards

2011



4:00 The Journal

4:30 PBS Newshour

5:30 Global Village



7:30 David Attenborough:

Death of the Oceans?

8:30 Immigration Nation: The

Secret History of Us


10:05 The Pipe

11:40 Movie: Welcome Home1:40 A Well-Founded Fear


Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstancesCLASSIFICATIONS: G General ClassicationM MatureClassicationRecommendedforviewingbymatureaudiences.PG ParentalGuidanceRecommended

MA MatureAudienceNotsuitablefor peopleunder15yearsofage. AV AdultViolenceClassicationNotsuitablefor peopleunder15yearsofage.


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The Barcoo Independent, Friday, November 11 2011- Page 3

The Combined Churches of Blackall invite everyone to the

Blackall Christmas Tree Festivalon Sunday Nov 27at HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH

Starting with a Sausage Sizzle at 6.30pm

Carol Service & Tree Lighting 7.30pm

Can you help make this years festival better than ever by adding a Christmas tree or Christmas item,no matter how big or small, to our display?

These should be left at the church by Saturday Nov 26 and may be collected from Thursday Dec 1

Further information from Revd Beth ONeill 46574154Revd Scott Ballment 46512662

continued from page 1

President of the Blackall Golf Club

Les Williams said the geese did not

in fact belong to the golf club and

had gradually accumulated overthe past decade with residents

leaving domesticated geese at thegolf club grounds.

It comes back down to the

question of who is responsible for

the geese, Les said.They dont belong to the golf

club and theyre treated as wild

animals.Les said the population had

been reduced by half last year in a

controlled cull.Luckily the geese havent reared

any young for two years, Lessaid.Les said dry conditions meant

that the geese had started

wandering in search of greener

pastures.When theres been good rain

and a good body of feed, theyre

very happy to stay at the golfcourse, Les said.

Les said although he and other

members have heard anecdotalcomments about the geese, the

club has yet to receive a formalletter of complaint.

If people want to get something

done, they need to put it in writing

so it can be taken to a meeting,

Les said.There have not been any formal

letters of complaint in the last two

years.

Gallivanting geesecause problems

Last day for Blackall Year12 students To my departing Year 12

students On Friday 18 all of you will have left the shelter of yourcocooned school lives into a worldwhere you know not what awaits

you.Through your lives youll always

remember your days at Blackall

State School, fondly I hope.Within those memories of

friends, teachers and the muddle

of pleasant and unpleasant

experiences, may you remember

the lessons that this school and

its dedicated staff have taught.May those lessons guide you on

your paths to realise the dreams

youve set out to make true.

No matter what you do, no matter

where you go, all through your

lives youll only be richer with theexperiences and knowledge that

youve gathered in your schooling

lives.Be true to yourself, be a good

friend to others and above all bediscerning.

Each one of you will be foreverin my thoughts, and I suppose on

Mrs Smiths Facebook page!

I look forward to reading

and hearing about your many

successes to come.

--Jason Smith

Blackall State School principal


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WHATS ON in 2011NOVEMBER

18 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall

20 Blackall Clay Target Monthly Shoot

26 Blackall Races

26 St Patricks Christmas Fete

27 Christmas Tree Fesval29 Christmas Under the Stars Blackall State

School

DECEMBER

5-7 Creave Pathways Theatre Workshops

7 Shockwave Community Gathering

9 Tambo Community Christmas Party

16 Blackall Community Christmas Party

16 Christmas Night Markets

16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club

Members Christmas Party

16 Blackall Clay Target Monthly Shoot24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall

24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo

31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New

Years Eve Costume Party

Brekky Club still goingstrong at state school

Regional zine tour bringsworkshops to Blackall

Blackall youth got a taste of DIY publishing last Sunday at a

zine workshop held at the Blackall Memorial Hall as part of a

regional tour by the team from Toowoomba based zine, Bizoo.

The regional tour celebrated the launch of retrospective zine

book Bizoo: The Best, The Worst and the Trash that NeverMade It.

Zines are self-published mini magazines usually reproduced

via photocopier and the Blackall workshop participants were

soon at work with typewriters, scissors and paper to produce

their own print creations.

The workshops were run by Bizoo editor Jeremy Staples and

Eloise Quinlivan, owner of the Smell Like Zines distribution

store in Toowoomba.

The afternoon also included using a Japanese gocco printer,

a barbecue lunch, and a mini zine fair.

Jeremy Staples for Bizoo gives Blackall youth some tips on zine

making at Sundays workshop.

Bonny Lawrence was rediscovering the typewriter to help make her

own miniature zine.

The Combined Churches Brekky Club is

continuing to serve up healthy breakfaststo Blackall State School students with its

latest initiative a competition run by AllenSoxsmith for a new promotional poster. The October competition saw Kellara

Harney win the prize for her poster whilea November competition will see studentswrite letters of appreciation to the Blackall

Tambo Regional Councils community

service department.Allen said he had seen an improvement

in students dietary habits since the start

of the club.Theyre eating four times as much fruit

now, Allen said.


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Alison Mobbs as the Queen of Hearts challenged Pagen

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Dance teacher Birrali Schefe and guest dancer Lena

Goudkamp in the Saturday night Dance Blackall concert.

Nick Kinsey and Luke Sweeney as the Mad Hatter and

the March Hare play a game of tug of war with Alice.

Jemma Mobbs showed off her ballet skills in Saturday

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St Josephs Primary School

students showed off their artistic

and theatrical talents last Friday

night with their Kids Art On Show

(KAOS) evening.

Students performed a Christmas

play entitled Born in a Stable

to start the night, with parents

and friends then able to browse

through the art displays.

Several art pieces were

then auctioned off, raisingapproximately $750 for new art

resources, a substantial increase

from last years takings of $400.

Former St Josephs student Keely Pitts painting Cherry Blossom was one of

the artworks auctioned off on the evening.

Mitchell Parry, Jack Hayman and Flynn Hinds played the three wise men in the

St Josephs Christmas play.

Blackall Tambo Regional Councilmanager of works Les Edmistone

was presented with a farewell gift by

CEO Ken Timms on his last day on

Wednesday November 9. Les will take

on a new position in Mackay.


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For the second year in a row a day of empowerment

for older boys has been well received at the BlackallState School. Titled Dream Extreme, the day-long program

for students from Years 7 to 12 took place onMonday.

It consisted of a mixture of games, talks, a boot

camp and motivational DVDs and was completedwith a ag raising ceremony.

Its a non-confrontational way for the boysto have a range of experiences without beingknocked, principal Jason Smith said.

Outcomes include having the students talkpositively, form new friendships, and know thatothers are there for you.

Ultimately its underpinned by our school valuesof tolerance, inclusiveness, care and compassion.

Its what we want them to do in everyday life, bea good citizen. The idea has received public recognition in

Education Queenslands newsletter and a letter tostudents from EQs director-general.

Guest speakers this year included Guy Elliott,

Brother Terry Kingston and Constable JoeyAbbott, along with a health and well-being talkfrom guidance counsellor Janelle Dickson and a

grooming tent run by Pam Suhr.Mr Elliotts message of sacrice and giving things

up to achieve goals tted in well with the BroncosDVD message of Dream, Believe, Achieve.

--Sally Cripps

Blackall State School runs day of mateship

Jesse Negus and Brodie Waine had great fun when it was

their turn on the jousting beam.

Teacher aide Greg Tierney is unaware of the ambush awaiting

him from Aaron Williams and Lachlan Ashworth in the Dream

Extreme Super Sopper game.

Tambo encounters more television troublesTambo residents are set to face

more digital television dramas,with an application by council to

rebroadcast rendering residents

ineligible to access the Satellite

Subsidy Scheme (SSS). The problem was discussed

at the November meeting of theBlackall Tambo Regional Council

with mayor Jan Ross expressingdisappointment in the actions of

the digital switchover taskforce.The community wanted us to

apply for a licence, so we did, Cr

Ross said.Cr Ross said the application for

a licence was no guarantee that

council would in fact be able to

rebroadcast in Tambo.No one knows how much all this

is going to cost, Cr Ross said.

A further communication issuewas raised by CEO Ken Timms inregards to the national broadband

network (NBN), saying that it islikely Tambo will have to rely onsatellites for their internet access

as well.Blackall is down for an optic bre

cable, but that doesnt necessarily

mean there will be optic bre toevery house, Mr Timms said.

Mr Timms explained that there

were multiple options regarding

the further implementation of

the system in Blackall such as

underground cables or a wirelesssystem.

Tambos not on the optic brelist, so guess what? Its another

satellite on the roof and theres no

other option, Mr Timms said.Councillor Sally Cripps said

communications bodies were

increasingly marginalising rural

communities.Theyre treating Tambo

residents in the same way as

rural properties rather than as acommunity, Cr Cripps said.

Mr Timms said he believed thatthe satellite internet system would

be inferior and that council could

investigate other options.

When I was out at Bedourie

where they use these kinds of

satellites for phones, as soon as a

cloud came over, you got nothing,

Mr Timms said.

Council could look at some type

of proposal where we could get the

optic bre to Tambo.

Cr Cripps said she thought

that the NBN committee

were disadvantaging small

communities, as well as families

using the internet as a part of

School of Distance Education.

We should be making sure that

we can get what we want, rather

than what they want to give us,

Cr Cripps said.

Councillor Peter Skewes said

the optic bre system also had

signicant limitations.

The sad thing is that optic bre

cables have a use by date, Cr

Skewes said.

--Victoria Nugent


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Four generations of the Stockwell family gathered at Owen Stockwells 80th

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and friends from Brisbane, Stanthorpe and Mackay. Photo Robbie Stockwell.

Electoral changes recommended The recent electoral change

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increased number of councillors.In the lead up to the next local

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The Blackall Woolscour continues

to go ahead despite a very difcultyear, with 2011 being a hard yearfor all the businesses along the

Matilda Highway that count on

the tourist dollar for their income.With the Woolscour having huge

buildings from 1908 (with workingmachinery and history intact), thereis always constant maintenance

and further restoration work

needed, so the tourism business

is vital to protecting this uniquenational asset into the future.

While the balance sheet shows

a community organisation worth

$2.2M, making it a top community

asset, this is not the same as thecash ow needed to keep the sitepreserved as an essential part ofBlackalls social and economic

history said site supervisorAnnette Richardson.

The effort of the committee in

cutting costs and lling gaps hasbeen extraordinary this year, and

it is amazing that the scour hasbeen able to do better than a loss

or break-even and return a small

prot.At the AGM on November 6, Chair

of the Committee Mr Bob Harveymade special mention of the unpaid

overtime and extra work put in

by Annette Richardson and BobWilson, in working every possibleavenue to raise extra funds fromcatering and cutting costs, and by

doing jobs themselves.Special mention was also madein the reports presented of the

volunteer work of the steam men,Peter Dallas, Brian Warren, Slim

Murray, Glen and Bob Harvey,and all the guides as well as the

contributions of the Blackall

Tambo Regional Council and the

WORK camp for their support.Of course there are more than

just the usual volunteers, Annette

said.We get some wonderful constanthelp from people like Julie Darby,

Jess Eagle and others but we

could always use more helpers so

the load is spread. The AGM re-elected the same

willing band to take the Woolscour

forward, with Bob Harvey asPresident, Bob Wilson as Vice

- President, Julie Darbey as Treasurer, Annette Richardson

as the Secretary, and the rest ofthe committee being Leila Harvey,Keith and Jean Dendle, RobertStockwell, and Lynette Davison.

-- Simon Campbell

Woolscour powers on despitedifcult year

I know one good reason why

my family and I choose to reside

in Blackall - it must be the mosthonest town that exists. Whereelse would you get your handbag

returned to your when you stupidly

leave it on the bonnet of your carand drive off so that it falls ontothe road? Thank you to the kind

person who did this. You are oneof the many reasons that we love

Blackall.--Name & address withheld.

LETTERTOTHEEDITORBlackall the most

honest town


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presentation night, as well as a chance to farewell

departing principal Jason Smith.Mr Smith said that his experiences at Blackall

had been wonderful and praised the teachers and

students at Blackall State School.Youve afforded me the best three years of my

teaching career and I will take many memories withme, Mr Smith said.

Mr Smith said that students had shown excellence

in the areas of academics, culture, arts and sports

throughout the year.Not every student can receive an award, but every

student can be proud to know theyve been an integralpart of our schools success, Mr Smith said.

One student celebrated on the night was dux ofthe school Jack Politch. Jack also received theYear 12 RAPAD award for an outstanding school-based apprentice/trainee and was top of Maths B,

Chemistry, Physics and Modern History.Fellow Year 12 students Dylan Dolinski and Mitchell

Pngst also received awards, with Dylan awarded theShirley Harlow Memorial Award and the year 12 ADFleadership prize and Mitchell receiving the IsolatedChildrens Parents Association award for a studentplanning on further study away from Blackall.

In Year 11, Jack Ward received the Jason SmithAll-Rounder award and the Year 11 ADF award.

In Year 10 Jessica Walker and Joshua McErlean were the joint recipients of the Donna NevilleMemorial award for the top academic student in the

year level.

Joshua also received the Year 10 ADF award and theGeorge Bourne and Associates Award for excellencein graphics, mathematics and science while Jessica

received the University of Southern QueenslandCommunity Award. Justine Kangan received theLiberal National Party Award and Brooke De Henninreceived the Year 11 RAPAD award.

Sporting excellence was also recognised with

sporting achievement awards for middle phase goingto Billy Flynn, Logan Hauff and Braeden Carolan

while Sara Aspinall received the award for seniorphase. A sporting excellence award for elite athleticperformance was awarded to Joshua McErlean for

his swimming achievements. The 2012 school captains were also announced

with Georgina Heard and Jack Ward as thesecondary school captains, Charley Brown and

Caitlin Johnstone as the primary school captains,

and Harry Timms and Jemma Mobbs as the primary

school vice captains. The schools long serving personnel were

acknowledged on the night with Colleen Morrison

receiving a Meritorious Service Medallion for over25 years total service, and several other teachersreceiving service awards. Fiona Ludgate and AngelaStrohmayr received 5 year service awards, AlisonSmith received a 10 years service award and JanelleDickson received a 20 years service awards.

Georgina Heard, Caitlin Johnstone, Charley Brown, Jemma

Mobbs, Harry Timms and Jack Ward were announced as

2012 school captains.


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Joshua McErlean and Jessica Walker were the Donna

Neville Memorial Award recipients.

School dux Jack Politch with teacher Colleen Morrison

after the presentation night.

Principal Jason Smith was presented with a painting of

the school done by teacher Lauren Pritchard as a farewell

gift at the presentation night.

Dylan Dolinski received the Shirley Harlow Memorial

Award at the Blackall State School presentation night.

Sara Aspinall and Aimee Long gave valedictory speeches

as part of the evening.

The school and community choirs performed at the

presentation night on Tuesday.

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