SPORT ON THE BARCOO
Blackall shows support
to Cameroon women in
World Day of Prayer
THE celebration of the World Day
of Prayer is held annually on the first
Friday in March. In March 2010, the
service was written by the women
of  Cameroon  and based on the theme
“Let everything that has breath, praise
God”.
Approximately 100 people attended
the World Day of Prayer service at
St Patrick’s Catholic Church last
Friday. Students and staff from the
Blackall State School and St Joseph’s
joined members of many of the local
churches.
  The order of service prepared by
the people of Cameroon gave those in
attendance an idea of the problems
facing these people.
The powerpoint presentation that
was shown gave the congregation some
insight into their lifestyles. St Joseph’s
students sang a blessing ‘God be in
Your Heart’ to complete the service.
A collection was taken up and the
contribution of $273 will be sent to
the World Day of Prayer committee for
distribution to people who are in most
need. A morning tea in the Parish centre
concluded the wonderful morning.
The World Day of Prayer is a global
ecumenical movement which brings
Christians of many traditions together
to observe a common day of prayer each
year.
Through preparation and participation
in the worship service, knowledge is
shared about how women in other
countries, languages and cultures
understand the biblical passages in their
context. Women can hear their concerns
and needs and feel in solidarity with
them as they pray with and for them.
The motto of the World Day of Prayer
movement is Informed Prayer and
Prayerful Action. Through participation
in the World Day of Prayer, we affirm
that prayer and action are inseparable
and that both have immeasurable
influence on the world.
It is an ecumenical prayer movement
developed from a Christian women’s
perspective as a creative response to
issues of concern around the world.
In 1926, North American women
distributed the worship service to many
countries, but 1927 marks the first
official World Day of Prayer in countries
around the globe.
– Marie Messer
Page 12 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, March 12 2010
Bowls in the sun at last
BLACKALL Championship Bowls finally got underway last Sunday
with five games of handicap singles played in fine conditions.
Lou Kelly found his handicap a bit too much against an improving
Mitch Pfingst, losing 31-12. In another game, Rob Doyle was well
below his best, going down to Woody 32-13. Gary Whitfield and
Julie Blucher had a really good game being close all the way,
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“Great turn out” at Clean Up
with Julie coming through in the end, winning 33-25. Gumby
Chapman and Ron Robinson also had a tussle, with Ron coming
out on top, 31-25.
SEVENTY-NINE Blackall Ken Timms and other council staff
In another very good game, Col Pfingst and Tex Hayward had a
residents arrived at the Cultural and their families.
real battle with Col looking to be an easy winner at 15-2 after 23 Centre on Sunday morning to grab Fifty-three bags of rubbish were
ends. Tex came back and after 41 ends Col only led 26-20, to hold rubbish bags and put gloves on to collected throughout the morning,
on for another 4 ends to win 31-24. clean up the streets and venues of weighing a total of 187 kilograms.
Next week at the Blackall bowls club, in sets of nine ends D Blackall for the 20th anniversary of Although a number of volunteer
Holden will play D Carter with spotter Woody, C Pfingst is set Clean Up Australia Day. cleaners did comment that the
to play R Black with spotter R Robinson, M Pfingst will play Six teams were sent out on to designated areas were remarkably
Gumby Chapman with spotter G Whitfield, and R Doyle will play the Tambo road, Barcaldine road free of rubbish, the busy morning
T Hayward with spotter L Kelly. including Shamrock street, the brought in a number of unusual
In B Singles, J Bowyer and J Blucher will go head to head, with Blackall showgrounds, skate park items including a tyre found by
spotter W Richardson. and surrounding areas, schools Jan Ross, guide posts, mats and
and out to the dump. building materials.
Games will start at 9am. Social play is also available.
Twenty-five adults and 54 young Council Community
– Dally Holden people were ready to go from Development and Support
8.30am, coming from the Blackall Coordinator Mandy Duke said that
Girl Guides, Blackall State school it was a great turn out and thanked Blackall Shockwave organiser David
students, teachers and families, everyone who spent a couple of Goodman worked hard to get the mud
the Blackall Tambo Regional hours on Sunday morning helping off the cars at the car wash fundraiser
Council mayor Jan Ross, CEO to clean up Blackall. on Saturday
Blackall-Tambo in race
for AussieHost success
THE Blackall-Tambo community is a step closer to
being the first ‘AussieHost Town’ in Australia with
the delivery of its first workshop last week.
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Tourism Visitor
Information Centre Coordinator and AussieHost
trainer Kayla Schurmann delivered the training
with Kristine Arnold from the Australian College of
Outback Tourism (ACOT).
The Blackall workshop attracted 15 local participants Butterfly Day: The girls release their ‘fear’ balloons
from council and a variety of businesses, as well as
people participating in ACOT programs.
Local participating businesses have been able
to register as bronze (with 50% of staff trained in
AussieHost) or gold (90%) AussieHost recognised
businesses and can display the decal, bringing the
high level of service offered to customers.
Trainer Kayla Schurmann said the training is
important to encourage businesses to maintain their
high quality of service to customers.
“In having all our businesses trained, it shows a
united approach to working towards the same goal.”
“This will allow the town to be recognised for its
quality service and promoted in southern regions
to encourage more travellers to experience our high
quality hospitality.” Jason Smith and Colleen Morrison led a group of enthusiastic
Council is taking advantage of continued on page 5 Clean Up Australia Day volunteers on Sunday
Photographs Inside !! Clean Up Australia Day page 7
Some of the community who attended the World Day of Prayer service at
Shockwave Car Wash page 3 Butterfly Day page 8
St Patrick’s Catholic Church last Friday LSODE page 5 World Prayer Day page 12
WHATS ON in 2010 Send your dates in!! FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK
Barcoo Independent TV Guide March 14 - 20
MARCH Sunshine. It is so very good to see the sun
again and to have the prospect of being able
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13
Tourism Oi! Launch at the Blackall Woolscour
Shockwave Youth Arts Festival Car Wash, Tambo
to get about without the danger of bogging
or being held up by flood waters. I have to
ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS
4:30 Shortland Street 6:00 Sunrise 6:00 Today 5:00 Korean News
13 Blackall Equestrian Group Jump Club say though the rain has been just what the 5:00 Something in the Air 9:00 The Morning Show 9:00 Kerri-Anne 5:30 UEFA Champions League
13 Blackall Cultural Association Annual General Meeting country needed! 5:30 The Einstein Factor 11:30 News 11:00 News
I was surprised and pleased to receive 6:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Movie: A Touch of Frost (PG) 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 8:00 International News

Wednesday March 17
13 West ‘N Breast Support Group Meeting telephone calls from the Prime Minister
11:00 Big Ideas
12:00 Midday Report
2:00 All Saints 1:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Here Comes the
17 Sheep Lice Information Day Kevin Rudd MP and Special Minister of State, 12:30 National Press Club Address
3:00 Infomercial
3:30 Larry the Lawnmower
2:00 Days of Our Lives
3:00 Entertainment Tonight Neighbourhood
1:30 Talking Heads
17 St Patrick’s Day Quiz Night Senator Joe Ludwig expressing their concern 2:00 Parliament Question Time 4:00 Kid Detectives 3:30 Children’s Programs 3:30 Journos
24 Blackall Girl Guides Annual General Meeting for the wellbeing of our communities. So very good to know our 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:30 News 4:30 News 4:00 A Fork in the Road
federal politicians are such caring beings. 6:00 Stress Buster 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:00 Antiques Roadshow
26 St Joseph’s Catholic School P&F Fete I am aware that the region’s roads are in varying states of 6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 5:30 Deal or No Deal 5:30 Hot Seat 4:30 The Journal
6:00 News 6:00 News
27 Central West versus Central Highlands Rugby League disrepair….IF… the weather remains clear then council’s outside
7:00 News
7:30 7.30 Report 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Two and a Half Men
5:00 PBS Newshour
27-28 Blackall Dance Group Dance Workshops workforce will be attending to the washouts and wheel tracks as 8:00 The New Inventors 7:00 Home and Away 8:00 Customs 6:00 Global Village
8:30 Spicks and Specks 7:30 RSPCA Animal Rescue 8:30 RPA 6:30 World News Australia
soon as they can! The large washout on the Ravensbourne Road 9:00 Hungry Beast
APRIL at the end of the bitumen has been attended to. Work on the 9:30 The IT Crowd
8:00 Crash Investigation Unit
8:30 Criminal Minds
9:30 Cold Case
11:30 Nightline 7:35 Rex in Rome
3 Blackall Equestrian Group Jump Club second draft at the Blackall saleyards is well advanced. This will 9:55 At the Movies
10:25 Lateline
9:30 Gangs of Oz 12:00 Danoz Direct 8:30 The Killing
10 Community Market Day, Short Street be a huge help when sales get underway again… hopefully next 11:00 Lateline Business 10:30 Highway Patrol 12:30 Mad TV 9:30 World News Australia
week!!! 11:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 11:00 Beat Squad 1:30 Entertainment Tonight
18 Blackall Races I was able to attend the World Day of Prayer Service at St 11:55 Life on Mars 11:30 Lost 2:00 Alive and Cooking 10:05 Inspector Rex
12:30 Sons and Daughters 2:30 Danoz
21-24 Blackall National Campdraft Finals Patrick’s Catholic Church where the congregation took part in
12:55 Parliament Question Time
1:55 Big Ideas 1:00 Infomercial 3:30 Good Morning America
11:00 Movie: Changing Times (M)
a moving church service compiled by the women of Cameroon. 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Popoff Ministries 12:45 Movie: Carnage (M)
2:55 The Fitzroy Stars
MAY Congratulations to the students and staff from St Joseph’s school 3:25 National Press Club Address 5:30 News 5:30 Today 3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
1 Dressage & Junior Stockman’s Challenge, Blackall Show for their participation in this interdenominational, international, 4:30 Shortland Street 6:00 Sunrise 6:00 Today 5:00 Korean News
interracial, world wide fellowship of worship and prayer. 5:00 Something in the Air 9:00 The Morning Show
1 Woolscour Bush Dinner 5:30 The Einstein Factor 11:30 News
9:00 Kerri-Anne 5:30 UEFA Champions League
The carwash for Shockwave raised $500 towards their 11:00 News 8:00 International News
2 Blackall Show 6:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Movie: Miracle in the Woods

Thursday March 18
participation in the Heartland Festival. Many hands made light 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 2:30 Dateline
11:00 Planet Science (M)
5 Woolscour Tour and Dinner work of the mud encrusted vehicles and the two buses. The 12:00 Midday Report 2:00 All Saints
1:00 Danoz Direct 3:30 Australian Biography
8 Blackall Girl Guides Cent Sale 12:30 Jeeves and Wooster 2:00 Days of our Lives
community support is very much appreciated! 3:00 Infomercial
3:00 Entertainment Tonight
4:00 Feast Bazaar
1:30 Collectors
9 Blackall Equestrian Group Jump Club There was a great turn out of students from the Blackall and 2:00 Parliament Question Time
3:30 Larry the Lawnmower
4:00 Kid Detectives 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 The Journal
12 Woolscour Tour and Dinner Tambo State Schools for the 20th Clean Up Australia Day. My 3:05 Children’s Programs 4:30 News 4:30 News 5:00 PBS Newshour
congratulations to the pupils and staff of the schools and to the 6:05 Grand Designs Revisited 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 Global Village
12 Biggest Morning Tea staff of the Blackall Tambo Regional Council who made sure it 7:00 News
5:00 M*A*S*H
5:30 Deal or No Deal 5:30 Hot Seat 6:30 World News Australia
14-17 Hebel Artist Workshop all happened. The iceblock and the sausage sizzle afterwards
7:30 The 7.30 Report
8:00 Catalyst 6:00 News 6:00 News 7:30 Italian Food Safari
14-30 Heartland Festival Photography Exhibition were most welcome. The good news is that there was not as 8:30 Human Journey 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Two and a Half Men 8:00 Costa’s Garden Odyssey
7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Getaway
15-20 Heartland Festival Sean Leahy Cartooning Workshop much RUBBISH as there was last year!!! How good is that?!! 9:30 Fire Talker
7:30 The Ghost Whisperer
8:30 Secrets and Lives
Let us keep up the good work….Our towns are really clean and 10:25 Lateline 8:30 The Mentalist 9:00 ADbc
19 Woolscour Tour and Dinner 11:00 Lateline Business 8:30 Cougar Town 9:30 The Footy Show
tidy! 11:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 9:00 How I Met Your Mother 9:30 World News Australia
21 Heartland Festival Food & Music Fiesta: Friends of Pedro Over the weekend there was a house in Blackall totally 11:55 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… 9:30 Thank God You’re Here
11:00 Nightline
10:00 UEFA Champions League
11:30 The Footy Show
22 Isisford Sheep and Wool Show destroyed by fire. The Blackall Tambo Regional Council has 12:45 Parliament Question Time 10:30 Family Guy
1:30 Danoz Direct Hour
1:45 Big Ideas 12:00 Blue Heelers
commenced a fire appeal in aid of the victim of the fire. Anyone 2:55 Voices from the Cape 1:00 Infomercial 3:30 Good Morning America 11:00 Queer as Folk
wishing to donate can do so at the Westpac Bank in the Council 3:25 Agony Aunts with Clive Robertson 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Popoff Ministries 12:55 Movie: Killing Cabos (MA)
Office 3:55 Can We Help? 5:30 News 5:30 Today 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
I attended the 40th ABARE Outlook Conference in Canberra 4:30 Shortland Street 6:00 Sunrise 6:00 Today 5:05 Korean News
where I attended Workshops on biosecurity, agriculture and 5:00 Something in the Air 9:00 The Morning Show 9:00 Kerri-Anne 5:45 UEFA Europe League
greenhouse gas emissions, productivity and exploring Northern 5:30 The Einstein Factor 11:30 News 11:00 News 8:15 International News
Australia. The opening address by the Hon Tony Burke foretold 6:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Movie: Le Divorce (M) 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show
11:00 Catalyst 1:30 Insight
of imminent changes to the National Drought Policy and the

Friday March 19
2:30 The Golden Girls 1:00 Danoz Direct
11:30 The New Inventors 2:30 International News
Up to $30,000 available to change to a Risk Return Approach for Biosecurity. 12:00 Midday Report
3:00 Infomercial 2:00 Days of our Lives
3:30 Living Black
land managers and community While an address on the world economy by Murilo Portugal of 12:30 Poirot 3:30 Larry the Lawnmower 3:00 Children’s Programs
4:00 Kid Detectives 4:30 News 4:00 Classical Destinations
the International Monetary Fund cautioned all attending that 1:20 TBA
groups for natural resource 4:30 News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 4:30 The Journal
the financial crisis was no way over yet and while there would 1:30 Monarch of the Glen
management projects be increased agricultural production there will be an issue over 2:30 Spicks and Specks 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:30 Hot Seat 5:00 PBS Newshour
our debt levels. 3:05 Children’s Programs 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:00 Global Village
6:00 Stress Buster 6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men 6:30 World News Australia
Westpac’s Bill Evans forecast a less than spectacular 6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 6:30 Today Tonight 7:30 Friday Night Football: 7:30 James May’s Toy Stories
recovery in the short term with better terms of trade in 2011, 7:00 News 7:00 Home and Away Rabbitohs v Titans
a continuation of interest rate rises. He also questions how 7:30 Stateline 8:35 As It Happened: Hitler’s
7:30 Better Homes and Gardens 9:30 Friday Night Football:
the federal government would reduce the national debt. Bill 8:00 Sleuth 101
8:30 Movie: The Holiday (M) Illawarra Dragons v Bulldogs
Bodyguard
If you’re a land-manager or community group, you may be eligible for
also stressed that the global financial crisis is not over … It is 8:30 Criminal Justice
11:15 Movie: Road Trip (MA) 11:30 Nightline
9:30 World News Australia
grants under DCQ’s ‘Protecting our Future’ initiative. 10:15 Moving Wallpaper
forgotten!!!! 10:00 Crazy Horse
Desert Channels Queensland provides project funding to land-managers
Jan Ross 10:40 Lateline 1:05 Blue Heelers
2:00 Jarunee – The Singing Ape
12:00 Movie: Good Fences (M)
2:15 Movie: Go to Blazes (G) 11:00 Movie: Darling (M)
11:20 Paralympic Games

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and community groups to assist them in keeping the country in good shape 11:50 The Graham Norton Show 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 Danoz Direct 12:40 Movie: La Petite Lili (M)
for future generations. 12:35 Rage 4:00 NBC Today 4:30 Good Morning America 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
We are now calling for applications from land 5:00 Rage 6:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Children’s Programs 5:05 International News
managers for projects that focus on the following: 10:00 Rage: Guest Programmer: 7:00 Weekend Today 1:00 The Cunning Little Vixen
7:00 Weekend Sunrise
Amanda Palmer
9:00 Saturday Kerri-Anne
• improving ground cover
Furnished or unfurnished 11:00 Poh’s Kitchen 9:00 Saturday Disney 2:45 The Chopin Etudes
Saturday March 20
• endangered regional ecosystems (EPBC listed brigalow, weeping myall, 11:30 Message Stick 10:00 Children’s Programs 2:55 Lin Hwai-Min and the Cloud
1:00 Bathurst 12 Hour
and GAB mound spring systems) 12:00 Stateline 1:00 Horse Racing
Gate Dance Theatre

No Lease / No Bond
12:30 Australian Story 4:00 Wonders of the Billabong 3:30 Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race
Small community grants up to $5000 are also available for improving ground 1:00 Foreign Correspondent 4:00 Eating Art
cover, capacity building, biodiversity enhancement, strategic weed control (in- 5:00 Creek to Coast 4:30 The Garden Gurus
1:30 Can We Help? 4:30 PBS Newshour
side containment lines) and on-ground works that benefit endangered regional 2:00 Rugby League: 2010 Norths v 5:30 Queensland Weekender 5:00 Animal Emergency
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8:25 News Update 1:10 Blue Heelers 12:00 Movie: The Big Time (M)
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10:25 News Update 3:30 It Is Written
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12:05 Paralympic Games: Vancouver
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 Barcoo Independent TV Guide March 14 - 20 Morning tea for Qld Cancer Council
ONCE again, the Anglican Church ladies will be
ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS hosting a morning tea in the church gardens to raise
money for the Queensland Cancer Council.
5:00 Rage 6:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 International News
6:30 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 7:00 Weekend Today 10:30 Fork in the Road Wednesday, May 12 has been set aside for the
9:00 Insiders
10:00 Bush Doctors 10:00 4WD TV 11:00 Stolen Babies, Stolen Lives morning tea, so mark your calendars and organise a
10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Alive and Cooking 12:00 PNG: The Rules of the group of friends to get together for a great cause.
10:30 Offsiders 10:30 Movie: Airport ’77 (PG)
11:00 The Sunday Footy Show
Game The morning is very child-friendly with a toy area
11:05 Asia Pacific Focus 1:00 V8 Supercars
11:30 Songs of Praise
12:00 Sunday Roast
1:00 Speedweek set up on the lawns so any mothers with young
5:30 Great South East
12:00 Landline
1:00 Movie: Springfield Rifle (PG)
3:00 UEFA Europa League children not attending school can come along and
Sunday March 14

6:00 News 3:00 V

1:00 Best of Gardening Australia
3:30 UEFA Champions League enjoy a lovely morning out.
6:30 Sunday Night 4:00 Sunday Football: South
1:30 Message Stick
Magazine Program The day will also feature a multi-draw raffle and
2:00 Travel Oz Sydney Rabbitohs v Sydney
7:30 Border Security
Roosters 4:00 Football Feature lucky gate prize.
2:30 Primal Instincts
3:30 Tiwi Islands Grand Final
8:00 Air Ways
6:00 News 5:00 The World Game The organising ladies depend on the generous
6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 8:30 Bones
6:30 Domestic Blitz 6:00 Thalassa Rochelle Robinson, Shelby Duke, Jessica Walker, Ben donations of food and multi-draw items for the
7:00 News 9:30 Castle 7:30 60 Minutes 6:30 World News Australia Timms and Jesse Duke take time out from washing cars morning tea from the community.
7:30 My Place 10:30 Scrubs 8:30 V 7:30 China’s Great Wall If anyone requires further information, please
8:25 News Update
11:00 Royal Pains 9:30 TBA
8:30 Dateline contact Anne Hauff on 4657 4461, Beth O’Neill on
8:30 Desperate Romantics
10:15 Compass 12:00 Blue Heelers 11:30 Bizarre ER
9:30 Cutting Edge Special 4657 4141 or Tressie Smith on 4657 4574.
12:00 Super League
11:10 The Genius of Photography
12:10 Paralympic Games: Vancouver
2:00 Room for Improvement
2:30 Infomercial
2:00 Skippy – the Bush Kangaroo
10:30 Movie: The Lady of the
Camellias (M)
Mud helps raise money for festival
2:30 Global Shop Direct
12:40 Order in the House
3:30 NBC Meet the Press 12:10 Movie: In the Company of SOME of Blackall’s enthusiastic and committed
1:45 Movie: A Double Life (PG) 4:00 Good Morning America
4:30 NBC Today 5:00 Popoff Ministries Men (MA) young people got together last Saturday and organised
3:30 Talking Heads
3:55 Songs of Praise 5:30 News 5:30 Today 2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight a car wash to raise money for the Shockwave Youth
4:30 Shortland Street 6:00 Sunrise 6:00 Today 5:05 International News Arts Festival.
5:00 Something in the Air 9:00 The Morning Show 9:00 Kerri-Anne 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to It was perfect timing, with a solid break in the
5:30 The Einstein Factor
6:00 Children’s Programs
11:30 News 11:00 News
Australia
wet weather, and a lot of mud to clean off the cars,
12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show
11:00 Landline
12:00 Movie: The Pledge (M)
1:00 Danoz Direct 1:30 Indonesia – A Reporter’s
particularly the 4WDs.
2:00 All Saints
12:00 Midday Report 2:00 Days of our Lives Journey
Washing from 9am until 1pm, with a solid stream
12:30 The Adventures of Sherlock 3:00 Infomercial
Holmes 3:30 Larry the Lawnmower
3:00 Entertainment Tonight
2:30 Dateline
of customers, the group washed 27 vehicles and two
Monday March 15

1:30 The Cook and the Chef 4:00 Kid Detectives

3:30 Children’s Programs
3:30 Insight
buses, raising a total of $500 for Shockwave.
4:30 News
2:00 Parliament Question Time 4:30 News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 4:30 The Journal
After the success of the event, the group plan to
3:05 Children’s Programs
6:00 Travel Oz 5:00 M*A*S*H 5:30 Hot Seat hold more fundraisers in the near future, as well as
6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News
5:00 The Crew Back: Jo Timms, Lisa Goodman, David Goodman, Scott a wash in Tambo this Saturday.
7:00 News 6:00 News 7:00 Two and a Half Men 5:30 Futbol Mundial Walker, Rachel Walker. Front: Ben Timms, Jesse Duke,
7:30 7.30 Report 7:30 Two and a Half Men
8:00 Australian Story
6:30 Today Tonight
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
6:00 Living Black Jessica Walker, Shelby Duke and Georgie Heard
7:00 Home and Away 6:30 World News Australia
8:30 Four Corners 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 The Mentalist
9:20 Media Watch 9:30 CSI: Miami 7:30 Mythbusters
9:35 Q&A 8:30 Desperate Housewives
9:30 Brothers and Sisters 11:30 Nightline 8:35 Man vs Wild
10:35 Lateline 12:00 Danoz Direct
11:10 Lateline Business 10:30 Border Patrol 9:30 World News Australia
12:30 McLeod’s Daughters
11:35 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 11:00 Ocean Force 10:00 Wilfred
12:05 Seed Hunter 1:30 WWE Afterburn
11:30 30 Rock 2:30 Danoz Direct 10:30 Entourage
1:00 Parliament Question Time
12:00 Blue Heelers 3:00 Global Shop Direct
1:55 Movie: Maid’s Night Out (G) 11:00 Flight of the Concords
3:00 In a League of their Own: The 1:00 Infomercial 3:30 Good Morning America
Tiwi Brand 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Popoff Ministries 11:30 Movie: Ong-Bak (MA)
3:25 Bowls: Australian Open 2010 5:30 News 5:30 Today 1:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:30 Shortland Street 6:00 Sunrise 6:00 Today 5:05 International News
5:00 Something in the Air 9:00 The Morning Show 9:00 Kerri-Anne
5:30 The Einstein Factor 1:00 Movie: Round Trip (M)
11:30 News 11:00 News
6.00 Children’s Programs 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 2:40 Soft
11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Movie: A Touch of Frost (PG)
1:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 If Only
12:00 Midday Report 2:00 All Saints
12:30 Galapagos 2:00 Days of our Lives
1:30 The Einstein Factor
3:00 Infomercial 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Living Black Rachel Walker and David Goodman worked hard to clean
Tuesday March 16

3:30 Larry the Lawnmower

2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:00 Wine Lovers’ Guide to the muddiest of cars!

Heartland
3:05 Children’s Programs 4:00 Kid Detectives 4:30 News
Australia
6:00 Stress Buster 4:30 News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow
6:30 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 5:30 Hot Seat 4:30 The Journal
7:00 News 5:00 M*A*S*H
6:00 News 5:00 PBS Newshour
7:30 The 7.30 Report 5:30 Deal or No Deal
8:00 Foreign Correspondent 6:00 News
7:00 Two and a Half Men
7:30 Top Gear 6:00 Global Village An Assemblies of God Family Church
8:30 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 6:30 Today Tonight
9:35 QI 8:30 Survivor 6:30 World News Australia
10:05 Artscape 7:00 Home and Away 9:30 TBA
7:30 Insight
10:35 Lateline 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 10:30 Kitchen Nightmares USA
11:10 Lateline Business 9:00 Grey’s Anatomy 11:30 Nightline 8:30 Big Love
11:35 Paralympic Games: Vancouver 12:00 Danoz Direct
12:05 Four Corners 10:00 Brothers and Sisters 9:30 World News Australia
12:30 20/20
12:50 Media Watch 11:00 Super Skinny Me 10:00 Hot Docs
1:30 Entertainment Tonight
1:05 The Chaser’s War on Everything 12:00 Blue Heelers
1:35 Parliament Question Time 2:00 Global Shop Direct 11:40 Movie: Luxury Car (M)
1:00 Infomercial 3:30 Good Morning America
2:35 Poirot 1:15 Jabe Babe
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 LETTER EDITOR
TO THE
To the Editor,
I am writing to this newspaper in response to a
recent article regarding Blackall-Tambo Council’s
pest management costs. I have the following
questions:-
1. Council states the draft budget amount for
pest management is $667 000. The wild dog
bounty at $100 per scalp multiplied by approx
2000 scalps is $200 000, plus the costs of
aerial baiting and fence maintenance. If 61%
of the budget relates to dog control, what are
the other costs? What other pests are targeted
within the budget?
2. At a cost of around $4000 per kilometre, it
would appear that “the personal issue” of dog
control in the form of fencing, would be well out
of the reach of most graziers, considering the
prevalent drought conditions of recent years,
and subsequent loss of income. If Council
withdraws or considerably cuts support for
wild dog control, what services will the average
landholder receive in return for their Shire
rates?
There has always been debate about the
effectiveness of baiting, some graziers say it works
others say it doesn’t and there does not appear to be
any way of proving or disproving this.
At least with a bounty, a scalp is provided, so we
know that equates to a dead dingo.
The bounty system is also supported by local roo-
shooters, some of whom have indicated they would
be reticent to continue doing so for a bounty of $30,
considering the distemper, parvovirus and hydatid
disease, possibly carried by the dogs, and the grisly
nature of the removal of the scalp.
The article also contained a statement that
Council “must be seen to fund each of the pests on
our priority list evenly and equitably”.
Surely if one pest is more prolific in numbers and
the cost of damage caused by such pest considerable,
funding should be allocated accordingly.
The population of the township has shrunk
to present levels mainly because of the decline
of the sheep population and the flow-on effect
eg less shearers and other shearing industry
workers,contractors etc.
With sheep prices on the rise, some local graziers
would contemplate at least a partial return to
the sheep and wool industry if wild dogs can be
controlled.
A decision from our local Council to abandon
funding for wild dog control would be very
disappointing indeed.
Yours faithfully,
Gwynne Stockwell ‘Fairlea’ Blackall
Commonwealth money for
farmers
THE federal government has introduced two
programs looking at ways to improve productivity
and profitability of the land that can be considered
by farmers or groups of farmers.
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Economic
Development Officer John Hine says that the
programs are associated with climate change but,
with some creative writing, many projects could be
Kid’s Corner with Eddie Emu
G’day Kids. Easter is fast approaching, which means school holidays are almost upon us. There is nothing
better then a good sleep-in, followed by a day outside playing, bike riding, fishing and hanging out with your
mates watching the clouds drift by. What are you and your family doing over the holidays? Some of you might
be lucky enough to be going away. No matter what you do just remember to take heaps of photos, and send
them into Kid’s Corner for everyone to enjoy.
Comedy Capers
Eddie
Q. Why did the student eat his homework?
A. Because his teacher said it was a piece of cake!
Q. Why did the vampire get sent to the principal's
office?
A. Because he had a BAT attitude?
Q. What did the number 0 say to number 8?
A. "Nice belt!"
Q. Where does a fish sleep?
A. In a water bed!
Q. Why didn't the skeleton go to the dance?
A. He had no body to go with.
The Ward kids’ adorable
new duckling
KIDS CORNER --- Send all
Art Space It was a lovely surprise to receive
your favourite jokes, photos this fantastic master piece from Brendan, who is in year 2 at
and anything that you Blackall State School. I love the corks on my hat, they are a
find interesting to Eddie at
karlaw@internode.on.net
lovely touch and I am seriously thinking of adding some to my
Akubra real soon.
PUZZLE PAGE !!!
Crossword Solution 5 March 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Across: 8 Tactile, 9 Blurt, 10 Cert, 11 Scant, 12 Tows, 13 Red Cross, 16
O C Casual, 18 Zinc, 20 Niche, 21 Lulu, 23 Shadow, 24 Snowshoe, 27 Wren, 30
Brain, 32 Ohio, 34 Telly, 35 Vintage. Down: 1 Stye, 2 Acetic, 3 Fiasco, 4 Vega,
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 5 Obstacle, 6 Oust, 7 Stew, 14 Den, 15 Sucks, 17 Sol, 19 Cud, 20 Newsboys,
L 22 Ugh, 25 Owning, 26 Slogan, 28 Ritz, 29 Nile, 31 Arvo, 33 Idea.

Hay
made to fit.
11 15 7 10 20 20
Graziers in the Blackall-Tambo region who
are interested in projects to improve grassland 17 21 2 5 7 21 2 5 19 19 5 19

Contractor
management, creek bank restoration, increased
level of soil carbon or a range of other activities that 21 6 19 4 25 23

Sheep Lice – Getting it right could increase farm productivity, may be eligible for 16 19 21 8 3 4 3 25 10 16 4 10
funding.

The free sheep lice information day postponed

by wet weather has now been rescheduled
Under the FarmReady scheme, funding of up to
$80, 000 is available on a competitive-bid basis
to groups of farmers for projects which increase 5 17 21
21

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25

6 22
21

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16

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16

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Available
industry self-reliance and preparedness to adapt to 19 20 16 18 10 10
The Blackall Club climate change.
Grants of up to $1, 500 are also available to any
30ft Windrower
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Wednesday, March 17, 9am to 1pm
followed by lunch farmer to attend recognised training courses each
22 12 11 4 23
year. These could be, for example, a Queensland
Hear Queensland parasitologist Peter James with input
from local producers
Primary Industries and Fisheries Grazing Land
Management course.
9 2 4 12 12 8 4 3 26 4 6 1
2 Big Square Balers
Workshops featuring Peter Andrews, who advocates 16 23 4 11 5 5

� Lice biology - where they come from, where they

survive, how they spread
changes to creek management practices, and who
wrote the book ‘Beyond the Brink’ have also been
2 21 19 21 5 14 4 6 8 26 21 16 2 Round Balers
Loaders & Trucks
� Getting the best effect from chemical treatments offered in the Springsure region. 6 11 14 6 21 23
� Producer experiences in managing lice The Caring for Country program offers funds for farm
� Preventing resistance developing
projects, generally with groups of farmers in priority
� Using LiceBoss to solve problems
� The new lice detection test areas such as improved management practices, soil
condition and landscape scale conservation. Warning: Solution below!
RSVP for catering purposes Graziers in the Blackall-Tambo region who are For all your hay requirements,
by Monday, March 15 to interested in projects that might be funded under F M T B Q R P E G L Y A J
Andrea Hewitt on 4650 1225 these schemes, are invited to contact the John Hine
Phone Darryl on
TMP Q090443

or email andrea.hewitt@deedi.qld.gov.au on 4621 6600 or at edo@btrc.qld.gov.au.

26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
Assistance can be given in identifying the right X H D I O N V K W C S Z U
Delivered in conjunction with scheme, possible sources of expertise and in filling
in the application forms.
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Workshops make for a busy year ahead, Blackall Cultural Assc
THE Blackall Cultural Association
has a busy year planned with
a number of workshops in the
coming months.
Some of these include creative
cloth with Julie Latcham between
March 23 and 28, Hebel sculpturing
with Adrian Vanderlugt from
May 14 to 16, a workshop with
Cartoonist Sean Leahy between
May 24 and 26, watercolour
painting with Lyn Butchart from
May 22 to 26, textile artistry with
Tracey Hewitt in July, and acrylic/
mixed media/landscapes/flowers
on July 17 and 18 with Metka
Skrober.
The Cultural Association will
be holding their annual general
meeting on Saturday, March 13 at
12 noon. All are welcome to attend
a light lunch followed by the
AGM. The association encourages
new members to be part of the
organisation for the coming 12
months.
The accommodation at the Living
Arts Centre is becoming very
popular with travelling artists and
those holding workshops for the
community. So far in 2010, the
accommodation has hosted artists
in residence Fredrick White and
Jenny Scott, dance teacher Birrali
Schefe and the Human Ventures
crew who are working with young
people in the community. There
has been a lot of interest from
other artists and organizations for
the rest of the year.
The WORC scheme inmates have
finished painting the inside of
the building and it is now in first
class order.  They will commence
painting the outside of the building
in the next few weeks.
The association is still searching
for a casual cleaner for the centre
for 4 hours per week. Enquiries
are to be made to Lynette Davison
on 0427 574 337.
The Blackall Cultural Association
committee says the Living Arts
Centre is a wonderful community
asset and would like to see it used
to its fullest capacity.
Local businesses encouraged to do From the Heartland
AussieHost training continued from page 1 Festival committee
the training and encouraging all
businesses to participate in the
hope that Blackall-Tambo will beat
other towns such as Redland City
and the Sunshine Coast to be the
first ‘AussieHost Town’ with 60%
of businesses in town recognised
as bronze AussieHost businesses
or higher.
RAPAD and ACOT have identified
the workshops as a valuable tool
in developing positive attitudes to
service, improving the way people
The 2010 Blackall Heartland
relate to customers, exceeding
customer expectations and
creating a first-class experience
for their customers.
Dates have been secured for
further workshops in Blackall on
April 13 and in Tambo on March
22.
Below: AussieHost trainer local Kayla
Schurmann engages the group in an
exercise during the customer service
training program last Friday
Festival is on again from May 14 to
30. Pull up stumps in the Blackall-
Tambo region and enjoy two weeks
of arts and cultural events.
The 2010 event embodies the
heart and soul of the region
and promises excitement,
enlightenment and enrichment
through a series of workshops,
exhibitions and concerts styled
in black and white to correlate
with this year’s theme ‘The Black
Stump and Beyond’.
One of the major highlights
included in this year’s program
is a series of workshops with
acclaimed Courier Mail cartoonist
Sean Leahy. Sean draws political
cartoons along with his own comic
aptly named ‘Beyond the Black
Stump’ and promises to leave
Blackall with a commemorative
mural reflecting the community.
Watch this space for further
updates, details of special guests
and profiles of planned workshops.
Also, be sure to check out the
Barcoo Independent calendar for

Outreach week for LSODE

confirmed event dates.
For all enquiries contact Karen

~ Butterfly Day ~ TEACHERS from the Longreach School of Distance Brook STUDIOS on 4654 2364.
Education recently travelled to centres across the
district to work with students.
Cluster days were held in Blackall, Longreach,
Winton and Aramac.
According to principal Robyn Conlin, the days
provide a valuable opportunity for quality face to face
teaching time for students with their teachers.
“The children also really enjoy the time they can
spend with their classmates, “she added.
Students from Prep to year 10 participate in the
days.
Mrs Conlin said cluster days were an important time
for secondary students to meet with their teachers
to ensure high educational outcomes were being
achieved for all students in the school.
This week at LSODE, students will participate in
Girls from Tambo State School were eager to start the day a cultural camp and swimming carnival while home
Sam Pearson, Declan Russell and Will Alexander
tutors are also involved in two days of professional
development activities.
Blackall cluster students have been amongst those
named in the weekly encouragement awards, including
Bryce Gillies (Year 3) for a great effort with writing, Bella
Joseland (Year 5) for her enthusiasm and willingness
to be involved in all tasks during telephone lessons,
and Will Alexander (Year 5) for his insightful comments
about what his ‘silent voice’ does when he’s reading.
Prep student Meredith Walker received her award
for her fantastic description of how she made her
playdough creation.
In Year 3, Rosie Alexander was rewarded for her
fantastic writing ideas at cluster.
Ashley Taylor (Year 4) was congratulated on her
excellent use of expression during reading and
The lone male at Butterfly Day Dylan Dolinski got his nails Gabrielle Rooney (Year 7) for showing responsibility Year 3 teacher Miss Hewson with Charlotte Russell and
painted by Lisa Goodman and Rachel Walker and initiative towards her study. Rosie Alexander
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 Community rally for local resident Hebel workshop coming to ~ Clean Up Blackall ~
BLACKALL fire and rescue crew were called out to
a house on Rose Street in Blackall on the weekend. Blackall
No-one was injured in the fire, although reporting ARTIST Adriaan Vanderlugt has been carving stone,
“PROPERTYPICKOFTHEWEEK” officer Luke Johnson said most of the house, owned
by local resident Rosie Kerr, was destroyed.
marble and wood for over 40 years.
He has a working background in Graphic Design.
“It will be a total write-off.” His slightly abstracted sculptures of animals, birds
YOURFRIENDSWILLBEENVIOUS Mr Johnson went on to say that initial investigations and fish are held in collections around the world.
$290,000.00 suggested that the fire was not suspicious. In 2001, he created a number of public sculptures
Local fire captain Matthew Richardson said that he in the Mackay/Whitsunday region for Australia’s
26DaisyStreetBlackallQ4472 was pleased with the response, with 10 of Blackall’s centenary of foundation year.
 13 firefighters on the scene along with a few ex- Adriaan writes a weekly art column for the local
 firefighters. Whitsunday newspaper and in 2003 he was honoured
Rosie’s daughter-in-law Leanne Griffiths says the with a Centenary Medal ‘for distinguished service to
 community response has been amazing, with a lot of the arts’.
 people donating clothes and household items. Adriaan was born in the Netherlands, grew up in
There will be a raffle held on Friday night at the Canada and lives in the Whitsundays.
 Union, with tickets sold throughout the day, as well Adriaan will be holding a 3-4 day workshop ‘Seeing
 as a big multidraw with donations from businesses around corners in Hebel stone’ from May 14 to 17
 in Blackall to be drawn on the weekend of the rugby in Blackall. The
games. A cake stall will also be held during the day workshop is open Melissa McKay and the girl guides after a busy morning
This impeccably restored Queenslander boasts lovely on Friday. Money can be donated through a trust to adults with or
polished timbered floors, a spectacular modern account set up by the Blackall-Tambo council. without carving
experience. Hebel
timber kitchen, quaint old style bathroom, wellͲsized Girl Guides clean up Blackall Stone is also known
bedrooms and living areas. It is finished off with a as aerated concrete
EVERY member of the Blackall Girl Guides attended and is carved using
welcoming front verandah and the ultimate relaxing Clean Up Australia Day in Blackall this year. woodworking tools.
backdeckallsituatedonalargeblockwithstreetand The girl guides were assigned to the Blackall I n t e r e s t e d
showgrounds, and the girls believe they came back participants should
rear laneway access. This home is just waiting for its having collected the most rubbish! contact Lorelei
newownertomoveinandenjoy. Fiona Ludgate and Bridget were the winning bag Kiernan to book
fillers for the girl guides group. or for more details

Although not a lot of rubbish was found in such before April on 7
 a large area, the girl guides were impressed by how 4657 6403 or 0428
clean the town was to start with. 731 390.
Melissa McKay thanked the parents, grandmother Adriaan Vanderlugt Amber, Chloe, Anika & Brooke take a well-earned break

and teachers who joined the group and kept the girls
moving and their motivation levels high. The guides

enjoyed the icy cups and sausage sizzle following the
busy morning and will be eager participants again
 next year.

CHECK OUT OUR NEW LISTINGS AT Dance Blackall committee elected

DANCE Blackall held their annual general meeting
RAY WHITE RURAL BLACKALL on Thursday, March 4 at Blackall State School.
PHONE:(07)46574355 Lavina Anderson was elected president of the dance
committee, Christine Williams as treasurer and
FAX:(07)46576261 Susan Thomson as secretary.
EMAIL–rural.blackall.qld@raywhite.com Birrali Schefe, a registered teacher with the Royal
PATONFITZSIMONS 0427574355 Academy of Dance, currently travels from Roma each
fortnight to teach dance lessons on a Monday and
HELENASPINALL 0428316289 Tuesday afternoon.
 Lessons are held at the showgrounds and memorial
hall, depending on availability of the hall.
CATTLESALEDATES: The Show society will be applying for a grant to
Fiona Ludgate and her team of Blackall volunteers show
Fat&StoreSaleͲThursday,March18 upgrade the building at the showgrounds which off the rubbish collected at the showgrounds Iain Duke worked hard collecting all the full bags of rubbish
Weaner&StoreSaleͲThursday,March25 will include a toilet and airconditioning of the hall.
Should this be successful, the dance group hope for a
ContactPatonforresults permanent base for lessons. The theme of the concert
–YourRayWhiteSpecialistAgent– this year is “the Magic Toyshop”. A tentative date has
 been set for Saturday, November 27.
The dance group are hoping to hold weekend
 workshops on a more regular basis; with the first on
March 27-28 at the memorial hall (free to members).
Dance Blackall is offering an adult dance fitness
fun class for the first time, fortnightly on Tuesdays at
1.30pm. The class costs $10.
The next dance lessons are on March 15 and 16,
and March 29 and 30 at the memorial hall.
New dancers are always welcome. Contact Lavina
Anderson on 4657 5030 after hours.
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