Magpies win

SPORT ON THE BARCOO

Keen punters turn out for Tambo races
Winter seemed far away at Tambo on Saturday, with sunny skies and warm weather setting the scene for the Ladies Race Day. Five local races were held with Blackall trainer Kevin Birse taking a win with Vinyl Pusher in the fifth race of the day, the South West Ford Nissan Class 6 Plate. Barcaldine trainer Todd Austin also triumphed with Desert Playboy, who took out the second race for the day, the Lansdowne Class B Handicap. In other races, Craiglea Hussy won the XXXX Gold QTIS Maiden The Blackall Magpies were triumphant once again in last weekends home game against the Ilfracombe Scorpions, coming out on top 24-18. In front of a strong home crowd, the Magpies played a hard fought game with front rower Jack Burgess named players player with fellow front rower Nigel Hartley also playing a strong game. Tries were scored by Beau Frame, Brett Hayman, Matthew Ballie, and Robert Mcleod who made the winning try. All four tries were converted by Matt Mclane. In other games around the region, the Barcaldine Sand Goannas defeated the Winton Diamantina Devils 38-34. The current points tally stands at Winton 22, Ilfracombe 12, Barcaldine 12, Blackall 6 and Longreach 4. This weekend the Blackall Magpies will travel to Barcaldine on Saturday night to play the Barcaldine Sand Goannas with kick off at 6pm. Plate, Craiglea Edge won the Landmark Class 3 Plate and Zassi won the Moody Racing Great Western Sprint Open Handicap. Racegoers were able to enjoy a chicken and wine luncheon including dessert and tea and coffee. In fashions of the field, Cathy Barker from Charleville was named Queen of the Turf, whilst Tambos own Richelle Johnson was named Princess of the Turf. Festivities then went on into the evening in town, with Tammy Eckels acting as DJ at the Carrangarra Hotel.

Golf for a good cause

Keen golfers will be able to enjoy a day out next weekend when the Tambo Golf Club holds its fun day and breast cancer luncheon. The luncheon will kick off at 11am on Saturday for a cost of $20 with a complimentary glass of champagne for arrival. Nine holes of golf will then be played from 1pm with teams of four asked to nominate for a four ball ambrose. Nomination will cost $15 per player, with a prize to be given out for the best dressed team. All proceeds from the day will go to the WestnBreast cancer support group. Spectators are also welcome to attend the lunch, with no obligation to play golf. People wanting to attend are asked to RSVP by Tuesday August 16 to captain Clint Abel on 46 546 604 after hours.

Craiglea Edge and Special Aura race towards the finish line in the Landmark Class 3 Plate at the Tambo races on Saturday.

Blackall trainer Kevin Birse had a win in race five at Tambo with Vinyl Pusher, and received his prize from South West Ford Nissan representative Kerry Mulhern.

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In brief.... Variety the spice of life at Blackall In brief....

August 12 2011 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 by VICTORIA NUGENT

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State School

Bridge out of action

Spirits ran high at the Blackall State School on Monday afternoon when the New South Wales Variety Bash stopped in to present the school with over $4000 worth of equipment. More than 100 decorated pre-1974 vehicles and over 350 costumed participants as well as a helicopter converged on the school as part of the colourful convoy travelling from Baulkam Hills, New South Wales to Buccaneer Rock, Western Australia. As the rally filled the school grounds, Blackall State School staff and volunteers provided catering for 363 people as students explored the decorated vehicles, with themes including Harry Potter, cupcakes, the Wizard of Oz, the Village People and the Little Mermaid. The group presented the school with over $4000 worth of new equipment

including a body cycle bike for special needs student Taylor Hauff, a digital listening post, classroom equipment and musical instruments. Individual cars also presented the school with sporting equipment, rugby league magazines, $1000 worth of office stationery, schoolbags and classroom supplies. Year 12 students were able to take advantage of a fundraising opportunity, running a carwash for the rally cars to raise money for their end of year formal. Year 11 students also took charge of fundraising, selling raffle tickets to the visitors, while Year 10 students took photographs and video footage of the celebrations. Students were treated to free gifts by the visitors, as well as a magic show from one of the drivers.

Subsidence in the foundations of the Barcoo River Bridge between Blackall and Tambo on the Landsborough Highway has caused the deck of the bridge to sag in the middle Traffic is being diverted while repairs are made with the project expected to take two or three months. ....Page 3

40 Hour Famine
A small group of Blackall residents will undertake the challenge of giving up food and modern comforts when they participate in the 40 Hour Famine next weekend. ....Page 5

Year 7 secondary
Blackall schools have reacted positively to the recent announcement by the state government that Year 7 would become part of high school from 2015. ....Page 7

Saleyards memorial
Local stockman, the late Graham Eagle has been honoured with a photographic memorial at his former workplace, the Blackall saleyards, two years after his death in August 2009.

National swimming

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Young Blackall swimmer Josh McErlean caught up with former Blackall competitor Liam Schulter when they both competed in the National School Swimming championships in Melbourne earlier this month. ....Page 13

Magpies win
The Blackall Magpies were triumphant once again in last weekends home game against the Ilfracombe Scorpions, coming out on top 24-18. ....Page 20

Taylor Hauff tries out her new body cycle bike donated to the Blackall State School by the NSW Variety Bash.

From the Editor

Next weekend, a large convoy of vehicles will stop in Blackall for the night as part of an important journey. The Convoy of No Confidence in the Federal Government will see vehicles

travel from across Australia to Canberra with the goal of forcing an election. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this protest, and to see the increased traffic passing through our town.

As the quote goes, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

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I was able to attend a meeting in Tambo, of the Blackall Tambo Regional Arts Development Fund Committee. The members of the committee have over the three and a half years of their commencement have worked well as a team to ensure RAD funding is applied for and distributed within the guidelines. I congratulate them on their dedication to this important increased risk of fire due to the assistance to all of our community enormous body of dry feed in the region. Tambo will also be cultural ventures. On the way to Tambo we were protected in the same manner among the long line up of vehicles with the local SES conducting the waiting to be able to use the essential burning off next week. Tambo Ladies Race Day was well sidetrack at the Barcoo River bridge for the first time after attended with a good field of horses sealing. The Barcoo River bridge and delightful weather for the last will be closed to all traffic until meeting of the year in Tambo. the restoration of the pylons and Congratulations to the energetic the bridge surface are completed. volunteers who were able to install The work to seal the bypass was the new inside running rail in good completed by the Blackall Tambo time for the meeting. We are at that wonderful time workforce under the direction of of year when the Blackall Tambo the Department of Transport and Regional Council sponsored Main Roads. garden competition is held in It was a fabulous day at the Blackall State School when the Blackall with judging on August 2011 Variety Bash rolled into 22 (weather permitting). The judge the oval for a luncheon stopover. was impressed with the generous Their generous support to the prizes offered and I certainly hope school in general and Taylor Hauff that there will be good entries for in particular, was very warmly 2011. I have been remiss as I have not received by all in attendance. yet thanked all the performers Essential burning off, around the perimeter of Blackall has who acted in the recent very commenced. Council has well received Queensland Music taken these measures to ensure Festival Radio Plays. It was indeed the safety of the town as we a disappointment not to be able to head into a spring with an attend, however the reports I have Page 2 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, August 12 2011

FROM THE MAYORS DESK

received have been glowing in their appreciation of this entertaining art form. The Blackall Game Meat Processing plant is working with the additional employment of seven Korean workers who have travelled to Blackall to ensure there is an adequate workforce for the plant. I know the wonderful bush hospitality always evident in our region will make sure there is a warm welcome to these young people to our town. Blackall is a very multicultural town as we already have a vibrant Filipino population who have given us a whole new perspective on attitude, food and culture, family and faith. Each will play their part as we move into the future and the Game Meat Processing plant will be critical to the ongoing prosperity and sustainability of our region. Processed under strict guidelines set down by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service the natural product processed here is sold for human consumption to Coles stores throughout Australia. Council has made provision in the budget for the upgrade to some Blackall streets which have remained unsealed to date or have fallen into disrepair. Petunia and Dahlia Streets as well as Spring Lane will be part of the upgrade program for the coming year.

--Jan Ross

5:00 Talking Heads 5:30 The New Inventors 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 For the Juniors 10:15 Our Animals 10:20 Cyberchase 10:45 Behind the News Special 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Surfing The Menu 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:05 Childrens Programs 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7:30 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks and Specks 9:00 The Gruen Transfer 9:30 Judith Lucys Spiritual Journey 10:00 At the Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:30 Wild China 12:25 Family Footsteps 1:20 Parliament Question Time 2:30 The Graham Norton Show 3:00 Big Ideas 3:55 Can We Help? 4:00 Headcases 4:25 Message Stick 4:55 National Press Club Address 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Neue Freunde 10:05 Jung In Europa 10:15 A Table! 10:20 Me Voila! 10:30 Behind the News 11:00 The Ascent Of Money: Dreams Of Avarice 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Little Dorrit 1:30 Mother and Son 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Childrens Programs 6:00 Restoration Man 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Crownies 9:30 Junior Doctors 10:25 Lateline 11:00 Lateline Business 11:30 Songbook 12:20 Parliament Question Time 1:20 Ballet Russes 2:20 Junior Doctors 3:15 To the Manor Bowen 4:00 Compass 4:30 Catalyst 5:00 Can We Help? 5:30 The New Inventors 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Noah and Saskia 10: 25 What I Wrote 10:30 Arrows of Desire 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 6:00 Bills Tasty Weekends 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Collectors 8:30 Silent Witness 9:30 Hustle 10:30 Lateline 11:15 Beautiful People 11:45 rage 5:00 rage 10:00 rage Guest Programmer: Rob Zombie 11:00 Bills Tasty Weekends 12:00 Collectors 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Foreign Correspondent 1:30 E2: Transport: London: The Price Of Traffic 2:00 Rugby League: QLD Cup 2011 4:00 Treks in a Wild World 4:25 Shamwari: A Wild Life 5:00 Bowls: World Cup 2011: Mens Semi Final 1 6:00 Nigella Express 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Kingdom 8:20 Spicks and Specks Shorts 8:25 Marchlands 9:20 Rake 10:15 Doctor Who 11:05 rage Guest Programmer: Rob Zombie

Barcoo Independent TV Guide August 14- August 20 ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS
5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Morning News 12:00 Movie: Baby Brokers 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 10 Years Younger 3:30 Childrens Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Mercurios Menu 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Worlds Strictest Parents 8:30 Criminal Minds 9:30 Covert Affairs 10:30 Parking Wars 11:00 Detroit 1-8-7 12:00 Style by Jury 12:30 Sons and Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Morning News 12:00 McMillan and Wife 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 10 Years Younger 3:30 Childrens Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Mercurios Menu 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Drug Bust 8:00 Crash Investigation Unit 8:30 Pawn Stars 9:30 Law and Order: LA 11:30 Off the Map 12:30 Trauma 1:30 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Morning News 12:00 Movie: Cold Mountain 2:30 Dr Oz 3:00 10 Years Younger 3:30 Childrens Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Mercurios Menu 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 Carlton vs Hawthorn 11:45 That 70s Show 12:15 Movie: Undertow 2:30 Room for Improvement 3:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 Childrens Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 Saturday Disney 11:00 Sally Bollywood-Super Detective 11:30 Legend of Enyo 12:00 Dive Olly Dive 1:00 Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of Pharaohs 1:30 Hawks Active 2:00 Footy Flashbacks 2:00 AFL West Coast Eagles vs Essendon 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Hook Line and Sinker 7:00 AFL Collingwood vs Brisbane Lions 11:00 V8 Supercars 3:00 The HitRater.com 3:25 Room for Improvement 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Power Rangers R.P.M 5:00 Early News 5:30 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 11:00 Morning News 12:00 The View 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days of Our Lives 3:00 The Block 3:30 Childrens Programs 4:30 Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block 7:30 Top Design 8:30 RPA 9:30 RPA Where Are They Now? 10:30 Embarrassing Teenage Bodies 11:25 Little Britain 12:05 Eclipse Music TV 12:35 Prime Time: What Would You Do? 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Fishing Australia 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 Early News 5:30 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 11:00 Morning News 12:00 The View 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 Block 8:00 The Big Bang Theory 8:30 Hamish and Andys Gap Year 9:30 The NRL Footy Show 11:15 The AFL Footy Show 1:00 Entertainment Tonight 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Alive and Cooking 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 Early News 5:30 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 11:00 Morning News 12:00 The View 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 Block Unlocked 7:30 Melbourne Storm vs St George Illawarra Dragons 9:30 North Queensland Cowboys vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs 11:30 Movie: Fire Down Below 1:30 Movie: Big Wednesday 3:45 Danoz Direct 4:30 Good Morning America 6:00 Childrens Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Fishing Australia 10:30 Your 4x4 11:00 Kids WB 2:30 Movie: Major Dundee 4:30 The Garden Gurus 5:00 Black Dog Ride 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News 6:30 Funniest Home Videos 7:30 Movie: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 10:45 50 Greatest Moments of Harry Potter 12:00 Movie: When Time Ran Out 2:05 Spyforce 3:00 The Barron 4:00 Danoz Direct 5:30 Wesley Impact

4:30 UEFA Champions League 6:45 UEFA Champions League 9:00 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Tropic of Capricorn 8:30 The Hotel 9:30 World News Australia 10:05 Movie: Remember Me 12:15 112 Emergency 1:45 Weatherwatch Overnigh 4:30 UEFA Champions League 6:45 UEFA Champions League 7:45 FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011: Semi-final 1 10:30 FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011: Semi-final 2 1:00 International News 2:30 Dateline 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 French Food Safari 8:00 Oz and Jamess Big Wine Adventure 8:30 Supersizers Go... Victorian 9:30 World News Australia 10:05 The Protectors 11:10 UEFA Champions League Hour 12:10 Movie: Inspector Montalbano: The Spiders Patience 2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 International News 1:00 The Food Lovers Guide to Australia 1:30 Insight 2:30 The Nest 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 James Mays Toy Stories 8:30 Blitz Street 9:30 World News Australia 10:05 Sex: An Unnatural History 10:35 Erotic Tales 11:05 Movie: Diary of a Nymphomaniac 12:55 Spiral 3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 International News 1:00 Sylvie Guillem: On the Edge 2:35 In Search of The Messiah 3:30 Goodbye Revolution 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Costas Garden Odyssey 6:00 Behind the Front Door 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Engineering Connections 8:30 Iron Chef 9:20 RocKwiz 10:10 Movie: Angel-A 11:45 SOS 12:45 Lifes A Zoo 1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

Wednesday August 17 Thursday August 18 Friday Augsut 19 Saturday Augsut 20

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5:00 Rage 6:30 Childrens Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:05 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 7:30 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Natures Great Events: The Great Flood 3:00 Ballet Russes 4:00 One Flat Thing Reproduced 4:25 The Writers Room 4:30 Flights of Fancy 5:00 Art Nation 5:30 Dance Academy 6:00 Robin Hood 6:45 Miniscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Grand Designs 8:30 Midsomer Murders 10:00 Compass 10:30 Strictly Speaking 11:00 Foyles War 12:35 Grand Designs 1:25 Movie: The Moon is Blue 3:05 The Quran 4:00 Gardening Australia 4:30 Collectors 5:00 Art Nation 5:30 The New Inventors 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Backyard Science 10:25 Science Clips 10:35 Atoms Alive 10:50 Ace Day Jobs 10:55 Wagging School 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Monarch of the Glen 1:30 Cheese Slices 2:00 Poirot 3:00 Childrens Programs 6:00 Time Team 6:50 Miniscule 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 Brideshead Revisited 12:30 The Clinic 1:25 The Clay Pigeon 2:30 The Graham Norton Show 3:00 Bowls: World Cup 2011: Womens Semi Final 2 4:00 Hungry Beast 4:30 From The Heart 5:00 First Tuesday Book Club 5:30 The New Inventors 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind the News 10:25 Being Me 10:45 Food for Thought 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Egypt Unwrapped 1:35 Meerkat Manor 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Childrens Programs 6:00 Rick Steins Far Eastern Odyssey 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Japan Tsunami: How it Happened 9:25 QI 9:55 Jennifer Byrne Presents Memoirs 10:25 Lateline 11:00 Lateline Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Parliament Question Time 1:40 Pieces of Me 2:30 The Graham Norton Show 3:00 Big Ideas 4:00 The Occasional Cook 4:30 Carbon Cops

Barcoo Independent TV Guide August 14 - August 20 ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

6:00 Childrens Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 True Beauty- Face of Vegas 11:00 Breaking the Magicians Code 12:00 Movie: The Legend of Johnny Lingo 2:00 AFL Richmond vs Sydney 5:00 Guide to the Good Life 5:30 The Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Highway Patrol 8:00 The Force: Behind the Line 8:30 Bones 9:30 Castle 11:30 The First 48 12:30 White Fury: The Untamed Tibet 1:30 Room for Improvement 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet the Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Morning News 12:00 Body of Proof 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 10 Years Younger 3:30 Childrens Programs 4:30 News at 4:30 5:00 Mercurios Menu 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Wild and Woolly - An Elephant and His Sheep 8:40 Body of Proof 9:40 Suits 11:30 Teen Wolf 12:30 Heroes 1:30 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Morning News 12:00 Lewis 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 10 Years Younger 3:30 Childrens Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Mercurios Menu 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away 7:30 Four Weddings 8:30 Winners and Losers 9:30 Dinner Date Australia 10:30 Hung 11:10 Parks and Recreation 11:40 Perfect Couples 12:05 House Calls To The Rescue 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 ARL Schoolboy Cup 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wide World of Sports 11:00 The Sunday Footy Show 12:00 The Sunday Roast 1:00 Wildfire 1:30 Top Design 3:00 The Block 4:00 St George Illawarra Dragons vs Sydney Roosters 6:00 National News 6:30 The Block 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 Movie: Terminator Salvation 11:00 CSI Miami 12:00 Super League 2:00 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 4WD TV 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 Early News 5:30 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 11:00 Morning News 12:00 The View 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 Block 8:00 The Big Bang Theory 8:30 Rescue Special Ops 9:30 CSI Miami 11:30 Little Britain 12:05 Super League 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 4WD TV 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 Early News 5:30 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 11:00 Morning News 12:00 The View 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 Block 7:30 The Big Bang Theory 8:30 Top Gear 10:00 Metropolis 11:15 Worst Case Scenario 11:45 20/20 12:40 Entertainment Tonight 1:05 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 4WD TV 3:30 Good Morning America 10:30 Football Asia Feature

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 6:35 International News 11:00 Les Murrays Football 12:00 Futbol Mundial 12:30 Speedweek 2:00 Al Jazeera News 3:00 Hitlers Bodyguard 4:00 Indigenous Football Festival 2011 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Trawlermen 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds 8:30 Dateline 9:30 Hubbles Amazing Rescue 10:30 Movie: The Secret of the Grain 1:10 Movie: Darling 2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 Korean News 5:45 Spanish Supercup: Real Madrid v Barcelona 8:00 Weatherwatch and Music 8:05 International News 1:30 Dateline 2:30 Insight 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters 8:30 Swift & Shift Couriers 9:00 Pizza 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Flight of the Conchords 10: 30 Skins 11:30 The World Game 12:30 Movie: Walk on Water 2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 International News 1:00 Movie: Waiting For Someone 2:40 Road 2:50 Even Pigeons Go to Heaven 3:00 Australian Biography 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Insight 8:30 Cutting Edge: Power Surge 9:30 World News Australia 10:05 The Pig Farm 11:40 Movie: White Night 1:20 Doctors of Death 2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight

Sunday August 14 Monday August 15 Tuesday August 16

Programs correct at time of printing but may change owing to unforeseen circumstances
CLASSIFICATIONS: G M Mature Classification Recommended for viewing by mature audiences. PG MA Mature Audience Not suitable for people under 15 years of age. AV

General Classification Parental Guidance Recommended Adult Violence Classification Not suitable for people under 15 years of age.

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Barcoo River bridge undergoes repairs

Repairs have commenced at the flood damaged Barcoo River bridge between Blackall and Tambo, where subsidence in the foundations has caused the deck of the bridge to sag in the middle. Main Roads spokesman Eric Denham said work to settle the foundations of the bridge had been planned for 12 months and had commenced a couple of weeks ago. Weve taken traffic off the bridge as a precautionary measure, Mr Denham said. Mr Denham said Main Roads had begun work on the bridge several days ahead of schedule with the project predicted to take two to three months. The $1.2 million project is being delivered as part of Operation Queenslander under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA), a joint federal and state initiative where the Federal Government provides 75 per cent of the funding, with 25 per cent from the State Government. Works will involve underpinning of piers using steel piles to stabilise the bridge, raising the bridge deck and reinstatement of the bridge wearing surface. Vehicles are being diverted onto an existing sidetrack while the works are completed, with flashing signs set up to warn drivers to give way. Bitumen was laid on lasting up to half an hour.

the

sidetrack a week ago, with the work resulting in traffic stoppages The one way bypass is also set to be expanded to be a two lane bypass to cope with the flow of traffic during repairs. At Wednesdays council meeting, it was suggested that the bridge could be re-opened for cars if water covered the bypass during early rains, whilst trucks would be unable to cross due to the bridges instability.

--by Victoria Nugent

Traffic came to a halt on the Landsborough Highway last Significant repairs are needed to the foundations of Thursday as Main Roads laid bitumen on the bypass which will the Barcoo River Bridge to re-stabilise it for traffic. be used while the bridge undergoes repairs.

BLACKALL KINDERGARTEN AND LIMITED HOURS DAYCARE

Blackall Kindergarten Association is inviting applications for a Kindergarten teacher to join our organisation. This is a part time position for 14 hours per week, 11 hours contact time and 3 hours preparation time from Tuesday to Wednesday. This 6 - 12 month temporary maternity leave position will commence October 4th 2011. Relevant qualifications required: * Bachelor in Early Childhood Education (3 or 4 year) * Current Blue Card * First Aid Certificate Please forward your written application and resume by WEDNESDAY 31st AUGUST 2011 to PO Box 54, Blackall Qld 4472 or email to blackallkindy1@bigpond.com For more information please contact the Centre on 46574832

Blackall Kindergarten Association is inviting applications Friday, August 12 2011- Page 3 The Barcoo Independent, for a Kindergarten teacher to join our organisation.

WHATS ON in 2011
AUGUST 12 Blue Light Disco 13 Community Markets 17 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner 20 Tambo Golf Fun Day 24 Woolscour Tour & Corned Beef Dinner 25-27 Symposium on Public Art in the Non-Urban Context 30 SDE Blackall Sports Skills Day 31 Woolscour Tour & Bush Dinner 31 Woolscour Mid-Week Market Day

Jericho Drive In movies

Western residents craving a family night out at the movies may be interested in the films screening next weekend at the Jericho Drive In Theatre. Cars 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will hit the big screen on Saturday August 20, with the movies starting at 7:30pm. Cars 2 is a computer animated feature and the sequel to the successful 2006 film Cars. Renowned race car Lightning McQueen and his tow truck friend Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race but spanners are soon thrown in the works when Mater becomes involved in international espionage. Fantasy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth instalment in the franchise and follows Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in his search for the fountain of youth, accompanied by his former lover, Angelica (Penelope Cruz). A barbecue dinner, cold drinks, chips, chocolates, tea and coffee will be available for purchase with gates opening at 6:30pm.

SEPTEMBER 3 Annual Flower Show 3 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner 6 Blackall to Slygo Wagon Trek 9 Blackall State School Arts Evening 13-14 WesTech Barcaldine 16-18 Back to Blackall Weekend 16- 19 Tambo Teddy Bears Picnic Festival 17 Community Markets 23 Blue Light Disco OCTOBER 8 Community Markets 8 Blackall Hospital Auxiliary Springtime Festival 14 Blue Light Disco 15 Blackall Races 15 Elvis Presley Tribute Show 28 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall 29 Outback Tourism QLD Awards NOVEMBER 4-5 Gallery Day 5 Halloween Trick or Treat 5 Halloween Blue Light Disco 7-8 SDE Blackall Swim Camp 12 Dance Blackall Annual Concert 26 Blackall Races 26 St Patricks Christmas Fete 27 Christmas Tree Festival DECEMBER 16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Members Xmas Party 24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall 24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo 31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New Years Eve Costume Party Page 4 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, August 12 2011

State school arts showcase

The Blackall State School will hold an arts showcase evening on Friday August 26 at the Cultural Centre. The event is a combination of last years Arts Appreciation Night and musical rolled into one evening. Students will showcase their talents in the fields of visual art, ICT, dance, home economics, drama and music at the event, with the cost of entry a gold coin donation. Students have made the costumes, backdrops, props, posters and programs and have been working hard rehearsing and perfecting their character roles, dances and musical performances. The doors will open at 5:30pm when the student art exhibition, accompanied with light musical entertainment will commence. Free nibbles will also be provided at this time. The next portion of the evening will kick off at 6:30pm with a Dr Seuss themed musical Guess Whats in the Box? Throughout the evening the bar will be operating and chips, popcorn and fairy floss will be available. A barbecue dinner will be provided by the Blackall State School P and C at reasonable prices at the conclusion of the musical. The evening will finish up with a student disco, which will operate from 7:30 9:30pm.

Producers flocked to property computer mapping workshops held at Blackall and Tambo last week. AgForce Projects technical officer Noel Brinsmead outlined what satellite imagery is freely available to producers and demonstrated how it can be uploaded into a computer mapping software program to draw and record property information and measure areas and distances. Landholders received 10 different historical Landsat satellite images of their property, ranging in years from 1988-2009, and a 2006 and 2009 SPOT5 image. The service was delivered jointly by AgForward, an initiative of AgForce within its project division, funded by the Queensland Government, and AGDATAs FarmReady approved Farm Planning and Management Module 3 workshop. Today is about learning how to map your property and then you can use it for all the purposes youve nominated: vegetation management, combatting coal seam gas issues and improving productivity, Mr Brinsmead said. Mr Brinsmead demonstrated some of Phoenix Mappings in-built software tools such as how to calculate a paddocks grazing pressure circles by using Department of Environment and Resource Managements version three landtype data, drawing in water points and using the in-built calculation function. While Mr Brinsmead said he did not promote any one mapping software package, he outlined some presently available. AgForce North regional manager Tahna Jackson attended the Blackall workshop last Tuesday 2 August, providing producers with an update on crucial policy issues. She reminded the group Coopers Creek will be officially declared a Wild River in the coming months, restricting management practices in riparian zones. She thanked Christine Campbell, who attended the workshop with her husband Simon, for her time and effort within the Wild Rivers consultation committee, and said industry involvement secured significant wins such as exempting properties with Property Maps of Assessable Vegetation (PMAVs) from management restrictions in Category X (white) areas.

Producers learn computer mapping skills

On the subject of pests, Ms Jackson said AgForce has successfully secured further funding from Australian Wool Innovation to deliver more predator control workshops, along with the Blackall/Tambo wild dog committee. Ms Jackson had also joined the RAPAD regional pest working group tasked with creating the Central West Queensland Regional Pest Management Strategy. The strategy aims to simplify regional pest eradication policies and better coordinate funding across seven shires Boulia, Diamantina, Barcoo, Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, and BlackallTambo. I think a regional pest strategy will be really good for the region, hopefully eliminating all the anomalies that exists in different shires such as varying scalp prices, she said. Ms Jackson also said she hoped to see everyone at the AgForce site during Westech field days in Barcaldine from 13-14 September. Ms Jackson will be accompanied by AgForce Projects technical leader Graeme Bell on hand to assist with leasehold land renewals, AgForce policy officer Lauren Hewitt who will outline pending changes to leasehold land rents and Legal Aid Queensland solicitor Glen Martin and CSG project officer Daniel Phipps who can answer mining and coal seam gas questions.

Catching up at the Blackall property computer mapping workshop are (from left) AgForce North regional manager Tahna Jackson, Rhett Webb, Simon Campbell and AgForce Projects GIS technical officer Chris Fogarty.

The annual and biennial meeTings of The blackall local ambulance commiTTee will be held aT The blackall ambulance cenTre on Thursday augusT 25 aT 5:30pm. all welcome. enquiries: beth oneill phone 46574141

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Blackall residents take on 40 Hour Famine

A small group of Blackall residents will undertake the challenge of giving up food and modern comforts including hot showers, mobile phones and furniture when they participate in World Visions 40 Hour Famine next weekend. The challenge will coincide with the group spending a weekend at Westhill for the Uniting Churchs Sunday Night Live camp out. Participant Bonny Lawrence will give up food, her mobile phone, accessing Facebook and using furniture for the duration of the challenge. Bonny said she thought the famine would prove challenging, particularly while being on camp with other people who werent participating in the event. We wanted to do something a bit different and add something extra to make it more challenging,

Bonny said. Teenagers love their Facebook and mobiles, so we thought, why not give it up for the famine? This is the first year that any of the group have participated in the challenge, apart from Richelle Walker. Richelle said she thought the camp out provided the perfect setting for participating in the famine. Its good doing it in a group because then you know that there are others around you doing the same thing, Richelle said. The group plans to hold a carwash, hundreds boards and raffles as well as other fundraisers in the lead up to the event to raise money for the cause. The 40 Hour Famine will kick off next Friday night at 8pm, with the group sharing a camp oven dinner before starting the challenge.

Rural womens award open

Richelle Walker and Bonny Lawrence held a cake stall on Monday morning to raise funds ahead of participating in the 40 Hour Famine next weekend.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 RIRDC Rural Womens Award with winners to be chosen from each state in addition to a national winner. The award aims to support women with demonstrated leadership skills who wish to to make contributions to their industries and communities. Each applicant is asked to submit a proposal or vision that will improve Australias rural communities and winners will receive a $10,000 financial bursary to implement that vision. Winners will also have the opportunity to undertake the AICD Company Directors course and be supported with 12 months of facilitated individual strategic leadership support. The award is open to all women involved in primary industries, including broad-acre farming, intensive livestock, cropping, horticulture, fisheries, forestry, new and emerging plant and animal enterprises, indigenous rural enterprises, natural resource management and related service industries. Rural women are encouraged to enter themselves or nominate someone else they feel could make a difference within their community. Application forms can be downloaded and submitted online from the RIRDC website: www. rirdc.gov.au with entries closing on October 15.

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LNP life membership for Sonja Public art party Blackalls Sonja Doyle received While always encouraging new by the Barcoo the Liberal National Partys highest people to take up branch positions,
honour when she was awarded honorary life membership at the partys recent annual convention. Sonja was recognised for her contribution to the National Party, serving at all levels of the organisation, and for her commitment in ensuring that the former National Party Blackall branch became an active and effective Liberal National Party branch after amalgamation. Federal Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott, who presented Sonja with her citation in Blackall last week, said the recognition was well deserved. She has always believed in the values of the LNP and she does the work, not for her own benefit, but for the wider rural Queensland community. I am delighted to see her efforts finally recognised. Sonja has been described as the driving force keeping the Blackall branch active through many difficult years. she was never prepared to see the branch lapse if she could assist by filling the void herself. She has been secretary, chairman, treasurer, chief campaign organiser, fundraiser, meeter and greeter of visitors and guests to the community, organiser of functions, and has ensured that the Blackall polling booth is always well placed and fully manned at every state and federal election for at least the last 30 years. Politicians who have benefited from Sonjas guidance include Bob Katter Snr, when Blackall was part of the federal Kennedy electorate, and former Member for Gregory, Bill Glasson. At one stage Blackall was part of the state seat of Warrego. Mr Scott said Sonja was instrumental in helping secure that seat for Neil Turner and the National Party after it had been held continuously by the ALP for 66 years.

--by Sally Cripps

Federal Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott, presented Sonja Doyle with a life membership to the LNP party in Blackall last week.

The upcoming Symposium on Public Art in Non Urban Contexts will conclude on Saturday August 27 in the evening with a free community art party with everyone invited. There will be a large ground canvas for all to help paint, and an animated performance called Grandfather Remembers. It will also be the last Blackall stop for the red hospitality truck, so come and buy your dinner from the Blackall State School Year 11s who will be catering and raising school funds. The miniature sculptures made from mud, grass and found materials in the outdoor studio of the basketball courts behind the Memorial Hall will also be exhibited at the community party. For anyone wishing to get involved with this hands-on sculpture making, the returning sculptors will mentor regional artists from Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 August in the tented studios. The returning artists Natalie Billings, Robert Bridgewater, William Eicholtz, Bodo Muche and Fred White will join Bob Wilson to talk about their public artworks throughout the three day symposium that will discuss the many aspects that make great public art in remote and rural communities. Most sessions will be in Memorial Hall, with outdoor artists talks at Memorial Park. Regional success stories from other areas will be discussed throughout Saturday August 27, prior to the concluding community art party in Short Street with the Red Truck barbecue. Contact Robyn Adams on 46510939 or stratford01@ bigpond.com for further details.

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Classic MG cars visit Blackall

Car enthusiasts will be able to see classic cars on display next weekend when the Darling Downs Chapter of the MG Club of Queensland stops into Blackall as part of their Great Outback Tour next weekend. Around 22 vehicles will be participating, including 15 classic MGs with the oldest vehicles two 1933 models. The remainder of the vehicles range through the 1940s to the 1970s with participants coming from Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Warwick. The vintage cars will be on display at the Blackall Woolscour on Saturday August 20 between 9:30- 10:30am. The stop is part of a tour leaving from Toowoomba on August 12 which will see them travel over 3000kms before their return home on August 27. The tour will stop in a number of regional towns including Moree, Lightning Ridge, Bourke, Charleville, Longreach, Emerald, Biloela and Chinchilla. Tambo residents will also be able to see the cars when they make a rest stop in the town for lunch on Friday August 19.

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Ron Tremmel and corrective services officer Peter Cronin with one of the new signs created by aerosol artist Christian Griffiths for the Blackall Tambo region prior to its installation in Shamrock Street. A prison work crew was on the job late last week putting up the unique signs, which feature attractions including the Blackall Woolscour and the Black Stump.

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Blackall schools have reacted positively to the recent announcement by the state government that Year 7 will become part of high school from 2015. Blackall State School principal Jason Smith said it was not an issue for the Prep-Year 12 campus as it already operated some of its Year 7 classes with specialist secondary teachers. Training is a priority for primary teachers who volunteer to move to secondary, although a lot of primary teachers coming out of uni are now trained in middle schooling and able to teach to Year 10, he said. Mr Smith added that he felt it was time Queensland matched other states. It fits in well with the Australian curriculum, he said. It gives our students the same access to specialist teachers and facilities as other states have. Catholic Educations Rockhampton diocese representatives have also welcomed the announcement. According to director Leesa Jeffcoat the move will be educationally beneficial. It needs to be made if Queensland is to maintain a world class education system, she said.

Blackall schools gear up for secondary shuffle

Miss Jeffcoat said they would closely monitor the impact of the decision on students attending Catholic primary schools in country areas where there is no local access to a Catholic secondary education. While boarding school is an option for some families, further investigation about the possibility of some flexibility of arrangements in rural areas is a priority for many families and also for Catholic Education. Another spokesman, Ross Jones said he didnt see any teachers at St Josephs, Blackall losing their jobs as a result of the changes. Year 6/7 is usually a composite class and the number of Year 7 students varies from year to year, he said. This year there are probably four or five. We may find down the track that we will need more teachers, if we get into specialised areas. Mr Jones also said Catholic Education hoped to keep enrolments up at the Prep/Year 1 level. It is something we will be monitoring carefully, he said. The state government has indicated it will set up a taskforce to look at the implications for boarding schools and students. Catholic Education is preparing to have significant input into the

taskforce, with ideas for the best ways to meet the needs of country people. We will put our views into the taskforce regarding the extra costs people face, and extra places needed at boarding schools, he said. The state president of the Isolated Childrens Parents Association, Lorraine McGinnis has said rural and remote families would face big emotional and financial burdens from having to send children to boarding school 12 months earlier. She said the move would have most impact on students enrolled in Schools of Distance Education and in small rural and remote schools from Prep to Year 7. We believe the comprehensive review should include the impact on small remote schools and also should take into account the financial assistance that families are going to need to be able to cope and live through this immense change and impact on their lives, she said.

--by Sally Cripps

Vietnam Veterans Day Commemorative Ceremony Thursday 18th August 2011

The Blackall RSL Sub Branch will hold a ceremony to commemorate the service of those veterans who served in South Vietnam. Date: 18th August 2011 Location: Memorial Park Time: 5:15 pm

Community members and visitors are invited to the ceremony on their way home from work or shopping, to acknowledge the contribution of Vietnam Veterans, especially those from our community and to reflect on the service of Australian Defence Force personnel currently deployed on operations. Afterwards - Everyone is invited to the RSL Hall for a light buffet dinner & drinks Contact Terry Brennan T 4651 0939 or M 0419 179 974 or E stratford01@bigpond.com
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A fitting tribute for Graham Eagle

Local stockman, the late Graham Eagle has been honoured with a photographic memorial at his former workplace, the Blackall saleyards, two years after his death in August 2009. The Peck and Gillies families arranged the tribute which consists of photos taken of Graham the year before his death by local photographer Robbie Stockwell. Grahams wife Sandra and daughter Jessica met last Friday with Jill Peck and Bev and Kevin Gillies to present the memorial to the Blackall saleyards where it will hang in the office. As well as working from the saleyards in his later years, Graham was a contract musterer, and had been breaking in horses since he was 13 and broke in his last horse the year before he died, at age 79. He also acted as an occasional caretaker at local properties for families that were away, including the Pecks and the Gillies. Jill Peck said the photographic tribute was a way of preserving the memory of a man that she described as a real gentleman and an expert horseman. He was a real identity- they just dont make them like that any more, Jill said.

We all just figured we needed to do something in his memory, she said. David Carter said Graham was a real asset to the saleyard and always had a strong work ethic. Hed be the first one through here in the morning with the lights on, David said. Grahams wife Sandra said he had accomplished a lot in his life including travelling to Hong Kong to deliver racehorses and breaking in countless horses for many owners. Horses were his passion and he rode right up until March the year that he died, Sandra said.

Jill Peck, David Carter, Jess Eagle, Sandra Eagle, Bev Gillies and Kevin Gillies gathered at the saleyard last Friday to put the memorial to Graham Eagle in its new home.

The photographs on Graham Eagles memorial were taken by Robbie Stockwell.

Taylors Smile Says It All

Jason Smith and his staff, BSS P & C association and past president Mark Hancock, Living Legend Mrs Glenda Tierney (SWD), students, parents, families and friends for their time, effort and commitment in organising such a successful day. The schools visiting physios from Emerald, Anna Smith and Sarah, along with occupational therapist from Longreach Nicky Bunt also deserve a huge thank you. Our thanks once again to everyone and especially the variety bash for bringing such a huge smile and happiness to our daughters life. -Tony, Diane and Taylor Hauff and family.

Words cannot describe the joy on Taylors face when climbing upon her new purple disability push bike. This was kindly donated by the NSW Variety Bash 2011 (Baulkham Hills to Buccaneer Rock) Team members of the bash were thrilled to be present to witness the presentation and meet Taylor in person. Their generosity touched our hearts! They also presented Blackall State School with other equipment for students with disabilites (SWD unit), sports equipment and funding towards the whole school community. Many thanks must go to BSS Principal Mr
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Josh and Liam excel in the pool at nationals

Young Blackall swimmer Josh McErlean caught up with former fellow Blackall competitor Liam Schulter when they both competed in the National School Swimming championships in Melbourne earlier this month. Josh competed in butterfly, freestyle, breaststroke, and three relays coming away with one gold medal, in the 50m butterfly and three silver medals in the relays. Liam, who now lives on the Sunshine coast with his parents Trevor and Michelle Schluter, competed in nine events. Liam broke two records in the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle

and received gold medals for both events. He also received two silvers, one in the 200m freestyle and the other in the 200m individual medley, and a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke.

--Helen Aspinall

Josh McErlean competing in a relay at the National School Swimming championships in Melbourne.

Josh McErlean and Liam Schluter catch up at the National School swim meet in Melbourne

Monday 22nd to Wednesday 24th August at Outdoor Sculpture Studio in the Basketball Courts behind Memorial Hall, come & get creative with mud, grass and found materials and help generate ideas and shapes for another pubic artwork. Wednesday 24th August Evening at the Memorial Hall, Meet & Greet Get Together. Thursday 25th August at the Memorial Hall, Symposium Sessions with the returning artists Natalie Billings, Robert Bridgewater, William Eicholtz, Bodo Muche & Fred White, Representatives from Arts Queensland Art + Place, Artsupport Australia Symposium Dinner & Arts Tour of the Woolscour. Friday 26th August, Symposium Sessions in the Memorial Hall With Three Public Art Talks in and around Memorial Park in the afternoon. Saturday 27th August Morning down on the Barcoo River, Three Public Art Talks Followed by Symposium Sessions in Memorial Hall focussing on great regional art projects. Saturday Evening down on the River, a Free Community Art Party for all. Come paint the Community Canvas, participate and see the Grandfather Remembers Performance, & buy your dinner from the Red Truck & Year 11s to raise funds for the Blackall State School. Contact Robyn Adams on 46510939 or stratford01@bigpond.com

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Local Government Act 2009 Local Government Change Commission

The Local Government Change Commission has assessed a proposal to alter the common boundary between Barcaldine Regional Council and Blackall Tambo Regional Council by excluding Lot 6 on CP848943, Parish of Yalleroi from Barcaldine Regional Council and including it in BlackallTambo Regional Council. Views given by the landholder and both councils were considered by the Change Commission. In recommending the proposed change, the Change Commission recognises the support of the landholder and councils concerned. No significant issues impact on either council in connection with their financial arrangements or provision of services and infrastructure. The Governor-in-Council may implement the Local Government Change Commissions recommendation by regulation. David Kerslake Electoral Commissioner
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Variety bash puts smiles on kids faces

Lachie May and Thomas Walsh kept busy filming the afternoons festivities.

Kaitlin Burton and Elena Malinen were pleased with some of the goodies they received from the Variety bashers on the day.

Variety bash particpants George Gioulis and Terry Marousis Decorated rally cars filled the Blackall State School with their gladiator themed vehicle. grounds during the NSW Variety Bash visit on Monday.

Colouring in competition winners Roy Griffith and Tristan Jesse Long and Jesse Stone volunteered during the McGovern were presented with State of Origin packs by SuperHuman magic show at the Variety bash at the Blackall State School on Monday three Variety bashers, all named Brian. The Barcoo Independent, Friday, August 12 2011 - Page 9

Sunny skies for ladies day at Tambo races

Lisa and Rodney Kings travelled to Tambo to spend a day at the races.

Laura Kruckow and Rachel Thiele were dressed up in style for ladies day.

Jenny Donaldson and Jan Ross caught up for a chat Cathy Kent, Tom Mortland and Lily Kent enjoying the trackside at Tambo. afternoon at the races.

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