Magpies ght hard against Ilfracombe

The Blackall Magpies played host to the Ilfracombe Scorpions on Saturday, July 14 at the Blackall showgrounds. The crowd was very good considering the extremely cold conditions prevailing. The Magpies came out strongly with Jeremy Barron steam-rolling over for a try within the rst two minutes. Chris Williams conversion attempt was successful to put Blackall in the lead by 6-0. Ilfracombe then attacked strongly, but the defence held until about 10 minutes in when Dale Hoad penetrated to score for Ilfracombe. The conversion attempt was unsuccessful, giving Blackall a slender 6-4 lead. Blackall was able to hit back shortly after with a try to Blake Carolan taking the score to 10- 4, with Chris Williams conversion waved away. Neither team was able to penetrate the others defence for about fteen minutes, until Casey Peacock scored with the conversion by Dale Hoad successful to make the scores level at 10-all. Ilfracombe was able to score again shortly after a knock-on by Blackall, however the conversion was waved away, taking Ilfracombe to the lead by 14-10. Ilfracombes Nathanial Johnston scored just before half time to put the half time score at 18-10. The Scorpions attacked strongly after the break and scored only three minutes into the second half with the conversion successful. Jeremy Barron barged over again for Blackall but Chris Williams conversion was waved away to peg back Ilfracombes lead to 10 points. The defence of both teams kept the scores the same until just before the 30th minute when John Hawkes for Ilfracombe went over for a try with the conversion unsuccessful. Tom Elliot and John Hawkes scored further tries for Ilfracombe with one conversion successful to take the nal score to Ilfracombe 38 Blackall 14. Man of the Match for Blackall was Chris Williams and Players Player was Jeremy Barron. Blackall had a bye last weekend and will host Winton at the showgrounds this weekend. This game will be held at 3.30 pm so Winton can travel back home early and to allow spectators and players to attend the Kindy ball that night. This will be the nal home game for the Magpies and Blackall is urged to come along and show its support.

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Players Player Jeremy Barron (right) with Tony Hauff after the game against Ilfracombe.

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SpeakOut to set up Blackall ofce

Social change organisation SpeakOut is setting up a branch of its creative business enterprise in Blackall. Chief executive Aleem Ali visited Blackall last week for a familiarisation tour and site visit, meeting with the shire council and a number of community groups over two days. The councils Economic Development Ofcer Louise Campbell said local people had really embraced the concept, which she and the shire had been pursuing for over 12 months. We identied through our cultural plan that there were opportunities through multimedia activities for employment and training for youth in the area, Louise said. SpeakOuts digital arm, which delves into the ecommerce and marketing side of things, has huge potential to benet businesses generally throughout the central west. The group will base itself in Blackalls Memorial Hall, which is receiving a facelift thanks to a partnership between government

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-- by Gwynne Stockwell

Peter Fry wins 20th golf championship

For a record 20th time Peter Fry has taken out the Annual Blackall Golf Club Championships after Sundays nal round of the 2007 IGA Club Championships. After the rst 27 hole round of the Championships Peter had a commanding 8 shot lead from his nearest rival and at the conclusion of last Sundays 27 holes had managed to double his lead to 16 shots ahead of eventual runnerup John Fry. Twenty Club Championships is an outstanding achievement and is unlikely to be bettered by any

Playing in their rst tennis tournament, Annabelle Allpass and Ainsley Walker joined forces to win the CW Junior Masters girls 9yrs and under doubles. between Frank Simpson and Butch Walker after the rst round, however during the second round Frank surged ahead to take out the 2007 Championships with Butch runner-up. Ladies 2007 Championships was this year won by Brenda Kelly in the A Grade, Janelle Schluter won the B Grade and the ever youthful Melda Hauff was the C Grade champion. Melda Hauff and Cecil Frost took out the Veterans Championships this year.

other golfer in the region. All club members congratulate Peter on this exceptional record. Full results for the 54 hole 2007 IGA Championships are: A Grade mens winner - Peter Fry; A Grade mens runner-up - John Fry First round leader of the B Grade Mens, Joe Walker was unable to keep his form during the second round, with Rhett Bellert taking out the 2007 Championships and Joe Walker runner-up. The C Grade Mens was a very close contest with only 1 shot

and the shire council. State Arts Minister Rod Welford this week announced $48 450 of redevelopment funds for the hall through the Gritty Places Partnership Program. This will be met by $40 000 and the provision of the venue by the council. A further $39,777 from the federal Department of Families, Community Service and Indigenous Affairs has been granted for program development, while SpeakOut will receive approximately $15,000 from the Gambling Community Benet Fund for equipment and furnishings. Mr Welford said the Gritty Places program was making a difference to artists and communities throughout the state by transforming old and disused buildings into creative and active spaces. SpeakOut Limited - an agency that addresses issues of selfworth, poverty and unemployment among young people - will manage the Blackall venue and work with local teenagers and young people to
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Blackall receives Tidy Towns award

Blackall has been announced as the winner of the Smorgon Steel Recycling Partnership award in the western Queensland section of the Ergon Energy Tidy Towns competition for 2007. The award recognises outstanding accomplishments by a local council which motivates, educates, involves and leads its community. Blackalls partnerships were recognised by judges as being a valuable feature of life in the shire, noting examples such as the initiative between the council and 60+ Better which sees the group staff the information centre each Sunday in return for free use of the council bus. The ofce space and resources provided by the council to the Barcoo Independent newspaper, to help in its fortnightly production, was another noteworthy activity. Another amazing relationship exists between the council and the Blackall Multipurpose Sport
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Creative and social hub for youth

develop their skills in multimedia and design. Mr Welford said the redeveloped hall would be an excellent space for young people to hone their artistic skills. The space will become a creative and social hub for the local youth in Blackall, he said. Louise said SpeakOuts protfor-purpose enterprises graphic design work, digital storytelling, animation, production services, web hosting solutions and the like would have a base in Blackall but would reach out to the central west region.

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QRL and NQ Cowboys train magpies

Their charter is to create opportunities for people to change their world, and to create business in a socially responsible manner, and Blackall is very excited to be working with them to bring these opportunities to the west, she said. Creative industries are worth $9 billion to the Queensland economy but up until now, theres been a big gap in the west. We see this as an opportunity to plug that gap and take advantage of the opportunities on offer. The organisation is already familiar with the Blackall

community, undertaking a digital storytelling project with 60+ Better last year and a youth holiday program in graphic design in 2005. They also supported Caroline Turner to do a school-based traineeship in graphic design last year. SpeakOut hopes to be up and running from its base at Blackall from February 2008. It plans to begin with three fulltime staff and a group of young people, the number of which will depend on the volume of work available.

Nearly fty junior Blackall Magpies congregated at Blackall Showgrounds Wednesday afternoon to participate in a training session conducted by members of the QRL/NQ Cowboys Development team. Andrew Lawrence, QRL Central Division, Kristian Woolf and Scott Dowden, NQ Cowboys put the energetic and enthusiastic players through their paces with a series of ball handling and tackling drills. The Blackall Junior Rugby League enjoyed the session and the players are looking forward to using the skills gained in the games against Winton this Saturday in Ilfracombe.

Under 7 and Under 9 junior Magpies with Central Division QRL/ARL Development Ofcer Andrew Lawrence.

Strong competition for Terry Dendle Memorial Shoot

Council brings down $13M budget

General rates will rise by 6 per cent in the Blackall shire in the 2007/08 nancial year and the council has planned for revenue of $13 million. The saleyard extensions and construction of the spelling complex, costing ratepayers $200 000, is one of the councils main expenses for the year, along with costs associated with developing an industrial area in the northern part of the town area. Council has budgeted $100 000 for street construction, $100 000 for water mains and $150 000 for new sewerage work in the industrial complex. An amount of $200 000 has been added to the budget this year in the event that remedial work is required on the Cultural Centres foundations. The council will be spending $1 867 000 on rural roadworks, which includes an amount of $1 215 000 promised by the state government for the Emmet Road, replacing the

Blackall councillors meet with Speak Out CEO. Pictured are (back) Peter Skewes, Peter Evans, Graham Schluter, Barry Muir, Colin Wood, Tina Holden and Sally Cripps, (front) Alan Lane, Les Wheelhouse, SpeakOut CEO Aleem Ali and Mac Allan railway line to Yaraka. Town streets have had $412 000 allocated to them. A grant of $118 000 will help the council put up a shade structure at the skate park this year. The minimum general rate . is $350 for CBD and residential categories, and $300 for rural land. A discount is now available only on general rates. The council has increased water and cleansing charges by 4 per cent and sewerage charges will rise by 10 per cent. There was a 15 per cent hike in sewerage charges last nancial year. The 10 per cent rise is equivalent to an extra $25 for most ratepayers. The new cleansing charge will be $102.50 per wheelie bin or $1.97 a week. People will pay an extra $7.50 a year for water infrastructure.

JULY 19-29 Dance sport classes 28 Rugby league v Winton 28 Diamonds in the Dust Kindy ball AUGUST 4 Woolscour bush dinner 18 P&C auction 24 Daffodil Day 24 St Patricks bush dance SEPTEMBER 1 Flower show 1 Woolscour bush dinner 8 B&S ball/ute competition 15 Springtime Affair OCTOBER 10 Swan Hill bull sale 12 Blue Light disco 18 Stock Up For Hope cattle auction 18 Stock Up For Hope gala dinner 20 QantasLink/Beef Producers race day 27 BSS P&C Sportsmans Challenge NOVEMBER 11 Remembrance Day 16 Blue Light disco 24 BSS Variety auction DECEMBER 24 Mardi Gras
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B singles on Sunday July 22 saw Tina Holden cause somewhat of an upset by leading all the way to defeat Ray Schulter by 31 13. Another B singles John Carter and Ron Robinson went shot for shot for 41 ends with Ron looking the winner leading 29 to 27 only to lose the next two ends, to lose 31 29. In A singles Ross Browning was too consistent for Don Daly winning 31 17. Rob Doyle, John Bowyer and Dick Davies from Fremantle defeated Woody, Gary Whiteld and Dally Holden 23 17 in a social game. Sunday July 15 saw Roy Black and Lou Kelly compete in a close game of A singles. Lou led 15 14 on 16 ends, and with Roy fading a bit, Lou drew away to win 31 17. Mick Chapman was never in danger in another A game after scoring 4 on the rst ends and defeated Alf Cameron 31 13. In B singles there was a real battle between Dave Carter and Lloyd Alexander with the scores being 21 18, then 22 all, then 29 all when Dave picked up a 2 to narrowly win 31 29. In handicap singles Ray Schulter, after looking beaten at 28 25 to Dally Holden, played some very good bowls to win 31 to 29. Sets of nine ends saw Tex Haywards hoodoo continue after being beaten by Ross Browning 6 4 and 10 -4. Games for Sunday July 29 are sets of nine ends; D Holden v M Chapman spotter R Robinson and Pairs: S & D Carter v R Doyle & R Hayward with social bowls available. Play will commence at 9.30 am.

The Terry Dendle Memorial Standard & Rie match pairs events sponsored by Wayne and the Dendle family held Sunday July 22 resulted in some very strong competition It was good to see some old familiar faces back on the shooting line who still have their eye on the target and ending up in the winners circle over the two events. Winners of the Standard Match were Robyn Lound and Len Russell with a score of 959 followed by runners-up Rebecca Haughton and Noelene Gleeson on 934. 3rd place went to Bruce Coward and Shelley Haughton 776 while Luke Callow and Doug Lane scored 765 and Aub Carter and Lloyd Marsh scored 718. Aub Carter had his gun back on track and shot an excellent score of 543 which included a top 10 second round of 93. Rie match pairs resulted in a pretty close competition with nal winners being Bruce Coward and Stan Haughton 3660 followed by runners-up Aub Carter and Noelene Gleeson on 3485. 3rd place went to Len Russell and Doug Lane on 3440 with other scores being Greg Tierney and Stan Haughton 3260; Wayne Dendle and Lloyd Marsh on 3070 and Luke Callow and Bec Haughton on 3035. Top shot went to Bruce Coward with 2200. The next ofcial shoot will be held on August 5 with events held being Centre Fire and Sports pistol.

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Blackall hosted the Central West Junior Masters tennis tournament on July 14 & 15 with players coming from Tambo, Blackall, Barcaldine, Ilfracombe, Longreach and Emerald to compete. It was a clean sweep to Blackall in the 9 and under boys with Sam Fletcher, Zach Frost, Sam Emerick and Tom Emerick placing 1,2,3 and 4, while in the under 9 girls Annabelle Allpass, Phoebe Allpass and Ainsley Walker took out 2, 3 and 4. Sarah Isaac and Abbie Onghee took out 3 and 4 in the girls under 11, while William Butler, Hamilton Walker and Thomas Fletcher and Ben Emerick placed 4, 6, 7 and 8. In the boys 13 and under Mitchell Pngst and Thomas Butler placed 3 and 5. Bridie and Madeline Carter took out rst and second --by Dally Holden place in the girls 15 and under. The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 27, 2007 - Page 19

Blackall hosts Central West Junior Masters

Blackall yards 1745 head

Blackalls combined agents yarded 1745 head on Thursday July 19. While the market was easier it still followed the trends of southern sales held earlier in that week. Bullocks over 500 kgs averaged 162.9c/kg overall with Bailey Properties, Paradise Downs, Blackall selling Charbray bullocks to return $1139/head while David & Ann Hay, Myross, Aramac sent in 47 Brahman/Santa x bullocks which sold for $832/head. Heavy steers 400-500 kg averaged 150.6c with Errol Mollers 266 Brahman x steers from Edwinstowe, Jericho topping at 165c and making $617/head. Steers in the 350-400 kg range sold to a top of 172.2c/kg with an avg of 156.5c while steers 220280 kg avg 161.9c and topped at 182.2c. Weaner steers from A/C Swanson family, Bexhill, Tambo sold for $602 per head with the

tops making 184c/kg. Cows over 500kg sold to 142.2c or an avg 134c/kg with Clark & Tait Mt Enniskillen yarding a line of 170 store cows to return $537 for 448 kg. Cows & calves were short in supply with units from No 27 Past Co, Acton Richmond selling for $647-50. Alan & Julie Hay, Eka, Jericho sold heifers for $635/head with killable heifers 350-450kg selling for 166.6c/kg, feeder type heifers 280-350 sold to 159.2c/kg while heifers in the 220-280kg range sold to 161c/kg to avg 151c/hd. Heavy bulls over 600kg sold to 130c/kg avg 121c and bulls 450600kg avg 118c and topped at 125c/kg. The next Combined Agents sale is scheduled for Thursday August 2, bookings are welcome. A Special Weaner & Store Sale will be held in Blackall on September 13.

Allandale steers sale of day at Roma

Hereresidents had a surprise Hercules a training run comes the It then went on Blackall
visit from a C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft from the RAAF Richmond airbase in Sydney recently. As residents were walking to mass or getting ready to cheer on the local footy team on Saturday, July 14 the giant transporter swooped down over the town as part of a night time airborne operational training ight between Sydney and Longreach. According to a Defence spokesman, part of the operation by No 37 Squadron consisted of a ight to Blackall to deliver a vehicle, returning later to undertake a helibox drop, which is a type of container that can be dropped from the air.

Hereford steers from the Richardson family, Allandale were the sale of the day at last weeks Roma store sale, with over 300 head selling for $2/kilogram, to make close to $900 per head. The 16-18 month old steers had an average weight of 410 kilograms to return close to 180 c/kg average. Mr Richardson has been breeding Herefords for over 40 years and is a rm believer that if youve got the right article, youll always sell well. He is currently rebuilding his Hereford herd back to pre-drought stocking rates, running close to 1000 breeders. He planned to offer 100 heifers at this weeks Roma sales.

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Medical clinic makes state budget for third year

--by Amy McGregor

Trevor Brown and son Leroy looking at some pigs caught by other shooters after winning the Game Meat Processing Biggest Pig competition.

Biggest Pig weigh in

During the month of May Game Meat Processings two Blackall sites ran a Biggest Pig for the month competition. Many feral pigs from the Blackall area were caught, weighed and sold during this time, with Trevor Brown and his son Leroy coming in with the biggest one at the Aspinall site, being 70 kg. Rob Leek caught the biggest pig for the old Matilda site, weighing in at 74 kg.

-- by Helen Aspinall

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State government funding for a new private practice clinic has once again been promised to Blackall, the third year in a row that it has been announced. The town rst heard of an allocation of money from the governments coffers in 2005 when it was told that $500 000 would be forthcoming for a purpose-built clinic for two doctors, containing four consulting rooms. Central West Health Service district manager at the time, June Lithgow explained that the present clinic, situated underneath the home of medical superintendent Viney Joshi, was impacting on his private life. Ms Lithgow also said that the clinic was in need of an upgrade and the rooms werent adequate to house the medical equipment purchased by Dr Joshi. The 2007-08 budget once again has the clinic listed for construction. This time around the government is promising $882 000 to complete the clinic, valued at $1 million. The Barcoo Independent has endeavoured to contact Queensland Health for further information on when construction might begin but district manager Jill Koeneman has not returned the newspapers calls.

south of Blackall before returning for the vehicle and ying back to Richmond. According to Don Wheeler, a longtime SES member in Blackall, the defence forces have used Blackalls dirt strip, the longest in the state, for training purposes in the past. They just apply to us for a pavement concession, he said. Once the town got over the surprise of the size and noise of the Hercules they gave it a wave as it went over a second time. Some residents said there were troops standing at the planes rear bay waving back.

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and Recreation Association in regards to the management of the showgrounds, the award justication said. The showground is a wellmaintained facility and provides a home for 16 local sporting and recreational organisations including football, netball, cricket, volleyball and pony clubs. Ordinarily, dealing with a large number of groups would be problematic for the council but the showgrounds partnership is an effective and efcient solution. Blackall joined 25 other contenders for Tidy Towns awards in the west this year. Boulia, with 290 residents, was named as western Queenslands tidiest town for 2007. Ergon Energy chief executive Tony Bellas said that Tidy Towns highlighted the great things towns could achieve when they worked towards a common goal. Ergon Energy has been a proud supporter of the Queensland Tidy Towns program for nine years and we have seen what a difference it makes when a town comes together to take up the Tidy Towns challenge, Mr Bellas said. I congratulate Boulia and todays outstanding accomplishment award winners, and wish them all the best in the lead up to the state awards announcements in August. Yaraka received the Australia Post Bush Spirit award while Jericho took out the Community Action award. The Heritage and Culture award, which Blackall was the state winner of last year, went to Aramac for the western region this year. All these towns will now join the Tidiest Town winners from the seven other judging regions as nalists for the state title to be announced at Conrad Jupiters on the Gold Coast on Monday, August 27.

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Charity cattle drive aims for Blackall

Combining kids, cows, corporates, chaplains and cattleman, the inaugural Stock Up for Hope Charity Drive will see up to 1000 head of cattle moved from Hughenden to Blackall this spring. Prominent livestock producers from around the state are backing the fundraiser, donating up to 500 head to support young people in rural Queensland. The eight-week cattle drive will culminate with a special xture at the Blackall saleyards on Thursday, October 18, with 1500 cattle expected to be sold for charity. All funds raised will go directly towards youth support workers and chaplains in the bush. Organisers say the endof-drove gala dinner on the Thursday evening at Blackalls Cultural Centre will be a night to remember, with entertainment by James Blundell and steaks cooked to perfection by the chef from Brisbanes iconic Cha Cha Char restaurant. Scripture Union Queensland is organising the drive and dinner which is expected to raise $200 000 and SU chief executive Tim Mander, a former National Rugby League referee, will speak at the dinner and be on hand during the day for what is being dubbed as an intimate outback experience on a local cattle station, targeting

agribusiness leaders. Thirty corporate people will join the drive for a three-day and night outback experience, including campre ballads with Golden Guitar winning Brendon Walmsley, bush tucker, a swag and an Akubra, for $3000. Dinner tickets are $100 each. Primary producers interested in donating livestock to the drive are being asked to contact their local Landmark or Elders branch to make arrangements. Both companies are major drive partners along with Queensland Country Life and are supported by Black Toyota, Vandereld and Tourism Queensland.

4:30 Movie: A Boy, A Girl And A Bike 1947 (G) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Weapons Races 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 Atlantic Edge: Faroes 6:30 The Cook & The Chef 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 The Chasers War On Repeats 9:30 Star Stories: David And Victoria (M*) 9:55 At The Movies 10:25 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Blue Murder 12:35 Parliament Question Time 1:35 Movie: The Informers 1963 (M*,R) 3:25 National Press Club Address 4:30 Movie: Man Of The Moment 1955 (G,R) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:05

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11:00 Raggs 11:30 News 12:00 Mov- drens Shows 10:00 McLeods Business Report 1:00 Pope Of Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadie: Clover Bend 2001 (M,R) 2:00 All show (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Rome 3:00 Mums The Word Saints (M) 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 Go Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold 3:30 FIFA Fever 4:00 A Fork In Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 The Road 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 To- Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Newshour 6:00 Hospital Garden day Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Adventures 4:30 Lockie Leonard 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Most Shocking (Pg) 8:30 Movie: The 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 8:00 Village 2004 (M) 10:45 The Unit (M) The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours Inside Australia 8:30 Dateline 11:45 Night Stalker 12:45 The First 6:30 News 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 The Last Kalkadoon 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 48 (M,R) 1:45 Infomercial 2:15 Pas8:00 McLeods Daughters 9:00 Cold sions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia Case 10:00 Medium (F) 11:30 Su- Movie: Exiles 11:50 Together 4:00 NBC Today pernatural 1:00 Temptation Shows 10:00 1:35 Stripperella Overseas News 12:30 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning 5:30 Creo 6:00 Today 9:00 Chil- 5:25 Show 11:00 Raggs 11:30 News drens

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Great Artists 11:30 Walks With An Architect 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Down To Earth 1:30 Strictly Dancing 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:05 Grand Designs 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Brat Camp (M*) 9:25 Difference Of Opinion 10:15 Lateline 10:50 Lateline Business 11:20 The Blues 12:55 Parliament Question Time 1:55 Movie: Vampire Circus 1971 (MA*,R) 3:25 Movie: Wheel Of Fate 1953 (PG,R) 4:30 Movie: It Started In Paradise 1952 (G,R) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00

12:00 Movie: The Night We Called Daughters 11:00 Antiques Road- The Great Hotels Of The World It A Day 2003 (M,R) 2:00 All Saints show (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh 1:30 Russian Godfathers 2:30 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 Go Go Stop Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold Dateline 3:30 If Only 4:00 Food 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Lovers Guide To Australia 4:30 No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today To- Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah The Journal 5:00 Newshour night 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 That Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking 6:00 The Lepine Competition 70s Show 8:30 Las Vegas (M) 9:30 Adventures 4:30 Lockie Leonard 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Crossing Jordan (M) 10:30 Mark 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 Inspector Rex 8:30 The Eagle Philippoussis Age Of Love 11:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours (M) 9:35 World News Australia Stargate SG-1 12:30 Criss Angel 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 10:00 The Movie Show (M,R) Mind Freak 1:00 Infomercial 2:00 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Getaway 9:00 10:15 Nighty Night 10:50 Movie: Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Aus- House 10:00 NRL Footy Show 11:30 Severed tralia 4:00 NBC Today AFL Footy Show (M) 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 5:30 Creo 6:00 Today 9:00 Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods 11:00 Raggs 11:30 News 12:00 Daughters 11:00 Antiques RoadMovie: Criminal Law 1988 (M,R) show (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 12:30 The Bold 2:30 Reba 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 Go & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 To- Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 day Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Better Homes & Gardens 8:30 AFL: Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Richmond Vs Collingwood 11:30 NRL: Manly Sea Eagles Vs NewcasMovie: Hot Shots Pt 2 (M,R) 2:30 tle Knights 9:30 NRL: West Tigers Vs Sydney Roosters 11:30 Ralph Con (M,R) 3:00 Guthy-Renky AusTV 12:00 Movie: Austin Powers tralia 4:00 NBC Today 2002 (M,R) 5:00 12:30 Movie: News The 12:30 Legend Of Gingko Overseas Business Report 1:00 The Food Lovers Guide To Australia 1:30 Insight 2:30 Dinosaur Dealers 3:30 Hard Choices QLD 4:00 Wine Lovers Guide To Australia (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Flavours Of Italy 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Hoovers Gold 8:30 As It Happened 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Heres Looking At You Boy 11:00 Movie: Devotion 12:35 Queer As Folk 1:30 Stripperella Overseas News 12:30

Blackall receives chaplaincy grant

The Blackall State School is one of 15 in the Maranoa electorate to receive funding for its existing chaplaincy service, thanks to funding from the federal government. The school will receive $48 750 to enhance the service over the next three years. Federal Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott said the National School Chaplaincy Program helps schools provide pastoral care, support, spiritual guidance and development. The government recognises emotional wellbeing is just as important as learning in the classroom and school chaplains are a valuable contribution to a school community, Mr Scott said. Chaplains can provide advice and support to both students and staff, whether it is religious or just general guidance, and can help enhance a students educational experience. An important aspect of this Federal Government initiative is that the choice of the religious afliation of the chaplain is decided by the school and broader community. The state government has also announced chaplaincy funding for state schools, with 131 eligible primary and secondary schools set to receive grants from $5000 under the Chaplaincy/Pastoral Care program to complement existing welfare programs, such as guidance and counselling. According to Premier Peter Beattie, larger schools in the more disadvantaged areas of the state have been allocated this funding. Schools with more than 410 students will receive $30,000 over three years and schools with between 100 and 409 students will receive $15,000 over three years They will receive the grant to employ or increase the support available from a chaplain, pastoral care coordinator, youth support coordinator or youth worker. No schools in the FitzroyCentral West region are listed as beneciaries of this funding. Education Minister Rod Welford said students need someone they can trust to talk to about their problems and concerns. Ideally, this person should be independent from the school. The state government program will help schools to improve or establish services to cater for the spiritual and/or ethical needs of students. The $3 million three-year funding package will be used to employ people from the local community, contributing to boosting the employment and economy of communities statewide.

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Himalaya With Michael Palin 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Fireies 1:30 Parkinson 2:30 Spicks & Specks (G,R) 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 No Job For A Lady 6:30 Can We Help? 7:00 News 7:30 Stateline 8:00 Collectors 8:30 Silent Witness (M*) 10:15 Lateline 10:55 The Chasers War On Repeats 11:25 jtvs 11:55 Rage (M) 5:00 Rage 8:00 rage: Guest Programmers: Jamie T 9:00 jtv Saturday 11:00 Bowls: Queensland Open 2007: Mens Seminal: 2 12:00 Bowls: World Team Cup 2007: Womens Singles: Final 1:00 Netball: The Commonwealth Bank Trophy 2007 : Highlights: QLD Firebirds Vs Melbourne Phoenix 2:00 RL: Round 21 4:00 Rugby Union: Australian Rugby Championship 2007: Canberra Vikings Vs Melbourne 6:00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 News 7:30 Doctor Who 8:15 Mr Bean With Rowan Atkinson 8:30 The Bill (PG) 9:20 ABC News 9:25 The Best Man (M*,R) 10:35 The Commander 11:50 rage

Harry Potter mania hit Blackall when the rst copy to come out of the box was sold by Keren Greenhalgh to an avid Harry Potter fan who travelled over from Tambo. Solution Sudoku page 13

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide - August 5 - 11 ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

5:00 Rage 6:30 Childrens Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacic Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Shipwreck Detectives : Bay Of Fire 3.00 Black Grace: From Cannons Creek To Jacobs Pillow 4:10 Rise And Fall: Ballet Boyz 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30 The Worst Jobs In History : Royal 8:25 News 8:30 Midsomer Murders (M*) 10:05 Compass 11:05 Matthew Bournes Nutcracker! 12:35 The Brief 1:50 Movie: 49th Parallel 1941 (G,R) 3:50 Wild Australia 4:30 Movie: Snowbound 1947 (Pg,R) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 French Leave 12:55 A Place In Slovakia 1:30 The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill 6:00 One 6:30 Childrens Shows 5:30 A New Way Of Life 6:00 Mass 6:50 Overseas News 10:30 8:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Up For You At Home 6:30 Childrens Dream Of Hope 11:00 IAAF Close Music 10:30 8 Simple Rules Programs 8:30 Business Success World Youth Championships 11:00 Movie: A Knight In Camelot 2007 12:00 Speedweek 2:00 2000 (G,R) 1:00 AFL: Melbourne 9:00 Sunday 11:00 AFL Footy Show Vs Sydney 4:00 Murder, Mayhem 12:00 Australias Funniest Home World Athletics 2:30 Amsterdam & Meerkats 5:00 Destination New Videos 1:00 The Story Of The Rugby Tournament 4:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 4:30 FA Premier League Zealand 5:30 Great South East 6:00 World Cup 2:00 The Sunday Footy News 6:30 Australias Best BackClassic Matches 5:00 The World yards 7:00 Hot Property 7:30 Ugly Show 3:00 Sunday Roast 4:00 NRL: Game 6:00 Thalassa 6:30 World Betty 8:30 Greys Anatomy (M) 9:30 Brisbane Broncos Vs Manly Sea News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds What About Brian (Pg) 10:30 Alias Eagles 6:00 Do It 6:30 News 7:00 8:30 Big Love 9:30 The Circuit (M) 11:30 Scrubs (Pg,R) 12:00 AFL: Backyard Blitz 8:00 60 Minutes 9:00 10:30 Movie: Chasing Freedom Hawthorn Vs Essendon 3:00 GuthyRenker Australia 4:00 NBC Today TBA 10:00 TBA (M) 11:00 Formula 12:05 The Heartbreak Tour 1:05 5:00 NBC Meet the Press 1 Grand Prix The Storm Rages Twice (PG)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning 5:30 Creo 6:00 Today 9:00 Chil- 5:25 Overseas News 1:00 The Show 11:00 Raggs 11:30 News drens Shows 10:00 McLeods Food Lovers Guide To Australia

12:00 Movie: The Perfect Tenant Daughters 11:00 Antiques Road- (R) 1:30 Helens War - Portrait 1999 (M,R) 2:00 All Saints 3:00 In- show (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Of A Dissident 2:30 Insight 3:30 formercial 4:00 Go Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Border Security 8:00 Surf Patrol 8:30 Criminal Minds 9:30 Shark 10:20 Boston LeCooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 Scope 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Dateline (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Testing Taklo 6:00 Flavours Of France 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Top Gear 8:30 Marx & Venus 8:35 South Park (M) 9:00 Stripperella

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gal (M) 11:30 In Case Of Emergency Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 (M) 12:00 Popstars (G,R) 1:00 Info- Thank God Youre Here 9:00 Sea If The Dead Could Speak (M) mercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy- Patrol 10:00 1 v 100 11:00 Footy 10:55 Oz 12:00 Movie: 2ldk 2003 Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today Classied 12:00 The Closer Shows 10:00 McLeods (M,R) 1:15 Stripperella Overseas News 12:30

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people recently appointed to the new Central West Health community council. Shell be joined on the council by chairperson, Karen Halls, Barbara Anderson, Narelle Banning, Julie Groves, Zilla McAuliffe, Glenn Scanlan and Valda Spilsbury. The council is one of 36 new such groups around the state. Health Minister Stephen Robertson said he made the appointments following recommendations from the independent Health Quality and Complaints Commission. Im particularly pleased with the quality of nominations put forward and Im condent that the new councils we are appointing will help ensure health services are highly responsive to their local communities, he said. These new advisory bodies replace the former district health councils and give communities a more direct say about the performance and quality of local health services. Mr Robertson said the new councils will offer a strong link between Queensland Health and local communities. Members will bring a strong community perspective on the quality and safety of local public health services, he said. They will also assist with community education about the health system. Communities around the state are very well represented with members including small business owners, retirees, local government representatives, farmers and graziers, he said. There are people with backgrounds in nursing as well as advocacy in areas such as disability services, mental health and maternity services. Members were appointed for a period of up to four years and each council will meet at least once every two months. Winners at the Blackall races on July 7 were Rebecca Richardson winner of Field of Fashion, Terrence Ellison Best Dressed Man and Talia A n d e r s o n winner of the Best Hat award.

Kelley Walker appointed to Health Council at Gowan, is one of eight Kelley Walker, who lives

Blackall Girl Guides gathered at the Guide hut on Sunday July 8 for the Guide Shop visit. State Commissioner Sue Van Eyk, along with her 6 month old son, and two assistants entertained the Blackall Guides with their Guiding Knowledge and fun activities. Sue had the State Standard with her, and the girls were able to touch & explore the ag with gloves on. The fun packed afternoon was followed with the girls purchasing blanket badges & Guide merchandise at the traveling shop. To close the afternoon Roland Blucher cooked a BBQ for the most appreciative guests. It is hoped Sue will be back again later in the year for the opening of the new Guide Hut at the Showgrounds. --by Liz Harvey

Queensland Guide Shop Visits Blackall

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Blackall Girl Guides with State Commissioner Sue Van Eyk carefully examine the State Standard.

CWA sets AGM date

Another nancial year has own by and the Blackall CWA has tentatively booked its annual general meeting for Thursday, August 16. Treasurer Lavina Anderson is keen to see a good turn-out. We are all country women so why not consider coming along and supporting your very own Country Womens branch, she said. The group was recently successful in a Seeds for Renewal ANZ grant application. These funds will be used to erect a pathway from the gate to the decking entrance of the CWA hall along with some plants to help improve the front entranceway. Saturday July 21 was the CWA Cookery & Flower Arranging competition. Judge for the cookery section was David Everitt while Jenny Muir judged the ower arrangements Although numbers were down on previous years both judges were most impressed the quality of the entries.

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Railofremoval passes Blackall Part the Jericho-Yaraka

railway line will have a new lease of life at the Gold Coast shortly, where it will be used in the construction of the state governments new desalination plant. The removal of the line is around two months ahead of schedule according to contractor Bruce Richardson. With very little time lost to bad weather the 14-man crew is powering through the 271kilometre job. They started at Yaraka in June last year and have 114 kilometres to go, although the front crew is at the 75-kilometre mark and the line has been removed as far as Glenusk siding 92 kilometres from Jericho. All the work between Blackall and Yaraka has been done. A total of 11 000 tonnes of steel will be moved as part of the job and sold for cattle yards and fencing throughout Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Sleepers have been transported to a base in Blackall for grading, with the best quality heading for Japan, New Zealand and Korea for reuse in furnishings, homes and gardens. The job includes the removal of 128 rail bridges. Bruce said the bridge timbers were sought after in Brisbane and Sydney for exposed beams in houses.

Blackall-Emmet road funding announced

A group of landholders farewelled Benlidi siding at a Christmas party in December 2006 Theyve been treated so we have to send them away to get cut down specially, he said. He is also responsible for moving all the rail sidings along the way. All that is left in situ is the ballast. Bruce, who has been undertaking this sort of work since 1994, says this is the biggest single rail line removal job hes done. He said it had been a difcult job logistically too, due to the isolation. Its not technically hard but its a long way from anywhere and theres a lot of gear to shift, he said. It means you cant get parts or maintenance done easily when theres breakdowns. He described the property owners all along the way as fantastic help and said he had received a great response from the communities of Yaraka and Blackall.

The next tranche of funding for the Jericho-Windorah Road bitumen sealing has been announced in the state governments 2007-08 budget. The Blackall shire has been allocated $1.65 million towards paving and sealing an eight kilometre section of the BlackallEmmet road in the Blackall shire. The Isisford shire will be working from the opposite end with a $1.175 million allocation to pave and seal another section of the road between Yaraka and Emmet. Further along, the Barcoo shire has received $2.86 million to pave and seal part of the YarakaRetreat road. The Blackall shire is currently working on sections between Blackall and Jericho and expects to complete that work by November this year. Transport Minister Paul Lucas said his government was committed to delivering the projects that make roads safer and help meet the needs of a growing state. Driven by the booming mining sector, Central Queensland continues to be the states economic powerhouse. The region needs road infrastructure to help underpin that growth and this record program delivers that infrastructure.

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Of The Great Hotels Of The World 1:30 Dying To Leave 2:30 Dateline 3:30 If Only 4:00 Food Lovers Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Little Peters Carousel 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Homemade History 7:35 Inspector Rex 8:30 The Eagle (M) 9:40 World News Australia 10:05 Movie Show 10:15 Jammin In The Middle E 11:10 Movie: Graveyard Alive - A Zombie Nurse In Love 12:40 Movie: Witch From Nepal 5:00 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 The Food Lovers Guide To Australia 1:30 Insight 2:30 Tiny Birds And Great Scientists 3:30 Hard Choices 4:00 Wine Lovers Guide To Australia (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Flavours Of Italy 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Gold Rush 8:30 As It Happened: Fidel Castro 9:30 World News Australia 10:05 The Escort 5:25 Agency Overseas 11:00 News Movie: 12:30 Unveiled 12:45 Queer As Folk Business Report 1:00 New Years Day Concert 2007 3:40 Rolando Villazon: A Night In Berlin 4:30 Newshour 5:30 The Lost Gods 6:00 Heat In The Kitchen 6:30 World News Australia 7:30

Survival 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Fireies 1:30 Parkinson 2:30 Spicks & Specks (G,R) 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 No Job For A Lady 6:30 Can We Help? 7:00 News 7:30 Stateline 8:00 Collectors 8:30 Silent Witness (M*) 10:15 Lateline 10:55 The Chasers War On Repeats 11:25 jtv 11:55 Rage (M) 5:00 Programmer: Invade rage Special 9:00 jtv Saturday 11:00 Bowls: Queensland Open 2007 : Mens Seminal: 1 12:00 Stateline 1:00 12:30 Australian Story 1:40 Foreign Correspondent

Blackall children head off to the city

In the last week of the school holidays a group of excited children from Blackall headed off on the Bush to Beach camp organised by Anglicare. The children had many great experiences, including a train ride on the Spirit of the Outback. Brisbane Lions started the action in the city with the children, taking them through fun activities. A visit to White Water World, playing on the beach, surng, body boarding with the Surfers Paradise lifeguards, shopping at Kmart, and a Sea World excursion taking in swimming with sharks and dolphins, were on the agenda. They nished off with a Bronco vs. Titans rugby league match on the Friday night. Lots of McDonalds and a disco at the Marriott Resort were just some the experiences that the children had. They were also involved in an advertisement with Channel 10 and were lmed throughout the week enjoying themselves. Page 6 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 27, 2007

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Fire On The Rim 2:00 RL: Round 20 4:00 Netball: Highlights: Hunter Jaegers Vs QLD Firebirds 5:00 Bowls: Womens Pairs: Final 6:00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 News 7:30 Dr Who 8:15 Mr Bean With Rowan Atkinson 8:30 The Bill 9:20 ABC News 9:25 The Best Man (M*,R) 10:35 The Commander (M*,R) 11:50 Rage

Blackalls Bush to Beach participants, from left: (back) Courtney Richardson, Kimberley Storey, Chelsea Hayward, Kyle McPaul, Mitchell Pngst, Amy Blucher, (front) Sara Aspinall, Jessie Negus, preparing for their trip on the Spirit of the Outback -- by Helen Aspinall train trip.

Nerds FC 8:00 Kick 8:30 Great Australian Albums 9:30 Movie: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 11:30 Shameless 12:20 Shorts On Screen 1:20 Movie: Operation Pink Squad 2

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5:00 Rage 6:30 Childrens Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacic

Barcoo Independent TV Guide - July 29 - August 4 ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

6:00 One 6:30 Childrens Shows 5:30 A New Way Of Life 6:00 Mass For You At Home 6:30 Childrens Programs 8:30 Business Success 9:00 Sunday 11:00 AFL Footy Show 12:00 Australias Funniest Home Videos 1:00 Speed Machine 1:30 4 x 4 Show 2:00 The Sunday Footy Show 3:00 The Australians 6:00 News 6:30 Australias Best Backyards 7:00 Hot Property 7:30 Ugly Betty 8:30 Greys Anatomy (M) 10:30 Alias 11:20 Movie: Vanilla Sky 2001 (M,R) 3:00 GuthyRenker Australia 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 NBC Meet the Press 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Raggs 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Total Stranger Of The Year 4:00 NRL: Parramatta Eels Vs Manly Sea Eagles 6:00 Do It 6:30 News 7:00 Backyard Blitz 8:00 60 Minutes 9:00 CSI (M) 10:00 CSI Miami (M) 11:00 Rove (M) 12:10 Australian Rally Championship 5:30 Creo 6:00 Today 9:00 8:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Up Close Music 10:30 Movie: The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 (Pg,R) 2:00 AFL: Essendon Vs Adelaide 5:00 Destination New Zealand 5:30 Great South East

7:00 Overseas News 10:30 Hary Janos: Musical Fairytale 11:00 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2007 12:00 Speedweek 2:00 World Of Athletics 2:30 Nelson Mandela Charity Match 4:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 4:30 FA Premier League Classic Matches 5:00 The World Game 6:00 2007 Tour De France Highlights: Stage 19 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Voyages of Discovery 8:30 Big Love 9:30 The Circuit 10:30 2007 Tour De France: Stage 20 1:50 The Storm Rages Twice (PG) 5:25 Overseas News 1:00 The Food Lovers Guide To Australia (R) 1:30 The Prisoner Or - How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair 2:30 Insight 3:30 Dateline (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Keep Safe 6:00 2007 Tour De France Highlights: Stage 20 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Top Gear 8:30 The Movie Show 8:35 South Park (M) 9:00 Drawn Together 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 If The Dead Could Speak (M) 10:55 Oz 12:00 Movie: Cleopatra 2003 (M,R)

Ton of fun at Trivia Night

The Blackall State School P&Cs Trivia Night on Friday, July 13 was well supported by the community with a total of nine tables in action. There were people from in town, out of town, up town, down town, a hens party and even the mayor. Having the event as a themed night was a hit, with quite a few of the groups going to a lot of trouble to look the part especially the late 30-somethings in their footy headgear. It was great to see a table of young folk dressed up as Save Our Shire in red curly wigs. The crowd was provided with a little extra entertainment during the night with Julie Hay holding her hens night. Ashley Loveday was the MC once again this year, and four teachers from the school Anthea Blackburn, Helen Hansen, Rebecca Weaver and Angle Strohmayer worked tirelessly throughout the night preparing food plates, marking answers and running around in general to assist the P&C. Organisers wanted to give local businesses a break from donating and procured prizes from afar which meant that every table received something. Black Toyota Roma provided a huge box of goodies which the Hauff, Allom, Spinks and Wemyss table won, along with bottles of wine as the overall winning table. The two major sponsors,

Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Shipwreck Detectives: Pacic Graveyard 3.00 Thursdays Fictions 03:50 L i Cunxin: Maos Last Dancer 4:40 Swift 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30 The Worst Jobs In History 8:25 News 8:30 Midsomer Murders 10:05 Compass 10:30 The Dream With The American Ballet Theatre 11:35 The Farm (M*,R) 12:25 Still Doing It: The Intimate Lives Of Women Over 65 1:20 Movie: Floods Of Fear 1957 (M*,R) 2:40 Movie: The Diplomatic Corpse 1958 (G,Rp) 4:30 Movie: Love On Wheels 1932 (G,R) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 French Leave 12:55 A Place In Slovakia 1:30 The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 Message Stick (G*) 6:30 Talking Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Julius Caesars Greatest Battle (M*,R) 12:30 Patrick (Pg,R) 1:15 Movie: Meet Me Tonight 1952 (G,R) 2:40 Movie: Penny And The Pownall Case 1947 (Pg, R) 3:25 Bowls: World Team Cup 2007 : Womens Triples: England Invitational Vs Ireland 4:30 Movie: Rentadick 1972 (G,R) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Naked Science 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Einstein Factor 1:00 The New Inventors 1:30 Catalyst 2:00 The Bill

Diamond Sands Resort at Miami Beach and Club Crocodile Airlie Beach provided accommodation which was auctioned to Anthony Allom and Brenda Kelly. The lucky door prize two tickets to the Blackall Kindy Diamonds in the Dust ball was won by Eddie Austin. With so many prizes consisting of caps, stubbie coolers and key rings from companies such as Boating Fishing Camping, Pedigree, Titans, BJRL and Hasting Deering CAT there was quite a bit of swapping and collecting going on by the end of the night. The P&C said the night had been a good fundraiser for the group and thanked all supporters.

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Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods Daughters 11:00 Antiques

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1999 (M,R) 2:00 All Saints 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 Go Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Border Security 8:00 Surf Patrol 8:30 Criminal Minds (M) 10:30 Boston Legal (M) 11:30 Scrubs (Pg) 12:00 Popstars (G) 12:30 Sevens Champ Cars 1:00 Seven Champ Cars 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Raggs 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Where Theres A Will (Pg) 2:00 All Saints 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 Go Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 RSPCA Medical Animal Rescue 8:30 8:00 All

Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 Scope 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Thank God Youre Here 9:00 Sea Patrol 10:00 1 v 100 11:00 Footy Classied 12:00 The Closer 5:30 Creo 6:00 11:00 Today 9:00 Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods Daughters Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 Lockie Leonard 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Things To Try Before You Die 9:00 Survivor Fiji 10:00 NCIS 10:55 Law & Order (M) 11:50 Law & Order: SVU

Winning Trivia Night team, Julie and Bevan Hauff, Colleen and Charlie Wemyss, Anthony and Carleen Allom and Elaine and Kerry Spinks show off their winning pink Black Toyota caps.

Les Girls - Mardi Noonan, Jo Davison, Allan Hinzy Hinds, Sally Suthers and Sam Munro had the winning table average at the trivia night. Left: Trying to keep a straight face at the Trivia Night were adjudicators Melissa McKay, Rebecca Weaver and Angela Strohmayer

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Business Report 1:00 Movie: Lost And Found 2005 (M,R) 3:00 Viva 3:30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4:00 A Fork In Asia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Insight 8:30 Spying On The Home Front 9:30 World News Australia 10:00

3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 Time Team 6:50 The Prime Ministers National Treasures 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Carbon Cops 8:30 The Bill 9:20 Foreign Correspondent 10:00 Dance Condential 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Out Of Place, Out Of Time (M*,R) 1:20 Movie: Dont Ever Leave Me 1949 (Pg,R) 2:45 Movie: The Purple Plain 1954 (G,R)

Natasha Gerber and Kim Flynn had something other than football on their minds at the trivia night

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Dell Wheelhouse and Lyn Cavanagh were surrounded by magpies at the trivia night

Jess Johnson and Ben Stockwell were members of the Save Our Shire team which won the prize for youngest table at the trivia night

Julie Hay made the most of the trivia night to celebrate her hens night and got the whole crowd involved

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A graveside service conducted by Reverend Beth ONeil was held for World War II veteran John Kapel, formerly of Mena Park, on July 18 at the Blackall RSL Cemetery. This was a tting tribute to one who rode proudly down the main street in an Army jeep during Blackalls Anzac Day ceremonies. John was born in Arnhem, Holland. He has six brothers and sisters. John was about 14 when he joined the Resistance movement, ghting the Nazi forces in Europe. He went to England in late 1943 and joined the Free Forces, training at Aldershot. He was there for at least six months training as a soldier, paratrooper and commando. In the Battle of Arnhem he worked with the English as an interpreter and was shot in the ribs during the battle. His cousin removed the bullet. John escaped during the night via Switzerland back to England, only to be sent back to Europe again. After WWII John joined the Dutch Army. He was sent to Indonesia for about six years. After the Dutch pulled out of Indonesia he and some mates came to Australia, where he met his wife Dulcie. They married and had three children, Christine, David and Ian. He got his plumbers license while living in Charleville and Barcaldine. John nally moved to Mena Park in 1989, growing fantastic veggies, starting a garden and just generally becoming part of the Scholes family. John didnt have an easy life but he was always very positive and looked on the bright side of life. He was and would like to be remembered as a tough old bastard, soft as butter on the inside but still a tough old bastard.

John Kapel 7.6.1926 to 17.7.2007

Alan Charles Douglas Collyer attended primary school in Blackall in western Queensland, and was sent to the Church of England Grammar School in Brisbane as a boarder from year 8. During his school years he rowed in the rst eight and played in the rst XV rugby union team. He studied civil engineering at the University of Queensland and worked for the Department of Harbours and Marines. He ventured to London by ship in 1969 and on the voyage met his future wife, Helen Cleaver, a nurse from Gerringong, New South Wales. He worked in London for consulting engineers then moved to Yorkshire where he worked on the construction of a shipping container terminal. Doug and Helen returned to Brisbane in 1971 then were posted to Sydney and later Taipei where he worked on a World Bank project to build a bridge. Soon after returning to Sydney he took up an offer from his aunt to buy and run the newspaper she owned in Kingaroy, the South Burnett Times. In the following 19 years, the couple built up the paper and bought four more newspapers in country Queensland. The last, a sentimental decision, was the Blackall Leader. To service the distribution area from the South Burnett to Charleville he took up ying and bought a Piper Arrow II. In 1994 Doug and Helen sold the business, which had grown by then to include a printing company and a radio station. They moved to Toowoomba in 1997. Doug was diagnosed with a brain tumour in January. His wife, children Greg and Catherine, and a grandson survive him.

Doug Collyer 20.07.1945 to 18.06.2007

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RFDS Spirit of Queensland entrant Rebecca Haughton (right) presents Tommy Johnstone with his winning QantasLink ticket rafed to raise money for Rebeccas campaign. Bruce Richardson, who donated a wheelbarrow of alcohol for rafing, was on hand recently to draw the winning ticket, won by Robert Thomas. Page 8 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 27, 2007

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Annual Garden Competition Nominations, closing on Friday August 17, 2007 are invited for the Annual Blackall Shire Council Garden Competition. The prize winners in each category will be named at the Anglican Flower Show to be held on Saturday, September 1, 2007. Categories for this competition are:Champion Town Garden + Jessie Bauer Memorial Prize $300.00 Champion Rural Garden: Prize $300.00 Best Flower Garden: Prize $200.00 Best Landscaped Garden: Prize $200.00 Best Senior Citizen Garden (over 65 years): Prize $200.00 Best Kept Business Premises: Prize $200.00 Neatest Yard by any Group:(Clubs, Schools, Social and Sporting) Prize $200.00 Best Native Garden: Prize $200.00

Best Edible Garden: Prize $200.00

Encouragement Award: Prize $50.00 Encouragement Award: Prize

$50.00 Nomination forms and details are available from the Council Ofce during business hours 8.30am to 4.45pm. Dog Registration Dog registration for 2007/2008 is now due. A 25% discount applies to all dogs registered prior to August 1, 2007. Stock in the Town Area Residents are reminded that permits are required for the keeping of stock in the town area. Fires in the Town Area The lighting and maintaining of res is prohibited on land situated within the town area. Pensioner Rates Rebates Pensioners wishing to apply for the Government Subsidy and/or Council Remission on rates are advised that they should contact the Council Ofce by Monday July 30, 2007 so that allowances can be shown on the rate notices for the 2007/2008 nancial year. If you have already received the pensioner subsidy on your last rates notice you will not be required to reapply for these subsidies. Westpac In-Store Reminding customers the hours for the Westpac In-Store at Blackall? Group O negative is the most versatile of all the blood groups and can be given to people with O, A, B or AB blood groups in an emergency situation. O negative blood can be given to both Rh positive and Rh negative people in emergencies. This is why people with this type of blood are on the emergency donor panel. Who is the Emergency Donor Panel coordinator for Blackall? Veronica Driver (Endorsed Enrolled Nurse, Blackall Hospital) How does the Emergency Donor Panel Work?

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are Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.30pm. Leaving Blackall by Plane It is essential that passengers travelling on QantasLink ights from Blackall are checked in 45 minutes prior to the departure time on their ticket otherwise they may not be allowed to board the ight. Blackall Saleyards Dates for next cattle sales: August 2, August 16, August 30 Water Restriction Hours From May 1 to September 30 sprinklers are banned between the hours of 12.00 noon to 3.00 pm Monday to Friday. No water restrictions are in force over the weekends. Be WaterWise save money, energy and the environment WaterWise Tip: Use a broom rather than a hose to clean the driveway. Council Meetings The next Ordinary Meeting of Council is scheduled for Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at the Council Chambers commencing at 9.15am. Council meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public. Donors are assessed and tested every three months. Suitable donors are called in to donate in an emergency. Another health assessment is completed before donating. Up to 500ml of blood is collected per donation. How do I join? Phone the hospital 4650 7700 and leave a message and telephone number for Veronica to contact you. She will undertake the screening process. Glory Baker, Director of Nursing, Blackall

with Rebecca Parry and her children

Dawn Fraser meets locals at the Aquatic Centre

with Kelly and AJ Hauff and their grandmother Pat

with Taylor Hauff and carer Rose Johnson with mayor Les Wheelhouse

signing autograph for Aden Wilson

This edition I am going to be discussing the Emergency Donor Panel for donating blood at Blackall Hospital. Yes, we do have a donor panel and there is a process for you to be placed on this panel. Donated blood will be used for emergencies that arise in the local area. Who can donate? Donors should be healthy people who are aged between 16-70 years weigh at least 45kg meet the normal donor selection criteria Which blood groups are needed

Health News

BLACKALL SHIRE COUNCIL REGIONAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT FUND APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING
Close Friday 24 August 2007
The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) supports the professional development and employment of arts and cultural workers in regional Queensland. RADF is a partnership between State Government, through Arts Queensland, and local government through Blackall Shire Council. The rst round of funding for 2007/2008 is now being called and closes at 4.30 pm on August 24 2007. Arts Qld has introduced new guidelines and application forms for the RADF Program. RADF funds one-off, short term projects that offer professional arts, cultural and heritage opportunities in the following eight categories: Developing regional skills Interest-free arts loans Contemporary collections/stories Concept development Building community cultural capacity Cultural tourism Regional partnerships Arts policy development and implementation

Alcohol & Drug Psychologist: Alan on Required Ph 3831 0101. Mental Health 46 527 951 Continence Advisor: Joanne Nurse: visits every Wednesday. Ph Sharon De Vries on 46583622. Dietician: Michelle or Angela on 46527951. Orthodontist: Sonego; Blackall July 27. Dermatologist: Longreach once a month. Ph Pattie On Patti Smith on 46584735. Emotional & Social 46584735. Pediatrician: next visit August. Well Being Team: 46581928 For Details. Ph 46507700 for appointment. Podiatrist, Gynaecologist: Blackall August 13, referral Longreach once a month. Ph: Maree required. Ph 46242840. Ophthalmologist: 46584700. Physiotherapist: visits every Dr Glasson - Blackall October, Referral Monday & Tuesday, referrals required. Page 12 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 27, 2007

Specialists

Ph: 46507700 Relationships Australia: visit Blackall on a needs basis. Ph: 1300 364 277 for appointments. Social Worker: Ph: 46527951 for appointments. Speech Therapist: Ph: Erika Healy on 46527951 for appointments. Well Womens Clinic Nurse: July Dates Not Yet Conrmed. Well Womens Clinic Doctor: Dr Louise Russell. Waiting List For August Ph 46507700.

The new application forms and guidelines are available from the Council ofce. Applications need to be submitted by 4.30pm on Friday 24 August at the Council ofce. Applications are assessed against criteria based on the Arts Queensland Program guidelines and priorities identied in Councils Arts and Cultural Policy which can be obtained from the Council ofce. For further information, contact RADF President Ms. Lisa Kings 46574440 or RADF Liaison Ofcer Louise Campbell 46574222. Brenda Kelly, Chief Executive Ofcer PO Box 21, Blackall Qld 4472
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Hamilton Walker and Chelsea The state school athletics Just represented LSODE at the carnival took place last Friday, North West regional tennis trials with lots of team spirit and for students aged 12 and under. participation shown by students. Performing at his rst regional Parents came along to support trials, Hamilton missed out on their children, and Mr Gilmore selection for the team but gained and staff undertook organisation some valuable experience for and assistance. next year. For the third year in *** a row, Chelsea was selected as Two year 11 students, Kyle the number one girl for the north Richardson and Sam Olive west. The state carnival is being travelled to Brisbane last week held at UQ in Brisbane from July to attend the Careers Expo, 29 to August 1. accompanied by Miss Baills. *** *** Results of the 2007 maths Chelsea Hayward and Elizabeth competition were recently Loveday have been selected for the announced for LSODE students. north west touch football team. Year 3 - credit: Hollie Taylor, *** Ainsley Walker; participation: In week six the state school will Wilson Sprague; Year 4 - credit: be conducting its annual School Gibby Rooney; Year 5 credit: Opinion Surveys. This will be Joe Schmidt, participation: Holly an opportunity for parents, staff Sprague, Hamilton Walker; Year and students to indicate to the 6 - distinction: Alannah Kemp, department how well the school participation: Lochie Rooney; Year is performing or areas where the 7 - high distinction: Chelsea Just, school needs to improve. participation: Hilary Wood. *** *** Mr Magic, Garry Jackel came to Steven and Annette Gillies from Blackall State School recently to Devenish are sitting pretty in the entertain students. Mr Magic ies LSODE footy tipping competition, around the outback entertaining consistently picking the teams children in remote areas. Students and staying on top of the ladder. were mesmerized by his antics *** and enjoyed his performance Coolibah House was the narrow immensely. winner of the LSODE athletics *** carnival held recently, by 10 The Blackall State School P&C points. The percentage points will be holding an auction at the trophy went to Boree by .3 per showgrounds on Saturday, August cent. Blackall cluster students 18. Elders Blackall has offered ran, jumped and threw hard all their services and will be acting day for their houses. as auctioneers for the day. It will *** run as a normal auction, and the Year 6 and 7 distance ed students commission rate will be 10 per from Blackall will be heading off cent. This commission, instead of on their school camp on August going to the agents, will be donated 3, travelling down south this to the school as fundraising. year. School captain Hilary Wood Auction items will be accepted is amongst the students looking on the day between 7 and 11 forward to lots of snow. am at the showgrounds. Viewing *** can commence from around 10 The North Queensland Cowboys am. The auction will start at 1 development squad conducted a pm, to allow everyone to do their tour of the central west last week shopping and nish work. There and visited Blackall schools for a will be a barbecue lunch on sale morning, as well as training with and toward the end of the day a junior and senior Magpies players. bar will be open. Coaching hints were offered and Items for sale can be donated to all students seemed to enjoy the the school or people can sell items activities set out for them. on their own behalf. The P&C is *** looking to have a wide variety of Page 10 - The Barcoo Independent, Friday, July 27, 2007

School News

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items. Ideally they would like to have some items pre-booked for advertising purposes and for logistical reasons. This can be done by phoning the coordinator on 0419 865 587 with descriptions. On the day cash and cheques only will be accepted. *** At St Josephs the Prep/Year One class are travelling to Innity and Beyond. The 2/3 class have started the term reading and re-writing Dreamtime Stories and learning about fossils and palaeontology while the year 4/5 also discover about dinosaurs and changes over time. The 6/7s are looking at multiculturalism with the help of the novel Nips XI. *** Catholic Education Week will be celebrated on Tuesday July 24. The 5/6/7 students will be traveling to Longreach for a day of celebration with students from Barcaldine, Longreach and Winton.

Students from St Joesphs enjoyed learning ball skills and activities with Scott Bowd and Christian Woolf from the Cowboys and Andrew Lawrence from Queensland QRL. Ainsley Walker competing in the girls 8 yr high jump at the LSODE and Small Schools athletics carnival held in Longreach on 13th July. Ainsley was later named 8yr girl Nick Kinsey runs for Gold House while Ronan Robinson and Jesse champion. Negus compete for Blue House.at the BSS sports carnival.

BLACKALL UNITING CHURCH

Where the word of GOD becomes a way of life SUNDAY 9.00am Graham and Meryl Gibson 46574740 Peter Aay 4651 2662 Warren & Marg Lehman 4657 4546 Heather Whiteld 4657 4564 Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9am to 12 noon Flo Moore 4657 4465 Betty Walker 4657 4746
Runner up 10 yr boy champion Dillon Bauman at the LSODE athletics . Elizabeth Loveday and Chelsea Hayward have been selected for the North West Touch Football team. Right: At the LSODE athletics Mr Magic made Shauna Kangan laugh during carnival, Hollie Taylor was the his performance on Tuesday. runner up 8 yr girl champion.

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The Blackall State School P & C Committee will be holding an Auction on 18th August at the Showgrounds. Elders Blackall has very kindly offered their services and will act as Auctioneers for the day We aim to make the day similar to a Clearing Sale / Garage Sale with a large variety of items up for bidding including Household Items; Tools; Machinery; Furniture; Office furniture; Building materials Shed items; Bikes; White goods Delivery of items 7am - 11am on Saturday 18th August to the Showgrounds for a Auction Co-ordinator - Melissa McKay 0419 865 587 or 4657 6349
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Variety Auction 18th August

1pm Auction start.