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A clay model of “Towner’s Call”, showing the concept for a bronze statue of Blackall’s Victoria Cross winner Edgar Towner, was unveiled to public acclaim at a fundraising dinner at the Blackall Cultural Centre last Friday.

One of the organisers of the project to erect the statue in Blackall’s Memorial Park, Robyn Adams said she had been very pleased with the reaction of people to the model and the ideas outlined by award-winning sculptor William Eicholtz on the night.

“It will be a beautiful piece of work that will talk to people on many levels, and will become known around the country,” she said.

The artist, who travelled up from Melbourne for the dinner, said traditional World War I sculptures were tied to action but he had decided to show the soldier as a young man ready to enlist.“The call to arms that Edgar heard will be honoured. This will speak of his deeds and encourage viewers to enquire further.”

One of those impressed with the artwork and vision shown by the project was Blackall-Tambo Regional Council mayor Jan Ross,

who said it would generate much interest.

“It will complement the artworks already in the town,” she added.

Mal Booth, who heads up the Australian War Memorial’s research centre in Canberra, was another of the evening’s stars, enthralling all present with an outline of Towner’s deeds and their outstanding place in World War I.

“His role was critical in the capture of the summit of Mont St Quentin, which turned the war,” Mr Booth said.

“Although he was only a lieutenant, he showed inspirational leadership.

“When men are tired, they’re not inspired by generals but by men in the fi eld near them.”

Robyn said that Mr Booth’s speech indicated that the Victoria Cross won by Edgar Towner in 1918 was one of the most signifi cant in Australia’s history.

“He really is one of our forgotten heroes,” she said. “There were fi ve signifi cant things that led to his receiving the VC, when most winners do one or two.

“Edgar never married and he lived outside our major cities, otherwise he might have been

lauded as one of Australia’s most decorated heroes.”

Cr Ross spoke for many when she asked, “How much have we learnt tonight?”

Many felt that the evening had given the Blackall community precious knowledge about one of its own, especially when Mr Booth read excerpts from Towner’s letters on the Western Front to his family back home in Blackall.

“(Towner) will soon stand near Jackie Howe,” Mr Booth said, alluding to Blackall’s rich heritage and the way it is being brought closer to people through this project.

This was also touched on by Blackall schoolboy Ronan Robinson, who told the dinner that as a young person, the story of Edgar Towner was new to him and particularly interesting.

“To know that a man who walked the same streets as we do today was recognised and honoured with a medal such as the Victoria Cross was amazing to me,” he said.

Many on the night praised Ronan for initiating the statue project with his suggestion in a school assignment, published in the local paper, that Blackall should honour this hero.

Towner statue revealed at dinner R onan R ob inson w ith the m ode l o f

the s ta tue to B lacka ll w ar hero E dgar Tow ner, w h ich he insp ired .-- by Sally Cripps

In the trebles fi nal at the Blackall Bowls Club on Sunday, December 7 Lou Kelly, Tex Hayward and John Carter were a shade too strong for Col Pfi ngst, Gary Whitfi eld and Dally Holden.

John led 7-3 after fi ve ends but after nine ends Dally led 12-8 and became stuck on 12 to see the score locked at 12-all after 13 ends.

Lou Kelly then produced some really great lead bowls to give John’s team the advantage over the last eight ends, going on to win 21-14.

President Rob Doyle declined to stand for a second term at the annual general meeting on Sunday, November 30 and Don Daly was elected as president for 2008-9.

Other new faces on the executive are John Bowyer, senior vice president, and Julie Blucher, junior vice president.

Players for bowls on Sunday, December 14 are J Blucher v D Carter, spotter R Browning in the handicap singles fi nal.

Social rinks are available. There will be an 8.30 am start.

-- by Dally Holden

G reat lead bow ls in treb les fi na l

A hot day could not stop play as Blackall junior cricketers had a win over the seniors on Sunday, December 7 at the St Joseph’s grounds.

Seniors batted fi rst to amass a total of 144, with best batsman Mitchell Horsten 33 retired, Dwayne Kangan 30 retired and Don Isaac 16.

Seniors’ best bowling was produced by Trevor Brown 2/16, Mitchell Horsten 2/21 and AJ Casey 2/21.

Best bowlers for the Juniors were Tom Dooner 3/22, Rishabh Gandhi 1/13 and Hamish Heard 1/27.

Juniors’ best batsman was Nicholas Issac 45 n.o while Jamie Harvey was 38 n.o. and Glenn Harvey scored 22.

H ot w eather no barrie r fo r cricke t

The Cone Break Pony Club returned all existing executive members to their positions when it held its annual general meeting recently.

Jason Sprague will continue as president, along with vice president James Pearson, secretary Anne Sprague, and treasurer Sarah Pearson.

The club had 34 riding members this year and 29 social members, and decided to keep its family levy at $30 for 2009.

Plans to be investigated for the new year include running a level D certifi cate day in order to qualify more instructors for the area, and enable people to undertake a refresher course.

The club will also look at holding a campdraft school during the winter holidays in Blackall.

It will donate $100 to the 2009 Yaraka Gymkhana.Prior to the AGM, riders had an enjoyable morning

with the Blackall Pony Club under the instruction of Helen Aspinall and Kellie Harlow, before adjourning to the pool.

Cone Break Pony Club ready for 09

W ool as a decora tion and a cu t-ou t tree show ed the

im aganation and w ork tha t w ent in to the m aking o f trees

fo r the E cum en ica l C hris tm as Tree festiva l

- The Barcoo Independent, Friday, December 12 2008 The Barcoo Independent, Friday, December 12 2008 - Page 23

Barcoo Independent TV Guide December 21 - 27ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Wednesday D

ecember 24

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Stuff (R)2:00 Parkinson (R)3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 Art Museums Of The World6:30 Nigella Express7:00 News 7:30 Carols From St Patricks8:35 My Family9:05 Vicar Of Dibley Special (Pg,R)10:55 Movie: The Last Remake Of Beau Geste (1977,M*,R)12:20 Movie: Ruthless (1948,Pg,R)2.05 Movie: Ladies Day (1943,G,R)3:05 Goannas And The Rubbish Frogs 3:35 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise9:00 Larry The Lawnmower9:30 Trapped10:00 Backyard Science (R)10:30 Seaside Hotel (R)11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Millions (2004,Pg,R)2:00 Beyond Tomorrow3:00 Infomercial4:00 Go Go Stop4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 Air Crash Investigations8:30 Las Vegas (M)9:30 The Unit (M)10:30 Prison Break (M)11:30 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape12:30 Room For Improvement1:00 Inside Ireland 2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Today9:00 Here’s Humphrey 9:30 Timeblazers10:00 I Dream Of Jeannie10:30 Bewitched 11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 The View2:00 Days Of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Malcolm In The Middle4:00 The Christmas Orange4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow6:00 News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 Temptation7:30 Shrek The Halls8:00 Carols By Candlelight10:30 Movie: Snow Wonder (2005,Pg)12:30 Home Shopping1:00 Mad TV

5:20 Overseas News1:00 Movie: Kirikou and the Sorceress 2:15 In Search of Santa Claus3:10 Iron Chef America4:00 The Journal 4:30 Newshour 5:30 Is Your House Killing You?6:00 Global Village: Verona: A Slice of Heaven on Earth, Dan With Walls6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Food Safari: Persian8:00 The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World8:30 The Long Way Down: Tobruk, Libya to Khartoum, Sudan 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Movie: C.R.A.Z.Y.12:10 Movie: The Three Kings1:55 Life Support

Thursday Decem

ber 25

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows9:00 Movie: The Thief Of Bagdad (1940)10:45 TBA11:00 Midnight Mass From St Peter’s Basilica, Rome 200812:55 Movie: Miracle Of The Bells (G,1948,R)3:00 Movie: Beat The Devil (G,1953,R)4:30 Movie: I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)6:05 Planet Earth7:00 News 7:20 The Queen’s Christmas Message 7:30 Compass 8:00 Two Men In A Tinnie (R,F)8:30 Christmas At The Riviera10:05 Christmas Lights10:30 Live From Abbey Road11:25 Wildside (M*,R)12.20 Movie: Magnifi cent Obsession 2.15 Movie: Appointment In London 3:55 The Glass House

6:00 Rejoice And Be Merry6:30 Silent Night, Lonely Days7:00 Movie: It’s A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie9:00 Larry The Lawnmower9:30 Trapped10:00 Blinky Bill’s Around The World Adventures10:30 A Christmas Carol11:30 Ignite Film Festival 200812:30 Are You Being Served? The Punch & Judy Affair1:20 Seaside Hotel2:20 Movie: Blinky Bill’s White Christmas (R)4:00 Go Go Stop4:30 According To Jim5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 Seven News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 Movie: The Adventures Of Charlotte And Henry (2008)8:30 World Latin Championships 200810:40 Australian Dance-sport Championships 11:40 Louis Theroux’s Weird Christmas12:55 Last Chance Learners1:25 Australia’s Strangest Home Improvements2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today

6:00 Rise & Shine 6:30 Flintstones Christmas (R,G)7:30 Here’s Humphrey 8:00 Silent Night - The Story Of The First Christmas (R)9:00 Bah Humduck! Looney Christmas 10:00 Yamba’s Playtime Christmas Special” 10:30 Christmas Light Feat, Sissel11:30 Movie: A Carol Christmas (2003,R,Pg) 1:30 Carols By Candlelight (R) 4:00 Movie: A Boyfriend For Christmas (2004,G)6:00 News 6:30 A Current Affair7:00 Temptation7:30 Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989,R,Pg) 9:30 Movie: Blast From The Past 11:50 Queen’s Christmas Message 12:00 Home Shopping 12:30 Movie: The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973,R,Pg)

5:20 Overseas News

1:00 Australian Biography: Dame

Beryl Beaurepaire

1:30 Movie: Iberia

3:10 Iron Chef America

4:00 The Journal

4:30 Newshour

5:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial

6:00 Global Village: Lava Caves

6:30 World News Australia

7:35 Inspector Rex

8:30 Inspector Rex

10:05 Movie: Sky Fighters

11:50 Movie: Dreamship Surprise:

Period 1

1:15 Movie: The Trespasser

Friday Decem

ber 26

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows12:00 Midday Report12:30 How To Divorce Without Screwing Up Your Kids1:25 Movie: Innocents In Paris (G,1953,R)3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 Pilot Guides7:00 News 7:30 The 7:30 Report8:00 Kylie Kwong8:30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: By The Pricking Of My Thumbs10:05 The Thick Of It (F) 10:10 News10:45 Man Stroke Woman (M*,R)11:15 rage

6:00 Sunrise9:00 Larry The Lawnmower9: 30 Trapped10:00 Zeke’s Pad10:30 Girl TV11:00 Backyard Science11:30 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 20081:30 Movie: The Return Of The Musketeers (1990,Pg,R)3:30 Scrubs4:00 Go Go Stop4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 Better Homes & Gardens Summer8:30 Movie: Tin Man (M)11:25 Tsunami: Wave Of Disaster1:15 Alaska Alive!!2:15 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Today

9:00 Here’s Humphrey

9:30 Australia V South Africa

11:30 The Cricket Show


5:00 Bargain Hunt

5:30 Antiques Roadshow

6:00 News

6:30 A Current Affair

7:00 Temptation

7:30 Australian Geographic - Best

Of Australia

8:30 Movie: Catch Me If You Can

(2002,M,R)

11:30 Movie: White Oleander

(2002,M)

1:50 Home Shopping

5:20 Overseas News1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 The German Pope: Benedict XVI2:20 Noah’s Ark and the Mystery of the Flood 3:10 Iron Chef America 4:30 Newshour 5:30 Bluelist Australia6:00 Global Village: Istanbul, the Routes of the Bosphorus6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wall Street Warriors8:00 Counter Culture: Libya8:30 As It Happened: The Night James Brown Saved Boston9:55 World News Australia 10:20 Movie: Howl’s Moving Castle 12:25 Movie: Mortadelo & Filemón: The Big Adventure2:15 Life Support

Saturday Decem

ber 27

5:00 rage8:00 rage: Guest Programmer9:00 rage11:00 Outback House (R)12:00 Dynasties: The Forrest Family12:30 Best Of Australian Story1:00 The Shearers (F)1:30 Serengeti 242:30 My Family And Other Animals 4:00 Football: Central Coast Mariners Vs Melbourne Victory6:00 Totally Frank6.25 Minuscule: Cowardly Coward6:30 Best Of Gardening Australia7:00 News 7:30 Rain Shadow: The Long Paddock (Pg,R)8:25 News8:30 The Bill10:05 News10:10 The last Detective (R,M*)11:20 rage

6:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse6:30 My Friends Tigger & Pooh7:00 Saturday Disney9:00 Toon Disney11:00 Phineas & Ferb12:00 Eclipse1:00 Love In The Wild2:00 Movie: Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962, R,Pg)5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender6:00 News6:30 Movie: The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003,G,R)8:30 Movie: Tin Man (M)11:25 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape12:25 Movie: Assassination Tango (2003,M)2:40 Across The Sea Of Galilee3:35 It Is Written4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Dateline NBC

5:30 Christian City TV

6:00 Children’s Shows


11:30 The Cricket Show”


5:00 Bewitched

5:30 Antiques Roadshow

6:00 News

6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home

Video Show

7:30 Wife Swap USA

8:30 McLeod’s Daughters

10:30 Waking The Dead

11:30 Movie: All The Presidents

Men (1976,M,R)

3:00 Home Shopping

5:20 Overseas News1:00 La Fille Du Regiment3:20 The Chopin Etudes 3:30 Van Gogh: The Journey’s End4:30 Newshour 5:30 A Fork in the Mediterranean: Morocco6:00 Classical Destinations: Munich & Garmisch6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Myths Revisited 8:30 Iron Chef9:20 RocKwiz10:10 Movie: Me and You and Everyone We Know11:50 SOS12:50 Drawn Together 1.15 Stripperella1:40 The Insiders Guide To Love

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Another busy period has eventuated since my last article in the Indy. An early morning charter fl ight from Barcaldine ensured that manager of Corporate Services, Susan Jarvis and myself, together with Barcaldine Regional Council mayor Rob Chandler and CEO Des Howard got to Mt Isa in time for a meeting called by the Minister for Main Roads and Local Government. The meeting to further regional collaboration was rather diffi cult as there were 14 councils represented, most of who belonged to an economic development organization in their particular area – a case of reinventing the wheel for all of us. I believe that each one of us attending would have gone home disappointed with the day. Minister Pitt was unable to attend as the premier had to go to Blackwater after the severe storm had wrought such havoc.

At home in Blackall it was a very promising meeting with representatives of Queensland Transport offering cash incentives for the initiative of a taxi for Blackall. I believe that expressions of interest will be called for in the new year.

I was able to attend the Presentation Night for the State School in Tambo. The students presented a variety of entertainment, which was delightful, as well as participating in the award ceremony for each year. All children are to be congratulated for their achievements over this year. At the end of the evening a lively power point presentation detailed the many activities each class attended.

Councillor Sally Cripps, deputy mayor Peter Skewes and myself attended a most informative meeting with representatives of the Local Government Association of Queensland. It certainly was a case of being able to put a face to the name. Over the past months these offi cers of the LGAQ have been very helpful to council on many matters.

I really enjoyed being part of the Christmas Tree Festival for 2008 and congratulate those who put a tree in the festival. It was indeed lovely to see all the different trees – such imagination and creativity! I’m sure everyone who went to see the display would agree.

Rain saw the Tambo races cancelled on November 29, rescheduled for December 13. Maybe it will be a fi ne day?

A meeting to defi ne Community

Planning and Consultation was held in Barcaldine on December 1. We trust we will be able to do this along with the new Corporate Plan for the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, as it would seem that community planning will be a requirement of the state government in the future.

St Joseph’s School extended an invitation to me to be present for its Speech Night, which I happily accepted. It was a most pleasant evening, after a very hot day, for proud families and friends to enjoy the performances of the children and acknowledge their achievements over the past year. Good wishes go with Jamie and Brenda Emerick as they leave Blackall and take up a new challenge at Gladstone.

A general council meeting was held on December 3. Council has decided to apply for the $100 000 offered by the federal government, to assist in the upgrade the wash down facility at the Blackall saleyards as it is in urgent need of attention.

I am also pleased to report that there will be a Citizen of The Year for each of our communities in 2008. To have an overall Citizen of The Year would without a doubt be a bit diffi cult.

Congratulations to the organising committee of the Community Towner Project, which has ensured the commemoration of the memory of Major Edgar Towner, brave son of Blackall. I was indeed delighted to be able to attend functions to hear Geoffrey Towner, representing the Towner family, Mal Booth, head of Research at the Australian War Memorial, Ronan Robinson, Blackall State School student, William Eicholtz, acclaimed sculptor and national treasure, and Peter Douglas of Desert Channels deliver their particular parts. The luncheon was indeed a very special occasion with the announcement of the Towner family donation of $20,000 to the project, which will be completed and installed by Anzac Day 2009.

As this is the last publication of the Barcoo Independent for 2008 I would like to wish all readers, on behalf of the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Jan Ross

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DECEMBER13 Tambo races24 Christmas Eve street party

JANUARY 200925 Pony Club sign-on25 Corporate golf/clubhouse opening26 Australia Day celebrationsFEBRUARY 20098 Pistol Club beginsMARCH 20097 Race meeting22 The Magic Flute performanceAPRIL 20094 Tambo stock show14-17 State showjumping/ equitation titlesMAY 20093 Blackall Show22 Heartland Festival starts30 Matilda Highway race meetingJUNE 20096 Queensland Day6-8 Shockwave Youth Festival8 Heartland Festival endsJULY 20094-5 Ladies Sandgreen championshipsTBA Race meeting26 Qld Music Festival performance

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Barcoo Independent TV Guide December 21 - 27ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

Sunday Decem

ber 21

5:00 rage6:30 Children’s Shows9:00 Q&A10:00 Shacks: Titania’s Palace10:30 The Story Of God: No God But God11:30 Songs Of Praise12:00 Best Of Landline1:00 Best Of Gardening Australia1:30 Message Stick2:00 Spartacus: Behind The Myth3:00 Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday Concert5:00 Il Divo: Live At The Greek6:05 First Viking Boat Race7:00 News 7:30 A Very Specky Christmas8:25 News8:35 Merry Christmas: Joyeux Noel10:25 Compass (R)11:00 Dickens In America (R)11:30 Movie: To Kill A Mockingbird (Pg,1962,R)1:35 Movie: The Private Affairs Of Bel Ami (1947,Pg,R)3:25 Yowarliny/Miss Coolbaroo (G*,R)3:55 Psychic Investigators: Lynsey Quy

6:00 Choices6:30 Yin Yang Yo!7:00 Trapped7:30 Kim Possible8:00 The Replacements8:30 Movie: Robin Hood (1973,G,R)10:30 Rolex Spirit Of Yachting11:00 The Classic Adelaide 200812:00 Movie: Twas The Night... (2001,G,R)2:00 Movie: A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004,G,R)4:00 Crusty Demons: Night Of World Records5:00 2008 Variety Bash-Here To Hunter-4WD Explore5:30 Great South East6:00 News6:30 Outback Wildlife Rescue7:00 Hot Property7:30 Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World (R)8:30 Movie: Surviving Christmas (2004,M,R)10:25 Holby Blue11:35 The Benny Hill Show12:25 Movie: Butter (1997,M)2:30 Home Shopping3:30 NBC Meet The Press4:30 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Rise And Shine6:00 Red Boots For Christmas6:30 Dora The Explorer7:00 Movie: The Little Drummer Boy (C,R)8:00 News8:30 Cybershack9:00 Lord Mayor’s Carols In The City10:00 George Lopez10:30 Going Places11:00 Monster Trucks Australia11:30 Boarding Pass12:00 Australia V South Africa2:30 The Cricket Show3:00 Australia V South Africa6:00 News 6:30 Australia V South Africa7:30 Two And A Half Men (R)8:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 Movie: Ocean’s Twelve (2004,M,R)11:00 Movie: Trapped (2002,M,R)1:00 Home Shopping

6:25 Overseas News10:00 Insight Summer Season: Mi Tunes11:00 Celtic Woman: Christmas12:00 Compak Attack: Drag Racing Jamoboree1:00 Speedweek 2:00 FIA World Rally Championship 20083:00 Football Asia 3:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature5:00 The World Game6:00 Thalassa: The Girassol Oilfield 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: The Germanic Tribes8:30 The Empire State Building Murders9:50 FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Final12:10 Hitler’s War on America1:10 If the Dead Could Speak

Monday D

ecember 22

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows11:00 Best Of Landline12:00 Midday Report12:30 Three Men In A Boat (R)1:30 Atlantic Edge (R)2:00 Parkinson (R)3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 Monarchy: Empire (R)7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Face Painting With Bill Leak (F)8:30 Expedition Bhutan10:15 The Real Mrs Doubtfire 11:00 News11:15 The Iceberg That Sank The Titanic (R)12:05 MDA: Overexposure (M*,R)1:05 Movie: Let’s Live A Little (1949,G,R)2.25 Movie: Variety Time (1951,G,R)3:25 Bowls: NSW Open 2008: Men’s Pairs Semifinal: 2

6:00 Sunrise9:00 Larry The Lawnmower9:30 Trapped10:00 Backyard Science (R)10:30 Seaside Hotel (R)11:30 News12:00 Movie: Fitzwilly ( (1967,G,R)2:30 Scrubs3:00 Infomercial4:00 Go Go Stop4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 The Rich List8:30 Bones 10:30 Scrubs11:00 Kath & Kim The American Series 11:30 Last Comic Standing 12:30 Room For Improvement1:00 A Country Practice2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today 9:00 Here’s Humphrey 9:30 Timeblazers10:00 I Dream Of Jeannie10:30 Bewitched11:00 News 11:30 Home Shopping 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show1:00 The View 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Malcolm In The Middle4:00 The Shak4:30 News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow6:00 News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Temptation7:30 Two And A Half Men8:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 CSI (R,M) 9:30 Fringe (M) 10:30 The Moment Of Truth 11:30 Just Shoot Me12:00 Home Shopping 12:30 Shipwrecked

5:20 Overseas News

1:00 Escape from Luanda

2:20 Male, 33, Seeks Puberty


4:00 TV Around the World:

Morocco

4:30 The Journal

5:00 The Crew

5:30 Corner Gas

6:00 Global Village: Sardinia


7:30 Top Gear

8:30 Swift & Shift Couriers

9.00 South Park: The Early Years


10:00 Pizza: Carwash

10:30 Skins

11:25 Movie: The 11

Commandments

12.55 Movie: Golden Chicken

Tuesday Decem

ber 23

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows12:00 Midday Report12:30 A Pig, A Chicken And A Bag Of Rice (G,R)1:30 Reef Dreams (R)2:00 Parkinson (R) 3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 The River Cottage Treatment (R)7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The Museum8:35 Party Animals9:30 Hustle10:25 News10:35 Iconoclasts (M*,R)11:20 Movie: The Go-Between (M*,1971,R)1:10 Movie: God’s Little Acre (1958,Pg,R)3:00 Destiny Deacon3:30 Island Life: Kangaroo Island (R)

6:00 Sunrise9:00 Larry The Lawnmower9:30 Trapped10:00 Backyard Science (R)10:30 Seaside Hotel (R)11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Prancer (1989,G,R) 2:30 Scrubs3:00 Infomercial4:00 Go Go Stop4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 Wild Vets8:00 Coastwatch8:30 Eli Stone (M)9:30 Ghost Whisperer (Pg,R)10:30 Prison Break (M)11:30 Dirty Sexy Money12:30 Room For Improvement1:00 A Country Practice2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Here’s Humphrey 9:30 Timeblazers10:00 I Dream Of Jeannie10:30 Bewitched 11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 The View2:00 Days Of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 Malcolm In The Middle4:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow6:00 News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 Temptation7:30 Police Ten 78:00 Sudden Impact8:30 Movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002,Pg,R)10:30 Movie: The Cable Guy (1996,M)12:20 Home Shopping12:50 ER

5:20 Overseas News

1:00 The Storm Rages Twice

2:05 Don Matteo

2:55 Panorama


4:00 The Journal

4:30 Newshour

5:30 Corner Gas

6:00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks


7:30 The Nest

8:30 Return of The Bible

Plagues: Locusts


10:00 Steve McQueen: The

Essence Of Cool

11:35 Movie: Than Paradise

1.10 The Great Depression: Made

In Germany

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

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“In this small community, each of us can make a difference,” Cr Ross said.

The Towner family also thanked Ronan for his interest, through Geoffrey Towner, who flew in from Perth for the dinner.

“It is remarkable to think that the children in Blackall have taken the time to do this,” he said.

“Now they’ve got the ball rolling, it won’t stop.”An announcement was made on the evening that

Geoff and his brother John would each donate $10 000 to the project.

It got underway in October with a state government contribution of $25 000 through its Community Memorials Restoration Program, and was boosted by a $10 000 donation from the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council.

Robyn Adams said another $15 000 was needed to pay for the commemorative statue and organisers were still keen for people to come on board.

The dinner was sponsored by Desert Channels Queensland in recognition of Edgar’s life, firstly in the Blackall district then at Longreach, where he moved to after the war, and his study of the Lake Eyre Basin’s natural history.

The four courses, designed by Alison Alexander and prepared by Sharon Grams of Longreach reflected aspects of Edgar’s life, from the mutton and damper round canapés, the chicken in white wine entrée, a traditional mutton roast, and a lamington ice-cream layer cake.

DCQ chair, Peter Douglas paid his own tribute to Towner the grazier and naturalist.

“He was the sort of bloke we needed, to say ‘We know about our place’,” Peter said. “He was a realistic bloke with a scientific bent.”

Peter urged people to read a copy of Towner’s address to the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, lodged with the John Oxley Library in Brisbane.

The evening concluded with Blackall RSL sub-branch president Terry Brennan congratulating Blackall for its energy, which he believed Barcaldine and Longreach would love to emulate.

“Just in the last year we have raised terrific amounts of money for projects here, and the number of donations from people unable to attend the dinner has been most generous once again,” he said.

“This memorial will be to the entire community of Blackall.”

The Blackall RSL has contributed $5000 to the project, and is now working towards its installation for Anzac Day 2009.

“The Anzac Day service in Blackall next year could be the most significant in the whole of Australia that day,” Robyn said.

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

Wednesday D

ecember 17

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows12:00 Midday Report12:30 National Press Club Address1:30 Stuff2:00 The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh (Pg,R,F)3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 Art Museums Of The World6:30 Nigella Express7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 My Family 8:30 Wallace & Gromit9:05 Grumpy Old Women9:40 Seven Periods With Mr Gormsby10:00 The Robinsons (M*,R)10:35 News10:45 Cracker (M*,R,F)11:40 Movie: The Jungle Book (1942,Pg,R)1:30 Movie: Mohawk (1956,Pg,R)2:55 Koori Court/Broken Bonds (G*,R)3:25 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:00 Larry The Lawnmower11:30 News12:00 Movie: Secret Santa (G,R)2:00 Moonlighting3:00 Girl TV2:30 Backyard Science4:00 Go Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 Air Crash Investigations8:30 Las Vegas9:30 AC/DC, Legends Of Rock10:00 The Unit11:00 Prison Break (M)11:30 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape12:00 Movie: Asunder (1998,MA)2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne10:30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 Australia Vs South Africa2:30 The Cricket Show3:00 Australia Vs South Africa6:00 News6:30 Australia Vs South Africa7:30 A Current Affair8:00 Joey8:30 CSI:Miami9:30 ER10:30 Gossip Girl11:30 Temptation12:00 Home Shopping12:30 All Of Us (F)1:00 Mad TV

5:20 Overseas News1.00 Movie: My Teacher, Mr Kim3:05 Aerosol3:20 The Stork3:30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow4:00 The Journal4:30 Newshour5:30 Is Your House Killing You6:00 Global Village: Ruins of Olympia6:30 World News Australia7:30 Food Safari: German8:00 The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World8:30 The Long Way Down9:30 World News Australia10:00 Movie: Blueberry12:10 Movie: Monsieur N.

Thursday Decem

ber 18

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows12:00 Midday Report12:30 Cricket In The 50s1:30 Inventions From The Shed2:00 Parkinson3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 Planet Earth7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Two Men In A Tinnie8:30 Exposed: City Life9:35 Mad Hot Ballroom: Pt 2 (F)10:25 News10:35 Live From Abbey Road11:30 Wildside (M*,R)12:20 Movie: Magnificent Doll (Pg,1946,R)1:55 Movie: Lydia (1941,Pg,R)3:30 Les Ridgeway4:00 The Glass House

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show9.30 Larry The Lawnmower11:30 News12:00 Movie: All I Want For Christmas2:00 Moonlighting3:00 Girl TV2:30 Backyard Science4:00 Go Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 Ugly Betty8:30 Eli Stone 9:30 The Amazing Race11:20 Man’s Work11:50 Room For Improvement12:20 Sons & Daughters12:50 Last Chance Learners1:20 Australia’s Strangest Home Improvements2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne10:30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 Australia Vs South Africa2:30 The Cricket Show3:00 Australia Vs South Africa6:00 News6:30 Australia Vs South Africa7:30 A Current Affair7:00 Temptation8:00 Joey8:30 Secret Millionaire9:30 Cold Case10:30 The Closer11:30 Temptation 12:00 Home Shopping12:30 Movie: Things You Can Tell – Just By Looking (2000,M,R)2:20 Home Shopping

5:30 Overseas News

1:00 Australian Biography: Ted

Egan

1:30 The Fabulous Flag Sisters

2:30 Junction House Blues

3:30 If Only

4:00 The Journal

4:30 Newshour

5:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial



7:35 Rex in Rome

8:30 Inspector Rex


10:00 Movie: Ushpizin

11:40 Movie: Subterra

Friday Decem

ber 19

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks & Specks6:00 Children’s Shows12:00 Midday Report12:30 How To Divorce Without Screwing Up Your Kids1:30 Movie: The Galloping Major (G,1952,R)3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 Pilot Guides7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report8:00 Kylie Kwong8:30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder10:05 The Thick Of It 10:35 News10:45 Rose & Maloney (M*,R)11:55 rage

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:00 Larry The Lawnmower11:30 News12:00 Movie: Santa Jr (Pg,R)2:00 Extreme: Love Splits3:00 Girl TV2:30 Backyard Science4:00 Go Go Stop 4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 Better Homes & Gardens Summer8.30 Movie: The Santa Clause 2 (2002,G,R)10:40 Movie: The Hot Chick (2002,M,R)12:35 Movie: Valet Girls (1987,M,R)2:15 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne10:30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 Australia Vs South Africa2:30 The Cricket Show3:00 Australia Vs South Africa6:00 News6:30 Australia Vs South Africa7:30 A Current Affair7:00 Temptation8:00 Joey8:30 Movie: The Last Castle (2001,M,R)11:15 Temptation11:45 Movie: Confidence (2003,M)1:40 Home Shopping

5:20 Overseas News1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 1:30 Voices of the World2:35 Mozart Balls3:35 Fashionista: The Stylist3:45 Fashionista: Sandra Thom4:00 The Journal4:30 Newshour 5:30 Bluelist Australia6:00 Global Village: The Aosta Valley, Kaliningrad6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wall Street Warriors8:00 Counter Culture: Italy8:30 Hitler’s Museum 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 My Boyfriend The Sex Tourist10:55 Movie: How Much Do You Love Me?12:35 Movie: Balls

Saturday Decem

ber 20

5:00 rage8:00 rage: Guest Programmers9:00 rage11:00 Outback House (Pg,R)12:00 Dynasties: The Archer Family (R)12:30 Best Of Australian Story1:00 The Shearers1:30 Bowls: NSW Open2:30 WNBL: Adelaide Vs Sydney Uni4:00 Football: Newcastle Jets Vs Sydney FC6:00 Totally Frank6.25 Minuscule: The Caterpillar And The Brook6:30 Best Of Gardening Australia7:00 News 7:30 Mountain With Griff Rhys Jones8:30 News8:35 The Bill10:10 News10:15 The last Detective (R)11:25 rage

6:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse6:30 My Friends Tigger & Pooh7:00 Saturday Disney9:00 Toon Disney11:30 Home Improvement12:00 Eclipse1:00 Seven’s Motorsport2:30 V8 Xtra3:30 2008 Wakakirri TV Special5:30 Qld Weekender6:00 News6:30 Movie: Eloise At Christmastime (2003,G,R)8:30 Carols In The Domain11.00 Move: Thunderstruck (2004,M)1:00 Movie: I Love You, Don’t Touch Me! (1998,MA)2:35 Adventures Of The Cropp Family3:30 It Is Written4:00 Home Shopping5:00 Dateline NBC

5:30 Christian City TV6:00 Children’s Shows11:00 Rain11:30 Home Shopping12:00 Australia Vs South Africa2:30 The Cricket Show3:00 Australia Vs South Africa6:00 News6:30 Australia Vs South Africa7:30 Malcolm In The Middle8:00 Finke Desert Race 20088:30 McLeod’s Daughters10:30 Canal Road (F)11:30 Movie: Murder At 1600 (1997,M,R)12:30 Movie: Highwaymen (2003,M)2:05 Home Shopping

5:20 Overseas News1:00 Cinderella2:45 Portrait of Bernice Coppieters3:15 The Clap3:30 This is Civilization: Uncertainty4:30 Newshour5:30 A Fork in the Mediterranean: Greece6:00 Classical Destinations: Moscow & Switzerland6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Christmas Tree Lights8:30 Iron Chef 9:20 RocKwiz 10:00 Movie: Brick12:05 S.O.S1:00 NEWStopia1.20 Drawn Together1.45 Stripperella 2:10 The Insiders Guide To Love

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

Sunday Decem

ber 14

5:00 rage6:00 rage6:30 Children’s Shows9:00 Q&A10:00 Shacks: No 1 Doctors Rocks10:30 The Story Of God: Life The Universe And Everything11:30 Songs Of Praise12:00 Best Of Landline1:00 Best Of Gardening Australia1:30 Message Stick: Sights Unseen: Pt 12:00 The Catalpa Rescue3:00 Leonard Bernstein’s Candide5:00 Mario Lanza: Singing To The Gods6:00 At The Movies Summer Special (F)7:00 ABC News 7:30 Schools Spectacular 20089:00 The Girl In The Café (R, M*)10:35 Compass: Woman Of The Book: Geraldine Brooks11:05 Dickens In America: Midwest To St. Louis (R)11:35 Mr Harvey Lights A Candle (R, M*)1:00 Movie: Heart Of A Child (G, 1958,R)2:15 Movie: The Locket (Pg, 1946,R)4:00 Psychic Investigators: Alexis Burke (Pg, R)

6:00 Choices6:30 Yin Yang Yo!7:00 Trapped7:30 Weekend Sunrise10:00 Kochie’s Business Builders10:30 Rolex Spirit Of Yachting11:00 2008 Men’s Australian Open Golf4:30 Mercurio’s Menu5:00 Toyoto Starmaker: Stairway To Success6:00 News6:30 Outback Wildlife Rescue7:00 Hot Property7:30 Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World (R)8:30 Movie: Someone Like You (M,R)10:35 Holby Blue11:45 The Benny Hill Show12:25 Movie: In America (M)2:30 Home Shopping3:30 NBC Meet The Press4:30 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Rise And Shine 6:00 2008 Christmas Pageant 7:00 Sharky’s Friends 7:30 Business Sense 8:00 News 9:00 Cybershack 9:30 Wild Life Man Featuring David Ireland (R)10:30 Going Places 11:00 2008 Us Open Surfing 12:00 Andra Top Fuel Perth 12:30 Cronulla International Cycling Grand Prix 2:00 WWE Afterburn 3:00 Movie: The Blue Butterfly (R,) 5:00 The Garden Gurus Bay Of Plenty Special (R) 6:00 News 6:30 Battlefronts (Pg) 7:30 Two And A Half Men (R)8:00 The Big Bang Theory 8:30 Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2 (2003,Pg) 10:15 Movie: Friday After Next (2002,MA)12:00 Movie: Power & Beauty (2002,M,R)1:50 Home Shopping

6:25 Overseas News10:00 Insight Summer Season: Stolen ID11:00 Cycling: UCI Track Cycling World Cup12:00 Compak Attack: Drag Racing Jamoboree1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Football Asia 3:30 UEFA Champions League 4:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5:00 The World Game 6:00 Thalassa: The Port of Massawa6:30 World News 7:30 The Roman Empire8:30 I Am Bob8.50 Rough Science: Clean 9.20 2008 FIFA Club World Cup - Adelaide United v Gamba Osaka 11:45 Kurt Wallander: Sidetracked 12:45 If the Dead Could Speak

Monday D

ecember 15

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks And Specks6:00 Children’s Shows11:00 Best Of Landline (R)12:00 Midday Report12:30 Incredible Journeys With Steve Leonard (G,R)1:30 Atlantic Edge (G,R)2:00 The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh (Pg,R)3:00 Children’s Shows6:05 Monarchy: Rule Britannia (G,R)7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Face Painting With Bill Leak8:30 CELEBRITY: Dominick Dunne10:00 The 80 Year Old Children (Pg,R)10:50 News11:05 Over My Dead Body (R,M*)12:00 MDA: Fire and Rain (R,M*)12:55 Movie: 21 Days (Pg, 1940,R)2:10 Movie: Forget Me Not (G, 1937,R)3:25 Bowls: NSW Open 2008: Women’s Pairs Final (R)

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:00 Larry The Lawnmower11:30 News12:00 Movie: Mary Christmas (2002,M,R)2:00 Moonlighting3:00 Girl TV3:30 Backyard Science4:00 Go Go Stop4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 The Rich List8:30 Bones 10:30 Scrubs11:00 Kath & Kim The American Series11:30 Last Comic Standing 12:30 Room For Improvement1:00 A Country Practice2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 The View2:00 Days Of Our Lives3:00 Home Shopping3:30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi4:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow6:00 News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 Temptation7:30 Two & A Half Men (R)8:00 The Big Bang Theory8:30 CSI9:30 Fringe10:30 Survivor Micronesia: Fans v Favourites12:20 Home Shopping12:50 The Baron

5:20 Overseas News

1:00 The Cell

2:30 Growing Up On-Line

3:30 Pickles

4:30 The Journal

5:00 The Crew

5:30 Corner Gas

6:00 Global Village: Milano


7:30 Top Gear

8:30 Swift and Shift Couriers

9:00 South Park: The Early Years


10:00 Shameless

11:15 Movie: Dead & Breakfast

12:45 Movie: Joint Security Area

Tuesday Decem

ber 16

4:30 G.P.5:30 Spicks And Specks6.00 Children’s Show12:00 Midday Report12:30 The New Inventors (F)1:30 Reef Dreams2:00 The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh (Pg,R)3:00 Children’s Shows6:10 The River Cottage Treatment7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The Museum8:35 Party Animals9:30 Hustle10:25 News10:35 Iconoclasts11:20 Movie: The Bespoke Overcoat (1955)12:00 Movie: Time Lock (1957)1:10 Movie: The Challenge (1938,G,R)2:25 Movie: Mexican Spitfire Sees A Ghost (1942,Pg,R)3:35 Island Life

6:00 Sunrise9:00 The Morning Show11:00 Larry The Lawnmower11:30 News12:00 Movie: Angel In The Family (2004,Pg,R)2:00 Moonlighting3:00 Girl TV2:30 Backyard Science4:00 Go Go Stop4:30 News 5:00 Home Improvement5:30 Deal Or No Deal6:00 News6:30 Today Tonight7:00 How I Met Your Mother (R)7:30 Ugly Betty8:30 Eli Stone (M)9:30 Ghost Whisperer (R)10:30 Prison Break (M)11:30 Dirty Sexy Money (M)12:30 Room For Improvement1:00 A Country Practice2:00 Infomercial4:00 NBC Today5:30 News

5:30 Today9:00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne11:00 News11:30 Home Shopping12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 The View2:00 Days Of Our Lives3:00 Entertainment Tonight3:30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi4:00 The Shak4:30 News5:00 Antiques Roadshow6:00 News6:30 A Current Affair7:00 Temptation7:30 Police Ten 78:00 Sudden Impact8:30 Movie: Ocean’s Eleven (2004,M,R)11:00 Survivor: Micronesia 11:50 Girls Of The Playboy Mansion12:00 Home Shopping12:50 ER

5:20 Overseas News

1:00 The Storm Rages Twice

2:00 Don Matteo

3:00 The Lifestyle Experts

3:30 The Closet Tales of

Australian Fashion

4:00 The Journal

4:30 Newshour

5:30 Corner Gas



7:30 The Nest

8:30 Return Of The Bible

Plagues: Hailstorms


10:00 How Vietnam Was Lost

11.25 Movie: The Gaze

1:00 Sentenced To Marriage

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To herald the beginning of Advent, members from all local churches gathered at the Anglican Church at the beginning of December, where, after the traditional sausage sizzle, all went into the church to relive special moments from that first Christmas night.

Using the story of The Small One by Charles Tazewell, members of the combined churches narrated the events of that first Christmas night.

As we heard this beautiful story the presence of a live Jerusalem donkey, fenced just outside the church, made us more aware of the part that was played by its ancestors on that special night.

During the service, the church was gradually illuminated, while coloured candles gave an angelic effect, as all around the church we could see brilliantly lit Christmas trees and Christmas symbols, of all sizes and themes.

Trees were created and lovingly decorated by so many organisations, business houses, local services, churches and individuals, while the creativity of our children was most impressive.

Some of the trees depicted much-loved carols and other music themes. Decorated trees in memory of past parishioners reminded us that friends and family members are never forgotten, especially during this season.

It was amazing to see the variety of Christmas trees. They were prepared from string, timber, paper, tin, tinsel, matchboxes and real branches. There was even a “Singing Tree”, while the symbolism of that Empty Tree reminded us that there are lots of needy people in our world.

All types of nativity cribs were created using knitted icons or paper, cardboard, timber or ceramics, and were arranged on beautiful Christmas cloths. Patchwork quilts depicting aspects of this special event adorned the church walls.

Perhaps the big attraction for the kids (big and little) was Santa’s train, loaded with Christmas goodies, plus all the sound effects of a real train.

The Small One was a donkey that was thought to be past his prime, but he was able to carry the most

precious cargo in the person of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as she and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem, for the baby’s birth.

May his story remind us that we can all do something special during this season of good will, to help those who are not as fortunate as ourselves.

This was a wonderful introduction to the Christmas season, and to the many people who worked so hard to ensure its success, especially the Anglican parishioners, the Blackall community says a very big thank you.-- by Veronica Law and Marie

Messer

Ecumenical Christmas Tree festival

Blackall State School student, Joshua McErlean finished school early this year to head to Canberra to compete in the swimming section of the 2008 Pacific School Games, as a member of Queensland Primary Schools team.

The Pacific School Games (PSG) is an international sporting event for primary and secondary school students aged 10 to 19.

Up to 4000 competitors from 35 different countries competed over seven days in five different sports.

Josh, an athlete with a disability, contested three individual events at the Australian Institute of Sport swimming complex, competing against Korean and Thai athletes as well as people from around Australia.

His best result came in the boys

50m breastroke multi disability 10-12yo final, when he was fourth from nine competitors.

In the boys 50m backstroke final he was seventh from nine, and he came fifth in the boys 200m individual medley event.

Josh also competed in a mixed 200m freestyle relay and a mixed 200m medley relay.

After a daily routine of morning and afternoon training sessions, Joshua qualified for the games at the Queensland Primary Schools swimming championships in March 2008.

Since then he has continued his rigorous training schedule and has improved his personal best times in all three individual events.

Josh said he’d been really looking forward to swimming in

such a big competition and hoping to improve further on his times.

Whilst in Canberra he also saw some of the sights along with his family, including grandparents, parents Chris and Toni, and sister Kaitlyn, who supported Joshua during the competition.

He also had the well wishes of all in Blackall.

Josh swims at Pacific School Games


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1 21.1 37.9 0 NE 31

2 22.6 35.3 0 NE 48

3 21.6 36.2 0 NNE 37

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5 21.7 39.8 0 S 56

6 20.4 38.5 0 SSW 39

7 16.9 41.4 0 NNW 61

8 22.7 29.2 2.6 SSW 59

9 15.9 28.3 3.6 SSE 39

10 13.2 33.2 0 SE 39

11 15.3 35.4 0 ESE 37

12 18.6 35 0 NE 35

13 21.9 36.2 0 NNE 39

14 21.1 36.8 0 NE 44

15 21.9 37.2 0 SSE 35

16 23 37.8 0 SE 43

17 22.3 37.6 0 SE 41

18 24.4 34.6 0 NNE 50

19 20.9 32.8 0 SW 48

20 21 35.7 5.6 W 56

21 16.1 35.9 0 WSW 41

22 23.4 32.9 0 W 48

23 14.4 31.1 0 SW 39

24 11.4 33.6 0 WSW 33

25 17.5 34.6 0 W 46

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N ovem ber 2008

N ovem ber b low s ho t and co ldSummer seemed to come early

with the temperature soaring to 41.4 degrees on November 7, but was still a mild day compared to the scorching 44 degrees recorded on November 9, 1965.

The coolest day for November came just two days later, with residents wondering if they needed winter woollies as the temperature plummeted to 28.3 degrees. Not as cool though as the record 17.1 degrees recorded on Nov 19, 1981.

The mean maximum temperature for November was 35.6, almost a full degree hotter than the recorded mean maximum of 34.7 degrees.

November 18 proved to be quite a warm night with the highest minimum temperature reaching 24.4 degrees, while blankets were quickly sought as the temperature dropped to chilly 11.4 degrees on Nov 24.

The recorded minimum temperature for November was 8.2 degrees on Nov 3, 1974.

The mean minimum temperature for November was 19.8 degrees, just .3 of a degree higher than the recorded average.

It was a dry month with only

120 points (30.6 mm) of rain, with 71 points (18 mm) falling on the 29th.

The average rainfall for November is 167 points (42.4 mm) while the highest recorded daily rainfall was 432 points (109.7 mm) on Nov 21, 1971.

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On Friday night, the Kindy and Daycare Association held its Christmas break-up party.

Even though the evening was warm, all had a relaxing time. Santa was in attendance to deliver books to all children.

During the year, the Kindy has sold tickets in a beautiful patchwork quilt, made and donated Margot Molle, and a Mack Truck pack, donated by Mack Trucks Australia.

Chris Parnaby of the Blackall Caravan Park was the lucky winner of the quilt and Annette Gillies, Devenish won the Mack Truck pack.

The art union was also drawn. Jack Banks of Duneira was the winner of seven nights at

Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island for a family of two adults and two children.

Second prize of a limited edition framed photograph “Storms over Airport” was won by Mrs Pat Thompson of Gracemere.

The Kindy committee thanked the generosity of all its sponsors.

-- by Kerry Lloyd

Santa delivers goodies at Kindy break-up party

Musical feast for Blackall in 09

Blackall residents will be treated to a feast of music in 2009 with a number of prestigious organisations announcing performances here.

The first is Co-Opera’s performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, which is scheduled to appear at the Blackall Cultural Centre on March 22.

Co-Opera is an Adelaide-based company whose aim is to take opera directly to the public in country Australia.

Its approach is intended to demythologise opera by making it fresh and entertaining and does so in The Magic Flute by setting it in a 1960s restaurant rather than ancient Egypt, creating hilarious sequences.

The second event will be a performance by the Queensland Music Festival, scheduled to take place in July.

The Blackall-Tambo Regional Council is excited to announce a partnership with the QMF, which has a national and international reputation, to bring a cutting-edge show to the Blackall area.

Development and Marketing manager, Simon Buchanan said that in collaboration with councils and the community at large, the QMF inspires participation in music-making and performance that reflects local culture and tells local stories.

Blackall will be part of the 17-day festival in July, with more details to be released as the event draws closer.

A third musical blockbuster for Blackall will be Shockwave, a youth festival on the June long weekend.

Organisers are inviting bands from around the country, DJs, a mechanical bull, sumo wrestling and heaps more, designed to make Blackall rock.

Word is spreading via social networks on the internet, making it the must-do event of the year for young people in the region.

Blackall Combined Agents yarded 4300 weaner and store cattle for the final sale of 2008.

Cattle were drawn from Kynuna, Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Jericho, Tambo and locally.

A large buying panel including buyers from Goondiwindi, Emerald, Dalby, Wandoan, Alpha, Roma, Rockhampton, Meandarra, Birdsville and local buyers attended the sale.

Once again the sale lived up to its reputation of quality cattle and above market prices with a number of repeat vendors presenting cattle for the sale.

Peel Pastoral Company, Northampton Downs sold No 8 Santa and Charolais/Santa cross steers to a top of 221.2 c/kg to average 217c for 285 kg or $620/hd.

SH Neal & Co, Gerogery, Barcaldine sold No 8 Hereford steers for 195 c/kg, 293 kg and $573/hd.

David Hardie and family, Dumfries sold No 8 Droughtmaster, Charolais and Brahman cross steers to a top of 215 c/kg to average 203c for 265 kg or $538/hd.

Alice Downs Grazing Co sold No

8 Santa steers to a top of 216 c/kg to average 207c for 272 kg or $565/hd.

Swan Hill Cattle Co sold Santa and Santa/Charolais cross steers topping at 200 c/kg to average 181 c/kg, 363 kg or $660/hd.

Tom and Wendy Quilty, Thornleigh sold Droughtmaster cross steers to top at 188 c/kg to average 182 c/kg, 341 kg and $622/hd.

Kathy and Sarita Core, Bayswater, Charleville sold Brahman cross steers to top at 182.2 c/kg to average 285 kg and return $465/hd.

O ver 4000 ca ttle fo r fina l 2008 yard ing

A milestone in the short history of Blackall Christian Fellowship was celebrated with the presentation of a current certificate of completion of the fellowship’s building in Leek St, on Monday, December 8.

George Bourne & Associates’ building certifier Jason Burger presented the certificate to Les Peel, who has been locum pastor for the past eight months.

Les said the building was around nine years in the making. It is thanks to expert labour from fellow church tradesmen from the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and strong support of locals that this part of the task is now over, he said.

There is still more to be done with floor coverings and the like to be completed in early 2009 as well as new seating and additional electronic equipment.

Les said he and wife Dawn are looking forward to a break over Christmas in the Glasshouse Mountains, and look forward to being back in late January to continue the pastoral oversight of BCF.

Milestone for Blackall Christian Fellowship

Jason B urger (righ t) from G eorge B ourne & A ssocia tes p resents Les P ee l w ith a certifica te o f com ple tion fo r the B lacka ll C hris tian Fe llow sh ip ’s bu ild ing .


Blackall Freighters Past Staff, Clients and Friends are invited to help celebrate the

70th birthday of Bob Baker.Morning Tea and Lunch will be held on Sunday 4th January 2009 at

“Wundaburra” Woodford. Please contact Bob on 54963524 with your RSVP

The Blackall-Tambo Regional Council has welcomed the recent announcement from the federal government that it will receive $938,711 in funding as the second quarterly instalment in the Financial Assistance Grants program.

Federal Member for Flynn Chris Trevor said Blackall-Tambo would share in $466 million worth of funding this round, from a total of $1.9 billion in the Financial Assistance Grants program.

“Local residents expect good roads, decent libraries, well-maintained parks and pools, regular garbage pick-ups, and high quality child care and other services,” Mr Trevor said.

“That’s why the government’s grants are untied and can be spent by councils and shires on local priorities.

“We are providing councils with the highest ever level of federal funding, particularly in rural and regional Australia where around two thirds of the money is going to.”

Blackall-Tambo CEO Ken Timms said the amount was in line with the combined amount received by both old shires (Blackall and Tambo) last year, with a minor increase of around $20 000.

“The previous coalition government bled local councils dry, leaving rate payers to pick up the tab. This was quite clearly wrong,” Mr Trevor said.

This funding is on top of the money available to councils from the Roads to Recovery program.

Blackall-Tambo federal money comes in

A request to waive a new fee for the hire of the Tambo Aquatic Centre has been knocked back by Blackall-Tambo regional councillors.

At its Works and Finance committee meeting on October 29, councillors were advised by acting manager of corporate and community services, Susan Jarvis that a qualified fitness instructor wished to use the pool for private aqua aerobics instruction but investigation had discovered that council hadn’t set a fee as set out in the lease agreement.

According to the agreement, the lessee is entitled to charge a fee as set out by council for hire for events/functions.

Council resolved to set a private hire fee of $10 for groups and/or individuals to hire the aquatic centre, but this was then questioned by Maria Richardson.

She wrote to council to advise that her twice-weekly aqua aerobics classes had received a great response, with between one to five women per class, but added that she runs them, along with her other exercise classes, at a loss.

She told council she had ongoing studies to do in order to keep her qualifications and insurance

current, equipment and music plus copyright licences to purchase, amongst other things.

She asked for the hire fee to be waived in order to keep the costs as low as possible for class participants.

Ms Jarvis put forward a number of points for council to consider, including the fact that governments are promoting healthy lifestyles to the community, that Ms Richardson was charging $8 a session, and that the hire fee was payable to the pool lessee.

Cr Peter Skewes responded that the hirer needed to either raise her charge for classes or stop offering them.

“It’s just a dollar a head,” he said.

Council resolved to uphold its earlier resolution, and will review the fee in March 2009.

In August, council agreed to waive kennel application permit fees of $100 for Tambo residents, due to the transitional process.

While this fee has been in existence previously in Blackall, it was new to Tambo, and councillors agreed to give people until the 2009-10 financial year to get used to new fee structures.

-- by Sally Cripps

C ouncil fi rm on Tam bo aquatic fee

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The ‘Towner Project’ Community Committee graciously thank those who made the Edgar Towner, VC, MC Memorial Dinner a wonderful success.

For those who were there, we appreciate your attendance and contribution to the making of a superb gala evening. The four course dinner and complimentary wines were lovely thanks to the generous sponsorship by Desert Channels Queensland, and the fabulous cook, Sharon Grams of Longreach. Thanks too to Alison Alexander for the underpinning inspirational menu. To the Blackall Tambo Regional Council, especially Mayor Jan Ross, her fellow councillors and the depot staff, thank you for your genuinely enthusiastic and responsive support. It was critical for the dinner’s success and continues to be essential for the statue’s completion. We thank the Australian War Memorial who allowed Mal Booth to MC the evening and deliver a wonderful and insightful talk on Edgar Towner’s incredible military service and its significance to our nation.

The speeches were concluded by a brief talk by Peter Douglas, Chair of Desert Channels Queensland on Edgar Towner’s love of the Lake Eyre Bain and its rivers and the Barcoo region in general. The evening was closed by Mayor Jan Ross who acknowledged the importance of the project to the community and pledged ongoing council support.

To the Blackall State School students who acted as food stewards and to those who assisted with the table settings, thanks for great service and support. Special thanks go to Lyn Harlow in the kitchen, and Monica Bailey. To Donny Wheeler and Ian Murray, Abigail Hayward and Ellerah Campbell behind the bar, thank-you. Les Williams’ framed medal set made for a great foyer display, so thank-you to the Coolibah Motel. Neville Dolinski, thank you for audio visual support.

William Eicholtz, thank-you for coming up from Melbourne to unveil your maquette (miniature statue) and deliver an informative presentation which elaborated on your interesting commissions and artworks, and your thoughts behind this proposed work.

A big thank you to Geoffrey Towner, Edgar’s nephew who visited Blackall en-route from Perth to the USA, for hosting the evening and making a gracious donation towards the bronze. To John Towner, Geoffrey’s brother, who was unable to make the trip but who also graciously donated monies many thanks. These contributions, along with those from the Queensland State Government, Blackall Tambo Regional Council and the Blackall RSL Sub Branch, have meant the statue can now proceed. To the extended Towner and Watts families who travelled from near and far to remember with the town, their family’s legacy, thank you for your ongoing interest and support. To everyone else who have made a donation to date, be it big or small, we thank-you and are eternally grateful for your support of this significant community project.

William Eicholtz has been commissioned to complete ‘Towner’s Call’, a larger than life size bronze statue that represents Edgar Towner at the moment he is being issued his army uniform and answers the call for service to his country, which saw him perform inspirational and heroic deeds for which he was so deservedly decorated. The committee are grateful for the positive response to William’s maquette on Friday evening and at the Saturday RSL luncheon, and look forward to hearing further comment from the community on their thoughts on what will be magnificent tribute to a local and national hero.

The ‘Towner Project’ Community Committee has not yet achieved its fund raising target, therefore encourage and gratefully welcome further financial contributions to the trust fund that has been set-up to collect donations to finance the statue’s completion and installation. Please ring Blackall-Tambo Regional Council on 4657 4222 or drop into the council offices in Coronation Street to make your donation. This is truly a unique opportunity to be involved in a fabulous community project that will see a man of the Barcoo immortalised in a commemorative bronze statue that will speak of both his astonishing achievements and that which has been given by so many men of the land who answered the call to serve our country. Ronan Robinson’sschool paper written and published 90 years after Edgar Towner’s gallant and heroic actions to recapture Mont St Quentin in France from the occupying German forces that saw him awarded the VC, has inspired the Blackall community to collectively work towards the statue being developed and completed for Anzac Day 2009. The Committee encourages and welcomes all to join in this wonderful commemorative project and put Anzac Day 2009 in your diary now.

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A $1.08 million project to upgrade the Blackall-Jericho Road will begin in early 2009, Main Roads Minister Warren Pitt said today.

Mr Pitt said the works involved surfacing and sealing a section of the Blackall-Jericho Road to provide safer and smoother travelling conditions for motorists.

“This project marks another important step towards providing sealed access to remote communities in central west Queensland,” Mr Pitt said.

“A 4.5 kilometre section of the Blackall-Jericho Road, about 34 kilometres from Blackall, will be surfaced and sealed to 6 metres wide to improve travelling conditions for motorists and the freight industry.

“It will also increase safety and help maintain traffi c speeds between Blackall and Jericho.”

Mr Pitt said the Blackall-Jericho Road provided important access for both heavy and light vehicles to service centres and industries.

“This work is part of the state

government’s commitment to provide an all-weather road to replace the old Jericho-Yaraka rail line,” he said.

Barcaldine Regional Council will carry out the work on behalf of Main Roads under a $1.08 million contract. The project is expected to be completed by the end of June 2009.

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B ridge t D oyle , back from C anada on her b ienn ia l C hris tm as v is it to her B lacka ll fam ily, en joyed the d inner w ith D ebb ie D o linsk i and Lou ise C am pbe ll, one o f the o rgan isers.

The Tow ner M em oria l d inner w as a chance fo r P e te r M cIn tosh , D ick B anks and D avid H ard ie to ge t toge ther, w ith S im on from D C Q .

The R ob inson fam ily - S hane, R oche lle and G illian - w ere very p roud o f son and bro ther R onan a t the fundra is ing d inner.

B lacka ll S ta te S choo l teacher Avril Faze l, one o f the Tow ner P ro ject o rgan is ing com m ittee m em bers, w ith Terry K ingston and B lacka ll-Tam bo m ayor Jan R oss a t the d inner.

Tow ner d inner o rgan iser R obyn A dam s w ith d inner sponsor, D C Q cha ir P e te r D oug las.

R ick and Jenny K eogh, Terrick M erinos, caught up on the new s from W est A ustra lia w ith G eoffrey Tow ner a t the d inner.

M ac and Jan i A llan en joyed a specia l n igh t ou t a t the Tow ner M em oria l d inner last F riday.

Leanne K oh le r, D esert C hanne ls Q ueensland cha ts to R icky W alker a t the Tow ner M em oria l d inner.

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According to the latest advice from the Department of Cabinet, Blackall and Tambo will each get Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year awards to hand out on Australia Day 2009.

Blackall-Tambo Regional Council manager of corporate and community services, Susan Jarvis said she had received verbal advice from the department since council’s November meeting which gave the green light to multiple awards.

Council had originally been told it could only have one award in each category.

“Council can, by way of resolution, nominate category awards to each community that council deems fi tting,” Ms Jarvis told the December meeting.

Nominations for awards close on January 9, 2009.

-- by Sally Cripps

Government backfl ips on Australia Day award

G old and red w as the them e fo r th is tree a t the E cum en ica l C hris tm as Tree festiva l


Townhouse BursaryThe Blackall Student Hostel Townhouse Bursary is now open for 2009, to provide

fi nancial assistance to one student from either Blackall or Tambo to further their education at

an accredited educational facility. The bursary is valued at $2500.

Applicants must be 19 years of age or younger, have successfully completed years 10, 11 or 12 and have a residential address in the Blackall

Tambo Regional Shire for the 12 months immediately preceding their application.

Applicants will be selected on the basis of a desire to further their education, the need to

live away from home to do so and their success in gaining a position in a recognised full-time

course.

Application forms and criteria can be obtained by contacting Sally Campbell on 46 574 693

or by writing to the Townhouse Bursary management committee, C/- “Clarenden”,

Blackall. 4472.

Closing date: Friday, 9th January 2009.

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KIDS CORNER with Eddie EmuG ’ d a y everybody, This is the last kids corner until next year, I suppose you are all getting very excited with Christmas only 13 sleeps away. I love this time of year where you get to spend time with your family and friends, lots of yummy food, Christmas lights on decorated trees and my favourite – gift giving (and receiving). It maybe hot here in the Australian bush but there is always a shady tree to sit under and a cool breeze at night to fluff ones feathers and if you look up into the sky after dark you can see the best fairy light display of all. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEARA big thank you to Ian Kinsey and Anika Cameron for their kind donation and support in the colouring comp. The winning entries are being displayed in Ian’s shop.Eddie Emu

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christmas colouring competition winners Billy Flynn – well done Billy on a beautifully presented entry.Sophie Negus – congratulations on your neat and colourful creation. Sophie we will send your prize to you - so keep checking the mail box.

Billy Flynn

WACKY ANIMAL FACTS:W hat is a Zyzzyva? It is a type o f A m erican w eevil. It is a lso the last w ord in m any E ng lish language d ic tionaries.

Aussie 12 days of ChristmasOn the fi rst day of Christmas, my true love sent to

meA kookaburra in a gum tree

On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

Two cockatoos, and a kookaburra in a gum treeThree parakeets.........Four great galahs.......Five opals black......

Six ‘roos a-jumping........Seven emus running.......

Eight koalas clinging.........Nine wombats waddling........

Ten dingoes dashing.......Eleven snake’s a-sliding.......Twelve goannas going.......

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

Twelve goanna going, Eleven snakes a-sliding,Ten dingoes dashing, Nine wombats waddling,

Eight koalas clinging, Seven emus running,Six ‘roos a-jumping, Five opals black,Four great galahs, Three parakeets,

Two cockatoos, And a kookaburra up a gum tree.

A CHRISTMAS POEMChristmas Acrostic

C is for the Child born that night to be our light. (John 8:12)

H is for holy is His name. (Rev.4:8) R is for rejoice with gladness &

joy. (Luke 1:14) I is for Immanuel, God with us.

(Is.7:14,) John 1:14) S is for the star that led the Wise

men to Him. (Matt.2:2) T is for the truth & grace that was

sent our way. (John 1:14)M is for Mother Mary laying Him

in swaddling clothes in the manger. (Luke 2:7)

A is for angels singing songs of joy. (Luke 2:14)

S is for salvation.

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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis

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A suggestion by Cr Graham Jarvis to alternate council meetings evenly between Blackall and Tambo in 2009 was knocked back at the December meeting of the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council.

Deputy mayor Peter Skewes said the meetings had to be allocated on a population basis.

“We are copping fl ak as it is from our Blackall constituents, who think the system’s loaded in Tambo’s favour,” he said.

Mayor Jan Ross disagreed, saying that Tambo was being denigrated by the amalgamated system.

“No-one in Tambo gets to see any of you,” she said.

Cr Sally Cripps responded that no-one came to council meetings as it was, no matter where they were held, and that councillors lunched by themselves, so she couldn’t see that a change in meeting schedule would alter this.

According to Cr Grahame Schluter, Blackall based councillors had “waved the white

fl ag” for Tambo’s benefi t for the fi rst 12 months.

Quarterly Works and Finance committee meetings will rotate between Blackall and Tambo.

This year council continued the Tambo tradition of holding one of these meetings at the Scrubby Creek Recreation Club but only two people attended.

“It’s a waste of time doing warm and fuzzy stuff like that if nothing is achieved,” Cr Skewes said.

Cr Cripps said they may be better served making people feel more welcome and making outreach visits more of a social occasion.

Council decided to undertake four road and facility inspections to different parts of the region in 2009, putting time aside to meet rural constituents on each of these.

-- by Sally Cripps

Council goes with 2:1 meeting ratioA very large toad has been

captured outside IGA and positively identifi ed as Bufo marinas, the giant cane toad.

Col Pfi ngst captured the toad with a trap available at the Blackall-Tambo council depot.

It was an adult male and easily identifi ed by its warty skin and the poison nodules on its shoulders.

According to NT Frogwatch coordinator Graeme Sawyer, the biggest toads are usually females, so look out for this one’s big sister.

He is not surprised they are adapting to life in the west and has no doubt they will colonise freshwater lakes and turkey nests.

He said they would use the permanent water supply to survive in the tough times, then spread out during the wet.

They can breed quite successfully in still or slow fl owing water and can tolerate salinity levels up to 15 per cent.

A council employee destroyed the toad humanely.

-- by Robbie Doyle

Another cane toad captured

Th is w as one c u s t o m e r IG A d id no t w ant in the s to re .

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S andra & Je ff A llen w e lcom ed w ith love the ir th ird ch ild , N athan ie l R obert S tan A llen , on the 17 th O ctober 2008. H e w as born a t 4 .59pm a t S t V incent’s hosp ita l, Toow oom ba w e igh ing 7 lb 14ozs. N athan ie l is a little b ro ther fo r D am on & C heyenne and the 6 th g randch ild fo r B ob & L ie la H arvey and 11 th g ranch ild fo r D on & M argare t A llen .

Fam ily and friends ga thered fo r the chris ten ing o f N athan ie l R obert S tan A llen on N ovem ber 22nd a t S t P a trick ’s C atho lic C hurch , B lacka ll. P ic tu red from le ft to righ t a re : G odparen ts E lizabeth H arvey, Lyn S ch lu te r, K aye M obbs (ho ld ing N athan ie l) and Tren t M innett

“Arabian Nights” performed by the students of the Blackall State School

S t Joseph ’s ce lebra te 2008 ach ievem entsThe contributions of many people

were acknowledged and celebrated by St Joseph’s School at its annual Speech Night recently.

Outgoing principal Jamie Emerick thanked P&F executive Julianne Doonar, Kevin Ongheen, Mark Wearne and Lavina Anderson for their efforts, and the parents generally for their workforce help.

He said Vene Bowyer and Alison McNall, as garden supervisors, had been a major factor in the winning of a Blackall-Tambo garden award, and praised Margot Molle for all the extras she did to make the school run smoothly.

“The students are my greatest motivator,” he said. “It’s the

highlight of my day to spend time with them.”

After four years in Blackall, Jamie and his family are heading east and will be replaced by Tim Franzmann, his wife and young son from Monto.

Also on the night, Matthew Parker was announced as the winner of the diocesan Christmas card competition, with his design to be used by the Catholic Ed offi ce this year.Award winnersP rep – M itche ll P arry ; Year 1 – L illy R ichardson; Year 2 – B lake A rno ld ; Year 3 – W ill A lexander.Year 4 m aths/sc ience – P agen A rno ld , E ng lish – Lauren M eehan-Johnson,

R e lig ion – S am D onne lly.Year 5 m aths/sc ience – B en E m erick, E ng lish – A nnabe lle A llpass, R e lig ion – Tess D oonar.Year 6 m aths/sc ience – Tom F le tcher, E ng lish – A b iga il O ngheen, R e lig ion – Jam ee Johnson.Year 7 m aths/sc ience – K e lly H auff, E ng lish – M ade line C arte r, R e lig ion – Jess W alker.S portsperson o f the Year – M ade line C arte r; Joseph ite Aw ard fo r com m unity serv ice – A b iga il O ngheen; S choo l S p irit aw ard – C la ire D oonar; C rea tive A rts aw ard – Jess W alker; IC PA encouragem ent aw ard – M att P arker; Leadersh ip aw ard – K e lly H auff; D onna N eville M em oria l trophy – M ade line C arte r.

N ew undercover fac ility fo r S t Joseph ’s

Tenders have been called for an undercover teaching area to be constructed at St Joseph’s School in 2009.

This announcement was made by P&F president Julianne Doonar at the St Joseph’s Speech Night last week.

She said the facility was to have been built this year but was delayed due to the fl ooding around Mackay, which meant priority was given to capital works in other regions of the diocese.

“We are all very excited to see this project, which has been a dream of the Parents and Friends for many years, fi nally getting off the ground,” Julianne said.

“It will add another dimension for students as there is no similar structure currently in the town.”

The surface will be marked for both netball and basketball and provide an all weather shaded area suitable for both sports and teaching activities.

Construction of the building is being funded through the Diocesan Catholic Education Offi ce with assistance from state and federal governments.

The St Joseph’s P&F has undertaken to contribute towards the cost of suitable lighting for night time activities.

Julianne said it was anticipated that construction of the facility would commence early in 2009.

Iris N eville (th ird righ t) w ith the C arte r fam ily a fte r p resenting the D onna N eville M em oria l Trophy to M ade line C arte r a t the S t Joseph ’s S choo l speech n igh t.

D eparting S t Joseph ’s p rinc ipa l Jam ie E m erick w as fa rew e lled in s ty le last w eek a t the schoo l’s speech n igh t and is p ic tu red here w ith a C atho lic E ducation representa tive and F r B ruce L ittle , w ho is a lso leav ing the d is tric t.


JanuaryRecord fl oods south of BlackallDavid Jackson receives Australia Day Citizen Award Blackall returned 91 per cent ‘no’ vote against amalgamation

February Cane toad sighted in BlackallFifteen nominate for councilMacca said G’day to Blackall22: SpeakOut Creative Pathways project begins

MarchGovernor’s visit a great successBlackall farewells Blackall ShireCattle sales go weekly, numbers soarRace for mayor on a knife edge

AprilJan Ross to lead new Blackall-Tambo councilLast Anzac Day at old cenotaph precinctHistoric fi rst meeting for Blackall-Tambo council Blackall residents receive awards for CW Industry Excellence

MayWorld champ takes Blackall Quick ShearShearing medals sold for $360 000One day show hailed a great successWoolscour celebrates 100 years

JuneGovernor General pays tribute to RSL presidentCoal exploration underway at BlackallRecord number of artworks at Heartland Art ShowNew CEO for Blackall-Tambo

JulyBlackall scores $25 000 in new public art fundTree removal to stabilise Cultural CentreFamily Day Care closure avertedIdalia joins Centenary of Parks celebration

AugustBarcoo Indy future on the lineRegional Tidy Towns awards to Tambo and BlackallMcLean Place extension work startsTendaBEEF wins red meat award

September Rates up in Blackall and TamboWORK camp wins capital works awardBirdsville Cup comes to BlackallNear miss for Ashley at Beijing

OctoberBlackall coal amount more than doubledRose Dudley opens 40th Springtime AffairBarcoo Independent safe for 2009Outback Group plans new grocery store

NovemberBlackstump Medical Centre open for businessSwan Hill celebrates 40th bull saleVictoria Cross hero to be rememberedAbigail Hayward BSS dux

Highlights of 2008

P at D oonar and Tress ie S m ith share a s to ry w ith A B C R ad io persona lity M acca w hen he v is ited in M arch .

F iona S tirling and H arley K ow ald-D aw son take to the ca tw a lk a t the B lacka ll show.

D a llas tees o ff in s ty le a t the P ink corpora te go lf day, ra is ing funds fo r b reast cancer and the revam ped go lf c lub house.

Terry B rennan he lps auction a w indm ill a t the H eartland Festiva l d inner.

C r P e ter S kew es and B lacka ll sh ire w ater supp ly o ffi cer Law rie D oonar, toge ther w ith Tessa D oonar, w ere am ongst those say ing goodbye to the B lacka ll sh ire .

H ope C reek a t K oondoo

Brigid Price replaced Anne Sprague as treasurer of the Blackall ICPA when the education lobby group held its annual general meeting last Friday.

Anne stepped down after four years in the job.

Continuing executive members include president Fiona Russell, vice presidents Sally Cripps and Anita Dennis, secretary Anita Dennis, and publicity offi cer Kylie Banks.

Sally Campbell agreed to carry on in the roles of risk management offi cer and ICPA rep on the Townhouse Bursary committee.

The branch sent Roslyn Wood and Judy Atkinson to federal conference in Hobart with three motions, two relating to youth allowance and tertiary access, which were among the main topics of discussion.

In one, the branch asked that the liquid asset amount a student applying for Youth Allowance is allowed to hold be increased from $2500 to more accurately refl ect the upfront and ongoing costs a student living away from home has to pay.

“Given that to be eligible for Independent Youth Allowance, they must have earned in excess of $18 000, we should be encouraging students to save more than $2500 of that wage to set him or herself up for the high costs associated with living away from home to access a tertiary education,” the branch argued.

This was supported as was the motion that ICPA continue to lobby for equity in access to tertiary education through a non means tested allowance for all students who must live away from home to access further study.

Roslyn reported that the branch’s ongoing lobby for access to a school of choice was strongly supported Australia-wide and that other motions were deemed covered by Blackall’s.

She thanked the families in the community that wrote letters to support the motion, which were passed onto federal council to assist in the lobbying effort.

Sally Campbell was the branch’s delegate to state conference in Mitchell, where an increase in funding for teacher aides was one

of the hot topics, to allow a full-time teacher aide to be assigned to Prep year groups and multi-age classrooms.

She said delegates blasted the Minister for Education for his continued absences from ICPA conferences and his lack of interest in rural education issues.

The branch’s presence locally was felt mainly in the catering area, again in looking after the Ravensbourne and Swan Hill bull sales.

President Fiona said they were also asked to cater for a local predator control fi eld day, which they took on, to build funds to enable the branch to continue to send delegates to conferences to lobby for improvements.

Donations were again given this year, to the three local schools, for graduation prizes.

A $500 donation was again offered for a student teacher, to assist in meeting out-of-pocket expenses incurred in travelling to Blackall and fi nding accommodation, but was not taken up as no new recipient applied.

-- by Sally Cripps

New treasurer for local ICPA

Christmas Eve Mardi Gras Road ClosureShamrock Street between Coronation Drive and Hawthorn Street will be closed between 5 pm and Midnight on Wednesday 24 December 2008 for the Annual Christmas Eve Mardi Gras. Blackall Annual Christmas Lights CompetitionWinners of the 2008 Christmas Lights Competition will be announced at the Christmas Eve Mardi Gras.Christmas Offi ce ClosureClosed from 25 December, 2008 and re-open 5 January, 2008Blackall Administration Offi ce, Blackall Council Depot, Blackall Visitor Information Centre, Blackall Library, Blackall 60s & Better, Barcoo Family Care Blackall Water & Sewerage – for emergencies contact, Mr Lawrie Doonar, Mobile 0428 507 532 – Home 46 574 119Westpac BankWestpac Instore banking facilities will remain open from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm Monday 29 December, 2008 to Wednesday, 31 December, 2008, Friday 2 January, 2008

Wheelie Bin Collections25/12/2008 TO 1/01/2009

COLLECTIONS FOR: WILL NOW BE COLLECTED:

Thursday 25/12/08 Wednesday 24/12/08Thursday 01/01/09 Wednesday 31/12/08

All other wheelie bin collections will be as normal.Australia Day AwardsDon’t forget to submit your nominations for the 2009 Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Australia Day Awards.Nomination forms are available from the Council Offi ce and close on Friday 9 January 2009. Council MeetingsThe next Ordinary Meeting of Council is scheduled for Wednesday, 21 January, 2009 at the Council Chambers, Arthur Street, Tambo commencing at 8.30 am.Any correspondence for inclusion in the agenda for this meeting is to be addressed to the Chief Execu-tive Offi cer, PO Box 21, Blackall Q 4472 and must be received no later than Monday 12 January 2009.

BLACKALL-TAMBO COUNCIL NEWS

MERRY CHRISTMAS!The Mayor, Councillors and Staff of Blackall-Tambo Regional Council wish all residents and visitors a happy and safe Christmas, a joyful New Year and a very long wet season in 2009.

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