Chosen to help light the way

Staff Reports with Warwick & District Legacy

Warwick Legacy Care Group supporter, John Telfer (pictured), an 85-year-old veteran, has been selected as a Torch Bearer in the Legacy Centenary Torch Relay sponsored by Defence Health next month.

Mr Telfer spent 12 years in the Royal Australian Air Force as a PT Instructor and two of his "great loves" are running and military history.

The group's Secretary/ Treasurer, Gordon Nielson was keen to share Mr Telfer's history as "a former teacher, avid marathon runner, local military historian and newspaper columnist".

"John considers it a great honour to carry a Legacy Torch as part of The Legacy Centenary Torch Relay 2023 for one of its legs through Toowoomba on June 14," Mr Nielson said.

Mr Telfer has competed in 17 marathons including the famous London Marathon, raising over $1,175.00 through donations as part of the grids in the Southern Downs region, after highlighting the road item as a “death trap” for wild animals. things she had seen,” according to The Courier Mail.

LEGS FOR Legacy fundraising program in support of Legacy activities in Australia.

To assist with his fundraising program, go to Legs for Legacy - John Telfer, and follow the prompts. Any donation above $2 is tax deductible.

Following our interest in Stanthorpe wildlife rescuer, Kylie Hibberd's work with local animals, the story has made news on other platforms beyond the Southern Downs. Ms Hibberd, who has dedicated 13 years to rescuing wildlife, has called for “remediation repairs” on the cattle

She also wrote a Letter to the Editor, published in The Stanthorpe Record last Friday April 28, to thank our newspapers for pursuing the story when others weren't responding to her requests.

Ms Hibberd had reported that she received a call that a kangaroo had been trapped inside a cattle grid and stated that “it was one of the most horrific

With the help of some travellers, Ms Hibberd freed the kangaroo.

“Kangaroos when they are scared, can get a condition called stress myopathy, which when the animal is trapped, the blood pressure and heart can lead to essentially a heart attack," she said. "There was absolutely no way any animal could escape without us."

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Recent incidents

• A man has died following a traffic crash west of Dalby, overnight on April 30.

Initial investigations indicate that around 10.30pm a utility was headed west on the Warrego Highway when the vehicle hit a power pole.

A 58-year-old Tara man, who was a passenger in the ute, died at the scene.

The driver, a 26-year-old Chinchilla man, has been transported to the Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.

Forensic Crash Unit investigations are continuing.

• The Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a man to hospital following a single-vehicle crash in the Western Downs region on April 30.

The reported age of the driver was that he was "in his twenties" and he was driving on a highway west of Toowoomba when reportedly impacting a power pole, suffering "multiple traumatic injuries".

The man was flown to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

• A woman has died in hospital following a serious two-vehicle-crash in East Toowoomba last week.

Just after midnight on April 25, a Ford Fairmont "left the road and crashed into a tree" it as been reported.

An 18-year-old female passenger and 20-year-old male driver were transported to Toowoomba Hospital in a critical condition and the passenger died in hospital on May 1.

The Forensic Crash Unit is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash. Police appeal to anyone who saw the vehicle prior to the incident, a blue 2007 Ford Fairmont sedan, or has relevant CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward.