Town & Country Journal, Week #94 - October 20, 2022

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A beautiful birthday in Killarney

Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

In 1928, 400 guests attended her sixth birthday party. Now, the old gal is turning 100 and the party is just getting started.

“It’s highly anticipated and we’re nearly there,” General manager Marissa Costello told the Town & Country Journal. She spoke from the Rec Club where she and others were up to their elbows in preparations.

Other than a card from the new King Charles III, the

Killarney Coop’s birthday festivities is a momentous occasion for Killarney and the Southern Downs.

Today, residents from around the region can shop for appliances, food, farm and rural supplies, petrol, hardware and post a letter at the group of shops in the centre of town known as the Killarney Co-operative Limited.

The birthday party launches on 20th of October with a Centenary High Tea with guest speaker Rebel Black, an AGM with speaker Wayne Bennett and a Farmer’s Breakfast with guest

speaker Dr John Kirkegaard and MC Marco Gliori. These events have been oversubscribed and tickets are sold out.

The largest celebration of the Killarney Co-op will be the Trade Fair to which the public is invited, no tickets required. Marissa explains that many of the Co-ops suppliers will be on show, including Dulux and others, and they will display their products, have giveaways and promotions. The official cake cutting will take place at 10 am. There will be BBQ and an ice cream truck to keep everyone happy as well.

This is the plan for FMD

Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

What do the local experts expect if there is an animal disease outbreak in the Southern Downs?

Frasers Livestock Transport

Central Queensland manager Athol Carter gave a brief

description to the industry and assorted politicians in Brisbane last week during the Queensland Trucking Association annual awards dinner. Carting “a cow from A to B sounds simple right now, but there is a lot behind the scenes that goes with that.”

“In the event of an emergency animal disease outbreak, we would immediately

enter a 72-hour livestock standstill , that means that every livestock trucks would immediately stop for a minimum of 72 hours this could last for weeks all of trucks would be parked up like many fellow operators in the room this would be devastating to us all .”

What would such circumstances mean to the freighting business? Mr Athol expanded.

“Queensland currently has 10.7 million head of cattle which equates to 44% of the national herd. On a region basis Central Queensland’s Fitzroy basin area, which is my home, easily has the most cattle in Australia totalling 2.523 million head more than all other states in Australia except NSW and Victoria.

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Letter to the Editor

Warwick gymnastics

Dear Ms Voneiff

The Town and Country Journal (6th October) reports that poor decisions made by past councils have left many local sporting clubs in flood zones. That article indicated that councils were responsible for the decisions which led to the flood problems facing the Warwick Gymnastic Club. It also reported that several councillors promoted a proposal to grant $50,000 plus new blocks of land. Luckily many councillors were conscious of wisely spending ratepayers’ funds.

Despite this, the refusal of the

club to lodge an insurance claim, and even a cursory review of the history of the club premises, council approved a grant of $25,000, while leaving the gate open for further support for this organisation to further drain council (ratepayers) funds. The article suggests that the decision sets a precedent for any sporting club to raid ratepayers’ pockets for facilities for their members.

The information readily available (courtesy of Google) indicates that the report is incorrect, in relation to the Warwick Gymnastic Club, and that the responsibility for the decisions regarding club premises rests squarely on the management committees of those clubs and engineers or planners involved at various stages in the development of club premises.

The Warwick Gymnastic Club website (our history) records that the club was established in 1966. It was initially located at Queen’s Park, but the 1976 floods washed away he clubhouse along with equipment. The club operated in Kings Theatre before relocating in 1977 to a building in Albion Street. In 1986 the former Warwick Shire Council sold 2 blocks of land in Easey Street to the club. The facility has expanded 3 times since 1986, each time doubling in size. The latest expansion in 2018 saw an increase to over 1000 square metres under roof. At the end of the Commonwealth Games the club successfully tendered for the Competition floor. It would be unusual for the council to initiate efforts to find per-

manent housing for the club, It follows that the Council responded to a request for assistance which resulted in the offer to sell the Easey Street premises to the club, probably with an offer to assist with applications for grants to provide the necessary finance. Obviously the club management committee agreed to the purchase.

There is no doubt that the premises are on a flood plain. That would have been abundantly clear to Council and the Club at that time. There is a significant watercourse (approx. 3m wide and 2m deep) running diagonally across the property. The watercourse is fed by run off from the area bounded by East - Pratten Street west of Aldred Street; South – Rosenthal heights from the southern end of the black bridge to the watershed in the vicinity of Glen Road; West - to the highest points between Newby Street and Lyndhurst Lane; and North - the entry point of the above run off to the property plus run off from Easey Street (Main Roads property and the Street.

The club website records that The facility has expanded 2 times between 1986 and 2017 and again in 2018, each time doubling in size. It appears that the club was not adversely affected by flooding between 1986 and 2017. Accordingly, these decisions to purchase and undertake the extensions prior to 2018 appear to be sound.

The 2018 expansion extended the building towards Easey Street. The building was extended to within 5 metres of the watercourse. There have been reports that the club has been affected by floodwaters a least 5 times in 18 months. On Sunday 9th October following 37mm of rain, the watercourse rose to within 20cm of the point at which it would have overflowed towards the building.

In planning the extension, the Management Committee should have engaged an architect and an engineer. The risk of flooding should have been investigated and reported on to the Management Committee and

should have been taken into account before planning proceeded. The risk of flooding should have been discussed with the council when the plans were submitted. With hindsight, we see that the decisions of the Management Committee in respect of this extension were not sound, or provided on sound advice.

The Courier Mail 9th August 2017 included an article by Gerard Walsh “Gymnastic club starts $360,000 building project.” which included a report that the club had been granted $103,984 to start construction of the building, and that the club had applied for more funding to complete the project including a JF floor, which would take the cost of the project to $360,000. At that time the club had 175 members.

On completion of the 2018 extensions the club was reported as having assets valued at in excess of $1,000,000. This is a significant achievement for a club of that size. It appears that all of those assets have been funded by grants, and not through the efforts of club members. Clearly the club is very effective at gaining grants and public sympathy. It is time for them to stand on their own feet, lodge an insurance claim which the management committee has refused to do, and fund their activities through the efforts of the members.

The role of council is to provide services for the entire population, not just for groups favoured by a small number of councillors. A better use for the money approved for the club would be repairing Easey Street which would benefit the club, and the users of that thoroughfare. This decision was made in haste, based on the sympathy and goodwill of a small number of misguided councillors, and was inappropriate.

Yours faithfully

Arthur Maynard

"Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive when you’re at it."

Horace Greely

An open and personal letter from Mayor Vic Pennisi

Iremember the first time I received notice that I had a formal complaint lodged against me. The system was different back then. Most times you were notified before a decision was made unlike today where the first notice you receive generally tells you that you have been cleared. None the less the first time I received a complaint sent me into a spin. To say I was doing backflips and front flips was an understatement. I immediately engaged legal counsel at my expense and sent my first letter of information request to the panel and waited, and waited. It absorbed my life cost me personally a heap of money, and eventually it took the decision makers on the day marked for the hearing, about 4 minutes to decide that the complaint had no substance. At the time I was sitting in my solicitor’s office waiting for the decision, sweating, shaking, and wondering what the final cost was going to be.

Today the system is a little different as generally, the first you hear about a complaint is when you receive a letter telling you it has been dismissed. The thing

about complaints is that it is a system that has been introduced to hold councillors to account because of historic behaviour of other councils and councillors in Queensland. When a complaint is sent to the OIA the OIA will determine if the complaint has substance and needs further investigating or not and then deals with it accordingly, it is no longer the Mayor’s role to do that, despite public belief.

Unfortunately today some people have weaponised the system and use it as a tool to “hurt” those of us who have been democratically elected by the majority of voters.

There are a number of realities we must keep foremost in our mind when we talk about receiving complaints

The system is designed to hold us to account

The system allows anonymous complaints (I am not suggesting it should)

It is an obligation that is imposed upon all councillors to lodge a complaint if we believe that a councillor has acted inappropriately

It is not the role of the Mayor to decide (outside of a

meeting) if a councillor’s complaint has substance.

The voting public can also lodge a complaint with or without their name attached to it and either way the whistle blowers legislation protects their identity.

From where I sit I do not know the identity of those who have lodged against me and consequently they are potentially all anonymous. (out of over 50 I have only been made aware of 3) I have experienced people using the system as a weapon from the very first complaint I received, and it did affect me at the time. Having received more than five score since then I view them with not as much concern these days. This term alone I have received circa 30+ and unlike popular belief, they have been for a wide spectrum of reasons. I personally believe that there is not one councillor around our table who is not doing their best to represent our region. The volume of complaints lodged against councillors is very hurtful when you are on the receiving end. I was accused of being corrupt leading up to the last election,

another unfounded example of gutter politics. I could take all of the 31+ complaints in this term personally and fight back vigorously screaming “victim” and targeting those I might believe are the authors and give them some grief back, or, I could take it on board and suffer silently as many do and take it to heart, lose self-esteem and become an ineffective representative, or, I can realise that someone else has the problem, because I know in my heart that I don’t deliberately set out to do those things I have been accused of, and in my many cases the OIA has agreed.

As Mayor I need to rise above all of this and focus on what I was elected to do and that is to make decisions for the people who gave me their trust. I will continue to let process and the OIA advise me if I need to be concerned. If I have issues with the system, I will share my concerns with the decision makers that can change the system. I am grateful that I was given a hearing in relation to the review of the current system which consequently has made over 40 recommendations to the government in

relation to how the system might be tweaked. I look forward to the ongoing debate and I will stay focused on inputting at that level and at the appropriate time, and in the meantime I will continue to stay focused on delivering for the people of Southern Downs and I will not be distracted by those who “Play the Game”.

For those of you contemplating running for the next election do not be concerned. The system does allow for grandstanding and playing the “I am a victim card”. If you are contemplating, know that you will get some complaints lodged against you at some stage. I see it personally like having a baby and thinking that you won’t get a dirty nappy, because you will, just change the nappy and accept the fact, it is so much easier. However also know that the reward of making a difference far outweighs the cost of being on the receiving end of what is sometimes poorly understood.

-Vic Pennisi

Not bins at all

On Friday, this fine establishment published a brief and photo about the sorry state of the empty planter boxes on Palmerin Street. In fact, the photo depicted them as public bins rather than planter boxes.

We apologise.

In fact, the wonderful green-thumb department of Council have planted said bins and, embarrass-

ingly enough for us, they were already planted days before our nippy little photo was printed.

The newly planted boxes are still in their infancy but promise to be glorious in the future like the ones depicted here. Maybe not exactly like the ones depicted here but beautiful. A lovely addition to Palmerin Street. Thank you, SDRC. -the editor

Ag numbers

Agriculture production in Queensland topped $23 billion for the second year in a row, the State government announced this week.

Minister for Agriculture and etc, Mark Furner, gleefully announced the “ongoing bumper crop harvests and high commodity prices in 2022-23”.

“The sector has started to

recover from the extremely wet start to the winter cropping season with late plantings in South West and Central Queensland, but reports strong yield potentials leading into spring,” Mr Furner said.

“Recent high rainfall has replenished water storage and soil moisture levels supporting near record plantings.

For the Southern Downs, increased soybean plantings and “favourable conditions has

COLUMN CENTIMETRES with Olav Muurlink

HALLOWEEN MEDIA TART

I was asked by The Conversation to do a piece on Halloween and food and plastic waste earlier this week, probably because of my involvement with the Fight Food Waste Co-operative Research Centre. Almost certainly not because of my involvement with Halloween, because that needle hovers below empty. I never say ‘no’ to a media request; yesterday I spoke on radio about Poverty Week, probably because of my involvement with Bangladesh. It’s surprising that I am such a media tart, because despite much of my adult (and some of my teenage) life being involved in one sort of media or another, I’m shy. Even when I was editing the Free Times, I generally stayed out of sight, only visible between the lines so to speak. I developed all sorts of techniques to keep phone calls short including “I’ve got another call coming in”. When I said to a politician, “can I just have a minute of your time” I meant it literally.

seen the sector soar, with the highest recorded Queensland soybean crop valued at over $50 million, a 125% increase from 2021-22.”

“The gross value of milk production increased by 14 per cent, reflecting increased contract milk prices, while wool production was up 6 per cent.”

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If you do a little Googling you’ll discover that back in 2019 I did a TedX talk on terrorism that might remind readers of last week’s column where I noted that the natural (but not necessarily strategic) response to tit is tat. I draw this TedX talk to your attention not to make the same point twice in a fortnight, or to point out my TedX fame (less than 400 views in two years is famously-falling-flat-on-face) but to draw attention to the fact that on the surface, there are limits even to my hunger for limelight.

Back when I was a kid for some reason I thought I would become a politician, and I spent hours developing and delivering speeches amongst the rows of Black Muscats and Waltham Crosses, or up a ladder amongst the plums with a set of pruners. The hundreds of hours of practice have come in handy. These days I usually spend minutes preparing for a speech, and not so long ago I turned up a minute late, for a speech I had totally forgotten I was to deliver, totally unprepared...and managed to look unruffled and on my game. I turned up for a regular meeting the other day, only realising with a minute to spare that in fact I was on the agenda, presenting as a panellist...no problem.

But perhaps peak Olav occurred just twenty four hours later when I turned up late for my promotion interview.. In universities, one gets promoted not with a tap on the shoulder and a ‘well done mate’ but with a tedious process of paperwork and a panel interview headed by the university’s great and good. But fate had other ideas. I happened to be in aisle 13, when an unhappy toddler who just as we needed the bathroom. Urgently. One roughly bottle-sized quantity of white vomit later and my interview plans were scattered...or rather splattered. The panel rescheduled when I was ‘composed’ and I think I was fine. I’m always fine as long as the audience is more than one...and there were seven around the board room table.

Except when it came to the Ted talk.... I spent a good six weeks preparing for that talk, but what niggled at my brain was the exact, precise 18 minute limit. Do you know what they do to speakers who go over that solid cement 18 minute wall? They start playing music. Mid-sentence. La di da da da da-day! I can work to a clock, wrap things up, quite easily, unless I’m told there is an awful consequence if I fail to do so. It’s a great illustration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous phrase, ‘nothing to fear but fear itself’. Well in that case, we have plenty to fear, because fear can melt six weeks of preparation in 18 minutes. The irony is, the pressure and the preparation was all for nought...well not a couple of noughts and a 3 in front of it....

Pest report

Mother of millions was hopefully eradicated on Bark Lane, Law Road and Pratten Hendon Road. It wasn’t a terrible accident; it was the work of Council.

In other pest news, the Leyburn Waste Facility had Tree Pear work undertaken. Some tree pears were injected at Mount Marley along the bike tracks as well. Preparations for the upcoming Chilean Needle grass season is underway and fireweek infestations are being monitored.

Council undertook another round of coordinated wild dog, fox and feral pig baiting with “good participation from landowners” according to a report tabled in last week’s ordinary meeting of Council. There has been an increased demand for pig strength baits, especially in the Southern region of the shire.

Two Council officers attended an African Swine Fever workshop at the Hermitage Research facility which was delivered by Biosecurity Queensland.

Forty-five cats were impounded, 17 returned to owners and nine rehomed. Nineteen were “taken to vets”. Nine cat traps were hired out by Council to residents.

Thirty dogs were impounded,

eight returned to their owner, 18 rehomed and one taken to the vet. For those good at maths, three are still in jail.

Four unsightly allotment compliance notices were issued and two illegal camping issues.

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even by your teeth and have a crack. Because, in the end, I’d rather my life was defined by opportunities that I had taken, than those I had missed.

“If only” Is not a phrase I like to use.

“Town and Country Journal” is not the only printed paper “in town.” I subscribe to all the others and even contribute. This just happens to be the home of Andrew Gale.

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support for rural women

Ducks on the Pond is a podcast by rural women, for rural women across Australia and beyond. The downloadable podcast is described as ‘hard to find expert advice that actually applies to the realities of your own life, when you’re a woman on the land.’

Season 3 is now underway, covering a range of topics not often discussed in polite society - from succession planning, your role on a farm, the challenges of motherhood, to running for politics! The podcast also explores women’s role in farm safety processes and breaks the taboo around pelvic floor muscles. This resource is available on Spotify.

Editor’s note: We are charmed that local legend Andrew Gale has taken up the challenge to re-start his weekly column with the Town & Country Journal. The man always has something to say and a great way of saying it.

-Elizabeth Voneiff

Cuban American performer Celia Cruz once said “When Opportunity presents itself grab it. Hold on tight and don’t let go.” That’s long been a philosophy I aspire to and pass on to my family and friends. Even If you’re not ready or too busy. Opportunity may never come again. Hang on,

Almost six years ago to the very day I started writing a column for another paper here in the Southern Downs. An opportunity I’m forever thankful for. I did for four and a half years until the dreaded COVID came along and changed the face of our local newspaper scene. That paper stopped being in print and the gig was up.

Why do I want to do it? It’s my art almost. At the very least, an outlet.

I know I’ll never be a Mike O’Connor or Francis Whiting or an Olav Muurlink, but I love the opportunity to interact with my fellow humans. Or as my darling wife says “Andrew thinks everyone is entitled to Andrew’s opinion.”

I’m glad to see the re-emergence of the old-fashioned newspaper and I’m thankful and humbled by the opportunity.

I’ll acknowledge that the

My writing will still be about nothing in particular but will feature family stories specifically designed to embarrass my kids, stories from my past career as a cop, tips on water and road safety and the occasional comment on some issue if I get a bee in my bonnet about something.

One quick thing I need to address is my role as a councillor, so I’ll say this (hopefully once only) “that the opinions I express in this column are mine and mine alone and not those of the Southern Downs Regional Council, other council members, staff etc.”

So, I’m back.

I’m Looking forward to being part of your Thursday morning coffee routine, or maybe the thing you scrunch up to light the fire with or even the thing that protects the bottom of your budgie cage.

Regardless, I’ll see you next week.

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Frasers scoop award

Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

Take one young bloke, a B-double laden with cattle, and a remote saleyard ready for yarding and what do you need? Training.

Frasers Livestock Transport proudly won the Queensland Trucking Association’s top gong for training and skilling excellence at the annual dinner and awards night in Brisbane last week.

Athol Carter, Central Queensland Manager for the firm, told the Daily Journal that a raft of regulations requires a certain level of animal handling competency, but there was no single solution on the ground.

“So, we came up with our own.”

After a four-year culmination of research and development on how to quickly and effectively train their staff and the industry as a whole to handle animals safely, Frasers piloted a program in Goondiwindi in 2020. Just in time for the world to collapse under the weight of the pandemic and the trucking industry to become

central to Australia continuing to function during COVID lockdowns.

“In transport industry, we’re on the move all day every day and we can’t afford for our front-line drivers to be in a five-day clinic; commercially it’s not even a consideration,” explains Mr Carter.

The Warwick-based transport company found it difficult to make themselves understood that what was needed was “a one-day, short sharp program with a lot of content.”

“It’s been really successful,” owner Ross Fraser says, adding that the program has been rolled out in Goondiwindi and Gracemere and will next be held in Charter’s Towers.

The award-winning workshop includes various aspects of han-

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dling cattle in yards while having animal welfare in mind, described Mr Fraser. After all, the animals that Frasers is trusted with transporting every year are worth millions of dollars to the Australian economy.

“How [cattle] are handled hasn’t changed that much,” he responded when asked if 2022 animal

welfare is different than 1980.

“We’re just handling a lot more of them and are a lot closer to them. There are feedlots that weren’t there many years ago.”

“There’s an art to handling cattle and there’s always something more you can learn,” Ross concludes.

The workshop is taught by cattle whisperer Tom Shepherd, known to most of the cattle community, based in Rockhampton.

“Tom travels all around Australia on an annual basis training livestock handling to remote stations and feedlots,” says Athol.

“Mr Shepherd has worked on grazing properties in North Queensland for many years, he’s a bushie, he teaches people a better

way to handle cattle,” says Ross who goes on to explain why training is fundamental to the transport company. He describes how employees often start as young people driving smaller trucks and learn to handle bigger trucks and finally end up handling road trains.

Acknowledgement of the company’s achievement from 400 industry leaders in Brisbane last week would have been satisfying.

Athol agrees, calling the awards night “amazing”.

“The industry has been through so much through the pandemic, and to be honest and the industry rose above and beyond expectations…no one went without delays but we put the food on the table for all Australians.”

This is the plan for FMD

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Queensland’s number one agricultural export commodity value in 2020/21 was $4.84 billion worth of red meat mostly all leaving via the port of Brisbane . That’s a lot to digest but this highlights the scale ,productivity and efficiency of our road freight sector for livestock and we really appreciate our current Queensland volumetric loading scheme because it works.

“With an emerging biosecurity threat knocking on our shores with Foot-andMouth disease and Lumpy-skin-disease, I’d like to remind all of you here to tonight when travelling abroad because everyone is now moving around again to be super dili-

gent on your return to Australia and follow our border security requirements an incursion could cost in excess of an $80 billion loss”.

These were the sobering facts about a core industry that need to be heard.

Teaching the theoretical component of the course.

Tom Shepherd teaches the course. Photos supplied.

A group of Frasers Livestock Transport employees.

Athol Carter accepting the award on behalf of Frasers Livestock Transport last week in Brisbane.

St Mark’s Rose Festival winners

Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

The results of the 59th annual St Mark’s Rose Festival are in and another year of celebrating the shire’s favourite flower is concluded.

The SDRC Trophy for the Bowl of Roses, presented by Mayor Vic Pennisi, went to the St Mark’s gardeners themselves; second place to Laura Babington and third to Daphne Hibberd.

The Jill Ruhle Memorial Trophy for a vase of full-blown roses, presented by John Ruhle, went to Vivian Bond with second prize going to Ray Ireland.

The Covers single, trios and four roses award, presented by Courtney Walsh, was as follows:

One rose, any colour first prize: St Mark’s gardeners; second prize, St Mark’s gardeners.

Three roses all at the same stage: first prize, Nola Roach; second prize Anne Ware.

Three pink roses all at the same stage: first prize, Vivian Bond; second prize David Goodwin.

Three yellow roses all at the same stage: first prize, St Mark’s gardeners; second prize St Mark’s

gardeners.

Three other of a colour not previously stipulated at the same stage: first prize, David Goodwin; second prize David Goodwin.

Four mixed roses all at the same stage: first prize, Vivian Bond; second prize Laura Babington

The Jack Hall Perpetual Trophy for a novice entrant who has not won a prize in any previous Guild Rose Festival presented by Courtney Walsh. First prize, Warwick Bowls Club represented by John Ruhle; second prize Roger Scotney.

The Rita Teis Memorial Trophy vase of three stems floribunda presented by The Rev Lizzie Gaitskell. First prize awarded to Beth Ratajczyk; second prize to Nola Roach.

Reserve champion rose and Halvor Guy Memorial Trophy presented by judge Michael O’Leary went to St Mark’s gardeners.

The champion rose and the St Mark’s Women’s Guild Champion Rose Trophy, presented by Michael O’Leary went to St Mark’s gardeners.

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Recognise anyone?

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Police are asking for public assistance with a backlog of unsolved mysteries. Around 14 local shoplifting cases remain open and await the identification of the culprits.

Dating back to the beginning of 2022, local stores have reported CCTV evidence to the police of thieves absconding with items.

Police Constable Nathan Thompson has now released some images of the unidentified shoplifters to the Daily Journal and said, “We are asking for public assistance to identify these people. We received complaints from local businesses over the year and these people are yet to be identified. They could be locals or people passing through, we don’t know who they are at this stage.”

Of the 13 images sent to the Daily Journal, the majority were females with only one male in the group.

Constable Thompson did not consider thieves a female-dominated crime and said, “Thieving is generic, males and females engage in it. There is no trend, we just can’t identify these people.”

The over representation of females in the photos may be more to do with the type of store reporting these particular incidents.

The police cannot reveal which stores were targeted by shoplifters however Constable Thompson said, “For all we know females may like shopping in these stores more than males.”

“These are opportunistic thieves. They’re stealing all different things, depending on the store. It’s not large items but small things they can conceal,” said the constable.

The local stores provide the police with either a USB of CCTV footage as evidence of what was stolen by who and how, or upload the footage straight to the QPS evidence.com account.

The process of reporting thieves is costly to businesses on top of the loss of goods.

“For a staff member to go back and look through all the footage, then download it as evidence, then put a police report in takes lots of time and effort. It’s another cost to the store,” said Constable Thompson.

If you recognise any of the culprits, you can contact crime stoppers anonymously with information, or call Police Link on 13144. Please use the reference number of the photo when reporting to the police.

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‘Cec Fox – Rural Sector Man of Steel’

Glyn Rees Contributor

While he may be city born and bred, Cec Fox has proven his commitment to the rural regions of southeast Queensland and further, developing his successful business Rural Steel Supplies since 2010.

Cec is born and raised in Moorooka, a south side suburb of Brisbane just over eight kilometres from the iconic steel structured Storey Bridge.

He attended the Moorooka State School and is still in the area today, as one of the state’s steel supply industry giants.

Now 73, owner/operator Cec is far from short on experience in his focus industry, able to boast 45 years as chief executive officer of Metalcorp Steel, previously known as Ashley Moore and M.I. Steel.

Indeed, the veritable ‘man of steel’ has proven to be an accomplished General Manager/CEO with extensive experience of working in prominent medium and large corporations as well as assisting and supporting small start-up businesses

Back in 2009, the man with a successful track record of delivering strong business results

through streamlining systems, procedures and operations, motivating teams to perform well and all steel industry know-how headed in to retirement

But it evolved in to just a short six month ‘feet up’ break before the steel supply industry itch needed scratching, resulting in Cec deciding to pour his vast experience into a new family venture, a steel business servicing rural clients.

Says Cec, “the aim then and now is to supply products to the rural sector while sharing my knowledge of the steel industry to help farmers choose supplies they need to help reduce on farm costs.”

In conjunction with staff, Cec has developed many steel products for rural markets including portable cattle and sheep panels, as well as cattle rails, yards and grids.

Cec leads a family team operating the business from his Moorooka home with wife Debbie, while son Ben works from an office in nearby Salisbury.

The family also leases a warehouse in a transport yard in Rocklea.“

Ben joined the business seven years back when the demand for RSS products was becoming too high for Cec to handle.

Now 42, Ben has been in the

Moorooka based Rural Steel Supplies’ Ben, Debbie and Cec Fox have many years’ experience in servicing rural industry.

industry for 24 years bringing so much additional knowledge relating to steel distribution to the business table.

According to Cec, Ben has been a significant asset for the expansion of RSS.

Ben’s enthusiasm about learning more about the rural sector saw him produce a 100-page easy reference booklet that includes steel specifications, sizes and dimensions that a farmer can have on his desk and refer to for

any jobs that come up on property.

Those wishing a free copy can contact Ben Fox (benfox@xstraders.com.au) or Cec Fox (chfox@ ruralsteelsupplies.com.au)

Ever conscious of the needs and pressures of those eking out a living in the farming sector, Cec says “operating under a low-cost strategy allows us to pass on savings to customers”.

RSS has established a supply chain that caters for all rural steel

needs, including the organisation of a transport network that is able to cart the business’s steel products anywhere.

“We aim to make dealing with RSS as easy as possible.”

The Fox family’s steel industry knowledge allows them to offer steel products to customers throughout but not limited to rural Queensland, with substantial quantities making its way as far south as Orange in New South Wales up to Katherine in the Northern Territory.

Cec Fox has always been a firm believer in giving back to the communities that support RSS.

RSS has certainly showed their colours in this department, just some rural based beneficiaries being the Alpha Race Club and Darling Downs groups the Pittsworth, Stanthorpe & Toogoolawah Show Societies.

Cec Fox loves what he is doing, a loyal devotee to the business he has developed, the steel industry and his goals in support of the rural sector.

The lad from Moorooka is proud to have established a business for the Fox family, and that Ben will eventually take it over.

The man who does business the old fashion way, ‘is so thankful to the rural sector for it’s massive and ongoing support.”

Santina’s colourful “bling”’ across Stanthorpe

Selina Venier stanthorperecord@gmail.com

Three weeks after the passing of Stanthorpe local, Santina Leonardi, today’s Country and Town Journal features some more of the sentiments from members of the St Joseph’s School community, a family she was a valuable member of for 35 years of employment, and as a student.

Close friend and teacher at the school, Mary McLucas, spoke at the 8th October funeral of the privilege it was to do so with other school representatives such as Trish Armstrong and Joanne Cavanagh who spoke for Pamela Sullivan, unable to be there, of her memories.

“Over her 35 years as a staff member, Santina saw a great number of teachers, teacher aides, groundsmen, cleaners and office staff pass through our ranks,” Mrs McLucas began. “Can you imagine the enormous number of memoirs we collectively have about, as one staff member put it, ‘Our little pocket rocket, bling queen’?”

Due to Miss Leonardi’s love of “bling” and vibrancy as a person and in her presentation, the school promoted a “Pink, Purple and Bling Day” on 7th October, photos of which are pictured here, of staff and students.

This idea proved popular around Stanthorpe’s main street too, also as pictured, with businesses opting into the colourful reminder of the person Stanthorpe was to farewell in St Joseph’s Church on the day after.

“From her office desk, Santina got to know the whole Saint Joseph’s community,” Mrs McLucas continued as part of the Words of Remembrance. “(These were) the great number of teachers she worked with over the years who were so grateful for her assistance given so willingly, and the many, parents who were so appreciative of her kind and helpful nature. (But) was the kids, our students, who were her main motivation. They were the ones she loved the most and believe me, this love was reciprocated tenfold. The kids found any excuse to go to the office so as to see Santina and they would leave feeling cared for, loved and listened to and always with a band aid attached to some part of their body.

“One student once said to his Mum, ‘Miss Santina is the best thing about going to school’.”

Joanne Cavanagh spoke these words from Pamela Sullivan who spent time with Miss Leonardi during her illness: “When I was sitting with Santina at the Toowoomba hospice one day, she quietly asked me if I would speak at her funeral … (but) there were conditions - it was not to be sad,

nor sombre and definitely not too long.”

The women had met in Year 8 at St Joseph’s School, remembering Miss Leonardi’s endearing and enduring smile and her being “a teacher’s dream, eager to learn, hard-working (and) determined to succeed”.

“How privileged we all are to have been called friend by Santina,” the memory-recalling continued. “Her courage, positivity, adventurous spirit, love of life and genuine care for all whom she knew will live in our hearts and memories and I believe heaven

will be even more joyous as Santina walks with family and friends who have gone before her.”

Tricia Armstrong remembered “a truly reliable colleague … (and) the same can be said of her as a friend”.

“Many of you witnessed Santina’s growth from the quiet, young girl to the remarkably capable, determinedly independent, vibrant and outgoing person she became. She helped a great many number of us to negotiate difficult and tragic times.

“As Santina explained, ‘There are two ways to look at it. One is, ‘I can’t cope’ or, ‘I get on with it’. And we all know which option she chose.”

Santina Leonardi was born on 26th October 1969, the second daughter of Sam and Carmel Leonardi. Mrs Leonardi passed away in 1993 and the couple’s eldest daughter, Mary, died in 2007. John Leonardi and Roslyn Feurer (nee Leonardi) continue to remember their sister with an affection that will never cease, along with all their extended family, especially the “Spina cousins”, supporting their family patriarch, Sam, who continues to live in

Stanthorpe.

A cousin, Michelle Lyons, gave the eulogy on 8th October with many collective and individual statements.

Of Miss Leonardi’s contribution to the community, she said:

“A strong sense of community meant that Santina was widely known around her beloved town of Stanthorpe. She would often volunteer to sell tickets, raise money, or assist in any way she could with numerous organisations.

“She could relate to and enjoy the company of a wide range of people – from older generations of Sicilians, right through to the young Prep-students that she cared and looked out for at Saint Joseph’s.

“Her life was full and joyful,” Mrs Lyons said.

Killarney Co-op Celebrating 100 years!

A beautiful birthday in Killarney

History of the Co-op

A century ago, the first building was put up when a group of dairy farmers and business types opened a basic butter factory which struggled to thrive. The buttery was transformed into a cooperative by Mr CL Petersen, a native of Denmark and fan of the cooperative movement.

In October 1922 the Killarney Co-operative Dairy Association was formed and Mr Petersen became the first manager. He stayed for the next 46 years.

The Co-op expanded from 41 initial suppliers to around 400 within six years. Thanks to good management, a new brick building, which stands today, was erected in 1928. To celebrate, the “largest gathering that has ever assembled in Killarney attended the opening” according to an article in The Queenslander on 29 November 1928.

The midday banquet was overseen by Mr Petersen and the main speaker was Mr Forgan Smith, then the Minister for Agriculture and not yet a University of Queensland block of classrooms, Sir Littleton Groom and other notables of the dairy world in days past.

In 1971 the Killarney Co-op introduced grocery lines and plans were approved for a small self-service grocery store in vacant office space on the site. After less than six months, a fullsized grocery shop was planned. Later that year, a TV and radio repair and sales shop opened and by 1972 a Betta Stores was established.

In 1998, Westpac Bank, which had traded in Killarney for over a century, according to local historian John Telfer, opened an instore agency. It was located in what is now the manager’s office. Sadly, Westpac closed the facility

in 2016, ending a 127-year history of banking in Killarney. The Post Office now operates from the old Westpac bank area. Major strides were taken in 2003 when the Killarney Co-op constructed the department store, a state-of-the-art facility to house the supermarket, hardware, Betta Electrical, Westpac Bank and a coffee shop. It officially opened under the watchful eye of general manager Kerry Woolacott in April 2004.

Today, the Killarney Co-op employs a staff of 80 and is one of the largest employers in Killarney.

For Marissa, who has been with the operation for 22 years, it’s more than a business and a job.

“It’s a family environment and a very unique business; once you get involved in the team and the customers it’s a real home like feeling.”

cream suppliers held at 8pm on

tenth day of October 1922 the Killarney Co-operative Dairy Association was officially proclaimed Mr Petersen was the first Manager and secretary of the newly formed Co-operative, a position he was to fulfil for the next 46 years

Killarney Co-op Celebrating 100 years!

Interestingly, at the first meeting of shareholders in August 1923 the members were already actively discussing the possibility of "Co-operative Selling" which was to eventually become the core of the Co-operative's business

Towards 100 Years

chapter two

The Butter Factory

Under the direction of Christie Petersen, the Killarney Co-op Dairy Association expanded from 41 suppliers initially to around 400 in a few short years With faith in the future, the directors decided to build a new brick factory in 1928. Below is an extract from "The Queenslander" from November 29, 1928:

The largest gathering that has ever assembled in Killarney attended the opening this evening of the new butter factory, erected by the Killarney Co-operative Dairy Association at a cost of 20,000 Four hundred guests were entertained at a banquet at midday, which was presided over by the chairman of the Co-operative (Councillor J H Hansen) The guests consisted of shareholders and other primary producers, together with representatives of all the factories on the Downs, and from places as far as Rockhampton in the North, as well as the northern portions of New South Wales The principal speakers were Mr Forgan Smith (Minister for Agriculture and Stock), who subsequently formally opened the new premises, Sir Littleton Groom, M H R , Professor J K Murray, and Mr C H Jamieson (of the Federal and State Dairy Boards)

Store Trading

On Thursday 30th August 1923 the Brisbane Courier stated the following in their report of the first meeting of shareholders:

"Considerable discussion took place regarding the commencement of a co-operative store, and a committee was appointed to deal with the matter" Initially, the committee recommended to defer the opening of a shopfront, in favour of supplying equipment to suppliers and taking a commission All new suppliers of cream required a milking machine, a cream separator and an engine to drive the apparatus The Co-op supplied these items to the farmers, usually on terms, with monthly repayments taken from their cream cheques These machines required replacements of rubber ware and other spare parts, which the Co-op stocked in the head office for sale to the shareholders. And so it begantrading for the convenience of suppliers

The top picture was taken in Feb 1938 At this time the butter factory was operating out of the new brick factory at the top of Ivy St The eastern wing of the original factory had been demolished along with the front awning The steps shown in the picture still exist within the CRT building leading up to the offices and the wall itself still sits above the awning on the Western end of the building, visible from the road. A brick facade hardware store was added in 1947. The recently discovered lower picture was taken before the grocery store was added in 1971

factory, built

In 1971 Kerry Woolacott, the then produce manager, proposed that the Co-op further increase their range of grocery lines Plans were approved for a small Shop Rite self-service grocery store in the vacant office space between the produce and hardware stores. After only 3 months of trading internal changes were made to allow a full-sized grocery shop within the hardware store and the association joined the Foodland group and the Home and Hardwares Key Group.

By the end of 1971 the original grocery section was utilised to set up a TV and Radio Repair and Sales Department and in September 1972 application for membership of Betta Stores was lodged The Co-op employed a full-time electrician and, at times, apprentices, up until the closure of the electrical service department 28 years later.

ment Store

pCan you remember what the Co-op was like when the groceries hardware instore bank electrical offices and produce were all under the one roof? The largest undertaking by the Co-operative in it s 100 years is sure to be the building of the department store

The building committee, consisting of the then General Manager Kerry Woolacott, Hardware Manager Pat Brosnan, Supermarket Manager Kath Bloomfield, Chairman Ken Mogridge and Deputy Chair Kay Hancock, met regularly to plan the store Store visits took place, both in Qld and interstate during 2002 before plans were drawn and tenders called Roulston Builders won the tender for the construction of the store which commenced in 2003

At the time of opening the state-of-the-art store included an AUR Supermarket Key Hardware Betta Electrical Westpac Instore Bank and coffee shop The building was the career-long dream of Kerry Woolacott and officially opened on 27th April 2004 The Warwick Daily News had this to say about Kerry in our 85th Anniversary article:

Mr Woolacott was instrumental in opening the original grocery department at the Co-op in 1971 He is a retailer at heart and has much pleasure in seeing the growth of the retail side of the business In 2003 he headed the Building Committee to plan the new department store to house the retail departments This initiative has brought about a facility that is rarely seen in a town the size of Killarney

The building was officially opened by former Chairman Mr Frank McIvor and Former General Manager Mr George Fielding

Westpac Instore

Once upon a time there were bank branches in Killarney As John Telfer writes in Killarney Co-operative Limited - A History - 1922-2012: 1998 heralded a new era in banking in Killarney Westpac had had a presence in town for well over a century having first opened a Killarney Branch in 1889 (as The Australian Joint Stock Bank) In an age where many big banks were closing regional branches, Westpac introduced their "third-party agencies" - an innovation in rural banking The Killarney Cooperative Society was appointed Westpac s first Queensland Third Party Agent to provide increased access to transactional banking services six days a week The Chairman of Directors Mr Ken Mogridge said that the Killarney Co-operative is pleased to have been chosen by Westpac to provide this service to the community

The Killarney Instore agency was opened on 4th September 1998 One highlight for the instore branch was in September 2000 when Westpac held their country launch of Surf Week The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter landed in the vacant allotment (where the department store now stands) and guest speakers spoke to community members and school children about the importance of being Surf Safe

The instore was moved from it s original location (now the manager s office) to the new store when it was built in 2003 Unfortunately Westpac decided in 2016 to close their instore network This was devastating to our team and customers after a very successful 18 years of operations and ending a 127 year history of banking in Killarney As they say every cloud has a silver lining which came to us in the form of the Killarney Post Office which now operates from the old Westpac area of the store

Extract of the minutes of the Board Meeting, 12 10 1972: Moved Messrs J F McIvor and R Clark "that the Board offer no objection to the Foodland Department discreetly stocking pure poly-unsaturated margarine, such margarine not to be advertised or promoted in any way" Carried

Killarney Co-op Celebrating 100 years!

Birthday highlights:

The birthday party launches on 20th of October with a Centenary High Tea with guest speaker Rebel Black, an AGM with speaker Wayne Bennett and a Farmer’s Breakfast with guest speaker Dr John Kirkegaard and MC Marco Gliori. These events have been oversubscribed and tickets are sold out.

The largest celebration of the Killarney Co-op will be the Trade Fair to which the public is invited, no tickets required. Marissa explains that many of the Co-ops suppliers will be on show, including Dulux and others, and they will display their products, have giveaways and promotions. The official cake cutting will take place at 10 am. There will be BBQ and an ice cream truck to keep everyone happy as well.

Association at a cost of 20,000 Four hundred guests were entertained at a banquet at midday, which was presided over by the chairman of the Co-operative (Councillor J H Hansen) The guests consisted of shareholders and other primary producers, together with representatives of all the factories on the Downs, and from places as far as Rockhampton in the North, as well as the northern portions of New South Wales. The principal speakers were Mr Forgan Smith (Minister for Agriculture and Stock), who subsequently formally opened the new premises, Sir Littleton Groom, M H R , Professor J K Murray, and Mr C H Jamieson (of the Federal and State Dairy Boards)

Store Trading

On Thursday 30th August 1923 the Brisbane Courier stated the following in their report of the first meeting of shareholders:

"Considerable discussion took place regarding the commencement of a co-operative store, and a committee was appointed to deal with the matter"

Initially, the committee recommended to defer the opening of a shopfront, in favour of supplying equipment to suppliers and taking a commission All new suppliers of cream required a milking machine, a cream separator and an engine to drive the apparatus. The Co-op supplied these items to the farmers, usually on terms, with monthly repayments taken from their cream cheques These machines required replacements of rubber ware and other spare parts, which the Co-op stocked in the head office for sale to the shareholders. And so it begantrading for the convenience of suppliers

The top picture was taken in Feb 1938 At this time the butter factory was operating out of the new brick factory at the top of Ivy St The eastern wing of the original factory had been demolished along with the front awning The steps shown in the picture still exist within the CRT building leading up to the offices and the wall itself still sits above the awning on the Western end of the building, visible from the road A brick facade hardware store was added in 1947 The recently discovered lower picture was taken before the grocery store was added in 1971

Working with the Killarney Co-op through generations of local family farming businesses. Congratulations on 100 years!

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1 What is a bicycle built for two (6)

8 What is a beekeeper known as (8)

9 Which German village was the site of a Nazi concentration camp in WWII (6)

10 The cosmos is known as the what (8)

11 To set upon with force, is to do what (6)

12 Name a gelatine-like product of certain seaweeds (4)

13 Which long broad strip of wool etc, is worn about the neck for warmth (5)

16 What are the yellow substances of eggs called (5)

19 To touch something, is to do what (4)

21 Name a vital colourless, odourless, gaseous element (6)

22 Which establishment is used for keeping fish, etc (8)

23 Name a camel-like S American ruminant (6)

24 Name a non-commissioned officer of rank above that of corporal (8)

25 To take up space, is to do what (6)

3 What is an alternative expression for loss of hope (7)

4 Name a NZ tea-tree, and an ACT suburb (6)

5 Name the place where Jesus was crucified (7)

6 What is another term for daily (7)

7 Which term designates rivers or brooks (7)

14 What do we call an insurance statistician (7)

15 Which other term describes a blacksmith (7)

17 Which games are held every four years (7)

18 What is the patella more commonly known as (7)

20 Name a widely cultivated fruit, used as a vegetable (6)

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Wattles awards best and fairest

Glyn Rees sports@thedailyjournal.ink

Wattles gifted halfback

Matt Duggan had club stalwarts rummaging through the records in their minds at Saturday night’s Wattles Banquet and Presentation function after he was named the Warriors ‘Player of the Year’ for a record sixth time.

Wattles champion on the rise Kai Williamson-Duggan was named Wattles Colt of the Year presented with the Peter Cavanagh trophy, while another budding talent in Under 19 skipper Jamie Hamilton secured the Terry Doyle Memorial Trophy as Junior Footballer of the Year.

Warriors A Grade captain/coach

Travis Burns was the recipient of a special award provided by major sponsors Nick Adamson (Stillwater Pastoral Company) and Tony Morris (Tony Morris Tiling) of his framed Grand Final jersey on behalf of the Wattles club.

It was a landmark evening for Burns since his 2018 return to the Warriors den, amid the celebrations with team mates and club supporters of having landed his first senior grade premiership and his retirement as a player.

Award Recipients. Under 19.

Most Improved Forward: Marley

Tunstead

Most Improved Back: Braeden

Cameron

Best Forward: John Lazzaroni

Best Back: Matthew Wilson

Coach’s Best Team Man: Will

Denny

Player’s Player: John Lazzaroni

Vince Bermingham Memorial

Trophy - Under 18 Best & Fairest: Gus Hutchinson

Reserve Grade.

Most Consistent Forward: Jordan

Henry

Most Consistent Back: Darby

Peardon

Best Forward: Aaron Scheid

Best Back: Joe Morris

Coach’s Best Team Man: Matt Ilijas

Player’s Player: Mitchell Duff

Glass Family Trophy – Reserve

Grade Best & Fairest: Mitchell Duff

First Grade.

Most Consistent Forward: Conor Swinton

Most Consistent Back: Mitch

Bourke

Best Forward: Jordan Crocker

Best Back: Nick Van Der Poel

Coach’s Best Team Man: Mitch Koina

The Stanthorpe based Stroud family collected the Lex Ellwood Memorial Trophy as Wattles’ Supporters of the Year at Saturday evening’s club presentations. Club volunteer Tony Stroud accepted the award while son and Under 19 player Lochie as also the recipient of the Jeff Horan Memorial Trophy Junior Encouragement Award.

Player’s Player: Matt Duggan & Jackson Green

Lew Platz Cup – First Grade Best & Fairest: Jackson Green

Perpetual Trophies.

Female Volunteer of the Year: Debbie Wilkie

Women in League Award: Ronnie

Adamson

Male Volunteer of the Year: Paul

Duggan

Jeff Horan Memorial Trophy

Junior Encouragement Award:

Lachlan Stroud

Patron’s Trophy Wattles Most

Serviceable Player: Zac Stevens

Tim Brady Memorial Trophy

Junior Clubman: Rylan Saville

Father Brian Noonan Junior

Courage: Reuben Sullivan

Mick Harrison Memorial Trophy

Senior Courage: Tyson Stevens

Michael Fogarty Memorial Trophy

Club Best Team Man: Ryan

Duggan

Kent Muller Memorial Trophy

Most Dedicated Player: Tom Morris

Tom Webcke Memorial Trophy

Wattles Clubman: Dale Perkins

Geoff Slatter Memorial Trophy

Highest Try Scorer: Austin

Jennings

Keith ‘Poe’ Masters Memorial

Trophy Representative Player of the Year: Jacob Meddleton

Lex Ellwood Memorial Trophy

Supporter of the Year: The Stroud Family

Terry Doyle Memorial Junior

Footballer of the Year: Jamie

Hamilton

Terry & Michael O’Halloran

Memorial Trophy - Loyalty & Service to the Wattles Club on and

YOUR GUIDE TO THE STARS 20th

ARIES

21 Mar-20 Apr

Unexpected travel in your social life could cause problems with your time table but nothing you cannot handle. Some money matters that have been waiting to be decided upon are now very prominent.

CANCER

22 Jun-22 Jul

You might not be in the best of moods in the beginning of this period but as time passes, your mood should change. Your financial matters should also get a boost for the better so keep an eye out for opportunities.

LIBRA

24 Sep-23 Oct

Some will get very much involved with a love relationship, which will take up a lot of their time. Many will find it very difficult to come to terms with their emotional drive and their sense of security.

CAPRICORN

21 Dec-19 Jan

Try to be very tactful; for then will you be able to get loved ones on your side. But if you try to force your opinion onto others, you will meet with some resistance. Many are in for a bit of a windfall with a ticket in a lottery.

TAURUS

21 Apr-20 May

Many singles could be making wedding plans during the next few months. Keep a tight grip on that purse of yours – you could be in too generous a mood to handle money matters properly.

LEO

23 Jul-22 Aug

A good time to talk things over with friends and plan for the holiday period – some travel should be in the wind. Double check all bookings and reservations to make sure that nothing has gone wrong.

SCORPIO

24 Oct-22 Nov

Many could be accepting a rather exotic and romantic affair. However, be very careful and consider the consequences before getting too deeply involved. Don’t put your trust in strangers.

AQUARIUS

20 Jan-19 Feb

Many Aquarians will have a very lucky period coming up for them. They seem to be in the right place at the right time with the right people. A very favourable time to try out new ventures.

Sensational halfback Matt Duggan secured his sixth Wattles Rugby League Football Club ‘Play of the Year’ award at the club presentations on Saturday evening.

off the field: Travis Burns

Jim Gleeson Memorial Trophy –Community Club Person of the Year: Glyn Rees

Peter Cavanagh Trophy Colt of the Year: Kai Duggan

Clifton Courier Shield Wattles

Warriors’ Footballer of the Year: Matt Duggan

- 26th October

GEMINI

21 May-21 Jun

This could be the time of year when you meet up with long lost friends and old flames and social life should be very busy. Any official business should be looked after carefully.

VIRGO

23 Aug-23 Sep

Some very surprising happenings during the next few weeks. Problems should be able to be solved and worries turn to victories and general well being should prevail.

SAGITTARIUS

23 Nov-20 Dec

Some very harmonious periods coming up at home. Many will try to influence other people and make them accept their ideas. The time for that is very favourable at present.

You seem to be able to influence people and make them come round to your way of thinking. You will be able to help people and give them the support they are seeking. Loved ones will be paying you a lot of attention lately.

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Movie: “Queen Of The Damned” (M) (’02) Stars: Aaliyah 11:15 The Kamilaroi

1:40 Movie: “Toast” (PG)

(’10) Stars: Freddie Highmore 3:30 Movie: “The Perfect Candidate” (PG) (’19) Stars: Mila Al Zahrani (In Arabic) 5:30 Movie: “Viceroy’s House” (M) (’17) Stars: Gillian Anderson 7:30 Movie: “The Spy” (M l) (’19) Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (In Swedish/ English/ German/ Norwegian) 9:35 Movie: “Hope” (MA15+) (’19) Stars: Andrea Bræin Hovig (In Norwegian)

8:30 The Graham Norton Show (M) 9:30 TBA 10:30 Road To The Melbourne Cup Carnival 11:00 The Project (PG) 12:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) 1:00 Home Shopping

6:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) 7:00

Friends (PG) 7:30 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00

Becker (PG) 10:00 The Middle (PG)

11:30 The King Of Queens (PG) 12:30

Frasier (PG) 1:30 Seinfeld (PG) 3:00 The King Of Queens (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG)

Round 9: Adelaide v Geelong

*Live* 7:30 AFL Women’s: Round 9:

Gold Coast v Carlton *Live* 9:30 TBA

12:30 Leepu And Pitbull (PG) 1:30

American Restoration (PG)

5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom (M d,s) 11:00 Frasier (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG)

6:00 Children’s Programs

1:00 Baywatch (PG) 2:00

Full House (PG) 3:00 The Nanny (PG)

3:30 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 4:00

That 70’s Show (PG) 4:30 Everybody

Loves Raymond (PG) 5:30 Trans-

formers: Cyberverse (PG) 5:45 Movie: “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” (PG) (’14)

Stars: Ty Burrell 7:30 Movie: “Hercules” (M l,v) (’14) Stars: Dwayne Johnson

9:30 Movie: “Conan The Barbarian” (MA15+) (’11) Stars: Jason Momoa

12:00 Days Of Our Lives

(PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 Explore 2:00

Grantchester (PG) 3:00 Antiques

Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “The Maggie”

(G) (’54) Stars: Alex Mackenzie 5:30

Murder, She Wrote (PG) 6:30 Antiques

Roadshow 7:30 Antiques Downunder

(PG) 8:00 Antiques Detectives (PG)

8:40 Movie: “Thelma & Louise” (M l,v)

(’91) Stars: Geena Davis 11:20 House

(M) 12:20 My Favourite Martian

12:00 Unknown Amazon (PG) 12:50 The Source (M l)

1:40 ISU Figure Skating 3:45 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir

4:15 PBS Newshour 5:15 Shortland

6:00 Home Shopping 8:00 The Doctors (PG) 9:00

What’s Up Down Under 9:30 I Fish

10:00 MacGyver (M) 12:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (PG) 1:00 The Code (PG) 2:00

Blood & Treasure (M v) 3:00 Bondi

Rescue (PG) 3:30 The Love Boat (PG)

4:30 Star Trek: The Next Generation (PG) 5:30 MacGyver (PG) 7:30 NCIS:

Family Secret (M) 8:30 TBA 10:20 TBA

11:30 TBA 12:45 Evil (M) 1:45 Home Shopping 2:15 FBI: Declassified (M d)

2:00 Shortland Street (PG)

2:30 Kriol Kitchen (PG) 3:00

Bushwhacked 3:25 The Magic Canoe

4:00 Raven’s Quest 4:35 Spartakus

And The Sun Beneath The Sea 5:00

5:00 Worldwatch 9:00 Peer To Peer (PG) 10:00 Great Irish Interiors (PG)

11:00 Australia With Julia Bradbury

(PG) 12:00 Worldwatch 2:00 Rise Of

Empires: Aztecs (M v) 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30

Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35

Secrets Of The Lost Liners (PG) 8:30

Good With Wood (PG) 9:25 World’s Greatest Hotels (PG) 10:15 SBS World News Late 10:45 Das Boot (MA15+) (In German/ English) 11:40 The Pier (M) (In Spanish) 3:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (PG) 4:20 Food Safari 4:50 Destination Flavour Down Under

2:05 The Dengineers 2:35 Spirit Riding Free (PG) 3:00 The Bagel And Becky Show 3:35 The Penguins Of Madagascar 4:00 PJ Masks 4:30 The Inbestigators 5:00 The Flamin’ Thongs 5:30 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness 5:50 Total DramaRama 6:30 Operation Ouch! 7:00 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:35 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 8:00 The Deep 8:25 Good Game Spawn Point 8:50 Log Horizon (PG) 9:15 Dragon Ball Super

1:20 Movie: “The Way” (PG) (’10) Stars: Martin Sheen

3:45 Movie: “Dreams” (PG) (’90) Stars: Akira Terao (In Japanese)

(PG)

5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05

Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update

7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Hoarders (M l) 9:25 Atlanta (MA15+) 9:55 The Big Sex Talk: Not Having It (MA15+)

Our Stories 5:30 NITV News: Nula 6:00

Bamay (PG) 6:40 Undiscovered Vistas

7:30 Movie: “Martian Child” (PG) (’09)

Stars: John Cusack 9:20 Bedtime Stories (PG) 9:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 10:30 Cultural Connections (PG)

5:55 Movie: “All At Sea” (AKA ‘Wide Blue Yonder’) (PG) (’10) Stars: Brian Cox

7:30 Movie: “The Salvation” (M v) (’14) Stars: Mads Mikkelsen (In Spanish/ Danish/ English)

9:15 Movie: “Riders Of Justice”

(MA15+) (’20) Stars: Mads Mikkelsen (In Danish/ English)

11:20 Movie: “L.A.

Story” (M l) (’91) Stars: Steve Martin

6:00 rage (PG) 7:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 rage (PG) 10:30 rage Guest

Programmer (PG) 12:00 ABC News At Noon 12:30 Vera: Dark Road (PG) 2:00

Midsomer Murders: Let Us Prey (PG)

3:30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Tori Amos (PG) 3:55 Spicks And Specks (PG) 4:45

Landline 5:10 Penguins - Meet The Family 6:10 Extraordinary Escapes (PG)

7:00 ABC News 7:30 Death In Paradise: Murder On The Airwaves (M)

8:30 TBA 9:30 Significant Others (M d,l)

10:25 Summer Love: Frankie And Trevor (MA15+) 11:00 Silent Witness: Reputations (Part 2) (M n,v) 12:00 rage

Guest Programmer (MA15+) 5:00 rage (PG)

1:40 Movie: “Star Trek

2: The Wrath Of Khan” (M v) (’82) Stars: William Shatner 4:00 Movie: “Star Trek

3: The Search For Spock” (PG) (’84)

Stars: Leonard Nimoy 6:05 Movie: “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (PG)

(’86) Stars: Leonard Nimoy 8:35 Movie:

“Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” (PG)

(’89) Stars: William Shatner

10:30 Movie: “Elizabeth Of Ladymead” (G) (’48) Stars: Nicholas Phipps 12:30 Antiques Downunder (PG) 1:00 The Best 30

Years (PG) 1:30 Antiques Roadshow

2:00 Movie: “Taras Bulba” (PG) (’62)

Stars: Yul Brynner 4:30 Cricket: ICC

Men’s T20 World Cup: Australia v New Zealand *Live* 7:00 Movie: “The First

Wives Club” (PG) (’96) Stars: Diane

Keaton 9:05 Movie: “When Harry Met

Sally” (M l,s) (’89) Stars: Meg Ryan

12:00 Disgrace: Accused Of Sexual Misconduct (M l,s)

1:05 Gymnastics: 2022 Rhythmic World Cup 2:35 Mr. McGahn (PG) 3:05

Sportswoman 4:05 ABC World News

Tonight With David Muir 4:35 PBS Newshour 5:35 Insight (M) 6:35 India With Guy Martin (PG) 7:30 Impossible Engineering: Ford Class (PG) 8:30 The Good Fight (M) 9:35 The Handmaid’s

Tale: No Man’s Land (MA15+) 10:35

True Believers: Empire Of Yoga (M)

11:50 Undiscovered Vistas (PG) 12:40 Gifts Of The Maarga (PG) 1:30 Cultural Connections

(PG) 2:30 Hockey: WA Men’s Field 4:00

Hockey: WA Women’s Field 5:30 Power To The People (PG) 6:00 Pacific Island

Food Revolution 6:50 NITV News

Update 7:00 True North Calling (PG)

7:30 The Land We’re On With Penelope

Towney 8:30 Movie: “Spiders” (M) (’13)

Stars: William Hope 10:05 Torres To The Thames (PG)

5:00

Cosi (PG) 4:00 My

Greek Odyssey (PG) 5:00 TBA 6:00 Air

Crash Investigation (PG) 7:00 Border

Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG)

8:30 Steam Train Journeys (PG) 9:30

The Yorkshire Steam Railway (PG)

6:00 Children’s Programs

10:00 Movie: “Star Trek:

Generations” (PG) (’94) Stars: Patrick

Stewart 12:25 Movie: “Star Trek: First

Contact” (PG) (’96) Stars: Patrick

Stewart 2:40 Movie: “Star Trek:

Insurrection” (PG) (’98) Stars: Jonathan

Frakes 4:45 Movie: “Star Trek:

Nemesis” (PG) (’02) Stars: Brent Spiner

7:00 Movie: “Batman Forever” (PG)

(’95) Stars: Val Kilmer 9:30 Movie: “Batman & Robin” (PG) (’97)

12:00 AFL Women’s: Round

9: St Kilda v Port Adelaide

*Live* 2:00 On The Fly (PG) 2:30 Merv Hughes Fishing (PG) 3:00 World

Supercross Championships Highlights

4:00 Cricket: Women’s Big Bash

League: Perth Scorchers v Hobart

Hurricanes *Live* From The WACA 7:30

Movie: “Harry Potter And The Goblet

Of Fire” (M h,v) (’05) Stars: Daniel

Radcliffe 10:40 Movie: “Bad Boys For

Life” (MA15+) (’20) Stars: Will Smith

6:30 Religious Programs

9:00 Home Shopping 10:00

Getaway (PG) 10:30 Edgar Wallace

Mysteries (PG) 11:55 Movie: “It

Shouldn’t Happen To A Vet” (G) (’76)

Stars: John Alderton 1:55 Movie: “The

Dam Busters” (G) (’55) Stars: Richard

Todd 4:30 The Bizarre Pet Vets (PG)

5:30 Cricket: T20 World Cup: India v

Pakistan *Live* From The MCG 9:30

Movie: “Double Jeopardy” (M l,s,v)

(’99) Stars: Ashley Judd

6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 7:30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8:30 Friends (PG) 12:00 The Middle (PG) 1:00 Basketball: National Basketball League: Round 4: Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers *Live*

3:00 Basketball: National Basketball League: Round 4: Melbourne United v Sydney Kings *Live* 5:00 The Middle (PG)

The Big Bang Theory (PG)

The Neighborhood (M) 10:00 Friends (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping

12:00 Party Of Five (M)

12:50 Rise Up (PG) 1:45

Bananas 1:55 Insight (PG) 2:55 France

24 English News 3:25 Lost Gold Of World War II (PG) 4:55 Forged In Fire

(PG) 5:45 World’s Greatest Hotels (PG)

6:40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler (PG) 7:35 Abandoned Engineering (M)

8:30 UnXplained With William Shatner

(M) 9:20 Cracking The Code (M) 10:20

Dark Side Of Comedy (MA15+) 11:15

Adult Material (MA15+)

9:30 Studio 10: Sunday (PG) 12:00

Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey

12:30 The Traitors (PG) 1:45 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield 2:00

Pooches At Play 2:30 Luxury Escapes

3:00 Cook With Luke 3:30 Farm To Fork (PG) 4:00 Well Traveller (PG) 4:30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn 5:00 10 News First 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) 7:30 The Traitors (PG) 9:00 NCIS: Hawaii: Prisoners’ Dilemma (M v) 10:00

FBI: Clean Slate (M v) 11:00 The Sunday Project (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings

8:00 The Doctors (PG) 9:00

Pat Callinan’s 4X4

Adventures 10:00 Reel Action (PG)

11:00 Roads Less Travelled 11:30

Truck Hunters (PG) 12:00 Scorpion (PG)

1:00 What’s Up Down Under

1:15 Movie: “L.A. Story” (M l) (’91) Stars: Steve Martin 3:00 Movie: “Viceroy’s House” (M) (’17) Stars: Gillian Anderson 5:00

Movie: “Memoria” (PG) (’21) Stars: Tilda Swinton 7:30 Movie: “True Story” (M l) (’15) Stars: James Franco 9:25

Movie: “Jumbo” (MA15+) (’20) (In French) 11:15 Movie: “Only The Animals” (M l,n,s,v) (’19) (In French)

1:25 Movie: “Riders Of Justice” (M) (’20) Stars: (In Danish/ English)

5:00 Worldwatch 9:05 Ageless Gardens (PG) 10:05 The World From Above (PG) 10:35 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs (PG) 12:00 Worldwatch 1:00

Motor Sports: Speedweek 3:00

Football: Countdown To Qatar 3:30

Ascot Kayaking 3:35 Blind Sailing 3:40

The Royals And The Nazis (PG) (In English/ French) 5:40 Secret Nazi Bases: Himmler’s Occult Castle (PG)

6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Curse Of The Ancients: Dark Ages (PG) 8:30

Treasures Of Istanbul (PG) 9:25 The Death Of Bruce Lee (PG) 11:00 Blood Of The Clans (PG) 2:15 America’s Great Divide: Obama To Trump (M) 4:15 Food Safari 4:45 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize

10:00 FIFA World Cup

Classic Matches 12:40 The Rising 1:10 Sportswoman 1:40 Rugby

League: Koori Knockout 2:40 Rugby

League: Queensland Murri Carnival

Finals 4:40 Froth 5:10 Still Frothin’ 5:40

Bamay 5:50 Amplify 6:20 NITV News

Update 6:30 Yellowstone (PG) 7:30

African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross (M l) 8:30

Celtics/ Lakers: Best Of Enemies (PG) 9:30 Movie: “Race”

(PG) (’16) Stars: Stephan James

1:35 Movie: “All At Sea” (AKA ‘Wide Blue Yonder’) (PG) (’10) Stars: Brian Cox 3:10 Movie: “The Red Turtle” (PG) (’16) Stars: Pascale Ferran 4:40 Movie: “Sun Children” (PG) (’20) Stars: Ali Nassirian (In Farsi) 6:25 Movie: “Coco Before Chanel” (AKA ‘Coco Avant Chanel’) (M) (’09) Stars: Audrey Tautou (In French) 8:30 Movie: “Shirley” (M l,n,s) (’20) Stars: Elisabeth Moss 10:30 Movie: “Her” (M) (’13) Stars: Joaquin Phoenix

6:00 News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News

Mornings 10:00 Landline 11:00

Antiques Roadshow 12:00 ABC News

At Noon 1:00 Rosehaven (PG) 1:25

Vera (M v) 3:00 Gardening Australia

4:00 Think Tank (PG) 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG)

6:00 The Drum 7:00 ABC News 7:30

7.30 (PG) 8:00 Australian Story (PG)

8:30 Four Corners (PG) 9:20 Media Watch (PG) 9:35 Planet America 10:05

Parkinson In Australia: 1982: Sir Edmund Hilary, Twiggy (PG) 10:55 ABC

Late News 11:10 The Business 11:25

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show

11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00

Movie: “Dying To Be Loved” (M v) (’16)

Stars: Lindsay Hartley 2:00 The Real

Manhunter: The Murder Of Clare Bernal

(M d,v) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00

(M)

TV 2:30 Full House (PG) 3:30

Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 5:30

The Nanny (PG) 6:00 3rd Rock From

The Sun (PG) 6:30 That 70’s Show (PG)

7:00 Young Sheldon (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Batman Begins” (M)

(’05) Stars: Christian Bale 11:10 Young Sheldon (PG) 11:40 Telenovela (PG)

12:10 LA Clippers Dance Squad (PG)

7:30 Home Shopping 10:30 Pointless (PG) 11:30 The Best 30 Years 12:00 Days Of Our Lives

(PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 The Bizarre Pet Vets

(PG) 2:50 Antiques Roadshow 3:20

Movie: “State Secret” (G) (’50) Stars: Glynis Johns 5:30 Murder, She Wrote

(PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30

Death In Paradise (PG) 8:40 Whitstable

Pearl (M l) 9:40 TBA 10:40 Law & Order: SVU (M s,v)

12:00 Movie: “The Graduate” (M) (’67) Stars: Dustin Hoffman 2:00 China’s LGBTQAI+ Surrogacy Families (PG)

2:40 The Mosque Next Door (PG) 3:50 ABC World News Tonight 4:20 ABC America This Week 5:15 Shortland Street (PG) 5:45 The Joy Of Painting (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update

7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Indian Space Dreams

1:00 Elsta Foy (PG) 1:30

Amplify 2:00 Shortland Street (PG) 2:30 Kriol Kitchen (PG) 3:00

Bushwhacked 3:25 The Magic Canoe

4:00 Raven’s Quest 4:35 Spartakus

And The Sun Beneath The Sea 5:00

Our Stories (PG) 5:30 APTN National News 6:00 Bamay 6:30 NITV News

Update 6:40 Wiyi Yani U Thangani (PG)

7:40 Cottagers And Indians (PG) 8:30

Karla Grant Presents (PG) 9:00 It’s Fine,

I’m Fine (MA15+) 9:30 D.I. Ray (M l,v)

11:45 Movie: “Gully Boy” (M l,v) (’19) Stars: Vijay Varma (In Hindi) 2:30 Movie: “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” (PG) (’15) Stars: Kangana Ranaut (In Hindi) 4:50 Movie: “Raid” (PG) (’18) Stars: Ajay Devgn (In Hindi) 7:05 Movie: “English Vinglish” (PG) (’12) Stars: Sridevi (In Hindi/ English) 9:30 Movie: “The Warrior Queen Of Jhansi” (MA15+) (’19) Stars: Jodhi May 11:25 Movie: “Bajirao Mastani” (M v) (’15) (In Hindi)

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Colbert (PG)

Round

National

Cairns

New Zealand Breakers

8:00 The Deep 8:20

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

6:00 Children’s Programs (PG) 2:00 Full House (PG)

3:00 The Nanny (PG) 3:30 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 4:00 That 70’s Show (PG) 4:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 5:30 The Nanny (PG)

6:00 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 6:30

That 70’s Show (PG) 7:00 Young Sheldon (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Uncle Buck” (PG) (’89) Stars: John Candy

9:30 Movie: “Planes, Trains And Automobiles” (M l) (’87)

7:30 Home Shopping 10:30

Pointless (PG) 11:30 My Favourite Martian 12:00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 Death In Paradise (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30

Movie: “Seven Days To Noon” (PG) (’50) Stars: André Morell 5:30 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (PG) 8:30

Cricket: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Pre Show 9:00 The Closer (M)

12:00 Movie: “Iron Sky” (M) (’12) Stars: Julia Dietze 1:45

Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista 1:55 Stacey

Dooley: Locked Up With The Lifers (M l)

2:50 How Not To Get Cancer (PG) 3:45

ABC

2:00 Shortland Street (PG)

2:30 Kriol Kitchen (PG)

Bushwhacked 3:25 The Magic Canoe

4:00 Raven’s Quest

12:40 Movie: “The Grandmaster” (M) (’13) Stars: Zhang Ziyi (In Cantonese/ Mandarin) 2:40 The Movie Show (PG)

3:10 Movie: “Beauty And The Beast” (M v) (’14) Stars: Vincent Cassel (In French) 5:15 Movie: “Big Fish” (PG) (’03) Stars: Daniel Wallace 7:30 Movie: “Little Joe” (M l) (’19) Stars: Emily Beecham 9:30 Movie: “Krew Boga” (MA15+) (’18) Stars: Christoph Pieczynski (In Polish)

6:00 Children’s Programs

1:00 Baywatch (PG) 2:00

Full House (PG) 3:00 The Nanny (PG)

3:30 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 4:00

That 70’s Show (PG) 4:30 Everybody

Loves Raymond (PG) 5:30 The Nanny (PG) 6:00 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG)

6:30 That 70’s Show (PG) 7:00 Young

Sheldon (PG) 7:30 Movie: “You, Me

And Dupree” (M l,s) (’06) Stars: Kate

Hudson 9:40 Movie: “Sisters” (MA15+) (’15) Stars: Tina Fey 12:00 I Am Cait (M)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped In The

(M v) 2:00 The Real Manhunter:

Disappearance Of Maureen Hale

3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00

At 4 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Home And Away (PG) 7:30 Kitchen Nightmares Australia: Cafe Martini (M)

8:40 Extreme Weddings Australia (PG)

9:40 Air Crash Investigations: Caught In A Jam (PG) 10:40 The Latest Seven News 11:10 The Amazing Race (PG)

12:10 Movie: “Asunder” (M) (’99) Stars: Blair Underwood 2:30 Home Shopping

4:00 NBC Today

6:00 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30

Entertainment

Tonight 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) 3:30

Farm To Fork 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield 4:30 The Bold

And The Beautiful (PG) 5:00 10 News

First 6:30 The Project (PG) 7:30 The Dog House Australia (PG) 8:30 The Real Love Boat Australia (PG) 10:00 My Life

Is Murder (M) 11:00 The Project (PG)

12:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) 1:00 Home Shopping 4:30

CBS Mornings

5:00 Worldwatch 9:00 Wheels Of Wonder

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Religious Programs 7:30 Home Shopping 10:30 Pointless (PG) 11:30 My Favourite Martian 12:00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 Explore 2:00

Antiques Roadshow 2:30 Movie: “South Of Algiers” (G) (’53) Stars: Van

Heflin 4:30 Murder, She Wrote (PG)

5:30 Cricket: T20 World Cup: New Zealand v Afghanistan *Live* 9:00 TBA

11:30 TBA 1:00 Home Shopping

12:00 Movie: “Gold” (M l) (’17) Stars: Matthew McConaughey (In Hindi) 2:10 Black Empire: Curious Australia (M l) 2:40 Front Up (PG) 3:40 ABC World News Tonight 4:05 PBS Newshour 5:05 Shortland Street (PG) 5:35 The Joy Of Painting 6:05 Forged In Fire (PG) 6:55 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:25 NITV News Update

7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:25 Video Killed The Radio Star: Duran Duran (M l,n,s)

1:00 Torres To The Thames (PG) 2:00 Shortland Street

(PG) 2:30 Kriol Kitchen (PG) 3:00

Bushwhacked 3:25 The Magic Canoe

4:00 Raven’s Quest 4:35 Spartakus

And The Sun Beneath The Sea 5:00

Our Stories 5:30 Te Ao with Moana

6:00 Bamay 6:40 NITV News Update

7:00 Undiscovered Vistas 7:50

Peckham’s Finest (M) 8:30 High Arctic Haulers (PG) 9:20 Celtics/ Lakers: Best Of Enemies (PG) 11:20 Fair Game (M l)

12:20 Movie: “Stree” (M h,l) (’18) Stars: Rajkummar Rao (In Hindi) 2:45 Movie: “English Vinglish” (PG) (’12) Stars: Sridevi (In Hindi/ English) 5:15 Movie: “The Prince And The Showgirl” (M) (’57) Stars: Marilyn Monroe (In German/ English/ French)

7:20 Movie: “The Music Of Silence” (PG) (’17) Stars: Antonio Banderas (In English/ Italian) 9:30 Movie: “13 Assassins” (MA15+) (’10) Stars: Kôji Yakusho (In Japanese)

Pet of the Week

Starting 1st week of November the Town

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1. Each pet can only win once. No limit on non-winners entries.

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The Long Paddock with Gerard Walsh

It is now without a doubt the wettest it has been in the past 20 years. But back in the 1970s and 1980s, it was just as wet for periods of time.

At that time, we mustered cattle on horseback and I remember horses sinking in the wet ground, particularly our granite country.

Some horses would panic when they started to sink, others would just accept it as part of the job.

What is different this time is the length of time it has been wet and the time the creeks have been running.

Now we don’t have a horse but at times get a contract musterer in with a horse.

We now muster cattle with our side-byside (buggy) and a bike which one of our boys ride or the help of a friend on a four wheeler.

I did do a bit of motorbike riding but never became competent and feel much more comfortable in the buggy.

One often thinks about the horses and dogs you had down the years.

My first horse was Melody, a really quiet mare, which was originally used for show tricks by the Mullins family.

At the same time my father had Mintie and when he gave up riding, she became my horse. She was the best horse I had in 50 odd years of riding but I had a soft spot for Blue, a grey gelding I bought from the Junabee area.

I once looked at a polo horse with a short tail, a ribbon was left on the tail a bit too long and the tail fell off.

From memory, we didn’t buy that horse as we were worried about balance without a tail.

Remembering Denis

Last week, St Mary’s Catholic Church was packed for the funeral of the late Denis Ryan.

He fitted a lot into 75 years, family, farming, stock and station agency work with Elders, work at Bunnings, sport and a great deal of community volunteer work.

Denis was one of those people who would take on a role even if he was too busy.

That was the case with the Greymare Hall Committee and the Mountain Main

Warwick Rodeo action starts Monday

Gerard Walsh sports@thedailyjournal.ink

Most of the top 15 in the eight championship events in the Australian Professional Rodeo Association will be at the Warwick Rodeo and Campdraft which starts on Monday, October 24, at the Warwick Showgrounds.

The first campdrafting action is at 5.30am Monday and the first of the rodeo events at 6pm Thursday, October 27.

With the Warwick Show and Rodeo Society voting not to apply for the 2022 finals, the Ariat APRA National Finals will be at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange on November 10-12.

Being two weeks before the finals, the Warwick Rodeo is the perfect event for a final hit out for the 15 finalists in each event.

Four members of the Iker family from Alton Downs in Central Queensland will be competing in timed event in Warwick, Shane, Jorja, Jordan and Mason. Jordan will also compete in saddle bronc and is the only APRA rider to qualify for rough stock and timed events at the finals.

The APRA open rodeo action at the Warwick Rodeo will be three nights programs, October 27-29, starting at 6pm and then all finals will be on what has been dubbed Championship Sunday,

October 30. There will be second division and local events during daylight hours especially on Saturday.

The open saddle bronc ride is the feature event of the rodeo and with three days to close of nominations, 50 nominations had been received.

There are no Warwick riders in rough stock events but 20 were among the early nominations for timed rodeo events.

Past Warwick rope and tie winner Mitch Eastwell will compete along with his cousin Ben Eastwell and four members of the Boyce family from Freestone.

Michael Boyce and son Willem are in the roping with Tarni and daughter Lori in barrel racing along with Eliza Johnstone, Bec Lane, Shellie Miller. Lauren Bright and Mackenzie March.

Past Warwick breakaway roping winner Kylie Hancock will again compete along with Savannah Halley who will compete in the barrel race and breakaway roping

Other Warwick riders to nominate for their hometown rodeo include Trevor Ross, Jeff Miller, Johnny Osborne, Lee Robson and Garry Longney in team roping, Blake Weier is in all three timed events and Warwick Cowboys footballer Will Howard will compete in steer wrestling.

Mark Buttsworth from Kingaroy will compete in team roping as well as campdrafting. Each year, there are up to six riders who compete in both the campdraft and rodeo sections of the Warwick Rodeo.

Dingo Destruction Association.

I remembered going suckering with Denis and his father Jack at “Carmden” in the early 1970s, less trees, more grass, more stock feed, was the motto. He loved the adrenaline rush of the shearing shed.

But most of all, he was just a nice bloke who was always keen for a chat, whoever you were.

His health deteriorated in recent months and he called me a couple of months ago just for a chat.

I then called him every week or two.

Two other memories of Denis was when he, wife Carmel and baby daughter Leanne got some hay from our shed to take to their property “Windorah” to

feed cows in a drought.

The blue Holden Ute was well overloaded.

At the time, we weren’t using all of our shed and the Ryan family put hay from their farming block in the middle bay of the shed.

Another memory was when Denis took me to Leyburn to get my driver’s license.

We only had an automatic at the time so I needed to get my license in a manual and I recall stalling the Holden Sedan three times in front of the police station. The policeman at the time said to rev the car a bit more and I was fine. And I got my license, wouldn’t happen now.

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Musical & Friendship Morning on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Warwick Seniors Centre, 13a Albert Street. Mu- sic plays from 9.30am to 11.30 am. Cost $5 per person. This includes Morning Tea and a Door Prize.

WARWICK PENSIONERS and Superannuants League will be hosting a group from Rosewood Community Centre for morning tea, lunch and entertainment on 27th Oct. If you wish to attend, call Ruby 0438 674 803 by 21st Oct for catering purposes. Starts 9.30am. Next meeting 10th Nov. Bus Trip to Cobb & Co Museum and Grand Central 24th Nov. ROSE CITY PROBUS CLUB Meet-ups for social retirees! Meets 3rd Wednesday of the month. From 9.30am. –includes Guest Speaker & Morning Tea. RSL SOUTHERN CROSS ROOM – BOOKING ESSENTIAL (see below) Other local outings include coffee mornings, lunches, dinner. Opportunities for group travel to destinations of interest. You’ll be made most welcome! Phone Marion: 0499267547; Leslie:46614273

WARWICK SPINNERS and Weavers meet every Wednesday and first and third Saturday, at Room 3, brick building at St Marks Church, Grafton St, 9 am to lunchtime. Come and try. Yearly membership. wckspinweavefibre@gmail.com 0430 511 260. Kerry, Secretary.

WOULD YOU like to fly in a glider? Or give someone a gliding experience? Gliding is a unique experience that can be enjoyed by all people of all ages. It is also very interesting sport. Warwick Gliding Club is a friendly club offering people the chance to learn how to fly or just experience the wonder of pure flight. Contact admin@warwickgliding.org or call 0405609601. Gift certificates $170 for a flight.

WARWICK: QCWA Condamine Valley/Warwick Branch meets the first Monday of the month at their Rooms at 76 Grafton Street, Warwick at 1.30p.m. New members most welcome. Rooms open Monday to Friday 9.00 – 1.30p.m., for take-away sandwiches. For catering, Hall rental inquiries and member- ship please ring 4661.2966. Rooms now available for Wakes. Tablet sign ins.

SOUTHERN DOWNS Steam Railway. Check out our upcoming trips on www.downsexplorer.org.au. Tickets sell out quickly, so plan in advance. Bookings on www.downsexplorer.org.au. Phone 4661 9788.

WARWICK: THE Sew Crafty Chicks hold their Craft morning every Friday at the Warwick Bowls Club, Fitzroy Street, Warwick (opposite the Warwick Police Station) from 9am to 11.30am. Everyone welcome, come and enjoy good company, morning tea, work on your own projects or learn new ones. Cost $5. The Club now has air-conditioning - cool summers and warm winters. For more information ring Tricia Collins on 4661 3076. warm winters. For more information ring Tricia Collins on 4661 3076.

WARWICK: LIONS Club meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Criterion Hotel. Meet and greet 6.30pm to 7pm. Then 7pm Dinner Meeting. All welcome. Phone Jenny on 0432 804 826 for more information.

WARWICK TOASTMASTERS meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the CWA building. New members welcomelearn about the art of public speaking. For more info call Chris on 0435 994 763.

WARWICK BRIDGE Club, Victoria Park, hold lessons every Wednesday at 9.30am and play every Monday and Friday at 12.30pm. For more info, call Noela on 0417 757 255.

WARWICK: MORNING OF MUSIC AND FRIENDSHIP IS HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH FROM 9.30AM TO 11.30AM AT WARWICK SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE 13A ALBERT STREET. COST $4 PP INCLUDES MORNING TEA.

WARWICK: THE Gathering - "Saturdays at the Salvos" You are invited to a community gathering at The Salvation Army, 25 Guy St, Warwick. This will happen every Saturday at 4pm. The gathering will include a free meal, a positive and practical message, and friendship. The Salvos creating a Place to Belong. COVID Guidelines in place. Phone Richard 0428 230 431, Leanne 0419 379 738.

WARWICK VIEW Club meeting & lunch 3rd Wednesday each month. Warwick golf club 10.30am for 11am start. Join women sharing lunch in support of the Smith family. Contact Sue 0427 792 840.

STANTHORPE WOMEN 18+ ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A SERIES OF 5 DIFFERENT’RESILIENT WOMEN’ WORKSHOPS, TO LEARN POWERFUL, PRACTICAL COPING TECHNIQUES. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT FOR ALL WORKSHOPS, JOIN US FOR THOSE YOU CAN! STARTING TUES. 11TH OCT. 10AM-MIDDAY WORKSHOPS RUN EACH TUES SAME TIME AND FINISH TUES. 8TH NOV. VENUE IS THE SUPPER ROOM, STANTHORPE CIVIC CENTRE (CNR. MARSH AND LOCK ST’S). ENTRY FEE OF $5 PP PER WORKSHOP INCLUDES TAKE-HOME RESOURCES. (NOTE: CHILDREN UNDER 18 CANNOT BE ADMITTED). SPOTS ARE LIMITED, REGISTER QUICKLY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT BY CALLING 0418 961 548. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ASSISTED BY GRANTS TO COMMUNITY FUNDING FROM THE SOUTHERN DOWNS REGIONAL COUNCIL AND IS SPONSORED BY THE STANTHORPE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.

STANTHORPE: STANTHORPE-WALLANGARRA Branch (Qld ALP) meet on the second Wednesday of each month at Granite Belt Support Services, commencing at 5.30pm. Please visit our Facebook page – Labor on the Granite Belt (www.facebook.com/StanthorpeLabor/ ) – to catch up on Branch meetings, visits, etc. For further info please contact the Secretary (Helen) on 4683 5229.

STANTHORPE: THE Stanthorpe Bridge Club meets every Thursday at 10.45am in the International Club. New

members and visitors welcome. Please call Margaret on 07 4683 2010 for more information.

WARWICK COMMUNITY Van. A meal is served each Sunday night in Leslie Park, Warwick, from 5 to 7pm. Feel free to come for food and friendship - an initiative of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

STANTHORPE: OPEN Mike Night at Stanthorpe Little Theatre second Friday of every month, 6.30pm, 20 Connor St, Stanthorpe. Free for financial Stanthorpe Little Theatre members. Singers, musicians, poets, word-smiths, stand-up comedians (warning: mature content).Warwick: Stanthorpe: Granite Belt Junior Choir is held every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30pm at the Stanthorpe Little Theatre (20 Connor Street), excluding school holidays. It is open to all school aged children - no musical experience required.

STANTHORPE: SOCIAL Table Tennis at the Stanthorpe Fitness Centre, Talc St. Every Monday at 10am - Two hours of fun for just $5. Everything provided. Call Keith, 0413 870 021 or just turn up.

KILLARNEY: KILLARNEY Country Markets on every 3rd Sunday of month at Canning Park, Killarney from 8am - 1pm.

WARWICK: ROTARY Club of Warwick Sunrise meet every Thursday 7am to 8am at Warwick Gardens Galore, Albion Street. Join “People of Action” and make a difference in your community. New members always welcome, contact Don Hughes on 0456 654 814.

WARWICK: WARWICK U3A - Are you actively retired? If so U3A may be for you. We are a group run by local volunteers promoting lifelong learning for personal enjoyment and wellbeing. Visit WWW.u3awarwick.org.au for further info or contact Sandy Gordon on 0488 427 699

WARWICK: WARWICK Combined Probus Club - Retired seniors group that meet 1st Wednesday of each month, 9.30am-noon, interesting guest speakers and morning tea. Regular group outings to both local and more distant places of interest, also trips to theatre (Lyric and Empire) New Meeting Venue: The Auditorium, Church of Christ Aged Care, Dragon Street, Warwick. New members always welcome. Phone Secretary on 0457 317 597.

Warwick Womens Golf Club notes

Marg Adcock

With some fine Spring weather finally breaking through the clouds field numbers have been on the rise. Twenty-five women returned cards in the rescheduled September Mid-Week Medal held last Wednesday with eight in Div 1 and seventeen in Div 2. Maria Carey showed that the handicapper still has some work to do when she returned the day’s best score of 69 nett to win the RSL voucher in Div 2 from Annice Payne with a 73 nett. Maria was still playing off a handicap of 38 a year ago but has shown continual improvement over the year and is now down to 28 and falling steadily. In Div 1 Mary Young was right on target with a 72 nett to win that voucher from Anna Cox on 73 nett. Our sincere thanks are extended to the Warwick RSL who have been loyal and generous supporters of the Warwick Women’s Golf Club over many years. The rundown extended to 77 nett giving a ball each to Judy

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Lester, Anne Lyons, Dian Macdonald, Majella Kahler, Tub Ingall and Jill Barnes. The graded approaches were won by Dian Macdonald and Maria Carey and the Pro Pin was shared by Carole Brandon, Marg Adcock, Maria Carey and Yvonne Pinington. Best putters on the quickly improving greens were Judy Lester with 29 putts and Lyn McKillop with 30 putts.

Saturday produced the best weather of the season to date

Care Taker – Allora Showgrounds

The position is 7 days a week, suiting a retired single person/couple with a caravan.

Duties

•Management of caravan and camping accommodation and facility maintenance.

•Maintain a high level of service to our customers and initiating corrective action when required.

•Trade or handyman experience would be an advantage.

•Finance efficiency relating to camping/caravan accommodation.

•Report to Show Society President/Management committee.

•Ensuring compliance with Show Society requirements and relevant legislation.

•Other duties as may be directed from the Show Society Management Committee.

•Ability and willingness to contribute as part of a team.

Benefits: Accommodation provided for caravan. Employment package to be discussed.

Applications closing Friday, 28 October 2022, to be forwarded to:

The Hon. Secretary, Allora Show Society Inc. P.O. Box 99, Allora, QLD, 4362.

Email: allorashowsociety@gmail.com

For further details contact President Mrs Shirley Cornhill 0476 051 004.

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with some players complaining about the heat. A very successful Cancer Charity Day was held to raise much appreciated funds for prostate cancer care in Warwick. A great field of ninety-six players took part in the day and gave generously in their competition fees and for raffles to raise over $1600. In a rare turn of events a woman won the overall best score of the day with Lyn McKillop carding 41pts, including a wash, to beat the field home. It was a fitting

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reward for Lyn who worked hard in the days before with women’s Captain Ros Darton to organise the trophies and raffles that made the event the success it was. Daniel Bowles was the best man with 39pts and Janet Davis won the best women’s score with 38pts on a countback. Runner-up trophies were awarded to Vicki Bennett with 38pts and Peter Gribbin on 37pts. Balls in the rundown were won by Molly Scotney, Mary Young, Narelle Norris, Kath Devereux and Judy Lester and the approaches were taken by Lyn, Molly, Sam Hinze, Danielle Seibel, Mary, Narelle and Marg Adcock. The Club would also like to acknowledge the generous sponsorship of Danny Lyons Sports Store, Rose City Meats and the sub-committees and members of the Warwick Golf Club for their individual and group contributions to the event.

Despite a very rough schedule so far the finalists for the Single Handicap Matchplay honour board event have finally been declared and Jill Barnes will

meet Yvonne Pinington in what should be a very tight tussle in the near future. Keep your ears open for that one. A large group of women members and past members enjoyed a very sociable Support-Our-Sponsors luncheon at Birdies B&B during the week to recognise the resignation of Marge Burley from our fields. Marge has been a member of the Golf Club since 1977 and a tireless worker since she joined her first Committee in 1989. Marge may also have some claim to having her name on more honour boards than any other member. At 90 years young she could still give most of us a run for our money.

The programme for this week is a single white stroke on Wednesday for the RSL October Mid-Week Medal, weather permitting, and on Saturday 26th a single white 9/18hole stableford for the Warwick Sandstone trophy. Rain is forecast every day so keep your fingers crossed and watch your email. Coming up on the 29th is the Halloween Teams event, sure to be a fun day so get your team prepared and add to the spooky atmosphere.

As part of this role, you will be required to provide assistance in the delivery of a range of services including, but not limited to:

• General office administration

• Processing of Show Membership/Bookings/ Event Organisation/Generation of Reports

• Basic Financial Duties

• Respond to enquiries.

• Liaise with key stakeholders

• Provide assistance and support to the Management Committee & membership.

This part time role of 10 hours per week, as well as Annual Show week. The role may include some evenings, weekends and public holidays. A high degree of flexibility is essential.

Applications closing Friday, 28 October 2022, to be forwarded to: The Hon. Secretary, Allora Show Society Inc. P.O. Box 99, Allora, QLD, 4362. Email: allorashowsociety@gmail.com

All inquiries to: President Mrs Shirley Cornhill 0476 051 004.

Late of Warwick, passed away on 14th October 2022, aged 88 years.

Dearly loved Husband of Dawn. Much loved Father and Father-in-law of Colin; Susan (dec'd), Vicki and Brian. Adored Grandfather of Tiffany and Matthew; Stephanie; Tom and Eddie. Keith was privately cremated as per his wishes.

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Lyn McKillop and Janet Davis, the winner and runner-up of the Cancer Charity Day and Yvonne Pinington and Marge Burley at a farewell luncheon for long-time Golf Club member Marge.

SPORT Journal

Denny going for five Olympics

Gerard Walsh sports@thedailyjournal.ink

Acrowd of 100 was on hand to pay tribute to Commonwealth Games discus gold medallist Matthew Denny in Allora on Friday night.

The Gold’n Stars Dinner Subcommittee organised the dinner in conjunction with the Allora Regional Sports Museum and the event was held in a marquee in the grassed area at the Commercial Hotel.

Dinner sub-committee member

Emily Henry said Matthew was asked question for three-quarters of an hour by Allora resident and past star junior sportsman Max Mason. “Matthew spoke about the interview in Birmingham after his Commonwealth Games gold medal, the camaraderie with the discus throwers from other countries and his love of home, family and Allora,” she said.

He said he was proud to come from a rural area and told the crowd he was focused on competing in discus

at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Matthew told the Daily Journal last year that he hoped to compete in both discus and hammer at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and regional Victoria and had the same message for an adoring crowd on Friday night.

In his first two Commonwealth Games, he won silver in hammer at

Gold Coast in 2018 and gold in discus at Birmingham in 2022. He told the crowd he was keen to make it to what he hopes to be his fifth Olympics in Brisbane in 2032. Emily said it would be a phenomenal feat to get to five Olympics,” she said. Next year, he plans to represent Australia in discus at the world championships at Budapest, Hungary.

Huge turnout for Cup Day

Staff reports

sports@thedailyjournal.ink

The Stanthorpe Cup this year attracted a crowd of more than 2000.

The Stanthorpe Jockey Club club had 200 people under cover for lunch on Saturday and another 300 under marquees. All the bookmakers and the betting ring was under cover.

The Stanthorpe Jockey Club aims to have some more shaded area in place for the 2023 Stanthorpe Cup.

“We will apply to Jupiters Casino for a grant so we can have more cov-

ered area,” club president Neil Brunckhorst said.

“The club has got some funding from Jupiters for shaded area in the past.”

Max Mason interviews Commonwealth Games gold medallist Matthew Denny at the Gold’n Stars dinner on the lawns of the Commercial Hotel in Allora. Photos by Emily Henry.

Matthew Denny outside the Allora Regional Sports Museum where he met members of the public before the Gold’n Stars dinner on Friday night. Photos by Emily Henry.

Dreamtimer (closest to rail), ridden by Monty Savva, wins the Stanthorpe Mitre 10 Stanthorpe Cup narrowly from Military Kings at Armstrong Park on Saturday.

Strapper Chrissy Green and jockey Monty Savva, with Dreamtimer after a narrow win in the Stanthorpe Cup, the third cup win for Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp. Photos Stuart Rayner Photography.

Winner Dreamtimer in the lead down the main straight in the Stanthorpe Cup with Military Kings (pink cap) finishing strongly to be .1 length away from the winner at the post.