High Country News 24 June 2014

TESTIMONIAL
A great response to my advertisement Franke Scrub possibly in line of fire
I recently ran a classified advertisement in the High Country
Herald wanting to purchase bee keeping equipment and the
response I had to that advertisement was amazing.
Enquiries came thick and fast, many from local people, but others
from much further afield, some as far north as Kingaroy and west
to Roma.
Thanks to this great response, I acquired everything I needed
and can highly recommend the services of the High Country
Herald for anyone wanting to convey a message to the community.
- Rod Morris, LocalAgent Highfields
I see in last week’s High Country Herald
that the environment is getting in the way of
progress again. This time it’s Franke Scrub,
which is apparently guilty of disrupting access along Franke Road to a proposed new
residental sub-development.
Tut tut, that pesky, scrub. Or is the accusation of disruptiveness a little unfair? Years
ago, the Crows Nest Shire Council recognised that there might be a problem. Franke
Scrub is a particularly species-rich piece of
Highfields’ original environment.
It sits in a deep gully across the original
Franke Road corridor, where no road has ever
been built. The scrub was worth saving. A
road across the gully would require some expensive bridgeworks.
A little common sense came up with a simple solution. The council acquired a small
amount of extra land to widen the reserve. It
commissioned an engineering firm to design a
well engineered future road, on a new corri-
dor which goes around that pesky, disruptive
gully, avoiding it completely.
Since then, Franke Scrub has been quietly
getting on with its job of preserving endangered vegetation and providing birds with a
refuge and butterflies with native host plants
- as it will continue to do when the road is
finally built, thanks to this piece of forethought.
Meanwhile, as perceptive readers will have
noticed the proposed new development on
land between Woolmer and Franke Roads
seems unlikely to need to use Franke Road
for access at all. It has a frontage on Wooolmer
Road, a good quality bitumen road which
would provide the new estate with perfectly
adequate access, without the need for (ratepayer funded?) new roadbuilding in the Franke
Road Reserve.
So much for the allegations of disruptiveness. - Patricia Gardner, Mt Kynoch.
Museum would welcome new members
Through your newspaper, I would like to
ask all Crows Nest and district residents to
assist us in keeping the Historical Society
(Carbethon Museum) on the corner of Thallon
and Oxford Streets, Crows Nest, active and
alive.
We achieve funds in three ways - membership, admission charges, and State and Local
government grants.
The grounds are open to the public from
Thursday to Sunday with breaks on major
public holidays. We are open from 10am to
final admission at 2pm.
While we are still open until 3pm, it takes
an hour to completely go through the whole
museum. We need volunteers and new members.
If we could get a sufficient number of new
volunteers we would be looking at having
eight volunteers doing 2½ half hour shifts a
week.
If we could get more it would be even better but we aren’t greedy.
At the moment we are not reliably open
every day due to the lack of helpers. On many
occasions, people arrive to see us closed for
that reason “not enough volunteers.”
This is not helping us financially and if we
don’t get help we are not going to remain
sustainable.
It is also hard on the volunteers that we do
have as they are trying to fill the void, and in
so doing, we are wearing them out.
If you can help with membership and/or
volunteering, your assistance will be appreciated.
So come on Crows Nest district residents,
give us a hand, a valuable asset to the district
needs you. Give me a call on 4698 2220 or
4698 1776 and we will be most grateful. Graham Scott, Crows Nest Historical Society.
Points to ponder
Points to ponder: Canada has large areas of
natural forest timber reserve. There are no
flying foxes in towns.
Roads in the Rocky Mountains have low
concrete safety barriers. No wire rope. The
barrier fence on the Hampton-Geham road is
ridiculous. It does not lead to the stock yard.
- Darcy Dukes, Crows Nest.
Lions donation
Recently the Highfields and North Eastern Downs Lions Club donated $1070 for
the purchase of a new laptop at the Gowrie
State School - Outside School Hours Care
unit. The cheque was presented at the recent
Lions changeover dinner. On behalf of the
OSHC and school P. and C., I wish to thank
the Lions Club for their support.
The OSHC centre is an important service
for school families and the Lions’ support is
very much appreciated. - Peter Bullen,
Gowrie State School P. and C.
Trust?
Not only are mining companies being permitted to create big holes in the ground
while selling our minerals
cheaply to overseas interests,
but one of the new Galilee coal
mines will be flying in and out
Indian miners.
LNP policies are raping
Australia and Australian jobs.
I guess this was what PM
Tony meant by creating one
million jobs before the election, and at the same time
criticising Australians for
asking for too high wages.
Where is the politician we
can trust? - Jay Nauss, Glen
Aplin, Q.
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More than a century of history
falls victim to the wrecker
By MILES NOLLER
The KR Darling Downs
factory building, once central to the livelihoods of
thousands of farmers, has
been demolished.
There was a time when
more pigs were railed to the
KR Darkling Downs factory from Crows Nest, particularly through the Ray
White livestock agency,
than from any other area.
Thousands of Darling
Downs dairy and pig farmers relied on income from
the Toowoomba factory.
But that era has gone, as
has the abattoir and
processing factory that had
supported those farmers
for 80 years or more.
The KR business had its
beginnings in 1910, when
William Charles Krimmer
and Harold A. Reed discussed the prospect of floating a co-operative with an
authorised capital of 25,000
pounds.
They planned to begin
when 7000 shares (at one
pound each) were sold.
In March 1911, the Darling Downs Bacon Co-operative Company Limited
was formed and the KR
brand of hams and bacon
was launched onto the local market.
In 1923, Australia experienced one of its worst
droughts causing severe
impact on the growers and
the company.
But in 1924 as the company started to recover
from the drought, a massive fire extensively damaged the original factory.
Over the next few years
a bigger, better factory increased production dramatically and the company
not only survived, but flourished.
In the 1930s, KR Darling
Downs branded products
were sold nationally. In
1932, new KR premises
were opened in Roma
Street, Brisbane.
In 1938 KR opened
premises in Ultimo, Sydney.
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ASTMASTERS
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Meet second and fourth Wednesday
6.30 - 7.30pm
Baptist Church Hall
Kuhls Road Highfields.
20 attended last meeting.
New members always welcome
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Learn to speak in public with confidence
KR Darling Downs - Central to the lives of thousands of farmers.
In the 1990s, the KR
board changed the structure of the organisation
from a co-operative to a
company.
They then sold the business to a Taiwanese investor, Mr Denis Jen.
Mr Jen merged the organisation with the
Castlemaine pork and bacon processing business in
Central Victoria, and
processing was eventually
transferred to Castlemaine.
But the combined business was eventually taken
over by George Weston
Foods, a North American
corporation, and the KR
brand is now included in
this international business.
Beware of fraudsters
This is National Consumer
Fraud Week and the Queensland Police Service Fraud and
Cyber Crime Group is warning the public about phone
scams.
Police have been receiving
regular complaints from the
public after receiving phone
calls by people attempting
them to defraud them.
One very common complaint is a person representing themselves as being from
a respected company such as
Telstra or Microsoft.
The caller tells their intended victim that there is a
problem with their computer
that requires the caller to remotely log into the victims’
computer to fix the alleged
problem.
The caller informs the victim that there is indeed a problem with their computer and,
because they are outside the
warranty, they will be able to
service the issue for a fee.
This fee may vary from
$100 to $600 and payment is
requested via credit card.
Queenslanders have also
been receiving calls from persons offering investment opportunities in arbitrage systems, stocks or betting programs offering high yield returns.
People are often sent professionally produced glossy
brochures, are elevated
through the investment program to more senior account
managers, and may even be
granted their own online account which allows the investor to log in and view their
investment portfolio generating income and performing
well – allegedly.
This online viewing instills
confidence in the investor who
may then introduce friends
and relatives to the opportunity and it is not uncommon
for investors to borrow
against their mortgage to increase their investment.
When receiving unsolicited
calls, strongly considering terminating the call. If you do
engage in conversation take
their name and number, do
some online research and call
them back.
Do not take comfort simply by the fact the number
starts with 02 or 03 it may
still very much be a fraudster
on the other end of the phone
call.
Once the caller is given access to the computer by the
victim, they may install malicious software that gives access to the computer at any
time, and allows them to capture sensitive usernames and
passwords that can be used
to access the victims’ acDetective Superintendent
counts such as banking, fi- Hay of the Fraud and Cyber
nance, web based email or Crime Group said: “ The Oftheir place of work.
fice of Fair Trading is involved
in this year’s National ConThese callers will generally sumer Fraud Week and adhave a foreign accent, typi- vises consumers to know
cally Indian.
who they are dealing with.”
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Fair Trading Executive Director Brian Bauer said,
“Never provide personal,
credit card or online details
over the phone unless you
made the call. Scammers often pose as well known and
reputable businesses to try
to convince you that they’re
the real deal.
Any investment entity
should be checked with ASIC
to ensure they hold the appropriate license, again check
the internet for adverse comments and always seek independent legal and financial
advice before making any investment decision.
More information about
National Consumer Fraud
Week can be found at
www.fairtrading. qld.gov.au.
Contact the Fraud and Cyber
Crime Group if you wish to
discuss your circumstances
on 3364 6622.
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World first at Kulpi
Sunshine Coast based
Graeme Sait is a world expert
in soil health and human
health, and the connection
between the two.
He tours the world 10
months of the year, addresses
tens of thousands of people
on soils and human health,
works with governments to
assist farmers, and exports
soil and human health products to 46 countries. He has
been involved in this work for
decades.
Until last week, he had
never done a presentation at
a school. However, a request
from Kulpi State School has
changed that.
Mr Sait shared his knowledge with the 13 students at
the school who grow vegetables in raised garden beds.
The students also prepare
meals from what they grow.
The school participates in
the Stephanie Alexander
Kitchen Garden Program,
which involves schools signing-up to a two year syllabus
involving gardening and food
preparation.
Mr Sait also
conducted a
seminar
at
Kulpi Hall for
the farmers and
residents of the
district.
He believes
that the sequestration of carbon
dioxide into soil
is a solution to
climate change
resulting from
greenhouse emissions, and also
says that healthy soils grow
healthy plants
World expert on soil health Graeme Sait with the students
and
crops
of Kulpi State School and their principal Rosita Lever.
which in turn
improve the health of those therefore their crops, without foliar sprays can be used to
who consume this food.
the use of expensive chemi- combat deficiencies, and to
Mr Sait has already visited cal fertilisers.
feed the plant what is needs.
22 countries this year and reHowever, the microbes in
cently returned from a tour
He said good soil nutrition the soil were the bridge beof Brazil, Mexico, South Af- involves the correct balance tween soil and plants.
rica and Canada.
of microbes and minerals and
In Brazil he has been ap- that without the right balance
Mr Sait has a business
pointed by the government to of minerals and microbes, Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS)
help its farmers to change to plants are subject to more in- which provides information
biological farming techniques, sect attacks and diseases.
and products for soil and huto improve their soils, and
While the plant is growing, man health.
Quilters donate to nursing home
The Craft Nest Sewing Club at Crows Nest has
donated handmade quilts, cushions and placemats
to the Dr EAF McDonald Nursing Home at Oakey.
This handiwork will make such a difference in creating a more home-like environment for nursing home
residents.
The nursing home is very grateful for their support to the residents.
The Craft Nest Sewing Club has about 30 members who create quilts for charities. Some of their
contributions have included providing for Bear Cottage, a hospice in Sydney for babies through to
young adults, quilts to raffle for CareFlight, Toowoomba Hospice, quilts to support the the VictoLynda White, Recreation Officer Oakey Health Service, Dot rian fire victims and Crow Lodge at Crows Nest.
Tissdelle and Jan Scudamore and Bev Kruger, Craft Nest. The group meets every Tuesday.
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Crops are growing along
the range highway
A brilliant green has
emerged on the cuttings on
both the up and down sections of the Toowoomba
range highway as a farm
crop, Japanese millet,
grows to provide early
stabilisation of the steep
cuttings.
The millet is applied in
seed mix in a compost layer
that includes a number of
slower germinating native
grasses which are to provide
permanent
stabilisation of the steep
hill sides.
The stabilisation process
normally involves fixing
anchor mats to the steep
slopes, then spraying on
the compost mix.
On the steepest slopes,
between the up section and
the houses of east Toowoomba, workmen abseil
down the slopes to fix the
anchor mats.
The millet is expected to
die off as the other grasses
Reconstruction of the Toowoomba range road is nearing completion. Stabilisation of the steep hillsides
take hold.
Principal contractors of involves placing anchor mats on the rocky soil then compost from which grasses germinate.
the project, Seymour
He said that near the top and it was decided to com- million has now been spent
The Toowoomba range
Whyte, consulted local
groups, Friends of the Es- of the up-section workmen plete this work along with with only minor and fin- highway project has involved 1.2km of roadway,
carpment and Friends of were still fixing micro piles the major rebuild of the ishing work to go.
The completion of the up whereas the bypass will
Redwood Park, when decid- which were drilled 25 me- highway, damaged after
section will be done mainly involve 41km of road, ining on which grasses tres into the hillside to the January 2011 floods.
Remedial work started at night when traffic flow cluding a tunnel through
should be used, so that the prevent soil movement.
Micro nails, also up to in 2011, but then rebuild- is lightest. All work is ex- the range.
best local varieties were
The steepest part of the
used and potential pest 25 metres long, have also ing work proper started in pected to be completed by
been used to assist with February 2013 after initial the end of next month. Re- bypass will have a gradient
grasses were not.
building the range high- on 6.5 degrees. The steepMember for Toowoomba stabilisation. Mr Watts funding of $55 million.
Further funding was way is just one-twentieth est section of the existing
North, Trevor Watts, said said the problem with
the work on the down road destabilisation arose after committed after the 2013 of the cost of the proposed range highway is 10 dethe January 2013 rains, rains and more than $80 Toowoomba bypass.
grees.
was almost complete.
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Norco celebrates new suppliers and products in store
A good crowd gathered at the Maclagan store on Thursday
to celebrate new suppliers to Norco and the introduction of
the company’s dairy products to the store.
Norco, the Australian farmer owned co-operative, was
established in 1895.
Norco, the farmer owned Australian dairy co-operative, hosted a morning tea at
Maclagan store. ABOVE: Theresa and Paul Dawson from the store, Jeff
Collingwood, Area supply manager, and farmers Jeff Ballon and Glen Zischke.
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Rural brigade has a place to call home
First Officer Aaron Cook and Crows Nest Rural Fire Brigade volunteers.
Six years of making do
without a shed has ended
for the members of the
Crows Nest Rural Fire Brigade.
The brigade’s new shed
is now open, providing a
home base for the 22 members and their three fire
fighting appliances.
Member for Nanango
Deb Frecklington who officiated at the opening, said
the Rural Fire Brigade was
important for the Crows
Nest district.
The brigade had responsibility for an area of 120
square kilometres.
Mrs Frecklington said
the Crows Nest area always suffered from summer fires.
The shed was constructed on the same site
in the industrial estate
where the previous shed
was located. Ironically, the
previous station was burnt
down. That was in 2008.
The brigade’s shed then
was a two-bay structure
and the brigade also lost
two appliances in the fire.
First officer Aaron Cook
said during the past six
years, members have had
to look after the fire appliances at their homes.
The new shed has four
large bays, can accommo-
date four appliances, and
has room for training and
for storing equipment.
A communications building behind the shed was
saved from the brigade’s
2008 fire, and was constructed with a $60,000 donation from a local benefactor following the disastrous bush fires in the
Crows Nest district in 2004
when a number of houses
were lost.
Former first officer Mike Garrahy, right
More than 70 people atand volunteer Allan Forrest-Winchester,
tended the opening of the
who unveiled a plaque in memory of
brigade’s $90,000 shed inIan Laurence Tinney who donated
Member
for
Nanango
Deb
Frecklington
cluding some who had con$60,000 to the Crows Nest Rural Fire
tributed to fund raising for with first officer Aaron Cook and Brigade Brigade in 2004 following bush fires that
the facility, and a number administration officer Christine Myers. destroyed seven houses in the Crows
of members of the Rural
Nest district. The funding was used to
Fire Brigade Association
construct a communications centre.
who were attending a conference in Toowoomba.
Also present were representatives of the Plymouth
Bretheran organisation
and their Agnew school in
Brisbane which raised
more than $21,000 for the
rebuilding of the fire shed,
from the proceeds of the
sale of a book about disasters, titled Flood, Horror
and Tragedy.
The church and school
consulted the Rural Fire
Brigade headquarters in
Kedron, Brisbane, about a
donation, and directed the
money to the brigade.
Former Acland residents Toni Stieler
and Marc Morain who raised money for Representatives of the Plymouth
the new shed, through performances Bretheran Christian organisation
of their band Show Mojo. They per- Stephen Taylor, Brisbane, and Ronnie
formed at the Crows Nest markets and Evenden, Toowoomba. The church doalso donated proceeds from the sale of nated $21,000 toward the construction
A new book launched by
of the new Brigade shed.
their music CD.
University of Southern
Queensland academics shares
the stories of community collaboration and initiatives in
the Toowoomba region.
Community Capacity
Building: Lessons from adult
learning in Australia was edited by USQ academics Professor Glen Postle, Professor
Lorelle Burton, Professor
Patrick Danaher and
launched at the Toowoomba
community space The GRID
in the CBD.
Professor Postle said the
book told stories about community capacity building and
the importance of organisations becoming involved in
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nerships portrayed shared
learning experiences.
Focus on community
collaboration
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COMMUNITY REPORT
Regional resilience conference
Peacehaven farewell
Friends of Peacehaven Botanic Park president George Smith presents retiring botanical sub-committee secretary Lesley Beaton with a bouquet of native
flowers in recognition of her contribution to the group over the past three years.
Ms Beaton said she enjoyed her fellow members’ enthusiasm and support
as well as the intense learning experience of building and maintaining the
Friends’ plant species database. The Beatons are relocating to Boonah in the
Fassifern Valley. - Gary Alcorn.
As technology continues
to advance, regional communities must adapt to an everevolving digital landscape to
avoid being left behind.
The University of Southern Queensland is hosting experts in regional resilience,
digital and agriculture research
at a national conference this
week.
USQ Institute for Resilient
Regions executive director
Professor John Cole said
communities in regional areas
must adapt to change in order
to remain sustainable.
“Securing the future of regional communities must begin with raising awareness
and fostering understanding
of what is happening internationally and nationally that
could have a positive or negative impact locally,” Professor Cole said.
“We need to build resilience
by providing information and
knowledge, helping people to
understand their options,
bringing ideas to the table, and
providing insights from other
regions.
Scouts benefit from bowls bingo
Estate auction aids Hospice
PROFESSOR COLE
Critical themes
“The conference will focus
on critical themes that all
communities must face, in
particular, the role of digital
technology in a world that is
increasingly online when it
comes to knowledge and
communications processing.
“We need to help position
communities to not only deal
with change but also take advantage of the opportunities
that change may offer.”
Professor Cole said the
conference speakers would
cover a wide range of relevant
issues, including work done
by IRR researchers.
“Our research institute is
looking at critical community
components including people, culture and innovation,
and within those are factors
such as health and wellbeing,
learning and development,
and business and enterprise,”
he said.
“This is a wide ranging area
and a number of our researchers will be discussing their
work at the conference.
“Dr Sonja March is working on digital interventions for
better healthcare and coming
up with new answers.
“Her conference presentation, Innovative mental health
solutions for regional wellbeing and resilience, will be very
relevant topic in the area of
regional resilience.
“Professor Lorelle Burton,
another conference presenter
from USQ, will examine the
role of the culture in community and how it influences the
capacity of communities to
learn, innovative, and develop,” Prof. Cole said.
DEATHS
• Mr Earl Robert Clanchy, 82, Rothwell, formerly
Mungallala Hotel. Died June 15. Funeral June 19, T. S.
Burstow Chapel, Toowoomba.
• Mr Leslie Gwillam Jones, 96, Kaimkillenbun. Died
June 12. Funeral June 20, T. S. Burstow Chapel, Toowoomba.
• Mrs Mary Doris Williams, 78, formerly Goondiwindi.
Died June 14. Funeral June 26, T. S. Burstow Chapel, Toowoomba.
• Mrs Audrey Richters, Toowoomba, formerly
Charleville. Died June 12. Private service June 17.
• Mr Viv Shepherdson, 73, Taroom. Died June 12. Funeral June 19, Taroom.
• Mr Trevor Wells, 54, Texas. Funeral June 18, Texas.
The Toowoomba Hospice will hold a no reserve auction of
quality furniture donated from clients’ estates on Saturday
morning June 28, at Wippells Mazda Car park corner of
Herries and Clifford Streets, Toowoomba.
Auction co-ordinator Norm Jenner said inspection will be
from 7 am and the auction will follow at 8am.
“We have upwards of 50 items of good quality furniture to
be sold from clients’ dining rooms, sitting rooms, lounges and
bedrooms,” Mr Jenner said.
All lots will be for outright sale. More details from the
Hospice 4659 8500 or Norm Jenner 4636 7558.
The Toowoomba Hospice at 57b O’Quinn Street provides quality care in partnership with the community for
those with a terminal illness.
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Crows Nest Bowls Club has donated $250 to Crows Nest Scouts to help
defray costs associated with recent den maintenance. The donation was
made possible from the distribution of Bowls Club bingo funds. ABOVE: Cub
leader Diane Smith (second from the top right), Bowls Club representative
Dennis Russell, left, with other Leaders and Joeys. - Gary Baker.
Tartan Day trip
International Tartan Day
celebrates the lifting of the ban
on wearing tartan which was
imposed on the Scottish people following the Battle of
Culloden in 1746. Toowoomba Caledonian Society
and Burns Club has organised
a coach trip to Brisbane on
Saturday, July 5. Departing
Toowoomba 7 am. Cost: $35
per person. King George
Square 3pm
Contact Irene 4630 1272
to book. Visit www.aussiescots.org.au.
• Motto of the Bundaberg Friends of Jazz Club: Keep
swinging. But never put both feet in your mouth at the
same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
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Country
music
concert
Award winning local
entertainers Ged and
Trudy Hintz will be
joined by Owen Ray, Lost
Mountain Preachers and
local trio, 3 A Breast, in
concert this Saturday
night, June 28 at Crows
Nest Community and
RSL Centre at 7pm.
Admission of $15 and
$5 for children under 12
years includes supper.
Tickets are available at
Simply Beads, Crows
Nest, or at the door on the
night. Contact 4698 1056.
West of Elsewhere - Clinton Ireland
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Hard season destroys profits and bee hives
The region’s beekeepers are
hoping for a better season than that
experienced in the past 12 months,
when it was difficult to make a
profit.
Chairman of the Toowoomba
Branch of the Queensland Beekeepers Association Rodney Smith
said the last season
was difficult.
“While there was
a honey flow last
winter in the channels in the west, the
spring and summer nectar flow in
the south-east of Queensland was
just about non-existent,”
Mr Smith said in his report to
the annual conference of the
Queensland Beekeepers Association in Toowoomba, the big rains
in the previous summer did not
translate to widespread budding to
produce a honey crop in the following
season.
“Then what we did have was cooked
by 40 degree plus heat in December
and January. To make things even
worse, there was very little rain all
summer, until the rain came in early
autumn.” Mr Smith said beekeepers
saw big areas of
trees fail to bud
and flower, from
the inland to the
coastal ranges.
“When this happens it becomes very difficult to maintain hive strength, to still have bees
when things turn around.
“When we go through seasons like
the last one, operating costs eat up
profits very quickly.
“Hive sites, diesel, tuck tyres, work
utes and all associated costs, leave very
little money,” Mr Smith said.
Nectar flow
non-existent
At the annual conference of the Queensland Beekeepers Association: Bruce Ruge, Kleinton, Jim Gurski, Toowoomba, Gary Hartwig, Charlton, Ian Carpenter, Flagstone Creek, Clinten Ruge, Meringandan, and Rodney
Ruge, Kleinton. All are members of the Toowoomba branch of the Queensland Beekeepers Association which
met in Toowoomba with delegates attending a field day at Rodney Ruge’s property at Kleinton. - MILES NOLLER
More funds to develop small hive beetle traps
Further funding is to be available
for a project seeking a control for
the small hive beetle which has cost
the Queensland honey industry
alone, millions of dollars in recent
years.
Dr Michael Hornitzky, chairman
of the Honey Bee and Pollination
Program of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, attended the recent Queensland Beekeepers Association conference in Toowoomba .
He said that further funding would
be available for a program developing a trap for the beetle.
The small hive beetle was introThe program is led by Dr Diana south west of Western Australia.
duced into Australia in 2000.
Leemon from the Queensland DeIt is estimated that in Queensland
The beetle, a native of Africa, was partment of Agriculture, Fisheries alone, in the three seasons from 2008
discovered in bee hives near the Rich- and Forestry.
to 2011, the small hive beetle has cost
mond Air Force Base in 2000.
He said that if successful, the trap honey producers more than $8 milThere was speculation that the would reduce the impact of the bee- lion.
beetle was in sporting equipment tle.
brought in for African teams for the
Currently, traps used for the small
The beetle, and its larvae, can kill
Sydney Olympics, and there was also hive beetle are all internal and the off hives, or if a section of the hive
speculation the beetle was brought aim of the external trap is to destroy survives, the slime it produces dein with returning troops and the beetle before it enters the hive. stroys the honey and wax.
peacekeepers.
Queensland is particularly vulnerDr Hornitzky said the new fundSince 2000, the small hive beetle able because of the moister, humid
ing would be used to continue the de- has spread throughout Australia with conditions particularly in the coastal
velopment of a trap to be placed out- the exception of Tasmania, and the bee keeping areas.
side bee hives.
• Dr Michael Hornitzky, chairman of the Honey Bee and Pollination Program
at the Rural Industry Research and Development Corporation.
Nutrition management forum at Kingaroy
Grain growers keen to
know more about nutrition management are invited to take part in a forum in Kingaroy on
Wednesday, July 16.
The forum is an initiative of the Inland Burnett
Grower Solutions project
and the Grains Research
and Development Cor-
poration GRDC with
support from Incitec
Pivot Fertilisers.
Guest speakers include
Ian Crosthwaite, BGA
AgriServices, Chris
Dowling, Back Paddock
Company; Mike Bell,
Queensland Alliance for
Agricultural and Food Innovation, Kingaroy, and
Nikki Seymour, Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry, Toowoomba.
Information sessions
will have a local focus and
provide best practice advice on nutrient removals, soil testing and fertiliser placement as well as
research findings from local trials. After the forum,
growers will be given an
opportunity to work in
groups to consider a nutrient management strategy for a typical crop sequence based on the presentations made by the
speakers throughout the
day.
The forum starts at
9am on July 16 and is free
of charge.
For more information
and to RSVP contact
Kaara Klepper on 0477
315 959 or kaara.
klepper@daff.qld. gov.au,
Ian Crosthwaite on 0409
622 319 or icrosth
waite@bgaagri.com.au.
Cropping grants
Queensland’s Strategic Cropping
Land Mitigation Fund is now open
for submissions from organisations
committed to improving the future
productivity of Queensland cropping systems.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Director-General
Jack Noye said under the Strategic
Cropping Land Act 2011, there were
measures to address the loss of agricultural productive value that occurred when development permanently impacted on strategic cropping land.
“This ensures that any permanent
impacts are compensated for, and
funds are used to improve the productivity of the remaining strategic
cropping land,” he said.
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Living life to the fullest
Where is the year go- CHRISTIAN COMMENT all who labour and are
ing? The other day, I realheavy laden, and I will
ised that this year was almost breakdown to bring you give you rest.”
half over and that school holi- crashing back to earth.
God does not want us to
days were just around the
During periods of crisis, it rush through life and miss the
corner. Yet it seems only a can feel like we are alone in beauty around us. But God
moment ago that we were cel- our pain or our grief. But we also does not want us to feel
ebrating Easter, or even cel- are not.
so overburdened that time
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RIFLE SHOOTING
SANDSTONE
SOUTHERN DOWNS: June 15
- 500 yards. F Standard Rifle, possible 126. Les Peterson 104.1, Graham
Eagle 113.1, Zoe Hoyle 93, Bob
Tyllyer 111.2, Paul Reid 113.5, David
Giacosa 103.2, Barry Russell 116.3,
Carl Reid112.4. F Open Rifle, possible 126. David Taylor 108.2, Margaret
Taylor 102.2.
Target Rifle, possible 105. Gary
GOLF
Porter 98.9, Rob Bondfield 104.10. A
foggy start to the day ending up with
heavy shifting winds that blew some
score to pieces.
Well done Barry Russell with 116.3
on such a mixed day. Looks like David
beat Margaret again so he gets out of
the washing up for another week.
www.southerndownsrifleclubweb
syte.com.au. - Graham Eagle.
INDOOR CRICKET
SECURITY SCREENS
SEPTIC SERVICES
CROWS NEST: June 16 - X-Men
continued to ride their wave of success
on Monday night with a big win over
Bazingas. X-Men batted first making
147 runs with their trade mark consistency. Peter Adams and Col Bridges top
scored with a stand of 45.
A slow start by Bazingas had them
well off the pace early and not even 42
runs by Mac Chimes and Jacob Porter
could get them even close. The final
score was X-Men 147 to Bazingas 67.
Tuesday night’s game between
Mouse Bilbys and Carlukes went the
way of Carlukes by just 17 runs. Winning the toss and batting, Mousemen
struggled their way to a total of 73 runs.
This was never going to be enough,
however, and although having to work
hard, Carlukes cruised to victory 90 to
73.
Fun was the name of the game on
Wednesday night.
Both Esky Raiders and Fielders are
well out of finals contention, so the
outcome mattered little.
Peter Dioth and Harrison Woodley
led the way for Fielders, both making
24 runs out of the team’s 118.
The Raiders run chase started dismally but gained pace only to end on a
score of 91. Chris Scheurle top scored
for the night with an entertaining knock
of 39. - John Schwarz.
RUGBY LEAGUE
RUGBY
NRL - Round 15 - Bulldogs 22 Raiders 12. Warriors 19 Broncos 10. Sea Eagles 26 Sharks 0. Storm 46
Eels 20. Dragons 19 titans 18.
State of Origin III Wednesday, July 9. Qld v
NSW Suncorp Stadium Brisbgane.
TRL Round 11 - A grade - Gatton 34 Souths 16.
Dalby 24 Brothers 4. Warwick 33 Highfields 22.
Wattles 29 Oakey 26. Valleys 36 Pittsworth 12.
Reserve grade - Gatton 76 Souths 6. Dalby 34
Brothers 6. Warwick 26 Highfields 24. Oakey 36
Wattles 12. Valleys 28 Pittsworth 18.
Under 18 - Souths 36 Gatton 20. Dalby 26 Brothers 22. Highfields 36 Warwick 12. Oakey 80 Wattles
0. Pittsworth 26 Valleys 22.
Round 10 Wagners
Risdon Cup. A grade:
Dalby 24 d. St George 14.
Condamine 19 d. Roma
7. Bears 34 d. USQ 27
Goondiwindi 62 d. UQ
Gatton 5.
B grade: Condamine
31 d. Roma 5. Bears 57
d. USQ 20. Goondiwindi
58 d. UQ Gatton 5. Rangers 20 d. Warwick 19.
C grade: Goondiwindi 33 d. Bears 10. Mitchell Simpson.
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HOCKEY
TOOWOOMBA
HOCKEY June 15 Division 1 - Women:
Rangeville 3 (Aleisha
Newmann, Anita Brits,
Brooke Thompson) d.
Newtown 0. Red Lion 3
(Rachel MacReady 2,
Ainsley Clanchy 1) d.
Norths 0.
Men: Past High 5
(Jason Manderson,
Shaun McIntyre, David
Burd, Matt Pearson,
Matt Mogg) d. Norths 1
(Adrian McDonald).
Red Lion 4 (Lachlan
Brownhalls, Corey
Guse, Michael Boyd,
Nathan Case) d.
Newtown 1 (Schott
Richards).
June 22: Division 1 Men - Newtown 2
(Heath Edwards , Tim
Richards) d. Norths 1
(Jamie Krisanski ).
Hancocks 7 (Ryan Smith
3, Adam McLelland 2,
Jay Pavitt, Dean Pavitt)
d Past High 0. Women:
Red Lion 2 (Kelly
Gillard,
Rachel
MacReady) d. Norths 0.
Rangeville 4 (Katie
Wollstein, Anita Britts,
Aleish
Neumann,
Maddie Staff) d. Past
High 0.
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BORNEO BARRACKS: June 11
4bbb stableford, Chris Butler trophies.
Winners B. Bargenquast, D. Lamb 50,
2nd P. Callaghan, K. Clarke 45, 3rd M.
Kearnes, J. Lee 44, J. Marsh, C. Deacon 44. Pins 1st G. Douglas 5th P.
Callaghan, 10th R. Sweeney, 17th R.
Weekes.
June 14 - 4bbb stableford, Eric and
Pat Graham trophies. Winners M.
Arundel, M. Stark 46, runners -up G.
Thompson, T. McLean 42. Rundown
T. McLean, J. Smith 41. Pins 1st J.
Smith 5th, R. Backhouse, 10th M.
Stark, 17th J. Thompson.
June 15 - Single stableford. Winner
M. Sorenson 36, runner-up J. Aitken
35.
Rundown C. Aitken 35, M. Goddard
34, M. Downton 34, M. Arundel 33,
G. Barnsley 33, D. Lamb 33. Pins 1st
A. Benham, 5th M. Creek, 10th K.
Mitchell, 14th C. Butler, 17th B. Fagg.
In the first match of the pennant season Borneo Barracks d. Stanthorpe 4/
3. - Gary Small.
BORNEO BARRACKS LADIES:
June 17 - Single stroke, monthly medal
and putting. Trophy donor Dawn Lord.
Winner: Pat Walker 76 on count back,
2nd Sue Tucker 76, 3rd Barbara Weier
77. Rundown: Lotte Pedersen 78 on
count back, Carole Duncan 78. Rundown Daryl Bishop 93, Robin Mackenzie 88.
Putting: Lotte Pedersen 32. Monthly
medals: A division Sue Tucker. B division Pat Walker.
June 24 - 27 holes foursomes championship, club trophies.
CROWS NEST: June 22 Burstows single stableford. Winner R.
Burgess 40 on countback, runner-up H.
Littleton 40.
Rundown N. Case 39, D. Cox 39, K.
Christensen 37 on countback. Pins 3/
12 B. Cox, 8/17 D. Cox.
June 29 - R. Freeman single
stableford.
July 6-7 - Golf World single stroke,
monthly medal.
BOWLS
CROWS NEST: June 18 - Social
bowls winners were Roy Bell, Keith
Herbertson and Laurie Cant, runnersup Tony Collins, Kevin Stark, Ernie
Motley and Ray Weis.
June 14 - Championships. Club
pairs final. Don Collins and Ben
Ruwoldt d. Peter Coman and Terry
Bowe.
June 15 - Social mixed bowls winners were Kerry Lovell, Vonnie Gillies
and Roger Brashaw, runners-up Trevor
Gillies, Bevan Wingett and Therese
Smith.
Sunday, June 29 - City away.
If you are an open triples or open
fours champion for the current year,
check the club noticeboard for details
re the upcoming champion of champions dates and venues.
If you want to add your name to the
growing list of members who are purchasing a new club shirt, be quick because the order will be placed mid-June.
New bowls players and visitors are
always welcome at the Crows Nest
Bowls Club. Contact the secretary
bakescrowsnest@live.com.au or 4698
2197. - Gary Baker.
CROWS NEST LADIES: The
High Country Herald Fiesta was held
on Thursday with winners being South
Toowoomba - N. Parker, B. Gordon,
G. Geans and A. Wolski. Runners-up
were Yarraman - J. Moore, M. Fitch,
D. Fitch and D. Stewart.
Afternoon winners were Yarraman R. Dierch, D. Currel, J. Wrembeck and
H Johnson. A big thank you to the Herald for the sponsorship of our fiesta.
Members are reminded of the open
meeting to be held this Thursday, June
26. - Del Burgess.
NORTH TOOWOOMBA LADIES: Competition. Graded and drawn
fours. Winners J. Overlack, L. Mott,
B. Glase, J. Pauli, runners-up A. Jones,
M. Dallemolle, R. Byers, V. Warren.
June 26 - Social 9.30am. DDLBA championship triples playing at Norths this
week June 23-25.
Next quarterly meeting July 2 at
12.30am. Annual subs due July 1. Subs
need to be paid to be able to vote at the
quarterly meeting. Treasurer Linda taking subs now. Many things to discuss.
All members are encouraged to come to
the meeting and add their ideas and
thoughts for the successful running of
the ladies club.
Good luck to all the girls playing in
the challenge match this Sunday at Toowoomba Club representing the Downs
District against Cunningham District.
Roster this Friday Team 4 - V. Warren,
L. Graham, J. Overlack, G. Doherty, A.
Plowman. - Reynelde Bradford.
DDLBA: All clubs are requested to
have their champion of club champion
singles, pairs and fours nominations in
to the DDLBA secretary no later than
June 25, accompanied by the nomination fees irrespective whether they are
intending to participate or not.
July 1 - Champion of club championship singles start at South Toowoomba. July 6 - Challenge match v
Cunningham to be held at Toowoomba
Club. Teams chosen for the challenge
match: M. Hannant, V. Chant, T. Thomas, V. Mahony: S. McManus, K.
Jenkins, L. Zimmerman, T. Foster: M.
Brosnan, L. Blaine, L. Harrington, I.
Brumpton: F. Hunter, K, Hewitt, J.
McGeorge, J. Slattery: Reserves: B.
Williams, M. Podmore, D. vanZeeland,
P. Graham. All players to be at Toowoomba Club at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday,
July 6. If unavailable please contact I.
Brumpton on 4630 4354.
July 7 - DDLBA management meeting July 9 - Champion of club championship pairs start at Drayton.
July 16 - Champion of club championship fours start at West Toowoomba.
July 21 - Pennant season for 2014
starts. A reminder ladies, re the DDLBA
visit to Kingscliff, Tambourine Mountain and Kyogle startingon Saturday,
August 16, to book your seats through
your club secretary ASAP as this will
be a popular trip, continuing on Sunday August 17 and Monday August 18.
All relevant information regarding this
trip is as per the flyers sent out to all
clubs. - Joyce McGeorge.
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SQUATTERS chairs, saw
horses, Mynah Bird traps.
Contact Richard 0412 687
338 or Tim 0407 308 173.
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Tickets for The Lion King are now available.
Cost includes transport to Brisbane and show ticket.
$125 Arts Council members - $130 non-members
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Bus leaves Crows Nest at 3pm
Contact Pauline on 0404 849 510
email:cnacsecretary@gmail.com
Tickets are limited
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August 9 from 7.30pm
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Bookings before August 2
Phone 4698 8186 or 4968 8212
HEALTH and FITNESS
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Saturday 9am - Noon
HINO FD TIPPER
2005 model, 6 tonne tipper, 120,000 kms, good
condition. RWC and reg.
Phone 0474 693 894.
1 Curnow Street Crows Nest
MONTHLY MEETING
PUBLIC NOTICES
EMU CREEK PUBLIC HALL COMMITTEE INC.
Annual General Meeting and General Meeting
Friday, June 27, 2014
at 7.30pm.
Tuesday, July 1 - The Nest Cafe - 5.45pm
Guest speaker
Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce
CEO - Helen Jentz
Contact 0413 933 727
2004 FREEDOM JAYCO
POPTOP - 17ft long
Single axle, pull out, outside blinds, airconditioned,
double island bed, 3 way
fridge, microwave, radio/
cd, stove, hotplate, grill, roll
out awning with full annexe,
electric brakes, fishing rod
holders, sway bars, portible
toilet, gas bottle, tyres
6000k, bearings 6000k, 2
spare tyres, rego 6/11/14.
Always shedded. $22,000.
07 4698 1464
FORD COURIER UTE
2000 model, 105,000km,
white, alloy tray, plumbers
ladder racks. Reg. Reduced to $6750. 0408 717 804.
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Enquiries: 4698 1056
PLANT OR CAR TRAILER
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reg. Toowoomba area.
$6500. 0474 693 894.
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PLANTS FOR SALE
38 Hartwig Street
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GARAGE SALE
CROWS NEST
3 Austin Road
Saturday-Sunday
June 29-30 - 7am to 5pm
COMBINED SALE: Furniture,
clothing, plants and garden
equipment, bric-a-brac, office/
computer equipment, electrical
LOST and FOUND
LOST: Hub cap, east of
Meringandan. Wednesday,
June 18. 4696 7145.
MENDING and
ALTERATIONS
• MENDING
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Machine Embroidery
for Gifts including towels
and school requirements
(Chair bags, library
bags etc)
Call Tricia 0429 864 084
PETS
HORSE RUG
REPAIRS
Dog rugs from $10
Crows Nest
0468 993 886
LANEY’S DOGGY
COATS
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All sizes
Ph: Lorraine
0407 297 308
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CROWS NEST
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CHIROPRACTOR
HEALTH and WELLBEING
TAXI SERVICE
HIGH COUNTRY HERALD, JUNE 24, 2014 - 15
Staff changes at vet surgery
On July 18, Eclipse
Park Veterinary Surgery, Highfields say
goodbye to Dr Yung
Loh who wants to
reunite with his family in Malaysia and
establish his own vet
surgery.
Dr Loh has been a
familiar face to many
and we know many
of you will be sad to
see him go as will the
staff at Eclipse Park.
Yung would like to
thank Eclipse Park
clients and their pets
for making him feel so
welcome since starting work at the practice in 2010.
As Yung departs
we welcome two new
veterinarians Dr
Sherene Heng and Dr
Jillian Lok.
Lions donate to school after hours care
Highfields and North
Eastern Lions Club have
donated $1070 to the
Gowrie State School P.
and C. to buy a new
laptop computer for the
school’s out of hours
school care.
The laptop will assist
in the management of accounts and other administration with regards to
providing care for students before school and
after school.
P. and C. president Peter Bullen said all the out
of hours team provide
breakfast and afternoon
tea and activities for the
students who attend and
this financial support
from the Lions club will
be a tremendous help as
they can put other fund
raising revenue into other
needs they have.
The P. and C. have also
been busy buying fridges
for classrooms and they
provide sunscreen for all
students over the past
few years.
Lions membership
chair Murray Choat said
the Highfields Lions Club
will have more sponsorship opportunities
coming over the next six
to eight months and encourages organisations to
contact him for an oppor-
Thank you breakfast
Dr Sherene Heng, Dr Toni Trollope, Dr Yung Loh and Dr Jullian Lok.
Dr Heng completed community with their out on Saturday
her veterinary degree at pets’ health and wellbe- mornings while comthe University of ing.
pleting her degree at
Queensland in 2010.
Some of you would the University of
Sherene is keen on all have already met Dr Queensland last year.
aspects of veterinary Jillian Lok as she freJillian has a special
medicine and is looking quently attended con- interest in surgery
forward to helping the sultations and helped and oncology.
TOMNET president George .Litman, CEO Lifeline Darling Downs,Derek
Tuffield, Kokoda trekker Ellisa Parker, and WW2 Papua New Gjuinea
veteran Doug Darr shared stories and information about TOMNET,
Lifeline, the Kokoda campaign and Ellisa’s experience on the Kokoda
Track. The breakfast and raffle put another $250 into Lifeline’s kitty.
Ellisa and team of 19 Kokoda fearless leaders from all over Australia
have raised more than $117,000 over the past six months for Lifeline.
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tunity on 0488 793 803.
Highfields Lions meet
regularly for dinner at the
Highfields Tavern and
welcome any interested
persons to come along to
see what the group is up
to next. Call Murray
Choat for details.
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