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The Canossian Sisters farewell the Hinchinbrook community after Seventy-one years of service

Canossa at Trebonne

Who brought the Sisters to Trebonne?

Father Mambrini

Magdalene of Canossa

Father O’Meara.

Sisters Angela, Rita and Malissa saying their farewells last Saturday. Continued Page 3

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Battle of the Coral Sea 80th anniversary dinner dance in Cardwell

STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARIA GIRGENTI

CLOSE to 100 guests attended a Battle of the Coral Sea dinner dance at Cardwell Community Hall on April 30, in a style reminiscent of the social events during wartime to commemorate 80 years since this brutal battle took place. MC Rod Collins welcomed special guests and visiting dignitaries, which included Eileen Farao representing the Consul-General of the United States, Mr Ono Msuo, Consul-General of Japan, Senator Pauline Hanson, Senator for Queensland, Commanding Officer HMAS Cairns Alfonso Santos, Cassowary Coast Regional Council Mayor Mark Nolan, his wife Marsha, fellow CCRC councillors and Battle of the Coral Sea Park committee members Noelene Byrne and Anne Mealing.

Event organisers Noelene Byrne and Anne Mealing especially wanted to thank the Cassowary Coast Regional Council, Celtic Nights band, and all the major sponsors for supporting the 80th anniversary Battle of the Coral Sea event. The next day, a large crowd gathered at Coral Sea Memorial Park in the seaside town of Cardwell for a moving 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea remembrance service to pay tribute to the eight ships and over 600 lives lost in the battle which occurred 885kms offshore. In 1942, US Navy ships HMAS Australia and HMAS Hobart anchored off Cardwell. They formed a task force before tackling the enemy in the Coral Sea. The Battle of the Coral Sea was an epic air and naval battle fought between the Japanese Imperial Navy and the US and

Australian Naval Forces at a critical stage of the Second World War, from 4 to May 8 1942. It marked the first defeat of Japanese forces in the war. It was the first joint military action between Australian and United States forces. The losses to the USA were significant with the losses of USS Lexington, USS Sims and USS Neosho. From May 4 - 8, 1942, intense fighting occurred, seeing more than 70 aircraft and ships destroyed; however, it successfully halted the Japanese advance towards New Guinea. The first Coral Sea Battle service by a local Scout troupe took place in Cardwell in 1984, and for the past 37 years, an annual service takes place in the town on the first Sunday in May.

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The Canossian Sisters farewell the Hinchinbrook community after Seventy-one years of service SARI RUSSO NEE HYYTINEN FOR the last Seventy-one years, the Hinchinbrook Community has benefited significantly from the love and care of the Canossa Sisters. With great sadness, the Canossian Sisters will no longer be an active presence in the Hinchinbrook community. However, they spoke at their farewell of their commitment to continue to support the community when they can do so. The Canossian Sisters came to the Hinchinbrook area in the 1950s. They assisted in establishing a school in Trebonne, which in its original building doubled as the Canossa Convent on weekends. A new school building was established in the 1970s and later set up the Canossa nursing home, now under Ozcare. In the 90s, the school farewelled the Canossian Sisters and came under their first lay Principal. The Canossian sisters, through their activities, facilitated the education of many. Not only in nurturing foreigners to learn and speak the language of this new country but also to learn the ways of a new culture. They were instrumental in developing communities and associations within this district that still have strong ties to this day. The nuns

worked hard to take care of and support remote areas of the community as there was limited access to services.

School on weekdays (Sister Mary Conti)

The current Hinchinbrook council Mayor Ramon Jayo shared that they taught him the English language during his time with the sisters as he had immigrated along with his parents from Basque. In an emotional speech from Matthew Ingegneri, he shared the spiritual and emotional support provided to his mother and family by the Canossian Sisters after they lost his father in 1973. Mayor Ramon Jayo shared that his first encounters with the sisters came before his entrance to the school as Mother Amelia was known for her first aid capabilities, and his mother would often utilise her services for Ramon.

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“As the Mayor of our district, I must thank and congratulate the Canossian Sisters for all that they have done in furtherance of education, Catholic education, aged care and community resilience in our district,” said Mayor Ramon Jayo, “They came to assist with religious observance, mainly for the benefit of the Italians in our community who were finding the institutions of the day a totally foreign and difficult to accept.”

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I will be a strong voice for the people, communities and industries of the Kennedy electorate to deliver the infrastructure and services we need to take Kennedy forward. The LNP has a plan to build the water, transport and communications infrastructure to drive economic growth and create jobs. We need more affordable, reliable power and to fight against the red and green tape holding back our agriculture and mining sectors. With a strong economy, we can afford to invest in our local communities, grow local industries and support seniors, veterans, families and young people.

Working hard to get things done locally More recently, Bryce was a Councillor and Deputy Mayor of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and was a member of the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Advisory Committee, working with the banana industry through the Panama State Task Force and Regional Working Group. Currently, Bryce maintains a connection to the road transport industry working in temporary management roles at several North Queensland depots, works as an agronomic sales representative and is a Director and Chair of Tully Canegrowers. This is in addition to Bryce continuing to operate his own cane and paw-paw farm near Tully. As well as being a qualified Justice of the Peace, Bryce has a strong work ethic and demonstrated a commitment to community leadership and service. Bryce will back local farmers and fishers, mine workers and tourism operators, small business owners, retirees and local families. We need a fresh approach, with proven leadership ability and experience to secure our future, and that’s what Bryce will provide.

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A fresh approach to representing Kennedy in Canberra to make it more relevant and connected to the 21st Century.

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Support for our tourism, agriculture, fisheries and mining industries to grow our regional towns and create more and better paid jobs.

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Deliver water infrastructure to create new local jobs and add-value to the production of our traditional industries.

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Continue to improve the safety of our roads and bridges between Cairns and Townsville, the Atherton Tablelands, from Townsville to Mount Isa and the Gulf.

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Improve access to regional health professionals, education and community services for our families, seniors and young people.

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Letters to the editor

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Humility

A lot of claims being made

MR Katter makes a lot of claims about the Kennedy Electorate, but let's

delivered at the El Arish Dawn Service was prepared

have a look at facts. He can only get funding if the Party in government allocates it for

I believe in free speech and for the Letters to the editor to go back to what they were initially – a place where a person can share their opinion on a topic of relevance to the community without censorship.

The best funding the Kennedy Electorate got was from the Kevin Rudd ALP Bob actually praised Kevin Rudd

publicly for the generous funding. everything, but in

in so many ways,

The unnamed person should have offered a right of reply to respond to the letter on the same day it was published.

ALP Government to

Not having published the offending letter goes directly against my belief in freedom of speech and the core principle behind letters to the editor.

the disgruntled writer but they are in fact the actual sentiment of a collective group of veterans who have had to watch a society now consumed by selfishness and wokeism descend into a squabbling bunch of whingers who get their kicks out of gaslighting and When someone who has never worn a military glory of their ANZAC relatives under the guise of social justice, well, that behaviour is nothing but a weird sort of twisted form of stolen valour. Well, I suppose one

Kennedy. Scott Morrison has made a mess of the government including the treatment of women, and even his own members are in revolt.

does like to toot its own trumpet whilst virtue signalling so that’s ok? Being the granddaughter of a veteran does not give any form of entitlement to the writer to publicly tear down or cancel veterans on ANZAC Day or on any other day.

This would be a good time to have a united Albanese

Yes, there is a format and a suggested guide to how ANZAC Day Commemoration activities are conducted. However, it is just a guide. The WW2 veteran who

sort out the mess. The ALP has an excellent candidate for Kennedy in Jason Brandon.

passed the responsibility of Parade Commander to its current title holder wanted to ensure our community never forgets what he and his fellow veterans sacrificed

Gordon Dilger.

for our freedoms of today. You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

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What is the point of remembering the past sacrifices Response to letter posted in Newspaper edition

the

A reply is speaking your truth. Unfortunately, even after telling your reality, the person may still be offended. Accept this.

for many years. In excess of 300 people attended the

uniform and served their country chooses to bask in the

reality it's the Party in Government that decides what

My procedure historically has been that I offer a right to respond to any letter that has been published in the Wet Tropic Times; however, upon receipt of the letter submitted this week and further discussion, I perceive my failure as the following:

I appreciate profusely learning how ceremonies for ANZAC day are organised.

delivered on the day. This has been done every year

virtue signalling.

Mr Katter can go to every function and promise

funding comes to

If someone constructively criticises your conduct, then take that opportunity to review ‘said conduct.’ If you did the wrong thing, then change your behaviour. Suppose you didn’t then speak your truth.

numerous veterans across the country prior to being

So, they are not personal views as declared by

After listening to a person’s opinion, you may find further investigation into your own conduct is required. Upon this occasion, I perceive a procedure needs correcting.

I can’t correct something if I am not aware of where I made my mistake.

a month in advance of the event and, reviewed by

Dawn Service at El Arish.

LNP.

Government.

If you had bothered to reach out and ask for a response you would have found out that the content

he defected from the

Humility is an essential part of a person’s constitution. Humility is taking things on the chin when we have made a mistake, or it is perceived we have made a mistake.

across 2 decades in multiple operational theatres of war.

Kennedy. It's a fact the LNP don't like him because

--SARI RUSSO NEE HYYTINEN

former Infantry soldier who served this great nation

April 29:

Setting the record straight

if as a society you are going to go down the very same path that brought about the sacrifices and hardships we are gathering to commemorate in the first place? I do understand the point of view by the letter writer, and commend her for her hand-holding efforts of the

Well done to our local Wet Tropics Times newspaper who perhaps inadvertently, disrespected the nation’s veterans post ANZAC Day by printing a point of view

dying Covid patients in the hospital. But why is it her holding their hands and not their own loved ones to say their last goodbyes? Need I say more?

from a disgruntled member of the public regarding

Perhaps if civilians started standing up to nonsensical

the conduct of the Parade Commander of the El Arish

rules and calling out bullshit when they see it maybe we

I requested the writer of this week’s letter be firm in their response and not be concerned with offending me.

Dawn Service.

wouldn’t be commemorating so many fallen warriors.

I believe that every person has a right to share their concerns with me and not be censored.

Dawn Service at El Arish your publishing of the above-

Whether I agree or not, I believe a person is entitled to their opinion.

‘’The road to life is a difficult life; ignore correction, and you’re lost for good’’ Proverbs 10:17 (MSG) I refer to constructive criticism and not just name-calling and slander that I disagree with and won’t publish.

Without offering a right of reply or conducting any sort of further inquiry regarding the delivery of the mentioned letter preceded to publicly tear down a

I would also like to thank the El Arish community and ANZAC committee members for their steadfast support regarding this matter. Name & address withheld.

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Bob Katter, - KAP, KENNEDY MP “BEFORE politics, I worked my own mining leases near Cloncurry, ran cattle on a station in the Gulf, sold insurance contracts, and worked in the Mount Isa Mines lead smelter. In the much-maligned Bjelke-Petersen Queensland Government, I was Minister for Mines and Energy, First Australian Affairs, Northern Development, and Multicultural Affairs. Our Government built a dam, a mine and a rail line every year. Modern governments simply do not govern or build anything. I have been the Member for Kennedy since 1993. I left the National Party in 2001 after they deregulated and destroyed nearly all our primary industries, including dairy, sugar, eggs, peanuts, maise, fishing, and tobacco, to name a few. We fought the fight to restart the live cattle industry after the Gillard Govt. closed the live cattle trade to Indonesia, and we won. I worked with Robert Mackay and Dick Pratt to convince John Howard not to allow banana imports in from the Philippines, which John Anderson and the National Party had signed off. Again we got a breakthrough. I won’t tell you what I am going to do. I will tell you what I have done. A politician’s pre-election promise is worth very little. $2B has been spent on the divided highway between Gordonvale and Cairns, thanks to the local leadership of the Edmonton Traders (Fran Lindsay and Peter Piccone), Brett Moller and the Gordonvale Chamber of Commerce. The Feluga death-trap intersection is finally being fixed. Again, our fighters in Feluga and Shane Knuth MP made this happen. Tully’s sports grandstand has been built and is in use. What an outstanding achievement by the Tully community,

Jennifer Cox Greens Candidate for Kennedy "THERE is a housing crisis in all of Australia because consecutive governments have not built public housing in many years. In fact, the Labor State Government has sold off over 1400 public houses and properties in Qld. Almost 100 of these houses, sold to private developers, are in the federal seat of Kennedy under Katter's watch. Social housing sell-offs and so-called solutions like first homeowners grants have inflated the market and increased housing prices, locking a generation out of homeownership. Decreasing deposit requirements or taking super to use as a deposit only puts people further into dangerous debt levels. The Greens will build one million new homes over 20 years. Hence, everyone has an affordable place to live without driving market prices up further. Providing free TAFE will ensure we have more builders and tradies to continue to

including the Tigers Rugby League and Anthony Emmi. Two of our sons, Jake Clifford and Thomas Flegler, are playing in the NRL, while Jack Campagnolo is unstoppable in the NSW Cup. The Mission Beach Rock Wall and boating facility has been built. It is the only safe harbour between Cairns and Townsville. A 40-year battle won by the people of Mission Beach. More than $7m has been committed to Cardwell's dredging and sewerage treatment plant. More funding is to come. We have arbitration and the ability to negotiate back in the sugar industry, thanks to the sugar code secured in Qld Parliament by the KAP. Hinchinbrook Mayor Ramon Jayo’s proposed Stone and Herbert River Weirs have legs. We must diversify our agricultural economy. Looking forward, the rising cost of living must be tackled. People simply cannot afford to live. Income splitting should be legalised for families with a single income and children and prorated down for less deserving situations. The income earner should be able to split their income with the number of people dependent on that income (whether that be their spouse and the number of children they have under 18). This would drop them down to the lowest tax bracket. It would mean these families where the income-earner makes $80,000 to $90,000 would get around $20,000 back at tax time. The KAP is proposing a $100 a week increase to the age pension, paid for by a 5 per cent charge on all imports (primage) and a tax on gas exports. The Qatar Government makes $29 billion a year in revenue with the same sized gas industry, and Australia’s Government gets just $600 million. The people in control of this nation should be utterly ashamed of themselves.” develop our growing country.

Jason Brandan - Labor Candidate for Kennedy

I'M running for the seat of Kennedy for Labor. I currently work for Mt Isa Mines as a Risk Advisor. Before that, I worked with Qantas for 13 years as an aircraft maintenance engineer, all whilst completing my degree at the University of Queensland in Health and Safety Science (with honour). I live in Mount Isa with my wife, my 3yo daughter and six-month-old son. I'm involved in the community through my soccer club and am vice president of the Mount Isa Agricultural Show Society.

Why People in Kennedy are telling me they are falling further and further behind. The cost of living has skyrocketed, bills have gone up, but wages have flatlined. I put my hand up because Anthony Albanese has a plan for a better future for our community. A plan that will ease the cost of living by reducing childcare, strengthening Medicare and creating secure, well-paid jobs so you can plan for the future.

Key Issues Some of the critical issues facing Kennedy residents are affordable and accessible health care. It's so important to regional Queensland. That's why my priority will be to get more GPs to work in the region. We need to fix aged care as it's also essential to our community. Older Australians who built this country deserve dignity and respect, and for the workers that provide their care to be appropriately paid. Under Labor, we will fix the crisis in aged care by putting nurses back into nursing homes. And only an Albanese Labor Government will make childcare cheaper and more accessible so we can ease the cost of living pressures on hard-working families in Kennedy.

Why vote for me It's time to stop living in the past and start looking to the future, leaving a better lot for our children. Only Labor has a plan for a better future, creating more secure jobs, bringing manufacturing back to Australia, Fixing the crisis that is aged, improving our child care system, protecting Medicare and lowering the cost of living. I've already been able to deliver key infrastructure funding for Charters Towers. If elected, I will continue to work with local councils and State Government and deliver for Kennedy.

Peter Campion –UAP Candidate for Kennedy

Two years ago I was a retired fireman, happily pottering around on my small acreage, when our state and federal governments threw our national Constitution in the bin and went into tyrant-mode over a fairly ordinary flu variant wrapped in a vast globalist publicity campaign. Worse, they binned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that Australia helped write in the aftermath of the genuine atrocities of World War Two. As an Australian patriot with a classical education and sound investigative skills, I could not stand by and do nothing – particularly after my letters and opinion editorials were banned from corporate media when I tried to share the truth about the socalled “pandemic” with the public.

My most effective course of action was to stand for election as a candidate for By making billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax, the political party with the most logical and rational economic, scientific, and human we can house everyone on the social rights policies – which led me to the United Australia Party. housing waitlist and permanently bring Australia is headed over a disastrous economic cliff, blundering into a monumental down housing costs, so no one's left energy crisis, and leaving herself wide open for takeover – all because our elected homeless or facing overwhelming debt. reps have stopped working for us and have started taking orders from foreign The Greens are also pushing to organisations, such as the WEF, WHO and UN. immediately cap rent increases and We should be the richest, happiest, and best-defended nation on earth, but we’re ban rent bidding to tie rents to inflation. not because our legacy political parties have sold us out for small change decades People get a fair chance to apply for a ago. home.

We have vast resources, a tiny population, and almost no ability to defend either. Unfortunately, both major parties take big donations from the property industry, All our legacy parties do now is lie to us – how many times will we believe their which means they put big developers claims about a dying Reef and rising sea levels “because carbon” when both are and speculators first. Their governments self-evidently untrue? have made it harder to buy your first We are not the stupid sheeple they believe us to be, and we can no longer accept home than your sixth. the propaganda they spew at us through their controlled corporate media – we are The Greens would stand up for strong, we are smart, and we can think for ourselves. ordinary people just looking for a secure, The May 21 federal election will probably be our last chance to evict the ALPaffordable home for themselves and LNP-Green UNiparty from our parliament and to replace them with Aussie patriots their families. Our investment in public housing and who have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to restore our security and prosperity. Think carefully when you vote, remember that we can only claw our sovereignty reforms to make renting more secure and affordable will mean everyone has back with a large and united team of patriots in government, and put the best a safe, stable home - whether you rent freedom party first on your ballot – the United Australia Party. or own." Our policies are available to view online here - https://www.unitedaustraliaparty. If you need anything personal about org.au/national_policy/ - and they include our plans to save homeowners from rising me, let me know. interest rates and to look after our aged pensioners and military veterans.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Chris Cattarossi appointed permanent Principal of Silkwood State School

MARIA GIRGENTI THE Silkwood State School community celebrated the recent permanent appointment of Chris Cattarossi as Principal. Cattarossi said since he arrived at the beginning of 2020, he has discovered Silkwood State School has an incredibly proud history and enjoyed multiple years of stable leadership up until the last decade. With seven changes in Principals, between Jim Ferguson’s departure at the end of 2012, and Cattarossi’s arrival in 2020, consistency has been difficult to maintain. As a result, the community’s faith in this critical institution has suffered. “Being from a small rural town, I understand the frustration felt by families, when a local icon such as Silkwood State School falters due to systemic

inadequacies.”

motivated to improve their capabilities continually.

“After receiving a warm welcome into the school community and feeling as though this has become one of the most important stages of not only my career but also my life, I am thrilled to take on this permanent role as Principal.”

He believes the parents and community supporters desire to participate in their children’s education for the benefit of not only their own families but the whole community.

“This means I can continue to serve the Silkwood State School community for the near future.”

“I am determined to do my best to assist and support all stakeholders (students, families and staff) in achieving the success we deserve.”

“As such, I feel a strong obligation and responsibility to continue the work we began in 2020 to restore this school to its former glory.”

Cattarossi stated he is grateful for the opportunity to lead the Silkwood State School community to benefit the lives of its children.

This will involve Cattarossi collaborating with the local community to improve student learning and foster respectful and initiative-taking people to re-establish the school of choice in the area.

“I feel a strong connection to this area and respect its history, so will do my best to honour the wishes and aspirations of its families.”

I do not doubt that we have the team to achieve this. Our staff are incredibly hard-working, caring and

“As a lifelong educator, Principal of Silkwood State School is certainly a career high and personal privilege.”

Silkwood State School students celebrated Chris Cattarossi’s permanent appointment as Principal with a special cake.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

SCHOOL ANZAC Days around the Region

Silkwood State School leaders Lily, Nyree, and Oscar participated in the ANZAC Day community march at Kurrimine Beach.

St Rita's School, South Johnstone students at their ANZAC Day service.

IMG 5865:Teacher Kathy Hunt, Principal Susan Hoad, Mourilyan State School Year 6 class and special guests at the school's ANZAC Day service.

Principal Rosa Lanzo and Good Counsel College leaders who took part in Innisfail's ANZAC Day dawn service and march.

Mourilyan State School leaders and members of the Innisfail/Babinda/ Tully National Servicemen's branch at Innisfail's ANZAC Day march.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Cross Country Trials St Clare’s Tully

Last Friday, schools competed in the Cross Country Trials. St. Clare's had 16 students represent our school on the day, and their efforts were outstanding. Below are placings. Top 8 Runners –

10 yrs – Saxon (4th), Maisy (1st) and Eden (3rd) 11 yrs – Sienna (3rd) and Emily (5th) 12 yrs – Madeleine (1st) Other competitors

10 yrs – Brody L, Kelly 11yrs – David, Ben, Blake, Leah 12 yrs – Clay, Amber, Amelia

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Supermarkets take consumers and farmers for a ride KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says Australia’s farmers are dead right when they claim that supermarkets are ‘ripping off the farmer and they're ripping off the consumer,’[1] and is proposing federal legislation which limits the markup on the price farmers receive and consumers pay to 100 percent. New South Wales Farmers Horticulture Committee Chairman, Guy Gaeta, told the ABC that supermarkets were pocketing extra profits made through price rises. "People are paying more for their fruit and veggies at the supermarket, but the farmers aren’t selling them for more, so who's really raising the prices here?" Bob Katter said banana farmers in his electorate had told him that there was a more than 200 percent markup from the price consumers were paying and the price farmers were getting. The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP said it had come to the stage in Australia where it must be legislated that supermarkets cannot mark up a product by more than 100 percent. “The LNP and ALP need to stop pandering to the needs of big multinationals and start helping farmers and consumers,” Mr Katter said. “We are selling potatoes for 50 cents a kilogram and they are being sold on supermarket shelves for $4 a kilogram. All we want is a fair go, as the cost of production has skyrocketed including freight and fertiliser. “With a limit of a 100 percent markup either the

consumers will get the benefit, or the farmers will get

two biggest supermarket chains must be limited and

the benefit. But at least someone benefits that is not a

called for state and local governments to change

massive multi-national company.”

zoning laws so the major supermarkets cannot open

Mr Katter also said the market share of the nation’s

new stores in retail areas where they already own one.

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4068 0088 Church times across the region

May 13, 2022

C R O S S W O R D

HARD

Road, Ingham

9:30am Sun, Shire Hall,

Churches of Christ Care

Cardwell

Rockingham Home Aged

Mission Beach Family

Care Service,

Church,

9am Fri, 3rd Fri of month,

6pm, Sun, Unit 3, 2-4

40 Jamieson St, Cardwell

Baptist Churches

Cardwell Baptist Church,

Baptist Family Centre

11am, Sun, Bruce Highway, Cardwell

Innisfail,

28 32

35 Prank 36 Change direction 37 A swamp grass 38 Talks wildly 39 Announcement of intended marriage 40 Genuine

Tully Baptist Church,

Sugar Reef Baptist

unit

1 Hebrew patriarch

18 Not awake

2 Smallest amount possible 3 Celestial body

11am, Sun, 77 Halifax Rd,

Street, Tully

Ingham

American

19 Stole (coll) 21 A transitory thing

24 Scorch

15 Mexican monetary

33 Part of the eye CROSSWORD SOLUTION No. 12984

R S A N T E A B A C R I T I E R G R S A R I P R A T U D A T R I T A E N I N N T O K

P R E C R I O R O P P R E E M D T U E D O O M S T A P R A T E W N R A I B E R O S O L A L L E U R E D

Churches: Ingham, 10am, Sun 16 Herbert St, Ingham

Mighell, Innisfail

Halifax,

Mission Beach,

8am, Sun 12 Anderssen St,

8am, Sun, 2224 Tully-Mission

Halifax

Beach Rd, Mission Beach,

Blue Haven Lodge,

Tully Tongan Uniting,

Ingham, 11am

9am, Sun,

(2nd & 4th Tues)

Innisfail,

31 Discourage through fear

13 Court officials

Uniting Churchs:

Road, Bamboo Creek Tully Seventh Day

Seventh Day Adventist

30 Marine organism

12 Light shoe

Ingham District Uniting

Seventh Day Adventist

29 At no time

7 Afternoon sleep

16 Mcquillan st,Tully,

Cassowary Coast

10.30am, Sun, 8 Scullen Ave,

26 Fruit

6 The windpipe

Uniting Churches

Innisfail,

23 Repeated decorative design

4 Calls

SUDOKU No. 246

Baptist Independent,

10am, Sun, 6 Plumb

Empower Church Innisfail, 10am, Sun, 191-193 Mourilyan Rd, South Innisfail

Down

5 South monkey

Church, 9:30am, S, “The Knightclub” 38 Herbert St, Ingham

Non-denominational

34 Behaved sulkily

Innisfail Estate 6:30pm, Sun, Ladies Church

36 37

25 Wear away by rubbing

32 Grow weary

20 Playground toy

9 At a distance

17 Head coverings

10am, Sun, 28-32 Townsville

9:30am, Sun, 12 Tierney St,

28 Go before

16 Obscure

8 Worries

14 Long poem

Cardwell AOG,

Life Church,

9am, Sun, 2 Watkins St, Tully

Churches of Christ Tully Family Church,

27 After all others

12 Plunge into liquid

Stephens Street, Mission Beach

AOG / ACC /

5 Hoard

11 Girl’s name

22 Of bishops

10 Element’s smallest part

AND CLUES 2 Area of closely mowed grass

No. 12985

Across

S U S T A I N

S U B P O E N G A L O G O M

R S E A E D I T E U S N E S S A T R Y R

SUDOKU SOLUTIONS No. 245

10:30am, Sat ,Bible Study, 11am, Sat, 114 Lawrence

Adventist Church, Sat 9:30am Sabbath School, Sat 11am, 1 Edward St, Tully

Lutheran

St Marks Lutheran Church, 9am, Sun, 34 Townsville Road, Ingham

Anglican Churches

Cardwell

St Albans Anglican

St John Anglican Church,

Church,

3pm, 3rd Sun of month, Motel

9am, Sun, 83 Rankin Street,

Chapel, Kurrimine Beach

Innisfail St John Anglican Church, 5pm, Sat, 2 Black Street, Tully

Holy Trinity (Ingham) 6 pm Saturday Service. 9:30 am, Sunday. 37 McIlwraith Street, Ingham

John Oliver Feetham

All Souls,

Pioneer Memorial

7:30am, Sun, 10 Four Mile

9am, Sun, 45 Bruce Highway,

Road, Victoria Estate

Catholic Churches

12 Webb Rd, Wongaling Beach

St Rita’s Babinda, 7am, Sun, 15 Church St,

St Clare of Montefalco

Babinda

Church,

Mother of Good Counsel,

6pm Vigil Mass, Sat

6:30pm Sat Vigil, 9am, Sun, 90 Rankin St, Innisfail

9am, Sun, 13 Mars St, Tully

Our Lady of Fatima,

5pm Sun (except 1st Sunday),

10am, Sun, 32 Glasgow Street, El Arish, St John the Evangelist, 6pm, Sat, 4 Harold Street, Silkwood, St Rita’s South Johnstone, 7am, 1st, 3rd & 5th/month, 5 Green Street, South Johnstone

Our Lady Star of the Sea, 121 Victoria St, Cardwell Ingham Region Catholic Parishes: St Patrick’s, 8:30am, Sunday, 18 Abbott Street, Ingham St Peter’s, 7am, Sunday, 10 Scott Street, Halifax,

Christ the King,

Canossa Chapel, 10am,

7am, 2nd & 4th/month, 10

Sunday, St Teresa’s College /

Harbour Road, Mourilyan

3819 Abergowrie Rd

Holy Spirit, Mission Beach

St Teresa’s, Trebonne,

7am Sun,

10am

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Cassowary Coast Weekly Crime Wrap

Wednesday May 11, 2022 Traffic crash, Innisfail Around 3.30pm on Monday, May 9, a 21-year-old Douglas woman driving a black Toyota Corolla failed to give way and collided with a white Holden Captiva. The woman was travelling south along Glady Street when she failed to give way at the intersection of Glady Street and Bruce Highway, crossing the Bruce Highway and colliding with the white Captiva travelling west. There were no passengers in either vehicle and neither of the drivers sustained serious injury. The woman was issued with a $551 traffic infringement notice for failing to drive with due care. Traffic crash, Innisfail Around 10.30am on Thursday, May 5, a 90-year-old local man was riding his mobility scooter along the footpath of Fitzgerald Esplanade when he drove onto the road to cross onto Geraldton Bridge. It will be alleged at this point he collided with the rear fender of a vehicle that was travelling around the roundabout. No one was injured in the crash and the man was cautioned in relation to failing to give way. All of us together Reporting domestic and family violence is critical-

If you or someone you know is being impacted by domestic and family violence, we encourage you to report it to police or access support services: If the incident is happening now or there is immediate danger call Triple Zero (000) For non-urgent domestic and family violence matters, contact Policelink any time on 131 444 If making a phone call or visiting a police station isn’t a safe option, you can request contact with police online for non-urgent domestic and family violence at: https://www.police.qld.gov.au/domestic-violence Local help is available • Innisfail Youth and Family Care Inc – 4061 2778 • Innisfail Domestic Violence support services 4061 9869 • Community Support Centre Innisfail 4043 8400 • Mamu Health Services Limited 4061 9988 • Cassowary Coast DV Support services – Tully 4068 1004 • Cairns regional Domestic violence services 4033 6100 • DVConnect Womansline 1800 811 811 • DVConnect Mensline 1800 600 636 • Queensland Indigenous Family Violence legal advice 1800 88 77 00 • 1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting. Report crime information anonymously via Crime Stoppers. Call 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestoppersqld.com.au.

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Renal Dialysis Unit officially opens at Ingham Hospital THE Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is celebrating a win for the Hinchinbrook electorate after attending the official opening of the Renal Dialysis Unit at Ingham Hospital yesterday. The renal dialysis infrastructure upgrades at the Ingham and Charters Towers hospitals delivered eight renal chairs funded through a $4 million injection from the Queensland Government’s Rural and Regional Renal Program. 1 The Hinchinbrook MP said after the relentless lobbying by many stakeholders and the construction phase, the official opening of the Renal Dialysis Unit at Ingham Hospital had finally arrived. “Many locals which include the Ingham Health Service Community Advisory Network and the families and patients who have required dialysis treatment have worked hard to bring this issue to the forefront, and they deserve to be applauded for their efforts with the delivery of the Renal Dialysis Unit for the Ingham hospital,” Mr Dametto said. “I would like to give a special mention to the families

of Christine Bullen, Trevor Prior, Joan Giorcelli and Elsie Gusmeroli for their hard work and efforts over the past years. “Their long-term lobbying has been an integral part of us gathering the required data to advocate directly to the Minister at the time, the Hon. Steven Miles, to secure the funding necessary to deliver the new Renal Dialysis Unit. “Many dialysis patients will no longer need to make an arduous trip to Townsville three times a week to receive this lifechanging treatment. “This is an exciting milestone for the

Ingham Hospital, and we thank the State Government and Queensland Health for delivering this important project but the fight is not over.

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DIY tall raised garden beds for under $25 each LEXY MARQUIS WITH the cost of food and fuel soaring and given a lot of our food is trucked into the supermarkets, many people are thinking about starting up their own raised garden beds. The peak growing season for the Wet Tropics is fast approaching so now's as good a time as any to be thinking about growing your own food. It’s no secret that raised garden beds have many benefits to backyard gardeners in the Wet Tropics but store-bought can be quite costly. Here’s how to get a similar result for just a fraction of the price. Raised garden beds are a fantastic option in our region. Not only does it save your back, it benefits the soil. Instead of tilling the soil, a lasagne style technique is used where amendments such as fertilisers and organic matter such as grass clippings are added to the top - it’s the no-dig gardening method. No tilling and no digging means fewer weeds as soil naturally has a seed bank consisting of many seeds, as soon as they are disturbed they could be activated out of dormancy and hey presto! Weeds. Also having the beds up high means grass is not creeping into your growing space. Using raised beds helps to keep unwanted visitors out. By not growing directly at the ground level a lot of problems are immediately avoided. Further raised beds are easy to net off with insect mesh so perhaps those brassicas you’ve always wanted to grow here will have a chance!

matter such as old logs, sticks, branches, leaves etc, it retains a lot of moisture so when there are dry periods it helps to reduce the need for as much watering. Having raised garden beds also helps your back by not having to bend down as much and can be far more comfortable and enjoyable to garden with raised beds rather than down on the ground. Simply take a roll of dog mesh, and cut it in half lengthwise, a roll of chicken wire and a roll of weed mat. Measure out a 5 metre length for the first circle and 4 metres for subsequent circles that link to the first in a caterpillar formation. With the weed mat on the inside sandwich the chicken wire in the middle and the dog mesh on the outside and secure it all together at the top using basic cable ties. Make the first circle by securing the ends together with fencing rings. Subsequent circles are piggybacked onto the sides of the first row, in the row without needing to be a full circle themselves, and are also secured by fencing rings. For a chain of five garden beds, it’s about $100 at today’s prices. This gives a very large amount of growing space; if the shape was perfectly oval it would

be around 10 square metres. Fill with preferably old logs, and mulch or wood chips and use branches, sticks, twigs, leaves, fill your gaps with mulch or grass clippings or whatever is available. The last third of the space dirt/soil is put on the top. Add your amendments and soil improvements such as aged manure, seaweed, compost, rooster booster etc if desired then top with mulch such as grass clippings. Over time of course the metal will break down and they will have to be redone. However, garden circles done in this format over a year ago near Tully are showing no obvious signs of wear. This method may not be for you and is simply an idea as a starting point for readers to do their own research to take into consideration the pros and cons of such a system and make their own informed choice after their own research as to what may be suitable for them. Mission Beach Community Garden is also an option for people wanting to join a community of gardeners and share in the produce with working bees held Wednesday’s and Saturday’s twice per day 7 am - 11:00 am and 4:30 pm - sunset. They also offer a personal growing space for a small annual fee.

The addition of some agricultural poly pipe to make crossed over hoops above the garden beds can be added. At the top of the arch, smaller pvc pipe can be inserted to prevent the ag pipe from sagging in the heat. Over this insect mesh can be draped to keep unwanted visitors out. Another important benefit is improved drainage, in our high rainfall climate, this is very important. Compacted and waterlogged soil does not make for happy and healthy plants. By raising the plants up it gives them extra breathing space. The use of weedmat is helpful by allowing air to circulate into the beds, although it is made of plastic which may be off-putting to some and should be taken into consideration, a substitute might be geotextile made from hemp. By filing the bottom of the raised beds with organic

Hinchinbrook: Feral Pig Aerial Shoot to Commence in June

HINCHINBROOK Council, in co-operation with the

shoot to control feral pigs.

Department of Environment and Science and the

The areas covered during this program will include “The Orient”, Lamari’s on Suthers Road, “Mungalla”,

Department of Resources, intend to conduct an aerial

Accornero’s on Abswold Road, and parcels of land that are under the management of participating organisations between and adjacent to Palm Creek to the North, and Insulator Creek to the South. This program will take place from Tuesday 7 June 2022 to Wednesday 8 June 2022 between the hours of 5.00am and 7.00pm each day, weather permitting. To ensure the safety of the public while this program is being conducted, access to the National Parks Estate, Bronte Road, and the Halifax Bay Wetlands will be closed during these times. Access to huts on Bronte Road will be permitted outside of the planned control times. Should you require any further information or clarification concerning this control program, please contact Council’s Biosecurity Team Leader, Matthew Buckman on 4776 4740 for the necessary assistance.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Four decades fighting for growers

CANEGROWERS CHAIRMAN PAUL SCHEMBRI This column, my last as Chairman of CANEGROWERS Queensland, brings down the curtain on 39 years of fighting for the cane farming families of Queensland. Four decades might seem like a long time, but upon reflection, it seems only yesterday that I attended my first meeting of the then Farleigh Mill Suppliers Committee. It’s mind-blowing just how much the industry has changed since then. When I first became a grower representative back in 1983, the industry was highly regulated at the marketing, cane production and institutional levels. There was barely a scrap of regulations at the farm gate. Fast forward 40 years and there is little or no macro or institutional regulatory arrangements, yet at the farm gate the level of regulation has multiplied ten-fold. My time as CANEGROWERS Chairman will always be remembered for the sugar marketing dispute, which ran from around 2013 to 2017. Deregulation, which was touted as a great opportunity for cane farmers, saw growers stripped of marketing influence, leaving them on wrong end

of a serious imbalance of bargaining power between growers and large sugar milling companies.

as the industry that could provide the foundation for biofuels, renewable energy, bio foods and bioplastics.

Growers were rightly stirred to action and CANEGROWERS, along with other representative bodies, took up the fight, agitating for a fair go for Queensland’s sugarcane farmers.

I have never seen so much positivity from both State and Federal governments to develop value adding and diversification projects. We have to make it happen.

That agitation led to Choice in Marketing legislation being passed by Queensland’s parliament, and the introduction of the Federal Government’s Sugar Industry Code of Conduct. Growers can now enjoy the right to determine the pathway to market for their sugar and have strengthened bargaining power. This only happened because growers, supported by a strong industry organisation, fought for it. So, what does the future hold for the sugar industry? While nobody can predict the future, sometimes our past can give us a clue. The Australian sugar industry is 150 years old, and two things define it – change and adaptation. The industry of 2022 is radically different to the industry of the 1980s when I started my representative career. Clearly the industry in 2050 will be radically different to the industry of today. For decades the sugar industry has been touted grubs, which are related to the greyback cane grub, has been high. There are hundreds of different types of beetle species. They have what we call a "complete" life cycle where there is a complete change between the early stages of the beetle's life and its adult stage.

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OVER the past month or so, we have noticed some cane grub damage, especially in later ratoons in some parts of the Tully district. This may well be the first time such damage has been observed for a long time, probably more than 20 years, in fact. The reason for this recent outbreak, which at this stage is quite isolated to several blocks of cane, is probably that the weather conditions have been near perfect for beetles to flourish. Even in the home garden, the incidence of lawn

The adult female beetle will lay eggs in lighter soils, and these eggs hatch into the larval stage, which we call grubs. In many cases of beetle species, these grubs will eat dead plant materials and are no threat to commercial crops; but in the case of the greyback beetle, unfortunately, their preferred food is the live roots of sugar cane! The beetle larvae start to eat the cane roots or dead plant material for the complete life cycle, depending on the species. This larval stage grows through several stages called "instars."

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Bowls News Silkwood Bowls May 12 Due to the weather no bowls have been played. Denise Charman was selected into the Tropical Far North Queensland District team who had travelled to the Gold Coast for the Bowls Queensland District Games. Clubs from all over Queensland battle it out over 4 days, the ladies came in 7th position, and this is a fantastic result. A Men’s Division 3 Pennant game was played at Silkwood on Saturday May 7 between Silkwood & Sth Johnstone, was a close score with Silkwood on 37 & Sth Johnstone 40. NO Friday Night Barefoot bowls or BBQ. Watch this space for the next Friday Night Barefoot Bowls night. Bowls social days are Wednesday and Sunday with sign in at 1 pm for a 1.30 pm start. For all enquires contact the club on 0475759808 or

Of course, the ongoing challenge for the sugar industry is to demonstrate our environmental credentials Reef regulations abound and the entire industry is suffering from bureaucratic fatigue. But despite all of the mindless regulation, our environmental credentials are impressive and we will ultimately come through this challenge and gain the environmental recognition we deserve. Around the world we are already considered to be one of the of the most environmentally sustainable cane farming industries. After nine years as Chairman and 39 years of continuous representation in CANEGROWERS, I say farewell. I’ve met and worked with countless wonderful people along the way and would like to thank them all for their friendship, support and hospitality over the years. Most of all I would like to thank the cane growers of Queensland for the great privilege of representing them over 39 years. I have given it my best. Farewell! Once the larvae reach a certain size, they burrow down to a depth of around 50cm in the soil and form a hard shell called a "pupae". The adult beetle then forms inside the pupae. Once the weather conditions are right, usually after summer storms, the adult beetle emerges from the pupae, burrows up to the soil surface and flies away. The symptoms of cane grub infestation are a drying of the cane from the tops down, and in severe cases, the cane falls over, and at harvest time, the whole plant is torn out of the ground. Management of greyback cane beetles has been a significant focus of sugar cane research since the 1920s. For the past 20 years or so, we have used a very effective chemical called Imidacloprid. The case of damage we have seen recently may well be blocks where Imidacloprid was not applied because the cane was in its last year of production, i.e. plough out plus the late wet season. Once these blocks are planted again and treated with the correct rate of Imidacloprid, this latest incidence of cane grubs should be gone. Any growers concerned that they may have cane grubs can call 0400596968 or TCPSL on 0429022702 for an on-farm inspection.

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Babinda Bowls Social bowls winners on Thursday, May 5: Matt Lock, Bill Price & Ross, runner-up Neal, Les Holland & Ron Omodei. There were no bowls on Sunday as it was a bit too damp. Don’t forget to get your names in by 1 for 1.30 pm start for Social bowls on Thursday and Sunday. Singles games to be played on Saturday, Bill Price vs Peter Zanoletti, Jim Azzopardi vs Gavin Omodei. Organize markers. Round 2 of the pennants, Saturday, May 7, at Innisfail: Innisfail was too good on the day. No pennants for us next Saturday. We have a bye. Bowlers from Gordonvale and Innisfail Clubs intend to travel to Babinda and engage in a social afternoon on Saturday, June 4.

These two clubs have had a regular social game A Cane grub damaged late Ratoon crop in Tully rotation.

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Golf News Ingham Golf Results

THURSDAY 14 Hole Competition Stableford (5/5/22) Winner: Les Rolling (62 nett) Runner up: Mick Poggioli (67.5 nett) Rundowns: Ron Kerkwyk (68.5), Michael Fluerty (68.5), Geoff Gianotti (69.5) Monthly Medal Stroke Saturday (6/7/22) Winner: Fred Smith (70 nett) Runner up: Colin Noble (73 nett C/B) Run downs: Brian Scanlon (73 nett C/B), Lachlan Tennant (73 nett), Ian Swarbrick (75 nett) Ladies Results (4/5/22) The weather held for us on Wednesday, and we had a great day’s golf. A massive thank-you to Julie Reed for providing her expertly made cowhide items, including a driver cover, notebook and cardholders and console bags. They were very much appreciated, as were the six-pin shots also donated and the smoko provided. We played a Stableford event playing the front 9 twice.

Innisfail Golf A HUGE thank you to the efforts of the grounds crew for getting the course in magnificent condition for last weekend’s Innisfail Classic. IGC Rules & Etiquette April’s winner - Jimmy Scullen Last week’s Quiz Before Lombo plays his ball from the long rough, he moves loose impediments from around his ball.

The results are as follows: Winner: Deb Giles (33 points) Runner up: Julie Reed (33 points C/B) Pin Shots: Bruna Quadrio (2), Eva Milgate (2), Cheryl Lloyd (2) The Hinchinbrook Hotel Monthly Medal is on the calendar this week, but the forecast weather may not allow play. News and Upcoming Events The Tropic Petroleum Ingham Open and Moduline Kitchens Closed championships are fast approaching. Both nominations will be available at the clubhouse this weekend or feel free to email your nominations to inghamgc2021@gmail.com. Also, congratulations to Elio Dibella on qualifying for the 2022 Greg Norman Juniors Masters, which will be held towards the end of the year. Great Work, Elio, and keep up the good golf. Upcoming events 11 May – Hotel Hinchinbrook Womens Monthly Medal 29 May – Tropic Petroleum Ingham Men’s Open 4 & 5 June – Moduline Kitchens Men’s Ingham Closed Championships 25 June – Ingham Women's Open Championship

Tully Golf MAY 7 Mosquito Monthly Medal Stroke Results: Early starter Gerard Straatman hit 68. He was quite entitled to leave the course thinking it was pretty much sewn up. ....3 under! The air was thick. And we mean THICK with mosquitoes. Not too humid. No rain...Cometh the hour ..cometh the man! Unperturbed by such a good score State hockey player Andrew Roatz ..Mr Pink Shirt.. understood the competitive process. He stepped up to the plate and mounted his racer and blitzed it with a 66. five under! Our club is full of extremely talented sports people, snuck ahead in the countback.

2nd: Vaughan Smith 22pts

3rd: Jake Cockle 39pts

3rd: Josh Jones 20pts c/b

NTPs

What is the ruling?

1st: Josh Jones 22pts

A. There is no penalty, however the ball must be replaced

2nd: Rauno Lehtsalu 19pts

B. Lombo gets one penalty stroke, and the ball must be replaced

NTP - Mark Schafer

This week’s Quiz Ryan’s ball comes to rest on an artificial path surfaced with gravel. Ryan moves some of the gravel surrounding his ball and then plays the ball from the path. What is the ruling? A. Ryan gets a general penalty for improving the conditions affecting the stroke.

3rd: Paul Tattam 18pts If you could imagine the British Open weather in Innisfail, this is like what golfers endured during the Hogan & Associates Stableford 18-hole competition on April 30. The morning groups struggled through their 18 holes, with consistent showers. But the groups battled onto the finish, in incredibly challenging conditions. The best scores of the morning came from Paul Tattam and Josh Jones on 33 points, who tied for the clubhouse lead.

C. Ryan gets a general penalty for moving part of an immovable obstruction Craig Alman and Vaughan Smith battled it out down the stretch for 22 points apiece in Wednesday’s All Sporters nine-hole competition on April 27. Alman just

However, Innisfail’s newest greens keeper Stephen Todd stole the show with a very impressive 40 points.

No penalty

1/10 - Josh Jones/Addi Butorac Mann 7/16 - Mike Davis

4/13 - Trent

2/11 - Chris Calleja - E Nest

5/14 - Colin Lyons

8/17

3/12 - Addi Butorac - Norm Stewart

6/15 - Josh Jones

9/18

Innisfail’s juniors travelled up to Atherton for the Junior Open last weekend. Please visit Innisfail Golf Club Facebook page to keep up with golf around the region. Upcoming Events Wednesday All Sporters competition - from 12.00 pm and 3.00 pm groups of 4 permitted Friday Sporters competition - from 12.00 pm and 2.00 pm groups of 4 permitted - online bookings May 14 - Golf World Cairns Monthly Medal May 21 - Vandeleur & Todd Solicitors Stableford May 28 - Russell Sign & Print Stableford

With withdrawals from the afternoon field, seven crazies went out to get in some practice for the Innisfail Classic. Colin Lyons was adamant that playing in the rain was a bad idea but pulled together a great round of 39 points to tie with a solid round from Jake Cockle.

Results 2nd: Colin Lyons 39pts c/b

Results

Answer: B. As Lombo has caused the ball to move, he gets a one stroke penalty and must replace the ball.

THE Vets played at Ingham Golf Club on Tuesday, May 3, with a showery start but ending on a fine day. Many thanks to the Ingham Course volunteers for their course preparation. A Stableford event was played. The game proposed for Rowes Bay on May 10 has been postponed due to the weather. The W&D Sorensen Trophy 4BBB is scheduled for the Cardwell Golf Course on Tuesday, May 17. RESULTS (3/5/22) Winner – Fred Smith (37 points) Runner-up – Brian Scanlon (32 points) Top of the Rundown – Henry Matthews (31 points C/B) Rundown – Paul Menegon (31), Allan Cockburn (31), Michael Fluerty (30), Geoff Gianotti (30) Ladies Winner – Deb Giles (37 points) Runner-up – Julie Reed (30 points) Top of the Rundown – Kass Marshall 28 points) NTP Men 5/14 – Allan Cockburn Ladies 9/18 – Lee Irvine

1st: Craig Alman 22pts c/b

After a third-place finish on Wednesday, Josh Jones tried hard to get the win and all the skins in Friday’s Sporters 9-hole competition on April 29.

Tropical Coast District Veteran Golfers

1st: Stephen Todd 40pts

NTP - Craig Alman

and he is but one of them. The results: Monthly Medal Winner : Andrew Roatz 66 2nd Gerard Straatman 68 3rd Jim Boston 71 4th Alex Gilbride NTP’s 2/11 Gerard Straatman (Men) Kim Robertson (Ladies) 7/16 Les Douglas (Men) Kim Robertson (Ladies) THURSDAY SPORTERS RESULTS Thursday Sporters was won by Jim Boston with a terrific 19 showing a return to form.

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In doing so he causes his ball to move.

C. Lombo gets two penalty strokes, and the ball must be replaced

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Josh Jones won Friday’s Sporters competition on April 29.

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Innisfail Junior Touch Football pays homage to its volunteers and sponsors

MARIA GIRGENTI FOR the first time, Innisfail Junior Touch fielded six touch football teams who travelled to Townsville and competed in the Junior State Cup North carnival last month. Two Under 10 teams, boys and girls, two under 12 teams, boys and girls and two under 14 teams, boys and girls, participated in the three-day carnival. For these teams to travel to Townsville, it was necessary to have a coach and manager for each team and a referee. A huge thank you to all the following volunteers. They gave up their weekend to allow these junior players to participate in the carnival. Under 10 Girls - Deliah Howard (coach) and Dean Howard (manager)

Brendan King (right) thanked Quinten Johnson and the team from NQ Power Equipment for their sponsorship of Innisfail Junior Touch.

Under 10 Boys - Colt Barba (coach) and Hayley Barba (manager) Under 12 Girls - Brendan King (coach) and Rochelle Berry (manager) Under 12 Boys - Allison Andy (coach) and Shane Rossi (manager) Under 14 Girls - Ray Higgins (coach) and Kathryn Dryden (manager) Under 14 Boys - Tiffanie Harman (coach) and Renee Sinton (manager) Deborah Mortimer, Keith Brosnan, Anthony Genocchio, Elizabeth and Jack Suchanek and Sharni Edwards travelled to the carnival as the teams’ referees. Innisfail Junior Touch wanted to thank major sponsors Vandeleur and Todd Solicitors, Innisfail Glass and Aluminium, NQ Power Equipment, CAVA Scaffolding Solutions, and Nourish Banana Co.

Brendan King (right) with Stephen Todd, sponsor of Innisfail Junior Touch.

These sponsors assisted with purchasing new playing kits and training equipment which will benefit the club for the next few years. A special mention to the players and their families for taking part and representing Innisfail Junior Touch with loads of courage and respect. Congratulations to the following Innisfail girls who gained selection in the North Queensland Cyclones training squads for the upcoming National Youth Championships. Under 12: Sienna Barba Under 14: Isla Alcock, Lillee Barba, Lily De Brincat, Hannah Dryden and Summer-Rose Phair Under 16: Skye Barba and Tahlia Hayes The new junior touch season is starting soon. Hopefully, more juniors will sign up, so Innisfail can travel to Townsville again next year and field Innisfail Junior Touch coordinator Brendan King (middle), with sponsors Tanya Pensini and more teams in the Junior State Cup North carnival. Duncan Plumb from Innisfail Glass and Aluminium

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Innisfail Leprechauns’ rugby league teams register wins over Mossman-Port Douglas STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARIA GIRGENTI

refereed our games this year.”

Bye: Edmonton

INNISFAIL Leprechauns A-grade rugby league team hung on for a gutsy 26 - 22 win over Mossman-Port Douglas at Callendar Park last Saturday.

At full-time, Innisfail recorded a convincing 38 - 22 victory over Mossman-Port Douglas in Reserve grade.

Reserve Grade Innisfail 38 def Mossman-Port Douglas 22

It was a tight contest from start to finish in a seesawing game, and scores were locked up on four occasions.

Innisfail’s try scorers: Zadok Heron-Jia, Ethan Vick 2, Simon Asela 2, Matthew Barham, Jayden Rudken. Michael Morton 4 goals and 1 penalty goal. Man of the Match: Zane Walsh

Jason Hallie made his A-grade debut for Innisfail, whilst new player Sterling Addo-Nona scored the opening try and took home the Man of the Match award.

The Innisfail Women’s team played two trial games, one against Mossman-Port Douglas and the other against Yarrabah Seahawks.

Innisfail’s try scorers: Sterling Addo-Nona, Aaron Jolley, Jarred Laza 2. Aaron Jolley 1 goal and 1 penalty goal, Sterling Addo-Nona 1 goal and 2 penalty goals.

Innisfail had a narrow 8 - 6 win over Mossman-Port Douglas and had a 4 - 6 loss to Yarrabah.

Cairns Brothers 40 def Southern Suburbs 0

Innisfail’s try scorers: Kate Haren, Rylee Wallace and Tahlee Walker. Player of the Match: Nyla Stevens

Kangaroos 38 def Yarrabah 0

After the game, Leprechauns A-grade coach Leon Hallie said he was happy with his team’s performance. “Mossman-Port Douglas always come to play and made us work for the entire 80 minutes to get the win.” “Sterling Addo-Nona was impressive on his club debut, whilst Jason Hallie, aged only 17 surprised a few and showed he could manage the higher standard.” “It was a good flowing game and referee Kurt Igesund deserves special mention for the way he has

Southern Suburbs 12 def Cairns Brothers 6 Mareeba 16 def Atherton 10 Kangaroos 44 def Yarrabah 16 Ivanhoe Knights 34 def Tully 12 Under 18 Atherton 42 def Mareeba 16 Ivanhoe Knights 18 def Tully 6

Results - CDRL Round 5 fixtures - May 7 - 8

Byes: Innisfail and Edmonton

A Grade

Women’s

Innisfail 26 def Mossman-Port Douglas 22 Cairns Brothers 36 def Southern Suburbs 28 Atherton 32 def Mareeba 12 Yarrabah 30 def Kangaroos 18 Ivanhoe Knights 32 def Tully 18

Yarrabah 26 def Mossman-Port Douglas 4 This Saturday, Innisfail returns home to Callendar Park and hosts Ivanhoe Knights in three grades. The Tully Tigers teams face Yarrabah at Tully Showgrounds on Sunday, May 15.

Innisfail’s Simon Asela barges his way over to score his first of two tries in the Reserve-grade game.

Shane

has almost played his way into the Queensland Origin Team for game 1, and in all honesty, we might need him. The Panthers are still the team to beat, but I'll laugh while I'm happy.

Muriata HAHAHAHAHA, with all my laughing that happened on the weekend to Monday morning, you might be wondering why? Well, If you haven't guessed, the Blue Mountain team from Penrith lost their first game of the season last Friday night against the Parramatta Eels. Ok, I'm not going to bash the Panthers up to much, so I'll just give due where it belongs.

My Bronx is still flying high after beating the Rabbitohs, reminding all green jersey fans that getting rid of Adam Reynolds wasn't a good idea while also making a good night's sleep for yours truly. Manly keeps hanging around, which will only please Kat, Ben and David Beaut. The Melbourne Storms proved too strong for the Dragons, whereas my other favourite team, the West Tiger's, fell short.

The Parramatta Eels were ready, and they came with an intensity that usually comes in an NRL finals Game. It was brutal, uncompromising and with a touch of controversy.

The Canberra Faders found some form by beating the toothless Doggies, which in turn made Raylene Leo happy, and the Cowgirls keep dancing like Linda Davies in the top four of the NRL ladder by beating the Knights in Townsville.

The Kikou dropping the ball was ugly but made worse when the bunker missed it. In plain English, the NRL has been crap in the last month, and it has lost more faith than the Morrison Government. Reed Mahony

I want to mention something about the NZ Warriors losing against the Sharks, who only had 11 players at the weekend. Still, I'm too embarrassed because I have kiwi mates who don't want to be ashamed. Bloody

Warriors, bad as the Wallabies. With Origin just around the corner, I'm still standing my ground with Daley Cherry Evans not playing for Queensland. I know he had a wow of a game on the weekend, but if coach Billy Slater has the kahunas, he would leave DCE out by making him cut oranges at halftime. In my opinion, Reece Walsh, Cam Munster, Sam Walker and Kaylin Ponga all have a head start on Cherry Ripe, so no one should even mention his name. I know Billy Slaters father reads the paper in the outskirts of Innisfail; if not, make sure he gets this message to pass on to his son, and that is, please, brother, make an Origin dream come true and invite the only footy tragic of the north to your origin game and send this man a ticket because I have never been to Lang Park for the State of Origin. Well, at least I gave it a try. I'll let youse know the outcome of me receiving a ticket next week. Lastly, a special shout out to all the workers at the Innisfail Council Depo near K Mart. I hear you guys even take the time to read my column, which is pretty cool. I hope you guys are well and keep doing the fantastic work for our beautiful Cassowary Coast.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Cassowary Coast Cricket Association awards presentation

Jake Robertson and Dan Bradford with Michael THE combined awards presentation for Cassowary Coast Imogen Stuart Zammit winner - 5th Cricket Association, Tully and Mission Beach and Cricket clubs Under 18 Boys: Grade Bowling Average took place last month at the Tully Country Club hosted by Tully All photos supplied by Cassowary Coast Cricket Christo Van and Batting Aggregate. Cricket. Vuuren Cassowary Coast Cyclones is the leading association, Open Men’s: overseeing the three local clubs to work together to develop Rhys Camilleri cricket across the region. This year’s awards acknowledged the high achievers in the Luke McAvoy district for juniors in the Tier 2 and 3 competitions, Women’s North Queensland and Senior Men’s matches. Open Women’s: The presentation of Cassowary Coast wide junior awards Sharon Bradford took place for the first time, with the Junior Tier 2 competition Karri Keen moving to a more competitive format this season. In the Tier 2 awards, a winner is featured from each of the Chloe Riggs N o r t h e r n four teams in the competition. Jake Robertson (Secretary) and Dan Bradford (President) with James Hopes A special thanks to major sponsors Brothers Innisfail,Queensland Cup Tier 2 award winners, Jackson Poppi, Charlie Manno, Aiden Getejanc and Jake Robertson Property Law, IGA Tully and Subway, and Alana Romano Giacomo De Faveri. all the parents, volunteers, scorers, coaches and executive Q u e e n s l a n d committee. Country Indiana Palmer

MARIA GIRGENTI

Award recipients: Junior Tier 2 Batting Average: Charlie Manno - Mission Beach (156) Bowling Average: Giacomo De Faveri - Innisfail Thunder (9 wickets @ 5) Highest Run Scorer: Aiden Getejanc - Tully (244 runs @ 30.5) Most Wickets: Jackson Poppi - Innisfail Monsoons (11 wickets @ 5.91) 5th Grade Batting Aggregate: Michael Zammit (249)

Batting Aggregate: Abby Toshach (234) Batting Average: Abby Toshach (46) Bowling Aggregate: Karri Keen (10) Bowling Average: Amy Hunter (8.6) 1st Grade Batting Aggregate: Christo Van Vuuren (244) Batting Average: Stirling McAvoy (49) Bowling Aggregate: Wade Henderson (13) Bowling Harrison Ryan

Average:

Batting Average: Davinder Kumar (25.5)

Representative players

Bowling Aggregate: Davinder Kumar (23)

Under 12A Boys:

Bowling Average: Luke Fitzgerald 3rd Grade

Cricket Far North Marko Van Vuuren Riley Berge Giacomo De Faveri

Batting Aggregate: Jayden Giddins (286)

Under 12B Boys:

Batting Average: Matthew Smart

Brodie Masina

Bowling Aggregate: Liam Conomo (12) Bowling Average: Liam Conomo (14.33) Women’s

Aiden Getejanc Under 13 Boys: Kade Corby Tadgh McDavitt Under 13 Girls: Karina Guglielmi

Open Women’s: Abby Toshach Amy Hunter Special Achievements Cassowary Cyclones

Rhys Camilleri (5/74 vs Barron - 1st Grade 20/11/21) Stirling McAvoy (5/26 vs Mulgrave - 1st Grade Cassowary Coast representative cricket players Karri Keen, Giacomo De 9/10/21) Faveri, Luke McAvoy, Imogen Stuart, Aiden Getejanc, Christo Van Vuuren, Giacomo De Faveri Brodie Masina and Marko Van Vuuren. (5/10 vs Mareeba - Jimmy Maher Cup - 06/11/21) Jackson Poppi (6/4 vs Tully - James Hopes Cup - 13/11/21) Abby Toshach (101 runs vs Norths - Women’s - 24/10/21) 50 First Grade games: Jake Robertson and Dan Bradford with 1st grade cricketers Jasran Kalkat and Jasran Kalkat and Wade Wade Henderson. Henderson Junior Tier 2 Player of the Year: Aiden Getejanc (244 runs and 7 wickets in 9 matches) Junior Player of the Year: Austin Stuart Women’s Player of the Year: Abby Toshach Jake Robertson and Dan Bradford John Beu Men’s Player congratulated Luke McAvoy - Men’s of the Year: Luke McAvoy Player of the Year.

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Jake Robertson and Dan Bradford with Austin Stuart - Tier 3 Best Bowler and Junior Player of the Year.

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Fishing News

RoLy Newton

THE weather dropped last Thursday and Friday, allowing boats to travel out around the islands and close to reefs. Good numbers of Island Trout and Gold Spot cod were reported caught; however, the Grass Sweet Lip were hard to find inshore. I expect the low salinity levels were responsible. The close-in waters were alive with bait and schools of Pelagic such as Trevally, Queenfish and the odd Tuna. I managed to hook a couple of early-season Spanish Mackerel; unfortunately, I lost one to a hook pulling out and another to a shark. I had only taken two baits, and they were both taken in the first 15 minutes, an excellent sign this early in the year. We had a very good session catching Golden Trevally on soft plastics and some inquiries from Queenfish, to which we didn`t manage to stay connected. The heavy rain over the weekend destroyed any chances of fishing the estuaries in the coastal creeks. Hence, the keen anglers headed down to fish the Hinchinbrook Channel. There were still some opportunities even in these conditions, and most regulars managed a few Barra and even an occasional Mangrove Jack. The best fishing was definitely up in the freshwater reaches of the coastal rivers, where the runoff fishing was excellent. A lot of the Barra caught were quite silver; obviously, they had just run up the river from the saltwater. Good numbers of Sooty Grunter and Jungle Perch were caught up in the upper limits of the creeks. These places can be a hazardous place to be during heavy rain. Trying to retrace your steps downstream in a flooded creek is not fun. If heading into this country, make sure there is a means to get out. At this early stage of the week, the various weather sites predict the winds to drop later in the week and calm seas for the coming weekend. What’s more, we should have seen the worst of the rain, so hopefully,

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we are finally in for a good weekend. Keep your fingers crossed. Either side of the early morning high tide will suit travelling out to the islands and having a bottom fish or fishing for a pelagic. As mentioned earlier, there were plenty of Trevally and Queenfish around, and the Mackerel were starting to arrive. If the weather is as good as they are predicting, many boats will head out wide to fish the main reefs; with ideal tides, the fish should be biting well. The estuaries in the coastal creeks will still be affected by the heavy rain, so if a Barra or a Mangrove Jack is on the agenda, I would head down to fish the heart of the Hinchinbrook Channel. There will still be good numbers of Mud Crabs around, and there should be some prawns on the beaches between the Tully River and Cardwell. Hopefully, the floodwaters will have started to clear enough to allow anglers to fish for Barra, Sooty Grunter and Tarpon at the mouth of the feeder creeks and drains running into the freshwater sections of the main rivers. Good Fishing Roly Newton Tackle World Tully

TIDE TIMES LUCINDA MAY FRI 13 May 12:55 am 1.2m 6:51 am 3.2m 1:19 pm 0.79m 7:29 pm 3.04m SAT 14 May 1:31 am 1.13m 7:23 am 3.22m 1:46 pm 0.62m 8:07 pm 3.27m SUN 15 May 2:12 am 1.11m 7:57 am 3.17m 2:17 pm 0.5m 8:48 pm 3.43m MON 16 May 2:57 am 1.16m 8:35 am 3.02m

2:53 pm 0.47m 9:34 pm 3.5m TUE 17 May 3:48 am 1.28m 9:18 am 2.8m 3:33 pm 0.53m 10:25 pm 3.47m WED 18 May 4:55 am 1.43m 10:08 am 2.53m 4:20 pm 0.69m 11:23 pm 3.36m THU 19 May 6:31 am 1.54m 11:09 am 2.26m 5:17 pm 0.9m

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Derek Maynard with a double header of Jacks caught in the Hinchinbrook Channel. - Not Comp

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Innisfail's Cohen Assan competed in the inaugural National Indigenous Basketball Tournament

MARIA GIRGENTI THE inaugural National Indigenous Basketball Tournament was a tremendous opportunity for Cohen Assan, who rose to the challenge of playing for the first time at the national level. The event took place last month over three days on the Gold Coast. It featured eight boys' and girls' teams from around the nation. Assan from Innisfail featured in the Queensland North Under 14 Boys' team, who finished fourth overall. Bronwyn Philpot from Innisfail, who was head coach of the Queensland North Girls' team, said Although they did not win any games, it was a fantastic experience. She brought back loads of knowledge for the Innisfail Basketball Association Under 16s competition. Coaches had the opportunity to participate in a Junior NBA training camp promoting standards of safe play whilst also delivering valuable training techniques and off-court life skills education. This event brought Indigenous players from around Australia to Runaway Bay Basketball Stadium and Gold Coast Performance Centre for what should be the first of a regular tournament under the auspices of Cohen Assan (seated far right - yellow shoes), from Innisfail was part of the Queensland North Indigenous Basketball Australia (IBA).

Under 14 Boys’ team who competed at the National Indigenous Basketball Tournament on the

IBA was founded by NBA champion, four-time Gold Coast. Photo: Indigenous Basketball Australia Olympian and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian Patty Mills and established to overcome the challenges and barriers faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the current Australian basketball systems and structures. It aims to create pathways and opportunities at the grassroots level. Hence, players have a better chance to advance and succeed on the national and international stage. The National Indigenous Basketball Tournament (NIBT) is the pinnacle event of the IBA's Indigenous Community Basketball League (ICBL). A five-week ICBL competition ran in eight locations throughout Australia in February and March. Over 160 players and 84 support staff travelled to the Gold Coast for the tournament, proudly wore their region's colours, and represented Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Torres Strait, New South Wales, Queensland North and Queensland South regions. The official NIBT tournament tipped off with the opening ceremony, and Patty Mills addressed the participants remotely from Brooklyn, USA.

Participants also had access to a series of Inspiration and Motivation sessions, which focused on the Bronwyn Philpot (standing far left), from Innisfail was the head coach of the Queensland North program's core themes of People, Identity and Culture, Girls’ team at the tournament. Photo: Indigenous Basketball Australia Education and Health.