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Cornett’s commits to $1m IGA upgrade By GARY HUTCHISON CORNETT’s IGA have reaffirmed their commitment to its Cooktown store with Monday’s announcement of a $1M refurbishment of the location. The news follows a similar declaration last year in the face of troubled times for the group and its entire operation, when concerns were raised the store here, like others, was in danger of closing. Chief Executive Officer Graham Booysen was in Cooktown on Monday with a small team of specialists, when he announced the two-phase project, which will be run over two years. “The first stage, which we hope to start in July this year, involves the installation of a new and bigger refrigeration system, along with new air conditioning,” Mr Booysen said. “The second stage, which we hope to start in February next year, involves a refit of fixtures and fittings and cash register points.” Mr Booysen said the car park would also be resurfaced, but a commencement date for that is still to be decided. But what will a new refrigeration unit and new air conditioning mean for the customers? “Our plans are for a much bigger refrigerated area that will allow us to increase our range of products,” he said. “Being all brand new, it will be more reliable, without as many breakdowns.” And new air conditioning? “To start with, the store will be much cooler for a more comfortable environment for our customers,” he said. “But it also means our fresh food range can be available, at its best, for longer.” He said with the planned refit,
Cooktown is virtually getting a new supermarket. “We want to provide quicker, more efficient service for our customers at the check-out,” he said. “And the new register points we have planned will provide that. “Our plans also include a whole new computer system for the store, which will facilitate that.” Mr Booysen said the Bundaberg floods had delayed Cooktown’s revamp. “We had hoped to have started this project earlier,” he said. “But our store in Bundy was a victim of its recent floods and we’ve just spent $1M getting that up and running again.” He said their Cooktown customers, like all their clientele, were very important to the group. “I said it last year and I’ll say it again, Cooktown is a great little store for us and we’ll always be trying to provide the best products we can in the most comfortable environment possible.” Mr Booysen said the store’s continued good performance gave the group’s management confidence in making the $1m investment in its future. “Like I said last year, we are here for the long term, we wouldn’t be spending this sort of money if we weren’t.” And he was quick to attribute an improvement in their local outlet to manager Paul Scott. “Since Paul’s been here, we’ve seen an increase in product range, promotional stock and a commitment to providing the freshest stock available,” he said. “And his commitment to his customers is second to none. “Even with our troubles in Bundy, he was constantly reminding us of what we needed to do in Cooktown.”
Cornett’s IGA Risk Manager Keith Robertson, Cooktown Manager Paul Scott, Chief Executive Officer Graham Booysen and Shelair Refrigeration Installation Manager Steve Sellick, measuring up the refrigeration area, which will be part of the company’s refurbishment of the Cooktown store. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
Cornett’s IGA Cooktown Manager Paul Scott with the company’s Chief Executive Officer Graham Booysen in front of part of the refrigeration area that will soon undergo a massive facelift. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
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MAY Thu 16. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Thu 16. Cooktown Photography Club meeting from 6pm in the Cooktown State School Library. Contact either Chris Stewart on 0400 685 542 or Gary Hutchison on 0411 722 807 for details. Fri 17. Concert at Nature's PowerHousefrom 7.30pm. $25 cash at door. Fri 17. Discovery Festival fundraiser at the Top Pub from 7.30pm, featuring Barefoot Belles and Roswell. Sat 18. Cooktown Junior Rugby League ladies afternoon and fashion parade. Cooktown Bowls Club from 12.30pm. $20 per ticket. Bookings essential. Contact Sylvia on either 4069 5865 or 0429 062 262 or Nardia on either 4069 6683 or 0447 240 677. Sat 18. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - 9am to 10am. (trial only at this stage.) Sat 18. Cape York SSAA Pistol Shoot from 1pm. Sat 18. Cooktown SSAA Service 25 Match (revolvers) Shoot from 3.30pm. Sun 19. Cape York SSAA Rifle Shoot from 9am. Sun 19. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Tue 21. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Tue 21. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 22. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Wed 22. Cooktown SSAA Sports Pistol/Centre Shoot from 5.30pm. Thu 23. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Sat 25. Cape York SSAA working bee. Sat 25. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - 9am to 10am. (trial only at this stage.) Sat 25. Cooktown SSAA SSAA Zone 5 Shoot at Burdekin Pistol Club. Sun 26. Cape York SSAA Black Powder shoot. Sun 26. Cooktown SSAA SSAA Zone 5 Shoot at Burdekin Pistol Club. Sun 26. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Sun 26. Cooktown SSAA Practical Shoot from 9am. Can club secretaries please send in a list of their events planned for the year to editor@cooktownlocalnews.com. au so they can be included in the What's On section.
Who is dumping all this carbon all over us?
I CAN’T believe it! I woke up last Tuesday and found someone has been dumping rubbish all over us. Can you believe they have dumped 400 PPMs (whatever they are) of rubbishy old carbon dioxide on Australia? I can’t imagine who allowed them to do that, although Julia Gillard must take responsibility, of course. I’m going to get to the bottom of this, although it is not proving to be easy. I got on the internet, and there are all sorts of people bleating about it. All very well for them, but they
don’t have to live here and put up with it. View I’m a little less worried from now I have the Hill found that there have been other times when carbon dioxide was just lying around the place. The last was four million years ago, and look what happened as a result. Back then people were really poor and stunted. They looked more like chimpanzees than real people and they used tools made of
David Cass is this winner of a $25 meat voucher in the Cornett’s IGA Cooktown and Cooktown Local News photo competition.
DAVID CASS’S ever-so delicate portrayal of a butterfly on a hibiscus is this week’s winner in the Cornett’s IGA Cooktown and Cooktown Local News photo competition. For his efforts, David wins a $25 meat voucher. His winning entry will now go into the end of year draw and he is still eligible to keep entering as often as he likes until the competition closes. You now have until 5pm on Thursday, May 23 to submit your entry for this week’s stage of the competition, and remember, entries need to be full resolution - between 1mb and 10mb in size and they need to be forwarded as an email attachment to editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au . And please include your contact numbers. David’s winning entry will be printed and displayed in a gallery the IGA has prepared in their store.
letters to the editor Thanks to all involved with World’s Greatest Shave IT is high time I wrote a letter of thanks to everyone who supported us and helped with the Leukaemia Foundation World’s Greatest Shave fund raiser held at the Sovereign Resort. The final tally was a magnificent $5118.60. I hate to start listing helpers and donors because I am sure to miss someone out. To the people who donated in the newsagency to the wonderful people who turned up to
support the event and to all those who were brave and shaved, thank you. Both John Desman from the Italian and Keith from the Sovereign Resort really brought in the dollars, not only with sponsorship, big bids were made to see them both suffer a back wax. Over $1000 was donated to see John shave off his glorious mop of curls. Marilyn Clark from Cooktown Earth Moving was treasurer for
the day and also donated generously. KP Auto Electrics supported the event with a whopper donation of $500. The dynamic Alana from Wot Eva Go’z Hair Studio not only donated her time, but went places most hair dressers would not go to make the day a great success. Your support really helps to change the lives of leukaemia suffers. Carol and Ian McKinna
Unfounded claims on cuts to ANZAC Services I WISH to respond to a number of completely unfounded claims reported in your newspaper’s 2-8 May edition, ‘Budget cuts impact on ANZAC services.’ The Australian Government and the Australian Defence Force continue to support commemorative services for Anzac Day, Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) and many other important days that commemorate the service and sacrifice of our servicemen and women. Each Anzac Day, the Australian Defence Force provides support to thousands of services within Australia and many overseas commemorations. In 2013 alone, Navy supported some 560 commemorative activities, Army supported more than 900 commemorative activities, Air Force supported 640 commemorative activities including staging a number of flypasts. Unfortunately, the ADF is not able to support all commemora-
Baptist: Hogg Street, near IGA, 9.30am Sun. Phone 4069 5155. Cooktown Community Church (AOG/ACC): Gungarde Hall, 9.30am Sun; Home Group 7.30am Wed. Phone 4069 5070, 0427 756 793. Catholic: 6pm Sat and 8.30am Sun, St Mary's, Cooktown. Phone 4069 5730. Anglican: Christ Church Chapel, Sun 8.30am. Phone 4069 6778, 0428 696 493. Lutheran: Hope Vale at 9am on Sunday, Cooktown. Phone either 4060 9197 or 0419 023 114.
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don’t mind taking a boat to visit the neighbours on Mount Cook. I expect we will be a tourist attraction on our little island, and will have all sorts of visitors. Actually, perhaps it won’t be such a good thing. Just us, Mount Cook and Mount Tully. Even Dump Hill will be under water. I suppose they will have to put the airport up at Alkoomie, and that’s a long way to row. No, I don’t like the idea. We have to clean up all this carbon. We just need to find the bastard who dumped it in the first place.
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stone. I guess good quality stone was a lot cheaper back then, and they did not have cheap imports from China. Anyway, life wasn’t all bad because people eventually grew up and became a lot bigger and healthier. One thing that surprised me was that sea level was a lot higher then. Apparently high sea level and carbon dioxide go together, so it looks as if we will have beach front properties all around Grassy Hill. I’ve always wanted to live near the sea. It should be really quiet and pretty, and I
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tive activities, due to limited numbers of personnel available and other standing priorities, in particular operational activities and training. Commanders of local units make these decisions each year on a case-by-case basis. Linking ADF representation to the budget is incorrect. Further, the claims raised in the article that the Defence budget has been cut by 70 percent are also incorrect. Contrary to this claim the Australian Government has committed to spending $24.2 billion in the 2012-13 budget. The commemoration of Anzac Day remains the cornerstone of our national wartime remembrance, this Government is committed to the respectful and dignified commemoration of our servicemen and women, and to honouring the memories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for Australia and its people. Jan McLucas Senator for Queensland
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Concert of a Lifetime! Alteouise DeVaughn and Jolie Rocke Brown perform American Spirituals and Classic Arias Friday, May 17 at Nature’s PowerHouse, 7.30 PM $25 cash at door
AUCTION! Some of the volunteers involved in last year’s beach cleanup were Isabella Barker, Gary Meridith, Denis Kelly, Lisa Miller and Dustin Miller. Photos submitted. By SAMANTHA HOBBS ON Sunday, May 19 volunteers from Cooktown to Weary Bay will be removing beach rubbish as part of the annual beach clean-up. Another wet season is over and that means the rains and winds have unleashed lots of rubbish onto our beaches. Luckily plans are well underway for the annual “Great Cooktown to Weary Bay Beach Clean-up”. This is a community event dedicated to the removal of marine debris and rubbish from our coastline before it can cause any more harm to our unique marine ecosystem. This day is set to see volunteers at four beaches around Cooktown joining together for a mass beach clean-up, and if the past years are anything to go by, they will have their work cut out for them. Last year was a gigantic effort where more than 100 volunteers filled three large skip bins with
rubbish removed from Cooktown Beaches. Beach clean-ups in the Cooktown and Archer Point areas have removed over 7000 items of marine debris. Data collected during the clean-ups indicate that 88% of the beach debris is plastic with plastic bits and pieces being the most common item found. Interestingly, some of the plastic pieces come from weather balloons. According to a report compiled for Tangaroa Blue, weather balloons pose the greatest threat to marine animals because when they drop into the ocean, they act like jellyfish and many types of marine animals eat them. But have heart, over the last three years of clean-ups there, has been a significant reduction in the amount of rubbish collected. This year we are asking people to be aware of Aluminium Phosphide Canisters (APC). Recently, APC have been washing up on Queensland beaches. APC were used
for fumigation purposes and contain poisonous contents. If opened or broken, the contents can expose people to dangerous levels of the toxic phosphine gas. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service are responsible for the removal of the canisters from the environment. The public are asked not to interfere with the canisters and to call 000 should they come upon them. On the cleanup day your co-ordinator will have further information and the Cooktown Fire Brigade will be on hand should anyone come across the canisters. An exciting development this year is that we will be incorporating recycling into the clean- up. Recycled cans and plastic bottles will be collected in separate bags and will be collected by local schools for their fund raising activities. This year, clean-ups will be held at the North S h o r e , Wa l k e r B a y, Archer Point and Weary Bay Beaches. All clean-up
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materials will be provided, so all you need to do is bring plenty of water and sun protection and lots of enthusiasm. The clean-up will be followed by a free barbecue at the Fishing Lease and at Weary Bay. We look forward to seeing you there for a great family day out at the beach. Special thanks to all our sponsors and supporters - Cook Shire Council, Yuku Baja Muliku, Cooktown Landcare, South Cape York Catchments, Tangaroa Blue, Cooktown Chemist, Ayton Butcher, C o o k t o w n B a k e r y, Cooktown Hardware, Ice Works, The Bowls Club, Cornett’s IG Cooktown, Cooktown Hospital, Cooktown Woman’s Association, Cooktown Coastguard, Police and Citizens Youth Club and all the volunteers for their ongoing support and huge effort on the day. Please register from 7am at the Fishing Lease Cooktown so you’re covered by insurance, and then sign on at your chosen beach. For more information make contact with: Pete Kilshaw on 0407573 666 for the North Shore;
Andrew Hartwig on 0418 216 300 for Walker Bay or at the turn-off by the Golf Club; Mick Hale on 0408 577 193 for Archer Point or meet at the first beach; and Samantha Hobbs on 4069 6292 or meet at the Weary Bay picnic area on Beach Road; and Co-ordinator Jason Carroll on 4069 6890 or catchment@cooktowns. com
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d e 100 Years On... Races and appliances undamaged by gentle wet-weather THIS week we start a two-part look at the Mining Wardens report for May 1913. The Cooktown, Annan River Mining Field was very active at the time and a mainstay for the survival of the area. Cooktown Mining Wardens Report: “The wet weather continued right through the month, so that it promises to make this one of the best years for many years past. We have had no violent downpours nor thunderstorms to do any damage to the races or appliances, so that all hands were free to exert all their energies in the direction of winning tin. Messrs Wales and party have been delayed with the transport of their machinery to Mt Poverty, but have made another shot to get it under way. Some prospecting work was done at Poverty during the time the weather was too wet, and some very promising results were obtained, so that with a good supply of water from the Normanby River, there should be no difficulty in showing good returns from their venture. A comparison of this month’s statistics, with those of the previous month shows a very marked increase, thus demonstrating that in all branches of the mining industry in the Peninsula, it is only the lack of sufficient energy that keeps the place from being one of our important mineral producers. Our tin industry is capable of much expansion, there being a vast extent of country on the Annan and Bloomfield watersheds, as well as on the head of the Palmer River, only awaiting the energy of the enterprising miner. The gold-bearing country extends from the Palmer northerly in an almost continuous line through the Alice, Hamilton, Coen, and Rocky goldfields, and further north beyond Cape York, thus offering great inducements to the prospector in search of adventure, and a fair promise of success. Annan River Company-Daly’s Face: Sluicing
operations have been carried on fairly continuously, and the usual supply of water available. Collingwood Face: Sluicing operations have been carried on full time, with a full supply of water. Glasses Face: During the month operations have been retarded in consequence of insufficient labor being available to keep going full time. The water supply for present requirements has been taken from the main water right. No clean-up was made during the month, but they are now engaged at the work, when a good return is expected. An average of 21 men have been employed by the company. Home Rule: The Queensland Tin Sluicing Co., No Liability, is still working away, and has lately come across a few better prospects. This property has not proved to be as rich as was expected, and up to the present it has been a hard task for the .management. However, a brighter aspect has been given to it, and it is to be hoped that better times are in store for it. A lease of 20 acres has lately been applied for by Mr Madden on Slatey Creek. Mr Madden is an old hand in the district, and it is to be hoped he will open a good show. Operations at the Winifred and Bowditch’s have been active; in fact, every claim in the Rossville district has been busy. Lorna Doone and John Ridd claims have given fair returns, and the holders soon expect to be repaying the Government assistance given them a little time back. Mt Hartley - Mr V. S. Graham has lately purchased some machinery for the purpose of more effectually working his claims. He has a 10hp Crossley oil engine to work a bucket, elevator to lift the material 31ft
Photo submitted. up to a grizzley, which will keep the bigger stones out of the sluice boxes. It is estimated that eight yards per hour will be treated. The ground is more or less patchy, but Mr. Graham estimates it to average 4lbs to the cubic yard. It will be necessary to have three men on a shift, and as it is intended to work
two shifts, the output may be expected to be good. The engine is expected to consume a gallon of oil (crude kerosene) per hour. It is proposed to use the same water over and over again, so that once the water is supplied work can be kept going irrespective of the weather. Continued next week
Making a difference
Cooktown State School students buying Morher’s Day presents from P & C volunteers last Friday. Photo submitted.
P & C stall a success for Mums THE Cooktown State School Parents and Citizens Associations Mother’s Day Stall held last Friday made an amazing profit of $540, as well as making many smiles for the Mums of Cooktown on Sunday. Thanks to Bev, “Chum” and Lyn for volunteering their time on the day to man the stall, which was very busy, so everyone had to work extremely hard. Thanks also to parents, carers, students and the school for supporting this major fund raising function of the P & C’s. Without your support we would not be able to continue this much-loved event.
The P & C’s annual general meeting will be held in the last week of School May - times and dates are still to be News advised. If you would like to take up an executive position with the Cooktown State School P & C please send me an email: nikki@capecrusaders.net.au Stay safe and stay in school. Nikki Darvell President Cooktown State School P&C.
A BOY was found throwing stranded starfish back into the sea. He was told that his small efforts would make no difference. Regardless, he picked up another, hurled it into the sea and said, “Well I made a difference with that one!” In the news recently, a Swedish diplomat named Wallenberg, who made a difference by helping save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was posthumously made an honorary citizen of Australia. A schoolteacher asked her students to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. To her surprise, young Douglas handed in a simple childishly-drawn hand. But whose hand? This class was captivated by the abstract image. “I think is must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. When the others were back at work, the teacher bent over Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, teacher,” he mumbled. She recalled that frequently at recess she had taken Douglas, a scrubby, deserted child, by the hand. She
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often did that with the children. It meant so much to Douglas. From the Pulpit Out of all the things he had been most thankful for was his teacher’s hand. In the Bible is a fascinating story of Esther, a foreign orphan who rose to the position of queen where she was to make a difference even if it meant her death. The key quote from the Old Testament reading is what her childhood guardian told her, “Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14) God calls us to be like light and salt (Matt 5) - to make a difference! Part of an old hymn says: “We are pilgrims on a journey We are brothers on the road We are here to help each other Walk the mile and bear the load’. Who knows for such times as these, the difference each of us can make, as we show Christian love to those around us and make a difference! Blessings Pastor Peter Cooktown Baptist Church
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Mimosa: a sensitive weed with many uses ALMOST as iconic to Cooktown as the much-celebrated Cooktown Orchid, is another plant that is currently bursting out in pink blooms. Sensitive weed or Mimosa pudica is a native of South America - pudica being Latin for shy or bashful in relation to its leaves folding up when touched or disturbed. Anyone attempting to walk barefoot on the grass will discover sensitive weed when that barefoot stroll turns into a torturous ordeal akin to walking on barbed wire, as its stems are festooned with lots of incredibly sharp re-curved thorns. So how do we get rid of it? One sure fire way - get a pair of long-nosed pliers and pull it out by the roots. You’ll need the pliers as the thorns extend right down the stem to below ground level. As it is a legume, its roots spread rigorously via runners so it can be difficult to pull up. The recent rain though will make the task much easier. If your lawn is a veritable carpet of sensitive weed, which isn’t uncommon, I’d recommend using a selective broadleaf herbicide. These are weed killers that kill the broadleaf weeds without affecting your lawn. Starane and Grazon are two that will do the job, although some broadleaf grasses like Buffalo grass may be affected. If you decide to use these herbicides it is important to: Use the recommended concentrated dosage ONLY. eg. you only need 20ml of Grazon in 10 litres of water. Resist the urge to “up the dose”. A stronger
GARDENING mix can kill with MARTY PATTIE everything; Be patient. If applied correctly the sensitive weed will yellow and die very slowly, but the slower the better. Another reason why NOT to use any more than the recommended dose - you will kill the weed faster and the poisoned foliage drops Sensitive weed or Mimosa pudica. Photo: Marty Pattie. before transferring into the stem and conditioning clay breaker like gypsum, which will root; With thick infestations follow-up help aerate the soil, and dolomite, which will make it less acidic. There is a school of thought that high applications will be required; Spray as gently as possible with a dosages of nitrogen fertiliser can kill sensitive weed. fine misted spray (in suitable condi- Like most legumes, it has bacteria that “fixes” or tions) so the foliage gets a good converts atmospheric nitrogen into the soil for its own coverage before closing up, or once benefit. It is therefore sensitive (oh my aching pun!) they have opened up spray a second to fertiliser high in nitrogen. I have trialled dosing it time to ensure adequate coverage; and with granulated urea - all it seemed to do was retard Use washing up detergent as a cheap the growth. It is a tough, tough weed. If you don’t like using chemical herbicides and wetting agent. Now is a good time to spray as the pulling it out is beyond you, keep this in mind: weed is actively growing. Don’t wait Mimosa pudica has many medicinal benefits. Various parts of the plant (apparently) combat kidney stones, until it is dry and stressed. Once you have either removed or uterine complaints, leprosy, dysentery, biliousness, killed the bulk of the weed, keep a impotence, bronchitis, general weakness, hypertenvigilant eye on its re-emergence. It sion, urinary complaints, sores, piles and bruises. will be back - with so much seed easily (a breath) Diabetes, obesity, hoarseness, lumbago, spread, just pluck it out as it appears nephritis, glandular complaints, sinus disorders, before it runs riot again, as it seems to tumours, inflammation, PMS, diarrhoea and baldness do, by stealth and at an alarming rate. . . . amongst others. But my favourite: The juice of Sensitive weed thrives in poor acidic the plant mixed with an equal quantity of horse urine soil. To deter it you can apply a soil can be applied externally to a pterygium.
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A bloke walked into a burger place. The owner smiled, thinking, “I know the face. Ah, yes, of course, he was here last night. He must have liked our food alright.” Said the customer, “Mate, cook me up a storm; A burger, thanks, but it’s out of the norm. D’ya reckon you can help me out?” “Good food,” he was told, “is what we’re about.” “Great, toast the bun till it’s black and dried But I don’t want any butter inside. The onion’s gotta be fried till it’s charred So it’s tasteless and gritty and stringy hard. Now, the lettuce; be sure that it’s soggy and limp And heap it on. No need to skimp.” (Said the owner, “Mate, you trying to be funny?”) Was ignored through, “Tomato, sour and runny And the beetroot! Arrange it so every scrap Falls out of the bun and falls on my lap.” (The owner is now convinced he’s batty.) “Right, special attention with the patty; Cold, moist and raw on the inside, please, With the outside scorched, about eighty degrees, And sauce! A litre should do to kill the taste And smother my clothes from shoulder to waist.” But the owner yelled, “Mate, now I’ve had enough. I couldn’t possibly serve you this stuff!” “Why not?” the customer sneered with spite. “That’s how you served up my burger last night.” By GREG SLACK
“The Great Race” The denizens of the deep One day had a meet At the octopuses garden Down the Main Street A race committee was formed The sea slugs were forlorn They were so slow They wouldn’t get a fair go The krill would all be beaten A tasty morsel to be eaten A hungry whale in one gulp Before the race begun So King Neptune would officiate. Took his place at the starting gate To ensure there is no cheating Used his trident for a fairer race A clown fish would take the tote So he got out his crayon and wrote One hundred white bait to one If a seahorse will win the race The bar was open at high tide With a Bar B Que on the side Dog an cat fishes were in mortal combat In one gobble, a shark stopped the squabble A few damsel and angel fish schools Adorned with strings of pearls The most graceful you have ever seen And Queen fishes became might-have-beens A pistol shrimp, the loudest on the planet, The shrimp snapped a 4000c bubble Was chosen to start the race ‘twas the grandest race in fantasy land. It was a field of twenty at the starting gate A mackerel and a barracuda Represented the Pelagic For they were the fastest of the fast A couple of doubtful starters A muddy and a blue swimmer Went into the barrier sideways And not considered a threat And there was one a hippocampus Looked so slow and graceful The fastest of their 54 species The seahorse chosen was unbeaten The great white shark was disqualified He was too fat to enter the barrier So he ate a couple of low-carb jelly fish and put a bet on a Spanish mackerel The king fishes were designated
To be the race stewards A squid to open the starting gates With a nod from Neptune to officiate. A pistol crab snapped its claw A heat bubble at 4000c was heard Go there racing, cried the announcer As the gates flew open A dart fish was the first to jump A mackerel soon overtook Was winning by a stretch Of jettison’d elastic A big bellied whale swamped the course And only the amphibians had a chance Soldier crabs by the thousand took the lead But along came the docile seahorse The seahorse noticed a hungry crab Catching up with claws intent to kill Mandibles and maxillae were drooling in hunger The little seahorse pectoral fins were paddling The hungry crab was catching up The seahorse simply couldn’t swim that fast So around the next corner he darted into seaweed It was such grand camouflage and not noticed When safe he left his hide-a-way Suddenly a surge of tsunami strength Swept the little seahorse Right past the race’s finish line. King Neptune had noticed the struggle With the very hungry muddy So His Majesty declared the race over And positioned the seahorse as the winner His Majesty crowned the winner With a crown of thorns starfish Upon his head - the crowd roared though Nobody had bet on the little seahorse The clown fish who made the tote became The winner and kept all other bets of the race The angels and damsels danced the rest of the night And the little seahorse proudly wore his winning crown By BOB PERRY
MEAD 70TH BIRTHDAY
PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON
“Pinky” Cotton and Peter Skipworth enjoy the cool of Shadows of Mt Cook restaurant’s garden at Ronnie Mead’s 70th bash. Ronnie Mead’s 70th gave Jan Whitby, Saeng Mouykeng and John Whitby the chance to catch up for a chat.
Bev Stone and Dianne Coles with birthday girl Ronnie Mead, along with Neng Pope, and Jannette Moore, who along with others celebrated Ronnie’s 70th birthday at Shadows of Mt Cook restaurant on Saturday night. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON.
Ann Kelly, Maureen Miller and Desley Cotton relaxing at Ronnie Mead’s birthday.
Les Coles and Rex Button take a break between courses at Ronnie Mead’s 70th birthday dinner.
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Family and friends got together on Saturday May 4, to help Terry and Colleen Dukes celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Their son Clay came all the way from Ireland for the occasion, with other family members coming from Cobar and Sydney in New South Wales and the Gold Coast. Also present was their new great grand daughter Taylor Rose, who was only 3 weeks old, and Emmett their great grand son, 2 and a half years old. A great night was had by all. Photo submitted.
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COOKTOWN DISCOVERY FESTIVAL SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013
BILLY KART RACES!
The Endeavour Lions Club of Cooktown will again be conducting the Famous Billy Kart races this June Weekend on Sunday, June 9. Races start 12.30pm.
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• Juniors 8 to 14 • Caltex Classic 15 and over • Novelty Class 15 and over
For details of race rules and kart specifications and entrance fees, please contact: Colleen and Terry Dukes at their golden wedding anniversary, with great grand son Emmett and great grand daughter Taylor in their laps.
Heidi and Rebecca Dukes were very happy to see their Dad, Clay arrive from Ireland for Terry and Colleens anniversary party.
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Cooktown Local News 16 - 22 May 2013 – 7
NEWS
New flavours for this year’s action-packed Re-enactment EXPECT this year’s re-enactment of Cook’s landing on Australian soil to be more action-packed and shorter than in past years. That’s the promise of Director Phil Rouse who, along with Producer and Production Manager Amy Burkett, have been engaged to provide a professional finish to what has always been the task of a very dedicated team of amateurs. A grant has enabled The Cooktown Re-enactment Association to secure the services of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts graduates, who have walked the same lofty halls as a raft of Australian megastars, some of whom have included Mel Gibson, Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett. Re-enactment President Loretta Sullivan said it was exciting times for the group who are looking with enormous enthusiasm to working with and learning from Phil and Amy.
Workshop explores Aboriginal leadership
“This is just another step in the right direction for us,” Loretta said. “I’m sure Phil and Amy’s influence will provide a different flavour to our Re-enactment faithfuls, who should enjoy the presentation even more than they have in the past. “We really think this will bring the community closer together.” The pair arrived in Cooktown last Monday, but have wasted no time in wading into their challenge. Still working on a script for the volunteer cast, Phil said those he has met with so far have inspired him with their enthusiasm. “The energy and enthusiasm of everyone we have met so far has been fabulous,” he said. “I can see our time here will not only be successful, but a lot of fun too. “The friendship and hospitality we have experienced so far have been second to none.” And of his script, he said he
THE inaugural Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ Leadership Development Workshop which took place in Yungaburra last week. The residential workshop brought Rainforest Aboriginal people from across the region’s World Heritage Area together to explore what Aboriginal leadership meant for them. Organised by the Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ Alliance
hoped to provide a clearer interpretation of Cook’s landing, along with more involvement of the local Bama. Not the first time he has directed an outdoors production, he said the task was not without its challenges. “But with the attitude of everyone so far, we’re definitely up for them,” he said. An exciting aspect of the production for the pair, will be more involvement with local children, particularly Amy who said she was looking forward to providing an extra dimension for drama and production students from Cooktown State School, who would not normally be exposed to a performance at this level. “We have a big task, but I’m really excited about being able to engage the students at a higher level than what they would normally receive in class,” Amy said. “And we’re receiving wonder-
(RAPA), a collective which supports the 20 tribal groups of the Wet Tropics (Cooktown to Paluma), the workshop was designed to explore Aboriginal leadership, build capacity and generate ideas. The attendees also discussed how to progress the re-listing of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area for its cultural values, following the National Heritage Register
Amy Burkett will be this year’s Re-enactment producer and production manager, while Phil Rouse will direct the show. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON. ful support from their enthusiastic teachers who are keen for us to pass on whatever knowledge we can.” Cast members and anyone wanting to be involved in the production are
proclamation by Minister Tony Burke on November 9 last year. RAPA spokesperson Joann Schmider said the workshop was an opportunity for Aboriginal men, women and youth to sit down together to discuss what cultural leadership meant for them and how to best engage with Wet Tropics stakeholders, including land managers, visitors, the tourism sector, scientists and the three
levels of government. “Leadership, and especially cultural leadership, mean different things for different people and this workshop helped unpack the variety of ways in which people can act as agents for good change,” Ms Schmider said. “Ultimately this workshop was about Aboriginal leaders who can best develop solutions with and within their Tribal
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invited to the group’s first rehearsal in the park on Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. For further information, contact Amy Burkett on either 0422 950341 or by email at: amy@burkett.id.au
groups, and this can only lead to strong tribal groups, strong organisations and easier engagement with government, industry and community networks. “Aboriginal people have voices and this workshop is all about learning how to use them - calmly, effectively and collaboratively.” About 75 people attended the workshop.
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Men charged over alleged assaults on women
ASSAULTS on females kept local busy last week, with two men to front the Cooktown Magistrates Court on June 6 to face charges over two incidents. In the first, a 21-year-old Cooktown man was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm after an incident in Cooktown on May 8. Police have alleged that the man punched a 39-year-old woman in the jaw. Police have advised that while it was initially thought she had sustained a fractured jaw, medical examination of the woman revealed she was suffering severe swelling. The other incident involved a 36-year-old Rossville man who has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and breaching a Domestic Violence Order after an incident at Rossville over
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the weekend. The alleged offender is believed to have kicked his 42-year-old partner, after which he threw a rock at her which struck her on the head. The woman suffered bruising, swelling and soreness for which she received treatment at Cooktown Hospital. Police are advising that the usual driver’s license services will not be available on Tuesday, May 21 or Thursday, May 23. The renewal and issuing of driver’s licenses will resume again on Tuesday, May 28 and Thursday, May 30.
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DAVID Kempton, the Member for Cook, has once again criticised green lobby groups for running a negative campaign and over reacting to the Newman Government’s proposed amendments to the Vegetation Management Act. “The contention that thousands of hectares of bush and habitat will be indiscriminately cleared is fanciful and scaremongering,” Mr Kempton said. Speaking from Cape York this week Mr Kempton said, “I have been involved in the environment/land use debate in the region for over 20 years and have absolute confidence that Minister Cripps will restore the balance. “Our government is simply correcting the ridiculous situation created by Labor and the Greens that has stifled our primary industry for years. “We will ensure that all future expansion of agriculture will tick all the boxes - environment, economy and community. “No longer will our agricultural and pastoral industries be held to ransom by a minority group of idealists who were able to influence policy by trading votes with Labor. “The last thing our government will allow is the return to the old days of indiscriminate clearing. “We will assess every application according to appropriate criteria and the proponent will have to prove that the land is suitable for clearing and is capable of sustaining high value agriculture.” He said he could not see how rainforest or “koala habitat” was under any specific threat from the proposed amendments to the Vegetation Management laws as this type of landscape is usually the least suitable for agriculture and the most expensive to clear. “What I do see emerging from this debate is an opportunity for the people of my electorate in Cape York and the Gulf to improve the viability of their properties through increased productivity and diversity,” he said. “In particular my Indigenous constituents will be able to partake in the real economy and develop a future for their children through increased opportunity as land owners. “I have asked the green groups to come up with the hard evidence that specific habitat is under threat and details of how they would provide opportunity for economic advancement for Indigenous people in Cape York. “The best I have heard so far is that by turning Cape York into one big national park is the best outcome for its inhabitants. He said he had learnt from his discussions with the elected leaders, Traditional Owners and people in general, there is the need for real jobs and real business opportunity, as not everyone wants to be a park ranger. “If the Wilderness Society and CAFNEC want to join in the discussion with some integrity, they should come up with the science and credible debate to back their position,” he said. “They need to support sustainable economic development and real social advancement, rather than just conservation by prohibition with a view to an inclusive future for the people of Cape York. “This is their challenge before they lose relevance all together.”
JOY Girle’s Railway Avenue West address was abuzz with a group of 14 people who attended her Biggest Morning Tea fund raiser in aid of the cancer fund on Sunday. About $200 was raised from the proceeds of donations, raffles and a cent sale in which the group enthusiastically participated. Joy paid tribute to the Endeavour Pharmacy, Ambrosia and Q-cumbers - businesses who had made donations towards the morning’s activities. “We all had a lot of fun,” Joy said. “I think everyone enjoyed themselves, and we really need to thank those sponsors who helped make the morning the succes it was.”
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SOVEREIGN HOTEL - 16 MAY
PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON
Stui Smith having a good time at the Sovvy.
Sally Craperi and Jacob Enever.
Anna Hannagan and Sel Wendt.
Barbara Keats with birthday boy Denis Diggles.
Good mates having a great time at the Sovvy were Jackie Jones, Kate Thomson and Janet Mead.
Timeka Peters and Allyce Mead enjoying the cool breeze on the Sovvy’s new verandah bar.
Margaret Kincaid and Laura Armstrong.
Pete Monkman, Jess Devlin and Mick Scott.
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MOTHERS’ DAY
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Iris Humphreys (front), Sovereign Resort Hotel Manager Keith Bradford’s mum (Keith standing Enjoying Mother’s Day lunch in the sun at the Lions Den were mums, Sue Scott (back right) and behind her), visiting all the way from Adelaide got to spend Mother’s Day on the verandah bar with Tammy McGowan (front right) with their family (from front left) Mady McGowan, Jack and Charlie Keith and some of the Sovvy faithful. Scott, Jayde McGowan and Ben and Summar Scott.
The shade of the Lions Den verandah bar was where Kerri Scandalero and Jamie Cain decided to entertain Jamie’s mum and dad Jenny and Richard Cain for Mothers Day.
Geoff and Poss Weingarth at the Lions Den for Mothers Day.
Another mum treated to lunch in the sun at the Lions Den was Sascha Wittwer (middle right) seen here with her family (from left) Joel, Beat and Mischa Rothlieberger and Jasmin Wittwer.
Rosalyn Jerome with Hailia Hegamaea and her mum Melissa Gunton were another trio gathered at the Bowls Club for a Mother’s Day dinner.
Waiting for a Bowls Club Mother’s Day dinner were the Beaufils girls, Tara, Lana, Emma and mum Jum.
Mum Rachel Stokes with daughter Sam Longhurst at the RSL.
Ederlyn Treloar and her baby Natalie Treloar with Ysabel Willcox celebrated Mother’s Day with a dinner at the Bowls Club.
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6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 1:00 Poirot 2:00 Bed Of Roses 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Time Team 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House?: Invercloy - Why is a majestic country mansion in the middle of suburbia? Owners George and Pauline Christidis need Adam Ford’s help to explain Invercloy’s infectious calm, locate its lost wine cellars and exorcise a spiritual presence. 8:30 Silent Witness: True Love Waits (Part 2) - In part two of a double episode, ex-cop Alan Lane vehemently protests his innocence and insists he never killed his wife. 9:30 Good Cop: Sav interviews potential witnesses to his own crime, whilst detectives fail to charge the third member of Finch’s gang with Andy’s murder. 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lowdown: Who’s Your Baddy? 11:35 Rage
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5:00 Korean News 5:15 Copa del Rey Final: Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid 7:30 World News 1:00 San Remo Song Festival 2013 2:55 Martin Amis On Britishness 3:55 Budding Stars of the Paris Opera Ballet: On Progress 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Graham Norton 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Eurovision Song Contest 2013: Semi-Final 2 9:40 Movie: “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” (MAV s,l,v) - While working to solve the mystery of a 40-year-old murder, a discredited journalist and a mysterious tattooed computer hacker discover that even the wealthiest families have skeletons in their closets. 12:20 Movie: “Worlds Apart” (M a,l) Based on a true story, a young girl is torn between her conscience, religion and passion when she is forced to make a choice between her faith and her feelings for a man who does not belong to her family’s church, the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 2:25 South Park: W.T.F - After attending their first WWE wrestling match, all the boys want to be professional wrestlers. 3:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
SUNDAY 19
6:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Gospel Music Celebration 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia: Canberra Special 1:30 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook: Cherries 2:00 Yellowstone: Autumn 3:00 The Romantics: Liberty 4:00 Metropolis: Barcelona 4:30 Flights Of Fancy: Kansai 5:00 Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life 5:30 Deadly 60: Alaska 6:00 Antiques Master: First Semi-Final 6:30 Compass: Holy Switch 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Dr Who *Final* 8:15 The Boffin, The Builder, The Bombardier *Final* 8:30 Call The Midwife *Final* 9:30 Kitchen Cabinet: Peter Garrett 10:00 Parkinson: Masterclass: Carlos Acosta 10:55 Stephen Fry On Wagner 11:55 Movie: “Richard III” (G) 2:00 Order In The House 3:15 Rage 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Catalyst 5:00 Gardening Australia / 5:30 Antiques Master
6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Financial Review Sunday 10:30 Wide World Of Sports 11:30 Sunday Footy Show 1:30 Broncos Insider 2:00 2013 Intrust Super Cup 4:00 Imparja’s Sunday Football: Newcastle Knights Vs Canterbury Bulldogs 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 TBA 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 The Mentalist: Red And Itchy 9:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Sheltered - A body is discovered near a forest reserve and the investigation leads the CSIs to uncover what may be a serial killer’s secret lair. 10:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Homecoming - As the team investigates a drug-related triple homicide, they uncover a complex web of corruption in the sheriff’s department that leads all the way back to a long-forgotten, unlikely source. 11:30 TBA 12:30 What Would You Do? 1:30 Spyforce 2:30 Danoz 3:00 Brand Developers 4:00 Good Morning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Fish Hooks 6:30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Drive Thru Australia 10:30 AFL Game Day 12:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 Highlights 1:00 2013 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 8: Adelaide Vs St Kilda 8:00 TBA 9:00 A Place To Call Home: The Mona Lisa Smile - The horrors of the war cast a long, unwelcome shadow over Inverness as Jack heads out around town with Sarah on her first day at work. The past haunts Olivia in a different way. 10:00 TBA 11:00 Castle: Inventing The Girl - Castle and Beckett get an inside look at the cutthroat world of the New York fashion industry when they investigate the brutal murder of a young model during Fashion Week. 12:00 Fairly Legal: Satisfaction 1:00 Love Bites: Keep On Truckin’ 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Living Black 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 Cycling: National Road Series 2013 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 Netball: ANZ Championship Highlights 5:30 UEFA Europa League Highlights 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Eurovision Song Contest 2013: Final - The world’s favourite song contest is back! Malmö, Sweden, is the host of Eurovision 2013 following their entry’s win in 2012. Ten countries from each semi-final have qualified for the final and will be joined by Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang head up the coverage direct from Malmö. Viewed by more than 125 million people around the globe, Eurovision is also one of the longest-running programs on television. 11:15 Movie: “Breakfast On Pluto” (MAV v,l) - In the 1970s, a young transgender foundling, Patrick ‘Kitten’ Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because his gender identity is beyond the town’s understanding. 1:30 What’s In That Pill? / 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 20
SBS
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Travel Oz 1:00 Parkinson: Masterclass 2:00 Stealing Shakespeare 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Time Team 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q&A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Outcasts: President Richard Tate must deal with rival Julius Berger’s growing power base and the appearance of his own dead children. 12:35 Monday Monday: Christine has volunteered Sally for a job swap but is then appalled to realise that she’s going to have a boy from the bakery counter at the local Butterworth’s store working as her PA. 1:25 Time Team 2:15 Michael Kirby 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: Round 7: Teams TBA 5:30 Cheese Slices
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 2:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 10:30 Person Of Interest: Booked Solid: Reese and Finch try to save a hotel maid’s life, but the number of suspects proves to be overwhelming. Meanwhile, Carter gets an offer to join the FBI. 11:30 TBA 12:00 Worst Case Scenario: Elevator Plunge/Blackout - Bear shows how to brace for impact during an elevator plunge and how to navigate to safety during a blackout. 12:30 Extra 1:00 The Avengers: The Hidden Tiger 2:00 Danoz 2:30 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Forever Love” (M a) 2:00 Winners And Losers 3:00 Dr Oz 4:00 New Zealand On A Plate 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Bianca reveals she never wants to have another baby. Natalie and Zac feel awkward around each other after their fight. Jett’s date with Nina is a success, but he doesn’t seem pleased about it. Meanwhile, Maddy decides to get Spencer back. 7:30 TBA 8:30 TBA 9:30 Grey’s Anatomy: Can’t Fight This Feeling / She’s Killing Me - A gas tanker explodes on a Seattle highway, causing multiple injuries. 11:30 Private Practice: Georgia On My Mind 12:30 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 Highlights 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Movie: “Dragon Tiger Gate” (M v) 2:40 The Speed Of The Past 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 Cycling: National Road Series 2013 5:30 Global Village: The Maori Wake-Up Call 6:00 Climbing Great Buildings: Royal Liver Building 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Food Fables 8:30 Into The Mind: Emotions 9:30 Mad Men: The Summer Man 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Shorts On Screen: Transmission - Set across post-apocalyptic Western Australian desert highways, the film follows ten-yearold Tilly and her father Jim as they try to make their way to the ‘virus free’ safe zone based in the small town of Leonora, following an airborne pandemic that has wiped out most of the population of their hometown, Perth. 12:05 Movie: “Election 2” (MAV v) - In Cantonese. As election time nears, current triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. Jimmy is the perfect candidate: smart and entrepreneurial. 1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 21
7 CENTRAL
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Compass: Holy Switch 1:00 Q&A 2:00 Our Summer In Tehran 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Time Team 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Croc College 8:30 New Tricks: Nine Lives 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 Jennifer Byrne Presents: Ian Rankin - The creator of ‘Rebus’ is now a bestselling crime writer, but he followed a wayward path to get to there. A one-time swineherd, he has also been a tax collector, reviewer of hi-fi equipment and a punk musician. 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Last Chance To See: The White Rhino 1:35 Time Team 2:30 Football: VFL: Round 6: Teams TBA 5:30 Cheese Slices
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 2:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 9:30 2 Broke Girls: And The Temporary Distraction 10:00 Two And A Half Men: Another Night With Neil Diamond Lyndsey’s breakup with Alan leaves him crushed, so Walden tries to lift his spirits and help him get back on his feet. 10:30 Anger Management: Charlie & The Breakup Coach - Martin helps Charlie coach a high-school baseball team. 11:00 TBA 12:00 Survivors 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Buying The Cow” (M s,n,l) 2:00 Winners And Losers 3:00 Dr Oz 4:00 New Zealand On A Plate 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Heath decides to stay with Bianca, Indi continues her search for Romeo with help from Chris and Maddy mistakenly thinks Spencer has moved on with Rosie. 7:30 TBA 8:30 Packed To The Rafters: Reality Checks - An exhausted Nathan arrives in London looking for Saskia and baby Edward, desperate to find out why his wife never arrived in Sydney as planned...and the answer changes his life forever. 9:30 TBA 10:40 TBA 11:40 Happy Endings: The Incident 12:05 House Calls To The Rescue 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Seven Early News 5:30 Sunrise Extra
5:00 World News 1:00 About Women: Girls, Girls, Girls 2:00 Tropic Of Cancer: Mexico To The Bahamas 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Mounties At Old Crow 6:00 Climbing Great Buildings: Coventry Cathedral 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? John Howard 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “Night And Fog” (MAV a,v) In Cantonese and Mandarin. Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui paints a realistic picture of domestic violence in this dark family drama. Beginning at the end of the story, the film opens with the brutal murder by a man of his wife and daughters. Going back through witness testimonies and flashbacks, we learn how turmoil and violence lurked underneath the surface of a seemingly idyllic family. 1:15 Anna Pihl - (M) - During a drug raid, Mikala, Anna, Kim and Karim find a large quantity of heroin. 2:10 Weatherwatch Overnight
WEDNESDAY 22
IMPARJA
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 The Jonathan Ross Show 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Time Team 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Jumble 8:30 Adam Hills Tonight - Fresh from hosting his hit UK talk show, The Last Leg, comedian Adam Hills returns for the new season of Adam Hills Tonight - a one hour chat show filled with celebrity guests, clever comedy and live music. 9:30 Would I Lie To You? 10:00 The Hollowmen: Fat Chance 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Waking The Dead: End Of The Night (Part 1) 12:25 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime: Case Of The Missing Lady 1:20 Time Team 2:30 Football: SANFL: Round 7: Central District Vs Sturt 5:30 Cheese Slices
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 2:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:30 Arrow: An Innocent Man 9:30 The Following: Whips And Regrets 10:30 TBA 11:30 Weeds: From Trauma Cometh Something - Nancy tries to adjust to life in New York City and gets a surprise when Andy and Shane, whom she thought were in Copenhagen, unexpectedly show up at her door. Elsewhere, Silas attempts to land a job as a model, and Doug pays a visit to an old friend. 12:00 20/20 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Borderline” (M a,v,s,l) 2:00 Winners And Losers 3:00 Dr Oz 4:00 New Zealand On A Plate 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: Rosie decides to keep the baby. Spencer wants to support Rosie, but as a friend. Chris goes to visit his parents. Indi hires a private investigator to track down Romeo. Dex snaps under pressure and decides not to go to the board review. 7:30 TBA 8:30 Criminal Minds: Magnificent Light / It Takes A Village 10:30 Hannibal: Entree - The administrator of the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane asks the FBI for help after an inmate kills one of his nursing staff and claims to be the Chesapeake Ripper. 11:30 Man Up! 12:00 The Take 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today / 5:00 Seven Early News / 5:30 Sunrise Extra
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THURSDAY 23
ABC
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6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 2:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:30 The NRL Footy Show 10:30 Arrow: An Innocent Man - Arrow asks Laurel to help him prove that an innocent man is being framed for murder. Meanwhile, Walter investigates a $2.6 million withdrawal that Moira made without his knowledge. 11:30 The AFL Footy Show - The Logie award-winning AFL Footy Show celebrates its 20th season, starring Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Billy Brownless and Shane Crawford. 1:30 Extra 2:00 Danoz 2:30 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Killing Secret (M v,a) 2:00 Winners And Losers 3:00 Dr Oz 4:00 New Zealand On Plate 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 8:00 TBA 8:30 Mrs.Brown’s Boys: Mammy Swings 9:10 Citizen Khan 9:50 Mrs.Brown’s Boys: New Mammy 10:30 Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World - Billy Connolly continues his entertaining journey through the remote regions of Canada. On this leg of the trip, he heads to Baffin Island, home of the hardy Inuit, and explores some of the most spectacular and remote scenery on Earth, taking a helicopter ride into a national park in the Arctic Circle. 11:30 Man Up!: Letting Go 12:00 House Calls To The Rescue 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Seven Early News / 5:30 Sunrise Extra
5:00 World News 1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room 2:30 My Family Feast: Indian 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Indian Fishing Camp 6:00 Climbing Great Buildings: Imperial War Museum 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey 8:00 The Little Paris Kitchen 8:35 The Spice Trip: Zanzibar: Cloves 9:30 One Born Every Minute USA: The Family Feud 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Erotic Tales: Angela 11:35 Erotic Tales: No. 23 Or How The Honey Spoon Got Between The Sheets 12:10 Movie: “Estomago: A Gastronomic Story” (MAV n,l,s,n) After landing a job in a diner to pay for his meal, a tramp proves to be a talented cook as he works his way up in the hospitality world and falls for a prostitute who is taken with his culinary skills. 2:10 Weatherwatch Overnight
12 – Cooktown Local News 16 - 22 May 2013
CROSSWORD No. 148
SUDOKU No. 148
Your Lucky
Stars
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
You may have to make a difficult decision. Make sure that you get your priorities sorted out first. The rest will come together. Romance. A chance meeting with a friend of the same sex this week could be significant. This could be the first step in meeting a very attractive new partner.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
Work which you did recently has impressed your boss. You will be rewarded, but not in the usual way! Accept what you can. Romance. You may find yourself taken in by a comment from your partner that was meant to mislead you. Make sure to get to the bottom of this matter.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
FOR KIDS
A friend has been holding you back recently. You will be much more successful without this person’s advice. Romance. A massive improvement in your love-life is just around the corner. While you’re waiting for this change to take place, take time to focus on your own needs.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
A somewhat over-enthusiastic approach will stand you in good stead this week. You may have to inject some more energy into the people around you. Romance. Time spent socialising with friends will not be wasted. Don’t miss an offer that won’t come again! Take down phone numbers!
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)
Be careful to look behind the façade. Things aren’t exactly as they seem. Unfortunately, the person presenting you with this offer is a close friend. Romance. A minor inconvenience mustn’t be taken seriously. Your partner is trying their best to please you, but is coming up short.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
FINDWORD No. 148 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
You need to be at the top of your performance at work this week. Take the weekend to prepare yourself. Romance. Stop analysing other people’s thoughts about your partner. They simply may not be seeing all of the great things about them that you are able to see. Defend them!
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)
Don’t expect opportunities to seek you out. You will have to take the initiative if you are to get what you are looking for. Be assertive! Romance. There is no need to try to impress your partner. Certainly, if they were not impressed with you they would have left you long ago!
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)
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MUDDY RIVER
You will be full of life. You will see so many opportunities in front of you that it may be difficult to know where to start. Choose one and go from there! Romance. Your partner may be feeling a little under the weather. Try to cheer them up with something they would not be able to afford.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
Don’t get into a confrontation with somebody in authority. You will be able to get what you want, but only if you choose a more subtle approach. Romance. What seems to you to be a casual flirtation could be very serious for the other person. Don’t flirt if you are not interested!
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
This is not the time to follow other people. You need to make your own decisions and take the initiative in getting what you want. Romance. Your love-life will be especially improved by your new take charge attitude. Allow yourself to make plans for a small getaway for the two of you.
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.
– Jean Anouilh
SOLUTIONS No. 148
A change in your circumstances may be more of a good thing than it seems at the time. Allow time for the benefits to reveal themselves. Romance. This will be a very rewarding time, both for you and your partner. Be selective with what you choose to do with your new status!
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
You will have a difficult time motivating your colleagues this week. Make sure you can follow through on your promises or they may lose confidence in you. Romance. Your partner may not trust you. Have you given them reason to doubt your loyalty? You need to confront them.
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Track needs some promo AMAZING scenery. Fascinating stories. Important history. Unique world-acclaimed ecology. But just because our region has so many amazing experiences, we assume that travellers get to enjoy them all. Most travellers make just one or two short stops between Cape Trib and Cooktown. Hardly enough to sustain a good tourism economy in places like Cape Trib, Wujal Wujal, Ayton or Rossville. How do we get them to stay longer? Just as importantly, how do we get them to understand and appreciate the area and pass the story on to their grey nomad and backpacker friends? Or go home and bore their families to tears? Several strategies spring to mind, but one obvious and simple is good quality, interpretive signage. Some beaut, funny signs warning of cassowaries and rampant horses (or unicorns?) around Cape Trib are memorable and much-photographed. But further up the Bloomfield Track it gets disgraceful. A combination of hidden, outdated, mouldy and unfriendly signs tells the visitor that here is a place with no merit, no value. Places such as the Bloomfield Blockade site, the Strangler fig, Emmagen Creek, Donavan’s Range lookout, Cowie Beach, Woobadda Creek, Bloomfield River lookout, along the Bloomfield River and a few spots around Wujal Wujal, Ayton and Rossville could do with some better ways to invite and inform the travellers that these are places of interest. This last Monday, Clifford Harrigan, Mayor of Wujal Wujal hosted a meeting including Julia Leu of Cairns
Regional Council and business, tourism and government representatives from Cooktown to Port Douglas to discuss improvements. It was agreed that the Bloomfield Track was an existing and valuable product which badly needed promotion. It was considered that the time was right to fit this into national Landscape and State Tourism strategies. As a group, we want to take action during 2013, which is the 30th year of the Bloomfield Blockade and 25th Anniversary of the World Heritage status of the Wet Tropics. Furthermore, such a concept would lead to further activities and experiences, which in turn will generate employment opportunities. Specifically, as a group, we decided to immediately develop and start to implement an Action Plan to identify, record and find ways to promote the Bloomfield Track Drive concept, and find suitable “book-ends” at Cooktown and maybe Port Douglas to turn the drive into a reality. Do you know of any places or experiences that you think travellers could enjoy? Please let us know. It’s important for all of us. Meanwhile, a few trips up the Track during the wet weather have been, well, interesting! There are some very dangerous tree overhangs and the road has been very slippery. However, the weather is clearing and Cairns Council has made promises, so it should be perfect by the time you read this! Mike and Trish D’Arcy D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours www.darcyofdaintree.com.au Ph:+61 7 4098 9180
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Cooktown Local News 16 - 22 May 2013 – 15
NEWS & HEALTH
Resident demands answers for ‘Chainsaw Massacre’
Resident Jan Howard is disgusted with Cook Shire Council’s decision to remove trees lining Nature’s PowerHouse and the fact it was done without consultation with ratepayers or their appproval. Photo:GARY HUTCHISON.
COOKTOWN WHARF CLOSURE Private Function Residents, visitors and business owners in the vicinity of Cooktown Wharf are advised that the wharf (along with parking spaces to the left of the wharf) will be closed for a private function on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from 2pm until midnight. The National Trusts of Australia will be holding a gala dinner on the wharf that evening as part of their national conference in Cooktown for over 40 delegates and invited guests. Cook Shire Council, along with the National Trust, would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. For further information please contact either Cook Shire Council on 4069 5444 or James Cook Museum on 4069 5386.
RESIDENT Jan Howard has described the Cook Shire Council’s removal of trees from Nature’s PowerHouse car park as “Cooktown’s Chain Saw Massacre”, and is demanding community consultation before Council engages in similar projects. She further described it as “wanton destruction of beauty” and a ‘wholesale slaughter of trees’. “I was devastated when I drove down here for my daily walk to see all the trees had been taken away,” Ms Howard said. “There was no warning and to my knowledge, no community consultation about it. “There were certainly no signs up calling for community comments or objections, they just came in and did it.” Ms Howard said the trees, which lined Finch Bay Road and the car park, not only provided shade for cars, but created a serene atmosphere enhancing the area and the drive to the Finch Bay car park. “Every day I come down this road, park my car and take my dogs for a walk at Finch Bay,” she said. “Every day the drive and the walk has made me feel relaxed and at peace after a day at work, now that’s been shattered.” She said landholders wanting to engage in a project like that had to get approvals and demanded Council have to go through the same processes. “I looked at Council’s April minutes and there was no mention of it there,” she said. “Were the Councillors advised? “Did they know” “Did they approve this?” And why were the trees removed? A Cook Shire Council spokeswoman has said Council made the decision to clear some of the vegetation around Nature’s PowerHouse at the Cooktown Botanic Gardens to open up a view to the building - making the Visitor Information Centre easier to locate for visitors to town. She said it was also an opportunity to undertake chainsaw training and certification for a number of Council staff.
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The forgotten recipe A FEW weeks ago I promised a rice pudding recipe and then promptly got distracted and forgot to include it. So, here it is. This is best made with fat, medium grain rice. Because the aim of rice pudding is to get the grains to burst, more water is added when cooking than is usual. This is not an exact science as it will depend a bit on your preferred cooking method, so only use the recipe below as a guide. The main thing to aim for is rice grains that have burst open when cooked. I like to make this with brown medium grain rice, but if you do, then you need to add even more water when cooking as the rice takes longer to cook. Don’t use long grain rice varieties as they won’t release enough starch to make the wonderful pudding texture. This recipe can be used as a dessert or a breakfast. It is great served with sliced papaya, banana, pineapple or mango. • 1 cup medium grain rice • 2 cups water (try 2 ½ if using brown rice) • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence • ¼ - ½ teaspoon preferred spice
(nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, cardamom) • 200ml light coconut milk • 2 tablespoons honey Cook the rice in the water with vanilla essence added, using your preferred method (I use a rice cooker). Once the rice cooker flicks onto ‘warm’ mode, or your stove top rice is done, add the coconut milk, honey and spice. If using a rice cooker, turn off at the switch and place the rice cooker on ‘cook’ mode again. If cooking on a stove top, simmer the pudding on a gentle heat until thickened (there will still be some runny liquid). Once the rice cooker has switched back to ‘warm’ again, or the stove top rice has thickened up a bit, leave to rest with the lid on for ½ - 1 hour. This allows the rice to keep absorbing the coconut milk in the residual heat. This pudding can be reheated the next day by adding some water to loosen it up and bringing up to a simmer in a pot on the stove for 5 minutes or so, stirring regularly to prevent it sticking. Serve with fresh fruit as suggested above.
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World Heritage listing for Cape York will be of concern to mining companies
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ARTS of Cape York Peninsula, one of the last wilderness areas on Earth, will be nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by the Australian Government even as the Queensland Government develops a new bauxite mine there, the Environment News Service reports. The Gillard Government would like to submit a nomination for areas of Cape York Peninsula that have potential outstanding universal value and Traditional Owner consent in early 2013. The next session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee will be held in Cambodia from June 16 to 27. Although Cape York land is mostly flat, about half is used for grazing cattle, and wildlife is threatened by introduced species and weeds, the large remote peninsula at the tip of the state of Queensland still has undisturbed wooded savannahs, tropical rainforests, spectacular coastal dune fields and natural rivers. Millions of hectares of Cape York are being returned to traditional owners through Aboriginal title and/or Indigenous Land Use Agreements, creating a mosaic of parks and reserves, protected areas, conservation-managed lands and rivers, and Aboriginal clan estates. Indigenous people own and manage roughly 25 per cent of Cape York Peninsula and make up more than half the population of the region. Consultation with the Traditional Owners on nomination for World Heritage status has been underway since 2007 and is ongoing. A nomination to include areas of Cape York Peninsula on the World Heritage List will only go ahead with Traditional Owner consent, as community support is important for a successful nomination. A new report detailing the areas of Cape York Peninsula that may meet World Heritage criteria for outstanding universal value commissioned by the Gillard Government was released on April 26. Author Dr Peter Valentine, an associate professor of environmental science at James Cook University in Queensland, specialises in the World Heritage process. He says Cape York meets many of the World Heritage criteria for listing such as “superlative natural phenomena and areas of
exceptional natural beauty” with its “vast area of high integrity diverse ecosystems” and “hundreds of kilometres of undisturbed coastal scenery” among other features. “Cape York Peninsula’s western slopes and plains show that entire landscapes can persist for millions of years,” wrote Dr Valentine, demonstrating that these areas meet the World Heritage criteria for “outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s history and geological processes.” Cape York shows the “biological connectivity between Australia and New Guinea that continues to evolve,” he wrote, to demonstrate that the peninsula meets the World Heritage criteria of “significant on-going ecological and biological processes.” Cape York also meets the criteria of providing “outstanding examples of the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity,” wrote Valentine, pointing to the peninsula’s “high species richness for key plant and animal groups; many of which are only known from the Cape York Peninsula.” The Cape’s unique species include orchids, grasses, sedges and mangroves, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish and butterflies. “The region’s outstanding geological features include the active dune fields of Shelburne Bay and Cape Flattery, the remarkable granite boulder fields of Cape Melville and hundreds of kilometres of undisturbed coastline adjoining the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area,” wrote Valentine. “Cape York Peninsula supports some of the last remaining large areas of savanna in good condition anywhere in the world. The peninsula also includes a large number of high integrity perennial river catchments and wetland complexes, which represent important seasonal refuges for many northern Australian animal species and international migratory birds,” he wrote. But Australia’s Wilderness Society is warning that resource companies and the Queensland government plan to increase exploitation of Cape York for its deposits of bauxite, an aluminum ore and the main source of aluminum. “The nomination of the Cape’s bauxite landscapes that support stunning tall forests should be especially of concern
to companies pushing bauxite developments on the Cape such as Rio Tinto, Cape Alumina, Gulf Alumina, Aust-Pac Capital, Chalco, Rusal and Xstrata,” said the environmental group. Commercial quantities of bauxite were discovered on Aboriginal lands at Weipa in western Cape York in 1955, and Rio Tinto began commercial production in 1964 with 453,365 tonnes of bauxite mined and shipped. By 2012, Rio Tinto Alcan’s Weipa operations produced 23.3 million tonnes of bauxite. Rio Tinto Alcan says vegetation is recovered from the site before it is mined. After removal of the ore the land is recontoured and re-planted with indigenous vegetation. The company’s long-term aim is to achieve a ratio of land disturbed to land rehabilitated of 1:1. In November 2012, the Queensland Government called for expressions of interest to develop another site, the Aurukun deposit on western Cape York. On April 23, the Queensland Government released a shortlist of five groups to progress to detailed proposals of the Aurukun bauxite resource. Deputy Premier and the Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jeff Seeney said the development of the Aurukun bauxite resource was “essential to the creation of a vibrant economic future for the Aurukun community, native titleholders and all Queenslanders.” World heritage listing brings international recognition and provides protection for the listed cultural and natural heritage values of a place under Australia’s national environmental law-the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). World Heritage listing does not prevent communities from continuing their economic development and the tenure of listed areas does not change. Onlyactivities that are likely to have a significant impact on the listed world heritage values (or other matters of national environmental significance) require referral and approval under the EPBC Act. Australia now has 19 places on the World Heritage List, including: the Wet Tropics of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef, Purnululu National Park, Lord Howe Island, the Greater Blue Mountains and Kakadu National Park.
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Established more than 30 years Cooktown Local News 16 - 22 May 2013 – 17
SPORT
Janne shows best form for sport pistol match LAST Wednesday saw members participating in a Sport Pistol match, which was won by Janne. From a possible score of 500, Janne shot 383, with Rod in second behind her on 350 and Steve O in thire with 313. Members are reminded that a Range Officers’ meeting will be held at the clubhouse this Saturday, May 18. We will also be holding a special General Meeting on June 12 at 5.30 - all members are asked to attend. Our next Firearms Safety Couse will be held on June 15. For further details, either contact me on 0419 695 799 or email at: ssaacooktown@gmail.comMay dates for your diary include: • Saturday 18 - Service 25 Match (revolvers) from 3.30pm; • Wednesday 22 - Sports Pistol Centrefire Shoot from 5.30pm; • Saturday 25 - SSAA Zone 5 Shoot at the Burdekin Pistol Club; • Sunday 26 - SSAA Zone 5 Shoot at the Burdekin Pistol Club; • Sunday 26 - Practical Shoot from 9am; and • Wednesday 29 - Monthly general meeting and Standard and Air Pistol Match from 5.30pm. Janne Stewart Secretary/Treasurer
Shooters return good scores despite challenging conditions EXTREME conditions punctuated by strong winds, made for exceptionally challenging targets in last Saturday’s Shotgun Shoot. Despite targets deviating in all directions, there were still some good scores recorded. One of our new club members attended the shoot, enjoying the opportunity to try a different discipline and type of target shooting. This Saturday, May 18 at 9am, we will be holding a training shoot for shotgun, which will be held using pattern boards to identify target accuracy and shot patterns. For further details contact Jim Williams. Anne Williams Secretary
Cooktown SSAA shooter Janne Stewart takes aim on Saturday. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
News NRL Tipping Competition Cooktown Local
Wombat grows lead as Panthers surprise WOMBAT_101 has increased his/her dominant position on the Cooktown Local News/Hinterland Aviation/Inn Cairns NRL footy tipping competition, moving now to a five-point lead after round nine fixtures. Wombat_101 now has 56, although correctly tipping six of the eight winners on the weekend. TheFantasticMrsFox, who scored only five, is locked in a battle for second place on 51 with Eye of the Tiger who scored six. Tied up on 49 are Nikki (6), Beagleb2 (7), Prickly (5) and Maggie_P (6). There is a big leap to the next ranked contenders on 46 wuth Wazza, Pootie Tang and Kintaine. Team Terr is on 45, with Camf, Whiteyfund and bubsie1981 on 44. In a difficult round for tipsters, not surprisingly, no one scored all eight winners.
Beagleb2 and Wazza were the only players to tip seven winners. With six were: wombat_101, Eye of the Tiger, Nikki, Maggie_P, Pootie Tang, Team Terr,Cameron Neill and Gracie. No one predicted the Panthers’ stunning upset against the Storm, while the Eels’ one-point win against the Broncos also cost most tipsters dearly. The winner of the Cooktown Local News/Hintertland Aviation and Inn Cairns NRL footy tipping competition will received a return flight to Cairns with Hinterland Aviation and three nights’ accommodation in Inn Cairns right in the heart of Cairns. The runner-up will receive $250 from the Cooktown Local News. The Hinterland Aviaton/Inn Cairns/ Cooktown Local News NRL footy tipping
competition is free - there is no joining fee and no charges whatsoever are associated with it. The competition is computer generated, with all selections being lodged to an independent, national footy tipping website. Neither the Cooktown Local News nor sponsors can access the website, and all results are generated by the website operators. The results will be provided in the Cooktown Local News, the Cooktown Local News facebook page and the competition operator’s website after each round. Staff from the Cooktown Local News and sponsors are ineligible to enter. In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners. Only residents with local post codes and subscribers to the Cooktown Local News are eligible to enter.
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LEADERS AFTER ROUND 9
ROUND 9 RESULTS (home team first) 28
Rabbitohs
Cowboys
10
6
W Tigers
Sharks
30
16
Warriors
Bulldogs
24
19
Eels
Broncos
18
44
Raiders
Knights
14
15
Titans
Dragons
14
12
Panthers
Storm
10
4
Sea Eagles Roosters
16
Name Total Score wombat_101 56 TheFantasticMrsFox 51 EYE of the TIGER 51 Nikki 49 Beagleb2 49 Prickly 49 Maggie_P 49 Wazza 46 POOTIE TANG 46 Kintaine 46
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Total Margin 73 81 87 92 94 96 105 95 97 119
DRAW ROUND 10
NRL LADDER AFTER ROUND 9
(May 17 – 20, home team first)
1 Rabbitohs
9
Sharks
2 Roosters
10 Cowboys
3 Storm
11 Bulldogs
4 Sea Eagles
12 Panthers
5 Knights
13 Dragons
6 Titans
14 Eels
7 Raiders
15 Warriors
8 Broncos
16 W Tigers
with all selections being lodged to an independent, national footy tipping website. Neither the Cooktown Local News nor sponsors can access the website, and all results are generated by the website operators. The results will be provided in the Cooktown Local News, the Cooktown Local News website and the
Friday, May 17 Saturday, May 18
Sunday, May 19 Monday, May 20
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Titans
Rabbitohs
W Tigers
Dragons
Eels
Panthers
Warriors
Cowboys
Roosters
Sharks
Raiders
Knights
Bulldogs
Storm
Sea Eagles
competition operator’s website after each round. Staff from the Cooktown Local News and sponsors are ineligible to enter. In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners. No substitution of prizes for cash. Residents with local postcode and subscribers only eligible to enter and win prizes.
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SPORT & LEISURE
Grab this small wind window while the going’s good WITH lighter winds coming in than the past couple of week, I think what is currently on offer might be as good as it gets as far as weather conditions go for a while. Offshore will be marginal, but we will have to be ready just in case the weather bureau get it wrong, the estuaries will be a better option as the tides start to build at the weekend. The Annan River will be worth a look for a big queen fish with a surface lure as the wind drops. Although a bit slow, the Endeavour has been constant, and with some better tides starting by the weekend, results should improve. Grunter, mangrove Jacks, barra and finger mark have been among the captures this week, as well as a few mud crabs. Live baits have been getting best results, but the fish have been like spoilt kids and are fussy eaters. Hardy heads one day, sardines the next, then mullet or milk fish, so all baits will work, you just have to have variety and a bit of luck. True story last Thursday - I was bringing in the stuff from the front of the shop in the afternoon and a tourist was walking past with rod and reel loaded with a soft plastic. So I made conversation and wished him luck. Fifteen or 20 minutes later, I was still chatting with a friend and the same tourist was strolling up the street with a barra, and was looking proud as punch. He could not believe his luck, only a couple of casts and he was looked up and landed the fish. With a couple of kids looking on, he gave his lucky lure to them. Sometimes you just need to take that half hour for” time out” and try out the local fishing - you might be surprised with the result. We all get a bit slack because as locals, we have some of the best fishing just under our noses, but sometimes we need a visitor to remind us just how special it is. Hope you can wet a line this week, Tight Lines Russell Bowman
Jeff with a black spot estuary cod.
Brian with a barra. Photos submitted.
Robyn with a mangrove Jack.
Ben with a barra.
Friday night’s a top night in town This Friday May 17 offers some wonderful options from both ends of the entertainment spectrum, with a classical concert being held at Nature’s PowerHouse and two bands performing at the Top Pub. For the culturallyminded, the local HoRoCo Choir will perform with Mezzo Soprano Alteouise DeVaughn, who will also be joined on the PowerHouse verandah stage with her good friend Jolie Rocke Brown. Starting at 7.30 pm, a range of classic arias and duets, art songs, and a selection of sacred music including spirituals and hymns will be performed. The cost is $25 (cash at the door please) and that includes supper in the interval. Please let us know if you plan to come along by phoning Jacqui on 4069 5442. At a different end of the musical scale, local bands The Barefoot Belles and Roswell have donated their talents to a fund raising function in aid of this year’s Discovery Festival. The first chords will be struck by the Belles at about 8pm, with Roswell finishing of the night. Discovery Festival co-ordinator Bronwyn Sieverding said the gesture by the members of the bands was a fantastic boost to the organisation’s fund raising. “Both bands are local and popular and what they are doing for us is fantastic,” Bronwyn said. “Hopefully, we will get a big audience there to support us all.”
Keelan Veivers competing in the Ladies Breakaway event at the Chillagoe Rodeo over the weekend Keelan Veivers and ‘Blue’ ignore the Chillagoe Rodeo dust on the weekend to round this drum in the on a borrowed horse. barrel racing event. PHotos: Kay Armstrong.
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Ladies bowl over Cooktown
Chat with Matt G’day again. WELL, we got off to another good start again last weekend, scoring first and taking an early lead against the South Sydney Rabbitohs who are leading the competition. We were defending well, doing everything we had talked about the previous week and achieving our personal and team goals. Then it happened, the same things that have given us the same result against the Rabbitohs earlier in the season - a disappointing defeat. A lot of little things went wrong, not throughout the whole game, but in parts. Lapses of concentration led to mistakes both in defence and with the ball, and contributed to us giving away some heart-breaking penalties. Add to that a few controversial decisions that went against us and it all added up to an unhappy ride home back to Townsville. Probably the most disappointing aspect of the loss was that we had talked about their big forward pack and that that was where their strength was and how we had to match them if we hoped to win. And we did that at the start and for most of the game, but just didn’t go on with it. Credit to Souths though, they were able to dictate the pace of the game by slowing it down when they needed to. Some of the commentators were remarking how out of our first nine games, six of them were away and that we had an easier run into the business end of the season on the back of a bigger ratio home games. That might be well and good, but the grand final won’t be played at 1300SMILES Stadium in front of our home crowd. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if want to win this competition, we have to learn to win the away games. While we have the home ground advantage this Saturday, we’re against another one of the competition’s heavyweights in the Sydney City Roosters who will be coming off the back of a good win against the Sea Eagles. They’re running second now and will be fighting even harder to stay there, so we have an enormous challenge ahead of us. But week in and week out I keep saying we have to worry about our own game and not them and nothing’s changed against the Roosters. For my own game, I was happy with parts of my own performance, particularly my kick-returns, but like the rest of the team, I had my little lapes and I’ll be working on that again this week. I pulled up without any injuries and I’m pretty sure the rest of the boys did too. Anyway, there are no easy games for the rest of the season, so each week from now on, everyone in the side has to man up and do their job - consistently. Don’t forget to tune in to Fox for the game, your support is always appreciated.
Tide times – Cooktown
Some of the ladies who participated in last weekend’s Cooktown Bowls Club Ladies Orchid Festival:(front row from left) Jenny Tavner, Trish Mitchell, Lynne Burton, Merle O’Doherty and Kathleen Dukes, with ((back row from left) Lyn Walter, May Rootsey, Sue Steffensen, Wendy Widdison and Gloria Savage. Photo submitted. THE Cooktown Bowls Club Ladies Orchid Festival was held last weekend with 40 ladies participating from all over the Atherton Tableland District. This is an annual event which brings lady bowlers to Cooktown for a weekend of fun activities to renew old friendships and establish new ones. Saturday’s winners were May Rootsey, Barbara May and Carol McKinna with runners-up J Fitzpatrick, R Williams and regular Cooktown visitor Robyn Petris. Winners of the touchers were Wendy Widdison, Irene Anderson and Merle O’Doherty. Nearest- to-the-spider, crocodile and blowfly were R Perry, L Walter
and D Slader. Sunday’s winners were E Eaton, M Balan, M Cooper and Gloria Savage, while Merle O’Doherty, Wendy Widdison, G Sharpe and Zina Girgenti were runners-up. Everyone enjoyed themselves immensely and were extremely impressed with the new club facilities advising they would definitely be back next year. Congratulations are in order for our girls, who played in the B-grade Championship Singles with Trish Mitchell the eventual winner on 25 and Karen Johnston runner-up on 19. Good bowling all. The Bowls Bag
THIS week’s hare and hostess was Cracklin - and her Mum. Because Mum was around, Cracklin was on her best behaviour and laid a very civilised run. She started on Quarantine Bay Road, at the golf club turning, and that was the start of the problems. No-Name Konrad, who lives in Mareeba and only visits occasionally, turned up at Cracklin’s place in town to find a scrap of paper in the driveway directing him to the start. Fine - but he had come on foot. . . . The run started out along the old road, which is becoming hard to follow, especially where it has been colonised by towering guinea grass. It soon came back to the road and the pack climbed up to a beautiful view over Quarantine Bay. Enough of a good thing, but Cracklin’s trail went all the way down to the beach. Depressing, because you know the only way back is back up the hill. After a refreshing punch on the beach, we crawled back up the hill to the cars, where we found No-Name Konrad sitting on the esky. He had run all the way out from town. Back at the bash, GM Thermo donned her
crown and got stuck into this week’s malefactors. There was Xtraktit who went hashing in Brisbane wearing a pair of fishnet tights, and found they have certain disadvantages. Far worse was Sewezy who lost her clothes, but refuses give any detail of how, when and where, or even with whom. Cracklin was called up for an excess of guinea grass, and No-Name Konrad for bringing the Hash into disrepute by indulging in athletics. Then there was Offal, who bought her own Mother’s Day gift - a pitchfork (to go with her horns, tail and cloven hooves). And finally Whizz, who has reached his 55 carton run - 1320 sociable Mondays! Cracklin redeemed herself by serving a dinner of three very tasty courses, plus a dessert. Next week’s run is at Offal’s (with her new pitchfork). Contact Moses on either 4069 5854 or 0409 686 032 for details, and just turn up at 5.30pm on Monday, May 20 to join the fun. On-on! Lye Bak
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