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BEAUMONT HILLS PROBUS CLUB INC. Date of Incorporation 23rd August 2013

Incorporation No. Inc 1301049 P O Box 6169 ROUSE HILL NSW 2155

Website Address: www.beaumonthillsprobus.org.au

NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2017

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Editor: Chris Gardiner 0419 681 249 cga16705@bigpond.net.au

27/7 Carrington Road

Castle Hill 9634 3500

This newsletter is sponsored by:

Amcal+ / Terry white Pharmacy Rouse Hill Town Centre.

15% discount on fragrances and vitamins by showing Probus name badge on day of monthly meeting.

We also appreciate the support of

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Hello Members,

Here we are again, almost at the end of another month of 2017! I believe that we have all enjoyed another good year so far with lots of outings and events to entertain us, not to mention the opportunity to catch up in a slightly more formal manner on the first Friday of each and every month.

This comment is actually a segue to my next subject and I feel we should all take a moment to sit down and consider.

The Beaumont Hills Probus Club has been providing enjoyment to around 100-130 members since 2012. This has been possible because we have always had members who were willing and able to take positions in a lead-ership capacity. Of more recent times, we have been re-cycling members from one position to another and are met with “Oh No! I couldn’t do that” when we ask for new volunteers.

You do not need to be a “captain of industry” or listed in “Who’s Who” to take on a role within our Club – take me, your President, for example:

Seriously though! With the end of the year fast approaching and our change-over of officers in March – and the Christmas/New Year break in between – we need to start thinking of whether we are prepared and able to offer ourselves for a leadership role in 2018.

If we all came along, enjoyed the companionship and camaraderie of gatherings without a thought to just what we could offer ourselves, we would not have a functioning club. Nothing would happen without some organisa-tion and enthusiasm!

Please seriously give consideration: perhaps you and a friend in the Club could offer yourselves “jointly” in a leadership role. Kerrie Sims and Lee Thomas currently lead the Theatre Group in partnership and when either is travelling the other steps in.

Hope anyone on the sick list is making progress and we look forward to your return.

Lesley Dudgeon.

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End of year Xmas Lunch

Friday, 24th November 2017

Allegro Function Centre 1 Porters Road, Kenthurst

Arrival 11:30am for Lunch at 12:00pm

Your partners are welcome to attend this function

Cost: Members - $65 each - Non Members - $70 each

Appetiser’s, Main & Dessert, Coffee or Tea Entertainment

1 x Pre Dinner Drink on arrival 4 x bottles of wine/soft drink on tables of ten

Own Transport

It is not too late to change your minds, if you wish to attend please advise Joy & Kerry on 880 11797 or joyfink@bigpond.com, but payment must be made

immediately

BSB 032179 – A/C 305002

Name: Code: XL Amount

The Riverina Getaway Next Year 2018

We are seeking Expression of Interest for our next Getaway 2018 to The Riverina, visiting Wagga Wagga, Junee,

Temora & Tumut - 6 Day all inclusive Coach Holiday package $1,085 per person twin share and single supple-

ment of $375 – all meals are included

Date: 22nd May to 27th May, 2018

Further information will be available at our next meeting

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There were 33 people that attended the event and as usual we all had a great time, some ventured across to Tea Gardens on the ferry and enjoyed lunch at the local hotel, pity the weather was not the best on the day. There was a comment made to me about our group at the camp kitchen on the vari-ous evenings, that we seemed to really enjoy one another’s friendship and enjoyed a good laugh.

The sausage sizzle went well and everyone seemed to enjoy the time that evening.

We finished the event with a Thai banquet meal at a local restaurant on the Wednesday evening.

Kerry also suggested we go round to a spot to feed the bream fish that are in the ocean. There were some that were ATTACKED by the frenzy of the wild fish whilst feeding them bread, ha, ha, ha.

I would like to thank everyone that came for making it a fun and happy time, it gives me pleasure to do this every time I do these outings.

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BEAUMONT Hills Probus Club—Theatre Interest Group

Date Show Cost Payment Due Code

2017

22nd November Muriel’s Wedding $78.00pp Sept Meeting TMW

Wed matinee 1pm Roslyn Packer Theatre Sydney

2018

Family Event

11th January The Wizard of Oz $70.00pp 3rd November TWO

Wed matinee 1pm Capitol Theatre (same price Adults & children)

28th February Mama Mia $70.00pp TMM

Wed matinee 1pm Capitol Theatre

16th March Senior Moments $50.00p Dec meeting TSM

Friday matinee 2pm Riverside Theatre Parramatta 7 Jan for Direct Debit

15th July Book of Morman $120.00pp May Meeting TBM

Sunday Matinee 1pm Lyric Theatre

3rd October Evita $70.00pp December 2017 TE

Wednesday matinee 1pm Joan Sutherland Theatre $70.00pp

Sydney Opera House

NB: Payment made after Dec 1st $84

Direct Debit

Beaumont Hills Probus Club Inc

BSB: 032 179 Account No: 305002

When paying by direct debit put your Initial, Name and the Code for the show.

You can cancel before the payment date. NO REFUNDS after payment date

All payments to be made to the Treasurer. Please specify clearly which show(s) you are paying for

When you make your payment.

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STITCH & CHAT

Stitch & Chat is back—

There will be no November Stitch & Chat because it is Melbourne Cup Day, a day celebrated without knitting or craft.

Hope to see you on Tuesday 5th December 10am

5 Blaise Place Parklea

Cheers Anthea

Recap Wellbeing / Meditation Group

Hi Everyone

With a lot of regulars away in wonderful places such as

Italy etc, we were small in number but that didn't stop

us. Found a new meditation that was very relaxing and

allowed the silence and stillness to prevail ….and was

very helpful in silencing the useless, worrying mental

chatter that can take up a lot of our time and awareness.

Thankyou to everyone that made it fun and rewarding.

Our next group is Tuesday 21st November … getting

closer to Christmas now. Thanks Kath.

Kath and Greg Riddell

Cnr 1 Beacon Ave and 91 Greenbank Drive

Glenhaven 0425 280 766

Theatre Group Report – Beautiful

Beautiful is the inspiring true story of Carole King’s journey from school girl to superstar; from her relationship with husband and song-writing partner Gerry Goffin, their close friendship and playful rivalry with fellow song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, to her remarkable rise to stardom.

She fought her way into the record industry as a teenager and sold her first hit, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, when she was just seventeen. By the time she was twenty, she was writing number ones for the biggest acts in rock ‘n’ roll, including The Drifters, The Shirelles, Aretha Franklin and The Monkees.

But it wasn’t until her personal life began to crack that she finally managed to find her own voice and step into the spotlight.

Along the way, she became one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history, with countless classics such as (You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman, I Feel the Earth Move, Take Good Care of My Baby, You’ve Got a Friend, So Far Away, One Fine Day, It’s Too Late, Tapestry and Locomotion.

We enjoyed all these fabulous hits in this excellent performance.

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OCTOBER CHEESE & WINE

When: Thursday 26th October

Where: Joan & John Van den Burg’s 219 Glenwood Park Drive Glenwood

Commencing: 5pm Phone 8814 6594 0419 621 314

When: Thursday 30 November

Where: At the home of Joy & Kerry Fink

22 Jadine Avenue

Kellyville

Phone: 8801 1797 or 0456 050 944 (Joy) 0410 618 062 (Kerry)

Commencing: 5 pm

Limit of 50 people

THERE WILL BE NO CHEESE & WINE EVENING IN DECEMBER.

A January Cheese & Wine Evening will be held late January. Details in December Newsletter.

Shortly after a British Airways flight had reached its cruising altitude, the Captain announced:

“Ladies and Gentleman, this is your Captain. Welcome to Flight 293, non-stop from London Heathrow to Toron-to. The weather ahead is good, so we should have a smooth un-eventual flight. So sit back, relax and ….. Oh, my God!

Silence followed!

Some moments later the captain came back on the intercom.

“Ladies and Gentleman, I’m sorry if I scared you. While I was talking to you, a flight attendant accidently spilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!”

One Irish passenger yelled ….

“For @#*#* sake ….. You should see the back of mine!!!

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EXTERNAL SPEAKER LAST MONTH

INTERNAL SPEAKER LAST MONTH

The Internal Speaker at our October meeting should actually be titled Internal Enter-tainer as our own Bert Berry delighted us with two great songs delivered with his usual flair and great singing voice. He brought the house down as they say. Well done Bert.

Christine Hond was the external speaker for our October meeting. Christine’s presentation was titled “Music from 5000 years of civilisa-tion”

She told us she was fascinated with traditional Chinese culture which was nearly lost under the Communist regime.

Her presentation included the origin of Chinese Culture and its empha-sis on the harmony between humanity, earth and the universe. She told us of the relationship between music and medicine and showed us some traditional Chinese instruments.

She concluded by telling us that these ancient traditions are being re-vived by the Shen Yun dance groups.

EXTERNAL SPEAKER NEXT MONTH

Our November speakers are two Senior Constables from Castle Hill Police.

Senior Constable (Christie) Desira and

Senior Constable (Jason) Roughley

Their presentation is—”Crime prevention and the role of the Community Support Officer”

As we know crime has many facets and can occur anywhere and at any time.

This being the case we can all be vulnerable, whether at home or out in our community.

What can we do to minimise our chances of being affected?

Ian Bowden

Speakers Convenor.

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RIDING 1,000 KM WITH BROKEN LEG

One of our members has had a very unfortunate “brush with fame” and found himself reported upon in the “Daily Motorbike News” in Queens-land after a motorbike mishap on the western approach to Mt Glorious, South East Queensland.

Yes! Of course – it was Stephen Thomas, our intrepid and notoriously careful motorcycle rider.

Stephen suffered what was later revealed to be a broken fibula (leg bone near ankle) and his Honda motorcycle was slightly damaged when his bike slid from under him. He was being careful, but there should not have been soft tar left on the surface of the road. He had almost come to a stop when the front wheel found another area of molten tar and slid out from under him, causing the bike to fall on his leg.

Notwithstanding his “sore leg”, Stephen rode home the 1,000km with his broken leg. The reason for this was that he wasn't sure he had bro-ken anything but just had a sore ankle. If he had gone to Murwillimbah Hospital (his destination after the ‘off’), and there was a problem, he would have been stuck up there with no support. Then how would he have got home if he had to keep his leg elevated, with no accommoda-tion and a slightly damaged bike to get home. Lee, I am told, has been fantastic, having had to do most things for Stephen, and our club has been so supportive with visits and cards for which Stephen is most grateful. The support our Probus members have offered Lee is so very much appreciated.

After this story of disaster, however, I am now able to report that following surgery on Monday, Stephen will be able to get back to long dis-tance walking before too long – this is a “must” for him. He has purchased a knee scooter, which is brilliant he reports, as it is giving him much more mobility.

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Stephen is to leave his boot on for the next 6 weeks, completely non weight bearing, and not do any exercises for a few

weeks. No motorcycling until April next year which is not too much of a problem as it's too hot to ride December-March

anyway he says.

We all wish Stephen all the best for a speedy recovery and will make room for his knee scooter in our meeting room.

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TENNIS GROUP

Our next game will be on Friday 17th November. Where: Bernie Mullane Sporting Complex 10 Marcella Ave, Kellyville. For further information: Bev Potter 0429 200 560

BIRTHDAYS

Congratulations and best wishes to all our members celebrating a birthday in November.

Derek Allison 2nd

Jen Swain 6th

Bert Berry 11th

Margaret Zelasko 15th

Bob Hayhow 18th

Dennis Hall 19th

Nelles Dickson 20th

Theo Pronk 22nd

John Feeney 26th

Greg Riddell 27th

Phil Reid 28th

LUCKY DOOR PRIZE

Elva reached into her barrel and pulled out the tick-ets of our Lucky Door prize winners Veronica Filtness and Ron Stacey.

The happy winners were delighted to collect their prizes and pose for the obligatory photo.

NOVEMBER CALENDAR

3rd November Probus Meeting

17th November Tennis

21st November Meditation Group

22nd November Muriel’s Wedding

24th November Xmas Party

30th November Cheese & Wine

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Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes: Dear Granddaughter, The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a 'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir per-formance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting. So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper. Boy, am I glad I did! What an uplifting experience followed. I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have no-ticed. I found that lots of people love Jesus! While I was sitting there, the guy behind me started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'For the love of God!' 'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!' What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking! I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love! There must have been a man from Noosa back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach. I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant. He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back. My grandson burst out laughing.. Why, even he was enjoying this religious experience! A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection. I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared. So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks! Will write again soon. Love, Grandma

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CLUB ROSTER

SETTING UP AND PACKING UP HALL

What to do:

Set up all chairs for members.

Set up tables for Morning Tea (2 tables), set up tables for Committee, Social Events and other groups that require them. After the meeting the tables and chairs are to be packed away.

Friday 3rd November

Bob Hayhow Peter Burgdorf John Van den Burg Allen McInnes

9636 2267 9627 3175 8814 6594 9674 5286

Friday 1st December

John Armstrong John Feeney Alan Davy Geoff Woodley

8847 0027 9484 9764 9654 3325 9636 5627

MORNING TEA ROSTER

What to do:

Help “Refreshments Coordinator” with filling of urns, set up coffee – tea – cups on tables provided. During the break help monitor the tables, etc to ensure smooth running. After the meeting has finished help pack up. All supplies (tea/coffee/biscuits, etc) will be provided – no need to bring anything.

Friday 3rd November Lorraine Duncan Peggy Low Lesley Mcilvride

8824 8626 9624 6839

Friday 1st December Carolyn Birchall Darinka Petkovich Bev Speight

4341 9517 9627 2438 9624 4746

TIMING: On your rostered day, please try to arrive by 9.00 am

SWAPPING: If you are unable to make it on your rostered day, please arrange for someone else to take your place and inform Theo Pronk on 0408 629 214

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BEAUMONT HILLS PROBUS CLUB INCORPORATED

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

President Lesley Dudgeon 4861 4037 0438 254 559

ndudgeon@bigpond.net.au

Vice President Phil Reid 9629 2548 0418 526 439

pjreid@bigpond.com

Secretary Kris Pannah 0418 100 757

krisp080@gmail.com

Treasurer Trevor Bland 9629 1019 0409 741 237

trevor.bland@bigpond.com

Membership/Welfare Officer Kerrie Sims 0403 792 528

kerriesims24451@gmail.com

Speakers Convenor Ian Bowden 9672 6606 0410 615 962

iwb@tpg.com.au

Outings & Events Officer Kerry Fink 8801 1797 0410 618 062 Kerry.fink3@bigpond.com

Joy Fink 8801 1797 0456 050 944 joyfink@bigpond.com

Newsletter Editor Chris Gardiner 9836 5978 0419 681 249

cga16705@bigpond.net.au

Liaison/Public Officer Harry Wojtczak 9899 2755

orzelbialy77@yahoo.com.au

Ex Officio Allan Collins 9624 4462 0418 474 127

allan-marg@bigpond.com

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KEY CONTACTS

Refreshments Jenny Reid 0400 954 207 pjreid@bigpond.com

Webmaster Theo Pronk 0408 629 214 theo@new2morrow.com

Photography Panel Kerry Fink 8801 1797 0410 618 062 Kerry.fink3@bigpond.com

Stephen Thomas 0400 361 633 stephenthomas2@bigpond.com

Allan Collins 9624 4462 allan-marg@bigpond.com

Garry Byrnes 9674 6381 0407 575 959 byrnes_garry@yahoo.com.au

GROUP LEADERS

Book Exchange Margaret Collins 9624 4462 or 0418 474 127 allan-marg@bigpond.com

Caravan & Cabin Barry Potter 0401 176 078 barrybevpotter1@gmail.com

Cheese & Wine Lyn Hayhow 9836 2267 0416 169 585 l_h_hayhow@bigpond.com

Stitch & Chat Anthea Osborne 8840 8516 0402 247 054

antheaos@hotmail.com

Tennis Bev Potter 0429 200 560 barrybevpotter1@gmail.com

Theatre Kerrie Sims 0403 792 528 kerriesims24451@gmail.com

Lee Thomas 0400 527 330 leethomas@bigpond.com

Wellbeing Kath Riddell 8850 4816 kathridell2@bigpond.com.au

Greg Riddell 8850 4816 griddell49@bigpond.com.au