Edition Number 114 February / March 2014

WEB PAGE www.csci.org.au

DISCLAIMER

ALL ARTICLES IN THIS MAGAZINE ARE PRINTED IN GOOD FAITH FOR THE

COMMUNITY AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT

THE VIEWS OF THE INNISFAIL COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE INC

Contents

Page 2 Editorial, Uplift Project

Page 3 Recreation Mornings

Page 4 & 5 A Trip to ‘Up & Over’

Page 6 It’s All About Me, Coping with Stress

Page 7 Flag Quiz

Page 8 Recipes

Page 9 & 10 Hub Happenings

INNISFAIL & DISTRICT Community Information Newsletter

Produced by the

COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE 13-17 Donald Street, P O Box 886, Innisfail 4860

Phone: 40438400 Fax: 4061 7312 Freecall: 1800 616 001

Email: info@csci.org.au

The Community Support Centre is funded primarily by the Department of Communities

Here we are at the beginning of a new year with a new lot of children starting school.

Once again mothers will be saying “What can I put in their lunches?”

I have included some tasty recipes for their lunch boxes to give you some ideas.

Here’s wishing everyone a Happy New Year and may this year be all you could wish it to be!

Cheers,

Editorial Talkabout FEBRUARY / 2

NILS (No Interest Loan Scheme)

Salvos NILS has now been operating in Cairns for several months. The NILS program is designed to help those struggling financially to improve their quality of life by providing interest free loans to enable clients to purchase essential electrical household items such as washing machines, refrigerators and dryers, essential furniture such as beds, wardrobes, dining tables and lounges, to have some essential mechanical work on cars, textbooks and other study needs and some medical aids and dental work. NILS will also provide a loan for a basic lawn mower. NILS does not help with rent and bond issues nor outstanding bills of any kind. NILS loans are not provided for television sets or telephones but occasionally in special circumstances a loan will be provided for a basic model laptop computer. We do not provide loans to purchase a car. All clients need to be able to travel to Cairns for interviews as necessary, as Salvos NILS does not operate outside of Cairns. All enquiries can be directed to 0456 048 319 during NILS office hours Monday and Friday mornings 9am - midday.

Loads of Support of a Different Kind

Members of the CSCI Management

Committee, Staff and Volunteers recently

donated more than 50 unwanted bras for

redistribution to women in other regions

through the Uplift Project organisation.

Visit the following website for more

information and details of where to send

your donation.

Uplift Project www.upliftbras.org

For women in disadvantaged communities a bra is

often unobtainable or unaffordable.

This project collects new and second hand bras and

sends them wherever we have requests.

Do you need a hand

filling in a form?

Each Tuesday afternoon Natasha will be on hand to help you. Strictly by

appointment only!

Cost: FREE

Where: Community Support Centre Innisfail 13-17 Donald Street Innisfail

When: Each Tuesday afternoon by

appointment only between 1pm & 4pm

If this is you then phone Community Support Centre Innisfail on 40438400 to

make an appointment. Assistance is provided in good faith and all responsibility for information entered remains with the client. No legal advice can

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At the CSCI

meeting room on

Monday 17th

February

9.30am - 12pm

Bookings essential!

Phone:

Community Support Centre Innisfail Inc invites you along to

February Recreation Morning

Vegetarian Cooking with Lyn

& Meegan

Community Support Centre Innisfail Inc is primarily funded by the Department of Communities

March 2014 Recreation Morning

FREE Lantern Making Workshop

An integrated community initiative of

Innisfail Youth & Family Care Inc. with local artists

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a Queensland Government and Cassowary Coast Regional Council partnership to support local arts and culture.

Where: CSCI 13-17 Donald St Innisfail When: 17th March 2014 Time: 9.30am - 12pm Bookings essential!

Please contact CSCI to book your place for this workshop on 40438 400.

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A Trip to “Up &

Over” By Jean Mc Millan

We arrived in Canada the day we left Australia; first landing in Vancouver, then hopping across to Victoria where we started our tour of the East and the Rockies, followed by a cruise up the inside passage of Alaska, then over to the West. You’ve no doubt seen pictures of Canada so I’ll tell you things that the brochures don’t. First, their autumn doesn’t coincide with our spring. I thought the first of September would be the start of their autumn and was looking forward to a glorious colour changing of the trees but the Canadian autumn actually starts three weeks later. While we had plenty of winter woollies we were a bit short on the hot weather stuff &, of course, the west was having an unusually hot and late summer. People must have thought I only had one thing to wear – I did – that blouse got washed a lot! The only morning it rained was the day we visited the beautiful Butchart Gardens. However, there were plenty of umbrellas for visitors to use as we strolled around the 22 acres of glorious gardens. The fifty or so gardeners employed were not to be seen and it was only later that we found out that they plant and weed etc. at night. Now that is what I call moonlighting! Our guide, Karen, was a delight and soon had us singing along to “Rocks and trees and trees and rocks and trees and waterrrrr” every morning – a song about what Canada has to offer. And that is what we saw – plus glaciers, it wasn’t snow we could see tucked in the shade in the mountains, it was the glaciers. It was hot and dry and hard to believe the road we travelled would soon be covered in feet of snow, never mind the avalanches sweeping across the numerous specifically designed shelters covering the road. We were driven up a very steep incline in a huge six-wheel tank-like bus by a very entertaining Japanese accountant, to the Athabasca Glacier where we drank freshly melted glacier, icy cold water, richly laced with Canadian Whiskey cleverly disguised in a brown paper bag. I thought that rattlesnakes lived in Nevada or thereabouts so it came as a bit of a shock when at one of our “photo op stops” we found a sign advising “Beware of rattlesnakes.” I was on full alert! At Whistler, looking quite different from the Winter Olympic scenes, I was about to take a photo of a marmot, looking very cute and furry, when it let out the most almighty piercing screech. I leapt six feet into the air and missed the shot. It was then I realised how Whistler got its name. The Marmot then hid among the rocks peeking out now and then. I’m sure it was thumbing its nose at us. We were treated like royalty on our Silver Leaf Rocky Mountaineer (we found out later their tips were paid proportionally to our evaluation). The train slowed for viewing spots and the crew would point out things of interest coming up. I saw a lone cougar and a beaver swimming into its lodge. The windows of the train were huge and through which we saw of course, rocks, and trees, and trees, and rocks, and water. Canada was surprisingly bereft of animals. I think they must have shot them all! We did see them as rugs on floors, mounted on walls and in various forms of apparel. Perhaps the animals have realised they are at risk and are in hiding. Animal count: 1 bear at some distance away, an elk, a few chipmunks and a few bambis. Karen thought we were quite mad when we saw squirrels and Canadian geese, as we got quite excited. We were photographed and fingerprinted by U.S. Customs when we boarded the “Yaiderdam.” There was delicious food which I compensated for by climbing the eight flights of stairs a couple of times a day. I checked out the gym but it was full

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of serious gym junkies. I would have looked like a model for “this could happen to you!” We did go up for a couple of lectures and were most amused by the gym groupies who knew all the answers to the questions and the instructor knew their names. They obviously spent all their time in the gym and missed the food and fun we were enjoying. The shore excursions were designed to relieve you of your dollars, and consisted mainly of jewellery stores selling Tanzanite - a pretty and expensive blue stone. The museum in Skagway was much more interesting, depicting the travails of the gold rush. No wonder they froze to death or went broke. The day we visited Glacier Bay was perfect, icy cold but sunny, the sea was a mill pond as we glided by glaciers a mile across, blue-white and very craggy. Spectacular! Hot pea soup was served on deck to help warm us. It was hard to imagine the sea being rough but we were the second last ship before the season closed. That night there was a storm, noted in the ship’s log as “phenomenal seas.” The pool on the top deck was certainly sloshing and all the promenade decks were sealed off. We had a compulsory life boat drill prior to leaving and I noted the handles on the BOTTOM of the lifeboats. I figured you would last about 4 minutes in that icy water so I decided I would be happy to be fresh frozen food for a polar bear. Happily the lifeboats were never required. Leaving the boat, we flew to the East – much flatter country, and full of the maples we had looked forward to seeing change colour. Maple syrup, maple butter – yum! The maple leaf on the new Canadian note doesn’t actually grow in Canada. The Canadian reaction was very Australian! Niagara Falls was just like you’ve seen them in the pictures! I thought we looked like a bunch of Smurfs in our blue ponchos. We could see the other “Maid in the Mist” filled with 500 or more Smurfs while even more Smurfs waited to board.

We put our schoolgirl French to good use in Quebec and Montreal. They are quite parochial about it, but all Canadians are taught French. Montreal produced the best surprise. We had an extra day there and asked the concierge how to get to the Botanic Gardens. To our surprise she said she could sell us tickets so we wouldn’t have to wait in line. We parted with $26.00 each (which was a bit of a shock) and set off to find and negotiate the underground. We were quite pleased we’d managed the system and even changed trains, the country bumpkins that we are. On our arrival there were two long queues; one to buy tickets and the other for entry. We went through the gates at last and discovered what we had paid for: The Mosaicultures Internationales Montreal – more than 50 fantastic sculptures made from plants. It hadn’t been held in Montreal for 10 years, and was only on for 3 months. We caught it on the last few days. Some of the sculptures were huge 30 or more feet high/wide, while some were life size like gorillas, buffalo and polar bears. Other sculptures were more than life size such as the Chinese girl with cranes (above), a phoenix or a dog. There were horses, lizards – all manner of creatures and a story for each. The bird tree was a huge 100 ton “tree” covered with endangered birds (one was Australian). The wing span of one was nearly 3 metres across. It was just fabulous – we wore our feet and eyeballs out! Then it was back to our hotel – The Hilton – where they had paper cups and Starbucks coffee. Really! That coffee is the pits. Interestingly, Maccas and KFC were noticeably absent but there were lots of Starbucks and Canada’s own “Tim Horton’s” — which was cheap and cheerful and the coffee was drinkable.

Two huge sculptures made of living plants

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‘What you choose to focus on gets bigger!’

Aimed to help women;

understand their strengths and values keep their minds and bodies healthy

learn to cope better with stress

Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 9.30am—3pm

At the Community Support Centre Innisfail

Lunch provided

13 - 17 Donald Street Innisfail

Call to register on 4043 8400 RSVP by 4 February 2014 to allow for catering

A One Day Workshop for Young Women

A one day workshop at the Community Support Centre Innisfail Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 9.30am—3pm

Lunch Provided

13 - 17 Donald Street Innisfail

Call to register on 4043 8400

RSVP by 4 February 2014 to allow for catering

Do you feel you are unravelling? Coming apart at the seams?

Here is another workshop on..

COPING WITH STRESS

Flag Quiz—Test your knowledge on our flag!

(For answers see below)

You may realize that Australia’s flag is the only one to fly over an entire continent, but how much do you really know about our chief national symbol? We celebrated Australia Day on 26 January so see how you score in the following quiz.. 1) Following federation in 1901, the new Commonwealth Government held an open competition calling for public input into the design of a flag. It was the first time in history that a national flag had been chosen in this way. Where were the entries displayed for judging, thus becoming the first place the Australian flag was flown? a. Parliament House, Canberra b. The Sydney Opera House c. The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne d. The Lodge (Residence of the Prime Minister) 2) The opportunity to design a new flag for the new nation of Australia really captured the public imagination. In proportion to Australia’s population now, how many entries would be needed to replicate the 1901 response? a. 50,000 b. 2,000 c. 200,000 d. 20,000 3) The designs submitted featured every kind of flora and fauna identifiable with Australia, sometimes all at once. Which of the following were not included on the would-be flags entered in the competition?

a. A kangaroo leaping through the constellation of the Southern Cross b. Native animals playing cricket with a winged cricket ball c. A platypus with six babies representing the six Australian states d. A fat kangaroo aiming a gun at the Southern Cross

4) Five people tied for the honor of designing our flag and they shared in the £200 prize money (which was a substantial sum in 1901, described as equivalent to the annual wage for an average worker). Match the description with the name of the winner below. a. Ivor Evans i. First Officer with the Union Steamship Company of NZ b. Annie Dorrington ii. Teenage optician’s apprentice from Leichhardt NSW c. Leslie Hawkins iii. 14 year old schoolboy from Melbourne d. Egbert Nuttall iv. Well-known artist from Perth e. William Stevens v. Architect with the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works 5) The Southern Cross featured on the flag is a constellation that can only be seen in the night skies of the Southern hemisphere. It also gives acknowledgement to aboriginal Australian’s because it is so prominent in their mythology. What is the name given to each of the stars in the Southern Cross? 6) Australian National Flag Day marks the flag’s birthday. It was proclaimed by the Governor General in 1996 to commemorate the day in 1901 on which the Australian national flag was first flown. What day each year do we celebrate Flag Day? 7) Which famous Australian wrote the words: And with Australia’s flag shall fly A spray of wattle bough To symbolize our unity We’re all Australians now a. Dorothea Mackellar b. Sir Robert Menzies c. Banjo Paterson d. Rupert McCall

Quiz and further information available from www.australianflag.org.au

Talkabout FEBRUARY / 7 1) C None of the other places existed in 1901! It took eight weeks to display all the entries, and following judging the winning design was flown from the Royal Exhibition Building

on 3 September 1901.

2) C There were 32,823 entries from an estimated population in 1901 of around 3.6 million, i.e. one per cent of the total population responded to the competition. This is

equivalent to 200,000 entries today.

3) C 4) A = iii, B = iv, C = ii, D = v, E = i

5) The formal name of the Southern Cross is Crux Australis and the individual stars are named by the first five letters of the Greek alphabet in order of brightness (clockwise

from the bottom star) Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta & Epsilon.

6) Australian National Flag Day is celebrated on September 3 each year. 7) C During World War I.

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Finger Lickin’ Lunchbox Ideas Apple Pikelets

¾ cup SR flour, ¾ cup wholemeal SR flour, 2 tbsp. caster sugar, 1 green apple (grated), 2 eggs (lightly beaten), 300ml buttermilk, 20g butter (melted), 18 dried apple rings. Combine flours, sugar and grated apple in a bowl. Make a well in the center. Whisk eggs and buttermilk together. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix until well combined. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Brush base with butter or spray oil. Place 4 apple rings in pan. Spoon 2 tablespoons of mixture over each apple ring. When small bubbles appear on surface, flip & cook other side for 1-2 mins. Transfer to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining apple & mixture.

Ham and Vegetable Slice 6 eggs, 60g plain flour, 1 cup zucchini (grated and drained), ½ cup or 225g can (drained) sweet corn kernels, 1 cup grated carrot, ¼ cup chives (chopped), 100g lean ham (chopped), 50g grated reduced-fat cheese. Preheat oven to 180oC. Beat eggs & flour together until smooth. Add zucchini, corn, carrot, chives & ham. Combine. Pour into a dish lightly sprayed with oil. Top with cheese. Bake for 30-40 min until set.

Little Bacon and Egg Tarts 3 sheets frozen ready-rolled puff pastry (thawed), 500g bacon (thinly sliced), 1½ cups sour cream, ⅓ cup chives (chopped), 12 eggs. Preheat oven to 200oC. Lightly grease 12 x ¾ cup capacity muffin pans. Cut pastry sheets into quarters & gently ease square of pastry into each muffin pan. Cook bacon in a small frying pan over medium-high heat for 3-4 min or until golden brown. Drain bacon on paper towel & allow to cool for 5 minutes. Place ¾ of bacon into base of each pastry wall. Whisk sour cream, chives, salt & pepper until well combined. Spoon mixture over bacon. Crack egg on top of sour

cream mixture & top with remaining bacon. Bake for 25-30 min or until pastry is golden & filling is cooked. Allow to stand for 5 min before removing from pan.

Tuna Pasta Salad 240g dried spiral pasta (for a healthier option use wholemeal pasta), 4 x 95g can 98% fat free spicy chili tuna (drained), 2 x 125g canned corn kernels (drained), 200g grape tomatoes (halved), 1 large red capsicum (chopped), 40g baby spinach leaves, ⅓ cup fat free French dressing. Cook pasta in a medium saucepan of boiling salted water, following packet directions or until al dente. Place pasta, tuna, corn, tomato, capsicum, spinach and dressing in a bowl and toss to combine. Serves 4.

Cocoa and Cashew Bliss Balls 1 cup of cashews blended until smooth, 2 tbsp honey, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 6 dates, 2 tbsp cocoa. Blend together, roll into balls and roll in coconut. Recipe can be halved.

Salmon Sushi Rolls 1 cup sushi rice (rinsed), 1 tbsp seasoned rice vinegar, 4 nori sheets, ½ avocado (sliced lengthways), 105g can red salmon (drained, flaked), ½ Lebanese cucumber (cut into thin strips), 1 small carrot (grated), soy sauce to serve. Place rice & 1½ cups cold water in a saucepan over high heat. Cover & bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low & cook for 15 min or until rice is tender & liquid absorbed. Remove from heat. Stand for 5 min. Place rice and vinegar in a bowl. Stir to combine. Allow to cool completely, stirring regularly to prevent rice becoming gluggy. Place 1 nori sheet, shiny side down, on a sushi mat. Using moist hands, spread one quarter of the rice mixture over the nori sheet, leaving a 3cm border around the edges. Place one quarter each of the avocado, salmon, cucumber & carrot along the edge closest to you. Using the sushi mat, roll up firmly to enclose filling. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

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“Hub Happenings” February 2014

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

1 09.00-16.30

Greenway Stitchers

2

If you have a community group needing a place to meet why not call in or phone 40438400 for a chat. We have great facilities &

our prices are minimal.

3 18.00

Cassowary Coast Camera Club ph

Richard 40643328

4 09.30

Inner Wheel

5 09.30-11.00

Tai Chi

6 10.00-15.00

Salvation Army Financial Counsellor

40417197 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

7

8 9

10 17.30

Cassowary Coast Region Sewing

Guild

11 09.00-15.30

Coping With Stress Workshop

19.30 Toastmasters

Innisfail ph Dr Jay Lo 0417406100

12 09.30-11.00

Tai Chi Seniors’ Legal

Service ph CSCI 1800650931

13 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

14

15 13.30-16.30

Innisfail Horticultural & Garden Club

16

17 09.30-11.30

Recreation Day (see flyer for details)

CSCI Management Committee Meeting

18 10.00-12.00

Prostate Cancer Support Group

19 09.30-11.00

Tai Chi 10.00-15.00 North QLD

Women’s Legal Service ph CSCI

40438400

20 10.00-15.00

Salvation Army Financial Counsellor

40417197 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

21

22 23

24

25 19.30

Toastmasters Innisfail ph Dr Jay Lo 0417406100

26

27 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

28

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

31 1 09.00 -16.30

Greenway Stitchers

2

If you have a community group needing a place to meet why not call in or phone 40438400 for a chat. We have great facilities & our prices are minimal.

3 18.00

Cassowary Coast Camera Club ph

Richard 40643328

4 09.30

Inner Wheel

5 09.30-11.00

Tai Chi

6 10.00-15.00

Salvation Army Financial Counsellor

40417197 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

7

8 9

10 17.30

Cassowary Coast Region Sewing

Guild

11 09.00-15.30

‘It’s All About Me’ Self Esteem

Workshop (see flyer for details)

19.30 Toastmasters

Innisfail ph Dr Jay Lo 0417406100

12 09.30-11.00

Tai Chi Seniors’ Legal

Service ph CSCI 1800650931

13 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

14

15 13.30-16.30

Innisfail Horticultural & Garden Club

16

17 09.30-11.30

Recreation Day (see flyer for details)

CSCI Management Committee Meeting

18

19 09.30-11.00

Tai Chi 10.00-15.00 North QLD

Women’s Legal Service ph CSCI

40438400

20 10.00-15.00

Salvation Army Financial Counsellor

40417197 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

21

22 23

24

25 19.30

Toastmasters Innisfail ph Dr Jay Lo 0417406100

26

27 15.00-17.00

Free To Be Me

28

29

30

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“Hub Happenings” March 2014