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Launceston School for Seniors

Patron: The Honourable Don Wing A.M.

8 High Street, Launceston | PO Box 903, Launceston, 7250

(03) 6334 4007 | www.lss.org.au

Chairman: Trevor Curtis-Flynn | Vice Chairman: Barry Lumley OAM Secretary: Betty Laverty | Treasurer: Carmel Coombs

Editor: Penny Garnsworthy

From the Chairman As this will be the last Newsletter for the year, I have been asked to make a contribution. I’m sure you have enjoyed our ‘new look’ Newsletter thus far and this ‘Christmas’ edition should be no exception. My particular thanks to Penny for producing it, as well as its many contributors. I will make special mention of its ‘live’ links, in that, those of you who receive this edition by email, by clicking on the link you will be transported, as if by magic, to the particular site. I have come up with a Motto for the School, something I think sums up what our School is about – I hope you approve. Click on the link to see: https://youtu.be/mz3CPzdCDws

The Compliments of the Season to you all!

Trevor Curtis-Flynn Chairman, LSS

LSS will be at City Park Radio (96.5 and 103.7FM) on Thursday 29 November from 4.30pm until 5.00pm in our School’s Out program.

Be sure to listen in!

Singing for Pleasure Concert Our wonderful LSS singers will be performing at the Gordon Dell Auditorium, Glenara Lakes on Thursday 13 December. Don’t miss this free concert which starts at 9.30am and runs for an hour!

November 2018

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Books for Kids Do you or your family have children’s books that are no longer needed? Burnie-based Library Aid International Inc. (LAI) collects used books and educational resources for children aged 3-16 years, sorts and then ships them to needy schools in developing countries.

DeBruyn’s Transport generously transports the books for free from any of their depots to Burnie and the sorting is assisted by Work for the Dole placements and MyPathways job training agencies. So far, LAI has been able to send 180,000 books to over 200 schools! Needed

Picture books, easy chapter books, fiction and non-fiction, classics, stories on audio tape or CD, atlases and encyclopaedias (post 1991), thesauruses, textbooks, biographies for children, National Geographic and other educational magazines, crossword and puzzle books, bibles and teacher resources. Not needed

Books that are: damaged or scribbled in, clearly out of date or are Australia-specific (e.g. Australian history, atlases, etc.) Why not help this small but worthy organisation if you can? Books can be left at the office.

Community Rapid Response Service (ComRRS) This service was launched by the Tasmanian State Government in June 2016 and provides quality care for people with chronic and complex illnesses, within the community. Treating patients out of hospitals frees up beds so that hospitals can provide more medical and surgical services for more patients. The patient’s care is shared between their GP, community nursing and other health professionals either in the patient’s home or in the community at a health centre or residential aged care facility. Examples of health issues that can be addressed by this service are: assistance with medications, wound dressings, personal care, nutrition advice and referrals to ongoing services. If you think this service could help you or a person you know, contact the Community Rapid Response service Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm seven days a week on 6777 3021, or at other times on 0438 395 023. If you require assistance between 9.30pm and 8.30am your call will be redirected to GP Assist. For more information go to: Community Rapid Response Service.

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School Magazine and Calendars The Launceston School for Seniors Inc. 2018 Annual is now

available for sale. As always, the magazine showcases many of the school’s activities throughout the year including bus trips, class activities, our writers and some special occasions. Be sure to pick up your copy for only $3.00. 2019 Calendars featuring our members’

wonderful photographs, are also available for sale for $5.00 (small) and $10.00 (large). Be sure to pick up your copies from the office, or at our End of Year Luncheon. The safety of all members is our priority! Any accident or incident involving injury – no matter whether it is seen as trivial or serious – must be reported on the Accident/Incident Report Form.

Forms can be found in the first aid boxes in the foyer, in Room 1 just outside the Office and also in the Office. Tutors should complete the form for the relevant member and then forward it to the Office so we have a record of all injuries occurring in School for Seniors programs. Thank you.

To make the most of our limited parking, could all members please park within the white lines and ensure their vehicles do not encroach on the carpark. Please remember too that the carpark is one way anti-clockwise!

Members are issued with a name tag each term, and your emergency contact details should be written on the back. This ensures that in the event of an illness, injury or accident, emergency services personnel can easily contact your loved ones. And should they be required, a defibrillator and sick bags are located in the foyer of the main building.

We have secure Wi-Fi at the school and encourage our members to use it whilst in the buildings. Log-ins are Telstra 272644 for the main building and Telstra 086F for the office building. Please contact Vicki for the relevant password.

Solutions – Just for Fun

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Why spend your Wednesday

afternoons at home,

twiddling your thumbs? Here at 8 High Street, we have a brand new 65” high definition TV and, at no cost to you, we show a classic movie every Wednesday during term, at 12.45pm in Room 4. Here are our scheduled screenings for the next few months:

Date Movie

21 Nov Electric Dreams Sci-fi and romantic comedy starring Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen and Maxwell Caulfield, with the music of Jeff Lynne, 92 minutes (1984)

28 Nov Ghosts of the Abyss Documentary about the expedition to the wreck of the Titanic narrated by Bill Paxton and directed by James Cameron, 92 minutes (2003)

5 Dec Kenny Australian comedy starring Shane Jacobson as a Melbourne plumber who works for a portable loo rental company, 99 minutes (2006)

13 Mar Bran Nue Dae Australian musical comedy starring Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo and Missy Higgins, 82 minutes (2009)

20 Mar Gran Torino Drama starring Clint Eastwood, 112 minutes (2008)

27 Mar Hans Christian Andersen

Musical bio starring Danny Kaye, 112 minutes (1952)

3 Apr Dr Strangelove Black comedy starring Peter Sellers, George C Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynne and Slim Pickens, 94 minutes (1964)

10 Apr Sing Animated musical comedy featuring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson, 108 minutes (2016)

17 Apr The Odd Angry Shot Australian action comedy starring Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Bryan Brown and Graeme Blundell, 88 minutes (1979)

So why not join us? There is plenty of parking available, so sit back, unwind,

have a cuppa and a bickie and enjoy the movie. See you there!

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School for Seniors Picnics 2019 The dates for our 2019 picnics have just been released, and what a series it will be. And as you can see, the picnics fit in very nicely with our bus trips. Hope to see you all there!

Date Venue Information

Tues 8 Jan Home of Kathleen and Trevor Curtis-Flynn

120 Penquite Road Newstead To avoid having to cross the road amid heavy traffic it is suggested that you park on the same side of the road as their home, i.e. the left hand side of the road facing towards the city. There is ample parking and it’s only a short walk.

Today is Elvis’s 84th Birthday Elvis ‘gear’ is encouraged!

Fri 11 Jan Bus Trip Let’s Go to the Mountain

Tues 15 Jan Home of Carrie and Alan Pearson

44 Meander Valley Road, Deloraine Take eastern entrance to Deloraine past Bowerbank Mill for 1.5kms. House has white picket fence on right, opposite road leading up to main Craft Fair pavilion. Plenty of parking on main road.

Tues 22 Jan City Park, Launceston Ukulele in City Park

Wed 30 Jan / Fri 1 Feb

Bus Trip Three Day East Coast Getaway

Thurs 7 Feb City Park, Launceston Ukulele in City Park

Tues 12 Feb City Park, Launceston Ukulele in City Park

Tues 19 Feb Home of Jil and Bob Sievers

19 Mt. Leslie Road, Prospect Turn right at the St Patricks College roundabout into Mt Leslie Road. Home is on the left and there is plenty of parking in the Street.

Wed 27 Feb Bus Trip Chooks, Bees, Honey and Wine

LSS Attendance Recognition Your LSS Committee will soon recognise longstanding attendance by our members. There will be 9 awards for 30 years, 30 awards for 20 years and 22 awards for 10 years. Watch this space!

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LSS Bus Tours 2019 Next year will see all travellers homing in to Glenara Lakes Lifestyle Village about 8.00am for 8:15am pick up and 8:30am departure. For anyone new, or forgetful, Glenara is opposite the Youngtown Supermarket on Hobart Road. Enter the Village on to Record Avenue and continue straight along until , on your left, you see me and/or lots of cars. Call my mobile if you have any difficulties - and if you sleep in past eight… just roll over. We can take standby names for the Cradle Mountain tour and there are vacancies for the Chooks, Bees, Honey and Wine. Payment of 3-Day Tour balances is due before Friday 30 November. And yes, non-school friends have joined us in the past. Up until the end of term 3 please see Vicki in the Office - after that contact me. And make sure I know of any special requirements. So survive the ‘silly season’, enjoy the Picnics and Bus Tours, and come back refreshed

for Term 1, 2019. Alan Jones – 6344 3330 or 0419 104 614

Chooks, Bees, Honey and Wine - Wednesday 27 February 2019

(departs Glenara Lakes at 8.15am for 8.30am) There are more to chickens than eggs and feathers! Today Rob Nichols founder of Nichols Chickens will join us on the coach. He

will share the story of his successful business and what makes their products different. We are sure to learn a few new facts about chickens.

Lunch today will be at the Thai Imperial Restaurant at the Axeman’s Hall of Fame in Latrobe. Afterwards we’ll have time to browse through the many market stalls before we continue along the Frankford Highway to Exeter. The Beehive is a relatively new venture owned and operated by Rebecca and Tristan Campbell. They started with just one hive and now offer a large variety of honey as well as honey alcohol and other products. You will be intrigued to hear their story. Moores Hill is a family owned and operated winery on the West Tamar and we will have time for a visit and tasting before heading back. $77 per person includes morning tea, tours and lunch. For more information go to: Moores Hill Winery, Nichols Poultry and The Beehive

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Just for Fun!

Where in Tassie? How well do you know our state? (answers next issue)

Zen Garden Types of Sweets

Answers for the October issue: Campbell Town; Bruny Island Lighthouse; Tamar Wetlands, Legana;

Josef Chromy Winery, Relbia and sculpture at Constitution Dock, Hobart. How did you go?

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Just for Fun! (cont’d)

Easy Medium

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Used Stamps Your used postage stamps can benefit overseas missions. There’s no need to steam them off the envelope, simply cut around them and bring them to the office.

Email! With so many of our members now on email, we can communicate with you more regularly. This newsletter, in living colour, is emailed to everyone able to receive it (with paper copies still available at the school). If you haven’t given us your email address and would like to be included on the listing, please email Vicki at: Secretary. And each time you register, please ensure your email address is clearly written on the registration form (even if you have provided it previously), along with your street address and telephone number. Did you know that website links in the newsletter (blue and underlined) are ‘live’? This means that if you receive the newsletter by email you can simply click on the link and it will take you to the relevant site. Isn’t technology great!

Your Committee

School for Seniors Committee members are tutors and students too! We are always here to help and will happily take any suggestions you have for improvement in our school. Give us a call or just catch us around the school.

Anne Berechree 0438 574 586 Colin McPharlin 6330 3171

Penny Garnsworthy 0438 517 987 Graham Quinn 6344 3040

John Husband 0419 130 778 Bob Sievers 6344 4787

Alan Jones 6344 3330 Bev White 6327 1845

Ian Kershaw 0418 139 572 Philip Whitehead 6328 1365

From the Editor Before we know it Christmas will be upon us, with 2019 just around the corner. Scary? Maybe, but it’s also an opportunity. Here at LSS we have something for everyone and if you’re wondering how you’re going to fill your days in 2019 then all you need do is take a look at our syllabus. Its jam packed with over 70 courses in art, music, fitness, computing, books and writing, sports, photography, games, languages, crafts and hobbies, science, dancing, gardening, history, money, theatre and philosophy… Pick up a copy and during the holidays sit down with a cuppa and trawl through the pages, ready for Registration Day on 5 March 2019. I wish all our members a joyous Christmas season and a new year that’s happy and healthy. We look forward to seeing you all in 2019!

Penny Garnsworthy [email protected]