Fortnightly News 10/5/2024
Issue 09 of 2024
10 May 2024
DATES TO REMEMBER
Friday 17 May – new Club av system information/training session – see below
Tuesday 21 May – next Club Committee Meeting 2.00pm
Monday 27 May – Reconciliation Day Public Holiday, Club will be closed
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SOUP TIME
This coming Monday, 13th May, will be our first soup day for the year. Each Monday after our Tai Chi and Gentle Exercise class ends at 1.00pm, we serve home-made soup and bread to all who would like to partake! For the cost of an activity voucher you can eat in or take some home in a container to enjoy later. As an added bonus, all money raised from soup sales goes to the Club –including most enjoyably to support the Club Christmas Lunch extravaganza.
See you for a Monday soup lunch soon.
Sue and Jenny.
NEW CLUB AV SYSTEM
Group activity leaders (and anyone else interested) is invited to be at the Club on Friday 17th May at 12.15 pm to find out what can be done with our new system and how it can be done. The provider of the system is also preparing a clear and comprehensive guide for us to give to potential users.
WODEN LIBRARY TEMPORARY CLOSURE
A message from Libraries ACT
Dear Woden Seniors,
I wish to inform you that the Woden Library will be closed to the public from Wednesday 8 May until mid-August 2024 for upgrade works.
During this time, we will be upgrading the toilet facilities on the ground floor and the heating and cooling systems, as well as undertaking other improvement work to make the library an even more comfortable place space. The transition from gas to electric is being completed as part of the ACT Government Electrification of Government Gas Assets Program. Unfortunately, due to the significant noise and construction impacts associated with the work, a full closure of the library branch has been deemed necessary for safety reasons.
A temporary pop-up library will be operating from 26 Corinna Street, Phillip (behind Chemist Warehouse) from Monday to Friday, 10am to 5.30pm. At this temporary location you will be able to collect book club and personal reservations, return items and take part in programs such as Story Time, Giggle and Wiggle, Geri-Fit, and English Conversation classes. The return chutes outside the Library building will be available for returning books during the period of the closure.
For more information on the services available during the closure, visit www.library.act.gov.au. Libraries ACT apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and we look forward to welcoming you back when we re-open in Mid-August.
MEMBERSHIP REMINDER
While we try to ensure that all members receive a reminder when their membership and parking payments are due, some do slip through the system! Please check your renewal date – Polly can help with this if needed.
Jenny Gregory
President
Woden Seniors Inc.
PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606Tel: (02) 6282 2573
Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au
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Today’s advice column:
Things to Live By
A balanced diet is a muffin in each hand.
Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
Someone who thinks logically provides nice contrast to the real world.
If you had to identify in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”
There is a very fine line between “hobby” and mental illness.