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Incorporating Hills HawkEye

Outlook Online

Contact Outlook

Enquire about Joining PWP

Why YOU should join Parents Without Partners (PWP)

· Over 1,500 affordable activities a year

· Something on every night of the week

· Subsidised children's activities every weekend

· A great new single lifestyle

· Meet people and make friends at PWP

· Membership is a passport to any PWP activities in Australia & overseas

Members always have discounts to open functions &/or get group discounts at events

Everything you want to know is at the PWP NSW Website

BILLBOARD

PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS AUSTRALIA

Convention 2006 in Canberra, ACT

Parents Without Partners ACT Inc is hosting the next Annual Convention in Canberra and we would like to encourage as many members as possible to consider attending. The Conventions offer a unique opportunity for members from all over Australia to meet and enjoy time together for three days without their children. The closing date for receipt of registration forms and payment has been extended to Wednesday 1 March 2006.

We are charging a flat $75 for children which will be refunded if we receive our grant from the Commonwealth Government. Each child will need to bring a sleeping bag (it can be reasonably cold in April in Canberra at night) and a pillow plus a towel and other toiletries. Children who are on medication will need to leave the medication will one of he supervisors together with instructions on dosage, etc. Good walking shoes and socks will be needed and long trousers and a warm jacket or jumper. A hat and sunscreen may also be required.

All Correspondence to: The Convention Director

c/- PWP ACT Inc PO Box 465, Dickson, ACT 2602

WHEN? Friday 14 April to Monday 17 April 2006

WHERE? Gold Creek Tourist Resort, Gold Creek Village, O'Hanlon Place, Nicholls, ACT 2913.

The Accommodation is in either 6 bunk rooms or in 4 bunk rooms for an additional $15.

CONTACTS: Nita or Barry: 02 62584216 Mob: 0417668802 or Chris: 02 62319049 Mob: 0407221505

PROGRAM: The program will be similar to previous years but we are going to have only one day of actual meeting so that those attending will have more time to get to know one another and the explore Canberra a bit with the group. Details of the program will be in the next newsletter.

COST: Adults $285 (for 6-berth room)

$300 (for 4 berth room

Children $75 (refundable if we receive our grant from the Commonwealth Government)

If you want a registration form, email Outlook and one will be sent to you.

BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Committees – Email Announcements or PROGRAM CHANGES to be published HERE

HILLS

YARRAHAPINNI CAMP - APRIL 22-27

Book with Brett on 9654 8245 or 0414 644 124

Pricing to be advised

THE COMING WEEK

(in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)

Thursday 23 February

HILLS DISTRICT

OPEN FAMILY SQUASH NIGHT

Friday 24 February

Final Bookings for:Macarthur - Ghost Tour, Fri 10 Mar.

CITY OF SYDNEY

HAVE SOME FUN ON THE CHEAP at Harold Park Raceway

HILLS DISTRICT

ADULTS CHAMPAGNE HOUSE PARTY @ Maureen's, Carlingford

HUNTER

MUSIC IN THE PODIUM at Warners Bay

Saturday 25 February

Final Bookings for:City - Romance Russian Rest, Sat 4 Mar.Northside - Family Bowling Sat 4 Mar.

CITY OF SYDNEY

JAMBEROO City of Sydney combines with Hills

Also

ADULTS ONLY HOUSE PARTY @ Margaret's, Botany

HILLS DISTRICT

JAMBEROO COACH TRIP

Also

PAVILION THEATRE NIGHT

MACARTHUR

JAMBEROO

NORTHSIDE

HOUSE PARTY AT PAM'S, Cammeray

Sunday 26 February

CITY OF SYDNEY

SEAFOOD SMORGASBORD at Drummoyne RSL

HILLS DISTRICT

CINEMAS AT BLACKTOWN

Also

ASQUITH LEAGUES CLUB FAMILY DINNER

HUNTER

SWIMMING & PICNIC AT THE ENTRANCE

NORTHSIDE

BARBEQUE LUNCH @ Mary's, Harbord

Monday 27 February

Final Bookings for:City - Ocean World, Sun 12 Mar.Hills - Ocean World, Sun 12 Mar.Macarthur - Ocean World, Sun 12 Mar.

CITY OF SYDNEY

WALK THE BAY

HILLS DISTRICT

BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER

Also

GENERAL BRANCH COMMITTEE MEETING

NORTHSIDE

INFORMAL MORNING COFFEE & CHAT, Hornsby.

Also

BISTRO CLUB LUNCH

Also

BALLROOM DANCING

Tuesday 28 February

HILLS DISTRICT

VALUE T-BONE STEAK DINNER

NORTHSIDE

DINNER AND CHAT

Wednesday 1 March

CITY OF SYDNEY

GENERAL COMMITTEE & PROGRAMME MEETING

HILLS DISTRICT

KINGSWOOD SINGLES DANCE

Also

SOCIAL TENNIS

Thursday 2 March

HILLS DISTRICT

OPEN FAMILY SQUASH NIGHT

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

February 23

Birthdays:

In 1943, Spanish singer and father of Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias (63)

In 1940, American actor and brother of Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda (66)

In 1944, American singer/musician, Johnny Winter (62)

In 1974, South African Test cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs (32)

In 1994, American actress, Dakota Fanning (Hannah Dakota Fanning) (12) At the age of 8, she became the youngest person to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, for her supporting performance in “I Am Sam”.

On This Day:

In 1931, Dame Nellie Melba died, aged 69.

In 1962, Australia’s tallest building at the time, the 25-storey AMP building, opened in Sydney.

In 1965, the Royal Australian Mint was opened in Canberra by the Duke of Edinburgh.

In 1965, comedian Stan Laurel died at the age of 74, eight years after the death of his long-time comedy partner, Oliver Hardy.

In 1970, the Indian Pacific passenger train made its inaugural journey from Sydney to Perth, a distance of 4,352km.

In 1972, Elvis and Priscilla Presley separated.

In 1974, Saturday mail deliveries ended in Australia.

In 1983, the Bee Gees were found guilty of plagiarizing Ronald Selle’s “Let It End” when they wrote “How Deep Is Your Love”. The verdict, which could have cost the band millions of dollars, was overturned in July.

In 1990, the State Bank of Victoria incurred a loss of $1.345 billion, the largest in Australia's corporate history.

In 2000, Carlos Santana received a record-tying eight Grammy's. Michael Jackson set the record back in 1984 when he won awards for "Thriller."

SOURCE: RADIOINFO

THIS WEEKS FAVOURITES/BOOKMARKS

Why not bookmark these:-

FAMILY LAW ACCREDITED SOLICITORS at http://www.pwp-nsw.org/familylaw.htm

If know of someone who has separated and is commencing divorce proceedings then they may need an accredited Family Law solicitor. Her is a listing of contact numbers that may be helpful for them. If you work in the health & welfare sector it may be useful to bookmark on the web browsers of your work computers.

PWP Queensland at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~iainp

Check out our northern neighbours in PWP.
PWP USA Branch
Fairfax VA http://www.pwp715.org

WORD FOR THE WEEK

aficionado \uh-fish-ee-uh-NAH-doh\, noun:
An enthusiastic admirer; a fan.

:-) Three Men and A Lamp

Three men: a project manager, a software engineer, and a hardware engineer are in Ft. Lauderdale for a two-week period helping out on a project.

About midweek they decide to walk up and down the beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp. As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says "Normally I would grant you 3 wishes, but since there are 3 of you, I will grant you each one wish."

The hardware engineer went first. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living in a huge house in St. Thomas, with no money worries and surrounded by beautiful women who worship me." The genie granted him his wish and sent him on off to St. Thomas.

The software engineer went next. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living on a huge yacht cruising the Mediterranean, with no money worries and surrounded by beautiful women who worship me." The genie granted him his wish and sent him off to the Mediterranean.

Last, but not least, it was the project manager's turn. "And what would your wish be?" asked the genie.

"I want them both back after lunch" replied the project manager.

EVER WONDERED . . . ?

Newsgroup - An Internet "site" centered around a specific topic or course. Some newsreader software can "thread" discussion so there can be various topics centered around a central theme. An advantage over e-mail is that the messages are archived and don't reside in your e-mail account, taking up your memory, unless you set up a "sent mail" or "carbon copy" option. The messages can often be threaded according to a particular discussion.

Afterthought: As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error. ~ Weisert

Computer Problems ? Hardware failure?

Computer running slowly? Don’t understand your software?

Internet problems? Don’t know what to do next?

· Help to buy, set up and use your computer

· New or refurbished systems to suit your budget

Ring John: 9626 9093 or 0408 416 466 Email: getugoing@hotpop.com

(Approved by PWP SMC - I maintain PWP NSW computer)

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