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Incorporating Hills HawkEye

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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

ELECTIONS and AGMs

It is that time of the year again and PWP will work only with involvement from the members.

As a minimum, you need to turn up at your AGM to vote.

We need a minimum number (quorum) at your AGM in order to elect your committee.

Don’t assume someone else will do it - that is a recipe for failure !

The alternative is that your Branch has to be administered by State Management Committee which is not in anyone’s interest.

Please consider also how you could make a contribution to your committee.

Remember PWP is a self-help body where nothing “just happens”

Coming Branch AGM Dates

(Full Details in current “Soleparent”)

-Sunday 16 July - MACARTHUR

10.30am Cataract Dam. Look for blue and white balloons. Sausage sizzle provided after elections.

-Sunday 23 July – HILLS

11am Committee Room, Upstairs at Gilbert Rd Tennis Courts, Castle Hill. Sausage Sizzle after for attendees.

BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

BRANCH COMMITTEES:

Please Email ANNOUNCEMENTS or PROGRAM CHANGES to be published here

STATE

ROMEO & JULIET ANNUAL BALL

5th August 2006

THE EPPING CLUB

45-47 Rawson Rd Epping

7-8pm Complimentary Pre Dinner Drinks (Beer, Wine, Soft Drink)

3 Course Dinner And Dancing Til Midnight

Members $60 Non Members $70

Tickets Available From State Office & Your Branch Committee

For Credit Card Purchases, Ring 9833-2633

Tell Your Friends And Book A Table…

Tickets Are Limited So Hurry !!!

Hills Branch

Hills are still looking for more helpers with the music at Hills Friday Night Parties.

Please ring Paul on 9864 8681 or 0421 526 585 or email him at paul2770@optusnet.com.au

THE COMING WEEK

(in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)

Thursday 6 July

HILLS DISTRICT

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 7 July

Final Bookings for:City - Italian Rest, Sat 8 July.

CITY OF SYDNEY

CITY TATTERSALLS CLUB

HILLS DISTRICT

ADULTS HOUSE PARTY @ David's, Quakers Hill

MACARTHUR

KAROKE

Saturday 8 July

CITY OF SYDNEY

PRANZO ITALIAN RESTAURANT Gladesville

HILLS DISTRICT

XMAS IN JULY OPEN SINGLES DANCE Parramatta Golf Club

NORTHSIDE

FAMILY BOWLING Dee Why RSL

Sunday 9 July

CITY OF SYDNEY

LUNCH AT THE SYDNEY FISH MARKETS PYRMONT

HILLS DISTRICT

SUMMIT INDOOR ROCK CLIMBING CENTRE Blacktown

Also

PWP KINDY KIDS North Rocks

Also

ADULT BIG BAND DANCE

Also

ASQUITH LEAGUES CLUB FAMILY DINNER

MACARTHUR

POWERHOUSE MUSEUM

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK - Garigal National Park

Also

BBQ LUNCH AT MARGARET'S Terrey Hills

Monday 10 July

CITY OF SYDNEY

WALK THE BAY

HILLS DISTRICT

BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER

NORTHSIDE

BISTRO CLUB LUNCH

Tuesday 11 July

CITY OF SYDNEY

CEROC DANCING LESSONS

HILLS DISTRICT

BOOK CLUB PWP

Also

VALUE STEAK DINNER

NORTHSIDE

DINNER AND CHAT

Wednesday 12 July

HILLS DISTRICT

NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION & JOINING NIGHT

Also

KINGSWOOD SINGLES DANCE

Also

SOCIAL TENNIS

NORTHSIDE

COMMITTEE / GENERAL MEETING

Thursday 13 July

CITY OF SYDNEY

COUNTRY MUSIC

HILLS DISTRICT

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 14 July

Final Bookings for:City - Fortuna Court Rest., Sat 15 July.

HILLS DISTRICT

"INTRODUCE A FRIEND" ADULT HOUSE PARTY @ Roger's, Blacktown

IN THE NEWS

Parenting: Single Parent Dating

KFOXtv.com - Nov 28 2005 Dating as a teenager was tough enough, but imagine doing it the second time with kids in the picture. That is what is happening in many homes today, as single moms and dads are raising more than 20 million children. So, how do dating and kids mix? More than one-third of American kids are being raised by single parents, many of whom are searching for meaningful relationships the second time around.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/health/5398349/detail.html

THIS WEEK’S FAVOURITES/BOOKMARKS

Why not bookmark these ?

Gambling & Financial Management Problems

http://www.pwp-hills.org/welfaredirectory_gambling.htm

If you know of someone who is having problems with gambling or needs financial counselling then check out this web link – it may have some useful contacts.

If you work in the human resource management employee support area, counselling, welfare, health, education or community information fields then this online directory could be valuable to have bookmarked as a Favourite in your work and home browsers.

PWP USA Branch South Orange County CA http://www.ocnow.com/community/groups/pwp306

PWP USA Branch Fairfield County OH http://www.crsville.net/users/gigacat/pwp.htm

Child Support Agency Australia
The CSA provides information to help parents manage their financial child support responsibilities following separation or divorce. www.csa.gov.au

July 6

Birthdays:

In 1921, former first lady and wife of the late Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan (Anne Francis Robbins) (85)

In 1935, spiritual leader of Tibet, exiled for many years, the Dalai Lama (Lhamo Dhondrup) (71)

In 1946, American actor, Sylvester Stallone (Michael Sylvester Enzio Stallone) (60) (Rambo#1)

In 1946, 43rd US president, George W. Bush (George Walker Bush) (60) (Rambo#2)

In 1951, Australian actor, Geoffrey Rush (55)

In 1952, American model and actress, Shelley Hack (54) Shelley replaced Kate Jackson in the TV version of Charlie's Angels.

In 1956, American musician, Kenny G (49)

In 1958, British comedienne, Jennifer Saunders (47)

On This Day:

In 1912, Australia’s first automatic telephone exchange opened in Geelong.

In 1923, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.

In 1964, the Beatles' first film, "A Hard Day's Night," premiered in London, exactly seven years after John Lennon met Paul McCartney at a church picnic.

In 1968, Rod Laver won the Men's Singles tennis title in the first Open Wimbledon.

In 1971, legendary jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong, died at the age of 69.

In 1986, Chris Evert played her last match at Wimbledon, losing to Steffi Graf in a semi-final.

In 2001, the Federal Court of Australia ruled in favour of South Sydney being re-admitted to the NRL. The league immediately announced the Rabbitohs would be included in a 15-team competition in 2002

In 2002, Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus to take her first Wimbledon crown.

In 2003, actor Buddy Ebsen died of pneumonia, aged 95.

SOURCE: RADIOINFO

:-) "THE RURAL AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY"

Download - Get the firewood off the ute

Log On - Make the barbecue hotter

Log Off - The barbecue is too hot

Monitor - Keeping an eye on the barbecue

Hard drive - Trip back home without any cold tinnies

Floppy Disc - What you get lifting too much firewood at once

Keyboard - Where you hang the ute and bike keys

Window - What you shut when it's cold

Screen - What you shut in the mosquito season

Byte - What mosquitoes do

Bit - What mosquitoes did

Mega Byte - What Queensland mosquitoes do

Chip - A bar snack

Micro Chip - What's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips

Modem - What you did to the lawns

Dot Matrix - Old Dan Matrix's wife

Laptop - Where the cat sleeps

Software - Plastic knives and forks you get at McDonald's

Hardware - Real stainless steel knives and forks from K Mart

Mouse - What eats the grain in the shed

Mainframe - What holds the shed up

Web - What spiders make

Web Site - under the verandah

Cursor - Another name for Dan Matrix's wife

Search Engine - What you do when the ute won't go

Yahoo - What you say when the ute does go

Server - The sheila at the pub who brings out the counter lunch

Mail Server - The bloke at the pub that brings out the counter lunch

User - The neighbour who keeps borrowing things

Network - When you have to repair your fishing net

Internet - Complicated fish net repair method

Netscape - When fish manoeuvres out of reach of net

Online - When you get the laundry hung out

Off Line - When the pegs don't hold the washing up

(thanks ArtLinArt)

Afterthought: I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. – George W. Bush

Computing Tip

Google Desktop

Do you have a lot of files, emails etc and want to find something or someone ? Google Desktop works like the Internet search engine but it finds things on your computer. Very handy.

· Quickly search your computer for emails, web history, and files

· View news, photos and more anywhere on your desktop

FREE and takes seconds to install

Requires Windows XP or Windows 2000 SP 3+

Get It HERE

(Everything promoted here, I either use or have tried myself and can recommend)

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

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