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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”.

Macarthur Branch

13 August, 11 am at (President) Les’s place, Airds

BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

BRANCH COMMITTEES:

Please Email ANNOUNCEMENTS or PROGRAM CHANGES to be published here

STATE

You have either 1) got your tickets or 2) missed out on

The Romeo & Juliet

-ANNUAL BALL

-5th August 2006

If 2), ask one of the hundred plus attendees how it was

THE COMING WEEK

(in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)

Thursday 3 August

HILLS DISTRICT

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS North Parramatta

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 4 August

CITY OF SYDNEY

COOGEE BAY HOTEL, DRINKS AND DINNER

HILLS DISTRICT

ADULT HOUSE PARTY @ Sandra's, Greystanes

MACARTHUR

KARAOKE Ingleburn RSL

Saturday 5 August

Final Bookings for: City - Frueschoppin, Sun 6 Aug.

STATE

ANNUAL PRESENTATION BALL Romeo and Juliet Ball -The Epping Club

Sunday 6 August

Final Bookings for:Macarthur - Pine Garden Restaurant and a $15.50 deposit, Fri 18 Aug.

CITY OF SYDNEY

FRUESCHOPPIN The Concordia Club Tempe

HILLS DISTRICT

BLACKTOWN WORKERS CLUB FAMILY BUFFET

Also

ADULT BIG BAND DANCE Baulkham Hills Sporting Club

Also

ASQUITH LEAGUES CLUB FAMILY DINNER

MACARTHUR

NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION DAY Pembroke Park, Minto

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK Dharug National Park

Monday 7 August

Final Bookings for:City - Ten Pin Bowling, Sun 13 Aug.

CITY OF SYDNEY

WALK THE BAY Drummoyne

HILLS DISTRICT

BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER

Tuesday 8 August

CITY OF SYDNEY

CEROC DANCING LESSONS Lane Cove

HILLS DISTRICT

VALUE STEAK DINNER

NORTHSIDE

DINNER AND CHAT

Wednesday 9 August

Final Bookings for:Northside - Middle Eastern Feast + Belly Dancing, Sat 12 Aug.

HILLS DISTRICT

NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION & JOINING NIGHT Carlingford

Also

KINGSWOOD SINGLES DANCE

Also

SOCIAL TENNIS

NORTHSIDE

COMMITTEE / GENERAL MEETING

Thursday 10 August

Final Bookings for:City - Country Music, Noon Thurs 10 Aug.City - Rowda Ya-Habibi Rest., Fri 11 Aug.

CITY OF SYDNEY

COUNTRY MUSIC Canterbury/Hurlstone Park RSL Club

HILLS DISTRICT

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 11 August

CITY OF SYDNEY

ROWDA YA-HABIBI RESTAURANT Newtown

HILLS DISTRICT

ADULTS HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOUSE PARTY @ Peter W's (the Music Man) Werrington County

-This Week’s Favourites/Bookmarks

Why not bookmark these ?

Sydney Psychologists Directory

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

If you know of someone looking for a private psychologist then this directory will help them fin someone local.

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 Metro Orlando Chapter 1375 FL http://www.pwp1375.org

PWP USA Branch Southern Tier NY http://www.tier.net/stpwp

Family Assistance Office Child support and shared care
What is child support and deductible child maintenance expenditure? Do I need to get Child Support from my previous partner? What is shared care? www.familyassist.gov.au/internet/fao/fao1.nsf/content/faq-faq9

-August 3

Birthdays:

In 1926, American crooner, Tony Bennett (80)

In 1940, American actor; father of Charlie Sheen & Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez) (66)

In 1941,disgraced American homemaking guru, Martha Stewart (65)

In 1950, American director, John Landis (56) John directed “The Blues Brothers” and “Animal House”.

In 1951, American actor, Jay North (55) Jay played TV’s “Dennis The Menace”

On This Day:

In 1914, Germany declared war on France. The next day, World War I would begin when England declared war on Germany.

In 1952, women athletes won 4 of Australia's 6 gold medals at the Helsinki Olympics. Runner Marjorie Jackson won gold in 100-metre and 200-metre sprints.

In 1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplished the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole.

In 1963, The Beatles made their final appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. They had performed nearly 300 shows at the club since 1961.

In 1971, Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new band Wings.

In 1990, a weather station in Leicestershire recorded the highest temperature ever known in Britain: 37.1C (99F).

In 1996, in Atlanta, Muhammad Ali received an honorary gold medal to replace the one from the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome that he threw away after a racist incident in the U.S.

In 1997, Australian ski instructor Stuart Diver was rescued from the rubble of a landslide that had killed 18 people, including Stuart’s wife, at the NSW ski resort town of Thredbo. The sole survivor of the tragedy, he spent 65 hours trapped in freezing conditions beneath the wreckage.

SOURCE: RADIOINFO

:-) Mind - Boggling Moments

I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "too many deer were being hit by cars" and he didn't want them to cross there anymore. This one was from Kingman, KS.

My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg. And he was a Kansas City chef!

I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge? To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know? He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask." Happened in Birmingham, Ala.

The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing driving?!" She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS.

At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who was leaving the company due to "downsizing," our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not a word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare. This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.

I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the life of her couldn't understand why her system would not turn on. A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's office no less.

When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it's open!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that side." This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi.

Afterthought: Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. - Margaret Thatcher

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