Incorporating Hills HawkEye
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
BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRANCH COMMITTEES:
Please Email ANNOUNCEMENTS or PROGRAM CHANGES to be published here
-STATE
PLEASE NOTE:
Phone Kim at State office on 9833 2633 to renew your membership by credit card or to fax your renewal form.
-CITY
-HILLS
JINDABYNE JUNE LONG-WEEK-END ( 8 - 11 June )
All meals except BBQ at own cost, bread & milk supplied for breakfast. Activities at own cost (skiing, snow boarding, lessons, tobogganing, etc). Contact Leone (see SOLEPARENT for details) if you have not already booked as this is always a popular activity.
-MACARTHUR
-NORTHSIDE
COMBINED BRANCHES-
-THE COMING WEEK
-(in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)
Thursday 31 May
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK
Friday 1 June
Final Bookings for:City - Chinese Restaurant, Sat 2 JuneNorthside - Bavarian Restaurant, Sat 2 June
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' HOUSE PARTY @ Lilly's, Rooty Hill.
MACARTHUR
DINNER AND DANCE Campbelltown RSL
Saturday 2 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
DINNER AT THE FORTUNE VILLAGE CHINESE RESTAURANT - 7pm, Bowlers Club, York St, Sydney.
Also
OATLEY PUB Sit back, relax and enjoy a great free band
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT TENNIS NIGHT & BBQ Gilbert Rd Courts, Castle Hill
MACARTHUR
FAMILY JUKEBOX HOUSE PARTY @ Chris's, Ingleburn
NORTHSIDE
DINNER AT BAVARIAN RESTAURANT Arthur's Hofbrauhaus West Gordon
Sunday 3 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
ADULTS ONLY BREAKFAST 12 CAFÉ Gymea
HILLS DISTRICT
FAMILY ICE SKATING Sydney Ice Arena, Baulkham Hills
Also
PWP KINDY KIDS Lollipops Playground and Cafe, Castle Hill
Also
ASQUITH LEAGUES CLUB DINNER
MACARTHUR
NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION DAY Pembroke Park, Minto
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK Marra Marra National Park
Monday 4 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
WALK THE BAY
HILLS DISTRICT
BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER Pennant Hills
NORTHSIDE
INFORMAL MORNING COFFEE AND CHAT Hornsby
Also
BISTRO CLUB LUNCH Pennant Hills Bowling Club
Tuesday 5 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
FAMILY DINNER WHITTO'S PIZZAS Engadine
Also
CEROC DANCING LESSONS AT THE CANADA BAY CLUB
HILLS DISTRICT
DINNER NIGHT Blacktown Workers Sports Club
Also
NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION AND JOINING NIGHT Blacktown Workers Sports Club
NORTHSIDE
DINNER AND CHAT Dee Why RSL Club
Also
NEW MEMBERS NIGHT Dee Why RSL
Wednesday 6 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING
HILLS DISTRICT
SOCIAL TENNIS Gilbert Rd Courts Castle Hill
Also
No Kingswood Dance tonight due to State of Origin.
Also
PWP KINDY KIDS Rebecca's Seven Hills
Also
STATE OF ORIGIN - ADULTS ONLY Bob's Blacktown
Thursday 7 June
Final Bookings for:City - Piccola Trattoria, Fri 8 June.Northside - Blue Gum Hotel, Sat 9 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
SHORT FILM NIGHT AT THE TAP GALLERY Darlinghurst
HILLS DISTRICT
We have nothing programmed due to the cancellation of squash. Are there any members who regularly attend a function that we can publish for our Hills Members?
Friday 8 June
Final Bookings for:City - Genesian Theatre, Sun 10 June.
CITY OF SYDNEY
JINDABYNE JUNE LONG WEEKEND
Also
DINE AT PICCOLA TRATTORIA Leichhardt
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT HOUSE PARTY @ Richards Kellyville
Also
JINDABYNE JUNE LONG WEEK-END
-COMMUNITY CHEST-
CHILD SUPPORT SCHEME REFORMS
The Government is changing the Scheme, building on its reforms to the family law system, which encourage shared parenting and reducing conflict. From July 2008, CSA will start using a new, more balanced way of working out child support payments. More information including fact sheets, a history of the Scheme, the inquiry into Child Support by the Ministerial Taskforce headed by Professor Parkinson, copies of the advertising and questions and answers can be found from Monday 28 May at www.australia.gov.au/csa
PREGNANCY, BABIES & CHILDREN'S EXPO SYDNEY
VENUE: The Sydney Showground Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
DATES: Friday 1 - Sunday 3 June 2007
Each year, the best exhibitors from around Australia are brought together to provide you with the latest information, products and services. You'll also find tips and advice from support groups, government departments and professional associations, and hands-on displays and demonstrations.
Free tickets are available on their website. http://www.pbcexpo.com.au/sydney.htm
FREE WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS - CPR, FIRST AID & TOILET TRAINING
These three workshops in June are open to parents, grandparents and anyone who's caring for or working with children.
Wednesday 6 June CPR - infant resuscitation
Monday 18 June Toilet training
Wednesday 20 June First aid and safety in the home
What time? 12.30 - 2.00pm
Where? The Benevolent Society, Walter Cavill Hall, 24a Ocean Street North, Bondi
How do I book? The workshops are free and bookings are essential. Please RSVP Lee or Kathy at Eastern Sydney Scarba by calling 02 9130 7336. More info on workshops
-May 31-
Birthdays:
1922 Denholm Elliott London England, actor (Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat)
1930 Clint Eastwood San Fransisco CA, actor (Dirty Harry)/mayor (Carmel CA)
1938 Peter Yarrow New York NY, (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon)
1946 Steve Bucknor cricketer (West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee)
1950 Tom Berenger Chicago IL, actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me)
1971 Sarah O'Hare model (Cosmopolitan-Jan 1994)
On This Day:
1902 Australia Cricket all out 36 vs England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever
1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1930 Comet 73P/1930 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) approaches 0.0617 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"
1969 Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amour"
1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia
:-) AAADD - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:
· I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
· As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.
· I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
· I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.
· So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.
· But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
· I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only 1 cheque left.
· My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.
· I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
· The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
· As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -they need water.
· I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
· I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.
· I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
· I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
· I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
· So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.
· Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
· the car isn't washed
· the bills aren't paid
· there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
· the flowers don't have enough water,
· there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book,
· I can't find the remote,
· I can't find my glasses,
· and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
· Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all darn day, and I'm really tired.
· I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll cheque my email....
· Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who I've sent it to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
Afterthought:
Such ingratitude after all the times I've saved your life. – Clint Eastwood (from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly)
-COMPUTING TIP-
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