Fortnightly News 7/11/2025
Issue 22 of 2025 7th November 2025
DATES TO REMEMBER
Monday 17 November – Book Fair Committee meeting
Monday 8 December – Club Christmas Party
Friday 19 December – last day of the 2025 Club year.
Monday 12 January – Club re-opens for 2026.
27-29 March 2026 – our next Big Book Fair
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!
We have been the recipient of two amazingly generous donations from Club members recently. Thanks to one donor who wishes to remain anonymous, and thanks to Gail Guiliano, on behalf of her late husband, Santo, we have a total of $7,000 to spend on some much needed items for the Club. Early next week, a boiling water tap will be installed over the sink in Hall 2. It will replace the previous Zip machine which had a very short (expensive!) life and the current electric jug. And we have made arrangements for the very badly weathered and discoloured Perspex cover and worn-out hydraulic lifters of our signboard in the carpark to be replaced, as well as have new banners made for the Book Fair. Again, thank you so much to both members for your thoughtfulness and generosity, it is so very much appreciated.
BOOK FAIR DONATIONS
Donations are coming in slowly for our next Book Fair.
We are looking at some additional strategies to spread the word such as social media and a new banner.
Simple measures can be very effective, for example, members can spread the word by handing out bookmarks to groups, family, neighbours and even leaving some in shops (with permission of course). There are plenty of bookmarks at the counter.
See what you can do!!
GARDEN PICKINGS
The garden pods at the front of the Club are flourishing and there are ample pickings of edibles available. Members are welcome to pick and take home any of the offerings you would like from these beds – and they are at waist height for easy access!!
CHRISTMAS LUNCH
.and before we know it – Christmas! 
We are currently making plans for our 2025 Christmas lunch, which will be held on Monday 8 December. Those who have attended in the past will know that it is really just too crowded to have everyone in Hall 1, so this year we will place tables, chairs and food stations in both Hall 1 and Hall 2, and distribute the tables equally between both halls. We will shortly open the books for table bookings which will allow people to sit with a preferred group, and of course there will also be places booked for individuals or couples. This will mean that everyone will have an allocated place and no-one will be left to find somewhere to sit. For the small payment of $7 (vouchers welcome of course) members will enjoy a delicious lunch and be in the running for the hamper prizes. Tea, coffee, water and juices will be part of the offering and members who wish to do so are welcome to bring their own alcohol.
Hampers, hampers, hampers…. Yes we are planning a lucky draw for Christmas hampers again. To make this happen we are seeking donations of Christmassy items to fill small Christmas-themed bags as we have done previously. Non-perishable items such as chocolate, sparkly Christmassy items, chocolate, wine, sparkly bits and pieces, chocolate and wine are most welcome. The management at Bellerive have again offered us a large hamper to add to the prizes – a much appreciated gesture. Each person attending will receive a numbered ticket on entry and has an opportunity to win!
MELBOURNE CUP RUN AND WON- but not by us 
A happy group of members attended a very enjoyable Melbourne Cup afternoon tea and then settled in to watch the running of the big race. However, the TV broadcast gods were not on our side as no sooner had the barrier lifted and the race begun than the reception turned to blurred and pixelated snippets and the sound faded in and out! We were reduced to looking up the results on the phone – and once the post-race speeches were about to begin, of course the reception returned to normal. It did spoil the actual race experience but not the afternoon which had a happy buzz going in the sitting room and some lucky members took home a bit more cash than they brought along!
NAME BADGES
The name badges we have been purchasing have been universally criticised for having small lettering which is hard to read without getting up very close and personal with the wearer, and which were quite expensive.
Thanks to our Vice-President, Maureen Bourne, we now have a better option. Maureen will make and supply the badges as pictured above and they will be available for members to purchase for the princely sum of $2.50 each. The badges have a pin for attachment and the lettering is comfortably readable. We suggest having a first name only, as this allows for the large print!
Polly will take your order – please be sure to indicate exactly what name is to be on your badge when ordering.
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Recently Maureen Bourne and I were honoured to be invited by Dr Haisong Wang from Capital Health Centre of Chinese Medicine to a Gala Dinner of Chinese Medicine in the World. Members will know Dr Wang’s business located a little way along Corinna Street from us and may know that Dr Wang is a long time friend and supporter of the Club. We were treated to a very enjoyable and interesting evening celebrating the emergence of Chinese medicine into mainstream health care in Australia. Thank you Haisong!!
Jenny Gregory
President
Woden Seniors Inc
PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606 Tel: (02) 6282 2573
Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au
SOME MEDICAL TERMS YOU MAY NEED TO KNOW
Tumor: one plus one more
Urine: opposite of you’re out
Enema: not a friend
Artery: the study of paintings
Terminal illness: getting sick at the airport
Dilate: to live a long time
Out-patient: a patient who has fainted
Nitrates: cheaper than day rates
Medical staff: a doctor’s cane
Recovery room: place to do upholstery
Secretion: hiding something
Fibula: a small lie
Node: I knew it
Caesarian Section: a neighbourhood in Rome