Fortnightly News 9/5/2025
Issue 09 of 2025
9 May 2025
Dates to Remember
HYGIENE REMINDER
Most of our groups have a break for a cuppa or for a full-on morning or afternoon tea and this is a big part of what makes our Club such a special place. Just a reminder please to wipe down the table/s afterwards to help us keep everyone healthy and safe.
SOUP DAYS STARTING
Winter is almost here and our Monday soup lunches will swing into gear starting on Monday 19 May. We make soup and bread for members to have for lunch on Mondays, and there is usually some available for anyone wishing to take a container home for later. A soup lunch costs one activity voucher or $6 cash ($7.00 from 1 July). As many will know, the money raised by this activity is directed to the Club’s very popular Christmas Party.
Are you interested in helping with the soup making on Mondays, or in being part of a second soup day? Wednesdays see lots of people at the Club and so would probably be the best day for this.
Please talk to Sue Allen or to me if you would like to make a soup occasionally on Mondays or if you would like to help set up a second soup day – which could be weekly, fortnightly or even monthly.
NEW ACTIVITY – CREATIVE WRITING
Do you write or would you like to write creative short stories, poems, journals or even a novel?
Come along to our Creative Writing Group starting on Tuesday 27th May, 11.00am to 12.30pm for support and encouragement in our writing endeavours.
The group will be led by Katherine McCarthy and Katherine can be contacted on 0400 456 841 if you have any queries.
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS
A very pleasant afternoon tea function was held to thank and celebrate the volunteers who put in so much effort to make our 2025 Big Book Fair such a success. Thanks to Hindmarsh Bellerive Retirement Village we had a really nice gift hamper to give away and it was decided that each attendee would receive a lucky number ticket and there would be a draw to win it. To the delight of everyone in attendance, Judy Henderson had the winning ticket. Congratulations to Judy and our thanks for being an extraordinary leader.
DRAINAGE RECTIFICATION WORKS ON CORINNA STREET
As previously advised, work will commence in coming weeks to rectify the drains in the raised pavement on Corinna Street between Furzer and Keltie Streets.
Variable Message Boards are now being installed providing early notification to all road users.
Next week commencing on the 12th of May, some construction fencing and a small site compound will be established in the laneway on the Melrose Drive side of the library crossing. This will include construction signage, with a QR code which links the public to the website, informing them of the upcoming works.
The following week, commencing on the 19th of May, actual demolition and construction of stage 1 will commence on the Melrose Dr side of Corinna Street.
Overall this is going to mean that from day to day there will be variations regarding which roads are going to allow access to the Club. The Variable Message Boards will be used to advise of changes as they occur . We have been advised that access to the Club will remain during the work but we will need to take extra care and follow the traffic signs.
Jenny Gregory
President
Woden Seniors Inc.
PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606 Tel: (02) 6282 2573
Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au
THE LAST WORDS
Did you ever wonder….
How come abbreviated is such a long word?
Why does sour cream have an expiry date?
Why is the alphabet in that order?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Why is lemon juice mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?
Isn’t the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?
The light went out, but where to?
Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?
Why is it that when a door is open its ajar, but when a jar is open it’s not adoor?
Why do we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?