Newsletter No. 90 - October 2024

THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE CHERRYBROOK COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 10.30AM ON WEDNESDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2024.

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President's Report

President’s Report - October 2024

This year is flying along. It is already October and we are all starting to get busy with family, school functions with the grandkids and the social functions and activities as a club and with friends, all leading up to Christmas. Remember to keep Wednesday 18th December free for our annual Christmas lunch. We will be celebrating it at the Castle Hill Country Club.

As mentioned at our last meeting the Council is closing the Cherrybrook Community Centre for the month of January. This means we have no hall available for our meeting. The consensus of opinion was to have a morning tea at Heritage Park from 10am on January 22nd 2025. This will give us a chance to catch up after the Christmas break.

Since our last meeting 38 of our club members went for a week’s holiday to Norfolk Island. Thanks to Max and Ros the travel agent, for putting this trip together. We all had a fabulous time away, ate lots of food, shopped, walked and learnt an awful lot of history about Norfolk and its early settlement. We visited museums and the original convict settlement, saw how many Islanders farm their land growing many vegies and fruit and learnt how their fuel and supplies are landed on the Island by ship just to name a few things we did! One major accident…a broken leg. Barb was flown to Sydney where she is recovering from surgery and is in rehab recovering. We will see you soon!

All our activity leaders are working hard keeping us organized and entertained. It won’t be long before they’ll have a well-earned Christmas break.

I’d like to thank Enio for stepping in for Andrew who is away with Rotary in Bali, in putting the October Newsletter together.

See you all at the next meeting!

Cathy Turner
President

Secretarial

Correspondence In

None

Correspondence Out

None

Bev Watson

Details of the Probus Member Benefit Scheme are at:
www.probussouthpacific.org/pages/members_offers_member_benefits_scheme (Cntl click on link)

Treasurer's Report

TREASURER’S REPORT	For the Month ending 30 September 2024

GENERAL ACCOUNT
Opening cash balance	1 September 2024	$3,459.79
Interest		$0.03
Deposits	$0.00		Annual dues and joining fees received
		$0.00
Expenses	$0.00		PSPL Capitation fees / Fair Trading
	$(407.47)		Admin costs / Website Fees
	$(50.00)		Speaker Costs / Welfare
	$(139.25)		Hornsby Council venue hire
	$0.00		Morning teas
	$0.00		Transfers to / (from) Activity A/c
	$(23.00)		New member costs
		$(619.72)
Closing cash balance	30 September 2024	$2,840.10

ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT
Opening cash balance	1 September 2024	$7,097.47
Interest		$7.49
Deposits	$0.00		Norfolk Island
	$0.00		Cards 500
	$0.00		Newcastle
	$0.00		Golf Week
	$378.00		Luzio
	$110.00		Shrek
	$60.00	$548.00	Australia Museum
Deposits to be identified

Payments	$0.00		Norfolk Island
	$0.00		Newcastle
	$0.00		Golf Week
	$0.00		Luzio
	$0.00		Shrek
	$0.00	$0.00	Australia Museum

Closing cash balance	30 September 2024	$7,652.96

Open Activities		Balance
Norfolk Island		$0.00
Cards 500		$190.00
Newcastle		$0.00
Golf Week		$489.80
Luzio		$5,312.25
Shrek		$385.00
Australia Museum		$60.00

		$6,437.05
Add:
Activities surplus		$1,143.91
Unresolved fixes		$72.00

Bank balance		$7,652.96

TERM DEPOSIT
The Term Deposit was rolled over in July at a value of $5,000.00, and has earned $195.10 this year,
at current interest rate of 4.75% p.a.
INTEREST
For this year, $178.93 has been received as interest – General Account $0.23, Activities Account $178.70.

ACTIVITY SURPLUS
The Activity Surplus currently stands at $1,143.91.

Michael Stinson
Treasurer

Membership

Membership October 2024

We have received notices from nine members who had not received Membership Certificates when they joined the Club – mostly through the Covid lockdown period when we were not conducting monthly meetings.

These will be printed and distributed in the next little while.

Please remember to wear your name badges to the monthly meetings.

A reminder of our Club policies for attendance at meetings and activities.

Members are expected to attend a minimum of 10 functions (meetings and/or activities) per Probus year (April to March).
Visitors may only attend a maximum of 3 functions (meetings and/or activities) per Probus year.

Paul Day – Membership Officer

Welfare

WELFARE REPORT October 2024

Well, it seems to be getting busy now. We need to take care and look after each other as much as possible. We have a very strong friendly club and many friendships have been formed so take care and enjoy your outings and the company of other members.

The knee surgery has given a member some grief and is ongoing. Hopefully all will be back to normal very soon.

Shoulder surgery: 2 members have had shoulder surgery and have a 5 week stint in a sling from the date of surgery. This can be very awkward, so take care and do WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS or I will have to come and give you a little smack.

We have had a member’s husband pass away which is always hard. She has had her daughter staying with her and as we all know family support is always important during these sad times. Sending love and best wishes.

Unfortunately, one of the travelers to Norfolk Island broke her leg on the first night and had to return for surgery. We wish you well and hope your recovery is trouble free.

Hospital trips have been on the go also, and wives and husbands have been busy looking after their partners. Again, we are so lucky to have such nice people in our club. We wish all speedy recoveries. Be kind and look after yourselves.

Toni Smith – Welfare Officer

Photo taken at Norfolk Hospital with her medical team, after Barbara Tyas broke the top of her 'Femur' and before she was airlifted to Sydney. (with permission of the patient)

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October Guest Speaker - Michael Munro AM - The Last Bushranger

Michael Munro AM
Australian journalist and television presenter

Mike cites a tough childhood—with an abusive and alcoholic mother—as one of the main reasons behind his motivation to succeed. He attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales, and Marist Catholic College North Shore in North Sydney. He began his career at 17 as a copyboy on The Daily Mirror in 1971. He stayed in newspapers until 1982, working for Rupert Murdoch and was sent to New York to work in the NewsCorp bureau writing for newspapers in Great Britain and Australia.

Mike has had a long and distinguished career in television, becoming and Australian household name.

In 1982, he returned to Sydney and television, where he started as a senior reporter in the Channel 10 newsroom. In 1984, he joined the Nine Network and Mike Willesee on the Willesee current affairs program. Two years later he replaced George Negus as the fifth male reporter on 60 Minutes, where he remained for the next seven years, becoming well known for his interviews with celebrities, including Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and Katharine Hepburn.

He became a reporter and later the host of A Current Affair.
He is synonymous with the biographical show This Is Your Life, which he hosted from 1995 until 2005 and then again in 2008.

In 2005 he replaced Georgie Gardner on National Nine News: Afternoon Edition. In 2006 he stepped down from National Nine News Afternoon Edition but continued to present Sydney's National Nine News on weekends; he remained in this position until 2008.

Also in 2006, Munro hosted the television series Missing Persons Unit and What a Year, alongside Megan Gale.

On 26 October 2008, Munro resigned from the Nine Network after 22 years with the network.

On 7 January 2009, he signed a three-year contract with Seven Network to become the founding host of a new current affairs program Sunday Night. In addition to this, he also substituted for David Koch on the top-rating breakfast show, Sunrise.

In January 2014, Network Ten announced that Munro had joined the network. On 9 February 2014, he commenced as the presenter of Ten Eyewitness News Weekend. Munro later resigned in protest from Network Ten, after completing his 12-month contract, due to dozens of staff being retrenched from the news department.

In 2017, Munro hosted and helped to produce a four part science-based documentary series for Foxtel's History Channel on Bushrangers. Lawless - The Real Bushrangers. The four episodes featured the crime scenes of Ned Kelly, Ben Hall, Captain Moonlite, and the Kenniff brothers. One of the one-hour specials included Munro's great uncles, Paddy and Jimmy Kenniff, one of whom was hanged in Brisbane jail in 1903 after being convicted of murdering a police constable and a station manager in the Carnarvon Ranges in Queensland.

In 2018, Munro hosted Mateship – Australia & USA: A Century Together, a one-hour documentary on Foxtel's History channel celebrating 100 years of the close bonds that unite Australia and America.

In August 2019 HarperCollins published Munro's book, The Last Bushrangers: When History Becomes Personal — The Story of the Murderous Kenniff Gang.

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Mike was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for "significant service to journalism as a television current affairs reporter and presenter, and to the community as an ambassador for a range of charitable organisations".

Photos - September Meeting

Birthday Celebrations

Happy Birthday
To all our members
Celebrating a birthday in October

David Antonjuk
Keith Ball
Robyn Bartle
Helen Games
Jan Hookkee
Lawrence Hookkee
Marianne Leicher
Colin McGowan
Lorenza Powyer
Ian Roberts
Julie Shenstone
Jim Simpson
Sue Small

Club Covid 19 Policy

We have set down a Covid 19 policy for the club. Essentially we will abide by the NSW health guidelines. We ask all members to respect the health and wellbeing of their fellow members, and therefore not attend activities unless they are fully vaccinated. We have no desire to get into a situation where we need to physically check every attendee to determine their vaccination status. We are relying on the integrity of our members and the fact that they are endangering their friends if they do not abide by this policy.

Newsletter Copy Deadline

Please provide your contributions for the November 2024 Newsletter by Friday 23 November 2024.

Please copy directly into Dropbox under :-

WPHD Probus Activities / Activity Newsletter Contributions / Contributions – 2024 11

Activities List

To go to the Activities Calendar - click HERE!

Click on activity to go straight there!

The club is looking for Dining Out Activity leaders
Currently Dining Out is being organized on a rotational basis for one month at a time. Please come and discuss with Stuart about taking on this roll for November 2024.

NEW ACTIVITIES

NEW ACTIVITIES.
Following on from our last meeting for members enquiring about Pickleball as an activity I have located some venues for your consideration, as follows :-
PCYC Hornsby.
Indoor courts available Tuesday and Thursday.
1st Session free on Thursday with a whole court available for beginners 9.30am – 12.00
Must join PCYC @$30.00pp/pa (covers Insurance)
Cost for playing is $9.50 pp with bats and ball free.

Bernie Mullane Sports Complex, Kellyville
Indoor courts Sunday evening only 5 – 7pm @$15.00 pp.

Kim Warwick Tennis Academy, Hornsby.
Outdoor – 4 courts available for evenings.
Monday and Wednesday,     Friday,   and       Saturday.
         7.00 - 9.30pm              6.30 – 9.30pm        3.30 – 6.30pm
Cost $80.00 for 10 credits pp ( 1 credit used per game pp)

Pickleball in the Park Ryde & Hunters Hill.
Outdoor 12 courts available at Brush Farm Park, Eastwood.
Social play - Tuesday,                       Wednesday                Thursday                   & Saturday
            Evening 7 – 9.30pm.       Morning 8 – 10.00am    Evening 7 – 9.00pm.   2.00 - 4.00pm
                                                        Evening   7 – 9.00pm
Can join the club Annual subscription $107.50 pp for seniors
For non members @ $10.00 pp per game with 3 game limit.

Sport becoming popular so bookings would be essential.

For those interested in TABLE TENNIS can offer the following :
ARC Australian Table Tennis Academy, Annangrove.
Daytime options @$10.00pp

Dural Squash Courts.
3 Table available @ $10.00 per half hour or $20.00 per hour.

I WILL PUT AN INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE SHEET AT THE BACK FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.

Thank you.

Stuart Mitchell
Activities Coordinator

Book Challenge

‘The Texted Best Thing’ - TBT! Challenge

TBT! The Texted Best Thing is running from March ‘24 to end February ‘25. Our challenge 100 books, and another 10 books this month brings us to 82. You can still join us to help reach this goal. You never know what might grab you.

Join at any time – set your own challenge from when you start to the end of February ‘25. Calculate how many books you read in a month times the number of months you are in the challenge… +ONE more. Choose your own books, post about it, and enjoy the rundowns of the other readers’ books. Search WPH&D PROBUS BOOK CHALLENGE on Facebook.
If you wish to join but don’t do Facebook, send me an email and I’ll put it into the page on your behalf.

September-October reads:

Fear No Evil by James Patterson: Set in Montana, Alex Cross is attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who has stalked Cross and his family for years. Full of suspense.

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty: Alice fell in a step class and lost her memory of the last 10 years. She thinks she is 29, married to Nick and pregnant with her first child. She’s actually 39, with 3 children, and currently divorcing Nick. Made the reader think how hard it would be to try to fit into a life you do not remember.

Scrublands by Chris Hammer: Byron Swift, well liked in the drought-stricken town of Riversend, suddenly turns violent, shooting 5 parishioners on a Sunday morning. He is shot and killed by a local policeman, but a year later, a journalist arrives to write about the crime’s impact on the town. He discovers that not everything is as it seems, with hidden complexities not evident at first glance.

Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley: another light and enjoyable read by Riley. She always writes well.

Private Monaco by James Patterson & Adam Hamdy: Jack Morgan is invited to set up a new Private office. A perfect opportunity to relax in this iconic destination, but it’s cut short when his partner, Justine, is abducted. The ransom is that he must shoot another life in exchange for saving hers. A dangerous conspiracy emerges that will come to a head at the Monaco Grand prix.

The Last Trace by Petronella McGovern: The story moves between current day and back to the mother’s childhood and younger years. Mum has dementia and no-one knows what happened in the family’s past and their secrets. Her son takes a DNA test, which surprisingly links him to an unsolved murder from before he was born. Very enjoyable.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonny Garmus: What a fascinating book. Set in the 50’s & 60’s, Elizabeth Zot, is a chemistry scientist who has to work within the patriarchal world of science and society of the time. She meets Calvin, a celebrated chemist, at the mediocre lab where they both work. He becomes her most stalwart supporter and partner. After a tragedy, Zot loses her job, finds herself pregnant and left to raise her child alone, and somehow becomes the unexpected and successful star of a TV cooking show. Her belief in herself as a Chemist means that she can only approach this job AS a chemist, and of course she has to continue her battles with the patriarchal members of the television world. And then there is the dog, a stray mut she takes in, called 6:30 – because that’s when they met of course!

We Solve Murders by Richard Osmond: Steve is a retired investigator. He and his daughter-in-law have to investigate the finding of a dead body, a bag of money, and an international syndicate involved in money laundering.

The Crow Trap by Anne Cleeves: From the Vera Series. A young girl and her father are murdered. The murderer is trying to stop a development going ahead. This development is in the vicinity of where a young child was buried 29 years before. An intriguing situation and a good read as these usually are.

Mind Games by Nora Roberts: Thea Fox is a young girl with a gift to see in people’s minds. She puts her parents’ murderer behind bars, but he is able to taunt her from his jail cell until she stops him. Very interesting read.

Hope to see more of you join.

Sue Calabrese

Leader: Sue Calabrese

Activity Group	Leaders
Book Challenge	Sue Calabrese
Book Club	Bev Davison
Cards	David Turner, Ray Heaton
Cycling	Gerard Siddle, Tony Coote
Day Trips (Bus/Train/Ferry)	Helen Games
Dining Out	Looking For Monthly Leaders
Domestic Travel	Max Henderson
Gardening	Julie Stinson, Sue Small, Lorenza Powyer
Golf	Terry Ridge, Jeff Swan
Mens Club	Rene Beutler
Mixed Social Group	Helen Beulter, Hilda Somerfield
Movies	Donna Fraser
Overseas Travel	Looking For Leader
Photography	Rob Clarke, Bain Shenstone
Tai Chi	Helen Baptiste
Ten Pin Bowling	Douglas Matthews, Paul Day
Tennis	Bob Davison
Theatre and Musicals	Bruce Bartle, Robyn Bartle
Walking Group	Enio Dona, Lynne Henderson
Wine & Cheese	Julie Shenstone, Susan Antonjuk

For an activity group to start, a member needs to step forward to lead the group

Newsletter

Newsletter No. 90 - October 2024THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE CHERRYBROOK COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 10.30AM ON WEDNESDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2024.