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December 2015 The December 2015 SouthernNEWSLETTER OF THE CLUB YarnOF WINNIPEG INC. D O W N U N D E R downundercalendar DECEMBER Children’s Christmas Party Saturday, December 5th, 4pm Scandinavian Cultural Centre, 764 Erin St. Not only Santa and gifts, but also activities and entertainment for the children. So be sure to send in the names and ages of kids who will be present by contacting Liz Hydesmith at [email protected] or 204-487-0067. This is a POTLUCK DINNER, and we will need mostly mains, salads and veggie dishes, as well as a few desserts. FEBRUARY Your new DUCW board: Joanne and Peter Debenham, Norm Griffiths, Peter Munn, Terry Roberts, Australia Day/Waitangi Day Liz Hydesmith, Charlie Powell, Margaret Munn and Lucia Barron. February 5th, 2016, 6 pm Scandinavian Cultural Centre, 764 Erin St. Board re-elected, photo contest This is a fun social event where we celebrate he Annual General Meeting of the Club use for our Club cards. Up till now, we’ve our and enjoy great food prepared by some of the finest chefs in Winnipeg – YOU! So accept was held at the Scandinavian Cultural been using photo-cards from past-member the challenge: Prepare any dish with KIWI FRUIT TCentre , Erin Street , on Friday Novem- Shannon Mann, with the Club logo and the and compete for 1st Prize, Grand Champion, ber 27th. There were 15 members present. name of the photographer on the back. How- Best in Show and/or bring a salad , veggie dish Following reading of the minutes of the 2014 ever, those photo-cards are almost all gone or dessert. There might also be a fun trivia quiz AGM, and presentation of reports from mem- and the executive decided to give members on New Zealand and Australia – and more bers of the executive, including the financial the opportunity to submit their own photos. prizes! And don’t forget – the Bar will be open. report, the election of Officers was conduct- We are looking for images that relate in ed by Gordon Keatch. The 2014 executive was some way to the following themes: RSVP elected to the same positions for 2015. Two • Australian scene If you let us know you are coming, we can be social co-coordinators, Joanne Debenham • New Zealand scene ready for you! RSVP to (204) 487-0067 or and Lucia Barron, will assist with Social mat- • Celebration [email protected] or look for the ters. • Bereavement new RSVP page under EVENTS on our website. • General Last call for • Miscellaneous Advertise in The your best Details on the above categories, as well Southern Yarn. shot! as the submission guidelines and rules, are Contact Jenny (228-9959, The DUCW is hold- on page 7 of our online version, as well as on [email protected]) ing a photo contest the DUCW website. The contest will until for all the rates. Send your and invites all December 31, 2015. Any questions? submission by email to members to take [email protected] or 204-228- [email protected] their best shot. 9959. or mail to PO Box 1655, Stn Main, Winnipeg MB R3C 2Z6. We will be Now go on, take your best shot! choosing the best six (6) images to NOW IS THE TIME to renew for 2016 Individual $20 … Couple/family $30 … Mail your cheques to the Club at the address on the find us on facebook or the web back of this issue, pay in person at the next event, or take advantage of our new PayPal link www.downunderclub.mb.ca on the website for faster and more secure payment. Any questions or comments, please email: [email protected] contact Peter Debenham at [email protected] or 204-955-0393. online We had the Annual General Meeting this past Friday, and with the addition of editorially some co-social coordinators, the executive yours remains the same. My thanks to the group Charlie Powell for volunteering again, they are great people. G’day – Regards, The CBC’s “Quirks and Quarks” airs in Peter Manitoba on Saturdays after the noon news on am 990. Hosted by Bob Mc Donald, the interviews with researchers cover a diverse and interesting range of topics. One of them on the 28th Nov. was with Dr. Ed Wasser- man, a Professor in the Department of Psy- chological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa, who has taken his years of study of the remarkable visual systems of the ordinary pigeon, and applied it to can- cer pathology. He explained that pigeons can be trained to spot cancer on medical images, a difficult visual task that can take human doctors years to master. I mention that because, by coincidence, pigeons are the Birds I view this month – p.6 This month’s “Getting to know …” is about Japie Mulder. Just kidding - of course it’s about Jonah Lomu – but see p.4 for why the South African gets a mention. Thank you to our other contributors this month: Jenny Gates, Peter Munn, Brian Hydesmith and Murray Burt. Enjoy! Add-on flights Go Walkabout! are available from We had the pleasure a $ all major cities. few weeks back of hav- ing Tyler and his WINNIPEG to SYDNEY return $2069 young lady, Han- 1 Feb. - 5 April, 1 May - 21 Jun, or 24 Jul - 17 Sep, 2016 nah, visit us for 3 days. Tyler had WINNIPEG to AUCKLAND return $1954 wanted to see his 1 Feb. - 5 April, 1 May - 21 Jun, or 24 Jul - 17 Sep, 2016 president’s newborn nephew 21 Nights – Long Stay in CAIRNS $3386 ramblings Graham, and a Rtn Airfare ex Vancouver, all trsfs, taxes & fees, travel visa. Accomm in a 4 star 1-bdrm appt. BBQ Peter Munn friend was being facilities, underground parking. Free bonus: Outer Barrier Reef excursion by Quicksilver Group given a surprise birthday party, so Tyler felt Western Australia -Your Winter Home-Away-From-Home C$4905 that he could combine the two. They flew in Rtn Airfare ex Vancouver, all airport trsf, taxes & fees, 21 Days Accomm in a Condo-style Hotel from Toronto, arriving after midnight. We Travel Dates: Mar-May/Aug/Nov 2016 hadn’t seen them for a while, and so we Call Sherry, Georgia, decided to sit up for a while and shoot the Jason for details and breeze. It ended up being for more than a more specials at Downunder Travel. while, and sometime after 3a.m. I remem- bered far too late that I cannot take late nights as well as I once could. And two (403) 270-4414 Phone nights later, I forgot everything I had remem- 1-866-470-4414 Toll Free bered, and stayed up even later with Tyler. [email protected] Luckily for me, they went home the next day, 114, 3907 3A St NE, Calgary T2E 6S7 • www.downunder-travel.com but it was great to see them again. More than 40 years’ South Pacific experience 2 The Southern Yarn • www.downunderclub.mb.ca December 2015 national security. win record, including leading his country to newsfromOz S. Kidman & Co.’s properties were listed two successive Rugby World Cup wins. various sources, see web links in online edition for sale in April, with China’s Shanghai [Read more online] Pengxin Group bidding to buy the string of 10 cattle stations for about $350 million. Kiwi RSA: vote on flag! Know thy biscuits The Returned and Services’ Association is Australian Food News reports that they’re encouraging all Kiwis to take part in first ranked the world’s most popular biscuit per Mr Morrison said in a statement Wednes- flag referendum - even if voters want to keep capita - there is no denying the success of day that half of Kidman’s Anna Creek station, the current flag. Arnott’s Tim Tam biscuit. From a highly pop- the nation’s largest single property holding, The majority of Returned and Services’ ular cheese flavour in Indonesia to recently sits within the Woomera Prohibited Area -- a Association (RSA) members supported the breaking into the US market, what is the remote stretch of the outback that’s been current flag, national president BJ Clark said. story behind the success of the humble used to test nuclear bombs, launch satellites “There are different views in our organi- chocolate biscuit? and track space missions. Selling Kidman in sation, just as there are in every group in The Tim Tam was invented by an Aus- its current form to a foreigner would be “con- New Zealand, but the vast majority of mem- tralian man named Ian Norris. Whilst in trary to Australia’s national interest,” he said bers agree with the RSA taking a stand on Britain in the 1950’s he came across the in the statement. [More online] this issue,” he said. ‘Penguin Biscuit’ which is a chocolate-cov- The ballot paper would ask people to ered biscuit with chocolate cream manufac- rank the five alternative flag options, but if tured by United Biscuits. newszealand voters wanted to keep the current flag they Inspired by the Penguin Biscuit, Norris source: NZ Herald, unless otherwise noted should write this on their paper, Mr Clark wanted to make “a better one” and by, 1964 said. Tim Tams were being manufactured by Arnott’s in Australia and quickly gained pop- Milk that’s shaken but not spilt … ularity. The biscuits were named after a Earthquake proof dairy: At Pahiatua (SE horse by the same name which had won the North Island), Fonterra has built a $230 mil- 1958 Kentucky Derby.
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