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No 90 August 2020 Lynn Was Afavourite Had Lynn Was They of My (I Parents Think Remember, Vera Late of Dame the Ispeak Lynn BRISBANE WATER (NSW) LEGACY No 90 August 2020 LEGATEE MICHAEL HICKEY LEGATEE FRED LUXFORD It was a great thrill to see We are sad to announce that our fellow Club Member, past our beloved Legatee and President and current Director, great friend, Legatee Fred Mike Hickey, recognised in the Luxford, passed away on 4 Queens Birthday Honours List July 2020. with the award of the Medal of Fred, as many will know, the Order of Australia (OAM) served Legacy for 30 years, for his service to Veterans, their with 18 of those years with families and the community. Brisbane Water (NSW) For those who are not Legacy Club. Amongst his aware, apart from being a long many contributions to our serving Legatee, Mike has worked hard with a number cause, he was Treasurer of of voluntary community organisations in the Central our Club for some 15 years. His untiring personal efforts Coast Region, and in the Orange district prior to moving helped make this Club the success it is today; we are in to Terrigal. His service outside Legacy has included, but his debt. not been limited to, Rotary, the Blayney RSL subbranch Those who knew Fred will freely acknowledge his and the Terrigal Surf Club. gentleman nature, great spirit and sense of humour. His dedication to all things Legacy was second to none. We have lost a wonderful man and a great Legatee. From The Editor Our deepest sympathy goes to Fred’s family; we share in their grief. Here we are again well into May you rest in peace, Fred. winter, in fact as I type this Lest we Forget message there are 67 sleeps till Spring! every record she recorded). A truly marvellous person I hope you all enjoy this issue and a voice of a marvellous generation of Chatterbox, what with the In the early 80’s I was visiting Hobart on business, quarantine and all we are of staying at the Casino. After checking in I went to the bar course missing the reports on the and could not help noticing a large group (100 plus) of activities of our widows’ clubs and well-dressed older men mostly in blazers and Air Force torchies. ties. On asking the barman if anything special was However, as you will see we have not been totally idle. on I was advised that Vera Lynn was performing that One of the highlights particularly for Legatees was evening. I immediately bought a ticket (my father was being involved in the “ring around” where we were able green with envy). to talk to you and hear your comments as to your well This tribute was put together by Welfare Officer being. One call I particularly remember was a lady I Sharon Groom. spoke to. In response to the question “How are you” Inside you will find not only a summary of what we she replied (I quote) “Dear, I’m 96, I have outlived two have been doing over the last months but some exciting husbands, raised seven children & beaten cancer, it is news of what we will be doing. going to take more than a Chinese germ to kill me”. Remember if mobility is causing you to miss any What a great lady. function that we are holding, give the office a call, we Speaking of great ladies, you will find in this issue a can and will help. tribute to another great lady who I know you will all Keep well, keep warm and I look forward to seeing you in the near future. remember, I speak of the late Dame Vera Lynn. Vera Lynn was a favourite of my parents (I think they had Legatee Max Davis – Editor Covers shows ANZAC Day Commemorations on the Central Coast. Quiet, safe and reverent. © Brisbane Water (NSW) Legacy. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written consent from Brisbane Water (NSW) Legacy. All rights reserved. Brisbane Water (NSW) Legacy does not warrant that the information available in this magazine is accurate, complete or current. Opinions expressed are those of the respective authors and not necessarily those of Brisbane Water (NSW) Legacy. Legacy Executive Legacy Village Editorial Committee NEXT ISSUE – 91 President 51-57 Masons Parade, Editor – Max Davis, 0410 541 999 John George, 0417 577 684 Point Frederick Copy deadline is Members – Russell Swinden, Phone (02) 4323 4977 Vice President 9 November, 2020 Mark Gattenhof Fax (02) 4323 4458 Max Davis, 0410 541 999 Email [email protected] 37002 :0717 President’s representation through Legacy Australia to make sure this does not become an impediment to the application Message process. If you hear rumours about this there is no need to be concerned but if you are please call the office. As we all know, the last few I take this opportunity to apologise to those ladies months have not been as ‘lively’ who may have turned 100 or 100+ over the last few as they should have been due to months. Traditionally the President delivers flowers the various restrictions imposed to these very proud Australians, however the ‘rules’ on us by Government on the around Coronavirus prevented me from performing advice of Health authorities. We this most pleasurable task. Having said that, our CEO, missed our Mothers’ Day High Peter Lawley, did make arrangements for flowers to be Tea which was a great disappointment not only to our couriered. Not the same I know but please be assured Beneficiaries but to our Legatees and staff who really we were thinking of you; and please also accept my enjoy seeing our ladies have an enjoyable day out. Never personal congratulations along with those of your Board mind, we will create other opportunities when time and and all of us at Brisbane Water Legacy for reaching your circumstances permit. This will start with the Spring respective milestones. “Floral” function our CEO, Peter Lawley, is planning for Being such a quiet period as far as activities go, we in mid September. initially didn’t think we would have enough news for Despite the restrictions imposed on us, Peter and his this issue of Chatterbox, however, our Vice President, staff used their energies and initiative to try and keep Legatee Max Davis, wouldn’t have a bar of putting it on our contact with all our Beneficiaries through the period hold. So thank you Max for your tenacity and hard work. since the last issue of Chatterbox. In particular: Finally, on behalf of your Board I wish you well and trust With the support of Legatees, we managed to you have battled the lockdown with a smile; it will all be contact almost all our Beneficiaries by phone at least over soon. Onwards and upwards! once. This was to ensure our Beneficiaries knew we Legatee John George – President were thinking of them and to lend our support where needed. This proved very successful and we think was not only beneficial to our Beneficiaries but to our staff and Legatees. For example, we now believe we have CEO Report a much more up to date record of our Beneficiaries circumstances which will help us in our delivery of As we start the new financial support services. year, plans are in place to get We were able to put together and deliver to some of back up and running following our more needy Beneficiaries, small food hampers to the March 2020 to July 2020 help them over the lockdown. We know they were well COVID-19 lockdown period. received. The Board of Directors have Our welfare staff continued to make visits to approved both the annual Beneficiaries most in need of their assistance. operating budget and the With all these initiatives we would have liked Business Plan, both assuming a to do more but, as you know, there were fairly ‘business as usual’ approach. strict limitations set down and we as a responsible Our Welfare team will be out and about visiting our organisation had to comply with those. beneficiaries and are there to help arrange additional Please be assured that your Board, the CEO, Legatees support some may require or provide guidance in what and our magnificent staff are very positive about the is available. future. The Coronavirus has been a bump in the road Our functions will hopefully return, with a Spring but we will get over it and be back to normal as soon as event in September to replace our cancelled Mothers’ ‘the rules’ permit. Day and Christmas in July events, and we are planning One major item on our agenda is the Village for some very special Christmas lunches to be held in redevelopment; this is on target. Over the past few weeks our Legacy hall at the Village. our project development partners have been taking soil During the ‘lock down’ period, our Village samples and preparing the technical information so we redevelopment planning progressed, and by the time of can submit our development application to the relevant distribution of this edition of Chatterbox expect to have authorities for approval. This exercise will take until almost final plans of what the buildings will look like. mid-next year to complete. Engineering work has been completed during the period In recent weeks there have been some new ‘privacy’ and we are ahead in the planning process. Keep a look rules handed down that could impact on the process out in the next edition for the plans and look and feel of for Gold Card applications. We are not entirely happy how the new village will be. about this situation and we have made appropriate Peter Lawley – Chief Executive Officer CHATTERBOX 90 1 Welfare Team Report From our conversations with you all, we also noticed it’s not always the physical that concerns us during What a different world we’ve lived in since March? isolation.
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