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RSL WODEN VALLEY SUB-BRANCH E-NEWS E-Newsletter August 2018 VISITING THE DELIGHTFUL WVRSL Submission to Veterans’ Advo- cacy and Support Services Scoping MRS ETHEL MULLER Study on our website One of our newest members is also our oldest. Mrs Ethel Muller at Pines Living in Farrer will be 102yo in December. Ethel is closely followed by Jean Next volunteer info session will be held McAlister at 100 and Gordon Holyland at 99. on Wednesday 12 September from 10am-noon Coffee catch-up held at Holder every Friday at 10.30. Come for the cup of tea or coffee and the conversation. Next Burrangiri visit scheduled for 20 September with singer Bev Stokes— book with Rani.kalimeris @rslwoden.org.au or call us on 62851931 In This Issue Mrs Ethel Muller Farewell VLO Carmen Webb Burrangiri visit photo Volunteers needed Aged Care Forum DFRB update WVRSL Submission to Vet- erans’ Advocacy and Sup- port Services Coping Study on our website: www.rslwoden.org.au Secretary Greg Kennett with 101yo Sub-Branch member Ethel Muller at Pines Liv- ing, Farrer 1 LONG TERM VLO AND RSL WV SUB-BRANCH MEMBER CARMEN WEBB (PICTURED ABOVE, RIGHT) WAS FAREWELLED ON HER RETIREMENT AT OUR REGULAR SUB-BRANCH COFFEE CATCH-UP. Pictured above from left, Peter Eveille, Brooke Thorpe, Bob Cremer, Florence Sofield and Carmen Webb. REPRESENTATIVES FROM NATIONAL OFFICE RENEE MILLS AND JAN ORMEROD JOINED OUR REGULAR FRIDAY COFFEE-CATCH UP TO BID CARMEN FAREWELL. Pictured above from left, Renee Mills, Jan Ormer- od, Jacqui Thorpe, Lynnda Livesey and President Jim Gilchrist. Enjoying a day out at Burrangiri this month were (above from left) Michael Davies, Ian Prior (front row, from left) Barry Seedsman, Dorothy Seedsman, Ed Bell and George Harris. The next Burrangiri visit will be held on 20 September with singer Bev Stokes— book with Rani on 62851931 A conversation could change a life! A lunchtime forum presented by Canberra Mental Health Forum, U3A and COTA 12.30pm to 1.45pm Tuesday 28 Au- gust 2018 | Main Hall, Hughes Com- This is a great opportunity to hear guest speaker Matt Blundell, Community Am- munity Centre, Wisdom Street, bassador for RU OK? talk about the difficult but important issue of suicide preven- tion. There will be a Q & A session following the Hughes ACT presentation. Cost: $2 Sub-Branch welfare staff Florence Sofield and Rani Kalimeria joined the family of Sub-Branch mem- ber Jean McAlister to celebrate her 100th birthday this month, this time with champagne at Goodwin Monash. Congratulations Jean. We have one other Sub-Branch member turning 100 next year , Mr Gordon Holyland. HOT OFF THE PRESSES: READ OUR WVRSL SUBMISSION TO THE DVA VETERANS’ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES SCOPING STUDY ON OUR WEBSITE AT www.rslwoden.org.au, then click on NEWS 4 Woden Valley RSL Sub-Branch and Veterans Contact Us Support Centre Invite all volunteers and potential volunteers to: Give us a call for more an Information Session with guest speakers information about our services or to volunteer Kate Lehmensich from Capital Health Network to discuss ‘My Health Record’ 14/27 Mulley Street HOLDER ACT 2611 and David O'Toole from Illawarra Retirement Trust Phone 62851931 to outline their aged care services [email protected] Morning Tea will be provided Visit us on the web at Wednesday 12th September 2018 www.rslwoden.org.au 10am to 12pm Grant Cameron Community Centre E-News and The 27 Mulley Street, HOLDER ACT 2611 Serviceman are also available on our website SESSION HELD IN COMMON CONFERENCE ROOM (Enter the main building through the front, past the lift, through the glass doors, turn left and down the hall to room G04) Please RSVP by Friday 7th September 2018 to [email protected] or call Rani on 02 62851931 Korean vets Did you know? You can tune into the Life on the Line podcast with Australian War Memorial's Michael Kelly: The Korean War. Website: https://www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com/podcast/2018/7/20/ the-korean-war-with-michael-kelly For the first time, living recipients of the Victoria Cross met in Australia for their bi- ennial meet. Victoria Cross recipients from Australia, New Zealand, Nepal and the United Kingdom normally only meet biennially with the Queen in London. (From ABC News 31 July 2018) British Sergeant Johnson Beharry, was awarded the Victoria Cross in 2005 for valour during the Iraq campaign, for carrying out two acts of bravery. He is the only living recipient of the Victoria Cross from the Iraq war. Joining Sergeant Beharry and Keith Payne was New Zealand's only living Victoria Cross recipient, Willie Apiata, and the last living Nepalese Ghurka, Rambahadur Limbui. All five of the Australian Cross of Valour recipients, Darrel Tree, Victor Boscoe, Allan Sparkes, Tim Britten and Richard Joyes, also attended, along with Michael Pratt, the last living George Cross recipient. The Cross of Valour is the highest honour available for civilians in the Australian honours system. To commemorate the centenary of the Armistice that ended the First World War: a creative public program will run at the Australian War Memorial for a five week period from 5 October to Remem- brance Day, 11 November 2018. On 11 November 2018, the Australian Government will conduct a National Commemora- tive service for the Centenary of the First World War Armistice at the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux in France. For more information please visit DVA Web- site or register for an attendance pass. 6 CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS This year there are a range of exciting new positions for volunteers providing many more ways that you can get in- volved depending on your interests and skills including: Artist Liaison Event Office - Admin Event Office - Admin Supervisor Floriade Ambassadors Floriade Garden Site Operations - Control room Site Operations - Runner Stage Assistants Stage Managers Venue and Site Decoration Volunteer Team Leader Welcome Team Welcome Team - Supervisor For more detail on each team read the Information on the positions available for Floriade 2018 Volunteer commitment Floriade 2018 will be held from Saturday 15 September through to Sunday 14 October open from 9:30am - 5:30pm daily. NightFest will be back again for 5 nights from Wednesday 26 September though to Sunday 30 Septem- ber, 6:30pm- 10:30pm. Apply online to volunteer at Floriade 2018. or email [email protected] SPEAKING OF VOLUNTEERS… Our hardworking Treasurer, Jan Properjohn, still needs more volun- teers for poppy selling for our fundraising effort from 5-11 November this year at both Woden and Weston outlets. Contact [email protected] or call us on 62851931 7 A UNIQUE NEW SENIOR LIVING COMPLEX FOR TUGGERANONG The six vacant DSS buildings next to the Vikings Club in Tuggeranong are being reborn into a unique seniors living complex that may be of interest to our members and clients considering downsizing or just moving into a managed environment. The complex will offer a genuine alternative for seniors looking to move into a vibrant, private state of the art village providing a genuine continuum of care where couples stay together and pets are welcome. Nearly all of the facilities needed by our seniors like pharmacy, medical, dental, theatre, club and bar as well as extensive parking will be provided within the complex. Paul Browne, the Managing Director of developer LDK Healthcare, who has over 20 years’ experience, is giving free two hour information sessions at Vikings Town Centre on how to plan your ageing journey, starting at the end of August through to September. The Sessions will be hosted by Paul and LDK Healthcare’s CEO Byron Cannon and will cover: What’s happening in the Retirement Living and Aged Care Industry? What’s happening with Government Funding for Aged Care? What accommodation and care options are available in the seniors living and aged care industry? What’s happening at the old DSS building at Greenway in Tuggeranong, where LDK Healthcare are building a unique village arrangement for whole of life care LDK Healthcare’s unique and innovative Community Membership, is available to all Australians over the age of 70. These free membership arrangements deliver peace of mind to seniors and their families by providing a wide range of valuable benefits both within the complex and the outside community. A complementary two-course meal will be provided at the end of each session. Call 1300 535 000 or go online at www.ldk.com.au to find out more or to register (LDK kindly donated furniture, including fridges and office chairs, to RSL Woden Valley Sub-Branch and other not-for-profit groups in Canberra.) 8 DFRDB UPDATE – JULY 2018 A widely disseminated email supplied by WV SB Member Jack Aaron Introduction In our June 2018 Update we signalled our intent to explore redress through the Courts and set out to: • Continue to build our case and to determine its viability. • Substantially increase the awareness of our cause. • Create a register of DFRDB recipients and their benefit details. Meeting with Senator Jim Molan On 17 July 2018, Herb met with Senator Jim Molan, who advised that he had forwarded the concerns expressed in Herb’s Youtube Presentation to the Minister, but had not received a response. Herb’s impression was that there was not much the Senator could do. We anticipate that the response Senator Molan will receive from the Minister will not differ from the response Senator Canavan recently received to a similar approach. The final sentence in that response states; “no further changes to the structure of the DFRB and DFRDB schemes are intended.” Meeting with Industrial Barrister Ralph Warren On 18 July 2018, Herb met with Ralph Warren, an Industrial Barrister.
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