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an age friendly and community Seniors Week in Clarence 14–20 October 2019 22nd Annual Seniors Week! COTA has facilitated another wonderful program of events and this year’s theme is “Connections”. We have made it easier for you to see what’s happening locally. Take a look at all the fantastic activities on offer in Clarence. Many are free or low cost. You can pick up a full Seniors Week Program from Council’s Offices, or view it online atwww.cotatas.org.au BELLERIVE EXPLORE YOUR FAMILY COMMUNITY RADIO HISTORY CONNECTIONS DISCOVER AND IMAGINE Celebrating Seniors Week at Alma’s THROUGH THE ARTS Tasmanian Family History Society Inc – Ever wondered about how a community Branch radio station works and what it looks Bellerive Community Arts Centre For beginners and those with some like behind the scenes? This is your Groups working at the centre will experience. Free one-on-one 1 hour opportunity to have a guided tour welcome visitors between Monday appointments with experienced of the 92.1 FM radio station, located 14 October to Saturday 19 October. researchers. Three 50-minute upstairs at Alma’s. You can collect information about appointments are available on Thursday 17 October 2pm- 4pm membership and hear about the Wednesday afternoon with a DNA workshops that are offered throughout Alma’s Activities Centre, expert. You must have already tested 17 Alma Street, Bellerive the year. with a major DNA company and Bookings: To book a tour between 2pm Monday 14 October – Saturday received your results. and 4pm, contact David 0418 998 950 19 October 10am–2pm Wednesday 16 October 1pm–4pm Bellerive Community Arts Centre, Saturday 19 October 10am–1pm 17 Cambridge Road, Bellerive Old Post Office, 19 Cambridge Road, BLUNDSTONE ARENA TOURS Bellerive Tasmanian Museum MOVE IT EASY EXERCISES Bookings: 6244 4527 (close: 10/7) Get behind the scenes during a 1.5 Exercise classes for ages 60–80+ to [email protected] hour conducted tour of Blundstone gently move and stretch. Suitable for Arena, including a visit to the excellent Cricket Museum and Library. hip, knee and shoulder replacements, JUST DANCE! for arthritic joints, and also benefits bad Tuesday 15 October 10am–11:30am Celebrating Seniors Week at Alma’s backs. Set to 50s and 60s music, for a Tuesday 15 October 1pm–2:30pm fun atmosphere. Come and try a class Dancing is great for the mind and body. Wednesday 16 October 10am–11:30am at no cost. If you find it suitable you pay Led by the wonderful Jean, come along, Wednesday 16 October 1pm–2:30pm $10 per class after that. let the music inspire you, and dance the Thursday 17 October 10am–11:30am afternoon away. Monday 14 October 11:15am–12:15pm Thursday 17 October 1pm–2:30pm Thursday 17 October 9:30am–10:30am Thursday 17 October 1pm–3pm 15 Derwent Street, Bellerive, meet at St Mark’s Church Hall, Scott Street, Alma’s Activities Centre, reception (Western Gate), Cost: Adults Bellerive 17 Alma Street, Bellerive $15, Seniors $10, Children $5 Bookings: 0428 297 435 (close: 18/10) Bookings: Sue 6244 4264 Bookings: 6282 0400 (close: 11/10) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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FREE HEARING TEST AND CLARENDON VALE SINGING WORKSHOP AND EXCLUSIVE HEARING MASTERING YOUR DEVICE OPEN REHEARSAL TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW LIBRARIES TASMANIA Lindisfarne Riverside Arts Club Choir Maria Brown Hearing Clinic Is your new mobile phone, tablet or Brush up on your singing and This Seniors Week, test your hearing iPad just a bit of a puzzle? Learn how to experience the thrill of singing in levels and be one of the first people to use various functions on your device. a choir. No singing experience is preview the newest solution to hearing Individual assistance provided by local necessary as our emphasis is on loss that’s guaranteed to outperform students. Morning tea will be provided. enjoyment and building the skills. Delicious supper with coffee and cake normal hearing! Spots are limited. Wednesday 16 October provided after the workshop. Tuesday 15 October 9am–5pm 10:30am–11:30am Thursday 17 October 7:30pm–9:30pm Friday 18 October 9am–5pm Clarendon Vale Neighbourhood Centre, 9 Cambridge Road, Bellerive 65 Mockridge Road, Clarendon Vale Lindisfarne Citizens Activities Centre, 37A Lincoln Street Bookings: 6244 5990 (close: 15/10) Bookings: 6247 8163 (close: 15/10) [email protected] [email protected] www.mbhc.com.au/pages/seniors-week Enquiries: 0448 443 686 JAN PRESTON’S WONDERFUL WINNIE FREE HEARING CHECKS KANGAROO BAY Arelmedia Management Hearing Bellerive WALK TO CONNECT – A tribute to Winifred Atwell. Live Sound has the power to transport us MAKING CONNECTIONS performance, visuals and narration to to places deep within our memory or AT THE MEN’S SHED celebrate the life and music of piano honky tonk great, Winifred Atwell. make us laugh at unexpected moments. Clarence City Council They are the sounds that make us Known as Australia’s ‘Queen of Boogie Walk the lovely Clarence Foreshore happy. Hearing Australia is conducting Piano’, Jan Preston is a magnetic live Trail from Kangaroo Bay to the Howrah free* (conditions apply) hearing checks performer and astonishing piano player Men’s Shed, then a superb BBQ lunch. during Seniors Week. A hearing check is with a rich resonant voice. Find out more about what sheds do in a screening that helps identify people Friday 18 October 2pm–2:55pm the community and connect with new that may have hearing loss. people. Length of walk: approximately CWA Hall Lindisfarne, 29 Lincoln Street, Monday 14 October – Friday 18 October 5.2 km, easy terrain, mostly accessible. Lindisfarne Cost: Online $12, Door 9am–5pm Sales $15, Seniors $12 Sunday 20 October 10:30am–2pm 30 Bayfield Street, Bellerive Bookings: 0419 558 421 (close: 18/10) Meet Kangaroo Bay at 10:30am, lunch [email protected] Bookings: 6282 0800 (close: 14/10) from 12pm, returns at 1:30pm [email protected] http://trybooking.com/BDWWJ Bookings: 6217 9784 (close 14/10)

[email protected] CROQUET FOR FUN THE OLD SONGS YOU LOVE TO SING Eastern Shore Croquet Club LINDISFARNE An opportunity to learn the skills Arelmedia Management UNDERSTANDING YOUR George Mann (US) brings to life songs of croquet. Challenge yourself to a AGE PENSION thinking sport that provides good fun from years ago. Memories of Elvis and great friendships. Then join us for Department of Human Services Presley, Simon and Garfunkle, Peter, afternoon tea. Please wear flat soled Information provided by the Paul and Mary, Willie Nelson, Kingston shoes. Department of Human Services, Trio to name a few. Sing along with Thursday 17 October 1pm–3pm Financial Information Service about George, tap your feet or get up and income and asset assessments. dance. A happy trip down memory lane, Eastern Shore Croquet Club, music keeps the heart young. Credit 57 South Street, Bellerive Wednesday 16 October 9:30am–11:30am card facilities available at the door. Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania, Monday 14 October 2pm–2:55pm 1 Ford Parade, Lindisfarne CWA Hall, Lincoln Street, Lindisfarne Cost: Adults online $12, Door sales $15 Bookings: 03 0013 6357 (close: 15/10) fis.seminar.bookings@humanservices. Bookings: 0419 558 421 (close: 14/10) gov.au Enquiries: 03 0013 2300 http://trybooking.com/BDWVS

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88 PIANOS I HAVE KNOWN – ROKEBY SENIORS MORNING TEA AND JAN PRESTON PUTTING COMPETITION MASTERING YOUR DEVICE Arelmedia Management LIBRARIES TASMANIA Pianist extraordinaire Jan Preston Enjoy a morning tea and practice green Is your new mobile phone, tablet or shares with us her passion for pianos. putting in a social competition. All iPad a bit of a puzzle? Learn how to Projected images combine with equipment provided. use various functions on your device. unforgettable biographical stories, Individual assistance provided by local Tuesday 15 October 10am–12pm original songs and piano music, which students. Morning tea provided. Rosny Park Golf, Rosny Hill Road, will move you from tears to laughter. Rosny Park Underpinned by Jan’s thrilling virtuosity Tuesday 15 October 10:30am–11:30am (together with her trio) audiences will Rokeby Neighbourhood Centre, Bookings: 6244 1297 (close: 14/10) be tapping and clapping and may leave 85 Tollard Drive [email protected] never looking at a piano in quite the Bookings: 6247 6778 (close: 14/10) same way again. [email protected] VISUALISING THE FUTURE Friday 18 October 7:30pm–9:30pm Enquiries: 0448 443 686 OF THE : CWA Hall Lindisfarne, 29 Lincoln Ave, IMAGES AND STORIES BY Lindisfarne Cost: Online $20, Door sales ROSNY THE CITIZENS OF CLARENCE $25 Seniors $20 HELPFUL TECHNOLOGY FOR Clarence City Council Bookings: 0419 558 421 (close: 18/10) COMMUNICATING An exhibition of photography and http://trybooking.com/BDWXU Rosny Library stories generated by younger and older Independent Living Centre Tasmania people of Clarence in response to two MORNINGTON will be presenting on technology you questions: What do you like and dislike TIME OUT CRAFT PROGRAM can use to help you communicate. about living in the City of Clarence? Come along to learn how technology What do you like and dislike about Time Out Crafts Program at your age? Citywide Baptist Church can help you continue to live independently, productively and Wednesday 16 – Sunday 20 October There are approximately eighteen creatively. 11am–5pm different activities to see if you would Rosny Barn, Rosny Hill Road, Rosny Park like to join this weekly activity (during Monday 14 October 2pm–3:30pm school terms) from 9:30am to 12 noon. 46 Bligh Street, Rosny Park Enquiries: [email protected] Morning tea will be served at 10:45am. 6217 9607 Thursday 17 October 9:30am–12pm CLARENCE U3A OPEN DAYS Citywide Centre, 400 Cambridge Road, Clarence U3A MASTERING YOUR DEVICE Mornington Clarence U3A is a volunteer-based, Rosny Library non-profit organisation formed to Come along to find out more about the RISDON VALE offer shared learning experiences that fun and interesting ways you can use BLUNDSTONE BOOT WALK contribute to the third age component your mobile phone and tablet. Students of life-long learning. It was founded from will be here National Seniors Australia, in 1993 for retired and semi-retired to help you with your individual needs. Hobart Branch people and while there are no age Friday 18 October 10am–11am Join us for a walk around Risdon Brook limits, it attracts the over 50s. At any 46 Bligh Street, Rosny Park Dam followed by a sausage sizzle and given time there are approximately 36 a cuppa. All walkers are eligible for different courses on offer. On arrival, Bookings: 6165 6448 (close: 10/10) the prize draw of a pair of Blundstone check the notice board to see which rosny.library@.tas.gov.au boots. Registration from 10:15am. classes are being offered that day. Tuesday 15 October 10:30am–1pm Monday 14 October 9:30am–1pm Risdon Brook Dam, Risdon Vale Wednesday 16 October 9:30am–1pm Enquiries: Mary 0448 259 747 Rosny Library, 46 Bligh Street, Rosny Park

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OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF COMMUNITY CARE LOVE YOUR LIBRARY TOUR HOME INDEPENDENCE TASMANIA ROADSHOW @Rosny Library ASSISTANTS TEAM Community Care Tasmania Rosny Library Want to find out more Care Forward Do you know about the options for about Libraries Tasmania? Not sure Please join us at Care Forward over help at home? We are committed to what we offer (besides books)? Perhaps morning tea to meet, greet, share supporting our clients to stay in their you are a new member or haven’t been stories and get to know our team. homes and remain independent for to the library for a while? If this sounds Discover how our team of wellness- as long as possible. Visit our friendly like you, come to this walk and talk trained Home Independence Assistants team to find out more about options around Rosny Library. Afterwards relax can work with you to optimise your available to receive care at home. Find with a cuppa while we show you our health and wellbeing. Find out our mobile office van parked in the car online resources such as eBooks and what makes a Care Forward Home park. eMagazines. Independence Assistant different to Wednesday 16 October 10am–5pm Wednesday 16 October 2:30pm–4pm other care workers. Learn about our Rosny Library Car Park, 46 Bligh Street, 46 Bligh Street, Rosny Park range of allied health services and how Rosny Park Bookings: 6165 6448 (close: 15/10) you can use them to build connections Bookings: 6165 6448 (close: 10/10) [email protected] in your community. There will be [email protected] https://lyl-tour.eventbrite.com.au displays, demonstrations, activities and goodies to share so bring a friend or come alone. Bring your questions or DISCOVER YOUR FAMILY WARRANE share your story. Let’s get connected. HISTORY SENIORS WEEK LUNCH Thursday 17 October Rosny Library Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood 10:30am–12:30pm Come along to learn about researching Centre Inc Level 1, 6 Bayfield Street, Rosny Park your family history. We’ll show you Free community lunch provided to what information is available and how celebrate Seniors Week. Meet old EASTLANDS SHOPPING to find out more about your family’s and new people while enjoying a CENTRE past. great meal provided at no cost at the Tuesday 15 October 2pm–3pm Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Vicinity Centres – Eastlands Centre. 46 Bligh Street, Rosny Park It’s all about “Connection” at Eastlands Wednesday 16 October 12pm–2pm this Seniors Week. Come along and Bookings: 6165 6448 (close: 10/10) Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood join our weekly walking group, attend [email protected] Centre, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane some of our in-centre demonstrations, or take up an offer from a range of our Bookings: 6244 6346 (close: 11/10) retailers. [email protected] Monday 14 – Friday 18 October 9am–5:30pm Eastlands Shopping Centre, Bligh Street, Rosny Park Enquiries: www.eastlandssc.com.au

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SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE? For any queries or further information about Spotlight or pick up a copy from Council - contact Council’s Community Planning and Development be quick they always go fast! Officer, Ageing, Access and inclusion Program, Rosie Voglino, on 6217 9784 or email [email protected]

Clarence Positive Ageing Advisory Committee Clarence City Council 38 Bligh Street, Rosny Park TAS 7018 Postal PO Box 96 Rosny Park TAS 7018 Telephone (03) 6217 9500 Fax (03) 6245 8700 Email [email protected] www.ccc.tas.gov.au