1

http://kooweerup.vic.lions.org.au/

ABN: 58 300 922 181 Volume 20 Issue 10 – APRIL 2019 Editor – Jack Napior, P.O. Box 430, CRANBOURNE 3977 Telephone Home - (03) 5996 3645 Mobile – 0418 729 912 Email – jack.napior@bigpond.com

2

We Serve

Lions Club of Koo Wee Rup & District Inc

2018-2019

President Frank Grant Secretary Ken Blay Treasurer Peter Martin

Immediate Past President Sheryl Blay 1

st Vice President Jack Napior

2nd

Vice President Frank Ferguson 3

rd Vice President John Burhop

Membership Chairman Ron Payne Lion Tamer Geoff Gee Tail Twister Shirelle Lean

IPP, Greeter, LCIF Rep Sheryl Blay

Bulletin Editor Jack Napior Mints June Wright

Convention Ken Blay Christmas Cakes & Puddings

Junior Public Speaking Youth of the Year

Carols Web Master

Ken Blay Ron Payne Sheryl Blay Ron Payne Daryl Allman

Lions Welfare All Members

- - Thanks to Daryl Allman for this gem

3

- - We Serve

-

- Lions Club of Koo Wee Rup & District Inc -

- 2019-2020 -

-

President Frank Grant Secretary Ken Blay Treasurer Peter Martin

1

st Vice President June Wright

2nd

Vice President Jacqui Armstrong 3

rd Vice President Jack Napior

Membership Chairman Ron Payne Lion Tamer Geoff Gee Tail Twister Sheryl Blay

Greeter, LCIF Rep Frank Grant

Bulletin Editor/Blackfish Linda Sanders Mints June Wright

Convention Ken Blay Christmas Cakes & Puddings

Junior Public Speaking Youth of the Year

Carols Web Master

Ken Blay Ron Payne Sheryl Blay Ron Payne TBC

Lions Welfare All Members

4

PRESIDENT FRANK’S PROGNOSTICATIONS

Once again, I’d like to thank our great Club for allowing me to be your President for 2019 – 2020 and to all those other dedicated Lions who put their hands for positions on next year’s Club Board. Also, once again a very warm welcome to our newest member, Andrew. I’m sure I speak for everyone in wishing you a long and happy association with our great Club and organisation. As you will see in the pages of this bulletin, our annual 10-pin bowling challenge is once again upon us: well, it will be on Wednesday 10th April. I know Ken has already got some of our star bowlers signed up for the night, but if you haven’t yet put your name forward either as a player or a spectator, please let Ken know asap. On Sunday 14th April, as you will see from the letter in the pages of this bulletin from our 2nd Vice District Governor Elect, the District’s Global Membership Team has arranged for an important membership planning day on Sunday 14th April at Balnarring. It is interesting to note that this will form the basis of a 2 to 3 year plan to build the District’s membership numbers. It will be a very valuable opportunity for all Club members who are able to attend – let’s be honest, we all need to do our bit to bring new members into our Club. I have booked in to attend, Liz is a maybe. Hopefully, there may be several other members interested in attending too. Please let me know if you can attend, as numbers need to be confirmed by 11th April. Now some YOTY news. The YOTY District final was held at Trafalgar on 24th March and even though our contestant, Bryce Font did not advance to the next stage, i.e. the State final, he did an outstanding job. Thanks to our YOTY Chairman, Sheryl for all her hard work. Of course, on ANZAC Day, 25th April, we will once again cook the Gunfire Breakfast for the RSL, as we have done for many years. This will need as many members as possible to make themselves available for the 4.00am arcing up of the BBQs.

President Frank

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and

impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. – Thomas Carlyle

VICE PRESIDENTS’ REPORTS 1ST VP JACK My sincere thanks to Linda for putting up her hand to take over as editor of our

Club Bulletin. I’m sure she will spend many a happy hour on this very rewarding task.

We are, however, still looking for a Club Webmaster. I’m sure if we ask nicely,

our previous webmaster, Daryl Allman will show whoever takes on the task what is involved and how to do it. So, if you have an interest in this position please keep this in mind.

2ND VP FRANK F. No report.

3RD VP JOHN No report.

5

WHO WAS THAT WOMAN?

Australia has been blessed with its fair share of people who have changed the world. One such super star was our very own operatic soprano, Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931). Here’s her story. Melba was born in Richmond, Victoria, the eldest of seven children of the builder David Mitchell and his wife Isabella Ann née Dow. Mitchell, a Scot, had emigrated to Australia in 1852, becoming a successful builder. Melba was taught to play the piano and first sang in public around age six. She was educated at a local boarding school and then at the Presbyterian Ladies' College.[1] She studied singing with Mary Ellen Christian (a former pupil of Manuel García) and Pietro Cecchi, an Italian tenor, who was a respected teacher in Melbourne. In her teens, Melba continued to perform in amateur concerts in and around Melbourne, and she played the organ at church. Her father encouraged her in her musical studies, but he strongly disapproved of her taking up singing as a career. Melba's mother died suddenly in 1881 at Richmond.

Melba's father moved the family to Mackay, Queensland, where he built a new sugar mill. Melba soon became popular in Mackay society for her singing and piano-playing. On 22 December 1882 in Brisbane, she married Charles Nesbitt Frederick Armstrong (1858–1948), the youngest son of Sir Andrew Armstrong. They had one child, a son, George, born on 16 October 1883. The marriage was not a success; Charles reportedly beat his wife more than once. The couple separated after just over a year and Melba returned to Melbourne determined to pursue a singing career, debuting professionally in concerts in 1884. She was often accompanied in concert, and some of her concerts were organised, at times throughout her career by the flautist John Lemmone, who became a "lifelong friend and counsellor". On the strength of local success, she travelled to London in search of an opportunity. Her debut at the Princes' Hall in 1886 made little impression, and she sought work unsuccessfully from Sir Arthur Sullivan, Carl Rosa and Augustus Harris. She then went to Paris to study with the leading teacher Mathilde Marchesi. Melba made such rapid progress that she was allowed to sing the "Mad Scene" from Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet at a matinée musicale in Marchesi's house in December the same year, in the presence of the composer.

Dame Nellie Melba c. 1892

The young singer's talent was so evident that, after less than a year with Marchesi, the impresario Maurice Strakosch gave her a ten-year contract at 1,000 francs annually. After she had signed, she received a far better offer of 3,000 francs per month from the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, but Strakosch would not release her and obtained an injunction preventing her from accepting it. She was in despair when the matter was resolved by Strakosch's sudden death. She made her operatic debut four days later as Gilda in Rigoletto at La Monnaie on 12 October 1887. The critic Herman Klein described her Gilda as "an instant triumph of the most emphatic kind ... followed ... a few nights later with an equal success as Violetta in La Traviata." It was at this time, on Marchesi's advice, that she adopted the stage name of "Melba", a contraction of the name of her home city.

Melba made her Covent Garden début in May 1888, in the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor. She received a friendly but not excited reception. The Musical Times wrote, "Madame Melba is a fluent vocalist, and a quite respectable representative of light soprano parts; but she lacks the personal charm necessary to a great figure on the lyric stage."

6

She was offended when Augustus Harris, then in charge at Covent Garden, offered her only the small role of the page Oscar in Un ballo in maschera for the next season. She left England vowing never to return. The following year, she performed at the Opéra in Paris, in the role of Ophélie in Hamlet; The Times described this as "a brilliant success", and said, "Madame Melba has a voice of great flexibility ... her acting is expressive and striking."

Melba had a strong supporter in London, Lady de Grey, whose views carried weight at Covent Garden. Melba was persuaded to return, and Harris cast her in Roméo et Juliette (June 1889) co-starring with Jean de Reszke. She later recalled, "I date my success in London quite distinctly from the great night of 15 June 1889." After this, she returned to Paris as Ophélie, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Gilda in Rigoletto, Marguerite in Faust, and Juliette. In French operas her pronunciation was poor, but the composer Delibes said that he did not care whether she sang in French, Italian, German, English or Chinese, as long as she sang.

In the early 1890s, Melba embarked on an affair with Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans. They were seen frequently together in London, which excited some gossip, but far more suspicion arose when Melba travelled across Europe to St Petersburg to sing for Tsar Nicholas II: the Duke followed closely behind her, and they were spotted together in Paris, Brussels, Vienna and St Petersburg. Armstrong filed divorce proceedings on the grounds of Melba's adultery, naming the Duke as co-respondent; he was eventually persuaded to drop the case, but the Duke decided that a two-year African safari (without Melba) would be appropriate. He and Melba did not resume their relationship. In the first years of the decade, Melba appeared in the leading European opera houses, including Milan, Berlin and Vienna.

From the 1890s, Melba played a wide range of parts at Covent Garden, mostly in the lyric soprano repertoire, but with some heavier roles also. She sang the title roles in Herman Bemberg's Elaine and Arthur Goring Thomas's Esmeralda. Her Italian parts included Gilda in Rigoletto, the title role in Aida, Desdemona in Otello, Luisa in Mascagni's I Rantzau, Nedda in Pagliacci, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Violetta in La traviata, and Mimì in La Bohème. In the French repertoire, she sang Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, Marguerite in Faust, Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots, the title role in Saint-Saëns's Hélène, which was written for her, and Micaëla in Carmen.

Some writers expressed surprise at Melba's playing the last of these roles, since it was merely a supporting part in the opera. She played it on many occasions, saying in her memoirs, "Why on earth a prima donna should not sing secondary rôles I could not see then and am no nearer seeing to-day. I hate the artistic snobbery of it." She sang the role opposite the Carmens of Emma Calvé, Zélie de Lussan and Maria Gay. Marguerite de Valois, too, is not the leading female role in Les Huguenots, but Melba was willing to undertake it as seconda donna to Emma Albani. She was generous in support of singers who did not rival her in her favoured roles, but was, as her biographer J. B. Steane put it, "pathologically critical" of other lyric sopranos.

Melba's marriage to Armstrong was finally terminated when, having emigrated to the United States with their son, he divorced her in Texas in 1900.

By now established as a leading star in Britain and America, Melba made her first return visit to Australia in 1902–03 for a concert tour, also touring in New Zealand. The profits were unprecedented; she returned for four more tours during her career. In Britain, Melba campaigned on behalf of Puccini's La bohème. She had first sung the part of Mimì in 1899, having studied it with the composer. She argued strongly for further productions of the work in the face of the distaste expressed by the Covent Garden management at this "new and plebeian opera". She was vindicated by the public enthusiasm for the piece, which was bolstered in 1902 when Enrico Caruso joined her in the first of many Covent Garden performances together. She sang Mimì for Oscar Hammerstein I at his opera house in New York, in 1907, giving the enterprise a needed boost. After her initial successes in Brussels and Paris in the 1880s, Melba sang infrequently on the European continent; only the English-speaking countries welcomed her wholeheartedly.

In 1909 she undertook what she called a "sentimental tour" of Australia, covering 10,000 miles (16,093 km) and including many remote towns. In 1911 in partnership with the J. C. Williamson company, she appeared in an operatic season. Her attitude to her tour concerts and the audiences attending was summed up in the advice that Clara Butt said Melba gave her apropos of a planned Australian tour: "Sing 'em muck; it's all they can understand." To another

7 colleague and compatriot, Peter Dawson, she described his home city of Adelaide as "that city of the three P's – Parsons, Pubs and Prostitutes."

Also in 1909, Melba bought property at Coldstream, a small town near Melbourne, and in 1912 she had a home built there (extending an existing cottage) that she named Coombe Cottage after a house she had rented near London. She also set up a music school in Richmond, which she later merged into the Melbourne Conservatorium. She was in Australia when the First World War broke out, and she threw herself into fund-raising for war charities, raising £100,000. In recognition of this, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in March 1918, "for services in organising patriotic work".

After the war, Melba made a triumphant return to the Royal Opera House, in a performance of La Bohème conducted by Beecham, which re-opened the house after four years of closure. The Times wrote, "Probably no season at Covent Garden has ever started with quite the thrill of enthusiasm which passed through the house." In her many concerts, however, her repertoire was regarded as trite and predictable. After one of them The Musical Times wrote: The real musical interest of the afternoon, however, was supposed to centre in the "Jewel Song" from Faust, Puccini's "Addio", Lieurance's "By the waters of Minnetonka", and Tosti's "Good-bye", and in the encores, thoughtfully announced beforehand – "Home, sweet Home" and "Annie Laurie." Look again at the last batch of head-lines. "The Diva to go home." By all means. Why not? As the Diva has melodiously declared (only too often), there's no place like it. "And teach 100 girls herself." If the Dame can give those hundred girls her own beautiful voice, well and good, but for heaven's sake let a musician be called in to attend to their repertoire. We cannot lightly face the prospect of a hundred débutantes let loose on us a year hence full to the epiglottis with "Minnetonkas", "Jewel Songs", and "Home, sweet Homes".

In 1922 Melba returned to Australia, where she sang at the immensely successful "Concerts for the People" in Melbourne and Sydney, with low ticket prices, attracting 70,000 people. In 1924 for another Williamson opera season, she caused resentment among local singers by importing an entire chorus from Naples. In 1926 she made her farewell appearance at Covent Garden, singing in scenes from Roméo et Juliette, Otello, and La Bohème. She is well remembered in Australia for her seemingly endless series of "farewell" appearances, including stage performances in the mid-1920s and concerts in Sydney on 7 August 1928, Melbourne on 27 September 1928 and Geelong in November 1928. From this, she is remembered in the vernacular Australian expression "more farewells than Dame Nellie Melba".

In 1929 she returned for the last time to Europe and then visited Egypt, where she contracted a fever that she never entirely shook off. Her last performance was in London at a charity concert on 10 June 1930. She returned to Australia but died in St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, in 1931, aged 69, of septicaemia which had developed after facial surgery in Europe some time before. She was given an elaborate funeral from Scots' Church, Melbourne, which her father had built and where as a teenager she had sung in the choir. The funeral motorcade was over a kilometre long, and her death made front-page headlines in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Europe. Billboards in many countries said simply "Melba is dead". Part of the event was filmed for posterity. Melba was buried in the cemetery at Lilydale, near Coldstream. Her headstone, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, bears the farewell words of Mimì in La Bohème: "Addio, senza rancor" (Farewell, without bitterness).

Despite the antipathy Melba inspired in some of her peers, she helped the careers of younger singers. She taught for many years at the Conservatorium in Melbourne and looked for a "new Melba". She published a book about her methods, which were based on those of Marchesi. The book opens:

It is easy to sing well, and very difficult to sing badly! How many students are really prepared to accept that statement? Few, if any. They smile, and say: "It may be easy for you, but not for me." And they seem to think that there the matter ends. But if they only knew it, on their understanding and acceptance of that axiom depends half their success. Let me say the same in other words: In order to sing well, it is necessary to sing easily.

8

TEN-PIN BOWLING CHALLENGE

A confirmed booking has been made for the

Koo Wee Rup

Cranbourne

Balla Balla

Lions 10 pin trophy night on

Wednesday 10th April 2019 @ 6.30pm at

Cranbourne Bowland.

Two games each $20 PER PERSON

At least SEVEN bowlers from each club required

Actual Numbers will be required

before 1ST April

kooweerup.lions@gmail.com

Eat before you come or at venue :-

Potato Cakes, Dim Sims, Chiko Roll, Hot Dogs, Vegetable Mini Spring Rolls, Chicken Nuggets, Chicken Kiev Balls, Chips, Wedges, Cans of soft drink, Bottles of water, Coffees Potato Cakes. Full range of alcoholic, non-alcoholic, and hot beverages.

9

YOUTH OF THE YEAR DISTRICT FINAL

What an exceptional event the District final of Youth of the Year was. As in previous years, the final was held at Trafalgar and was hosted by that town’s Lions Club. A packed house was treated to five wonderful young people showing off their public speaking prowess after earlier in the day being individually interviewed by the judges. This year, in the order in which they spoke, the contestants were:

1. Eden McLean from Flinders Christian College, representing the Lions Club of Cranbourne 2. Lachlan Vass from Bayside Christian College, representing the Lions Club of Mt. Martha 3. Ben Harmes from Gippsland Grammar, representing the Lions Club of Sale 4. Hayden Flynn from Padua College, representing the lions Club of Mornington 5. Bryce Font from Koo Wee Rup Secondary College, representing the Lions Club of Koo Wee Rup

As most will be aware, each contestant is asked the same two impromptu questions. All of our young people did an outstanding job answering these questions, recognising they had never seen the questions before and had very little time to gather their thoughts before giving their answers. The questions were:

1. There is a significant drop in sports participation between ages 14 and 16 years. What is the cause and what can be done to reverse this trend?

2. What do you see yourself doing in ten years’ time and what will you have done along the way? The break for lunch gave the contestants a chance to catch their respective breaths before they presented their 5 minute prepared speeches and it was terrific to have Koo Wee Rup Secondary College Principal, Felix Paton and Bryce’s family along to offer Bryce their support.

Bryce doing his thing

Eden McLean – discussed the stigma that can surround cosmetic plastic surgery. Lachlan Vass – outlined the affect that social media can have on antisocial elements within our communities.

10

Ben Harms – railed against Adani building its Carmichael Coal Mine in Queensland. Hayden Flynn – gave an insight into his experiences in East Timor as part of his school justice program. Bryce Font - strongly advocated that boxing should be banned, or at least redesigned as a sport, since, apart from promoting the acceptability of violence, it may contribute in part to one of the modern day scourges in Australia, being family violence and violence towards women in general.

Bryce receiving a congratulatory handshake from Koo Wee Rup

Secondary College Principal, Felix Paton

After lengthy deliberations the judges confirmed that the winner of the public speaking component of the final was Ben Harms, with the overall winner being Hayden Flynn. Hearty congratulations to them both.

Bryce receiving his gift and certificate from District Governor Peter Payne

11 Although not winning the final, Bryce together with the other contestants were all winners, since every one of them did outstandingly well, as evidenced by the time it took the judges to reach a verdict. Bryce can be extremely proud of his efforts and I’m sure he has learned a lot from the experience – word is he is not only eligible to enter the competition again, but appears keen to do so.

Bryce and his very proud family with Felix Paton

Hayden Flynn, as overall winner, will advance to the State final, which will be held at the Carisbrook Recreation Reserve, Carisbrook on Saturday 6th April. At this final the winners of the five District finals will come together, with the winner of the State final representing the V Districts at the National final, which will be held during the Multiple District Convention in Geelong in early May. It’s interesting to note that the Lions Youth of the Year Program has its roots in Queensland, starting in 1964-65. It became a nation-wide project in 1966-67 and has been operating continuously since then, which is testimony to the value of the Program as one of Lions youth and community projects.

Sheryl Blay, Club YOTY Chairman

12

OUR NEWEET MEMBER

At our dinner meeting on 20th March, we welcomed our new member, Andrew Mortimer, who was sponsored by Ron Payne. Andrew is a resident of Koo Wee Rup and a member of the Koo Wee Rup Men’s Shed. We all wish Andrew a long and enjoyable association with our Club in particular and the Lions organisation.

President Frank inducting Andrew into Lions, with sponsor Ron Payne

Another important presentation was to June Wright OAM, being a membership pin and letter from our International President to recognise June’s ten years as a Lion.

President Frank presents June with her The dinner meeting had a strong St Patrick’s Day 10 years Lions Membership Pin feel about it – love the hat, Rex

13

‘COMMUNITY 100’ PROJECTS

Stories from Lions Clubs across Australia

Frenchs Forest Lions Club gets into the Swim

A swimming program for Tibetan residents in Sydney’s northern beaches highlights the importance of

volunteers and community organisations.

Summer by the pool is a ritual for many Australians, but for residents from other parts of the world,

vitals skills around water safety can be missing. To address this concern for Tibetan residents living

in Sydney’s northern beaches, Tanya Carmont founded Water Skills for Life, a community program

that’s now been running since 2010.

Tanya founded the not-for-profit project after volunteering on a similar program in Vietnam, where

statistics around drowning are very bad – “as many as 30 children drowning each day” – and working as

an adult swimming instructor at the Warringah Aquatic Centre, where she noticed a number of

Tibetan residents in attendance.

Happy swimmers at Warringah Aquatic Centre, Sydney

“I happened to ask the question one day to a couple of my students, was there a large community of

Tibetans living in the area?” says the 56-year-old, who has lived in the area all her life, but recently

spent a year living in Hoi An in Vietnam volunteering under the Australian Government’s AVID

program. “The answer was yes – around 800 at that time living in or around Dee Why.”

Tanya inquired if the community would be interested in a swim program and it was another yes. “I

then found out that some of them had recently had near drowning experiences, so it was very timely,”

she says.

Like most community programs, Water Skills for Life relies on volunteers, donations and grants to

survive. In September 2016, a $1000 Community 100 Grant from Lions Australia ensured up to 30

14

participants – from as young as four years of age – could undertake a 10-week swimming skills

program, held at the Terrey Hills Swim Centre. In turn, Water Skills for Life have been able to train,

over the past five years, six Tibetan residents to become qualified swim instructors themselves.

The Community 100 grant, presented to Tanya by the Frenchs Forest Lions Club, covered the cost of

bus hire and transport to and from the venue. “These grants are extremely important,” says Tanya.

“It means that we are able to deliver the programs to the community without burdening my dedicated

volunteers trying to do fundraising.”

“They were quite appreciative,” says Keith Wilson from the Frenchs Forest Lions Club, who was

impressed with the program’s aims and level of organisation.

Last year, the 29-member Frenchs Forest Club gave away $35,000, with key projects including Bear

Cottage in Manly, a refuge for children with terminal illness and their families, motor neuron disease,

ovarian cancer and kids cancer research. Keith, 71, joined the club nine years ago to meet new people

and believes the companionship, along with doing something for your community, are the best facets

of being a Lion.

It’s not without its challenges, though. “It’s getting harder to sell things now – people don’t carry

money as much these days,” says Keith. The club’s ageing population is also a concern. “We’ve got an

original member who’s been there for 56 years,” says Keith. “The average age would be 70, so it’s

getting a bit hard to run. We’ve got about 29 members, but you can only count on about 12-15 to do

projects. It’s hard to get new members.”

Volunteering time and skills to your community is well worth it, says Tanya. “The majority of my

volunteers work during the week and dedicate time on a weekend to help as swim teachers and

support staff,” she says. “They are dedicated, passionate and reliable people who have an affinity

with helping others in their community.”

15

THE STORY OF LIFE

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to

serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want

to become. You never know who these people may be (possibly your roommate, neighbor, coworker,

long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger) but when you lock eyes with them, you know at

that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in

reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your

potential, strength, willpower, or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Illness, injury, love,

lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without

these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to

nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience help to

create who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably

the most poignant and important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart,

forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when

you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love

you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to

things.

Make every day count!!! Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you

possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never

talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high.

Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe

in yourself, for if you don’t believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you. You can

make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life then go out and live it with absolutely no

regrets.

16

AROUND THE CLUBS

Enterprising Clubs in our District are or have been involved with a large number of innovative projects. Some we have visited before, some we haven’t

Here is a sample

PAYNESVILLE LIONS MARKET

Paynesville Lions Market is a well-established market held on Gilsenan Reserve, Paynesville on

the second Sunday of the month from 8.30am to 1pm.

You will find all kinds of bric-a-brac, tools, old wares in a market atmosphere. There is home-

made produce, craft, plants and vegies.

Some of Kenko Essentials very popular products on sale

The market has a large number of regular stallholders with a mix of goods including clothes,

plants and vegies, hand-made jewellery, old wares and tools, soaps, sweets and the Lions food

van provides drinks and sausages. There's a jumping castle for children.

Next Market - When & Where?

Date: Sunday 10th March 2019, 8.30am to 1pm.

Another innovative way the Paynesville Lions Club raises regular funding for its Activities

Account.

17

NOW FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT

Don’t you love the one liners?

Alcohol is a perfect solvent: It dissolves marriages, families and careers.

When I was a boy, I had a disease that required me to eat dirt three times a day in order to

survive... It's a good thing my older brother told me about it.

What's the difference between men and pigs? Pigs don't turn into men when they drink.

I asked my North Korean friend how it was there, he said he couldn't complain.

I bought some shoes from a drug dealer. I don't know what he laced them with, but I've been

tripping all day.

After the helicopter crash, the blond pilot was asked what happened. She replied, "It was getting

chilly in there, so I turned the fan off."

My wife is so negative. I remembered the car seat, the stroller, AND the nappy bag. Yet all she

can talk about is how I forgot the baby.

Temples are free to enter but still empty. Pubs charge to enter, but are full. People ignore inner

peace and choose to pay for self-destruction u

About a month before he died, my uncle had his back covered in lard. After that, he went down hill

fast.

A doctor tells a woman she can no longer touch anything alcoholic. So she gets a divorce.

A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who

mention it.

Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much more for

them.

Moses had the first tablet that could connect to the cloud.

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a

woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.on a workday and

realize you ran

18

MELBOURNE’S LANDMARKS

Another example of the most well-known landmarks in Melbourne is the Shrine of Remembrance. The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly known among locals as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. It is a site of annual observances of ANZAC Day (25 April) and Remembrance Day (11 November) and is one of the largest war memorials in Australia. Designed by architects Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop who were both World War I veterans, the Shrine is in a classical style, being based on the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and the Parthenon in Athens. The crowning element at the top of the memorial's ziggurat roof references the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. Built from Tynong granite, the Shrine originally consisted only of the central sanctuary surrounded by the ambulatory. The sanctuary contains the marble Stone of Remembrance, upon which is engraved the words "Greater love hath no man". Once a year, on 11 November at 11 a.m. (Remembrance Day), a ray of sunlight shines through an aperture in the roof to light up the word "Love" in the inscription. Beneath the sanctuary lies the crypt, which contains a bronze statue of a soldier father and son, and panels listing every unit of the Australian Imperial Force. The Shrine went through a prolonged process of development which began in 1918 with the initial proposal to build a Victorian memorial. Two committees were formed, the second of which ran a competition for the memorial's design. The winner was announced in 1922. However, opposition to the proposal (led by Keith Murdoch and The Herald) forced the governments of the day to rethink the design, and a number of alternatives were proposed, the most significant of which was the ANZAC Square and cenotaph proposal of 1926. In response, General Sir John Monash used the 1927 ANZAC Day march to garner support for the Shrine, and finally won the support of the Victorian government later that year. The foundation stone was laid on 11 November 1927, and the Shrine was officially dedicated on 11 November 1934

Shrine of Remembrance

A war memorial in Melbourne was proposed as soon as the war ended in November 1918. In the early 1920s the Victorian state government appointed the War Memorials Advisory Committee, chaired by Sir Baldwin Spencer, which recommended an "arch of victory" over St Kilda Road, the major boulevard leading out of the city of Melbourne to the south. In August 1921 an executive committee was formed, with the former commander of the Australian forces in the war, General Sir John Monash, as its driving force. The committee soon abandoned the idea of an arch and proposed a large monumental memorial to the east of St Kilda Road a position which would make it clearly visible from the centre of the city. A competition was launched in March 1922 to find a design for the new

19 memorial, open both to British subjects residing in Australia and any Australian citizens who were residing overseas. A total of 83 entries were submitted and in December 1923 the design offered by two Melbourne architects (and war veterans), Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop, was announced as the winner. The winning design had a number of supporters, including publications such as The Age and George Taylor's Sydney-based trade journal, Building, prominent citizens including artist Norman Lindsay and University of Sydney Dean of Architecture, Leslie Wilkinson and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (who had been heavily involved in the competition). Nevertheless the design was also fiercely criticised in some quarters—especially by Keith Murdoch's Herald, Murdoch reportedly describing the Shrine as "too severe, stiff and heavy, that there is no grace or beauty about it and that it is a tomb of gloom"—on the grounds of its grandiosity, its severity of design and its expense. As part of the campaign against the Shrine proposal, the Herald searched for alternative concepts, arguing that the funds could be better spent on more practical projects such as a hospital or a war widows' home. Furthermore, some Christian churches also attacked the design as pagan for having no cross or other Christian element.

The new Victorian Labor government of 1924, under George Prendergast, supported the Herald's view, and pushed for a memorial hospital instead of the Shrine. When the Labor government was replaced with John Allan's Country/National coalition, the plan changed once again, leaning towards the earlier suggestion of an arch of victory to be built over St. Kilda Road. As a result of the debate, significant delays postponed the construction of the new memorial, so a temporary wood-and-plaster cenotaph was raised for the 1926 ANZAC Day march. The success of the temporary cenotaph led the Victorian government to abandon the earlier project in 1926, and propose instead to build a permanent cenotaph in a large "ANZAC Square" at the top of Bourke St in front of Parliament House. While this would have involved demolishing the Windsor Hotel, one of Melbourne's favourite hotels, the new plan won the support of the Herald, the Returned Soldiers League (RSL) and the Melbourne City Council.

Nevertheless, both Monash and Legacy still supported the Shrine. After a vote in favour of the Shrine by their executive council, Legacy started a public relations campaign, gaining the support of much of the media—although the council, state government and the Herald continued to oppose. In 1927, with the then Duke of York, Prince Albert, visiting the country, Monash spoke on the eve of ANZAC Day at the RSL dinner, arguing for the Shrine. The audience had been seeded with supporters, who provided a standing ovation at the conclusion of his speech, which helped to produce a groundswell of support. When a vote was called for, the majority voted in favour of the Shrine proposal. The next day, with Monash leading 30,000 veterans in the 1927 ANZAC Day march, and with the new support of the RSL, The Age, and the Argus, the Shrine proposal had gained "new momentum". Faced with such support, and with Monash's arguments that the ANZAC Square would be prohibitively expensive, Edmond Hogan's new Labor government decided in favour of the Shrine.

Another early point of contention (although not explicitly related to the nature of the memorial) concerned the possibility of incorporating a "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" into the memorial—an approach that was championed by the St. Kilda RSL, who revealed plans to bury a soldier from either Gallipoli or France on ANZAC Day, 25 April 1922. This proposal received considerable debate, and was countered by the argument that the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey represented all of the dead of the British Empire. Monash was on the side of those against such a burial, as while he could see a place for an Unknown Soldier in a national memorial, he did not feel that it would be suitable at the Victorian Shrine. The Stone of Remembrance was later placed in the position where an Unknown Soldier might have been laid. An Australian Unknown Soldier was eventually interred at the Australian War Memorial by Prime Minister Paul Keating on 11 November 1993. The foundation stone was laid on 11 November 1927, by the Governor of Victoria, Lord Somers. Although both the Victorian and Commonwealth governments made contributions, most of the cost of the Shrine (£160,000 out of a total of £250,000; equating to about £ 9.4 million out of £ 14.7 million in 2019) was raised in less than six months by public contributions, with Monash as chief fundraiser.

Monash, who was also an engineer, took personal charge of the construction, which began in 1928 and was handled by the contractors Vaughan & Lodge. Monash died in 1931, before the Shrine was finished, but the Shrine was the cause "closest to his heart" in his later years.

20

Work was finally completed in September 1934, and the Shrine was formally dedicated on 11 November 1934 by the Duke of Gloucester, witnessed by a crowd of over 300,000 people—a "massive turnout" given that Melbourne's population at the time was approximately 1 million, and, according to Carl Bridge, the "largest crowd ever to assemble in Australia to that date". After World War II it was felt necessary to add to the Shrine an element commemorating the Australian war dead of the second great conflict. Once again a competition was run, with A. S. Fall and E. E. Milston as the joint winners. Milston's design was eventually chosen as the one to go ahead and the result was the World War II Forecourt, a wide expanse of stone in front of the Shrine's north face; the Eternal Flame, a permanent gas flame set just to the west of the north face; and the World War II Memorial, a 12.5-metre-high (41 ft) cenotaph a little further west.[16] The Forecourt replaced a reflecting pool that had previously stood in front of the Shrine. These enlargements were dedicated by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 February 1954. Australia's involvements in later wars, such as the Korean War, the Borneo campaign (1945), the Malayan Emergency, the Indonesian Confrontation in North Borneo and Sarawak, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, are commemorated by inscriptions.

In 1951 the body of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia's military commander during World War II, was held at the Shrine for three days for public viewing followed by a State funeral on site. 20,000 people visited the Shrine as he lay in state.

During the Vietnam War the Shrine became a centre of conflict when anti-war demonstrators protested during ANZAC Day services against Australia's involvement in the war. In 1971 the Shrine was defaced when the word PEACE! was painted in large white letters on the pillars of the north portico.

In 1985 the Remembrance Garden was added beneath the western face of the Shrine to honour those who served during post-World War II conflicts.

Restoration work on the terraces surrounding the Shrine during the 1990s raised once again the possibility of taking advantage of the space under the Shrine: as the Shrine had been built on a hollow artificial hill, the undercroft (although at the time filled with rubble from the construction) provided a large space for development. At a planned cost of $5.5 million, the new development was intended to provide a visitor's centre, administration facilities and an improved access to the Shrine's crypt, as many of the remaining veterans and their families found the stairs at the traditional ceremonial entrance difficult to climb. In redeveloping the site, special consideration was given to the positioning of the new entrance. The original plan was to use a tunnel from the east, but this was discarded as it had "no sense of ceremony". Instead it was decided to develop two new courtyards, and place the new gallery under the northern steps. Construction commenced in 2002, with the design by Melbourne architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall and the new areas were opened in August 2003. The completed project was awarded the Victorian Architecture Medal by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 2004.

After this construction was complete, there were still more calls to further develop the site, and especially to provide facilities for education about the wars. A $62 million proposal was presented in 2006, incorporating a museum and an underground carpark. Designed once again by Ashton Raggatt McDougall, the proposal was opposed by local residents and some council members, and ran into significant funding problems when the Federal Government decided not to provide funding.

In 2012 the Victorian Government announced that $22.5 million would be allocated to redevelop the Shrine’s undercroft and extend it to the south. The new exhibition space, known as the "Galleries of Remembrance", was opened on Remembrance Day in 2014. A lifeboat from the ship SS Devanha, deployed during the landing at Anzac Cove at the start of the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, is a centrepiece of the new development.

21

“BE THE DIFFERENCE, CREATE MORE POSSIBILITIES”

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

DISTRICT 201 V3

Lion Peter Payne, District Governor 2018 - 2019

Phone: (H) 03 5152 0044 (M) 0478169935 E-mail: peter_payne@live.com.au We Serve All Correspondence to 21 Pharaoh Drive, Cranbourne, Vic. 3977

Cabinet Secretary District Governor Elect 1st Vice District Governor Elect Cabinet Treasurer

PDG Norma Barnard Lion Neil Wingrave Lion Graham Cockerell Lion David Culpitt

Ph: (H) 03 5998 8669 Ph: (M) 0428 362 755 Ph: (H) 03 5944 4111 Ph: (H) 03 5979

3955

(M) 0431 521 566 (M) 0459 444 111 (M) 0418 837 637

cabsec.V3@lions.org.au nwingrave@optusnet.com.au grahammoonshine@yahoo.com.au dexterityttransport@gmail.com

Secretary,

Lions Club of Zones 9,10,11& 12

Dear Secretary

Your District Global Membership Team has been working on plans to assist Clubs with a number of

membership issues, An important part of the process is the input and action of Clubs at an event that we will

conduct on 14th

April 2019 and we invite all Club members to attend.

We’re aiming to provide Clubs of Zones 9,10,11& 12 with the tools and skills to develop strategies for finding,

recruiting and retaining new members; thus, giving the clubs longevity of service into the future. We would

like to have all membership Chairpersons attend if possible. If your Club has nominated your President, 1st VP

and Membership Chair for the coming year, we are very keen to have them attend as we are working on a 2 to

3 year Plan, and they need to be involved. Other Club members are also welcome to attend. Refreshments will

be provided. “

Day Sunday 14th

April 2019

Time 12.30 for 1.00 start – aim to finish by 4.00

Venue Balnarring Bowls Club,

8 Bruce St,

Balnarring, 3926

Light refreshments will be provided

Please RSVP by Friday 11th

April to 2nd

VDGE Steve Boyce (0407 430 657) or DGE Neil Wingrave (0428 362

755)

Yours in Lionism

2nd

VDGE Steve Boyce PDG Norma Barnard DGE Neil Wingrave

V3 GMT Coordinator V3 Cabinet Secretary GAT Planning

22

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE?

In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and barbies. He created nights for going prawning, sleeping and more barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Second Day.

On the Second Day God created water – for surfing, swimming and barbies on the beach. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Third Day.

On the Third day God created the Earth to bring fort plants – to provide tobacco, malt and yeast for beer and wood for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fourth Day.

On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fifth Day.

On the Fifth Day God created a bloke – to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink beer and eat meat and prawns at barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Sixth Day.

On the Sixth Day God saw that this bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with. So God created Mates and God saw they were good Mates. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Seventh Day.

On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes, smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God saw that it was good ……. Well, almost good. God saw the Blokes were tired and needed a rest.

So God created Sheilas – to clean the house, bear children, wash, cook and clean the barbie. God saw that it was not just good, it was better than that, it was bloody good.

IT WAS AUSTRALIA!!!!

Some might say, the good old days!!!

Thanks to Betty Leemon for this item

23

UNUSUAL THINGS OTHER LIONS CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD DO

PLYMOUTH LIONS CLUB ‘SWIMARATHON 2018’

Plymouth is a port city in Devon, southwest England. It’s known for its maritime heritage and historic Barbican district with narrow, cobbled streets. Sutton Harbour is home to the National Marine Aquarium, where sharks and rays glide in a deep tank. Also in the harbour are several marinas and a fish market, the Plymouth Fisheries. The Mayflower Steps are where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for the New World in 1620.

The Plymouth Lions Club tells us that he Swimarathon is a fun and fund-raising event. Having raised over £6,000 and £8,000 on the first two occasions we are hoping, with the support of the people of Plymouth and beyond, that this third Swimarathon will be an even greater success. The Swimarathon is open to people of all ages (over 7) and abilities. It is a team sponsorship event. Teams of 5 people swim in relay for 50 minutes, complete as many lengths as possible and get their friends, colleagues and families to sponsor them. Monies collected will be shared on a 50/50 basis between the team's chosen charity and the Lions nominated charities which on this occasion are the national charity 'New life' which provides essential equipment for disabled children, our local 'St.Luke's Hospice', and other good causes. Teams can be entered by schools, sports clubs, youth clubs, businesses, shops, voluntary organisations and families, etc.

The marathon swimmers at the Saltash Leisure Centre

The Swimarathon, organised by the Lions' Club of Plymouth, took place at the Saltash Leisure Centre on Saturday March 3rd and Sunday March 4th 2018

It is not a race - just a challenge to the team to 'Do their best!' It is all about making the effort to help others. Being willing to take part and have a go is what matters.

24

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE A LATERAL THINKER!

CAN YOU SPOT THE DIFFERENCES IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING?

Spot the 8 Differences

Spot the 10 Differences

25

Lions Club of Koo Wee Rup & District

Meetings

All members are invited to attend the following meetings:-

Wednesday 3rd April 2019 Koo Wee Rup Bowls Club

Rossiter Road Koo Wee Rup

6.30 pm for 7.00 pm

Wednesday 14

th April 2019

Chandelier Café Station Street Koo Wee Rup

6.30 pm for 7.00 pm

Apologies Could All Members who cannot make it to the meeting on 6

th or 20

th

March, please contact Secretary Ken as soon as they are aware they cannot attend.

Ken’s contact number is 5915 3613

26

Birthdays

Megan Wright Ken Blay Carolynne Ferguson Tim Scale Adam Burhop Frank Ferguson Spencer Harrison Frank Grant Carol Napior

2 Apr 3 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 15 Apr 19 Apr 21 Apr 25 Apr 27 Apr

Anniversaries

June & Geoff Wright 1 April Sari & Bill Friend 22 April Sue & Peter Martin 29 April

If your Birthday or Anniversary is not listed, or those of your children and grandchildren are not listed and you would like them to be included, please send details to

Bulletin Editor Jack

jack.napior@bigpond.com

or

phone 0418 729 912

27

A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCAL HISTORY

Life on the Swamp in the early days - from newspaper reports In 1893, the Koo Wee Rup Swamp was opened for settlement and this created some interest in the newspapers. In fact, a report in the Warragul Guardian of February 6, 1894 starts off with So much has been said and written about Koo-wee-rup Swamp, its reclamation works and its people, that it would almost appear that the subject was worn threadbare. The settlers were under the Village Settlement Scheme - a scheme where unemployed men from the cities were given a land allocation (usually 20 acres) on the Swamp and they then spent two weeks clearing drains for wages paid by the Public Works Department and two weeks working on their block with the hope of becoming self-sufficient. They also had to erect a dwelling on their block. The first 103 blocks under this scheme were allocated in April 1893. This didn’t always work as one of the correspondents pointed out that The men are mostly raw to cultures of any kind, and inexperienced in the matter of cutting drains, at which they are to be found employment every alternate week, in order to obtain the wherewithal to procure the necessaries of life. (Australasian June 3, 1893) The fact that the settlers had some assured wages was a clearly a benefit to the settlers, many of whom had been unemployed. A reporter from The Argus July 11, 1893 interviewed a woman and she had this to say about her new life - On one of the side drains I met a decent old dame who was busily engaged in stacking driftwood alongside her tent. She explained she was laying in a stock of firewood from what had been brought down by the flood. "Yes," she said, "it's a damp place and a dismal; but what are you to do? My husband is a plumber, and you could count the number of days he was working at his trade last year on one hand. We've been here nine months, and although it's rough enough, we're not going to leave it, especially now when we are getting the chance of a bit of land. There's my daughter, too, and her husband, who is a house-painter. They are living up at the top end (near Bunyip), and their children that were always sickly in Melbourne are fine and healthy. I didn't like the life, and I don't like it now; but where the fun comes in is on Monday morning, when there's no landlord.

Iona - looking to the south side of the Main Drain. Berwick Pakenham Historical Society photo

28

One issue the settlers had to face was the lack of schooling. The Warragul Guardian reported on February 6, 1894 - As yet the Government have not seen fit to provide schools for the children, who are running about in scores, and it is estimated that there are 150 children of school ago at the Bunyip end. The neglect to provide school accommodation is a serious reflection on the Education department. The Iona State School and the Koo Wee Rup North State School were both opened in July 1894.

The Age of Jan 22, 1894 had a glowing report about the fertility of the soil All down the line of the main drain are settlers' houses of canvas, felt, or weatherboard, and around them are vegetable gardens of luxuriant growth. Nearly every settler is already practically independent of the rest of the world in the matter of food. They would certainly be entirely so if vegetarians. They have potatoes in abundance and of most excellent quality, cabbages weighing from 10 to 15 lb. apiece, turnips of prodigious size, and a multitude of other garden products of really superior quality, and when you taste them you have to confess that the sour land yields very palatable food. [Sour land is a term for acidic soils] There were a few shops on the Swamp including a store run by the Government, however for the women used to the range of shops available in the City, they had a very limited choice. Farther on we arrived at a store run by the department in the interests of the settlers. As is known the settlers are allowed to earn certain amounts per month, according to the numbers of their families. The amounts are small and have to be made the most of. It was found that local price for necessaries were beyond their slender means, so this store was opened under the management of the department to supply groceries, clothing, &c., at the lowest possible prices. It is State Socialism without disguise. The goods are retailed at a profit only sufficient to meet the expenses. (The Age January 22, 1894) Another report said All the provisions are distributed from the various stores by hand, the storekeepers or their assistants plodding manfully through the heavy mud every afternoon with baskets on their bucks, containing from 90lb, to 100lb. weight of provisions. (The Argus, July 11, 1893) The same report said that Sly grog-shops and beer shanties are numerous, so the settlers didn’t miss out there. Public transport was also another benefit of living in the City - however a report in The Australasian of September 29, 1894 seemed to think that the horse tramway was a good alternative to the train and tram network in the City At each end from the railway station along the side of the main channel a horse tramway has been constructed and in this respect few places in the colony, both for railway and postal service, are better served. All these conveniences are appreciated by people who have previously lived in town, and without which some of them would probably not stay at all. So, what was the reality– many of the blocks were too wet to make a good living, some were too small – only five acres and even the 20 acre blocks were not necessarily large enough to make a living. The work was hard The men work up to the knees in slimy mud. The surface roots of ti-tree are very numerous, but a second and far more troublesome layer of roots is met with about three feet down. As well, many of the settlers did not re-locate voluntarily – A large proportion of the colonists are artisans from the cities, and the wife of one of these men expressed to us her disgust of her present surroundings, and preference for her old home in one of the suburbs, and there are, doubtless, many others who find the situation trying. Some few have joined the settlement from choice, seeing in it a means of ultimately rendering themselves practically independent. (Warragul Guardian February 6, 1894) It would appear that the settler’s willingness to move in the beginning had an influence in the success of the scheme. Many of the settlers relied on the wages they received for working on the drains, however this work finished in November 1897, so unless they could find other employment, or their farm was enormously successful this would have been another reason to leave. The Village Settlement Scheme on the Swamp was abandoned in 1899 and the land was opened for selection in the regular way.declined when the Great Southern Railway was constructed and the Lang Lang Station opened in February 1890. By 1894 most of the businesses and public buildings had transferred to the new settlement near the Lang Lang Railway Station. In 1893 the Flintoff family built the Lang Lang Coffee Palace near the station. The building later acquired a liquor licence and was renamed the Palace Hotel. The original building burnt down in May 1933 and the new Palace Hotel was built on another site (where it is now) and opened in June 1934.

(This Article courtesy of Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society)

29

PUZZLE PAGE

No.59

Across

1 Darling (10)

7

Conflagration

(7)

8 Substantial (5)

10 Dog noise (4)

11 Catastrophe (8)

13

Servile follower

(6)

15 Noon (6)

17 Opposite (8)

18

Winged insect

(4)

21 Slack (5)

22

Large crustacean

(7)

23

Branch of

mathematics

(10)

Down

1 More secure (5)

2 Merit (4)

3

Cancer or

Capricorn (6)

4 Rapturous (8)

5 Akin (7)

6 Fiendish (10)

9

English county

(10)

12 Worshipful (8)

14 Frankness (7)

16 Refuge (6)

19

Relating to sight

(5)

20

Assist in a crime

(4)

No.60

Across

1

Unwanted third

person (10)

7 Pharmacist (8)

8 The first man (4)

9 Suspend (4)

10

Look after

children (7)

12

Too small to be

seen with the

naked eye (11)

14 Teach (7)

16

Take notice of

(4)

19

South American

country (4)

20

Broadcasting

(2,3,3)

21

Imprisonment

(10)

Down

1

Circumference

(5)

2

Naturally grown

(7)

3

Prepare for

publication (4)

4 Way in (8)

5 Prepared (5)

6

Crazy person

(6)

11

Put off, defer

(8)

12 Infuriate (6)

13 Go before (7)

15

Large container

for milk (5)

17

Move aimlessly

from place to

place (5)

18 Daze (4)

30

APRICOT CHICKEN CASSEROLE Prep 10 minutes Cooking Time 35 minutes Servings 6 Difficulty: Easy

A really tasty option for those cooler days

Ingredients 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 4 chicken breast fillets, each about 150g 1 small onion, thinly sliced 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tablespoon curry powder or paste 400g tin chopped tomatoes 1/4 cup thinly sliced dried apricots 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried Salt and freshly ground black pepper TO GARNISH Almonds, lightly toasted and roughly chopped Sprigs of fresh thyme

Method

Heat the oil in large ovenproof casserole dish over a moderate heat. Add the chicken and sauté for about 3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Transfer the chicken to a plate, using tongs or a slotted spoon.

Add the onion and garlic to the dish and cook for 4–5 minutes until the onion is tender.

Stir in the curry powder or paste and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, apricots, thyme and salt and pepper to season, and bring to the boil.

Return the chicken (and any accumulated juices) to the dish. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.

Sprinkle with toasted, chopped almonds and garnish with sprigs of fresh thyme.

31

DATES TO REMEMBER FIRST MEETING OF APRIL The first Club meeting in February 2019 will be on Wednesday 3rd April at the Bowls Club, Rossiter Road, Koo Wee Rup with a 6.30pm for 7.00pm start. TEN PIN BOWLING NIGHT At Cranbourne Bowland next to Casey Race swimming pool on Wednesday 10th April. 6.30pm start. CLUB MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING At Balnarring Bowls Club, 8 Bruce Street, Balnarring on Sunday 14th April with a 12.30 for 1.00pm start, finish by 4.00pm SECOND MEETING OF APRIL The second meeting of the month will be the Chandelier Café, Station Street, Koo Wee Rup on Wednesday 17th April. GUNFIRE BREAKFAST On Thursday 25th April behind the Community Hall in Cochranes Park. 4.30am start – should be finished before 7.00am

Solution No.59

Solution No. 60