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The World Turns Modern: Art Deco ExhibitionThursday 10 OctoberVenue: Ipswich Arts GalleryTime: 10.15 am for 10.30 am start - Cost: Free tourIpswich Art Gallery Director, Michael Beckmann, willagain give U3A members and friends a personalisedtour of this exhibition. The collection of artworksand objects from the National Gallery of Australia. Booking: by Friday 4 October - Call/Text 0498 200055 or email: [email protected] (optional): Tour will be followed by lunch at aBanjo’s restaurant.
Bus trip to Bribie IslandWednesday, 16 OctoberDepart 8.30 am from Eileen Street entrance to Booval U3A campus. Return 5-5.30 pmCosts: $45 including a light lunch. Entrance to Bribie Island Arts Centre and Seaside Museum free.Optional: Butterfly House $12 ($10 concession) Wear a colourful hat as butterflies are attracted to bright colours. Booking: Karen MacLeod, 0423 306 790, as the bus seats only 21 people. Payment to U3A Bendigo Bankaccount. Ask for details.
ORIGAMI WorkshopsTuesday 22 October & Tuesday 12 November 10am-12pm at Booval CampusLynette Duffy is inviting you to discover “Fun With Origami” where participants can learn how to make their own origami calendars? Cost: $5 to cover materials that will be supplied for you to use in your take homecalendar. Spaces limited to 10 per class sodo not delay in enrolling.Register directly with Lynette bycalling 0401781086 or email at [email protected]
Possible new courses by Estelle McCrohan
The idea is to find out what YOU want!We will hold an introductory session (or two) in the fourth term and if there is sufficient interest, follow up with a full course next year.Here are some ideas:Coping with retirement (non-financial aspects)Art lessons from videoMemoir writingWriting for pleasure and profitFun painting effectsHave you any interest in one or all of these?Minimum numbers will be required for sessions to proceed. Days and times to be discussed.AND/OR tell us what else you could be interested in.Contact Estelle McCrohan at: [email protected]
Who’s for Japanese ? Konnichiwa! (Hello!)
Kimie Homma Glasson will be offering a Japaneseclass in the new year. Kimie was born and grew up inNiigata, Japan. A snow country! After working inTokyo for a few years, she moved to Melbournewhere she completed her master’s degree there. For ten years she ran her own business coordinatingtechnical translation, over various languages.Kimie’s husband’s late grandfather proved thatAustralians can speak Japanese fluently and withperfect intonation, having lived in Japan for twoyears after the war. Kimie would love to help you getthere. Step by step! As well as learning Japanese,Kimie will introduce you to Japanese culture. See you at the Japanese class in the New Year!!For enquiries, email Kimmie [email protected]
Upcoming events
THE NEWS ~October 2019
U3A Ipswich AGM & end of year break-upFriday 29 November 2019 Time: 10:00 am followed by break-up early lunch (bring a plate)Venue: Church Hall, Glebe Road Uniting Church, Corner of Glebe Road and Eileen Street BoovalNominations for the 2019/20 Management Committee close on 15 November, 2019. Form available on the U3A website: Www.u3aipswich.org.au
New U3A classes
Italian TutorAfter many years teaching at U3A, Karl Gugenbergerhas decided to take a well earned break. We need areplacement Italian Tutor to start in February 2020.Would that be you ? Or do you know someone whowould like to share their passion for all thingsItalian ? Please get in touch with Amanda Schloss,Tutor Coordinator.
Calling all artistsArt Tutor Fay Steel is coordinating anotherexhibition at the Boonah Art Gallery. At this stage,we think in March 2020 however it could be as soonas January should there be a cancellation. So, if youare an artists now is the time to start thinking aboutwhat you’d like to enter.
Telstra and Optus have quietly dropped their unfairlock-in plans which saw customers having to sign upfor 24 month contracts. Recent press releases sayanyone wishing to leave a contract early only has topay out any residual on phones etc and go ontomonth by month payments. This is a goodopportunity to find a telco with a better price.
Geoff is again running his popular Computers, Cloudand Confusion Class over the summer; eachWednesday afternoon from 1-3, commencing 15January 15 through to 18 February, 2020. Thecourse covers the way we mature folk can best usemobile phones and tablets, home phones andcomputers, internet and photo storage.Phone Geoff on 043 1515 017 to register.
BTW: Geoff is still missing his grey plastic boxcontaining his historic paper-tapes, floppy disksand printing memorabilia left in Shalom Houseearlier this year, if found please drop into theoffice).
We hope that you have enjoyed the newslettersthis year. Bigger, hopefully better, sometimesstartling. You may have contributed, you may havehelped fold it, stick it, label it. It’s quite a job.Behind the scenes it has to be put together witharticles and stories and little snippets elegantlyplaced. Invoices have to be sent out for the ads.Payments have to be tracked. Follow up emailshave to be sent. It’s a big job. It was my idea tosell advertising. I think I created a monster!We have one more newsletter to go – in January2020. That will fulfil the contract I made with ouradvertisers – they commit to 4 issues and they getto write an article which gives them extracoverage.After that, I’m stepping down. This may mean theend of a printed newsletter. It’s time anyway thatwe went digital. Only 30 of our members (out ofnearly 400 – so less than 10%) don’t have access to
email. There will still be printed newslettersavailable from the office or in the foyer of theWoodend campus. But they won’t be the bigbeautiful one we have now. What do you think?Send us an email: [email protected]
Geoff's Tech TipsRecruiting
Penultimate Newsletter By Norid Krausz
That Memory Book By Cathryn Jakobson Ramin(Virago , 2007, reprinted 2008)Have you ever had a ‘content-less’ conversation? ‘Remember that book – what was the name?’‘Oh yes. I read it last week – the author was… youknow,… ‘ Join the club!
Rather than suspecting – and fearing – the onset ofAlzheimers, the author discovers a myriad of factorswhich can upset our memory functions. Some wecan alleviate once we know what they are. Some wecan’t do much about, but at least there is relief inrealising we need not fear the worst.The author was a journalist and columnist. Herexhaustive two-year journey in search of answers toher own memory problems has resulted in a livelyand understandable account of the various factorsat work in keeping our brain functions bright andshiny. Our childhood bonding
The pace of modern life – we weren’t designed tolive so long! Too much information
Nutrition and supplements Keeping the brain active
Stress Concussions – simply‘seeing stars’ rather thanpassing out Meditation,medications, sleep
All are covered in the bookand it’s a real eye-opener.Readable and entertaining,with plenty of examples thatwe can all relate to, I found itextremely informative andrather comforting in theexplanations that exist formy own somewhat impairedcognitive function!
Cooking with flowers By Miche Bacher - Photography: Miana Jun
This book is a joy to hold, and to behold! The glossypaper on which the unusual recipes are printedmatch the beautiful paper-jacket cover. A realpleasure to touch The type is beautiful too, if a littlefaint. If we eat with the eyes as some chefs assert,then we will be fully satisfied before we haveexplored the pages half way through. The picturesare sumptuous in full colour. Flowers are picturedagainst unusual backgrounds of textures giving theirbrightness and shapes their full glory.Each flower is given its own page or pages, withbackground information such as the botanical name,‘common’ name(s), seasonality and culinary uses. Ifyou’re interested in the social language of flowers,here is your dictionary.When thinking about flowers to use in cooking, thegeneral assumption would probably be usingzucchini blossoms in savoury dishes – stir fries, deepfried etc. But here, the list of flowers one can use ineveryday cooking is mind-boggling. Orchids?Geraniums, Tulips, Herb flowers? This book is a pleasure to browse through whetheryou want to cook with flowers or not. I dare you notto try out some of these recipes – simple, orcomplicated. Relaxing, inspiring, comprehensive.What more could you possibly want in a recipebook…
Book Reviews by Estelle McCrohan
Has retirement been viewed as your Shangri-la?You’ve been working steadily throughout the years.Putting off projects, travel, delights saying ‘when Iretire…’ and now that time has come. Have you planned what you will do and when? Doyou have the resources in place? Not just the $ butthe newly-needed attitudes and mind-set. Forinstance: sharing space that used to be spare.Adjustments of all kinds are needed.The use of the kitchen – the stay-at-home person ispossibly going to resent sharing their fridge,cooktop, bench space, while the newly-retired haslooked forward to cooking the favoured snacks ormeals or just ‘helping’…The N-R (newly-retired) has had dreams ofrehabilitating that old machinery and needs to usethe dining table for oiling, varnishing, sanding. TheS-A-H (stay at home) person resents their takingover the lovely polished wood furniture.Phrases such as ‘under my feet all day’ or ‘can’t bebothered going out with me’ might be muttered orslung around.Not good.Couples need to talk about how the new situationwill work. Take up new hobbies before retirement eg golf,bowls, men’s shed, gardening sothat the other person’s routinescan continue. Set out your social and adventure/travel goals together. DO THINGS together while youcan. You never know when healthissues might arise; your adultchildren might need your help;your grandchildren deserve yourpresence …
With communication andconsideration retirement CAN beShangri-la for both of you!
Last July, twenty one U3A members travelled by busto Mt Tamborine. Karen MacLeod, the organiser ofouting, treated everyone to an Apple Slice. Quite afew people have asked for the recipe so now you canfind it on the website under the ‘Competition andrecipe’ tab - https://u3aipswich.org.au/Condition: you cannot bring this apple slice to anyfuture U3A functions; that is Karen’s signature dish!
Researchers at the School of Health and Wellbeing, University of South Queensland (USQ) Ipswich need you.
Exercise and DementiaTarget group: 135 physically inactive, 50-80 year oldsContact: Edward “Teddie” Bliss, PhD CandidateM:+61 439 350 778 E: [email protected]
Respiratory system and exercise performanceTarget group: 18-35 years and 65-84 years. Contact: William MacAskill, Doctoral Candidate (Exercise Physiology)M: 0429 239 144 E: [email protected]
Get Tested
Retirement or Bust ! by Estelle McCrohan
That Apple Slice !
Landscape of the Soul On Thursday 25th July, 23 members and friends ofU3A were treated to a free personalised tour of theArthur Boyd "Landscape of the Soul Exhibition" by theGallery Director, Michael Beckmann, at the IpswichArt Gallery. The exhibition spanned the artist's life and soMichael was able to expertly show us someexamples of Boyd's early youthful light-filledlandscapes, his progression to depicting tormentedfigures in the bush often by using mythologicalthemes and to the final phase of his career depictingthe Shoalhaven on the south coast of New SouthWales. Following the exhibition, many of the groupenjoyed a scrumptious lunch at the Mehfil IndianRestaurant.
Don’t miss the next outing to the Ipswich Art Gallerywhich will be "The World Turns Modern: Art Deco”on 10th October.
Planning aheadThroughout our life we plan for many things -birthday parties, a wedding, holidays etc. Death is aninevitable part of life but few people plan for theirlast goodbye. Whether to have a burial or cremation,type of service, flowers, photographs, music etc.Wouldn't it be nice to think that your funeral serviceis conducted according to your wishes and not bythose of your loved ones at a time when they arestressed and emotional?With this in mind, a small group of U3A membersvisited Sylvan Funerals situated at 22 Warwick St,Ipswich on Tuesday July 9th. Sylvan Funerals isowned and operated by the Salomon Family who,along with their staff, are committed to providingpersonal funeral care for families by giving supportand guidance through the difficult process of grief.
We began our tour in the Function Room where wewere provided with a delicious morning tea. Wewere each given a 'Funeral Planning Guide'containing information that would be helpful forplanning a funeral. Your wishes can be written inside
and then given to your family or your executor. Next we were taken into the comfortable, airconditioned Chapel. This is equipped with audiovisual equipment which enables a presentationof a photo slide show, listening to music and anyperformances planned such as singing, playingthe keyboard, reciting poetry etc. Also offered isa complimentary video recording and the abilityto have Funeral Services web-cast over theinternet for those physically unable to attend.
We viewed their selection of coffins and caskets,then made our way to the Mortuary where thebody is prepared with care and respectaccording to the family's wishes regardingclothing, hair, etc. and what makes a person whothey are in order to leave a positive memory.
The tour was very informative and positive andnot in the least morbid. We all came away withall the information we needed in order to preplan our own funeral which will happen one day -but hopefully not too soon!
Report on some U3A outings By Yvonne James
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a common medicalcondition. It affects about 1 in 20 adults. It is mostcommon in middle-aged men, in fact 1 in 10 menaged 45 years or over have this medical condition. Italso frequently occurs in women aged 65 and over.If you have OSA you may not be aware that you stopbreathing while you are sleeping. Quite often, it willbe your partner, family or friends who notice thesymptoms first. Some common symptoms mayinclude:* Waking up in the morning with headaches* Memory or learning problems and not being ableto concentrate* Feeling irritable, depressed, having mood swingsor personality changes* Falling asleep while working, reading, or watchingTV* Feeling sleepy while driving, or even falling asleepwhile driving* Waking up frequently to urinate* Dry mouth or sore throat when you wake up.OSA can be diagnosed and managed by your doctor.Successful treatment can improve your sleep,reduce daytime drowsiness, and improve yourquality of life. It can also lower your blood pressure
and improve your heart health. OSA can range frommild to severe and may not always need treatment.Before any treatment is considered, your doctor willorganise a sleep study to determine how severeyour OSA is. A sleep study can be carried out ineither a Hospital sleep laboratory or in the comfortof your own home. The most common treatment is Continuous PositiveAirway Pressure (CPAP). The CPAP device provides agentle flow of air to keep your airway open whileyou are sleeping, preventing pauses in breathing.Sleep Apnea Testing – available at Foote’s PharmacyThe good news is that sleep apnea is easilydiagnosed and treated in your home, in your bed,and with your pillow.Step 1: Complete a FREE Sleep Consult with yourFoote’s Pharmacy Sleep Team Specialist who willprovide you with a Sleep Referral Form for your GPto complete and return to us.Step 2: We will then book a time for you to be set upwith your FREE In-Home Sleep Test. Once complete,you return the Monitoring Device to us thefollowing morning.Step 3: Your results are analysed by a SpecialistSleep Doctor. Your Sleep Team Specialist will contactyou as soon as they are available and willrecommend treatment as required.Visit your local Foote’s Pharmacy to book your freein-home sleep consultation today!
What is Obstructive Sleep Apnea?By Catherine Baker
‘…frozen peas, apples, jam, soap powder.Shampoo…’ Aisle six at our local supermarket. A fortress ofbeige plastic.What happened to Yellow, Green, Pink, Blue.‘Normal’, ‘Greasy’, ‘Dry’, ‘Medicated’?Each Saturday evening, Karen sat between Mum’sknees (I sat between Dad’s) and we all watched TVas they combed the tangles from our long wet hair,always from the bottom up.I put on my reading glasses. ‘Dry hair, fine hair, curlyhair, stressed hair, lank hair, coloured hair,overheated hair’ You’d be lucky to find two generations of kneespointed at the same television set these days. Mumfound a wealthier set to point at hers. Dad turnedhis TV off for the last time many years ago.‘…ammonium laurel sulphate, polyquaterminium –10, glycldistearsate, methylchloriosothiazolinone…’An authoritative chemist supervises my hair now,along with his partner the persuasive commercial.Nineteen dollars ninety-nine. Jesus! When did itbecome acceptable to pay $19.99 for supermarketshampoo.Only the surgical-beige bottle withincomprehensible contents and ludicrous price tag isin my hand, but my vision dances with Shine andBounce. I recall the bob of a confident step,unconsciously smile and raise my chin a little higher.In my mind’s eye shimmering skeins slipimmaculately into place. Skeins of what? Not of hair,certainly. Digital Imagery - no problem affordingdigital imagery with all those nineteen ninety-nines!I regard my fellow postulants the length of aisle six.No significant Bounce and Shine there. I sent my husband to buy shampoo once, he couldn’tfind it.‘…Cauliflower, tissues, fresh pineapple…’ I used to assume my mother enjoyed shopping-alongto Frank Sinatra or Acker Bilk. To me, it waschloroform, meaningless, tragic. Now, I select freshpineapple to the distant shrieks of White Weddingby Billy Idol. (Surely, an amusing error of judgementby senile supermarket executives. ‘What’s that he’ssaying? Wedding? That’s nice.’) Still, you never hearAlice Cooper, do you? or the Rolling Stones. Perhapsthe ‘Stones pay not to be played in supermarkets.
Salt. That’s the lot! I trundle my trolley along Aisle 3,twenty metres of confectionery smelling of Easter,past the gallery of celebrities peering from behindtheir unrelated captions ‘Ultimate Betrayal’,‘Together At Last’, ‘Royal Bombshell’, and park nextin the queue.I absently check out the groceries of the woman infront, as I unload mine. The conveyor hiccups andstutters causing me to touch her shampoo.Strawberry and Passion fruit.“Oops, sorry.” Nonsensical apology.To me it’s just an item in an untidy mound ofshopping, but the shampoo genie in her bottlefoams like whipped cream and evokes delirious noisyorgasms. She is offended to be intruded upon,already naked in her shower, her nostrils filled withsteam and the erotic scent of strawberries. I suffer a‘Tsk!’ and a brief but murderous glance. “And how’s your day been so far?”Beep. The scanner blinks and my first purchaseappears in its flat screen ‘eye’Shampoo. $19.99
Going to see a film can be expensive, so here’s somegood news.
Limelight at Riverlink has books of 5 tickets for $20.Seniors only. They also have deals for snacks.
Redbank Plaza has a sliding scale:Normal (not the first few days of a block buster):Seniors $5.50, Pensioner $5.00, Students $5.50,adult $6.50.Premium (first few days of a blockbuster): Seniors$8.00, Pensioner $6.50, Students $8.00, Adult $9.00.Redbank doesn’t have snack deals, but their snacksare pretty cheap anyway.
Shampoo Shoppingby Lorraine Chamberlain
Smart Money
Welcome to U3A Amanda and Julie and thank you for stepping up.
Tutor Coordinator: Amanda SchlossCongratulations to Amanda for accepting the TutorCo-ordinator role for 2019/20. Amanda is a verynew member having joined this year and already shestepped up to help run our U3A. Amanda takes partin CrypticCrosswords,Healthy Eating andbeginner Spanishclasses and she says“she is loving it all sofar”. Amanda haslived in Ipswich sincethe age of 5 butworked mainly inBrisbane, retiring 4years ago.U3A Tutors may callAmanda on 0403 690576.
Volunteers Coordinator: Julie LaughlanJulie retired to Laidley from Brisbane. She hasenjoyed her beginner French classes andvolunteers in the U3A Office a few hours eachmonth. Julie says volunteering in the officegives her an opportunity to meet new andreturning members, Tutors and many others.Julie says she really enjoys being part of agreat team and making a contribution to ourorganisation.
If you feel you would like a volunteeringopportunity, please give her a call on 0407342 059.
Coral started volunteering at the Brave CompanionDog Rescue (@ the Cattle Sale Yards - Laidley) aftershe recovered from a European holiday. There weresigns around her local shops asking for 'walkers' tohelp. At the last place Coral had lived at she hadbeen accosted on her afternoon walks, this left herwith a distinct distaste in risking walking on her own.Being new to the area and having no friends nearbyit seemed like the perfect solution - exercise andsome companion-ship for a short period from dogs,Coral felt that getting a dog of her own would betoo much of a drain on her finances and her wish forless responsibilities. This, of course, did not work outas she now has two foster dogs!! Her first foster, aGreat Dane cross, found a loving home on theSunshine Coast.The Brave Companion Dog Rescue do pay any vetbills so financially it isn't quite so scary as owningalthough her present fosters, Granddad and MissAngel ("Miss" because she misses out on being an'Angel' most of the time haha) have wrappedthemselves around her heart. Now she would findlife quite empty without her fosters but she alsoknows that sadly, there is always another one, ortwo or three waiting…
Spotlight on Coral FreemanIntroducing our new Coordinators
A cacophony of noise before they open the door, “Hello! Hello! It is nice to see you.’ they seem to roarBella, Lucy, Dozer and more All just waiting to go outdoors,A walk, a bounce, a smell of new scents, a kind word or two will doJuke, Dudley, Snowball, Silas and Dozerall waiting for their turn to smell and dance.There’s mum Ludelle head of the group, knows us all not just by sight but sound, she calls us to quiet when we are too loud in our demands, finds us new homes that are best for uswith always care that our future will be grandwith Sally, Robert, Travis and LukeAll them and more to lead us around, to show us love where none was aroundThey take turns to take us up and downto Boral cement and Bremer stockfeed we are boundThey make us sit to cross the road, little fear of trucks or cars will be foundWe will know some manners when our new home shall be our groundThere goes Maizie as pretty as a daisy, look! there is Chevy, he is not at all heavy.And Oliver so stressed, such a life for a pup, waiting to be blessedBarney and Polly go out together, such a different life to how they once did fare, So as you can see some of us go in pairs, Some go alone because not all walkers are strong and dareLeonie and Fiona coming to help year after year,Many four-legged friends have they helped to stay healthy and fit and able to playBut have no doubt that we adore our humans one and all, Those who come to wash and cleanThose who come to walk and feedAnd those who don’t but give food and bedsand help to pay for vets and meds.Some of us are big but we hope you will be awareA dog is a dog whether big or smallA home of our own, our own little lairAdoption is how to give us a ball.Now to Ludelle you must call. My dream is a ‘Brave Companion’ for one and all.
A Wish by Coral Freeman
The practice of Origami can be beneficial to ourhealth. A recent AARP (American Association ofRetired People) article entitled, “Boost Your BrainHealth” discussed things we can do to keep our brainhealthy as we age. Tasks that challenge our mind,building on innate talents and abilities through avariety of mentally challenging tasks, strengthenour brain. Origami is one avenue that provides bothmental and physical stimulus with exercise. It helpsdevelop hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills andmental concentration. Paper folding challenges us atthe cognitive level as we follow instructions,learning new skills and activities. Physically ourhands become active. Impulses are sent to the brainactivating both left and right hemispheres of thebrain. Tactile, motor and visual areas of the brain areactivated and brought into use. Memory, non-verbalthinking, attention, 3D comprehension andimagination are further stimulated by the brain’sexploration of Origami.To see full article, go to:https://www.origamispirit.com/2011/01/health-benefits-of-origami/
Health Benefits of Origamiby Leyla Torres
We have two competitions this issue.
One is a colouring competition and the prize is adouble film pass. Generously given by HelloworldTravel, don’t be fooled. It looks like a kids one (andkids can enter too) but how beautifully can youcolour inside the lines? Pick up a colouring in pagefrom the office, or download it from our website,under ‘competition’.
When you’ve completed it, take it into the BoovalHelloworld Shop, just up from Woolworths at BoovalFair.
The second competition is for a bottle of balsamicvinegar donated by Lynnette Duffy. Tell us howbalsamic is different to ordinary vinegar. Send anemail to [email protected]
A new one in Limestone Street where Villa Mariaused to be. It's run by YMCA in what used to be thechapel. Well set out and run, it has new clothes aswell as the usual bric a brac. Open 6 days.The dressing rooms are a joy - spacious, with plentyof hooks, a chair and a good mirror.
And the other one
New life op shop.Near the corner of Limestone and EllenboroughStreets, in the Uniting Church shopfront is an opshop run by very helpful staff. Prices are very veryreasonable.It's open Tuesday and Thursday from 9.30 til 2.00and Saturday mornings from 9-12.Well worth the look.
Competitions Top Op Shop x 2
The News is published byU3A Ipswich & West Moreton Inc.
Phone: 3282 7484 – Mob: 0498 200 055 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.u3aipswich.org.au
