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Winter Solstice Get-together on Saturday 18th July
We had a “Winter Solstice Get-together” to replace the Christmas Party at the Penrith School of Arts, 3 Castlereagh Street, Penrith.
There was an enormous amount of food and mulled wine and we watched Tony Bayes’ excellent Conference Promotion DVD, a truly professional production.
An Introduction to the Visual Arts [Practice and Theory]
Now commencing on Thursday 6th August at 10.45am to 12.45pm
Lorraine White, a retired Art Teacher, will run a new Art course in Terms 3 and 4 at the Penrith School of Arts Hall.
This is a varied course, for keen novices or for those with aptitude but without formal training. Structured classes in drawing, painting and designing will provide varied experiences and a foundation of skills and information, which in turn will enable understanding the key to the creative process. There will be chalk and talk, gallery visits and some occasional [optional] research as we work towards appreciating and understanding the alternate perceptions of 20th century art.
For the first lesson participants need bring only notepad, plus 2xA2 cartridge sheets, 1x3b and 1x6b pencil. Later, a set of primary acrylics colours [red, blue, yellow, black, white], a packet of bristle/fitch brushes and a No. 6 acrylic [soft] hair brush. Buy only student quality unless you are already flying. Additional media will be advised as course progresses.
For more information, contact Lorraine: Tel: 4735 1888 or delorraine@bigpond.com
A Microsoft Office Course for Seniors will start at 11am on Friday 7th August
Jim Tiberi, our U3A Italian and Bonsai Tutor, will start a Microsoft Office Course for our members who are also members of the Penrith Valley Seniors Computing Club at the Penrith Valley Seniors Centre, 86 Station St. Penrith.
The course will mainly concentrate on Microsoft word, creating a document, saving your work, formatting a document, using folders, copying items, inserting photos, sending the document as an e-mail etc.
The course will have a duration of approximately 1.5 hours on 6 consecutive Fridays - 11am to 12.30pm. For more information, contact Jim: Tel 4735 1981 or jtiberi@optusnet.com.au
The 2009 ASCCA Conference at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th August
See details on ASCCA Conference Site. On each day, there will be a mixture of keynote presentations; optional workshops; smaller group demonstrations on a range of information communication technology and exciting uses and explanations of new software and new technology as well as new ways with old software.
Our U3A members are also members of ASCCA and entitled to the discounted membership entry fee. $60 for one day or $95 for both days of the Conference.
Dave Evans, our Webmaster, will be representing our U3A and a few other members have indicated that they will also be attending this conference.
Movie & Supper Night at 7.30pm on Saturday 28th August
John Morehead (Tel: 4721 0518) has a Movie & Supper Night each month in his home at 136 Jamison Road, Penrith. John was a projectionist at the local movie theatre in Penrith and still runs the old 16mm movies. At 7.30pm on Saturday 28 August, he will be showing “Laura” (BW***). Starring: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson - plus Newsreel & Cartoon. John only asks for a voluntary donation to cover the cost of the refreshments. U3A members and their guests will be welcome.
U3A Courses 2010 Handbook
In August, we will be sending out letters to all our U3A Tutors asking them to supply details of their courses for the 2010 Handbook. So all U3A Tutors please start thinking about your courses for next year. We would like all the 2010 course details by mid September so that we can give a draft of the Handbook to the printers by early October and distribution of the printed Handbooks to all members by early November.
If you wish to become a new U3A Tutor, please contact Alan Lees as soon as possible on Tel: 4736 5541 or alanlees@y7mail.com
Photography at Penrith Valley Seniors Computing Club - PVSCC
Many of our U3A members are also members of the PVSCC.
Petr Malek, our U3A Photography tutor, taught members of his class how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 at the PVSCC. He will do 2 more sessions on Photoshop 7 on Tuesdays 1st and 8th September starting at 11am to 12.30pm.
At the PVSCC, our members are also learning:
How to use Paint Shop Pro on Mondays at 11am to 12.30pm; and
How to use Memories to TV – putting your photographs onto DVD/CDs and adding music – on Fridays at 9.30am to 11.00am.
Further information on these courses click HERE.
The Broadband for Seniors
Our U3A Committee will soon decide on the feasibility of converting Room 2 at the back of the Penrith School of Arts into a Computer Room with 2 Computer Kiosks with Broadband. 15 of our members have now volunteered to become Computer Tutors.
From our Webmaster – David Evans
On our website we've had 454 individual visitors this month and they've logged in 694 times between them. When you consider that only 103 of those came in through our home page (the others have either bookmarked a starting page or have come in through a search engine) it means we've had a helluva lot more visitors over the past eleven months than the 7099 indicated by the hit counter on the home page. The most popular pages this month have been the Class Timetable (179), Home Page (103), Drawing Class (50), History Forum (48), Walking (38) and Computer Hints (33).
The reaction to the History Forum is particularly interesting because I think most of those hits have come from non-U3A members (at least 15 have come via search engines and, I should think, most of the others from people who have bookmarked the page after locating it via those searches.)
Byzantium
We are hoping to run this course at 2.00 - 3.30 on Wednesdays during Term 4 at the Leura Uniting Church Hall.
If you are interested in this subject, please contact Graham Engel,Telephone 4784-2234, Email graham.engel@bigpond.com
Tai Chi Staff
Tai Chi Staff will now be held 3.00pm to 4.00pm on Tuesdays in the Penrith School of Arts Hall. The following Tai Chi will be held on Tuesdays in the Penrith School of Arts Hall:
1.00pm to 2.00pm Tai Chi Wushu Fan (Advanced);
2.00pm to 3.00pm Tai Chi Sword; and
3.00pm to 4.00pm Tai Chi Staff.
For more information, contact Christie Wood - Tel: 4735 2827 or crispeny@bigpond.net.au
U3A Online Courses
We would like to hear from members who are undertaking or who have undertaken a U3A Online Course. Tell us something about the courses e.g. how easy/difficult, good/bad, interesting/uninteresting they are etc.
U3A Network-NSW Inc. Educational Projects
There is a wealth of material in the Resource Library that is available electronically (email) on CD or in print.
The material consists of topics on:
History;
Language & Literature;
Explorers;
International Biographies;
Famous Australians;
Myths & Legends; and
Miscellaneous Courses on:
Computers,
Climate Change,
Visions/Dreams/Hypnosis.
Material sent electronically is free of charge. The charge for material on CD is $6, postage included. The charge for material in print is 10 cents per page plus postage.
You can visit Network’s webpage HERE and click on Resource Library where you will find a copy of their catalogue plus links to sites providing courses and information on a range of subjects. There is an email link via which Library material may be ordered.
To access courses, please contact:
Mel Davies, Manager: Resource Library, 31/154 Brighton Avenue, Toronto NSW 2283
Tel: (02) 4959 2867 Email: mel.d@westnet.com.au
Walking with a Touch of History in August
The August walking program is already shown on this web site. To view it CLICK HERE.
Tutors and Volunteers’ Afternoon Tea
This event will be arranged for 2.00 to 4.00pm on Tuesday 13th October at the Penrith RSL. This is during the U3A holidays and we hope that many Tutors and Volunteers will be able to attend.
The Annual General Meeting
This event will be arranged for Thursday 12th November at the Penrith School of Arts.
The Book Sale for the 2010 Conference
The Book Sale at the Penrith School of Arts for the 2010 Conference is proving to be a great success. It has raised in excess of $1,500 already. Many members have been donating their old books that sell for $2 each. Some members buy books and, after reading them, donate them again.
A special mention should be made of Lucy Bantermalis, our U3A Tutor of Ancient Egypt, who has donated an enormous number of books.
Newsletters
The closing date for submissions to the monthly Email Newsletter is one week before the end of each month. However, if you miss the date, your submission will go in the following month’s newsletter – if I remember. Submissions should be sent to the Office – Attention Curriculum Convener or preferably emailed to alanlees@y7mail.com
Next Committee Meeting
The next Committee Meeting will be held at the Penrith School of Arts at 1.30pm on Tuesday 11 August, 2009.
Disclaimer – Articles contributed to this Newsletter and published as a service to members do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of this association. Articles are intended as opinions and items of debate only and should not be acted on without expert advice
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Now see what happens when you don't check your grammar and syntax. The following announcements from church bulletins or at church services were sent in by Elizabeth Devlin. The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus." Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "Hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you. Don't let worry kill you off – let the Church help. Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get. Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days. A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What Is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered. The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility. Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow. The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. This evening at 7 pm there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 am. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done. Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 pm.Please use the back door. The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7pm. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. |
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