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November 2017 The Carrington Courier

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November 2017

Contents

Activities Timetable 13

Back to School 5

Bible Study 7

Brain Twister 15

Camden Uniting Church 9

Carrington Art Group 7

Carrington Bus Service 4

Carrington Computer Club 10

Carrington Devotionals 5

Carrington Events 16

Carrington Garden Club 11

Carrington GP Clinic 12

Cawdor Church 5

CEs Message 2

Christmas Market 10

Cobbity Public School 14

Copy Deadline 12

Croquet Club 11

Get Relaxed 12

Helloworld 9

Lifeline Partnership 9

Mobile Dental Services 6

Residents Qrtly Mtg 12

Rocksalt 8

Saturday at the Movies 11

Service of Remembrance 4

Stafford Fashions 4

Thankyou 6

The Grey Gourmets 7

Thought of the Month 7

Village Birthdays 3

Village Manager Update 2,3

Volunteer Bus Drivers 11

Writers Group 6

The Monthly Newsletter for the Residents of Carrington.

90 Werombi Road, Grasmere NSW 2570.

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arrington

Greetings to all,

As Christmas quickly approaches, our calendar remains full

of various events and activities that are happening across Carrington.

On Saturday 14th

October 2017, we held our annual

Carrington Open Day.

The Open Day was attended by over 80

people, and saw members of our

community finding

out more about life at Carrington, as well

as having the opportunity to view our Independent Living Units and our four residential care facilities.

The weather held out for us and the day was a great

success!

We would like to thank all of our residents, volunteers, and staff who gave their time on the day to make the event such

a success.

Carrington Open Day

2 November 2017 The Carrington Courier

From the Chief Executive

Dear Residents,

Over the past few weeks, staff in our

residential care facilities have been working very hard to overcome the Flu outbreak, as

well as the Gastro outbreak that was experienced by many aged care facilities

across Sydney.

The staff did exceptionally well under the circumstances. Thank you to all our care

and hotel services staff.

A presentation of concept design of future development opportunities for Carrington

was presented to the residents on the 31st

October 2017.

It was also a great occasion on the 1st

November for residents and guests to get together at our Annual General Meeting

celebrating Carrington’s achievements over the past twelve months and also

recognising a number of our staff who have given a loyal service to Carrington over

many, many years.

We have been communicating with Tunstall regarding some interruption to the system

as reported by residents. These interruptions are happening due to

NBN rollout which has had a direct impact on telephone lines too.

Tunstall will be visiting our site soon to

identify ‘black spot’ areas within the village and install antennas at different points

within the village. We have also asked them to install an additional call button in

the shower area of each unit to make it easier for our residents to initiate a call

when required. Further information on this will be sent out to all residents.

Until next time, keep well and keep smiling.

Raad Richards, Chief Executive

From the Village

Manager’ s Desk

Dear All,

Please join Carla and myself in welcoming

new residents to the Carrington Village family:

MF 16 Pat and Judith Green

ILU 170 Sandra McBride

Free Certified Financial

Planning Paul Fitzpatrick will be in the Village on Friday 17th November 2017.

Paul will meet residents for 15 minute

information sessions at the library area of

the Recreation and Leisure Club or in your home, on request. Please contact Carole

Cleminson to arrange an appointment on (02) 4659 0305.

A lovely home visit with

Ashleigh Fisher-Sharpe Ashleigh Fisher-Sharpe is a toastmaster of

district 70, region 12. She has won many awards, but these

awards in the photo are special.

Ashleigh, a senior

toastmaster, tested her gift of the gab

and has gone to 3 levels of winning

with her wonderful speech, named

‘Nearly 90’.

How wonderful to win, and also a recognition of continual membership to

Toastmaster Carrington for 20 years.

If you would like to join Toastmasters or find out about the Toastmasters, please

contact Ashleigh in ILU 76 or phone 4655 3438.


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From the Village

Manager’ s Desk

General Information Snake Catching Process

The fire brigade will only contact

WIRES if a snake is in a home. Ring

000

Advise maintenance if you find a

snake in working hours

Stay Calm

Keep your distance and keep an eye

on where it goes

There are two new processes for snake catching that request a call out fee:

Bob Gleeson is a local snake catcher.

His mobile is 0408 238 877– he will come, a donation for the call out is

appreciated You can also call 1300 599 938 for

local WIRES snake catchers. There will be a call out for this, so please

check cost before call out

Rocksalt Restaurant

For any events at Rocksalt or our Recreation and Leisure Club, please

ensure that children that are with you do not run on the Bowling Green or pull the

plants and damage the leaves on our plants. Thank you for your cooperation.

Fair finance information, our new

telephone book, and a new process booklet will come in your mail at the start

of December 2017.

Kind regards till next time

Carole Cleminson Village Manager

Happy Birthday Wishes

November 2017

From the Village

Manager’ s Desk

004 Dorothea Harley

019 Nell

Blom-

Newman

043 Heather Crosland

049 Noeline Burgin

054 Kim Pritchard

063 Margaret Burchill

076 Ossie Bruckard

076 Anne Bruckard

085 Allen Peter

086 Pam Williams

096 Richard Potter

105 Raymond Handley

109 Donald Sherlock

117 Anthony Childs

119 Fay O’Bree

126 Kenneth Thompson

141 John Saunders

149 Stephen Wheatley

150 Barbara Handley

151 George Sayers

165 Fay Dwyer

175 Noel Smith

195 Ellie

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ham

200

William

(Bill) Schofield

201 Adrian Osfield

201 Judy Osfield

216 Rodger Usher

222 Keith Bainbridge

H12 Roslyn Cooper

H15 Lorna Freemantle

L08 Bill Richards

L09 Evelina Weigand

M13 Kevin Lawler

21 Brian Anstee

MF8 Beverly Dunbier

97 Nell Wilding


REMINDER

All residents and visitors: please adhere to the 20km/hr. speed limit

throughout the Carrington site.

Carrington Service of

Remembrance

You are warmly invited to attend a

Service of Remembrance, in honour of those who have passed away in the last

year.

Where: Carrington Recreation Club

Auditorium, 90 Werombi Road, Grasmere, 2570

When: Tuesday 14th November 2017 Time: 10.00am

Following a short service, refreshments will be available, along with the planting

of a tree in remembrance of those who have passed away.

Please RSVP: By 10th November to Julie Philpott at:

[email protected] or on (02) 4659 0418 with your name

and number of guests attending.

We have received notification from

Centre Management at Narellan Town

Centre that they will be trialling a new drop off point for buses very close to

Woolworths and the Medical Centre.

Two yellow bus spots have been

marked for use for buses who wish to

drop off passengers close to these two businesses.

Buses must be parked elsewhere after the drop off has occurred.

Bus drivers will be informed and will start using this drop off point from

Tuesday 7th November.

For more information please contact

Katie Gow on 4659 0304

Carrington Bus Service

Stafford Fashions

Stafford Fashions will be having a fashion

parade for their Autumn/Winter range for 2017. The parade will be held on:

Date: Wednesday 22nd November, 2017 Time: 1:30pm

Where: Auditorium, Recreation Club

Credit cards are accepted. Why not make it a ladies day out and treat yourself to lunch at Rocksalt beforehand? Hope to see you all

there.

Marg Crocker


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Back to School Night

Date: 11th November

2017

Venue: Down Stairs

in the Activities

Room

Time: 6.30 pm

Come along and have

a great time.

Dress up or not,

GAMES AND Dancing

Back To School is a

free night just bring

your own Glass,

Drinks and Nibbles

Tea and Coffee will

be supplied


A Sincere Thankyou

I don’t know where to start to thank everyone here at Carrington for their well

wishes and sympathy at the passing of my darling Jenny.

My family and I were completely

overwhelmed with the mountain of cards,

floral tributes, letters, visits, phone calls, and over 100 people attending the service

at St John’s to celebrate her life.

Thanks to our CEO Raad for finding time during his very busy schedule to pay his

respects at the service.

A very special thanks to my three sons; Warren, Simon, Martin, as well as their

wives and grandchildren who were a tower of strength to me with the

arrangements.

To my dearest friend Marg Crocker, and

her cohorts Noelene Gay and Barb Cook– you always put your hand up and help

where you can, and you did it again with all the setting up for the wake. Heaps of

thanks.

Jenny is looking down on us now enjoying a glass of bubbly with a strawberry in it,

and is at peace.

Thanks again to all our Carrington family.

Kindest Regards, Peter Kennedy

Dreaming There was never a time When he didn’t dream

Of a different Life for him

A different path to tread

There was never a time When the black cloud

Didn’t lift From his heart

And soul

There was never a time When he didn’t yearn

For a solitary life Fossicking for gold

Far away

There was never a time When he didn’t hope

For his numbers to come up “Five off a fiver.”

The results were always the same

There was never a time When in spite of all this

He didn’t find joy In creating joy

For someone else

- Polly G

Writer’s Group

Mobile Dental Services will be at

CARRINGTON

Thursday 23rd November 2017

Please see your Care Services

Manager for more information on how to make a booking


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Christmas is coming– again!

Among the many verses in the Old

Testament, God foretold the coming of his

Son through men who wrote these books.

I have chosen just three verses from Isaiah

foretelling the birth, ministry, and suffering

of the Lord Jesus.

1. A child is born to us, a son is given to

us

2. The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is

upon me– to bring good news to the

poor. He has sent me to comfort the

broken hearted

3. He was pierced for our rebellion,

crushed for our sins. He was beaten so

we could be whole. He was whipped so

we could be healed.

Thank you Lord for a little rain!

- Meg T, Unit 58

Bible Study

Thirty two people recently had an enjoyable day at the Robertson Inn.

The food was good, and the service

was excellent.

A big thankyou to our bus drivers–

without you we would not have had a lovely day out. We enjoyed the

scenery and the company, the bus trip

is just one part of the fun!

Our next trip will be to

Ambrosia Restaurant. Date: 16th November

Time: 12 noon departure

Cost: $5 for the bus ($2 for petrol and $3 for the bus drivers lunch).

This will be our last trip for the year; I would like to thank you all for your

support.

If you would like to join us, please ring

4655 7348

Looking forward to seeing you all,

-Fay

The Grey Gourmets

Thought of the Month

The bible study in Mary Mackillop will be

meeting in Erica Court at 9.30am.

The dates for November are Monday 13th and Monday 27th (final study of the year).

We are studying a series on “Hope.”

Residents from the hostel facility and ILU are all welcome.

Please note the change in time to fit in

with the TAFE Exercises at 10.30am

For enquiries, call Jean Olsen on 4655 6978

Carrington Art Group

The Carrington Art Group meets in the

Art/Craft Room LG1 on Friday mornings between 9.00am-11.00am.

All those interested in any form of art,

regardless of skill level is welcome.

We have a morning tea break– good for socialising!

Come along and have some fun!

For enquiries, call Jean Olsen on 4655

6978.


Rocksalt

Viva Italia! Our theme lunch for Thursday 23rd November is ‘Italian Feast’.

We heard your feedback and have included a drink in the price.


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We are very excited to share news of our new community partnership with Lifeline Macarthur

to host a Corporate and Residential Clothing Collection Point Initiative. We are also accepting donations from the village and the wider Carrington community

All funds raised from Macarthur Lifeline resulting from our clothing deposits will go directly to their telephone crisis line.

Village residents are still encouraged to donate their pre

loved clothing to the village mini markets, but can also use these collection points as an alternative.

Clothing collection points have been placed at:

Paling Court Basement 1 Grasmere Terrace entrance Werombi Court (veranda off day care)

Mary Mackillop Recreation and Leisure Centre (back of auditorium)

Lifeline Clothing Collection Points


Computer Club

Our NOVEMBER meeting will be held at

10am on Monday 27th NOVEMBER in the Acacia Room, lower level LG2 of the

recreation centre in the Village.

Great news, we are back on the air with consistent connection to the Internet for

members to use during classes and personal usage.

The new website address is ccc4s.org

New email address: [email protected]

Mr. Peter Sampson was our guest speaker

Dear all,

Come and join in with the fun at our

Christmas Mini Market!

Date: Friday 1st December, 2017 Venue: Lower floors of the Recreational

and Leisure Club (Signage and Lift avail-able)

Time: 10am-2pm

There will be pre loved clothing for men and women, bags, shoes, accessories,

white elephant, jewellery, jams, DVD’s, woodies, craft & lots of fellowship!

For enquiries, please contact Doreen on 4655 4441 or Carole on 4659 0305

Christmas Mini Market

Our NOVEMBER meeting will be held at

10am on Monday 27th NOVEMBER in the Acacia Room, lower level LG2 of the recrea-

tion centre in the Village.

Great news, we are back on the air with consistent connection to the Internet for

members to use during classes and personal usage.

The new website address is ccc4s.org

New email address: [email protected]

Mr. Peter Sampson was our guest speaker at

the October meeting, showing us a wonder-ful presentation of conventional photograph-

ic slides of his trip to Iceland.

We would love to have any Village residents who may be interested to learn about any

facet of computers to come along and enjoy our meetings.

Please come along and visit our meeting at

9am for morning tea and a bit of socialising to meet some of our lovely friendly mem-

bers, a number of whom live in the Village and also other members from the broader Macarthur area.

If your background during your working life

has been involved with any facet of comput-ers, business management, computer IT, or

teaching, we would especially love to wel-come you.

Your valuable skills would be much appreci-

ated and of great benefit to broaden the knowledge base and interests of our club

and will help to keep your mind active and give you incentive to do something reward-

ing and creative.

Introduction to computer basics. Exciting news, we have a new and revamped

class, which has been developed by our members who are teaching the

http://ccc4s.org/

mailto:[email protected]

http://ccc4s.org/




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Saturday at the Movies

The Movies have been cancelled until

February 2018 due to a double booking of the Recreation Centre.

We would like to thank you all for your company and support throughout the

year.

Keep well, Fay and Margaret

Due to the public holiday, our meeting

was transferred to Monday 9th October.

The guest speaker was Robin Davies, a new resident of Carrington. Robin gave

an interesting talk about her love for native trees and plants.

The next meeting of the club will be held

on Monday 6th November in the Magnolia Room at 10.00am.

The guest speaker will be Gordon

Meiklejohn from Brimstone Waratahs. Gordon brought a beautiful arrangement

of Waratahs to Carrington, which is

currently on show at RockSalt.

Pat 4655 5752

Garden Club

Croquet Club Daylight Saving Starting Times

As from Wednesday 4th October 2017 Play will commence at 9:00 am

Wednesday and Saturday

[until further notice]

Please be in attendance by 8:45 am for team draws

Twilight games will commence at 5:00pm from Monday 9th October

Please be in attendance by 4:30pm for team draws Games will be 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month

Don’t forget your money for dinner after the game

Croquet Club

If you would like to join us, come along

on a Wednesday and Saturday morning at 8.30am to commence play at 9.00am.

You do not need to know how to play to join in.

If you would just like to come and

socialise you are very welcome to join us for morning tea about 10.00am.

The Croquet Committee

A previous misprint was featured in past issues detailing the meeting times of the

Carrington Writers Group. To clarify: The Carrington Writers Group currently meets

on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 1.30pm in the Art room on

L.G.1 of the Recreation Centre.

Correction


Get relaxed! The Macquarie Fields TAFE Massage Therapy

students run massage clinics in Grasmere Terrace

and Carrington House. Paling Court though only

offer hand and foot as well as neck and shoulders .

Mondays 1pm to 3.30pm

Hand and foot - $5.00

Neck and shoulders - $5.00

Back (30 Mins)- $10.00

Full body (1 hour)- $20.00

Book your appointment with Sandra Bruce on

4659 0324.

PLEASE NOTE this service does not happen

during school holidays

Residents Quarterly Meetings 2017!

Residents meetings for 2017 will be held

on a Monday morning in the Auditorium at the Recreation Club. The meetings will be

held at 9.30am for the following dates:

Monday, 4th of December 2017

Please mark these dates in your diary for

2017 and we look forward to seeing you there.

Lyn Watson

Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive

COPY DEADLINE FOR December 2017 ISSUE

OF THE COURIER

The copy deadline for the November 2017 issue of The Courier is Friday 24th

November 2017.

Please send a copy and images to [email protected] or via the

Main Administration Office marked Attention: Katie Gow, The Carrington

Courier

Please note, this will be the final issue of

2017, so please keep this in mind when submitting items.

The Carrington Courier will return next year with our February 2018 issue!

If you have feedback or would like to add

an article, I am contactable on

Ph. 4659 0304

-Katie Gow

Carrington GP Clinic Carrington GP Clinic is open on Monday

mornings from 9am.

To make an appointment to see

Dr Tony Webber, please call Julie on 4659 0486.

Volunteer Bus Drivers

Needed

Carrington has a fantastic team of dedicated,

hardworking bus drivers. We are looking to expand this team as we head towards

Christmas and into 2018. If you are interested in volunteering at

Carrington as a bus driver, or you know someone who may be interested in

volunteering, please call Katie Gow, Volunteer Coordinator on 4659 0304 or email [email protected]

Please note, minimum licence

requirement for volunteer bus drivers is a Light Rigid (LR) licence. You will also be required to undergo a police check.


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Carrington Activities Activity Day/s Time Where

Art Group Fridays 9am to 11am L.G1 Rec Club

Aquarobics Mondays

Wednesdays

9.30am

11.30am

Rec Club

Rec Club

Activity Group

Bingo

Tuesdays

Saturdays

9am to 4pm

12.30pm to 5pm

2nd Thursday of the month

LG Rec Club

Bible Study Every 2nd & 4th Mondays

10.30am Erica Court Mary Mackillop

Bowls (outdoor) Thursday

Saturday

9am to 11am

9am to 11am

Bowling Green at the Rec Club

Carrington Singers Fridays 2pm to 3.30pm Recreation Club Auditorium

Feb to May then Sept to Nov

Carrington Writers Club Every 1st and 3rd Wednes-day

1.30pm-2.30pm Art Room, L.G1, Recreation Cen-tre

Computer Club Monday, 25th of September

9.00am Computer Room Rec Club

Croquet Wednesday

Saturday

8.30am for a 9am start

8.30am for a 9am start

Carrington Croquet Court

Craft Mondays 10am to 12pm Art/Craft Room, LG1 Rec Club

Garden Club 1st Monday of the month

10am Magnolia Room in the Rec Club

Gentle Exercises Wednesday 10.30am Rec Club

Golf Mondays 8am (during Summer) Carrington Golf Course

ILU Happy Hour Thursday 3pm to 5pm Rec Club

Men’s Happy Hour 1st Wednesday of the Month

3pm to 5pm Games room at the Rec Club

Tai Chi Mondays 3pm Gym at the Rec Club

Woodwork Monday

Wednesday

Friday

8.45am to 11.45am

8.45am to 11.45am

8 45am to 11.45am

“The Woodies Room” LG Recreation Club


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