The Happy Whisperer RM Begg Newsletter. Issue No. 9, September 2015

RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care Inc. 27-35 Epping Street,

Kyneton, Victoria 3444

admin@raymbegg.org.au Ph. 03 5422 2417

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm

Piper St Food Co together with RM Begg are hosting a morning tea &

book launch for “Miss Begg’s Kitchen Cookbook” as part of the

Kyneton Daffodil Festival. Wednesday 9

th September

10am – 11.30am RM Begg 27-35 Epping St Kyneton

Pastoria/Sidonia Activity area. Come along for a cuppa

and morning tea. Taste some of the recipes from the

cookbook, meet the makers and hear the stories behind the recipes!

Damian Sandercock, Leni May, Tom Shearer & Sarah Collier will speak

& be available to sign books. Gold coin donation & cookbooks

available for purchase. Cake stall will also be available with

homemade goodies for sale. Bookings http://

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(Above) Ron preparing the cake mix for the delicious apple cake included

in the book.

Relay For Life “RM Begg Ramblers” has been registered as

a team for Relay for Life.. It would be great to

get a strong team together including lots of

staff, residents, families and volunteers.

Relay for Life will be held on Fri 9th

– Sat 10th

October 2015

Register $20.00 online or see Amanda

or Nicky.

www.relayforlife.org.au follow the links to join

the RM Begg Ramblers!

RM Begg Auxiliary Shop Trolley

Auxiliary members will be bringing the mobile shop trolley to residents

in their rooms between 12.30 – 1.30pm.

Monday : Cobaw -Heather Mitchell

Tuesday: Sidonia-Lorraine or Rhonda

Wednesday: Barfold-Betty or Noel

Thursday: Langley-Yvonne or Rheita

Friday: Pastoria-Aileen or Meg

Shop in Cobaw activities area is open 5 days a week Monday – Friday

from 12.30 – 1.30pm .

Specia l Events Wed 2nd: Dine & Dance at Woodend RSL. Bus leaving 11am

Thurs 3rd: Tom Martin musician 2pm Barfold/Cobaw

Wed 9th: Miss Begg’s Kitchen Cookbook Launch 10am Pastoria/

Sidonia.

Thurs 10th: Parker’s Mini Circus Lauriston/Langley 11am, Pastoria/

Sidonia 2pm

Fri 11th: Daffodil Festival Drive to see Scarecrow Trail 1.30pm.

Tues 15th: Guest speaker Ron Clowes – “Around Tylden History”

Board Rm 2pm.

Fri 18th: Kyneton RSL Lunch Bus leaving 11.45am.

Tues 22nd: Baptist Singers 2.30pm Barfold/Cobaw.

Thurs 24th: Movie in the Board Room 1.30pm.

Fri 25th: Footy Finals Morning featuring “Sugar & Spice” &

presentation of Footy Tipping Prizes 10.45am.

S u n d ay C h u rc h S e r v i c e 6 p m

6th: Heather Mitchell with music by Marion Evans

13th: John & Ruth Green with music by Betty Jenner

20th: Ray Williams with music by Marj Williams

27th: Pip Elston with music by Judy Don

Podiatrist visits Tuesday 1st, 15th & 29th September

Mobile Library visit Wednesday 2nd & 23rd September

@ 1pm.

Daffodil Festival

We have entered the Daffodil

Festival Scarecrow Competition

again this year, our scarecrow will

be called ‘Daisy’.

Residents and students from

Our Lady of the Rosary

have been working hard making

daffodils for two window displays

for the Daffodil Festival. We will be

decorating the front window at

RM Begg in the coffee shop with a

spring theme and also the shop

window of Electric Wave

Hairdressing in Mollison Street.

Thinking of You…

Our love and

thoughts are with the

Rolins, Draper,

Eaton & Ricardi

families and friends

with the recent

passing of Val, Win,

Madge & Ev.

They will be sadly

missed by all at

RMB.

Residents

9th-Elaine Allison

12th-Joyce Askew

19th-Jean Taylor

19th-Marjorie McGregor

20th-Doug Bowen

22nd-Flo Mullenger

24th-Joan Brophy

25th-Bev Coutts

27th-Rose Inman

Staff

29th-Kirstie Gunter

We welcome new residents

Mrs. Marj Talbot

We hope you are settling in well!

We also welcome new staff

members Kate Webber,

Christian Wright &

Tanya Holdsworth-Salter.

We hope you enjoy working with

the great team at RMB!

FAREWELL

We farewell staff members

Natalie Sims & Elsie Fletcher.

We wish you both all the best for

the future!

Guest Speaker Series

We are currently developing

a guest speaker series and

we would like to hear from

anyone who may be

interested in talking about the

following:

Interesting Occupations,

Lost Trades, Farming,

Animals, Travels, Retail

(specialty shops) etc.

In the Kitchen: Quince Sponge …..

The deliciousness of the quince sponge is clearly evident - fresh out of the

oven, with cream and a cuppa from the pot.

Life is pretty good!

(Left) Margaret. (Right) Marjorie.

(Below Left) Joan. (Below Right) Joyce.

ON THIS DAY........SEPTEMBER

1st – The first Holden motor car

was made in Australia in 1948.

1st – Australia replaced the

Fahrenheit temperature scale with

the Celsius system on this day in 1972.

3rd – The Australian flag was flown

for the very first time in 1901. The

design was chosen from 32,000

entries.

4th – Australian swimming

champion Dawn Fraser was born in

1937.

5th – Dorothea Mackellar’s

immortal poem “My Country” was

first published in the London

Spectator in 1908.

7th – Australian author C.J. Dennis

was born in 1876.

11th – The “Weekly Times” was

first published in Melbourne in 1869.

12th – The first steam railway was

officially opened in 1854. It ran from

Flinders Street to Port Melbourne in

Victoria.

16th – The very first television

transmission took place at channel 9

in Sydney on this day in 1956.

17th – The Port Arthur penal settle

ment in Tasmania closed in 1877.

23rd – Dame Roma Mitchell be

came the first woman judge in

Australia in 1965.

26th – Australia won the prized

Yachting trophy America’s Cup in 1983

The first non American yacht to do so.

How many of these do you

remember ???

How are these countries ordered?

1. Canada

2. Indonesia

3. Russia

4. Philippines

5. Japan

6. Australia

7. Norway

8. United States

9. New Zealand

10. China

ANSWER

By kilometers of coastline (according

to the CIA World Fact book).

1. Canada – 202,080 km

2. Indonesia – 54,716 km

3. Russia – 37,653 km

4. Philippines – 36,289 km

5. Japan – 29,751 km

6. Australia – 25,760 km

7. Norway – 25,148 km

8. United States – 19,924 km

9. New Zealand – 15,134 km

10. China – 14,500 km

Note: Greenland has 44,087 km of

coastline but it is not yet a fully inde-

pendent country.

1. Christopher Cockerill invented what in 1955? 2. How many years did the Hundred Years War last? 3. What is the capital city of Austral-ia? 4. Who is the only British Prime Min-ister to be assassinated?

5. The first section of railway track in Britain ran between which 2 places? 6. What colour is the Northern Line on the London underground? 7. Who was the oldest man in the bi-ble? 8. T or F The Peanut is a type of nut? 9. Who was the longest reigning Prime

Minister of Britain in the 20th Centu-ry? 10. Which is the largest species of Tiger? 11. The Patella is commonly known as what? 12. In computing what is Ram short for? 13. Which organ secretes insulin? 14. Who was the first actor to refuse an Oscar? 15. Which group of people produces the Watchtower magazine? 16. Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in which year? 17. Who composed 'Peer Gynt'? 18. Who was the youngest ever Amer-ican President? 19. How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made? 20. What name is given to a cross fruit of tangerines and grapefruits? 21. What do the dots on a pair of dice add up to? 22. How high is a basketball hoop? 23. In photography what does S.L.R stand for? 24. What is the motto of the SAS? 25. Which two countries signed up to the common market in 1973 alongside the U.K? 26. How many years did Nelson Man-dela spend in prison? 27. Which star is the nearest to Earth? 28. What is the nearest galaxy to the Solar System? 29. What is the largest bone in the hu-man body? 30. Which nerve forms the link be-

tween the eye and the brain? 31. Which country is reputed to have the world's oldest flag design? 32. In which year was the first FA Cup final held at Wembley? 33. What is Agoraphobia the fear of? 34. How many kilograms make up a metric tonne? 35. On what date is U.S Independence day? 36. Who said "I think therefore I am"? 37. In which country was cricketer Ted Dexter born? 38. What was the name of the police-man in Enid Blyton's 'Noddy'? 39. The clavicle is more commonly known as which bone? 40. What is the collective noun for a group of Rhino? 41. Which flag is raised when a ship is about to leave port? 42. Who painted the Laughing Cava-lier? 43. Who was the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth in the bible? 44. Which country has the longest coastline? 45. Which African country has the shilling as it's currency? 46. Which planet is nearest the sun? 47. What is contained in a dish de-scribed as Lyonnaise? 48. What term describes a male swan? 49. Who might make use of a maul-stick? 50. What name is given to the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning?

GIVING APPEAL Our Giving Appeal was launched in January 2012

for donations towards costs of building our

new facility.

Total $851,629 All donations that we receive are greatly

appreciated and we thank everyone for their contributions.

FUNDRAISING Thank you to those who have made donations

Our total so far is

$87,454 Our fundraising efforts for our new facility are now growing.

If you would like to make a donation please complete the form below and return to our CEO Sarah Collier, RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care Inc

YES I want to make a gift of $_______to RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care

Please find my cheque/cash enclosed.

Name_____________________Address________________________

_________________________Postcode_______Ph_______________

Email____________________________________________________

Answers to the Cross Word

1. Hovercraft 2. 115 Years (1337-1453) 3. Canberra 4. Spencer Percival 5. Stock-ton to Darlington 6. Black 7. Methuselah 8. False (It's a Legume) 9. Margaret

Thatcher 10. Siberian Tiger 11. Kneecap 12. Random Access Memory 13. Pan-creas 14. George C. Scott 15. Jehovah's Witness 16. 1933 17. Edward Grieg

18. Theodore Roosevelt 19. 12 20. Ugli Fruit 21. 42 22. 10 Feet 23. Single Lens Reflex 24. Who Dares Wins 25. Eire and Denmark 26. 27 Years 27. The Sun 28. Andromeda 29. Femur 30. Optic Nerve 31. Denmark 32. 1923 33. Open Spaces

34. 1000 35. July 4th 36. Rene Descartes 37. Italy 38. PC Plod 39. Shoulder blade 40. Crash 41. Blue Peter 42. Franz Hals 43. Noah 44. Canada 45. Kenya

46. Mercury 47. Onions 48. Cob 49. Artist 50. Menorah

Q U I Z A N S W E R S

Question: What one word goes with each of these to make a new phrase? Strip, Ground, Fan Answer: Out. Strip out is to remove parts from a machine. Ground out is when you hit a ground ball in baseball and are thrown out at first. Fan out is when something, such as cards, are spread out like a fan.

Question: What can you hold in your left hand and not in your right?

Answer: Your right elbow. You can try it your-self if you’re not convinced, but unless you have a broken arm or an incredibly flexible ulna, you won’t reach it.

SUGGESTIONS The suggestions slip can be used to give suggestions about anything at all!

We still have our Comments/Complaints form that you can use if you want to. We thought that the suggestion slip would be convenient attached to the

newsletter and you could jot down any ideas that you may have. Please fill out this form & drop it in to one of the suggestion boxes. There is one in the Coffee

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Email Program

Amanda our Activities

Coordinator has started an email

program for residents with family

members that live interstate or overseas. This will enable regular email

communication. If you are interested please see Amanda or send your contact details to

activites@raymbegg.org.au

C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\ACTIVITIES CALENDER.xls 8/26/2015

Sep-15MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 2 3 411.00 Piano & 10.45 Sing a long (B&C) 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/LauristonSing a long in Lauriston morning program morning program

3.00 Lauriston Program 2.00 Tom Martin(B&C)3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.30 Anglican Church service 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon program program program

7 8 9 10 119.15 Church service 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Parker's Mini Circus 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston10.45 Sing a long(B&C) morning program 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston in Langley/Lauriston morning program

morning program 1.30 Drive to see2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon the Scarecrow Trail

program program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston Program program

14 15 16 17 189.15 Church service 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 10.45 Sing a long (B&C) 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston10.45 Sing a long(B&C) morning program morning program morning program

3.00 Lauriston Program2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.30 Anglican Church service 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon

program program program

21 22 23 24 259.15 Church service 9.30 Exercise group (B&C) 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 10.45 Footy Finals Morning10.45 Sing a long(B&C) 11.00 Lauriston Program morning program morning program Entertainers - Sugar & Spice

2.00 Lauriston Program (B&C)2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon

2.30 Baptist Singers(B&C) 3.00 Lauriston Program program program

28 29 30 Please Note9.15 Church service 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston Lauriston Program10.45 Sing a long(B&C) morning program morning program may include - massage,

walking, sensory session2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon exercises, games, art,

program 3.00 Lauriston Program music/sing a long 1:1 programs, reading

*1:1 Activities Daily B & C-BARFOLD & COBAW L & L-LAURISTON & LANGLEY

Lauriston

C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\ACTIVITIES CALENDER.xls 8/26/2015

Sep-15MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 2 3 49.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)10.45 Activity Meeting 10.45 Sing along (B&C) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 10.30 Scrabble (B&C)(B&C Cosy retreat) with Mary 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) 10.30 Meditation (S&P)

11.00 Dine & Dance at 11.00 Billiards (S&P) 10.45 Cooking Group (S&P)1.30 Scrabble (S&P) Woodend RSL 11.00 Yummo Bingo (L)

1.00 Mobile Library Trolley 1.00 Volunteer visiting 2.00 Listening to 2.00 Painting Group (B&C) 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L&L) 2.00 Musician - Lainie's Records (B&C)2.00 BOCCE (B&C) 2.00 Bowls (B&C) Tom Martin (B&C) 2.00 Knitting with Pat (S&P)2.00 Volunteer visiting 3.30 Anglican Church

Service (B&C)7 8 9 10 11

9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)9.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)9.40 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Painting Group(S&P) 10.45 Bowls(B&C) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 10.30 Scrabble (B&C)

11.00 BOBs (B&C) 10.00 Miss Begg's 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) 10.30 Meditation (S&P)10.45 Sing a long (B&C) Cook Book Launch (S&P) 11.00 Billiards (S&P) 11.00 Hoy (L)

1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 11.00 Parker's Mini Circus1.45 Langley Program 2.00 Volunteer visiting 1.30 Cooking with Leni(L&L) in Lauriston/Langley 1.30 Daffodil Festival-2.00 Mind games (B&C) 2.00 Bingo (B&C) 2.00 1:1 music sessions Drive to see the

(Pastoria) 2.00 Parker's Mini Circus Scarecrow Trail2.00 Bowls (B&C) in Sidonia/Pastoria 2.00 Knitting group with

Pat (S&P)

14 15 16 17 189.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)

9.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)9.40 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Painting Group (S&P) 10.45 Sing along (B&C) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 10.30 Scrabble (B&C)

11.00 Mind Games in Langely with Betty (B&C) 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) 10.30 Meditation (S&P)10.45 Sing a long with 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L&L) 11.00 Billiards (S&P) 10.30- Dominoes (L) Robyn (B&C) 1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 2.00 Bowls (B&C) 21.45 Langley Program 2.00 Volunteer visiting 2.00 1:1 music sessions 1.00 Volunteer visiting 11.45 RSL Lunch outing2.00 Mind games (B&C) 2.00 BOCCE (B&C) (Pastoria) 2.00 Bingo (B&C)

2.00 Guest Speaker- 3.30 Anglican Church 2.00 Knitting group with Ron Clowes - "Around Service (B&C) Pat (S&P)Tylden" (Boardroom)

Activities

C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\ACTIVITIES CALENDER.xls 8/26/2015

Sep-15MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

21 22 23 24 259.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Footy Finals Morning

9.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) Featuring Entertainers9.40 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Painting Group(S&P) 10.30 Art for Fun(S&P) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 'Sugar & Spice' plus

11.00 BOBs challenge (B&C) 10.45 Bowls(B&C) 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) Presentation of Footy10.45 Sing a long (B&C) 11.00 Individual programs 11.00 Billiards (S&P) Tipping Prizes (B&C)

1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 1.00 Mobile Library Trolley 1.30 Movie in the 1.45 Langley Program 2.00 Volunteer visiting 1.30 Cooking with Leni(L&L) Boardroom-to be advised 2.00 Knitting group with 2.00 Mind games (B&C) 1.30 BOCCE (B&C) 2.00 1:1 music sessions 1.00 Volunteer visiting Pat (S&P)

2.30 Baptist Singers (Pastoria) 2.00 Bingo (B&C) 2.00 Hookey (B&C)(B&C cosy retreat) 2.00 Bowls (B&C)

28 29 309.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)9.40 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)

10.45 Painting Group (S&P) 11.00 Ten Pin10.45 Sing a long with 11.00 Hangman (B&C) Bowling Challenge (B&C) Robyn (B&C)1.45 Langley Program 1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 1.30 Cooking with Leni(L&L)2.00 Mind games (B&C) 2.00 Volunteer visiting 2.00 Bowls (B&C)

2.00 BOCCE (B&C) 2.00 1:1 music sessions(Pastoria)

*1:1 Activities Daily B&C = BARFOLD & COBAW S&P = SIDONIA & PASTORIA L & L-LAURISTON & LANGLEY

Activities

CHURCH SERVICE EVERY SUNDAY AT 6PM IN BARFOLD / COBAW ACTIVITY AREA

RM Begg Services

Laundry

Meals

Cleaning

Personal Care

Pastoral Care

Hairdressing

Happy Whisperer Newsletter

Visiting Allied Health Professionals

Counselling, Activities (in house and External)

Visiting Psychologist

Diabetes Educator

Social Worker

Speech Pathologist

Clinical Care

Continence Management

Wound Management

Palliative Care

Podiatry

Physiotherapist

Dietician

Specialists

Accredited Pharmacist

Consulting GP's

Aged Persons Mental Health Team

Dental Van

Support provided by

Palliative Care Team

District Nursing Service