1 THE EURASIAN MARCH 2013 VOL 36 ISSUE 11 aeawa.asn.au Chad Beins —President Hello my dear members…it is amazing how time just goes by so quickly…. we have hardly finished saying Happy New Year and we are already preparing for Easter! We celebrated Chinese New Year (CNY) at our February Sunday lunch. With this most auspicious day falling on the same day plus having to contend with a very hot 40 degree day, we were pleasantly surprised by a brilliant turnout of around 170 people. The air was filled with CNY festivities, with decorations and Chinese songs abound. Many came dressed in their CNY best! The afternoon then progressed with some wonderful entertainment from ‘Krystal’, then it was ‘eyes down’ for the mid lunch bingo game. Our first of four Community Services forums then followed with a small group of members attending a very informative talk on ‘Family Law’. Thank you to everyone who helped us out with the Sunday lunch and the Family Law forum. I am very grateful to many of our members who are always willing to help! Our unsung heroes! 10th March 2013 is our Children, Youth and Family Sunday Lunch. We must acknowledge our younger members at least one day in the year! With more young families joining our member- ship, we want to take this opportunity to make sure that the young ones have fun too and keep coming to our Sunday lunches. So please make sure you bring the whole family, the grand kids and even their friends along!!! We will have a ‘tae kwon do’ and ‘ballroom dancing’ demonstration, feature modern dance music,, announce our Award winners and top it all off with our favourite family and friends games - ‘EURASIANLYMPICS’! Hope- fully this will mark a grand end to our AEAWA year!!!! Details of Eurasianlympics rules & games are inside. Please have a good look at it and form your teams now! No skill required just lots of luck and laughter for the whole family. We will have a maximum of 10 teams only so please register your team names early. As mentioned earlier, March ends our AEAWA year as we prepare for our AGM on the 14th of April and the start of a new AEAWA year. With regards to the AGM, we will have all necessary details in next month’s newsletter. Please remember that you have to be a financial member to attend. I would encourage all our members to join us at the AGM as it gives you, the member, an opportunity to voice your opinion and Management Commit- tee a chance to listen to our members needs. It is from friendly and constructive suggestions and comments that will be better able to im- prove our service to our Eurasian community. Finally, by the April lunch on the 14th of April, Easter would have passed. Please allow me to wish one and all a meaningful and spiritual season of Lent and a joyful and holy Easter celebration….. Chad
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THE EURASIAN
MARCH 2013 VOL 36 ISSUE 11
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Chad Beins —President
Hello my dear members…it is amazing how time just goes by so quickly…. we have hardly finished saying Happy New Year and we are already preparing for Easter!
We celebrated Chinese New Year (CNY) at our February Sunday lunch. With this most auspicious day falling on the same day plus having to contend with a very hot 40 degree day, we were pleasantly surprised by a brilliant turnout of around 170 people. The air was filled with CNY festivities, with decorations and Chinese songs abound. Many came dressed in their CNY best! The afternoon then progressed with some wonderful entertainment from ‘Krystal’, then it was ‘eyes down’ for the mid lunch bingo game. Our first of four Community Services forums then followed with a small group of members attending a very informative talk on ‘Family Law’. Thank you to everyone who helped us out with the Sunday lunch and the Family Law forum. I am very grateful to many of our members who are always willing to help! Our unsung heroes! 10th March 2013 is our Children, Youth and Family Sunday Lunch. We must acknowledge our younger members at least one day in the year! With more young families joining our member-ship, we want to take this opportunity to make sure that the young ones have fun too and keep coming to our Sunday lunches.
So please make sure you bring the whole family, the grand kids and even their friends along!!! We will have a ‘tae kwon do’ and ‘ballroom dancing’ demonstration, feature modern dance music,, announce our Award winners and top it all off with our favourite family and friends games - ‘EURASIANLYMPICS’! Hope-fully this will mark a grand end to our AEAWA year!!!! Details of Eurasianlympics rules & games are inside. Please have a good look at it and form your teams now! No skill required just lots of luck and laughter for the whole family. We will have a maximum of 10 teams only so please register your team names early. As mentioned earlier, March ends our AEAWA year as we prepare for our AGM on the 14th of April and the start of a new AEAWA year. With regards to the AGM, we will have all necessary details in next month’s newsletter. Please remember that you have to be a financial member to attend. I would encourage all our members to join us at the AGM as it gives you, the member, an opportunity to voice your opinion and Management Commit-tee a chance to listen to our members needs. It is from friendly and constructive suggestions and comments that will be better able to im-prove our service to our Eurasian community. Finally, by the April lunch on the 14th of April, Easter would have passed. Please allow me to wish one and all a meaningful and spiritual season of Lent and a joyful and holy Easter celebration…..
Chad
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Great Food & Entertainment
MENU
Indian Mee
Chicken Curry & Rice
Murtabak & Dahl
Char Siew Rice
Assorted Cakes
Menu subject to change
Regular Sunday Lunches
Venue : Redcliffe Community Hall Corner Morgan Road and Field Avenue
in Redcliffe (entrance also from Grand Parade)
Tickets given out strictly on a first come first served basis, we
are unable to give out tickets for those who are yet to arrive.
Lunch served from 12 noon.
Members bringing guests,
please sign in the Visitors Book at the door.
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Sunday Lunch 2
News & Changes 3
Sunday Lunch 4
Senior’s, AGM, Prize Draws 5
Eurasianlympics 6
Eurasianlympics 7
Community Services, Golf 8
Member’s Affairs 9
Anniversary Dinner Dance 10
Business Classifieds & Notices 11
Our Calendar 12
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
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LUNCH VOUCHERS
To serve the lunches faster, a lunch
voucher needs to be purchased –this is
how it works:
when you arrive you get a num-
bered ticket as usual
then you purchase a lunch voucher
at the entrance, currently $6 for a
main meal ($3 for over 80’s and
free for over 90’s)
if a side dish is available this may
also be purchased at the same time
when your number is called, please
present your numbered ticket to-
gether with the coloured voucher at
the kitchen to receive your meal.
(N.B: One ticket = one main meal + side
dish).
A gentle plea - please have the correct
amount handy to save us running
out of change.
In the unfortunate event that we run out of
all meals, we will refund your money.
(Cakes are sold after the lunch service
has finished)
WANTED:
Due to work commitments our current webmaster Alan will not be able to help us for some time to come and has requested the Association look for someone to take over. We are looking for a new volunteer to become the webmaster for the Association. The Management Committee on behalf of the Association would like to extend our thanks and appreciation for all the work Alan has done for us. If you would like to help us out, please contact either the President (Chad) or the Secretary (Brian). Your help in this matter would be appreciated.
Fundraising
In order to help raise money to celebrate our Silver Jubilee Anniversary in 2014 as from March the lucky number draw will increase to $2.00 a number but the prizes shall remain as
1st Prize $25 2nd Prize $15 3rd Prize $10
Apology
We apologise to Lorna Rodrigues who was only given $5.00 in the lucky num-bers draw the amount should have been $10.00 This will be rectified at the next lunch.
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Sunday Lunch 10th February 2013
Should you object to your Photos being posted or published in the Newsletter or on the website
or facebook pages, could you please advise the committee members accordingly so they can be
removed.
Chad with New Members - Tessie & Frances Stephens
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SENIORS REPORT
Not just for Seniors ...
but for all members & friends
Fridays Soul Corporation - Moon & Sixpence U2ME - Woodbridge Hotel Passionworks—North Ale House Mirrabooka 8.30 p.m. till midnight Saturdays Soul Corporation - Universal Bar
Sundays Passionworks—Morley Ale House Walter Road 2.00 till 5.30 p.m. Klassworks - Peninsula Golf Club every 2nd Sunday beginning 3 March
This information is correct at the time of printing.
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Hi All, a Happy and Holy Easter to one and all Our next function is the Annual Chinese Dinner being held on Saturday 6th April 2013 at the Foo Wah Restaurant , Collins Street, Willeton at 7pm . Cost is $35.00 per person and it is BYO drinks. Please register your interest at the March Lunch, to avoid disappointment as numbers are limited. Please ring me to book your table and remember it will be on a first come basis. Due to school holidays the week-end away has been postponed to a later date yet to be determined. God Bless—Seniors Co-ordinator
PRIZE DRAWS
Lucky Numbers Draw:
$25 Mario Conier $15 Max Stevens $ 5 Lorna Rodriguez
Member’s Draw:
Congratulations to
Harvey & Karina Klass
who won $30
There is a jackpot of $20 from the December and February rollovers.
Remember you have to be there
to win it.
Annual General Meeting
The AEAWA’s Annual General Meeting will be held in the Redcliffe Community Hall on Sunday 14th April 2013 at 10.30am. In order to be eligible to attend the AGM you must be a financial member. As our President says in his message it gives you the member an opportunity to tell the Management Committee your views through friendly and constructive suggestions and comments. If you would like an item on the Agenda please put it in writing and forward to the Secretary.
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EURASIANLYMPICS III
Eurasianlympics will commence straight after the March Sunday lunch on the 10th of March 2013 from 2.30pm to 4.30pm followed by prize giving till 5.00pm. Games are played in the hall (indoor) and on the field (outdoor). A sausage sizzle & drinks will be provided to all participants. This year’s events are:
Pyramid Shooting
Golf Javelin Netball
A team MUST comprise 5 members (including 1 team Captain) of 1 x adult male, 1 x adult fe-male and 3 x children/youth (under 25 years of age and has to be a mix of male & female). Teams can be family and/or friends. If insufficient numbers to form team then just join in with any other teams/group to make up a team of 5 members. Teams will be given a score at the end of each challenge. The section coordinators decision will be final and the Champion Team will be decided by the highest score. PYRAMID GAME – ‘The Mummy’ Location: Hall The Game: Table with empty drink cans with some sand to form a pyramid Pyramid is built in the tables centre most point Pyramid comprises 5 can base, followed by 4 then 3 then 2 then top 1 Throwing line 10 metres men 8m women and 6m children under 14 Stand behind throwing line Each team member has 1 ball to throw Count remaining cans left on table for individual score. Total all individual scores for team score Team with the lowest number will score 5 points then 4 then 3 then 2 then 1 then all others score 0 SHOOTING GAME – ‘Toy Story’ Location: Stage The Game: Toy soldiers and red Indians placed on a large table in marked spots (30) Packet of rubber bands Each team member has a 1 minute time limit to shoot as many toys in the time frame Shooting line 4 metres men and women and 3m children under 14 Stand behind shooting line Count total number of toys ‘shot’ for individual score. Total all individual scores for team score Team with the highest number will score 5 points then 4 then 3 then 2 then 1 then all others score 0
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GOLF – ‘Tiger Wood’s Challenge’ Location: Field The Game: Put a hole in the ground or a can with empty front and back Golf putter and golf ball Putting line 10 metres men and women and 7m children under 14 Stand behind putting line Each team member will have to get the ball into the hole within 10 shots If ball not in by 10th shot your turn is over. Your score will be 10. Count number of shots taken to get ball into hole for individual score. Total all individual scores for team score Team with the lowest number will score 5 points then 4 then 3 then 2 then 1 then all others score 0 WOODEN JAVELIN – ‘The Deer Hunter’ Location: Field The Game: 2 wooden broom stick/s Throw stick like a javelin or hunter! Stand behind throwing line Each team member has 1 throw Distance from throwing line is measured for individual score. Total all individual scores for team score Team with the furthers total distance will score 5 points then 4 then 3 then 2 then 1 then all others score 0 NETBALL Location: Field The Game: Court marked out 12metres length by 6 metres width Goal scoring line is 3 metres on each scoring end Player can only shoot for goal within this goal scoring line Goal posts in the middle of the width (3 metre point) Team against team Each team captain will draw to see who the opposing team is
If there are an odd number of teams, a team will be drawn to compete with the last remaining
team
The game will be played in 2 half’s of 7 minutes with 1 minute to swap sides Win scores 3 points for the team, draw score 1 point and loss scores 0 points
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Community Services Update
In 2012, the Community Services Sub-Committee organised 3 talks covering wills and powers of attorneys, financial counselling and dementia. If you missed out on the talks, the handouts and materials related to these topics will be available at the Sunday Lunch 10 March 2013. Look out for the Community Services Table and help yourself to the available material. Late 2012, a small survey was carried out among our members and it showed that many mem-bers wanted talks covering home security, family law issues and health matters. With this in mind, we organised a talk on family law which took place after the February Sunday Lunch. We have tentatively scheduled the following talks for 2013, subject to the availability of the speakers and with the dates to be confirmed: June Sunday Lunch: A talk on home security by the WA Police August Sunday Lunch: Quarantine issues when returning to Australia October Sunday Lunch: Diabetes prevention and care If you have any ideas or would like to assist the Community Services Sub-Committee please contact Kevin De Souza at 9325 1700 (Office Hours) or by email at [email protected]
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NEWSLETTER BY EMAIL
You can help us with the rising costs of printing and postage by receiving the newsletter by email. If you would like to receive the news-letter electronically please send an email to the Editor Carol Richards at [email protected] Alternatively if more than one copy of the newsletter is received in your house and you only want 1 please let me know. Also if the details on the address label are incorrect in anyway please notify the Editor either by email or phone 0411812981.
Thank you Carol
Golf
The “usual suspects” turned up at the Burswood Golf Course on Saturday 16 February. The course was playing well and a good day was had by all…… well mostly all. Due to Burswood Golf Course closing down soon, it was decided that we will try and get a few more games in. Next Golf day (Burswood) 16th March….Please let me know ASAP if you would like to join us as numbers are lim-ited. The time and date are to be confirmed.
Thanks, Graeme
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To become a new member obtain an ap-plication form from the Management Committee or from the website
- aeawa.asn.au.
To renew your membership, please post the form below with your cheque.
Payment (either cheque or cash) can al-so be handed at our Sunday Lunch .
Pay directly to AEAWA
Account Name: Australian Eurasian
Association of W.A. Inc.
Bank : Bank West
BSB: 306 042 Account Number: 082 139 5
Reference: Name & Membership number
Fees for 2013
Pensioner: 1 yr $15 or 3 yrs $40.50 Single: 1 yr $19 or 3 yrs $51.30 Family: 1 yr $28 or 3 yrs $75.60
Members Affairs
Charles Reincastle
MEMBERS RENEWAL FORM
Name(s) ……………………………………………………………………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………….…. Amount $ ........................................................ Membership No ……………………………. Send this form to AEAWA Members Affairs PO Box 875, Cloverdale WA 6985
New Members - Please welcome 2 new members:
Tessie & Francis Stephens and
Erik Neo & Corinne Kessler
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Renewals of Membership
If you have not paid your subscription for this year please do so as soon as possible. If you are not sure whether you are finan-cial or not, please give me a ring or send me an email or sms my contact details are 92769439 / 0404215042 or [email protected]) Only financial members are entitled to at-tend the AGM
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24th Anniversary Dinner Dance
Bette Midler & her entourage
4 Gorgeous Girls
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