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This page provides access to current and past copies of the the monthly newsletter of the 4th Worcester Park Scout Group plus other reports relating to life at the 4th. The Friends of the Fourth page has copies of their own section's newsletter.

4th News, October 2005

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GROUP SCOUT LEADER

Fred Fletcher

It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Peter Gower the father of Christine Wicks. Peter was the collator of our monthly newsletter. Our deepest sympathy goes to Christine and Steve and the Wicks Family on their loss.
I also sadly have to report the passing of Brenda Cawley's father George, who died suddenly in his sleep. We send our condolences to Brenda and her family on their sad loss.

I would like to welcome Samantha O'Reilly to the 4th Worcester Park; she has kindly agreed to take over Anglia Pack. She will be assisted by Steve Roberts, Ashley Terry and young leader Tom Newman. Derek Scrine will remain Pack Treasurer. May I place on record my thanks to Brenda Hunt for her hard work in running Anglia Pack over many years, my thanks also to Doreen Edwards who has assisted Brenda for several years.

Well done to all the people who helped with the organising of the Big Band Concert - the Band was fantastic, but the weather was awful. Never the less many people stuck it out (you brave, brave people) and the event raised just over £800 for our Scouts; what can I say! You were all wonderful and lots of people want to do it again.

Coming up soon:-

Firework Display Sat 5th November 7.00 pm
Note Entrance is FREE for accompanied Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.
Well behaved Parents and Adults get in for only £4.00
Grand Auction Sat 12th November 2.30 pm
Christmas Bazaar Sat 26th November 12 noon
Looks like fun - I'll see you at all these events…….won't I!

ASPEN COLONY

Anne Mays (MAYO), Carol Salter (HOLLY)

July was a very busy month for us we have done some spectacular rock painting we have been in the field playing games and conducting a nature trail. We have been entertained by the Scouts from Holland who were using our headquarters for their campsite. The boys were allowed to inspect their tents and to get an understanding of what camping is all about and to understand how they cook their meals outside and erect a proper dining room and sit at a table and eat their meals and discuss the day's events.
As the scouts were there on our second meeting they boys were allowed to play volley ball with the net the scouts had put up unfortunately some of the smaller boys could easily run underneath the net with the ball but found it difficult to hit the ball over the net so it ended up a bit of a free for all really but it still ended up a fun evening.
We had a sleepover on the 16th July I understand that for some parents it was a little short notice but over the years Holly and I have come to realise that we are never going to please everyone so we just do the best we can. We have to rely on parent help and that weekend seemed to be convenient to helpers and the hall was free for the weekend which is also another consideration to be taken into account as there are so many sections the hall is quite often used at weekends.
For those who did manage to attend Holly and I think they enjoyed it. We went to Horton Park Farm and had a ride on the tractor we saw the animals and spent a lot of time in the adventure playgrounds and in the maze. The maze was cool for us as everywhere else was so hot. We were lucky with the weather but it did get a little too hot later in the afternoon so we went under cover.
We would like to say a very big THANK-YOU to Alan Avery for driving us to and from the farm. To Mr Gordon for coming to the farm with us - To Mrs Hoyle for helping with supper - To Mr Eade for helping with breakfast and of course to Philip who erected the campfire for us to have a sing song (you don't want to know what they were singing) and to Louise and Paula our young helpers for their help during the day and throughout the evening. Thank you all so much without you it wouldn't have been possible.
The boys who gained their night's away badge were Sean O'Donnell, Henry Mullins, Harry Hoyle, Gavin Eade, Andy Villabona, Gavin Eade, Thomas Gordon, Oliver Newton, Toby Dukes and James Skingley. Well done to all of them. None of us got much sleep but once the midnight feast had finished they finally went to sleep exhausted but happy we think.
We ended our term with a party and games with music provided by Philip and his friend we had food and drinks and sweets for prizes.
We look forward to another term in September to the preparation for the Christmas Bazaar and hopefully help from all the parents this year not just a few. If everyone offers just one piece of help it will help the Group tremendously. If you can't offer time then maybe you can start making some cakes for the cake stall or jam or anything that will raise badly needed money to pay the expenses.

BIRCH COLONY

Sheila Kinton (BAGHEERA)

We were pleased to invest Theo Hunt, Harry Johnston and Connor Duncan before the holidays.
Since the last newsletter we have visited Horton Country Park Children's Farm, where we had a great time even though the weather was rather damp to say the least (many thanks to John Green for doing the transport). We spent an evening learning how to play rounders and finished up with a meeting trying out a penny-farthing bicycle (many thanks to Andy Marshall for organising this).
At the time of writing this newsletter we have not yet restarted our meetings, but we are looking forward to doing lots of varied and interesting things before Christmas.

CEDAR COLONY

Valerie Street (BADGER)

No news this month.

ANGLIA PACK

Brenda Hunt (AKELA)

CAMP 2005 YOULBURY INTERNATIONAL CAMP SITE, OXFORD
Eleven boys attended this year's camp and on arrival were assigned to three sixes - Gloria, Alex and Marty who are all characters from the film Madagascar.

The Cubs were given an activity book on the Madagascar theme with pages for colouring in, puzzles etc. and at the front of the book is a `Daily Diary' which they have time to complete just before `chocky wocky' and bed. The following are extracts from various bays diaries to give you a flavour of the camp:

Shocking Sunday
"We arrived at camp at 12.30 then we went for a tour around the site. For lunch we had burgers, then we had kit inspection. After we got free time to play about. After that we went swimming and then had roast lamb and roast potatoes for dinner. Then we had a camp fire and we played a game called lighthouse and now we are getting hot chocolate."

Manic Monday
"We made place mats and I had a penguin named argusgastgloop! We went ice skating and I fell over about six times, it hurt"
"We went ice skating and it was brilliant. It was great 'cause I got taught but I couldn't do tricks and I went really fast and fell over 40 times"
"Then Bivverwax (Bivouacs!). We made a really good one and tested it with water."

Terrific Tuesday
"First we did a climbing tower, then abseiling. When we did the climbing I found it hard to do because I couldn't push off from the foothold. The abseiling was good because I was scared hanging over the edge. When we did the assault course it was fun."
"I went swimming and made my own dinner - at the moment I am writing my diary."

Wild Wednesday
"Today we had scrambled egg for breakfast. Then we got ready and went to Farmer Gows and first we sat on the straw bales and fed the animals and walked the ferret, then we did BMX though I found it hard with my bike and I couldn't do the jumps. When we came back we had a lovely dinner then we did the games room with other Groups" "(Scouts)
"Today we went to the farm. When we got there we went into a cage and they let the piglets in and they ate the food. Then the goats ate our clothes."

Terrifying Thursday
"First we had breakfast. Then we did a trip to Oxford and went on a ride through the history of Oxford. Sports was good 'cause we did hockey, weIIy throw, Frisbee throw, tug of war, sack race and skipping."

Frantic Friday
"First we had a hike and we walked 4 miles and it was really good, with a packed lunch. Swimming was good. Dinner. Go-karting was brilliant because we were all really fast and we overtook everyone."
"Then we did go-karting (I was really good). Then we watched all the photos, then we had Court.*"

** Court - three boys were called up before Judge Daly for various misdemeanours during the week - Jake for Jenga Abuse - a pile of giant sized Jenga blocks fell on his head during the games evening and his punishment was to call out "Timber". Then Lewis was accused of being too highbrow and snooty with his use of the word 'despicable' and had to repeat `supercalifrageiisticexpialidouoious' at intervals and lastly Adam had to call out "Here boy, good ferret" for his `crime' of ferret dragging.

Cub of the Camp - Normally one boy is selected to be Cub of the Camp but this year the Leaders agreed that it was impossible to pick one boy above the rest - those who came last year had improved in lots of ways, all the first time campers did well, all the boys got on well with each other and `Did their Best' and we therefore decided that they all deserved to be Cub of the Camp and the trophy will say `Cubs of 2005 Camp' rather than give a name.

Six of the Week

Again the six of the week was a close run thing. Each six had the most points at different times of the week and in the end Alex six had just a few more points than the other two making them Six of the Week - well done Alex six and also well done Marty and Gloria who were close behind.
We all enjoyed another happy camp - the weather was kind to us and we had practically the run of the whole camp site as there were only a couple of other groups camping that week.

Brenda

Sadly it will be Brenda's last camp as Akela - she is giving up after many years as Cub Leader, partly due to work commitments and Doreen is also giving up for health reasons. I have accompanied Brenda on all of her camps since she first became Akela of Anglia and have enjoyed them all. They have always been happy camps with the boys having plenty of activities; good food and being generally well looked after so well done and best wishes to Brenda and to Doreen. Thanks also to Mick Hunt for being an excellent camp cook, to Steve Roberts for organising lots of the boys activities as well as setting up the camp site, helped by Alex who came down both weekends just to lead a hand, to (Judge) Keith Daly for driving the boys to and from camp, and to Philip Crisp our Scout helper.

Carol Salter - Camp `scribe'

BROWNSEA PACK

Les Prescott (KERICK)

Brownsea Pack Summer Camp Report 2005
Our summer camp this year was held again at Plum Park in Staffhurst Wood, near Oxted. We had a very successful time with 18 boys camping from the Sunday through to Friday evening and we based the camp on the theme of communications. The sixes were named Sonar, Radar, Morse and Beacon and every Cub worked towards his Communicator badge during the camp. We also worked towards the Do-It-Yourself, Camper and Adventure badges as well as the Outdoor Challenge and Nights Away awards. The camper and adventure badges involved lighting fires and cooking tea, building bivouacs in the woods, pitching and striking tents and other camp-based activities.

The boys' first job on arrival was to pitch their tents, the leaders having set up the rest of the camp on Saturday. The site is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust and we were fortunate in receiving much help during the week from their Countryside Ranger, Dave Hill. On Sunday afternoon we made Six signs for the tents and also made badges. In the evening, following Scouts' Own, we went for a torch lit walk through the adjoining woods in the dark.

On Monday we visited Beaver Water World at Tatsfield. Unfortunately, the beavers were all asleep when we were there but we saw many reptiles including "Big Boy' the alligator and lots other rescued animals and birds. In the afternoon, we had a visit from Jenny Clarke who runs a bat hospital. She brought along some bats which we saw, and gave n very interesting talk about bats. Later in the week, as part of the D-I-Y badge, we constructed bat boxes.
One of the highlights of the camp, according to the Cubs, was our annual visit on Tuesday to Tor Hatch at Shere, a private house, to use the swimming pool in the back garden and the trampoline. After swimming, we had a picnic lunch and then back to camp to cook beef burgers over open fires.
On Wednesday, we visited Biggin Hill airfield and were shown around by the Biggin Hill Air Scouts. We saw many light aircraft, the wartime bunkers and had a go on the flight simulator.

On Thursday we visited a neighbouring farm where we saw donkeys, quail, ducks and geese and then watched a demonstration of spinning. Again, we were grateful to Dave, the Ranger for organising this. In the afternoon we had our sports afternoon which included use of our aerial runway constructed by Alan Avery with help from the young leaders.

Friday saw two visits to Oxted - in the morning to the Tandridge Leisure Centre for swimming and in the afternoon to visit Woolworths to buy presents with left-over pocket money. Friday evening came all too soon, and we welcomed the parents to our camp fire where I was able to present the winning six, Radar, with their prizes. Well done Radar Six: Matthew Bowers (who was nominated Best Sixer), Luke Norrie-Rolfe (second), Joseph Finn and Scott Marshall. Cub of the Camp was Jack Francis, and the Chess Trophy was won by Joseph Finn. Connect 4 champ was Luke Norrie-Rolfe.

My grateful thanks to all who helped in any way towards organising and setting up camp, and in particular the leaders at camp: Sheila, Sally, John, Eric, Margret, Alan, Ben, Michael, Harry and Daniel. My thanks also to Chris Keehn for driving the 7.5 tonne lorry with our equipment.

CHARTERHOUSE PACK

Margaret Pennington (AKELA)

The high light of July has got to have been Camp………we stayed in… Worcester Park!
Tents went up in the field and the Headquarters building was transformed. Boys and adults behaved as if we had travelled two hundred miles to our camp site. No one sneaked off home, (or at least they were not caught trying to do so).
We all spent our time making gadgets, putting up tents, following trails, lighting fires, going for a hike on Box Hill, reading maps, drawing pictures with compasses, tent pegs and sisal, - all for the camper's badge.

We also had the inter-tent football and sports challenges and the individual putting competition. In our spare time we ate like royalty, went swimming and to the pictures.
In the evening we had games down on the field and our campfire was spectacular with everyone joining in enthusiastically.
Our Headquarters are well worth all your hard work in raising money for the upkeep (we have noted some jobs that do need doing, but they are all minor). The boys had a happy and productive camp thanks to you.

As well as my thanks to the boys for being really good, I must mention that valiant band of helpers who gave freely of their time (and their holiday allowance) to keep the boys safe and happy while kindly paying for the privilege of doing so. Without their help camp could not happen. So a huge and heartfelt thank you to Kay and Richard, Brenda, Tom, Ian, Amber and Benjamin who popped in to cheer us up, Pat and Eddie, Ollie and Greg, Sam, Ashley and Richard and also to Tom, Graham and Nicholas who helped with tents etc. Dawn popped in and worked hard. Last but by no means least, Fred (Baloo), or Group Scout Leader, who visited with hints, tips and encouragement.

PURPLE TROOP

Alan Avery (Scout Leader)

July was short due to Summer Term and we did the Aerial runway, Hand made Pizzas and a wide game.
At the end of August was Summer Camp at Bentley Copse and we were blessed with exceptional weather. We went on a hike, went to the coast and to Tor Hatch private swimming pool. Other activities included shooting, pedal go-karting, archery and, on the last night, had a barbeque. A good bunch of lads obviously thoroughly enjoyed themselves. My thanks to Nick Attwell, my one and only hardworking helper present at the camp.

SILVER TROOP

Paul Green (Scout Leader)

EUROJAM REPORT

As some of you may be aware 4 leaders, 7 scouts and 3 Explorers from 4th Worcester Park made up part of the contingent to attend EuroJam at Hylands Park, Essex over the summer.
The contingent was organized and supported by the District, we also received some financial support from the Group, and we are all extremely grateful for this and will hold the memories of EuroJam for a very long time.
EuroJam was a European Jamboree with 10,000 people taking part in activities across Essex and England.

These activities included:
SPLASH, a day spent playing on (and sometimes in) the water, inflatable assault courses and leaning about the science of water.
Gilwell Park, The home of UK scouting where a new adventure course has been built, climbing, abseiling and much more to wear the young people out.
Starburst day, this was a day spent taking park in community projects including tidying up the beach, working in a nature reserve and the grounds of a school.
Various activities on site, teaching about religions, English pastimes, the European village, shopping, badge swapping, The German "black magic tent", Energize where they learnt Circus skills and BMX biking
Celebrate Europe Day, This involved fireworks display in the evening. The afternoon had a range of special activities and Jamboree challenges, including, Performances from the West Mercia band, Solar system' volleyball, various water games, and bands performing on-stage.

The stage at this event was huge and the same as the one used for the V Music Festival, it is similar in size to the Live 8 Stage!

This was a massive event and a warm up to the world Jamboree in 2007. Over 40,000 people from across the world are expected to attend; this requires 8,000 volunteers to assist in everything from cleaning the toilets to running the staged events.

We also had camping with us the entire Bulgarian contingent. Both Natali and Marianna were very helpful and really enjoyed the shows and activities. Each morning they were particularly amused by WAKEY WAKEY! They had never heard the expression before and woke up with a smile every day.

I have included a report from each of the scouts and explorers who attended from 4WP highlighting their best part of EuroJam. I am unable to include everything we did as there is just so much to tell you. It was a fantastic event and I can't wait to see what happens at the World Jamboree in 2007.

EuroJam was a great experience for everyone. I really enjoyed it and I would love to go to the World Jamboree in 2007. My favourite part of EuroJam was meeting new people, especially the Maltese (people from Malta). One of the best things at EuroJam was the main arena. Even when there was nothing being performed on stage, it was still a great place to go for hanging out with new friends.
EuroJam has been the best scouting event that I have ever been to.
William Stevenson

I really enjoyed EuroJam. It was one of the most enjoyable experiences I have ever had and I'll never forget it. My favourite part of EuroJam was the
'Energize' zone where I went skateboarding everyday. If I had to chose a
worst part, it would be digging out the pond during the starburst day where
I got thoroughly wet and muddy but it was still good fun!
Theo Kenward

What I liked about EuroJam was that there were lots of people to make friends with. My best bit of EuroJam was Gillwell Park because there was a lot of activities, the best one was the assault course, Challenge Valley. I liked this the most because all the obstacles were challenging and I had never tried before. My worst thing about EuroJam was the getting up early, the earliest I had to be up was 5.30 to collect breakfast, otherwise it was GREAT.
Jack Stevenson

We first arrived at EuroJam in Mark's car, I couldn't wait to get there. We would have loads of opportunities to make lots of international friends and most of all, to have a good time. The two weeks went so quick, my favourite part was Gilwell Park. I enjoyed Challenge valley the most, climbing ropes, jumping walls, fighting through elastic and finishing up the steep hill. Eurojam has been great and I hope to come on the 2007 Jamboree. If it is as good as this one (probably better) then it will be worth it.
Richard Attwell

Eurojam was an amazing experience that anyone would have enjoyed, mainly because you were in one country with all the other countries with you. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed it and I would love to go to the World Jamboree in 2007. The atmosphere was utterly stunning.
I had such a good time with all the activities. Food tasting was one of the best because you got to taste different foods from around the world like your all around the world at once.
Splash was really good, I did bell boating, windsurfing canoeing, kayaking and lots more. Gillwell Park is really good I did loads of activities one of my favourites there was challenge valley, which is a extremely tiring assault course that some people only manage twice and the older stronger ones managed eleven.
All in all it an camp of a life time and like to say thank you to all the leaders, the scout troops for donating money and the parents that paid for us to go.
Sam Oxley

During my time at EuroJam, I had the opportunity to meet 10,000 different people from 56 different countries, unfortunately 12 days was not enough time to do so. Although there was no way of meeting everybody, there were a few groups of people that all of us managed to make friends with. I think that this was one of the best things that EuroJam had to offer, the opportunity to meet lots of different people from all over the world. Along with meeting everybody, EuroJam had some excellent days out, activities and entertainment to offer as well. Every evening there was some sort of entertainment going on, whether it be a live band or just a huge international disco. Also on site, there were lots of things to do, such as 'Euroviles' and various activity zones, which kept us occupied for an afternoon or morning.

The best thing about EuroJam though, was its days out to Gilwell Park, Alton Waters Reservoir and odd places around Essex for community help day. In my opinion, the day to Gilwell Park was the best day because of the vast array of activities from rock climbing to swimming and to finish it off, an excellent assault course.
My time at EuroJam has been a very exciting time that I will remember for a long time, and for this I thank all the leaders that came with us and to the group for providing money and equipment to enable all of us to go to this fantastic event.
Thanks.
Daniel Stevenson

Eurojam was fantastic, we done loads of things like days out and sub camp activities and we made loads of new friends from all over the world. The days which I liked the most was the splash and the starburst days. Starburst was a day where we went and helped in the local community, I helped at a local special needs school laying new wood chippings down. Splash was the other day and on this we had a wide range of activities to do like bell boats, sailing, rafting. In the afternoon we had another activity to do, which was just as fun as in the morning. Overall Eurojam was worthwhile.
Nick Attwell

The whole experience of Eurojam cannot be matched, over 15,000 scouts from around the world, in peace and in friendship. I have met so many people, experienced new traditions and sampled different ways of living like Buddhist meditation. Wherever you go on camp there are always welcoming people making the whole place feel like one community so many people who you cannot talk to because of language barriers but can still work together to achieve a goal. I have now had first hand experience of this, working well with a group of Spanish people clearing forest during our community help day.

The whole 12 days have been fully filled with so many different activities that there was hardly any time to sit down and think about it all. Looking back I wish I had got some more sleep though! There are still so many people who would love to come to Eurojam, and yet only such a small number out of the massive amount of scouts worldwide. So I feel truly grateful that I was able to come to this massive event.
Ben Oxley

"Eurojam - bringing Scouts and Guides together from all over Europe and beyond". Eurojam certainly did this; it was one of the greatest times I have ever had in my life, and enjoyed every minute of it! The atmosphere was amazing, everywhere you went there was the buzz of excitement, knowing that something new was going to happen over the days to come. Meeting new friends during the day; celebrating with them at night.

Of course, none of this would have been possible for me if I hadn't of had the support of the Sutton & Cheam District, the 4th Worcester Park Scout Group and my Parents. To all these, I am extremely grateful, and would like to say a big Thank You."
Tom Newman

EXPLORER UNIT

Alan Avery (Explorer Scout Leader)

In July we put up the aerial runway and as well as our using it, many sections used it as well. The week after, we took it down and prepared for our trip to Scotland. Six of the unit went on Eurojam in Essex - in English; this is a jamboree for Europeans! I gather they had a superb time meeting people from all over.
This left just four going to Scotland, so we went in the car as the van would have been far too expensive. We went to Shean Bridge outside Fort William - the Scottish midges were out in force. We climbed Ben Nevis - it's a long and uneventful path and we just missed having a view on top. We went to the Isle of Skye and went for a walk up to the Stors.

After putting up our tents in horizontal rain, we left in fine weather seeing the Cuillins in the background. After returning to Shean Bridge we went on to Inverness to see Richard Pennington's auntie. She kindly cooked us a slap-up breakfast. We moved on to Edinburgh and went on the statutory stroll up Prince's Street seeing many performers - no not the Explorers! We finished with a very pleasant final meal and despite travelling 1600 miles and just having a car load we all got on well and had a good time.

George Day plus a couple of Purple Troop lads went to Bethesda in North Wales to assist me in maintenance of the hostel up there. They're mad - they want to go again!

PARENTS & FRIENDS

The 4h are usually very lucky with weather at our various functions but our luck ran out on Saturday 10th September when the heavens opened on us right through our first ever Big Band Concert!
Nevertheless about 150 stout hearts huddled under their umbrellas, sat it out and in fact enjoyed an excellent evening's music by a full 17 member big band - The Dave Marion Big Band playing Glen Miller and music from the war/post war era.
During the evening there was a break for Bangers and Mash in the HQ Building, before the concert finished at 10 o'clock.
Thank you Margaret and your team for an excellent meal.
Our thanks are due to those few members who turned up to erect gazebos, lighting etc. including the much appreciated Beer Tent. Well done. In spite of the weather we all enjoyed ourselves and hope that next year the gods will be kinder to us.
P. S. We really must try and get more help from the younger parents - we are relying on a comparatively few older people who turn up time and time again - where would the Scouts be without them? A little additional help from other parents would be much appreciated and make life a lot easier.
Many hands make light work mummy used to say!!
Don't know who to approach with your offer of help - RING KEVIN - our Parents and Friends fund raising Chairman on 0208 644 7165 or e-mail pandf at 4wp.org.uk.

FELLOWSHIP

Graham Smith

"The sun shines on the righteous" so the saying goes.
Well, I don't know if the Fellowship or its members can be considered righteous but the sun certainly shone on us on the day of our July meeting on the 28th - the Barbecue held in John and Bridget Green's garden. The previous day had been more like winter, and early Thursday morning wasn't much better. However, with an improvement forecast we decided to go ahead and as we erected tents and gazebos and set up tables in the afternoon the sun came out and the remainder of the day was warm and sunny with an almost perfect summer evening.

Some 37 members were present to enjoy John and Bridget's hospitality - John manned the BBQ, grilling steak, whilst Bridget cooked sausages and chicken in the kitchen. Many of our ladies had brought along salads and, for a little later, desserts. As always it proved to be a most enjoyable social gathering and, as is now customary on this occasion, a donation was made to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

John and Bridget were thanked for once again making their garden available for the event, as were those who had spent the afternoon setting up the tentage - and who would be taking it all down the next day.

With the three previous meetings having been outdoor events, we returned indoors for our August meeting on the 25th. A very well attended meeting discussed several aspects of the Fellowship's involvement with the Group and also decided upon the venue for our annual dinner next January. It had previously been thought that a change from the "Kingswood Arms" was warranted and next January's venue will be "The Rubbing House" at Epsom race course.
At the conclusion of the business meeting we then listened to Shirley Cornish telling us about her visit to Armenia under the auspices of "Habitat for Humanity". She described a beautiful country but one where the way of life is so vastly different from anything most of us have, or will ever have, seen. It was a fascinating talk followed by the projection of slides amongst which were many memorable scenes but none, I think, could surpass the magnificent shots of distant Mount Ararat.

Shirley was thanked for her talk and a donation was made to the charity she supports, "Habitat for Humanity".
Our September meeting is on the 29th when Peter and Marion Phillips will be presenting "Countdown" after the business of the evening has been completed.
The October meeting then takes place on the 27th when business will be followed by a social evening with bar skills.

 

 

Information for November 2005 Newsletter to be with Fred Fletcher by Monday 3rd October

 

 

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