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MAINTAIN SCOOTERS IN SCONE
Scone Neighbourhood Centre invites all motorised scooter user to make an appointment for their check-up. The Centre organises a trained technician to come to Scone every three months to maintain and do necessary repairs on scooters. They are also able to contact the technician in emergency cases if you can’t wait until the next scheduled appointment. Scooters help to keep the rider active and independent, riders can use the scooter to go to social activities and reach essential services. Maintenance of the machine will improve the life of the scooter and may avoid a break down on route. If you would like to book in for the next service day on Tuesday July 12, please phone 6545 2562. Maintenance work is undertaken at the rear of the Neighbourhood Centre building at 130 Liverpool Street, Scone.
THANK YOU
A big thankyou to our very ‘Rio’ volunteers that
entered the Scone & Upper Hunter Horse Festival
Parade promoting the Neighbourhood Centre services
and programs. Great job to Tweety Bird, Sylvester and
Santa for coming out so early in the year and also to
Ebony, Daisy, Sally, Anne and Cathie.
FIRST AID TRAINING
First Aid Training – Wednesday 15th June Accredited, WorkCover approved $125.00.
Enrolment forms are available on the Website www.snrc.com.au or phone 654 2562.
MOVING NEIGHBOURHOOD FUNDRAISER
A Skills Auction to raise funds to purchase a new
Neighbourhood Centre to assist the service to continue to grow and support this area.
Saturday 12th November at Scone RSL Club commencing at 7pm.
*Details to come in the Spring Connector
Winter 2016
Welcome to the Upper Hunter Connector! A community newsletter delivered free each quarter to the Scone and Aberdeen townships. To ensure the publication is viable we do need paid advertisers.
As always, we encourage community groups to send in any news, events, stories or photos of what is happening in your group and we will include it where possible.
Jaala Presland will be leading our team in the compilation of the Upper Hunter Connector and has been part of both our previous newsletters the 'Bush Telegraph' and 'Aberdeen Whisper'.
The Neighbourhood Centre is pleased to be able to provide the 'Upper Hunter Connector' and we look forward to sharing the publication with you.
UPPER HUNTER CONNECTOR DETAILS:
The Newsletter is produced by the Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre, 130 Liverpool Street, Scone NSW 2337.
Tel: 02 6545 2562 Email: [email protected]
Deadline 1:00pm Wednesday, August 24, 2016.
Aberdeen Library Hours Moray Street, Aberdeen
Phone: 02 6540 1303
Monday 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10:00am - 12:30 pm Wednesday 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Thursday 3:00pm - 5:00pm Friday 11:30am - 1:00pm & 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Saturday Closed Monthly on a Tuesday - Story time for children under
school age from 10:30am.
Scone Library Hours Liverpool Street, Scone
Phone: 02 6540 1183
Monday - Friday: 10.00am - 1.00pm &
2.00pm - 5.30pm Saturday: 9.00am – 12:00pm
Baby Talk Wednesday mornings from 10:30am Story time Friday mornings from 10:30am
WASTE DISPOSAL Aberdeen, Wells Gully Road
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 8am to 5pm Saturday & Sunday: 9am to 5pm
Closed Christmas Day
WASTE DISPOSAL
Scone, Noblet Road Monday - Thursday: 12pm to 5pm
Friday: 8am to 5pm Saturday & Sunday: 9am to 5pm
Closed Christmas Day
Upper Hunter Shire Council Phone: 02 6540 1100
Fax: 02 6545 2671 [email protected]
After Hours Emergency Numbers
Bush Fires 1800 081 166
State Emergency Services 132 500
Family Day Care 0409 824 576
Water, sewerage, landfill 6540 1199
Roads, bridges, animal control 6540 1199
Scone Out of School Hours 6540 1177
Merriwa 6540 1199
MEDICAL CONTACTS Aberdeen Surgery
6543 8424 Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm
Scone Medical Practice 6545 1600
Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:30pm
Saturday 8:30am – 11:00am
Scott Memorial Hospital 6540 2100
Muswellbrook District Hospital 6542 2000
PET & ANIMAL CONTACTS Pet Medical Scone 6544 3201 Pet Medical Muswellbrook 6541 1555
Satur Vets 6545 3333 The Vet & Pet Centre 6543 7111
The Barn Vets 6543 1999 Wildlife Aid 0429 850 089
Virtual Shed Men’s Health Column
‘Across My Desk’ for this edition is a very interesting initiative from the
Men’s Shed Association.
Us blokes can generally be quite fastidious about our
machinery. It doesn’t matter if we are farmers, timber
workers, truckers, miners or car owners when a service is due on our machinery we either do it ourselves or we
get the mechanic to do it. This is especially so when the
value of our machinery is significant – sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars! With the correct
maintenance schedule we can keep our machinery
running optimally and can often avoid costly repairs –
problems can be identified and fixed early before they become major.
Our most valuable piece of machinery however is our own health – if we are incapacitated then we are
unable to operate all the other machinery that we own.
But when it comes to us blokes looking after ourselves
we are generally not very good at it! We mostly don’t have a “maintenance schedule” and tend to use the
“wait and see” approach. Physically, if we have an ache
or pain, our attitude is often that of “I’ll battle through this” or “I’ll wait a while and see if this gets better by
itself”. For most of us we get away with this most of
the time. Only when the aches or pains are
overpowering do we make the decision to do something about it and get it checked out by our
mechanic (our GP or other Health Professional). We
would not ignore that timing chain rattle or bearing rumble in our machinery because we know that it
might lead to worse problems later on – so why don’t
we pay as much attention to the rattles and rumbles
that our bodies send us?
Likewise, emotionally, we may also take the wait and
see attitude. Only when the situation becomes emotionally overwhelming do we seek some help.
Yet while we are doing this, while we are waiting and seeing, the problem can get worse. We may then end
up taking out our frustration on our loved ones and
friends. And, by waiting and seeing, we also run the
risk of the problem becoming more and more difficult to fix/ treat.
Health is complex – we can tend to become
overwhelmed with health information. “Spanner in the Works?” provides some key health messages to us men
in a form that is understandable and achievable.
“Spanner in the Works?” is not about telling you what
to do but sets out some things that you can do (or not do) to improve your health and your chances of a
longer and happier life. It gives you the opportunity to
make adjustments as you see fit. Often minor
adjustments can have a major impact on your health, relationships with loved ones and friends and your
work.
I encourage you all to use this website and the links
provided to discover more about your health and
wellbeing – there are even some age related “maintenance schedules” which outline health issues
common to your age group and to provide information
as to what may need discussion at your annual
maintenance check up with your mechanic (GP). Your GP or Health Professional are valuable sources of
information – use them!
If there is an area that you are concerned about then I also encourage you to use this website to seek further
information from Australia’s “peak body” health
organisations – go to the website, ring them – they will
be more than happy to provide further and more detailed information.
Most importantly put yourself over the pits each year by getting a full health check through your GP.
For further information please email:- [email protected] or call into the Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre for some helpful resources.
Belinda McKenzie – Virtual Shed Project Officer
RIVERBOAT POSTMAN WAITING FOR PASSENGERS
Belinda McKenzie Project Officer for Scone Neighbourhood Centre (SNRC) Virtual Shed project invite men of the Upper Hunter Shire on another Virtual Shed tour on Wednesday August 3.
Come cruising with SNRC team members on the
Hawkesbury Mail Boat, the famous Riverboat
Postman, and enjoy the magnificent scenery of the lower Hawkesbury River.
The first Riverboat Postman started the run in 1910 and continues today will skippers that are locals who have lived in the area their whole lives. Their stories will entertain you while cruising in comfort delivering mail to the settlements of Dangar and Milson Islands, Kangaroo Point, Bar Point, Marlow Creek, Fisherman's Point and Milson's Passage before returning to Brooklyn.
Booking is necessary by calling into the Scone Neighbourhood Centre at 130 Liverpool Street with your details from the registration form and a donation of $10.00. Morning tea and lunch is included. The Bus will depart Murrurundi 6.00am, Scone Railway Station at 6.30am and Aberdeen 6.50am return around 4.30pm. The project is funded for men through the Department of Social Services to improve the lives of rural men through information, resources and programs.
ABERDEEN CARE PACKAGE CADETS With Carol Johnston May, 2016 Today we are packing share boxes. We have 3 groups to pack for 2 small ones and 1 large one. It is going into Summer so we can't send much chocolate but make up for that with other yummies from home. When we do share boxes we make sure that they will be full of the things they love. We have bought bags of: Minties, Fantails, Mentos, chewy fresheners, Cashews, boxes of Shapes (we have found in the past in letters the troops have loved these). Reject Shop had bags of Tim Tams wrapped individually we HAD to get some and hope we have beaten the extreme heat. There will be rehydrating powdered drinks, healthy chewy bars and the list goes on. Every share box will have some magazines on the bottom and they will all share these. All assorted things, fishing, bikes, four wheel driving, cars, R.M.Williams mags - something for everyone. We also add a little something to brighten their day and of course the flag we will put one in the box for the fellow who will distribute the items. These items have been purchased with the money we gathered on Anzac day so it was extra special. We will have a 2 week break after today and then power on again.
A big thank you to the local Aberdeen Anzac Day
committee for their donation of $160. We are so
grateful for their support.
Cont. We were so generously invited to have a table and collection box at the luncheon and the regular representatives take their box around at the parade and from that all the expenses are paid and this year we were the chosen ones to receive any monies left.
We are so grateful for the support we get from our
local people.
A big call out thank you Comprint Solutions who are
once more supplying the boys with new shirts as they are growing so fast.
Next to a wonderful old fellow on my old mail run
for sending us $50 in the mail. He is a wonderful man and has supported us for a long time.
To my cousin, Yvonne, for a fabulous huge box that
arrived on Friday all these goodies will go in this
week’s packs - thank you Yvonne you have supported us for so long as well.
I try to teach the boys about how grateful we need
to be and the importance of us being thankful to
those helping us and saying thank you when it happens.
How do you explain about all the letters we sent out
a few months ago to the horse studs and to the RSL
Sub Committee in Muswellbrook and out of all of
them only one even acknowledged us? It was the
old Darley now Godolphin who were so gracious
and called us and made us a pledge for the next
round later in the year. Not one other group or stud
even had manners enough to let us know that sorry
they could not help at this time. Saying NO is so
much nicer than saying nothing.
It is enlightening though that wonderful people
have supported us where we never expected it and we are so grateful for that.
I have just written a letter to a bikers group who are
linked to returned servicemen and we will wait patiently to see if we get a reply.
The boys need to keep 7th July vacant. It is a
Thursday in the school holidays, we are waiting for
more on that.
Follow the Care Package Cadets on Facebook.
What are you currently working on? At the moment I'm working on The Wolf in Armani...this
story would be classified in the Dark-Romance / Erotic / Paranormal genre. This story revolves around three main characters; one of whom is a wealthy and charming
Sociopath, the second is a Detective Inspector and the third is the ghostly voice of a victim. It's still in the early first draft stage at the moment.
What books of yours are available for people to read? All of my books are available to read. Unfortunately for those who like their reads as something tangible and
made of paper, my books are only available in eBook format. My latest book, Wicked Good, is available now at all
eBook stores. Where can readers access your stories? My work can be accessed through Smashwords and
Amazon, both of whom I'm published through. My stories are also available through iBooks at Apple and through Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.
The links are: Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JenniferCrowfoot
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Jennifer+Crowfoot&search-
alias=digital-text&field-author=Jennifer+Crowfoot&sort=relevancerank
iBooks : https://itunes.apple.com/au/author/jennifer-crowfoot/id580934676?mt=11
*** I would like to thank Jaala and The Upper Hunter Connector for giving me this wonderful opportunity to
bring my work to your attention. As an Indie Author every little piece of publicity is a hands-up, and it goes a long way towards helping me to get my stories out there to
where they should be...with the readers. Happy reading - Jennifer. ***
JENNIFER CROWFOOT - AUTHOR No ordinary housewife, Jennifer Crowfoot spends her days nestled in the small rural
township of Aberdeen in a world of imagination and captivating story plots.
Jennifer has a passion for writing which she clearly conveys through her many characters. She began
writing for the public four years ago. Her writing is predominately based on Adult Romance.
Jennifer, what is your writing process? Are you a one idea kinda girl or a flurry of ideas? My writing process usually involves opening the doc and printing
out my recent work. I'll sit down and go over it with a red pen, crossing out anything that's not relevant to the story, adding other ideas into it, and also correcting any errors I find. I find that actually reading the work with a hard copy, versus just
reading from the screen, helps me to find mistakes or plot-holes more easily. After inputting the improvements into the story on my laptop, I
then try to write anywhere from 5k to 10k words a day. Generally Jaala, I'm a one idea kinda writer. But many times now I've found myself deep in one story only to have another bunch
of characters begin shouting in my head. On a couple of occasions I've also had two stories going at the same time, only to have to put one onto the backburner while I concentrate on
just the one. What inspires you to write? Basically it's a passion for telling stories and wanting (needing)
to share them and my characters with others. How long would it take you to write each piece? It varies. Some of my books have been relatively quick, as in a
couple of months. While some of my stories have been harder to get out of my head and down onto the screen. These usually take me a little longer. I generally try to have a week off between
stories just to recharge the brain cells. Writing tends to drain me mentally, particularly if the book deals with subject matter that's intense. Although, I never stop thinking and plotting during my time outs. My mind tends to be constantly whirring
Do you enjoy reading as well as writing? If so, what genre do you prefer? Do you have a favourite Author? Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm a voracious reader. Always have been.
I like, and read, a broad spectrum of sub-genres, but tend to read a lot of the genre I myself write in, namely Adult Romance. I also enjoy a well-written Horror story.
My favourite author above all others, is Stephen King. I think his writing is absolutely flawless. I love his style of writing, and I admire his talent for description, and building scenes in his
work. The effortless way he creates mood with a few select phrases and words is second-to-none.
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the
touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fi re: it is the time for home.
― Edith Sitwell
Gambling help is a free service available to people
s truggling with problem gambling, this also includes family,
friends of gambler. Private & confidential
Upper Hunter Homeless Support i s a Not-For-Profit Organisation that
provides support to people who are homeless or at risk of
homelessness.
02 65425051
FLOOD
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FOR SALE in Aberdeen: 7 Eldon Street, Aberdeen Buyer Guide: $165,000-$185,000 103 Bedford Street, Aberdeen Buyer Guide: $310,000-$330,000 10 Campbell Street, Aberdeen Buyer Guide: $330,000-$360,000 139 Graeme Street, Aberdeen Buyer Guide: $360,000-$380,000
SOLD in Aberdeen: 32 Kyuga Street, Aberdeen $125,000 106 St Andrews Street, Aberdeen $330,000 50 Mount Street, Aberdeen $210,000
FOR SALE in Scone: 298 Dry Creek Road, Scone Buyer Guide: $760,000-$780,000 33 Bhima Drive, Scone Buyer Guide: $420,000-$440,000 133 Allan Cunningham Road, Scone Buyer Guide: $600,000-$620,000 59 Waverly Street, Scone Buyer Guide: $520,000-$540,000
SOLD in Scone: 122 Tullong Road, Scone $487,500 43-45 Bureen Road, Scone $850,000 101 Susan Street, Scone $256,000 96B Barton Street, Scone $585,000 55 O’Connell Street, Murrurundi $262,000
Committed to the
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With offices in Muswellbrook and Scone, John Flood Estate
Agents has been established in the Hunter s ince 1976 and has
developed into the area’s most successful real estate agency
helping hundreds of people sell and buy property.
John Flood Estate Agents boasts a leading market share in
Muswellbrook & Aberdeen with a s trong share in Scone since the
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DARTBROOK MINE
Community, Complaints & Enquiries, Please Contact Dartbrook by Calling
1300 131 058
To find out more about Anglo American please visit www.angloamerican.com
Special Markets & Events
Bloom Markets
Saturday 4th June, from 9am
Scone Public School, Liverpool Street, Scone
Denman Farmers & Artisans Market Saturday 4th June, 8am – 12pm
Lion’s Park, Ogilvie Street, Denman
Merriwa Markets
Saturday 11th June, 9am – 12pm
Merriwa RSL Club, Bow Street, Merriwa
Scone Country Markets
Saturday 11th June, 8am – 2pm Visitor’s information Centre, Cnr Kelly & Susan
Streets, Scone
Muswellbrook Markets & Poultry Auction
Sunday 12th June, 9am – 1pm
Muswellbrook Showground, Maitland Road, Muswellbrook
Murra County Markets Sunday 26th June, 8am – 2pm
Wilson Memorial Oval, Mayne Street,
Murrurundi
Merriwa Festival of the Fleeces
June Long Weekend Merriwa
www.festivalofthefleeces.com.au
Aberdeen Highland Games Saturday 2nd July
Jefferson Park, Aberdeen
www.aberdeenhighlandgames.com
One - off Events
Upcoming Markets
MUSWELLBROOK WIG LIBRARY This service is FREE to those residing in any town in the UPPER HUNTER including SINGLETON. The Library has been operating since 2012 and is for those who have hair loss due to cancer or other medical condition. The Library has many wigs displayed on foam heads for your convenience. We have long, short and in between. We have beanies in large, medium and small, turbans, hats and others. So whether you would like a wig for everyday use, occasional use or for a special occasion or you would just prefer a couple of beanies for the cold please give Trisha a call on 6541 3188 and arrange an appointment at a time that suits you.
