Dunlops Diary Autumn18

Dunldoipa r’ys Patricia Zambatti with her great-grandchildren,Emily and Alex Blain at our annual Children’s Party

Inside this issue: • Children’s Party • Cashin Scholarship winner announced • Make & Create • Meet David and Shirley Weary Dunlop Retirement Village Autumn Newsletter 2018

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A note from Eileen...

Hello and welcome to the autumn edition of Dunlop’s Diary.

It has been an exciting start to the year as the Children’s Party was a huge success despite the very hot conditions. We had a packed village centre where the excited kids participated in fun activities and had a delicious lunch. Then, in true Aussie fashion, we embraced Australia Day with a barbie in the sun and a few games afterwards.

Our recent Open Day weekend was well attended and our fabulous residents contributed to the success by playing cards, bowling on the green, manning the shop, and setting up the craft area. Not to forget our wonderful singers who welcomed the visitors to the village!

The Hawaiian summer BBQ was also quite popular. Not only was it a great day for socialising, but it was also a delicious party as chef Lawrence cooked up a storm!

I would also like to thank Neal Barkell and the green thumbs of our gardening group.

We all enjoy taking an afternoon stroll in the wonderful gardens.

Kind regards

Eil lt Eileen Ki Kielty Regional Manager

Ryman and Gig on the Green Hundreds turned out for Mt Eliza’s Gig on the Green, with Ryman Healthcare sponsoring the popular event for the first time.

With plans to build a village in Mt Eliza, the Gig on the Green was a perfect opportunity for Ryman to introduce itself to the community. Ryman’s Victoria regional sales & community relations manager, Robert Taylor joined the revellers.

“With Ryman being such a family-orientated organisation, it makes a lot of sense to support such an inclusive event which solidifies the growing Ryman relationship with the local community.”

Rebecca Hall Assistant Manager Phone: 03 8545 1400 Call Rebecca for general enquiries, or any information about low care, high care, and dementia care.

Robert Taylor Regional Sales & Community Relations Manager Phone: 0061 3 8545 1403 Speak with Robert about retirement living options and availabilities in the village.

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It was a scorching hot day for our annual Children’s Party. Despite the heat, about 70 children joined their grandparents and great-grandparents to enjoy a fun-filled day of activities.

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Face painting proved to be quite popular, while others loved playing on the bouncy castle, participating in the floor games or petting the animals. We also had a magician who showed the kids a magical time.

No party is complete without food and ours had sizzling hot dogs and burgers, and to cap it all we had a delicious ice cream. Thank you to our wonderful staff for a great event and we are looking forward to the next one.

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<generic recipe> New Zealand bowlers take on Melbourne While most of us were sleeping off our Christmas feasts on Boxing Day, four residents from Bob Scott Retirement Village in New Zealand were heading our way to Melbourne.

The winners of the Ryman NZ lower North Island regional bowls tournament, Arie Molenaar, Shirley Wilson, Ron Scott and Retaa Morris, were eager to take on our bowlers in the Glen Waverley Bowls Carnival.

“The atmosphere was brilliant. There was a lot of interest in us and people asking how we were doing.”

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The team also enjoyed their visit to our village where they had a tour and morning tea with the residents.

“Sometimes we’re there for half an hour and we don’t play bowls we just talk!”

They all agree that it is the best thing to have a bowling green in a village as it brings people together. “ A lot of people go there just to sit and talk there. It’s a social spot,” Arie says.

They all give a very big thank you to Ryman and Denise Thompson, Ryman community relations team leader, and Russ Nicholls, from the Glen Waverley Bowls Club.

“We’re just so proud to be part of Ryman.”

Cashin Scholarship Winner 2018 Emma Glasson is all set to pursue her dream career after winning the $5,000 Cashin Scholarship.

The 18-year-old from Invercargill, NZ has started her first year studying for a Bachelor of Commerce and she says the scholarship has eased the pressure on her family.

Emma’s mum Deanna is a senior caregiver at Rowena Jackson Retirement Village in Invercargill and started there in 2012 after the family moved south from Christchurch.

Emma says the earthquakes were tough on the family.

“The earthquakes took a toll on us all and mum and dad decided that Invercargill would be a good place to move to.’’

Emma is the seventh winner of the scholarship established in honour of

Ryman director Mike Cashin.

Blair Cashin, Mike’s son, said Emma was a deserving winner.

“We were delighted to support Emma’s ambitions to study accountancy.

She’s part of a family whose lives were disrupted by the earthquakes but she is a determined character who has done well at school through her hard work.’’

The scholarship is open to all Ryman staff and their families.

Victoria regional sales & community manager Robert Taylor, General Manager for the Melba Opera Trust Amy Black, group sales & community relations manager Debbie McClure and Nellie Melba sales advisors Michelle Shaw and Dale Singleton

Dame Nellie – an Australian icon The spontaneous gasps of delight when the curtain was pulled back said it all: Dame Nellie Melba was an overwhelmingly popular choice for our new village.

More than 220 people packed into the Mulgrave Country Club to see which Australian’s name would grace the village, currently under construction on Collegium Ave. Dame Nellie (1861-1931) was Australia’s first international opera star who became an icon at home for her extraordinary singing talent as well as her contribution to good causes.

Born Helen Porter Mitchell, she adopted the pseudonym Melba to honour Melbourne, her home town.

Dame Nellie studied music in Melbourne before leaving for Europe and studying music in Paris and Brussels. Her career took off when she moved to London and established herself as a leading soprano at Covent Garden before landing roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Dame Nellie used her fame to work tirelessly to raise funds for charity during World War 1 and after the war dedicated herself to teaching the next generation of performers.

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She continued to perform throughout her life and her contribution to Australia was recognised when she was chosen to feature on the $100 note.

Guests at the naming event enjoyed a breath-taking performance by Melba Opera Trust scholar Cleo Lee-McGowan before being treated to generous servings of eponymous Australian favourites Melba Toast and Peach Melbas.

Dame Nellie is our third opera star – following on from Ryman villages named after Dame Malvina Major and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

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Valentine’s Day

Day and our Love was in the air for Valentine’s chocolate residents had a great time making gs red at strawberries and celebrating all thin rful day the special high tea. It was a wonde to celebrate love!

What is not to love about a great

high tea?!

Make & Create

Our serviced apartment residents we re very creative over the last few weeks and spruced up tissue boxes. Every box was unique ly decorated and the residents loved tak ing it back to their apartments so they cou ld display it.

Valerie Lewis with her creation

Introducing Karl Holden Hello, my name is Karl Holden and I am the maintenance officer at Weary Dunlop Retirement Village. I started working at the village in August 2017.

I have been married to my wonderful wife for 15 years and we have three children; two boys and a girl. We also have a dog called Jessie and a brood of chooks running in the backyard.

I was born in England and have two siblings – a brother and a sister. However, when I was eleven years old, my family decided to emigrate from the UK to Australia. I attended Rowville Secondary for my high school education and became a qualified plumber.

I have travelled around the world and have worked in Canada and in Perth

and Western Australia, but my favourite place in the world is Wilson’s Promontory because it’s so beautiful.

My wife and I moved back to Melbourne when she fell pregnant with our first child.

I absolutely love working at Weary Dunlop! I can honestly say it has been St Patrick's Day was a lot of one of my best jobs ever. I find both fun at Edmund Hillary with staff and the residents awesome and so green outfits, green food, friendly. The job is very rewarding. and of course, Guinness!

I look forward to coming to work every day.

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commerce but decided to go back to co his first love – teaching. David taught hi at school for 43 years. He was a keen baseballer, played cricket for Deepdene ba and was a netball umpire. an

ey l r i h S d n a d i v Meet Da Hello, our names are David and Shirley Williams. We moved into the village last year, primarily for health reasons but we have already developed good friendships here. We love our beautiful apartment and like the fact that we can hang our own paintings!

David was educated at Melbourne High, and he always wanted to be a primary school teacher. Following school, he went to Melbourne University and studied

Shirley was born in Melbourne but grew Sh up in Camberwell where she went to the local school. After finishing high school, lo Shirley went to the Kindergarten Teacher’s Sh College in Kew for three years. Shirley Co loves tennis and camping. lo We met in 1959 at a church youth club W in Deepdene and got married three years later. We first lived in Balwyn North for nine years before moving to Vermont South and lived there for 46 years. We have three children, two sons and a daughter who all live in Melbourne.

When David retired in 1993, he continued to paint. We would take photos, develop them on slides and then use them as guides to paint. David painted day and night and produced 22 self-published books! He also travelled around Victoria to hold water colour workshops.

When we decided to downsize we donated most of our paintings to the Olivia Newton John centre at Austin Hospital.

Shortbread The Ralph Family Recipe Makes approx 30 pieces Ingredients: 250g butter 3/4 cup caster sugar 1/2 cup cornflower

2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method: • Cream butter and sugar well.

• Add sifted flour, cornflour and salt.

• Knead well, roll out fairly thick (1cm).

• Cut into pieces, place on cold greased tray and prick with a fork.

• Bake for 15-18 minutes 180°C. • Leave to cool.

Enjoy!

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Christmas celebrations!

For Christmas, some of our residents went out to celebrate with their families and other families joined us at the village. We even manged to be good all year round so we received a visit from the man himself - Santa Claus!

The Christmas crackers were popped pped and a cken was delicious roast of turkey and chicken served. To cap it off, the meal was finished rd. It was so with a plum pudding and custard. nice to relax in the afternoon listening to Christmas carols!

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