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Edition Number 118 October / November 2014
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COMMUNITY AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT
THE VIEWS OF THE INNISFAIL COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE INC
Contents Page 2 Editorial, Australian Hearing, Recreation Morning
Page 3 Sea Sculptures Exhibition
Page 4 & 5 Vincent Vandeleur OAM
Page 6 Innisfail Lioness Craft Fair
Page 7 It’s all about me, Dealing with Life’s Changes
Page 8 Recipes
Page 9 & 10 Hub Happenings
INNISFAIL & DISTRICT Community Information Newsletter
Produced by the
COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE 13-17 Donald Street, P O Box 886, Innisfail 4860
Phone: 40438400 Fax: 4061 7312 Freecall: 1800 616 001
The Community Support Centre is funded primarily by the Department of Communities
Community Support Centre Tax Help Volunteers
Recently I caught up with someone from my
past who has written a book called “ A Swag
of Memories” He sent me one, which will
revive many memories of the early days. I
lived for many years in Millaa Millaa where
my children grew up. They went to school by
bus and then they went to Herberton for High
School. Four generations of the family arrived
in Innisfail one weekend and we are all still
here.
I was a Lifeline counselor for a few years and
that was very rewarding. So much for
reminiscing…
October is here and I have no doubt there will
be new things to do and talk about. I’ve
always been happy with everything I’ve done
and I think it is important for everyone to feel
this way.
In this issue we feature an article on another
person with lots of memories of Innisfail, We
also have a couple of poems written by two
younger members of our community—watch
Editorial
Talkabout October / NOvember 2
The Hearing
Bus is coming to
Innisfail Community Support Centre
Australian Hearing is bringing hearing services
to the doorstep of the local area, when its
Hearing Bus stops by to offer free hearing
checks in Innisfail.
Hearing loss is a prevalent issue in the
community, with around 60 per cent of
Australians over 60 suffering from some form
of hearing loss.
The mobile service is a convenient way to
check your hearing and make sure you are in
good hearing health.
A hearing check is a quick and easy way to
measure the sounds you can and can’t hear.
Our team will also be on hand to guide you
through what next steps you may have to take
in regards to your hearing.
As well as having a hearing check, visitors to
the bus can find information on a range of
common hearing issues and view a display of
easy-to-use hearing devices for around the
home. This includes headsets for watching the
TV and alert systems for doorbells.
Not everyone who is experiencing problems
hearing needs a hearing aid. Sometimes it’s
just hearing the TV at normal volumes,
hearing your doorbell, or hearing your friends
on the phone that’s the problem.
No appointment is necessary.
Australian Hearing will provide hearing
checks to any interested adults who visit the
bus on the day.
THURSDAY 16th OCTOBER 2014. Call in
any time between 9am and 3pm.
13-17 Donald St Innisfail.
Australian Hearing provides subsidised hearing
care for eligible people, including pensioners and
most veterans. For more information call 40523700
or visit www.hearing.com.au
October Recreation Morning Indian
Cooking with Armajeet
on Monday October 20
from 9.30—11.30.
Saturday 25 October—9.00 am until 3.00 pm
Innisfail Showgrounds—SEE POY Pavilion
Entry $2
Wonderful CRAFTS, Cent Sale, Raffles
Galore, 200 Board, Fabulous Food
Entertainment 11am, 12 noon & 1pm
Plenty of parking inside the grounds
Telephone: Elaine Edwards
0488 067 935
Talkabout October / Novem- 3
Sea Sculptures Exhibition
Sophia LEMONIS
On Monday 22 September 2014, a celebratory opening was held at the Innisfail Library of an exhibition of sea creature artworks. The artworks were made of paper mache, and were designed and built by people attending the St John’s Community Care Saturday Young Disabilities Group workshops. The exhibition was opened by Effie Bacakalis, Manager, St Johns, together with Bill Shannon, Mayor CCRC. Effie said this exhibition showcases the participants, as artists in their community. Mayor Shannon said that we need food and shelter to survive, and to grow and connect we need art. Cassowary Coast offers many opportunities for art to flourish. The Sea Sculptures reinforce the CCRC theme of environment and sea. Mayor Shannon also said he looked forward to more artwork from this dynamic group.
There were many comments written in the Guest Book, all glowing and positive. Pam Rawlins wrote ‘a proud mum’.
Sophia Lemonis, Sea Sculptures Project Manager said the project was designed to give participants a longer term (a year) to complete the project. Wendy Dunlop, Head Librarian, at Innisfail Library was so impressed with the artworks that she incorporated the Sea Sculptures into their School Holiday Program. Wendy said she was very excited with the huge attendance, over 75 people. The exhibition will be on display from 22 September to 03 October. St John’s Community Care has over 800 staff, in centres in Queensland, from the Torres Strait Islands in the north, to Brisbane in the south, with its Head Quarters in Cairns.
Enjoying the delicious food is Mayor Bill Shan-non, Artist Duncan Hitchings, and Graphic Designer Christina Papadimitriou
Artist Luke Farlow receives his certificate from St Johns Manager Effie Bacalakis, and CCRC Mayor Bill Shannon
Sophia Lemonis, Sea Sculptures Project Manag-er, together with Artist Katrina Millwool, Effie, Bill, and Mark Nolan, CCRC Councillor for Community Services.
Some of the many guests enthusiastic about the exhibition.
Talkabout October / No- 4
Vincent Vandeleur OAM Vincent John Vandeleur, one of the Far North’s best known solicitors, was born in Innisfail
in 1936 and, apart from his education and overseas travel, has lived here all his life.
Passionate about his family and the cultural and agricultural development of Innisfail, he has
involved himself extensively in the community through the church, cultural and welfare
groups and today continues to do so whilst working as a consultant lawyer.
In 1974 he was founding member on the committee for an organisation which was to
become today’s Innisfail Community Support Centre.
He speaks with respect and fondness of legal colleagues, a few of whom have been in
practice for many years too. This youthful man (with not a wrinkle to be seen) has held
positions in numerous professional and community bodies. At a function in Cairns in 2009
in his honour, he received tributes from Supreme Court Judge, The Honourable Justice
Stanley Jones and members of the Bar.
Mr Vandeleur was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2005 for his
commitment to his profession and the community. Reluctant to discuss reasons for this
award, he modestly referred to others he considers more deserving. But during his most
recent visit to Innisfail, Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove singled out Mr Vandeleur for
particular mention for services to his community.
His family came from Ireland, although the origin of the name Vandeleur is Flemish. In
1881 his grandfather Walter settled in Herberton, marrying an Irish girl with whom he had
13 children, although only seven survived. Walter prospered in the Herberton tin mines and
in 1912 moved to Innisfail where they bought a house in Owen Street and land at Mena
Creek for their first cane farm.
A lot of land around Innisfail had been taken up by Irish immigrants under a land grants
scheme and these included numerous parcels in the name of young Irish Mercy nuns who
had come to join the All Hallows Community in Brisbane. Mr. Vandeleur recalls that as a
young practitioner he often came across title deeds in the name of these Irish nuns.
Vince Vandeleur’s father, Michael, became a solicitor in 1926 and entered into a partnership
in Innisfail. His contribution to the development of the area has been described as
inspirational. He died in 1980.
Mr Vandeleur is the youngest of five boys. He studied Italian and spent some months in
Siena, putting this knowledge to good use in the early days of his legal career when many
Italian immigrants had limited English, making it difficult for them to negotiate buying land
for cane farms. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1959, having been
articled to his father. He said this period of his life was immensely enjoyable as it gave him
a lifelong interest in the law academically. Many fellow students, with whom he has
remained friends, have had distinguished legal careers.
Admitted as a solicitor in 1959, he began work the following year in his father’s firm,
Mighell Lee-Bryce & Vandeleur. “My father was always very affirming of me both
personally and as a legal practitioner,” he said. Several partnership and name changes have
taken place, with Vandeleur & Todd, where he is consultant today, being established in
1994.
Quietly spoken and charming, Mr Vandeleur’s love of the church, its music and the spiritual
element are important in his life. He sings in the choir at the Mother of Good Counsel
Church and has been a member of a number of diocesan bodies. “I would describe myself as
a very active parishioner, with a great interest in the liturgy of the church,” he said.
Talkabout October / No- 5
He has been involved with the Conservatorium of Music from its foundation and later helped
to raise money for opera festivals. The Con enjoyed great success in 1970-80 with an annual
music festival, attracting a well known opera director which drew established opera singers
who came for a season each year.
Initial plans were to develop The Con as a music campus of James Cook University. “It is
disappointing that our hopes for a recognised music centre in the area did not develop,
particularly as the local Italian community have amongst them so many good voices,” he
said. It is now a music teaching centre for instruments and voice for children. Owned by
Cassowary Coast Regional Council, he continues as its patron and aims to encourage its use
once again.
His love of classical music is shared with Elizabeth, his wife of 47 years. They have five
adult children living in central and south-east Queensland. He said he and his wife tend to
feel isolated by the distance from their family. Mrs Vandeleur, originally a librarian, wrote
“In Faith and Hope”, a history of the Mother of Good Counsel Church. Their son John has
also followed a legal career.
The Sugar Festival, in which he was heavily involved, was once the social highlight of the
area which ran successfully for many years. From the 1950s until the 1980s he helped to
organise an annual carnival, parades, games and street dancing by members of immigrant
groups, and a ball in the Shire Hall.
About his legal work with cane farmers and mills, he said, “The Central Cane Sugar Prices
Board from about 1926 to 1980 controlled every aspect of the industry – who should be
licensed to grow cane, the size of the assignments, which mill the grower supplied with his
cane, the price he could sell his farm, how the price paid for the sugar would be divided
between mill and grower, plus many smaller details of growing and milling.”
Vince Vandeleur and his wife Elizabeth at a formal dinner in 2011.
Talkabout October / November 6
Words…
The words you say, the words I hear,
So sharp I can’t get near.
Quick thinking, quick tongue.
You think it’s joking, you think it’s fun.
The glares, the taunts, the exclusion.
Want to escape, run from seclusion.
No escape… No hope.
Can’t run… Can’t cope.
Every day the same,
You think it’s just a game.
Controlling everyone with your
manipulation
Causing me so much frustration.
Does anyone see what she’s doing to me?
My mind caving in. Why? Why does no
one see?
I look for help, my friend is there,
He tells me to smile and not to care.
He tells me to look forward, never back
I try so hard, for him, to do that.
I appreciate him lying,
Will he see me crying?
It’s my turn to lie and ‘smile’ and cheat.
But tomorrow someone will click rewind
and repeat.
The words you say, the words I hear,
So sharp, I can’t get near.
Phoebe Thompson© 2014. 17 years old
TIME
Time is everything and nothing. Time is short and long.
Time is wondrous and tedious. Time is a poem and a song.
A minute goes long and quick. An hour goes fast and slow. A second is worth everything
A day swiftly goes.
A week is sad and joyful. A fortnight is sweet and sour.
A month is immediate. A year is like an hour.
Time is a smile and a frown.
Time is life and death. Time is sight and sound.
Time is your first and last breath.
Time is everything and nothing. Time is short and long.
Time is wondrous and tedious. Time is a poem and a song.
Heaven Arici © 15 years old
Talkabout October / November 7
Talkabout August / September 8
Marsha’s Zucchini
Slice
375g zucchini
1 large onion
3 rashers bacon
1 cup grated cheddar
cheese
1 cup self-raising flour
6 eggs
Salt, pepper
Grate unpeeled zucchini coarsely, finely chop onion
and bacon. Combine zucchini, onion, bacon, cheese,
sifted flour, oil and lightly beaten eggs. Season with
salt and pepper. Pour into well-greased lamington
tin (base measure 16cm x 26cm), bake in moderate
oven 30-40 minutes or until browned.
Serves 4-6.
Lyn’s Sweetcorn and Zucchini Fritters
1 ½cups SR Flour
¾ cup milk
2 eggs
1 can corn kernels, 420g (drained)
1 can creamed corn, 310g
1 zucchini, grated
3 green onions (spring onions/shallots)
Olive or vegetable oil for shallow frying.
Sift flour into a bowl and season with salt and
pepper. Use fork to whisk eggs and milk and pour
over flour. Stir until smooth and add vegetables and
stir until well combined.
Heat enough oil to cover base of large non-stick
frying pan until med hot. Spoon ¼ cup of mixture
into pan and cook for 3-4 mins on each side until
golden brown and firm to touch. (Cook 3 at a time).
Cool on wire rack and serve with tzatziki dip.
Julie’s Pear and Fennel Salad
2 firm but ripe pears,
1 med fennel bulb
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
¼ cup toasted walnuts
70g shaved parmesan
Thinly slice the fennel across
the bulb with a sharp knife or
mandoline. Thinly slice the
pears down each cheek to
keep the shape. Place fennel
and pear in a bowl. Whisk oil and lemon juice
together in a bowl, season. Gently toss with
fennel and pear. Serve on a
platter, scattered with shaved parmesan,
walnuts and fennel fronds.
Mark’s Chocolate Lasagna
1 pkt regular Oreo cookies—about 36
6 tablespoons melted butter
250g cream cheese, softened
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons cold milk
3 cups whipped cream
200g Chocolate Instant Pudding
3¼ cups cold milk
1½ cups mini chocolate chips
Remove cream from each cookie. Crush the
cookies. Add butter and mix well with a fork.
Press mixture into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
Refrigerate.
Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add 2
tbsps. Milk and the sugar. Mix well. Stir in
1¼ cups whipped cream. Spread over the
biscuit base.
Combine instant pudding with 3¼ cups milk.
Whisk until pudding starts to
thicken. Spread over the
cream cheese. Refrigerate for
5 minutes.
Spread remaining whipped
cream over the top and
scatter mini choc chips over the top. Freeze for
one hour, or refrigerate for 4 hours before
serving.
Barbi’s Nutella Bread Pudding
12 slices brioche bread or 6 croissants at least 1
day old.
1½ cups Nutella
2 cups light cream
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 punnet fresh raspberries
Heat oven to 175°C. Cut croissants in half if
using. Make sandwiches of brioche or croissants
using Nutella and sprinkling with fresh
raspberries. Cut each sandwich into 6 or 8
pieces and place in a well buttered 20cm square
Favourite Recipes from Volunteers and Staff
Talkabout October / November 9
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
12.30-14.00
Social Work
Group Lunch
2
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning Ph
40438400
3
09.00-16.00 Tully
Support Centre
Community
Learning
Project
4
09.00 –16.30
Greenway
Stitchers
Craft Day
5
09.00 –16.30
Greenway
Stitchers Craft
Day
6
Labour Day Holiday
7
10.00-14.00
Diversicare
8
10
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
Seniors’ Legal
Service
Ph 1800 650
9
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning
Ph 40438400
10
09.30-14.30 Tax
Help
09.00-16.00 Tully
Support Centre
Community
11
09.00 –16.30
Greenway
Stitchers
12
13
09.30-14.00 “It’s
all about me”
workshop ph
Carol 40438400
14
09.30-14.30
Tax Help
10.00-2.00
Carers
Queensland
Support Group
19.30
Toastmasters
Innisfail
Ph . Dr. Jay Lo
15
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
10.00-15.00
North QLD
Women’s Legal
Service
Ph CSCI
40438400
16 09.30-14.30
Tax Help
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning Ph
40438400
13.00
Form Filling
Assistance
Natasha
40438400
17
09.00-16.00 Tully
Support Centre
Community
Learning
Project
18
1.30 –4.30
Innisfail
Horticultural
and Garden
Club
19
20
09.30-14.30 Tax
Help
09.30 –11.30
Recreation Day
(see flyer for
details)
CSCI Manage-
ment Commit-
21 09.30 Inner Wheel
22
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
23
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning
Ph 40438400
13.00
Form Filling
Assistance
Natasha
24
09.30-14.30 Tax
Help
09.00-16.00 Tully
Support Centre
Community
Learning
Project
25
14.00 SANDS
meeting. Ph
Melissa
0427794776
or Natasha
40438400
26
27 28
9.30-13.00
“Dealing with
Life’s changes”
workshop.
09.30-14.30 Tax
Help
19.30 Toastmas-
ters Innisfail
ph . Dr. Jay Lo
29
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
30
09.30-14.30 Tax
Help
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning Ph
40438400
13.00 Form
Filling Assis-
tance Natasha
31
09.30-12.00
Basic 5 Cooking
9.00-16.00 Tully
Support Centre
Community
Learning
Project
If you have a community
group needing a place to
meet why not call in or
phone 40438400 for a chat.
We have great facilities and
our prices are minimal.
“Hub Happenings”
October 2014
Talkabout October / November 10
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Need a room for an interview or for
training?
Give us a call and see if we can help.
1 6
09.00 –16.30
Greenway
Stitchers
3 18.00 Cassowary Coast Camera Club Ph Richard 40643328
4 09.30 Inner Wheel
5
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
12.30-14.00
Social Work
Group Lunch
Meeting
6
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning Ph
40438400
13.00
Form Filling
Assistance
Natasha
40438400
7
09.00-16.00
Tully Support
Centre
Community
Learning
Project
8
10 11
10.00-
12.00Carers
Queensland
Support Group
10.00-14.00
Diversicare
19.30
Toastmasters
Innisfail
Ph . Dr. Jay Lo
0417406100
12
10
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
Seniors’ Legal
Service ph
1800 650 931
13
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning
Ph 40438400
13.00
Form Filling
Assistance
Natasha
40438400
14
09.00-16.00
Tully Support
Centre
Community
Learning
Project
15
1.30 –4.30
Innisfail
Horticultural
and Garden Club
17
09.30 –11.30
Recreation Day
(see flyer for
details)
CSCI
Management
Committee
18 09.30 Inner Wheel
19
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
10.00-15.00
North QLD
Women’s Legal
Service
ph CSCI
20
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning
Ph 40438400
13.00
Form Filling
Assistance
Natasha
21
09.00-16.00
Tully Support
Centre
Community
Learning
Project
22
24 25
10.00-14.00
Diversicare
19.30
Toastmasters
Innisfail
Ph . Dr. Jay Lo
0417406100
26
09.30-11.00
Tai Chi
27
09.30-11.00
Women’s Coffee
Morning Ph
40438400
13.00
Form Filling
Assistance
Natasha
28
09.00-16.00
Tully Support
Centre
Community
Learning
Project
29
14.00 SANDS
meeting. Ph
Melissa
0427794776 or
Natasha
40438400
“Hub Happenings”
November 2014