1. food and drink
2. desserts and baking

From the Desk
Welcome to the Anzac edition of the Grapevine. One Tree Hill
can be proud again after hosting a memorable Anzac Day
Dawn Service. The cover, page 4 and 5 have photos taken
during the Service and after the Service. Pictures speak
louder than words don’t they? We also have the poem which
was read out at the Anzac Dawn Service and sent it to us by
Glenice Leonard.
We have had a bit of a shuffle around with pages this month
to allow more advertisements to be added, so our regular
colour page 3 has been changed to page 4. Hopefully you will
get used to it.
There is a bit of a mixture of articles this month but the
emphasis is on Anzac Day and of course Mother’s Day.
We take this opportunity to wish all the Mum’s and
Grandmother’s a beautiful day filled with lots of hugs and
kisses from their family.
On page 6 we have the special memorial service held at the
OTH Primary School, what a fabulous job the kids did
painting the rainwater tank and making those lovely wreaths.
Well done kids and parents and of course all the workers
involved in getting the event organised.
We also feature local identity Graham who received his life
membership from the CFS recently, congratulations Graham.
The OTH Primary School Ladies lunch is also featured, Kay
Ellis does a wonderful job organising the event each year.
She’s made a special mention that if you would like to bring a
guest next year you are more than welcome.
Page 7 has news of the soldier figure erected outside of the
Institute, doesn’t it look wonderful and isn’t
technology great these days. We also have a very
easy recipe for French Toast Roll-ups on page 7
that would be ideal for the kids to get involved in for
Mother’s Day.
On page 16 we have an article sent in by Heather Garfield who
has an exhibition of her beautiful water colour paintings, the
exhibition is called ‘Salt Water’. It starts later in the month in
Gawler, it would be great to go along to support a local artist.
Page 19 has more tips on rearing goats, thank you to Julie who
writes our regular Horse Tips Articles. She certainly knows her
animals. Don’t forget if you need some advice email us and we
will pass it on to Julie.
Page 19 also has some tips for helping around the garden and
uses for teabags.
On page 23 we have two events that may interest you, these
have been put together by Anne Ellis who is the Community
Development Officer of the Sampson Flat Bushfires.
Plus we have a few funnies thrown in to keep you amused.
We hope you enjoy this edition of the Grapevine.
Until next month, the Editorial Team.
Email: oth.grapevine@bigpond.com
Post: P.O. Box 196 One Tree Hill, S.A. 5114.
Phone: 8280 7095
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President’s Report May 2015
The One Tree Hill Progress Association has just completed a
very successful ANZAC Day Dawn Service of remembrance
attended by an estimated 1,000 people who felt it was
important to attend and brave the elements.
Many thanks must go to those who assisted in any way to
make this a Service we can all be proud of.
A huge thank you to the RAAF volunteers, RAN and Army
personnel for their time and assistance pre the 25th April.
Some even come up to the One Tree Hill Institute on Friday
for a 2nd or 3rd practice session, their presence was most
appreciated.
memorabilia.
The Scouts and other community groups, who cooked the
breakfast, donated Anzac biscuits and all the adults and children
who assisted in setting up and returned to clean up after the
event - a big thank you.
It never ceases to amaze me that people both local and from out
of town turn up to donate their time and support to make this
event the success it is.
It was good to see Judy Mortimer attend the Service even
though she has moved out of the area after selling her property.
Judy was a past President of the OTH Progress Association and
assisted with the revamped coloured Grapevine and the reinstating of the Anzac Dawn Service in 2009. Thank you Judy,
you will be fondly remembered. We hope to see her visiting OTH
many times in the future.
The presenters of special parts of the Service were WGCDR
Pat Woods (RAAF Chaplain) and Rev. Brain Polkinghorne
from the OTH Uniting Church. Also, retired Army Lt. Colonel
Gary Ferguson, spoke on behalf of OTH residents. His
segment was well researched and related to the input of local
The Institute is now officially closed for 2 months for major
families to WW1 and the events as they unfolded 100 years
internal renovations. We all hope that the result is an up-graded
ago.
facility we call be proud of.
I must also make mention of our bugler, Chris Barritt who
One again, a big thank you to all who contributed in any way to
kindly donated his services, he did a wonderful job.
the Anzac Dawn Service. The community spirit of One Tree Hill
is very much alive and it is a pleasure to see just what can be
Special thanks to our hard working Secretary, June Owens
achieved by a group of volunteers working cooperatively
and Hall Manager, Pat Jones who along with many others
together.
worked tirelessly to make it all happen.
The many items of memorabilia and uniforms for the displays Don’t forget the OTH Progress Association AGM is on the 14th
that were donated for the day told the story in graphic detail. May, 7.30pm at the CFS Station, we’d love to see you there.
To contact OTH Progress Association
Trevor Bateman played some beautiful ‘war time’ tunes
during the breakfast which really enthralled those who were Email: oth.progress@bigpond.com
or by post: P.O. Box 196 One Tree Hill, SA 5114
able to make it through to the second hall to view the
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ONE TREE HILL GRAPEVINE
CFS REPORT MAY 2015
Incident Report
Only 5 call-outs this month, mostly minor, but some lessons to be learnt. First, a grass fire started by a truck in long grass which
was quickly extinguished but shows that we can’t ever be complacent when it comes to long dry grass and hot exhausts. That
seems to have been a last hurrah for a trying fire season, we certainly hope so.
We had two calls for cars colliding with trees and although both of those were relatively minor, sadly, it is not a good start to the
winter months with plenty more rain to come. The last thing we want is tragic accidents in our area,
so please drive to conditions.
Last week, we had a report that there was still a stump going from the Sampson Flat fire in January. We have extinguished this
stump several times but it shows how difficult it can be to get water into some of these trees that are smouldering internally.
The lesson here is that when disposing of ashes from your combustion fire, it can be hard to tell if they are completely out. In the
past we have had fires start from ashes in plastic buckets left next to buildings, so please dispose of your ashes carefully. While
on the topic of home heating, if you haven’t already done so, it is the time to check your flues and chimneys and ensure that they
are ready for winter.
With winter coming up it is a good time to hop onto your computer and take a look at the resources available on the CFS website.
While the CFS does its utmost to protect property, a lot of our success involves good preparation by land owners. There were a
lot of lessons learnt in the January fire and it is never too soon to start for those who think that they could have done more.
If you don’t have a Bushfire Action Plan please spend some time to make one now.
For general information please contact One Tree Hill Duty Officer Phone 8280 7055
You can also visit the CFS website (www.cfs.sa.gov.au) or phone 1300 362 361
Councillor’s Report MAY 2015
If you have any concerns or issues with or about our City, please in
the first instance phone Council’s 24 hour phone number 8256 0333
and or Email: playford@playford.sa.gov.au, it is now a legal
requirement that all Council business is provided in writing for
transparency and proper record keeping purposes and cc your
email to me at crjfederico@playford.sa.gov.au so as I also have a
clear understanding of your issues.
My report will be short this month. I think the most important
issue for residents and ratepayers is that the City of Playford will
soon be undertaking a 21 day public consultation on its business
plans. The plans include the Strategic Plan Delivery Program
(inclusive of 2015/16 Annual Business Plan and Budget), Long
Term Financial Plan and Asset Management Plan. This is the
chance to have your say and provide your views on the proposed
plans to help ensure Council is meeting your needs as a Playford
community member and comment on next year’s RATES and
EXPENDITURE.
When speaking to Council please remember to get a Customer
Reference Number (CRN) to ensure registration and easy
identification of your communication. It is now a requirement when
bringing a Council issue to me at the Country Market, to put it in
writing, so as I have a hard copy of your issue to give to Council for
action. My private email no longer accepts Council correspondence
due to legal issue.
The public consultation will run from 6-26 May 2015, closing with
a Public Hearing prior to the Council Meeting on 26 May 2015.
For persons wishing to make a submission in relation to the Plans,
it is preferable if you can let Council know in advance that you
wish to address Council in relation to the above plans however
given that the closing date for public consultation is the same as
the public meeting please make yourself available and let staff
know you wish to speak. Please note the above dates are subject to
change should there be any delay in the process for endorsing the
draft Plans for public consultation. Please contact Michael White
Manager Planning Strategy City of Playford on 8256 0278 or
email mwhite@playford.sa.gov.au or www.playford.sa.gov.au
should you require further information.
Cr Joe Federico
Fax:
8280 7963
Phone: 0417 016 164
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Three fishermen were fishing when they came upon a mermaid, the
mermaid offered them one wish each so the first fisherman said: Double
my IQ” so the mermaid did it and to his surprise he started reciting
Shakespeare. Then the second fisherman said “Triple my IQ”
and sure enough the mermaid did it and amazingly
he started doing math problems he didn’t know existed.
The third fisherman asked the mermaid to quadruple his IQ.
The mermaid said “Are you really sure about this?
It will change your whole life!” the fisherman excitingly
said “Yes” so the mermaid turned him into a
woman….
Do you care about what is happening in and around One Tree Hill?
OTH Progress Association are holding their Annual General Meeting
following the normal monthly meeting on the 14th May at 7.30pm.
There seems to have the same dedicated few who are keeping
Progress running. It would be great to see some new faces and of
course new ideas. So why not make the effort to be involved in your
community.
The next meeting will be at the CFS Station on Black Top
Road, OTH. (Due to renovations at the Institute).
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people
appear bright until you hear them speak!
All positions will be open for nomination so come along and help
continue the tradition of OTH Progress Associate in a friendly relaxed
atmosphere.
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ONE TREE HILL UNITING CHURCH
OUR VISION
“People of Faith, sharing God’s Love as we Worship and Serve in the Community”
SUNDAY ACTIVITIES - 10.00am
CAR BOOT SALE - OTH UNITING CHURCH
Saturday 2nd May 9am until 1.00pm
Sunday Service & Sunday School
Visiting children are welcome to join our children at Sunday
School which takes place during the Service.
Home-made produce and cakes, plants, bric-a-brac, games,
books, 2nd hand goods and much more.
Sausage Sizzle, Devonshire Tea, Coffee
and Refreshments available.
SMYG (Sunday Morning Youth Group)
Our Youth Group and Young Adults meet every Sunday at
10.00am with their leader whilst the Service is taking place.
The youth share food (popcorn, chocolate and lollies are all
favourites!) while discussing relevant issues. Throughout
the year they also enjoy various activities - paint-balling,
10-pin bowling, weekend camps, cinema evenings, and lots
more. New members are very welcome, just come along
to their room located at the back of the church.
MONTHLY FELLOWSHIP MEETING
WEDNESDAY 27th MAY
10am - Morning Tea
Our Guest Speaker will talk on “Day for Girls Australia” a
program re hygiene for schoolgirls in the developing world.
All welcome
WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS AND FUNERALS
The church is available for the above Services. For further
details please phone Edna on 8255 7987.
For further information please phone
Maureen on 8280 7368
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Some of you may have already noticed that we now have a soldier figure near the
entrance to the One Tree Hill Institute. The silhouette of a Soldier has been erected
by Playford Council and just in time for our Anzac Dawn Service.
Technology as it is today is allowing us to learn more about the 15 veterans from our
area who gave so much for their country and made it what it is today. The soldier is
cut of metal with an etched QR code, it stands approximately 1.5 metres tall.
The QR Code can be downloaded from either the iTunes app store or the Google app
store depending on the type of phone. You need to search for QR code and pick one
to download.
Once downloaded you simply open the app, point the phone at the code on the
soldier and the phone should take you directly to the correct web page. The page is
the City of Playford and it will tell you more about local soldiers who did not return.
We hope that if you have a smart phone with internet connections you will check it
out.
French Toast Roll-Ups (These are amazing)
Add cooked rolls immediately from the pan to the cinnamon
Ingredients:
8 Slices white sandwich bread
Softened Cream Cheese
Diced Strawberries, or Nutella
2 Eggs
3 Tablespoons Milk
1/3 Cup Sugar
1 Heaped Teaspoon ground Cinnamon
Butter (for greasing pan)
sugar and roll until completely covered. You can serve with
syrup for dipping but they are pretty good all by themselves.
Maybe the kids with help from Dad could serve you these for afternoon
tea on Mother’s Day.
Happy
Mother’s
Day
Method: Cut the crusts from each slice of bread and flatten out
with a rolling pin. Place about 1-2 teaspoons of your chosen
filling 1 inch (2.5cm) from one end of the bread in a strip. Roll
the bread up tightly and repeat with the remaining pieces of
bread. Cream cheese with diced strawberries are especially
nice but use your imagination and put what you like.
In a shallow bowl whisk the eggs and milk until combined. In a
separate bowl mix the sugar with the cinnamon. Heat a skillet
over medium heat and melt a tablespoon of butter. Dip each
piece of bread in the egg mixture coating well and then place
them in pan, seam side down. Cook in batches until golden
brown, turning them to cook and brown on all sides, about 2
minutes per side. Add butter to the pan as needed.
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The 50-50-90 Rule
Anytime you have a 50-50 chance
of getting something right, there’s
a 90% probability you’ll
get it wrong!
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Horse Care - Buying Your First Horse - Feeding
ou have bought your first horse, decided where you will
keep him and are about to bring him home. Have you
arranged his feed? If at all possible, ask the seller for a
day's ration; hay and any other feed they normally get.
Providing the same feed for the first day will help him settle in. It
will also reduce the digestive upsets of changing feed. The added
bonus is that you get to see exactly what he is used to getting:
the quality and type of hay as well as any bagged feed. Try to get
the same hay for a week or two, even if you want to change later.
Horses need roughage. This includes grass, hay and chaff. If he
has been on good grass, he can continue on that if you have it. If
you have good grass but he has never seen grass, feed some
hay until his gut acclimatises. Chaff is chopped hay. Most horses
have sufficient teeth to do their own chopping. It is better for their
gut and your wallet and gives them some amusement to while
away their day. Chaff goes down too quickly to be more than a
passing interest. They should have a minimum of 1% of their
bodyweight in hay/grass/chaff per day (5 kg for a large horse).
Wet grass counts for only half its actual weight as the rest is
water.
Check the feed bin before filling with the next feed. Some horses
seem to delight in filling it from their other end! Wash thoroughly
occasionally; the frequency depends on how dirty it gets.
And of course, don't forget to provide clean cool water in sufficient
quantity. 40 litres per day in warm weather. More if very hot.
If you have any horse query for Julie
please email the Grapevine.
Email: oth.grapevine@bigpond.com
If he is not getting all his feed from the paddock, feed 2 or 3 times
a day. It gives him more activity (chewing spread over longer
times), allows you to check him and teaches him that your
presence is pleasant (this leads to easier catching). Think of it
this way: you can manage on 7 vitamin and mineral capsules per
day. Do you want to?
Since our horses do not have the liberty to travel many miles and
search for weeds, rocks, roots and different feeds, we have to
ensure they have all the nutrients they need. Grass, hay and
chaff will not provide them all. My old favourite “salt licks” helps.
Not sodium chloride (I know I harp on this) although that is
essential too. I mean a lick that has many nutrients in it.
No lick has them all, so provide several different ones.
They are sometimes called “lick blocks”.
The other item I like to feed, and my horses like to eat, is a small
feed of a commercial mix. I do mean small. Most of our leisure
horses are not working hard enough for big feeds and would do
better on a small feed occasionally and more hay. But a small
feed can be a carrier for special needs supplements. My old pony
gets an arthritis supplement in her feed twice a week in summer
and every day in winter. It is a vehicle to add Bute or any other
medication your vet needs to administer (by mouth).
It can be a way of worming if the horse eagerly eats all his feed:
simply add the wormer to the feed and mix thoroughly. You do
have to watch that he eats it and does not avoid the medicine.
Pelleted feeds (including the larger nut size) have all the nutrients
mixed into them and are often heat stabilised so they do not
deteriorate too quickly. But they do not allow mixing of strange
ingredients. For that reason I prefer a mix: usually chaff, grain,
pellets all combined. You can, of course, mix such a blend
yourself. But for a small feed 2 or 3 times a week, it is hardly
worth the trouble. By small, I am talking about half a kilogram.
Of course, if your horse is losing weight you need to increase the
amount of this feed. The amount to feed depends on the breed,
age and work load of the horse.
The last part about feeding your new horse is; where. If hung too
high, a hay rack may allow grass seeds to fall into his eyes.
To allow the lungs to drain (dusty feed gets into the lungs) it is
better to feed at ground height. Not on the ground as this allows
the horse to pick up dirt, sand and worm eggs. Put a large feeder
on the ground and put the feed in that. Half a 200 litre plastic
drum works well. I use separate feeders for my hay and the hard
feed. If you put hard feed on top of the hay it will fall through the
hay which will be thrown out of the bin as the horse forages for
the hard feed.
Fix scratched timber furniture surfaces
with a blend of oil and vinegar.
Rub well into the surface that is
scratched and buff with a clean cloth.
Brings furniture back to it’s former
glory
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Friday 21st April, 1916 - ONE TREE HILL
FRIDAY JUNE 28th 1935
The tenth annual festival in connection with the One Tree Hill
Rechabite Lodge was held on the grounds of Mr. W. Smith,
Sampson Flat, on Saturday afternoon.
ROTATIONAL FARMING AT ONE TREE HILL
Matters of interest to primary producers are constantly
brought before my notice during visits to farmers, says Mr. R.
Hill (R.D.A.), District Agricultural Instructor, and it is with the
hope of conveying useful information to those interested in
live stock that mention is made of the work being done by Mr.
Harvey Kelly of One Tree Hill.
The members of the Lodge generously agreed to hand the
proceeds to the Gawler Motor Ambulance and Red Cross
Society and in return the Gawler friends promised to provide
the concert programme. Messrs Taylor Bros kindly placed
their motor charabanc at the disposal of the Gawler
committee and as this proved inadequate a drag was also
chartered from Messrs W. Hobart & Son, and was well
patronized. Several Gawler people motored or drove out to
One Tree Hill so that there was quite a large attendance.
Realising that sheep were not making satisfactory progress
toward fattening on barley grain grown for them in previous
years, Mr. Kelly experimented with two rowed barley sown on
pea stubble and grassed heavily until the end of September.
The field was then shut up until the barley grain reached the
doughy stage when it was cut with a mowing machine and
raked in rows. 200 hoggets then turned into the field were
readily fattened, and the paddock was cleaned up with a
number of breeding ewes which followed. The practice
presents a new method of handling fields of this kind
economically, and of obtaining full value from the food before
it becomes too matured and fibrous.
Sports were the order of the afternoon, and both juvenile and
adult events were contested. Mr. P. Broderick realised £5
from his cheap jack show; Mr. G. Humphrys also helped with
his shooting gallery and Mr. A. Milne and Mr. A. Stewart with
skittles netted a few shillings. Mr. F. Barritt presented a fine
sheep for disposal and in the guessing competition for the
weight of the animal, Mr. McGee guessed the exact weight,
117½ lbs.
An adjoining field, which was under peas of the Dark Eyed
Susan variety last year and was used to fatten 2,000 lambs,
has been sown this year with barley, and following the
satisfactory results of last year will be grazed and clipped in
the same manner. Another field of 40 acres on Mr. Kelly’s
property, after growing a good crop of hay last year was
sown to Dwarf Essex Rape at the rate of 6lb., 2lb. of Wimmera
Rye Grass and 3lb. of Cereal Rye per acre at the end of March
with 1 cwt. of superphosphate. This field has already fattened
400 lambs (the culls of a mob of 2,000), and in four weeks
improved their value from 12/ a head to 18/ per head. At
present, this field promises to continue producing feed, for at
least a similar number of lambs.
The competition brought in £4/3– and the sheep was bought
back by the committee and sold during the interval of the
concert on the Bugler system. Mr. Broderick acted as the
auctioneer and realised £11/11/-. Mr. J. Purdie being the
ultimate owner. A dog presented by Captain Connor brought
8/-.The Tea realised £6/16/7, and the takings at the concert
about £8. The total proceeds amounted to £38 so there should
be over £30 to divide between the Motor Ambulance and Red
Cross Funds.
The following took part in the concert: - Anzac Orchestra,
consisting of Mrs. F. Baker, Misses H. Rogers and M. May,
and Mr. H. Combe played selections. Solos were given by
Mrs. C. Fergusson, Misses M. Cilento, R. Black, and Mr. A.
Wingate; duet by Misses Smith and Rebbeck, banjo
selections by Mr. E. Marchant and recitations by Misses E.
Lewis and M. May. The accompanists were Mrs. C.
Fergusson, Misses M. May and J. Patterson, Mrs. W. J. May
and Miss D. Ey arranged the programme and the other duties
at the Gawler end were carried out by Messrs. A. Milne, P.
Beanaill and P. Broderick, while Mr. Geo. Bowman, as
Secretary and a strong committee had the arrangements well
carried out at One Tree Hill. D.C.R. Bro, W.J. Boyd was
chairman and during the evening both he and D.S.I.T. Bro. H.
Evans gave addresses.
ONE TREE HILL - APRIL 1st 1889
On Sunday, March 24th, the local Sunday school anniversary
was held. Two sermons were preached by Mr. Shepard of
Gawler. On Tuesday a picnic was held on Sampson Flat, a
dinner and tea being provided by the ladies of the church.
During the day a large number of visitors were on the ground.
To the Sunday school children prizes were given for tilting,
footraces, and other games. A cricket match was also played
between Salisbury and One Tree Hill Clubs. On Sunday March
30, Mr. Kelly (the superintendent) distributed the annual
prizes each scholar receiving a gift. The scholars number 69
and the officers and teachers 5.
We would love to hear from you if you have some old photos or stories
about growing up in One Tree Hill. Contact details page 2.
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Kids Page
Hello, well it’s back to school time again for all you children. I hope that you all had a pleasant holiday and a
wonderful Easter. I wonder how many of you attended the One Tree Hill Anzac Day Dawn Service at the
Institute? It was quite cold wasn’t it but I guess your parents rugged you up for the weather. It’s a sad day
but it’s nice to remember that all the veterans helped us to grow up in this wonderful country, we wouldn’t have
what we have today if it wasn’t for their valiant efforts.
Don’t forget to spoil your Mum this Mother’s Day, perhaps you can get Dad to help you make the roll ups we
have on page 6.
Enjoy this term at school and don’t forget to send me some puzzles or stories to publish in the Grapevine.
Until next month, Auntie Bev. Email: oth.grapevine@bigpond.com or drop me a line at the Grapevine.
Postal address is OTH Grapevine P.O. Box 196 One Tree Hill Post Office, SA 5114.
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Q: Why did the student eat his homework?
Autumn Jokes
A: Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake!
Q: What did the hungry computer eat?
Q: What did the tree say to Autumn? A: Leaf me alone!
A: Chips, one byte at a time.
Q: What did one Autumn leaf say to another?
Q: Why do fish avoid computers?
A: I’m falling for you!
A: So they don’t get caught in the internet!
Q: Why did Summer catch Autumn? A: Because Autumn is Fall!
Q: How can you tell if an elephant has been in your
Q: Why do the Adelaide Crows fans love Autumn?
fridge? A: There is footprints in the cheesecake!
A: Because watching the leaves fall reminds them of Port Power!
Q: How do you fix a broken pumpkin? A: With a Pumpkin Patch!
“Did you know that I trained my dog not to beg at the
Q: What’s the ratio of a pumpkins circumference to its diameter?
table?” Friend: How did you do that? “I let him taste
A: Pumpkin Pi!
my cooking!.”
Q: What’s the difference between a horse and the weather?
Q: What is an astronaut’s favourite sandwich?
A: One is reined up and the other rains down!
A: Launch meat!
Q: Why did the woman go outdoors with her bag open?
Q: What do cats call mice on skateboards?
A: Because she expected some change in the weather!
A: Meals on Wheels!
Q: What’s the difference between weather and climate?
Q: What did the mayonnaise say to the fridge?
A: You can’t weather a tree, but you can climate!
A: Close the door, I’m dressing!
Q: What did the left eye say to the right eye?
A: Between us, something smells!
CROSSWORD FOR KIDS - THEME: BIRDS
Jack: “Would you like some Egyptian Pie?”
Jill: “What is Egyptian Pie?”
Jack: “You know, the kind mummy used to make!”
The customer at the restaurant asked: “Do you serve
crabs here?” Waiter: Yes sir, we serve just about
anybody!”
What starts with a “T” ends with a “T” and is filled
with “T” Answer: A Teapot!
AUTUMN Wordsearch
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My Grandparents had a broody chook so we
put some of our eggs under her and kept her
here.
On Easter Sunday she had some baby chicks.
There were 9 of them and they were very,
very cute.
I wish I could keep one but we gave them to
my Grandparents.
Daniel N. Age 8 years.
Kids Page
Q: What do you give a sick bird?
A: Tweetment!Q: What is black
and white and black and white
and black and white and…..?
A: A poor little penguin falling
down the stairs!
Q: When does a teacher carry birdseed?
A: When there is a parrot-teacher
conference!
Q: When should you buy a bird?
A: When it’s going cheep!
Q: If a rooster laid an egg while sitting
on the chook house, which way would it
roll?
A: Roosters don’t lay eggs silly!
If you would like to be a member of the
Kookaburra Club and enjoy a monthly
prize of a $10 voucher along with a
voucher and card for your Birthday then
please email or post your name, address,
birthdate and a story or joke to me.
Postal address & email are on page 2..
Auntie Bev
Thank you for taking the time to write
Daniel, you are the winner for the
month of May.
Enjoy your $10 voucher which you can pick up
from the OTH Country Market on
Saturday 2nd May.
Start in the middle of the maze and find your
way out without running into a wall.
Q: How do chickens get strong and fit?
A: They egg-cersize!
Q: How do you catch a unique bird?
A: Unique up on it!
Q: How do you catch a tame bird?
A: The tame way, unique up on it!
Q: Why does a stork stand on one leg?
A: Because he would fall over if he lifted the
other leg!
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road, roll in
mud, then cross the road again?
A: He was a dirty double crosser!
Q: How does a bird with a broken wing
manage to land safely? A: With his sparrowchute!
Q: How did the bubble gum cross the road?
A: On the bottom of the chickens foot!
Can you find all the names of children
starting with the letter T?
Circle each name until you have found
all of the names.
Have fun.
Q: What happens when it rains cats and dogs?
A: You have to be careful not to step in a poodle!
Q: What do you call it when it rains chickens and ducks?
A: Fowl weather!
Q: What did one cyclone say to the other cyclone?
A: “I have my eye on you!“
Q: How do you find out what the weather is
like when you are on holidays?
A: Go outside and look up!
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MAY
May 1st, 1707 - Great Britain was formed from a union between
England and Scotland. The union included Wales which had
already been part of England since the 1500s. The United
Kingdom today consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
May 2nd, 2011 - U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama
bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad,
Pakistan. The raid marked the culmination of a decade long
manhunt for the elusive leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist
organisation based in the Middle East. Bin Laden had ordered
the coordinated aerial attacks of September 11th, 2001, in
which four American passenger
jets were hijacked then crashed,
killing nearly 3,000 people.
Two jets had struck and
subsequently collapsed the 110 story Twin Towers of the World
Trade Centre in New York, while another stuck the Pentagon
building in Washington, D.C. A fourth jet also headed toward
Washington had crashed in to a field in Pennsylvania as
passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers on board.
2nd May: Birthday: Golda Meir (1898 - 1978) was born
in Kiev, Russia. She was one of the founders of the
modern state of Israel and served as prime minister
from 1969 to 1974.
May 5th, 1893: The Wall Street Crash of 1893 began as stock
prices fell dramatically. By the end of the
year, 600 banks closed and several big
railroads were in receivership. Another
15,000 businesses went bankrupt amid 20%
unemployment. It was the worst economic
crisis in U.S. history up to that time.
May 5th Birthday: Communism founder Karl Marx (1818-1883)
was born in Treves, Germany. He co-authored Das Kapital and
The Communist Manifesto, advocating the abolition of all
private property and a system in which workers own all the
means of production, land, factories and machinery.
May 6th, 1937: The German airship Hindenburg burst into
flames at 7.20pm as it neared the mooring mast at Lakehurst,
New Jersey, following a trans-Atlantic voyage. 36 of the 97
passengers and crew were killed. The inferno was caught on
film and also witnessed by a commentator who
broke down amid the emotional impact and
exclaimed, “Oh the humanity!” The accident
effectively ended commercial airship traffic.
May 6th Birthday: Psychoanalysis founder Sigmund Freud
(1856-1939) was born in Freiberg, Moravia. His theories
became the foundation for treating psychiatric
disorders by psychoanalysis and offered some of the
first workable cures for mental disorders.
May 7th, 1915: The British passenger ship
Lusitania was torpedoed by a German
submarine off the coast of Ireland, losing
1,198 of its 1,924 passengers, including 114
Americans. The attack hastened neutral
America’s entry into World War I.
May 7th 1945: In a small red brick schoolhouse in Reims,
Germany, General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional
surrender of all German fighting forces thus ending World War
II in Europe. Russian, American, British and French ranking
officers observed the signing of the document which became
effective at one minute past midnight on May 9th. Jodl was
then ushered in to see Supreme Allied Commander, General
Dwight D. Eisenhower who informed Jodl
that he would be held personally
responsible for any deviation from the
terms of the surrender.
May 8th, 1942: A second German surrender ceremony was held
in Berlin. Soviet Russia’s leader Josef Stalin had refused to
recognize the German surrender document signed a day
earlier at Reims. This time, German Field
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the surrender
document which declared, as did the first, that
hostilities would end as of 12.01am on May 9th.
May 12th, 1937: George VI was crowned at
Westminster Abbey in London following the
abdication of his brother, Edward VIII. King
George reigned until his death in 1952.
He was succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth,
the current reigning monarch.
May 12th Birthday: British nurse and public health activist
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was born in Florence,
Italy. She volunteered to aid British troops in Turkey
where she improved hospital sanitary conditions and greatly
reduce the death rate for wounded and sick soldiers.
She received worldwide acclaim for her unselfish
devotion to nursing, contributed to the development of modern
nursing procedures and emphasized the dignity of nursing as a
profession for women.
May 14th 1796: Smallpox vaccine was developed by Dr. Edward
Jenner, a physician in rural England. He coined the
term vaccination for the new procedure of infecting
a milder form of the disease into healthy persons
resulting in immunity. Within 18 months, 12,000
people in England had been vaccinated
and the number of smallpox deaths dropped by two-thirds.
May 14th Birthday: German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit
(1686-1736) was born in Danzig, Germany. He introduced
the use of mercury in thermometers greatly improving
their accuracy. His name is now attached to one of the major
temperature measurement scales.
May 20th, 1932: Amelia Earhart (1897-1935) became the first
woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She departed
Newfoundland, Canada, at 7pm and landed near
Londonderry, Ireland, completing a 2,026 mile flight
in about 13 hours. Five years later, along with her
navigator Fred Noonan, she disappeared while
trying to fly her twin-engined plane around the equator.
May 27th, 1937: In San Francisco, 200,000 people
celebrated the grand opening of the Golden Gate
Bridge by strolling across it.
May 27th Birthday: Legendary wild west figure Wild Bill Hickok
(1837-1876) was born in Troy Grove, Illinois. He was a
frontiersman, lawman, legendary marksman, army
scout and gambler. On August 2nd, 1876, he was
shot dead during a poker game by a drunk in the
Number Ten saloon in Deadwood, in the Dakota
Territory. In his hand he held a pair of eights and a
pair of aces which became known as the ‘dead man’s hand’.
May 30th, 1943: During World War II in the Pacific, the Aleutian
Islands off the coast of Alaska were retaken by the U.S. Infantry
Division. The battle began on May 12th when an American force
of 11,000 landed on Attu. In three weeks of fighting U.S.
casualties numbered 552 killed and 1,140 wounded. Japanese
killed numbered 2,352, with only 28 taken prisoner, as 500
chose suicide rather than be captured.
May 30th Birthday: Founder of the Russian empire, Peter
the Great (1672-1725) was born near Moscow. He vastly
increased the power of the Russian monarchy and turned
his backward country into a major power in the Western
World. Among his accomplishments, he completely overhauled
the government and the Greek Orthodox Church as well as the
military system and tax structure. He built St. Petersburg, and
translated foreign books as well as modernizing the calendar.
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WATERCOLOURS AND MORE BY HEATHER GARFIELD
This exhibition is the result of a vision I have had for many
years and I am anticipating bringing a new and fresh
perspective to the Gawler Community Gallery,
I first met Jeff through a Gawler Art Society colleague. Jeff was
searching for someone who would be willing to give him tuition
on watercolour painting, so he could design the covers for his
poetry collections.
We got along well and eventually he was off on his own to
develop his own style. Each year around Christmas we
exchange cards. Jeff’s card would arrive, it was always a card
created by himself and I was amazed to see his style, use of
lines and pure colour. I looked forward to this little surprise
each Christmas.
With a love and passion for the sea I share with my husband
John, spending weekends by the ocean, I have wandered
and explored the shores while John would scuba dive. Our
two sons and grandchildren enjoy the beach and exploring
the shores and rocky edges.
With the smell of the ocean rolling in and the fresh salty air, I
have been gathering sea-side ‘bits and pieces’ for years and
have found amazing objects with a dream that one day, I
would be able to incorporate some of them, with my
watercolour paintings in an exhibition for others to enjoy.
The Official Opening is on Sunday 24th May at 2pm, by Jeff
Guess, writer/ poet and is very well known in our community.
The address is Gawler Community Gallery, Station Masters
House, Gawler Railway Station, 23rd Street, Gawler South.
Wheel chair access. Open Thursday - Saturday 10am to 4pm.
Sunday 9am-3pm. The exhibition runs from 21st May - 28th June
2015. Everyone welcome. Nibbles, wine and juices.
As an enhancement to my artwork I am incorporating some
of my husband’s hand-crafted old wooden boats. These
boats all built to scale and are a labour of love and patience.
Come along and enjoy this exhibition which I have brought
together with love and happy memories.
For anyone with an appreciation and love of the sea and all
that it embraces, please take the opportunity to visit the
Gawler Community Gallery and explore this exciting
exhibition. Be assured you will not be disappointed. Along
with my watercolours there will be some other interesting
treasures.
By Heather Garfield
When deciding who I would approach to open my first solo
exhibition I had no hesitation in asking my friend, the poet
Jeff Guess.
We wish you every success with your exhibition Heather.
These tips will not only save you time and money but they are
more eco-friendly for the garden. Tried and tested by
keen gardening enthusiasts around the world, these clever tips
will help you around the garden.
1: Reuse citrus rinds (and eggshells) to start
seedlings.
2: Put holes in the lid of an empty milk container and
use as a watering can.
3: Cut a milk container to use as a
scoop for potting mix, fertilisers etc.
Have you ever thought about doing anything other than
drinking tea from a tea bag. No, well we have some great
ideas here that will intrigue you.
1: Do it Yourself Foot Soak: You will
need a peppermint teabag, a few drops
of peppermint essential oil, Epsom
salts (a couple of tablespoons full) and
a glass jar. Pour all the ingredients into a foot bowl and fill
with warm water, soak your feet in this solution for a half hour
and you will feel wonderful. Tea isn’t just for detoxifying from
the inside out, it can be used to help you detoxify from the
outside in too!
2: De-stress Your Eyes: This is a classic
used tea bag idea, put the damp tea bags
over your eyes for about 15 minutes to
rejuvenate skin naturally. Aside from the
helpful tannins, the tea’s caffeine is said
to shrink the blood vessels around your eyes, making dark
puffy bags disappear.
4: Slugs and Snails love beer, so set a beer trap
for them.
5: If you are going on holidays, pierce a hole in the
top of a bottle and fill with water, put lid back on
and turn upside down in your plants.
This will ensure your favourite plants get a drink
while you are away.
3: Do it Yourself Herbal Hair Conditioner: Gather
used Green Tea teabags and brew in hot water,
make about one cup full. Pour over hair after
washing it and leave on as long as you can.
Rinse out, you’ll be amazed at how soft and shiny your hair is.
6: Sprinkle cinnamon on soil after planting seeds
and seedlings to kill fungus and mould.
4: Tea tannins are very effective at cutting
through grease. Just toss your after dinner
tea bag in your greasy pan, fill with hot
water and let it work it’s magic overnight.
Wash as normal the next day, all the grease
should be absorbed into the teabag.
The past is like using your rear-view mirror in the car,
Its good to glance back and see how far you’ve come,
But if you stare too long, you’ll miss what’s
right in front of you.
5: Rust-proof Your Cookware: Simply rub
your cookware with a used tea bag, making
sure every surface is covered. It will prevent
rust forming on your pots and pans.
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Goats are arborists, not lawn mowers. That is, they prefer to prune
trees and bushes not grass. (Actually called browsing.)
An alternate nutrient source is my old favourite “salt licks” of various
ingredients. Not sodium chloride licks.
One theory is that it is a natural way of reducing worm burdens as
they eat above the level of parasitic worms. Many animals do this
one way or another. Horses leave “roughs” of weeds and tend to
manure there, grazing further away. Goats utilise the whole pasture
about 30cm above the ground. I have seen goats 3 metres above
the ground, laying along the branch of a tree to eat the leaves. I
suspect they slipped when walking along the branch and were left
with legs dangling either side of the branch.
Their requirement for NaCl is moderate. It is copper, cobalt,
phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and potassium that goats need in
abundance. Lick Blocks.
There are several consequences of the habit of browsing. One is
that they do not do well if their feed is put at ground level. They will
eat as little as they can manage. If it is fouled by any animal, they
are even less likely to eat. The goat on a circular tether will eat all
the grass she can reach by stretching the lead, but avoid the patch
in the middle as she has urinated or manured there while looking
outward. Another consequence is they prune trees and shrubs as
high as they can reach, while standing in the middle of lush grass.
And big goats can reach up to 3 metres high, standing on their hind
legs and stretching with their necks.
Some trees will be immune to goat attack: notably citrus, peach,
possibly avocado (though I would not risk my goat experimenting
with that one. One avocado leaf can kill a goat!) Other trees will be
stripped of all leaves and bark while you are thinking of removing
the goats; notably apricots, roses, apples.
Goats apparently grazing may be eating what other animals would
consider weeds. Salvation Jane infestation reduced when goats
were around. Goats cannot survive on the leaves (which are a slow
poison to all animals), but they do love the flowers, thus preventing
the setting of seed. Thistles are another favourite, and again it is the
flowers that attract them. Prickles do not seem to worry goats. They
will happily munch their way through a blackberry thicket, leaving
the thicker branches but eating all the light twigs and the leaves and
adore the fruit. Over years this will kill the plant (Note I did say
years!)
Tin cans? No, goats do not eat cans. They may lick the inside out,
especially if it has had fruit in it. They do not eat meat or meat byproducts. If they do, you are not feeding them well enough. But they
will taste almost anything that smells vaguely interesting. And reject
things when you think you have found something they love.
Goats learn their feeding manners from older goats. The older goat
will paw at or horn poisonous plants, to teach younger ones they
are unsafe. The alternative is for the goat to taste and see if it gives
them a belly ache – a lesson they will not forget if they survive. One
of our old does (Annabelle, shown in the previous edition) pawed,
horned and otherwise mangled a nightshade plant, then watched as
younger does tasted it and spat it out. Lesson learned. Kids brought
up without adult goats to learn from are more likely to poison
themselves. At one stage of our goat keeping, I had to walk the
paddocks and “paw” dangerous weeds to stop the young ones
eating them. We had lost all our old goats due to illness and there
was no one to show the youngsters what to avoid. But it only took
one trip around the paddock to change their eating habits and with
these to teach the next generation, I did not have to repeat my
game. (Thank goodness: I am sure the neighbours thought I was
mad).
More to come in next month’s issue of the Grapevine.
The bark of trees and shrubs have nutrients in them that goats
particularly need, I suspect they need more than sheep do. Our
sheep never ring barked trees but we have had to fence several
trees away from the goats.
“The best day of your life is the one on which
you decide your life is your own. No apologies
or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame.
The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and
you alone are responsible for the quality of it.
This is the day your life really begins.”
If you have any questions about raising goats please email the
grapevine: oth.grapevine@bigpond.com and we will pass it on
to Julie who will be happy to answer your query.
After a long hot summer and slopping around in sandals and
thongs we probably all have cracked heels that are catching on
the sheets at night.
Here we have a really effective method to get rid of the build up of
dead skin.
Grind a handful of rice until you get a fine coarse flour. Add a few
teaspoons of raw honey to the ground rice along with enough
apple cider vinegar to make a thick paste.
If you have very deep cracks, add a teaspoon
full of olive oil.
We are the last generation who played in the street.
We are the 1st who played video games, the last to
record songs off the radio on a cassette tape. We
walked miles without the worry of being taken….
We learned how to program the VCR before anyone
else, we played Atari to Nintendo…. We are the
generation of Tom and Jerry, Looney Toons and
Captain Kangaroo.
We travelled in cars without seat belts of air-bags
and lived without mobile phones.
Soak your feet for 20 minutes and then gently
massage with the paste.
The results are amazing!
We did not have flat screen TV’s, surround sound,
iPods, Facebook, Twitter, Computers or the Internet.
Maybe this would be a nice Mother’s Day
treat for you to have, get your hubby or kids
to massage the paste in. Enjoy!
But never the less we had a great time.
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Stories about local residents who have a
special birthday, event or if you just want to
relive how times were.
We’d love to hear about what it was like
growing up in the One Tree Hill area. If you
have any old photos of interest we could
publish in the Grapevine we’d really like to see
them.
The reward is seeing your story printed!
Please
contact the
organisation
if you attend
the OTH
Institute for
any activity
during the
renovations
to the hall.
Alternative
venues may
have been
found.
Playford Council Contact Details
24 hour Emergency & Lost/found dogs
8256 0333
General Enquiries and Burning Permits (seasonal ) 8256 0333 Email: playford@playford.sa.gov.au
Libraries: Elizabeth 8256 0334
Munno Para 8254 4600
When telephoning council with a request please remember to get a Customer Registration Number (CRN) to ensure
registration and easy identification of your communication. You can also phone or email your local Councillors.
Joe Federico
Ph: 0417 016 164
Email : crjfederico@playford.sa.gov.au
Andrew Craig
Ph: 0417 016 160
Email : cradcraig@ihug.com.au Playford.sa.gov.au
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