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EDGARLEY ASSISTED LIVING
Specialising in complete quality aged care and independent living.
September 2020
Connect with your family and
friends via “virtual visiting” just
like Peter
Irene Spencer 2nd
John Nulty, 15th
Terry Baugh, 28th
85 Jackson Street , Casterton Vic 3311
Phone: 03 55 811211, Fax: 03 55 812050
Email: office@edgarley.com.au Web: Edgarley.com.au
Facebook: Edgarley Assisted Living
Welcome to Virtual Visiting
We appreciate that restricted visitation can be isolating and distressing for
residents as well as loved ones.
To assist this are providing two ways for residents and their family and friends to
make face-to-face video calls. Please note virtual visiting hours have increased
from 3 days a week to Monday-Friday between 10.00-11.30am
Facebook Messenger – Add ‘Edgarley Connect’ as a friend
-Skype– available on all devices, search for Edgarley Assisted Living
Pictured left is Thais who enjoys
“virtual visits” from her family.
Getting connected with family and
friends is not complicated. Simply
ring our office to arrange a suitable
time. All the residents who have
used it look forward to doing it
again soon.
Phone 03 55811 211 to book your
“virtual visit”
Message from CEO David Knight
Dear all,
I write to thank you all for helping us to enact a series of
measures to protect our home from Coronavirus. As
you will be aware visitation has been heavily restricted
and is now by appointment only. Where possible we
have been facilitating virtual visits, and if you are yet to
try this method please speak to Judy Jones to arrange a
trial. Our staff are working incredibly hard at the
moment to ensure we meet your needs during these
trying times. I am personally very grateful for their
support and yours. Moving ahead we will use all
methods available to us to keep you informed of
changes as they are announced by Government.
Positively our redevelopment has made great progress
in recent months and we look forward to providing many
updates as completion of stage one grows nearer.
Kind Regards, David.
David Knight
Chief Executive Office
Vern Elmes Retires
After 11.5 years as Edgarley’s capable
Maintenance Co-ordinator Vern has
eased into retirement. Vern’s extensive
experience in bricklaying, building and
all kinds of “handy-man” jobs enabled
him to become a very valued staff
member at Edgarley.
Unit resident Vera Madex was quoted
“You often heard Vern singing to
himself while painting. He could turn his
hand to anything, a real Jack of all
trades”. Everyone at Edgarley wishes
Vern a very enjoyable retirement.
11/8 Bett, Thelma
Hoy
11/8 John x2
Dice
DOMINOES 12/8 Joan, Peter, Matt
7/8 Joan
11/8 Joan 21/8 Thelma
7/8 Dorothy
13/8 Matt, Peter Darts
14/8 Joyce 13/8 Terry(2), Joyce, 7/8 Peter 367
17/8 Iris John
21/8 John
18/8 1st Elwyn, 2nd 14/8 Thelma
10 Pin Bowling
Peter, 3rd Matt RCL
1/8 Elwyn(2), Joan(2), 18/8 Peter 1, Marg Ryan
22/8 John, Iris, Matt
Matt(1) 2, John 3
26/8 Joan
1/8 Dorothy(2), Thelma
Word Bingo (1) Sevens
5/8 Joan 4/8 Iris(2), Ron(2), 13/8 Joan(2), Peter
Bingo Dorothy(1) Hangman
12/8 Ron(3), Heather
1/8 Thais(2) Nacy(1) 4/8 Joan(2), Barry
(2), Dorothy(1)
Terry(1) 21/8 Elwyn
20/8 Joan(4), Peter,
Bean Bag Toss Barry Find 10
3/8 Nancy(86), John(73), 20/8 Joan
Elsie(69)
White Board Puzzles
18/8 Thelma-1st,
25/8 Dorothy, Elsie
Heather-2nd
Memory cards
15/8 Joan, Thelma
Snakes & Ladders
3/8 Joan, Matt
12/8 Matt, Barry
Golf
5/8 Marg Roper(1), Nan-
cy(2), Joyce(3)
Part 1
Father's Day is a celebration honouring fathers and History of Fathers day
celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds and the
In its modern form it was founded by Sonora Smart
influence of fathers in society. In Catholic countries
Dodd.Father's Day was not celebrated in the US,
of Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19
outside Catholic traditions, until the 20th century.
(Saint Joseph's Day) since the Middle Ages. This
As a civic celebration in the US, it was inaugurated
celebration was brought by the Spanish and
in the early 20th century to complement Mother's
Portuguese to Latin America, where March 19 is
Day by celebrating fathers and male parenting.
often still used for it, though many countries in
Europe and the Americas have adopted the U.S. After Anna Jarvis' successful promotion of Mother's
date, which is the third Sunday of June. It is Day in Grafton, West Virginia, the first observance
celebrated on various days in many parts of the of a day honouring fathers was held on July 5,
world, most commonly in the months of March, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams
April and June according to the home nation's Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now
customs. In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace
on the first Sunday of September, which is the first Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her
Sunday of spring in Australia, and is not a public father, when in December 1907, the Monongah
holiday. At school, children often handcraft a Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361
present for their fathers. Consumer goods men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a
companies have all sorts of special offers for thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested
fathers: socks, ties, electronics, suits, and men's that her pastor Robert Thomas Webb honour all
healthcare products. Most families present fathers those fathers.
with gifts and cards, and share a meal to show Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside
appreciation, much like Mother's Day. Fairmont for several reasons; among them were
YMCA Victoria continues the tradition of honouring the city was overwhelmed by other events, the
the role fathers and father figures play in parenting celebration was never promoted outside the town
through the annual awarding of Local Community itself, and no proclamation of it was made by the
Father of the Year in 32 municipalities in Victoria. city council. Also, two events overshadowed this
The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4,
recognises fathers in the Father of the Year Award. 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows,
It complements similar celebrations honouring including a hot-air balloon event, which took over
family members, such as Mother's Day, Siblings the headlines in following days, and the death of a
Day and Grandparents' Day. 16-year-old girl on July 4.
Continued on next page
Part 2
The local church and council were overwhelmed sarcastic attacks and jokes. However, the said
and they did not even think of promoting the event, merchants remained resilient and even incorporated
and it was not celebrated again for many years. The these attacks into their advertisements. By the mid-
original sermon was not reproduced by the press 1980s, the Father's Day Council wrote, "(...)
and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, [Father's Day] has become a Second Christmas for
who never promoted the event and never talked to all the men's gift-oriented industries.
other persons about it.
A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday
Establishment of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913. In 1916,
their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to
the third Sunday in June. Several local clergymen speak at a Father's Day celebration and he wanted
accepted the idea, and on June 19, 1910, the first to make it an officially recognized federal holiday,
Father's Day, "sermons honouring fathers were but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become
presented throughout the city". commercialized. US president Calvin
Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the day be
However, in the 1920s, Dodd stopped promoting
observed throughout the entire nation, but he
the celebration because she was studying at the Art
stopped short at issuing a national proclamation.
Institute of Chicago, and it faded into relative
Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the
obscurity, even in Spokane. In the 1930s, Dodd
holiday had been defeated by Congress. In 1957,
returned to Spokane and started promoting the
Maine senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote a
celebration again, raising awareness at a national
Father's Day proposal accusing Congress of
level. She had the help of those trade groups that
ignoring fathers for 40 years while honouring
would benefit most from the holiday, for example
mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our two
the manufacturers of ties, tobacco pipes, and any
parents". In 1966, President Lyndon B.
traditional presents for fathers. By 1938, she had
Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation
the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the
honouring fathers, designating the third Sunday in
New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to
June as Father's Day. Six years later, the day was
consolidate and systematize the holiday's
made a permanent national holiday when
commercial promotion. Americans resisted the
President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.
holiday for its first few decades, viewing it as
nothing more than an attempt by merchants to In addition to Father's Day, International Men's
Day is celebrated in many countries on November
replicate the commercial success of Mother's Day,
19 in honour of men and boys.
and newspapers frequently featured cynical and
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Why not log on to www.edgarley.com.au
and have a look
WEEKLY SHOPPING TROLLEY
Our wonderful Ladies Auxiliary spoil us with
their trolley of goodies each Tuesday, whether it
is something to read or eat,
they always have something
you like and delivered with a
smile. Judy Jones, Leisure &
Lifestyle Coordinator is
pushing the trolley during our restricted visitor phase.
On this Day– 10 September 1977:
At Baumetes Prison in Marseille, hanging or firing squad. A French
France, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian decapitating machine was built and
immigrant convicted of murder, tested on cadavers, and on April 25,
becomes the last person executed by 1792, a highwayman became the first
guillotine. person in Revolutionary France to be
executed by this method.
The guillotine first gained fame during
The device soon became known as the
the French Revolution when physician
“guillotine” after its advocate, and
and revolutionary Joseph-Ignace
more than 10,000 people lost their
Guillotin won passage of a law
heads by guillotine during the
requiring all death sentences to be
Revolution, including Louis XVI and
carried out by “means of a machine.”
Mary Antoinette, the former king and
Decapitating machines had been used
queen of France.
earlier in Ireland and England, and
Guillotin and his supporters viewed
these devices as more humane than Use of the guillotine continued in
other execution techniques, such as France in the 19th and 20th centuries,
and the last execution by guillotine
On this Day– 10 September 1897:
On this day in 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi
driver named George Smith becomes the first
person ever arrested for drunk driving after
slamming his cab into a building. Smith later
pled guilty and was fined 25 shillings.
In the United States, the first laws against
operating a motor vehicle while under the
influence of alcohol went into effect in New other developments, it was not until the late
York in 1910. In 1936, Dr. Rolla Harger, a 1970s and early 1980s that public awareness
professor of biochemistry and toxicology, about the dangers of drinking and driving
patented the Drunkometer, a balloon-like increased and lawmakers and police officers
device into which people would breathe to began to get tougher on offenders. In 1980, a
determine whether they were inebriated. In Californian named Candy Lightner founded
1953, Robert Borkenstein, a Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, after
former Indiana state police captain and her 13-year-old daughter Cari was killed by a
university professor who had collaborated drunk driver while walking home from a school
with Harger on the Drunkometer, invented carnival. The driver had three previous drunk-
the Breathalyzer. Easier-to-use and more driving convictions and was out on bail from a
accurate than the Drunkometer, the hit-and-run arrest two days earlier.Lightner and
Breathalyzer was the first practical device MADD were instrumental in helping to change
and scientific test available to police officers attitudes about drunk driving and pushed for
to establish whether someone had too much legislation that increased the penalties for
to drink. A person would blow into the driving under the influence of alcohol and/or
Breathalyzer and it would gauge the drugs. MADD also helped get the minimum
proportion of alcohol vapors in the exhaled drinking age raised in many states. Today, the
breath, which reflected the level of alcohol legal drinking age is 21 everywhere in the
in the blood. United States and convicted drunk drivers face
everything from jail time and fines to the loss of
In the United States, the first laws against their driver’s licenses and increased car
operating a motor vehicle while under the insurance rates. Some drunk drivers are
influence of alcohol went into effect in New ordered to have ignition interlock devices
York in 1910. In 1936, Dr. Rolla Harger, a installed in their vehicles. These devices
professor of biochemistry and toxicology, require a driver to breath into a sensor
patented the Drunkometer, a balloon-like attached to the dashboard; the car won’t start if
device into which people would breathe to the driver’s blood alcohol concentration is
determine whether they were inebriated. In above a certain limit.
1953, Robert Borkenstein, a
former Indiana state police captain and
university professor who had collaborated with Despite the stiff penalties and public
Harger on the Drunkometer, invented the awareness campaigns, drunk driving remains
Breathalyzer. Easier-to-use and more accurate a serious problem in the United States. In
than the Drunkometer, the Breathalyzer was 2005, 16,885 people died in alcohol-related
the first practical device and scientific test crashes and almost 1.4 million people were
available to police officers to establish whether arrested for driving under the influence of
someone had too much to drink. A person alcohol or drugs.
would blow into the Breathalyzer and it would
gauge the proportion of alcohol vapors in the
exhaled breath, which reflected the level of
alcohol in the blood.
Despite the invention of the Breathalyzer and
On this Day– 10 August 1792: The French Monarchy topples In the summer of 1792 Paris seethed with tension. Since the revolution had begun three years earlier, the momentum towards violence had become unstoppable, and as one defeat followed another in the Austrian Netherlands, the mood in the capital darkened. For many people, there was an obvious scapegoat: the king, Louis XVI, with his foreign friends and Austrian-born wife, Marie Antoinette. “It is in the name of the king,” said one revolutionary leader, “that liberty is being attacked.” For the first time, many politicians began to talk openly about the abolition of the monarchy. On the night of 9/10 August, the storm broke. In the early hours of the morning, a revolutionary mob marched on the royal palace, the Tuileries. Reviewing his troops, “with his sword at his side, but with the powder falling out of his hair”, Louis was shocked to hear some of them shouting: “Long live the nation!” and “Down with the [royal] veto!” The queen begged her husband to stand and fight. But Louis could not abide the thought of bloodshed. Instead of standing firm, he and his family fled to the sanctuary of the National Assembly. In the meantime, the revolutionaries rampaged through the abandoned palace, massacring Louis’s Swiss Guards, as well as his male servants and courtiers. In all, perhaps 1,000 people died. The monarchy was finished; a new mood of republican idealism seized the capital. Abroad, the reaction was utter horror. “The French,” said one British newspaper, “by their own madness and folly, have thereby prepared for themselves that ruin and destruction, which the combined power of all the despots in the universe could not otherwise have effected.”
WORDSEARCH
COLOURING IN
COLOURING IN
The redevelopment continues to grow, despite the
foggy mornings3 Generations of players
Lamb Visit
We had a visit from a couple
of cute characters to Ed-
garley in the form of two
little lambs. The three day
old babies sure put a smile
on our residents faces.
There was a lot of reminisc-
ing about raising orphan
lambs and farming in gen-
eral. It was a novelty to see
a lamb in a nappy!September 2020
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31 1Casterton 2 Coulter 1.30 Hoy 3 Dice Coulter 4 Armchair Travel 5 Table games in 6 Fathers Day
Movie day reminiscing 11.00 LAW 1.30 all areas after All areas from
Hoy WA 1.30 Fathers day craft
All areas WA 1.30 Dice Cheers1.30 1.30 2.00
Bingo Cheers 1.30 LAW and Cheers
Coulter 1.30 1.30 Fathers Day Craft
7 Sing along 8 Golf WA 1.30 9 10 Bingo 11 Armchair Travel 12 Table games 13 Room visits
Coulter 1.30 Word Bingo Coulter 11.00 Coulter 1.30 in all areas after All areas from
Football craft
Shooting hoops Coulter 11.00 Bingo LAW 1.30 Dice Cheers 1.30
All areas 1.30 1.30
Cheers 11.00 White board fun 1.30 Cooking Hang man
14 Sing along 15 Bingo WA 1.30 16 17 Darts 18 Concert on TV 19 Table games 20 Room visits
Cheers 1.30 WA 11.00 LAW 1.30 in all areas after All areas from
Gardening/craft Football craft Shooting hoops
Jig Quiz LAW 1.30 All areas Dice Cheers 1.30 1.30 1.30
Coulter 1.30 Coulter 1.30
Painting Coulter 1.30 Modelling clay
Hoy Cheers 1.30
21 22 Shooting hoops 23 word bingo 24 Trivia questions 25 who am I? 26 Table games 27 Room visits
Sing along Coulter 1.30 Cheers 1.30 Coulter 1.30 Cheers 11.00 in all areas after All areas from
LAW 1.30 Dice True or False White/Board
10 pin bowling Cheers 11.00
1.30 1.30
Hangman Cheers Coulter 1.30 Puzzles Law 1.30
WA 1.30 Cooking
11.00 Gardening / craft Cooking Coulter
LAW 1.30
28 Color art 29 White board 30
Coulter 11.00 Puzzles Cheers 11.00
History group WA Cognitive puzzles Movie day
All Areas 1.30
1.30 LAW 1.30
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