Overeaters Anonymous Rowville
The season for overeating is upon us. With so much emphasis on food as the holidays arrive, people who suffer from compulsive overeating find themselves faced with temptations everywhere. Where can they get the support they need to discover other ways to celebrate the holidays—ways that will leave them feeling good about themselves instead of guilty or full of regret? Where can they find a solution to the devastating cycle of bingeing and starving? Where can they discover how to stop the never-ending roller coaster ride of yo-yo dieting?
Overeaters Anonymous Rowville meets weekly at Rowville Uniting Church. However, it is not affiliated with any particular religious movement or ideology, In OA, we come together simply as compulsive overeaters. The Melway ref is 82 A1, the address of the Church is Cnr Fulham St and Bridgewater Way...contact numbers Nikki (03) 9874 5527, Josephine (03) 9878 2826, Lorna (03) 9560 2456, Christina (03) 5986 2768.
Membership is free. OA is self-supporting through its own contributions so there are no fees. There are also no “weigh-ins” - we are not a diet and calories club, we are a fellowship of individuals who are each encouraged to identify our own personal nutritional and health needs. This particular meeting at Rowville is a “Big Book” study group - that is, we read and study the “Alcoholics Anonymous” text, which our own
Fellowship is patterned after. We also have speakers from our own and other meeting groups who come and share their personal stories.
Information about Overeaters Anonymous and the location of OA meetings across Melbourne can be obtained from the OA Melbourne Office (03) 9521 3696, or, visit the OA website www.oa.org
Nicole Morrison
Rowville Library
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of the staff at the Rowville Library!
The last Storytime sessions for the year for pre schoolers and toddlers will be held on Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th & Wednesday 7th December. Our final bedtime Storytime for the year will be at 7.00pm on Thursday 8th December. Bring along your teddy and wear your favourite pyjamas!
Our adult New Books Day for December starts at 10.00am on Friday December 9th.
The library will be closed for Christmas Day and Boxing Day and the following Tuesday 27th December. We will close at 5.30pm on Thursday 29th & Friday 30th December and will be closed for New Years Day and Monday 2nd January. The after hours book chute will be open during these times and please remember you can access the library website to renew or reserve material at any time. www.erl.vic.gov.au
Pick up a school holiday program from the library during the lead up to Christmas and come along to browse and borrow brand new kid’s books on Monday 9th January. There will also be a monster summer booksale from 10.00am on Tuesday 10th January until sold out. Children of all ages are invited to join in our Roald Dahl Day activities on Thursday 19th January and to make their mark by adding something to our “Where the forest meets the sea” mural on Friday 20th January.
We are also running a summer reading club and free entry details are available from any branch of the Eastern Regional Libraries.
Finally, we would like to thank the Rowville-Lysterfield Community News and all our regular library visitors for their support in 2005 and we look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year.
Sue Walters
9294 1300
Knox & District Toy Library
Your family can enjoy the feeling of new toys for Christmas every fortnight at Knox & District Toy Library.
For as little as $50 you can borrow 4 toys per fortnight – that’s around 180 toys per year!
Catering for children from 6 months to 6 years, Toy Library stocks quality brands of toys including Fisher Price, Brio, TOMY, Lego, Duplo, Playskool, Little Tikes, Mecano, Jigsaw, Tonka & many more.
Knox & District Toy Library is located at 11-13 Gerda Street, Scoresby. Contact our friendly co-ordinator, Joy Larter on 9729 2613 to find out more or visit our website at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~knoxtl/
Knox Home Garden Club
It’s time to do a few simple maintenance jobs in preparation for the warmer months ahead. Make sure that the mower blades are replaced regularly and raised to leave the lawns longer as this helps keep them greener and drought tolerant. If you live in a high fire risk area, it’s time to clear gutters, rake leaf litter, cut the grass and generally tidy up! Ferns will love regular watering from above, both the fronds and down into the crown of tree ferns. Mulch the garden liberally after watering thoroughly. The best mulches are medium/course bark, pea straw or lucerne. Use compost and coir as a soil conditioner, and mulch over it.
Don’t forget to slip, slop, slap before going out into the garden. Ten minutes is enough to get sun burnt.
Why not plant heat-loving seedlings like zinnia, petunia, celosia, African marigolds and daisies, cosmos and nasturtium - or veggie varieties such as Asian greens, lettuce, dwarf and climbing beans, potato tubers, rhubarb crowns, sweet corn, silver beet, pumpkin, cucumber, cabbage and cauliflower.
If you are wondering about how to get these jobs attended to, then you might try getting out of bed half an hour earlier each day, especially as early in the morning is a good time to water the roses. Alternatively, late in the day for watering everything else. Then all there is to do, after the jobs in the garden are done, is to have a wonderful and a safe Christmas as you enjoy the bountiful fruits of your labour!
Lonni Holland
Rowville Babysitting Club
Babysitting based on a points system. For information – Dearne: 9752 8715 or Robynne: 9755-6836.