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University of the Third Age
April, 2009

Official Newsletter of U3A Werribee Region Inc.
P.O. 1264, Werribee Plaza. 3030

Email address: sec.u3awbee@optusnet.com.au.
Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~u3awbee

Patrons
Prof. Ian Thomas, Head of Campus - Werribee Victoria University
Prof. Ken Hinchliff, Dean of Veterinary Science, Melbourne University
Mr. Steven Butyn, Principal, Werribee Secondary College

President - Serita Mudford

General Enquiries to Secretary, Gloria Colling Ph. 9734 6063
All Course Enquiries: Brian Beck - Ph. 9741 5475

President's Report - Serita Mudford

Welcome to another wonderful year with U3A. I hope that you have found your classes interesting and stimulating. We have had some great new ideas come forward over the last year; the introduction of the very successful coffee mornings. A book group also started this year, and we have begun two new courses - 'A Brief History of Espionage' and 'Intermediate Italian'. We are also investigating the possibility of a 'Walking group; and a 'Movie and Lunch group'. I feel this is an indication of a vibrant and growing U3A within Werribee, an organization that recognizes the need to provide the opportunity to maintain our brains active and to keep physical strength and vigour elasticity with other members of U3A.

I would particularly like to thank all our tutors, leaders and committee members and newsletter/editor contributors for their ongoing efforts and tireless commitment without whom none of our activities would be possible.

U3A COMMITTEE

The Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of U3A Werribee was held on 25th February, 2009.
The following members were elected to the Committee for the next 12 months.

President - Serita Mudford
Vice-Resident - Giuliana Talbot
Secretary - Gloria Colling
Treasurer - Ceri Parry
Course Coordinator - Brian Beck

Committee Members -
Trish Roodhouse
Libby Pearson
Wally Bock
Merle Deslandes

The Committee would like to thank Cr. Marie Brittan for stepping in at the last moment as guest speaker on behalf of Tim Pallas MP, State Member for Tarneit and State Transport Minister who was unavoidably detained.

However, Cr. Marie Brittan spoke on behalf of Wyndham Mayor, Shane Bourke who also could not attend. Cr. Marie Brittan is a new Councilor on the Wyndham team.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of U3A Werribee now stands at 265 full members, plus 5 Associate for a total of 270.

New members who have enrolled for courses this year are as follows:-

Maile C.	Davies M.	McDonald D.	McDonald D.	Crisis K.	Smith B.
Moyle K.	Smith S.	Nicholson J.	Preston N.	Foster F.	Skykes C.
Eden J.	Winters M.	McDonald K.	Morizzi J.	Maxwell C.	Hislop R.
Brooks C.	Pavitt B.	Carton D.	McCarthy W.	Williams P.	Rattenbury V.
Driscoll T.	Driscoll T.V.	Fieldew D.	Coghlan H.	Coghlan W.	Ryan L.
Smith B.	Boetzael B.	Taffolon C.

Please extend a warm welcome to all our new members.

EASTER BRINGS HOPE TO US ALL -

The spirit of Easter is the hope of he world. One has not to be a saint, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist but just an ordinary person in order to recognize that if the Easter hope fails us, we are at the mercy of the deep blue sea. Easter brings hope to us all!

Easter is the festival of Hope because it sets in the foreground of human thought and contemplation the figure of the most gallant Hope that the world has ever known.

We wish you all a very Peaceful and Joyous Easter with family and friends.

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