LEOPOLD BUZZ YOUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION - ISSUE 17| MARCH, 2021
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LEOPOLD BUZZ
YOUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION
ISSUE 17| MARCH, 2021
WHERE TO GET HELP
Preparing for COVID-19 vaccination
According to the Department of Health,
while you wait for your vaccination, there
are some things you can do now to get
ready:
Make sure your details are up to date with
Medicare.
You can do this using either your:
• Medicare online account through myGov
• Express plus Medicare app.
GENEALOGY with Mark Hoystead • calling the Medicare program – 132 011
Genealogists have calculated that if you trace your family back
for 10 generations starting with your parents, you will discover a If you don’t have your account set up, you
total of 2,046 ancestors – all directly related to you! can:
• Enrol in Medicare, if you’re not already
Each of these people has their own story to tell about themselves enrolled.
and their families as well as the times and places they lived in. • Set up your Medicare online account, if
you’re enrolled in Medicare, but don’t have
If you are interested in discovering the story of your family, the Medicare linked to myGov.
Genealogy class is able to help; whether you are just starting out
• Get an Individual Health Identifier (IHI), if
or if you have been researching for some time.
you’re not eligible for Medicare.
We meet on the second and fourth Monday every month from
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10.00 -11.30 am. Our friendly group is made up of people who If you need help in setting up Medicare
are keen to know more about their families and happy to share online or downloading the app, help with
their tips to make your research easier and more successful. linking to, or navigating MyGov, the Leopold
Community and Learning Centre can assist
Who knows who you may find among those 2,046 ancestors? you.
Cost: $5.00
Call us on 5250 1301 and book an
For more information contact the Centre on 5250 1301
appointment with Tristan; he is available
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
KEEPING CONNECTED Cost: $5.00 for a 20 minute appointment.
Welcome to the 17th edition of Leopold BUZZ. You can
view or download all issues of the newsletter on our
website: www.leopoldcommunitycentre.com.au or Tristan is also available to help troubleshoot
email: info@leopoldcommunitycentre.com.au those one-off problems with your phone,
OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Thursday 9.30 – 3.30 tablet, online form or computer.
Phone: 5250 1301 Bookings essential.
Magpie Larks Week 1 Cat Tails Our cat attack begins! We have organised ourselves into a gulp for each street in our territory as agreed at parliament. Baldy, Swipes, Hops and I make up one gulp and we have decided that we are going to wage magpie warfare on the cats along our street and our plan is diabolical! After breakfast we head off to torment the first cat on our list… Fluffy Fat Cat! I spot it under a bush near the bird bath in the back yard at Mrs Greyhead’s place, we line up on the back fence ready to strike. Swipe swoops down as if he is going to land on the birdbath to distract it, then Baldy and I grab its tail in our beaks and tug, just as it jumps up to run off, Hops jumps on its back and does a claw pinch…it screeches in fury then it runs away! We are an awesome foursome for sure! Before we take off to our next target we stop at the bird feeder at Mrs Greyheads for a snack. Just as we land at the feeder a couple of galahs land too, “hey ya couple of galahs did ya see what we did to that cat?’ Chuckles Hops. “We will just grab some of these seeds and be off, we don’t want any trouble,” they both squeak. Obviously after seeing us take on the cat they think we are dangerous dudes…and we are! They grab a few seeds and take off – I did want to talk to them about the cat problem but it probably would not have helped as they’re a real dumb bird compared to us maggies! “Ok Bomber who is next on the list?” Queries Baldy. “The Black Hulk, meanest cat in the street,” I reply. We are not getting up close and personal to it – that cat has already taken out a couple of our mates! We have something entirely different planned for him, we have been working on it for weeks, we call it “The Alarm Dog Tactic! Let us see if it is as good as we think it is – we fly off down the street in search of Hulk. He’ll be lurking in the bushes somewhere, waiting for his chance to pounce an unsuspecting bird. What is the Alarm Dog Tactic? Will Baldy, Bomber, Swipe and Hop survive their encounter with The Black Hulk or will its meanness overcome them? Find out next issue! EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN !. What 5 letter word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it? 2. What makes more as you take them? 3. Without it, I am dead. If I am not, then I am behind. What am I? 4. In British Columbia, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? 5. Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value when its digits are reversed Answers: Next Edition
Certificate III Individual Support
Commencing 22nd April, 2021
Leopold Community Hub 31-39 Kensington Road, Leopold
ENROL NOW!
This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting
who follow an individualized plan to provide person-centred support to people who may
require support due to ageing, disability or some other reason. Work involves using
discretion and judgment in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for
own outputs. Workers have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well
as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-
centred support.
This course is proudly bought to Leopold by the Bellarine Training and Community Hub RTO 20459
For more information in relation to fees, government funding etc. please contact the Bellarine
Training and Community Hub on 5255 4294
Another way of registering your interest is by
phoning Jodee Anderson, Customer Experience (CX)
Specialist at the City of Greater Geelong: 5272 5176
TRISTAN’S TECH TIPS Leopold Garden Club
Password Recovery Tips Hello Garden Lovers or should that be
Hello Lovers of the Garden?
Unfortunately every platform has a different way to
recover a password, so these tips will have to be We are now into autumn and though it is getting
broad in nature. Have the following in mind before
cooler there is still a lot of gardening that can be
you click on the “forgot password” link:
done. Like harvesting of fruit crops; and with a
Recover your password in your usual location
bit of luck many vegetables still holding on. If
(recovering while on Holiday in Bangladesh
may trigger some red flags).
you have tomato plants that are dying back but
Most people write their passwords down, with plenty of green tomatoes on them try lifting
having more than one copy in different them and hanging them upside down in the shed
locations may help if the first copy is lost. or garage they will keep ripening. No need to
When recovering, try to remember old make all that green tomato chutney. It is also
passwords, even a guess when asked may
time to plant your autumn/winter crops.
help.
Have a “recovery email” or mobile number. Beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, cabbage,
One email address may even have another carrots, cauliflower, kale, lettuce, parsnip, peas,
separate email address be used as its radish, silver beet, spinach, spring onions to
“recovery email”.
name the more common ones. If you want to
You can save your password to your phone
know the uncommon ones you will need to
or computer, using Google chrome, Firefox or
your phones own password storing app e.g. come along to the Leopold Community Centre
Samsung Pass. Garden Club.
Have info like your date of birth or answers
to your “Secret Questions” (If who you are It is also time to start preparing your garden
recovering from uses them) ready to go beds for the next main growing season by
before recovery. digging in compost or growing a green manure
Try to remember what year you made the crop. These crops help to fix nitrogen into the
account.
soil and at the end dug in to add nutrients and
Recovering Passwords can be frustrating, and
sometimes you just can’t remember the carbon to the soil. Choose broad beans and peas
information they are looking for. If all else fails, as your options and get a crop to harvest as well.
you can always try to contact or phone the It is also time to consider saving seed from your
company for help. Some companies, like
current crops. This and much more await you at
Facebook, are rather impersonal in nature and
will be difficult to get through to but companies
the Leopold Community and Learning Centre
like Telstra or especially your Bank will be more Garden Club.
than keen to help you resolve your problem if As Garden Club Co-ordinator I eagerly await you.
your recovery attempts go wrong. Regards,
Dimitrij Betz
The Leopold Garden Club meets on the third
Monday of the month at 1.00 p.m. at the
Leopold Hub, 31-39 Kensington Road Leopold.
Cost: $5.00
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