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District Gazette Writer Publishes First Book Even though author, Lisa Finn Powell, is the mother of five children aged 10-27, she feels a lot like a first-time mum after the publication of her new book, The Thin Time. “I’m so proud of my ‘book baby’” said Finn Powell. “It was a very long time in the making, and now I just want to share it with everyone”. The book launched last month at 20 Mile Hollow Cafe in Woodford. It was a family affair. Her very talented children included, Grace, an actor, who gave the introductory speech; Will, a trained photographer, held his exhibition ‘Sensations of Grief’; Nick, a musician, performed his original song ‘Decade’ written for his father; Belle, wrote the foreword in the book and ten-year-old Charlie was also there in support. Her graphic designer husband Vinnie, typeset the book and designed the cover. Finn Powell is also a musician and sang at the event. The Thin Time is the story of a very difficult time in the author’s life, when her late husband, Paul, died and she had four young children to raise after discovering they were completely financially unprepared. It is a memoir of grief, loss, hope and the lessons she learned by listening to the wind blowing though the gum trees. Finn Powell is an experienced writer and columnist. Her work has appeared in newspapers, magazines and on radio, television and online in the US, UK and Australia. She is a regular contributor to the District Gazette. The Thin Time is her first book, “It’s my first born, but the second  Lisa reading part of The Thin Time at the launch | Image: Will Graznak Photography. Article by Lisa Finn-Powell

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kcaB gnikooL with Lisa Finn-Powell 129th Anniversary of Captain Tench’s First Sighting of the Nepean River This month marks the 129th anniversary of the first time that Europeans laid eyes on what now is known as the Nepean River. That date was 27 June 1789. Captain Watkin Tench, born in England, volunteered at the young age of 28 to serve in New South Wales. He was assigned to command the marines on the First Fleet transport ship ‘Charlotte’, that reached Botany Bay on 20 January 1788. In 1789, a year and a half after the First Fleet landed, the ever curious and equally scientific Captain Tench, was interested in exploring more of the land. He subsequently led an expedition which included Mr Arndell, assistant surgeon of the settlement, Mr. Lowe, surgeon’s mate of the Sirius, and Lieutenant William Dawes, a convict and a marine. Captain Tench kept meticulous journals and an entry from that day describes what he saw: ’We found ourselves on the banks of a river, nearly as broad as the Thames at Putney and apparently of great depth’ he wrote. The river was later named after Evan Nepean who was a British Cabinet Minister and an organiser of the First Fleet. In commemoration, the Nepean District Historical Society will be holding their annual Tench luncheon on Saturday 16 June at 12 Noon at O’Donoghue’s Irish Pub in Emu Plains. The guest speaker will be Carol Liston, AO, BA (Hons), PhD, FRAHS, an associate professor and prominent historian who teaches 19th century Australian history, local history and heritage at the University of Western Sydney. Tickets are $35 per person. To book, please ring The Arms of Australia Inn Museum on 4735 4394 or email info@armsofaustraliainn.org.au. After hours call 0407 247806. RSVP by 9 June.  Captain Watkin Tench | Image Supplied by Nepean District Historical Society

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Raise much needed money for the Royal Ins. Wednesday June 6, June 20 For Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC). Emu Plains Lions Club Meet at Springwood Sports, Macquarie Rd, Board Meetings (1st Wednesday of the month) Springwood at 10.30 am. Bistro Meetings; Meal + Informal Meeting/ Enquiries: Ruth 0247 394623 Discussions (3rd Wednesday of the month) 7:00pm, Meet at Leonay Sports Club, Leonay Every Friday June 15 Parade, Leonay. Leonay Probus Club COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Enquiries: 4735 5120 (3rd Friday of the month) Saturday June 9 Emu Market (2nd Saturday of the month) 9am to 2pm, inside the School Hall, at Nepean Creative & Performing Arts High School, 115 Great Western Highway, Emu Plains. We are predominantly an artisan market where every stallholder offers something different, and we support Barnardo’s the Childrens’ Charity who sell food there. Plenty of parking available in the school grounds. Stall enquiries: Dott 0414 395 614 or emumarket@pnddistribution.com Saturday June 9 (2nd Saturday of the month) Stamping and Friends who meet at the Uniting Church Hall, Emerald Street, Emu Plains between 1-4pm. We are a group of ladies who get together to exchange ideas on making greeting cards and scrapbooking. Enquiries: Cathy 4721 3226 Thursday June 21 (3rd Thursday of the month) Lantern Club Blue Mountains Branch

Fun, fellowship and friendship for retirees or semi-retirees. At every meeting we have a speaker, who delivers a topic of interest. We have monthly outings to places of interest. Enquiries: 4735 5157 Saturday June 16 Lower Blue Mountains Rotary Club Monthly Markets (3rd Saturday of the month) Glenbrook Infants School, Ross Street, Glenbrook. Rotarians helping their communities. Sunday June 17 The Westies Markets (3rd Sunday of the month) 9–2pm at Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School - 115 Great Western Highway, Emu Plains. Stall Enquiries:www.thewesties.com.au/ markets Tuesday Cottage Playgroup 9.30 - 11.30am Informal fun for parents/carers and children. Our Lady of the Way School, Emu Plains

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Enquiries: Alison 0424 522 852 Every Tuesday Mighty Mights Playgroup 10 - 12pm Emu Heights Community Centre Enquiries: Chantel 0414 805 736 Every Tuesday + Thursday 1st Emu Plains Scouts Cubs (ages 7.5 –10.5) Tuesday’s 7:00 to 8:30 Scouts (ages 10.5 – 15) Thursday’s 7:30 to 9:30. 175 Explorers Road, Lapstone Enquiries: Tony Henry (0488 669 1430) Every Wednesday Nepean Giggles Playgroup 9.30 - 11:30am Meet other mums & preschoolers Emu Heights Community Centre Enquiries: Sandra Pitich 0403 326 017 Every Saturday Dragon Boat Paddling 8:45am Are you reasonably fit and have a spirit of adventure and fun! Come and Try Dragon Boat Paddling with Pendragons Dragon Boat Club. New paddlers welcome at either the Nepean Rowing Club or Sydney International Regatta Centre. Enquiries – Jane Howard janehow2@hotmail. com

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Our Lady of the Way Primary School held their first ever Gamesa-thon last month at Hunter Field in Emu Plains. Adding to the Stuart Ayers initiative and increasing student’s participation in sport, they held a Games-a-thon to allow the students of OLOW to participate in a number of different sports. This gave them the opportunity to try a variety of activities and of course have fun. They had representatives from Hockey NSW, AFL GWS Giants, NSW Rugby Union. Wanderers FC, NRL, Cricket NSW, Netball NSW and Baseball NSW. The students started the day by walking to Hunter Field and then a quick fruit break before commencing a fun filled day. Some of the student’s feedback on the day included; “This is awesome! What a great day!”, “I have never tried baseball before and I loved it” and “Can we do this every year?” “It was so much fun, but I’m now very tired” was a statement shared by students, parents and teachers. The representatives, parents and staff were very appreciative of the day. They especially enjoyed that all the children had the chance to participate, where they could focus on being active and having fun! The Our Lady of the Way community would like to take the opportunity to say a big thank you to all the representatives that took part, as well as the parents who assisted in making the day possible. A great day of sport | Image Supplied

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Nepean River Bridge Reaches the Western Bank

Another major milestone has been achieved with the new Nepean River pedestrian bridge recently reaching the western side of the river. Stuart Ayres MP, Member for Penrith said the landing of the new bridge has brought the Penrith community one step closer to the newest piece of active transport infrastructure in the region. “Crews have been on the job since June 2016 to prepare the river and site for the new pedestrian bridge, so it’s great to see the bridge has safely made its way across the iconic waterway” Stuart Ayres said.

“We celebrated the launch of the bridge segments at the end of last year and community members can now see the new bridge in its full form. “In five short months, crews have expertly and carefully launched the 700-tonne bridge across the river which will be an icon for the region for years to come”. Stuart Ayres said the launch is a delicate process, with around 20 crew members needed to operate the machinery to lift the final segment into place. “The launch of this section involves using two heavy lift jacks to pull the final section of the bridge across sliding tracks which are made of stainless steel and Teflon” Stuart Ayres said. “Once this section of the bridge is pulled to the western side of the Nepean River, it will rest on the permanent pier. “The last segment of the bridge required a lot of forward planning and it’s great to see the bridge is now in its final place, almost ready for the community to walk across. “While the bridge is now in its position, crews are still getting on with the job to build the eastern approach and complete finishing work on the truss railing”. Stuart Ayres said the community and motorists travelling across Victoria Bridge will now be able to see the new pedestrian bridge in its entirety. “This new bridge will transform the way Penrith residents interact with the Nepean River and will provide a safe crossing for years to come”. The new bridge is expected to be completed later this year, weather permitting. For more information about the new pedestrian bridge visit: http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/sydney-west/nepeanriver-bridge/index.html Progress of the bridge | Image Supplied

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PARENTS CORNER

Article Written + Submitted by: Narelle Smith (Family Worker) Nepean Community + Neighbourhood Services P: 47218520 E: narelle@nepeancommunity.org.au FaceBook: Parenting in Penrith Blog: handsheartsminds.wordpress.com

Simple Joys of Life Lately, I’ve been listening to kids. No surprise there, because I work with kids. But, I mean really listening, deep listening. And what has astonished me is that kids are so stressed. We, adults, think that kids have things so easy these days. They actually don’t. They have a lot of pressure that we would never have imagined as kids School is harder. Have a good look at the school curriculum some day. There is a lot of pressure from parents to do well at everything. Parents have high expectations of their children. Children have high expectations of themselves. This can lead to disappointment, anger, despair, and arguments. Kids do lots of activities after school. They have a lot of chores. There are life lessons to learn. There is hardly any down time. They use technology that isn’t play, it’s fast moving light and sound and information. I have seen 4 year-olds with FitBits (why does a young child need a FitBit?). These kids don’t know how to slow down. They are uncomfortable with silence and space. They have trouble sitting still and taking slow deep breaths. They think that it’s a waste of time. They feel like they have to constantly be on the go and doing, doing, doing. They are addicted to light, speed, and sound. They get bored easily. They think too much and worry a lot about lots of stuff. Humans weren’t built that way. We need rest. Always doing and being creates stress. The stress hormone ‘cortisol’ is a nasty piece of work. It can cause physical and mental disease. It’s no wonder that the percentage of anxiety in children is increasing. One in four of our young people will develop clinical depression. That’s too sad. I’m not sure that any good comes of children aged 10, 11, and 12 years saying that they are stressed and depressed. And when they try to talk to their parents about it, the parents don’t listen and tell them how easy their lives are and how good they have it. What are the juicy bits of life? The deep stuff – relationship, connection, talking, pondering, wondering, listening, looking, breathing. That stuff shouldn’t be saved for the annual family holiday. How can you bring the deep stuff into everyday life, and teach your kids the simple joys of life? “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted”. Albert Einstein

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Leonay Golf Club has arguably chosen its strongest-ever Masters Pennants team for the 2018 season, with several new faces having just reached the qualifying age. The team will contest in the Red category / Division Four against Lynwood Golf Club, Macquarie Links Golf Club and Bardwell Valley. Other teams from the Nepean Valley also competing in this year's Masters Pennants include Glenmore Heritage Valley, Penrith, Springwood, Dunheved, Wallacia, Richmond and Windsor. Competition commenced on 29th April and will continue through to July.

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The Nepean Potters Society will be holding their bi-annual exhibition and sale in the Glenbrook Community Hall on Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th of June 2018. The sale commences at 9am and closes at 5pm on each day and entry is free. People who attend the exhibition can expect to see a wide variety of reproductions of cats and dogs in the forms of ornamental and functional items to keep or for gifts.

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Domenic Meduri of McDonalds Penrith North, Cambridge Gardens and St Marys North, has supported the Red Shield Doorknock Appeal for the Salvation Army, for a number of years. Domenic heard that last year, four Penrith Anglican College students collected the most money for any area in Emu Plains and Leonay, as allocated by the Lions Club of Emu Plains. He was further impressed that three of the students; Sienna Aurisch, Kate Berwick and Emma Tarbert were returning to assist with this year’s Appeal. Domenic commented “The Salvation Army deserve praise for their wonderful social services delivered to those most deserving in the community and the girls are great examples of the calibre of youth in the district”. He added “I also have great respect for the Lions Club of Emu Plains, for their organisation of collectors and their dedication to the Appeal for the last 28 years”. The Meduri family restaurants kicked off the girl’s collection with a donation of $500 to the Doorknock Appeal held on 27th May.  (L-R) Domenic Meduri, Emma Tarbert, Sienna Aurisch and Kate Berwick | Image: Cheryl Devine

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A Show Not to be Missed! The Annual Penrith Dolls, Bears, Craft and Collectables Show will be held on Sunday 17th June 2018 from 10am – 4pm. The venue will be Panthers Penrith Exhibition Marquee, Mulgoa Road in Penrith. There will be signs for directions to the Marquee. With great support from the management and staff at the venue, there’ll be plenty of free parking, including coaches and disabled parking. The stall displays will have lots on offer for everyone from the collector of antique, vintage and modern dolls and collectable bears and toys. This will also include handmade wooden toys made by the Nepean Men’s Shed. The show features jewellery, reborn dolls, teddy bears, exquisite handmade craft, doll houses, doll furniture, miniatures, vintage toys, books, scrapbooking, beads, patterns, buttons, laces, candles and supplies to make your own dolls and bears. The main feature is the famous doll and bear competition. It will be a great day out for everyone, with refreshments available including Devonshire teas and their famous BBQ. All proceeds of the show will support the Leukaemia Foundation and a local ‘Domestic Violence’ project supporting transport for victims to a safe refuge through the Ross Hutchison Foundation. Raffle tickets will be available at the door for $2 each or 3 for $5. Prizes include a beautiful handmade porcelain doll, handmade quilt (made and donated by the Caring Hearts Quilting Group) and collectable bear. Entry price is $6 for Adults and $2 for Children over 5 years. For Doll Show enquiries, contact Gail Ladner on 0407 498 021 or Val Newman on (02) 9602 2242.

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On the second Wednesday of every month, a group of people gather in the Kingswood Neighbourhood Centre with one thing in common: breathing. The Nepean Puffers and Wheezers was founded in 1999 to provide education and support for people with a varying range of lung conditions. Local resident, John Ruttle has been the President for a decade now. “One of our biggest problems is the breathing” he said, “so we try to get as much info as we can on it”. Ruttle’s journey started with a persistent cough about 17 years ago, that was diagnosed as Bronchitis. Three years later, he was diagnosed with Emphysema and then two years after that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The COPD Foundation describes the disease as ‘an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and refractory (non-reversible) asthma’. It is characterised by increasing breathlessness and is currently incurable. The treatment focuses on management to help people live better lives. According to a statistic by the Lung Foundation Australia, ‘almost 1 in 7 people 40 years and older have airflow limitation and more people are dying from COPD each year’. As well as sufferers of COPD, there are people with other lung diseases and breathing problems who attend the Puffers and Wheezers group. The first two hours of the meeting usually has a guest speaker and then after that there is a ‘Lungs in Action’ exercise class that is free and run by a qualified physio. “We try to encourage people to come along and join in, even if they only do a few little steps” said Ruttle. One of the most important aspects of the group is the social side. It’s important to meet and bond with people in similar circumstances. There are organised bus trips to help people get out and about a bit more as well. The next meeting of the Nepean Puffers and Wheezers is on 13 June at Kingswood Neighbourhood Centre, 19 Bringelly Road. The first month is free and it is $3 per month after that, with a $2 raffle each month as well. For more information, visit www.lungfoundation.com.au. For further information on the group, please call Lung Foundation Australia at 1800 654 301.  Members of the group | Image: Lennette Ruttle. Article by Lisa FinnPowell From. Pg 1

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NSAIDs – What Does The Science Say About Their Efficacy For Chronic Pain? This month let’s see whether NSAIDs are effective for chronic pain. Our first study was done at Oxford University 2004. Researcher pooled results from 14 placebo-controlled trials (1502 patients) using NSAIDs to treat musculoskeletal pain (Mason 2004). The NSAID was deemed ‘efficacious’ if it could reduce pain by 50% after two weeks intake. What they found was as follows: 1. Placebo treatment achieved efficacy for 26% of patients (ranging between 7-78%) 2. NSAID treatment achieved efficacy for 48% of patients (ranging between 2 – 90%) 3. 4.6 patients had to be treated with NSAIDs for two weeks to give just 1 patient a 50% reduction in pain compared to placebo. In ‘medical speak’ this 4.6 figure is called the ‘number needed to treat’ or NNT) Now NSAIDs were clearly more effective than placebo on average. But the result still means that nearly 4 out of 5 people treated did not get even a 50% reduction in musculoskeletal pain after two weeks of treatment. More recently, a Cochrane review (Derry 2012) of NSAIDs and osteoarthritis (34 studies, 7688 patients) showed that: 1. NSAIDS were more effective than placebo, but still 2. 6.4 patients had to be treated with topical Diclofenac solution for 8-12 weeks to give just 1 patient a 50% reduction in pain compared to placebo while, 3. 11 patients had to be treated with topical Diclofenac gel

for 8-12 weeks to give just 1 patient a 50% reduction in pain compared to placebo 4. For all topical NSAIDs combined, 10 patients (range: 7–17) needed to be treated to give 1 patient a 50% reduction in pain compared to placebo 5. Oral & topical formulations had similar efficacy (but different side effect profiles) A UK study (Underwood 2008) followed 585 patients with osteoarthritic knee pain for 2 years. Patients were prescribed either topical or oral (maximum of 1.2g) ibuprofen daily. Patients experienced no significant difference in pain scores, stiffness, movement difficulty, or any global improvement after 6, 12, 18 or 24 months of treatment. This is a remarkable result. The Oxford University Analgesic League table lists medications in order of ability to get a 50% pain reduction in acute pain over 4-6 hours. Many medications have NNTs of 2-4 and some combination medications do better. Though they no doubt ‘take the edge off ’ short term, why does it seem that NSAID intake makes little if any difference to long term chronic pain? The answer is simple and goes back to the function of inflammation, which is, to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury. NSAIDs and other pain medications initially reduce pain but fail to fix the cause of inflammation. The body is clever. If something isn’t right, resistance develops to NSAID intake ensuring you continue to realise something’s wrong. Thus longterm, your pain remains, unless you fix the cause.

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Plastic Fantastic Unites the Community People from all over the Penrith area and beyond have united to make the lives of our homeless community a little more comfortable this winter. The team at The Creative Fringe set the “Plastic Fantasticâ€? challenge and invited locals to join them in creating waterproof sleeping mats from used plastic bags. These will be donated to Mama Lana’s Community Foundation in Emu Plains. It was during last year’s “Think Outside the Squareâ€? knitting challenge that The Creative Fringe learnt about the need for not only warm blankets but for waterproof sleeping mats for the homeless. 700 grocery bags are required to create one single mat, that’s 700 less grocery bags in landfill and waterways. This makes this challenge more than helping people in our local community, it also has a positive environmental impact. “After last year’s over-whelming success of the Think Outside the Square challenge, we decided to not only run it again this year but to add the Plastic Fantastic challenge to the mixâ€? said Community Manager Rienna Kroh. “Being able to help those less fortunate is very rewarding and seeing the community come together is amazingâ€?. The aim was to be able to donate 10 sleeping mats along with the blankets to Mama Lana’s at the start of winter. So far, they have 4 completed mats and 24 blankets. This will be an ongoing challenge throughout the year, so there is still time to get involved in this amazing cause and help bring comfort to our rough sleepers. For more information on these challenges and to find out how to be a part of this incredible initiative, head to www.thecreativefringe.com.au/events or call 1300 722 896. ď ś Kim Pick with some of her donations | Image: Rienna Kroh

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From Footy Player to Preacher David Simmons used to play left wing for the Panthers. In retirement he’s playing a different game, on the staff team at our Church. I asked him why he spends his time doing what he does now. Dave said, ‘I want people to know the good news about Jesus that I came to understand - God is the creator of all people, Jesus the saviour of all people, and everyone needs to know that, in fact, to know him’. Where did this conviction come from? ‘I heard about Jesus at youth group as a teenager. I was convinced the Bible was true, and the things it said about God were true, and it led me to want to become a follower of Jesus. I realised I had to respond not just to the message, but the man.’ After retiring from the Panthers Dave went to study at Moore

College. He’d done some part time study there while he was playing to grow in his knowledge of God and His word, the Bible, and what it means to follow him. What he didn’t foresee at the time was that he’d have the opportunity to be a leader and preacher for a Church. Dave is still involved in footy, as an assistant coach for the ISP team at Penrith. ‘Now I’ve got the chance to coach people to know the good news about Jesus as well. As a footy coach, you have to think about the whole team. You succeed when the team succeeds. As a Christian leader it’s the same. I’m thinking about people, not just at Church, but people who aren’t part of any Church as well. I’ve succeeded when everyone gets to hear about, know and grow in Jesus.’

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Well Winter has arrived. Time to pull out your winter woollies, rug up and keep warm as the aroma of fresh home-made soup wafts through the home. On page 8, you will find one of my winter go-to recipes. I've already made this a handful of times this year, such a simple yet hearty winter warmer. Sadly, we farewelled my Mum last month. It was the single hardest thing I have ever had to face in my adult life. I live on knowing she is no longer suffering, and can now breathe easy. I pay tribute and raise awareness of her courageous battle on page 9. "What hurts you today, makes you stronger tomorrow." Miss you Mum xxx Enjoy your Community News.

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