Name: O’BRIEN, Rita Mary

Award: Medal of the Order of Australia

Post-nominal: OAM

Date granted: 26 January 2010

State: Vic

Suburb: Shepparton

Postcode: 3630

Country: Australia

Citation: For service to the community of Colac and the surrounding region

Mrs Rita Mary O’BRIEN,

Shepparton Victoria

For service to the community of Colac and the surrounding region.

Member, Country Women’s Association of Victoria, since 1953.

- Active Member, Congupna Branch, since 2001.

- President, Western Group, 1962-1964 and 1967-1968.

- Member, Yeo and Warncoort Branches, for many years.

Member, Warncoort Red Cross Auxiliary, Australian Red Cross, from 1918 until the late 1990s; began by knitting a scarf for the World War One effort.

- Member, Red Cross Colac and District Municipal Appeal Committee, 1977.

- Treasurer, Darraweit Guim Red Cross during World War Two

Lioness, Lions Club of Colac, 1960s-1980s.

Volunteer fundraiser, Colac Day Training Centre,1970s.

Mrs O’Brien was a Member of Hosts, Quota and the Yeo Progress Association, and was a volunteer with the Country Fire Authority and Meals on Wheels, 1960s-1980s.

. . . . See Aunty Rita’s page here 

Happy 100th Birthday to my Great Aunty Rita . . .

An Amazing Lady xxoo

. . . . See Aunty Rita’s page here  (it is under construcuion though)

 Amelie Kaye Hollis was born on the 18th Of July 2009

Mum & Dad are well & Amelie is Beautiful !!

 . . . . See Amelie’s page here

Here is a tip on how NOT to win a case in court. Moon the judge! Megumi Ogawa is appointed idiot of the week for this story.

. . . . Full story here

Australia says to farewell Dr Gorgeous,

Your legacy will live on with LifeHouse@Rpa

. . . . Full story here

See all my related posts here

Prof. O’Brien’s vision http://lifehouserpa.org.au/index.aspx

Professor Chris O’Brien’s funeral will be held at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral tomorrow (Thursday 11th of June) at 10 am.

. . . . Full story here

See all my related posts here

Prof. O’Brien’s vision http://lifehouserpa.org.au/index.aspx

UPDATE Sky News will be televising the funeral from 10 am.

Gordon Ramsay GO HOME !!!!! Ok, so our resident IDIOT of the week now attacks Susan Boyle on the same stage he attacked Tracey Grimshaw. I thought he was a CHEF why on earth is he trying to be a comic ? I was shocked to watch the youtube video where he jokes about a documentary in relation to her private life (very distasteful) and I am sure he meant to say Reality Show but he could not even get that right. And if you Mr Ramsay were the subject of your so called reality show and not Susan; 5 million would not be enough to tempt me I can tell you. In the clip he complains of losing his voice WELL here is a solution for you Gordon SHUT UP! (by the way; any health care professional would tell you that is a legitimate cure for laryngitis so don’t take it personally)

he has pulled out of the Perth shows now . . . . Full story on that here

And the Youtube clip is here

FYI Gordon, the number for Qantas is 131313 make a reservation and do us all a favour !

Well, This should be called Weeks In Rewind this time, I have enjoyed building my site from scratch and no experience . . . . I thank Google and all the wonderful people who ask and answer questions online relating to HTML code for all the assistance they provided

 I have covered many topics since starting my blog, I guess the one event that has dominated my thoughts is the passing of Chris O’Brien last week. I have followed the story since his illness was announced on RPA and the work he has done and the brave way he faced his illness is amazing. I plan to donate to his vision LifeHouseAtRPA and invite you to do the same via the link provided.

 See all my related posts here

Prof. O’Brien’s vision http://lifehouserpa.org.au/index.aspx

I was shocked by the Gordon Ramsay rant and feel that he is just not a nice person. GOOD FOR YOU Tracey Grimshaw; not wanting an apology from him, it is not needed. Someone of your character does not need an apology from someone like Gordon Ramsay to make them feel better

 Well, that’s it for now . . . .

 Your comments and ideas are always welcome, in the mean time I will just keep blogging away and see what happens
Linda xxoo

We here (That would be ME !) at Linda’s Little Corner are very pleased to announce the inaugural winner of the IDIOT award; and I can only say the honour has been bestowed upon the right person . . . . He served up QUITE a meal this week, and the media ate up every last bite & cleaned the plate. I say this to Gordon Ramsay, “the airport is that way, and take your mouth with you!!! “.
. . . .Full story here and . . here AND . . Kevin Rudd joins in here

UPDATE Luv this . . . . Mummy calls . . . . Puts Gordie over her knee for a good old fashioned spanking . . . . then Gordie says sorry . . . . Full story here

From The SoapBox

I’m sorry, has the world gone BONKERS?? 4 to 7 year olds up all night texting ?? where are the parents? and why on earth would a 4 year old need a mobile phone? last time I looked Playschool, Sesame St, Dora The Explorer and the like; did not have phone in lines or premium text competitions with 1900 numbers . . . AND a four year old should only need to know how to yell MUM to get her attention; not phone her, as she should be in earshot . . . . !!!!!
. . . . Full story here