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Never too old for study

 

We are very proud of my father, Ted Turner of Woy Woy, and Bob Godding both being volunteers with various organisations on the Peninsula, Ted with Brisbane Water Legacy and Umina Probus and Bob with Cancer Care.

Both of these Seniors attended an outreach program designed not only to make our older citizens aware of computers, but designed to make them competent and comfortable with this everyday technology.

They returned to the classrooms to gain knowledge of the basics of computers, touch typing skills and eventually the wonderful world of the Internet.

Never let it be said one is too old for study, as they both proved this to be a myth.

Both Ted and Bob could be seen enthusiastically motoring north clutching their floppy discs, play lunch, an apple for the teacher and, most of all, their will to learn.

Now that their introduction is complete they can present reports to their various volunteer committees in a professional manner.

Thanks go to the NSW Government for the program (appropriately named "It's time") as an outreach program for the seniors and a special thanks to all those Poker machine, Keno and Lotto players whose State Government taxes paid for the program

Terry and Nolene Turner, Winston Hills