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Quick Crossword Quiz

ACROSS

1 Crown (6)

4 Fleet’s vessel traditionally bearing the commanding admiral (8)

10 Witness (7)

11 Ships (7)

12 Skilled painter (3,6)

13 Web auction site (4)

15 Indestructible (10)

DOWN

1 Relating to animals (10)

2 Plunges suddenly (9)

3 Ground (7)

5 Organ (5)

6 Cut (6)

7 Howler (5)

8 Affectation (4)

9 In a state of agitation (8)

14 Reckoned (10)

1 Walking in Memphis was a 1991 hit song for which musician?

2 Who were the invading force that utilised the wooden horse to enter Troy?

3 What is the name for the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold?

4 What is the title of influential sci-fi author William Gibson’s 2020 novel?

5 Oxides of which two metals are used in most sunscreens?

6 Which group performs the rap breaks in the Gorillaz song Feel Good Inc.?

7 Which Japanese garage punk trio played themselves in the film Wild Zero?

8 Which Celtic mythological creature shares its name with a breed of dog?

9 What year was Al Green (pictured) ordained as a minister?

10 Anton Szandor LaVey founded which religious institution?

17 Concept (4)

19 Church recess (4)

20 Self-centred (10)

23 Subtle emanation (4)

25 Uncertain (9)

27 Having a small piece broken off (7)

28 US musician, — Smith (7)

29 Number in fluid mechanics, symbol Re (8)

30 Knowledgeable (6)

16 Docent (8)

18 Filmmakers (9)

21 Indigenous politician, — Bonner (7)

22 Greek poet, born in Lesbos (6)

24 Concord (5) 25 Ceased (5) 26 Cicatrice (4)

Wordfind

The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

Theme: Science No. 087

Insert the missing letters to make 10 words – five reading across the grid and five reading down.

Crossmath

Insert each number from 1 to 9 in the shaded squares to solve all the horizontal and vertical equations. Multiplication and division are performed before addition and subtraction.

No. 087

No. 087 Edgeword

Place each of the tiles of letters into the blank jigsaw below to create four six-letter words going across and down.

Drop Down

Sudoku No. 087

Fill in the blank cells using the numbers from 1 to 9. Each number can only appear once in each row, column and 3x3 block

84 19 53 78 5

5 783 64 912 3

96 1 43 19 27

No. 087

Starting with the seven-letter word, drop a letter and form a six-letter word. Continue in this manner until you reach the single letter at the bottom. You can rearrange the letters in each step, if necessary.

9-Letter

No. 087

ND TE

DE ED RI LE

VE NT

There may be more than one possible answer.

There may be more than one possible answer.

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

Today’s Focus:

9 words: Good

14 words: Very good

19 words: Excellent

Reference: Macquarie Dictionary Sat 0503

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Find Pinny: Glenda Gavin

Loony lotto: Peter Perriman

Face in the

crowd:

Richard Gilchrist

Call into the OCLife o ce to collect your prize

Volunteer of the Month

We have a $100 gift voucher to give away each month from Ashcroft’s Supa IGA and their charity Let’s Make Better.

To enter, simply nominate a person you deem worthy of the award, along with details of their good deed, and they will be in the running to be rewarded with a $100 gift voucher from IGA. Send their contact details to the address below, or email us on reception@oclife.com.au “subject line - Volunteer of the Month”.

Face in the Crowd

Win a $50 gift voucher at Cheeky Barista Cafe

We have two vouchers to give away per month, be on the lookout in our June 1 issue for the face in the crowd. Meanwhile checkout their specials on page 12 of this week’s magazine.

Find Pinny

We have a voucher for Orange Tenpin Bowl valued at $60 to give away each week, so the family can go bowling!

Each week we’ll hide a small version of “Pinny” (pictured) somewhere in OCLife. It could be anywhere. To enter, simply find him, write your name and phone number on the back of an envelope, along with the page number you found him on, and send in...

Looney Lotto

Win a voucher to the value of $20, to use at Coco’s Cafe or Paul’s @ Coco’s

TO WIN: If you have a personal or business phone number with these 4 numbers appearing in any order within it, put in an entry and we’ll draw a winner from among all correct entries each week.

I love the June Long Weekend. Besides being a public holiday on Monday, there is something great about winter weekends. If the weather is good, then it means fire, family and fun. For us, that’s exactly what it’s shaping up to be. My band, Town Hall String Band, are playing at the Farmers Market and the Jazz Festival is rolling into town… meaning a great weekend of live music. The annual LEGO expo put on by the gang at GongLug means I get to geek out about LEGO. To top it o , friends are having a bonfire night which is always great fun. The weekend promises so much, but will it deliver? Our band has been practicing hard for the gig, but who knows what will happen when we start playing. I may try to go to a gig at the Jazz Festival, but it could be sold out. The LEGO show may not be a cool as I have built it up in my mind. It may rain, meaning the bonfire is cancelled. Even if only one of these downsides comes true, it could dash my hopes of what could have been a cracking weekend. But even if that happens, why should I be disappointed?

All these opportunities for fun are just an added extra. Because a long weekend means more time at home. It means hanging out with the kids. Being together as a family. That is what matters most. We can do lots of fun things, or try to fill our weekends and lives with so many extra pursuits and experiences, but, in the end, we must ask: to what end?

There are times when I wonder about the way we live our lives and how we seek to fill up every moment with experiences that we hope will give us meaning and lasting joy. Maybe we are too hedonistic and live for pleasure and experience. That whatever makes you happy should be the way we live life. Or perhaps we pursue experience to ignore the deeper struggles in our lives, or to portray a certain perception of self to those around us or on social media.

If this is the case, then we must ask, is there anything that can fill us up and give us true life?

As a Christian, this has been found in Jesus. In the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Romans (15:13) he says this: ‘May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.’ Through Jesus, God o ers true hope, joy and peace that is deep and lasting. It is not found in experience, it is not found in a fun-filled long weekend. It is not even found on social media. It is found in Jesus. As I continue to reflect on this more each day, it helps me appreciate things in life. To appreciate and enjoy the long weekends when they come round and to appreciate the people around me and the opportunities there are, and to simply say “Thank you” to God for them.