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ETF to Support French Fort Cove Development Commission

FREDERICTON (CNB) - The Environmental Trust Fund (ETF) is contributing $20,000 to the French Fort Cove Development Commission in Miramichi.

Acting Minister of the Environment and Local Government Dale Graham made the announcement today.
"The Environmental Trust Fund is a great tool that supports community-based initiatives to restore, protect and improve air, land and water resources, and to promote green ideas to make communities a better place," Graham said.

"As a recipient, the French Fort Cove Development Commission will enhance its planned Eco-Centre program by offering students and the general public guided nature tours of French Fort Cove."

Revenue for the ETF is derived from about half of the environmental fee paid on redeemable beverage containers.

Our roving photographer has been dumping loads of pictures on my desktop lately from all sorts of events. In amoungst the Napan Days horses and Tabusintac Old Home Week pics I found this interesting photo...

Can anybody tell me what this man is cooking on the BBQ? I've honestly never seen anything like it before! Here's a close-up... do you know what this dish is called?

EDUCATION SESSIONS
Canadian Mental Health Association

The following education sessions are free of charge and open to anyone that wishes to attend. They are all being held at Region VII Hospital on the 5th floor in room 5110. Anyone that wishes to attend needs to register with the regional community worker at 773-7561. The sessions will be cancelled if their isn’t 10 participants.

Monday October 3, 2005 (6pm-8pm) Depression Awareness
The session helps us recognize the signs and symptoms of depression, the many causes/treatments, as well as when and where to seek help.

Monday October 17, 2005 (6pm-9pm) Anger Management
We will discuss what is anger, what are the stages of uncontrollable anger, how does anger affect our health and the skills needed to manage our anger.

Monday November 7, 2005 (6pm-9pm) Assertiveness
This session will help us learn how to be more assertive, we’ll discuss the benefits of assertiveness and the link between assertiveness and self-esteem.

Tuesday November 15, 2005 (9:30am-4pm) Stress Management
The session will help us recognize the signs and symptoms of stress, the difference between positive and negative stress, the stress cycle, the strategies in dealing with stress and the symptoms of burn-out.

Monday November 21, 2005 (6pm-9pm) Self Esteem
This session focuses on why self-esteem is important, the factors that influence our self-esteem and what we can do to increase our self-esteem.

Monday November 28, 2005 (6pm-9pm) Suicide Awareness
Suicide Awareness is a basic information session where we look at who is at risk, what are the warning signs, what can we do to help and where can the person at risk can go for help.

Monday December 5, 2005 (6pm-9pm) Grief
During this session we look at what is grief, what are the stages of the grief process, how we take care of ourselves after a loss and what are the available resources in this community.

This arrived in my inbox this morning.. and it's a good one. I wish we could all live by these rules. Original source unknown.

Happiness Bank

The 92-year old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and make-up perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.

Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of and eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

"Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room....just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged...it's how I arrange my mind.

I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do.

Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away just for this time in my life.

Old age is like a bank account: you withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing."

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free you mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

World’s Leading Authorities Discuss Online and Offline Safety Issues at Miramichi Children’s Safety Fair

Saturday August 27/05, 11am to 1pm,
Downtown Miramichi, Queen Elizabeth Park (in the Square)

The Miramichi Police Force and the Child Safety Research and Innovation Center (CSRIC) are hosting this year’s Children’s Safety Fair that is part of the Downtown Miramichi Business Networks Back to School Sidewalk Sale & Children’s Safety Fair.

A special guest at this year’s Fair is cyberspace lawyer and child advocate Dr. Parry Aftab, founder of WiredSafety.org, the world’s largest and oldest Internet safety organization.

The safety issues covered at the Children’s Safety Fair will be:
Street Proofing
Protection from Online Predators
Cyberbullying

Featured at this year’s Fair will be a preview of CSRIC’s Sydney Safe-Seeker and the Incredible Journey Home interactive game designed to street-proof young children to help them avoid becoming victims of sexual exploitation and abduction.

The Sydney Safe-Seeker applications are the cornerstone of protecting children from predators when they are away from the supervision of their parents in real space. However, these applications only cover offline threats predators pose to children. There is also the growing threat to children of online predators. Dr. Parry Aftab, generally considered the leading expert in the world on Internet safety and responsible use, will speak about protecting children from Online Predators and Cyberbullies.

The discussion on Cyberbullying will be a great introduction to the upcoming Cyberbullying Summit featuring Dr. Aftab being held at James M. Hill High School on Oct. 3rd, which has been coordinated by CSRIC, School District 16 and the Miramichi Police Force.

Go to http://www.childsafetygateway.org/ for more information about this Summit.

Kelly Tracy of Sunnyside Ave, in Miramichi, sent in this great photo taken on August 3. Check out the Mighty Miramichi Photo Gallery for more great photos.

If you have pictures you'd like displayed, email them to us at: sammy@mightymiramichi.com and put "photo gallery" in the subject line.

Miramichi's First Soap Opera

This is really good stuff. Check it out. Fatkat Animation out of Miramichi does their first soap opera -- Sprays of Her Life. Make sure to use the email your friends function and let everyone enjoy this.

If you were at Tabusintac Old Home Week during Twins Day, you might have thought you were seeing double!

The winners of the Most Identical prize went to "The Trowbridge Twins", Grace and Gail.

The Miramichi region is the place to be this week! There's so much going on, you might have a difficult time deciding which event to take in. The 48th Annual Miramichi Folksong Festival kicked off on Monday and runs until Friday . . . but wait! Just when you thought it was over, they've added a Post-Festival Summer concert on Sunday night that you won't want to miss featuring Terry Kelly, Patricia Conroy, Jamie Warren and the Miramichi's very own, Jason Barry. Click here for the complete schedule of events.

Meanwhile a little further along the river, in Tabusintac, it's Old Home Week. They've been having a great time since Saturday with everything from an Art Exhibit, Antique Car Show and Ski-Doo Races to a corboil, parades and fireworks. But there's still plenty of excitement to come, Old Home Week doesn't wrap up until Saturday night's Farewell Dance featuring Jake Break. Get the full schedule by visiting their website.

Congratulations to all the winners in this year’s Dream Cottage campaign!

JEAN BELL of Renous, NB, won the Dream Cottage and her ticket was tagged for all the furnishings!

Willa Fournier of Campbellton, NB, won the Greenhouse.

John Purvis of Ajax, ON, won the $500 Canadian Tire Gift Certificate.

Chad Colepaugh of Derby, NB, won the BBQ.

Tim Jones of Saint John, NB, won the Fireplace.

Thanks to all for supporting this project.

In 2006, Dream Cottage #13 will open on May 1st.