Miramichi Blog

Blood Donor Clinic to held at NBCC Miramichi on Monday, Sept. 24th, 2007, from 2-4 p.m. and 4:30-8:30 p.m..

Every blood donation can improve or save up to three lives - that's the beauty of giving blood! While walk-ins are welcome, we encourage you to book an appointment to donate blood by calling 1 888 2 DONATE.

For more details, click here.

Miramichi Mountain Bike Club hosting the 2nd Annual 4 Hours of French Fort Cove on Sunday September 23rd, 2007.

For more details, please click here.

NBCC Fair & Career Day
Historic Chatham Business District
Pumpkin Festival & APEGNB Pumpkin Fling

Schedule of Events Saturday September 22nd, 2007

10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Live Entertainment on Water St. – Rattle Cab Blues Band
Sponsored by: Historic Chatham Business District

10 a.m. Sidewalk Chalk Art / Chip Art Displays
Sponsored by: Edgewater Gifts & Gallery / NBCC Animation Students / Historic Chatham Business District

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Miramichi Physically Disabled hosting a BBQ on Water St.

12 p.m. Pumpkin Parade
Will start and conclude at Station Wharf ~ Prize for best pumpkin costume
Sponsored by: Historic Chatham Business District

Giant Rice Crispy Square Pie on Waterford Green
Created by the Chatham Rotary Club
Donations are to the Breakfast Program

NBCC Miramichi Campus is celebrating their 25th Anniversary
Come down and check out the many displays.

Corn Boil and BBQ by Highland Society

Greens Catering will be set up for all your munchies.

Anne Bracken Formals - Sidewalk Sale & Coffee/Tea/Donuts/KoolAid

12 p.m. Registration for the APEGNB Pumpkin Fling on Station Wharf

1 p.m. Pumpkin Fling begins at Station Wharf

Pony rides available for the children at Waterford Green

Country Charm Bakery – Pumpkin Cookies

Children Activities hosted by the NBCC

1 - 3 p.m. Pumpkin Pet Art
Decorate a gourd At Anne Bracken Formals on Water St.
Sponsored by the Historic Chatham Business District and Anne Bracken Formals with all donations going to the Breakfast Program.

Seed Spitting Contest Goldfish T-shirts on Water Street.

Pumpkin Desserts & Pumpkin Poetry by Ron Morrison at Saddlers Café

Pumpkin Carving demonstrations on Water Street in the afternoon
by Rupert Bernard & Joanne Cadogan

Live Entertainment at O’Donaghues Pub – Jens Jepesen in the evenings

Pumpkins donated by Bremner Farms

Step Out With Mango
Starts In Your Community Week of Sept. 17th, 2007
Cost $20 (includes pedometer, program workbook, nutrition session)

To register for the session in your area, or for more information contact:
Mango at (506) 627-7564

Mango's 12 week program is designed to increase your physical activity.

Volunteers Wanted!
The Great Canadian Shore Line Clean-Up is Coming to the Miramichi
and YOU CAN HELP!

On Sept. 15th, volunteers will gather in teams between 10 a.m. - 12 noon and clean up the shore by Middle Island and the Strawberry Marsh. Bring your work boots and enthusiasm. It all starts at the clean-up kick off at the Douglastown Community Center at 9:30 a.m..

To sign on for the Chatham Clean-Up:
call Don Saunders at 778-8761

To sign on for the Eel Ground Clean-Up:
call Kenny Larry at 624-9209

To sign on for the Newcastle Clean-Up:
call Bruce Farnham at 622-5555

Sponsored by TD Bank, Yvon's Gym and Greco Pizza Chatham

The New Brunswick Community College-Miramichi campus is celebrating twenty-five plus years in the region. The year 2006 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of its establishment as a campus. Marie-Paule Theriault, principal, extends a warm and enthusiastic welcome. "We have so many friends in our community and this will be our chance to bring many of them together and have some fun." The celebrations are kicking off with an Old-Fashioned Fair and Career Day at Waterford Green on September 27 from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. featuring the following events:

• Games + Activities for the whole family (organized by college staff and
students) – All proceeds will go to local charities.

• College information (will be available for prospective students)

• NBCC Miramichi Campus Trivia Contest (September 14-22)
• First Prize – One half the tuition waived for a 2007-08 NBCC Miramichi program
• Second Prize – Free tuition for any NBCC Miramichi Night School course delivered in the 2007-08 academic year.
*Watch for the contest ballot in the Miramichi Leader in September and see the college bookstore for further details.

These events are being held in conjunction with Historic Chatham Business District’s Pumpkin Festival and APEGNB’s famous Pumpkin Fling.

A history of the New Brunswick Community College – Miramichi campus will be released. This intriguing book traces the roots of NBCC and the campaign to locate a campus in Miramichi. It explores the explosion of the Learning Technologies and follows the development of the campus up to today’s modern facility and its programming. "You will find this is a wonderful treat to read," says Theriault. "It has many, many stories about the people who have worked, studied, and taught here; that’s what makes it so enjoyable."

A colorful and imaginative DVD is also due for release during the celebrations. It will provide information about the NBCC – Miramichi campus and will feature interviews with staff and students.

NBCC-Miramichi Campus will hold a Main 3-Day Event from Oct. 25th-27th, 2007.
More details to follow at a later date.

5th Anniversary!
2007 APEGNB Pumpkin Fling
September 22
Waterford Green, Miramichi, NB

How far can a pumpkin fly? Find out at New Brunswick's Fifth Annual APEGNB Pumpkin Fling Contest!
Blast a pumpkin! with the air cannon Opening blast: 1 p.m.
Launch a Pumpkin Rocket! 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Registration begins at noon.
Cost: $5 per pumpkin
Prizes: Trophies & more
Proceeds: The New Brunswick Kids Breakfast Program

Other Events
● Pumpkin Art, Face Painting & Pony Rides
● Prizes, music, costumes and more!

Presented by:
APEGNB (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick), Sunny Corner Enterprises Inc., The River 99.3 FM, Burger King, Bremner Farms Ltd., and the Historic Chatham Business District.

Special Thanks to: Tozer Insurance, City of Miramichi Recreation Dept., Station Wharf Marina Inc., Saltwater Sounds, Tim Hortons and NBCC Miramichi.

www.apegnb.ca

Miramichi Timberwolves
1st Annual Golf Tournament
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

MIRAMICHI GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

REGISTRATION
11:00 am – 12:30 pm for a Shot Gun Start at 1:00 pm

Team Entry Fee $400.00 (4 Golfers) Includes:
Green fees – 18 holes
Full course dinner
Great hole-in-one prizes
Closest to the Hole, Longest Drive, Double Your Money

Some Sponsorship Opportunities
Includes signage at the Tee Box area and Web Site listing

1 Hole Sponsorship $200.00
2 Hole Sponsorship $350.00
4 Hole Sponsorship $500.00

To register for the tournament, contact the Timberwolves via:
1)Email: twolves@nb.aibn.ca
2)Fax: 506 622-4660
3)Telephone: 506 622-5075

Power carts must be reserved in advance. Please contact Miramichi Golf & Country Club at 622-2068 to avoid disappointment. Rental cost for cart is $30.00.

First Annual Jaclyn Rogerson Memorial Car Rally

For those of you who didn’t know her, Jaclyn Rogerson was one of the most fun loving, spirited people I have ever known. She was a pharmacist at Jean Coutu in Chatham. She only came to the Miramichi a few years ago but in that time she was able to touch the lives of everyone she met. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in May of 2006 but she didn’t let the disease keep her down. In the last year she made it her mission to find a cure for breast cancer, she rallied her friends and family and in only a few months we managed to raise over $14,000 and donated it to the CIBC Run for the Cure. This money is making a difference in Miramichi with the recent $100,000 donation to the digital mammogram campaign from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Jaclyn lost her courageous battle in May of 2007, less than a year after being diagnosed. We are raising money for the Run for the Cure. Last year Jaclyn came up with the idea of a car rally to raise money, this year we will carry on her legacy. We will be having a fundraiser car rally on September 15th at 2 p.m.. We can make a difference.

Where? The event starts and finishes at Jean Coutu in Chatham
How? Register a team (max of 4 per car) for $40
Please contact me at tracyt@nb.sympatico.ca or 622-0459 if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance,
Tracy Ahern

More participants wanted for the 27th Anniversary Terry Fox

On Sept. 16th, 2007, runners, walkers and bikers will be helping to keep Terry Fox's dreams alive here on the Miramichi by participating in the annual Terry Fox Run to raise money for cancer research.

The Miramichi run will be starting at the Lindon Recreation Centre in Newcastle at 1 p.m.. Participants have the choice of running 2 km, 5 km or 10 km.

All participants are asked to make a minimum donation of $1. Pledge sheets can be found at the banks and health care centres across the city.

To collect pledges online and or donate/pledge online, click here.

Anyone wishing to volunteer to help out with the race, can contact Bob White (chairman of the committee organizing the Miramichi Terry Fox run) at 506-773-5952 .

New event!
The National Terry Fox At Work Day
Friday, Sept. 14, 2007

There are two ways you can help:
1) Participate in our Premiere Fundraising Event:
"The Great Canadian Head Shave"
have fun ad show your solidarity with cancer patients
And / or
2) Organize a fundraising event at your workplace to raise funds for cancer research:
• Meal: breakfast, BBQ, potluck
• Ask clients for donations
• Sale (bake, garage, book)
• Auction, car wash, Dress-down day, etc...

Join this one-day national display of solidarity against cancer.

To register your NB workplace please:
1) Call your provincial office at 1-888-836-9876.
2) E-mail atwork@terryfoxrun.org.
3) Go to http://www.terryfoxrun.org/ and look for "The Great Canadian Head Shave/Terry Fox at Work Day."

International Yuk Yuk's Stand Up Comedy will present Andrew Bush, Catherine Robertson and Mark Little at Dooly's Bar & Billiard, 131 Duke St., Miramichi East on Wed., Sept. 5th, 9 p.m..

Andrew Bush has been working in television for over 10 years. In 2006, he began directing/editing comedy shorts and within a few months they garnered over a million hits on the Internet. Andrew's television credits include Made in Canada, Regenesis, Video On Trial and Street Cents, for which he was nominated for a Gemini. His writing credits include Robson Arms, Odd Job Jack and Canadian Idol. Andrew was also once in a pilot for MTV featuring an alien. Andrew was also once in a pilot for MTV featuring an alien. Andew enjoys standing up and telling jokes.

Halifax comedian Catherine Robertson has been performing stand-up comedy for less than a year, but is already grabbing people's attention. Selected for this year's PEI Comedy Festival, her 'I didn't expect to hear THAT' brand of comedy has been making people laugh all over the east coast. Born and raised in Moncton, NB, Catherine now calls Halifax home and loves sharing her quirky and unique take on life.

Vancouver-born comedian Mark Little is part of the new crop of comics currently based in Halifax. Although he has only been doing stand-up a short while, his brand of original, ridiculous, alternative comedy recently earned him a spot on the Best of show for CBC's "So You Think You're Funny?" He is also the director of the longest running sketch show in Halifax (The Sunday-Night Comedy Spectacular), and one half of the improv duo Picnicface, which was recently nominated for The Coast's Best Halifax Comedian award. Watch out for Mark Little, they say. LIke everyone's saying it. For real.

Tickets $10.
Website: yukyuks.com/?gclid=CMOqi82BoI4CFTyKOAodVUxYZA