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REV. JANICE CHYRSLER
MINDFUL JOURNEY, MARMORA, ON

NEW CHAPTER

Whether you are starting a new job, furthering a relationship, planning a family, or venturing into the world of retirement,
you are turning the page in your book of life to begin a new chapter. Did you know you are the writer and creator of your
own story? How you choose to act and react is 100 percent up to you!
If you always focus on the negative, you will never see the beauty and the positivity that surrounds you. What you reap, you
sow! The more positive and loving energy you put out so you will become, and more of the same will be attracted to you.
Otherwise, you will not see the helping hands, nor hear encouraging words, if you do not put this out to others. Instead of
thinking and worrying about all that could and might go wrong, envision all the endless possibilities of what can be right.
Even when things seem to go sideways, and no doubt they will, step back and ask yourself what you can learn from this
situation. It could be you need to slow down, learn something new, meet a certain person, before moving forward. Often,
the direction you felt you needed to travel in is not the one that will take you to your destination.
Life experiences are lessons to be learned. Set aside ego and allow yourself patience, wisdom, and understanding, to guide
you. Soon you will find yourself not only writing that chapter but living it!

Some of the fun things we have done at C.O.P.E. are connecting with friends and our
MADOC
C.O.P.E weekly trips to go bowling. We even had a day at the Buffalo farm. Every morning one
person makes coffee and we have a cooking class on Friday’s and some Tuesday
evenings. Last time we made an awesome shepherds pie. We learned about healthy
living and food preparation from the Hastings Prince Edward Public Health team.
Many people like to go bowling in Belleville. We learn about how to independently
manage our money. At C.O.P.E. we have fun with a reading club ran by one of my
friends. We follow our goals and we have dance parties and other things like going to
play baseball in Bancroft. We also like going to the Eagles Nest in Bancroft for a hike.
We have days with pet therapy and we love to see and pet the dog, Roscoe. We go to
the library and it helps us read and participate in the community. We also have crafts
that everybody can enjoy. Thank you to the staff at Madoc C.O.P.E.

MARMORA LUMBER JACK FESTIVAL
Lumber Jack Event on June 3rd saw some happy little humans playing
and painting at the Lumber Jack Festival downtown Marmora amazing
art work and athletes!! Had to have a Cottage Country surprise bag for
that work

MARMORA AND LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT
We would like to thank everyone who came out for our open house
this past Saturday it was a great day. We would like to thank Craig
Potter from Potter's Valu-Mart for the delicious food along with Trent
Hills Fire Dept for bringing out their Aerial Fire Truck and Pete's Auto
service for the donation of the car for our extraction demo. We would
also like to say thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help.
Can't wait to do it all again next year.