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COMMUNITY CARE FOR CENTRAL HASTINGS                               MADOC AND LOCAL AREA HISTORY
     Shown  below  are  Linda  (Hunting)  Gordon,  Lynn  Bird           Topographical View of Madoc in the 1870's painted
     (Transportation  Coordinator),  Pat  (Hunting)  Gozzard  and       by George Ackerman who taught Art at Sir James
     Debbie Courneya (Executive Director). Linda and Pat presented      Whitney in Belleville.  Thanks Ben Williams
     CCCH with a donation from their father's estate for $8,000.
                                 Allen  Hunting  was  a  volunteer
                                 driver  for  many  years  at  CCCH.
                                 He  saved  all  of  the  mileage
                                 reimbursements paid to him from
                                 our  agency  over  the  years  to  be
                                 donated  back  to  us  when  he
                                 passed.   This   was   such    a
                                 heartwarming  story  that  we
                                 wanted to share it.

                                                                        LITTLEBROOK FARM, MADOC
     MADOC AND LOCAL AREA HISTORY                                                            Let the sleigh rides begin! We
     From  the  winter  of  1955-56.    Madoc  Township's  first                             have  enough  snow  to  start
     snowplow,  a  WW2  army  AWD,  ten-wheeler.    Driver  is  Ivan                         getting  the  sleigh  ride  route
     Sine (cheesemaker at Eldorado).
                                                                                             ready,  today  we  began  the
     Wingman is Oscar Pigden                                                                 needed  preparations  so  that
     (Madoc     Twp.    roads                                                                we  can  schedule  rides  next
     superintendent).   They                                                                 weekend. We are open for
     had just turned around at
     the  end  of  Ketcheson                                           bookings!  Please  message
     Road.    Thanks  Gayle                                            for further details or to book
     Ketcheson                                                         your experience.



    MARMORA PUBLIC SCHOOL

    Our final recap item from before the break may be the most
    exciting of them all...
    Our Intermediate Girls Volleyball team are District Champs!
    This team put in the work during practices, exhibition games,
    the  school  group  tournament,  all  the  way  through  to  the
    championship  game.  Thanks  to  Mr.  Workman,  Ms.  Inrig-
    Pieterse,  and  Ms.  Young  for  coaching,  to  the  Intermediate
    Boys  for  joining  practices,  and  to  the  parents  who  drove  to  HAVELOCK COMMUNITY OUTDOOR RINK
    the games and supported all season long.  This group is the
    first Marmora Public School squad to win district in any sport!      The outdoor rink is officially open!  Thanks for
    Congratulations Girls                                                your  patience  while  we  worked  out  some

                                                                         issues  with  mother  nature!    Lights  are  on  till
                                                                         9pm !
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