Wakefield “Quality of Life” Results to be Presented

Residents Invited to June 5th Meeting to Vote on Actions
from Community Vitality Initiative (CVI)

Wakefield, Quebec - Citizens of Wakefield will have an opportunity on Monday, June 5th at 7:00 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall to find out what their fellow citizens think of the state of the community and help design and vote on actions to enhance “community vitality” in the community.

Twelve weeks ago, 55 residents of Wakefield responded to a unique questionnaire and focus groups process about everything from the region’s economic state to its environmental health to its support for the arts. The 102-question survey also asked about such things as safety, learning, heritage and culture, leadership, physical space, sense of community, and entrepreneurship in the community.

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A new newspaper: Talk of the Towns

6000 copies of the new bilingual newspaper, The Talk of the Towns, will be distributed to Chelsea, Duclos, East Aldfield, Edelweiss, Farrelton, Lac des Loups, Lascelles, Low, Rupert, Ste-Cecile de Masham and Wakefield every two months.
The first edition was mailed out on Wednesday March 15th, 2006.
Line Lapointe, a resident of La Peche, is the newspaper’s editor. She is inviting readers to submit information that may be of general interest to the community.

Contact: Line Lapointe
Tel: (819) 456-1831
Fax: (819) 456-1080
E-mail: talkofthetowns@sympatico.ca

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Map of Local Businesses

Click here for the Virtu-elles business map!

Click on the link to see a Google map of the area with Virtu-elles business members, complete with a photo and listing. They were positioned using GPS (Global Positioning System) software.

The VE Business Directory is taking shape ... with lots of great features that will allow members to update their VE pages, post to an Events Calendar, Discussion Forum and an interactive Local Business Map Directory.

Contact us about how to join and start your Web networking.

La Vie enforme Outdoor fitness
Eight week running, cycling or cross training with your dog courses.
The courses started the week of may 8th and run until the week of
June 26th. A free tryout session is welcome.

The schedule is:

Monday 6:30pm Cross training with your dog

Thursday 9am Cross training

Thursday 6:30pm Trail running

Saturday 9am Trail running

Sunday 9am Cycling

Cost is: $80.00 for 8 weeks

All levels of fitness are welcome. Locations change each week
so it is best you contact me if you are interested.
Samantha Warskett 827-5798 swarskett@yahoo.ca

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Rendezvous Rupert is pleased to present:

Leading Ourselves

How do the choices you make affect your effectiveness, your health, your satisfaction? As most of us know but often forget, you really can’t change other people. You can, however, put energy into learning about yourself and into figuring out ways that you might influence the situation. This workshop is an opportunity to reflect and learn more about yourself, your perceptions, and your style of being. It is an opportunity to discover and influence positively how your strengths and learning edges affect your relationships with others at work (boss, clients, colleagues) or elsewhere in your life (spouse, friends, kids).

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Rendezvous Rupert is pleased to present:

Navigating the Waves

Challenges are a part of any journey to living a well lived life. Do you know what you want but find yourself feeling stuck or fearful, unable to move forward? In this one day workshop we explore what’s stopping or stumping you and find ways to uncover, understand and embrace the questions and the clues hidden there. Through creative visualization, expressive arts, dialogue and other activities you will find out more about how you learn and what kind of support systems you need to navigate those waves. (Visioning workshop recommended but not obligatory.)

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Visioning: Choosing Your Life
Visioning is a powerful process of identifying clearly that which you want to make real. In a relaxed and informal setting Linda guides you through a blend of questions, activities and exercises that are designed to help you uncover what is truly important to you and encourage the choices that allow you to live aligned with who you are. Together we create a relaxed atmosphere of exploration and fun as you begin to reveal to yourself what the energizing possibilities are. Spaces are limited. Please contact us at:
(819) 459-3580 or lindav@magma.ca, or visit:

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La Tulipe Noire

La Tulipe Noire is a little boutique located in Place 1870, and is owned by Lynn Munro.
Open 11am-6pm, everyday, except Wednesdays.
459-3847

by Mara Munro
I sit at one end of a warmly-coloured couch, holding a freshly- pasted collage, the torn sides of the magazine images and words curling upwards with the hastily-laid glue. My free hand waves and points sporadically over the quickly-constructed yet deeply-inspired piece attempting to describe the subconscious significance of the work, which becomes clearer with every word. I am unaware of my body, its appearance or posture as eight strangers around me stare intently during this uninhibited explanation of my ‘work of art’. I am living purely in this moment of free expression derived deeply from within and inspired by childhood crafts. This moment was my apex of a daylong workshop I had the opportunity to participate in called: ‘Visioning: Choosing your Life’.

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