Valley East Waves Host First Car Wash At The Hanmer Valley Shopping Centre on Saturday, June 3, 2006

Community Groups & Organizations; Churches; Schools - Are All Are Invited To Use Mall Facilities Free Of Charge To Raise Money and Promote Their Activities

The Valley East Waves are just one of the many groups and organizations that take advantage of an open invitation by the Hanmer Valley Shopping Centre to use its facilities to promote their activities and raise money through fund raisers such as car washes, penny tables, raffle sales and bake tables. There is absolutely no charge for the use of the facilities and the mall even provides tables, chairs and other material to help the groups. The owners of the mall, Val and Violet Mazzuca, have been strong supporters of Valley East and Capreol and will bend over backwards to help out in any way they can. If you or your group would like more information about using the mall, simply contact the Director of Marketing & Public Relations, Robert Kirwan at 524-7006.

The Town of Capreol is extremely upset at the announcement that Loblaws head office decided to close the 13,000 square foot Freshmart grocery store it operates in Capreol effective July 15. 

Former Mayor and Regional Chairman, Frank Mazzuca states that this is merely another blow to a town that has had more than its share of setbacks in recent years, especially since being amalgamated into the City of Greater Sudbury.
 
The grocery store on Young Street was established by Fiore Mazzuca in 1929 as a confectionery store which then turned into a grocery store. His son, Val Mazzuca, took over the business in 1953 and operated a very successful grocery business doing approximately $150,000 a week in sales until he decided to sell it to Loblaws in 1995 under the Freshmart brand. 

"It's been open since 1929, when my father started it as basically a confectionery store, then it turned into a grocery store," said Val Mazzuca, Frank's brother.

Val Mazzuca took over the business in 1953 and operated the store until his retirement in 1995. During much of that time, the store was known as Mazzuca's IGA.

Mazzuca and a majority of the residents of the community feel that it is just not right for Loblaws to pull out and leave the town without a grocery store. Val Mazzuca indicated that he was going to do whatever he can to attract another person to operate the store.

Community Solutions Schedule Announced
 
Residents from across Greater Sudbury are being called upon to participate in the Community Solutions Team public input sessions. The Greater Sudbury City Council established a Community Solutions Team to engage citizens on issues raised by residents and businesses in the city's outlying areas.   
 
The seven-member team of volunteers– headed up by former Nickel Belt MPP, Ontario Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier Floyd Laughren– will launch a series of public meetings in 20 communities across the city in an effort to clarify the issues and identify potential solutions.
 
Meetings will be held at the Capreol Arena on June 8 at 7 p.m.; at the Centennial Arena on June 11 at 1:30 p.m.; at the Ray Plourde Arena on June 19 at 7 p.m.; and at the Rheal Belisle Centre in Blezard Valley on June 29 at 5 p.m.

It is estimated that within the next five years over 95 percent of all jobs will require some form of post-secondary education or training. 

People may still be able to find a "job" directly out of high school, but those jobs will seldom lead to meaningful careers without some additional educational traiining.

Four local institutions, including Cambrian College , College Boreal, The YMCA Employment Services Centre and the Sudbury Vocational Resource Centre received a total of about $4.1 million funding recently through the province's Job Connect program.

This funding will help job-ready graduates connect with employers in need of skilled personnel.

Sudbury 's two colleges will also share $751,922 to provide more than 900 apprentices with classroom training.

Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announced the funding.

A consultant from Oakville has proposed a plan which he says would reduce the mosquito population in the Greater Sudbury Area by 80 to 90 percent.

Jack Sloggett, the Ontario business development director for GDG Environment which operates out of Oakville, was hired by the Sudbury and District Health Unit to help develop its West Nile virus program.

Sloggett pointed to the multitude of swamps and standing water in the region as the main breeding grounds for these pesky insects.

People in the north have accepted the fact that mosquitos and black flies exist and we simply put up with them. However, for a cost of about $500,000 per year, the mosquito problem in the region can pretty much be controlled. The question is whether or not the residents of the area are willing to pay up to $40 per household to fund the project.

Given the current state of finances with the region, it is not likely that such a project will be implemented or even considered in the near future.

The "Deliverance At Hand!" Conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses will be held across the world during 2006 - 2007. All sessions are open to the public and there are never any fees or collections taken. The Northern Ontario congregations have invited everyone to attend the three-day convention which will be held at the Sudbury Arena from June 9 to June 11, 2006. This is one of 36 such conventions to be held across Canada and expect a record number to be in attendance in Sudbury. For more information, contact Harry Nelson at (705) 673-8685.

You Can’t See Where You Are Going If You Are Always Looking Behind…

Editorial by Robert Kirwan

  One day, many years ago, I was standing in the hallway at a local elementary school watching a teacher bring her class to the gym when I overheard the most philosophical question I have ever encountered in my life.
 
  One of the students was looking back at something and bumped into the teacher who starred down at the child and said, “How are you ever going to see where you’re going if you’re always looking behind?”
 
   I don’t know how many times over the years I have recalled that moment in the hallway. “How are you ever going to see where you are going if you are always looking behind?”
 
   It is such a simple question. For example, everyone knows that you must watch “where you are going” when driving a car; walking along the street; or in a line-up at the grocery store. It only makes sense unless you want to bump into everything in your path.
 
   Nevertheless, how many times have you avoided doing something you really wanted to do in your life simply because you “looked behind” and saw that you either failed at it before, or were afraid of making a mistake that you once made in the past, or you thought that people would hold your past reputation against you? Let’s face it! We have all been there! Each and every one of us can pick out at least one “regret” in our life. At least one thing that we really wanted to do, but our “past experiences, fears or reputation” forced us to forgo that dream.
 
   I’ve kicked myself so many times in my life for “looking behind”. Now, every time I catch myself doing it, I remember the day in the hallway when that teacher gave me the greatest lesson about living I have ever heard. “How are you ever going to see where you are going if you are always looking behind?”
 
   There is absolutely no question that we’ve all done things in the past of which we are not proud. We’ve all done things and said things that we wish we could take back. Unfortunately, what is done is done. You can’t turn back the clock. You can’t “undo things you have done” or “take back anything you have said”. All you can do is “look ahead” and make sure that you do and say things today that will take you where you want to go tomorrow.
 
   You have to look ahead in order to see where you are going. You know where you’ve been in the past. You know from where you have come. If you are not proud of where you’ve been, if you are afraid your reputation will come back to haunt you, just make sure you don’t make the same mistakes today and go forward with your life as if it is a new beginning. People are very forgiving and will allow you to make a new start. They will even give you support and encouragement when they know you are trying to make things right.
 
   Perhaps the only thing worse than “looking behind” yourself, is when other people are always “looking behind” for you. When people are always bringing up your “past” and preventing you from moving forward. These are the “dream killers” who deep down are either jealous of their own failures in life or who get their personal satisfactions from destroying the self-esteem and ambition of those around them.
 
   Don’t allow these “dream killers” to get you down. Refuse to look behind at your past. Refuse to acknowledge the attempts of others to put you down because of past mistakes that you may have made and for which you regret. And for goodness sake, please don’t ever become a “dream-killer” yourself. Don’t fall into the habit of judging a person by mistakes he or she has made in the past. Look instead at what the person is doing today. Look instead at where the person is heading and help that person “look ahead”. Help that person stay focused on the path that lies ahead.
 
   After all, if everyone believed that as soon as you make one mistake in your life or as soon as you do one thing you regret your life is over, where would this world be? Life is nothing more than a series of experiences. Some are good. Some are bad. Some of which we are proud. Some of which we are ashamed. However, one thing is for certain – “You can’t see where you are going if you are always looking behind!”

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