MT Arthur Centre

Dear All,
It was heart-warming to see so many people at the community meeting earlier this month.  74 people is a huge number.  At the meeting I spoke about what the Centre can do for it's community.  We are currently putting in a submission to the Family and Community Service people so we can become a mentoring/training facility with paid employees.  This would be fantastic as we would be able to run such things as communication skills workshops, parent skill/support groups, youth skill/support groups and family conferencing.  We'll hopefully be able to offer lots of activities in
consultation with the different groups within the community.

Fingers crossed.

As far as activities go for the next month or so.  Please put into your diaries Saturday the 10th May.  We are having a garage sale and would love to see you there.  We will be raffling $150.00 worth of firewood and will draw the winner there. (Please feel free to buy some tickets off me when you see me in the
village!).  We will start at 10am till 2pm.    (If you have any goods you would like to donate to this, please let me know and I will come and pick them up if
necessary).

Friday 4th of July we will be holding a quiz night at the Centre.  We would really appreciate the donation of any prizes for this evening.  Make up a table and come and have a fun time!  Starting at 7.30pm and
finishing at 10pm with a supper provided.  More details on this in later Progressives.

We need to fundraise to keep the Centre viable so it would be great if you could support us in some way.

That's all for now.  Don't forget to call in sometime for a cuppa.

Regards,  Maggie

Sincerity
I wish I were big enough to honestly admit all my shortcomings;

Brilliant enough to accept praise without it making me arrogant;

Tall enough to tower above deceit;

Strong enough to welcome criticism;

Compassionate enough to understand human frailties;

Wise enough to recognize my mistakes;

Humble enough to appreciate greatness;

Staunch enough to stand by my friends;

And Human enough to be thoughtful of my neighbour.

Human Body Trivia

• The average human heart beats about 100,000 times every 24 hours. In a 72-year lifetime, the heart beats more than 2.5 billion times.
  
• 25 trillion cells travel through the bloodstream - a stack of 500 would only measure 0.04 inches high.
  
• A camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight in perspiration and continue to cross the desert. A human would die of heat shock after sweating away only 12 percent of body weight
  
• The size of your foot is approximately the size of your forearm.
  
• The thumb is such a major player in the human body that it has a special section, separate from the area that controls the fingers, reserved for it in the brain.