Heritage fair, mall box winner, volunteer of the month

Nackawic Post Office and third prize: Scotia Bank.

Thanks to all participants, judges and prize donors, as with their support, this event is successful.

Volunteer of the Month

The Nackawic & Area Wellness Committee is pleased to announce the “Volunteer of the Month” for April. We want to thank AMY CRONKHITE for giving back to the community. Her kindness has been very much appreciated. Please keep the votes coming in, as there are many volunteers we would like to recognize. Submit a ballad in the Volunteer Box at The Gathering Place or by email – annkenmoore@ gmail.com.

Reeves off to France

Karen (Lawson) Reeves will be going to Amiens, France, in August to represent Canada in a Christian Life Community Conference held every five years. Karen will be joined by a delegate from British Columbia and a Jesuit Priest who will be part of planning activities for the next five years of their mission.

Upon her return, Karen will be required to report back to the National body and to make recommendations based on her work at the conference. Karen explains three pillars of their work, Community, Spiritu- ality and Mission.

Their mandate is to serve and support the poor and marginalized citizens of the world. The Christian Life Community is 450 years old and is active in over 60 countries.

Karen grew up in Nackawic, graduated from Nackawic High School, and studied at Mount Saint Vincent University in the Bachelor of Arts Program.

During her second year, she went to the Universite de la France Comte in Besancon, France, where she majored in French and minored in Spanish.

After graduation, Karen worked for the New Brunswick Prescription Drug Program, which inspired her to become a pharmacist. She attended Dalhousie University, where she took a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology. She then worked at the hospital in Fredericton and filled in as Pharmacist at Ryan’s Drug Store in Nackawic.

Karen moved to Toronto around 2001 and worked for Proctor and Gamble in the Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting office. She was also involved in collecting medical information for the company.

Next, she was off to Thunder Bay, where she worked in the hospital for two years. During these years, Karen married, and she and her husband started planning their future.

Suddenly, in 2003, Karen and her husband had to move back to New Brunswick because of Karen’s serious heart problem, which required two years of operations and healing time.

When well enough, Karen started working as a part-time pharmacist at Ryan’s Pharmacy in Nackawic and the Medicine Shop in the Fredericton Co-op Store. In 2007, Karen began working as a full-time pharmacist at Ryan’s, where she still works.

Nackawic is pleased to have such a hard-working, spiritual, community-minded and dedicated healthcare professional in the area. We wish her all the best as she travels back to France to continue her work in the Christian Life Community movement.

Nackawic-Millville Busy

If you wish for something to do, look no further. The new Entity 71 is hopping with activities you might enjoy. If you are interested and don’t have a drive, call Gail at 506-4251200 or Julie at 506-5758312, and we will try to hook you up with someone else who is going.

Every second Thursday of the Month, the Adult Book Club meets at the Nackawic Public Library at

2 p.m.

Every second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., there is Radio Bingo at the Millville Legion.

Every Wednesday at 3 p.m., there is STEAM, a science program for Elementary school-aged children at the Public Library in Nackawic.

Every second Saturday of the month, Kids Connect is held from noon to 2 p.m. at the Nackawic Lion’s Centre.

For card lovers, 45’s are played every Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Prince Wil- liam Community Hall.

For those who like an early start, around 8 a.m., take in Saturday breakfast options throughout the month.

First Saturday: Northampton Community Hall

Second Saturday: Nackawic Lion’s Centre

Fourth Saturday: Millville Legion