The PARO Link  
Vol. # 03 - Issue # 19 - Friday, May 19th, 2006

In this Issue:

Bits & Pieces for Busy Business   NEW PARO Leads & Links
NEW Fueling Connections
NEW Connecting to a Fit & Healthy Lifestyle
PARO Presents -
Biz & Bagels
Community Biz & Events
PARO Programs
Health Minute
PARO Events Calendar 

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PARO Leads & Links  

 
Looking for the "right" networking opportunity.  Check this out ...

 

PARO Leads & Links was created for and with the woman entrepreneur in mind. 

This monthly opportunity will provide:

·        a referral system, to help you develop a “business lead” network. Watch for details.

·        opportunities to promote and to showcase your business product or service

·        an opportunity to exchange business information

·         learning opportunities to enhance both your professional and personal life

·        networking connections

 Join us ....

Wednesday, May 24th
5:00 pm till 7:00 pm

Prince Arthur Hotel  

 Admission:  $3 Members / $5 Non-Members

Cafe & Pastries

Showcase your product and/or service
for only $20 per table.
Contact Bobby-Jo at bobbyjo@paro.ca or Deborah at graphx@tbaytel.net  

 Women Gathering Together
featuring Guest Speaker
Debra Mueller of True North Coaching  

Debra Joy Mueller
CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach)
International Coaching Federation-Member
MN Coaches Association-Member
Background:
Professional Skater: Holiday on Ice International & Instructor
RN Executive VP, Medical Recruiters of America

True North Coaching
truenorthc@aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com/truenorthc/

North Shore: 218-387-2919
Twin Cities: 612-789-2255

Taking leaps...Debra Mueller left hospital based nursing in the '70s to skate professionally in the European Holiday On Ice show. Returning to nursing in the '80s and in 1991 she once again chose to leave a secure executive position, with International Medical Recruiters of America, to manage/book
and promote performing and recording artist, Michael Monroe.

In 1996, they honored their love of natural surroundings and bought a small log cabin on the North Shore of Lake Superior...which evolved into solar powered MisTree studio, where they live and create in harmony with nature.  

Her natural love of the environment, energy and enthusiasm has attracted artistic (bead/pottery/watercolor/eclectic) and musical clients, wishing to enhance their presence in various markets, without compromising their values.  In addition, Debra's "risk taking and intuitive approach" to life has I inspired clients who are feeling compelled to leave their 20+ year careers in retail, resort, hospitality/sales behind them. 

Coaching clients find the "daring edge", add value and fulfillment to their lives and enhance their innate ability to create their own dream. Debra maintains a part time coaching practice from the North Shore/Twin Cities locations taking advantage of the portability and flexibility of coaching where clients are encouraged to design the relationship and schedule- creativity is welcomed! 

Fueling Connections

Northern Opportunities for Women: “NOW”

 A Regional Outreach and Awareness Development Initiative

NOW has just returned from the first trip to Atikokan, Fort Frances , Kenora, Dryden and Red Rock. We have met with potential partners in the region, provided information about PARO and the services that we provide, and met with some of our PARO Peer lending Circle members. We are very encouraged by the positive response, and extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone for taking time to meet with us. We look forward to expanding these partnerships.

This month, PARO’s NOW Project representative will be attending a workshop organized by the Income Security Advocacy Centre and the Thunder Bay Economic Justice Committee. This workshop will discuss recent changes in Ontario ’s social assistance programs. We will keep you updated on news or information on issues and regulations affecting women and their families.

Here’s some great information for women who are differently-abled. The Canadian Society for Social Development invites you to visit www.ibde.ca to explore the world of self-employment through website opportunities. The site is also of interest to entrepreneurs with disabilities. We encourage you to also visit the Business Abilities Website, www.businessabilities.ca to learn more about how you may be eligible to take courses and upgrade your computer skills.

If you want to start a PARO Circle , or if you have some ideas on how the NOW project can continue bringing PARO’s services to you locally and regionally, please contact sandraw@paro.ca or ldiamond@paro.ca. 

Look at us NOW. We look forward to meeting you!

NOW is a new project at PARO, provided in partnership with the North Superior Training Board and designed to bridge the gap to employment and training for women in the Northwestern Ontario region.  This project is funded by the Trillium Foundation.

You are welcome to attend the

“Northern Opportunities for Women” Press Conference

PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise

#110-105 May Street North

 Friday, May 26th

10:30 A. M.

              

Calling All Women Entrepreneurs
 

Now in its 8th year, the PROFIT W100: Canada ’s Top Women Entrepreneurs is the country’s largest celebration of women entrepreneurship. It’s the definitive list of Canada ’s leading women-owned and women-run businesses, ranked by revenue.

Past winners say this honour has garnered them valuable publicity, new clients and relationships with other dynamic companies. It’s also an excellent way to recognize the efforts of employees—so don’t hesitate to nominate yourself!
 
Winners of the PROFIT W100 will be recognized in the November 2006 issue of PROFIT magazine and year-round at PROFITguide.com. They’ll also receive a complimentary invitation to the PROFIT W100 Idea Exchange, a powerful business-building conference where W100 leaders share ideas, learn from experts and enjoy unmatched networking opportunities.
 
You can request a nomination package by calling1-800-713-GROW or completing the online ballot at PROFITguide.com/w100ballot.

But don’t wait—the nomination deadline is June 30, 2006 .

 
 

Business Development Programs 

Are you a Woman with a Disability?

Dissatisfied With Your Work?

Want to Become Self-Employed?
Are you a woman contemplating going into business but do not know where to start? 
For more info, please call Lori 625.0328 or 1.800.584.0252 
Start Your Business Today!!!  Let us help you!
Join the Making A Difference: A Business Development Program
Funded by: 
The support of Government of Ontario through the Ontario Women's Directorate, the Ministry of
Citizenship and Immigration is acknowledged
PARO Self-Employment Benefit Program
PARO's GATEWAY: A Path to Self-Employment
On EI now or in the last 3 years, or had Maternity benefits in the last 5 years?
Register Today!! 
 Click here for more information
This program is funded by the Government of Canada
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Do you have a computer?  Can you surf the internet easily?  Why not try our new Pilot project...PARO On-line.

Connecting You to a Fit and healthy Lifestyle...

When you feel the urge to exercise, do you lie down until the urge goes away? If so, read on for the kick in the butt that you so desperately need!

Most people are aware that exercise burns calories, raises metabolism and develops lean muscle mass, which raises metabolism further. What most people don’t realize is that the benefits of exercise are mental as well as physical. Exercise helps relieve tension and stress, which why you feel less tired afterward than before. And when people exercise, they generally feel better about themselves, especially when they’re zipping the zipper that hasn’t zipped in awhile!

Think about it. You’ve probably never heard anyone leaving the gym, tennis court or cross-country ski trail saying “I wish I hadn’t done that!”

Make it an excellent week! Get up and get going!

  Deb

Deb Coulis - Lifestyle Coach

Coulis Connection

Cell:  807 628 2408    Ph:   807 935 2484    Fax:  807 935 2484     www.coulisconnection.com

 "Connecting You to a Fit and Healthy Lifestyle"  

PARO Presents

 

PARO Presents is NOW OPEN MONDAYS - 

If you are available to work in the store, and would like to receive training on a Monday or an alternate day during regular store hours, please contact Maria Talarico at 625-0328 or email mariat@paro.ca for more info.

Check Out Our Yard Sale!

New Items Arriving Weekly

Browse at PARO Presents anytime between 10am and 5pm Tuesday through Saturday

Other Services

Spring is here...drop off your dry cleaning today at PARO Presents

Supreme Cleaners Dry Cleaning and Alterations Depot

 PARO Presents 111 N. May St. 623-2200  

Biz and Bagel

Join us for the next Biz and Bagel on Wednesday May 31st, 2006 

No Biz and Bagel on Wednesday May 24th, instead...join us for our newest Networking Opportunity

PARO Leads & Links

Wednesday May 24th 5-7PM

Prince Arthur Hotel

Featuring Debra Mueller of True North Coaching

$3 Members  $5 non-members

Everyone Welcome!!!  See You There!!

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If you have a Biz and Bagel topic you would like to be presented, like to be a guest speaker or know of someone who may be interested, please contact Lori @ loriw@paro.ca or 625-0328
This program is funded by the Government of Canada

 

Community Events

Finn Fling ’06 information sheet

 This is a list of Lectures & Presentations, Workshops & Films

 visit www.finnfling06.com for full schedule

 when: July 14 – 16, 2006          where: Lakehead University , Thunder Bay .

Lectures, presentations, workshops & films are included with registration.

See program booklet to confirm room numbers and times.

Registration:  $15 for 3 days, or $8 /day. Under 18 free.

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For Sale

Long Arm Quilting Machine

APQS Ultimate I: 14-foot table, motorized feed,

overhead wiring, Hartley fence & accessories,

threads, patterns, and training.

Asking: $12,000.00 + taxes.

For more information contact Lori Smetaniuk: quilted@tbaytel.net

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Volunteer Information

Squeegee Kids in Support of Shelter House will be held on Saturday May 27th at Intercity Shopping Centre from 10am until 4pm

FUN! FRIENDS! REFRESHMENTS!

Squeegee Kids FOR Shelter House

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ROCK THE FORT

June 16, 17 & 18th

FORT WILLIAM HISTORICAL PARK

log onto www.fwhp.ca/promo.htm for information

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Everyone's Talking About It!

  Thunder Bay Art Gallery 's Birdhouse Auction

Friday, May 26-  7:00 pm

 Live & Silent Auction

Exceptional Handcrafted Treasures

Entertainment & Light hors d'oeuvres

 Tickets $ 25  call Debbie at 577-6427 or dmetzler@tbag.ca

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Willow Springs is celebrating its season opener

SATURDAY MAY 27th   12 until 5PM

Regular Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 12PM - 5PM

Sample the local produce offered:  Strawberry Creek smoked meats, thunder Oak cheese, Steepers tea and in house desserts, and try your hand at a make and take craft.

Located on the corner of Mapleward Road & Kam Current Road in Lappe

768-1336

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Willow Springs is hosting a FINN PANCAKE BREAKFAST & GIGANTIC FLEA MARKET

Saturday June 17th  9am - 2pm

Gorham and Ware Community School

Tables and tailgate still available Call Karen Wilson 767-8663

 
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Ogden/Simpson Veggie Garden Project

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF  “GARDENING SHOP TALK”

 Youth, children, & adults are all welcome!

 Come to the: Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA)

704 MacKenzie Street (Previously the Friendship Centre)

622-7440   WEDNESDAY MAY 24th 7:00 pm to ??

 Come and share your gardening tips and ideas.  Volunteer to help green up your neighbourhood and help your community get growing!  Bring your children…Bring a friend!

Come and learn with us about Lasagna Gardening.  This is a great idea for any yard!

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Network for Women Entrepreneurs
 
Please join us on June 14th
Valhalla Inn
10am - 5pm includes Networking Lunch
 
Workshop 1 includes Beyond Survival: The 7 Steps to Fiscal Fitness
What Every Business Owner and Manager Should Know
 
Workshop 2 - Relationship Marketing
 
Registration is Free
 
For more info and to register email registernwe@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
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Let's Talk Poverty
TOWN HALL MEETING
with M.P.P. Michael Gravelle
May 25th  7-9PM Prince Arthur Hotel (Dawson Room)
For more info call Melanie 344-2478
 
 

Health Minute

The Mirror Maybe Lying...

Do you see yourself as fat or frumpy? Blame it on your brain.

Here's why: Your brain routinely maps your body using visual cues and signals from your skin, joints, and muscles. But snags in this system can distort the image and make you mentally overestimate or underestimate your actual body size. So if you want an objective view of your body, don't rely on only your eyes; use your bathroom scale and the way your clothes fit as well.

Source:  www.realage.com 

PARO Events Calendar

The PARO events calendar will list all dates, times and places of events that will be held during the next few months.  Unless otherwise specified, events will be held @ PARO Place.  Please contact the office at 625-0328 for any information.  All Biz and Bagels will take place from 12:15pm until 1:15pm.   

May

22nd - Victoria Day ~ PARO Centre Closed

24th - PARO Leads & Links ~ Prince Arthur Hotel ~ 5PM - 7PM ~ $3/members $5/non members ~ Special Guest Speaker Debra Mueller of True North Coaching

26th - Northern Opportunities for Women Press Conference ~ 10:30am PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

31st - Biz and Bagel TBA

Weekly Inspiration

 

  "At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable."

  *Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) American Actor

Life’s Lessons My Mom Has Taught Me

POSITIVE QUOTE :  "Very often the simplest and least educated people can easily and unconsciously understand the meaning of life while the most scholarly people lack this ability, because they have been too educated to understand the simple things that are basic to all people."

DAILY MOTIVATION :  And you thought you knew everything!

Mosquito repellents do not repel. They hide you.  The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they do not know you are there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. 

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. 

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. 

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just did not like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. 

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal."

The second was William Jefferson Clinton.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. 

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. 

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. 

Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 

It is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. 

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

A snail can sleep for three years.

No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

All polar bears are left handed.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. 

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. 

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. 

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. 

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. 

Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow. 

Do not forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone you know. They will get a kick out of it !! 

PS... So, did you try to lick your elbow???? Come on, fess up.

Have a groovy long weekend!!!

 LORI    

PS....if you have pictures of you at your business or with you family, your pet or a special picture and want to feature it on the PARO Link....send it to info@paro.ca

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