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June 25th, 2021

25/6/2021

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Let us have a little bit of fun today and post about what happened on June.25th through history, who celebrates a birthday with you, and couple other categories. 

It's National:
National Chocolate Pudding Day

Today in History:
1928 NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader

1929 US President Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1934 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2
1935 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis moves to 20-0 with 6th round KO of former champion Primo Carnera of Italy at Yankee Stadium, NYC
1947 1st version of Anne Frank's diary "Het Achterhuis" published in The Netherlands
1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1977 Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time!
1988 Roger Rabbit Cartoon Character debuts in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
1993 Kim Campbell becomes the 19th Prime Minister of Canada (although she would remain in office for less than five months)
2020 American country music band "The Dixie Chicks" change their name to "The Chicks" to remove connotations of Confederate history, two weeks after band "Antebellum" changed their name to "Lady A"
 
Celebrities Birthdays:
Ken Mayers, American actor
Ricky Gervais, English actor and comedian
John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
Barney Clark, English actor
George Michael [Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou], English singer-songwriter and pop superstar
Mike Kroeger, Canadian musician
James Meredith, American civil rights activist
Willis Reed, American NBA hall of fame MVP center/coach
Linda Cardellini, American actress
 
Movies Released on this day:
1982-"Blade Runner"

Songs Released on this day:
1971 Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From"
1975 Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe"
 
Catena Jobs Plus & Personal Touch Embroidery would like to wish everyone a safe and happy weekend. 

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Thursday June 24th, 2021

24/6/2021

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With Canada Day just one week away it seems fitting that the theme for the activity packages be Canada Day. The packages have crosswords, word searches, hidden objects, eye spy and much more to help keep busy.  Here is a sneak peak into the package. We hope your Thursday is just absolutely wonderful.

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June 23rd, 2021

23/6/2021

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Experiment on estimating, insulation, distance and gravity with Daniel Brown in Focus Forward.
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June 22nd, 2021

22/6/2021

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Can you Find the 6 Hidden Words in the Picture.
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Just a Friendly Reminder for this Saturday

21/6/2021

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Catena is hosting a yard sale at 1123 Grandview Ave, from 9-1. We will also be renting tables at the yard sale to interested individuals for $10.00 each. For more information on the yard sales (donations, renting of tables, etc) please contact Heather @ (506) 696-5672

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June 18th, 2021

18/6/2021

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Let us have a little bit of fun today and post about what happened on June.18th through history, who celebrates a birthday with you, and couple other categories. 

It's National:
National Go Fishing Day
National Flip Flop Day


Today in History:
1873 Susan B. Anthony fined $100 ($2,200 in 2020 value) for voting for US President in Rochester, New York; she refused t pay and no further action against her was taken.

1928 American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, landing at Burry Port, Wales
1967 Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California. First major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding.
1980 Indian "human computer" Shakuntala Devi sets a world record by mentally multiplying two random 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds; She correctly answered that 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 = 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 !
1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launches Sally Ride as 1st US woman in space.
2016 Soyuz capsule returns to Earth 1st British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days
2020 US Supreme Court rules the Obama-era Dreamers Program (DACA), enabling undocumented migrant children ability to study and work, can stay
   
Celebrities Birthdays:
 Paul McCartney, British rock singer-songwriter, bassist, piano player
Blake Shelton, American country singer-songwriter

George Mikan, American Basketball Hall of Fame center
Doug Bodger, Canadian NHL defenseman
Richard Madden, Scottish actor
George Mallory, English mountain climber
 
Movies Released on this day:
1969 "The Wild Bunch
2001 "The Fast and the Furious

Songs Released on this day:
1991 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
 
Catena Jobs Plus & Personal Touch Embroidery would like to wish everyone a safe and happy weekend. 

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June 17th, 2021

17/6/2021

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Summer will be arriving soon and the weather sure is showing us the start of those summer days.  With that we thought it best that the theme for the activity package for this week be Summer. It contains colouring sheets, crossword puzzles, hidden objects, math, word searches and more.
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Wednesday June 16th, 2021

16/6/2021

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Catena is hosting yard sales on the last Saturday of the month for the months of June, July, August, and September at 1123 Grandview Ave, from 9-1 with the first one starting on June 26th, 2021.  We will also be renting tables at the yard sale to interested individuals for $10.00 each.  For more information on the yard sales (donations, renting of tables, etc) please contact Heather @ (506) 696-5672
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Public Notice

15/6/2021

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Catena Jobs Plus skills & Development Center Inc, United Catena Transportation Services and Catena Forever Friends Inc.
Annual Meeting to be held on Thursday June.24, 2021 at 6:00 pm
1123 Grandview Avenue
Saint John, NB E2J-4P6
506-696-5672
catena@nbnet.nb.ca

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June 15th, 2021

15/6/2021

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Catena Jobs Plus Skill & Development had put a hold on all fundraising efforts a little over a year ago due to the Covid 19 virus. Now that things are settling down and restrictions are changing it is time to start our fundraising once again.
We are selling tickets on a lovely gift basket that was graciously donated to us by the family of an individual who attends one of our programs.

The draw will take place on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021.

The winner will be notified by telephone and will be announced on our webpage as well as on Facebook.

The tickets are $1.00 each and can be purchased here at the centre at 1123 Grandview Avenue, at our yard sales on June 26th or July 31st, or through one of the participants that are helping to sell tickets.
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June 14th, 2021

14/6/2021

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The staff and participants would like to graciously thank Dad’s Precious Metal Ltd for Donating these 2 beautiful Birthday Cakes for our 2 Participants birthdays.
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June 11th, 2021

11/6/2021

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The staff and participants of Catena Jobs Plus want to wish Ralph and John an early Happy Birthday. We hope that you have an amazing day.
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June 11th, 2021

11/6/2021

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Let us have a little bit of fun today and post about what happened on June.11th through history, who celebrates a birthday with you, and couple other categories. 

It's National:
National German Chocolate Cake Day
National Corn on the Cob Day
Today in History:
1927-Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross
1939-King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party
1947-WW II sugar rationing finally ends in US (began May 28, 1942)
1962-US President John F. Kennedy accepts an honorary degree from Yale.
1964-Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
1976-Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain.
1985-Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus
1985-Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRs in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7)
1987-Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term.
Celebrities Birthdays:
Jacques Cousteau, French oceanic explorer
Robert Munsch, Canadian children's author
Gene Wilder [Jerome Silberman], American actor
Hugh Laurie, English actor
Peter Dinklage, American actor
Joshua Jackson, American actor
Shia LaBeouf, American actor
Josh Ramsay, Canadian singer, and songwriter
 
Movies Released on this day:
1928-Alfred Hitchcock's "Case Of Jonathan Drew,"
1975-"Nashville",
1982-"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
1993-"Jurassic Park"
2019-Toy Story 4
Songs Released on this day:
"Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
 
Catena Jobs Plus & Personal Touch Embroidery would like to wish everyone a safe and happy weekend. 

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June 10th, 2021

10/6/2021

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24 years ago, this month on June 26th, the first Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”, was released. There for we felt it fitting to create a Harry Potter activity package filled with colouring, word searches, secret messages, math messages and much more as package for this week to send home to the individuals who are not back to the program.
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June 09th, 2021

9/6/2021

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The employment room has been using some of their time to help with an up coming project at the center, involving painted rocks.
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June 08th, 2021

8/6/2021

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Find the 6 Hidden Words.
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June 07th, 2021

7/6/2021

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Bob the pineapple plant is now 2 months old. He has grown some new leaves and is looking very healthy. We have put up a wall journal of his growth in the Forever Friends room. It is very exciting watching the changes that take place as the plant grows.
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June 04th, 2021

4/6/2021

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Catena jobs plus celebrates Disability Awareness week 2021
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June 04th, 2021

4/6/2021

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Let us have a little bit of fun today and post about what happened on June.4th  through history, who celebrates a birthday with you, and couple other categories. 

It's National:
National Hug Your Cat Day
National Donut Day
National Cheese Day
Today in History:
1934-Dr Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted
1975 Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina
1979 Joe Clark is sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history
1984 DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal
 
Celebrities Birthdays:
Michelle Phillips, American singer and actress
Noah Wyle, American actor
Scott Wolf, actor
Russell Brand, English comedian and television personality
Angelina Jolie, American actress
Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
 
Movies Released on this day:
1942 "Mrs Miniver"
1982 "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,"
 
 
Songs Released on this day:
1969 Beatles:"The Ballad Of John & Yoko" and "Old Brown Shoe"
 
Catena Jobs Plus & Personal Touch Embroidery would like to wish everyone a safe and happy weekend. 

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June 03rd, 2021

3/6/2021

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Happy Thursday, I hope you have been enjoying the nice hot weather and the sunshine. The theme to this week’s activity package that will be sent home to the individuals is transportation. There are activities to keep the individuals busy all week that contain all modes of transportation from bicycles to airplanes.
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June 02nd, 2021

2/6/2021

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The staff and participants of Catena Jobs Plus want to wish Matthew and Jessie a Happy Birthday. We hope that you have an amazing day.
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Catena to get a Crosswalk: for the Blog

1/6/2021

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We are excited to announce that Tim O'Riley from the City of Saint John, called to notify us that we are on this years docket for a crosswalk with flashing lights on Grandview Avenue, in front of our center. This great news is what we have been waiting on for more then 4 years.
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