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Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 5 - Published 6 times a year by Full Circle Community
www.fullcirclecommunity.net
A newsletter for single adults, single parents and individuals rebuilding healthy relationships
It’s not too late to join! Coping With Divorce
A Ten Session Seminar available twice a year:
September 12 - November 21, 2013 and January 30, - April 3, 2014
Seminar Leader: Maryann Rigoni-Southland.
Questions: Call Maryann at 760-7840 or Tom Flemming at 269-324-0003
The Coping with Divorce seminar is a speaker series and peer support group designed to help meet the needs of
those individuals who are divorced or anticipating divorce, widowed, or experiencing the separation of a long-
term relationship. Informative sessions on topics of utmost importance to the separated, divorced or widowed
person are presented by helping professionals from different community areas. After each presentation, the par-
ticipants move into small groups with experienced facilitators for further sharing and support. Hundreds have
attended and graduated from Coping with Divorce, but each seminar is designed to meet the individual needs of
participants. The next Coping Seminar begins September 12th. The seminar is held on Thursday evenings from
6:30- 9:00 p.m. at the Prince of Peace Church located at 1747 West Milham, in Portage. The registration fee is
$130.00 (early bird registration is $100, and alumni $80) and includes all materials and refreshments. Financial
Assistance is available to those in need. The seminar is limited to 60 persons. To register, complete and mail the
form below. For more information, call Maryann Rigoni-Southland 269-760-7840 or Tom Flemming, M.A., L.P.C.
at 269-324-0003 or visit our website at www.kzoocoping.com.
Coping With Divorce Registration Form
Name____________________________________________________ Sex _______ Age ________
Address ________________________City __________________ Zip _______ Birthday _________________
Home Ph ______________________ Cell Ph_____________________ Work Ph _______________________
Email __________________________________________Who referred you __________________________
Ages of Children __________________ How long married ________ How long separated ______________
__ I am enclosing $100 as my pre-registration for the 10 week seminar
__ $130 registration at the door Make check payable & mail to: Full Circle Community
__ I am an alumnus - enclosing $80 c/o Maryann Rigoni-Southland
PRE-REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED PO Box 2282 Portage, MI 49081-2282
Board of Directors
Officers
President………………… Rich Thompson 547-9841
Vice President…………… Dave Lawrence 209-7964
Secretary……………… Melanie Webster 779-7127
Treasurer………………… …Teresa Bailey 352-7781
Committees & Chairpersons
Historian…………………........Kathy Olsen 323-3707
Membership Director……..........Judy Willy 744-2326
Newsletter & Bd Member Karen Coburn 207-5526
Web Page Administrator…… .Ray Barnes 349-8237
Board Member………………..Ron Bosma 447-4663
Facebook Administrator & Board Member
…….....Maria Drouillard 251-2179
Board Member…………….Marsha Lovely 216-3151
Board Member………………..Dan Quarry 616-915-1509
Full Circle Community
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of Full Circle Community is to pro-
vide emotional, educational and social supportive
services to meet the special needs of divorcing,
widowed and single people, and rebuilding
healthy relationships.
Newsletter Submissions
Send your information, announcements
and news items for Full Circle Times to:
Put in subject line: Editor - Full Circle
Times
Deadline for the Dec/Jan issue of
the Newsletter is Nov 27th.
Due to space consideration, all submissions for Full Circle Times
may be edited or rejected for publication.
The topics, advertisements and views of the speakers and writers for Full Circle Community are their own and not nec-
essarily those of Full Circle Community. FCC does not promote any particular religion or philosophy.
Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 5 -
Calling All Coping With Divorce and Full Circle participants.
Meet at Fletcher’s Pub 3013 Oakland Plaza on Thurs-
days after the seminar at 9 pm or before if you want! Come and mingle with our new participants.
Full Circle Community Board Meetings
Wednesdays Oct 23 and Nov 27th
at Main St. Pub - Gull Rd. 7 pm - All are welcome
Like us on facebook. Contact Maria
Drouillard for facebook submissions:
moonbeam36yahoo.com
Full Circle Fun Events
Mark Your Calendars
WMU Homecoming
Football Tailgate Party Oct 12, 2013 10 am at Lovell St Park on W. Lovell St
behind the Dairy Queen on Stadium Dr. Bring a
dish to pass, your own beverage and chair,
hotdogs will be provided. Also a corn hole game
(bean bag toss) will be set up. The WMU Home-
coming football game vs. Buffalo starts at 2pm.
Tickets are around $20. Come join the fun and if
you have any questions call your host Dan Quarry
616 915-1509.
Oct/Nov 2013 -
Tuesday Night Dinners -
If you would like to host a spontaneous gathering of friends
for dinner on Tuesdays, please submit your email invitation
with time and location to:
BOTM - 3rd Wednesday of every month
Oct 16th : THE HOME BAR, 592 Portage
Road, Kalamazoo, 49007. Host: Kathy Evans 599-4813. Join the Full Circle group at 7:00 PM. The Home Bar is a sleepy corner bar with darts, video games, pool table, classy jukebox and dance floor. There will be a band playing from 6:30-9:00. Join us to socialize and meet some new friends. What I like most about The Home Bar is who we will share it with on 10/16. Looking forward to hanging out with you, Kathy Evans
Nov 20th : Old Dog Tavern -
Host: Linda Vandenberg 254-2936
GAME NIGHT Saturday 7 pm October 12 - Host: Janet Kiley 303-5858 November 9 - Host: Karen Coburn 207-5526 Please bring a dish to pass and BYOB. We are in need of vol-unteers for 2014 on the 2nd Saturday of each month . Please consider hosting - it’s great fun. All we need is the place.
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Halloween Party Halloween Party Halloween Party ---
Sat October 26th Sat October 26th Sat October 26th --- 8 pm8 pm8 pm
At Judy Willy and George At Judy Willy and George At Judy Willy and George
Middletons 725 Adams St., Middletons 725 Adams St., Middletons 725 Adams St.,
Vicksburg Vicksburg Vicksburg 744-2326
Costume optionalCostume optionalCostume optional
Bring dish to passBring dish to passBring dish to pass
BYOBBYOBBYOB
If you are available to help et up on Fri at 6 or If you are available to help et up on Fri at 6 or If you are available to help et up on Fri at 6 or
before party on Sat, please let Judy know. before party on Sat, please let Judy know. before party on Sat, please let Judy know.
Music and other things…
State Theatre 345-6500 or kazoostate.com
Bell’s Eccentric Café 382-2332 or bellsbeer.com
The Dock at Bayview - Richland - Now Open
Stagecoach Barn - Richland - blackhawkgrill.com
Arcadia Festivals - downtownkalamazoo.org
Farmers Alley - farmersalleytheatre.com
The Civic - kazoocivic.com
Happenings Around Town…
Art Hop 1st Friday of every month
Downtown Kalamazoo
Ballroom Dancing & Line Dance Lessons
“Let’s Dance” - Mondays 7-9:30 pm Westmin-
ster Presbyterian Church 1511 Helen St. Next
to Bravo Restaurant, off Portage Rd. $6 per
person. Singles/Couples welcome. Instruc-
tor Phil Martin 375-4475.
Aug/Sep 2013 Vol 19 Issue 4
Meetup.com
Looking for something to do? Looking for someone
to do it with? Don’t sit home again!!! Click on the
website and get connected with other Kalamazooans
and choose from hundreds of activities like rock
climbing, trivia club, card club, singles club. We’ve had
excellent feedback from participants. Kalamazoo En-
thusiasts has hundreds of members.
Great Lakes Adventure Club (GLAC)
Next Meeting is August 13, 2013, 6:30 pm
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Portage, MI.
The club is for those who enjoy outdoor activi-
ties like backpacking, biking, rock climbing,
camping, canoeing, rollerblading, etc.
www.greatlakesadventureclub.com
Dr. Divorce
Dear Dr. Divorce, How do you interface with an inexperi-enced attorney? Signed, Mack Intosh
Dear Mack,
Hit the escape button! First of all, we don’t interface with
anybodywe talk or communicate with them, and communi-cating with an attorney is very difficult. The right tool for the
right jobyour attorney should have half his/her practice in divorce. I had a friend who hired a very brilliant attorney who got their kid off a drunken driving charge. Brilliant as he was he knew nothing about divorce or small corporations, and the couple had to essentially do all the work them-selves, paid a high hourly rate to the total of $3,000, and got very poor help. The lesson to be learned is competent or incompetent your attorneys need to be coached by you. They know the courts but you know what you need. Be clear, write things down before you meet with your attor-
ney, make copies of everythingone for yourself and one for your attorney. The more financial information you gath-er and the more you articulate what you want on paper, the clearer you will be about what you want, what you need and what the financial situation will allow.
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Aug/Sep 2013 Vol 19 Issue 4
October 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 Coping with Di-
vorce 6:30-9 pm.
Prince of Peace
Church. Fletchers
Pub at 9 pm follow-
ing CWD
4 Art Hop -
Downtown
5
6 7 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
8 Need Volun-
teers to host a
Tuesday dinner!
9 10 Coping with
Divorce 6:30-9 pm
Prince of Peace
Church. Fletchers
Pub at 9 pm follow-
ing CWD
11 12 Octoberfest -
Arcadia WMU
Tailgate 10 am
host: Dan Quarry
Game Night - 7pm Host: Janet Kiley
13 14 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
15 16 BOTM: 7 pm
Home Bar-Host: Kathy
Evans 599-4813
17 Coping with
Divorce 6:30-9 pm
Prince of Peace
Church. Fletchers
Pub at 9 pm follow-
ing CWD
18 19
20 21 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
22
23 FC Bd Mtg -
Main St. Pub-
Gull Rd. 7 pm
24 Coping with
Divorce 6:30-9 pm
Prince of Peace
Church. Fletchers
Pub at 9 pm follow-
ing CWD
25 26 Halloween
Party 8 pm at
Judy Willy &
George Middle-
tons/744-2326
27 28 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
29 30 31 Coping with
Divorce 6:30-9 pm
Prince of Peace
Church. Fletchers
Pub at 9 pm follow-
ing CWD
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Aug/Sep 2013 Vol 19 Issue 4
November 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Art Hop -
Downtown
2
3 4 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
5 6 7 Coping with
Divorce 6:30-9
pm Prince of
Peace Church.
Fletchers Pub at
9 pm following
CWD
8 9 Kalamazoo
Holiday Parade
Game Night 7 pm
Host: Karen Coburn
207-5526
10 11 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
12 13 14 Coping with
Divorce 6:30-9
pm Prince of
Peace Church.
Fletchers Pub at
9 pm following
CWD
15 16
17 18 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
19 20 BOTM: 7pm
Old Dog Tavern - Linda Vandenberg 254-2936
21 Coping with
Divorce 6:30-9
pm Prince of
Peace Church.
Fletchers Pub at
9 pm following
CWD
22 Holiday
Trolley Begins.
Santa’s Village
Bronson Park
23
24 25 Ballroom
Dancing 7-9:30
Westminster
Church
26 27 FC Bd Mtg -
Main St. Pub-
Gull Rd. 7 pm
28 29 30
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Save the Date: Mondays in December
Re-writing our Stories: Healing our Lives
A three-part workshop for those in transition: coping
with change, divorce, loss, grief, growth
Explore your life story, and the tales, myths and metaphors that inform you
and begin composing your future now.
Poetry, stories, journaling and free-writing, si-
lence, discussion and participatory
exercises stimulate reflection, self-
understanding,
healing and hope.
Debbie Eisenbise Facilitator 598-8275
Contact Tom Flemming to register at 324-0003
“I Found my voice”
Financial assistance available
The Art of Forgiveness
Three Rivers, MI - October 19, 2013 - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost $45 per person All participants much register
prior to October 12, 2013.
About the Retreat….
We are often told to forgive and forget, let it go, move on, forget it, get over it already!
Has anyone ever told you how to do it? Where do you begin?
Do you have to forget when you can’t? Do you need to have a relationship with that person?
Do you need to forgive yourself????
With DVD presentation, group discussion, self reflection, and understanding self and others, you will get the needed infor-
mation to begin a healing process.
Along with forgiveness, you will also be taught grounding tech-niques and how to change your negative thoughts.
Each participant will have time to stroll through our log home property, sit by the outdoor fire pit, or by the indoor fireplace,
walk down to the water’s edge, or wander through the woods. There will be plenty of indoor and outdoor Space to reflect,
contemplate, and rejuvenate.
Presented by Maryann Rigoni-Southland, MA 269-760-7840 (for questions)
Sponsored By Full Circle Community /Coping With Divorce - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Name__________________________________________ Address ________________________________________ Email _____________________________ ph __________ Mail to: Full Circle c/o Tom Flemming, 103 Inverness, Kalamazoo MI 49006
Make checks payable to Full Circle Community
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ADVERTISING AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Do you know a business that would like to advertise on this page? This newsletter will reach over 300 people. Please contact Ka-
ren Coburn at 269-207-5526 or [email protected] for advertising rates and information.
To our subscribers: Please remember to mention that you saw the
advertiser in Full Circle Times.
Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 4-
Rob-in N. Vleugel, CFDS, EA
Certified Financial Divorce Specialist
Enrolled Agent
Certified to consult in financial and tax related aspects
of divorce.
Pre-divorce, post-divorce and anything
in between.
Avoid any hidden financial disasters
in your settlement!
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Wedding Officiant 269-324-0003
With this ring…. Will travel to parks, beaches
or other places. Have robe, will travel!
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Second Best Burger in Town
"Fletcher's Pub” where CWD and alumni meet
Thursday nights at 9 PM after the coping seminars."