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Whitby Free Press, 25 Feb 1987, p. 11

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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1987, PAGE 11 Coi ', G E Eli TS DINNER-DANCE A dinner and dance with the Bev Smith Orchestra will be held by the Durham Region Cardiac Rehabilitation organization at the Polish Veterans "Association hall (General Sikorski hall), 1551 Stevenson Rd. N., Oshawa, on Saturday, March 7. For tickets ($17.50 per person) call Sylvia Dehart (576-6975) or Bil Beatty (579-3500). SPEECH CONTEST The first Oshawa branch of In- ternatiortal Training in Com- munication will hold its annual speech contest at the next dinner meeting, 6 p.m., Monday, March 9, at My Sister's Place Restaurant (upstairs room), 339 Malaga Rd. Oshawa. For more information call Dorothy Hart at 668-8191. DANCE The sixth annual Kidney -Foun- datiorf dance, sponsored by the Ransberry family, will be held in the Newcastle Community hall on Saturday, March 7,. beginning at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 a couple and the price includes lunch. Enter- tainment will- be provided by Bill Taylor and the Tradesmen. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling Harold Ransberry at 983- 9597 (Newcastle) or Joan Ran- sberry at 668-8975, after 7 p.m. (Whitby and Oshawa.) AUTHORS IN WHITBY Marlene Jackson -and Carole keys, authors of "Creative Fun for Little, Ones," a new referen- ce/resource book for mothers and others who work with young children, will be at The Book Bet- ween, 113B Dundas St. W., Whitby from 9:30 toil a.m. on Friday, Feb. 27. The authors will give children a chance to experience some of the activities mentioned in the book. DISABILITIES The March general meeting of, the Oshawa Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities will be held Thursday, March 5, 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Janice Barton, academic resource person from Adelaide McLaughlin Public School. She will speak on "Corrective Spelling." For more information, call Mary McLeod at 433-4196. RETRACTION The A&P Flyer being distributed by household mail for the week of Feb. 23 to Feb. 28, 1987 contained the following errors: OLD DUTCH FABRIC SOFTENER Is Incorrectly advertised as 3.6 litre. It should read 2 litre. The copy for Maple Leaf Family Pack Cheese should Include BRICK, COLBY, MOZ- ZARELLA or FARMER. A&P 'apologizes for this error and any incon- venience it may have caused our customers. Dining Guide GOLDEN GATE 107 Brock St. S. Whltby 668-2222 CHINESE FOOD BUFFET DAILY (salad bar Iicluded) ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH *5.25 DINNER E8.99 REGULAR MENU ALSO AVAULABLE (canadian & Bo-Bo ç TAKE-OUT & DELIVERY culaim Dundas St. E &Sok St. S. EDUCATOR'S BREAKFAST Lincoln Alexander, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will be guest speaker at the lth annual Educator's Breakfast at Harwood Secondary School on Friday, April 24. Awards will be given to the out- standing educator, bus driver and student in Durham Region. Studen- ts from F.M. Heard Public School in Whitby will provide musical en- tertainment. The breakfast, organized by the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation, will take place from 7:15 to 9 a.m. DIABETES The Durham Region branch of the Canadian Diabetes Association will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25 at Holy Family Parish Hall, Manning and Ribblesdale Dr., in Whitby. There will be "Fun and Fitness to Music" while chiroprac- tor Scott Martin will demonstrate the importance of appropriate shoes when exercising. Valmed Health Services Inc. will give a foot care clinic. For more information call Eve Walker at 291-5860. FASHION SHOW Beta Sigma Phi will hold a fashion show, beginning at 8 p.m., on Monday and Tuesday, March 30 and 31, at St. George's Ukrainian Hall, 38 Jackson St., Oshawa. Cash wine bar and refreshments. For more infor- mation call Dale Prescott (725- 0149). STAFF BEAT The students and staff of Henry Street High School are presenting a spring fashion show in the school's cafetorium on March 12 at 7:30 p.m. Entitled "Street Beat '87" the proceeds are to be donated to the Canadian Diabetes Association. Clothing will be supplied by numerous stores in the Pickering Town Centre and other stores in the Oshawa/Whitby area. Valentino's in Whitby will be donating the hair and rnakeup and Touch of Class will be supplying the music and lighting. Cost for the show is $4 per person. Tickets may be purchased at the door on the evening of this event. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Whitby-Oshawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society for. Durham Region will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, March 3 from 7:15 -10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whitby Public Library at, 405 Dundas St. W.:Catherine Sheppard, will speak on the genealogical records at the Ontario Archives. Meetings are free and opën to the public. For further information call Janis Richardson at 985-9086 or Steve Wood at 668-1362. REAL WOMEN The next meeting of Real Women will be held at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26 at Hebron Church, 407. Crawforth St., Whitby. For more in- formation call Margaret Verkuyl at 666-2464. VICTIMS Beginning on Tuesday, March 10, the local Christmas Seal organization will hold a "Better Breathing" course for adults with respiratory disease. This course if offered free of charge as a Christ- mas Seal service. It will run for seven consecutive sessions during a four-week period on Tuesdays thereafter, and Thursdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Oshawa General Hospital (second floor (2C gymnasium). This is a basic program, designed to give respiratory patients an introduc- tion to self-help techniques which can improve your quality of day-to- day living. For more information, or to apply for registration, contact Durham Region Lung Association at 436-1046 as soon as possible. MONTE CARLO NIGHT Whitby General Hospital will hold a Monte Carlo Night on Satur- day, Feb. 28 at the Ajax Com- munity Centre, beginning at 7 p.m. A ticket for $10 buys a hot and cold buffet and $20,000 worth of play money and a chance at door prizes. Tickets are available at Mid- dleton's Book Store or at the hospital. Funds raised will go to the staff education fund. For more in- formation call 668-6831 (ext. 1323). 1-- 1- 8 1 - -I - l- 8 I -- 1 1 I I. ORPHEUSCHOIR The Orpheus Choir of Toronto will sing at the Oshawa Little Theatre Sunday, March 1, 8 p.m. Tickets for the show, presented by the Durham Region Concert Association, are $10 adults, $8 ser- niors and students and available at Wilson & Lee Music Store, Oshawa. PANCAKE SUPPER A pancake supper will be held at St. John's Anglican Churcli, Brock St. S. and Victoria St., Whitby, on Tuesday, March 3, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Cost is $9 per family, $3 for each adult, $1.75 per child under 12. SPRING CONCERT Roland Hill conducts the Whitby Brass Band at the spriig concert to béè held Thursday, March 5, begin- ning at 8 p.m., at Heydenshore Pavilion, Whitby. Special guests will be the Whitby Junior Band, conducted by Alan Black. Ad- mission is free, all welcome. ART SHOW Art work by students from all Whitby'elementary and secondary schools will be on exhibit at the Station Gallery, Whitby, March 1 to 30. The fifth student exhibit will be a cross-section of all forms of arts. The show will officially open at 2 p.m., March 1. ALZHEIMER'S INFORMATION Information about Alzheimer's disease will be given by Doug Hird in the parish·hall at All Saints Church, 300 Dundas St. W., Whitby at 8 p.m., Monday,-March 2. Hird is president of the Durham Region Alzheimer Society and vice president of the Ontario society. PHOTO CLUB The Whitby Photographic Club will meet on Monday, March 2, 7 p.m. at the Whitby Library. A slide clinic will be presented. For more information call 728-5325. AUBERGE Auberge/Sedna Women's Shelter & Support Services is sponsoring a "Break the Silence" Day at the Oshawa Shopping Centre, on Saturday Feb. 28. Auberge is a shelter for abused women and their children, servicing the Durham Region. The display will give in- formation on wife assault and the support services available to women in the Durham Region. IRISH SUPPER St. Mark's United Church will hold an Irish stew supper at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 11. The $5.50 cost includes sing-song and entertainment. For tickets call I. Farndaler at 668-2844.

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