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Whitby Free Press, 20 May 1987, p. 14

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PAGE 14, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987 COMINGEVINTS BANQUET The Harwood Secondary School banquet and dance will be held May 21, starting at 6 p.m., at the school. Tickets, $12 adults and $10 athletes and students, are available at the school. Call Fiona MacGregor at 683-8125 for more information. SPRING DINNER Andy Berry of CFRB Radio will be guest speaker at the United Church Women spring roast beef dinner May 20, 6:30 p.m., at St. Mark's United -Church, Whitby. Tickets, $10, are available by calling 668-3520, 668-3078 or 668-1382. BABY SHOW Registration for the Brooklin Fair baby show will be Saturday, May 30, and on Monday, June 1, 2-5 p.m. both days, at the community centre on Cassell St., Brooklin, and on Wednesday, June 3, 7-9 p.m. at the Luther Vipond arena. There will be no registration on the day of the show. Cost is $4,· for entries from one to 24 months. Call Sandra MeCormack for more information. JUBILEE CHOIR The award-winning Jubilee Choir from the Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre will present the "May Festival of Song' on Thursday, May 21, 8 p.m., at the Centennial Building in Whitby. Tickets, $4 adult and $2 seniors and students, are available at the centre, 801 Brock St. S., at Middleton's or from choir members. MENTALLY ILL Friends and Relatives of the Mentally ill will meét Thursday, May 21, 7-9 p.m., at 111 Simcoe St. N. (second floor), Oshawa. For more information call Sandra Manuel at 728-9931. SPRING DANCE The Station Gallery will hold a spring dance Saturday, may 30, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., at the Centen- nial Building (Regal Room), Whit- by. Dise jockey is Al Fisher. Tickets are $15 and available in ad- vance at the gallery. Call 668-4185. CRIBBAGE EVENT The Durham Senior Games' cribbage event will be held at the Whitby Seniors' Activity Center, 801 Brock St. S. on Friday May 22 at 1:30 p.m. It is open to al senior citizens 55 and over, at the cost of $3 per per- son. Registration is at the Whitby Centre or the Oshawa Seniors' Ac- tivity Center, 43 John St. W. Register by May 8 in order to par- ticipate. For further information call 668-1214 or 668-7919. ALZHEIMER The Alzheimer Society of Durham Region offers a family support group on Wednesday May 20 at 2 p.m. in St. Mark's United Church Hall, 201 Centre St. S., Whitby. ONE PARENT MEETINGS The local chapter of the One Parent Families Association of Canada holds regular meetings every Tuesday night at St. An- drew's United Church, 71 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, at 8 p.m. Upcoming meetings include coffee, cards and conversation on May 19; "Can't live with them, can't live without them" by speaker Fred King May 26; and a general meeting June 2. For more information call Evelyn at 728-3793 or George at 576-5522. SPRING MAKEOVER Kelly Robinson of Merle Norman Cosmeties will give advice on skin care and make-up at Whitby Public Library, Monday, June 1, 7 p.m. Register at the children's desk or call 668-6531. No charge. PHOTO DISPLAY Woprks by the Whitby Photographie Club are on display at Whitby Public Library until May 30. There is also a display of the history of the County Town Singers, having thëir 20th anniversary this year. SUICIDE PREVENTION Suicide Prevention Week, spon- sored by the Distress Centre, will be held from May 18 to 24. For more information call Nancy or Wendy at 686-2366. COOK-OFF The CHOO Chili Cook-off will be held in Orono May 22 - 24. WALK-A-THON The Salvation Army will hold a walk-a-thon at the Salvation Army Citadel (John and Simcoe Sts., Oshawa) on May 30, starting at 11 a.m. Sponsor sheets are available at the temple. For more infor- mation call Marie Esteves at 434- 6257. CORPORATE CHALLENGE The Corporate Challenge will be held May 30 at Oshawa Civic Fields. For more information call C. Gatis at 434-6716. COFFEE HOUR Join the Teaspoon of Sugar ladies' coffee hour for a delicious learning experience by Nancy Nesbitt, along with guest speaker Pauline Mallory,.wife of late pastor Allan Mallory, at Whitby Christian Assembly, 100 Rossland Rd. W., Thursday, May 28, 9:30 - 11 a.m. Nursery supervision provided. Ph. 666-2256. KID CHECK The Kinette Club of Whitby will sponsor a Kid Check on Saturday, May 23, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Whitby Public Library. Kid Check involves fingerprinting and photographing of children to help solve child abduction. EUCHRE The ladies auxiliary of Whitby Legion branch 112 will hold a euchre May 21, 8 p.m., at 117 Byron St. S. Cost is $2, including lunch. This is the last euchre until Sep- tember. VON MEETING The annual meeting of the Durham Region branch of the Vie- torian Order of Nurses will be held Tuesday, June 2 at the Magie Car Restaurant, 145 - King St. W., Oshawa. Guest speaker will be Don Wasylenki, former psychiatrist-in- chief at Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital. Cost is $16. Dinner at 6:45 p.m., business meeting starts at 8 p.m. FOCUS ON WOMEN Focus on Women will hold a cof- fee and dessert meeting at the Salvation Army Temple, 133 Sim- coe St. S., Oshawa, on Monday, May 25, 7:30 p.m. Topics include "Weed and Feed" with Helen Ren- die, "Music to Grow" with Pierret- te Belair and "Here We Grow Again" with horticulturalist Ken Brown. Admission is $3. For reser- vations call 436-1508. QUILT SHOW The New parish quilt and antique show will be held from 3 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, at the parish hall, All Saints Anglican Church, Dundas St. W., Whitby. Admission is $3. Tea to be served. SCIENCE FAIR The Durham Regional Roman Catholie Separate School Board will hold the regional science fair at St. James Catholie School, 10 Clover Ridge Dr. W., Ajax, on Saturday, May 23, 11:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m. For more information call Joan Bouttell at St. James (427- 3327). HELPFORVETERANS Veterans or members of veteran's families can obtain in- formation about pensions, allowan- ces or medical assistance at the Whitby Legion branch on May 26, 10 a.m. to noon. TOUR The spring wildflower tour will be held at Heber Down Conservation Area Sunday, May 24, 1 p.m. The tour will be conducted by an ex- perienced guide from the Central lake Ontario Conservation Authority and will start from the parking area, located off Country Lane Road (1 km. west of Hwy 12) north of Taunton Rd. TORCH RUN Durham Regional Police will take part in the Ontario-wide "Tor- ch Run" June 3. Pledges are made to support the mentally handicap- ped. For more information call In- spector Don Martin at Oshawa headquarters (ext. 285) or any police officer. BOWLATHON Big Sisters of Newcastle-Oshawa- Whitby will hold their fourth annual Bowlathon on Saturday, May 23. The bowlathon is the Big Sisters' major fundraising event of the year. For more information call Nancy Lee at 436-0951. ALAN TOROK Classical guitarist Alan Torok will perform at The Station Gallery Friday, May 22, 8 p.m. Tickets, $7 per person, are available at the gallery. Call 668-4185. YMCA The YMCA will be holding two summer tutoring programs for students from Gr. 1 to 8 who need help in reading, math and French. The programs run from July 6 to July 23 and from July 27 to August 14. Students will be placed into groups totalling no more than six. Fully qualified teachers will be tutoring at a cost of $63 per subject. To register call the YMCA at 668- 6868. Two open house registration sessions will also be held at the YMCA in the Centennial building on Centre St. N. on June 1 and June 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. CONCERT The Henry Street High School band will be performing in the gazebo at the Rotary Centennial Park on Wednesday, May 27 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Allare invited to attend. LEGAL AID The Whitby Community Infor- mation Centre at 405 Dundas St. W. in Whitby offers a legal aid clinic from 7 to 9 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month, September to June. The service is available to anyone and there is no charge. The clinic is not intended for in-depth legal counselling, but brief infor- mation is provided about legal problems and where to obtain fur- ther assistance. Cail the Centre at 668-0552 or drop by in person to make an appointment. The centre's hours are Monday - Friday from 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Clients receive a private and con- fidential 20-minute appointment with a lawyer provided by the On- tario legal aid office in Oshawa. SPIRITUAL JOURNEY The Catholic Community Servi- ces annual meeting will be held Thursday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Separate School. The guest speaker will be Rev. Tom McKillop, formerly of Youth Corps, who will speak on the spiritual journey of youth today. All are invited to attend. COUNTY TOWN SINGERS The County Town Singers 20th anniversary show will be held at the Whitby Curling Club May 22, 23 and 24. Tickets, for $20, are available from the singers, Mid- dleton's, Saywell's Leather Goods, Rousseau's Heritage House, Ruf- fles Classie County Interiors, Whit- by General Hospital Auxiliary members and Spencers at683-7992. Music night May 27, at Anderson The Anderson Music Students' Association will be presenting an evening of musical entertainment· entitled "Music liight '87" on Wed-. nesday, May 27 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the gymnatorium at Ander- son Collegiate. The evening will feature perfor- mances by the Concert Band, the Intermediate Band, and Anderjazz. Conductor and musical director Andrew J. Uranowski,- will celebrate the tenth anniversary of his arrival at Anderson as head of music, at this his tenth "Music Night." Tickets for the evening a-e available from ail music students, from the music department, or at the door on the evening of the per- formance. Ticket prices are: adults, $3, students, $2 and senior citizens $2. For ticket reservations and more information call Uranowski at 668- 5809 or 686-2431. ALAN TOROK

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