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fruit & maple oatmeal Made with 100% whole grain Canadian oats & real fruit. Nutritious made delicious. Enjoy a bowl today. 185 Guelph Street, Georgetown Open 24 Hours TM/MC 7 In Focus, October, 2011 280 Guelph Street, inside Wal-Mart, Georgetown 374 Queen Street E., Acton Open at 5:00 am Every Day ©2011 McDonald's. Quaker® ­ PepsiCo Canada ULC. Used under license October Calendar of Events Saturday, October 1 International Flavours: International Flavours ­ A Taste of Historic Downtown Georgetown will be held from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Get your passport and enjoy the culinary world of Downtown Georgetown. Info: 905873-4970, www.downtowngeorgetown.com. Innerscapes Art Show: Innerscapes opens a fall show called New Work, which runs at The Main Street Inn in Downtown Georgetown. The show continues until November 30. Tree Planting: The Giving Back to the Glen Tree Planting Festival will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Glen Williams Park. This event is hosted by the Town of Halton Hills, P.O.W.E.R and Credit Valley Conservation. Acton Library. Following the reading, Fong Bates will sign copies of her book. Tickets are free but must be picked up before the event at either library branch. Thursday, October 6 Acton Farmers' Market: Come fill your baskets with seasonal bounty as the Acton BIA hosts its Farmers' Market Harvest Festival, celebrating the last market of the year, from 3 to 7 p.m. prosecutor turned defence lawyer whose clients have included Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones, while she's an award-winning crime and court reporter for the Toronto Star who recently exposed one of Canada's toughest neighbourhoods in her book, Bad Seeds: The True Story of Toronto's Galloway Boys Street Gang. Come hear a father-daughter duo with tales to tell! Tickets, $15, available online at www.haltonhills.ca. casino! Dress code: black and white; masquerade masks will be provided. Tickets are $75/person. Proceeds go towards the Georgetown Hospital renovation/expansion project. Tickets: Nancy Surette, 905-873-2601 ext. 2340 or nancys@haltonhills.ca. October 28 ­ November 6 Lion in Winter: Georgetown Little Theatre will be performing this historical comedy about living happily ever after at the Acton Town Hall Centre (19 Willow Street North, Acton). Performances are October 28 to 29, November 3 to 5 and 10 to 12 at 8 p.m. with matinees on October 30 and November 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets: 905-877-3700 or www. haltonhills.ca/theatre. Wednesday, October 19 Fall Fashion Show: A Fall Fashion Show and Luncheon, presented by Elizabeth's Fashions, will be held at noon at St. Andrew's United Church. Enjoy door prizes and a luncheon. For tickets, $15, call 905-877-4482. Tuesday, October 4 CFUW Meeting: The Canadian Federation of University Women-- Georgetown presents Shirleen Noble from the University of Guelph, who will be speaking on human sexuality and women's studies. The meeting is open to the public and starts at 7:30 p.m. at St Alban Church Hall (537 Main Street, Glen Williams). Info: www.cfuw-georgetown.ca. October 14 ­ 15 Quilt Show: Discover the art and passion of local quilt-makers at Twenty Pieceful Years, the Halton Hills Quilters' Guild's 20th Anniversary Quilt Show. A wide variety of vendors, a tea room and homemade crafts will on display at the Croatian Centre (9118 Winston Churchill Boulevard at Five Sideroad, Georgetown). Admission: $6. Info: www.hhqg.ca. Saturday, October 15 Community Open House: From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Georgetown Market Place, the Community Open House provides an opportunity for local non-profit, social services, service groups and agencies to showcase their activities or services. Info: www.haltonhills.ca/communityopenhouse.php. Saturday, October 29 October 21­22 Choral Society Concert: Come out and help the Georgetown Choral Society celebrate their 40th anniversary with 40 Years ­ Let's Celebrate! This special concert, which features guest soloists Mark Dubois and Alana Bridgewater, takes place at 8 p.m. at Georgetown Christian Reformed Church (11611 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown). Info: 905-877-7795 or www. georgetownchoral.ca. Trick or Treat: Ghouls and goblins come to Acton BIA's Trick or Treat on Mill & Main Street, running from 1 to 3 p.m. Info: www.downtownacton. ca or 519-853-9555. Saturday, October 22 Masquerade Ball: The first annual Mayor's Masquerade Ball, a fundraiser supporting the Georgetown Hospital, starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Acton Town Hall Centre. Join Mayor Rick Bonnette and sponsor Dufferin Aggregates for an evening of music, magic and a fabulous Masquerade on Main Street: Once again the merchants of Downtown Georgetown are looking forward to the haunting of their stores by ghosts and goblins, aged 10 and under, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 905-8734970 or www.downtowngeorgetown.com. Wednesday, October 5 Book Signing: Renowned Canadian author Judy Fong Bates will read from Midnight at the Dragon Café, a novel based partly on her adolescence in Acton, at 7 p.m. at the Sunday, October 16 Town Hall Speaker Series: The Acton Town Hall Centre presents Clay and Betsy Powell: Our Lives In Crime, from 2 to 4 p.m. He's a former "Nothing on Earth [is] so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night." -- Steve Almond