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14 J 4 % 4 4 4 & & 4& 4 # 4 4 4 4 4 & & 4 4 EXPERT PINKING SHEARS & SCISSOR SHARPENING AROUND 75% AVERAGCE DISCOUNT ON CURRENT BOOKS (some discounted even more) Teachers â€" Librarians .... This is the good stuff! OPEN MONDAYâ€"SATURDAY If your natural gas furnace has seen better days, or you‘re heating your home with oil or elec tricity, Union Gas has an EnerSmart offer that‘ll help you conserve energy and save money. And, because natural gas is cleaner burning, you‘ll also help preserve our environment! Now that‘s EnerSmart! un Glen Abbey Library. Jeff McKay‘s Live Reptile Show comes to Glen Abbey on March 15th, complete with live snakes, to thrill kids 7 and up. March Break a cornucopia of activities GLEN ABBEY LIBRARY ntinued 1t page Whether you‘re replacing or converting to natural gas â€" don‘t wait another minute. Call Union Gas today, and ask about these and other EnerSmart offers available on selected home comfort heating and cooling equipment. See a Member Dealer for other purchase incentives. Make the EnerSmart Choice! Tick and puzzles on March 17th, for kids 6 and up, free. On March 18th, the Stylamanders, a popular twosome, will thrill kids four and up with their repertoire of dance and yoâ€"yo tricks from Canada‘s yoâ€"yo champiâ€" ons. Tickets $3. All March presentations at the Glen Abbey Library begin at 10:30 a.m., call §27â€"5212. Laugh, shout and clap along with the Magic of Jeff Hill on March 19th, tickets $3. The library hosts a Teddy Bear‘s Picnic at 9:30, 10 and 10:30 a.m., on March 15th. Children aged 1 to 4 can bring their teddy bears and picâ€" nic blanket and enjoy stories and songs, free. On Monday afternoon, it‘s March Madness, stories, videos, crafts and other crazy things for ages 5 to 12, from 2 to 3 p.m., free. March Break at White Oaks includes contests and draws. Have some Hair Raising Fun and make a frantic Freddie, plus stories and videos to make your hair stand up, on March 16th, 2 to 3 p.m., $2, for kids 5 to 12. Sing silly songs, listen to unusuâ€" al stories and wear wacky outfits at the Mad Hatters Tea Party on March 17th, 10 to 11 a.m., for chilâ€" dren 3 to 5, $3. Like to do the Limbo? Come to the Beach Blanket Party dressed in shorts and shades, and bring a towel, on March 18th, 2 to 3 p.m., for ages 4 to 12, $1 each. The Bill Russell Show conâ€" cludes the week with stories and songs for kids of all ages, March 19th from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., $3. For information and tickets, call §44â€"8464. WHITE OAKS LIBRARY on our heating and cooling package, or choose a free Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaner and setback thermostat Plus make no payments for 90 Days * Call Union Gas Today! TM 335â€"7310 Y ¥»4 h4 ) WOODSIDE LIBRARY How about some fu Woodside â€" everything from to tubs! Pigs, Pigs, Glorious Pigs promises to be a ‘Swinde‘â€"derful hour of piggy fun, games, crafts, stories and video, March 15th, 2 to 3 p.m., for kids 4 to 8. Tickets $3. Rubâ€"aâ€"Dubâ€"Dub, Come Bake Some Grub â€" Not! â€" make noâ€" bake goodies. Kids 6 to 10 welâ€" come, $3 each, on March 16th, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. On March 17th it‘s a Games Gala, active, board and mind games, for ages 5 and up, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., free. Jeff Bradley, comic juggler and entertainer, delights children 6 and up on March 18th from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., $3 each. Make your own popâ€"ups and stamp art at Prints Charming, March 19th from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., for children six to 10, $3 each. For tickets and information, call 827â€"3321. There‘s plenty to do during March Break across town, courtesy of Oakville Parks and Recreation â€" everything from magic to dinasaurs. ‘Ish‘ â€" Live at the Centre, the hilarious antics of ‘Ish,‘ comedy, storeytelling and music, comes to the River Oaks Recreation Centre on March 17th from 10 to 11 a.m.; and again to the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., same day. Suitable for kids 5 to 12, tickets $5 each. Mike the Magician entertains budding magicians at River Oaks on March 15th, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; and March 18th at Glen Abbey, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., for ages 7 to 12. OAKVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ut some Tun at everything from pigs fun shop. It‘s Mime, Masks and Clowning with ‘Nahomi‘ of the Paul Goddard Troupe sharing her skills at this handsâ€"on workshop at Glen Abbey on March 16th, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and at River Oaks, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., same day. Suitable for ages 7 to 12, tickets $15 each. Dinosaur Daze, a halfâ€"day of guaranteed prehistoric fun on March 15th, 9 a.m. to 12 noon at River Oaks, and 1 to 4 p.m. at Glen Abbey. Ages 5 and 6, $15 each. How would you like to go on a Safari Hunt? On March 16th, come to either Glen Abbey, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, or River Oaks, 1 to 4 p.m., tickets $15 each, ages 5 and 6. Or, Clown Around, balloon sculpture, face painting, and clown stunts, March 18th at River Oaks, 9 a.m. to noon, or Glen Abbey, 1 to 4 p.m., ages 5 and 6, $15 each. Ticket Make Waves daily during March Break with public swimâ€" ming, $1.25, at Centennial Pool, 2 to 3 p.m.; Queen Elizabeth Park Pool, 9:30 to 11 a.m.; White Oaks Pool, 9:30 to 11 a.m.; and Glen Abbey Recreation and Aquatic Centre, 10 to 11:30 a.m., 2 to 3:30 p.m., and 4 to 5:30 p.m. Chill Out â€" public skating, $1.50, each at Oakville, Kinoak, Maplegrove, River Oaks and Glen Abbey arenas from 1 to 2:30 p.m., daily during March Break. And, the annual Oakville Optimist Triâ€"Star Challenge open to boys and girls aged 8 to 18, has Hoop It, the Triâ€"Star Basketball Challenge on March 19th at Queen Elizabeth Park School, starting 9 a.m.; and Shoot It, the Triâ€"Star Hockey Challenge at Kinoak Arena, March 17th, starting at 9 a.m. Registration on site, free. MAPLE SYRUP Mountsberg Wildlife Centre in Campbellville is holding its annual Maple Syrup Festival weekends and holidays to April 12th, and daily during March Break, March 15th to 19th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featured will be the horsedrawn wagon rides into the sugar bush, explanation of maple syrup making by interpreters, films and displays in the Interpretive Centre, plus the ever popular and tasty pancakes sausages with maple syrup at th Pavilion. Maple syrup products wil also be for sale. On March 14th it‘s Puppets an Pancakes from 9 to 11 a.m. Tid the Turkey Vulture will direct a fu musical puppet show. And, at nearby Crawford Lake it‘s the annual Sweet Wate Season, weekends and holidays t April 12th, and daily during Marc Break. Demonstrations on how t native people made their own mapl syrup will be held daily durin March Break at 11:30 a.m., 1:3 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Corn bread wi be available for dipping into t maple syrup, legends will be tol plus opportunities for exploratio of this authentic Indian village. Sweet Water Day is March 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with craf for kids, bannock making, sca‘ enger hunt, and telling of Indiz legends. All facilities run by the Halt« Region Conservation Authority a Bronte Creek Provincial Park w be open for winter activities. It‘s not too late to register f Middle March!, _ Oakvil Galleries‘ series of March Bre: workshops at Gairloch Gallery. _ Guest artists Danita Noyes a: Eva Ennist will lead the classe Ennist, an instructor at Sherid College, specializes in paperâ€" ing and construction. Noyes i multiâ€"media artist who works the North York Board of Educati Both artists are involved in inte ed programs which combine study of visual art, music and 0 disciplines. Wearable Art will empl everything from tissue paper & fabrics to basket reed and wea\Z "to create works of sculpture wi direct relation to the student‘s body." Storytelling Dioramas \ allow students to make thr dimensional story sets, or Sta; using simple techniques of mi media construction. The finis creations can be based on ei existing stories or those o child‘s own invention. The morning sessions of Mi March! will be for children 6 and will run from 10 a.m. t noon. The afternoons have reserved for those 9 to 13 and run from 1 to 3 p.m. For more in mation about registration, call lic programs coâ€"ordinator Reb Diederichs at 844â€"4402. The c $60 for Oakville Galleries fa members, $70 for nonâ€"membe (See ‘Lots to do 51 ART GALLERIES h handsâ€"on work Mar page 15) 199