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24 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 21, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Update Community Forward announcements of non-profit and free events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248. Free listing. WEEKLY/MONTHLY MEETINGS Divorce Support - a monthly support group for women thinking about divorce to those actively involved in the divorce process. First and last Thursday of each month. Call Sandy at 905-842-2525. Free information sessions and services for unemployed youths and adults, 476 Morden Rd., Suite 102, from 9-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Call 905-3382190 for appointment. Income Tax Clinic with Colleen Dugard. Call or visit website for financial eligibility. Monday Feb. 26, March 12, March 26, April 2 and April 23, 10 a.m.- noon at The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-847-5520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.or g. Belonging, an adoption support group, meets the last Monday of the month at 7:15 p.m. at Compass Point Bible Church, 2501 Eaglesfield Dr., Burlington. Open to anyone touched by adoption issues. BULLETIN Tickets available until March 1 for the Night of 1,000 Dinners to eliminate landmines to be held Saturday, March 3 at 6 p.m. at Church of the Incarnation, corner of Dorval and Old Abbey Lane. Tickets available through Munn's United Church, 905257-8434. Free CA Tax Clinics -- You may be eligible to have a Chartered Accountant fill out your tax return for free. This offer is open to low-income people with a total household income less than $22,500 with dependents or less than $15,000 without dependents. Call 416-962-1841 ext. 462 or toll-free at 1-800-387-0735 ext. 462, or visit www.icao.on.ca. Celebrating 100 years of Scouting! Annual Lord Baden-Powell Scouts Parade planned for Sunday, Feb 25, 10:30am at St. John's United Church (262 Randall St.) All former and current members of 2nd Oakville Scout Group (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers, Leaders, Family & Friends) are invited. Contact dbc@sympatico.ca. Tickets now on sale for a Saturday, April 21 joint fundraising Big Band Dance by Oakville Kiwanis and Knights of Columbus to benefit the Halton Trauma Centre, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, 1494 Wallace Rd. Entertainment by Harry Currie and the Reflections, live and silent auctions, door and dance prizes, cash bar, light snack. Tickets cost $25.Contact Liane at 905-2578633, Catherine at 905-4651579, Leo at 905-827-2338 or Jackie at 905-257-6151. Visit www.wa99.com/bigband. The Vagina Monologues directed by Catherine McNally, Feb. 21 and 22, 8 p.m., at Willis Hall, Appleby College, $30 in advance, to benefit The Women's Centre. Local artists display of works and silent auction at 7 p.m. Call 905-8475520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Lung Association needs volunteers for annual Tulip Day campaign March 1 to deliver tulips in Oakville and Burlington. Call Lauren at 905-696-0077 or e-mail lcarde@on.lung.ca. New Program Starting after March Break: Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children starts a new group called Sibs and Friends for children and teens who have experienced the death of a sibling or close friend. Call 905-337-2333 or e-mail lighthouseprogram@bellnet.ca. Canadian Parents for French-Halton hosts Une après-midi de peinture at JB Arts Studio Sunday, Feb. 25. Students will make a 3-D painting with a French teacher. Cost $8 for members and $10 non-members Contact Anne at 905 845-0808 or r.goulart@sympatico.ca. Tickets on sale until Feb. 23 for Feb. 27 event Estate Planning Without the Fight, with Linda Somers, Sir John Colborne Recreation Centre, 1565 Old Lakeshore Rd., lunch and guest speaker series, 12:30 p.m. Tickets $6.50. Call 905815-5960. Fourth Annual International Women's Day Celebration The Dinner Party tickets on sale for the March 7 event with guest speaker Sally Armstrong. Tickets $40. Call 905-8253622. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21 Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn hosts an Afternoon Heritage Tea as part of Heritage Week in Ontario, free, Oakville Gallery, Gairloch Gardens, Education Centre, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., 1-3 p.m. (speakers begin at 1:30 p.m. former long-time Oakville Mayor Harry Barrett, and Barbara Ann McAlpine, former president of the Bronte Historical Society), free guided tour of Gallery's current exhibit by David Altmejd. Limited space, RSVP to kflynn.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org or 905- 827-5141. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Mississauga Centre meets at 8 p.m., University of Toronto at Mississauga, Rm. SE2082, South Building. Speaker Professor Tom Bolton of the University of Toronto Astronomy Department on The Origin of the Moon, free, all welcome. Park in Lot 4 or 5. Observing will take place after the meeting, weather permitting. Contact www.rasc.ca/mississauga or call John at 905-465-1390. CCARE ­ Canadian Central America Relief Effort holds its annual general meeting at Le Treport Banquet Hall, 905-276-7729, 1075 The Queensway East, Mississauga, 7 p.m. CCARE works to provide relief in Guatemala, especially in the Merendon Mountains for the Mayan Chorti people. Contact hrossi@cogeco.ca. HAPPEN ­ Linking People and Opportunities, networking support group for business professionals in career transition, meets at 8 a.m., speaker Donna Messer on Maximizing your Opportunities, $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Call 905339-0268 or www.happen.ca, Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington. Bingo at Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St. Club Room at 7 p.m. Call 905-827-4722. Oakville-Mississauga Prostate Cancer Support Group meets from 7-9 p.m. at Wellspring, 2545 Sixth Line, (Sixth Line/Dundas. On Feb. 21 there will be a presentation by Sandra Saville, a Registered Dietitian from Oakville. Call 905-257-1988. Nutrition and Diabetes -- free, health and wellness workshop to help manage Type II Diabetes through nutrition and lifestyle. Presented by the Doctors Speakers Bureau, 7 p.m., Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. Call 905-829-8536 to register. Limited seating. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22 Divorce Support - a monthly support group for women thinking about divorce to those actively involved in the divorce process. 7-9pm. Call Sandy at 905-842-2525. Bronte Historical Society annual general meeting with speaker Andrew Schell "When Bronte was the green countryside; the Bronte Fresh Air Home and the Toronto City Mission, 7:30 p.m., The Sovereign House, 7 West River St. Free. Call 905-825-5552. HAPPEN ­ Linking People and Opportunities, networking support group for business professionals in career transition, meets at 8 a.m., speaker Peter de e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248 All shoed out LIESA KORTMANN/ OAKVILLE BEAVER COOLING OFF: Earl Handrahan and Mary Davies, snowshoers at Bronte Creek Provincial Park, make the most of last week's snowfall. Jager on Managing Change during the job transition process, $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca, North York Memorial Hall, 5110 Yonge St., Toronto. Motivational Hypnosis: Dispelling the Myths and Relaying the Facts, 7-9:15 p.m., Halton Multicultural Council, ASECO Corporate Centre, 635 Fourth Line, Unit # 48, (Speers & Fourth Line), $10 ($8 for students and seniors). Refreshments. Collection of non-perishable food items for Fareshare Food Bank. Limited space. Pre-register at 905-827-5048 or Halton_Holistic_Harmony@yahoo.ca . Have fun! Help kids! Find out more at an Information session at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton, 464 Morden Rd. at 11 a.m. Call 905-339-2355. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23 The Oakville Wine Enthusiasts Club hosts its monthly tasting, at St.Volodymyr Cultural Centre,1280 Dundas St. W. Registration starts at 7 p.m. tasting at 7:30 p.m. presented by "Wine Concepts" featuring South African Boutique Wineries. Visit www.oakvillewine.ca to learn more. Currently the club has a waiting list for membership but encourages people to come as guests. Guest fee $20 per person. To register or get on the waiting list contact www.oakvillewine@gmail.com. Masterworks of Oakville Chorus and Orchestra presents Haydn's The Creation, 8 p.m., St. Andrews Church, 47 Reynolds St. Advance tickets available at Atelier Grigorian, Bookers, Leslie Music and Notes Music, $20, $18 seniors, $10 students. Tickets also available at the door at $5 extra charge. Visit www.masterworksofoakville.ca or call 905-257-7308. Oakville Girl Guides of Canada Trafalgar A District, sell the classic cookies (chocolate/ vanilla wafers), at Fortinos, 173 Lakeshore Rd. W., and Hopedale Mall Rebecca St. Cosmic Girls, one of many teams doing the 60km Weekend to End Breast Cancer in September hosts fundraiser Belly Up Girls Night Out from 7:30-9:30 p.m., $20, Belly Up Belly Dancing Studio, 2464 Lakeshore Rd. W., Unit 1 (Bronte & Lakeshore). Largest event is May 13th Mothers Day Luncheon at the Oakville Operating Engineers Banquet Hall on Speers Road. Web Resume Event -- Create a professional, web-based resume, 10-11 a.m. at 465 Morden Rd., Unit 109. Register by calling 905-845-1157, ext. 121 or visit www.thecentre.on.ca.