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28 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 8, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Update Community Forward announcements of nonprofit and local 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. BULLETIN International Women's Day at Dinner Party Wednesday, March 5, Oakville Conference Centre, 2515 Wyecroft Rd. Doors open at 5 p.m. for cash bar, silent auction, sale of goods made by Afghan women, book signing by keynote speaker Deborah Ellis. Dinner at 7 pm. Tickets $45 at 905-825-3622 or 905-825-2038. Halton Family Services Safety Zone Group Program for women and children, exposed to women abuse and their family is separated. Begins March, Mondays from 4-6 p.m., for 11 weeks, free, call 905-8453811, ext. 106. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 HIPPY Oakville Open House, Oak e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248 Park Moms and Tots, 2530 Sixth Line, River Glen Mews Plaza, 9:30-11:30 a.m., to prepare kids of low-income and vulnerable families for Kindergarten free. Contact www.hippyoakville.org or 905-464-0785. Hungarian Goulash Dinner, Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St., Club Room, 6:30 p.m. $8 adults/$4 children, all welcome, call 905-827-4722. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Mississauga Centre meets at 8 p.m., University of Toronto at Mississauga, Rm. SE2082, South Building, speaker Professor Amanda Peet, free, all welcome, park in Lot 4 or 5, contact www.rasc.ca/mississauga or 905-465-1390. Oakville Galleries opens What We Bring to the Table, Feb. 9-June 6; Onward Future, Feb. 9-May 11, Centennial Square. Opening 7:30- 8:30 p.m. at Centennial Square. Reception 8:30-10 p.m. in Gairloch Gardens. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9 Oakville Chamber Ensemble Mozartmania, 7:30 p.m., St. Simon's Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd., tickets $25 at the door, or through 905-522-6841 or info@oakville-choir.ca. Visit www.oakville-choir.ca. Symphony of Youth, 8 p.m., St. Jude's Anglican Church, tickets $28, call the church at 905-844-3972, also available at L'Atelier Grigorian. Valentine's Dinner/Dance, Oakville Legion Branch 114, 36 Upper Middle Rd. E., dinner at 6:30 p.m., spaghetti dinner, DJ and dance at 8:30 p.m., tickets $10, call 905-845-6271. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10 Concert with Sidebar for Stephen Lewis Foundation, St. Simon's Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd., 7 p.m., tickets $20 at 905-469-6415, or the door. Drinks for dogs! Cocktails for cats! to benefit Oakville & Burlington Humane societies, 6-10 p.m., Prime Time Sports Bar, 234 Lakeshore Rd. E., suggested donation $20. South Peel Naturalists' Club field trip to the Fisherville/Cayuga, novices welcome. Bring binoculars, lunch, dress warmly, meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot on the east side of Bronte Road south of QEW. Contact 905-2799576 of visit www.spnc.ca. Valentine's High Tea, Munn's United Church, corner of Dundas and Sixth Line, proceeds to Stephen Lewis Foundation. Tea tasting begins at 2 p.m., Tickets $8, call church office at 905-257-8434. MONDAY FEBRUARY 11 Pelicans, poetry critiquing group, meets, contact Elka Ruth Enola ere@sympatico.ca or 905-257-7075. Tots and Us, open to moms, dads and grandparents caring for a preschooler participate with children. Free. St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St., 10-11 a.m. Call 905-845-3427. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12 Colborne Computer Club meets at Sir John Colborne Recreation Centre for Seniors, Lakeshore Road at Third Line, $5, 7 p.m., web-based research in genealogy. Contact www.colbornecomputerclub.ca. Halton Civitan Club Volunteer Info Night, 7:30 p.m., Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd. Employment Network, 10 a.m.-noon, free, The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229, contact 905-847-5520 or www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Newcomers Club February Social, 7:30 p.m., Burloak Canoe Club, 160 Water St., topic Health and Fitness, Nia technique contact 905-8476974 or www.oakvillenewcomersclub.com. Equilibrium, mental health support group for those affected by depression or bipolar disorder, information video From Despair to Recovery, 7:30 p.m., Evangel Pentecostal Church, 1450 Rebecca St. (across from Hopedale Mall), call 905-693-4270. Oakville Prostate Support Group meets 7-8.30 p.m., 635 Fourth Line, Unit 51, Canadian Cancer Society, Oakville Unit Office, spouses invited, call 905-845-5231. Joy of Chocolate, 1:30-3 p.m., $12, join executive chef Inoka Dias, Sir John Colborne Recreation Centre for Seniors, Lakeshore Road at Third Line, call 905-815-5960. Charnwood Co-op School Open House, noon-3 p.m., 228 Chartwell Rd., call 905-8151503 (2 1/2 yrs - SK children). WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13 Sound Bytes Speaker Donna Messer, free, 465 Morden Rd., Unit 109, 9:3011:30 a.m., register at 905845-1157, ext.101 or www.thecentre.on.ca. Bronte Horticultural Society meets at Colborne Recreational Centre, 7:30 p.m., guests $3. Bible Study Program, 7-8 p.m. call 905-847-3530. HAPPEN ­ for professionals in career transition meets 8 a.m., Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, $10/members/$20 non-members, contact 905339-0268 or www.happen.ca. Whole Foods Market, 301 Cornwall Rd., holds five per cent day with net profits to United Way of Oakville.