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12 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday November 12, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Update Community Forward announcements of non-profit 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. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12 Pine School Open House, 7 p.m., 2121 Caroline St., Burlington, contact 905-637-9285. Specializing in teaching children with learning disabilities. Friends of the Library Book Sale, 6-9 p.m., Members Night ($10 fee at the door, books $1.25 per pound; video and audio tapes, CDs and DVDs individually priced, Central Library Branch, 120 Navy St. Bronte Horticultural Society meets at 7:30 p.m., Colborne Recreation Centre, Lakeshore Road at Third Line, speaker on water gardens, guests $4. HAPPEN ­ Linking People and Opportunities Networking support group for business professionals in career transition, 8 a.m., speaker on handwriting, Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, members $10/non-members $30, con- e-mail ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248 tact 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca. Coffee, conversation, and a play date with other stay-at-home parents and their children, 1-4 p.m., St. Hilda's Anglican Church, 1258 Rebecca St., Fireside Room, bring your own toys, newcomers welcome, contact Martha Tatarnic at 905-616-6972. Glen Abbey Toastmasters, 7:30 p.m., Sheridan College Residence and Conference Centre, 1410 Trafalgar Rd., contact Justin Riem at 905-3378829, Sean Connor at seanwconnor@gmail.com or visit www.glenabbeytoastmasters.org. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 Women of Wisdom (W.O.W.), Over 50?, join informal support group, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, call 905-847-5520. Metrolinx Chair Rob MacIsaac will speak at a Citizen's Round Table On Public Transit, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Oakville Room, Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd., all welcome. Friends of the Library Book Sale, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., books at $1.25 a pound; video and audio tapes, CDs and DVDs individually priced, Central Library Branch, 120 Navy St. Lives and Poetry of Dylan Thomas and Amy Lowell, The Inkwell, 7 p.m., Timothy's, 321 Lakeshore Rd. E. (near Trafalgar Road). Contact www.oakvillepoetry.org. Iridology with Robert Tomlison, 10 a.m.-noon, Halton Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., call 905-847-5520. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14 Friends of the Library Book Sale, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., books at $1.25 a pound; video and audio tapes, CDs and DVDs individually priced, Central Library Branch, 120 Navy St. Global Diabetes Walk, Oakville site, to promote World Diabetes Day, walk to raise awareness and get healthy. No fees or fundraising. 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