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Community Update Call 905-845-3824, ext. 446 e-mail: dkurek@oakvillebeaver.com Forward announcements of non-profit local events for Community Update to The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON L6K 3S4; e-mail dkurek@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 446. Free. BULLETIN Tickets to St. Patrick's Day Dinner and Dance (March 17) at Oakville Legion, Branch 114, 36 Upper Middle Rd. E., $12/person until March 10; $15/person after March 10. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., dancing to music by Good Vibes follows. Call 905-8456271 or visit www.oakvillelegion114. ca. Veteran's Drop-in & Complimentary Lunch every Thursday at Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St., 12:30-2 p.m., contact 905-8274722. Bronte Harbour Yacht Club is raffling a 1977 Grampian 7.9 Discovery sailboat, tickets sold until March 30, available by contacting 905-465-3147 or by e-mail at john.mcmullen@ teksavvy.com. The Canadian Cancer Society Halton Unit is looking for volunteers for the daffodil campaign March 28-April 1 and for canvassers in April, contact 905-845-5231, ext. 3133. 40 Days for Life pro-life vigil in front of Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, 327 Reynolds St., every day until April 1, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., contact www.40daysforlife. com/oakville. Distress Line Volunteers needed, training provided. If you are over 18 and can commit to 12 hours a month, call 905-849-4559 or visit www.distresscentreoakville. com. Halton Region Health Department's Healthiest Babies Possible prenatal program including Off to a Great Start, Getting Ready, Your Baby's Birth, Breastfeeding, the First Year After Birth and Caring for Your Baby. Call 905-825-6000 or toll-free 1-866-442-5866. Links2Care (formally Halton Helping Hands) offers affordable lawn services, snow removal and handyman services to Oakville seniors. Call 905-844-0252, ext. 24. Volunteers needed for Oakville S.A.L.T. (Seniors And Lawenforcement Together), call 905825 4747, ext. 2276. WEDNESDAY MARCH 7 Drew Hildebrand Teen Benefit Fund looking for volunteers for race committee and race day, meeting at 7 p.m., contact 905-814 1306, dhtbf@rogers.com or www. dhtbf.com. THURSDAY MARCH 8 Free computer assistance for newcomer women at Newcomer Information Centre, 171 Speers Rd., Suite 20, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 2-3:30 p.m., contact 905-875-3851, ext. 5008. Inkwell meets at Timothy's Coffee House, 321 Lakeshore Rd., E., 7 p.m. Osteoarthritis Group 3-session group, Thursday, begins at Medical Fitness Centres, 3517 Wyecroft Rd., 1:30-3 p.m., contact Darlene to register at 905-632-9390, ext. 0. Nar-anon meeting, 7:30 p.m., 484 Kerr St., lower level. For family and friends of addicts. Only first names used and anonymity is paramount. FRIDAY MARCH 9 Hamilton Amateur Astronomers meeting, Hamilton Spectator Building, 44 Frid St., 7:30-9:30 p.m., speaker Mike Spicer and John Gauvreau, free, contact www.amateurastronomy.org or 905-627-4323. Fish Fry at Oakville Legion, 36 Upper Middle Rd. E., 4:30-8 p.m., $9/person, contact www. oakvillelegion114.ca or call 905845-6271. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Mississauga Centre members night at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Rm. SE2082, William Davis (South) Building, 8 p.m. Hamilton Amateur Astronomers meeting at Hamilton Spectator building, 44 Frid St., free, talk about the sky this month, contact www.amateurastronomy. org. Mass for Life at St. James Church, 231 Morden Rd., with Bishop Douglas Crosby, 7 p.m., all welcome. Bronte Legion Friday Night Karaoke, 7-11 p.m., all welcome, Club Room, 79 Jones St., contact 905-827-4722 or www. brontelegion.com. 13 · Wednesday, March 7, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com COZY UP TOUP A DIMPLEX WARM TO A FIREPLACE. MODERN FIREPLACE Baby Steps Fair Oakville's Baby Fair! Sunday, March 11, 2012 10am-5pm Oakville Conference Centre Shop for Everything from Prenatal to Preschool Shopping, Workshops, Prizes and More! b a b y st e p s f a i r . c o m ELECTRIC BARBEQUES ALSO AVAILABLE! "MASONRY & FIREPLACE DESIGN SPECIALISTS" www.cobblestonembers.ca ACROSS FROM RONA LANSING 406 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE 905-337-2066