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B8 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, August 24, 2007 Annual Halton Pride Week to be celebrated. next month The Halton Organization for Pride and Education (HOPE) bas put together a line-up of pnide events for the increase in requests for anti-hiomiophobia education HOPE received in its first year as a fulI-time social provider. This year's events include raising the pride flag, celebrat- ing pnide at the theatre and a pride bruncb. HOPE bas made proclamation and requests to ly the rainbow Pride Flag for Halton Pride Week from September 3 to 9. Tbe flag will ly over the towns of Milton and Oakville, the city of Burlington and at Regional beadquarters on Bronte Road for the entire week. The West End Studio Theatre of Oakville in association with the Halton Organization for Pride and Education and Tickets cost $25 eacb and $20 for students and youth PFIAG Halton will present the IOîh anniversarx' of the uncler 18. September 15 at 8 p.m. The comedy follows Ben Chambers, wbose wife runs off with bis brother. Ben heads to New York City to get comfort from bis son Norman, only to find that Norman is living with an openly gay partner. Wbile Ben tries to set bis son on the straight and narrow, the play is about a fatber's journey to acceptance of bis child. Saturday, Sept. 8 is Halton Pride Day, and HOPE bas a block of tickets for this performance at tbe Oakville Centre for the Pedforming Arts, 130 Navy St., in celebration of Halton Pride Week. BEAM CENTRAL BEAM CENTRAL VACUUM SYSTEM VACUUM SYSTEM Great For Harwood Great For Large & Small Floor Plans Homes With Carpets * 490 A.W - 14L Dirt Recepticle -*550 A.W - 15L Drt Recepticle * 2 Stage Motor - il Running Amps- 2 Stage Motor - 12 Runniîng Amps * 5 ear Guarantee - 7 Year Guarantee Reg. prico ....$599 Reg. Prce .... 849 Discount ..... 200 -Discount ..... 250 canada ê Ocanada.co cdeau sale 1 99dean sale - T ~ r\ri V\ /;-~, :~ i . ~ 'LjJ LL.PL .11 ' : TI I I Ik'lI. un: ~~it# (W1rr~ 7 W<mm5 Septeciltei 8 cati ½tIll suppor tl'ride lb> buying tickets through HOPE for one of the other dates. Portions of the tickets sales will support the 9th Annual Halton Pride events. The HOPE Community Pnide Brunch for the LGBTQ communities, its allies, familles and friends will be held Sunday, Sept. 9 from 11 arn. to 2 p.m. at Sharkey's World Cafe, 220 North Service Rd. HOPE has also partnered with the Burlington Central Library for Halton Pride Week and will have a display shelf of LCBTQ resources and fiction at the library the week of September 3 to 9. There will also be a HOPE display at the Oakville Centre for the Pefforming Arts during the run of 'Norman, Is that You?' fromn September 6 to 15. HOPE staff and volunteers will be on hand most nights to talk about HOPE. People are asked to caîl HOPE at (905) 632-4551 to reserve their tickets for the play and to indicate their atten- dance for the brunch. The Halton Pride Planning committee is still looking for other volunteers to assist in planning and orchestrating the Ninth Annual Halton Pride Picnic in june 2008, as well as to expand the event into other venues. CORRECIONNOIC The ad that appeared on Tuesday August 21, 2007 in the Canadian Champion was incorrect. The 2007 Ford Focus SES (stk#A7068), 2007 Ford Fusion SE (stk#D7010) and the 2008 Ford Escape XLT (stk#S8052) should have indicated the lease payments require a $3000 down payment plus taxes Need to upgrade your Math and English skills? Take ACE Academic Upgrading classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Milton Employment Resource Centre, 550 Ontario Street S., Suite 203, in Milton For more info, cati 905-693-8458, ext. ioi or visit www.thecentre.on.ca Sheridan ,Skils Developrnent &Training -i~i~II Jt"' 4' £, 41 il S f-- ,41 ilsf si m m