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Contact: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com wi:i > m :s i ).\y . n <>v i -:m i m *:h 2<>. 2<x h · Please forward announcements o f non profit and free events fo r Community Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; Fax 905-337-5567; e-mail blokhuis@haltonsearch.com or call 905845-3824 Ext. 250; BEFO RE NOON MONDAY to be included. Free listing. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26 May Court 16th Annual Festival o f Trees and Treasures continues to Dec. 6, Oakville Place, ground floor in front of Sears. Raffle tickets will be available, in advance, at The Nearly New Shop, 200 Kerr St., and at Oakville Place during the event. Tickets cost $2 each, three for $5 or eight for $10. Proceeds to benefit VON Halton Hospice Program and The May Court Club. Ten Thousand Villages offers gifts to non-profit organizations. Attention all non profit organizations. Register by Dec. 1 and pick up a gift package retailing over S50 for your holiday season fundraiser up until Dec. 6. Available to a maximum of 30 registrants. Call Ingrid or Farah at 905 337 2377. Pick-up at Ten Thousand Villages, 189 Lakeshore Rd. E. Non-profit store that gives fair income to farmer and artisan cooperatives in Third World countries. Oakville African Violet Society, 7:30 p.m.. Horticulture Room, White Oaks Secondary School - North Campus, 1055 McCraney, use west side entrance north of greenhouse. Visitors welcome. Call Barbara Post, 905-845-1550. CARP - Canada's Association fo r the Fifty-Plus, 7:30 p.m., Burlington Seniors Centre, 2185 New St., (Central Park), Burlington. Speaker: Dale Clement, general manager, St. Peter's Home Services, Dollars and Sense - How to Select Home Care. Refreshments. Call Harry. 905-335-5717. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27 Halton and Peel Central American Relief Effort (HPCARE) general informa tion meeting, 7 - 9:30 p.m. Multicultural Inter-Agency Group of Peel (905-270-6252), 3034 Palstan Rd. Suite M3, Mississauga. (North of Dundas, across from Canadian Tire, Cawthra Rd. E., west of Dixie, behind the plaza with TD Bank.) HPCARE emerged over four years ago in response of the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch in Central America in November 1998. HPCARE's mandate is work on reconstruction and community development initiatives. Call Hilda Rossi, 905-849-8350 or e-mail hrossi@cogeco.ca Guided Healing Meditation with Chief Little White Feather, Ken Horrell, 7:30 p.m., at Traelife Chiropractic, 2452 Lakeshore W,, Bronte. Free. Bring unwrapped toy for Salvation Army's Christmas toy drive. Call 905-465-2210. HAPPEN - Linking People and Opportunities, networking support group for COMMUNITY UPDATE m nic woodlands. Weekday facilities limited. Call 905-854-0234. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 A Reading o f Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol will be presented by Outreach Committee of Walton Memorial United Church, Lakeshore and Bronte Roads, in support of Oakwood Public School All Star Reading program, 7 p.m., featuring Russ Germain of CBC Radio as guest reader. Cost: S12. Call Patti, 905-827-2852, church office, 905-827-1643 or Oakwood School, 905-845-0412. Circle o f Harmony chorus presents Harmony for the Holidays, 7:30 p.m., Glen Abbey United Church. Sacred and secular music. Tickets at door or call Debbie, 905336-4250. Peter C. McCusker · Oakville Beaver VON P O IN S bl HAS: F o r m o re th a n a d ec ad e , V O N H alto n v o lu n te e rs h av e d is trib u te d p o in se ttia s to clien ts in its F rie n d ly V isiting, S pecial S tep s a n d H ospice p ro g ra m . S how n fro m left a re B ette R ead , A n n e K ing, J a n e G rie sb a c h o f th e V O N w ith clien t E v ely n Ire la n d a n d Al F an jo y , P re sid e n t, B u rlin g to n N elson L io n s C lu b a n d K en R eid G e n e ra l M a n ag e r, O n ta rio F lo w er G ro w e rs C o o p e ra tiv e . T h is y ear, m o re th a n 300 p la n ts w ill be d eliv e re d th a n k s to th e g en ero sity o f B onnie F eeney o f O ak v ille, th e B u rlin g to n L ions C lu b a n d D avid R ule o f B u rlin g to n . unemployed business professionals, 8 a.m., in Mississauga. Speaker: Rose Alcamo, Conquering the Behavioral Interview. Members $5, non-members $10. Call 905339-0268 or www.happen.ca. VOICE fo r Hearing Impaired Children, support Group for parents of hearing impaired children, 7 p.m.. Hamilton Learning Centre. 1603 Main St. W,, Hamilton, featur ing John Humphries. Call 905-335-1069. Mills United Church, 3010 The College way at Winston Churchill, Mississauga. 7:30 p.m. Over 100 voices led by Artistic Director Noel Edison, Concert includes part of Messiah. Tickets: $30 each, from church office in advance. Call 905-820-9466. Selling Standing Timber Woodlot Workshop, 9 a.m. - noon, register at 8:30 a.m. Topics include: good forestry practices, how to sell standing timber, insect and dis ease concerns, forest regions of Halton. Cost: $10 includes lunch and optional afternoon guided tour of Mt. Nemo with a Conservation Halton Forestry staff member in the afternoon. Pre-register by calling Bill Gaines 905-336-1158 ext. 261 or e-mail bgaines@hrca.on.ca. Wear weather-appropriate clothing and footwear to participate in the guided hike. Visit Santa in ChristmasTown, Mountsberg. weekends to Dec. 21, 11 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Visit Santa in his country cabin in the woods at Mountsberg in Campbellville. Take a horse-drawn wagon ride to Santa's cabin, enjoy fresh holiday treats and a hot chocolate by the wood stove. Group reserva tions available - call 905-854-2276. Season o f the First Frost, Crawford Lake, weekends 10 am - 4 p.m. Scheduled tours of the 15th century Iroquoian Village at Crawford Lake, Milton. Check out the Visitors Centre and enjoy exhibits and dis plays while you enjoy hot drink. Explore sce- MONDAY DECEMBER 1 Over 300 volunteers required fo r gift wrapping. Starting Dec. 1 until Christmas Eve, Oakville Big Sisters will be wrapping gifts at Oakville Place. The Gift Wrap booth is located on the Upper Level at The Bay. Coat check service also available. Call 905338-0238. Students earn community hours. Tots and Us, program for caregivers of preschoolers, playtime, music, stories and snack, St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca, 10 a.m. Free. Call 905-845-3427. Oakville Osteoporosis Group meets at 12 noon, St. Michael's Church, 181 Sewell Dr., nor of QEW off McCraney. Pot luck lunch and auction. Bring favourite dish, plus unused items and baked goods for auction. Call Phyllis Spillone, 905-829-4863. f KEYBOARD CENTRE 20TM ANNIVERSARY SALE TO ALL OUR VALUED CUST0MERS...THANK YOU FOR TWENTY GREAT YEARS! FOUR DAYS ONLY! THURSDAYI I FRIDAY NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 27TH 28TH 10:00 AM10:00 AM8:30 PM I I 7:00 PM SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30TH 12:00 NOON ·8:30 PM SATURDAY NOV. 29 Billy Bishop Goes to War. benefit per formance at Trafalgar Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. Adults $20, students $15. Call 905-842-2800 for tickets and directions. Christmas Sale, 8 a.m. - noon. Rotary Towers, 17 Stewart - park at Oakwood School. White elephant, bake table, houseplants and crafts. Proceeds for seniors' gar den club at Rotary Towers. Oakville Community Centre For Peace, Ecology And Human Rights (OCCPEHR) is hosting a Bronte Creek Old Growth Forest Hike, 10 a.m. - noon. Nature walkers are to meet in the Laidlaw Schoolbus parking area on the north side of Dundas Street (Hwy. #5), on the east side of Bronte Creek Bridge between Bronte Road and Appleby Line. This walk is from low to moderate difficulty. A $5 per person donation is requested for the Nature Walk. For information, call 905-8495501 or visit www.oakvillepeacecentre.org. Mendelssohn Choir in Concert, Erin YAMAHA PIANO List $330 S A L E :$269" Special Sale Pnces cannot be combined with any other special olteis NO WOPEN SUN DAYS 12:00 · <00PM YAMAHA www.keyboardcentre.com STE V E L O A T E S YAMAHA GRANDS List $14500 2388 Fairview St, (west of Guelph Line) KEYBOARD CENTRE S A L E :$9588" 905-639-4465 petunss tor lustra** o nly. DEC. 2 5 - JA N . 1 X X Thu. D E C . 25 Fri. D E C . 26 Sat. D EC. 27 Sun. D E C . 28 Mon. D E C . 29 Tue. D E C . 30 Wed. D E C . 31 Thu. 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