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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, September 11, 2014 | 8 Get together for Family Dinner Night Chamber hosts all-candidates' meeting M&M Meat Shops is inviting residents to bring back the family dinner and possibly win free food in the process by participating in the Sept. 18 National Family Dinner Night Festivities. The meat giant noted its recent survey found due to the busy nature of people's lives, only 30 per cent of families sit down for dinner together every night. The same survey found 20 per cent of families eat dinner together two nights a week or fewer. "The decline of the family dinner is a disturbing trend," said Andy O'Brien, M&M Meat Shops CEO, in a press release. "While nourishment is important, dinner is so much more than the food you eat. Dinner is time spent together to talk to your loved ones and to acknowledge the value of every friend and family member at the table." Those who participate in the National Family Dinner Night by enjoying one sitdown family dinner on Sept. 18 could win one of three $100 M&M Meat Shops Gift Cards by sharing what they plan to on cooking at www. mmmeatshops.com. The Oakville Chamber of Commerce is hosting an all-candidates meeting and mayoral debate for residents to meet those running in the upcoming municipal election. The event will take place on Oct. 1 at the Oakville Conference Centre from 5-8:30 p.m. Candidates will be available to speak with the public from 5-7 p.m. A mayoral candidates debate will follow between 7-8:30 p.m. The Chamber will send invitations to all registered candidates requesting they attend the event. The municipal election is on Oct. 27, and prospective candidates have until Friday (Sept. 12) at 2 p.m. to register. For more news, visit www.oakvillebeaver.com www.oakville.ca New fitness centre now open! Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre One membership, endless activity. Join one fitness centre and enjoy all FOUR locations. · Glen Abbey Community Centre (1415 Third Line) · River Oaks Community Centre (2400 Sixth Line) · Iroquois Ridge Community Centre (1051 Glenashton Drive) · QEPCCC Fitness Centre (2302 Bridge Road) New lower price for a Full Fitness membership. Save and get more! Enjoy access to all fitness centre equipment, 75+ weekly fitness classes, whirlpool and saunas, squash and racquetball courts, recreational swimming and skating. Amenities vary by location. Now included with a Full Fitness membership: · Drop-in shinny hockey · Drop-in rock climbing · Drop-in Waterfit classes · Drop-in sports including basketball, badminton and volleyball Try four visits on us! Visit oakville.ca for details. Can your family swim to survive? Family Swim to Survive lessons provides families (parents or caregivers and their children ages 5+) with the necessary skills required to survive an unexpected fall into deep water. Certified instructors will teach you how to do a front roll into the water, tread water for two minutes, and swim 50-metres (two lengths of the pool). Lessons take place at Iroquois Ridge Community Centre and Centennial Pool. Remember how much fun it was to go exploring? Join us for some family fun and exercise on Oakville's beautiful trails and see what we can discover! Everyone is welcome. Led by a certified hike leader and outdoor enthusiast, the trail walks are about 1.5 kilometres long. Free pedometers will be given out to participants while quantities last. Strollers and baby carriers for young children are strongly recommended. Don't forget comfortable and sturdy shoes, water and your The Metro Marine building has design or physical value as a mid-20th century ship-building shed with a tall two storey simple shed form dominated by the large service doors on the north and south elevations. This type of building is rare and unique in Oakville and Bronte, which does not have many surviving industrial buildings associated with the historic ship-building industry. First as Northern Shipbuilding and then as Metro Marine, the building is intrinsically linked to Bronte's history of ship-building. Clad in white shingles, the building is a landmark in the Bronte community and is highly visible from the surrounding shorelines and also from two principal thoroughfares in Bronte Village: Lakeshore Family Swim to Survive Program The Family Swim to Survive program is offered as a preregistered three-week parented course for $6 per participant. Spaces are limited and first-come, first-served. Each person must register. This program is subsidized by the Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund as part of the Make Your Move Getting Families Active grant. Visit oakville.ca for more information. enthusiasm. Pets and bikes are not permitted. Rain or shine. See you there! Munn's Creek Trail: Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 10 a.m. Meet in the parking lot by the ball diamond at River Oaks Community Centre. Brays Trail: Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 10 a.m. Meet in the parking lot at Heritage Way Park. FREE Guided Trail Walks Notice of Intention to Designate Metro Marine 2508 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, Ontario PLAN M11, LOT 91 On September 8, Oakville Town Council resolved to pass a Notice of Intention to Designate the following property under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value and interest: Road and Bronte Road. Any objection to this designation must be filed no later than October 11, 2014. Objections should be directed to the Town Clerk, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario L6H 0H3. Any inquiries may be directed to Susan Schappert heritage planner at 905-845-6601, ext. 3870 (TTY 905-338-4200), or by email at susan.schappert@oakville.ca. The last date to file a notice of objection is October 11, 2014.