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Contact: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Please forward announcements for Update to Wilma Hlokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 4(7 Speers Rd.. Oakville, Ont. 1 /> K3S4; Fax 905-337-5567, email blokhuis@haltonseareli.com, or call 905-845-3X24 Ext. 250. BEFO RE NOON Monday to be included. Notices are listedfree of charge. WEDNESDA Y FEBRU A RY 26 Oakville African Violet Society, 7:30 p.m.. While Oaks Secondary School. 1055 McCraney, use west side entrance north of greenhouse. Visitors welcome. Call Barbara Post. 905-845-1550. Oakville Historical Society presents talk on the great English Admiral Horatio Nelson by Dr. Grahame Owen. Learn about Nelson's impact on Oakville and Halton. Knox Presbyterian Church. Dunn and Lakeshore. 7:30 p.m. Free admission, refreshments. Hlakelock's Winter Gala. 7 -10:30 p.m. and will be held at T. A. Blakelock High School. Evening for staff, students and fam ilies, and all the money raised will be going to Hospital for Sick Children. Canadian Cancer Society and Reach For the Skye. Music, dancing, food and entertainment. Linda Leatherdale (financial analyst from Toronto Sun and Citytv. Kellie Kay and Joan Gibb from Cancer Society will attend. Fred Astaire Dance Studios' competitive dance team show, 8 p.m. Ongoing raffle. Cholesterol and Your Heart, free semi nar. 7 p.m. at Galaxy Banquet Hall. Speaker: Dr. Michael Heffeman. cardiologist. Call 905-338-4379 to reserve a seat. Hollyhock Caregivers Support, infor mal monthly meeting of family caregivers wanting to connect with others for mutual support and sharing of ideas and resources, 1-3 p.m. on fourth Wednesday of month. CARP - Canada's Association for the Fifty Plus, Halton Chapter, 7:30 p.m., Burlington Seniors Centre. 2185 New St.. at Seneca. Burlington (Central Park). Speaker: Dr. Madi Husain, director, research and development. Zenon Environmental, How Safe is Your Drinking Water. Guests wel come. Call Harry. 905-335-5717. Wednesday Evening Fun Runs meet at The Running Company, 118 Thomas St.. at 7 p.m. for 5K. 7K and longer courses. Free. Call 905-815-1952. TU I RSI)A Y FEBR U A R Y 27 l)r. Fraser Mustard, founder and presi dent of The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). and co-chair of Ontario's Early Years Study (1999) speaks to Canadian Club of Halton Peel, at Oakville Conference Centre 2515 Wyecroft, (QEW & Bronte Rd.). Cash Bar 6 p.m.. dinner 7 p.m. Members $28. non-members and guests $38. Call 905-845-2862. e-mail: rjtpreston@cogeco.ea or visit www.canadianclub.ca. Volunteer meeting for 12th annual Earth Week Clean Up on April 26 at 30 local nature sites. 7:30-9 p.m.. at Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights, 148 Kerr St. Call Paul Dankowich, 905-849-5501, or e-mail volunteer@oakvillepeacecentre.org or visit www.oakvillepeacecentre.org. Halton And Peel Professional Executive Network (H A PPEN ) networking support group for unemployed business pro fessionals. 8 a.m.. in Mississauga. Speaker: Judy Suke, Creating a Powerful Personal Infomercial. Members $5. non-members $10. Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca. F RIDAY FEBR U A R Y 2X Child Find KidCheck, free child identi fication program at Once Upon a Child, 2423 Trafalgar. Feb. 28. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., and March 1 ,1 - 4 p.m. For information, call Child Find at 905-842-5353 for visit w\yw.ontario.childfind.ca. Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners information meeting, 1:30-4 p.m., Oakville Senior Citizens Recreation Centre. 263 Kerr. For information, call Rosina and Hugh Stoddart. 905-847-8095. Viva St. Vincent! An evening with St. Vincent Community in support of classroom and library resources and outdoor play improvements, 7:30 p.m. to midnight at 707 Galaxy Club. 475 North Service Rd. E. Admission of $60 includes two Viva draw tickets, two wine/beer tickets, light food and desserts, fun casino and silent auction. 1 5 per cent of the net proceeds go to Fareshare Foodbank. serving the needs of 250 families each month in Oakville. Contact Brenda Phelan. 905-339-1393. or Tim Wade. 905849-8926 for tickets. Halton VON Foot Care Clinic, Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre. 263 Kerr St., I 4 p.m. Cost: $20. By appointment only, call 905-815-5966. Advice to Business Owners : local volun teer group of experienced business people offering practical and profitable advice to small and medium sized business owners. Meetings held every Friday. Call 905-3811999 or visit www.businessadvisory.com. SATURDAY MARCH I legends - A Tribute to the Superstars, fundraiser for Halton Women's Place. Burlington Convention Centre, 1120 Burloak north of QEW. Martini reception and auction item viewing. 5:30 p.m.. dinner 7 p.m. More than 4(X) raffle, silent and live auction items. Cost: $90 each, call 905-3321200 ext. 244. Sweet Sounds for A Saturday Afternoon with Oakville Children's Choir. Glenda Crawford, music director. 3 p.m.. Calvary Baptist Church. 1215 Lakeshore W. COMMUNITY UPDATE Tyler Anderson · Special to the Beaver Daniel Yang practices his breakdandng during the Valentine's Day I)ance-a-thon held at St. Joan of A rc Catholic School in West Oak Trails. The day long event - the school's first fundraiser - raised $9,000, surpassing the $7,000 goal. The money w ill be used for playground equipment and to buy library books. A HEART FELT FUNDRAISER: Concert will feature the Cherub. Intermediate, Senior and Chamber Choir. Guest performance by the Appleby Jazz Combo, under the direction of Leslie Stewart. The massed choir features 150 voices. Tickets $10 at the door of by calling 905-337-7104. IJttle Explorers Co-op Preschool Open House at St Cuthbert's Church. 1541 Oakhill at Maplegrove.10 a.m. -12 p.m. Children explore a sampling of everyday activities while parents learn about the advantages of not-for-profit school. For more information call 905-842-7989 (Formerly St Cuthbert's Co-op Nursery School.) Mississauga Seniors Art Club annual show of watercolours at Springbank Art Centre. Mississauga Road and Dundas Street. March I. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and March 2, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Super Saturday Morning Fun Runs, meet 8 a.m. at The Running Company. 118 Thomas St., 5K. 7K and longer runs. Free. Call 905-815-1952. John Idling Singers will perfonn a spe cial concert on March 1 . entitled A Garland of Song, at Burlington's St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 2600 Headon Forest Drive, Burlington, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost S20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, and $10 for children. Reserve tickets for pick-up by calling St. Paul's Church at 905-33281 22, or e-mail pshewchenko@yahoo.ca. March is Maple Syrup Month - Maple Syrup Festival weekends in March plus March Break. March 10 - 14. Pancakes, wagon rides, Synip History Trail. Candy Shanty. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Pancake House hours, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 905-827-6911 . Sweetwater Season, Crawford Lake, weekends to April 13, and daily during March Break. March 8 - 16. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Native style maple demonstrations in the reconstructed Iroquoian Village. Enjoy combread dripping with fresh maple syrup, seasonal discovery hunt and crafts. SUNDAY MARCH 2 Youth on Broadway at Walton Memorial United Church, Lakeshore and Bronte, directed by Linda Fletcher, featuring music from Grease. Oliver. Wizanl of Oz. 7 p.m. Special guest Tyler Seidenberg. Tickets S8 each. $25 family, call 905-827-1643. March 2 is last day to register for March support group and seminar run by Separated Anonymous, call 905-338-9879. Meetings held Thursdays 7-10 p.m. Flapjack Olympics Mountsberg. Catch the Olympic spirit with a series of fun. pan cake-related events. Who will take home the 1 st place ribbon in the pancake obstacle course, the high Hipping event, and the pan cake stack? Also, full maple syrup program. Soaring With The Spirit - The Liturgically Hip, 50 teenaged singers, dancers and musicians, at Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre. Mississauga. 3 p.m. Unique and lively blend of gospel, jazz roots, and traditional music. Tickets $28. $25 and $23. available from Living Arts Centre Box Office, 905-306-6000 or on-line at www.livingarts.on.ca. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office ticket window on Sunday, starting at 1:30 p.m. Proceeds go to New Church Development Fund to sup port the building of churches in new resi dential areas of Oakville. 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