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2002 United Way of Oakville Campaign Contact: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Please forw ard announcements fo r Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; Fax 905-337-5567, em ail blokhuis@haltonsearch.com, or call 905-845-3824 Ext. 250, BEFORE NOON Monday to be included. Notices are listed free o f charge. Women' s Centre. Hopedale Mall, Ste. 210, has Women's Employment Network Job Search Strategies:, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. - 12 noon; no cost; Celebrating Anger, Oct. 1. 1-3 p.m. (4 weeks); cost $35; Building SelfEsteem. Oct. 1, 10 a.m. - 12 noon (4 weeks); cost $35. Separation/Divorce, Oct. 3, 7-9 p.m. (8 weeks), no cost. Call 905847-5520. Siblings Without Rivalry, 4 - 8 years, four-week session starting Oct. 2, a pro gram based on the book Siblings Without Rivalry, offers new hope to parents o f squabbling children. -Learn about simple and effective strategies to teach children to get along. Childcare available for newborn to 5 years. Registration is required. Call Oakville Parent-Child Centre, an Ontario Early Years Centre, 905-849-6366. Car Rally, Dinner Dance and Silent Auction - Oakville Cyclones Fundraiser, Oct. 5. Boys U15 Prem ier Division soccer champions going to Europe. Rally; 2:30 p.m. Cocktails; 6:30 p.m. Dinner: 7 p.m. Cash bar. For Tickets call Cathy Raiskums 905-842-2564. Tickets cost $40 per person. If rallying is not your scene, enjoy evening o f dining and dancing at elegant Oakville location. Oakville Historical Society Historical Walking Tours concludes two-hour guided walks,2 p.m., at society's office, 110 King. Cost: $10. Main Street o f Old Oakville Walking Tour. Oct. 6. Call 905-844-2695. Oakville Christian Youth Choir, for ages 13 - 22, invites members to its rehearsals at Knox Presbyterian Church, 6:30-8:30 p.m. If interested, call director Christel Kirstein at 905-469-1176. J H urting M arriage t R etrouvaille, process to heal and renew troubled mar riages, focusing on comm unication and rediscovering themselves and their mar riage relationship, on Oct. 18, 19 and 20 in Burlington. Call 905-825-0791 or 519-7638575. If you are grieving the loss o f a beloved pet and need to talk to someone who under stands the love you feel for your pet and your pain, please call the Halton/Peel Pet Loss Support Group, regardless o f where you live, for confidential telephone/email support. M ississauga, 905-272-4040; Oakville, 905-842-2252; Burlington 905637-5233 and ask to leave a message for the pet loss support group. E-mail: petloss@sympatico.ca or visit www.mississaugapets.com/petloss.html. Gallery Shop in Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E,, has handcrafted items by Canadian artists for sale, T hursday to Sunday, 1-5 p.m . Project o f Oakville Galleries Volunteers. Call 905-844-3460. SENACA Seniors Day Program has openings in day, evening and overnight pro grams for frail elderly, physically and cog nitively challenged adults living in the com munity. Individual and group activities including music, intergenerational games, carpet bowling, manicures and socializa tion. Call Wendy McBride at 905-337-8937 or visit www.geocities.com/senaca_ca/. Oakville Kiwanis Meals on Wheels is looking for volunteers to deliver hot or frozen meals. Volunteers require two hours one day a week on regular or occasional basis. Hot meals delivered M onday to Friday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., and frozen meals 9:15 - 11:15 a.m. on Wednesdays. Training provided. Call Judy Bindon or Connie Dyksterhuis at 905-842-1411 weekdays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wellspring Save-a-tape Fundraiser help support Wellspring by bringing or mailing A&P, Dominion, Ultra-Mart, or Save-a-Centre cash register tapes (pharma cy and grocery) to Wellspring, 2545 Sixth Line, Oakville, ON, L6Z 4B4. Wellspring gets $ 1 for every $450 in tapes collected. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 Oakville Historical Society presents talk on Rise o f Victorian Asylums by Dr. David W right at Knox Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. Free admission, donations welcome. Retired Women Teachers o f Ontario, Oakville branch, Fall Luncheon, Oakville G olf Club. Business meeting 10 a.m., lunch noon. Speaker: Susan Sheppard, executive director, Bronte B utterfly Foundation. W eekender clothing presentation by Gloria Kidston. Call Joan Bowyer, 905-339-1038. Winners Circle, Conversations with C an ada' s Top E ntrepreneurs luncheon speaker series is back with Autumn 2002 series. Speaker: Bruce Simmonds, founder of ClubLink Corp., 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at RattleSnake G olf Club, Milton. The Turn Around Man - Turning Losers into Winners. Call 905-465-2246 or visit www.excelleadershipgroup.com Oakville African Violet Society, 7:30 p.m., White Oaks Secondary School, 1055 McCraney, use west side entrance north of greenhouse. Visitors welcome. Call Barbara Post, 905-845-1550. An introductory dinner for the renowned Alpha Course - practical introduction to Christianity, will be held at St Hilda's Church, 1258 Rebecca St, (between Third and Fourth lines), 7 - 9 p.m. (sharp). Free. RSVP to Gord Clark at 416-569-3470. Menopause - Alternatives to H RT talk, 7:30 p.m., Oakville Naturopathic Clinic, 127 Trafalgar, with Dr. Darlene Ahenakew, ND. Free, must register, call Leslie Scott, 905-844-7718. Public invited to attend a free education al program of National Ovarian Cancer Association titled Listen to the Whispers, 7 p.m. at the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial H ospital in partnership with Canadian C ancer Society (O akville Unit), and Wellspring. Call 905-338-4379 to reserve. CARP - C anada' s Association fo r the Fifty Plus, Halton, 7:30 p.m.. Burlington Seniors Centre, 2185 New at Seneca (C entral Park). Presentation by CARP Travel personnel on saving dollars on trav el plans. Call Harry, 905-335-5717. Cabin Fever is offered at Sixth Line location of Oakville Parent Child Dentre on Wednesdays, 4:45 - 6:45 p.m. A drop-in for parents, caregivers and children newborn to five, which offers a fun time out. Playroom offers playdough, toys, books and puzzles. Registration not required. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26 GAIA E nvironm ental Spirituality Group will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. to dis cuss and share the co-relation between spir ituality, growth and the Earth. The first meeting will focus on how to protect the environment as a spiritual being. To attend, call Tania or Caroline at 905-847-6439 ext 2. Free admission. VOICE f o r H earing Im paired C hildren, support group, meets last Thursday o f each month September to June at Appleby United Church, Burlington. 7 p.m. Call 905-335-1069. Osteoporosis - N ot Just a Loss o f Calcium talk, 7:30 p.m ., Oakville Naturopathic Clinic, 127 Trafalgar, with Dr. Darlene Ahenakew, ND. Free, must regis ter, call Leslie Scott. 905-844-7718. O akville Fibrom yalgia Chronic Fatigue (FM, CFS ME) Support Group being revived. Meeting 7:30 - 9 p.m. at Alternatives Market, 579 Kerr north of Speers. Call Carol, 905-465-0240 or e-mail COMMUNITY UPDATE OUR GOAL $3.3 m illion Way For more into: 845-5571 Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver, FASHIONABLE CHEQUE: Shirley Ja n e Scarfo. left, and L a u ra Scarfo of M ainstream present a cheque for $1,00Q to A lan W hitem an of the O T M H C h aritab le C o rp o ratio n . The m oney was raised at a store fashion show. c.guest@ sympatico.ca. A Tribute to Rosemary Clooney, with WAVE 94.7 midday host, Vickie van Dyke and special guests M onkey House, Geraldo's at La Salle Park, Burlington, 7 p.m. Silent auction, raffles, draws, light refreshments, and cash bar. Fundraiser for Fragile X Research Foundation of Canada. Tickets cost $25 in advance, available at Abbozzo Gallery in Oakville or e-mail vickie@wave947.fm, or $30 at the door. Fragile X is world's most common inherit ed developmental disorder, affecting one in 1,200 males and one in 2,500 females with intellectual impairment. H alton-Peel AFAF F rancophone Business Women' s Association dinner con ference, 6 p.m.. Hilton Garden Inn, 2774 South Sheridan Way (QEW and South Service Road). Speaker: Heather Hiscox, CH-TV anchorwoman, history of women in television. RSVP by Sept. 20. Cost: $25 mem bers, $35 non-m embers. Call Rita Holmes. 905-822-3677. Peel Halton O ccupational Health Nurses Association meeting, Mississauga Central Library at 6:30 p.m. 2nd floor, 301 Bumhamthorpe Rd. W., Mississauga, call 905 615-3500. Speaker: Helen Kulikawski, Certified Psychiatric and mental health nurse, Psychiatric Case M anagem ent. Everyone welcome. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 W omen's Support and Inform ation Centre o f Halton, has workshop, Dream Yourself Awake, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.. at Oakville Central Library, Navy Street. Cost $20. Call 905-847-9104 to register. Halton VON F oot Care Clinic, Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre, 263 Kerr St., 1 - 4 p.m. Cost: $20. By appoint ment only, call 905-815-5966. Coed Volleyball: experienced adult players for Friday nights 8 -10 p.m. at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. Some spots still available (September -June). For more info call 905-337-7220. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28 O akville Clean A ir Picnic and Environmental Fair, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., River Oaks School, 2173 Munns Ave. W., organized by Peace Centre to raise aware ness o f the health and environm ental impacts of smog and climate change, and to bring the community together to improve air quality. Pack a healthy picnic lunch and bicycle, take Bus 19 or 30, walk, cycle, skateboard, or carpool. Meet local environ mental activists and governmental repre sentatives. Keynote speaker is Jack Gibbons of Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Free apples and hemp ice cream for all. Lions Foundation o f Canada D og Guides Open House, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., 150 Wilson at Rebecca. Dog Guide demonstra tions by all three programs - Special Skills Dogs o f Canada, Hearing Ear Dogs of Canada and Canine Vision Canada. Also, foster families needed for puppies. Call 905-842-2891. Variante Harp & Flute Duo in concert at Walton M em orial United Church, Lakeshore and Bronte Roads, 7:30 - 9 p.m. Tickets. $10, call Brenda Stratton, 905-8255813 or church office, 905-827-1643. Giant Garage Sale and Car Wash, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., at Queen Elizabeth Park School parking lot, 2301 Yolanda. Spot rentals, $15 each, call Anne Hughes 905847-5223 or Sandy Robertson, 905-8252327. Refreshments. All proceeds to QEP students. Oakville Church o f the Nazarene, 320 B ronte Rd., invites the com m unity to Family Fun Fest, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free food, games, and prizes. Fun for the whole family. For more information, phone 905827-2692. South Peel Naturalists ' Club Field Trip to Cootes Paradise, Royal Botanical Gardens, and surrounding area for birds focusing on fall migrants and waterfowl. Layered clothing and water proof footwear recommended. Bring lunch if you intend to stay all day. Be prepared a long, flat but dif-J ficult walk. Meet 8 a.m. at Bronte Pooled parking lot southeast com er of Bronte and QEW. Call 905-823-1973 or 905 820-2571, Garage Sale fo r Free the Children. & a.m. - 1 p.m., T. A. Blakelock High School^ 1160 Rebecca. Free the Children raise? funds to build schools in Second and Third World countries to give families alternative to selling children into child slavery. Fifth annual G arlic Festival, St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church. 262 Maple Grove, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Garlic, perogies, cabbage rolls, kobassa, baked goods and hot, lunches. Also beer garden, and live entertainment by Barabolla, jazz duo, and Ukrainian dancers. Vendors - stained glass, ceramics, crystal, beadwork and garlic. Milton Farm Craft Show, Sept. 28 and 29, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Country Heritage Park, 8560 Tremaine. Milton. Call 1-888-307-' FARM (3276). Saturday Fun at Oakville Parent Child Centre. Enjoy a special time with your child in a creative play environment, at Sixth Line and Kerr Street locations, 9:30 -11:30 a.m., for children newborn to five years. Registration is not required. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29 Harvest Festival at Thomas House, Lakeside Park, hosted by Oakville Historical Society, 1 - 4 p.m. Enjoy hot apple cider. Home made jam s, preserves and baked goods for sale. Craft demonstra tions and children's activities. Oakville Peace Concert featuring local folk musicians, and Innu speakers from Labrador, 2 - 4:30 p.m., at Church o f the Incarnation, 1240 O ld Abbey Lane, at Dorval north of QEW. Admission $5. Oakville Suzuki Association will be staging it's Welcoming Concert and Annual General Meeting at Glen Abbey United Church, Nottinghill Gate and Upper Middle Road, 3:30 p.m. Hear student music and discover the opportunities available for musical instruction for young people. Cheeseburger, Value Drink, Value Fries, Value Onion Rings, Value Milkshake