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Wednesday March 21, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B3 Community Update An Oakville Beaver Feature Contact Wilma Blokhuis: 845-3824 Ext 250 Fax: 337-5567 Email: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Please forward announcements for Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; call 8453824 Ext 250, Fax 337-5567 or email to blokhuis @ haltonsearch.com BEFORE NOON Monday to be included. Family History - Halton-Peel Branch of Ontario Genealogical Society presents a Colloquium on Saturday April 21 at Maple Grove United Church, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Theme: Crossings: Borders & Oceans. Speakers and vendors. Cost: $30, pre-registration by April 1 includes lunch. Call Dorothy Kew, 905-631-9060: or Jane Watt 905-813-7977 or email; jwatt@ica.net. Oakville Chapter, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario holds CPR Training Session on March 31, St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School, Nottinghill Gate and Upper Middle, 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., with Halton Region Ambulance - Emergency Medical Service paramedics and army of trained CPR instructors. Registration limited to 160 people at a cost of $10 per person. Participants must be in good health and at least 12 years of age. Participants must pre-register and pre-pay before March 23 to secure a place. Call Lesley at 905-8252147, or Morena at 905-634-7732. Oakville Salvation Army is looking for volunteers for its Red Shield Spring Campaign. Call JoAnn at 905-825-9208 Ext. 135. Learn the Language o f Deaf Canadians - Canadian Hearing Society offering classes in American Sign Language in Mississauga and Milton. Register during week of March 19. Classes begin week of April 9. Call Gail Kerr, 905-608-0271 voice; 905608-1691 TTY; or email gkerr@peel.chs.ca Halton Family Services offering Parenting After Separation & Children and Divorce (ages 6 to 13) beginning March 26, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Eight-week group program offers parents and children practical approach to gaining information and skills to help them adjust. Interviews March 22. Call 905845-3811. Oakville Bereavement Centre/Halton Family Services 844-7864 - two organizations will share proceeds equally. Bowlers wanted: Kelsey' s Bowl fo r Kids Sake, in support of Big Brothers of Halton, April 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bowlerama Oakville, Trafalgar Village. Teams of five will collect pledges. Call Susan Smith, Bowl for Kids Sake co-ordinator, 905-339-2355. Wellspring, Cancer Support Centre, 2545 Sixth Line, offers a Drop-in Relaxation and Visualization session on Friday 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call 257-1988 or drop-in for a session. Canadian Red Cross, Oakville, has variety of volunteer opportuni ties. Urgent need for drivers with own car, two to four hours once or twice a week, or join disaster ser vices team, speakers bureau, board, or youth council. Call Donna McDermott at 845-5241. WEDNESDAY MARCH 21 Dessert Bridge fo r Seniors, The Kensington, 25 Lakeshore W., 1:30 p.m. Bring a partner, free admis sion. RSVP, Diane. 844-4000. Family History Workshop Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Churchill Place, 345 Church St., half-hour demonstration seminar on "how to" successfully scrapbook family's memories. Free. Call Carrie or Elaine at 905-338-3311 to register. The Oakville Team o f CBMC Canada (Christian Businessmen's Committee) meet at 12 noon for lunch at the Quality Hotel, QEW and Bronte Road. Speaker: Gerry Organ, executive director, CBMC Canada, former businessman and retired professional football player with Ottawa Rough Riders. Cost: $15 each. Call Clarence Kustra, 845-5048. Parent Watch, for parents of children who are sad, truant, abus ing drugs, threatening, running away, in trouble with the law, bul lied or making poor choices, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Tansley United Church, 2111 Walkers Line, Burlington. Call Ray Pidzamecky, 905-3199026. Visit www.parent-watch.com Wednesday Fun Runs, 7 p.m., at The Running Company, 118 Thomas St. Free. Call 905-8151952. Euchre every Wednesday at Bronte Legion, 79 Jones, 7:30 p.m. Glen Abbey Toastmasters Club meets Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. at St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas St. at Fourth Line. Visit www.glenabbeytoastmasters.com or call 905-338-1435. THURSDAY MARCH 22 Halton Peel AFAF (Francophone business women), dinner conference, Michael's Back Door, 1715 Lakeshore, Mississauga, 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Danielle Bean, Internet strategies for business. Cost: $25 ($33 non members) RSVP: Rital Holmes, 905-822-3677. (Meeting conducted in French.) Line Dancing at Maple Grove United Church hall, for newcomers and children 10 and older, 7 to 9 p.m. Cost: $5. Call Bonnie, 905845-8189 or walk in. Oakville Strutters meets Thursday nights for 60-minute `stress busters' fitness walk. Walk to Holyrood Park and back, (plus optional half-hour walk through Old Oakville and Lakeside Park.) Coffee afterwards. Meet at Oakville Central Library main front doors, Lakeshore and Navy, at new time, 7 p.m. Free. Bring flashlights. Call Patti Crichton, 905-338-2751. Thinking of becoming a good speaker? First Oakville Toastmasters meets every Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at Knights of Columbus Hall, -'1494 Wallace. Every third Thursday is dinner meeting at different locations. Call 905-827-4632 or 905-825-4264. Bible Reading Group, new group starting at All is Well Bookshop, 242 Kerr, Thursdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. Gain insight into the teachings of New Testament by comparing passages from Old Testament. Call All is Well Bookshop. 849-6868. Also To God With Angels workshop, March 28, 7 to 8:30 p.m., at same bookshop. FRIDAY MARCH 23 Shabbat Across Canada - tens of thousands of Jews will gather at synagogues across North America to eat, drink, relax, dance, enjoy, debate and celebrate 5th annual Shabbat Across Canada, national historic event, a project of Shabbat Across America, 6 p.m., Shaarei Beth El, 186 Morrison Rd. Call 905-849-6000. Oakville Guild o f the Canadian Opera Company presents Iain Scott, talented music commentator, commenting on Serious Mozart at The Granary, 100 Lakeshore E, 8 p.m. Cost: $5. All opera fans wel come. Call 905-845-4918. Halton VON Foot Care Clinic, Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre, 263 Kerr St., 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: $20. By appointment only, call 905-815-5966. Miss Begotten, March 23 and 24, 8 p.m., Burlington Little Theatre, powerful play about the life of Diane Ester, incest survivor, fundraiser for Women's Centre. For tickets, call 905-847-9104. Have you lost a loved one? Bereavement Group, Trinity United Church, 1250 McCraney, Fridays 9 a.m. Everyone welcome. Call Babs Hodgson, 905-844-0573. Time Together - 30 months to 5 years: Crafts, songs and fun for parents and children, Fridays, 9 to 10:15 a.m. at Oakville Parent Child Centre, 337 Kerr, 905-849-6366. SATURDAY MARCH 24 Spin the Web - The Oakville Internet Show, noon to 4 p.m., Oakville Public Library, 2nd floor, 120 Navy. Displays, demonstra tions, special officers from exhibitors. Call 905-815-2044. Monthly Potluck, held fourth Saturday of each month by OASIS for single parents, Meadowvale. Guest speakers, childcare provided. Call 905-812-9067. Also A Different Road, seminars for sepa rated & divorced, childcare provid ed. Call 1-905-873-3033 or visit www.adifferentroad.com Come Play With Me - 2 to 4 year olds: Create something won derful together at Saturday morning of crafts, painting and songs, Saturdays, 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Oakville Parent Child Centre. 337 Kerr St. Call 905- 849-6366. SUNDAY MARCH 25 Family History Research Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, regulai^eeting will be held at Chinguacousy Branch Library, lower leveL 150 Central Park Dr. Bramalea, 2 p.m. Speaker: David Morris, portraying Tecumseh. Visitors are welcome. Running Room Run Club - join Canada's largest run club. Membership is free. Weekly runs Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 8:30 a.m. from the Running Room, 156 Lakeshore Rd. E. Variety of measured routes. Call 905-844-2300. Photo by Erin Riley Audrey Almeida holds a plate of Jalabi and Barfi, traditional Indian sweets at the Adult Learning Centre in Oakville. As part of a recent World Religion class, students prepared meals representing different nationalities and religions studied in class, will have spring bereavement group Canadian Orpheus Male Choir for anyone who has lost a loved with guest soloist Monica Lin Ling one, running eight weeks, 905-845- and Oakville Christian Youth Choir 3811. entertain April 7, 7:30 p.m., at Good Grief Group, bereave Oaklands Regional Centre, 53 ment support to anyone over 17, Bond St. Tickets $15; $13 for runs eight weeks on Thursdays seniors over 60 and students under starting April 5, 7 to 9 p.m. Free, 15. Refreshments afterwards, meet however must commit to attend all choir. Call Community Living eight sessions. Call Judy Daudlin, Oakville, 905-844-0146; or 905-828-8000. Oaklands Regional Centre, 905- S W E E T TR E A T S : J--! C D J V I E A U R A G e t the R esu lts Y o u W a n t , at a P ric e Y o u C a n A ffo r d ! 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To Join Call · S o lid W o o d B o o k s h e lv e s · C h o ic e o f 6 Finish C o lo rs 844-1610 We Make Fitness Ea«yl · Loss Leader Priced at $395.00 275 Speers Rd., Oakville (just east of Dorval Dr.) 9 0 5 -3 3 8 -5 0 3 3 or toll free: 1-877-363-7773 l l N a u tilu s Voted Oakville's Rest Fitness Club 1008, 1000,2000 NAUTILUS SPORTS/MEDICAL INC. 11 LAKESHORE RD. W,, OAKVILLE Brunch Join us at Hampton's Restaurant located in the Quality Hotel & Suites for Easter Brunch Sunday April 15th. An elaborate buffet extravaganza with the Easter Bunny to take the kids on an Easter egg hunt and after let them enjoy our activity area where they can color and play. Buffet Includes: Carvery of Ham & Prime Rib · Scrambled Eggs · Bacon & Sausage Pancakes · Tossed & Caesar Salad · Seafood Salads Smoked Salmon Platters · Assortment of Fine World Cheeses Pasta of the Day · Homestyle Potatoes · Fresh Garden Vegetables Home Baked Breads · Muffins, Croissants, Danishes French Pastries, Tortes, Cakes, Pies · Glass of Chilled Mimosa, Coffee or Tea ^ a u n o n i a $18.99 per person Children 12 and under half price Children under 5 eat free We will be offering two seatings for our brunch. The 10:30 A.M. Brunch will be available until 12:30 P.M. A 1:30 P.M. Brunch will be available until 3:30 P.M. Please call 847-6667 extension 1102 to book your reservation. The regular breakfast menu will not be served this day. HAMPTON'6 Restaurant dr Pub 8 4 7 -1 5 6 6 754 Bronte Rd. (in s id e th e Q u a lit y H o t e l) T a k e o u -B » ' A Public Health Project. Ptioto used w ith permission from N orth Bay and District Health Unit