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B2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 1, 2000 COMMUNITY UPDATE Your source f o r w e e k l y Please forward announcements fo r Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers R d, Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; call 845-3824 Ext. 250, Fax 337-5567 or email to blokhuis@haltonsearch.com BEFORE NOON Monday to be included WEDNESDAY MARCH 1 Come with your questions about the pro posed new national party, the Canadian Alliance, St. Volodymyr's Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas W. at Fourth Line, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Jason Kenney, MP for Calgary. An Evening o f Blues - Jazz Nite, with Alex Pangman, Canada's Swing Sweetheart, at Sharkey's, Forsythe and Lakeshore, 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets $15, fundraiser for Canadian Mental Health Association - CMHA Halton's Youth Suicide Awareness Program. Parents o f Children with Cancer, selfhelp support group for families dealing with childhood cancer, 7 p.m., Cancer Society office, 635 Fourth Line, Unit 51. New fam ilies welcome. Call 842-3682. Halton-Peel Pet Loss Support Group meets`first and third Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. Difficulty coping with loss of pet, struggling with pre-euthanasia deci sion, call 842-2252, 272-4040 or 637-5233. Kerr Street Ensemble needs additional string and woodwind players. The group meets at Kerr Street Senior Citizens' Centre on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Contact Annie Pindal at 827-6309 or Paul Lancaster at 469-0857. Oakville Strutters - fun fitness walks, downtown to Gairloch Gardens and back, 60 to 90-minute walk. Cafe/pub visit after wards. Meet at Oakville Central Library main doors, Lakeshore and Navy, 7:15 p.m. Call Patti Crichton, 338-2751. Wednesday Evening Fun Runs, for beginner and veteran runners, meets 7 p.m., at The Running Company, 118 Thomas St. Free. Call 815-1952. THURSDAY MARCH 2 East Oakville Community Adult Centre meets at Maple Grove United Church, 346 Maplegrove at 1 p.m. for cards, games and refreshments. Thelma Perras, 844-5584. Halton VON Foot Care Clinic, Oak ville Seniors Centre, 263 Kerr, 1 to 4 p.m. American Women's Club, open to all US-bum and naturalized citizens, meets 9:30 a.m. at Glen Abbey United Church, Nottinghill Gate and Upper Middle. Speaker: Marcia Small, feng shui instructor. Babysitting, RSVP call Phyllis, 569-9350. Mississauga Camera Club, 8 p.m., Port Credit Library, 20 Lakeshore E., Mississauga. Presentation by Ralph Brunner, Competitive & Interpretive Nature Photography. Call 625-3071. Halton Central Chapter, BNI, meets every Thursday at the Dynasi Restaurant, 399 Dundas W., 7 to 8:30 a.m., visitors wel come. For information and reservations, call John Seaga, 257-9463. FRIDAY M ARCH 3 World Day o f Prayer service, 1:30 p.m., St. James Roman Catholic Church, 231 Morden Rd. Theme `Young Women Stand Up!' written by women of Indonesia. Many local participating Christian churches. Youth Dance, for kids in Grades 6,7 and 8, Knox Presbyterian Church, Dunn and Lakeshore, 7 to 10 p.m. DJ and prizes. Cost: $7. Bring five friends and you get in free. For west end Oakville and Bronte resi dents, World Day o f Prayer, 1:30 p.m., at St. Elizabeth Anglican Church, 5324 Bromley Rd. (a block north of Lakeshore Road between Kenwood and Hampton Heath Road); and 7.30 p.m. at Burlington Salvation Army Citadel, 2090 Prospect St., Burlington. All are welcome, and refresh ments after service. Liturgy prepared by Christian women of Indonesia, theme is `Young woman, stand up!' Oakville Single/Social Dance every Friday at the Oakville Royal Canadian Legion, Normandy Room, Church and Navy. Admission $10. Proceeds through Branch 114 to charities. Dancing 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Cash door prizes and refresh ments. Dress code. Call 845-6271. SATURDAY M ARCH 4 Dream-a-Thon, 12-hour field hockey game, fundraiser for Dreams Take Flight, hosted by Oakville Field Hockey Club, St. Thomas Aquinas High School^starting 9 a.m., in school gym. Dreams Take Right takes terminally ill and disabled children to Disney World for a day. Call John Picone, 827-4850; or Vinnie Di Rollo, 847-1843. Single Adults Alive invites singles to Winter Holiday Night featuring the Caribbean music of Winston Neale and his steel band. Plus special fun in the sun activ ities and an authentic Caribbean late evening snack buffet. Cost $15. Location: Chartwell Fellowship Hall, 228 Chartwell Rd. Call 842-5976. Oakville Suzuki Association's 8th annu al Chamber M usic Festival, March 4th and 5th, Glen Abbey United Church, Upper Middle and Nottinghill Gate. Call Margaret Taylor, 849-6911. Composer-pianist Gerry Tymstra in concert with ensemble and Tempus Choir at St. John's United Church, Dunn and Randall, 7:30 p.m., in support o f Ian Anderson House. For tickets, call St. John's Church, 845-0551; or call 416-378-1728. Big Sisters has 20 girls waiting to be matched - volunteers are needed to make weekly three-hour commitment to girls aged 4 to 17. Training and orientation at Big' Sister office, 61 Lakeshore W,, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call Fiona or Karen, 338-0238. SUNDAY M ARCH 5 Third annual Bereavem ent Walk to Remember, fundraiser for Bereaved Families of Ontario, Halton-Peel, Oakville Place. Registration 9:30 a.m. walk at 10 a.m. Pledge sheets at Shoppers Drug Mart, Oakville Place, Upper Oakville Shopping Centre, Hopedale and Speers & Kerr. Last year's walk raised $6,000. First 200 regis trants receive free T-shirt. Call 507-2200. Lamp M aking Workshop, Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate, 8 Navy, 1:30 to 4 p.m., with Rozanne Brown of Oakville's Paper Boutique. Pre-registration required, $40 per person including materials - pre-cut and drilled wooden square lamp base, snapon electrical hardware, chandelier bulb, and handmade paper for shade. Call 338-4400. ORMTA - Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association, Hamilton Halton branch, holds workshop demonstration, Memorization & Stylistic Performance with Dr. Tiiu Haamer, 2 to 4:30 p.m., St. Simon's Church, 1450 Litchfield. Registration 1:30 p.m. Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for students, payable at the door. Disney Dazzle, featuring youth and junior choirs directed by Linda Fletcher and Jeff MacLean, with special guests Roger Ley and William Oliver, at Walton United Church, Lakeshore and Bronte, 7 p.m. Tickets $5 each, $20 family, call 827-1643. c o m m u n i ty news local sports cover age travel information and business mat t er s Group known for letter campaigns A lot has happened since our last new sletter in N ovem ber. O ur goal is to start each m eeting by w riting letters on behalf o f a prisoner o f conscience plus review inform ation on the cases that have been assig n ed to our group. Presently, w e are w orking on tw o cases. T he first case involves Jalil A ndrabi, a law yer and hum an rights defender, who was arrested by m em bers o f a param ilitary force on M arch 9th, 1996. H e was found in the riv er on M arch 27th, 1996 -- he had been dead for ab o u t a w eek from a gunshot w ound to the head. To date, no arrests have been m ade, although there is evi dence that the perpetrator o f the crim e is know n to the governm ent. (By writ ing letters about this case, w e rem ind the authorities that we are aw are o f this crim e; plus, we hope to prevent other violations o f this type.) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL We have also undertaken a new case w hich involves a group o f parents of "disappeared" children in India. We hope to be able to give the parents som e m oral support, plus try to draw m edia attention to their plight. These disappearances have taken place in Jam m u and K ash m ir o v er several years. Young people w ho m ight be seen as potential m em bers o f a m ove m ent for in d ependence from India "disappear." W hat is o f great concern is the fact that so far, not one o f the hun d red s o f cases o f "d isa p p ea ra n ce" w hich has been highlighted to the Indian authorities has com e to a resolu tion through the judicial system . N one o f the fam ilies concerned has learned o f the fate o f their m issing relatives, nor has been given judicial redress or adequate com pensation. O ur auction and sale in D ecem ber was a great success. We raised over $4,000 from item s that were donated by local m erchants and "friends of A mnesty." T his m oney w as used to continue A m nesty's w ork by the local A m nesty group, as well as our head office in O ttawa. A m nesty International (A I) is a w orldw ide voluntary, activist m ove ment that w orks im partially to prevent violations by governm ents and opposi tion groups o f people's im partially to prevent violations by governm ents and opposition groups o f people's funda m ental civil and political rights. Recent events in the world have m ade it abun dantly clear how im portant A m nesty International is to the citizens o f coun tries in turmoil. T he O akville group m eets on the first Tuesday o f every m onth at 7:30 p.m. at Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca. N ew m em bers are w elcom e to com e to our meetings. For further inform ation about our local group and A I C anada and w orldw ide, ch eck o ut our w eb site at http://icom m .ca/ai75oak/index.htm l/ This co lu m n will appear on a se m i regular basis. F o r fu r th e r in fo rm a tion, call R ita M cP herson, 338-8824. Starting in March, 2000, you w ill have the pow er to choose yo ur electricity from a num ber of companies. This im p o rta n t change will lead to greater co m p e titio n and choice fo r you, th e consumer. Naturally, if you 're happy w ith y o u r c u rre n t supplier, you d o n 't have to sw itch. Either way, w hat w o n 't change is th e safety and reliability o f Ontario's electricity system. And to p ro te c t you, all e le c tric ity suppliers w ill be licensed by th e independent Ontario Energy Board. In th e near fu tu re , you 'll probably be hearing fro m a n u m b e r o f new energy retailers o ffe rin g a variety o f price o p tio n s fo r delivery o f services beginning in November, 2000. So, if you have questions, o r w a nt m ore in fo rm a tio n , sim ply call o u r to ll fre e num ber: 1- 8 8 8 - 6 6 8 - 4 6 3 6 Visit our website at www.est.gov.on.ca or e-mail: fyi@est.gov.on.ca It's Your Electricity Now It's Your Choice Ontario