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Wednesday, March 15, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B3 COMMUNITY UPDATE Please forw ard announcements fo r Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers R d , Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; call 845-3824 E x t 250, Fax 3 3 7-5567 or em ail to blokhuis@haltonsearch.com BEFORE NOON Monday to be included. Calendar o f Health Education Events, March to September, offered by Halton Health Care Services, now available. Free seminars include weight management, col orectal cancer, breast health, asthma, heart disease and stroke prevention, anxiety and phobias, osteoporosis, Alzheimer Disease and prostate cancer. Call 815-5110. W EDNESDAY M ARCH 15 Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Centre o f P eel has sexual assault healing workshops series, Wednesdays March 15th to May 17th, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Attend one, some or all o f the workshops. Call Pina or Priyanka, 273-3337. Kerr Street Ensemble needs additional string and woodwind players. The group meets at Kerr Street Senior C itizens' Centre on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m.. Contact Annie Pindal at 827-6309 or Paul Lancaster at 469-0857. Oakville Strutters are back. Fun fitness walks, downtown to Gairloch Gardens and back, 60 to 90-minute walk. Cafe/pub visit afterwards. 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. Women f o r Sobriety N ew Life Program, meets Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9 p.m., St. Joseph's Hospital, James Street, Hamilton, for women overcoming addic tions. Call Helen, 849-5983 (fax 337-3904) or Susan, 905-528-6823. THURSDAY M A R CH 16 E ast O akville C om m unity A du lt Centre meets at Maple Grove United Church, 346 Maplegrove at 1 p.m. for cards, games and refreshments. Call Thelma Perras, 844-5584. H alton VON F oot Care C linic, Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre, 263 Kerr, 1 to 4 p.m. M ississauga Camera Club, 8 p.m., Port Credit Library, 20 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga. Presenter: David Stone Light and Exposure, Quality o f Light. Call 625-3071. Yoga classes, reduce stress, strengthen and tone the body, increase energy and flexibility, improve balance and co-ordina tion, every Thursday, 7:30 to 9 p.m., call Jessie, 847-6177. Halton Central Chapter, BNI, meets every Thursday at the Dyna$i Restaurant, 399 Dundas W., 7 to 8:30 a.m., visitors welcome. For information and reserva tions, call John Seaga, 257-9463. FRIDAY M A R CH 17 Oakville's four Rotary Clubs holds M illennium Southern O ntario R otary Fellowship Dinner, Otello's Banquet Hall. Speaker: Frank Devlyn o f Mexico City, Rotary International president. Registration 6 p.m., dinner and speaker, 7 p.m. Cost: $80. On-line registration at www.oakvillerotary.org Oakville Ring o f Tatters meets at 7.30 p.m. at 1232 Montclair Drive. All Tatters or would-be-Tatters are welcome. For fur ther details call Anne, 845-6718. St. P atrick' s D ay Kerrby Derby, 6:30 p.m., Oakville Seniors Centre, 263 Kerr St. Evening includes dinner, Irish entertain ment, and horse racing. For information and tickets, call 815-5966. O akville Single/Social D ance 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 refreshments. Dress code. Call 845-6271. SATURDAY M A R CH 18 Traditional Tea at Knox, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Knox Presbyterian Church, Dunn and Lakeshore. Period attire including gloves and hats encouraged but not required. Tickets $5, call Ross Tomkins, 845-7505 or 332-4209. St. P a trick 's D ay D ance, Oakville Knights o f Columbus, featuring the Molly McGuires and Goggin Irish Dancers. Irish music and laughter, Irish stew on the house. Tickets, $20, call 845-6277 or 8271854, or at the Knights o f Columbus Hall, 1494 Wallace Rd. St. P a tty 's D ance, Oakville Royal Canadian Legion, Church and Navy, with 15-piece Kerr Street Big Band. Dancing 8 p.m. to midnight, buffet 10 p.m. Tickets, $10, for sale at Legion. Proceeds to Fareshare Foodbank. First A id Instructors Course, mini mum 18 years, must have Standard First Aid, March 17th, 6 to 10 p.m., and March 18th and 19th, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: $275. Call Red Cross, 8453824. MONDAY M ARCH 20 Living With Cancer Caregivers, support group, 7:30 p.m., Cancer Society office, 635 Fourth Line, Unit 51, 845-5231. CFUW- Oakville will host guest speaker, Elizabeth Carmichael, Interpreter & Cultural Translator, dis cussing Ethnic Women of Halton - Their Issues & Evolution. Refreshments and socializing 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Business meeting at 8 p.m. followed by guest speaker. Meeting at Oakville Trafalgar High School, 1460 Devon west o f Maplegrove. Call Ann Pajunen 849-3962. Oakville Canadian Club dinner meeting, 7 p.m., Oakville Ramada Inn. Cash bar, 6 p.m. Speaker: David O'Brien, chief administrative officer, City of Mississauga, explaining broad scope of municipal restructuring and possible future for Oakville and Burlington. Cost: $27.50 ($37.50 non members), call 845-2862. Osteoporosis Support Group of the Oakville Bone Centre, 1:30 p.m.. At. Michael's Church, 181 Sewell Dr. - Breast Self Exam Workshop with Breast Cancer Support Services. Call Phyllis Spillone, 829-4863 or Kay Duncan, 827-6750. Mothers and expectant mothers interested in breast feeding their babies are welcome to attend Oakville La Leche League, 9:30 a.m., 1033 Glenbrook Ave. Call 339-2290, 849-7720, or 337-3501. South Peel Naturalists monthly meeting, 8 p.m.. Church of St. Bride, Clarkson Road, Mississauga. Topic: Biological Diversity - The Big Picture. Call 279-8807. Chat and Play, parents and tots group (infants to preschoolers), St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free, everyone welcome. Call 8453427. L et's Dance, Monday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sir John Colbome Centre for Seniors. Singles wel come. Call 827-7394. Oakville Parent-Child Centre offers Cabin Fever, a drop-in program for parents and caregivers every Monday, 9 to 11 a.m. at 337 Kerr St. Call 849-6366. Bruce Trail Association has Lakeside Hikes for fun and fitness with the Bronte Bunch every Monday. Meet at Coach & Four, back door, 7:15 p.m. Bring flash lights. Walk at own pace. Call 827-8768. TOPS - Take O ff Pounds Sensibly meets every Monday at St. Aidan's Church, 318 Queen Mary Dr. at Stewart St. New members welcome, nominal fee. Call Maureen, 827-4893; or Kim at 338-9059. Trafalgar Toastmasters meets every Monday to improve public speaking skills, at the Oakville Central Library Auditorium. 120 Navy St., 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Call Deana Tsiapalis, 469-3335. TUESDAY M ARCH 21 Speakers' Forum, continues third Tuesday of each month, 1 to 3 p.m., at Sir John Colbome Centre, Lakeshore and Third Line; March 21st, Movie Musical Magic with Peter Warren,, a fascinating song and dance joumey through the years with many video clips from A1 Jolson to Madonna; April 18th, Gary Hutton, direc tor o f marketing, Conservation Halton, Conservation and the Natural Environment; and May 16th, Norma Shepherd speaks about Living in Saudi Arabia, a west ern woman's perspective on living in an Arabian cul ture. Fee per lecture, $2. Call Ann Rogers, 827-5807. O akville Christian W om en's Club hosts Millennium Makeover luncheon, 1 to 3 p.m., Oakville Ramada Inn, 360 Oakville Place Dr. Look Sharp and Feel Sharp with soloist and beautician Celeste Zugec, and Be Sharp with speaker Trudy Collis, from anger to faith. Reservations, $15, call Barb, -849-0281; Helen, 844-7736; or Cecile, 827-5934. Nursery available. March 21st is In ternational Day f o r the Elimination o f Racial Discrimination, and the Halton Multicultural council and the Halton Regional Race Relations Youth Council organizing day-long AntiRacism Youth Leadership training, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., aiming at making participating youth become pioneers in a multicultural society, at Halton Regional Centre Auditorium, 1151 Bronte Rd. Training open to 5 to 8 students from each high school. Call 842-2486. ADVANCED REGISTRATION Hurting marriage? 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