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I B3 Wednesday November 15, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Community Update An OakviUe Beaver Feature Contact Wilma Blokhuis: 845-3824 Ext 250 Fax: 337-5567 Email: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Please forward announcements fo r Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, OnL L6K 3S4; or email to blokhuis@haltonsearch.com or call 845-3824 Ext 250, Fax 337-5567 BEFORE NOON Monday. St. Dominic's CWL holds Dinner Theatre, Nov. 25th, at St. Dominic Parish Centre, 2415 Rebecca. Dinner 6:30 p.m. followed by Smile Company presenting Niagara on the Lake - The Oban Inn. Tickets: $20 including Christmas dinner, dessert, wine, coffee and the play. Call Janet, 8250639 or Margaret, 827-5384. Oakville Parent-Child Centre is hosting their Annual Ladies Night Dinner, Nov. 27th, at Water Street Cooker in Burlington Enjoy meal and evening out with some old friends or come alone and meet some new friends. Call 849-6366 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15 Dessert Bridge fo r Seniors, The Kensington, 25 Lakeshore W,, 1:30 p.m. Bring partner, free admission. RSVP Diane, 844-4000. Euchre every Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16 Canadian Federation of University Women holds 4th annual CFUW Oakville Scholarship Fundraiser at Booker's and Caffe del Libros, 172 Lakeshore, with guest Sandra Dean, author of Hearts & Minds: A Public School Miracle. Bookers will donate 20% of sales and Caffe del Libros 10% to CFUW Oakville Scholarship Fund. Wellspring, cancer support cen tre, 2545 Sixth Line, has Drop-In Peer Support, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Yoga, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; and Breast Cancer Support Group, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Call 257-1988. East Oakville Community Adult Centre, Maple Grove United Church, 346 Maplegrove, 1 p.m., cards and refreshments. New mem bers welcome. Call Thelma Perras, 844-5584. Oakville Neighbourhood Watch annual general meeting, 7 to 9 p.m., Halton Regional Headquarters Auditorium, 1151 Bronte Rd., north of QEW. Zone co-ordinators, block captains and general public invited. Call 825-4747 Ext. 2223. Halton Lung Association pre sents 3rd annual Gala o f Fashions, Otello's Banquet Hall, 2273 Royal Windsor. Silent auction, wine and cheese. Hosts George Lagaganies of CITY TV and Blair Lancaster, local politicians, Oakville Firefighters. Tickets $35, call 847-1033. Mississauga Camera Club, 8 p.m.. Port Credit Library, 20 Lakeshore E., Mississauga. Presenter Robert McCaw, Considerations for Nature Photography. Call 905-569-9755. Halton VON Foot Care Clinic, Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre, 263 Kerr St., 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: $20. Seasons o f Comfort and Joy, fundraising event for Rose Cherry's Home (to provide respite care for chronically and terminally ill chil dren), Nov. 16th, 7:30 to midnight, at Graydon Hall Manor, 185 Graydon Hall Dr., Toronto. Tickets $250 each, call Rose Cherry's Home Hotline, 416-360-0999. Oakville Strutters meets Thursday nights for 60-minute `stress busters' fitness walk. Also new route to Holyrood Park and back, (plus optional half-hour walk through Lakeside Park.) Libation afterwards. Meet at Oakville Central Library main front doors, Lakeshore and Navy, at new time, 7 p.m. Free. Bring flashlights. Call Patti Crichton, 338-2751. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17 Churchill Place presents A Century Celebration, evening of music, dance and fashions from the past 100 years. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., 345 Church St. RSVP to Carrie or Elaine 338-3311. Wellspring, cancer support cen tre, 2545 Sixth Line, has Drop-In Peer Support, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Relaxation & Visualization drop-in, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and Reiki, 1 to 3:15 p.m. Call 257-1988. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18 Christmas Wonderland Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Hopedale Presbyterian Church, 156 Third Line. Antiques and collectibles, Christmas decor, clothing and accessories, handmade soaps, wooden crafts, hand knits, stained glass, jewelry, silent auction, home Community's Self-Portrait, at Bookstore, 172 baking, white elephant, lunch room. Booker's St. Simon' s Food Fair, 10 a.m., Lakeshore. Opening ceremonies 1 St. Simon's Church, 1450 p.m., refreshments, guest appear Litchfield, Trafalgar south of Upper ances and book signings to 5 p.m. Bronte Legion Christmas Middle. Bake table, gourmet comer, frozen food, preserves, lunch room. Bazaar, 2 to 4 p.m., at 79 Jones St. John Knox Christian School Toys, gifts, white elephant, penny Annual Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., table, baked goods, tea tables, ticket at school, 2232 Sheridan Garden draws and raffle draws. Red Cross Babysitting course, Dr., off Ford north of Royal Windsor. Vendors' marketplace, arts 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., must be 11 and crafts, flowers, knitted and hand years old and up. Cost: $35. Call sewn goods, toy room, lunch room, 845-5241. Catch a Rising Star, hear top and kids' games room. Annual Christmas Sale, 10 a.m. young winners, aged 11 to 26, of to noon, Salvation Army 1225 Canadian Music Competitions Rebecca. Crafts, tea room, home strings, guitar, piano and voice, 2 baking, white elephant table. p.m. Tickets, $15, students and Bazaar and Bake Sale, with seniors $10, call Oakville Centre for lunch await visitors to St. Luke's the Performing Arts, 815-2021. All Church, 3115 Dundas St. west of proceeds to CMC Scholarships. MONDAY NOVEMBER 20 Bronte Road, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Queen' s Avenue Retirement May Court Club presents 13th Residence Annual Christmas Craft annual Festival o f Trees to benefit Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 1056 Halton VON's Hospice program, Queen's Ave. Work of residents and Oakville Place, main level at Sears, various local artisans/crafters, white to Dec. 9th. Win a tree. Tickets $1 each, 3 for $2 and 8 for $5. elephant table, and baked goods. Canadian Federation of Creating Healthy Boundaries, increase understanding of personal University Women - CFUWboundaries and become more Oakville will host guest speaker, assertive in relationships by Jessamyn Waldman, Youth Mine straightening self-awareness, with Action Ambassador, of Canadian Lorena Kelly, 10 a.m. to noon, Landmine Foundation, OakvilleWomen's Centre, Ste 210, Trafalgar High School, 1460 Hopedale. Cost: $5 ($8 non-mem Devon. Refreshments and socializ ing, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meeting at 8 bers), call 847-5520 or 847-9104. p.m. Open to prospective members. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19 Book launch, Our Oakville: A Call Ann at 849-3962. Public meeting on opening of Youth Development Centre, host ed by Oakville Parks & Recreation, and Oakville Youth Advisory Committee, at Walton Memorial United Church, 2489 Lakeshore at Bronte, 6 to 8 p.m. Proposed loca tion is 2290-2306 Lakeshore, Oakville Bronte Plaza behind McDonalds. Call Susan Fanelli, 845-6601 Ext. 3155. Association of Bright Children, Halton, free meeting for parents on Social, Emotional and Academic Needs of Gifted Children as they become Adolescents, with speaker Dona Matthews, John T. Tuck School library, 3365 Spruce, Burlington, 7:10 p.m. Call 3325252. Mothers and expectant mothers interested in breastfeeding baby invited to La Leche Canada Oakville meeting, 1079 Tanglewood Ct., 10 a.m. Call 3392290 or 849-7720. Living with Cancer Support Group, 7:30 p.m., Cancer Society office, 635 Fourth Line, Unit 51, call 845-5231. Red Cross Standard First Aid (including Basic Rescuer - Level C - CPR), Nov. 20th and 21st, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $99. Basic Rescuer - Level C · CPR , 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost: $35. Emergency First Aid (including Basic Rescuer - Level C - CPR) 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $66. Call Red Cross, 8455241. Craft and Bake Sale returns to St. Mildred' s The St M ildred's-Lightboum School's popular traditional Craft and Bake Sale returns on Saturday, Nov. 18th , at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., by popular demand, after a two-year hiatus. The sale, organized by the St. Mildred's Lightboum Parents and Friends Association, will be at held at the school on Linbrook Road. Jewelry, candles, artwork, sequined frogs, silver spoons, floral designs, Christmas decorations and hostess gifts of every kind are just some of the items from talented local crafters. The Holly & Ivy Tea Room will be offering refreshments and the Alumnae Association will be returning with their `Saint's Preserve Us' jams, jellies, oils and vinegars. The bake sale will fea ture baked goods provided by students, parents and friends of the school. Amongst the highlights for children will be the Kris Kringle Shop. Children from aged three to 12 can shop, without their parents, for small, inexpensive but attractive gifts. Santa is due to pay a visit and, and there will be a children's craft station as well as face-painting. For the past two years, all donations and proceeds raised at St Mildred's Christmas Festival, with the exception of the Bake Sale, were given to local non-profit agencies and groups. This year, the proceeds raised from `A Christmas Day' will go to the school. Admission to the event will be a non-perishable food item (or monetary donation) for the Fareshare Food Bank. In addition, `A Christmas D ay' is supporting the Salvation Army's `Give-aKid-a-Coat' initiative. Everyone is invited to clean out their closets and donate an unwanted coat and to compliment the coats, the Junior School students are collecting and donating mit tens to The Mitten Tree. Finally, the prefects are organizing a `Buy-a-Bowl' Christmas tree, with all pro ceeds going to the Oakville Trafalgar-Memorial Hospital paediatric ward. 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