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NOW ACCEPTING FALL REGISTRATION w w w .i n si d eH A LT O N .c o m O A K V IL LE B EA V ER Th ur sd ay , S ep te m be r 1, 2 01 1 1 8 Community Update Call 905-337-5560 e-mail: ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com d fForwar announcements o non- profit local events for Community Update to The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON L6K 3S4; e-mail ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-337-5560. Free. BULLETIN Oakville Parent-Child Centre's regis- tration for fall programs, visit www. op-cc.ca. The Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children is registering for its Grief Support Groups for children and teens starting in September. Contact www. grievingchildrenlighthouse.org or 905- 337-2333. New to Canada? Sheridan College has free language training and employment preparation programs (for PR or Protected Persons), LINC, ELT, OSLT, September start, free information sessions Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., 407 Iroquois Shore Rd. A23, contact 905-845-9430, ext. 8153 or visit www.sheridancollege. ca. Rheumatoid Arthritis Group, free, four-class program, Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27, 1:30-3 p.m., The Arthritis Society, 460 Brant St. Suite 11, Burlington, contact Darlene at 905-632-9390, ext. 0 or 1-800- 321-1433, ext. 1301. hOsteoart ritis Group, free, three-class program Taking Charge of Osteoarthritis, Wednesdays, Sept. 8, 15, 22, 1:30-3 p.m., Southern Ontario Medical Group, 1131 Invicta Dr., Unit #2, Oakville, contact Darlene at 905-632-9390, ext. 0 or 1-800- 321-1433, ext. 1301. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Wing Night at Oakville Legion, Branch 114, 5-8 p.m., 50 cents/wing, all welcome, 36 Upper Middle Rd. E., patio open, con- tact 905-845-6271 or www.oakvillelegion. ca. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3 Pray with Oakville Pro-Life group, noon-1 p.m., in front of Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH), contact us at oakville.prolife.moderator@gmail.com. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Oakville Lions Cruze Night, 6 p.m.- dusk, parking lot of Boston Pizza, Dorval Drive and QEW, Northwest Plaza, free, all proceeds to local causes supported by the Lions Club of Oakville. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 Wednesdays beginning Sept. 7 Nordixx Pole Walking free clinic for all ages and fitness levels, Shell Park on Lakeshore Road, 6:30-7 p.m. meet, walk from 7-8 p.m., $5, warm up, walk, strength, bal- ance and co-ordination exercises, and cool down, hosted by Alicia Snell, certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor and certified Nordic Pole walking instruc- tor. Contact 905-616-1995 to reserve a space and use of a set of poles. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 fRoyal Astronomical Society o Canada Mississauga Centre meets at 8 p.m., University of Toronto at Mississauga, Rm. SE2082, South Building, free, park in Lot 4 or the new parkade across from the Fitness Centre, contact www.missis- sauga.rasc.ca. Fish Fry at Oakville Legion Branch 114, 36 Upper Middle Rd. E., 4:30-8 p.m., $9/person, patio now open, call 905-845- 6271. Visit www.oakvillelegion.ca. Hamilton Amateur Astronomers meeting features speaker McMaster University professor Dr. Laura Parker on Gravitational Lensing, 7:30 p.m., Hamilton Spectator Building, 44 Frid St., Hamilton, free, all welcome, optional donation for local food banks, contact www.amateuras- tronomy.org or 905-627-4323. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Oakville Children's Choir welcomes children ages five to 18 who love to sing to audition, 9-11:30 a.m., book at www. oakvillechildrenschoir.org, info@oakvil- lechildrenschoir.org or 905-337-7104. The Canadian Club of Halton Peel will be hosting a night-time emergency room physi- cian and prominent medical journalist and broadcaster at its dinner-speaker event. Dr. Brian Goldman will speak at the club on Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Oakville Conference Centre. The Mount Sinai Hospital doctor is a broadcaster on CBCs Radios White Coat, Black Art show where he talks about what really goes on at hospitals and clinics. In his book, The Night Shift: Real Life in the Heart of the E.R., Goldman shares his E. R. experiences, which are heartbreaking, humourous and frustrating. Registration and cash bar opens at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. A three-course dinner is $35 for members, $45 for non-members and $15 for students. The conference centre is located at the QEW and Bronte Road. Doctor broadcaster at Canadian Club Senior level professionals interested in cre- ating or maintaining a health organization may want to consider attending the 2011 Workplace Wellness Breakfast and Workshop on Thursday, Oct. 6. The workshop is put on by the Halton District School Board and the Halton Region Health Department during Canadas Health Workplace Month. The breakfast event will take place at the New Street Education Centre in Burlington, free of charge. Dr. Linda Duxbury will headline the workshop. The meeting is intended for human resource professionals, senior staff, managers, decision- makers or anyone interested in creating or maintaining a healthy organization or build- ing the business case for change in this area. The board welcomes the opportunity to further strengthen the health of our employ- ees and build a healthier organization by hear- ing from Dr. Linda Duxbury, said Kelley Terry, acting executive officer of human resources for the school board, in a press release. Duxbury is one of Canadas leading work- place health researchers and workplace demo- graphic experts as well as a noted pioneer in the field of organizational health. The workplace environment has a direct impact on the health of employees, said Dr. Bob Nosal, Halton Region Medical Officer of Health, in the release. At Halton Region, creating a healthy work environment is a key organizational value. We are pleased to con- tribute to this event and look forward to cel- ebrating Canada's Healthy Workplace Month in Halton. To register, call 905-825-6000, ext. 7887. The registration deadline is Monday, Sept. 26. Workplace wellness breakfast and workshop