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Wednesday September 5, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B3 Community Update An Oakville Beaver Feature C ontact W ilm a Blokhuis: 845-3824 Ext 250 Fax: 337-5567 Em ail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Please forward announcem ents fo r Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers R<L, Oakville, Ont. L6K3S4; call 845-3824 E x t 250, Fax 337-5567 or email to blokhuis@haltonsearch.com B E F O R E N O O N Monday to be included. Notices are listed free. Learn the Language o f D e a f Canadians: Canadian Hearing Society is offering adult classes in American Sign Language this fall. Registration begins week of Sept. 4. For more information and registration, call Canadian Hearing Society, 905-6080271 (voice), or 905-608-1691 TTY. Dedicated choristers required for downtown Anglican church. Call 905339-1374 for audition information. Results o f Canadian Diabetes Association Win fo r Diabetes raffle held Aug. 25 are. Grand Prize, trip. Ticket No. 13717; and second prize, jewelry. Ticket No. 08835. Ladies M arathon Bridge Club o f Oakville in support of Oakville Big Sisters is currently accepting new members for its afternoon and evening groups. If you would be interested in friendly bridge twice a month call Christi Pope at 905-849-9661. Arthritis Society o f Halton-Peel needs phone volunteers, leaders and canvassers for September Residential Campaign. To volunteer, call The Arthritis Society, 905-455-6273. Halton District School B oard's International Languages (E lem entary) Program starts this week. Continuous entry program held weekends, open to all children bom in 1977 and up and including Grade 8. Languages offered: Arabic, Cantonese, German, Greek, Hebrew, Punjabi, and Serbian, plus possibly Russian. Classes in Oakville and Burlington. Call Dorothy Whitely, 905-632-2944. Cyclists, get in gear for 2nd annual Lungs are fo r Life Bike Trek, Sept. 9, starting at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre, with 5, 20 and 60 kilometre routes. Registration, $25 individual. $35 for family with up to two kids under 12 - extra children $15; and team of four riders, $75. Register at Halton Lung Association, 2200 Speers, 905-847-1033; Oakville Cyclepath. 500 Speers. 905-338-0783; or The Fire Hall, Lakeshore and Bronte. 905-827-4445. Self-E m ploym ent Training Program fo r Women. Free orientation sessions in September for three-month New Start program for would-be Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre, 263 Kerr St., 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: $20. By appointment only, call 905-815-5966. Line-dancing for `first timers' at M aplegrove United Church Hall, Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., pay as you go, $5. Ongoing line-dancing class at Maplegrove United Church Hall, 7:30 till 9 p.m. Classes start Sept. 13. Call Bonnie, 905-845-8189. F RID A Y SE P TE M B E R 7 H ockey M O M S annual Skate & Equipm ent Sale, 6:30 to 10 p.m., Kinoak Arena, W arminster off Rebecca. Drop off equipment Sept. 5 or 6, 6:30 to 10 p.m., and pick-up money or unsold items, Sept. 8, 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Money or unclaimed items not picked up will be considered a donation, no exceptions. Fundraiser for Minor Oaks Hockey Association. Call Debbie Scott, 905-825-3572 or Mary Hanna. 905-338-7619. Sept. 7 is last day to register for Power Play fo r East Seal Kids, on Sept. 14, lunchtime of hockey talk and action. 4 on 4 street hockey tourna ment - dressed suits, open to business and industry teams, 11 a.m., Philthy McNasty's, Dorval and QEW. Wining team photographed with Marcel Dionne, Herb Tarleck Award for tacki est dressed team, auction, 50/50 draw. Call Daniel Wickie, Easter Seal Society, 1-800-816-4149, or email dwickie@easterseals.org. SATU RD AY SE P TE M B E R 8 H P C A R E - H alton & Peel C entral A m erica R e lie f E ffort Committee Community Bazaar, St. Michael Church, 181 Sewell, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds to support communi ties affected by natural disasters in Guatemala. Call Hilda. 905-849-8350 or Rosie, 905-273-5377. Slovak Language fo r Children Halton Catholic District School Board holds registration for Slovak lessons, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at St. Andrew's School. 145 Millbank Dr.. Oakville (SE of Sixth Line and Glenashton Dr.). Regular classes on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the same location. For more information call Viera Bankova, 905-337-7457 or Paul Lau, International Languages Supervisor, 905-849-7555 or 905-632-5858. SU ND AY SE P TE M B E R 9 Oakville H istorical Society Walking Tours of The Main Street o f Old Oakville - last tour this season of downtown area. Meet 2 p.m. at OHS office, 110 King St. Tickets $10, call 905-844-2695. Vaishno Devi Temple, 3259 Regional Rd. 25, holds 6th annual Seniors Day. Highlight: Puja/Service 2:30 p.m., conduct ed by Acharya Surendra, Sharma Shastri, head priest of temple. Main speakers. 4 p.m.. Dr. Bhupendra Doobay, presi dent, Vishnu Mandir - Asian Seniors (Men) in Canada; Amar Misra, president, AWIC - Asian Seniors (Women) in Canada; and Rajneesh Shards, chair, Halton Multicultural Council. Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Open to all seniors 55 and up, and their fam ilies. Special tribute to volun teers honouring Year of the Volunteer. Call G. L. Chopra, 905-632-8529 or the temple, 905-825-4202. M O ND AY SE P TE M B E R 10 Osteoporosis Support Group o f the Oakville Bone Centre meets at 1:30 p.m. at St. Michael's Church, 181 Sewell Drive. A new exercise video Bone Smart will be shown. For more information call Phyllis Spillone, 829-4863. Registration fo r Oakville Power and Sail S q u a d ro n ' s Fall/W inter Boating Courses, Sept. 10 and 13, 7 to 9 p.m., at TOWARF building, bottom of Navy Street. Classes in Basic Boating, Piloting and Advanced Piloting, and Celestial Navigation, start Sept. 17 at Oakville Trafalgar High School, Mondays and Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Call 905-469-3176 or visit http://oakville.cpa-ecp.org/ Oakville H orticultural Society meets at 7.30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church at Dunn and Lakeshore. New members welcome. Women With Wings Network, not-for-profit group, promoting business women and female entrepreneurs, meets at Enterprise Centre, Hopedale, Unit 34, 7 to 9 p.m. Speaker: Louise Roberts, psychologist, Women and Relationships. Call Sheri Stewart, 905-829-8899. Sacred Circle Dancing. Experience dancing in a circle to world music creating a calm meditative atmosphere and state of mind. A peaceful exercise with like minded men and women. Meetings second Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Unitarian Congregation, Hwy 10 and QEW. Call Karyn 905338-8411 or Lynne 905-8426038. L e t' s Dance: Seniors Social Dancing on Monday evenings 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Sir John Colbome Seniors Centre starting Sept. 10. Call 905-8277394 or 905-338-8097. Photo by Brent Foster Brittany Dent, 8 , an entrant in the Anne of Green Gables Look Alike Contest, demonstrates her hula hoop skills at Sunday's Anne of Green Gables Garden Party held for fans of Anne Shirley at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. entrepreneurs through workshops, group and individual exercises, profes sional consultants and guest speakers, sponsored by Women's Centre and Enterprise Centre, Oct. 1 to Jan. 18. Application fee, $25 plus $20 per month for course materials. Call 905847-9104. W ED NESD AY SEPT. 5 Glen Abbey Toastmasters meet at 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at St. Voldymyr's Cultural Centre on Dundas at Fourth Line (the old Fourth Line road). Visitors welcome. TH U RSD AY SEPT. 6 Advancing the Status o f Women. Zonta Club of Oakville is holding a free information session at 6:30 p.m. at Wellspring, 2545 Sixth line. Call or e-mail Catherine Bobesich (905-8491741, cbb@n2.com) or Sandra Cronk (905-524-0188, scronk@sympatico.ca). v Oakville Seniors' Centre, 263 Kerr, is having an Open H ouse from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find out about fall programs, day trips and volunteer opportunities, meet the instructors, watch a video of the classes and barbecue lunch. Lots of free parking and everyone welcome. Call 905-815-5966. Halton VON Foot Care Clinic, tm m mm mm lift p | i ll tiJ» /p c/ O fw /v .e ,/ / `H I, I'M A N N E ': I * KITCHENS» BEDROOMS * BATHROOMS * WALL UNITS I Custom Designs, Custom Finishes, Top Quality Cabinetry, Competitively Priced, Free In-Home Service, Lifetime Warranty 4 1 5 0 South Servite Rd. 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