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B4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday June 21, 2000 COMMUNITY UPDATE Pleaseforward announcements for Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers RtL, Oakville, OnL L6K 3S4; call 845-3824 Ext 250, Fax 337-- 5567 or email to b lo k h u is @ h a lto n s e a r c h .c o m BEFORE NOON Monday to be included. Secret Gardens o f Oakville, Garden Tour, Sunday July 2nd, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets, $10, available at Acorn Card Shop, 221 Lakeshore E.; An English Garden Flower Shoppe; Pilgrim's Way Plaza; Hopedale Hardware, Hopedale Mall; Upper Oakville Card Shop, Upper Oakville Shopping Centre; Cudmore's Garden Center, 3171 Lakeshore W in Bronte; and F. Bulow Garden Centers, 370 South Service Rd. W,, and 2667 Lakeshore Rd. W., Mississauga. Proceeds to community projects. Call 849-7649. National Guitar Workshop, July 16th to 21, at Appleby College. Open to all ages, all styles from blues to rock, acoustic, and jazz, plus bass, drums and keyboards. Instructors include Rik Emmett and Jody Fisher. Call Brian Murray, 9i05-567-6813. CAVEAT - Canadians Against Violence,, is conducting survey on domestic violence and interventions with The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution at York University. Individuals who have left an abusive relationship invited to participate by calling Johanne Cyr-Wright at CAVEAT, 632-1733 no later than July 20th. Absolute confidentiality. International Languages Italian Summer Camp, JK to Grade 8, at St. Bernadette School, July 4th to 28th, 11:30 to 3:30 p.m., daily. Cost: $25 per family. Call Rosa Addante, 8783942. Vacation Bible School, Christ Our King Lutheran Church, 2150 Dundas W., July 10 to 14, 9 to 11:30 a.m., for ages 4 to 14. Call 822-1432 or 8228931. WEDNESDAY JUNE 21 Children' s Assessment and Treatment Centre, annual general meeting, 6 p.m., at Burlington Central Lions Club Hall, 471 Pears St., Burlington. Call 634-2347. Oakville Big Sisters annual meet ing, 7 p.m., Churchill Place, 345 Church St. Women fo r Sobriety New Life Program, meets Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9 p.m., St. Joseph's Hospital, James Street, Hamilton, for women over coming addictions. Call Helen, 8495983 (fax 337-3904) or Susan, 905528-6823, Oakville Parent-Child Centre offers Toddler Time, a drop-in pro gram for parents and their toddlers, 12 to 18 months offered every Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at 337 KerT Street. Call 849-6366. Oakville Parent-Child Centre offers Cabin Fever, a drop-in pro gram for parents and caregivers every Wednesday mornings from 9 to 10:45 a.m. at 337 KerT St. Children can interact with other children and par ents can resource with other individu als. Call 849-6366. THURSDAY JUNE 22 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, 7:15 p.m. Free. Call Patti Crichton, 338-2751. Halton Central Chapter, BNl, meets every Thursday at the Dynasi Restaurant, 399 Dundas W., 7 to 8:30 a.m., visitors welcome. For informa tion and reservations, call John Seaga, 257-9463. Toronto Parent Finders, search and support group for adult adoptees and birth relatives, meets second Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m., Huron Park Community Centre, 2nd floor, 830 Paisley Blvd. W., MavisDundas area, Mississauga. Call 416465-8434. SATURDAYJUNE 24 Oakville Optimist Club holds Bicycle Safety Rodeo, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Bronte Road near the stage during the Oakville Waterfront Festival. Tickets sales at T. A. Blakelock, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for its Millennium Reunion, July 7th and 8th. Meet & Greet Pub on Friday at the Halton Regional Centre, Bronte Road north of the QEW, 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday dance at the Halton Regional Centre, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Each evening costs $15 each or $25 per couple; $30 or $50 for both. MONDAY JUNE 26 Oakville Christian Women' s After Five Club holds `A Teddy Bear Extravaganza' - `beary' delightful dinner at Oakville Holiday Inn, Trafalgar and QEW, 7 p.m. Special feature, The Bear & 1 Shoppe from Bronte with collection of bears and accessories; music and speaker, Beverleigh Broughton of Guelph, New Beginnings. Call Fran, 844-9851 or Ruth, 338-3664. Oakville Optimist Club regular meeting at Halton Police Safety Village at Halton Regional Centre, Bronte Rd. north of QEW, 7:15 p.m. Speaker: Thomas Pigeon from Canadian Outdoor Heritage Alliance. TUESDAY JUNE 27 Grace House annual general meeting, Grace Lutheran Church, 304 Spruce at Reynolds, 7:30 p.m. RSVP if attending, 844-4772. Oakville Christian Women' s Club `Spine Tingling Luncheon,' 1 to 3 p.m., Oakville Ramada Inn, QEW and Trafalgar. Bare Bones Facts with Dr. Paul, chiropractor; Snappy Tunes by Eleanor Kush; and talk on Positive Adjustments by Heather Boyd. Reservations, $15, call Barb, 8490281; Helen, 844-7736; or Cecile, 827-5934. Overcoming g rief The Oakville Bereave ment Centre, a joint service of Halton Family Services and Bereaved Families of Ontario, presents speaker Dr. Bill Webster, at Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd., next Wednesday, June 28th, 7 p.m., in the Oakville Room. He will speak about Grief: The Healing Journey. Dr. Webster was bom in Scotland and attended uni versity in Glasgow and London, England, undertak ing work in arts and theolo gy. While in England, he met his future wife, Carolyn, and came to Canada to be mar ried. Sadly in 1983, his wife died suddenly and unexpect edly of a heart attack, leav ing him struggling to cope with his loss, as well as the responsibility o f looking after his two sons, then only nine and seven. In 1983, Dr. W ebster returned to school, complet ing a degree in psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1986, before registering in his doctoral program at the University of Toronto. After graduating in 1990, seeking to develop this grief support work. Dr. Webster founded the Centre for the Grief Journey, of which he is the executive director. He facilitates grief support pro- Dr. Bill Webster grams in numerous commu nities, offers individual and fam ily grief counselling, conducts many professional sem inars and educational programs and has authored several books on this topic. The O akville Bereave ment Centre provides group counselling for those who have lost children, and group support for children, adoles cents and young adults who have experienced the loss of a parent or sibling, support for the loss of an infant, spouse, parent, sibling, or someone special. All groups are offered at Halton Family Services, 235 Lakeshore Rd. E,, call 8453811. YOUR LOW - " ' ' ' Model air show Sunday The O akville Model Flying Club will hold its fifth annual Model Air Show at Drumquin Park this Sunday, June 25th, to collect food and raise money for the Fareshare Foodbank. The show will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m., weath er permitting. Featured will be preci sion aerobatics, novelty air craft, model helicopters and a candy drop for the chil dren. After the show, try your hand at flying radio controlled model aircraft. Admission to the show is a donation, cash or food, for Fareshare. Two years ago, the show was attended by 1,000 peo ple, who donated 2,100 pounds o f food and over $700 in cash donations. Fareshare is currently averaging 226 families per month, representing almost 700 individuals, most of them children. Drumquin Park is located on Britannia Road, about half a kilometres west of Trafalgar Road. Parking is free, however, bring lawn chairs and blankets. Food vendors will be on location. For more inform ation, call Dan Morgan at 8252556, or visit the Oakville Model Flying Club's web site at www.omfc.net I F f T D A N n l r hi E V E R Y T H IN G T O H E L P M A K E Y O U R LEADER1 B U S IN E S S M O R E E F F I C I E N T ... i clearNET N O K IA 6188 D UAL M ODE PCSTM PH O NE (REFURBISHED) · Per second billing · Caller ID, voice mail & call-waiting included · No contract! · No activation fee! 433277 Portage for E aster Seal Kids Tomorrow, June 22nd, teams of seven people will be portaging canoes around the Oakville Entertainment Centrum to raise money to send children to Lakewood Camp, run by Easter Seal Kids. The Portage takes place from noon to 2 p.m. Teams will carry their canoes along a one kilometre route. Awards will be presented for team spirit, top fundrais ing team and top fundraising individual. 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