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B6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Computer r e n a is s a n c e W e buy, sell, tr a d e , service used a n d n e w c o m p u te r e q u ip m e n t 2 5 2 5 H a m p s h ir e G a te Winston Churchill & Dundas (905) 829-2592 w .w .w . co m p -re n.com C o m m u n ityUpdated ' ? Art Oakville Beaver Feature Contact Wilma Blokhuis: 845-3824 Ext 250 Fax: 337-5567 Established 1998 ...... Please forward announcements for Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, OnL L6K 3S4; call 845-3824 Ext. 250, or Fax 337-5567 BEFORE NOON Monday to be included. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3 Arthritis Self-Help Group meets 7 p.m., Burlington Seniors Centre, 2285 New St., Burlington. Speaker: Dr. J. A. Pyper, orthopaedic surgeon. Admission $1. Call 637-6643. Parents o f Children with Cancer, selfhelp support group for families dealing with childhood cancer, meets at Cancer Society office, 635 Fourth Line, Unit 5 1 ,7 p.m. New families welcome, call 842-3682. Halton-Peel Pet Loss Support Group meets first and third Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. Difficulty coping with loss of pet, struggling with pre-euthanasia decision, or to learn more, call 842-2252, 272-4040 or 637-5233. Email: petloss@idirect.ca Oakville Parent Child Centre offers Cabin Fever, drop-in for parents and care givers, 9 to 10:45 a.m., at 337 Kerr St. Also Toddler Time, drop-in for parents and tod dlers 12 to 18 months, 9 to 10:30 a.m., 337 Kerr St. 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 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. Bereavement Self-Help Group for par ents grieving loss of a child, meets Wednesdays, 9 to 11 a.m., at Trinity United Church, 1250 McCraney St. Call 845-3152 or 844-0573. Women fo r Sobriety New 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 NOVEMBER 4 American Women' s Club meets at Glen Abbey United Church, Nottinghill Gate and Upper Middle, 9:30 a.m. Speaker: Hugh Jacob, photographer artist. Babysitting pro vided, reservations required. Club open to all U.S. bom and naturalized citizens. Call Phyllis at 569-9350. Self-Esteem - Learning to Like Yourself, stop self-criticism, change nega tive patterns and build strong confident sense of self, starts Nov. 4th for four weeks, Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, Ste. 210, 1 to 3 p.m. Cost: $25 ($30 non-members), call 847-5520. Friends o f the Library Book Sale at Central Library, 120 Navy St. - Members Night, Nov. 4th, 6 to 9 p.m. - memberships available, $10. Sale open to public Nov. 5th, 1 to 5 p.m.; Nov. 6th, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Nov. 7th, 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: 95 cents per pound of books, 50% reduction on Sunday. Call 815-2042. Mississauga Camera Club meets 8 p.m. at Port Credit Library, 20 Lakeshore E., Mississauga. Results of First Competition. Call 625-3071. Yoga classes, reduce stress, strengthen and tone the body, increase energy and flex ibility, improve balance and co-ordination, every Thursday, 7:30 to 9 p.m., call Jessie, 847-6177. Oakville Parent Child Centre offers Toddler Time, drop-in for parents and tod dlers, 12 to 18 months, 9 to 10:30 a.m. at 1500 Sixth Line. Call 849-6366. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5 Beta Sigma Phi, Preceptor Pi Chapter, Used Book Sale, Trafalgar Village, Cross Avenue across from GO Station, Nov. 5th, 6 to 9 p.m.; Nov. 6th, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Nov. 7th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds to char ity. Steve Bell, 1998 Juno winner for Best Gospel Album, in concert at St. Jude's Church, William and Thomas, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $17, net proceeds to Anglican Church of the Incarnation building fund. Tickets at Good Books, 844-3102; St. Jude's Church, 844-3972, or call to charge, 1-800-854-3499. Photo courtesy of the Oakville Public Library MURAL FROM ST. AIDAN'S : The children of S t Aidan's Co-operative Nursery School came to the Oakville Central Library on O c t 20th to donate a mural to the Oakville Public Library's Children's Department where it will be on display. The children painted the mural in honour of Week of the Child, designated by the Association o f Early Childhood Educators of Ontario. Week of the Child is celebrated annually to encourage the community reflect on the rights and needs of children and to renew a commitment to improve opportunities for children. The Oakville Public Library supports this commitment to children. Opening wine and cheese reception for back to Oakville, Nov. 20th, 7:30 p.m., St. p.m., Temple Anshe Shalom, 215 Cline Ave. Expressions in Art, St. Volodymyr's Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School, N., Hamilton. Items include LS Saturn Cultural Centre, Dundas and Fourth Line, Nottinghill Gate and Upper Middle. Tickets 2000, ride in hot-air balloon, jewelry, furs, 7:30 to 8 p.m. Speaker: Luba Goy of Air $10 each, proceeds to Anglican Church of art, autographed sports celebrity memora Farce. 8 p.m. Show featuring more than 20 the Incarnation building fund. Tickets also bilia. Tickets $20, includes wine and cheese, artists including wildlife and landscape on sale at Abbey Lane Craft Fair, Nov. 13th, desserts, plus live and silent auctions. painter Johnny Filipchuk of Oakville con or call 469-0264. Proceeds to Martha House and Women for tinues Nov. 6th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Nov. Fall Bazaar, St. Simon's Anglican Women projects in Israel. Call Andrea, 9057th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Church, 1450 Litchfield, Trafalgar and 522-5537. Auditions for Noah and The Ark, Nov. Upper Middle, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call church Oakville Parent Child Centre has Come 5th, 8 to 10 p.m, Milton Alliance Church; office, 845-8351. Play With Me on Saturday, 9:30 to 11 a.m. and Nov. 6th, 3 to 5 p.m., Merriam Music, Canadian Red Cross Annual Bazaar, Call 849-6366 for location. Oakville. All ages and vocal abilities want 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Red Cross Building, 167 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7 ed, call producer Rick Imus, 875-3090. Navy. Christmas items, knitwear, quilting Great Hymns o f Faith - A Hymn Rehearsals in January for April shows, and more. Call 845-5241. Festival, ecumenical event featuring the v . A Touch o f Class Crafters 21st annual Unique Craft Show & Sale at Walton combined choirs with organ and brass show and sale, Nov. 5th, 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Memorial United Church, Lakeshore and accompaniment, Hopedale Presbyterian and Nov. 6th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Erindale Bronte, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Folk art, hair Church, 156 Third Line, 7 p.m., director Community Hall, 1620 Dundas, east of bows, Teddy Bears, stained glass, dolls, Tim Gilbert, organist and choir director of Mississauga Road. toys, country Santas, elves, rocking horses, St. Paul's Church, Stratford. Light refresh East Plains United Church, 375 Plains children's clothes, and pressed flowers. ments, free-will offering. Call 287-1571. Rd. E., Burlington, holds Millennium Craft & Bake Sale with Soup & Brunch With . . . Jan Wong, Globe & Magic, 26th annual arts and crafts show and Sandwich Lunch at St. Luke's Church, Mail columnist and author of Jan Wong' s sale, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission $1. 3114 Dundas St. W., west of Bronte Road China', David Layton, Motion Sickness Babysitting $1.50 per child per hour. (Regional Rd. 25), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. biography of his father Irving Layton, and Oakville Parent Child Centre offers Poinsettia Bazaar & Tea, St. Paul's Patricia Phenix, Olga Romanov - Russia' s Cabin Fever, drop-in for parents and care United Church, 454 Rebecca, 11 a.m. to 3 Last Grand Duchess, at Oakville Club. givers, 10:30 to noon, 337 Kerr St. Call p.m. Bake, craft, knitting, white elephant, Tickets $25, at Bookers, 172 Lakeshore, 849-3633. sewing tables. Country Store & Deli, OATS 844- 5501. Reserved seating only. Oakville Single/Social Dance every Men's craft table, books and puzzles, plants South Peel Naturalists Club taking bird Friday at the Oakville Royal Canadian and weeds, silent auction, plus children's count in Bronte area. Meet at 9 a.m. at Legion, Normandy Room, Church and activities and store. Tea Room - adults $3, pooled parking lot south of the QEW and Navy. Admission $10. Proceeds through children $1.50. east of Bronte Road. Call 279-8807. Branch 114 to charities. Dancing 8:30 p.m. Money Smarts, budgeting, financial Holton Cross Country Ski Club Ski to 12:30 a.m. Cash door prizes and refresh goals, understanding cash flow, improving Swap & Sale, Nelson High School, 4181 ments. Dress code. Call 845-6271. Tickets, credit, using bank services, 10 a.m. to noon New St., Burlington. Equipment registra $53 each, now available for New Year's Eve at Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, Ste. tion, 9 to 10:30 a.m.; sale 10:45 to 3 p.m.; Dance with dinner, champagne, souvenirs 210. Call 847-5520. check-out time, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Call 634and cash prizes. Tickets available until Nov. Annual Christmas Bazaar & Tea 2012. Club fee, 15% of receipts, cash or 15th, call 842-1327 or 845-6271. Room, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Eden United cheque only. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6 Church. 3051 Battleford Rd., Mississauga, MONDAY NOVEMBER 8 Iroquois Ridge High School Holiday 50 guest craft vendors, baking, preserves, Oakville Chapter, Breast Cancer Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at school, 1123 knitting, used books, and Treasures and Support Services meeting, 7 to 9 p.m.. Glenashton. More than 90 prafters featuring Trifles. Lunch available, $7. Call 824-5578. Alternatives, 579 Kerr St. Call Nancy Fox, blown glass ornaments, hand crafted vests, Fuji Canada and Mississauga Camera 845- 7484. collectable Santas, turned wood, folk art, Club presents Photographing the Halton Regional Christian Education fabric and floral products. Tea room and Canadian Landscape with Daryl Benson Association Fall Members meeting, 7:30 musical performance. Call 845-0012. and Dale Wilson, 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. at p.m., Park Bible Church, 1500 Kems Rd., Tickets on sale at Hopedale Mall, Nov. Mississauga Central Library, near Square Burlington Updated information on new 6th and 13th, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., for One. Tickets $10. Call 278-2140. Christian High School opening in Halton. Canadian Orpheus Male Choir coming Hadassah Fall Fantasy Auction, 6:30 Call Trish McNamara, 847-0356. B u rlin g to n /O a kville/W a terd o w n Parent Watch support group meeting for parents of children who make poor choices, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Brant Bible Church, 2501 Eaglesfield, Burlington. Call 319-9026. ALPHA, practical introduction to the Christian faith, Mondays to Nov. 21st. Complimentary meal at 6:30 p.m., followed by video presentation and small group dis cussion, Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca St. Call church office, 845-2942 or Winnie Spencer, 845-1088. Oakville Parent Child Centre offers Cabin Fever, drop-in for parents and care givers, 9 to 11 a.m., 337 Kerr St. Call 8496366. Let' s Dance, Monday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.. Sir John Colbome Centre for Seniors. Singles welcome. Call 827-7394. 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 flashlight. Walk at own pace. Call 827-8768. Like to sing? Male chorus, 25 voices, looking for amateur singers. Rehearsal every Monday night except holidays. Call the director, 845-1260. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9 Oakville Stamp Club meets 7 to 9 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Rebecca and Doryal. Silent auction. Free Mammacheck Workshop, 2 to 4 p.m., Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. Learn breast self-examination, presented by Breast Cancer Support Services. Call 3384379 to reserve seats. Equilibrium, support group for people dealing with unipolar and bipolar depres sion, 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic's Parish Centre, 2415 Rebecca St. Workshop on Anger Management for People with Mood Disorders. Call CMHA Halton, 693-4270. Good Mental Health for Children at Risk, with Dr. Alan Brown, psychologist, and Elayne Tanner, social worker, at Lord Elgin High School, 5151 New St., 7:30 p.m., presented by Learning Disabilities Association of Halton. Call 844-6905. Cost: $20 ($25 non members). Trillium Photographic Club presents Michelle Valberg, photographer-author from Ottawa, photographic overview of people, landscape and travel, 8 p.m., East Plains United Church, 375 Plains E., Burlington. Marilyn Chayka, 634-7755. Half Hour to Health lecture, 6:45 p.m.. Key Tips for a Healthy Season, Chiropractic First, 2381 Lakeshore W., Ste. 1. Call 827-2444. Network for Unemployed Women, 9:30 to 12:30 a.m., Do What You Love - create own career, at Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, Ste. 210. Free. Call 847-5520. Free public lecture. Self Healing & Wellness, 7:30 p.m., with Florence Martin, doctor of naturopathy. Good Health Mart, 2330 Lakeshore W. Call 825-0003. Parent Support Group, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Pinelands Presbyterian Church, 5270 New St., Burlington. Non-denominational support with trained leaders for par ents of teens in trouble at home, school, and the law, abusive or taking drugs. Member of Association of Parent Support Groups in Ontario - APSGO. Call 1-800-488-5666. ADVANCED REGISTRATION Nov. 10th is last day to register for 25th anniversary meeting of Halton Peel branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, Nov. 20th, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Lionhead Golf and Country Club, 8525 Mississauga Rd., Brampton. Cost: $25 includes hot lunch and coffee. Speakers: Brian Gilchrist and Rick Roberts, plus booksellers, on theme looking back. Seating limited to 240 people. Call 905-792-0907. (Anniversary celebration replaces regular monthly meeting.) Cause and Affection, fashion show for breast cancer research, Nov. 18th, 7:30 p.m., at Le Dome Banquet Hall. Proceeds direct ed via Canadian Cancer Society, Oakville Unit. Tickets, $35 eafch, available at j.Orlando, 337-2934 or David Findlay Fashions, 337-7183. Carolling in the Park, with Oakville Choristers and Salvation Army Brass Band, and Santa Claus, at George's Square, Dec. 8th, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., hosted by St. John's United Church, 845-0551. FOOD - GOTTA LOVE IT! Check out our H ealthy Ealing Cooking Demonstrations Featuring Popular Local Chefs. If there is a baby on the way... £P fi4/tsU ' o f i Y o u ' ll w a n t t o a t t e n d th e | ^The Oakville Free! Lots o f great ideas and food samples! 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