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L PAGEA2 The Canadian Statesman December g, 2006 www.durhamrefjion.com Leading the Way 905-623-3379 SPECIAL EVENT AT TOTAL HOCKEY!! ÜFIElBffEEillIH fllWIl BOOK-SIGNING - Monday, December it 6:36 - GAO PM at the Peter Puck Theatre With purchase of book 'The China Wall', FREE autograph and FREE admission to Total Hockey! 1 lie China Wall' is not available in bookstores! Don't miss this special ojijmrtmlit v www.clarington.net ê Û GIVE THE GIFT OF HEALTH! Please see a member of the Fitness Staff or one of our cashiers at the Clarington Fitness Centre or the Courtice Community Complex to enquire about our gift certificates! Or call 905-404-1525! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Avoid Holiday Bum Out Keep candles out of the reach of children and pets. Remember to snuff out your candles if you are leaving the room <0^ or going to bed. CAREERS The Municipality of Clarington is currently hiring for the following position(s). For complete job descriptions, please visit www.clarinaton.net/htdocs/careers.html Aquafit Instructors, Lifeguards, Instructors, Head Lifeguards, Head Instructors Please quote File #100-06 To be considered, all applications must be submitted to the Human Resources Division of the Municipality of Clarington. Failure to do so may result in an application not being received in time for consideration. DROP-IN SOCCER at Bowmanville Indoor Soccer and Lacrosse Bowl Monday - Friday 12:00-1:30 PM PLUS additional time on Wednesdays j 3:00 - 4:30 PM Thursday 2:00 - 3:30 PM Drop-in Soccer 16 yrs & over $5 / player Players please NOTE: Exact change needed for drop-off box video Banco pwto . , # \=. 'I *■ ifi For Teens grade 5 - 8 $9/person Friday, December 15 7:00-9:00 is Courtice Community Complex come heat up &te utter meaner at our PRHeai vneo nance THE HOTTEST DANCE PARTY IN TOWN! Dance the night away with all your friends to the newest music. You won't want to miss the Clarington Pre-Teen Dances! FRIDAY, JANUARY 26,2007 and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2007 Clarington Public Library Clarington Public Library is currently hiring for the following positions. For complete job descriptions, please visit www.clarinaton-librarv.on.ca. Library Clerk 1 Position Type: 16 hours/week - temporary (6 months) Closing Date: December 15, 2006 Library Technician 1 Position Type: Occasional - averaging 8 hours per week Closing Date: December 13, 2006 DURHAM REGIONAL POLICE 18TH ANNUAL FOOD &TOY DRIVE NOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 22 Drop off an unwrapped toy or food item at any Police Station, or any Fireball in Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington or Ajax, or at any of the many sponsors and supporting Business Drop Boxes. Volunteers will pick up donations and deliver them to Charitable Agencies for distribution. Cash donations will be accepted at any Police Station. For more information please call 905-721-2999. BUSINESS BY THE LAKE ABSOLUTE FITNESS GYM Join us: Wednesday December 13,2006 Location: Absolute Fitness Gym 97 King Avenue East, Newcastle 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Canada Brokerlink (Ontario) Inc. and Absolute Fitness Gym invite invite you to come out and celebrate the holiday season with your business neighbours. Come out and meet new business people, gain new contacts • and build partnerships in a friendly and appetizing atmosphere. All business people are invited to attend! Networking is free for members and $5.00 for perspective members, which will be collected collected at the door. A. cash bar will also be available. Plus enter to win an IPOD courtesy of Pauline Mote, Canada Brokerlink (Ontario) Inc. Promotional tables are also available for $25.00, this is a great way to showcase your product or services. Register online at www.cbot.ca. For further information please contact the office at 905-623-3106. <■>: EXPERIENCE CANADA'S GAME JIM SATURDAY DECEMBER 9 TOTAL HOCKEY BONUS DAY With each admission on Saturday during facility hours (10AM-6PM), guests receive a coupon which can be redeemed outside fora FREE hotdog! Visit TOTAL HOCKEY and start practicing! You could win great prizes and be named Total ê Hockey's First TOTAL SKILLS CHAMPION at the B TOTAL HOCKEY % SKILLS TOURNAMENT WliVJ'WÏiF k■*/ m I ^ ijÊL f. ; j FOR COMPLETE DETAILS, VISIT TOTAL HOCKEY™ at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex 905-623-5728 TOTAL-HOCKEY.CA M^PMMiWppppiilllSPPill KNOW WHERE T0 RIDE J SIMM the TRAILS! The only trail system in Durham Region designated for ATV use is in the Ganaraska Forest in Clarington. You are no| allowed to ride ATVs on roads or road-allowances in Durham Region (except on some Township of Brock roads between Dec. f and March 31" the following year, subject to a number of rules!. ATV ^INFORMATION PACKAGE Contact: Durham Health Connection Line 905-666-6241 or 1-800-841-2729 ext. 3241 /;] Duilwm Region AIV Safety Conlillon (Miiwiou ((-&); CAKUWKA Kllilft tiNunxiirf/nikitfhr info@clarington.net Upcoming Email your event Information* to communications@clarinaton.net Post your own events on-line to the Upcoming Events Calender at www.clarinaton.net 'Event listings ère subject to space availability and may be edited for content. The Municipality is not responsible for any errors or omissions. 100 SMALL PAINTINGS SHOW AND SALE at Clarington Visual Arts Centre. This exhibition consists of work from over 50 member artists. It is ah ideal chance to meet and talk with the participating artists as well as doing some early Christmas shopping. The works are small, both is size and price (aH under $200) and make excellent holiday gifts. Admission is free. For more information visit www.vac.ca or call 905-623-5831. WEIGHT WATCHERS MEETINGS every WEDNESDAY at 7:00 PM, South Courtice Arena (Meeting Room) Weigh in at 6:15 PM. Fbr more information call 1-800-387-8227 EPILEPSY DURHAM REGION IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS passionate about their community. Volunteers who can lead the challenge in ending stigma, fear and myths surrounding this disability. Can you assist with fund raising events, such as golf tournaments, gladioli flower campaign, or join our speakers bureau? Do you have 1 IT skills you can share? Epilepsy Durham is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental nongovernmental health agency who receive no direct government nor United Way funding to support education or awareness within the Region. Everyone knows someone who has been touched by epilepsy; together we can achieve the extraordinary. LIVING WELL WITH EPILEPSY - A PARENTS FORUM Having Epilepsy or caring for someone who does can be very challenging. Sometimes the practical problems of daily living-from insurance, employment and medication care can seem overwhelming. At other times, it helps just to talk to people who understand what it is Complex at 3800 Brock Street North the first Wednesday of each month, starting . Please contact the Epilepsy Durham Region Office to register. CLARINGTON FLU CLINICS Garnet B. Rickard Complex, 2440 King Street West, Bowmanville WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 - 2:00 - 8:00 PM St. Francis of Assissi Elementary School, 1774 Rudell Road, Newcastle MONDAY, DECEMBER 11-4:00 - 8:00 PM Garnet B. Rickard Complex, 2440 King Street West, Bowamanville TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 - 2:00 - 8:00 PM NEWYEARS EVE CELEBRATION Thursday JANUARY 4,9:00 AM Faith United Church, 1778 Nash Rd E, Bowmanville, invites you to an evening of "STORIES UNDER THE CHRISTMAS STAR". Enid DeCpe apd her cast of excellent storytellers from across the région are returning to Faith. This promises to be a superb evening of adult stories for Christmas. Friday, DECEMBER 8 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $15. Phone 905 448-1320 to reserve a seat. Dessert & coffee included. with the 60 Voice Durham Adventist Choir. This outstanding Choir has inspired thousands over the past 10 years and the community is invited to hear for themselves as the Choir presents old and new anthems for this season. This special concert will be on DECEMBER 9 at 7:00 PM and wi|l be hosted at the Bowmanville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2850 Hwy. 2 St. John's Anglican Church, Bowmanville invites you to our 2nd Annual CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF CAROLS & READINGS- "ENCOUNTERS AT BETHLEHEM" by Jean Jones Anderson. Saturday, DECEMBER 9, at 7:00 PM, St. John's Anglican Church, Bowmanville, 11 Temperance Street. Admission by non-perishable food item or cash donation for Christian Outreach. For more information, please call 905-623-2460. OLDER ADULT ASSOCIATION EVENTS SMILE THEATRE "THE CHRISTMAS CAROL" Wednesday DECEMBER 20,1:30 PM, $10 Tickets The classic story of greed and redemption cleverly retold. Invite your friends and family to this favourite classic performance. Light lunch and refreshments available. For more information: 905-697-2856. Sunday DECEMBER 31, 5:30 PM, $25 Tickets 10! 9! SL.Countdown to 2007 with your friends at the Clarington Beech Centre while dancing to the music of Clarington Sounds. An evening of fun guaranteed. For more information: 905-697-2856 VOLUNTEER TUTORS NEEDED for the Computers for Literacy Development Program. Volunteers are needed to assist with one- to-one instruction for the January start date; Winter Session is January 15 - April 5. Volunteer tutors will receive training in the use of organizational/mapping software, word prediction software, text-to-speech software and more. For more information about the program and tutoring opportunities please contact Joanne Simpson, Resource Facilitator of Learning Disabilities Association of Peterborough, 905-623-1852 or Idaclar® bellnet.ca. GIRLS INCORPORATED OF DURHAM returns to Bowmanville to provide one of its most popular programs: Operation SMART. The program is designed to engage girls 9-12 yrs in science, math and relevant technology. Girls develop confidence, competencies and have fun building volcanoes, rockets & more. Wednesday, JANUARY 17- MARCH 28 from 4:00- 6:00 PM. Cost $40 and includes all materials & snacks. To learn more visit wwvy ; gjrJsjtic : durham,org or call 905-428-8111. GOULD'S YARD SALE We are a small group of kids thafeome to Gould's to learn how to sew. We sew children's quilts and then donate them to children and to Sick Kids Hospital. Sadly, two of our friends, Julia and Chios, have been In a terrible car accident that took the life of their mother Michelle. Chios is now in Sick Kids Hospital and will be there for some time. This family can now use help. More than we can do ourselves, therefore, we are asking for help. We are having a Yard Sale starting December 1 - February 14 on each Saturday at Gould's, 51 King Street East In Bowmanville. We are also having,a Draw on February 14. Please help out this family in need., For more information please call Carol Gould at 905-623-2404. View the On-line Upcoming Events Calendar at www.clarington.net