Contact: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com COMMUNITY UPDATE WEDNESDAY, .1 1rLY 9. 2(X)3 · Iv <t£o C3 Assault and Violence Intervention Services), second floor o f Hopedale Mall. Rebecca and Third Line. Learn more about proportional representation in government. Everyone welcome. For information, contact Gail Turner at 905-637-2279 or e-mail gbunty@cogeco.ca. SUNDAY JULY 13 Dessert Euchre, 1 p.m.. Bronte Legion. 79 Jones. Admission S5 each. MONDAY JULY 14 Exercise Your Way to a Better Body. presentation by personal trainer from Exclusively Women's Fitness Centre. Burlington, at Chiropractic First. 2318 Lakeshore W. Ste. 1. 7 p.m.. free. Seats lim ited to first 20 callers, call 905-827-2444. Weekly Walks by the Water along Waterfront Trail with the Bronte Bunch. Group walks every Monday year round for tun. fitness and friendship. Meet at back door of Coach and Four. Lakeshore and Bronte. Walk begins 7:15 p.m. Apres walk refresh ments. Beginners welcome. Approximately 7K walk. 1.5 hours. Call Sylvia. 905-6162330. TUESDAY JULY 15 Parents Without Partners Orientation Night, 7 8 p.m. for interested single parents on at Lakeview Public Library. 1110 Atwater Rd.. Mississauga. Membership dues current ly S45 but will increase on Oct. 1. For infor mation visit www.PWP594.ca or call 905238-5789. Oakville Wind Orchestra free concert series at Coronation Park. Tuesdays to Aug. 5. 7 8 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and a friend. Call 905-466-9306 or www.oakvillewindorchestra.com. Bronte Creek Provincial Park Adventure Cluh day camp Junior Naturalist Program and rime Traveller Club have been combined to form Adventure Club. Tuesdays to Aug 26. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open to ages 6-10. Preregister by calling 905-827-69U ext. 271. A Cappella Showcase invites all women who like to sing to join them for their Summer Sing Program. Tuesdays to Aug. 19. This four-part harmony chorus meets from 7 - 10 p.m. at St. Volodymyr's Cultural Centre, on the south side of Dundas between Third and Fourth Lines. Help fo r Parents * Parent Support Group meets weekly. Tuesday evenings. This non-denomi national self-support group with trained leaders, helps parents of children who are in trouble at home, at school or with the law. abusive or taking drugs. A member of Association o f Parent Support Groups in Ontario (APSGO). To locate group nearest you. Call I -800-488-5666. or visit www.apsgo.ca. Halton VON Fool Care Clinic, Sir John Colbome Centre for Seniors. Tuesdays 1 - 4 p.m. Cost: S20. By appointment only. Call 905-815-5960. TOPS (Take O ff Pounds Sensibly) week ly Tuesday evening meetings 7 p.m. at Walton Memorial United Church. 2489 Lakeshore West in Bronte. Info: 905-827- Please forw ard announcements fo r Update tu Wilma Blokhuis. Oakville Heaver, 4 6 7 Speers Rd.. Oakville. Ont. IMK3S4; Fax 905-337-5567, email blokhuis@haltonsearcli.com. or call 9t)5-t<45-3fi24 Ext. 250, BEFORE NOON Monday to he included. Notices are listed free o f charge. RBC Festival o f Classics presents Shakespeare's The Tempest al Coronation Park. July 9 - Aug. 9, 8 p.m. The Tempest grapples with the very heart of human dark ness while being mystical and mysterious yet romantic and comic. Tickets. $20 general admission, available at Booker's Bookstore, 172 Lakeshore. Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts Box Office, open Monday to Fridas 1 2 - 5 p.m.. and Saturday 2 - 6 p.m.. call 905-815-2021: and at Coronation Park Box Office starting 6:30 p.m., for same-day ticket sales. Wednesday Evening Fun Runs - meet at The Running Company. 118 Thomas St.. at 7 p.m. for 5K. 7K and longer courses. Free. Call 905-815-1952. Top Hat Marching Orchestra is looking for new members - brass, woodwinds, per cussion. Rehearsals every Wednesday, 8 9:30 p.m.. at Burlington Legion. 828 Legion, Burlington. Call 905-335-1798 or visit www.tophats.org. Halton And Fee I Professional Executive Network (HAPPEN) networking support group for unemployed business profession als. 8 a.m.. in Mississauga. Speaker Michael Gravelle. Enhancing Personal Effectiveness. Members S5. non-members S10. Call 905339-0268 or www.happen.ca. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation, Thursdays at St. Jude's Church, Julv 10-24.7 p.m. Call 905-842-0940. Let's Play Ball. Baseball Night. Halton Recreation Club. Deer Run Park, every Thursday. 7 p.m. Fun game of slow-pitch softball. Men and women over 18 welcome. Deer Run Park is north-east of Lakeshore Road and Ford Drive. For more informa tion. call Jim at 905-855-2484. or email aplus@primus.ca. FRIDAY J LI.) II Singles and Social Dance, every Friday during the summer. 8 p.m. - midnight. Holiday Inn. 590 Argus Rd. Open to people 50 and up. Admission 58. Call 905-8764540. SATURDAY JULY 12 Learn to be a great babysitter this sum mer Red Cross Babysitting Course. July 12 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Aug. 1 6 - 1 7 1 - 5 p.m. Sept. 20 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call 905-845-5241. Camping Crazy, Bronte Creek Provincial Park. July 12 and 13.11 a.m. - 5 p.m.. Nature Centre. Parking Lot C. Learn essential skills and tricks for camping through displays and demonstrations. Learn about fire lighting and safety, tents and gear, gadgets and cloth ing. Park on Burloak nonh of QEW. Fair Vote Canada - Halton Chapter meets at 10 a.m. on at SAV1S office (Sexual Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver KNIGHTS SUPPORT JDRF: Holding a cheque fo r $5,000 and a poster for the Juvenile D iabetes R esearch F oundation (JD R F) are, from left, Jo h n Crilly, K nights of C olum bus C h a ir of the St P atrick 's Day Dance, A nne M a rtin , JD R F Office A dm inistrator, T erry Cooke of K opriva T aylor Com m unity Funeral Home, and Don Collins G ra n d K night o f the K nights o f C olum bus. T he m oney was raised at the annual Knights of C olum bus St. P a tric k 's Day Dance. 3399. Oakridge Mom and Tots tor moms ;uid kids ages birth to 4: Oakridge Bible Chapel. 2250 Eighth line, every Tuesday, 9:30 - 11 a.m. Free, kids welcome to play, moms wel comed to chat. Contact Kim English 905332-7929. WEDNESDAY JULY 16 Stroke Recovery Association, Burlington chapter, holds annual Summer Picnic. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.. at LaSalle Park. Burlington, on bluff behind pavilion. Food, refreshment, outdoor games, entertainment and free cruise around Hamilton Harbour. Call 905-3191776. Halton And Peel Professional Executive Network (HAPPEN) networking support group for unemployed business profession als, 8 a.m.. in Burlington. Speaker Judy Suke. The Perfect Job Interview. Members $5, non-members $10. Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca. THURSDAY JULY 17 Halton VON Foot Care Clinic. Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre. 263 Kerr St.. 1 - 4 p.m. Cost: S20. By appointment onlv, call 905-815-5966. Halton And Peel Professional Executive Network (HAPPEN ) networking support group for unemployed business profession als. 8 a.m.. in Mississauga. Speaker. Marian Slaman. Personal Evaluation. Members $5. non-members $10. Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca Talents Within Chocolate Fete, Tangerine. 647 King St. W.. Toronto, 6 p.m. Call 905-469-0185 to purchase tickets. Tickets $15 each before July 10. $20 after wards or at the dixir. Complimentary choco late flavoured alcoholic drinks and chocolate tasters, including a must-see chocolate foun tain. Cireat DJ and dancing. All proceeds go to Talents Within, sports camp for underpriv ileged children. BUIJ.ETIN MADD. Mothers Against Drunk Driving annual National Poster and Writing Contest, a great way to bring awareness about impaired driving to young people ages 10-14. Theme is 'My Life Has Just Begun! Don't Drink and Drive.' First prize $250; second prize $150 and third prize $100. Call 905844-0096 for more information. Remember awareness can make the difference in the choices we make. Drunk driving is no acci dent. Deadline July 31. Guitar Workshop Plus. July 20 - 25. Appleby College, for all levels, all ages and all styles including blues, rock, acoustic, jazz, classical, and guitar for complete beginner. Bass, drum and keyboard classes as well. Guest instructors include glues great Robben Ford. Canadian virtuoso Rik Emmett, and jazz extraordinaire Lome Lofsky. For infor mation. call 905-785-7087 or visit www.guitarworkshopplus.com. Discover Ontario's Rural Transportation Heritage at Street Car and Electric Railway Museum. 13629 Guelph Line north of Milton, open daily to Sept. 1. and weekends to Oct. 26. Call 5 i 9-856-9802 or visit www.hcry.org. labrador Retriever Rescue Ontario. Lab loving fosters desperately needed. Oakville based. Costs paid, call Joan Znidarec. 905845-3573. Would you like to earn some money now while looking for that perfect full-time job? If you are a student, join the Odd Job Squad. Contact the Oakville Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students (HRCC-S) at 905-845-3601 for more details. The HRCCS is part of the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy. Bronte Creek Provincial Park Garden Plots arc available for rent in the park. Garden plots. 15 by 30 feel, arc located near the Park Office. Plot rentals cost S30 for the first plot and $20 for each additional plot when a summer or annual vehicle permit is purchased. For more information call 905827-6911 or visit www.OntarioParks.com. The Foundation Cluh new service club for single professionals. Enjoy monthly wine tasting, guest speakers, and networking. Call 905-338-0238. Positive move for Isaia As proud Canadians we have just celebrated Canada's birth day. Rich in ethnic diversity and respect for cultural differences, Isaia and his family epitomize the very concept of what it is to be Canadian. For many ethnic groups, an intellectually disabled son or daughter becomes a family responsibility to be shouldered by that immediate and extended family. For some cultures, the disabled individual is hidden away from the rest o f society but supported and loved within their own family. Isaia is an example of one such individual. For 37 years. Isaia has been a proud and sheltered member of a strong Italian family. He is loved, adored, included and embraced by immediate and extended family members. His family believes it is the duty of the family to care for his needs. But sometimes things change. Extended family are busy with their children and careers and Isaia's father and mother are aging and in ill health. With great reluctance, they sought assistance from Community Living Oakville (CLO) to help care for Isaia. Moving into a group home with four other men of diverse ethnicity has been a cultural shock for Isaia. Missing his mother's home-made pasta and succulent sauce. Isaia has to eat the food that reflects the ethnic are frequently left for the group to enjoy. The family is aston ished at how independent their son is becoming. They are also astonished at how' visible indi viduals with an intellectual handicap are within our commu nity. Agencies like CLO are proud that they make a difference in bringing independence and inclusion to those with a handi cap. It is not that Canada has more challenged indiv iduals but rather they are not hidden away and are encouraged to partici pate to their highest capabilities within our social community. It also comforting to know that agencies like CLO will care for their son while honouring the primary relationship with their family. Isaia's family does not feel like they have given their son's care away but rather that they are now part of a communi ty team with everyone working together to support Isaia. The transition for Isaia and his family has been an enlight ened experience. Family and agency support working hand in hand to offer life experiences and social contacts. Isaia's fam ily is learning that we can all work together, and CLO is learn ing important features from a strong, involved ethnic family. O f course we all want the recipes for that fantastic pasta sauce. Isaia and his family are liv ing proof that community living Z0NTA SCHOLARS: Receiving $5(MI scholarships recently from the Z onta C lub of O akville, represented by President L ian a R enw ick-Palm erio, left, and Past President C ath erin e Bobesich, right, are, front from left, high school g rad u ates Rudi Ellis, G ra d e 12, Iroquois Ridge; M organ Jacques, G rad e 12. Iroquois Ridge; an d S a ra h Bond, OAC, Iroquois Ridge; and at back from left, Sakina Sayeed, O A C, Iroquois Ridge; Fiona Sim pson, G rad e 12, St. Ignatius of Loyola; Andie P erris, O A C, St. T hom as A q u in as, an d L au ren K ahacki. G rad e 12, St. T hom as A quinas. Absent is M eaghan K ah n ert, O A C , St. Ignatius of Loyola. Each high school receives $500 schol arships annually for th e ir g rad u atio n cerem onies. Because of the double cohort, scholarships w ere presented to G ra d e 12 and O A C g ra d u a tin g students. The scholarship goes to deserving fem ale g rad u atin g stu d en ts w ho exude lead ersh ip qualities and have a high p articip atio n in school spirit and p h ilan th ro p y and are going to university o r college. diversity of the others in the group home. He has adjusted very well and enjoys the camaraderie of his roommates and the interaction and outings with support staff. He is rising to the demands of new challenges and experienc ing new social interactions. Although the cloistered family life is full of love and security. Isaia says he now has two fami lies. one at home and one at "his' home. 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