WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1987, PAGE 11 w w COMING EVENTS CALENDAR CAESARIAN BIRTH The Caesarean Birth Support and Education Group will meet Monday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m., at 615 Cognac Cres., Pickering. General discussion will be held by the group wl»ich provides information and education to parents who anticipate caesarean or vaginal birth, and options available in Durham Region. For more information call Joan Naccarato of Whitby at 723-0873. ST. JOHN St. John Ambulance (Whitby branch) desperately needs in- structors in both first aid and car- diopulmonary rescuci- tation (CPR) for cour- ses to be held in January and February. Call 668- 9006. CPR courses will be held Feb. 6-8. THEOS THEOS, a self-help group for widowed people who have problems coping with their grief, will meet at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 4 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cochrane St., Whitby. Widowed men and women are welcome. For more information call 668-2648. -CANADIAN CLUB Thomas Kines, national director of CARE Canada, will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Canadian Club of Durham Region on Thursday, Feb. 12. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. For reservations or more information call Elsie McGuire at 576-6196 or Eleanor Rycroft at 668- 2484. ONE PARENT FAMILIES The local chapter of the One Parent Families Association of Canada meets at 8 p.m. every Tuesday at St, Andrew's United Church, 71 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa. A general meeting will be held Feb. 3; Durham Regional Police will discuss drugs Feb. 10; elections.will take place Feb. 17; Cathy Daigle will speak on "Learning How to Touch" on Feb. 24; general meeting March 3; discussion on "Enjoyment" March 10; family bingo March 17. For more information call Barbara at 728-7205 or Paula at 728-1272. MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH Dr. H. Shah of Whitby Psychiatric Hospital will speak about research into mental illness at the next meeting of the Friends and Relatives of the Mentally 111, 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19 at 111 Simcoe St. N. (second floor), Oshawa. For more information call Sandra Manuel at 728- 9931. SELF-HELP The film "Eight Keys to Mental Health" will be shown at the next meeting of the Self-Help Group for Depressives and Manic-Depressives 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, at 111 Simcoe St. N. (second floor) Oshawa. Friends and family members are welcome. For more information call Sandra Manuel at 728-9931. SEMINAR A seminar on small business development will be held at the Whitby Public Library on Tuesday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 31, 7:30 to 9 p.m. There is a $45 fee for the seminar, held by the library in cooperation with the Federal Business Development Bank. Registrants will be given four clinic workbooks and an outline of government assistance to new businesses. Registra- tion is now being taken at the childrçn's desk of the library. COOKIES The annual Girl Guide cookie campaign starts Saturday, Feb. 7 in Whitby. Boxes sell for $2 each. There are 742 brownies, guides, pathfinders, rangers cadets and junior leaders in Whitby. Whitby girls sold 15,972 boxes last year. ONTARIO RHYTHM CLOGGERS The Ontario Rhythm Cloggers, a non-profit organization, invite you to learn the fine art of clogging every Sunday at the Oshawa Resource Center. The Center is located behind Oshawa City Hall at King and Centre Sts. Beginners should show up at 1 p.m., runs till 2:30 p.m., while intermediate cloggers should show up at 2 p.m., runs to 4 p.m. For more information call Darryl Linnington at 264-2848. BOWL FOR MILLIONS Bowl for Millions Week, in support of Big and Little Brothers, will be held Feb. 7 to 14 at Oshawa Bowling Lanes, Oshawa Centre and Motor City Lanes, Richmond St. W., Oshawa, where pledge sheets are available. The high school challenge, including Anderson CVI of Whitby, will be at Oshawa Lanes, Monday, Feb. 9 while a celebrity bowl, corporate challenge, scotch doubles and match-up with Oshawa General will make up Celebrity Day, Saturday, Feb. 14. For more information call 579-2551. DOWN SYNDROME Durham Down Syndrome Association meets on Tuesday, Feb. 10 in Whitby Public Library program room. Guest speaker is Donna Harris, executive director of Outreach, who will discuss streetproofing. welcome. For information call 0187. All more 579- LALECHE La Leche League, a nursing mothers support group, will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4. Topic is "The Family and the Breastfed Baby." Nursing babies welcome. For more information or help, call Brenda at 728-6890. VALENTINE'S LUNCH A Valentine's lunch will be held at All-Saints Church 12:30 to 2 p.i., Sunday, Feb. 15. Cost is $3 adults, $1.50 children (maximum family price $10). LEGION DANCE Whitby Legion ladies auxiliary , sports Valentine's dance will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 14 at Legion hall, 117 Byron St. S. Music by Janette Desoursa, $9 per couple, lunch included, spot dances, door prizes. Tickets at the door. ITC The first Oshawa branch of the International Training in Communication (ITC) organization will meet at My Sister's Place Restaurant (upstairs), 339 Malaga Rd., Oshawa, 6 p.m., SEE PAGE 12 WORKSHOPS ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS A series of ten workshops on sponsored by the Ministry the careful conservation of energy in heritage buildings of Citizenship and Culture and the Ministry of Energy Gravenhurst-February 7 Thunder Bay-February 9 Sault Ste. Marie-February 10 St. Catharines-February 14 Chatham-February 17 ' Seaforth-February 18 Town of Vaughan-February 25 Almonte-February 28 Renfrew-March 3 Kingston-March 7 For further information on the times and locations of the workshops, please contact the participating Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) through your municipal clerk's office, or the Heritage Branch, MCC, in Toronto, telephone (416) 965-4961 Ministry Mi of Citizenship of and Culture Er inistry nergy Ontario Lily Munro Minister Vincent G. Kerrio Minister am* *a w- 0 a IrW. * P rM" P*r.* tL'ri? T jTmjT'~j. PAINTING EOUIPMENT? NEED MORTAR MIXING? SANDING AND STRIPPING? FENCE NEED FIXING? NEED IT? RENT IT!... and Save! These days, it's smart to rent what you need to do hundreds of things - like sanding floors, stripping woodwork, adding a room to your home. painting and wallpapering. removing tile. and insulating. 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