WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1QR, PAGE 17 Peter Perry award presentation will b Jan. 22 Tickets will go on sale Friday, Jan. 8 for the presentation of the COMING EVENTS DISPLAYS Lithographs by Barry Smyllie of Pickering are on display in the auditorium of Whitby Public Library while Audrey Courtney's collection of thimbles is on display in the lobby until Jan. 30. MEETING The Alzheimer Society of Durham Region offers a family support group on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. at the- Alzheimer Society office; 40 King St. W. suite 606, Oshawa. For more infor- mation, call 576-2567. CLOCA TOUR The Central Lake Ontario Con- servation Authority will hold its bird feeder tour at Lynde Shores Conservation Area, Whitby, star- ting at 1 p.m., Jan. 9. Meet at parking lot off Victoria St. BOTTLE DRIVE The 1st Whitby boy scouts will be holding a town-wide bottle drive on Saturday, Jan. 9 beginning at 9 a.m. MEETING Janet MacDonald will lead discussion of "Fears and Phobias" atthe Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7:15 p.m. meeting of the Freedom From Fear Foundation at E.A. Lovell Public School, Oshawa. For more infor- mation call.433-0777. MEETING Women's Aglow Fellowship will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14 at the Oshawa Resource Centre (behind city hall), with guest speaker Annp Davis. For more in- formation call 623-3197 or 668-8155. THEOS The local chapter of THEOS will meet on Sunday, Jan. 10 in St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church, Cochrane St., Whitby. The self help group for widowed men and women meets once a month. For more in- formation call 668-2648. SUPPER & DANCE The Canadian Scottish Club of Whitby will be holding their annual Burns Night supper and dance at Heydenshore pavilion, Whitby, Jan. 23. Cocktails 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. sharp. For more information call Ben Greenaway 576-0529, Tom Slack 728-3012. TASTE OF SCOTLAND Whitby Public Library will present "A Taste of Scotland" at 7 p.m., Jan. 25, to celebrate the bir- thday of Scottish poet Robbie Bur- ns. The "Breath of Heather" Highland dancers will perform and the film "Sean Connery's Edin- burgh" will be shown. Call 668-6531 for a seat. MEETING .The Durham Down Syndrome Association will meet Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Whitby Public Library. Guest speaker will be Jim Maciven, community program manager of children's services for the Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services. Discussion will be held on speech therapy in Durham Region. Al welcome. For more information call 579-0187. ARTS AND CRAFTS Group 74 arts and crafts in Brooklin will give lessons in folk art, crocheting and hairpin lace Thursday evenings starting Jan. 21 for eight weeks. Open house «and registration will on Jan. 14, 8 to 9:30 p.m. at the Oddfellows hall in Brooklin. For more information cali 655-364. Peter Perry Award for 1987, says the Whitby Chanber of Commerce. The award, for Whitby's outstan- ding citizen of 1987, wil be presen- ted Friday, Jan. 22 at the Centen- nial Building on Centre St. starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 each, available only at Middleton's Stationery, 113ADundas St. W. Seating is limited, so those who wish to attend are urged to get their tickets as soon as possible. Only a limited number of tickets will be available at the door on the night of the presentation. The Whitby Chamber of Com- merce has presented the Peter perry Award to the outstanding citizen of the year since 1955, and it is considered Whitby's most prestigious award. 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