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PAGE 18, WIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1990 MAUSE Tenext meeting of Ma.cintosh Users East (MAUFSE), Durhamn Regon'sApple Macintosh Users Group, wiIf b. held tonight (Wed- nesday, Jan. 24), 7:30 p.m., at St. Thomas Chrh Brooklin. A pre- sentation will Ï,e made on the use of HyperCard. Free admis- sion. For more information, cal 434-5285. GENBALOGICAJLSOCIM~ The Whitby-Oshawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Societ will meet on Wednesday, Feb.7 7:15 to 10 p.m., in the Whitby Public Laibrary, auditorium. For ¶Bring*and Brag Night,' memers shouldbring a their faznily his- tory and pedigree charts, and family heirlooms. Meetings are free and open to the public. For more information cail Bessie Gannon at 723-7460* or Joyce Hilton at 668-8177. FOCUS ON WOMEN Focus on Women will* hdld a coffee and dessert; event on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at 570 Thornton Rd. N. Special music will be presented by the Bayfair Ladies Trio and guest speaker will be Mary Bond. Special feature wil be financial planning by Carol Chorostecki. For reservations cal 430-0233. 'Admission is $ .Al women welcome. 1EDJAT[ON Classes for meditation, will begin Thursdaqy, Feb. 15, 8 té, 10 p.m. Cost is $8 per person. For more information cail 430-1642. PARKINSON Parkinson-Durham Chapter exercise group meits every Thursday from 9:30 to il a.m. in the church house for St. Mark's at-the -corner of Coîborne and Byron -streets, Whitby New members are welcome. FKr more information caîl 668-6580. FIDDLE CLUB The Oshawa-Whitby Old-Time Fiddle Club will meet on Wed- nesday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., at Heydenshore eavilion. Fiddlers, guitar players,' singers, square, round and step dancers, and the public are welcome to attend. Admission is $2. The club meets on the rirst Wednesday of each month. For more information cal 668-1609 or 436-9019. Coming.events EFFECTIVE PARENTING The Family Education Resource Centre of Durham ng House is offering two discussion S, groups for parents which will focus on understanding children's I behavior and Iearning positive 4 and practical skills for redirecting 3. misbehavior and encouraging 9ea children. The group wiIl meet at 41 Fenelon Nursery School, Valley Farm'Rd. Pickering, on Tuesday evenings from 7 te 9 p.m., for eight weeks starting Feb. 6. The cost is $36 per person. Pre-registration is ýrequired. For more information and te, register cail the centre at 686-4353 or 579-2021. DISCUSSION GROUP Resolving family confiicts and imprcving relationships between yourself and others is the focus of a 10-session discussion group being offered by: the ,Family., Education . Resource Centre of ,eek Durham House. The group -will ose meet in the case-coordination sor. meeting roomn in Whitby on 5 Tuesday evenings, starting -Jan. 30. Teenagers experiencing E difficulties at home, with peers or teachers are invited to join this or- group. Parents experiencing ack difficulties with their teenagers 3 are invited to join. Anyone who wishes te improve their D relationships paptothers i discussion group in which teens and parents will work separately 5 and tegether to explore new options for surviving the daily N difficulties in family relationships. New attitudes will be discovered and techniques to mr. live more peacefully with each o5 other. For more information and te register for this group caîl the Family Education Resource Centre at 579-2021 or 686-4353. es STRENGTHENING STEP 3 FAMILY The Family Education Resource Centre of Durham House is offering study groups for step-parents, focusing on the S advantages and positive aspects of being a step-parent, and the adjustment issues faced by both O0 parents and children in step families. The group ýwill meet at Durham Ilouse from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday evenings, starting Feb. 8. The cost is $27. For further information and to register, caîl 579-2021 or 686-4353. AVICULTURÀL SOCIEETY The. Durham Avicutural Society is holding a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Robert Wenting of the Ministry of Natural Resources will speak and show a film about importing and exporting birds. The meeting will be held at the Pickering H1igh Sehool cafeteria (Church St., A GIFT 0F MUSIC Tho GM Choir's 'A Gift 0f Music' will be held at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 3 at Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa. The choir has a toe-tapping repertoire Of Music which includes Broadway bits, golden oldies, popular, patriotic and religious songs. Tickets are $6 and are available from Information Oshawa (ground floor, city hall - 434-4636), gift sho9ps in the Oshawa and Whitby general hospitals, and at the door. For further information, cal 728-8143. Ail proceeds to OshawalWhitby hospital. chaplaincies. CHORAL AtDITION The County Town Singers, under the direction of James Fox, will hold a choral audition tonight (Jan. 24), 8 p.m at St. Paul's school, G'arrard N~. N., Whitby For more information regardig membership cail 655- 8766.