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stouffville suntribune b thursday jan 13 2005 17 community calendar community nonprofit groups in whitchurchstouffville are welcome to place their coming events in this column at no charge please send your notice to community calendar at the stouffville suntribune box 1 54 stouffville l4a 7z5 fax number 9056408778 or drop it off at the office 34 gvic ave 3rd floor deadline is mondays at 6 pm publication cannot be guaranteed but we will make every effort to ensure it is included please be brief saturday a burns evening a celebration of robbie burns presented by ann milnes school of dance parents association takes place at the sleepy hollow golf and country club doors open at 630 pm enjoy a buffet dinner cash bar live entertainment by the bob finlay scottish dance band highland and irish dancers and a piper as well as dancing to the caledonians tickets are 50 call 9056423963 or 9058523813 budding artists children seven to 11 years old have a chance to transform their imagination and creativity into original works of art every saturday morning from 930 to 1130 am at the latcham gallery in stouffville classes continue until march 5 cost is 100 per child for gallery members and 125 for nonmembers call the gallery at 905- 6408954 to register and for mrre information tuesday jan 18 watercolour painting artist judith livingston leads a watercolour painting class for adults on tuesdays until feb 22 from 10 am to 1230 pm learn through demonstrations of brush techniques colour mixing and composition cost is 80 for gallery members and 100 for nonmembers call the gallery at 9056408954 for more information life drawing the latcham gallery offers its life drawing club every tuesday evening until march 8 from 630 to 9 pm these sessions are open to any one interested in working from a live model bring your own materials and work at your pace there is no instructor call the gallery for more information at 9056408954 midwifery info the whitchurchstouffville public library offers an information session on midwifery from 730 to 830 pm admission is free please preregister at the library or by calling 905-642- 7323 kids crafts children six and older can make an around the world craft from 4 to 5 pm today at the whitchurchstouffville public library 30 burkholder st in stouffville cost is 2 per child preregister at the library more information is available by calling 9056427323 adult skating enjoy your favourite music as you join the stouffville adult skating club in its tuesday evening skate at the stouffville arena from 855 pm anyone 16 and over is welcome bring a friend call 9056401149 for more information wednesday jan 19 vandorf womens institute the vandorf branch of the womens institute meets at vandorf hall at 130 pm a pharmacist from the doane hal shoppers drug mart will talk on knowledge is the best medi cine members are invited to bring a guest to share information after school art artist noelene byrne leads the latcham gallerys after school art club for young people 12 to 15 years old every wednesday until march 9 from 4 to 6 pm experiment with various materials and learn more about art students will have several creations to take home by the end of the program cost is 100 for gallery members and 125 for nonmembers call the gallery at 905- 6408954 for more details silver jubilee luncheon the silver jubilee seniors club in stouffville is holding a soup lunch eon at noon cost is 5 per person the club is at market and main streets all seniors are welcome call 9056400948 for more information book discussions the whitchurchstouffville public librarys book discussion group meets every other wednesday from 7 to 830 pm at the library admission is free everyone is welcome saturday jan 22 musselmans lake winterfest come to winterfest at cedar beach from 10 am to 2 pm for skating hot dogs and other refreshments a polar bear swim games and a threeonthree hockey tourna ment build a bat box or bird house for a toonie call 9056408379 for more details alzheimer breakfast the alzheimer society of york region holds its eighth annual alzheimer awareness breakfast at oakview terrace 13256 leslie st in richmond hill featuring the experiences of two daughters whose mother has alzheimers in sincerely irene thelma and louise do alzheimers the event is from 9 to 11 am tickets are 20 from 9058951337 or 9057316611 1 0 annual the stouffville country market would like to thank all of the volunteers who participated in our christmas day dinner without your generous donations and all your hard work the dinner would not be possible we would also like to thank eastridge for the use of their beautiful new church as well as for all of their help with the dinner itself with the dinner itself thank you to everyone for a wonderful day and a wonderful event country market 12555 10th line stouffville ont 905 6403813 wwwstouffviliemarketcom lu o t l stouffville n n country market x x stouffville rd t hwy401 stouffville walks for alzheimers there are no icy puddles to leap over or deep snows to wade through for this years second annual alzheimer society of york region walk for memories the event a first for stouffville is being held jan 23 in the gym of stouffville district secondary school at 11 am organizers are hoping to top the 40000 raised last year in six york region locations seven locales are on the roster this year the society wants to see more students involved in the walk society spokesperson siewlee brett said this is also another way for high school stu dents to earn community serv ice hours mayor sue sherban the walks honorary chairperson for whitchurchstouffvitle is lacing up her jogging shoes for the one- hour walk last year the societys efforts enabled it to donate around 150000 for research by the end of 2005 ms brett said more than 7000 people in york region will develop demen tias including alzheimers age is a major risk factor alzheimers is a progressive degenerative dis ease with no known cause or cure people with alzheimers have trouble with judgment remem- bering and understanding and are eventually unable to carry out daily activities the society offers day respite programs for caregivers support from social workers and a library our town with hannelore volpe of reference materials a family support resource group meets the first tuesday of every month at 1 pm at bloomington cove on the ninth line south of bloomington road pledge forms for die walk are available at the lebovic leisure centre or by logging on to wwwwalkformemoriesca or wwwalzheimeryorkcom anniey godspeu on theatre group program more than 150 children and adults will be singing dancing and acting in the york durham academy for the performing arts third season they will be in jesus christ superstar seussical annie godspeu and the music man all productions are at the vaughan city playhouse except godspell which plays at eastridge evangelical missionary church from march 3 to 5 the first shows of the season are seussical highlighting the most loved nonsense poems of dr seuss feb 3 and 4 at 730 pm and jesus christ superstar feb 5 at 2 and 730 pm jesus christ superstar is this years senior show with perform ers ranging in age from 15 to adult more than half the cast members are older than 19 markham resident matt chapman portrays christ and dave oreilly is judas in the mod erndress account of christs last days and crucifixion kendra west portrays mary magdalene the andrew lloyd webber produc tion explores a number of lesser- known characters of the bible story there is a lot of symbolism and metaphor in terms of cos tume and interpretation of char acter said wayne hill the stouffville resident who created the society this year about 200 young sters and adults including almost 50 volunteers make up the socie ty last year there were 165 peo ple in the musical theatre group there is also a society concert band for students in grades 7 to 10 and a childrens choir our concert band has really come of age mr hill said theyve made a great leap for ward the band will be performing later in the winter the society is a registered nonprofit theatre company the majority of actors singers and dancers are from whitchurch- stouffville tickets for seussical and jesus christ superstar are 22 for adults and 18 for children and seniors ticket information is available by calling 9056400823 ext 3 trinity montessori school saturday january 15 2005 1000 am 200 pm fflflmffim stimulating montcssori program french art music computer and gymnastics program excellent teacherstudent ratio strong language arts and math program prcschool kindergarten grades 1 2 3 halfday fullday extended hours 921 1 woodbine avenue markham se corner of woodbine 16th ave tel 9059488993 markham district baseball assoda wwwmarkhambaseballcom lets play real baseball the markham district baseball association offers recrcationa and competitive baseball hardball for boys and girls 6 to 21 years old in house select and aavaaa rep leagues from may to september open registration sessions for 2005 saturday january 15 10 am to 1 pm mount joy community centre saturday january 22 10 am to 1 pm centennial community centre saturday february 12 10 am to 1 pm milliken mills cc saturday february 19 10 am to 1 pm stouffville community centre saturday february 26 10 am to 1 pm angus glen c c saturday march 5 10 am to 1 pm centennial community centre wednesday march 30 6 pm to 9 pm centennial community centre saturday april 2 10 am to 1 pm national sports store l6thwoodbine new players must submit a copy of their birth certificate for more information and to download a registration form visit our web site