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16 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 7, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Update Community Forward announcements of non-profit and free events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248. Free listing. WEEKLY/MONTHLY MEETINGS 50+ Social ballroom dancing on Mondays 7:30-9:30 p.m., Sir John Colborne Seniors' Centre Lakeshore Road and Third Line, Seniors Services of Town of Oakville. Monday, Feb. 12 is Valentine's Dance -- couples, singles and men especially welcome. Contact ronalex@hotmail.com. Abuse Support Group, Wednesdays, 5:30 ­ 8 p.m. February to May 30, The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-847-5520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Optimist Club of Oakville holds a general meeting and dinner the second Monday of every month. Meet at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7:15 p.m. Call Tom at 905-849-9824. Free information sessions and services for unemployed youths and adults, 476 Morden Rd., Suite 102, from 9-10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call 905338-2190 for appointment. Spanish Women's Social Group meets second and fourth Thursday of the month, 12:30-2:30 p.m. at The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-847-5520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Oakville Newcomer's Club -- Ladies Social every second Tuesday of the month at Burloak e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248 Canoe Club, Water Street at 7:30 p.m. Contact Marie Purchase at 905-827-0461 or mariepurchase3@yahoo.ca or www.oakvillenewcomersclub.com. Oakville Prostate Cancer Support Group meets second Tuesday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m., Canadian Cancer Society, Oakville Unit, 635 Fourth Line, Unit 51, with Paul Taylor, group leader. Call 905-845-5231. Breast Friends - Young Women's Breast Cancer Support Group: meeting 7-9 p.m. second Tuesday of the month at Breast Cancer Support Services, 695 Brant St. Burlington. For women 45 and younger who have or had breast cancer. Call 905-634-2333 or 1-800-465-1902. BULLETIN Oakville Trafalgar High School (OTHS) 100th Anniversary Reunion, is May 22- 25, 2008. See events and pre-register at www.othsreunion.ca. New Program Starting after March Break: Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children's Sibs and Friends for kids and teens who have experienced the death of a sibling or close friend. Call 905-337-2333 or e-mail lighthouseprogram@bellnet.ca. T.A. Blakelock's 50th reunion is April 26­29. Check events at tab.hdsb.ca. If you attended Blakelock 1957-59 and want to participate in a game show challenge call Tom Dykes 905-827-1158. Oakville Parent-Child Centre, 461 North Service Rd. W., Unit 17, is registering for its spring programs. Packages are no longer being mailed out, but are available for pick up at any of the centre's locations or by calling 905-849-6366. Also September 2007 Nursery School registration packages are available for children 18 months to five years. Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) Auxiliary raffle for a Jenny Hellers Original , tickets available now until Feb. 16 at OTMH Treasure Cove Gift Shop; Hospital Lobby, Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. or by telephone at 905-330-9555. Draw 2:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in OTMH lobby. Tickets cost $5 each or three for $10. Proceeds to the Maternal-Child and Diagnostic Imaging Programs. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7 Bingo at Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St. Club Room at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. Call 905-827-4722. HAPPEN­Linking People and Opportunities Networking support group for business professionals in career transition, 8 a.m., speaker Sharon Bar-David on Manage your Mind and Manage Your Behaviour. Cost for members $10, nonmembers $20. Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca. Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington. Heart Health for Women with Dr. Michael Heffernan, cardiologist. LeDome Banquet Centre, 1173 North Service Rd. E. Display at 6:30 p.m. Seminar at 7 p.m. To reserve call 905-338-4379 or e-mail elittle@haltonhealthcare.on.ca. Auxiliary at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital hosts Open House for Gift Shop Volunteers from 6-8 p.m., OTMH Cafeteria. Call 905-338-4643. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8 Like a Fish Out of Water: Men Being Helpful to Women with Cancer, theatrical performance at Wellspring, Sixth Line just south of Dundas Street. Free but preregistration required. For men whose significant others have been diagnosed with cancer, and their spouses, 7 p.m. Followup discussion Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m., at Wellspring. Call 905-257-1988. The Women's Centre presents Raymonde Worsfeld, 10 a.m.-noon, on Body-Mind-Spirit, the Essence of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. Call 905-847-9104. Free Physioball Workshop. Physical Edge Physiotherapy, 581 Argus Rd. (across from the Oakville GO Station) hosts a free physioball workshop from 7-8 p.m. Exercises will focus on core stabilization, abs and back strengthening. Come prepared to work on the ball and receive personal instruction from registered physiotherapists who are physioball experts. Call to register at 905-844-8425. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9 Deadline to register to hear Isabel Alexander, president of Phancorp Inc. speak at the Tuesday, Feb. 13 Company of Women meeting, 5:30-9 p.m. at the Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre, 2515 Wyecroft Rd. Cost is $55 for non-members or $60 at the door. Register at www.companyofwomen.ca or call 905-338-1771. Halton Regional Police Services and the Halton Dementia Network co-host I'm Still Here, about dementia and Alzheimer Disease. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., event at 7 p.m. , Elliott Theatre, 9 Church St., Georgetown. Free admission. 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