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Contact: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext 250)- Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com \ \ i i >\ i Please forw ard announcements fo r Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; Fax 905-337-- 5567, email blokhuis@haltonsearch.com, or call 905-845-3824 E xt 250, BEFORE NOON Monday to be included. Notices are listedfree o f charge. Nominations fo r Women o f the Year Awards May 13 at Glen Abbey Golf Club still being accepted. Call the Women's Centre at 905-847-9104. Wellspring Save-a-tape Fundraiser help support Wellspring by by bringing or sending A&P, Dominion, Ultra Mart, or Save-a-Centre cash register tapes (pharmacy and grocery) to Wellspring, 2545 Sixth Line, Oakville. ON, L6Z4B4. Wellspring receives $1 for every $450 in tapes collected. Dreams Take Flight Dinner Dance, fea turing Starsband and Liberty Silver, April 17, 6:30 p.m., Burlington Convention Centre, 1120 Burloak. raise funds to fly terminally ill and physically disabled children to Disney World for a day. Tickets $80 each - income tax receipt for $45 - at Vinnie's Cafc, 2416 Lakeshore W,, Bronte. Call 905-825-9034. Super Cities Walk - Halton chapter. Multiple Sclerosis Society looking for volun teers for its third annual Super Cities Walk. Volunteers needed April 20 and 21, three to four hours, morning or afternoon. Duties include breakfast help, luncheon barbecue help. Finishing Line Cheering Section. Call Theresa. 905-847-7744. Spring Into Aging Gracefully, presented by Sheridan Elder Research Centre (SERC) at Oakville Centre for Performing Arts, May I and 2. Community displays and hot appe tizers, 6 p.m., both days; welcome, 7 p.m., comments by playwright Neville Bryant, 2:45 p.m.; and play. Amusing Grace, 8 p.m. Tickets $15, call Oakville Centre Box Office, 405-815-2021. Canadian Caribbean Association o f Halton 25th Anniversary Dinner-Dance, May 4, 7 p.m. - 2 a.m.. at Galaxy Club. 475 North Service Rd. Dinner 7:30 p.m. Entertainment by The Vibes and DJ Zouk. Dress semi-formal. Cost: $40 donation, dance only $20. Cash bar. Portion of pro ceeds to Women's Centre. For tickets, call Veronica. 905-257-0581; Pam, 905-8274673; Brenda, 905-339-1463; Wilfred, 905849-0916; Percy, 905-827-2420; and Capricorn Hair Design, 905-845-5690. Oakville Chamber Orchestra, directed by Charles Demuynck, presents its third con cert of the season, Picasso: Music and Images, at Oakville's Central Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 and $12 seniors and students. Tickets at the door or call 905822-7926. Bronte Legion Ladies Auxiliary Spring Sale and Bake Table. May 5, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., at Bronte Legion Hall, 79 Jones. Tables for rent. $5 each. Call Mary. 905-639-2424. WEDNESDA Y, APRIL 10 VON Alzheimer Services offering free Alzheimer Information Series for Family Caregivers, eight Wednesdays to May 29, at VON Halton, 2370 Speers, 7 to 9 p.m. Call 905-847-9559 to register. Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus presents the next four-week series on Starting Over - finding love again. Healing the heart, challenges to overcome, discover hot spots - hot buttons, preparing to move on, April 10 and 17, May 1 and 8,7:30 - 9:30 p.m., at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre, Conference Room C. THURSDAY, APRIL 11 Combined Probus Club o f North Oakville, 10 a.m.. River Oaks Recreation Centre. Speaker: Ron Schamerhom accom panied by his dog Ember, training and living with a Guide Dog. New members, retired professionals, welcome, should be spon sored by an existing member. American Women' s Club o f Oakville, 9 a.m,, Glen Abbey United Church. Nottinghill Gate and Upper Middle. Babysitting avail able at minimal charge, call Pam Radle, 905469-3056. Meditation Classes - Introduction to Buddhist Psychology and Meditation Meditation fo r Healing, at Victoria Hall. St. Jude's Church. Thomas Street. Thursdays 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fee $10. Call 905-842-0940. Next session April 11 to May 9. Mothers and mothers-to-be interested in breastfeeding their babies invited to attend Oakville 1m Leche League, 8 p.m.. 1382 Edgeware Rd. Call 905-337-3501 or 905849-4138. Halton And Peel Professional Executive Network (HAPPEN) networking support group for unemployed business profession als, 8 a.m., in Mississauga. Speaker Peter de Jager, The Rule of 100, a provocative look at the assimilation of new technology. Members $5, non-members $10.Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca FRIDAY. APRIL 12 Oakville Kiwanis will be hosting an Oakville Kiwanis/Wellspring Charity Euchre Tournament, 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Wallace Road. Call 905-257-1988 (Wellspring) to register. The cost is $20 per person and includes light refreshments and prizes. From April 12 to 14. visit Kaleidoscope the 30th annual exhibition sale and open house with original works from more than 70 artists in mediums from painting to wood carving, photography to rug hooking at the Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington. Call 905-632-7796. Burlington Miniature Club show at East Plains United Church, 373 Plains Rd. E. Burlington, from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Admission costs $2. Call 905-632-0621. SATURDAY. APRIL 13 Earn your Heart Saver A at the Heart and Stroke CPR Blitz, 8:30 - 12:30 p.m. at the Halton Region Building Auditorium. Cost is $15. Call 905-634-7732 by Friday to regis ter. Pasta Fit fo r the Pope Dinner and Silent Auction, fundraising project in support of the World Youth Day St. Thomas Aquinas Hosting Committee. Doors open at 6 p.m. (cash bar), and buffet dinner begins at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall (1494 Wallace Rd). Live entertainment, silent auc tion. Call Karen Chuba, 905-825-3464. Free Child Find KidCheck fingerprint ing and safety information at Once Upon a Child, 2423 Trafalgar. April 13 and 14, and May 4, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Obtain Child Find's All About Me Safety Kit. Parent or legal guardian must be present for free service. Oakville Art Society will holding 36th annual Art Auction at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square - 120 Navy St. Doors open 7 p.m. Auction begins at 7:30 p.m. Preview during library hours April 10 - 13. Admission $10. Tickets available at the Oakville Art Society, 560 Bronte Rd., 905827-5711, Oakville Arts Council, or Central Library during the preview, and at the door. Ian Anderson House Foundation Spring Gala, fundraiser for the cancer hospice. Cocktails at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. with dancing from 9 p.m.-l a.m. Black-tie option al. Entertainment by Peter Appleyard with Dan Ferrone and Michael `Pinball' Clemons of the Toronto Argonauts as masters of cere monies. At the Delta Meadowvale Hotel, Graydon Hall, 6750 Mississauga Rd.. Mississauga. Tickets cost $125 per person. Call Oliver Quartermain at 905-615-7612; Judy Switzer at 905-403-4034; or, Betty Smith at 905-822-8592. SUNDAY. APRIL 14 Mad Hatter' s Tea Party - spring aware ness event hosted by Osteoporosis Oakville, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., St. John's United Church. Randall and Church, featuring hat show by Chelsea's and speaker Patrice McKenzie, psychotherapist. Inner Strength Comes in Many Forms. Tickets, $8 each for $15 for two, call Phyllis Names, 905-827-1051 or Diane Opferkuch, 905-849-7445. National winners of the 2001 Canadian Music Competitions (CMC) present Exceptional Music-Making, 3 p.m. at Appleby College. Willis Hall. Performers, ranging in age from 7 to 25. include Leonard Gilbert (piano), Christine Choi (violin), Przemislaw Racsynski (clarinet), Linda Chow (.violin), Eldon Ng (piano) and Jessica McCormack (soprano). Sponsored by Appleby College and presented by CMC Oakville-Mississauga. Tickets cost $20. Call Katie Chen 905-849-7223. Rotary Club of Oakville North is holding third annual Fashion Show at The Oakville Club: 56 Water St., 1 2 -3 p.m., in association with Chatsworth & Hall Ladies Fashions and Garvey's Mens Wear. Tickets cost $35 per person and include a light lunch, tea. coffee and sweets. Door prizes and a cash bar. All proceeds go to the community. Tickets avail able at Chatsworth & Hall, and Garvey's in downtown Oakville, or call Pat Milthorpe at 905-825-0863. Oakville Wind Orchestra presents Images o f Sound and Screen at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. 130 Navy St., 2 - 4 p.m. Tickets cost $12 at Oakville Centre Box Office. 905-815-2021 or call the Oakville Wind Orchestra at 905-338-8114. South Peel Naturalists' Club Field Trip to Beamer Conservation Area. Grimsby Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch. Witness the northward migration of hawks, eagles, fal cons and turkey vultures. Beginners wel come. 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