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D8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, April 21, 1999 Community Update An O akville Beaver Feature Contact Wilma Blokhuis: 845-3824 Ext 250 Fax: 337-5567 Photo by Peter J. Thompson CAR WAS FOR WORLD VISION: Johnathan Parsons (left) and Andrew Bowman put the finishing touches on a car during Saturday's World Vision 30-hour Famine at Munn's Church. Millway, Mississauga. Call 820-7111. rial and educational support and to integrate THURSDAY APRIL 22 people with disabilities into workforce. Please forward announcements for Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, OnL L6K 3S4; call 845-3824 Ext 250, or Fax 337-5567 BEFORE NOON Monday. Chamwood Co-op Nursery School is looking for graduates and former staff to celebrate its 25th anniversary on May 13th. Call Colette Baty at 693-1072 or 844-4250. Oakville Bereavement Centre/Halton Family Services is offering a bereavement group for anyone who has lost a loved one, for 8 weeks starting late April, 845-3811. Wheels to Meals, which provides hot meals to 15 seniors 70 plus every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., neals volun­ teers to help set up tables, serve lunch, and clean up afterwards, at the YMCA, 410 Rebecca St., where the meals are provided. Call Heidi at 845-3417. Oakville Salvation Army looking for volunteers for its annual Red Shield Blitz door-to-door canvass on evening of May 3rd. Call 827-5324. Animal A id's 6th Annual Pooch Promenade will be held Sunday, May 2nd, at LaSalle Park, Burlington. Pledge sheets available. Visit Animal Aid volunteers at Appleby Mall April 24th. Call 637-7325. ADVANCED REGISTRATION Anger Management - Canadian Mental Health Association has six-week series on healthy and unhealthy anger, attitudes, dis­ torted thinking, April 22nd to May 27th, 7 to 9 p.m., in Milton. Call 693-4270. Miriam Child and Family Support Group holds third annual Mediterranean Evening, April 25th, 6:30 p.m., at La Costa Restaurant, Oakville. Fundraiser to support HIV infected/affected children and their families. Tickets $45 each, call 681-7157. (Income tax receipts for $25.) Three-course dinner, with wine from Stoney Ridge Cellars, and entertainment by Flamenco. Parkinson Foundation 12th annual Cut-A-Thon, April 25th, at 24 areas salons, including Civello in Oakville, for $35, all of it going to Parkinson's. For appointment, call 416-932-0315. Registration underway for Oakville Gymnastics Centre, Home of the Antoinettes, for final school sessions, April 26th to June 27th and summer programs, 461 North Service Rd., Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and Sunday 9 a.m. to noon. Call 847-7747. Training for Volunteer Peer Support Advocates, for people who have personal experience with mental health system with­ er as consumers or family member support person, starts April 28th for 12 weeks, 2 hours per week. Volunteer commitment, 5 hours a week, minimum 6-month commit­ ment. Call Canadian Mental Health Association, Advocacy Team, 693-4270 Ext. 7482. Child Find Ontario hosts An Enchanted Evening dinner theatre performance of My Fair Lady at Stage West, 5400 Dixie Rd., Mississauga, April 29th. Official launch if 8th annual Green Ribbon o f Hope Campaign with Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Hiliary M. Weston. Tickets $80 each, 8 for $640 ($40 receipt for each tick­ et, $320 for table). Call 842-5353. Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton 22nd Anniversary Dinner, Dance & Scholarship Fund at Galaxy Club, 475 North Service Rd. E., May 1st. Cocktails 7 p.m., dinner 7:30 p.m. Dress semi-formal. Tickets $35 in advance, $40 at the door; table o f 8, $250. For advance tickets, call Veronica, 257-0581 or Alex, 335-7998. Halton Healthcare Mental Health Team presents A Physician, Patient & Family Perspective - A Revolution in the Treatment o f Schizophrenia, in celebration o f Mental Health Week, May 5th, 7 p.m., at Ramada Inn. Speakers: psychiatrist Dr. Evan Collins of Centre for Addiction and Mental health and assistant psychiatry pro­ fessor, University of Toronto; with Brennan McCabe and his mom Nora McCabe. RSVP 338-4680 by April 30th WEDNESDAY APRIL 21 Let's Talk Health at Alternatives, 579 Kerr St., 7 to 8 p.m. Speaker: Nancy Sanger-Smith, registered nutritionist, safe ways to detoxify. Free. Attention all members of Royal Canadian Legion, Oakville Branch 114, nominations for the new branch officers and executive for general meeting, 8 p.m. Wednesday Film Festival presents Central Station - Dora, aging and embit­ tered woman thrown together with an orphan boy on journey to Rio de Janeiro, 7 p.m., Famous Players Cinemas, Oakville Town Centre I, Dorval & QEW. Tickets $6 for members o f Oakville Art Council, Oakville Centre Big Ticket, Oakville Galleries, Friends of the Library and Oakville Museum, $8 others, available day of show at cinemas, 6:30 p.m. Transitions presents Creating Intimacy Through Good Communication with speaker Coco Johnson, adjunct professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto; and assistant clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University Medical Centre, at Oakville Central Library Auditorium, Lakeshore and Navy, 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Erinoak, Serving Young People with Physical Disabilities, hosts first Volunteer Open House, 7 to 9 p.m., 2277 South Betwixt & Between, for parents of chil­ dren aged 10 to 13, discussing issues such as quarreling, resolving conflict and con­ structive discipline, four week evening pro­ gram at Oakville Parent-Child Centre, 337 Kerr St. Last minute registration, 849-6366. Parent Watch - new Mississauga group, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Erin Mills United Church, 3010 The Collegeway, Mississauga. Support group for parents of children who are sad, truant, abusing drugs, threatening, running away, in trouble with the law, bullied or making poor choices. Call 319-9026. Open house to celebrate the official name change of the Halton Work Programme to STRIDE - Supported Training and Rehabilitation in Diverse Environments, 447 Speers Road, Unit 9, at 2 p.m. Assists individuals with psychiatric disability, to obtain and maintain competi­ tive employment, to offer employers finan- Call 693-4252. FRIDAY APRIL 23 Halton VON Footcare Clinic, by appointment only, 1 to 4 p.m., Kerr Street Recreation Centre, 815-5966. SATURDAY APRIL 24 Chamwood Co-Op Nursery School holds Garage Sale at Chisholm School, 165 Chamwood, 9 a.m. to noon. Rain or shine. MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving - Candlelight Vigil o f Hope and Remembrance to remember loved ones injured or killed in drunk driving accidents, Applewood United Church, 2067 Stanfield Rd., Mississauga, 7:30 p.m. Clean up Lions Valley Park fo r Earth Week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Organized by the Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights, call 849-5501. Rummage Sale at St. Jude's Church, Thomas and William, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Giant Garage Sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Knights o f Columbus Hall, 1494 Wallace Rd., in the main hall. May Court Club of Oakville presents Arts and Artisans by the Lake at Appleby College, 540 Lakeshore Rd. W. Admission $2. Over 70 booths featuring fine art, pot­ tery, glass, wood, floral design, leather, sil­ ver. Funds donated to charity. Daisy's Duds Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Oakville Parent Child Centre, 1500 Sixth Line. Children's clothes, toys, baby items. SUNDAY APRIL 25 Bookers Books and Brunch author series presents Dr. Robert Buckman, The Unauthorized Autobiography - Not Dead Yet, Paul Quarrington, The Spirit Cabinet; and Shyam Selvadurai, Cinnamon Gardens, at The Oakville Club, 56 Water St. Tickets $25 at Bookers, 844-5501, and The Oakville Club. Shaarei Beth El Hebrew and Religious School holds Open House, 9:30 a.m. to noon, for families seeking Jewish education for their children, aged 4 to 16 in Hebrew language, Jewish history, tradition and ritu­ al. Registration required, call Bobbie Hill or Eric Petersiel at 849-6000. Bake Sale at Munn's School, Sixth Line south of Upper Middle, noon to 12:30 p.m., to support relief efforts for Kosovo refugees. Halton-Peel Branch o f Ontario Genealogical Society meeting at Chinguacousy Branch Library, 150 Central Park Dr., Brampton, at 2 p.m.. Guest speak­ er: Gavin Watt - Who What How and Why of the Loyalist Settlement of Ontario. Call 813-7977, 878-4645, or 846-3061. MONDAY APRIL 26 Oakville Cycling Club meeting for recreational touring cyclists interested in becoming an 'Easy Rider,' 7:30 p.m., Burloak Canoe Club, Water Street. Leant to improve cycling skills, ride with a group, latest bike technologies, discover new cycling routes, and enjoy cycling trips. Oakville Christian Women's After Five Club dinner at Oakville Golf Club, 1154 Sixth Line, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Travel tips with Noreen Byers o f Bruce Hood Travel, soloist Nikki Mitchell, flight attendant, and Valerie Dunlop speaks about 'Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?' Reservations and cancel­ lations necessary, call Fran, 844-9851. Living With Cancer Caregivers, support group, 7 p.m., Cancer Society office, 635 Fourth Line, Unit 51, call 845-5231. From April 19 to 23, at least 24 schools are participating in the 8th annual Earth Week Clean Up. Many choose April 22nd, Earth Day, for their Clean Up. Facilitated by Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights,849-5501. 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