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Contact: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com W EDNESDAY, JULY lO. 2002 · Page C4 Please forw ard announcem ents fo r Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; Fax 905-337--5567, em ail blokhuis@ haltonsearch.com, or call 905-845-3824 Ext. 250, B E F O RE NOON M onday to be included. Notices are listed free o f charge. W ED N ESD AY JU L Y 10 Wellspring H alton-P eel D rop-In Programs, Journaling. July 10, 24, Aug. 7 and 21, 1 - 3 p.m., at 2545 Sixth Line. Call 905-257-1988. RFA Recovery fro m Food Addiction, 12-step anonymous program. Oakville meeting, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Knox Presbyterian Church, Lakeshore and Dunn. Call Cecilia. 905-271-8531 or Bernice. 905578-4235. Wednesday Evening Fun R uns - meet at The Running Company, 118 Thomas, 7 p.m. for 5K, 7K and longer course. Free. Call 905-815-1952. TH U RSD AY JU L Y 11 H alton And Peel P rofessional Executive Network (H APPEN) networking support group for unemployed business pro fessionals, 8 a.m., in Mississauga. Speaker: Peggy G rail, Peggy G rail A ssociates, Keeping Pace with the Shifting Generations at Work. Members $5, non-members $10. Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca F R ID A Y JU LY 12 Have you lost a loved one? Bereavem ent Group, Trinity United Church, 1250 McCraney, Fridays 9 a.m. Everyone wel come. Call Babs Hodgson, 905-844-0573. SA TU R D AY JU L Y 13 Work Horse Weekend, 2,000-lb drafters, Percherons, Clydes, Belgians, July 13 and 14, at Country Heritage Park, 8560 Tremaine Rd., Milton, noon - 5 p.m. Call 905-878-8151. Instrum ental guitarist Steve Oslansky plays pop, jazz, latin, blues etc., at Vinnie's Cafe in Bronte, 8 p.m. Sum m er Folk and Craft Festival at M ountsberg C onservation A rea in Campbellville, celebrate passing of summer solstice. Folk and Celtic music, crafts and artisan fair, storytelling, guided nature hikes, children's playbam and birds of prey. Saturday F u n offered at Oakville Parent-Child Centre, Kerr Street and Sixth Line locations. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Enjoy a spe cial time with your child in a creative play environment. Call 905-849-6366. Saturday M orning F un R uns, meet 8 a.m. at The R unning Company, 118 Thomas, 5K. 7K and longer runs. Free. Call 905-815-1952. Bronte Group Runs/W alks leaving from Vinnie's Cafe each Saturday morning at 8 a.m. Runners and w alkers welcome. Measured Routes from 2-20K. All ages and church and meander around the the garden. abilities. Rain or shine. Water stops along Halton VON Seniors Day Program, a route. Also short walk/run every Wednesday respite service for families providing thera at 7 p.m. Call Greg or Joanne Saunders at peutic, social and recreational activities for 905-847-1327. people with Alzheimer Disease and other M O N D A Y JU L Y 15 related disorders, has openings especially on Bronte B unch - walk for fun and fitness Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Call 905along Waterfront Trail every Monday. Meet 847-9559. at back door of Coach & Four in Bronte, Oakville Historical Society Historical walk starts 7:15 p.m. Socialization after Walking Tours, tw o-hour guided walks wards. Call Sylvia, 905-827-8768. begin with 2 p.m., at society's office, 110 T U ESD AY J U L Y 16 King. Cost: $10. M ain Street o f Old Em ploym ent N etwork drop in, 9 a.m. Oakville Walking Tour. July 7, Sept. 8, and noon, Women's Support Centre, Ste. 210, Oct. 6. Houses of Old Oakville Walking Hopedale Mall. Call 905-847-5520. Tour.,Sept. 1 and 22. Call 905-844-2695. Halton VO N Foot Care Clinic, Sir John Cleaning your closets? Clothing Works Colbome Centre for Seniors, Tuesdays 1 - 4 Oakville is currently accepting gently used p.m. Cost: $20. By appointment only, call women's business attire for Halton women 905-815-5960. returning to the workforce. Drop clothing W ellspring H alton-P eel D rop-In off at Barbette's, 349 Lakeshore E., or call Programs, Caregiver Connection. July 9, 905-815-9411. July 23, Aug. 23 and 27, 7 - 8:30 p.m., at VON A lzheim er Services offers support 2545 Sixth Line. Call 905-257-1988. groups for family caregivers. Spousal Group Caregiver Connection is new program for every other Monday, 2 - 4 p.m.. St. Paul's those caring for a loved one with cancer. United Church, 454 Rebecca. Family Group B U L L E T IN BO ARD every second Tuesday of each month, 7 -9 R B C F estival o f Classics presents p.m., VON Seniors Day Program, 2370 Macbeth, July 10 to Aug. 3, at Coronation Speers. New members welcome. Call 905Park, Theatre at the Lake, M onday to 847-9559. Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets $20, call 905-815O akville Kiwanis M eals on Wheels 2021, or Bookers , 172 Lakeshore, in person delivers hot and frozen meals to people who cash sales only. For information, visit require assistance with meal preparation. www.festivalofclassics.com Individuals may request service themselves, Need to talk? Peer Counselling avail or for a friend or relative. For information, able Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10 or to volunteer, call Judy or Connie, 905a.m. - 3 p.m. Drop in. Confidentiality 842-1411 weekdays 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. assured. The Women's Support Centre. Ste. Canadian Red Cross urgently needs vol 210, Hopedale Mall, Rebecca and Third unteer drivers Monday to Friday to transport Line, 905-847-5520. Centre closed clients to medical appointments in Oakville Saturdays and Thursday nights in summer. and surrounding areas. Drive Red Cross van C ruising th e A m a zing A m azon, or own car, mileage reimbursed. Call Donna Vacation Bible School at Trinity United McDermott, 905-845-5241. Volunteers also Church, 1250 McCraney, July 15, - 19, 9 required from front desk reception, homea.m. -12 noon. Cost $10 for ages 4 - 12. care equipm ent loans, personal disaster Drop in or call 905-845-3152 and register assistance, clerical support, plus fundraising before July 15. assistant for golf tournament on Aug. 23. Take advantage o f the Job Shop pro contacting business for donations for silent gram, a two-week intensive job search pro auction and balloon pop prizes. gram. that includes ongoing support and Wellspring Save-a-tape Fundraiser coaching. Qualified facilitator/coaches will help support Wellspring by bringing or mail assist you in developing an effective resume, ing A&P, Dominion, Ultra-Mart, or Save-acreate a customized job search strategy, Centre cash register tapes (pharmacy and build your network system and practise your grocery) to Wellspring, '2545 Sixth Line, interview skills. Participants have access to Oakville. ON. L6Z4B-T Wellspring receives fax, telephones, computer and resource cen $1 for every $450 in tapes collected. tre during the program and beyond. There is Did you know that one Canadian is diag no fee for this program. Call 905-845-1157 nosed with diabetes every eight minutes? If today for the next orientation session. you thrive on learning new skills and meet On any Sunday in July from 1-5 p.m., ing new people then become a Canadian passersby walking along William Street in Diabetes Association volunteer. Call the downtown Oakville will come upon St. Canadian Diabetes Association at 905-338Jude's Church and its gardens. A group of 0214, Ext. 231 dedicated volunteers will be acting as H alton R egion's B reastfeeding Church Minders will be glad to take you for C onnection is now on-line at a tour o f the church and give you a glimpse www.resion.halton.on.ca/health. Volunteers of its history. Take a treasured tour of the also sought to share their breastfeeding experience with other moms. Call Halton Health. Baby & Parent Program at 905-6934242. ext. 7299. Drop into the Older A dult Room (open Monday to Sunday 1-4 p.m.) at Iroquois Ridge Recreation Centre, have tea and find out what's going on for Oakville's 50-plus population. Drop In Badminton Tuesdays 9 a.m. - noon. Oakville chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation is looking for volunteer mem bers to sit on our M other D aughter Walk Committee. Meetings take place once a month, starting mid May, and the time, com mitment would be approximately five hours per month. The walk takes place, Sunday, Sept. 22. For more information, contact Morena at 905-634-7732. COMMUNITY UPDATE Charity dog wash at OakPark hospital `Bring us your dirty dogs' will be the theme of a Charity Dog Wash and Barbecue to be held on Sunday, July 21 at OakPark Pet Hospital to raise funds for the Oakville and District Humane Society. The event will be held from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the animal hospital on Trafalgar Road just north of Dundas Street. OakPark staff will be bathing dogs in exchange for donations. Other activities will include a barbe cue, clowns doing animal face painting and making balloon animals, kid and pet loot bags, and behind-the-scenes tours of the hospital and Doggy Bark'n Fly Daycare, plus draws for door prizes. The Oakville and District Humane Society is a private, non-profit charita ble organization dedicated to the wel fare of animals. The shelter has served Oakville and Milton since 1936. provid ing shelter for lost, injured and aban doned animals, adoption of unclaimed animals, investigations of cruelty com plaints, animal control, wildlife rehabil itation and education. The Charity Dog Wash and Barbecue is being organized by Bonnie Powell, practice manager at the OakPark Pet Hospital. She began her career working in the veterinary industry as a dog walk er for the humane society. For more information, call OakPark Pet Hospital at 905-257-7387. Big Bike for Heart and Stroke returns on July 20 The Big Bike for Heart and Stroke will be back in town on Saturday, July 20. The bike, seating 29-member teams of cyclists and one driver, will be tour ing through Oakville, as 14 groups will be cycling for heart and stroke research. The teams and their start times are, CIBC, 9 a.m.; Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, 9:30 a.m.; Nazar Family Chiropractic, 10 a.m.; TD/Canada Trust, 10:30 a.m.: Queen's Head Regulars, 11 a.m.; Arrow Electronics, 11:30 a.m.; Slice Girls, 1 p.m.; Cyence International, 1:30 p.m.; Rude Natives, 2 p.m.; Bronte Village Buccaneers, 2:30 p.m.; Oakville Golf Club. 3 p.m.; St. John's United Church. 3:30 p.m.; Olde Oakvillians, 4 p.m.; and Rotary Club of Oakville West, 4:30 p.m. "Every year we've done this there was a wedding at St. John's, so this year they decided to join us," said Paul Sneddon, Big Bike chair for the Oakville chapter. Heart and Stroke. The two other new teams are Arrow Electronics and Cyence International. All rides will start and finish at the Queen's Head Pub at 118 Dunn St., and go west on Randall Street, south on Navy Street, east on Robinson Street and north on Dunn Street. Participants will cycle the route twice to complete a four-kilometre ride. 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