Dateline - May 30


Published on May 30, 2008

MAY 31 - JUNE 29

Crawford Lake Conservation Area holds its Season of Many Frogs Peeping event featuring video presentations, discoveries in the reconstructed Iroquoian Village, a discovery hunt and crafts. For more information and admission, visit www.conservationhalton.on.ca.

SUNDAY JUNE 1

Milton Area Christian Churches Working Together holds its free Picnic in the Park from noon to 4:30 p.m. at Country Heritage Park, 6580 Tremaine Rd., featuring live gospel and Christian rock music including Diane Lee-Clemons, wife of Pinball Clemons. There are also games and activities for the kids and a praise celebration featuring Herbie Kuhn, on-court announcer for the Toronto Raptors. Bring lawnchairs and a picnic lunch or buy barbecued food from the park. For more information, visit www.miltonchristianchurches.ca.

MONDAY JUNE 2

The Milton Seniors' Activity Centre, 500 Childs Dr., holds duplicate bridge at 9:15 a.m., its Cyber Café from 1 to 3 p.m., darts and billiards from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and table tennis from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost for each activity is $2 for members and $4 for non-members. A free 'Coffee and Chat' runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Seniors are welcome to stop by for refreshments, a tour and to socialize. And bid euchre is held at 1:30 p.m. at a cost of $2.50 for members and $4.50 for non-members. For more information, call (905) 875-1681.

The Halton chapter of Fair Vote Canada holds a public forum entitled 'Democracy, the Media and our Voting System' as well as its annual general meeting at Hugh Foster Hall, 43 Brown St., with a chapter meeting at 6:30 p.m., its annual general meeting at 7 p.m. and the public forum -- with keynote speaker June Macdonald, past president of Fair Vote Ontario -- from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

TUESDAY JUNE 3

The Milton Toastmasters meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 21 Charles St., in the upper hall. Everyone's welcome. For more information, visit www.miltontoastmasters.org.

The Milton Seniors' Activity Centre, 500 Childs Dr., holds bingo at 1:30 p.m., its Downsizers Weight Loss Club at 10 a.m. and darts and billiards from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The cost is $2 for members and $4 for non-members. And Evening Bid Euchre takes place at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $2.50. For more information, call (905) 875-1681.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 4

The Learning Disabilities Association of Halton (LDAH) holds its free monthly drop-in for parents with children and youth with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. It takes place at the LDAH resource centre on Guelph Line in Burlington from 10 a.m. to noon. A donation is requested. To reserve a seat, call (905) 333-1977. For more information, visit www.ldahalton.ca.

To celebrate Seniors' Month, Milton Transit offers free rides every Wednesday in June to riders 65 years and older. For more information, call (905) 815-2020 or visit www.milton.ca.

Milton District Hospital holds a one-on-one breastfeeding clinic with a certified lactation consultant from 1:30 to 3 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment, call Jill Hicks at (905) 878-2383, ext. 7610.

The Deck youth centre, 200 Main St. (rear entrance), invites high school students to drop by between 2:30 and 6 p.m. to play a game of pool or just hang out.