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EVENTS CALENDAR

October

COMMUNITY EVENTS

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Royal Canadian Legion, Forest Branch No. 176

For information on events listed below, call the Forest Legion at    519-786-5373. For the meat bingo, call 519-786-5357.

Royal Canadian Legion, Grand Bend Branch No. 498

A public facility for all to enjoy. "You're only a stranger here once". For more information on the events listed below, call 519-238-2120.

The Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre offers many programs and classes throughout the year which are FREE and are open to anyone in the community.  Listed below are some of these great programs. For more information or to register, please call the GBACHC at 519-238-1556 ext. 231 or visit www.gbachc.ca.

• Savannah Strollers Pinery Park Walking Groups: meets every Wednesday at the Lambton Heritage Museum parking lot by 9:30am. September 15th, Naturalist Alistair Mackenzie will join us for the hike and a Pot Luck lunch will follow. Free admission into the park. Visit the website at www.pinerypark.on.ca
• Strong Healthy & Independent, starts September 3 (ext 241)

The North Lambton Community Health Centre also offer many programs and classes that are open to anyone in the community and are FREE!  Listed below are some of the great programs offered by the Centre. For more information or to register, call the NLCHC at 519-786-4545 ext. 269 or visit www.nlchc.com.

Ontario Early Years Centre offers many valuable programs and services to families of Lambton Shores. Some of the programs offered by the Centre are listed below. For more information on these programs or to register, call 519-786-6161 ext. 320 or visit www.ontarioearlyyears.ca. The OEYC Lambton-Kent-Middlesex is a family drop-in program operated by North Lambton Childcare Centre. It is part of the Ontario government's commitment to families with children ages 0-6.

Optimist Club of Grand Bend Youth Centre exists to promote and encourage recreation programs for all ages within Lambton Shores, while creating everlasting relationships with peers, volunteers and staff. ! For more information or to register, call 519-238-1155 or visit www.gbyouthcentre.ca

Friends of Pinery Park is a charitable organization dedicated to education, promotion, preservation and support of Pinery Provincial Park. To help support the Pinery's educational programs, become a member of the Friends of Pinery Park. All of the events listed below take place at the Pinery Provincial Park. For more information call 519-243-1521 or visit www.pinerypark.on.ca.

• Pinery Park Road Race, October 17. This road race includes a 200m Fawn RUn, and 2km, 5km and 10km race open to the public. Proceeds to the Friends of Pinery Park. Start time is 8:30am at the Pinery Park store. For details cal 519-238-1656.

A Medieval Adventure at the Lambton Heritage Museum, May 8 to December 15

 Rush  across the drawbridge, duck the portcullis and join us at the Lambton Heritage Museum for a Medieval Adventure. Throughout the gallery there is a combination of hands-on activities and take-home crafts. Children have the opportunity to experience the romance of life in the manor house, drudgery of life in the peasant house, guilds and trades, illuminated manuscripts, architecture and construction, castles, knights and chivalry, and more. For details call 519-243-23600 or 1-800-265-0316.

Grand Bend Farmers' Market, Wednesdays from May 26 to  October 6

Colonial Parking Lot, Grand Bend, 8:00am-1:00pm. A  weekly farmers' market featuring locally-grown produce and meats, homemade bake goods and crafts. Call 519-243-4015 for details.

Forest Farmers' and Artisan Market, Fridays from May 21 to September 26

King Street, in front of Post Office, Forest, 8:00am-1:00pm

Sunset Cinema Social Film Group, October to June

A movie is shown on the first Thursday of each month, from October to June at 7pm, in the Community Room of the Grand Bend and Area Health Centre. Titles are displayed at the post office. Admission is free, donations welcome. For more information please call 519-238-1114.

Fall Fun Days, October 1

Forest, for details visit www.shopforest.ca.

Thanksgiving Farmers' Market, October 9 & 10

Eilber St. Parking Lot Grand Bend, 8:00am-4:00pm. An annual outdoor market of fall produce, crafts, baking, used books and more. Vendors must preregister. For details call 519-238-2001 or email cbregman@grandbendtourism.com.

Ausable Port Franks Optimists Events, October 16 & 17 10-5pm

• Pointsettia Tour
• Optimist Tea Room
• Lunch & Vendors

Arkona Colour Tour Bike & Hike, October 16

Arkona Municipal Building, 16 Smith Street. Registration from 9:00am-10:00am. Cost is $5 per person or $10 per family. Enjoy the beautiful fall colours and challenging hills of the Arkona area. A fun day for the entire family. Bring your lunch, or support the Arkona Youth Group barbeque. For more information visit www.arkona.on.ca.

Lambton Fall Colour & Craft Festival, October 16 & 17

Lambton Heritage Museum, 10:00am-5:00pm. Admission is $4.00. For more information call 519-243-2600 or 1-800-265-0316.

Port Franks Seniors Annual Octobersfest Dance, October 23

Port Franks Community Centre. Admission $15.00 and includes sausage and a bun (advance tickets only). For tickets please call, 519-243-2090.

Forest Chapter # 116 Order of the Easter Start Annual Poor Boy Scholarship Luncheon, October 23

I.O.O.F. Hall, 11:30am-1:00pm

A Kid's Hallowe'en Fun Fair, October 30

Put on your costume and come join the fun everyone, at the Port Franks Community Centre. 1pm to 4pm, cost is $5.00 per person or $15 per family. For more information please see Fun Fair Poster.

MEETINGS

Alhambra

Alhambra Hall, 10080 Klondyke Road. Meetings are held the last Thursday of each month at 8:00pm and are open to all members and those men interested in assisting the mentally challenged. For more information, contact Jim De Zorzi at 519-243-1683.

Grand Bend Social Film Group is a new organization that will meet the first Thursday of each month, with the exception of May through August.  The group will meet at the Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre in the Community Room (upstairs media room) from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.  Films will be of a general interest to adults, and a time for discussion will follow each showing for those interested. Admission is free with any donations returned to the community at the end of the season. Films purchased will be given to the local library.   Anyone interested in volunteering with setup, film selection or money management should contact Dinah Taylor at 519-238-1114 or by email.

Kids Matter, Tuesdays

Port Franks Community Centre, Upper Hall, 10:00am - 2:00pm. Join us as we Crochet sleeping mats out of milk bags to send to the children in Africa and South America. Bring your lunch, scissors and a #7 crochet hook. Call Peggy at 519-296-5834 for details.

PROGRAMS & OTHER

Open Painting at the Grand Bend Art Centre, Thursdays from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Cost is $10 - bring a project and materials and paint with various artists.

Mom & Me Program

North Lambton CHC, come, RELAX and chat with other moms, health professionals available to ask questions.  Includes support for new moms and babies under 12 months, weigh scale for baby, child care for older children and discussions with health care providers. Call 519-786-4545 ext 231 for details.

Forest Seniors Coffee and Drop In Program, Fridays

North Lambton CHC, The Great Hall, 9:30am

Orchard View Retirement Home, Arkona, 10:00am

Arkona every Friday at 10:00 am @ The Orchard View Retirement Home (Every Friday)

Grand Bend Diners Program

St. John's Anglican Church, 5:30pm. Second and fourth Thursday of the month. Transportation is available along with take-out. Cost is $9 per person, entertainment and social time. Call 519-235-0258.

Kiwanis Kineto Theatre, weekends and Tuesdays
Forest, 8:00pm

Grand Bend Drum Circle, Fridays
Grand Bend Youth Centre, 1:30pm-3:00pm

Euchre, Port Franks Community Centre, Mondays at 7:30pm and Tuesdays at 1:00pm.

Bridge, Port Franks Community Centre, Tuesdays and Fridays at 1:00pm

Dunes Duplicate Bridge, Port Franks Community Centre, Mondays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays and Fridays at 1:00pm

Shuffleboard, Port Franks Community Centre, Thursdays from 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Badminton, Port Franks Community Centre, Fridays at 10:00am

Cards, Port Franks Community Centre, Thursdays at 7:30pm - Bid Euchre or Texas Hold'em, alternating weeks

Optimist Club of Ausable Port Franks have Nevada break-open tickets available at MacPherson's Restaurant

Optimist Club of Ausable Port Franks Youth Drop-In Centre, Port Franks Community Centre. For details call Barb 519-243-1515.

Victim Services of Sarnia - Lambton Inc. is currently seeking caring individuals interested in volunteering in Lambton County. Victim Services is a volunteer organization that works with police to provide immediate emotional and practical support to victims of crime and tragic circumstance. For information, please call 519-344-8861 ext. 5238 or 1-888-281-3665 ext 5238.

Lambton Shores YMCA offers a variety of programs at the Shores Recreation Centre in Forest including Y-Bo, Y-Stretch, Zumba, spin classes and more. State of the art equipment is great for all levels of training. Schedules available online at www.ymcasar.org. "Have you been to the YMCA yet? First visit is on us!". For more information call 519-786-9622 .

Caring Quilters of Lambton Shores, is a non-profit organization of volunteers who create comfort quilts for distribution by Victim Services volunteers. We have just celebrated our 10th anniversary, and in those 10 years our group has created close to 700 quilts. We meet every Wednesday at the Port Franks Community Centre. Anyone of any age is welcome to join, no sewing or quilting experience necessary. For more information contact Annette Hitchins at GAHitchins@execulink.com or call 519-243-1318.

Thedford Garden Club is dedicated to keeping the flower gardens around our community attractive. Meetings are held at the Village Complex on the second Tuesday of the month from April to December. We organize work parties for other evenings and weekends to keep our gardens beautiful. If you want to help out but can't make the meetings, email jeannette at tidballs@execulink.com or call 519-296-5804. We would love to see you.

Grand Bend Women's Probus, is an organization for retired business and professional women. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from September to June at the Grand Bend Legion. Upcoming speakers and topics include: Sept. 14, "Preserving and Canning" and a Fashion Show by Apropos; Oct 12, "Walk in the Pinery". Nov 9, "How war affected this area". For details call 519-238-1114 or 519-238-5419.

Port Franks Garden Club is a group of friendly gardening enthusiasts who meet on the third Tuesday or most months at 7:30p.m. at the Port Franks Community Centre. Our activities include guest speakers, plant sales, workshops, garden tours and various outings. Upcoming speakers and topic include: September 21, 7:30pm, Brenda Campbell "Cozyn's Garden Gallery" and "Fall Decorating - Inside and Out". October 19, 7:30pm, Shannon Ryan "Garden Gate Gifts" and "Floral Design Showcase". New members and visitors are always welcome!   Call 519-243-1818 for details.

Forest Ringette Association is accepting registrations for the upcoming Ringette season. Age groups range from Bunny (7 years and under) to Belle (18 years and under). Registration forms are available on the Forest Ringette Association website eteamz.active.com/forestringette/ and once completed can be mail with registration cheques to Sherri Stephenson, Forest Ringette Registrar, 7173 Sexton Road, R.R. # 1, Arkona, ON N0M 1 B0 on or before August 1, 2010.

Please note: The Municipality of Lambton Shores is not necessarily affiliated with the events listed here. All event date, times and locations are subject to change. For further information on specific events, please contact the event organizer(s).

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