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Hearing Clinic
March 12, 2012
May 28, 2012
June 25, 2012
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
0.00

Our ears are important and often overlooked! Connect Hearing will be here on site at the Fonthill Branch giving free hearing screenings. They will also be able to answer any questions about various hearing issues. Come find out how fit your ears are! Free but please schedule your appointment ahead if possible at: 905-892-6068.

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Novel Destinations
March 12, 2012 - May 31, 2012
12 - 12
0.00

Can’t get away for March Break?  Do the next best thing and travel the world with us through books. Our destination this year is a cruise around the Pacifi c, taking in destinations from  Asia to Australia.

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Computer Tutor & Gadget Clinic
April 14, 2012
April 21, 2012
April 28, 2012
May 5, 2012
May 12, 2012
May 26, 2012
June 2, 2012
June 9, 2012
June 16, 2012
June 23, 2012
10 - 1
5.00

“One-on-one Help”

Get matched with a volunteer tech tutor for one-on-one help and training. This clinic is suited for beginners. We can help with web browsing; searching; webmail account set-up and management; E-readers, ebooks
and audiobooks from your library; Facebook, Twitter, and other social media; YouTube; managing, editing and
sharing your digital photos online; and more. Includes use of laptop or BYOG (bring your own gadget).

Saturdays - April 14 to June 23
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
$5.00 per 1/2 hour
Please register ahead in person to reserve your space.

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Intermediate Bridge
May 2, 2012
May 16, 2012
June 6, 2012
1-3 pm
1.00

Drop-in Intermediate Bridge  For those who have played Bridge before. Volunteers will be here 2x month to coach and act as partners. You can come alone or with a friend. Refreshments provided. 

Cost is $1.00 per session. Monthly schedule available at front desk.

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Meditation Morning
May 5, 2012
June 9, 2012
9:30-11:30
3.00

Join Marcia as she leads you through a number of different types of meditations for stress relief and focus. Great for beginners and those who have meditated before. Please bring a pen and notebook with you.

Cost is $3.00 per session & please register ahead.

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Award-winning Author Vincent Lam Reading and Signing
May 16, 2012
7:30
40.00

The Headmaster’s Wager, Vincent Lam’s highly anticipated novel, about a Chinese compulsive gambler and headmaster of an English school in Saigon during the Vietnam War, has been released and is gathering positive reviews. It is no surprise to find it on the Bestseller list already. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize and was broadcast on HBO as a series. Dr. Vincent Lam is from the expatriate Chinese community of Vietnam, and was born in Canada. Dr. Lam did his medical training in Toronto where he works as an emergency physician.

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Safe Cycling for Fun and Health
May 22, 2012
7:30
0.00

Thinking about starting to ride a bicycle?  Getting back into cycling?  Want to ride with greater confidence? A new organization called BikeNiagara has developed a program called Safe Cycling for Fun and Health that is offering a series of free educational sessions that may be right for you.

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55 and Better Book Club
May 23, 2012
June 27, 2012
10:00 - 11:30
2.00

55 & Better Monthly Book Club

Books are available in large print & audio.

Inquire to see if there is room in this book club. Please see other Book Clubs and Book Buzz for alternate clubs.

Please register ahead and pick up your book a month in advance.

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Make a Frilly Scarf
May 23, 2012
2:00-3:30
22.00

If you can learn to tie your shoe, you can learn how to make this gorgeous frilly scarf.  No knitting skills required. Make it for yourself or for a gift. Ages 10 - Adult. $22.00 includes materials.  Register ahead in person. 

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Cupcake Decorating for Beginners
May 29, 2012
7:00
7.50

Join Tammy from Tammy’s Creative Cakes and Treats for this fun and easy workshop! She will teach you a number of hints and tips such as: how to properly fill an icing bag or what to use as an alternative and how to use the different icing bag tips to create different designs and more.  Each person will also get the opportunity to decorate and take home 2 cupcakes.

Please register ahead.

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