Community CALENDAR

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• Friday Galt Fun Museum hands-on and history Archives’ program First for p.m.,all ages featuring continues “Birdhouses.”April 7 from Let’s 1:30-3 celebrateyou can hang spring in by your paintingyard. Admissiona birdhouse feesto annual apply pass (includes holders. exhibit access); free

• WorkshopA Pysanky will (Ukrainianbe held April Easter7 from Egg) 5-9 p.m. Catholicat Ss. Church,Peter and 643 Paul’s12B St. UkrainianN. No experience necessary. Instruction and all materials supplied. Younger children must be supervised. Pre-registration is required as space is limited. Cost is $25. Contact Joanne_lavkulich@hotmail.com.

• Lethbridge Christian Women’s Choir will join the Lethbridge Christian Men’s Choir in presenting the Easter 2017 Choir Concert “I Worship You Almighty God”

April 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Reformed Church, 1100 40 Ave. N. Come for a evening of spiritual songs for this Easter season.

• Friday’s Dance will be held April 7 from 7-10 p.m. at the Lethbridge Legion (Memorial Hall), featuring live music by Fay Stevens. Cost: $8 per person. Door prizes available. Everyone welcome. No membership required.

• The Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a steak supper April 7 from 5-6:30 p.m. at Eagles Hall, 631 13 St. N. Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. Everyone is welcome.

• Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Club invites the public to play shuffleboard, mixed darts and billiards (pool) Fridays, 7 p.m., 517 5 Ave. S.

• Celebrate Recovery — a Christcentred recovery program for any hurt, hang-up and habit, meets Friday nights at Park Meadows Baptist Church, 2011 15 Ave. N. 6 p.m. - supper ($3); 7 p.m. large group; 8 p.m. - open share small groups; 9 p.m. - Solid Rock Cafe. Email celebraterecovery@parkmeadows.ca for more information or visit http://celebraterecovery.ca/wp/.

• Ask a Lawyer, held in conjunction with Law Day 2017, will take place April

8 from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Lethbridge Courthouse, 320 4 St. S., providing an opportunity to have legal questions asked. Free private appointment with a volunteer lawyer; phone 403-380-6338. Appointments must be pre-booked; space is limited.

• Galt Museum and Archives’ Saturdays at 1:00 hands-on history program for families will continue April

8 from 1-2 p.m., featuring “Rainsticks.” April showers bring May flowers! Create a rainstick, a percussion instrument believed to bring about rainstorms. Admission fees apply (includes exhibit access); free to annual pass holders.

• The 17th Annual Gideon Banquet will take place April 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church, 2114 18 St., featuring guest speaker Casey Bjorndal. Tickets are $25. To purchase tickets, contact Ursula Boschman at 403-320-1334.

• The 44th annual Kodiaks 10/4 Road Race will take place April 8 beginning at Lethbridge College. The 10-mile event takes a challenging loop through the coulees, while the four-mile race is a family-friendly circuit perfect for runners, joggers or walkers of all ages. And brand new in 2017 is a one-mile kids’ race, which is free to enter with the purchase of two adult registrations. Registration is now open, including a $60 family package, which includes entries for two adults and up to four children aged 15 and under. Registration forms, race maps and much more information is available online at gokodiaks.ca/roadrace.

• Green Haven Garden Centre and Blue Seed Studio will present the In Search of Spring: Fine Art Show and Sale

April 8 from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Green Haven Garden Centre, located on South Sunnyside Road, just east of Lethbridge. There will be artists featuring different media from paintings, encaustics, textile designs and metal work represented.

• Law Day 2017 will be celebrated April 8 at the Lethbridge Courthouse with a full schedule of free family-friendly events. The schedule includes: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. — Kidz Korner - Main floor of Courthouse; 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Ask a Lawyer - check-in, second floor; 9:3011:30 a.m. — Courthouse Tours - Front lobby; 10 a.m. — Citizenship Ceremony Courtroom #6; 10 a.m. — Lethbridge Police Service Forensics Demonstration Courtroom #4; 12-1 p.m. — Heroes of Justice Trial, R. v. Batman - Courtroom #6; 1 p.m. — Lethbridge Police Service K9 Demonstration - Outdoors, front of Courthouse.

• Chinook One Act Festival will take place April 8 at 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.) at the Sterndale-Bennett Theatre (next to Yates), presented by Playgoers of Lethbridge and the Alberta Drama Festivals Association. Tickets $10 at the door to see 5 one-act plays and enjoy complimentary food. For more details, call Kate Connolly at 403-3294568.

• Lethbridge Community Band will present its 30th Anniversary Celebration concert April 8 at 7 p.m. at Southminster United Church. Special guest is modern crooner Michael Vanhevel from Toronto and the band welcomes back to the podium conductor Ken Rogers. Tickets, $25 each and children 12 and younger are free, are available online at lcbs.ca, at Casa and at the door.

• Lethbridge Artists Club is displaying an exciting variety of works at The Port April 8 — opening is at 6 p.m. Mingle with the artists; view the new exhibit while enjoying light refreshments and beverages.

• A Downtown Parade and Remembrance Ceremony marking the centennial of Canada’s historic victory at Vimy Ridge during the First World War will be held April 8 starting at 10 a.m. at Galt Gardens. Soldiers from 20th Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, and affiliated Cadet Organizations from Lethbridge, Fort ✦ MacLeod and Taber will participate. The parade will proceed to City Hall for the Remembrance Ceremony and gun salute from 10:30-11 a.m. The public is invited to attend.

• Six O’clock in the Chapel, an evening Vesper service with beautiful music, will be held April 8 at 6 p.m. in the Buchanan Chapel at Southminster United Church (enter at chapel doors, 1011 4 Ave. S.). Everyone is welcome to this brief and personal service featuring reflections by Jane Meaker and music by Monica Baczuk, piano and flute.

• Committee for Government Affairs Lethbridge will be at Centre Village Mall April 8 from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. collecting names for a petition calling for a referendum on the issue of curbside recycling in Lethbridge. The petition will later be presented to Lethbridge City Council.

• Trigeminal Neuralgia Support Group meets the second Saturday of the month at 2 p.m. in Room C and D at the LSCO, 500 11 St. S. Trigeminal neuralgia is a neuropathic disorder characterized by episodes of intense pain in the face, originating from the trigeminal nerve. Individuals with TN and their family members are invited to attend meetings. For more information, call Don at 403-330-7937 or email brewsd8@gmail.com, or Mackenzie at 403-380-2824 or email mackenzie.lea@hotmail.com.

• Galt Museum and Archives’ Cafe Galt lecture program for adults and seniors will continue April 9 from 2-4 p.m., featuring “Vimy Ridge: The Lost Victory.” On the 100th anniversary, come for a presentation by Stéphane Guevremont. Discover the incredible feat accomplished by Canadian soldiers on Easter Monday in April 1917, and the lost opportunities engendered by British neglect. Admission fees apply (includes exhibit access); free to annual pass holders.

• University of Lethbridge will present the Summer Colour Fun Run April 9, noon-5 p.m., at the Grove. The Summer Colour Fun Run in support of Volunteer Lethbridge has inflatable obstacles, colour stations and free burgers and hot dogs. Participants will be showered with colour powder at one-kilometre intervals in this five-kilometre run/walk.

• The Blue Ridge Mountain Country Society will hold its monthly jam April 9 at 1 p.m. at the Shaughnessy Community Centre. Supper to follow. Come and enjoy an afternoon of music and dancing.

• All ladies are invited to a dinner and program presented by Lethbridge Women’s Connection April 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Country Kitchen Catering (lower level of The Keg) on Mayor Magrath Drive South. Ups and Downs Clothing & Accessories in Picture Butte will present a fashion show; music by local soloist Jill Timleck; and Ruth Johnstone from Leduc, an inspirational public speaker, author and entrepreneur, will share when “Life Doesn’t Always Go As Planned.” Cost is $18 inclusive. To reserve your place, call Bea at 403-328-1708 or Linda at 403381-2574. Sponsored by RSVP Ministries.

• The Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion will hold a potluck dinner and an L.A. meeting April 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Legion, 324 Mayor Magrath Drive S. (north door). We need all the ladies we can get. Please bring your favourite dish or pay $7 for a scrumptious meal. For more information, call Marla, 403-328-5235.

• Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization will present “Introduction to Nordic Walking” April 18 and 20, from 10:15-11:15 a.m. at the LSCO, 500 11 St. S. Learn how to use poles to expand your walking experience. Research states that walking with the use of poles will improve posture, stability and mobility, and aerobic capacity will also increase. Fee: $5 for LSCO members, $10 for non-members. Register by April

13. For information or to register, call the LSCO at 403-320-2222.