COMMUNITY calendar
Breton Community Calendar is a public service listing of community events sponsored by nonprofit groups. To ensure adequate advance publication, submit notices at least two weeks prior to the event. Limit announcements to 24 words or less. Telephone 902-563-3838; fax 902-562-7077 or email your event to edit@cbpost.com.
TODAY
FRAMBOISE
7 p.m., 45s card game, Framboise Community Hall.
GRAND MIRA
7:30 p.m., Tarabish at St. Margaret Community Hall.
HOWIE CENTRE
7-8 p.m., Zumba with Donna will be held at the Howie Centre fire hall.
MEMBERTOU
8:30 p.m., AA Membertou Group meeting, 3 Kateri St. Caption: Climbing to the light. The only cast iron lighthouse in Canada was made of 36 curved panels that were shipped to northern Cape Breton from Ontario in 1915. They were then shipped to St. Paul Island by boat, and bolted together on site.
SYDNEY
9-10 a.m. Seniors swimming at Kiwanis Pool, Prince Street. Phone the Kiwanis Pool for more information. 9:30 a.m., Time out, Club 55. 10-11:30 a.m., Breastfeeding information with other breastfeeding mothers, Family Place Resource Centre, 714 Alexandra St. Dads, support persons and babies welcome. No registration. 10 a.m., Seniors exercise class, Steelworkers and Sydney Pensioners' Club. Everyone welcome. 11 a.m. (CD), AA Friends of Bill group meeting at St. Theresa's Church, 381 Whitney Avenue (rear entrance). 12 p.m., Centre for Cape Breton Studies presents the Culture Circle workshop in the Rotary Performance Music Room, Great Hall, CBU. 1:30 p.m., Tarabish - force the dealer, Steelworkers and Sydney Pensioners’ Club, 30 Inglis St. Everyone welcome. 2-3 p.m., Chair exercises suitable for men and women, Club 55, corner of Prince and Bentinck streets. 6 p.m., Sydney Harbour Dragon Boat Club meets at Harbourview Drive, Sydney River East of the Keltic Drive Bridge The club will supply equipment and training. Everyone welcome. Call 902217-3334 or 902-322-2566. 6:15-9 p.m., Royal Canadian Air Cadets 29 Sydney Kiwanis Squadron will meet at Sydney Academy, use the Townsend Street entrance. 6:45-9 p.m., Second Wind Community Concert Band rehearse every Thursday evening at the Malcolm Munroe Middle School Bandroom. Contact lauramercer@syd.eastlink.ca for more information. 7 p.m., Steel Centre Toastmasters meet at Atlantic SuperStore Community Room, Kings Road. 7 p.m., Lachlan MacKinnon will speak at the next meeting at the Centre for Heritage and Science, (the Lyceum). The title of his talk is Rethinking Industrial Heritage: Commemorating Coal and Steel in Cape Breton. 7:30 p.m., Mixed darts, Ashby Legion, Branch 138. New players welcome. 7:30 p.m., 45s card game at Mira Road fire hall. Jackpot on 10 numbers. 7:30 p.m., Tarabish at Steelworkers and Sydney Pensioners Club, 30 Inglis St. 8 p.m., (CD) Thursday Night Women’s Group, Everywoman's Centre, 21 Trinity Ave. 8 p.m., Al-Anon, Courage to Change, St. Theresa’s Hall, St. Peter’s Road, side door, downstairs. Non-smoking meeting.
SYDNEY RIVER
9:45-10:45 a.m., Seniors exercise class at Our Lady of Fatima Hall, 1452 Kings Road. Sponsored by the CWL. Everyone welcome. For information, 562-3036 or 5390416.
WHITNEY PIER
7:30-11:30 p.m., Social, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 128. Corner of Victoria Road & Wesley Street. Music by DJ Jim McKinnon. Free admission. Open to the public.