COMMUNITY calendar
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WEEKLY EVENTS Mondays
• New Glasgow 50-Plus Club – Crafts 10 a.m. Darts 1:30 p.m.
• Card Party – Auction 45s at 7 p.m. at the Meadowville - Poplar Hill Community Hall. Everyone welcome.
• Drop-in Badminton – For adults at New Glasgow Academy 7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m. New members welcome.
• TOPS Group – Take Pounds Off Sensibly, non-profit organization, Superstore community room, 9:3011:30 a.m.
• Mixed Darts – New Glasgow 55+ Club, 1:30 p.m., New Glasgow Fire Hall.
• Over 50 Prize Bingo – Royal Canadian Legion, New Glasgow, 1:30 p.m. Lunch served.
• Karate – Juniors 6:40 to 7:40 p.m. Adults 6:40 to 9 p.m. at the New Glasgow Fire Hall. For more info email rfraser1@eastlink.ca.
• Card Party – Northend Rec Centre, 7:30 p.m. Light lunch served.
• Stellarton and Area Lions Club – Meeting second and fourth Monday of month, 6:30 p.m. at the RCAFA meeting room, Foord St. All Lions welcome. Visitors please call 3963946.
• Youth Darts – Westville legion, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Ages 8-18. Everyone welcome.
• Keltic Chords – For women interested in singing four-part harmony, meet at New Glasgow Academy (front door), 7-9 p.m.
• Bingo – Pictou legion 7 p.m.
DAILY EVENTS March 31
• Easter Egg Hunt – First Baptist Church, 896 East River Rd., New Glasgow, 11 a.m. Two floors of hidden
eggs with treats inside. One floor for pre-schoolers, one for older children. • Auction 45’s – Trenton Legion 1 p.m.
April 1
• Ecumenical Worship Service – McCulloch House Museum, Haliburton Rd., Pictou. Sunrise worship; Pictou United, 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday worship.
• Chase the Ace – Will not be held at Trenton Legion on Easter Sunday but will return April 8. Advance tickets: Tartan Blade Barbershop, Needs in Trenton, Needs at Stellarton Rotary, Sobeys Express, Abercrombie Variety, Cornish’s Variety and Cocoa Beach Tanning.
• Crown the Queen – Will not be held this week due to Easter Sunday.
Next draw April 8, with jackpot over $24,000.
April 2
• Aberdeen Hospital Auxiliary – Regular meeting at 12:30 p.m. in the first floor boardroom.
April 3
• Free tax clinic – for simple, low income returns from 1-4 p.m. at Stellarton Stellarite Seniors Club.
• Women Together – Women’s Resource Centre, 503 South Frederick St., New Glasgow, 1011:30 a.m. Court Prep with Lee Bezanson from Victim Services. Transportation, childcare subsidies available upon request.
April 4
• 50 Plus Club – Meeting at the
New Glasgow Fire Department 1:30 p.m. Speaker will be Shelley Thompson from the Women’s Centre.
• Music Circle Jam – West Branch Hall 6:30-9:30 p.m. Admission for players is free, listeners free will, $2.50 suggested. Light refreshments. Proceeds to community hall.