Northern Happenings
Northern
Happenings listings are free for community groups, and
will be published for two weeks. Other listings are paid or are taken
from paid ads elsewhere in the paper. The News makes every effort to
be accurate but events should be independently verified by readers.
Thursday May 16
FLINTON - THROUGH THE ROOF - Ladies
night, 6:30pm. masquerade theme - Special speaker, Christine Hughes
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY – Tichborne
Ground Breaking ceremony is POSTPONED
Friday May 17
DENBIGH-GRIFFITH LIONS CLUB Toll Road,
11am-7pm, proceeds to Lions community projects.
ELPHIN – YARD & BAKE SALE,
Presbyterian Church 2-7pm; proceeds to church
HARROWSMITH - YOUTH DANCE, Golden Links
Hall, 7-10pm for ages 9-15; $6;l Wayne 358-2533 or Sharon 372-1274
NORTHBROOK - NEW OLE TYME FIDDLERS,
7:30pm, Lions Hall, $6 non-members, $5 members, entertainers $2,
lunch, prizes. All welcome
SHARBOT LAKE – EUCHRE, 12 noon,
Anglican Church Hall, $5 includes lunch
SHARBOT LAKE – DINNER at the Legion.
5:30–7 pm, meat loaf
Fri & Sat. May 17 & 18
PERTH ROAD - GIANT YARD SALE, Sunday
school hall, Fri noon-6pm; Sat 8-2; 613-353-1690, 613-453-1941;
proceeds to United Church
Sat – Mon. May 18 – 20
BROOKE VALLEY STUDIO TOUR, 10am-5pm;
art, music, food, jewelry & more; maps at
www.brookevalleyspringtour.com
Saturday May 18
ARDEN - VICTORIA DAY FIREWORKS at dusk,
sponsor: Rec Committee & firefighters. Rain date Sunday
ARDEN - SPAGHETTI DINNER, community
hall, 5-6:30pm, free will offering; www.ardenchurch.com, sponsor:
Arden & community Wesleyan Church.
CLOYNE - MAMMOTH YARD SALE, Barrie
Community Hall, 9am, fundraiser for Cloyne & District Historical
Society
FARMERS’ MARKETS – Local farmers'
markets held every Saturday, 9am-1pm at: McDonalds Corners MERA
schoolhouse; Sharbot Lake Oso beach; Verona Lions Club
FLINTON - COMMUNITY YARD SALE DAY,
info: flintonrecreationclub.ca
MABERLY - FIELDWORK: opening of new
installations at the outdoor art gallery, 2-4pm; all welcome; 2501
Old Brooke Rd.; www.fieldworkproject.com
MATAWATCHAN COMMUNITY MARKET Plant
Sale, 9am-1pm
MATAWATCHAN – HAM & SCALLOPED
POTATO DINNER, St. Andrew’s United Church 5-6:30pm; $12; 6-12yrs
$6; 5 &under free
O’DONNELL FAMILY BAND “Bordertown”
from Cloyne, entertaining at opening of Madoc Market, noon-4pm.
PARHAM BAKE SALE & FLEA MARKET,
10am-2pm, sponsored by Parham seniors, Post Office parking lot.
PARHAM - CAR WASH & BBQ by Relay
for Life Team Firefighters Walking for a Cure, Hope's General Store
10am, car wash $5, Hot dog & drink $2, hamburger & drink $4
SHARBOT LAKE - WOMANLESS BEAUTY PAGEANT
7pm, Oso Hall, sponsored by Central Frontenac Minor Softball; $8pp;
$15 couple buffet; must be 19 or older. Tickets at Joe & Marg's
VERONA - COMMUNITY YARD SALE supporting
the 2014 team for The Children of Haiti, 8am-2pm, 6058 McMahon Dr.,
all proceeds to rebuilding a school in Haiti.
Sunday May 19
BEDFORD OPEN MIC & JAM, 1-5pm,
Bedford Hall 1381 Westport Rd, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel & more,
$2, 613-374-2614
HARROWSMITH - TURKEY DINNER, Golden
Links Hall, $13; 4:30-6pm, Barb 372-2315
OMPAH & PLEVNA - UNITED CHURCH
COMMEMORATION - Ompah Church 12.30 pm; Plevna church 2.30 pm.
RELAY FOR LIFE Team Timeless Memories
Road Hockey Tournament, 11am, for ages 10-14; register: Lesley
Pickard or Janice Conway
Monday May 20
CLOYNE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY w/ speaker Emil Andoney, gatherer of local treasures, 1pm,
Barrie Hall, all welcome
Tuesday May 21
HARROWSMITH - CASH BINGO, Golden Links
Hall, early bird 7pm, Barb 372-2315
KENNEBEC DINERS, noon, Arden hall, for
those 50+, $10, reservations required: 613-279-3151
PLEVNA – FOOT CARE CLINIC, Clar-Mill
Hall, appointment: 613-279-3151
PLEVNA - CLAR-MILL COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
meet 7:30pm Clar-Mill Hall, all welcome to attend.
Mon, Tues & Wed. May 20- 22
FLINTON - RUMMAGE & BAKE SALE -
Township Rec Centre; Monday 5- 8:30pm, Tuesday 9am-8pm, Wed.
9am–1pm, all welcome; sponsor Flinton Community Club.
Wednesday May 22
CENTRAL FRONTENAC MINOR SOFTBALL,
6:30pm Parham, Grasshoppers; Mountain Grove vs Sharbot Lake at
Sharbot Lake; 8:30pm Sydenham vs Parham at Parham
OMPAH BIRTHDAY BASH & COMMUNITY
POTLUCK, 6pm community hall, all welcome
Thursday, May 23
CENTRAL FRONTENAC MINOR SOFTBALL,
Mites, 6:30pm East Storrington vs. Sharbot Lake at Sharbot Lake;
8:30pm Mountain Grove vs Parham at Parham
PLEVNA - CHILI NIGHT, Clarendon Central
Public School, 5-6:30pm; $5; to enter chili call 613-479-2264
SHARBOT LAKE – COMMUNITY BBQ,
11:30am-1pm, at Community Living-North Frontenac, all welcome. Rain
date May 28
Thurs, Fri, Sat. May 23 - 24
SYDENHAM HIGH SCHOOL presents Norm
Foster's "Office Hours", 7-10pm, free admission with a
donation to Drew Cumpson.
Friday May 24
PLEVNA – BINGO FUNDRAISER for
Clar-Mill volunteer firefighters, 7-9pm, cash prizes, Clar-Mill hall
Fri & Sat May 24 - 25
LIONS GAS-O-RAMA at the Sharbot Lake
Petro Can. www.sharbotlions.com
Saturday May 25
BELLROCK - KARAOKE, community hall,
7:30pm; cost: freewill offering; proceeds to support hall;
info:.bellrockhall.ca; 374-2036
ENTERPRISE - DANCE w/ Land O'lakes
Cruisers, community hall, 8pm, lunch, $12.50pp at door; sponsored by
Tamworth & District Lions; info 358-2720; 379-2952.
GOULD LAKE CONSERVATION AREA canoeing
workshop 10am-1pm, $35.50pp; $30 for pass holders; advance
registration required, cataraquiregion.on.ca/events/index.htm
HARLOWE DANCE, 8pm, w/ Country Band,
community centre, $8, lunch, prizes, info: Marie 613-336-2557
HARROWSMITH - COMMUNITY FUN DAY, Free
Methodist Church, 9am-2pm, free community BBQ, bake table, garage
sale, kid’s crafts, games; proceeds in support of community.
HARTINGTON - COMMUNITY CARING CENTER
Garage Sale, 10am-2pm; proceeds to local charities.
LAND O’LAKES GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE
in Cloyne, Barrie Hall 9am. Plants go fast, come early.
PARHAM – FAMILY FUN DAY fundraiser
for June's Angels Relay for Life Team, 11am-2pm, fairgrounds; petting
zoo, reptile show, games, etc; $5; children $2. Hypnotist show, 7pm,
IOOF Hall advance tickets $5, at door $7, children $3; Rose LaPointe
613-279-2852
PARHAM – GOSPEL SING, w/ “Days of
Grace”, Free Methodist Church, 7pm, refreshments, all welcome
SYDENHAM VILLAGE - GIANT YARD &
SIDEWALK SALE DAY, village-wide at homes & businesses, 8am-2pm,
rain or shine, info: Anne Marie Young 613-376-3519;
a.m.young@sympatico.ca.
SHARBOT LAKE HIGH SCHOOL 65th
Anniversary “The Last Waltz”; day concert w/ alumni musicians
starts 11am; day wrist bands $5. Evening concert is sold out .
SYDENHAM LEGION Chinese Food Dinner
$15, & quarter auction, 5:30pm; tickets must be pre-purchased,
must be 19 or older.
TAMWORTH LEGION - CONCERT by Rik Emmett
of Triumph; 8pm; $30; 613-379-2808; sponsor: Tamworth Erinsville
Community Development Committee.
VERONA - FRONTENAC WOMEN’S CHORUS
presents “Rock On, Frontenac!”, Trinity United Church, 7:30pm.
Admission by donation.
Sunday May 26
FLINTON - THROUGH THE ROOF, 10:45am
special music by Trevor Baker; 6:30pm Open Mic; all welcome
Monday, May 27
NORTH FRONTENAC LITTLE THEATRE Annual
Meeting, potluck 6pm; meeting 7pm; anyone is welcome to attend; Info:
Nina Jenkins 613-279-2945
Tuesday, May 28
CLOYNE - LOL (LAND O' LAKES) QUILTERS
"Trunk Show", featuring Carol Darou, Kathy Price, 10am;
Pineview Free Methodist Church, free admission, all welcome;
lolqinfo@gmail.com; Lynn 613-336-8080.
HARROWSMITH WOMEN’S INSTITUTE meet at
St. Paul’s United Church, 6pm - nursery tour; new members welcome
ONTARIO HIGHLANDS TOURSIM ASSOCIATION
(OHTO) networking event, Addison's Restaurant, Hwy 41, 5pm, free,
advance registration required: 613-629-6486, info@ohto.ca
Wednesday May 29
RURAL WOMEN’S GROUP, 1:30-3pm,
Southern Frontenac Community Services, 4419 George St.; free
transportation avail: 613-376-6477; 1-800-763-9610, all women welcome
Thursday May 30
SYDENHAM - ALZHEIMER SUPPORT GROUP
7-9pm, Grace Centre; info: 613-544-3078
Regular Happenings
AA & AL-ANON 41 GROUP - Cloyne
Hall. Wednesdays 8 pm. All welcome 336-9221.
AA MEETINGS - SHARBOT LAKE, every
Monday, 8:30 pm, United Church C.E. Bldg.
AL-ANON: Hope & help for families
of alcoholics, 12 weekly meetings in greater Kingston area. Please
call 384-2134 for meeting information. We care.
ARDEN - Community hall: LINE DANCING
Mondays 9:30-10:30am; FIT & FUN exercise class, Tuesdays 9-10am
(April 10 - late June), TAI CHI Wednesdays, beginners class 9:15am,
advanced 10:15am. Sponsor: Kennebec Rec. Committee; info 613-335-2845
BABY TALK DROP-INS, Sharbot Lake, Child
Centre, 2nd Wed, 10:30 – 11:30 am. Sydenham, 3rd Thursday, 9 – 11
am. Advice & information on infant & child care. 549-1154,
1-800-267-7875.
BINGO ■
Flinton, Mondays, Rec Centre, doors open 6pm ■Kaladar: Community
Centre, Tuesdays, 7pm, doors open 6:15 pm ■Northbrook: Thursdays,
Lions Club, 7pm, doors open 6 pm, sponsor: Land O’Lakes Lions
■Parham: Fridays, IOOF Hall, early-bird: 6:45 pm, sponsor:
Mayflower Lodge.
BOLINGBROKE EXERCISE CLASSES FOR
SENIORS, ABC Hall, Mondays 10-11am. Info: Joyce 273-4832
CANCER PATIENTS requiring rides to
treatments: call 613-384-2361 or 1-866-877-0309
CLOTHING
/BOUTIQUE – NORTHBROOK, in former United Church next to cemetery –
Thurs & Sat, 10am-2pm
CLOTHING – HARTINGTON, COMMUNITY
CARING, Princess Ann Community Centre, Mon 9-12, Tues 9-4, and Fri
9-12
CLOTHING - TREASURE TRUNK, Sharbot
Lake, 1171 Cannon Rd. “New & Second Tyme Around Clothing”
Donations welcome. 279-2113.
CLOTHING – VERONA, "Style
Revival", free clothing, Free Methodist Church, Wed & Thurs,
10am-1pm
CLOYNE – YOGA; every Tuesday 5pm,
Barrie Hall; sponsor: Land O’Lakes Emmanuel United Church;
suggested donation $5.
COMMUNITY DROP-IN – Sharbot Lake
Every Wednesday, 10am – 2pm, St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. All
welcome! 279-3151.
EUCHRE (NOTE to groups - please contact
us and let us know if your Euchre parties are still active): ■ARDEN
community hall Tuesdays 7pm; ■ HARROWSMITH S&A Hall, 7pm every
Monday except 2nd Monday of month, proceeds to Diabetes Association.
■MABERLY Wednesdays starting March 13, $3 ■NORTHBROOK, Tuesdays
7pm, $3, Lions Hall ■PARHAM Mondays IOOF hall, 7pm. ■PLEVNA,
Clar-Mill Hall, Mondays 7:30pm $4 sponsored by Holy Trinity Church
FLINTON – ADULT COMMUNITY DROP-IN,
Tuesdays, Rec Centre, 9am-3pm, home-cooked style noon meals, all
welcome, info: LOLCS, Pam 336-8934 x 229
GOLDEN SUNSET CLUB meets 1st Monday of
month, Northbrook Lions Hall, noon. Info: 336-2570. Join us for
potluck
HARROWSMITH - TUESDAY LUNCHES, St.
Paul’s United Church, 11:30-1pm, $5, soup, sandwich, beverage,
dessert
LAND O’LAKES FOOD BANK needs food &
cash donations and community involvement. Contact Land o’Lakes
Community Services, 613-336-8934
LENNOX & ADDINGTON RESOURCES FOR
CHILDREN/EARLY YEARS PLAYGROUPS & DROP-INS - Tamworth Playgroup:
Mondays 9:30 am-noon, Sheffield Arena; Northbrook Drop-In:
Wednesdays 10:00 am-1:00 pm, Lions Hall; Flinton Drop- In:
Thursdays 10:00 am-1:00pm, Township Hall; Info: 613-336-8934
ext. 257.
LENNOX & ADDINGTON STEWARDSHIP
COUNCIL, local volunteer agency identifies & supports
environmental, education, woodlot management, wildlife habitat,
watershed issues and projects in L&A. All welcome. 531-5723
MEALS ON WHEELS. Serving the North
Lennox & Addington area, a hot nutritious meal will be delivered
to your door every Thursday at noon, cost: $6; 613-336-8934 or
613-333-5216.
MERA: McDonalds Corners Elphin
Recreation & Arts at the Schoolhouse:
Quilting, Fibrearts, Weaving & more www.meraschoolhouse.org
NORTH FRONTENAC FOOD BANK needs food &
cash donations. Drop box at Sharbot Lake Freshmart, or mail donations
to: NF Food Bank, c/o NFCS, Box 250, Sharbot Lake, K0H2P0.
613-279-3151
NORTHBROOK –
CRAFT & SOCIAL GROUP FOR WOMEN, Wednesdays, Land O’ Lakes
Community Services, 9:30-11:30am. Free. Info: Jeannie, 613-336-8934
or 1-877-679-6636
OMPAH - DROP-IN MORNING COFFEE CLUB,
Community Centre, every Wednesday 9 – 11 am. All welcome
ONTARIO EARLY YEARS PLAYGROUPS
(9:30am-11:30am): Monday- Harrowsmith, Sharbot Lake Playgroups;
Tuesday – Verona, Perth Road Playgroups; Wed.- Sharbot Lake BABY
GROUP birth-18month; Wed.- 2nd & 4th Plevna Playgroup; Wed.- 1st
& 3rd Sydenham BABY GROUP birth-18months; Thurs.- Storrington
Playgroup
PARHAM SENIORS meet every third Wed. at
Free Methodist Church in Parham. Potluck, noon-2:30. All seniors
welcome
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS. Do you obsess
about weight? Go on eating binges or starve yourself? We are a
self-help, non-profit group meeting in Kingston. Call us at 634-2159
PARKINSON SOCIETY MEETINGS, first
Tuesday of month, Ongwanada, 191 Portsmouth Ave. Kingston, info
613-379-2012.
PLEVNA CRAFT
LADIES – every Thursday, Clar-Mill Hall, 10-4, all welcome, call
Lois 613-479-2562
PLEVNA - FITNESS CLASS, Clar-Mill Hall,
every Tuesday 6:30pm, $2; 613-479-2447
RECREATIONAL BADMINTON, Thursdays,
7-9pm, Sharbot Lake High School; $5 semester, fun & exercise for
all ages; under 18 with parental supervision
SHARBOT LAKE - ADULT RECREATIONAL
VOLLEYBALL, free, every Monday except holidays, 7pm, high school;
info Mary 613-375-6431.
SMOKE-FREE FOR GOOD. Support group.
Mondays 7 pm, KFL&A Health Unit, 221 Portsmouth, Kingston. 531-U
WIN.
SNOW ROAD - MORNING COFFEE/TEA,
community hall, drop in from 10am-12 noon on Fridays
SYDENHAM - FUN DARTS, every Tuesday, 7
pm, Royal Canadian Legion. Mixed teams, $2 per person. All welcome
TAMWORTH LEGION – Shuffleboard
Sundays 2 pm $2pp; Tuesday Night Darts - 8 pm $2pp; Thursday Night
League Darts $2pp; Seniors’ bridge & euchre Fridays1:30pm
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS WANTED by the
Canadian Cancer Society, please call 613-384-2361 or 1-866-877-0309.
