Newcomers' Club of Peterborough
welcomes men and women, individuals and couples recently new to the area. We meet monthly (Sept - June) to hear a local guest speaker, welcome new members, organize the next month's activities and make new friends. Join a book club, movie club, walking group or connect with golf partners and bridge foursomes. Join excursions to regional attractions to local villages, museums, galleries. We are a very social, non-denominational group. Contact us at
newcomersclubpeterborough@gmail.com or 749-6727.
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at Westdale United Church, 1509 Sherbrooke Street West.
Doors open at 1:30 p.m., meeting starts at 2 p.m.
Homegrown Homes invites you to attend…
Our Third Annual Robbie Burns Day Fundraiser! Sunday, January 24th, 2010 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Burnham Mansion, 2235 Keene Road To Help Provide Affordable Housing in Our Community…and to have a really good time!
Special Events include…All-You-Can-Eat Sensational Buffet Dinner, Address to The Haggis
Scottish Bagpiper, Live Entertainment, Silent Auction, 50/50 Draw, Highland Dancers, Draw for a Dinner for 2...and more!
Tickets: $50 at Homegrown Homes 748-4534 and Burnham Mansion 740-2553
Peterborough’s annual, fun family event,
Saturday January 23, 2010, from 9:00 am to 11:45 am at Peterborough Square. Free activities for children will include crafts, refreshments, readings by local celebrities and the Cat In The Hat, singing for literacy, a musical puppet show with children’s entertainer Rob Joy, meet favourite storybook characters Clifford the Big Red Dog and Geronimo Stilton and much more. One of the most exciting features is that every child attending will receive a free book, as long as supplies last.
Look out for the Readers’ Theater, a favourite, involving local leaders and personalities. Mike Melnik, host of the popular KRUZ Morning Show, is the Family Literacy Day 2010 Honourary Chair and MC. “Mike is an excellent Honorary Chair!” said Committee Co-chair Teresa Kerr. “He knows the community, has a personal interest in literacy and is an articulate and witty MC”.
Peterborough Family Literacy Day is an annual free event that brings together hundreds of local families for a morning of fun-filled literacy activities. At the 2009 celebrations over 600 children and their parents enjoyed the fun and over 400 children received a brand new book to read and enjoy for their very own. The Peterborough Family Literacy Day increases awareness of literacy services in the City and County of Peterborough. It offers information on resources for adults and families with children of all ages.
North Shore Public Shore and Northern Lights Daycare,
Keene, will celebrate their 20th Anniversary:
Saturday, January 23, 10 a.m.-noon
All current and past students, staff, volunteers and community members are invited to the attend the open house event.
Contact persons: Jenny Pink or Julie Ferguson (North Shore Public School) 295-6898
Christine Mumford (Daycare Manager) 295-6622
Food Matters Wellness Panel and Film Showing
Wednesday, January 20, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Peterborough Public Library auditorium
The Kawartha Holistic Network,
in partnership with Transition Town Peterborough, will present the documentary Food Mutters on January 20th at 6 p.m., with a Q & A discussion panel on nutrition and wellness afterward.
Food Matters is an eye-opener that shows the relationship between the current state of ill health in our population (e.g. increasing cases of diabetes, cancer, obesity, heart disease, etc.) and the food we eat. It uncovers the worldwide 'Sickness Industry' while offering alternatives that may improve our overall health.
Following the film a panel of Wellness Practitioners will be available for Q & A and discussion: Linda Devine, Linda Viscardis, Bridget Leslie and Dr. Adam Prinsen ND.
Please join us for this opportunity to learn more about how to achieve and maintain a healthier lifestyle. $5 or pay what you can.
2nd Annual LONG BEACH Pond Hockey Tournament - Feb 6th
This will be our Second Tournament, last year raising a $1000 for the Trish’s Wish Foundation.
Our tournament is a 4 on 4 Pond Hockey Rules Tournament, EIGHT teams, 6 players per team Female or Males – No Goalies.
The nests are 4 inches high, by Four feet wide.
The Rink size is 130’ x 60’ .
The games are 30 mins long, Non contact, No slap Shots –
Just “Old Time Pond Hockey Rules “
The cost is $180 per team / $30 per player – Three games/ Five Games Max !
Each player receives a commemorative Pond Hockey t-shirt and the Winners rec’ve a long sleeve T- shirt and grab bag from the local supporters. For more info call 647-292-8325.
Peterborough Theatre Guild Presents
The Constant Wife, writtenbySomerset Maugham and directed by Judi Wilson,
Membership Plans for the Peterborough Theatre Guild are now on sale! For more information about the various PTG Membership Packages, please visit www.theatreguild.org. Individual ticket prices are $18 adult, $16 senior and $10 student.
What: The Constant Wife
When: January 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 – 8:00 pm
January 17, 24 – 2:00 pm
Where: 364 Rogers Street, Peterborough
Box Office: 705-745-4211
St. Peter's Catholic Secondary School
will be holding their Grade 8 Parent Information Night on Wednesday January 20th at 6:45 pm in the school's cafeteria. All parents of grade 8 students that live in the St. Peter's school district who are interested in hearing about the various academic and extra-curricular programs available at St. Peter's are most welcome to attend. Grade 9 Registration packages will be available during the presentation and everyday at the school. Completed registration packages are due back to the school by January 29th.
The B.E.L. Rotary Club
announces the 30th jumping of the POLAR PLUNGE on Sunday, Feb 7th, 2010, 2 p.m. sharp at Rotary Park, Ennismore. Plungers are encouraged to use the 2010 Olympics as the basis for their costume.
Begun in 1980, this “Freezin for a Reason” event annually brings 1500 people to the area to raz the crazy people jumping into Chemong Lake’s frigid waters.
Even if you aren’t jumping, donate to a plunger and come on out with your family and friends to join the cheering section and laugh at the crazy costumes. It’s all for a good cause!
Visit www.belrotary.com, click on Polar Plunge for pledge forms and registration details.
Peterborough Chapter #161 Order of the Eastern Star Presents
Robert Burns Supper & Ceilidh, at the EASTERN STAR TEMPLE
1591 Hilliard Street, Saturday, January 23, 2010. Social: 5:00 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15.00 each. Come along and join an evening of Traditional Scottish Fare and Entertainment and Wear something Tartan.
For Tickets Contact:
Berdene Goodfellow at 743-8180
Limited Seating
2010 Level A United Way Hockey Challenge
United Way All-Stars vs. Conservative MP's, Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 @ 1:00 pm. Peterborough Memorial Centre, $5 for bowl seating, $8 for club seating
Returning - Fly Anywhere Raffle by Air Canada, New - The Staffing Connection $10,000 Shoot-Out. For more info visit…www.unitedwayhockey.ca
Montreal Candiens alumni Team
Will be playing at the Norwood Asphodel Community Centre on Saturday Feb. 20 at 7:30pm. Tickets are on sale by contracting the Community Centre at 639-5567. Some of the Canadiens scheduled to appear include, Guy LaFleur, Yon Lambert, Sergio Momesso, Stephane Recher, Gaston Gingras and more…
Thomas A Stewart
will be holding their Grade 8 Parent Information Night on Tuesday January 18th from 6:30 to 8:30. All parents and grade 8 students who are interested in hearing about the various academic and extra-curricular programs available at Thomas A. Stewart are welcome to attend. There will be a formal presentation beginning at 6:30 in the auditorium followed by a school tour.