Clubs & Groups
Delta Nature's Casual Birding Group invites you to a Birds on the Bay event on Wednesday, March 12 from 9 a.m. -noon. Join Tom Bearss and his informal birdwatchers for a 2.5-hour amble around Boundary Bay. Bring binoculars if you have them. The outing will end with beverage and snack at historic Cammidge House. Meet at Cammidge House in Boundary Bay Regional Park, Delta. Info: 604-940-9296 or [email protected]. No charge for events; voluntary donation for snacks.
Delta Hospice's Volunteer Training Program will run March 13 -April 24, Thursday evenings from 6:30 -9 p.m. plus two full Saturdays. Please call 604-948-0660 for more information.
Agriculture + Community -A Night of Dialogue, presented by the Delta Farmers' Institute and the B.C. Climate Action Initiative, takes place Thursday, March 13, 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Kin House, 5050-47th Ave., Ladner. Admission is free. Register
at www.aneveningofdialogue.eventbrite.ca.
Due to the closure of the Ladner Leisure Centre, the Delta Skating Club's annual spring ice show will be held at South Delta Rec Centre instead on Friday, March 14. There will be two showings. The first show will be at 5:30 p.m. and the second at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door.
The Low Vision group meets on March 17 at 1:30 p.m. at Ladner Pioneer Library. For more information call Pat at 604-943-8026.
Youth from 13-18 are invited to Learn to Row during the Spring Break, March 17 -20, at Deas Island Park. The Delta Deas Rowing Club invites you to enjoy the impact free work out, meet some new friends and experience the beauty of the Deas Slough. For more information call 604-948-0964 or e-mail us at [email protected].
Tsawwassen Parkinson's support group's next meeting is on Monday, March 17. We are a group whose members either have Parkinson's or are caregivers to someone with PDS.
We meet the third Monday of each month at KinVillage from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to talk, exchange ideas and socialize. For more information call Peter or Eileen at 604-943-8350.
.Families with children between the ages of 5 -12 are invited to a performance by the Trollsons as they use comedy, improvisation, and audience participation to bring the Irish tale, The Selkie, to life. Join the Trollsons on Tuesday, March 18, 10:30 -11:15 a.m. at the George Mackie Library, 8440-112th St., Delta, or on Friday, March 28, 1:30 -2:15 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683-51st St., Delta.
.Pam Erikson, the awardwinning daylily hybridizer, photographer, instructor and lecturer from Langley is the March speaker for the South Delta Evergreen Garden Club. Pam presents her public talk, Must Have Hostas and Shade Stars at the next meeting on March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Kin House, 5050-47th Ave., Ladner. Refreshments are served and new gardeners are welcome.
.The Probus Club of South Delta, a non-profit, fellowship club for retired and semi-retired professional and business people will hold its annual general meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19 in The Coast Tsawwassen Inn. All members are urged to attend. Our guest speaker will be Bill Sexsmith, B.C. Director for Probus Canada. Please call Dick Williams at 604-940-6542 for information.
.The South Delta Newcomers and Alumni meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7:15 p.m. at the Art Gallery, Kiwanis Longhouse, located at 1720-56th St., Tsawwassen. The club is for women who have moved to Tsawwassen, Ladner or Point Roberts, to introduce them to the community and help make new friends. Join us Thursday, March 20. Contact Holly at holly. [email protected].
.Ladner author Cynthia Elizabeth Sully presents a double book launch on March 22 at 1 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683-51st St. There will be refreshments, prizes and African drumming. Proceeds go to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada.
Seniors
.Join the Philosophers' Café session this Friday, March 14, 1:30 -3 p.m. at the McKee Seniors Centre, 5155-47th Ave., Ladner, where we'll be looking at the current Industrialization of South Delta and Its Impacts. MLA Vicki Huntington will lead the discussion of this important and timely topic. No preregistration necessary. Call 604-946-1411 for information.
.McKee Seniors Recreation Centre hosts a St. Patrick's Dinner & Dance Saturday, March 15 from 6 to 10 p.m. Enjoy great entertainment by Sincerely Yours and great Irish food. Cash bar and Irish fare by Kee Café. Tickets are $20 for members, $22 for non-members. Available at McKee customer service desk.
.On March 18 the Delta Seniors Planning Team will have a presentation by Carol LeVasseur, denturist, and Linda Martens, dental hygienist, about the importance of oral health care as we age. The meeting is 10 a.m. to noon at Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683-51st
St., Ladner. Everyone is welcome. For more information: lynw@deltassist. com or 604-946-9526.
Special Events
.Birds in Focus -A Visual Presentation takes place at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre, 1172-56th St. on Friday, March 14 from 7:30 -9:45 p.m. Expert bird photographers Jess Findlay, John Gordon, John Lowman and Jim Martin, will show their digital presentations of the birds that migrate through, and live in, the Lower Mainland. All ages, $5. Registration required: e-mail [email protected].
.A town hall information meeting, "We Can Stop the Towers," is set for March 18 at 7 p.m. at Tsawwassen United Church, 693-53rd St. Visit NoTowers.webs. com for more information.
The Coming Events column is published every Wednesday as a community service. If you have a nonprofit event, mail, drop off, fax, or e-mail ([email protected]) the details to the Optimist by 3 p.m. Monday. Submissions are subject to space limitations (no phone calls, please).
