Local Girl Guides are winding up another successful year
By Angie Maccarone (905) 859-5174

Baseball in Nobleton

The Nobleton Classics men's softball team is looking for a couple of new players for the upcoming season.

Age is 35 years and over. They play once per week from end of May to early September, with games starting at 8:30 p.m. at the Nobleton Diamonds (no weekend games). Beer and munchies after the game are taken almost as seriously as the game itself (a pre-disposition to cheezies is an asset). For more information, call Mike at (905) 939-9300, ext. 222.

Nobleton United Church

Nobleton United Church's Mother's Day (May 13) service will include a special presentation by Jennifer Atkinson, who visited Belize during her studies at Guelph University.

Sunday services are at 11:15 a.m. All are welcome.

Next Sunday (May 20) will include a celebration of Confirmation.

St. Paul's Presbyterian

Church

Join us this Sunday for our Mother's Day service at 9:45 a.m. Nursery care (for children five and under) is provided during the service and Sunday school for all ages follows at 11 a.m.

The Children's Clothing Circle will be open this Monday (May 14) from 9:30 until 11:30 a.m.

The women will be quilting this coming Tuesday (May 15), starting at 9:30 a.m.

We also have many small group studies taking place during the week. To find out about times for these studies, or to get more information about any of our events, please contact the church office at (905) 859-0843.

Seniors' euchre

May 1 euchre winners were Vivian Hannah, Cathy Kiekebelt, Helen Groombridge, Lou Curtis, Murray Kaake and Bill Groombridge. The next euchre will be May 15 at 1:30 p.m. at the Drop-in Centre.

Annual Spaghetti Night

The fourth annual Family Spaghetti Night is to be held by the St. Mary Catholic Women's League next Wednesday (May 16) at Nobleton Community Hall on Old King Road, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for families of four; $5 for children and $8 for adults. They are available after the 9:45 mass at the school gym.

Nobleton District

Girl Guides

The end to the Guiding year is fast approaching. Members of all ages have had a great year!

We are looking forward to our District Advancement Ceremony May 15 and our District Camp in June.

The District Advancement Ceremony will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Nobleton Community Hall. There will be a pre-registration for the 2007-'08 Guiding year immediately following the ceremony from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m. The registration fee for the year has increased to $125, however, the dues of $40 have been eliminated. The pre-registration is for both current and new members.

We need adult leaders, 18 years of age and older, for the fall. Please consider sharing your time and talents with our girls. You will be glad you did.

The Nobleton District Girl Guides would like to express our sincere gratitude to our community for their ongoing support. Our spring cookie campaign was very successful.

We would also like to thank the Nobleton Lions Club for their generous ongoing support of our organization.

Thanks also to those who allow us to meet in their buildings; St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Nobleton United Church and the Nobleton Community Hall.

Sincere thanks to The King Weekly and The King Township Sentinel for their kind coverage of Guiding events.

Lastly we would like to thank our members for making Nobleton Guiding a great success!

For more information, please contact Donna Marchand at (905) 859- 8088.

Nobleton Tennis Club

Nobleton Tennis Club Pros Sasha, Alex and Miloslav will be helping players "get the rust out" of their play with skills clinics Friday nights in May (May 11, 18 and 25) from 7 until 9 p.m.

They will offer advice on shots and tips on improving the game.

Registration and information night is May 4 at the courts.

House league play starts the first week in June, while inter-county matches start this week.

The cost is $15 for two hours, and those who have already registered are free May 4.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Tania Leslie at (905) 939-0635.

Horticulture

There was a good turnout to the Nobleton - King City Horticultural Society's April meeting.

There were eight entrants with 78 entries in the eyecatching flower show. Kate Agosta of Bolton earned the most points (43). Kathy Ball of Nobleton was second with 37 and John Arnott of Tecumseth Pines came in third with 30. Newcomer Carol Hall won the most points in the novice class with three first places. Best in show in the cultural class was awarded to Kate Agosta for her lovely scilla, while John Arnott's miniature won first and best in show in the design class.

Society members Barb Downey, Jill Gellatly, Jules Maule-ffinch and John Arnott represented the group at the annual general meeting of District 15 of the Ontario Horticultural Association, hosted this year by the Westway and the Toronto and Parkdale Horticultural Societies. There was information about the projects and activities of each of the 12 societies that make up the district, as well as a excellent speaker who gave a presentation entitled Tips and Hints (for successful gardening. Arnott's entries in the district's flower show garnered three first places, including best in show in the cultural section and three honourable mentions.

At this time next year, the Nobleton - King City society will host the district's annual meeting as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.

Here's a point to consider - Britain has the Royal Horticultural Society, the United States has the American Horticultural Society and several other countries have national horticultural societies. Why is there no Canadian Horticultural Society? Alberta, Quebec and Ontario have provincial societies, but remember that Canada, as a nation, started with one four provinces.

Victoria Day

Nobleton is going to be the place to be for the annual Victoria Day celebrations May 21.

The festivities will open with a parade and close with a fireworks display at dusk. In between, there will be bounce castles, raffles, crafters, food, the next event in the Schomberg Idol competition and lots of entertainment.