09/28/2026
📰 ARDBEG GAZETTE – ISSUE 8
Fall is here… and the Ardbeg Community Club is BUSY!
Well folks, get your pens, calendars and maybe even your dancing shoes ready! There is a LOT happening at the Ardbeg Community Club over the next couple of months.
If you were thinking about hibernating for the winter, we’re going to have to ask you to hold off for a little while longer. There are too many good things happening!
From yoga and crafts to Halloween dancing, turkey and ham dinners, and plenty of opportunities to catch up with friends and neighbours, there is something for everyone.
So, here we go!
🧘♀️ GET YOUR STRETCH ON!
We are excited to welcome FREE Yoga from the Whitestone Recreation Committee!
Classes will be held on Wednesdays from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Upcoming dates:
September 30
October 14 & 28
November 18 & 25
December 2, 9, 16 & 23
And the best part?
IT'S FREE!
All supplies, including yoga mats, are provided and all levels are welcome.
Never tried yoga before? Perfect.
Been doing yoga for years? Perfect.
Can you touch your toes? Great!
Can't touch your toes? That's okay too!
Come out, stretch, laugh, move a little and enjoy an hour with your neighbours. Who knows…you may even discover muscles you forgot you had!
📚 THE POP-UP LIBRARY IS STILL GOING STRONG!
Our friends from the Whitestone Public Library & Technology Centre continue to bring their Pop-Up Library and some fantastic Crafternoons to the club.
There are still plenty of opportunities to learn something new, make something fun and, of course, visit with friends.
✂️ October 5 – No-Sew Hoodies with Keepsake Fabric Scraps
Have an old piece of clothing that holds a special memory?
Maybe it's Dad's old shirt, Grandma's fabric, a favourite baby outfit, or that sweater you just can't seem to throw away even though you've had it since 1998.
Bring it along!
The library will provide some fabric samples, but participants are encouraged to bring their own special fabric scraps or old clothing.
You'll need to bring your own hoodie or crewneck sweater. Thicker fabric, like the kind used in a hoodie, works best.
Come turn those special scraps into something you can actually wear and enjoy!
And while you're there…
👩💼 Resume Clinic – October 5
We're also excited to welcome our friend Janice from YMCA Employment Services!
Janice will be at the Pop-Up Library from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM offering a FREE resume clinic.
Employment Services can help people with resumes, job interviews and even programs that may provide an interview clothing allowance.
Whether you're looking for your first job, a new job, returning to work or just want to give your resume a little makeover, stop in and say hello.
FREE help, FREE advice and a great community resource — you can't beat that!
🎨 October 19 – Chalkboard Signs
It's time to get creative!
We'll have samples of calendars, weekly agendas and meal-planning signs, but you don't have to copy the samples.
Make whatever kind of sign you'd like!
All supplies are provided, so just bring yourself and your imagination.
And if your meal plan says “Takeout” every Friday…
Well, nobody here is judging.
🎁 November 2 – Custom Coasters
Christmas is coming… and apparently, we should start thinking about it!
On November 2, we'll be making custom coasters using the sublimation printer.
These make fantastic Christmas gifts, stocking stuffers or keepsakes.
We'll provide the paper and coasters.
You bring the photos!
Family photos, grandkids, pets, vacations, favourite places — whatever makes you smile.
Just imagine sitting down for coffee and seeing your grandkids staring back at you from the coffee table.
Although if you have a picture of the dog, we're pretty sure the dog deserves a coaster too.
💌 November 16 – Card Making
Get ready to get crafty!
We'll have cardstock and patterned paper available so you can create:
🎄 Christmas cards
🎂 Birthday cards
💌 Greeting cards
❤️ Just-because cards
…and whatever else your imagination comes up with!
This will be our last Pop-Up Library visit of the year, but don't worry…
THEY'RE COMING BACK!
The Pop-Up Library is planning to return next March, so this isn't goodbye — it's simply “see you in the spring!”
👻 HALLOWEEN DANCE!
Saturday, October 24, 2026
8:00 PM – Midnight
Tickets at the door-$20 per person
It's time to dig through the closet, raid the costume box and decide what you're going to be this Halloween!
Join us at the Ardbeg Community Club for our Halloween Dance!
There will be:
🎃 Music
💃 Dancing
👻 Door prizes
🏆 Best Costume – Male
🏆 Best Costume – Female
🏆 Best Costume – Couple
🎟️ Spot dances
🎁 Lots of giveaways
🛍️ Silent auction
And, of course, plenty of laughs!
So whether you're planning to arrive as a witch, a cowboy, a ghost, a superhero or something nobody can quite identify…
COME ON OUT!
Please note that this is a licensed event.
🦃 ANNUAL HAYWARD/WOODS HUNTER'S DINNER
Friday, November 6, 2026
Tickets at the door $20 adult, $10 child under 10
The leaves are changing, hunting season is here and that means it's time for one of our favourite traditions!
Join us for the Annual Hayward/Woods Hunter's Dinner.
On the menu:
🦃 Turkey
🍖 Ham
🥔 All the fixin's
☕ Coffee & Tea
🍰 Dessert
Come hungry.
Leave happy.
And don't worry — nobody is counting how many pieces of dessert you have.
🍝 WHAT A NIGHT!
Our September 19 Spaghetti Dinner Was A HUGE SUCCESS!
WOW.
What started as an event that had some of us feeling like we had two left feet has turned into something we're getting pretty darn good at!
More than 100 people came through the doors for our September 19 Spaghetti Dinner, and the response was incredible.
The food was enjoyed, the conversations were flowing, and there were smiles everywhere.
A HUGE thank-you goes out to all of our volunteers who worked before, during and after the event.
And to everyone who came through the doors, brought a friend, supported the club and helped make the evening such a success:
THANK YOU!
It takes a community to make a community club work — and our community showed up!
❤️ THE HALL HAS LIFE AGAIN
And maybe that's the best part of all.
If you stood inside the hall during the spaghetti dinner, you could hear it.
Chatter. Laughter. Stories.
People catching up.
Neighbours meeting neighbours.
And even people who hadn't seen each other in years reconnecting over a plate of spaghetti.
For a building, it's just noise.
For a community, it's music.
The Ardbeg Community Club has always been about more than four walls and a kitchen.
It's about having somewhere to go.
Somewhere to meet.
Somewhere to laugh.
Somewhere to make memories.
And maybe most importantly…
somewhere to belong.
So keep coming through those doors.
Bring your friends.
Bring your neighbours.
Bring someone who hasn't been out in a while.
Because every time those doors open and people walk through them, the hall gets a little more life back.
And that, dear reader…IS FRONT-PAGE NEWS. ❤️
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— The Ardbeg Community Club
