The Friends of the Perth Union Library are hosting their annual Fall Bake Sale on Saturday , November 9th from 10 am  to 3 pm  at the Library , 30 Herriott Street. 

Come and enjoy wonderful baking, including fruitcake , cookies and gluten free items.

All proceeds to ongoing programming at the Perth Library.

Donations of baking accepted at the Library on Friday, November 8th. No items requiring refrigeration please. 

CANCELLED - Sherwood Park Manor Auxiliary Bazaar that was to be held Saturday Nov 2, 2019 has been cancelled due to a upper respiratory outbreak at the home.  Please remove the announcement previously submitted.

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will hold one community flu clinic on November 18, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This clinic is open to everyone, the flu shot is free, and an Ontario health card is not required.

Paid parking is available beside Assumption Church off University Ave. at a cost of $7 for the day. This lot is staffed so exact change is not required.

Tues. Nov. 12th 12:30 pm The Barrel Restaurant 224 Garrison Rd., Fort Erie, Ont.

Join us for a public lecture but 2019 Jack Matthews Fellow, author and adventurer Kate Harris, whose first book, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road, is a national bestseller and multiple award-winner (including the prestigious 2019 RBC Taylor Prize). 

Named by Canadian Geographic one of the country’s top modern-day explorers for journeys edging the limits of nations and prudence, Harris will share the story of her first book Lands of Lost Borders. Weaving adventure and deep reflection with the history of science and exploration, this national best-seller explores the nature of limits and the wildness of a world that, like the self and like the stars, can never be fully mapped.

Between sneaking illegally across Tibet, studying the history of science at Oxford, and staring down a microscope for a doctorate at MIT, Kate Harris realized that she didn’t have to launch to the planet Mars to feel a sense of discovery. Weaving adventure, history, and reflections on her travels, Harris joins us to explore the meaning of “exploration” on our mapped and tamed world in this talk about her bicycle journey on the Silk Road.

PUBLIC LECTURE: October 29 at 8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm), The Canadian Canoe Museum – Lands of Lost Borders: The Meaning of Exploration in a Modern, Mapped World. Admission is free or by donation. Light refreshments will be served.

Globe and Mail columnist, Harvey Schachter will share tips on managing overwhelm -- email, distraction, work-life balance -- and time tested ideas for leading yourself and others.

AND YES, you can afford to take off some time to attend this workshop.  It will pay off with ideas you can put into practice. 

Schachter writes twice-weekly on management and workplace issues for the Globe and Mail.  Former editor for the Kingston Whig-Standard, he helps write the popular Water Cooler newsletter for 8020Info Inc., a local company, and has written for many other publications over the years.