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JULYTOEARLY SEPT2014 DATES TO REMEMBER BROUGHT TO YOU BY Biz X has the list of business events (and some fun stuf) that you shouldn’t miss! Please be sure to confrm all events before attending. WINDSOR ESSEX *all area codes are 519 unless marked July 19: Te Belle River Minor Baseball Association need assistance. Hours are Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to show, entertainment, food and art vendors, as well as the presents the “Blue Jays Youth Baseball Clinic” at Lions 4 p.m. Children must bring their lunch daily with a pizza famous “Tomato Stomp.” A full schedule can be found at Park (200 Ouellette Street, Belle River) from 9 a.m. to party on Friday. 226-344-4022 LeamingtonTomatoFestival.com. 1 p.m. Participants receive a hat and shirt, also free August 7 to 10: Windsor hosts the “2014 Ontario Aug. 15 to 17: Te “Windsor International Psychic BBQ sponsored by Windsor Honda & Spitz Canada. Summer Games,” Ontario’s largest multi-sport event, Expo” at the Caboto Club is the city’s largest psychic expo Cost is $45 each, new drills and skills development for including both team and individual sports. Over 3,200 with private readings, books, crystals, lectures and more! 2014. Register online at Toronto.BlueJays.mlb.com/tor/ games participants participating in 20 sports. Tis free event Admission is $8 and good all weekend. Friday 12 to 9 p.m.; baseball_academy/honda_instructional_clinics.jsp. is great entertainment for all sport enthusiasts of all ages. Saturday 11 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 11 to 7 p.m. For more For more information go to BelleRiverMinorBaseball.com. For more information, visit OntarioSummerGames.ca. information on times, surf over to PsychicExpos.com. July 24: Te St. Clair Sail Club presents a “Try-It day” Aug. 8: Te “2014 Masters For Moe” golf tournament Aug. 16: Alpha-1 Canada (Windsor) presents “Saddle Up at Belle River Marina in Lakeshore starting at 9 am. Tis is at Kingsville Golf and Country Club in memory of for Alpha-1” at Riverside Sportsmen’s Club (10835 Riverside an opportunity for adults and children to try sailing at no Moe Dischiavo. $250 for 18 holes, electric cart, lunch, dinner Drive East), 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. rain or shine. Steak dinner, cost with certifed instructors provided by Ontario Sailing. and afer party. Others are welcome to attend the “Afer Par- dancing, local entertainment, auction, games and prizes. For further info, visit StClairSailClub.ca or call 800-2434. Tee” to follow at Mastronardi Estate Winery, 7 p.m. for $125. Tickets are $40 with funds raised for patients sufering from July 26: Te Kidney Foundation of Canada, Windsor Proceeds to beneft Hospice- Erie Shores campus. For more a rare genetic disease called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Defciency & District Chapter presents the “Biz X Beach Jam Volleyball information email: [email protected] or (Alpha-1; Alpha1Canada.ca) also known as “hereditary Tournament” at On Te Beach Volleyball (354 Crof Drive, call 791-6069. COPD” that can afect the lungs, liver and skin. If you Tecumseh) beginning at 10 a.m. Mixed teams of six volley Aug. 8 to 10: “Kingsville Music Festival,” Lakeside Park, would like to volunteer, sponsor, purchase tickets or post to raise funds for Te Kidney Foundation and a day of fun. KingsvilleFolkFest.org. Learn more by turning to page 18 of a fyer, please contact Mary Anne Beeson by email at Register online at Kidney.ca/beachjam. Participants must this issue. [email protected]. raise a minimum of $50 each with all proceeds to beneft Aug. 8 to 10: “Te Windsor-Essex Pride Fest” kicks-of Aug. 16 & 17: Military vehicles gather at the Essex Arena Te Kidney Foundation of Canada. 977-9211 Friday night at the Riverfront Festival Plaza with fantastic (60 Fairview Avenue West) for the “5th Annual Southern Aug. 2: Te “4 annual Herman Green Grifns Alumni live entertainment with food and merchants. Saturday is Ontario Military Muster” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day th & Friends Golf Outing Reunion” at Rochester Place Golf “Family Fun Day” featuring kid-friendly games, activities honouring our armed forces, celebrating this area’s history Club & Resort, 981 County Rd 2 just outside of Belle River and more and when the sun goes down they present and providing a special show open to the public. Opening starting at 1 p.m.. Texas Scramble, 18 holes of golf with a cart APOLLO featuring world-class DJs and entertainment that Ceremonies: 10 a.m. Saturday honouring our Afghan with funds going to the Herman Athletic Program. $120. To ensures a vibe all can enjoy. Sunday is the Pride Parade, soldiers . Look for interactive displays with authentic register, contact Howard Haskings by phoning 251-4004 or an annual tradition that brings fun, style and levity to the equipment, history re-enactors in vintage attire and vehicle emailing Nancy Campana at [email protected]. downtown which is always a crowd pleaser as the foats work crews. Visit MilitaryMuster.ca for details and costs. Aug. 2 & 3: Te “13th Annual Sun Parlour Rodeo” their way down to the Riverfront Festival Plaza to continue Aug. 16 & 17: “Balloonapalooza,” downtown Windsor. on the property of J&R Excavating (1835 County Rd the festivities. For more information visit WEPrideFest.com. Aug. 18: Te “7th Annual Family Fun Day” at St. Clair 18, Kingsville) with both shows at 6 p.m. and proceeds Aug. 9 & 10: Te “2nd Annual Woofa-Roo Pet Fest” College South Campus, 2000 Talbot Road West, from benefting Te Hospice of Windsor and Essex County Inc. (WoofaRoo.com) at the Libro Credit Union Centre in 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission and free parking! Events Erie Shores Campus. Tis exciting family event includes Amherstburg. Full details on pages 34 to 37 of this issue. include: magician, Spitfre hockey player autograph signing, bull riding, bronc riding, barrel racing and more. Check out Aug. 12: Monthly “Biz MiXer” aboard the Macassa Zoo 2 You show, fre trucks, Windsor’s largest garage sale, SunParlourRodeo.com for costs or call 796-0151. Bay, boarding starts 5:30 p.m. for a three hour tour, antique car show, face painting, balloon animals, Windsor Aug. 3: Te “11th Annual Wheatley Idol” from 12 to but you MUST purchase your ticket in advance. Email Comic Con, infatables for kids to enjoy, Border City Barkers 5 p.m. at Two Creeks (1 km north of Wheatley). No [email protected] or call 977-2199 to get tickets. Dog show, FREE SWIMMING, a BBQ, and more. Visit admission fee. Great prizes for winners as well as the Aug. 15: Transition to Betterness, Te Windsor Spitfre StClairAlumni.com or call 972-2747 with any questions! audience. Food available by Wheatley Scouts. Bring your Foundation, along with chairs Jenn and Bob Boughner, Aug. 19 to 21: Te “Ontario 55+ Summer Games” are lawn chair & “Idol” cheers! To get the full details, visit present “Te Black Tie Tail Gate” at the WFCU Centre a celebration of active living uniting participants 55 and WheatleyIdol.yolasite.com. (8787 McHugh Street). Beginning at 6:30 p.m. guests gather older in a multi-sport environment with more than 1,400 Aug. 4 to 8: Te “Scripted-Cottage City Kids” workshop for the cocktail party of the summer featuring country singer athletes from all over Ontario. Eighteen sports take place at the Arts Council Windsor Regional, 1972 Wyandotte Jake Maurer from Nashville, Tennessee. For sponsorships or in 12 venues located in both Windsor and Amherstburg. Street East. Children will be engaged with fun activities and tickets, email [email protected] or call the T2B ofce, 944-5143. Spectators are welcome to witness sportsmanship at its best! an original script which places them in a short flm created Aug. 15 to 17: Te “31 Annual Leamington Tomato To fnd out more about the Games’ Schedule or how to st during the workshop. $75 per child and $50 for those who Festival” at Seaclif Park includes the annual parade, car volunteer visit, Ontario55PlusSummerGames.com. HAWK FEST 2014 Front row for the great migration! September 13 & 14 / 20 & 21, 2014 9 am to 3 pm Holiday Beach Conservation Area 6952 County Road 50, Amherstburg www.erca.org 16 BIZ X MAGAZINE • JULY/AUG 2014 BizX2014JulyAug52.indd 16 2014-07-01 7:53 PM