ESL (English as a second language) Book Club: Improve your reading and conversation skills by reading and discussing the novels Picture This and New Year's Eve Tuesdays until Feb. 28, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. The books will be available to borrow. For more information, or to register, call: 604-925-7403 or at the information desk.
Second Annual Snow Day at Mount Seymour's Snow Play Park, North Vancouver, will take place Sunday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Celebrate active winter fun with tubing and tobogganing, snowshoeing demonstrations, crafts, games, outdoor displays, prizes, popcorn and free hot chocolate.
Norwood-Queens Community Association will hold an inaugural meeting Tuesday, Jan. 31, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m. at the District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Rd. All NorwoodQueens residents are welcome. Info: barbaramckinley@shaw. ca.
West Vancouver Budget Seeks Community Input: The public is invited to ask questions and provide feedback on the proposed budget for 2012 at an Open House Wednesday, Feb. 1, 5-7 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Highlights will include property tax increases and proposed increments and decrements. Details: www.westvancouver. ca/budget.
Capilano University's Speaker Series: Lifelong seafarer and ocean activist Captain Charles Moore will bring his discoveries about how plastic is killing the oceans to two free events at Capilano University Thursday, Feb. 2, 11: 30 a.m. and 4: 30 p.m. in the North Shore Credit Union Centre for Performing Arts, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Moore will also be available to sign his recent book, Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans.
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