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Time For A Change?

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Will winter ever end? I feel like I’ve been trapped indoors a long time, and the more time I spend within my four walls, the more I want to make changes to them. You know the feeling, time to bring in some rich tones and textures to replace a dated, tired look. But unlike my
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Good Way To Use Up Fabric And Protect Shoes

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Here’s an idea for using up some leftover denim or other sturdy fabrics. Shoes fit nicely into the legs and socks can go in the pockets at the back. Kids learning to sew might find this an amusing project. Make a paper pattern and cut four pieces of desired fabric (see photo for dimensions). Stitch
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Editor’s Note – for Mar. 17, 2011

If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, phone1-800-782-0794,fax204-944-5562, email [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you. Please remember we cannot return submitted material – Sue
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Community Art Gallery Gets Makeover

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For an organization whose focus and mandate is to make things beautiful, it was ironic that its courtyard was not. The Golden Prairie Arts Council in Carman decided in 2009 that it was time to give its backyard a makeover. Members applied to MAFRI’s Hometown grant program for help funding the project. Hometown grants, started
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More Southwestern Manitobans Are Gardening

Brandonites itching to grow some of their own food this summer are waiting to hear if there’ll be room in one of the Wheat City’s thriving gardens. March is the month when the hundreds of small plots, found in gardens throughout the city are assigned on a first-come-firstserved basis. Some may get turned away. There
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Eat At Home For Improved Nutrition And Cost Savings

Fewer than half of Canadians eat more than one cooked meal per day and 33 per cent of Canadians eat take-out at least once per week, according to research done by the Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition and Dietitians of Canada. Our tendency to reach for convenience foods either in the frozen food section
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Healthy Habits Should Start Young

The Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) is a provincial government program designed to help Manitobans combat the three major risk factors that lead to chronic disease: smoking, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating. Sandy Lake resident Beatrice Hosmann, who grew up in Switzerland, feels that learning to prepare food to sustain ourselves in a healthy manner
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More Questions For Reena – for Mar. 10, 2011

DearReena, Mychildren aregrownandI havekeptsome oftheitems thattheyused whentheywere babies.Oneof myfavourite piecesofbaby furnitureisa bassinetteon wheels.Doyouhaveanyideaof somethingthatIcanusethisfor otherthanbabies?Ijustcan’t bringmyselftopartwithitbut alsocan’tjustifykeepingitbecause ourhomeisquitesmall. Glenda Glenda, You are right to hold on to that treasure. A bassinette on wheels makes the perfect laundry basket because it can easily be rolled from one room to the next. If you need a place
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Spring Forward

As winter-weary Manitobans anticipate longer days, we also know we can expect one hour less sleep come March 13. Many refer to this as daylight savings time, but the correct term is daylight saving time (even though no daylight is actually saved). Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the standard time measurement for the world since 1928,
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Just Being Neighbourly

The sound of a skidoo squealed through the air on a recent sunny morning. Our driveway had succumbed to yet another blast of hard-drifted snow, and we had been snowbound at home for eight days. Even the municipal plow had tried and failed to crack through this latest solid mass. It had gotten stuck and

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