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Beating Those Winter Blues

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Just when Old Man Winter seems to be lasting too long, I and a half-dozen or so of my neighbours take part in a little “sawdust therapy.” It’s always just what the doctor ordered! It begins when the phone rings and the voice of Gladys Ryback of Lake Audy says, “Carpentry Night starts tomorrow!” Talk
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Flower Sales Soar In February

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Valentine’s Day will soon be here, and with it the annual rose promotion opportunity. While Old Man Winter is blowing icy breath at us, many of us take the most delicate of flowers home by the dozens. How long they last is anybody’s guess, but in the meantime, they have helped many a romance bloom.
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Lover’s Lane?

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It was once a bustling railroad that was owned by CP Rail The whistles blew As trains rattled through Hauling livestock, grain and mail. Then grass grew over abandoned tracks and became a walking path Trains no longer pay They’ve had their day Said the men who did the math. I walk that path most
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Thoughts On Valentine’s Day

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When I think of valentines the colour red comes to mind. The card is usually inside a red envelope and inside the card there may be red printing or a red heart. It gives a shy person an opportunity to express the love that is in his or her heart. Then there is the box
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Everyday Valentine

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Have you hugged someone today, a friend, your child, your spouse? Have you said “I love you” to someone within your house? Have you spread some love around to those along the way? To ones you meet and talk with every single day? The kind of love that comes from God, He asks us to
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Help The Kids Develop Skills

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Cutting and arranging the hearts to make the Valentine Puppy focuses on a child’s fine motor skills and the ability to follow directions. Older children can practise printing as they copy out the valentine poem for the puppy’s tummy. VALENTINE PUPPY Materials: 1 sheet red construction paper 1 sheet pink
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Don’t Just Offer — Just Do It

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While recuperating from a long and debilitating case of shingles last fall, I received lots of inquiries about my health, most of them ending something like this: “Just call if you need anything!” “Let me know if I can help.” “I’m willing to give you a hand any time you ask.” While I deeply appreciated
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Don’t Shortchange Yourself On Sleep

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As I lay wide awake in bed one night, watching my digital clock flip from one number to the next, I recalled the advice of sleep experts: if you do not fall asleep in about 20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing, such as reading. I didn’t feel like reading. I was thinking about
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There Is Hope For Rural Manitoba

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Learning how to attract and keep volunteers is vital to a rural community’s survival, a longtime community organizer told an Ag Days audience. Wendy Bulloch, who has extensive experience working with nonprofit, rural and youth organizations said volunteers are the basis of communities. Treating volunteers as you would employees is one way to maintain interest.

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