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Avoid Being Struck By Lightning This Summer

RENA NERBAS Lightning is responsible for more deaths and property loss than tornadoes, hurricanes and floods combined. There are three ways that lightning enters a home: a direct strike, through wires or pipes that extend outside the structure, through electrical phones, plumbing, radio/television systems, through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
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Communications Night For Oakburn 4-H Achievers

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Junior to senior members of the Oakburn 4-H Achievers shared the 4-H motto “Learn To Do By Doing” – the basis of the 4-H communications program – to fellow club members, family and a panel of judges. Through participating in public speaking and visual presentations, members actively learn how to communicate ideas and information with
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A Sure Sign Of Spring

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The shoots of this plant are some of the first in our border to emerge each spring where it seems immune to late-spring frosts. Every year one of the first harbingers of spring in our garden is the appearance of the bright-yellow blooms of our cherished Adonis Vernalis plant. We have had this plant in
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Streamline Meal Preparation For Busy Spring

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Spring gets busy. As well as the usual busyness on the farm, after a long winter with often unknown weather conditions, the arrival of warmer weather brings more meetings, conferences, concerts, graduations and all sorts of activities prior to summer. Busy schedules can lead to erratic mealtimes. Erratic mealtimes, in turn, can lead to people
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New documentary “Sleepless in Saskatchewan” underscores the benefits of quality sleep for improving safety and health on the farm

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– Source: “Sleepless in Saskatchewan” – Making Sleep Work For You!” GET CAUGHT NAPPING! Daytime sleepiness usually occurs between 1 p. m. and 4 p. m. Instead of getting caught napping we compensate with caffeine or ignore it. Caffeine is a poor substitute for sleep. Research at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic indicates that a
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Consumers Have A Role In Beef Safety

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The safety of our beef supply starts in the pasture and ends at the dinner table. That means that consumers have a role to play, as do producers, packers, retailers and food service vendors. The vast majority of food-borne illness occurs at the consumer level due to inadequate handling, cross-contamination of raw meat products and
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Sandy Lake Artist Combines Country Life And Art

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“Watercolour is my favourite type of paint to use, but it is also the most difficult to master.” – STELLA KOWALCHUK She grew up in the village of Sandy Lake, Manitoba, and the family survived because of the animals they raised for food – geese, chickens, a cow for milk and butter, and a large
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Cover A Cushion With Recycled Denim

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Here’s something that will appeal to the teenager in your family, or anyone else who likes denim. More than a cushion cover, it has pockets to hold items that might otherwise get misplaced. Salvage the least worn areas from a pair of discarded blue jeans; this is usually the upper leg. Cut out the pockets
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Spring: A Good Time To Explore Parks

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Many of us think of our parks as a place for summer recreation, after the May long weekend, but there’s no need to wait that long. Manitoba’s parks are open all year and, if you’re dreaming of warmer weather, a spring hike is just the ticket. If there is still snow in the bush you
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When The Sap Starts Running — It’s Spring

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You’ll know if you have a good tree as the sap will start flowing the moment you draw out the bit. How can we identify when spring has actually arrived? Perhaps it’s when the snow disappears and we begin sporting sandals and shorts instead of the heavy winter snowboots. Not for me. It arrives on

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