Less than a year ago stood a few derelict buildings on the 100 block of Victoria Street. Once standing proud and tall, these relics from the past were well beyond the point of being able to be restored and they sat sad and vacant for the longest time. It wasn’t until this spring that the buildings which once housed some of the most prominent businesses and orga-nizations came down and now it is a waiting game to see what magnificent structures go up in their place.

In the meantime, one of the prop-erty owners, Casey Van Dongen and his Tri-City Contracting have given the go-ahead to the Kamloops Public Produce Project to occupy one of the pieces of land for the season. This lot which now sits empty and vacant will be the very first totally public and open edible garden.

“The Kamloops Food Policy Council in partnership with the Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners Association received a Food Security grant from the Interior Health Authority to create a public edible garden,” explains Kendra Besanger who is working on coordinating the project. “With this funding as a start to the proj-ect, a community group called the Kamloops Public Produce Project will work together and transform

an empty lot on the one hundred block of Victoria Street into a beautiful, edible public garden. This project is already underway and it will continue throughout the spring, summer, and into the autumn months.”

The goal of the garden is to bring the community together and assist them in obtaining the skills to start and maintain their own gardeners. All season long there will be workshops put on by the Master Gardeners on site as well as by carpenters who will demon-strate such things as how to build raised beds. Right now, the garden is in its first stages, the ground has just been leveled and soon they will be putting in the beds. Unlike the Community Gardens, the plots will not belong to specific people and will be open for the commu-nity as a whole to enjoy.

“We want to see what happens when we beautify our public spac-es,” continues Kendra. “There will be no fences as all. This is really a pilot project to see how it goes. We already have had some very interesting wall art appear.”

As this is a new project and concept for Kamloops, the group is pleased and excited to wel-come Darrin Nordahl, landscape architect, community planner, and author of the book “Public

Garden design creates an edible landscape

Urban designer Darrin Nordahl from Iowa will be in town to share his knowledge, as the folks at Kamloops Public Produce Project get geared up for their planting season. – continued on page 2

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Produce” to Kamloops. Darrin is from Daveport Iowa, and will be doing a public talk on May 4 at 7:00 pm at the Clocktower Theatre at TRU and will be host-ing a stakeholders’ workshop on May 5.

A visionary urban planner, Darrin Nordahl will profile municipal food growing efforts in public spaces and demonstrate

ways to provide opportunities for food production within urban boundaries.

“We are currently looking for people who would like to get involved,” finishes Kendra. “We currently have 50 people on the volunteer list. everyone has been really great and co-operative. Please contact us at publicprodu-ceproject@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering, if you are a business who would like to

partner with us, or if you have ideas and inspirations for the proj-ect. We look forward to hearing from you and welcome you to join us in the garden in the months to come!”

Keep your eyes down on the 100 block of Victoria Street this summer to see the project unfold. you can keep up to date on what is going on and see their plan and layout on their blog at: www.pub-licproduceproject.blogspot.com.

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Public input on parkadeThe Kamloops Chapter of the

BC Sustainable energy Associa-tion (BCSeA) urges Kamloops residents to voice their opinions on the proposed Lorne Street parkade.

Now is the time to let Kam-loops City Council know what its citizens think of spending $10,0�5,000 with debt over 30 years for a three-level parking structure at Riverside Park.

BCSeA’s vision is a sustain-able community with clean air, reduced greenhouse gas emis-sions, low-cost transportation options for all and the resilience to thrive in a changing world.

They support investment in transit to make the bus a conve-

nient and affordable choice; they want safe bicycle and pedestrian access; and they support incen-tive programs that will encour-age people to make the switch to these “greener” ways of get-ting around. Building expensive infrastructure to support our use of personal vehicles isn’t the an-swer.

This is a very short consul-tation process, so BCSeA en-courages residents to take action immediately. The deadline for public feedback is Wednesday April �7.

The public can read more about the plan and take the on-line survey at: http://kamloops.ca/parkade/index.shtml

It was a proud night for Maurice (Mo) Bradley as he received his award for Distinguisehd Service from the City of Kamloops. Pictured are (L-R) RCMP Cst. Vincent Stevens, Mayor Peter Milobar, Maurice’s wife Evelyn Bradley, Maurice (Mo) Bradley, and Cst. John Collins.

Last Wednesday a ban-quet was held at Hotel 540 to honour the recipients of this year’s City of Kam-loops Distinguished Service Award. Maurice Bradley, Natasha Chisholm, Kailey Jolliffe, Natasha Nilsen, and Sandy Van Camp received peer-nominations as exem-plary citizens who contrib-ute their time and make a difference in our commu-nity.

Maurice (Mo) Bradley and his wife evelyn immi-grated to Kamloops from Derbyshire in 1965. Mo was instrumental in bring-ing the 1993 World Fly Fishing Championships to Kamloops and area. Mo is approaching 43 years of fly-tying instruction with the

Kamloops Parks and Rec-reation program. For the past �5 years, he has been a member of the Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association, which holds its monthly meetings at the Parkview Activity Cen-tre on the North Shore. He is currently serving as the club’s vice president. Some of his significant achieve-ments include: winner of the City of Kamloops’ Centen-nial Medal in 1995; winner of the Federation of the Fly Fishers Certificate of Appre-ciation in 199�; Presidents Award for Kamloops Fish and Game Club; and win-ner of the Master Fly Ty-ers Award from the Govern-ment of Canada in �010.

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Dream Team members (L-R) Nikki Fredrikson and Amanda Sullivan were all set to compete at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Sunlife Amazing Race, held on a recent Saturday in Riverside Park. Both girls have type 1 diabetes and are JDRF’s Youth Ambassadors!

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Steve Quiney, owner of Funstuff Recreational Equipment, has been selling these specially designed t-shirts that were screen-printed in his shop. All proceeds from the t-shirt sales benefit the Canadian Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. T-shirts may be purchased at Funstuff at 729 Victoria St.

Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium is a profound inquiry into a bold vision: to bring forth an en-vironmentally sustainable spiritually ful-filling and socially just human presence on earth. These symposiums are offered worldwide by the Pachamama Alliance.

The Pachamama Alliance was born in response to a request from the Achuar, an indigenous people deep in the Amazon region of ecuador. They were seeking a partnership with people from the modern world who could aid them in protecting the rain forest and their way of life.

Out of this partnership, they have come to recognize that indigenous insight can make a critical contribution in helping us address the complex issues we face in our modern world. The Pachamama Alli-ance’s two-fold mission is to preserve the earth’s tropical rainforests by empower-ing the indigenous people who are its nat-ural custodians, and to contribute to the

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In this symposium, facilitated by Jim Adams, you will gain fresh insight about our world, meet like-minded people, find hope and inspiration and leave with clear thoughts on how you can help create a new future. Featuring video clips from some of the world’s most respected think-ers, along with inspiring short films, lead-ing edge information and dynamic group interactions, the symposium allows par-ticipants to gain a new insight into the very nature of our time and the opportu-nity we have to shape and impact the di-rection of our world.

The Awakening the Dreamer sympo-sium will be held on Wednesday, April �7 at 7:00 p.m. at The Art We Are at �46 Victoria St. Admission is by donation. For more details or to register, contact Margaret Huff at �50-374-�748 or visit www.awakeningthedreamer.org

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To the editor:The voting choice in the Kam-

loops Thompson Cariboo riding on May � will be between the Con-servative incumbent and the NDP candidate.

In �008 the Liberals and Greens got approximately 5,000 and 4,000 votes respectively. Many Liberals shifted their vote to Conservative due to their dissatisfaction with the local candidate and the Lib-eral leader. The NDP garnered nearly �0,000 votes and the Con-servatives about �5,000.Today the choice will not be so easy for Lib-

eral or Green Party voters. A significant number of vot-

ers of all stripes are dismayed by the ethics and anti-democratic ac-tions of Stephen Harper. There is a growing sense of agreement on the doorstep that we must stop Harper from getting a majority and many are willing to do whatever it takes to do that.

The numbers from the �008 elec-tion indicate that this is a strate-gic vote riding, also known as in-formed tactical voting. With the switch of a small number of op-position votes to the leading oppo-

sition candidate, the Harper Con-servatives lose their dream of a majority and see their role as a mi-nority government challenged.

The only party that can stop Harper in the Kamloops Thomp-son Cariboo riding is the NDP. If you want to stop Harper and the Conservatives from getting a ma-jority you must, with all due re-spect, vote for the NDP candidate in this riding.

A vote for the Liberal or Green candidate here is quite simply a vote for Harper.

Garry Worth, Kamloops, BC.

PARKADE PROPOPOSAL

Over 200 people packed into Interior Savings Centre on Monday evening to view the City’s presentation of the proposed parkade at Riverside Park as well as Lorne Street improvements. If approved by Council, the proposed parkade would be located on the existing parking lot in front of the Heritage House. Although it doesn’t utilize any additional green space, it will block the view of the river from the street.

Of the people who spoke to council, about three-quarters were against the project. Many agreed that there was a need for parking downtown but didn’t want to see the parkade in that location.

Currently City Council is asking residents for feedback on the project and have posted a survey on their website at www.kamloops.ca. The survey needs to be completed by April 27 as results will be correlated and presented to City Council at the May 3 Council meeting. Pictured (top photo) is Randy Diehl, the City’s chief administrative officer. Above is Bronwen Scott putting a ‘Save our Park’ sticker onto Bob Gamble’s jacket.

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Anyone who has eaten at Sanbiki knows that the only thing better than their food is their sense of community.

Sanbiki believes in sustainability, fresh local food, and each other.

They were the first Japanese restaurant in Canada to join the Vancouver Aquarium’s Oceanwise program, which helps restaurants and their customers to identify sustain-able seafood choices. As well, they built the new restaurant using as much local wood and materials as possible, they use locally organ-ic produce and happy hen eggs whenever possible.

Always putting the environment and their community first, it’s no surprise that they wanted to reach out and try to do something for our neighbours in Japan after the horren-dous tsunami disaster that took place.

“Like many Japanese people, we here at the restaurant were over-whelmed after the disaster and waited a bit to start fundrais-ing,” explains Heather McDonald of the res-taurant.

“I read somewhere

that the human mind can sort of shut down when faced with over-whelming numbers or information.

“The scale of destruc-tion in Japan is perhaps a situation like this. How can one imag-ine entire towns being washed away? More than 10,000 dead, many more still missing?”

Starting with a fund-raising dinner, Sanbiki got into action. Their special menu for the night consisted of sushi, chicken or veg-gie bento boxes.

They come in these neat new bento boxes that Sanbiki has just got in and are differ-ent from their regular bentos.

Because it is not directly from the menu, it gave the chefs a chance to get creative and everyone seemed happy, especially the guests.

Five dollars from each bento box is donated directly to the Red Cross. The dinner was so successful that they have decided to con-tinue it, one Tuesday each month for the rest of the year.

In addition to fund-raising dinners, co-owner Heather has also tried her hand at baking

and candy sushi mak-ing.

“I’ve never baked, but this is for charity,” finishes Heather. “My first cookies were so terrible but they have gotten much better.

“I’m making home-made sugar cookies shaped and decorated like the Japanese char-acter Totoro. He is a forest god so it seems appropriate. I am also making rice crispy sushi, which is very

sweet. I’m going to try to keep it up for the rest of the summer.”

To keep up to date with the happenings at Sanbiki, log onto Facebook or follow them on twitter.

They like to keep their customers up to date on what’s going on, will let you know when the next fundraiser is and more. Sanbiki is located at 1�0 5th Avenue and can be found online at sanbikirestaurant.ca.

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of volunteers for duties at the front desk and in the kitchen. Please contact Heather at �50-37�-5110.

Family History Society meeting April �1, 7-9pm. Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. Topic is ‘Searching Directories’. For info call �50-579-�078.

Community Closet - Free quality clothing for low-income women. Thurs. Apr. �1, 9:30-11:30am. elizabeth Fry Society, 8�7 Seymour St. �50-374-�119 ext �04.

Stamp Show – Apr. �3, 10am-�pm. Calvary Church 1�05 Rogers Way. Displays, stamp dealers, auction. For more info �50-314-10�1.

CFBX Spring Volunteer Drive until Apr. �4 for campus/community radio station at TRU. Volunteers do not need to be TRU stu-dents or have any previous radio experience. Contact CFBX at �50-377-3988, email to radio@tru.ca.

Anxiety: Taming the Tiger – with coun-selor Julie Flowerdew on Apr. �7, 7-9pm at Sahali Mall. Learn where anxiety comes from and methods to manage it. To register contact

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Japanese Language classes for begin-ner and intermediate adults every Tuesday 7-8:30pm until Apr. �6, at the Art We Are �46 Victoria St. For more info call Sayaka �50-8�8-�4�7.

French Language classes for beginner and intermediate adults every Tuesday 7-8:30pm until Apr. �6, at the Art We Are �46 Victoria St. For more info contact hayfaa159@hotmail.com.

Awakening the Dreamer symposium - Apr. �7, 7pm at Art We Are �46 Victoria St. For an environmentally sustainable, spiritu-ally fulfilling and socially just human presence on earth. For more info and to register call Margaret Huff at �50-374-5644.

Kamloops Track & Field Club - Run, Jump, Throw Mini-Meet for boys and girls ages 9-11 at Hillside Stadium on Apr. �8, �011 at 3:30pm. events: 80-meter sprint, long jump, shot put, 600 meter run. No pre-registration is required. Show up at the track between 3:10 and 3:�5 pm and sign up!

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Beauty Code is having a fabulous moving sale until Apr. 30! On May � they move from their current location at 10�-1�5 Fourth to their new store at ��� Victoria St.

Riverside Lawn Bowling Club - Learn to lawn bowl free lessons at Riverside Park start May 1. Mon, Wed, Fri. at 7pm, Tue. & Thur. at 10am Sundays at �pm. For more info call Bob �50-377-40�6 or Irene �50-374-4�73.

Kamloops Adult Learners Society “Birds in the Kamloops Area” course for seniors Wednesdays May 4-�5, 9:30am to 1�:30pm. First session at KALS office in Northills Mall. For more info phone �50-819-5153.

Tournament City Derby Dolls bout May 7 at Tournament Capital Centre. Doors open 6pm, starts 7pm. Tickets available at On The Rocks Pub, 1�65 Rogers Way or The Ruby Room, 145 Victoria St.

Barnhartvale Sunday Dances to the coun-try music of Vern Cave the Fender Bender every Sunday night, 8-11:30 pm Sept. to June at Barnhartvale Community Hall. For more info contact Don by email at: prokie@shaw.ca.

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• If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly.

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• The problem: How to get two pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car. The solution: eat it in the parking lot.

• Diet tip: eat a choc-olate bar before each meal. It’ll take the edge off your appetite and you’ll eat less.

• A nice box of choco-lates can provide your total daily intake of cal-ories in one place. Isn’t that handy?

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jellybeans.The grass is always greener in someone else’s basket.An easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare.To show your true colors you have to come out of your shell.The best things in life are still sweet and gooey!

Easter explained by foolsThree fools died and are at the

pearly gates of heaven. St. Peter tells them that they can enter the gates if they can answer one simple question. St. Peter asks the first fool, “What is easter?” He replies, “Oh, that’s easy! It’s the holiday in November when everyone gets together, eats turkey, and are thank-ful.” “Wrong!” replies St. Peter, and proceeds to ask the second fool the same question, “What is easter?” The second one replies, “easter is the holiday in December when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents, and celebrate the birth of Jesus.” St. Peter looks at the sec-ond fool, shakes his head in dis-gust, tells her she’s wrong, and then peers over his glasses at the third fool and asks, “What is easter?” The third fool smiles confidently

and looks St. Peter in the eyes, “I know what easter is.” “Oh?” says St. Peter, incredulously. “easter is the Christian holiday that coin-cides with the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were eating at the last supper and Jesus was later deceived and turned over to the Romans by one of his disciples. “The Romans took him to be crucified and he was stabbed in the side, made to wear a crown of thorns, and was hung on a cross with nails through his hands. He was buried in a nearby cave which was sealed off by a large boul-der.” St. Peter smiles broadly with delight. Then he continues, “every year the boulder is moved aside so that Jesus can come out... and, if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter.”

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I just got back from a visit with my folks and was reminded of some old sayings that I grew up with. Phrases like: "to each his own" and as my Dad always says "differ-ent strokes for differ-ent folks". These are wise and timeless ad-ages that have guided me into becoming the person I am now. My experiences as a nurse and as a com-munity developer and capacity builder also taught me how dif-ferent and unique we all are and yet how similar we can all be at the same time. As human beings we all have similar basic needs but as individuals even those basic needs can be met very differently depending on who we are, where we're from, and where we envi-sion ourselves in the future. I've had some cross cultural sensitivity and communication training as a health professional and "Valuing Diversity" training through Kam-loops Immigrant Services and the Hastings Institute in Vancouver, as well as lots of life and work expe-rience of living and working with people from different backgrounds and walks of life. Those experi-ences continue to reinforce those old, wise sayings for me, that we all have a right to be our own per-son but we also have the responsi-bility to recognize and value that same right for every other person that we meet in our daily lives. Two models of diversity that I’m familiar with are: the Dimensions of Diversity model and the Ice-

berg model. The Dimensions of Diversity model talks about pri-mary and secondary dimensions of diversity with the primary di-

mension including all characteristics of our-selves that we were born with and cannot change, or it is very, very difficult for us to change them, and the secondary dimension including all those characteristics that we have changed or can change as we grow and develop as indi-

viduals. The Iceberg model talks about those characteristics that are visible and those characteristics that are less visible or invisible and deep below the surface. Com-munication is key when it comes to having healthy, respectful rela-tionships with everyone we meet and live or do work with. Cross cultural communication and sen-sitivity is about strong communi-cation skills, which I'll talk more about in my next column. Until next time, all the best to you and yours, Kim.

It's been a pleasure to write this column for you! I look forward to hearing from you as well so please contact me at Innovative Changes by email at inchange@telus.net or by following me on Twitter or Facebook or by my blog on my website at in-novativechanges.com. You can also listen to my radio show called "Com-munity Connections" on CFBX 92.5 FM on Thursdays from 3 - 4 pm and contact me by email there at commu-nityconnections@thex.ca.

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The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St. Apr. 21 - Meg O’Mally. Apr. 25 - JP Mortier. For more information, call �50-8�8-7998.

Commingling – TRU Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduation exhibition – opening Apr. 21, 7-9:30pm at Art Gallery & Studios in TRU Old Main Building. Show runs to May 5.

Rivers Night Club: 355 Lansdowne St. Apr. 21 - Yuk Yuk’s launches in Kamloops. Cocktails 6pm, dinner 7pm, and show 8:30 pm. Apr. 24 - DJ Dopey & Tass Nata.

Jazz Cafe Trio - Anna Jacyszyn, Bernie Addington, Neville Bowman. Apr. 23 - Turner’s Music Studio 255 Victoria St. Advance tickets wat Kamloops Live Box Office �50-374-5483 or www.kam-loopslive.ca.

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Hampton Gallery, 167 4th Ave. Presents Phyllis Anderson’s flower garden paintings and Louise Lauzon’s stylized women and men at the seashore or feed-ing birds. ends Apr. 30.

Kamloops Arts Council, 7 Seymour St. W. Main Gallery – St Ann’s Academy and Boogie the Bridge emerging Artists Who We Are exhibition to Apr. 30.

Kamloops Players presents Fawlty Towers - Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St., May 12, 13 & 14. Dinner theatre performances: dinner 7pm, show 8pm. Matinee perfor-

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Kamloops Arts Council Downtown Artwalk to May �3rd. Pick up a map at partici-pating downtown retailers (they have a red Artwalk foot on their door). Follow the map and visit the corresponding numbers to take in the art in stores and on alley murals.

Country dancing, Rocksalt Restaurant and Bar at the Plaza Heritage Hotel, 405 Victoria St. Saturdays starting at 7:30pm. With DJ Luis the Big Rig. Info at �50-377-8075.

Jams / Open Mic Nights Commodore, 369 Victoria Street. every Friday The Scattered Atoms, 7pm, free. The Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St. Sunday night Jam session. 8pm.- midnight. House band the Serious Dogs. Singers, guitarists, drummers or whole bands. Open to everyone.Kami Inn, 354 Victoria St. Jam Session Saturday afternoons from �-5pm. The Loft, 255 Victoria St. Wednesdays at 8:30pm. All sound gear and amps provided. The Grind, 476 Victoria St. electric Jam Night on Thursdays 8-11pm.n Publicize your event - email us at echo@shawcable.com. or call �50-374-3�46.

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GEORGE, NOEL, COLE – Kamloops’ own Alan Corbishley, Peter Collins and Heidi Muendel (pictured here) will perform an intimate concert on the repertoire of George Gershwin, Noel Coward, and Cole Porter. Join them for an evening of light musical charm on April 29 and May 1 at 7:30pm at St. Andrews on the Square 159 Seymour St. Tickets are available at Kamloops Live Box Office at 250-374-5483 or www.kamloopslive.ca.

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YOur HOrOSCOpEARIES (Mar �1-April �0) you need to concentrate on the areas where you can make a difference. Get involved in competitive sports. Friends will appreciate your attention and playful nature. Help if you can, but more than likely it will be sufficient just to listen.TAURUS (Apr �1-May �1) Deception will play an important factor in relationships. Take advantage of moneymaking ventures. you may cause a fuss if you come on too strongly in public. Make sure to arrange in advance to spend quality time together.GEMINI (May ��-June �1) Put your energy into learning new skills or picking up valuable information. Travel will turn out to be far more exciting than you imagined. Creative endeavors will give you somewhat of an outlet.CANCER (June ��-July ��) Be sure to question any detail that you feel could leave you in a precarious position at a later date. you can form new partnerships, but don’t move too quickly; things may not be as they ap-pear. Now is a good time to ask for favors.LEO (July �3-Aug ��) you will meet potential new mates through friends or relatives. you’re in the mood to get out and visit friends. ex-haustion will lead to minor injury if you don’t know when to quit. Do not over expand if you have your own business. Sit tight.VIRGO (Aug �3-Sept �3) you can get a promotion if you put in a little extra detail. you can’t live your life for others. Don’t torment yourself. Disharmony in the home will be extremely stressful. This could be a dif-ficult day to deal with coworkers.LIBRA (Sept �4-Oct �3) Don’t be too eager to give a piece of your mind or even your opinion this week. you will be best suited to doing things around the house or inviting friends over for a visit. Be aggressive and colorful, and you will get your way.SCORPIO (Oct �4-Nov ��) Sit back. you can make money, but try not to let it slip through your fingers. You can increase the value of your dwelling. Look into residential moves that will give you more space. Money may slip through your fingers.SAGITTARIUS (Nov �3-Dec �1) you have bent over backward trying to help them and now it’s time to let them stand on their own two feet. Be prepared for an active but rewarding day. you may have a problem with someone you live with if you don’t include them in your gathering.CAPRICORN (Dec ��-Jan �0) Don’t cause a scene, but when you get home let your partner know how you feel and why. your changing phi-losophies may lead you into new circles and open doors that will give you a unique outlook on life.AQUARIUS (Jan �1-Feb 19) Do the necessary chores and then do things that please you. you need to make your environment a better place, with more comforts and a better entertainment center. you may want to get involved in financial investments presented to you.PISCES (Feb �0-Mar �0) Opportunities to meet new lovers will come through pleasure trips or social events. Chances are you split up the last time because you didn’t really want to make a commitment. Assist a relative or good friend by setting a budget for them.

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