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what a wonderful place we live in. The soil is rich, the water flows and the sky is blue. There is an abundance of life all around us. Fruit falls from the trees, and edible flowers and veg-etables rise from the gardens. This area has all the stuff that fills the dreams of people in less prosperous regions and no one knows that better than the caring and generous folks over at the Kamloops Food bank.

with help from volunteers all over our community, service Canada and their student summer jobs program and a little planning, the Kamloops Food bank has been rolling out their glean-ing program. aimed at taking advan-tage of our area’s natural resources which happen to be an abundance of fruit trees and vegetable gardens, the gleaning programs coordinates and helps area residents rid themselves of unwanted fresh fruit and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste.

“we have been running the program for three years now as a team but the program itself has been around in some degree for five years,” explains bernadette siracky, executive direc-tor of the Kamloops Food bank. “we wouldn’t be able to do it without our summer students, so we are delighted to have service Canada’s support. it enables us to hire two summer stu-dents who are dedicated to the pro-gram. it is magical, it couldn’t happen without them.”

essentially how this program works

is quite simple. The students spend the majority of their summer picking fruits and vegetables from various gardens around town. Community residents with active fruit trees also call into the Food bank letting them know that they have fruit that they don’t want or need and would like to donate to the pro-gram. The gleaners then schedule an appointment, go out and pick the trees and bingo - fruit for everyone!

“people start calling at the beginning of the season,” explains wes graham, Food bank warehouse manager who also facilitates the gleaning program. “Lots of people call, so many that we fill up our schedule really fast. people have learnt to call early so we can get their tree on the schedule.”

The tree-picking schedule for this year is already full but that doesn’t mean they still won’t accept your fruit. because of the late growing season this year they expect fruit to be pop-ping up on your trees until late fall. unfortunately because the gleaners are university students employed for just the summer months they won’t be around for your apples and later blooming fruit. They welcome any extras you may have and are more than happy to accept it at the Food bank facility.

“right now we probably can’t come and pick any more trees than we have already scheduled,” continues wes. “but if you want to donate it we would

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Warehouse manager Wes Graham, Philippe Gauvin-Vallée, and gleaning coordinator Breanne Lapointe check out the bumper crop in the hillside pumpkin (or squash!) patch at the Food Bank. Philippe hails from Montreal and is one of two students at the Food Bank on a six-week exchange program sponsored by the YMCA that places Canadian youth in summer jobs at non-profit agencies. Breanne has worked as the gleaning coordinator on a student job placement through Service Canada. In the fall she returns to her philosophy studies at TRU.

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The Thompson-nicola Film Commission is receiving $30,000 from the provincial govern-ment. This is part of $�75,000 in provincial government funding to help regional organiza-tions attract and provide services to film and video producers from around the world.

every year, british Columbia’s regions pro-vide locations for various film projects, includ-ing movies, television series, documentaries and commercials.

Motion picture and television producers spent more than $1 billion in british Columbia during �010. about 90 per cent of productions use the services of the bC Film Commission, including regional film commissions and offic-es.

“as former Film Commission Chair i under-stand the economic benefits of this indus-try to our region,” states Kamloops – north Thompson MLa Terry Lake. “a lot of great films have been made in the area with the support of the Thompson-nicola Film Commission, and that’s something we can be proud of. More films being made here will mean more jobs stay here,” adds Kamloops – south Thompson MLa Kevin Krueger.

did you know that british Columbia is the third largest production centre in north america after Los angeles and new york, and that b.C.’s film production industry direct-ly and indirectly employs more than �5,000 people?

The Thompson-nicola regional district operates the Thompson-nicola Film Commission from its offices right here in Kamloops. This film commission has been very successful marketing the unique visual opportunities created by our region’s semi-

arid, mountainous landscape. Movies filmed in the area include “a Team”, “andromeda

strain”, “aspen extreme”, “iron road” and “The sweet hereafter”.

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The Kamloops Food Bank has been chosen as the recipient for this year’s Smile Cookie Campaign at Tim Hortons, which will run from September 12 to 19. Last week, the managers from local Tim Hortons toured the Food Bank to see how the money generated from the Smile Cookies Campaign will help the Food Bank. Pictured here are: (L-R back row) Corrie Monsen, Nikki Oliver, Shannon Clark, Julie Beatty, and Ken McKeen; (L-R front row) front row: Naomi McCaskill, Jen Loughran, Jenn Klein, John Pankuch and Phyllis Dankach.

a team of Canadian anti-human trafficking activists, led by Miss Canada �011 Tara Teng, is on a mission that will stop in Kamloops on august 16. The ten city “ignite the road to Justice” Canadian tour led by Miss Canada comes at a time when the government of british Columbia is quietly reducing its efforts to com-bat the abduction and trafficking of innocent young women as a cost cutting measure. Their tour will end at parliament hill where Joy smith of the Canadian house of Commons is calling for a national action plan to combat the growing human trafficking problem throughout Canada.

Miss Canada and her team of human traffick-ing abolitionists will be holding a concert at the riverside park bandshell on august 16 from �:00 to 3:00 p.m., and another special evening event open to the public at Calvary Community Church, 1�05 rogers way.

Miss Canada’s tour is sponsored in conjunc-tion with bridge baptist Church and glendene grant, founder of Moms against human Trafficking (MaTh). glendene grant is a resi-dent of Kamloops, and the mother of Jessica Foster who went missing in March �006, the victim of human trafficking. in addition to spon-

sors bridge baptist Church and MaTh, other local organizations that stand against human trafficking have been invited to participate.

Tara will be joined by Tania Fiolleau, who is an abolitionist, author, and former madam. recording artist Kevin boese will be there with

his worship band. Their goal is to ignite a pow-erful, unified, grassroots movement that speaks up for the oppressed and brings justice to the forgotten victims of this terrible crime.

For more information contact glendene grant by email at: glendene@shaw.ca.

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be happy. The program has been very success-ful. so far this year we have already picked 4300 pounds of fruit. in addition to fruit we get lots of vegetables. we have made ten visits to the wednesday Farmer’s Market and have collected over 800 pounds of leftover produce at the end of the day donated by the vendors and have had lots of other help throughout the community. Lyons Landscaping has been a tre-mendous help and City gardener Julie gordon has also offered lots of support, ideas and help. it has all been just amazing.

all the fresh produce and fruit goes to fami-lies, individuals and groups all over the city. Food bank patrons are welcome to as much

fruit and vegetables as they want and any extras are given to other local non-profits. right now they have an abundance of apricots and would like anyone in the community know that they can stop by and pick some up if they want to do any canning or jam making.

The next time you look at your garden, remember the Food bank. They are happy to accept any extra fruit or vegetables you have and want to remind you when you are plant-ing if you have room, plant an extra row for them. The Kamloops Food bank and all its programs and information is available online at kamloopsfoodbank.org. They are located here on the north shore at 171 wilson street, �50-376-��5�.

Tanya Orozco, freelance

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on May 19, �011, the fourth annual Kamloops independent short shorts (Kiss) Film Festival took place. as part of its mandate to support and encourage local filmmaking, the Kamloops Film society (KFs) stages an annual Kiss competition, which is open to entries from all independent filmmakers living in Kamloops and the surrounding region. “short shorts” are films that are five min-utes or less in length.

The Kiss Festival was well attended by an appreciative audience, and after the screenings of the 16 amazing cin-ematic entries, the following prizes were awarded, and were publicly announced last week.

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The KFs thanks all the filmmakers who entered the Kiss competition this year. as always, the KFs also thanks the many volunteers and film lovers who made this annual Kiss competition possible.

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The filmmakers of KISS Film Festival 2011: Back row (L-R): Kendra Besanger, Jody Tippett, Jordan Watts, Emma Broyden, Jimmy Broyden, Dušan Magdolen, Kora Vanderlip, Bruno Mazzotta. Middle row, (L-R): Josiah Broyden, Issac Broyden, Luke Broyden, Keziah Broyden. Front row (L-R): Jesse Broyden, Summer Broyden. Absent: Kristina Bradshaw, Loyd Bishop, Chris Bose.

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Positive impact expected from Project 350residents of Kamloops have a new event to look

forward to this fall, compliments of a grassroots climate action group called Kamloops 350. a week of activities around the theme of sus-tainable transportation is in the works, and the emphasis will be on having fun.

“From september �6 to october 1, we’ll be taking a playful approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transporta-tion in our city,” said spokesperson gisela ruckert. “by having contests and activities like treasure hunts, we are going to make people more familiar with their transportation choices. while they’re having fun, they’ll real-ize that it’s actually quite easy to have a positive impact on the environment.”

because most residents of Kamloops drive a car, the week will feature some events aimed specifically at motorists. Tire pressure check-ing blitzes will take place at parking lots around the city, educating drivers about the many ways they can increase their vehicles’ efficiency (and reduce noxious emissions) through proper maintenance. Cool wheels, a car show highlighting electric and hybrid vehicles

and bicycles, will take place on october 1. in addi-tion, residents are invited to describe their vision of a sustainable transportation future in Kamloops at the

imagination station.all week long, residents will be eligible for prizes by registering for the green your Transportation pledge. “For some people, it might provide an incentive to

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becomes eligible for prizes.”The Transit Treasure hunt will be one

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of instructions that will have them travers-ing the city by bus, picking up clues as they go. by combining the clues, they’ll be able to unscramble the final answer, which is again entered online. “we want to get people to try

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The Old Courthouse Cultural Centre is holding Make and Take Art Project afternoons every Thursday in August from 2-4pm. In town from Vancouver to visit their aunt, who lives on the North Shore, are Markus Olsen-Prissinotti and his sister Alison, pictured with art teacher Karen Rubiewicz.

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imagine a garden of fresh viv-idly coloured organic vegetables ripe and ready for your dinner table. You can find all this and more at the gardengate Training Centre here on southill street on the north shore. gardengate is an innovative horticulture proj-ect that provides social and edu-cational opportunities for persons with mental disabilities while en-couraging healthy living through food production. They grow 100 per cent certified organic flow-ers, veggies and herbs and they work hard all year long so. They have a variety of events and sales throughout the year.

right now they are in the midst of the growing season, which means that residents and visitors of Kamloops have access to low cost high quality produce every weekday between 11:00 a.m. and 1�:30 p.m.

“we will have our daily pro-duce until octo-ber �0,” explains david hoar of gardengate. “as the crops become ready they will be on sale. we have a variety of events through-out the year. The next big one is our annual summer salsa Challenge on Thursday, august 18 from 1�:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m..”

The summer sal-sa Challenge is the perfect venue to be able to have a per-sonal experience of gardengate. Teams from agen-cies all over town will be making salsa and competing head to head vying for the first place title. The best part of the competition is that visitors will have the chance to taste the amazing creations.

in addition to watching the competition, visitors to the fa-cility will get the chance to look around, enjoy live music from popular Kamloops resident ben nielsen, partake in the yoga for gardeners demonstration, en-joy refreshments as well as shop at the fresh produce sale. Like a mini Farmer’s Market, this will be one celebration you will not want to miss.

“The public is encouraged to come down and join us, taste and judge the salsa competition and enjoy the festivities,” continues david. “our program runs year-long and this is one of our oppor-tunities to be able to open up the facility to the public and show them a little about what we do here.”

a fabulous program with many benefits that extend out into the community, gardengate is also always looking for volunteers. even if you don’t have time to be a regular volunteer, they are look-ing right now for groups of com-munity-minded people to come in

for a day or a few hours and help get the weeds under control. with all the rain that has fallen lately, it has been a battle.

The gardengate salsa Chal-lenge is being held on august 18 from 1�:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. They are located right next to the over-lander extended Care hospital at 915 southill street. They are also open for organic produce sales weekdays from 11:00 a.m. until 1�:30 p.m. For more information contact the gardengate Training Centre at �50-554-9453. see you at the party where the newest sal-sa champion will be crowned!

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The good folks at Gardengate want you to know that they had only a few cucumbers last year, but have a bumper crop of pickling cucumbers this summer. Also, after their Salsa Challenge on Aug 18, there will be lots of tomatoes. Volunteer Kamloops is looking for volunteers to help weed at Gardengate (groups welcome). Call 250-372-8313 for more information and to volunteer. Pictured, left: Getting busy in the garden are Nicole Jelinski, Volunteer Kamloops; Jeff Hicks, United Way; Wilf Michel, Gardengate program participant; and Kaitlin Boyd, volunteer. Pictured, above: Garden Coordinator David Hoar and volunteer Kaitlin Boyd.

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The Kamloops blazers hockey school was in full swing last week at the Macarthur island sports Centre. over 100 kids at initiation, atom, pee wee and bantam levels learned new skills at the annual summer hockey camp.

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The school included two on-ice sessions per day focusing on skill development and power skating with instructor nina hyrcewich.

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The Belushis is a boozed-up rock and roll band from Vancouver that is a champion of sweat rock. In August The Belushis is undertaking its first tour in three years, and will stop in Kamloops on Friday, August 19 at the North Shore’s Pogue Mahone Irish Alehouse at 843 Desmond Street. “...The Belushis play big music with a larger-than-life this-town-ain’t-big-enough-fer-the-both-of-us sound and attitude. Loud, vivid, untouched by human sensitivity…,” says MaximumRockNRoll.

Disability Film FestivalThe open door group is excit-

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The evening will include a screening of several intriguing short films from around the world (many of them award winning) that have been produced, written and/or directed by persons with disabilities. The event kicks off at 5:30pm with presentations com-mencing at 6:30 p.m. and running until 9:00 p.m. The Clocktower Theatre is wheelchair accessible. all films are captioned and inter-

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The hard working folks at the lo-cal chapter the Ms society of Can-ada want to invite you to join them for the third annual Cruisin’ for a Cause day on august �5 to help end Ms. For every Teen burg-er sold at all a&w restaurants across Canada, $1 will go towards funding research and providing life-changing services for people touched by Ms. Last year Cana-dian a&w restaurants did a great

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The perseid meteor shower is named after the constellation perseus, which is located in rough-ly the same point of the night sky where the perseid meteor shower appears to originate from.

The source of the perseid mete-or shower is actually debris from the comet swift-Tuttle. every year, the earth passes through the debris cloud left by the comet when the earth’s atmosphere is bombarded by what is popularly known as “falling stars.” at the peak of the meteor shower, it is not unusual to see at least 60 meteors per hour streaking across the northeast sky! The meteors are certainly bright, but they are actually only tiny objects, usu-ally no more than a grain of sand. however, as they travel at speeds of up to 71 kilometers per second,

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because of the way the earth hits this debris cloud, the perseid meteor shower is much more vis-ible in the northern hemisphere.

The best place to observe the perseid meteor shower (or any meteor shower for that matter) is somewhere dark, away from light pollution, and with the moon out of the field of vision. The less light visible, the more brilliant the meteor shower will be.

while mostly viewable to the naked eye, the annual perseid meteor show may be partially obstructed by the moon, clouds or night mist, so amateur astrono-mers may want to carry along a pair of binoculars or a camera with a telescopic lens. experts usually just advise to forget the telescope, and simply look up toward the northeast sky!

For photographing the annual event, a digital camera mounted on a tripod helps to steady the images that swiftly move across the sky. have the camera focused on infinity and, if your camera permits, leave the shutter open for several minutes for the most spec-tacular photographic effects.

The meteors will appear to ema-nate from the east, but they will cross the sky in all directions, so your best view is lying on your back looking up. get some blan-kets, stay warm and enjoy.

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North Shore resident Sarah Halliday and Senor Froggy living it up at the North Shore Artwalk’s kick-off event at Spirit Square. The Senor Froggy restaurant, at 724 Sydney Avenue, is featuring acrylic and mixed media artwork by Hope Mikal until September 5.

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raised without a faith tradition, pat Zogar still always knew, even as a child, that there was “some-thing else,” some power greater than we are in the universe. she was always astounded when people talk-ed about tragedies as “acts of god” and about them-selves as being “god-fearing.” she didn’t know what god was, but knew it wasn’t something to be afraid of.

when she found a new Thought church which made reference to “The infinite” and encouraged members to think for themselves, honour all paths, investigate many teachings and find their own Truth, she instantly knew that new Thought ministry was to be her calling.

she served as pastor of the positive Living Centre in Victoria for eight years before relocating

to the Centre for spiritual Living, winnipeg in �008. after three

gruelling winters, she was thrilled to answer the call back to beautiful b. C. to serve the enthusiastic and energetic mem-bers of the Centre for spiritual Living, Kamloops. official installa-tion of rev. pat will take place on Friday, september

16, with Kelowna’s dr. Kenn gordon officiating. dr. Kenn is the much-beloved president of international Centres for spiritual Living, now numbering over 700 centres around the world.

she is looking forward to writ-ing a regular column for the echo, giving us “something to Think about.”

Rev. Patricia Zogar is spiri-tual director of the Centre for Spiritual Living, Kamloops, www.cslkamloops.org.

New spiritual director WESTERN CANADA SUMMER GAMES SOCCER

TeamBC meets the team from the Manitoba in the Western Canada Summer Games women’s soccer gold medal match at McArthur Island Park last Sunday. Photo courtesy of Heather Sayers.

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TALK of the TownFarmer’s Market from 4pm

to 8pm at spirit square, corner of MacKenzie and yew, every Friday until sept. 30.

North Shore Artwalk is on until september 5. start at northills Centre for free parking and pick up a map and coffee stamp card.

Summer Reading Club runs until aug. �7. Children aged 0 to 1� can register at any Tnrd Library. Teens can register on-line for the Teen reading Club at www.teenrc.ca. For more info visit www.tnrdlib.bc.ca.

BIG Little Science Centre is open for public drop-in 10am-4pm Mon-sat. amazing and interactive science shows daily at 1:30pm. week of aug. 15: Magnetism. week of aug. ��: Circuits and electricity. Call �50-554-�57� for more information.

Music in the Park - Free con-certs held at Mcdonald park from 7 to 8:30pm every Friday evening. aug. 19: pete Collins- Classical and show Tunes

Summer Kids Camp at B.C. Wildlife Park. each day is filled with fun and educational activities, crafts and snacks. aug. 17: The science of snakes, aug. 18: saving our species, aug. 19: sustainable Me. register at bczoo.org or call �50-573-3�4�.

Gardengate Summer Salsa Challenge is on aug. 18, 1�:30-3pm at 915 southill st.

Preserving Your Past - Kamloops women’s resource group society presents a workshop on Creating personal archives & Memory Collections. at ridgepoint

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at pineview, 1789 primrose Court on aug. 19 at 10am. bring a maxi-mum of �0 pictures on a theme such as grad or a holiday, plus any related documents or certificates. For more info contact sue at �50-374-3949 or by email at: info@kwrgs.ca

Let’s Dance, at the ukrainain hall, 7�5 york st. on aug �0 start-ing at 8:00 pm. Music by phoenix. The dance is sponsored by the Thompson Valley activity and social Club (TVasC)

Andersen’s Golf Fore the Cure – aug. �0 at Mt. paul golf Course, tee times starting at 4pm. all proceeds to Canadian breast Cancer Foundation, CibC run for the Cure. For more info, and to sponsor or register a team, call Jacki andersen at �50-579-0195 to email: janderso6@shaw.ca.

Daytime courses for seniors with Kamloops adult Learners society (KaLs) - For details, visit www.kals.ca. register in person at northills Centre, Center for seniors information on aug. �� from 9:30am to 1�:30pm or aug. �5 from 1�:30 to 4:30pm. For more info call KaLs at �50-819-5153 or email: info@kals.ca.

Interior Savings Moonlight Movie - aug �4 at riverside park. Family fun begins at 7pm. pirates of the Caribbean 4 begins at dusk. donations accepted with all pro-ceeds going to the boys and girls Club.

A&W Cruisin’ for a Cause Day is on aug. �5, from 8am-11:30pm. For every Teen burger sold at all a&w restaurants across

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Canada, $1 will go to the Multiple sclerosis society of Canada. north shore a&w is in the Fortune Mall at 8th st. & Tranquille rd.

Peeled Passage - Karen palmer’s slipcarved pottery shows at wilson house gallery at 115

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Tranquille rd. until sept. 1. Kamloops Tai Chi Club reg-

istration and weekly lessons begin september 13. For more informa-tion call Mark at �50-573-469�, brenda at �50-374-8696 or shirley at �50-314-6565.

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WORD BY WORD. Richard Tronson (L) and Rechae Hupe (L) check out the collaborative poetry booth at the North Shore’s Friday evening Farmers’ Market. Poet Elon Newstrom (centre) invites folks to participate in the creative act of writing rengas together. Renga, an ancient Japanese form of cooperatively produced poetry, is now becoming appreciated by both writers and readers in the West. Elon has books of poetry available at his booth. You browse through and pick out a line that you want to use as the first line of your renga. Then Elon comes up with a next line, then you write the next one, and so on, until together you feel that the poem is complete. In the summer heat, Elon prints out the completed poem for you to take home and marvel over!

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LEO (July �3-aug ��) include the whole family or those you love. don’t be too critical. efforts made to improve yourself will turn out to your satisfaction. home improvement projects will run smoothly.VIRGO (aug �3-sept �3) put your time and energy into travel, phi-losophy, and soul-searching. Leave things as they are for the moment and focus on reaching your highest potential at work. you will easily capture the interest of those you talk to.LIBRA (sept �4-oct �3) you can make money if you get involved in real estate deals. reevaluate your motives. spending too much time talking to friends or relatives could easily turn into a debate that could lead to estrangement.SCORPIO (oct �4-nov ��) be sure to take advantage of the oppor-tunities that exist. don’t get involved in secret affairs or underhanded involvement’s. Travel should be on your agenda. you may have dif-ficulties with foreigners.SAGITTARIUS (nov �3-dec �1) don’t consume more than neces-sary. Talk to someone you trust in order to see the whole picture. argu-ments could prevail. ask family members for help and you will be able to complete the projects more quickly.CAPRICORN (dec ��-Jan �0) Try to be fair in your dealings with acquaintances. you should be able to get involved in an interesting proposition this week. you will be highly entertaining when in contact with your lover.AQUARIUS (Jan �1-Feb 19) Tell them to get out of the mess they are in and then you’ll consider getting together with them. Quarrels will erupt if you get into philosophical debates with friends.PISCES (Feb �0-Mar �0) you will learn a great deal about yourself if you go somewhere secluded. problems with peers is apparent. be honest if you wish to solve the problem. Try to be considerate in your personal obligations.ARIES (Mar �1-april �0) Make those phone calls and pay your bills. it’s time to reevaluate your own motives and make changes to yourself first. You are ready to blow up and your stress level has gone into over drive.TAURUS (apr �1-May �1) Make the necessary changes that will en-able you to advance financially. Take the time to do your job correctly or you may find yourself looking for a new one. Do not reveal personal information to those you feel may be untrustworthy.GEMINI (May ��-June �1) attend trade shows that will allow you to look at new products. you will be your usual charming self and the partners you attract may be the adventurous type. be careful that you don’t overextend yourself.CANCER (June ��-July ��) you may want to put everyone to work on a project that will keep them all too busy to complain. your best ef-forts will come through investments concerning your home. you need to be inspired and have your spirits lifted. Travel, although enticing, will cost more than you expect.

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