26 — Sunday, October 25, 1998 — North Shore News

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TODAY: Mycologist: Terry
Tavlor is presenting a mush-
room workshop in
Lighthouse Park from 10
a.m. until noon, The morn-
ing will begin with a slide
presentation in Sk‘iwitsur
House followed by a walk

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4 FJOME & GARDEN
Edible witches’ hats charm

tration is required, call the
West Vancouver Community
Centre, 925-7210. The tee is
S11.03.

TODAY: Vhe — tkenobo
Ikebana Society of Vancouver
is holding a flower exhibit
and public demonstration
by Protessor Keiko
Misamoto, visiting from
headquarters in Kyoto, Japan.
The demonstration begins at
1:30 pam. at the Van Dusen
Botanical Garden, Oak Street
and 37th Avenue, Vancouver.
Admission is S10.

OCTOBER 31&
NOVEMBER f: The Point
Grey Chrysanthemum
Associauen is holding its
Late Flowering
Chrysanthemum Show
from ] to 5 p.m. on Saturday
and 10 am. to 4+ pam. on
Sunday (a bloom sale will
begin at + p.m. on Sunday) at
the VanDusen — Botanical
Gardens at 37th and Oak in
Vancouver.

NOVEMBER 4: The West
Vancouver Community
Centre and West Van Florist
are teaming up to present
Winter Patio-scaping, a
demonstration of wonderful
ideas for your patio or bal-
cony during the winter
months, Included in this
demonstration are winter
green and colour displays as
well as Christmas table cen-
trepieces. From 7 to 9 p.m.
Pre-register at 925-7270.
The tee is $13.38.

NOVEMBER 14 & 15:
The Fraser Valley Orchid

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NO tricks — just
treats!

Here's an idea for some
very simple treats, Halloween
Witches” Hats, to give to
your favourite scary visitors
on the big nighr.

Materials:

round wafer cookies with
chocolate on one side
Hershey’s Kisses

orange food colouring

icing sugar

3 tsp. water

or 1 Tbsp. orange decorat-
ing icing

Mix up a batcli of icing
sugar and water and add one
drop of orange tood colour-
ing. Or, if you can find the
tube of orange decorating
icing ... even better. Make
sure the tube of orange deco-
rating icing is not actually gel
icing — this will not show up
on the cookie.

Unwrap the Hershey's
Kiss and attach it to the
chocolate side of the cockie.
Pipe orange icing around the
edge of the Hershey's Kiss
and make a bow.

These little witches’ hats
can be assembled in a matter
of minutes. It’s also a periect

SEA-T0-SKY HIGHWAY 99 CLOSURES

23 KM NORTH OF HORSESHOE BAY

The Ministry of Transportation and Highways advises travellers of scheduled
closures on Highway 99 approximately 23 kilometres north of Horseshoe Bay at

Portes: Camp for rock slope stabilization.

Thirty Minute Closures:
, Monday, October 26 to Tuesday, November 3 and Friday. November 6

Highway $9 closed to all traffic during the second half of each hour
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays
9:30 a.m. to 12-noon Fridays

Full Three-Hour Closures:

November 4 and Thursday, November 5

_ Highway 99 closed to all traffic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Expect minor deiays between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

For further information contact the Howe Sound District Highways Office at
£81-0042. The ministry thanks you for planning your travel around this important

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

TREAT your little ghosts and goblins to a batch of
spooky cookies — witches’ hats. With just a few
ingredients, they're easy to make.

Halloween activity for the tit-
tle ones.

Watch them disappear!

For more information on
fun and easy ideas for cook-
ies, check out Betty Crocker’s
Creative Cookies in your local
book store.

— Barb Lunter lives in

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Vancouver, BC V7M 214, or
Sax then: to 985-2104.

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