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IT’S no secret that
Valentine’s Day is
about romance, but it
has always been sweetly
innocent.

—— HOME AND GARDEN

ings to your heart

Get vour kids of f to a fun
start with these cute little
heart burtertlies. Phey make
great gifts for Grandmas and
Grandpas!

Materials:

popsicle sticks

assorted coloured paper
(6°x 6”)

adhesive magnets
non-toxic coloured mark-
ers

glue

plastic eyes (about 6 mm in
diameter)

pipe cleaners

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

KIDS can make these cute and colourful butterfly
fridge magnets for Valentine's Day.

pom poms

Most of the above items
are available at craft stores.

Cur out a heart shape on
your colored paper.

You can make 2 pattern
first on some scrap paper
and use that patter: for all
of your buiterflies.

Decorate your heart with
fun designs.

Stripes, stars and dots
look great!

Ger your kids to color
the popsicle sticks in any
fashion they desire.

Glue your popsicle stick
te the centre of the heart.

Curl your pipe cleaner at
each end to make the anten-
na.

Bend it in half and glue

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bad now, just wait. With an expected 23,000 aew cars on
the road every year, taffic will increase up to 150% by
wuess we work together now.
TransLink (the new regional transportaticn organization) has
developed a Strategic Transportation Plan to slow and pos-

the year 2025. That is :

te the cop back of the popsi-
cle stick.

Your poem poms can now
be attached to the popsicle
stick as the head.Glue two
tyes and a mini pom pom
on to the head.

Lastly, attach vour mag-
net to the back of the but-
terfly.

Happy Valentines Day!

— Barb Luuter is a West
Vanconyer resident. Her floral
producss ave availabie at Avant
Gardener, 1460 Marine Drive,
West Vancouver. Send questions
or ideas ta Barb eyo the North
Shove News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver, B.C, V7M
2H. You can aiso check aut her
Wek site at
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TUESDAY FEB. 15: The
West Coast Bonsai Society
holds its first meeting in the
Cedar Room of — the
Delbrook Community
Centre. Evervone interested
in the art of Bonsai is wel-
come.

FEB. 18 TO 20: Calling z all
birdlovers! North Van's Wild

Coquitiam

Langley

Tuesday, February 15
City Hall, 3000 Guildford

Birds Untimized is a mayor
sponsor of the Third Annual
Great Backyard Bird Count,
the first count that invites
the public to count birds at
birdfeeders and in backyards,
local parks or outdoor loea-
tions and then report: the
findings online. Visit the
Wild Birds Untimited home
page at <www.abu.con>.

SATURDAY, FFB. 19:
TREEmendous Nature Walk
from noon to 2 p.m. at
VanDusen Garden. Learn
about trees in vour commu-
nity and meet the plants and
creatures that depend on
them. Bring a mug for hot
chocolate and dress for the
weather. Registration is
mandatory by calling 257-
8669. Free for members or
with garden admission. The
garden is at 5251 Oak St. in
Vancouver.

Thursday, February 17
ABC Restaurant Sanquet Room

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and input. Visit www.translink.be.ca to read the plan or call
453-4560 for a copy to be sent to you. With an open forum,
we're confident that together we can slow this problem
before it tas a chance to stop us.

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Tuesday, March 7

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