Gingerbread Toys hosting playday at College Heights store

Tag : Peru Alpaca
On Saturday July 26 at the College Heights location of GingerbreadToys, 7086 Domano Blvd., children four years old and up are invitedto take part in a playday at the store. (Anyone younger willrequire having his or her parent participate.) The special activityis a chance to paint and take home a 4” Breyer horse. Therewill also be opportunity to check out the new toys likeremote-controlled “Morphibians” capable of driving onland and into water. The miniature kitchen sets “KitchenLittles” come with appliances, food items, dishes and even aworking toaster. Other activities and games are also planned tomake the time spent there fun. It’s second only to being a“kid in a candy store”!! Parents can observe which toysare making the biggest impact and then enjoy the annual“Christmas in July sale” which begins today at both storelocations.

Store numbers are 250-964-4356 for College Heights, or 250-962-4354for the Hart Mall, or toll-free at 1-888-521-8697 (TOYS).


Business Anniversary

Downtown Prince George’s Bibles For Missions Thrift Store iscelebrating its fifth anniversary Saturday, July 26th with a bigone day sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Buy clothing by the bag, checkthe books for sale, and know that there will be blow-out prices onall puzzles and games. Throughout the day, customers will be servedrefreshments in appreciation for their ongoing support. The fundsraised through this store support the Bible League’s work inproviding bibles to people in Egypt. Read more about it at www.biblesformissions.org . Located at 1210 Third Avenue, the store number is 250-564-3345.


Coming Soon

14th Annual Spruce Credit Union Kids’ Fun Triathlon, PrinceGeorge happens July 27th. Register children by calling250-562-5415. As the title sponsor, Spruce Credit Union staff arelooking forward to running the event.
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Community Garden
Before heading out to the garden centre, plan to attend interestingand useful complimentary information sessions this week at theCommunity Garden, located at 1540 Milburn Avenue. The topic forWednesday July 23 at 7 p.m. is beneficial insects. Learn how toattract and shelter the bugs which can help the gardener and how todeter the pests. On Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. learn about someof the common herbs and their healing capabilities. Participantswill help prepare a salve and get to take some home.


Fall Yarns

Already in stock at Darlene’s Yarns & Handwovens are thenew-style yarns featured for fall. They’re finer weights ofnatural fibres in natural shades and hand-painted vibrant tones.Very special is a 100 per cent cashmere lace-weight yarn and a 100per cent super wash wool also in lace weight. The new shipment ofNoro yarns from Japan arrived with a price break courtesy of astrong Canadian dollar. Mirasol yarns are sumptuous and soft blendsof merino, alpaca and silk. This fair trade company ensures that aportion of sales is returned to support schools and health carecentres for shepherd families in Peru. Find out more about that at www.mirasolperu.com . Shop hours are Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and onSaturdays from 8 a.m. (to coincide with opening of theFarmers’ Market) until 2 p.m. Call 250-563-7872 to check stockor get assistance with knitting.


Successful BMO Kidz Art Dayz

The Two Rivers Gallery is delighted with the overwhelming successof their two day event this month July 11 and 12. Altogether 3,200people came through the gallery which organizers describe as“a magnificent turnout!” Families participated and groupscame together covering age ranges from babies to grandparents. Morethan twenty activities inside and outside the building kepteveryone entertained. Two special highlights were creation of acolourful domed hideout and transformation of the boulevardgreenery into “Wishing Trees” as children recorded theirhopes and dreams along with some quite profound thoughts!

The gallery staff is especially appreciative of the participationby the
Bank of Montreal. Not only did the bank support them financially,many of their staff members and their families came out to helpstaff the activity stations and contributed to making the event funfor everyone.


Quotable Quotations

On inspiration . . .

“To be vital, an organization has to repot itself, startagain, get new ideas, renew itself.” - Jack Welch

“Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want are instructors ineloquence and wisdom.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The engine that drives enterprise is not thrift butprofit.” - John Maynard Keynes

“No sensible decision can be made without taking into accountnot only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.” -Isaac Asimov

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