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April 5, 2012 Volume 11 • Number 14 50¢ Newsstand Price
INSIDE
To knit or not to knit... what a stupid question
electrictree yarns
Clean up with KamClean Week – page 2
ALSO
Open late Fridays
Get ready for the 14th Annual Wine Festival! – page 5
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YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD. YOUR NEWSPAPER.
The little note that grew and grew Have you ever encountered a kind word or a beautiful gesture that changed the course of your day? There is beauty all around us; it is in the sun that shines down upon us, the smiles of the pedestrians that pass you by, the words of encouragement by a co-worker, the loving gaze of a child, the leniency of a bylaw officer… beauty is all around us, all you have to do is capture it. There is almost no one that knows this better than Christina Grono, owner and operator of The Art We Are Art Gallery and Tea Joint. Christina with all of her spirit has built her business on love; the love of art, love of people and love of life. You can feel her spirit in everything that The Art We Are does and now that spirit has grown and evolved so much that it is giving back. The spirit in question comes in the form of loving, inspirational and encouraging notes that have found themselves in the wall at The Art We Are. Anyone who has been in The Art We Are lately may have noticed the hundreds upon hundreds of little notes tucked into the brick wall. Started by patron Heidi Ferber just about a year ago, the notes have taken off
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Heidi Ferber has a look at one of the notes in the wall at The Art We Are.
much to everyone’s surprise. “I had come to The Art We Are to write,” explains Heidi, on the origin of the notes. “I observed people and started to ask them what The Art We Are meant to
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them. They agreed with me that The Art We Are is a safe place where people are accepted for whom they are. You can come and shake hands and talk with no worries. Everyone with their
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perfect imperfections like this brick wall. One day I wrote something on a piece of paper, stuck it in the wall and left.” That’s when spirit and love – continued on page 2 229 Victoria Street 250-372-3565 449 Tranquille Road 250-376-0058 Royal Inland Hospital (Front Entrance) FoRmERly Cowboy CoFFEE