Shootin' the Breeze – Aug. 15, 2012

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Jaxon Shenton watches closely in the mirror as teacher Laura Heine applies gauze strips to his face – a step in mask-making – during one of the kids’ summer arts and crafts classes held last week in Pincher Creek. Sharon Polski, Allied Arts administrator, says the program has been well received. There are just a few days left to catch some fun; the classes end next Wednesday. See story on page 8.

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My Little Corner

By Shannon Robin Are you still in touch with childhood friends?

Growing up, we moved frequently as my dad was transferred from place to place while working his way through the ranks in the newspaper business.

Eventually we wound up in my parents’ hometown of Nipawin, Sask., and beat our record of three years in one place.

I was in Grade 5 then and wasn’t pleased with the turn of events. I was old enough to have made friends where we were living, and the thought of starting again at a new school in a new town wasn’t overly appealing.

The friends I made in Nipawin, though, are friends I’ve kept for life.

I was lucky to make friends easily and to get along with almost everyone. I’ve kept in touch with many of my classmates, and did so long before Facebook made it an easy thing to do.

Facebook offers a way to stay connected that I appreciate, but it’s not the real deal for making or maintaining relationships.

The very best friendships are the ones that stay fresh regardless of the time that passes between visits; when it seems like no time at all has passed since the conversation last left off.

As I’m writing this week’s editorial I’m getting ready to make a trip home to Saskatchewan for a family visit and to get together with my “soul sisters.”

It sounds silly, I know, but the name sums up friendships that have endured more than 30 years and have a long life ahead of them yet.

Our annual ladies’ weekend is something the six of us look forward to all year. These two days are filled with laughter and love, and we all go home recharged and ready to take on the world again.

We’ve been known to don silly hats and to do silly things, and there’s never any sort of planned agenda.

There are always tears. Sometimes there are tears of heartache that need to be shared, but most of them are tears wiped away when we can’t stop laughing.

We laugh until our faces feel distorted and our sides hurt. Then we laugh some more.

We do take care where we get together and try not to disturb anyone, and we’re always much quieter the second night as we’ve usually laughed ourselves hoarse.

Husbands, kids and animals are not invited, though the party has been crashed on a few occasions.

Often only five of us are able to attend, as one friend lives in Whitehorse and isn’t always able to come. We always touch base with her, usually with a late night phone call.

We’re six lifelong friends. We’ve seen each other’s worst moments and finest hours, and have been there for each other regardless of the situation.

We all have other friends outside of this group, but the strength of this bond is one that can’t be beat and one that pulls us back together year after year.

Our first night together is always the best.

The drinks, laughter and tears all flow freely as we catch up and reminisce.

Marcy and I were the first to meet, way back in Grade 5, and we’re always the last to finally quit catching up and call it a night.

The time flies by, and the weekend never seems to be long enough.

I know many of you can relate to this kind of bond, and hope you’ve also had the opportunity to refresh your soul with the gift of friendship this summer.

Cheers to my soul sisters, and to you and yours.

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The Breeze Mailbox Take a Book, Leave a Book Did you know that over 40 per cent of Canadians are being held back by their low literacy skills? Can you imagine struggling with reading signs, maps, prescriptions or reading your child a story?

International Literacy Day is Wednesday, Sept. 8. To celebrate and raise awareness, the Pincher Creek Adult Learning Council and Read/Write Literacy Program in partnership with P.C. Library and Friends of the Library, P.C. Parent Link Centre, P.C. Family Resource Society and Brighter Futures is launching the Take a Book, Leave a Book bin project.

Throughout Pincher Creek and surrounding area, bins will be available in public places where community members are welcome to enjoy a book at that location, or to take it home, to the park or wherever they would like to take the time to read. You can also take a book for a friend or family member. The bins have a wide variety of books for different ages and reading levels.

Books can be returned to any of following Take a Book, Leave a Book bin locations: Pincher Creek Recreation Centre, Pincher Creek Golf Clubhouse, Group Group Youth, Adult Learning (Co-op Mall), Napi Friendship Centre, Beaver Mines Store or the Waterton post office. A big thank you to these businesses and organizations for supporting literacy in our community.

If you are a business or organization that would like to have a book bin at your location, or if you have any gently-loved books you would like to donate to the project, please contact Monica Sczyrba-Davis at the Adult Learning and Read/Write Program office at 403-627-4478.

If you or someone you know struggles with literacy and/or math skills or English as a second language, encourage them to get free confidential help by calling Monica or Shelley at 403-627-4478. Our new literacy brochure will be arriving in your mailbox this September with more details about our programming in Pincher Creek. If you would like to help someone improve their language skills and be a volunteer tutor (we’ll train you!), call us at 403-627-4478 or email us at pinchercreekalc@gmail.com. Imagine the difference you could make in someone’s life!

This is a project of Pincher Creek Community Adult Learning Council and Read/ Write Literacy Program which is located in P.C. Campus at the Co-op Mall. For more information, please visit us at pincherlearn.ca or on facebook.

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Pinch me, I must be dreaming!

By Katrina Holoboff Every morning I wake up and, initially, nothing feels different. But then it hits me: I’m in Brazil!

For so many months I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. It didn’t matter how many Rotary orientations or conferences I went to, I couldn’t get it through my thick skull.

Now I’m here, and everything is so real and even more amazing than I could have imagined.

I guess I’ll tell my story starting at the start, and going to where I am right now. That seems like the best way to try to encompass all the things that have happened since Oct. 31 of 2011.

Halloween was a good day for me. I’d handed in my exchange application to the Rotary Club of Pincher Creek and found out, to my surprise, I was the only applicant and I would be going on exchange.

I couldn’t believe I was the only applicant!

A year abroad was mine for the taking, and there was no way I was letting this opportunity go to waste.

I’ll skip a few months of utter disbelief and take my story to the end of January.

All the exchange students from Rotary District 5360 had an orientation in Calgary to have the final interview for exchange. They asked us a few questions, such as: How would

you portray Canada? What is your relationship like with your family? How will you handle homesickness?

The final question was the one we all had no troubles answering: Where would you like to go on exchange?

To keep my explanation as short and sweet as possible, at first I chose Brazil simply because that was the country my father couldn’t stop raving about. “Brazil would be so cool!” he would always say.

I would have gone anywhere and had a happy heart, but once I researched Brazil and talked to returned exchange students I had no doubt in my mind that it was where I wanted to go.

And, by some miracle, that is where Rotary decided to send me. When I received the call a week later, my knees began to shake and all I could do was say thank you and hang up the phone before proceeding to practically bounce up the stairs in excitement.

Now, we jump another couple of months to March. Another orientation meeting! Basically, we talked about visas, travel insurance, vaccinations – and I got to spend time with other exchange students!

All we could talk about was exchange: our countries, cities, trips, host families (if we knew them). It was a new experience being around people who were about to embark on the best experience of their lives, and know

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that you were about to do the exact same thing.

Jump once again to July 24, 2012. My visa was back, I had travel insurance, I was immune to pretty much everything thanks to vaccinations, and my flights were booked for July 29.

The best part? I hadn’t started packing yet!

So for the next week I tried to balance family, friends and packing as I desperately tried not to panic at the fact that I was leaving in less than a week.

By that time, I had started worrying less about how much I would like Brazil, and more about everything that could possibly go wrong on my way there.

In case you don’t know me very well, I have a very creative imagination. So, needless to say, that’s what I was panicking about. But, the good news is I made it here safe and sound, and love it!

Every exchange student will talk about how amazing the food is, but I dare all of them to come to Brazil. Everything tastes good.

I’ve been here eight days, and I can’t get enough of everything. The people are so friendly, the food is delicious, my school is beautiful, my host family is the best. I could stay here for the rest of my life!

Mind you, the driving here is crazy and Portuguese is anything but easy, but everything has its pros and cons.

I’ve been keeping a blog, not only to keep my family in the loop, but to have something to look back on as time passes to remember all the good things that happened.

Everyone should check it out! www.brazilianviolet.blogspot.ca. It goes into a lot more detail about what has happened since I got to Brazil.

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Violinist expands her repertoire

After an eight-day, intensive training course in Edmonton this summer, local violinist Shelly Groves is now a certified Suzuki teacher.

Already a well-trained professional musician, Shelly feels Dr. Suzuki’s method provides a unique avenue for helping children and their families, as well as providing opportunities for her own growth as a musician, teacher and parent.

Born and raised in Crowsnest Pass, Shelly began

her violin studies with Cathy Amundsen. She played with the Mountain Fiddlers and C.N.P. Symphony, and was a competitor in the music festival each year.

In pursuit of an undergraduate degree in music performance, Shelly moved to Medicine Hat, Calgary and Toronto.

Two years ago, she and husband Tynan moved to Coleman to raise their kids in a community where they can get to know their grandparents and

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Local musician and teacher Shelly Groves recently completed training to teach the Suzuki violin program. Five-year-old daughter Sophia, right, is Shelly’s youngest student.

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Both Tynan and Shelly are performers and teachers, and Shelly’s Suzuki training will complement the offerings of their studio.

After the Second World War, Shinichi Suzuki applied the basic principles of childhood language acquisition to the study of the violin, and called his method the mother-tongue approach.

These principles include parental involvement, early beginnings, active listening, constant repetition, positive encouragement, a social environment, graded repertoire and delayed reading.

Dr. Suzuki firmly believed that musical talent is not inborn, and that with proper training, anybody can develop musical ability.

“I’ve seen the amazing potential of using this kind of environment first-hand in my own studio, at the Alberta Summer Suzuki Institute, as well as in parenting my three young children,” says Shelly.

“The goal of musical training isn’t necessarily to create future musicians, but simply for the enjoyment of music, and hopefully to contribute something beautiful to the world.”

Offering private instruction in guitar, electric bass, banjo, mandolin, lap steel, violin, and viola, Groves Music is pleased to announce the addition of group lessons for music theory as well as Suzuki violin, for ages three and up.

A Suzuki parents’ information session is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the art gallery in Frank. For more information, please visit www.grovesmusic.ca, or phone 403-563-2003.

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Let’s go to the rodeo!

Photo courtesy of Willie Chorney

From 2 to 92 Not many families can invite five generations to dinner! Willie Chorney shared this family photo. Clockwise from top left are Willie, her daughter Darcey Chorney, granddaughter Brandy Maciborksy with great-granddaughter Brynn Marie Whitby, and mother Olive Oggelsby.

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The Pincher Creek Pro Rodeo kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday afternoon with a great lineup of events.

The team roping jackpot starts at 5 p.m.

Thursday, and a sponsor appreciation supper starts at 6 p.m.

Janet Watmough, president of the Pincher Creek and District Ag Society, says there are about 80 sponsors who are a large part of running a successful pro rodeo each year.

Gymkhana events will begin Friday morning at 10 and run until about 2 p.m.

You’ll have the chance to watch future cowboys and cowgirls as young as four compete in keyhole and barrel racing events, along with command classes.

There could be egg races or toilet paper races – you just don’t know what kind of fun there will be to see!

“It’s really neat to watch all the kids,” Janet says. “The parents help the littlest ones around the barrels and it’s just a lot of fun.”

The pro rodeo runs Friday starting at 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Events include bareback, saddle bronc, tiedown roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, team roping and bull riding. There will also be boys’ steer riding and novice bareback events.

Watch for local favourites Dustin Flundra, Bobby Peters, Nina Smith and Randy Smith of Pincher Creek; Otys Little Mustache of Brocket; Cole Rutledge and Steve Rutledge of Cowley; K’s Thompson

and Kyle Thompson of Lundbreck.

“For a small-town pro rodeo, we’re very proud of what we do,” Janet says.

“It goes smoothly and we’ve got some good, top cowboys coming out. I think it’s a good time, and hope people will come out to watch because it’s a nice family event.”

Saturday morning, after treating yourself to pancakes served by the local Rotary club at the provincial building parking lot, you can watch the diamond anniversary parade make its way down Main Street at 11 a.m.

New this year are the cluck-cluck-runchicken-run races, to be held in the beer gardens Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. This event should be entertaining!

You bring your own chicken, which gets harnessed to a wagon to see if it can go the distance!

With the exception of the parade and pancake breakfast, all events are held on the Pincher Creek and District Ag Society grounds. Watch for signs from Main Street if you don’t know the way.

For entertainment, the beer gardens are open every day, Niki Flundra will perform with her horses during intermissions, there will be kids’ calf scrambles Saturday and Sunday, and a cabaret with Lori Kole Friday and Saturday nights.

On Sunday, you can take in cowboy church and the crowning of Miss Rodeo Pincher Creek.

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The naming ceremony recognized Christy’s work in hosting Blackfoot Days at Waterton Lakes National Park last week. Over 300 artists, performers, visitors and community members participated in the festival. The event provided the opportunity for park visitors to experience Blackfoot culture in a park setting and honours the long-standing relationship between Parks Canada and the Blackfoot people.

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Mark Your Calendar Events and Entertainment - Full details are available in the STB online calendar – www.shootinthebreeze.ca Wednesday, August 15 – NAPI theatre camp - 9 a.m. at Friendship Centre in Pincher Creek – Parent Link Out & About - 10 a.m. at the museum in Pincher Creek – C.N.P. indoor playground - 9:30 a.m. at MDM Community Centre in Bellevue – Children’s summer art program classes Tuesday through Friday at Lebel Mansion in Pincher Creek – TOPS meeting - 6 p.m. at Bellecrest Seniors Centre – Foothills Duplicate Bridge Club - 5:30 p.m. at Fred Huddlestun Senior Citizen Centre in Pincher Creek – Misguided Hikes - 8 p.m. at Falls Theatre in Waterton – Look, See, Play! - 2 p.m. at kitchen shelter in Waterton – Family-friendly Geocache 101 - 10 a.m. at the Heritage Centre in Waterton – Through Ancient Eyes - 9 a.m. at the pullout on north side of Red Rock Parkway in Waterton – International Peace Park hike - 10 a.m. at Bertha Lake trail head in Waterton – Evening theatre programs - 8 p.m. at Falls & Crandell theatres in Waterton Thursday, August 16 – Pincher Creek Pro-Rodeo – Team roping jackpot - 5 p.m. at ag grounds in Pincher Creek – Beef on a bun - 6 p.m. at ag grounds in Pincher Creek – Youth Employment Services business bake sale in Pincher Creek – NAPI theatre camp - 10 a.m. at Friendship Centre in Pincher Creek – NHL celebrity game - 7:30 p.m. at Crowsnest Sports Complex in Coleman – Children’s summer art program classes Tuesday through Friday at Lebel Mansion in Pincher Creek – Children’s summer art program - 1 p.m. at C.N.P. Public Art Gallery in Frank – C.N.P. indoor playground - 9:30 a.m. at MDM Community Centre in Bellevue – TOPS meeting - 6:30 p.m. at the Anglican Church in Pincher Creek – Rotary luncheon - 11:45 a.m. at Heritage Inn in Pincher Creek – Ladies golf - 8:45 a.m. at the golf

course in Pincher Creek – Look, See, Play! - 2 p.m. at kitchen shelter in Waterton – Blackfoot crafts & stories - 10 a.m. at Crandell Mountain campground in Waterton – Evening theatre programs - 8 p.m. at Falls & Crandell theatres in Waterton Friday, August 17 – NAPI pancake breakfast - 8 a.m. at Friendship Centre in Pincher Creek – Gymkhana outdoor arena - 10 a.m. at ag grounds in Pincher Creek – Pioneer Farmers Market - 11 a.m. at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village in Pincher Creek – Pro Rodeo - Tough Enough to Wear Pink - 7 p.m. at ag grounds in Pincher Creek; intermission: Niki Flundra – Live music by Lori Kole cabaret at Horseshoe Pavilion - 9 p.m. in Pincher Creek – Children’s summer art program - 1 p.m. at C.N.P. Public Art Gallery in Frank – Mike Verhage presents A Mouth Full of Dirt: Monitoring Mineral Licks in the Southwestern Alberta Rockies - 9 p.m. at Beauvais Lake Provincial Park – Children’s summer art program classes Tuesday through Friday at Lebel Mansion in Pincher Creek – Bear Safety Brush-up - 9:30 a.m. at Falls Theatre in Waterton – Through Ancient Eyes - 9 a.m. at the pullout on north side of Red Rock Parkway in Waterton – Bertha Falls walk - 2 p.m. at Bertha Lake trail head in Waterton – Evening theatre program - 8 p.m. at Falls Theatre in Waterton Saturday, August 18 – Rotary $3 breakfast - 8 a.m. at the provincial building parking lot in Pincher Creek – Diamond Anniversary Parade down Main Street - 11 a.m. in Pincher Creek – Grilled hamburgers after the parade – Legion parking lot in Pincher Creek – Beef on a bun after the parade - noon at Ranchland Mall – Cluck-cluck run-chicken-run races 12:30 p.m. at the ag grounds in Pincher Creek – Pro Rodeo - 2 p.m. at ag grounds

in Pincher Creek - intermission: Niki Flundra and kids’ calf scramble – Live music by Lori Kole cabaret at Horseshoe Pavilion - 9 p.m. in Pincher Creek – Meat draws – 1:30 p.m. at the Legion in Pincher Creek (steaks to win for every draw until 5 p.m.)

– Afternoon jam session open to all at the Legion in Pincher Creek – Farmers market - 9 a.m. at United Church parking lot in Nanton – Blakiston Falls walk - 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. at Red Rock Canyon in Waterton – Cameron lakeshore stroll - 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. at Cameron Lake in Waterton – Summit Lake hike - 10 a.m. at Cameron Lake in Waterton – International Peace Park hike - 10 a.m. at Bertha Lake trail head in Waterton – Evening theatre programs - 8 p.m. at Falls & Crandell theatres in Waterton Sunday, August 19 – Rodeo slack - 9 a.m. at ag grounds in Pincher Creek – Cowboy church - 11:30 a.m. in ag grandstand in Pincher Creek – Cluck-cluck run-chicken-run races 12:30 p.m. at the ag grounds in Pincher Creek – Pro Rodeo - 2 p.m. at ag grounds in Pincher Creek - intermission: Niki Flundra, kids’ calf scramble, ag society volunteer award and crowning of Miss & Miss Teen Rodeo 2012 – Bear Safety Brush-up - 9:30 a.m. at Crandell Theatre in Waterton – Blakiston Falls walk - 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. at Red Rock Canyon in Waterton – Cameron lakeshore stroll - 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. at Cameron Lake in Waterton – Evening theatre programs - 8 p.m. at Falls & Crandell theatres in Waterton

Monday, August 20 – Free swimming - 7 p.m. at Pincher Creek pool, sponsored by NAPI Friendship Centre – C.N.P. indoor playground - 9:30 a.m. at MDM Community Centre in Bellevue – Summit Lake hike - 10 a.m. at Cameron Lake in Waterton – Evening theatre programs - 8 p.m. at Falls & Crandell theatres in Waterton

Tuesday, August 21 – Fun Texas hold ’em poker - 6:30 p.m. at the Legion in Pincher Creek – Turtle Mountain Riding Club - 1 p.m. in Crowsnest Pass – ASIST workshop (pre-register) at NAPI Friendship Centre in Pincher Creek – Drop-in beach volleyball - 7 p.m. at Juan Teran Park in Pincher Creek – C.N.P. indoor playground - 9:30 a.m. at MDM Community Centre in Bellevue – Children’s summer art program classes Tuesday through Friday at Lebel Mansion in Pincher Creek – Misguided Hikes - 8 p.m. at Crandell Theatre in Waterton – Blackfoot crafts & stories - 10 a.m. at Crandell Mountain campground in Waterton – SOS, Butterfly in Distress! - 2 p.m. near Alpine Stables in Waterton – Bertha Falls walk - 2 p.m. at Bertha Lake trail head in Waterton – Evening theatre programs - 8 p.m. at Falls & Crandell Theatres in Waterton Wednesday, August 22 – ASIST workshop (pre-register) at NAPI Friendship Centre in Pincher Creek – C.N.P. indoor playground - 9:30 a.m. at MDM Community Centre in Bellevue – Children’s summer art program (final day) at Lebel Mansion in Pincher Creek – TOPS meeting - 6 p.m. at Bellecrest Seniors Centre – Foothills Duplicate Bridge Club - 5:30 p.m. at Fred Huddlestun Senior Citizen Centre in Pincher Creek – Misguided Hikes - 8 p.m. at Falls Theatre in Waterton – Look, See, Play! - 2 p.m. at kitchen shelter in Waterton – Family-friendly Geocache 101 - 10 a.m. at the Heritage Centre in Waterton – Through Ancient Eyes - 9 a.m. at the pullout on north side of Red Rock Parkway in Waterton – International Peace Park hike - 10 a.m. at Bertha Lake trail head in Waterton – Evening theatre programs - 8 p.m. at Falls & Crandell Theatres in Waterton

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Unmasking some fun

By Brenda Shenton The Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek website says, “We make art happen in Pincher Creek.”

Mission accomplished.

Judging from the reactions of participants in last week’s Making Masks art class for kids, there was fun as well as learning to be found in the classroom.

Raxen Panchal says he participated in the mask class because “I just like making stuff.”

Another student, Jaxon Shenton, says, “I like to paint.”

Both went home from the two-hour session with their completed masks (paint drying time needed), a paper face collage, and big smiles on their faces.

Laura Heine, teacher for the mask class, says she teaches summer classes because “they are super fun. Kids come with so much energy.”

She says the shaving cream art class this year had 18 students and she “had a room full of happy kids.”

Laura has been the art teacher at Matthew Halton High School in Pincher Creek since 2009.

Another instructor for the summer classes is Jaime Reeve, art teacher at Horace Allen School in Coleman.

The classes are for ages five to eight in the morning, and ages eight and up in the afternoon. Cost is $6 per child for each class. There are only a few chances left to catch the summer program, which ends next Wednesday.

Amy Bonertz is the Allied Arts summer student who helps the teachers with the kids’ art program. She says of her role, “I love drawing and art. It’s pretty cool to teach the young ones and assist Laura.” She may have been inspired by her Grade 9 art teacher, none other than Laura.

The kids’ summer arts and crafts program has been running since the beginning of July and Sharon Polski, Allied Arts administrator, says, “This year has been a great success.”

The Friday after-school kids’ art program (for ages five to 12) begins in September, with classes from 2 to 4 p.m. covering a wide variety of subjects.

The Allied Arts Council offers these classes with funding from Pincher Creek Family and Community Support Services.

For more information, call the office at 403-627-5272 or visit www.pincherarts.com.

Photo by Brenda Shenton

Raxen Panchal, left, and Jaxon Shenton proudly display their finished masks after taking part in a kids’ art class last week.

Raxen has been a frequent participant in the summer program and says his favourite class was Matisse Meets Calder, taught by Jaime Reeve, art teacher at Horace Allen School in Coleman.

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by Lara Spencer (Abrams Books, $24.95) Reviewed by Rose M. Croke Lara Spencer, former host of “Antiques Roadshow,” tells readers how she regularly scours local flea markets, estate sales and thrift shops, and transforms her secondhand finds into first-class design elements and conversation pieces.

Although Spencer co-anchored “Good Morning America,” this book is about her other life as an interior designer and antiques dealer. The only mention of a celebrity is the foreword by comedienne Kathy Griffin, whose home Spencer decorated with furniture pieces she found at flea markets, estate sales, auctions, thrift shops and on eBay. When she was a young girl, Spencer’s mother would take her “sale-ing” every weekend. That spelling is intentional, since yard “sale-ing” didn’t require a boat, only a car with enough space to haul their prized secondhand finds home. In

fact, the book’s title comes from the bumper sticker on her mother’s station wagon: “I Brake for Yard Sales.”

Spencer advises not to approach decorating too seriously. “Figure out what makes you happy and go for it,” she affirms. Stunning beforeand-after photographs provide step-by-step advice on what to look for while shopping and how to get high style for low prices by using the three R’s of decorating on a budget: Rescue, Recycle and Reinvent.

Would you ever think of using a vinyl shower curtain to reupholster the fabric on your kitchen chairs?

Spencer did, and the results were ingenious and super thrifty.

Spencer has a keen eye for finding diamonds in the rough. In fact, she used to frequent the Salvation Army thrift shop in New York City. Her persistence paid off when she discovered a pair of authentic numbered Picasso lithographs priced for just $35!

Readers might not be so lucky in their own treasure hunts, but “I Brake for Yard Sales” will supply valuable information, ideas and inspiration on creating personal spaces that reflect the people, places and things they love without breaking the bank. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

1. Is the book of Merab in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. Who does Paul call “our dear friend, the doctor” in Colossians 4? Jesus, Mark, Luke, Asa 3. Jesus was about how much younger than John the Baptist? 12 days, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years 4. David captured the fortress associated with which mountain? Zion, Nepal, Rahab, Carmel 5. James and John were called Boanerges, meaning “Sons of ” what? Israel, Bethel, Thunder, Hadad 6. From Genesis 24 who was the mate of Rebekah? Adam, Joseph, Aaron, Isaac ANSWERS: 1) Neither; 2) Luke; 3) 6 months; 4) Zion; 5) Thunder; 6) Isaac Wilson Casey’s new book, “Firsts: Origins of Everyday Things That Changed the World,” is available from Alpha/Penguin publishing. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

By Steve Becker DIABOLICAL DEFENSE This deal occurred in the Vanderbilt Teams some years ago. South got to four hearts doubled on the bidding shown, and West led a diamond, won

by East with the queen. East shifted to a trump, on which South played the nine. West could have taken the trick with the ten, but, in an effort to mislead declarer, he won the nine with the queen.

The benefit of West’s clever play could be seen by what happened next. After ruffing West’s diamond return, South played a low trump, expecting to find the suit divided 3-2. In that case, he would have gone down only one.

But West won the second trump lead with the ten and cashed his A-K, extracting all of declarer’s remaining trumps. East had discarded three spades as the trumps were played, so when West next led a diamond,

East was able to score four diamonds before conceding the last three tricks.

Declarer thus lost five diamonds as well as four trump tricks to finish down six for a loss of 1,700 points!

South would, of course, have done much better had he not fallen into the trap so artfully laid by West. Had he not led another trump, he would have gone down two instead of six, losing only 500 points.

Note that West’s fine play of winning the nine of trumps with the queen had everything to gain and nothing to lose. He realized that his queen play might induce declarer to expect a 3-2 trump division, and he also knew that his four natural trump tricks would remain intact even if South avoided further trump leads. West’s attempted deception was surely not profound, but it was extraordinarily effective. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc..

PHOTO: Jessica Clark Q: I am so bummed that “Unforgettable” was canceled. I love Poppy Montgomery in just about everything she’s in! Any chance we can convince CBS to bring it back? -- Britney F., via email A: In a rare turnabout, CBS recently decided to un-cancel the procedural drama, which stars Poppy and former “Nip/Tuck” star Dylan Walsh. After the May cancellation, the series was being shopped around to other networks, including TNT and Lifetime, when CBS decided to give it another go. “Unforgettable” will return with 13 all-new episodes in summer 2013. *** Q: Earlier this year, I read about a man who allegedly killed his wife while scuba diving on their honeymoon in Australia. Then I believe I saw an interview with Harvey Keitel, and it was mentioned that he’s starring in a movie about the woman’s death. Is that true? If so, when will it come to theaters? -- David W. in Alabama A: Mr. Keitel is indeed starring as Tommy Thomas, the father of Tina Watson, whose suspicious scuba-diving fatality made headlines all over the world when her husband was ac-

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It also was tough keeping her role as Lilith a secret from family and friends: “It was something the show wanted to keep under wraps, because it’s been building all season. Part of the fun and the mystery of ‘True Blood’ is that you’re never quite sure what’s going to happen. So, I couldn’t tell anybody.” *** Q: Since they wrapped up the Rosie Larsen murder on “The Killing,” will it be back for another season? -- Ron A., Bangor, Maine A: It saddens me to report that AMC has decided not to pick up “The Killing” for a third season. At least we found out who killed Rosie Larsen.

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steel needles for Victrolas. Contact him at 6006 Excelsior Blvd., St. Louis Park, MN 55416; info@needledoctor. com; and 800-229-0644. *** Q: I have a 12-volume set of Winston’s Cumulative Encyclopedia, published in 1918. Whom can I contact to determine how much it is worth?

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