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Dollarama recalls butterfl y-shaped LED lights

A NEW LOOK. An artist’s rendidtion of what Red Beard Roasters will

look like after undergoing reno changes.

Dollarama has issued a recall on a set of its LED lights due to a fire

hazard.

This recall covers LED lights in the shape of butterflies with product

code 14-3032472 and Universal Product Code (UPC) 667888173877.

The product is made up of 10 multi-coloured plastic butterflies (pink,

blue, yellow and green) strung along a 2.1-m cord (7 feet). The prod-

uct operates on two AA electric batteries, which are not included.

The lights can spark or catch fire when the batteries are inserted or

while the lights are in use.

Five incidents in which the products produced sparks or caught fire

have been reported to Dollarama.

Health Canada has not received any reports of consumer incidents

or injuries related to the use of these LED lights.

Approximately 19,836 of the lights were sold at Dollarama locations

across Canada in February and March.

Customers should stop using the lights immediately and return them

to the store for a refund; a receipt is not necessary for the refund.

Please note: under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act,

recalled products cannot be redistributed, sold or even given away

in Canada.

For more information, consumers may contact Dollarama by tele-

phone at 1-888-755-1006 ext. 1000 or by email on the Dollarama

website under the heading “Contact Us.”

North Shore coffee shop set for changes

RECALLED. These LED

lights in the shape of butter-

fl ies were sold in Dollarama

stores across Canada in Feb-

ruary and March. They have

been recalled due to fi re haz-

ard concerns healthycanadians.gc.ca photo

Red Beard Roasters on Tranquille Road is well known for its coffee,

but in the coming weeks it will be transforming itself into a trendy

craft beer café. The renovations will also allow for a full menu of food

items, as well as a bike rack outside that will fi t up to 50 bicycles.

“This is a way for me to bring in some of the beers I want to drink and

put them on tap,” stated Red Beard Roasters Coffee House co-own-

er, Mitchell Forgie. “So we’re going to refl ect that in our beer menu.

There’s going to be 10 draft taps that are going to change all the time.”

The cafe will still serve its coffee, but with ten new craft brews on

tap, customers will be able to select from a range of local and interna-

tional fl avours.

“We are going to start with a 10 per cent imperial stout . . . and an

award-winning nine per cent imperial beer,” Forgie related. “We’re

going to take Kamloops beer to the next level.”

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I’m sure I’m not the only one

that had a day that seemed like it

just wasn’t ending – when from

the crack of dawn to sunset (in

spring/summer months), you’re

running around crazy. Add kids

to the mix and the chaos expo-

nentially multiplies. I had such a

day, this week.

At the crack of dawn, I wake

up to get ready for work. Some-

times, I am rushing. Sometimes,

I get to relax and enjoy breakfast

with the kids. But, most morn-

ings, I am rushing, while the

kids are hanging off me, want-

ing some time with me before I

leave for work – which includes

getting Aubrielle dressed, her

hair done, ensuring the kids have

their lunches and snacks ready to

go (made the night before), and

watching my kids eat breakfast

(that they prepared) – as I buzz

around the kitchen gathering my

lunch (also made the night be-

fore) and trying to make a quick

shake before I run out the door.

And it’s not even 7 a.m. yet.

Work is work – and I love it.

But, by the time 4 p.m. comes, I

look forward to my drive home to

mentally relax – and crash.

But it’s Tuesday, and Aubrielle

has ballet. My husband is work-

ing at night (this week) and I have

to pick up the kids from daycare,

rush to ballet and change Aubri-

elle in the bathroom where she

refuses to go pee fi rst before I put

on her tights and tutu. I walked

out of the bathroom, leaving her

there – until she came screaming

after me. She changed, and went

to class – while I tried to make

small talk with other ballet moms

(but really hoping to catch a 10

minute nap), and Zachary played

his video games or read a book (I

wasn’t paying attention).

The coffee I had at 3 p.m. wore

off hours ago, and I decided, be-

ing an Airmiles junkie, that I had

to run to Safeway for 20 times

the Airmiles – even though I had

done my shopping for the week.

Aubrielle was tired and whiny,

and so was Zachary.

Lizsa Bibeau

Mommyisms

Working mom blues

A DAY IN THE LIFE

see page 3

HoroscopesMay 19 - May 25, 2014

There can be a turning point with regard to someone else. You may discover that both of you have felt under the infl uence of the other. They may be prepared to be more generous than you expect. What-ever the circumstances, there’ll be a sense of relief for you; toning down any rebelliousness you’ve felt in dealing with this.

There are either things that can’t be explained or there’s a need to be careful about what you have to say. If you’ve been asked to keep a secret, ensure you do or it may cause you problems. It’s time to move forward with anything you’ve been procrastinating about with health routines – diet or more exercise.

Any sense of being held back should cease, opening life up to en-joyable activities. Don’t be tempted to spend money too freely, par-ticularly when it comes to dipping into money required for practical things that need to be paid on a regular basis. Pleasant surprises can come through involvement with friends or a group of people.

You can start to make progress with anything you’ve been trying to get in place since Dec. – March. The more you can enjoy the commitment you need to make, the greater will be your success & progress. Luck comes through being serious & hard-working, not just by waiting.

You can sense that things are becoming more stable, even though nothing is obvious yet. You begin to feel more certain of mind or more sure of decisions you need to make. Don’t let activity with friends over the next month distract you from situations you should remain focussed upon.

Question obligations that may be expected of you. This may test your resolve to keep your own thoughts or decisions on track. Oth-ers will pursue what suits them best – they’re not considering the effect on you. Pay attention & you may fi nd you’ll have a turn-around in relation to focussing on the things you value most.

You begin a new 2-year cycle that you thought was taking place late last year. The frustrations & diffi culties that have plagued you since early March are turning around. You’ve been through the worst. Now you need to focus on how you plan to move forward. Steadily work on what suits you from now – late July.

You’ll have greater confi dence when it comes to pursuing future goals. In some ways you may feel you’ve worked on something long enough & now have to let it develop, as it will. There can still be unknown elements to late July but the hold-ups have gone, al-lowing greater progress. Patience will eventually pay off.

Another level of activity involving others will begin to kick in – decide how much distraction you’re willing to accept when it comes to your own priorities. You may also realise how this has become a pattern of late & that it’s time you took a different path – prepare yourself for greater future commitments.

Much can expand or go ahead when it comes to approval, accep-tance or response from others. Don’t worry about what doesn’t get done at home as a result. There can be more for you to handle than can be easily managed, mainly because you’ve got used to a cer-tain slowness of late – that’s now changing.

It’ll become easier to focus on future possibilities mainly through eliminating those things you may not have been realistic about in the past. Much of this can occur because you know you’re not in-terested in being bogged down with too much detail. You’ve got enough responsibility without adding extra loads.

Being able to do your own thing will be paramount. This doesn’t necessarily mean spending a lot of money. You may realise certain pleasures won’t produce the personal satisfaction you’re seeking. Apply a logical viewpoint to what you want from the future; com-bining the knowledge of what you know can bring pleasure.

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The trip to the grocery store had

me gripping the shopping cart –

white-knuckled – as I reminded

myself that I loved my children

and I wasn’t going to just walk

out and leave them there. After

the fi fth time of telling at Zach-

ary to stay away from Aubrielle

(while she is in the buggy) be-

cause she will whine, scream,

and/or kick him if he gets too

close to her, Zachary (the older

child that should know better,

especially when he knows Mom-

my is about to lose it) grumpily

talked back to me stating, “Fine!”

– continued to stomp away to the

other end of the aisle and hollered

back, “Is this far enough away?”

(Inhale… Exhale… you love

your children – and you chose to

go to the grocery store knowing the

time of day, and the exhaustion.)

Finally, we pile into the car as

I start the car and Zachary in-

forms me that I forgot to buckle

in Aubrielle (which never hap-

pens!). They argue over the water

bottle – and hit and scream some

more – and my brain is about to

explode.

I pull into the driveway after 7

p.m. – now over 12 hours after I

left home. The kids haven’t eaten

yet and I walk into a mess that

looks like the dishes have united as

an army and are trying to mutiny!

It’s offi cial. My head has ex-

ploded. But, I gather up all the

shrapnel that is my brain into the

plastic bags I keep picking up all

over the kitchen (yes, I forgot my

cloth bags, too!) – and cook din-

ner, while trying to get the kids

washed up and put their pyjamas

on. My day is not over yet.

The pizza is cooking in the

oven. (Why didn’t I just feed

them cereal?) Zachary is doing

the dishes. I look at the rat’s nest

that is Aubrielle’s hair and realize

that she really needs a bath (but

not tonight!) and she is crying,

whining, squealing and all things

that pierce my eardrums because

– for the love of god! – she can’t

fi x her pyjama shirt that is inside

out. I look at her cross-eyed until

I clued in to what is happening

and she fi nally asks me for help.

The kids eat, the dishes are

done, lunches are packed (or are

they?) – the kids are upstairs in

the beds quietly. Oh wait! I spoke

too soon as screaming ensues

and the kids are running down

the stairs – and I still haven’t had

my pizza and just look at them

and calmly say, “I don’t care. Go

upstairs.” (I think Zachary fi nally

understood what kind of mood I

was in, when I was so frustrated,

that I was calm.)

It’s after 8 p.m. And I forgot

to take Zachary to his new tae-

kwondo scheduled class.

Oh, well. By the time 9 p.m.

came, I was in my pink, fl annel

pyjamas, and trying to dive into

my book – to no avail. I put up

my white fl ag in surrender of the

day and crashed – hard!

The day in the life of a working

mom!

A day in the life of a working mommy

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• GROW YOUR OWN FOOD Tues. & Thurs. 6 – 8 p.m. May 8 –

June 10, at TRU Horticulture House #10 & Greenhouse. Do you want

to grow your own food, but don’t know where to start? Well then,

this is the course for you. Come experience the joy of learning how

to grow your favourite vegetables and herbs under the guidance of

professional gardener & educator Maria Valana. During this 20-hour

course you can expect to learn about garden planning, soil health, seed

starting, transplanting, weed management, watering & organic pest

control. This course is 50 per cent hands-on learning. By the end of

this course you will learn all that is necessary to start, maintain, & eat

from your own garden. E-mail communityu@tru.ca. Cost: $275.

• THE BIG LITTLE SCIENCE CENTRE SPEAKER’S SERIES,

Thurs. May 29, with Karla Hoffman, City of Kamloops Integrated

Pest Management co-ordinator, speaking on Pesticides – The Good

& the Bad. Have a landscape that you can feel good about! Find out

how to water properly for plant health, how to choose the right plant

for the right place & how to nourish your soil. Common practices, pest

problems & treatment options will be discussed. Bring your questions

& curiosity & leave with a gardening gift! Call 250-554-2572.

• KAMLOOPS MINOR FASTBALL REGISTRATION at various

locations throughout the city. Call Vina Neuman, 250-554-2138 or

kmfa2011@yahoo.ca. kamloopsminorfastball.com.

• RUBE BAND practises most Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the Old Yacht Club,

1140 Rivers St. New members welcome. Call Bob Eley, 250-377-3209.

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• KAMLOOPS CENTENNIAL TRACK & FIELD MEET. The

Kamloops Track & Field Club hosts its annual major provincial meet

May 16 – 18 at Hillside Stadium. Weight throws begin on Friday at 4

p.m. All other events begin Saturday at 8:30 a.m. & Sunday at 8 a.m.

Top competitors from across B.C. & Alberta will be competing. The

Centennial Meet is also the Zone 2 Trials for the BC Summer Games,

which will be held July 17 – 17 in Nanaimo, for Midget age athletes.

• AT THE BC WILDLIFE PARK: VICTORIA DAY WEEKEND, May 17

– 19, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Learn about reptiles with the Reptile Guy!

NATURE EXCHANGE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: The theme is “Celebrate

Spring!” for students 5 – 17 years. Submit a printed 5x7 photo by

Fri., June 6, along with the entry form (http://bczoo.org/docs/photo-

contestentryform2014-bcwp.pdf). Call 250-573-3242 ext. 226 or 259.

• ART CONNECTIONS at The Old Courthouse Gallery, May 1 – 31.

A collaborative venture by member artists of the old Courthouse Gal-

lery focusing on spring and Mother’s Day.

• THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTRE, 730 Cotton-

wood Ave. PIE NIGHT, Tues. May 20. Come out & enjoy an evening of

fun & live entertainment. Cost is $3 for a slice of pie & ice cream with

tea or coffee. Phone 250-376-4777.

• The Rotary Club of Kamloops hosts FAMILY DINNERS for fami-

lies at NorKam Secondary school, May 27, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

• Brock Central Lions Club annual COOPERS FOOD LOTTERY.

Eight prizes totalling $2,300 in food certifi cates. Only 4,800 tickets

printed. Tickets are $5/3 from Brock Lions Club members, Coopers

stores or by calling Victor, 250-554-8031.

• UNPLUGGED ACOUSTIC JAM SESSIONS, on the 1st & 3rd

Monday of the month (May 19, June 2 & 16), at the Alano Club, 171

Leigh Rd., 7 – 10 p.m.; hosted by Perry Tucker & the Good Gravy

Band. No cover. All acoustic musicians welcome. Call 250-376-5115.

• GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS meetings Thurs, 10 a.m. at Desert Gar-

dens, 540 Seymour St. Call Wally, 250-679-7877, or Sunny, 250-374-9165.

• Kamloops Seniors Activity Centre hosts BINGO every Tues at the

Brock Seniors Activity Centre, 1800 Tranquille Rd. (by Coopers). Doors:

5 p.m. Games: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. 19+ event; fully licensed concession.

• SABRINA WEEKS AND MIKE HILLIARD will be hosting a

BON VOYAGE PARTY at the rooftop Sessions at the Kamloops Ramada

May 15, 7 p.m. to kick off their cross-country tour.

• BC Living Arts & the Brownstone Restaurant present their third

THEMED DINNER OFFERING: A HILLBILLY BBQ, July 6.

Tickets: $50. Call Alan Corbishley, 250-819-7373, or Connie at the

Brownstone, 118 Victoria St., 250-851-9939.

• BROCK CENTRAL LIONS CLUB meets the 1st & 3rd Wed. of

the month (May 21) at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagles club, 755 Tranquille Rd.

New members always welcome. Call Victor, 250-554-8031.

• KAMLOOPS FARMERS MARKET at the 400-block of Victoria

Street, every Wed. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., May 7 – Oct. 29.

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COUNTRY CROONIN’. Alberta’s Corb Lund gets the audi-

ence hopping with his autobiographical hit “Family Reunion”

during his Spring Thaw Tour concert at the Sagebrush Theatre

Monday evening. Lund, and his band, The Hurtin’ Albertans

played to an enthusiastic, cheering crowd. Judi Dupont photo

• KAMLOOPS SPCA BOOK SALE, May 10 – 17 at Northills.

• KAMLOOPS SECONDARY 20 YEAR REUNION class of 1994

Aug. 16 at the Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre. Tickets

are limited & selling now! Check out kss1994grad.weebly.com for all

the events happening on that weekend and to purchase tickets.

• KAMLOOPS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY meets the 4th Thurs

of each month (May 22) at Heritage House, 100 Lorne St., 7 – 9 p.m.

All welcome. Call 250-372-5679.

• KAMLOOPS QUIT SMOKING support group meets every Thurs

at Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St.

• SHAMBHALA MEDITATION GROUP offers meditation in the

Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Sat drop-in 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Mon

7 – 8:30 p.m.; Thurs 7 – 9 p.m. with available meditation instructions.

433B Lansdowne St. Call Liz, 250-376-4224.

• PERRY TUCKER will perform at the Celista Hall Farmers Mar-

ket every 2nd Wed from July 2 – Sept. 10; market hours 9 a.m. – 1

p.m., music every Wed. 10 a.m. – noon.

• MOUNT PAUL UNITED CHURCH THRIFT SHOP, 140 Labur-

num St., open Tues & Thurs, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

• PERRY TUCKER & THE GOOD GRAVY BAND will perform

at Chances Barside Lounge Fri. July 4, Fri. Nov. 28, 7 – 10 p.m.

• Project X Theatre presents X FEST 2014, at Prince Charles Park,

July 23 – Aug. 9, with two fantastical plays, both adaptations of beloved

children stories, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Last

of the Dragons by Edith Nesbit. Follow Project X Theatre on Twitter

(@projectxtheatre) and Facebook for up-to-the-minute updates.

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AROUND TOWN The KCBIA Spring Festival is back again this year but with

a twist. This year, the streets won’t be blocked off; instead,

the event will focus on fi lling the downtown’s giant sidewalks

& usable public space. This year’s Spring Festival takes place

along Victoria Street, and at Gaglardi Square (on Seymour

Street), from May 22 – 24.

The schedule of events is as follows:

• Thurs. May 22: Culture Me Crazy. Live mini murals, live

chalk art, TRU, BC Hydro, music, singing bowl meditation,

KAC Culture Crawl, pop up art gallery & Body Beautiful

special event. These featured events are only the start of the

fun on Thursday. Watch for outdoor retail, fun & interactive

booths, merchant activities, store promos, entertainment &

more throughout the downtown core!

• Fri. May 23: Flower Friday. Pop up picnic at Library Plaza,

food truck, Kamloops Museum, TRU, BC Hydro, pop up art

gallery, outdoor yoga, meditation, live mini murals, entertain-

ment, chalk art & music. Flower Friday is back! Downtown

streets will be lined with $5 bouquets of fl owers.

• Sat. May 24: Fun Day, Sun(ny) Day! Children’s activities,

street performer workshop, 4Cats public participation mural,

entertainment, outdoor yoga, meditation, drop-in drum circle,

Blazers, KAG Art on the Street, performance stage, & more.

There will be lots of entertainment & things to do at Gaglar-

di Park (St. Andrews on the Square), Blenz Plaza, TD Bank

Plaza, Library Plaza, Andres Business Plaza & along the 400

block Victoria Street.

KCBIA Spring Festival

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