With spring around the corner, it’s time to purge your home of junk.
Vancity’s South Burnaby community branch is hosting a special workshop on de-cluttering your home.
Professional organizers Heather Knittel and Susan Borax will teach people how to gain control of their living spaces in an age of hyper-consumption.
The two aren’t just providing tips on organizing, they are going to the heart of why people collect so much stuff.
The workshop in on Monday, March 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. Register by calling 604-975-3325. The event is free, and the branch is at 5064 Kingsway.
Grammar guru alive and kicking
Somewhere out there, we have a special reader who likes to circle the grammar mistakes in our stories and send us the clippings.
This mystery reader, who has always remained anonymous, will highlight the mistake and add a simple correction.
While some people take grammar to a militant extreme, this person tempers the criticism with care and often decorates the clippings with hearts.
We don’t know who this reader is or whether this reader is male or female, but we’re guessing he/she may be a teacher, or perhaps a retired English professor?
For a long time, no one heard from the grammar guru, and we were worried something may have happened.
A couple of weeks ago, I was pleased to find an envelope in my mailbox with that familiar calligraphy and no return address. I’m happy to report the grammar guru is alive and hopefully well.
For those of you who are curious: the mistake was calling Kinder Morgan’s secondary pipeline route an alternate line, when in fact it should be an alternative line. We checked, and grammar guru was right again!
Thanks grammar guru if you are reading this. Reporters obsess over grammar and spelling, and we really enjoy the letters we’ve received over the years.
Disney dream
The Sunshine Foundation of Canada sent a young girl off to Disney World last month.
The foundation, which grants wishes for kids with severe disabilities or life-threatening illnesses, presented 11-year-old Megan Smith with her dream in January. While Megan lives in Vancouver, the event was held at the Burnaby Winners store. Megan has distal spinal muscular dystrophy, and her dream was to go to Harry Potter Land and Disney World. Her family took the trip in February.
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