In the Community

Dear Tom and Ray: My boyfriend and I disagree on whether to keep the car in the garage. He thinks it cuts down on the life of the car (something about cooling the engine). I think a car lives longer if kept in a garage.

When most people think of the Red Cross, the focus is usually on humanitarian aid during wars, famines and other catastrophic events overseas. But the Red Cross also has an important role in B.C., and in Burnaby specifically.

Question I have an Xmas cactus that is on my front porch facing east. It is covered in heavy bud, but each year when I bring it into the house all the buds fall off.

At the end of It's a Wonderful Life, Zuzu Bailey says, "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!" These days, every time a Christmas song is played, some grownups grit their teeth.

Santa made a special appearance at Lougheed Town Centre recently.

(Warning: The following feature contains explicit sex information and terms.) Yasaman Madanikia is a sex researcher with a bachelor degree in psychology from Simon Fraser University.

I met a gardener once who disliked gnome ornaments. So I was baffled when I toured her garden and spied a gnome peeking out from a thick shrub. When I enquired, she pulled the branches back and revealed three more.

The Burnaby Potters' Guild held its annual show and sale at Capitol Hill hall last Sunday.

Help for seniors in the works There's a new program in the works that will help New Westminster seniors still living at home with some tasks, like light housekeeping, yard work and transportation.