Thank you so much to Home Depot for the generous donation of a whole kitchen unit for our refugee family, which arrived Feb. 28 from Syria! Your very prompt action on this request has given our committee a tremendous lift, and sense of encouragement. The unit has fitted into the kitchen space perfectly, and has provided the storage space and work surface, which was desperately needed. With a family of nine, the kitchen would have been impossible to work in, but now there is ample room, and we expect that the mother will be happy in her domain!    We really appreciate the promptness of Home Depot in arranging this, and a special thank you to kitchen designer Linda, who helped with the choosing of units and accessories. Within one day the units were chosen, adapted, and ready for pickup. Thank you, Linda!    It’s actually amazing to find that a “big box” store has a heart, and a willingness to help with a project like this. So many people in the Valley have given time, money and goods to help these refugees find a new, safe life in Canada, and now your store is added to the list! We hope that your good name will spread! Once again, many thanks from the committee.I was getting really upset at fellow drivers who “dive” into left-hand turns, cutting the corner so much that they barely miss my front left fender. I still am miffed at them for what is so obviously a poor driving technique, and no doubt a reflection of our rush-rush society. However, upon reflection, I realized that I have a bad habit of not stopping at a stop sign or traffic light, but continuing a bit further. That ancient advice about not casting a stone unless you are free from sin comes to mind. I’ll try to practise what I preach. Maybe it will catch on.A shout out to the Without Sugar Shoppe (tucked in beside the liquor store on Cliffe) for carrying, among other fabulous stuff, a rather large selection of Walden Farms zero-calorie products. Calorie-free BBQ sauces, salad dressings, peanut butter, mayonaise, chocolate sauce, marshmallow sauce, etc. — even calorie-free Alfredo and tomato sauce to go with those zero-calorie Shirataki Pasta (Miracle noodles) from Edible Island. Yes, that’s right — zero calories, sweetened with sucralose, and tastes good, too. If you are trying to lose weight this is the way to go. I did and am so impressed with my weight loss that I just want to pass this along. Our city is so lucky to have a store like this.

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