ATTENTION PARENTS! Youth Art and Culture in Kaslo is here for 7-12 year olds. Learn how to prepare a delicious, healthy snack using local and affordable ingredients with Christina Esposto. Build kitchen and cooking skills for the future while having fun making food. At the end of the class, we enjoy the creations! Wednesday, Nov. 27, 3-4:30pm at JVH. Free for ages 7-12, registration required. To register or for more info phone 250-353-7691, extn#207 or elisashine@nklcss.org. Program made possible by the Province of BC and Columbia Basin Trust.

IS GETTING YOUR CHILD TO SLEEP A NIGHTMARE? Join Sierra Dante, child sleep specialist, at Redfish Parent and Child Time, Friday, Nov. 29, 9:30-11:45am. Sierra, a mother of three, considers good sleep as important as love and nutrition to children’s health. Free! Come with your questions! More information jpoetsch@cbal.org, 250-229-2167. Offered by Kootenay Lake Family Network, Redfish School and CBAL. Like us on Facebook: Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy Kaslo/Balfour.

JUMP UP YOUR JACKPOT: Tuesdays only at Chances Castlegar. For more details please see our display advertisement in this issue of Pennywise.

KASLO & AREA D GREAT GIFT GIVEAWAY! $1500 in prizes to be awarded Dec. 14. Thank you for supporting our Choose Local campaign. Merry Christmas!

LIGHT UP STORYTIME AND CRAFTING at the Kaslo & District Public Library. Come to the library on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 4-5pm for festive holiday stories and crafting. We will have cookies and hot apple cider. Children can enter the draw to win a special holiday themed book. Thank you to the Village of Kaslo and RDCK for your generous support of library programming.

NOVEMBER IS FOOD FOR FINES MONTH at the Kaslo & District Public Library. Bring a non-perishable food donation and your overdue fines will be wiped clean. Food is accepted for Kaslo fines only, not for lost item costs or fines from other libraries. All donations will go to the Kaslo Food Hub. Donation wish list includes: Canned goods (especially protein), nut and seed butters, alternative and powdered milk, bulk goods (nuts, seeds, grains, dried fruit, bean mix), pasta, cooking oil, fruit juice. No outdated, opened or homemade items will be accepted.

THE OLD TYME COUNTRY BAND RETURNS to the Argenta Hall, Thursday Nov. 21 and the Langham in Kaslo Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 & 23 with a star studded cast of local singers and musicians. Tickets on sale at Sunnyside Naturals and Willow Home Boutique for the History of Country Music Part 7.

TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE VIGIL: To commemorate the lives of all transgender people who have died due to violence and anti-transgender bigotry. Nov. 20, 5:45pm, United Church, 809 Merry Creek Rd, Castlegar. Join us before the vigil at 5pm for a free community meal of meat/vegetable chili and buns, hosted by the UnChurch.

WARM WORDS FOR A COLD NIGHT: Esteemed Nelson author Ernest Hekkanen launches his newest novel, and Selkirk College instructor Josh Massey reads from his work, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7:30pm, Oxygen Art Centre, 320 Vernon St (alley entrance), Nelson. Admission by donation. More info: www.oxygenartcentre.org

CASTLEGAR CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR AT THE COMPLEX: Sunday, Dec. 1, 10am-4pm, $2 at the door, kids 12 & under, free.

DID YOU KNOW that we offer e-Subscriptions of the Pennywise? Yes we do - delivered to your email weekly. You can receive your fresh copy, Monday afternoon. Consider this... you will save 20 pieces of paper, every single week when you read your paper online! That is 1000 pages a year!! Sign up today, and we’ll get you started right away! Questions? Call 1-800-663-4619, Kaslo.

THIRD ANNUAL VISAC POTTERY CLUB CHRISTMAS SALE: Friday, Nov. 22, 12-7pm and Saturday, Nov. 23, 10am-2pm. Tons of beautiful locally handmade pottery, cash only please. 1501 Cedar Ave, Downtown Trail, lower level, in the VISAC Gallery. www.visacgallery.com