The youngest girl in the class, Molly Patterson, said that although some of her friends didn't think knitting was cool. it was something she always wanted to do. "It's really cool to do, and you can make a lot of things," said Patterson, nine. "f like to make skirts and clothing and stuff out of it. "Nof many of my friends think it's cool. but I do, so that's good enough." Program teaches the art of knitting Ihnthtued from page 10 Schwartz is hoping to looked like fun whenever hold that interest and my grandmothers would do expand the program in the it." new year. "Hopefully if we The youngest girl in the get a really. good response class, Molly Patterson. said ftom thegids m the program that although some of her right now, maybe wecanget friends didn't think knitting out .ther,e and show people was cool. it was something whatwe're doing and spread she always wanted to do. the word." said Schwartz. The morning started off like any other day that involves preparing the motorhome for travel. We got up early to unhook the water, electric. sewer and satellite dish. We brought in the slide-out room, put non- skid fabric under anything 0th our motorhome Band the car we tow behind it have passed their first Drive Clean tests imposed upon us by the provincial government. The car was easy. We drove it into a testing facility and, in less than 30 minutes, we drove out with certificate in hand. That was last year. This year, the motorhome celebrated its third birthday and we dis- covered that trying to find a testing facility for a 40-foot diesel pusher was not so easy. A quick and easy, no stress recipe The prograG is held every Thursday night at RIM Park, Room 2510, from 6:30- 7:30 pm Anyone interested in the Knit Purl Girl program can contact 747-8505 for details. or 886-3844 to register. We had never seen this man drive a motorhome. With him at the steering wheel, we had visions of all the dishes in our cupboards crashing to the floor. He said that he had driven an 18- wheeler. He also said he owns a sailboat. Our home- on-wheels does not turn corners like a truck or a sail- boat. We did let a stranger behind the wheel, once. He cut a comer too sharply and The owner of the shop must have really wanted to drive our motorhome because he demanded that we give him our keys. The odometer reading on the motorhome was 59.000 kilo- meters. Every one of those kilometers was clocked with one of us behind the wheel. When we said that we were quite capable of driving it, he ordered us off his proper- We parked the motor, home in front of the shop only to find out that it was necessary to take it around the back. This is the point where our day took a turn for the worse. that might fall off the coun- ters and checked to ensure that all the kitchen drawers were closed. At about 8 a.m., we started up the engine to let the air bags fill. We lifted the jacks and drove to our 8:30 a.m appointment. We needed this Drive Clean test to renew our license, so we drove to a large parking lot, parked the motorhome and made sev- eral phone calls. No hours later, we found another place that could accommo- date us They allowed us to drive right into the shop and watch. The following recipe is easy. Anyone can do it. we have a scratch on the motorhome as a souvenir. It is the only scratch we have, we might add. EASY SALMON AND OLIVE PASTA SAIAD (Makes 2 to 3 servings) 2 cups cooked small shell pasta or any cooked leftover pasta 1 tablespoon pickled capers 12 riitted iipe olives- 8 stuffed mamanilla olives 1/3 cup small_cubes of mild cheddar' cheese 1/3 cup light mayonnaise 1 (213 gram) can sockeye salmon Drain the salmon and discard any dark skin. Crumble the salmon into the pasta mixture. V Stir well and serve on a lettuce leaf. Roll tortillas in cigar shapes and serve on the side. Mix pasta, capers, ripe olives, green olives, cheddar cheese cubes and mayon- naise together in a bowl. DENTRAL CLEANING 4"" A ; SYSTEMS LAA, -itgtiqt" A 1“. .r-- -â€â€˜---‘p Leaf lettuce 2 to 3 tortillas CENTRAL CLEANING