Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2005
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Video teaches kids how to stay safe around animals
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Did you know that every year more than 4 million people in the United States are bitten by dogs, and that most victims are children younger than 13?
The one-hour program, suitable for ages 5 to adults, will be at 3:30 p.m. in the library's Children's Area.
For more information, call the library at 733-8488.
Ursula Fischer has taught knitting, cross stitch, stitchery, needlepoint and crocheting for decades, as well as selling yarn.
Fischer offers instruction at $6 for a single day, or $20 for a month (knitters can drop by as often as they want). The shop is open four hours a day, five days a week.
Call 949-8900.
"I got Oliver five months ago as a gift from my fiance. He's my baby; he even looks like me. Can he do tricks? Well, right now I'm teaching him to fetch a tissue when I sneeze."
Nicollette Sheridan | on her white golden retriever, in April's InStyle magazine.
The Hawaiian Humane Society is scheduled to present "Dogs, Cats and Kids," an award-winning video that teaches children how to stay safe around animals, today at the Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library. Admission is free.
Learn knitting with the help of an expert
Linda Reibman called in to say there's a great place to learn to knit: Needle Arts, a shop at 1717 Kalakaua Ave., which offers individual instruction on site. Reibman, a frequent visitor to the Islands who lives in Seattle, said she's spent days holed up there, working on knitting projects.
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