Tag: connections
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Get crafty with candles
Dave Stedman got into trouble when he tried to make his first candle at age 10; he spilled wax all over the kitchen. Years later, he’s a candle-maker by trade, having turned a hobby into a career after receiving a candle-making kit one Christmas. “We just started messing around with it. We made some candles…
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Video game review: ‘Crosswords DS’
“Crosswords DS” Platform: Nintendo DS Style: single-player puzzle Publisher: Nintendo”Crosswords DS” offers hand-held entertainment for adults and older kids. The game has more than a thousand crossword puzzles, plus anagrams and word searches. Use the Nintendo DS stylus like a pencil to write in crossword answers in the squares on your screen.The game is pretty…
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Video game review: ‘Tetris Party’
“TETRIS PARTY” Platform: Wii (only available by download through the Wii Shop Channel)Style: one- to four-player puzzle (up to five players in Wi-Fi Battle)Publishers: Hudson Soft and Tetris OnlineWeb site: www.tetrisparty.com/uk_enSince downloading “Tetris Party” to my Nintendo Wii for $12, I have been playing it so much that I see colorful blocks as I’m drifting…
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Ways to include kids in the March madness
It’s that time of year again: March Madness. The men’s and women’s college basketball championships began today, and that means 129 teams will play 127 games in the next three weeks to crown two national champions. It’s heaven for the serious hoops fan. But kids can’t watch all those games. If they did, they wouldn’t…
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Library district, local teens partner to produce comic book
The Pikes Peak Library District has teamed up with local teens to create and publish their own comic book, titled “Another Life.” The book, a combination of color and black and white, is a compilation of teens’ sketches and comic book tales, ranging from the action-packed, manga-style “Daiyu: The Ultimate Ninja of Suzon” to the…