STEINBACH, MB

Mennonite couples across southern Manitoba are planning to celebrate Valentine’s Day the only way they know how: by playing Scrabble.

“It’ll be nice to have some time to ourselves for once. We’ve sent the kids to Grandma Unger’s,” said Samantha Unger. “Finally we’ll get a chance to brush up on our Scrabble skills. I think it’s been three months since we last played.”

Samantha and her husband Paul, both in their mid-thirties, have not had much time alone since the kids arrived, but once a year they make sure to clear their schedules and haul out the Scrabble board.

“Paul is cooking me dinner – frozen perogies I believe – then we’re going to settle down by the fire and spell words,” explained Samantha. “With all that spelling and dictionary-reading, it’ll be just like we’re

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