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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2005 THE NEW TANNER 11 INDAY MAY 8 | emotes ) | Your oti¢ stop party store Helium Balloons, Pre-Made Loot Bags etc "Local merchants' gift guide So it's the first full week of May, and you know what that means. That's right! This Sunday, May 8 is Mother's Day. Inside our pags of the annual Mother's Day Section we have a wide selection of great gift ideas for your mom from local area merchants as well as some letters from some of our local kids to their moms. Stumped finding a suitable Mother's Day gift? It's almost another FEMALE GIFT GIVERS a beauty > Flowers 48 percent products Se a es kota Clothing 28 percent Home-related 17 percent 8 De eas Cosmetics, 20 percent items year, a sweater the year Books 17 percent before. Maybe you'll MALE GIFT GIVERS just give her another Flowers 52 percent fragrance. She won't Clothing 23-percent remember that you gave Foodinins -/ Ipervent ee Books 18 percent her the same thing last Home-related 16 percent year, right? items The Mother's Day gift-giving game is played year in and year out by gift givers across the country. Accord- ing to a recent survey of 1,000 online shop- pers an online shopping search engine, almost half of respondents re- port that they will be buying a gift for Moth- er's Day. More than 80 percent will pur- chase gifts for their own mother while 28 percent _ will buy something for their mother-in-law. Since so many will be buying Mother's Day . gifts this year, look to these gift givers as a re- _ source to get your own gift ideas. According to the survey, the top gifts mom will get this year are: This holiday only comes once each year. That's why you. don't want to blow it by giving Mom a less-than-spec- tacular gift. My Cottage Dream 44 Eastern Ave. ( Across from the Old Hide House (519) 853-0092 Hours: "3, Thursday 12noon-8p.m. Friday 10a.m.-8p.m. ee Saturday 10a.m.-6p.m. Sunday 10a.m.-6p.m. « Gifts > Bed - Bath - Home Decor wu) Gift Certificates Available Congratulations to | Joey Gallant, Sammy McCarthy, Amanda McCrae, Ashley Wilde, all of Robert Little School and Marco Pejic & Colin Masse of St. Joseph School. They are the lucky winners of the Acton BIA Mother's Day Letter writing contest. Happy Mother's Day toall Moms in Acton and surrounding areas from the Acton Downtown Merchants. A special thank you to the following businesses who generously donated the prizes: Andy's Family Restaurant, Blue Springs Spa, 'Profile Hair Salon, 'Top Nails, Bronze 'Salon, Blooms Away Flower Shop-and Silvercreek Spa Don't forget to... GET * UP! & GET » DOWN to ACTON DOWNTOWN and find that special something for mom this weekend. www.aowntownac