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How Many Options Are There In Choosing a Backyard Pool aboul buying a pool but idea the cost Per haps it time to take a second took coal within roach many lies according Canadian Spaand Pool Association CANSPA which estimates that many who buy pools each year earn loss than a yoar And pool ownership Is an invest ment that pays oil by making homo a more Inviting place adding to Its resale value and providing an pool Th bailee c pool starts at 10 000 final cost wilt dopond on its size materials and landscaping required Evon il you high atop deopina valley a small amount of space in which lo build these obstacles con bo overcome Name your oasis a you create lhai reflects and distinct trend pool design is to add natural materials ele ments enhance natural sotting Stones boulders bricks indwood a delightful Challenging silos such as sloping backyards difficult landscaping or limited space shouldn dolor you buying a pool Cliffhanning pool kidneyshaped poolsond above ground pools can handle iho demanding needs And re member pools can bo cuslomlittod lo a lot in almost any shapo you The mple geometric designs that cop lenient the lihes your on compete with landscape laps in the long end while can play and be taught to can Creole your own fantasy by building a freeform pool nth a waterfall churning an ledge d deck spa and barbecue If you do swimming but are short on land small pools are theanswer The long a lap pool is ideal for tight spaces limaymeasuro 10 by and range In Irom three live Croalo a haven entertaining design a pool area that is picturesque Gazebos pits can create total outdoor living area Havo a barbecue on your patio dock Usoyourpool a swim or to enjoy a lato- refreshment Croatoah3von lor your family and friends II your budget is flexible and you do a lot entertaining build an one lo sod hospitality centre Hallows you dlno and loungo without having to run in and out tho house to get your food and beverages Consider equipping your pool area which do BO percent job cleaning a pool heatrotaining pool covers slides whirlpool spas and hot lubs and additional fencing and lundscaping Items Whatever your dream there surely wait for heal ol summer to make your dream true now a tho time lor thinking about hoi days that Me ahead For In nam a CAN SPA In your area contact Canadian Spa and Pool Association 6303 Airport Road Sulla 305 Ontario L4V IfiB or call Toll 2636103 Breakfast The popular North habit skipping breakfast is no levels bloodstream lema require tissue the essential supply performing key roles remains the in meal the day And breakfast will not help in In it may eating later in day irly especially ilwoighl loss eating only day that meal is will Still The Most Important Meal inthodi II the 24hour no id for insulin glucose is stored in adipocytes fat storage cells fat Alter eating only one meal the body still has a considerable need for energy To meet this it lurns than burning tor energy The muscles am needed to burn fat For loss or nutritionally balanced but mcalaareolloctivo In a hot plan thai includes a complete neat replacement eight illy ens saler quality it This column an excerpt Dr Allan Sommenalli recently pub lished book Your Very Good Health li Vice Prei- of S hakim Canada Inc If you would like more Into rma lion about the book nutrition or diet call Shaklee at 18002639138 homes PUBLISHED BY JKDMarkolIng Services lfiKiLonr LSI THE publisher rtqrls any from the area on the front Detail- are avail able through our real estate wo J OPINIONS are publishers or Home Thoughts Most Canadians arc com with the idea of belonging to more than one place Wo are largely a nation who have como parts of country rom so el as im m ig rants or as descendants ol immigrants And wo know what moan3 put down roots and pull up slakes some times again and again course lor soma pooplo attractions of homo overpowering Familiar comforts and surroundings close ness of family and lifelong friends personal memories and shared trad itions combino to fashion unbreak able bonds individual and community bonds which make the idea leaving home all un thinkable But many others among us have grown accustomed to switching our jobs revising our goals changing homo regions In short many used Wo may move in response to a challenge in pursuit an opport unity or in surrender to curiosity lor many of us moving component the Canadian exper ts as we move forward through what we been rollecting on our personal experiences honouring our our traditions That is part Canadian experience their sue wherever they are They remain us lor This is part icularly important lor Canadians be cause history economics technology and a continuing spirit of adventure led so many us to claim association with multiple home towns lam and mes beloved communities that touched us and taught us or perhaps just made us warm and welcome at some point along files way In 1987 Canadians observed the anniversary 1 ha proclamation ol the first Canadran Citizenship Act s progression towards nationhood celebrations wooften described freedom and opportunity that come with Canadian citizenship as being founded sily ily ps moke Canada a mil lions others fur king feel at homo earned British economist Borbar Ward designation as world from Being Canadian by Dave TH BEST mJ PETER OTTAWAEvery generation once its membership gets beyond middle world is going straight to hell a hand basket I try toremomber this ancient truism every time I find myself fondly recalling the good old lays or speculating about awful into which our present policies are taking us But I have to speak sharply to myself or I tend to forgot that good old days werent good as memory suggests and our current situation as bad as it may some- tlmessocm These attempts como biases associated with getting longer In tooth tend to Have you hugged your real estate agentjately thing you cm do sell or hold Most us have lor one reason or another decided to hold That dons not main that we should not be aware of what is going on concerning our investment And make no mis take it Is an investment in nine cases out of ten it is trie biggest investment you II is in your besl to by staying informed Everybody says MY accoun tant MY lawyer MY banker but in most cases here is a lot less money involved and it is not affecting you your family In so many dlffereni ways as own- So By J you fin turn her YOUR agent and per haps over lunch obtnn informa tion and advice thai is certainly worth the price a lunch Planned zoning changes your area recent sales market value your home dis cuss your mortgage changed capital gains tax rules new ser vices in your area Ask himher about leverage real estate Theroisnoendtolt Dont forgo lo ask lo be called when I ha I special deal comes up You donl have to be buying or selling rtghl now to do Ibis and YOUR knows and under stands that but his time is limited tnd the only way he she buying and boiling lor their Clients Perhaps you have- a business lunch where ma in no other field have so many sharp competent ladies risen to posilions prominence It might bo a good idea to take your wile along Come to think they call it family homo lor nothing you know Please share some of your expe riences witb me and send your comments to the publisher of this newspaper I have boen reading a book called Country Life In Canada by a man named Cannilf originally year noth a sing give credit where credit was duo to the postal service tor example In 1930s Mr reports a merchant post ing a from York thai is Toronto could not got a reply Montreal In loss than days or sometimes 15 and Quebec time required was from three weeks to a month It was also To send a miles away cost ha penny or about nine cents Filly years Idler when the posl office had been by young govern Canada same loiter could be Halifax to Van- third whal it cost under British mile journey to them the speed mails by 1BB0 from Kingston say at pm of a Tuesday have it delivered in Mori nesday and Kingston There arc days when many of us would settle lor level service even before ihe trams the 1830s Fronlivotosovendays lor a loiter Toronto to Montreal doesnt sound bad at I when one hundred and years later it can take 10 days for a letter to from Toronto to valley Just I para The RmI Eatate Institute ot Canada Toronto Chapter Blvd West Suite- Toronto Ontario 1A4 416 The Real Estate Institute of Canada rwcognlzi thoM In Industry who M fMd furthsrsd In rtlalsd count tod rigid rquJrmnti hold pedal FR1 CPH ALO CRP CMR and CLP Tin Prof CPM P Property Mansgw LsesJng Officer CrMdn CMR CLP RmI EiM CtrtHM th CwrBfted In Land