The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

J Wï, J VJ :-5>/ vrfyV t4il{w un ii s Md y V' v> Ml -X.^ Êj&Mi , h ? i $mmiï f V:'< Wednesday, May 6, 1998 COMMUNITY CALENDAR • LIFESTYLES • SPORTS • COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENCE • TV LISTINGS A WATCHED POT -- Warner Fchn was one of the volunteers at a food booth during Saturday's Maple Festival. Waffles, doughnuts and baked beans with maple syrup flavoring were among the delicacies on the menu. The booth was sponsored by Tyrone Mill. FLAPJACKS -- Of course, no maple festival would be complete without pancakes; sausages swimming in lots of maple syrup. Here, Dave Tillcock presides over one of the flapjack griddles. " ******--■ | TRAFFIC-STOPPER -- Temperance St., north and south of King St., was closed for-- the Maple Festival, allowing everybody to stroll unimpeded among the displays of OB _ îendo C rs raftS ^ This , view from the north end of the street shows the antique MAPLE MUSIC- Members Vt'he X^entrik Dixie Band entertained at the corner of King Street and Temperance' . ' ■ all Saturday morning. 1 X ' Welcome to the Kinsmen Home Show From barbecues and bathtubs, to windows and whirlpools. It was all here under one big arena roof for the 12th annual Kinsmen Home Show. Organizers were expecting upwards of 7,000 people to come through the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, May 1 - 3, where 120 vendors vendors were selling everything anyone could imagine to turn a house into a dream home. Aubrey Reese, of the Bowmanville Kinsmen, says the Home Show has grown into one of Clarington's best- attended events since the club first hosted it at the Darlington Arena in 1987. The idea was first put forward by members of the old Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce and the Kinsmen Club as a way to boost the local economy. "We decided Bowmanville needed some sort of show to promote business and the community," says Reese. Excellent attendance and enthusiastic enthusiastic vendors arc proof the show continues continues to deliver. On display this year was a full range of products and service for use in and around the home. These included: siding, siding, furniture, flooring, riding tractors, wooden decks, satellite TV, vacuum systems, real estate services and much more. Bowmanville resident Alison Fitzgerald was among the hundreds who attended the show opening Friday night. She and her husband were on the lookout for air conditioning, possibly a fireplace, and other ideas for their home. They weren't disappointed. "This is a nice place to find things. We've seen some pretty good deals." Show-goers pick up ideas at every booth, along with brochures and business business cards. Lisa and Ian Andrews, owners of Orono-based Greenwood Interlock, have sold patio stones and landscaping services at the Bowmanville Kinsmen Home show for the past eight years. "We wouldn't miss the Bowmanville show," says Lisa, "even with this being our busiest season, We'll get two months' work' out of it," ShC Scwing S 'machine dealer Cheryl HIGH-TECH STITCHES - Cheryl Wray wowed Wray is another loyal vendor, back this folks with her high-tech Pfaff sewing machine which, ™£ o S £ year for her third time. Even if she she says, can be hooked up to your home computer to g d "^Lve stumbled onS a mettî?onvi.icin B y ;ales Continued on page 12 embroider any design you care to download. £ £ ju st s t " ere ° P y convincin S sa,cs MAKING A SPLASH -- Kathleen and Emily Fitzgerald of Bowmanville liked this portable spa at The Comfort Shoppe booth.