Newhoffes are focus Of BY Mark Reesor There's free admission, free draws, free mini-seminars -- even free lunch - at the Oshawa- Durham Home Buiders' Associa- Mardi mansen Irs row 8 p.m. Friday night As you menmber tam fast weekthe cottage liai beenftoee shut Iby piles af snow shoveled tram fie roof and tie air was blue and flot just tram the coki. We evetuijy gained enbance and the codage was sf111 freezinig when Wendy «M thfe tiiree wardis guarmlled Io make any wfnter wekend complet.: "We need water.w And soloweoftiy mae my way clon ta tie W 'km. clutchlng a couple of bucket, a flashllght and an axe. As. fils was lb be the perfée weelcnd exerlen e e was rm sign of amy moonlight, Just f#e stars. the bitlrg wlnd and Ofi mpenelrable doek Underneefi nV feet lay more #mai24 Inches(Who, caeabout cenlimetres) of solld be. W lak, wtiich ln July appears like a parad"s, now resembled fie Southi Pole aid I was'beUinnlng b feel ike crmeof fie fmerbers of the Scoat expedition who knew fiut the end was oea Mmhreemany ways ta chap hales ln the lS, a gas-powered auger or a duksmbeing mytMo favourites. But 1 do nocemmennd wielding an axe i orie hand wth fie flashlight ln I#m other. No, not a good iea. 1 quickly decidied thatkeepig bath rny fke Intact had a hlgher pWoty thon Lciary. Sa I1sartled chopplng away ln the dark. l'di chap for a couple' ai minutes. clou I#m lce, peer afet ha le whlch; kept getting wkldf nat amy deeper and tOn swing f"eaxe. As I chopped. I kept wondlng jQst how long 'It would tWie'b ê"veIbothnearee lmo Af In. about 30 minutes of #18 W3sflatl must benew lhe bottxofm- felaka d f#atdmwhale thkmg wn lozen lhrough Mien fie oevaky aoedved in fie form ,cf nv brothw-ln-aw and my nephews Alan, my brotho-br-law, plcked t the oaue trn m rrwchled fingers, - tMoe ad water paured through. "At Ieast you loosened it for me," he dead-* panned. Once again theaiIr ned #Matstange Nue colour. To make fie evenlng perfect aller m brougit Up the wate.,1 went out b cut some more waad. On the secondi log fie axe hancle shattered. Perfecton, lm tperléfeo. We went b bed with-Sarà h t.ling- us hmw fils was like fie Laura ingals bock The Long Wlner and "asry-l so excdrg Iobe alvng Just Ike in'the alden days?- The next momlng was slgnlficandy bote. The cottage was aimost warm. I carba loaleci by eatlng afrnost hait cf one of Trudys (aur local generai stare) fanous Chelsea buns. We shovelodc off fie lake, aid ail of us traaped clown for a skate after. breakfast.It ,male -evyýtt*mg torm of t.achleg himlm b ia' fie greatest of ail card ganes... eudre. Now fitha le a mainext year heo can châp tfiewatorh. tion's (ODHBA) flrst annual home and product show. More than 28 exhibitors, in- cluding builders from Pickering to Courtice, will be manning booths at thé show to be presen- ted from 9 a.m. te 5 p.m. on Saturday March 23 at Genéral, Sikorski htall on Stevenson Road, north of Taunton Road, *in Osh- awa. The évent differs ftrm home shows because it focuses on new homes and ia net à "renovation show,» says ODHBA president Ron Robinson. "If youýre looking at buyine rather than going site te site, it s aIl in one location. You go in, you go around the booths one time and see what everybody has te offer (and) where they're building and pick what yeu're looking for... "Then you can go te a specific site and see a model home you're interested in.» Durham home builders will be ahowing what they have te offer and, suppliera will aise be on hand te show off thefr wares, ho says, for those people interested ini gardening or landscaping, for example. Eight mini-seminars are being offered, with tepioe such as in- sulating a home te, R2000 stan- dards, what te, look for when buying a now home, and the ina and outs cf financing. Canadian Mortgage -and Houa- ing- Corporation (CMHC) ropire- sentatives will -also be doing a presentation and will have litera- turo available. First-time home buyers --or even those considerinig making the transition from renting te buying -- are especially welcome at the show, Robinson says. T'he industry has been focusing recently on first-tizne buyers, hie saYs, and many buildera are pro- moting amnaller houses on smal- Whltby Free Pross, Wednesday, March 20.1996 Page 15 hawa ter lotis te keýep pricea down. 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