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swjx jeremy brown teams up with artist tb regular listeners of toronto radio station cfrb hes the host of the saturday morning weekend gourmet spot as well as being that stations theatre critic lb victims of parkinsons disease diabetes and bladder cancer hes a source of inspiration a man who has proven if s possible to live a normal life after being afoicted by all three feared foes within a span of 18 months just a few years ago but thats just the tip of the ice berg for jeremy brown the good wood area career broadcasterwriter with the inexhaustible appetite for creative endeavors jeremy is a fer vent believer in the entrepreneurial spirit he spends much of his time these days encouraging or mentor ing as it has become known among corporate types people whose fledgling enterprises lack only that first vital connection to get them on their way with a personal inventory of almost 500 success stories he is usually able to arrange that all important initial introduction or even line up a much needed backer but while jeremy thrives on con tributing towards the ascent of untried entrepreneurs he still finds time between broadcast assign ments to dabble in his own ven tures sitting over coffee around his work cluttered dining room table the other day he handed me a book on which he collaborated just over a decade ago entitled markets of ontario a living tradition it is a collection of drawing and paintings along with accompanying histories of 20 of ontarios more noteworthy country markets the art work is that of hans zan der a canadian artist of east ger man descent zander immersed himself for a twoyear period in markets ranging from the quintessential st lawrence market in toronto right through the tnlson- burg tobacco auction of course the stoufrville sales barn is included also thrown in for purposes of con trast is the busiest auction house in canada the toronto stock exchange jeremy wisely bought the rights to all 20 of zanders carefully crafted depictions a year after the book was published he had 150 num bered and signed copies of the tse painting made up he offered them for sale for 150 apiece and found they were eagerly received ten years later he is attempting another foray into the field of limit ed edition prints this time he has selected zanders unique and inspired portrayal of the annual elmira maple syrup festival the festival emerged in 1965 after the demise of the elmira pig fair begun by the mennonites of that area back in 1865 rather than attempt to cap ture the festival itself with its streets jammed with visitors looking to celebrate the annual early spring tradition zander went to the source of it all ending up at a tiny sugar shack to the west of town his paint ing captures the timelessness of the annual ritual of maple sap collec tion the rustic shack sits in front of a strand of maple trees steam from the wood fired evaporator pouring out an upper ventwindow a red coated man is entering the shack carrying two buckets of sap which has been drawn from the time worn containers hooked up to the spiles advertising correction eatons spring 2faswon appearing in this paper wednesday march 9 1994 page 4 hollywood basic blues jeans not as illustrated inadvertently the errors listed appeared in our advertising we sincerely regret any inconvenience or confusion to our customers eatons rom where i live bruce stapley that allow the sap to drain from the trees jeremy has had 300 copies made up he has waited for sap sea son to arrive and now plans to make his prints available at local galleries he is looking to approach the authorities at braces mul which is currently holding its month long cel ebration of the collection of maple sap he hopes they will see fit to include several of the prints among the maple syrup products offered for sale in their own sugar shack he thinks the painting will appeal to those who love to revel in the her itage and traditions of institutions that are so much a part of the cana dian psyche he said the original fetched 2000 when auctioned at a fundraiser for a private school in the area recently for like jeremy brown himself the painting of the sugar shack has an appeal that must be seen to be appreciated dr michael pollak dos general cosmetic dentistry special interest in cosmetic dentistry bleaching bonding implants porcelain veneers emergency care general dentistry childrens dentistry convenient location extended hours sunldstpiaza hwy 48 16th ave markham 4722454 free dental consultation a i