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10-mhe Canadlan Champion, Frtday, Mas-ch 7, 2003 Tost and aire in every second Fr1. issue. nateShockcure Ne iiyher Income? Not Willing to take a lot of Risk? Have No Control Over Your Portfolio? This Portfolio is made up of a combination of guaranseed mnvestments and SR I or SR2 rated income trusts. Currently this porifolio yields 6.25%* If you answered YES 50 any of the above questions, please cali us for an appoinsmens. We will describe the portfolio to you and help you deter- mine whether it suits your needs. RBC Milton Office: 905-876-3466 MW Investments Rob Rubino, vice President tnvestmnent Advisor Dominion Securities *There are NO Mutuai Funds or managed proucts in tis portfolio. *Rates subject to change. Baaed on a minimum $50,000 portfolio. *A portion of the. portfolio la made up of income trusts. *SR1 sud SR2 are the 2 hlghest rates isaued by Standard & Poors rating service. -RBC Dominion Stoniies tat. i a membnrompany unlerRBC Invstentsm. RBC Dominion Securiies lm.i and Roiyal Batik tf Canaoda a nparate corptirooateeiiies mhch tre affilitted. Invsoment Adouaoen are employees of RBC Domiin Secuimnes toc. Membre CIPF. Tmdemaek of Royal Baniktf Canaida. ROC Invenîmens ia registiered teademoek tif Royal Banik of Caniada. OCtipynght 2003 Ail igltis reeed. Photo bY GRAHAM PAINE Seniors' centre coolcboolc commtt members from loft, Roger V.nham, Kathleen Blnch and Misie MacKay package hundrodu of cookbooks ready for mailing. ýCookbook orders comning in from across Canada; recipes ail down to earth BY STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion Apinch of fame, a smattering of fun and a dash of hard work, ail mixed liber- ally witb optirnism. As the folks at the Milton Seniors' Activity Centre have dis- covered, this is the recipe for a deliciously successful cookbook. And nobody is more delighsed by the accidentai dsscovery of this for- mula than Maisie MacKay, chair- person of the cookbook comnùmisee. About a year ago, Ms MacKay had thse idea of taking a long held dreamn of hers and tumning it into a reality, with the proceeds going to the Milton Seniors' Activity Centre. A cookbook. 15 seemned like a fea- sible idea, and members of thse acsivisy centre could contribute recipes of their own. Little did Ms MacKay know that the cookbooks would be such a success that people ail across Canada would be requesting them. After printing off 1,500 cookbooks and selling the majority, the orders are stili streamning in. And the latest shipment of books gives every indication it will be sold out as fast as the ones before. "The books camne out sat May and we sold the tirst lot in one month,' Ms MacKay said. The cookbook, put togesher by a teamn of about live. or six people from thse seniors' centre, is titIed Timeless Treasures' Cookbook and includes family favourites submit- ted by thse seniors as the centre. Recipes use common household ingredients. ',They're ail down to cartit," Ms MacKay said. "People have the ingrediens in their houses, so they dont have to go out." Recipes mun the gamut from appesizers to main dishes to desserts - theres even a recipe for elephant stew, adding a touch of humour. After Ms MacKay gos the idea for the book, she ran it by thse cen- tres advisoty board and received permission. "From there it took off," se said. Members of the seniors' £entre, as well as locai business, sponsored Use projecs. Afser 900 books were printed, one of Use centres members sent a letter describing te cookbook to Good Times magazine, a seniors' lifestyle publication. The magazine s-an a small article on the cook- books in its edition last monUs, prompting cross country orders - and Use need to have 600 more books prinsed. The furthest requess yet is from the Yukon. "We've gotten orders in from al over Canada - ifs unreai. 1 canst believe it," Ms MacKay said. Its 50 nice gesting letters from differ- ens provinces from people giving their support and wishing us well." Last year, Use cookbook raised $6,500. One of thse reasons Ms MacKay said she Uinks Use book is an pop- ular is Usat Use recipes come from seniors. "People know (Use seniors) have tried Uem, and Uey're in use al Use time," she said, adding Usas Use pnice is nighs, too. 'We didn't wans to make it too expensive - we wanted it to be a best-seller." Tammy Corless, who's Use recre- ation supervisor as Use seniors' cen- tre, has been working wiUs Use vol- unteer committee on Use cookbook project. She said when she fis-st iseard Ms MacKay's ides for Use cookbook, sise was a bit concemed because of Use amount of work involved. "But wiUs Maisie as a convener, Usere was no question is would be a success," Ms Corless said. IfthUe best fundraiser we've had isere." Ms MacKay's detenssmnation has been unquencisable, she said. "Maisies Use mos dedicated vol- unteer you could ever flnd. Sises pus ber iseart and soul inso making sure everyone gos Useir cookbooks and gos Usemn on timne." Copies of Use 132-page Timeless Treasures' Cookbook can be picked up from Use seniors' Centre as 500 Childs Dr. for $8. Residents can also mail a ciseque to: Milton Seniors' Activisy Centre, c/o Town of Milton, 43 Brown St., Milton, Ont., L9T 5H2. Copies mailed to customers coss $12 to include ship- ping. For more information, cal the centre as (905) 875-1681.