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Progressive Euchre Evening, Oakville Senior Citizens Centre, 263 Kerr St., 7 p.m. Cost $2 which includes refreshments and cash prizes. Couples South Peel Naturalist‘s Club meets, 8 p.m., Church of St. Bride, Clarkson Road. New memers welcome. Information: $49â€"6462. Update to Kathy Yanchus, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. LGK 384; or call the Update Mailbox at 845â€"5585, box 5440 or Fax 845â€"3085 BEFORE NOON WEDNESDAY to be included. Items are published at no charge. However, priority is given to local nonâ€"profit events. Dr. John N. Gladstone, Minister Emeritus of Yorkmister Park Baptist Church in Toronto guest speaker at Walton Memorial United Church, 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. Everyone welâ€" come. Information: §27â€"1643. Next, get that professionally designed "For Sale" sign up as soon as possible. If people driving through your area don‘t see that 24â€"hour "silent salesman" on your front lawn, how are they to know you‘re serious about selling? Your neighbours will certainly know in very short order that your home is for sale, ‘cause we‘re gonna tell ‘em‘! Through phone calls in and around your _ neighbourhood, _ extensive _ and expensive mail and media campaigns, even thorough doorâ€"toâ€"door direct marketing, a great number of potential buyers will be aware of your intentions to sell. Just as a side note, a "professionally designed" For Sale sign can rarely be bought at the local card shop or hardware store. Now your property has been given the benefits of exposure to hundreds of sales representatives _ through the Multiple Listing Service of your local Real Estate Board. It‘s now time to make your property easy to show by those sales reps. Insist that your representative install a lock box; a secure key receptacle that can only be accessed by authorized representatives. In that manner, you need not be interrupted at work to allow access to your home in the middle of the day. Also make allowances in your evening and weekend schedules for showings to those outâ€"ofâ€"town buyers who Just aren‘t available "... between 9 and 5, Monday to Friday only. Now these are just some of the events that occur on your behalf outside your home. What about inside your property? What can you, the serious vendor, do to assist in the effective marketing of your home? How about some of the following 15 points: OK, now what do you do? Presuming you‘re serious about offering your home for sale, there are a few things you must do to â€"successfully realize your marketing goals. Congratulations! After days of agonizing soul searching, consulting with everyone from the neighbourhood "expert" to your motherâ€"inâ€"law, and finally getting â€" the blessing of your entire family, you and your spouse have decided you want to sell the family home. First, foremost and, without question, the most important factor to successful selling e 2 T + : is in choosing a reliable, repulable real estate company to professionally represent you in your efforts. Please forward announcements for So you‘ve decided to sell your home ... now what? MONDAY FEB 21 Dan Cooper is an awardâ€"winning associate broker with Countrywide Town Centre Realty Inc..and can be reached at 338â€"6550, 15. Should I remove any item â€" the prospective purchaser may mistakenly think is included in the asking price? 12. Should I touch up or â€"finish _ any cabinets that require it? 13. Should I store any excess furniture elsewhere to make a room less cluttered? 14. Should I remove any clothes from closets to make them less cluttered? 11. Should I remove anything in the kitchen cupboards tomake them less cluttered? 10. Are all the appliances clean and in good working order? Should I include them in the asking price? 9. Does the broadloom require cleariing or replacing? 8. Are all the pets under control at all times during showings? 7. What â€" are the â€" purchasers‘ first impressions of the interior of my home? What can I do to improve it? 3. Does the home or any part of it need painting? 6. Should I prepare a list of all the things my family and I like about the home and the neighbourhood? 4. Should I replace the door mats with the new ones that are neutral? 5. Do all the windows work well, are the screens free of holes? 2. Shall I reseed the lawn and get the landscaping in shape? 1. What _ are the _ purchasers‘ first impressions of the exterior of my home? What can I do to improve it? Canadian Legion (Branch 114) holds Bingo, Mayfair Bingo Hall, 483 Speers Rd.12:30 p.m. Proceeds to charity. and singles welcome. Information: 845â€" 8141. PuUpD Bronte Legion ladies auxiliary Budds‘ leases start at $399 per month, for 48 months, $3,999 down + Freight PDE taxes (Branch 486) holds Bingo, Mayfair Bingo Hall, Speers Road, 6:30 p.m.Proceeds to charitable, community and religious organizations. The Lowville Project, a group of seniors and empty nesters planning a â€"BUT YOUu‘LL HAVE Lots OF FUN MAKING THINES WITH THIS NICE SET _ rural, nonâ€"profit, supportive housing community, run by residents, meet 2 p.m., Lowville United Church, comner of Ladies Neighborhood Coffee Hour, Guelph Line and Britannia Road, Calvary Baptist Church, 1215 Burlington. Financing. Everyone welâ€" Lakeshore Rd. W., 9:30 to 11 a.m. come. Info or transit: 335â€"2203. (See Update page 19) ‘Kepungs ‘puayeap by Steve Nease 190,