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Ge? | NR NEE NEREETAER EE a 19 TYAS Iw [sO 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR REAL ESTATE -- Wednesday, October 10, 1990 Be cautious buying on the spot Shoppers looking for a fair deal at fairgrounds, ex- hibitions -or consumer shows should do some research before buying big- ticket items, experts advise. "Our Consumer Services Bureaus get a lot of com- plaints from people who have signed contracts to buy expensive services or goods at annual fairs and shows," says Carolyn Lentz of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (MCCR). "Of course, there are also many satisfied customers out there we never hear from. Just don't stumble in- to a house-of-consumer- horrors through lack of caution." Salespeople hawking their wares are as much a part of the carnival tradi- tion as merry-go-rounds and, at many fairs today, the sales booths cover as much ground as the mid- way. Consumer shows are geared almost entirely toward promotion and sales. Consumer-oriented ex- hibits such as home, garden and hobby shows attract hundreds of thousands of people, year-round throughout Ontario. Accor- ding to Lentz, many people use these events as oppor- tunities to see a whole range of products under one roof. And that, she says, is a smart way to comparison shop. "If you go to a show with the intention of com- parison shopping and get- ting to know the products or services that are available, I'd say you're making the best use of the event. But, unless you know what prices are like in the Tum to Page 5 Sou niry REALTY LIMITLD 3 985-735 Hwy. 7A & High Street, Port Perry, Ontario OPEN HOUSE Sunday, October 14, 1990 -- 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. ONE OF A KIND - This 4 bedroom contemporary styled Port Perry home is truly a unique property - open concept with large principal room and a gracious entrance foyer : master bedroom features a walkout to private deck - All on a ONE ACRE tree lined lot within walking distance to schools - Asking $379,900.00 - Call 985-7351. Directions: 7A and Simcoe Street - turn south and follow Signs. OPEN HOUSE Sunday, October 14, 1990 -- 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. LOOK! INCREDIBLE PRICE - $179,900 - BEAUTIFUL JACK JACOBSEN BUILT HOME - 3 bedrooms - eat-in kitchen overlooking family room with fireplace and walkout to 80° x 200' lot - Spec- tacular view of lake with access - A Pleasure to Show - Call 985-7351. Directions: Hwy. 7A to Island Rd. - north to 4th Line - turn West and follow signs to Fralick's Beach. TREED 100 x 150' WATERFRONT - Lake Scugog, Starr Beach - clean, hard sand beach - cottage com- pletely renovated and decorated to perfection - boathouse - year round road - on Trent System - $155,900.00 - Call 985-7351. EXCELLENT 2 STOREY BRICK HOME - 3 bedrooms - large kitchen - detached garage - excep- tional, very large, treed lot - Village of Oakwood - $142,500.00 - Call 985-7351. LARGE BUILDING LOT south of Port Perry - 150' x 300° - Permits available - $155,000.00 - Call 985-7351. ONE ACRE BUILDING LOT - REDUCED TO $59,900.00 - high & dry - permits available - country setting - Woodville - Call 985-7351. TAKE ONE - TAKE ALL - 3 wooded lots with privacy settings, access to Lake Scugog. One has insulated cabin, one with spring fed stream from $80,900.00 to $89,900.00 - CALL 985-7351. Cin WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS WATERFRONT HOME! ALDRED'S BEACH - Charming - Im- maculate - landscaped - 2 bedrooms - up-to-date kit- chen - living and dining room combination - sunny family room overlooking lake - Only $182,900.00 - Call 985-7351. PORT PERRY - $144,900.00 - 3 bedroom brick and aluminum semi - large kitchen - walking distance to downtown - Call 985-7351. rd Ee TWO ACRES PLUS - Just north of Port Perry town bedrooms - 2V2 baths - nearly new broadloom and ceramics - features inground pool with professional landscaping - This house MUST BE SEEN! JUST LIKE NEW! Call 985-7351. RT 'REDUCED TO $174,900.00 - LAKEFRONT COT- TAGE - furnished - 4 bedrooms plus bunk house - fireplace - very well kept, desirable property on Scugog Island - Call 985-7351. 2 fie 74 5) #7 4 ba Ld id # 2 & % <1 limits - 4 bedrooms - large garden kitchen - formal dining room - family room and laundry on main level - fireplace in master bedroom and 5 piece ensuite - central air and vacuum - View of Lake Scugog - Area of comparable homes - Reduced to $369,900.00 - Call 985-7351. AFTERHOURS: Gail Scala ................................ Res.: 985-9395 Keith Puckrin .......................... Res.: 985-2489 Ralph Fairman, F.R.I., C.R.A. ... Res.: 985-2160 Winda Walsh .......................... Res.: 986-4335 Robin Parish ................... Res.: 705-439-2173 Roy Corden .............................. Res.:985-9412 Dianne Hooker ....................... Res.: 985-2276 Mary Johansen ...................... Res.: 985-4144 Jannette Peters ...................... Res.: 985-3927 Bruce Peters .......................... Res.: 985-3927 MEMBER OF THE OSHAWA & DISTRICT REAL ESTATE BOARD (MLS SERVICE) PORT PERRY EXECUTIVE - $239,900.00 - 4 MUSINGS by Helen Suzanne PHOBIAS Put me on top of the C.N. tower, tie bung- ee cords to my ankles and throw me over. | would consider it a pleasant diversion from ironing. Put me in a snake pit with reptiles crawling all over me. | would probably have names for every one of the little fellows. Give me the challenge of walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. | would most likely bring along my camera. Let me be the top person on a pyr- amid of water-skiers in shark-infested waters. Better still, let me be on the bottom to fend off the man-eating fish. Never, ever, however put me in a confined space. | am claustrophobic. If you put me in the back seat of a car, | will scream sporatically and distract the driver. | believe this minor annoyance developed when | was stuck in an elevator in Spain. | thought | was going to die. In fact, | welcomed death, or at least a dead faint. My life passed before my eyes. | saw my- self stuck in an elevator. The capacity was four people. We were five. We made it from the 6th floor to the basement in seconds. | always thought if you jumped up just before you hit bottom, there would be no injuries. | was wrong. | landed on a lady's foot. We were trapped in a tiny space so far down in the bow- els of the basement that | saw hell. | also saw the cement foundation from the narrow win- dow. It was impossible to open the door. My heart started pounding so loudly the people with me thought it was the rescue team break- ing through the cement. My 24 hour deodorant protection quit. | became a quivering mass. Then | saw the red emergency button. | cla- moured over everyone, beating my way to the front, causing bodily harm and shouting "every man for himself." It was an ugly scene. They tell me we were only trapped for min- utes. It was at least a day out of my life | will never regain. A little Spaniard heard the bell and came by, teasingly waving and yelling "manana" which apparently means "tomorrow." As my Spanish vocabulary is rather limited, | let forth with a string of English obscenities. The little Spaniard had us up. and out of there in sec- onds. To this day, | believe he knows it was probably the most important thing he ever did in his life. W. FRANK REAL ESTATE LIMITED SAT., OCTOBER 13th - 11:30 to 1:00 DIRECTIONS: Follow Hwy. 7A east from Port Perry to Bethany, follow signs ; to 21 Longfield Drive. Your hostess, Bonnie Steele 985-7386 SAT., OCTOBER 13th - 2 to 4 PM DIRECTIONS: Shirley Road, RR 2, Port Perry, follow signs. Your hostess, Bonnie Steele 985-7386 AURELIA RASANU REAL ESTATE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14th - 1 to 3 PM DIRECTIONS: East on Hwy. 7A, north on Island Road, west on 13th Conc., follow signs. Phone 434-5786 RE/MAX COUNTY-TOWN REALTY INC. SAT., OCTOBER 13th - 1 to 4 PM SUN., OCTOBER 14th - 1 to 4 PM DIRECTIONS: Manilla, 4 corners of Manilla, turn north, 1st property on west side of road. Your hostess, Cleowne Gilliam (705) 324-6153