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p22 weekender may 7 1994 people stux entrepreneurs juggle home life new business bruce stapley correspondent donna doodchenko and karen murphy have combined flexibili ty with a solid grasp of 1990s business skills to create an enterprise which is the wave of the future the friends of eight years have embarked on a venture called optimus business services offering everything from flyer tolling all kids kats and k9s to the unionville village festivals pets n pals contest sunday june 5 1 994 1 200 noon crosby arena baseball diamond kooky kategories inklude best dressed pet ire rpries parentpet lookalike best talker longest whiskers more m pets must be leashed poop scoop in effect pet valu unionville village festival corporation unionville village festival sunday june 5 1994 1200 pm rts crosby memorial community centre fe 210 main street unionville mt beautiful baby contest calling all babies ages 623 months first prizes will be awarded in the following categories 613 months infant girls 61 3 months infant boys w 1423 months toddler girls 1 423 months toddler boys registration is limited to 30 children in each category baby contest registration form 1994 babys last name babys first name babys date of birth daymonthyear parents last name sex parents first name address telephone please submit registration form by may 30 1994 to unionvitle festival baby contest 22 waterbridge lane unionville ontario l3r 8w8 for info only call m gumming 4740181 r creation right through tempo rary personnel services operating out of their houses doodchenko lives in uxbridge while murphy resides in stouf- fville the two women are looking to take advantage of their respective skills learned through a diversity of business experiences doodchenko a former execu tive secretary with dupont canada has worked as a mar keting coordinator forbonar plastics when that company was located in markham she also put in a sixmonth stint with the ontario public service employ ees union murphy spent seven years with fibreglas canada apply ing herself towards duties relat ing to accounting purchasing and process control she was the administrative coordinator for a stouffville area heating and air conditioning company for two years working from her home heating and air conditioning 905 47q75 free programmable thermostat with the purchase of any central air conditioner or heating system low monthly payments available iqmitem ktpfa quality kbo cm count on authorized dealer conmjwm cav e2i gas fireplaces duct design duct cleaning metro uc hi 251 1 i special i furnace cleaning i i 3995 spring startup qxtiauhcoxdmotihg 4995 i mwh little caesars mothers day special buffet 12 noon to 900 pm adults 795 kids under 10 free featuring soup salad bar pizza and pasta bar m m 8515 mccowan rd 41 ouou at hwy 7 c co s o o o 2 co rr f n t hwy 7 markhamunionville minor hockey association announcement markham thunder will continue to ice aaa teams at all levels the loop will include ajaxpickering oshawa whitby peterborough undsay central belleville and york simcoe any child living within the town of markham boundaries who did not attend thunder tryouts in april but who wishes to be considered for thunder aaa hockey should contact the following coaches for further information minor novice novice minor atom atom minor pee wee pee wee minor bantam bantam midget juvenile or contact gary collins kevin sloan rick mcwaters joecrupi mike wheeler bob neely ron goldenberg wayne major john patterson jim crawford 4749959 2946950 4757848 4716541 2942969 2949165 2942529 2947795 2945900 2943698 graham martin at 4165856984 of interest to bantam midget and juvenile players is the successful negotiations of affiliation which will allow players to be called up to play for the markham waxer junior a hockey dub donna doodchenko and karen murphy office she also has a six month clerical contract with the feder al government under her belt when doodchenko chose not to follow bonar to lindsay after the firm moved in march of 1993 she took on the task of creating flyers and doing tele marketing work out of her house for the company she set out to purchase her own office equipment including graphics and publishing pro grams a laser printer scanner fax machine and photocopier she also enrolled in graphic courses and began to get calls from other companies interested in her services when things started to get busy earlier this year she con vinced murphy who was finish ing up her stint with the federal government to join her the two officially merged in february when you have two sources of input you come up with a better product said murphy donria has marketing and com puter skills and shes very cre ative i have a good accounting background along with some creativity as well working with a minimum of both overhead and promotion the team has begun to establish a clientele as a result of low prices word of mouth and what they claim to be a commitment to excellence were both per fectionists said doodchenko well just keep working on something until were happy with it the companies weve worked with have been very pleased once we get a company coming to us they usually come back doodchenko who has two young children and murphy who has three youngsters have managed to successfully juggle their duties as moms and entrepreneurs both women have welcomed the opportunity to stay at home with their children while engag ing in an entrepreneurial endeavour at times they will step in and babysit for each other when one has a particu larly demanding project on the go doodchenko and murphy said they hope to continue operating out of their houses until their children are all in school they suggest the time might eventu ally come when they will consid er renting office space outside the home but for now they are just looking to get established as long as were given a chance i think well do fine concluded murphy