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staix beat goes on for the beaton family in ontario and dominican it was back to the ottawa valley last weekend for the latest update on the beaton family a quartet of individuals who have left their mark in stouflville and sandford as well as points as far south as the dominican republic in recent years my association with this talent ed somewhat zany bunch began back in 1982 when graham and pat marched into my pine furn- tiure store with a box of hand crafts they were looking to leave with me on a consignment basis from where 1 jive bruce stapley within a few years their painted wooden animals and angels wall plaques and other creative items had become known throughout the area and they left stouflville to set up their own retail shop and a new home in sandford never ones to stay in- the same place long enough to allow any moss to grow on their north side graham and pat upped stakes and headed off to merrickville early in the 1990s there they opened a combination craft shop and tea room called the cranber ry cupboard with graham assembling the wooden pieces in f the workshop and pat applying her artistic touch to the mini- shelves animals and teddy bears they had soon attracted the same loyal following they had known in this area with grahams culinary samplings receiving positive criti cal acclaim as well meanwhile graham and pats daughter wendy decided to take her journalistic skills to the dominican republic where she soon found herself in charge of one of the few english newspapers on the island their son russell who had hung back in the uxbridge area eventuahy linked up with his sister down south applying vfi his own artistic and photographic skills to the newspaper graham and pat would close up shop for a few months after christmas each year and go down to visit their offspring with graham spending his time plotting how he would someday set up a baseball bat ting cagedriving range complex on that caribbean island not having seen graham and pat in two years we didnt even know if theyd still be in merrickville when we dropped by on sunday afternoon but sure enough there was graham bearded and looking every bit the coun try squire standing out front doing what he does best jawing away with someone who had just bought a dozen ears of corn from his latest project a miniproduce market out front of the craft store the tea room had been taken over the everexpanding craft shop which has spawned a brand new wholesale operation also new was graham and pafs first grandchild brady who along with wendy and her dominican husband valentin were there for the summer the couple have been pressed into service painting the hundreds of wooden bits and pieces graham makes in the workshop to keep up with the orders which are pouring in by the box full russell hes still back in the dominican running the restaurant owned by his brotherinlaw valentin meanwhile little brady has already established himself as a key part ofthe family business a freshly minted cranberry lane farm craft minicata logue includes an introduction by the tot ghost written of course by gra ham pictured at the bottom of the page peering out of a wooden box the strapping brady explains how he is in charge of shipping and customer com plaints he concludes his intro by ask ing people to please place an order because my college education depends on it the beat goes on itifcsfpfcif why face if alone xlj call murray kioeckel trustee in bankruptcy richmond hill 905 8822436 30 wertheim crt free initial consultation teak direct sales scandinavian contemporary furniture we are the manufacturer of bedrooms dining rooms curios bookcases computer cabinets wail units cof fee tables entertainment centres custom made design rehjpholstejbng refmshwg4 repairs we also sell sofas teak oak rosewood 80 ferrier st 3vtw9 www9f w wwmtw99tf hwiti m m 9054756598 moo fri 9am6pm sat 9am5pm on o 5 off aii ad