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i c si l xo fsi s 7 j i economist scsiihtribune families saturday july 29 2600 x jr- j family picnics take time to properly plan by nancy devine special to the economisttribune picnics arenaturally festive theres something celebratory about preparing food specifically meant to be eaten out doors that invokes fond memories of holidaysfamily and friends they are also great entertainment for kids who are bored by the end of the first month of summer vacation since picnics are more fun if there are other adults around try organizing a neighbourhood outing to a nearby con servation area and let the kids go while you have a chance to catch up with the adults s fun places for picnics include themillpondinkchmondhillon mill st at trench just past york central hospital there is free parking wash room facilities nearby a playground and picnic tables and lots of shade bruces mill conservation area in whitchurchstouffville stoiifrville road three kms east of hwy 404 there is a nominal fee for the use of the park kids can splash in the pond what to bring picnics include food of course but there are few things that will make the day more pleasant water bottles cooler filled with ice to keep the food cold the ice can also be used to put us ii ypr sales teasn we can deliver your message to 20000 york region businesses every month york region business times for more information call your advertising representative at 9052942200 or call neil moore 9057737627 or 4167987284 corectsofi notice the telephone number email address that appeared in the carlson wagonlit travel advertisement in the best of markham was incorrect the corrections are as follows telephone 4169209107 email wprittycarlsonwagonlitca we apologize forany inconvenience this may have caused carlson wagonlit cf til- 1 1 ravel consumers gas l 5sj r his coupon entitles children 12 and under free admission to the i shoppers i 2 drug mart j i i i i i also featuring y classic i antique j hot rod show featuring artists horn the pmennium tribute tour backstreet britney christina iricky 6th annual iiunmeiet were covered rain or shine j i sooth bumps bruises or bug bites thermos of juice iced tea or lemon ade cans or bottles of pop are bulky to carry and not that good for you anyway paper cups and drinking straws encourage the kids to use the straws so they dont put their face into a paper cup that is also playing host to a visiting yellow jacket or wasp facial stings are very painful handsanitizer hats roll of paper towels because stuff happens i 4 v s your famicy pharmacists exclusive provider of apothecare home medkon management services 4711234 8811616 377 church st markham 8200 bayriew ave thornhill next to markham stouffrille hospital lblk s of hwy 7 open 7 pays a week free delivery service i1 ytis lix who do you turn to at dixongarland we guide you through the many options in the spirit of compassionate understanding let us extend our support and comfort to you in your time of need dixongarland funeral home our expertise guides our compassion comforts 9052942030 family owned dixon funeral homeltd 166 main street north markham on l3p 1y3 celebrating the groundbreaking ceremonies are lr front row milan bolkovic yvon kermen mayor don cousens and barry murphy back row john lamacchia robert lyew peter faye sid gillespe and richard damecour markham district energy inc mde is a new company owned by the town of markham district energy provides heating cooling and cogenerating electricity from a central energy plant the first customer of mde will be the state of the art ibm software solutions laboratory now under construction on warden avenue the plant will consist of chillers broilers and a natural gas fired cogenerator and will simultaneously produce electricityhot water and chilled water customers will receive hot water for heating and chilled water for air conditioning via a network of buried pipes milan bolkovic coo of markham district energy commented that this type of plant is extremely energyefficient and is environmentally sound mayor cousens remarked this is the first of manysuch central energy plants in markham that will help us to attract more first class companies like ibm to our town from these plants weexpect to eventually provide emergency power to every resident of this community to protect theni against crises like the ice storm of 1998 r 4 i i f