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p6 tribune june 26 01 boy with a bubble former stouffville resident bruce walden returns todecorate for reunion 91 kate gilderdale correspondent when bruce walden attended the university of western ontario to study first chemistry and then occupational therapy a career in balloons was not uppermost in his mind however as owner of balloonart the 27yearold entrepreneur has no regrets at the drastic change in his plans former students of stouffville district secondary school will be able to admire his handiwork when they attend reunion 91 one of the many projects he has undertaken since he opened his toronto store just over a year ago the roots of his present livelihood go back to western because of clini cal placements i couldnt have regular jobs in the summer explained walden i worked parttime through out the year and one of my jobs was as bruce walden of balloon art is decorating the rec centre this week a singing telegram performer i also delivered balloons while i was doing my occupational therapy degree and we did balloon decorating in the company i worked for when i graduated with my second degree i moved to the kitchener- waterloo area worked as an occupational therapist and opened a retail store at the same time among the services offered at the store was balloon decorating and the success of the venture persuaded walden to rethink his future when he opened his first store in late 1987 he offered a full line of services which included balloon decorating deliveries and singing telegrams nowadays the business is focused on decorating for events such as corporate promotions weddings and other large functions balloonart can come up with concepts create special effects and make everything from clowns to corporate logos out of balloons we can create special effects for sales meetings promotions and con ventions and we also decorate for pri vate events such as bar mitzvahs and weddings he said weve worked for cocacola mcdonalds and several major malls including markville scar- st borough and sherway gardens balloonart designed and installed the display at the opening of terminal three at pearson international airport earlier this year and local residents will remember the spectacular valen tines display at markville shopping centre which was also designed by the company balloonart uses only the best quali ty biodegradable balloons theyre made from the sap of the rubber tree which is tapped in much the same way maples are tapped for syrup so its a- completely natural substance walden pointed out our balloons are defi nitely environmentally friendly although he spent much of his youth in lindsay he and his family lived in stouffville from 1966 to 1970 during that time his father william was a teacher at sdss and he himself attend ed kindergarten and grade 1 at sum- mitview in addition to offering balloon deco rating services walden teaches cours es in his specialty both in canada and internationally i provide classes in toronto for people such as florists and im going to texas in august and nevada in november to teach people who are closer to my level he also hopes to teach in australia this fall prices can vary between 200 and about 10000 depending on the com plexity of the design the time it takes to set up and the number of people needed o install it where budgets are limited clients can hire walden to organize volunteers to do the installa tion themselves i once mislaid my government pension cheque and did that ever shake me up summer art show new release palomino and foal 18x25 edition 500 print 15000 meet the antut select art galleries uxbridge date july 4 1991 time 0o93o pm location select art galleries 13 brock street west uxbridgeonl 4168525010 newmarket date july 18 1991 time6009jo sv location select art galleries 16686 yonge street newmarket onl 4168953002 now with direct deposit my pension goes right into my account every month automatically convenience security and reliability thats what direct deposit will mean to people who receive pensions or allowances from health and welfare canada and veterans affairs canada direct deposit makes a lot of sense with direct deposit your government payment is deposited automatically right into your account direct deposit means an end to irritations like delays or misplaced or stolen paper chequesf the choice is yours direct deposit is voluntary information and application forms are available at most financial institutions or at your near est veterans affairs canada office or health and welfare canada pension office find out more then sign up and enjoy the benefits direct deposit you benefit directly limited editions ilrqiased prior to shows will be eligible for 25 off sold out prints excluded v you cant mike it to the show we will have the artist personaljze your purchase 11 vaavavava government gouvernement otfwfyiwpfr m canada