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FALL HOME IMPROVEMENT Sunday Republican, October 18, 1998 List of 1998 Home Show exhibitors I. 44 COMPANY LOCATION 4 Jets Furniture ........................511 A to Moving Storage, A. Boilard Sons 463 A.S.K. Modular Homes. 517 ABC Seamless Siding of Hampden ...408 AccuPro, Inc.

.267 'ADT Security 130 'Advanced 159 Affordable Mirror Glass 336B Affordable Mortgage Company 222 Aggressive 322 Air Care- Division Of NEE. 296 Airflow USA Inc. All-in-one byte Computers 232 Allied Heating. 436 Alpine Industries ....................1.95 American Dream Modular Homes American Express Financial Advisors 253 American Home Curtains, Inc. 191 American Leisure Ameriquest Mortgage 445 Amherst Woodworking Supply, 414 Antil Alarm Systems .100 ATC the Axler's Bicycle Corner 456 B'N 482 B.J.Kennison Kitchens, Baths More 429 Bagman, The 105 Bailey Associates.

126 Barden Bargain Book, 169 Barron Jacobs 433 Bay State 486 Beltone Hearing Aids 503 Body, Mind 275 Bolduc's Custom Screen Printing ....246 Boston Boutin ....500 By Design Landscape Concepts, Sprong 418 Canadian 111 Car Phone Store, The 183 Caribbean 142 Ceiling Company, The 527 CellularOne 180 Chase Precast Corp. 214 Chicopee Savings Bank. 415 Citrus .127 Clark Sons Seamless Gutters 265 Competitive Kitchen Designs Inc. 489 Connecticut Residential Exterior ....472 Contemporary Structures Creative Memories ..244 Creative Space. ..430 Custom Bath Floor Store.

.336 Czar 176 Data King 129 Dave Anthony Photographic 513 Dee Service, Inc. ....438 Department of Social Services.231 DiGrigoli Salons Distinctive Marketing Inc. 326 Drain Vac Central Vacuum. ......208 Dustbusters 178 E. Osterman, Inc.

.211 Eastern Electronics Security, Inc. 418 Eaton Construction ...................221 Electrolux ..269 Enviro-Heat, ...466 Event Marketing Concepts, Inc. 188 Fairview Millwork, 427,428 Finyl Vinyl. 236 First Investors 154 Fleet Bank 116 Show: EXIT Door 464 457 481 STREET 299 271 272 482 294 276 SPRINGFIELD 472 465 295 296 275 SHOW ENTRANCE 466 463 458 Door 4 527 528 476 473 467 SECTION 462 459 318 313 300 293 277 RESTAURANT 478 477 526 307 304 475 4740 316 315 CITIZEN 309 302 TECHNOLOGY 291 279 310 301 292 278 483 EXIT SENIOR 306 305 HIGH 287 282 Door 484 469 468 INTERNET 286 285 283 284 0461 460 321, 485 01 502 503 EXHIBITOR LOUNGE EXIT LADIES Boat HOME A19 SHOW Exhibitors How-To Seminars Continuous OFFICES Workshops and Demonstrations Loading Exhibitor Landscape Gardens Entrance Door 7 STAGE AREA PIONEER VALLEY WAY 456 449 448 440 439 432 431 424 242 215 187 186 159 269 244 241 216 185 160 267 246 211 190 183 162 265 248 237 220 AVENUE 209 192 181 266 247 238 219 210 191 182 163 455 450 438 433 430 425 MAIN STREET U.S.A. NARI 454 451 EXHIBIT 437 434 429 426 BETTER LIVING DISPLAY 262 251 234 223 206 195 178 167 264 249 236 221 1 208 193 180 165 235 222 MASSACHUSETTS 207 194 179 166 AREA 260 253 232 225 204 197 176 169 259 254 231 226 203 198 175 170 258 255 230 227 202 199 257 256 229 228 0445 443 436 435 4285 WEST SPRINGFIELD STREET 504 505 506 507 508 Door EXIT 2 509510 513 514 515 516 517 Florian Ratchet Cut (American ply Miner Home Standard Co.) 110 LaFreniere Construction 197 Miracle Method of N.E.

Fountain Bleu. 136 Lagasse Home Improvements .324 Mobile Products Four Seasons ..403,404 Lamore Lumber Post Beam ......457 Fuller Home Prod- ..206,207 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 113 ucts 228 Landry. Lyons Mr. Shower Door. .........481 G.W.

Lumber Millwork, 501 Laura Zides 274 Mr. Tint of New George McQuesten 141 Leafguard of Connecticut, LLC 449A Griller's Hall of Fame. 432 Nescor ...242,448 Habitat Post Beam .................201 Let's Face It .325 New England Fiber Optic Corp. Hartline Industries 402A Lincoln 440 .......2.93 Health Craft, Inc. 199,200 Lustre Craft ...........487 New England Fine Home Building Hilliard Candy.

102 307 298,299 Home Buyer's Realty. 306 Mahan Building Slate Roofing New England Pool Supply Home Store, The 504 ....510 ..400,407 I.D.C. .260 Majestic Limousine 449A New House Design, Ideal Kitchens 424 Majestic Theatre Noonan Energy Corp. .............410 Interstate Custom Maney Painting Restoration.202 Northeastern Log Homes 409 Marble 462 Map Int Computer area Northern 323 Jan's Draperies Interiors 204 Martin Millwork, Inc. On-Line Computers Janet Lyon Interiors ...218 ...291,292 (Internet area) JLS Products, 148,272,309 Martin's Floor Open Pantry JMJ Easy Vac Company .443 Massachusetts Senior Games ..301 Orchard Valley Technology Joyner Custom ...203 Maurice Morin Sons Remodel- 185,186 KIHN Communications, ..304 Oreck Vacuums.

....450 Kitchen Encounters 439 McNair Business Machines 134 Ouimet Building Kitchens of Distinction. 422 Mellon Mortgage 469 Patrick Kelly Roofing Siding Sales 458 Merit Security 192 194 Lacasse Heating Cooling Sup- Merrill Lynch 104 Pavel Water 223 Something for Continued from Page F1 enhance any play space. Also for the kids, parents can register to win a complete children's bedroom set courtesy of Boston BedPOL ding. No more hand-me-down furniture, the solid pine group includes a four-drawer chest, desk, a lighted hutch for the desk, a desk chair, twin bunks, two boards, two twin deluxe mattresses, and an under-drawer storage unit for the bunk beds. It has a 400 value.

Preparing for the upcoming winter season is made a little bit easier at the home show. Hundreds of exhibitors will be concentrating on homeowners' concerns during this preparation season. "Showgoers are focusing on projects they can do over the next six to nine months. Window treatments, new kitchens, and bathroom remodeling are just some of the popular projects the show concentrates on," said David pleman of All Seasons tions, producers of the home show. Other winter-preparation projects include care and maintenance of indoor and outdoor furniture, roofs and gutters, insulation, paint and accessories.

Exhibitors will give expert advice and information on all these top A priorities for homeowners. A series of free gardening workshops by horticulturist PerL 1998 Western New England Fall Home Show co-chairmen are Mel Eaton, left, and Joe LaFreniere. nell Gerver will also help homeowners prepare their gardens and yards for winter. Gerver will provide instructions and detailed illustrations for everyone from the master gardener to the novice. Area landscapers will show off their best work at Home Show '98.

Two watergardens are planned and the Better Living Center will be filled with a variety of landscaped exhibits ranging from 200 to 2,000 square feet in size. For seniors, Friday will be a special day. Senior Citizens' Day at the home show provides discounted admission for anyone 62 -L RESTAURANT LADIES MEN 415 408 329 407 400 328 489 414 409 406 401 everyone If you're a homeowner or an apartment dweller, condo resident or even a kid, the 1998 Western New England Fall Home Show is the fall classic you can't afford to miss. years or older. Are you thinking the information superhighway has passed you by because of your age? Don't believe it.

OnLine Computers of Feeding Hills will hold free computer workshops for seniors. And consider giving your personal appearance a renovation with the help of DiGrigoli Salons. Owner Paul DiGrigoli will offer free imaging seminars to showgoers. Winter is the season to update your look, not only at home, but also in the mirror, and the experts from DiGrigoli salon can help. If you're a homeowner or an apartment dweller, a condo resident or even a kid, the 1998 Western New England Fall Home Show is the fall classic you can't afford to miss.

1 4 480, 423 416 156 133 155 134 154 135 153 136 422 421 418 152 1137 151 138 150 139 148 141 142 0420 4194 EXIT 518 Door 413 410 131 116 130 117 129 127 120 126 121 124:123 412 405 402 488 100 326 114 101 102 325 113 324 111 104 487 110 105 EXIT Door 9 108 107 486 404 403 323 521 522 523 524 Ladies ..413 Philip Beaulieu Sons Home Imp. ...488 Pioneer Landscapes. 152 Pioneer Valley Remodelers P.IP Sales 508 Polish National Credit 101 114 Portraits by Therrien ....211 Provenzano Electric. ..263 R-B Landscaping ...525 Re-Bath of W. 150 Reliable Products 251 Remillard Right Choice, The ..470 Ronald McDonald 278 Royal Prestige.

453 Safe Home Security, Santaniello .....431 Security Engineering, 425 Shed Works, The 509 Silverleaf Resorts .465 Skip's Outdoor Accents .....477,478 Snookers Billiards. 515 Snug-A-Bug Solar Homes 190 Sound Advice 423 Specialty Plumbing Supply, Inc. offers 44 Because so much of the gardening year is spent in winter conditions here in New England, it's important to have a landscape that 1 offers interest during those months. 99 Pernell Gerver cluded. Other free workshops by Gerver include "The Bulbs of Spring, Summer and Fall" will feature tips on planting and naturalizing bulbs to provide three seasons of color in the garden: "Introduction to Water Gardening" focuses on how to create a water garden from start to finish from digging the hole to adding colorful plants and fishes: and "Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden" highlights the many fruits suitable for the home garden such as stone fruits, tree fruits, berries, soft fruits, and brambles.

Since the age of 6 when he asked for and received a small greenhouse from his parents as a SHOW ENTRANCE Door 8 7 5 Stearns Yerrall 162 Sunlight Sunrooms Windows 419 The 164 The Springfield Touch of Magic Refinishing ....254 TreeTop Industries. 464 Triple Construction 248 Tubs Stuff Plumbing Tupperware. 155 Turnpike Acres .......................520 Uncle Mike's Foods, 139 Unisite Patio Rooms. 147 United Cosumers Club 435 United States Window Inc. 295 Vacation Break 241 Valley Home Improvement Vartanian Custom Cabinets 454 Vertical Mini Blind Factory ..213 Walrus Heating Cooling 328,329 West Side Air Conditioning, Inc.

467 Westfield Vac-Miele Electrolux 160 White Cedar Gazebos 120 Wilbraham Light Shop ............239 Windstitch Designs 181 Ye Olde Woodworks 167 Gardens: Expert Continued from Page F1 perennials that provide winter interest, the program shows you how to create a beautiful winter landscape of your own," Gerver said. Autumn is the time of year to put the garden to bed and Gerver can provide plenty of tips on how to do that right. The workshop focuses on how to get the garden ready for the long winter ahead. "Preparing the garden for the long, cold season ahead ensures it gets off to a good start next season," Gerver said. That program covers cutting down perennials and mulching the perennial garden for winter protection.

Winter protection of roses is also illustrated. of In the annual flower garden taking cuttings of annuals to enjoy indoors over the winter is demonstrated step by step. Lifting and storing tender bulbs over the winter is also illustrated. In the vegetable garden, the focus is on fall cleanup, removing and composting debris, soil preparation, cover crops. Preparing trees and shrubs for winter is also explored.

By watering deeply. using a windscreen for evergreens and broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, applying tree wraps to protect from wildlife damage, and applying antidessicant to prevent drying out over the winter will all be featured techniques. Suggestions on what to do with all those fall leaves will also be in- winterization tips birthday present, Gerver has been self-educated in all aspects of horticulture by practical experience, reading and researching in garden books and magazines, and trialand-error experimentation. He also practices year-round gardening in a large lean-to greenhouse on his own property where he maintains a quarter-acre demonstration garden, including a walled courtyard, and ornamental and woodland rooms. In 1985, Gerver was chosen Gardener of the Year by "Organic Gardening" magazine in a nationwide contest that drew nearly 000 entries.

Gerver and his garden were featured in a cover story published by the magazine. A follow-up story was recently published in the Fall 1998 issue. Gerver is also founder and president of Horticultural Communication Services, which spe: cializes in all aspects of garden writing, publishing, lecturing, photography, consulting, and television and radio broadcasting and production. Gerver is the coordinator and host of several gardening lecture series throughout western Massachusetts, including the Stanley Park Gardening Workshop Series in Westfield, the Spring Home Show at the Mullins Center in Amherst, a gardening and lecture series at Forest Park in Springfield, and a gardening workshop series at the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton. the.

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