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FAMILY RESTAURANT WATERSIDE RESTAURANT Come Treat Yourself and Your Family to an evening of Dining Out - Great Meals and Desserts - Children’s Menu Available 293 Commercial Street - Overlooking The Harbour in Downtown North Sydney On Archibald’s Wharf Open Daily from 11 AM - PHONE 794-1700 NORTHSIDE FREE FREE Take Copy One THIS WEEK Online VOLUME 2 - #34 - Aug. 23 - Aug. 30 - Florence - Bras d’Or - Pt. Aconi - Sydney Mines - North Sydney Games, Entertainment And Grand Openings NEW BUSINESS OPENED - SPORTSWEAR & GEAR For those of you who are not in this edition to see the live There’s a new business opened in the Old Library Building sure “where the action is”, then entertainment they are provid- this week’s edition will be a big ing each weekend. on Commercial Street in North Sydney and it is designed to help to you. Read about the two Grand help you with your selection of activity and casual apparel. You may be wondering what Openings (Page 7) for Nora’s See the story on page 2 for complete details of the store, the to do with this wonderful New To You and the Emera hours of operation and how to contact them. weather we’ve been blessed Centre with its list of great with the last few weeks. sport and music events It’s called Escape Outdoors and you no longer have to travel There’s no better time to take scheduled for September. outside Cape Breton to get this line of outdoor sportswear. in some events such as the There’s lots to see and do! Canada 55+ Games which get underway in various Cape Breton communities and ven- City Nails ues starting August 29th. NAIL SERVICES You can check Page 10 to Acrylic Full Set ......... $30.00 get a complete list of venues. Acrylic Fill In ............ $20.00 Take a lunch and get out to see Gel Nail ................... $35.00 the many sports and recre- Shellac Nails ............ $35.00 ational events. Nail Overlay ............. $30.00 French Manicure ..... $17.00 On Page 8 and 9 we have American Manicure.. $17.00 shown you a sampling of one Pedicure .................. $30.00 day of Cape Breton entertain- Manicure ................. $15.00 ment listings and I’m sure you’ll Polish Change .......... $10.00 be amazed at the variety of Nail Repair ...... ..........$5.00 events, concerts and entertain- 272 Commercial Street ment that are available. North Sydney Check the many advertisers PHONE (902) 270-3665 RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE PURVES STREET - NORTH SYDNEY Thursday Night Traditional 2 for 1 Steak or Haddock Dinner Music $18.99 - 5 - 10 pm FRIDAY Night NO COVER DAILY SPECIALS - GIFT CERTIFICATES PAGE 2 NORTHSIDE THIS WEEK - email - [email protected] New Downtown North Sydney Business The Storytellers This week’s story is a tall tale and it comes from “Tall Tales & Udder Lies” from author Glen Gray. This story is, like many Cape Breton yarns, loosely based on real life experiences. This little story tells the tale of “The Blueberry Wars.” I can remember vividly each Summer during the blueberry picking season what we came to refer to as “The Blueberry Wars.” Blueberries were a very popular commodity and the mothers used to make blueberry pie, blueberry cake, blueberry grunt, blueberry jam, blueberry muffins and just about anything else blueberries could be crammed into. The boys would pick blueberries and when we tried to sell them in our neighbourhood, the mothers would argue like they were in a Turkish bazaar and we usually ended up with very little for our pickings. But that was just amateur stuff. The real pros were two rivals who originally came to Cape Breton via Holland. They lived If you venture to downtown North Sydney, stop by where near Dutch Brook and came to town to sell produce all the old library used to be on Commecial Street and you Summer. will find a new business that has opened its doors to The two would come to the neighbourhood and set up a little cater to the active outdoors clientele. It’s called Escape produce wagon and paint a sign with the prices listed. Just like Outdoors and that is exactly what you’ll find inside. clockwork, a rival seller would show up and take one look at the sign prices and paint a lower price on his sign. I spoke with co-owner Paul Finney and he said that there was an unmet need in the outdoor specialty clothing line This would prompt an immediate response and the original seller would then reduce his price. This went on for about a half and associated sports gear and accessories and that was hour and the whole neighbourhood would show up for the the reason for opening the new store. spectacle. Until now, shoppers had to order online or travel to Eventually one of the sellers would leave in disgust and the Halifax to purchase this outdoor line of clothing and sports- winner would sell out his produce at the “sale price.” The moth- wear. The store has been opened about a month now ers all thought they were getting a great bargain. What we did and Paul said that the local shoppers have been respond- not know until they retired was that the two sellers were the ing quite favorably to the selection that he has on hand. Van Deusen brothers and their little bit of theatre was all a stage In the above photo you can see co-owner Paul Finney performance and a great sales technique. restocking the inventory in Escape Outdoors. The store is We eventually found out that at different parts and times in open for your shopping convenience from Tuesday to our town, the brothers would act as “winner” and “loser” and Thursday from 11 AM - 7 PM - Friday and Saturday from would always go home with their carts empty. When interviewed 11 AM until 6 PM. for a local news story, the brothers claimed that it was a great way to put on a little entertainment and make everybody feel In addition to the extensive clothing and sportswear good. inventory, Paul mentioned that beginning in the Fall, there They would say in their stilted English “Iz gud for bizniss.” is a studio connected to the store and there will be Yoga They were excellent produce sellers but also very astute classes and community groups will be able to use the salesmen. studio for their meetings and various outdoor related activities. SCOTT PC SERVICES They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the LED, LCD and TOUCH SCREEN REPLACEMENTS above photo shows only a small portion of the entire store, We Service Notebooks, Netbooks and so stop by at 299 Commercial Street in North Sydney or Certified Laptops - Toshiba, Lenova, Acer, you can phone them at 241-4453, visit the website Professional www.escapeoutdoors.ca, or check out their Facebook Tech Gateway, HP, Compaq, Samsung, Asus Page. and everything in between Yes, we still service towers Now there is no need to travel away from Cape Breton to purchase your casual lifestyle and sportswear apparel. 100 Fraser Ave., Sydney Mines - (902) 304-1665 NORTHSIDE THIS WEEK - email - [email protected] PAGE 3 All Renovations To Bras d’Or Residential Properties - Contractor - OPEN 6 ROBERT CLARKE YEARS NOV. 24th EFFICIENCY Plus RENOVATIONS OPEN DAILY 736-3311 - Fax: 736-0429 Fully Licensed Windows - Doors - Patio Decks - Roofs - etc. 120 Seat Private Room Available For All Your Renovating Needs Book Your Office Parties Now - Gift Certificates Available Grant Work Welcome PH: (902) 565-8696 - Fax: (902) 736-0429 Sydney Mines Seniors ST. 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