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8 â€" THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE â€" Thursday, February 1, 2001 rrioaremesmmmmanste Bsns Lewlllcdl 1 o0 0 ul 00 Te o. m liowes We d AAane on We is _â€"é’___'),.â€"/â€")*‘__/ > Locat NEws f «hi oo eeeanttiieee L . iess i0 mt es sB se ul 1 h hok 1. L0 0 Lt 1 ho t ts M o L t o) w t n NE H WA 1t y e altl i s e TL L TA ces s CA Ne acclahiicmeminseatimnrncnsaarenaes en 2 ‘oggy I Colb ident i ts Olborne resident 1nven wits. â€" B OOk CWL. iess o : the perfect book holder oi / : ces olfi showed Aunt Gladys one, and she said, â€" raked in directly. "You can rake leaves in 0 > se By Ceciua NaAsmitH ‘The Lord must have sent you along.‘ white gloves," hé’ said. t h _ (â€"~* Te | Srare Werrer "For seniors having trouble holding a An insert with his wife Ann as a model I 3 wese. : ts Watching a friend struggle to balance â€" book because of arthritis, they can read _ shows how to set it up and use it. s 1{*& ~~<n â€" tS ‘ his Bible in church has led Don Anderson _ longer without that weight on their hands The lapâ€"top book holder retails for $20, P cA â€" 000 A :‘ to create his own invention: the Tony book . and wrists." the regular model for $10 and the leaf bagâ€" ’{E{? i. Aiy â€" o holder. The sevenâ€"ounce item has many other _ ger for $15. ols > >.... si':“;g(;.,;af se Nn i $ Named after said friend, the concoction _ uses, Mr. Anderson added. _ _ This is not Mr. Anderson‘s first invenâ€" e . f at‘. oo 4. Â¥l _ is the result of the Colborne Pentecostal "It‘s great to make a ppdlum out of a _ tion. He displayed a playingâ€"card holder he everâ€" tw onl l) o . ~ Church member telling himself, "Anderâ€" _ table. There‘s a lady who is an accordionâ€" â€" crafted from two lids from yogurt containâ€" se ie o . P son, you should be able to make him someâ€" _ ist who uses one to hold her music. I have â€" ers, some spongy foam and a bit of dowel. M oeâ€" wWulles i\ â€"thing to hold his Bible." : sold a few to people who want them beside â€" He has seen similar devices for $15 a pair. lc n ifi’j ht s . 2 Mr. Anderson located a scrap of sign their computer and children for their â€" But they cost so little to make that he gave es Wds e ~t . "| â€" made of polypropylene, a light corrugated â€" homework." ) f away about 100 while he was working for a spasec c lwont" â€" wp | plastic, and created two lightâ€" weight protoâ€" The angle makes reading much easier â€" time in Edmonton. y > _ un â€" f 4 types of a book holder. They projected too _ for anyone of any age, he explained.. Now he has a new invention to get o ts ;) gie . 4 { far into the pew in front, so he bought "Kids can use it in the car with the excited about. o l . . @HP another sheet to perfect the design. Then . colouring and for games and puzzles. My It takes him 40 minutes to create a lapâ€" hoi ux uy . /,;;fi 2 he purchased a sheet in a sober brown _ wife uses it for doing her searchâ€"aâ€"word top Easy Reader model, but he can turn xan [ x _ Sm + Wimm colour â€" befitting use in church â€"to puszles." 6 A out 25 adjustable Tonys in an hour. He is hn . essm d make one for Tony. t The first store in which he placed a â€" investigating them for ways to make them y o ixmcsmwcnC / _\ pinma "Everybody at church likes them, and â€" product was W&R Greenly in Belleville. faster. $ im ies ... there‘s a halfâ€"dozen in use there," he said. _ Mrs. Greenly helped test one out to get the They come in customâ€"sized plastic bags K 4 Mr. Anderson looked beyond Tony‘s dimensions right. With her input, he creâ€" he buys from Easy Bag in Toronto, and he ‘ "I 4 f needs, and perfected a model on which the ated an over-thq-lap model that would be is working with Outpost Packaging in %. f t slant of the book can be adjusted, by using . nice for reading in bed. . Hastings to obtain pasteboard boxes for C 6 f Saill a nutâ€"andâ€"bolt attachment instead of rivâ€" Mr. Anderson has placed his book holdâ€" â€" shipping. es Y f ets. The bonus with this model is that it ers in seven stores: in Cobourg at the Mr. Anderson is also investigating ways % 3 folds flat for storage and shipping. Cobourg Bookstore and C.W. Hay Bookâ€" of marketing his products onâ€"line. o P He uses far livelier colours for this verâ€" _ sellers; at Home Hardware in Colborne; at _ "I didn‘t have any money to put into â€" ue Oe sion. And the polypropylene is so strong, â€" Martin‘s Stationery in Brighton; and also this," Mr. Anderson said. "I had to buy a w 9 he said, "You can bend it a million times at stores in Bowmanville, Trenton and â€" router and a popâ€"rivet tool and a couple of f before it breaks, so no one will ever wear Belleville. He is waiting to hear from â€" knives. So I picked apples last fall for six one out. ___ Chapters. ts weeks and made $1,003. Now I have about $ nc @ Proto ay Teb Amsben "My sisterâ€"inâ€"law‘s greatâ€"aunt, who is He has so far been unable to place his $500 worth of product ready.to sell. on Anderson of Colborne has invented the _ 98, fell and dislocated her right shoulder. â€" leaf bagger: a rigid insert that can be fit "It was September before I sold any, but Tony book holder. She didn‘t know how she was going to read _ into a plastic or paper bag, then dropped I have sold 100 so far, mostly on an individâ€" . a book and hold a magnifying glass. I on the ground where the leaves can be ual basis." ~X