Apple Assistant Manager Shaun | th8 D@JO® Dugnway. peimecu ce (edeerss eee cdras n cec6 ) CC . . ir visitors arriving at the famous girsl‘satï¬getoagqgsbgi leâ€;%i&fgef sold â€" and still counting = mark in September. and theme park. one million, was about the same fefiat o ixicieneceray=y® rrpromrpmspmes.,. Cistance a$ Colborne is from â€" George said he thought he had a bK‘xnï¬w »w:&.‘“ > Tf:’"j}gâ€â€œ"gé m%fz;;% TA Poronto. Colborne seemed like a â€" better idea and suggested they mee. . c ersesr io: iess ns Meeuie 4 good fit, talk. The dream became a plan. K "a J{.} ... Eoee é&g{" EB ‘\‘-g'gigt j gvyï¬;ï¬:“ ;{fgg" â€" _ The move from dream to a After a lot of planning and a D e ?Qj.; * iï¬ umt pogon, s V ty oo f sirad plan was somewhat more lot of knocking on doors looking ,’\?}' gï¬â€˜t*?‘yï¬% 8 :J;.f‘.f...: *’&E serendipitous. for loans, they built the Apple. or dE iang n k p s ogh ie J‘%’J} s Not long in Colborne, George George admits that, like a lot ;7‘3;“,;,,;),3‘ ;ï¬ï¬‚% &n ":?ééï¬â€˜}fsffé 5W decided to run for Council. He of new business owners, they se e tcaia t en * SRA (lnt l e A‘“ï¬;’g?‘ € knocked on every door, were under capitalized. e e "W&'F“ oi s ."77 M«‘;bfi« Sss something not done at the time, That problem was solved e e Ed ",_’_,/j:" corasc 10 El t c ts t and he got himself elected.. when Scott Sayers and Doug o2 2 ‘{,J,?.?': y 4 mg’*‘ C 10c _ In the 1980‘s, Colborne and â€" Rutherford approached the pair We W-““#';}*p‘g “% q.‘ ?\“é _ _ Callsd Cramahe Township Councils. and offered to become silent v“-:_,"j;,%-;:;-é-.:'{'_-:-.--_' t alim lt z"“.ï¬%*;(‘ ;,'-;',, coane é‘;“j;‘" met periodically, and it was partners. ‘ ;é}(}:u:g»__g ul sys To Yeapuel mz ata during one of those meetings An instant success miaten. . cyd tlll vr _ %\‘ that George ran into Henry | _ 1; was 1987 â€" the Apple Was h ta m o n&igsf PP e lt pl. la . O gi § Mensen, a Cramahe Councillor. pa sA i e es on o ie d e L t 1y %‘ï¬Ã© snn open. ttrerece T2 s mss ome / a l h es c <al 04. Henry had recently bought . flmmsn oi . S oo eraraiicne ts m S o83 the land where the Big Appl It has grown ever since. esd ce omcs yatumicncle" pfe oo d -JQ,\X;.‘â€.\'E‘:‘:-;‘.:'J"-' ie on t e land W 1g APDP‘C 6 that ht from BR in eemnedeileeernin e revenederint en iecnrelnncere omm aesiedoneh ols ‘:' now sits, and was thinking of th et())rgg saysg pégll)%e were x . Aeeesmibesimecinensenilknd leh4 s e beginning, ip has doubled in size, and turned into a major attraction. establishing a trailer park. cominggin the doors faster than \â€"_~â€" they could deal with them. ‘After 10 years managing the tourist venture, George tired of the long hours and sold out to Henty, Doug and Scott, and [ Pss c ce another investor from Toronto. [ ho e in o es ren © George says that eventually | [A Arode \;* Scott owned all the shares and % Snont €â€" W\. his son, Ted, took over < es nes w se i‘;\*ï¬t operation. _ T--:v.’,L W mm es _1: s Almost 10 years since he was se s rserass & t cat ‘last involved, George Boycott c o oo ooo ue still enthuses about the fixture 7 ky o !t"";'%'%‘w along the 401. He remembers 2 o o es that a lot of kids have found â€" Euts work there, learning important~ q oc work skills, The Big Apple has ‘;fl t ns benefitted too from the steady ?: es t stream of young people, One of q esc ns them was Mr. Mounsteven â€" b i is is se once a student employee. | t e e hests ol oo S continued on page 15 ,1"’ oooï¬ c Liaeanat ce aate r’évif nspten. Eie ie m o c ut o oas ce o hay 11 o. on M m ecite !‘J;‘Eg’* "@ n en * hy llt A.. Aiatnen oo Let loose long ago on the iss fxs â€" 19 24 {'-_E:: grounds of the Big Apple, es { Res‘ s domestic rabbits still treat the u> â€" e place like home. > ’ eï¬ C ie On their way through from Saskatchewan, tourists .disembark for a break at The Big Apple.