34 - North Shore News -— Sunday, March 19, 2000 Ca ATTENTION all home builders and renovators! If yourre looking for the latest in kitchen products look no further than the North Shore. There are some amazing new appliances that offer speed and convenience like never before. Here are a few ideas for vour kitchen. GE’s newest product is the Advantium oven. This is a high speed oven that cooks food in one-fourth the time of a conventional oven. The secret behind the speed is a technology that harnesses the energy of light. Food items may be BUYINGA > TOYOTA TALM TO TYLER Tyler Smith Offers Internet prices to the public. Buy or Lease tade-ins accepted Cell: Home: eroonl2 Oks will HOME AND GARDEN be at home on the double ra baked, broiled, browned, grilled and roasted. Bake cookies in five min- utes, chicken in ten te twelve minutes. Unbelievably fast and no preheating required. Check this one out at Y Franks. Another interesting item is the Maytag Gemini range. If you like the idea of two ovens but do not need two full-size ovens, this range may be right for you. It’s a two oven design that lets you cook two dif- ferent foods at two different temperatures. You can bake a casserole in one oven and cookies in the other. The smaller oven preheats in half the time of a regular oven and the unit fits in the same space as an ordinary electric range. Tt is available in white, black or brushed chrome. Lastly, the newest feature ‘to be added to refrigerators is the bottom slide out drawer. We've seen the fridge NEWS photos Mike Wakefield THE Ultraline gas range and the Advantium oven are just two of the latest innovations in appliances. a new Profile Performance — Barb Lunter is a West Vancouver resident. Her floral products are available at Avant Gardener, 1466 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. Send questions or ideas to Barb c/o the North Shore “News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B.C., V7M 2H4. You can also check out her Web site at . sears offers online appliance details HOME appliances fall into the “major purchase” category, so it’s best to do some comparison shopping. But these days, you don’t have to put on your coat and drive from store to Store ... instead you can just log on. Sears Canada recently launched the largest selection of major appliances on the Internet making the retail giant the first retailer in the country to offs a vast selection of major appliances online at , Sears Web site offers more than 1,300 brand name major appliances. Sears is the first retailer in the’ country to make researching and comparison shop- ping for appliances fast and easy with its unique “Web assistant.” “It takes time for consumers to find the major appliance that meets their needs,” said Garry Smith, vice-presi- dent, online merchandising. “That’s why the ‘Web assistant’ was designed, to help them find exactly what they want as quickly as possible. They can swiftly move through their preferred colour, size, and style of appliance, special fea- tures and product materials, and narrow the selection to fit within their selected price range in less time, with little fuss,” said Smith. “The site also provides infor- mation on the latest in appliance tech- nology and tips on what to consider before beginning their search.” Sears is the only retailer in the coun- try to offer all of the top brands in major appliances including Kenmore, the lead- ing appliance brand in Canada. Customer shopping on the Scars Web site will continue to get the same high quality products they have come to expect from Sears, including delivery and information, and installation and’ repair. All of the merchandise . under’ the “Brand Central” umbrella is backed by _ Sears Parts and Service Division. Sears has more than one million parts in its inventory and a network of more than 2,400 service technicians. Maintenance agreements are available from Sears on . all brands. Sears’ Web site receives an average of 1,000 orders per day and sales for 1999 have topped $22 million. ; Sears Canada is the largest single full- line cerailer in the country: with 115 department stores and 27 furniture stores (20 of which include major appli- ances) nation wide. Sears has 12 outlet stores, 110 dealer stores, more -than 2,000 catalogue Internet order pickup locations, 17 floor covering centres, 68 auto centres and 94 travel offices. Come find out what you can do Free Community ‘Seminars by your local j pediatrician March 23 ¢ 7:00 pm Bonsor Recreation Complex 6550 Bonsor Ave., Burnaby Dr. Cheryi Mutch March 23 «7:30 pm Karen Magnussen Recreation Centre 2300 Kirkstone Place (Loon Room), N. Van. Or. 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