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THE CITY OFWINDSORHAS LANDEDa racing event that is rapidly gaining in popu-larity around the world.Karting has spawned a multi billion dollar

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Mirroring The Belle Isle Grand PrixIn Our City Centre

STORY / PHOTOGRAPHY BYDICK HILDEBRAND

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Left and below:Ten year old Josh Indig is a firstyear racer in the novice division. As his kartshows, he like most racers, relies on his sponsorsto support his racing.

Bottom: As this picture shows, karting compe-tition can be very close.

The Labour Day weekend race inWindsor…the Windsor Karting GrandPrix Street Race…was the fifth leg of theBrian Stewart Racing Karting Champi-onships, which is a feeder series to the IndyRacing league. Its graduates include MarcoAndretti, two time Indy 500 winner HelioCastroneves, three time Indy Car serieschamp Sam Hornish Jr., 2005 Rookie ofthe Year Danica Patrick, 500 championDan Wheldon and Canadian Paul Tracy.The Windsor races, which coincided

with the Belle Isle Grand Prix activities,were staged along the riverfront. Caesar'sWindsor provided an impressive backdropto the south while the Detroit River shim-mered to the north.About $15,000 was spent in Festival

Plaza this year so the races could be sanc-tioned. This included modifications to thechallenging downtown racetrack, featur-ing tough corners and high speed straight-aways.Enzo Chiovitti, the principal and or-

ganizer of the Stewart championships, saysthe series has the best karters from Canadaand many parts of the United States. Hehas dubbed the Windsor race “The LittleMonaco Grand Prix of Karting”.There were 215 competitors this year

compared with 85 last year and onceagain, the Sunparlor Kart Club was thechief organizer and host.Club President Earl Lajoie says most of

the 65 club members chipped in and spentmany hours putting the show together.They built the track and took care of allthe behind the scenes activities from pro-viding the ambulance to recruiting thevolunteers.Brian Stewart Racing brought in the

professional starters and race directors andhandled the electronic scoring. This pro-fessional effort from start to finish even in-cluded a quick track repair job betweenSaturday and Sunday activities. Accordingto Earl, a bump on a Plaza section of thetrack lifted karts off the ground, and thiscould have resulted in blown motors andloss of control.There was lots of racing, involving driv-

ers from the ages of 7 on up, competing in15 different classes.Some of the karts reached speeds of 100

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Others lined the riverbanks to watch ourown “spectacle of racing”. It's estimatedthat up to 5,000 people took advantage ofthe on-track activities at any given time:roughly a 30 percent increase over last year.And with free admission, the KartingGrand Prix is undoubtedly the best racingdeal on the planet.Two local racers, both members of the

Sunparlor Kart Club, took checkered flags.Nine year old Grant Quinlan of Maid-

stone won the Rotax Micro Max class.He's a fierce competitor and ran in theFlorida Winter Tour this past year againstracers from all over the world.Marc Stehle of Windsor won the Senior

Heavy 4 Stroke Class.While cash is awarded to adult winners,

most of the prizes come in the form of tro-phies…orWii systems for the younger set.A to Z Financial and Brian Stewart Racingprovide the awards.Larry Horowitz, Chair of the Down-

town Windsor Business ImprovementArea, says annual events such as the Kart-ing Championships, the Red Bull Racesand the Target Fireworks should reintro-duce people to downtown Windsor. Chil-dren, their parents and grandparents, hesays, will discover there's something herefor all ages.Gordon Orr, Managing Director of the

Convention and Visitors Bureau, says hatsoff to the Sunparlor Kart Club for “pro-moting what's good in Windsor”.Earl Lajoie, the club president says,

“This event provides an opportunity forkarters in Central and Southwestern On-tario to present themselves in an urbanrace environment that will stimulate inter-est and help the growth of the sport ofkarting.”There’s more information at the club's

Web site at www.spkc.ca.What's in store for 2009?According to Earl, Brian Stewart Racing

has indicated the series will likely returnto Windsor next Labour Day weekendbut to date, nothing has been put onpaper.In the meantime, people with a budding

young racer or racers in the family cancheck into the world of go-karting. Any-one from the age of seven and older is wel-come to join the Sunparlor Kart Club forwhat could be the start of an exciting andeven perhaps lucrative career.

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"Never call them toys and don't ever say they're cute!"Those phrases are no-nos to model railroaders who take their hobby very seriously.Carl Merton is president of the 30 memberWindsor Modular Railroad Club (WMRC), which

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tawa St. Sessions which begin at 6 pm can easily last three to four hours, depending on the amountof activity generated by members. Membership dues are $240 per year and this goes toward rentand insurance. If there's any money left over it's used to buy new equipment.WMRC members are constantly working on two HO scale layouts in the large 1,600 sq. ft.

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Every February, the pieces are taken tothe Essex District High School and assem-bled for an annual fundraising historicaltrain show, which has been designed for allage groups. Kids are invited to run thetrains, while Mom and Dad check out themore elaborates layouts or buy new equip-ment for their own projects. Vendors fromvarious hobby shops are on hand to retailtrain paraphernalia, while club memberssell some of the cars, engines or tracksthey're not using any more.The two day show normally attracts

several thousand people and for an admis-sion price of $5 it has proven to be an eco-nomical way to have some cold winterweekend fun.Carl says that in the early days, the club

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It was reminiscent of a scene from the movie "Patton". Only thistime it wasn't the General but the Captain, Roger Penske, who sentup a weather prayer…and it worked!Friday August 29/08: A shower greeted the dawn and the rest of

the day was cloudy and extremely humid. However, Belle Isle didcome alive on schedule, with the roar of the engines allowing forqualifying and practice. And as always, Friday was Free Prix Day.Saturday August 30/08: A frightening beginning to the day as

dense fog reduced visibility to mere inches, forcing officials to jug-gle their schedules so everything would fit. When the sun finallyburned off the soup, nothing suffered and the increasingly popularAmerican LeMans Series race was staged, withTeam Andretti-Greencoming out on top in the powerful P2 Class. It's interesting to notethat these cars run on either Ethanol or diesel fuel, contributing tonew “green” conservation efforts. The diesels aren't like your grand-father's car; these vehicles are phenomenally fast. For racing purists,

the only negative is the fact they're so quiet. IndyCar practice andqualifying took place right on the money, with IRL series pointsleader Scott Dixon grabbing the coveted pole.Sunday August 31/08: Brilliant sunshine, gentle breezes and

lower humidities from sunrise to sunset produced the perfect finalday to an already superlative weekend.The first event on the card was the newly added SCCA SPEED

World Challenge GT featuring the most popular sports cars in theworld. Interestingly, 80 percent of the field was North American.And that pleased the fans, many of whom brought the entire familyto the island jewel of the Detroit River.Kids crowded into the Meijer Fun Zone for some good old fash-

ioned frolicking along with more challenging digital activities, whileteenagers enjoyed their favourite bands on the XM stage throughoutthe weekend. As the aroma of barbecue wafted through the latesummer air, visitors got a taste of the amenities and the hospitality

The 2008 Detroit Grand PrixA Sunlit Success For Our Two Nation Destination

STORY/PHOTOGRAPHY BY DICK HILDEBRAND

First place winner Justin Wilson (centre) is flanked by runnerup Helio Castroneves (left) and third place finisher Tony Kanaan.


our region offers. Repeaters from last yearenjoyed an even more improved Belle Isleas the not for profit Downtown DetroitPartnership continues its pledge to use raceproceeds for island betterment.Even sponsorship was up this year: 69

sponsors, compared to 57 in 2007. Andticket sales eclipsed last year's numbers. Allyou had to do was glance up at the grand-stands. Spectators were provided with aview of the entire race by way of largescreens scattered about the course. TheCanadian Grandstand, between Corners 1and 2, was filled to capacity in accordancewith the partnership forged by the cities ofDetroit and Windsor.The Media Center in the refurbished

Belle Isle Casino was again sponsored andhosted by the City of Windsor. The work-ing media assessed their environment asbeing as good, if not better, than anywhereelse. The Scott Fountain, which had earlierbeen vandalized by copper thieves, was re-stored to perfect working condition in timefor race weekend. In addition, grandstandseating was widened for greater comfortand transportation services were enhanced,making it easier for fans to enter and leavethe island. The operation was consideredfirst class all round.Sections of the racetrack have been

repaved, while several corners are due to berefinished before the 2009 race. Driversgenerally love the track, particularly thosewho practice and qualify the quickest.Slower competitors have complained thatthe circuit is too narrow and passing is dif-ficult. But, as veteran Bobby Rahal has al-ways said, “That’s racing.”At the pre-race IndyCar festivities, two

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moth effort to produce a world class racevenue; but this, observers say, Belle Isle hasbecome.Compliments and gratitude to the thou-

sands of volunteers who helped make therace the success it was, came from RogerPenske, racing legend and Detroit businessace, Bud Denker, the Grand Prix EventsChairman, Windsor Mayor Eddie Francisand Gordon Orr, Managing Director of theWindsor, Essex County and Pelee IslandConvention and Visitors Bureau. PublicRelations Director Merrill Cain and hisstaff efficiently got out word that Detroitand Windsor are the places to be onLabour Day weekend. A full colour EventsGuide, available free of charge, not onlyoutlined weekend activities but provideddetailed maps, information on inclementweather procedures and general rules ofconduct. The brochure, along with com-memorative ticket stubs, have becomeadditions to race fans’ collections ofmemorabilia.The Grand Prix box office is open Mon-

day through Friday between 9 and 5 yearround in the 300 Renaissance Center, Suite2311.For more information on the Grand Prix

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season: The final race of the season atChicagoland was a nailbiter. Helio Cas-troneves, forced to start last due to a quali-fying infraction, sped his way to the frontand won that race by the closest margin inthe history of the IndyCar Series, finishing1/1,000th of a second ahead of ScottDixon. But Scott, who only had to finisheighth or better, emerged as the IRL serieschampion.

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here are 11,100 tunes on Anthony Bracewell’s iPod.The most frequently played selections change frequently.Unlike most of his 16 year old peers, however, Anthony’s

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September 27th, 2008 at 10 pm EasternTime. There is also the opportunity for ayoung musician and occasional singer suchas Anthony to perform in his homeCounty. Last year, he played Jean Valjeanin “Les Misérables” at The Capitol Theatre.He has soloed with theWindsor SymphonyOrchestra twice and at the St. Clair CentreFor The Arts. At school, Anthony wrotethe underscore for solo violin in a play inwhich he also performed. “It was a lot ofdissonant, atonal stuff,” Anthony says.The musician is the Concertmaster of

the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra.Twice, Anthony has won the Detroit Sym-phony Civic Ensemble Concerto Compe-tition and is looking forward to enteringagain this year. Other wins include Awardsof Excellence earned at the regionalToronto Sears Drama Fest.Three summer programs at Meadow-

mount School of Music in New York havealso contributed to Anthony’s emergingskills. His ability to attend the costly pro-gram “is directly due to some people whohave helped me,” Anthony says. He receivesa partial scholarship, bolstered significantlyby the Circle of Seven, the local philan-thropic group, and the Greater WindsorCommunity Foundation. “I owe these peo-ple a lot,” Anthony says with gratitude. “EdAgnew has really gone out of his way tohelp. He’s amazing.”With his final year of high school now

underway, Anthony is balancing his aca-demic studies with music lessons and prac-tices. “I have a social life. It’s limited, butI’m not hurting for friends. They’re every-where: Windsor, Cleveland and Detroit. Ilove my friends.”He is currently preparing for a special

recital, hosted by the May Court Club ofWindsor and sponsored by Rosser ReevesJewellers.At 7 pm on October 19th in St. Andrews

Presbyterian Church at 405 Victoria Ave.,Anthony will play his violin for two hours,accompanied by a pianist. During inter-mission, the young violinist will chat withthe audience.“I’m going to try to cover a spectrum of

music,” Anthony says. With his broad ap-preciation of so many composers, choosinga handful of pieces for the program was aneffort in self discipline. Ultimately, An-thony went with Brahms Sonata in GMajor, Sibelius Violin Concerto andSarasate Carmen Fantasy. “Those are bigworks. Each is 15 to 20 minutes.” To round

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out the evening, Anthony has insertedother works byWieniawski, Kreisler, Saint-Saëns and more.Members of the May Court Club of

Windsor decided to host the recital afterawarding Anthony the club’s music prizeand learning more about the extensive costsof training a classical violinist. The recitalwill help raise funds that will enable theteen to continue in his musical journey.“While financially aiding Anthony we areenabling the children in this area to see andhear an exceptionally talented student,which can only be inspiring,” says Jane Bar-low of May Court. “He is very personableand madly enthusiastic and will be happyto talk, over refreshments, on the night ofthe recital about his future dreams and howhe is preparing for them.”Carol Weepers, owner of Rosser Reeves

Jewellers, the recital’s sponsor, says, “I havethe greatest respect for Jane Barlow and theMay Court Club, whose mission is to sup-port young people under 18 in our com-munity, so I was thrilled and honouredwhen they asked me to sponsor Anthonyand was particularly attracted to the projectbecause Anthony is a violinist. I naivelytook up violin lessons a few years ago, so Iam in awe of violinists. It is such a difficultinstrument to play! Because music is such apart of the human essence, it is vital thatwe support our young musicians. Ouryoung people are preserving the music ofthe great composers and their works for fu-ture generations. We should be proud ofand honour all the young people in ourcommunity who work so hard and spendso much of their time pursuing their musi-cal and artistic ambitions.”Carol adds, “This is a wonderful oppor-

tunity for our residents to experience suchamazing talent in such a young man. Weare so blessed to have this kind of talent inour area and our support is very importantfor his future success. Anthony is workingvery hard to make this recital unforget-table!”Anthony is appreciative of his commu-

nity’s encouragement. “I think any timesomeone you barely know from where youlive gives you the kind of support that I’vebeen given…well…it gives me one morereason to play,” he says.For advance tickets to Anthony’s

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His resumé, which includes an Emmy nomination,belies his age and reads as if it belongs to someone nearing the endof a highly successful career. But Gordon Garwood, at the age of29, is in essence beginning his life's journey.The eldest of three sons of well known Leamington dentist

George Garwood and his wife Janet, Gord has virtually achievedsuperstar status in the world of computer design and animation.Born in the Lake Erie town on December 29th, 1978, Gord

grew up doing most of the things that County boys do. As ateenager he spent summers in the agricultural industry. He workedat the Mastronardi greenhouses, picked tomatoes, did some po-tato farming and even detassled corn, which he says was “the worst”because he's allergic to corn husks!And with his usual candor and characteristic chuckle, Gord says

he just can't understand what happened. He got stuck with all thehard labour while brother Steve worked at the golf course and otherbrother Phil got a job at a movie rental place.Gord attended elementary classes at the Margaret D. Bennie

School and graduated from Leamington District SecondarySchool. His nemesis was math (even using tutors three nights aweek he says he couldn't make it click) but his star shone brightlyin computer arts and his penchant for strategy made him a hero onthe chess team. Gord’s affinity with computers came at a very earlyage. "I think my first word was button,” he quips, “when I was sit-ting on my Dad's lap in front of the old Atari. That was a very,very long time ago.”

In 1997, Gord left the nest and travelled to Toronto where thethree campuses of Seneca College were his home for six years. Hestudied graphic design for three years; then spent two years in mul-timedia and 3D and another year in specialty 3D. He graduated onthe President's Honour Roll.Gord supported his college efforts through a variety of jobs, in-

cluding working security at the Manulife Centre in downtownToronto. He was a graphic designer/web page designer for RealCanada Network, a multimedia firm which specialized in the realestate field. He freelanced for another company which produceddirect mailing brochures and he was a commercial artist for AuroraMarine Industries in Mississauga, where he designed packaging,labels, neck hangers and mailouts. He even spent one summer se-mester as a professor of multimedia techniques at George BrownCollege.His first “real” job came in November, 2003, with Decode: “an

awesome” production house. After starting as a graphic designer,he was quickly promoted to art director, and in that position hewas involved in the production of “a billion children's TV showsat one time”. One of the shows happened to be “Super Why!’…owned by the film and video company Out Of The Blue Produc-tions, which also produced the popular “Blue's Clues” . Gord saysthe company made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Very modestly,he declares, “They made me the go-to guy because I had taken somuch stuff in school. I can go from graphic design, logo design,press work and I can move that over to multimedia and interactive

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stuff and then I can take that and do tooland die for toy design, DVD authoring,video editing, 3D animation, web pagedesign, composition; there's nothing inthe industry that I don't really have agrasp on.”After hardly any coaxing, he and his wife

Erika moved to the New York area in Sep-tember of 2007 and settled just outsideHoboken, New Jersey: a 40 minute com-mute by train to downtown Manhattan.Gord does own a car but won't drive inManhattan. “I tried that once,” he laughs,“but when I saw that every single car therehad some kind of dent, I decided to takepublic transit instead.”“Super Why!”, a TV show designed for

preschool children, went on the air eightmonths ago and is already among the top10 American shows for 3 to 5 year olds. Itcan be seen weekdays at 8 am on DetroitPBS channel 56.The premise is entertaining and at the

same time educational. It deals with agroup of friends taken from fairy tales whoplay and solve problems together in Story-brook Village.They gather at their book club and re-

view the problems on a “super duper” com-puter and figure out what book to jumpinto. Just before they leap into the book,they transform into their super selves,“Super Why!”, “Wonder Red”, “PrincessPresto” and “Alpha Pig”. Each has specialpowers such as the alphabet, spelling, wordpower and reading. At the end of theshow, “Super Why!” puts the whole thingtogether and becomes the super storyanswer.Much to his surprise, Gord's team re-

ceived a daytime Emmy nomination for“Super Why!” but the statuette went toSesame Street, just as it has for the pastdecade.“Watch out next year,” says Gord. He's

predicting a repeat nomination in 2009,along with a much better chance of win-ning. He's got a three year contract withOut Of The Blue and says he is "so veryhappy. I've found my niche; I feel respectedand my bosses are just so smart and power-ful and they're great.”You have to ask yourself: with these su-

perlative credentials and his charismaticpersonality, is Leamington’s Gord Garwooddestined to be the new generation GeorgeLucas? It's certainly not beyond the realmof possibility.Time and achievement will tell.

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He's a Special Constable with the University ofWindsor Campus Police. And he's a solid musi-cian as a member of "8ight Past Nine": an up andcoming band.Yet Kevin's road in life has been a rocky one and

after extensive research into the causes of hischronic pain and that of hundreds of others he'sbeen in contact with, the 31 year old has chron-icled his experiences and conclusions in a book ti-tled "Personal Underworld: A Journey ThroughTMS". It's already enjoying solid sales after beingreleased several months ago.The term TMS, standing for Tension Myositis

Syndrome, is attributed to John Sarno, a notedNew York medical doctor who stepped out of hiscomfort zone to relate emotional repression to themanifestation of pain. According to Kevin, “It's afancy way of saying that your unconscious (notsubconscious) emotions can cause physical andemotional illnesses in your body." He points outthat many people are living with knee pain, neckpain, back and shoulder pain, anxiety and fi-bromyalgia, the causes of which are nearly im-possible to diagnose. He suggests it could be

TMS, by which a person's mind is offering protection from the unpleasant things we don't want to experience. Consequently,the negatives are pushed way back into the unconscious and replaced by pain. Reminiscing about his childhood, Kevin says heremembers an endless stream of medical problems such as skin rashes, teenage anxiety, unexplained gastrointestinal problems, con-tinual urinary tract symptoms and constant depression.He says the situation came to a head about three years ago.He was getting married, starting a career and building a new house: all positive things. Yet, he says, a part of him didn't want

to get married and he was leery about putting out the money for a mortgage. The end result was severe pelvic pain, which wasdiagnosed as a form of a chronic prostate infection even though blood and urine tests were negative.

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Antibiotics were prescribed. They didn'twork. More doctors visits followed…ninealtogether…and each time the prognosiswas the same. But the pills didn't help, thepain worsened and Kevin began gettingpanic and anxiety attacks. That was whenhe took action.Kevin discovered Dr. Sarno's Web site,

exchanged emails with him and orderedseveral of his books, including one titled"Mind Body Prescription". After reading it,says Kevin, "everything clicked." In a mat-ter of a few weeks his pain had virtually dis-appeared.He learned there is no treatment for

TMS; that individual efforts are required toget rid of the pain. "After reading the bookI actually faced the negative aspects headon,” says Kevin. "I realized there is a partof me that doesn't want to be married;there is a part of me that doesn't want theresponsibility of a mortgage or that doesn'twant to go to work every day. I was gettingin touch with parts of myself that I wasafraid to acknowledge were there."He was forced to go into his “personal

underworld” where all the negative emo-tions were stored; to get in touch with themand live through them. Kevin began to dis-cover how he truly felt about his marriage,his childhood, his friendships, his self es-teem and his spirituality. He says, "Therewas a lot of anger, a lot of general fear anda lot of rage."The hardest part about writing his book

was the section titled "Sources": an ex-tremely personal look at things Kevin sayshe had to discover about himself."Personal Underworld" is a book to

which many people can relate. It's 142pages long and is written in easy to under-stand layman's terms with no medical jar-gon to sift through.It's available in both hard and soft cover

at Chapters in Windsor and on Kevin'sWeb site at www.kevinrobertjarvis.com andis even being listed on other sites along withDr. Sarno's books.In "Personal Underworld", Kevin em-

phasizes that he's not a doctor and the bookis not designed to castigate the medical pro-fession. He's relating his personal experi-ences and offering an insight into how wecan contribute to our own healing.Today, says Kevin, he's a happily married

father, he loves spending time at his homeand he's enjoying his career. He's totallypain free…with the exception of a brokenleg he suffered earlier this summer!

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los and her brother, Thomas Stoiantsis, are carrying on the familytradition of mixing and packing their signature sauces and spicesfrom scratch. The siblings assist their parents, Valerie and ChrisStoiantsis, in production, distribution and promotion.“My grandmother gave my father, Chris, the original recipe for

the Hot Sauce in 1957,” Victoria says. “From the Hot Sauce, theSweet Sauce was born. My father and mother developed the SweetSauce in 1972.” A tantalizing collection of sauces, spices and rubsevolved from Valerie’s passion and creativity.Valerie started working in the restaurant at the age of 11 and

Chris at the age of 17. They sold their shares in the family restau-rant this past May; however, their recipes were not part of the sale.A few weeks later, the same collection of sauces and spices were re-leased; re-branded, but with that same familiar yellow label, an-nouncing “Valerie’s Original Flavours” and bearinga photo of Chris and Valerie, circa 1960, holdingtheir first jar of sauce.“I am so proud of my parents. At ages 73 and 75,

they are starting all over, re-investing not onlyin their future but in Windsor,” Victoriasays. “They worked for decades at Tun-nel Bar-B-Q and have certainly earnedtheir retirement. But here they are,making the authentic sauces andspices that everybody has knownand craved since the 1970s.”The complete collection of Va-

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at www.valeriesflavours.com. Special order gift baskets are alsoavailable.It became obvious to the Stoiantsis family that local people enjoy

Valerie's Original Flavours. “The sauces are condiments to them.They put our sauces on their eggs, pizza and rice. They marinatetheir meat in the spices and even the sauces,” Victoria says. Ac-cording to dedicated customers, a barbecue without the distinc-tive sauce just isn’t worth the effort.It’s like old times in the Stoiantsis’s kitchen, with the kids help-

ing their parents as they get the collection ready for customers.Like their mother before them, the siblings grew up atthe Tunnel Bar-B-Q working as youngsters in the diningroom and behind the scenes.Thomas continues to assist his mother with hand meas-

uring the ingredients and blending them carefullybefore filling each bottle. Geralynn managessales and Victoria provides marketing and ad-vertising support. There is a sense of pur-pose, underscored by the excitement of anew venture after so many rewardingdecades working in the restaurant.

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