Ottawa’s favourite rural haunt

After nearly a quarter-century, Saunders Farm still has no problem scaring up business, Bruce Firestone writes

“It used to be if (CTV Ottawa weatherman) J.J. Clarke would mention us on the news or even if we put ads in the local newspaper, cars would pour down the road. But that doesn’t work anymore … So today, it’s all web-based … We have a large e-mail list of 38,000 people plus 5,500 Twitter and 12,000 Facebook followers.” – MARK SAUNDERS, DIRECTOR OF FUN AT SAUNDERS FARM

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Ifirst met Anne Saunders when she came to the Ottawa Senators’ offices – then on Moodie Drive in Bells Corners – on May 20, 1991 – wearing a clown outfit. How do I know it was May 20? Because that was her handsome son David Saunders’s 25th birthday....

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