The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993 PAGE 33 a" > NAFTA panel Feb. 18th > Tax seminar Feb. 17th > Chiropractic clinic The Fiscal Agents Savings and Investment Centre of Oakville is sponsoring a tax savings and investment seminar on Wed. Feb. 17th at the Oakville Holiday Inn. The session is free and gets underway at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Townsend Haines, executive director with Global Strategy Investment Funds and William Shutt, viceâ€"pres. Fiscal Agents, Investment Fund Services. The seminar is free but reservations are needed due to limited seating. Call Susan Tippett at 844â€"7700. Michael Wilson, Minister of International Trade, will be one of the three panelists at an Oakville Chamber of Commerce panel discussion on the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) on Feb. 18th. The panel discussion will be held at 7:30 a.m. at Le Dome Banquet Hall, 1173 North Service, Rd. E. Joining Wilson, who is also the Minister of Industry Trade and Science will be James Turk, Director of Education for the Ontario Federation of Labor and Jason Myers, of the Canadian Manufacturers Association. Each of the panelists will be given a specific topic to cover. Wilson will discuss improvements into NAFTA from the Free Trade Agreement, opportunities, constraints, government concerns and dispute mechanics. The panel discussion was arranged by the International Trade Committee of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. A continental breakfast will begin at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $15. To tegister contact the Oakville Chamber of Commerce, 845â€"6613/Fax: 845â€"6475. Jay Burness, D.C., has opened a new chiropractic healthcare ciinic in the Glen Abbey area. Northoak Chiropractic is located at 243 North Service Rd, Suite 203 at Dorval Drive. graduated _ from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis Missouri. He also holds a B.Sc. in microbiology from the University of Guelph. The new centre provides handsâ€"on family healthcare with full xâ€"ray facilities on the premises. Emergency cases are treated immediately by calling the office at 338â€"5951. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 a.m.â€"12:30 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m.â€"6:00 p.m. Sheet JAY BURNESS elieve it, or not, there is a lot of B scary â€" not to mention just plain bad â€" job search advice out there. One of the classics is, "You‘re lucky someone wants to hire you. Take a pay cut if necessary ... just get your foot in the door." Another piece of horror advice is, "Take anything. How can you be picky when you‘re unemployed?" This serious advice is directed at job searchers ranging in age from 18 to death. It is not given exclusively to new University graduates. Here is our suggestion for a few of the beauties you can ignore (and will, if you‘re smart). January real estate sales decline The number and dollar value of real estate sales compiled by the Oakville Milton and District Real Estate Board, fell from the same figures last year. A total of 122 properties changed hands last month compared to 143 in January last year. * Dollar volume also declined 17 per cent to $20â€"million compared to $24.1â€"million for the same period last year. The figure was also 14 per cent lower than the $23.3â€" million in sales recorded in December of last year. OREB president Richard Weima said December and January are traditionally Mail Boxes Etc. Xerox in new service program Beware of bad advice in searching for work An agreement between Xerox Canada Ltd. and Oakvilleâ€" based Mail Boxes Etc. Canada, will quadruple the level of maintenance service available to business users of personal computers and automated office equipment. "By teaming up with Xerox in this fashion, we are giving Xerox customers easier access to equipment service they know and trust," said Michael Martino, CEO for Mail Boxes Etc. Canada. "At the same time, this arrangement provides our franchise owners with additional business that is possible only through our centrally coordinated National Accounts Program." There are currently 17 Xerox Service Centres across Canada but there are 50 Mail Boxes Etc. centres, 38 in Ontario with 12 more spread from Saskatchewan to British Columbia. Under the deal, companies will be able to service nationwide, personal computers, facsimile machines, electronic typewriters, printers and other integrated electronic office equipment manufactured by various companies, as well as Xerox‘s own equipment. Users drop off the machine requiring service at the nearest Mail Boxes Etc. centre which then packs and ships the equipment to a designated Xerox Service Centre across Canada. The repaired machines are then shipped back directly to the customer‘s site or to a service depot. (See ‘‘Program" page 34) "Be humble." Hold it. Strong egos are still in great demand. Never have companies been more interested in how people feel about themselves as workers Why? Aren‘t the meek and mild easier to managc ‘thar the slow months in the real estate industry but this year has had its own problems. "This year we have theâ€"added complication of an economy that is still in transition and I suspect many people are concerned about their finances," said Weima. "Discretionary moves may not be a very strong part of the market yet." "In fact, that‘s emphasized by the fact that fewer properties during January than we expected," Weima Doogan the Clown, otherwise known as Herb Shroeder places balloon crown on head of outâ€"going Oakville Chamber of Commerce executive viceâ€"president Jackie Cutmore. The occasion was the Wednesday night surprise farewell dinnerâ€"cumâ€"roast for Cutmore who is leaving her position after more than five years of service. She is taking on an executive position with Oakvilleâ€"based Child Find Ontario Inc. said. "The OREB processed 537 new listings last month compared to 648 a year earlier." This compares with 680 in 1991 and 886 in January 1990. But while sales figures for the total OREB area are down, sales acitivity in Oakville has remained constant with 73 residential sales last month compared with 72 for the same period a year ago and 78 in December. Weima attributed this situation to a market that favors first time home buyers and the lack ofâ€"entryâ€"level homes in the rural and outlying areas. Almost universally organizations fear the instability, neediness, and mood swings of the egoâ€"deficient. When good workers are in short supply, an organization will shrug its collective shoulders and hire a few visibly needy people, hoping to replace them with stronger people later. Now, strongâ€"minded? Of course, they can be managed more easily, but they can‘t be motivated or forced to think! There isn‘t a mouse who ever turned into a lion on the first day of a new job. ‘ «> <> (See "Companies" page 34) BURNS â€" (416)359â€"4633 FRY LIMITED Enhance your RRSP with Fidelity Investments Canada Mark Slipp