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A Metroland Community Newspaper SsNOW FU Local employment network makes work H.A.P.P.EN. By DEREK COOMBER Special to the Beaver o says good jobs don‘t just H.A.P.P.E.N? : Well, that‘s not true in Oakville, even at this 3 time of year. For every Tuesday morning, you‘ll find hundreds of Halton and Peel Professional Executive Network members meeting at the Canadian Autoworkers Union 707 Galaxy Club on North Service Road, busy hunting for their next big employment opportunity. â€" â€" For, despite the recession, HAPPEN has helped over 100 professionals to be placed in new jobs this year {1993) and membership has mushroomed from about 400 to around 1,100 in the last 12 months. Attenders come from as far as Niagara, Richmond Hill, Brampton, and Kitchenerâ€"WaterIo0. * They say membership dues of $5 and a dollar for each meeting they attend â€" although the CAW has donated the use of the club at no charge since 1992 â€" when the burgeoning group had to vacate Sheridan ‘College premises on the South Service Road. "Our main goal in life is to close this thing down," Halton And Peel Professional Executive Network helps laidâ€"off whiteâ€"collar workers with tools to find a job The weather outside may have been frighfully cold but it didn‘t stop Kevin Korslick, (top) William Korslick and Mark Campbell from testing out the slopes at Bronte‘s Riverview Park Sunday. As for the cold? It‘s here until the end of the week. (Photo by Barrie Erskine) 184 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville 845â€"5582 389 Pearl St., Burlington 639â€"1372 "Canada‘s Best &({r{w? Me exghaper "CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 Vol. 31 No. 154 joked core (board) group member Bill Watson, a Mississauga international sales and marketing execuâ€" tive, after a recent meeting. "But we seem to be failing because our membership is growing." As well as providing mutual support to each other, HAPPEN offers a professional resume service, new job listings, tips and guidance on search and placement, guest speakers with exceptional insight and infinite netâ€" working opportunities. For a $10 payment, members get their resumes mailed out to 280 search and placeâ€" ment firms in the region. Watson says that the core group members are replaced as they find positions, so the executive freâ€" quently changes its profile, although some members continue as a resource for others after they are placed. He joined the group in the early summer of ©93, after being displaced for the second time in his career â€" an occurrence most likely to befall most Canadians now, Toronto Star employment columnist Janis Foordâ€"Kirk said at a recent meeting. HAPPEN is definitely not an organization to rest on its laurels â€" or UI benefits â€" according to Watson. This (See ‘Group‘ page 4) SJALF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1993 Daring robbery nets thieves cash Four stores charged for Boxing Day sales Teen charged after 81 year old woman fights off unwanted Christmas Eve ‘visitor‘ Police seek four men in Aikenhead‘s robbery A feisty 81â€"yearâ€"old woman fought off a young male who had broken into her north Oakville home early Christmas Eve morning. _ Hit. Halton Regional Police said the youth had broken into the woman‘s home on Hwy. 25, north of Hwy. 5 at about 7:30 a.m. alton Regional Police are still looking for Hfour armed men who looted a large of sum of money from the cash office of Aikenhead‘s Home Improvement Warehouse in east Oakville early Christmas Eve morning. The young man grabbed the woman from behind, put his glovedâ€"hand over her mouth and demanded money, said police. Police report the men â€" three were brandishing handguns while the fourth carried a machete â€" barged into Aikenhead‘s at 7:30 a.m. and ordered Halton Regional Police will be issuing summonses to four Oakville stores for opening for business on Boxing Day, Sunday, Dec. 26th. The four stores are Hy and Zel‘s, Weall and Cullen, National Sports, all on the North Service Road, and Corbett‘s Sports, Speers Road. According to Sgt. Al Frost, of the Halton Regional Police, all four stores will be charged with contravening the Retail Business Holidays Act. Frost said the police are currently in the process of issuing summonses to the four retail stores. Prior to Boxing Day, police alerted area merchants they would prosecute any stores which opened for Boxing Day. ‘The minimum fine for a first offence is $500. A second offence is $2,000 and a third offence, and any subsequent offences, jumps to $5,000. The maximum penalties are more severe â€" up to $50,000 or the total amount of gross sales on the day of the infraction. Two years ago it was legal to open on Boxing Day. But last year, even though the province amended the Act to allow Sunday shopping, it passed legislation to forbid store openings on statutory holidays such as Good Fnday and Canada Day. No matter what day of the week Boxing Day falls on, it remains illegal for most stores to open. There are exceptions, including: â€" Stores with upâ€"to three employees. â€" Stores with less than 2,400 sq. ft. of floor space serving and selling to the public. â€" Stores with goods such as foodstuffs, tobacco, antiques and handcrafts. Under provincial law, stores and shopping areas can also open legally through a tourism exemption granted by Halton Region.. sls . s _ In Halton, Bronte Village, the Village Square in Burlington and the Olde Hide House in Acton were able to open on Boxing Day through the tourism exemption. Deep freeze keeps auto club busy By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff If you thought you were busy over the Christmas weekend, your schedule probably paled in comparison to that of a tow truck operator with the Hamilton Automobile Club. W % â€"Th:deeâ€";)“f;c;zc conditions that settled over southwestern Ontario â€" and many other parts of the country â€" just two days before Christmas took their toll on vehicles. Py Members of HAPPEN check out job listings at a recent meeting: tive sessions on finding work and to network. On Monday, the HACâ€" which covers not only the Halton area, but Maximize Your Financial Planning With A Free MAX Computer (See ‘Auto‘ page 3) Call 338â€"3030 For Details. 28 Pages But instead of surrendering to her youthful attackâ€" er, the 81â€"yearâ€" old woman fought him off, Polic¢ said the assailant eventually fled on foot. +4 about 24 employees and customers to lie down on the floor. After taking cash from the store‘s cash office, they fled in a silver miniâ€"van. Police later brought in a 16â€"yearâ€"old suspect for questioning that day and eventually charged him at:6 p.m. s ce . 5 All four men had their faces covered with hoods and scarves with only their lips and eyes showing, reported the police. All four men were described as nonâ€"white males. /A _ The youth, who cannot be named under the Young Offenders Act, is charged with robbery and breaking and entering to commit an indictable offence. wo BURNS FRY Season s Greetings. Nee from Mark Slipp (416) 359â€"4633 group meets Tuesdays for informaâ€" Today‘s INSIDE Paper SPORTS......... EDITORIAL FOCUS........... CLASSIFIED 75 Cents (GST included) Focus on 1993 A very eventful year Hockey fight night "FIVE STAR PLEDGE" LIMITED Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 __ 670 FOURTH LINE at Speers Ra W @ 842â€"6854 \unesues, eesesussesssessessssssssesssseeqsen0e8 MUFFLEA & BAAKE @ DOMINION SECURMES Member of Royal Bank Group Low Prices Quality Products Personal Service Cusiomer Satsfaction Guaranteed Trustworthiness 1314 ..9â€"12 16â€"17