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All Grades â€" Saturday, January 29th at 9:30 a.m. For more information call Midge DesRoches 257â€"0022 Oliver opened his store at 1195 North Service Road (west of Nottinghill Gate) last February, fulâ€" filling a longâ€"standing ambition to run his own business after many years in the foodâ€"production indusâ€" try. He had often brewed beer in his own home, and he chose to open a Brewing Experience franchise after careful research of the brewing processes used by the available comâ€" panies. "The owner, John Leveris, is What‘s happened at The Brewing Experience since the imposition of a 26â€"centsâ€"aâ€"litre tax on Aug. 1 is heartwarming. Certainly, sales of beer have dropped in the five months, but on the other hand Oliver‘s faithful customers are behind him more than ever. "Regular customers come in and say, I‘m so happy you‘re still in business" Oliver reported recently. "They‘re saying, Good luck, Wes. And it‘s all because they like our beer and they want to keeping buying it from us." Brewing Experience: the price is still right Oliver has survived the body blow dealt brewâ€"yourâ€"own shops last summer by the provincial governâ€" ment through determination and a belief that he‘s got a good product â€" regardless of the taxes the govâ€" ernment throws at him. by Don Wall Ladies and Gentlemen, let‘s raise a glass to Wes Oliver of The Brewing Experience â€" preferably a glass of brewâ€"yourâ€"own beer, brewed at his place. ADVERTISING FEATURE 3300 Ninth Line Oakville, Ont. Fern Hill is a coâ€"educational school for students in preâ€"school through Grade 8 who will respond to a challenging programme. The Brewing Experience offers 65 different recipes of beers from around the world, many modelled after existing popular brands. Nations represented include Britain, Germany, Holland, and Mexico as well as the breadth of Canadianâ€"style beers. Oliver has developed a solid core of clients devoted to these flavourful beers, tax or no tax, and Oliver explains that it is still much, much cheaper to brew your own beer than to buy from the beer store. He calculates that one of his beers costs 60 cents per bottle, compared with $1.13 at the beer store. Manager Carolyn Cogswell and owner Wes Oliver offer beers and wines that are easy to make, taste great and are inexpensive. a microbiologist, he‘s very knowlâ€" edgeable," noted Oliver. "I like the use of grains in their beers (affecting flavour and colour) and their botthng system is better." The Brewing Experience also sells wine in kits, and he admits that the wine has been the mainstay of his business lately â€" since Aug. 1. He has two lines of kits, Vintner Reserve and the premium Selection brand, sold in many popular styles including Pinot Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Chablis. Oliver notes with satisfaction that there is a growing circle of Oakville people serving each other wines made from his kits, and proof of the excellence of these tableâ€"wine quality vintages is that more and more people are coming through his door saying, I just tried one of your wines and I loved it. The price is right with Brewing Experience wines as well â€"a typical kit makes a 750â€"ml. botâ€" tle for $3. For more information on The Brewing Experience, call §47â€"3473. Building will be awarded by jobsOntario to struggling construcâ€" tion firms. A $4.3 million jobsOntario capiâ€" tal project is giving Oakville‘s Syl Apps Youth Centre a much needed facelift. By GORD KOLLE Special to the Beaver The money will be used to build 15 classrooms, six of which will Syl Apps Centre facelift to cost $4.3â€"million The facility‘s swimming pool and tennis courts are also in need of repair, but these are incidental costs and are not part of the new construcâ€" tion program, said project developâ€" ment manager Andrew Mellor. Construction is now slated to begin in June 1994. "We‘re going to build by using the existing area better," said Syl Apps director Bev Thomson. The plan improves the 103,500â€" squareâ€"foot young offenders correcâ€" tions centre‘s academic and rehabiliâ€" tative facilities. This is done by using existing onâ€"site space to add 22,000 feet of new classroom to the comâ€" plex. The centre has been requesting the extra space from the government since 1986. Funding was given by the province nine months ago, but little money has been spent yet. Instead, needs were identified and plans developed. serve specialty and dual purpose roles, including individual and group counselling. Currently, there are 72 residents 13â€"18 years old at Syl Apps. Saturday J anuary 15th OA K VT In accordance with provincial guidelines, the facility has had to install educational programs. Many Syl Apps youth have little education and are emotionally, physâ€" ically and mentally abused. There are those who have committed extreme crimes, including murder. Syl Apps attempts to redirect criminal youth back into society as productive individuals. The facility doesn‘t have a lot of time to do it in, so it has established community outâ€" reach programs to help released inmates. Syl Apps was built in 1972 as an assessment centre for juvenile crimiâ€" nals. But since then, its role has changed. Presently it houses young offenders who serve sentences from three to five years. Sy1 Apps also invites community groups to use its facilities so that Oakville residents get a better underâ€" standing of the centre‘s function. Syl Apps emphasizes vocational training so that youth can participate in programs such as small engine repair, transportation, visual arts, cosmetology and construction.