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Oakville Beaver Weekend, Sunday, June 26, 1994 â€" 10 hn ae uon P YE B 4 O t ce n No m ns mss se e ow on en t in w n y Y Mn P e hn j w on w on n n 0 2M B § NA Ti Tc o Children‘s Computer Summer Camps YOUR CHILD CAN MASTER COMPUTERS, At FUTUREKIDS, leamning computers is an adventure in fun that could guarantee your child‘s future success. Our blend of hands / on teaching and high technology helps / boys and girls from 6 to 13 years old / ///// B 0 B ’ s Every Player‘s Choice" SUMMER _SPECIALS Play the best for less PREMIUM Cabretta Leather Golf Gloves by Prima master computers and learn to love learning. eaSrE::gmer Camps include the ALL NEW «* 2 FOR $1 995 Storybook Maker Camp and Mystery Reg. 14.95 each Camp. Back by popular demand, last year‘s Robotic Camp and our very lastest innovative "Computer Sports Camp" where kids will use software to compete I in Olympic games, formulate stats on \\ spreadsheets, publish sports news and SCAN their favourite cards!! 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The rate is per room, per night, single or double occupancy. Extra person charge may apply. Participating hotels accurate at time of publication and may be subject to change. Offer valid from June 1st, 1994 to June 30th, 1994. Some blackout dates may apply. Not valid for groups of 10 or more, or with other special and/or discounted offers. *Denotes Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza® location. "YAIR MILES International Holdings N.V. Authorized User Loyalty Management Group Canada Inc. © 1994, Holiday Inns, Inc. All rights reserved. ®â€"Registered Trademark/Marque déposée. SMâ€"Service Mark/Marque de Service. Call hotline for beach information The Halton Regional Health Department has set up a Beach Hotline to advise the public of the latest beach testing results. The hotline number is 825â€"6111. All lines are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the following areas being tested. In Oakville: Coronation Park and Bronte Park West: in Burlington: Beachway Park and McDonald Park; in Milton: Kelso Conservation Area; and in Halton Hills (Fairy Lake, Acton): Prospect Park (old and new beach). CANADA DAY 1994 July 1, 1994 Coronation Park, Oakville Raffle prize: 2 round trip tickets to most scheduled destinations of Air Canada Drawing by: Ginger Tien, age 11 Erica Reynolds, age 12 River Oaks Public School Sponsored by the Town of Oakville and hosted by the Halton Multicultural Council Residential Construction â€" An Invisible Giant Most people believe that the auto industry is the largest employer in Ontario. It‘s not! Nor is the government! It‘s the residential construction industry, and by far! You can be forgiven for not knowing this â€" construction activity is not as newsworthy as a new plant opening or the introduction of a night shift at an existing plant. The magnitude of the industry is also not as visible because it is happening at thousands of individual sites and it is shortâ€"term in nature. For these reasons, the scope of the residential construction industry is the best kept secret around. The truth, however, is that the residential construction industry is a major contributor not only to the Canadian economy but to the economy of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). On a national basis, the residential construction industry is larger than pulp and paper, mining or agriculture and compares with the auto and food processing industries. According to Clayton Research Associates, there was an estimated total of $40 billion in spending on all types of residential construction in Canada in 1992. This was up from $37 billion in 1991 but a significant drop from the $46 billion in spending at the peak in 1989. This $40 billion in spending accounted for more than 1 million jobs in 1992. At the Ontario level, construction is, as noted, the largest employer in the province. According to the Construction Industry Advisory Council of Ontario, there were at least 658,000 workers in the industry (all sectors) in 1991. This translates into one out of every eight workers in Ontario. The value of all construction work put in place in Ontario in 1992 totalled just over $32 billion, almost half of which was in the residential sector. This $32 billion in spending represents about 12% of total economic output in the province. All of these huge numbers start with the construction of a single unit, so lets look at the impact at this micro level. A total of 109 different workers perform individual onâ€"site job functions on the averageâ€"sized single family home. In total, each housing start creates 2.5 peronâ€"years of employment, i.¢.: two and oneâ€"half fullâ€"time jobs for a year. At the community level, according to Clayton Research, a new home buyer in the GTA spends, on average, more than $10,000 on furnishings and decorating in the first year of occupancy. Major appliances and furniture are the biggest ticket items, with window and floor coverings, lighting fixtures, painting, wallpapering and landscaping rounding out the expenditure. You can certainly see what a predominant role the construction industry plays in the province‘s economy. Employment in all industries is impacted to some extent from spending on construction. After construction jobs themselves, the largest employment impacts are felt in the manufacturing and trade sectors. Construction spending is an excellent indicator of things to come, in that it mirrors the general trends in the economy. And with new home sales gaining steady momentum, the picture is beginning to look a lot brighter. In 1993, GTHBA builders generated more than 28,000 new jobs. That‘s like one of the automakers opening up their biggest plant in North America in the GTA. Although we‘re an invisible giant, based on the importance of our industry in the larger economic scheme of things, we should be looked upon as a friendly one. Real Estate .. The Bottom Line Dan Dan Cooper is an awardâ€"winning Associate Broker with Countrywide Town Centre Realty Inc. and can be reached at 338â€"6550. â€" ADVERTISEMENT â€"