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22 Oakville Beaver Weekend Sunday November 12, 2000 B u sin e ss To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 ZENON to filter York water Z E N O N E n viro n m en ta l In c. will supply The R egional M unicipality of York (York Region), with a drinking w ater m em brane filtration system. York Region C ouncil approved the selection o f ZEN O N and its m em brane technology for the G eorgina W ater Supply Facility in G eorgina C ounty, on the shores o f Lake Simcoe. The contract is valued in excess of $5 million. The Georgina facility will be the 14th ZENON drinking water plant installation in Ontario. Along with the five wastewater plants ZENON has installed throughout the province, there are a total o f 19 ZENON membrane filtration plants in operation or under construction across Ontario. Under the contract, York Region will close its existing conventional water treatment facility in the Town of Georgina and replace it with a ZENON system. The new facility will be built between the Georgina communities of Sutton and Keswick. Swiss Chalet promotion benefits local charities To celebrate the launch of its Festive Special 2000, Swiss Chalet restaurants are holding a two-day commu nity fundraising program on Nov. 15th and 16th. On these two days, the restaurants will donate 25 cents of each Festive Special or Quarter Chicken Dinner sold, to selected local charities. Swiss C halet Corporation will match the total money raised and donate the money to The Starlight C hildren's Foundation which grants wishes and entertainmentrelated activities to seriously ill children. The Festive Special Gift includes five individually wrapped Lindor truffles: two dark chocolate, two milk chocolate and one white chocolate. The Special includes a quarter chicken dinner with cranberry sauce, savoury stuffing and the chocolate premium. R otary C lu b of O akville N o rth has had strong youth focus for years With the Oakville Rotary Auction just a few weeks away, excitement is building and donated items are still pouring in from generous local businesses. There is no way you should miss all the fun and action on November 24 and 25 on Cogeco 23, and online at www.oakvillerotary.org. If you haven't marked your calendar already, do it now! Last week, we looked at some of the youth projects undertaken by the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar. Today, it's Oakville North's turn. Club president Andrew Caird (from Access Computer Services in northeast Oakville) is justifiably proud of his club's dedication to local youth. He is extremely excited about a new program they launched just two weeks ago, referred to as "The Club" and coordinated by Big Brothers and Big Sisters. O a k v il l e RCON is one o f the funding agencies for the after school tutoring project, and is the first local Rotary Club A u c t to get involved. More than 50 students at St. James' Catholic School on Morden Road have signed up for the pro gram. which pairs some 60 volunteers with junior school students to help with reading, writing and arithmetic. Caird says members of the public have been very generous in donating their time. "We've got retirees, former teachers, high school students and even some fire men helping us out. The Club is a one-on-one tutoring program run J n the school library for one to one-and-a-half hours, twice a week. We've modeled our project on one in Kitchener-Waterloo that has more than 1,000 students involved," Caird explains. Another Big Brothers project Oakville North supports is the Soap Box Derby. This is the second year of involvement for the Rotary Club, and proceeds from the event go towards "The Club" after school tutoring program. Rotary seeks corporate sponsors for the derby cars - provided by a Big Brother in Brampton - and Little Brothers drive them for the race behind the Oakville Public Library downtown. It's a real community day, Caird says, that brings out close to 70 per cent of RCON's 32 members. "We manage to raise thousands of dollars, and lots of people from the local community come out to help us run the race, cook hotdogs, and more. Even the Fire Department shows up!," he says. Camp Enterprise, another youth-oriented project, is a weekend get away for local high students that helps familiarize them with all aspects of the business world. About 60 kids travel to a campground north of Burlington - the project was actually started and is run from Burlington - and volunteers go up to organize fun ways of learning and make 15-minute presentations about their own careers. "1 actually volunteer to speak about the computer business. Keeping these kids entertained for 15-minutes talking about computers is one of the hardest things I've ever done," Caird laughs. Another literacy-focused endeavour is the Munn's R o t a r y School Breakfast Program. RCON has been helping run it for three years, and provides food, and volunteers to i o n serve it, twice a week. Caird says there are reasons beyond financial worries that prevent kids from having a nutritious breakfast: sometimes parents are working and don't have the time, or the desire, to make breakfast for their kids. He says he can't believe how many children in Oakville are able to take advantage of the program - which provides muffins, milk and juice - and how important it is for learning to be eating healthy meals. RCON also donated a refrigerator for the school to store perishables. In addition to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) scholarships - where the club sponsors local community youth leaders to attend an intensive training program in Bolton - Oakville North also pro vides a scholarship to a local Oakville student going on to attend university. The scholarship, based on need and demonstrated acade mic ability, is for $3,500 the first year, and $1,500 for each of three subsequent years. Be sure to tune in to the Auction on November 24 and 25th to do your bit to help all of these wonderful activities! Maintaining good service critical for Cogeco Cable While other high speed internet providers are facing challenges in delivering an uninterrupted service, Cogeco Cable says it's determined to provide a stable and depend able product Over the past year, Cogeco has doubled its cus tomer base in Ontario and is attracting an increasingly larger share of the market. Gary Switzer, vice-president and general manager believes that Cogeco's efforts to stabi lize the service have played a key factor in the growth of their customer base. "Stability is crucial to the success of the product -- our past efforts in establishing server control and capacity have resulted in a service that remains reliable and ready to meet the needs of the user community." Chris MacFarlane, Cogeco's vice-president IP service, says the company's ability to provide the constant connection and e-mail service of their Cogeco @Home Jennifer Kay handles marketing and promotions for the Auction. product is a result of their ongoing invest ment in network management According to MacFarlane, this carriage and children. Travel. Changing commitment to pp providing carrier technology. Now's the time to capture the life grade services has K T and times of your family. 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