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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, A ug us t 1, 20 19 | 24 It's in your hands. Make sure your favourite business or professional is nominated for the Oakville Beaver's 2019 Readers' Choice Awards. The Oakville Beavers' Choice Awards were created so you can tell us which local businesses and service providers are the best at what they do. Once the nominations close on Monday, August 5, the nominees will be shortlisted and you will have the chance to vote for your favourite. Help make your favourite local business become a Oakville Beavers' Choice. NomiNatioNs Now opeN Start nominating now at readerschoice.oakvillebeaver.com • Automotive • entertAinment • restAurAnt • Food/drink/grocery • home/home improvement • heAlth/wellness/Fitness/beAuty • shopping • people/proFessionAls • proFessionAl services General $9.00 | Children & Seniors $7.00 | All seats Tues $6.00 Film.CA CinemAS ShowTimeS For AuGuST 2-8 2019 new ThiS week: hobbS & ShAw 171 Speers Road, Oakville (at Kerr St.) 905-338-6397 (MEWS) www.film.ca Fast&FuriousPresents:Fast&FuriousPresents:F Hobbs&sHaw (PG) Fri - Thu: 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30Fri - Thu: 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30F onceuPonatime...inHollywood (14a) Fri - Thu: 1:00, 4:10, 7:30, 9:00Fri - Thu: 1:00, 4:10, 7:30, 9:00F tHe lionKinG (PG) Fri - Thu: 12:30, 3:25, 6:30, 9:40Fri - Thu: 12:30, 3:25, 6:30, 9:40F sPider-man: Far FromHome (PG) Fri - Sun: 1:15, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45Fri - Sun: 1:15, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45F Mon: 1:15, 3:50, 9:45 Tue&Wed: 1:15, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 Thu: 1:15, 6:45, 9:45 toy story4 (G)toy story4 (G)toy st Fri - Thu: 12:45, 3:00, 5:10, 7:15, 10:30Fri - Thu: 12:45, 3:00, 5:10, 7:15, 10:30F tooniemoViestooniemoViest Hotel transylVania3: summerVacation (G) Fri,Mon - Thu: 10:40AMFri,Mon - Thu: 10:40AMF Peterrabbit (PG) Fri,Mon - Thu: 10:30AMFri,Mon - Thu: 10:30AMF dr. seuss' tHe lorax (G) Fri,Mon - Thu: 10:50AMFri,Mon - Thu: 10:50AMF Twenty-two-year-old millwright Jake Doan has taken the province and country by storm with his skills; he's now off to conquer the world. Oakville's Doan will be representing Canada in the 45th WorldSkills Competi- tion Aug. 23-26 in Kazan, Russia - where participants from 67 countries will com- pete in 56 categories that run the gamut from manufacturing and engineering technology to architectural stonemason- ry, heavy vehicle technology to landscape gardening. "I hope to gain experience and chal- lenge myself during the WorldSkills com- petition in Russia ... and learn about the work requirements of a millwright around the world and how it differs from Canada," said Doan, who is currently working as a third-year apprentice indus- trial mechanic millwright (IMM) at Mas- siv Die-Form (a division of Magna) in Brampton and attending Sheridan Col- lege. Doan started working with his dad on industrial/commercial construction sites until the end of high school when he went to work for a small machine shop as a manual machinist and welder/fitter for two years. As a Grade 11 T.A. Blakelock High School student, he won first place in the Halton Skills Competition as a welder. He then enrolled in the IMM Pre-Ap- prenticeship program at Sheridan, and it was the former IMM program co-ordina- tor who suggested that he compete in the in-house competition. He took first place in the Sheridan Skills Competition, which involved turn- ing, alignment, hand fitting and gearbox inspection. In the past couple of years, Doan has gone on to pick up another first at the Skills Ontario Provincial Competition in Toronto, which included pneumatics, la- ser alignment, tube bending, turning and gearbox inspection - and a second-place finish at the Skills Canada National Com- petition in Edmonton with his proficiency in pneumatics, turning, tube bending and laser alignment. In the Team Canada Selection Event in Halifax, he picked up another first place in a competition that called for expertise in laser alignment, tube bending, weld- ing, bearing installation and gearbox/ pump inspection. To be a successful millwright re- quires attention to detail, mechanical knowledge, high precision ability, com- munication, dedication and hard work, he said. Doan is a firm believer that skilled trades "need to be pushed the same as col- lege or university courses." "Schooling is much cheaper and a lot of the time the company you work for will pay for it. In the end, you have no debt and a fulfilling career that can take you around the world," he said. "Many people look down on the trades, but I think they should be held in higher regard; a lot of math, physics and techni- cal knowledge goes into the work we do every day. "Engineers may have designed the rocket to get us to the moon, but trades- people built it." COMMUNITY MILLWRIGHT TO COMPETE IN WORLDSKILLS COMPETITION Jake Doan, 22, in action at the Team Canada Selection Event in Halifax where he placed first. The Oakville millwright will represent Canada at the WorldSkills Competition in Russia in August. Craig Brazil photo There's a new business Oakville business chap- ter that meets once a week to exchange ideas and referrals. BNI Mast meets at the Atrium Banquet and Conference Centre, 5420 North Service Rd., Burlington, (QEW at Burloak) every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Ty Tulloch, events co-ordinator, said they cur- rently have 25 members, but they're trying to grow membership to 50 to become the first platinum chapter in the Golden Horseshoe. "It's a great opportunity to have young entrepre- neurs and new university graduates learn along- side seasoned veterans," he said. "It's a chance to meet and discuss, exchange referrals and help each other grow." Founded in 1985, BNI is a global, proven busi- ness-networking organization. Members are busi- ness professionals who help each other grow their businesses through their commitment to our prin- cipal core value, Givers Gain. Each week, in thou- sands of communities, members meet with other trusted business leaders to build and nurture last- ing relationships and pass along business refer- rals. The organization has more than 255,000 mem- bers in 76 countries. For details, call 905-319-0499. NEW BNI CHAPTER KICKS OFF IN OAKVILLE JULIE SLACK jslack@metroland.com SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT INSIDEHALTON.COM PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER