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© a OPINION -HOSTING AN EVENT? is | Thursday, June 30, = WE WANT TO HELP S COMMUNITY GROUPS ¢ AND NON-PROFITS 2 REACH A LARGER AUDIENCE, WRITES KAREN MICELI KAREN MICELI Column It's about trust. Our rela- tionship with our readers is built on hon- WE CAN ASSIST pitches, but the hard truth that we simply dont have the resources to the great things ‘th number un: groups and non-profits are loing. Believe me, our journal- ists would love to cover it all, but it's just not possible. ut it doesn't mean that we can't assist in other ways. One of those ways is thro ugh event promotion in our community calen How to get started: + Visit your Halton com- munity news website, ei- ther insidehalton.com (for Milton, Oakville and Bur- lington) or theifp.ca (for Halton Hills). + Register for a free ac- count or log in using your esty and integrity. As such, ‘have launched a trust ini- tiative to tell you who we are t we part of that project. Does your local not-for- profit community organi- zation struggle to get the word out to a larger audi- ence about community Metroland community papers want to help. We know that not all or- ganations have huge ad- udgets to pro- ee the wonderful things that they are doing. And we want to help lessen the bur- den when it comes to help- ing spread the word about their community event: We can help in the pages of our online community events calendar and it's just the click of a button to sub- mit and begin spreading the word to a larger audi- oe oar newspapers regu- larly hear from community er to promote the events initiatives their organi- 8 zation is hosting. £ welcome your story four username, select “Submit Your Con: on “Submit Brent” a create an event. out the required fielas and click submit. That's it. An editor will review your event and you will receive an email when your event submission has been published. Many events posted to our online calendars will also be pub- lished in our community newspaper print edition calendars. Give it: atry today. Karen Miceli is manag- ing editor of the Metroland community newspapers in Halton. She can be reached at kmiceli@metroland.com. We welcome your ques- tions and value your com- ments. Email our trust committee at trust@met- roland.com. SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFPRCA TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA SNAPSHOT Flo Bellman photo A pair of squirrels visit a backyard on Durham Street. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief description. APPLY GOLF LESSONS TO INVESTING GOLF AND INVESTING CAN SHOW SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET LUCKY, WRITES PETER WATSON Luck happens in golf, and it also happens with in- vesting. Several years ago, I layed in in a business golf ‘attemy pted different strates and got results ged from terrible to OK. The first hole was the longest drive competition. I did things I don't normally do, and for whatever rea- son the ball went signifi- cantly er than I ever hit it. IthoughtI had found the magic formula in hitting golf ball. Turned out noth, PETER WATSON Column ing could be further from the truth. I tried replicat- ing my magic formula many times over the fol- lowing years, but re- sults were always extreme- ly disappointing. Translating that story and the lesson learned from golf to investing can hopefully keep investors from losing mone I do not believe people can be successful on a con- sistent basis as a result of short-term trading. If you have initial short- term success at market timing on when to buy and when to sell, I offer you a ctful warning. Please do. mot confuse your cess with any skill that can can be quphicate ted. t like my lesson on sults are just your lucky day. Peter Watson is regis- tered with Aligned Capital Partners Inc. (ACPI) to provide investment advice. 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