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B6 1 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday April 18, 2001 Business To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 Halton vintner takes 7 awards for fruit wines Scotch Block Country W inery recognized for special products H Photo by Peter C. McCusker WILL HE MEASURE UP? O r Lonely, otherwise known as actor Gordon Jump the Maytag Man, appeared at The Maytag Store in Oakville last week along with his new apprentice, M ark Devine, to introduce the com pany's Wide-By-Siode refrigerator. Jump has played the Maytag Man for 11 years and after 34 years, the OF Lonely character is contemplating retirement. The two men are taking the measure of Jonathan Melanson, son o f M aytag's District Manager. You can never start them young enough. Salon promoting value of Earth Week The Civello Salon-Spa in Oakville, along with its three other units, is joining the Aveda Network in a fundraising and awareness effort in support of global biodiversity and to protect clean water sources. Aveda operates salons, spas and environmental lifestyle stores. Civello's goal is to collect 2,000 signatures from clients to support a Petition to the World Bank. It calls on the Bank to halt all dam construction until it has adopted the November 2000 Recommendations of the World Commission on Dams. These recom mendations include restoring already damaged ecosystems, offering compensation to communities suffering the impact of existing large dams and gain ing the consent of affected people prior to construc tion of large dam projects. Civello will also be supporting the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund (www.cedf.netl Its mandate is `T o provide access to environmental jus tice for communities and citizens across Canada." The salon-spa chain hopes to raise $5,000 for the CEDF by offering `Appointments for the Earth' dur ing Earth Week (April 22-29). During this period, Civello spa operators, colourists, stylists and make up artists have donated specific appointment times with 100% of the proceeds to be donated to the CEDF. "Earth Month is Civello's annual celebration of our commitment to global diversity," said Ray Civello, President of Civello Salon-Spa. "Civello understands the importance of protecting and sup porting all forms of life on earth. Clean water is becoming a treasured commodity as fewer and fewer people have access to it. If action isn't taken, clean water will become a luxury item." All Civello locations will be offering $2 raffle tickets that will see three winners at each location receiving either: an $300 Aveda gift basket, a Civello Thought For Therapy Spa Package, includ ing a Civello Floating Massage (60 min.), Civello Floating Facial, Manicure and pedicure (valued at $195), or a consultation, cut and style with Ray Civello (valued at $150). Firms join for better Connections A new affiliation of financial experts, stem ming from three major financial corporations, aims to offer customers "big city know-how with small town touch" in the area of asset growth and risk management. Experts from Vince Tomenson Dickerson Insurance Brokers Ltd., Assante Capital Management Ltd. and Cumming & Cumming Wealth Management Inc., join to kickstart a new company Connections , offering more creative solutions for clients with complex challenges. Each company brings many years of client service to the new organization, with a vision focusing on "eliminating personal and business risks while increasing wealth." alton's Scotch Block Country Winery has captured seven top aw ards at the second annual Canadian N ational Fruit W ines Com petition. The com petition was sanctioned by the newly form ed Fruit W ines o f Canada associa tion, established to recognize excellence in Canadian fruit wines. The M ilton-based w inery took a gold medal for its C assis; a sweet dessert wine made from black currants grown at Andrews Scenic A cres farm , where the winery is locat ed. Silver m edals were awarded for the w in e ry 's G ooseberry 2000, Regal Black Currant and Elderberry. Third place bronze m edals went to the w in ery 's True B lue, Red C urrant C assis and Fram boise. With only two years o f full production under its belt, Scotch B lock's seven m edals were the m ost aw arded to any O ntario winery in the com petition. "I was a bit overw helm ed at first," said Bert A ndrew s, who along with w ife Laurine owns the winery and associated farm. "It's quite a thrill to see the winery grow from only a vision a couple o f years ago into a position where w e're readily com peting against w iner ies that have beep established for more than a decade." A ndrew s credited his w inem aker Brian M oreau for the w inery's success. "W ithout his know ledge and expertise we w ouldn't have com e so far so fast," said Andrews. For M oreau the aw ards are the effort o f 25 years o f m aking wine, first as a hobby and then a profession. "W hen I first started m aking wine for a liv ing, they (the w inning wines) were naturally the ones I liked," said M oreau. "It is the cus tom ers who tell me w hat they w ant and those are the ones that won the aw ards." M oreau said every w inem aker knows that great wine begins in the fields and credited Andrew s and his em ployees who grow the fruit for giving him the basis o f the winning wines. "W e're all convinced th at value-added products and services are the cornerstone o f grow th fo r business into the new m illenni um ," said A ndrew s. "R ight now w e 're looking forw ard to the new asparagus and rhubarb crop and the Farm M arket opening the first w eekend in May." The N ational Fruit W ine Com petition is a show case o f the very best o f Canadian fruit w ines. In all, 28 Bert Andrews: over w ineries from seven whelmed by honours provinces entered 160 for wines. fru it w ines into the com petition. Judging was conducted by an expert panel from the W ine W riters' Circle and the W ine Judges Com m ission o f O ntario. Scotch Block Country W inery is now only open Saturdays but will open seven days a week beginning May 5. For more inform ation, check out the w eb site at farm @ andrew sscenicacres.com Franchise Show begins Saturday Anyone interested in operating a franchise business can get more information on the possi bilities at The National Franchise and Business Opportunities Show on April 21 and 22 at Exhibition Place. The show focuses on self-employment oppor tunities for people looking to begin a full or parttime business o f their own, or seeking to build on their existing business. Attendees will find a variety of successful franchises, dealerships and distributorships, representing the travel, food, health, internet services, retail and automotive industries. Initial investm ents range from $350 to $250,000. There are free educational seminars including Financing Your Business using a great business plan with the right stuff and W hat's new for small business at Revenue Canada. Show hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and admission is $10. For more information, check out the website at www.nationalevent.com Outback Steakhouse looking for Survivor fans U ntil May 3 the Outback Steakhouse is inviting fans o f C B S' Survivor to show up at the restaurant at 8 p.m. every Thursday night in tribal gear to watch the show on large screen TVs. The Survivor Night Parties feature reward challenges, contests in which audience mem bers attem pt to outw it, outplay and outlast their rivals with w inners taking home Outback merchandise and big screen TVs. 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