«Special to the Beaver Meet Ontario‘s top number cruncher o Colorado Blue spruce T:ees in Ralph Neville‘s east Oakville front garden serve as useful barometers â€" of his professional and career development. They are also an important physical link to the family‘s move to the town 20 years ago. Now almost 30 feet high, the impressive trees offer interesting parallels to Neville‘s rising star as a chartered accountant with one of Canada‘s top 10 accounting firms and now the presidency of the 25,000â€"strong Institute of Chartered Accounts of Ontario. Like the spruces too, Neville‘s roots to Oakville run deeper than might have been expected when he strode out of the gates of the Humberside Collegiate in the early ‘60s to take a fiveâ€"year apprenticeship with theâ€"then Colonel James M. Dunwoody‘s accountancy offices in Toronto. For the colonel lived in Oakville and the succeeding company, BDO Dunwoody Ward Mallette still has offices here on Randall Street. So when the military man died 20 years ago, his wake brought the aspiring young Neville and his wife Fay to Oakville. "I knew there was some building going on here, by a client actually, so we took a look at the subâ€" division and we bought this house," explained the 49â€"yearâ€"old CA, who now represents the professional interests of 25,000 Ontario accountants and some 4,000 student CAs. . Member of th Better Business B ency n@%%g ofenki Member of the Better Business Bureau If your home related business could use direct exposure to thousands of local homeowners, then these home shows will be of great interest! For more information, contact Dave or Judy at The Oakville Beaver Real Estate News Gets Results! Every Wednesday | THE O/ Member of Oakville Chamber of Commerce The Nevilles moved from Mississauga to Oakville with their toddler son Brent, now 21 and currently in the militia, after having previously lived in Toronto. They have made the home on Ashtree Way, near the Maplegrove Arena â€" a haven from the hectic world of small business accounting which engulfs Ralph every business day. Tastefully, but not ostentatiously furnished, the home has a midâ€"size pool, and a sportsâ€"accented basement containing three deftlyâ€" assembled ships. "I broke a leg playing hockey a few years ago and had to find something to do during the long winter," confides Neville, admitting the ships show a love for attention to detail. But, for more than 10 hours a day at the Royal Bank Plaza offices in downtown Toronto â€" unless he is travelling on business â€" it is attention to detailed accountancy matters which exercise his agile After a quarter century in the "beanâ€"counting" business as some Software catalogues make choosing titles easy (Continued from page 1) groupâ€"Early Learning, Kindergarten to Grade Two, Grade Three to Five, and Grade Six to Eight. The flyers are available both through direct mail or through participating schools. Sterritt likens her software company to the book clubs which have been a fixture in schools for many years. Instead of ordering books, students can order software. "Many homes have computers," she says, * and I think there are a lot of parents like myself who are looking for guidance in selecting quality software at an affordable price." By providing these lists of software titles, and offering them at competitive prices, Sterritt‘s company hopes to encourage parents to purchase educational software rather than video entertainment. In participating schools, Core Curriculum Software provides LEAGUE STARTS: May 20th to Sept. 4/94 LEAGUES *FRI. *SUN. NITES FOR BOYS GIRLS AGES 5 â€" 16 ac4 O Ralph Neville and one of his model ships: active role as ICAO president. dub it, Ralph concedes that his _ must be willing to change both with "I particular sector is under reformist the times and need for more pressure on several fronts and it â€" vigilance. Royal LePage Real Estate Services Lid., Broker m )11 1111111111111 Maria Turton, * Sales Representative B. §454267, H. 847â€"0143 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1994 Page 28 students with catalogues to take home at regular intervals. Once parents have had a chance to look over the selections, they can order any of the software programs listed. The schools benefit too by receiving a portion of the sales. 9 Sterritt‘s company is also now dealing directly with schools by selling them software for their own use, and they will also work with parents on an individual basis, trying to select special programs for children who are experiencing particular learning difficulties. 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