The Kerr Street Merchants Association is holding a tree lighting cere-‘ mony at the Kerr Street Square on Friday, Nov. 25th. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. with a tree lighting, caroling, hot chocoâ€" late and a special visit from Santa Claus and Batman. For more information call Lynn, $42â€"5658, or Jill, 849â€"6366. Kerr Street tree lighting ceremony Friday ADVERTISING FEATURE side Story, an independent linâ€" Perie store located in the heart of downtown Oakville‘s closeâ€"knit fashion district, is celebrating its first anniversary. A very pleased Erika Reisenberger, manager and owner with her husband Peter, feels the store‘s success is due to the loyal customer base she has built in the past twelve months. Her secret? Oldâ€"fashioned courtesy, superior serâ€" vice, and a nonâ€"threatening approach. "It‘s important to make the cusâ€" tomer feel as comfortable as possible. Listening skills are very important," she says. The Inside Story: successful first year Men in particular, she notes, who mysteriously turn up before birthdays, Christmas and Valentine‘s Day, seem to appreciate the value of her thoughtâ€" ful suggestions. To better serve this segment, the shop will host two Men‘s are the words used to describe a new line of pearl and gemstone jewellery. In my quest for the new and unusual I have found a designer by the name of Mier Hakak of Montreal. Mier is working with Chinese freshwater pearls, 18kt. gold and precious gemâ€" stones in his designs. His â€" creations _ are unique and like a breath of fresh air in the jewellery industry. His designs were so exquisite I immediateâ€" ly placed an order. The fashions include neckâ€" chokers, rings, earrings and bracelets. Unique and exquisite CHINESE FRESHWATER PEARLS Nights, on Dec. 7 and 14, where they can educate themselves on the latest styles by consulting with their staff over coffee. Female clients are truly grateful when they are able to find quality prodâ€" ucts that fit properly, at reasonable prices. The Inside Story features such well known brands as Lejaby, Triumph, Linda, and harderâ€"toâ€"find makes such as Chantelle, Caulfeild and Silkwears. For Christmas, consider sensuous silks, glamorous nightgowns and coâ€"ordinated coverâ€"ups, and partyâ€" dress bustiers. Join The Inside Story as the Reisenbergers celebrate the store‘s anniversary all thlS week, with exciting prize draws. ue o 7 Inside Story is located at 107 Reynolds Street, and is open seven days a week. For more information, call 845â€"1210. Now the term freshwaâ€" ter pearl usually implys a lower quality, lower priced, rice crispie looking pearl, but not these. The chinese have been working very hard at developâ€" ing a beautiful, smooth textured pearl and Mier is using only the finest of these pearls for his designs. The basic difference between a cultured seaâ€" water pearl and a freshâ€" water pearl is that a round plastic type bead is implanted (only one) in an oyster. The oyster produces a coatâ€" ing around this bead which is called nacre, and voila, you have a By Lisa Dodd Special to the Beaver Waterfront Festival has become yearâ€"round affair "â€"ow, when or why it hapâ€" . pened noâ€"one really knows, but over the past few years the Waterfront Festival organization has undergone an exciting transformation...and those other aspects of Oakville life as of us involved in the Festival are well. * keen to "stay tuned" for more! Another example of our char In the early days, the Festival was seen simply as a threeâ€"day June event that involved many Oakville residents and businessâ€" people. While that‘s still true, from my vantage point pâ€"lâ€"eâ€"nâ€"tâ€"y has changed. For example, the organization has become a yearâ€"round "boost Oakville" service club. The memâ€" bers don‘t have lunch or dinner together, or it‘s a special occasion if they do, but they meet from September to July early, early in the morning and late into the evening. cultured pearl. Freshwater pearls are however, grown in mussels, and as many as ten or more can be grown in one mussel. The difference in the actual pearl structure is that a piece of tissue is implanted in the musâ€" sel which actually disâ€" solves as the mussel secretes it‘s protective coating which is also nacre. The protective coating keeps building up so that you have an almost natural pearl vs. a nacre coated bead. Through experimentaâ€" tion, the Chinese are now producing very fine â€" quality round smooth freshwater pearls. Mier has been exhibitâ€" ing his designs around the world and has just returned from â€" Hong Kong, Hawaii and New York. the popularity of his designs has created a two to three month waiting list. I have a limited selection, but don‘t expect it to last long. When the various subâ€"commitâ€" tees of the Festival meet, they are certainly always looking down the road to the next June extravaganza. But they have now becoming increasingly involved in many Threeâ€"day event has grown Another example of our changâ€" ing structure is the meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 24th, of the Festival‘s Volunteer Subâ€" Committee. At 7:30 pm that night they‘re expecting about 50 people â€" representing approximately 1,500 volunteers â€" to gather with them at St. Mildred‘s Lightborne School to discuss the 1995 Festival. These volunteers provide all of the Festival‘s support sysâ€" tems and they share 20% of the proceeds from our $5.00 admission button proceeds. Over the past three years, just under $75,000 has been distributed to these volunteer groups. Three years ago, the Festival was not viewed as a fundâ€"raising tool for such groups. But we‘ve learned that we can all have a great time and help our community organizations earn some cold hard cash, all at the same time! In fact, if your notâ€"forâ€"profit group is interested in converting volunteer time into cash, call the Festival office at 847â€"7975. ONE FREE WEEK ARGUs â€" TO HEALTH e o o t t e k . _ ADVERTISING FEATURE is weekly series highlights some of the best advertised values for food and ‘ _ household items offered by our featured grocery advertisers. We hope it will help you and your family to stretch those allâ€"important food buying dolâ€" lars. Here are this week‘s best buys: Perfect for the kids‘ lunches, Marvel Sliced White Bread â€"â€"675q for 59 cents. Boneless Top Sirloin Roast, is $2.99/ib or $6.59/kg. Tasty tuna salad is a cinch with Ocean Chunk Light Tuna â€" 175â€"1849 tin is 78 cents. DR. GREG THOMSON Oakville 338â€"7227 _ Burlington 639â€"3000 Food City From the meat department, fresh Blade Roast is $1.79/b or $3.95/kg. Give yourself a fizzy treat with Pepsi or 7Tup â€" 2L container for 99 cents. Keep this around in case of unexpectâ€" ed holiday company. Vachon Assorted Cakes are $1.49 a packâ€" Jackson‘s Barn Looking for a snack? Pair your favorite cheese with Ritz Snack Crackers â€" 250g box is $2.39 (buy one get another free.) Preserve the seasonal celebraâ€" tions with Traditional Advent Candles $1.39 while supplies last. Cold and refreshing Seaitest Milk in Skim,1 or 2 per cent(4L bag,) is $2.79 each (two bag limit.) Watch for more During November have ONE FREE WEEK on us with the purchase of 4. reat buys next week in your Sunday Oakville Beaver. Some conditions apply. Jake also has some good news this year...Our friendly mascot, Jakeâ€"fromâ€"theâ€"Lake will be makâ€" ing an appearance at this year‘s November 26 Santa Claus Parade in Downtown Oakville in his brand new Jakemobile. Festival supporters Hopedale Mall and Alpha Construction helped Jake‘s friends on the Festival‘s Public Relations Subâ€"committee with the funding, designing and building. Our big furry friend is always looking for an excuse to celebrate and he‘ll be sharing his own speâ€" cial Christmas Cheer with all his little Oakville friends at the Santa Claus Parade. Jake‘s not at all a shy kind of a guy and he‘s giving away big bright stickers that B and B Decals here in Oakville made especially for the occasion. Watch this spot each week for the news of your Festival. You‘ll be hearing from lots of different people. Next week we‘ll bring you the news of the exciting new Festival Stage planned for Coronation Park. o Signing off for now, from the Waterfront Lisa Dodd is the Executive Director, Oakville Waterfront Festival. Waterlines is provided by the Oakville Waterfront Festival Steering Committee to provide weekly updates on the oakville Waterfront Festival. 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