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Page 10, Whltby Free Press, Weckesday, August 31, 1994 rbusiness news DREEN to host DREN KATHY MCKENZIE (middle) and Melissa Garbo's. McKenzie won the $645 coat in a Annan (night) help Dale Hircock try on the draw at Garbo's annual fashion show at Linda Lundstrom parka she won from Kreb's Restaurant. photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press Home businiess support available On Sept. 28, a new non-yrefit organization, the DuhamHorne Business Association, will hold its inaugural breakfast meeting starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Trillium Trails Banquet Hall on Simcoe Street North in Oshawa. The association was formed te help businesses that operate eut of their home, with information, educational workshops, motiva- tional support and networking with other home-based businesses. Meetings will be held once every two mônths. The organization will be run by its members b y way of membership survey, and a board of directers will provide guidance. The advisory committee consista of Norm Leigh, director of business developinent' for the Region of Durham, Bernice Burke of Ontario Skills, and Phil McMullan, a smnall and corporate business lawyer. The first meeting features guest speaker Terry Straker, a marketing and advertising expert. He will discuss how te market a home-based busiÎness and offer some tips on advertising. It is estimated that between 80 and 100 businesses will attend. 1Tickets for the breakfast meeting are $10 each, payable in advance. TIckets are available from Burke at 721-3323 or Betty Penny at 985-0712, or mail a cheque made payable te the Durhamn Home Business Association, c/o P.O. Box 500, Port Perry, Ontario, L9L lA5. Indicate business naine and phone number. Docume nt Shredding + High volume equipment wil reduce your shredding cost # Secure locked containers at no extra cost + Bonded drivers +*100% of paper is recycled # Certif icate of destruction + Volume discounts available year-end, clean-outs ( AIL NOf (905) 427-3605 (Derrick) WASTE SYSTEMS, The Durhamn Region Employment Equity Network (DREEN), a network for local human r.esource professionals and employment equity practitioners, at its ifirst meeting of the year on Sept. 13 will host the Durham Region Employment Network (DREN). DREN consists of individuals from agencies which offer vocational support te individuals Who have barriers te emh3ee teering committee members frein DREN will discuss: a the evaluation of the netwerk, its mandate, current role and future goals. * the network's current skill training project which is being developed with Durham Colletge Skills Training Partnership program, (ACCRW initiative) and some local employers. *network strategies te, recruit, train and integrate people with barriers te employment inte the competitive workplace. The goal of the DREN is to proniote awareness and explore a working relationship between DREN and DREEN. By sharing information and resources, the two groups can assist each other te, prepare for the opportunities presented by the empleyment equity legislation. The three speakers wiIl be Stephen Bourque, employment supervisor/work development for the Canadian Mental Health Association in Durhain; Maureen Thorne of Whitby Psychiatric Hospital; Uàsa Yassein, rehabilitation worker for Northern Lights Vocational Services in Oshawa. For further information, contact Cathy Lloyd at 436-5663 or Jennifer Collins at 668-9363, ext. 247. For registration, contact Lloyd. Cost is $25 per person. The meeting will be held at the Oshawa Holiday Inn ftom 11:46 a.m. to 2p.m. Farmer gets the ring Mary Kay Cosmetics Ltd. honoured Juy Fariner of Whitby at the company's lSth annual convention in Toronto reoently. Fariner, an independent beauty consultant, was presented with a diamond ring for ber sales achievements at the conference's gala awards night. Notice of Liquor Licence Application The following establishment has applied to the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario for a liquor licence under the Liquor Licence Act: Application for a Sale Licence Downpatrick (The) 105 Coîborne Street West, Whitby Any resident of the mu'nicipality may make written submnission as to whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents. Submissions must be received no later than September 30, 1994. Please include your namne, address and telephone numtber. Note: The LLBO gives the applicant details of any objections. Submissions to be sent to: Licenslng and Permits Branch Liquor Lcence Board of Ontario 55 Lake Shore BIvd. E., Toronto ON M5E 1A4 Fax: (416) 326-0308 ®5DOntario Your Financial Health Derek Dutka How much money do you want in your financial Muure? Doyuknow how much nioney yeu want (or need) 10 years from nowU? At retirement? Or do you want an early retirement, and suffilcient money te do the traveling, hobbies etc. you've always wanted? Have y ou given these things any thought? Or ... are you like thousands (the majority) of Canadians who have no specific goals in life, but they only wish. 1 read an article recently from a book written by Robert Allen, called 'Creating Wealth.' It had niany things that 'lit home" te me, and r'd like te pas some of them on to you. In part it reads: "Set realistic (financial) goals and write thein down. "The 1954 Yale University graduating seniors were asked if they had set specific written financial goals at the time of graduation. Only three per cent had done se. About 10 per cent had specific goals, but hadn't committed thein to paper. The rest had no specific goals. "Twenty yvears I ater they were re-surveyed. Ouest which group was t he most successful? You guessed it. The three per cent outperformed the other 97 per cent combined.' Those were top university graduates, and only three per cent had written down their goals. That's three out of every 100. Do you think there is even one r r cent of us ordinary mortals who have written down geas, be they financial, or whatever? Probably net. We are like a ship leaving port, without the slightest idea of where we want te go, or what we want te do with ourselves. In the first two paragraphs we asked some questions. Why don't yeu sit down now, with pencil and paper and write down answers te those questions pertaining te your fif. Start planning for your future, particularly, your financial future, because se much of what we wish te do depends upon our financial abililty. Seek the help of professionals in laying eut financial goals. It does take a plan, which lays eut the mechanics reqwired te meet your goals. Ive heard many people say "rd like te be a millionaire' but it is only a "wish," not a goal. A goal is a rea] desire for something, and if you let your mmdd dwell on that goal, by writing it down and reading it every day, you soon come up with ideas te) help you achieve your goal. Maybe even investment funds can help you achieve those goals faster, because many of them. have records of averaging 13 te 15 per cent per year over the past 10 years. Derek Dutka la an ind nen~t financial planner ith Financial Concept Croup in Osawa.