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Renovations were also undertaken at Arbor House, a separate facility located behind the funeral home where families can retreat for some private time. This element of the Oakview Funeral Home is handled by Cheryl Harrison who is known as the Arborcare coordinator. It is her responsibility to ensure that the needs of the family are being met. She conducts a followâ€"up program which is designed to offer support to the family after the funeral. This could include anything from arranging to have a meal sent to the family to arranging for counselling through Bereaved Families of Ontario. Included in the renovations is a new groundâ€"floor entrance at the front of the building which makes it completely wheelchair accessible. There is also an elevator to accommodate wheelchairs, and washrooms have been redesigned to meet the needs of handicapped individuals. According to Cooke, the issue of accessibility for the handicapped was a major consideration when renovations were being planned." Basically we wanted to do whatever we could to serve the public better," says Cooke. To learn more about the services offered by Oakview Funeral Home, the public is invited to come and tour the facility during the Open House on June 18th. 18 to showcase the extensive upgrading and renovations which have been newly completed at its Lakeshore Road premises. Manager Terry Cooke says approximately $350,000 has been spent on the facility, including a complete redesign of the interior with new furnishings, carpeting and drapes. O akview Funeral Home will hold an Open House on Saturday, June Nothing complicated about creating retirement wealth Oakview Funeral Home renovated ISO 9000 is an internationally recognized series of quality management standards adopted by more than 60 countries worldwide. Whether you supply products to companies within Canada, or export services to world markets, the quality of your company must be second to none. For Canadian companies, this means measuring up to an international standard of excellence. Speakers for the workshop include: Malcolm Rowan of the Canadian Manufacturers‘ Association and Robert White, president of Business Resource International. As well, Walter Kaye from Nampac in Oakville will be making a brief presentation, describing his company‘s experience with the ISO 9000 quality system. Another important variable to wealth creation is the length of time you save. It is common sense that the longer that you save, the more money that you can put aside. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. with the workshop commencing at 8 a.m. The cost for the workshop and trade show is $25.00 plus G.S.T. for the first registrant and $15.00 plus G.S.T. for additional registrants from the same company. This price includes workshop, materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and trade show. The fundamentals of retirement planning are simple. Save while you are working in order to live off the proceeds when you have retired. In order to be successful, you have to understand the importance of saving and investing. In other words, you have to understand how to create wealth. Wealth creation can be divided into four areas of importance. The rate you save at is an important place to start. The more you save, the larger your investment. Return on investment is important, too. The higher the return, the faster your investment will grow. However, the real advantage of time is that it allows your funds Halton Region‘s Business Development Department, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and Halton Advisory Committee to their Halton JobsOntario â€" Training Program are hosting an ISO 9000 Workshop and Trade Show, on Tuesday, May 31st, at the Halton Regional Centre. Region hosting ISO 9000 workshop longer to grow and compound. There is a limit on how much you can save, but there is no limit on how much those funds can compound. All they need is time. The student took a business class that included investments and the advantage of compounding. He decided to start saving $5 per day. Compounding is so remarkable that in financial planning circles, it is referred to as the ‘magic‘ of compounding. In order to highlight this, we will consider a 16â€"yearâ€"old student. (See ‘Wealth‘ page 24) It really pays to Shop Locally An Oakville couple has taken a great idea and run with it, and the result is savings for thousands of Oakville shoppers and earnings for hundreds of merchants. The Shop Locally Card, the perfect complement to the Shop Oakville camâ€" paign, was originally issued last December inside the Shop Locally directory of participating businesses that was distributed in the Oakville Beaver. Over 200 merchants have signed on for the promotion, which is administered by Patricia and Ray Chrastina, working in partnership with the Oakville Beaver. A multitude of savings opportunities exists for holders of the card, from twoâ€"forâ€"one "Homeburgers" from Lick‘s restaurant to 30 per cent off framing at Concept Galleries in Bronte Village Mall. The program is continually updated through regular ads in the Oakville Beaver, in which original and new parâ€" ticipants in the Oakville business comâ€" munity offer special deals to card holdâ€" ers. New cards are available through various Oakville Beaver subscription programs or directly from the Chrastinas themselves. One staunch supporter of the Shop Locally program is Yasin Andani, owner of the Subway sandwich shop on Iroquois Shore Road. "Oh yes, it‘s good," commented Andani recently. He is offering cardholders 10 per cent off any regular purchase. ‘"‘We get a lot of people coming in with the card. They are really enjoying the discount." Business is up for the store, and Andani rates himself sold on the proâ€" gram. The Oakview Funeral Home is currently undergoing a $350,000 renovation program that includes structural changes to the exterior and interior of the facility as well as a private area. The Chrastinas have learned from their many conversations with local entrepreneurs that there is a general feeling that the Oakyville business comâ€" munity as a whole has a lot to offer local consumers â€" in fact, the busiâ€" ness owners feel there is no reason to shop outside of the community. It‘s simply a matter of educating their Oakville neighbors that ‘"it‘s all here in Oakville". "It benefits everyone, that‘s what I always say," noted Patricia Chrastina. "The more money you spend locally, the more it comes back to you." Even employees of national chains, like Kmart, are usually Oakville residents, point out the Chrastinas, so a dollar spent at the Oakville Kmart will help out the local economy more than one spent elsewhere. And a healthy retail sector means Patricia and Ray Chrastina Oakville businesses aren‘t looking for special treatment or charity through campaigns such as Shop Locally, remarks Ray Chrastina â€" all they want to do is to alert Oakville residents to the great businesses and products available within its borders. "The big, problem is that many people don‘t look around here, they head right to Mississauga," said Chrastina. "Not: only have we got everything they need here, but if you shop at an Oakville store, you‘ll be treated better because it‘s run by another Oakville resident." _ more secure real estate values and lower taxes, they point out. "The key thing is building awareâ€" ness," said Mary Murphy, an early supporter of the program, and owner of Mary‘s Keepsakes on Church Street. "Everyone should get to know what‘s available here. What goes around comes around. It‘s good for the enviâ€" ronment too. You won‘t be using so much gas driving away to shop." As more and more businesses sign on, the program itself works better, notes Ray Chrastina. "There‘s a spinâ€" off effect," he said. "If you‘re going out to dinner in Oakville you may go out shopping after the meal. Or even if you go to a coffee shop, you may look out and decide to visit the car dealer across the street." Many of the calls the Chrastinas aré fielding are from shoppers who have noticed another buyer with a card getâ€" ting a discount. ‘How can I get a card like that?‘ they ask. Cards are available through the Oakville Beaver circulaâ€" tion office (845â€"9742) or by calling the Shop Locally office at 849â€"4955. FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1994 PAGE 23