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B6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER W ednesday M arch 29, 2000 YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO WHY TRUST JUST ANY COMPANY TO INSURE i n Wayne McGill S la M fo r m H m S m Emm C a m * a n y C o r a d a nH MO tf k » .S w rtm o u *O n t a r io S E E 2345 W vrcroft R d #21, Oakville 847-5671 Business To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 Company redefines Art of Working need for dull executive or home offices U Photo by Barrie Erskine William and Susan Speake from Art of Working: customizing offices for efficiency and style. Five O a k v ille C As nam ed F ellow s o f ICAO Five Oakville Chartered Accountants (CAs) have been elected Fellows (FCA) of the Institute o f Chartered Accountants o f Ontario (ICAO). The FCA is the highest designation that the ICAO confers. CAs are elected to Fellowship by the ICAO's Council, in recognition of their outstanding career achievements and leadership contributions to the community and the profession. Newly-named Fellows from Oakville include: Thomas R. Alton, Harold D. Bridge, Frank J. Kelly, Colleen M. McMorrow and Donald Newell. FCA elections, which are held triennially, are based on nominations, which may be made by any of Ontario's over 28,000 CAS and a secret ballot by the Council. Together with the 724 previously-elected Fellows, the new Fellows comprise almost three per cent of the ICAO's membership. space to suit individual needs, and that can often mean custom-fitting desks and storage units right down to the last square inch. Although customers are welcome to come in ntil recently, the home office got very little consideration or respect. Frequently carved and order individual pieces as they see fit, Susan out of a comer of the basement or a spare Speake strongly recommends a home consultation bedroom, the home work environment has often wherein a master plan can be devised to make best use of the space in terms of storage, ergonomics, suffered from the "makeshift" syndrome. Now, however, greater numbers of Canadians lighting and integrating technology. In fact, a com find themselves permanently wired for business plete makeover can also include renovations such from home. Statistics Canada says the number of as new windows, doors, walls and flooring. And unlike the old days when basic black and self-employed persons has grown 20 percent to 2.5 gun-metal grey were as glamourous as it got, million in the past four years. Along with that growth has come a demand for something a little today's office furniture can be as colourful, stylish more functional than a simple, metal computer and up-to-date as that in any other room design. Even your lowly metal filing cabinet can now be table and some second-hand filing cabinets. In response to this growing market, Oakville is customized in terms of storage and colour-- purple now home to The A rt o f Working, a new retail con filing cabinets anyone? Or how about a shiny cop cept focussing totally on furnishing home and exec per? Designer fabrics are also very much in evidence utive offices. The Art of Working is the brainchild of William in the home office now, whether in chair coverings, and Susan Speake, owners of Design-Connection bulletin boards or even as upholstery for those same basic file cabinets. Inc., a Toronto office planning and design firm. "Every home office is as different as the indi Their unique shop has been set up to feature six real office vignettes--from traditional to funky-- vidual," says Susan. "I haven't done two the same." The Art of Working will also customize finishes right down to the desk accessories, lighting details" to blend with existing pieces in your home. The and art work. Speakes' own home office is a case in point. They The whole idea is to show people that the possi bilities are endless, no matter what your personal used ten different manufacturers to pull the room together, but all of the stains match perfectly. style or the size of your workspace. It was four years ago, in fact, that the Speakes "We have seen people move from their closet took their first steps toward the retail concept when office beside the laundry room to a very comfort able and high-tech work environment," says com they opened their own home office to the public as pany president Susan Speake. "We've all had that their testimonial showroom. The idea worked. By 1998 they incorporated as sales of home offices hand-me-down desk or the makeshift office to get started. But now people want comfort. They want approached the $1 million mark. Judging by the trends they have seen in the past the leather chair and wood desk. And they want it few years,1 `the Speakes are confident that the home to last." office is here to' stay. The most important part of their business, The Art of Working is located at 348 Lakeshore according to the Speakes, is customizing the work Road East. B y N a n c y A le x a n d e r SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Photo by Peter C. McCusker HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS OPENS: Although it has been operational for some time, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites at 2525 Wyecroft Rd., held its official opening Friday evening. On hand for the ribbon-cutting were: (1 to r) Cam Jackson,Ontario M inister of Tourism; owners Erica and Darko Vranich, Dennis Vranich, Bonnie Brown, Oakville MP and Peter Tosh, hotel manager. The hotel boasts 144 professionally-designed rooms and suites with data ports for Internet access, two-line speakerphones with voice mail and a 24hr. Business Centre offering use of Pentium III computers with free Internet use, colour laser printer, fax machine, VCR and television and fully stocked workstations. The facility has over 7,000 sq. ft. of meeting space with ISDN lines for video teleconferenc ing. Attendees o f the opening heard speakers Gordie Tapp and ex-Argo Dan Ferrone speak and catering was by Paul Cirone and his Marquis Gardens team. Trails Project wins restoration award The H eritage Trails P roject, backed by the C om m unity Foundation o f O akville, has been nam ed a district w inner in the Benjam in M oore Com m unity R estoration Program. This m eans up to $5,000. in cash may be spent in any way which will advance the pro je c t, along w ith up to $ 1,000 in paint. Benjam in M oore will also give the project per sonnel advice on colour, preparation and appli cation. This is the first year o f the program with applications having been received from 20 local foundations. "We are very pleased at the num ber and quality of the proposals presented to us," said Brian Palardy, President o f Benjamin Moore & Co., Limited. "The focus now moves to each o f the selected projects, where the local Banjamin Moore retailer will work with the com m unity group and its volunteers to com plete the project. All o f us at Benjamin Moore wish them every success in their endeavours." C om m unity Foundations of Canada was established to enhance the quality o f life in C anadian com m unities by supporting and pro m oting the work of com m unity foundations. SPECIAL GIFT: Photo by Christine Smyth Two years ago, the Palliative Care Unit of Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital needed some supplies and the employees of The Bay's Oakville store bought the items. Last year a tree with cranes was placed in the store with donations rep resenting one of the 1,000 birds. That raised about $1,200 and included a corporate dona tion. This year, Bay supervisorAlice Burrows (left), raffled off the Santa seen here and a Royal Doulton mug at the company's Christmas dance. The result was $1653. for the PCU. Accepting the donation is Palliative Care clinician, Cathy Dutka. Looking on is Karen Robertson, Human Resource Manager, Denise Wallace of Royal Doulton and Bay supervi sor,Louise Yanick. Chiropractor believes in total health care concept W hile most patients go to Oakville Family Chiropractic with specific problems, centre director, Dr. Paul Zmiyiwsky, says his underlying mis sion is to educate his patients on total health care. Zmiyiwsky received his B.Sc. in Ontario and his Doctor of Chiropractic last year from the Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a history of treating children and athletes, most notably, players on the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, Zmiyiwsky says he especially enjoys treating families focused on wellness, musicians and golfers-all his personal passion. Zmiyiwsky also has a certification in acupuncture from NW CC and has been taught about nutrition by one of the leading researchers from the University of Minnesota. Both con cepts are part of his practice, along with massage therapy through a regis tered therapist. A second-generation chiropractor, Zmiyiwsky chose Oakville for his home and practice because of its thriv ing, business and arts community and its historical importance. Zmiyiwsky prefers the natural approach to health care, without the use o f drugs or surgery to correct nerve interference, that is the basis o f chiropractic. One o f his favourite quotes is by Thomas A. Edison: "The doctor o f the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care o f the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention o f disease." Oakville Family Chiropractic is located at 150 Randall St., Suite 101. Phone 337-9885. Nadia Zm iyiw sky overseeing M ayor Ann M ulvale having her spinal check-up by Dr Paul Zmiyiwsky at Oakville Family Chiropractic's Grand O pening February 2000.