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Beaches Bingo for Chamber president All puppies are adorable, right? A brilliant ploy to attract customers? Not really â€" though, according to the boss, the pups seemed to be a hit with her clients. No, it seems they‘re just part and parcel of the busy life of this businesswoman and mother of four children (two still in house). In addition to being presiâ€" dent of the Chamber this year, the energetic Kerby is the president of the local chapter of her sororiâ€" ty, Beta Sigma Phi. She is also an unrepentant Bingo player (by her own admission), and while on holidays, reads absolutely nothing t‘s not that Heather Kerby‘s business is going to the dogs. Well, not in the negaâ€" tive sense any way. But I could hardly fail to notice when interviewing Kerby â€" the newly elected president of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce â€" that the family pet Miss Tiffany (a dainty terrier) and her trio of fuzzy offâ€"spring were temporarily in residence in a corner of the travel agency. Kerby has been a member of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce for 10 years. She joined shortly after opening her travel agency â€" Heather‘s Travel House â€" on Fourth Line nearly 11 but pulp fiction. Fresh, forthright, and unpretenâ€" tious about covers it, I‘d say. years ago. "The main reason I joined back then was from a networking point of view," the Vancouver native explained. "It was an opportunity to promote my business to other business people in the communiâ€" ty-” Heather Kerby, the unpretentious leader _of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce looks forward to new year of challenge "Heaven knows," she quipped, The Oakville Chamber of Commerce has been around for some 41 years and currently has over 1,000 members ranging from the Ford Motor Company of Canada (with about 4,700 employees), to oneâ€"person operaâ€" tions like Susan Diane Brown, CA. An eclectic bunch of shopâ€" keepers, lawyers, restauranteurs and more, together they provide a strong voice for free enterprise (and fair taxation?) in the commuâ€" nity. As it turned out, Kerby really enjoyed her initial involvements with the volunteerâ€"led business organization and has served on a variety of committees over the last 10 years. Plus, there was a social component to the Chamber of Commerce that she hadn‘t (See ‘Kerby‘ page 19) "Oakville does not lack for travel agencies!" But that‘s another story.) Heather Kerby: challenging year ahead