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The Oakville BeaverGuest Column467 Speers Rd., Oakville Ont. L6K 3S4 (905) 845-3824 Fax: 337-5566Classified Advertising: 905-632-4440 Circulation: 845-9742The Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suite 206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone (416) 340-1981. Advertising is accepted on thecondition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be chargedHalton is open for businessfor, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of theOakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.Gary Carr, Halton Regional ChairNEIL OLIVERVice-President and Group Publisher,MARK DILLSDirector of ProductionMetroland WestMANUEL GARCIAProduction Managern January 2011, Halton Region opened a newDAVID HARVEY Regional General ManagerCHARLENE HALLDirector of DistributionEmployment Halton centre in Oakville. This new cen-JILL DAVISEditor in ChiefSARAH MCSWEENEYCirc. ManagerItre offers a comprehensive range of programs and ser-ROD JERREDManaging EditorWEBSITE oakvillebeaver.comvices to anyone who is searching for a job or interested inDANIEL BAIRDAdvertising DirectorThe Oakville Beaver is a division oftraining for a new career. RIZIERO VERTOLLIPhotography DirectorEmployment Halton also provides extensive services toSANDY PAREBusiness Manageremployers in Halton in support of their efforts to recruitRECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE BY:Gary Carrstaff. Ontario CommunityCanadian Community Suburban NewspapersAs a service provider for Employment Ontario, HaltonNewspapers AssociationNewspapers Associationof AmericaRegion is part of a network of providers in Halton who are committed to provid-THE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR:ing integrated, customer-focused services making access to the system seam-less.United WayEmployment Ontario programs include apprenticeship opportunities andof Oakvilleprograms such as Second Career, which provides participants with financial sup-ATHENAAwardport to assist them as they re-train for a new career.Employment Halton staff can help you search for a job, access programs totrain for a new career, prepare your resume and cover letters and prepare forinterviews. As of March 2011, you can also access any of the job search or career work-shops we offer. Our employment resource centre features a library complete withbusiness directories, newspapers and books to support your job search. Similar to our centre in Milton, this new employment resource centre isdesigned with adjustable workstations to accommodate mobility devices andsoftware including TextNET, Jaws, Zoom Text, Kruzwiel and Guide to make ourservices accessible to people with disabilities. In addition to the services offered onsite, job seekers and employers benefitfrom the free online job posting board operated by Employment Halton. Our staff is working closely with employers in Halton to help them meet their hiring needs.If you are an employer in Halton you may be interested in the servicesEmployment Halton can offer you. We offer personalized services that include:screening and matching services to help you select the best qualified candidate,reference checking and education verification service, training incentive pro-grams to offset the cost of training and hourly wages and access to our annual jobfairs.If you are looking for a job, interested in a new career or are an employer inHalton who wants to learn more about what we can do for you, contact us bySUBMITTED PHOTOdialling 311 or 905-825-6000, toll free: 1-866-442-5866, or visit www.halton.ca/CLEAN-UP CREW: The Beavers from La 12e Les Aigles d'Oakville (the local French-speaking scout group) employmenthalton. Our Employment Halton office is located in Bronte Villagegot a start on spring cleaning by visiting Sedgewick Park, which the group adopted last year, and rolling up theirMall, 2441 Lakeshore Rd., Oakville. sleeves to work. Community cleanups will take place at more than 30 nature sites this Saturday, April 16 as theAs always, feel free to e-mail me on regional programs and services at gary.Oakville Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights hosts the 20th annual Clean Up of Nature Sites from 9 a.m.carr@halton.ca and visit our website at www.halton.ca.to noon. For information, contact 905-849-5501; info@oakvillepeacecentre.org or www.oakvillepeacecentre.org.Does a disastrous honeymoon indicate a doomed marriage?ost married couples have a honeymoon story they like to gest snowstorms to assault Europe in ages. off the buildings entire buildings were swaying back and forth. share at dinner parties. For some, that story is about a dream-Ah, but whats a little pelting snow? The From New Zealand, the newlyweds traveled to China where, givenMcome-true, romantic, fairytale getaway. For others, its a Svanstroms then flew down under, just in how disaster seems to follow them Stefan in particular, who hadnightmarish tale of Murphys Law coming to life (whatever can go time to experience the wrath-of-god devas-already survived the tsunami that ravaged southeast Asia in 2004 wrong, will go wrong). For others still, the honeymoon story is a little tation of a cyclone in Australia. And once-a-they were fortunate that the Great Wall did not collapse on them.like marriage itself, a memorable mixture of the good, the bad and the century flooding in Brisbane. Oh, and brutal So, does Stefan think his calamitous honeymoon dooms his mar-ugly.brush fires in Perth.riage? Theres a theory held by innumerable otherwise rational people One night of their honeymoon was spent Nope. He thinks that marriage is about enduring trials and, hethat the success of a couples honeymoon foretells the future of their on a cement floor in a shopping mall, along noted: I think weve already been through most of them.Andy Junipermarriage. A miserable honeymoon indicates a miserable marriage with 2,500 newfound friends, after theyd Precisely what I told my new wife all those wonderful years ago aswhile a heavenly honeymoon makes for years of wedded bliss.been evacuated from the ravaged city of she waited to be examined by a doctor crammed between two vic-Personally, I think thats total nonsense my honeymoon ended Cairns. As Stefan recalled, We escaped (the cyclone) by the skin of our tims of violence, a bladder infection driving her to the feverish brink.up in the emergency ward of a hospital in Long Beach, California, teeth. Trees were being knocked over and big branches were scattered I also said that our marriage was way more likely to mirror the drivecrammed between a moaning gunshot victim and a casualty of a knife across the streets.we took down Californias breathtaking Pacific Coast Highway prior tofight.At that point, a lot of newlyweds particularly those traveling her falling ill.That said, if this porous theory does indeed hold any water, poor with an infant would have packed up and headed for home sweet And it has. Stefan and Erika Svanstrom of Sweden are in for a rocky ride. The home. Instead, the Svanstroms jetted to New Zealand.Granted, with a few emergency room visits tossed in here andSvanstroms recently returned from a four-month honeymoon. Happy Just before their arrival, the country was struck by a 6.3-magnitude there, just to add some marital spice.to be home. Lucky to be alive.earthquake. And after they arrived, they could feel the distant force of Andy Juniper can be contacted at ajjuniper@gmail.com,The couple, and their baby girl, left Stockholm on Dec. 6 and were the earthquake that devastated Japan.found on Facebook http://www.facebook.com, or followed atpromptly stranded in Munich, Germany. Grounded by one of the big-The trembling was horrible, Stefan said, and we saw roof tiles fly www.twitter.com/thesportjesters.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, April 14, 2011 6