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Page IN BUSINESS Wednesday February Boss must loosen the reins By Brace Williams DEAR BRUCE We have a good business but we haven t been able to find employees to assist us My hus band works with the new hires for three or four weeks but he finds that they simply are not as dedicated as he is and won get the job done He lets them go and we start all over again He has just hired his fourth assistant manager In as many months Because of a shortage of employ we can expand our operation This is starting to affect our marriage because my husband and I must de vote an excessive amount of time to the business What are we doing wrong A 0 Fresno Calif DEAR A Your situation is com to many entrepreneurs But the problem probably lies with your band rather than the assistants be is hiring No matter how bard he tries be is unlikely to find an employee who Is a mirror Image of himself someone who Is willing to do everything from interviewing customers to washing the toilets It may be that hell have to hire two or three people to do differ ent facets of his job Its also entirely possible that theyll do better In those specific tasks than be can do generally MARG TANAS CENTRE AND HER STAFF AT OFFICES SUPPLIES serves the business market WORK THAT BODY FITNESS PROGRAM INC Facilities Evaluations Weight Training Room Global Gym Equipment Sauna Lounge Area Specialty Programs Womens Locker Room Showers A Bar Dryers Simian Bed Club Hours Open 7 days to May 5 Open days a week during the summer months MondayrWednssdsy 30 a m Tuatdiy Thursday Friday 3D a Saturday a m Sun day 9 VOTE Man noon hour Illness from 1 noon 1 m to Class Schedule Beginning Feb 188 Tues Thura nortec MO IOW ACT Levels wi mo AFFORDABLE MONTHLY PAYMENT MEMBERSHIPS 1Year23J9ftnonth Month month 232 St Georgetown 8770771 CSS Office Supplies a of Georgetown Secretarial Services limited to one of Georgetowns business success stories The owner Marg Tanas has built the company from a one- person operation to a firm which employs 10 full time and various pan time workers The Georgetown Secretarial Ser vice GSS and the reliability and confidentiality on which It prides itself began In a Norton Crescent home Tanas started the business means of keeping her secretarial skills sharp while she stayed home and took care of the baby It wasnt started as a large business originally Mrs Tanas said It was more or less a paying hobby But the response from the business community was en In five years the demand for her services was consuming more of her time She made a decision about turning Into a full time full fledged small business First Ms Tanas moved Into larger quarters on Armstrong Avenue She and a partner Jim Morwick began a second separate business GSSOfflce supplies When the office supplies division opened Mr was partner for three yecrs and he and his wife who worked for GSS con tributed greatly to the present suc cess of the com After thr Morwick f ing very to continue his involvement since he was an airline pilot and both positions were full time Marg has been sole owner or most of the IS years she has been in business She said the success of the firm Is because of the hard working and dedicated staff at GSS The staff Include purchaser and supervisor Pat Ban- sales and order department King soles and retail department Jeanne Chandler sales and retail Carole Gourley order department Lisa Elliott delivery Dave Far- bookkeeper Margie Rita secretarial Corries Hair Place 21 Mi SL secretarial Shirley Dunlop There ore also various personnel in on temporary placements The goal of the business is to pro vide the best service possible at competitive pricing while pro viding quality products she said What is new In the secretarial division Although word process ing Is the updated means for pro viding secretarial services Fax Is the area that has grown In leaps and bounds Ma Tanas said Office supplies are always changing because of the number of new products being developed she said The Street offices have almost been completely renovated tor a complete more rf look The firm sells office supplies such as calculators office fur computer supplies paper products desk accessories school supplies and wedding Invitations Office services provided by the firm include typing answering service telex service dictation photocopies placements and a new Fax service Ms Tanas is the mother of two children Kevin isand Julie 13 She is a past director of the Georgetown Racquet Cub and a past member of the Ad minlstratlve Management Society Ms Tanas was elected as the President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce two years ago and was the first woman in the post Most of our business is from local companies she said of the secretarial services But we do have clients In Milton Brampton and MIsslssauga Many of the firms seeking out side secretarial help are also lot Ing for confidentiality once the lob Is done Its a quality that likes to stress she said The business manager firmly believes In shopping locally For example Ma Tanas pointed out the shelves of office supplies out side her office feature many pro ducts of Stationery a Georgetown company on Todd Road Georgetown Office Supplies Is a major supplier to many local firms Ms Tanas said