the HERALD a Community Profiles J- Arctic Charlies hopes to net Acton customers The demand for a new frozen foods store in Acton has been met with the opening of Arctic Charlie s a business that owner Mike Manes feels will hopefully The Fourth Annual Caribbean Heritage Day Hon was held at the Armenian Community Centre in Toronto on June 22 1991 This event was sponsored by the Ontario Society for Studies in Culture The first three annual con ferenceft and workshops were held at York University in to This year s workshops were conducted on the Woman and the Youth The keynote address was given by Dr David of the University of Warwick in England It was the first time that OSSICC was presenting an award for Outstanding Community Ser vice Two persons were selected to receive this award Tom and Dr William In presenting Tom to the at tendees Harry Ramkhelawan Graduate John and Carol Collier are pleased to announce the gradua of Janet Collier from the University of Waterloo Jan received an Honors Bachelor of Mathematics and is presently pursuing a career in computer programming Congratulations Jan mushroom into an Ontariowide franchise Arctic Charlies which had its grand opening yesterday day is located at 10B Main Tom Ramautarsingh said that Mr is a person with a long history of ser vice to the community in Trinidad birthplace and Canada His contributions to youth work education and community involvement expand over a great number of years He has unselfishly given of his time energy and talent to whatever program and project he thinks deserves attention He has work unceasingly on behalf of teachers students and parents He is a great organizer and has given and is giving leadership in many areas this society There are other areas where he has devoted much time but fice it to say that Tom is a unique person Mr said It is with great humility that 1 accept this award I thank the people of OSSICC for this honour will always cherish your kind gesture I always believe thai me gets out of life what one into it My mother brothers Ben and Lioyd and sister Inez Instilled in me at an early age that education and service go hand in hand I am indebted to my wife Betty children and coworkers over the years for their encouragement and support in all my ings and I congratulate OSSICC for the great work it is going Street North in the IGA Plaza and will feature all types of frozen foods plus boxed meats seafood vegetables and desserts Owner Mike Manes who also owns and manages IGA which is beside his new business says that he has had plans to open a frozen food store for close to a year We have had requests for such products for quite some time but we just dldn t have the space to hold more inventory explained Mr Manes The space beside IGA had been vacant for up to four years and we decided that it would be more economical to open up a new business to meet Up until about two years ago Marilyn was your average everyday housewife with five children and as many grand children It was at this time that she started feeling the need to get out of the house more As a result of this felling Mrs started her own business called The Feminine Way The Feminine Way is a fran chise organization that specializes in passive exer cise Passive exercise being vibrating couches and beds with vibrating parts to exercise dif ferent parts body This is a somewhat new procedure that is very therapeutic for post operative and post natal women this demand Mr Manes has owned the in Acton for five years he took over the business for his father He said that he expects Arctic Charlie s to be a profitable business because of its location people can do all of their food shopping in one area His wife Monica will be managing the new store Mr Manes said the business will be distinct from other frozen food stores in that it will offer a better selection and better prices to customers as well as having demonstrations and free samples on a regular basis He explains employees from The program also helps in reduc ing unwanted fat Mrs was a member of the Milton club when she decided to start her own franchise She had originally planned to open her franchise in Brampton but her husband convinced her to stay in Georgetown because there was nothing like this in Georgetovn at the time Mrs s clientele include women of all ages Mrs had no prior ex penence running a business She is doing a very good job in ing the Feminine Way though because she has a rather large clientele and it keeps getting larger She has also just put IGA will also work at Arctic Charlie s when they are needed The two businesses are with an intercom system I hoping that it Arctic Charlies will become a chise business the future stated Mr manes M and Meats started out in much the same way as this store has and now it a highly sought after franchise Store hours for Arctic Charlie s are Monday to Wednesday from a m to p m Thursdays and Fridays from a m to p m Saturday from to 6 p m and Sundays from 11 a m to 5 pm together a seniors day for pro spective new senior members and plans to make it an annual event The Feminine Way is also a part of the Hills Welcome Wagon offering a free hour for every new woman in Georgetown All in all there seems to be a very bright future for this establishment in the years to come It seems that there will always be someone in need of Mrs Russiam services in Georgetown and she freely ad nuts that she thoroughly enjoys helping people I m very happy helping people It gives me great pleasure to see people better off now than they were when they first came in Sign power Left to right Tammy Anderson and Wendy Lab used their sense of humour last week to cope with the heat and construction peding the entrance to their business Acton on Highway 7 and the GO Station in Acton Herald photo Tom Ramautarsingh receives award The Feminine Way offers passive exercise procedures