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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-04-02, Page 15BOOK FOR 2015: TWO-BED- room cottage with bunkhouse at Point Clark, includes fully-equipped kitchen, gas barbecue, fire pit, horseshoe pit and much more, close to lighthouse and beach. To find out more or to book your holiday call 519-523-4799 after 6:00 p.m. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015. PAGE 15. Classified Advertisements acation propertiesV TendersTenders TendersTenders All word ads in The Citizen classifieds are put on our webpage at www.northhuron.on.ca Invitation for Tender PW-2015-04 PRODUCTION MODEL 52" ZERO TURN COMMERCIAL RIDING MOWER Forms available upon request at the Municipal Office Sealed Tenders must be received at the Clerk’s Office by 12:00 noon, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Lowest or any tender, not necessarily accepted. For further information, please contact the undersigned. Gary Pipe, Director of Public Works Municipality of Morris-Turnberry 41342 Morris Road, PO Box 310 BRUSSELS, ON N0G 1H0 Telephone: 519-887-6137 Ext. 25 Fax: 519-887-6465 Email: gpipe@morristurnberry.ca Invitation for Tender PW-2015-02 for Forms available upon request at the Municipal Office Sealed Tenders must be received at the Clerk’s Office by 12:00 noon, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Lowest or any tender, not necessarily accepted. For further information, please contact the undersigned. Gary Pipe, Director of Public Works Municipality of Morris-Turnberry 41342 Morris Road, PO Box 310 BRUSSELS, ON N0G 1H0 Telephone: 519-887-6137 Ext. 25 Fax: 519-887-6465 Email: gpipe@morristurnberry.ca One 2015 or 2016 - 68,000 G.V.W. Tandem Cab & Chassis With Tractor Package MUNICIPALITY OF HURON EAST Sealed tenders, addressed to, Barry Mills, Public Works Manager, Municipality of Huron East, 72 Main Street South, Box 610,Seaforth, ON, N0K 1W0 will be received by him until: 1:00 pm, Thursday, April 23, 2015 for the installation of a 3.5 m x 2.7 m box concrete culvert on a 50° skew, retaining walls, and associated site work. An option is available for a precast structure. The structure is located north east of Seaforth. Plans, specifications and tender forms may be obtained from the office of the undersigned after April 2, 2015 upon payment of a non- refundable fee of $50.00, payable to B. M. Ross and Associates Limited, which includes all taxes. Each tender must be accompanied by a certified cheque in the amount of $ 25,000.00. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. B. M. ROSS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED Engineers and Planners 62 North Street Goderich, ON N7A 2T4 Phone: (519) 524-2641 Fax: (519) 524-4403 www.bmross.net REPLACEMENT OF STRUCTURE M58 ON BEECHWOOD LINE AND STRUCTURE M60 ON HYDRO LINE ROAD CONTRACT NO. BR1137 Read Rhea Hamilton Seeger’s Gardening column on the Huron Home and Garden Guide section of our website www.northhuron.on.ca Continued from page 6 spent at local businesses. Council had several questions regarding insurance. Brady explained the farmers’ market would be part of Farmers’ Markets Ontario and she suggested getting the market’s insurance through that group. “Most of the markets, especially the smaller independent ones, get it from there,” she said. Councillor Jim Campbell asked if each individual vendor would need its own insurance and Brady said yes. Wingham Ward Councillor Trevor Seip asked about the market’s substantiality. “Sometimes, with a group like this, they go for a couple years and the original committee members become tired,” he said. “Has there been a discussion to make sure there is a succession plan on where the new committee members will come from?” Brady said that the farmers’ market will be guided by a steering committee and eventually an executive. “The process is outlined in the bylaws,” she said. “We will have steering committee and an elected board. It’s very important that the vendors want to be on the board. They will be the constant.” Seip moved the request be approved, provided the organization had insurance and provided documentation of the insurance to Director of Recreation and Facilities Pat Newson prior to pursuing any further. Insurance an issue with new market Cronins attribute honour to family and core values Continued from page 11 businesses which employ 65 employees, not including their children. “We’ve got three corporations in the [United States],” Amy said. “One in Iowa, two in Missouri and we have two farming corporations here in Ontario.” “We got into hogs in 1998, the worst year since the 1930s,” she said. “We got in at the ultimate low, but we knew there was potential in this industry.” The Cronins didn’t have the opportunity to buy quota to get into the business both their families had practiced: dairy. “We didn’t have family to support us in purchasing so we had to start on our own,” Amy said. While the exact metrics for winning are unknown, part of it could be because the Cronins, in the last 17 years, have built a small pork empire from scratch. “We weren’t able to take either family farm over,” Amy said. “My family bought this farm and we managed it since 1995, but then we bought it flat out.” “We weren’t given anything,” Mike said. “We paid fair market value for everything from the equipment to the land to the barns.” Another big aspect of their win is the Cronin Family Farms’ core values, which hang prominently in all their facilities. The document, which was developed through a management workshop approximately six years ago, includes a vision of being progressive, prosperous and best in class, a mission (To be a profitable, sustainable family business providing quality products and services to the global market) and core values as follows: • Our family is our most valuable asset • We will operate with honesty and integrity • Our people relationships are the key to our business • We champion success and excellence • We will embrace change. • Sustainability practices are essential • We will maintain a positive attitude • Education broadens horizons and opens doors “Because we have this set of core values, every decision we make for our farm needs to coincide with that,” Amy said. “Our number one core value is that our family is our greatest asset. “Sticking to this as core values allows us to have family and farm at the centre of everything we do,” she said. “This is important to Mike and me, but this is important to our team, we expect them to operate with the same set of core values.” Amy went on to say the company had the opportunity to get a manager, at one of their United States sites, started in farming, saying family doesn’t just mean Mike, Amy and their children but the family in the company. “We helped him to purchase his first farm,” she said. “That’s pretty fantastic for him and his family. It was always a dream for him. He has four children and that’s what he wanted for his family.” She went on to say they helped the man set up his farm, and then they took out a long-term lease on the barns. “We provide him with a long-term stable income and he provides us with a barn we can use and we were able to help him get it all set up,” she said. “We operate our business differently than a lot of people because we know what we want to do but our mission statement says we’re always going to focus on being a family business.” Mike said, even when he and Amy travel to the United States for business, they bring their children. “We’ll even take them out of school because we believe that’s a good education for them,” he said. Amy said the children attend business meetings with her and Mike, and the couple even pointed to a deal that was only achieved because their son was there to talk to a representative from Cargill. The representative saw the next generation of farming was there and there was a focus on farmers and Cargill wanted to be involved in that. When the children do tag along, however, they know it’s not a vacation. “They are working from six in the morning until nine at night, they are in business meetings and in barns,” Amy said. “They love it.” “They know all the team members at our other sites,” Mike said. “Even though it’s in another country, our managers know our kids.” The couple also feel part of their success is tied to them both being integral on the farm. Both of them are involved in the operation and decisions for the company. Beyond family, the Cronins are involved in their communities. Amy is the Chair of Ontario Pork, a school board trustee and former chair for the Huron-Perth Catholic School Board, a vice-chair of Libro Credit Union and on the board of the Catholic Community Foundation of Southwestern Ontario, while Mike is involved with the Huron County Pork Producers, a local parish and has refereed youth soccer for more than 20 years.