HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-04-18, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013. PAGE 9.
After months of finalizing deals
and contracts, Europarts, a high-end
imported appliance sales parts and
service business, has purchased East
Wawanosh Public School near
Belgrave.
Company President Henry van
Heesch said that the business has
been waiting on the finalization of
the sale and that time had finally
come.
“It’s a long process, and there’s a
lot of work involved in making the
purchase,” he said. “You really have
to keep at it. You really have to do a
lot of your own homework and leg
work in order to accomplish what
you set out to do, but we now have
the property.”
Van Heesch hopes that the school,
which will house the company’s
offices as well as its distribution,testing and call centre will be open
near the end of June.
“I’m hoping that in early June
we’ll run a test on all the new
equipment: the security systems, the
telephone systems and such,” he
said. “We’re hoping that in the
second week of June we’ll be able to
move the offices over and began
moving the componentry over there.
We hope to be completely moved in
for the end of June.”
This is the beginning of a great
experience for the comapny, van
Heesch said and a good time for
everyone involved.
“This is an exciting time for us,”
he said. “We’re all really looking
forward to it, it’s a great opportunity.
“Over the next little while, we’ll
have a lot of new developments
happening,” he said.
The endeavour won’t be without
challenges, van Heesch said, and oneof those is finding properly trained
staff. He said the company is
anticipating difficulties in filling the
up-to 10 new positions they hope to
create when they move from their
current location in Lucknow to
Belgrave.
“We’re going to need some very
technical people for the approval and
testing we hope to be doing,” he
said. “The business is not just the
actual importing and distribution,
there’s a whole technical aspect to it
as well.”
While the recent announcement of
the move has brought in several
résumés, according to van Heesch,
they won’t be looking at
interviewing until they’re able do so
at the new site.
“We’re not really going to start
interviewing until after we’ve
moved,” he said. “People are
welcome to send us their résumés,but until we can explain what we’re
doing and run a tour, we can’t
interview.”
He said that they are currently
talking with agencies to help nail
down what and who it is they are
looking for.
While it did take some time for the
company to take possession of the
property, van Heesch said the
involved organizations and his
supporters were wonderful to work
for.
“It was superb working with North
Huron and with Huron County,” he
said. “They bent over backwards to
help us get set up. Even the planner
that they have on staff in North
Huron, Sally McMullen, did a great
job despite the fact that she couldn’t
recommend the project.”
McMullen, who is bound by the
Provincial Policy Statement and the
Huron County and North HuronOfficial Plans, couldn’t approve of a
business not dedicated to
agricultural products being situated
on an agriculture land.
“She helped us anyway in many
different ways and came to many
different meetings and made all sorts
of suggestions so we could pass it,”
he said. “At the end of the day, she
still had to vote against it though.
Luckily for us, the project was
approved anyway.”
The company also had letters of
support from the Huron-Bruce
Member of Provincial Parliament
(MPP) for Lisa Thompson and the
Member of Parliament (MP) Ben
Lobb.
John and Sheila Nixon greeted
worshippers and handed out the
service of worship on Sunday, April
14 at Knox United Church. Melissa
Snyders welcomed the congregation.
She drew everyone’s attention to the
coming events. On April 30 at 7 p.m.
Rev. Richard and Barb Hall will
give an audio/visual travelogue of
Israel in the basement of Knox
United Church. Everyone is
welcome.
On Sunday, April 14 the Chime in
Choir visited Huronlea in Brussels.
They will visit Braemar in Wingham
on Sunday, April 21 and invite
members of the congregation to join
them as a support group.
The Children’s Chime Ensemble
entertained followed by Melissa
lighting the Christ Candle. After the
call to worship which was read
responsively, the congregation sang
the opening hymn, “God is Here”.
The prayer of invocation and
confession was read in unison.
Melissa read the words of assurance
followed by the congregation
singing “Trust in God to Guide You.”
The choir anthem, “Holy, Holy,
Holy – Majesty” accompanied by
Ann Clark was followed by the
children’s hymn, “This is God’s
Wondrous World.”
The children gathered in the front
pew for children’s time with
Melissa. She had brought a conch
shell which she held up to each
child’s ear for them to see what they
could hear. They could hear the
sound of the ocean – one of God’s
magical mysteries. Melissa took the
children outside and they could hear
the birds singing, the wind blowing
and the noise of cars passing by.
Melissa read the story of Mary and
Martha. Mary sat and listened to all
Jesus had to say while Martha did all
the work.
If we just sit and listen we can
hear amazing things. We can’t hear
God if we are surrounded with many
noises.
After prayer, the children
adjourned to Sunday School. Psalm
77 was read responsively. Melissa’s
message was entitled “Shhhhhh”. In
our culture we don’t like to be still
and quiet. We like to be busy and
active, compelling ourselves to fill
up every moment of our day. We
want to be valuable and important ot
God. God’s will for us is to take time
out and rest. If we are always at
work, we lose our strength. We need
to listen to what God has to say and
slow down, rejoicing in each new
day and opportunity. Maybe too
many of us are like Martha. Learn to
shhhh yourself and be in the
presence of God.
Ken Procter and Doug Walker
took up the offering. The offering
praise “For the Gift of Creation” was
followed by the offertory prayer. The
closing hymn, “Come and Find the
Quiet Centre”, the blessing and
singing “Go Now in Peace”
concluded the morning worship
service. Everyone was invited for
lunch and fellowship.
There was no shoot party on
Friday, April 12 due to the power
outage. The next shoot party will be
on Friday, April 26.
School sale finalized, owner commends North Huron
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FROM BELGRAVE
Obituaries
By Denny ScottThe Citizen
TERRENCE VICTOR TROWER
It is with great sadness that the
family of Lauri Sturgeon announces
the peaceful passing of their father,
grandfather and great-grandfather,
Terrence Victor Trower of Waterloo
on Thursday, April 11, 2013. He was
in his 97th year.
Terrence was predeceased by his
wife Marion.
He will be lovingly remembered
by his children Lynn and husband
Ray Pauwels, Brian and wife Susan
Trower, Tim and wife Debbie
Trower and Lauri Sturgeon. He will
also be missed by his grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Terrence will be most remembered
as part of a catering duo with his
daughter Lauri.
To all he knew, served and loved,
Brussels was always close to his
heart.
There will be a great celebration of
“Poppa” to be announced later.
SHIRLEY BELL
Shirley Rosetta Bell (née Shaw) of
Londesborough passed away
peacefully at her home on Monday,
April 8, 2013. She was in her 69th
year.
Shirley was the wife of the late
Doug Bell (2009), dear mother of
Chris Roberts, Londesborough and
Larry Roberts, Chatham and the
stepmother of William (Bill) Bell
and his friend Tonya of Barrie and
Elizabeth (Betty) Bell and her friend
John, Cambridge.
Shirley was the sister of Jim Noble
and Richard Shaw, both of British
Columbia and Tim Shaw,
Londesborough. She will be
lovingly remembered by her
grandchildren Cody, Raven, Harly
and Austin Roberts, Talia, Tyler,
Cassidy and Treyton and sadly
missed by her many in-laws, nieces
and nephews. Shirley was
predeceased by her parents Walter
and Shirley Shaw and brothers
Mervin Cannon and Thomas Noble.
At Shirley’s request, cremation
has taken place. A graveside
memorial service was held at Hope
Chapel Cemetery, Hullett Township
on Tuesday, April 16.
As expressions of sympathy, the
family would appreciate memorial
donations to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation.
Messages of condolence for the
Bell family may be sent through
www.falconerfuneralhomes.com
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