HomeMy WebLinkAboutFarming '92, 1992-03-18, Page 16A16. FARMING ’92, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18,1992.
Farming '92
New office ends years of waiting, negotiating
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The new office in the north end of Clinton sits in a park-like setting, with plenty of parking.
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strations or allow caterers to pro
vide small meals for meetings.
There are many features that will
provide more for the public than
have been available. The current
board room, for instance, will hold
up to 40 people but there is only
one toilet for men and one for
women, intended for use by both
staff and visitors. Large washrooms
will allow plenty of relief for visi
tors to the new conference room.
There are also lots of coatracks.
As well as the large seminar
room there is a smaller board room
which can be used by small groups
like the executive of farm organiza
tions. The number and variety of
meeting room spaces will alleviate
a chronic problem of too few meet
ing spaces for the demands. "It has
n't been good to say no to people,"
Mr. Humphries says. It has been
discouraging to the clients and it
has been discouraging to staff to
The office location may be tough to find at first, tucked in
off Don St., west of Highway 4 in the north end of Clinton.
not be able to provide the services
needed.
When the building is finally
ready for occupation it will bring to
an end the long saga of the search
for a new OMAF office in Huron.
For years there had been hopes a
new office might be built as had
been built in other counties but
Huron, the top food producing
county in the province, lagged
behind. There were negotiations at
one point to move the office to a
renovated portion of the Huronview
Home for the Aged south of Clin
ton but that was put off because
government officials felt it would
cost as much to renovate an old
building as to build a new one.
Plans were finally drawn up in
1987 and land was purchased in the
north end of Clinton but there were
more delays. In the end the build
ing might still not have been built if
not for the provincial government's
anti-recession program. OMAF was
able to go to the shelf and pull out
the 1987 plans and win part of the
increased budget.
Mr. Humphries credits designers
with updating those plans to
improve the original design with
touches such as the larger windows
and putting the boilers in the base
ment instead of on the main floor.
While the staff will be enjoying
the new quarters, they'll have their
familiar old furniture around them.
Currently the old building smells of
paint as all the old filing cabinets
and desks get a fresh coat of paint. -
There are critics of the plans, Mr.
Humphries says, but he reminds
them that the anti-recession money
was going to be spent anyway so
Huron might as well get it as some
one else.
When others complain that the
new building is more luxurious
than needed Mr. Humphries says he
likes to remember what a relative
of his used to say. When someone
would criticize him for driving a
big car instead of a cheap one he'd
reply "Nothing is too good for a
farmer."
Whether you need 2-wheel or 4-wheel
drive, a deluxe cab or economical ROPS, every
tractor in White's new line comes with these
advanced features to make your work easier:
• Synchronized reverser transmission to
change direction in any gear.
• High torque rise liquid-cooled diesel
engine for quick response.
• True center line power front axle for
50-degree turning angle.
• Hydraulic actuated clutch adjusts
automatically to reduce maintenance.
• Hydraulic wet disc brakes for faster stops.
• Strong AGCO warranty, 100% parts
and labor for 2 years/2000 hours with
no deductibles (see your White dealer
for details).
Check out the new 6000's at your White
dealer. And ask him about flexible AGCO
financing plans.
See your White dealer listed below:
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I Neil Salverdo Home: 482-7207 I
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Front ana aack
The new building offers a different look from front (top)
and back (bottom). After a hectic winter of work,
construction workers are hurrying toward completion of the
project.
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