The Citizen, 2004-06-17, Page 22Coining together
Susan Alexander, a financial planner of Maitland Valley
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make one convenient stop for financial services and
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which is co-owned by Alexander and Sholdice, won't
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Sholdice, Maitland Valley Financial merge
business."
As it turned out, Sholdice who
has been in business since 1984,
was thinking the same way.
Continued from page 1
Festival has been built on this
partnership and we aim to keep the
spirit alive by including our
volunteers, friends and audience
whenever and wherever possible."
Director Paul Thompson.
articulating the reasons for the
tremendous commitment of the
community folk involved, added
that the broad-sweeping score of
Huron OPP on June 7 in the early located hidden inside a barn while
afternoon were contacted about a another had been tossed away into
break-in in which five firearms a swampy location. The others
were stolen. were found at residences.
Officers found that someone had June 10 at 2 p.m. all five attended
entered a residence on Hullett- court in Goderich for a bail
McKillop .Road in Central Huron hearing.
and stolen some handguns along An 18-year-old from Hensall has
with rifles from the residence in the been charged with three counts of
last couple of days. unauthorized possession of
The victim provided names of weapons, two counts of trafficking
some suspects and as a result of the firearms, two counts of possession
investigation five males were of prohibited/restricted firearms
arrested and all missing weapons and ammunition, six counts of
have been recovered. possession of firearm while
During the investigation officers prohibited, possession of property
attended residences on Hydro Line obtained by crime, failure to
in Central Huron, Clinton, comply with probation and break,
Bayfield, Mitchell and Vanastra. enter and theft.
A couple of the guns were A 19-year-old from Clinton has
By Elyse DeBruyn
Citizen staff
Two Brussels businesses have
come together to make financial
services and investment prodcuts
more • convenient for their
customers.
Maitland Valley Financial.
owned by Susan Alexander and the
investment side of Sholdice
Insurance Ltd. owned by Doug
Sholdice, have united to become
Sholdice Financial Services Inc.
They will open their new location
at 472 Turnberry St. in Brussels,
adjacent to Sholdice Insurance Ltd.
Alexander, a certified financial
planner (CFP) since 1997, said
joining the businesses, which will
become official _on July 1- "just
made sense."
"Instead of being in competition
with each other, we thought we
might as well work together," said
Alexander.
Alexander said when her mutual
fund dealership was. sold, she
began searching for a new one and
ended up approaching Sholdice to
"merge offices and become one
At the annual general meeting of
Huron United Way. held Monday.
June 14. Larry Langan. newly-elected
chair announced the departure due to
health reasons of executive director
Melodie Northey.
"We thank Melodie for guiding the
organization through the 2003
Campaign and putting systems in
place to streamline future
campaigns," said Mr. Langan.
"Significant increases in employee
payroll deduction participation have
been realized as we strive to enroll
over 2000 people who work in Huron
County to this method of financial
support for our 13 funded agencies. "
The board of directors announced
the appointment of Kimberley Payne
to the position of executive director.
Payne held a similar position with the
Tilbury Information and Help Centre
for the past four years, investing her
energy and passion for community
service in many local agencies
including the Chatham-Kent United
Way.
Friends. family and previous
associates welcomed her back to
Huron County and the Huron United
Way she previously directed in 1999-
2000.
The 2004-05 for the Huron United
Way board of directors is: Larry
Langan, (chair), Bruce Shaw (past
chair), Jeff Wareham (vice-chair),
Grant Gnay (treasurer), Anita Riddell
(secretary), Jerry McDonnell
"We both had the same idea and
it seemed like a good time to do it.
It makes sense to pool two smaller
businesses into one," said
been charged with unauthorized
possession of firearms and
possession of property obtained by
crime. A Mitchell man, 25, faces
two counts of failing to comply
with undertaking, possession of
weapon obtained by crime and
possession of property obtained by
crime.
A 26-year-old from Bayfield was
charged with possession of a
prohibited/restricted firearm,
possession of property obtained by
crime and breaching probation.
A 22-year-old from Vanastra has
been charged with possession of...
property obtained by crime,
possession of prohibited/restricted
firearm, two counts of possession
of firearm and breaching probation.
this production seems to excite the
audience into a richer
understanding of history. "It takes
us beyond history into the power of
myth."
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The family welcomes you
on
June 19 at 8:00 pm
at BMG Community Centre,
Brussels
Entertainment by Westernaires.
Sholdice.
He said the goal of Sholdice
Financial Services is to "provide
financial planning, financial
services or alternatives to financial
services for the community."
The company will offer its
clients a wide range of services
including guaranteed investment
certificates (GICs), mutual funds,
RRSPs, RESP's. RRIF's, mortgage
insurance, travel insurance, group
insurance, segregated funds, life
and disability insurance.
"We're trying to set up a full line
of financial services," said
Sholdice.
Alexander said they hope to
benefit the community "through
more contracts and a wider
selection of investment products.'
Sholdice said his customers "will
have more choices with different
companies we deal with and more
expertise with Susan as she has her
CFP."
Alexander said her clients will
"have better access to general
insurance" through Sholdice's
experience.
"We're still the same people, just
under a different name.
We both offer the same products
so why not merge into one big
business?" said Sholdice.
Sholdice Financial Services Ltd.
will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday to Friday.
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Huron United Way board
appoints new executive director
(allocations chair and labour Boa, Rob Evans, Joan Hoy, and Paul
representative) and directors Heather Ross.
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