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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times-Advocate, 2002-11-13, Page 1Wednesday, November 13, 2002 $1.00 (includes GST)Exeter, Ontario, Canada Remembering when... PAGE 14/15 Elevator access PAGE 23 (519)235-1115 www.hurontractor.com Exeter EXETER JR.‘D’ HAWKS vs PORT STANLEY FRI. NOV. 15 8:30 p.m. South Huron Rec Centre 190 Thames Road East Exeter, Ont. 1-866-285-5516 235-1652 FLOORS Get Ready for the Holidays with Floor Designs!!! SALE on VINYL and CARPET up to 30% off Until Nov. 30Professional Installation FREE ESTIMATES Voted Be s t O v e r a l l Floor Ma n u f a c t u r e r 1998, 199 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 & 2 0 0 2 OPEN FOR EXETER’S OPEN HOUSE SUN. NOV. 17 12 noon - 5 p.m. Kongskilde relocating to London By Scott Nixon TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — Exeter’s Kongskilde Limited has sold its Thames Road buildings and 20 acres and is moving to the London area within a year. Kongskilde Ltd. president and resident manager George Poole told the Times-Advocate while the company hasn’t chosen its new location yet, it is looking at two or three properties adjacent to either Hwy. 401 or 402. He said the Exeter plant’s 50 employees have been invited to make the move with Kongskilde to the London area and commute to work. “We’re hoping to continue on in a positive way,” Poole said. Kongskilde’s Exeter property has already been sold to its neighbour, Northlander Industries, which needs more room for its mobile housing operation. Poole said Northlander had made previous offers to buy a portion of Kongskilde’s property and the company eventually decided to sell the entire 20 acres. The deal was finalized Oct. 31. Poole said Kongskilde will stay in its front facility in Exeter for the next year, while Northlander will start expand- ing into the building at the back portion of the Kongskilde property. Poole said one of the problems with Kongskilde’s Exeter buildings is the ceilings were too low and would need expensive renovations. The choice was made to move to a new, modern facility, Poole said. Kongskilde manufactures short-line secondary agricultural equipment such as fertilizer spreaders, seed drills, combi-drills and cultivators. Poole said Kongskilde is the second largest manufacturer in field equipment in Europe and among the largest in the world. Despite the drought, sales of Kongskilde’s agriculture parts were up 10 per cent this year after a couple of “soft years.” Kongskilde’s parent company has gone through several changes in the last few years. It bought four groups of companies, making it part of a larger group with a new strategy for growth. The move from Exeter to London is coupled with activity in the U.S. A new warehouse project in Bloomington, Illinois, replaces two satellite warehouses in Bowling Green and Fargo. Poole said the new Bloomington warehouse is “in the eye of agricul- ture in the U.S.” He said Kongskilde’s moves are Members of the Precious Blood school Grade 8 class with the items donated for the school’s Christmas Child present program.The entire school participated in the program, which was organized by the Grade 8’s.Along with the almost 100 presents received,$5 was donated with each gift to cover shipping costs to needy children around the world.(photo/Pat Bolen) OOppeerraattiioonn CChhrriissttmmaass CChhiilldd See KONGSKILDE page 2 Zurich Pharmacy withdraws from Blue Water Rest Home ZURICH — After being given one more chance by the Blue Water Rest Home in September, the Zurich Pharmacy has withdrawn its services as the rest home’s pharmacy supplier. A press release Nov. 8 stated the withdrawal will take effect Nov. 30 and the pharmacy is offering full co-oper- ation to help the rest home find a new supplier. As reported in September, the rest home’s board of directors had sent a notice a termination to the Zurich Pharmacy because of the pharmacy’s inability to meet Ministry of Health standards. A public outcry followed and concerned residents attended a Sept. 10 board meeting to convince the board to give the pharmacy one more chance. The board agreed, and gave the pharmacy until Dec. 15 to comply with standards. In a press release, Jack Wisniewski, who owns the drug store with his wife, Ursula, said, “We had to pre- pare the action plan quickly so that Blue Water could respond to the Ministry (of Health), and we made some optimistic assumptions regarding the time and manpow- er required to make changes to the way we provide pharmacy services to Blue Water Rest Home. “In addition, we were unable to secure enough time from another pharmacist to help us with timely imple- mentation of our plan and this was essential to bring the pharmacy service into compliance with ministry stan- dards. In this situation, we feel that to protect everyone’s best interests we have an obligation to withdraw.” Wisniewski thanked the community for its support and said the drug store looks forward to continuing to serve the Zurich community as a retail pharmacy. “We are committed to serving our present and future clients and we will concentrate on growing the retail segment of our business. In the future we would wel- come the opportunity to tender our services to Blue Water again.” Wisniewski told the Times-Advocate Tuesday morning he hopes the pharmacy can apply to serve the rest home again in about a year. And he wanted the public to know the pharmacy isn’t leaving Zurich. “We will definitely stay in Zurich,” he said. “There’s no immediate danger to the public to lose the pharmacy in Zurich. The Wisniewskis have been at Zurich Pharmacy for eight years.