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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-05-18, Page 9THE HURON EXPOSITOR, May 18, 1994-9 1 Lifestyle Hensall firm benefits from course By Nellie Evans Lakeshore Advance Conestoga College small business course co-ordinator John Anderson asked them to seize opportunity, change bad news into good news. But Anderson only verbalized what this class of 13 already knew. Many graduates of the 10 -week course turned a negative -being ousted from the stability of employ- ment -into a positive chance to direct their own futures. Each of them saw an opportunity to set themselves in a new direction, con- trolled only by them. Katherine Shugar of Hensall was a nurse at University Hospital in London for 20 years when she became a victim of downsizing. Her life changed dramatically when she accepted a position at W. G. Thompson. An employee there for almost two years, Katherine met the man she would marry at W. G. Thompson. She also met a self-proclaimed bar- becue sauce connoisseur. Her hus- band created a 27 -ingredient barbe- cue sauce while working at Rondeau Park and used the sauce in a park restaurant for four years. Katherine proudly proclaims the barbecue sauce was declared by a Chatham newspaper as better than a sauce used at a well-known Windsor restaurant. "We decided that since I was out of work, we would market it," she said. McShugar Barbecue Sauce has already sold 20 cases and the labels haven't even been printed yet. "We have a lot of interest," she said. The sauce will be sold at a Hensall meat shop and several out- lets in the general area. NEILIE EVANS PHOTO THE BUSINESS OF BARBECUE - McShugar's Barbecue Sauce held by Katherine Shugar, of Hensall, has already become a hit. She's sold 20 cases already. Shugar graduate from a Conestoga College small business course last week. "So we're going to be going g' -eat guns," she said. The small business course is spon- sored by the Huron Industrial Training Advistory Committee. The course has been offered at Centralia College for the past two years. This third graduating class is the last to graduate from that location because Centralia College is now officially closed. Everyone in the class is on unemployment. Ted Pakenham's story is a little different. The Varna resident was employed as a service manager for a medical supply company when downsizing eliminated his job. With time on his hands, Pakenham realized his love for computers and decided to pur- sue a new career serving medium to small businesses with computer expertise. Compu-Ted offers com- puterized business plans as well as repairs, systems analysis and train- ing, multi -media and software sales plus insurance videotaping. "I've spent 16 years in computers. I'm trained as a repair/program- mer," he said. "There were no jobs out there for my kind of training." Anderson encouraged the gradu- ates to adopt positive attitudes. "Seize these opportunities. They're not negative," he said. "It's a big world out there and there's a lot of opportunities." Susan McGee of the Corbett area knew she was into a good thing when her husband was transferred to Ontario from Alberta. She had just been laid off from her job in Calgary so when they moved she immediately began thinking of starting her own business. "It was a really opportune time," she said. "A positive time." She credits the small business course for guiding her through a proper business plan. The plan she was developing wasn't detailed, she said. Now she plans to fulfill her dream by opening Free Range Country Collectibles in Exeter, a craft and antique store that also takes items on consignment. Ann Rayner of Clinton listened to the people around her when she began researching a small business venture. She realized people wanted a health food store more than a book store, her original goal. She plans to open Folkstone Natural Foods in Exeter. A support worker for Community Living in Stratford, Rayner felt a need to change her career. She is now working part-time. Rayner is considering hiring developmentally handicapped peo- ple in the Exeter area to help. "I'm not looking to retirement. I'm really excited because it's the busi- ness to be in," she said. "I'11 change to meet customers' needs." McMaster Siemon AINSURANCE BROKERS INC. AUTO — 1R1OM1s ARM N TRAM COAlI E SACI1AL — IIJP1B IINSUZANCS BILL SIS`,tON VICKI SIMON ON ANETT$ McTAGGART IMAypROCTOR 68 Ontario Ra. Mitchell 348-9150 I -800-561-018J OFFER AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AT PARTICIPATING HUSOVAANA DEALERS FINALE DAYS o THE BRICKWAI,I. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE! Friday, Saturday, Monday, May 20, May 21, May 23 9:30 ain - 5 pin Featuring CERAMICS & FLORALS Finished & Supplies Ribbon, Etc. ALL AT BARGAIN PRICES! 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With teacher Marg Whitmore are (back row, left to right) Amanda Cochrane, Jael Schwartz, Darlene Hemingway, Sarah McLellan, Crystal Semple, Heather Damen, (front row) Jennifer Wildman, Christine Keupfer, Becky Rapson, Kelly Stewart, Tammy Marcoux and Rachel Newman. Seaforth to expand sewers Dave Gumham, from the account- ing firm of Deloitte & Touche, presented the 1993 Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the Town of Seaforth at the May 10 meeting of Town Council. Included in the 1993 financial statements was a contribution of $33,016 to the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Fund (OMERS) on behalf of 16 members of town staff. Also in the financial statements was the Town of Seaforth's com- mitment to expand their sanitary sewer system. The total cost of the expansion is estimated to be $3,607,00 of which $2,667,000 will be funded by the Province of Ontario, and $900,000 will be funded by the Town. The Town plans on issuing a 10 -year deben- ture for its share of the funding as approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. Business ideas are shared The results of an April 23 brainstorming meeting of the Seaforth BIA (Business Improve- ment Association) and the Promo- tions Committee were distributed at the May 10 Seaforth Town Council Meeting in the Deputy Clerk's report. "If shoppers arc working 9-5 hours, six days a week, then it's no wonder they are doing their shop - 1 pir.g in the malls that are open until 9 p.m. and on Sundays," according to the report. One of the main things that came out of the meeting, according to the Deputy Clerk s report, was the need for the BIA . and the individual businesses to become more competitive and to be more responsive to their customers' needs. =ZEN PIK= DUET WINNERS - Becky Rapson and Crystal Semple (top right), of Grey Central Public School, won first and third at the Stratford Kiwanis Music Festival for their duets. NUMBER ONE - Mr. Colquhoun's soprano, soprano, alto ensemble from Grey Central Public School (bottom right) won first place with Ash Grove at the Stratford Kiwanis Festival. Back row, from left are Leanne Zehr, Annie Brubacher, Steven Young, Corey Campbell, Kelly Snider, Jessie -Lee Schwartz, (front row) Cynthia DeWit, Amy Marcoux, Kirk Keffer, Brad Willis, Holly Mitchell, Christine DeWit. Garage sale planned: BIA A community garage sale will be held on July 9, 1994 in conjunction with the Seaforth BIA's Sidewalk Sale promotion. Secretary Garrick stated the only cost to the town will be advertising the event. Radio, newspaper and cable TV ads are planned to promote the massive sale. Town Council's Transportation and Environment Committee agreed the community garage sale is an excellent oppor- tunity for the Town to show its support for the business community, by jointly advertising and holding an event in conjunction with the BIA. HORSESHOE TOURNEY SAT. 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