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Several businesses relocate
in Main Street shuffle
By Scott Hilpsndorff
Expositor Editor
Several Main Street businesses have
relocated to other downtown locations
recently.
And, while Business Improvement
Area (BIA) chair Liz Cardno says the
moves are caused by businesses looking
for the right amount of space for them,
Business Retention and Expansion
Committee (BR and E) chair Gwen
Devereaux says the moves are a result
of a lack of direction.
"Why are people leapfrogging? Well,
everyone's a little bit lost right now.
Where's their direction? And, you can't
blame them if the rent's a little bit
cheaper somewhere else," says
Devereaux.
Devereaux says an economic
development officer is needed to
coordinate local business and industry,
reiterating a plan the BR and E pitched
recently to Huron East council.
"The BIA has no leadership and may
fold and the BR and E went as far as it
could. If we had someone coordinating
the BIA it would make a world of
difference," she says.
However, Cardno says the BIA is
"definitely not" going to fold and to
suggest that danger is "a big
overstatement."
"That idea would get things riled in
town. We just have no coordinator and
its hard to find the volunteer hours to
do what Cathy Garrick used to do for
the BIA," she says.
She says moves are "just normal
movement, just the normal cycle in
downtown Seaforth."
Businessses which have changed
location recently include Ice Dreams,
which has moved from Main Street to
George Street across from the public
library, Sumthing Special, which
moved across the street on Main Street,
Main Street Video, which moved south
on Main Street and The Apple Core,
which moved from Egmondville to the
north end of the business district on
Main Street.
Other moves include Clarice, which
moved from the west side of Goderich
St. to the old ambulance station and
Pete's Paper Clip, which plans to move
south on Main Street.
Chris Bruxer, owner of Sumthing
Special, says she moved to a roomier.
brighter location because she needed
more space.
"It's been an awesome move. We're
getting a lot more traffic and the sales
are better," she says.
Gerard Meidinger, owner of Main
Street Video, says his move occurred
because he needed less space.
"I'm out of the used books now. My
business changed and I changed with
it," he says.
Trent Ward, owner of Ice Dreams,
says while he's moved to a store of the
same size, his new location is "nicer
and brighter."
Hausers return to Canada with hopes
of helping boy badly burned in India
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
Former Seaforth
residents, Bill and Mavis
Hauser, have returned to
Canada with a new purpose
in mind --to help a child
who was severely
disfigured in a fire while
they were on a mission
trip to India.
"He's such a promising
young fellow," said Mavis
of the 13 -year-old boy they
encountered in an
orphanage in the
community where they.
lived at a mission
compound and helped
operate an evangelical
church.
She said he has a brother
who is not close to the boy
who lost his arm in an
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was younger
and was
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Mavis said
they are
hoping they
can work
through the
red tape and
find a way to
arrange
transporation
to get the
boy to a
Shriner's
Hospital in
Boston.
She said they called him
David after the Biblical
figure who defeated the
giant, Goliath, with his
slingshot.
"We call him David
because there are many
giants he had encountered
in his life," she said.
The couple had left their
Seaforth home and closed
Seaforth Community
Church to prepare to leave
for the mission trip last
summer.
While they had. thought
the project might become a
full-time ministry for them,
they have since decided
that the work leading the
church and compound
there can be done by local
people and have come back
to Canada where they now
reside in Ingersoll, looking
for a new direction.
"It was a successful
trip," said Mavis.
And the trip has made
them appreciate Canada
even more.
"When we would leave
the compound, it was like
entering another world,"
said Hauser.
They were treated kindly
by everyone and, with few
white people ever there,
were often talked to and
touched as they walked
through the markets.
"When you walked to a
shop, you took your shoes
off and you were given
stools. You were not to get
up and look around. They
would show you the
products," said Mavis.
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We call him
David because
there are many
giants he has
encountered in
his lie,' --
Mavis Hauser, formery.'<
Seaforth resident
after returning from a
mission trip to India.
" T h e
people were
great. We
would just
talk to
anyone who
would listen
to us," she
said, adding
it could take
more than
two hours
just to cover
one block on
foot, through
the crowds in
a small
community
of 125,000
people.
The couple helped
operate the church where
more than 2,000 people
came each week to learn
about Christianity.
"They would come to us
after and want us to pray
for themand give them a
blessing" said Mavis.
Before they left, they
were warned of the length
of services because each of
the 2,000 people would
want to talk to them
individually at the end,
placing great importance
on receiving a blessing, the
equivalent of a Christian in
Canada saying, "God bless
you," to someone.
"We made friends and
there were many tears
when we left," said Mavis.
The country they saw
was very poor often with
several families living in
one home.
"We gave a lot away. It
tears your heart," said
Hauser, adding the people
are very gracious.
In one home they went
to, visiting someone who
was sick, . the family
brought them the best they
had to offer to drink and
eat.
One child was brought to
their church suffering from
a severe fever and Mavis
said they aren't sure what
happened to the little girl
when she left the church
but they believe she died.
"This is from the
unsanitary conditions," she
said.
Wild
pigs,
dogs,
chickens and other animals
roam the streets.
In one home, they passed
a water buffalo calf under
the steps into the
residence.
"We went inside to visit
a man and no more than
four feet away, there was
this big black water buffalo
in the house," said Mavis.
The buffalo was a source
of milk for the family and
was closely protected by
them.
Mavis said it was hard to
get used to all the smells
and noise outside the
compound.
But the Hausers greatly
enjoyed the people.
Mavis said Bill would
often take time to play
with the area children.
They had so little that Bill
would sometimes even roll
up paper into a ball for
something to use in an
improvised game with the
kids.
He would often give
them treats and candies and
Mavis said one of the most
touching moments of the
trip came when the
children responded to
Bill's kindness.
One day, the children all
came into some candy
before they came to see
Bill.
"They brought all the
candy and laid it in front of
him," said Mavis. "I
realized how much they
appreciated him. They
were just outstanding."
The Hausers decided to
come back after realizing it
would be better if
missionaries from Canada
could.provide assistance as
needed but leave the
operation of the church and
its compound to people
from India.
"It can and should he
done by the nationals
because they know the
language.
"It's good. There's
nothing wrong with it but
we don't want to pursue it
anymore. All we can see
right now is this boy: if we
can help him," said Mavis.
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