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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-07-14, Page 1414 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 14, 2004 Business Competition provides capital for student businesses By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff .Becoming entrepreneurs paid off for for two local students, this summer. Greg Bowers, of Brussels, and Amanda Ryan, of Dublin, both were awarded $1,500 by the 2004 Summer Company competition to help subsidize the start-up costs of starting their summer Community Calendar WED. JULY 14 10:00-11:30 a.m. Play and Leam Ontario Early Years program at Duff's United Church in Walton 1:00-4:00 p.m. - Seniors Shuffleboard at the Arena 6:30-8:00 p.m. - Ball Hockey on Arena Floor 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness at the arena (upstairs) THURS., JULY 15 9:00-10:00 a.m. - Fitness is fun with Drusilla 10:00-11:30 a.m. Baby Time Ontario Early Years at Egmondville United Church SAT. JULY 16 9:30-11:00 a.m. Jumping Gym Fun Early Years program at Seaforth Co-operative Children's Centre MON., JULY 19 9:30-11:00 a.m. ABC 123 Ontario Early Years program at St. James Gym 10:00-12:00 noon - Walking for the Health of it Program Arena Hall Side 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness at the Arena (upstairs) July 5 - August 15th - School's Cool. A leaming readiness program for children ages 3-5. For info or to register call Julie or Amy at 482-8777 or 1-800-479-0716. A program of Rural Response for Healthy Children. TUES., JULY 20 9:00-10:00 a.m. - Fitness is fun with Drusilla WED. JULY 21 10:00-11:30 a.m. Play and Learn Ontario Early Years program at Duff's United Church in Walton 1:00-4:00 p.m. - Seniors Shuffleboard at the Arena 6:30-8:00 p.m. - Ball Hockey at the Arena 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness at the Arena (upstairs) N you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents. phone the recreation office 527-1272 or the Expositor at 527-0240. or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO well in advance of the scheduled date. Free listing includes date, time. name of event and location only. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. Jason Middleton photo Greg Bowers, of Brussels, sits on top of a pile of wood at his family's property. Bowers is starting his own summer business with the help of the 2004 Summer Company competition, which provided $1,500 towards the start-up of his firewood business. 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The program provides up to $1,500 to cover start-up costs and after successful completion of the program the students are eligible for an additional $1,500 award. Students also had to participate in business training workshops. Topics included record keeping, bookkeeping, and business goals. Bowers, who is going into Grade 11 at St. Anne's in 'Clinton, decided to start his own business, Greg's Firewood, after a neighbour offered to sell him 127 tree tops to make into fire wood. Bowers bought the tree tops for $5 a piece and hopes to turn the wood into close to 100 face cords of firewood. "I think I'II he able to sell it all because the demand for firewood is high," said Bowers. He hopes to have the wood ready for delivery in mid-August. Bowers will he selling the face cords, which are a little more than 32 square feet of wood, for $55 if they arc picked up or a little more if they have to be delivered. "Heating costs for electricity and natural gas have gone up so people might be interested in using firewood to heat their homes," said Bowers. With the $1,500 for start up costs, Bowers purchased safety equipment. a new chainsaw and registered his business. Bowers has had previous experience running summer businesses such as selling chickens and cutting grass. He said this business is more difficult to run because you have to keep financial records in order to qualify for the additional $1,500. Starting your own summer job, "is a big risk if you don't get the money," said Bowers. Next year Bowers hopes to continue his business. For more information about firewood sales call Greg at 887-9137. Seaforth to cap off summer with two new store fronts By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff This summer, the Seaforth and area community may be losing a possible business opportunity, but it will be gaining two new enterprises - Cork 'N' Caps and Bridges of Seaforth. CORKS 'N' CAPS Seaforth residents will be able to pop their own caps later this summer when a new brew -your -own business opens downtown. Retired Goderich banker Ron Harris decided to open Corks 'N' Caps in Seaforth after he realized there were no brew -your -own businesses between Mitchell and Clinton. Harris has been brewing his own wine for four years and said opening up his own shop is a dream. He says brewing wine yourself is, "kind of a hobby. A lot of people are doing it and it's a lot larger than one thinks," said Hams. Located behind Sumthing Special at 100 Main St. S., the business will feature brew -you -own beer and wine priced $100 to $175 for a kit. "This industry just really started to.blossom 15 years ago and it's just something that took off," said Harris. The business is expected to open sometime in August after Harris is approved for a license to brew alcohol on-site. , BRIDGES OF SEAFORTH The sales office for a 248 - home adult lifestyle community in Seaforth opened last' week bridging the community with its newest addition. Last week, the Bridges of Seaforth sales presentation office hosted an open house at thc Main Street sales office. "The residents, merchants and everyone in town have been just so wonderful," said sales person Karen Jefferies. Bridges of Seaforth decided to pick the store front at 79/81 Main St. because of its visibility. "It's a bustling little town here and we wanted to be where we were visible," said Jefferies. The Bridges of Seaforth, a 248 home development which includes a 16,000 square foot recreation complex, will be located at the Seaforth Golf Club. Currently, Bridges is selling their pre -construction phase with houses ranging from $195,990 to $341,000 and they have sold five units already. Jefferies said that she has seen lots of local interest as well as interest from London, Kitchener, and the Toronto arca. MILLBANK CHEESE The former Quality Jersey building in Seaforth has been purchased by Millbank Cheese and Cold Storage. After relocating the equipment and the supply quota associated with the building to the Millbank factory, the building was put on the market and has an interested local buyer. A small amount of plant supply quota, 298,000 litres of cow cheese a year, was associated with the Quality Jersey plant. "The plant supply quota is not a large amount and if you didn't have something else happening in your cheese plant you couldn't make a go of it with the volume we got from Quality Jersey," said Edward Bennett president of Millbank Cheese and Cold Storage. The plant also contained used cheese making equipment which Milbank is now using in their cheese company. According to Bennett, used cheese making equipment is hard to come by. The former tenant, Quality Jersey, set the 8,000 sq. foot plant, located at 112 High St., up for food processing before they closed their doors last year. He explained if they did not already have their cheese plant in Millbank established they would consider opening a cheese plant here. "If we didn't have a cheese plant in Millbank we would have been very pleased to do something in Seaforth," said Bennett.