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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-07-06, Page 1Smeoa Medd, Ate Broker M.v.A. Asni er Molts IoiLca for information oriMiegs in Iluroo/Ptrth 1 Doug MOO, CFP. B.Math Rnancial Ramer 1•11 �i.���� tet.. `. \,:111.11h (5 I ) ) 527-0560 hux Joy Finlayson & Sharon Medd Mortgage Consultants "Fatally, a company thw starts with a discount" GiColsslut My 3.2005 Ni•nso pial b v.**ioisr Best CBM. Rates 3.05% 331% 35 �=% / PMtl/ NIY//tra./ INC. •.wuc o".. auccc11aa c,w+r. RMP info • session to be held in Seaforth The Huron County Federation of Agriculture (HCFA) is encouraging local fanners to come out to an information session concerning a proposed Risk Management Safety Net Program (RMP) at 7:00 p.m. at the Seaforth Community Centre on July 12. "One of the reasons we went to Queen's Park for the March 2 rally was to convince the Province of a need for a Market Revenue replacement type program," says HCFA president Nick Whyte in a press release, referencing a gathering of thousands of farmers earlier this year. HCFA Second Vice - President says he expects the proposed RMP "will essentially cover off a lot of our needs and prevent us from having to go to Toronto and Ottawa all the time when crop prices are low." The proposed program is premium -based, which as Hamilton understands it means that a farmer would pay into a fund, insuring his crops to be sold at a certain price. If the market price falls short of the insured price, the difference will be paid out of the fund paid into at the start of the year. The press release says the program was created by' a panel of Ontario grain and oilseed farmers and • is endorsed by Ontario's seven grain and oilseed commodity organisations. "We're very excited about this proposed plan because this price support program will provide timely payments, and enable producers to protect their individual cost production," says Peter Tuinema, Chair of the Ontario Grain & Oilseed Safety Net Committee in the press release."'This program is a new way of doing business, designed with grassroots input by a group of diverse and dynamic individuals, many of who were from outside of our grain (and) oilseed organizations." More details will be made available at the information session. By Ben Forrest 'Canadian country star • visits Seaforth for elimination draw... Page 7 Closing thoughts on Beauty and the Beast... Pig Wednesday, July 6, 2005 NMrs+ls siw�c:aw*•••••*WeattI•OVP4:-4 . Jason Middleton photo Happy Canada Day Three-year-old Mackenzie Smuck and her brother Brendon, 5, from Vanastra, play with some sparklers prior to Huron East's fireworks display at the Seaforth Agriplex, on Canada Day. Box Furniture has new owners as 'Cub' retires Gary Bettles retires from Main Street store after working there since 1968 and managing since 1981 Betties, who started working at the business in 1968, said that the businesses were fun to run and presented their own challenges. "It was interesting," he said. "You work all day and night." After working for Box Furniture for over 30 years, Betties said that there have been a fair share of funny moments. He said that once he had installed some carpeting in the wrong room of a house, while in another instance Betties had left the back door of the delivery truck open and a bed loaded on castors fell out on to the road behind the post office. By the time Betties had noticed, he had driven back to the Box Furniture and saw Frank Sills sitting on the mattress. In his time at Box, Betties has seen some changes in the types of furniture being brought into the show room as well as renovations to their building. Box Furniture began in 1876 and was called Broadfoot and Box Furniture Factory which had 15 employees and was a furniture factory as well as a showroom. Betties explained that Box finally moved to its present location sometime in the 1940s. The store's success wouldn't have happened without the help of his late wife Barb, who managed the store from 1981 until her death in 1998, Betties said. As for his plans for retiring, Betties said that he plans on doing some work with his other company, a commercial rental business, and continuing his hobbies bird watching, fishing and hunting. $1 .25 includes GST 26 Main St., Seaforth 527-2222 St. Columban parishioners denied heritage designation from Huron East By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff Despite a plea from a few St. Columban parishioners, Huron East council decided not to designate the 173 - year -old church under the Ontario Heritage Act. Huron East councillors said that they were worried that if the building and property were designated under the heritage act money for the site would be tight. "I would like to see it stay as a heritage facility for the education of our children and others," said St. Columban parishioner Bill Murray, who added the church was a building block of the Huron Tract. Former parishioner Tom Ryan, of Mitchell, explained in a letter to council that St. Columban needs to stay standing to preserve the community's history. "The history associated with that site will give future residents and historians an insight into what life was like when that tract was opened (in) 1825 to 1850," Ryan's letter said. While members of the council were in favour of preserving it as a historical building, some were uncomfortable with the idea of going behind the London Diocese's back and designating the church a historical site. "Who's going to maintain this?" Huron East Mayor Joe Seili asked. "Because if we designate this a heritage property we're not the ones who do the maintaining." Murray and Ryan asked how downtown Seaforth's historically designated main street is kept up to standards, to which Seili said the property owners are responsible for maintaining them. Coun. Mark Beaven was also a little worried about going behind the diocese back and designating the property under the Ontario Heritage Act. "I appreciate your trials and tribulations," Beaven said. "I would be somewhat concerned with designating a property against an owner's wishes." Councillors asked building inspector Paul Josling what procedures would have to be done to get a demolition permit. Josling explained that if a demolition permit could be issued light away, as long as the permit meets regulations. The only way a demolition permit could be delayed, Josling said, was if the building were being considered for a heritage designation. Walter Armes, Huron East's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee advisor, See PLANS, Page 2 By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff After more than 30 years of service at Box Furniture, business owner Gary "Cub" Betties has decided to retire from the furniture industry. Betties said that because of his business's long history in Seaforth he decided to try and find another owner for the store instead of just closing it when he retired. "That's why I put on there (on advertisements) retiring instead of just closing the store," he said. "I didn't want that to happen. That's why I kind of hung in there." "I'm glad somebody took it because we need every little business in Seaforth that we can get," he said. While the store is currently closed for some reorganization, Box Furniture and Floor Coverings will reopen on Monday with their new owners David and Charlotte Strome, of Central Huron, at the helm. David said that he has installed flooring for 18 years and said that he wanted to get into the selling of flooring and Box Furniture was the perfect opportunity. "We hope to keep it going, have lots of selections and just carry on as it has in the past," said David. Betties explained that like any small Ontario town it was not unusual to blend a furniture store, funeral chapel and ambulance service. When Betties purchased the Box Furniture in 1981, he took over all three of the businesses, eventually selling the funeral chapel and losing the ambulance service when the county started providing the service. �1isi1�1 Ifundertmark photo Long-time Box Furniture owner Gary "Cub" Betties stands beside the store's mascot. Betties is retiring after working at the business since 1968.