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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-09-14, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, September 14, 1988 Hatchery manager completing term as first woman president of OHA UUy Yvonne Reynolds October 1988 is an important an- niversary for Cathy M1cKirilcy:. It marks the completion of her 12 - month term as the first woman to • -ever serve as president of the Onta- rio Hatchery Association, which represents the broiler, l'ghom -and turkey industries in the province. The attractive, articulate, aggres- sive and ambitious 35 -year-old can Zook. back on an impressive list -Of • accomplishements. She is secretary treasurer of both McKinley Hatch - cry Ltd. in St Marys and ,McKinley Farms Ltd. Zurich, business manag- er of the hatchery, the first woman to be elected as a director of the Ontario Hatchery Association and . the first female to serve on the As- sociation's executive. . As .tar as she is concerned, her gender is unimportant. "1 want people to respect me not• because- I am doing a good - job as a woman, but. because 1 am doing a good job", she asserted: Cathy has inherited the venture - 'some spirit and confidence in one's own -abilities that impelled `her grandfather, Elgin McKinley, to be- gin a hatchery business that has grown in &O years into one of the largest Leghorn hatcheries in Onta- rio. The senior McKinley started out with a home -built incubator in the upstairs bedroom of his farm in Zu- rich, ignoring the ridicule he initial- ly received for his interest in the egg business, .then considered. . "women's work". in 19.28 he pat- ented a design to prevent down and dust from the hatching chicks from circulating and contaminating the incubator. - By the time McKinley died in 1980, his airllow principle Blanshard reeve dies at Kirkton KIRKTON - Ron Denham, 64, reeve of Blanshard Township since 1981, died at his Kirkton area home September 2. • . Denham had served 17 year on township council, serving his first terra in 1971=2 under Reeve Homer �1eKay and alongside councillors Jas. Bryan, Gordon Jonhson and Donald Simpson. • A cash crop farmer at R.R.1, Kirkton, he was deputy reeve of the -township from 1975 to 1981 and in 1986 was chosen as warden of Perth County. - Denharn's corhntunity involve- ment included membership in the Kirkton United Church where he • taught Sunday school for several sears and was active on many com- mittees. He was a member of the \%'ood- ham branch of the Loyal Orange Lodge, the Kirkton-Woodham Farmers Club and the Perth Plow- men's Association acid y. as active . on the hoard of the Kirkton- \\-,K)dham community centre. Ronald Fletcher Denham was the . son of the late William Denham and the late Anna Switzer.. Ile leaves his wife, the former Doris Skinner, and nine children: Cheryl and husband, Randy Meyer of Waterloo, Darlene and husband . Doug !larding of R.R.1 Gorrie, Bill and wife Agnes Denham of R.R.1, St. Mars, Brenda Denham of Lon- don, Brian and wife Donna Denham of 1'etrolia, Lynda Dcnhafn of Lon- . don; Valerie and husband Barry Hal- ey of Springford, Wayne and wife Nancy Denham of Seaforth, and Nlarlync Denham at home; Also surviving arc four sisters, Nies. Irene Doupe of St. Marys, Mrs. Elaine Vance of Union, Mrs. sse ran Abrahams of California, and Nits. 1.avona 11cKellar of Port Car- ling. There are 14 grandchildren. Ile was predeceased by two broth- ers and two sisters. - Burial was at the Kirkton- Woodham cemetery. Rev. Bill Jones officiated. • term when Ken Fenwick resigned,. was in world-wide use. McKinley's hatching business ex- panded. first into the trout parlour, then into its °w_n huil.ling,' and eventually into barns housing breed- er hens, pullets, and feed and equip- ment. In 1978 McKinley Hatcher- ies bought a modern hatchery at St. Marys with the proviso the Hy -Line franchise be continued along with the M:Kinlcy's own !land N birds.' Hatchery management is Cathy's second card - or third, if you want to he technical. After graduating from Ryerson's journalism school in 1975, "Cathy returned to her haeme territory and tic as employed cis a bar tender while li —lancing as a writer -photographer. She was soon hired as a fulltintc journalist, first "Free trade has potential to destroy many existing jobs" with the Independent News and the Zurich Citizen, then on to Exeter when Times -Advocate owner 111' Ecdy bought the two papers. In 1977.Cathy left the long hours, andmodest salary_ of a weekly paper to begin learning the hatchery busi- ness under the tutelage of her uncle Berne. McKinley. Berne's move to control of the Truro, Nova Scotia hatchery coincided with purchase of the Si. Marys facility, and Calli', stepped up to the position of gener- al manager of the Ontario hatchery. Cathy learned about bookkeeping by reading a grade 12 textbook. Shc learned about computers through the trial and error of setting up a system for the \lcKinley companies. How- ever, she realized her need of more expertise in the areas of finance and administration. She -applied for ad- mittance to the renowned A113A'pro- gram at the University, of Western Ontario, hardly daring.to hope she would be accepted into what is re - puled to teethe business course with the strictest entrance requirements of any university in Canada, and -even more. stringent criteria for.graduat- ing. Cathy had been out of school -tor some -time, ,tinit confesses site had been only a 13 .student at Ryerson, balancing study - with "having a good tithe". Despite her misgiv- (ngs, she was accepted. . • At first Cathy thought she could continue to work part of the time at the hatchery, but soon discovered she had to become :t full-time stu- cunt. thy elaborated. $he describes the next two years Cathy brought her innate talents, as ''the. toughest thing I've ever'polished byf I d done,. bar none. If 1'd .known, i might not have tried". • Now th .t she has her MBA, she also describes the experience as the most reward- ing of her life. Graduates become part of an informal networking sys- tem, establishing "instant -rapport" with each other. "The contacts are unbelievable, not just Casual. These are the peo- ple 1 shared blood, sweat and tears - w lth. Iau.'hed and cried with". ('a - Cathy McKinley Marys. In her office at McKinley Hatcheries in St. Fine forweeds increased Usborne reeve Gerald Prout in- formed council of -the changes in the weed control act which increase the fines for noxious weeds on farm properties. Before the amend.inents, $50 was imposed -for a first offence, .and subsequent offences carried lines of between $50 and -S100. Fines arc increasing to between $500 .and S 1,000 for a first offence. - . - An Usbome bylaw designates pro- , so millet and vclveticaf as noxious weeds. Proutadviscd councillors titan per- sons wishing to volunteer for the position of chairman or co-chairman of the steering committee planning the township's sesquicentennial cele- brations should. contact clerk Sandra Strang. Council accepted the investigation . report on the Gardiner municipal drain .prepared by A.J. De Vos.of Conservation Authorities Class Spriet Associates, and recommend- Environmental Assessment rather ed that the the engineer's recon- than conduct an individual EA for mcndations be carried out. The each project-. costs of the clean-out• will be Prost also promised to forward to charged to general township drain council a copy c` the ABC.\'s re- -costs.. • • i. spon�tci a publication titled "A Copies of the report, along with Review of the Conservation Au - copies of the drainage act flow thoritics' Program" published by chart and copies of council's mo- the ministry of natural resources. lions concerning. the drain will be - Council approv cd.a severance ap- sent to Ray Nic('urdy and to- Mr. plication froth Sidney Ross Tufts, John Den Otter, ow net of the land provided the property at part of lot where the repairs will be made.. 8, southeast boundary concession, ARCA mzumee r 'font Prout at • is rezoned to :\G3 to accommodate tended the session to discuss new a proposed structure to house a regulations governing enyironmen- poultry-porce.sing operation. - tal assessment on water manage- A request from the Huron Real ment projects. Council accepted Estate Board for a copy of 1.;shonta 'his reconunendation that -the town- township's assessment roll was ship follow the Association of bunted down. Two councillors won't ZURiC1.1 - During the regular September meeting of Zurich coun- cil, councillors Ray McKinnon and Paul Morrison stated their intention to leave municipal politics when their terms are up this November, Neither plans to run again. - • -McKinnon said he. has served for three terms, and is stepping down because he believes "in a small community 'all should take their turn". Morrison said he had enjoyed his time in office, but is "not political- ly motivated" Reeve Bobfisher has not made a final decision yet, but Said he will probably run. again, as he would like to see the finish of some -pro- jects started while he has bccn reeve. - Councillor Herb Turkhcim is also' still undecided. Councillor Keith Semple, who was appointed to finish out the y.._., - .. , .,. Ree; Centre Continued from front page "The hottoin line is that we are looking: vers well at this time," acr-cc.1 Whiteford. • the rrcrc.ni. n centre is planning to transfer all it, hookccprng 10 the ideas cuniputcr'.\ stem purchased by the ton. but recreation director t.�nnc harluh,tr noted secretary Jo- .\nnc I:icId' tits not het had the benefit r l ,i training session to fa- miliarise hcrsc11 with the ss stem. Sowith Huron District High S. hoot . pl,rn, ' to operate the ir hoekes team orae more this year c,rn go ahead cs ith the arena. sup- port. - Farquhar nowt! last )car the team reamed some tree tee tune during their season of 31) hours practice and 12 of game time.. She added that the season of high school ho . kcv generated about S.300 of rev- enue lir the"They can star) at our old agree- ment. Just so long as they are aware it can change," said.\Vhiteford. The high school games.are Friday afternoons; a time which is rarely booked. Practices arc usually early mornings. Tom Humphreys has returned to the , rec board to represent Exeter council to replace. Phyllis Johnson, who left on the first of August. was the only member of council to state that his name will definitely be on the ballot in the November election. • Members of council attended.a three-hour drainage- tribunal hear- ing on the Zurich drain on Sep- tember 7. They were told not to expect a decision for at least three weeks. "It was .just a rehash of the last two years", McKinnon summar- ized. In other business, works super- intendent Dennis'Regier was au- thorized to order a' 53(X) rebuilt flashing light that is Nigger and brighter than the one now in use. Building permits with a total value of S411,(XX) were issued in the three-month period from June to August. Developer Mario Sirotic was sent a copy of the village bylaw and a bit eisss g -cutting on his ■ run again property to date. • The amended zoning bylaw was given third and final reading. A report from the rec board shows that the number of -members at large has been increased from three to lour. -,The hoard and tttc bingo cc rnntittce will hold their meetings t the surae time, the first Tuesday i each month." Reports on hingo p °tits and expenses will be suhmittcc to the'�rec hoard on a regular basis. Clerk N1aurccrt Regi- er was milk eked. his -co-sign all cheques cc ith on Bcauchantp-on behalf of the 1LFC Association (The Minor Alt .lies, Lions Club, Figure Skating c h and the ('hani- haer of Commerce Rcgicr will write letter to the insurance company out ' ing these changes, which were made ) assure the company that the villa . e is kept aware of the activities of should be based solely on merit. "You'll never legislate equality, Dema education and : and the new laws discriminate :enhanced by practical experience, to against men", she noted. Her ad - the Ontario Hatchery Association. -vice to women is '•Go out and fight She was first elected as a rcpresent<a- because you believe • in yourself. five and head of the 'sub -committee N'ho cares what a rias makes? ;f on eggs in 1981, the first woman to `ou arc wii ling.to work for $2,000 hold a position on tttc hoard. In her' less, don't complain. r f you aren't, progression through the various ex- go in and tell them. 1f'a secretary ecutive positions to the- top job, wants the same pay as a janitor, let Cathy has never been challenged in her go and get a janitor's- job. if an election; ;111 pests were by aceta nation. she is told she can't have that job because she's a woman, take the - Cathy's journalism skills have company to court." been put to good use in her desire to Caehy has also had occasion tar keep members of the Ontario- apply the lessons - learned in. the- Hatchery heHatchery Asociation cognizant of • two-hour_UWO lecture dealing v.-itli what is happening' in other areas a hazard faced by most females. in that may affect them. She has tak- business - being propositioned. en her notebook to meetings on • The first,lew times it happened, . GATT, labour unions, Workers' she was hurt and angry, especially Compensation, farm safety, market- if she had thought .she had esta- ing boards and free trade, then sent htished a good business relationship summaries of what she learned out - with the person. A reale colleague to her membership • helped her put the issue into per - The OHA has taken no stand -on spective: Pointing out that any -free trade, as some members are for man who. didn't try when dealing it, and some opposed.with a good-looking young woman "We want the government to clay- 'like herself was "a few bricks short .ify its position early so we.can plan . of a .load", he advised her not to what to do:..if free trade comes in, connect too much importance to there are things the government can do to protect supply management", Cathy said. • She went on to say that- in her - personal- opinion, free trade has -great overall potential but, con- versely, hes the -potential -to de- stroy many existing jobs in the leg- -horn industry. "In my heart, i know I can go out and get a job tomorrow, but a lot of people in this industry can't go out and market. themselves. J don't- know on'tknow where they would be ab- sorbed", she observed._ Cathy's belief in herself is part of the -secret of her success. She quotes Charlotte \\'hitton's dictum that "Whateverwonicn do they must do twice as well as men to be -thought half so good...luckily, it's not difficult".- She is adamantly against the hiring of women be- cause of gender, convinced this docs not redress years of discrimina- tion,. and only fuels male resent- ment. Cathy maintains she would fight to the death for a woman's right to any job, and fight tooth and nail. if refusal was based on. gender, but meintains hirings and promotions "Go out and fight because you believe in yourself" such incidents, but to Jorge! them, go on, and develop relationships built on respect. Most of Cathy's experiences have bccn positive. She is especially pleased with the comments of a fel- low OHA director who told her re- cently " f wish you wouldn't do as well; you make it harder for us." Sonic or the older men in the OHA are not only asking Cathy's opinion but using it, making her feel proud.. Cathy is enjoying her time on the 011A board. She credits the efforts of the executive working together as a team for the increased activity on a wide variety of fronts in the past • few years. She has one more re- sponsibility, making arrangements to host the annual convention in October, before moving on to the position.of past president. But you can rest assured the hatchery Indus • try in particular, and the business world in genera!, have not heard the , last of Catherine McKinley. Cyclist hit in Hensall EXETLR - Lxctcr O1'l' inye.stt- gaited six motor vehicle accidents last week, including one incident in Icnsall iiiolying a cyclist. Saturday evening. a vehicle driven by ('lin_-tori Lovely struck cyclist \\'arse Ingram of Ilensal1. -Ingrani esc;eyed with minor injuries. 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