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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-07-10, Page 5FILSON & ROBSONI The Experienced Auctioneers that Guarantee You More SS Considering A Sale or 666. 0833 Need an Appraisal Carl Correct 666-1967 Supplying You with 30 Yrs. Efficient Service ' Mobile office ' Immediate Payment ' 2 Auctioneers It Is Our Pleasure To Serve You l TT'S YO1JR B1JThJFSS Times -Advocate, July 10, 1991 Page 5 Dashwood home decorator adding splash of colour By Ray Lewis When n comes to home decorat- ing, Madeline Ziler is prepared to col- our your world. Seventeen years ago, Ziler was busy redecorating her Dashwood home. Discovering how much she enjoyed it, she began to turn it into a part-time business during the spring and fall while her children grew up. When the youngest went to college four years ago, Ziler de- cided to try it full time. Now she's busy at least five days a week with Madeline's Wallpapering and Painting, and doesn't seem to want to slow down. "It's just something that I've al- ways liked doing," said Ziler. "I enjoy making an old home look different." Ziler is almost a pioneer in her field, for although there are many female redecorators, there are few who bother with exterior painting as well. Ziler also does staining and varathaning, but admits that wallpapering takes a lot more skill and a certain amount of pride. People are often surprised at what a little paint and paper can do for a house, but as Ziler says, it's something you have to like doing in order to do a good job. She de- mands a perfect job from herself, and guarantees customer satisfac- tion. Ziler works redecorating older homes but is also kept busy work- ing behind contractors. She some- times works out of London, but normally her business keeps her in Bayfield, Goderich, Exeter and Grand Bend. She has done a con- siderable amount of work in South- cott Pines and Oakwood, choosing to work on larger homes instead of cottages. "Heights don't bottler me too much," grins the mother of five. "With the really big houses, some- times there isn't much difference height -wise between the inside and out." Many of the homes she works on have cathedral ceilings, with stair - Letter to Editor ways that keep her higher up than she would be outside given the landscaping. Scaffolding is availa- ble from various friends and Ziler is appreciative of it. Ziler's services begin with a free estimate of the desired premises. Sometimes the job involves paper- ing only one room in a house, but Ziler never turns a job down and, despite her busy schedule, always finds time to fit it in. At present time, she is busy re- decorating the home of Laurence and Diane Becker, north of Zurich. After renovations, Ziler was of- fered the entire house to redecorate, which she says should take about another week. "I'm usually in a different spot every week," said Ziler. "You work steady to get the job done, be- cause people are anxious to move in as soon as possible." Her schedule is so hectic, that it is not uncommon for her to be working on three separate projects at the same time. A couple of weeks ago, for instance, she was Exeter man gone squirrelly!! Dear Sir. The extreme heat of the past few weeks seems to have simmered my mind to a new dimension of il- logical reasoning. as a relatively new addition to the town of Exet- er, I would stroll down Main Street noticing that many of the stores and small businesses were feeling the suffering pinch of de- clining sales and in general a lack of customers. At one point I was ready to pack up my paranoid fam- ily and leave Exeter, assuming that our very presence may have been responsible for some of the bank- ruptcies and overall hardships downtown merchants had been ex- periencing. Although our move to Exeter did seem synchronous with the downturn in the area's economy, we left a portion of the blame to the government and the recession- ary times in which we live. That relieving conclusion was inadver- tently followed by a mind boggling, insightful solution, guar- anteed to boost Exeter's sagging industrial and retail dilemma. This pian would not fail. Phase ong of this 3 phase opera- tion would require every resident of Exeter to write an indepth letter to the leaders of our country stat- ing that we, the residents of Exeter demand that the white squirrel im- mediately replace the beaver as Canada's national animal, insisting also that nickels minted after 1992 would depict our own white squir- rel, thus casting the famous mangy dam builder into oblivion. Needless to say, the brown flex infested rodent curently posing on Lucan firefighters \ honoured LUCAN - Six members of the Lucan volunteer fire department were honoured Tuesday evening, for 20 years of outstanding Service. MPP Terry Clifford was on hand at an informal gathering at the fire hall, to present medals to firefight- ers Bill Damen, Don Riley, Bev Hirtzel, Bryan Herbert and chief John Riddell. Also receiving a medal plus a 10 -year bar for 30 years of service, was now retired chief, Wes Hickson.., Exeter Public School awards EXETER - At Exeter Public School's graduation ceremony, held on June 24, special awards were presented to the top students. The Lioness award for the high- est achievement in language arts went to Jennifer Graham. The Kin- ette award for the highest achieve- ment in' mathematics was won by Anita Wein. Jana Webster and Jeff DeBlock were the co -winners of the citizenship award presented by the Legion Auxiliary. Student council awards for aca- demic achievement were presented to Faye Auge and Andrew Hern. Melissa Brock was given an award for her work as president of the stu- dent council. • The the student's choice awards were given to Adam Wallis, Kristy Ahrens, and Andrea Weigand. The A.B. Idle awards for best all-round students went to Andrew Hem and Andrea Weigand. The valedictory address for the evening was given by Kristy Ah- rens. our nickels has seen his Iglory, and the proposition of our white flea in- fested rodent proudly adorning the five cent piece would undoubtably be a welcome change to most Cana- dians. The white squirrel would now symbolize the freshness and purity of Canada's vast natural re- sources and the snowy winter won- derlands that we as Canadians have learned to tolerate with a proud smile. If for some unknown reason, our wise leaders perched 01 on Parliament Hill refuse to ac- knowledge the su- premacy of the white squirrel over the beaver, then it would be neces- sasry to put phase two of "opera- tion white squirrel" into effect. At this point Exeter town council would issue very family a bottle of secretarial white out solution. It would now be the responsibility of every man, woman and child in Ex- eter to white out the beaver on eve- ry nickel he or she carne in contact with.. These altered coins would quickly spread throughout Canada and the United States and serve as a constant reminder to the world that the residents of Exeter through soli- darity and perseverance will stand firm in our demands and that our dream one day will become reality. Yes, we shall overcome. Although the plan thus far seems to be fool- proof, infallible and will most like- ly be eagerly accepted by our gov- ernment as well as our fellow Canadians, the slight chance of re- jecting still looms. Should it be necessary for Exeter to flex its muscles one final time to secure our demands, then phase three of operation white squirrel will be mobilized. In order to effectively plot our future and pen Exeter into history books around the world phase three would involve the threat of a full scale separation of Exeter from the rest of Canada. This may sound a bit extreme but it would definitly send out a resounding signal that could not be ignored. We would then begin to prepare for the future Peoples' Republic of Exeter, an independent, self sup- porting nation with a currency of our own, obviously adorned by Ex- eter's claim to fame, the white squirrel. Temporary border would be constructed to secure our boun- daries and to protect our future im- port, export sanctions. As the Peo- ples' Republic of Exeter's trade agreements gradually increased with other parts of the world, cross border shopping into Exeter would flourish as it did with the United States. It would not be long bcfore,l?xet- er's slumping, economy would re- bound with such an unprecedented force it would attract tourists worldwide also causing a brisk population increase. I conclude this letter with an appeal to all resi- dents of Exeter, our future depends on you. Please support operation White Squirrel. Larry Hayes Exeter working on two offices as well as a home. Darlene Glavin is Ziler's only em- ployee, but at times when working on an extremely large project, she will enlist the aid of others. Most the time, however, an entire home would be done by Ziler herself. Her customers seem to be satis- fied, for much of the work she does is in homes where she has been be- fore. People get bored with their homes. When they want a change, Ziler is just a phone call away. For example, when they build an addi- tion with new rooms, they call upon her to decorate. "It pays to do a good job the, first time, said Ziler. "Then they may call you back for the next time." Ziler says she doesn't favour working, with one medium over an- other. Paper sometimes bubbles as it is drying, so it demands care, but it has its advantages. Nowadays. the paper is so good, you can wash it down just like paint, and nearly any surface can be papered over, including panelling. Painting is quicker, especially with two work- ers, and it's washable. As far as minor repairs and caulk- ing are concerned, Ziler handles them as well. She said that the toughest jobs are when she works in an old house, because she never knows what to expect and it turns into more work than she originally anticipated. She runs into many homes where repairs were once done very cheaply. In many cases, holes were plugged with cheese- cloth or old rags and simply plas- tered over. When Ziler tears back the old paper, it's not uncommon to be looking right outside. When papering, the first step for Ziler is to fill in cracks and apply a wall grip. If she is putting a light paper over dark panelling, a primer must first be applied to take away the shadow which looks through the paper. Ziler then applies the paper and, no matter what anyone says, she insists every paper has a match. "When people move into a new house, they like to redecorate in their own colours to match their own tastes, said Ziler. "So you never pick out someone else's paper for them." Ziler's next task is to redecorate the Hensall Legion, and she assures everyone that she hopes to keep busy at her trade for many years to come. Ziler has redone her own four -storey house, but still has one bedroom left. She's been so busy BEST' �t1�iS, on your G.I.C. of late, that she just hasn't had time to finish it. 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