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Times Advocate, 1991-09-11, Page 51T'1S YOUR RiJSTWESr Times -Advocate, September 11, 1991 Page 5 New Zurich couple sets up motel for children By Ray Lewis ZURICH - Find a simple product that fills a basic need, and then market • it. That's it • what Car- * la Baart did and the divi- Baart is new to the Zurich com- munity. Three weeks ago she and husband Aaron, a mechanic, set- tled in a large home just north of St. Josephs, and began to set up their Children's Motel. Sound strange? Not at all. Baart came up with the idea after a trip to a local yard sale. While there she found a copy of a book which outlined ideas for making money at home. "It must have had 500 ways to open a home business and none of them cost very much to get start- ed," said Baart. "So, I thought I'd try some out." She has since loaned the book to many friends who have also started small businesses using it as a Stephen township changes mind, will let Grand Bend annex lands By Fred Groves GODERICH - After seven months of saying they will not give up any of their lands, Stephen Township has done an about face. Thursday morning at Huron County Council, Stephen Town- ship reeve Tom Tomes announced his municipality was willing to let Grand Bend annex approximately 240 acres of undeveloped now ag- ricultural land from the township. "We weren't that pleased in giv- ing up the property," Tomes said to county council. Huron County gave its approval for the township to present their proposal at Saturday's public meet- ing at the Huron Country Play- house. That is when Grand Bend and Stephen and Bosanquet Town- ships, along with the Lambton Boundary Application Committee will discuss boundary adjustments through a public meeting. Since January, the committee has recommended that Grand Bend be allowed to annex close to 450 acres and right from the beginning Stephen said no. "We initially said we wouldn't give anything because a lot of the land was developed," said Tomes. He said it took a lot of discussion for his council to decide to let Grand Bend have 240 acres. "We felt we wanted to be part of the decision making. We didn't want someone in Toronto making the decision for us." Tomcs said there is a major stip- quet was denied their application to amalgamate Grand Bend. "It's sort of a package deal," said Tomes. The 240 acres Stephen Township is giving up currently is not resi- dential but there is plans for a 37 lot subdivision which would be called Green Forest Estates. Tomes is not totally pleased with the proposal. "I'm not happy. We're losing some of our ratepayers. The majori- ty of them didn't want to go out of Stephen Township." Not all the answers: When Grand Bend, Bosanquet and Ste- phen come together on Saturday, Woodley said he may not have all the answers to give to the public as far as boundary negotiations are concerned. Woodley and Bosanquet reeve Fred Thomas met with representa- tives from the provincial govern- ment on August 22 and what came out of that meeting has rustled the tail feathers of at least one Grand Bend councillor. Wednesday night at the Grand Bend council meeting, John McDowell felt Woodley's state- ments to the FOi est Stanc and news- paper after the Toronto meeting, were not positive. In a report to council, McDowell said Woodley has decided to con- sider the elimination of Grand Bend through amalgamation through Bosanquet. The reeve was quick to disagree with McDowell and said he and Paine t Gond Send bcaanchari Proposed annotation from Stephen Townf+tp tbe.. As..es. S* ulation placed on Stephen's propo- sal and that is that Grand Bend and Bosanquet must both be satisfied with any other proposals they may already have. Reports prepared by the commit- tee have said ()rand Bend would be allowed to annex undeveloped lands in Bosanquet and that Bosan- t Thomas attended the meeting in an attempt to got clarification on taxa- tion figures. "It was pretty clear we were go- ing for more clarification," said Woodley. "We both need figures to adjust our positions. I'm going to a public meeting and 1 don't have the an- swers on taxation." Meanwhile, McDowell said Woodley did not have a true com- mitment because he did not live in Grand Bend. "I have a commitment here in this village that I've made," said an an- gered Woodley. McDowell also accused other councillors of going along with anything Woodley decides. "I know you have two people you've appointed who will go along with anything you do," said McDowell of councillors Bill Uni- ac and Dennis Snider who were ap- pointed to council to fill vacancies. McDowell sent his report of Woodley's meeting in Toronto to Lambton County Council and add- ed, "if this ever gets to the boun- dary division of the Ontario gov- ernment, we'll get amalgamated." guideline. The Children's Motel is exactly what it sounds like. The Baarts new home is designed with the child in mind, and at the moment has accommodation for four guests. Baart attempted the idea while on their farm in Wallace - burg, and it was a huge success, causing her to duplicate it in their new location. "In Wallaceburg though, the clientele was a little different," said Baart. "There you catered more to families who required the accom- modations. Baart said that since her Zurich address is prepared to deal more with the single parent type, espe- cially the single mother. Previous- ly, parents would come to her mo- tel requesting a place to leave children while they went on holi- days or for the weekend They had a farm with a few animals, and a barn which kids thought were great. But in this area, Baart is encoun- tering more single mothers who have one or two children and are at- tempting to return school. Many turn out not to be originally from this area, so they aren't comfortable yet with a great many people to whom the would trust the care of their children. "The Motel works out great for most families," said Baart. "It gives parents a break in which they don't have to worry." At first, one might appear leery of the concept in general, but an in- spection of the property and a chat Record electricity use TORONTO - The warm weather of the past three months pushed both peak demand and total electricity consumption to record heights in Ontario. The new "summer peak" -- the 20 -minute period when electrici- ty demand was heaviest -- oc- curred on June 27, when demand hit 20,749 megawatts, 1.5 per- cent higher than the previous summer record of 20,453 mega- watts set in July last year. Energy consumption also hit record levels in May, June and July. May use was up 0.7 percent over May last year, June was up by nearly 5 percent, and July by 2.2 percent. Despite this three-month surge in power use, total sales for the year to date are still slightly be- low last year's figure- - the 80.6 million megawatt -hours used till the end of July was 0.7percent less than the total for the first seven months of the year. with the owners insures that every- thing is all right. Baart admits that a business like this demands a lot of trust from parents, and agrees that it should. She invites them to visit her home and meet her well beforehand, because as a mother, that is what she would do. "I wouldn't wait until the spur of the moment when I suddenly need someone to look after my child," said Baart. "I want to know what kind of care he will be given." Baart herself has a four-year-old son who simply adores the Motel idea, because it gives him a chance to meet new friends. In fact, his best friend is a six-year-old who has been a client of the family's the past four years. The Children's Motel offers rea- sonable rates and first-class chil- drens accommodations. The rooms are spacious and the home itself is complete with a large family room, sauna, jacuzzi and has a strip of pri- vate beach. After spending five years operat- ing in the Wallaceburg area, the Baarts moved to London so that Carla could return to college. She chose, London because she has a lot of family there, but living in the city just didn't appeal to Aaron. "He gave it an honest effort and didn't like it," said Baart. "Now we're back in the country again." Baart said the hustle and bustle, traffic jam and large utility bills were just too much for the couple, who decided it was time to return to their roots. She had been work- ing as a supervisor for Community Living, and was entertaining thoughts of attending 'Fanshawe to become a Developmental Service Worker. "But I also enjoyed working at home and I love kids," said Baart. "They are the best entertainers in the world." In addition to her Children's Mo- tel, she also operates a cleaning ser- vice, doing domestic day work as well as offices and commercial businesses. Once again, she chose a basic need and attempted to fill it. Much of her work involved cater- ing to persons such as seniors with day-to-day living exercises like shopping. Having just relocated, Baart hasn't attempted to re -open this por- tion of her household business. Right now she seems content to work away making improvements to the motel, but still has a few ide- as churning in the back of her mind. 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Ask for customers. And tell them why they should shop your store. Maybe even offer spe- cials to increase store traffic. Sound possible? It is. And the way to let your customers know is to advertise. Let us help. l, a 0 o v.,-P6t.X011'►-0��°, 235-1331 with the owners insures that every- thing is all right. Baart admits that a business like this demands a lot of trust from parents, and agrees that it should. She invites them to visit her home and meet her well beforehand, because as a mother, that is what she would do. "I wouldn't wait until the spur of the moment when I suddenly need someone to look after my child," said Baart. "I want to know what kind of care he will be given." Baart herself has a four-year-old son who simply adores the Motel idea, because it gives him a chance to meet new friends. In fact, his best friend is a six-year-old who has been a client of the family's the past four years. The Children's Motel offers rea- sonable rates and first-class chil- drens accommodations. The rooms are spacious and the home itself is complete with a large family room, sauna, jacuzzi and has a strip of pri- vate beach. After spending five years operat- ing in the Wallaceburg area, the Baarts moved to London so that Carla could return to college. She chose, London because she has a lot of family there, but living in the city just didn't appeal to Aaron. "He gave it an honest effort and didn't like it," said Baart. "Now we're back in the country again." Baart said the hustle and bustle, traffic jam and large utility bills were just too much for the couple, who decided it was time to return to their roots. She had been work- ing as a supervisor for Community Living, and was entertaining thoughts of attending 'Fanshawe to become a Developmental Service Worker. "But I also enjoyed working at home and I love kids," said Baart. "They are the best entertainers in the world." In addition to her Children's Mo- tel, she also operates a cleaning ser- vice, doing domestic day work as well as offices and commercial businesses. Once again, she chose a basic need and attempted to fill it. Much of her work involved cater- ing to persons such as seniors with day-to-day living exercises like shopping. Having just relocated, Baart hasn't attempted to re -open this por- tion of her household business. Right now she seems content to work away making improvements to the motel, but still has a few ide- as churning in the back of her mind. "I'm thinking about an indoor pool," she laughed. BEST RATES on your G.I.C. •.w. 8•:j/,: • i is{:? is 1010.... Exeter 235-2420 Gasser-Kneale Grand Bend 238-8484 23aa— n©ga A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Kime, Mills, Dunlop. Chartered Accountants Daniel B. Daum, B.A., M.Acc., C.A Manager 412 Main St., P.O. Box 2405 Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S7 (519) 235-0345 Fax: (519) 235-3235 John A.M. Noris CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 497 Main Street South, Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S 1 -Tel: (519) 235-3240 Fax: (519) 235-3246 AUCTIONEERS FILSON & ROBSON The Experienced Auctioneers that Guarantee You More SS Considering A Sale or Need an Appraisal 666-0833 666-1967 Call Collect Supplying You with 30 Yrs. Efficient Service • Mobile office Immediate Payment • 2 Auctioneers Iris Ax Pleasure To Serve You NORM WHITING LICENSED AUCTIONEER it APPRAISER Prompt Courteous Efficient ANY TYPE. ANY SIZE ANYWHERE W. give canplete sal. service PROFIT IY EXPERIENCE Pho',. Cotl.cl 235.1144 EXETER REPAIRS ($.w1tN Mrdt+iw�1 Repairs to 011 makes Free estimates 90 Day Warranty E x perlsncsd since 1952 Sow used Savo0 D 14ownie ifr., S$ra ord Closed Mendey Phone 271-9440 Bob Heywood Licensed Auctioneer Specializing in household and estate auctions Reasonable rates Bob 235-0874 `Laverne 235-1278 AUCTIONEERS Bruce & Brett Coulter Household, Estate and Farm Auctions Parkhill 294-6164, 294-0585 Advertise Here and Watch Your Business Grow 1.