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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-05-27, Page 5Tlmes-AcNocate, May 27, 1992 Pape 5 Huron Park holds 25th iiUrON PARK - Huron Member edge the contributions of the Park field with three runways capable of of Provincial Parliament, Paul to the betterment of this communi- handling everything froom small Klopp joined Ontario Development : ty, " he added. commercial aircraft to large cone Corporation (ODC) officials on The 767 acre park is comprised mercial transports, making it the Monday to celebrate Huron Indus- of industrial, commercial and resi- only fly -in facility of its kind in trial Park's 25th anniversary. Local denial land. The industrial oom- O>ntanu," added Cowperthwaite. dignitaries, invited guests as well piex is comprised of 18 buildings Huron Industrial Park's newest as the community were on hand to ranging in size from 5,000 to 6,000 tenant, Clearwater Aircraft Mainte- observe the ceremony. square feet. nance and .Overhaul Inc., took oc- 'The ODC, which owns and oper- cupancy in February and celebrated ales Huron Industrial Park, put- "Huron Industrial Park is one of its official opening with a ribbon chased the site of the former Cana- the few industrial parks whose fa- cutting on Monday as well. dian Forces Base Centralia in 1967. citifies include its own residential The firm, which specializes in "Over the last 25 years, Huron community complete with recrea- aircraft servicing and repair, includ- Industrial Park has played a signifi- conal, educational and commercial Ing an aircraft painting facility, cant role in attracting new industry services," commented Gordon now employs 90 people, surpassing and jobs to Huron County," said Cowperthwaite, Chair of DDC. "In its initial staffing projection of 50 +-Tropp. "I am pleased to ackhowl- addition, the Park has its own air- employees. "Clearwater Aircraft Mainte- Back in Time from the archives of the Times -Advocate 10 Years Ago May 26, 1982 - The Exeter Minor'Hodcey Association approved the constitution for the Exeter and Area Junior Hockey Assodation and then agreed to turn operation of the Junior "D" Hawks over to the new group. John Burke, president of Kongskilde Ltd. has an- nounced that Exeter resident George Poole Is being trans- ferred to the parent company in Soro, Denmark. . Separate school teachers in Huron and Perth will get !tnJ1.1 percent salary increase for 1982-83. Canadian motocross champion Ross Pederson will be 'competing Sunday in the Suzuki Challenge at Hully Gully. Elation and exhaustion might best describe the feeling °f:teast members of South Huron's production of Grease, Friday atter five chows in four days. Centralia College of Agricultural Technology will host its second conference for rural women this August. 25 Years Ago May 25,'1967- Exeter coundl will be asking the Ontario Ministry •of lIighwalys for a traffic signal. at Main and Sanders streets. In this Centennial year, a new century dub has been established at,GI nd!Btend. Those charged recently at the import on liquor and disturbance offences are being fined $10250. That's npfiom $5230. Due to therecent-1ncreaseinprovinciai grants, the new Stephen Central School Board has been able to cut the 1967 tax rate by almost two mills. Parents and friends of students at Huron Centennial 'School, near Brucefield will get their firs chancewnight 'tOj a the new•Sehool facility at an.Open House. Boyle's Lucky Dollar Store in Dashwood offers bread at five loaves for one dollar. At a banquet Tuesday night, Miss Greta Lammie of Hensall was named to the Canadian Council of the Blind Book of fame. . Larry Jeffrey of the Toronto Maple Leafs will be the guest speaker at the annual Exeter Minor Hockey ban- quet. Dinner for father and son or sons is $330. Two buses of Huron county farmers went to Ottawa along with their counterparts from many parts of Ontario in an attempt to get a better method of bargaining with federal officials and a permanent subsidy structure. S0 Years ago May 28, 1942 - White summer handbags are available for $l at Jones and May. A new organ is being demonstrated Monday night at Caven Presbyterian church by Ewart George of London as the congregation is in need of such an instrument. E.C. Beacom, public school inspector for South Huron for many years has been transferred to Stratford. Miss Gertrude Cann has been engaged as a teacher at S.S. 5, Usborne. In the first ball game of the new season, Exeter trimmed the Airport 17-11. Bob Dinney wasthewinning pitcher and the top hitters were Murray Moore, Si Creech, Wes Ryckman and Reg McDonald. It has been noticed in town that deliveries are being made on orders of less than $1 by most merchants with horses or on wheels. This is contrary to the law. In a batch of white ducks hatched on the Usborne township farm of Luther Reynolds, two of the ducks have a perfect V on their foreheads. 100 Years Ago May 26, 1892 - Despite heavy rains, the May 24 Cali- thumpian parade was a success. The Blyth brass band cameby train. The parade headed by reeve Bawden was very lengthy. In the football tournament which followed Eden and Brumfield finished in a tie for first place. All players acted as gentlemen throughout the day, there being scarcely an angry word heard. Proceeds at the gate were $310. The prize of $4 to the farmer drawjng the largest num- ber of people to town in one vehicle went to Nelson Baker of Stephen township. A farmer in Usborne township wishes to inform the party in Exeter who hauled a load of rubbish and dumped it into a fence corner not to repeat the act again as he does not wish his farm to become a rubbish resort. As an inducement for new subscriptions, the Advocate and Medical adviser and Farm Help are being offered for 50 cents a year. r- nance and Overhaul Inc. is hopeful- ly the first of many air -attracted firms to locate their facilities in the park," said David MacKinnon, President and Chief Executive Offi- cer of ODC. • "ODC is committed to attracting industry to the Park and creating new and better employment oppor- tunities for the people of Huron County," stressed MacKinnon at the official opening. The Huron Industrial Park's 25th anniversary was marked' with a cake cutting ceremony on Monday. At lett is David MacKinnon, President and C.E.O. of O.D.C.; Gordon Cowperth- walte, Chair for O.D.C. and Huron M.P.P. Paul Klopp. Local arm wants bidding "chance EXETER - Rick Broom, a repre- sentative of Big 0 Manufacturing in Exeter attended the May 19 council meeting asking that his firm's products be considered when tenders are called for local street drainage contracts. Broom said his company's plastic drainage product is more reason- able in price than rigid pipe or con- crete being currently used in Car- ling street construction. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom commented, "1 think we should en- courage contractors to get bids lo- cally ." o- cally." To this Broom replied, "We were Living by the rules in business VANASTRA - They may be confusing, intimidating, restric- tive and complex - but labor laws are a fact of life in business. Yvonne Fried says that all busi- nesses, large and small, must abide by the laws or risk the pen- alties. Fried was the guest speaker at the May 6 session of the Community Business Initiatives, held tin . Clinton. The .sion • was one in an ongoing series of, workshops sponsored by the Huron Industrial Training Advisory Committee (HITAC) and the Federal Business Development Bank. Yvonne Fried is no stranger to labor laws, as manager of Human Resources at Knechtel Wholesale Grocers she deals with rules and regulations on a daily basis. Fried suggested, that some laws may . not seem easy 10 accom- modate, but abiding by the rules in employer-employee negotiations is critical. "Ignorance of the law does not keep you from getting a fine," she warned. "Don't ignore these legislations. Work in the spirit of the law." She suggested that no business should ignore labor laws, noting that retail businesses are not exempt from government inspections.Fried examined five pertinent areas of legislation - Maternity/Paternal Leave; Family Support Act; Occupational Health and Safety - Bill 208; PayEquity and Employment Equity. Regarding the various aspects of the law, she suggested, "Get a copy of the Employment Standards Act. Live by it." Leave for mothers and fathers She made note of changes to maternity laws which now provides each working parent, mother and father, with 18 weeks of unpaid parental leave over and above the 17 weeks of pregnancy leave for mothers. And employee who is entitled to this leave must be re -instated to their previous job upon their return to work, or an equivalent job of equal status, seniority and rate of pay. "The mothers and father have 52 weeks to exercise their maternity - paternal benefits. Think of the expense to train temporary staff?" Fried reminded her audience. Business and support payments The most recent changes in government legislation have come with Bill 17 - the Family Support Plan which requires business to make payroll deductions when ordered by the court. Failure to make the deductions and remit proper amounts may render the employer liable to pay. Fried said that this law has been presented to business in "typical government fashion. Here's the law, now you work with it. We're left with a chaotic piece of legislation." Some people in the audience questioned the administrative costs of this program, and asked whether employee personal family disputes should be the employer's responsibility. Fried said that businesses must absorb the cost of administration. As for confidentiality and personnel grievances, Fried warned, "When you get a court order (to make family support deductions) you must abide by,it. Don't teethe payer or his iawget�' ".try to tell you otherwise until you get another court order to rescind." Bill 17 promises to become more confusing, Fried suggested. The first stage of the legislation deals with court ordered support payments. In the next stage, businesses will be required to deduct payments for payments in arrears, and in the final stage. any spouse who wants support payments taken from payroll deductions may request such. Health and Safety Act The Health and Safety Bill 208 became law on January 1, 1991. The bill is designed to improve Ontario's health and safety record. To reduce workplace injuries, more .participation is required by employees and employers. All workplaces with 20 or more employees must have health and safety committees. If there are between five and 20 employees, no committee, is required, but the employees must choose a fellow employee as a health and safety representative. All business must have a written health and safety policy. It may be as brief as two paragraphs, 4o confirm ,. that the employer is committed to employee health and safety. The act_f irther details the duties of employefs to maintain a safe working place for employees. 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