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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-02-10, Page 5Opium!Mpg start of blight By AdrLtn Norte T•A Edkor LUCAN - As many have noticed, new businesses do not open up in Lucas every day. But .with the creation of new water supplies and sewage capacity, some predict Lu- future will be bright She is so cc' can will soon boom with new real- Iain. she predicts her new store on dentia) development and new bus'- Lucas's Main Street is just one of flosses will spring up the first to start the ball rolling. Oorrespond►ngiy. Trudy Pronchuk opened her dec- One woman is confident Lucan's orating store, The Decorator Patch only three .--aeks ago. She based her decision to take the plunge into starting her own business on a few basic guidelines. "Number one, I enjoy it. I love decorating," she said. "And num- ber two, I felt there was a need." Lucan is largely a residential vil- lage. It's proximity to London makes it a favourite for commuters, and all their homes have to be dec- orated. Any new homes built in Lucan in the next few years will have to be decorated too, notes Pronchuk. Rather than do that dec- orating long-distance to London stores, she thinks many people will take advantage of having their paint and paper supplies just up the street. "I think if you have something to offer and enough variety... f the cus- tomers will come)," said Pronchuk. So far, she says she hasn't been wrong. The first few days have proven there is a demand for deco - 'g supplies. Spend a few min- utes in the store and you will see a steady stream of people checking the pattern books, comparing swatches of cloth with paint chips, and trying to match borders to fab- Health ries. "Everybody can have a nice home, and you don't have to spend Cour cII a lot of money," sums up Pronchuk ' when explaining her decorating pursued philosophy. One thing she wants to make cer- GODERICH - While plans of es- tain, is that she can offer her cus- tablishing a District Health Council tomers virtually everything they in Huron County are continuing, need to decorate their rooms. In the method in which the steering addition to the paint and papers, commiuee will be•selected is still a she also has fabrics for drapes and concern. cushions, stencil supplies and just At Thursday's county council about everything else an enthrpris- meeting in Goderich, it was decid- ing do-it-yourselfer could want. ed that Huron Medical Officer of Pronchuk calls it "total service", Health Dr. Maarten Bokhout is to which she says helps keep her cus- contact the Ministry of Health and Comers in Lucan. notify them that Huron's Chairman She is also offering in-home con- of the Board of Health, Marie Hick- sultations for those looking for nell of McKillop Township, be ap- some creative new ideas for their pointed to the committee. homes. Pronchuk says she has "The steering committee itself is sewers ready to do custom draper- not a form to promote or negate the ies if needed. District Health Council concept," "I hope in thesiot-too-distant fu= .tread Exeter reeve Bill Mickle. "It is Le.1'll be offering some decorat- la form to discus' examine and then, ing seminars," said'Pronchiuk. "To :commend to the Minister." show them how easy it is. Any- "Huron and Perth are the only body can do it." -two counties in the province which Pronchuk agrees she is in the don't have District Health Coun- "idea business" and says she prob- cils," said Dr. Bokhout. ably always has been. Many will Tom Cunningham of Hullett remember her from when she Township did not seem to think worked at Haskett's Furniture for that a Health Council would be of three years until they closed. The total benefit. loss of that job spurred her on to. "I think there will be winners and open her own store. "That prompted me to make a change," she said, but added that she only really wanted to work in Lucie. Commuting did not appeal to her. After making her commitment, she never looked back. In fact, she said the prospect of failure never occurred to her. Back in Time from the archives of the Times -Advocate 10 Years Ago February 9, 1983 - After first board chairman Elmer Bell cut the 30th anniversary cake at South Huron Hospi- tal, mayor Bruce Shaw said, "This hospital is a physical ' realization of the community spirit of people who come to- gether to serve the area." The cake was a replica of the hospital. Huron county council members learned last Wednesday that payments made for social services jumped by 42 per- cent in 1982 over the previous year. In 1982, 1,180 appli- cants received assistance compared to 832 applicants the year before. Social services administrator John McKinnon reported that 839 people had received assistance in Janu- ary of this year. Unemployment is at a high rate in the town of Exeter. Councillor Don MacGregor reported that 81 applications had been` received for one position in the town's work de- partment. A 28 year career at the Exeter plant of Canadian Can- ners came to a conclusion in December of 1982 when man- ager Jack Urquhart retired. Fads and fantasies featured the annual Exeter figure skating club carnival which attracted close to 1,000 specta- tors to the South Huron Rec Centre, Saturday night. 25 Years Ago February 8, 1968 - Members of Exeter council became "hung up" Monday night on the matter of holding a liq- uor vote. The matter of whether or not to stage a vote was not an issue, but rather what question should go on the ballot. Members of the Exeter police department who have come under criticism in the past for failure to crackdown on illegal parking, may be moving too much in the oppo- site direction to suit some people. During the past month police handed out 56 parking tags. The total for 1967 was 59. At the February meeting, Hay township council dis- cussed the possibility of two year terms for elected offi- cials. For winning a mixed curling bonspiel on the weekend Mr. and Mrs. Peter Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Don Mousseau each won a golfing bag in anticipation of spring weather. 'piin T. Mitchell, formerly of 'Hensel) celebrated his 1ldlst birthday at Huronview in Clinten on'Wednesday. The days of free fishing in the province of Ontario are limited. The Minister of Lands and Forests.Rc,22 Brunelle has said an annual fee of $3 would be fair. At the moment, Ontario is the only province without fishing licence regu- lations. At the annual grudge hockey game between the Kinsmen and Legion, referee Derry Boyle used his golfing knowl- edge as he reduced the score from 8-5 to 6-5 for the Le- gion. Boyle put the handicap system into action after Kin- ettes played two shifts. SO Years Ago February 11, 1943 -The Exeter Board of Education is asking council for a requisition of $12,000 for high school purposes. For the second time this winter a severe storm hit on the weekend. Mr. A. Farquhar of Kippen with two Times ad- vocate employees had the misfortune to run into the back of a wrecker at Birr. Another newspaper staff member Barry Wenger was storm bound in Mitchell and didn't get to work until Tuesday morning. Business at the Exeter branch of the Bank of Montreal was delayed Monday morning when tellers who had .the vault combination were late due to the storm. A hurried call to some merchants for early deposits enabled them to carry on. Someone created the story that Hitler was dead. Not so. He was taking it easy and safe m a funk hole. Letters to the Exeter Wartime .oard giving thanks for Christmas gifts were printed this week from J.H. Clarke, Gordon Baynham and Lorne Tiernan. • - The Exeter Frozen Food Locker has all !gads offish for sale as the government advocates more consumption of fish to conserve beef. 100 Years ago February 9, 1893 - There are many ups and downs in life judging from a ride on the London Road these days. Quite an excitement is on at Grand Bend right now con- cerning the changing of the school section, but nothing dif- ferent has yet been settled on. Burglars entered the cellar of one of Varna's worthy citi- zens on Saturday night last,and but for the timely arrival of the owner with a musket which was not loaded, consid- erable loss might have been sustained. A hurricane struck this section Saturday night and last- ed for 24 hours. Mr. Hall of Dashwogdieas shipped about $8,000 worth of clover seed. ammiummookal KEN fltN in asaooation with MIKITiSH, HESKETH, BATTE, ANDREWS & ASSOCIATES INC. 256 Main St., liderton, Ontario NoM 2A0 For more information and inquiries please call: .66-2770 1.800.363.4233 a Trudy Pronchuk of Lucan says she isn't surprised her new business is proving to be a suc- cess. Failure wasn't something she even considered. "I've been really busy. You nev- er really know what to expect," she said. "1'm just doing what'l love to do, and let the rest take care of it- -self." Although Pront:huk said she is planning a Grand Opening for her store sometime in March, yet an- other pair of customers comes through the door and she confides "probably by that point everyone in Lucan will have been in already." losers with a District Health Coun- cil. It will take some decisions away from local hospitals," he add- ed. 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