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Off to school
Crediton triplets
start
kindergarten
page 3
Irish
Clare Stanley
steps down
page 14
Bio -tech
Agriculture to
change
forever
page 24
Lel
company
lands huge
government
contract,
but who?
DASHWOOD - At a press con-
ference in Dashwood Friday, Hu-
ron -Bruce Member of Parliament
Murray Cardiff said a "Dashwood
company" has won a contract worth
over a million dollars.
Cardiff made the statement at the
Huron Community Futures press
conference, and was referring to the
overall success rate of Huron indus-
trY
When asked later for more details
about the contract, Cardiff said
only that it was a government con-
tract from Supply and Services. He
said press releases announcing the
contract were not yet prepared and
he could not divulge more informa-
tion.
Cardiff promised more informa-
tion would soon be forthcoming,
leaving many in the room from the
South Huron area to wonder aloud
about the fortunate "Dashwood"
business.
75 cents
Huron Business Development Centre
By Adrian Harte
T -A Editor
SEAFORTH - The federal gov-
trnment is getting serious about -di-
' Versifying Huron County's econo-
my. A cheque for $400,000 is to
go toward the establishment of a
Business Development Centre in
Seaforth - a one -stop -shopping cen-
tre for new and existing businesses
to get their ideas off the ground.
"To me, it's been something very
necessary and needed," said MP
Murray Cardiff at a press confer-
ence called at the Topnotch Feeds
building Friday. The building's
upper floor will house the Business
Development Centre (BDC).
The BDC will be part of the over-
all Community Futures program,
which is developing several ap-
proaches to improving Huron's
economy.
"I can say this is the largest
cheque I have presented this way
[Huron]," said Cardiff as he made
the presentation to Don Pullen,
chair of Huron Community Fu-
tures.
The Business Development Cen-
tre will be able to provide financing
for new business ventures, feasibili-
ty studies, and training.
"We know how important train-
ing is," said Cardiff, who noted
even though unemployment runs
Police blocked off
Highway 4 Friday
evening as
emergency crews
attended to the
injured in a
collision which
involved four
vehicles. Police
say Sandra Hunter
of Lucan, and her
passenger Johanna
Loriaux of Strathroy
were taken to
hospital for major
injuries. A pickup
driven by Gerald
Wallis of RR1
Granton
demolished
Hunter's car, which
had stopped to
allow another
vehicle to tum left
off the highway into
adrivesouthof
County Road 4.
Opening u_p new retirement home capacity
Exeter Villa ready to break ground
on fifteen -room expansion
EXETER - The Exeter Villa is
growing - again.
A sod -turning ceremony is
planned for September 15 at the
seniors home to break ground on an
extension to the nursing home
wing.
Fifteen new rooms will be added
to the wing, allowing the 13 extra
care beds now in the retirement
lodge wing to be transferred back
where they belong.
What this means, said Tom Kan-
nampuzha, of Kannampuzha Hold-
ings Ltd, owners of the Villa, is
that retirement lodge beds will be
opened up in Exeter. He said even
waiting lists for the retirement
lodge have dwindled as people be-
came used to the idea it was full.
There is still a strong demand for
nursing home beds in Exeter, said
Kannarnpuzha.
• The extension will bring the Vil-
la's capacity up to 130 beds: 66 in
the retirement lodge, four in.respite
care, 47 existing nursing home
beds, and the 13 to be transferred.
Kannampuzha said the extension
will cost "close to a million bucks"
and will provide between six and
seven months of construction work
in Exeter. A "ripple effect" of
spending on construction materials
in the area will also have its effect
on the local economy, he said.
Mary Jane MacDougall, adminis-
trator of the Villa, said she was
looking forward to the room the
new wing will bring.
"We have to increase the size of
our dining room too," she noted.
The Exeter Villa was built in
1986, with a second phase added in
1989. Kannampuzha said this ex-
tension represents the Villa's third
phase of development.
$5,510 membership won't be paid
GODERICH - In what was one of the closest votes provided to the county for the membership fee and
at Huron County Council in several years, council Lester said one thing it did was provide instant infor-
has decided not to renew its membership with the On- mation on a wide variety of topics.
tario Association of Non -Profit Homes and Services "When we are not a member we do not have access
for Seniors. to that information," said Lester.
Thursday morning, council decided 17 votes to 16, He said one of the services the membership pro -
not to renew the membership which, this year, would vides, to Homes for the Aged smaller -than Huron -
amount to $5,510.03. view and Huronlea arc purchasing and insurance
Administrator of the county's two Hones for the packages.
Aged, Huronvie and Huronlea, Wayne Lester;said But it was the information that the county will now
that the membe> hip was very important and egged apparently be getting slower or not at all which con -
council to keep i earned Lester the most. k
"We can survive without being a member but I pre- "As the administrator of Huronview I think it's im-
fer we be a member," said Lester. portant to keep infornned . by the provincial govern -
Zurich reeve Bob Fisher asked what services were ment as fax as long term care is concerned."
high in Canada, some 360,000
skilled jobs remain unfilled.
Seaforth mayor Hazel Hildebrand
said she was delighted to welcome
the BDC to the town.
"I'm sure it will be beneficial to
our community," she said.
Cardiff noted the Huron Commu-
nity Futures program started two
years ago, and is now beginning to
realize its goals with the corninit-
ment of govemment funding. HE"
said it took a long time to convince
the government Huron should be
next on the list of Canada's 300
Community Futures areas because
of its seasonal, variable economy.
"We also have to take into con-
sideration the number of young
people who leave our community
to find work elsewhere," comment-
ed Cardiff.
Paul Nichol, the coordinator of
the Huron Community Futures of-
fice, said the $400,000 cheque in-
cludes the first installment of an in-
vestment fund, which will
eventually grow to over $1.5 mil-
lion. It will be loaned out to viable
ventures, paid back, and re -loaned
over the years.
Cardiff said the hope is to devel-
op businesses and industries in
parts of the province that are not
necessarily tied to the Highway 401
corridor.
"We certainly want to see our op-
portunities developed here," he
said.
Cardiff noted Western Machining
in Wingham was been awarded the
Ford Quality award after only two
years of making engine manifolds.
"I t1}ink what that tells us is we
have world class labour in Huron
County; said Nichol.
"We're- pretty proud of what we
have here in Huron -Bruce," agreed
Cardiff.
Don Pullen said, the Huron Com-
munity Futures group's mission
statement is short and to the point:
"To create and maintain employ-
ment opportunities to assist the reg-
idents
es'idents of Huron County to adapt to
a changing economy".
Pullen said there are five main
strategies to support Huron's agri-
culture, manufacturing, tourism,
and small business. He said the
group aims to support existing busi-
ness, build upon agriculture, ensure
a skilled workforce, promote tour-
ism, encourage local entrepreneurs,
and attract new economic activity.
Some of those goals will be met
with the creation of a Huron Tour-
ism Association, -a Junior Achieve-
ment group in the county, the pro-
motion of Huron as an attractive
retirement destination, developing
business management skills, and
hitting on key markets such as val-
me-added agriculture, tourism, and
small-scale manufacturing.
When asked about the timing of
the 5400,000 funding announce-
ment with the' wpcoming federal
election, cortimittee member Joe
Rider of Exeter said the two were
unrelated. He said he has been
with the committee since last De-
cember, pushing for this funding.
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Legion Chili Fest competition
'heats up' for third year
EXETER - The third annual Legion Chili Fest kept
true to its tradition of great weather, great music, great
cooking smells, and - yes - great chili.
"Overall, I think we had to have about 1,000 people
in mut chorea," said organizer Dave Grundy, who said
that$easalay event netted about $2.500 for the Exeter
1'Mt stay will be turned back into the community
for fire s charitable projects.
"Tbm'slbe point of the thing," said Grundy of
the ftttltraiaimg.
For the visitors to the event, the main point was the
16 teams trying to outdo each other with showmanship,
claims of outrageous recipe ingredients, -and top chili
irig skills.
Pour of the teams travelled from across the province •
to compete in the event. The top 10 finishers pined
gmiifyi g points for the international chili cookoff in
November in Terlingua, Texas.
Background music for the day was provided by three
bands: the Dixie Flyers, the Pierce Fartsly, and the
Nora Galloway Band
played at the evening
dance.
In the critical judging caleDtiry,
first place was won by the Chili
Chuggers from Amherstburg; second
place went to Marg Fostees Chili Ladies
from Huron Park; and third place was won by
theCKGL Radio team from•Kitchener.
Foust place went to Rosa's Cantina team, from Hu-
ron Park's Albatross Tavern. In fifth place was Mike
Graham's Major Pepper team from Hensall, and in
sixth was Ross Taylor's Sidewinder Chili from Missis-
sauga
The people's choice award went to the Ring of Fire
chili sponsored by Mill's Construction and Seip's Valu
Mart: The most entertaining team award went to the
Road Kill Chili team from Rockwood, and the best
decorated booth award also went to the Ring of Fire.
"It waseood day, well attended, sad the weather
eQ;'
cooperat�agroed Grundy.
Mike Cushman goes down for the plunge. Cushman was one of the day's favourite dunk tank
targets. Money raised et the tank goes towards Exeter Scouting group ore ohotns
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