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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-08-04, Page 12Exeter Times -Advocate Wednesday, August 4, 1999 Business Old-fashioned service in Granton By Katherine Harding TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF GRANTON -- Walking into the Granton Handy Hardware is an eye-open- ing experience with the store's proprietor Ron Jones as your trusted guide. Enclosed within the walls of this Victorian - style grey brick store is undoubtedly one of the most jam=packed hard- ware stores around. In an era of `big box stores', Jones has man- aged to stay in busine' for almost a quarter cen Wry by cramming stock in and piing it high — right to the roof. c;;,t From wheelbarrows;I. cleaning supplies and art brushes to hockey sticks, paint and thermal socks, he carries thousands of items of stock in his one - room emporium. Jones also prides himself on knowing where each item is within his hard- ware labyrinth. What does he think about his larger competi- tion in the city? "They just cram stuff into a bigger store," he says simply. "Here you can get quicker service though; I help get all your parts." "I think I've been here so long because I have more regular customers than those bigger stores," he said. Jones says local farmers make up most of his client base. While Jones has had employees in the past to help out, today he's a one man show and serves as the establishment's owner, cashier, stock boy, and even bookkeeper. "It's just me and the computer," he says with a quiet chuckle. Billed by Jones "as a handy place to shop" he has been operating the store in the tiny hamlet since October 1975 and says he'll keep running it "until I get tired of it." Two years ago Jones was almost side -lined by a serious battle with dia- betes but says today he's "OK." OK enough to keep his Main St. store open Tues. - Sat. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Mon. 8 a.m. - noon year round. • Ron Jones has been run- ning the Granton Handy Hardware for more than 20 years. iK Rainfall and 1 heat unit accumulation to July 29 At Centralia Research Station . Heat units Heat units 1972 Days ahead of normal 15 Heat units to date in 1998 1908 30 year normal 1613 Rainfall in mm June1999 62.6 June normal 82 July to date 45.4 July normal 77 Source: OMAFRA Loans available for Huron County youth SEAFORTH — The Huron Business Development Corporation has created the Huron Youth Enterprise Loan. This loan program is designed to lend up to $10,000 to Huron County youth to start their own business. ., The loans for individuals between the ages of 15 and 29 who want to be entrepreneurs:_] 1 • i operating locally: y, "In the past, Huron's youth have reluctantly left the county because of.lim- ited opportunities," said Jim Niesen, Business and Loans Manager. "Now, through the Youth Enterprise Loan Fund, Huron's youth are being given the tools to create and shape their own des- tinies at home." Before applying, each client must participate in an Entrepreneurial Assessment that can take up to two works. This assessment entails hands- on business planning help, an introduction to entre- preneurship and an entre- preneur's self-assessment. Participation in a business planning workshop is also required. Young entrepreneurs should be aware an appli- Denfield Livestock sales rcport The market at Denfield Livestock Sales traded on a good demand at fully steady prices on all classes of fed cattle, with the fancy fed cattle . very much in demand. American orders were active, good cows traded steady with the can- ners and -cutters selling $2.00 lower. No choice veal on offer. Plain veal steady. Stockers sold strong at steady prices. SoWs pigs and boars were under pres- sure. Rick Davidson, Thedford, sold 5 steers average weight 1200 average price 100.15 with sales to 102.75 pur- chased by. Casey Dendekker. Peter Verstraete, Bothwell sold a black steer weighing 1170 at 100.75 purchased by Norwich Packers. Howard Cameron, Watford sold 5 steers aver- age weight 1349 average price 93.64 to 101.00 pur- chased by Norwich Packers. Steve Vokes, Petrolia sold 10 steers average weight 1244 average price 92.59. M & E Attenberger, Kippen sold 29 heifers aver- age weight 1183 at 93.00. . Prospect. Feedlot, Wyoming sold 8 heifers average weit 1199 aver- age price 91.49. • Bob Hodgins, Lucan sold 10 steers average weight 1407 average price 91.51. ST. MARYS CALL 284-3348 •COM Ses • 011!01* • Refresher Courses for Seniors • Q 2 test Reparation Standard Ship or standard Transmialon lessons Reg Schroeder and Bruce Dale, Centralia sold 11 steers average weight 1319 average price 91.33. Ed McCann, Parkhill sold 35 steers average weight 1300 average price 91.60. Bill Woodburn, Parkhill sold 13 steers average weight 1423 average price« 90.81. Norman Lewis, Ailsa Craig, sold 11 steers "aver- age weight 1483 average price 91.37. Dan O'Neil Jr., Ilderton sold 8 Holstein cross steers average weight 1317 aver- age price 88.40. Choice steers: 94-98 sales to 102.50; Good steers: 88.00-93.00; Plain steers: 83.00-86.00; Choice exotic cross heifers: 93.00-98.00 sales to 100.00; Good heifers: 88.00-93.00; Common and medium heifers 82.00-86.00; Good cows 58.00-62.00 sales to 65.00; Canners & cutters 45.00-52.00; Shells 30.00- 40.00+; Bulls 62.00-68.00; Direct to packer cows over 600 lbs. 108.00; Direct to packer bulls over 800 lbs. 120.00.; Medium veal 75.00-80.00; Plain veal 60.00-70.00; Cows with calves $1150.00; Yearling steers 95.00-105.00; Yearling heifers 90.00- • 1st & 2nd Mortgage MONEY AVAILABLE at 6.5% interest or less Personal Loans Totally Unsecured if you qualify, monthly payments as low as Ami A • kith Payt. $5 w .66 sid,000 1.16 05,000 • SOPA 000. We spec re ion diktat mortgages. Local 3$44 50 1904 ?-1 Kz A cation fee of 10 per cent of the amount requested is applicable. "Through self-employ- ment, Canadians have been creating opportuni- ties for themselves at a record pace," said Niesen. "Helping youth makes good sense because they will create the opportuni- ties of tomorrow." /I/'4,=`. For more information on eligibility criteria, contact Jim Niesen at the Huron Business Development Corporation at 519-527- 0305. BEST G.I.C. RATES i 5 r. - 6%* * rates updated dais with 25 companies Co better serve you *Rates subject to change Gaiser Kneale Exeter Grand Ben 235-2420 238-8484 } 3 100.00; Sows 23.00-27.00; Boars 10.00-14.00. 11 Business Directo AUCTIONEER Fllson & Robson FULLY UCENSED & BONDED, CALL OR FAX (519) 666-0833 Pick op and sales of complete or Partial estates Specializing in Fann, !tel Estate, and General Saks. 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