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E:•.FSTROUGHING 1
on the
Street
by Jim Beckett
There's a better
way for teachers to
get their message
to taxpayers
Watching teachers take to the
street to get their message
across is extremely easy for me.
All I have to do is look out
the window of my office which
puts me about three feet
away from the protesters.
They've gone upland down
Main Street, a6out half a dozen,
times refently trying to
1 hammer their message home
with a shpw of solidarity.
• Unfortunately it doesn't seem
.to be working in Exeter.
I -From what I hear the only thing
I the► have accomplished so
i l -far id tick off a few of the
- 'merchants in the vicinity. of
Helen Johns" office.
Retailers find it•hard
enough these days to attract
customers under the best of
circumsltances. When customers
1 I have to ti'alk by a group of
sign -carrying, slogan -shouting
1 1 people to make a purchase,
many suddenly get cold feet
and cool off on whatever
buying urge they may have had.
My humble opinion about
demonstrations isl they're a
c'ompletewaste of time.
For teachers, it's a fdrm of l
i i ekpression far beneath what
would be expected from
professionals. Regardless of I
--_-- —�-whethermudiaiyouu_supportl theiti
cause as they battle propo.ed
changes to the system by the
I Hai is government,. it would
be logical to expect a better i
(form of communication. I
After all, teachers are
professiona`s, and they're_ -
certainly expert cammunicators.
Sho&ing''ttey hey ho ho
while waving a few signs in the I
i air cheapens their image and
has definitely erased some of
the respect they arelseeking
from the public.
ii
If they -took the same amount
of time and effort to have a
real dialogue with the
public,while holding themselves
'-to high professional
standards, teachers could do so
much better. 1 -
As many of them have written
on report cards, "results
would be better with more
effort."
.I
Putting these skills to work
would do much more to
bring the public over to their
side than parading upland
down Main Street. But it's niore-
work.
It only takes a few minutes to
:do your duty on
demonstration detail. Virtually
100% of the people I've
talked to have had comments
far less than flattering after
watching the march to
Johns'office. Time and
energy have been expended to
achieve negative results.
What would be wrong with
personally sending their
message to every taxpayer. Rent
a hall, invite parents to come
and hear their concerns.
Teachers should use their
communication skills.
Taking a professional
approach to convince taxpayers
teachers have the best
interest of students foremost on
their adjenda will
accomplish far more than all the
sign -waving in the world. They
do have many valid points
'but they're sorely in need of a
better wa y of making them.
Give Johns a break. Give her
neighbors a break. Give
yourselves a,break.
Times -Advocate, October 22, 1997 Page 5
After almost 30 years. in businesq Margaret Turnbull
from Hotson Lighting in Grand Bend is retiring, She, ;.1
along' with her mother Pearl Hotson started the business
in the early 70's, shortly after- a fire destroyed the
Ode of the store, forcing .the Hotson family to start the
business almost from scratch. . 1: - -
Hotson Lighiing Lightingclosing i s
W
doors after alniost 30 years
I • • + i • I •
GRAND BEND - From a pro- ?inning a lighting store has been
ipanel business, to a hardware store,- satisfying many of the regular cus-
-tm-over•coming–a-fire---that-t-nearly-4omers w)to.:frequented _bier -store$_
,destr9Ypd everything the store - poi- • over the past 20-s9me-odd years.
sesseetl. Then.'tinalfy to al lighting "I'll, miss the customers whol
boutique until almost 30 years.later have been so good over lhe'years,'
into something probably entirdly - Turnbull said. •
different- I . _ • • • . • Foi the next two months. Hotson)
Thjit hes been the lifetime course , Ligating will `te putting the entirei
•
of the establishment now Balled stock on sale •ncluding ill:of. the
Hotson Lighting, located on High- lamps. lighting fixtures' and gift-
way
i -
way 21 north of Grand Bend. l ware. Tumhull said since the first -
Margaret Turnbull with her.moth- . day of the$ sale, the. day after.4ahor
er Pearl Hotson started Hotson Day, much of the stock has already
Lighting in the early 1970s. By the . been sotdt
end of this• December Turnbull will And ever since thin day the prices
close the doors for good and'. sell have continued to drop.
the business to sonieone'else. • Last week the sale included 20
"I thought it was time- to retire," per cent off all items in' the stove.
she-. said: "1 -havle a new grand? This week .all items are on sale at
(laughter and I'm going to spend..•30 per cent off. She said as time •
time with her. ' progresses. pnces will continue to
Turnbull said the best part ,Mout .lower.
Home business finds
success in lingerie
By Chantal) Van Raay
T -A Reporter
EXETER - Joanne Middleton he-
gan sewing almost twenty .years
ago. It is a skill she picked. up from
her mother as.a little girl. When she
bean she usually' only sewed items
for • family and friends, until over
time people began to recognize her
work and asked Middleton if she.
would sew articles for them as
well.
Her work became more popular
as more stitches -were sewn until.ti-
nally. she decided to make a go at
opening up her own business. • •
Four years ago she opened up a
home business called Elegance and
Lace. Despite the name, Middleton
said her husiness is not what .many
people assume it is,-
"It's
s, "It's not all garter belts and. ted-
dy's and body suits," she said. "I
create things for the average per-
son, not for the fantasizer." •
While Middleton specializes in
lingerie; she also does altering. She
said once or twice a year she gets
.an order to do bridal dresses .'or
prom dresses. But still lingerie- is
'her specialty,- simply. because shell
saw her business as a necessity. •
"1• bought some undergarments
one time and the first time 1 washed
them they fell .apart. I thought I. can
make.lingeyie that won't fall apart,"
slhe said adding that was the start
for het edge towards designing and
creasing lingerie.
Middleton admitted. the does not
know anywhere Else where a home-•
basd- lingerie boutique exists and)
sees this las one oflthe' aspects that.
makes her/ husiness !unique. -Be--
cause she operates out of her home•
and everything she Makes is hand-
crafted, customer satisfaction is her
'number one concern. • 1
Small Business
Week for the
booming
self-employed
HURON COUNTY - Because of
job loss, economic restructuring,
down-sizin . occupational boredom
etc. more people are opening small
businesses to find their riche in the
• self-employment realm. -
The Huron County Small Busi-
ness Centre and the Huron 'Business
Development Corporation arc rec-
ognizing small businesses by dedi-
cating October 20 to 24 to Sinal!
Business Week. The goals of the
Week are to recognize the impor-1
tance of small busittesse`s, celebrate
the; achievements of micro -
enterprises and encourage entre-
preneurship.
The Huron Business Centre sees
the number of small business in Hu-
ron County escalate at a tremendous
rate. As stated in a press release
from the Huron Business Centre "In
1991, the percentage of micro -
enterprise owners was equivalent to
17 per cent (4,853) of the County's
active labour force (28,415). When
l estimates of the number of employ-
ees generated by . micro -enterprises
are considered, direct employment
generated by this sector is greater
' than 25 per cent of Huron's tabour
force."
A number of activities, demon-
strations and seminars are slotted
for Small Business Week including
an open house of the Huron Bust-
• ness Centre each day from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. except Thursday where they
are open until 9 p.m. A seminar on
how to start a small business will be
held on Oct. 22, 23 and 24 at the
Centre as well as demonstrations on
strategies as a cntical business re-
source. A small business start-up kit
as well as a Starting a Small Busi-
ness in Ontario book is complimen-
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•weer o . egance anace o- nne
Middleton displays some of 'the items -she custom de-
signs. She is one of the only home-based.lingerie stores
that offers custom designed and sewn ldungewear, night
wear and lingerie.
1 i
l
"Sometimes when you duy some-
thing from a store land it falls apart
on iyou the' next day they won't
give you refund pr. return. That
•was one thing •1 stipulated when f
opened the store. i -had to make
•
•
sure the customer was .completely
satisfied."
Elegance and Lace opened its
doors four years ago and has had
two open houses since then. Mid-
dleton said the next open house will
he held sometime in November. An
exact dateTor the open house has
not yet bee set.
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