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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-12-17, Page 33Financial advice you can count on! 44444444444444444444444444444444444444 He hesitated for just a moment and then said, "She is just right". Dear Editor;• • i just wanted to share with you and our readers another "Yes, Virginia, there'is a Santa Claus'! sto-' ry. I was shopping in a local store recently. Having changed jobs. I had not been into the store in' awhile. i always enjoy shopping in our shops in SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Film Developing ..4�+A 4.99 SPOA, I� 24 roll Buying blue jeans for Christmas Exeter because of the friendly and personal touch. It was so nice to have the store manager inquire about my new job. my family and, of course. how she could help. • While we were talking, a middle-aged gentleman enteredthe store. He lookedabout in a sheepish and confused manner. With an' understanding smile' to me. the store manager excused herself to offer assis- tance. to him. He explained that he was there to buy a pair of blue jeans for his wife for Christmas. The store. manager asked if there was a particular style or make he had in mind. He looked confused and said "No...." She asked if he knew what size his wife wore. He stated that his wife had mentioned some Ching about 32. She asked if that was the length or the waist size - he .wasn't sure. She asked what size she, wore. He an- swered that she had mentioned size ten. Now she. fig- ured she had it narrowed down. She asked if his wife preferred pleated`or fitted. He wasn't sure. Then she asked if his.wife had a small waist and larger hips - an hourglass figure. Or did she have a figure more straight up and down? He hesitated for just•a moment and then said, "She is just right." .He left the store a short while later, commenting as he left ihat he would have to come back... this was more complicated than he had thought: But to the wife who may get the wrong size or wrong style jeans this year for. Christmas... it doesn't matter... because in his heart. you are just right! • Wendi'Schwindt SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Inside Grand Bend talks beach enhancement See page 2 Lucan hit by provincial downloading See page 3 How the Christmas Bureau fared See Crossroads Second front Smooth sailing for Lakers in second season fi, see page 23 Sing along Getting into the spirit. Exeter Public School Gr. _ 2. students Blair Parsons, left, and Pieter VanDerLey join in 'Up On The Hilltop' with the rest,of Marg Johns class during the school's Olde Fashioned Carol Sing at South Huron Rec Centre fast week. Over '300 family and friends attended the annual holiday event that featured songs. performed by Exeter Puplic School's primary students. Suntastic seeks water from Exeter 750,000 liters per day are needed to support an additional 30 acres of greenhouses • By Kate Monk TAT -A RTrter EXETER - Nearly one full year into the pro- duction of hothouse tomatoes, Suntastic Greenhouse Inc. wants to expand to 50 acres. But it needs a secure source of clean water be- fore it can do so. Eric Kints and Gerhard Metzger of Suntastic attended the Exeter council meeting last Mon- day to request 750,000 liters of water per day from March to October of each year in order to service the additional 30 acres of green- houses Suntastic would like to build. Suntastic opened its business with an 11 - acre greenhouse in the spring of this year and has nearly completed the construction of an additional 10- acre greenhouse. "if we have the assurance of water, we would build another 10 acres in '98," Kints said. Metzger said Suntastic uses 250.000 liters per day in its 11 -acre greenhouse. He an- ticipates each 10 -acre greenhouse will also re- quire 250,000 liters of water per day. Saying Suntastic has enough wells to supply the 20 acres of greenhouses now standing, it would need the guarantee of a secure supply of an ad- ditional 750,000 liters per day before it could continue to expand. Metzger said he would prefer water without chlorine but would be able to remove the chemical on site if necessary. Metzger admitted he is con- cerned about any negative impacts drawing 500,000 11' ters per day might have on neighbors' wells. Exeter chief administrative officer Rick Hundey said lat- er in the week, 750,000 liters per day is the amount of wa- ter used by 1,200 Exeter res- idents in a day. Kints asked council to consider the impact of Suntastic on the local economy. According to Kints, more than 60 local people are now employed to operate the 10 -acre greenhouse, pumping nearly $I -million in wages into the economy. He predicts by the year 2000, the 50 acres of gtteenhouses could employ 250-300 people, have a payroll of $4.5-5 million and annual sales of $25-25 million. "Consider what the benefits will be to local businesses and the economy," Kints told coun- cil. At the same council meeting; Bev Prout of Usbome Township repeated a request for wa- ter for a house owned by Prout and her husband Tom. The water is required only for domestic use since there.is no livestock on the site. The Prouts' problem is an unreliable water supply due to a fluctuation in the water table. Bob Hamather, on behalf of Huron Motor Products in Us - borne Township, is seeking a hook-up to the town's water supply. Harnather said the business barely has enough water to wash cars and run the washrooms. He said HMP would like to 'expand but cannot do so without a secure water supply. Mayor Ben Hoogenboom said council would study the requests in January. • . "lf we have the assurance of water, we would build another 10 acres in '98." Exeter faces $71,000 in downloading costs By Kate Monk T -A Reporter - EXETER - Rick• Hiindey. Exet.. er's • chief administrative officer: breathed a sigh of relief when he - received- downloading financial data from the province last week. -"It's,- a more palatable number than what we were contemplating,"- • Hundey told 'council last Monday night. adding it appears rural On-, taro has been given a break. , The Town of Exeter will need to Lind S71.000 :to 'balance its budget in light- of funding. cutbacks; the e uivalcnt tut' $37- er 110 s t r "Th'e news is :positive. We don't . know whether .the..figures will he clarified. Many, municipalities- are complaining," Hundev explained:, 'Later in' the week. Hundey' said Exeter should he able to deal with the $71.00( from the changes al- ready made through internal •rc- vtrticturing. • "That doesn't mean they (Exeter council) won't look at , other things." Hundey said. Reeve Roy Tnehner _ was not as optirnistic as-Hundey. "This is positive news- blit only in . the interim. The real prohlenis may ..come in the next few years." he , said. - Huron County's - shortfall may . have some impact_ on -Huron's mu-- nicipalities when the county search- . es for ways to deal with 5457.000 in lost provincial -support. • Tnehntr. who represents Exeter -on county council. satd he didn't - like the' idea •of Huron passing -on " its_shor(fall to municipalities. "The county should be expected to find efficiencies in their budget;'. Trichner said d• the rnunty report from the province includes an addi- tional $437.000 in revenue for pro vinciul - offences which • he doubts, the county will receive. A, cover letter from -Ontario's. minister of finance Ernie Eves said the financial 'information will he -fi- nalized in Januaiv when , the final. property assessment data is avail , abfc. • "However. - we anticipate only minimal changes to the numbers." Eves vvrote.• - . 1 Thieves go on crime spree By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter , EXETER : Phe owners of Dave's •Auto .'World and Jervis .Photo on Main St.•mustbe feeling the Grinch Stole their Christmas atter thieves made off with over '526.0(8)- worth of goods including a car overnight. Dec. 16/17. . • Huron County OPP Const. John \larshalh said stolen property to- talling 520.500 from Auto World Included a '97 -!'door.. green •Pon- tiac Grand Am with no plates. an Intel Pentium 200 MHZ. 32 BAS , computer and Lexmark 2030 color printer. a Makita hattery-operated drill in a green metal box. a Black and Dei:ker screwdriver in a black plastic box. ratchets and 'sockets. Canadian Tire wrenches in a plastic package. hammers and two red plastic gas cans. . Stolen property totalling $5.70( from Jervis included cameras and equipment. The car was recovered in London on Dec. 18. :Thieves gained entry • at Auto World through a window on the east side of the , building. They gained entry at Jervis by, breaking through a rear window. In what is believed •to be related incidents, several -vehicles were damaged in an attempt to steal them the same night. Marshall said. The driver's door was pried open at the door lock and•the steering col- umn and ignition were smashed on a '90 Plymouth Sundance packed beside the car wash at 110 Main St. Thieves also ripped off the rear- view 'mirror and smashed the glass in front of the: speedometer. As well:thrce vehicles ' at Exeter Chrysler _at 136 Main Si were dam - 4,1 Continued ort -page 2 Flesh -eating disease not confirmed EXETER - At press time, Dr. Jer ry Jadd; chief of staff of South Hu- . run Hospital had not received re- sults from tests on a'patient who was transferred to a London hospi= tal last week. • - Tests were done to determine if the patient. a resident of the South Huron area. had necrotizing fascii- tis;commonly known as flesh - eating disease: . • Jadd was not the patient's physi- cian hut as chief of staff he wanted to know if precautions needed to be taken in this area if it was flesh - eating disease: ' "What infectious Diseases told me was they don't know if it is that (flesh -eating disease) but if it was that, the answer is no'," Jadd said, adding it would not be necessary for the. Exeter hospital staff or pa- tients to be wooed about being af- fected by the disease., • "Our hospital has not heard offi- cial notification from University Hospital about any need for pro- phylaxis of staff," Jadd explained. The T -A was unable to receive any further information from Uni- versity Hospital. or South Huron Hospital administor Don Currell. George (:odbolt t'M'P 496 Main Street Exeter ON 235-2740 When it comes to investment and tax strategies, retirement and estate planning, and more, we have the expertise and technology needed to help secure your financial future. Call me today for financial advice you can count on! with Mutual Lite of C Mutual Imeelco Inc MO, IA- is a 4iutual al fair Rt.] The Mutual Group