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by Shelley McPhee
Most people like dogs. An oddas iiQ;n
pat on the head, some words of praise,
even taking the animal for a walk
illustrates this affection.
Diane Haak likes dogs much more
than that. She is so interested in man's
best friend that she has taken up dog
clipping as a hobby.
"It keeps me busy and out of
trouble," she laughed, but by the looks
of things Diane isn't able to get in too
much mischief. The young lady,
married to Clarence Haak, is quite
pregnant and is busy planning to move
to Teeswater.
Fo'r the time being, her dog clipping
has been slightly curtailed, but despite
the fact that winter is not a busy time
for the clipping business, she still has
one or two appointments a week.
March and April are the big months
for clipping and when Diane worked at
the Goderich Veterinary Clinic on
County could...
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county assume responsibility in 1980.
Davidson said the finaincial realization
of such a move would not be known
until the county could determine how
much the development industry
"spends waiting".
"What's one percent a month on a
million dollars?" he asked.
stuck in
the middle
rofile: Diane likes to clip dogs
Highway 8, she and another girl were
clipping up to three dogs a day.
"I don't like to do anymore than that
or it really gets to be a bother," Diane
admitted.
"But I do enjoy working with animals
and I always wanted to be a vet."
Although Diane's ambitions fell by
the wayside, the Hamilton native
began working with animals a year -
and -aa -half ago when she took on a
receptionist, bookkeeping job at the
Goderich clinic. While there, she
learned how to clip dogs as well.
"It's really not hard to learn, but it's
like an art and you have to use some
imagination. Some dogs come in and .
they're so hairy and matted that you
have to decide what to do with them."
She went on, "You learn by looking at
pictures. The first dog I clipped was a•
Scottie. The owners brought in a book,
told me what to do and I followed the
pictures."
Diane, who likes creating things with
her hands, like macr`atne and
crocheting, also applies some of this
interest to her clipping.
The Miniature Schnauzer and the
West Highland White Terrier are two
breeds that Diane enjoys clipping.
Special shaping around the head,
proportioning, brushing and combing
make clipping these dogs a challenge
for Diane. Unfortunately, there aren't
Okay ladies, let's get a few things
straightened out.
During the time that I've worked
for the News -Record, I've found that
there are at least two things that
area women don't like to see printed
about themselves, 'their age and
their names.
I don't really understand what the
problem is, but occasionally I've
heard complaints, often through the
grapevine, about putting this
"revealing" information in print.
It's not that I'm an avid feminist,
but really what's the big deal?
Maybe you can tell me.
You see, as far as I'm concerned,
age is just another form of iden-
tification. Just as your eyes are blue
and your hair is brown, unless of
course it's been dyed. Your age is
something that you're born with and
,should be accepted -as another part
of your makeup.
What is there to hide. Although our
society is highly youth oriented,
we're not like the sci-fi movie
Logan's Run where everyone is
knocked off when they become 30
years old.
Active and successful senior
citizens groups have proven that
growing older is no' great em-
barrassment.
What strikes me even stranger is
that it's only the older women who
refuse to tell their age but younger
ones, not much older than me (I'm
23 by the way) also refuse to answer
the invading question.
Enough on that topic, I'm not
getting anywhere. I can't fight
vanity. You probably already have it
driven into your, heads that getting
older is a crime.
But this other thing, your name, is
an inexcusable old-fashioned whim.
I'd swear that some of you ladies
don't even have'a name of your own.
Were you really born with the name -
Mrs. Frank, or Mrs. Joe?
Now, I'm not against taking on.
your husband's last name when you
marry, but why do you constantly
refer to yourself by his first name as
well. Many club reports come in
with the member's names like this:
Mrs. Joe (Marilyn) Smith, Mrs.
Fred (Janet) Jones.
I'll inevitably change those to Mrs.
Marilyn (Joe) Stnith and Mrs. Janet
(Fred) Jones, or'b"etter yet, simply
to Mrs. Marilyn Smith.
Granted sometimes the addition of
a husband's name can be used for
identification purposes, but for the
most part, it's really not necessary,
in my mind.,
-If - you prefer' to go by your
husband's name, for whatever odd
reason you may have, then why, I
wonder, was there any purpose in
your parents giving you your own
name.
Age and names will probably
continue to baffle me for years to
come, I hope. But if you can offer me
any advice or information on these
female mysteries, please call.
too many of these dogs in the area and
Diane has only had a few opportunities
to clip them.
Although Diane doesn't have a -pet of
her own, when she and her husband
move to a farming operation in
Teeswater in May, Diane wants a
"great big old mutt".
She doesn't like cats too much but she
adores horses along with Great Danes
and Dobermans.
"They're much easier to clip," she
joked.
Clipping dogs takes more than
grabbing a pair of scissors and starting
to snip. It involves some psychology to
determine the animal's temperament.
"With some dogs, you have to be firm
and others gentle. Usually when the
owners are there when you're clipping
the dogs are twice as bad," she ex-
plained.
"As long as you're calm the animal's
better," she added.
Although small dogs tend to be the
hyper ones, most dogs get impatient
when their feet are clipped. One
clipping which takes anywhere from
two hours for a poodle to two days with
a sheepdog ends up with about seven or
eight bites.
"I don't hit them too often, until I get
really fed up," she admitted.
Large dogs, like collies or sheepdogs
are usually sedated for their haircuts.
"The bigger they are, the harder
they bite and it's really painful to comb
out their long hair," Diane explained.
Despite the trouble makers,- Diane
enjoys clipping -and admitted that it's
funny to see a sedated dog jump off the
table. It's not as funny when you have
to catch them as they fall though.
Diane doesn't find making mistakes
to be humorous either. In fact she
usually feels very guilty and tells the
owner, even when she's hit a dog.
"I've made a lot of dumb mistakes,
like the time I clipped the poodle's ears
until there was no hair left on them.
They looked terrible," she admitted.
Although Diane no longer works at
the vet clinic, she carried on a limited
clipping business in the basement of
her Fulton Street residence.
Diane's future in the clipping
business is a little questionable at the
pres nt time since she doesn't foresee
much need for the services in
Teeswater.
She's not interested in showing dogs,
but has considered the possibilities of
opening boarding kennels and clipping
on the side.
However, with her first baby on the
way and the move, her only real future
ambition is to own a dog of her own.
"I just do this for enjoyment," she
stressed, "I'm not in it for the money.
It's just one way that I can be with
animals a lot.
Hopefully' she'll be able to help out
more with her husband's farming in the
future as well, "I'd rather spend my
days in the barn instead of doing
housework anytime."
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1979—PAGE
It may not be the real thing, but It's the closest that Diane Haak has of a pet 01
her own. Although she has a collection of stuffed animals, her favorite pets arc
"live" dogs. In fact, she likes man's best friend so much that she has a clipping
business as a hobby. (News -Record photo)
Daycare board seeks to eliminate. ..
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Robert Fotheringham, a Tucker -
smith Township councillor and day
care centre board chairman said that
those municipalities that refused to pay
should be asked again to pay their part
of the deficit.
"I feel there .are different council
members this year and it's a whole new
game," he said.
"Well, we can't push the children
out," declared Betty McLean of
Vanastra,`"a board member.
.Clerk McLachlan said a letter could
be sent to all the municipalities asking
for support and then , have some
members of Tuckersmith council go to
each of their meetings if necessary to
present the facts.
The board. agreed with this
suggestion and passed it in the form of
a motion which will be presented to
Tuckersmith Township Council for
final approval at the February 7 ,
meeting.
Clerk McLachlan said if they
Vanastra Day Care was at full capacity
- 34 full time students - then there would,,
be no problem with deficits. _
Several suggestions were made to
attract more children. One was to
advertise but Miss McEwing said this
was expensive and in the, past had not
produced more students. Flyers or
posters were proposed, these to be put
up in local factories and various
business outlets which would give
permission.
Miss McEwing was given the •go-
ahead to have brochures on the centre
made up, with the cost not to exceed
$25.
One promotion scheme was to invite
parents to send a child for one free day.
Mrs. McLean said if a child came for
one day he would have such a good time
he would insist that his parents enroll
him full time.
Miss McEwing said she would
discuss this with her staff and see what
arrangements could be made to have a
"free day".
Miss McEwing said she had been
asked by the Recreation Centre
Director, Diane. Durnin, to pay a rent
of $8,600 for 1979 for. the part of the
complex housing the da r cared centre.
The recreation centre and pool take up
Kippen area news
by Rena Caldwell
St. Andrew's Church,
Kippen, held their annual
meeting January 21
following; a pot luck
dinner.
Michael McGregor, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James
McGregor has been a
patient in University
Hospital during the past
week.
Mrs. Frank Wright has
returned from London
where she was in
hospital.
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day care one-quarter of the complex.
The board supported Miss
McEwing's objection to the raise in
rent and agreed to continue the rent
agreement the same as it was last year
-- $8,400 with the day care centre to
receive $25 for each rental of its back
room adjacent to auditorium, used by\
the receeation centre to enlarge its
facilities when a dance is held. Mrs.
Durnin had asked to keep the $25
charge for rental of the back room in
1979'.
Miss McEwing said the day care was
paying rent for the back room and for
the kitchen, also rented out for $25
when dances are held. She said she felt
she would be paying rent twice for
these two rooms if Mrs. Durnin kept the
rent from groups renting them. She
said she had never received any of the
kitchen rental and would be willing to
forget it again this year, but insisted
that the rental from the back room
should be deducted off the $8,400 she
would be willing to pay in rent to the
recreation centre this year. The board
agreed this was fair. .
However, board members living
Vanastra wavered slightly when it v
pointed out to them it was better
have a deficit in the Vanastra Day Ci
Centre as the province picked up
percent of the deficit, whereas a
deficit at the Vanastra 'Recreate
Centre would have to be paid by all
residents of Vanastra.
Clerk McLachlan pointed out ti
while the day care centre was suppo
to have paid rent of $8,400 last year ot.
$7,400 was paid, even though M
Durnin estimated expenses for he
light and rent were $8,100.
Miss McEwing explained that 1
rent of $8,40Q was paid at the rate
$700 a month, less than the $25
received each time the back room w
rented, out. With that room rented
times last year, this accounted for i
difference of $1,000. However, M
Durnin received this $1,000 from t
groups renting the back room.
Tuckersmith Township Council v
make the final decision on the ren
agreement between the Day Ca
Centre and the Recreation Centre
February ?.
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