The Times Advocate, 2005-02-23, Page 22
Exeter Times—Advocate
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Regional
wrap up
Health
care fund-
ing
Gooterich — A Bayfield
man celebrated his
100th birthday Feb. 9
surrounded by family
and friends.
The Clinton News -
Record said Philip Du
Boulay marked the
occasion at Huronview
in Clinton.
Du Boulay, who emi-
grated to Canada from
England in 1925, retired
to Bayfield in 1967 after
living and working in
Montreal.
Asked for the secret to
his long life, Du Boulay
said "doing as much as I
can and getting away
with it."
New
Company
GODERI H — A
German company is
opening its first plastics
plant in North America
and it will be in
Goderich.
Jokey Plastics North
America Incorporated
will supply plastic con-
tainers mass-produced
for major retailers,
according to the
Goderich Signal -Star.
Seven Demag injection
moulding machines
arrived last week from
Germany and will be
used to create every-
thing from popcorn con-
tainers to kitty litter
pails.
New
Seaforth
doctor
SEAFORTH— Patients
in Seaforth will have
access to a new doctor
starting the first week of
March.
According to the
Huron Expositor, Dr.
Helen Fry will begin a
family practice at the
Seaforth Medical Clinic.
Dr. Dan Rooyakkers
said Fry will be seeing
the sickest patients first
and while she will not
be taking on orphan
patients of any particu-
lar doctor, those without
doctors can call the
medical centre and ask
to be put on the list.
Valentine tea
Helen Hodgins (right) pours tea Feb. 12 for Margaret Carscadden, Gladys Buswell,
Marina Jaques, Mary Baechler, Fran Ritchie and Wilma Driesse during aValentine
Tea at the Exeter Library Branch to thank library patrons. (photo/Pat Bolen)
Funding increase
for education
Continued from front page
construction.
Despite this lack of complete detail about the school
renewal funding, Avon Maitland business superinten-
dent Janet Baird -Jackson appeared comfortable the
money will be made available for the 2005-06 budget.
Asked where the $15 million will be spent, she immedi-
ately rhymed off three projects — the replacement of
three 42 -year-old boilers at Stratford Northwestern
Secondary School; the instalment of energy-efficient
windows at the same site; and the replacement of a 35
year-old pitch roof which "we've been putting off
because it wasn't leaking" — which she said weren't
previously expected 011 this coming year's mainte-
nance schedule, but could now be added.
Wilkinson also mentioned the tendency of school
boards to put off necessary maintenance projects, say-
ing that was a legacy of the previous government.
"We've inherited a tremendous infrastructure deficit
and we intend to fix that," said the Perth -Middlesex
MPP. "The most important factor in education is the
relationship between students and teachers ... but it's
very difficult to have that happen when the school that
they're in has basic infrastructure problems that aren't
being addressed."
Shipping Store celebrates opening
It's official — the grand opening for The Shipping Store on Main Street was held
Saturday. From left are retail co-ordinator Eileen Walraven, owner Ruthann
O'Connell and ShipCo International operations manager Tammy Elliott.
(photo/Scott Nixon)
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — The owner
of Exeter's The Shipping
Store says business has
been "overwhelming"
since its December open-
ing.
Ruthann O'Connell held
the official grand opening
of her Main Street busi-
ness Saturday. A division
of ShipCo International of
Clinton, which O'Connell
also owns, The Shipping
Store offers a variety of
services including world-
wide shipping, giftware,
packaging, worldwide
estate distribution, gift
wrapping, wedding acces-
sories and Western Union
money transfer services.
O'Connell also has
Shipping Stores in Clinton
and Goderich.
And things are booming
for the 10 -year-old com-
pany, O'Connell says. In
addition to expanding the
Clinton location and refur-
bishing the Goderich
store, O'Connell is looking
to have 50 franchises
across Canada. She says
she's already had "a huge
response."
"It's been a wild year,"
she says, adding her com-
pany has 24 employees
and is growing.
O'Connell decided to
open The Shipping Store
here because she noticed
the services she offers
were lacking and also
realized how busy the
town's Main Street it.
"I'm very excited by the
energy this town has," she
adds, saying that while
she lives in Clinton, she
regularly shops in Exeter.
She thanks local mer-
chants for welcoming her
to the community.
O'Connell describes
shipping as her business's
mainstay.
"We ship anything any-
where in the world .. .
anything from a pen to a
house."
Also a Western Union
agent, The Shipping Store
can do money transfers to
over 288,000 locations
throughout the world.
O'Connell's company
also offers a marketing
service and imprints thou-
sands of items. Another
big part of her company is
a fulfillment centre, which
sees ShipCo warehouse
different company's prod-
ucts and processes the
orders.
O'Connell has two
employees working in her
Exeter store and she says
she likes to hire locally
wherever she starts up.
O'Connell started the
company herself 10 years
ago when she realized
there was a need in the
rural areas.
"I'm really looking for-
ward to the next 10
years," she says. "There
will be big things coming
here, I can tell."
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