HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-08-29, Page 7THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 19 1490 - 7
Four local young entrepreneurs reco
BY SUSAN OXFORD
Four Seaford) business Cut
have beenouuunatod as
Entrepreneurs in Canada for the
third annual awards from the
Federal Business Development
Baric (PSDB). Rceogauod for their
efforts are: Lynn Burke, Prunro e
and Purche; Gerald Noble, Nobel
Nursery and Salutation; Steve Hil-
debrand, Hildebrand Flowers; and
John Staf! cn, Staffen's Lawn Cade.
The awards are presented to 12
Canadians, one from each province
and territory, as & national launch
of Small Business Week in Oc-
tober. Nominees are aged 29 years
or younger and are judged b
operunng success, innovation at
community involvement, and the
entrepreneurs age when the business
was started is taken into con-
sideration. Judges for the awards
are business professionals,
entrepreneurs, representatives from
the media, members of local Boards
of Trade and Chamber of Com-
merce, and persorunel from FBDB.
The prize includes a trophy, an all -
expenses paid trip to the awards
ceremony in a major Canadian city,
and publicity.
Adeline (Lynn) Burke is 29 -years -
old and is marred to Tom with
three children aged 2, 4 and 6. She
graduated as a registered nurse
RNA and worked at Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital for seven years,
including two years as a
physiotherapy assistant. Lynn is a
member of the Catholic Women's
League, is a parent advisor on the
P.T.A., has been involved in
fundraising for the Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital, and has taught a
smocking class.
When Lynn opened her gift shop
Primrose and Panache in April, she
filled a gap in Seaforth's retail
sector. The shop sells Victorian gift
items and in the first four months
of operation the store has exceeded
its projected sales and the inventory
has increased.
Primrose and Panache employs
two part-time staff and Lynn woks
at the store full-time. Lynn plans to
fill a need in Seaforth by expanding
Happy
Seniors
regroup
for activities
. . •
The Seaforth Happy Senior
citizens entertained at the Huron -
view August Birthday Party. Jim
Rose on the piano, Stanley Hillen,
Wilson Adams, Wilson McCartney
on violin and Ed. Boyes on the
mo i** organ delighted their
audience with tunes of yester year.
Amy Shapton and Cheryle Colson's
dancing brought applause, and
humour was added with readings by
Beuy Hulley and Helen Mac Ken-
zie.
"Happy Birthday" was sung, led
by Marion Rose, and Happy
Birthday balloons were given to 19
residents. Three had reached their
ninth decade. Beverage and cookies
under the convenorship of Rachael
Riehl brought the afternoon's enter-
tainment to an end.
Happy Senior Citizen's will begin
their fall activities with a Pot Luck
dinner at 12 o'clock on September
6 in the Legion Hall. Seniors are
asked to bring own cutlery and
dishes. All Seniors in Seaforth and
surrounding community are wel-
come.
nized for national award
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LYNN BURKE
and changing her product linos in
response to customer demand.
Gerald (Jury) Nobel is 29 -years -
old, is married to Brigit and has
two children aged 2 years and 10
months, with another child on the
way. He apprenticed as a mechanic
after high school and worked as a
mechanic in Edmonton. Jerry is
involved in the community and has
yet up a non-profit recycling program.
Jerry operates a waste removal
business that in the last four years
has tripled in terms of number of
customers and, naturally, volume.
He has expanded the business from
local household pick-up to include
industrial, commercial, and
institutional waste removal.
Jerry also operates Nobel Nursery,
which has doubled the number and
variety of trees and sales since he
bought the business. The nursery
offers a unique service where Jerry
approaches customers at new
residential sites and demonstrates
his nurseryman abilities and
products to suit their landscaping
needs.
Nobel Nursery and Sanitation
employs full-time Jerry and Brigit
is the full-time bookkeeper and
secretary, and one part-time
employee. In the future Jerry will
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JERRY NOBEL
continue to offer advise on selecting
and caring for new trees and
provide the customer with infor-
mation and an inspection of new
trees the following year.
Steve Hildebrand is 28 -years -old,
is married to Ruth and has one
child aged 2. He completed a
Flowers Canada Design Phase I
course at the University of Guelph
in the summer of 1980. Steve has
served on the Seaforth Streetscape
committee, is past president of the
Seaforth Horticultural Society and
has served as the Society's
president. For the past four
Christmases Steve and Ruth have
decorated their home in a Victorian
Christmas theme and opened it to
the public.
Steve founded Hildebrand
Flowers 10 years ago when he was
18 -years -old. Besides retail floristry
Steve provides a decorating service
for weddings and other special
occasions and has become involved
with interior decorating. The retail
florist and gift shop has doubled
and in April Steve bought the buil-
ding housing his store.
Hildebrand Flowers employs
Steve full-time and one full-time
and one part-time employees. Steve
feels his biggest indicator of suc-
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cess is that he has lasted 10 years
while so many other businesses
have folded.
John Staffer is the youngest of
the four, 25 -years -old, and the only
one that is single. After finishing
high school he took night courses in
landscaping at Fanshaw College,
London. Currently he is working
towards obtaining his Her-
bicides/Pesticides spraying licence.
John often provides his services to
various clubs and organizations in
Seaforth on a donation basis for the
betterment of the community.
In 1987 John started his own
lawn care business and since then
the business has more than tripled.
Staffen's Lawn Care provides full
lawn maintenance, landscaping
services, free estimates and advise
to their customers. The company
maintains 110 lawns a week and
has a contract that consists of total
ground maintenance of five senior
citizens' buildings. John's lawn care
prices are competitive and in great
demand.
Staffen's Lawn Care employees
John full-time, two full-time and
two part-time employees. One of
John's employees graduated from
Niagara College's diploma course
in Horticulture and has expertise in
plants, plant disease and landscape
design. In the future John wants to
expand his business even further by
starting a nursery for a supply of
trees and plants in his landscaping
work. John is working on a contract
to go to Africa to do landscaping
work this winter.
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT NOTICE
ONTARIO
GOVERNMENT NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE — PESTICIDE USE
Notice is hereby given that the Ministry of Transportation
intends to apply the herbicide 24D AMINE SELECTIVE
WEEDKILLER and DYCLEER, PCP registration num-
bers 16102 & 19157, for the purpose of selective
broadleaf weed control, during the period from
September 4th to October 5th, 1990 along the following
provincial highways.
Hwy. #8, Goderich to Stratford; Hwy. #23,Elginfield to
Monkton; Hwy #87, Bluevale to Fordwich;Hwy. #7,
Stratford to New Hamburg; Hwy. #59, Shakespeare to
Woodstock; Hwy. #83, Exeter to Russledale; Hwy. #86,
Amberley to Bluevale; Hwy. #21, Amberley to St.
Joseph; Hwy. #4, Hensall to Bruce County Line.
This herbicide is approved for use in Ontario by the
Ministry of the Environment and will be applied by
trained Ministry of Transportation staff licensed by the
M.O.E. under the requirements of the Pesticides Act.
For more information call: (519) 271-3550 collect.
Ontario
Ministry
of
Transportation
PROTECTING YOUR WATER STARTS AT HOME!
DO:
Clean your septic tank regularly!
Every 3 to 4 years!
Keep weeping tiles free of tree
and shrub roots!
Resist temptation to connect to
field tiles and storm drains!
SUCH CONNECTIONS ARE
ILLEGAL!
MINISTRY OF THE
ENVIRONMENT
WATER QUALITY STUDIES INDICATE AT
LEAST 30% OF DOMESTIC SYSTEMS ARE
FAULTY. DOES THIS INCLUDE YOURS?
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DON'T:
Don't use the toilet for garbage
disposal - Compost! Recycle'
Re -use!
Don't let taps run unnecessarily
or leak'
Don't park on the weeping beds'
Don't he afraid to ask for
information. It's free!
For further Information contact the
Aulabls-Bayfield Conservation Authority (519)235-2610 or your local Health Unit
I sent a 4 page
newspaper to every
household in Huron Coun-
ty. I want you to know
where I stand on FAIR
TAXES, JOB PROTEC-
TION, PENSIONS. SMALL
BUSINESS, THE EN-
VIRONMENT. FARMING
and the other issues of
concern to you and your
family.
If you didn't get a copy,
want more information or
want to help. call 482-3132
or visit our office. 5 Rat-
tenbury St. E. Clinton.
On September 6th, send
David Peterson a message
he can't ignore.
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