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t BY SUSAN OXFORD
"1.i6i140.egd women in Seaforth hatint.he op"- •
POrtenity to learn strategies to help thein
ivikarbusiness at 'a BIA seminar May 23.
The seminar, WinklingStrategies for
W/o:Men; was presented by Suzanne
Schofield, Training Coordinator for ,the
Federal Business Development Bank
(FBDB), London office.
The FBDB is a Rr444,,Dorperation that
offers highly:.--fleXible 100tel #610- vq6
preparing' requests for loans from otheent-
stitefftene and eetIngelllell on business
strategies: •Tlie FBDB offers seminare
impreve.bueiness and Management skills
and has many publications to help :a
business get 'Started. • .
Mrs. Schofield is a single !nether with
four children and lives in London. She has
a university degree in psychology.
Previously she has worked with Drake
Personnel Computer Training, Canadian a Start -iv loan. In
Job Strategy, Aerospace Limited and a law 'Jane 1989 a ;!,4,11) advi440 committee
,,,levelorted a ,c6nijill'site Hat of nee& of
women entreprette s an astessznent of
inar
.1/204 • years: old. The
kl',:464041,MlitoteibimuPatiegone
hai0:,. ;studied- at
fer4 with gent 4000114 .and
22 per cent ',Sawa 'graduates.
Of the VP* surveyed 68 per Cent, of
• themowned, , "business. Of these
btisinegges*P 4'fit Were in the service
'UP4Ife' '''' ' --"-s_t)Te.‘re planning to
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' in4nitillfe F • , .01‘ cent'in wholesale
the gorsicoim ,
: f,
, 5. er:99 ';g1:::.t6Wke9re°!uniri-
kiqPer 04 in
,.. per cent refused to ,
185i'llotok4leli:shioeseper-ated
-ene_e eindl.c3xtlepseer coefntinted
thpatine this most
idnfichiltY obtaining
Mrs. Schofield has been with the FB11)13
for one year. She is responsible for ensur-1•)einl'eilt.'Fldr_DB-P ,tiodjacts and servicen, and
ing that small to medium sized businesses a Iistfeeiterriendaticint the FBDB could
are prot/ided with information services and
sue,
management training. Her work with '1110 Otilsor*cationtittee found that
FBDB does not include . financial adviee itinnenc n entreprpbusiness
entrepreneurs
need: '
other than providing information about it. 14 WU a o pro $lesigned for women;
Mrs. Schofield, 'protild0t,treining and ccesstoinformatiop and documentation
workshops Wy.laignegetnentaisSues, in- •
eluding tnge,Mmiegeirient, market Stinnes .
. .
..,-•iit'iii„..,..,04iiihn" 'll'J ttraniror business'as
oi-
a"t personnel topics. • ' ' ' -...pottunititesf, anamp, , veined in their leve
The Winning Strategies'„,,for,Miarken,, of confidence endhe °tight* Skill.s' and. ae- „
women attended. 'The ..,k)bjedthri 'Of!, the ' ^ ••,,,,-,-• r'''''Y ',',''' ,,,, ."'; ' • ' , ,
seminar Waa sponsored Aythe/HIA.,mtd.14'. •.., petig-to:46 ".,nodele,' "entors and beisiness afo
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seminar was to *ow wonien,how t„ti use 'TEACHING:5'7W ME114449 iiiis ' "Th, Fenac 44% ta: ' - i , rebenleilen e ''1$4
looked at a case studyof a 'busineseininuF11000011004 A. Mrs. Schofield workswith ,
by two women and how they handled their the Facie el Business Development Bank. hiring: of More Women\ edunsellors and be
problenis. There were written exercises for Oxford photo . prepared to .offer,linnitelf.*hall loins to
the participants to use in their analysis of ' help in the area of credit; Manor and role
the case study. The exercises looked at lastly including the FBDB. model tlivgranis as well as a national con -
topics such as passive, assertive Or ag- The booklet also tells about assertivness reconunended.
ferencw' on female entrepreneurship were
gressive behaviour. First impressions and and hovv to attain it. it also looks at hew ,
your own solution to the problem were also to deal with difficult people and how to In response to the recommendations the
studied. •recognize their tactics.
The participants received a course In 1989 the FBDB gave $926,727,000 in a Community Business Initiative for •,:'
FBDB has, among other things, launched a,
booklet outlining ways to finance a loans to 5,130 businesses. The FBDB women in Calgary; developed a stress al -
business. The first sources of income authorized $4.7 !anion in 14 investments in
assertiene# ant:el:40y §choflotit*,9,01,r:Foeil W.krinjr,44.eratittsi4initiltro,b1401%„4, ;is-f04°P.01.11 ano
slas40,Pekilt64-- ' In • ' those tweldages, *ale° Vegaintietidad the
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women usually use is their personal assets corimanies. One third of the FBDB term management seminar and is revising the "•.4
such as Savings, RRSPs, pension funds, loans were made to businesses with half or FBDB time management seminar; expand-
remortgaging, credit cards, personal pro- more female ownership. ed its conference program for woolen en
petty and life inswrance. It suggests alter- A 1989 survey of women who par- trepreneurs; published a column of topics
natives to personal assets such as family ticipated in the FBDB's Management Ser- of special interest to 'women in its
and friends, business associates, private in- vices programs showed the majority being newspaper "profits" and released a new
vestors, potential customers and suppliers, between the ages of 35 ana 44, followed by publication called "Financing a Small •
trade credit, commercial financial institu- those between 25 to 34 Less than 2 per Business - A Guide for Women
tions and government financing programs, cent were under age 25 and 8 per cent Entrepreneurs". ' '
The Seaforth Walk-a-Thon and Bike-a-
Thon for Cancer raised $1,002 for cancer
treatment in Huron County this past Sun-
day, in spite of a disappointing turnout for
the event. A total of twelve participants
signed up at the Seaforth and District
Community Centres.
"It's no more, no less than we usually
have," concedes local Cancer Society
chairperson Elsa DeGroot. The total rais-
ed by the walkers and bikers is the lowest
in the three year history of the event.
"I don't know what to do to get people
out," admitted Mrs. DeGroot who, along
with her husband ,Joe, walked the course
to raise $667 for the Cancer Society. "It's
such a good cause."
Bruce Hardie, organizer for the Walk-a-
Thon/Bike-a-Thon, was on hand at the
Community Centres'from 1 p.m. on Sunday
to take registration. Checkpoints were set
up along the course,' which was lane
kilometres for walkers and 16 kilometres
for bikers. Although the fundraiser was
promoted in the schools for two weeks, on-
ly five participants from the public Tschool
came out and "very few' from the High
school. •
Mrs. DeGroot aclimits that the turnout
was disillusioning, but that organizers plan
to go ahead with the "a-thon" again in
1991. The Society extends their thanks to
all donors and the test of the partielpants,
including Lori Willem ($83), Lou Brine:ins
($68), Erin Moody ($17.50), Alicia Moody
($13.50), Erika Hardie ($10.50),!Brecli Har-
die 424.50), Bruce Hardie ($100), Jim Kel-
ly ($30), Mary Longittaff and Dean Price.
.presonted
hOherbi0
Ohti" '/Father
to 101 eftln In
or to corning to St. Columban, Father Hardy
had been with the Saered IferierParish in
Iie He Is also the Chairman of the
goiiiigetisettim'Commitlaien,,teriiiiiiitible for
revitalizing the Parish in teaching the
'7,1ord 704ii.°!°44134. 't have ofetigtia better man
al C-• The churchyard In St, Columban was
e- for the
e'llter; on Snedel, a
sunnybeautl!ui$day,SO a day -long
'celebration. ' Sister Rita lated:-that 415
*Mt•trdered.hrt an extra,I00.plus
• The4°14'16b,tatled ut,41n0 the P hold special
spot PritfierMartly,ls`heart and the feel-
s ingIsmutual. put
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PEDALLING FOR CANCER - Bradt Hindle and [leap Price set Out from the
Soaforth ,Community Centres on Sunday'. to Nese riteneYflor the Palter Goole* h
the 131k641-Theit-', and Vtittlic-a:Thon: tuitneht was Oluttppeineng, but partielpatits raised
$1,0d2. Elliott photo. 1, •
The report en the Seder* Cele. ty Dia.
ner mini -auction in last week's
ASO that the; trained set of
Purchased by Tom Hehithifileitinerit fetch-
ed $100: This neMber flihMeireett as the
pins went for 6440116 total
raised by the mini -auction to $1422The
Expositor apologizes for this -error. k
Huron County's finest will be running
and passing the torch this Monday, all
itt.kuppett of. the mentally ,handicapped.
°MOM from toriicipal Police depart.
mots, in Godeiphi Clinton and
SONO, and representatives from the
Gedetith and Exeter OPPidetschriterits
will participateAtt the With' annual
Lew EttfitrkeMetiC rforeh, Run.
Last year. 3,00,ofgeers from aroundthe province ran
eoverng 4,800 01.Torch Rwi,
04 and raising
. , event will
elialletigatithletem who
- will c�mpetein the - Ontario ,SPeeittl
it's been ran '
around here and there are 'S' aatte, a feat
tiest
diePii1010A stated' ec'.:41eff
Walirapeti 1. of the tAintOW.leptiOP
offRunners stort in in Mon -
straps • • wings
•
• ' • .
day morning at 9:00. They will carry a
symbolic torch and it will be relayed to
other runners along the route. The
Torch Run is expected to pass through
Clinton at 10:30 a.m., and it concludes
in Seaforth at About 11:30 a.m,
The fund raising portion of the Torch
Run is called the Adopt/A-Cop program.
Residents wishing to support the officers
in this charitable cause can obtain an
Adopt-A-CoP form from their local
police department.
Constable Viredraeen said they want to
raise as Mitch money as possible for
the torch Him. But the other purpose of
the relay is to, inerease public
awareness and understanding of the
mentally handicapped and the rewards
that fitness and sports can bring to
these children and adults.
He encouraged people to come out
and support the officers, and he added,
"Conte out and see us nm and die:"