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The Huron Expositor, 1997-09-03, Page 3[,lolii]GidGliiiGGf�G01s7GH Uv Huron Count0 Complete WEHICLEI RENTAL Headquarters 0 Small & Mid -sited Cars 0 Passenger & Cargo Vans, Pickup Trucks 0 Daily, Weekly, Monthly 0 Insurance Rentals & More 0 Free Delivery atCARR TRUCK UIITALB o Q Division of Suncoast Ford B 500 littron Rd., Godetich 0 CALL COLLRCT Ask for Helen 1 524-8347 g BEIIMICCIElf5E115 51!5 lelf1© E O IJ O 10 13 13 D 117 113 11) a a 13 a Business Beat Dolls, and more dolls, coming out owners' Don's & Friends is packed with a potpourri of "unsquc" gift items. 1t opened the sec- ond week of June on Seaforth's Main Street. A facelift on the front of the store, near the main intersec- ' 'onMieentIlAreceived its fin- moiru 'lig touch The gift store is= busy sisters, Linda' the Dublin area an Schenk of Zurich, who a both farmers and also contin- ue to run home-based busi- nesses,in those villages. Bonnie has Beauty Den hair- dressing in 'Zurich and Linda still runs Country Den gifts from the farmhouse near Dublin. A main street beats a farm laneway anyday for attracting customers it you're selling the kind of things Den's does, Linda says. Word olgmouth can only do so lin Lie h. Location is important in retailing. Long laneways can he intimidating for the timid and off -the -sidewalk. spur- of-the-moment sales are slim. The "real estate." the sisters say, is what caused them to set up shop in Seaforth. LITTLE EXTRA In the crafts and gifts busi- ness, selling something like Barhie doll collectables for instance, people appreciate the little extra. That extra phone call confirming you can get them what they want, when they want it. These cus- tomers come back. and spread .he word. "Word of mouth" is very important. "People like to be talked to. pampered." Bonnie says. "In another word, service." Such "high-end" dolls and their various accessories and accoutrements are prominent at Den's. who are the area representative for Mattel and the popular Barhie doll for instance. The other closest area reps are in big cities - London and Kitchener. Schenk and Neeb find Seaforth is "friendly" and jt>{t1 fdr enough away from latger'centres that customers are willing to drive here to shop. The owners feel if they were retailing in Lucan or Mitchell for instance, their market would probably prefer to shop in London or Stratford, respectively. You can also buy toy trac- tors or "Boyd Bears" at Den's. And a lot of other things. Customers in the crafts business arc looking for "something different." The shop hills itself: "Your One -Stop Shop For Interesting & Unique Gift Items." WIDE VARIETY It features, among other things, collectable dolls, porcelain and vinyl; plates, coins and prints; baby gift items: doll houses and furni- ture. miniature furniture; baby gift items; Lang graphic calendars and trams; "Anne of Green Gables" fine toys and dolls; rubber stamps and accessories; spice collections; bed and bath ensembks, cus- tomized jewelry, potpourri pies, prints, air fresheners, doors and draft stops, plunger covers, sun catchers, quilts 'tions. Abottt.s dozen area crafts - k also have their works on display. Both Bonnie and Linda Confidence from a course People who get tongue-tied or all knotted up inside at the prospect of speaking in front of a group, might benefit and gain confidence from an intensive course soon starting in this area. "It is a rare opportunity for such a small town," says Tom Mclady of RR 2, Dublin. Its called the Christopher Leadership Course, involving I l -weekly sessions of three hours each every Wednesday, starting Sept. 24 in Mitchell. The course, for anyone over 16 -years -old, is sponsored by a national governing body called The Lumen Institute of Canada, and is federally reg- istered as educational. Fees are tax deductible. There are 26 chapters and more than 2,000 people grad- uate per year. "Sherry Hugill, 18, of the Seaforth area, who took the course last January in a group of about 25 at St. Columban, says "it's the best 5100 bucks you could ever spend." "It helps you get over ner- vousness getting up talking to people. CONFIDENCE KEY "It works," says the SDHS grad who begins classes at CONTINUED on Page 5. have been going to doll shows far longer than they have been in business. The store is about 700 square feet. The lease is up in January and the sisters are considering another location up the street. in a small town like Seaforth similar businesses can't survive competing against one another, they say. Among other promotions. Den's plans to put on a chil- ears dren's fashion show in Ocioben, along with the Seaforth Co-operative Children's Centre. With so many things on the go, working at their new store is almost like a respite. the Den's owners say. 'lime flies. "It's unreal," they say. "Our customers love to talk and come in for a visit. We don't know where the time goes.., THE OWNERS -of Den's & Friends, a new gift store of Seatorth's Main Street, are sisters Linda Schenk of Zurich (lett) and Bonnie Neeb of Dublin, whp continue to also run homer - based businesses in those two nearby communitties. Poultry plant gets massage therapist BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Editor A local poultry plant will soon have an on-site massage therapist to work on its employees. Barbra Elliott, Registered Massage Therapist (RMT), will be spending a few days a week at the Cuddy poultry processing plant in Dublin and Cuddy Farms in Strathroy within a month. "Lt.'s-realty.e.ncouraging," says Elliott. Shc graduated from the two-year (or 2,300 hour) massage therapy course at D'Arcy Institute in London in June and wrote her Ontario government exam in July to obtain her licence to practise as an RMT. Presently she works at the Seaforth Chiropractic Centre two days a week, Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.tn. Things have really fallen into place schedule -wise with Elliott's work. She was offered the Cuddy position part-time and then heard the chiropractic centre was look- ing for another person just a few days a week. Elliott, originally from Elora, has friends in Seaforth and has played sports against teams here. And some of her clients do have sports -related muscle strains. There's a wide vari- ety of people who come in for massages. "it's recognized now more as a therapeutic treatment," she says. Elliott sees people with tendonitis, whip lash, muscle strains, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Sciatic nerve Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company Exeter, Ontario N Mt 1S1 (Established in 1876) Provides Fu11 insurance Coverage for Farm Properties New Applications Are Welcomed DIRECTORS & ADJUSTORS Jos 0d., RR. 5 isdlsi 3489705 Ads heart, aR2Oa& 34523E tany Grata, R.R. 2 Saila 3452578 Ja1t Hodpelt R.R I MGrM n 224 6152 Midrsl O'Shea R.R. 3 Gaston 225-2600 Wes tW&ss;RR2StPais 3q-(643 AGENTS Ware Mem, haw JoM Moon, 34in J.P. Unix, i11t1a1 Hwd Glia, Esser 2351915 345-2512 348.9012 255-0350 A rotund from surplus was declared for all policy hold- ers who qualify, are on record and in good standing as at December 31, 1996. problems and then there's massages for muscle tension and stress relieve - the relax- ation portion of massages. "Massage used to be viewed .as more a relaxation luxury. It is more therapy, more natural alternative health care, as opposed to drugs and medicine to treat something. People are look- ing for that. It's becoming more popular," she says. In school, massage.thera- pists aretaught. extensively , about human anatomy, physi- ology, pathology and kinesi- ology to understand the struc- ture and function of the tis- sues and muscles being treat- ed. "In Ontario, an increasing number of other health care professionals are including massage therapy as part of the clients.' general health care plan," she says. With Elliott's arrival, mas- sage therapy is now offered at the Seaforth Chiropractic Clinic Mondays to Thursdays from 9 to 9. The other RMT is Kim Preszcator. who works Tuesdays and Thursdays. "Sometimes we get refer- rals from Tom's (Devereaux, chiropractor) patients. The two (practises) really go hand in hand." The move from Elora to Seaforth wasn't that difficult for the new therapist. "I really like Seaforth. Everybody's friendly." 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