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Mints used to raise
awareness for shelter on
International Women's Day
MarkNonke8
A mint that could change a life. A
mint that could raise awareness. A.
mint that promotes women's right to
safety.
It's a lot to ask of a candy. Yet, on
International Women's Day, today,.
Mar. 8, a mint is being touted as a
gift to restaurant goers that could
do all of the above.
Michelle Hansen said diners at 17
locations across Huron County will
be treated to an after-dinner mint
sponsored by the Women's Shelter,
Second Stage Housing and
Counselling Services of Huron.
Hansen, the executive director of
the organization, said the name and
phone number on the wrapper of the
mint is a way to let the community
know how. they can get in touch
with the shelter.
"Having the general population
know about the shelter and its ser-
vices is crucial," Hansen said.
The Women's Shelter, located in
Goderich, provides emergency shel-
ter and transportation, counselling
for victims of sexual assault and
child witnesses of domestic assault.
Counselling is also available in
every town and hamlet throughout
Huron. Hansen said the shelter is a
safe and secure place for women to
go who need to get away from an
abusive situation.
"People need to be comfortable
with the fact that this is a safe
haven for them to go," said Carolyn
Merritt, owner of Bailey's Fine
Dining, a location that will distrib-
ute the mints throughout'the-week.
As women across the world cele-
brate International Women's Day,
Hansen said she is dedicated to pro-
moting equality.
"It's really for the benefit for both
genders."
For more information on the
Women's Shelter call 1-800-265-
5506.
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Michele Hansen (left) of the women's shelter and Carolyn Merritt of Bailey's
fine dining, hold a bowl of mints for international Women's Day.
Cardno's Men's Wear
staying open in Seaforth
Jeff Heuchert
Following a simple change of
heart from the store's owner,
Cardno's Men's Wear is staying open
on Seaforth's Main Street.
Owner Liz Cardno says after mak-
ing the decision to close the store
last fall, customers flooded her with
questions of concern.
In early January, Cardno made
the decision to keep the store open.
"Retirement sounded really really
great. But, I thought maybe I was
doing the wrong thing."
A contributing factor to her deci-
sion was that the store had a great
few months while she was planning
to close.
"We had the best fall season in
awhile," she says, admitting that
she probably panicked in her deci-
sion to close when sales were down
prior to the fall.
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Luckily, after deciding to stay
open, Cardno was able to keep her
staff, and she hopes all of her cus-
tomers will keep coming back too.
"It's really hard to have a loyal
clientele, and I have it and I'm
grateful for it."
Cardno says she wasn't sure what
she was going to do to keep herself
busy when the store closed,
although she was considering other
retail jobs on Main Street.
Cardno says there won't be many
changes to her store, other than she
will begin carrying a larger selection
of women's clothing, and therefore
plans to rename the store to just
Cardno's, so people don't think of
only men's clothes when they see
the name.
And, there might be other small
improvements along the way as
well.
"If I can improve (the store), all
the better for everyone," she says.