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OFFICIAL OPENING - OBPMB manager Charlie Broadwell looks. on .while agriculture minister Jack Riddell,
board chairman Allan Siemon and contractor BiII.Loyens take part in a ribbon -cutting ceremony to officially open
the beanboard's new headquarters. In the background are MP Murray Cardiff and Doug Hope from W.G. Thomp-
son and Sons Ltd.
BOARDROOM - OBPMB Manager Charlie Broadwell stands in the doorway of the director's board room in the
new OBPMB office complex:
Officially open mean headquarters
LONDON - The spacious, attrac-
tive and functional new hcadquartcrs
.of the Ontario Bean Producers Mar-
keting Board was officially opened
on Tuesday, June 21-with'a ribbon -
cutting ceremony attended by Onta-
rio agriculture minister Jack Riddell
and.N'1P Murray Cardiff.
Cardiff•noted that the pulscyector
has .been one of the fastest-growing
areas in agriculture, approaching the
S200 -million mark in annual farm -
gate sales.
Both politicians remarked on the
fact 80 percent of Ontario white
beans arc exported to countries
around the world.
The red brick complex at 140 Ra-
ney Crescent in southwest London
.contains 4,100 square feet divided
into offices, board room, reception
and computer arca, a walk-in vault
. and storage space: Two furnaces
and two air conditioners give greater
control over internal temperature.
The building°has its own. well and
septic system.
One computer is devoted entirely
to the recently implemented tripar-
tite stabilization plan, and the othcr
keeps the records on' the 3,900
white pea bean producers in Onta-
rio. Producers' records arc stored in
the concrete vault.
The S300,000 structure is one of
the first office buildings erected by
Bill Loycns, better known for his
high quality homes.
'We chose the middle plan -not
the most expensive, not the cheap-
est", OBPMB manager Charlie
Broadwell explained earlier. .
Board directors, staff and manager
were all involved in the design, and
worked with -a consultant in choos-
ing the overall decor. The furni'
ture, paintings and wall colours in
the individual offices were the per-
sonal choices of the people occupy -
Eng those rooms.
Deciding to go ahead with a new
base of operations was one of a
number of resolutions that came
out of an unusual "think-tank" ses-
sion arranged.by Broadwell in early
'87. :.
Broadwell Maintains that "it's not
good enough to produce a commod-
ity - you have to produce for prof-
it". Ile believes that to survive in
agriculture today, farmers must be
born optimists .able to adapt to
changes and make them work: This
means being receptive to new ideas
and new ways of tackling problems.
Broadwell was so impressed with
a talk on creativity at the Ontario
Food Producers' annual a few years
ago that he later contacted the semi-
nar leader and eventually obtained
the formula for creating an atmos-
phere conducive to breaking out of
old thought patterns.
The recipe calls for a bright, airy
room containing comfortable indi-
vidual chairs and an abundance of
living green plants. A background
of baroque music, "the hit parade of
1750", completes the setting.
Broadwell finally found the per-
fect site, a country club in a wood- -
ed ravine on the outskirts of Toron-
to.
There was no agenda. Long-term
planning, marketing concepts and
the future direction of the bean in-
dustry were examined.. • .
"All thinking was positive, and
only the pluses were recorded".
Broadwell said. •
The possibility of building a new
office,_which had been under discus-
sion for some time, was brought
up at the creativity session,.- In the
current location in south London,
everything was crammed into 1,850
square feet, and a substantial rent
increase was looming. The dime -
tors concluded that building their
own office was an excellent idea.
-A search for a suitable lot began
last spring, construction started in
the.summer, and the building was
in use by last November. The
board was able to sublet the old
quarters until expiration of the
lease.
Although initially thw directors
had some misgivings about their
unusual day, OBPMB chairman Al-
lan Sicmon, RR5 Mitchell, later
said it was the hest exercise he had
ever gone through. Vice chairman
Ken Carnochan, RR4 Scaforth,
agreed, saying "we came away feel-.
ing we -had accomplished quite a
lot"
The spirit of optimism and inno=
ration is still dominant. The day
after the official opening of the new
OBPMB office, a trade mission
headed by Broadwell. and Sicmon
headed off to Tunisia and Algeria.
Bridal shower in Shipka
By MRS. HUGH MORENZ
SIIIPKA. About 25 attended -a
miscellaneous bridal shower, for
Connie Kaak, at Shipka Communi-
ty ,Ventre, last Wednesday night
June 29.
The south group were in charge
of games and lunch refreshments.
Assisting Connie to open her
gifts were the girls who will be her
bridal attendants, maid of honour,
Jeanette Kaak, Heather Hern and Ju-
lie Kaak, who will be bridesmaids.
Connie graciously thanked every-
one. Connie is the daughter of Joe
and Dianne Kaak, and she will be
married later this month to Phil
Masse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clare.
Masse.
Schilbe reunion
At the Schilbe picnic on July 3,
1988, there were games, races, ball
throws and sack races. The ages
were 6 and under and from 7 years
to 13 years. The sack races were the
most exciting, as you could scc so
many follies. The older kids had to
run. backwards.
There. were 50 in attendance com-
ing from as far as Grimshaw, Al-
berta to Mount Clemens, Michi-
gan, also local relatives.
A few other prizes given out was
to the man who had most Si bills,
won by Tony Regier, the baldest
man, Earl Schilbc and Tony Regier,
the woman with the most rings
won by Donna Klopp, and the
grandparentswith most grandchil-
dren. were Mr. and . Mrs. Earl
Schilbe.
Sandra Dawn Babich, was young-
est attending. A special guest was
Mrs. Gertrude Sitter, from Forest
Nursing Home. So it .was an excit-
ing day for the Schilbles at Shipka
Community Centre.
Bus trip
Those from this arca on..the one
day bus trip, last Wednesday, to Ni-
agara Falls and Marincland were,
Fcrnion and Leota Snyder, Dorothy
Fenner, Madeline Sweitzer and An-
nie Morenz.
We left Grand Bend at 8 a.m. and
picked up othcr Seniors from Dash-
wood and Exeter. Out first stop for
a coffee break was about 10 a.m. at
a McDonald's near Kitchener. Then
to Marincland where we saw two
water shows with killer whales and
seals.
It is wonderful to sec all the
tricks they' arc trained to do. Lunch
break was in cafeteria at Marine -
land: At 2:30 we left for view the
Falls which are always so magnifi-
cent to see. Leaving the Falls we
drove along the escarpment and
gorge area, saw lovely flower gar-
dens, the huge generator station,
the Niagara Parks flower clock and
Crediton
by Mrs. Stan Preszcator
CREDITON The worship ser-
vice Sunday morning wasin charge
of Rev. -Robert. Peebles who was
the speaker. His sermon topic was.
taken from Ephcsians 4:1-7 and 11-
24 titled "Onc World Church"..
Thanks to Rev. Peebles for -his
very interesting message.
No choir practice, till Wednesday
July 20 ar 8 p.m.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator
were Sunday supper guests with
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Durrell, Wilk,
ton.
llopc everyone had a safe and
happy holiday weekend.
CLIFF -SHEWFELT,
Manager, Huron Agricultural
Centre
IL CHAUNCEY SODERBERG
Account Manager,
Huron Agricultural Centre
DOUG McRAE
Account Manager.
Huron Agncultural Centre
We are pleated to announce the re-
.. cent appointment of D.M. (Doug)
McRae•as account manager at the
. •Huron"Agricultural Centre located
•
-n•Exetdr, Ontario.
Mr. McRae brings with him -a solid
background in agriculture and agri-
cultural banking. Mr. McRae, to-
gether with the other management
staff located throughout Htiron
County look forward to mooting your
deposit/investment and borrowing
needs. .
BILL WARD
Manager, Goderict)
JOHN SIMS
Manager, Clinton
GARRY BASKETT
Manager, Exeter
Brock's monument. We had a half
hour stop at the lovely rose gar-
dens.
Our supper stop was at the. As-
•toria•Convention Centre, in Cam-
bridge, where we had a delicious
hot smorgasbord meal.
We travelled on a Cha Co Trails
bus with driver, Pete McNaughton,
who always gives interesting com-
mentary.
Our hostess was Nola Love, who
kept us entertained with guessing
games and lcd a sing a long of old
time favourites on the way home.
We arrived back in Grand Bend
around 8:30.
Personals • * .
Dr. Glenn and Nancy Babich and
daughtcr Sandra Dawn, of Grim-
rshaw, Alberta in the Peace River
arca, arrived home to spend a two
week vacation with her parents and
family, Ken and Ortha Baker.
Saturday night we accompanied
Les and Marjorie Adams, Of Exet-
er, and Blanche Chapman, of Lon-
don, to the weddingtcception, held
at Mitchell Community Centre,
for our great nephew, Tony Chaffe
and his bride Candice Beckett.
Hugh and I attended the funeral,
Thursday, of our cousin, Mrs. Al-
bert (Anne) Coleman, of London.
Hugh was one of the pallbearers:
Ken and Ortha Baker attended a
Buck and Doc barbecue supper par-
ty on June 2), tor their niece Lissa
Schilbe, daughter of laird and Viv-
ian Schilbe, and her fiancee Robert
Kolkman, at Uncle Laird's, "Forest
Retreat". The young'couplewill
marry early.this month.
We received word last week that
our 18 year old niece, Tanya Dell,
of Belleville, graduated from High
School as an Ontario scholar, with
an average of 80 percent. She has
been accepted into the University
of Ottawa to do her Bachelor .of
Nursing Science. -
Hugh and I attended a family
gathering, last Monday June 27, at
my sisters. Mary and Art Finlay-
son, in Seaforth, when visiting
cousins from U.S. were here.
Those attending were Donnie and
Louis Gable, of Pittsburgh P.A.
John and Bobbie McLean. of De-
toril, Michigan, Beverley Ford,
Grand Valley, Donald Jackson,
Hensall arca, Verna Hay, Exeter
and Fred and Betty Tilley, Sear
forth.
We had dinner and supper togeth-
er, enjoyed reminiscing and visit-
ing, looking'at pictures, and cele-
brated Beverley's birthday with cake
and ice-cream.
Shipka Community folks arc re-
minded of the annual school picnic
to be held at the Community Cen-
tre, July 13, at 7 p.m. Sports and
games for young and old. A 50-50
draw to be held.
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