Times-Advocate, 1988-11-09, Page 5n
the
Street
By Jim Beckett
The NHL brand of justice has just proven it's not what you do but
who you do it to'aftcr handing down a ridiculous 12 -game suspen-
sion to Dave Shaw of the New York Rangers. •
The Exeter native retaliated to a crosscheck from Pittsburg's Mario
Lemieux, felling the NHL's newest favourite with a hard blow to the
chest. Lemieux, who incidentally, could have a bright career ahead of
him in movies or theatre, proved his acting ability is just as good as
his hbckky praying, as he dropped to the ice and lay still for about
five minutes. .
There is no doubt Shaw's conduct deserves disciplinary action. But
the kangaroo court style of the NHL overreacted in a way that
shocked all the hockey followers I know.
Keep in mind that Shaw .was provoked, that he retaliated with only
one blow, that Mario Lemieux was not injured and, in fact, his point
collection -has not been slowed at all.
Compare this with Dino Ciccarelli's 10 -game sgspension after
swinging hard several times last year at Toronto's Luke Richardson.
How about Mark Messier's six -game penalty for knocking out
Rich Sutter's teeth; or Rick Tocchet's 10 -game -suspension for eye -
gouging the Islander's Dean Chynoweth.
Where's the consistency? I hate to think what would have happened
to Messier if he had struck Lemieux instead of. Sutter. The NHL
might have suspended him for life. •
Shaw undoubtedly regrets his incident with Lemieux and it should
be pointed out that it was certainly out of character for him. Locals
who have followed his long: hockey career know him as a fairly
steady defenseman who has definitely proven he is not a "goon"
player. -
Hockey is a game where you mustplayhard against your opposi-
tion. When you compare the recent_penalties handed down with light
punishment. for abusing journeyman -players and much harsher jus-
tice when the stars of the game are involved, you can't help but feel
sorry for the average player. Just ask Sutter or Chynoweth.
* * * * * * * * * *
B.I.A. chairperson Karen Pfaff reports the request for expansion of
the organization is all but approved after receiving only one written
objection. It is expected council will pass the necessary by-law in
the near future. -
* * * * * * * * * * .
Exeter retailers will -be requested to begin opening evenings for
Christmas shopping beginning Thursday, December 1. Surveys were
taken after last year's extended opening period with no one showing
opposition. Susan Moore of the Feather Tick commented -at the
B.I.A. meeting Wednesday that last year's longer hours certainly ben-
efitted her business.
*- * * * * * *.* * *
Exeter Legion -Branch 167 will hold their annual Remembrance
Day banquet Friday at 7:00 -p.m. The banquet is open to all Legion
members and veterans.
* * * * * * * * * *
Where have all the pot holes gone? Those of us who occasionally
drop our children off at Exeter Public School have an advantage in
answering this question because we have to drive over them. The
cast end of Victoria St. has more pot holes in a 50 -foot stretch than
any other streetin town.
Back
in time
10 years ago
•Ratepayers prepared to go to the polls in most
but some had only to vote for school board representatives.
and Usborne Townships all members were acclaimed
were needed at all. • -
•A Thamesford man was hurt in Hensall while
He suffered back and neck injuries after falling
paved lot behind the Bank of Montreal.
•The Hensall Community Centre was opened to
of 250 people. Dignitaries at the ribbon c utting included
inley and MPP Jack Riddell.
•The Junior Panthers Football team reached the
Perth conference with a 21-6 win over Stratford
Godcrich stood in the way of the championship
20 years ago
•Meetings were to be held in Exeter, Grand Bend,
livray to fill vacancies on council.
�T ^
area municipalities,
In Stephen
and no elections
stringing hydro lines.
from a tree onto the
the admiring looks
MP Bob McK-
finals of the Huron
Northwestern. Only
title.
Lucan and.McGil-
for excellence in
from 150 Canadian
Day services: a
election of U.S.
for Canada".
destroyed in
and a cow were
The barn was
-
in Lucan after
a trap police had set
of goods from the
Lucan.
of an Exeter
•
2:45 a.m., 6 a.m. our
Germany, condition
WAR ENDED"
Exeter's Main Street
an effigy of the
bonds to their limit.
loans to wage
•Dashwood Industries received a Sheppard award
construction materials. The selection was made
firms by the Association of Industrial Advertisers.
•As area municipalities gathered for Remembrance
speaker at the Exeter ceremony warned that the recent
Republican president Richard Nixon was "not good
SO years ago
•The fine,barri of George Brock of Zion was completely
• a fire of unknown origin shortly after noon. Two horses
brought to safety along with some farm implements.
insured or $3,000 and produce for $900.
•A paf young burglars from London were captured
one shot h dbeen fired as they tried to escape from
for them They later confessed to robbing $75 worth
Red and White store and Stanley's Hardware in
•A bold daylight robber entered the first -floor bedroom
man and stole $7 right from his pants
-. s
70 years ago
•"VICTORY, armistice signed November 11 at
time: Ex Kaiser fled toHolland. Red revolution in
in Germany in a fearful State," read the Exeter Advocate.
The Exeter Times went with the headline "WORLD
and told of noisy impromptu car processions down
and a huge bonfire lit in front of the Town Hall where
Kaiser was held 20 feet in the air and burnt.
•Ads were recommending everyone buy Victory
Banks were instructed to help the purchase by making
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Times -Advocate, November 9;-1988 Page 5
SatitUtse
NEW MACHINERY FOR A NEW PLANT - Len Hume stands beside
one of the two drycleaning machines that will handle all of Image Cleaners
drycleaning once the new facility starts up this week. The computerized
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machines are imported from Italy and are so sophisticated they distill and
recycle their own cleaning solutions.
Image opens state-of-the-art facility
By Adrian- Harte
HENSALL - This village has just
becoine the centre of South Huron's
. textile processing industry. Some
people might think oT it as just dry_
cleaning, but to Len Hume it is a
business that has nowhere to go but
.Up.
Patrick Knight, owner- of Star.
Time Video and Video Premiere In-
ternational, has joined forces with
Hume to open a new Si million -fa-
cility for Image Cleaners in the
building which used -to house Agri -
press in-Hensall.
Herne looks around at the shining
and evidently sophisticated Machin-
ery and says "there's nothing newer
you can buy anywhere".
The equipment can handle 2.4
million pounds- of laundry every
year, a capacity Hume expects to
reach Within 18 months. Two mil-
lion pounds will be devoted to wet
laundry and 4 million will be han-
dled in drycleaning.
It takes 14 people to run the com-
puterized equipment at present, and
as the company grows flume ex-
pects he will need another 14 soon.
Ten employees work in the retail
stores from Strathroy to Mitchell.
Theobject of the expansion is
not to capture more of the retail
drycleaning market, but rather to
find new contracts with health care
and hospitality industries.
"We saw a real need in this arca
for commercial laundry capacity,"
said Hume, noting many area nurs-
ing homes, hospitals, and hotels
have their linens, tablecloths and
uniforms washed in London. Hume
wants to provide a competitive al-
ternative.
"We hope to get some of that
business," he said.
The relocation of Image Cleaners
from Exeter to Hensall sparked
some controversy earlier in the year
because Hume was prepared to build
his facility on the now -vacant Dan -
Brie property, but encountered de-
lays in getting approval. When the
Hensall property became available,
Hume saw his chance t� get his
business rolling six months earlier.
Hume also likes to call his equip-
ment "state-of-the-art" in terms of
its enviromiirental prowwedon capa-
bilities.
Drycleaning doesn't use water.
but a solvent known as perchloreth-
ylene. The pair of new Italian,.
computer -controlled drycleaning
machines installed at Image are
completely sealed. -They have no
vents and no drains. Dirty solvent
is distilled and recirculated for the
next load of wash.
- "It's much too expensive to
waste," said Hume, adding that the
machines lose only 10 percent of
their perchlorethylene per year. It
is absorbed in the dirt removed from
the machine and sent to a licensed
facility in Toronto for recovery and
destruction.
Hot water is also environmentally
hazardous to lagoon systems, so
Image Cleaners is installing a heat
exchanger to reduce outgoing water
from 50° celsius to 15°. Because
the system also heats incoming wa-
ter up to 44° Hume expects. the heat
exchanger to pay for itself in re-
duced energy costs within six years.
Sediments and dirt particles will
be filtered out of waste water and
future plans call for a method -to co-
agulate and skim oils from the wa-
ter.
Conservation is also of concern
to Hume. The new machinery will
reuse clean rinse water and contrib-
ute to a reduction of Image Clean-
ers' water demand from 2 gallons
per pound of laundry to only 1.1 or
1.2 gallons.
There isn't anything this facility
can't do, according to Hume.
"There isn't a fabric we can't han-
dle," he said, citing everything from
he sees mounting environmental
concerns over the use of disposable
paper such as paper towels and dia-
pers. Some groups are already wor-
ricd about the huge amount of ur-
ban landfill needed to handle diapers
alone.
"We think thcrc's going to be a
resurgence in reusables," said
Hume, pointing to their lower cost
and environmental soundness.
Image Cleaners is also purchasing
Forest City Detergents in an effort
to give a more complete service to
commercial customers.
the most delicate silk to heavily- Hume says while the textile pro-.
soiled mechanics' rags. cessfng-intry i?; costly in terms
"If we can providgahe-tmffier- . of labour and energy, it does have
one advantage:
"We don't have to worry about
heating our building in the winter,"
he said, indicating the heat given
off by water tanks, the large ironing
machine, and clothes presses keeps
everything warm. -
vice with better quality, that's
great," said Hume, who anticipates
some seasonal demand to come
from hotels. -
"I can see a big bulge in student
employment in the summertime to
handle that."
When Hume looks to the future,
NEW IMAGE CLEANERS PLANT - The new Hensall plant of Image Cleaners was officially opened Saturday.
Imageofficials Len Hume, left and Pat Knight at the right assist Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff, Hensall reeve Jim
Robison and Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell in cutting the ribbon.
In defence of feline friends
Dear Jim,
I hope you and the mayor•ivc me if I
address one of the queNi, •n, to him in
last week's paper. 1 am u''lit ; to • Iler,tc the
ramblings ofget o. • the London Free
Press, but when 0 .tny own local
paper, I ani unable -tai-resict the. temptation to
reply.
In the canine' .. sus feline conte; : n). there
are many common habits which all pet owners
must deal with. Both species will bite, scratch,
carry flea:, -a, 'ven rabies. Both will dig up
flower be is on (K. scion, although it has been
my ex Ix nc -ice that cats usually cover up their
excavations while ..ogs have a more cavalier at-
titude to tidiness.
-You say you are a cat -hater. I am sorry for
you, as you are missing one of the great pleas-
ures of life. I am fond of both dogs and cats,
but admit to a preference for the latter for rea-
sons which follow. It has always been my be-
lief that revenues from dog tags should be used
to defray the costs of problems caused by dogs,
which you must admit are more prevalent than
those caused by cats. If you can honestly an-
swer yes to any of the following "have you
ever" questions. I am willing to discuss this is-
sue farther. If not, please let us hear no more
about it: -
Have you ever: '
1) read an account in which a pack of cats is ac-
cused of running farm animals to exhaus-
tion?
2) heard of cats invading chicken coops to kill
fowl?
3) been chased by a meowing cat while riding a
bicycle?
4) been afraid to approach the front door of a
house because a cat is meowing and growl-
ing at you on the front step?
5) seen a news account of a small child being
. sent to. hospital for multiple stitches to the
face to the face and head area after being
mauled by a large cat?
6) heard of a meter reader or postman being sent
to emergency after an encounter with a "pit
bull" type cat?
7) had your toddler knocked flat and terrified by
an overly exuberant cat?
8) had a cat chase your dog up a tree in his own
yard from which he refuses to come down?
9) been followed on a public sidewalk by a cat
which is growling and nipping at your
heels?
10) suffered the indignity of having a cat stick
its nose in certain portions of your lower
anatomy and push you back three paces
while you are tying to hold a serious con-
versation with its owner?
I thought not. Please, let us have no more
prejudice against the animal that Lewis Carroll
described thusly: "It is a very inconvenient hab-
it of kittens that, whatever you say to them,
they ALWAYS purr."
Sincerely, Helen Hodgins
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