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Times-Advocate, 1988-02-10, Page 7• n the Street.., By Jim Beckett Steve Wuerth, of Calgary, son of Rae and Willa Wuerth, has- been selected•to drive VIPs at the Olympics. Steve is one of several Al- berta Gas employees' who -have been allowed to participate in the Olym- pics. Before being acapted, he has to undergo an RCMP security clearance. ***s****•************s*********•******•**** If Bob Sargeant ever gets tired of sealing Fords, he could probably stall a second successful career wagering on sporting events. A few months ago, when all the Toronto Blue Jays had to do to clinch their division was collect one •morewin(witit several games remaining, Bob fished ine in for the first time. He said the Jays didn't have a chance and challenged me to show my confidence in thc local favorites by putting up a bottle of Crown Royal. The rest of that story is history with Bob adding another trophy to his bar collection. I should have been suspicious on Super Bowl Sunday when the master called and said he was giving me a chance to get even. "In fact, you can pick whichever team you want, " he chortled. This was only a few sec- onds after the announcer had touted Denver's John Elway as perhaps be- ing the best quarterback in football history. Bob really set me up when he interjected the information that Washing- ton was picked to win by.3 1/2 points. This time I've got him, I thought, as my pick automatically went to Denver. • • It's still not clear whether Sargeant has the Midas touch or teams auto- matically choke when I pick them to win. If anybody ever hears me betting on the Exeter Mohawks... stop me quick ..: please ***************************************** Thanks to Don Brown at Hasty Market, Exeter has finally hit the big time. Despite all the advantages of living in town there has always been one thing lacking to make my stay here totally enjoyable. That's the lack of availability\of thc Toronto weekend newspapers. Once you'te,been hooked on the habit of reading the Sunday papers, it's difficult to dowithout it. In the past other variety stores have made the Toronto -Star available on weekends only between June and Labor Day. You -just get to like it and then the enjoyment of a Sunday paper is snatched away for another year. Let's hope the Sun is available in Exeter for a- long time. **************.****************r********** This is -the time of year when many small businesses fall prey to the old."phoney invoice" scheme. - Usually the small print (sometimes in several languages) has the dis- claimer the invoice look-alike is actually a solicitation for sales in a business directory or other publication. Unfortunately more thana few businesses automatically pay. ***************************************** The voice at the other end of the telephone sounded serious when he asked if I happened to know the penalty for killing somconc else's dog. I don't ... but I've often thought about it myself. My friend's story about picking up chicken bones and other garbage strewn across his garage floor made me undcrstand why people can be driven to take desperate action. "It's happened many times," he wailed. "The little hound gets into my garbage by chewing through the plastic bags." "I've chased him, yelled at him, thrown rocks at him and he still comes back, " my friend complained. "What can I do?" My two pieces of advice were given in humor... but who knows? My friend is desperate.. I told him -to go to a reputable sporting goods store and buy the best cross -bow they have, or take the second option, which could be more fun and less expensive: - Follow the animal and find out where his owner lives and take your gar- bage over to his.garage, chicken bones and all. **************************************************** A ladyat the post.office had a suggestion Thursday for my column she felt would-tenefirlocal organizations-whocampaign door to door raising funds. She says Exeter is ready for a United Way campaign. This would in- volve several groups joining together and raising money under the United Way banner and splitting the proceeds under whatever formula they would agree to each year. ************************************************* Give crcdit to Eddie Shack for telling everyone at last Tuesday's Sportsmen's Dinner he hasdifficulty reading and writing. Shack, perhaps, better known for his personality than his hockey play- ing skills, said one of the biggest disappointments in his life is not be- ing able to read the best-selling book written by one -of his closest friends, the late Paul Rimstcad. He stressed getting an education as something that should be a goal of alt young people. - If feeding large numbers in a fast, efficient manner was a sport the women who worked the Sportsmen's Dinner would all be signing auto- ,anhs at the head table. Dolores Shapton and the members of Huron South District Wom- en's Institutes can calm the hungry appetites of hundreds in a matter of minutes. Times -Advocate, February 10, 1988 Page 7 KIipN'Kurl - _bel s realize dreams than she thoughi ing and tanning facilities to her op - If all goes well, Kinsman is also oration in the Village Walk build - entertaining the idea of adding wax- ing. Like many people working for are any indication of' what is in both Targe and small companies, store for the business, she says she Karen Kinsman dreamt of one day may have to consider this sooner opening her own business. On Tuesday, February 2 that dream be came reality. Kinsman has opened her own hairdressing boutique in Hensall under the name Klip N'Kurl. The decision to go into business for herself came suddenly as she found herself in a position to rent the property which formerly housed Simple Expressions, a bou- tique and hair salon. Even though Hensall already had one hair bou- tique, a barber shop and several people who cut hair in their own homes, Kinsman felt that the vil- lage still had room for one more salon. "I thought that Hensall needed another one," said Kinsman, who caters to a family-oriented clien- tele. She aims to serve -everyone from toddlers to grandparents, both men and women. Kinsman attended hairdressing school in Brantford and recently worked at Concept II in Exeter. She lives near Varna and is conse- quently quite familiar with most -of her customers. "Hensall people know me too," said Kinsman. No appointment is necessary; even though Kinsman herself does all the cutting and styling, she does hope to add another employee to lessen the load. If her first few days KL!P N'KURL sall haidressing Karen Kinsman has salon. her dream of running her own business with the opening of her Hen - Roommate operator to receive award By Adrian Harte A Grand Bend businesswoman is to receive an award for outstanding achievement for her creation and operation of Roommate, a success- ful year-round house-cleaning ser- vice in the village. Carla Stevenson .will go to To- ronto on March 7 to accept the Minister's Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Ministry of Skills Development. The ministry loaned Stevenson S3,000 in 1987 so that she could get her busincss under way. Not only did Steven- son pay back the loan by the Octo- ber deadline, but she has also re- mained in busincss through the winter. The award is based not only on financial success of sponsored businesses, but also includes crite- ria such as creativity and the work- force involved. - The Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce informed .Stevenson of the existence of the loan program and encouraged her to apply for it. AWARD WINNER - Carla Stevenson will receive the Minister's Award for outstanding achievement for her creation of Roommate, a Grand Bend housecleaning service. Heather Klopp heads NDP association Heather Klopp of RR2 Zurich has become the first NDP riding association president for the newly - created provincial Huron riding. Klopp was nominated to the presidency on January 10, but she is no stranger to the party as she was also riding association presi- dent for the previous Huron - Middlesex riding. Hcr husband Paul has been the NDP candidate for the area in.the past two provin- cial elections. Klopp is pleased with the inroads her party has made in this county against the traditions which usual- ly lead voters to support the Liber- als or Conservatives. "We doubled our numbers of votes," said Klopp about last Tall's provincial election for this riding. The NDP is now the official oppo- sition at Queen's Park: a Tirst for the party in this province. "We were generally happy with how we came out in this election." Although the riding association is not responsible for party policy, it is responsible for increasing pub- lic awareness of that policy and building the membership for the party. "When people do think of the NDP, they think of labour, but the NDP docs have some very good policies on agriculture, the environ- ment...things which affect•everyone every day," said Klopp. "There's a lot of good ideas there. We can't just keep going back and forth between the two parties," be- lieves Klopp, who said that her in- terest in the NDP began after a year in a political science class at univer- sity. Shc found herself leaning more towards the social end of the political spectrum and, to her, the NDP setmed to best represent those ideals. ASSOCIATION PRESIDEN - Heather Klopp of RR2 Zurich is the "They're out to help the ordinary person;' Klopp explained. president of the NDP riding association for Huron County. The NDP riding association for Huron County is still a small oper- ation, but Klopp and her executive will be responsible for preparing the membership for organizing the par- ty's campaign in both federal and provincial elections. "It's a team thing," said Klopp who considers her presidency as just a position that someone had to fill and really no more significant than any other position on the executive. She credits membership secretary Tony McQuail with getting her in- terested in the workings of the asso- ciation. "He's the one who has given me the encouragement and opportuni- ty," said Klopp." Klopp hopes that the association will be able to make more people aware of what the NDP has to offer them and she wants to encourage more voters to take a part in thc po- litical process. "It doesn't do anybody any good to just sit around 'and complain," said Klopp. "If you want to sec something go better, you should have some input into it." "I was phenomenally busy," Ste- venson said of her first month in business last year. It was only April and she was having trcmcn• - It's Your Business dous response to her creation of a housecleaning service she named Roommate. "We were just swamped," she said even though she did not expect much busincss until later in the summer. May brought a 166 percent in- crease in busincss and Stevenson found that she and her workforce of six cleaners- had their hands full. Shc was worried that if she adver- tised her busincss rather than rely- ing on word of mouth, she would not be able to cope with the de- mand. "I didn't want to get to the point of taking on all this work and .not being able to do it," explained Ste- venson. The first calls to Roommate were for one-time spring cleanings of homes and cottages, but Stevenson soon found that business was pick- ing up weekly customers and com- mercial contracts for restaurants. By the time the summcr season ended, Stevenson could see the de- mand for cleaning services would decrease along with Grand Bend's population, but she knew she could keep Roommate running through the winter. "Why stop," she reasoned. 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