Times-Advocate, 1988-03-09, Page 7n
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If the T -A's much publicized weight -losing competition was held un-
der Olympic rules 1 would have just missed winning a bronze medal by
the slim margin of .60 percent.
For those of you who doubt the importance of intensive training and
dieting, the accomplishments of Ross Haugh over the past two
months are worth noting.
Haugh, the most senior member of the plump group of four, was a
slow starter in peeling off the pounds but as the contest wore on the
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rest of us knew we were in trouble.
Our editor combined exercise, diet and couple of bouts with the flu
(probably self-inflicted) into a successful program. His loss of an
amazing 6.1 percent of his original body weight gives Haugb the gold
medal in the contest.
Sports writer Mark Bisset, my personal favorite and the darling of
the T -A coffee break ladies, buckled under the pressure and had to settle
for a silver medal. He shed 4.7 percent of his original weight.
Business manager Don Smith just edged by me for the bronze
spoon award by losing 4.1 percent of his starting weight. Both Smith
and Bisset sought outside help in the contest by joining an aerobics
class in Hcnsall.
Iguess my results in our Olympian -style test of will was the most
disappointingending with a loss of only 3.5 percent. It might be coin-
cidence, but my favorite athlete at the Calgary Olympics was Eddie the
Eagle who set a new ski-jumping record for Great Britain.
For all of you who are serious about health and weight the following
statistics you are about to read will let you know more about us than
practically everybody else in the world.
Original Present Amount % Winnings
Weight Weight Lost Lost to date
Ros Haugh 197 185 12 6.1 150
Marie Bisset 216 206 10 4.7 0
Don Smith 199 191 8 4.1 0
Jim Beckett 230 222 8 3.5 0
Congratulations to Ross on a superb performance. In total our small
group lost 39 lbs in two months which really is amazing when you
consider the dedication and perseverance each of us brought into the
competition.
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Aerobics really do work
Jon Dinney of Exeter and Jim Rowe of Hensall have recently re-
turned from an assault against the fish under the ice on Lake Nipissing.
Apparently the freezer at the Dinncy household is bulging with fresh
fish with Jon laying claim to landing the largest, a whopping 5.5 lb.
pike. * * * *
We don't intend to lower this column to the standards of the National
Enquirer but some things just beg to be reported.
If you believe drinking and driving are a danger on the highway, a
scene we witnessed on a Sunday afternoon while driving back to Exet-
er from the hockey game in Harriston places necking and driving a
close second.
Just north
of Listowel we approached a
(year, color
and model withheld to protect the amorous individuals). As '
we pulled closer it was obvious the driver and his passenger were too
wrapped up in themselves to be concerned about what was going on in
the rest of the world.
Without going into graphic detail let's just say I've seen tamer things
on restricted movies.
In order to protect our 12 -year-old from the view ahead, I slowed
down, but not before my son shouted "Dad, we might know them, the
car has a Frayne sticker on the back".
it was just then the vehicle turned at a sideroad near Brodhagen. I al-
most had Derek convinced the couple actually live somewhere down
that road.
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Creative sign writing must be a strong point for someone at Bud-
dy's Restaurant in Grand Bend. The message pulls no punches
when it advises those who drive by to "Eat here or we both starve".
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Times -Advocate, March 9, 1988 Page 7
Lasers high-tech solution for Draycon
By Adrian (larte
Lasers. The word brings to mind
science fiction space battles, high-
tech microsurgery or compact disc
digital audio, but Bob McIntosh of
Draycon Equipment Corporation
might think first of drainage tile
and the construction industry.
Draycon is the only company in
southwestern Ontario that sells and
services the lasers used for survey-
ing land or drainage systems, and
the lasers used to guide construc-
tion machinery for grading or exca-
vating. Draycon is right here in
Exeter.
"We cover all of Ontario and the
Maritimes," says McIntosh of the
company that used to be a division
of Big 'O. The companies divided
in 1980 at a time when the laser
market was almost exclusively
concerned with drainage tile. Since
then the poor agricultural economy
has caused declining sales in lasers
used for grading drainage.
Since 1984 Draycon has been ex-
panding into a new field, the sale
of laser systems to the construc-
tion industry for aligning founda-
tions, floors, ceilings, and sewage
nine. This now accounts for 80
percent of Draycon's business.
"We're fortunate that we have
been able to grab that part of the
market," said McIntosh. He notes
that the newest market direction is
coordinating lasers with excavating
equipment, automatically control-
ling their digging action to the ex-
act depth required for the project, be
it a foundation, a trench or a road.
The technology is not as new as
it might sound. Lasers have been
used for surveying for around 15
years.
In some of Draycon's products,
such as a laser -level or a laser -plane,
the laser is mounted vertically and
is deflected by a rotating prism so
that the system functions as a mini-
ature lighthouse. The beam scans
outward perfectly level and is picked
up by sensors to give a measure-
ment of height accurate to within an
eight of an inch at 500 feet.
Huron
approves
restructuring
study
Huron County Council has rec-
ommended further study on an advi-
sory commiuee's report on the re-
structuring of county government.
The committee made 36 recom-
mendations that would alter the
structure and responsibilities of
County Council.
Council recommended that recom-
mendations 2-36 be adopted and that
John Eakins, Minister of Municipal
Affairs, be advised legislation be
enacted as quickly as possible to
implement the recommendations.
The first recommendation calls
for a review of very small munici-
palities and separated municipali-
ties. The committee suggested the
number of electors needed to entitle
a municipality to deputy reeve in-
crease from 1,000 to 2,500.
Other recommendations include:
having local mayors sit on county
council; the title of reeve and depu-
ty reeve be abolished and if the
town is entitled to a second repre-
sentative, the title would be local
or county councillor; the head of
county council have the title coun-
ty chairman rather than warden;
counties be provided with permis-
sive authority to assume any local
municipal function the county docs
not currently perform where there is
a two-thirds vote of county council.
Reeve Mickle was adament that
he could not accept the proposals.
He hoped there would be more dis-
cussion on the proposals and said
the recommendations comprise a
very important document. Mickle
felt many of the recommendations
would hold back a forward munici-
pality and that local councils know
best local needs, and noted that he
did not believe in the recommenda-
tions.
"I will not directly or indirectly
jeopardize the citizens I represent,'
said Mickle.
Mickle made a motion to s udy
the matter further.
McBurney said delay was unne-
cessary. "It is time to stand and be
counted. Show the people of Huron
County where we stand," said
McBurney.
Wider write
The older units use a helium -neon
gas laser which emits a pure red
beam, but this technology is now
being replaced by a more efficient,
more durable diode laser that fires an
invisible infra -red beam.
Non -rotating lasers -are shone
through sewer pipes to assure per-
fect alignment and slope.
The main advantage of using la-
sers for such work is that only one
person is needed to operate the sys-
tem. Older optical devices, such as
transits, always required two people
to get a reading.
Draycon does more than just mar-
ket the American-made laser equip-
ment in Ontario. Draycon manufac-
tures several custom -application
products to fill demands for which.
no equipment is commercially
available. Microline is a laser used
for aligning drilling rigs in mine-
shafts. Topo-print uses the inputs
from a laser and an electronic dis-
tance measurer to compute and print
topographical information. This
machine is now attaining worldwide
distribution.
"It's something we're proud of
here, that we have them all over the
world," said McIntosh.
Topo-floor is a version of Topo-
print adapted specifically for the au-
tomated Oshawa Pontiac plant. The
factory's robots required a perfectly
flat floor to operate. Draycon's
Topo-floor was built to measure
each square foot of the plant by la-
ser for grinding to an even height.
A high-powered laser was built
for Hamilton's Stelco plant to give
a visible cutting guide on the sheets
of hot -rolled steel
Such equipment is not inexpen-
sive. A typical Laser -plane costs
about S12,000 and a control system
to automate it with an excavator
will add another S10-12,000.
"It's not local," said Mclntosh of
Draycon's customer base, "It's
mostly all over Ontario."
Pam Hunter at the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority
confirmed that while they do the
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o. a. follow up article in the last
th • ' years.
If Kathy's accomplishments in her
field have ranked her in a class with
world designers, and yet hasn't mer-
ited recognition from her hometown
newspaper, I wonder how many oth-
er accomplished natives we the read-
ers have been deprived of hearing
about?
Please give credit where credit is
due, not every deserving person has
a reporter in the family.
Lynn Rowe
majority of surveying in the arca,
the authority does not own any la-
sers, but has used them in the past,
finding them more convenient and
accurate than optical equipment.
McIntosh has -high hopes for his
company's -future. Not only is he
pleased with the inroads laser tech-
nology is making .into the construc-
tion field, but Draycon has also be-
come the Ontario distributor for
computerized distance measuring
equipment that will possibly revo-
lutionize road management pro-
grams.
CALIBRATION SERVICE - Dale Stephenson takes care of the calibra-
tion of a recently -serviced laser on an alignment range at Draycon Equip-
ment Corp.
It's Your Business
LASER
LIGHT - Draycon's Bob McIntosh looks over one of the laser -
planes his company sells and services. The beam is visible here because
of an aerosol spray in the air, otherwise it is invisible until it strikes an ob-
ject.
False invoice received
at Grand Bend
Grand Bend council has
avoided paying a phoney invoice
for $117.
The request for payment to a
classified directory company was
even included on Grand Bend's
council agenda until Clerk-Treas-
urerDianne Mollard saw a similar
invoice to the one she received at
the office on television as an ex-
ample of the con -artist invoices in
circulation recently.
"It looks like an invoice," said
Mollard of the request for pay-
ment from Classified Directory
Publisher's Inc of Downsview
Ontario. It docs not include a
sales pitch for the company's
product except in very small print
on the back.
Mollard simply took it for a
Yellow Pages invoice until she
saw one on the evening news.
"They suggested that if you pay
the money you would never see
the directory," said Mollard of the
news show's exposit:
The back the inv9ice describes
the directory as a convenient way
to find phone numbers and ad-
dresses of businesses across Can-
ada. It also claims the directory is
distributed free of charge annu-
ally to thousands of recipients, but
also clearly states that their com-
pany is not affiliated with any
telephone company.
HENSALL MOTORS LTD.
"Car and Truck Rentals"
Leasing - New, all makes
Sales - Used Cars and Trucks
198 Main St. N.
(Corner Hwy. #83 & #4)
Ed Hearn
Exeter
235-2070
Alanimmommioinse
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Total to
date
$31,225
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Goal S36.300
Rebekkahs S25
Ellison Travel S500
T -A 5200
ashwood
ndustries $500
Sororities and
rec staff S200
Optimists $ 1000
Exeter Lions $ 1000
Exeter Lioness S500
Exeter Legion
S 10.000
Town of Exeter
S5.000 -
Mens' Rec league
S1,000
Molting Hawks)
S1.000
Mohawks $3.000
Figure Skating $3,000
Minor Hockey $5,000