Times Advocate, 1994-03-02, Page 51
IT'S YOUR HIJSJNFSS
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February 29, 1984 Until re-
cently, Gerry Walker, manager
of Candian Tire in Exeter
thought shoplifting was a small
problem, something he could
live with. That idea changed
when police stopped a vehicle
near Toronto containing stolen
goods, many from the Exeter
store. Walker hired a private in-
vestigator who in four trips to
the local Canadian Tire store
picked up eight shoplifters.
In a three-week period previ-
ous to Christmas, Guardian
Drugs owner Esmail Merani re-
ported he lost ladies wallets val-
ued in excess of $250.
Erma Weernink, a grade 12
student at South Huron district
High School won a 1984 Cama-
ro automobile in a cross -Canada
Go For Gold coupon promotion
at the school.
Keith Ahrens, Exeter's assist-
ant Postmaster for a number of
years is the new Postmaster in
Clinton.
The strike at the Bell Aero-
space plant at Grand Bend con-
tinues and OPP report damages
of about $20,000 in a window
smashing spree at the plant. Un-
ion spokesperson Tony Jones
denied strongly that his mem-
bers had any involvement in the
vandalism. The strike of 79 em-
ployees is in its third week.
The official charter of the
Christian Service Brigade at Ex-
eter Pentecostal Tabernacle has
been accepted by Chief Ranger
Bruce Perry.
2S Yeaiiet Ago
March 6, 1969 - Students of
South Huron District High
School will need to use extreme
caution this week in marking
their ballots for the At Home
Queen contest. Among the can-
didates are two sister combina-
tions and three girls with the
same first name.
Stan Francis of R.R. 1, Kirk -
ton reported spotting an uniden-
tified flying object near his farm
Monday night. Francis said the
black oblong object measured
about 15 by 30 feet and after
hovering for a few seconds took
off at a high rate of speed. There
was no noise, lights or fumes
visible.
March 6, 1944- Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Goulding and Dawson re-
ceived numerous presentations
during the week in recognition
of 20 years service by Mr.
Goulding as organist and choir
leader at James Street United
Church. He has resigned to ac-
cept a similar position with the
Talbot Street Baptist Church in
London.
Twin daughters were born on
February 29 to Mr. and Mrs.
George Frayne of Usborne
township.
Pilot Officer Earl J. Schroeder
is the third son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Schroeder of Stephen
township to receive his wings
and commission in the RCAF.
He leaves shortly for Flying In-
structor's School in Pearce, Al-
berta.
J.A. Traquair is redecorating
the interior of his hardware
store.
The severe wind and rain
storm, accompanied by thunder
and lightning was an unusual
occurrence for this time of year.
Little damage was done in the
area, but there are reports of
Karns burned and other damage
throughout Ontario.
Canadiens beat Ottawa 6-3 at
Montreal Saturday in the NHL
playoff series. Ottawa must win
four straight games to take the
championship and proceed to
the coast for the Stanley Cup se-
ries.
Meeting with officials this week
General Home&workers fighting
UIC clawback on 1990 benefits
By Adrian Harte
T -A Editor
HENSALL - More than 60 em-
ployees of the former General Man-
ufactured Housing will be making
their presentations to un-
employment insurance officials to-
day and tomorrow in Hensall in the
hope of not having to pay back
thousands of dollars to the govern-
ment.
The workers received un-
employment benefits after the com-
pany entered receivership in Oc-
tober 1990. They were later paid
termination pay and vacation pay
owed to them under the provincial
Workers Protection Act in July
1992. Now, the federal govern-
ment wants some of those un-
employment benefits back, between
$2,300 and $2,700 for most of the
employees.
"It's a lot of money," conceded
CaTenters and Joiners Union busi-
ness representative Ken Fenwick.
"I think there's a big question of
whether or not what happened in
1990 should come back on you in
1994."
Each employee will be meeting
with UIC officials individually in
20 -minute intervals from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. at the plant.
"Everyone's case is different,"
said Fenwick, but said if things turn
out badly for the workers, the union
will likely step in. "If we have to
file an appeal, we will do it as a
group."
Fenwick said while there may be
some legal basis for the federal
government's attempt to claw back
the money paid those who lost
their jobs in 1990, he said the issue
seems to be "morally unfair". An-
other problem is that UIC is ac-
cusing the employees of not prop-
erly declaring their finances when
applying for unemployment in-
surance.
However, the Wage Protection
Act didn't come into existence un-
til several months after the plant
closed. Fenwick said the em-
ployees didn't lie on their applica-
tions because they couldn't have
possibly known they would be re-
ceiving $4-5,000 under the prov-
ince's Wage Protection plan.
Service award
"Why can a government do thisr
asked Fenwick. "Why can one give
and one take away`?"
Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle
has taken an interest in these pro-
ceedings, and will be attending
some the meetings with UI officials
on Thursday.
"It's a concern to him and he's go-
ing to make representation," con-
firmed Bob Swartman at Steckle's
office.
General Manufactured Homes at
its peak in the mid- I980's em-
ployed 185 people. Since new
owners acquired the plant after the
1990 receivership, it presently em-
ploys about 30 people in the con-
struction of modular housing.
The National Award for Customer Service Excellence was presented earlier in February to Exet-
er's Bank of Nova Scotia. The award is given to the top two branches in each of the five Onta-
rio regions. Displaying the award are Marg Taylor and Lloyd Robison, while Mary -Catherine La -
mond displays the presentation booklet that was sent to the competition for judging.
Finance key to small
business growth
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dium-sized businesses need access
to financing on reasonable terms
and conditions in order to expand
their markets domestically and in-
ternationally and to create jobs,"
says the Organization for Econom-
ic Co-operation and Development.
This conclusion was reached fol-
lowing a discussion of experts
from around the world on financ-
ing issues for small and medium-
sized husinesses. This workshop
was held during the recent World
Conference on "Small and Medi-
um-sized Enterprises and Job
Creation.
"In many OECD countries, large
numbers of small businesses con-
sider access to financing a major
problem for their husiness", said
Nohuo Tanaka, director for sci-
ence, technology and industry, a:
the OECD. "For these husinesses
the inability to obtain debt and/or
equity financing threatens their
growth potential or their very sur-
vival".
Some surveys indicate that ac-
cess to financing, for many of
these husinesses, has actually dete-
riorated throughout the early
1990s recession. The World Con-
ference stressed also that the re-
cent recession aggravated some of
the trends that were already affect-
ing the response of capital markets
to the financing needs of small and
medium-sized husinesses.
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