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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-03-01, Page 3Badges, shoulder flashes and other souvenirs gathered in the travels of the First Goderich Guide Company were ondisplay Saturday at the Guide -Scout open house held at Suncoast Mall. The display was part of the Guide -Scout week held in honor of the founder of the scouting movement Lord Baden Powell. Here (from left) Karen Bushell, Debbie Profit and Bev Hallam organize the crafts and badges on display. (photo by Jeff Seddon) BAS is in demand says Sully Business Air Services Limited (BAS) is flying high. That was .the im- pression left with Goderich Rotarians after an enthusiastic speech on Tuesday by the president of BAS, Bruce Sully. Sully, who has .also been the president of Champion Road Machinery Limited since 1968, told, his audience that there was a great demand for a high quality corporate flying service like BAS. He said the goal of BAS was to become the rriost professional cor- porate flying , organization in Canada and went on the point out exactly how that goal was to be achieved: "There is a great future for out operation. We have found our niche,” Sully said. For about 25 years Champion operated a , private company which flew in excess of 1,000 A people here each year to tour Cham -pion Roads Machinery Limited. The idea behind this, said Sully, was that Champion builds a good• product and wants people to see it and tell their friends. Ninety per cent of the time when '„people are flown in to_see the product, Champion is able to sell that product, he pointed out. So, although flying people in was expensive, it also paid off in the long run. After a time, Champion began receiving a number of requests for private flights and the. company , decided to conduct a market survey to measure this demand. ------FRUSTRATIONS Anyone who has _travelled by commercial airline knows the frustrations of losing luggage, waiting and not being on schedule, said Sully. However, for most people -these frustrations are overshadowed by a nice, relaxing vacation. But, he continued, there is a large core of business people. who face these frustrations on a day to day basis. • "I can tell you from my own experience that running from terminal to terminal. with a full brief case can be very frustrating,"he said. Often one's total waiting and flying time is longer than the total meeting time, he said. "Our motto at BAS is 'the trouble with com- mercial flying is that most of the time you're not'," he joked. When taking a personal or private flight, there is no waiting around for that flight just putting in time. You can discuss business on the aircraft in a private 'manner and when you get to a meeting, you can relax and discussthe business LLL meets in Goderich La Leche,League in Huron Couty met in February at the home of Mrs. D. Rutter, 162 Rich Street, Goderich. The topic of discussion was, "Advantages of Breast Feeding to Mother and Baby". Many women mentioned the closeness MVC. to use grant A $24,000' Ontario grant' will be used- by the Maitland Valley . Con- servation Authority to further assist develop- ment of the 40 -hectare (100 -acre) Maple Keys Sugar Bush Conservation' Area. 'the conservation area is within a 24 -kilometre (15 -mile) radious of Listowel and the villages of Ethel, Molesworth, Brussels and Atwood. In approving the project, Natural Resources Minister James A.C. Auld said the conservation area's excellent woodlot provides • a good o.p- portunity to demonstrate maple syrup production and other resource management practices. A wildlife management program will also be undertaken to improve habitat in the less productive forest areas. Total estimated cost of the project is $46,000. and happiness of the nursing relationship. It was noted that much support is being given to breastfeeding in this Year of the Child. The library has, been expanded and the books are well read. Also, available for sale are cookbooks and baby carriers. Luncheon was served. The next meeting will be held on March 14 at 2 p.m. The topic of discussion will be, "Art of Breastfeeding and Overcoming Dif- ficulties." 'Mrs. P. Bisback willlead this meeting. • For further in- fo'r'mation, please call 262-2192. Any . woman •interested in learning more about the womanly art of breastfeeding is invited to attend. Nursing babies are always welcome to LLL meetings. "You can trust H&R Block to do Henry W. Block your income tax return: Our specially trained tax experts sit down with you and ask questions. We look for every legitimate de- duction.. it's part of our service, and that service is dedicated to making sure you pay only the absolute min= imum talc. At H&R Block, we are income-tax- specialists:. H&R BLocK THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE 19 Victoria Street North Open 0 a.m. - 8 p.m. Weekdays, 9-4 Sot. Phon' 524-8658 OPEN SATURDAYS - APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE • at hand taking the length of time- you need knowing that your flight won't leave without you, Sully explained to his audience. DEMAND IS THERE . Once the Champion market survey found that a private airline was not only an ' effective management tool but also One• that was in • great demand, it lost no time. In February of 1977, BAS began operating as a private air service. With a licence to fly all over North America, the in- tention was to offer 'quality service from a professional operation with hi.gh performance -planes at a reasonable price, said Sully. .GROWTH BAS has grown from one King Air to three Lear jets and_ two King Airs. It has in excess of 35 employees all (rained to airline standards. It owns the paint shop at Goderich airport which it plans to expand and has a modern avionics shop as well. On the average, a L 'ar. jet flies 300 hours er year. BAS flew one of its Lears an average of 700 hours last year at $700 an hour. Eventually it hopes to have 10 Lear type aircraft and ,30 pilots (there are 10 now). BAS operates its own flying training,program and has been sciceted by the Ministry of Tran- sportation• to train' pilots., on Lears; Sully informed his audience. In 1978 BAS flew ap- proximately five million passenge14 ' miles and it hopes ,to increase this by. !',per cent in 1979. BAS planes can land in more than 4,000 places where commercialairlines can't. The company's profit was "exciting" in 1978 too,., .. id Sully. Present1,00 is in the process of ordering two Challenge'rls, a new type of Canadian corporate jet which seats 12 passengers and flies faster than a 747 at an altitude of about 49,000 feet. It can fly non stop from Goderich to Athens, Greece (a distance of 4,600 miles) for instance: Although it will be two to three years before BAS has its Challengers in operation,it. will be -the first company to offer this type of .plane for. charter, Sully said. Champion Road - Machinery Limited would never locate in a community without an airport nearby, said Sully. The company just couldn't do business without • one, he main- tained, especially since it bought its American company in 1970. , Sully ended up by' - telling Rotarians that there was a real demand for private corporate airlines like BAS and that business. would expand accordingly: It is going to he an exciting year for the company! GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 1 , 1979—PAGE 3 Family tested for polio A young Huron County family is being tested for polio after it carne in contact with the disease while attending a wed- ding in Pennsylvania. Two or three persons are , being tested, Said Huron County medical officer of health Dr. )3rian Lynch. He did not release their names or say, what part of the county they are from. Lynch said he hasn't quarantined the family because "the risk iS very minimal." He said the family came into contact with the polio about four weeks ago, "which is well outside the incubation period." None of the family has shown any symptoms. It was believed seven Oxford County residents also were in contact with the disease as a result of the same Pennsylvania trip but all tested n .eg a_t .i v e ..._. Ox to County's medical officer of health could not be reached for comment Sunday. 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