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level of subject, while the
teachers want this to be
made the maximum.
The teachers also'want the
board to add more money to
the staff improvement plan,
while the board is standing
pat at $65.,000, noting it
already spends more money
in this area than any other
board in the province. (The
staff improvement plan is
used to pay for teachers to
attend conferences.)
The board estimates the
overall increase in costs
under its offer would be 6,3
per cent, while the teachers'
requests would increase
costs by a total of 12.1 per
cent.
The board explains the
rationale for its offer by
pointing out it would give
high school teachers in
Huron the highest maximum
salaries of any of the ad-
jacent school boards which
have settled their contracts,
with the exception of Middle-
sex.
It also notes that the in-
crease
ncrease in the Consumer
Price Index (a` measure of
inflation) tiurrently stands at
3.7 .per cent, while the
average increase in weekly
earnings across the country
is just 2.5 per cent.
In addition the offer would
increase staff for the 1985-86
school year, even though the
number off ,pupils is
decreasing. As a result the
pupil -teacher ratio would
drop to 15.9 from 16.4.
The board memo also
points out that the offer
implements the recom-
mendations of the fact -
finder's report.
In his report released last
October, fact -finder Gene
Deszca commented ,that
despite some ambiguity on
dollar issues, "it is clear the
board is much closer to the
likely end point than the
teachers (four per cent vs.
7.5 per cent)."
He noted that although
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negotiators for the teachers
,"believe the county is. doing
fairly well economically and
that the nature off farm
property taxation shields
farmers from much off the
impact of educational
taxes," information put
forward by the board argued
otherwise.
The board pointed out that
average income in Huron is
15th -lowest out of 51 counties
surveyed and that average
income here is below the
provincial average.
In relation to surrounding
boards, Huron has the lowest
housing costs and the third -
lowest average income and
per capita income.
Despite all this, the board
noted, it already paid the
highest A4 maximum salary
and the fourth -highest
principal and vice principal
'salaries, in terms of neigh-
boring boards.
The fact -finder concluded
that income statistics for the
county suggest it is not a rich
area and, in light of this, "I
can' see no compelling
reasons for exceeding the
(four per cent) guidelines.
"Therefore, I would
recommend a total com-
pensation increase in the
range of approximately five
per cent (including incre-
ment and grid adjustment
costs).”
•The board offer, including
increment and grid adjust-
ment, amounts to 5.1 per
cent.
John Gnay, president of
District 45 of the OSSTF, was
contacted but' declinedto
make any statement
regarding the negotiations or
the board dffer..-
"At the moment, no
comment," he said. "Not at
this time."
OMAF. releases
program deadline
The Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food has
announced that May 31 is the
deadline for getting in-
formation into its Clinton
office for the Ontario Farm
Management Analysis Pro-
ject. This OMAF program
assists farmers by providing
a financial analysis of farm
operations.
Areas included are: the
whole ,farm; financial- ratios
and benchmarks; livestock
enterprise and crops en-
terprise.
The information is helpful
as a guide in identifying
strengths and weaknesses of
farm operations. More
details and input forms are
available from the Clinton
OMAF office, Brian Hall,
Dennis Martin, John. Ban-
croft or Don Pullen.
4-H members
are invited to
competition
All Huron County 4-11
members have been invited
to participate in a judging
competition this Saturday.
The members will be
judging nine different
classes, ranging from beef
cattle to�jeans. They will
compete in one of four dif-
ferent age groups and there
will be a novice group for
those, who have not been in a
previous competition.
An hour of roller skating is
included in the day -long
program.
The.- competition will be-
held at the Clinton Fair
Grounds with registration at
8:15 a.m. The event is
designed to help the mem-
bers develop their decision-
making skills while also
having fun:
Upcoming events
planned by ladies
HOWICK—The Howick
Legion Ladies' Auxiliary
held the election of officers
at its May meeting. Plans
were made to hold a bake
sale in the Legion rooms on
June 15.
The Legion and Auxiliary
members received an in-
vitation to attend a D -Day
church service in Brussels
on June 2 and will also hold
joint installation of officers
on May 27 in Wroxeter
Community Hall,
There was . a good
representation of the branch
and auxiliary at Harriston
Legion events, the sod -
turning ceremony and VE
Day celebrations.
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The Wingham Advance -Times, May 22, 1 s ; 5—Page 5
WATCHING A DOOR BEING MADE—Sally Douglas
with young Heidi and Michael Edgar, escorted by tour
guide Ivan Metcalfe, watch as a huge press stamps out
a section of what will become a garage door. They were
`Garage door with a heart`
just a few of the people who took advantage of the open
house at Stanley Door Systems in Wingham last week
to see just what goes on inside the factory.
New product holds bright future
for Stanley Door Systems plant
"Today we're starting
over again."
That is how Mac Ritchie
describes the position in
which Stanley Door Systems
finds itself after two decades
in the steel garage door
business.
But he is not complaining
—"far 'from it. Mr. Ritchie,
Stanley's • vice president • of
manufacturing, and every-
one right up to company
president Jack Smith are
convinced they -have the
hottest new product in- the)
garage door business.
They are confident their
Advantage II insulated steel
door will take the country by
storm, just as the one-piece
Berry door did back in the
1950s.
And from early in-
dications, they are right. In
the few weeks since the door
was introduced it has drawn
rave. reviews at home and at
building shows from Mon-
treal to Vancouver.
"Our problem today is that
orders are outstripping our
production," commented
Barry Murphy, vice presi-
dent of sales.
It's a nice problem to have
for a company which has
seenits share of garage door
sales decline steadily over
the past several years, as
wooden doors took over the
market.
Dubbed "the garage door
—with a-heat—by-a-cornpany-
publicist, the Advantage II is
a design inspired. by
Stanley's popular line of
insulated steel entrance
doors.
It has been about two
years in development, Mr.
Murphy said, adding that
this has been a local project
all the way, "engineered and
developed right here in
Wingham."
It is a direct response to a
perceived opportunity in the
garage door market, which.
currently is dominated by
the sectional:wood doors..
"The consumer was telling
us he wanted something
better," Mr. Murphy ex-
plained. "Wood doors were
warping and splitting and
our products were tinny."
So the company surveyed
consumers, builders and
installers, found out what
they wanted and in-
corporated their suggestions -
into the new door. Its two
sheets of steel provide
security, low maintenance
and no warping, while the
insulation inside adds
solidity and gets rid of the
tinny sound of a hollow steel
door.
' During the past two
months the door has been
displayed to an estimated
400,000 people at major
consumer shows across the
country and has been ac-
cepted "beyond our wildest
dreams," Mr. Murphy
reported.
"Tlfis is probably the' most
exciting 'thing in the garage
door business that has come
A DOOR WITH HEART—Mac Ritchie of Stanley Door
Systems explains to DeWitt Miller the advantages of the
company's new Advantage 11 insulated steel garage
door, an innovation it hopes. will spring it back into the
lead in garage. door manufacturing.
along since the introduction
of the one-piece door 30 years
ago."
The company is "hoping to
repeat history," he said,
noting that the Berry one-
piece steel doors almost
single-handedly changed the
whole Canadian market
during the 1950s.
Mr. Smith, president of the
Stanley Door division of
Stanley Canada, described,
the new door as an attempt
to upgrade the whole garage
door industry. Of -all the
components in a home, the
garage door is really what
has had the least attention
over the years, he said.
He noted that the com-
pany's garage door business
had . fallen •off significantly
over the mid-70s and this is
an effort to revitalize it.
While steel doors dominated
the market up to the early to
mid-1970s, wood gradually
took over and now holds
about'cent 80 per of the
Canadian market.
"With this door we are
introducing a product we
think can successfully
compete with wood and be a
better product.
Although the Advantage II
door is priced higher than a
wood door, the company is
confident from its market.
surveys that there is a strong
demand for a higher -priced,
quality door. Its projection is
to triple its market share
wi.thin_the ext five—y�eacs
ending up With 40 to 50 per
cent of the market.
The company has already
invested about half a million
dollars in the door — $100,000
in tooling and $400,000 in
promotion, Mr. Smith said,
and by the time it is finished
it will probably haye doubled
that. He said the -next step
will be to install a foam in-
jection process similar to
,that . used on its entrance
doors instead of the styro-
foam "sandwich" assembly
used on current production
models.
All, this is good news for the
Wingham factory, Stanley's
only garage door plant in
Canada. The business had
been in serious trouble, Mr.
Ritchie said, but the success
of the Advantage II door has
given it a new lease on life.
He said the company will
be making some decisions
within the next 60 days and,
"I think we will invest
heavily in this plant to make
it go again."
The plant employs over 50
people now, he said, "and if
this thing goes I see it going
back up to 60, 70, 80 again."
Mr. Ritchie and other
company executives were in
`Wingham last week for an
open house during which
Stanley introduced the new
door and also invited people
to see how the factory works.
Many took advantage of the
guided tours and were im-
pressed by the displays,
especially the door painted
in a simulated wood -grain
which looked for all the
world like a solid wood door.
Stanley plans_to_offe,r_the
new doors pre -finished in the
wood -grain or a choice of 20
different colors. It also, for
the first time ever, is of-
fering a five-year guarantee.
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Thurs. May 23 Dr. Leigh Clark Will Be Guest Speaker At
Wingham Bible Chapel, 8:00 p.m.
IaLeche League Meeting At Home Of
Laurie Willits, RR 1, Wingham, 8:00 p.m.
Wingham Boy Scouts Paper Drive,
Wingham, Belgrave' & Bluevale, Have
Papers At Curb By 9:00 a.m.
Dance, Brussels Legion, 9:00 p.m.
Rummage & Auction Sale, Howick Lions
Club At George Keil's Shed, Gorrie.
Anniversary Services, Chalmers Presbyterian
Church, Whitechurch, 11:00 a.m. & 8:00
p.m.
Great Ride For Cancer, By Opti -Mrs., 15
Km. Bike Ride, Zehrs Parking Lot,
Wingham, 1:00 p.m.
Blyth Festival Singers, Singing For Fun,
Blyth Mem. Hall, 3:00.& 8:00 p.m.
Bluevale Bares, Car Wash, Riverboat Park- 1
ing Lot, 11:00 a.m, - 4:00 p.m.
Fri. May 24
Sat• May 25
Sun. May 26
Mon. May 27
Tues. May 28
Wed. May 29
Hunter Safety Course, Wingham Sport-
sman's Club, Also Tues. & Wed. Nights At
6:30. 9:30 p.m.
Cold Meat Supper, Bluevale United
Church, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. 1
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