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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 29,1990 Tv 88*® Ted Denny, President ■ - r v. • | - ■ §1 ppn p We've sot thousands of ■ - . .. ■ dollars worth of inventory that we simply must clear, and this sale means qv-ti. ^ ai «mitiîuQ nr w - <i r Av Wv. BIG SAVINGS Microwave Oven NN5859 FM024t Camcorder • Slim-widtb design • Switch hitter • High speed shutter Omni Vision VCR PV-2003-K by Lorna Miller There is more to the selling selling of flowers and plants than meets the eye, as the Rotary Club discovered when Ray van Staalduinen, General Manager of the Ontario Ontario Flower Growers Cooperative Cooperative Ltd., spoke at the most recent Rotary Club meeting. "The flower industry is the second largest agricultural agricultural industry in Canada," said Mr. van Staalduinen, "Yet we have never received any aid from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food to compensate for the loss of crops like the tobacco industry industry and other crop growers have have received." This is an astounding oversight, considering that the flower growers do business business that is worth over $1 billion per year for the Canadian Canadian economy. "This includes $55 million million in exports to the United States," he said. "The.Free Trade Agreement has been very good for us." Mr. Van Staalduinen said that the flower growing industry industry has blossomed since the influx of Dutch immigrants immigrants to Canada in the 1950's. And even the lack of a central board which would unite the growers across Canada has not kept the industry industry from blooming. "The industry has grown even in spite of the lack of advertising advertising on our part," he said. The hub of the industry in Ontario is the Ontario Flower Growers Cooperative Cooperative Ltd., located on Midway Boulevard in Mississauga. Mississauga. It opened in 1985. Here, prime products are brought every day to be auctioned auctioned off to the digital clicking clicking countdown of the Dutch Auction Clock Auction day begins early at the Co-op. The product is on the floor by 5 a.m. to be evaluated by the prospective buyers.' The buyers are then given given computer forms which fully describe the product including including name, colour, size, and grade. It also includes growers' comments. All this assists the buyers. The OFG staff check the information the grower supplies supplies and enter the information information into the computer. This information is displayed on the message board when the auction begins. There are two Dutch Clocks at the auction, one for cut flowers and one for potted plants. Both clocks are set in simultaneous motion motion - and the auction begins. begins. The Dutch Clocks are used to speed up the selling process. Each clock is set at a figure which is higher than the market price. As the clock runs down, the price lowers until one of the purchasers pushes a button button located at his seat, stopping stopping the clock; he has purchased purchased the lot at the price he feels is fair. Then the next lot is put on display, the clock re-set at the process begins again. "This process is the fairest fairest and quickest way to set prices," said Mr. Van Staalduinen. Staalduinen. "The Dutch Clock . has been used in Europe for years and puts the product into the hands of the purchaser purchaser at the lowest price possible." Commission Buyers are available to buy off the clock for you if you cannot make it to the Co-op. "They are very efficient and look out for purchaser's interests very well for a small commission," commission," Mr. van Staalduinen said. "For first-time buyers, there is a Privilege Card which gives you free seating at 10 auctions. This would normally cost $65.00," he continued. Mr. Van Staalduinen said that many growers had adopted successful Dutch systems to achieve maximum maximum product year round through state-of-the-art greenhouses. "The reason we export so much to the States is that they have failed to implement implement the systems that they have learned about in Holland, Holland, the Flower Capital of the World," explained Mr. van Staalduinen. The auction is over by 8 a.m. and the product is on its way to warehouses and retail outlets for - opening time. Local florists frequent the Co-op and can attest to the quality and freshness of the product. The Co-op services a 500 mile radius in Ontario and into the States. Mr. van Staalduinen was introduced by Rotarian Len Koenderman and thanked. by Rotarian Ryker. President Bill Whyte closed the meeting with a quote about teen-agers: "Teenagers know all the answers, answers, because they're not old enough to know the questions . he said. Congratulations to the Enniskillen Jensen Ladies Lobb Ball team for winning the "A" Division Championship. Championship. Everyone played well. Enniskillen Jensen played against Solina in the final game and won by a' nerve- wracking score of 10-9. Congratulations to Sandy Cook for being chosen most valuable player of the game and special mention to Sherry Sherry Phillips for her excellent pitching, congratulations to both teams for a fine effort. A special thank you to Eldon MacKay and Jim MacKenzie for a splendid job of coaching. coaching. Our regular church service service will resume on Sunday, September 2nd, at the regular regular time of 9:45 a.m. Just a reminder to our U.C.W. Ladies to be thinking thinking about donations of baking, baking, crafts, produce, house- wares and antiques for our table at the Giant Yard Sale at Columbus United church on Saturday, September 8th, from nine a.m. to three p.m. We will receive your dona tions for pricing after six o'clock on Friday evening in the Church Hall. Mrs. Wilfrid Bowman and Miss Myrtle Tamblyn accompanied Mrs. Eric Bowman Bowman and also Mrs. Ron White, Beaton, to a Floral Arranging Class at Buck- horn last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Weny and family held the Perigoe Family Picnic' and Shower for Jay's nephew, Tom Perigoe Perigoe and Stephanie Grills. Mrs. Wilfrid Bowman and Miss Myrtle Tamblyn were Wednesday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Carson, Orono. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rekker and Lisa, Mr. Mike Harris, Bowmanville, Mr. and Mrs. John Avery, Nicole and Christoper were Sunday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Avery and Jim to help Clarence celebrate celebrate his birthday. Many happy returns of the day, Clarence. On Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Shar- min, Christopher and baby Cayley, Lindsay, were visitors visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Piggott. Mr. and Mrs. Avery McMullan from Waybum, Nova Scotia, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bud McNair. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Howe and Mary Lee were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dickson, Bewdley, Mr. Kaijo Harma, Toronto and grandchildren Ricky and Michael Howe, Newtonville. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. A. Neilsen on- the arrival of their grandson, a fine baby bundle of blue, son of their daughter, Susan and her husband, Paul. On Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Howe visited with Mrs. Sherry Howe and boys at their trailer near Keene, stopping on the way home to visit the Dicksons at Bewdley. Bewdley. On Thursday, Gaby Hart, Whitby, was a visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Andre Cornellier, Alison and Paul. On Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Reed, Orono, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pig-' gott. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Virtue Virtue have returned home af ter having a very enjoyable vacation out west. They visited visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Grills and Miss Marlene Martin, Victoria, Mr. and Mrs. Bev Veale, Peach Land. Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Cornellier, Belleville, Gaby Hart and friend, Steve, Whitby, were Sunday visitors visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Andre Cornellier, Alison and Paul, celebrating Paul's birthday. Many happy returns of the day, Paul. Miss Melanie Axford, Hampton, Rick Tureck, Oshawa, were Sunday callers callers at the Edgar Wrights'. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Howe and Mary Lee enjoyed supper supper Thursday evening with Jim and Tracy Howe" and family, Saintfield, to help Jim celebrate his 30th birthday. birthday. Many happy, returns of the day, Jim. Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Len Stainton were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Yeo and Amy, Whitby, Evelyn Mayhew, Mayhew, Newtonville, Phyllis Carlton, Gail Simpson and Linda Cryderman, Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Piggott were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pig gott, Oshawa, and Mrs. Doug Park, RR #1 Ponty- pool. . On Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Barb Howe and Mrs. Myrtle Dickson, Bewdley, attended a bridal shower for Miss Julie Casher at the home of Lucy Becker, Maple Grove. Following the shower, shower, the Dicksons and the Howes had supper with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cashin, Orono. Orono. Mr. and Mrs. Art Lead- beater visited with relatives in Etobicoke. They attended a family shower at the home of Mrs. E. Alosinac. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Leadbeater and Ryan, Baltimore, were Sunday Sunday visitors of the Leadbeat- ers, Tom Leadbeater and friend, Elaine, Toronto, were Saturday evening visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Errol Groves enjoyed a boat cruise on Saturday night at the Toronto Toronto Harbour. The subject at the August 23 meeting of the Bowmanville Rotary Club was roses. roses. Club members learned all about how roses, and a variety of other flowers, are marketed in Ontario. 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