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Young entrepreneur expands his business All the time he was drill- ing for oil in the Canadian West and North, this young entrepreneur kept thinking about beautiful Georgian Bay. "It's the best place to be,' says Peter Sauve, a young businessman who went from Penetang to the sub-arctic and came back again to start his own small-business success story. He runs Midland Self Storage on William Street just north of Highway 12, a business that has expand- ed remarkably in the short time it has existed. From the basic research, he has built up his storage business to the point where he had 105 units of various sizes. The need for such a storage place became evi- dent, he said, when he realized there was only one other such facility in the area. Many of his customers, he says, are people in the midst of moving and business which need to keep stacks and stacks of files for future use. Business was so good in the first year, that this year Sauve decided to go ahead with expansion plans. By August he predicts his newest storage units will have been completed. Sauve has had no formal business training and, he admits, 'this is my first crack at starting a small business." The whole process was quite an ordeal, he says, and it takes "'a lot of deter- mination" to deal with banks and work 12-hour days, seven days a week. "Tt doesn't stop," he says. He never really leaves his work, because he lives in an apartment upstairs. That means an added dimension of security, he said. 'You get to know all the cars coming in and out." But running a business has its own rewards, like having a "sense of ac- complishment." It's also something special when you beat the odds, when everybody tells you "'it'll never go," but it does, he says. When asked why he ' picked the storage business of all the possibilities, * Sauve replied: "It seemed * like something that would go. don't think about -- storage -- people used to just put stuff in the garage." But the building boom in Midland and area created a need for temporary storage. Sauve hopes that when the boom ends, there will still be such a need. Seven near 'ultimate' Seven present and former members of the Midland Rotary Club are on the way to the "ultimate honour in Rotary." During President's Night last week, Paul Schult, George Boucher, Rod Ferguson, Ken Walker, Fred Hacker, Howard Markham, and Nelson Cote, were named as Paul Harris Fellow designates. The Midland Rotary Club will donate $100 U.S. to the Rotary International foundation in the name of each man, and make fur- ther contributions in their names in coming years. Each man will be a Paul Harris Fellow when $1,000 has been donated in his name. Presented as Paul Harris award winners were Clare Armstrong, Ernie Cowden, Guy Johnstone, Ian Miller, Paul Mooney, Dean Nicholls, and Jim Shaw. Money in the name of each Midland Rotarian was given to the Rotary Inter- national project through which an attempt will be made to vaccinate every child in the world against polio by the year 2005. More money' was donated to fight against polio in the name of a charter member of the Midland Rotary Club, John Jory, and in the names of Ross Jones, Armand Pro- ulx, Remo De Carli, Dr Parry Sound bound The Midland Lions Club Touch of Glass Villa Community Care Centre, part of the steel band will be representing Midland entertainment of the annual Alzheimer in Parry Sound's July 1 centennial parade. Society research benefit bazaar. Last Saturday the band performed at the Midland in on Parry parade Midland council and a steel band will represent Midland in Parry Sound's upcoming centennial-year parade. The Midland Lions Club Touch of Class steel band will ride on a float, while members of the town coun- cil will ride in a red conver- tible provided by Coun- cillor Carolyn White. Mayor Al Roach will be wearing a suit used during Midland's centennial, part of the collection of the Huronia Museum. Members of the council for whom there is not room in the convertible will ride in the vehicle pulling the band float. The other coun- cil members have, or will Page 14, Tuesday, June 23, 1987 James Martin, and Robbert Hartog. The people in this group were designated as recipients of a Paul Harris award by members of the Midland Rotary Club. Dr. Martin's passing of his Paul Harris award to his nominator; Rotarian Roland Kuerzdoerfer, brought the Rotarians to their feet, applauding Kuerzdoerfer. sah Paul Harris was the founder of the Rotary Club. Des Carpenter is the new president. David Chambers is secretary. Duncan McLaren is treasurer. The other members of the ex- ecutive are Everet Gale, Ken Gilbert, Roland Kuerz- doerfer, and Ken Walker. een ox? ¢ arrange for, appropriate clothing for a centennial parade. Most of the members of Midland council are ex- pected to take part in the July 1 parade. The finance committee earlier this year set aside $2,000 to cover the cost of participation in Parry Sound's celebration. It's something you -- Filling het gap When Peter Sauve realized there was a gap in the marketplace in Midland in the self-storing business, he decided it was just the kind of thing he was look- ing for. Sauve had spent a few years working in the oil business in the West and North, but always wanted to start a small business in the Georgian Bay area. He has had no formal business training, but has been so successful he had to expand after only one year. OFFICIAL GRAN Yor me SATURDAY, JUNE 27/87 1 P.M. - 1 A.M. Join us in our opening celebration LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Come and join us on our licensed sandy outdoor patio (weather permitting). Enjoy our food and dance to '"'Country Sounds" by the river. 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