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st weekender april 12 1997 p 3 business entrepreneur of the year schleese saddlery services honored by joan ransberry staff reporter germanys loss was stouffvilles gain in 1985 jochen schleese received his journeyman papers in saddlery after completing a threeyear apprenticeship to become the youngest master sad dler in germany the event marked the first step towards his putting a little town in canada on the map as well in 1990 schleese and his business partner and wife sabine would- convince the ontario government to recognize saddlery as a registered trade schleeses fascination with riding didnt stop at saddles he rode and placed in germanys nationals and qualified several times for the european championship schleeses expertise in his craft and his expe rience as an equestri- an takes him across north america not only does schleese sell he lectures regularly jochen schleese saddles and accessories throughout canada and the united states at various horse facilities riding schools and stables meanwhile here at home schleese saddlery ser vices is a going concern saddle design led to a us distribution company representing schleese saddlery services in the pacific rim last year the schleeses were awarded a patent for a design which led to a new division known as equi- ssentials to act as the wholesaler to other tack shops the company was recently recognized as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in canada has been featured on the discovery channel in the wall street journal and in a myriad of newspapers and trade publications and is the reason behind a number of prestigious business awards the most recent recognition came on thursday night when the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce presented the 36year old businessman with the business entrepreneur of the year award schleese makes and sells saddles for an elite client list in both north america and germany shortage of certified saddlers sabine points out that each saddle created in the oneroom schoolhouse on kennedy road is individu ally crafted the pattern is designed and all compo nents of the saddle are manually crafted business is so brisk the couple are searching for five more sad- dlerswe cant find enough certified saddlers said sabine schleese and a new general manager oversee the fastgrowing saddle business while jochen attends to design and sales of the custom hand crafted saddles the couple has received numerous business awards most recently the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce business entrepreneur award photosteve somerville sabine with the help of a new general manager sabine oversees the operation at home and takes care of the daytoday responsibilities of three children this lets jochen concentrate on sales and design the couple have just learned that theyve been nom inated for the outstanding business achievement award sponsored by the ontario chamber of com merce its an honor said sabine sabine said she and her husband beheve that the recipe to success includes having a product second to none and employing excellent workers nobody works a 40hour work week they all go beyond the call of duty also we give back to them it works said sabine v v x-v- 3v v u a h 1 11 111 11 11 y11 1 a budderdeveloper a saddle maker and an local chamber engine company each won a prestigious entrepreneur of award sponsored by th on wednesday fville chamber of commerce johnson welcomed about 60 members to the developer joe lebovic is the recipient of annual awards jnightdjbaner meeting h the 1997 corporate citizen of the year award meadowbrook jtotforms international jochen and ted ballinger picked up the business of above wl the year award while jochen schleese is the featured soon trial begins next week the trial for two of three youths arrested for vandalizing the stouffville cemetery gets under way april 17 six weeks ago a newmarket judge placed a third youth on probation and ordered him to pay restitution on one charge meanwhile a third charge was stayed because it took so long to go to court the stouffville youths all males were 16yearolds at the time of their arrest at the end of september 1995 the trio was charged three weeks after police responded to a call to the lcoal cemetery there they found 42 head stones had been toppled and broken also flowers were trampled and beer bottles strewn about under the young offenders act the youths cannot be identified health officials on watch for violators by joan ransberry staff reporter the cigarette cops went home empty handed after spending five days in stouffville recently judy hope spokesman for york regions health department told whitchurchstouffville council tuesday that no one was spotted selling tobacco products to minors during a surveilance carried out near local stores still the watchful eye continues id love to carry out a sting operation but were prohibited by law from doing that hope told the tribune results of an investigation carried out by the tribune two months ago showed that nine out of 10 merchants sold cigarettes to a minor in neighboring uxbridge four out of 10 mer chants violated the tobacco control act mean while in whitby a merchant lost the right to sell cigarettes after being convicted in court of break ing the law york has three bylaw officers overseeing the laws applying to tobacco sales no youths have been charged as yet said hope the health department does work with the school authori ties people under 19 years buying cigarettes are risking getting tickets the tobacco control act is a provincial law but enforced by regional authorities eatons walmart giant carpet radio shack mrgreen thumb sears sears days biway watch for these flyers on saturday april 12th 1997 ap weston produce iga stouffville mm meats stouffville tobbin plumber dominion papa karls pizza canadian tirerichmond hill fortune financial- super stream carpet clean watch for these flyers on tuesday april 15th 1997 shoppers drug mart zellers selected areas only were first in distribution 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