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Page 3, News, Tuesday, February 25, 1992 Second consecutive gold for Schreiber man As part of the judging pro- cess, officials come down and inspect the plant, and even make calls to customers. "Last year, they phoned some of my customers and asked different questions on how I looked after them, what my truck looked like, and what they thought of the service," he said. "But they didn't do that this This is the third company name for Brian Birch, who has been in the business for 29 years. -"T started with British Amer- ican Oil and switched to Gulf Oil when they took over British American," he says.' "And then I went to Petro Canada when they amalgamat- ° ed with Gulf. So this is my third uniform." He says he has seen dramat- ic changes in the industry in that time ' "In the 1970s if you were getting 16-20 miles per gallon on your vehicle, you were laughing," he said. "And now, you're getting 40-60 miles a gallon, and that affects the industry, and the government too because it's «.««| not getting the revenue." The gold award itself con- sists of a cheque and a travel Brian Birch at his award winning bulk plant in Schreiber by Darren MacDonald The News : A second consecutive old award has been given to Brian Birch's Petro Canada bulk plant in Schreiber. The award is given to plants who achieve at least 95 per cent based on three plateaus. "They mark you on how you keep your bulk plant and your truck and that kind of stuff," Birch said in an interview last week. Two of the plateaus are based on sales, and the third is based on service, he said. Only 10-15 plants in all of Ontario receive gold awards each year. Out of those 10-15, two are chosen at random to go to Ottawa and spend three days with the president of Petro Canada, Birch said. "We won gold last year, and we won again this year, but we've never gotten any farther i \ NOTICE Effective immediately, when calling a patient at The McCausland Hospital, please use the following new number: 825-3277 Hospital business calls should still be at 825-3273. than that," he said. y, bag with his name on it. Olympic parade Students at Terrace Bay Public School held a police escort. ed Olympic parade last Friday. The parade was one of the school's winter carnival day events. Keep right except to pass. offices or mail it to: once per week DO YOU WANT A BANKING MACHINE IN The Scrirsibel Terrace Bay Community Futures Organization and the Aguasabon Chamber of Commerce are jointly lobbying the Bank of Montreal, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Schreiber Credit Union to install a cash machine in the Schreiber/Terrace Bay area. have a cash machine in our area, please fill in the form below and drop it into one of the designated boxes at the banks, credit union, and the municipal Schreiber-Terrace Bay Community Futures Organization P.O. Box 716 Terrace Bay, Ontario -POT 2WO © (Additional forms are available from the banks, credit union, municipal offices and Community Futures Office. Only one form per person, please.) | would like to have a cash machine in Schreiber/Terrace Bay. | would use a cash machine on average less than once per week 2 - 3 times per week more than 3 times per week | presently do my banking at: Bank of Montreal Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Schreiber Credit Union Terrace Bay Credit Union OUR AREA? If you would like to Other