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Princess competition important for agriculture: Terpstra
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when they get at the age that they get
to participate in events like this, it's
something they are familiar with and
something they want to be involved
with," she said.
All competitors must be 16 years
old or under, regardless of whether
they competed in the previous year.
Each competitor must also be
chaperoned by a parent or member
of their local association.
The event is sponsored by
Cranbrook Farm, owned and
operated by Terpstra and her
husband Joe, and Townsend Tire.
The winner will receive, aside from
the experience with interviews,
public speaking and friendships
inevitably made, a $1,000 bursary
towards their post -secondary
education.
Terpstra said she has spent nearly
a decade around the Princess
competition and events like it,
pointing to the fact that her three
daughters had all competed in it.
Twenty -one-year old Chelsea
competed as a Princess and was the
first runner-up for the Brussels
Ambassador competition, 19 -year-
old Alison competed in the Princess
competition and 17 -year-old Emily
was the Princess several years ago.
"Jacquie Bishop approached me
about running it and I agreed," she
said.
Terpstra said there doesn't seem to
be as many opportunities for modern
children to get experiences like the
Princess competition has to offer.
Traditionally, the competition
Deceased at
salt mine
identified
Huron County Ontario Provincial
Police (OPP) and the Ministry of
Labour are currently investigating
the death of 36 -year-old Darcy
Clancy from Chepstow at Compass
Minerals located on North Harbour
Road in Goderich.
Authorities secured the scene and
the mine was cleared of staff
underground by the company
pending the results of the
investigation.
A post mortem examination of the
deceased was scheduled for March
20.
Compass Minerals state the
deceased was a contractor who was
on-site at the mine Saturday
morning. He was taken to hospital
but could not be revived.
Reports indicate the contractor
suffered an emergency and was
given medical assistance on-site
before being transported to hospital.
Early reports indicate that Clancy
worked for Trade -Mark Industrial, a
business specializing in
millwrighting, heating, ventilation
and air-conditioning and associated
work.
This is the third death at the
Compass Minerals, formerly Sifto
Salt, site in the past eight years. In
2011, an employee was killed when
an F3 tornado struck Goderich,
making him the only fatality of the
storm. In 2009, an employee died of
asphyxiation as a result of an
industrial incident.
consists of contestants participating
an interview and then speaking in
front of a crowd, which Terpstra
says are important experiences.
"With the speeches, they are
allowed to talk on subjects they are
interested in," she said. "Storytelling
and talking like that are a lost art."
Terpstra also said the competition
is a way for youth to get involved
with and promote agriculture, which
is something they may not get to do
often through school.
"Agriculture is a family passion at
our home," she said. "Chelsea is a
grad of Ridgetown College, my son
Cole eats and lives farming and
Alison is in landscape design.
Emily has her own experience with
the Princess competition."
Terpstra herself wasn't always on
a farm, having married into
agriculture 22 years ago.
"My friends were all farm kids
when I was growing up, but I was a
town girl," she said. "Once I got
here, though, I saw what makes it
great. It teaches children to nurture
themselves and their world and
teaches about the circle of life — not
just life, but death as well, which is
an important aspect of it."
She said that the farm animals, the
large, open spaces and the
experience of farming is one that
provides a unique experience for
children growing up on farms and
something like the Princess
competition allows them to share it
with the rest of the world.
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Sowing the seeds of the future
Emily Terpstra, shown here during her speech, was named 2014-2015 Princess at the Huron
County Plowing Match. Emily was the third of her three sisters to compete in the competition
which made her mother, Barb, an ideal candidate to organize the first-ever Princess
Competition at the International Plowing Match this year in Walton. Barb said she is looking
forward to making the event a success and said enough credit couldn't be given to George,
Ruth and the whole Townsend family who started the competition a decade ago. (File photo)
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