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A select few
Huron County has four Ontario Queens of the Furrow to its
name, including Queen number 25, Lynne Godkin (then
Dodds). For Lynne, winning the title started a lifetime full of
involvement with the organization. (Photo submitted)
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Championship in Olds, Alberta and
Coaticook, Quebec. He had been
named reserve champion at the IPM
in 1985 and placed first in 1986.
Don believes that Paul was the
first person to ever win back-to-back
years like that.
In 2000, Paul plowed at the
Canadian championships, finishing
fifth at the competition.
In 2012, Paul was named IPM
Reserve senior champion and
travelled to British Columbia in the
following year to compete in the
Canadian Championships. That year
he won the senior event and, in an
historical showing according to Don,
Kevin Haney of Seaforth won the
junior competition.
"They made history there," Paul
said. "That was the first time the
senior and junior champions came
out of the same plowing
organization and those two came out
of the same county and the same
address as we're from Seaforth"
Paul had his own cheering section
at the event including his family, and
Don has fond memories of the
competition.
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"The trip to B.C. was a pleasure,"
he said. "We've been to the
[nationals championship] before and
made friends."
He said he and Maja have made
friends from New Brunswick to
British Columbia through the
competition, and going to the
Canadian competition with Paul let
them see them all again.
Paul travelled to France in 2014
with his parents and other supporters
and he said the trip was enjoyable,
but busy.
"The trip was a great experience,"
he said. "Everything was fun... it
was just all enjoyable."
For nearly the first week, Paul said
the trip consisted of receiving
equipment, rebuilding it and
practising. Then there was time
forsome tourism experiences, but the
competition came quick and it
proved to be a challenge.
"The soil was really sandy," he
said. "A lot of the guys described it
like plowing a beach. It was different
than what I'm used to and [it]
didn't hold together the same as
something that has more clay or
body to it. It definitely made
for a challenge."
Paul did say, however, that most
competitors did seem to be similarly
challenged. He placed 20th in the
competition.
Don said accompanying Paul
was a real honour and privilege for
him.
While he missed Paul plowing on
the first day of the competition as he
was a steward of Paul's class, on the
second day Don made sure he had
the opportunity to be there.
"I had the privilege of pulling the
stakes for him," Don said. "I did that
for him when he was a teenager, but
I didn't think I'd ever get to do that
again."
Paul's second day of plowing was
tense as a mechanical issue caused
him to finish with only 15 seconds to
spare. The building drama as time
came to a close made it so his
mother Maja couldn't watch.
"It gave me heart failure," she said.
"When he came off the field, Paul
said, 'Well they give you two hours
and 40 minutes, you might as well
use it all,'."
For Lynne, being the Ontario
Queen of the Furrow was a matter
of dedication. She was named
Huron County Queen of the
Furrow in 1982, but didn't place in
Ottawa at the International Plowing
Match. She ran again in 1983,
becoming Queen of the Furrow for
Huron again, then going to
Wellington County where she earned
the provincial title.
Lynne was the 25th Ontario queen
and presided over the competition in
Elgin County in 1985.
As for how Lynne originally
got involved, her story is similar
to a lot of competitors in Huron
County.
"It was Ruth Townsend that
called and asked me to be in it," she
said. "I didn't know such a thing
existed. I was in Grade 13 at the time
and Ruth called and asked if I was
interested."
She said she learned to plow
alongside her younger brother Paul
and then became Queen of the
Furrow, which she said was a great
experience.
Lynne said it was a memorable
experience because of the great
relationships the plowing match
builds. She pointed to a woman
named Lois Carroll from Wellington
County.
"The entire county was so kind to
me," she said. "They adopted me... I
felt so at home and was there a lot
when I was Queen. Lois always had
tarts for me"
Lynne explained that Lois' tarts
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even made an appearance at her
wedding, as several dozen were
delivered prior to the ceremony.
"The plowing match gives you the
opportunity to reconnect with old
friends and make new friends," she
said.
The former queen has a lot of
history with the IPM and the OPA.
She worked for the latter while she
was in university, took care of the
queens and eventually became
chairperson for the Queen of the
Furrow competition at the 1999 IPM
competition. She then went on to
judge the competition for several
years.
"I was queen, queen co-ordinator,
queen judge and queen organizer,"
she said with a laugh. "This year I
decided to do something different
and be a secretary. I was looking for
a challenge, and something
different."
Lynne said she was also excited to
be working with her brother Paul,
saying the last time she remembers
them working closely together was
when he coached her at the
competition.
"Like siblings, we fought," she
said. "I distinctly remember the two
of us arguing. He said my stakes
weren't lined up, and I didn't agree.
He was hollering at me and a
reporter looked at us, then looked at
everyone being polite to their
coaches, then back at us. It was just
a sibling relationship."
She said this time around, she
expects less hollering.
"I'm really enjoying reconnecting
with him and working with him," she
said. "That's been a big positive for
being involved"a sibling
relationship."
She said this time around, she
expects less hollering.
"I'm really enjoying reconnecting
with him and working with him," she
said. "That's been a big positive for
being involved."
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2017 Dog Tags and Licences are now available:
(Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
and Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
at the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Municipal Office
41342 Morris Rd., PO Box 310,
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All dogs must be licensed in compliance with By-law No. 80-
2013.
A copy of the complete By-law is available for review at the
Municipal Office.
All dogs must be identified by means of a tag and licence, issued
for a (1) one year period by:
Friday, April 28, 2017
The fee schedule shall be as follows:
1. All Dogs (except those listed in #2)
- male, females and spayed females
FIRST DOG
ALL OTHERS
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$30.00 per dog
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left by a dog, from property other than the premises of the owner
of the dog.
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Telephone: 519-887-6137 Ext. 24
Fax: 519-887-6424
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