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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-08-25, Page 1INSIDE THIS WEEK: QUEEN - Pg. 9 Local crowned Huron Queen of the Furrow RIDE - Pg. 10 Local forms team for Milton cycling safety ride TALENT - Pg. 19 Blyth woman heads to London for Rise2Fame Publications Mail Agreement No. 40050141 Return Undeliverable Items to North Huron Publishing Company Inc., P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, ON NOG 1H0 4Citiz Volume 32 No. 33 n $1 .25 GST included Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, August 25, 2016 Morris-Turnberry plays host to Plowing Match A careful eye Just as important as a contestant's speech and answer to an impromptu question is their work in the fields when it comes to the Huron County Plowing Match. Here, Mary Paige St. Onge of Seaforth, one of the Queen of the Furrow contestants, does her best to keep her machine straight, with the help of her assistant. St. Onge lined up alongside six other contestants in the Queen of the Furrow competition, which would eventually be won by Marion Studhalter. Irelyn St. Onge was crowned the match's princess, while a number of other locals succeeded in the plowing competition. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Pennington to lead local kidney walk By Denny Scott The Citizen Brussels resident Christopher Pennington will be chairing the Goderich Kidney Walk in September, almost two years after he received a diagnosis that changed his life. Pennington was born with an auto- immune disorder called Henoch- Schonlein Purpura. The disorder results in inflammation and bleeding in small blood vessels in the skin, joints, intestines and kidneys. The disorder can also result in kidney damage, which for Pennington is a significant concern as he was only born with one. Pennington has persevered through his situation, continuing to play on local sports teams including hockey and soccer and helping his teams reach accolades including a provincial silver medal in baseball this year for the Brussels Squirts and a Western Ontario Athletics Association (WOAA) gold medal as the goaltender for the Blyth -Brussels Atom LL Crusaders. Last year, Pennington was named the chairman of the Kidney Walk in Owen Sound, which benefits The Kidney Foundation of Canada. He will lead the Goderich Kidney Walk next month. After being active in many local sports for years, Pennington had to take a short break when he fell ill. In order to play the sports he loves, he has since taken precautions, which have allowed him to take part in the sports he loves at a very high level. "I wear kidney protection so I can play baseball — I'm the pitcher — and when I'm at bat and when I play hockey," he said. "It's important because I want to play." The walk will be held on Sept. 11 at the boardwalk on the Goderich waterfront. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with opening ceremonies at 9:45 a.m. and the walk following at 10 a.m. Currently Pennington is the fourth -highest fundraiser of 636 participants for Kidney Walks across the province, having raised $2,110 from 37 donations. Pennington is also the captain of Christopher's Crew, a team in the walk, which has raised, including Pennington's efforts, $2,335 through 42 donations and includes Pennington's friends and neighbours. The team is currently the eighth -highest fundraising team of 169 teams throughout Ontario. For more infirmation on the walk or to learn how you can get involved, visit the foundation at www.kidney.ca/kidney-walks By Denny Scott The Citizen Last week's Huron County Plowing Match benefitted from some great weather according to Huron County Plowmen's Association President Neil Vincent. The event was hosted at the farm of Paul and Ann Marie Fear on Clegg Line in Morris-Turnbeny by the Fear family and Huron County Warden and Morris-Turnberry Mayor Paul Gowing on Aug. 18 and 19. "It went really well," Vincent said. "We lucked out on the weather." Vincent explained that, in the week prior to the event, organizers were concerned there wouldn't be anywhere for visitors to the event to park because of how hard the land had become. "Basically, at the site, we had seven inches of rain over seven days," he said. "That really helped a lot. It helped with the parking and with having the land workable for everyone plowing." As far as the competition was concerned, two of the highest honours at the event, the Queen of the Furrow title and the Princess title, went to Marion Studhalter of RR2, Blyth and Irelyn St. Onge of Seaforth, respectively. Both young women took their crowns after the match and began performing their duties at the Friday night banquet. The two highest plowing awards, the senior champion and the senior reserve champion, went to Brian McGavin and Paul Dodds respectively. Shawn Ryan received the Huron Junior Champion Award as well as the Warden's Award, the Ross Gordon Memorial Award for best plowing crown in the junior match and was named the top plow person at junior day on Thursday. Lucas Townsend brought home the William Leeming Memorial Award for the best plowing finish at the junior match. The Don Dodds Award, presented in honour of the perennial plowing judge from the Winthrop area, went to Tom Evans for the highest score for a visiting plower. Harold Walker won the antique plow award. Also from the Queen of the Furrow competition, contestant Eugenia Pentland received Miss Plow Girl for the best plowing, Studhalter won the Miss Friendship award and Natalie Fear was named the first runner up. John Ryan received the Val -Lea Farms Award for being the youngest plower from Huron County. The awards banquet at the Belgrave Community Centrewas well attended according to Vincent who said 275 people were fed and on hand to see the awards handed out.