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calf – Seaforth Fair; Linda Franken
for the Auburn Co-op Trophy for
reserve champion 4-H dairy calf –
Seaforth Fair and the Huron Bay Co-
op Award for champion 4-H dairy
showperson – Seaforth Fair;
Rebecca Franken, the D&D Glass
Award for reserve champion 4-H
dairy showperson – Seaforth Fair;
Luke Peeters, the Scotiabank Award
for top novice dairy showperson –
Seaforth Fair; Allana Beuerrman, the
Huron Holstein Award for high total
score with holstein calf and Connor
Baer, the Huron Holstein Award for
second highest score with holstein
calf.
Goat award winners were: Kaitlyn
Gerretzen, the Jan Hayward award
for high score goat member; Simon
Vellenga, the Rona Cashway Award
for high score first-year goat
member; Toni Gerretzen, the
Gallagher Power Fencing Award of
Merit; Myah Vingerhoeds, the Paul
Klopp Award for top goat
showperson; Nicole Vingerhoeds,
the Huron Goat Club award for
reserve showperson – Seaforth Fair;
Kaitlyn Gerretzen, the Goat Owners
Award for best goat of the Seaforth
Fair and Myah Vingerhoeds, the
Huron Goat Club Award for reserve
goat – Seaforth Fair.
Judging Competition Award
winners were: Nathan Barger, the
Hensall District Co-op Award for
high novice judge; Connor Rodger,
Hill & Hill Farms Ltd. Award for
high junior judge; Laura Higgins,
the Judging Competition Award for
high intermediate judge; Kayla
Bishop, the Hill & Hill Farms Ltd.
Award for high senior judge; LauraHiggins, the Canadian ImperialBank of Commerce Award for highoverall judge and Nathan Barger,Kristina Drennan, Colton Rodger
and Connor Rodger, the Judging
Competition Team Award for
winning team.
Winners of the Libro Project Book
Awards were: Novice (ages nine to
11) Nathan Barger, first: Marissa
Nonkes, second and Anna Peterson,
third. Junior (ages 12 to 14) Justin
Beuerman, first; Taylor Kinsman,
second and Graham Falconer, third.
Intermediate (ages 15 to 17) Jolande
Oudshoorn, first; Jillian Martin,
second and Kaitlyn LaFramboise,
third. Senior (ages 18 to 21) Jackie
Henderson, first; Kristina Drennan,
second and Fraser Falconer, third.
Winners of the life skills awards
(outstanding member) were: Ryan
Baan, Grey Township; Hannah
Krebs, Hensall and Ellen Jefferson,
Wawanosh. 4-H members who best
lived up to the 4-H motto “learn to
do by doing” were: Femke Backx,
Grey Township; Evan Krebs,
Hensall and Mary Kate Higgins,
Wawanosh. Kristina Drennan was
honoured as a graduating life skill
member.
Sheep award winners were: Hollie
Evans, the Old Mill Award for high
score member of the 4-H Sheep
Club; Makena McEwan, the
Lucknow Co-op Award for high
novice member of the 4-H Sheep
Club; Kabrina Bishop, the Green’s
Meat Market Award for champion
market lamb – Seaforth Fair; Alida
Swart, the Shillalah Farm Award for
champion ewe lamb – Seaforth Fair;
Emily Terpstra, the Lisa Thompson
Award for champion 4-H sheep
showperson – Seaforth Fair; Emily
Gibson, the Doug Kennedy Award
for reserve champion sheep
showperson – Seaforth Fair; Laura
Higgins, the North Sheep Leaders
Award for outstanding contribution
to the club; Jesse Kinsman, the
South Huron Sheep Leaders Award
for outstanding effort; Makena
McEwan, the Lucknow Sheep
Leaders Award for outstanding effort
and contribution to the club and
Kabrina Bishop, the Canadian Co-
operative Wool Growers Award for
champion 4-H fleece – Seaforth Fair.
Sod Busters Award winners were:
Fraser Falconer, the Steve Corbett
Award for high score – Sod Busters
Club; Dean Ryan, the McGavin
Farm Equipment Award for highest
points by a first year Sod Busters
member; Chris Baker, the Townsend
Tire Award for youngest member of
the Sod Busters Club; Scott Baan,
the Sod Busters Leaders’ Award for
top land plowed on achievement day
by competitive plow and Mitch
McNichol for the Leaders’ Award
for non-competitive plow; Jacob
Gulutzen, the Agvise Award for Sod
Buster member with the highest
amount of points at the International
Plowing Match; Shawn Ryan, the
Ross Gordon Award for best crown
junior day; Lucas Townsend, the Bill
Leeming Award for best finish junior
day and Scott Baan, TD Canada
Trust Award for top 4-H plow
person.
Swine award winners were: Dean
Ryan, the Huron County Pork
Producers Association Award for
high score member of the 4-H Swine
Club; Shannon Ryan, the Bergsma
Award for champion 4-H gilt;
Natalie Fear, the John Watson Award
for champion 4-H market pig;
Shawn Ryan, the Scotiabank Award
for champion swine showperson –
Seaforth Fair; Shannon Ryan, the
Huron County Pork Producers
Award for reserve champion
showperson – Seaforth Fair and
Andrew Fear, the Bank of MontrealAward for highest scoring first-yearmember.Winners of the Seaforth Fair CropAwards were: the Central Huron
Swine Club, the Russell Bolton
Memorial Trophy for top 4-H club,
corn exhibit – Seaforth Fair, the
Cook’s Division of Parrish &
Heimbecker Ltd. Trophy for top 4-H
club, white bean exhibit – Seaforth
Fair and the Burn’s Farm Supply
Award for top 4-H club, soybean
exhibit – Seaforth Fair; the South
Huron Sheep Club, the Pickseed
Canada Award for top 4-H club, 1/4
bale of first cut hay exhibit –
Seaforth Fair, as well as the Pickseed
Canada Award for the 1/4 bale of
second cut hay exhibit – Seaforth
Fair, the Les and John Coleman
Award for top 4-H club, haylage
exhibit – Seaforth Fair and the
Hensall District Co-op Award for top
4-H club, winter wheat exhibit –
Seaforth Fair.
The Seaforth Fair’s club display
award, the Vincent Farm
Equipment/Delta Power Trophy for
top educational display went to the
Huron County Goat Club, while the
Seaforth Fair Sweepstakes T.D.
Canada Trust Award for champion 4-
H sweepstakes showperson went to
Brad MacIntyre.
Huron County Awards went to:
Fraser Falconer, the Murray Cardiff
Award for top all-around member;
Kristina Drennan, the Don Pullen
Award for highest overall Huron
County score; Makena McEwan, the
Warden’s Novice Award for first-
year competitive member high
score; Melissa MacIntyre, the Ben
Lobb Award for the junior members
essay award; Kristina Drennan, the
Dedication Award for dedication to
4-H and Kayla Bishop, the Ontario
Plowmen’s Association Award for
outstanding agriculture 4-H
member.
Ellen Jefferson placed first in the
running for the Signal Star
Publishing Award for the pressreporter book competition, whileKendall Black placed second.Kristina Drennan placed first in theHuron County 4-H Leaders’
Association’s club secretary book
competition, while Reba Jefferson
placed second and Emma Enders
placed third.
The winning team in the Huron
County Go For The Gold
competition consisted of Ellen
Jefferson, Maisy Jefferson, Reba
Jefferson, Jeanette Schram and
Yolande Oudshoorn.
Honoured under the six club
completion were Dylan Black,
Kendall Black, Andrea Bokkers,
Jan-Willem Bokkers, McKenna
Clendenning, Dawson Coultes,
Rebecca Franken, Ashley Higgins,
Evan Krebs, Kaitlyn LaFramboise,
Thomas Pockett, Connor Rodger,
Patrick Steckle, Ariya Vellenga,
Ward Verschaeve and Nick
Vinnicombe. Those being honoured
under the 12 club completion were
Christopher Franken, Emily
Franken, Scott Jefferson, Jesse
Kinsman, Darlene Lobb, Janelle
Shapton, Lana Shapton and Alison
Terpstra. Listed under the 18 club
completion were Emma Enders,
Adrian Franken and Matthew Swart.
The 24 club consisted of Fraser
Falconer and Jolande Oudshoorn,
while the 36 club consisted of
Maisy Jefferson and Kristina
Drennan was alone in the 60 club
completion.
Graduating members were Kayla
Bishop, Kristina Drennan, Jackie
Henderson and Lana Shapton.
Adriana Backx was honoured for
her one year of volunteering, while
Monique Baan and Eileen George
were recognized for five years of
volunteering. Mary Ellen Foran was
honoured for volunteering for 10
years with the club and Kim Higgins
and Joan Van Sligtenhorst were
recognized for 25 years of
volunteering with the club.
Despite continued warnings that
the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
would be as visible as ever during
their Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce
Impaired Driving Everywhere)
campaign, the OPP is disappointed
that the number of motorists charged
with impaired driving over the
holidays is the highest it has been
when compared to the last eight
campaigns (from 2005 to present).
This year’s Festive R.I.D.E.
campaign was conducted from Nov.
24 to Jan. 2, 2013 and OPP R.I.D.E.
stops were set up around the clock
throughout the province as OPP
officers worked diligently to take
impaired drivers off Ontario roads.
Over the five-and-a-half-week
campaign, OPP officers charged 693
persons with having a Blood
Alcohol Concentration (BAC) over
0.08 (or over 80 milligrams).
Officers also issued a total of 625
warn range suspensions to motorists
caught driving with a BAC between
0.05 and 0.08 (or between 50 and 80
milligrams).
During last year’s campaign
(2011-2012), OPP officers charged
682 motorists with impaired driving
and issued a warn range suspension
to 583 drivers. According to the
OPP, there is no excuse for the
number of impaired drivers being on
the rise and it is a simple matter of
people continuing to make bad
decisions that impact public safety
over the holidays.
“We had hoped to see these
numbers decrease significantly
during this year’s campaign, in light
of how much harder we have worked
to educate the public about the
dangers of drinking and driving,”
said OPP Commissioner Chris
Lewis. “Impaired driving continues
to be the leading cause of criminal
death in Canada and it is
Local members honoured with 4-H club awards
Big winner
Late last year at the Huron County 4-H Club awards in
Seaforth, Don Dodds, left, leader of the Central Huron
Swine Club, presented Andrew Fear with the Bank of
Montreal – Clinton Branch Award for the first year member
of the club with the highest score. (Photo submitted)
Achievement
Don Dodds, left, leader of the Central Huron Swine Club,
presented Natalie Fear with the John Watson Award for the
4-H Huron County member with the champion market pig at
the club’s annual awards ceremony held in Seaforth late
last year. (Photo submitted)
OPP calls campaign
‘disappointing’
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