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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-04-16, Page 8Page 8 ., Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday,: April 16, 1997 Kairs ea adies help by Ruth Ouch leier "Roots of Bruce" held their third three day event last week at the Walkerton Agriculture Building. It is put on by 25.0 volunteer' farmers from Bruce County to demonstrate dif ferent farm enterprises. Over 1200 Grade 6 stu- dents ..franc the county attended. The students • .arrive 'by the bus load and spend about two hours going through the 28 sta- tions and then participate in the detnotstrations. . Back in their classrooms they discuss what they have learned in their short course of farming. It taches them whereit all starts and goes rightto the biproductsand grocery store, • ,There are emu, pig and' sheep farmers (Sheep shows how to shear and talk about the meat);. dairy farmersdemonstrated how to milk a cow; beef farm= ers showed how beef can be produced ;6n marginal land where crops cannot grow and the biproducts of the animal, chicken and laying hensdemonstrated the grading of eggs. Yes. they had the Bee farmer and Ontario Hydro talked about farm safety. • Someone was there from the•Poison Control Centre, andthe crop. farmer had four sections:. 1. the combine 2. plants and. growth, 3, soil erup- tion, and 4. the grocery store and reading of the labels, %The fruit farriers con- sisted of the apple. -growers and the strawberries' demonstrating how to Tourism Offi:ce • Opening May 12th Hours Mon. - Thurs. 10 AM-4P1vI Friday 10 AM - 8PM Saturday 10 AM - 4 P • Phone 528-2099 Tourism. Office inside the arena will be opening on .M , . 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Built for the ;export market,. this lovely horrte is not 'normally open to the public. Take advantage of this rare • opportunity to view this home and ask questions!• • R.R. #g • KENILWORTH, Ontario NOG gE0. lit N u ; FAs u _ E u 8' km,South of Mount Forest on Hwy. #6 'Ilillionomme (519)''823-2480.1800-265-2648 4,41440 edetrftett44 /0 ,0104 eeediibitt Odom Ogaideef," • • out at "Roos of Bruce" plant and grow and of course the .frost protection. Three•horticulffure soci- eties featured "compost- ing" this year and the Grey Bruce Veterinary Association demonstrated "Cow calving and talked about "Rabies." Gladys Johnston, Sharon MacDougall.• and June Gilchrist represented Karishea Institute and found it quite rewarding. June was helping the stu- dents -get organized tu-dents"getorganized into groups and Gladys and Sharon helped serve the meal to, the volunteers. Phyllis Wallace and daughter, ° Nancy of London, spent the week- end • with sister, Ruth. and Don Bell, and attended the play. "Grandpa's Twin. Sister" put on by Lucknow Agriculture Society, which by the way, was enjoyed by many from the commu- nity. John and Donna Carter • attended the confirmation service of their grandson Chris Cader, at the. Auburn United Church on Sunday. Also attending were Chris' other grin& parents, from Teeswater. After church a .dinner was. served at the home of Wayne and Cathy Carter, in Auburn, WMS meeting South Kinloss WMS met at the church on April; 2, with Margaret DeBoer being the hostess, for the Easter Thank :offering meeting. , .The ladies • :...from Whitechurch arid Lucknow Presbyterian and Trinity Churches were special'. guests. The directors were .Marilynne Gilchrist. and Margaret DeBoer. President Nancy Maclntyre opened the meeting. Marilynne Gilchrist gave the Bible . Study doing an Easter • worship with'the participa- tion of the ladies present. Marilynne Gilchrist and Margaret DeBoer sang a ;,, duet "May the God of Hope,". ' Janet Bannerman was the guest speaker for the meeting, talking on her trip to Romania. We learned we have a lot to be thankful for here • in • Canada, They are having a fashion: show on April 24 in Kincardine with the proceeds going to "Aid to Romania.'* They -are whop- . ingto get enough money to send six feeding chairs. to the children in the orphanage. . . The rol lcall• , was answered with an Easter , poem or an Easter verse.. • Nancy Maclntyre thanked all who.took part and. the special speaker and the closing prayer was then said. ' I holds annual mQeti�g The Lucknow Women's Institute held their annual • meeting last week with I members in attendance, • Following a delicious . and -varied pot :luck dinner, ;President Alice Taylor extended the welcome. Rollcal.l was paying the fees. 'A reminder that `next month's rolleall` is to bring a plant or.bulb for an auc- tion. The money • will be for the. VI Fund. Mrs. Taylor gave her yearly report saying she was pleased at how all had chippedin to help, and she extended her thanks for the support. •'The year's, programs were read by the public relations officer. A meeting: is planned for May 15 at the River Valley Apartments to plan next year's programa. a Lois Goodhue acted as installation :officer for , the new slate of officers: Past. President, Bernice . 'Johnstone,_Prestdent Alice' Taylor, second "Vice President 'Lois Goodhue; Secretary Bernadine Ritchie, Assistant Secretary Celia Aitchison,, Treasurer Rita Gilmore, District .Director Bernice., J:ohnstone, PRO Mabel Whitby,, Branch Directors Grace Gibson and Celia BARRYW.REID,BRAI: CHARTERED: ACCOUNTANT P.Q. BOX' 300 • V1l1NGHAM, ONT.NOG 2WD WtNGHAM KINCARDINE 306'.Josephine St 357 1522 »357-1551 (Fax) 1.3967977 . • Auditing Accounting • Tax Services RUSS:TAYLOR C.A ' KEITH RAYMOND C.G.A. . 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