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Souvenirs
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Great Gift id as far Christmas
o T-shirts
o Sweatshirts
o Mugs
o Coolers
Available at:
° ells, DisCOC nl
° Lucknow Co-op
Tourism Office•
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Bulk orders from Delores at Cut & Curl)
Special thanks to: Lucknow Legion,. Lancers,
Lions, Kinsmenand municipalities of
Lucknow, Kinloss and Ashfield
for financial help to get the ball rolling!
16th Annual
Kincardine Rotary Club
TV AUCTION
Lucknow ,and District Lions Ciub inducted two n - w members recently.
They are :iii Lalonde and Eric Exei (front centrr-) with their sponsors
Gord :rooks (left) and harry Johnston (right). Also pictured artwo.
members f the L'i .ins Red vadge induction team P.C.O. Dave Overboe,
,Landesboru ugh, and P.Z.C., Steve Campbell of Auburn. (photo submit-
ted)
Forage Profit seminar
to b
held iii November
CHANNEL: ,6,r
gone 396-9061
Auction lists will be distributed door-to-door:
Copies also available at Kwik -K Hi -Way'
Variety, Darcie's, Zehrs, Cameron's Food
Market, Paradise Travel, Jerome Fiowers,
MacNay's (Amberley), MacAdam's. (Ripley),
Allen's Family Workwear (Tiverton),
Beckers (Lucknow).
T . UT tfE
Must be Sola!
OPEN
7 DAYS A WEEK
JEWELLERY 225HorbourSt,',
�pp(across from the :
& GIFTS doghouse) •
3967448
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Weather patterns over.
the past couple of years
have reduced the forage
acreage and yields and
have left many producers
with a verytight forage
supply situation. Those
involved in the forage pro-
duction system will want
to reserve a seat.at the
Forage Profit seminar to
be held in late November:
Sponsored by the Ontario
"Forage Council, the agen- ,
da for this one day semi
nar includes: Dr: Mark
'McCaslin, Forage`
Genetics, of Wisconsin
who will address the topic;'
"Improving. Legume. and
Grass. Varieties", • a discus .
sion on: breeding for wm
ter hardiness, pest. toles
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ance:, yield and quality. pr.
Steve •Bowle.y and Dr,:
Brian. McKersie, of the
Crop Science Department
University of, Guelph will •
present the topic: "Solving
Forage 'Problems with -
Biotechnology." Paul
Sullivan, Eastern Ontario
Agronomist, will •discuss
"Managing Forage.
Establishment • and.
Maintenance, for Profit.",
"Dr. Doug Yungblut. and
Dr: Bill ,Mahanna of
'Pioneer -Hi-Bred Ltd. will
examine "Retaining';'.
Quality & Feed Value for
Profit," Beth Wheeler,.
OMAFRA Dairy Nutrition
Specialist, of Brighton,
will discuss "Feeding
Forage Crops Profitably,"
and Jim Johnston, forage
researcher, 'of New
Liskeard, will discuss
"Alternative Forages: for
:Hay, Silage & Pasture." A
producer panel', a popular
approach at this type of
conference, will round out
the . program, with the
topic, "I=Iow Forage Feeds
Profit for Me."
The program will be
held at three locations: •
Nov.. 24 at the Kemptville
Agriculture College, Nov,•
25 at the Holiday ,Inn,
'Trenton and Nov. 26 at.
Guelph Place, Guelph.
The $25 preregistration
fee ($35 at the door) guar-
antees,lunch and includes
a copy of the proceedings.
Registration brochures are
available , at local.
OMAFRA o€fices.'
Preregister before Nov. 14.
by mailingthe registration
form and fee to the
Ontario Forage Council,
P.O, Box 1121, Guelph,
ON :NIH 6N3. For more
details contact.. Richard
Hendry;. Soil and Crop
Advisor, OMAFRA,
Fergus, 1-(519) '864-0941.
or<.1-800-265-8332 or
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rhendry@omafra.gov on.c
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Advance payment for,
corn and soybeans
If ,you :are storing corn;
or soybeans .and 'are inter-
,••ested in an interest-free
,loan of up .to, $50,000 •the
1997-98 Advance
Payment forms for corn
.'and soybeans are now.
available at your local
• OMAFRA,' office..
Applications must be .post-
marked no later than Feb:.
28, 1998,
Bruce County
Cattlemen's Association
Ladies Night
owns
is
avel
The Bruce County
Cattlemen's Association is
hosting.. its Ladies Night
on Saturday, Nov. 22 at
the Walkerton Knights of
Columbus. Ha1L Social
houris from. 6 p.m. - '7
p.m. Dinner is at 7 p.m.
Dance to "Black Magic."
Cost is $12/person:
Deadlines for tickets is
Saturday, Nov. 15.
Local calf sale
It has been an: exciting
fallwith several local
'sales barns taking on new
initiatives to meet the
needs of cow/calf produc-
ers and buyers: Many have.
invested extra dollars and
lots of time and energy to
offer revised marketing,
opportunities. The results
;have been `shorter sales,
• many fully processed,
calves ready to go on feed,
and groups of quality.
calves being offered:
Prices are at ]:east 30 cents
above last year because of
a shift in the cattle cycle. ,
However, producers are ,
also being paid a premium:
for' selling fully. vaccinated.
and cleaned up calves,
ip t�
ose of
it
West ' Wawanosh
Township is disposing of •
the Robinson Gravel Pit
,on Concession 6, Lot N1/2,
Wi/2 25. ..
Council discussed the
purchase .in camera• at its ,,
Oct. 20 meeting.
A. motion .was passed
for .council to' proceed
with the agreement of pur-
chase
and ,sale..,submitted
by. Bill Robinson. '
Ata previous meeting,
council requested the
Ministry of Natural,
Resources cancel the pit
licence since no longer
in use and the pits is
closed.
West Wawanosh
Township has agreed to
the:terms of the Lucknow
and District ' : Joint
Recreation Board •
Agreement for the man-
agemen;t of,the 'vario:us
recreation facilities and.
programs:
.West Wawanosh
Township is looking for
boundary changes inits
fire agreements.
Council has requested;
amendments in its agree-
ments with
gree=ments':with: the Lucknow
and Blyth fire departments
because of a- conflict.of.
boundaries;
Ashfield
receiv S n/ -l1
writer'n
bjections
ta
{r in
Ashfield Township
received no written objec-
tions to assessments on the
Maple. Street municipal
drain.
A court of revision was
held to hear appeals on the
Assessments prior to
Ashfield Township coun-
cil's•Oct.21 meeting.
One affected landowner
•attended the meeting to
gather more information
but did not have any
objections.
After the court ofrevi-
sion, council opened its
meeting and gave third
reading to its Maple Street
municipal drain improv-
ment and extension bylaw.
The bylaw allows the
township to collect its fees
for't'he work, from the
affected residents:. •
. OPP Staff Sergeant
Brian -Baldwin attended
the Meeting to provide
information regarding how
much policing will cost; in
the township from the
OPP; .
:. All municipalities;•will
have to pay for policing
under changes to, : the.
Police Services Act which.
are expected to take effect
in.' 1998.
Townships,which tra-
ditionally did not pay for
provincial police services,
will now have to pay but
have the option for joining.
regional police services,
continuing, to receive
policing from •the OPP or
contract with ,a neighbor
ing ;municipal police ser
vice.
Ashfield Township ;has
no neighboring municipal
service and' expects" to
continue receiving .its
policingfrorn the OPP.'
Baldwin gaveaa prelirri
inary estimate of $231,929
as'"the expected annual:
cost' for :the police service
it ,provides to ..Ashfield;•
'Township.
The innaugural meeting
of the new Ashfield
Township codncil has
been changed, from.
Monday, Dec,1 .'to
Tuesday, Dec, 2, at 7:30
p m:
Ashfield Township resi
• dents were at .the Nov. 4
council meeting to express
concerns about garbage
beingdumped. on Mill
Line side,road..
They asked for .coun-
cil's aSSistance
oun-cil's:assistance cleaning it
up as well as posting signs
prohibiting dumping.
Council agreed with
this and with the Consent
of an adjacent landowner,
is 'willing to clear; the
brush on the ,easterly road'
allowance at the expense
of one resident. "
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