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sign welcoming visitor; to
the site of the International
Plowing .tate:h •
Representatives of the
Ontario PioWmmtt's•
Association (which over-,
sees matches) and the
Huron IPM committee
..plus dignitaries will eon-
-duet
n*-
- duet the dedication, says
Thiel.
The dedication formally
• marks the beginning of
earnest promotion of the
1999 event Planning :by
most committees has
advance to the- point
. where many entertainment.
acts .are booked and space
in tiie trailer park and ..disco
play 'area:s are being=,
offered. A tit -aft- site .asap
was published in January
and .revised several times
since. I-: undn ds of votutr�
tears from. all Corners of
I Uron County.' have
already togged countless
hourtt.
Hoot ttttntity kept bulesis
Even the Becker famiity _
hior bocci ireavHHy_ involved
siace They wont the hosting,
opportunity over five other
farms three years ago.
(other. bidders: were loot-
• ed in Stephen `i'awnship, .
Brussels, 1vl4 file p
Towitship. I''erk Albert and
another in . ay `township.)
One year earlier, earl
Becker heard lluron;
• Plowraaeti"s Asso iation
Was. interested) in hosting
the..IQ9e) 11'! 1 liccatise., t
will
ccWh.rate its 75tli •
arlrIivet•x:try that 's attic
roils -,i Se with. Thies
he�.lp;
ktect er :Sli tented, a prw-.
OS41' tt1 the; late ed.,
• member. cal the
Site search korninittee,
,Pecker. was confident'
hip tapir Ole( md►,SI. criteria..
.
i aving attended ,several
International PloW1»g
Matches oven; the ;years, he
renal ze d'.elash event;
see medt .!,4..b saes stns-
'Orbit!) centrci Aiacl to cl b
pro,.ini i ty t an u n:i a pnl�;
..crvi`ce s anti na4 0I reuse
rartors,..
fairly level hind. r A
01:.or the �1tii►4i i .tile
40iueti," he addat►...
i4ut tlae� .Becker farm
Wt%Sra't 141'ge Pnnt►gh tez.
hold the events so his`
neighbors wore soon invit-
ed to offer :their 'land,
"We optioned nearly.
3,000.acres and we'll. u;set
atoll lx yt,. saidThicil,
The extra land -is there
ft r extra parking and
`plowing sites in, case the
IPM is hit with, several
daysof rain,.
The Becker farmis the
centrepiece of the IWIkI site
with 'approxittieately two-
thirds, on the south side of..
the main rarmliause and
once -third: on the north. The
tented city will lam. leated
directly behind his house
and ham along a sideroad
.to be renamed' Becker
Sunset eoulevartt• for the
match.
:flost'ing. the IRI. has
required long-term cont . ,
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mitment and a chanae,in
farming for the Beckers.
The,plowing match
requires solid, undisturbed,'
,anti. .•
"We'rax.going to hny dpi:
the first time in S years,"
said Earl, :a e:atwia. crag
farmer; adding he will still
dant some beans and
whesat •
Thiel said the Deckers
have opened their home to
UPM'. tneetinla,a.atnd their -
flelds to site tours,
"They've let the cem
.mittecs eomta and drive
stakes in•.tltttir lanai,", he
said.. •
"Not .a week goes. by
when someaone'S' not
hemmr +-addcd Becker, .
The: Beckers arenatu-
re
ateu
-
rally wet ed about being
involved with the.
Ince rnr*tie natI Plowiin
"Match. The family bas
collected souvenir cowboy
huts -from the„1966 IP .
near Seaforth and a pin
from the 197/1 match slur
Wingham bin • these arti-
,facts won't eoinpare to the.
stones they'll. be able to
tell about being, hosts,
"There's going to .be
'something out of this that
well .always remember,"
said Earl, "It's the price et`
having il;'
As 4 -kind of trial run
the fleeker family is also .
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