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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-02-10, Page 14Page 14—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 10, 1988 LB. Coming Events ATTENTION LADIES Coffee break is starting a new session of Bible studies. The topic is "Be a Winner". Wednesday mornings, 9:45 - 11 a.m. Everyone is invited. Coffee and babysit- ting provided.—bar EUCHRE TOURNAMENT Dungannon Agricultural Hall, Saturday, February 13, registration 1- 2 p.m. Admis- sion $3.00. Lunch.—bar TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB will meet in the Lucknow Legion Hall, Monday, February 15, 2 p.in. Valentine cards, ( prizes) .-6x B.A. McDONAGH REAL ESTATE 8 INSURANCE LTD. 528-2031 FARMS LUCKNOW ('1'I.RI)SS TWP. 300 acres Teeswater loam. 250 workable. Mortgage available to qualified purchaser. KINLOSS - 110 acres with 90 acres drain- ed and level, drilled well, electric pump, balance bush. Asking '55,000. • KINLOSS - 90.5 acres, level and drained. :3 bedroom home, 2 baths, barns, and 2 implement sheds.:Asking '75;000, LUCKNOW - looking for space to ruri a business. Brick building, fronting on Campbell Street' \('ith approx. 3600 stl. It. Full basement with rear access. Vendor would bold 30% mortgage .11.til► 13F:N'1'. Listings Wanted FRASER MacKINNON 528-3013 • BARRY McDONAGH 528-3821 DAVID MacKINNON 395-2483 • 48. Coming Events CONSTABLE DAVID PACKER, the Toronto policeman (who put his job on the line) by conscientiously refusing to guard the Morgentaler abortuary will be speak- ing at St. Joseph's Church Hall, Kingsbridge, Tues., Feb. 16/88 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. -6 BUS TRIP To "CATS" at The Centre, Kitchener. Book now for June 88. Phone Helen McBurney, Nicholson Bus Lines, 357-3424.-6, 7 ARE YOU READY FOR UNIVERSITY? FIND OUT! Come to the Academic Counselling ,Sessions on: Wed., February 24, 1988 5 - 6:30 p.m. Goderich District Collegiate Institute, Room 30 7 - 8:30 p.m. Central Huron Secondary School, Room 130, Clinton SNOW DATE: TUESDAY, MARCH 8 (both location~) THE UNIVERSITY • OF WESTERN ONTARIO Faculty of Part.Time and Continuing Education 23 Steven.,omL awnnn Building London. Ontario N6A 5B8 (519) 661-3635 Now! The Standard Trust JAW..-_•.� '� y: MORE SERVICES No fees! Instant Tax Receipts. No Cine -ups. Instant RRSP Loans MORE INTEREST Highly competitive rates. MORE OPTIONS Choose your favourite plan: GIC Plan. Special Savings Plan. Short Term Plan. Self -Administered Plan. Custom Tailored To Your Needs. 414 STANDARD TRUST RRSP HOTLINE: 7R318C5H 1niNGHAM 357-2022 (ill now to save t ifne and avoid me ups 'Farm Start' meetings The Ontario Farm Start Program is designed to help new producers get established in farming. It is a five-year, 90 million dollar program and began January 1, 1988. $38,000 spread over seven years is available to those applicants who meet the eligibility criteria. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office has had many requests for in- formation and application forms. As a result, two information meetings have been arranged. They are both at the Paisley Arena on Wednesday, February 17th, 1988. The first one is an afternoon meeting from 1:00-4:00 P.M. and the se- cond one runs from 7:30 to 10:30 P.M. in the evening. If you are seriously interested in becom- ing a bona fide farmer, then you should look into the details of this program. Mark February 17th, 1988 on your calendar and plan to attend. Terry James, Farm Management Specialist. • SOUTH -BRUCE COW -CALF CLUB ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting of the South -Bruce Cow -Calf Club will be held on Monday, February 15th, 1988 at the Paisley Com- munity Centre starting at 11:00 A.M. Mr. Ralph Mccartney, Program Manager, Incentives and Performance Testing, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Guelph, will be thb guest speaker. Topics will include grant pro- grams, weighing data and future of the Red Meat Program. Agribusiness representatives will also be in attendance to show the latest agricultural product lines. Members wishing to attend the meeting must contact their township director. SWINE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION Artificial Insemination can be a useful tool for your swine operation. Superior genetics can be introduced into your herd while you maintain a closed or minimal disease environment. Viable semen can be used during the summer months to maintain litter size as an alternative to your herd sire if he becomes beat stressed due to the hot, humid weather. FARM REPORT The Ontario Pork Industry Improve- ment Plan is an opportunity to make use of Artificial Insemination. 'A grant of one- third of the cost up to $500.00 per year is available. The following items are eligible: -the purchase of fresh or frozen semen from Swine Artificial Insemination Units licenced in Ontario -the packaging and transportation costs for semen -an Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food approved Swine Artificial Insemina- tion course. A Swine Artificial Insemination course is being held in Walkerton in the O.M.A.F. Boardroom on February 17th, 1988. The course is from 9:30 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Lunch is included. The cost of the course is $100.00. You will receive $100.00 worth of semen value ap- plied to your account to be used within two months. The course then is virtually free and you may receive one-third of this cost through the Artificial Insemination Grant of the Ontario Pork Industry Improvement. Plan. GROWER PESTICIDE SAFETY COURSE The Grower Pesticide Safety Course will focus primarily on the safe handling of pesticides on the farm. Topics to be covered will include - pesticide toxicity; pesticide poisonings; protective clothing and equipment; label interpretation; equipment calibrate( pesticide use calculations; legal !uiremen s for transportation, storage, and disposal; and environmental concerns. Open book examination follows the course , and must be successfully com- pleted to gain a certificate. This course will be held in the Walkerton OMAF Boardroom on Wednesday, February 24th, 1988 from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Course fee is $15.00 (responsible for own lunch). Registration is limited to 25 participants per course. By Teresa Jefferson and Ruth Anne Durnin Kindergarten I had a special visitor to- day, Mrs. Cameron and her new baby girl Meagan. We all got to hold her. She was very quiet because she slept all the time. We made Valentine Heart Faces today to decorate the bulletin board. We are all glad to have Jonathan Drennan back after getting out his tonsils last week. Room 3 just completed a unit on ground hogs and friendships. The Dinosaur Den Treehouse Olympic Team finished' our Olympic scrapbooks this week by writing amazing stories — all about "Magic Olympic Buses", "Olympics 2000", or "Winning the Gold". We're all set to watch the athletes in action! We also had a great trip to the Wawanosh Valley Nature Centre. We looked for animal signs, and fed the birds. Stuart had a chickadee sit right on his hand! Our Special Me this week is Jassie Dhaliwal. Grade 4, P.2, is learning about stamp collecting. The students have been bring- ing stamps in from all over the world. Mr. Culp has taught us how close to cut the envelope around the stamps and how to get the paper off the stamps and how to get the paper off the stamps by soaking them in water. If you have any stamps please br- ing them to the school or send them to us. Thank you from the "Stamp Hounds" of P.2. We have also had a "Factor Facts Club". To earn a membership you must know your multiplication facts. The follow- ing students have earned their certificates of membership. Congratulations to Shan- non Cranston, Billy Draper, Marc Nicholson, Heather Robinson ana LIarre Weir. This week in Room 6 all the boys are giv- ing their speeches in their classrooms. Everyone is a bit nervous! We are reading the book "How To Eat Fried Worms". It's a sensational story about a boy named Bil- ly who made a bet to eat 15 worms in 15 days and win $50. So far in the story Billy has eaten 10 worms! We are studying motorbikes and sent out letters to motor- BROOKSIDE BROADCAST cycle dealers asking for pamphlets. Each boy mailed his letter to a different dealer. So far three boys have received replies. Mr. Spittal's 5-6 class has, been doing a novel study. Grade 5 has been reading "Old Yeller". Grade 6 girls have been reading "The Pearl". Grade 6 boys are reading "The Curse of the Viking Grave". In environmental studies, we are studying, different kinds of energy. In Art our class has made Heart people using construction paper and doilies. We held a class vote and voted Meliss MacLenean and Mellissa Nicholson for the best heart persons. Mrs. Worsell's Grade 5 class has been listening to speeches, working on the Icons, beginning an Animal Study and suf- fering from the flu. Mrs. Tebbutt's Grade 6 class had a visit from Mrs. Graham. She talked about how to draw animals for our animal research. Mrs. Graham showed us how to draw animals out of shapes. We are using this knowledge to draw the animals which wer researched for our Take 45 Animal Cover- ings Unit. This week students in Room 8, Grade 7 have been working on gymnastic routines in the gym. Mrs. Graham has been helping us with our own T-shirt designs. At Family Studies and Industrial Art students switch- ed subjects for the last half of the year. Research is starting on a Science Fair pro- ject in the Library. In gym Grade 7A has started to do routines for gymnastics. On the 4th of February we had a French test, it seemed easy, but wait till our marks come back! 6n Wednesday, February 3 our Shop and Home-ec classes experienced new changes with the new teachers and activities.