The Rural Voice, 1978-11, Page 25successful, can be copied by other
communities, institutions or organizations
with similar problems to solve.
When the University of Guelph es-
tablished the Rural Development Outreach
Project, (RDOP) they selected two pilot
areas to study - Huron County, a traditional
agricultural area, and the Halton Region,
an agricultural area now threatened by
rapid urbanization.
In Huron County, one of the first tasks
under the new project was a community
survey to learn more about the Wingham-
Turnberry (nothern) part of the county.
The survey was completed in the summer
of 1977 and questions on the survey related
to health, life satisfaction, leisure act-
ivities, occupations, household manage-
ment and the use of community services.
One fact revealed by the survey was that
12 per cent of North Huron's population is
over the age of 65 - considerably higher
than the provincial average of nine per
cent.
Although the survey formed one very
important aspect of the project, there were
also community programs funded under
the RDOP. One of these was the study of
drainage and related problems in Turnber-
ry township.
Following a request from Turnberry
township, students in a graduate class of
the centre for resources development at the
University of Guelph undertook a study of
drainage and related problems in the
township. In May of this year the students
presented council with an accurate map of
the location of all the surface and
sub -surface drains and a written report
explaining their findings.
Also, the RDOP provided , the Van
Egmond Foundation of Seaforth with
financial support so the foundation could
employ Marlene Turnbull. a fine arts
graduate from the University of Guleph, to.
catalogue the historical documents on the
Van Egmond family (early Huron Tract
pioneers) as well as keeping up the
grounds and showing visitors through the
house.
The woman who's handling the job of
co-ordinating the program in Huron
County is Louise Marritt, a sheep farmer in
Turnberry Township. She has established
an office at 92 Victoria Street East in
Wmgham and welcomes inquiries by the
general public at 357-9911.
Grey County schools
add farm safety classes
Commencing this month, farm safety
dasses will be presented in all rural Grey
County schools. The Grey County Board of
Education and the Farm Safety Association
have agreed that safety instruction will be
given to approximately 9.000students as
part of a cooperative trial project.
While the Association has made safety
presentations to rural school children for
some time, this project differs in that a
professional teacher with an agricultural
background will develop and present the
program. Scheduled for December com-
pletion. the project is part of the Farm
Safety Association's Province -wide effort
to promote the inclusion of farm safety and
health in the curricula of all rural school
boards.
Ag Hall of Fame
accepting members now
The Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame
Association is accepting members now,
says Bob Carbert, curator of the Ontario
Ag ri'vultural Museum in Milton.
The association plans to create an
Agricultural Hall of Fame at the museum.
"Individuals who have made out-
standing contributions to Ontario agricul-
ture can be nominated to the hall of fame
by association memebers."
The association, formed one year ago, is
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