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The Rural Voice, 1982-08, Page 26PLETCH ELECTRIC WINGHAM •Residential •Farm •Industrial *Commercial • Motor Rewinding •Complete Motor Sales Phone Collect 357-1583 FARM NEWS Junior agriculturists: Grey and Bruce The Junior Agriculturalist Program is once again in full force in Grey and Bruce Counties. This year the program has 28 keen young people working on Host Farms throughout the twin counties. It is a very worthwhile program and is designed to provide a practical learning experience for young people from non-farm homes who have a serious interest in agriculture and who have had no experience working on a farm. As a Junior Agriculturalist, the individual is placed on a selected commercial farm. where he/she performs regular activities related to the farm operation. In addition, the Junior ,Agriculturalist has an opportunity to develop an appreciation of rural life by living with a farm family and by participating in local 4-H. Junior Farmers and other rural programs/ activities. This program is very rewarding for the Junior Agriculturalist and provides them with a summer experience they will always remember. Kincardine resident wins scholarship Ernest G. Cerson, a recent graduate of the two year Agricultural Business Man- agement Course at Centralia College of Agricultural Technology, has been award- ed at $150 scholarship by United Co-oper- atives of Ontario (UCO). This is one of five awards presented annually by UCO in its continuing program of recognizing "ex- cellence in leadership and responsibility" among young persons in Ontario. Ernest. 20, who is known as Casey to his friends, was the top student in the agricultural business course. He was the recipient of three of the major awards presented annually to the graduating class. "It was very satisfying to win the awards after two years of hard work," he says. At present, he is busy working on a Kincardine dairy farm as a herdsman. THE GOOD OLD DAYS Nothing takes the place of a thresher. Case advertisement. The Canadian Countryman 1939 MOTORCYCLES 50cc - 1100cc - Mini's- Trail - Road Bikes and Commuters EIOND2� POWER PRODUCTS Portable - Water pumps - Electric Generators - Stationary engines - Snowblowers - Lawn Mowers (all 4 -stroke) ATC'S 3 - Wheel All Terrain Cycles cY-Jo CYCLE OPEN Tues., - Fri., 9:30 - 5:30 Sat . , 9:30 - 3:30 1 190 Wallace Ave. N., Listowel 291-1556 380 King St. W. Waterloo 884-1210 FG. 26 THE RURAL VOICE/AUGUST 1982