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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-03-03, Page 8Page 8 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 3, 1993 Cattle sold on higher ' market It's junior farmer membership month sold for 59.50. All classes of cattle sold on a stronger to higher market at Brus- sels. Livestock last week. There were 523 steers on offer selling from 97.00 to 103.00 with sales to, 113.75. Maple' Emblem Farms, Dungannon, 27, avg. 1407 lbs., avg. 101.15 to a high of 112.75. G.A. Stewart Farms, Ripley, 45, avg. 1224 lbs., avg. 99.42 with sales to 111.50. Grant Collins, Kincardine, 20, avg. 1487 lbs., avg. 98.24 with sales to 109.75. Normangrove Farms, Wingham, two, avg. 1280 Ibs., avg. 94.52 with sales to 95.50. Peter Scheurwater, Teeswater, two Holstein steers, avg. 1370 lbs., sold for 90.00. Mike Dalton, Goderich, 12, avg. 1060 lbs., avg. 97.43 with sales to 98.60. Ronald Menary, Lucknow, three, avg. 1300 lbs., avg. 96.42. There were 242 heifers on offer selling from 97.00 to 100.00 with sales to 102.00. Lome Hackett, Lucknow, 12, avg. 1088 lbs., avg. 96.85 to top of 100.40. Greg Hackett, Lucknow, three, avg. 1103 lbs., avg. 98.38, with sales to 98.75. Mike Dalton, Goderich, six, avg. 953 lbs., avg. 94.53 with sales to 95.25. Joe King, Teeswater, a Charolais cow weighed 1430 lbs.,, sold for 75.75. Richard Orr, Kincardine, a Holstein cow, weighed 1350 Ibs. Grant McLelland, Kincardine, a Hereford weighed 900 Ibs., sold for 60.75. Patrick Courtney, Ripley, five, avg. 1428 lbs., avg. 61.88., with sales to 64.00. Wm. DeBoer, Lucknow, a Holstein cow weighed 830 lbs., sold for 65.00. Prehnbrook Farm, Ripley, a Holstein cow weighed 1510 lbs., sold for 65.50. Donkar Holsteins, Lucknow, a Holstein cow weighed 1320 lbs., sold for 67.25. Groenberg Farms, Lucknow, five cows, avg. 1312 lbs., avg. 65.77 with sales to 67.75. Teeswater River Farms, Teeswater, two cows, avg. 1205 lbs., sold for 65.00. There were 189 veal on offer selling from 79.00 to 109.00 with sales to 117.00. Albert Miller, Lucknow, one, weighed 610 Ibs. sold for 114.00. John Martin, Lucknow, two avg... 625 lbs., sold for an average of 106.77. • Ken deBoer, Lucknow, one weighed 550 lbs., sold for 100.50. Robert Harris, Ripley, one weighed 660 lbs. sold for 100.00. Lambs: under 50 lbs. up to 190.00; over 50 lbs. up to 170.00. Steers: 400 to 500 lbs., 115.00 to 133.00; 500 to 600 lbs. 105.00 to 120.00; 600 to 700 lbs. 100.00 to 115.00; 700 to 800 lbs. 100.00 to 110.00; 800 lbs. and over 90.00 to 110.00. Huron County Junior Farmers are looking for you. March is Junior Farmer membership month. Do you want to be part of an organization by young people for young people? Then consider join- ing Junior Farmers. Be part of "Building Future Rural Leaders Through Self -Help and Community Betterment" the Junior Farmer Mission Statement. The fundamentals of Junior Sustains injur A 28 -year-old Kincardine man was taken to Kincardine and Dis- trict General Hospital for minor injuries after an accident on Con- cession 5 of Kincardine Township. The vehicle was travelling west when it met a second vehicle at the top of a steep hill. The west -bound vehicle swerved to give the second vehicle more room when the driver lost control. The vehicle began to fishtail down the hill until it hit a guard rail and rolled over, ending up in a snow bank. No one was charged in the acci- dent. On Feb. 8, Kincardine OPP made two arrests in connection with recent break, enter and thefts from a Tiverton pizzeria and gas station. An 18 -year-old man from Shallow Lake and a 17 -year-old female from Port Elgin have been charged with three counts of breach of their undertaking after being involved in Farmers is to give one an opportun- ity to be involved in an organized group and experience the responsi- bilities of leadership. In addition, the organization gives one a chance to explore and develop talents and potentials in almost any area one wishes, as well as helping one learn how to understand and work with people and be involved in projects of service to the local community and beyond. ies in accident six break and enters in Port Elgin. They have also been charged with two counts of break, enter and theft and the 17 -year-old has also been charged with breach of her proba- tion. The charges are the result of cooperated work between the Port Elgm. police services and the Kincardine OPP. Staff Sergeant Al Neville said they have assisted in recovering some of the stolen property from the Port Elgin break and enters. On Feb. 27 between 9:45 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. two vehicles parked on Queen Street in Tiverton were damaged. The driver's window of the first vehicle was smashed. The second vehicle is used to deliver pizza and when the passen- ger door had been closed when the driver was about to deliver a pizza, the back window shattered as the result of previous damage. YOUR CHILD IS CHOKING TO DEATH. Yo• ur mind jams. All you can see is your child desperately gasping for air, choking on some wretched thing you didn't even get to see. . All you can hear is your own heart beat. Fingers fumble in frantic desperation across the buttons of the phone in thedirection of 911. Some breathless, agoniz- WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? ing words are exchanged with the operator about getting help, You think an ambulance - is on its way. But you don't really remember what you said.Then you wait. You wait for the reliev- ing sounds of the ambu- lance; praying for it to be miraculously spirited above the traffic and de- posited in your driveway. A course in CPR only takes a few hours, waiting for an ambulance can feel' like a lifetime. To find out more about courses in CPR phone the ACT Foundation at 1-800-465-9111. CPR. The reward of a lifetime. The )111 -ACT Foundation. I or information call your local 1d 'ross, St. John Ambulance, Heart and Stroke' Foundation, or ask your family doctor. Or call A( 1', The Acva'Iced Coronary Treatment Foundation of Canada. 1-800465-0111, Do you have an interest in com- munity betterment, leadership, sports, travel, agriculture awareness, culture, socializing, personal devel- opment? Junior Farmers offers all of these: ,The flexibility and variety of the Junior Farmer programs is unique: For personal development, social activity and a valuable learning experience, no other organization can compare with Junior Farmers. Junior Farmers is open to anyone, rural or 'urban, between the ages of 15-30. For more information about Jun- ior Farmers in Huron County con- tact: Ross McIntosh 522-0358, Fred Peel 523-4458, Hank Nyman 482- 3891 or the Clinton OMAF 482- 3428 or 1-800-265-5170. Celebrate Women's Day this Friday International Women's Day is an annual event which marks the achievements and contributions of women to . life in our com- munity and around the world. The theme for the 1993 Interna- tional Women's Day event is "Women and Their Stories". The words, stories, poems, songs, dreams and vision of women from Grey and Bruce counties and beyond will be celebrated. There will be music by the Southampton Children's Festival Chorus, reading and stories from local authors and story tellers, wonderful food and an evening of warmth and shar- ing. Again this year, the event will take place at the C.A.W. Family Education Centre in Port Elgin, on Friday, Mar. 5. Doors open at 6 p.m., program and dinner begin at 6:30. The evening is co-sponsored by the C.A.W., Family Y, CITAC, and the Grey Women Teachers Association. Proceeds of this evening will go to The Women's Centre (Grey & Bruce) Inc., Owen Sound and The- Women's House of Bruce County, Kincardine. Tickets are available at both Women's Centres and at outlets in the surrounding areas. Call 376-0755 or 396-9814 to fmd the closest outlet. Meeting will address season tillage •options No -till, reduced till, and special considerations to handle weed con- trol and crop residue carried over from the '92 crop - these will be the topics at a meeting sponsored by the Huron Soil & Crop Improve- ment Association at the Seaforth Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Mar. 16. The meeting will run from 10:00 a.m.. to 3:30 p.m. and the emphasis will be on practical farm experi- ence. A special feature of this meeting will be an indoor display of a var- iety of no -till drills with tips on operation from the farmers that use them. The program will also feature a farmer panel discussing their switch to no -till fanning on a .var- iety of soil types. The registration fee will be $7.00. Please pre -register by noon on Mar. 12, by phoning the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton (482-3428 or 1-800-265- 5170). HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO hlipnrz oig l/Oui otitis Go iada's killer.