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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-08-03, Page 3Looking for Miss Lucknow This year Lucknow's Queen of the Fair pageant will be held in conjunction with the Fall Fair, sponsored by the Lucknow Agricultural Society. Organizer Bruce Skillen is accepting applications from or- ganizations and businesses until Aug. 26. • Contestants must be single, between the ages of 16 and 22 as of June 1 and must reside within a 24 km radius of Luck - now, Contestants who have entered before and not been crowned Miss Lucknow may enter again. Any girl, who is at present, a pageant title holder is not eligible. The judging will take place in the upstairs room at the arena complex on Sept. 16, with the crowning at 9 p.m. on the downstairs stage on the arena floor. All contestants will participate in the parade on Sept. 17 and the Queen will be expectedto stay and help with various. awards and festivities at the fair, The Queen will also represent the Lucknow Agricultural Society in various functions throughout her reign including a two-day stay at Toronto's Royal York Hotel at the 1995 Fairs Convention in February. The CNE Pageant is questionable at this time. The prize package for this year's Queen is even bigger and better. /Further information scan be obtained from Bruce at 528- 3014. Did You Know? Drugs used to treat the cardiovas- cular system (heart and blood ves- sels) count for about 17 per cent of all prescriptions , dispensed in Canada. Vitamin C Taking , over 1. gram per day of Vitamin C can cause cramps and diarrhea. Longterm use of high dose. Vitamin C can cause urinary stones and may interfere with Vitamin B 12 absorption. The best way to get vitamins and minerals is through your diet. Who will be Dungannon's ambassador Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 3, 1994 - Page 3 Owner Transferred R2000, 4 bedroom, eat -in kitchen, large Geek overlooking river, large lot, Allenford, '128,900. (5 1 9) 934-3297 Colleen Dalton, the daughter of Terry and Anne, of R. R. 7, Lucknow, wants to become a social worker, after completing her education. She Is presently enrolled at Goderlch District Collegiate Institute. Colleen is sponsored by Luck - now Farm Supply. Tracy McCormick, of Auburn Is a Grade 11 student at Goderlch District Collegiate Institute, who hopes to have a career as a kindergarten teacher. She is the daughter of Bill and Donna, and is spon- sored by Robinson's Maple Products. Joan Ferguson is sponsored by Elliott Fence and Guide Rall. She will enter. her OAC year at Goderlch District Col- legiate Institute In the fall, and aspires to be an elementary teacher. Joan Is the daughter of Margaret .Ferguson; and Glenn Ferguson of R.R. 3, Goderlch. Amy Glenn, of Dungannon, Is sponsored by Delmar Sproul Insurance. She Is enrolled at Lambton College, Sarnia, with plans to become a social worker. Amy Is the daughter of Bernice Glenn. Targeting plant that kills wetlands by Paul Ciufo It is six feet tall and covered in pinkish -purple spikes. It can produce three million offspring in a year. Rampant across Canada, the monster is destroying wetlands at a horrific rate. "It's a very bad flower," said Isabelle Huppe, biologist at Hullet Wildlife Management Area. Lythrum salicaria or purple loosestrife was named after Lysimakhos, the Greek doctor who discovered it. He likely never would have attached his name to the plant had he known the havoc it would eventually wreak. Brought to North America in the 1800s, the flower found a continent devoid of natural predators and began multiplying like mad, The consequences, • for Canadian wetlands coast to coast have been dire. "No birds or mammals or insects' eat it. The seeds are too small. That's .why it has spread so fast. Nothing kills it. If you have one seed that goes into a marsh, in five years the marsh can disappear. "One plant can produce two point seven million seeds. The plants' roots collect soil, causing a, faster succession of the wetland. It destroys every spelt of water. you can imagine. It's pretty dangerous," Huppe explained. The biologist said purple loosestrife dominates other species. It grows so fast, all other plants are choked. The displacement of the plants means less habitat for water- fowl since.purple loosestrife is too • dense for birds to nest in. CONTROL MEASURES As more and more people have become aware of `the insidious nature of purple loosestrife; the efforts to control the plant have intensified. The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters have declared August 1 7 "Project Purple Week" and is calling on everyone to launch local control efforts. The plant is in full bloom at this time and ready to release mature seeds. The effort to curb the spread of the plants is an uphill battle. "The best way is to pull out the plant; get all of the roots and burn it. But when you have 20,000 plants, it takes too much time. If you Cut it down soon enough, at least it can't produce more seeds," Huppe said. • Burning the plants without uprooting them is an ineffective control method because the roots remain. Also, if loosestrife is flooded, it can develop seeds that will float, so it will still reproduce. Herbicides are not an option since none have been approved for use near water; also, herbicides kill off all broadleaf plants when used, not just the target plant. "They • are trying biological control. They have three species of insects from Europe that eat part of the plant. But they have' to be sure the bugs won't eat other plants here and leave the purple loosestrife," Huppe said. The biologist said purple loosestrife has not been seen in the Hullet wildlife sanctuary since a year or two ago, but the plant has been spotted recently in this area. Biologists at the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) ' in Wingham recently removed some from a river in Wingham and beside Hwy. 8 between Clinton and Goderlch. "Now that people know what it does, if they find it they report it to the MNR," Huppe said. "Now people are more aware of the good things wetlands do. A few, years ago they thought 'Oh it's just a place for mosquitos. There's •See Marshes, page 6 RASPBERRIES ALMOST GONE! Red, Ripe & Luscious, Pick 'em while they last! Sweet Corn Now Available The Market Hours Monday to Friday 8-6 Saturday 8-5 A "Berry" Nice Thought For The Day.-- A ay-A Person's Wea(th Can Be Measured (f. B(, the .Love of Their Chi(6rerl-7-Trzr I • SSS rsssit4� . '-SSSS h���-'S hS S.�sy .s., s*y.4sss -c. 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