The Rural Voice, 2000-01, Page 62Etherington
Huron's
top 4 -Her
Robyn Ether-
ington, a member
of the Huron
Sheep Club was
presented with the
Murray Cardiff
Citizenship Trophy
at the annual
county awards day
in Clinton,
November 21. Also
nominated for the
award were Sarah
Broadfoot, Gerald
Corbett and
Johathan
Drennan.0
People
Robyn Etherington accepts the Murray Cardiff Citizenship
Trophy from Mr. Cardiff` The award is given annually to
the Huron County 4 -Her who best exemplifies the goals
and aims of 4-H.
Rob Black fills in at OMAFRA, Fergus
Rob Black has recently returned to
the Fergus OMAFRA office in the
position of Field Services Manager,
filling in for Mike McMorris, who is
currently on a six-month secondment
to the Ontario Cattlemen's
Association.
Black is no stranger to this office or
to Wellington County, having grown
up in the Fergus area. He also worked
as part of the Ministry team in the
Fergus OMAFRA office, in the Rural
Community Advisor role, in the early
1990s. Since leaving this office in
1994, he has worked with the
Corporate Services, Policy and Food
Industry Divisions of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,
and most recently with the Ministry of
Energy, Science and Technology, in
Toronto.0
McGee gets third term at Gay Lea Foods
Tom McGee, Flesherton-area
farmer, was re-elected chairman of the
board of directors of Gay Lea Foods
Co-operative Limited when the
company held its annual meeting in
early December.
McGee, who operates a cow -calf
farm west of Flesherton (having
recently sold his dairy herd after 28
years in the business) will be serving
his third year as chairman. He has
served on the co-op's board of
directors since 1986.
Ray Robertson, R.R.2, Markdale,
was re-elected as first vice-president.
Stuart Steckle, R.R.2, Zurich, is
second vice-president.
The co-op now has 4,306 members,
about 20 per cent of all Ontario dairy
farmers, up from 993 when it was
formed.0
Tom McGee
Third term as Gay Lea Chairman
Photo courtesy Clinton News -Record
Staffa: home
of the world's
crop champions
One small community, two big
champions. After the 1999 Royal
Winter Fair the Staffa area in
southern Perth County boasts two
field crop world champions.
Lorne Fell, R.R.2, Staffa, is
World Champion for pedigreed
seed barley. Brian Miller, R.R.2,
Staffa, is World Champion in
pedigreed seed oats. The
championships continue a proud
tradition for the Staffa area. In the
last 18 years there have been 32
world championships for people
from the tiny community. Fell told
the Exeter Times -Advocate.
It's the 21st championship for
Fell in the last 18 years. As well as
his world championship, this year
he was reserve champion in
pedigreed seed barley, soybeans,
oats and open seed oats and pulse
crops. In the late 1980s he won
four world championships in one
year, the only person ever to
achieve that distinction.
Fell has entered competition at
The Royal every year since 1966.
Rosebank Seed Farms, which he
operates with his son Roger (who
also has four world championships)
won the Seed Processors Award for
the most entries at the Royal seed
show.
For Brian Miller, who has been
competing at the Royal since 1992,
it was his fifth world
championship. His first came in
1994 when he entered with his
father Alec.
Miller farms 250 acres in
Hibbert Township and rents about
the same amount.
The winners receive a silver tray
and $500 for their winning entries.
There were 346 entries in the
field crops competition at the
Royal this year from Ontario,
Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Nova Scotia, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Scotland and
Australia.0