The Rural Voice, 2002-09, Page 71RAINY RIVER
Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
August 20, 2002
The rains came down, the wind
blew with vengeance, and the air was
chilling like the oncoming of an early
winter, but it didn't stop the annual
fair supporters who attended this
year's Fall Fair at Emo — another
year of memory makers.
The RRFA held their August
meeting at Morley with President
Bernie Zimmerman, Kelly Teeple,
Ken Fisher, Jason.Teeple, Betty
Salchert, Reg Kaus, Susan Boersma,
Shirley Morrish, Kristine Carpenter,
Rudy Sinninghe, James Gibson,
KimJo Bliss, Angela Halvorsen and
Linda Armstrong attending.
Betty reported for member services
with information on the Disaster
Relief claims after the latest storm that
hit the district in June of this year.
Over 300 claims have been made with
20 of them tieing OFA members, five
of which were very serious.
The entertainment committee is
busy with the upcoming annual
meeting which will take place October
19 at the Devlin Community Hall.
Entertainment will be the Blue Grassy
Rainy Lake Highlanders and elections
will also take place during the
evening's events.
Each year the Rainy River
Federation of Agriculture and the
Rainy River Valley Agricultural
Society sponsor a beautification
competition, with prizes donated by
Cam Belluz Masonry, Hammond's
Nursery. Lowey's Nursery, Northwest
Nurseries, Tompkins Hardware Ltd.,
M. L. Judson Trucking Ltd., and the
Rainy River Future Development
Corporation. The travelling judges are
James Gibson, Kelly Teeple, Linda
Armstrong. Reg Kaus and Delores
Romyn. This year's winners are:
Willow -Mor Farms, Tony and Louise
Bliss. Ralph and Jackie Hunspergcr,
Monika and Dan Galloway and Jeff
and Kerry Hyatt. Congratulations to
everyone.
The Farm Progress )Building at the
Emu Fair is looked alter by Linda and
Stan Armstrong alony with Wade and
Kim Uesserre This year altar all the
flood damage the r,4xd Irarr►rs were
rusttd badly Starr and Linda got busy
and banded, ground the rough cornets,
and re -painted eacio length of steel
before the fair What a tine job they
did tax, h was so mud') easier to be
them up and tato twirl down this year.
Linda apple•..tater the help from Most
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volunteers who showed up to help. It
makes the job go quickly.
Ken reported for the community
pasture. All is going well there, despite
a bit of foot -rot. There's lots of pasture
after all the rain we've received.
Dr. Chris from the NorthWest
Animal Clinic, is on his much -
deserved holidays for three weeks. We
hope that there are not too many
emergencies to overload Dr, Dan
during this time. The new animal
clinic that is to be built on the edge of
town across from McDonald Motors is
on hold until spring.
Henry Miller from Fort Frances
along with his Conservation Club, my
4-H members, Councillor Tom
Morrish, several community adults
and a three-year-old, showed up to
pick the flowerheads off the purple
loosestrife from a rapidly spreading
area south of Devlin. In June of 200(),
5000 Galerucella beatles were released
to feed upon the leaves of the plants.
The local sportsmen's club is keeping
a close monitoring of the results. It
takes 5-10 years for the beetle
population to be large enough to have
an effect on the plants which is the
only kind they can survive on. Flower
heads are removed to keep the plants
from re -seeding themselves. Purple
loosestrife is a European plant that 1 .
found in gardens and spreads rapidly,
covering vast areas of wetlands
displacing hundreds of species of
wildlife. Any such plant can he
reported to Henry at 274-9606 or the
Ontario Federation of Anglers and
Hunters. They will let you know how
to best eradicate them.
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