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County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER Members in Perth County by the PCFA.
PCFA leases Rostock Hall for Perth Agri Centre and PCFA office
The Perth County Federation of
Agriculture (PCFA) has signed a
lease with the Township of Perth East
for the use of the former Ellice
Township Office and Hall in
Rostock.
The creation of the Agri Centre
has been a goal of the PCFA since
OMAF restructured approximately
five years ago and we lost the use of
a meeting room in the Stratford
OMAF Office. PCFA acquired
tables, chairs and some audio visual
equipment, when they closed the
OMAF conference centre in
Stratford, with the understanding that
we would create a centre that would
ANNUAL HARVEST
DAY TOUR
Sunday, October 3, 2004
Plans are in the works for
our 2004 Harvest Day Mystery
Farm Tour to kick off the start of
Ontario Agriculture Week (the
week preceding Thanksgiving).
Support your local Fairs
Mitchell Fair
150th Anniversary Fair
September 3 - 5, 2004
Kirkton Fair
September 10 - 12, 2004
Tavistock Fair
September 10 - 12, 2004
Milverton Fair
September 17, 2004
Stratford Fair
September 23 - 25, 2004
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make this equipment available to all
agriculture groups in the county.
With the leasing of these facilities
we can now offer meeting space.
storage space as well as use of some
office and audio visual equipment to
the groups in the County.
This facility will also house the
PCFA office and starting the first of
September plans are for our secretary
to be in the office one or two days a
week.
The Hall is still available for
anyone to rent for meetings during
the day or in the evening and for
family reunions or other gatherings
on the weekends. Rental fees have
remained the same with a morning,
afternoon or evening meeting fee of
$25 and an all -day meeting or family
reunion at $50. To rent the hall call
the PCFA office at 519-393-5555 or
1-866-829-8866 and talk to our
secretary Agnes Denham.0
PERTH COUNTY FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE
Annual Meeting and OFA
Regional Meetings
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
Milverton Recreation Complex, Milverton
Guest Speaker: Gary Ballagh
Meal: 7:00 p.m. with meeting to follow
Tickets: $12 per person available from County Directors
or call the PCFA Office.
NOMINATION FOR PERTH COUNTY FEDERATION OF
AGRICULTURE ANNUAL RECOGNITION AWARD
I would like to nominate for the Annual
Recognition Award for outstanding contribution to Agriculture and the community
in the Perth County because
Signed
Clip and mail your nomination by September 18 to:
Perth County Federation of Agriculture
c/o Agnes Denham, RR 1, St. Marys, ON N4X 1C4
Fax 519-229-6269 or Email: perth@ofa.on.ca