The Rural Voice, 1991-04, Page 76RAINY RIVER
Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
Box 416, Emo, Ontario POW 1 E0
807-482-2051
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The directors of the Rainy River
Federation of Agriculture met in class
room 2 of the Our Lady of the Way
Separate School on March 7 at 7:30 p.m.
The directors present included Kim
Hunsperger, Archie Weirsema, Dennis
Brunn, Shirley Morrish, Wayne Flatt,
Marc Husser, Gary Esselink, Susan
Boersma, Rick Boersma, Jacquelyn
Hunsperger, and Linda Armstrong.
The entertainment committee has
finalized the plans for the spring dinner
and dance to be held April 6 at The
Pinewood Hall. The guest speaker, Mrs.
Eleanor Wood of Troy, Ontario, is a
very active lady. She has worked with
the Rockton Fair Board, spoken at pre-
retirement seminars for OMAF, raised
three children, and is married to Harvey.
The Thunder Bay Federation has
invited us to the Thunder Bay Spring
Farm Conference. If anyone is inter-
ested in going, contact either Pieter Van
Ballegooie or Tanya Petryna, and they
can give you the information.
The Cattlemen's Association has
held their annual meeting and Tom
Morrish is the new president and An-
drew Carpenter is the vice president.
Gary Esselink reported that the Milk
Producers' annual meeting was to be
held on March 21. He also reported that
the OMMB annual in Toronto re-
elected John Core as president.
Rick Boersma reported that there is
to be another meeting for thrust propos-
als for the seed growers, and Glenda
Maughan is going to try to contact po-
tential seed growers very shortly.
A good time was had by all at the 4-
11 members, leaders, families, and
friends curling day at Emo on March 9.
A tired but happy bunch.
The Rainy River District Bull Sale is
March 30, with the open house at 10 a.m.
and the sale at 1 p.m. See you at the
Stratton Sales Barn.
John Deere Day was held in Emo
Arena on Tuesday, March 19, and the
Seed Fair was held March 27 in the
Barwick Hall.
Milk certificates
The Milk Producers meeting will
present some certificates of merit to
producers that have exceeded the qual-
ity standards set for fluid milk produc-
tion. Gold Certificates go to Kim and
Brenda Meyers of Rock -A -Meir Farm
and Ralph and Jacquelyn Hunsperger of
Larkim Farm.
Certificates of merit go to Michael
Zimmerman, Guenther Rittau, Hugh
Clifford, Jacob and Anna Hamm, Jan
and Sietske Van Zwol, Willowcrest
Farm — Donald McCulloch, and Cor-
nerbrook Farm — Henry Kaemingh.
Congratulations all.
We have just finished the second
session of the "10 steps to community
action" program that is being run
through the OMAF office. It looks like
it is going to be an enjoyable experience.
The first session was to motivate us into
the next step.
The second session was on leader-
ship and how we recognize and under-
stand styles and roles of leadership. The
next meeting will be in Rainy River and
we will learn about communication,
time management, and setting priori-
ties.
There are 14 of us and we are getting
acquainted with the many aspects of the
activities each is involved in and how we
each have a place in the life of our
district. Pat Clysdale-Cornelland and
Ellen Carter are in charge of setting up
the meetings and lining up the speakers,
who sound as though they know their
stuff and how to present it so that those
hearing them learn, and can use what
they learn.
We each will have the opportunity to
chair the meeting twice over the course
and serve as evaluator for the others four
times. I hope my evaluators are easy
markers and the knee knocking won't be
too noticeable.
Rick Boersma took another load of
hay from here last week and I under-
stand that the hay from our area is not
moving as quickly as was hoped.
The Hunspergers are going to have
company over the Easter holiday. My
house will be full as my two sisters and
brother are coming to help Mom cele-
brate her eightieth birthday. We haven't
told her that they are coming. Her
youngest sister is also coming and I
think it will be a treat for her and the rest
of the family here. My grandbabies
have yet to meet these aunts and uncle.
We are planning an open house in the
Golden Age Manor and a family dinner.
Tammy and Wally are also expect-
ing company. Tammy's folks are com-
ing and her house will be full too. The
yard should look like a parking lot. I
imagine that the cameras will get double
time for those few days.
The air is definitely warming up.
The snow pile in the yard between our
house and the young folks has gone
down appreciably, while the hay pile
south of the barn is more accessible and
the dog chases the two little ones more
freely.
We have just had our first baby beef
calf. Just when most of the beef men are
fmishing, our beef herd starts. It is one
of Wally's Angus and J. J. says the calf
is Ariel. Allen says he will show her in
the fair. I think they sure aim high.
Ralph is just about ready to head out
for Fort Frances so I had better sign off
and be ready. The sun is shining so I
guess spring can't be too far away. See
you at the spring dinner and dance on
April 6. Get your tickets from your local
director.0
Jacquelyn
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