The Rural Voice, 1999-09, Page 35three eras.
Noting the successes of previous
plowing matches, Craig said the
committee wanted to build on them.
"But we didn't march to any
drummer. Creativity was alive and
well. It takes a lot of people with an
open approach to be creative."
The efforts of the committee have
not gone unnoticed. This year's
match is to be judged by the North
American Farm Show Council. "We
found out last spring that they wanted
to come and judge this so we must be
doing something that got their
attention. It's kind of nice to be
thought of as being worthy of being
judged."
The match is also being viewed by
friends from the east. According to
Craig, 14 people from China will be
attending as representatives of their
country.
And with the opening just a short
time away, Craig is confident that the
committee is ready for them. "We
had the planning process in place by
the end of May. It's been execution
and fine-tuning since because we
There's
confidence
committees
are ready
have to be ready. There's no dress
rehearsal."
With new ideas to attract attention
did Craig feel this IPM would be
bigger and better than ever?
"We have room for 26,000 cars
and 600 buses. Certainly we have to
have "x" number of people to pay the
bills. But we want to create a
program that will make it a fall event
people won't want to miss.
"We have traffic coming to four
different parking Tots at the same
time. The goal is to move people
continuously with a minimum of
difficulty. We have programs created
that I believe will make people want
to attend regardless of the weather.
"We've had good people on the
committee and wonderful support
from the people of Huron. You never
know for sure whether you'll be
hitting the right chord, but
everything's worked well. I don't
want to sound cocky. You always
need to be wary, but I feel good
about the outcome."0
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