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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1992-07-15, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1992. The Other Side Area girls, Ont. Scholars By Keith Roulston A garden of dreams I’ve got a case of garden envy. I guess there's nothing wrong with envying your neighbour’s gar den. The Bible prohibits envying you neighbour's wife or his ox or his ass but it doesn't say anything about his garden. I envy all those gardens you pass as you drive the streets and concessions of our area: the ones that are straight row on row with not a single weed in sight. Actually, I envy the garden own ers their skill and persistence in having gardens that look like they came out of a better gardening magazine. You not only never see a weed in these gardens, you never see a sign that a single bug so much as sat on a leaf, let alone ate half the plant. Being supportive, my wife assures me that it's just that these people have more time than me to take care of their gardens. Nice thought, but it ain't so. On that the ory I've been making my garden smaller and smaller each year, Letters Thanks to and to the of many businesses, THE EDITOR, On behalf of the board, staff and medical staff of Clinton Public Hospital, I would like to thank everyone who supported our recent "A Night With The Stars" Fundraising Event held at the Blyth Community Centre, those in attendance generous support individuals and local we were able to generate a net profit for the evening of over $6,100. These funds will help greatly as we continue to ensure that our patient care equipment is up to the latest standards. I would also like to express our appreciation to the many volunteers who have contributed their time, effort and resources to make the evening a success. Yours truly, Marianne Menzies, Chair Public Relations Committee Clinton Public Hospital THE EDITOR, To those planning to attend the West Wawanosh Church Service, Pot Luck Lunch and School Reunion, please note that due to a delay in the start of construction at Brookside School, all these events will now be held at Brookside Public School. The Church service begins at 10:30 a.m. with a pot luck dinner following, the school reunion at 1:30. If anyone has old school pictures, please give them to Mrs. Jean Errington or Walter Elliott. If anyone has been missed with an invitation, please accept our apologies and come to the West Wawanosh Warrior Days, July 24, 25, and 26, 1992. See you there. Walter Elliott R 1, Lucknow, Ontario. ¥>u can lose a lot more than your licence drinking and driving. looking for a size I can manage to keep clean. Doesn't work. The way things are going f'll be down to a flower pot and the weeds will still be so thick you won't be able to see the flower. I try. I get out there on my hands and knees and pull every plant I can see but by the time I straighten up and turn around, there's a whole new crop of weeds at least six inch es high. I can't believe where all these weeds can come from. There isn't a pig weed within sight of my garden, but still it looks like I've discovered a new specialty crop in growing pig weed. Lf you could dis cover a market for twitch grass I could be a millionaire overnight. Now I believe in staying as close to nature as possible so for several years I've resisted weed sprays, using a roto-tiller, a hoe or just the old hands to root out the weeds. There are times, however, I feel like calling in a farming neighbour and having him lay on every chem ical in sight to try to blast the weeds to kingdom come. Heck, at times I contemplate asking the U.S. military if they'd like to use my garden as a test zone for their next nuclear weapons test. Except I have this feeling that a week after the explosion, with every house destroyed in a 15 mile radius, the weeds would be up again and doing well. And they think only cock roaches would survive a nuclear holocaust! But you know what really makes me wonder about all these perfect gardeners? I never see them out working in their gardens! Do they get up in the middle of the night and work with those little head lamps like the worm pickers? Or maybe like the shoemaker in the fairy tale, do they have little elves who come along and pull the weeds at night. It's one thing to sadly admit that these people with perfect gardens are just more patient and ambitious than you, but when you can't even see them sweating out there in the midday sun, it's really galling. I suppose some of them may get the work done especially quickly because the whole family gets involved. I envy them even more if they can pull that one off. When we used to have a garden large enough to feed the family I used to try to get the whole family involved in hoeing and weeding. If there's one thing more persistent than pesky weeds, however, it's the whine of kids who hate to weed. Short of buying a cat o' nine tails, there did n't seem to be much way of getting the job done. After a while you either felt like a old fog horn sounding off monotonously hour after hour, or you decided the weeds were easier to put up with than the kids. So the garden got smaller...but not cleaner. Somehow I think I have as many weeds in my 10 by 14 foot raised-bed garden today as I had in the quarter acre garden I used to have. One thing for sure— I realize I'll never make a vegetarian: I'd starve trying to grow enough to keep me alive in a garden...unless people learned to eat weeds of course. Then I could solve the world hunger situation single-handed. 125th Birthday we’re on top of the world. The Human Development Report (1992) ranks Canada No. 1 in the world for quality of life. Published by the United Nations Development Programme, the report is based on the life expectancy, education levels and purchasing power in 160 countries. 11*1Canada 125 years to celebrate Three Blyth area students are the proud recipients of the Ontario Scholar awards after graduating from their OAC year at Central Huron Secondary School. KAREN BYLSMA Karen is the daughter of Auke and Chris Bylsma of RR 1 Blyth. Her future plans are to go to Redeemer College in Ancaster, a Christian university, in September. Unsure of her major, Karen would like to teach elementary school in a Christian school. KATHY VAN BAKEL Kathy is the daughter of Tony and Nellie Van Bakel of RR 1 Blyth. She plans to attend the Uni versity of Waterloo in the fall, studying Honours Kinesiology in the co-op program. KELLY COOK The daughter of Brenda Cook and Bill McDougall of Blyth, Kelly graduated from Central Huron Sec ondary School this year. She will be attending the University of Waterloo next year to'obtain a Bachelor's degree in Honours Mathematics. NOTICE to Township of West Wawanosh Residents LANDFILL SITE HOURS Week of July 20-25 Only Open Wednesday July 22 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday July 25 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Joan Armstrong Clerk Township of West Wawanosh