HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-08-26, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26,1992.
As country folk tend to do when misfortune befalls someone, friends and family of Ray
Huether, who owns a farm near Walton, banded together Saturday to get his wheat crop off
after he was rushed to London hospital Wednesday. Five combines and a large group of men
organized to get the work done. Helping out were: Bill and Wilfred Shortreed, Ian, Brian and
Keith Wilbee, Jerry and Paul Ryan, Ken and Rick McDonald, Danny McNichol, Howard
Hackwell and Tom Johnson. Many others offered their help as well.
Durgy recycles oil filters
Quilt show open at Huron
Museum until Sept. 20
BY CHRISTINE ST ADDON
Canadians throw out about 35
million used oil filters every year
and Rob Durgy says he wants to
recycle each and every one of
them.
Unrealistic? Maybe. But he’s
certainly made an impressive start.
Six months after starting operations
his fledgling company, ARDEE
Recycling Inc., has signed
agreements to pick up and recycle
more than 250,000 filters over the
next 12 months. He expects to top
the million mark by year's end.
“The demand for our type oi
service is definitely there,” says
Durgy. In April, he signed a deal
with Coca Cola Beverages to
recycle oil filters from the
company's fleet of 1,200 trucks.
Bell Canada, with 12,000 vehicles,
is also a major client. Many
dealerships have signed on as well.
Durgy, who formerly worked in
office equipment sales, combines
entrepreneurial zeal with a genuine
concern for the environment. He
was appalled when he discovered
that nearly 13 million oil filters are
dumped into Ontario landfills each
year. “They could pollute the
groundwater,” he remarks. Each
filter contains about eight ounces of
oil which is contaminated with
lead, cadmium, benzene and other
toxic substances.
Only the paper is sent to landfill.
Durgy plans to invest in a $50,000
oil bioremediation process which
uses micro-organisms to oxidize
the oil residue in the paper which
can then be reused. “It will cost less
to recycle the paper filters than to
dispose of them,” says Durgy.
The 8th annual quilt show at the
Huron County Museum opened
August 7 by Kathleen Bissett, pres
ident of the Canadian Quilter's
Association. Mrs. Bissett is also the
1992 folk artist in residence at the
Joseph Schneider Haus Museum in
Kitchener.
Doris Bushell, of Wingham, cur
rently has on exhibit "Country
Songbird", an appliqued quilt.
Award winning fibre artist
Engel ina Van Essen, of Exeter, has
on display several contemporary
works, using artistic colours to cre
ate original designs with intriguing
titles.
One of Kathleen Bissett's own
selections, "Rhythms in Stained
Glass #2, makes use of velcro to
allow sections of this work to be
moved in the manner of a jig saw
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puzzle.
Stressing the fact that functional
is also beautiful, Mrs. Bissett com
mented. "How wonderful to be kept
warm by a piece of art."
Visitors io the 8th annual quilt
show should allow plenty of time
to read the stories accompanying
many of the over 100 quilts on dis
play. The stories are as much a part
of the quilt as the fabric from
which it is made.
Quilters in the 1990's are using
cloth and equipment not previously
available and, according to Mrs.
Bissett, have opportunities to make
their quills works of art rooted in
the traditional skills of past genera
tions.
This show, which attracted over
5,000 visitors last year, continues
daily until September 20, during
museum hours.
9 a.m. Finished
Cattle& Cows
11:00 a.m. Dropped Calves
Veals followed
by Goats
Sheep & Lambs
11:00 a.m. Stocker Cattle
1:00 p.m. Pigs
F/RFD OF WONDERING WHAT THAT PILE OF FENCING MATERIAL
ON THE DEALER'S SHELF REALLY LOOKS LIKE?
THE POWER FENCE DISPLAY
Come and see the variety of fence systems & components
as they would appear in field conditions
Gallagher Equi-Wire Horse Fence
Gallagher Equi-fence wire
• Plastic coated 2.5 mm medium tensile wire.
• White for superior visibility.
• Safe and suitable for use with valuable blood
stock animals.
• Easy to use.
• Long lasting. -^■*sS!iS—
• Not electrified. '
• Makes a very clean, tidy and professional
fence.
Gallagher Protecta Fence
GALLAGHER PORTA FENCE
Power Fencing
Display and
’wfr' Research Plot
Gallagher Insultimber Permanent Fence
Located at Tim Prior’s Farm
2 km. East of Brussels
on Huron County Rd. 16
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