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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-10-13, Page 14Announcing awards The Huron County WI announced this years award winners in life skills 4-H at their meeting on Oct. 4, at the OMAF office in Clinton. Handing out the awards are from left, incoming secretary, Dorothy Coultes of Belgrave WI, President Betty Archambault of Auburn WI and past secretary, Helen MacKenzie of Seaforth WI. Not pictured are winners: Linda Hayden of RR 3, Goderich received a scholarship and was awarded a certificate for her "outstanding progress and development, excellent leadership and club work of high calibre." Cheryl Darlow of Wingham and Pam Bennett of Seaforth received gifts for completing 24 life skills 4-H clubs. HuronWI holds Fall Rally .... • P ... 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She told the members there is still a great need being experienced by the children coming into the care of Children's Aid. The money given by Women's Institutes towards the Bursary Fund is still very necessary to assist a child to further their education. She deals with abused children and she said wishes she could tell the membership her job was redundant, but in today's society it is a very necessary job. A new building is being constructed for the Family and Children's Services in Goderich thereby giving them more room and hopefully more services. On Oct. 6 all the schools in Huron County went to put their dreams into a capsule in a big hole By John Bancroft Farm Management Specialist for Huron County A very successful Huron County Beef Carcass Competition con- cluded with an educational meeting in Seaforth on Sept. 29. Beef producers had the opportunity to learn about lean yield, dressing percent, average fat, grade fat, etc. through pictures and figures. Thirty-eight animals were graded at Dorr Brothers in Stoney Creek. The average carcass weight was 727 lbs. with a rib-eye area of 13.95 square inches, average fat of 11.2 'Tun and a percent lean yield of 59 percent. where sometime in the future it may be opened. Jean Fraser gave the Huron County Historical Society report. The annual banquet is being held in the Brucefield United Church on Oct. 29, with guest speaker Kathryn Hamilton. Memberships to the Society are still $5 each. If anyone is interested, more councillors are needed in the Society. Board director for Subdivision 11, Marjory Humphries urged members to promote the WI scholarships. 4-H Club members should be asked why they are not applying for these scholarships as Huron County has the highest number of 4-H members and these scholarships should be getting awarded. Rural Organization Specialist Jane Muegge gave her report. She told members of the upcoming workshops which OMAF and Volunteer Huron are sponsoring — Collaboration, Communication and the Art of Positive Thinking on Nov. 5 from 9:30 - 3:15 at the OMAF offices in Clinton. Eleanor Wood will be the workshop presenter. The next workshop offered is Percent lean yield is the amount of lean meat that a carcass will yield. As within the industry, the carcasses varied in lean yield from 46 percent to 67 percent. To a packer this represents quite a difference in the amount of meat they have to sell. The top lean yielding steer was a Charolais Angus entered by Darren Johnston of Bluevale. This steer had a lean yield of 66.5 percent with a rib-eye area of 17.7 square inches. Pauline Atton of Wroxeter had the total lean yielding heifer with a lean yield of 65.6 percent and a rib-eye area of 18 square inches. This heifer was a Belgium "I'm a Director -- Now What?" On Jan. 10 in Centralia and Jan. 19 in Monkton it will be on the roles and responsibilities of executives. directors and members of volunteer organizations. "The 10 Steps of Leadership Skills" will also be held in January. Pat Down showed slides and spoke of her trip to Brazil as part of the second Agriculture Leadership course. The 43rd County Rally will be hosted by Huron South in 1994. Pot luck will be held for lunch and the sales table will again be held. The 75 cent assessment fee per member will be paid to support the Bursary Fund. The three Huron County Districts- will help with the Slice of Huron for school children April 11-15, 1994. Dorothy Coultes from Huron West is the new County Rally Secretary-Treasurer with assistant Margery McMahon from Huron East. The Huron County 4-H Scholarship was won by Linda Hayden of the Port Albert Club. The 4-H 24 Projects Award was presented to to Cheryl Darlow of the Bluevale Club. a success Blue, Limousin cross animal. Both animals were born and raised on their respective farms. Complete results from the Agricul- ture and Food office in Clinton. This educational competition was a joint effort of the Huron County Beef Producers' Association, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Clinton and the Seaforth Agricultural Society. The generous support of all the participating agri- businesses was greatly appreciated! Huron County Health Unit public inspectors are encouraging pet owners to take advantage of the low cost anti-rabies clinics being held on Oct. 13, 14, and 16. All the veterinarian clinics in Huron County are participating in the reduced rate anti-rabies vaccination program. The $10 rate which includes GST, is a real bargain to encourage dog and cat owners to take advantage of the clinics. While most of the clinics are offering the anti-rabies vaccination on Saturday, Oct. 16, there are a few who also have the reduced rate on Oct. 13 and 14. Pet owners should check with their veterinarian or the advertisement in last week's and this week's (Oct. 13) paper for time and date of clinic. These special clinics are organ- ized annually by the health unit in co-operation with the county veterinarians for pet owners to vaccinate their dogs and cats against rates at a reduced fee. Rabies in the wildlife population (such as foxes and skunks) is on the increase, so there is a greater chance of domestic animals, dogs, cats, cattle and horses, coming in contact with the rabies virus. This also affects people who have contact with these domestic animals. The increase of rabies in the fox population is due partially to the cancellation of the Ministry of Natural Resources aerial baiting program because of lack of funding. The incidence of rabies in The first meeting of the Brussels H 4-H club was held at the home of Wilma Rammeloo cm Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. The leaders, Mary Sanders and Wilma Rammeloo, welcomed 11 members to the project "Home for the Holidays". The following officers were elected: president, Heather Douma; vice pres., Marian Vanden Heuvel; secretary-press reporter, Michael Sanders. The youth leader is Andrea Rammeloo. Members discussed using recycled materials to make gift wrap, gift tags, decorations and the gifts themselves. Some things which could be used are shopping bags, old Christmas cards and leftover scraps and ribbons. Mrs. Rammeloo showed gift boxes made from magazine covers, wall paper and construction type paper. Members all made something from old Christmas cards. such as ornaments, decorated our area is expected to peak in the next couple of years. The health unit provides Human Diploid Cell Vaccine (through family physicians) for persons who have had direct contact with an animal that develops rabies. There has been a 64 per cent increase in the number of people who have had to receive the rabies vaccine in 1993 compared to 1992 in Huron County. One way to avoid having to take the series of rabies vaccination shots is to avoid handling with bare hands any animals suspected of having rabies, and make sure that all cats (including those in the barn) and dogs are vaccinated annually against rabies. The anti-rabies shots for cats and dogs in Huron County is mandatory under the Ontario Health Protection and Promotion Act. When a dog or cat is involved in a biting incident, the animal must be quarantined for 10 days to observe if it has been exposed to the rabies virus. If the dog's or cat's anti-rabies vaccina- tion is current the odds are it will be healthy at the end of 10 days. Proof of vaccination must be shown to the public health inspector who is investigating the biting incident and has quarantined the dog or cat. Failure to p7ovide proof may result in a charge being laid and a fine of up to $5,000 for the pet owner. Vaccinating your dog and cat against rabies costs much less than requiring rabies vaccine for a loved one. For more information, contact the Huron County Health Unit. 4-H meets brown bag wrapping paper, gift tags and placemats. They closed the meeting at 9 p.m. with the 4-H motto and instructions to start a craft kit and finish one craft. Carcass competition You can lose,a lot More v%\ Jur/ --kericee thiving Brussels II