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of volunteers
Nice guys
Members of the local punk band Perish recently picked up an award in Waterloo for Album of
the Year and the Mark from Tugnut Award for Nicest Band The honour came from the
University of Waterloo radio< station’s Straight Outta the Pit, hosted by Moses Bogart. Band
members, from left: drummer Rob McKercher, singer Shaun Henry, guitarist Joshua Gropp
and bass Thomas Ireland.
Perish receives awards
By Heather Crawford
Citizen staff
Huron County was well
represented in Waterloo as the
University radio station handed out
awards to some ol the campus's
favourite bands.
Perish, a local punk rock band
took home the awards for Album of
the Year for 2004 and the Mark from
The Ontario Federation of
Tugnut award for Nicest Band.
"It meant everything to us."
drummer Rob McKercher said. "It
meant everything we’ve been doing
for the last 10 years means
something."
The awards were given out from
Straight Outta the Pit. a punk show
hosted by Moses Bogart.
Perish is made up of Shaun Henry
from Blyth as the lead singer.
production, stream protection, and
OFA features
Envirofarm at
Plowing
Agriculture (OFA) will be
showcasing farm management and
production practices that protect and
enhance the environment in its
building al the 2005 International
Plowing Match and Rural Exposition
in Listowel from Sept. 20 to 24.
OFA's EnviroFarm is a miniature
farm setting with everything from
farm buildings to animals and fields
with crops growing in them. Visitors
will have a guide book that explains
each area ol the farm, and each
management practice that is being
displayed
Match
farm recycling initiatives.
The building will also provide a
location for visitors to meet and talk
with OFA’s leaders and Staff about
current agricultural issues and
initiatives being undertaken by OFA.
Ontario’s largest general farm
organization.
The building will also host the
Farmers Feed Cities campaign being
parried out by farmers across
Ontario, encouraging the Provincial
government to support the recently
developed Risk Management
Program.
guitarist Joshua Gropp from
Brussels, former Brussels resident
now of Goderich Rob McKercher
and Tom Ireland of Teeswater on
bass.
All boys are graduates of F.l:
Madill Secondary School in
Wingham.
Gropp has been playing guitar on
a cruise ship this summer and the
band plans on playing again once
they are reunited
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The concept was so well received
al the 2004 show that it was decided
to oiler the display again, with some
added features. This year's display
will have some interactive
components that will test the
knowledge of young and old alike.
The miniature farm will showcase
the farmstead, nutrient management,
soil erosion control, waler well
protection, farm woodlot. field crop
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When ovci 125.000 people attend
this year s 2005 IPM. at least 1.200
volunteers will assis' to make their
visit en|oyablc I he 2005
International Plowing Match and
Rural Expo will be held in Listowel
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The Listowel Agricultural Society
along with additional Agricultural
Societies from District 7 and 8 will
be assisting to prepare lunches to
feed workers and plowmen at the
2005 IPM. Approximately 600
lunches will be prepared daily.
The 2005 IPM Lunch Committee
is looking for volunteers to drive
utility vehicles to deliver lunches
during the International Plowing
Match. This volunteer work will be
starting on Sept. 20 and finishing on
Sept. 24.
Four people per day are needed
from approximately 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Lunches will be delivered to various
locations within and around the
tented city, parking areas, and to the
fields where the plowing will be
taking place.
Eligible volunteers should be over
16 years of age. and must hold a
valid and permanent G driver’s
licence.
Those interested in providing this
volunteer service can contact
Elizabeth Johnston at 519-291-2883.
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