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Tuckersmith farmer Les Falconer seeking seat
Falconer running for Huron East council as way to give back to the community
Susan Hundertmark
ammioni
Following the example of his late
father Frank who served on
Tuckersmith councils in the 1960s,
`70s and `80s and on the public
school board in the 1980s, Les
Falconer, of RE 5 Clinton, has decid-
ed to run for Huron East council as
a Tuckersmith representative.
"I just want to give back to the
community and this is the best way
to do it," he says.
Falconer, who operates a 400 -acre
beef, sheep and cash crop farm in
Tuckersmith, is also a director on
the Huron County Federation of
Agriculture as a beef producers' rep-
resentative.
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Les Falconer
to council, Falconer says he's also
wanting to represent the interests
of all of Huron East.
"I'd like to see more development
in Huron East and more residents.
The Bridges development is a good
thing and I'd like to see more of
that," he says.
"We've got to get more jobs in the
area so our kids can grow their fam-
ilies here and create a bigger tax
base. It's important to keep our
young kids in the community," says
Falconer.
He says he's also wanting to keep
a close eye on the municipality's
budget.
"After farming for 20 years, I
know you've got to watch your bud-
get," he says.
Falconer, with his wife " Deborah,
have four children Derek, Fraser,
Sydney and Grahaia.
New events at fall fair
see strong turnouts..
From Pagel
18 -year-old Melissa Sparling as this
year's Seaforth Fall Fair ambas-
sador.
Saturday morning the calf club
show kicked off the festivities with
15 participants, which organizers
say was more than last year.
The Calf Club Show was followed
by an auction and judging of the
beef cattle.
The top calf, owned by Lisa
Bennett -Jervis, of Seaforth, was sold
for $1,986.56.
Beef cattle committee member
John Bennett said on average,
prices on the cattle were a bit lower
than last year.
He added that Last year saw a sig-
nificant increase in prices as farm-
ers recovered from the BSE crisis,
however with little improvement
over the past year, prices dropped a
bit.
"Our government hasn't done a lot
for us, and that was reflected (in the
prices)," said Bennett.
"There's some optimism, but not
as much as there was a year ago,"
he added.
Bennett said the number of partic-
ipants in most categories was up a
little bit this year, including the
market steer class, which saw quite
a few more.
Hicknell-Feeney says the fair's
new attractions - the miniature
horse show, junior ambassador com-
petition and lawn mower tractor
pull, all fared very well.
Fifteen -year-old Bridget Cronin, of
Seaforth, was crowned the first-ever
junior ambassador.
Organizer of the horse show, Gene
Baynham, said they had 12 competi-
tors in 17 categories.
"This is excellent. I figured we'd
have six (competitors), being the
first time," she said.
The fair's other new event, the
Lawn Mower Tractor °Pull took place
Sunday afternoon, and also saw a
strong turnout.
Steve Fritzley said they filled nine
classes, with roughly 30 tractors.
"It was. great - more than we were
expecting," he said, adding that they
even had one competitor who is 78
years old from Listowel.
Fritzley said the tractors were
modified with snowmobile, motorcy-
cle and four -cylinder car engines.
He added that by promoting the
pull over the next year, organizers
are hoping to attract three times the
number of competitors at next year's
fair.
Hicknell-Feeney said some of the
other mainstays to the fair, such as
the baby show, which drew 24 proud
mothers, the penny sale, which sold
out all of their tickets on the way to
earning $1,200, were once again a
success.
"We also had a good turnout at the
video dance," added Hicknell-
Feeney.