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Ruth Smith (left) was presented with the Mary Haugh Award by Ken Papple at last year's
Horticultural Society's annual banquet. This award is for a member with more than 10 years in the
Society and a great contributor.
Helen McNaughton (left) and Ruth Smith (right) were both presented with Life Memberships last
year for their many years as volunteers with the society.
Seaforth and District Horticultural Society kicking off new season
Spring will officially be here
on March 20, but with the
record setting warm tempera-
tures, robins chirping and sight-
ing
ighting of the swans returning, we
are all wondering if it has per-
haps arrived just a little earlieL
Seaforth Horticultural
Society members will kickoff
their new gardening season
on Wednesday, March 8 with
a Potluck Dinner at 6:0o pm;
guest speaker, Lynn Godkin,
Huron IPM 2017, at 7:30 p.m.
and general meeting to fol-
low at Northside United
Church basement. All are
welcome to attend. Annual
membership cost is $10.
They had lots of exciting
speakers and presentations
for our 2016 season
including Dr. Jeremy McNeil,
Monarch Butterflies; Karin
McDougall, Black Creek
Flower Farm; Susanne Rob-
inson, Robinson's Maple
Products; Liz and Chris Mal-
icki, New Zealand trip; Den-
ise Huck, Colour Paradise
Greenhouses; Chris and
Pam Bowers, Camino de
Santiago hike.
In July, members hopped
on a bus and travelled to the
amazing Royal Botanical
Gardens in Hamilton.
August's garden tours
included a guided historical
stroll down Bayfield's main
street along with a tour of a
few enchanting private gar-
dens in Bayfield.
As the 2016 season came to
an end in November, it was
celebrated with a delicious
turkey dinner served at the
Annual Banquet. Nancy Abra
took the group on an inspira-
tional tour of the Common-
wealth War Graves in Belgium
& France. Many amazing pic-
tures, taken by members,
were on display as part of the
2016 Photo Contest. The 2016
Photo Contest Winners were
first, Ken Papple, second,
Carol Bennewies and third,
Dianne Wood.
Their website www.sea-
forthdhs.org has more pic-
tures and information on
what the group has been
busy doing over: the past
years. The 2017 Events Cal-
endar will be posted soon.
Huron County Federation of Agriculture meets with local politicians
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The annual MP/MPP/
Local Politician Forum
hosted by the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
(HCFA) was -on Friday, Feb-
ruary 24 at the Clinton
Legion.
The four-hour meeting
and lunch gave the opportu-
nity for representatives from
various commodity groups
in Huron County to give
short presentations on cur-
rent issues related to their
respective groups.
As the name implies, MP
Ben Lobb, MPP Lisa Thomp-
son and other local politicians
were present at the meeting.
HCFA President Erica Murray
was also present, and
explained that the meeting is
to give "everyone the opportu-
nity to exchange ideas and
gain a better insight into some
of the topics that have an
impact on agriculture in
Huron County."
Groups presenting were
the HCFA Property/Land
Use Committee, Huron
County Beef Producers,
Ontario Sheet Marketing
Agency, I ICFA Farm Finance
Committee, Huron County
Egg Farmers, Grain Farmers
of Ontario, Huron County
Pork Producers, Huron
County Diary Producers,
HCFA Public Relations Com-
mittee, MP Ben Lobb and Pictured here is the round a table discussion at the Clinton Legion on Friday, February 24. At the
MPP Lisa Thompson. head table are MP Ben Lobb, MPP Lisa Thompson and HCFA President Erica Murray.
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