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Past president asks if Seaforth still wants an Ag Society
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the lack of volunteers coming for-
ward to help with the Ag Society and
its annual events like the fall fair
and the Christmas toy
and craft show.
"We are getting to a
critical point where peo-
ple are getting burned
out and no relief seems
to be coming. We've got
no inclination to quit but
we're getting to the point
where we may have to,"
she says.
Looking at the recent
situation in Hensall
where its Agricultural
Society had to threaten
that it would not hold
an upcoming fair before
it could attract some new directors,
Jermyn says she's hoping for new di-
rectors in Seaforth without having to
get to the same point.
"We haven't got there yet but we're
hoping we can get new members like
Hensall did - they're on a comeback
right now," she says.
Jermyn says she puts in 18 -hour
days during Seaforth's fall fairs and
many of the other existing directors
do the same.
'We're getting
to a critical
!point where
people are
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Betty Jermyn, Ag
ociety Treasurer
"But, we can only do
that for so long. If we
had more bodies, it
wouldn't be like that,"
she says.
"We got through the
fair this year by put-
ting our heads down
and going to work and
not looking up. But,
it's a lot of work for a
few," adds Hicknell-
Feeney.
Of a possible 21 direc-
tors, the Seaforth Ag-
ricultural Society has
10 directors, a. number
that is too few to handle all the work
the group does each year.
Hicknell-Feeney points to the fact
that the Agricultural Society owns
buildings like the Agriplex and the
Roundhouse that must be kept up.
"When there's a deficit at the are-
na, the taxpayers pick up the differ-
Stratford man charged after
trying to avoid RIDE spot check
A 20 -year-old The driver
Stratford man was was found to be un-
caught driving licenced because of
while disqualified a prior Criminal Code
after he tried to avoid a RIDE (Re- driving conviction and charged with
duce Impaired Driving Everywhere) driving while disqualified.
spot check in Huron East on Nov. 14 He also had liquor in his vehicle
at approximately 8 p.m. and was charged with driving a mo -
Police at the spot check on Front tor vehicle with liquor readily avail -
Road watched a vehicle turn around able.
to avoid them and followed the ve- He is expected to appear in court in
hicle to Ontario Street in Clinton Goderich on Jan. 11.
where the vehicle was stopped.
ence. At the Ag Society, it's us the
volunteers that have to worry about
a deficit," she says, adding that the
Agriplex is sometimes used by differ-
ent organizations for free.
More directors are needed who
have new ideas and are willing to
attend one board meeting a month.
Associate directors are also needed
to help out with the Agricultural So-
ciety's year-round fundraisers - as-
sociate directors don't need to attend
any meetings.
Hicknell-Feeney says that even a
list of volunteers who would be will-
ing to help out at the fall fair, the toy
and craft show and at the Breath of
Spring fundraiser would be helpful.
"It would be very much helpful if
people would be willing to put their
names on a list as volunteers to be
called to help out for our events.
Then, those volunteers might even-
tually sit on the board," adds Jer-
myn.
"We need younger bodies to help
with the set-up and take-down -
that's heavy work. We're an older
crew and we need new ideas," says
Hicknell-Feeney.
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