HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-09-25, Page 88 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, September 25, 2013
last day of International Plowing Match cancelled
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MI'I'CHELI. - "Welcome to
God's country."
Perth County Warden Vince
Judge offered that greeting Tues-
day at the start of the 100th anni-
versary edition of the Interna-
tional Plowing Match at the Van
Nuland family farm just outside of
Mitchell.
Under a cloudless blue sky,
thousands of people streamed
into the sprawling "tented city" for
the opening of the five-day event,
intended to showcase rural
Ontario and the people who call it
home.
Local pride, and particularly
rural pride, were displayed promi-
nently 'Tuesday, in the fields,
under the tents, at the stage, on
the 'l' -shirts and in the minds of
organizers, performers and digni-
taries who attended the match.
"Everyone's eager, and every-
one wants to be part of this cele-
bration," said 1PM chair Bert
Vorstenbosch as crowds gathered
for the opening ceremonies.
Judge reminded the crowd of
Perth County's rich rural heritage,
and the enthusiasm of local resi-
dents to share it with others.
"You are standing on the most
fertile piece of land that's in Can-
ada," he said proudly.
"Retnember, there's Perth
County and then there's the rest."
Emcee Lloyd Robertson agreed.
"You can't get better than this,"
said the famous broadcaster, who
has roots in this area.
Despite appearances by Ontario
Premier Kathleen Wynne, NDP
leader Andrea Horwath and Pro-
gressive Conservative leader Tim
Hudak, it was a few local perform-
ers who stole the show at the
opening ceremonies Tuesday.
Clare French, backed by the
Mitchell Legion Band, delivered a
stirring rendition of "Perth County
Bounty" -- a song he wrote for the
match -- that drew a standing ova-
tion from the crowd.
Cass Vander Velde's take on
"This Land is Your Land" was also
a hit, and auctioneer David Car-
son's not -so -subtle digs at the pol-
iticians on stage had the crowd
roaring.
Those politicians, which in
addition to the party leaders also
included Perth -Wellington MP
Gary Schellenberger, MPP Randy
Pettapiece, Rural Affairs Minister
Jeff Leal and Minister of State for
FedDev Ontario Gary Goodyear
were, in turn, sincere in their
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part of our economy," she said, stlggest-
ing that politicians need to find a way to
cut red tape, simplify rules of land use
and discover bigger markets for locally
grown food.
"1 think there's no doubt in anyone's
mind around here today or across this
province that Ontario's future definitely
is in farming," said Horwath.
Hudak, whose Conservative contin-
gent wore blue shirts with Respect for
Rural Ontario printed on the front, used
a plowing analogy as he described tier(
resiliency and determination of rurar
residents.
"I've always believed that there is no
row that is too tough to hoe, if you have
the right backbone, and farmers are
proof of that," he said.
Lower taxes, affordable energy and
an end to red tape are keys to "Ignite a
comeback for rural Ontario," he said.
And Green Party leader Mike
Shreiner, who grew up on a farm, sug-
gested that farmers are among the orig-
inal environmentalists and land
stewards.
"i think it's time that society recog-
nizes that," he said, "and rewards and
compensates our farmers for providing
the environmental goods and services
that we all benefit from."
He put in a pitch for a strengthened
Local Food Act to support local farmers,
and challenged his fellow party leaders
to take a "food and water first" pledge
to protect prime farmland and source
water.
"'Ihe bottom line is, We can't eat sub-
divisions, we can't eat quarries, we can't
eat roads or pipelines," said Schreiner,
"but we can eat food that's grown by the
fantastic farmers of this province on a
fertile farmground that we all share."
Jan Van Noland, the mayor of the
tented city who's hosting the plowing
thatch on his farm, told the crowd that
he just wanted the 100th amtiversary
event to be "unforgettable."
And unforgettable it (probably will he
as the IPM was cancelled on its Iii,.
day, Saturday, due to safety concerns ,►r
the site.
In a press release early Saturday
morning, the Ontario Plowmen's Asso-
ciation (OPA), in conjunction with the
Executive Committee for the IPM,
announced that they decided to cancel
the final day of the event due to rain
and inclement weather over the last 36
hours.
Torrential rains have resulted in
unsafe conditions and have closed the•
site down.
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