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5 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS
SIGNING IN - Bill and Viola Alien of Woodham registerwith Larry Hotson
at Wednesday's Scott's Elevators of Lucan Customer Appreciation Day.
'One foot in the
rroLV' b7c'
She coined the phrase when she
started talking and we all .use it
now. Shc had trouble with the -let-
ter L. Shc would say, in her beau-
tiful wee voice: I can't be -reeve it!
Well, I can't be -reeve that Kaitlin
is seven years old this month. She
working beside me as I write, care-
fully crafting a red tree on a sheet
of yellow paper.
"See, Paw -Bob," she teaches me.
"You draw the trunk and then
make a vee. You can make a vee
wherever you want and as many as
you want and then you have a tree.
Butdoesa robin have a white tail?
I want to put a robin in this tree."
"No. It has a black tail with just
a little white stripe across it. Did
you know a robin is a member of
the thrush family?"
"What's a thrush? I thought
thrush was what the horse gets in
hcr hoofs," she says.
1 am in a muddle now: "A thrush
is a song bird but thrush is also an
itch and a bit of rot on a horse's
hoof," I try to explain.
"Sounds silly. Why can a smelly
hoof and a, pretty bird have -the same
name? Sometimes grownups arc
crazy?"
Her report card says so many
things yet so little about a beautiful
grandchild. She will be in Grade
two this fall. It seems like last
week that she snuggled
in my arms on the w
the hospital where she was born.
And was it just three
sat in front of me on
the old buckskin marc
of many things, settled the world's
problems, when she fit so neatly
between me and the saddle
ay home from
days ago she
the saddle on
and we talked
idle from?
No, old man. It was three years
ago and shc no longer fits in the
saddle with you. Shc rides by her-
self now and her tinkling laughter is
ahead of you on the trail thesc.days.
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She is so fair of face with eyes
that glow with love for this doting
old granddad, Pearls grow behind
her parted lips- these days as new
teeth catch the fading light of the
. sun through the window.
We should be out there, enjoying
this sunset find talking about birds
.and grass and flowers and hay and
horses but I struggle to compose an
ode to a wee lady who has brought
the brightest of lights into my life.-
We
ife:We arc great pals, me and Kait.
Nothing is so sweet to this old fool
as the laughter of my little girl, the
wonderfully feminine way she flicks
her hair back, the absolute glee that
-encompasses her whole body when
she plays a joke on tnc.
I visit her with the weight- of the
world on my shoulders, after. spend-
ing a lousy day in the bureaucratic
jungle, the unreasonable rat race of
higher education and with three
words and a hug, shc can free me
from all the weight and pain of life:
"I love you, Paw -Bob." -
The strain is dispersed, the pain is
gone. The whirl of hcr face, the
flash of dimples- and two sturdy
little arms make the world warm
and wonderful.
Impossible it -is -to describe -beauty
of a child, especially a grandchild.
We watched our oldest grandson, a
big fellow of -14 years, graduate last
week. Ile received a: plaque for
sportsmanship and one for French.
Ilis parents arc"still wondering how
he got the sportsmanship plaque.
"Ile's.no sportsman around here,"
his mother says. "He makes life
.miserable for his sisters."
Rvan winks across at me with a
huge grin across his soon -to -be -a -
man fatures. He is wearing a tin
grin, a. mouth full of metal bracts
but he, too, still likes to visit with
his grandparents.
Every grandchild is the gift of a
world to me
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WELCOME FROM SCOTT'S. - Wendy and Julie Lewis are welcomed
by Allan and Liz Scott to Wednesday's Customer Appreciation Day spon
sored by Scott's Elevators in Lucan.
Junior Farmers
host exchangers .
CLINTON - Three exchange dcic-
gatcs from the United Kingdom
will be in 'Huron County from July
24 to August 5. The dcicgatcs will
be hosted by members of the Huron
County Junior Farmers and their
families.
The dcicgatcs arc Tom Young and
Mary Wilson both member of the
Scottish Association of Young
Farmers' Clubs and Helen Britton a
member of The National Federation
of Young Farmers' Clubs of Eng-
land and Wales.
The Huron County Junior Farm-
ers have planned many activities for
their visiting guests. While in Hu-
ron County the dcicgatcs will be
shown the many attractions of Hu-
ron County and its agricultural di-
versity and its friendly people.
The exchange of knowledge and
friendship will be lasting and fur-
ther strengthen the understanding
and co-operation of International
Rural YGdth. • •
The various international ex-
/ changes arc co-ordinated by the Jun-
ior Farmers' Association of Ontario
and the foreign counterpan(s).
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two control buttons - mode or timer/sensor.
Equipped with 6' sensor cord, 60' of low volt
cable and 6' power cord. 587-245
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Coolers & Thermos Jugs
1Ooff:
Landscape Marble
Chips
Combines beauty with
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live plants. helps control
weed growth -
Med. 503-055 or
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Lir Sport Soccer Set
Complete soccer set
includes all-weather 19 77
frame and 7'
inflatable soccorball. ea.
502-222
Fun to Play Trac -Ball
Specially engineered
rackets to catch
and throw ball in one
. continuous motion
502-230
1666 ct„
Preserving Jars
and Lids
Case of 12
500- mL 55i:885 Case $5.77
' 1 L 551.886 Case $6.44
Harvest Design
250 mL 551-888 Case$5.77
2- Pc. Caps
For standard jars. 1 dor
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551.889 Pkg. $1.99
Lids only. 1 dozen
551-890 Pkg. 99c
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•s coveralls, clothing
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off
Illustrations not exactly as shown. All Items are not available at all locations
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5 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS ,
Exeter Co -Op
235-2081
Exeter • Ailsa Craig
Hensall Co -Op
262-3002
Hensall • Zurich • Seaforth
• WHEAT • BARLEY
OATS
WE ARE READY TO RECEIVE YOUR 1988
* WHEAT * BARLEY * OATS
• TWO RECEIVING PITS • HARVEST SERVICES AVAILABLE
CONTACT PETER ROWNTREE
VARNA GRAIN
233-7908 Varna, Ont.
WE ARE READY
TO RECEIVE YOUR 1988
• WHEAT
• BARLEY
• OATS
CUSTOM COMBINING
AND
TRUCKING AVAILABLE
For more information call
BEV HILL
233-3346
Hi11 Hill
FARMS
1I.1,rrn
VARNA
ONT.
233-3218