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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-05-05, Page 27The only siding with the steel -plus -vinyl difference! Take steel; add layers of zinc, chemicals and a thick polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coating. You've got Stelco Ultragard Siding. Siding supreme! There's never been a siding like new Stelco Ultragard Siding. It's the per- fect protection to put between your home and the weather! , NEW Glad to be Canadian Area youth cit national 4-H By Yvonne ReynoMsdian "I'mgladl'ma ", Bevan Shapton of RR 1 Ex- eter states emphatically. And knowledgeably. The 19 -year-old has just returned from a tour day National 4-H Citizenship Seminar in Ottawa. Bev waschosenasone of On- tario's representatives to the national event. Each province sent 4-H delegates to Canada's capital to meet their counterparts across the coun- try, and work together around the theme "Canadians in the World." Bev, a 4-H member for almost as long as he can remember, had been picked last year to attend leadership camp at Camp Catchaooma on a little island near Peter- borough; he was one of three from Huron, and one of 120 from the entire province. As Ontario is the only province with both 4-H agricultural clubs and homemaking clubs, four representatives of the ag clubs were selected from those attending last year's camp, and five girls from the homemaking clubs made up Ontario's delegation to the citizenship seminar. In previous years only 60 delegates were invited, but this year, due to more money STELCO ULTRAGARD from the Secretary of Otate's office, 90 outstanding members of Canadian 441 clubs were rewarded for their achievements by the ail - expenses -paid package, (Co- ops, banks, oil companies, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, and many other travel agencies paid for most of the meals.) Bevan Shapton Working with at least four different groups each day, Bev discovered many things about his own country: Westerners refer to sections rather than acres, and think nothing of a 100 -mile drive to Nifty Kneaders By Cathy Coates April 5, the Hurondale V Nifty Kneaders started the fifth meeting with the 4-11 SIDING pledge and answered the roll call at the home of one of the • ,leaders, Mrs. Helen Coates. A product of Stetco Inc For a free. no -obligation estimate contact Then we punched down the dough which had already been started and shaped it into Bow Knots, Daisies, Spiral Twists, Kolaches, Hot Dog Buns an two Scottish Currant bread loaves. As we let it rise, we filled in the blanks and judged our 100 percent - whole wheat bread. We took the bread out JIM BECKER CONSTRUCTION 237-3526 McCann Redi-Mix Inc. 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He also found that the strong ties uniting all Canadians far outnumber the minor differences. The 4 -Hers, ranging in age from 16 to 20, toured the Parliament Buildings, heard deputy speaker Lloyd Francis outline the federal system, dined in room 200 of the West Block, where constitutional talks were held, and met Flora McDonald, John Wise and Eugene Whelan. Bev was impressed with the agriculture ministers memory. When he mentioned the official opening of new facilities at the Exeter Co-op, Whelan replied, "I opened some in Hensall that day too." The delegation attended a "rather artsy" play in the Na- tional Arts Centre, were in- troduced to Governor General Ed Schryer at Rideau Hall, and were presented with citizenship cards in a special ceremony. Before leaving for Ottawa, each representative had been assigned some other part of the world, and various groups gave talks on other countries. Other speakers told of travell- ing in Europe. The delegates were advised to cover their clothing and packsacks with Canadian symbols, as Cana- dians are well liked overseas. The young people visited various embassies, and representatives from other lands came to the hotel to show slides and films of their countries. The Philippine. presentation was cut short by a fire in the penthouse of the Skyline Hotel, which emptied buildings for three blocks, and added a bit of excitement to the staid Ottawa scene. (No one was injured in the fire.) "One of the best parts was tacking to the other delegates a seminar when we were supposed to be sleeping," Bevan said, and let slip casual allusions to water fights, and unexpected plunges into the hotel pool. Bevan was chairman of the closing candlelight ceremony, the emotional highlightof the seminar. Jack Redden, head of 4-11 in Nova Scotia and 1982 president of the Canadian 4-H Council initially held the on- ly lit candle in an otherwise dark room. He called up 12 delegates - 8 for the pledge, 2 to represent 4-H leaders and 2 to stand for friends of 4 -H- and lit their candles. Next came a representative from each province. Those with burning candles passed the flame on to so- meone else until the whole room was illuminated. Bev joked about the girls and their soggy Kleenexes, but admitted the symbolism was very effective. For Shapton, the trip was worth the obligatory suit and tie for most of the four days. "It makes you think a lot more about your country", he said. Whether he travels east or west, north or south, Bev is taking along a list of recently acquired names and addresses. "There's no one I wouldn't want to meet again," he said. News from Crediton East •y MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lippert and Linda and Mr. arid Mrs. Stan Preszcator attended the 40th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lippert of Highgate, Sunday.Theirfami- ly and friends gathered at the Community Hall in Highgate were a dinner was held and then open house. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Thornton. London spent three days with Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food huron farm and home news "It is important that farmers be well informed on this matter since ,they will play a vital role in helping Canada survive in the event of a nuclear war; in fact, continuance of primary food. production would depend on their knowing how to safeguard themselves, their families and their crops and livestock." This is a note from the C.D.A. publication, 'Fallout on the Farm' - Blueprint for Survival 3. Recently the Journal on Television in- dicated that the U.S. Government will be spen- ding billions to educate people on survival during a nuclear attack. The strategy is to move people from the cities out to the country - where they will be safe. Safe for how long - how do we produce food after fallout has covered our fields? The following suggestions are taken from the C.D.A. Publication: Decontamin- ation of soil will be necessary for crop production. Removal of surface soil is effective yet expensive. Scraping off the top 2" of soil will remove 99 percent of fallout material from a smooth surface, only 60 percent from a rough sur- face. This: contaminated top .soil should be disposed of in pits dug in the centre of small fields. Removing the ground covet` crop may remove 80 percent of radioactivity and total sod removal lowers radioactivity by 90 percent. Deep plowing (18" deep) will bury the contaminated area below the level of shallow rooted crops such as grasses and vegetables. Contaminated crops should be harvested, baled and stored away from humans and animals. Rain on your swathed cereal grain and hay may wash the fallout to the soil, and permit you to salvage the crop. Cereal crops are partly decontaminated in the threshing process. Mature root crops are also ,alvagable. Cereals and root crops stored in granaries and warehouses are con- sidered safe. Hay or straw stacked outside should have the outer layer removed before feeding to livestock. A shift in cropland will be Inevitable. Very heavily contaminated soils would have to be taken out of food production and used to grow non -edible commodities. So whether it be the Bruce, of fallout from Detroit and Chicago - now we're in- formed of how to survive. And some farmers ask me when the commodity prices will improve. John Heard; Assistant Agricultural Representative Revised Mt structure for feed analysis service The current fee structure for the feed analysis service has been in place without change since 1978. Since that time, equipment, chemical reagent and labour costs to analyze the samples sub- mitted, have increased dramatically. As a result, increased fees are required to cover these increased costs so that the current. level of service by the lab can be maintained and updated. The following revised fee schedule will become ef- fective on May 1, 1982. Type I - Dry Matter, Crude Protein - ;10.00. Type II - Dry Matter, Crude Protein, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Potassium - 817.00. Type 1II - Dry Matter, Crude Protein, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Potassium, Manganese, Copper, Zinc - 819.00. New feed analysis in- formation sheets will be made available as soon as possible. Please continue to use the present information sheets until the new ones arrive. Dennis Martin, Associate Agricultural Representative CREDITON FIRE DEPARTMENT POSTER CONTEST — The Crediton volunteer fire department recent a poster contest for students at Stephen Central and Mount Carmel schools. Above, Doug Lightfoot of the Crediton brigade tsents prizes to the Stephen winners Kelly Brintneil, Rodney Woods, Charlene Browning, Randy Hoff- man, Jamie Brand and Lisa Parsons. T -A photo By Bob Trotter The first few days of May always remind me of a housecat coming outside for the first time, wide-eyed and uncertain about what to do next. It is a timid time of the year. The days may be warm but the nights can be chilly. If a few snowflakes fall, they rarely last long. My father us- ed to call it robin snow because it disappeared with the morning sun and the robins feeding on the grass seemed to help it disappear. We have seen and, even more exciting, heard the flocks of geese heading north for their summer . nesting places. All of nature is wide awake now and alert because the growing season in this coun- try is short and summer, hot from hurrying, is bustling along to get on with the business of growing things. ' It is an exciting time of year for farmers in this cotmtry. They are itching to get on the land, to get the seeding done. Suddenly, the leaves are out. The tender plants and wild flowers that hid in the dark ground push their way to the sun without fear of alin- ing frost. Farms where considerable tile drainage has been done allow owners to cultivate earlier. This can give the farmer another three weeks on the growing season: I have been a bird lover for many years and have learn- ed to admire almost all species, even the ugly turkey vulture which acts as a gar-, bageman from the skies. Gulls have been a favorite even before Jonathon Liv- -ingstone but recently, many complaints have been registered by farmers when cultivating. Hundreds of gulls come streaming in from miles away Unfortunately, they feed on earthworms and those worms do far more good for the land than the gulls. I have heard some farmers in recent years suggest that they should be allowed to kill these graceful flyers but sure- ly another method can be devised to keep them from fresh -plowed fields. MOTHOS4 DAY IS MAY 9 Surely, though, everything, spiritual as well as material, proceeds out of the earth. 1 have watched my grand- father, a dour Yorkshireman, almost weeping when he pick- ed up a handful of soil in the springtime. -He would sift it through his fingers, smell it, almost fondle it. My father, with Irish and Scots blood coursing through his veins, would seek out wildflowers in the spring. Not pulling them, of course, he would place his hands tender- ly under the bloom and a great 1oAk of wonder would come over his face as he stared at the beauty in the bloom. Neither one of them was a farmer but they worked in the good solid earth throughout their lives and I cannot help but believe they were both glad to return to the soil when they died. Human happiness, it seems to me, is the true odor of growth, the sweet smell of freshly -turned earth and the joy of seeing seeds planted, sprouting and growing as the miracle repeats itself, year after year. Those with a little grey up top can remember spr- ingtimes when small schoolhouses were still in use, when the breath of spring overcame the odors of chalk, sweaty children and sticky varnish. The good earth and Doug Lightfoot • R.R. 1, Crediton, Ont. 234-6287 its odors would steal through the open windows and we would long to be any place ex- cept stuck in that stuffy school. Those feelings still over- come all of us at some time during this merry month of May. HONDA Eagiwss Quiet 8 Reliable 3-5-5-7-1 OHP Sold 6 Serviced by Cecil R. Squire Sales & Service Repair Shop • Equipment 92 Waterloo Si.. Exeter . 235-0465 - MILOHNIA •NTRACT RS Ltd. 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