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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-03-20, Page 271 COM 4IINITY Chocolate Easter egg caper held By Muriel Lewis GRANTON - Mr. and Mrs. Don Roloson, Kaylene and Dani spent the school break in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hodgins, Scott and Philip also spent two weeks in- cluding the March break in Florida. At the "Take a Break" held at the United church on Monday evening, March 11, Audrey Harloff contin- ued with the bible study on the theme Was Chicken Little Right? Helen Conway led the Chocolate Easter Egg Caper when she demon- strated making and decorating East- er Eggs. Margaret Oakley was the hostess for the Anglican Lenten study on Wednesday afternoon, March 13, when the group viewed part of the film "Gandi". The Granton Optimist Club spon- sored crafts for the children during the March break on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons of last week at the Masonic Hall, and also a youth dance there on Friday night. The Granton Minor Baseball As- sociation will be holding registra- tion at the Granton Park Pavilion on Saturday morning, March 30, 10 a.m. until noon. Girls and boys ages six to 16 years are welcome to participate. For further information call Joe French 225-2432 or Mike Butler 225-2210. Correction: In last week's account of the U.C.W., the wrong date was mistakenly reported for the Region- al Rally which is to be held at Granton United Church on Wednesday evening, April 24, 6:45 p.m. At the St. Thomas' Anglican Church on Sunday, March 17, Rev. Beverley Wheeler led the service of Holy Communion. David Hughesman of London read the Gospel and gave the homi- ly about Lent as a time of renewal and re -commitment through grati- tude and humility. The lessons were read by Roy Moore. Special music was provided by the Arise Group from London. A time of fellowship followed the ser- vice. At the Granton United Church on Sunday, Pastor Normalie Voakes' message was "A Sermon about Air. The lessons were from Jere- miah 31 and John 12. The Granton UTH Group met at Bethel Presbyterian Church on Sun- day evening. Granton 4-11 dub The Granton #2 4-H club met re- cently at the home of Katherine Harding. After opening with the 4-H pledge, the members read about na- tives of Canada and then started making looms of cardboard, popsi- cle sticks and thread. At the next meeting, they will be starting to weave on the loom with seed beads, Refreshments were served by Paula Pincombe, Maggie Ostler and the hostess. Times -Advocate, March 20, 1991 Page 27 Contest winners - Best's Restaurant in Grand Bend proudly presented the prizes to the winners of the essay and coloring contests they sponsored during the Winter Carnival. Here are, !eft; Marian Ogilvie (treasurer Winter Carnival), Jackie Went (Best's), Elizabeth Flrtrgerald, Brianne Webber, Melissa Welsh, Kim Hardy, Sarah Baarbe, Nicole Baxfie!d, Britney Kadlecik, Benguin the Penguin. Busy .week at Legion By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Another full week at the Grand Bend Legion branch 498 began with Tuesday night darts. Lou Hamilton and Ron Crown won first place and Mary Monteith with Jack Hoffman came in second. Brian Mantz scored an individual high of 121 and Jeff Leatherland aced everyone with a 133. Winners of the Friday meat raf- fle were Jean Chambers, Cathy Schenck, Marilyn Oesch, Elma McConnell and Bill Tow. The sec- ond place winners of each draw won a free dance ticket to the St. Patrick's Day dance on Saturday; , Ev Gowing, Kay Allen, Jean hter at Jean ison and Hens rJtwnni - Pam Ingram holdsoo0t Behind is lop-eared for The bunnies were special lives guests mysteChambers, prize went to Kris Ster- for Story Hour Monday morning• ling. for the session which included stories of rabbits and Easter bunny crafts.appy birthday wishes are ex- tended to comrade Marilyn Oesch Caven PCW I plan for Easter weekend EXETER - The Presbyterian Church Women began their regular meeting at 1:30 on March 11 in the church basement with dessert. The devotional was led by Mrs. L. Learn and Mrs. L. Harness. It consisted of scripture, hymns and thoughts about Easter and peace. Mrs. D. Webster continued the pro- gram discussing modern day solu- tions to the world problems.Thela- dies were challenged to think of ways they might help. create and Ii maintain peace, now that the fight-' ing in Iraq and Kuwait has stopped. Mrs. Ersman, the president, in- formed the women a noon -hour lun- cheon was being served by the Gor- don Auxiliary on April 11. Tickets $6.00. An invitation from the Thames Road U.C.W. invited the Exeter P.C.W. to their meeting on April 1st was read. Easter baskets to be packed at the church on March 25. A game on familiar proverbs and superstitions was played. The ladies learned of the originality of some of the superstitions. Faceoff - Referee Steve DeWolfe drops the puck during a heated game of floor hockey at the Hensall Arena on Wednesday. The game was part of the many activities held at the arena and organized by Tom Dickins during the March Break. Equitable settlement for land profits sought CLINTON - Crop input costs are expected to be up 10-20 percent this spring. Alo with crop prices not expect- ed to be any higher this fall, it will take a sharp pencil to budget a prd- it this year. -Both landlords and ten- ants are looking for an equitable way in deciding on land rents. In or- der for land rental to be as painless as possible pribrities deed to be es- tablished. The first priority for the tenant is to be able to cover the variable cash costs of growing the crop. These costs include such items as seed, fertilizer, fuel, repairs, drying, mar- keting, etc. the second priority is to allow the tenant at least enough in- come to pay for fixed costs. Fixed costs would include machinery de- preciation, insurance, taxes, etc. If the first two priorities can be met, then the landlord and tenant act can look at dividing the profit. A failure to generate a profit means the tenant will either get tired of working for nothing and !cave, or go out of business. Both thc landlord and tenant will want to establish how productive the land is. Tile drainage of land can boost crop yields by 20 percent. Tenants know drainage improves yields and also increases field work timeliness. One tenant told me of an arrangement made with a land- lord in a long term lease agreement where thc tenant paid for tile drain- ing the land. Obviously, the tenant and land- lord had a very good relationship and both worked towards the goal of both landlord and tenant making more money from the land. Other things such as crop rotation and soil conditions can improve yields by 10 percent. Also, soil type, stoniness, weeds and soil fer- tility all have an effect on the rental value of a property. The future per- formance of land is very much relat- ed to the way it has perforated and the way it has been used in the past. As a landowner and tenant it is important to record a fie1t history to help document the productive value of each field. Information sheets for recording field histories are available from the Clinton OMAF office. A good long tenni agreement can foster good stewardship. The tenant should get to reap some of the re- wards of good management. The landlord will also benefit from these arrangements. One year cash deals that go to the highest bidder pro- mote short term thinking and ex- ploitations of the land - rotation and special needs are forgotten. Over the long term, no none will want* to rent this type of land which has been run down." Landlords and tenants are also looking at alternative land rental arrangements other than cash. There are as many. different types of land rental agreements as there are landlords and types of fields. The type of agreement will depend on the productivity of the land and the relationship the tenant and landlord have, and the goals of each. Some landlords enjoy sharing some of the risk of growing and marketing a crop such as in a 50/ 50 share crop agreement, while other landlords prefer a guaranteed number of bushels agreement. An- other type of agreement is the vari- able share agreement wherein the landlord's share of the crop varies with the crop yield. Ata corn yield of only 80 bu. the landlord receives the value of 12 bu. of corn (15 per- cent). If, however, the corn crop yields 120 bu. the landlord might receive 38 bu. Correction E R� - A person was incor- rccdidentified in a pt�tograph on page 8 of last week's pap. The caption shouldhave identi- fied Darryl McElrca as the shuffle- board player. and get well wishes go to Judy Jewel in Victoria Hospital, Lon- don. An enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the Night Winds Band as Irish tunes fled the air for the St. Pat- rick's Day dance at the legion on saturday night. Door prizes went to Marie Hudson and Bill and May Brennan of Crediton. Don't forget to check Coming Events for news of the Open Invi- tational Euchre in May at the Grand Bend Legion Combined Good Friday service By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - The Church of God will be hosting the combined Good Friday service this year commencing at 2 p.m. The congre- gations of Grand Bend United and St. John's Anglican Anglican are also invited to attend. Reverend Colin Stover (United), Reverend Grant Darling (Anglican) will join Reverend Bob Peebles to preach and provide the service. Grand Bend United Church in- vites everyone to an Easter Sun- rise Service at 8 a.m. followed by a light breakfast - a beautiful way to celebrate Easter. The Easter Ecumenical will be hosted by the Greenway United Church women at 8 p.m. on March 26 - the service is open to all area churches. Zone public speaking On February 19, flour of our public speaking contestants left for Zurich. The zone was a contest to see who would win first, second and third. Unfor- tunately nobody placed from our school. Congratulations to the winners at the Zurich school. P.B.S. public speaking On February 12, grades 4-7 went to the gym to say their speeches. We had three volun- teer Judges. At the end of the speeches the judges were pre- sented with flowers to show our appreciation. In grade 4 Sandra Steele placed third. In grade 5 Lawrence Cole won second and Chris- tine Coolman won first prize. In our intermediate division we had only one speaker. Toni DeJong received first place. Our first and sec- ond place winners will go to Zurich. The zone competition is on February 19. Congratulauons speakers! Erewhon Theatre . The first of February the Erewhon theater presented "The Rain For- est". The actors were Nickie St. John and Keith Cole, which made it all happen. There was also another actor who was from Precious Blood School, Theresa Wilhem. All schools from Precious Blood to Exeter Public School came to watch theseorple perform. The two schools both had some of their students perform. . Theresa also played part of a main part. This play was to show how people had to work for their living. It was also to show how the environment could be lost. Virtue and justice triumph 'again We, the Precious Blood School students are putting on a play called "Virtue and Justice Triumph Again." Grades five to eight are presenting it. The directors are Mrs. M. Nelson and Mrs. G. Tripp who is also the pianist for it. They will be holding performances throughout the week of March fourth to the sixth. There is a dona- tion of three dollars per ticket. The evening performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 6. There are tickets available at the school if you wish to attend this event. Skating The grades K - 4 went skating for the months of January and Feb- ruary. Their classroom teachers and some of the students' parents went with them also. Melany Regicr thought "it was fun!" Melany is in grade three. Jacklyn Van Esbroeck (Grade four), thought is was "Awesome" and her younger brother in grade one Chris Van Es- broeck thought it was Good!" Curling For -the past six weeks grades five, six, seven and eight students learned how to curl properly. The Exeterin 1 b taughtb supplied us ow the brooms and sliders and a few of the people in thec to curl. Here are a few of the comments about curling: Rochelle Geoffrey "It was fun!" Toni De Jon "It was painful at first, but I liked id" Jaime Plass It was okay!" Vicngxay Inthovorlg "It was interesting!' We would like to thank the Exeter Curling Club. Constable Marshall On February 14, Constable John Marshall came to Precious Blood to do a seatbelt safety program. He showed us a video on the impor- tance of seatbelts. A student from each class was used in a series of demonstrations that involved them sitting on a chair that was pushed back and forth at different speetds. Erewhon production On February 6, K-4 saw an Erewhon production. Jason Grenier thought, "it was good and it was funny". Matthew Dietrich thought "It was good". and Jason Fach thought "It was funny ai,d the songs •