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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-04-13, Page 26Page 26 Times -Advocate, April 13, 1994 Excellent auction, raffle Items for ApriI 21 conservation dinner EXETER - The fifth annual Ausable Conservation Founda- tion and Exeter Lions club con- servation dinner will be a huge success if the quality of prizes in the various auctions and raffles is any indication. For the active sportsman, a Hawken black powder rifle and a Winchester 12 gauge shotgun will be available to those bidding on the live auction. Ted Jones, one of the dinner committee members says, "This Hawken rifle is a .50 calibre black powder muzzleloader and is very eye catching with brass on it. It is similar to the famous Rocky Mountain rifles made dur- ing the early 1800's. This is a beautiful piece with select walnut stock and solid brass trim." According to Jones, hunting with this type of firearm is be- coming very popular. He added, "In addition to being an attractive wall hanger, it has a practical use... The Winchester shot gun to be auctioned is a Model 120 slide action combo of 12 gauge with 28 inch barrel with vent rib and Winchoke Kit. Jones says this combination model fits the need for upland hunting, waterfowl and deer hunting. "It's a practical piece for this area." As of the dinner committee meeting of April 4, a wide varie- ty of items totalling close to 90 had been donated for the general raffle by businesses and individu- als throughout the watershed. There are two special raffles this year. First prize in the first raffle is a family size tent, picnic table, a dining shelter and 16 dif- ferent accessories. The total retail value is $1,800. Second prize in this raffle val- ued at $800 will be golf clubs, bag, cart and accessories, one night accommodation at the Pine Dale Motor Inn at Grand Bend, two rounds of golf at Oakwood and a golf shirt. Third prize con- sists of a limited edition print by Klaas Verboom of Parkhill and a hand carved eagle. Top prize in the second raffle is a brief case of $1,000 donated by five Exeter area financial in- stitutions, railway tickets and To- ronto accommodation for two from Ellison Travel, Samsonite luggage, two Blue Jay tickets and a Belt telephone. Second prize in this category is two evening sub- scriptions to the Huron Country Playhouse. Dinner chairman Peter Ray- mond points out the uniqueness of one of the live auction prizes. It is a 100 year-old Koken barber chair donated by Barry's Barber Shop of Exeter. In addition there will be an original Exeter police sign and a mallard duck carving by Mel Gaiser. The dinner along with the vari- ous auctions and raffles will be held on Thursday, April 21 at the South Huron Rec Centre in Exet- er. All 400 tickets have been sold in advance. For the fourth straight year, the dinner is sponsored jointly by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority Foundation and the Exeter Lions club. The Foundation's share of the proceeds will go to a variety of projects including the White Pine Woods Outdoor Education Cen- tre at Parkhill and updating of handicapped accessibility at Mor- rison Dam and Rock Glen. The Lions will use their portion to further work on the Exeter - Morrison Corridor. Ted Jones and Jon Dinney of the auction committee display some of the items to be sold at the April 21 conservation dinner sponsored jointly by the ABCA Foundation and the Exet- er Lions. Dinney sits in a 100 year-old Koken barber chair and holds a Hawken jack pow- der muzzleloader. The painting in the background was produced by Exeter artisrTim Clark. At the left is a hand painted golfer by Susan McAllister and at the right a hand carved bald eagle and an original Exeter police sign. Farm women needs identified TORONTO - Middlesex MPP Irene Mathyssen announced April 7 $1,690 in funding from jobsOntario Community Action to the Middles- ex Women for Support of Agricul- ture to conduct a survey on the needs of farm women in the county, Mathyssen made the an- nouncement on behalf of Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Af- fairs, Elmer Buchanan. The Middlesex Women for Sup- port of Agriculture (MWSA) in- tends to create a profile of Middles- ex County farm women to help determine their work and volunteer patterns, and help community groups determine wnat is uutwritam and of concern to farm women. The total project cost of this sur- vey is $8,000 and will be undertak- en by the MWSA and the Universi- ty of Guelph, with support from the Middlesex Federation of Agricul- ture, the Christian Farmers Union, and the Middlesex Women's Insti- tute. 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Old Hwy 117 & Mitchell Road 81 Wellington St. Rannoch 229-6700 Hensal 262.2606 Thedford-Grand Bend growers get support for water management TORONTO - Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Elmer Buchanan today announced $ 14,500 in jobsOntario Community Action funding to the Thedford- Grand Bend Branch of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Asso- ciation to assist in the development of a water management plan to sup- port community needs. "This project will affect the entire community and help assure the via- bility of crop production in the Thedford-Grand Bend area well into the future," Buchanan said. He noted that gross farm -gate sales of agricultural products in the Marsh area is 9.2 million dollars per year with 125 person years of employ- ment associated with vegetable pro- duction. The water management plan and promotion study will include cost estimates and a schedule of pro- posed stages tor an environmental- ly -sensitive water management plan. A detailed inventory of all public and private water manage- ment systems in the study area will be compiled to assess their environ- mental impact, and any proposal for improvements will be submitted to community members for their re- view. The goal of jobsOntario Commu- nity Action and the projects it as- sists is to help communities devel- op greater long-term stability and increased employment," Buchanan said. "Thedford-Grand Bend's wa- ter management project will en- courage further economic viability of the region." jobsOntario Community Action funding will fund half the total pro- ject cost of $29,000. The remainder will be raised through a variety of community sources. Master Mower Usborne 4-H club meets at Thames Road By Chad Smith THAMES ROAD - April 7 the Batter Buddies met at Thames Road Church at 4:00. The group repeated the 4-H Pledge. Each member told the vice president what they had baked last week. Chad Smith read the press report and they separated into groups. 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