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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-08-18, Page 1414 Exeter Tiros. Advocate Community Wednesday,August 18,j 1999 International Plowing Match ozwntdown on DASHWOOD - As plans are finalized for the International Plowing Match & Farm Machinery Show 1999, it is clear the major Huron County exposition scheduled for September 21-25, at the Becker farms near Dashwood, will be far more than a farm show. It promises to be the event of the year as 1999 winds down to the new millennium. ' The countdown is on with less than 50 days until the event which will be a spectacular entertainment and education opportunity for farm and city dweller alike. The focus is on family, technology, heritage, arts, educ- tion and entertainment of all sorts! Hundreds of volunteers are working to transform the 2,700 acre Huron County farmland site into a tented city equivalent In size to 40 city blocks and thousands of visitors are expected at "Huron`Shines in '99". Once you have paid your admission you can go any- where within the IPM Tented City. With ,600 exhibitors, no matter what you're looking for you'll find it in Tented City -, crafts, quilts, new cars, fashions, hew homes, Farm equipment, food, toys for little and big boys, and every service you can imagine from financial to home repairs to travel. In keeping with the plowing match theme, a 210 acre demonstration area will feature -an action -based Machines to Motion presentation to illustrate farm technologies using machinery from selected intervals throughout the 20th century. Farm machinery displays and technology from the years 1919, ' 1959 and 1999 form the basis of the theme,,Back To The Future Machines in Motion display., Extensive lifestyles shows will be ongoing throughout the five day event, as will entertainment and demon- strations throughput on seven different stages. Be sure to visit the entertainment stages at the Huron County Showcase, Celebration Square, Antiques and Family Lifestyles, Food and . Fashion Tents. Visitors to the IPM can watch step dancers, cloggers, line dancers, square dancers and children's entertain- ment. They can listen to old time fiddle music, a classi- cal orchestra, country bands, award winning choirs, Celtic music and individual singers. They can see stage presentations from schools in Huron, performances from the county's professional and amateur theatre companies and variety shows. As well, there will lie daily fashion shows, health classes and exercise demonstrations, interior and food shows, landscaping and flower classes. In another area there will be 20 acres of antiques in a display that celebrates the lifestyle of earlier farming families. Of course, there will be lots of food spots to visit, serving /everything from fast foods to full meals. Some may also want to visit the Lounge area where food is also available. Wagon tours will be available out to the field where • gs ti 3 t;tF POLICE BRIEFS Shed break-in in Lucan LUCAN -- Thieves made off with a hammer and a Black and Decker 1/4" router after breaking into a toot shed on Butler St. in Lucan on Aug. 5. London OPP Const. Myra Rusk said thieves gained entry bybreaking off a took. Replacement 'caps:. , stolen from Leon s HAY TWP. ---- it seems a thief or thieves can't get enough of a certain kind of hubcaps on a vehicle at Leon's Buy & Sell. • A set of hubcaps were reported stolen from a vehicle at Leon's on Aug. 5. London OPP Const. Myra Rusk said the 'caps are replacements for a set stolen from the same vehicle last month. ;vr w l `.1 l NTI NE iNtiN Het IT Si ups! Potted Nursery Stock and Petaninhis can be planted nowt 4u owr<(0144444 SUPER SALE CONTINUES ON... NURSERY STOCK, ANNUALS, HANGING BASKETS aid more! NOW •P.Y.O. or Ready Picked Tomatoes AV,A Wine- • • by the pound or by the bushel *Sweet Com* we *Oaks:Still Taken for Pickling lbws - Op94 Mir - i DMX!- Mei r.:7•61. RBA PRAM, Ott NCM KV (319) amino some 700 acres in 14 plots will be plowed by Canada's traffic flow. Wagon shuttles from the parking lots to ,r� r � champion competitors. As well, there will be special the Tented City and golf cart shuttles within the site plowing events for politicians, Queen of the Furrow, Ski t will also be available. media and an open class for all. As well, there will be an equine showcase, bor- der collie demonstration, cattle penning, llamas international horseshoe competition and tug-of- war event. There will be ample free parking for 26,000 vehicles, a 100 acre trailer park for vis-% km itors who wish to camp, and easy access from all major highways with radio -monitored updates to ease 44. 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