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The Citizen, 2007-09-06, Page 17THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. PAGE 17. The first part of the Field Crop Competition, sponsored by the Brussels Agricultural Society in conjunction with the Brussels Fall Fair was completed last week with the judging of the remaining standing field crops. Fields were scored out of a possible 100 points and to complete the competition, entrants must exhibit a crop sample at the fair which will be scored out of another possible 100 points. Prizes will be awarded on the total combined field and exhibit score. The field results were as follows: Winter wheat, first, 91 points, Jeff Cardiff; tied second, 88.5 points, Glen Sellers and Jerry Zwep; third, 88 points, Matt Shortreed; tied fourth, 87.5 points, Bill Sellers and Neil Mitchell; fifth, 86 points, Murray Cardiff; sixth, 82.5 points, Don Fischer. Barley: first, 86.5 points, Bruce Higgins; second, 83.5 points, Rob Vanderveen. White beans: first, 84.5 points, Don Fischer; second, 83.5 points, Jerry Zwep; third, 82.5 points, Glen Sellers; fourth, 78 points, Bill Sellers. Soybeans: tied first, 89 points, Bauer Farms and John Baan; tied second, 88.5 points, Brian Morton, Glen Sellers and Bruce Higgins; third, 87 points, Neil Mitchell; fourth, 86.5 points, Rob Vanderveen; tied fifth, 85.5 points, Maurice Douma, Matt Shortreed, Darren Johnston and Bill Sellers; tied sixth, 84.5 points, Jerry Zwep and Murray Cardiff; seventh, 82 points, Jeff Cardiff; eighth, 80.5 points, Don Fischer. Grain corn: first, 91 points, Neil Mitchell; second, 89.5 points, Brian Morton; third, 88.5 points, Don Fischer; fourth, 88 points, Darren Johnston; tied fifth, 87.5 points, Jerry Zwep and Bruce Higgins; sixth, 86.5 points, Bill Sellers; tied seventh, 85.5 points, Murray Cardiff and Bauer Farms; eighth, 84 points, Jeff Cardiff; ninth, 83.5 points, Glen Sellers; tenth, 83 points, Matt Shortreed; eleventh, 81 points, Rob Vanderveen. Continued from page 1 their numbers would be down even further, but there has been a surprisingly large turnout of new students registering for this year. With Rob Payne retiring, Corey Hernden will be coming in to replace him, teaching Grade 6/7 and kindergarten teacher Kerri Hill-Keil is back from her maternity leave. Attendance at East Wawanosh Public School stayed even with what it was last year, right around 170. They also welcome a few new faces around the staff room. Rob Galbraith will be working EA duties, while Jenn Overholt will be taking care of special education. Hullett Central Public School in Londesborough welcomes a new principal, Joy Antoniuk, who came from secondment with the Ministry of Education. The school also will have the help of EA Darlene Hymers. However, their attendance is slightly down, 10 students less than last year’s 176. There are several changes in local secondary schools, with Herb Klassen, former principal of Central Huron Secondary School taking over as principal at Listowel District Secondary School. Taking Klassen’s old job is Laurie Langstaff, former principal of Stratford Central Secondary School. Central Huron Secondary School also has a new vice-principal coming in the form of John Brown from Branksome Hall in Toronto. This year, the Avon Maitland District School Board has launched a new website to coincide with the start of the 2007-2008 school year at www.yourschools.ca Brussels Ag. Soc. first field cropcontest complete Attendance up at East Wawanosh Zoom zoom It was motocross at the Auburn Hills racetrack on Sunday. It was great weather for the event as the racers fly neck and neck off the line. 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