The Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-04-26, Page 29Members of the Clarke's, Clover Valley, Purple Grove, Reid's Corners One and Two and
Ripley 4-11 Clubs held their Achievement Night on April 11, at the Ripley -Huron Central
Public School. Awards were presented to members who completed their sixth and 12th
projects. Receiving awards were left, Sandra Blackwell and Dennis Johnston for six pro-
jects, Tanya Snobelen for 12 projects, Suzanne Paquette for six projects, Joyce Lane for
12 projects and Regan Bowers and Julie Robins for six projects. (Nellie Blake photo)
Gladys Arnold anu Edith Smith attended
the Genealogy annual meeting and
workshop in Paisley on Saturday.
Audrey and Mary Ellen Traher of Lon-
don and. Heather Shantz of Walkerton
visited Friday with Edna Stanley.
Bette MacLeod and Edna Stanley at-
tended a retirement party for Marion
Hammond at Kincardine Hospital on Fri-
day afternoon.
Harvey and Margaret Ann Orr were sup-
per guests of Donald and Sandra Forster
Saturday night.
Sunday guests with Donald and Sandra
were Evan and Margaret Keith of Kinloss.
The Purple Grove Institute program
committee met at the horse of Wilma Sut-
ton on Thursday evening.
Sympathy . is extended to Don and
Marilyn Reid in the passing of Don's father
Mr. Robt. Reid of Lucknow.
A number from here are enjoying a trip
to Wheeling this weekend.
On Thursday Wilda Thompson visited in
Goderich with Phylis Birch and withMerle
Bauer who is a patient in the Goderich
hospital.
Congratulations Bob and Judy Thomp-,
son. They won the trip to Las Vegas that
PURPLE GROVE
Organic farmer
Bernard Hack of the Kincardine area
was the guest speaker at the April meeting
of the Lucknow Horticultural Society. Mr.
Hack, a native of Germany, is a well-
known organic farmer and he took great
pride in sharing his methods of . organic
gardening to those present at the meeting.
One of the main points of his presenta-
tion was the fact that we tend to over -
nourish our plants. To illustrate this, he
asked the group to consider where some of
nature's plants survive best. Two of the ex-
amples he used in this regard were wild
carrot and wild raspberies. Wild carrot
normally flourishes in poor soil conditions.
Likewise, garden carrots do not require
fertilized soil. Mr. Hack pointed out that
infestation of insects and fungi usually
result where a plant has been over -
nourished.
Gardeners can take a lesson from nature
when tending their raspberry plants. Mr.
Hack suggested that wild raspberries are
often found growing in wooded areas
where the ground cover around them con-
sists of decaying matter ' from trees and
shrubbery. Stem rot which is a common
problem in domestic berries can be lessen-
ed by assimilating a wild berry habitat.
When removing the excess stems from
your berries, place them on the ground at
the base of the plants. Fungi will then
thrive on any diseased stems that you have
removed, rather than attacking the fruit
bearing stems.
During his presentation, Mr. Hack also
explained the importance and effec-
tiveness of crop rotation in the home
garden. He used a chart to illustrate how
this should be done. The first grouping of
plants were called the `high feeders' and
included plants such as cabbage,
tomatoes, potatoes, squash, and pumpkin.
These plants would require fertilizing by
means of compost. The next grouping in-
cluded lettuce, celery, sPmaleh, red beets,
and leeks. These plants did require fertiliz-
ing but to a lesser degree. Onions, carrots,
and radishes were placed in the 'no feed'
the Lyons sponsored.
On Tuesday evening Vicki Hollands,
Amanda and Adam of Durham visited with
Harvey and Wilda Thompson and friends
around the Grove.
A number from the Grove enjoyed the
United Church Women dinner at Kinloss
on Sunday.
Mac and Anne Ma chilies and David
were supper guests with Edna Stanley on
'Sunday.
Tobi Farrell was the overnight guest of
her friend Natasha Ritchie.
Sunday visitors with John and Joyce
Farrell were Doug Baird and family of
Kincardine, Ross Baird of Wuhan and
Mr. and Mrs. Wally Sauble and fa ay'of
Rostock.
Jenny Farrell was part of the Grade 1
Teddy Bear Sleep over at the Ripley Huron
Central School on Friday night.
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Luelmow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 22, 1989—Page 13
Health units promoting
"healthy sexuality week"
Healthy Sexuality - What is it? Is it
something like an itch that mysteriously
appears around age 13 and causes a few
pleasures and a few problems and then
gradually disappears around middle -age?
Or is it more than that? Maybe it is
something that relates to our general
health and positive attitudes and we can
enjoy it throughout the lifespan. Find out
the answers during Ontario Healthy Sex-
uality Week, April 24-29, 1989.
The Grey -Owen Sound Health Unit and
the Bruce County Health Unit would like to
draw your attention to a number of ac-
tivities in the Grey -Bruce area which have
been organized to promote the theme of
Healthy Sexuality Week, "Healthy Sex-
uality Lasts a Lifetime".
Pharmacies throughout the two counties
will enclose factsheets on AIDS and con-
dom use in -all birth control pill prescrip-
tions during Healthy Sexuality Week. The
birth control pill, which is very effective in
pregnancy prevention, offers no protection
from sexually -transmitted diseases.
Libraries, bookstores and schools will be
displaying resources related to healthy
sexuality. Weekly newspapers throughout
the two counties will be publishing articles
of special interest related to healthy
sexuality. y
The Grey -Owen Sound Health Unit and
the Bruce County Health Unit will be co-
sponsoring three presentations. On April
27 a one day seminar entitled a "Sexual
Issues Update", will be held at the County
of Bruce Administration . Building in
Walkerton. Dr. Marion Powell M.D.,
F.R.C.P.C., Consultant, Women's Health
Centre, Women's College Hospital and
Medical Director of Bay Centre for Birth
Control will be the keynote speaker. This
workshop is open to all social and health
care providers of adolescents and young
adults. Dr. Powell will also address Physi-
cians' Grand Rounds and a special session
for allied healthcare workers at the Grey -
Bruce Regional Health Centre in Owen
Sound on April 28th.
For further information on any of these
events, contact your local Health Unit
(Bruce 881-1920, Grey -Owen Sound -
376-9420).
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grouping thereby requiring no fertiliza-
tion. Beans and peas, on the, other hand,
were in a grouping by themselves because
they put food into the soil in the form of
nitrogen. The natural rotation of crops
could easily be seen by the chart, as com-
mon sense would tell any gardener that the
cabbage and potato grouping would be
planted the following year where the beans
and peas had grown. Mr. Hack also made
an interesting notation that rye grass,
buckwheat, or oats should be planted when
the beans and peas are harvested.
The topic of tilling was also discussed,
and Mr. Hack pointed out that we tend to
till excessively which is a very serious
mistake. Earthworms are essential to
gardening. In tact, earthworms are
nature's own tillers, and we destroy them
every time we till our garden.
After Mr. Hack's presentation, many
avid gardeners asked questions relating to
problems they were experiencing in their
own gardens. Guests from Ripley, Auburn,
and Teegwater attended the meeting as
well.
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