The Citizen, 1989-12-06, Page 21Prize recipients
The Bill Turnbull awards are presented to the county’s 4H swine club members with the highest
socres, exhibiting Yorkshire pigs as their project. Margaret Cronyn of RR 2, Blyth was first while
Greg Fritz of RR 2, Brussels placed second. Joan Bergsma, Director of 4H Leaders’ Association
presented the cheques on Friday night in Clinton. Greg is the grandson of Marie and Bill Turnbull of
Brussels whodonated the awards. He also won the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Award for
Champion 4H Gilt while Margaret also received the Bank of Montreal Award, for top first year swine
club member.club
Biff winner
Glen McNeil presented Sharon Ramsey, centre, of RR 3, Blyth with Huron Holstein Club Award
while Isabel Campbell presented her with the A. Y. McLean Memorial Trophy. The first award was
for exhibiting the Holstein calf with the second highest score and the second trophy was for Champion
4H Dairy Showman at Seaforth Fall Fair. Sharon was one of two first place winners of the Bank of
Montreal Awards for journalistic talent.
Red Meat meeting Tues.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989. PAGE 21.
Guard water
farmers told
A Red Meat Plan, introduced in
1984 as a five-year program, was
designed to boost the quality and
productivity of the beef and sheep
industries.
Red Meat II has been developed
to further the advances made in the
red meat industry initiated by the
original Red Meat Plan. This
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Eat, drink and laugh out the Old Year while dancing in the New. This
is the NEW YEAR'S PARTY that everyone talks about all year long.
MEET THE BUS AT THE TOWN HALL AND JOIN YOUR FRIENDS
AT THE RED MAPLE INN.
Cocktails from 6:30 - 7:30 followed by a buffet befitting the former OF
FICER'S MESS. Start with Shrimp cocktail served at your table and
then enjoy your favorite salads from our salad bar, your main course
will be your choice of LEG OF LAMB. PRIME RIB OF BEEF, GLAZ
ED HAM, CORNISH HEN, RABBIT OR FISH. THERE WILL BE
CASSEROLES, VEGETABLES AND POTATOES ALL FOR YOUR
DINING PLEASURE. Then take a stroll up to the dessert table for your
choice. Top this all off with Irish coffee or your favorite liqueur. Inciden
tally, wine will be served at your table during dinner.
MUSIC BY: THE WHISKY JACK MUSIC CO.
9:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
COLD BUFFET from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
At 2:00 a.m. the bus will take you to the front door of your home.
BUS PICK UP: Goderich 6:00 p.m.; Exeter 6:00 p.m.;
Seaforth 6:20 p.m.; Clinton 6:20 p.m.
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program is designed to enhance the
efficiency, productivity, competi
tiveness and quality assurance of
the red meat industry.
A Red Meat II Information
Meeting for Sheep Producers is
planned for Tuesday, December
12, at 8:15 p.m. at the OMAF
Boardroom, Clinton.
Fully Licensed Under LLBO
Farmers should push their deal
ers and farm chemical companies
to get away from the use of
non-returnable chemical contain
ers, Tom Sawyer, Executive Vice-
president of the Fertilizer Institute
told the annual meeting of the
Huron County Soil and Crop Im
provement Association in Brussels,
Thursday night. ,
Mr. Sawyer, well-known for his
concern for the safety of water
resources said the move away from
non-returnable containers is
spreading but he said farmers can
do something to hasten the move.
He said bulk spreading of herbi
cides from “floaters” can cut out
about 25 per cent of the 800,000
10-litre plastic jugs from being
needed. Reusable 45-gallon drums
are becoming more popular and
can cut out another quarter of the
jugs. Farmers can also switch to
water soluable herbicides and not
need the containers at all, he said.
For those who do use the
non-returnable jugs he said to be
sure to triple wash the jugs.
Farmers can make some of the best
money they’re going to make by
triple washing and getting the most
out of the chemicals that are in the
jug. “Wash once for the banker,
the second time for your children
and the third time for the environ
ment,” he said.
He stepped into more controver
sial territory when he advised the
several hundred farmers present
that once they’ve triple
washed the jugs, they should take
them out behind the barn and burn
them. Burning may not be good, he
said, but it’s the lesser of two evils.
Jugs buried in the ground mean the
chemical is still around to leach into
the ground water.
Protecting the groundwater is a
major worry he said, because
pollutants that get into the ground
water can spread for miles under
the surface even if fast moving
ground water does only move about
a foot a day. He told farmers they
should close up old, unused wells
because they provide a direct entry
to the groundwater for contami
nants. And, he said, never load
pesticide near a water source. Take
HEALTH ON THE HILL-
A Review of activities at
SEAFORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
BACK CARE BLITZ ’89: Back pain is a big problem in health care workers. Statistics show that
44% of health care injuries are related to the back because of the necessity to lift and transfer
patientsand heavy objects. Although we know back pain is an old problem-Egyptian paintings
show problem backs five thousand years ago-the expense today is staggering. With 3.1 million
work days lost and 399 million dollars paid out in Worker’s Compensation Benefits it is the
taxpayers who eventually pay the bill.
The Physiotherapy Department and Occupational Health and Safety Committee are
determined to decrease the number of hospital employees who experience pain and suffering
from back pain. The annual “Back Care Blitz” is an in-service presented this week and is
mandatory for all hospital employees to attend.
ACTIVATION GROUP NEWS: A Remembrance Day Service was held November 10, with ten
legion members attending. The service included prayer, song and video.
Welcome to Marjorie Horst, a new volunteer.
Also back is Marj Varley who took the summer months off.
Bon Voyage to Ruth Thorburne who winters in Florida.
BIRTHING ROOM IN USE: Seaforth Hospital’s Birthing Room has had its first occupants.
Debbie & Dennis Murray of Dublin were glad to have use of the room for the birth of their fourth
son. Mrs. Murray particularly liked the comfort of the bed and the fact that she did not have to
transfer to another room.
Obstetrical Team Leader Kay Mailloux feels that a Birthing Room has much to offer over the
traditional delivery room scenario.
The main attraction is a $10,000. moulded plastic birthing bed that is as comfortable as a regular
bed but has an electronically adjustable head, foot, seat and foot pads. No transfer of the
mother to a delivery room is necessary.
Theroom itself isveryhome-likewithsubdued lighting, reclinerchair, tablelampsand curtains
on the windows.
the water to the field by truck to
load a sprayer, not the sprayer to the
source of the water.
The farm well is one of the most
overlooked parts of the farm, he
said with most farmers never
worrying about it as long as they
have water. He told farmers they
should take time to check out their
wells. Wells shouldn’t be closer
than 50 feet from a crop that uses
residual chemicals and shouldn’t
be close to a manure storage area.
While he supports the draining
of farmland because crops like
alfalfa and corn can’t grow with
“wet feet’’, he suggested some
thing must be done to “keep water
at home’’. The water table is
dropping he said, mostly because
we have been draining wetlands
and fields. Farmers have to start to
save wetlands, he said. Normally
on most farms there are places to
pond water, he said. He suggested
that farmers find ways to keep
water on their own land a little
longer. There are places in the
United States where people won’t
use any tile bigger than six inches
because they want to keep the
water from getting away too quick
ly. If water can be held for 48
hours, he said, the silt and pesti
cide residues will settle out and not
get into rivers and streams.
Twenty-five per cent of Ontario’s
population lives in rural Ontario,
even if only a small percentage of
that is farmers. Farmers must
make friends with these non-farm
people, he said, by showing a
concern for the common environ
ment they all share.
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