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RAINY RIVER VALLEY' The Rural Voice is provided to Rainy
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place and in order for the astronauts to
sustain life for the 27, -month voyage.
astronauts will have to grow their own
food. OAFE has become involved in a
project that will test the effects of the
gravity -free space environment on
tomato seeds. Canadian students will
be involved by germinating and
growing tomato seeds after they return
from outer space. OAFE will develop
the teachers' guide and instruction
package which will accompany this
project. OAFE feels honoured to have
been chosen because the project is
national in scope. OAFE Educational
Consultant. Rhea Brillinger will lead
the project.
Back here on earth. at Emo. our
local group will be promoting dairy
products and by-products at the Lair.
We'll be working alongside the local
milk producers educating people on
the importance of milk in everyday
diets.
Chamber of Commerce in Fort
Frances will have their trade show
Friday, September 29 and Saturday,
September 30.
4-H reports that a leaders' worship
takes place September 9 at Donald
Young School. Karen Scott will lead
it. It begins at 10:00 a.m. with a
potluck luncheon at noon. All leaders
and new leaders are urged to attend.
Go for the Gold 4-H competition
takes place September 16 at Donald
Young School. Each team will have
four members. one alternate and one
coach. The winning team goes to the
Royal Winter Fair in November.
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
is November 2 - 1 1 , 2000.
I must cut this short for this month
as 1 have four displays to get ready for
the fair by noon tomorrow.
Make a new list of "to dp' things
everyday from your larger list of
projects, goals, and things to do. If an
item gets transferred from one daily
list to the next for 10 days, drop it.
There's a reason you're avoiding the
item, and your time would be better
spent reassessing your motives.
Did you know that frogs move
faster than toads?
– Submitted by Shirley Morrish
R.R. 1, Devlin, Ontario POW 1C0
807-486-3622
August 15, 2000
Summer never seems to last long
enough and I think we notice it more
as we get older. But we should still
take the time to enjoy the flowers, the
daylight hours, a glass of iced tea with
friends and the luxury of quiet
conversation. The world will continue
spinning, even if you slow down. It's
worth it.
It's a busy time here in the Rainy
River District. Preparations for the
annual Fall Fair at Emo are underway.
Special events and activities along
with displays of the earlier days are
part of the agenda. Last evening,
RRFA met at the Emo Arena which
becomes the Farm Progress Building
during the fair. We set up the frames
and curtains that are backdrops for all
the groups who have a trade to show
off. The fair board has planted trees
throughout the grounds and painting
and repairs have taken place
everywhere. By this time next week
the°•centennial celebrations for the
Rainy River Valley Agricultural
Society will be a happy memory.
"Nature's mighty law is change."
The RRFA held their August
meeting at Morley with Linda
Armstrong, Dianne Vandenbrand,
Kim Desserre, Kris Carpenter, Reg
Kause, Betty Salchert, KimJo Calder,
Ken Fisher, Jason Teeple, Shirley
Morrish and Angela Halvorsen
attending.
Betty, member services rep, said
that log books are available locally at
Visser's and she will have them at her
booth at the fair. Betty will be setting
up a special display for the OFA at the
Farm Progress Building.
Linda announced that Jack
Wilkinson will be in the Dryden area
around November I. The President's
meeting takes place this week in
Toronto and Linda will not be able to
attend since she is running things in
the biggest building on the
fairgrounds. Linda said that to date
there are 27 exhibitors and everything
looks good. Help is needed at closing
time 5:00 p.m. Saturday to take
everything down again.
KimJo said that the tours at the
Research Station went very well.
There was a lot of interest this year
and the weather was favourable. Her
crew, Laura and Ryan, are busy with
the harvesting now. Both will be
returning to.school soon.
KimJo reminded everyone of the
date change for the second cattle sale
at Stratton. It has been switched from
September 23 to September 30. Barn
work is going on this past two weeks
preparing for the August 26 sale. The
bleachers are completed and painted,
as well.as the new office. Alley 300 is
in the process of having new pens.
The yards have been cut and there was
enough hay to bale for feed. Russ, the
manager and his crew are doing a
great job.
A number of locals had an
interesting visit from Dean Hodgson,
who once farmed near Emo. Dean
always manages to stop by for coffee
and a good conversation. It's always
fascinating to hear the stories he tells
of his journeys — and Dean never
ages!
4-H did a big cleanup at the food
booth on Monday morning as well as
some painting when the rain stopped.
The repairs to the old building will
make it comfortable to work in for
another fair. Thanks to all the leaders
and members who turned out to help.
Barn setup is Wednesday evening and
we need workers in the food booth,
especially on Saturday during the beef
shows. Clean up is Monday evening,
helping the fair board people get the
grounds back to shape again.
OAFE – Ontario Agri -Food
Education – has an audio-visual
collection now. There's approximately
800 items recently transferred from
OMAFRA audio-visual library at
Guelph and now moved to OAFE
offices at Milton. The material covers
a variety of videos, picture kits and
other assorted print material on
agriculture and food, suitable for
educators to borrow. They can be
borrowed for one week with only the
shipping and handling costs to pay for.
Now, here's one for you to think
about. A proposed launch at Cape
Canaveral on November 30 will take
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