The Rural Voice, 2000-11, Page 54People
Carol Anne Regele wins Huron
Federation of Agriculture Award
The newest
winner of the Huron
County Federation
of Agriculture
Award for
outstanding
contribution to
agriculture in the
county is Carol
Anne Regele of
R.R.1, Dublin.
Regele was
praised by outgoing
HCFA president Pat
Down for her
behind -the -scenes
work on the
Federation's safety
tape campaign,
cutting and
packaging the
reflective tape and
helping distribute it
to members.
Carol Anne Regele (left) accepts the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture Award to outstanding
contribution to agriculture from Pat Down, HCFA past
president.
"She has proved to be a better
salesman than the rest of us," said
Down. She said the award to Regele
Diemert honoured for
represented all those spouses who did
the behind the scenes work for mates
active with farm groups.0
public speaking work
Agnes Diemen
accepts a special
award from Karl
Chittka, GCFA
president, for her
work with the
federation's public
speaking contest.
Agnes Diemert, who has co-
ordinated the Grey County
Federation of Agriculture's public
speaking contest since 1991, was
honoured by the Federation at its
annual meeting in Markdale, October
13. Diemen, from
Ayton, had earlier
decided to retire
from the position.
Karl Chittka,
Federation
president, presented
Diemert with a
special plaque to
mark her dedicated
service. As well as
co-ordinating the county competition,
now in its 56th year, she assisted
with the southwest semi-finals
competition for many years.
Succeding her will be Peggy
Hutchison of Osprey Township.0
Bruce County
Warden has pull
at Elora IPM
Stu Reavie, warden of Bruce
County and mayor of Huron
Kinloss, captured the Overall
Championship in the VIP plowing
competition at the International
Plowing Match near Elora in
September.
Reavie, who runs a farm
equipment dealership near
Lucknow, showed his farming
experience in the competition. The
VIPs were supplied with a tractor
and plow (no word if Reavie's was
a New Holland, the brand he sells)
and instructed to start a furrow in a
specific place, plow in a straight
line to the correct depth and then
stop plowing at a specific place.0
Stuart Taylor
dies at age 90
Legendary blacksmith and folk
artist Stuart Taylor of Nile, south
of Lucknow, died September 6 at
age 90.
Born in Wiarton, Taylor ran a
blacksmith and machinery repair
shop from 1944 until it burned in
1991. Friends rallied to raise
money to build a new shop so he
could continue his work.
Though smithing was his trade,
he became widely known for his
hand -carved folk art — from
soaring eagles to tiny carvings of
turtles to totem poles to wood-
peckers and roosters. He continued
to carve until near the very end.
He was also a clockmaker,
taxidermist and, friends recall, an
excellent storyteller. His interests
included nature and native history.
He carved a bust of Tecumseh and
a figure of Pauline Johnston. He
had a passion for learning and was
an avid reader with books on
every -thing from Tecumseh to wild
plants and birds, to the fur trade to
a well-worn Bible.0