The Rural Voice, 2003-01, Page 54People in Agriculture
Kathryn Alton of Lucknow accepts the Murray Cardiff Citizenship Trophy at
the annual awards presentation for Huron County 4-H members in Clinton.
The award, donated by former Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff (right)
honours the 4-H member who best exemplifies the goals and aims of 4-H.
Kathryn Alton wins Cardiff award
Kathryn Alton of the Lucknow
Beef Club won the Murray Cardiff
Citizenship Trophy at the annual
awards ceremony for Huron County
4-H members in Clinton, November
24.
It was the culmination of a big
afternoon for Alton who earlier had
received the Canadian Imperial Bank
of Commerce Award as top judge at
the Huron County 4-H Judging Com-
petition and the Hill and Hill Farms
Ltd. award as the top senior judge.
Also winning multiple awards was
Sara Moore who won the Warden's
Novice Award as the novice 4-H
member obtaining the highest
standing in the county on the basis of
points. She also won the Lucknow
Co-op Award as the novice sheep
club member with the highest score
and the Helen Storey Award for the
female member of the Chinchilla
Club with the best book.
Corey Rintoul won the Don
Pullen Award as the 4-H member
who earned the highest number of
points on the basis of the awards for
club work. She also received two
Stan Jackson awards, for having the
grand champion beef steer at the
Seaforth Fair and for having the
highest points of any beef club
member.
Also a big winner in the beef
category was Nigel Black who won a
Stan Jackson Award for exhibiting
the reserve champion heifer at
Seaforth, the YIS Financial Award as
the champion senior beef showman
and the Brussels Agri -Services Ltd.
Award as champion beef showman.
In dairy clubs, Kora Bennett won
the Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce Award as the 4-H Dairy
member with the highest score in the
county and the Elliott Insurance
trophy for exhibiting the reserve
champion dairy calf at the Seaforth
Fair. She also received the D & D
Glass trophy as reserve dairy
showman at the same fair.
David VandenHoven won the
Huron County Pork Producers'
Award for having the highest score
among swine club member plus the
John Watson Award for having the
champion market pig at the Seaforth
fair and shared the Vincent Farm
Equipment Award for top -scoring
member of the agricultural
machinery club with Brian Regele.
Kayla Bishop won the Old Mill
Award as the sheep club member
with the highest score, the Doug
Kennedy Award as reserve champion
sheep showman at the Seaforth fair
and the Hill and Hill Award as high
junior judge in the judging
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Martin meets
challenge of
New York City
Marathon
OMAF Beef and Feedlot
specialist Dennis Martin completed
his dream in November when he
finished the New York City
Marathon.
Martin was able to compete in the
marathon after winning a lottery of
applicants. As he registered for the
race, he told the Clinton News -
Record, he saw a sign on a nearby
building that told runners: "The lott-
ery got you in. Guts will get you out."
And that's how it was, Martin said,
after he hit "the wall" after about 22
miles. "It was just like being sucker -
punched." The last 4.2 miles took
only 40 minutes to run but it seemed
like an eternity, he said.
Not that there was much
opportunity to quit. With 32,000
people running (10 or 11 times the
population of Clinton, he observed)
one runner admitted he had cramps
and wanted to stop but thought he'd
get trampled.
There were so many runners lined
up behind the starting line, noted
Martin, who works out of the Clinton
OMAF office, that it took 10 minutes
after the starter's pistol sounded for
him to actually cross the line.
The race was watched by 2.5
million spectators as it wound its
way through all five of New York
City's boroughs.
Martin got to meet many people as
part of his experience. "People come
from every nationality, every coun-
try, people from around the world."
Fourteen months before his run,
finishing a mile was a big
accomplishment, Martin said. In the
months leading up to the marathon
he prepared by running more than
500 hours, about 2,500 miles in all
kinds of weather, even when he
didn't feel well. "That's what made
the finish line so nice," he said.
"Anything is achievable if you put
your mind to it. That's the message I
would like to portray to all young
people," he said. "Don't say 'I could
never do that'. Don't ever
underestimate your abilities."0