The Rural Voice, 1998-01, Page 62People
Dungannon girl top Huron 4 -Her
Kelly McNee of
Dungannon, a
member of the Port
Albert Life Skills
Club, was named
winner of the Murray
Cardiff Citizenship
Award at the annual
4-H Awards Day
held in Clinton,
November 23.
The award,
presented by Murray
Cardiff, former MP
for Huron -Bruce, is
generally regarded as
the top award in the
county 4-H program,
Kelly McNee of Dungannon, accepts the Murray
Cardiff Award for Citizenship from former MP
Murray Cardiff Photo by Trish Wilkinson, Clinton News -Record
goes to the 4-H member who has
contributed in some way to his or
her 4-H club and the community.
McNee was one of eight
nominees for the award. The
others included: Sandra Alton,
Lucknow Beef Club; Heather
Becker, Huron County Goat Club;
Debby Hoggart, Chinchilla and
Maple Syrup Club; Derek
Maloney, Huron Sheep Club;
Katie McNeil, Hallrice Dairy
Club; Taylor Park, Port Albert
Club; and Melissa Wallace,
Chinchilla Club.
The Paul Steckle Award for the
4-H Junior Member with the top
essay on the topic of "Proud to be
a Canadian" went to Sarah
Broadfoot, R.R.5, Clinton.
Tim Wilkins of R.R.3,
Lucknow, a member of the
Lucknow Beef Club, won the
Warden's Novice Award as the
novice member with the highest
standing on the Basis of Awards
in Huron County.
Mark Salm of Goderich won
the Don Pullen Award for the
4-H member with the highest
number of points on the Basis of
Awards for 4-H club work in
1997 (he had 978 points out of a
possible 1,000).0
Ken Kelly remains as
Bruce County's claim to two-thirds
of the top offices in the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture ended at the
annual convention of the province's
largest farm organization on
November 24 and 25 with the
surprising defeat of Tony Morris as
OFA president, but Ken Kelly remains
as vice-president.
Kelly, a Paisley -area cash -crop
farmer, won re-election for a fourth
term as one of the organization's two
vice-presidents in a contest of five
candidates. The other vice-president is
Sharon Rounds of Oxford County, a
long-time executive member, a
director since 1983..
Kelly will still have company from
Bruce County on the executive of the
OFA. Peter Canning, a sheep
OFA vice-president
producer from the Clifford area was
elected as an executive member.
The surprise of the convention,
however, was the
victory of Ed
Segsworth over
Morris in an
election that also
included Mary
O'Connor who had
been the other
vice-president
along with Kelly.
Segsworth had
been a vice -
Ken Kelly
remains OFA
vice-president
president for one term in 1996 and had
served on the executive in 1997.
Kelly has been an outspoken farm
leader dating back to the financial
crisis of the 1980s.0
Farm products help
St. Joseph family
aid third world
In a round -about way Ontario's`
agricultural industry will be helping
residents of two third world countries
to have better medical care.
Frank and Nancy Moore of St.
Joseph on the Lake Huron Shore in
southern Huron County, wanted to
do something to help after seeing the
effects of decades of civil war and
poverty in Honduras and Guatemala.
"Both Honduras and Guatemala
have been in real strife for years,"
Frank told the Lakeshore Advance.
"They're really just beginning the
healing process."
On visits to the region, Frank and
Nancy developed a compassion for
the people and their beautiful
countries. They decided they wanted
to help. "Both these countries have
been so neglected by the west,"
Frank said.
The couple have travelled to
Central America 12 times in the past
10 years and they own a home in
Costa Rica. Frank, who works for the
Ministry of Community and Social
Services in London and Judy, a
registered nurse, dedicated their lives
to helping people.
They decided to collect medical
supplies such as wheel chairs and
walkers for the needs of the people in
the two countries. Enter the local
agriculture industry. By using
available space in containers
shipping produce south, they were
able to piggyback their medical
supplies economically. They sent
their first shipment last year and a
second shipment, this fall. They've
had help through Casa Guatemala,
and agency helping children.
"Everybody is doing it for
nothing," Frank says of the farmers
an other helpers who collect the
supplies for shipment.
It's easy to be touched by the
plight of the indigenous people there,
mainly of Mayan heritage, Frank
says. "I got to know the people .. .
and over time I developed a
connection with them."0