The Rural Voice, 1999-01, Page 62People
Richards named acting Ag Rep for Clinton OMFRA
OMAFRA pork specialist Douglas
Richards has been named acting
Agricultural and Rural Representative
for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs office at
Clinton.
Richards, who operated the family
swine farm near Brussels after
graduating from the University of
Guelph in 1980, has been OMAFRA
swine advisor in the area for the past
three and a half years. He has been
appointed as acting Ag Rep for a three-
month term, starting November 1. He
replaces Bob Humphries who took
early retirement.
For the past six months Richards has
been seconded to Ontario Pork as it
looked at reorganizing its structure.
Richards has also been a lecturer at
Centralia College, a soil conservation
advisor for a conservation authority, a
facilitator with Ontario Agricultural
Training Institute and a counsellor with
the Family Farm Advisor Program. He
is past president of the Ontario Institute
of Agrologists, western branch.
He has toured widely in thc United
States and Denmark and spent a month
in the Ukraine as a volunteer
agricultural extension specialist.
He currently resides on a farm in the
north end of Middlesex County with his
wife Jane Sadler Richards and their
three children.
Though the appointment is
temporary, Richards is expected to be
named Ag Rep early in the new year
once the retirement of Humphries
becomes official.°
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Doug Richards
Acting Ag Rep in Huron
Christina DeWit named Murray Cardiff Award winner
Christina DeWit of R.R.1, Ethel accepts the Murray Cardiff Citizenship Award
from Mr. Cardiff at the annual 1-luron County 4-11 Awards Day in Clinton
November 22. The top award for 4-11 members in 1luron goes to those members
who have shown outstanding involvement in their community.
winning "Go For the Gold" team; Rob
Vanden Hoven, champion 4-H swine
showman, highest score in 4-H swine
club; Tim Devereaux, highest score for
4-H Sodbusters Club and highest total
points at the International Plowing
Match; Becky Rodges, reserve
champion showman and exhibitor of
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the champion 4-H gilt at Seaforth Fall
F• air and member of the top team in the
• judging competition; and Corey
z • Rintoul champion sweepstakes
o showman and Stan Jackson Award
▪ winner for showing the grand
5 champion beef steer at the Seaforth
co Fall Fair.O
• Western Ontario
Et takes several top
lamb prizes
Christina DeWit of R.R.1, Ethel
was the 1998 winner of the Murray
Cardiff Citizenship Award at thc
Huron County 4-11 Awards Day in
Clinton, November 22.
Other nominees for the award
included Heather Becker, Rob Vanden
Hoven, James McNaughton, Katie
McNeil, Hannah Huizinga and Sarah
McLellan.
Multiple award winners included:
Laurie Rodges who won awards as
champion 4-H sheep showman, Lop
senior judge at the judging competition
and as a member of the winning team
in the judging competition and the
Western Ontario sheep breeders
took several of the top awards for
market Iambs at the Royal Winter Fair
in Toronto this year.
Dan Emke of Walkerton had the
Reserve Champion, selling for $8.75
per pound. Fifth place market lamb
was exhibited by Lee and Lila Rintoul
of Lucknow and sold for $10 a pound
to Dave Carson of Listowel.°