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Putting
on the
biggest
show
in the
country
By Bonnie Gropp
It doesn't take a city to put on a
big show. Once again rural people
are proving they can put on a
show with the best of them as the
1999 International Plowing Match
site rises near Dashwood.
When a committee from Huron
made a presentation three years ago
to host the 1999 IPM, it was with the
certainty that all things were
possible, and a goal to put on one of
the most successful IPMs in history.
To that end in addition to building
on past successes, the volunteers
have developed some new ideas and
revisited others.
Among the innovations, for the
first time the IPM, which will be held
26 THE RURAL VOICE
1999
International
Plowing Match
Dashwood,
Ontario
September 21-25
The enols in
sight for Graeme
Emig and his
committee
members who
have invested
-years in planning
- the 1999
International
Plowing Match at
Dashwood.