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Ther Lucknow"Lions Glut hmi donated $10,000 "towards the, new emergen�cy°and outpatient
departments at Winghar 04, -sDlstrict Hospital In memory of Dr; 3. C,McKim of Liuckiiow
`who was a former me
Lions mber.: The money, wilt :be:, used to;:: purchase 'and instill the
overhead adjustable, lights in, the trauma.;unit of; the new ambulatory entre wing.'A► plaque to
record. the donation with _
Milking the cheque present
McDonagh, Lueknow'c'
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lay ew prominently outside the door'°of the .trauma .alit: Shown
from the left, Tont Helm, Lucknow Llons president; Rod
'ar the hospital fund .raising campalgn; and CarralaMeKim;
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rain doe
spoil match attendan
Just as the official opening was to take
place with country; and, western singer
Carroll Baker doing the honours, it rained,
The International Plowing Match, held this
year near Teviotdale in Wellington County,.
was off to an ominous start, but as, the match
continued throughout last week, weather
conditions imprinted,
"We had good attendance the total paid
being 118,000 and the total, including people
with free passes was 150,000," • says David
Craig. Craig lives . near Arthur and is
chairman of the Wellington County Plow-
men;
"T his;year we were very strict in 'keeping
records at the gates. Everybody who came to
the match was counted.. We were very happy.
with attendance, • We didn't beat the best
previous attendance records, but were only,
15,000 ,away."
At the last regular meet ng of the Lucknow
Agricultural Society, : a very favourable
report was given concerning, the Fall Fails •.
Attendance figures showed aalight "increase
on Saturday afternoon at the fair while a
oticeable increase was shown both . on
tiday and Saturday night.
In the field crop section,.one of the largest.
xhibits of the fall fair, ended in a tie
etween Murray Irvin and Don Alton : with .
08'/2 points for the best average in three
rops - field score with: a possible. 100 points
nd indoor exhibit with 50 points:
At this meeting, it was decided to use the
est three field scores' to break the tie. As a
esult Pon Alton with:93, 93, 92 278 points,
ould •win the trophy donated ;by . the late
lake Alton's family, with Murray Irvin 93,.
93, 89 275 n posits winning 025 voucher,
from:,Luicknoww Co-op:
• Placing third was Ray Hogan who: wins a
sweater from Reavie.Farm .Equipment, while
Russel'.l(rvin picked upa year's subscription
to the Lucknow Sentinel. for placing fourth...
Nomination nneetir.g .
The Huron Bruce Provincial Liberal As-
sociation will hold a nomination meeting
tomorrow evening, October 4 at the Lucknow
Community Centre at 8.30. p.m. Sean
Conway, deputy leader of . the Ontario
'Liberal Party' is the' guest speaker.
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Ms. Dodds Was chosen the new Queen
on Friday night at the plowing match;
which this year was •held 'dear Teviotdale
in Wellington County. And as the new
Queen, she will represent the Ontario
Plowmen's :Association, attending most
county plowmen association. banquets.
and visiting the. Royal Winter Fair in
Toronto this fall. She will also be making
'appearances at .farm shows throughout
Ontario, including Ottawa, Toronto and
London. ••
"I'.in actually an ambassador for the
plowmen's Association. And I will be.
helping . at- the 1985 IPM in . Elgin
County," says Ms, 'Dodds:
Having just started her duties, , Ms.
Dodds says she has already been very
Though September 25 'Was* a bad day,
Craig says there still was a good. crowd. But
he says the bad weather may have worked in;,
WO of the IPM since fanners could not
harvest crops,
' "When: people saw the,' tented' city site 00
Wednesday, they were shocked. By 'Wed
nesday.. noon, things' were drying up just
super. The streets were dry and there were
no ruts. We got .a lot of bad 'press after the
Tuesday rain,''. he says.'*. `
"But we proved a point that we could':pick
a tented city site that could' take a lot of rain.
We all adjusted very well lathe weather.,"
There were almost 600 exhibitors in. ;thee
tented city. The site was ' full., Plowing.
competitioas and visitor parking was •located
close the aided city. A' nearbyairstripwas'
ty ,
used by 178 aircraft.
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Bill :Thomson receives PC nomination in
Bill Thomson of 'Wingham, a well known
CKNX radio open lineshow host, will lead
the Huron Bruce Progressive Conservatives
in the next provincial election. Thomson' got
the PC nod at a nomination meeting Monday.
night in Lucknow, defeating Bruce County
warden Maurice Donnelly by a vote of 425 to ,
243. , • • '
The nomination' meeting crowd rivalled
the' attendance at the ''meeting in Lucknow,
when Huron $race Liberals chose a
successor. to Murray Gaunt four years ago.
People lined ' up : across the parking. lot
waiting to enter the hall. Present. Huron.
"Bruce MPP Murray Elston won that nomina-
tion and went ..on to defeat .former .Bruce
warden Garry Harron in the election.
In accepting the 'nomination Thomson
asked the crowd to stand in ovation to
Donnelly .and his Wife, Betty _who .have
served the Conservative party well, he said.
Thomson told his, fellow Conservatives -if
each of theist sway one vote "we go in on a
waltz; if each of us brings in one vote, we go,
in on. a waltz". •
The Conservatives are going to ,win the
next election, he said and many people of
this riding are going to say to themselves,
"wouldn't it be a' .good. 'idea for us to try it
and find out".
In his speech to the meeting before the
vote, Donnelly outlined five issues which
should be addressed . when the election • is
called.
• Youth he said is an important issue which
his professional .life as a teacher would
provide him withinsight into: Youth are an
important part of our society and many long
to return to their roots in'this riding but they
find jobs ar,e unavailable here.
"We are exporting our best product, our
youth," said Donnelly.
The elderly are the second issue Donnelly
addressed saying we must prepare • now for
the quality of life they should share and that
with; the increasing elderly population in. the
riding, housing,' medical care and ;recrea-
tional needs of the elderly will be an
important issue.
in addressing the issue' of agriculture,
Donnelly said farming must be a vital
operation to ensure the existence of our
farmers. Farming is the backbone of the
province and d .sof the.
his first hand knowledge
red nieat industry would assist. him in
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of -32 ` contestants.:; at this year's
OK Ms. Dodds '*iras judged ;on her
plowing ability, a,F:Pearance, deportment,
speech and interview.
"My speech as' : about plowing, the
IPM and how farming.and plowing have
changed over the years."
A 19 -year-old daughter of Don. and
Maja Dodds, Ms. Dodds is enrolled in. the
family studies program at the Guelph-
University.
uelph University. , She is no . newcomer.-. to
plowing and . Queen competitions: She.
represented the Huron County Plowmen
for two consecutive years and,was Queen
of the Seaforth Fall Fair in 1982.
Raised on a farm and a veteran of IPM
Queen competitions, Ms. Dodds jokingly
admits that her /plowing skills havel*
really improved a great deal since 'last
year.
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Bruce.Grey MP Gary GUrbin congetti dates Bill Thomson, right,. after he
. received the provincial Huron Bruce PC'non`lnatton Monday slight.' The COM
radio show host defeated Bruce County warden Mi Donnelly far the •
nomination at i~ meethig held In Lticlinow. ' [Photo by Sin Dktz
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