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Editorial
Agricultural
community
shows off
at two area
events last week
.The local agricultural community was
looking pretty good this past'week.
Kudos to the Huron Plowmen's
Association organizers who, although
knee deep in International Plowing Match
preparations, still forged ahead with a
local match held at the home of Bill and
Amy Fotheringham, near Seaforth.
Because the county is hosting the
international event next month, an event
that takes the energy of countless
volunteers and countless hours to
organize, there was the option not to hold
the event but the association decided to
give local plowers a chance to compete
this year, before the major event.
Area plowers did well, taking prizes in
several categories and showing their
talents.
Even greater, was to see the number of
regular folk who came out just to watch.
While there weren't huge crowds,of non-
plowers, there were a fair number of
people interested in seeing this
agriculturally focussed sport. And some
weren't' afraid to ask questions about the
equipment or what was happening either,
taking the opportunity to learn more
about what happens on the lands all
around them. -
To top it off; there were several local
winners last week in the International
Plowing Match's beautification
competition.
More than 100 people and businesses
worked hard at improving their farm
entrances, gardens and properties in
preparation for the contest, and to make
the county lookeven better for the
thousands of people who will descend on
the area next month for the international
match. -
A lot of hard work went into both these
events by organizers and competitors,
showing just how strong our rural roots
remain.
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Opinion
Letter
Video helps make positive
difference in life of child
To the Editor
How do I make a positive
difference,in the life of any
child? What can' I do to
promote healthy brain
development in my infant or
toddler? How do I raise a
happy, confident, successful
learner? How can the first
years last forever?
As a parent, you play an
important role in shaping the
way your child will learn,
think and behave in the
future. New research shows
that the relationship between
you and your child in the
early years is a necessary
pail of .healthy brain
development.
The "First Years Last
Forever" video is a first -step
to help you learn how to
create a healthy parent-child
relationship with your
preschooler which, in turn,
will promote healthy brain
development.
Here are 10 guidelines
which encourage and help
promote you child's healthy
development:
Be warm, loving and
responsive; .
Respond to your child's
cues and clues;
Talk, read and sing to your
child;
Establish routines and
rituals;
Encourage safe play and
adventure;
Make TV watching
selective;
Use discipline as an
opportunity to teach;
Understand and recognize
that each is unique and
special;
Choose quality child care
and be involved; •
Take care of yourself.
New brain research shows
that healthy parent-child
relationships have an
important influence on the
brain development of infants
and young children. Find out
how to raise healthy, happy
children and confident,
competent learners with the
"First Years Last Forever,"
video available to borrow at
Seaforth Co -Operative
Children's Centre.
This information is
provided by the Invest in
Kids Foundation and the
Canadian Institute of Child
Health.
Shirley Brooker
Seaforth Co -Operative
Children's Centre
Huron County hosts national plowing match
Huron County IPM 99 will be hosting
the Canadian Plowing Contest as a
precursor to the International Plowing
Match and Farm Machinery Show this
September, at the 1PM site at
Dashwood.
The event will be held prior to
IPM'99 and will host a contingent of
plowmen from across Canada to
compete for the title of Canadian
Champion Plowmen.
The Canadian Plowing Organization
(CPO) is a non-profit association with
the 'objective 'of promoting sustainable
agricultural production through proper
equipment setup, operation and tillage
practices.
Each year, in association with a
provincial plowing organization the
CPO hosts the contest providing the
competitors an opportunity to compete
for the championship title in both senior
and junior divisions.,
The winners in the senior division
will earn the right to represent Canada
in the World
Plowing Contest. This year's winners
will travel to England to compete in the
year 2000.
The Canadian Plowing Contest will
be held from Sep. 15 to 20, beginning
with practice days Sept. 15 and 16
followed by competition classes on
Sept. 17, 18 and 20. On the evening of
Sep. 20, the Village of Hensall will host
a banquet for the Canadian delegates. It
will be followed with an awards
presentation and fund raising auction to
assist the CPO to support the entries to
the World Contest. T h e
auction and awards are open to the
public and will held at the Hensall
Community Centre at 7:30.p.m.
To see the best of our countries
plowmen compete for the title of
national champion be sure to include
the events of the Canadian Plowing
Contest as a part of your entire IPM '99
experience.
Poetry
contest
Poets and fiction writers can visit the Huron County
Public Library and pick up entry forms for this year's
Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Awards Contest.
The products of their imaginations may win them
the recognition of a published author, a cash award
and a place in the contest's annual publication, "The
Changing Image." Prizes for the contest total $1,500.
The awards accept submissions of poetry and prose
(to 5,000 words) in three age categories: junior (12
years of age and under); intermediate (13 to 17 years);
and senior (18 years and older). A published author •
appraises the entries and selects three winners in each
age category in both poetry and prose.
More than 20 public libraries and eight school
• boards are participating in this year's contest. Entries
must be submitted by Oct. 8. Winners will be notified
prior to the special presentations ceremony to be held
at the Kitchener Public Library on Dec. 4.
Stalk of oats in Kippen contains 13o grains,
Snell sheep not shown for first time at CNE
August 18, 1899
Hugh Currie Jr.
Cromarty, fell from the
scaffold to the floor in the
barn, striking his head
against a beam. He is
being attended by Dr.
Hutchison of Staffa.
Wm. Kyle of Kippen is
showing a stalk of oats
over 5 feet in length and
one single head
containing 130 grains.
They are improved white
Russian oats. -
The council of Seaforth
are having a cinder
sidewalk laid down on the
street leading to the
waterworks. 1t will be
much cheaper and more
enduring than plank.
Harry Edge of town is
making good progress
with the stood work of
Greig's new residence on
Goderich St.
N.. M. Confine, the
founder of St. Joseph, the
city by the Lake, was on
his way home from
Montreal.and was fairly
loaded down with filthy
lucre. He had a bag of
gold and hank bills in
,every pocket.
Messrs. S. Muilet-and
Co. have the contract of
repairing the tower on the
Egmondville Church.
On Monday last, an old
land mark'was removed.
Bayfield road church was
torn down and will be
moved to Varna. A new
church is in the course of
erection.
Dondal Urquhart of
Hensall treated his
employees and families to
a very pleasant days
outing at Grand Bend.
Quite a number from
Hensall intend taking
advantage of the cheap
excursion to Manitoba.
Wm. B. McLean of
Hensall, recently sold a
strip of land comprising
two acres, two James
Coxworth.
August 18, 1924
A family reunion was
held during the Old Boys
In the Years Agone
Reunion at the home of
Mr. John Bennett, Huron
Road wlteri a number of
sisters and brothers and
their families gathered
together. Among those
present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Bennett,
Michigan; Thos. Bennett,
Clinton; Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Bennett, Winthrop;
Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Bennett, Winghan'; Mrs.
Henry Lloyd, 1Vingham;
and Mrs. Jamieson,
Huron Road.
Isaac Jarrott, Kippen,
recently received the first
new wheat of the' season.
Alex Mustard of
Brucefield brought it in
and it tested 65 pounds to
the bushel.
Work is going on lively
.in the way of erecting the
fine large two-storey,
brick addition to the
Hensall Public School.
Alfred Taylor, Chas. Wolf
and Thomas Welsh are at
the head of the
construction.
Dr. A. Moir of Hensall
has purchased John M.
Bell's farms on the London
Road.
The cucumber industry
at Hensall is engaging a
good deal of attention
and a number of large
elevated tanks have been
erected at the southern
extremity of town.
Theo. Dexter of
Constance has returned
home from the Old
Country where he visited
relatives whom he had not
seen since he was a boy.
On Wednesday, Wm.
Koehler of McKillop
discovered that a sow had
fallen into an unused well
and with the aid of .his
neighbours, they were
successful in getting her
out with only a few slight
bruises and a bad
chilling.
Thursday evening saw
the Kinburn kids meet the
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Stratford Protestors in
Stratford and a good
exhibition. of football was
witnessed. The game
ended in a draw score 1-
1. The return match was
played in Kinburn on
Monday evening. W.
Dundas drove home a hot
one and at call of time,
the score stood 3-1 in
favour of Kinburn.
Last Sunday was a day
to he long remembered in
the Methodist Church,
Seaforth. At the morning
service. Wn'. Hartry gave
an address of welcome to
-those who came to the
Old Boys Reunion and Mr,
Brownell of Walkerville
gave a reply at the
evening service. The
choir. under the
leadership of Miss Beth
Willis, was in fine trim.
August 19, 1949
A London pilot faces
charges from low and
dangerous flying after a
1900 pound horse was
killed by a plane on the
farm of Morton Elliott in
Stanley Township.
A native of McKillop
Township, Sister M.
Florence, formerly Miss
Mary O'R,ourke,
celebrated her 88th
birthday at St. Joseph
Convent, Toronto. She
had spent 66 years in the
religious life.
Michael Bechely, son of
.Dr. and Mrs. F.J. Bechely,
who is attending the
Ontario Amateur Training
Camp, at Lake
Couchiching, has been
awarded a bronze
medallion for swimming
proficiency.
For the first time since
1920, there will be no
Snell sheep exhibited at
Toronto Exhibition.
Pressure of work led to
the decision according to
Ephriam Snell of Hullett
7+p•
Norman Long's bean
patch at Kipper' is a busy
spot these days. It
requires from eight to ten
pickers to keep the .beans
picked.
Miss Shirely
Montgomery of Winthrop,
who hax taken a position
with the Bell Telephone
Co, spent the weekend at
her home.
August 22, 1974
Almost all the
employees of the Huron
County Board of
Education have been
given hefty salary
increases for 1974-75
according to a statement
on completed salary
negotiations, released
Monday afternoon.
A whopping increase in
the price of fuel has hit
the Huron County Board
of Education for the 1974-
75 school year. R. M.
Wright, manager of
purchasing said in a
written report to the
board at their meeting in
Clinton Monday that
prices tendered this year
were 54 percent over last
year's heating oil costs.
Calling the Seaforth
Horticultural Society
Flower Show the most
remarkable she had
judged, Mrs. Jean McKee
of Benmiller told show
organizers that both the
quality and quantity of
floral exhibits were
outstanding. -
A $35,000 plan to
provide a day care center
and enclose the new 25
metre p•ool at Vanastra
was approved by a
special meeting of
Tuckersm'ith Township
Council at the Brucefiled
School Monday night.
Miss Margaret Elligsen
of Waterloo, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Elligsen, RR 4 Walton,
was the first prize winner
of $1,000 in the voice
competition at the
National Music Festival
held at the CNE.
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