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Times-Advocate, 1988-10-05, Page 26
a FERTILIZERS Mitchell 348-8433 Granton 225-2360 1 Page 10A Times -Advocate, October 5 1988 HONOUR MIDDLESEX STUDENTS AT CCAT - Lucan Reeve Norm Steeper on behalf of Middlesex County presented awards to Lorraine Tremblay. Hilmar Kaumans and Keith Robbins as the top first year students at Cen- tralia College of Agricultural Technology from Middlesex. 1 FALL CLEAROUT �y Get the same great prices we offered at the Plowing Match Riders Starting as low as $1695 Hydrostatic Lawn Tractors from $2995 Nothing Runs Likea Deere' �.1 HURON Lawn &Garden EXETER HWY NO. 4. N. (519) 235-1115 CENTRE A Division of Huron Tractor Ltd: BLYTH HWY NO. 4. N. (519) 523-4244 WALKERTON County Rd. 3 519-881-2231 Special feature on geographies TORONTO - In celebration of its hundredth anniversary, the National Geographic Society has produced a new 90 -minute special featuring major twentieth-century explora- tions and discoveries. TVOntario will present the North American premiere of the special , The Ex= plorers: A Century of Discovery, on Wednesday, October 5 beginning at 9 p.m. EDT. "This film will be an entertaining and enlightening chronicle of ttie world's most exciting adventures of the last hundred years, as well as an important document•iry of the• histo- ry of photography, says Dennis Kane, Society director of television. Letters to editor Disagrees with good pie: What to do'! ---Finally she putts a second prize ribbon on it and continues with other classes. .Now the judge is definitely in er- • ror. As any family man knows, there can be a first without a •sec- ond, but its absolutely impossible to have a second without a first.. To be correct and t� get her point across, the judge might better:have written a note which would read as follows: • Dear Nancy: 1 thinks your pie is pretty awful. If there was any com- petition 1 douht if it would place. I lowever as compensation. for your - effort in putting it in the show, we will award the cash for second prize.- - Signed the judge. • P.S. When you learn to .cook, 1'11. he glad to evaluate your product. I ask you Mr. President; since this is the message conveyed by that second prize. How would you feel if you were in Nancy's place? - As I see it the fair board has two choices. ft I. fl there is only one entry in a To the Exeter Fair Board -Dear Mr. President: 1 congratulate -Yon and your staff and all the other people who worked so strenuously to organize and carry out the activities that must be effi- ciently executed to makea success- ful exhibition. . • Such an event is a very unifying experience and builds up a pride in the community that we- would be unfortunate to lose. 1 hope that the community will .continue to find citizens who will carryon. - lowever ane other group shduld be thanked and that is the exhibi- tors. Without them there would be no show. • So it was with surprise and disap- pointment that 1 learned you are continuing a policy with which I • most strongly disagree. In fact I think you'd -find it difficult to dream up a better means Of humiliating an exhibitor, arousing his resentment and making sure that he's neer en- teranotherexhibit. - . 1 refer to- your practice of often when .there is only one entry in a class awarding it second prize: Let's dream • up . a hypothetical case. Nancy; a new bride, has been learning the art -of housekeeping and has been feeding the delicacies that she has concocted to her husband. Elated with his praise, she -decides to enter an apple pie in the Exeter Fair. So flushed with pride and excite- ment she gladly pays her entry fees and places her pic.in the designated place.- With anticipation mixed with trepidation she awaits the re- sult. Unfortunately there arc. no other entries in the class and the Judge looks at Nancy's entry with a jaun- diced attitude. It really isn't avery "We have found in the-Geograpli- ic's archives some extraordinary and very rare footage that remains aS - fresh today as • it was when -it was shot. The Geographic's explorers • were filming on location long be- fore -, anyone began dreaming about television." The special will showcase some of the world's great explorers and •expeditions, weaving new. material with archives footage: Robert E. Peary's trip .to the North Pole;. Richard Byrd's historic flight to the. South Pole; Georges -Marie Haardt'y grueling motorized expedition across Asia; Orvil A. Anderson and Albert W. Stevens' pioneering voy- ' age by balloon into the strato- sphere; Hiram Bingham's discovery of thc.ancicnt Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru; Joseph Rock's har- rowing years of exploration in the Far East; and the first American as- cent of Mount--Evcre The Explorers: A Century of Discovery also looks to the future and highlights more recent research projects supported by the National I Geographic Society. The special is produced by Nico- las•Noxon, who produced eight Na tional Geographic specials in the past, including "The Sharks" and "Secrets of the Titanic". N!1 (coop`� CUSTOM APPUCATION Sound ECONOMICS AND AGRONOMICS Say For Fall PLOWDOWN OF PHOSPHATE AND POTASH Application Equipment For DOTH DRY AND FLUID FERTIUZERS AVAILABLE For a custom application job you can count on... CaII us today Hensall District Co-operative Inc. "Farmers working together for over 50 years" Hensall 262-3002 1-800-265-5190 Seaforth 527-0770 (Store) 527-0200 (fertilizer) Zurich 236-4393 class and that entry has no-ot' 10(LN disqualifications it shall be givers first prize. At a later date considers= lion should be given to deletion 01' this class from the prize list due to lack of competition. In this way, -Nancy is not shamed - and can boast of winning first prize. In all probability she will exhibit in future'compeiition or the•serond. option. Continue as you are doing and try to evaluate the entry and when it doesn't come up Lathe ideal that the. Judge has con.•cived in her mind give it second or third prize. This will disappoint and humiliate the exhibitor stir up resentment and will probably "bad -Mouth" the lair. It is certain that she will never exhibit again. Of course, the board' will have saved some money. Maybc 50 cents or SI. • 1 speak from experience. Remi thick.skinned you did it to me IA% lee before I quit showing: . Yours sincerely Andy 1)i \t m. o LAMBTON STUDENTS GET AWARDS -Allan Roder represented Lambton County in presenting academic awards to Jackie Schofttroth and Lisa Dean as top first year students from the county at Centralia College. We are ready to meet T H E FALL RUSH. DELIVERIES - fast unloading - prompt payment - large storage and drying - up to date market facilities information FERTILIZER - 15 -flotation custom fertilizer applicators - liquid or dry fertilizer Call for - custom spraying of Round -up and other- fall chemicals . prices SEED WHEAT - Hyland Brand Augusta and Houser - Harus and Fredrick - Monopol also available The 'Blue Tag' assures you of Certified #1 coed. For Purity, quality and top y it ri - sow Hyland brand certified seed. The staff at W.G. Thompson & Sons Ltd. are ready and lookingforward to serving q you this fall.. \9JrH © M (7- PS®N BEANS Seaforth 345-2545 Pt. 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