Times-Advocate, 1982-02-17, Page 20Pea•
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OLD FASHIONED RIDES = Joe Robinson and his team of horses provided old
fashioned sleigh rides fur visitors to the Kirkton-Woodham Winter Carnival, Sun-
day afternoon., T -A photo
No civilized person would
live in this country in the
wintertime. said a visitor
from the southern United
States.
Why don't all Canadians
move to Florida for the
winter and close the country
up during January. and
February?
After four stormy
weekends in a row, many
would agree with him but I'll
bet a Confederate dollar he
has never walked out on a
February night when the
moon is bright. We went
cross-country skiing the
other night and I believe I
could have read this
newspaper by the light: The
stars were sparkling blue -
white, flashing like jewels
on a dark background.
The hush of the hardwood
bush behind our house on
winter nights is something
more than silence. It is so in-
tense you want to reach out
and pull it aside to let sounds
come in. You actually find
yourself straining your ears
without knovAng why you're
listening.
When the hush is suddenly
broken by the swoosh of a
vehicle on the highway, you
realize that in the still, clear
air the range of your hearing
has increased fourfold.
My great-uncle was a
woodsman all his life and I
can remember him saying
that a February night when
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the moon is bright; thing
are so quiet you can hear a
field mouse snore.
We can ski for miles from
our back door these days but
the older I get, the shorter
the distances I put between
myself and the house. We
have gone as far as five
miles in other years but a
mile is about all I feel like
going these days.
I enjoy looking across the
still white fields. The horse
barn looms black as I look
back at the house and see the
cheery lights burning in the
family room windows. The
soft. pine walls appear
warm and inviting while the
great maple trees stand like
sentinels in the moonlight.
It is coldly beautiful and •
silent.
That visitor from across
the line, I'm sure. would find
it unreal and starkly
beautiful too, . but he would
view it only from a car.
I find it wonderfully ex-
hilarating to ski up to the
barn and have the buckskin
mare greet me with a sur
prised snort as I skim
through the corral over
snowbanks that are higher
than .the fence. If that colt
ever finds out that he can
step right over the fence,
he'll- be causing problems.
Right now, he won't move
too far away from the mare
and she is too smart to
wander far from the sh It
s of the barn.
We never close our barn
door. It faces south and the
winds come from other
directions. Both horses
wander in and out all year
'round and grow heavy coats
and long beards.
They seem surprised to
see somebody at the barn
when it's close to midnight.
And they are not the only
things to be surprised.
I poke my head in the barn
and a screech owl is startled
by the sudden light. They are
beautiful birds with
feathered tufts like ears.
It is with a • joyful heart I
turn off the lights after han-
ding the horses an extra
mouthful of oats and start
for the house where a pot of
tea will be brewing and my
beautiful daughters will
welcome us home..
Mind you, I, too, am get-
ting a little tired of cold
weather and snow and snow-
banks and hard -to -start cars
and heavy coats and cold
toes and snowshovels and
winds as wicked as a
wolverine.
But the thrill that comes in
one or two February nights
makes me feel hearty and
hardy.
- Canadians have to be har-
dy to survive . in such a
climate and the winter
provide us with a different
kind of beauty that cannot be
found in any southern state.
Huron home and farm news
Plan free eco �
arse on staging urse delined to hel�� bazaars
• � P 90 p.m.
A course
you organize a conduct suc-
cessfulbazaars and craft
sales will be conducted at
these Huron locations.
Anyone who is involved in a
bazaar or craft sales this Xear
. is invited to attend. You are
not required to belong to a'
group in order to come and
you are not required to return
to your community and teach
anyone else.
You come for your own in-
formation, to share ideas, and
to take home some new in-
spiration, will help you
plan and run a successful'
bazaar. Admission is free and
everyone is invited to attend.
There are three programs
in the County. You may at-
tend the session which is most
convenient to you., They will '
be held as follows:
Tuesday, March 9, St. An-
drews Presbyterian Church,
Wingham, 10:00 a.m. - 3:30
p.m.
Wednesday, March 10, On-
• tario Street United Church,
Clinton, 10:00 a.m..- 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 11, Huron
Hall, Centralia College, 10:00
a.m. - 3:30
wiff be time given for
you to go for lunch. The col-
lege cafeteria is availabe to
those who attend the Cen-
tralia session, .
Each participant will
receive two brochures - one
on and bazaars organizationof
one on quick -
and easy craft items to make
and sell. plus handout sheets
of craft items.
Topics covered will be plan-
ning, committee organiza-
tion, set up of individual
booths, promotion and
publicity, pricing of items.
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READY TO RACE - John Gozirek gets his team of dogs ready to race at the Kirkton-
Woodham Carnival, Sunday afternoon. He won one of the various divisions.
packaging, -displays makingquality items, ideas
for items
which sell the best or which
don't sell and why. Please
come and share your ideas
and suggestions..
Hall sizes are limited and in
order to guaranteeyou room
at the session and -also for
supplies, I would like you to
pre Later by phoning the
a tural office and telling
us which session you will at-
tend. Please phone 482-3428 or
Zenith 7-3040 (for long
distance) anytime Monday to
Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Deadline for preregistra-
tion will be Witdnesday March
3;1982.
Please don't hesitate to call
me at the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food Office
in Clinton if you have
questions.
Jane Muegge,
Home Economist
Snowblower hazards
Every winter there are a
number of accidents involv-
ing sonwblowers. These
machines can be quite hazar-
dous; fast moving shafts and
augers are a danger to
anyone who comes near. Ice
stones and other debris
thrown from a snowblower
can cause serious injury.
Take extra care when
operating your snowblower
this year.
Huron County Farm Safety
Association
Let's
run around .
together.
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Cecil R Squire
Sales & Service
Repair Shop
Equipment
92 Waterloo St.
Exeter
235-0465
NORSE POWERED RIDES - Visitors to the Kirkton-Woodham Winter Carnival Sun-
day were treated to sleigh rides provided by Bill Stephen and his tearrrof horses.
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