Times-Advocate, 1987-01-21, Page 20Page 6A Times -Advocate, January 21, 1987
Farmers and students lauded for projects
Huron groups join to award conservcitlonlsts
The highlight .of Friday's annual
Huron Soil and t'rgp Improvement
awards dinner was the presentation
of the Norm Alexander Conservation
WIN ALEXANDER AWARD — At Friday's Huron Soil and Crop Im-
provement Association annual dinner in Varna, the Norm Alexander
award was presented. Above, Norm Alexander presents plaques to
joint winners Jack McGregor, RR 5, Clinton and Bruce Shillinghaw,.
Londesboro. T -A photo.
award.
For the first time since the award
was initiated by long-time Huron con-
servationist Norm Alexander, judges
couldn't come up with a decisive
winner.
The award was presented jointly to
Jack McGregor, RR 5 Clinton and
Bruce Shillinglaw of Londesboro.
McGregor's project included ridge
tillage, no tillage, mulch tillage, crop
rotation, woodiot mapagemene and
cover crops.
Shillinglaw, a post president of the -
association was honoured for his -ef-
forts in ridge tillage, no tillage,
plowdown of red clover, crop rotation,
reclaimed gravel pits, woodlot
management, buffer strips, catch
basins and grassed waterways.
The other nominees for the award
were Lyle Nortin. Ethel; John and
Harry Swinkles, RR 4 Seaforth; Ken
Gascho, RR 3 Zurich, Jim McIntosh,
RR 4 Seaforth and Roy Erb, RR 3
Zurich.
'the Norman Alexander Conserva-
tion award recognizes landlords and
tenants for their efforts in conserving
soil, water and other natural
resources on the farm.
This year's nominees were visited
by Brent Kennedy of the Clinton
OMAF office, Robert Traut of the
Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority and Geoff King of the
Maitland Authority. Their findings
were presented to a final selection
committee consisting of past .reci-
pients of the award.
Bert Visscher, a former Alexander
award winner and now chairman of
the Huron Soil and Water District
presented Ontario Conservation
Farm signs to McGregor and
ShillingJaw.
Ouigoing Soil and Crop president
Hay Hartman presented Booster
Awards to Jane .Sadler -Richards,
formerly of the ABCA, Hensall
District Co -Op manager Earl
Wagner; Andy Williams of CKNX
radio and television and George
Smyth Welding.
At the same dinner, Ausable
Bayfield Conservation Authority
chairman Gordon Johnson was in
charge of awards for his organization.
The group conservation award -
presented by Earl Rees went to Huron
Centennial School and was accepted
by teachers Bud Walker and Morley
Desjardine.
The school has planted 800-1.000
trees on its property with ABCA help.
The trees serve functions of wind-
breaks, a woodlot, tree identification
and wildlife habitat.
Huron Centennial active in conser-
vation education programs of the AB -
CA has participated at Camp Sylvan.
Grade five students have visited the
Bannockburn Wildlife area for field
studies and the school property itself
is used for stream, and forest studies
for all grades.
Other group nominees were the
Bayfield Anglers Association, the
Bayfield Garden Club, Seaforth Hor-
ticultural Society, the First Hensall
Scouts and the Clinton Boy Scouts and
Cubs.
The individual ABCA conservation
winner.was Jerry Giesen of Conces-
sion 13 in London township. It was
presented by vice chairman Don
Lithgow.
Giesen has planted 10,000 trees over
the past three years for windbreaks
and on rehabilitated gravel pit land
for wildlife habitat. He improved til-
ing and drainage ditches to control
erosion and built several ponds fed by
artesian springs and stocked them
with trout.
The other individual nominees were
Doug Glenn, RR 4 Thedford; Werner
Schoeley. Bosanquet township; Quim-
by F. Hess. Zurich; Gary Van Loon,
Hibbert township and Ross Haugh of
the Exeter Times Advocate.
The guest speaker was Jean Ben-
nett of Stanley township. She
presented information on
a recent trip to Nicauraga. Mrs. Ben-
nett is a hobby beekeeper.
The dinner was catered by the
ladies of Goshen United Church.
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FARM CONSERVATIONISTS Bert Visscher, chairman of the Huron
-Soil and Water District presents Ontario Farm Conservation signs
to Jack McGregor and Bruce Shillinglaw at Friday's annual awards
dinner of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association.
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WINS AUTHORITY AWARD — Gerry Giesen of RR 1, Denfield was
named winner of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority in-
dividual award. Making the presentation at the left is Authority vice-
chairman Don Lithgaw. T -A photo.
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PAST PRESIDENT'S PIN — Ray Hartman of Hay township has just
concluded his term as president of the Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association. Presenting the past president's pin at the left is
incoming president Gerald Hayter of Stanley township.T-A photo.
Authority outlines
water quality event
What happens downstream of a
manure spiII? How does water quali-
ty affect public health and livestock
health? What are the legal aspects of
rural water pollution? These are
some of the questions that will be
discussed at an upcoming information
day.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority announced today that it will
be hosting a Water Quality Informa-
tion Day on February 20. The event
will be held at the South Huron
recreation centre in Exeter. A total of
ten different topics relating to rural
water quality will be presented bet-
ween 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tracey Ryan is the Water Quality
Technician for the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority and organizer
of the Information Day. According to
Ryan. the focus of this year's pro-
gram will be broadened from that of
the two previous seminars, "We will
go beyond a specific discussion of
manure handling and management,
to include information about rural
water quality and the consequences
of pollution."
This is a public information day so
everyone is welcome. "The discussion
will still be of interest to farmers but
the rural water quality theme should
appeal to other rural residents", said
Ryan.
There will be speakers from
Ministries of Environment,
Agriculture and Food, and Natural
Resources; and from the Huroh Coun-
ty Health Unit, The Goderich
Veterinary Clinic and the host
Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority. More details about the pro-
gram for February 20, can be obtain-
ed by calling the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority at 235-2610.
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