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Times-Advocate, 1987-06-17, Page 34Page 12A Times -Advocate, June 17, 1987 One of the youngest participants in Saturday's calf club show sponsored by the Hensall Spring Fair proved to, be the most successful. Charlene Townsend's calf was judged the best in finish and in the sale following was purchased for $1.50 per pound by Hensall Co -Op. Charlene is the daughter of George and Ruth Townsend, RR 4 Seaforth. The reserve champion calf was shown by Rob Wareing. He is the son of Robert and Marg Wareing, Kippen. TheWareing calf was purchased by Corsetti Meats for 51.27,2 a pound. Others finishing in the first 10 were Murray Townsend, Jeff Gemmell, Matt Townsend, Steven Johnson, Jon Passmore, Greg Taylor, Ken Miller and Rob Passmore. In senior showmanship _Jeff Gem- mell and Murray Townsend finished in the first two spots and placed the same way in the overall competition �• li getsul.50 with junior winners Matt Townsend and Rob Passmore. Next in senior showmanship were Joan Kerslake, Greg Taylor, David Hayter, Scott Cooper, Lisa Hern and Wilbur Kerslake while the junior run- nersup were Kris Gemmell, Matt Turner, Melody Turner,- Michael Hayter, Peter Ryan and Charlene Townsend. The calf owned by Anne Kerslake won the rize for f roduci the most gain of 596:pounds to the current weight of l,152pounds, Next was Ken Miller with. a weight gain of . 580 pounds. In the oldtimers divisiop, Barry Taylor's calf won in (he best finish category and he also won in showmanship. Ken Gemmell's calf gained the most weight of 532 pounds. In the sheep show winners in the best ewe and best ram categories were Hugh Todd and Fred Bell, respectively. The grand champion flock was showtrf by Ken McLeod and reserve champ was Louis Emke, Winners in junior class lambs were Ricky Mitchell; Sherry Lovell and Pam Lovell while best in market Iambs were Hugh Todd, Bill Gates, Louis Emke, Sherry Lovell and Pam Lovell. The chanipion horse and rider in the western horse show was Roxan- .na Edwards. Best exhibitors in the poultry and pigeon show were Cliff Pepper, Michael Becker and Brian Moir. In market cattle, Steve McGregor showed the champion heifer and grand champion. TOP HENSALL SHOWMEN - the Hensall Spring Fair were and Rob Passmore. - Winning the top showmanship awards in Saturday's calf club show at seniors Jeff Gemmel and Murray Townsend and juniors Matt Townsend T -A photo TOP HENSALL FAIR CALVES - - Charlene Townsend receives the Times Advocate trophy from assistant editor Ross Haugh for the top calf in Saturday's show. At the right Roy Pepper of the Exeter Co -Op presents the reserve champion trophy to Rob Wareing. ne loot in the t• avow' bye on• •• • apps<,ated by Sob T,of • Etd>M Rd £HrtOnt. Nil /CI The time has come to quit watching hockey games on television. And it is not because the game has become a fall -winter -spring sport: not because the season seems to go on forever and ever amen. It is because I hate watching high - paid clutch -and -grabbers spend most of the time expectorating. As a youngster, t was chastized severely for spitting. 1 learned that gentlemen, big or small. young or old. do not spit, even in private. My grand- mother, bless her big Irish heart. was as earthy as any lady of the time but she would not allow anyone to spit in her presence and. I'm going back to the days when big, brass spitoons were in every barber shop in my home town. per opinion was that, if men had to spit, they should get out of sight. In those days. tobacco was sold by the plug in every cigar store and smoke shop in town. Some grecerY stores carried chomping tobacco, too, in big cans under the counter. Was there an award this year for the hockey player who generates the most spit between the blueline and the penalty box'. The National Hockey League has done stupider things. Cer- tainly. the amount of saliva generated Father's Day Special DUMP TRAILERS ►�J • 1 Now In Stock .:0 51395 Great for stone picking, hauling wood, groin, etc. Sizes from 4 ton - 14 ton. Racks also available. STOP IN NOW TO MAKE YOUR CHOICE FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. "Serving You For .53 Years" ExeterrII,TT.�III Dashwood 233.2121 ` j♦ 237.3242 i has increased in recent years. Mark Messier is, unquestionably. one of the best hockey playersin the world but why is he trying to become the spittingest hockey player in• the world? Ile is first in line for sending saliva farther through is front teeth than any other player in the league. Years ago, 1 quit watching baseball, on the boob tube because fat pitchers and even fatter managers held great cuds in cheek and made it a point of sending their spit, on camera, as far as the eye could see. Bulging cheeks and a drible of tobacco juice does not a pretty sight make. It is gross and unhealthy. It is a filthy, disgusting habit and should be banned. Can you imagine what the floor of a major league dugout must look like after a long ball game? 11 mustappear as though brown paint was spilled. Statistics in the Excited States say that more than 10 million Americans chomp tobacco or chew snuff. In fact. this sick method of ingesting car- cinogens is gaining in popularity in America. If the statistics don't lie. I suggest it is the influence of these overpaid. overgrown juveniles in baseball who have influenced young people to use smokeless tobacco And now, we have it in our national game of hockey. Oh, yes. 1 know. Right now, it is only saliva. Hockey players are not, as yet, chewing tobacco. Well, give them time. They will run out of saliva and some superstar or. worse still, some stick -swinging goon who thinks he is a superstar, will begin chewing tobacco and then every kid in Canada will be trying to buy Navy Plug. • Now is the time to puha stop to this nonsense, this silly spitting habit. • If John Ziegler and Bryan O'Neill and the head honchos of the NIIL want to do something good -- something great --,for hockey, they should make it illegal for hockey players to spit in hockey arenas ex- cept in.dressing rooms. If they want to mess up the locker rooms, fine, but CHAPARAL FENCING R.R.1. Lucan . Ontario NOM 2J0 ALL TYPES FREE ESTIMATES Industrial Pintas Chain Link a Patio firm Panda Phone Bob Hardy 227-4160 confine the dirty habit to where it can- not be seen on camera in front of millions of hockey fans. Remember: you read it here first. If this dirty habit is allowed to con- tinue, it will only be a few years until it won't .just be saliva. It will be streams of ugly brown tobacco juice. We will have brownlines instead of bluelines. Why should players' benches and penalty boxes become huge cuspidors, 1 ask you: why? To allow a few pampered, high -paid brutes to display bad manners and in- dulge in a gross habit? Enough. Fine them $50 and assess the team a five-minute penalty for spitting. That will soon put a stop to such disgusting antics. List winners in innovations -1 A DOUBLE WINNER = B.arry Taylor won the showmanship and top finish trophies in the oldtimers calf club show of Saturday's Hensall Fair. Above, he 'receives a trophy from Bruce Rathwell. The 1987 innovations committee recently selected three top award winners. Each of these award win- ners become life -time members in the newly established Ontario Pork Con- gress "Innovators' club". The top three awards are selected on the basis of being innovations which will pro- ve of interest to a maximum number of fellow producers. . The, three " top .award winners. become life -time members, receive a quality gate sign and have their in- novations -published during the year. This year's top three winners are: Frank Hilbine, Welland. - Frank designed, built and tested a circular farrowing crate. On-farm com- parisons indicatemore sow freedom and reduced piglet crushing. Ray Howlings, New Dundee - Ray's sug- - gestion to vent the shield on heat - lamps has proven to prolong lamp life - an innovtion anyproducer can adopt easily. Laurence Van Den Helvel, Goderich - Laurence has designed, built and tested a portable electric manure gutter agitator. An in- novative idea to combat a problem common to many pig producers -- plugged gutters. 'All .entries judged as worthy in- novationswill gain membership in the "Innovators Club" and receive a framed certificate and crested cap. Each year a number of innova tions will achieve Honor Roll status and their submitter's name will be added to a -growing roster of Ontario Innovators. Plan now to submit your entry for 1988 and join the'Pork Congress "in- novators Club". The ultimate solution to the race pro- blem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable. Mar. Luther K., 1, Man explaining broken tooth to den- tist: "I think it happened biting a piece out of an alarm clock." IT'S TIME! Time to deworm your whole herd at turnout with Banminth II' Dairy Cattle Dewormer pellets. Get the most out of your herd with Banminth I1*: (1) No Milk Withdrawal) (2) Economical! (3) Convenient, 'Trademark Authorized user BEST GAINING CALVES Sharon Passmore and Ken Gemmell pre- sent the top gain trophies in the Hensall Fair calf club show to Anne Kerslake and Ken Miller. Be alert for weeds If you have a weed that is new to your farm or becoming a problem, the "Ontario Weed Alert" program will interest you. 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