Times-Advocate, 1987-10-07, Page 10Pa . e 10 Times -Advocate, October 7, 1987
TOP STUDENTS FROM LAMBTON — Centralia College students from
Lambton county, Natalie George and Joseph Triest received top
academic awards. from Bob Langstaff.
Keeping up with the cor-
respondence -- i.e. answering letters
-- in response to this deathless prose
is a chore I never seem to have time
to complete.
So I'll take the easy way out and
acknowledge some begging for an
answer.
Bill and Julie Spruyt of Fergus ask-
ed me to forward a letter to Terrance
Sullivan in New Brunswick. I tried
and hope it arrived. Bill and Julie
agreed that, if neighbors do not like
the smell of a pig farm, they should
have checked into the situation before
buying their lot for a life in the coun-
try. Right -to -farm legislation is need-
ed, they said.
A number of letters arrived sug-
gesting I fell out of my tree when I
criticized those in favor of capital
punishment. I still am surprised at
how vitriolic the pens of so-called
• Christians can be. You can question
the government, the politicians,
nuclear power, motherhood, you -
name -it, but do not suggest that
perhaps the Old Testament just may
not be interpreted literally:
If you do, the fit will hit the shan.
I got letters from Drayton, Elora,
Hensall, Dashwood, Centralia, Col-
borne, New Hamburg, Tavistock,
Brighton, Stratford, Sebringville, Mit-
chell, Shakespeare. Dresden, Moffat.
Don Mills, Rutherford. all in Ontario.
and one from Montague, P.E.I. Most
of them did not like my attitude
towards the eye -for -an -eye -tooth -for-
a -tooth philosophy in the Old Testa-
ment. I called it, I think, garbage, and
suggested that Christ came to change
that philosophy.
Not so, I was told in no uncertain
terms.
Ah well, it takes all kinds.
Everybody's out of step but old Bob.
And he is one of these new age
yuppies.
I also got a hand-written invitation
along with the formal printed one to
attend the annual meeting of the On-
tario Beef Producers For Change. 1
,.,r..•o...M.... >. !l ,NDN. NW .. 1 *.'. O-. kill 1C.
would love to have attended but the
time conflicted with a busy teaching
schedule. These men and women
have been fighting for a streamlined
beef marketing system in Ontario.
Their efforts have not paid off yet but
they have certainly been working
hard at good public relations since the
formation of the organization a cou-
ple of years ago.
And one of my most interesting
readers is a man from 1Iitchell, Ont..
Thomas E. Ryan, well-known in the
farm community. Tom writes a
beautiful, lyrical, expressive letter to
me once or twice a year and it is
always a joy to read even when he
disagrees. Which is often.
He did not like my support of the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food in a column carried Aug. 22 in
the Stratford Beacon -Herald.
"You want farmers to prosper as I
do. However, I disagree that prosperi-
ty for the farmer ... will be brought
about by the pedantry of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Food which you
strongly endorse."
Sorry, Tom. 1 really didn't endorse
the entire ministry. I did endorse
their new thrust to educate people
about farmers and farming.
"It has been the ostentatious
display of know-how for the farmers.
by OMAF and others, over the years
that has caused the crisis the farmers
and government are now dealing
with, sadly.
"For programs to help agriculture, ,
our politicians rely on government
bureaucrats. If the brains of those
same bureaucrats were leather, they
wouldn't have enough to make a spat
for a mosquito. Farmers need to raise
less corn and more hell, as the little
old American farm lady advised a
few short years ago."
• And so on. You get the idea that
Tom is an erudite gentleman with
something worthwhile to say.
So keep those cards and letters
coming even if you don't like my opi-
nion. It is satisfying, too, to get a few
letters from, those who agree:
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More results from Exeter Fair
Results of the field crop competi-
tions at the recent Exeter Fair have
been announced.
Each field when judged earlier was
judged out of 100 points and the ex-
hibit at the fair was judged out of 50
points.
Engraved silver tray donated by
Crop -Co. Consultants (Centralia) was
won by Peter Tuckey, who entered
five out of the seven competitions, for
most points in the entire competition,
runner up and winner of $25 donated
by Clinton Community Credit Union,
Exeter was Passmore Farms who
entered six out of the seven
competitions.
Winners in each crop competition
are: Hay - Tom Hern, Allan Rundle,
Miller Farms, Hern Farms, Bob
Down, Gerald Dearing, Earl French,
Ernest Miller, Alan Hern, Wayne
Hern.
Barley - Rene Van Bruwaene, Peter
Tuckey, Wayne Hern, Passmore
Farms, Allan Rundle, Larry Ballan-
tyne, Bruce Shapton, Ernest Miller,
Kenneth Oke and Bob Down.
White Beans - Wayne Hern,
Passmore Farms, Peter Tuckey,
Allan Rundle, Ray Cann, Ernest
Miller, Gordon Jones, Bob Down,
Hicks Farms, Tom Triebner.
Soybeans - Passmore Farms, Mur-
ray Dawson, Peter Tuckey, Ray
Cann, Alan Hern, Gerald Dearing,
Miller Farms, Kenneth Oke, Bob
Down, Allan Rundle. •
Wheat - Peter Tuckey, Miller
Farms, Murray Dawson, Bruce Shap -
ton, Hern Farms, Ray Cann, Bob
Down, Rene Van Bruwaene,
Passmore Farms and Gerald
Dearing.
Grain Corn - Alan Hern, Gerald
Dearing, Miller Farms, Murray
Dawson, Peter Tuckey, Wayne Hern,
Passmore Farms, Hern Farms, Bob
Down and Tom Hern.
Ensilage Corn - Alan Hern, Gerald
Dearing, Miller Farms, Murray
Dawson, Peter Tuckey, Wayne Hern,
Passmore Farms, Hern Farms, Bob
Down and Tom Hern.
In Class 2 Grain and Seeds, the win-
ner of most poi is was Wayne Hern
with the best a uarter bushel.
fall wheat All ndl nd best
sheaf -six stalks o nsiIage corn - Jon
Ellerington.
Draft Horses had five competitors
with Clydesdale, Percheron, Belgian
and Commercial draft horses.
Best 4 horse hitch - Don Sowerby,
Goderich and best heavy team - Ar-
nold Young, Goderich.
Haflingers with six competitors,
Champion Mare - Larry Smith,
Amherstburg and Champion Stallion
- Stewart Thiel, Zurich.
Arabian class had 25 exhibitors
from as far away as Leamington.
Best Arabian filly - Dale Marshall,
Dashwood and Best Arabian Colt -
Gary Wilson, Centralia.
AWARDS NIGHT AT C.C.A.T. — At the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology awards banquet
Tuesday night the top three academic students from -Middlesex county. Deanne Smith, Peggy O'Neil,
and Sharon Haskett received awards from warden Bill Skinner.
The Appaloosa Show Sunday had 41
competitors with two from the state
of New York. Best stallion four years
and over - Bill McNutt, Hay. Best in
open flag race - Gina MacNaughton,
Bracebridge.
Bill McNutt has recently sold five
horses to be shipped to Germany.
Youth and Amateur -Owner Horse
Show was held with 25 competitors.
Best Senior Showmanship at halter -
Dale Marshall, Dashwood and test
Junior English Pleasure - Jennifer
Heckman,Lucan.
Ray Cann, president would like to
thank all those who competed in the
Exeter Fair, all 150 volunteers who
gave of their time to help at the Fair
and all - community organizations
whose members helped in one way or
another especially I.O.O.F., SHDHS
Student Council, Exeter Kinsmen and
all the organizations who gave
monetary assistance, to aid in the
payment of prizes for the competition
and education of those who bring their
exhibits to the Exeter Fair.
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