Times-Advocate, 1988-06-29, Page 18OS18%i
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CRAIG FIREMEN WIN - The Ailsa Craig volunteer fire department won Sunday's annual water games Spon -
soled by the Crediton department. Above, Doug Lightfoot of Crediton presents the, Hay Mutual Fire Insurance tro-
phy to Ailsa Craig chief Carmen Pickering. Others from the left are Jack Whitmore, Ron Mitchell, Rob Whitmore,
Norm MacDonald, Ron Whitmore, Dawson MacGregor and Dave Collins.
Little things are big for water erosion
By Robert Traut
CCAT Soil Management
Instructor
CENTRALIA - At the recent
"Introduc ii3n to Land Stewardship"
course held at Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology, numerous
tittle things were described to the
participants as being very big
things for the control of water ero-
sion.-
Cropping across the slope can
control erosion by 25 percent and
striperopping and contour striperop-
Authority to hold bus tour
EXETER - The Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority is hosting
a public bus tour on Saturday July
16. The southern portion of the Au-
thority's area of jurisdiction will be
highlighted through the day -long
tour.
The tour guides will provide in-
formation and answer questions qn
specific sites relating to flood con-
trol, water quality, forestry, erosion
control, and recreation. This will
provide the public with an opportu-
nity to see for themselves the work
of the Authority about which they
so often read.
' Buses will leave the ABCA Ad-
ministration Centre at the Morrison
Dam Conservation Arca, two ki-
lometers east of Exeter, between
9:00 and 9:30 a.m.
A picnic lunch will be provided at
Rock Glen Conservation Area. The
Rock Glen visit will include a tour
of the Arkona Lions Museum and
Information Centre and a hike to
the Ausable Valley Gorge, an Envi-
ronmentally Significant Arca, via
some impressive stairs and the new
low -flow crossing over the Hobbs -
MacKenzie Drain.
After the Lunch and hike, the bus
tour will proceed in a northerly di-
rection along the Lakeshore and
complete its route at the Morrison
Dam Conservation Arca.
The bus tour is open to the pub-
lic -and is free of charge. If you are
planning to attend, you must con-
tact the AICA at 235-2610 by
Monday, July 11 to indicate your
aucndance.
P?rkhiII's Canada Day
PAR?KHILL - Parkhill is celebrat-
ing Canada Day all weekend long.
On July 1, 2, and 3 (Friday to Sun-
day), Parkhill is holding a town -
wide yard sale. Tables will appear
around town throughout the week-
end. Each day will have something
new.
Thursday night June 30, mer-
chants begin their sidewalk sales.
On Friday, July 1, the Parkhill Li-
ons Club is sponsoring a Canada
Day Pork Roast at 6 p.m. at the
Community Centre. Adults $8 and
children $3 (children under five
free). Proceeds go to local charities
and tickets are available in advance
from Lions members.
The volunteer 'fire department
Canada Day fireworks will follow
at the fairgrounds. Merchants con-
tinue their sidewalk sales Saturday,
July 2. Some realtors continue on
into Sunday.
We look forward to seeing you in
Parkhill. On highway 81 at 7, 20
km south of Grand Bend. For more
information, please phone me at
294-6516 (dial 1 from London).
ping control erosion by a whopping
big'50 and 75 percent at little cost
to farmers.
Big erosion protection is given
by strips of narrow row crops alter-
nated in the field with wide row
crops. Narrow row crops quickly
develop a crop canopy giving pro-
tection from surface water erosion
by stowing water runoff down.
Slowing water flow downslope
means Icss erosion at the bottom of
the hill -or at the outlet of a road
culvert. Again, a little thing like a
lift -plow waterway could mean wa-
terways of cornstalks or other stub-
ble to protect these areas on your
farms. Grassed waterways will lift -
plow borders in these areas could
also pay big returns over the entire
farm as they help to maintain long-
term productivity.
Another important matter is or-
ganic matter, especially when it's
on the soil surface. Twenty percent
residue cover will help to control
erosion, especially when combined
with a number of other erosion
control practices.
If .your farm is hit by the kind of
sudden storm that happens some-
where every year - you can count
on all these things to protect *your
soils and crops from. the kind of
devastation that can ruin a farm for
a long, long, time.
The Ontario Ministry of Agricul-
ture and Food's Land Stewardship
Program has an Education section
for farmers who have an OMAF ap-
proved Stewardship Plan. Centralia
College can help you learn more
about the things that land steward-
ship should mean to you.
Watch for additional courses to be
offerred in the future.
List results of
fair hay judging
EXETER - Robert Down with 98
out of a possiblc100 points won
the hay division in the annual field
crop competition for the Exeter Ag-
ricultural Society.
Next in order came Hern Farms
Ltd. 90, Stan and Cliff flicks 87,
Gerald Dearing 86, Alan Hem 82,
Earl French 81, Wayne Hem 80,
Dori Dearing 76, Torn Here 65 and
Alan Rundle 64. .
Winter wheat and spring barley
will be judged in a copuple of
weeks. Anyone wishing to enter
these categories should contact Alan
Powe, Roy Pepper or Earl French.
New 'exhibitors arc welcomed.
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JUNIO'R FARMERS CAR RALLY - The South Huron Junior Farm -
ors sponsored a• successful car rally Sundihy. Above, rally co-
ordinator Dineen Haist gives instrgetisns to driver Don Averill -and
passenger Jim Scott.
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Crime preventionbest policy
EXETER - A pleasant young
man identifying himself as Shawn
Moody may come knocking at
your door in the next few weeks,
offering to permanently mark your
valued possessions with your driv-
er's licence numbcr. You may
safely let him in. He is legiti-
mate.
Moody was hired by the Exeter
police through a provincially fund-
ed program to carry out Operation
Identification. Beginning June 13
and . continuing for 10 weeks,
' Moody will eventually knock on
all 1,500 doors in Exeter.
The program is designed to make
identifying stolen gdods easier, and
make would-be burglars think
twice when they sec the sticker on
the window proclaiming that many
of the items in this. house have
been permanently marked.
Moody brings along equipment
to either engrave, inscribe ormark
with invisible ink valuable house-
hold items such as VCRs, micro-
wave ovens, stereo equipment,
paintings and antiques that arc of-
ten the target of thieves. The ser-
vice is free.
Homeowners can spccify which
type of marking they wish on vari-
ous articles. Engraving is usually
used ori appliances. The invisible
ink identifying items like paint-
ings shows up under the black
light equipment at the Exeter po-
lice station. The permanent black
ink inscriptions are usually used on
office equipment.
Using the owner's driver's licence
number was chosen over other op-
tions because police have access 24
hours a day, 365 days a year, to eve-
ry licence number in the province.
About the only goods that cannot
be marked by one df these methods
arc pieces of jewellery. Police
Chicf Larry Hardy advises people to
protect these valuables by either
having a jeweller inscribe an identi-
fying mark on each, or make a per-
manent record with close-up colour
photos. .
Moody gives each participant a
household inventory (compliments
of General Accident) in which lie
marks down the items he has
marked. The householder fills in
the rest, and tucks the inventory
away with his insurance policies.
When Moody finds no-one home,
he leaves a notice stating he has
been there, and informing the
householder that if the service is
wanted, arr appointment can be
made by calling the police station at
235-1236 during regular office
hours.
Those who later decide they want
to mark more items may borrow the
equipment:at no charge from the
Exeter police.
The program is available to Exet-
er residents only.
Moody also gives each household-
er a booklet called Crime Preven-
tion is ... Good Neighbours, com-
pliments of the Exeter police force,
outlining the town's Neighbourhood
Alert program. This covers steps to
take to discourage burglars, tips on
teaching your children how 'to pro-
tect thetnselves from harm, pointers
on security in the workplace, and
when to call the police.
The basis of the program is to let
citizens be "our eyes and ears",
Chief Larry Hardy explained.
Noting that Exeter is not immune
from any type of criminal act, Har-
dy said a police force could saturate
a town with uniformed police and
still have problems.
"We can't be everywhere", he said,
adding the public can be more effec-
tive than a platoon of police in con-
tributing to a safe community by
being alert and reporting any suspi-
cious activity.
Hardy realizes more calls will
mean a greater work load in that
arca, but this will be balanced by u
decrease in the time spent on crime
rate investigation, and awareness of
the program will deter some crime.
Hardy commended the community
spirit so evident in Exeter. Service
clubs and other groups make every
effort to enhance the quality of life
in this community. Neighbourhood
Alert will be one more way for peo-
ple to look after each other.
OPERATION IDENTIFICATION - Shawn Moody engraves Pat Wat-
son's stereo.
WOW program starts Monday
EXETER - Beginning July 4 at
the Exeter Old Towne Hall, 10
South Huron District High School
students will be participating in
Work Orientation Workshops.
South Huron guidance counsellor
Ric Graham is pleased to have Dana
Bozazato as the program's co -
To sample feed
CLINTOIN - From June 30 to -
September 2, Ontario livestock pro-
ducers can take advantage of a feed
sample service, offered for the first
time last summer.
The Ontario Ministry of Agricul-
tareand Food, through the Summer
Experience '88 program, has hired
eight students to sample feeds on
farms this summer.
• You may contact Forage Crop
Tester, Jim Wright, at the Huron
County OMAF Office, Clinton. He
will assist farmers in Huron and
Perth Counties. Jim has completed
tight 4-11 projects, attends Goderich
District Collegiate Institute and
The farm visit is free of charge.
Farmers enrolled .in the Red Meat
Plan or the Ontario Pork Industry
Improvement Plan may use their
vduchcrs for two free analyses; oth-
ers pay the lab's going rate.
lives on the tinnily farm near Dun-
gannon.
The students will take samples
and explain the procedure to the
farmer, fill out lab submission
forms and forward feed samples to
Afyy,Food Laboratories in Guelph.
Don Pullen
Agricultural Representative
for Huron County
rime .Stoppers
Crime Stoppers and`the Crimi-,
nalrinvestigators at the Exeter De-
tachment,of the Ontario Provin,-
ci::1 Police are seeking the assis=
lance of the public to solve this
theft. -
• Sometimetin the early morning
hours of April 17, 1988, thieves
broke into a van packed at Huron.
Motor Pro 1ucls on Highway 4
Usborne Township. They pried.
the backdoorwindow andbrokeit
which allowed them to unlock the
door.' The thief then stole the
stereo cassette deck and spealers
valued at over $300.'
If you have any information
about this or any other crime call
Crime Stoppers of Huron County
toll-free at 1-800-265-1777.
Your call will not be traced, noc
recorded and your anonymity is
guaranteed: if an arrest is made
you could earn a cash reward of up
to $1,000. You will not have. to
identify yourself nor testify in
court.
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ordinator. A graduate of the local
high school, Dana is now working
on a Master's Degtee in Social
Work at Laurier University:in Wa-
terloo.
The 10 students from grades nine
to 11 will be hearing lectures, visit-
ing arca industries and businesses
which are committed to this co-op
work education program.
. The program is a combination of
workshops and on-the-job training
to orient young students to the
work world and encourage them to
continue their education or seek
more specific skills training based
on their future employment ambi-
tions.
Ric Graham suns up the summer
program this way, " This is a
chance for younger students to ex-
perience the real world of work and
try out their future roles in a safe
and supervised way."
CHECK WOW PROGRAM - SHDHS ptincipal Bruce Shaw and guidance
counsellor Ric Graham check the upcoming WOW program with co-
ordinator Dana Bozzato.
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