Racing blue whales and fun yard sales in Norwood
Lions, Lioness team up for fundraising sale and more
The Lion’s Club and the Norwood Lioness Club teamed up on the Saturday morning of the May long weekend to host their traditional combination yard sale and bake sale at the Norwood Lions Park.
Of course shopping is sure to make a body hungry, so members of the Lions Club had a barbeque of grilled items available for the hungry haggler. Tickets for the Lions customary blue whale race were sold out well before the pod of over 700 bathtub play toys made their annual trek down the Ouse River.
Crossing the finish line first to earn the $1,000 top prize was the super speedy whale belonging to L. Turner. In second was Myra Irving’s whale earning her a very respectable $200. Floating into third place for a $100 was the whale belonging to Nadine Manley.
The 10th placed whale earned Darla Gooding a quick $50 and finally prizes of $25 each went to Jason Oord and Gloria CameronEdwards for their whales placing.
Both clubs express their appreciation to everyone for their support not just for the long weekend, but for all their community betterment projects.
Norwood 4-H Field Crops Club
Peterborough County’s 4-H program provides the opportunity for today’s farmers to pass
their knowledge on to future generations. Learning by doing is a mandate that the organization has taken to heart and put into practice with the forming of many small “sub-clubs” with each focusing on an individual area of agricultural expertise.
Spring is a time for new growth especially for farmers, so it is a perfect time for the first meeting of the Norwood 4-H Field Crops Club; held on April 26 at the Buck family’s farm just south of Norwood. Club press reporter Alexa Vanderhorst will be keeping us up to date with what the club has
been learning. Here is Alexa’s report on the clubs first two meetings:
Club member Tate Stillman Loyst led the club in the 4-H pledge. Leaders Jim Buck and Don Oliver discussed the plan for the club this year.
We then conducted the club elections, Montana Stillman Loyst was chosen as president, Annika Vanderhorst as vicepresident, Alexa as press reporter and Cole Hackett as secretary. Following this we discussed and identified the different types of grasses and legumes. We then completed the required paper work for the club and discussed details for future meetings. Rebecca Stockdale adjourned the meeting.
The club's second meeting was held on May 22 at the Bucks' farm. Vice-president Annika Vanderhorst conducted the meeting as the president was absent. Ashley Vanderhorst led the club in the 4-H pledge. As a club we decided to conduct a unique experiment using three pairs of cotton underwear, we went for a walk across the farm and buried each pair of cotton underwear in three different spots; we will check back in a few months to see what affect the soil at each location has had on the cotton of the underwear.
We then judged cobs of corn, and provided reasons for our placings. When judging a cob of corn it is important to consider the following: uniformity, colour, free of mould, and straight, full rows. Members of the club then provided their reasons for their judging format, followed by the club leaders giving the official reasons. Brett Stockdale adjourned the meeting.
The next meeting will be a mandatory coaching clinic held on June 13 at the Morrow Building in Peterborough.