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page6® ____________ _____ooooen _ _ furspitrixvtainaeeâ€"â€"_ Efln on ionmmmnnemmnremmrmmarnes s NEws zmm _ Rural R ives national awar ral Ramble receives national d - by JOHN CAMPBELL 3 y "oâ€"> .. ol‘ u. 4 AiX‘ $ es\ is The Independent ;}%“i 'f hea ) ' ‘ [_é Rural Ramble has earned | _ [ _ > Nee x 4 1‘ E a Canadian _ Agriâ€"Food |_ A f 3: = t $ 5 Award of Excellence for |_% $/ 4 f e ,p | PPR 1 _ || â€"R Agricultural Awareness and |@Â¥ 0 | | Youw E_ _ E*3 } 2 _ ooA SR Education for having opâ€" | _ 'i’ LK a 2 ; ‘;’\f $ { < eile /. N B ened up Northumberland 1i| A. 4¢ CE § .\L .’é [3f §\.‘ (@ca County‘s family farms to J 4 V t Ac visits by the public. ‘ \ tn es _ | [> Cathy McCann, the forâ€" 32 $s D) 1 7# mer coordinator of Rural E * o4 (â€" 1 4d §‘ Ramble, and her husband t y e i . B > Howard accepted the award é eC 3 [6 _ k ; on behalf of the organizaâ€" P a _ > ( s‘ tion at the Royal Winter _ P C _ sc t ; a 7P Fair Nov. 9 in Toronto & l . landf rege § Recognized as one of the ks p o & ~~â€"â€"p _ SB 2 largest agricultural tours in prougyq gnd Cathy McCann of Codrington accept the Canadian Agriâ€"Food Award :i_:' (?lntan'(j). l?ur;lll_ Rambfle wl? 8 _ of Excellence for Agriculture and Education on behalf of Rural Ramble from Royal _ S theâ€" brainchild Of the â€" asrfcultural Winter Fair president Michael Belcourt, right, and MP Paul Steckle. (§. McCanns and four other 8 f y farm couples â€" Gaye and number had grown to more _ deal for our little group," voluntarism and exports. Gail Hoskin, of Grafton; Joe than 4,000, with the help of _ she said Monday. "I‘m just "These oulstandlpg and Donna Banbury, of 259 volunteers and the pleased and honoured Canadians truly exemplify Brighton: _ Marvin and cooperation of close to 30 because the award is on why Canada is a world Shirley _ McComb, _ of farm families, agricultural behalf of the farmers of leader in the agriculture Morganston; and Paul and businesses, _ commodity Northumberland and all and . agriâ€"food industry," Anne Burnham, of Cobourg. _ E5OUPS and rural organizaâ€" the volunteers who have Huronâ€"Bruce MP Paul S aho womed to concae_ on participated over the years. Steckle said, on behalf of Arpon residents about Jood In announcing receipt of ~ We‘ve had tremendous supâ€" _ Minister of Agriculture and production and the ecoâ€" the award, Janette Oliver port, especially from the â€" Agriâ€"Food Andy Mitchell. nomic importance of agriâ€" Rodgers, Rural Ramble‘s local press." "They are making tremenâ€" eciume to mlsd_commun â€" hew coordinalor thanked _ Rural Ramble was one of _ dous contributions to the "ties. Sponsored by the CVeryone involved in stagâ€" _ five organizations to be recâ€" . growth of the sector." Notth u mberlan d 08 the annual event for ognized at the fourth annuâ€" d Hfi?’ ‘ 3 packien o Nacitme their "continued support, al Canadian Agriâ€"Food { uk)) ‘the twoâ€"day selfâ€"guided tour hard work and dedication." _ Awards of Excellence cereâ€" ~Noms drew 2000 its first year, in They also received a pat mony. Awards were also of e i T on 1999. on the back from Ms presented for environmenâ€" ;@| : mm By lastsummer, the McCann. "It‘s a pretty big tal stewardship, innovation, . & hE â€" ‘iu”"g a 2 AZEA * : GREAT ~ um aA A sn /9\ 23