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rer MILFORD FAIR AE TR BE HEE A fun event for all ages! September 16, 2000. Dog and Cat shows (9:00 am and 9:30 am) Parade (11:00 am) Starts at the School, proceeds along County 10, over the bridge, to the Fairgrounds. Decorate your bike, scooter, etc. Dress up - join in the fun. Prizes!! At the Fairgrounds - For the little ones: - riding bikes - Space Ball - Jumping Castle - "Fish Pond" - 'Pockets' the clown, with his villopn cre ations - Face painting - Races - Donkey rides, from the Diamond "J" Ranch - Judy Cole and her fabulous puppets - For the 'handykids': - Build a birdhouse. - Teens and up: - Baby show - Races - Bingo ~ Dunk Tank - New Fire truck and hose - Lawn tractor "pull' and lawn tractor races - Entertainment, all afternoon - OPP - retractable seatbelt demo - Log sawing contest - Rolling pin toss - Canoe races - Demonstrations and displays: - Quilting, Rug hooking, spinning, tatting, etc. - Duck decoys - 4H calf competition - Sewing, knitting, embroidery, crochet, etc. - in Breden Hall - Flowers, fruit, vegetables, art, photography, etc. - in the shed. - Food !!! - Cherry Valley Lions - "Papa Dogs" - Food Booth - Emporium - Ice Cream - 4H Milk Shakes - Lemonade, freshly squeezed. - Shopping !!! - Too much to list. Visit the vendors in the tents and on the field. See the September issue for full details. = Gourd, Have Mercy! If there's anything more galling than the crop that flopped, It's the crop that has too fulsomely succeeded,. Which can make you start to think it would be wise to opt For a garden that's unplan ted and unweeded - A feeling that increases at a stiffer rate The moment your zucchini vines proliferate. For they fructify so freely that they summon shades Of terror from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" When the gourds keep coming at you in such cavalcades That you're sure you'll soon become non compos mentis The teeniest zucchini can, in one day flat, Expand to the dimensions of a baseball bat. You can stew it, fry it, roast it; you can serve it raw, Or even try to stuff it into blini, But there's little hope of finding a receptive man; However thin it's sliced it's still zucchini. So pull up every second vine that starts to sprout - The Zucchini's going to get you if you don't watch out! - By Felicia Lamport - Submitted by Alice Miller