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fk3ajm- ktjt ion a former stouffville area girl now residing near black- stock ont scored top points 128 in the 4h junior judging competition held in conjunc tion with the allcanadian con test sharyn barkey daughter of y- sharyn barkey n- frank and donna barkey was tied with janet patriqum of new sarepta alberta janet was declared the winner by virtue of a draw the competition created wide national interest with a record 290 entries submitted both girls were only two points short of perfect scores sharyn is ajmembcr of the durham 4h senior dairy club the 4h junior dairy veterinary club and a 4h homcmaking club to list her many accomplish ments in4 hrelated work re- quired two full pages shes a top showgirland judge in addition shes been on the hal- ter of aquality altona lea calf many times before moving to the black- stock community frank and donna barkey and family farmed south of altona in the former twp of pickering a blue ribbon winner in the making this beautiful appaloosa fille was hut eight weeks old when it posed for its first official photograph on the farm of denis and fran sainsbury rr 2 stouffville the colt is own ed jointly by john whytall second street stouffville shown here and mr sainsbury the sire was the leading appaloosa stallion in the usa last year jim thomas j gs coming up roses environmentalists evcry- where constantly bemoan the amount ot pollution filtering in across the lahd however theres a firm in uxbridge township that doesnt have this to contend with its related to stock at white rose nurseries concession 4 where plants are produced under a controlled environ ment so that a rose foi exam- ple definitely vis a rose is a rose is a rose ah told there arc 320000 loses grown on the farms 450 acres 70000 of them in con tainers and 250000 in fields the transition from field to pot was done over the years- says owner and general mana ger alex raab it gives an advantage to the grower he can buy them and transfer them easily to the garden he said most of the plants nursery stock is grown in a poj in the controlled environment and then transferred to larger pots all the potting is done by machine in two acres of heated greenhouses as well as their home loca tion white rose has 10 retail stores throughout the province and another farm in florida where they grow annuals and ornamental stock- the nursery employs about j0 people during the spring summer and fall this number drops to about 25 in the winter no matter what the yield or pace though for alex raab and company its all a bed of roses two 4h leaders service awards two stouffville 4h leaders were honored april 30 at a york south achievement day s in victoria square community hall lillian davidson 10 years and dianne darling five years were presented with longservice diplomas by home economist beverley two stouffville 4h leaders were honored diploma forfive years service theprescnta brook mrs darling works with april 30 at an achievement day in victoria tions were made by york region home eco- stouffville i while mrs david- square lillian davidson centre received her nomist beverley brook of newmarket son is associated with stouff- tenyear diploma and dianne darling received a pv n jim thomas villcii eleven 4h members re ceived certificates they were countycharmaine lintncr stouffville i mclony minz stouffville ii and donna canning qucensvillc pro vincial ellen dunn and janet lowebcthcsda gwcn hewitt union villemarlene beckman arid karen watson south vaughan advanced- norma you unioriviue bar bara jamcs tcmperanccville and marianne wayda south- vaughan