leadership - 4-H Ontario
leadership - 4-H Ontario
leadership - 4-H Ontario
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IN BRIEF<br />
local stories<br />
Rebuilding the Past<br />
Submitted by Tom Aitken and Bob Walker<br />
The Glencoe 4-H Machinery Club<br />
was created in 2005 to provide senior<br />
4-H Members the opportunity to work<br />
on, and restore, old machinery. Old<br />
machinery is quite expensive, so<br />
acquiring enough funds to support the<br />
Club’s mission was a tricky challenge.<br />
In 2008 the Club had a big break when<br />
the Estate of John and Mac McCallum<br />
generously donated the proceeds<br />
attained from auctioning off a John<br />
Deere Model 60 tractor. The tractor<br />
sold for $5000 and this provided the<br />
Club enough funds to purchase parts<br />
for a John Deere 1941 H that was laid<br />
out and waiting to be rebuilt.<br />
The Club began rebuilding the tractor<br />
in 2009 with a completion goal of<br />
2010. As you can imagine, this project<br />
had many hurdles to overcome and<br />
it did not go as quickly as planned.<br />
Club Members and Leaders spent<br />
numerous hours working on the tractor<br />
outside of the two and a half hour Club<br />
meetings they had each week. Many<br />
local tractor lovers also donated their<br />
time to help the Club complete the<br />
project.<br />
The time this dynamic group<br />
spent together was enjoyed by all.<br />
There was always plenty of great<br />
conversation with many outbursts<br />
of laughter. Food was always a<br />
requirement and was consumed with<br />
few signs of etiquette and nearly clean<br />
hands. It was enjoyable to sit back and<br />
watch as these young men stepped<br />
back in time to work on machinery<br />
their fathers were exposed to as<br />
teenagers.<br />
The tractor was finally completed this<br />
summer. Members proudly displayed<br />
the tractor at the Melbourne Fair<br />
Parade and the Glencoe Fair. At the<br />
Melbourne Parade, the Club was<br />
awarded first prize for Best Antique<br />
Tractor and Best Restored Tractor.<br />
The Club project was wrapped up<br />
by raffling off the tractor at the Red<br />
Brand Show. Robert Holden from<br />
Lakeside in Oxford County, an avid<br />
Massey Ferguson collector, was the<br />
lucky winner. The Club Members and<br />
Leaders would like to thank everyone<br />
who was involved in the project for all<br />
of their support.<br />
Tom Aitken and Bob Walker are Leaders of the<br />
Glencoe 4-H Machinery Club in the Middlesex<br />
4-H Association.<br />
Mayor’s Office<br />
Submitted by Marielle Sauriol<br />
On November 2nd the Sudbury 4-H<br />
Club went to the mayor’s office at Tom<br />
Davies Square. The Club got to meet<br />
the Deputy Mayor, Joscelyne Landry-<br />
Altmann. The event started with the<br />
Club Members introducing themselves<br />
to the Deputy Mayor and telling her<br />
about their favourite projects. Paulette<br />
Macdonald, one of the Club’s 4-H<br />
Leaders, started this momentous<br />
occasion by talking about the purpose<br />
of the 4-H program, and how it started<br />
in Sudbury. The Members and<br />
guests then recited the 4-H pledge.<br />
After the pledge, the Deputy Mayor<br />
read a proclamation, in French and<br />
in English, declaring November 2nd,<br />
National “Show Your 4-H Colours”<br />
Day in the Greater City of Sudbury.<br />
Club Members, parents and officials<br />
then went outside to raise the National<br />
4-H Flag. Shannyn, the Club’s Vice<br />
President; Mélanie, the President; and<br />
the junior Members hoisted the flag<br />
together. It was a very pleasant day!<br />
The Glencoe 4-H Machinery Club proudly poses with the 1941 John Deere they restored over the<br />
past two years. From left to right: Back - Lloyd Smith, Mike Aarts, Leader Bob Walker, Robert May,<br />
Leader Tom Aitken; In the driver’s seat - Stuart May; Front - Nathan Aitken, Brad Skinner and Daniel<br />
Roeland. Absent from the photo is Member John McNeil.<br />
Leadership In Action • Winter 2011<br />
Marielle Sauriol is a Junior 4-H Member of the<br />
Sudbury Clever Clovers 4-H Club and holds the<br />
position of News Reporter.<br />
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