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Page 6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, July 29, 1998 ALL ABOARD -- Deputy Minister Frank Ingratta (right) from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, gets on board the Archibald Orchard tour train during a visit on Monday, July 20th. Owners Sandy and Fred Archibald (left) treated the deputy minister to a guided tour of their apple orchard and some samples from their estate winery. Deputy Agriculture Minister Tours Archibald's Winery by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Frank Ingratta, got a taste of rural Clarington on Monday and was impressed. His brief stop-over in our neck of the woods, well-known for its abundance abundance of fruit- growers, was at Archibald's Orchards on Liberty Street North, where a one-year- old winery has gotten off to a cork-popping start, winning major industry awards for its unique apple wines. Mr. Ingratta was on his way home from a visit at a juice processing plant in Trenton. He decided to make time to tour the Archibalds' apple orchard, see the winery and sample the wares. He was no stranger to the product, having scooped up a crate of Archibald apple wines at an auction this past spring to benefit the Advanced Agriculture Leadership Program With 15 varieties, Archibalds boasts the largest apple wine selection selection in Canada, says Sandy Archibald. The company celebrated celebrated a very successful first year which saw three of its products --Spiced Winter Apple, Sweet Apple Cherry and Hard Cider -- win awards at wine competitions competitions in Toronto, New Zealand and New York. Apples for the wines are grown in the orchard right on the premises. Other fruits come from outside suppliers. Among the topics discussed discussed during the deputy minister's visit was the Rural Job Strategy Fund announced by the government government last September. This program would inject $35 million over four years into promotion and advancement of agrifood agrifood business. "It's a way to bring together various players in a variety of sectors to improve qualtity of marketing marketing and use of technology technology in rural Ontario." For example, funding Tyrone News FORE!!! Clarington Fire Department's mascot, Sparky, lees off at Newcastle Golf Club last Friday. It was part of the Fire Department's 12th annual golf tournament to raise money for the Alarm for Life project and the Charles II. Best Centre for Diliheles Research. Over 80 people participated in the tournament. new may be used for inspection technology at a meat packing plant or marketing marketing plans for produce farmers "But it's fairly broad and up to the proponent to drive the project," said the deputy minister. According to Ingratta, there have been well over 200 applicants from agriculture, agriculture, tourism and natural natural resource sector which have submitted in-depth business plans. He says an industry review now in the process assessing applications. external panel is of Due to the Civic Holiday on Monday, August 3rd, the deadline for Classified Advertising will be Friday, July 31st, at 4:00 p.m. The deadline for Display Advertising will be Tuesday, August 4th at 12:00 noon. ®)t Cattabtan Statesman 62 King St. West, Telephone (905) Bowmanville 623-3303 by Jacqueline Vaneyk Beautiful July weather is bringing the corn and beans along nicely. The wheat harvest has begun. Some of it was sprouted due to warm, wet weather: the price drops dramatically dramatically when this happens. Has anyone noticed that some of the leaves appear to be done already? Lloyd Slemon is doing quite well following heart surgery. Trying to slow him down is a challenge. Kathy, Meredith and Kaitlyn Real hosted a shower for Holly Penwarden on Sunday afternoon. Neighbours, aunts and cousins gathered for the occasion at the Orange Hall. A good visit was enjoyed and some great food! Holly, who is to be married on August 22, thanked everyone everyone graciously for the gifts and their attendance. The work at the church is nearly completed. A big thank you to all those who helped! Church services move to Enfield for August 2 and 9 and then come to Tyrone for the rest of August. Vacation Bible School will be held August 10 - 14 in Tyrone and the following week in Enniskillen. Feel free to attend one or both! Sharon Trudeau is co-ordinating Tyrone's week. The annual pig roast (Aug. 30) is coming up quickly. Get your tickets soon from Betty Pascoc at 263-8424. 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