Kincardine is putting their money where their plow is.
Mayor Larry Kraemer and the Councillors presented a cheque for $10,000 to the 2008 International Plowing Match committee at Wednesday’s Council meeting.
The money is to sponsor the Rural Lifestyles tent at the plowing match which is in Teeswater September 16th to the 20th.
Committee Chair Jack Riley says most municipalities are stepping up to the plate whether it is monetary or municipal staff volunteering to help.
He says there is work to get the snow fences up and making sure the fields are in great shape for plowing.
Riley says the committee is in negotiations with landowners on using their fields for the plowing matches.
He says there are 8 to 10 owners they are talking to and they want to make sure the owners are happy with the arrangements.
Riley says they need about a thousand acres to do the event and without the landowners they wouldn’t have a show.
Riley says they are also going to talk with the Ontario Plowmen’s Association on May 19th to determine who is responsible for what.
The 2008 IPM is expected to attract almost 100,000 visitors.
