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Morrison, Bernard McCallum all crowned
The next generation
On Saturday night at the Brussels Legion, three young women said goodbye to their crowns
as three others welcomed them upon their heads for the first time. Outgoing Little Ambassador
Casey Bernard crowned 2018/2019 Little Ambassador Kaleigh McCallum, left, while
2017/2018 Ambassador Erin McMahon crowned new Ambassador Amanda Morrison, centre,
and 2017/2018 Junior Ambassador Emily Bieman crowned Maddy Bernard, the 2018/2019
Junior Ambassador. The girls now have their work cut out for them, with the Brussels Fall Fair
scheduled to take place in just over a month's time. (Hannah Dickie photo)
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especially when it came to their
speech topics.
With all three competitors being
friends, Morrison said it had a
calming influence on her. Whenever
any one of the girls became
overwhelmed or stressed, the other
two were there to calm her down.
Morrison said that after the weeks
of preparation, she woke up on
Saturday morning feeling confident
about her chances of bringing home
the fabled tiara and sash. That was
not before, however, she had to work
a shift at the Jam Jar. Morrison
worked in the morning before
heading home and getting ready for
the competition that afternoon.
She said she was confident and
calm when she arrived, but soon
there were butterflies in her stomach
when she was chosen as the first to
be interviewed by the judges.
Not only was she the first on the
hot seat, but Saturday was
Morrison's first-ever interview, so
she said it was a bit nervewracking,
but once she finished and did a good
job, she was back to feeling good
about her chances.
Being surrounded by her friends
and succeeding in achieving her
childhood dream, however, meant
that Saturday night was a great night
for Morrison.
For her speech, Morrison explored
the history of Brussels and how it
was intertwined with agriculture.
She said that the town has grown out
of agriculture and vice versa.
While she says it's not uncommon
for her to experience anxiety in
public speaking situations, Morrison
felt comfortable on the Legion stage
for her speech in front of her fellow
community members. She had
plenty of friends and family
members in the audience which
helped put her at ease.
Morrison said that her fellow
competitors felt she had won the
crown before it was presented, but
she wasn't so sure. Both Struthers
and Dietrich -Illsley presented tough
competition, she said, and she could
have seen the decision going any
number of ways.
However, Morrison was confident
in her performance and in the end it
was her head upon which McMahon
placed the crown.
When her name was called,
Morrison said she was overwhelmed
with happiness. Not only was she
happy that she'd be representing
A lost cause
On Monday the Fire Department of North Huron, along with assistance from neighbouring
departments, was called to a blaze at an abandoned farmhouse on Currie Line, northwest of
Blyth. By the time firefighters arrived, the house was fully engulfed and deemed a "lost cause",
though firefighters remained to ensure it didn't spread to nearby fields. (Denny Scott photo)
Brussels for the next 12 months, but
she was also proud of herself for
committing to a challenge and
seeing it through all the way to
victory.
She wasn't the only one happy
about the win. Morrison said that
when she was announced as the
winner, both of her competitors
congratulated her immediately. They
were happy for her, Morrison said,
and they told her that they knew she
could do it.
Dietrich -Illsley won the
Friendship Award, which is voted on
by the contestants, while Struthers
was named the winner of the
Personal Development Award.
As the Brussels Fall Fair
Ambassador, Morrison hopes to help
elevate the profile of the fair and the
Brussels Agricultural Society.
She hopes to use the position to
encourage other young members of
the community to become more
involved in events and organizations
around Brussels.
This goal isn't new to Morrison, as
she's been striving towards it for
years through both 4-H and the
Brussels Leo Club, which she hopes
to be the president of for the coming
term.
Morrison will be a Grade 12
student at F.E. Madill School in
Wingham in the fall. After
completing her high school
education, she hopes to attend either
the University of Waterloo or Wilfrid
Laurier University to study
psychology. She was sponsored in
the competition by the Majestic
Women's Institute.
Also on Saturday night at the
Legion, Emily Bieman passed her
Junior Ambassador crown onto
Maddy Bernard, while Little
Ambassador Casey Bernard passed
her title onto Kaleigh McCallum.
Macie Taylor was also a participant
in the Little Ambassador
competition, while Bennetta Van
Nes and Adelle Kerr were also part
of the Junior Ambassador
competition.
This weekend, 2017 Ambassador
Erin McMahon will wrap up her
final duties when she heads to
Toronto to compete in the provincial
Ambassador competition at the
Canadian National Exhibition. The
competition runs Aug. 17-19.
Programs coming
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December this year, while in
Brussels there will be a yoga and
youth action program at the Brussels
Library between September and
November.
In Gorrie, Hazlitt said, the
organization is still working with
area families to develop
programming that will fit the
community and RRHC hopes to roll
that out in the spring of 2019.
The programming, Hazlitt said,
really focuses on the fact that it does
"take a village to raise a child" as the
saying goes. Bringing programming
into these communities that
promotes an active lifestyle is
essential to children living a healthy
life.
Promoting a healthy way of life,
Hazlitt said, is ever more important
in rural communities, she said,
where programming is sparse and
car travel is necessary between the
towns and villages.
RRHC is now in its 31st year of
working throughout Huron County,
providing programming to promote
active family activity most recently
in Goderich and Clinton.
For more information on the
programs, visit the organization's
website at www.rrhc.on.ca.
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