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Barn quilt to collect signatures at Fall Fair, IPM
Ready and waiting
Brian Schlosser, secretary of the Brussels Agricultural
Society, wants to add to his family's beautiful barn quilt,
called Norah's Pinwheel. He will have it on display at the
Brussels Fall Fair tent at this year's International Plowing
Match, asking all visitors to sign it and perhaps leave a little
message before he seals it back up again and returns it to
his barn. (Photo submitted)
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Like many others around Huron
County, Brian Schlosser from the
Brussels area has added a
beautifully -crafted barn quilt to his
homestead. Over five days this
September, however, he hopes that
IPM visitors will add substantially to
his barn quilt.
Schlosser, who is the secretary of
the Brussels Agricultural Society,
erected the barn quilt, which he
called "Norah's Pinwheel" earlier
this year. Next month, however, he'll
be taking it down and it will adorn
the Brussels Fall Fair tent, which
will be at this year's International
Plowing Match in Walton.
That's not all, however, as
Schlosser is asking all who make
their way through the Fall Fair tent
to sign the barn quilt. He hopes that
visitors will sign, perhaps write their
home town and maybe a small
message about the IPM or the fair.
Once the IPM is over, he'll re -seal
the barn quilt and raise it again.
Schlosser said that the idea came
to him during a recent trip and he
saw a vehicle and the owner invited
people to sign it. He thought it
would be a great idea to create
something similar for the IPM and
for the Brussels Fall Fair being
hosted at the match.
Jim and Leona Armstrong will
also be contributing their barn quilt
to the Brussels Fall Fair exhibit at
the match, although theirs will not
be available for visitors to sign.
As for the Brussels Fall Fair at the
IPM, Schlosser says the Brussels
Agricultural Society is hard at work
preparing for the big week.
The society just named Erin
McMahon the Fall Fair ambassador
on Saturday night and word has
come down that the fair will be
featuring a ferris wheel as part of its
midway, which will provide
amazing views of the IPM site to
those at the top of the wheel.
The fair will also feature a straw
maze and a full performance tent
that will put plenty of Huron County
talent on stage every day of the
match.
For more information on the
Brussels Agricultural Society or the
Brussels Fall Fair, find the
organization on Facebook.
New Brussels tanker possible
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
The Brussels division of the
Huron East Fire Department may be
purchasing a new tanker truck in the
near future for the price of $334,541
plus tax.
Huron East Fire Chief Marty
Bedard presented a report to council
at its Aug. 8 meeting, detailing the
five tenders received for the
purchase of a new truck. The
potential purchase was discussed at
the first meeting of the Brussels Fire
Area Protection Committee, held on
July 27 at the Brussels Fire Hall. The
committee includes councillors from
Huron East and Morris-Turnberry,
as well as a number of Brussels
firefighters.
Bedard and the committee
recommended purchasing the truck
from Fort Garry out of Winnipeg. He
said that the tender specified that the
truck had to have a four -door cab
with a larger pump and a tank so the
unit could also serve as a pumper for
the department. The lowest tender,
from Darch in Ayr, was $307,000,
but was for a two -door stock unit.
The Fort Garry model was the
cheapest four -door model, however,
although all of the tenders came in
over the budget of $300,000, which
was based on a two -door cab,
Bedard said.
The recommendation was listed
under the "notice of motions"
section of the agenda and it will be
formally discussed at Huron East
Council's Aug. 22 meeting.
McMahon, Sierran, Bernard all claim crowns
A new dawn
Erin McMahon, centre, was crowned Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador on Saturday night,
meaning that she will represent the Brussels Agricultural Society and Fall Fair not only
throughout 2017, but also at this year's fair, which will be held at the International Plowing
Match, something that has never been done before. McMahon, of Bluevale, impressed judges
and built upon her runner-up finish in last year's competition. From left: Junior Ambassador
Emily Bieman, 2016 Ambassador Patti Blake, Friendship Award winner Ashley Higgins,
McMahon, Runner-up Jasmine Vader, Danielle Bernard and Little Ambassador Casey
Bernard. (Denny Scott photo)
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her footsteps should know that.
"I would recommend that anyone
looking to compete first take the
time to understand what the
ambassador program is about," she
said. "It's not a program to be taken
lightly. It's a lot of commitment, but
if there is any interest at all, it's
definitely a worthwhile experience."
After a decade at the helm of the
ambassador competition, Nicole
Noble announced during the
ambassador contest that she would
be retiring and leaving the
competition in the hands of Maggie
Speer and Hannah McCutcheon.
Noble thanked the Agricultural
Society for letting her run the event
and grow it in her own way,
including the addition of the Little
and Junior Ambassador contests.
She said that, with 10 years under
her belt and a young family to take
care of, it was time to step away
from the event.
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