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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-10-27, Page 1INSIDE THIS WEEK: FMR - Pg. 10 Elementary School Fair results are featured HOME - Pg. 15 Your annual fall home improvement guide DANCING - Pg. 6, 34 Locals to cut a rug for Dancing with the Stars Publications Mail Agreement No. 40050141 Return Undeliverable Items to North Huron Publishing Company Inc., P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, ON NOG 1H0 4Citiz Volume 32 No. 42 n WELCOME TO BINT H $1.25 GST included Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, October 27, 2016 St. Anne's hosts Huron -Perth cross-country meet Cross Country St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School hosted the annual Huron -Perth Cross -Country meet on Oct. 19. Students from the two counties and both the public and Catholic school boards assembled to run thousands of metres to determine who is the best. Shown above are several Junior Girls from St. Anne's taking off from the starting line at the beginning of their race. From left: Jazlen Wright, Hannah Tait, Taylar McKee and Claire Stoecker. (Denny Scott photo) By Denny Scott The Citizen The Huron -Perth Cross Country meet was held at St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School in Clinton last week, featuring talent from local public and Catholic school boards. Brooke Jez, an F.E. Madill Secondary School student, won the Midget Girls 3,000 -metre race with a time of 11:07. Second and third place went to Brooklyn Muir of St. Michael Catholic Secondary School and St. Anne's student Haley Gibson, whose times were 11:25 and 11:36, respectively. Team results saw St. Michael place first, St. Anne's, second and Central Huron Secondary School, third. The Junior Girls 4,000 -metre competition was won by St. Michael student Elizabeth Drake with a time of 16:54. Second -place finisher Hannah Tait of St. Anne's had a time of 17:18 and third place went to Samantha Reidy of St. Michael who finished with a time of 19:46. St. Michael was the number one team in the group as well. St. Anne's student Marina Tait won the Senior Girls 5,000 -metre race with a time of 19:32. Brooke Overholt of St. Michael earned a second place finish with a 21:34 time. Sophia Slater of St. Marys District Collegiate Vocational Institute had a time of 21:46. Team honours went to St. Anne's, first, St. Michael, second, and Stratford Northwestern, third. The Midget Boys 5,000 -metre race was won by Zachary McPhee of St. Michael with a time of 18:03. Adam Monteith of Stratford Central Secondary School took second - place with a time of 19:01 with St. Continued on page 8 Calendar planned for East Wawanosh anniversary By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Members of the East Wawanosh 150th Anniversary Committee are hoping to use a new calendar to raise funds for the event's history book, due to be published next year. Sylvia Nonkes and Linda Logan, who are involved with the planning of the 2017 event, are in charge of bringing the calendar to life. It began as an idea that had been discussed around the committee table and is now set to be printed next week by Blyth Printing. The calendar features current images from throughout the township, featuring photographs of people, scenary and nature, all from East Wawanosh. Nonkes has chipped in with some of her own photography, but the bulk of the images will come from accomplished photographers Telfer Wegg and Bonnie Sitter, two of the three photographers featured in the book, The Beauty and Bounty of Huron County, which was released in 2013. The calendars will cost $20 and will raise money to help with costs associated with A Snippet In Time, the East Wawanosh history book that will be released next year to coincide with the anniversary. The concept of a calendar began when those on the committee were seeking a method to raise money for the book. A calendar seemed like a perfect way to not only raise money for the project, Nonkes said, but to give residents a preview of what they can expect in the book. A Snippet In Time will feature photography from both Sitter and Wegg, as well as several locals, in addition to plenty of history and familiar faces to East Wawanosh residents, she said. "Over the last six months, hundreds of pictures have been taken and all kinds of stories and submissions have been given to the committee, which is now in the process of compiling it into a book," Nonkes said. She says the book will be a hard - covered coffee table book full of colour photographs. "It promises to be filled with an appreciation for the beauty and people of East Wawanosh Township," she said. Logan says that while much of the committee's focus is on the upcoming book release next year, she is still selling the 1992 history book offering, From Wilderness to Wawanosh, for $25 each, down from $40 per book when it was first released. Calendars will be $20 and will be available, organizers hope, beginning the week of Monday, Nov. 7. They will be available at The Citizen's Blyth office and The Maple and Moose in Blyth, Huron Bay Co- op in Auburn and Belgrave, the Belgrave Variety Store, Snell Feed and Supply in Westfield and Christine's Clothes Closet in Wingham Organizers will also have the calendars ready to be purchased at the upcoming fundraising fish fry for Continued on page 31 Ag. Society plans ladies night The Brussels Agricultural Society is hosting a Ladies Night fundraiser on Nov. 5 to help raise money for the 2017 Brussels Fall Fair and its partnership with the International Plowing Match in Walton. Jenna Fischer of the society has spearheaded the event, saying she felt that with the Brussels Optimist Club holding its annual Harvest Stag for men in Brussels every fall, she felt the women of the community deserved a night out as well. The Ladies Night will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre and the doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature hors d' oeuvre and a bar. The program will begin shortly after the doors open at 7:30 p.m. with a fashion show care of Marita's Fashion Boutique in Clinton and Brussels' own The Cowboy Loft. Then, at 9 p.m., a hypnotist will take to the stage. Tickets for the event are $30 and if those interested in attending have a group of eight, an entire table can be reserved by calling one of the organizers. For tickets, call Fischer at 519- 357-8342 or Nicole Noble at 519- 531-0484 or ask any member of the Brussels Agricultural Society for help in finding a ticket.