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Winter Sports Pages
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Condolences, wishes for recovery sent to locals
The good news is that it is only
five weeks until spring. The past
week wasn’t bad for weather, even if
it did start with a storm. Very cold
nights are the norm it seems, but the
days have not been that bad. It is
winter, so what can we expect? We
had a nice mild day last Wednesday,
and the sloppy wet, mushy snow
wasn’t that great to walk around in.
We can complain all we want, but
there are areas that are having worse
weather than us. The east coast has
been badly hit, both in Canada and
the U.S.
Our get well or speedy recovery
wishes go out to Jim McDonald who
has undergone some knee surgery.
He will soon be out and about again
I’m sure.
The memorial service for Betty
Gowing was held on Monday. Our
condolences are expressed to her
family of Thelma Roberts,
Rosemary Wheeler, Dave, Neil,
Nancy Corrigan, Ken and Paul and
their families. The late Carl and
Betty Gowing lived and farmed in
Morris Township since the mid-
1940s until 1982 when they built a
home in Brussels. Betty had recently
made her home at Huronlea. A
lovely lady, that in the past, I had
many a nice conversation with. She
will be missed by the Gowing and
Raymond families.
Our condolences to the Prescott
family on the passing of Brian
Prescott. He will be missed by his
wife of 54 years, Sheila and his four
sons, Mark, Peter, Paul and David
and their families. Brian and Sheila
returned to Brussels many years ago
to retire and settled into renewing
old friendships and making new
ones. Brian was a member of the
Brussels Lions Club, the “Culture”
Club and the Seaforth Harmony
Kings. He was a soft-spoken man
and loved to have fun with his witty
and unique sense of humour. He
will be missed by many. Our
sympathies to the Prescott and Black
families.
My ongoing banter with Archie
McDonald continues with his
correction of where he lives. Last
week he told me he lived in a place
I thought he said sounded like “ski-
doo”. Since the closest place I could
find on the Cabot Trail that maybe
sounded like ski-doo was Judique,
that was my guess. Archie has finally
fessed up and told me where he
lives. His little place is not even
shown on the map of Cape Breton
Island, which made it a little harder
to find. He lives at Skir Dhu, when
pronounced by Arch, who is
practising his Gaelic enunciation,
sounds like ski-doo to me! Arch
has stated he likes visitors to
drop in, but folks will have
to get better instructions from him in
order to do it.
The Cranbrook Dart Club had 19
members making it out for the night
of darts on Feb. 4. Team 1 consisting
of George and Marita Lefore
managed to win two games and with
the arrival of Pat Gillis managed to
win three more for the night. Team
four, consisting of Annette
Lewington and Rob Vanderveen,
also won five games for the night.
The high shots were by the Zweps,
with Jane hitting 96 and George
hitting 100. Marita was the mystery
draw winner.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week were Joan Lee, Emilee
Bennett, Cody Nichol, Lois Todd,
Annette Lewington, Ken Shortreed,
Sydney Warwick, Mike Alexander,
Kim Alcock, Sheila Bauer, Kendra
Warwick, Maleah Taylor, Marg
Rogerson, Christine Lee and Joyce
Tipple.
By Jo-Ann
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PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
Yuzwa briefs WI on Huron County Library services
The January meeting of the
Majestic Women’s Institute was held
in the community room at the
Brussels Public Library. The
meeting opened with the singing of
the Institute Ode and repeating the
Mary Stewart Collect. Ruth Bauer
welcomed everyone and read a short
poem about January.
The meeting was turned over to
the convenors, Janet Haertel and
Leona Armstrong. Leona, in her
introduction to the meeting, read
several quotes from famous people
with regard to the love of reading.
Some of the quotes were: “The more
that you read, the more things you
will know, the more that you learn,
the places you’ll go,” said Dr. Seuss.
“Keep reading. It’s one of the most
marvellous adventures that anyone
can have,” said Lloyd Alexander.
“There are many little ways to
enlarge your child’s world, but the
love of books is the best of all,” said
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Leona asked everyone to consider
making more time for reading one of
their New Year’s resolutions. Kim
Yuzwa, librarian, and life-long lover
of books, was the guest speaker. She
works at both the Brussels and
Seaforth libraries. The Carnegie
library, which as been an important
landmark for Brussels, was built in
1909. The additional meeting space,
the completion of the wheelchair
ramp, and the extra space in the
library itself has made it very
functional, as well as practical.
Kim elaborated on the many
services that the library provides.
The library catalogue is no longer on
paper but available on computers.
Kim said, “If you are looking for a
particular book or a book on a
particular subject we are more than
happy to help you with your search.
Just come into the library or give us
a call and we can search the
catalogue for you and provide you
with the information you need. If
you don’t have a library card, please
come in and get one. Once you have
your library card, which is free, you
can use it at any library in the
County.”
Another service offered is a
province-wide service called inter-
library loan. If there is a book that
you want that is not available in the
Huron County system they are able
to search for that book throughout all
of the public libraries in Ontario. In
the Brussels Library, there are a
large number of different kinds of
materials that are available to be
borrowed, such as audio books,
magazines, children’s videos and
comic books, which are now known
as graphic novels. The library also
has five public access computers
available to the public, and when
time permits, staff would be able to
help you navigate the internet and
the Huron County Library home
page, which has links to all sorts of
valuable information. For example,
they can help you find information
about your family history. They also
have links to reference tools like car
repair and manuals and health
issues. Another really valuable
service to be found on the home
page is called Overdrive. Using
Overdrive you would be able to
download a book on your laptop, e-
reader or ipod.
The Brussels Library is home to
the Early Years Program. Every
Friday morning from 10 - 11:30 a.m.
a special literacy-based play
program geared for infants to three-
year-olds is offered. They do crafts,
play with toys and read. Another
program the library offers is Knit
and Knatter. Every Tuesday from 4
to 5 p.m. anyone is welcome to come
in and work on their knitting or
crocheting and have a neighbourly
chat or share their skills with one
another.
February is a month for a blind
date with a book. During February
take your chances with a wrapped
book. You may fall in love with a
whole new genre!
Janet Haertel thanked Kim and
gave her a donation to the Brussels
Library. Kim answered several
questions and conducted three lucky
draws. The winners were Ruth
Bauer, Jim Armstrong and Kathy
Workman. Everyone went on a tour
of the library. Janet Haertel read a
poem about how things were in days
gone by and how technology has
changed in so many ways.
Ruth Bauer conducted the
business part of the meeting. The
minutes of the December meeting
were read by the secretary and Marie
McCutcheon gave the treasurer’s
report. Several thank you notes were
read for shut-in boxes received at
Christmas time. The roll call was
answered by members telling how
often they use the service of the local
library. The meeting closed with the
singing of Happy Birthday to a
member, O’ Canada and the Institute
Grace. Marie McCutcheon, Edna
Pletch and Janet Haertel served a
delicious lunch and a social time was
enjoyed.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
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had been concerned that the
committee was planning on waiting
too long to make them.
He was also concerned with the
committee’s resistance to spending
its reserves on this project.
“That’s money that belongs to
Huron East,” MacLellan said of the
reserves. “It’s not theirs to begin
with. The committee is running the
centre on our behalf.”
He said that while he can
appreciate how fiscally responsible
the committee has been over the
years in collecting a healthy reserve
on the municipality’s behalf, this
project and the viability of the centre
is exactly why reserves are
important.
“This is why you build up your
reserves,” MacLellan said.
Council then passed four motions
in regards to the centre’s
renovations.
The first motion stated that Huron
East will ask Morris-Turnberry to
contribute $22,000 to the project,
based on the historic one-third
funding model.
The second motion authorized
council to move ahead with
renovations at the centre as soon as
possible, that the renovations be
completed by June 1, 2015 and that
Huron East contribute $44,000 to
the project.
The third motion directed Knight
to submit drawings of the proposed
renovated ground floor to the Huron
County Accessibility Advisory
Committee and the fourth motion
stated that staff should advise the
Huron County Family Health Team
that the process to bring a second
physician to Brussels can soon begin
and that the centre should be
completed by June 1.
This is still just phase one of the
plan to completely renovate the
building. Phase two will
include the installation of an
elevator.
During the joint meeting,
members of the committee said they
hoped to pursue a Trillium grant for
the second phase, meaning there will
be four partners – Huron East,
Morris-Turnberry, the Trillium
Foundation and the Brussels
Medical Dental Centre – funding the
project’s second phase.
Members of Huron East Council
were scheduled to meet with
members of Morris-Turnberry
Council on Feb. 10 to discuss the
renovations, among other things, at a
special inter-council meeting.
HE to proceed with
centre construction
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