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401 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-8011
CAFÉ
More than just a great sandwich!
Join us for dinner in the Café before the Show
Roast Lamb or Prime Rib ~ 2 seatings Call to reserve your spot!
Just back from Memphis
where they recorded at
the famous Sun Records
The MacKenzie Blues Band
LIVE! in the Upper Deck Friday, March 15 8:30 pm
Celebrate
St. Paddy’s
Day
Sat., March 16
Old-time music,
traditional
Irish stew
and
more!
March Promo:
Free Delivery
on orders over
$35. within 10 miles
of Brussels
11 am - 1:30 pm
~ another Poor Boy Blues presentation ~ pay what you can!
Brussels Optimist Club
Annual Spring Dinner
& Auction
On Saturday, March 23
The Brussels Optimists will be holding their
Annual Spring Dinner
and Auction
(silent auction starting at 5:30 pm)
at the BMG Community Centre
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT MEAL
Catered by: Cardiff Catering
Proceeds to
Childhood Cancer and
community betterment
Tickets: $25 per person
We are now looking for auction items for our silent and live auction.
This is only made possible with your generous donations that we
always receive in our small but mighty community. Thank you.
For tickets to the event on March 23 or to donate auction items
contact any Optimist or call Mike at 519-887-6449.
Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.
Supper at 6:30 p.m.
Come out and support a great cause
We’re into green week, a time for
everyone to think about their family
tree. Just how many of us really did
start our lineage in Ireland. Only a
few generations back, a lot of our
ancestors did leave the green hills to
make a better life in the new land. I
for one am pleased they did.
March Break is in progress, a time
for a little fun with the school-age
crowd. There are lots of things to do
in our area, so I hope you took
advantage of some of the interesting
things available to do with the kids
in your life. Jill from Listowel has
made our plans and they involve a lot
of water time. So I guess my exercise
will be adequate for this week.
One of my birthday presents this
year was a getaway to Niagara Falls,
so we spent it last week. The falls are
beautiful with the many different ice
sculptures and the mist blowing. The
seagulls must be on constant duty at
the base as they seem to circle there
every season of the year. A nice
warm large pool was the highlight
for me. It was the centrepiece of a
tropical space with trees that were
higher than the two-storey hotel as
well as lots of plants, several in
bloom. It’s hard to think about tours
when your book and the pool are
right there outside your door. So the
pool won and we only did “Bird
Kingdom” as tourists.
Now for anyone who loves birds,
that is one neat place. Bird Kingdom
is three storeys in an old factory-type
building. One section has cages for
specific birds as well as some pretty
great reptiles, a burmese python, a
cobra and a tortoise look pretty fine
behind glass. Another floor has trees,
plants, nests, baskets, feeders and
perches that let the many different
small coloured birds fly free. It was
nice to sit and watch their behaviour,
so much like people we know. The
third storey opens down to the first
where waterfalls, a living wall,
streams, ponds and more lush green
vegetation hosted larger birds that
were free to wander and fly about.
Smaller versions of the flamingo
were fun to watch as they made their
way to the top of the waterfall
section. By the time we were done
wandering, seven of the salmon-
coloured pretties were standing at
the top. The vivid colours were a
treat to the eyes and a few hours well
spent.
Now it’s back to tax time and the
not-so-tropical world of Brussels.
Get your green duds out and
celebrate.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
By Betty
Graber
Watson
Call
887-9231
A NOTE FROM BETTY
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
Niagara Falls sites make greatdestinations for bird lovers
Tumblers!
While it isn’t exactly the gym and snow doesn’t pad as well
as professional mats, students like Aliya Dauphin, left, will
take every chance they can to practice their handstand at
North Woods Elementary School, especially when they
have a spotter on hand like Avery McCutcheon. (Denny Scott
photo)
By Jo-Ann McDonald
It was a usual week with meetings
of Cadets, darts, pipe band practice
and meals at the Brussels Legion
branch.
The Thursday darts had 13 darters
taking aim at the boards. Winners
were: first, Roger McHardy and
Marlene Rutledge; second (and sixth
skunk of the year honours), Deb
Burch, Sharon Robbins and
Lawrence Machan; high shots,
Sheron Stadelmann, 134 and
Marlene, 116.
The Friday night supper of roast
beef was enjoyed by over 50 diners.
This Friday will be roast pork.
The Saturday afternoon euchre
which was looked after by Jean
Davidson and Shirley Hopper had
12 tables at play. Winners were:
first, Mae Ritchie and Lillian
Appleby, 74; second, Kay
Hesselwood and Bernice Moore, 72;
third, Doug and Ann Hugill, 71; lone
hands, Cathy and John, six; low, Pat
Hunking and Jean, 40.
The Branch hosted the Zone
Convention on Sunday afternoon at
the Branch. Brussels Branch had six
Comrades attending and two
Comrades holding District titles.
President Deb Cann welcomed the
Comrades to the afternoon meeting.
There were about 70 delegates
attending for the business meeting
and elections. The new Zone
Commander for Zone C1 is
Comrade Larry Bailey and the new
Deputy Zone Commander elected
was our own Branch Comrade Eric
Ross. This is Eric’s second time
serving at Zone level. He was
elected as Deputy Zone Commander
at the spring convention in
Brussels in March 1997, 16 years
ago.
Congratulations Comrade Eric.
A roast beef dinner followed the
conclusion of the meeting and 50
Comrades stayed to enjoy the meal.
The ladies helping serve the
dinner for convention included Judy
Lee, Mary Bradshaw, Linda Bird,
Deb Cann and Jo-Ann McDonald.
Get-well wishes go out to
Comrade Greg Wilson who is in a
Cambridge hospital and has had a
hip replacement.
Get-well wishes go to Comrade
Bush Whittard who had surgery in
Stratford. He is home and doing
well and is getting out and about
again.
Brussels Legion
Branch 280
Saturday, March 16
Fun begins at 5:00 p.m.
until 10:00 pm
Everyone Welcome
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At the Branch
Branch hosts zone convention
St. Patrick’s Wings,
Fries and Meat Draws