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No these students weren’t out drinking, they were collecting bottles for the annual Grade 8
bottle drive at Brussels Public School. On Saturday morning these dedicated students were
pounding the pavement and knocking on doors asking for empty bottles to raise money for
their graduation ceremony. From left: Riley Holthuysen, Regan Ryter, Rachel Miners, Sabrina
Hiusser, Makala Tyerman and Ryelle Kenney. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Tree to come down
Well no matter how you look at it,
Christmas is over. I hold out for the
12 days, consider the calendar story
and even nod towards the Ukraine
and the Orthodox situation. I really
like all the trappings of Christmas
and so that meant I was okay yet as
they celebrated on the seventh this
year. But it’s over and so I really
must take the tree down and tuck all
the 2011 memories away.
The beauty of nature always
fascinates me. Driving east on the B-
Line in the dark this weekend, the
scene in my rearview mirror was a
stopper. It’s full moon time and the
golden orange ball appeared to be
just at the horizon. It seemed to fill
my whole mirror. It was enough to
make me stop and really look at the
moon.
When Peter Workman was home
at Christmas, we of course ended up
chatting about Nunavut, its beauty
and wonder. He suggested we check
out a blog that a Ron Wassink posts.
Ron has been in Iqaluit since
September of 2010 working inenvironmental portraiture anddocumentary photography.If your mind is starting to question
the name, you may recall a tall
young man who worked for The
Citizen. He was pleasant and quiet.
Most of my encounters with Ron
had to do with Brussels Council
meetings in the 1980s and that was
not a quiet time as I remember. It
was good to hear about him again.
Ron gets The Citizen when Peter has
it read, so this is our way of saying
hello and thanks for all the great
pictures on your blog-
ronwassink@blogspot. com/
It’s annual meeting times for lots
of organizations, time to review and
put on paper the work done. Time to
make plans for the future. Time
to see the reality of our world and
be clear about the needs of
the organization and the
community.
Colds and flu have had an effect
on lots of holiday plans. There are
several “bugs” going around so do
your part to stop them. Stay home if
you’re unwell, cough away from
others, preferably into the crook of
your arm or into a disposable tissue
and of course, wash your hands with
soap, long enough to flush the
“bugs” away. You knew all that
already, now just do it.
Have a good week.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
By Betty
Graber
Watson
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A NOTE FROM BETTY
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
Moncrieff seeks permission for solar panels, sign
After questions were raised about
the economic viability of the
Moncrieff Hall, Huron East Council
has granted a two-year window for
the hall to begin generating income
before the municipality steps in.
Elaine Smith, secretary-treasurer
for the Moncrieff Hall Committee,
spoke at the Jan. 3 meeting of Huron
East Council, explaining the hall’s
situation and thoughts the
volunteers had on generating
income.
Questions were initially raised by
Councillor Larry McGrath who felt
the approximately $800 being spent
annually to test the hall’s water was
being wasted if the building wasn’t
being used.
McGrath, however, said he was
unsure of what exactly was going on
at the hall, which was the reason for
asking members of the committee to
present to council.
Smith, however, said that
improvements were being made to
the hall. Over $500 had been spent
on a new paint job at the hall, which
was being completed by volunteers,
she said (the paint job was half done
at the time of the meeting).
Smith says she and other members
of the committee were hoping to
start regular card parties at the hall
as soon as the spring, an initiative in
which several Huron East
councillors are involved.
It was Smith who first proposed
the two-year window, saying it had
been discussed with volunteers and
other members of the committee.
She said two years would be
enough time to see if the renovations
attract more users to the hall, saying
that other than a bit of paint and
some sprucing up, the hall has it all.
“It really has everything there,”
she said. “It’s a great hall.”
In order to create a new revenue
stream, Smith said, there were
thoughts about restructuring the
arrangement for the three acres of
land on which the hall sits.
Currently the excess land is being
rented to an adjacent farmer for
$250 a year, and Smith said that was
an arrangement that the cash crop
farmer would take or leave.
“He wouldn’t care if he didn’t
crop it,” Smith said.
One of the group’s initial thoughts
was the erection of solar panels on
the land. That decision, however,
would have to be made by the
municipality, as the owner of the
property.
Clerk-Administrator Brad Knight,
however, pointed to a recent change
in regulation that would require the
municipality to own the solar panels
if they were going to be placed on
municipal property.
However, unsure of the specifics,
council authorized Smith to
investigate the solar panel avenue,
saying the municipality wouldn’t
stand in the way of another revenue
stream for the hall.
“We’re certainly not going to stop
you from making money,” said
Councillor Bill Siemon. “We’re not
the Ontario government.”
Another possibility that was
mentioned was turning the property
into several residential lots beside
the hall that could be sold. However,
no official decision was made on the
three-acre property.
MacLellan said it was up to the
committee to make the decision and
conduct the research, but that
council would have the final say and
any action would have to come to
council in order to get approved.
While Smith was at the meeting,
she bought up the issue of the
Moncrieff hamlet sign. It was
explained to her years ago that a
sign had been ordered and created
for the area, but never erected.
Knight said the sign does exist,
but he said he couldn’t say for sure
where it was located.
Smith said the people of
Moncrieff have been wanting a sign
labelling their community for some
time and it would be a great source
of pride for residents.
“We would really appreciate it,”
Smith said, “and the people of
Moncrieff would be proud to see it.”
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said it was a fair request
from the people of Moncrieff and
that he would have the public works
department look into it immediately.
“We haven’t seen it, but we’ve
heard that there is one and we want
it,” Smith said jokingly.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
The Brussels Lions Club
would like to thank the
community for their support
of the Christmas Draw.
The winners of the draw were:
Sheila Prescott
Rob Semple
Robert SmithLegion welcomes new part-time
bartender, new year proves slow
By Jo-Ann McDonald
We are easing into the new year at
the Brussels Legion Branch with just
the Thursday night darts and
supper.
There were 12 darters taking aim
at the boards and having fun.
Winners were: first, Kaye Smith and
John Stadelmann; second, Sheron
Stadelmann and Glenn Zehr; high
start, Gord Jacklin, 108; high shot,
Glenn Zehr, 121; fourth skunk of the
year, Marlene Rutledge and Sharon
Robbins.
The Friday night supper was
meatballs and rice and was enjoyed
by a small crowd. This week will be
roast pork.
We welcome Tracy Manley as our
new part-time bartender. She will be
happy to meet the Branch members
and visitors when they come
in, so drop by and introduce
yourself.
We are sorry to report that Elaine
Nichol is in hospital. We hope she is
improving while at the hospital in
Oakville.
Dues, dues, dues! Comrades are
urged to drop in and pay before the
end of the month.
At the Branch
See histories and historic
photographs on the
Huron History section
of our website
www.northhuron.on.ca
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