HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-02-23, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012.
Brussels Royal Canadian
Legion Branch 218
Public Speaking
Contest
Wednesday, February 29
6:30 pm - Doors open
7:00 pm - Speeches begin
Public Welcome
Snow date ~ March 1
REGISTRATION
for
Brussels Minor Ball
& Swimming
Tuesday, March 6 and
Thursday, March 8
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (both nights)
BMG Arena
Please bring 2 cheques. New registrants are required to bring a
copy of their birth certificate to be kept on file.
Winter activities
Faith Sebastian, left, and Ausin Johnston helped prepare
snacks during a slightly-smaller than normal winter activity
day at Brussels Public School. The event, which is usually
held across the playground of the school, was held inside
due to the weather. (Denny Scott photo)
Valentine’s Cribbage
The Brussels Legion hosted a Valentine’s celebration on Friday, Feb. 17 including card
games, darts and dinner. Shown here, enjoying a game of cribbage, are, from left: Linda Bird,
Sandra Crawford, Erica Crawford, Jo-Ann McDonald and Lloyd Glanville. (Staff photo)
By Jo-Ann McDonaldThe Thursday night dart leaguehad 11 darters taking aim at the
boards. The first-place player was
Ron Schmidt and second was team
Gord Jacklin and Sandra Josling.
The high shots of the night were
made by Greta Zehr hitting 131 and
Ron hitting 140. A disappointment
to Sharon Robbins was that she also
had hit a high of 140. Unfortunately,
she was unable to count the high
score because there were only 129
left to count. Darts are every
Thursday night at 8 p.m. and
everyone is welcome to come out
and have some fun.
Good news about Comrade Elaine
Nichol. She has been released from
hospital and is now at her son’shome in Tottenham. She will bestaying with Kevin and Darlene for
awhile. We wish her well in her
continued recovery.
The Friday night supper of
chicken breast was enjoyed by over
35. They also enjoyed a meat draw.
This week will be roast beef.
The Valentine’s pub night had a
very small crowd attend. Games of
crib and euchre were played and a
few darts for some. Wings and draws
were enjoyed.
New members are always
welcome to join Branch 218
Brussels. The Membership
Chairman is Comrade Greg Wilson
and he would love to hear from
anyone interested in joining. Newmembers do not have to have a directrelationship to a veteran to join. We
encourage current
members to talk with family
members and friends about joining
the Legion.
The Legion is one of the largest
volunteer organizations in Canada
and has been the advocate for
Veterans’ rights. It has brought
pressure to our government to stand
behind and support our aging service
personnel and veterans and will be
there to support our troops on their
return from active duty or from
peacekeeping missions around the
world. Please think about joining the
Royal Canadian Legion.
Fees, permit costs to increase
A proposal to increase fees for
building permits will be brought to
the Feb. 21 meeting of Morris-
Turnberry council.
Steve Fortier, chief building
official made a presentation to
council at its Feb. 7 meeting
comparing the rates charged by nine
different municipalities for 24
different categories of fees.
“It was a very interesting
exercise,” Fortier said, suggesting it
would be good to get to the median
level in all fees.
Noting that the fees are supposed
to pay for the costs of the building
department but currently don’t, some
councillors urged him to make sure
the inflation rate was included in the
new fees.
The proposed fees will be
discussed at the next meeting and
then must be advertised to the public
before they can be put into effect.
***
Council got good news when it
learned Ontario Municipal
Partnership Fund grant would
increase $21,100 next year, up 1.45
per cent from last year.
***
Council applied to the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs for a grant of $12,130
to cover half the cost of salary,
benefits and expenses for the
drainage superintendent for 2012.
Council approved a budget of up to
$34,500 for cleanouts, beaver dam
removal and other maintenance
issues for 2012.
Actual costs for 2011 totalled
$14,816. Nearly one-third of
maintenance projects for the year
involved problems with beavers.
***
The size of the expected turnout
convinced councillors to book the
Wingham Legion for a meeting on
the closure of lanes in Lower Town
Wingham.
“I think there’ll be quite a turnout
to address this issue,” said Mayor
Paul Gowing. The meeting has been
scheduled for Wednesday, March 21
at 7 p.m.
***
Council approved a grant of $150
to the Huron County Plowmen’s
Association.
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
NOT SO LITTLE!
Over the years many people have complimented The Citizen
as “a nice little paper”. Today The Citizen is #3 in paid
circulation of the 8 newspapers serving Huron County.
The Citizen ~ Proudly Community-Owned Since 1985
The winter gathering of
ecological farmers around the
kitchen table got a great start on
Feb. 8 at Heartwood Farm’s Home
Dairying meeting. The discussion
focused on processing dairy
products at home and included
hands-on work with yogurt and
quark. Herd health, food safety
issues and the use of dairy by-
products elsewhere on the farm
were also discussed over the
potluck lunch.
The Kitchen Table meeting
concept is that farmers interested in
a common topic get together to
share experience and questions
learning from each other.
Other meetings include Shop Talk
in Dresden and will focus on
appropriate equipment, different
cultivator setups and shovels.
Family Friendly Farming near
Brussels, which will explore
instilling reverence and awe in
children with many practical
suggestions. Year Round Greens
Production near Mitchell with John
Drummond will demonstrate his
methods for harvesting greens year
round. How to Grow Seedlings will
be at Ben Sosnicki’s greenhouse
near Waterford. Shop Talk on tine
weeders, cultivators, plows and
manure spreaders will be near
Simcoe.
The Ecological Farmers of
Ontario was formed over 30 years
ago to help farmers interested in
making the transition to organic and
more ecological and profitable
farming share information and
experience. In addition to
organizing kitchen table meetings it
hosts farm tours, courses and a fall
conference.
Ecological group hosts
kitchen table meetings
At the BranchMeat draw, dinner brings in 35