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The Citizen, 2011-03-17, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011. PAGE 11. Huron East Council approved its annual round of grants at its March 8 meeting. Many of the grants approved are identical to those that were approved last year, but due to the 150th anniversary of the Brussels Agricultural Society, for 2011 only, council raised its annual contribution to the fall fair from $1,000 to $1,500. Other contributions are as follows: $100 to the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels School Fair, $550 to the Brussels Horticultural Society, $500 to the Brussels Santa Claus Parade, $500 to Ethel Minor Ball, $40 to the Huron Centennial Public School’s graduation awards, $200 to the Huron County Farm Safety Association, $250 to the Huron Hospice Volunteer Service, $250 to the Huron-Perth Children’s Aid Kid’s Booster Club, $250 to the Huron Plowmen’s Association, $7,000 to the Seaforth Lions Club for the Lions pool (up from $6,500 in 2010 after a request came from the Lions concerning rising costs associated with maintaining a community pool), $500 to the Clinton Lions Club, $400 for the Maitland Bank Cemetery, two donations to the Royal Canadian Legion to cover the cost of poppies and wreaths for Remembrance Day, $500 for the Seaforth Agricultural Fall Fair, $1,000 and a donation of a hall rental fee to the Seaforth and District All Girls Marching Band, $550 to the Seaforth Horticultural Society, $2,000 to the Seaforth Santa Claus Parade, $500 to St. Columban Soccer, $700 to the Van Egmond Foundation, $500 to the Walton Area Sports Club and $500 to the Winthrop Ball Park. Approved grants for 2011 totalled just over $18,000. Two couples from Brussels have returned from a fantastic vacation in the southern United States. Murray and Ruth Lowe and Keith White and Jane Ross flew to Phoenix, Arizona for a two-week stay around that area. This was Keith’s first time away and it is reported that he was really keen to go and see the sights. They were based at Mesa, Arizona and rented a car to travel to other scenic spots. They took a couple of days and went to the Grand Canyon, stayed in Tuscan and then went to the Hoover Dam. Ruth reports that they didn’t go down on the mule tour to the floor of the Grand Canyon as it was scary enough just looking down. The path down looked far too narrow for their liking but it was a beautiful landscape and area. They did go under the Hoover Dam for the tour. It is well-lit and the massive turbines that run were amazing. the tours had closed down for several years following 9/11 but are reopened now. The foursome went somewhere everyday and enjoyed two different cruises on the surrounding lakes. They even met folks from St. Marys on one of the cruises. They went on a jeep tour of the desert and went to a gold mine tour. They went to a working ranch to enjoy the day and it featured an authentic western town. It had a gold mine and Jane panned for gold. She found a small speck of gold, had it on her finger and then dropped it and could not find it again. Darn anyway! They spent a day at a ghost town that featured a gun fight, a tour down into a gold mine but didn’t see any ghosts. A side trip to Globe, about 75 miles in the middle of nowhere, to a casino was enjoyed. There are many native reserves of different tribes, around the area and they all have a casino. The group limited themselves to four visits to casinos and Ruth reports that the Lowe luck held for her but not Murray. They enjoyed their time away seeing the many different areas and the varying kinds of scenery, mountains, lush green areas, desert, flat roads and windy roads to travel. The weather was great, hot, too hot for Murray, about 85 degrees everyday. They had a great time and it is reported that Oliver, the grand dog, really missed Murray and Ruth. Welcome back folks. Also returning from a week’s vacation in Florida are Steve and Marni Knight. They enjoyed a holiday with Brad and Christine Knight and sister Joanne and Weldon Black, Andrew and Allison. They had a rented house in the St. Petersburg area and had a lot of fun together. They went to Busch Gardens and went on an Orange Grove tour. They also went to a Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game. They saw the Lightning take on Chicago. The game was tied after regular time and after overtime, and then had to go to a shootout. They felt they really got their money’s worth at that game. they spent some time at the beautiful St. Pete’s Beach but also spent lots of time at the house pool. They had great weather until the last morning, when they woke up to only 54 degrees and a high of 66 degrees that day. Steve reports that the St. Pete’s area is a very busy area with lots of traffic not the area you would retire to. They enjoyed their trip, the visit with family members, the good weather and are happy to be home again. Welcome to March Break! The school children, teachers and bus drivers managed to start March Break one or two days earlier than expected last week because of the weather. Some schools cancelled on Thursday and then most schools cancelled on Friday. It was a nasty day out there on Friday and the snow was wet, heavy and slippery. No hydro was a problem for some areas, including Brussels, so it meant the cancellation of other activities including going to work for some. A reminder to all, and a job I did not do, is to get your income tax information together. It is only a little over six weeks and it will be the end of April. I am one of those people who all of a sudden is in the middle of April and am still getting organized. Maybe this year will be different. The Canadian’ Men’s Curling Championship, the Brier, was held in London this past week. Curling enthusiasts went to games at the John Labatt Centre in London or have been glued to their television sets, or both this past week. There were many area folks attending games sometime during the week including ourselves, Rick and Jo- Ann McDonald, as well as Leslie and Yvonne Knight, Tom and Brian Warwick, Doug and Wilma Rathwell and Neil and Marie McGavin, just to name a few. I know there were many more, but it was very strange we did not see anyone from the Brussels area the day we were there. It was funny though, that a building that holds thousands, we sat beside people from Seaforth. We did not know them, but enjoyed meeting them. Congratulations to Chad and Crystal McCallum on the birth of a second daughter, Bridget Ann. She is a little sister for Kaleigh and is already a week old. Bridget makes the third granddaughter and one grandson for Ron and Betty McCallum and the second little granddaughter for Calvin and Gail Semple. Our sympathies are extended to the Thornton family, formerly of Brussels on the passing of Carol Thornton. Left to mourn are her husband Bob and children Dianne, Steven and Twyla and families. Carol was a crossing guard for the school children for many years before moving to Mitchell about 10 years ago. Our condolences to all. A buck and doe was held last weekend for the daughter of a former Walton girl. The party was held in Seaforth at the Agriplex for Denise Carnochan and Steve Van Amersfoort. Denise is the daughter of Gord and Janice (Houston) Carnochan of Seaforth. There were lots of people from the Brussels area, Seaforth and Blyth. It was a birthday celebration for Anna McNichol last weekend at the home of Jim and Danica McNichol. Anna celebrated her 87th birthday with 20 members of her family. They enjoyed a catered meal and lovely afternoon together. Later, about 14 Rammeloo family members arrived to surprise Danica and celebrate her 50th birthday with her. It was a full house and a fun time for all. Duff’s United Church wants to remind current and former members about their Centennial project. They are putting together a cookbook and want recipes from current and former members. The cookbook will celebrate 100 years from 1912-2012 and will be available in the late fall hopefully. Send your recipes to Teresa Baan ASAP by March 20. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Carali McCall, Alex Melady, Allison Baan, Colton Hastings, Victoria Williamson, Joanne Knight Black, Karla Kale, Jo-Anne Workman, Parker Grobbink, Lisa Gingerich, Jim Humphries, Ross Mitchell, Cassandra Banks, Edward Clark, Ray Huether Jr., Celeste Ryan, Cora Alcock and McKinley Ryan. Happy birthday to all. Huron East Council raises annual grant for Brussels Fall Fair Brussels/Walton residents head south for vacation Duff’s United continues to prepare its centennial cookbook project Workwear All Work Clothes 20%off March 25 ONLY! • Dotzert Gloves • Baffin Rubber Boots • Terra Work Boots Hours: Mon.-Fri. 6:30 am - 7 pm, Sat. 8 am - 7 pm, Closed Sun. 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