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Brussels Funfest
July 23 and 24
If you are interested in
having your event
information included on the
Brussels Funfest Flyer
please contact
Doug McArter 519-887-6963
or Deb Seili 519-887-6289
by June 30th, 2011
Flyers are
expected to go
out the 1st week
of July.
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
The Citizen
Offices w ill b e c l osed
o n F rid a y , July 1
f o r Canad a D a y
The deadline for the
July 7 paper
will be the same as usual
M o n d ay, J u l y 4
2 pm in Brussels
and 4 pm in Blyth
At the Branch
Historical group visits Legion
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The Brussels Legion Branch
hosted the Huron County Historical
Society for the June meeting on
Wednesday evening. They met at the
Branch and then enjoyed a roast beef
dinner. They then went for a tour of
the former train station, now
Optimist building, and then went to
Don McNeil’s storage building to
peruse his many treasures. Serving
the dinner for the group of 28 were
Jo-Ann McDonald, Deb Caan and
Mary Bradshaw.
Comrade Eric Ross, a member of
the Branch Executive and Vice Chair
of the Tri-District Hospital
Committee, spent two days at Lake
Joseph this past week. He joined 49
veterans, and 30 caregivers and
camp personnel and other district
executive members at the camp. The
camp, which is the CNIB Camp,
is near Parry Sound and the
veterans are patients of Sunnybrook
Hospital, Toronto and Parkwood
Hospital, London. They enjoyed
crafts, swimming, boating, fishing
and dancing at the Mardi Gras-
theme evening. It was wonderful
weather and they had a very
enjoyable time.
The fish fry crew was in Wroxeter
cooking for the fundraiser for the
Wroxeter Hall Board. Helping cook
for the Branch were Rick
McDonald, Glenn Bridge, Lloyd
and Mabel Glanville, Sharon
Robbins and Eric and Christopher
Ross. The crowd of nearly 200
enjoyed the meal and their appetites
were not dampened by the rain.
The Branch sent four comrades to
Kingston for the mixed dart
competition on the weekend. The
Branch had a team qualify at District
and this was provincial competition
in Kingston. Heading out on Friday
afternoon were Ron Schmidt, Daisy
Wong, Eric Ross and Jo-Ann
McDonald. They arrived in
Kingston in time for the men to play
the blind draw on Friday evening
while the ladies went shopping and
enjoyed dinner. The crew spent
Sunday morning enjoying a few
sights of downtown Kingston. They
went to the farmers’ market, which
featured mostly “organic”
vegetables, a few baked goods
booths, flowerstand, meat (organic)
and jewellery vendors. There were
many busker musicians playing and
the youngest looked about 11
playing the bagpipes. They saw the
Sir John A. Macdonald locomotive
on display in the park and had
pictures at the trolley.
It was “Doors Open” weekend and
the group went on a tour of the City
Hall. It was a beautiful old building
and they saw the opulent Veterans’
Hall, where beautiful stained glass
windows salute every battle
engagement that claimed the lives of
Canadian soldiers. There are plaques
that have the names of those who
lost their lives and it was well worth
seeing. We had an excellent young
student tour guide and she was very
nervous as it was her first day, but
she was great. She also showed us
the library and the artifact room and
the beautiful “dancing bear carving”
which was made from a whale bone.
The dart team arrived at the
Amherstview Branch, 631 to start
the competition at noon. There were
36 teams of four divided into four
divisions. Each team would play
eight games and the top team of the
division would advance to the semi-
finals. Our team played teams from
Kapuskasing, Aurora, Toronto,
Kingston, Windsor, Lindsay,
Brampton and North Bay and got off
to a bad start and lost the first game.
We rebounded with four straight
wins before losing two very close
games, with either team needing
more than one chance to double out.
Adding one more win, we finished
with a record of 5-3 to finish third in
our group, but not good enough to
move on. It was a good afternoon of
play and we left immediately for the
long drive home.
The Branch had four athletes
attending the Legion Track and Field
Competition in Guelph on Saturday.
Participating were Adam Cousins,
Anthony Vader, Kristen Pipe and
Lanie Smith. We will have results
next week.
Brussels Cemetery
Decoration
Service
All members of the community of all denominations
are invited to attend this service of Remembrance for
all loved ones resting at Brussels Cemetery.
Sunday, June 26
at 2:00 pm
Egg duty
Brussels Fire Chief Murray McArter was on one of the
head grills preparing eggs for hundreds of diners on
Sunday. The Brussels Fire Department held its annual
Father’s Day breakfast over the weekend and it was all
hands on deck to serve the masses. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Workman celebrates birthday
Well the sparks were flying on
Saturday night. A large cake and
later a campfire both had the flames
flying high to let the world know
Frank Workman is another year
older, and wiser we think.
Family and friends celebrated the
fine day with good conversation,
good food and much laughter.
Atwood, Bamberg, Bluevale and
Teeswater were all represented by
the guest list, as well as son Peter
from Nunavut. I’m thinking Frank
planned it, but a very nice milk
snake made a quick, impromptu
appearance and steered chat in a
new direction. So thanks Frank for
keeping healthy and celebrating
your years with us.
Long-term friendships are such a
gift. Comfort in company is a fact.
Often words don’t need to be
spoken and understanding is simple.
Frank’s party was our first gathering
without Sheila and she was missed.
Each person in our lives fills a need
and often we don’t realize the
importance. If we’re fortunate
enough to grow old with friends we
have a treasure and each year we
have, grows in value. So be the best
friend you can, it is appreciated bymany.Kathy and Frank have justreturned from Alberta visitingfamily, Chuck, Delores, Bev, Dave,
Doug and families all had a good
catch-up with the Cranbrook
Workmans. An invitation from my
brother Clif and Anne, as well as
son Phil gave them a reason to tour
to Edmonton. Phil told me that it
gave him cause to pause when he
saw Workman’s truck parked at
Clif’s.
Phil knew they flew from Ontario,
but the Workman vehicle, in colour
and make, was identical to this one
in Alberta, a little close look showed
a variation in the model. So family
traits and tastes do tend to
By Betty
Graber
Watson
Call
887-9231
A NOTE FROM BETTY
Municipality of
Huron East
Second Installment
of Interim
TAXES
Property owners are
reminded that the due
date for the second
installment of property taxes
is June 30, 2011.
B. Knight
Treasurer-Finance Manager
Continued on page 17
The Brussels Firefighters’ Association wishes to acknowledge
everyone who attended and so generously supported our
annual father’s day breakfast. Special thanks to all the
businesses, service groups and persons that donated or loaned
food/equipment items to help make things a go.
The winners of the 3rd annual breakfast draw are as follows:
1st — Sony Bravia 46" TV - Gloria Coulter, Kincardine
2nd — Apple iPad 32GB - Jesse Foster, Goderich
3rd — Toshiba 32" LCD HDTV - Jesse Foster, Goderich
4th — Sony Handycam - Sarah Thompson, Brucefield
5th — Apple iPad Touch 8GB - Brent Newman, Atwood
6th — TomTom GPS - Patrick Edgar,Wroxeter
Children’s Boy & Girl Prizes —
Kurtis Marks, Belgrave and Lanie Smith, Brussels
All proceeds from the breakfast and draw have been directed towards
equipment. Thanks again and we hope to see everyone next year!!
Thank You