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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-09-29, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011. PAGE 9. Authorized by CFO Lisa Thompson Campaign lisathompson4huronbruce.ca 519.523.9113 FOR CHANGE IN HURON BRUCE VOTE LISA THOMPSON To end costly subsidies for Energy Experiments To give Municipalities control over Wind Turbines To support Nuclear and Bruce Power To remove HST from Home Energy Bills To improve Health Care and Education Fashion show commences 150th Brussels Fall Fair Brussels Fall Fair well received With the 150th Brussels Fall Fair behind them, the Brussels Agricultural Society’s Secretary Mary Douma feels that the event was well received. “It went very well,” she said. “We were very pleased with our 150th.” As far as numbers are concerned, Douma said that she is sure that the number of people who attended was up, and that they were very generous with their donations at the door. She also said the parade was very well done. “The parade was great,”she said. “We had extra floats from different service groups and local organizations like Huronlea.” Douma stated that the success of the fair had a lot to do with Brussels Agricultural Society’s President Jeff Cardiff. “His extra planning really paid off,” she said. As for the future of the fair, which is largely based around student participation, Douma said the closure of Brussels public school may affect the event, however the result won’t be as severe as other local events. “Grey Central Public School [which will become North Woods Elementary School next year] is willing to continue to support the fair,” she said. “The question remains as to whether students who go to Maitland River Elementary School in Wingham will return.” Douma said that the fair’s current student programming can’t support a school as large as the new Wingham school. Sunday, October 2nd, 1 - 4PM PM Wawanosh Nature Centre, 38854 Nature Centre Rd. 519-335-3557 or www.mvca.on.ca FreeAdmission Apple Cider Guided Walk Wagon Rides Fall Colour Tour T r a i l s O p e n E v e n t We know it is September when the Brussels Fall Fair is held and what a wonderful fair it was this year. The Tuesday night kick-off was great with the fashion show by the past Fair Ambassadors. The parade on Wednesday was the best ever with lots of floats, antique tractors, cool cars, horses, commercial entries, service club entries and personal entries to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the fair. The exhibits looked great and there were many new participants. Congratulations to the hardworking Brussels Agricultural Society members for making this year’s fair one to remember! The fall harvest has begun with many area farmers taking off the white beans. They have been working at them for nearly two weeks, with the rainy days giving them a break now and then. There are soybeans looking almost ready and probably within the next week or so, there will also be farmers combining them. I have seen some guys plowing hay ground or wheat ground, some farmers are spraying fields for weeds and spraying the beans to kill the plant growth for harvest. The sweet smell of fall manure spreading is another job the farmers have at this time. Combines are ready and seed drills are also being readied for the winter wheatplanting. It is a busy time on thefarm.Our condolences to Dale Newman and his family Ryan, Corey and Rachel and their families on the loss of wife, mother and grandmother, Carmie Newman. Our sympathies are extended to the Hicks family and all the extended family. Broken arms are the popular injury these days. We wish Betty Shaw a quick recovery from her fall and subsequent break. She is home and Harvey has his hands full because Betty has broken her right arm. We wish speedy healing to Barb Dunbar who has also suffered a badly broken arm. The break is just below the shoulder so is in a very bad place. Barb will be staying in Listowel Hospital for awhile for her recovery. Our sympathies are extended to Helen Williamson on the death of her sister-in-law, Olive (Williamson) Clarke of Atwood. They are also extended to her children Bert and Mona and families and sisters Evelyn Carter and Ina McGrath and all the extended family. Dorothy Dilworth is a happy lady as she has her first great- granddaughter. The proud parents of Abigail Jean are Stacey and Shayne MacKenzie. Dave and Karen Bowles are the excited first-time grandparents. Congrats to all! We had Neil McDonald home for a few days last weekend. He stayed at sister Karin McDonald Calhoun’s in Bayfield but spent time visiting ourselves, Ross and Marg Bennett, Ron and Pauline Bennett, Aunt Marg Rogerson and a few other friends in the area. It was just a quick trip and he returned to Vancouver on Monday morning. We send get-well wishes out toIsabel Armstrong who is a patient inSeaforth Hospital. We hope they getto the bottom of her troubles real soon. Doreen Hackwell is also in Seaforth Hospital and Nancy Currie is a patient there at this time. Barry Hoegy was in Seaforth Hospital, was released and sent home and is now a patient in Stratford Hospital. We hope they can get Barry’s problems sorted out and that he will soon be home. Returning from a trip of a lifetime is Rhonda Ryan. She spent 10 days from Sept. 8-18 in Switzerland with her grandmother. They travelled by train and did a lot of visiting in Bern, Luzern, Zermatt, St. Moritz and much more. They took the steepest cogwheel train in the world to the top of Mt. Pilatus and also saw the famous Matterhorn. They had perfect weather, sunny and warm, 23-25°C every day. Rhonda reports that she got to see where her grandmother was born and raised and all the places she lived in Luzern. Rhonda reports that she had an amazing trip with her grandmother and it was an experience she will never forget. The ladies slo-pitch league held its year-end tournament on the weekend. The weather on Friday put off the start of the tournament, but play began dull and early Saturday at 7:30 a.m. The teams’ goals are to play good ball, but to also have fun. There were some really good ideas for costumes this year including the Smurfs, Santa’s Elves, the Spider and her Webs, Worm Pickers, Skittles, Hillbillies, Scotsman and Women of the World. The Walton Wonders were Little Misses – Little Miss Bossy, Little Miss Cheerleader, Little Miss Scary, Little Miss Diva and many, many, more. The Wonders had a good day, winningtwo games out of three. The dayturned out to be a great day for balland the final game of the day went about 7:45 p.m. that night. The winners of the “B” division was Lavern’s Ladies of Monkton defeating the Cosmos of Belgrave. The “A” final game was between the Chicksters (Smurfs) and the Twisted Sisters (Worm Pickers) with the Chicksters coming out on top. Congratulations to all the teams and a good job was done by the Wroxys team of Wroxeter under some difficult circumstances, who were in charge of the league and tournament this year. Have a great winter everyone and see you back next year! The fire trucks were called out to Walton on Sunday afternoon. It was a precautionary measure by the Thompson family, when a backyard brush fire seemed to get a little out of control. Everything was fine and the trucks returned to Brussels. Jean Bewley has had her two girls home for a visit. Brenda Raven flew in from Calgary on Thursday evening and daughter Mary Baker drove up from Bolton on Friday evening. The trio has been busy visiting with each other, catching up with a few odd jobs for Jean and eating out and meeting up with friends around the area. They have had a busy four days and the girls wore Jean right out. Brenda returned home to Calgary on Monday afternoon. Rick had a visit with them at the fish fry, but I just managed a chat with Brenda on the phone. Congratulations to Emily Mitchell on becoming the Junior Ambassador for the Seaforth Fall Fair. The Brussels Build Barbecue initiated by the business owners had a fantastic turnout with over 400 folks enjoying the beef barbecue. Children’s activities, horse rides and displays by businesses of Brussels were enjoyed by all. The owners from Burke’s Tent Rentals provided the tents and accessories and prepared the meal with help from Brussels folks. What a wonderful community turnout and hopefullytalking with business owners, theygarnered ideas on how to promoteBrussels to encourage new business to the main street and how to make our community a better place to live and shop. Congrats to all involved with this great day for the people of Brussels. The next meeting for the 140th celebration in Brussels in 2012 is Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Brussels Legion. All community groups are invited to attend with their ideas and suggestions for the weekend in July. It is the whole community of Brussels celebrating and it takes the whole community to participate. Come out and have a say. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Mike Boven, Lucas Godkin, Sean Kirkby, Tim Nolan, Peggy Sloan, Raymond Wilts, Sebastian Andrades, Karen Hoegy, Ashley Stevenson, Brandon Williamson, Gary Sutcliffe, Aliya Haggitt, Bill Gulutzen, Crystal McCallum, Nancy Smeltzer, Ron Bennett, Michael Bernard, Elaine D. Brown, Kassidy Eckert, Mackenzie Hackwell, Brittney Pryce, Tom Williamson and Lorren Poland. Happy birthday to all. NEWS FROM WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON Wingham health office opened The Huron County Health Unit is holding the Grand Opening celebration of its new Wingham office during the town’s street celebrations on Friday, Sept. 30. Public Health nurses will be on hand all day to welcome residents and explain the services of the Health Unit. There will be activities for children, partial car seat checks, draws and other resources from the Health Unit. The Health Unit will be holding several regular clinics in the office at 288 Josephine Street: Health Link: Every Thursday from 12 – 4 p.m. • Drop-in clinic offering pregnancy tests, low to no cost birth control, morning after pill, some STI testing, filling of external birth control prescriptions. Breastfeeding Clinic: Every Tuesday 9 a.m. - noon • Drop-in clinic for new moms and babies; Lactation Consultant available. Immunization Clinic: Monthly on Wednesdays • Appointments required for childhood and adult vaccines. Sexual Health Clinic: Every three months. Next date: Nov. 14. • Appointments required. Physician available for pap tests, birth control, STI testing. For more information, call 519- 357-4993. By Denny Scott The Citizen