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The Brussels Curling Club held its
first bonspiel in many years at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre.
The hard work of instigator and
promoter, Steve Knight, past
president of the club, saw the two
draws of 10 teams each be filled.
Appreciation was expressed to all
the sponsors from the area that
generously helped sponsor the day
with cash, gift certificates or
merchandise for prizes. Club
volunteers, Steve Knight and Orval
and Ruth Bauer did a great job
getting a variety of prizes. Everyone
has to eat and the food was
organized by Jo-Ann McDonald and
provided by all the members of the
club. The great club kitchen staff of
Dona Knight, Jean Bewley, Donna
Bauer, Karen Uhler and friends of
the club Donna Knight, Jane Zwep,
Madeline Steiss and Kendra Cardiff
successfully fed the curlers two great
meals and snacks for the day.
Registration and scorer was Marni
Knight, who did a great job.
Teams from Michell, Monkton,
Listowel, Trowbridge, Wingham and
Brussels filled the draws. The first
draw was won by a Mitchell team
skipped by Greg Rolph. The Rick
McDonald team was second, Jeff
Visser, third, Bruce Hahn, fourth,
Ross Engel, fifth, Steve Rathwell,
sixth, Brad Knight seventh, Mervin
Bauer, eighth, Gary Pipe, ninth and
Travis Feltz, 10th.
The second draw winner was
Mark Bancroft with Mike
Alexander, second, Steve Steiss,
third, Bill Young, fourth, Stew
Steiss, fifth, Matthew Cardiff, sixth,
Wayne Alexander, seventh, Carman
Bernard, eighth, Bill Dowd, ninth
and Tom Warwick, 10th. It was a
great day and the club appreciates
the support of the BMG rec
committee and Murray McArter for
a great job of the ice.
There was a good crowd attendingat Duff’s United Church on thefourth Sunday of Lent. Rev. Peter’s reflection was entitled“Which Role Do You Play?”Storytelling is one of the mosteffective ways of teaching. A great
story will grip you and hopefully
you will identify with the characters
of the story.
The parable of the Prodigal Son is
a well-known story. The rebellious
son takes his inheritance, leaves,
squanders it and then returns home.
The elder son stays home to help the
father and tend the fields. The
younger son returns and the father
welcomes him home, throws a feast
and party.
The elder son is consumed by
jealousy and resentment because of
the father’s reception of the younger
brother’s return. He had never beengiven a party for his diligent work.The father defends his actions tocelebrate the return of the son, “forthis thy brother was dead, and isalive again, and was lost and is found. Everything I have is yours”.Which role do you play? The fatherwho waits patiently and forgives, therebellious son, lost and far fromGod; or the brother engulfed inbitterness and resentment that keeps him from forgiving his brother. Theparable is a wonderful picture ofGod’s love towards us. It is God’sdream to renew, reconcile, repair andrestore creation and his desire toopen our eyes to reconciling love.
Huron County’s Local First co-
ordinator, Brittany Fry, has had her
contract extended for nine more
weeks, after her contract was
initially scheduled to end on March
26.
Huron County council’s
committee of the whole approved
the extension at its March 10
meeting. Just over half of Fry’s
wages will be paid through several
different funds and the other half,
approximately $2,800, will be paid
by Huron County.
There is some money remaining in
the RED Funding account, which is
comprised of funds from the Huron
Economic Development Matters
program. The funds are paid 50 per
cent by OMAFRA, 45 per cent by
Huron County and five per cent by
the Huron Business Development
Corporation.
The extension was recommended
by the Huron Economic
Development Matters management
committee at its Jan. 22 meeting.
Fry’s contract will now expire on
May 28.
With Fry as a member of the
Huron economic development team,
along with Jenna Ujiye, tourism co-
ordinator and Rick Sickinger, Taste
of Huron co-ordinator, Huron
County won a province-wide award
for the Taste of Huron campaign,
winning best new event for 2009 in
the Ontario Economic Development
Awards.
For more information on the 2010
Taste of Huron event, visit the
website at www.tasteofhuron.ca
Duff’s United Church hears of prodical son
Curling Club marks 45 years
Contract for Local Food
Co-ordinator extended
NEWS
FROM WALTON
It was a difficult week around the
Walton area for folks living at the
north end of North Line last week.
The closing of the North Line and
the area basically being closed
down, had the community
wondering what had happened. The
limited information being released
had many assuming what had
happened, and many were wrong.
The neighbours in the area were
swarmed with phone calls to the
point they had to unplug their
phones for privacy. The media-
persons were stopping every vehicle,
searching out any information from
anybody on Monday.
The tragic events and deaths of
both OPP Officer Pham and suspect
Fred Prescott has left the lives of two
families changed forever. It has also
changed and affected the lives of the
families living on North Line, a
moment remembered every time
they drive the road home.
There is good news for Joe and
Rhonda Ryan and family. Beautiful
twin boys, Adam and Owen have
been welcomed into the family to
join brothers Johnny and McKinley.
It will be a busy household and
down the road, I bet a very noisy
one. Congrats !
Returning from a month-long
holiday in Florida is Leola Hood.
She and a friend drove to Florida
and enjoyed a great time but
primarily cool weather. They had a
nice time visiting and making new
acquaintances in the park, as well as
doing some sightseeing.
Spending time recuperating at
Seaforth Hospital include Leona
Snyder and Pearl Shaw. Max
Oldfield is still recuperating in
Wingham Hospital but is able to be
out for little day trips. Get well
everyone.
There was a great crowd gathered
at the buck and doe for Robbie
McClure and Amanda Van
Miltenberg in Seaforth on Saturday
evening. The couple will be wed in
July. This is the first of four
weddings for Walton-area young
men. Look forward to Chris Blake’s,
April 19, Scott McDonald’s,April 3
and Darryl Houston’s, May1.
The Cranbrook darts had 21
players having a great night of
socializing and fun at the Cranbrook
Hall. The high shot of the night was
by Shelley Keffer hitting an 83 and
Frank Workman, hitting 138.
Birthdays of the month were
celebrated with angel cake and they
included Kathy Workman and John
Gillis March 22, and Hein Kuipers,
March 26 and also Murray Houston,
unfortunately omitted from the
February honours. Happy birthday
to all.
Returning from a southern
vacation are Don and Pat Dalton.
They spent a week in Los Cabos,
Mexico and enjoyed for the most
part, great weather. At the beautiful
resort with all the great amenities to
enjoy, they had a restful and laid
back week. They spent one day
taking a tour of a couple of
neighboring towns and on one dull
and misty rainy day, they took the
local bus into the town. They walked
around the flea market, shops and
marina. Cruise ships arrived daily in
the port and they could see whales
and dolphins in the bay. A day of
four-wheeling toured the area where
the scenery included lots of brush,
sand and cactus. It was a very busy
resort for weddings and there was a
wedding every day.
They returned rested, relaxed and
well tanned ready for a busy spring
seeding.
Those celebrating birthdays this
past week include: Allison Baan,
Colton Hastings, Victoria
Williamson, Joanne Black, Karla
Kale, Jo-Anne Workman, Lisa
Gingerich, Jim Humphries, Ross
Mitchell, Cassandra Banks, Edward
Clark, Ray Huether Jr., Celeste
Ryan, McKinley Ryan and Art
McNaughton. Happy birthday all.
Nice duds
To celebrate its 45th year in existence, the Brussels Curling Club held a special bonspiel over
the weekend, inviting teams from all over the area to take part. Dressed colourfully for the
occasion were the North Perth Norwegians, who were taking on one of the home teams from
Brussels. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
school board hopes to address those
concerns with the construction of the
new school, fixing its parking lot
problem at the same time.
Seili, however, continued to fight
the application, saying the outcome
of a new school affects the entire
county.
“This does affect us all and I don’t
know why it’s so hurried,” Seili said.
“[The school board] didn’t listen to
the residents and they want to close
their public schools to fix their high
school problems. This is going to be
devastating to the community.”
Avon Maitland District School
Board superintendent of education
Mike Ash said there is a timeline to
the funding the board applied for in
regards to the new school it hopes to
build in North Huron and the
window is closing fast on it. He said
the board has been granted a slight
extension, but that work needs to
begin soon if the board hopes to take
advantage of the provincial funding
that it has been allocated.
On Seili’s request, the vote was
recorded and the recommendation
was passed with 16 votes to approve
the amendment and four votes
against approving the amendment.
The motion application will return to
Huron County council at its April 7
meeting to be ratified.
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