The Citizen, 2010-10-07, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010.
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The week at the Brussels Legion
started off with the Brussels
Optimist Club having their
installation of officers and Ladies’
Night. They enjoyed a social hour
prior to Past-President Chad Fischer
calling the meeting to order. They
enjoyed a roast beef dinner provided
by the Legion. A District Officer of
the Optimists then installed the new
officers of the Optimist Club of
Brussels. Congratulations to Jason
Crawford on his position of
president. They also initiated new
members to the club.
Congratulations to the OptimistClub.The general meeting of the Branchwas held on Tuesday at 8 p.m with
special guests attending, Zone
Commander Russ Berry and Deputy
Zone Commander Andy Roger.
There were 12 Comrades present for
the meeting. Committee reports
were heard and most were very
positive. The early-bird membership
has begun with many taking
advantage of the discount rate. One
application for membership was
received and accepted by the general
meeting. There is still one week left
to contact Veterans Service Officer
Mabel Glanville about a meeting
with the Provincial Service Officer
Randy Groundwater. Call by Oct. 7.
Poppy Chairman Catrina Josling has
the poppy order placed and getting
things organized for the poppy
campaign and Remembrance Day.
Nevada Chairman Andy Overholt
reported a positive balance for the
Nevada account and a donation was
made to the Epilepsy Society of
Huron Perth. The elimination draw
was a success and a donation of over
$1,000 will be given to the Brussels
Optimists for the Ball Park
Renovation Fund. Donations were
also passed for the four local
hospitals – Seaforth, Clinton,
Wingham and Listowel for the
Health Care Heroes campaign. The
evening concluded with comments
from the visiting Commanders and a
social time.
There were two Comrades from
the Branch who attended an event at
Parkwood Hospital last week.
Comrades Mabel Glanville andWanda Walker met the bus going toLondon in Blyth on Saturdaymorning and spent the day away.
Every year for the last 22 years,
Zone C1, which consists of 13
Legion Branches in our area, takes a
bus to Parkwood Hospital to put on a
variety show for the veterans who
reside there.
This year there were close to 50
Comrades attend to assist in the
program. Some of our Comrades
assisted in bringing the patients from
the different areas of the hospital to
the auditorium. Some brought their
musical instruments and other
talents to participate in the show,
which lasted about an hour and a
half.
This is one of the things that we as
a Legion do to help aging veterans
have a little enjoyment during their
stay at Parkwood. We are just one of
many area Legions that do these
kinds of events. To see the smiles on
every face as the acts perform gives
you a warm feeling to think we have
done some small thing for them who
sacrificed so much for us. Each
Branch makes up 10 gift bags of
what is allowed to take to the
patients and they are distributed as
The fall fair is over, the plowing
match is past and we’ve hit the start
of October. Dinners are in the plans,
Thanksgiving is ready for
celebrating and the details of autumn
must be looked after. Every season
that comes I think might be
my favourite until the next one
arrives.
In case you missed it, Sharon
Freeman celebrated a birthday in
late September and now she’s in the
“cash for life” crowd, and enjoying
each moment. To mark the occasion
Sharon and Joan Jacobs enjoyed a
bus trip to Pennsylvania. They
enjoyed the scenery, several shows
and all the other things good tourists
are supposed to do with their time
away. The good part is that they’re
still speaking.
I also had a neat experience in
September. My nurse friend Barb
deBoeor needed a travel partner to
go east. She had booked into a
course led by Laurie Swim in
Lunenburg. Laurie is known in
artistic circles as the creator of many
famous wall hangings or quilts that
tell a story. When you admire her
work you see a wonderful scene, but
it looks like an oil painting. Birds,
animals, water, buildings, trees and
people look so real you forget that
she has machine-quilted the
masterpiece. Barb knew about her
from two books on technique that
Swim has published and was
very pleased with the time spent in
the course at her studio in
Lunenberg.
We visited Meat Cove,
Antigonish, Sheet Harbour, Mabou
and lots of other places and of
course Halifax – don’t you just love
the names. The thrill for me was the
scenery at the very tip of Cape
Breton at Meat Cove and Bay St.
Lawrence. At least 12 pilot whales
made our day when we were out on
the Atlantic. They seemed to play
alongside the boat and one even
flipped on her back for a little
change. Oh my Mother Nature is
grand.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and
yours.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
Legion donates over $1,000 to ball parkAt the Branch
All for the park
It was time to get eliminated last weekend at the Brussels
Legion’s fish fry and elimination draw. Nicole Noble, left,
and Sandra Josling were the ones doing the eliminating,
drawing numbers slated for elimination. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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