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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-03-19, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009. By Jo-Ann McDonald It must be spring as it was a busy week at the Brussels Legion Branch to catch up with housekeeping duties. The furnace and propane stove both had their spring tune-ups and the tables and chairs have been tightened and bolted and all repaired as well. Thanks to the professionals and to our handyman Barrie Currie. The Cadets are meeting regularly on Tuesday evenings and are working hard on their drill team routine. They have two fundraising projects on the go, collecting pop cans and returnable bottles, as well as selling chocolate bars. Help support the Cadets and keep recycling. Wednesday evening was the Branch public speaking evening with 13 students from Brussels and Grey Central Public Schools. Branch Youth Chairman John Lowe was the MC of the evening with help from his assistant Nanci Ducharme and Branch helpers Catrina Josling, Lisa Glanville, Sandra Josling and Nicole Noble. The judges for the evening were Brent Kipfer, Lois Lee and Marilyn Jones. In the Grade 1-3 level there were three speakers, all from Grey Central. First-place speaker went to Todd Martin with his story, Maybe I Could Be A”. Placing second was Hudson Smith with his topics Cartoons and third was Alexandra Martin with her story My Dog Chance. In the Grade 4-6 level, there were three speakers from each of the schools. Placing first was Lexi Smith (Grey) with her story Living in a Small Town. The second-place speaker was Heidi Bachert (Grey) and her story The Bull. Third place went to Delayna Smith (Grey) and her topic Medicine. Other speakers were Ashley Stevenson (Brussels) on A Stevenson Family Tradition, Riley Holthuysen (Brussels) on Smoking and Kristina Gibson (Brussels) on Dogs. There were four speakers in the Grade 7-9 level with Heather Bone (Brussels) placing first for her story Making a Difference. Second place went to Ashlie French (Brussels) on Speeches and third was Sarah Dillon (Grey) on Jeans. The other speaker was Tilynn Ducharme (Brussels) with her speech Benefits of Rewarding Children on their Success. It was a wonderful night of great speeches and all the children did very well. Congratulations to all who prepared speeches at school and to those chosen to participate at the Branch Level Royal Canadian Public Speaking program. The winners from each division will advance to Zone Level speaking in Exeter on Saturday. The Thursday night darts had 12 people taking aim at the boards. The first-place team was Roger McHardy and Sandra Josling. In second were Don Kitchener, Dan Beyersbergen and Catrina Josling. The high shot of the night was by Dan shooting a 120.The Friday night supper was wellattended with over 50 peopleenjoying ham and scallopedpotatoes. This week will be sweet and sour meatballs and rice on the menu. Saturday was a great time at the Branch with its St. Patrick wings, fries and draws. There was a great crowd on hand and plenty of folks enjoyed the wings prepared by cooks Jo-Ann McDonald and Eric Ross. The waitress for the eveningwas Deb Ross, and she did anexcellent job. Lisa Glanville, AnnePelletier and Nicole Noble andfriend looked after the draws for the evening. It was great to see many of the boys of the PeeWee hockey teams and their parents out to enjoy the evening as well. Articles are beginning to trickle in for the silent auction. Already we can tell there will be some very interesting items up for bid. The Branch is holdings its honoursand awards program on March 29and we hope that many of ourComrades will be able to attend. Weare having Tracey McLennan as our guest and she will be showing her slides of her trip to Europe last year. The trip was called Huron Remembers and was a tour that visited many of the cemeteries in Holland, France and Belgium. It will be a great afternoon and it’s hoped many veterans will be able to attend. Looking for local heroes There are so many people out there who do so much to improve their community. Now you have a chance to say thanks. Nominate that special person for the 24th Annual Citizen Citizenship Awards. Each year a committee chooses an outstanding citizen from each of the Blyth and area and Brussels and area communities to receive an award for contribution to the community. If you know someone you think should be honoured, please fill in the ballot and send it in. You may attach a longer explanation of why you think your nominee should win, if you like. If you have nominated someone before and he or she didn't win, please feel free to try again. I nominate as Citizen of the year for I feel she/he deserves this award because Nomination Deadline April 30, 2009. Name and phone number of nominator ❑❑Blyth & area ❑❑Brussels & area SHEAR TALENT HHaaiirr DDeessiiggnn && TTaannnniinngg ffoorr mmeenn && wwoommeenn 45 West Street GGOODDEERRIICCHH 551199--552244--66555555 Walk-Ins Welcome On the wings It was wing night on Saturday at the Brussels Legion and on cooking duties, just days before St. Patrick’s Day, were Jo- Ann McDonald and Eric Ross, who fed dozens of diners while the meat draw went on downstairs. (Shawn Loughlin photo) At the BranchLegion members catch up on housekeeping duties Good job Several members of the Blyth Skating Club were successful at the March 7 and 8 skating tournament in Milverton. Back row, from left: Keyonia Johnston, seventh place in the pre- preliminary B class; Ashley Walden, sixth in the pre-preliminary A class limited; Kelly Cooke, third in the preliminary B class limited; Jolande Oudshoorn, fourth in the pre-preliminary A class limited and Lauren Cronin, third place in the preliminary A class. Front row, from left: Kathryn Chalmers, third place in the Starskate preliminary, Samantha Hubbard, first place in the Canskate eight and over class and Caitie MacDonald, third place in the pre-preliminary A class limited. (Shawn Loughlin photo)