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The Citizen, 2009-07-16, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009. Holiday time seems to go so much faster than normal time – maybe because you know that it is time limited, and so you expect more – places to go, people to see. Any way you look at it holiday time always slips away. Jeff, Nicole, Erin and Emma Boynton were in our area for a few days with Dawn and Bruce Johnston and girls catching up on life in Alberta and here. The rest of the time was spent in London withGrannie Jeanette where conversionto child centre was made with ease.The Maitland in Brussels was abusy spot on Sunday afternoon –canoes, paddle boats and motorboats were all enjoying the beautifulafternoon.Howard and Alice had invitedtheir church friends to Martin’s Landing to enjoy the river, so a little extra traffic. Others were fishing at favourite spots from their boats, some from the dam. The one advantage of all the rain we’ve had, is that we were able to canoe farther up the river on Sunday than normal for this time of year. Alma Watson was celebrating birthdays with her kids on Friday night. Mary was born on July 10 following brother John who had been born two years earlier on July 12. Millbank was the destination to meet and share food, stories andlaughter and another year, a goodone of course, has passed.We were doing St. John duty at theBlyth Festival on Saturday and reallyenjoyed The Mail Order Bride. Ofcourse no recall at all of the firstversion from 1989 so it was justanother well done play. Lookingforward to all the others. Take advantage of all the neat stuff that happens only in summer for us – regular and varied music in Seaforth on Thursday evenings as well as in Goderich on Sunday evenings as well as all the things we have to see and visit. It really isn’t necessary to leave home to enjoy summer. Take care of yourself and wash your hands lots. Bye now, Betty G.W. By Jo-Ann McDonald It has been a quiet week at the Brussels Legion Branch with no meetings, no dinners and not many Comrades stopping by. The elimination tickets are at the Branch as well as the sign-up sheet for a shift at the ball park food booth. Lots of times for lots of shifts are available. \If Comrades cannot get into the Branch to sign up, call and Sandra can give you a choice of times. Branch hours are 4 - 6 p.m. The Saturday afternoon euchre had a good turnout. In first were Deanna and George with 89 points. Two teams tied with 76 points so shared second- and third-place prize money. They were Len and Betty Archambault and Jean Bewley and Elunid McNair. It has happened before and it happened again this weekend, a three-way tie for last place of the day. The teams that earned 46 points were Ariel Woods and Hazel Matheson, Janet and Helen, and Helen Warwick and Vera Schmidt. The lone-hand prizes went to Gloria Love and Bill Albert. The pair of Comrades who attended the District Golf competition last week report that they had a great day and great fun, but not great enough to advance to further competition. Comrades Bob Richardson and Eric Ross played at the Scenic City Golf Course in Owen Sound. They shot a combined 168 and 160 was the cut off. Good try guys. The Sunday night dance had a crowd of over 90 people out to enjoy the music of the John Heaman band. The fundraising committee for the community event calendar is working hard to gather the necessary information for the project. The many groups, churches and organizations have been contacted with great support for the project. We are producing a calendar for the 2010 year featuring the community events of Brussels, Walton, Cranbrook, Ethel, Belgrave and Bluevale plus a few extra. We hope we have contacted all the groups in the area, but if we have missed yours and you have an event planned for next year and would like it included, please call Jo-Ann at 519-887-6570 or 519-887-6751 and leave a message and I will get back to you. At the Branch Quiet week at Brussels Legion NEWS FROM BRUSSELS By BettyGraberWatsonCall 887-6236887-9231A NOTE FROM BETTY & Phone 519-887-6851 BRUSSELS Fax 519-887-9426 OLDFIELD July 21 & 22 Come see us for savings! 30%off all regular priced home décor, lawn & garden décor and Christmas décor Cash, credit card or debit purchases only CAFÉ More than just a great sandwich! 401 Turnberry Street, Brussels 519-887-8011 Now open Thursdays & Fridays until 8 pm for the summer Don’t Forget Brussels’ Summer Sidewalk Sales are back every Wednesday Come dine in our newly-furnished patio. Enjoy our summer menu including blackened chicken & entrée salads & more. Don’t miss the fun July 25 Music on the street, 1950s style angle parking, local car show, bring out your old car, bicycle, motorcycle. Call 519-887-8013 for info 422 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-6951 Maria’s Ice Cream, Fudge & Cold Drinks Open ’til 9 pm except Mondays • Milk Shakes • Ice Cappuccino • Slushies • Juice, Pop • Novelty Ice Cream • Fudge • chocolates • confectioneries & candies & more! Soft Ice Cream now available The Brussels Firefighters’ Association wishes to thank everyone who attended our annual Father’s Day breakfast. Thanks also to those who purchased tickets for our successful Breakfast Draw. All proceeds from the draw and breakfast go towards the purchase of our new Thermal Imaging Camera. Pictured from left:Howard Bernard, Brussels Fire Chief Murray McArter, Hope Lowe. The draw winners are: 1st - Toshiba 40" LCD TV - Howard Bernard, Brussels 2nd - Toshiba 32" LCD TV - Hope Lowe, Brussels 3rd - Canon Camcorder - MacKenzie Daughterty, Listowel 4th - Nintendo Wii System - Paul Gowing, Bluevale 5th - Sony DVD Player - Cleo Kropf, Waterloo Your ongoing support is greatly appreciated. We look forward to seeing you next year!! Thank You Abi and I have separate Relay for Life teams, but we have been planning together ways to raise money for our teams. We decided to hold a BBQ on the main street and a golf tournament. We have been working our team members fairly hard, so we would like to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us, supporting us and just being there for us, as we fight against cancer. We would like to thank all of you who came out to our BBQ on main street. It was a great success even though the rain came on strong. Also much thanks to the people who donated prizes and food to our fundraiser. This past weekend was our golf tournament held out at Dave and Karen Smith’s in Cranbrook. The rain came again but even harder, but thankfully it cleared up to be a spectacular day. There were 21 teams of golfers. Each team of 4 people golfed 9 holes, playing 2 man best ball, and ended the day with BBQ beef on a bun. It was fun had by all. A big special thank you to Dave and Karen Smith for donating their golf course to us for the afternoon. Hopefully some day in the near future we can all sit back and say that we helped find the cure for cancer. Thanks again to all of you. Melinda Tenpas and Abi Corbett. A free day of: games, craft,music, lesson, water fun, family BBQ and campfire Saturday, August 8 Registration at 12:30 pm Runs 1 pm - 8 pm Ages 5 to 12 at Fresh Wind Revival Centre (formerly Wingham Pentecostal Church) Pre-register at www.mrcc.ca or Yolanda at 519-357-1905 by August 4th. The Citizen’s Classifieds are now available on our website at www.northhuron.on.ca