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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2008-04-10, Page 31By Jo-Ann McDonaldThe year at the Branch is quicklycoming to an end. The month ofApril is when elections are held atthe general meeting. This year it’s on April 22 at 7 p.m. Then the year finishes at the end of May and the new officers take their elected positions. The Branch is always looking for new comrades to join the executive and we encourage them to think about coming out and helping the Branch out for a year. Nomination chairman is comrade Deb Cann, so give her a call at 519- 887-9249 if you are interested. The Branch is supporting the Brussels Public School Grade 8 graduation class in their fundraising by providing the place for their euchre parties every other Wednesday afternoon. They had seven tables of players this past week, up one table from the last time. Winners for the most lone hands were Shirley Stewart and Olave Little. The high scorers were John Pollard and Beryl Smith. The low scorers were Larry Dowler and Ross Bennett. There are prizes, lunch and draw chances and the admission is only $2. Come out and support the endeavors of our young people. Thursday evening saw the Huron County Dairy Producers have an information meeting for their members at the Branch. The Thursday night darts had 14 people taking aim at the boards. The first-place team was Tim Harrison and Sandra Josling. Coming in second were Harry Smith, Catrina Josling and Gord Jacklin. The high shots of the night were by Kaye Smith with 109 and John Harrison with 125. The Friday night supper of Salisbury steak had just a small crowd but this was expected because of a busy meal week in Brussels. This week will be pork chops. The Saturday afternoon euchre saw 13 tables hoping to be the winners of the day. The first-place team was Willis Potter and Betty Leedie with 80 points. There was a tie for second with each team having 70 points. Marie Stute, Joanne Machan, Neil Hatt, and Edna McLellan split the remaining prize money. The low prize went to Edith P. and Georgina E. with 29 points. The lone hand prizes went to Lorna for the ladies and Carman Pollock for the men. Euchre is every two weeks. Attending Royal Canadian Legion District public speaking from Brussels on the weekend was Delayna Smith. The event was held at the Elmira Legion on Saturday. Delayna was speaking in the Grades 1-3 category with her speech, The Trials and Tribulations of the Smith Farm. Delayna placed first in the division and was thrilled with theexperience.The next level of competition isarea speaking and will be held inBrussels on April 19 at Brussels legion. Unfortunately, Delayna will not be able to attend due to a previous commitment but she is thrilled to have had the opportunityto meet so many new friends and tolearn so much from hearing the otherspeeches.A reminder that the Brussels Cadet Corps still has cookbooks for sale at the Branch. Cadets are stillcollecting pop cans and returnablebottles at the Branch on Tuesdayevenings. They appreciate thesupport of everyone who has dropped off bags of returnables and cans.The Sunday night dance at theBranch saw a crowd of almost 100enjoy the music of the Red RascalBand. It was a wonderful evening with great music. Huron East council is just one step away from finalizing its budget. After lengthy discussion and an in-camera session at its April 1 meeting, council hopes to have the budget finalized by the end of the next meeting on April 15. Treasurer Brad Knight had been waiting until March 31 to make any further moves on the budget, as the municipality was waiting for an answer on infrastructure funding for the Brussels storm sewer project; an application that was eventually denied. The $627,500 the municipality was expecting in infrastructure funding had to be removed from the budget, as it was budgeted for, but not approved by the government. However, $1,469,232 in road and bridge funding is coming Huron East’s way that Knight recommended council put toward the Brussels storm sewer project. Knight expressed his confusion over getting denied funding under the third installment of rural infrastructure funding. There was also frustration concerning the town of Goderich receiving $2.9 million towards the accessibility of its town hall. Huron-Bruce received $10,022,750 in infrastructure funding. However, when it came to fixing roads and bridges, Huron East’s $1.4 million was third just to the two counties, Huron and Bruce, with Kincardine coming in just under Huron East with $1,358,588. Knight proposed to use this funding to cover $809,000 of the Brussels project, the Jamestown Road repaving, which was dropped last minute from 2007 budget, $188,500 in bridge work and $341,500 in additional repaving. There are budgetary impacts from the tenders for gravel resurfacing, dust control and grass cutting that were all opened in late March as well. Gravel resurfacing came in $100,000 over what the municipality had budgeted for. However, while Knight was hoping to have the budget adopted at the April 1 meeting, he will have to wait. Council hopes to have the budget finalized at its April 15 meeting. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008. PAGE 31.At the BranchLegion executive elections set for April 22 HE budget one step closer Well done Delayna Smith, a Grey Central Public School student took first place in the Grade 1- 3 division of public speaking at the legion’s district competition in Elmira this past weekend. The victory allows Smith to move on to the provincials to be held April 19 in Brussels. Unfortunately, the youngster has “a date with Mickey she would not miss for the world,” said her mom, Shelly. A LIVE AND SILENT Duff’s United Church Presents: “Peel, Plaster & Paint” Saturday, April 12th Partial List: dinner parties, gift baskets/certificates, quilts, tools, toys, garden items, custom combining, pork, house cleaning, reclining chair, home décor items, photography packages, baked goods, and MUCH MORE! ~ Greg Wheeler, Auctioneer 6:00 - 7:45 pm Silent Auction 8:00 pm Live Auction Food Booth At the Walton Hall AUCTION BUCK & DOE • BUCK & DOE • BUCK & DOE For tickets call Richelle 519-335-6836 April 19, 2008 • 9:00 pm - 1:00 am Blyth Community Centre Age of Majority $5 advance $7 at door Music by DJ and Lunch Provided TANYA GOOD & BRYCE TOLL Happy 1st Birthday Lerissa Love Mommy, Daddy and big brother Kyle. P.S. Happy Birthday Aunt Heather Happy 1st Birthday Lerissa Stevenson Love Uncle Kevin, Aunt Heather, Dawson & Destiny Buck & Doe for Donna Glousher & Scott Young April 12 9 pm - 1 am Brussels Community Centre Tickets $5.00 in advance or $7.00 at door Age of majority required Contact Deb 519-523-9347 Buck & Doe for Greg Dearing & Joyce Beacom Saturday, April 19 9 pm - 1 am at Dublin Pavilion Music and lunch provided Door prizes Tickets ~ $10.00 Call Laura 519-526-7312 Buck & Doe for Dan Laidlaw & Terri Tinnion Friday, April 11 9 pm - 1 am Listowel Ag Hall Call Shawn 519-503-4308 for tickets $8.00 advance $10.00 at door Music by DJ Lunch provided Buck & Doe“M o o s e ” for Jason Kellington & Amy Siemon Saturday, April 26th Brussels Arena 8 pm - 1 am • Age of majority • DJ • Lunch provided Tickets $6.00 Buck & Doe for Kim Jamieson & Greg Blok Saturday, April 19 Seaforh & District Community Centre 9 pm to 1 am Lunch provided Age of majority Tickets $5.00 — for tickets call Erin 519-527-2899 or Sparky 519-522-0545 By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen