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Well done
Tori Kellington of Brussels received third place at the provincial level for her
intermediate essay. She received recognition from Legion Zone C1
Commander Stewart Taylor, left, and Zone C1 youth education chairman
John Lowe. (Vicky Bremner photo)
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The Brussels Legion
executive met on Tuesday
evening to discuss the usual
business of the Branch.
They had an updated list of
fish frys for the summer and
help is required from the
Comrades so check in at the
Branch on the dates and
volunteer your help.
It was passed to send two
voting delegates to Dominion
convention in Ottawa upon
the general meetings
approval.
The Brussels Public School
Grade 8 graduation support
group held another euchre
card party on Wednesday at 1
p.m. They had only four
tables for the afternoon of
fun. High prizes were won by
Sandra Cameron and Charlie
Shaw. Low prizes were won
by Edna McLellan and
Charlie Cameron, lone-hand
prizes went to Neil Hatt and
Helen Dobson. Other prizes
were won by Viola Adams,
Beryl Smith and Edna
McLellan.
The next euchre will be
April 30. Don’t forget to
support the group at their fish
fry this week at the Branch.
The Thursday night darts
had 11 darters take aim at the
boards. The first-place team
was Roger McHardy, Kaye
Smith and Heather Little.
Placing second was Gord
Jacklin and Sharon Robbins.
The high shot of the night was
by Heather shooting 140.
The Friday night supper of
ham and scalloped potatoes
was enjoyed by a great crowd.
This week is sweet and sour
meatballs.
The Branch was busy on
Saturday with both euchre
and the area public speaking
competition. Area public
speaking comprises of the
winners of the District public
speaking from District C, D
and E. There were three
speakers in four categories.
District C had the winner in
the Intermediate category,
Tom Fisher from Branch 140,
Wingham and he will advance
to provincial competition in
Owen Sound.
The Brussels Branch was
honoured to have been chosen
to host the event and thank
youth chairman John Lowe
for all his hard work in
organizing the necessary
amenities.
The Brussels Cadet Corps
provided the Colour Party
with Warrant Officer Burgess
and Cadets Struthers and
Sheill carrying the flags. A
job well done Cadets.
Parking was at a premium
for the 11 tables of euchre
players arriving for the
Saturday afternoon euchre.
The first-place team was
Dorothy Carter and Joann
McDonald with 78 points. In
second were Joan and Rita
with 75 points. There was a
tie for third with 71 points,
between couples Lloyd and
Lillian Appleby and Carman
and Ila Pollock. The low prize
went to Edith and Georgina
with 49 points. The prizes for
lone hands went to Gloria
Love and Charlie Johnson.
The Sunday night dance
was a hot affair for the over
100 people in attendance. The
music of the Country
Versatiles was great as usual
and their faster beat kept
everybody moving.
Unfortunately, upon
activating the one air
conditioner, a split water line
made it unusable and caused a
wee flood instead. The
dancers took it in stride and
danced on, even in the heat.
Comrade Al Nichol is in
and not feeling the best is
Max Oldfield. We wish them
both the best and that they are
soon feeling better.
At the Branch
Legion executive discusses usual business
Deputy-mayor of Huron
East, Bernie MacLellan, raised
an issue at council’s April 15
meeting that he had raised
before and felt deserved some
real merit, discussion and
research: an area-wide public
transportation system.
MacLellan said he had
raised this issue once before,
but that nothing materialized.
His re-tabling of the issue
came after discussion of the
Wheels Away program that
Morris-Turnberry plans to
host.
From Huron East’s stand-
point, he said, Wheels Away
was not a deal, saying that the
last time Wheels Away was
proposed to Huron East was
when North Huron hosted it.
Mayor Joe Seili said that the
bill the municipality was
asked to pay was for full
coverage, but that full
coverage would not be
provided.
He said he wasn’t sure
about costs or the feasibility
of such a move. However, that
perhaps a two-hour circle that
would hit communities such
as Brussels, Blyth, Clinton,
Wingham and Seaforth would
provide a flexible-enough
schedule to serve children
using recreation centres and
perhaps seniors hoping to
shop in town or attend
doctor’s appointments.
However, while unsure
about costs, MacLellan said
that municipalities with
public transportation are
eligible for more funds in gas
tax grants and that Huron East
could have a chance to be the
first in the county to
implement a transportation
system.
Councillor David Blaney
suggested that this might be a
project for the economic
development committee, but
MacLellan said that might not
be the right move considering
the committee’s current lack
of an officer.
Councillor Joe Steffler
agreed with the idea, saying,
“I think it’s an excellent idea.
I could really see this
flourishing.”
However, after the initial
idea of a public transit system
was discussed, there were
several practical concerns that
councillors had. Councillor
Bob Fisher asked if the
system would be accessible.
MacLellan said he would like
to see it be accessible, and
Fisher informed him that
accessible buses start at
$100,000.
MacLellan said that if this
project were to get off the
ground in Huron East, he
envisioned first maybe
renting a bus, or contracting
out the route for perhaps a
year as a trial period.
Clerk-administrator Jack
McLachlan will gather
information and report back
to council.
At its April 15 meeting,
Huron East council approved
$544,114.99 in accounts
payable.
This total includes the first
$122,526.60 payment on the
new pumper for the Seaforth
Fire Department.
***
A sponsorship request from
Hannah Jansen was denied by
council for her participation
in the legislative page
program at Queen’s Park in
Toronto.
Several similar requests
have been denied by council
and Jansen’s was also denied
in an effort to stay consis-
tent.
***
At the request of several St.
James School students and
their teacher Toni DeJong,
council donated a green
composting cone to St. James
as well as the other three
elementary schools in Huron
East.
Deputy-mayor Bernie
MacLellan said he was so
pleased to see young people
who were willing to come
down to council to ask for
help that he gladly voted to
approve the donation to be
allocated through the grants
budget.
The motion was passed
unanimously.
“Hopefully when you’re
my age,” said MacLellan,
“you’ve done something to
make a difference. Good
work.”
The speakers
The winning speakers at the Legion’s Area contest in Brussels on Saturday
were, front row, from left: Sara Newell of Owen Sound, senior; Alessandra
Ametrane of Toronto, primary; Lucky Kavanagh, Tara, junior and Tom
Fischer, Wingham, intermediate. Back row: District D youth education
chairman Jay Burford, District C youth education chairman Crystal Taylor and
District C Commander Brian Smith. All the winners, with the exception of
Alessandra were from District C. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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