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the game!
A REAL CELEBRATION Itwasn't a victory celebration of who won or
lost but just a celebration between coaches and players when the
Bantams and Peewees played an exhibition game on Saturday morning to
end off the season and then went to coach Jerry Dillow's house for a meal
of hot dogs and hamburgers. Standing with the youngesters are coach
Jerry Dillow, coach Bob Young and umpire Ralph Watson.
(Photo by Langlois)
Win $100 a week
BBA plans new Xmas promotion
108th YEAR Issue No. 37
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1979
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Business at home
may contravene law
Now that a major part of the sewer work
has been completed, the Brussels Business
Association (BBA) has decided on a new
promotion drive for the village businesses.
The idea is a draw for a $100 bill every
Friday night from October until Christmas.
With a purchase of $10 or more from the
co-operating stores, customers get a chance
on the $100 bill which will be on display at
the banks.
Still in discussion stages are crossing
guards or cross walk signs for a school street
crossing to be located at the Anglican
Church corner. Fall store hours were
discussed and the suggestion once again
came up that the stores should stay open
until nine on Friday nights all winter long.
The recently erected street signs have
already become the target of vandals. •That is
little encouragement for any group to do
anything to improve our village. Street signs
cost money. Time and effort were put in
erecting them. To have them twisted our of
shape for no reason, whatever, is a
brainless act of destruction. What satisfac-
tion could such damage give anyone in their
right mind?
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Liars Wanted: The Brussels Test arran-
gers are including a Liars Contest on their
program of activities. If you are an
imaginative tall-tale teller, and do not care
how many, or how horrendous, are the fibs
you tell, this is the chance for you to be a
winner. Already, we hear, bets are being
"made by certain gentlemen, as to their
superior ability to come-up with the biggest
lie of all. Why not get in on the fun?
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Our streets are strangely quiet, and easier
to travel on these days. This is a pleasant
change after the many weeks of monster
machines digging, scooping, shoveling,
rolling and racketing around, Nd more
detour signs staring drivers unexpectedly in
the face. The sanitary sewer project has
Write to an end for now. The tidying up, after
all the Upheave', is being completed. The
Main street got a much-needed no-nonsense,
washing down Friday of last week. That did
away with the terrific dust clouds that
swirled around inundating everyone, and
everything, on the street with every little
breeze and passing vehicles, We have
Nothing definite was decided, however.
The float for the fall fair parade was
discussed and it was indicated that help with
the float would be appreciated.
About 15 members attended the meeting
which was held in the Brussels Inn. The next
meeting will be held on October 3 at 8 p.m.
at the Brussels Inn.
Members of the BBA held a meeting on
Monday night to again discuss their plans
for promoting the village by holding the $100
a week draw.
It was decided that Sharon Weber and Bob
Hayward would get • out and canvass for
merchants to participate in the draw. The
draws are to be held on Friday nights at 8
p.m. Following a lengthy discussion at the
regular meeting Monday night, Brussels
council decided to send letters to a number
of people in the Brussels area informing
them they were contravening a zoning
by-law by carrying on businesses in a
residential area.
Council had had a number of complaints
from ratepayers about various things in
connection with these businesses and
decided to make each of the businesses
aware of the complaints and what council
would like done about them.
Council discussed a number of requests
from the Brussels Business Association
(BBA) including one for painting a cross
walk sign up at the corner by St. John's
Anglican Church so that school children
could cross the road safely and the BBA also
suggested using some of the Grade 8
students as crossing guards. Council
thought it was too big a risk for children and
that a crosswalk should be the responsibility
of an adult but decided it would be better if
the BBA sent the request to the school
board. Councillor Gordon Workman said he
had a request that council consider having a
day-care centre put in the library for children
of pre-school age but council again didn't
Renovating
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contracted it out, other readers would like to
hear about your renovating experiences.
The Brussels Post is loOking for Iotal
families who have recently completed or are
now involved in home renovations, inside or
outside, large or small. Perhaps you've
added a family room, put in energy saving
insulation or reniodeled your houSe to give
much needed space.
We'd like to use your story in a planned
home renovation feature edition coining tip
in a fitture issue of the Post. If you can spare
a bit of time to talk about your experiences,
please call Debbie Ranney at [the Post,
881.6641, today.
feel it was the proper authority for the
request.
Following a request for donations to the
Nepean flood fund, the Huron-Perth Lung
Association and the Oxford-Haldimand dis-
aster relief fund council decided to file all
three. The main reason council decided to
file the Oxford disaster request was that they
felt that as some of the church groups and
service groups in Brussels had already
collected donations in Brussels the town
would be paying double, through the town
and through these collections.
Council was also hoping to get a written
progress report from John Schenck of
Goodall and Campbell on the quit claim deed
on the Export Packers building but did not
receive a reply. Gordon Workman gave a
report on the 1979 AMO conference and said
that some of the things that were discussed
at the conference were putting village
matters back into village hands instead of
running them in Toronto and they also
discussed conflict of interest for councillors.
Mr. Workman said they were going to try
and make the laws on conflict of interest
clearer.
In his property report councillor Malcolm
Jacobs informed council that the resodding
program was taking shape nicely and that
most of the qc,nent sidewalks had been laid
following the sewer work. Council also heard
that Cecil Machan who had applied for a
single family dwelling was attempting to
make the building into apartment units and
council thought they should remind him that
they only gave permission to build a single
family dwelling.
Layouts of signs to make people aware of
the industrial sites in Brussels were discus,
sed but council decided to get More prices
first. Council also looked at the proposed
industrial brochure that was made up by the
B$A to show what the village of Brussels has
to offer and Council made some changes and
additions.
Council approved building pertnita for
'less Smith - fixing back kitchen, Harvey
Carrick - fixing verandah; Glen Smith.
closing closing in verandah, Jack Bryans repairing
verandah, Murray Kellington - repairs to
house, Allan Smith - brick wall covered with
siding and verandah.
Short. Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
Congratulations to Mrs. Margaret Ballan-
tyne, a long-time, well-remembered farmer
resident of Brussels. Mrs. Ballantyne
celebrated her 103rd birthday at Grace
Hospital in Toronto last week where a party,
complete with cake and candles, honoured
her on that occasion. Her Brussels friends
are happy to learn that she is very alert and
still takes an interest in politics and hockey.
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grumbled and growled a lot about the
nuisance and inconvenience but it was in a
good cause and had to be done. Now we can
heave a sigh of relief and consider all the
advantages of having, sanitary sewers when
everything is completed next year. Then, no
doubt, we will sigh over what it is all costing
us.
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Ladies: How do you feel about baking a
couple of pies for September 19th. As is their
annual custom the Ladies Division of the
Brussels Fall Fair, will have a booth on the
grounds where anyone can enjoy a quick
snack of sandwich or home-made pie, along
with a refreshing cup of tea or coffee. The
Ladies Division would indeed appreciate a
pie or two from anyone who would care to
make such a donation.
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It is quite apparent that livestock breeders
in this area need not take a back seat to those
elsewhere, Congratulations to Bodmin Ltd.
for their Grand Champion Shorthorn Bull
and to Jan Van Vliet for his Grand Champion
Yorkshire Boar and also for being judged the
Premium Breeder at the C.N.E.
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Cattails are a common sight on marshy
roadsides and elsewhere. They have frequen-
tly been gathered and used for decorative
effects in floral arrangements, even at times
gilded or silvered, to make them even more
attractive. Now we have read that cattails
May provide a natural solution to water
polution. An artifical marsh, mostly Cattails,
is to be constructed to treat sewage effluent.
Natural purification is the basic principle of
the process. Cattails, it is said, will use the
nutrients in sewage effluent in hutch the
same way .as lawns utilize nutrients from
Manure or -other fertilizers, If the experiment
is successful this simple concept can be
Used elsewhere to treat sewage effluent
without building expensive sewage treat-
, !tent plants. Peerhaps, this is a reminder
that we should look to nature to help solve
More of oar troublesome problems.