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The Brussels Post, 1981-02-25, Page 1ESTA111.1514ECi 11172 Quick thaw swells Maitland THE RIVER RISING— With mild temperatures melting the snow away By Tuesday however, the river was starting to recede'. and rain pouring, down constantly, the water in the Maitland River, had risen to quite a degree and was rushing along pretty rapidly on Sunday. (Photo by Langlois) russels Post 109TH YEAR - ISSUE NO. 8 30 Cents WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1981 BRUSSELS ONTARIO Murray Cardiff's team won the 25 and. over class. The Lions are hoping to hold the cancelled events of the snowmobile poker rally and cross country skiing on March 8th, weather permitting. Murray Elston is Liberal nominee Because of mild temperatures and pouring rain the Maitland River continued to rise this week but had started to recede again by Tuesday. Dave Grummett, Lands Management Supervisor at the Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority said they had no report of flooding in this area and, according to observations, the Maitland River near Brussels looked like it was running at its peak at about 10:00 or 11:00 Monday night. He said Maitland so far has been lucky compared to other Authorities since they hadn't had the same problems with ice and snow. "We're quite fortunate, we just have to keep our fingers crossed that we don't, get any more rain this week." Mild weather cuts some events BY DEBBIE RANNEY Mild weather put a bit of a damper on some of theLions Polar Daize events which were to have been held this past weekend. Among the casualties were the Polar Dip in the Maitland River, the cross country skiing and the snowmobile Poker Rally. A curling bonspiel Tuesday kicked off the Polar Daize events. Details of the bonspiel winners are shown elsewhere in the Post. Friday night, the Leos Club led a torchlight parade from the Lions Park to the arena where they then sponsored a Gong Show. Karla King and. Carol Ten Pas originally lied with members of the Lions Club for the first prize, but after a round of audience applause, came out on top. A family dance followed. Log sawing was among a number of contests held Saturday with Howard and Jim White of Mount Forest winning in a time 58.5 seconds. The second place were Tom Dewar and Roger Strathan of Atwood with a 1:01. In tug-of-war, the Mount Forest firemen were victors with Brussels 'Legion coming . second and Brussels firemen third. Following those events, people moved into the Community Centre to enjoy the skating and thundermug races. In the pre-school category winners of the skate races were: Daniel Pearson, first; Angie Yoon, second and Jennifer Machan, third. In the kindergarten category, winners were Devon. Sanderson, first; Vance Steven- son, second, and Danny McNeil, third. Dana Stevenson was the first prize winner in the category of girls 6, 7 and 8 with Bobbi-Jo Rutledge placing second and Brandi Sander- son third. For girls 9, 10 and 11, Carol Ten Pas was first with Judy Ten Pas Second and Janet Pearson third. In girls 12, 13 and 14, Jody Miller, Kate Boon and. Melinda - Hamilton were the winners. Joan Cardiff, Jody Miller and Trina Watts won for girls 15 and over. Brent Evans placed first in the category for boys 6, 7 and 8.. Kevin- Alcock placed second with Kevin Workman third. For boys 9, 10 and 11, winners were Marty Rutledge, Dean Wheeler and Jeff Earl. Dean Rutledge, Darrin Watts and Rick Knight won in the 12 13 and 14 year old category and Darrin Watts, Mark Cook and Kevin Taylor won in the class for boys IS and over. Thundermug races with three people to a team were also held. There were no entries in the age category of 6, 7 and 8, but in the age 9, 10, and 11 class, the Marty Rutledge team placed first with Martha Boon's team second, Coming firgt in the 12, 13, and 14-year-old class was the Rutledge team with the Murray Elston, 31, a Wingham lawyer, won the nomination for the Huron-Bruce liberals on the fourth ballot in an exciting contest in Lucknovit Tuesday night. Mr. Elston, raised on a Morris Township farm, has been a Wingham resident for the past four years, is hoping to fill the seat left vacant when Liberal Murray Gaunt an-, nounced he wouldn't seek re-election again, after 18 years as MP for the riding. More than 1400 people attended the Liberal meeting to cast their ballots for one of the six candidates seeking the party nomination and to hear Liberal party leader Stuart Smith discuss the campaign issues. The turnout at the Lucknow nomination meeting was the best turnout at such a meeting during Mr. Smith's campaign to date', according to party officials. The candidates seeking the party nornina. ton were Bruce McDonald, 27, a Wingham insurance agent, nominated by Graeme Craig and Verne Ingles; Dave Zyluk, 33, principal of St. Joseph 4 s Community School in Kingsbeidge, nominated by George Brophy; Tony Johnstone, 35, general mana- get of the LticknO* Sentinel newspaper, nominated by Don Thompson and Bob Macintosh; Murray Elston, nominated by Audrey Tiffin and Frank Mullen; John Jewitt, 41, a Hullett township farmer, who was nominated by Larry Wheatley and Simon Hallahan and Remus Bailey, 49, owner of Wingham's Sunrise Dairy, nomi- nated by John Brent and Malcolm Jacobs. On the first ballot, 1132. party members cast their vote. Mr. Bailey was defeated on that ballot, Tony Johnstone lost on the second ballot, and Dave Zyluk was defeated on the third. Due to the late hour, John Jewitt decided to withdraw his name from the ballot. On the final count, when 986 ballots were cast, Murray Elston defeated Bruce Mc. Donald to win the party nomination. Mr. Elston, who's been involved in recent federal and provincial campaigns for the Liberal party, is treasurer of the Huron= Bruce Federal Liberal Association. He and his wife, the former Trudy McLeish, have two young daughters. Other nominees in Huron-Bruce are Gary Harron for the PCs and NDP candidate Tony McQuail. Family night 011 BPS raises $100 Approximately $100 Was raised for new piaygrOund equipment when the BrUSsels Home and School Association held a flarnily Social Night at the Brussels Public School last Friday. The Many families who attended had a fun night filled with games, music and felloW- ghip. All the funds raised front' those atning the evening and froni eash Hamilton team placing second. The Vader donations are for the peoposed play round team won in the 15 and over" category with equipment for Bru's'sels Public SchOol, the Dukes Of Huron taking second.