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The Citizen, 1990-07-11, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990. Honoured Bessie Johnson was presented with her plaque honouring her asCitizenof the Yearfor the BrusselsareaSaturday night. The presentation took place, fittingly enough, at a dinner sponsored by the catering group of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre, a group she has headed since its beginnings. She has also been involved in church work, 4H work, the Brussels Fair and plays in the Brussels Pipe Band. 5 candidates now in race for Liberal nomination Finnish student visits Brussels family on Lions exchange program Five people will seek the Liberal nomination to replace Jack Riddell as M.P.P. of Huron. When the deadline for declaring intentions passed Friday, two more people had entered the race, joining the three who bad declared by earlier last week. Eileen Palmer, mayor of Goderich joined the candidates late last week. “With my background in municipal government, and coming from a rural community, I feel 1 have a STEVEN BLAKE StevenG. Blake, son of John and Irene Blakeof RR 2, Brussels, received his Electronics Engi­ neering Technician diploma with honours from the DeVry I nsti- tute of Technology in Western, Ontarioon June 16,1990. Steven is a graduate of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. contribution to make,” the long time Goderich mayor said. Also adding his name to the list was Clinton lawyer Phil Cornish. Mr. Cornish is also a Clinton town councillor. Already in the race were two other Clinton men, former farm machinery dealer Fred Lobb and Jim Fitzgerald, former executive assistant to Mr. Riddell and gener­ al manager of Rural Voice farm magazine and retired Crediton school teacher Dave McClure. LORI PARKER Lori Marie Parker, daughter of Stuart and Karen Parker, Brus­ sels, graduated on the Presi­ dent’s Honour List with a general business diploma from Conestoga College, Kitchener. Congratulations, well done. BY BONNIE GROPP For six weeks Rev. Cam McMil­ lan and his wife Barb, will be hosts to a special visitor. Eighteen-year- old Paivi Vilppara of Finland arrived on June 24 at the McMil­ lans through the Lions Internation­ al Exchange Program. The McMillans have been in­ volved with the Lions Program from the other side of things as two of their daughters had participated. Five years ago, the girl stayed in Belgium while their youngest daughter, Susan, 17, went to Finland last year. The McMillans saw the benefits gained from this experience and said that they wanted to help from their side so expressed an interest to the Lions in having an exchange student stay with them. Paivi explains that she was selected by the Lions Club to be involved in the Program after sending in an application. While her father is president of the Lions Club in her home town she says that youths do not have to have parents in the organization in order to apply. Candidates had listed three countries they would like to visit Brussels to look at the cost of street signs Village of Brussels staff will be making up a list of what corners need street signs in the coming weeks and if the job can be done within budget, the signs and necessary posts will be ordered. Council set aside $2,500 in last year’s budget and $2,500 in this year’s budget to complete the signing. There was some contro­ versy at the July 3 meeting of council about whether signs need­ ed to be put at all corners or only at main corners. Councillor Greg Wilson felt signs should be at every street corner. “If you’re going to sign the town do it right,” he said. “Every other place has signs on every corner.” The village staff will investigate to see just how many signs and posts are required and then get several bids to see how expensive the project will be. FunFest produces winners Continued from page 1 second. The best dressed couple were Corrie and Dana. The best horse-drawn entry was by Sheila Adams with Laurie Campbell second. Any winner who hasn’t collected his prize money can do so by contacting Karen Hastings. Sunday activities took to the water at the Brussels Conservation area. In th canoe rally, Jerry Bremner and Bill Phillips took the doubles category with Warren and Garret Knight taking second. In the log rolling contest Tom Bodfield won the “A” champion­ ship while Allan Bragg won the consolation. Jamie Neiman won the “B” championship. In the bathtub race Doug Cou­ sins and Kevin Pennington won first with Warren and Garret Knight second. In the women’s division Joan Cardiff and Pam McLean were first with Gail Semple and Linda Knight second. The Maitland turned yellow as 1500 plastic ducks were turned loose in the Brussels Lions Duck race. Winning duck was owned by young Jacob Hetsler. and after selection they were notified where they would be sent. Paivi learned in April that she would be going to Canada, which had been her first choice - U.S.A, was second and Ireland third - and then in May she was told about the McMillans. Paivi says Canada was her first choice because she likes nature and thought the people here would be friendlier than in Ameri­ ca. She says that this is her first trip to North America and she is finding everything very new. A senior high school student in Finland, Paivi has studied English since she was nine years of age, as a compulsory subject. She said that Finnish students must also learn Swedish even though only six per cent of the population actually have it as their official language. Alto­ gether, Paivi speaks five langu­ ages including German and some Spanish and corresponds regularly with several pen pals ■ she has in parts of North America, Asia and Europe. She says that when she writes them, it is usually in English. Her other hobbies and interest include reading, movies and travelling but, she says, smil­ ing the only problem there is money. The McMillans have already taken Paivi on trips to Port Elgin and London and plans are in the works for a visit to Toronto and LIONS CLUB Rubber Duck River Run WINNERS Corporate Duck Challenge Winner McGavin Farm Equipment BRUSSELS LIONSCLUB Thank you to all the people who helped make the duck race a success. Also thank you to those people who helped sell the tickets, and the corporate sponsors for their great donations and the Funfest committee. BRUSSELS 1st-Jacob Hetsler 2nd-Connie Alcock 3rd-Greg Fritz 4th-Peggy Humphries 5th-Jane Draper 6th-R.J. Dickert 7th-Joan Wissler 8th-Edna Pearson 9th-Pat Engel 10th-Pat & Jane Robson nth-Michael Stephenson 12th-Madelene Steiss 13th-Cathy Cardiff 14th-Harry Worsell 15th-Mary Dillworth 50th-Don Fischer 100th-William Bennett 150th-Corey Newman 200th-Wayne Hopper 250th-Curtis & Matt Ryan 300th-Melinda Hamilton 350th-Laurence Miller 400th-Debbie Thomas Contact the Golden Lantern Restaurant to pick up your prizes Montreal. The Lions Club has a camp at Pike Lake, near Mt. Forest and from July 15-22 the 24 ex­ change students in Canada will be going there together. Several acti­ vities are scheduled including a trip to Wonderland and Niagara Falls. Brussels People The Magjestic Women’s Insti­ tute had a very successful bake sale on Saturday. Several people visited the hospitality centre. The following were winners of the draw on Sunday: first prize, a collector’s plate, Mary Jane Pear­ son, Brussels; second, Quilt on a Pillow, June Baker of London; third, Fruit Basket, Mary Stretton, Brussels. Ruby Steiss, Brussels, accom­ panied her granddaughter Donelda Stiles to Bluewater Beach for the holiday weekend. Donelda went to Toronto on Monday where she is staying with her Aunt Alice Stilesin Toronto this month and taking a music course at York University, Toronto. • 450th-George Mutter 500th-John Harrison 550th-Justin Phelan 600th-Shawn Jamieson 650th-John W. Lowe 700th-Carla Ezewski 750th-R.J. Dickert 800th-Sean & Laurin Hoegy 850th-Murray Hoover 900th-Karen Bridge 950th-Frank Thompson 1000th-0scar Ducharme 1050th-Marie Turnbull TIOOth-Karen Taylor 1150th-Joan Wissler 1200th-Colin Campbell 1250th-Helen Wheeler 1300th-George Stormont 1350th-Charleen Malott 1400th-J. McIntosh 1450th-Neil Madill 1500th-C. McCutcheon