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Many turn out to
bid farewell to
Brussels PHNurse
A pictorial look
at this weekend's
FunFest fun
Education
Area students
named
Ontario Scholars
County Councillor
questions increased
rates at Huronview
600GsTinduded Vol. 9 No. 28 Wednesday, July 14, 1993
Total concentration
The key to putting is concentration and Wade Lowry of Point Clarke was intent on the task as
he completed the last hole of the Crazy Mini-golf course, one of the activities at this year's
FunFest. Wade is the grandson of Graham and Margaret Work of Brussels. This was the first
year for the activity which was the brainchild of The Ark. Designed and built by Charlie
Corbett with sponsor help from area businesses the nine-hole course was an entertaining
pastime for the younger crowd.
See, page 11 See page 15 See page 2
Brussels wraps up
another FunFest
See page 6, 7
Well, the fun is done for another
year as Brussels completed its
annual FunFest this past weekend.
Rain christened the event just
prior to the Friday night parade
then rained on the pajama parade,
Sunday. However, sunny skies pre-
vailed, though humid temperatures
were sometimes less than comfort-
able for the remainder of the festi-
val.
Most of the events were reported
to have good attendance.
Brussels Fire Chief Murray
McArter said the department's
breakfasts were very successful
with 240 breakfasts served on Sat-
urday morning, and a record break-
ing 400 on Sunday.
Some 250 attended the Maitland
Valley Barndance on Sunday at the
arena.
The Ark hosted several activities
throughout the weekend, which
Executive Director Sallianne Patch
said were all very well received.
Winners of the Optimist Road
Hockey Tournament were seven
and eight-year-olds, "The Elimina-
tors" — Lee Dilworth, Joel Hem-
ingway, Shawn Hoegy and Tyler
Campbell; nine and 10-year-olds,
"Burning Flames" — Chris Coul-
ter, Steven Todd, Joshua Gropp and
Tim Harrison; 11 and 12-year-olds,
'The Terminators" — Mike Coop-
er, Jason Armstrong, Matthew Sny-
der and Kevin Mutter, 13 and 14-
year-olds, "Bad Beueintanns" —
Josh Beuermann, Jeff Finch, Kurt
Bailey and Brett Fischer.
Consolation winners were: "Wal-
ton Wings" — Scott McDonald,
Darryl McClure, Paul Linton and
Jeff Linton; "Smoogies" — Krissy
By Bonnie Gropp
The political wheel goes round
again.
In a recorded vote at the regular
meeting July 8, county councillors
rejected a recommendation from
the executive committee regarding
the county voting structure.
The recommendation suggests
that the reeve of municipalities
with an electoral vote over 1,000
and less than 2,000 would have an
additional vote, while those over
2,000 and under 3,000 would have
two additional votes. Reeves of
municipalities where the electoral
vote is over 3,000 would have three
additional votes.
Men acclaimed
to Blyth council
The two vacant seats on Blyth
council will be filled without hav-
ing to hold an election.
As of deadline July 9, only two
residents had filed their candidacy
papers at the clerk's office. Eugene
Coburn and Mason Bailey had
announced their intention shortly
after the resignations of Robbie
Lawrie and Doug Scrimgeour.
Neither withdrew their name by
the Monday deadline so they are
automatically acclaimed to the
positions.
The new councillors will be
sworn in July 19 at the meeting of
council.
Dilworth, Tyler Bragg, Terry
Nichol and Philip Graber and
"Wilson's Team" — Trevor Wil-
son, Cory Bragg, Cory Campbell
and Ryan Smith.
Twenty-six children entered The
Citizen's soap box derby.
Winners were: girls nine and
under, Brooklyn Wheeler; boys
nine and under, Brent Wheeler;
girls 10 to 12, Ashley Gropp; boys
10 to 12 Duane Schiestel; girls 12
to 15, no entries, boys 12 to15
Jonathon Patch, best decorated,
Richard and Marty Goetz.
Annette Stephenson was the win-
ner of the Sherry the Sheep Bingo.
Mrs. Stephenson donated part of
her $250 winnings back to the Cru-
saders, who sponsored the event.
Other winners were Brendan Stret-
ton, Joyce Alexander and Murray
Fischer.
The lucky duck winner was Bev
McDonald of Teeswater. The Lions
will be presenting her with a
cheque for $1,000.
Five teams competed in the Opti-
mist Bed Races, while one, driven
by Brussels' own Julie Mitchell,
almost did. The Sault Ste. Marie
Eskimos won with a time of 11:08.
Dennys from Listowel won the
Brussels Bulls Slow Pitch champi-
onship, while the K-W Hawks were
runners-up.
`Rain stopped the B championship
in the sixth inning. The two teams,
Snake Selects from Listowel and
Last Minutes from Brussels, split
the title and the winnings.
The rain also precipitated some
fast moving paraders making their
way to the arena for the family
dance on Sunday night.
Brussels, Blyth, Hensall and
Zurich would each have only one
vote, while Wingham would have
three, Seaforth, two and Clinton,
three. Bayfield, which has a lower
population than most of the one
Continued on page 15
Corn gets
early jump
By Janice Becker
As everyone has noticed, this
summer has been considerably bet-
ter than that of 1992. Most farmers
would probably agree if they use
the recent growth spurt of their
crops as an indicator.
Brian Hall, Farm Management
Specialist with OMAF says, " The
growth of the corn has been phe-
nomenal in the last week and a
half."
The fields that were planted early
got a good jump on the season, he
says. The high temperatures and
good amounts of rain have allowed
the fields to even out. Many corn
crops are knee to waist high.
Mr. Hall says, "The recently
completed crop analysis shows
soya beans recovering from an
excessively wet spring. The plants
are beginning to turn a darker green
and the early plantings are flower-
ing.
Continued on page 16
County wheel goes round