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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2019-03-14, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019. After enthusiasm to take on the presidency of the Brussels Agricultural Society was lacking at the organization’s annual meeting in January, Huron East Councillor Zoellyn Onn is on the path to be the next president. Onn was installed on March 6 as the organization’s first vice- president, meaning that she will preside over the Brussels Fall Fair in 2020 and 2021, taking over for current President Dorothy Cummings. Furthermore, Barbara Cadotte has come on as the organization’s second vice-president, ensuring a structure with a president in place for at least the next five years. While Onn will still be a councillor during her term, she will be narrowly avoiding being president of the society and of her hometown Lions Club at the same time. She is on track to become the president in the fall of 2021, just after finishing her final Brussels Fall Fair as the president. Since joining the Lions, Onn has also become very involved with the Brussels Leo Club, trying to reinvigorate it in recent months. Since returning to Huron County and purchasing Riverside Funeral Home (formerly Schimanski Funeral Home), Onn has become involved with numerous local volunteer activities and organizations. Being involved with the Brussels Agricultural Society and, by extension, the Brussels Fall Fair, is just another step in that journey, she said. The Brussels Fall Fair, Onn said, is a crucial part of life in Brussels and she thought that getting involved, with the society struggling to find a president, was the right thing to do. Both Onn and Cadotte were officially installed in the positions on the evening of March 6 as the society held its regular monthly meeting. For more information on the Brussels Agricultural Society or the Brussels Fall Fair, visit its website at brusselsfallfair.ca. 84772 McDonald Line • Box 616 • Brussels devonjhenry@hotmail.com 519-505-2473 Devon Henry Leadership in energy and environmental design Onn named first vice By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Continued from page 1 the problem is that “they are all great causes” when it comes to granting money in Huron County and councillors need to start making tough decisions with taxpayers’ dollars. He also said that $750,000 is a massive amount of money for the county to spend. Central Huron Deputy-Mayor Dave Jewitt said he felt that by approving the grant, the county would be allowing the province to abdicate its responsibility of healthcare for residents, but he also realized that in rural Ontario, in many cases, if a local government or residents don’t pay to keep something, it will be gone and it won’t come back. 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