The Citizen, 2019-04-25, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019.
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Promote Your
Spring Events
Brussels Legion Branch 218
Karaoke
with Stubby D
Bring your voice, your family,
your friends. Food available.
Fun starts at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, April 25
Brussels Legion 218 Catch the Ace
Weekly Winner
Winning Ticket: Karen Hastings $900
Envelope #43 found the Jack of Spades
Estimated Jackpot for April 26 is $19,500
Brussels Lions increase pool subsidies for 2019
The Brussels Lions Club have
long been supporters of the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Swimming Pool,
and will provide a new initiative for
2019.
Originally built and opened in
1985 as a project of the Club,
ownership was immediately turned
over to the Village of Brussels and is
now managed by the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Recreation
Committee.
Over the years the Brussels Lions
have continued to provide financial
support to the facility to help fund
equipment purchases and building
repairs, but the day-to-day
operations have been managed by
the committee.
As operating expenses have
increased over the years and lesson
registrations began to decline, the
Brussels Lions made a commitment
several years ago to provide a
subsidy of $20 for each lesson
provided at the pool with the goal of
making swimming lessons more
affordable for families, and allowing
more children to participate in
learning the important skills of water
safety. The subsidy has averaged an
annual contribution by the Lions
Club in excess of $2,000 which is in
addition to contributions for
equipment and facility repairs.
Though lesson registrations have
remained relatively stable over the
past several years, participation in
public swimming sessions has
declined and as a result, the
operating deficit of the facility has
continued to grow.
Following the 2018 swimming
season, a committee of Lions
members was formed to investigate
the cause of the decline in facility
use, and if possible to formulate a
corrective action to increase
participation levels at the pool.
Several possible causes emerged
from the investigation including a
lack of knowledge within the
community of the activities and
programming at the pool, an overall
lack of interest in swimming
activities, the cost of admission to
public swimming or a combination.
It was, however, noted after
examining the daily attendance
records from 2018, that attendance
was generally higher on “Toonie
Tuesdays” when the price of
admission was reduced to $2,
leading the committee to believe that
the cost of admission may be a
leading cause of the low admissions.
A meeting was held between the
Lions Committee and the Recreation
Committee in November to discuss
the findings and to determine what
could be done in an attempt to
reverse the downward trend in pool
usage.
Following that meeting, further
discussion was held by the Lions
Committee to formulate a strategy
with the goal of enticing more
people to use this facility in 2019,
without additional costs to the
Recreation Committee, while at the
same time, increasing pool revenues.
A second meeting was held with the
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
Hallelujah! Easter is here. A
yearly reminder that life is good and
that things are not always as they
appear. New life, seasons in action,
regrowth and renewal all wrapped
into one great long weekend.
Easter is a season, in the church
year and the days prior, known as
Lent, that church folks use to ponder
improvements that they could make
in their lives. So the serious thought
of Lent and the history of Jesus
combine to make Easter Sunday a
time of great joy.
The Kidney Foundation folks used
Saturday night at the Four Winds
Barn to educate and encourage
people. With co-ordination by Kathy
Stephenson, the Pennington family
brought their kidney disease
experience to our community. Staff
and volunteers from the regional
kidney organizations added their
knowledge telling us that one in 10
people will be affected by kidney
disease. Transplant and dialysis are
known to many, but other symptoms
affect the lives and family of those
affected. Research money and
education were the goal of the night
with a great meal, good company,
silent auction items and a good
cause made for an enjoyable
Saturday night.
Monday was Earth Day; a time to
think about how we affect the earth
itself. No sense blaming others, you
can’t do anything about them, but
you can improve how you live your
days. Bamboo straws are available,
if you need one. Clothing, even
shoes, are now made from the
millions of water bottles that have
been used. Coffee cups can be
bought that are compostable. The
bottom line is we need to stop using
plastic as much as possible. It stays
in the garbage forever. Use other
materials, recycle and tell the
manufacturers that you want them to
use less packaging. Use your power,
don’t buy the over-packaged items.
Yes you may be inconvenienced, but
our kids deserve a good world like
we were given. Please do your part,
even if it feels useless, it is not. Hope
you had a happy Earth Day.
Enjoy the nice weather as the earth
warms getting ready for growth.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
Earth Day shows need for change
At the Branch
Burkholder, Josling win darts
By Jo-Ann McDonald
We hope everyone had an
enjoyable Easter break as we head
into the busy spring. The Branch was
quiet this week with the usual events
of Cadets and Thursday night darts.
There were 22 darters on hand for
the evening. The first place team was
Kathy Burkholder and Sandra
Josling and second place was Krysta
Bujold and Ken VerBeek. The high
shots of the night players received
chocolate bunnies for their efforts
and they were Catrina Josling hitting
150, Deb Burch hitting 133, Kathy
Burkholder hitting 131, Rhonda
Davis hitting 119 and Sharon
Robbins hitting 117. There are only
two weeks left in this darting
season
The Catch the Ace draw goes on
with the Good Friday weekly winner
being Karen Hastings. She won
$900. She chose envelope number
43 and found the jack of spades. The
estimated jackpot will rise to
$19,500 for the next draw on April
26. The Branch was open for a
couple of hours for the draw with a
nice bunch of folks around.
The first fish fry of the season was
held at the Seaforth Curling Club
with the crew feeding almost 275
folks our delicious fish and fries.
Good Friday was not the nicest of
days but they stayed dry under the
tents. The crew for the Branch
included workers Judy Lee and Jo-
Ann McDonald and then Deb and
Eric Ross, Linda Bird, Jamie
Mitchell, Julena Pipe and Catrina
Josling all helping out at the dinner.
By Betty
Graber
Watson
Call
887-9231
A NOTE FROM BETTY
Quite the spread
The Brussels United Church held its annual Easter bake sale over the weekend, featuring all
sorts of baked goodies as well as coffee and snacks. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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