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Beth Crawford cooked up eggs and bacon at the
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The wife of a fireman, Mrs. Crawford helped out while the
other firefighters made toast and served the meals.
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Auditor praises clerk's work
After a year and half out of the
competitive world of figure skat-
ing, Peter MacDonald, son of
Graeme and Faye MacDonald of
RR3 Brussels, has found the right
partner to return to competition.
Dance partner, Jackie Wicket, 16,
of Chatham, recently split from her
partner and the body shape, size
and skating style was an excellent
match, he says.
The pair have been practicing
together for three weeks at the
Brussels Village council Monday
night endorsed the eventual use of a
9-1-1 emergency service for the
village.
Currently a joint committee of
county and municipal officials are
studying the implementation of a
system in which one call to the
emergency number will be routed
Eight tables of euchre were
played at the Majestic Women's
Institute card party on March 7.
Prize winners were: high lady,
Sarah Stephenson; high man,
Leona Armstrong; low lady,
Eluned McNair; low man, Allan
Edgar; lucky number winners,
No tax hike
Continued from page 1
include a $4,000 jump in insurance
costs and $4,500 more for the Brus-
sels, Morris and Grey Recreation
Committee.
The zero-increase budget from
the village means that two of the
three bodies that affect taxation
have held the line. But while the
village and county levels will not
create an increase, Huron County
Board of Education last week indi-
cated a 6-7 per cent increase in the
education portion of the tax bill is
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North York.
"Our first competition will be at
the end of August so we hope we
are ready by then."
Peter has skated competitively
for 11 years and participated in the
Nationals, at the senior level, in
1993.
Jackie entered the Nationals as a
novice this past year.
Coached by Roy Bradshaw, the
pair hopes to finish in the top half
at the Nationals this season.
to the appropriate fire or police
department.
In rural municipalities this will
involve assigning a number to each
property. In Brussels it may mean
some minor changes in numbering
to eliminate possible confusion for
emergency crews, said Donna
White, clerk-treasurer.
Orval Bauer, Jean Thedorf, Iona
McLean, Gordon Thedorf, Stewart
Musgrove, Doug Hemingway,
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Fire starts
in chimney
A Brussels family had some
excitement last week when a chim-
ney fire ignited.
Firefighters were called to the
home of Betty Graber shortly
before 5 p.m. on Feb. 8. They were
able to control the blaze and there
was no damage to the home as a
result of the fire.
The auditor for Brussels sung the
praises for the state of the village's
finances, Monday night.
In delivering her report on the
1994 operations of the village and
its associated boards, Nancy Mac-
Donald Exel told council that
Brussels is in the soundest financial
situation of the municipalities she
reports on. "All the local boards are
sitting with comfortable surpluses."
Despite building the new fire hall
last year, the village was able to
add a $14,320 surplus for an accu-
mulated surplus of more than
$59,000. "You should be able to do
the things you want to do in 1995
without tax increases," she told
councillors.
Village expenses were $12,000
less than budgeted for operations
and $1,500 less for capital
improvements.
There was good news too from
the BMG Recreation Committee
where a $10,467 surplus was
recorded for the year, despite the
unexpected $9,000 for the Nichol
drain to drain new land at the back
of the arena. "They came out of this
well considering they had that
unexpected expense," Donna
White, clerk-treasurer told council.
The surplus wipes out a $6,200
deficit heading into the year and
leaves the recreation committee
with a $4,258 surplus for 1995
operations.
Ms MacDonald Exel praised the
work of the catering group in sup-
porting the BMG Community Cen-
tre. The group gave another
Arena gets
ceiling grant
Brussels, Morris and Grey will
get some financial help to install a
Low Emissivity Ceiling Curtain at
the arena. Emissivity is the measure,
of a material's ability to radiate
heat.
Rec. Board Treasurer Rhonda
Fischer said that grant money from
Ontario Hydro has been approved
in the amount of $8,856.16 towards
the estimated total project cost of
$32,200. The remainder, Ms Fisch-
er said will be raised through the
budget as well as a $10,000 transfer
from reserves.
A proposal from Bassai, a com-
pany contacted to do an energy sav-
ings analysis on the arena for the
board stated that the ceiling would
pay for itself through hydro savings
in 4.8 years, Ms Fisher added.
Brussels councillors had made
their approval of the budget condi-
tional on the grant.
A ''Low E" ceiling has in other
arenas proven beneficial in a num-
ber of areas, including: increased
lighting, improved accoustics with
less echo and better clarity, no con-
densation drip, brine temperature
raised, reduction of compressof
cooling water, reduced hydro con-
sumption and compressor mainte-
nance.
$10,000 donation to the arena last
year. "Every year we say you can't
expect it and every year they come
through," she said.
The Brussels Cemetery board
managed to record a $5,405 surplus
for the year when a $5,600 deficit
had been expected, leaving the
board with an accumulated surplus
of $11,013.
The Medical-Dental Centre
scored a surplus of $6,073 for the
year, mostly because of a $5,000
donation.
Ms MacDonald Excl praised the
work of Mrs. White. "This is one of
the few municipalities we can come
into and make no journal entries,"
Brussels
People
On March 13, the Brussels Leos
hosted a trip to Talisman Ski
Resort. The group consisted of 45
Leos and their friends, as well as a
few adults.
Lessons were offered for those
who wanted them, while others
started skiing early.
People with lessons went into
various groups. Those who had
never skied before were taught the
basics, such as: snowplowing, a
method for stopping or yielding,
and turning.
The day, was warm and sunny,
and many people took off their
jackets and skied in t-shirts.
By noon, many of the newer
skiers had tried all the beginner
hills and decided to try some of the
larger ones. As the day.passed by,
fewer people were on beginner
hills.
At lunch everyone went to the
restaurant to eat before hitting the
slopes again. Going up on the ski
lifts it was hard not to notice the
scenic view of the valley below. By
4:00 many were too tired to ski any
longer.
The bus stopped at McDonald's
where the group had some supper
before returning home around
8 p.m.
A group of residents reported the
sighting of a flock of swans flying
over the village on Monday morn-
ing, which they claim is a sure sign
of spring.
Interested in finding out what the
judges are looking for when they
judge your exhibit at the fair?
She said. Mrs. White didn't have to
wait for the audited statements
because she knew exactly what the
financial position would be from
her own books.
The village's sound financial situ-
ation may allow early repayment of
its debt to the Ontario Clean Water
Agency. Currently the village owes
$228,000 to the agency to finance
the original installation of the
sewer system. Interest is 11 per
cent. Ms Macdonald Exel agreed
with Mrs. White that if part of the
debt could be paid off through cash
reserves and the rest refinanced at a
competitive rate, the village might
save money.
A Homecraft Judging Sym-
posium for District No. 8 of the
Ontario Association of Agriculture
Societies will be held on Tuesday,
April 4 at the Zurich Community
Centre 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. This will be
a full day of demonstrations and
discussions on judging and exhibit-
ing "Culinary Arts" (Biscuits,
bread, muffins, cookies and canned
foods). For more information
contact Francis Bremner 887-6786
or Betty Cardiff 887-6889, before
March 25. Transportation can be
arranged.
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