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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1996
Brussels Ag. Society ends year in the black
Top heifer
Brussels Fair Ambassador Stacy Hahn, left, presents
Kristy Caldwell with the award for Champion Heifer at the
1995 Brussels Fall Fair. The presentation was made at
the annual banquet Jan. 24 in Brussels.
High marks
Diane Damen, right, received the Jeanne Ireland Trophy
for the student earning the highest points for school work
exhibited at the 1995 Brussels Fall Fair. Making the
presentation at the annual banquet held in the Brussels
Legion, Jan. 24 was Sue Gowing.
The champion
Justin Howatt won the Champion Market Animal trophy
from the 1995 Brussels Fall Fair. t mbassador Stacy
Hahn presents him with his trophy at the annual
Agricultural Society meeting, held last Wednesday
evening.
By Bonnie Gropp
Attitude makes the difference in
a good volunteer.
This was the message brought to
the annual Brussels Agricultural
Society banquet by guest speaker
Diane Hahn, owner of a company
called "Positive Attitudes".
Hahn, the wife of a dairy farmer
from the Monkton area and mother
of six, is also a member of the
Maitland Valley Conservation
board of directors. Describing her-
self as someone with "the gift of
gab", she delivered an informal, yet
inspiring message on community
and the volunteers who drive it.
Hahn began her talk on a conver-
sational note, recalling her memo-
ries of fall fairs. The amusing
anecdotes began with her memories
of the Drayton Fall Fair as a
schoolgirl. "We made crape paper
hats and marched to the band. I
always thought that was the only
way you could get into a fair."
Hahn, who was raised on a farm,
says she has "never professed to be
a farmer." She then told a story,
when as a 12-year-old she decided
to show a calf in the fall fair 4-H
competition. The animal, which she
says had a habit of "laying down"
did so in the showring. Unfortu-
nately, this time it had died. As
they carried the calf out of the ring,
Hahn says, "I followed and never
went back to the ring again. I'm not
sure how they placed it, but there
were a lot of jokes about Did not
finish'."
At a later fall fair visit, a socializ-
ing Hahn, now a young mother,
failed to notice her son taking the
apples off a display and passing
them out to his brothers and sisters.
"I wrote a note saying, 'These real-
ly were deserving of first prize and
thanks a lot for the snack'."
After sharing an article on small
towns, Hahn reminded the Society
members that people sometimes
underestimate the power of com-
munity. "We should take pride in
that strength and in the volunteers
who build it."
Then using a happy face to epito-
By Bonnie Gropp
Thanks in part to a successful
1995 fall fair, the Brussels Agricul-
tural Society was able to erase
some of the previous year's deficit.
Society Secretary-Treasurer
Anne Exel told directors at the
annual meeting in the Brussels
Legion, Jan. 24 that in 1995 the
Society realized a profit of $500.
The 1994 financial statement
showed a loss of $1,600. However,
Exel says, due to having been in
"fairly sound shape" prior to that
the Society has managed to remain
in the black.
Exel said the Tuesday night
opening ceremonies may be the
reason the attendance figures were
up this year. In other years the
opening ceremonies were on the
Wednesday afternoon.
In other business, the executive is
unchanged. President is Dorothy
Cummings, vice-president is Jim
Hallman and Exel is secretary-trea-
surer. In the Homecraft division,
Leona Armstrong remains as presi-
dent, while Bev Palmer is vice-
president.
Presentations were made to sev-
eral young people for their exhibits
into the 1995 fair. They were,
Diane Damen, Jeanne Ireland
Award; Crystal Ahrens, Murray
Cardiff Award; Justin Howatt,
Champion Market Animal; Kristy
Caldwell, Champion Heifer.
Absent was Corey Rintoul who
won Champion Show.
A service award was presented to
Fred Uhler, who has been with the
Agricultural Society for 25 years.
Tops for students
The Murray Cardiff Award for highest total in the junior
division of the Brussels Fall Fair, was presented to Crystal
Ahrens by Sue Gowing. The presentation was made last
Wednesday at the annual Agricultural Society, held at the
_ Brussels Legion.
Guest speaker talks of volunteers
and their role in the community
mize a volunteer, she surrounded it
with petals to explain the qualities
that make a volunteer bloom.
The first was the petal of pur-
pose. "This is the reason for exist-
ing within a community.
Agricultural Societies do this well.
They know their community role,"
Continued on page 23