The Citizen, 1997-06-11, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11,1997
Ready for the heat
The lifeguarding crew at the BMG pool are ready for-the
season to begin as they gear up for the onslaught of
swimmers. Watching the waves this year will be,
clockwise from top left: Kara Pepper, Head Guard
Heather Blake, Anita Ahrens, Heather Douma and Amy
_____Crawford.______________________________________
5 tables at WI euchre
Flooding concerns resident
On Tuesday, June 3 the Majestic
Women's Institute held their final
euchre party for this season. Five
tables of cards were played with
prizes going to: high lady, Vi
Howes; high man, Stewart
Musgrove; low lady, Jeanne
Ireland; low man, Eluned McNair;
lone hands, lady, Ruby Steiss,
Helen Gallop, Isabelle Craig, Viola
Adams; lone hands, man, Jim
Armstrong; lucky tallies, Allan
Edgar, Kathy Bridge, Yvonne
Knight, Orval Bauer, Doug
Hemingway.
The euchre parties will resume
again in the fall. The Institute is
grateful to everyone who joined us
this season and hopes everyone has
an enjoyable summer.
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By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
A flooding problem raised a lot
of questions and few answers at
Brussels council, June 2.
.John Pennington spoke to council
regarding the flooding of his shop
each spring. He said there has
always been a water problem, but
since the new ditch was put in
behind his Princess St. property, it
has worsened. He fell the situation
might be helped if the water com
ing from the east (Grey Twp.)
could be better controlled. "I'm not
crying the blues, but I don't like
getting flooded."
Pennington admitted that whoev
er built the shop had built it too
low, but said since neighbouring
properties developed there has been
an increase in the flooding. "It's
not anyone's fault, it's just that
every spring I have water in my
shop. It is a concern to me. I'm not
trying to knock anyone at the other
end. I'm just trying to stick up for
myself."
Several suggestions were made,
but there was an argument for each.
Before Pennington left, council
agreed that someone would look at
it and see if a solution could be
found.
Later Councillor Greg Wilson
said, "In my opinion there's nothing
we can do. The water's got to run
from east to west. We can't dam the
end and the bottom line is you've
got a building that's too low. There
is no concrete answer with a low
building. I'll try any suggestion, but
guaranteed he'll be flooded again
next spring."
Councillor Joe Seili felt that try
ing to dam the water at the top end
as Pennington suggested was just
going to cause problems in other
areas. "I guarantee if we dam it,
Gprd (Reeve Workman, who owns
neighbouring property) is going to
be back here after the first four
inches of rain and he'll be coming
in a boat."
HEAR YE
HEAR YE
COME ONE AND ALL
Father's Day Breakfast
Sponsored by
BRUSSELS FIREMEN
June 15
7:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Brussels Fire Hall
Price: Donation
Proceeds to Homecoming Fireworks
A suggestion was made that the
engineer be contacted. However,
after some discussion it was felt
this might be too costly for some
thing that has no solution. "Every
thing up there works fine," said
Wilson. "We've just got a building
that's too damn low."
"And we can't afford to raise his
building," said Seili.
A decision was made to investi
gate further, to see if an answer
could be found.
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Mail to: Brussels Homecoming Committee
Box 1997, Brussels, Ontario NOG 1 HO
Plan your decorations now for the Best Decorated Home or
Business (Red & White). Judging takes place on July 15.
Homecoming memorabilia is available at Crafters Market and
Homecoming HQ (July)