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The Citizen, 1997-08-20, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20,1997 Thanks Canadian-style Brussels Optimist Ross Mitchell, front left and Homecoming Chairman Murray Cardiff presented the Drum and Bugle Corps from Japan with a Canadian flag prior to their departure last week. The group had stayed at the BMG Community Centre. They were also given some village pins as souvenirs. Huronlea Happenings SWAT team visits residents By Olive Sproul I must introduce an enjoyable summer event that started last year at Huronlea. The program is called SWAT (Students Working Around Town). They were here last year, too. They are mostly 12 to 14-year- olds, who come to Huronlea every Tuesday and Thursday morning. They are so full of energy and the milk of human kindness that they hardly know what to do first in order to be helpful. They love playing games like checkers and crokinole. Henry Carter is a great favourite with them, because he likes playing those games and is very skillful and lucky at them. There is no scarcity of strong young arms to push the wheelchairs out around the parking lot. Some of them play the piano and sing. They have quite a repertoire of songs learned at school and some modem songs that they've heard on the radio or on TV. If you can think up an errand that’s a little out of the ordinary or least different from the things most people require you've made a friend for life. My 'Buddies' R Us Partner', from two years ago, Ashley Keffer always comes ninning to me first to see if she can do something for me. She can almost read my mind when she goes on an errand for me. She's also lit up wwith goodwill enthusiasm and affection. Indeed everyone of these young people are irradiated with affection and goodwill. It's a great pleasure to be associated with them I understand they are working at various jobs at other locations 'round about the town. Good work kids, you’re on the road to good citizenship and are already an asset and a credit to your families as well as the community at large. Don Dunbar entertained in his usual breezy, down-home style, on Wednesday afternoon. The Gideon hymn-sing monthly songfest occurred on the next WINNER The winner of the "What Is it?" contest was won by Mary Lowe. The following articles were placed in a store front window on Turnberry Street by the Huron County Museum and Historical Gaol: - chalkboard, chamber pot, phonograph record, crimper, nursing bottle, daffodil telephone, top hat box, sheep poke, spittoon, pestle and mortar, distress flare, and ice tongs. afternoon following the morning session of Roman Catholic Mass. Sundays are notable for their afternoon church services. Officiating during July were: Pastor R. Pat Benaway, Rev. N. Beale, Rev. C. Johnson, and Lieut. Pittock. All of these, and a number of others not on duty this month, but who have done duty in the past and will doubtless take their turn in the future, are remembered gratefully by the parishioners in Huronlea. Likewise in the case of those faithful pianists and/or organist who show up and shower us with music every Saturday afternoon. Among them are Alice and Mary, Marion and Karen. The 200 wing has a number of activities geared to their needs, such as: Lively Laundry, art time, exercises on Wednesday mornings and a reading group on Friday mornings. They also play euchre once in a while and go on their own mystery tour. The last week of July saw three cars and the van set off in a cavalcade of convoy, bound for the annual pizza at the beach. This is a very enjoyable, relaxing time which we take each year. We always go during the week, so the beach is very nearly deserted until our invading forces descend and take possession of St. Christopher's beach. Arriving about lunch time we got unloaded someone went for the pizzas while the rest got the picnic tables set up. We always bring drinks and dessert in the picnic hamper and pig out on pizza ADDITIONS TO 1997 BRUSSELS FALL FAIR PRIZE LIST SECTION L & M Class 33 Pram set - carriage cover, sweater & hat 39 Neck warmer which can be pulled up for a hat 40 Child's hat made of polar fleece 42 Best darned sock 46 Fingerless glove-mltt, with flip-over . 48 Handl-wlpe kitchen towel 49 Men's BBQ apron, made of recycled material Most point classes 9 to 18 - L & M Section $10.00 donated by Doreen Dale First Time Exhibitor In L & M Section $10.00 donated by Alice Brothers If more than one new exhibitor, points will be considered. Also Note: Life Skills for 4H Members Eligible Clubs are: 1. Outdoors - Our Great Outdoors 2. Conservation - Watching out for Wild Life 3. Outdoors - A Walk on the Wild Side 4. Breadventure 5. Our Heritage as soon as it arrives. Replete, we sit for an hour watching the blue expanse of Lake Huron. There is usually a sailboat or a tanker somewhere in to look at, and lazily speculate about. After a while we get up enough energy to play word games or walk up the boardwalk to see what's doing at the municipal beach or push or be pushed in the wheelchair to the same destination. There's a well-equipped playground there and it's fun to watch the kids work out on the jungle gym, or slide down the long crooked slides. On the last day of July some of us went to see the Japanese drum and bugle band. It was a beautiful high summer morning so we decided to walk over, since the SWAT team was there to help. We were prompt, but the players weren't. We waited and we waited. We waited some more! Fortunately, there was quite a bit to observe as they practised stomping up and down the field practising, sometimes marching backwards at a fast, almost running pace carrying both big bass as well as kettle drums and meanwhile keeping a steady pounding beat that was exciting and made one's heart a battleground. Eventually they got around to putting on a 20-minute concert. We came home via the sidewalk on the side street at the top of the hill just north of the entrance to Huronlea. It was past 1 o'clock when we wearily trailed in to our belated lunch and let the SWAT team go home. Brussels People Ada Brittain and Lillian and Bill Moses enjoyed the company of Ada's great-nieces, Christine and Pauline Forster from Norfolk, Eng. They also visited with Rose and Dave Glanville and family in Listowel. Also visiting was Lillian's cousin, Harriet Bodfield from Flint, Mich., for the Homecoming weekend, which she enjoyed very much. Mrs. June Jacklin attended the funeral of her sister-in-law Shirley Petrie who passed away at the age of 59, Aug. 4 in Stratford. Also, Richard and daughter Tammy Elliott of Seaforth, attended on Thursday, Aug 7. Piano student passes exams Crystal McLellan, a pupil of Winona Martin and daughter of Max and Barbara McLellan of Brussels, passed the Royal Conservatory of Preliminary Rudiments in Theory with 89 per cent. She also passed the Royal Conservatory of Pianoforte of Grade Five with 78 per cent. She will now receive two certificates. THANK YOU From Cruisin' Brussels '97 Car Show Committee - To all local sponsors, volunteer helpers, corporation sponsors. Special thanks to entrants that made our event a success with 300 entries Friday Night & Saturday's Show. Chairman Don Bray BRUSSELS LION'S DUCK RACE RESULTS Prize 1st $1,000. 2nd $125.00 3rd $125.00 4th $125.00 5th $125.00 6th Bird Feeder 7th Lawn Chair 8th 50' Extension Cord 9th Soccer Ball 10th 16* Tape 11th Box Fan 12th 50'Garden Hose 13th Staple Gun 14th 14 pc. Screwdriver Kit 15th 2 Torch Patio Lamps 16th Grocery Gift Pack 17th Grocery Gift Pack 50th Grocery Gift Pack 100th Sunday Brunch 150th Smoke Detector 200th Hair Care Products 250th 1 Oil Change 300th $10.00 Gift Cert. 350th 1 Yeer Subscription 400th Toy Tractor 450th 1st Aid Kit 500th Chicken Gift Cert 550th Village Canvas Bag 600th Hair Care Prod. & Bag 650th Mugs 700th Wine Bottle Bag 750th $10.00 Gift Cert. 800th $10.00 Gift Cert 850th $10.00 Gift Cert 900th Oil Change 950th Duffle Bag 1000th RCA Walkman 1050th Smoke Detector 1100th Smoke Detector 1150th $10.00 1200th Lube, Oil Filter 1250th Pro Pall Assortment 1300th $10.00 Gift Cert. 1350th Thermometer 1400th $50.00 Gift Cert Brussels Town Plate 5 Cigars 1450th 1500th Thanks to all the people Visiting at the home of June Jacklin on the weekend was her daughter, Marlene and Ken Fosberg of Dutton along with two great-granddaughters, Alexander Ingrey of Princeton and Korrie Dejownare of London. Brussels Mennonite Fellowship (519) 887-6388 Worship Service 9:30 a m. Jesus is Lord Guests Welcome NOTICE Brussels Licence Office will be closed for holidays from August 18/97 to August 28/97 inclusive. For more information please can 887-6377. BRUSSELS HOMECOMING THANK YOU Our sincere appreciation and thanks to the Homecoming Committee for their many hours of planning, work and worry. Also our gratitude to the many co-ordinators and workers who shared their time and talents, as well as the Brussels residents who did special gardening and decorating. The village looked wonderful. Last, but certainly not least, Brussels folk always make everyone feel at home with their sincere and warm welcomes. Norma and Bill McNair Lavarre Clark (McNair) Madalon McMann (Ryan) Dianne Allen (McNair) Donated By Lions Club Lions Club Lions Club Lions Club Lions Club Brussels Agromart Ltd. Novartis Crop Protection Inc. DuPont Canada Cyanamid Canada Inc. BASF Canada Zeneca Agro Monsanto Canada Inc. Bayer Ag Division AgrEvo Canada Inc. Rhone-Poulenc Canada Inc. Brussels IGA Brussels IGA Brussels IGA Brussels Country Inn Cardiff & Mulvey Ins. George of Brussels Brussels Motors Todd's Bakery The Citizen McGavin Farm Equipment Radord Auto JR'S Gas Bar Village of Brussels Little Darlings Hair Studio Brussels Pharmacy Barmy Tech Brussels Variety Brussels Variety Brussels Variety Brussels Auto Sales CJ B Q Dr. Bill & Claudia Spink Maitland Valley Ins. Maitland Valley Ins. Riverside Refurbishing McCutcheon Motors Oldfield Hardware Your Choice Meats McDonald's B & H Mechanical Winner Laurie Prior NeU Madill Anne Marie Albers Jennifer Claassens Debbie Rathwell Paul Robson Laurene Rogele Barry MacLeod Robert McCutcheon Kabrina Bishop Doug Lawless Laverne Jamieson Brenda Dineen Gerry Exel J. Duhn Carmie Newman Nell Hemingway Wally Mason Vera Adams Debbie Thomas Rick Sallows Mary Bryans Max Demaray Erica McDonald Chris Graber Earl Brickman Karen Bridge Brenda Keffer Philip Wedow Dorothy Cummings Brandon McGavin Ray Devereaux Justine King Dave Krauter R & D Raymond A.J. McLellan Debbie Bailie Gord Hough Mary Carr Tom Thome Peter Hemingway Bert Elliott Dallas Pennington Dave Wheeler Philip Wedow Maurice Marleau Harold Bragg Brussels Transport Brussels Variety who donated and helped with the duck race. Prizes can be picked up at Brussels Variety. Brussels Lions Club