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Brussels Legion 218 Catch the Ace
Weekly Winner
Winning Ticket: Hope Lowe $240.00
Envelope #6 found the 5 of Spades
Estimated Jackpot for October 25 is $1,700.00
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Last week at the Brussels Legion
Branch began with the Brussels
Cadet Corp working diligently for
the Branch. The group of Cadets
spent their Tuesday evening putting
together the envelopes for the mail-
out Poppy campaign. Organized by
Poppy Chairman Comrade Sandra
Brown and assistant Comrade Kathy
Burkholder, they readied the
hundreds of envelopes for the mail.
The village door-to-door Poppy
canvass will be Saturday, Oct. 26
from 9 a.m. until noon. Legion
members and Cadets will canvass
Brussels, Walton, Ethel and
Cranbrook, if there is enough help.
This is a reminder to all members of
the Legion. It is part of the pledge of
becoming a Legion member to help
with and promote the Poppy
campaign. You don’t need a uniform
to accompany Cadets around town.
Drivers are needed to go to the outer
villages and the far corners of
Brussels.
Mark your calendars and plan to
come out and help the Branch with
the canvass. All donations to the
campaign are used to aid veterans
and their families, local hospitals,
youth bursaries, veterans’ comforts
and other donations approved by
Royal Canadian Legion Provincial
Command.
The paved parking lot has now
been painted to accessibility
standards. Thanks to Huron East for
its assistance in completing the
project.
The Catch the Ace draw was held
Friday evening as usual with
Comrades Andy Overholt, Jamie
Mitchell and Jo-Ann McDonald in
charge. The weekly winner was
Hope Lowe winning $240. She chose
envelope number six and found the
five of spades. The estimated jackpot
for week five will be $1,700. Diners
enjoyed beef on a bun before the
draw. This week will be wings!
The memorial service and
luncheon for Elgin Pease was held at
the Branch on Sunday afternoon. A
nice gathering of nearly 70 people
enjoyed the service of remembrance,
followed by a light lunch. Comrades
Jo-Ann and Judy served the lunch,
with help from newest member
Comrade Zoey Onn.
By Bev Craddock
The Majestic Women’s Institute
met on Oct. 9 at the Brussels Library.
The meeting was called to order
by Kathy Bridge and began with a
reading called, “Harvest Time”,
followed by the Institute Ode and
Mary Stewart Collect. After a short
business meeting, it was decided to
purchase a wreath for Remembrance
Day. The 80th anniversary of the
Majestic Women’s Institute will be
held on Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m. at
Melville Presbyterian Church,
Brussels with guest speakers Betty
Durst and Shelagh Sully. Cake and
drinks will be served. Reminder to
invite family and friends to attend.
Elfreiede Klaassen and Jean Boyd
acted out a skit called “Super Duper
Computer Store”. Bev Craddock
then led a workshop on how to make
a wooden yule log. Everyone got
busy and 16 yule logs were created.
After all our hard work, Doreen
Mark and Ruth Bauer treated all to a
light lunch.
Majestic WI
hits 80 years
At the Branch
Cadets aid with Poppy campaign
Hitting the high notes
A special concert was held in Wingham in September featuring the Belmore Community Choir
and the Seaforth Harmony Kings. The two groups took to the newly-renovated Wingham
Heritage Theatre, wowing the audience. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Tribunal forces vote
on Grey event barn
After some work with the Huron
County Planning and Development
Department, the path ahead for a
new event barn in Huron East seems
clear with site plan control in place.
Huron East Council approved the
facility and its site plan control at its
Oct. 15 meeting. This comes after
council initially turned down the
facility and the decision was
overturned by an appeal to the Local
Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT),
which has succeeded the Ontario
Municipal Board.
The facility, a newly-created
banquet barn in the Grey Ward of
Huron East, will be allowed to host
weddings and other formal functions
now that the layout of the site has
been approved by council.
Because of the topography of the
site and numerous portions that
aren’t totally accessible, some
changes were made along the way to
get to a point that pleased the
applicant, Miriam Terpstra, the
Huron County Planning and
Development Department and
Huron East Council.
First off, Senior Planner Denise
Van Amersfoort explained that due
to the nature of the site, only 1.8
acres of the 100-acre farm will be
subject to site plan control. The rest
of the farm, which is a working
agricultural operation, will not be
subject to the regulations put
forward by the planning department.
A rocky surface just north of an
on-site waterfall and areas abutting
electric fences on the site have all
been removed from site plan control.
The Terpstras will have to keep
wedding guests away from those
areas in order to comply with their
zoning.
Because those areas have been
removed from site plan control,
Huron East is not liable for anything
that happens in those areas.
Van Amersfoort also detailed a
number of regulations around rights-
of-way on the grounds, parking,
water and accessibility on the site.
While the barn itself it completely
accessible, there will be a portion of
the grounds that will not be
accessible and will be signed to that
effect. She said that because the
Terpstras and their barn have been
designated as a “small
organization”, the grounds will be
exempt from needing accessible
exterior paths. The owners will also
have to assess the grounds in the
winter months and instruct their
guests accordingly.
The Huron County Health Unit
will now issue the required septic
permits and monitor the site’s
drinking water system.
Council passed the site plan
control with little discussion among
councillors.
Results pending
While voters across the country went to cast their ballots on
Monday, students in the area participated in their own
election late last week. Above, F.E. Madill student Raelyn
Pennington casts her vote. (Denny Scott photo)
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
In last week’s issue of The Citizen,
a picture of the new Brussels Lions
Club executive was misidentified
as a picture of the Brussels
Legion.
The Citizen regrets the error.
A correction
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