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It wouldn’t be a fall fair without cotton candy. Suzanne Lumley enjoys the treat during her visit
to the Brussels Fall Fair midway on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 15. Sunny skies and com
fortable temperatures prevailed to contribute to the tremendous success of the 138th fair.
138th Brussels fair, big success
It was a fantastic day at the 138th
Brussels Fall Fair, with sunny skies,
comfortable temperatures and plenty
to see and do.
Brussels Agricultural Society
President Dorothy Cummings said
that overall exhibits were up with
only jams and jellies showing a
decrease from previous years.
Field crops and flowers were up
slightly, while there was a tremen
dous increase in handicraft exhibits.
“We almost ran out of room,” said
Cummings.
Tuesday night’s pie auction was a
huge success. “We did wonderfully
well. We were really pleased,” said
Cummings. In total, the second
annual auction raised $524 up, from
last year’s $384. One offering, a
first-place raspberry pie from
Audrey Cardiff, went for $67.50.
But none of it would be a success
without people. Cummings said the
Tuesday night was one of tthe
busiest she has ever seen and gate
receipts on Wednesday were very
good. Secretary-Treasurer Melody
White said that while gate receipts
were about the same as in 1998, they
don’t necessarily tell the whole
story. “This year we only had one
entry into the fair staffed and we
were a little late getting them in
place.”
The midway people also reported
a successful day, Cummings said.
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
In a continuing spirit of co-opera
tion the plans for a merging of the
Town of Seaforth, the Village of
Brussels, and the Twps. of Grey,
McKillop and Tuckersmith continue
to take shape.
The most southerly three munici
palities were invited to hold the
meeting in the Grey Municipal
Office, Sept. 16 so they might see
the facilities and be familiarized
with their northernmost partner.
The clerks, Jack McLachlan
(Seaforth, McKillop, Tuckersmith),
Donna White (Brussels) and Brad
Knight (Grey) outlined points for
each municipality particularly with
regards to roads, environment,
sewer systems, waste management,
recreation and day cares. This infor
mation will now be compiled into
one report.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs
timeline to have restructuring plans
in place in time for the Jan. 1, dead
line was discussed. A proposal is to
be to the county’s strategic planning
committee by Oct. 6 for recommen
dation to county council.
McLachlan said, however, he had
been assured by the Ministry and
Huron County Warden Carol
Mitchell that the group should pro
ceed even though they won’t meet
the deadline. “Our proposal would
be considered up until November,”
he said.
McKillop Reeve Ron Murray said
he understood the timelines were
not etched in stone, but rather there
to get people to proceed. Grey
Reeve Robin Dunbar agreed saying
the deadlines were set because they
didn’t want everyone’s coming in
on Dec. 31. “We are not the only
county trying to meet this deadline.”
It was decided that before the next
meeting the three clerks would sit
down and look at administration
together and divide and discuss with
staff the areas of transportation,
environment and social and recre
ation.
“What we will ask is, ‘If this were
one municipality, how do you see it
operating?’,” explained McLachlan.
“We’ll get the staff involved and see
what the future could be.”
Dunbar said, “There are two
objectives. One is to meld the
organization together and the other
is to reduce costs. Until the first is
Turnbull opens IPM
A Brussels man was a proud rep
resentative for a bygone era at
Huron Shine In ‘99 International
Plowing Match in Dashwood when
he helped officially open the event,
Tuesday.
Bill Turnbull, a long time resident
of Brussels, took part in the opening
ceremonies as a representative of the
1946 Victory Match in Port Albert.
The IPM committee selected peo
ple who were very involved in past
Huron County matches to partici
achieved we can't do the second.”
The clerks’ report will be brought
back to the committee for approval
at the Oct. 13 meeting in Seaforth.
Another issue was with regards to
representation on council. While
most felt two from each ward with a
reeve and deputy-reeve elected at
large for a total of 12 was too
weighty they also agreed it might be
necessary.
“It could be reduced down the
road, but there is going to be a lot of
work to do at the start,” said Murray.
“Basically we’re trying to bring a
diverse area together,” said Dunbar.
“Our neighbours have only gone
from 12 representatives to seven
which is not so much.”
Brussels Councillor Joe Seili
added that though 12 may seem
high it’s “ a pretty good chunk” cut
from the existing 27.
There was some question about
representation by population.
Tuckersmith Reeve Bob Broadfoot
said that while he wasn’t trying to
offend he wondered if it made sense
to have the same council representa
tion for Brussels with 934 electors
as Tuckersmith with 2,386.
Grey Councillor Lyle Martin
wondered if this could be remedied
by a shift in boundaries that would
balance the population. "Because
really once we’re together there are
no more lines.”
McLachlan felt that this would be
difficult to get approved.
Broadfoot said that he would sup
port the 12 but would prefer to see
nine. He seconded the motion by
Murray for two representatives from
each ward with the two heads of
council elected at large.
Tuckersmith Councillor Paul
Spittai brought up the question of a
name for the new municipality. He
suggested that a contest be held
which would “take the heat off’ the
committee.
The group agreed that a public
meeting would be held only when
the committee had something con
crete. Dunbar said he felt there
would be little opposition from the
ratepayers as the majority had indi
cated they wanted Brussels and
Grey to try and go bigger when a
meeting had been held earlier.
It was decided that the meeting
should be held in a central location
rather than split, signifying the new
merger.
pate in the day’s events.
Larry Snyder represent ed
the“muddy” match of 1966 in
Seaforth; Howard Datars, the 1978
match near Wingham and 99-year-
old Rose Arnold, formerly of
Clinton is the Canadian Millennium
Ambassador of the year 2000.
The Sunday night church service
in Zurich with Canadian hockey leg
end Paul Henderson exceeded atten
dance expectations with approxi
mately 4,000 present