The Citizen, 2005-08-25, Page 9Jim Jim
1 Brown Class
Packing up for Yorkton
At first I wasn’t going to write this
good bye column. After all. I've
only been here eight months.
But. last week was my last week
at The Citizen.
I am busy packing this week as I
make the move to Yorkton,
Saskatchewan, to begin work at the
Yorkton This Week newspaper,
beginning on Sept. 1.
Yorkton is a city with a population
of around 16,000. As it is the central
city of the region, it has a drawing
area of around 125.000.
It’s a lot bigger than Wingham
and definitely much bigger than
Blyth
But. I am looking forward to the
challenges of working full-time for
a large community weekly.
The Yorkton Terriers, a Junior A
Tier II hockey team, will be the
main attraction during the winter
months. There is also AAA hockey
in Yorkton.
However, with two high schools -
- one public and one Catholic - I am
looking forward to covering
something I haven't covered in
almost 20 years, high school
football.
In the summer there will probably
be lots of rodeos to cover. But, I
understand the town has a baseball
team and of course there will be the
usual summer sports such as minor
ball, lacrosse and soccer.
There may even be some sports I
have never covered before.
1 have been in midwestern
Ontario for almost 13 years - most
of that time was at the newspaper
up the highway from Blyth.
During my eight months at The
Citizen I have been able to meet a
number of people involved in sports
and recreation in Blyth. Brussels
and surrounding communities.
I hope the Brussels Crusaders
return for another season of WOAA
Senior hockey. The team has a good
nucleus of players, there is only one
way the team can go in the
standings, and that is up. Maybe
they can challenge for the Senior A
championship in another year or
two.
It has been fun covering the
Brussels Tigers of the Huron
County Fastball League. It was
great for them to hold their
tournament again. It was just
unfortunate that the rains came and
ruined the final day of the
competition.
Going back to hockey again, 1
hope more players from the Blyth
and Brussels areas tryout and make
the Wingham Ironmen Junior C
hockey team.
I will miss covering the regional
Silver Stick tournaments played in
Wingham each year. They are well
run tourneys with hard-working
executive members.
I wish all the local minor hockey
teams success in the upcoming
season.
Although students from Blyth and
Brussels areas can attend a number
of high schools. I am partial to the
Madill Mustangs and hope they
have excellent seasons and that their
success is led by the effort of
students from Blyth and/or
Brussels.
Wishing everyone good luck in
the coming seasons. This is Jim
Brown signing off.
Thanks. It’s been a slice.
Angels
raise
funds
The Londesborough Angels arc
once again hosting their annual
charity fundraiser.
The co-cd baseball tournament
this year will be held Sept. 9 and
10.
In the past, the event has been a
success, with the weekend of fun
and games raising money for a
variety of worthwhile causes such
as Sunshine Dreams for Kids.
This year's charity is Easter
Seals.
Non-competitive teams pay only
$120 plus one new ball to enter For
information contact Wilma Ellis at
482-3738 or Adrian Salverda at
482-9113.
Season
comes to
an end
for Mites
Saturday. Aug. 13 Blyth C Mites
went to Seaforth to participate in
their year-end tournament.
They had a great start to the day
winning against Winthrop 11-7.
The second game was not such a
victory with a loss to Seaforth 23-19.
Spirits were high when they went
on the field for the third game,
however. Blyth won 20-16 making
them the A champs.
Coaches were Jerrod Button and
Tim Walden.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2005. PAGE 9
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The over-18 soccer tournament took place in Blyth this past weekend. Teams began the year-
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OPP investigate B&E
On Aug. 20 at 4:30 p.m. OPP
were called to a break-in at a
residence on Beecroft Line in North
Huron.
The house, which had been
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a door. Once inside the residence
was ransacked and two circular
saws (Mastercraft and Craftsman)
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