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Brussels school declared surplus by council again
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
For the second time in under 10
months, Huron East Council has
declared the former Brussels Public
School building surplus.
At council's Jan. 24 meeting, after
a brief closed -to -the -public session,
council declared the building, now
called the Brussels Business and
Cultural Centre, surplus and voted to
proceed to sell it.
Municipal staff has now been
directed by council to prepare a
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Special fair ribbons approved
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those who enter something into the
2017 Brussels Fall Fair.
Schlosser brought forward the
proposal at the organization's annual
meeting on Friday night, saying that
the fair in the year of Canada's 150th
anniversary, the same year the fair is
being held at the International
Plowing Match, was definitely a
special occasion to mark with a
special ribbon.
The ribbons will be handed out to
everyone who enters something into
the fair. It will be measure 13 inches,
three inches longer than the fair's
customary ribbons, and will be red
and white in celebration of Canada's
birthday.
The cost for the ribbons is $1,255
plus tax. The society passed the
motion, authorizing Schlosser to
move ahead on the purchase of the
ribbons for the upcoming fall fair.
Belief without evidence needed
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stance, it ultimately comes down to
one's subjective experience. Reason
has a part to play: as one reads the
documents, do they have the "ring of
truth" overall? Is there internal
coherence between the various
books and authors and time frames —
a thread that runs through all the
stories and prophecies and causes
them to hang together convincingly?
Thomas was one of the 12 disciples,
yet he himself expressed doubts at
the news of Jesus' resurrection at
first. He refused to believe it unless
he could see it with his own eyes.
When Jesus appeared again in the
flesh, Thomas became convinced.
Jesus acknowledged the genuineness
of Thomas' faith, while also looking
ahead to those who would not have
the benefit of firsthand experience:
Then Jesus told him, "Because you
have seen me, you have believed;
blessed are those who have not seen
and yet have believed." (John 20:29)
Becoming convinced of the truth
of the Christian gospel is a
mysterious process aided by God's
own sovereign Spirit. People's
minds start out `veiled' or `blinded'
— this veil is removed through the
agency of the Holy Spirit when a
person turns to the Lord (2 Cor.4:3f;
3:16f). As Paul describes it, the eyes
of our heart become enlightened
(Ephesians 1:18). It's as we begin
walking the life of faith, trusting
Biblical truth enough to begin
testing it out experimentally in our
everyday life, that we find we can
really rely on God who has revealed
these momentous teachings. "To the
Jews who had believed him, Jesus
said, "If you hold to my teaching,
you are really my disciples. Then
you will know the truth, and the
truth will set you free."" (John 8:31-
32)
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embassy, Muammar Qaddafi
became so angry that he ordered
England to be removed from all
maps in Libya. If you'd bought a
map there then, that area was
represented by a new arm of the
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The big rush
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request for proposals (RFP) to
prepare the property for potential
sale.
Council carried the motion
without any further discussion. The
deadline for RFP submissions is
Thursday, Feb. 16 at noon.
Last summer council had declared
the school surplus and proceeded to
sell it, a decision that was not
without controversy. At the time,
Councillor David Blaney suggested
that the municipality should extend
the RFP deadline for a specific
interested party — a request that was
turned down.
After several lengthy discussions,
however, no bids were made on the
school and its ownership remained
with the municipality.
Council had made the decision to
express interest in purchasing the
school building in January, 2012
after the Avon Maitland District
School Board closed Brussels Public
School and several other local
schools. The municipality was the
successful bidder and came to own
the former school and its
surrounding property, totalling over
eight acres.
After a lengthy closed -to -the -
public session on Jan. 3, 2012,
council passed a motion to officially
express interest in the building.
"We had to get our names in
there," said Mayor Bernie
MacLellan at the time. "We'll still
have to have a meeting or a planning
day and hear suggestions from
councillors as to what they think we
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should do with the building."
Eventually council developed the
building into the Brussels Business
and Cultural Centre. Councillors and
staff called the centre a "small
business incubator" meant to
provide cheap rent to start-up
businesses to help them get
established and get on their feet and
into a position where they could
afford a commercial space in the
municipality.
In recent years, while the centre is
still home to one business and a
church, the majority of the space is
used by the Old Colony Mennonite
School, which brings over 100
students to the community every day
for classes.
The school was profiled by The
Citizen in November, 2015. The
story can be viewed on The Citizen's
website at northhuron.on.ca.
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