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The Citizen, 2016-02-18, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016. Sports Midget Girls Crusaders take top spot at Silver Stick Big winners The Midget 'C' Girls Crusaders took gold at the 2016 Caitlyn Cobean Memorial Silver Stick Tournament in Saugeen Shores earlier this month. The squad bested TCDMHA and the Lambton Shores Predators and tied St. Thomas and Grey Highland to earn a birth in the gold medal match against St. Thomas. (Photo submitted) Students to ski, play volleyball By Principal Cathy Goetz Happy February everyone! We hope everyone enjoyed their Family Day. Hullett Central Public School has been a very busy place in recent weeks. We had our school tubing trip the end of January at St. Marys River Run tubing. In the words of one very excited Grade 1 student, "The hill was huge!" The Blyth and Londesborough Lions Clubs visited us this week to share the good news that they are sponsoring the primary classrooms with purchasing some books for the their classroom libraries. Thank you to our Lion friends for their continued support and involvement. Our public speaking competition is going to be held Feb. 23. Please come and join us that mornning starting at 9 a.m. with the junior student competition. Thank you to our sponsors at the Royal Canadian Legion who promote and sponsor this competition. The first place winners in each division will have an opportunity to compete at the district level early in March in Kincardine. Senior volleyball teams have been practicing under the coaching of Mr. Caldwell and Mrs. Gilroy. The students were scheduled to be at their tournament Feb. 16 in Clinton at Central Huron Secondary School. Good luck teams. Huron East decides grant allocations By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Huron East spent much of its annual grant budget earlier this month, voting yay or nay on requests that had come through over the course of 2015. At Huron East Council's Feb. 2 meeting, councillors went down the list of requests and historical grants, attempting to keep within its annual grant budget of $20,000. Grants approved at the meeting were: $1,000, Brussels Agricultural Society; $550, Brussels Horticultural Society; $500, Brussels Santa Claus parade; $500, Ethel Minor Ball; $250, Huron County Farm and Home Safety Association; $250, Huron Perth Agriculture and Water Festival; $250, Huron Plowmen's Association; $7,500, Seaforth Lions Club (pool); $1,000, Clinton Lions Club; $400, Maitland Bank Cemetery; $1,000, Seaforth Agricultural Society; $550, Seaforth Horticultural Society; $2,000, Seaforth Santa Claus parade; $500, St. Columban Soccer; $1,000, Van Egmond Foundation; $500, Walton Area Sports Club and $500, Winthrop Ball Park. Council also approved several grants that could not yet have a dollar figure attached. Council approved the purchase of wreaths for the municipality's three Remembrance Day ceremonies as well as the money for a hall rental for the Seaforth Food Bank for its annual Souper Saturday fundraiser. Two requests have yet to be dealt with. The first is from the Building Bridges to our Future campaign, which is attempting to finance improvements to playgrounds and sports fields at both F.E. Madill Continued on page 11 REPRINTS* OF PHOTOS taken by Citizen photographers are available to purchase. ALL ARE IN COLOUR 4x6 - $4.00 5x7 - $5.00 8x10 - $8.00 Phone to order - 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 On Feb. 25 some students in Grades 4 to 8 are going to be travelling to Hockley Valley Ski Resort. The recent cold temperatures and snow squalls have resulted in great conditions for us to have a successful trip. We will just hope temperatures are "just a bit" warmer and that there are no squalls on that day. Report cards are headed home this week as well in all grades. End - of -term assessments are a good place for everyone to reflect on where they have been and to re- set the compass to the track they need to get on to reach their end goal. Thanks to the student council and classroom teachers for organizing a fun Valentine's Day for us. This year students enjoyed a school dance and also had the opportunity to purchase a carnation for a friend. Twin Day is planned for Feb. 29. That is all for now Hullett Central, have a great month. The weekend of Feb. 6 was a busy one for the Blyth Brussels Crusaders Midgets C Girls at the 2016 Caitlyn Cobean Memorial Silver Stick Tournament, hosted by Saugeen Shores, where they took gold. The tournament began Feb. 5 in the afternoon with a match against the St. Thomas Panthers. Neither team scored during that game leaving it a 0-0 tie. The team's tournament opener was followed by a 3-1 win Friday evening versus the TCDMHA Rebels and a third game Saturday night against the Grey Highland Shooting Stars where the girls finished with a 1-1 tie earning a spot in the semi-final game. Sunday morning they faced off against the Lambton Shores Predators, coming out ahead with a 3-2 win. The Crusaders finished the weekend Sunday afternoon challenging the St. Thomas Panthers for the title and their continued hard work proved a success as they came out ahead ending the game with a 1- 0 win and taking gold. BB2F gala set to benefit Madill fields The Building Bridges to Our Future (BB2F) campaign is hosting a special gala dinner and auction in late April as part of its fundraising efforts. The campaign, which aims to install new playground equipment at Maitland River Elementary School, enhance the environmental grounds between the public school and F. E. Madill Secondary School and improve the sports fields at Madill, will be hosting "An Evening of Connections" gala dinner and auction on April 30 at the Knights of Columbus Hall at the North Huron Wescast Community Centre. The evening, which starts with cocktails at 5 p.m., will feature three speakers who have had their lives changed by debilitating injuries. The speakers are Julie Sawchuk, a Madill science teacher who was paralyzed from the chest down when she was struck by a motorist while cycling; David Greig, a former Madill athlete and paralympic track and field coach and David Willsie, a paralympic gold medal rugby champion who became a quadriplegic after a hockey injury. The masters of ceremony for the evening are Julie `B' Bullivant from CKNX's The One radio station and Scott Miller of CTV. The auctioneer for the live auction will be Huron - Bruce MP Ben Lobb. All the proceeds from the evening will go towards the improvement of the Madill sports fields. Blyth restaurateur Peter Gusso, also a former Madill student, will be preparing dinner and hors d'oeuvres. Current Madill students will be helping out for the evening. Tickets for the evening cost $85 for individuals, $150 for couples or an entire table for $600 and will soon be available through the Building Bridges Facebook and Twitter accounts and through BB2F.com. The website will also feature information on the items being auctioned off. To get involved or find more information, contact Karri-Anne Cameron or Teresa Farrell -Becker at bridges2future@gmail.com .7&we a New Let everyone know about your new bundle of joy! Call for prices and detail 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 The ifitgodit Citizen, Winter Sports Pages Coaches and parents we need your team's picture and players' names le ace Oa°°P a''Pa'. co• KeddO • Hockey 1. Please submit team photo A.S.A.P. 2. Please include players' and coaches' names for under the photo. Please help us get ALL the Winter Sports teams published. LL A ge°C. • Broomball 413 Queen St., Blyth The Citizen 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114