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Brussels Legion
Pipes and Drums
Practice
Thursday
evenings
at 7 p.m
Brussels Legion
Contact Don Martin at
519-887-6328
for more information.
An invitation to join our
street band.
Experience not
necessary.
Training available.
Soup crew seeks
diners, volunteers
Weather continues to be the top
topic of conversation and for this
part of the week – it’s pretty fine.
Nice and crisp with sunshine and no
precipitation, just fine for a time
outside. Those are the days that the
kids hit the hills and the joy of play
is evident to all.
I spent Grandma time in Barrie
last week and was reminded of the
clock works of a four year old –
there is none! Getting ready for
school on a partial schedule was a
good reminder of living in the
moment and the mystery of
disappearing winter attire. Of
course, questions to anything related
to either of these subjects were
returned with “I don’t know” and
oops, we were late for school! Mind
you playtime after school, on the
hills was good for us all and no one
worried about time or things. The
energy and enthusiasm of Ella and
Sloan was a good balance to the
storms of January.
The Soup & More 2 crew continue
in their volunteer time to community
each Friday. Friday is a good day to
share food with others in a safe place
with a menu that is different each
week. So if your days seem long, get
your coat on and come to the
Presbyterian Church between 11:30
a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday. To sit and
eat with a new friend is a good thing
for your mind. Volunteers are
appreciated for the cooking, serving
and clean-up that is done weekly.
Mary Douma and Elaine Armstrong
keep things going as we work in our
fourth year of operation. So if you
haven’t attended, try it soon.
The world and its workings are in
constant change. Some things go
unnoticed and others affect a portion
of the people at different levels and
times. Space, machinery, computers,
black particles and paint colours put
me to wonder often. Camera power
is the one that surprised me this
week, watching a time lapse photo
of the action of a volcano was
breathtaking. The picture of the
underside of an elephant swimming
was stunning and the porpoises in
motion with the setting sun in the
background was a pure wonder.
Thank goodness I don’t need to
explain the workings. Each
generation brings what it can to the
world and they are the ones who
truly understand.
The days are starting to lengthen.
Hope is always present if you watch
for it.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
By Betty
Graber
Watson
Call
887-9231
A NOTE FROM BETTY
Smiles and snow
Crazy carpets and their riders littered a hill outside of North Woods Elementary School during
the school’s winter fun day on Jan. 23. Shown enjoying her trip down the hill is McKenna
Cochrane. (Denny Scott photo)
By Jo-Ann McDonald
It was a relatively normal week at
the Brussels Legion Branch. The
Thursday night darts had a nice
turnout. Winners were: first,
Marlene Rutledge and Rodger
McHardy; second, Daisy Wong and
Wayne Smith; high, Sandra Josling,
82. Darts start at 8 p.m. each
Thursday evening. Anyone - Legion
or non-Legion folks are all welcome
to join in the fun.
The Friday night supper of ham
and scalloped potatoes was enjoyed
by about 25 people. This week is
turkey dinner with a slight price
increase as usual.
The Saturday afternoon euchre
had seven-and-a-half tables of
players. Winners were first, Mae
Ritchie and Lillian Appleby, 93;
second, John Brown and Kevin, 85;
third, Louise Hammond and Mary
McIntosh, 68; low, Hazel
McGonigle and Janet Davies, 41;
lone hands, Anne Laidlaw and Joyce
Hodgins, four. Euchre is every two
weeks.
The zone euchre competition was
held in Hensall on Saturday. The
Branch had one team attend the
competition. The foursome of Norm
Dobson, Paul Machan, Bob
Richardson and Daisy Wong had
a great day and placed fifth for
the day and will advance to
district play in Hepworth.
We have two Comrades under the
weather. Lloyd Glanville had
surgery on his arm and is doing well
and Ron Schmidt was in
hospital for a couple of days,
but is home again and feeling
better.
The Sunday night dance had the
great band of the Country Versatiles
playing. There were 70 attending to
enjoy the night of dancing.
At the Branch
Euchre players advance to district event
Huron East is hoping to get
involved in the request for proposals
(RFP) process for the new
ambulance station in Seaforth, but
cannot yet do so officially.
After a lengthy closed-to-the-
public session at its Jan. 20 meeting,
Huron East Council reconvened with
a motion that the municipality
express its interest in a joint facility
on the Seaforth town hall property.
The motion also states, however, that
due to the complex wording of the
RFP document, prepared by those at
the Huron County offices, Huron
East is precluded from submitting a
proposal.
“That in response to the County of
Huron RFP for a new EMS
[emergency medical services] base
in Seaforth, that the Municipality of
Huron East submit a proposal
including a site plan and schematic
plan for a Huron East Town Hall
location, but advise the County of
Huron that the format of the RFP
precludes the municipality from
submitting a complete RFP,” the
motion reads, “and further that
council reaffirms its position as
outlined in an Oct. 16, 2014 letter to
the County CAO that the
Municipality of Huron East express
interest in investigating the concept
of a joint-use facility with the
County of Huron on the town hall
property.”
The issue has been one that
brought about much debate in past
meetings.
At a previous meeting of council,
Huron East Chief Administrative
Officer Brad Knight said he was
surprised to find out that the county
had issued an RFP and that Huron
East had not been informed.
At a subsequent meeting of Huron
County Council, Huron County
Chief Administrative Officer Brenda
Orchard said it was the result of a
simple typo that resulted in the e-
mail not being delivered to the
proper address.
Nevertheless, both Huron East
Mayor Bernie MacLellan and
Deputy-Mayor Joe Steffler voiced
their concern over the document,
saying they were receiving feedback
that it was unprofessional and that
the document’s wording precluded
many local contractors from
submitting their interest in the
project.
The vote to express interest in a
joint facility was passed by a close,
recorded vote of six votes for the
motion and five votes against it.
Voting for the motion were
MacLellan, Steffler and Councillors
David Blaney, Dianne Diehl, Nathan
Marshall and Kevin Wilbee, while
Councillors Ray Chartrand, Brenda
Dalton, Bob Fisher, Larry McGrath
and Alvin McLellan all voted
against it.
CAFÉ
More than just a great sandwich!
401 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-8011
Valentine’s Dinner
Friday, February 13
2 Options:
Enjoy your meal here in the café
or
Order a meal for take out to share with your sweetheart
Choose from prime rib, rolled ribs or baked salmon.
Reservations or pre-ordering required
7th Annual
Open Mic
Night!
After Dinner
Join the Jam
at our
Hosted by
John Bryndza &
Dave Hawkins
Everyone welcome
Free Admission
Friday, Feb. 13
8:30 pm
Huron East precluded from county RFP
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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