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COMING EVENTS
at the
BRUSSELS LEGION
for February
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Euchre tournament at 1:00 pm.
Bring your own partner.
Cash Prizes. Lunch.
$5.00 per person.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Sunday Night Dance
from 7-11 pm.
$10.00 per person. Lunch.
Enjoy the music of the
Country Versatiles.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Valentine’s Luncheon
from 12 noon - 1 pm.
Roast Beef Dinner.
$10.00 per person.
Everyone welcome.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Valentine Wing, fries and meat
draw. Pub Night 7-11 pm.
Cards, darts and crib.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Euchre tournament at 1:00 pm.
Bring your own partner.
Cash Prizes. Lunch.
$5.00 per person.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Sunday Night Dance
from 7-11 pm.
$10.00 per person. Lunch.
Enjoy the music of the
Country Classics.
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Look for this ad the
first week of the month only.
Auditorium and small
meeting room available to rent.
Catering available.
Info and general inquiries
519-887-6562 or 519-887-6570
Awarded
Delayna Smith, centre, was presented with the Brussels
Agricultural Society’s Junior Section Award, which is given
to the student with the highest total points in the junior
section of the Brussels Fall Fair. The award, presented at
Friday night’s annual meeting of the Brussels Agricultural
Society, held at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community
Centre, is donated annually by David and Joan Perrie, also
pictured. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Groundhog Day forthcoming
It’s rodent checking time. How the
groundhog got to this level of
influence in human life is truly quite
amazing. The prominence of the
Wiarton festival and the success rate
of seeing the shadow defy all odds,
so good for them.
The shenanigans are still
happening in the village, keep alert
and be sure to report any unusual
activity to the OPP or Crime
Stoppers. Broken articles and
graffiti are irritating but it’s the
mental issues of destruction, a need
to damage property that are hard tocomprehendBirthdays, especially winterbirthdays are a great way to enjoy
the days of January. The Vicar of
Dibley, oh I meant the Pastor of
Brussels United celebrated her
birthday with friends last week.
Stories are always a good part of
every birthday and able to join this
year was retired Archie McDonald
and friend Rosemary. Life
experiences, no matter how calm or
bizarre give the best entertainment.
So here’s to another year
Sandra with fun, friends and
food.
The weather on Saturday was
wonderful. Blowing snow and not
too cold. It’s January and time to
enjoy the white stuff.
Looking ahead, if you want some
fun and a bargain, get your ticket for
the Valentine’s dance at Brussels,
Morris and Grey Community Centre
for Feb. 11 from Joan or Audrey. It
will cost you more if you wait untilthat night.Take care.Bye now, Betty G.W.
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
Mait-Side
Orchard
Apples, Apples,
Apples
Most grades and varieties
Apple Butter & Honey
Fresh pressed cider weekly
Open Monday - Saturday
West end of Brussels
519-887-6883
By Betty
Graber
Watson
Call
887-9231
A NOTE FROM BETTY
At the Branch
Snow hurts numbers
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The general meeting of Brussels
Legion Branch was held on Tuesday
evening with only six executive
members attending. The usual
business was conducted with reports
from committee heads attending.
The catering committees reports one
function booked for February and
groups wishing fish fry events this
year have begun to book. There are
already six events booked at this
time.
Comrade Elaine Nichol is still a
patient in Oakville Hospital.
The Thursday night darts had only
a few players in attendance due to
the weather. Winners were: first,
Gord Jacklin; high, Gord, 118,
Sharon Robbins, 107.
The Friday night supper crowd
who trust whatever is on the menu
will be good, were happy to enjoy a
roast beef dinner. This week will be
ham and scalloped potatoes.
The inclement weather on
Saturday resulted in a very small
crowd for euchre. There were four-
and-a-half tables of players, so the
chances of being a winner were
high. Winners were: first, Frank and
Betty Hulley, 80; second, Ed
Stewart and Glen Sellers, 75; third,
Bill Coleman and Grace Corbett,
74; lone hands, Charlie Shaw and
John Pollard, five; low, Hazel
McGonigle and Faye Dalrymple,
50. Euchre is every two weeks.
The Branch had four Comrades
participating in Zone Mixed Double
and Mixed Team darts on Saturday.
Comrades Ron Schmidt and Daisy
Wong were the winners of the
Mixed Doubles and joined forces
with Comrades Ken and Linda Bird
to finish second in the mixed team
darts. They played in Goderich and
it was a very long day with play
starting at 11 a.m. and not finishing
until nearly 10 p.m. There was great
participation in spite of the poor
weather. Congratulations to our
Comrades who advance to District
play.
The Sunday night dance crowd
must have been fearful of the
weather as less than 50 attended.
There was plenty of room for
dancing and lots of lunch for all.
The music provided by the Red
Rascal Band was great as usual and
the next dance will feature the
Country Versatiles.
Londesborough store owners
speak to Horticultural society
The Brussels and District
Horticultural Society held its
January meeting on Monday, Jan. 23
at the Brussels Library. The meeting
opened the singing of O’ Canada.
Mary Douma read a poem entitled
“Feeding the Birds” and then
introduced the speakers, Jen and Tim
Elliott, owners of Nature’s Nest in
Londesborough.
Jen gave the group an overview of
their business and Tim showed the
many different kinds of bird feeders
that he had on display. He spoke of
lifetime warranty bird feeders, easy
cleaning bird feeders, suet feeders,
fly-through feeders and squirrel-
proof feeders. If you want plenty of
birds place your bird feeder as close
to trees as possible. If you are
hanging your feeder on a tree limb
make sure it is four feet from the
ground. If you are hanging a feeder
on a steel rod keep it four feet from
your deck or a railing because of
squirrels.
Tim had many different kinds of
bird seed mixtures on display. The
best bird seed has a lot of oil seeds in
it, such as black oil sunflower seeds.
Wheat and or/oats are often added as
fillers so choose your bird seed
wisely. Anti-squirrel seed is popular.
Tim also presented many different
kinds of suet cakes and a four-
seasons (heated) bird bath.
Hummingbird feeders should be
filled around Mother’s Day with four
parts boiling water and one part
sugar. Do not add food colouring.
Sharon Freeman thanked the Elliotts
for their interesting talk.
President Phyllis Mitchell
presided over the business part of the
meeting. In the absence of secretary
Lois Lee, Leona Armstrong read the
minutes of the last two meetings,
followed by the correspondence and
the treasurer’s report.
Phyllis called for volunteers or
motions for a President and Vice-
President with no results. An
executive meeting to plan the
programs for the coming year will be
held at Phyllis Mitchell’s home on
Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 1:30 p.m.
Several lucky draws were made
with Yvonne Knight winning the
beautiful bird feeder donated by the
Elliotts. The Elliotts also donated a
bag of bird seed to every person
present.
Twenty-six memberships were
collected. Anyone interested in
joining the Horticultural Society
please pay $5 to treasurer Leona
Armstrong who can be reached at
519-887-6753. At least 50
memberships are required in order to
obtain a grant from the Province of
Ontario. Happy birthday was sung to
Leona Armstrong and she was
presented with a potted hyacinth.
Laura Barbour and Donna Knight
served a very tasty lunch.
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By Madelaine Higgins
Examination week began at St.
Anne’s on Tuesday, Jan. 24 as the
last full day of classes was Monday,
Jan. 23.
Students were busy “cramming”
and finishing last-minute
assignments for the
last stress-filled week of first
semester.
Semester two will begin on
Thursday, Feb. 2. Final report cards
will be going on Feb. 10.
It is also recommended that course
changes for second semester be
made before this date.
In the first week of second
semester, there will also be photo
retake day for graduating students
and college applications are due on
Feb. 1.
Early in semester two, St. Anne’s
will host its annual Winterfest, and
student cabinet continues to prepare
a special night for the entire school
on Feb. 16.
See you in second semester, hands
up!
Semester two set to
begin Feb. 2, report
cards out Feb. 10