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Fry cook
Linda Bird tossed in some fries as the cooking crew worked
to keep the serving table stocked for the diners on hand at
the Grade 8 fish fry in Brussels Legion on Saturday night.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
By Jo-Ann McDonaldIt has been busy at the BrusselsLegion Branch this week withelections held at the general meetingon Tuesday evening. There was a
very small turnout with only 12
Comrades in attendance.
Elections were conducted by
Comrade Glenn Bridge. The elected
officers for the upcoming term of
2008-2009 are: president, Jo-Ann
McDonald; first vice-president, John
Lowe; second vice-president Deb
Cann; executive, Greg Wilson, Andy
Overholt, Mabel Glanville, Catrina
Josling and Eric Ross; treasurer,
Nicole Noble; secretary, Sandra
Josling and sergeant at arms, Lisa
Glanville.
The installation of officers will be
done jointly with Seaforth Branch
156 on May 23 at Seaforth.
The fish fry crew was off to F.E.
Madill High School to do a fry to
raise funds for the rugby teams and
their planned trip to England. They
had a great response and sold over
300 tickets. The crew representing
the branch included Jason Konarski,
Rick McDonald, Glenn Bridge, Bob
Richardson, Mary Bernard, Judy Leeand Jo-Ann McDonald.The Thursday night darts had 10taking aim at the boards. The first-place team was Harry Smith and
Sandra Josling. Coming in second
were Marlene Little and Norm
Dobson. The high shot of the night
was by Marlene with 131 and the
high start was by Harry with an 86.
The Friday night supper of sweet
and sour meatballs was enjoyed by a
great crowd. This week will be
scalloped salmon.
It was a wonderful turnout for the
Brussels Public School Grade 8 grad
fundraising fish fry on Saturday. The
parent organizing committee did a
fantastic job on the setup, food and
cleanup. The students in the Grade 8
class were also on hand to peel,
chop, slice, set tables, be runners, cut
dessert and man the doors.
They did a great job feeding over
225 hungry diners. Profits from the
dinner are going to support the
Grade 8 class in their year-end trip
and graduation.
Comrades Dale Sauve, Mike
Dauphin, Ken and Linda Bird, Deb
Cann, Ron Schmidt, Jo-AnnMcDonald and Murray Lowe werethe cooks on duty for the Legion.Sports Chairman Comrade RickMcDonald attended the District
Sports meeting in Kitchener at the
Polish Branch on Saturday morning.
Concerns from past events were
discussed and hopefully resolved.
The Cadet Corps held its walk-a-
thon and roadside cleanup on
Saturday. The Cadets walked from
town east out the Morris Road
collecting garbage from the sides of
the road. They returned to Cadet
leader Dawson’s home to have
lunch, before returning to the Branch
for pickup by parents at 2 p.m.
The Corps was killing two birds
with one stone so to speak by having
the walk-a-thon and collecting
pledges for fundraising for
themselves as well as collecting
garbage from the side of the road to
demonstrate their commitment to the
community, country and to the
environment. Good work Cadets.
Anyone wishing to help out the
Cadets with their fundraising efforts
can do so by dropping off returnable
bottles and pop cans behind the
Branch on Tuesday evenings for pick
up. The Corps also has some
cookbooks for sale which can be
obtained at the bar during Branch
hours.
At the BranchBusy week at Legion
404 Queen St., Blyth
519-523-4792
541 Turnberry St., Brussels
519-887-9114
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Feeling pressured on the eve of a
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Maitland District School Board
backed off from what could have
been a precedent-setting agreement
to allow a human rights organization
preferential access to school
information services.
“They’re looking for some income
from it as well, so I’m just
wondering if we shouldn’t qualify it
somehow,” suggested Stratford
trustee Doug Pratley, regarding a
proposed agreement between the
board and Canadian-based Free the
Children.
The organization was founded in
1995 by Craig Kielburger – himself a
child at the time – and has gone on to
work worldwide for the alleviation of
child poverty and child exploitation.
Craig’s brother, Marc, delivered a
keynote address to Avon Maitland
employees on April 23, during a
system-wide professional
development day event in Stratford.
The proposed partnership between
the board and Free the Children was
brought before trustees by education
superintendent Ted Doherty. It set
out a framework for the board to
provide “direct access . . . to all
schools via mail, e-mail and phone to
make them aware of (Free the
Children’s) resources and
opportunities, formal endorsement
(in the form of superintendent letters,
etc.) and encouragement to schools
to participate in opportunities; (and)
support for schools to take advantage
of opportunities . . . and other fee-
based programs by providing board-
level funding.”
Free the Children would, in turn,
provide such things as “one-on-one
mentorship for students and
educators by a dedicated
international youth co-ordinator;
support for board-wide events by
sending representatives, upon
request; and up to two professional
development workshops per year,
free of charge (pending
availability).”
Doherty explained many Avon
Maitland students and student groups
are already involved in Free the
Children activities or similar
activities. He said suggestions about
a possible partnership first arose
several months ago. But there was
very little work on final details until
recently, and the final Free the
Children proposal only arrived the
day of the April 22 meeting.
He defended granting access to
schools’information services, stating
“we’re not crazy about our schools
being bombarded all the time by
advertisements, but (Free the
Children) has agreed that they would
do that on a more organized basis.”
But several trustees expressed
misgivings about the short time
between receiving the proposal and
making a decision, about granting
access for information, and about
formalizing a fee structure.
Education director Geoff Williams
conceded, saying he would deliver a
message to Kielberger the next day
that the board is “very excited with
the potential for a partnership with
Free the Children,” but would stop
short of announcing a finalized deal.
‘Pressured’ trustees
back off agreement
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen