The Citizen, 2008-05-22, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008.
Well I hope you had fun on the
weekend, be it Victoria Day, May 24
or firecracker weekend.
While plans were made for what
to do with that extra day off, part of
the world continued as normal. So
for those of us scheduled to work itwas just the usual fun of a normalworking weekend and we tried notto be too jealous. Fishing, camping,games, sleepovers, shopping andvisiting were some of the extracurricular fun activities thathappened in and around Brussels.Bev Elston was pretty proud ofdaughter Tracey last week. She
attended a ceremony in Cambridge
for the National Service Dogs where
seven families with autistic children
received a very specially-trained
dog. The families had received
training in the care and conduct of
the dog as well as expectations.
Tracey was there as a volunteer
puppy raiser, she had raisedDiamond for 11 months, and waspleased to see her work wellreceived. Bev had pictures of theseven families with their new four-footed member and everyone lookedthrilled.I’m sure Larry will be smirkingproudly from heaven.The ball and soccer teams are
getting their acts together as they get
the teamwork theory worked out.
The skills just keep growing every
year.
If your summer plans include
getting to Kids Corner, you can
mark July 7-11 now. Once again the
are churches look for volunteers to
run this fun program. It will be in theafternoon and Grades 1-8 arewelcome to attend.If you have questions or wouldlike to help, Jill Sholdice 519-887-6836 would love to hear from you.The last weekend of July has beenset aside for celebrating life inBrussels. Details will be comingsoon but save that time to welcome
home family and friends for lots of
fun.
Fundraising for the new library is
quietly growing. Pledges have been
received and plans are in the works
to grow our part of this major
project.
The trees and flowers in the
village are beautiful. All the colours
of the rainbow can be seen on a slow
survey of the properties.
Enjoy the week.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The Cadets are busy practising at
the Brussels Legion for their year-
end annual inspection. Drill practice
and deciding on displays for the
evening are also being done.
Inspection and promotions will be
on May 27 and everyone is welcome
to attend.
The Brussels Grade 8s euchre was
held on Wednesday afternoon. Five
tables of players were vying for the
prizes. The winners of the day
included Edna McLellan and Chuck
for high prizes. The low prizes went
to Allan Edgar and Mrs. Evans.
Lone hand winners were Neil Hatt
and Leona McDonald. There will be
another euchre in two weeks.
Comrades under the weather
include John Harrison, recovering
from surgery and Lisa Glanville with
a shoulder injury.
Comrades are already arriving at
the Branch with items for the
auction to be held at the end of the
month. There are some really nice
things and we encourage Comrades
to drop their items off as soon as
possible to help out the paper work
end of things.
The installation of officers will be
done jointly this year with Seaforth
Branch 156 on May 23 in Seaforth.
We invite all members to attend at 8
p.m.
The Friday night supper of
sausage and sauerkraut was enjoyed
by a pretty good crowd for a long
weekend. This week will be roast
beef.
At the Branch
Cadets practise
for inspection
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Huron East’s new economic
development officer, Janice Hawley,
says that moving to her new position
in Huron East from the Goderich
BIA is like “coming home.”
Hawley has been the business
manager at the Goderich BIA for
just over one year, but says she is
very excited to get started in Huron
East and specifically, Brussels,
which will be one of her first
projects.
Hawley will be one of the big
players in the business retention and
expansion survey that will begin this
month being conducted by the
Huron Business Development
Corporation.
HBDC economic development
manager Paul Nichol worked with
Hawley for a one-year contract
before she became involved with the
BIA and he says he was very happy
with her work.
Hawley was hired after an
extensive search that required two
rounds of interviews before the
municipality offered her the
position.
“[Hawley] brought a lot of local
knowledge to the job. She has had
experience, albeit along the
lakeshore, with projects that have
had to do with economic
development, that have had to do
with the BIA and helping tourism in
Bayfield, so she’s certainly familiar
with the area,” Huron East deputy-
mayor Bernie MacLellan said.
“She has already built herself a
wealth of contacts and she has some
experience with the HBDC already.”
Hawley has nearly doubled her
weekly hours at the BIA from her
first day to her last day, which will
be at the end of the month. She
began working 20 hours per week
and is now up near 40.
She has been busy with several
programs that she hopes to adapt to
Huron East. She has been working
on a shopping mall-style map of
Goderich’s square that shows shops
by category that she hopes will be
ready soon in both pamphlet and
website form, and she says this
concept would be a great tool in
marketing Huron East.
One of her other projects is
downtown property profiles, a four-
page, detailed profile of every
property in the downtown featuring
square-footage, possibilities,
ownership, etc. This is something
that will also help Huron East to
market itself to possible investors.
“[Hawley] brought a wealth of
experience, as far as tourism goes, to
the position. She also has a bit of a
background with heritage and
culture,” MacLellan said.
“She also impressed us with steps
she has taken to figure out how to
put together information for
interested parties who may be
looking to expand into our
municipality. This is something that
she has developed on her own and
we were quite impressed with what
she had to show us.”
Hawley currently lives in
Goderich and plans to spend at least
another year there. She says she
won’t mind the commute and she
has developed friendships in
Goderich that she wants to keep.
She is originally from the London
area, but in a rural pocket of south-
western Ontario, so she is familiar
with the way of life that Huron
County is so accustomed to. She
went to school in Dorchester then
studied science at the University of
Waterloo.
After university, Hawley tried
teaching and found it wasn’t for her.
She eventually landed in finance,
marketing and then worked for 22
years for a land developer.
Hawley says she is excited to
begin work in Huron East, saying
that the municipality has so much
potential and talent that while there
is a lot going on, she sees the
potential for so much more.
MacLellan has no worries about a
transition period, citing Hawley’s
year with the HBDC as preparation
for what she’s walking into with
Huron East.
“It was one of the many things that
she brought to the table,” he said.
“She’s very familiar with the people
in the municipal office, she knows
the ropes and knows what actions
have to be taken when you get into a
new project like this.”
EDO comes home to H. East
Welcome
Huron East named its new economic development officer
last week: Janice Hawley, current business manager at the
Goderich BIA. She says she is very excited to get started
at her new post and has a lot of fresh ideas she has been
working on in Goderich which she hopes to implement in
Huron East. One of the first will be playing a key role in the
business retention and expansion survey that the Huron
Business Development Corporation hopes to begin this
month. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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