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The Citizen, 1987-09-23, Page 1Brussels Homecoming committee donates $12,000 major part of the surplus income left after all expenses had been paid following the phenomenal success of the village’s 115th birthday bash last July 1st week­ end. The Brussels Homecoming Committee on Monday donated $12,OOOtocommunity projects, the VOL. 3 NO. 38 Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1987.40 CENTS McGavin top IPM junior plowman Jeff McGavin of RR 4, Walton is the latest champion in a family that has produced winning plowmen for three generations. On Saturday, he tallied the highest aggregate score in his division over four days of plowing at the International Plowing Match at Meaford to win the title of Junior Champion Plowman of 1987. The championship earned Mr. McGavin a handsome silver cup, plus one of two IPM scholarships worth $2,500 each at one of Ontario's colleges of agriculture, money the young ch ampion will put to good use at the University of Guelph, where he is enrolled in his first year toward a Bachelor of Science degree. The win also qualifies him to go on to the Canadian Plowing Championships in British Columbia next Septem­ ber. The second scholarship went to Rod MacGillivray of Paisley, for achieving the second highest aggregate score in the Junior division. On his way to the IPA champion­ ship, Mr. McGavin also won his division and group championship to become the meet’s Junior Champion with a two-furrow plow, a win which netted him another $300 in cash. On September 4, Jeff McGavin also won the Junior Championship at the Huron County Plowing Match near Exeter, while his older brother, Brian, brought home the meet’s Senior Championship. Brian was the Reserve Champion in his division at last week’s IPM, where he won theJunior Cham­ pionship and a $2,500 scholarship in 1982. Graeme Craig of RR 1, Walton, has been Jeff’s plowing coach throughout his career, and the youth says he owes much of his skill to Mr. Craig’s patient train­ ing. Complementing Mr. McGavin’s big win at the IPM was the superb performance turned in by Sandra Hunt, al so of RR4, Walton, the 1987 Huron County Queen of the Farrow. Miss Hunt was one of five finalists selected to compete for the title of Ontario Queen of the Furrow, barely losing out in the final analysis to 1987 Ontario Queen Jacquie Boot of Wellington County, but being named a close First Runner Up. The title means that Miss Hunt will take over the Queen’s duties for the next year if for any reason Miss Boot is unable tu carry them out. Besides the McGavin brothers, eight other tractor plowmen from Continued on page zi Candy may not have won any championships at the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels School Fair on September 15, but in the eyes of her owner, Justin Howatt, 6, she was by far the best calf at the show - maybe even in the whole world. A Grade 1 student at East Wawanosh Public School, Justin is the son of Doug and Sherry Howatt of RR 1, Belgrave. In the face of beautiful fall weather, the last remaining agricultural school fair in Ontario attracted a huge crowd of both entrants and spectators. The Citizen wins award me Ontario Community News­ paper Association (OCNA) has announced that The Citizen is winner of the general excellence in advertising award for newspapers of under 2,500 circulation. The award recognizes excel­ lence in design and layout of local advertising in newspapers in various circulation categories a- mong community newspapers a- cross the province. The Citizen placed first in its category followed by The Arthur Enterprise and the Lucknow Sentinel. Janice Gibson, advertising manager tor The Citi­ zen will receive the award at the fall meeting of the OCNA in Ottawa in October. This marks the second major award for The Citizen in the last few months as the community- owned newspaper approaches its second anniversary Oct. 23. Ear­ lier this summer in competition with community newspaper of all sizes from across Canada, The Citizen won third place for the best editorial on a national subject. The paper also won a “blue ribbon award’’ for being among the top In a ceremony at the Brussels municipal office prior to a meeting ofthe Public Utilities Commission, newspapers in its circulation cate­ gory in general excellence. “The results are very gratifying and are a tribute to our advertisers and to Janice and our advertising staff,’’ said publisher Keith Roul- ston. He said the biggest challenge The Citizen may face in similar competitions in the future is that its circulation has been so rapidly increasing in recent months that the paper may have to go up another circulation class putting it against much larger newspapers from larger centres. members of the Homecoming Committee executive presented five cheques to representatives of four municipal bodies, fulfilling their original pledge to put any profit realized by the events of the four-day celebration back into the community. Homecoming Committee chair­ man Jerry Wheeler presented two cheques to Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Board chairman Dale Newman for projects at the BMG Arena: the first, for $8,000 is to go towards the installation of the long-awaited sewers at the facility; while the second cheque, for $1,000 is to pay for the new chairs purchased prior to the Homecom­ ing. “Ican’teven imagine how we would have begun to pay for these projects if it hadn’t been for you guys (the Homecoming Commit­ tee),’’ Mr. Newman said in accepting the donation. Homecoming Committee secre­ tary Mary Lowe then turned over a cheque to Brussels Reeve Gordon Workman on behalf of the village, to be used toward the purchase of new furniture for the lower level of the Brussels library building, which houses the Brussels Play­ school several days a week, as well as numerous other community events throughout the year. Committee 1st Vice-president Wayne Lowe then presented a cheque for an additional $1,000 to library branch supervisor Susan Nichol, to be used towards refur­ bishing and redecorating the library facility, on the upper floor of the Library building. And finally, Committee second vice-president Sarah Stephenson turned over the last cheque, for another $1,000, to Brussels Ceme­ tery Board representative Jim Cardiff, to be used as the cemetery board sees fit. Committee treasurer Barb Mut­ ter presented a financial statement detailing all the income and expenses resulting from the Homecoming, showing a total income of $54,744.72 and total expenses of $42,184.03, for a surplus of $12,560.69. The $560.69 left after the community donations has been left in an active bank account for the present, in case there are still minor expenses still to be paid but not yet reported to the committee, according to Mrs. Mutter. However, the total picture is even rosier than a first glance at the financial statement would indi­ cate, since $3,500 listed as expens­ es as been invested by Committee member Doug Shouldice, to serve as a nest egg for the next Brussels Homecoming celebration, tenta­ tively planned for July 1, 1997. A similar amount had been investedfollowingthe village’s Centennial, in 1972, and had grown to the point where more than $10,000 was donated to municipal recreation as late as last summer, while $2,712 remained to be added to a grant of $2,000 from the village of Brusselstogettheball rolling for last July’s 115th birthday party. And even though the Homecom­ ing Committee, many of whom were also on the Centennial Committee 15 years ago, have worked almost exactly one year to put on last July’s incredible party, they are still not tired of pouring everything they have into the betterment of their community. Prior to the cheque presenta­ tions on Monday evening, several Committee members were over­ heard quietly discussing what they are planning for next July. “It won’tbe anything near as grand as this year,” said Wayne Lowe. “Maybe just two or three days of special events to celebrate the July 1 st weekend.’'