The Citizen, 2019-09-12, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019. PAGE 9.
Fall Fair adds cake-decorating contest, auction
This year’s Brussels Fall Fair
will feature a cake-decorating
competition thanks to 2018/2019
Junior Ambassador Kaleigh
McCallum and her mother Crystal.
Crystal told The Citizen that last
year, when visiting numerous fall
fairs and similar events representing
the Brussels Fall Fair, Kaleigh
noticed that many events held cake-
decorating contests where
ambassadors or other title-holders
would decorate cakes then auction
them off for the benefit of the groups
they represented.
“It’s more common than I
realized,” Crystal said.
Kaleigh wanted to bring the
practice to the Brussels Fall Fair, so
this year, neighbouring ambassadors
and Queens of the Furrow and
Princesses from local plowing
matches have been invited.
The competition is set for Sept.
17, the fair’s opening night with
the decorating at 6:45 p.m. and the
auction at 7:15 p.m. Cole McLean
will be the auctioneer.
“We reached out to all our local
ambassadors and have had a great
response,” Crystal said.
So far, title-holders from
ambassador competitions like
Clinton and Palmerston have agreed,
as have local Queen and Princess
winners from local plowing matches
and the Elementary School Fair
Ambassador Bryn McInnes.
Contestants will be paired up
randomly and given a quarter-slab
cake to decorate in line with the
fair’s theme, “Back to our Roots”.
Crystal said the competition is a
great opportunity for local
businesses to get involved as tax
receipts will be offered for the
auction.
For more information, visit
brusselsfallfair.ca
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Borrowing a page
The Brussels Fall Fair is borrowing a play from groups like the Huron County Plowmen’s
Association and holding a cake-decorating contest and auction. Above, Queen of the Furrow
Maranda Klaver, right, and fellow contestant Mackenzie Terpstra show off a cake they
decorated during the recent Huron County Plowing Match. (Denny Scott photo)
Earlier this year, the free software
that North Huron Township Council
had been using to livestream its
meetings and make them available
on YouTube was discontinued,
leaving the municipality with
limited options to continue
broadcasting its meetings.
Since the program was
discontinued, staff have been using a
handheld camera to record
meetings, however it has proven to
be a time-consuming process.
Through conversation with
council, Clerk Carson Lamb
eventually explained it can take
hours of staff time to compile and
upload the video, saying the video
needs to be uploaded in chunks.
Lamb, during council’s Sept. 3
meeting, explained that council is
not required to broadcast the
meetings, and that its procedural
bylaw says council may choose to
livestream its meetings. Lamb did
say that the videos are widely used
by the public, indicating that
some videos had as many as 3,901
views.
He presented a report suggesting
that, if council wanted to continue
broadcasting its videos, it could
invest in an eSCRIBE module that
would not only allow for
broadcasting, but also work with the
existing eSCRIBE program the
municipality uses for its online
agendas.
Lamb gave council four options:
continue using the handheld camera,
requiring significant staff time; stop
broadcasting meetings and lose the
ability to archive and recall meetings
easily; continue using the handheld
camera until 2020 and make new
software part of the budget for that
year or use part of the modernization
grant from the provincial
government to cover costs.
Lamb suggested that an upset
limit, or a maximum that could be
spent without needing additional
approval from council, of $15,000
could be set for the module
alongside a $10,000 upset limit for
the annual cost of running the
program, which he felt would be
sufficient.
Lamb also said buying the module
would be an excellent use of the
funding as it was designed to help
municipalities modernize the way
they do business and to make
systems more accessible for
constituents.
Reeve Bernie Bailey agreed,
saying that he would like to hold
back on using the fund for future
projects with greater impact, but did
say this expenditure made sense.
Furthermore, he said that before he
was on council he utilized the
livestream and YouTube often to
keep up to date on the going-ons of
council.
Bailey then said that if council
hopes to attract participation from
younger residents, having a
livestream of council meetings is
paramount.
Councillor Kevin Falconer asked
if North Huron could partner with a
local cable provider to have the
meetings broadcast on a community
channel, and while some members
thought it was a good idea,
Councillor Anita van Hittersum
pointed out that East Wawanosh
residents don’t have the option of
subscribing to cable.
Deputy-Reeve Trevor Seip said
he was behind the expenditure if
it was accessible, as the
municipality’s website has to be,
and if it’s worth it. He said he
didn’t think that enabling 500
viewers was worth $15,000, saying
that “views” could be inflated
by one person watching multiple
times.
Lamb said that eSCRIBE’s
module is completely accessible,
and uses closed captioning.
Bailey said he was behind it if it
wouldn’t stifle the municipality’s
ability to rehabilitate its aging
website. Lamb said he was part of
the team of staff members
considering a new website and said
he would ensure compatibility. He
also said a report would be coming
in the near future about the website.
Council approved further
investigation into the eSCRIBE
module to better determine how
council should proceed.
NH considering online options
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goaltending responsibilities for the
Ironmen. Golley stopped 17 out of
19 goals while Carson earned the
win with eight saves on 10 shots.
Wingham served five penalties
totalling eight minutes, while Exeter
had five infractions totalling 26
minutes.
In their first pre-season game, the
Ironmen were bested 4-2 by the Irish
late last month.
Despite outshooting Lucan 51-27,
the Ironmen couldn’t find the back
of the net more often than their
competition from the south.
Lucan took an early lead in the first
with a marker just past the six-minute
mark. Meurs responded later in the
period with an assist from Restoole.
Neither team generated a goal in
the second period, but Restoole
opened scoring in the third with a
marker assisted by Melady.
After that, Lucan scored three
straight goals, including one on an
empty net, to round out the scoring.
The match was a relatively calm
affair, with each team only serving
two minutes each on minor calls.
Golley shared goaltending
responsibilities with Carson, who
stopped 10 of 11 shots while Golley
stopped 13 of 15.
Irish top Ironmen
in pre-season game
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