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The Citizen, 2001-03-21, Page 2COME JOIN YOUR AEROBIC WORKOUT 72 Mill St., Brussels All previously purchased tickets welcome 6 classes per week - All levels to choose from FOR MORE INFO CALL: 887-8013 By Betty Graber Watson Call 887-6236 887-9231 Bernard Ent. c: Classic OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE CENTRAL BOILER AND PRODUCTS Carman Bernard R.R. 4 Brussels, Ontario NOG 1H0 Phone: (519) 887-6405 "COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED" The students and staff of Brussels Public School are looking forward to the arrival of Spring so that we can continue our Earth Friendly Garden Project. Our Committee needs community members who can share their love of gardening, and show off their "green thumbs" with our students. Please contact the school at 887-9361 to join our committee to demonstrate your support for this project and our community school. COMING EVENTS at the BRUSSELS LEGION WED., MARCH 21 Men's Stag Euchre at 8:30 p.m. Admission $5.00. Lunch. Cash prizes. SATURDAY, MARCH 24 Brussels Legion Fish Fry 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Adults $9.00 Children $4.50 Entertainment 6:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. Honours & Awards Presentations 7:30 p.m. and Initiation SAT., MARCH 31 Euchre Tournament downstairs at 1:00 p.m. Bring your own partner. Cash prizes. Lunch. Admission $5.00 per person. No smoking event. Inquiries on events, use or rent of Legion, please call 887-6562 after 4:00 p.m. The Hired Hand - spring cleanup - lawn maintenance, garden tilling - eavestrough/window cleaning - painting, etc. 590-7868 or 887-2605 Normal people doing odd jobs! I'mllir:412w;a21°741"24.:m1=6"--di":"%°21.74•`76P:a676.--ab-w-1011Wur:410.Sek-'-‘21-'....... 14 14 14 14 14 'N--......--....--.....------.....--.....------....---....--....-------...--....--.0-.....--,..---,....-r 14 o4 14 14 14 14 4 14 14 14 14 14 4 14 1 1 4 14 14 /4 14 4 11 /4 4 144 4 / 0 /I 14 ATTENTION EVERYONE The Brussels Optimist Club is hosting our 2nd Annual dinner, auction and dance to be held Saturday, April 14, 2001 At the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre The purpose of this event is to support the building of a new Sick Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. We are hosting a "Legrand Feast" meal, catered by Tastefully Yours Catering. Auction and dance to follow meal. We are looking for donations for the auction, with all proceeds going to the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. If you could make a donation to this life saving project, please contact Gerry Wheeler 887-6233, Don Sholdice 887-6836 or Ken Cousins 887-9857. Tickets are $20.00/person and are available from any Optimist member. Doors open at 5:30. Advance tickets only. 4 /44 11 Thank you. The Brussels Optimist Club Please check out the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario web site to learn more. www.chwo-foundation.org/ PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001. A green celebration Residents and visitors to Huronlea Home for the Aged on Saturday could enjoy the St. Patrick's Day luncheon hosted by Palliative Care. Tim Dilworth, left and Jim Mair were among the din- ers. (Vicky Bremner photo) At the Branch Many dine Friday By Jo-Ann McDonald Two weeks have passed since the last edition of At The Branch and lots has happened. The Friday night supper on March 9 had a great turnout for roast beef. Always a tasty treat. The usual venue of events for the week followed with Cadets and Beavers and darts. Men's euchre had a dismal attendance but there will be one tonight, March 21. Could be the last one seeing spring is around the corner. Our euchre team travelled to Galt to participate at District level and they enjoyed their day and bus ride but will not advance any further. The District darts held in Owen Sound revealed many of our branch members advancing to Provincial level to be held in Toronto in April Andy Adams. Eric Ross, Steve Cockram and Bob Richardson with alternate Wade Henderson are partic- ipating in singles, doubles and team competitions in their respective ven- ues. Congratulations to them. Friday night supper was spareribs and again a good crowd. It is $5 for one plate of food and everyone is welcome. This week is lasagna. The weekend was very busy with Ladies Bluewater darts being held Saturday afternoon. Also downstairs was euchre. The high winners of the- day were Mabel Willis and Helen Dobson with 75 points. The second place winners were Alfred and Mabel with 74 points and coming in third was Eileen Miller and Irlma Edgar with 71 points. The lone hand win- ners 'were Stuart Chamney for men and Maxine for ladies. Euchre is every two weeks. A great crowd enjoyed breakfast on Sunday morning and Sunday evening The Blue Diamond Trio entertained the dancers. Don't forget the fish fry on Saturday and the awards and honours presentations. Initiation is also being done so if you haven't been initiated you need to be, to be a member in good standing. It only takes 10 min- utes and we would appreciate you contacting the branch and your atten- dance on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. We have plans for a ladies stag night to be in April and hope we have a full house for our hypnotist to daz- zle. Look for more information and tickets soon. A bus trip to Casino Rama for May 5 is planned and your name and pay- ment in advance is required. Drop into the Branch for more info. The Branch is open from Monday to Thursday 4 to 8 p.m., Friday 4 to midnight and Saturday 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. or call 887-6562. Lee from Huronlea By Lee Chesterfield On St. Patrick's Day Huronlea was fortunate enough to host the annual Palliative Care luncheon. It was a huge success; visitors came from near and far and many at the home saw old friends from long ago. All in all it was a day to remember. There was a large selection of soup and sandwiches. Cake and-tea or cof- fee completed the menu. Lorne MacKenzie played and sang Irish tunes throughout. The day before St. Patrick's Day Whoopee! We have a new baby on the hill. Mr. Barbour Jr. has arrived and we're just pretty excited about it. I think Carolyn Exel and Brooklyn Wheeler were the last Tory Hill babies and that's not yesterday. Congratulations Marc and Trish. Spring is unofficially, officially here. You can tell by the number of skunks and raccoons on the road, both living and dead. So keep alert to the little vermins as they check out the world with less snow. It's not as costly as hitting a deer but it sure wrecks a drive. Saturday night showed a full dance floor as The Royalaires did their stuff at the community centre. Nostalgia in full bloom! The older set had the dance floor busy all night. Bob Richmond knew all the words and even that didn't keep Rene or anyone else from dancing to the our cook John George prepared an Irish lunch — lamb stew, green salad and a leprechaun cake. Thaact that John is Greek was overlooked. Last month, during one of the countless snow storms, I suggested that we might be counting daffodils in March. Well, this is March and if you've- seen a daffodil please write and tell me. They will arrive and after a long hard winter they will be appreciated all the more. The first day of spring is approaching so keep the faith. smooth music of the six musicians. Thanks to the Catering Group for sponsoring the evening. The hockey and figure skating folks will be the winners of the profits. The artistic abilities of some of the village kids were shown this week as they did their take of the prodigal son story in puppet form. Yes, a female in a pink dress! New minds, new eyes to a very old story. Party clothes on the other dudes and the personal- ities of the animals, just showed me that Blyth Theatre has lots of upcom- ing artistic directors from Brussels ready in about 20 years. Now that's the church at work. Hope you had a good week and kicked up your Irish heels. HE looks at cost savings Huron East councillors reviewed the cost savings realized through the winter closure of 22 roads in the municipality. By providing no winter mainte- nance on 10 roads in Grey and McKillop wards and two in Tuckersmith, Huron East has saved $33,352, according to Ministry of Transportation figures. Any roads without principal resi- dences are not plowed and some are plowed just to a driveway. All roads left unplowed are sideroads and have- areas requiring reconstruction. According to the report, all the roads are exceptionally hard to maintain in the winter. All but one run north and south and are strongly affected by winds. p Brussels Legion AMEEWAEFAIMIMMIVAlk Branch 218 FISH FRY March 24" 3 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Adults $9.00 Children $4.50 Entertainment 6-10 p.m. Mike Kalbfleisch One Man Show Honours and Awards 7:30 p.m. liwwwwwwww. FROM BRUSSELS Residents enjoy lunch