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The Citizen, 2005-04-07, Page 23Good deals Gloria Dow stocks up on puzzles from the sale tables at the Belgrave auction held on Saturday at the Wl Hall. (Vicky Bremner photo) THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005. PAGE 23. Community support At the Branch Blyth Festival’s associate artistic director Gil Garrett, second from left, accepts cheques from Thelma Johnston, Blyth Legion, left; Janice Henry, Legion Ladies Auxiliary and Don (Barney) Stewart, Lions as sponsorship of the 2005 season production of The 13th One by Denyse Gervais Regan. (Bonnie Gropp photo) By Jo-Ann McDonald It was a great weekend at the Brussels Legion Branch with a very successful silent auction being held. There were almost 160 items, services or certificates up for grabs with close to 100 bidders vying for items. The usual last-minute frenzy of bids at 3:55 p.m. resulted in at least 50 people in the hall. The Optimists-sponsored spelling bee was held in the morning downstairs in the lounge with three children participating. The Friday night supper of ham and scalloped potatoes was well attended. This week is lasagna. Thursday night 15 darters came out to play. The first-place finishers were John Stadelmann and Sandra Josling. In second were Julie Harrison and Ron Schmidt. High shots were by Ron and Sandra, each shooting 140. High starts were by John Harrison with 78 and Lisa Glanville 75. The third skunk of the year went to Catrina Josling and Bush Whittard. Tuesday night men’s darts had 10 taking aim at the boards. Darts are at 8 p.m. Double dart players Ron Schmidt and Andy Adams represented the Branch at the provincial competition in Newbury on the weekend. They finished at 5 and 2, the best of District C competitors. Congratulations to them. Comrade Rick McDonald attended the sports meeting at Hensail Legion on Wednesday evening. The fish fry crew was off to Stratford on Saturday night in not the nicest weather. They were at the Stratford Legion to serve fish to 150 hungry diners. Hats off to cooks John Harrison. Dale Sauve, Greg Wilson and Pete Exel. Visiting to the Branch was the 1st Impression Community Exchange group from Watford. This is a program which has paired Watford and Brussels on an exchange of visits, impressions and views of each other’s communities. This program is sponsored by the Ministry of Municipal and Housing Rural Development Division. There was a group of six very friendly representatives who had looked around the town of Brussels. Among them was the president of the Watford Legion. They stopped in to relax, discuss their findings and write down their thoughts. During my visit with them they commented on how friendly everyone had been. ecliners ♦Entertainment Ce ♦Appliances ♦Dining Sets and More! 'T.:) ... ■v' _■ W:> ■ ■ Z » < -5. r a ■ '? ' ■ 1 ■ r# ■<„< • Bed d ♦Mattresses- - '.. < 1/ J■’ ■ ♦Lamps ♦Chairs ■aa B « z Zz ' ♦Flooring ♦Tables Makinq vour house a home since 1876