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The Citizen, 2005-10-20, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005. Short Putts - By Bill Johnston Letter to the editor School council takes ‘hats off PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO Youth team takes trophy Alyssa Gowing, right, of Brussels with teammates Kelsey Oke of Zurich and Sara Jo Kinsman of Cromarty took home the awards sponsored by Tim Hortons at the Little Royal Fair in Walkerton. The team had the fastest time of 23.25 seconds in penning. This marks a first for any youth team to take home the honours winning against 161 other teams. Alyssa is a daughter of Jacquie and Paul Gowing. (Photo submitted) By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 Despite cold wind and threatening rain Wednesday morning action continued at the Wingham Golf Course for the Senior Men’s with nine on hand. Paul Moffatt got his driver hitting them straight and took top spot. Teeswater's Duffy Colvin took second prize with third prize going to Bill Johnston.*** Have you noticed the changes? A cart path has been put in at number three tee. The outside crew has been busy enlarging the eighth tee and it looks like in the future this will finally be a perfect level tee - no more humps and hollows. The kitchen crew has been extremely busy in October. They provided over 400 turkey dinners with all the trimmings for Wescast Locals among those honoured for their volunteer service Volunteers from Blyth, Brussels and surrounding area were honoured with a Volunteer Service award from the Ontario government in Oct. 14. The ceremony was held in Owen Sound at the OSCVI Auditorium. Local area recipients were Lynda McGregor of Blyth for 25 years of service at the Blyth Centre for the Arts - Blyth Festival Singers, Cliff Snell of Blyth for five" years of service with the Blyth Centre for the Arts - Blyth Festival, Cathy Goetz of Brussels for five years of service with Huron-Perth Centre for Children and Youth, Ruth Sauve- Schade of Brussels for 10 years of service with Town and Country Support Services, Doris Hooper of Brussels for 10 years of service with staff - delivering the meals at shift changes of 3 p.m., 8 p.m.. 4 a.m. and 11 a.m. On Saturday, Oct. 14 they catered to the MADD auction feeding some 120 people’. *** Want to enjoy the beauty of the fall colours? Now that the leaves are turning, the hill across the river seems to be a never-ending line of autumn beauty second to none. *** In fall thoughts start to turn to curling. The curling machines are on, the rink is getting that cool feeling and our own “Shortie Jenkins”, Bruce Pewtress, is laying the foundation for the best curling pad in the area. *** There is lots of action in the Town and Country Support Services, Sheila Richards of Brussels for 25 years of service with Blyth Centre for the Arts - Blyth Festival Singers and Gail Lear of Londesborough for 25 years of service with the Blyth Centre for the arts - Blyth Festival Singers. The volunteer service awards are a way to thank outstanding citizens for their continuous years of commitment and service to their community. Youth volunteers (under the age of 24) are recognized for two or more years of continuous service. Adults are recognized for five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 and 50 or more years of continuous service. Recipients are presented with works for the curling season. Each Sunday afternoon in November the club is holding free curling clinics from 1 to 4 p.m. Like to give curling a try? Then plan on attending. Our masters of the rocks, Jenn Elston, Cathy Goetz and Shawn Cottrill will be glad to assist you. * * * Two new exciting events are planned to kick off the curling season. On Nov. 12 and 13 is the big Inaugural Wingham Cash Spiel with 16 teams' competing for. $4,800 in total prize money. Some spots are still available for this tourney. Nov. 19 is our Welcome Back Fun Spiel open to members and friends. stylized trillium pins and personalized certificates at special ceremonies held across the province. Pins and certificates each correspond to the length of service being recognized. Students do well at meet Local students represented their communities and schools at the Regional Cross Country Meet in Mitchell on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Mackenzie Nesbitt a Grade 3 student at Blyth Public School finished seventh in her age category and Nicole McIntosh of Walton placed fifth in her age group. THE EDITOR, At this time, the Brussels Public School council would like to acknowledge and send a "hats off’ greeting to everyone involved in our First Annual Family Fun in the Fall Event. The outstanding generosity of local businesses, parents, families, volunteers, teachers and community was so greatly appreciated. The purpose of our event was to draw everyone together for a family evening to celebrate our local community and small town Brussels Public School. At the same time we There were 19 1/2 tables of card players at the Londesborough Community Hall on Friday, Oct. 14. The monthly card party was hosted by the Happy Gang Seniors. With 80 points at the end of euchre playing, Vera Lindner and Vera Ahrens were declared the top couple with 80 points. Close behind with 79 points and in second place were Jack and Helen Lee. George and Deanna Bacon scored 77 points for third place. Three couples shared the most lone hands score. Kaye W. and Myrtle L., Stuart and Lois Chamney and Hazel Reid and Murray Giousher all successfully played five lone hands. -- . The next card party will be held on. Nov. 11. Coached by Mrs. Tebbutt, the senior girls soccer team placed first in their regional tournament held at Brucefield Centennial Public School Get a flu shot! Protect yourself and those around you Attend one of the following community clinics to get your free flu shot. Royal Canadian Legion, 123 Main Street South, Seaforth Thursday October 27 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Wingham & District Hospital, 270 Carling Terrace, Wingham Tuesday October 25 from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Wednesday October 26 from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM Thursday October 27 from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 140,95 Kirk Street, Clinton Tuesday November 1 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Remember to wear short sleeves. For more information contact the Huron County Health Unit. Tel: 482-3416 or 1-877-837-6143 Website: www.huroncounty.ca/healthunit Beat the Bug - Protect Yourself and Those Around Youl wanted to raise funds for our school to support various events/activities, to support the playground fund (for the senior end of the yard), as well as educational enhancements. We achieved our goal beyond belief! The committee is already making plans to make next year’s Family Fun in the Fall event an even greater success so give yourselves a pat on the back for living in such a great community. Blessings to all of you for catching the vision! Pauleen Kerkhof on Thursday, Oct. 13. The senior boys team were in third place at the end of the four round-robin games. The boys were coached by Mr. Caldwell. Congratulations to both these teams from Hullett Central Public School. Recently, Tom and Marjorie Duizer and Bill and Irene Bromley visited with Lisa Duizer and her husband, Shane Walker, in their new home in New Minas, Nova Scotia. Shane and Lisa moved in late spring from New Zealand when Lisa became an associate professor at Acadia University in Wolfville. Wolfville is situated on the north shore of Nova Scotia. The Londesborough foursome visited Lisa’s office which overlooks the picturesque Minas Basin. They took the ferry from St. John, New Brunswick, to Digby, Nova Scotia to visit Shane and Lisa. For the return trip they travelled the longer route by highway. During their 10-day vacation, the two couples toured places of interest such as Annapolis Royal, Halifax, Peggy’s Cove and Grand Pre. Irene reports they enjoyed the leaf colour changes in New Brunswick and Quebec. Apparently the young hosts benefited from the particular talents of the two tradesmen, Tom and Bill, around their new home as well. 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