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Optimist auction raises $30K for Steffler Foundation
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The Brussels Optimist Club held its annual spring dinner and auction on Saturday night at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre and, while the final numbers have yet to be
tallied, it stands to be one of the club's most successful events of the last 20 years. Doug
McArter of the club says that over $30,000 was raised that night for the Tanner Steffler
Foundation, which strives to tackle the issues of youth mental health and addiction in Huron
County and beyond. Auctioneer Kevin McArter, left, put his talents to good use that night with
the help of Optimist Tyler Deitner. (Hannah Dickie photo)
While a final total has yet to be
reached, the Brussels Optimist Club
estimates that over $30,000 was
raised for the Tanner Steffler
Foundation on Saturday night.
The Optimists chose the locally -
developed charity as the subject of
the club's 19th annual spring dinner
and auction not only for its noble
goal, but for its local connections.
Doug McArter, a long-time
member of the club, said that the
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get many new young people
interested, pay to certify them, then
they apply and receive a job in a full-
time station."
Bedard said he was in favour of
community risk assessments
because they would increase the
safety of firefighters, as well as
residents. However, he did say they
would be time-consuming if he
had to do all of the inspections
himself.
The assessment cycle would run
every five years and it would focus
on key profiles in the community,
including demographics, geography,
past fire loss and event history,
critical infrastructure and a building
stock profile within the community.
The third change would aim to
increase public reporting and
improve fire department response
times.
"This proposed new regulation is
intended to increase transparency
and accountability by requiring all
fire departments to report to the
Ontario Fire Marshal's office on a
number of standard response times,"
Bedard said in his report. "Through
the proposed regulation, the Ontario
Fire Marshal would provide fire
departments with calculated
response time data, unless fire
departments choose to conduct their
own calculations. Every year, the
Ontario Fire Marshal would be
responsible for making these
response times public on its website.
Fire Departments would be required
to submit this information to their
local municipal council within six
months after receiving their
calculation. Before it is submitted to
the Fire Marshal, the fire department
will be required to give the public
report to their council."
Bedard is expected to report back
to council on the regulations at
council's March 20 meeting.
Down to business
Illusionist Lucas Wilson and his assistant Kelly DeFilla were
in Wingham on Saturday for a pair of shows thanks to the
Wingham Knights of Columbus. They played to a standing
room -only crowd of young people and their parents in the
afternoon, ahead of an adults -only crowd later that night.
Here, Wilson demonstrates the skill that has landed him in
the Guinness Book of World Records four times as the
fastest man to ever escape a straight jacket under various
circumstances. (Hannah Dickie photo)
dinner raised easily over $30,000 for
the cause, which makes it one of the
most successful dinners in the club's
history. Several years ago the club
chose the Ronald McDonald House
as its charity and raised over
$35,000, the most successful spring
dinner and auction in the club's
history. McArter said that this year's
event has a chance to be nearly as
successful.
"It was an awesome night,"
McArter said.
One of the highlights, he said, was
to hear from John and Heather
Steffler, the guest speakers for the
night. They spoke about their late
son Tanner and his battle with
addiction that led to his death last
year. They also touched on what they
hope the foundation will do for
young people in Huron County
facing problems with mental health
and addition who need services that
aren't available to them.
McArter said that having a speech
like that, especially from a family
with such firm ties to the
community, really helped to drive
donations to the foundation during
the live auction.
In addition, McArter said that,
surprisingly, this was the first year
that the club sold out its dinner,
despite successful years in the past.
He said that club members were
receiving calls for tickets the
morning of the dinner. Luckily, they
were able to connect some people
looking for tickets with others who
had tickets, but weren't able to make
it to Brussels that night.
For more information on the
Tanner Steffler Foundation and its
goal, visit its website online at
tannerstefflerfoundation.com
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