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Jewitt, Seip eye top spots

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen

Wax on, wax off Summer day camps are in full swing across Huron County, with school-aged children taking up any number of activities over the course of the day to keep them busy while the sun is shining. In Wingham, the

kids took the opportunity to wash some cars and raise some money for charity at the same time. If the vehicles of Wingham looked just a little bit cleaner last week, we now know who to thank. (Denny Scott photo)

Homecoming to mark Brussels’ 150th

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen This Civic Holiday weekend, the Village of Brussels will mark its 150th anniversary with the Brussels Homecoming, a celebration that is well over a year in the making.

The grand event is set for July 29, 30, 31 and Aug. 1, with a full slate of in-person activities set to go ahead all over the village.

Brussels Homecoming Committee Co-Chairs Dan Fritz and Mike Thomas, in the early stages of the planning process, said they really wanted to help create an event that would have people hopeful for the future as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on.

They really wanted the homecoming celebration to be a beacon of hope on the horizon, looking ahead to the future.

There will be a few early events to kick off the weekend on Thursday, including free public swimming, a beer tent and trivia night and some baseball games.

On Friday, the Brussels Farmers’ Market opens at 10 a.m., as does the

Brussels Leo Club’s food booth.

There will also be a ball hockey tournament and barbecue in the evening and a free public swim, followed by the opening ceremonies, scheduled for 7 p.m.

Food trucks will be at the grounds over the course of the entire weekend.

Afterwards, the night will wind down with karaoke and a pub night at the Brussels Legion, an alumni baseball game between Brussels and Walton and live entertainment from local band Weekend Never Ends.

On Saturday morning, the co-ed ball tournament, hosted by the Ladies Slo-Pitch League, will begin at 8 a.m., followed by the Touch-aTruck event, a vendors’ market and a ball hockey tournament.

Don McNeil’s famous shop will be open from 9-11 a.m. and again from 2-4:30 p.m. There will be a sand castle tournament at the Brussels Dam. There will also be a school reunion and displays at the Brussels Legion, as well as historic displays at the Brussels Library and a tea

and social time at the Brussels United Church.

The Barry O Kids Show will run at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Kids Zone.

The parade will make its way down the main street and through the village at noon.

Megan Morrison will provide live entertainment from 2-3:30 p.m., followed by the Adam Cousins Band at 5 p.m. and the Owen Riegling Band at 9 p.m. through to the end of the night.

There will be a lumberjack show at the Brussels Dam at 3:30 p.m. and the Brussels Legion will host a drive-through fish fry beginning at 4:30 p.m. (Advance tickets are required.)

There will be a movie night for children at the Brussels Legion beginning at 8:45 p.m. on Saturday night.

The co-ed ball tournament continues on Sunday and the Brussels Lions will host a breakfast from 8-11 a.m.

The soap box derby will run from 9-11:30 a.m. and the joint church service will go ahead at the

Brussels Conservation Area at 10 a.m.

The Bex in Motion show will go ahead in the Kids Zone at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., while the Little Tracks Petting Zoo will be open there from 12-3 p.m. Clown Val E. Joy will be painting faces and making balloon animals from 12-3 p.m. in the Kids Zone, followed by a clown show at 3 p.m.

From 12-4 p.m., there will be a classic car show and a racing display celebration stock car racing legend Jack “The Ripper” McCutcheon.

Haley McNeil will provide live entertainment at 12 p.m. and the fiddle jamboree will begin at 1 p.m. at the Four Winds Barn.

There will be water events at the Brussels Dam from 1-3 p.m. and a “Masked Singer” competition from 4-7 p.m.

The Brussels Optimist Club will host a drive-through pork chop dinner at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre from 4-7 p.m. Tickets are required.

The Practically Hip will provide Continued on page 16

This October’s municipal election is continuing to take shape, with candidates filing to represent their communities for the next fouryear term.

The nomination period opened in May and will close on Friday, Aug. 19 ahead of the Monday, Oct. 24 municipal election.

In North Huron, current Wingham Ward Councillor and Deputy-Reeve Trevor Seip has put his name forward in the hopes of unseating Bernie Bailey as the next reeve of the township.

Newcomer Ranko Markeljevic of Belgrave also filed his paperwork to become reeve of the township on July 19.

Incumbent East Wawanosh Councillor Anita van Hittersum has filed. She is seeking the same position. Newcomer Kelly Tiffin of Belgrave has also filed paperwork in hopes of becoming one of the municipality’s two East Wawanosh councillors in the coming term.

Ric McBurney, incumbent Blyth Ward councillor, has also filed paperwork to return to his position.

Ray Berg and Patricia Elaine Smith have both put their names forward to be a school board trustee for the Avon Maitland District School Board for the region serving North Huron.

In Huron East, incumbent Mayor Bernie MacLellan has put his name forward to again fill his position, filing his paperwork on June 10. He is not running unopposed, however, as newcomer Nancy Craig filed to be Huron East’s next mayor on June 1.

Incumbent Tuckersmith Ward Councillor Ray Chartrand filed on July 11 to return to his position.

Incumbent Bob Fisher has also filed his paperwork to return as a Seaforth councillor. He is currently serving as the deputy-mayor, which is chosen from among elected councillors who put their name forward after the election.

Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn made good on his June 20 promise to run again for the municipality’s top spot, filing his paperwork on June 28. Current Deputy-Mayor Dave Jewitt has also entered the mayoral race, filing his paperwork on July 18 in hopes of earning the top spot.

Long-time Central Huron East Ward Councillor Marg Anderson has put her name forward to be the municipality’s next deputy-mayor.

Jared Petteplace is also running for Continued on page 3

PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022.

Life in Brussels – 1892 style Glimpses of the Past with Karen Webster Let’s turn back the calendar until we get to July of 1892 in Brussels.

The only thing hotter than the weather that month was the desire to own a bicycle.

There were two merchants offering them for sale. A. Cousley had recently sold “Brantford” bicycles to Dr. McNaughton, T. Rutledge, Ross Bros., and W. Bright as well as retaining one for himself. The “Humber” agent, Jas. Ballantyne, had sold “wheels” to J.T. Pepper, A.C. Dames, J.C. Tuck, J. Hewitt and Walter Smith. Every evening there were expositions of cycling given on the Driving Park half-mile track (where the Brussels Agricultural Park was once located, west of Turnberry Street just north of the railway line).

Throughout subsequent weeks, some of these bicyclists reported their recent trips such as “T. Rutledge and W. Bright cycled to Listowel” and G.A. Deadman had cycled to Bayfield. It was posed that the only thing more common in Brussels than cycles were the mumps as there were now 16 of the vehicles in the village.

The Glorious 12th of July was celebrated once again in 1892 with large gatherings of the Loyal Orange Lodge, Ladies True Blue, and the Royal Black Preceptories in both Kincardine and Listowel.

Many Brussels members joined the special excursion trains to Kincardine. One rider complained that the fare, regularly 70 cents for a round trip, had increased to $1 for that day.

Local residents had recently been treated to a spectacular light show when the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, lit up the sky in “an immense arch that spanned the sky near to the zenith, while behind it darted various coloured and changing mellow lights”. This gift of nature lasted one night from 11 p.m. until midnight.

The directors of the local Mechanics’ Institute were to initiate night classes. Mechanics’ Institutes were first established in England in the 1820s as voluntary associations of working men seeking self improvement through education.

They offered evening lectures, lending libraries and periodical reading rooms.

For the sports-minded, the Brussels and Seaforth Gun Clubs held a shooting match whereby each participant had a shot at 15 clay pigeons. The final tally had Brussels ahead by one point. Other recreational pursuits included a cricket match being played at Victoria Park (in 2022, location of the ball park) and a football match between the workers of the Ronald factory and the men of the Sixth Line of Morris. The factory team prevailed with a score of 3-0. The directors of the Brussels Driving Park were planning on erecting a large grandstand to prepare for the horse races that were to be held on Aug. 26.

In municipal affairs, the planking on the iron bridge over the Maitland River was being replaced by hemlock boards. And, for any

accounts of one dollar or more, the Standard Bank was offering interest.

On the agricultural side, many were engaged in flax-pulling, a labour-intensive task. The local flax mill used the flax straw to make tow, which was used for stuffing buggy and cutter seats. The hay and grain crops must have been bountiful that year as merchants had had a run on binding twine.

Insect pests were probably plentiful back then too, as G.A. Deadman, druggist and bookseller, sponsored ads for “Tanglefoot sticky paper” which promised relief from flies and Pepper’s drug store was selling Paris Green at the cost of 25 cents per pound. This deadly compound was used to control potato bugs.

Cultural activities were available as a “Grant Concert’ was well

attended in the town hall featuring Miss Agnes Knox, a famous elocutionist from Toronto and soloists Miss Kate Strong, from Mount Forest, and Professor Scott from Wingham.

Miss Mories, of Wingham, was offering to give instruction in oil painting. She also would take pupils for music lessons. A special guest speaker at the Melville Presbyterian church was Mr. E. O. Eschoe, who was a ministerial student from Persia studying at Knox College in Toronto. The Melville folks also enjoyed a lawn social, sponsored by the Missionary Society, that was held at the residence of D. C. Ross.

For those people who wished to preserve their images for posterity, Harvie J. Strong was pleased to announce that he had added new scenery in his gallery to enhance photographs.

The Brussels Post was celebrating in 1892, marking 20 years in publication and it would continue on as the local news source for another 90 years. One interesting feature of the newspaper was its “Grumblers’ Corner”, where

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folks could anonymously vent their frustrations with village events.

One such letter came from “Third Commandment” and denounced the profanities and obscenities noticed at Victoria Park in the evenings. It was suggested that Constable Broadfoot should control the situation. One wonders if the same person might have been the author of a grumble in 1885 about certain boys swimming in “exposed parts of the river”, presumably skinny dipping. The upright citizen wanted that activity to stop as well.

A surprising amount of the space in the newspaper was taken up by world events. For example, there was a long write-up about the murder of a powerful leader in Central Africa. On reflection, perhaps these news items would be the only source of world news for the people of the local area in those times.

And now, the people of Brussels and surrounding area continue to make history as they celebrate their Homecoming next weekend.

Congratulations and best wishes for a successful event.

THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022. PAGE 3.

Ribey named Fall Fair Little Ambassador

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Ten-year-old Paislee Ribey is the newest Brussels Fall Fair Little Ambassador after Sunday’s special event at the Brussels Legion.

The young Ethel-area girl will be entering Grade 5 at North Woods Elementary School this fall and her mother Aleisha says Paislee is very excited about the year that lies ahead.

Aleisha grew up in Blyth, so she said she is no stranger to the Brussels Fall Fair, having attended when she was a student herself.

She said it’s been “so wonderful” to see how being named the little ambassador has changed Paislee and excited her for the future ahead.

Not really being in to sports or some of the other fields of interest in her school, Aleisha said, Paislee seems to have really found something she likes and can get excited about through this representation and time with the Brussels Agricultural Society.

At the event on Sunday, Aleisha said, Paislee was able to spend some time talking with Rowan Gaspirc, the outgoing little ambassador, about what she should expect in the coming years and the

many reasons she should look forward to her time wearing the tiara and the sash. Aleisha said she thought Gaspirc taking that time was great and it really meant a lot to Paislee.

Aleisha said that, while she wouldn’t want to sign her daughter up for anything before she made the decision for herself, she thinks being involved with the society and the fair as the little ambassador has a good chance of interesting Paislee in running to be the ambassador in a few years’ time.

From a parent’s perspective, Aleisha thinks the family will take a much more active role in the fair this year and moving forward, bringing their whole family into the fold.

She added that Paislee is very community-minded and always ready to lend a helping hand, so getting involved in the community in this way is a great next step for her.

The 2022 Brussels Fall Fair, the 159th in history, is set for Sept. 1314. The theme is “Twist and Shout” and the event will go ahead at the Four Winds Barn.

For more information or to download the fair book, visit online at brusselsfallfair.ca.

Ballots slowly filling Turning the page Rowan Gaspirc, left, the 2019 Brussels Fall Fair Little Ambassador, had the honour of handing over the sash and tiara on Sunday to 10-year-old Paislee Ribey, right. It was part of a special afternoon at the Brussels Legion that also saw 15-year-old Deanna Haanstra named the next Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador, succeeding Sean Mitchell before he heads to the Canadian National Exhibition next month to compete for the provincial title.

(John Stephenson photo)

Continued from page 1 deputy-mayor after losing to Jewitt in the race for the deputy-mayor position in 2018.

Incumbent West Ward Councillors Alison Lobb and Michael Russo, as well as East Ward Councillor Danny Colquhoun have all filed paperwork to return to their positions again this fall in Central Huron.

In the Township of AshfieldColborne-Wawanosh, Mayor Glen McNeil is hoping to return to the position for a second term. DeputyMayor Roger Watt has also filed to return to his position, as have Councillors Jennifer Miltenburg and Anita Snobelen.

Sylvie C. Barbeau-Chmielewski of Sarnia has put her name forward to be the area’s French-language Separate School Board Trustee for the Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence.

In Morris-Turnberry, incumbent Mayor Jamie Heffer put his name forward to return to his position, filing his paperwork on July 5.

Current Deputy-Mayor Sharen Zinn has filed to be a councillor once again (in Morris-Turnberry, the deputy-mayor is awarded from

within council to the councillor who receives the most votes in the municipal election). Incumbent Councillor Kevin Freiburger has also filed in hopes of returning to his position.

In Goderich, incumbent Mayor John Grace is again seeking the position, as is incumbent DeputyMayor Myles Murdock. Allison Segeren and Liz Petrie have both put their names forward for councillors positions.

In Howick, only one person has put his name forward thus far: Marvin Grimes, who hopes to be elected as a councillor.

Incumbent Mayor Paul Klopp is hoping to return to his position in Bluewater. Two people - Winona Bailey and Shawn LaPorte - have put their names forward in hopes of earning the Zurich Ward councillor position, while Peter Walden has filed paperwork to be the councillor for the Stanley East Ward.

Keep watching The Citizen for updates as more candidates put their names forward ahead of this fall’s municipal election, which is set for Monday, Oct. 24. The nomination period closes on Friday, Aug. 19.

Do you pray?

Spurgeon, from his sermon, “Forgiveness” Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

—ISAIAH 55:6-7 Is prayer your constant practice, my reader?

How many of you must confess that you have not prayed, that it is not your habit to hold communion with God?

Watch this space Those behind the Seaforth Splash Pad Initiative broke ground at the site on Monday, marking a big step in their long and successful journey. From left: Seaforth Lions Club President Bryan Vincent; Derrick VanDriel of VanDriel Excavating; Ian Klein of Elligson Electric; Luke Janmaat of Progressive Turf; John Snell and Pete Klaver, both of the Seaforth Lions Club; Huron East Chief Administrative Officer Brad McRoberts and Dean Wood of EnviraNorth Systems. For a full story, see page 19. (Courtesy photo)

Prayerless souls are Christless souls; for you can have no real fellowship with Christ, no communion with the Father, unless you approach his mercy-seat, and be often there.

Have you been with God in secret, and held heart converse with him?

Or have you only repeated many a ‘form of prayer’, while the breathing desire, the living words, have not come from your lips?

A Grace Gem Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church, Listowel, ON 519-492-1359

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It is happening again Numerous indicators point to another COVID-19 upswing in Ontario, which many are saying will be the beginning of a new wave; the seventh such wave, if you’re still counting. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Health Canada has approved use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest Canadians, aged six months to five years old. Regardless of where you stand on the pandemic and vaccination, these two points make it clear that the provincial government’s directive of “learning to live with COVID-19” will be severely interrupted in the coming weeks.

Surely the virus and vaccination will creep back into the conversation for many, for better or worse. Add the eligibility expansion for second booster shots for all adults and all those things we thought we might have left behind are sure to re-emerge. For many, this may threaten the first “normal” summer in three years, for a variety of reasons.

As Canada creeps further away from March of 2020, things are being left up to us. Get the shot or don’t. Wear a mask or don’t. Stay home if you’re feeling sick or don’t. Limit your public interactions or don’t.

After two-and-a-half years, many will not want to return to house cat behaviour. Furthermore, it’s reasonable to expect a low vaccine uptake for the country’s very young. The risk of complications from COVID-19 for them is low and there are many unknowns. For some parents, however, they have been waiting impatiently for this day to come.

This coming wave of the pandemic could be the most scattered and, as a result, the most unpredictable. Governments, be they federal or provincial, will surely be reticent to reintroduce any restrictions or regulations, so maintaining safety will largely be up to us. – SL

Lock it or lose it In the past week, the local Ontario Provincial Police have reported a number of bizarre thefts. CTV reporter Scott Miller focused on the theft of pigs and trees from two nearby farms in the Seaforth area.

Certainly those two thefts, which as of now remain unsolved, jump off the page. They’re unique and certainly not something you see every day. However, for those of us who live in Huron County, Miller’s story was just another chapter in what has become an increasingly prescient problem in this area and in much of rural Ontario in recent years.

Huron County residents have long prided themselves and their home communities as being among the safest in the province. That is true, as worry over violent crime, murder and other nasty crimes is very low here. However, it’s clear that the county and much of rural Ontario has a theft problem. Apart from the aforementioned police correspondence, one only has to peruse any of the local community “buy and sell” groups on social media for accounts of regular minor theft; things going missing from porches, backyards and garages. The items being lost may be so minor as to not even warrant calling the police, but things are going missing and foul play, very often, is to blame.

We can’t live in denial anymore. Nefarious folks are on the prowl for easily-scored items, whether they be bicycles, toys or vehicles. So, lock your houses, garages and cars, don’t leave anything valuable out overnight and keep your eyes open. What’s happening in Huron County can’t be blamed on any one community’s “bad apple” any longer. Do what you can to keep your property safe. – SL

Sober second thoughts Hockey Canada announced that it is reopening an investigation into an alleged 2018 sexual assault that was settled out of court. The plaintiff in the case claimed she was assaulted by eight hockey players, some of whom were part of the national junior team in 2018.

The investigation was handled by a third-party and the investigation will be addressing it differently this time around, no doubt due to the fact that, according to recently named Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith, an average of two complaints of sexual misconduct have been identified involving Hockey Canada in each of the last five years.

While it’s good that Hockey Canada is attempting to right these wrongs, the letter regarding the incident, the statement from Smith and the information that came to light following it leaves a lot of questions as to how the investigation was handled before it was settled. For example, the plaintiff didn’t even take part in the initial probe, or spoke with police, but she will be this time, according to her lawyer. Hockey Canada has reported that participation by the players in question will be mandatory this time, which wasn’t the case the first time around.

The organization encouraging players to answer questions, yet not requiring it, shows the flaws of the initial investigation. Smith reported that about two-thirds of the players were interviewed, but said nothing of how much they contributed to the investigation.

The revelations of the incident and investigation make it clear that Hockey Canada has some work to do, and the decision by the government to pause funding to the national body may have been exactly what was needed to force some introspection. – JDS

Looking Back Through the Years July 22, 1965 Brussels Village Council decided to donate $500 to the Brussels Cemetery Board to put towards the construction of a new chapel.

Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music held its mid-summer session for pianoforte and examinations in Blyth.

Nellie Baan, Diane Turnbull and Dorothy Elliott earned honours on their way to Grade 7 pianoforte classification. Judy Work earned honours in Grade 5 pianoforte, while Nellie Baan and Carol Shortreed both earned first-class honours for Grade 2 theory. All were pupils of Margaret Thompson.

July 23, 1975 Bean growers along Lake Huron were banding together to fight the potential development of a power plant along the shores of the lake.

Representatives of the Ontario Bean Marketing Board claimed that the nitrogen dioxide produced by an internal combustion engine connected to the plant, when combined with air, would create ozone, to which beans are particularly sensitive.

According to testing at a bean farm near Kippen in 1973, yields closest to an ozone meter were down as much as 50 per cent.

Ruth Klassen and the Chantecleer Puppet Theatre were scheduled to come to Blyth’s Memorial Hall for two shows on July 26.

Early attendance figures at the Blyth Summer Festival were strong, with most performances attracting over 100 people. By midJuly, just two performances had fallen below the 100-patron mark.

July 23, 1997 Quick thinking from two Ontario Provincial Police officers was likely to be thanked for saving the

lives of three people whose boat had sunk in Lake Huron the previous Saturday evening.

Police had received a call about a boat sinking between 700 and 800 metres off shore from Kitchigami Camp Point. The police officers were able to strip off their gear, find a canoe and swim out alongside the canoe (due to the rough waters) to the three stranded young people and the rescue team.

Wanda Martin, the daughter of Lyle and Barbara of the Ethel area, was named the next Huron Holstein Princess, beating out two others to earn the crown and sash.

To help mark the 125th Homecoming celebration in Brussels, members of the homecoming committee unveiled four new entrance signs for the village. A combination of fundraising and generous donations made the signs, at a total cost of about $12,000, a reality.

Fifteen-year-old Nathan Garland of the Bluevale area had earned a spot on the Region 2 Southwestern Ontario volleyball team. He began his training with the rest of the team in London before leaving for the regional competition in Sudbury.

There, Garland and his team would be competing against five other teams for provincial gold.

July 19, 2012 The first Blyth Buskerfest, which was set up to be an annual event, attracted more than 35 musical acts to play over the course of the day on Saturday, July 14, at various locations in the village.

Connie Goddall, North Huron’s Community Development Officer, said she felt the event was a success, adding that the attendance was good, thanks to people making their way to the main street from

the Campvention event at the Blyth Campground.

The defending-champion Walton Brewers continued their slide in the Huron County Fastball League standings, losing again by a score of 4-3 to the Wingham Hitmen.

Veteran Brewer Paul Dolmage said his team ran into an excellent pitching performance from the Hitmen and couldn’t get anything going offensively.

Also in Huron County Fastball League action, the Brussels Tigers lost to the Goderich Grizzlies by a score of 6-2.

Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson said she was pleased to learn that Health Canada had agreed to launch a study into a potential relationship between wind turbines and adverse health effects.

She said she hoped the move would encourage Premier Dalton McGuinty and his Liberal Party to see the “error of its ways” and declare a moratorium on further wind turbine development.

Bluevale native Mandy Sellers and her writing partner Laura Salvas had just completed a successful seven-show run at the Toronto Fringe Festival with their sketch comedy show Two Weird Ladies Bomb The Fringe, with a second seven-show run set to begin on July 20 at the Hamilton Fringe Festival.

The Blyth Festival Art Gallery was set to host “Beal Art”, its second exhibit of the season, which would focus on the 100th anniversary of London’s H. B. Beal Secondary School, especially its successful art department. The show would be curated by Ron Walker, renowned Huron County artist and a co-founder of the Blyth Festival Art Gallery.

THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022. PAGE 5.

Other Views

Only leaders’ achievements matter

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he assassination of Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan, and the ongoing controversy of claims by former U.S. President Donald Trump, highlight the importance of leadership in our democratic society.

Abe, twice Japan’s Prime Minister – and some suggested he might be Prime Minister again – was his country’s longest-serving Prime Minister, although he was seldom loved by the majority of his people. He was respected, though, for getting Japan out of a recession soon after he entered office and finding a way for Japan to wriggle out of its pacificist constitution imposed by the U.S. following World War II – as long as Japan supported the U.S. Abe was killed by a lone gunman who claims his mother sold land belonging to his grandfather without permission, and gave the proceeds to the Unification Church, pushing her into bankruptcy and ruining the family’s relationships. Abe was a member of the church and the assassin somehow blamed him.

Meanwhile, while most former U.S. presidents fade from view after leaving office, Donald Trump continues to have incredible influence in the U.S., claiming he really won the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, even though there is overwhelming evidence that he lost. If he holds a rally, thousands of his supporters will show up to hear him. Meanwhile Republican politicians, seeking his favour, change the rules for elections so they can make it harder for Democrats to win in the future.

The two men demonstrate the power of political leadership. Just being the leader of your country doesn’t matter – take a look at the low popularity of current U.S. President Joe Biden. Somehow you have to

Keith Roulston From the cluttered desk reach out and touch people – and it can be a mysterious connection, as the case of Trump proves.

I’m showing my age, here, but John Diefenbaker made that sort of connection with the Canadian public in the 1950s, winning a huge Progressive Conservative majority over the long-serving Liberal government of the time. He didn’t deliver, however, so he was replaced by Lester Pearson, who never caught the imagination of the Canadian public, being handicapped by government minorities. Despite that, he reshaped Canada, giving us medicare, the Canada Pension Plan and the Maple Leaf flag.

Pearson was succeeded by Pierre Trudeau,who was wildly popular with the Canadian public in the 1968 election, when he was mobbed even in Huron County – where people still voted Progressive Conservative. Pierre Trudeau’s popularity faded, however, and by June, 1979, Joe Clark won a minority government. Trudeau resigned, but before the Liberals could choose a new leader, Clark botched a vote, and his government was defeated. Still leader, Trudeau came back to win the government in March, 1980 and went on to change the country forever by negotiating the Canadian Constitution, a move which has changed the way Canada is governed.

Pierre Trudeau also led Canada through the FLQ crisis in 1980, and despite his anti-

establishment background, used the War Measures Act to help defeat the rebels (and temporarily jail many innocent people who came under suspicion of helping the FLQ). He also helped defeat the first attempt by a separatist government in Quebec to win a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada.

By contrast, Canada has not had such formative leaders since, the longest serving being Jean Chrétien for the Liberals, who barely won a second Quebec referendum, and Stephen Harper for the Conservatives.

Although he has won one majority and two minority governments in a row since 2015, Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre, remains a controversial character, His attempts to persuade/force Canadians to deal with issues like climate change by imposing a refundable carbon tax have been controversial, being opposed by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government and bitterly fought by petroleum-producing western Canadians.

The western-led anti-COVID vaccine protest in Ottawa earlier this year called for him to be deposed, even though he won (minority) reelection just last fall.

Internationally, we’ve seen how fleeting support can be. Winston Churchill, celebrated as Britain’s wartime leader, was defeated in 1945 by a public that wanted to go in a different direction.

The U.S.’s Depressions and wartime leader, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was popular enough to be elected four times, the longest term ever by a U.S. president. It was enough to make the Republicans pass a bill limiting presidents to only two terms – something they may have regretted with the popular Ronald Reagan.

Leaders come and go. Some are loved, some not. Still, in history it’s what they accomplished that matters.

Christmas in July... or Santa, at least

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y the time most readers have dutifully opened The Citizen to this page, I’ll either be on the road home from, or unpacking after a five-day trip to Santa’s Village in Bracebridge.

This will be the second time we’ve visited Santa’s Whispering Pines, the campground across the road from the Christmas-themed amusement park, and the first time we’ve gone with our own accommodation in the form of our family trailer. It will also be the first camping trip I’ve made it on this year after my wife’s first foray into transient camping clashed with a year’s-long plan to rent a cottage with a group of my friends.

The first time we visited Santa’s Village, we stayed, with family, in one of the on-site cabins (which I wrote a column about after finding out those cabins were produced in Huron County), and while I’m very much behind having new experiences, our daughter Mary Jane was, at the time, very young and short enough that she couldn’t enjoy all the rides.

My wife Ashleigh and I decided this would be the year we return, thanks to Mary Jane’s above-average height and being at an age where she might remember the trip in a few years’ time.

I don’t remember much from when I was her age, but I will always remember a trip to Florida where I was doubly-blessed at amusement parks. First, I was chosen as an audience member to be involved in some aquatic antics at SeaWorld (back off Social

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Denny Scott Denny’s Den Justice Warriors, we didn’t have Blackfish or The Walrus and the Whistleblower back then and were ignorant of how bad those places are) and then I got to be part of a live Ghostbusters activity at Universal Studios. The second happened while my mother was telling me, “Let your sister go, you already had SeaWorld” but, given my love of Dr. Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Peter Venkman and Winston Zeddemore, those pleas fell on deaf ears.

It was with those memories in mind that Ashleigh and I decided to take the plunge on a recreational trailer a couple years ago and schedule the trip this year. While fond memories of times with family are important, they can run together. Special events, however, or amusement parks can stick in your brain forever, creating a fond memory to revisit.

For example, I love playing Mexican Rummy. For those unfamiliar with the game, it involves passing through 10 challenges through hands.

It’s a bit of a complicated game in that you always need the rules on hand to remember

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what you’re going for, but once you have your own set of rules, it’s easy for anyone to play.

I can safely say that I have dozens of memories of playing the game at my grandparents’ dining room table and the table at our cottage, but I can’t point at any single game. It’s more just a feeling of friendly competitiveness alongside the warm notion of family.

Those kinds of memories run together (unless something particularly lively happens) while memories like my two trips from the audience to fame in Florida are stark memories that I can easily identify.

That’s why we’re (now) on our way back from Santa’s Village with enough time booked to spend at least two days in the park. I’m hoping we can create some of those memories that are clear decades after they happen. I hope Mary Jane records one of her first long-term memories of family fun.

Ashleigh and I have big plans of visiting a Disney park with Mary Jane (though with the way things are going south of the border, we may end up doing that in Europe) and taking her to Scotland someday, but for the time being we’re staying close to home and making memories here, starting with seeing Santa Claus and celebrating Christmas in July.

Final Thought I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail — sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Shawn Loughlin Shawn’s Sense

The power of power

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hile my previous employer (Rogers) wreaking havoc with a massive outage that affected phones, internet and even resulted in the cancellation of a concert by The Weeknd may have dominated last week’s news cycle, it was another outage that affected the Loughlin home more directly.

It was the humble power outage. We’ve all lived through dozens of them by now. In the old days, the biggest inconvenience was having to reset all the clocks in the house.

Now, just about every clock in the house is connected to the internet somehow and doesn’t require assistance after its power’s been cut.

So, that’s not a problem, but with a toddler in the house, there are plenty of other problems to take its place. And, boy, do they ever.

I’ll set the scene. Last week, the power flicked off for a second or two through the night. The ceiling fan in our bedroom turned off and then came back on. I’m a light sleeper, so that’s what brought me around. It wasn’t the baby monitor absolutely freaking out because its camera feed was very briefly interrupted.

I get it. If the power is cut to a baby monitor camera and some skullduggery is involved, parents need to know about that as soon as possible. The sound the monitor makes as a result of this interruption is akin to, more or less, the alarm that wails alongside flashing red lights in movies about prison riots.

After Jess (a much heavier sleeper than I am) was startled awake and the monitor camera came back on, ending the air raid siren noises, there was the realization that our two-year-old daughter’s sound machine has been knocked out as a result of the outage.

This, unfortunately, is not as simple of a fix as you might think sitting at home. The sound machine we have lights up (two different ways) and has a number of sound and volume settings that all reset after a power outage.

So, even if one of us were to sneak in and try and stealthily turn that thing back on, it would start blaring lullaby music at full volume, accompanied by extremely bright lights (two different ways, again). That’s not even getting into the inevitable fumbling around that would occur as a result of a very sleepy parent trying to reset the machine after being shaken awake by the aforementioned siren sound.

(Another side effect - uncommon, though it has been known to happen - is that the outage knocks out the microphone on the monitor’s camera, so we can’t hear Tallulah. Again, we just open our bedroom door and hope for the best, seeing as how our bedrooms are not too far from one another. Only a hard turn-off-andturn-back-on-again solution will fix this.)

While it’s maybe an overly dramatic way to tell the above story, it’s not the end of the world, right? No white noise machine, a few seconds of blaring sirens? We can get through that. And then our television comes on.

One of the new digital boxes from our local provider comes to life in the wake of a power outage. Regardless of the time, the volume at which we left it and the channel we were watching, the glowing rectangle fires up and regales us all with its stories in the dead of night (remember, with no help from the sound machine to support us by drowning out the din in this battle). Episodes of I Love Lucy, multicultural news reports and everything in between have greeted the Loughlins in the minutes after a mid-night power outage.

I’ll take a day without texting or internet access over that dopey, middle-of-the-night fiasco any day of the week; a whole night turned upside down after a split-second of being without power is far harder to face.

PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022.

At the Branch

Society welcomes Haanstra, Ribey as Ambassadors Shirley Pipe.

He had a distinguished military career, serving from 1955 to 1972 as a peacekeeper and instructor. Jack passed in January of 2022 and the internment was this past week at the Brussels Cemetery. The service was attended by 10 members of the Listowel Legion and four members of the Brussels Branch. They included Comrades Eric and Deb Ross, Lisa Glanville and Sandra Brown. Cole Terpstra was the guest piper. Comrade Eric conducted the service with assistance from the funeral director.

It was wing night at the Legion on Friday night and there was a nice crowd to enjoy the wings; a good night for all.

The Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador event was held on Sunday afternoon at the Branch. It was a delightful afternoon with interviews, speech, social time, light lunch and the Ambassador was crowned.

Congratulations to

Deanna Haanstra as the new ambassador and to Paislee Ribey as the little ambassador.

NEWS FROM BRUSSELS

The next generation The Brussels Agricultural Society welcomed a new Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador and Little Ambassador into the family on Sunday during a special event held at the Brussels Legion. Deanna Haanstra, centre, will take on the Ambassador role, while Paislee Ribey, fourth from right, will be the Little Ambassador for the coming year. From left: Past Ambassadors and organizers Maggie Speer and Morgan Deitner, outgoing Junior Ambassador James Speer, Haanstra, Ribey, former Ambassador and organizer Hannah Hodgins, outgoing Little Ambassador Rowan Gaspirc and outgoing Ambassador Sean Mitchell. (John Stephenson photo)

By Jo-Ann McDonald It is a week of getting ready for homecoming, it seems. More decorating has been done and supplies are being ordered. We are making sure we have everything we need for when the time comes.

Workers for the fish fry are being sought, so Legion members, it’s time to step up and volunteer for a few hours on Saturday for the fish fry. A couple of folks are needed for Friday evening for the karaoke and poutine pub grub. Call the Branch at 519-887-6562 and talk to Sandra.

Just a reminder that the fish fry for homecoming requires prepurchased tickets. Diners will enter from the back entrance off

Elizabeth Street, whether driving or walking, to pick up your dinners.

Walkers are welcome to eat on the patio or in the Brussels Legion Branch.

The paperwork is finished and handed in to complete the Catch the Ace licence that resulted in Annette Lewington as the big winner. She came to the Branch early last week to pick up her winnings and gave a donation back to the Branch. Thank you Annette! The paperwork is completed for a new licence and the first draw will be held on Aug. 12.

Tickets will be out as soon as they are ready at the regular outlets of McDonald Lumber, Brussels Pharmacy, Brussels Variety and the

Homecoming a 10-year treat A NOTE FROM BETTY

By Betty Graber Watson Call 887-9231

Did you ever think about our days, without the seasons. To have the same weather for months would be unusual, boring perhaps. The arrival and development of our four seasons is special. That is one of the assets of our area, watching nature take its course in all the glory. The growth, the smells and the colour changes that happen in our world almost daily are such a joy to watch. So, hurrah, for July.

One of the joys of getting old is remembering things past. When the arena renewal project was studied and introduced recently, memories

of the work of the 1970s came to mind. Working together on a project is a very good thing; shared goals and expected differences are the ways we grow. Ask any of the folks who had a leadership role for the “new arena” and you’ll hear good stories. As the new plans unfold, it is with pride we watch the “young “ people get the work done. Thank you for caring. So, to the old set, when your call comes to donate, remember it takes us all to make a community and if ours is to stay good, we all need to work together.

We look to the future with pride of our people.

The village is getting ready to party, just another week to wait.

The agenda for this homecoming is circulating. The only complaint I’ve heard is that there is too much to do and see. What a great grouch to have. The anticipation is building and stories of homecoming’s past are very good. With that in mind, the United Church will be open, so Continued on page 7

Brussels Legion. The VIP program will be available and those interested must commit to buy a weekly ticket from the Branch or various Legion members within the first four weeks of the draw to ensure a ticket is available to them when and if the jackpot rises towards the ultimate prize of $30,000.

We look forward to the continued support of the Catch the Ace draw and what it enables the Branch to support in our community. Funds raised from the draw have supported minor sports programs, community halls of the area, volunteer groups, churches and other positive initiatives in the community.

Members of the Brussels Legion Branch participated in a Legion funeral service for a Listowel Legion member this week. Our condolences to the family of Jack Hossack. He was the husband of

Sincere thanks On Sunday, the Brussels Agricultural Society honoured its 2019 Ambassadors at the Brussels Legion, thanking them for their hard work, dedication and perseverance in staying in the positions since 2019 after years of cancelled competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Above, former Ambassador Morgan Deitner, left, presents outgoing Little Ambassador Rowan Gaspirc with a gift. (John Stephenson photo)

THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022. PAGE 7.

Broadband coverage greatly expanded

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen

An unforgettable trip Last weekend, the First Blyth Cubs took an overnight camping trip to Attawandaron camp on the Ausable River Cut at Port Franks. The Cubs launched their canoes near Thedford and canoed to camp in tents overnight for what was surely a great, outdoor experience. (Courtesy photos)

The Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) and Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) initiatives have drastically improved the access to high-speed internet in Huron County, says Economic Development Officer Alexander Ripley.

Ripley spoke to Huron County Council at its June 22 meeting, presenting a report on broadband coverage in the county and how it has changed and improved in 2022 when compared to 2015.

He said that while some of the ongoing improvement projects will not be complete until next year, it’s clear that “significant” progress has been made in connecting residents to high-speed internet capability.

“Once the UBF and SWIFT projects are completed, approximately 964 households (about three per cent of the county) will remain without access to fibrebased internet. This compares with about 15 per cent of the county, or approximately 4,820 homes, prior to the launch of the SWIFT and UBF programs,” Ripley said in his report.

During that same meeting, representatives from both Tuckersmith Communications Cooperative (TCC) and HuronTel also presented to council on their

progress, working locally to implement SWIFT and UBF projects, outlining those that are already complete as well as those that stretch to 2025 for completion.

TCC General Manager Rob Van Aaken spoke for his company, saying that the total financial contribution has been nearly $18.5 million: Lead applicant $7,829,977; provincial government, $6,273,570.34; federal government, $4,351,845.66 and funding from other sources, $4,351,845.66.

He said this will result in the installation of 503 kilometres of new last-mile fibre, with 187 kilometres of service fibre to be installed and 690 kilometres of construction. Construction is anticipated to be complete by December of 2025.

HuronTel General Manager Ryan McClinchey presented on behalf of his company, detailing a handful of projects that have been recently completed and others that are still on the horizon.

Through the UBF, the Bogie’s Beach project was set for 2021 and 2022, while the Wingham South project, through SWIFT, is set for 2022 and 2023. The Goderich South projects, also through SWIFT, are also set for 2022 and 2023, while there are a number of UBF projects scheduled for between 2023 and 2025.

Several locals mark their anniversaries From Marilyn’s Desk

Wawanosh 4-H Club meets

By MacKenzie Slatter The second meeting of the Wawanosh 4-H’s A Sporting Chance: Something Different Club was on July 9 at 9:30 a.m. at the Manchester Park in Auburn.

Members who arrived early had an opportunity to practise flying a kite with a manufactured kite.

President, Kayla Drennan opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge.

Next the attendance was taken with members sharing their responses to the roll call “What would you name your kite?”

During the meeting, members learned and talked about the different parts of a kite and how to properly fly a kite. The members then broke off into pairs to begin building a kite of their own. To make the kites, the club used sticks, plastic tablecloths, staples, wide clear tape and string wrapped around toilet paper rolls. The members then tried to fly their kites and thought about what they needed to do to improve their kites.

The meeting ended with the 4-H motto and having a healthy snack.

The club’s next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Auburn bridge, located on the west side of the Maitland River for a hike.

The first meeting of Wawanosh 4-

H’s Sporting Chance: Something Different Club was held on Thursday, July 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Manchester Park in Auburn.

Upon arrival, members played “Getting to Know You” bingo to learn more about their fellow members. They then opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge.

Following the pledge, the election of officers was held. Kayla Drennan was elected president, with Hailey Hanna as vice-president. Cassandra Bos volunteered as attendance recorder and secretary and press reporter roles will be shared among the members.

Kayla Drennan then led roll call, which asked members to name a

game they liked to play outside and where and with whom they like to play it. Baseball at the baseball diamond and badminton at the beach were some favourites of the members.

The club broke into groups to play three different games: Corn Hole Toss, Ladders and Kerplunk.

Members rotated in order to play all three different games. Before starting each game, leaders would explain the rules.

After members had a chance to play each game, the club had a snack and talked about which game was their favourite. Kayla Drennan then closed the meeting with the 4H motto.

Church to host drop-in Continued from page 6 maybe a pit stop is the way to describe the intention for their contribution to the weekend. There is lots to do and see and sometimes you just need to stop. So, if the sign is out at the church, come in, say hello, use the facilities, have a little refreshment, enjoy a chat and check out some old pictures.

Disregard some of the published times and themes suggested in early publications, we’re a pit stop only and would love to see you.

Adults, the pool is available for your use and the nice lifeguards will welcome you. Every weekday at 1 p.m. you can cool off, get a little or a lot of exercise and meet some new or old friends while you’re there. Use it, it’s a very handy way to keep bodies moving.

It’s now preparation time for company, lots of fun, the parade and knowing what you don’t want to miss. Enjoy it now, 10 years is a long time away.

Bye now, Betty G.W.

By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318

Happy birthday to Hayden Hallahan, who celebrates on July 25; Belinda and Dave Marshall, both on July 26; Kelsey (Kerr) Van Wyke, July 28; Doug Craig, Atwood, July 30; Emily deCorte, Zurich, July 31; Rick Elliott, Aug.1 and Eldon Chamney, Aug. 2.

Happy birthday everyone, hope you have a good day.

Happy anniversary to Allan and Karen Webster, Deb and Fred Hakkers and Fred and Ruth Armstrong, who will all celebrate their anniversaries on July 24.

Eldon and Elaine Chamney will celebrate Aug. 2.

The summer is flying by us with great speed. Monday was a reminder to stay where it was cool

and out of the hot sun. The humidity was high as 38˚C. Our crops are needing rain as you can notice the corn is beginning to curl.

Stay safe and have a good week.

Give someone a call to let them know you are thinking of them over the course of the week.

NEWS FROM BLYTH

PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022.

Blake honoured with ‘Learn to Ride’ Day PEOPLE AROUND WALTON

By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570

Time flies, as they say, and when you read your paper, we will have four full weeks of summer holidays in for the kids. The weather for holidays has been great with lots of heat and very little rain. Pools have been busy and lots of people are heading to the beach and/or cottages, if they’re lucky. Backyard pools are keeping kids happy and cool, but moms are having trouble getting their work done while watching the kids.

The dry weather has been great

for the haying, but moisture is definitely needed for all the other crops. The Wingham/Bluevale area received nearly an inch of rain on Wednesday, but our area did not get much, just drops.

The Edge of Walton Sports Camp was held last week and it was a full house with around 40 young children who spent their days learning new sports.

Friday was the fourth annual Mitch Blake Learn to Ride Day, sponsored by Bruce and Michelle Blake and family. It was purple shirt day and all kids attending receive a shirt, Mitch Blake’s favourite colour and sport.

Work continued at the Walton Hall this past week. The new stage curtains are up and look very nice.

The group decided that navy would look nice, and it does. Thanks to Margaret McInroy for ordering and sewing the panels together and putting them up. The curtains for

the windows are also being replaced (navy also) and are here and ready to go up. They will be up by the time you read the paper. The windows have all been painted on the inside and cleaned as well. The new carpet will have been laid as well this past week. All will be ready for the summer rentals.

There was paint left over from painting the cement floors, so the Walton ball park washrooms received a tune-up this past week as well.

My week flew by last week with grandparenting until Wednesday and then Rick returned the three Jarosz children back to New Hamburg. I did mail in Brussels one day and in Blyth one day and worked at the shop Thursday and Saturday. No wonder the week flew by!

Don’t forget to get your decorating done in time to be judged for the Brussels

Horticultural homecoming contest.

Look for the posters around town about what they are looking for, homecoming colours, a Canadian flag and some little extras. I believe the judging will be done a week ahead of homecoming weekend.

There are some early fields of wheat being harvested but I have not heard any reports on how it is running or the moisture. Looking ahead, unfortunately, other farmers might be at the wheat over homecoming weekend.

Celebrating birthdays this past week include Andrea Bremner, Jackie Glanville, Grace Robinson, Caitlyn Regele, Barry Young, Steve Baan, LeeAnn McDonald Ellis, Paul Somerville, Kristen Curreri, Dianne Flood, Sharon Godkin, Sherry McCall, Corrina Strong, Ken Williamson, Sandra Brown, Christopher Ritchie, Curtis Ryan, Andrew Van Vliet, Anne Williamson, Karin McDonald,

Andrea Taylor and Michael Warwick. Happy birthday to all.

NEWS FROM WALTON

Walton WI ‘WISH’ teams create with Lego

Getting creative Two Walton Women’s Institute teams are taking part in this year’s Women’s Institute Scavenger Hunt (WISH) activity to mark the provincial organization’s 125th anniversary and their second clue led them to Lego creations meant to honour the Women’s Institute history and accomplishments over the years. Above, is The 4Ws’ creation, with a story to the right (from left: Nancy Denham, Mary Peterson, Margaret McInroy and Ruth Axtmann), while the W.Eyes’ clue can be seen below (from left: Marion Godkin, Brenda Perrie, Helen Craig and Monique Baan) with a full story on page 15. (Courtesy photos)

As part of the Women’s Institute’s year-long WISH (Women’s Institute Scavenger Hunt) activity, the Walton WI’s Walton Wonder Women WISHing (the 4Ws), returned to their youth and created with Lego.

While members snapped pieces together to create a farmhouse, barn and shed, they chatted about their lives and acknowledged how much their childhood homes had influenced them throughout their lives. The members say that getting to know each other and forming friendships is a bonus to these WISH activities.

Member Margaret McInroy said that the group’s parents led by example. Morals, values and lessons taught to members in their youth have helped make them better individuals, McInroy said, clearing the way for them to contribute to communities near and far.

She said all the members had parents that were involved on the family farm. In addition, some of them were members and held executive positions within community service clubs, churches, recreational teams and boards.

All of the group members are former 4-H members and leaders, and we even have a retired home economist on our team. These were programs that rural kids participated in to improve themselves. Parents drove their children to the meetings and often helped lead the clubs. The 4-H motto “Learn to do by doing” was lived at home by parents and children!

Three members on the team were Junior Farmers and still have friendships throughout the province from their teen years. They also were involved extensively in community betterment projects.

While WI members on the team were sharing accomplishments throughout the WI’s 125-year existence with the two nonmembers present, they all realized that the WI motto, “For Home and Country”, summed up many of their personal lives.

Now that members’ creative juices were flowing, they decided to create “Our WISH” for a fun activity for the judges. Women’s Institutes in Ontario have advocated for changes during many years in a variety of areas that have contributed to improvements in society. The team’s Lego model is a

mini scavenger hunt with symbols that represent several changes resulting from the voices and actions of Women’s Institute members. Rural organizations that have improved the quality of life at home and afar have also been included. How many examples can you find in the photograph?

Here are the answers. The Lego creation includes the following examples of things that the WI have helped to accomplish “For Home and Country”: 1.

Cows: requiring the pasteurization of milk.

2. Chicken: having fowl graded for sale. (In the early days of WI courses were offered to educate farm women on raising chickens for eggs and meat.)

3. Paved road: having centre lines painted on provincial highways (enacting legislation on dimming car lights when meeting and requiring car owners to purchase liability insurance before getting licence).

4. School bus: making law mandatory for traffic to stop when school bus is stopped (1962) 5. A “4-H Member Lives Here” sign: the WI has been supportive for the training of boys and girls both financially and by supplying leaders.

6. Farm scene: WI supports and promotes farm safety courses.

7. WI 125th Barn Quilt: indicates that a woman lives here who is seeking self-improvement and personal enrichment through her involvement in “WICreation”, “Our WISH For Home and Country”.

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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022. PAGE 9.

Sports Tigers set for 50th anniversary tournament

By Denny Scott The Citizen

A half-century Fifty years in the making, the Brussels Tigers will be hosting their 50th anniversary tournament this weekend. After two years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shawn Daw of the Tigers says he’s pleased with the response and the number of new teams coming to Brussels for the tournament for the first time. The Tigers are seen above minutes before last week’s game against the Belmore Stingers. (John Stephenson photo)

Hitmen atop fastball standings

The Brussels Tigers are ready to host the team’s annual Men’s Invitational Fastball Tournament, marking the event’s 50th anniversary.

Team representative Shawn Daw said the club is excited to be bringing the tournament back after COVID-19 resulted in its cancellation for two years, and he said that excitement must be felt by the teams involved as well. Within a month of announcing it, he said 10 of the 16 spots were filled, and now the tournament has 20 teams interested for the 16 spots available.

“We’ve got teams hoping another team doesn’t make it,” he said.

The change is a good one, he said, after the tournament wasn’t held for the past two years, there was some concern about remounting it; however, it turns out those concerns were unfounded.

“This tournament has been one a lot of people enjoyed coming to due to the people in the community treating the players with respect and being kind,” he said. “We have a lot of returning teams every year.”

Aside from returning teams, there are new teams that have signed up from across the province, he said, surprising him and his fellow organizers.

“We’ve had Glencoe before, as well as Delaware, Tavistock, Fullarton, Kitchener and Sebringville,” he said. “Of course, it’s great to have Walton as they have supported the tournament for years. Monkton is in a similar situation.

New teams include Port Perry, Fingal, Dundalk and Rockwood, he said.

“The tournament has grown thanks to word-of-mouth,” he said.

“Teams will play in it, have a great time then go back and tell other teams in their leagues about it.”

He said that, aside from how great the community is, the prize .

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By a half-step The Brussels Tigers have kept up their winning ways, but unfortunately it hasn’t been enough to climb into first place in the Huron County Fastball League standings. The Wingham Hitmen own the top spot, followed by three teams with 14 points: The Belmore Stingers in second place, the Tigers in third and the Walton Brewers in fourth. Above, the home field advantage wasn’t enough for the Tigers last week to beat the Belmore Stingers, who took the contest by the slimmest of margins: 1-0. (John Stephenson photo)

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen The Wingham Hitmen, with a record of 8-1, remain atop the Huron County Fastball League standings with 16 points.

The Hitmen lost their very first game of the season and have since won eight straight games to get them to where they are this week.

The Belmore Stingers have snuck into second place with a record of 7-1 and 14 points, just ahead of the

Brussels Tigers, who have a record of 7-3 with 14 points, and the Walton Brewers in fourth place, with a record of 7-4 and 14 points.

Mitchell is in fifth place with a record of 5-3, followed by Milverton with a record of 4-4, Sebringville with a record of 4-3 in seventh place, Fullarton in eighth place with a record of 3-6, Wroxeter in ninth place with a record of 1-6, Monkton in 10th place with a record of 1-7 and Goderich in last place with a record of 1-8.

Last Sunday, Walton beat Sebringville by a score of 11-9, while Belmore also beat Wroxeter that day by a score of 9-5.

Sebringville was scheduled to play a second game on Sunday, this one against Goderich, but it was postponed.

On Friday night, Belmore beat Milverton by a score of 8-3, while Sebringville edged out Fullarton by a score of 11-10, Goderich beat Monkton by a score of 14-10 and Continued on page 16

money also helps keep teams involved. Even the ‘D’ champions get $100, he said, while many other tournaments only have prizes for the ‘A’ and ‘B’ champions.

While its the 50th anniversary of the first tournament, it’s not really the 50th annual tournament, Daw said, explaining that not only had tournaments been missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but other problems had resulted in cancellations in the past. The tournament used to be held on a long weekend, he said, but it proved problematic to find teams to play, resulting in the tournament being moved to the weekend before the Civic Holiday weekend. That led to a revitalization of the event, Daw said.

Another factor has been the support of the community, not just in the aforementioned kindness shown to the teams, but also in residents coming out to scorekeep, announce and run the beverage service.

“It alleviates a lot of pressure on the Tigers,” he said. “It makes sure we can play.”

The team then reciprocates with many of the volunteers, he said, like helping with Brussels Minor Baseball as a way to thank parents who volunteered for the tournament.

With the lifting of rules around masking and social distancing due to COVID-19, Daw said the tournament should be a great opportunity for people to be outside and get back to normal.

The first games start on Friday night at 7 p.m. with the Tigers taking on the Rockwood Rush at the Brussels Community Park and the Kitchener Selects taking on the Dundalk Smoke at the Ethel baseball diamond. A second Brussels team, the Brussels Bangers, is scheduled at 8:45 p.m. on Friday against the Sebringville Sting in Brussels, while Walton’s first game is 10:30 p.m. on Friday against the Delaware Highlanders.

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Firefighting a family affair for McDonalds

All in the family Just as Blyth’s Mike McDonald, right, was recognized for a quarter-century of dedication to firefighting in the village, he had another reason to be proud, as his daughter Jenna, left, has decided to continue the family’s legacy on the department. Both McDonalds were honoured late last month at a special ceremony that also served as the official opening of the new Blyth fire hall: Mike for his 25 years of service and Jenna as a new recruit for the department. (John Stephenson photo)

the tougher calls, including people losing their lives or their livelihood, Mike said that being able to help in any way is important and something he is happy to continue doing.

For Jenna, the drive is the same, but the inspiration to join the department started when she was a little girl watching her father run down the street to the Blyth Fire Department hall at the corner of Dinsley and Mill Street.

“It used to be the siren would go off and I’d watch Dad run down the road,” she said, adding she would have to be reminded not to go further than the sidewalk. “I wanted to help and, after the calls, I would go to the fire hall. I really loved being around the firefighters and being a part of that family.

“When I was old enough, it made sense to join and commit to it because I wanted to help my own community,” she said.

Since joining, both Mike and Jenna have gained a new respect for their community as well, learning just how supportive it is of the fire department.

“The community support is great,” Jenna said. “They come out and offer us coffee, donuts, water, everything, and it’s great to know that, while we love helping the community, it has our backs as well.”

Mike said he was happy to see Jenna join because he trusts the current leadership of the fire department. If he didn’t, he said, there would have been a different discussion around her joining. That trust has, for the most part, been built since he started, he said.

In 26 years, he has outlasted two fire halls and a number of respected chiefs. From the late Paul Josling to the late John Black, and from the now-retired David Sparling to Keith Hodgkinson and now Marty Bedard, Mike said the chiefs, as well as the deputy-chiefs, have created a department he feels safe in himself, and one he feels safe having his daughter join.

Jenna said that, from watching the fire department and firefighters grow as a daughter of a firefighter to now being one herself makes her

confident that she will be safe.

Another change over Mike’s time as a firefighter that made it easier for him to encourage his daughter to join is how emotions are handled.

Jenna said she knows that, once upon a time, firefighters had to hide their emotions, but now it’s different. Everyone is encouraged to be upfront and honest about what they’re experiencing, she said, because having a healthy mindset is key to being able to work with your fellow firefighters and support the team.

Mike agreed, saying the firefighters are like a family and support each other. He said when he started, new firefighters would know they’d been accepted if they were dunked in a portable water tank by one of the senior officers, now, he says, some gentle ribbing is a sign that you’ve been accepted.

Jenna said she was happy the first time someone joked about her height because she knew it was done out of love. She was, however, quick to say she would be the star of the show if there was a need to access tight spaces.

Jenna’s decision was also made easier, Mike said, by the fact people see more and more female firefighters working alongside their male counterparts more and more.

“It’s changed the dynamic of the department for the better,” he said.

Jenna said she had received a significant amount of support from her fellow female firefighters Kelsy Long and Amanda Becker. Long is still with the Blyth hall, while Becker has moved to the Wingham hall.

Jenna said seeing Becker doing ladder drills and competing right alongside the men gave her confidence, and that working alongside her was a huge benefit.

She said the same of Long, especially since Long, as a paramedic, has a wealth of experience and knowledge to share for medical calls.

Mike said he’s always happy to have Long in his crew because, if there’s a medical issue, he knows she will be the one to handle it.

Jenna agreed, saying that Long’s Continued on page 11

By Denny Scott The Citizen On June 23, members of the Blyth division of the Fire Department of North Huron were recognized for either their new dedication to the cause and for their years of service, and the McDonald family of Blyth had different members receive recognition for both.

The Fire Department of North Huron recognized Captain Mike McDonald for 25 years of service with the department and welcomed his daughter Jenna as a new recruit, following in her father’s footsteps.

Recently, the two spoke with The Citizen about what it takes to serve on the department for 25 years or what it takes to join the department as a new recruit, and the answer for both was primarily the same: serving the community.

Mike joined the department in 1996, having been invited to join by a truck driver at the Howson and Howson Mills, where McDonald worked until recently.

“I decided to give it a shot and was hooked,” he said. “I enjoy helping people, and helping my community and this is a great way to do it.”

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Daughter inspires McDonald to stay on department

Quite an honour Mike McDonald, seen above with his wife Michelle at last month’s Fire Department of North Huron awards ceremony, said he had planned to retire from firefighting after 25 years, but his daughter Jenna joining the department has rejuvenated him, perhaps convincing him to stay on a bit longer. (John Stephenson photo) Continued from page 10 explanation of what’s happening and what she’s doing makes her value to the department apparent.

Mike said that could describe everyone. Everyone is a tool, he said, with the ability to be a firefighter but also deal with specific issues that they know because of their work and personal lives. He said mechanics are the goto for vehicle issues, construction workers know how to breach and clear buildings and people who drive for a living are a good fit for manoeuvring the fire trucks and other equipment. He said each firefighter brings their own skills to the job.

For Jenna, that skill isn’t something she learned at work (she is in administration for the public works department of North Huron, after having an education as an

environmental technician and previously working for Veolia). She found her niche on the scene of a fatality.

The fire department was called out to a man with no vital signs, and Jenna’s first reaction at seeing the man’s wife was to go to her, talk to her and comfort her.

She said that was the moment a “switch flipped” and she knew she was doing something valuable and something she was supposed to do.

Her father was in command of the scene and had her comforting the wife. She said she was even able to get the woman, on what was likely the worst day of her life, to smile and laugh.

“When you can make someone laugh on that day, it’s important, and it made me realize how happy I am to help,” she said.

Mike said he was so proud of

Jenna for stepping in, listening and helping someone going through such a traumatic experience. Since then, she has started to be the go-to for the department when it comes to comforting families.

Mike said he has had a number of moments like that throughout his career, including when he was fortunate enough to be part of a crew that saved someone’s life. He said that, when you see someone walking around the community who otherwise might not have been, it’s a good feeling.

Finally, the support his wife has

given him was also key in Mike feeling comfortable with Jenna joining the department. Both Mike and Jenna said that having that support at home is second-to-none when it comes to having the strength to run out the door at a moment’s notice.

While Mike had planned on retiring after 25 years, Jenna’s decision to join the fire department inspired him to stay on a little longer, though he said it’s a big commitment, especially for new recruits.

“You start looking at it, and you’re busy for two long weekends every summer, working one weekend a month beyond that and it can get daunting,” he said. “Jenna reignited a love in me to be a part of the department, so I decided to stay at it…. Who knows? I might get to 30 now.”

Looking back, Mike said there are innumerable good and great memories he’s had with the department, and he looks forward to Jenna having those same opportunities.

He said that one of the most memorable moments, however, was working at the former Ontario Fire College site in Gravenhurst, which closed in 2021. He said that he was happy to be a “dinosaur” in the business, meaning he had survived long enough to offer his experience with fellow firefighters through training programs like those formerly offered in Gravenhurst.

Mike looked up to some of the department’s “dinosaurs” when he was younger and had just joined and said he was happy it was his turn.

He said working at the fire college is different from a lot of other educational programs because the students have not only a desire to learn, but a life-or-death purpose as well.

Jenna agreed, saying there are many firefighters who are older and have been fighting fires (as well as all the other requirements of the job) for more than a decade or two.

“There are a lot of very experienced firefighters there and they are always willing to help and pass on some advice,” she said.

Mike said the Blyth division has a lot of experienced firefighters, but

also a lot of younger people as well, which helps keep the best on the front line of fire prevention and control.

“I’ll put on an air pack when I need to, but there’s a lot of younger people who may be able to run into a building and do it now, which means us older firefighters can focus on controlling the scene,” he said.

Jenna said that, since joining the department, she’s developed a better appreciation for how much work is actually involved when those fire trucks roll out.

“I didn’t realize how much work is there,” she said. “There is a lot behind the scenes people don’t know about.”

Mike agreed, saying that the amount of work has increased over time to the point that new firefighters are in for three years of intense training when they first join up, which can be a deterrent for some people.

In the trucks, there is now a designated “Captain’s Chair”, Mike said, which the firefighter in charge sits in to prepare the firefighters en route to the scene. Sometimes that means preparing them emotionally for what they could be facing, Mike said, but for every call, it means assigning responsibilities.

“For us, we get to the scene and it can look like chaos, but we know it looks more organized to those on the outside when we prepare,” he said.

Firefighters also debrief after every call, and it’s not a chance to point fingers, Mike said, but to review what’s happened and how they can improve.

One of the first and most important lessons according to both Mike and Jenna is to be there to help out, nothing more.

“You have to learn to look at a scene without judging, and that’s one of the first big things,” he said.

“We’re just there to help, not to judge the people involved.”

Jenna followed up saying that, when a fire call comes in, it’s often the worst day of a person’s life or, at the very least, a bad situation, and the firefighters are just there to help. She said there is a lot of training focused on how to react to and act at scenes.

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Procter honoured through memorial ceremony plaque, which is in the main hall of the community centre. It includes a photo of Procter and the following excerpt: “As in her home and business life Kathy also shared her generous selfless ways with her community. She organized and spearheaded amazing hot luncheons served once a month with payment by donation only. This was to make sure it was available to all and all would feel welcome. She was a very dedicated and caring woman and is truly missed.”

Procter passed away in 2020 after a battle with cancer. Her obituary, as it appeared in the Dec. 10, 2020 issue of The Citizen, is below: KATHY PROCTER It is with great sadness that the family of Kathy Procter announces her passing after a very short battle with cancer. She died peacefully at her home on Dec. 2, 2020 with her family by her side. She was 64.

Kathy is survived by her husband of 43 years, Don Procter. She also leaves behind her children Kristi (Brandon) Anger, Tim (Parveen)

Procter and Mike (April) Procter.

Kathy cherished her six beautiful grandchildren, Brielle, Kolton and Lukas Anger, Isaac Procter and Trinity and Lily Procter. Kathy will be lovingly remembered by her mother Joanna (Sauder Holst) Ropp, her two sisters, Ann (Lloyd) Fretz and Marlene (Don) Letkeman-Holst, sisters and brothers-in-law, Faye Procter, Doug and Deb Procter and Ken and Lila Procter, 10 nieces and nephews and their families, as well as numerous cousins. Kathy was predeceased by her father Delton Holst, her parentsin-law Alvin and Ida Procter and brother-in-law Wayne Procter.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a celebration of Kathy’s life will be held when it is safe to do so.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the North Huron Food Share or the Goderich-to-Guelph Rail Trail would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

Online condolences may be left at the funeral home’s website at www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com

A lasting legacy The Belgrave Community Centre honoured the late Kathy Procter last week with a special memorial ceremony and the unveiling of a special plaque at the centre honouring Procter and all she meant to the community. Jonathan Van Camp, left, chair of the Belgrave Community Centre Board, led the ceremony, heralding all Procter meant to the community. He is seen here with Procter’s widower, Don, with the new plaque.

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The Belgrave Community Centre Board honoured the late Kathy Procter for her contributions to the village of Belgrave last week with a memorial plaque at the centre.

Jonathan Van Camp, chair of the centre board, said that Procter was very active in the community, highlighting her creation of the monthly hot luncheon at the centre.

“Kathy had approached the board about having a monthly hot luncheon here at the centre,” he said, adding it was for everyone to come and sit and enjoy a meal with neighbours. “The first luncheon started in March of 2019 with a dozen people and over time it grew to around 60 members… attending regularly and looking forward to the next one.”

The meal, Van Camp said, had no set charge and was by donation only.

He added that Procter was also active in other community initiatives, including Dining for Seniors and Soup’s On in Wingham, the latter hosted at the Maitland River Community Church.

“Kathy will be remembered as a

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37th Annual Citizen of the Year Award Nominations Open Long-time Scout leader and church volunteer David Cartwright won the 2021 Citizen of the Year award for Blyth and surrounding communities posthumously. Pictured from left, The Citizen Publisher, Deb Sholdice presents the award to Shari Cartwright and family.

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Lamb, goats sell easier after active holiday market Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending July 14 were 1,671 cattle and 570 lambs and goats.

On Tuesday, fed steers and heifers sold on a steady market.

Choice steers and heifers sold $185 to $190. Second-cut cattle sold $175 to $180. Holstein steers and heifers sold $125 to $157. Cows sold steady.

On Thursday, veal sold actively at steady prices. Lambs and goats sold easier after last week’s holiday market and sheep sold steady.

On Friday, calves sold on a strong trade. Good yearling steers sold

steady. Second-cut yearling steers sold easier. Good yearling heifers sold stronger. Second-cut yearling heifers sold steady.

Gerald Kuepfer of Brunner, consigned three head. One red heifer weighed 1,525 lbs. and sold for a price of $186.

David Inglis of Clifford, consigned six head. One black steer weighed 1,400 lbs. and sold for a price of $190.

There were 275 cows on offer.

Beef sold $115 to $135; good holstein cows, $115 to $126; medium holstein cows, $105 to $115.

Bulls sold $123.50 to $158.

There were 185 head of veal on offer. Beef veal sold $180 to $213; good holsteins, $156 to $176; SL heavy holsteins, $126 to $160; medium holsteins, $130 to $155.

Jim Maw of Forest, consigned six head. One roan heifer weighed 835 lbs. and sold for an average price of $213.

Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $277.50 to $300; 50 - 64 lbs., $282.75 to $360; 65 - 79 lbs., $261 to $280; 80 - 94 lbs., $240 to $267.50; 95 - 109 lbs., $227 to $235; 110 lbs. and over, $226 to $242.

Sheep sold $100 to $275.

Goats: billies sold $150 to $450; nannies, $100 to $350; kids, $350 to $400.

Carmen and Cheryl Bridge of Kincardine, consigned 24 head.

One lamb weighed 55 lbs. and sold for a price of $360.

Top quality stocker steers under 400 lbs. sold $278.75 to $305; 400 - 499 lbs., $241.25 to $262.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $261.50 to $285.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $275.50 to $282; 700 799 lbs., $275.50 to $282; 700 - 799 lbs., $203 to $245; 800 - 899 lbs., $204 to $225; 900 - 999 lbs., $202 to $210.50; 1000 lbs. and over, $186 to $205.

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By Drew Spoelstra, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Empty grocery store shelves in the Netherlands have made headlines recently, as farmers blocked food distribution centres in protest of strict government nutrient regulations. They’re very worried that pending legislation will not only put many of them out of business, but will also affect food production – potentially making those empty store shelves a more frequent occurrence in the future.

In nearby Denmark, farmers are awaiting their government’s release of a carbon emissions tax scheme for agriculture, phase two of a tax introduced on other sectors of its economy earlier this spring. They, too, are concerned about their ability to meet new standards in a short amount of time and how it will affect the viability and competitiveness of their farm businesses and their ability to produce food.

Food security is a more heightened topic in Europe these days than it has been for a long time, due in large part to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing conflict between two countries that are not only large global food producers, but also the source of many of the fertilizers farmers around the world depend on to grow their crops.

Here at home, the federal government is also turning its sights on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer use, and last year announced a national fertilizer emission reduction target of 30 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030. The government has now launched consultations with farmers, the fertilizer industry and provincial and territorial governments to figure out how they’re going to make that happen.

As farmers, we very much care about climate change and emissions. We work with nature when we raise livestock, grow crops and work the land, so we’re impacted very directly by changes in the environment and the weather as much or more than anybody else.

And we’ve already been taking action for years to reduce farming’s impact on air, soil and water. The

Environmental Farm Plan, for example, was launched in the 1990s by farm organizations to help drive positive environmental change and, since that time, farmers and governments have collectively invested hundreds of millions of dollars in positive on-farm improvements.

On my farm in the Golden Horseshoe region, like on many other Ontario farms, we have, for years, followed the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program, which means we apply the right nutrient at the right time and at the right rate to the right place – giving our crops what they need, when they need it, while promoting and enhancing overall farm sustainability.

Not only is that the right thing to do for the environment, it’s also a sound business decision for our farm. Fertilizer, after all, is expensive – never more so than this year due to the Ukraine crisis and Canadian government tariffs on fertilizer imports from Russia – so we don’t want to use any more of it than we have to.

To the government’s credit, in its consultation document, the federal government does recognize that fertilizer is an essential part of modern farming and that farmers are taking environmental action –

and they’re looking for our suggestions on how we can make the uptake of many of these beneficial practices even more widespread.

We are very concerned; however, that the government has set its reduction target based on an absolute reduction in emissions from fertilizer use rather than one based on how nutrients are actually used. Government metrics for measuring emissions from fertilizer use are poor and based largely on fertilizer sales. This means any success in meeting the target they’ve set would result simply from a decrease in fertilizer sales – and not in actual, meaningful change in how nutrients are used.

That’s why basing decisions on sound science and the practical realities of farming and food production is so critical.

At the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), we are responding to the fertilizer emissions reduction consultation document and having discussions with the government to ensure the farmer’s voice is well represented.

We recognize there are improvements to be made, but farmers will need support from the government to get there. This

means funding, research and technical support for innovation and new technologies, and transitioning to new practices and approaches in how we farm and produce food.

Most importantly, we have to ensure that any new regulations will drive positive, impactful change without affecting the competitiveness of farm businesses or our ability as a province and as a country to feed ourselves and often the world.

Once we lose that capacity, it will be hard to get it back – and as we’ve all experienced firsthand over the last several years, the world can change rapidly, and we may not always be able to depend on others to provide us with what we need.

Top quality stocker heifers, 500 599 lbs. sold $184 to $200; 600 699 lbs., $188 to $250; 700 - 799 lbs., $173 to $198.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $182 to $191.50; 900 lbs. and over, $171.50 to $186.50.

Reuben B. Martin of Clifford, consigned 34 head. Eight black heifers averaged 743 lbs. and sold for an average price of $196.

Aaron M. Bauman of Teeswater, consigned 21 head. Seven black heifers averaged 829 lbs. and sold for an average price of $191.50.

Franken Farms of Teeswater, consigned 43 head. Three charolais steers averaged 727 lbs. and sold for an average price of $245.

Steve Pastoor of Kerwood, consigned 72 head. Twelve charolais steers averaged 983 lbs. and sold for an average price of $204.75.

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KLEMKE. In loving memory of a dear mom, nana and great-nana Helen Klemke, who passed away five years ago, July 24, 2017.

A limb has fallen from the family tree, I keep hearing a voice that says, “Grieve not for me”.

Remember the best times, the laughter, the song, The good life I lived, while I was strong.

Continue my heritage, I’m counting on you, Keep smiling and surely, the sun will shine through.

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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022. PAGE 15.

Lions Club readies for its Sept. 24 fish fry PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO

By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296

A thought from Albert Einstein: “A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself to give in the same measure as I have received.”

The Londesborough Lions Club has given me advance notice of its annual fish fry. This drive-through meal is set for Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Londesborough Community

Hall. Advance tickets are a must and are available from any Lion member for $25 each.

The Londesborough community was saddened late last week to learn of the passing of Bruce Shillinglaw.

Bruce succumbed after a brief fight with cancer on July 14 at the age of 79. Bruce and his wife, Harriet and their two young sons, came to the Londesborough area to farm, having purchased the former Moon property just east of the village.

A graduate of the University of Guelph, Bruce furthered his farm knowledge as a founder of The Innovative Farming Association of Ontario and was one of the first progressive farmers of the area to adopt no-till farming for his cash crops.

On the reverse side of that, Bruce had a passion for steam - engines,

trains and tractors. He owned steam tractors and had a small working train track on his property. This passion brought other enthusiasts to the farm to take a ride and explore his collection/knowledge.

Over the years, Bruce also took an interest in various groups in the area, such as the Masonic Lodge, Londesborough United Church, and those in which his family was involved/participated.

Please keep Bruce’s family and friends in your prayers as they deal with their loss.

This next item is a postscript to one from last week’s column.

BetterCart Analytics has tracked grocery prices across Canada since the beginning of the year. Their focus was on how shoppers are dealing with the overall rise in prices, and some

weeks, the fluctuations in prices.

Although the overall increase in prices is 9.7 per cent, apples, for instance, have risen 32 per cent whereas pasta has dropped eight per cent depending, of course, where you shop. And that is making a difference to the grocery bill.

Shoppers in discount stores like Walmart and No Frills may be saving as much as 40 per cent some weeks on the items one considers the staples and perhaps choosing alternate name brands and specials.

As the major chains look for ways to cut their costs in their full service stores, they are concentrating on welcoming shoppers to their discount stores. So even the mundane task of grocery shopping needs research and attention to details in today’s world.

NEWS FROM LONDESBORO

W.Eyes create model As part of the year-long Women’s Institute Scavenger Hunt (WISH), one of two Walton WI teams, W.Eyes, has created its second clue of the year. The hunt helps to mark the WI’s 125th anniversary in the province.

The club’s creation represents the beginning of the Women’s Institute Organization, February 19 1897, with the Motto – For Home and Country. Adelaide Hoodless, a mother educating women, in collaboration with the Farmer’s Institute, headed by Erland Lee, was the founder of the organization.

Adelaide was speaking about teaching domestic science, so women of that time would have health knowledge in the care of their children. Adelaide had a child die due to unsafe milk. Adelaide was a strong example of women working to improve Health. In the 125 years, strong membership made improvements in safety, education, and the environment.

Together, working with letter

writing and governments seeing the need for change, the WI has achieved many things, like wrapped bread, quality labels on clothing, the creation of a law making it mandatory for traffic to stop when school bus is stopped, community halls, white lines in the centre of roads, educational scholarships, recycling initiatives and much more.

The group’s 125th anniversary project is tree planting. The arms of the house show the strength of these achievements of “W.I. Strong”, making improvements for all in our community, the response to the “For Home and Country” motto.

The colours of royal blue and gold were chosen because the first convention was in Guelph, also known as the Royal City, and these were the city’s colours.

The local WI used these Women’s Institute colours to build its house.

The WI mat at the front of the house welcomes you.

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Coultes marks UCW anniversary in Nova Scotia PEOPLE AROUND BELGRAVE

By Linda Campbell Call 357-2188

Ruth King recently had heart valve replacement surgery at University Hospital in London. She is home now and is doing great. We wish her a speedy recovery.

The Community Coffee Break is on Tuesday, July 26 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Belgrave Community Centre. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy coffee, snacks and fellowship.

July church services are held at

Trinity United Chuch at 10 a.m.

There is no church for July.

In August, services will be held at the Procter Pond at 10 a.m. Please bring a lawn chair and some bug spray just in case. Also keep in mind that it isn’t completely shaded, so you may need a hat. If it is raining or threatening to rain, the service will be held at Belgrave United Church, still at 10 a.m.

Everyone is welcome.

Happy birthday to Orrey Bromley who celebrated July 17.

Our weather has been hot and humid with very little rain or none.

The corn crops really need more than we have had. The farmers are busy combining their wheat, so they don’t want rain.

Enjoy working in the gardens and flowers beds. The children are enjoying their summer holidays with lots to do.

UCW Muriel Coultes joined with over 200 women to celebrate the 60th anniversary of United Church Women, on Cape Breton Island last week. Despite cancellations, delays and revised air service, she arrived at the Hampton Inn and Membertou Trade and Convention Centre for the event.

The theme of the event was “Continuing in Hope” and guest speakers gave various ways to do that. Singing was a big part of the event, and everyone enjoyed new songs as well as old favourites. The blessing of God was sung over the speakers.

The main entertainment, “Men of the Deeps” choir on Thursday night followed a delicious roast beef dinner, which saw the charter members invited to reserved tables for the dinner. Each was given a cup

and saucer to take home with them. Mrs. Coultes is a charter member.

The lights were dimmed as the Men of the Deeps choir proceeded in with lighted helmets. Their program was a huge success, with the singing of the song, “Big Bad John”. The previous evening featured a performance by wellknow Cape Breton comedian, which was really great.

Following the closing worship service, each region proceeded out with a man playing the bag pipes.

Muriel was asked to help carry the banner made by one of the Women of Weston (WOW) region members. Each zone across Canada had a banner displayed.

Muriel and her friends then enjoyed a lobster dinner on Friday night before returning home on Saturday.

NEWS FROM BELGRAVE

Tigers beat Grizzlies in rescheduled contest Continued from page 9 Mitchell shut out Wroxeter by a score of 5-0.

Last Wednesday, Mitchell defeated Walton by a score of 12-5, while Belmore edged out Brussels by a score of 1-0. Also that night, Wingham defeated Milverton by a score of 8-6.

Brussels played in Goderich against the Grizzlies on Monday, July 11, with the Tigers winning by a score of 9-1. That game was rescheduled from July 10.

This week, Milverton was in Monkton to take on the Muskrats on Monday, and it was the home team that

came away with a 7-5 victory that night.

Wingham was scheduled to take on Walton on Tuesday, but a score

was unavailable at press time.

Fullarton was travelling to Belmore on Wednesday night and Wroxeter was due in Brussels that

‘Caesar Monday’ set Continued from page 1 musical entertainment to wind down the evening, beginning at 9 p.m. and running through to the end of the night.

Caesar Monday will be marked from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., right around the time the Brussels and Grey Fire Departments will play each other in

a slo-pitch game (11 a.m.)

The Brussels Lions will host a duck race at 1 p.m., the Brussels Minor Ball helicopter ride draw will be at 3 p.m. and the Brussels Tigers will take on the Walton Brewers at 3 p.m.

For a full list of events, visit brusselshomecoming.ca.

Obituaries

Hello there Earlier this month, Eat Local Huron held the first of what organizers hope will become monthly farm crawl events.

One of the stops on that first-ever farm crawl was Meeting Place Organic Farm near St. Helens, where Katrina McQuail was caught by The Citizen taking some pictures of her own. (John Stephenson photo)

BRUCE DAVE SHILLINGLAW Bruce David Shillinglaw, passed away peacefully July 14, 2022 at his home surrounded by family. He was 79.

Bruce was a founder of The Innovative Farmers Association of Ontario, dedicated to advancing knowledge for environmentally and financially sound agriculture. He was one of the first farmers to implement no-till farming in Ontario, which he continued to practise and improve for over 40 years.

He had a lifelong passion for live steam, including engines, trains and original steam tractors.

He volunteered as a conductor and engineer for the St. Jacob’s Tourist Train. Bruce was also a member of the West Coast Garden Railway Club and Bruce County Heritage Farm.

He enjoyed sharing his extensive knowledge through numerous clubs, social gatherings, hobbies and conferences.

Bruce is survived by his loving

night as well. Mitchell was set to travel to Milverton for a game on Thursday night.

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Bruce was the uncle of many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son Kent (2000) and by his parents.

As per Bruce’s wishes, cremation has taken place with a private family interment. A celebration of life will be scheduled at a time to be announced.

As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations can be made to The Kent Shillinglaw Memorial Award at Fanshawe College, the Canadian Cancer Society, Londesborough United Church, or a charity of one’s choice.

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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022. PAGE 17.

From the Minister’s Study

We are named Children of God: Ireland

By Rev. Charmila Ireland Melville Presbyterian Church, Brussels I like my name. In fact, I really like it. Though occasionally I find myself feeling judgmental about someone giving their kid a weird name and then I think… oh, probably shouldn’t throw stones in this glass house, Charmila!

We all have a name. Sometimes a number of them. We all have titles or descriptors too, usually related to how we relate to other people: husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, father, employee, boss, aunt, uncle, etc. Some we bear with pride, others maybe not so much.

But our names, and our labels, point to who we are, what we are, or, at least, what people think of who we are.

And the poor man in the story in Luke 8:26-39 - he doesn’t actually have one. At least, he’s not given one in the story. To be fair, that’s not uncommon in the gospels. They quite often talk about “the blind man”, “the bleeding woman”, “the Pharisee”. But this man is notable because although he doesn’t really have a name, his demons do. When Jesus asks his name the answer is: “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.” They are Legion. They are many. They’re strong. They’re ruining his life. And they’re what he’s known for. They have become who he is. And that’s horrible. He’s an outcast. He’s bound in chains and breaks free. He lives in the tombs, often naked. His life is awful. The demons have defined him. He is now only Legion.

But we also know something else about him that’s much more important; more important than the demons is that he seems to have sought Jesus out. Even filled with a legion of demons, the man must have come down from the tombs and outskirts where he was dwelling and met Jesus on the edge of the sea when he got off the boat.

He met Jesus and he begged Jesus not to hurt him.

And Jesus’ response was to go to great lengths to save this man. He cast the demons out into a herd of pigs, who ran into the lake and drowned. Putting aside that pigs were considered unclean – that was someone’s herd. And that’s important. I know we joke today that meat grows on a styrofoam package in the fridge at the grocery store, but it doesn’t. Folks in this area know that better than most. It comes from a farmer. It comes from their fields and herds. And it’s what

provides us with the calories that we need to live.

Now consider that, today, if a herd ends up needing to be destroyed because of disease or something like that, you as the end consumer probably won’t ever know. Why would you? The whole farming industry took care of that and the most you might notice is a slight uptick in price, which, these days, good luck separating that from the general inflation and corporate price gouging for better quarterly profits. Even if an entire herd is destroyed, you’ll still be able to pick up your pork at the store. There’s plenty, if you’ve got the money.

Food wasn’t nearly so plentiful in Jesus’ time. Famine and starvation were not uncommon. Uncertainty was a way of life. So for Jesus to sacrifice an entire herd of pigs – how many potential calories would that be?! – for the life of one man… . Wow. That was a costly miracle.

Maybe insensitive of Jesus to that poor farmer. But it does show us just how far Jesus will go to save

even one life from the bondage of sin and evil.

And that is truly amazing. In my sermons I often quote the Rev. Dr. Tim Keller. One idea I’ve heard him use in a few of his sermons is about our idea of salvation. In modern culture, especially in those who often claim to be “spiritual but not religious,” heaven and hell cause problems. Especially in our tolerant, pluralistic society in which we don’t like to tell other people, other faiths, that they’re wrong. So we run into a problem. We don’t want to be exclusive. We want to say, “As long as you’re a good person, you can go to heaven.” Rev. Dr. Keller has had the conversation with multiple people. And the conversation goes like this: “Well, I don’t really believe that God would send good people to hell. I believe that all good people end up in heaven.”

“Okay, and what about the bad people? I’m a bad person. Am I going to hell?”

Of course, they’re surprised.

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understanding of God and faith, I’m a bad person too.

Keller would say two things to that: “There is no evil that a Father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.” And, “as long as we think that we are ‘not that bad’, the idea of grace will never change us.”

The man was called Legion because of his demons knew that he was that bad and he allowed the grace of Christ to change him. He allowed the Father’s love to pardon and cover him. He allowed the Continued on page 18

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preacher who seems pretty moral and upright. And here he is admitting straight out that he’s a “bad person”. What happens to him?

The thing is, he’s not being flippant. He’s not trying to pull a “gotcha” moment on them. He’s truly saying, “I’m a bad person. By your standards, that means I’m going to hell.” It’s Calvinist theology – total depravity. We all sin and fall short of the glory of God. We all deserve damnation. So what happens to us bad people? I have to acknowledge, by my own

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You are claimed as a ‘Child of God’

Passing the torch Fifteen-year-old Deanna Haanstra is the next Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador, taking over the prestigious position from Sean Mitchell, who has served to spread the good word of the Brussels Agricultural Society and the Brussels Fall Fair since 2019. Haanstra was named to the position as the lone contestant on Sunday during a special event held at the Brussels Legion to ensure she received the royal treatment. (John Stephenson photo)

Continued from page 17 Father’s love to pardon and cover him. He allowed the grace of Jesus to match the challenges he faced.

I said before that this story shows us just how far Jesus will go to save even one man. Doesn’t his life, death and resurrection show us all the more? Yes! They show us how incredibly far God will go for us.

Ann Voskamp, the bestselling Christian author who lives in Listowel, wrote, “God gave us Jesus... If God didn’t withhold from us His very own Son, will God withhold anything we need? If trust must be earned, hasn’t God unequivocally earned our trust with the bark on the raw wounds, the thorns pressed into the brow, your name on the cracked lips? How will he not also graciously give us all things He deems best and right?

He’s already given the incomprehensible.”

He’s shown us how much he loves us. So much so that he gives us a completely new identity. A new name. His child. Child of God. Galatians says, “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.”

I want to say here and now that I know that all fathers are not perfect.

Some are far from it. Some are actually quite broken and evil. For people who have or had a father like

that, it must sometimes be hard to hear or fully comprehend the image of God the Father.

When I talk about God the Father, the image I’m pointing to is the best possible Father we could imagine.

Unconditional love. Absolutely unconditional love. Love that will walk over hot coals for us. Love that doesn’t turn its back because we disobey. Love that is always there, ever-patient. Love that watches over us and wants the best for us. That’s the love of our Father God. Some of you have or had fathers like that. Thank God for them and the true example they set.

Unconditional love; that’s the kind of love God gives us. God still promises good to us, even when we’re broken, hurting and hurtful, sinful, mean, disobedient people.

God is there for the people like the man possessed by a legion of demons. God is our Father. God won’t reject or forsake us.

What about the “bad people?”

Can they go to heaven?

Yes, they can. The grace of God is enough. The love of Jesus is enough. The power of the Spirit is enough. We are named: Children of God. It is the name above all others.

The identity of highest importance.

Whatever else you are called, whoever everyone thinks that you are, remember this: you are claimed as a child of God. Your Father loves you beyond all measure.

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Ignatius Farm program offers 40 workshops recreated each spring, depending on the allotments required.

Touring the yet dormant plots early in May, one gardener noted “community gardens are as unique as the space.” The Ignatius plots are framed by old trees, an orchard and are located near walking trails within the centre. It’s an amazing experience to see the plots in late summer and fall when the gardens are lush and vibrant.

As the tour continued, farm manager Heather Lekx led the group to the farm plots, where entrepreneurs can launch their own businesses which Origin Native Plants did in 2019. May Moon Flowers is another Ignatius farm launch.

Lekx says farm tenants crop varying acreages to grow field crops, tree fruits, medical and culinary herbs, hops, plants for willow propagation and livestock. Future farmers can rent one acre for $150, multiple acres for $115 per acre and the large-scale cropper rents land at

$95 per acre. “We want to keep it affordable,” explains Lekx. The farm accepts requests for proposals each year.

It’s a unique space with unique objectives. The website explains Ignatius Farm is dedicated to: • Fostering an ecological way of life, for the healing of the world.

• Nurturing a deeper spirituality in people, leading to inner freedom.

• Promoting the production of local sustainable food.

• Providing a welcoming space for individual and communal discernment, and education.

Lekx explains that the farm operates on three pillars: ecoagriculture, eco-restoration and ecospirituality. “They weave and intertwine in so many ways.”

University student Ben Szoller was on the farm tour and he has chosen to study Ignatius Farm as part of his dissertation on the merging of spiritual training and agricultural training on Catholic Continued on page 20

A walk The Guelph-area Ignatius Farm offers a New Farmer Training Program, which includes 40 online workshops and virtual field days with local farms and food businesses. In May, the farm hosted a special tour so people could learn a little bit more about what happens on the farm’s 600 acres, including at its famed bank barn, above. (Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot photo)

By Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot The Rural Voice People are keen as a bean to learn how to farm. That’s being proven at Ignatius Farm, where the New Farmer Program attracts over 300 participants - many of whom visited the farm in May for a tour to see just what is going on at this Jesuit retreat.

Located outside of Guelph, the Ignatius Jesuit Centre’s mission is to cultivate spiritual growth and ecological engagement and was once solely farmed by Jesuit Brothers.

When the college at the centre closed, the space was reimagined to include community gardens, community-shared agriculture,

acreage rentals, an orchard and internships.

“There are so many opportunities and ways to farm,” says Chris MacLeod, the Educational Assistant at Ignatius Farm. “There is a lot of idealism, but people are worried about their food security. There was a rush during the pandemic and that took a dip but it did not die off.”

As gardening and farming skills become lost in the general population, new farmers need to learn these skills. Some participants remember these skills learned as a child, but no longer have land and miss the opportunity to grow things.

With its 600 acres just outside the city of Guelph, Ignatius offers both

Seaforth splash pad group breaks ground The Seaforth splash pad initiative reached a landmark point in its fundraising, breaking ground on the infrastructure to support the new splashpad at the Lions Park in Seaforth on Monday, July 18.

Established in the fall of 2021 as a collaboration between the Seaforth Lions Club, local business community, and the Municipality of Huron East, the Seaforth splash pad initiative has been working diligently to raise $350,000 to bring the community a long desired splash pad. With the help of Van Driel Excavating and Elligsen Electric, the splash pad excavation, waterline, drain line and electric infrastructure will be complete this week.

“It is a great day for the residents of Huron East to see this project nearing completion,” noted Bryan Vincent, president of the Seaforth Lions Club. “We are working hard to open the new splash pad this summer, but we still need additional funds to make that happen.”

Once the groundwork has been laid, Janet Elliot and her team from OpenSpace Solutions will be enabled to install the actual splash

pad pipes and pumps prior to the concrete pad being poured. From there, feature installation and testing will occur before opening to the public.

The Seaforth splash pad initiative is accepting donations as volunteers work towards completing this project. Donations can be made via e-transfer to seaforthlionsparkandpool@gmail. com, on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/seaforthsplash pad or via phone by calling 606525-2189.

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the land and the training.

The Ignatius Farm New Farmer Training Program offers 40 online workshops and virtual field days with local farms and food businesses. Participants began in April with foundational knowledge and will learn about specialized aspects of farming over the growing season. In November, participants will focus on establishing their own farm businesses. Registration opened in March and the program focuses on organic farming in collaboration with the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO) and the National Farmers Union (NFU).

Many people first find their way to the Ignatius Farm via the community garden. Over three acres of garden are available to rent in 100-, 200- or 500-foot lots. Perennial plots are also available for seasoned gardeners with proven weed management skills where they manage their own cover crops, soil protection and fertility. The annual plots are worked by tractor each fall, planted into cover crops and

Taking the lead Heather Lekx is the farm manager at Ignatius Farm near Guelph. She recently led a tour to show off all the farm and its land has to offer. (Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot photo)

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HE crafts exit interview strategy Huron East Council has voted to introduce an employee exit interview process, at the recommendation of Chief Administrative Officer Brad McRoberts.

At council’s July 5 meeting, which was held virtually via Zoom, McRoberts recommended adding an exit interview strategy to its employee handbook.

“An exit interview process is important to the organizational needs of the municipality to ensure that a persistent workplace issue is not present and that persistent or common issues can be further investigated, modified or corrected appropriately,” McRoberts said in his report. “There may be a multitude of reasons for individuals to leave the municipality and sometimes those reasons may be negative towards the municipality or their supervisor. It must be recognized that any negative feedback in itself does not represent

a problem or an issue, however, persistent or chronic issues may represent a larger problem that may need to be addressed.”

McRoberts said that the interview process should be used to make improvements within the organization and that a meeting’s key points should be shared with an employee’s supervisor when it’s relevant to do so.

“The interviewer should look for patterns in feedback from outgoing employees to identify possible organizational issues. If a trend is noticed, [the interviewer should] take it to the leadership team and suggest some actions that can be taken to avoid losing additional employees,” McRoberts said in his report. “For example, if you start hearing that many employees have left because the job was not what they expected to do when hired, it may be an indicator that [the municipality needs to audit its] job descriptions and/or hiring practices,

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or if the employee was offered greater compensation at another organization, it may indicate that your current compensation is not competitive.”

McRoberts recommended that it be the chief administrative officer who conducts the interviews for most employees. For department heads or the chief administrative officer, he recommended someone from the Huron County Human Resources Department, adding that he had received the green light for such an arrangement from Lara Vanstone, the county’s director of human resources.

Councillor Ray Chartrand recommended that a third person always be present in order to reduce the potential of a “he-said-she-said” scenario.

McRoberts also stated that any information obtained through the interviews would remain confidential and be documented and summarized and, in the case of department heads, shared with the chief administrative officer and the mayor.

Council passed a motion to add an exit interview strategy to its employee handbook.

A big thank you Sean Mitchell has been the Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador since 2019, staying on until his successor could be crowned. Past Ambassador Maggie Speer thanked Mitchell for his hard work and dedication on Sunday as Mitchell prepares to compete for the provincial title next month. (John Stephenson photo)

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Chipping in The Ignatius Farm site has attracted interns from near and far, such as Aisling, left, and Linda, right, who both hope to establish their own farm operations some day.

(Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot photo)

Continued from page 19 sites. “I’m looking at rural flight, social order, the role of farm and land and how it links up with the environment and spirituality,” explains Szoller.

For others, the farm offers more practical goals. Once the tour reached the old bank barn, each participant had a chance to share.

One farm intern said, “we can feel the healing power of the environment above and beneath us.

Working the land helps people find themselves.” Sharing that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and extreme anxiety, she felt she has discovered her “tribe” during the new farmer program training and that the community and connection to be discovered on farming is what life is to her.

Other comments from participants included: • “I had a plot and did volunteer work here and I came today to be in community with people who share my desire and love for this work.”

• “If you get an opportunity to work on a farm, do it. The learning is rich. Here, there are community field days and work bees.”

• “Combining social work and fun… well, everything I looked for in social work I found in farming.”

• “We have been called in the movement to small plot agriculture to open into new ways of beauty, new ways of food production and new ways of being for our community.”

Intern Aisling shared that she arrived at Ignatius farm after high

school because she wasn’t sure where her life was going and, being a lover of nature, she decided to become an intern. “I find it peaceful.

Working in a field maintains my mental and emotional health and I feel this is where I belong and where I want to be,” she says.

Linda is also an intern and is taking the new farmer course. For her, it’s a process of learning to decide if she does want to farm or not. “It’s been on my mind since I was 10 and I’m now 56,” she laughs.

Whether she farms or gardens, Linda loves being a part of this intentional community.

As the day ended, Lisa Conroy shared that she grew up on a farm and then worked in the city, but found she missed the connection to the land and growing things. She tried farming on her own, but to her surprise, found the isolation was not her happy place. She wanted to farm in a community with other people.

When the job of Farm Education at Ignatius came up, she jumped at it.

“It’s an amazing blend of teaching and being in the field and I love being here,” she said.

Lekx believes small plot agriculture is the way of the future and more communities need to offer it. “These spaces are so critical to our well being as individuals and as a community,” she says. “They become places of healing, of teaching and of spirituality. I encourage you to think of what is the bigger ideal you are building towards and what can evolve within that.”

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