April 2016
Volume
27, Issue 8
As oft is the case, we were
teased with some "faux" spring weather in
early-mid March, but early April, the chill had
returned. We are still hoping for an early start
to the fishing, ball, and golf seasons - the
latter will allow the big eagle to watch over
proceedings at the Brookfield Golf Club from his
perch high up in the pine tree in the middle of
the first fairway. April also means the annual Ladies Night extravaganza -
all ladies of the area, of all ages, are
invited to Knox hall on Monday April 18,
6:30 PM, for what the new head
chef, Peter Matheson promises will be a
delicious meal. There are no such guarantees for
the entertainment (?); and the much-coveted
Eagle award will be presented to a citizen(s)
who has made our community a great place to
dwell. We hope all give our invitation much
consideration; we would love to get back to
feeding 125+; the last two years our number has
been 95-100. So bring your friends and family
members for a well-deserved evening out!
The
Brookfield Curling Club wrapped up its 40th
season with the annual Awards banquet. Guest
speaker was Karlee Burgess, the Grade 12 student
at South Colchester Academy student who won gold
medals at the World Junior Championships in
Denmark, and the Junior Olympics in Norway.
Among the highlights of the evening was the
recognition to the team of Leroy Burns, Jim
Thompson, Brian Neil, and Gary Smeltzer - they
recorded only the second "8-ender" in the club's
history this season! Junior Eric Brightman won
the Rupe and Mary Fisher Award, for
demonstrating love for the game; and Trevin
Searle was named winner of the Josh Melvin Award
for dedication to the Junior program at the
Brookfield Curling Club. League champions were:
Monday league - Ken Retson, Ernie Glinz, Jim
Thompson, Elmer Archibald; Tuesday league Andrew
and Jill Sears, and Mike and Kyle Henderson;
Thursday league - Courtney Rutherford, Mark
Crozier, Steve Hanham, and Emily Breckon; Friday
league Ernie Glinz, Mary Johnson, Doug and
Barb Cox. The 27th edition of the Great
Community Curling Classic was a great success -
26 teams competed in 4 divisions, a lot of fun
was had, and it was great to see some former BCC
curlers back here. Champions were: Jeff Miler
Auto Parts division - Kirby Densmore, Wilf
Clooney, Paul Kean, and Glen Ferguson;
Brookfield Athletic Association (a major sponsor
for all 27 years) division : Bill Stone, Mark
Crozier, Steve Hanham, Nancy Desmeules; Royal
Lepage division: Randy O'Driscoll, Steve Murray,
Josh and Herb McCallum; and the Tim Isenor
division: Jason Moore, Alan Hunt, Laurel and
Charles Debay. Leroy Burns was presented the
Turk Henderson Memorial Award for long-term and
excellent volunteerism to the GCCClassic.
Among the visitors
to our fair village was Noora Kaanaa, a charming
young Finnish lady, and partner to former
Brookfielder, Jason (Jay) Moore - they reside in
Cole Harbour, and Noora followed the Curling
Classic action closely, while making many new
friends and acquaintances in her new home
province. Sherry and Jay Ovsenny brought their
two daughters home from Toronto to Betty Roop's;
and Sherry's cousin Mac, along with wife Nadine
and their two Ottawa area - based daughters were
at Paul and Joan's. Paul and Joan received many
visitors; they had many friends from the
Brookfeld Golf Club attend their get-together.
Janelle, Phil, and daughter
Addie Lue came from B.C. to visit with her
parents Terry Canning and Krista McMullin. Sonya
Celnik and daughter MacKenzie of Toronto visited
with Sonya s grandmother Edna Graham over Easter
and were among the 100 attendees at the annual
Easter Egg Hunt hosted by John, Lynn and Debbie
Matheson. Great to see Amanda and Robbie
Hatfield and family, as well as Amanda's mum,
Helen Morrell move into the former Reid house on
Cherry Lane! Hockey flash Charlie Fleming
(Christine, late Blair) and partner Allanah
MacLellan are moving into a house on Carter Road
in May - great to have these young folks back in
the village!
Carol Euloth, wife to the hard-hitting
Elks shortstop (74,75) Paul Euloth, and mother
to former Elks rugged left winger Jason, passed
away in Porter's Lake. Dan Horner of Shortt's
Lake lost his mother, Marjorie "Midge" Horner.
Daniel Henry of Brentwood passed, as did Audrey
MacDonald's brother, Reg Sears, in Saint John.
Al Atkinson, father to Heather, and grand-father
to Justin Marshall of Pleasant Valley died in
Truro. Don Harvey's brother-in-law, Leland
Weatherbee passed, as did Elk Court residents
Elmer Hutt, of Mill Village, and Dwight Vidito
of Truro. Betty Navaux died in Truro, she was
Robert MacLellan s sister. Ray Hamilton, P D Hamilton's
son also went to his reward, as did
George Casson of Truro, brother to Gerry
Carter's wife, Joan. The Eagle offers
condolences to all who lost loved ones.
Take time to
congratulate the following on their notable
achievements. Luke MacMillan (Ed, Wilma) of
Shortts Lake was a standout defenceman on The
Dartmouth Major Midget team that won the Nova
Scotia title, and attended the Atlantic and
Canadian Championships in St. John's and Saint
John. Luke is also a standout soccer player at
SCA. Speaking of soccer, how about Clubman Don
Harvey's grandson, Adam of Hubbards. He is a
goalkeeper and a strong bet to make the Under 17
team that will represent our province at the
2017 Canada Games in Winnipeg. He was part of a
team that recently toured England for 10 days,
and played the marquee matchup against Leicester
City FC academy team - the same Leicester Foxes
that appear poised to win the British Premier
League title this year, after starting the
season as a 5000-1 longshot - if it happens,
England's legal bookmakers stand to lose $
8,000,000! Adam is a former Intermediate Elk 3B
- man Danny's son, and the soccer technical
director describes him as "one of the hardest
workers, with exceptional attitude, work ethic,
and advanced athletic ability. He is a very good
keeper, and an even better teammate with
tremendous character." Zackery Hedge, the
grandson of Herk and Susan Sutherland, and great
grand-son to both Alice O'Leary and Edna
Sutherland, won two Gold medals at the Arctic
Sports Games in Greenland - the event draws
athletes from the northern nations around the
globe. Speaking of grandparents - new to that
delightful club are Dave and Jane Armsworthy, as
their son Chris and his partner Danielle
MacDonald welcomed a baby boy! Maureen Foster
and Terry Stewart have their second grand-child
as her son Tyler MacLeod and wife Sarah of
Halifax have a new son, Camden. Paul Rodd and
Karla MacKenzie married, and honeymooned in
Dominican. Athletes of the month (March) at SCA
were curlers: Seniors G R Walters and Karlee
Burgess, and Juniors Isabella Johnson, Sarah
Kennedy, Monica Mason, and Garrett Graham. SCA
student and Upper Brookfield resident Georgia
Countway (Brent, Kelly) earned her jiu-jitsu
blue belt, making her at 16 the youngest to do
in Atlantic Canada. Speaking of SCA, they are in
the running for a $50,000 technology upgrade
from Samsung - you can help by voting "early and
often" before April 18 at www.solvefortomorrow.ca
- please do so! Megan Gaudet, daughter of
Brentwood native Kevin and Andrea, will compete
with young students (Grades 5-8) from across
Canada in the World Literacy Canada's Write for
a Better World. Victoria Fraser of Carter Road
and her partner led the way in the Jazz/ Blues
Vocal Duet Under 12 category at the Truro Music
Festival. Congratulations to Gary Burrill, our
former MLA he recently was elected provincial
leader of the NDP. His sister-in-law Sonya
MacLean is a Brookfield resident.
The Brookfield
Community Assembly hosted a Volunteer
Recognition Award night at the Seniors lounge
recently. This gave organizations the chance to
formally acknowledge those that do so much to
make both their groups, and the community at
large, prosper. Colchester Mayor Bob Taylor,
local councilor Geoff Stewart, and county
Recreation Director, Craig Burgess attended, as
well as a number of citizens. Among those
recognized were: Fire and Emergency Services -
Shawn Burke; Don Henderson Memorial Sportsplex -
Mark Kennedy; Brookfield Mens Club - Mike
Henderson; Brookfield Athletic Association -
Robert Putnam; All Around the Circle - Freda
Sutherland, Austin Ross, and Ron Morrell;
Brookfield Curling Club - Lisa Henderson;
Brookfield Garden Club - Jim Locke; Brookfield
Community Assembly - Rod MacQuarrie, Sue Smith,
Rod Nielsen.
Travelers included:
to Florida - Jill and Andrew Sears, Judy Parks,
Daisy Hingley and Myrna Clarke; to Cuba - Beth
Maguire and friend Beth Anne Whiston, Julie and
Kraig MacKenzie; to Dominican Republic Owen
and Ardith Ross, Charles and Leah Bowers, Kim
and Joel Dawe, and Bruce and Glenda Isenor; to
Arizona - Phil and Kitty McMullin, and Darrell
and Gail Wright, where they took in Coyotes and
exhibition baseball games. Sisters Lynda
Deyarmond and Kathy Graham went to New Orleans
(to collect beads?). Dane Henderson completed an
arduous three months of weekly commuting to
install a new system at his company's salt mine
east of Cleveland. Zoe Barbour went to Vancouver
and Las Vegas, then stopped on her way home to
visit Sharon (Trenholm) and Ken Byrd in Ontario.
Barb Murphy visited her late husband Bill s
relatives in B.C. Heading to the ski hills were
Jonathan and Gail Kierstead and family, who went
to Sunday River; while the Weatherbee (Charlie,
Kathy, Camden) and Woolfitt families (Jodie,
Jonathan, Jack, and Jewel) went to Mont Ste.
Anne.
Joe and Pat Toole both spent
time in hospital, and now reside at Cedarstone
in Truro, Jean Axworthy, and Ken Retson, who
required medical attendance to repair his sliced
hand, also were inpatients. Bob Campbell,
arguably the most popular, and one of the most
clutch Elks ballplayer ever, suffered a heart
attack at the St Patrick's Bonspiel at the
curling club. Thankfully, quick and decisive CPR
actions, notably by nephew and BCC President
Josh McCallum, sister Nancy VanTassell, Josh
Archibald wielding the Sportsplex'
defibrillator, as well as Craig Newhook, Randy
O'Driscoll, and Joel Sears revived Bob after 15
+ minutes, before emergency responders arrived.
He has had a stent inserted to circumvent the
complete blockage in an artery, and will take
baby steps on the road to recovery. A BIG thank
you to those who saved the day!
As you read this the
Brookfield Elks Stanley Cup playoff pools are
freshly out - enter by Friday April 15 for
only $5, and add some extra spice to
watching the playoffs for the next 2+ months.
Enter as often as you like; please help support
the BAA - tickets are available at Roops Esso or
at www.brookfieldathleticassociation.ca/elks.hockey-pool.html.
Reminding you again of the mega Youth Outdoor
Expo at the Sportsplex on Saturday April 16, 9
AM-7 PM. Stop in and check out the more
than 40 exhibitors designed to expose youth to
activities related to fitness, outdoors, health
and wellness, guided by professionals in various
fields to educate and inspire. The expo is
sponsored and organized by the local non-profit
Women That Hunt (WTH) group, who are kindly
donating the admission proceeds to the
Sportsplex. Come along and enjoy the
demonstrations, door prizes, discounts on
memberships from some groups, etc. Chase the
Ace pot will be in excess of $5400 this and
every Thursday night at the curling club -
draw is at 8:30, doors open at 7. Meet your
friends, support the Sportsplex, and maybe walk
away with a bundle of cash! The Community
Clean-Up will be held at 9 am 1pm on
Saturday April 30. The organizer (BCA)
hopes for a larger turnout of volunteers to make
light work for all; please meet at Knox Church
for routes, supplies, nourishment, etc. The
hours will fly by! 569 Col. G.N. Henderson Air
Cadet Squadron will be taking part in the
Youth Expo on April 16. Sgt. Maggie Myers
won the northern regional effective speaking
competition, and will attend provincials.
The Annual Ceremonial Review will be May 21
the public is invited. More details in the May
Eagle. Watch the May edition for news of this
year's Coming Home to Brookfield (CHB)
celebrations - save the dates - July 16-24
(Whing Ding July 22-23). The All Around the
Circle Seniors club continues to host card
parties every Wednesday night at the
Sportsplex - games of 45s and Crib start at 7:30
PM, and cost is only a toonie. The AAtC
monthly luncheon will be Tuesday April 19 -
doors open at 11:30 AM.
If you are a
Senior, who would like to get out and
socialize, including games, chats, etc, you
can come to the Senior's lounge on Thursday
afternoons, 1-4 PM. The free program is open
to all seniors. Friends and family who care
for seniors are also invited, or can drop off
their loved ones, provided they do not require
trained care. Volunteers with a knack for
making others comfortable, and are willing to
serve as hosts one day a month are needed.
They can greet incoming guests, and make sure
they are enjoying themselves. If you have
jigsaw puzzles, games, or craft materials in
good condition, or wish to share a favourite
hobby, please contact Flora Johnson (673-2278)
or Susan Stevenson (673- 2479).
Hope
to see a wall-busting crowd at Ladies
Night - this means YOU! The Eagle
The
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