City Of Brantford

Event raises more than $5000

The Brant Skills Centre's eighth annual Adult Spelling Bee at Braemar House School in May raised $5,510 for adult literacy and essential skill programs.

South Dumfries Historical Society- Adelaide Hunter Hoodless team of Cliff Jones, David Simpson and Catherine Stevenson won the first place trophy after successfully spelling "velocious." They defeated the Literacy Link South Central team of Tamara Kaattari, Kay Munro and Amanda Burdick, which was done in by the word "deglutition."

In third place were Cindy Swanson, Nancy Billard, and Annette Minutillo of the Chamber of Commerce

Other teams were Brantford city council, Brantford fire department, Brantford economic development and tourism, Millard, Rouse and Rosebrugh LLP, Retired Teacher's Brant District No. 40, and St. Leonard's Community Services ..

Literacy Link South Central and their cheering squad were awarded the team spirit prizes donated by Pizza Hut and Present Times.

The Chamber of Commerce won the Literacy Council Cup for excellence in fundraising. The cup was donated by Enterprise Brant. Nancy Billard was once again the highest pledge raiser.

The event was smoothly guided by emcee David McKee, pronouncer Liz Gosse, "mulligan man" Bryan Covey, and officials Jan Vanderstelt, Colleen Miller and Ann Elwood.

Brant Skills Centre thanks Braemar House for providing the venue, and photographer Pete Byerlay for capturing the event.

The following businesses provided financial support: Jebbo's Computer Warehouse, Millard, Rouse & Rosebrugh LLP, and the Royal Bank; Coleman Custom Renovations, TD Canada Trust -Brantford branches, Nancy Tomkins Implant & Denture Clinic.

The following businesses donated prizes: Al Dente, Art of John Steinberg, Brant Family Eye Care, Dell Pharmacy, Donn Zver, EDA Niagara Grand, Enterprise Brant, Freshco, George Fowlie Photography, Home Depot, Jane Daw, Jebbo's Computer Warehouse, Jen Chowhan, Kaizen Salon and Day Spa, Kan-Do Beauty Supplies, Kim Knapp - TD Waterhouse, Kings Buffet, La Bella Donna, Leslie Ion, Marlin Travel - Downtown, Miss Lizzie's Art & Design, Missy Taylor, Nicol Florist, Northridge Golf Course, Present Times, Pizza Hut-King George Rd., Ray's Flowers, Rolf D. Bein, Salon Mirage, Sanderson Centre, Serenity Retail & Coffee Shop, Susan Cornell, Susan Moore, Susan Wakeley, The Cedar House, Tim Hortons -West/Dundas Street, Toyota, and Walden Farm.

City and county politicians spar over property - Brantford ...

Whether an attempt to bring a small parcel of county land on Brantford's southern boundary into the city for development is a "baby step" in building a shared relationship, or expansion by stealth, is in the eyes of the political beholder.

Those two divergent viewpoints are coming out in the early debate over a request by Kelly Brant Homes to develop as a residential subdivision a property known as the Kennedy Lands on Mount Pleasant Street, just south of Hogarth Road.

It began when city Coun. Richard Carpenter won approval in a resolution directing city officials to enquire with Brant County counterparts about a possibility that the agriculturally-zone property could be brought into the city's jurisdiction because the development would create jobs in the construction centre.

"This is such a small parcel that the county has no use for," Carpenter told council.

"Working together on this is so logical."

Some county politicians have a different viewpoint.

Brant Mayor Ron Eddy made a barbed reference to Carpenter's remark, during a speech in a recipe book-launching reception in a barn near St. George, mounted last week the Brant County Federation of Agriculture, Tourism Brantford and the county's economic development and tourism department.

"A piece of agricultural land, no matter how small, always has a use," he said in his speech.

"Ron, do we have to have that debate here?," Mayor Chris Friel, who had also been invited to the reception, said from the back of the crowd.

"Certainly, what better time?" Eddy responded.

Verbal jousting aside, Eddy has said the county is willing to talk about the Kennedy Lands because the city borders on the property on two sides.

The land was last owned by the late Robert Kennedy, a county councillor during the negotiations surrounding the Brant-Brantford Annexation Agreement that transferred various parcels of land into the city in 1979-1980.

Kennedy later tried to have his property transferred into the city for development during the last ill-fated attempts at boundary adjustments, from 2003 to 2006.

The property was later acquired by Kelly Brant Homes.

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Councillors Dave Wrobel and Richard Carpenter want streetlights in their ward replaced more promptly, after noticing in several of their ward drives that many lights are out – often for weeks at a time.

They have won approval on a resolution directing staff to inspect streetlights regularly and replace, rather than having them brought to their attention by councillors.

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