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Up Front Peach Kings movin’ on
Grimsby Peach Kings have moved onto the Schmalz Cup semifinals vs Exeter with home games tonight (Thursday, game time 8 pm) and Sunday, 2 pm. Sunday’s game will mark the return of former Peach King Steve Mason, who went on to become a top NHL goaltender, including a Calder Trophy win as Rookie of The Year in 2008-09. He will be on hand for the ceremonial puck drop and to sign autographs.
Toastmasters host session
Toastmasters are set to host a public speaking demonstration session tonight (Thursday, April 4) from 7-9 p.m. at the Lincoln Museum, 4996 Beam St., Beamsville. Free admission. Reserve your seat by calling 289-241-4705.
Make a beeline to speaker
A Year in the Life of a Beekeeper will be the topic of the April 9 Speaker Series presentation at Lincoln Public Library, Fleming Branch. starting at 6:30 p.m. Join beekeeper Will Roman of Rosewood Wines and Meadery to learn about a year in the life of a beekeeper. Call 905563-7014 to reserve.
Winning idea
The Community Chalkboard is an award-winning idea for the Downtown Bench Beamsville and Town of Lincoln at the Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA) 2019 awards. The chalkboard earned the award for Marketing and Communications-small scale. Stephanie Hicks, executive director of the BIA and Sarah Ane of Town
of Lincoln’s community services department were on hand to accept the award. The project was also supported by Beamsville District Secondary School teacher Mark Harshaw and the 2018 construction and technology students, Tim Hortons Beamsville, Losani Homes and Beamsville Home Hardware.
Grimsby looks ahead with rec Master Plan Formalizing 8.97% budget increase keeps council grounded in reality By Mike Williscraft NewsNow While some creative and unique ideas - all part of the first recreation Master Plan in more than 30 years - were presented to Grimsby Council Monday night, the reality of righting a wayward financial
ship dampened the mood. Council formally approved the 8.97 budget increase which was hammered out previously at a committee of the whole session last month. The increase on the Town portion of the tax bill will translate into $74.44 on an
average assessed home of $380,000. The recreation Master Plan is a forward-thinking document which takes into account all current inventories the Town has and anticipates how to maximize those with an eye to developing new fa-
cilities and programs. “The Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan project has been a very positive experience. The level of engagement towards the project on all fronts, and particularly community engagement, See MASTER, Page 3