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Meat Draw to help Sydney Gill
The Beamsville Legion is hosting a meat draw on Saturday, May 18 to raise funds for Sydney Gill’s surgery. Sydney suffers from Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, a disease where the nerves in the upper brachial plexus (neck) are compressed, which leaves her in constant pain. Sydney’s Surgery is scheduled in Boston for Wednesday, May 22.
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Vineland residents disgruntled By Tristan Marks NewsNow There were not many happy Vineland residents leaving Lincoln’s town hall on Monday after the Planning & Economic Development Committee approved a motion recommending hotly disputed zoning amendments. The amendments are for Solera Place, a proposed
townhouse project to be built between Azalea Crescent and Victoria Avenue in Vineland. This was done despite the misgivings and concerns of many residents who attended and voiced their opposition to the project. The development’s consultants, Better Neighbourhoods, presented a revised
preliminary site plan which was said to address problems raised with the previous plan presented to the committee Feb. 11. However, the residents who spoke during the meeting said their concerns went unresolved and unanswered. They raised several points of contention related to the fact that the proposed plan
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route was the lack of access to nearby Victoria Avenue or Rittenhouse Road. One of the attendees, Alan Wintermute, pointed out that the landlocked nature of this project would pose problems and make travel arduous for seniors or those with disabilities. “To go east, you have to first go west. To go north, you have to first go south,” said Wintermute. However, Holmes said that a pedestrian path to the adjacent Rittenhouse Park could be explored down the line. This could connect to the existing park path that leads to Rittenhouse Road. Other residents argued that the design would fail to meet the town’s Official Plan’s stipulation for developments to respect the character of its surroundings, existing
neighbourhoods. Dr. Mark Castrodale, a resident of Azalea Crescent said building townhouse condominiums in an area surrounded by otherwise single, detached homes would diminish the “quality, character and charm of the neighbourhood.” “I don’t feel it respects the community,” he said. “I see a parking lot, and no one wants to live near a parking lot.” Some of the committee members voiced agreement with their constituents’ concerns. Coun. Lynn Timmers said she saw too many unanswered questions. “I have great concerns over this application,” she said. Still, the committee voted to carry the motion. Town Council will now consider the proposal at its upcoming meeting on May 21.
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Grimsby Then & Now Photo Presentation with John Allan, May 17th from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Smithville branch of West Lincoln Public Library. Join Grimsby Beach historian John W. Allan, for his photo presentation at Smithville branch. Registration is required. Free. Garage Sale - Grandmothers to Grandmothers fundraiser. Saturday, May 18, 8 am.-2 pm. Trinity United Church, 100 Main St., Grimsby. Proceeds to Cyclone Idai Relief Fund. Plant Sale - Sat. May 18 from 8:30 am to noon at Smithville Train Station, perennials, pollinator plants, heirloom vegetables, culinary herbs, small fruit shrubs, Sponsored by the Smithville Garden Club Social Media Boot Camp. May 18th from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Smithville branch of West Lincoln Public Library. Explore the world of social networking. Discover how to post pictures, & connect with friends & family. Bring your own device, or use one of our computers! Week 2: Instagram. Registration is required. Free. Open House at the Grimsby Lawn Bowling Club May 22 from 6 to 9pm, May 25 and June 1 from 1 to 4pm. Located behind Shoppers on Livingston Ave. Come out and give us a try! Wear flat shoes. Victorian Luncheon May 24 at St-Johns Presbyterian church 10 Mountain, Grimsby. first sitting 11:30 am to 12:45 pm second sitting 1 to 2:15 pm cost $15 for tickets call Ruth 905 945 8325 or Bev at 905 945 0323 deadline for tickets May the 17th Plant & Rummage Sale Sat. May 25th from 10am to 1pm. Christ Our Saviour Lutheran Church. (448 Main Street West) Grimsby. Info call Irma 905-945-4903 St. Helen Bingo – Progressive1 Rob Golfi_NewsNowSPEC.pdf Jackpot May 16 at 11 am. at the
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drew Church. A tea will be held on Sat. May 25th 2 to 4pm ticket $20 each in advance only available from the church office 905945-8894. St. Andrew Parish Hall, 154 Main St. West, Grimsby. Floral display in the church tours of the cemetery. Antique Doll Show & Victorian Tea - May 26th, 11 am to 3 pm at the Erland Lee Museum (552 Ridge Road, Stoney Creek). Dolls from the 19th and early 20th century. Browse collectible, retro, and vintage dolls and toys for sale. $20 (children 12 and under $10), includes a take-home tea cup and saucer. Call 905-6622691 for more info. or to reserve tickets. Grimsby Garden Club - May General Meeting May 27th 7pm to 8:45pm at the Livingston Activity Centre. (18 Livingston) Come join us to chat and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a treat. Dugald Cameron will speak on “Summer Flowering Bulbs: Exotic Flowers, Fragrance and Foliage All Summer Long”. Open House at Rose Cottage Community Hospice May 30th from 3pm to 7 pm 4289 Hixon St. Beamsville. Celebrate our new home and learn about the work we do in your community. 289566-9588 please rsvp by Friday May 24th. The Grimsby Seniors Choir presents ‘Take These Wings’, under the direction of Jennifer McKillop, on Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, 7 pm. at Trinity United Church, 100 Main St. W., Grimsby; $10 minimum donation at the door, with our special guests, TWO SHEETS TO THE WIND. Proceeds will help support Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers. Door prizes and refreshments. Hope to see you there. Building Literacy Fair – June 7th 2-4 PM. Build literacy skills as
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St. Andrew’s Anglican celebrates 225 years By Joanne McDonald For NewsNow Many hands have held open the doors of welcome at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. And for more than two centuries the message shared with the Grimsby community has always been the same - Glory to God from generation to generation. Long before the Great Western Railway ran through Grimsby, before the War of 1812, even before the town got its current name, a small log church, a first in the peninsula, was built at The Forty on land given by Col. Robert Nelles who came to Canada during the American Revolution. St. Andrew’s is honouring its 225th anniversary - 1794 to 2019 - and everyone is invited to celebrate the milestone Saturday, May 25, 2-4 p.m. during a ‘Celebratory Tea’ steeped in church history. “I sit in the pews and I reflect on the many people who have been here before and how the church brought that same spiritual blessing to them,” says longtime church member Gwen Medcalf. “To us, as well as them, it’s a feeling of family and love. It’s my family.” May 25 will be a full afternoon with tea and tours and talk of the United Empire Loyalist pioneers who brought their families and their faith - building community and three churches including the 1794 log church replaced by a frame structure in 1804 and the existing picturesque stone church built in 1819. Loyalist Andrew Pettit came to Canada in 1787 and initially led services in his home before the first church was built. He died the year the stone church was built and it is in his honour that the parish is named. After years of waiting for a settled clergyman, The Reverend William Sampson was the first parish priest to serve the community from 1817-1822. He sustained a gunshot wound while hunting. The injury was not properly treated and he died three days following the accident. Buried in the cemetery are many ancestors of the families who founded The Forty, the epitaphs on each headstone a bridge to the past.
“We have suffered together and we have worked hard together and it’s been that way since the foundation of the parish,” said St. Andrew’s rector, The Venerable Max Woolaver. Any tone of suffering turns quickly to celebration as Rev. Woolaver shares the collective joy and activity that fills the parish hall every day. At the moment, there are about 110 regular church attendees, a number that fills the building with as many as 500 during special holidays and events. “We’re doing more than holding our own in a very challenging age. We have to get more in touch with the Gospel that brought us to this place and more importantly, apply the Gospel that we have received to the present moment in which we are living,” Rev. Woolaver said. “We need to emphasize what the church is doing in this community.” God may have rested on the seventh day, but St. Andrew’s
is a hub of activity that fills every day of the week. “We have hundreds of people move through this parish hall on an ordinary week,” Rev. Woolaver said. Sunday services are at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.; Tuesday at 7 p.m., ‘Revive’, a program of spiritual formation, is an intimate, contemplative and restorative experience each week; Wednesday at 7 p.m. is ‘Night Prayers’ a quiet celebration of the Eucharist in an informal way; Thursday at 10 a.m. is Bible study and a celebration of the Eucharist. From a busy preschool program to cancer support, free trade coffee, Girls Guides and euchre games the last Friday of each month, the parish never stops. And St. Andrew’s has become a healing place in its own quiet way with Shiastu therapy,
The community of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church invites all to celebrate the church’s 225th anniversary Saturday, May 25. Outside the picturesque stone church at 154 Main St. W is St. Andrew’s rector The Venerable Max Woolaver and long-time church member Gwen Medcalf. McDonald - Photo
yoga lessons and tai chi instruction. The Right Reverend Susan Bell, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara is the 12th Bishop of Niagara and first woman to serve in the role. The Grimsby church “is also a conduit or a doorway to engage with the complexity of our world. There are lots of folks who want help mother earth, refugees….,” Rev. Woolaver said, citing a few of the good works. From the 1994 Bicentennial ‘A History of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church’ compiled by Alfreda (Bingle) Jeffries: “What a precious possession old St. Andrew’s is to the whole church. Long may it continue to be spared.” The words, penned to the Rector, Rev. George Robert Field Grout in 1946, expressed the sentiments of generations. “There is a grandness, a tragic beauty to life, and we have plenty of moments, especially with our own children, when we recognize the presence of God, even though not all of us would describe these moments as such. We feel that we - all of us - are supposed to be here, that we are part of a bigger story,” quotes Rev. Woolaver, reading from words by Ryan Tahmaseb, parent, teacher, author and editor at Spiritual Parent. “Those words are as meaningful today,” Rev. Woolaver said. Saturday, May 25, the church will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to view a ‘festival of flowers’ the exquisite stained glass windows and the church’s many unique architectural features. There will be an organ recital at 4 p.m. and tours of the cemetery throughout the day. There are $10 packages of stained glass greeting cards commemorating the 225th anniversary available at the church office. Anniversary T-shirts are on presale at $20. St. Andrew’s has also embarked on a music ministry initiative for its 225th year ‘From Here and Bach’ and invites people of all ages to bring their voices, instruments and enthusiasm to enrich their lives together with all forms of music. Tickets are $20, in advance only. Call 905-945-8894.
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It’s sad that another serious accident in the Grimsby “diamond” just becomes another statistic, but until some additional safety measures are taken, Coun. Dave Kadwell says accidents may be preventable. The diamond - which is the area of QEW on- and off-ramps between Maple and Christie Streets in Grimsby - has been the seen of many accidents over the years. Saturday, May 5, just before 5 p.m. a 2019 Dodge Charger - driven by a 28-year-old man from China - failed to stop at the eastbound stop sign at Maple, colliding with a 2017 Santa Fe driven by a 56-year-old Grimsby man which was southbound on Maple. The driver of the Santa Fe and a passenger were transported to hospital with minor and serious injuries. The driver of the Charger was not injured. The collision also knocked a boat being towed by the Santa Fe free of its trailer. A total of $90,000 in damage was caused to all vehicles. The driver of the Charger was charged with careless driving. Kadwell has been pursuing traffic improvements for this area for more than five years. “What I have asked about is solar powered flashing lights for above the stop signs and rumble strips. it can all be done for a reasonable cost. I don’t understand what the hesitation is when there is such a history to it,” said Kadwell. MPP Sam Oosterhoff, who met with Kadwell Saturday for a walkaround, agreed. By Monday, Oosterhoff had spoken to the Minister of Transportation and followed up. “We’ve had a fatal (accident) a few years ago at Ontario...hopefully nobody else has to die before we get something done,” said Kadwell.
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Liz Probert (left) and Janine Miranda enjoy some tea and desserts.
Nelles Manor opens for 2019 Nelles Manor Museum began 2019 with Mayanna Burmeister its Dr. Mother’s DayDVM tea and her Caring Team party last Saturday and will officially start their season this coming Saturday, May 18. The historical site will mark its open-
ing weekend with extended hours, opening 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Saturday to Monday. Afterwards, it will revert to its regular seasonal hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday to Saturday
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Nelles Manor’s scullery maids (left to right) Carla Reid and Caryn Henderson baked the goodies served at the Mother’s Day Victorian Tea Party.
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Faye Zsadany (left) and Sally Simpson (right) were guests at the Mother’s Day Victorian Tea Party on Saturday.
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WL Chamber gives inaugural awards
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There were a lot of happy faces at West Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural Outstanding Business Awards and Mayor’s Luncheon last Thursday. The event, held at West Niagara Agricultural Centre drew well in excess of 100 people and included an address by Mayor Dave Bylsma. Touting several major positive economic indicators, Bylsma said, “West Lincoln is a great place to work, live and play.” With the awards program, six were given out: • Young Entrepreneur, Spring Creek Quail Farms; • Not-For-Profit, Employment Help Centre • Small Business 1-5 Employees, Willow Tree Studios • Medium Business - 6-15 Employees, Smithville Dental Centre • Large Buiness, 16-Plus Employees, Niagara Pallet.
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Young Entrepreneur winner Aaron Oosterhoff of Spring Creek Farms gets his award from Marlene Bergsma of Smithville Christian High School
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OBITUARIES
You are invited to attend a Celebration of Life for
Christine Budimir (nee Ingrey)
to be held May 25, at the Grimsby Legion from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. She passed away March 13 after an arduous ten month battle with brain cancer. Christine was born Dec 24, 1952 in England but grew up in Grimsby and attended GSS. She is survived by her husband Mirko, daughters Ashley and Jessica, grandchildren Olivia, Tegan and Hannah, sister Denise, stepfather Andy, brother-in-laws Dave, Todd, sister-law Melanie and father-in-law George.
Judi Ann Stewart Our families wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all our relatives, friends, neighbours and colleagues for their support and many expressions of sympathy for the recent loss of our Judi Ann Stewart. All the prayers and memorial donations, cards, flowers, food and phone calls were much appreciated. The attendance at her celebration of life at Grimsby Activity Centre was very comforting. Thanks again, The Stewart, Moore and McCarthy Families
Forever In Our Hearts
SAVOIE-WHITE Maureen Nov. 3, 1969 - May 15, 2016
Loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt and friend. Think of her as living in the hearts of those she touched For nothing loved, is ever lost and she was loved so very much.
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CARPETS - I have several thousand yards of new Stainmaster & 100% nylon carpet. Will do living & dining room for $389. Price includes carpet, pad & installation (25 sq. yds) Steve 905682-5320, 905-7771170; carpetdeals.ca
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Grimsby Touch a Truck draws crowd
(Above) Hayden Vardy scouts his next location of fun. (Right) Zachary Joki positions himself behind the wheel.
Nathan, left, and Benson Nicholas get a circuit lesson from Amy Laselva while mom Kim looks on - at the Grimsby Hydro display.
Grimsby’s Touch a Truck event drew steady crowds all day, many gathered for the motorcycle rodeo.
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Victorian Buffet Luncheon Friday, May 24th
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Fireworks fun
Grimsby Kinsmen Bruce Bond, Denny Pyatt and Rick Quirk load up the Kinsmen trailer at Village Inn Plaza with fireworks. They will be selling fireworks daily all week - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - up to and including Victoria Day Monday. All proceeds will go towards funding Kinsmen community projects. Marks - Photo
Time to polish the diamond Having been at the scenes and written about many of the Grimsby “diamond” traffic accidents over multiple decades, it really is confounding as to why heightened warning measures have never been taken. Yes, enlarged stop signs were installed several years ago and, yes, drivers should obey the rules of the road and simply stop at the big red stop sign. The fact remains, many don’t. This scribe has seen two vehicles blow through stop signs in that area at high speed, one a pickup truck which missed my car by less than 30 feet. Many have not been so fortunate. Coun. Dave Kadwell priced the solar flashing warning lights for above stop signs at $1,500 each a few years ago. Six are needed. That isn’t even a blip in the MTO’s budget. Rumble strips? Again, minimal cost and could be mitigated by flexible scheduling...all in $20,000? Those all could be done for under $30,000. This, while $90K in damages was just caused by one accident, plus the human impacts. It is a tiny investment which can save lives. Let’s get it done. M.W.
Amalgamation will help business only A housekeeping issue, if you will allow me, good reader... I meant to correct a comment in a story we ran May 2 when Tony Joosse was making a presentation at the Grimsby Seniors Club’s AGM regarding the whole West Lincoln Memorial Hospital/ Hamilton Health Sciences situation. Joosse called to clarify that he said, “WLMH as many members of the provincial Cabinet who have ties to the facility.” And that is a good thing and WLMH will need every bit of support and interest from Queen’s Park if it is to have the kind of bright future area residents have been promised many times over. ******* One-tier government - and don’t think that isn’t a first option Premier Ford is waiting to see if he can be talked out of - is a very real, and potentially tragic possibility. First and foremost, if you have any significant feelings on the topic of municipal structure you can go on the government’s website and complete a rinky dink survey or submit your comments online for someone to ignore. https://www.ontario.ca/page/ consultation-regional-government-review We simply don’t rate proper public forums on how we are governed any more it seems. Next Tuesday, May 21, is the deadline which was set out at the start of the fictitious public input process. From everything I have seen and heard everything is being teed up for St. Catharines to get its wish of a one-tier Niagara or, marginally better but still brutal, a four-municipality option. The four-municipality model is purported to be constructed along federal and provincial riding boundary lines. For us peons in Niagara West, this would group
MIKE WILLISCRAFT Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln with Wainfleet and part of Pelham. Yep, that’s manageable...a quaint little lake-to-lake town...happens all the time... makes total sense. Not! Seeing how this process has been set up, I don’t have an ounce of confidence anything good is going to result for residents in our area. What I do think will transpire is amalgamation will be forced on the citizenry in the name of corporate streamlining not to benefit Niagara’s residents but to benefit the businesses who do business with them - namely developers. It has been shown time and again municipal amalgamations don’t save a dime, so the government cannot hide behind the skirts of that motherhood issue any longer. It does not make things better for residents. That, too, has been shown time and again. What it does is reduce bureaucracy with which businesses deal. It does not save taxpayers money, BUT is saves businesses money and that is why we are going to see our communities, our local history, the fabric of our towns shredded - all for big business. I can smell it. And nothing about this has been subtle.
The only thing surprising is the review did not take on the lightning-strike approach as Ford used with City of Toronto. Now, Toronto has been a foe of Ford’s for a while and, for example, Niagara has not. In particular, Niagara West should be considered the PC’s best friend for its recent election result history. I really don’t think that will matter one iota. The stories I hear of big business interests in St. Catharines hiring a highly connected consultant with ties to Ford’s top administrator should be concerning to all. Even if attentive ears at Queen’s Park were not part of a push for major amalgamations in Niagara, other red flags are scattered about the all-too-internal process. The shoe is going to drop on this quickly and it will only be a matter of just how ugly it is, not just for this area, but for other areas in Niagara, too. There are a host of impacts but a timely one...Lincoln can forget about acquiring BDSS. Not only would a town hall there not be needed, but there would be no appetite in a larger scale municipality to outlay that kind of cash to help with a need for parking in the core. Yes, there would be other benefits, but with no need for a brand new town hall in Lincoln and a boat load of renovations, that endeavour would get chopped. I hope I’m wrong, just like I did on the good ol’ bio, but we all know all too well how that worked out. ******* Bonehead! That’s me. The lightbulb went on that the song “Anticipation” was Carly Simon’s, not Joni Mitchell about an hour after I got home last week. But, the ship had sailed. Yep, I got a ton of emails, calls and texts correcting me and I appreciate every one!
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Outdoor Travel breaks ground in Beamsville location they moved to their current location in Hamilton where they have operated their fullservice dealership from a 6,800 sq. ft. facility located on six acres near the Burlington Skyway Bridge since 1998. They’re excited about the major expansion and move to Lincoln. “We’ve outgrown our current facility,” said
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