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New museum to preserve Lincoln’s legacy By Joanne McDonald For NewsNow It’s been 30 years of volunteers selling homemade fudge and jams made from original pioneer recipes that have added a sweet $1 million contribution to the long awaited redevelopment of the Jordan Historical Museum. The shovels hit historic ground Thursday for the groundbreaking of the new $4 million Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre set to open in the summer of 2020. “We’ve come a long way,” Lloyd Haines, Chair of the Jordan Historical Museum of the Twenty Volunteer Association said of the work and commitment at the Heritage Gift Shop to support the museum. A large crowd, including fifth generation Mark Fry, whose
ancestor Jacob Fry built the Fry House, located near the old school house on the museum’s Jordan Village site in 1815, gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking while a drone overhead captured another historic moment in Lincoln’s rich history. Niagara Regional Chair Jim Bradley said the only person missing was the truant officer “who some of us of a certain vintage” would recall as the official who would round up the school kids and take them back to class. “We have a great deal of history to celebrate,” said Councillor Tony Brunet, Chair of Community Services and Infrastructure. Brunet said the new museum will foster community identity, See MUSEUM, Page 5
Breaking ground Thursday for the redeveloped Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre in Jordan, (L-R) Senator Peter Harder; MP Niagara Centre Vance Badawey; Regional Chair Jim Bradley; Councillor Mike Mikolic; Lincoln Mayor Sandra Easton; Councillor Paul MacPherson; Councillor Greg Reimer; Councillor Tony Brunet, Chair Community Services and Infrastructure; Councillor Lynn Timmers; Regional Councillor Rob Foster; MPP Niagara West Sam Oosterhoff; and MP Niagara West Dean Allison. McDonald - Photo
No one should suffer alone...
GBF funds mental health project for youth By Joanne McDonald For NewsNow The Grimsby Benevolent Fund has launched the largest mental health project in the Town’s history to provide local youth with the care they need – right when they need it. GBF has committed $100,000, the larg-
est contribution in its history, to fund a new research project led by the West Niagara Mental Health Team at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, to help healthcare providers support youth and young adults, 1325 years, with mental health issues. “When we began dis-
cussing this research project with West Niagara Mental Health and the Local Health Integration Network it fit so clearly with our core principles that we knew we found the best way to make a difference in our community,” GBF Executive Director Stacy Elia told a crowd gathered for
the launch Thursday at the Grimsby Town Hall. “Many of us in this room tonight know many youth in our community and surrounding areas that are facing mental health challenges in their lives,” Elia said. “This funding will equip professionals with the tools and re-
sources they need to recognize and assist youth to lead healthier, happier lives.” Anxiety and depression are two of the common challenges faced by youth and, left untreated, mental health problems starting in adolescence can create multiple problems into adult life.
Chris Conley, senior clinical specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences’ West Niagara Mental Health Team said there are effective treatments but often, young people coming into the system get moved around and precious time is wasted. See GBF, Page 3