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Up Front A Community feast
The Silverdale Community BBQ is set for Friday, May 10, at the Silverdale Community Hall, 4610 Sixteen Rd. Come from 5-7 p.m. for beef & veggie burgers, hot dogs, chicken breasts with all the trimmings and more. Proceeds will help support the Community Hall as well as West Lincoln Community Care.
Calling all green thumbs
The Lincoln Garden Club will be holding its Annual Plant Sale this Saturday, May 11, in the barn at the corner of S. Service Rd and Victoria Avenue. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature a large selection of plants. Supplies are limited though, so get there early!
Spring Concert on Saturday
Trinity United Church in Grimsby is hosting the WomEnchant Spring Concert: The Beat Goes On, Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20, but children 12 and under are free. Call 905-9452249 or go to womenchant@yahoo.ca for more info. Tickets are also available at the door.
Signing up
Staff in West Lincoln have stepped up with an idea to support West Lincoln Memorial Hospital by applying the Citizen’s Action Group’s logo to street light banners. On hand for the unveiling were (L to R) CAO Bev Hendry, Mayor Dave Bylsma, Coun. Cheryl Ganann and Murray Bain, both WLMH Action Committee members, and Bob Denison, West Lincoln’s manager, park facilities. Williscraft - Photo
Doubt creeps into WLMH process By Mike Williscraft NewsNow After months of what has been described by West Lincoln Memorial Hospital staff as “runaround” the monthslong assessment of possible cheaper and more simple solutions to “safety” issues at the facility have made even the most optimistic skeptical.
Hamilton Health Sciences, which manages WLMH, rolled out an announcement last October noting a 27-month closure of the facility’s operating rooms was required to allow for a full renovation, citing patient safety as the key driver behind the move. This despite WLMH having top level scores from Ac-
creditation Canada and not a single patient issue ever having been recorded. Tony Joosse, co-chair of the Citizen’s Action Committee, has noted at many points in the last six months, “It seems like we’re right back at October 22 again.” Key to fuelled skepticism this week have been com-
ments from staff - who had previously remained optimistic about the HHS, its intentions and its efforts to preserve all services at WLMH until the provincially supported rebuild project comes through. Back in November, HHS agreed to create a committee See COMMITTEE, Page 3