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West Lincoln loses a cornerstone with death of Dave Willis West Lincoln lost a key community player with the passing of dedicated volunteer Dave Willis last week. Willis was a long-time supporter of many key programs and groups in the community going back to the nowdefunct Smithville Kinsmen Club which he joined back in the early 70s when he relocated to Smithville from Hamilton. “Dad was visiting mom, who has been
dealing with her own health issues, at the hospital (West Lincoln Memorial) and his heart just gave out,” said Dave’s son, Geoff. Dave’s passing sent shockwaves through the community. “Dave will be greatly missed by the community. One of his biggest contributions to the township was his volunteering as chair of the annual Christmas parade. His diligence made the parade the
Dave Willis, who was a Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Canada after years of involvement in the Smithville club, was also a driving force behind the founding of the Kiwanis Club of West Lincoln. The charter president was presented with the Lieutenant Governor’s award by Kiwanis Lt. Gov. André Gaudet, right, for top performance at its one-year anniversary in May.
biggest of the small town parades,” said Mayor Dave Bylsma. “Dave always had an encouraging word for myself whenever we met, either in the council chamber on behalf of the committee or on the street at an event.” At town hall, flags were lowered to halfmast in honour of the man who many believe would have fit the title ‘Mr. Smithville’. Dave served as president of the Smithville Santa Claus Parade, charter-president for Kiwanis of West Lincoln - which just passed its first-year anniversary in May - and was involved with many other groups such as the West Lincoln Kinsmen, the Grimsby Probus Club and the West Lincoln Age-Friendly Advisory Committee just to name a few. “What motivated dad was his community mindedness, his vision to improve West Lincoln and West Niagara,” said Geoff. “He always wanted to make things better and dedicated himself to making West Lincoln what it is now.” See DAVE, Page 2
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Jim Reijnders and his ride “I Dunn It” leap over a hurdle during the English & Western Light Horse Show at the West Niagara Fair on Saturday. The fairgounds in Grassie were transformed for a celebration of all things agricultural during the event, complete with livestock shows, homecraft competitions and a bustling midway. Turn to Pages 10-11 for more coverage. Marks - Photo
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From Page 1 Born and raised in Hamilton, Willis moved to Smithville in 1971 and quickly adopted the community as his own. Retiring at just 50 years of age, he invested his surplus time back to the community he loved. Cheryl Ganann, who is a West Lincoln coucnillor and charter member of the Kiwanis club knew Dave for 50 years. “I knew Dave and his wife, Diane, going back to high school and going to the same church in Hamilton,” said Cheryl. “Dave was a leader.
Some people don’t like that role, but Dave was a great organizer and he had no problem with it.” Having volunteers who will put in significant amounts of time is a luxury many communities do not have these days, added Cheryl. “I worry for the future as people like Dave, who stepped forward, are not common. We are lucky our Kiwanis group has some great young people involved, but the community needs more of that,” said Ganann. “It is very different than when we grew up and you raised a family
and put time into your community.” Dave was one who put in a great deal of time. He was president of the Smithville Santa Claus Parade for about two decades. His son, Geoff, said that “ranks up there as number one” among his favoured activities. Dave also was a key player in the inception of the West Lincoln Kiwanis chapter, taking on the role as charter president. “He brought the Kiwanis of West Lincoln up to snuff,” said Geoff. “The club is vibrant and he was proud of that.”
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“If there was a good cause,” Geoff added, “he would get involved and always find a way to get good people involved.” With all his hard work in the community, Willis’ family always came first. “He was a devoted family man, husband and father,” said Geoff. “We were honoured the township lowered itsflags to half mast in his memory.” Dave is survived by his wife, Diane, his four children and their families. Services were held Saturday at Mountainview Christian Reformed Church.
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Terry Fox Run returns to Grimsby and West Lincoln for 39th year on Sept.15 The 39th annual Terry Fox Run is taking place in communities across Canada on Sunday, Sept. 15, with Grimsby and Smithville events ready to go, say organizers. SMITHVILLE Participants of Smithville’s run will gather in the parkette behind the town hall at 318 Canborough St., same location as last year. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. and the run begins officially at 11 a.m, although participants can begin the course as late at 1 p.m., said organizer Karen Peto. Participants can choose from 2, 5 or 10 km routes. Pledge sheets can be found in businesses around town, or register at www.terryfox.org to collect online dona-
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K of C turkey roll returns Sept. 27 With Thanksgiving less than a month away, the Grimsby’s Knights of Columbus Our Lady of the Lake are already busy preparing for the 56th annual charity turkey roll. The event will be taking place Friday, Sept. 27 at the Peach King Centre from 7-11 p.m. Admission is free. Kyle Van Sickle of the Knights of Columbus said the event tends to be ex-
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WLMH rebuild inches closer The provincial government has stated and restated it will continue to press Hamilton Health Sciences to moving on the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital rebuild. Tuesday, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) created a “line in the sand”, says Tony Joosse, cochair of the WLMH Action Committee, by outlining the timing and process for RFQ (Requests For Qualifying) and RFP (Request For Proposals) in a public document. “Anyone in Niagara West should be very happy today,” said Joosse. “What is outlined there is not only official timeline dates for planning of the project but it projects to something in the area of a 2022 shovel in the ground. It does not state that. It is not that style of document, but the timeline fits.” As well, Joosse noted the ballpark budget projected for the WLMH rebuild is “less than $200 million”. The IO document notes WLMH will have a Spring 2021 RFP deadline and a Winter 2021 RFQ deadline. Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff said the details are great news for his constituents. “The mayors, councillors and communities have been asking for timelines for a long time and I have addressed timelines in every conversation I’ve had with the ministry. This shows the project is moving forward and is being taken seriously,” said Oosterhoff. “This is good news for Niagara West.”
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Paint a masterpiece at Lincoln Museum You will be amazed at your hidden artistic talents during a workshop Sept. 13 to recreate a master painting with your own brush strokes. Local Lincoln artist Diane Ptolemy is returning for a second Great Master painting series and
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Fair celebrates all things ‘ag’ Great weather and lots of attractions turned this year’s West Niagara Fair into a success. From Friday to Saturday, the area was home to crowds of fairgoers, competitions, animals and all sorts of fun activities. “We were very happy with this year’s fair,” said Leslie Pattemore from the fair’s board of directors. “The weather was perfect and it was great to see all those families who came out.”
The fair had a number of competitions and draws among its many events. In the homecrafts division, Jacqueline Hayes won Baker of the Fair and Jennifer St. Denise won Canner of the Fair. Joe Summerfield won the entrance draw for an all-expense paid weekend at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. “We want to thank all the volunteers who helped make the fair a success,” said Pattemore.
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News Now • Thursday, September 12, 2019 • Page 11 Master angler Merrick Fast faces off against rubber river monsters for a chance to win a plush prize.
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Grimsby student earns Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award By Tristan Marks For NewsNow Rob Shuert is no stranger to hard work and self-improvement. The Grimsby native been a long-time
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Niagara part of long-term bed expansion The provincial government rolled out a plan to get nearly 1,000 new long-term care beds online Tuesday afternoon at Shalom Manor in Grimsby. Shalom will be part of the expanded care with 128 beds earmarked for its facility in Hamilton. Across the province, there are more than 34,000 Ontarians waiting to get into a
long-term care home. Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of LongTerm Care, was joined by Effie Triantafilopoulos, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Long-Term Care, as well as Niagara West Sam Oosterhoff and Brantford-Brant MPP Will Bouma in making the announcement. “These new longterm care bed allocations are part of our
government’s commitment to adding 15,000 long-term care beds over the next five years to give Ontarians the care they need, when they need it,” said Fullerton. Oosterhoff said the move is part of a larger strategy. “Adding new longterm care beds and upgrading older beds to modern design at Shalom Manor, and across
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Ramm, Elisabeth (nee Dettlaff)
Passed away at McNally House Hospice on September 3, 2019 in her 84th, year. Beloved Wife of Ulrich for over 60 years. Loving mother of Jim (Anita) and Steven (Ramona) and a cherished Omi of Kyle. She leaves behind many wonderful friends and family. A Service of Remembrance will take place at Christ Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Monday September 9, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. with a reception at the church following the service. If desired, memorial contributions to McNally House Hospice, Grimsby, would be sincerely appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to STONEHOUSE-WHITCOMB FUNERAL HOME, GRIMSBY, 905-945-2755. www.smithsfh.com
Frank Frederick Wissel
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Frank Wissel, in his 67 year of Beamsville Ontario. Frank passed away on Thursday April 18th. Beloved son of Trudy and Hans (deceased) and loving husband of Gloria for 45 years. He will be sadly missed by his sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws Pat and Don Watkins, Diana and Jim Jacobsen. Loving uncle to Shannon and Aaron Stokowski, Dan Watkins, Cori VanDerScheer, Marcy and Don Cobden, Belinda, Dominic and Dante as well as many other nieces and nephews from his extended family. He will be sadly missed by extended family and his many friends.Family and friends are invited to a celebrate Frank’s life on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the Beamsville Legion at 3. Dress is casual. No suits allowed.
Willis, David S.
Passed away suddenly at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at the age of 74. Beloved husband and best friend of Diane (nee Passmore) for 55 years. Proud and loving father of Kim Fisher (Duane), Brad Willis (Terri), Todd Willis (Becky) and Geoff Willis. Cherished Papa of Tyler (Leanne), Brianne (Kyle) and Natalie (Mac) Fisher, Brett (Alannah) and Kennedi (Ryan) Willis and Spencer, Sydney and Lauren Willis and great-grandfather of Jensyn and Dean. Dear son of Arlene Gallifent (Herb) and the late Jack Willis (Marion) and son-in-law of the late Lois Weddel (late Bill) and the late Jack Passmore. Brother of the late Marilyn Gater and brother-in-law of the late Doug Passmore (Madge), David Passmore (Karen) and Denise Brown (John). He will also be deeply missed by many nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Dave was a 31 year employee of Bell Canada retiring in May, 1995. He was a life member of the Kinsmen Club, long time Chairman of the Smithville Santa Claus Parade, Charter President of the West Lincoln Kiwanis Club, member of the Grimsby Probus Club and a proud blood donor. He was a most notable member of the Smithville community, always giving back where he was needed. He will be truly missed. Visitation and service took place at Mountainview Christian Reformed Church, Grimsby, on September 6 and 7, 2019. If desired, memorial contributions to McNally House Hospice or West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation would be sincerely appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to Stonehouse-Whitcomb Funeral Home, Grimsby, 905-945-2755.
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Trudy Marie Wissel
Peacefully on Sunday, May 12, 2019 in her 92nd year, Trudy Wissel passed away at Hamilton General Hospital. Trudy was born December 16, 1927 in Hanover, Germany and later came to Canada in 1952. Beloved mother of Frank (deceased) and loving mother-in-law of Gloria. She will be sadly missed by David Kemp her longtime companion and all her extended family and friends in Canda and Germany. Family and friends are invited to a celebration of Trudy’s life on Thursday, September 19 at Tallsman Funeral Home, Vineland from 1 to 3.
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Sunday 15th to Saturday 21st– LEGION WEEK Sunday 11:30am Fort Erie Race Track * Includes Bus & Meal Veterans & Spouse/Caregiver FREE – RSVP by Aug 24th Public RSVP’s open Aug 25th - Sept 3rd – we cannot accept after Sept 3rd $25 for Smithville, Grimsby & Beamsville Legion Members $35 Public cost Monday 5pm – 9pm Open House (See what the Legion has for you) Tuesday 7:30am Chamber of Commerce Breakfast (all welcome) (tickets required) Please contact WestLincolnChamber@bell.net for tickets 2pm – 4pm Seniors Afternoon Coffee / Tea, snacks, cards/games Wednesday 4:30pm – 7pm Family BBQ 6pm – 7pm Fun Darts (Prizes to be won!) Thursday 2pm – 4pm Seniors Afternoon Coffee / Tea, snacks, cards/games 7pm Gift Card Bingo Friday 7pm Triathlon (Shuffleboard, Pool, Cards)$5 register by Sept 15th, $15 onward 7pm Progressive Euchre Upstairs Saturday 10am – 11am Candy Bar Bingo (Bring a chocolate bar for 2 bingo cards) 7pm Eclectic Revival Band ~ Maritime sound with a modern flare ($5 tickets required; Active military, Veterans, Emergency Personnel Free) Check them out online www.eclecticrevival.ca
Annual health exams & vaccinations Geriatric Pet Care Dental surgery & x-rays Laser Therapy for chronic pain
Grimsby Square Plaza (Beside Sobey’s) 42 St. Andrews Ave., Unit 4 info@livingstonanimalhospital.com
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100% Niagara owned & operated Our Team: Publisher - Mike Williscraft mike@wn3.ca 289-442-4244 General Manager - Catherine Bratton Reporter - Tristan Marks Sales Consultant - Erica Huisman, Rose Bayer Graphics - Donna Wisnoski NewsNow is owned & operated by 1602207 Ontario Ltd. Office Locations Grimsby Office Beamsville Office 1 Mountain Street, P.O Box 614 Grimsby, ON, L3M 3J6 Beamsville, ON, L0R 1B0 Ph: 289-235-9500 Ph: 289-235-7848 NewsNow is published EVERY Thursday delivered to homes in West Niagara & Winona, 26,529.
CD launch
Dave Rave, left, lead singer of the popular band Teenage Head, was in Grimsby for a power lunch with well-known local musician Bill Culp last Friday. The two were launching a new CD Adventureland. Culp sat in on bass on several tracks of the Carl Jennings-produced work. Culp will sit in next March 6 for a gig at the Jordan House, too. Check amazon.com to buy a copy.
Weather takes backseat to traffic Everyone talks about the weather, practically every day... and more than once. Grimsby residents’ main conversational past time, however, is much more focused on traffic. That comes up every single day and many times, some more than others. Last week was bananas. As noted on NewsNow’s social media, it was a perfect storm of a Hwy. 8 closure for bridge work just west of Mountain, the four corners of Main and Christie under the knife for regional upgrades to the traffic lights, and Main closed off for the Farmers’ Market. It was not pretty and more than 40 people marched themselves into the NewsNow office to tell us so. The market takes the brunt of the heat mainly due to its level of profile. Those who attend love it. Those who do not hate it. There is not much in the middle. Accommodating the market downtown is important for many reasons. Main Street being the location may be up for debate at some point, but it is a formula that works. Nobody should be fixing what ain’t broke. M.W.
Dave Willis will be missed West Lincoln is a weaker community due to the passing of Dave Willis last week. Few people attain the level of community commitment which Dave did in his decades of service to the community. Much of the background and accolades are in the story up front, so I won’t duplicate them. I will however note my deep appreciation for the support Dave offered me on many occasions over 20-plus years. Few people have started up a newspaper from scratch in this day and age. I was silly enough to do it twice: in 1997 with what started as Grimsby News and NewsNow in 2012. On both occasions I could count on Dave’s support, which came in many forms. If I missed a meeting due to a conflict, I could count on Dave attending and a follow up chat at his kitchen table was in the near future to catch up on the goings-on. Every year, properly covering Remembrance Day ceremonies in all our markets serviced was a challenge. Dave would always offer to help to save me knocking off a few shots at one ceremony and racing (safely and with no speeding, of course) up to Smithville to catch the second part of Branch 393’s event. He never asked for a dime - which really worked well because I didn’t have one to offer. All I had to do was help him out with the various projects he loved to work on, which was like a duck taking to water. We both had an interest in such work, so it was really not like work at all and I think that is why we hit it off. In sports, there is the
MIKE WILLISCRAFT sentiment “next up”. When a participant goes down to injury or retires, who will be the next up to carry the torch. West Lincoln has big shoes to fill. Dave will be missed. ******** I had to laugh, actually out loud, which is pretty rare when I read what was described to me as an oped piece which is supposed to be running in Torstar/ Metroland papers this week. No, not just one paper. This kind of sweeping editorial content is typical of today’s corporate media market. One story, running in many markets: it greatly reduces the space for local information and thereby reduces the demand/need for local journalists. Unfortunate, but reality. What was funny about the piece is it highlights inquiries in the air from the Competition Bureau of Canada, which is looking for input on anti-competitive conduct in the digital economy. More simply, how is Facebook and Google pushing around other media corporations and eating their lunch? For me, being minute in the scale of the country’s media landscape, reading a group like Torstar having issues with a big company
utilizing possibly anti-competitive conduct is what I find laughable. Completely and totally different scale, but it is the same sort of thing that has played out in Niagara West since this publication opened. I won’t regale you with all the machinations, but if you have followed this space for years, you will be aware. It is our reality. I am used to it now and our only defence is do better - put out a more connected publication, treat accounts the way they should be treated and be responsive to the interests of readers. It is working, or we certainly would not still be here because anyone you see supporting us can assuredly contact my good friends at the competition and get an ad for dirt cheap. Instead of the Competition Bureau investigating the digital landscape, it should be investigating practices in smaller, competitive markets. If all employed fair business practices, maybe the feds wouldn’t have needed to cough up $585 million for a ridiculous journalism support program. Simply put, corporate entities should not whine when a larger corporate entity smokes them in a business environment because they have a better mousetrap. On that level, in a kill or be killed business world, they are getting killed. On my level, I’m not getting killed but I am fighting, scrapping and clawing for every dime I can generate to keep doing right by our community. So suck it up, Torstar. In the words of the incredible intellect of a philosopher, Melania Trump: “Be Best”.
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