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Guide dogs, games, fun part of Trinity VBS fun Trinity United Church in Grimsby hosted its annual vacation bible school last month with part of the fun being a visit from a retired guide dog and Marion Quick, who provided a tutorial regarding how the clever canines can be utilized. Participants also participated in a host of crafts, learning songs, playing games, such as touching knees to elbows as shown.
Grimsby defers hydro restructuring By Mike Williscraft NewsNow In what can only be described as the deferral of a motion with zero fanfare, Grimsby Council voted Monday to send a recommendation dealing with hydro utility restructuring back to subcommittee for more input. At last week’s Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) meeting a proposal to group Grimsby Energy, Grimsby Hydro and Niagara Regional Broadband Networks under a newly formed holding company, Holdco 2, was
recommended. The subcommittee motion was passed despite several major pieces of missing information, noted Ald. Dave Kadwell, namely how a $12.9 million valuation was established and why the extra level of administration was being added to a process in an attempt to “tidy up” what was recognized as “cumbersome” and “very confusing”. At council, a motion brought by Ald. John Dunstall to lift the hydro portion of the AFC minutes, save for the portion which
would put Ald. Michelle Seaborn on the Niagara Power Inc. board of directors, was approved. “And I’d prefer not to have any discussion,” said Dunstall. With that, Mayor Bob Bentley called the vote without asking if there were any questions or comments. The drama did not stop there, though. Later in the agenda, Ald. Steve Berry outlined a proposed operating program for the CoGen unit which sits on town hall’s lawn. Berry noted a report from pub-
lic works director Bob LeRoux who recommended only operating the unit, which came in at a total cost of well over $1 million, from December to February. As well, a maintenance budget of $1,500 per month has been set, although LeRoux’s report noted “Costs of $7,000 to $10,000 per repair visit were normal last winter”. “The only person who can service this (the make of CoGen unit) is out of Chicago,” Berry said at council, which drew See COGEN, Page 2