>Next Thursday demo derby ready to crash fair opening day Pg. 2 > Palate Pleasers prepared for Saturday Pg. 8 > Zombies take Grimsby Pg. 10 > Cycling tour in “Nik” of time Pg. 19 Thursday, August 28, 2014 Vol. 3 Issue 18
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Up Front Art show and sale The Grimsby Artists’ Association presents original art works in a major exhibition once a year. This is an opportunity to view and enjoy. Purchase art for homes or businesses. Admission is free. Located at the Grimsby pumphouse, 447 Elizabeth St., at lake Ontario shore. Saturday and Sunday., Sept. 6-7, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Festival of Art next weekend The Grimsby Festival of Art is set for the weekend of Sept. 6-7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Blessed Trininty. The show is spread over two days to allow visitors lots of time to browse and shop. There will be live entertainment and food trucks. A juried show, the festival will have high-calibre, talented exhibitors. It attracts fine artists and artisans who display and sell high quality handcrafted artwork. A coupon for $2 off the $7 admission is available at: grimsby-festival-art. com
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By Katherine Grant For NewsNow Wayne Saigeon proudly carried the banner for the Niagara Region during the opening ceremonies of the Ontario 55+ Summer Games in Windsor and Amherstburg last week. It was a great beginning that got even better for Saigeon and tennis partner Barry Bray when the pair took the gold medal in the Over 75
Men’s Doubles Tennis for Ontario. Saigeon and Bray put in a stellar performance – they were undefeated – to win the provincial championship. The win qualifies them to move on to the Canadian Championships, the date of which hasn’t yet been determined. “I was surprised by the gold,” said Saigeon. “There were See GOLD, Page 3
Carruthers salutes 60 years in business When Ivan Carrutthers started working at the Smithville Review as a 17-year-old, he never suspected where that job would take him. Turn the clock ahead 60 years and man who was the youngest community newspaper publisher in Canada when he bought The Review from George Adams in 1954 – Carruthers was addressing a crowd of family, friends and customers at Carruthers Printing’s 60th anniversary. With a long list of thank-yous, both Carrruthers and current owner Steve Ecker were very appreciative of the support they have received and noted their
staff over the years were a major component to the company’s success. “In a small business, with a small staff, everyone is required to wear many hats to make things run smoothly and (his wife ) Mary and I would like to thank them for that,” said Ecker. The business has changed a great deal, from hot lead to digital graphics; The Review was sold in 1968 to become part of Rannie Publications; Niagara Farmers Monthly was launched in 1970 and sold in 2006, which left the focus on the commercial
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PRINT FROM PAGE 1 printing division. Ecker noted that when he and Mary bought the business when Ivan “retired”, two per cent of the company’s transactions came via email. Now that has reversed and 98 per
“The demo derby is always a highlight, but we’ll also have the 4-H kids preparing for the Grand Champion show, the arena will be packed with vendors showcasing all kinds of deals and we’ll have great entertainment on the Guitar Loft stage,” said fair board president Stephen Capell.
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GOLD From Page 1 a lot of good players.” The summer games are for athletes over age 55 and are held every two years. This year’s edition attracted 1,400 of the top athletes from across the province in sports such as cycling, swimming and slo-pitch. It was held Aug. 19-21. Saigeon and Bray qualified for the games after defeating a number of competitors from across Niagara in Welland in the spring. At last week’s games, they faced the top competitors from across the province. “We had a few anxious moments where we really had to fo-
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THIS WEEK • Royal Canadian Legion Br 393 Smithville. There will be NO bingo on Thurs., August 21st. New times & dates are: Starting August 28th bingo will go back to every other week. • Prime Time-55+ Wed., Sept. 3rd, 2014, 11:30-1:30 pm. All are welcome. St. Anns Community Church, 5425 Regional Road #69 St. Anns. Program: “Food for the Soul” Lunch provided by donation. • West Lincoln Historical Society Thur., Sept 4, 1:30 pm Speaker-Peter Snyder “St. Ann’s the former Snyder’s Mills” • Annual Book & Jigsaw Puzzle Sale, Grimsby Senior’s Center, Sat. Sept. 6th, 9:30 am– 4 pm. Proceeds to seniors club. Books from 50 cents, huge Selection! Plus hand knitted items, afghans & White Elephant Sale. Free admission. Tea, coffee & goodies available. Doreen 905-9458312. • Art Show and Sale. The Grimsby Artists’ Association presents original art works in a major exhibition once a year. This is an opportunity to view and enjoy. Purchase art for homes or businesses. Free admission. Located at the Grimsby pumphouse, 447 Elizabeth Street, at lake Ontario shore. Sat. & Sun., Sept. 6th and 7th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Monthly Vegan Supper Club. Lincoln Pioneer Church. Mon., Sept. 8 , 6:30 pm. Cost $15/person, $25/2 family members. Full meal, handouts, health talk by a Registered Dietician. To register call Carole 905-957-3667. • Niagara West Adult Learning Centre/The Literacy Council of Niagara West - Annual General Meeting - Wed., Sept. 10, 2014, 4:00 p.m., at 4271 Queen Street, Beamsville. Everyone welcome; please call 905563-1515. • In Concert - Julian and Bonnie George from Nashville, TN, will be in concert on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 pm at the Free Methodist Church in Caistor Centre. Freewill offering.
• The Canadian Federation of University Women - Grimsby Chapter (CFUW) is holding their first meeting of the fall season on Monday, September 15 at the Grimsby Museum, 6 Murray St. Join us for dessert and a tour at 7 PM. Members: $10. Free for new members and guests. • A Hand Along the Way Bereavement Group. Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers and Stonehouse Whitcomb are offering an 8-week program to help adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. Information Night Thursday, September 18, 7:00 pm at the Shalom Manor & Gardens. Call 905.309.5071 for more information or to register. www.rosecottagevolunteers.com • Lincoln Garden Club and Horticultural Society starts the Fall program September 20th 2014 at 9.30 am at the Rittenhouse Hall, Vineland Research Center. Victoria Ave, Vineland. New members welcome. Jim Lounsbery, owner of Vineland Nurseries, will speak on insect/disease and plant related problems. • Lincoln Mom to Mom Sale, Saturday, October 4th • 9 am to 1 pm Great Lakes Christian High School, 4875 King. St., Beamsville, Free Admission & Free Parking. CASH ONLY event. Character sightings from the popular movie “Frozen” will be there!!! Inquiries: momtomomsalelincoln@yahoo. com or https://www.facebook. com/pages/Lincoln-Mom-toMom/453901624678425?ref=hl • 2nd Annual Canines for Compassion Walk-a-thon Sunday, October 5 at The Dog Spot, 1-43 Main Street E., Grimsby. Registration starts at 10:00 am, walk starts at 10:30 am. Register or pick up donation collection forms at The Dog Spot, 1-43 Main Street E., Grimsby or visit www. rosecottagevolunteers.com. All proceeds to Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers. Call 905.309.5071 for more information.
• Grimsby Senior Citizens Club is sponsoring a Crenberry Colour Lunch Cruise, aboard the Wenonah II departing from Gravenhurst , ON on Tues., Oct. 7. The tour includes a visit to the Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre & the Cranberry Marsh. The price is $82.50 for members and $104.50 for non members. Info., & registration before September 7, at the Grimsby Seniors Centre 905-3092075.
GROUPS & CLUBS • Linedancing, Beamsville Seniors Club (55+). Starts the week of Sept. 8. Monday & Thursday afternoons from 1:30 - 3:00. Come, dance to a variety of music, exercise the mind & body and have fun at the same time. Lessons for beginners on Thurs. at 1:00, call Joan 905 562 6511 for info. • Doors open Grimsby needs volunteers please contact acooper@ grimsby.ca or skoabel@grimsby.ca to volunteer. • Smithville Legion 393 Bingo is now back every Thursday night Everyone is welcome!! • Grimsby Senior Ladies craft guild meet every Thursday from 10 am to 12 noon at the Grimsby senior Centre new members are very welcome. For more info Call Sheila 905-945-4406 • Winona Seniors Centre, Activites six days a week. Snooker Line dancing, shuffle board, bid-euchre, zumba, cribbage & bridge. 1239 Hwy. 8, Stoney Creek. 905-643-4565. Drivers & servers needed to help deliver meals to elderly and/or disabled clients. Two hours once a week at noon, 905-522-0053. • Grimsby Probus Club, for retired professional and businessmen, meets the third Tuesday of each month in the auditorium at the Peach King Centre. 905-945-5653 or 905-945-2554. • Jordan Lions Club are looking for community-minded men & women interested in making Jordan a better place. Call 905-562-5875.
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Biting the hand that helps Very much unintentionally I have created a small-animal theme park on my kitchen patio. It started when I was late in getting my hummingbird feeders hung up. Boy, were they steamed. They buzzed me while I read. They sat on an overhanging branch and stared at me. They did everything but knock on my kitchen window. Nature’s little helicopter, I love to hear their hovering motors. So with the hummingbirds happy, I toss a handful of sunflower seeds near the fire pit for the chipmunks. Hate squirrels, love chipmunks, love cardinals, hate starlings, so sue me PETA. Last summer it was just one chipmunk and now it’s two adults and a small one. I think they must be family because they’re constantly fighting. The house wrens nesting in the hanging flower pot was not my idea. And the female with the bent beak and long tail? Man, has she got a mouth on her! Her shrill screaming could only be considered a song if it was heard at a Celine Dion concert.
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considerable displeasure. After a swim, I’m about to dip my feet in a bucket of water I keep at the top of the beach steps to rinse off the sand when I notice a large toad in there treading water. Discolored, he’s been there for a day or two and I suspect one of my ungrateful patio dwellers pushed him in but I can’t prove it. I dump the bucket onto the lawn and it’s hours before he actually hops away. Meanwhile back at “Critter Kingdom” all three chipmunks get into a real knock-down donnybrook over the sunflower seeds and the wrens are divebombing them from above because they’re getting too close to the flower pot nest. The ants are back, the yellow jackets have returned, both wrens are screaming blue-bloody murder and the Oriole and two hummingbirds are sitting on an overhanging maple branch waiting for United Nations peacekeeping observers to arrive. The only good thing to
come of all this is that the toad lived and I’m hoping he will go on to eat his weight in ants. Completely disillusioned by attempts to give nature a helping hand I bring in the hummingbird feeder, hose down the patio, relocate the flower pot to the far side of the house and start throwing sunflower seeds over the fence in order to get the chipmunks to relocate to my neighbour’s patio, like refugees fleeing a war zone. Instead of being heartened by the magical sounds of birds and small animals, I have learned that no good deed goes unpunished and nature per se, really is an ungrateful little world just past my kitchen door. Suddenly I’m a big fan of the food chain. The next time I have an urge to interact with critters, I’m going to African Lion Safari and let the monkeys throw poop at my car. At least those evil little primates let you know where you stand ... which by the way, is not with your head out the sun roof.
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Area businesses showcase local fare
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West Niagara has a lot to offer when it comes to homemade goodness and every bit of that will be on display this Saturday. The second annual Palate Pleasers – hosted at seven area businesses from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. – will allow each to highlight what they grow or create right here.
“When we did this last year for the first time it really worked well,” said Andy Sproston of Our Gate To Your Plate. “A lot of people had never been on a working farm so it was a great day and Saturday should be the same.” OGTYP, Puddicombe Farms, De
La Terre Kitchen, August Restaurant, Suzie’s Gluten Free Kitchen, Sentimental Farms and Tous Jours will all be participating (See ads on Page 11). Each business will have a treat, an activity or draw which will be raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters, too.
62 Phantom Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets Challenging Youth Based Program for young Men and Women ages 12 - 18 yrs. old
Friday, September 5th Welcome Back BBQ • 7 pm Recruiting Night
Learn how to fly, play in a band, meet new friends, travel Canada and have fun!!!
Parading: Friday Nights Sept - June • 6:30 - 9:30 pm Mountain Ridge Community Centre (Formerly St. Mary’s Church Hall) 105 Mountain Rd., Grimsby For More Information Contact: Captain David Leonard • 289-440-2641 or leondave@sympatico.ca
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Learn more about the hamlet of St. Anns
West Lincoln Historical Society will meet Thursday, Sept. 4 with guest speaker Peter Snyder. Snyder will speak on St.
Anns, the former Snyder Mills. The meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Old Train Station, Station St.
Fore Family Golf Centre
Myrtis wrecked leaving lakes By Skip Gilham For NewsNow Myrtis was a British freighter that visited the Great Lakes in the early 1930s before it was wrecked on its way out. The 64.19 metre long vessel was built at Montrose, Scotland, as Pouvier and completed in March 1905. It first worked for the Power Steamship
Shipwreck Co. of Great Britain. It was sold, without a change of name, in April 1914 and then became Myrtis after another sale to John D. Maesteg in Sept. 1928. The ship began Great Lakes trading in 1930 and made single trips through the old canals for
five straight years. Myrtis was enroute from Windsor to Charlottetown and Halifax when it was wrecked on Tryon Shoals near Charlottetown on Sept. 7, 1934. The vessel was refloated Sept. 10, taken to Halifax. The damage was assessed and the ship was declared a total loss.
PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION OF QUALITY BRAND NAME PRODUCTS
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The refurbishment of the old Grimsby Driving Range is now underway
Mon.-Fri. 11:30-1:30 Reg. Large bucket of Balls only $7.00
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Thursday’s Grimsby’s Farmers’ Market attracted the maimed and macabre as zombies took to the streets. Sherida Schaus as Miss Grimsby was among the many zombies that made their way through the market. -Photo Darien Gomez
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GYMNASTICS SUPERVISOR GYMNASTICS COACHES PUBLIC SKATING ATTENDANTS LEARN TO SKATE COACHES PROGRAM LEADERS Please submit applications and resumes to: Sarah Sweeney, Recreation Coordinator Peach King Centre 162 Livingston Ave. Grimsby, ON or ssweeney@grimsby.ca
(L to R) Volunteers Jaime Grover, Jessica Chaston, Darien Gomez and John Taylor were among the undead in downtown Grimsby for the Farmers’ Market on Thursday. The cool and creepy cupcakes were part of a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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Two arrested for allegedly staging collision Book sale set for Sept. 6 Back in February, the Niagara Regional Police conducted an investigation into a two-vehicle accident which occurred at Yonge Street near Zimmerman Road in Lincoln. Due to the suspicious circumstance of the acci-
dent the investigation was forwarded to the Central Fraud Unit for further investigation. Investigation by the fraud unit found that the accident had been staged in an attempt to defraud their insurance companies.
Charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and fraud over $5,000 were two men, ages 34 and 21, both of Hamilton. They were released with a court date of Oct. 10 in St. Catharines.
The Annual Book & Jigsaw Puzzle Sale, Grimsby Senior’s Centre, Sat. Sept. 6, from 9:30 am–4 pm. Proceeds to seniors club. Books from 50
Rotary Club’s Lamplighter Tour looking for next stars Auditions are being held tonight (Thursday) for this fall’s installment of the Lamplighter Tour, Wings over Lincoln. Presented by the Rotary Club of Lincoln, this year’s performance runs Nov. 20-23. The tour is a series of five 20-minute plays that are performed five times per evening for small audience groups that walk to each of the shows in
succession. Each year, a different era of the town’s history has been portrayed and presented in an entertaining and polished style. One-hour rehearsals take place Monday nights at Providence Church in Beamsville. Men and women, teens to seniors are required. No experience is necessary. Auditions run from 6-9
LOUWES WINDOWS & SIDING SINCE 1966
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p.m. Thursday at Rittenhouse Library, 4080 John Charles Blvd., Vineland. Call Sandra at 905-3215840 for more information. Tickets for this year’s tour will go on sale Sept. 27 at 9 a.m. You can book your ticket either online at: www.lamplightertour.com or call 905-563-8387 on Sept. 27 from 9-11 a.m.
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Enter our free gift basket draw for house-made goodies! 100% of all in-house made beverages purchased will be donated to Big Brothers/Big Sisters Grimsby, Lincoln, and West Lincoln
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 10 a.m.-4 p.m. At all participants
Sentimental Farm
270 Main St. E., Grimsby
Drop in to sample the fare at several establishments featuring the best West Niagara has to offer. Vendors may have draws, free tastings and/or in-store specials to tempt visitors.
visit www.delaterrekitchen.ca • Like us on facebook! 289-235-8952
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Organic breads; traditional & honey jams; heirloom variety, chemical free vegetables; free-range, hormone, steroid & antibiotic-free eggs.
Be sure to check out our fall course offerings, including Preserving Your Harvest classes & Introduction to Backyard Farming.
Fresh-made pizza $4 from each pizza sold goes to BBS! Veggie or Meat lover!
Our Gate To Your Plate 234 Elm Tree Rd. E., Grimsby, ON
905-309-4984
Tickets $10. All proceeds to BBBS
www.ourgatetoyourplate.com Enter our Thanksgiving Hamper draw – includes a Turkey, Blackforrest Ham, a roast beef, a 8oz bag of Kona Coffee, a selection of our jams and a jar of OGTYP honey plus other goodies.
Suzie’s Gluten Free Kitchen 7 Ontario Street Grimsby 289 235 7501
Please your palate with pears & peaches PYO Bartlett Pears, Fresh-picked Peaches Ride Lil Pudd: $5/train ride 50% of train ride proceeds to BBS
1468 Hwy. #8 Winona, ON L8E 5K9 • 905-643-1015 www.puddicombefarms.com
Visit Us During Plate Pleasers! Enjoy a meal or Pies Available All Weekend Aug. 29-31
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100% proceeds to BBBS
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Computer Courses for Adults Starting September! Courses are tuition-free!
Available in Grimsby & St.Catharines Location
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Lifetime Learning Centre, 535 Lake St, or call: 905-646-3737
Show and shine Jason Gale shines his 2009 Nissan 370Z entered in the Reunited Custom Car Show at Jordan Lions Park on Sunday afternoon. Thousands of people came out to admire the custom and vintage cars.
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Learn the MS Office, Windows, Internet, Graphics, Web Page, Multimedia, and more! Gain job skills, work experience, and if needed earn credits! (each site may
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Treat yourself to a real taste of the Mediterranean We ask our patrons to reach out and help those in need by supporting our food drive partnership with Community Care food bank. Donations of perishable and non-perishable food goods to our on-site collection tent are appreciated.
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CARPETS - I have several thousand yards of new Stainmaster and 100% nylon carpet. Will do living and dining room for $389. Price includes carpet, pad and installation (25 sq. yds) Steve (905)-6825320, 905-777-1170; carpetdeals.com DEBT DEPT PROBLEMS? Know your options. Call Ralph Culp Trustee in Bankruptcy. No charge consultation. 905-309-5676. ralphculp.com
FOR SALE DOLL COLLECTION for sale, many from different country, different sizes, 22 in all, $200 or best offer. 905-563-1691. 2007 PONTIAC G6 needs water pump and Battery. Asking $4000 O.B.O 905945-0956.
GARAGE SALE BEAMSVILLE
BIG YARD SALE
Saturday, August 30th 8 a.m. - ? 4956 Greenlane Lots of Stuff, Something for everyone HANDYMAN SERVICES RUBBISH REMOVAL, yard, shed, garage and basement clean-ups. Call Ken 905-957-5731. APARTMENTS FOR RENT GRIMSBY, near Canadian Tire, junior, 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms. Call 905-309-8738, 905-560-7428.
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APARTMENTS FOR RENT BEAMSVILLE, QUIET, clean 1 bedroom near Downtown. Includes appliances, laundry facilities, parking, yard. $725 plus hydro. Sept. 1st. First, last & references. 905-9321281.
PAINTING 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Interior/ Exterior Painting and drywall repair. Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln. Attention to detail with the customer in mind. Painting By Steve. 905-309-0138. paintedbysteve@gmail.com
$ 20 minimum purchase. One coupon per customer. • Expires Sept. 3, 2014 New longer hours: We’re now open later Mon.-Fri. 9:30-6:00; Sat. 9:30-5:00
289-235-9500
HELP WANTED EXPERIENCED Bartender and Server Wanted for busy restaurant. Please bring resumé to: 30 Main St. West, Grimsby at Teddys Food Fun & Spirits. EXPERIENCED Line Cook Wanted for busy restaurant. Please bring resumé to: 30 Main St. West, Grimsby at Teddys Food Fun & Spirits.
John Hopkins Pharmacy StudentS wanted Part-time must be able to work evenings and Saturdays. Please bring or fax resumé to Hopkins Pharmacy 3387 King St., Vineland
Fax: 905-562-7144 No phone calls please
LOST & FOUND FOUND: Cell phone on Ontario Street. 289-566-9559.
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LOST: Beautiful Blue Budgie Bird in the area of Casablanca (Vine Rd.) Please let me know if you see him. 905-945-9188. MISCELLANEOUS VINTAGE VOGUE We now carry “Country Chic” Chalk & Mineral Based Paint, no VOC’s. Call for Workshops. 905-957-8887, 103 McMurchie Lane, Smithville. PETS
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Legion event nets $500/food for CCWN Beamsville Legion Branch 612 members took an opportunity to say “thanks” to the community it serves, and raise some money and food donations for Community Care of West Niagara along the way. “We had a great appreciation day on Aug. 10,” said Legion president Roy Mackey. “We had barbecue, free corn on the cob courtesy of HIldreth Farms, and live music.” This Friday, Aug. 29, the legion’s fish fry runs from 6-8 p.m. Then, Friday, Sept. 5, will be an all-youcan-eat pickerel dinner (chicken available too) with funds raised going to the legion’s building fund. That runs 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Lakeside PUMPHOUSE Artist’s Association
Art Show 2014 Saturday and Sunday September 6th and 7th 10 am to 4 pm
30 Local Artists’ work will be on display and for sale Admission is Free Royal Canadian Legion, Beamsville Branch 612 president Roy Mackey presents Community Care of West Niagara executive director Carole Fuhrer with proceeds from their Community Appreciation Day.
Elizabeth St. PUMPHOUSE (foot of Elizabeth Street at the Lake)
Grimsby
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LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT
Wills, Family, Real Estate 107 Griffin Street South, Smithville, Ontario L0R 2A0
905-945-4848 www.agandturf.ca 104 Mud St., Grassie
Servicing our Community since 1987
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• Removal & Pruning • Stump Grinding • Hedge & Shrub Trimming WOOD CHIPS AVAILABLE Fully Insured Call Ron: 905.563.4593 • Cell: 905.651.8733 (TREE)
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CANADIAN - INDEPENDENT GROUP OF FUNERAL HOMES
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The Greater Grimsby Mixed Dart League lost a valuable member recently. Sharon Lynne Copping lost her brave battle with cancer on July 18. She will be missed by her teammates and fellow league members. In response to the loss, John Bauslaugh, representing GGMD gives Pamela Blackwood, executive director of McNally House, a donation of $500 in Sharon’s name.
Check out woodlot next week A couple of comments were received at the NewsNow office from people supporting the Livingston Avenue extension idea in Grimsby. One was basically, who cares, bulldoze it, there is so little left it is not significant to worry about preserving. The letter would have been run, but the writer did not want his name used. The other was a note from a fellow who disagreed with comments in the paper stating some of the trees would die off as a result of the road cutting through the tree lot. To clarify that point, and paraphrasing, it was not the trees, rather, the more delicate underbrush and flora which would be seriously impacted by construction and ongoing effects.. Regardless, there are two sides to every story. You can visit the woodlot next week during an open house to see for yourself. M.W.
Carruthers class act for 60 years I always wondered why a lawyer’s office would have a safe, a huge, walk-in safe. That mystery was solved for me last week when I had a chance to have a great conversation with Ivan Carruthers as well as his stepson Steve Ecker and Steve’s wife Mary Lynne. Two things I have a great appreciation for are history and those who care enough about their community that they spend their own free time to make it a better place. Ivan is certainly that way and I think it is a prerequisite that you must fit that mold to maintain your status as a family member. In its 60 years of doing business under the Carruthers Printing flag, there is not much these folks have not been involved in. Ivan is a walking encyclopedia of all things West Lincoln, whether it be the township bringing in municipal water or allowing alcohol, legally, for the first time in the late 60s. We got to talking about downtown Smithville. The need for the township to get proactive in bringing jobs back to the community and the various locations Carruthers Printing has had over the years before it settled on College Street. When we got around to talking about the Smithville Review, which he sold to Bill Rannie in 1968, a long part of our chat focused on the paper, key stories covered over the years and how things have changed. By the time I got to The Review in 1995 it was in the old Murgatroyd lawyers of-
MIKE WILLISCRAFT fice at 106 Griffin Street. It was, by far, the hottest office imaginable. The afternoon sun would bake that front wall making every day like a hay mow in July. At the back was a full safe. We never closed it because I don’t think anyone knew the combination. It was just a big closet to us, but kind of fun, just the same. It was the West Lincoln Review by the time I arrived on the scene. It had been stewarded from Ivan to Bill Rannie to Henry Burgoyne. So from its 1912 inception the paper had only had four owners to that point. It proceeded to flip through four more in the next two years alone before it faded away after name changes, merging papers and another name change as a kicker. The Review office in 1995 was a lawyer’s office prior, but it was also a bank at the same time. Ivan explained that this particular outfit, being in a small town, took on the dual role. Another mystery solved, thanks Ivan. After nearly three hours of conversation later, I had
enough information for 40 great feature stories and you will see some of the topics we covered come to light in the coming months. A key thread which wound its way throughout our chat centred around the community, specifically the business community, and the municipality’s need to drive commercial growth. What was interesting to hear was Ivan’s perspective based on well over a halfcentury of work in town, so he can back up his beliefs with fact and informed comment. His views are virtually identical to those made by Grimsby Economic Development Advisory Council members and those around the table at Lincoln’s Chamber of Commerce. Ivan went so far as to say a committee, which was dissolved by the town, designed to attract and develop business partnerships in West Lincoln should be reformed. With everyone else talking the same talk, and recognizing each Town is responsible to its own political master, it might be good for Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln to band together, share resources on that front and work in a concerted effort to deliver on some of the things Ivan and others believe are crucial to the long-term, financial and social viability of our communities. After my writing hand recovers from taking all those notes, I am ready for another lunch to talk ideas, Ivan.
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Cycling tour of Portugal on tap for Nik Halkias By Katherine Grant For NewsNow With almost 1,000 km of coastline, much of which is sandy beach, Portugal is a beach-goer’s paradise. It is also among the reasons the small country remains among the most popular tourist destinations in the south of Europe. From Sept. 4-14, Nik Halkias will see this beautiful sea-side country from the seat of his bicycle and plans to hit as many of those beaches as possible. Halkias is the owner of County Cycle in Beamsville which opened for business in April 2013. The popular shop sells bikes, parts and accessories and also does bike repairs. “Maybe we can break a record for how many beaches
we can visit,” said Halkias with a smile. Halkias will be traveling with long-time friend, Andre Manuel who he has known since high school. They will be dismantling and transporting their own bikes for the trip. The pair both ride Devinci mountain bikes with dual suspension, ideal for the terrain of Portugal. “The terrain is rocky. Not sure what we might encounter so we will be bringing extra tires and spare parts,” said Halkias. This is very much a vacation though – it’s time to enjoy the “fruits of my labour,” said Halkias. The plan is to meet up with local cyclists and do some excursions with them. “There is going to be a very
Nik Halkias, owner of County Cycle in Beamsville, repairs the bike of Grimsby Iron Girl participant Amanda Ralph of Hillsburgh, Ont., during the Aug. 10 event. Halkias is a familiar presence as he lends a hand at many cycling events. He is heading out for an adventure of his own next week.
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cales, including British Columbia He plans to use social media to stay in touch and will be posting to his County Cycle Facebook page as well as using Twitter and Instagram.
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