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Soap box champ returns after representing in U.S. By Joanne McDonald For NewsNow Soap box racers will have some stiff competition when they line up with ‘The Canadian Force’ this Saturday for the Beamsville & District Lions Club 2nd annual Lincoln Soap Box Derby. Gravity-defying Isaac Bucknall, 11, Lincoln’s first-year champ, is just back from Akron, Ohio, where he placed 8th overall in the 81st running of the All American Soap Box Derby, World Championship Race. His car was sponsored by George Stephenson and he competed against teams from around the world. “To start a local championship program in the short time you did, and to see success in your first year is absolutely fantastic. Isaac is and will always be a champion racer. He accomplished what few have ever done. He is only the second Canadian derby racer in history to make it into the top 9, and his 8th place finish could have been a 3rd or 2nd or even a World Championship had he edged out the winning car in his final heat. He missed by a few inches ... and See RACE, Page 13
World champion derby car racer Isaac Bucknall, 11, of Campden, will be in the race lineup this Saturday for the Beamsville & District Lions Club 2nd annual Lincoln Soap Box Derby. McDonald - Photo
Lincoln seeks ULinc opinions By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The Town of Lincoln had a plan for its foray into municipal transit - start slow and grow into it. A key, says Active Transportation Committee Chair, Coun. Tony Brunet, is that neither council, nor staff, presumed to know where or how the program may grow. They’ve asked. They’ve listened. They’ve adjusted on the fly. “Studying ridership , community need
and “course- correcting” as needed was always part of the plan and something we anticipated. This service and our approach to transit has always been incrementally building the basic system we have,” said Brunet. Part of the studying of the ridership has been the online satisfaction poll which is open at lincoln.ca until Friday, Aug. 17. As part of ongoing tinkering with the program stops have have been added and Saturday service was implemented
at the start of July. “These were planned but as a reflection of feedback collected from residents in the first four months of the pilot,” said Brunet. To date, ridership seems to have reflected the responsive nature of the transit system’s development. “So far I believe it has surpassed what we expected. Each week we are seeing steady ridership and growth as people get more used to it. We are hearing that See TRANSIT, Page 2