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Up Front Man in red at Auxiliary breaky
This Saturday, Dec. 9, from 8 a.m.-Noon, Grimsby Memorial Auxiliary will host is annual breakfast with Santa at Peach King Centre. Tickets are $5pp, $20 for families of five. There will be a craft and gift wrapping area as well as a special spot where kids can shop at kidfriendly prices for presents to give out.
Show time! Santa rolled down Main Street Grimsby Saturday evening to the delight of young and old alike. Thousands lined the streets to get a glimpse of the man in red. See Pages 8-9 for more photos. Williscraft - Photo
Mountainview hosts concert
Organist Andre Knevel and soprano Suzanne Schaafsma will perform Saturday evening, Dec. 9, at Mountainview Church’s annual Christmas concert. Tickets are $15pp. Proceeds to West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation.
GSS concert set for Dec. 14 Grimsby Secondary School will host its annual concert Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7pm. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for children and seniors and can be purchased at the door. Movie themes from Hans Zimmer’s musical scores to classics from Hairspray to jazz standards like The Way You Look Tonight will be part of the show.
Close, but Grimsby’s CoGen lives on By Mike Williscraft NewsNow It took a tiebreaking vote to give Grimsby’s troubled CoGen unit another life, but this reprieve may be its last. Grimsby council voted Monday to accept a staff report by public works director Bob LeRoux to spend up to $7,000 to repair one of the two generators located in an outbuilding at town hall. The dual units, which were not used for five years after they were first installed, have met with ongoing and expensive repairs. Last year, any repair costs were capped and Monday council opted to get this latest round of repairs done so one
unit would be functional during JanuaryFebruary, the only two month of the year they are used. Council considered lifting the item given Mayor Bob Bentley, public works chair Ald. Steve Berry and Ald. John Dunstall were all absent from Monday’s meeting. “This is a big ticket item. I think everyone should be here voting on it,” said Ald. Dave Kadwell. While Ald. Dave Wilson agreed, Ald. Nick DiFlavio, Michelle Seaborn and Joanne Johnston did not, so the matter proceeded. While council voted to proceed with
the needed repair, it was clearly stated, the end of the line is near for the CoGen unit. “This is kind of the last straw,” said DiFlavio. “If there are additional costs, we shut it down...There is an end...After that, no more.” Kadwell wanted the spending stopped immediately. “To me, it is just a money pit,” said Kadwell. LeRoux suggested, down the road, when hydro rates would give a beneficial cost/benefit analysis, council could consider firing it up again.