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Enjoy a Valentine’s Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 14 at St. John’s Presbyterian Church. There will be entertainment, a cash wine bar – and “the men are in charge of making the evening special.” Advance tickets only, $20 per person; social at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Deadline for tickets is Feb. 11. Call the church office at 905-945-5352 or 905-945-5837. The church is located at 10 Mountain St., Grimsby.
The Grimsby Old Stars have earned bragging rights after winning the Canadian Pond Hockey Championship (Senior Masters division aka Grey Beards Division) at Deerhurst Resort in Muskoka last weekend. Standing (L to R) Pete Logan, John Powell, Mark Middleton, Peter Trzecak. Front (L to R) Don Buma, Mark Powell. For story, see Page 3.
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Condo units proposed for former police station By Katherine Grant NewsNow When Art and Gilda Bijl chose their townhouse on Bartlett Avenue in Grimsby about seven years back, they knew their neighbours were primarily older folks like themselves, retired and ready to enjoy their homes and yards in relative peace. The area is filled with senior living residences, says Gilda.
Then in January they received a notice from the Town that the former police station, directly behind their home, could become a three-storey, 20-unit condominium complex. There will be a meeting at Grimsby Town Hall Tuesday, Feb. 10 to hear an application by a developer to have the lot rezoned from low-density institutional to residential.
“The lot is far too small for that many units. The rest of the area has onestorey homes,” said Gilda. “There will be balconies overlooking our back yard and the report we read even suggests the mature trees on the lot ‘could’ rot so should be taken down.” She and her husband have been busy speaking to neighbours and collecting signatures on a petition she plans to
present to town officials. “We live out on our balcony in the summer, now I am imagining the smell from garbage bins, cars pulling in and out of the parking lot all day and the three-storey building blocking the sun.” She is encouraging those who live in the area to attend the meeting which starts at 7 p.m. “No one we have spoken to is in favour of this.”
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This Week • Babysitting Course. The Grimsby Kinette Club of Grimsby is holding its 53rd Semi-Annual Babysitting course with the assistance of the Grimsby Fire Department. 6 week course Thurs. nights from Feb. 5th-Mar. 12th, 7- 8:30 pm. Open to all area students who are at least 11 years of age by the start date. Cost for the course is $25. for info. or to register please call Tracy 905-9459540 or email at tj.normie@gmail.com • Thursday at Ten Watch for Thursday at Ten returning on Feb. 5th with all new and interesting programs (free). 10 am to 11:30 am. Everyone Welcome (adults) • Monthly Vegan Supper Club. Lincoln Pioneer Church. Mon., Feb. 9 at 6:30 pm. ( changed from Feb. 2) Cost $15/ person, $25/2 family members. Full meal, handouts, health talk by a Registered Dietician. To register call Carole 905-957-3667or e-mail caroleminnick@outlook.com • The Grimsby Seniors Centre invites all to the Valentine’s Day Luncheon on Tues., Feb. 10th, @ 12:00 noon. Entertainment by Rob Delgaty. Members: $15.00, NonMembers: $20.00. Door Prizes. Tickets on sale in the Grimsby Senior Center Office 18 Livingston Ave. Grimsby for more info. call 905-309-2075 • South Lincoln High School presents Anxiety, Stress and Resilience Wed., Feb. 11th, 7-8 PM For info. please contact SLHS office - 905 957 3359 Parent Council Chair Trish Beckett - 905 957 3123 (trishbeckett@gmail.com) South Lincoln High School, 260 Canborough Street, Smithville UPCOMING EVENTS • Thursday at Ten Feb. 12th - subject is “Grape Types and Use” speaker from Kacaba Winery. • Cosy Knitted Slipper Workshop at the Erland Lee Museum on Sat., Feb. 14th from 10 am. to noon; cost is $20.00. Pre-register at 905-662-2691 or erlandleehome@fwio.on.ca or bstones@cogeco.ca. The museum is located at 552 Ridge Road, Stoney Creek. Enjoy the historic atmosphere of the 1873 Carriage House while you knit a pair slippers & enjoy the friendly chatter. • Valentine’s Dinner, Sat. Feb. 14 at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 10 Mountain St., Grimsby. $20.00 each, Time: Social at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 6:30 pm. Advance Tickets Only. Deadline for Tickets Feb. 11, 2015. Contact: Office 905-945-5352 or 905-945-5837 for tickets. • Galleria d’Amore GPL Fundraising Dinner at Cibo Osteria (16 Ontario Street) Sun. Feb. 15 from 4-7 pm. Tickets $30 includes a 3 course meal. Contact 905-945-3246 • 2nd Annual Pancake Supper. Feb. 17th from 5 pm to 6:30 pm at St-John Presbyterian Church. 10 Mountain Street, Grimsby $5/pers. Free for under 5 years old. Proceeds to support sending our kids to camp.
• Annual Pancake Supper. Feb. 17th at 5 pm, at StLukes Church. 216 Station Street, Smithville, $6/adult $6 Child 6 to 10. Free for 5 years old & under. Euchre to follow, quilt draw at 7 pm. • Thursday at Ten Feb. 19th - subject is “Capturing the Stars” speaker is Kerry-Ann Leckie Hepburn • Trivia Night at Trinity United Grimsby- Sat. Feb 21st at 7pm. Doors Open at 6:30. $15/pers. Tables of 8 available. Pizza, snacks & prizes incl. Cash for beer, wine & pop. Call to reserve 905-945-2249 or drop by our office at 100 Main Street West. Bring your friends! • Thursday at Ten Feb. 26th subject is “Spirited Insight” speaker is Margarett Sample, Medium • Lincoln Garden Club Meeting. Sat. Feb 28th at 9:30 a.m. at Rittenhouse Hall, Victoria ave, Vineland. Guest speaker Melissa Achal, NEOB lavender farms. • Thursday at Ten March 5th - subject is “Canadian Nurses for Africa” speaker Madeline Desrosiers • World Day of Prayer, Grimsby, Trinity United Church, 100 Main St. W. Mar. 6, 2015. 1:00 pm. Ecumenical service “Radical Love in Service to Others” written by WDP committee of The Bahamas. Refreshments following. Hosted by seven local churches. Interested in the WDP motto “Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action”? ALL are WELCOME. • March Break activities at the Grimsby Public Library (March 16-20 2015) Spend the week and save. Mini Maker Mornings 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ages 5-8 Avid artist afternoons 1:30 p.m.- 4 p.m. ages 8-12. Single class ($18 members & 22 non-members) and full week ($80 members & $96 non-members) available. 905-9453246. • Thursday at Ten Spring bus trip Thurs. March 19. StJacobs Country Playhouse, “The Last Resort” a Madcap Musical Whodunit. For tickets call : Annelien (905) 9458368 Everyone Welcome.
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Get your beads out, it’s Mardi Gras time at Bowl for Kids’ Sake There are children out there who are counting on you. It is time once again to put a team in for the Tim Hortons Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln. This is the organization’s largest fundraiser each year and supporting this event can make a world of difference to a child waiting for a mentor. “Our goal this year is to have 50 teams,” said Lisa Pare, executive director, Big Brothers, Big Sisters Grimsby, Lincoln and
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Only blue skies ahead for Beamsville nursery Blue Sky Nursery has been growing – in more ways than one – for more than 35 years. “My late husband, Don, and I started by putting our life savings into 3,000 blueberry cuttings back in 1979. In October 1980, he quit his job and went into this full time. I had a part-time teaching job, so we had a little money,” said Klamer. “Don would find a phone book , rip out the yellow pages, and knock on every door to make sales.” Blue Sky has been nominated for the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Outstand-
ing Business Achievement Award in the Medium 11-30 Employee category. Six nominees in three categories will be chosen at the Chamber’s annual gala set for Wednesday, March 25 at Inn On The Twenty Restaurant’s Windows Banquet Room. Key to Blue Sky’s evolution was expanding the product line into rhododendrons – which were not commonly grown in Ontario at all at that point – and azaleas. Things were going great, then tragedy struck. “Don got sick with cancer in 1998 and
passed away in 2000. That left me to run things,” said Klamer, noting the business had grown from a 21.5-acre site in 1985 to what is now a 72acre property. For not only operating a successful business for decades, but also her lengthy and consistent support of everything from West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation to Rotary Club of Lincoln, Klamer was presented with the Chamber’s Community Partner Award in 2012. “That was one of the real highlights of my life. I was on that high for days. It was a real surprise and was
Alice Klamer and her late husband, Don, opened Blue Sky Nursery in 1979. Williscraft - Photo greatly appreciated,” “There is so much grown, Klamer is clear recalled Klamer. more paperwork. If on what makes the Aside from having it was like this back whole place work. to develop her green in 1979, we prob“I have a great team thumb, Klamer said ably would not have here. You can’t grow much has changed started up.” a business without since Blue Sky first While the business having great staff. My opened its doors as a has grown in acreage, staff are my greatest wholesale operation. sales and varieties asset,” Klamer said.
Foodland a cornerstone of Vineland core John Miller has a simple theory when it comes to business: you are only as good as the staff you have. He thinks he has a very good business. And Lincoln Chamber of Commerce agrees as Miller’s Vineland Foodland has been nominated for the organizations Outstanding Business Achievement Award in the Medium 11-30 Employee category. Six nominees in three categories will chosen at the Chamber’s annual gala set for Wednesday, March 25 at Inn On The Twenty Restaurant’s Windows Banquet Room. Miller is a bit of a reluctant nominee in that he noted he was approached about being nominated in the past but declined. It was never that he did not appreciate the gesture, rather,
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Miller bought the business in 2002 as an IGA store. In 2006 the title changed. It was also a SuperSaver at one time. “We do whatever we can for the community. They deserve it,” said Miller. “Our staff all believe that and, let’s face it, any business is only as good as its staff and I have a great staff. Customer service is what it is all about.” And many of his customers are seniors from the community. Miller said their need for transportation has been recognized for some time as he provides a bus connecting them to the bank and other stores, if desired. “We really appreciate the nomination from the Chamber. We always try to do the best we can and to be recognized for that is very nice,” said Miller.
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Fontini abandoned after salvage options fall apart By Skip Gillham For NewsNow The Greek flag bulk carrier Fotini D.E. first came through the Seaway in 1976. The ship had been built at Hakodate, Japan, in 1970 and sailed as Dona Hortencia until 1973. The 155-metre long vessel made history at the Lake Huron port of Goderich in April 1980 when it became the first ocean-going vessel in the Seaway era to load grain there. It had come inland with a cargo of sugar for Toronto before
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WLMH parking needs attention Judging by some of the comments regarding last week’s story on parking issues in the area of West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, one thing needs to be clarified. The Town does not get to decide what people or corporations do with their respective properties. Yes, Towns have input, but there are planning guidelines set by the provincial government and “policed” by the Ontario Municipal Board. Many comments were received noting the Town should not have allowed Scotia Bank to build in Grimsby Mews Plaza. There was no say there, people. If a landlord can make it fit OMB parameters it is game over. The parking issue is one that needs to be addressed, but right now there are several players all looking at each other waiting for something to give. M.W.
49 cats get national play, really? Sometimes one just has to step back and wonder what today’s society is thinking. Now that is a broad-scale opener I realize, but the question is pretty large as well. Considering I am someone in today’s media and have been a card carrying member nearly all my working career, the manner in which media conducts itself is just plain embarrassing sometimes. Community newspapers, ones which actually try anyways, are sheltered a bit from some of the truly asinine slants and the manner in which some stories are played. Katherine Grant popped over to my desk Wednesday morning to ask if I had seen the Toronto Sun coverage of the 49 cats being taken from a Beamsville home, which I had not. Slow news day, I guess. It would also seem the Maple Leafs losing streak, which hit 10 games, has now become background noise and there was nothing else going on, so they played the 49 cats in a significant manner. Granted, the story is over the top, but there could have been a murder on King Street and it may have made the police blotter of provincial dailies. Google 49 cats and see what comes up. It is not just The Sun, either. The daily media can make some very strange choices. There was a ridiculous hatchet job of Post Media by a Torstar columnist a couple of weeks ago. It went on and on about deep cuts the company made all in the name
MIKE WILLISCRAFT of profits., etc, etc. Now if that is not the pot calling the kettle black. You really have to read it. There was lots of solid info there, dealing with U.S. ownership and such, when one looks at how much the face of Torstar has changed in the last five years (and virtually all dailies, really) Post Media has not done anything others have not. In fact, it could easily be argued that Quebecor was by far the most harshly operated organization. Few would argue with that point. The reason for all these ramblings is clear. It is just bizarre to me what the media choose to play and choose to ignore. With the cats, make one thing clear, these were not abandoned animals. Sure, there was about 48 too many, but humane society executive director Kevin Strooband said they were all well fed with a few having some health issues. One would have to think if you got any 49 cats in one room (not like that happens every day) a few would have issues, yes? That is definitely true of people.
How and why things get played the way they do is very interesting. As I note, there could have been a serious crime - and you can imagine what I mean by serious - and it would not have received half the play our local cat collector. I just don’t get that. We have a lot of great things going here in the wild west of Niagara and have for some time. Wouldn’t it be nice to see some of the exploits world scale business growth of John Hall’s Forty Creek Whisky, Handling Specialty’s world class engineering or John Howard’s creation of a second top-flight winery operation in Megalomaniac in Vineland. Community wise, there is no bigger ongoing great story than the Grimsby Benevolent Fund. From simple means and simple goal to a large scale operation with a food bank, retail store complete with a furniture line. That does not happen every day. We are spoiled with those kinds of organizations under our collective noses. We see them every day and they become part of the furniture. We do our best to give these folks every bit of exposure they deserve, it would be nice to see other media outlets recognize these special qualities as well. But, the main difference between us and other media, we still do what we think is right. Most others do what sells, regardless of what does to quality. That is too bad for all involved and skews what news communication should be.
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West Lincoln, Pelham traffic enforcement results in 27 charges Rural communities have historically seen a number of serious injury and fatal motor vehicle collisions. On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 29, members of the Niagara Regional Police Service Special Enforcement Unit conducted speed enforcement Pelham and West Lincoln. The goal was to educate and slow down the travelling public. Between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. a total of 27 Provincial offence notices were issued. Of those charged, five drivers were travelling in excess of 30km/hr over the speed limit and two drivers were charged at 45 km/hr over the speed limit. Two other drivers were charged with suspended driving and driving without insurance respectively. One driver travelling 125 km/hr in the 80km/ hr zone passed an unmarked police car.
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