>Town of Lincoln, Shire ready to start OMB hearing on Tuesday, Pg. 3 >CCWN closes thrift shop, Prior Attire Pg. 5 > Nearly 100 attend escarpment crossing PIC Pg. 6 > Smithville resident first-time author Pg. 13 Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 Vol. 4 Issue 34
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Up Front Grimsby Seniors host AGM
The Grimsby Seniors Club Advisory Committee will host it Annual General Meeting today, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. All members are urged to attend the Livingston Activity Centre, 18 Livingston Ave. Refreshments courtesy Lincoln Park Retirement Residence.
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Fundraiser at St. Andrews
Scrumptious soup supper & silent auction will be hosted by Starfish Nicaragua at St. Andrews Church Hall this Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Delectable handmade soups paired with artisan bread followed by desserts square will be served. A great silent auction will be part of the event, with two airline tickets for anywhere in North America as part of the intrigue. Tickets $35. Call Dorothy 905-9453556 for details.
Grimsby library activities set
From 2-4 p.m. this Sunday, Grimsby Library will host Family Literacy Day events, all free. Lots of activities like face painting, yoga, crafts, fake tattoos and more.
Barry and Linda Coutts have invested much of their time and money to preserve the oldest continual residence of which they know. The home, at 126 Main St. W. has been their home since 1971. Williscraft Photo
Nelles House will live on
Million-dollar-plus property sold for $2, becomes non-profit organization By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Immediately “smitten” by Nelles Manor when surveying the area as a possible move to a new home in 1970, Barry and Linda Coutts had no idea what their future would hold. They initially came to check out the home after seeing a real estate ad in the Globe & Mail. The rest, as they say, is history. Lots of history. After taking the 1788 home, which had as many as eight apartments
at one time, all the way back to its original design, the Coutts have spent their 45 years there manicuring every possible detail. The reason? “The house needs to go on,” said Linda of the 7,000 sq ft building constructed by Col. Robert Nelles over a 10-year period. “There were a lot of other people who came to this area and did really well, but their story has not been maintained and their ancestors did not keep track of all the documen-
tation to help tell their story. The Nelles family did.” And what a story. When the Barry and Linda took the key from Marjorie Rutherford, who had married Robert Nelles great great grandson Nelles Rutherford, they were the first – and only as it turns out - owner of the property outside of the Nelles family. “It has taken two long years, but we have formed a charitable, non-
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