>Happening at The Forty rolls into Grimsby this weekend, Pg 7 >Beamsville teen to take on Pinehurst Pg. 3 > Tasty wings, great music at WingDing Pg. 6 > WL starts business-friendly plan Pg 43 Thursday, July 21, 2016 Vol. 5 Issue 11
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No rain, no burn: Chief Cain By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The “no burn” ban has been implemented across Niagara West for nearly three weeks and there is no end in sight. Despite that, fire safety measures have been implemented to allow tonight (Thursday’s) Happening at The Forty fireworks to go off without a hitch. “As of now (Tuesday) it’s a go,” said Grimsby Fire Chief Mike Cain. “We have a fire safety plan in place. The ground in the area will be dampened.” Cain noted there could always be wind concerns night of, just as Town of Lincoln faced when they had to cancel their Canada Day fireworks display at Charles Daley Park. The drought this year has been more sustained than Cain has seen in his career. He noted 2012 saw similar conditions but that did not last as long. “It is not taking much this year. We’ve seen spot fires break out from cigarette butts being flicked from cars,” said Cain. As of last week, the burn ban is Niagara Region wide. “You just have to look up and down your street to see the effect,” said Cain. “We need 3-4 days of sustained rain to be able to lift the ban. This few drops here and there we’ve been getting has no effect at all.” Cain noted the burn ban means no open-air burns whatsoever, including camp grounds. Even barbecues need special consideration. “We had someone dump what they thought was an extinguished charcoal barbecue into a compost and there was still some coals. That results in a small fire,” noted Cain.
Niagara West Glanbrook MPP Tim Hudak took a tour of Grimsby’s Early Years Centre on Grand Avenue in Grimsby. The centre is slated to close Aug. 26 with no date set for a reopening at this point. He accepted a letter of concern from Rachael Cornfield, 7, an EYC alum.
Silence deafening to EYC parents By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Longtime Early Years Centre board member Trisha Backman says the Ministry of Education threw them a curveball when the facility’s volunteer board informed
them they no longer sustain the management workload. “The Ministry of Education took over responsibility for the Early Years program in 2014. Since that time, the workload for the board has increased,” said Backman.
“When we notified them we had to step aside, they said, ‘oh, the transition will be seamless’. Uh, that’s not happening.” Backman said there has been
See EYC, Page 2