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Up Front Science to take over museum Grimsby Museum will be the place to be for kids six years old and up on Aug. 7 for “Extreme Experiments” Science Day. It will run from 1:30-4 pm. and includes experimenting with energy, light, & sound. Children will have a chance to see reactions and do their own experiments. The price for the event is $18 for museum members and $22 for non-members. Pre-registration is required by next Thursday, July 31.
Legion Branch 393 to host BBQ Sunday Don’t want to cook? The good folks at Smithville Legion Branch 393 can help. The crew will host a BBQ this Sunday, July 27, from noon-3 pm. Live entertainment will be provided by Shane. Take out is also available.
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Wing and a prayer
That was how Lincoln Rotary looked at the weather for last weekend’s annual Wing Ding at Charles Daley Park. When the weather was good, so was the turnout. Jordan Station’s Len Hutton cycled out to the park to try Neighbourhood Pizza’s wings, served by Bailey Peterson. See Page 10 for more details. Williscraft Photo
By Katherine Grant For NewsNow It is not exactly a familiar sight in the Town of Grimsby: security guards now flank the parking lot entrances of the Grimsby Mews Plaza on Main Street East. The guards have been monitoring the parking lot – used by Shoppers Drug Mart, Dollarama and medical offices – for a few weeks now, beginning at about the same time as construction began at the east end of the lot on what will be a new Scotiabank. Anyone who is not a customer at the plaza is being told by security they must move their car. “People used to park in the area down at that end of the lot and walk over to the hospital,” said Dwight Bingle, one of the security guards hired to monitor the lot. “Now they are parking here to avoid paying the $5 to park at the hospital. It got so bad, the pharmacist came in to work one day and couldn’t find a place to park.” West Lincoln Memorial Hospital spokesperson Heather Pullen said the owner of the plaza notified the hospital three weeks ago that a former
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New arena, splashpad, skatepark for West Lincoln West Lincoln Township Council has voted to build a new multi-purpose community centre at the fairgrounds property in Smithville on West Street. “I’m elated that council made the decision to move forward,” said Mayor Doug Joyner. The mayor noted that the subject of what to do with the aging arena has been considered at many meetings since 2010. “We have discussed whether or not to renovate, retrofit or build a new arena. Now the decision has been made to not throw good money after bad.”
The option selected by council follows the recommendation contained in the 2013 Fairgrounds Master Plan and Arena Feasibility Study, which was to replace the existing facility with a completely new multi-purpose community centre, including an NHL regulation single pad, walking track, community hall, splash pad and skateboard park. The new facility project will be undertaken as a “design build” project, with a projected cost of $11 million. Joyner said he anticipates the shovel going in the ground in 2015 with an tentative opening set for Septem-
ber 2016. Staff will be exploring all potential funding sources including grants, partnering, infrastructure funding, donations, and fundraising. It is anticipated that approval of the final project, including scope and cost, will be put before the new council after this October’s election. The mayor said council will be looking to the community to fundraise to help off-set costs just as was done to build the present arena back in 1972. The next step will be to hire a project management consultant to oversee the project.