>It wasn’t just the wings that were hot at Rotary Wing Ding, Pg 13 >Vandersloot brings home gold Pg. 5 > Lincoln Leapers return from World competition Pg. 8 > Stroke survivor helps raise funds P. 10 Thursday, July 28, 2016 Vol. 5 Issue 12
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EYC parents breathe easier, but not out of woods just yet Hudak helps bridge gap keeping Grimsby education centre open
Cool break
Harlowe Garrett of Grimsby takes a break from the heat to get her face painted at Grimsby’s Happening at The Forty Saturday. Shade was an key commodity on Saturday. More photos Page 10.
Getting directly to decision-makers may have staved off a closure of Grimsby’s Early Years Centre. As of last week, centre officials and affected parents were looking ahead to the proposed Aug. 26 closure date with considerable trepidation as no feedback had come from the Ministry of Education as to what may transpire with the facility. The facility had been slated to close due to the winding up of the volunteer board which has managed the service since its inception. Last year the Grimsby location amassed 6,600 child visits. Armed with information from parents and current board members, Hudak connected with Family and Children Services Niagara officials, which oversees the Grimsby site for the MoE, and, ultimately, MoE officials. “The parents who contacted me and shared their concerns with my office as well as with FACS really got the ball rolling,” said Hudak, who visited the centre on July 15 to hear directly from parents and staff on why the centre was slated to close in August. After that meeting, Hudak contacted See NEW, Page 3
Carol Richmond: Community loses dedicated volunteer Gordie Howe may have been Mr. Hockey on a global scale, but Carol Richmond was certainly Mrs. Hockey in Grimsby. Carol, who, along with her husband Bob (aka Coach Bob), ran Grimsby Minor Hockey Association’s Hockey School for 35-plus years died Saturday.
Carol was a teacher for 38 years and more recently had been extremely active with the West Lincoln Memorial Auxiliary., “Like many, our family was shocked to hear this news. Somewhere, Carol’s work and bright smile contin-
ues on. I can see her handing out hockey jerseys to an excited, or nervous, young child, calming an anxious parent and organizing what appeared to be utter chaos with 200-plus hockey families. Carol, you will be sadly missed,” said former GMHA
president Richard Dunda. Visitation will be at Stonehouse-Whitcomb Funeral Home today (Thursday) July 28 from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Peach King Centre tomorrow (Friday, July 29) at 11 a.m.
CAROL RICHMOND