>A salute to a great year for Grimsby Minor Hockey, Pgs 11-18 >Spring concert caps Blessed Trinity year Pg. 8 > Festival of Art makes return Pg. 21 > Lt. Gov. Dowdeswell makes Grimsby rounds Pg. 27 Thursday, June 9, 2016 Vol. 5 Issue 5
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Up Front Students, need a job?
Students looking for a summer job can email NewsNow for a helping hand. NewsNow is sponsoring a June 22 job fair along with Town of Lincoln, Employment Help Centre and Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, but students looking for work can get a free Job Wanted ad by contacting the paper at: info@wn3.ca The complimentary service runs for three weeks. See ad Page 21.
Lincoln history showcased
Pat Wotherspoon, left, explains to Debbie Culp, centre, and Tina Grant some of Jordan Station United Church’s history, including about the $400 stained glass windows delivered and installed for that price in the 1859 church. The ladies were on the Lincoln Heritage House Tour on Saturday. For full details on the tour, see Page 3. Williscraft - Photo
Nominate your garden fave
Nominations are open for Grimsby’s most remarkable gardens. Grimsby Garden Club invites nominations for the 2016 Trillium recognition program. Anyone can go to: grimsbygardenclub.ca and download a nomination form, or pick on up at the Peach King Centre’s reception desk.
Literacy Fair at library Fri.
Grimsby Public Library will host a free literacy fair, sponsored by Phelps Homes, tomorrow - Friday, June 10 from 2-4 p.m. Play together, build literacy skills into your family life and learn about summer reading for kids aged 2 and up.
Grimsby Fire dusting off shovels By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Grimsby Fire Department and other town officials will are getting ready to break ground on the planned Station #2 project. At Monday’s town council meeting it awarded the contract for the project, which include a new station as well
as a firefighter training centre, to Bromac Construction and its $4.6 million bid. The project has been up for discussion as part of the Master Fire Plan completed in 2009. In 2012, the Plan was validated through a needs assessments and a more formal design for the new Station
#2 - located on Mountain Road near Elm Tree on the former Calder School property - started to take shape. “Progressing through various phases of conceptual, preliminary and final design phases over the past few years, last night Council approved the construction of GFD Station #2/Fire Training
Facility,” said Fire Chief Mike Cain. “The facility will serve as a rural operations centre of GFD; as a Training Centre, and; as the Primary Emergency Operations Centre for the Grimsby Emergency Management Program.” The new station will provide See STATION, Page 2