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All hands on deck More than 180 hikers went through warm-ups in Coronation Park in Grimsby for Sunday’s Hike for Hospice in support of McNally House. The event reached its $90,000 goal. For full details, please turn to Page 27. Williscraft Photo
Up Front ‘Tis the season for gardening
Grimsby and Lincoln garden clubs will both host their annual plant sales this Saturday. Lincoln’s sale is hosted on the South Service Road, just east of Victoria Ave. running 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Grimsby’s will be at the activity centre, 18 Livingston Ave., running 9 a.m. until sold out. Both sales are very busy. All are encouraged to go early.
WL CAO resigns, off to Region By Mike Williscraft NewsNow West Lincoln CAO Chris Carter resigned last Tuesday. He informed council via email that he would be heading to Niagara Region to take the position of general manager. While the move has been in the works for some time, it comes on the heels of major upheaval in West Lincoln,
which peaked in a heated exchange with Coun. Mike Rehner at an April 18 meeting at which Rehner noted his shock that the process of approving the controversial MURS project had significantly changed. Rehner questioned Carter in detail at meetings earlier in the year to confirm “phasing” in proposed components of the project could be done to create short-
term financial relief and free up tax dollars for other areas of need in the township. That all changed when the RFP came in and Carter told council they had to vote for the RFP as one, complete, $23.2 million entity or risk “starting over”. Rehner went so far as to have the township’s Integrity Commissioner review the situation. The MURS was ap-
proved by a 5-2 vote. The controversy continued Monday night at the township’s Planning Committee, where news of Carter’s resignation was supposed to become public. Niagara Region preempted a West Lincoln announcement by releasing information at noon on Monday, which did not sit well with Rehner. “My wife told me
about it after she saw it on Niagara Region’s website. As a member of council, I have not been formally informed,” said Rehner. “Why would the region put this out? It seems backwards. It is very, very unprofessional. There is something wrong here.” Meeting chair, Coun. Joann Chechalk, called on Mayor Doug Joyner See CAO, Page 3