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Time to clean the creek Bring your enthusiasm, a pair of gloves and some water and join the Forty Mile Creek Spring Clean Up this Saturday. Meet at the corner of Ontario and Olive streets Saturday, May 9 at 10 a.m. and help clean away trash that accumulated in the creek bed over the winter. The annual event is organized by the Friends of The Forty Mile Creek. Everyone is encouraged to come lend a hand for an hour or two.

Enjoy a roast beef dinner A Beef Roast & Silent Auction will takeplace Saturday, May 9 at Trinity United Church, 100 Main Street West, Grimsby. There will be two sittings: 1st sitting 5 p.m., 2nd sitting at 6:30 p.m. Adults cost $20; children $5; Under age 5 are free. Dinner includes beef on a bun, salads, homemade pies, coffee and tea (wine and beer available). For more information, please call 905-945-2249.

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Kassie Unrau of Beamsville was queen of the castle at Saturday’s Lincoln Family Day at the Fleming Centre. She was helped by members of the Allstar Athletics Cheer squad (L to R) Emily Forster, Madison Spadaro, Abbey Weatherlee, Jade Cox and Paige Owen. The event was hosted by Donna Thornton of DLC Service First Mortgages and Julie Swayze of Re/Max Escarpment Realty. Williscraft - Photo

Loss of on-street parking a serious worry in Smithville By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The fact things could have been worse than the loss of seven onstreet parking spots in downtown Smithville doesn’t make

the president of West Lincoln Chamber of Commerce feel any better. President Ivan Carruthers, who fought having Niagara Region remove the

spots along Griffin Street, said he was never informed as to when the Region would debate or pass the measure and was not notified See PARK, Page 3

There are milestones, then there are milestones. This week is a signficant one in many respects. It marks NewsNow having its third birthday and marching off into its fourth year of serving West Niagara the best way we know how. It marks 18 years as an independent publisher and 20 years, yes, 20 years since I inflicted myself on the community. That’s a lot of council meetings, boat loads of community events, tons of heart warming features, too many genuine tragedies, unfortunate passings of good people, and a gazillion photos. It has been a challenge at every turn with incredible highs and some crushing lows. And, quite likely, due to a collective oxygen deficiency as children (not really) here we are...ready for more. Most of our team here go back to the cut and paste days of layout and design. Today, it is all about e-news, tweets and websites and mobile formats; unimaginable in the early 90s. NewsNow has been in the mix on those fronts in a tepid manner, but that will change, as all things do. The coming months will be Year of the Interweb for us. We’ve got several e-tricks up our sleeves to further enhance content for those online oriented. We will continue to post our full e-edition for those who enjoy the best of both worlds –traditional newspaper style in an electronic format. Undoubtedly, there will be other items which pop up, as ClubWEST Magazine did in the summer of 2014. We are always looking to innovative in any way possible as we maintain our focus on our ultimate goal. That goal is to serve readers and the local business community through all-local stories on anything we can get our hands on and providing the strongest (and largest by a longshot) distribution possible. Our carriers and drivers are THE best! We appreciate every moment we are allowed to serve the community and look forward to another 20 years. M.W.

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News Now • Thursday, May 7, 2015 • Page 3 PARK From Page 1 it was passed. “I cannot believe that our Council let this pass without some serious consideration for the impact it will have on our downtown. To my knowledge there was very little if any discussion. We fought them on taking away all the parking on West Street and St. Catharine Street and putting in bike lanes,”

said Carruthers, adding he does not oppose bike lanes but is concerned about the viability of businesses. Carruthers agreed with Patio Plus & The Pool Place owner, Susan McKeen who said the loss of spaces will cause hardship. “It will not be easy for them to carry pool chemicals and other items across the street, and that is if they can get a spot as

that lot is often full,” she said. “Council will need to provide more offstreet parking in the immediate future if they want to attract business to our Town,” said Carruthers. Chair of West Lincoln’s Public Works and Recreation Services Committee, Coun. Dave Bylsma, said he was not informed Niagara Region had approved the parking

spot reduction. “I guess they call this progress and our views aren’t worth a comment,” said Bylsma. McKeen was also upset the project will blanket her store front right through the heart of her busiest season. For Carruthers, a big part of his concern is avoiding the core becoming like Beamsvile’s with extensive

truck traffic issues. “Traffic on Hwy. 20 has increased dramatically in the last five years. With that comes the increase in trucks. Communities grow but our planning for roads and other systems fall by the wayside,” he said. Mayor Doug Joyner said Wednesday afternoon he understood 3-5 spots were to be restored. Jim Edwards of the

Guitar Loft was of the same understanding. “I think it’s a step backwards and another blow to the historical centre of Smithville,” said Bylsma, who set up a conference call among township and regional officials to get accurate information together. “Losing Murgatroyd Foodland and now this parking is very concerning.”

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This Week Smithville Church of Christ, 246 Station Street, Smithville, is hosting a Special Series Thursday to Sunday, May 7 to 10; Thursday and Friday, 7 p.m, Saturday, 2 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Guest speaker, Leon Mauldin. For further information, Contact Chad at 905-957-4756. www.SmithvilleChurchofChrist.com Free Gardening Workshop from the Lincoln Public Library (Container gardening, the vegetable edition) Thursday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m at the Fleming Library in Beamsville. Please register online www.lincoln. library.on.ca Christian business group: Beamsville chapter, Canadian Christian Business Federation, monthly breakfast, Thursday, May 7th, 7 a.m., Conversations Cafe and Bistro, 4995 King Street, Beamsville. Discussion on Dependence On God. Reserve your seat at ccbfed@gmail.com The New Fifty Plus Information for Living show May 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Grimsby Citizen Centre. 905-945-2874 newfistyplus@gmail.com Many interesting exhibitors. Silverdale Community BBQ Fri., May 8, 2015 5 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. At the Silverdale Hall. Beef and Veggie Burgers, Hot Dogs, Chicken Breasts with all the trimmings! Drinks for the kids, coffee or tea for the adults are available for your cash donations. Donations will help pay for hall upkeep and future renovations. Pie will be on sale for $1.50 a slice. Many items on the Penny Sale table St. John’s Presbyterian Church Annual Plant sale. Sat. May 9 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for more info, please call 905-945-5352 Annual Spring Sale Sat. May 9, starting at 8:30 a.m. Clothing, housewares, books, toys, small appliances, bake table Also, collecting used electronics and scrap metal. Fifty United Church, 1455 Highway #8 Winona. Treat Mom to a “Mother’s Day Breakfast” on Saturday, May 9 while helping out local resident Rex Ge. All donations from the breakfast will support Rex as as he tries to rebuild his business. Breakfast is being served from 7:30 am to 10:00 am at Covenant Christian School 6470 Regional Road 14 (Townline

Road), Smithville. “Let’s Rally for Rex”. Beef Roast & Silent Auction May 9 at Trinity United Church (100 Main Street West, Grimsby) 1st sitting 5 p.m., 2nd sitting at 6:30 p.m. Adults $20, Child: $5 Under 5 is free. Dinner includes Beef on a bun, salads, homemade pies, coffee and tea (wine and beer available) phone 905-945-2249 Team up to clean-up. May 9th at 10 a.m. Organised by the Friends of the Forty Mile Creek. Bring your enthusiasm, a pair of Gloves, water and join us in the parking lot at the corner of Ontario and Olive streets. Washrooms available. For more info contact Bruce 289-235-9192. Monthly Vegan Supper Club. Lincoln Pioneer Church. Monday, May 11, 6:30 pm. Cost $15/person, $25/2 family members. Full meal, handouts, health talk. To register call Carole 905-957-3667or e-mail caroleminnick@outlook.com The Canadian Federation of University Women – Grimsby Chapter will hold their monthly meeting on Monday May 11, 2015 at Grand Oak Culinary Market, 4600 Victoria Avenue, Vineland, Registration: 6:30 PM, Dinner 7 p.m., cost $35, Guest Speaker: Don Rose, Topic: History of Great Lakes Christian High School, to reserve a seat contact Jan at 905-945-5758 or gmackie@cogeco.ca by May 7, 2015 The Grimsby Wellwood Support Group At Trinity United Church, 100 Main St., W. The support group will run from 7-9 p.m. and is for people with any type of cancer and their family members and caregivers. Meetings every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. For more information contact Lisa: lstoehr@hotmail.com Or Maureen at moczero@gmail.com next meeting is Tuesday May 12th Cancelled event: April Luncheon Wed. May 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at StLuke’s Anglican Church Hall, 216 Station St. Smithville. Hot and cold buffet. UPCOMING EVENTS Rummage Plus Bake Sale, St. Alban’s Church, Ontario St. Beamsville. Saturday May 16 from 8:30 - noon. Lincoln Garden Club Plant Sale. Sat. May 16, 8 am to 2 pm in Vineland. QEW #57

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South Service Rd. & Victoria Ave. Follow signs. Plant sale building is across from Park & Go parking lot. Free gardening advice. New plants introducing Perennials & Annuals. Jacob Beam School Council invites you to a timely and important presentation for All parents. Social Media Safety Guest Speaker Paul Davis (visit socialnetworkingsafety.net/sample-page/) 6:30 p.m. presentation. 4300 William St. 905-563-8209 Rain Barrel Fundraiser May 21st from 4-8 pm, in the parking lot of Lincoln Park Retirement Suites at 265 Main Street East. A portion of the sales will be donated to Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers. Sales and orders can be done online, through the website for Rain Barrel or contacting Paul at Lincoln Park (905) 309-0055 or the RCVV office (905) 309-5071. St. John’s Presbyterian Women Victorian Luncheon & Bake Sale May 22 1st sitting at 11:30 a.m. 2 nd sitting 1 p.m. Price $12, call 905-945-8325, 905-945-3689 or 905-9455352 No tickets at the door. Enjoy a variety of homemade dishes. turkey and ham. salads Victorian desserts, fruit, tea and coffee, bake sale. Merritt’s United Church All you can eat Spring Brunch Buffet Sunday, May 24, 2015 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Adults: $9; Children 6 – 12: $4 and age 5 and under eat free. Merritt’s United Church (North East corner of Church Rd. and South Chippawa Rd West Lincoln) Winona Farmers Market every Tuesday starting May 26th to October 13th at StJohn’s Anglican Church 1825 Hwy 8 at Winona Rd. info 905-643-2180 Buy Local, eat local all kinds of vendors. Grimsby Senior Citizen Club Bus Tour May 27 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Niagara Butterfly conservatory and the bird Kingdom with lunch at the mandarin. $82 for members and 87 for non members. Register early deadline is May 15th for information please call 905-309-2075 Purina Walk for Dog Guides, a project of the friends of Lions Foundation of Canada in Grimsby. May 31st 12 p.m registration/1p.m. for walk at the Grimsby Square Plaza 905945-5441 ext 184 www.purinawalkfordogguides.com

Arbour Day was marked at St. Edward Catholic School in Jordan recently with a tree planting. (L to R) Travis Strong, arbourist Ivan Fredette, Hailey Roberts and Sarah Fox.

A tree grows at St. Edward There is a new tree growing on the grounds of St. Edward School in Jordan that will be nurtured by the present generation for the next generation to enjoy. In honour of Arbour Day, the students in the Early Learning Kindergarten Program at St. Edwards Catholic school in Jordan, with help from Ivan Fredette, certified arbourist and owner of Safe Tree, planted a Cornus Alternifolia (Alternate Leaf Dogwood) tree.

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Fenians, the Last Invasion of Canada, subject of meeting While it is hard to imagine now, local men once did military training in case they needed to go to war to defend their

country on home ground. It was in the days of the War of 1812, and although it isn’t wellknown, even the old Beamsville

Fairgrounds was used for military training. The Fenians, the Last Invasion of Canada, will be the subject of the Friends of Lincoln’s History Spring meeting at Megalomaniac Winery this Sunday, May 9 from 1-4 p.m. Megalomaniac Winery is located at 3930 Cherry Ave., Vineland. Take Cherry Avenue south from old Hwy 8 and just

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Library volunteers (L to R) Nicole and Ryan Holland and Andrea Cline got into the spirit at Grimsby Public Library’s Free Comic Book Day on Saturday.

Nice job, libary folks!

Anyone who thinks libraries are dead and waste of taxpayers money to maintain surely were not at Grimsby Public Library either of the last two weekends. The place was rocking the last two Saturdays with events which could not be more opposite: the venerable Wayzgoose two weeks ago and Free Comic Book Day this past Saturday. Great activities both and showcase the wide range of interests which a vibrant library can manage. They combine the interests of those who may be from the older set, but not limited to, given those who were on hand to check out master print craftsmen. The comic book event, tons of youth, and that was great to see because those “customers” will come back for other things if they perceive the facility as relevant to them. Good job, people. M.W.

Yes, you read right, 20 years... My career odometer will motor passed two decades of community newspaper rollercoaster riding right here in Niagara West this Sunday. Hard to believe it was 20 years ago I was introduced at my new job in the mix of the goofiest HR debacle I have seen as I walked in the back door of the Grimsby Independent in 1995 at the same time the staff were told in the lunch room the person I replaced had been fired the night before. Wednesday, May 10, 1995...a day that will live in infamy, and not for that story, either. Rather, my favourite of all time came later that day. Sandy Baillie will remember it well when a big, scruffy fellow ambled up the stairs of the old office on Adelaide Street (where the art gallery/library is now) walked in the door and shouted, “Is the new editor here?” “I hear there is a new editor here.” There was no need for Sandy to buzz my extension. I would have heard him I were in the basement. I didn’t get one step out of my office door when he shouted, “You the new editor?” “Yes,” I answered. “I just got one question for you then...Are you going to do any editorials about rainy days and kittens?” he asked. “No,” I answered. With that, he scoffed a, “Well alright then!”, wheeled around and headed right back out the

MIKE WILLISCRAFT door. Welcome to Grimsby! Since then I have managed to drive to extinction the three century old newspapers I was originally brought here from Ottawa to manage, started up two newspaper and multiple other publications, and now seek to erode one of the publications which I created. And I got to tell ya, that last bit hurts me every day, no matter the circumstance and I don’t expect it to change, but you do what you have to do in life. And for me, that means doing everything within my power to give the community I happen to serve the best I have. Some days that is quite a bit. Others not so much. But that is the life of an independent publisher. And I would not change one day of it. Running a newspaper is not much different than running any other small business, save for the fact if we screw up our errors are right there in print for all to see. Which reminds me, the cheque from Grimsby Rotary at

Noon from the Mayor’s Gala to Rose Cottage was for $5,000, not $2,000 as I had in the cutline. It’s true. Once in a while, I do make mistakes...right Donna? In this gig, you take the bad, learn from it and move on because is just too much to do, more stories than we could ever get, great stories to tell and a plethora of community groups who need a hand. There is lots of fun stories to do, but the tough ones, dealt with properly, are what sets a good paper apart from the rest. Because there are tough stories out there that need to see the light of day. Big corporations like Niagara Peninsula Energy, which should be wholly embarrassed by their actions, need to have their heavy handed business practices exposed. Twenty #$@!# years! Blink and it’s gone, but it is what’s on the horizon I am most interested in. We’re changing, and our competition is changing (they had to at some point) but my focus is where we are going and that is not rocket science. We live here. We work here. We print here. We spend our money here. I have come to have a great number of friends and acquaintances and I appreciate everyone, just as I appreciated every day I have the opportunity to serve the residents in this area and thank you for supporting me for two decades.

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Beamsville Lions grand prize draw May 30 Boat, trailer will be awarded, tickets still available Phil and Tony DeRosa recently collected their prize of a gas barbecue. The prize was among several being raffled off by the Beamsville Lions Club throughout the year leading up to the grand prize draw of a 2014 Tracker boat with 60 HP Mercury engine and trailer worth over $20,000. There is also a prize of a fishing charter for three on Lake Ontario, donated by Grimsby Tackle. Tickets for both prizes will be drawn at the new Fleming Centre, Serena Drive, Beamsville by Lincoln Mayor Sandra Easton at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, May 30. Tickets will be on sale right up to the draw. Call 289-723-6387.

Presents

“A Hand Along The Way”

A Community Bereavement Support Program A Hand Along the Way is a group self-help Bereavement Support Program design to help you acknowledge and begin to come to terms with your grief. By listening to each other, under the guidance of a volunteer facilitator, you are able to receive encouragement and support. Through connecting with others in grief, participants are better able to cope.

(L to R) Phill and Tony DeRosa collect their gas barbecue from Beamsville Lion Paul Padfield. The prize was donated by Pat and Ron Jaskula of Grimsby Canadian Tire.

If you or someone you know is experiencing grief - we are here to help.

Open House: Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 7:00-9:00 pm Community Living, 191 South Service Road, Grimsby, On Sessions run on Thursday Evenings from May 11 - June 25, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. For more information please contact:

Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers 905-309-5071 Or

Stonehouse-Whitcomb Funeral Home 905-945-2755

Saturday May 9 10 am - 2 pm Welcome Back – Spring Open House 38 Hunter Rd, Grimsby ON.

BQ Free Bons

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Bring the family out to enjoy the woodland. Tours of the Wood Lot led by naturalists and self guided tours. Help protect the woodland from the proposed extension of Livingston Ave.

The Irish Grove Wood Lot is a living museum. It cannot be replaced For more information follow Save the Wood Lot Grimsby on Facebook or Google or email: katina@sympatico.ca

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