> Community rallies to help during fire at Slessor apartments / Pg. 6 > West Lincoln candidates square off Pgs. 12-14> Lincoln hopefuls speak up Pgs. 20-22 > Grimsby candidates debate Pgs. 16, 18, 19 Thursday, October 23, 2014 Vol. 3 Issue 25
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Pillar of Lincoln, Fleming, dead at 91 A celebration of the life of Art Fleming will take place on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 4360 Jackson St. on the Fleming family property at 2 p.m. Fleming died Oct. 12 in his 91st year. “Art will be missed, always a quiet, gentle soul, he and Val were generous with their time and always stepped up whenever the community asked,” said MP Dean Allison. Fleming was born in Louth Township, Lincoln, Ontario to Aubrey DeWitt Fleming and Elma Margaret (Merritt) Fleming Nov. 24, 1923. He lived his entire life on the land that had been in his family since 1843. He finished high school at Beamsville District Secondary School and worked with his widowed mother to build their chick hatching business. In 1948, Art met the love of his life, Val Shillington.
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Aaaand they’re off! Cadet Corps kids from about a dozen Christian Reformed churches from across Niagara met up at Vineland Free Reformed Church on Saturday for the group’s annual Soap Box Derby. Here, Wellandport’s Ethan Tuyl, right, launches his challenge against Matthew Tempelman of Fenwick. Williscraft - Photo
Commuters, students affected
Coach Canada to end Niagara bus service
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Pending service cuts by Coach Canada is not sitting well with Niagara West customers, nor local officials. Coach Canada announced last week it would cease service connecting Hamilton through See ART, Page 3 Niagara with a reduction from
five trips to Niagara Falls down to four, and eliminating the run entirely at some point in 2015. John Crowley of Coach Canada said the expansion of GO Transit, which receives major government subsidies, has pushed the company in this direction. GO has experimented with expanding its service into Niagara
for years and has a bus connection at Casablanca Boulevard/ QEW. Plans are in the works to expand GO’s service with both bus and rail in the coming years, but no specific timetable has been established. The reduction of service and the change in connection from See BUS, Page 2