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Up Front It’s Hat Trick Hockey time!!
We are locked and loaded for another season of the longest running contest in Niagara West - Hat Trick Hockey. A trip to a 2018-2019 playoff game is up for grabs, courtesy of Grand Prize sponsor Grimsby Ford. As well, second and third place prizes are supplied by Giant Tiger Grimsby and weekly random prizes are offered by McDonald’s Grimsby, Teddy’s, Cole’s Florist & Tim Hortons Grimsby. Hockey fans take note: the Early Bird prize is one any fan will want – four tickets to pre-season Stanley Cup favourite Toronto Maple Leafs vs last year’s western conference finalist Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, Oct 27. Check the full page ad on Page 5 for details.
Star of the show
Main Street Grimsby was one of the many places full of hustle and bustle during Saturday’s Doors Open event. Several facilities and businesses held open house style events, while Main Street was filled with classic cars, including Alfred
Acres’ (in beige trenchcoat on right) 1913 Cadillac, which drew a lot of attention. Included were many who wanted mementos, such as J.W. Vraets of Grimsby, left, who snapped a few photos. Williscraft - Photo
Packed house for first all-candidates
Lincoln Rerooted More than 100 sign in, question full slate of candidates persuing Ward 3 seats Mike Williscraft tations to the meetings, but meeting they appreciated in an email to organizer Phil goes Saturday By NewsNow both current aldermen John how the meeting was run, Besseling.
Downtown Beamsville will be filled with activities Saturday, Sept. 29, for Lincoln Rerooted. A Doors Open event will be held simultaneously across Lincoln as well. Beamsville magician Nick Wallace will emcee the downtown proceedings. For details, see Pages 6-7.
The all-candidates meeting series hosted by A Better Grimsby got off to a packed-house start last Thursday with a full slate of Ward 3 candidates in attendance. Initially all current Grimsby council candidates – except Ward 2 candidate Dave Kadwell – and Reg. Coun. Tony Quirk all declined invi-
Dunstall and Joanne Johnston agreed to take part in the Ward 3 discussion along with challengers Ryan Day, Sonja Nelles and Randy Vaine. The result was the bestrun all-candidates meeting the community has seen in decades. While Johnston and Dunstall both said after the
Ald. Nick DiFlavio, who is running in Ward 4 and initially declined to attend his debate set for this past Tuesday, also changed his mind. “I attended the Ward 3 debate tonight and I wanted to commend you and your team for the entire night. It was as close to perfect as it could be,” wrote DiFlavio
“It was fair, well-moderated, and absolutely necessary.” In declining his initial invitation, DiFlavio noted he failed to point out a conflict with a Planning Committee meeting which also included a Public Meeting. It was too late to reschedule once organizers found out See ISSUES, Page 2