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BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff The Autopark Atom A/E Panthers are in a fierce battle to become the top team in their division across the province. The team started a final championship series with the Huntsville Otters earlier this month, playing the first two games in Huntsville followed by two more this past weekend in Pelham.
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The team played to an overtime tie in game one then lost game two. In Pelham, the Panthers defeated the Otters on Saturday, March 23 – bringing the series even. On Sunday, despite being up in the first period and playing some fantastic hockey, the Panthers lost game four. The team now heads back to Hunstville on March 30 then returns to Pelham for game six, if necessary, on March 31. “We have to win on Saturday,”
said head coach Coby Hawkins after Sunday’s game, explaining even a tie game would give the Otters the six points they need to win the series. Tie games earn each team one point while a win is worth two. In the best of five series, the first team to earn six points wins the series. Hawkins said despite being down by two points after the weekend, the Panthers have See OMHA/page 11
If the weather cooperates Pelham residents may be seeing some colour in the skies over our southern boundaries on Easter weekend. The colour – the parachutes of Niagara Skydive Centre staff who are planning an inaugural jump over the Easter weekend from their new home at the Niagara Central Airport. Niagara Skydive Centre opened in 2002 at the Dunnville airport, when owner Tim Grech took a bonus from his corporate job to open his own skydiving business. Now, owners of the Dunnville airport are using their land to build windmills, more lucrative than airports, and Niagara Skydive Centre needed to find a new home. Grech explains he approached the local airport 11 years ago, but
was told there was no space for his business. Eleven years later the airport, undergoing some recent changes, does not only have the space for Grech, the board has been very welcoming of his business, he says. It’s been a pleasure, he says, working with the airport commission who provided a quick turnaround on the contract to get Niagara Skydive Centre here as quickly as possible. Grech says his notice in Dunnville was very short, so he appreciates the work of David Devine and the airport commission to accommodate him. Niagara Skydive Centre brings about 10,000 visitors to the area each year, says Grech, noting people going skydiving don’t normally go alone, so there are about two or three other people in the group. See MAYOR/page 3
Tea, anyone?
In 2012 the Town of Pelham held an afternoon tea to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee. The event was so well received the town is considering hosting another tea in 2013. To build on the success of the Queen’s Jubilee tea from 2012 the town is calling for all members of the organizing committee interested in helping plan a Heritage Tea in 2013 to step forward. Anyone interested in helping with a 2013 tea can contact Jessica Ruddell at 905-892-2607 ext. 341 or jruddell@pelham.ca
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