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PELHAM’S INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT NEWS NEWS SOURCE SOURCE FROM FROM THE THE HEART HEART OF OF NIAGARA NIAGARA PELHAM’S Wednesday August 31, 2016 Wednesday June 29, 2016
No designation for Timmsdale House
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BY VOICE STAFF At their August 22 meeting, Town Councillors voted not to designate Pelham’s iconic Timmsdale House as a heritage building. Council reached their decision based on a staff report citing the designation as infeasible due to the building’s current condition and high cost of restoration. “In balancing the various interests and having an understanding of the state of the building and having toured the building and property, Planning staff recommend that Council not give notice of intention to designate.” Instead, the report recommends that Council “direct staff to work with the prospective purchaser in ensuring that features of merit are removed and repurposed in the redevelopment of the site.”
The Timmsdale House, 202 Highway 20, Fonthill. VOICE PHOTO
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Fenwick firefighter bids farewell$5 million dollar outdoor theatre Captain Otto Heinrich retires today BY ZACH JUNKIN
addition to East Fonthill project
Whenever anyone Town staff report calls theatre “critical to the cultural heritage” needs anything, it’s BY VOICE STAFF infrastructure across the country always Otto. Even through the CCSF. According to At their last regular meeting, the government of Canada webthe other services Pelham Councillors approved an site, the fund aims to support “the application for funding from the improvement of physical condiask after Canada him... Cultural Spaces Fund that tions for artistic creativity and would help pay for the proposed innovation. The fund supports
ning and implementing this year’s Jr. Firefighter Summer Camp, which was reIt is the end of an era for garded as a major success. Fenwick Volunteer FireCapt. Heinrich’s colfighter Captain Otto Hein- leagues say that his dedicarich, who will be hanging tion is unmatched. up his fireman’s hat for “We often joke with him, good today. His colleagues telling him we’re trying to say that he will be greatly find his cot because he’s althe improvement, renovation and East Fonthill Theatre Space. missed. ways the first one here, the The Pelham Pool at Marlene Stewart Streit Park. VOICE PHOTO construction of arts and heritage Staff estimate the project will “There are good officers first one to the calls,” said cost $5,150,000, and will include facilities, as well as the acquisition and there are great offi- Mark Bay. “It’s always Otto. two acres of interlocking brick of specialized equipment.” cers,” said fellow firefight- Whenever anyone needs He competed internationally with the team infoundation, Florida, To be eligible for funding, apthe construction of er Marcel Mooren. “He’s a anything, it’s always Otto. Minnesota, and an outdoor stage, a water feature plicants must demonstrate that great officer. When you’ve Even the Canada other services ask Kentucky, BY VOICE STAFF “to celebrate Canada’s 150th Alberta to name a few. that would become an outdoor ice their organization has been active got a supervisor like Otto after himanniversary on calls.” of Confederation in only He also of judged internationsurface in the winter, removable in the execution of their artistic or there always seems to be an In 1997, along with a few 2017,” states the government CanOn June 20, Council approved the ally for TERC. isOtto created seating,a storage, and streetscap- heritage mandate for at least two atmosphere at other Capt. ada’s website. “FedDev Ontario completion ofofcalm. an Even application for firefighters, fewin innovations the auto years and that their programming the worstfrom accidents, you just150 Heinrich created The the Pelprogram southern foring. funding the “Canada Com- delivering extricationof team to use “Theatoutdoor theatre is criti- is accessible to all Canadians. Apknow that you have theFund” best inham Auto a ExOntario with total allocation up munity Infrastructure orderFirefighter competition, calCatchto the cultural heritage of the plicants must also be able to properson making the trication to Team enhance $88.8tomillion over two years.” a Glass to rehabilitate the calls.” Marlene Stewart er and Stabilization Blocks. Community,” states the staff re- vide financial reports. Capt.Park Heinrich and thereby im- must projects be open to Streit Pool. first vol- their skills Eligible He received an Innovation outdoor theatre project was port submitted toNOT Council. “It is IT’S DAYTONA A The radar and speed display screen unteered in January of 1983. prove the services to Pelham the public and use the funds to repair, Staff recommended the action to Award commufor his stabilization originally for design an asset thathas will showcase been erected and on Hurricane Roadslated near Station Street and in Since then he the has Federal held allEconomcitizens and travelers to the existing renovate, or expand Council after blocks in Calgary at an In-manyFonthill. construction five to ten years from present forms of heritage, On social media last week, nearby residents were Captain positions at Station Town. The knowledge the nity infrastructure assets. They must ic Development Agency for Southern ternational Challenge inotherlauding now, however, potential for arts and culturalthe activities.” device’s presence, noting thatthe Hurricane Road #2, mostlaunched recently as Fire for team provideata competiminimum of 50% of their Ontario thethe funding in-received 2011. Over the next two years, the has developed a speeding problem as drivers try to avoid Prevention Officer. He and tion was brought back to frastructure on May 21. federal government Highwaywill 20. be inVOICE PHOTO former FPO is Saskia theredepartment and shared The fund beingHolditch delivered by See FEDERAL FUNDING Page 2 See POOL PageSee 14 OTTO Page 3 vesting $168.2 million in cultural were responsible for planwith among the firefighters. gional development agencies across
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