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Lynnwood Arts Centre to receive letter of default LUKE EDWARDS Grant Haven Media
In an effort to break a logjam over what to do with the Lynnwood Arts Centre and its namesake building, councillors opted to follow the contract Norfolk County and the arts group previously agreed to. With the topic back on the council agenda at the April 14 committee meeting, councillors toyed with the idea of deferring the report to give a chance for further discussions. They also considered simply making a decision on one of two proposals previously put forward. Those two proposals included selling the Lynnwood building to the arts centre for $1, allowing them to pursue fundraising to pay for needed renovations on the national historic site on their own terms. The second would be to move the arts group to the Eva Brook Donly building and set up shop alongside the Norfolk County Archives. But in the end, they supported Coun. Chris Van Paassen’s idea to simply follow the terms of a contract signed a couple years ago, which will see them send a notification of default to the arts centre, giving them 30 days to respond. Following steps could see the County sell the building, where the arts centre would have first right of refusal with an option to purchase the property for $288,000. “We have a black and white agreement and now we want to paint it gray again,” said Van Paassen, referring to the 2024 agreement. CONTINUED
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The Simcoe Lions Club Chorus sang ‘In the End,’ a tribute to former Lion Rick Van Damme who made the request to close the first half of Saturday’s Simcoe Night Live Variety Show at Simcoe Composite School.
Lions’ Simcoe Night Live delivers CHRIS ABBOTT
Editor
Music, laughter and a sense of community. It’s what makes the Simcoe Lions Club’s Cabaret Night and Variety Show one of the longest running
shows in town. Friday night’s 72nd annual Cabaret at Simcoe Composite School, which included a catered meal, sold out. “We could have squeezed more tables in at the back, but it would have been difficult for them to see us,” said Terry Sheppard, Simcoe Lions
Show promotion chair and a singer in the 40-member Lion chorus. “It was a comfortable amount that we had. “It was a good crowd Saturday, the crowd was really into it,” added Sheppard, noting the Lions were also pleased with the Variety Show audi-
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