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Jane and Jan-Willem Stulp of Grand Oak Culinary Market were packing more than 120 dinners on Saturday. The couple and their six children - like many restaurant operators - have changed their focus to survive COVID-19 in a business sense. See their story and some kid/parent friendly recipes on Page 9. Williscraft- Photo
Grant to help Lincoln re-establish shoreline By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The Town of Lincoln’s effort to implement a shoreline protection strategy got a vital shot in the arm with the approval of a $1.43 million grant under the province’s Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance program. “The Town is grateful for the funding that has been allocated to Lincoln,” said Coun. Dianne Rintjema, chair of the Town’s Community Services & Infrastructure Committee. “Thanks goes out to Minister (Steve) Clark and MPP (Sam) Oosterhoff. Municipalities are challenged with the growing costs of infrastructure, so when a natural disaster oc-
curs this creates additional financial burden on the municipality. Programs such as this help lessen the financial impact and support maintaining our essential infrastructure.” As Clark noted to the Town, there is a lot of work to be done. “(The grant is) primarily for significant emergency response costs related to shoreline remediation including clean-up and hauling flood debris and road restoration,” noted Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “The final amount you receive will be based on actual costs. Included in your eligible costs is funding under the climate resilience pilot initiative our government introduced in 2019
to help municipalities rebuild infrastructure to better withstand future extreme weather events when making repairs after a natural disaster.” For Lincoln CAO Mike Kirkopoulos, the grant will allow the municipality to deliver a serious need. “When a natural disaster occurs such as flooding, the Town’s priority is community safety and ensuring public risk is mitigated,” said Kirkopoulos. “The recovery phase is where the Town focuses their efforts on assessing financial impact. Therefore, this funding from the province is deeply appreciated especially at this time. This allows us to ensure the municipality will return to the state it was before
the storm and damage occurred.” Lincoln’s past infrastructure Chair, Coun. Tony Brunet said the grant is a big boost in restoring the shoreline. “This is a positive step towards reestablishing our waterfront. There is a significant amount of capital work to do. We continue to work with our partners at the federal and provincial governments on a long term strategy and I am hopeful that we will hear more news in the future,” said Brunet. “With this recent application, the Town received the maximum amount based on damage, and that’s a positive sign of our relationship with government and the work staff did to submit this request.”
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Rankin Run’s 15th edition cancelled, will return 2021 The 15th Rankin Cancer Run, which was to be held on Saturday, May 23, has officially been cancelled. The annual event instead will be celebrated next year, on Saturday May 29, 2021. “Our volunteer Rankin Run committee members and Rankin Construction, are sending out an enormous thank you to all of the incredibly kind individuals who have for months now, been registering their teams, themselves, and offering to volunteer for our event this year,” said Mary Ann Edwards, Rankin Run director. “It is all because of our incredible region and far beyond, that $9,817,000 million has been raised and $9,817,000 returned to our own Niagara in our 14 years. You all will continue to absolutely overwhelm us, and we are grateful beyond words.” West Lincoln Memorial Auxiliary is one of the groups which benefited for many years from Rankin Run proceeds, generosity which helped the organization acquire much-needed equipment for the hospital. “The Rankin Run cancellation for 2020 is totally understandable at this difficult time. We, the WLMH Auxiliary, are very grateful for having been a recipient of the run for the past few years which has allowed us to purchase needed equipment for the Hospital. We wish Rankin continued success in future runs,” said Barb Jackson, president of WLM Auxiliary. Edwards said this is now the time in everyone’s lives to focus on continuing to pull together and fight the COVID-19 virus.
The hospital received a special delivery from Tim Hortons this month, handled with care by (L-R) Chris Riedeger, Beamsville Tim Hortons owner; WLMH clinical manager Mike Cass; Larry Thornley, Grimsby Tim Hortons owner; and Lincoln Coun. Greg Reimer.
Local Tim Hortons fills WLMH’s cup Thanks to a timely donation from local Tim Hortons on April 4, West Lincoln Memorial Hospital (WLMH)’s cup overfloweth- with much needed coffee. In the 24/7 healthcare grind, coffee can be a necessity. However, in an effort to limit the amount of people in the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, non-clinical personnel have been
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asked to stay home, including the staff who run the site’s coffee shop. “One of the services we started to miss very early on was coffee,” said Cindy MacDonald, director of community programs, and site administrator at WLMH. When MacDonald got a call from Mike Kirkopoulos, chief administrative officer at the Town of Lincoln, asking how he
could help support the WLMH team, she told him about the need for their caffeinated commodity. Kirkopoulos quickly contacted Chris Riedeger, owner of Beamsville’s Tim Hortons, who pulled together the necessary supplies and workers. Riedeger also reached out to Grimsby Tim Horton’s franchisee Larry Thornley, and
together, they supplied WLMH with coffee for the next three months. MacDonald said this is another example of the community’s generous support of WLMH. “This is a big boost for us providing care 24/7,” said MacDonald. “This community never ceases to amaze me. On behalf of the staff and physicians at WLMH, thank you.”
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the NRP’s, 8 District officers arresting a 25-year-old West Lincoln man. The man has been arrested and charged with the alleged Criminal Code of Canada offences of: • Assault cause bodily harm • Sexual assault The man was held in custody for a video bail hearing on April
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tion has been ongoing by detectives from the Sexual Assault Unit. Detectives determined early on there was no concern for public safety from a stranger suspect as it relates to this matter. Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 905-688-4111, ext. 5100.
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Where’s the EDO plan: writer Dear Editor, As I read your latest article (Issued April 9, 2020) I tried to digest the idea of the town hiring an Economic Development Officer (EDO) with a annual tab of $150K. I quickly asked google for the average EDO salary in Canada; $75,602. Needless to say, I am quite interested to know how this $150K tab has been synthesized and/or justified. I would like to think that decisions of this type are run through the ROI (Return on Investment) filter to ensure that the tax payers dollars are being employed in a meaningful and value-based manner. For clarity purposes, what I mean is, what is the sustain-
LETTERS able economic return that we are to expect from this significant cost. We have all learned from town hall that transparency is a top priority. I would like to see our tax payers benefit from this commitment. I would like to see council publish the Economic Development plan for us all to see and digest. It should contain the break down of salary, benefits, expenses and the like as well as the goals and objectives and timelines of the EDO. I would expect the plan to include an element of research; what has been the economic storyline of the town for the past five years, who
has started a business here, who has been successful and why, who has not and why, how are our long standing businesses doing and why. The plan should have a financial ROI with a clear list of expectations for the new EDO. Perhaps a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of our town as it relates to the probability of success of this new EDO. I believe that Economic Development is important; this is not my point. I just feel that taxpayers need to see something robust when the tab looks to be twice that of the national average. Respectfully, Tom Beach
Councillors may contravene Municipal Act: reader Dear Editor, If Grimsby 5 continue to vote “en bloc”, the blockheads may end up contravening the Municipal Act simultaneously breaking the “moral imperative” to represent their constituents which they cannot do if they sail the sea of politics in one friggin’ frigate: one boat, one vote.
Viewing things from the underside of that aquatic mirror, it may be that the Block Blokes are making it easier to get rid of them: one cannon fired, one direct hit equals one sunk ship. If that ship sinks it takes with it the five, the only loss being the cast of a great mini-muni, tragicomic melodrama:
the Dunce, the Cad, the Rich, the Sharp and the Vain - just imagine... Cad: “Gee Dunce, how come can one guy get to be Rich, Sharp and Vain at the same time?” Dunce: “Just stay the course of petulant self-indulgence and, as any Cad knows, DON’T ABANDON SHIP!” George Krusell, Grimsby
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And the winners are..... The entries started piling in early last Wednesday afternoon and didn’t stop right up until Easter Monday afternoon as young and old alike spent some time filling in NewsNow’s colouring contest. Three were chosen ramdomly - sister act Chloe and Hanna Vyn of West Lincoln; Brock Maretzki, the youngest of eight children from Beamsville and Wyatt Jackson of Grimsby each win a $50 gift certificate at their favourite restaurant in their community. With so much great work, we thought we would have some fun and run as many as possible. Enjoy!
Brock Maretzki - the youngest of eight children - is the Easter Colouring Contest winner from Lincoln. He lives in Beamsville.
(Editor’s Note: It’s hoped we didn’t cause any sibling strife with only one form to complete, but...) Wyatt Jackson is the Easter Colouring Contest winner for Grimsby.
Chloe Vyn and her sister, Hannah, are the Easter Colouring Contest winners from West Lincoln.
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Bonni Titgemeyer of Grimsby (Right) gets honourable mention for her 3-D entry. Bonni coloured (what looks like) five photo copies fully, then layered each carefully to create her effect. Three gold stars, Bonni...and there is a Tim Hortons gift card for your efforts.
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July 18, 1926 – April 4, 2020 of Beamsville peacefully passed in his 94th year at McNally House with his family nearby, after a hardfought battle. Don married the love of his life Molly in 1952 and was a devoted husband for over 67 years. The best ever father to Kathy (Mike), Jim (Rose). Dearly loved grandfather to David (Kelley), Alleda and Megan. Don was born on St Patrick Street in St. Catharines to May and Jack Farrell. Precious little brother to Tom, Melvin and Roy. Don spent 25 years happily teaching sheet metal at Lakeport Secondary School forging a lifetime of friendships with both staff and students. After finding their dream hobby farm in the country, Don developed a passion for horses that lasted for over 50 years. His 90th birthday celebration was spent with his cowboy friends from the Upper Canada Equestrian Association and family on horseback. He continued to care for his beloved Sparky and Webster until he was 92. Thank-you to Dr. Hansenberger, Dr. Vu, Dr. Love, the L.H.I.N, West Lincoln Hospital, the wonderful nurses and P.S.W.’s who cared for him at home, and the incredible staff at McNally House. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Don’s life will take place at the Vineland Chapel of Tallman Funeral Homes when it is safe to gather again. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation to McNally House. Happy Trails Cowboy! Until we meet again. Love your family. Online condolences at www.tallmanfuneralhomes.ca
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No substitute for ingenuity, hustle & Grilled Pizza hard work in a COVID-19 world Necessity is the mother of invention and, any entrepreneur can tell you revenue is an absolute necessity. So as the impacts of COVID-19 have settled into Niagara West - just as they have world wide - the Stulp family, which operates Grand Oak Culinary Market in Vineland had to adapt. “We flip-flopped a lot on whether we should just close or try making the most of it. We decided to try doing a dinnerto-go promotion and ended up doing 90 dinners over two days, so
we thought, ‘hey, we’re onto something’,” said Jane Stulp, matriarch of the operation. Over Easter weekend they did 50 dinners on Good Friday and more than 120 on Saturday, so they believe they are definitely on the right track. The dinners complement the ongoing operation of their bakery - which includes daily made items like bread and sausage rolls - while their dinners include bread, salad, an entree like chicken pot pie or lasagna and a dessert.
Jane and her husband, chef Jan-Willem Stulp, along with their six children (Anika, Kristen, Tarin, Gavin, Jayden and Wesley) comprise Grand Oak staff these days. “It’s about being there for people. We have been very well supported by the people in Vineland and we want to be here for them,” noted Jane. “Like the boy across the street who had a birthday last week. We dropped off some ice cream. He thought that was the best thing ever.”
Getting cooking with your family By Jan-Willem Stulp For NewsNow With Easter behind us now, it is much clearer how different things are going to be, moving forward. This was the first significant holiday that impressed on everyone the depth of the situation, and the variety of areas it impacts. Much of the progress that we will see in the months and years to come, will be measured against life ‘BC’, (Before Covid) from personal interaction to the housing market. The immediate impact is far more practical than that, of course, as our ability to gather for Easter was curtailed. Family gatherings, dinners, worship services and kids’ events were all cancelled, leaving many people in a unique situation; un-budgeted time. Every one reading these words will recall how often we all would describe our lives as ‘busy’. It became the answer to ‘How are you?’ Busy! was the response, more often than not. And while it is a blessing to have work, to do house maintenance, (because we have a place to live), and being involved with things that interest us, because we have freedom) from clarinet lessons and sailing regattas, to volunteering somewhere or attending sports events, I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that most of us are over-extended, time-wise. This block of unscheduled, non-directed time leaves many good, productive citizens, well...disoriented.
For us control freaks, it is an even more trying experience. As a chef, I am often in situations where minutes, even seconds, matter. Trying to figure out what to do with ‘days’ becomes a rather novel experience. At home, I have various projects, at various stages of completion, (a misnomer, really, as ‘completion’ seems to indicate something is about to be finished – definitely not the case). I haven’t had the time to mentally prepare for finishing a particular project. It’s weird. Of course, in our house we are outnumbered by teenagers 2 : 1 on a good day. With everyone home, as there’s no place to go, I get to hang out in the kitchen, (yes, I cook at home too, especially when I need to pretend I’m still in control). So we’ve had some good meals, and actually a really enjoyable time making some fun stuff with just what’s in the cupboards. Being able to make simple, but enjoyable meals out of what you already have is pretty relaxing, and could easily be something you could do with your kids; it’s productive, and, let’s be honest, the ‘project’ gets consumed – (try that with your paper-mache reproduction of the Smurf Village) To that end, here are a couple of ideas to play with, simple, delicious projects that could be done in as little as 30 min, or as long as you want it to take. Get your kids involved as well!
Not what you would think is traditional, but actually pretty old-school. Years ago, portable grills were used in the vineyards, stoked with vine clippings that burned fast and clean, to grill simple rolled out dough for the workers. This dough keeps well, so you could make extra and freeze some. Thaw in the fridge the day before you need it, makes the process even shorter! INGREDIENTS • 20g yeast • 400g warm water • Pinch of sugar * Mix together in a bowl, keep in a warm place for 8 min or so. Then add: • 80g corn meal • 650g all-purpose flour • 12g salt • 15ml olive oil DIRECTIONS Mix in your mixer with a dough hook or a paddle, about 12 min or so. Let this ‘rest’ in the bowl, maybe 10 minutes. Divide in six even-sized pieces. Gather your toppings and keep some corn meal handy, as you prepare to roll this out. Liberally dust your counter with cornmeal, and roll out the dough, nice and thin. I tend to make them long strips, as they sit on my BBQ well, and are easy to manage, but rounds are totally fine. Turn your BBQ on high, and when hot, brush your dough with a bit of olive oil, and quickly grill, oiled-side down. You’ll get nice grill marks in about three minutes, during which I
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brush the top side. Flip the pizza, and grill for another two minutes, then turn your BBQ as low as it will go, maybe with only 1/2 the burners on. This is where you add toppings. I made three kinds, a simple bacon and cheese one, one with salami, peppers and Swiss cheese, and one with a home-made BBQ sauce, peppers, cheddar and onions. But you use what you have, chicken strips, lunch meat, bacon bits, cheese ends, pasta sauce, goat’s cheese, whatever makes a good combination on your pizza; once ‘loaded’ just gently re-heat in your BBQ. This it is totally doable in your oven too, similar procedure; hot oven (400F) just to ‘set’ the dough, then turn low, (225F) while you finish with your toppings, and heat throughly. Eat this hot. I know people who wax poetic about cold pizza, but I feel the thin crust variety is infinitely better hot.
Panna Cotta Panna Cotta is Italian for ‘Cooked Cream’. For Easter, we served this with our ‘take home dinner’ and it was delicious with Rhubarb. The yogurt gives a great tangy-ness. You can reduce the sugar by 1/2 if you wish. INGREDIENTS 100 gr sugar 20 gr unflavoured gelatin powder Pinch of fine salt 500 ml 35% cream (you could use 18% in a pinch) 10 ml vanilla 500 ml yogurt DIRECTIONS Simply combine the sugar, gelatin powder and salt into a thick-bottomed pan. Whisk in the cream and allow the gelatin to ‘bloom’ (absorb moisture) before warming, for 10 minutes. Warm this on medium heat until you see the first wisp of steam, 5-6 minutes. Let this cool down for about 15
minutes, then whisk in the yogurt. Divide into six ramekins, or glasses, and allow to cool down in your fridge, covered. Top with sauce, honey, fruit, or whatever tickles your fancy, and is on hand. You could un-mold this, but I find the display in a glass much more elegant. Enjoy, and make the most of your time at home!
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EDO hire contradicts Town’s bylaw So this week, a slightly different tack in that I am going to attempt to assemble core administrative fact and wrap that in opinion of others regarding this Grimsby hire of an economic development officer. First, an offering from the one business person who sent me an email in favour of the hire who believes I am being too negative toward council. On the latter, “These are elected and hired officials, elected by their constituents, I’m really blown away by the disrespect you have for these officials along with the constituents that have elected them.” On the EDO, “I see an economic development officer as a very valuable, direct liaison to support local businesses for growth and prosperity.... My fear is that without an economic development officer our growth will be limited and at this time it seems imperative to seek someone for this position.” As I noted in a lengthy response, an EDO may be able to do some good, but there has been no plan laid out, precious little information and no measurables. All these items should have been established before such a position was created let alone filled. So with that, let’s reflect back ever so slightly to June of last year. You may remember, good reader, that Coun. Reg Freake had put forward an idea to fill two positions in support of the finance and human relations departments. He was panned repeatedly over multiple meetings by the Grimsby 5 and ultimately Coun. Kevin Ritchie suggested and eventually moved a motion to prevent the potential of any arbitrary hiring, rightfully so. “Moved by Councillor
MIKE WILLISCRAFT Kevin Ritchie; Seconded by Councillor John Dunstall; Resolved that a business case be submitted to Council for new full time positions not previously identified through a strategic plan before commencing recruitment.” Now, the town has two new positions - the EDO and a procurement officer - in play and no business case has been presented for either one. There were some very loose numbers tossed around at budget time, but even that was generalized. The term half-assed comes to mind. So, in a nutshell on the admin end, these positions contravene the Town’s own bylaws set in place by the good councillors who brought in the measure to stop it from happening. On the budget and the EDO position from a major business operator who employs more than 70 in town, “Further, we heard lots about the biodigester (whatever it is called) and its waste $$$. If I do the math – the new bodies will cost more over time? This should have received a lot more transparency and disclosure as I believe it actually has had less than the biodigester? I was stunned as a resident and as a business at the budget. It spoke volumes as to which of the noted two views was accurate? I didn’t see hard
choices by council (or accountability for the current staff).” So there are a ton of issues, from administrative to direction to timing cost (see the letter on Page 5 from Tom Beach). Then we have a highly unlikely source for an attempt at respectable comment in former mayor Bob Bentley who has clearly been emboldened to the point of chiming in on that bastion of credibility known as Facebook. Bentley made some valid points on the budget, and I would welcome a letter on that topic. But he seriously underestimates public sentiment when he issues a claim asking “where they hid the proceeds from the biodigester sale..” Uh, Bob, the proceeds went to offset the various debts, accounts owing and loans which had been amassed by one of the biggest municipal lemons of all time. So you may want to give a hard pass on bio-related comments. But my personal fave is this one: “Take credit Mike, you actively worked to get these community minded people elected”. Without question, as countless editions preelection 2018 would reveal, I implored taxpayers to pay attention, educate themselves and get out to vote. I have never endorsed any single candidate on any level. That is not my job. As I pointed out a couple of weeks ago, I would take this dysfunctional bunch over the past cast of characters which either sat on info or chose to be ignorant of painfully obvious wrongs which were not righted until this crew got in. On the budget though, Bob nailed it: some slight adjustments could have brought it down to the six per cent range from 13.
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No room for clique politics in Grimsby: writer Dear editor, I have to wonder, in what delusional parallel universe would these 5 Town councilors, Mr. Vaine, Sharpe, Ritchie, Dunstall and surprisingly Kadwell, would believe that hiring an economic development officer, at a cost of $150,000 per year, during a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic would somehow benefit the residents of Grimsby. Are they out to prove that their combined IQ is the sum total of their shoe sizes or are they deliberately giving Mayor Jordan, other councilors on Town council and the Grimsby taxpayers the proverbial middle finger now that they’ve effectively taken control of Council? OR is it simply as some folks have suggested recently, they firmly jammed their heads up their own backsides and willfully ignored the line ups of folks with shopping carts standing six feet apart 300/400 yards deep waiting in their weekly trip to the grocery store, (who btw have better odds of winning this week’s LotoMax than getting their hands on a few
LETTER rolls of toilet paper), and decided to forge ahead with this illtimed, ill-advised hiring? At a time when Prime Minister Trudeau and provincial Premiers Ford, Kenney, Horgan, Legault on down have all publicly stated that we are facing a recession rivaling that of 2008/09 economic meltdown, record 1015 per cent unemployment, small business bankruptcies, add to that mix the stable genius in the White House, while debating his doppelganger, is driving the U.S debt to $30 trillion+ and his own economy into the ditch which will have severe consequences on Canada’s economy. Where would this EDO find the business opportunities to warrant his salary or will he/she be “developing” proposals that have 9-10 multiple floors high density units in the downtown core that will benefit land/property developers or, God forbid, some new, improved biodigester unit the Town needs to invest in?
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