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Devastation for Lincoln family By Tristan Marks NewsNow It began just as any other Sunday would for the Janssen family of Beamsville. Diana Janssen quickly popped out to the store around 4 p.m. while her husband, Mark, took a nap after a long day of yard work. Their son and daughter, twins Luka and Shayne, were in their rooms changing after swimming in the backyard pool and the whole family was waiting for Mark’s father, Simon Janssen, to arrive for his weekly visit. That Sunday, May 23, a fire would ignite in the Janssen’s sunroom, quickly spreading heat and smoke throughout the house, located on Hwy. 8 near Thirty Road.

They would lose their home of seven years, many beloved family pets and more - but this tragedy also came with some relief. All family members in the house at the time of the fire, Mark, Luka and Shayne, escaped with their lives and without significant injury. Mark said his father’s arrival that day played a pivotal part in his family’s escape. “When we first heard the fire alarms go off, my daughter and I kind of put it off since we figured my son might have set it off by burning some popcorn in the microwave or something,” Mark said. “Then my daughter knocked on my door yelling, “there’s a fire!”. See FIRE, Page 4

Old man will be in a boat, soon, hopefully By Mike Williscraft NewsNow At the first opportunity, Ian Robertson is going to be doing what he loves - sailing - but his next voyage will be decidedly different. The Grimsby resident has charted out a route which will take him around the Great Lakes on a sailing/ rowing expedition - the Old Man In A Boat Tour - with a goal to raise $10,000 for the World Wildlife Fund as part of the plan. While his initial plan start-

ed about four years ago was to develop a route to sail a European tour - including along the Danube. A bout with cancer set those plans back and now COVID-19 impacts have affected travel, so his plan has morphed into a localized rendition. And like the route itself unique and one of a kind so too is the craft in which Ian will execute his plan. “Rudder fittings are one of the only standard pieces, but this boat has never been designed before. It’s

different,” Ian says. “The sails are different. We’re trying lots of new stuff, actually. It’s a little scary, but I have enough experience that I feel it will work. We do not have a blueprint for some of these parts.” There really is no prior design to go by at all, save for a drawing Ian once saw from a Swedish craftsman years ago. “These things are all untried. Now, I didn’t invent that idea. I found it on a

sailing canoe that a Swedish guy drew but has never built. I wrote to him, but he was too busy with other projects to suggest how to build these mast supports, so we’re having to make that up as we go along,” said Ian. “He has built it for larger boats, so he knows the system works but we are left with how to make it strong enough to support things at an angle because you’re counting on a lot of strength. We’re improvising.”

And that is very much how the retired math teacher has lived his life, ready for change and prepared to adapt. “My parents started me in a sailing program at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club when I was 10. I came home and said, ‘That’s what I want to do’,” he recalled. “I went through their junior program and then was an instructor. Then at 17 or 18, I ran their programs for them for a couple of years.” See BOAT, Page 2

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From Page 1 Then it was off to university to study physics and chemistry before getting back involved in sailing by taking on a brand new program Hamilton Harbour Commissioners were looking to develop in 1974-75. “They wanted to set up a sailing program with the big difference being this would reach young kids who wouldn’t normally get the opportunity to sail,” Ian says, noting he ran the program for nearly 15 years. One of the students who came to that program through the Boy Scouts, is now the director of the Ontario Sailing Association. From there, while en-

joying racing boats, Ian headed “over the pond” to enlist in the Royal Navy for a five-year stint. While back home visiting his parents, he noticed an ad for a math teacher. “I spotted an ad for Appleby College, so I wrote them. They got back to me and said we have a teacher who is on an exchange in England. Why don’t you meet up with him at the pub and we’ll see if he likes the cut of your jib. That’s how I got hired,” Ian say, adding he also ran a sailing program for the school. After leaving Appleby for Ridley College, it was at Ridley where Ian connected with the WWF’s annual hike up the CN Tower fundraiser.

Now, Ian hopes to tie all that together for his journey around the lakes by combining his love of sailing and his charity of choice. “I have asked WWF that proceeds go to watersheds – research and work on improving the water, protecting areas which feed other areas, tributaries. People can donate right on my website oldmaninaboattour.ca - which will take them to my World Wild Life page, so all donations get accredited to this tour, “The Old Man In a Boat Tour”. Once restrictions lift, Ian will be going to Grand Bend to work “flat out” with builder Skip Izon - who has been integral - with the initial plan to launch the tour in mid-July.

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The plan is to complete, possibly in sections – a loop from Grimsby, along the north shore of Lake Ontario to Presquille – with luck, sailing most of the way. From there the Trent-Severn Waterway will take me up to Port Severn and Georgian Bay. This part is where the rowing features of the boat will probably be used a lot more – especially when going through the locks! Once into Georgian Bay, I will sail along the south shore until the Bruce Peninsula and the town of Wiarton. Here, I will put the Greta T up on its wheels (a neat launching and retrieving device that stows in the boat, called a “C-Tug”). It’s only about 11 km. across to Lake Huron at this point versus a long way around the peninsula via Tobermory with very few safe harbours on the way so as a precaution I am going to haul the

boat (it’s pretty light) overland to Lake Huron. I see this as being the half way point and hopefully the sail down the Lake Huron coast to Sarnia and then through to Lake Erie will be relatively straightforward. Arriving back to the Niagara region at Port Colborne, another haul-out and walk with the boat on its wheels is needed to get back into Lake Ontario at Port Weller. Fortunately, the path alongside the Welland Canal is pretty flat. From Port Weller, with favourable winds, it’s a day’s sail back to Grimsby. Total distance? It’s hard to judge too accurately as sailing sometimes won’t let you go from A to B directly, but I would say at a minimum it’s going to be about 1,300 km. and possibly up to 1,800! If everything goes well, I think it will take up to two months to complete.

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Aside from debate about how the survey of council was done, concerns also arose about lack of public consultation. “I thought we all agreed that there would be public consultation,” said Coun. Lianne Vardy. Despite council agreeing May 17 to a final public consultation, Coun. John Dunstall said input measures already taken “should suffice”. After a tie between Options 5C and 8, council voted 7-2 for Option 8.

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“They did exactly what we needed them to do.” Firefighters from the Lincoln Fire Department were among the first on the scene. Mark said the firefighters told him the blaze was largely contained thanks to his actions. Diana arrived shortly after the emergency responders. In the end, the fire destroyed much of the sun room and spread smoke damage throughout the house. Two of Janssen’s dogs and one of their cats perished in the fire. A later insurance inspection of the house deemed it unfit for living. “They aren’t fixing the house,” said Diana. “Not only did we lose our pets, but we lost our house - our home.” Although the Janssens rented, they put a lot of work into fixing up and enhancing their home. Over the seven years they lived there much was renovated to make their four walls and a roof into a real home. For now, the family is staying with Diana’s mother, Linda, in Grimsby, but Mark said the future is uncertain. “My biggest stumbling block is the future,” he said. “I can’t find another place for what I was paying here.” The family is also struggling as they grieve over what they have lost. Diana said she comes by the house nearly every day to say goodbye to her “girls” - the two

dogs they lost. “I’ll probably still say goodbye to them every time I pass by,” she said. Mark said his family has been able to survive because of the network of people around them: friends, employers, coworkers and “people our lives have touched”. “We just had people pouring out love and support to us,” he said. “I’ve even had people I haven’t seen since high school contact me asking how they can help.” The couple also expressed their gratitude for Lincoln’s “amazing” volunteer firefighters, who compassionately tried to save the family’s pets even as they fought the blaze. Mark said he would love to volunteer his music skills as thanks to the department. “The Lincoln Fire Department’s annual Christmas parties will have a DJ for free for as long as I live,” said Mark. Even with all the loss and uncertainty facing them, the Janssens are thankful for one thing above everything else. “I am devastated that I lost my pets and home, but I am so so thankful that I still have my family,” Diana said. The family is currently sorting through belongings as they have some content insurance. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for the Janssen family. To contribute visit: gofund.me/489707ee.

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point out that council already directed staff to review the Town’s CIPs during the budget process in December 2020. She said this apparent “reiteration of council’s direction” was a sticking point for her. Easton then turned to CAO Mike Kirkopoulos for an update on the original request that was given five months ago. Kirkopoulos noted that while staff had not forgotten council’s original request for a CIP review and that while they have already started gathering information, they would likely not return with anything “in the near future.” Many councillors also expressed that they saw the motion as redundant. “I feel this is a little repetitive,” said Coun. JD Pachereva. Councillors Tony Bru-

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Remember Tom Longboat this Friday Aboriginal athletes have played a big part in Canadian sports. In professional hockey, for example, there are Terence and Jordin Tootoo, and the Nolan trio, father Ted and sons Brandon and Jordin who have all earned recognition in their sport. Locally, one of Canada’s early sports heroes was Tom Longboat, an Onandaga runner from the Six Nations Reserve at Brantford. Longboat first made a name for himself when he won the Hamilton around the Bay Road Race in 1906. The next year he won the Boston Marathon. There were many other wins before he

While Longtook part boat was in the 1908 A Small Olympics in Drop of Ink overseas, a vaudeville London, England. During By Dorothy Turcotte entertainer and con man the Olympic marathon, Longboat and named Edgar Laplante impersonated him, givseveral other runners ing shows and raising collapsed from heat money. The fact that exhaustion. A rematch he looked nothing like was organized to take place at Madison Square Longboat did nothing to discourage Laplante’s Gardens. Longboat won venture. However, with his race, and turned pro. the real Longboat safely When World War One overseas, who would broke out, he joined the Canadian Expeditionary know? Force and served overOne of Longboat’s seas. He used his talents chief competitors was as a dispatch runner, Fred Simpson from the taking orders and mesAlderville First Nations. sages from one military Simpson didn’t start post to another. He was competing professionwounded twice, and ally until the age of 28, twice reported dead! but he won his first

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Passed away peacefully on May 28th, 2021 at her home in Grimsby at the age of “coming up for 92”. The daughter of Kenneth Taggart and Gertrude Deas, Durine was born on October 5th, 1929 in Toronto. She was the loving wife of Harry “Bud” Leithwood who passed away in 1998. Her daughters Toni (Gord) and Terri (Art) meant the world to her. Toni sadly passed away in 2020. Nanny was the grandmother of Krystin (John), David (Danielle), Kendra, Deanna (Robbie), Adrienne (Chris), and Drew; and great grandmother of Vienna and Aurelia. Family and friends were so important, and she took a keen interest in everyone’s lives. Durine loved spending summer holidays at 3-Mile Lake, swimming, boat cruising, fishing, bon-fire evenings/mornings and partying with family and friends. She enjoyed the winter trips going to Vegas & Caribbean cruises with Toni & Gord; cruises with Terri, and trips out west to visit her grandchildren. Locally, she was a social butterfly at the Bingo Hall, while playing cards at the Seniors Centre and visiting the Casinos in the area. She had a special place in her heart for animals. Dogs and cats would get so excited when she arrived as she always had a treat in her pocket and showed them great affection. She never lost her enthusiasm to have fun. In our local racing pool this year she picked the winning horse in the Kentucky Derby, and in the Preakness, and while she didn’t get a chance with the Belmont she will likely be looking down with excited anticipation of the final race leg. She was so grateful for Terri helping her with her wish to be at home as her health declined. She never lost her wit, her positive attitude and love for others. She loved watching the birds splashing in her bird bath, the bunnies hopping over one another, the squirrels, and their antics, being close to her dear cat Abbey, and keeping a close eye on the neighbourhood. Drew hung a glass angel on her bedroom in her final days, and the lovely, brilliant red light that passed into her room seemed to set the way to the path above. We are all heartbroken to have lost such a special person but the fond memories of Durine (Nanny) will live on forever. Private cremation has taken place and there will be no service at this time. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers and if desired, a donation in memory of Durine can be made to Beamsville4PawRescue. Their website is http://www.beamsville4pawrescue. com. Arrangements entrusted to STONEHOUSEWHITCOMB FUNERAL HOME, GRIMSBY, 905945-2755. www.smithsfh.com

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Passed away at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, on Sunday, May 30, 2021, in his 57th year. Loved son of Jack Seatter (Ricki) and the late Jackie. Cousin of Judy Bradford (Randy). He will also be missed by many other family members and friends. David was a long-time employee of Cla-Val Canada Ltd. in Beamsville. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed the Chantry Chinook Classic Derby. Cremation has taken place. If desired, memorial contributions to Niagara Health Foundation - The Walker Family Cancer Centre would be sincerely appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to STONEHOUSEWHITCOMB FUNERAL HOME, GRIMSBY, 905945-2755. www.smithsfh.com.

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The land at 314 Main St. E. in Grimsby being essentially clear cut has neighbouring residents up in arms. The Branthaven Homes property is subject to provisions of a draft plan approved which limits the time when vegetation removal was to take place. Niagara Region has been asked by Antonietta Minichillo, Grimsby’s director of planning, to “explore enforcement and consequences, as it was the Region that requested the draft condition”. Williscraft - Photo

Nothing fun about development today Such is development in 2021. It is a rough way to look at it, but what you see at 314 Main St. E, if you drive by - and you really should make a point of doing just that - is the state of development in this area and it will only get more stark as time marches on. What was once an active orchard property with a thriving agriculture bent will soon be high-density homes. This is, perhaps, the major price residents pay for the luxury of the Greenbelt. Many think the Greenbelt only impacts those who own the land or, perhaps, are adjacent to it. Not the case. With so much land frozen, good and unusable land, locations such as this are much more valuable and will be developed as the sites for growth are disappearing. True, some developers would try to work around existing vegetation to hold onto some chararacter of a site, but many - as in this case - clear it all out to allow for simple, unimpeded maximization of the space. It hurts, and it will continue to hurt. If Branthaven did not follow the approved plan, they should be fined, but the result, in the end, would have been the same. M.W.

Grimsby council goes full Leafs Grimsby council is the Toronto Maple Leafs of municipal politics. When this group was put together by its general manager - the voting public - it was built for speed and success. There was no way this group could perform as poorly as previous incarnations and should be able to eradicate ghosts of councils past. Monday of this week, the Leafs proved they could not get by their past. Last Tuesday, May 25, Grimsby council proved the same, shooting itself in the foot yet again. This time, they went full Mitch Marner. They had an open, yawning cage. All they had to do was shoot the puck in it. Nope, a shot into the only area of traffic clanked off team captain Auston Matthews’ skate. So close, and yet so far: the tale of Grimsby council. When I saw that Grimsby council, this particular bunch, was going to take on the task of redrawing ward boundary lines for the 2022 municipal election, I was waiting for some kind of punch line. Any of the serious items this group has dealt with have met with petty differences, bickering, zero listening and no appropriate debate. These factors, many times, led someone on council to launch another Integrity Commissioner complaint. On this issue, during the May 17 meeting Committee of the Whole discussion on the ward boundary review things seemed a bit different. Each council member voiced an opinion, each a bit different, but they also seemed somewhat interested in hearing what others had to say. In my humble opinion, this was because nobody was able to strat-

MIKE WILLISCRAFT egize outside of council and come to the table with a predetermined course planned for a majority to follow. There were too many variables on this one with 13 options in the report and even on commonly preferred options there were different aspects some like and didn’t like. The result was honest, thoughtful debate WITH a consensus that since only about two dozen had participated in the public Zoom meeting that led up to the report launch the general public should have another opportunity to provide input into council’s chosen direction or narrowed list of options. It was one of the very few important issues this group has agreed on in two-anda-half years. So council voted to plan a special meeting, which was set for May 25, at which the list of 13 initial options was to be narrowed to 5-6. The public would be able to give input at a subsequent public meeting and then council would choose a final direction in early June. It was a well-planned process which would provide the public with a debated, well-communicated decision well ahead of what is considered a soft deadline of late June - far ahead of

the hard deadline to make the change live for the next election. Sufficient time needed to be built in to allow for an LPAT appeal should anyone decide to go that route. So, good reader, there was the yawning cage awaiting Grimsby council to simply shoot the puck into the back of the net for an easy win. Instead, you have have the group convene for the May 25 meeting and push through an option they choose in that meeting - no public debate, no public input. This was an unbelievable move at a time when many in the general populace not only feel completely disenfranchised but are downright cheesed off that many of those they voted for and in some cases actively campaigned for - have done a hard left turn and actually done major damage to the Town of Grimsby and its reputation. It really does not matter what that decision was or is. It could have been a slam dunk. Council could be 100 per cent correct in its decision. The fact remains they choked. They wrapped both hands around their collective necks and went full Toronto Maple Leafs. They had the open net. They just had to do the same thing but follow through on what they already agreed to do. Having the public input session may not have impacted the result one iota. That was not the point. For people who campaigned on accountability and transparency it was a freebee, a slam dunk. After October 2022, many will have more time for golf, just like the Leafs.

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Historic beech tree removed Rain, wind and rot combined to spell the end of a historic beech tree located at the corner of Nelles Road and Main Street East in Grimsby. The property, known as the Grout Nelles House, and more recently as the Burgess home, is owned by Homes By DeSantis and is currently part of a development plan before the Town for consideration. After questions were submitted to the Town, Antonietta Minichillo, Grimsby’s director of planning released the following statement: “On Friday, as a result of a wind/rain storm, a very mature European Beech Tree at the corner of Nelles Road and Main St suffered significant damage; losing a very large section of the tree. The portion of the fallen tree fell onto the roadway/boulevard,

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