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A Serenade to Spring The Grimsby Seniors Choir presents a Serenade to Spring concert Friday, June 5. The concert, featuring a selection of showtunes and songs saluting our military, will begin at 7 p.m. Goodwill offering at the door. Proceeds to the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Refreshments to follow at the Grimsby Seniors Centre, 18 Livingston Ave.
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By Mike Williscraft NewsNow An aggressive one-year timeline for Hamilton Health Sciences’ “Our Healthy Future” program does not mean rushing things. For that reason, HHS officials have planned to host a second community input session next week to extract as much input from West Niagara residents as possible as an overall plan for health care sustainability is developed. “Our health care system is See HEALTH, Page 4
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Two steps back to move forward By Mike Williscraft NewsNow It took two-and-ahalf hours of meetings but as the clock clicked by to 9 p.m., Mayor Doug Joyner summed up the highly contentious proposed West Lincoln community centre issue. “Let’s get people involved. Let’s move on,” said Joyner after a lengthy motion to restart the public input session regarding the future direction for a multi-use facility
to replace the fourdecade-old Smithville Arena. The number of residents who addressed West Lincoln’s Public Works/Recreation Services Committee hit double digits. Some drew cheers. Some drew jeers. Cheryl Ganann of the West Lincoln Library Board made it clear her organization wants to be considered if a new project moves forward. “If it is about to hap-
pen, we want to be there,” said Ganann. Residents in support of a rebuild rhymed off countless examples why a renovation is not an option. All agreed status quo is not an option as well. Ongoing issues with melting ice on the rink, tiny and too few change rooms, lack of accessibility for the second floor hall, lack of multiple rooms for varied uses and a host of other issues were brought up.
While mostly amicable, the discussion was contentious. After one speaker, when considerably over the alloted fiveminutes maximum, talked through thumping whacks of PWRS chair Dave Bylsma’s gavel, speaker Shauna Boyle told the committee to have more respect and “don’t be rude”. She went on to say the community centre is the heart of the township and “doc-
tors don’t put Band Aids on hearts.” She also chided committee members who said they didn’t know enough about the topic to speak to it when the issue arose at the April committee meeting. “There was no discussion, no seconder. Why? It was a campaign issue. You should have known all about it. Was it personal against the mayor? That should not be See ARENA, Page 3
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From Page 1 an issue. This is a need, not a want.” On the topic of why nobody would second the motion to proceed with a community centre rebuild, several councillors offered comment. Coun. Joann Chechalk said, “there was not enough information.” Coun. Alex Micallef, who noted he voted in favour of the complex as a member of the previous township council, said, “I know what I heard at the door,” during the election run last fall. He summarized his points by saying the proposal in front of them did not include input from user groups and he could not now support a facility built “on the taxpayers’ backs”. Coun. Jason Trombetta said he was “not sure, not familiar” with whether or not the business community and government sources had been approached for possible funding of the project. A key part of Chechalk’s motion to “take two steps back” by going to public consultation et al was
who has been the main driver of the new facility drive, chose his words carefully. “If council wishes to take a couple of steps back to go forward, I’m ok with that,” said Joyner, who noted that most of research requested in Chechalk’s motion has already been produced. He cited costs of other community’s new arenas and the fact all the communities stakeholders were approached in preparation for the initial proposal. The community unanimously approved the motion to reload the process with an October 2015 deadline set for making a decision. “Doing nothing is not an option,” said Chechalk. “We could not proceed with funding option that was purely on the tax base. Now, if we come back with a plan costing $12 million or $20 million if we decide to go bigger, we’ll know we can do it because we planned it. The initial plan had no library, no seniors space, no FORT. We don’t want to just replace the old.”
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This Week Rain Barrel fundraiser May 21 from 4-8pm, in the parking lot of Lincoln Park Retirement Suites at 265 Main Street East. A portion of the sales will be donated to Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers. Sales and orders can be done online, through the website for Rain Barrel or contacting Paul at Lincoln Park (905) 309-0055 or the RCVV office (905) 309-5071. Afternoon Tea Social Thurdays from 2 - 4 pm May 21 to June 25. Live band, dancing, refreshments $4 for members $5 for non-members pay at the door (Grimsby Senior’s Center) Info call 905-309-2075 Ham Supper @ Ker United Church Friday, May 22 at 6 p.m. at 9353 Twenty Road in Smithville. Join us for all you can eat delicious ham, potato salad & veggies & who can resist homemade cakes for dessert. For info & tickets, please call Darlene Marshall 905-957-7915, Wendy Veldman 905-957-7874, or Elsie Yeo 905 -662-3853 St. John’s Presbyterian Women Victorian Luncheon & Bake Sale May 22 1st sitting at 11:30 a.m. 2 nd sitting 1 p.m. Price $12, call 905-945-8325, 905-945-3689 or 905-945-5352 No tickets at the door. Enjoy a variety of homemade dishes. Turkey and ham, salads, Victorian deserts, fruits, tea and coffee. Bake sale. Womenchant Chorus And Drummers Celebrate Heroes: an evening of choral music and funky drum rhythms. Featuring special guest, Teresa Holierhoek. May 23, 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 100 Main Street, Grimsby. Admission $15, children under 12 free. 905-9452249. Spring Homecoming Dinner a fundraiser for West Niagara Second Stage May 23 at 6 p.m. at The Good Earth Food Wine Co. 4556 Lincoln Ave, Beams. Tickets $95 + hst available online or call 905-563-6333. Includes Reception live music, 3 course dinner and a fashion show. Lincoln Community Yard Sale. 4875 king street Beamsville Saturday May 23, 8am-1pm Space available for $20. Contact mrwglchs@ gmail.com Qiyog Running Yoga Group will meet close to Kelson Ave north Grimsby. Stretch in the park. Run/jog to the beach. Practice yoga & medita-
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Reformed Church in Grimsby will be a second stop in Grimsby and the 11th overall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and a series of workshops will get underway at 7 p.m. “These sessions are a bit like sifting for gold. You hear a lot of things along the line and you do come up with ideas that can be used,” said MacIsaac. “We don’t want to constrain thought in any way. We want residents to know the challenges we face, but every challenge is an opportunity, too.” “My personal commitment is, if we are going to do anything in West Lincoln, it has to be excellent.” MacIsaac added the report which will result from these sessions is an important and necessary step to a permanent solution for WLMH programming and a future site rebuild.
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Education got WLMH off life support Its existence “touch ‘n’ go”, WLMH’s development as a teaching site for doctors got it on road to recovery By MIke Williscraft NewsNow If necessity is the mother of invention, West Lincoln Memorial Hospital’s physician training program is the mother of all time when it comes to local health care. In the late 1990s, when WLMH was on life support in the eyes of the Ministry of Health, two key things were in the corner of the venerable facility: a stellar and lengthy positive financial history and what could be regarded as the long-term saviour of the site, its physician training program. People new to the area might wonder what all the fuss could have been about, but in the mid- to late-90s, many could not get a local doctor to take them on as a regular patient. Like many communities in the province, West Niagara had a serious doctor shortage. Dr. Karl Stobbe, regional assistant dean at the Niagara Regional Campus, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, was one of the architects of the program which is now a model for rural health care teaching in Ontario. The fact he has been in the area to develop this program is testament to the quality of life which practicing medicine in a rural environment
can offer young docs. “I had always wanted to be a family doctor. When I was in residency in 1985, I looked at Grimsby as part of a five-year plan. I could be a rural doctor offering cradle to grave care: deliver babies, make house calls, care for seniors.” says Stobbe, who settled at Beamsville Medical Centre. “It was impossible to get doctors at that time. A few of us had a backroom meeting where we thought, ‘why not teach?” While it sounded simple enough at the time, the group could not have foreseen not only how that germ of an idea would shape the future of West Niagara health care, but that their program would become a beacon for the training of rural doctors. With Stobbe being a self-admitted complainer to the powers that be at McMaster about the conditions in West Niagara, he was made rural program coordinator of the fledgling program. Young docs have choices about where they get their training, notes Stobbe, and one of the keys in West Niagara was to develop a program which took some of the problems with that training into account. Case in point, the nomad-like existence
That little blue line just over Dr. Karl Stobbe’s shoulder – “A teaching campus of McMaster University” – has proven crucial to the ongoing development of West Lincoln Memorial Hospital as an important rural training facility for physicians. Williscraft - Photo
for docs as they get shuffled from location to location for different areas of training. “When students graduate, they want to save the world. They want to be the best they can be and have an impact,” says Stobbe. “Unfortunately, that can be trained out of them. As part of their training, they need to move around every 2-4 months here and there. By being here, their focus is much tighter and they can learn much of what they need to right here.” Because of that the program has major interest. It has been full from Day 1, Niagara West no longer has a doctor shortage, and WLMH has a thriving convivial medical community. Those results did not happen overnight and neither Stobbe nor the program are looking to rest on their collective laurels. The educational
program is in a constant state of evolution and organizers are always looking to improve it. “We are always paying attention to the needs of rural communities. What the docs learn here they can apply anywhere,” says Stobbe, noting needs in remote areas such as Yellowknife, NWT are considered when dealing with curriculum. The capacity of the program has grown from an original 15 students in 2008 to 28 now. Stobbe said he could sing the praises of the program all day, but suggested speaking to someone currently in the mix for confirmation of how students view the WLMH environs. “Vast, diverse and amazing,” were the first words out of Dr. Jessica Graham’s mouth when asked to describe the program. “The possibilities
drew me in: its broad scope. We get exposure to rural needs, but we are also 20 minutes from two large urban centres. The opportunity is here to cover virtually all aspects of health care.” As a student here, Graham said the clear investment by the medical community in teaching is evident. “There is a great support system here. When I started, I expected a lot of hours and to feel overwhelmed by it all. The hours are long, but the physicians, nurses and staff have made it a great experience. I never felt overwhelmed at all,” says Graham, who will complete her studies in July 2016. That support system helped quickly overcome a common concern of any medical student: being in a “rural” area the support system would not be as good. “When you are one
student of two you can feel isolated. You aren’t one of 20 as in some other centres. You are worried about asking questions and would resources be available,” said Graham. “All that went away quickly. It is a very accepting environment and we were encouraged to ask questions. I really love the program.” Times have, indeed, changed. “Now, we pretty much have the pick of the crop,” said Stobbe of the flow of new docs. “The students are thrilled if they are asked to stay on. Really, though, it is best for us if they move on” Why you ask? “We want other students and communities to hear how great the program is here. We want them to go out and tell others how things worked and what they learned. We want that word to get out.”
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Page 12 • News Now • Thursday, May 21, 2015 The Brian Pickell Band is in town for one show, this Saturday, May 23 at the Lions Community Hall. Back left is Julie Schryer and right is Shane Cook. At centre is Brian Pickell. Bottom left is James Stephens and at right is Patrick O’Gorman.
Canadian Celtic all-star band in town Saturday Former resident and Beamsville high school alumni Patrick O’Gorman returns to Beamsville this Saturday as a member of The Brian Pickell Band, one of Canada’s finest celtic folk bands. Brian Pickell and his band are at the vanguard of a new living tradition of Celtic music. Pickell’s original melodies have been instantly embraced by musicians both on the concert stage and in the kitchen. These tunes now rest easily with the traditional favourites on both sides of the ocean. “In the last two weeks of May, we will be presenting eight concerts covering much of southern and eastern Ontario. We are hoping
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National; revered Ottawa multi-instrumentalist James Stephens on fiddle, mandolin, bass and viola; and Pat O’Gorman, an admired mainstay of the Canadian music scene, on flute, whistles and pipes. Julie Schryer is widely considered to be one of the finest piano accompanists in Canada, and Brian is an accomplished composer, guitarist, and banjo and mandolin player. The show is this Saturday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. Lions Community Hall, 4283 Mountain St., Beamsville. Tickets are $20; $10 for students 18 and under. Tickets available at the door or reserve by calling 905-563-7441.
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Volunteers with the West Niagara Golf Classic (L to R) Vera Lantz, Shae Mcleod, Tammy Doerrl, David Vandersteen, Jo-Ann Senkalowski and Gerri Kalinovich.
West Niagara Golf Classic set for June 3 It is time to swing those clubs for a good cause – two actually. The West Niagara Golf Classic is the main fundraiser for West Niagara Second Stage Housing (which provides counselling and short-term housing for abused women) and FORT, Foundation of Resources for Teens (which provides youth with a safe, inclusive environment and crisis intervention).
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public notice to Soccer club members Special general meeting In accordance with its Constitution* the Secretary for The Grimsby Town Youth Soccer Club Inc has received notice and hereby calls a Special General Meeting approved by the Board of Directors to be held 7:00 pm Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the Town of Grimsby Municipal Offices (Council Chambers) 160, Livingston Avenue. Grimsby, Ontario. The purpose of this meeting is for active club membership to vote on a motion made by Mr. Martin Poos. MOTION: The GTYSC donate a sum of $210,000.00 to the Town of Grimsby Recreation & Leisure Department for the exclusive purpose of developing soccer facilities located at Southward Community Sports Park. Who May Vote: Membership 3.1 An active member is a person who has participated in The Club in the past (3) three years in any capacity, including parent(s) or guardian of a player registered with The Club. 3.2 Any active member who has reached the age of (16) sixteen years may vote at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) or Special General Meeting. Special General Meeting 26.4 No other business other than that for which a special general meeting was called shall be discussed. *Constitution published on Club Web site: www.gtysc.com
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News Now • Thursday, May 21, 2015 • Page 17 It was a gold-medal performance for the Lincoln Leapers STEAKS team in Halifax last week. Back (L to R) Sofia Stadler, Kayla Whitnell, Taylor Jackson. Front (L to R) Emma Giannini, Sammy Kotuza-Janisch with Coach Carly Simpson.
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HHS investing in WLMH Many were concerned when it was announced West Lincoln Memorial Hospital would be amalgamated with Hamilton Health Sciences, the body with which it had an excellent, ongoing partnership for many years previous. And those concerned were right to be wary. It is not like residents here have not had complete and total justification for their jaundiced view of the health care system. But HHS has done everything it said it would and more, to the extent that this new public input process, which will form the basis for future local programs and services provided here, will make a second stop in Grimsby next week. If you value WLMH and care about what goes on there take advantage of this session. M.W.
Arena reboot right thing for WL While the proposed community complex in West Lincoln has a lot of moving parts, it is a surprisingly black and white issue, just as are some of the sub-plots which have worked their way into the fabric of the discussion. Town hall have been anythin g but a sleepy place in the typically docile municipality of West Lincoln. Figurative gloves have been dropped in more than one dust up or another regarding a proposed new multi-use facility to replace the current Smithville Arena, which has serviced the town for more than four decades. Tuesday night was essentially Round 3 of the issue being before council, but for some strange reason – which I am still trying to get my head around despite hearing multiple points of view from those on the Public Works Recreation Services Committee – Round 1 saw the greatest rope-a-dope impersonation of all time when Mayor Doug Joyner’s motion to proceed did not get a seconder. Not to belabour all that and relive the tragic waste of time that meeting was, but none of the councillors’ excuses, and by none I mean NONE, for not seconding the motion make one iota of sense. You can say you didn’t have enough information. You can say it was well known you opposed the plan. You can say you didn’t know what had been done in the way of researching financing for the project. All very good points. But those are all points to made, on the public record, once a motion has been moved and seconded to get it on the floor for discussion. If any councillor is to use
MIKE WILLISCRAFT that logic for any other matter before them, they would be ignoring the call for seconders on motions at every single meeting they attend. With that motion, for example, if it were seconded the first time, a full discussion could have ensued, committee members could have brought out all their concerns right then and then roundly voted down the motion to proceed, then came right back with a comment about planning a research reboot to take the community’s temperature on the project (again) and start over to some degree. That would have meant it was not dead. It would have stopped what committee members said they didn’t want, and would have eliminated the possibility that committee members looked like little kids holding their breath and stomping their feet in the middle of Smithville Foodland because they couldn’t get a pack of gum. It’s done now. It was silly. Just as with the whole arena proposal process, it is time to move on. What PWRS did Tuesday night was just what they needed to do. They needed a reset. I am not sure they needed the motion of biblical proportions as we as set out...
the longest motion I have seen in 30 years of covering councils, committees and boards... but it will do. All except that part about making 50 per cent of any financing for a future project come from fundraising. I qualify that slightly because it was not explained clearly if “fundraising” also included possible government grants, the conversation certainly did not indicate that inclusion. That would mean, roughly, that even if council went with a $6 million reno – as opposed to the new version with possible costs in the $14 million-$20 million range – the town would have to ante up about $3 million via fundraising. To ballpark that, Lincoln had a goal of about $4 million for fundraising for the new arena/library in Beamsville, noted Joyner. He said they came in about $3.3 million, so West Lincoln would have to come very close to that with a much smaller population, both residents and business, from which to draw. And if they are to compare to Lincoln, take notes. Put an actual kitchen facility in your building. AND have an external separate entrance for the library (if it is included). It is confounding how millions can be spent on what is to be a meeting place and such, but there is no facility in the place for someone to cook a hotdog at a fundraiser. The library entrance is key because I hear from a lot of people about complaints about how noisy the arena is. Guess what? It’s an arena. There is going go be kids screaming and running around, which I get is not compatible to library etiquette, but that issue should have been eliminated via better design.
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Hudak files OEB complaint Unhappy with the response he received from Niagara Peninsula Energy in the case of Rex Ge, MPP Tim Hudak has filed a formal complaint with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) on Ge’s behalf. The OEB is the provincial watchdog over local hydro utilities. Niagara Peninsula Energy (NPE) has done nothing to mitigate the concerns of Ge, and the community, after cutting off power to Ge’s greenhouse in February causing $150,000 in
damages, said Hudak. “NPE has a duty to make restitution, and that’s my goal.” Hudak also spoke personally with Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli, making sure the Minister is aware of the issue and asking him to step in. Hudak is currently waiting through the 21-day period NPE has to formally respond. With the help of the community, and a host of volunteers, Ge has struggled to get his nursery operation functional this spring.
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4 Only
S$AVE
Wood Stove
300
sale $1699
reg. $1999
1 Only
SAVE $ 1800
TOWN & COUNTRY TC36B Direct Vent Fireplace, Installed
sale
reg. $7999
6199
$
KOZY HEAT DELANO
4 Only S$AVE
Direct Vent Fireplace, Installed
400
SAVE $
400
reg. $3599
ENVIRO E30 (LOGS) Gas Insert, Installed
2899
$
sale
ENVIRO WESTPORT Gas Stove, Installed
sale
3199
$
S$ AVE
reg. $2699
sale $2199
1 Only
ENVIRO EG40 (DEMO)
S$ AVE
reg. $2799
sale $2399
reg. $3699
6 Only
VALOR 739 JLN SPECIAL
6 Only
500
Gas Insert, Installed
S$ AVE
reg. $3199
sale $2699
reg. $3399
4 Only
ENVIRO E30G (GLASS)
1 Only
PACIFIC ENERGY NEO 1.6
3 Only
Gas Insert, Installed
sale
reg. $3299
KOZY HEAT CHASKA 25
1 Only S$AVE
Gas Insert Installed
700
sale $2799
reg. $3499
8 ONLY S$AVE 800
reg. $3499
2899
$
Majestic - Amber Gas Insert Installed
sale $2699
S$AVE 400
reg. $2299
4 Only SAVE $
300
Wood Stove
sale
1899
$
Valor - Horizon Direct Vent Fireplace, Installed
sale $3199
reg. $3499
Direct Vent Fireplace, Installed
sale $2699 MAJESTIC 300DVB W MANTEL
600
sale $3399
400
HEAT N’ GLO SOHO DV
SAVE $ 1000
reg. $3799
S$ AVE
sale $3399
reg. $4199
1 Only
S$AVE
Gas Stove, Installed
800
KOZY HEAT THIEF RIVER FALLS
S$AVE 400
Gas Stove, Installed
500
8 Only
Direct Vent Fireplace, Installed
KOZY HEAT LAKEFIELD
8 Only
S$ AVE 400
reg. $2799
1 Only E S$ AV0 70
Direct Vent Fireplace, Installed
sale $2799 ENVIRO E20 (LOGS) Gas Insert, Installed
sale $2399 FPX -32DVS Gas Insert , Installed
sale $3499
reg. $4199
*THIS YEAR’S SALE WILL BE HELD INSIDE OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW SHOWROOM WITH ALL THE SAME AMAZING DEALS AS PREVIOUS “TENT” YEARS!
FLOOR MODEL CLEAR-OUTS & DEMO DEALS TOO! TOO MANY TO LIST Installed pricing based on main side wall vent • Extra venting cost for basement or roof Installs
6997 OAKWOOD DR. NIAGARA FALLS, ON 905-356-2922 37 Main St. E
Rd.
www.stamfordfireplaces.com
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