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September 25, 2025 Volume 39, No. 10
Next edition October 9
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City considers naming Navan rink after late Grads owner By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star
Nelson Waddell sets out on the Terry Fox Run with his granddaughter Kaitlyn and his great-granddaughters Hailey and Harper. See story on page 3. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO
A campaign is underway to name the rink in the Navan Memorial Arena after the late Steve Barban who was the owner of the Navan Grads hockey team from 2007 until his untimely passing earlier this year. Barban is largely credited for keeping the Grads in Navan. When he purchased the club from former owner Arnold Dashney in 2007, there were outside interests who wanted to buy the team and move it out of town. After buying the Grads, Barban split his time between managing his investment company and serving as the PA announcer for the team’s
home games. Under Barban’s ownership, the Grads won the franchise’s one and only CJHL championship in 2024. Away from the rink, Barban was heavily involved in the local community, supporting a number of initiatives. He would often sponsor competitive hockey players in need anonymously, He was a huge supporter of competitive girls’ hockey in Cumberland, and he was a lead sponsor for the U18 AAA boys’ pilot for Hockey Eastern Ontario. The naming proposal is focused on the rink, not the Navan Memorial Centre itself
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