Cross your fingers Stoney Creek. Local residents have nominated the community for the Kraft Celebration Tour.
Winners of this contest receive $25,000 for upgrades or renovations to a local facility and a live broadcast of TSN SportsCentre from the community.
Resident Bernard Josipovic, who also ran for Ward 10 in the last municipal election, nominated Stoney Creek.
He refers to the community as having a “great beach front, beautiful trails and not to mention one of the best ice cream shops in the province.”
“It has been almost 200 years since Stoney Creek made its way on the map with the Battle of Stoney Creek during the War of 1812. Although its potential in winning this contest is on a much smaller scale, I feel that it's a great opportunity to put Stoney Creek on the map again, not to mention, receive some much needed money to boost our local sports community,” he said.
“Yes, we are a part of Hamilton now, but we are and always will be Stoney Creek first.”
If Stoney Creek wins the money, Josipovic proposes the Stoney Creek News run a poll to have readers suggest how best to allocate the funds.
“Given the constant funding cuts, this would be a great investment not only for our community, but for the many youth that could potentially benefit from this prize,” he said.
Josipovic’s nomination, along with two others on the Kraft Celebration Tour Web site, mention Stoney Creek’s Canada Flag Day celebration, Re-Enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek, multiculturalism, sports programs, lakefront trail and historic sites as some of the highlights of the community. But they say Stoney Creek needs the funds for its aged hockey arenas and Little League Park.
The top 20 communities will be announced Friday, July 1 at www.kraftcelebrationtour.ca. Then it’s up to Canada to decide the 10 winners via 10 days of head-tohead online voting.
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Winners of this contest receive $25,000 for upgrades or renovations to a local facility and a live broadcast of TSN SportsCentre from the community.
Resident Bernard Josipovic, who also ran for Ward 10 in the last municipal election, nominated Stoney Creek.
He refers to the community as having a “great beach front, beautiful trails and not to mention one of the best ice cream shops in the province.”
“It has been almost 200 years since Stoney Creek made its way on the map with the Battle of Stoney Creek during the War of 1812. Although its potential in winning this contest is on a much smaller scale, I feel that it's a great opportunity to put Stoney Creek on the map again, not to mention, receive some much needed money to boost our local sports community,” he said.
“Yes, we are a part of Hamilton now, but we are and always will be Stoney Creek first.”
If Stoney Creek wins the money, Josipovic proposes the Stoney Creek News run a poll to have readers suggest how best to allocate the funds.
“Given the constant funding cuts, this would be a great investment not only for our community, but for the many youth that could potentially benefit from this prize,” he said.
Josipovic’s nomination, along with two others on the Kraft Celebration Tour Web site, mention Stoney Creek’s Canada Flag Day celebration, Re-Enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek, multiculturalism, sports programs, lakefront trail and historic sites as some of the highlights of the community. But they say Stoney Creek needs the funds for its aged hockey arenas and Little League Park.
The top 20 communities will be announced Friday, July 1 at www.kraftcelebrationtour.ca. Then it’s up to Canada to decide the 10 winners via 10 days of head-tohead online voting.
Go Stoney Creek! Please LIKE us on Facebook
Story by STONEY CREEK NEWS
Great job! Well said....let's go STONEY CREEK! Yahoo!
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