Oakville North News (Oakville, Ontario: Oakville Beaver, Ian Oliver - Publisher), 22 Oct 1993, p. 15

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â€"_"It was very flattering," Grimm said from Edmonton, where he was on business as part of his new job as commissioner of the Canadian Professional Tour. the highlights of the professional golf tour got his due, Saturday. Dick Grimmâ€"â€""Mr. Canadian Open" as he‘s known in these partsâ€"â€"was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame during a lavish ceremony in Toronto, Saturday. The man who made the Canadian Open one of More than 400 people, including surprise guest and good friend Craig Stadler, attended the reception. ‘Mr. Canadian Open‘ goes to Hall | He was particularly moved by a gift that was preâ€" sented to him by Stadler: A painting of the 15th hole of Augusta (Georgia) Golf Club signed by past champiâ€" ons of the Masters. Grimm, who was chairman of the Canadian Open six times and was a driving force behind Glen Abbey Golf Club, is the 40th person enter the hall, which is located on the Glen Abbey grounds in Bs "Approving the nomination of Dick...was one of the easiest deciâ€" sions the Hall of Fame selection committee has ever faced," Ralph Costello, chairman of the Hall‘s selection committee, said. Grimm retired in May from the Royal Canadian Golf Association, where he had served as director of professional tournaments since 1983, although stayed on as a conâ€" sultant to help out with this year‘s Open. He has been governor of the RCGA since 1969 and served as president in 1974. But it is work in making the Open "the fifth major" tournament for which he best known. As Costello said, Grimm "virtually sinâ€" gleâ€"handedly" brought the Open to "unprecedented levels." He was a proponent of moving the Open to Glen Abbey and keepâ€" ing it there ("The golf club is owned by the RCGA, so it makes sense financially" ), although he concedes j on our fall j 1 ~Tuneâ€"up 1 = Specials : 1 Expires Nov. 30/93! J We‘re around the corner from the Price Club at 3100 Ridgeway Dr. Unit #4 Ashots â€" ; Small Engine Service Centre Inc. Your Authorized ~NOMA Dealer in Mississauga North News Oakville that there is a strong likelihood the Open will be rotated to other clubs in the future. Grimm says he still has a fondness for the first Abbey Open in 1977. The course was only a year old and had only 35 members, but, relying on his experiâ€" ence running the 1975 Open at Mississauga Golf Club, pulled it off. The key to success? "Volunteers," he said. "From an operational standpoint, you can‘t do without them." _Abbey, he said, was blessed with terrific volunteers and a fine corporate sponsor, headed by Impenal Tobacco (DuMaurier). Richard H. Grimm was born 70 years ago in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Yale University and served with the U.S. marines during the Second World War, before becoming a successful businessman in the â€" ement industry. He lives in Willowdale with his wife Karen and two of their eight children. MINOR PEEWEE WHITE TEAM ONE BLUE 6 (Travis Cutler 2, Bryan Kloet, Robbie Prasad, Chris Perras, Chris Dobson. Assists: Cutler 2, Matthew Williams 3, Jimmy Gorham, Thomas Disher). TEAM TWO GREEN 1 (Scott Ryan) TEAM THREE WHITE :2 (Peter McCaffrey, Simon Payne. Assists: Clint Camara, Mark Tolhurst). TEAM FOUR RED 2 (David Tingle, Rakesh Patel. Assists: Frazer McLean, Blair Prentice). Submitt results to the Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., or fax (845â€"3085) Q.E. MIL. STA. STA. LOY. GEO. TAB. O.T. LoY. GEO. TAB. O.T. Q.E. MIL. STA. N.D. LBP. LOY. Rotherglen School is dedicated to the needs of the individual child. We offer a warm, learning environment, concentrating our efforts on developing a strong sense of selfâ€"esteem as well as effective learning strategies for the child. * Full Montessori program for Preâ€"school and Elementary levels * Qualified Montessori instructors * Full and half day programs available * Before and after school program * Phonics approach to reading and writing * Integrated music program; involving choral Choir, instruments, voice * Full French program * Art instruction * Computer program . * Computer * Physical edpucatxon program; including skating and swimming * Extra curricular programming; including Suzuki violin lessons, Orff music instruction, ballet instruction, piano lessons and vocal training * Equestrian facility and private instruction available * Summer Day Camp ** Held at our country campus * TUTORING SERVICES ALSO AVAILABLE SENIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL PW L__PF PA T TA. a~ 2 0O 12647 4 VOLPE DIVISION STANDINGS SENIOR FOOTBALL GP W L T PF PA TP 4 ~4° 0 0 120 37 8 JUNIOR FOOTBALL P W L T PF PA TP Rotherglen School River Oaks Montessori Campus, 2045 Sixth Line, Oakville 27 21 286 82 0 36 107 0 74 42 TP Rotherglen School Q.T. LOY. TAB. APP. Q.E. O.T. STA. LOY. LBP. River Oaks Montessori O.T. JUNIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL P W L PF PA T STA. LOY. N.D. APP. STA. (Ke) A GEO. TAB. SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL JUNIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL P We L â€"TP SENIOR FIELD HOCKEY P WOL_T GF GA TP 7 o. : 19 20 °1. 313 7 0 6 6 1 16 0 13 JUNIOR FIELD HOCKEY P W L_T GF GA TP

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