Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Southpoint Sun - 19
Remembering Floyd ‘Bud’ Hillman (1933-2020) By C. Scott Holland LEAMINGTON — For the Leamington area, 2020 was a devastating year, and along the way we lost a few noted people. One of them was sports figure, Floyd “Bud” Hillman - one of the three Hillman boys who rose to the ranks of the NHL. Brothers Wayne and Larry both enjoyed lengthy NHL careers. Born in Ruthven in 1933, his family moved to Kirkland
Lake, where he spent much of his childhood. His hockey career kicked off with the Kitchener-Waterloo franchise. At 5’11” and 180 lbs., Bud joined the Windsor Bulldogs in the OHA Sr. league for the 1954/55 campaign. Two years later, Hillman joined the NHL’s Boston Bruins and played six games for them. In that short spell, he would not amass any points and had
10 minutes in the sin bin. After a few years in the IHL and AHL, Bud would re-join the Bulldogs and become a part of the Allan Cup winning 1962/63 squad under head coach Joe Klukay. He returned a year later and played his final season in the IHL loop. After retiring from hockey, he spent 30 years working for Chrysler and making Kirkland Lake a favourite spot. He
would also become involved in minor hockey through coaching, refereeing and helping run hockey schools. More than anything, Bud had an immense love of his family. He and his wife Barb had five children: Karen Newton, Pat Hillman, Kelly Drummond. Kathy Gradwell and Brian Hillman. Bud and Barb had 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
FLOYD ‘BUD’ HILLMAN
OGVG working with community on mitigation of light glow Editor’s note: The following release was issued by the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers on December 18. The release is in response to Leamington and Kingsville councils recently passing their light abatement by-laws. LEAMINGTON – The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) are eager to engage the local municipal councils of both Kingsville and Leamington on reasonable and enforceable lighting by-laws for the greenhouse sector in the region. OGVG recognizes the legitimate community concerns with greenhouse nighttime glow. At the same time, OGVG is concerned that the recently enacted by-
laws may be proven to be both impractical and unenforceable. This is a situation that OGVG believes everyone involved would like to avoid. The realities of Canadian winters, such as low light levels and temperatures, mean that growers must provide plants with additional light and heat to support their growth. As a critical source of fresh local vegetables during the COVID-19 pandemic, that goal is only becoming more important. OGVG has worked diligently to identify technical solutions to growers using lights and will continue to identify and implement light abatement technologies and encourage the adoption of good
neighbour policies that meet the expectations of residents and the needs of greenhouse vegetable farmers. To that end, OGVG has engaged the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), the University of Windsor, the University of Guelph and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, to identify lighting strategies and abatement techniques and technologies that can work in the unique climate of southern Ontario. “OGVG and our members are committed to
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