Keep Cameron Rd Bridge open say neighbours
The buzz is Napper more popular than Sarnia Sting
April 2, 2015
Plympton-Wyoming Mayor Lonny Napper seems to more popular than the Sarnia Sting.
The mayor attended a fundraising dinner for the anti-wind turbine group WAIT-PW this weekend in Camlachie and offered dinner for four, with the mayor, at Sam’s Restaurant in Wyoming.
The auction item fetched $2,100 – the highest amount of anything up for display including box seats to a Sarnia Sting game.
One of WAIT’s spokespeople, Ingrid Willemsen, will be having dinner with Napper.
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