WAYNE CLARE GREEN Wayne curled his final game on Monday, went into hospital on Tuesday and passed away on Saturday March 24, 2018, at the Perth and District Hospital with his family at his side. Wayne was born Dec. 15, 1934 at Kirkland Lake, Ont. Survived by wife Diane, son Kelly of Calgary, Alberta, daughter Kim (Eric) Armstrong of Wolfville, Nova Scotia and son Casey (Brenda Myers) of Penticton. Also survived by stepchildren Stephanie (Ken) Brooks of Callander, Ont., John (Linnea) Scott of Brighton, Ont., and Christina (Christopher) Baird of Ottawa. Surviving grandchildren are Jesse and Kelsey Green, McCartni and Jaime Hackett, Kaylee and Shawnna Brooks, Ella and Josie Scott, Michael, Benjamin and Anna Baird. Predeceased by former wife Bev Green, parents Nelson and Ruth Green (Gagnon), brother Donald Barber, and stepsisters Norma (Jack) Witbeck of Binghamton, New York and Erna (Bill) Muir of Lady Lake, Florida. Grew up in North Bay and, after finishing high school, started in the newspaper business in 1951 at the age of 16 with the Temiskaming Speaker in New Liskeard. In 1962, became the first managing editor of the Northern Times, a new weekly newspaper in Kapuskasing and helped build the publication into one of the leading community newspapers in Canada, winning 98 awards in national, provincial and regional newspaper competitions during his 33 years in charge. In 1968 he led the founding of The Tribune, a new weekly in Sturgeon Falls, and managed its operations until the paper was sold to local interests in 1973. After retiring in 1995 as publisher of the Northern Times and general manager of the related Norweb printing company in Timmins, he moved to Haileybury and continued to write a weekly column for both the Northern Times and the Temiskaming Speaker until 2005. Since relocating to Perth in 2013, he has produced occasional articles for the New Liskeard paper. Always active in sports, he played fastball, basketball and badminton in early years and was dedicated to golfing and curling throughout his life. He was chairman of the organizing committee when Kapuskasing hosted the Canadian Schoolboy curling championship in 1976 and played a key role in the municipal takeover of the Kapuskasing Golf Club in 1981. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will be arranged later in the year. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Temiskaming Hospital in New Liskeard.