{"id":60195,"date":"2018-12-31T01:41:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T06:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=60195"},"modified":"2019-01-15T08:57:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:57:37","slug":"best-of-our-town-with-grant-nickalls-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/best-of-our-town-with-grant-nickalls-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The best of Our Town with Grant Nickalls 2018: A lacrosse legend, garbage woes, supporting local, and being good to each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each week, Huntsville\u2019s own Grant Nickalls entertains us, inspires us, make us laugh and sometimes makes us cry, but always he reminds us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week in Our Town, we bring back some of your favourite videos from 2018. Enjoy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First up, Grant recalls living next door to lacrosse legend Jack Bionda:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-g5jXfNkcE0?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many of you agreed with Grant&#8217;s rant about people who think their garbage is someone else&#8217;s problem:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtYvou7lgrI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And most everyone could agree that it&#8217;s important to support local:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KFK_kdWJC_w\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And last, but not least, Grant&#8217;s reminder to be good to one another resonated with Doppler viewers. It&#8217;s as important now as we begin a new year as it was when we shared it last January. Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-BE4RdoRzhw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Missed some of the Our Town with Grant Nickalls series? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/category\/ourtown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to check out past videos<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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