In the October 29, 2018, edition of the Canton Repository, sports writer Josh Weir wrote an article on the closing of Tam O'Shanter Golf Course. Within the article, Canton Rotarian Joe Niamtu was interviewed about his love and experience with the golf course.The article reads "A life lived well enough - and long enough - means dealing with goodbyes. Consider Joe Niamtu. The 94-year-old Niamtu lost his second wife, Violet, in June when she passed away. The two former childhood sweethearts reconnected later in life after each lost a spouse of two decades. "I used to caddie and go home and use my earnings to take her to a cheap movie," Niamtu said. He chuckled. Funny how life works. On Sunday, he loses a love of a different kind: his first and only golf course."
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Repository photo by Ray Stewart. Photo Caption: Don Nist, 84 knocks down a putt on the 18th hole of Tam O'Shanter's Dale Course with longtime friend, Joe Niamtu, 94, looking on