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Crystal Gage gets teens and pre-teens singing and dancing during the Chatham Relay For Life event held on Saturday at CKSS. The event, which ran from noon until midnight, raised $82,000 and counting for the local branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. See story on page 2.

Residents defend cenotaph

By Jim Blake & Bruce Corcoran jim@chathamvoice.com bruce@chathamvoice.com

Mayor Randy Hope said he’s surprised by the level of anger by some opponents of his proposal to consider moving Cha-

tham’s cenotaph.

Hope said he’s received dozens of e-mails with personal insults over his comments made during last week’s Chatham-Kent council meeting.

“I’m not an idiot, and I don’t appreciate being called one,” he said. “I’m

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trying to have a wholesome discussion about the cenotaph because if we are going to do anything, this is the time to do it.”

The municipality has applied for up to $1 million in funding under the Canada 150 fund established to celebrate the nation’s

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sesquicentennial in 2017.

“If we’re going to examine the future of the downtown core for the next several decades, the cenotaph should be part of that discussion,” he said. “It’s my personal belief that the cenotaph should be moved because

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it doesn’t get the respect it deserves in its current location.”

Hope said those who question his respect for veterans are out of line.

“The entire reason I raised the issue is because I want the cenotaph to be more prominent. It’s that

simple.”

The mayor suggested Legion Memorial Park on the north side of the Thames River, or a vacant lot at the corner of King and Third Street next to the Kent Club as possible locations.

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Walking for a cure Event raises $82,000, less than half of ’14 tally

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Fighting cancer? Bring it on!

Speaking in public – that takes a little doing.

Karrie Roy, who spoke for cancer survivors at Saturday’s 13th annual Relay for Life, drew courage from the crowd assembled in front of her at the event.

“It took me a week to accept that I might have the courage to get up on stage. I said to myself if I can’t speak in a place where everyone is there for the same reason, with open loving hearts, then I can’t do it anywhere.”

Roy said “it was suggested that I get my af-

fairs in order, five years ago, with the grim prognosis of nine months to live.”

With the help of her Earth Angel team and support, she has used the cancer experience to change her outlook on life.

She recited a portion of a work by author Louise Hay that she said is particularly important to remember as those who have cancer deal with their identity.

“I love and approve of my body; I feed it nourishing food and beverages; I exercise it in ways that are fun; I recognize my body as a wondrous and magnif-

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The Geeks with Sneaks team heads out onto the track to take part in the annual Chatham Relay For Life event Saturday. The Geeks raised more than $13,000 this year for the Canadian Cancer Society. Overall, the event raised $82,000 and counting.

icent machine and I feel privileged to live in it.

I have lots of energy.

All is well in my world.”

Karrie was joined by hundreds who walked, jogged, ran, danced,

pushed walkers and strollers for 12 hours and in the end raised more than $82,000 for cancer research.

Cindy Vinall, senior manager of communi-

ty offices for the Cancer Society, said nearly 500 people registered for the event that was held at the Chatham Kent Athletic Centre, behind Chatham-Kent Secondary School.

During the event, participants were treated to music by some of the areas top bands and musicians including Toast and Jam, Crystal Gage, Face 4 Radio, The Chasers, The Remnants, Objective Unknown, Tina Pumfrey

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The top fundraising team was corporate team Geeks with Sneaks from Union Gas. Margaret Koomans was the top individual fundraiser, while the Sawdust team was the number one non-corporate team, and École Secondaire de Pain Court raised the most money among high schools.

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“It (the cenotaph) should be off of the street, and someplace that will allow proper reflection of what it stands for,” he said.

If public feedback to Chatham’s six councillors is any indication, moving the cenotaph from the Sixth Street location where it’s been since 1923 will be an uphill fight.

Coun. Doug Sulman said he’s had “non-stop e-mails” from constituents opposed to the idea.

“People are extremely angry over this. They consider the location almost like sacred ground.”

Coun. Michael Bondy said he’s received “incredibly negative” response.

“I received 40 e-mails right off the bat,” he said. “It’s rare to get feedback like this so quickly.”

Bondy said he believes there is “zero appetite “ to move the cenotaph and went so far as to prepare a mass e-mail for constituents saying in part, “moving or removing the cenotaph is NEVER going to happen ... the only positive thing erupting from this controversy is that your municipal council is very aware of the importance of the cenotaph.”

Bondy said Hope’s logic is “kind of weak” and that if anything council should be looking at making the cenotaph site more memorable.

“I’ve suggested that we could make the site better, a kind of memorial square. Moving it after almost a hundred years is just wrong.”

Coun. Bob Myers said he’s received more than 60 e-mails with only one in favour of moving the Cenotaph.

“There are people questioning the mayor’s motives and it’s pretty clear based on what I’ve heard that this is not going to have any support.”

Coun. Brock McGregor has no idea where the mayor came up with the idea to move the cenotaph.

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Coun. Darrin Canniff said gives him (Hope) the right? Did the complaints certainly began he fight in the war for us?”

Mayor Hope said he’s certainflowing in regards to moving ly not about to apologize for his the monument.

“In the six months I’ve been on comments.

“Do we have to move it? The council, I’ve gotten maybe 30 letters at most. I’ve probably got answer is no,” Hope said. “Do 16 and counting on this issue,” we need to talk about it? Absolutely. It’s my job to bring forth he said.

Canniff said the idea of moving ideas. I’ll continue to do that.” the cenotaph just isn’t feasible.

“It’s like 80 tons. It’s a huge thing,” he said.

He added the public likes it right where it is.

“Based on the comments I’ve received, it’s certainly not going anywhere fast.”

Coun. Derek Robertson thinks the entire issue is somewhat overblown, all from an informal comment at the end of a council meeting.

“It was probably a remark that wasn’t steeped in a whole lot of public consultation. Nobody’s done any empirical research on mov(Hot & Cold dip mixes, BBQ ing the cenotaph. This is sauces and rubs, etc) the biggest non-story of the year,” he said. “At the end of the day, we’ve made more out of this than ever needed to be done. There was no conversation at the council table – closed or open – to move the cenotaph.”

He agreed with Canniff that the public feedback on the matter is to leave the cenotaph where it is.

Darlene Simmons, a concerned local citizen, can’t believe the issue was even mentioned casually around the council table.

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When the mayor floated a trial balloon at a recent council meeting about the possibility of moving Chatham’s cenotaph, the public erupted in anger.

was off the cuff,” he said.

He said the comment was particularly head scratching, considering council just approved the submission to a federal grant that would allow the municipality to approve the downtown streetscape, including around the cenotaph.

The Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program is offering up to $1 million in federal funding over two years to “support the rehabilitation, renovation and expansion of existing community infrastructure,” ac-

cording to the federal website.

“It’s a pretty extensive plan around where the cenotaph is, and it revolved around the cenotaph being there,” McGregor said of the Chatham-Kent application.

McGregor said council has never discussed the idea of moving the cenotaph.

“I haven’t had a complaint about where the cenotaph is.

People are really pleased with what’s going on to enhance where the cenotaph is to make it more of a focal point,” he said.

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’Burg battle wages over water

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

A highly skeptical crowd of more than 100 people attended a public input meeting in Wallaceburg

June 9 to discuss the future water supply of their community.

The meeting was called

by Stantec Consulting and the Chatham Public Utilities Commission in

response to public concern over plans to close the W.P. Moynihan Water Treatment Plant in Wallaceburg and build a pipeline to connect to Chatham in its place.

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Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission General Manager Tom Kissner addresses the crowd at a public input meeting recently to discuss the future of Wallaceburg’s water supply.

After a half hour review of the report, members of the public spent the next 90 minutes questioning the motives behind the report, its methodology, scope and financial assumptions.

PUC members and municipal councillors Jeff Wesley, David VanDamme, Brock McGregor and Trevor Thompson attended the session while members Leon Leclair, Bryon Fluker and chair Randy Hope were absent.

Among options offered in the report were variations of plans to connect to Lake Huron, keep the current Snye River source or get Lake Erie water from Chatham.

The report raised and dismissed the idea of connecting the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWWS) from Sarnia based on preliminary assumptions of cost. The report also rejects use of the Wallaceburg system as being more expensive over the long term due to needed upgrades.

The presentation was interrupted several times before the question period as residents expressed incredulity at the report and comments made by Stantec presenter Gary Deonarine.

At one point Deonarine said the study had examined whether the water intake for the Wallaceburg plant could be moved to the Sydenham River from its current location on the Chenal Ecarte.

Wesley jumped to his feet and asked Stantec representatives, “Did you ever even look at it (the river)?”

The silty condition meant Wallaceburg has drawn water from the Snye for more than 100 years.

Chatham-Kent PUC manager Tom Kissner said looking at the river was a provincial requirement.

Although the meeting was called to gauge public input, Wallaceburg resident Henrie Timmers accused Stantec of ignoring the very input it said it seeks.

Stantec’s figures show

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only 74 comments received, of which less than 25% indicate a preference to upgrade Wallaceburg water.

Timmers said just under 500 people have signed an online petition opposing getting Lake Erie Water via Chatham.

“I’ve contacted Stantec and the PUC to tell them about the petition, but I get no response,” he said.

“It looks to me as if you’re trying to minimize the appearance of opposition to this by telling us what you want to hear instead of what we’re saying.”

Wesley said Wallaceburg residents are united in the fact that they don’t want to draw water from Lake Erie.

“Every person I’ve spoken to, every person Carmen (Coun. Carmen McGregor, who also attended the meeting) has spoken to has told us the same thing – they don’t want Lake Erie water. To say you only know of 74 responses is unbelievable.”

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Council e-mail issue put to rest

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

A short-lived policy that added members of administration to e-mails sent to council members has been reversed, Chatham-Kent CAO Don Shropshire says.

“The issue was raised at council Monday night (June 8) and there were

concerns that the public wasn’t aware of the change,” he said. “We returned to the previous practice where no staff were receiving e-mails to council.”

Shropshire said the change had initially been made to help make sure administration was aware of issues brought to council, but he had no

problem reversing the practice.

“It’s purely council’s de-

cision,” he said.

Chatham Coun. Doug Sulman had brought the matter forward. He said adding administration members to the council list could compromise correspondence privacy expectations.

“I had polled a number of councillors who supported my belief so I brought it up to see if

noting, the “Snye River is in place dealing with that of better quality than Lake problem; money Lee said Erie ... which continues to could have gone a long face serious water quality way toward refurbishing issues which to date have the Wallaceburg plant. not been fully addressed.”

The audience asked KissKris Lee, of the Wallace- ner if the PUC had even burg Advisory Team for a considered expanding Cleaner Habitat (WATCH) the Wallaceburg plant called the and using r e p o r t “It’s a question of it to pump flawed be- whether you want to Lake Hucause it get water from a movron water doesn’t ad- ing stream or a stagto Chatham, dress water he respondnant pond.” quality. ed that it She noted - Bill Currier wasn’t disthe ongocussed. ing problem with algae, When Lee said given the which closed American importance of the subject water intakes last sum- she would have thought mer, as well as the disco- Hope, as chair of the PUC, loured and foul-smelling would have attended, the water Chatham has been comment was greeted dealing with for a number with catcalls and unprintof years, aren’t even men- able remarks. tioned.

Bill Currier, a former Kissner said the munic- member of the Wallaceipality recently spent $1 burg Water Commission, million putting a system was also concerned that

the source of water wasn’t discussed.

“The water in the St. Clair River has a seven- to eight-day turnover while Lake Erie has a sevento eight-year turnover,” he said. “It’s a question of whether you want to get water from a moving stream or a stagnant pond.”

A committee is being established to provide input to the PUC on the Stantec report, although the number and composition of members hasn’t been finalized.

Kissner said he hopes the committee can wrap up its work this summer so the issue can taken before the PUC for a vote in the fall.

With the final decision eventually in the hands of the PUC, Wesley said those present should make every effort to make their views known.

there was opposition to switching back,” he said.

“There wasn’t.

“We operate on the basis that issues raised to a councillor by a constituent are private until such time as both agree it should be shared. In my opinion it works well.”

Shropshire said staff is requesting that council members forward any

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McGregor said the Wallaceburg Chamber of Commerce, the Business Improvement Association, environmental groups and others have come out against Lake Erie water.

She also questioned financial aspects of the report that McGregor said she believes have changed since it was first brought forward.

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton, who attended the meeting but didn’t speak publicly, said response to his office against Lake Erie water has been overwhelming.

“I don’t think there is any doubt which source residents want,” he said.

Bev Shipley, MP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, has stated publicly his support for the continued use Wallaceburg’s system,

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Flawed system The forfeiture of a known drug house in Chatham under the Civil Remedies Act not only shows determination of local police and the provincial Ministry of the Attorney General, it also demonstrates how deeply flawed is our current justice system.

The Chatham-Kent Police Service worked closely with the province, building a case as early as 2002.

In 2007, the building became the first multi-residential unit to be seized in Ontario.

The matter took another seven years to be resolved as the property owner took the legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada before the high court backed the province.

While it’s a tool that ultimately worked, the average citizen has every right to question why it was needed considering the following: Police responded to the address 300 times, serving more than 20 search warrants, making nearly 50 arrests and laying more than 115 charges.

The drug dealers and users were undeterred.

The vast majority of petty crime (minor theft, burglaries, etc) is fueled by drugs.

Those convicted generally don’t get enough time or help in jail to kick their addictions and end up back on the street less employable than before; and the cycle of poverty, drugs and crime continues.

Blaming judges and crown attorneys would be an easy out, but there aren’t cells enough to hold those who need to be kept in jail long enough to kick their habit; and where there are cells, they’re aren’t enough councillors.

The system is set up to favour frequent court appearances, tying up police, increasing legal aid costs and generally using far more resources than should be necessary than if it was adequately staffed and funded in the first place.

Senior politicians believe they need to look tough on crime, so getting “soft” resources is difficult. A photo opportunity for announcing a super jail gets more publicity than providing additional funding to make the system run more smoothly.

Until our leaders choose reform over rhetoric, we’ll continue to swirl in the same circular manner, serving nothing but the status quo.

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Misreading pulse of the public It took all of 27 minutes for public credibility regarding Stantec Consulting’s study on Wallaceburg water service to gurgle down the drain last week.

It was at that point in the presentation to Wallaceburg residents June 9 the firm revealed it had given consideration to moving the town’s water intake from the Snye River to the Sydenham River.

You could almost hear tbe jaws dropping, followed by mocking laughter, anger and incredulity of more than 100 people in the audience.

The explanation given was that the consultants had to cover all the options because the province wouldn’t approve the project otherwise.

The Sydenham River hasn’t been a source of potable water since the early 1900s and the public is being asked to believe that unless it’s considered as one now, a multi million dollar project will be jeopardized?

The statement simply confirmed the belief among many that the report is a reflection of

Jim Blake what PUC management wants, not what’s best for residents, notwithstanding the strong denial of that from PUC general manager Tom Kissner.

It’s the third public meeting on the project but to call them public input meetings is a bit of a misnomer. It seems clear that what is being sought is not input but blind acceptance.

If ever a consultant underestimated public interest in a subject, this was it.

Stantec and the PUC were on their heels when questioned about the scope of the study – no, the issue of connecting with Lambton County’s system wasn’t fully investigated (it was assumed to be too expensive); no, the idea of supplying Chatham with water from Wallaceburg wasn’t even

considered (out of the scope of the project, no doubt); and no, the idea of water quality wasn’t considered an issue worthy of mention.

Questions still remain about gaps in the costing of various options.

In its presentation, Stantec had still not acknowledged the widespread opposition from business and environmental groups, online petitions and senior politicians.

Lake Huron is deeper, cleaner, has less industry and population and doesn’t suffer from the blight of algae blooms and agricultural runoff while Chatham’s supply from Lake Erie has been plagued by foul smelling, discoloured water which just cost $1 million to deal with.

Ohio water intakes on Lake Erie were closed last year due to poor water quality.

It’s understandable why residents questioned the veracity of the report.

There were comments made about the emotion of the issue, as if that emotion had replaced logic in the minds of the

crowd.

The consultants didn’t seem to realize that many of those in attendance have fought much bigger foes (and that’s what this appears to be to them, a fight) when they took on the multinational chemical industries in Sarnia for pollution.

As a result of their persistence, their lobbying, their partnerships with First Nations and yes, their technical knowledge, Wallaceburg residents played a key role in cleaning up what was once known as the chemical “blob” in the bottom of the St. Clair River.

These people will not be intimidated by professional designations and they won’t be dismissed with a “we know what’s best for you” attitude.

If Stantec would have provided all of the information well in advance of the first meeting last year, acknowledged the community’s past and not underestimated the value of public input – real input which may not agree with its findings, it perhaps wouldn’t find itself in the mess it’s in.

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Wetlands get $1M in upgrades thanks to Ducks Unlimited

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Seven local wetland areas will benefit from a $1 million grant announced June 10 by Duck Unlimited (DU) Canada.

In a windswept, rainy ceremony at the St. Clair National Wildlife Area in the former Dover Township, DU senior volunteer Greg Weeks said funds will be used to refurbish dykes and drainage systems which deteriorate over time.

“Many of our projects are 35 to 40 years old and require a reinvestment,” he said. Despite the inclement weather, Weeks looked around at the marsh area and said, “It’s not hard to look around and fall in love with this place.”

Andrea Kettle, head of for Envier 5thstewardship 2014 ronment Canada, said the Lake St. Clair area is gistration the most important wath area in Ontario 5th & 6terfowl south of James Bay. The -5:00pm St. Clair area is one of 54 sites representing 12.4 nce Studio tham million hectares of pro-

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Kettle said wetlands not Weeks praised land- only play a role in wildowners with whom DU life preservation but also collaborates in wetland act as an important part management agree- of the health of Canada’s ments. ecosystem. She noted that “None of this would be the St. Clair site contains possible without land- some 35 species at risk. owners, governments The areas receiving and in some cases, indus- funding under the DU try,” he said. grant are The Roberta Wayne and Judy Con- Stewart Wildlife Area on nor, the property owners the Snye River northwest of Connor’s Marsh that is of Wallaceburg, where one of the seven areas be- bank erosion will be reJim Blake/The Chatham Voice ing upgraded, is a strong paired, Bear Creek where Ducks Unlimited spokesman Greg Weeks announced a $1 million grant to cover improvesupporter of DU’s efforts. beaver and muskrat dam- ments at seven wetland sites “I’ve been a Ducks age will be addressed, across Chatham-Kent June Unlimited member for Connor’s Marsh where 10 at the St. Clair National years,” Wayne Connor pumping upgrades will Wildlife Area. said. “We’ve had a man- take place. agement agreement since The Rex Dover and Rex the St. Clair site, while about 2003. It’s an excel- 14 sites will see dyke re- phragmites control and lent group which is doing pairs and removal of old basin sculpting will be done at the Jeannette’s a great job protecting our drainage tiles. wildlife.”

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Chatham-Kent re-enactors to fight Napoleon 200th anniversary of Battle of Waterloo

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A squad of local military re-enactors will step back in time – 200 years – this week, a continent away, to help defeat Napoleon.

Mark Dickerson, Dave Welton, Charlie Wiebenga and Jason Ball will don the uniforms of the First Regiment of Foot of the Royal Scots, who fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo 200 years ago in what is now Belgium. Back

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This isn’t the first time local re-enactors travelled abroad, and it’s not the first time locals have “fought” Napoleon. Dickerson said in 1990, the Kent Military Re-enactment Society travelled to Belgium and dressed as the 19th Dutch Militia.

All told, 20 local re-enac-

tors took part in the 175th marking of the Battle of Waterloo.

Dickerson was one of the locals involved. He said there were 120,000 spectators on hand to watch the re-enactment, and it was broadcast in five countries.

He can’t wait to go again.

“I had such a great time in 1990 meeting other people and being a part of something so big and exciting, that I wanted to go back. And this time I get

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Mark Dickerson, right, is seen here with Linda Corrente in the fall of 2013 prior to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of the Thames. Dickerson is one of four Chatham-Kent military re-enactors heading to Europe this week to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo.

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“This is going to be a great experience for Charlie to see a re-enactment that has 5,000 participants,” he said. “The Battle of the Thames had about 250 soldiers. The Battle of Waterloo is going to be 20 times bigger.”

Dickerson said the re-enactment is one element of a family vacation.

“This trip and re-enactment will be a cultural and historic experience for them. They will get to see a re-enactment on a scale that just doesn’t happen in North America. We are also travelling around Belgium and England so they will get to

visit museums, castles, battlefields and sites that are very interesting. I think it is important for kids to experience different cultures and geographical areas.”

Dickerson fell in love with re-enacting past military battles when he took part in the 175th anniversary event marking the Battle of the Thames in 1988.

“I love the friendship and the camaraderie. The people in my hobby are also my friends who all share a love of history as I do. Many of them have their own kids and they all play together as well,” he said. “I also enjoy the camping and getting to stay in historic buildings.”

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One of Canada’s foremost authorities on hernia surgery is nestled in a quiet part of the health-care cupboard – on the southwestern Ontario shelf right beside where they keep the orthopedic experts.

You guessed it, Chatham-Kent.

In September, Dr. John Morrison will take over as president of the Canadian Hernia Society. His intent is to continue to get the word out that too many people live in chronic pain, or have complications following hernia surgery.

With an estimated 80,000 people having such procedures in Canada each year, and about 20 million worldwide, the surgery is pretty common. All too common as well are complications from it, Morrison said.

Some hernias recur, and as many as 15% of people who have hernia surgery develop chronic pain as a complication, he said.

“Some hernias come back. We’ve managed with different repairs to reduce the number of recurrences, but in the process of reducing the number of people that get hernias again, the number of people that suffer from chronic pain after they have their hernia repaired has gone way up,” he said. “Some people – some young people – are left incapacitated. This is a serious problem.”

Morrison said the issues that develop are generally not due to the muscles healing poorly, but rather what is used to help the body heal.

“We think it’s because of the material we use to repair the hernia – it’s the mesh,” he said. “Some of these meshes, and the way they’re put in, we think are the cause of some of the problems that cause pain. Not all of it, but certainly since we’ve started to use these meshes, the number of people with pain has gone way up.”

In some cases, Morrison said, doctors have to operate and take the mesh out.

Morrison, who has more than three decades dealing with hernia patients, including about 25 years of repairing them laparoscopically, said hernias can occur for a variety of reasons, for instance developing as a result of the tissues not mending properly, whether it is from a surgical procedure or a naturally occurring phenomenon.

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He stressed if someone suspects he or she has a hernia – and they are more prevalent in men than women – they should see a health-care professional.

“The best thing is to have a hernia fixed, unless there is another problem that makes it harder to fix – say they’ve got a bad heart,” he said, adding that in those cases, “unless it’s an emergency, you don’t fix it.”

There are different degrees of hernias. The big hernias occur in the people who’ve had previous operations. Morrison said up to 20% of people who develop such hernias suffer big time. “Sticking out like a football” is how he describes some he’s seen.

He said such large hernias generally occur from previous surgical procedures that just didn’t heal properly.

“And that usually occurs in about 20% of people,” Morrison said. “If they leave them when they develop after a surgery, they get bigger; they don’t get smaller.”

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Best fit will beat best price here Municipality seeks right concept for prime Grand Avenue real estate

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

The municipality has received a few offers so far on nearly six acres of prime real estate on Grand Avenue East in Chatham, but it’s looking for the right deal.

The land, 300 Grand Ave. East, is 5.82 acres, and contains the old horticultural greenhouses, as well as Wm. McKenzie Ross Park. It is sandwiched between Grand Avenue and the Thames River.

Gord Quinton, director of financial services with the municipality, said the Chatham PUC once owned the property back when water was taken from the Thames River. It was deemed surplus last August, and council directed Quinton to put the

property up for sale.

He said until a deal can be worked out with a buyer it will remain as parkland.

Kristen Nead, the realtor who handles all municipal property sales, said the list price is $499,000.

She and deputy director of economic development, Stuart McFadden, stressed someone coming in with the highest price won’t necessarily get the land.

As part of the sale process, the municipality is asking potential purchasers to submit proposed development plans with their offers.

“We want the winning bid to not necessarily be the highest price, but what is the best use of the land for the community,” McFadden said.

Nead agreed.

“A really good investment would be looked at better than just the highest price,” she said, adding that increasing the municipality’s tax base is part of the consideration process.

McFadden said he has no idea what the land will ultimately be used for.

“People have an opportunity to submit their thoughts, ideas and price on that,” he said. “What do you do with the property? I don’t know. We don’t know what the next use might be. That’s why we put the question out to developers.

Nead said she listed the property April 22, and people have three months – until July 22 – to put forth proposals and offers.

She said there has been some interest in the land

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Nearly six acres of prime land is for sale by the municipality along Grand Avenue. It includes a park. But if the right developer with the right plan doesn’t come along, staff say the land won’t be sold.

already.

McFadden thinks the location will draw interest.

“It’s on a busy road and has lots of exposure. We have no intention on developing it, so we’ll leave it up to the developers to tell us what should be done with it,” he said.

Nead anticipates it will be a complicated sale, as part of the property is a

park, but there are also a number of easements and utilities that traverse the land.

She said the public would have to be consulted as the municipality would have to ask to close the park in order for the land sale to go through. She said there are also restrictions on the property that would have to be agreed to as well.

“There will be lots of conditions,” she said.

McFadden said the land may ultimately remain in municipal hands, however.

“At the end of the day, what might end up happening is nothing. If it doesn’t meet what we want to do, it won’t happen,” he said of any proposal.

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All hernias need repairing eventually

Continued from page 9

Ignoring a serious hernia can be life threatening.

“If you don’t get your hernia fixed, it can strangulate – the intestine can protrude through the abdominal wall to the point it starts to die,” he said.

“It can happen in a small number of people. You’ve got a hernia there and the next thing you know, you’ve got a hell of a lot of pain and you’ve got to go into the hospital in the middle of the night to get it fixed.”

Morrison sees perhaps 200 hernia patients a year as part of his general sur-

gery practice, some coming from as far away as Vancouver.

“But my thing now is basically hernias. The real tough ones. People that have had more than one.

That’s what I do. That’s what I enjoy doing,” he said.

“If feel I’ve got the expertise to be able to help that person and I feel that the results they’re getting are as good as they’re going to get anywhere in the world. It gives me a bit of pleasure to see somebody fixed and back to doing the things they love –playing golf or out playing

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football – whatever they want to do – and they don’t get problems anymore. That gives me great satisfaction.”

Morrison began repairing hernias laparoscopically – using small incisions – in 1991 while working in Newfoundland. He came to Chatham three years later.

He said the procedure now is “purely several hours in the hospital for the most part,” Morrison said. “I send everybody home.”

That’s not the case everywhere. The Shouldice Centre for Hernia Repair

in Toronto – a globally recognized hernia centre, keeps patients for up to three days.

“They have a whole program that they put people through,” he said.

Morrison said the prevalence of hernias has a real impact on our society.

“If you take into account the effect that hernias have on the economy, it is enormous. People don’t want to work. They’re off work for four or six weeks,” he said. “Think of 80,000 people off four to six weeks.”

Morrison said the average age of people suffering from a hernia is 50.

“A 50-year-old man, he’s in his prime at work, and he’s off for six weeks,” He said he encourages people to go back to work as soon as they feel able, especially people with sedentary jobs. But they must work smart.

“If it hurts, don’t do it.”

For folks suffering with a hernia, or with complications following hernia surgery, Morrison said they should not feel isolated.

“It’s important that people realize they’re not alone in this. It’s not a serious disease. But it certainly can be a serious problem if you don’t get it

looked after.”

Morrison’s expertise in the field has him recognized and respected around the globe. He said when he first began laparoscopic hernia repair, he taught the procedure to other doctors.

“When it was a brand new operation, I used to get invited to go here and there to show other surgeons how to do the operations.”

These days, he’s still spreading the word on proper hernia repair. Earlier this spring he presented at the 1st World Hernia Conference in Milan, Italy.

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the company, said trial efforts in Tilbury and Wallaceburg were very successful, leading Attention crows: The fall buf- to Progressive’s plan to expand fet in Chatham is coming to an it across the municipality.

With the totes placed right at end.

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Muir said widespread distriing free garbage totes to every bution of the totes is a win for home in the municipality.

Wes Muir, director of public everyone, from crow haters to and government relations for the company – which is footing the bill for all the totes – and especially its staff.

“This is being done mainly for safety reasons. It protects our staff and protects the public,” he said.

Traditional waste collecwww customwindow on ca tion sees a crew have a driver and at least one rear A TRADITION OF PROVEN packer.

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Progressive Waste Solutions totes similar to the one seen here, will soon be at the curb of most residents in Chatham-Kent, according to the company, after test programs in Tilbury and Wallaceburg went over well.

pretty exposed at a time when distracted driving is a serious concern.

“It’s not just in Chatham-Kent, but for us across North America. Distracted driving is a big issue. There have been cases where people aren’t paying attention. The guy in the back (of the waste vehicle) is focused on picking up the waste.”

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Meanwhile, the crows, who declined to comment on the matter, will have fewer garbage bags to rip apart each week for their fall and winter smorgasbord in Chatham.

Carts Ahoy, a Chatham company that sells, rents and repairs waste totes, is part of the Junctura Group. CEO Rocky Gaudrault praised Progressive for supplying the carts to residences in the municipality that have curbside pickup, calling the move “a good idea for the community. From a Carts Ahoy perspective, there already is stuff in place. This will be complimentary to what we have.”

While it will impact sales and rentals for Carts Ahoy in Chatham, Gaudrault said it could open doors as well.

“As far as Carts Ahoy is con-

cerned, we’ll probably get more into the maintenance side,” he said of the business in regards to Chatham-Kent. “We hope to work with Progressive on this.”

Gaudrault said Carts Ahoy is still picking up new clients and is also working to expand into other communities in Ontario.

“What’s happening here is only a small portion of what our goals are,” he said.

Muir doesn’t have a timeline on when the garbage totes would be available across the municipality yet.

He said each tote will come with instructions in terms of where and how to place them at the curbside.

“We like them to put them at the bottom of the driveway,” he said. “What we did in Tilbury and Wallaceburg was put instructions in the carts.”

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Carleton & Kucera: The best of the best

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They’ve done it all; at least all they can do at the high school level.

Chatham’s Bridget Carleton and Lee Kucera have won championships at every level they’ve played, and recently were awarded the prestigious Dr. Jack Parry Awards as Cha-

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Lee Kucera and Bridget Carleton earned the Dr. Jack Parry Awards this year, as top student-athletes in Chatham-Kent.

tham-Kent’s top high school student-athletes.

“I’m really proud because I know only one male and female from each school get nominated, and then to be the one who is named after all the thought put into it,” said Kucera of winning the Jack Parry Award.

“It’s a huge honour, I’m very excited,” said Carleton. “There were a lot of great nominees here that all deserved it, but I’m very proud and humbled by winning.”

The Jack Parry Awards are annually given to the student-athletes who best combine athletic and academic excellence, with community involvement.

Now the two are off to hone their skills, both academically and athletically, at the next level, as Carleton will attend Iowa State University on an NCAA basketball scholarship, and Kucera will head to Dalhousie University to play varsity baseball.

“I’m definitely not ready to stop competing,” said Kucera, who won an OFSAA gold in javelin, and an antique bronze in volleyball this year as a student at Chatham-Kent Secondary School.

“To get the chance to compete

at the next level in university has been one of the goals I have been working toward the past few years. I’m excited about the chance to contribute to their program,” Kucera added about attending Dalhousie, where he will study marine biology.

“I am so excited to start playing in the NCAA next fall,” said Carleton, who attended John McGregor Secondary School. “It’s a little bit nerve wracking, but overall I cannot wait to start my journey at Iowa State.”

Carleton knows all about nerve-wracking situations, as she’s also a member of Canada’s national junior basketball team, and competed with the London Ramblers’ JUEL team this year.

Kucera, no stranger to pressure himself, plays baseball for the Windsor Selects, and won LKSSAA championships in basketball, badminton, track and field, and volleyball this year. All the while, despite committing countless hours to their athletic endeavors, the duo maintained 92%, and 93% academic averages throughout their high school careers

respectively.

With five nominees for this year’s Jack Parry Award already committed to play post-secondary sports, Kucera and Carleton proved to be the best of the best, and able to handle the world load of school and sports, which is why they’re excited for the next step in their journey.

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• St. Andrew’s Strawberry Social from 1:30pm3:30pm at St. Andrew’s Residence, 99 Park St., Chatham.

Friday, June 19, 2015 • Daddy & Daughter Dance from 7:00pm9:00pm at The Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village. Tickets are $35 per Daddy/Daughter, with each additional daughter at $5. Go online to cktickets.com or call 519-354-8338 to purchase your tickets today!

• Meal and darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner at 5:30pm - 7:00pm. Choice of lasagna, roast beef or fish & chips for $8.00. One meat draw. Open darts at 7:30pm.

• Blenheim Youth Centre 8th Annual 24hr Survivor Challenge Fundraiser. 6:00pm - 7:00pm June 20th. Blenheim Memorial Park (across from BDHS) Music, food booth, bouncy castle, vendors. FREE fun for the whole family-support your favourite contestant. www. blenheimyouthcentre.ca Saturday, June 20, 2015 • Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance at 4:00pm10:00pm featuring Just Country Boys.

• Our Lady of Fátima Festival at the Portuguese Canadian Club of Chatham, 346 Grand Ave East, Chatham. Trap Shooting, Soccer Tournament, Beach Volleyball, Dance. www.ckportugueseclub.ca • Voice of Triumph Ministries BBQ Chicken Dinner or Rib Dinner. 135 Queen St., Chatham.

4:00pm-6:00pm. Advance tickets: $13.00. At the door $15.00. Takeout available. To order please call Pastor Leona: 519-436-1154, Eunice: 519-380-5989 or Marcie 519-352-2815.

Sunday, June 21, 2015 • Our Lady of Fátima Festival at the Portuguese Canadian Club of Chatham, 346 Grand Ave East, Chatham. Our Lady of Fátima Procession at St. Joseph’s Parish, Celebration of Mass in St. Joseph’s Parish, dinner, Chatham Folk Dance Group, dance, bouncy castle. www.ckportugueseclub.ca • Enjoy a Father’s Day Breakfast and Bake sale

by Br. 642 Ladies Auxiliary, 9:00am-12:00pm, $6.00/person, $4 kids under 10 at Chatham Branch 642, 39 William St. N., Everyone welcome. More info call 519-351-8733.

• Fathers Day Brunch at the Merlin Legion, 10:00am-1:00pm. Bacon, sausage, ham, scrambled eggs, french toast, pancakes, homefries, coffee, tea, juice and dessert. $10 adults and $5 kids 10 and under.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 • Fun Darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 7:30pm.

Thursday, June 25, 2015 • Strawberry Social from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Selkirk & Victoria, Chatham. Strawberries, cake & ice cream $5.00. Hot dogs and hamburgers also available.

Friday, June 26, 2015 • Meal and Darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Choice of liver & onions, roast beef or fish & chips for $8.00. One meat draw.

Open darts at 7:30pm.

Saturday, June 27, 2015 • Chatham Blood Donor Clinic at the Chatham Polish Canadian Club, 281 Inshes Ave., Chatham. 9:00am-12:00noon.

• Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm and dance from 4:00pm-10:00pm.

Everyone Welcome.

• Zonta Club 2nd Annual Garden & Pond Tour from 10:00am-4:00pm. tickets $20, cash only. Available at Glasshouse Nursery.

Sunday, June 28, 2015 • Dresden Christian Ministerial Association presents Sunday Evening in the Park at 7:00pm with Chapelaires. Jackson Park, Dresden.

CHAP Volunteer DRIVERS Needed for Chatham-Kent. CHAP helps Seniors live independently at home! Drive seniors to appointments, groceries, banking, etc. in Chatham-Kent. Contact Marjorie for further info CHAP 519-354-6221 ext. 241.

Chatham-Kent Metal Detecting Club Meetings Last Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm at Evangel Community Church, 76 Sandy St., enter at the back door. Guests Welcome.

Toastmasters is a place where you develop and grow - both personally and professionally. Meetings are a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Guests are always welcome. Join the Chatham-Kent Toastmasters at Green Field Ethanol, 275 Bloomfield Road on Mondays from 6:30 – 8:00pm.

Royal Canadian Air Cadets 294 (Kinsmen) Squadron is looking for new members. If you are between 12 and 18 years of age and have an interest in aviation, camping or just meeting new friends visit us any Monday at 6:30pm at the Chatham Armoury 280 Bloomfield Rd in Chatham. Contact us at 519-352-7090.

Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

Local school recognized for tech efforts

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

A local elementary school received big marks from a computer giant recently.

Apple recognized Thamesville Area Central School (TACS) as an Apple Distinguished Program for 2015-17.

Joy Badder, superintendent of education for the Lambton-Kent District School Board, said the thumbs up came as a result of the school being part of a pilot project with the board.

Every Grade 7 student was given an iPad mini, and it’s essentially his or hers for the next four years.

It started back in 2011 for all feeder schools to Lambton-Kent Composite School in Dresden, Badder said.

TACS is one of those schools.

“Every kid was given an iPad. It was a take-home device. They have it 24/7,” she said. “They have the device for as long as they’re students with the board, or the life of the device.”

The students do give the iPads back to the board for the summer months, but each student gets the same device back in the fall.

Badder said the tablets have about a four-year life expectancy, so the board anticipates the students to use the devices through their Grade 10 year.

As for Apple singling TACS out, Badder said the students, their

parents and teachers have really warmed to the devices.

“Thamesville is one of six schools in Canada that was given the distinction by Apple. It was the only publicly funded elementary school in Ontario to receive the award,” she said, adding it was a rigorous review process, and that leadership from teachers, and commitment from students and their parents played a role.

She said the tablets are revolutionizing education.

“It’s a huge, huge change for the manner of their learning,” she said.

“These students have information at their fingertips that’s current and relevant to them. They can connect throughout the world. The students in Thamesville do that regularly through Skype.

“They can access the world. That’s a very different mode of learning.”

Badder said teachers are posting lessons online and students are accessing them – before they’re being taught in the classroom.

She said the board understands that other people in the family may access the iPads. In fact, it’s encouraged.

“Because it’s a take-home device, the whole family has access to it. It becomes an educational device for everyone in the family,” she said.

The eventual goal is to extend the iPad project to all schools in the board.

Camp Vincent pool party June 27 The Chatham Voice

An upcoming fundraiser June 27 to help Camp Vincent raise funds for a new pool has moved locations.

Quality Pools in Chatham stepped up to help the St. Vincent de Paul Society build a new pool after the non-profit charity paid $40,000 to another local pool company and was left with nothing to show for it but a muddy hole in the ground.

The signed contract stipulated the pool was to be built by June 2014.

The fundraiser will now be held at Quality Pools main store at 425 Park Ave. W., according to Chris Moore, general manager.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will include a 30-foot gorilla, fun house for kids, face painting, a charity barbecue, as well as music. QPS Heating and Cooling will be raffling off a barbecue, and Quality Pools will donate $250 from each hot tub sold between June 25 and 27.

Another local business, Shock Doctor, has offered help with electrical work and supplies for the pool project, and Tea Connection will donate $1 for every cup of Berry Berry tea sold from now until Labour Day to benefit Camp Vincent.

Moore said work on the new pool is progressing very well.

C-K home sales slowly on the rise The Chatham Voice

Residential sales in Chatham-Kent for May were up slightly from the same time last year, and up considerably from earlier this spring, according to the local real estate association.

“Sales activity recovered nicely in

May following a slower than normal March and April,” Jamie Winkler, president of the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors, said in a media release.

He said is was the best May in four years.

Prices ticked up 3.1% from May of last year.

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Missing out on two great events But Bruce doesn’t avoid more pranks at work as he is introduced to a new buddy

When I opted for hip surgery, I knew I’d be out of action for a while. And I knew the timing would suck.

For the second year, I chaired the Chatham Relay For Life event. In the final month of preparation, I was laid up at home, unable to attend meetings or help drum up support.

And I missed the event itself on Saturday. Kudos to everyone involved. A great deal of hard work went into Relay, and I’m sure we can build it back up.

I am sad I missed the event, but I didn’t want to risk any kind of a setback. Sure, I’m walking with a cane now for the most part, but one of the most uncomfortable things for me to do is to sit in a typical straightbacked chair. Sitting at the kitchen table for dinner essentially involves me getting up as soon as I’m done eating.

I also need chair arms, or a table in front of me, to allow me to use my arms to help me get up.

I am not supposed to have less than a 90-degree angle in terms of my torso and upper leg. In other words, I can’t lean forward to get out of a chair.

It’s more of a straight up motion, something that’s fine for someone in his or her 20s and in shape, but not for me, unfortunately.

So my business partner, the illustrious Jim Blake, stood in for me on Relay Day. But that day isn’t the only big event that I had to skip. A friend

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play again in three years, but the next time they’ll cross paths, it will be in Chicago. It will be 2021 before they’re locking up in Detroit again.

Fun and games

Bruce Corcoran of mine, George, has season’s tickets to Comerica Park. As soon as I learned the Chicago Cubs – a team I’ve cheered for since the late 1970s – was coming to town, I asked him to hold me back a pair of tickets to one of their games. At that time, I knew the series was in June, but had hoped it was late June.

As soon as I saw the series was slated for June 9 and 10, less than a month after my surgery, I contacted George and said I couldn’t go.

And then Jim stepped up and purchased the tickets, hoping I’d be able to attend. Too much walking and travel – car seats are another bit of discomfort for me these days – had me politely decline.

The Cubs will be back ... years from now. They play in the National League, and the Tigers the American League. They will

Speaking of hip surgery, the pranksters struck again last week. Someone – Amy – decorated my desk in Maroon 5 photos, artwork and song lyrics.

Amy knows how much I hate listening to Maroon 5. Ugh. Falsetto.

But she slipped in after work one night – with obvious workplace accomplices, Darlene – and gave me the lovely desk bling.

On top of that, she gave me my own personal support worker – Gavin.

He’s a blow-up doll who was dressed in scrubs and seated right beside my office chair for when I walked in one morning, Maroon 5 blaring.

I still have some of the stuff taped to various items on my desk. It makes me giggle.

As for Gavin, well, he makes me shudder in fear. That’s creepy – funny creepy.

Mary Beth Corcoran/The Chatham Voice

Bruce hangs out with his new buddy, “Gavin,” after yet another office prank over his recent hip surgery.

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T:13.5”

19,995

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