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The 10th annual edition of the Chatham-Kent United Way’s Amazing Race is in the books and $35,000 is in the bank for this year’s campaign. “United Way of Chatham-Kent and their funded agencies, programs, and services are the real winners. We are so grateful to all the teams who raised funds, the event
sponsors, planning committee members, and day of volunteers” said Curtis Xavier, Race Day Co-ordinator and United Way of Chatham-Kent Post-Secondary Summer Student in a media release. The “The KGB Reunion Tour” consisting of Scott Thompson and Dean Patterson took home first place and won over 12 other teams to claim first prize – a travel voucher from Vellinga’s
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Officers challenged their riding skills last week at the Great Lakes Police Motorcycle Training Seminar in Chatham. The fourday event, attracting motorcycle police from across Ontario and the U.S., wrapped up Saturday.
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Chatham-Kent Police Services Const. Todd Trahan waits his turn during training at the Great Lakes Police Motorcycle Training Seminar in Chatham. As big as his Harley is, some people still don’t see them on the roadway.
If you think riding a 900-pound Harley-Davidson complete with police lights and markings would make it easier for motorists to see you, a ride along with Const. Scott Renders might open your eyes. “I’ve had people pull right out in front of me as if I wasn’t there,” he said. “They tell me they didn’t see me. I tell them they weren’t really looking.” Renders, who was at a media event unveiling the Chatham-Kent Police Service’s two new motorcycles, said the key to safe driving is de-
ceptively simple. “You just need to concentrate on what you’re doing. Driving is something most of us do every day so we become complacent. People get away with not paying attention and then it becomes a habit. The problem is that all it takes is the right set of circumstances to happen and your life or the lives of others can change forever.” Renders, who has his own personal motorcycle, said he’s even had close calls with he’s been riding two abreast. Chris Hall, General Manager of Duke’s Harley Davidson, said most motorcyclists he knows are extremely safety conscious.
“When you’re on a bike you’re not as insulated as you are in a car,” he said. “The freedom of riding a bike makes you more in tune with what’s going on around you in a lot of ways.” Renders said there’s a good reason for the province wide crackdown on distracted driving. “Driving is just too important to not have your full attention,” he said. “Most people couldn’t imagine holding a lethal weapon in their hands while they casually chatted with someone or tried to text but they think nothing of doing that with a vehicle going up to 100 kilometres per hour.”
Safety essential when taking kids to visit a farm Kids often find farms fascinating places to visit. Playing with animals and running around in the vast outdoors are just what many kids adore. As fun as farms can be for kids, parents know they can be equally as dangerous, especially for kids visiting farms on vacation or school trips. Fortunately, there are many ways concerned parents can protect their farmfriendly kids without taking the fun out of their next visit. Protection from chemicals Kids must be protected from chemical exposure on the farm. Exposure can happen in a number of ways, be it inhaling or breathing chemicals into the lungs or contact between chemicals and the skin or eyes. Kids can even ingest chemicals by eating or swallowing something on the farm. Protecting kids from chemicals, such as pesticides, on the farm requires that parents educate children about caution or warning labels. Teach kids to stay away from items with caution labels. A “Caution” label is typically used to indicate hazardous items that can cause minor or moderate injury. “Warning” labels are often used to indicate items that cause more serious injuries and possibly death. Another way parents can protect kids from chemical exposure is to be a good role model. When using chemicals, also be especially careful, wearing protective clothing and discarding containers and other materials properly. Make sure all containers are tightly closed and stored in locked cabinets that are out of reach of curious kids. Protection from animals Animals present a major hazard to kids when kids visit the farm. Many kids love animals, and that love often takes precedence over safety. When kids are visiting a farm with livestock or other animals, parents should emphasize the following points so kids can enjoy the animals without risking injury. • Remain calm and move slowly and quietly when around animals. • Avoid an animal’s hind legs and approach larger animals at the shoulder. • Steer clear of animals with newborns, no matter how cute and cuddly such animals might appear. • Wear proper attire, including steel toed shoes. Kids should always wear helmets when riding animals. Additional safety measures parents can take include keeping kids away from stallions, bulls, boars, and rams, and emphasizing the importance of having an accessible escape route whenever working with animals.
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Area kids flocked to the Downtown Chatham Centre Aug. 20-22 to be amazed and kind of creeped out by the Orkin Canada exhibit, Incredible World of Bugs, created and collected by John Powers, one of Canada’s leading etomologists. Taking in the prettier bugs in the collection are, from left, Ariel Kent, 8, Jaiden Pidlisnyj, 3, and Azzy Vandendries, age 7. The exhibit included unique and interesting creatures such as cicadas, katydids and enormous beetles along with the creepier insects such as spiders, scorpions and millipedes.
Carmen McGregor is a believer that her first AMO conference won’t be her last. The rookie Wallaceburg councillor attended the Association of Municipalities of Ontario threeday session last week in Niagara Falls and came away convinced of only the training value but the practical aspect of the event. McGregor said she was in a session discussing changes in provincial regulations that would make it a municipal responsibility to assess endangered species potentially affected by drainage work. “We have 9,000 drains in Chatham-Kent, 20 per cent of the total in the province,” she said. “If that regulation was applied, we would have to hire four staff just to keep up. The reason it wasn’t passed is that we were able to discuss the issue with the province, show them how unfair it was to us and get them to agree not to change it.” McGregor said Chatham-Kent and Lambton have nearly half the province’s drains so whoever drew up the regulations likely didn’t have first hand knowledge of its effect.
“The intent was sound in someone’s mind, but the practical side of the issue just didn’t work,” she said. “It’s so much easier to avoid a problem like this than to try and change things once the regulation is in place.” Other council members attending were Mayor Randy Hope, South Kent’s Karen Herman and Chatham’s Brock McGregor. Staff attending included Chief Administrative Officer Don Shropshire, Chief Legal Officer John Norton, General Manager of Infrastructure and Engineering Thomas Kelly and Economic Development Director Michael Burton. Registration for the event was $680 per person. Brock McGregor said the as a newcomer to council, he was happy to have the chance to meet councillors from other areas. “We have some similar interest and issues and it’s nice to be able to look at the way one particular area handled something and see if it can apply here,” he said. Of special interest was the government’s commitment to the SWIFT (Southwest Integrated Fibre Technology) program aimed at increasing speed of and access to, the Internet. “One way for us to in-
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It just gets worse Chatham-Kent isn’t done with Yvette Pinsonneault yet. The Mitchell’s Bay woman who had the nerve to ask for flags at the park she maintains has been told by municipal staff to turn in her key to the flag poles. Pinsonneault, a senior citizen who’s been planting flowers, cutting grass and keeping the park clean for nearly 20 years, embarrassed C-K by caring about the park more than municipal staff. She wanted to fill out two of the five flagpoles that for the first time in decades don’t have flags. She was first told the flagpoles didn’t work. When she used her key to show they did indeed, she was still told no. When MP Bev Shipley, gave her a Canadian flag, the C-K staffers came out and removed it. After our story last week, Pinsonneault got her flag back but she hasn’t put it up, afraid of retaliation. Now, they want to make sure she can’t. Interest in the story was so great it temporarily crashed our website with overwhelming feedback in favour of Pinsonneault. C-K’s bureaucrats don’t know when to quit digging themselves into a hole. Most communities, we assume, welcome volunteers and community pride. The message being delivered to Pinsonneault, and in effect to the rest of us, is to pay your taxes and shut up. The latest reason given to not fill all the flag poles is a policy that seems like something out of a bureaucratic “how to justify my salary” guide, since the number of flags varies at many sites. This is a stain on the community, as well as on those municipal staffers who treat taxpayers and volunteers with the respect they deserve. Volunteers save this community millions and raise millions more. The least they should be able to expect is some common courtesy from those earning money thanks to the taxes they pay. There is still time to mend some fences, if anyone at the Civic Centre gives a damn.
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Senate scandal may help Harper Sir: In a perverse way, the current obsession with the Senate scandal may end up helping Stephen Harper in this election campaign. The longer he twists in the wind, bobbing and weaving, dodging the same questions, the less time there will be for him to account for the real issues. He should be challenged on his pathetic record on the environment, the fact that he is now presiding over his second recession, his government’s eighth straight deficit budget, (no serious commentator believes the budget will balance this year) his attack on civil liberties in Bill C52, his cavalier treatment of Parliament and the Canadian people, and so on. Take health care for example. Every significant recent survey in Canada identifies health care as the major concern for the
majority of Canadians. Yet public health care is under attack and its very existence is threatened by the policies of Stephen Harper. Since his term as president of the secretive National Citizens Coalition, 1998-2002, Harper has been on record supporting the privatization of government-run programs such as Medicare. He knows that the sure road to defeat of any politician in Canada is to publicly attack universal health care so he has taken his usual approach on the subject. Quietly, stealthily, cut the budget transfers to the provinces and eventually get to the point where the funding does not exist to run the program. The process actually began under Liberal Paul Martin, the last real deficit fighter, when he, as
finance minister, began to slash health care funding. It continued with Martin as prime minister when in 2004 he entered into an agreement with the provinces to increase funding at the fixed rate of 6%. When the agreement lapsed in 2014, Harper in his now familiar way, refused to meet with the provinces to negotiate and unilaterally imposed the new health care funding policy. The increase will continue at 6% per annum until 2017 when it will change to a rate of growth based on the provincial gross domestic product and population, not on rates of illness or demographics. The Parliamentary Budget Office and other serious observers estimate that the funding shortfall by 2024 will be $36 billion. At that point, Stephen Harper, or who-
ever will be the prime minister of the day, can announce that the system is no longer tenable and privatization could be the result. Mr. Harper’s work will be done. MacLean’s political journalist Paul Wells in the 2013 book, “The Longer I’m Prime Minister,” wrote that making Canada a place where Harper conservatism is the political culture of the country is Stephen Harper’s life’s work. It accounts for his still being out on the hustings, campaigning and being harangued daily by people wanting answers on the Senate affair. Steven Harper is no normal politician. He is an ideologue who believes that only he knows what’s best for the country. I just wonder who appointed him to that role? Bill Zilio Chatham
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ALC turning 45 this year Popular centre offers activies galore
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From humble beginnings to a vibrant and thriving centre for adults, the Active Lifestyle Centre in Chatham is celebrating 45 years this month. According to Executive Director Linda Lucas, the Centre has a gala celebration planned for Aug. 30 at the ALC with a barbecue and dance, local dignitaries and the unveiling of the new Beanbag Baseball program, the lastest craze for seniors to stay fit and have fun. “We wanted to have the Coffee and Cupcakes today as a free event to gear up for our big event Aug. 30 for our 45th Anniversary,” Lucas said. “The barbecue dinner and dance to follow is sold out and we
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Jan Reinhardus, the new Recreation and Special Events Co-ordinator at the Active Lifestyle Centre in Chatham, offered cupcakes to Centre members as part of the 45th Anniversary of the ALC. Well-known local musician Ken Crone tickled the ivories during the Cupcakes and Coffee event Friday at the Centre. Staff are gearing up for the big event Aug. 30 with a barbecue and dance that already has a waiting list for tickets.
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From left, Junior Achievement (JA) participants Jessica Weaver, Austin Hutton and Nick VanDerPaelt, and Barb Smith, president of JA for the region, chatted with members of the business community and the media recently as JA launched its quest for funding.
JA participant Austin Hutton said the program at the secondary school level lets students not only created their own business vehicle, but they also get under the hood. “We build a business and break it down in 20 weeks,” he said. “There is a lot of teamwork and everyone has work to do to get to the destination.” The refresh programs target elementary students in grades 5, 7 and 8. Smith said participants are exposed to the business world, investing intelligently, and working
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versity. “The business world and I get along very well.” Hope said Chatham-Kent’s economy is heavily reliant on small business. VanDerPaelt echoed the mayor in terms of the importance of small business to the municipality. “Chatham-Kent is a very strong small business community,” he said. “It’s an economic driver. “When you introduce youth to business, it helps ensure Chatham-Kent thrives off of small business in the future.”
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Crown to close Chatham plant The Chatham Voice
Crown Metal Packaging announced last week it will cease production at its Chatham plant by Oct. 2. The move will affect some three-dozen employees who work at the Irwin Street location which manufactures cans for the food industry. According to a release by Area Manufacturing
Manager Gordon Bell, the Chatham plant is a victim of an industry-wide decline. “The Canadian food can business has faced challenges due to changes in our customer base, increased competition and declining volume in general. “These challenges have caused major changes at this plant resulting in significant reductions in can
volumes and consequent reductions in shifts and layoffs. Over the last couple of years we have been running only one shift for the majority of the year. We do not see this changing in the future.” The 160,000-square-foot Chatham plant is one of 11 such facilities in Canada and 55 worldwide operated by Crown Holdings. The firm recently ratified a contract at its Toronto
facility after a 22-month strike. The United Steelworkers represented many of the production staff in Chatham. Calls to the company’s office have not been returned. Stuart McFadden, deputy director of the Chatham-Kent Economic Development department, said his office had been aware of issues with Crown for some time.
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Buildings of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance are receiving nearly $1.5 million in “bricks and mortar” upgrades through the provincial Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund. Gary Switzer, Chief Ex-
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“We reached out to Crown management in the hope that we could provide assistance through various programs or other means, however, we received no response,” he said. “We have intervened successfully with other firms and it is extremely unfortunate that we weren’t able to help this time. We will begin immediately working with the Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities to see what assistance we can offer the employees.” Bell said the firm is working with employees, both unionized and non-unionized, to minimize the effects of the closure. Some employees will be retained to assist with decommissioning the plant, which will operate as a warehouse.
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‘Burg park named for trees By Pam Wright Special to The Voice
Thinking that Wallaceburg’s Paw Paw Woods is a dog park would be an honest mistake. It’s not. It’s a tiny urban forest open to everyone. Nestled between a soybean field to the east and the quiet Baxter subdivision to the west, this sixacre slice of Carolinian forest is located just on the outskirts of Wallaceburg’s south side. Named for a thicket of rare pawpaw trees discovered in the centre of a two-acre woodlot, the reclamation of the bush has been a true community effort. Acquired by the municipality of Chatham Kent for unpaid back taxes several years ago, the land has been upgraded and managed by the Sydenham Field Naturalists (SFN). Volunteers have cleared and carted away truckloads of trash, planted native tall grass prairie, cleared trails and added native Carolinian forest species. Recently, an additional 30 trees were planted, thanks to a $1,000 Helping Hands in Action grant from Union Gas. The company also provided T-shirts, cold drinks, shovels and volunteers for the recent planting.
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Sunday, August 30, 2015 • Dresden Christian Ministerial Association presents Sunday Evening in the Park at 7:00pm with The Grineage Family. Jackson Park, Dresden. Tuesday, September 1, 2015 • Movies at Your Library. Women in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds will be shown at the Chatham branch of the CKPL at 2:00pm. • Bingo at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 7:00pm. Wednesday, September 2, 2015 • Chatham Skating Club Fall Registration Clinic. Red Line Room at the Thames Campus Arena from 6:00pm-8:30pm. • Patricia M. Productions Luncheon Fashion Show. Rossini’s Restaurant, 634 Grand Ave. E., Chatham. 519-352-2920. Call for reservations. Fashions by Serena’s Ladies Wear. Supporting Chatham Kent Salvation Army. • Fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 7:30pm. Friday, September 4, 2015 • Meal and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7;00pm with choice of meat loaf, roast beef or fish & chips for $8.00. One meat draw.
Saturday, September 5, 2015 • Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring Ridge Road. Sunday, September 6, 2015 • Dresden Christian Ministerial Association presents Sunday Evening in the Park at 7:00pm with Heading Home Trio. Jackson Park, Dresden. Tuesday, September 8, 2015 • Open Euchre (2 person team) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Registration at 6:30pm. Starts at 7:00pm. • Movies at Your Library. Aloha starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone will be shown at the Chatham branch of the CKPL at 2:00pm Wednesday, September 9, 2015 • Lupus Support Group meeting is from 7:oopm-9:00pm at Residence on the Thames. Free. • Fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 7:30pm. 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 519-3527090. Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
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Freedom 55 recently donated $30,000 to the Chatham-Kent Hospice. From left. Steven Walker of S. G. Walker Financial Inc.; Michelle O’Rourke, the Director of Hospice Services; Construction Project Manager Chris Masterson; Jodi Maroney, Director of Hospice Development; and Pete Aarssen, Regional Director, Freedom 55 Financial.
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Freedom 55 Financial has stepped up and donated $30,000 to the Hope Chest fund of the Chatham-Kent Hospice. The funds will be used to offset the cost of furniture and equipment for the structure that is now
under construction. When completed at the end of this year, the 10-bed facility will be the first of its kind in the community to offer residential care for patients and their families and friend dealing with a terminal illness.
ublic Utilities Com mmissio on for the e Municiipality off Chatha am-Kent Pu Class Environ nmental A Assessm ment Stu udy South C Chatham m-Kent W Water Su upply Sys stem Improveme ents NO OTICE OF F STUDY Y COMPLETION The Mun nicipality of Chatha am-Kent h has comp pleted a C Class Environmenta al Assess sment (Cla ass EA) s study that ide entified th he preferred wate er supply design concept and ass sociated s system u upgrades and modifica ations requ uired in th he South C Chatham--Kent serv vice area,, specifica ally related d to the R Ridgetown n and Highgate e Water S Supply Systems. This pro oject was initiated in Augus st 2013 a and undertaken in accordan nce with the requirements of a Schedule C und dertaking of the M Municipal Class E Environme ental Ass sessment docume ent (Municipal Enginee ers Association, Oc ctober 2000 as am mended in n 2007 & 2011). T The Class s EA process inclu uded public a and review w agency y consulta ation, an evaluatio on of alte ernative s solutions and alterrnative de esign concepts s, an ass sessment of the anticipated d effects o on the en nvironmen nt, identiffication off measure es to reduce o or eliminate any adverse effe ects, and prelimina ary design of the pre eferred de esign concept. Based o on a deta ailed evalu uation of water supply alterrnative so olutions and design n concepts, as we ell as public and agenc cy feedba ack, the p preferred w water sup pply soluttion for th he South Chatham m-Kent service area is: Prov vision of potable w water to the Ridgetown an nd Highga ate servic ce areas through a Centra alized Groundwaterr Supply S System in n Ridgetow wn with s separate w water storage in H Highgate. Groundw water will be suppliied from g groundwa ater wells and furth her treated d in two ttreatment facilities, all locate ed in Ridg getown. Separate e water s storage w will be prrovided in n Ridgeto own and Highgate e through h the construction of a new w elevate ed water tower and a new standpip pe in Ridgetown a and Highg gate, resp pectively. An Envirronmenta al Study R Report (ES SR) docum menting th he planning and de ecision making pro ocess follo owed during th he Class EA study y has bee en preparred. By this notice e, the ESR is being placed on the public record ffor a 30-d day review w period. Subjectt to comm ments rec ceived as a result of this N Notice and d the receipt o of all nece essary ap pprovals, tthe Public c Utilities Commiss sion for th he Municipality of C Chatham--Kent intends to procee ed with th he detaile ed design n and con nstruction of the C Centralized d Ground dwater Su upply own as do ocumente ed in the E ESR. System in Ridgeto The repo ort will be e available e for public review s starting on August 20, 2015 until Sep ptember 20, 2015 a at the following g locations s: Civic Cen ntre 315 King g Street We est P.O. Box x 640 Chatham m, ON N7M M 5K8 Tel: 519-360-1998
CK-PUC O Office (McGeorg ge Bldg) 325 Grand d Avenue E East P.O. Box 1 1191 Chatham, ON, N7M 5L8 Tel: 519-4 436-0119
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ed person ns should provide w written co omments regarding g the project within n the pres scribed re eview Intereste period to o either off the follow wing indiv viduals: Rob Be ernardi, P.Eng. Facilitie es and Sy ystems Ma anager Chatha am-Kent P Public Utiliities Commission 325 Grand Aven nue East, PO Box 1 1191 am, Ontario, N7M 5 5L8 Chatha Telephone: 519--436-0119 9 Ext.306 Fax: 51 19-352-34 432 Email: robbe@chatham-k kent.ca
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he prescribed revie ew period that cann not be resolved through dis scussions with If concerns arise during th s Commis ssion for tthe Munic cipality of Chatham--Kent, a p person or party ma ay requestt that the Publlic Utilities the Minister of Environment make an order for the project to comply w with Part III of the E Environme ental Assessm ment Act. This req quest (commonly rreferred to o as a Pa art II Order) must be receiv ved within n the above p prescribed d review period by y the Min nister at tthe addre ess listed below a and copied to Mr. Rob Bernardi. If no re equest is rreceived o on or befo ore Septe ember 20, 2015, the e Public U Utilities Co ommissio on for the Municipality o of Chatham m-Kent may procee ed with de etailed des sign and c constructiion of the project. The Hon nourable Glen Mu urray Ministerr of the En nvironmen nt and Climate Cha ange 11th F Floor, Ferg guson Blo ock 77 W Wellesley S Street West Toro onto, ON, M7A 2T5 5 Issue da ate: Augus st 20, 2015
I raise my beer in a toast to Mike Uher of the local musical group Toast & Jam. He scored me some Yuengling beer after a recent trip to Ohio. For those of you who have never had it, Yuengling is the oldest independent brewery in the U.S. It also happens to brew my favourite Yankee beer. Unlike many American brews, Yuengling isn’t carbonated water. It has flavour. I fell in love with the Pennsylvania brew while visiting buddies in New Jersey a decade ago. It used to be only available in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but has since expanded. Unfortunately, it hasn’t made it to Michigan yet. But it is in Ohio and Florida (the last place I enjoyed a Yuengling two years ago). And thanks to Uher, I got hooked up to a six-pack. I still have two left, one for me and the other for the man who delivered the six pack and left me a puzzle as to who it was from. My neighbour, John, told me one morning I had a present on my side porch. It was the Yuengling. But he wouldn’t tell me who bought it, saying it wasn’t him, but it was someone we both knew. I opened my Facebook friends list and Mike jumped out at me. Much appreciated. Anyone who knows me is aware I like beer. Not just one particular brand, but a variety of flavours (not wheat and not fruity, however). Having a brew on the go while grilling in the backyard is only natural. Yuengling is one of those I can’t get often enough, and it was a nice little surprise. Thanks again, Mr. Toast. Or are you Mr. Jam?
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In memory of my loving husband, Gary McCormick, who died suddenly 5 years ago on Sat. August 28, 2010. Hugs to our beloved son, Lance-Jeff, gone too soon 2 years ago on Wed., July 31, 2013. Those we love can never really leave us. We feel their presence, like a gentle touch, whenever we remember moments shared and do again the things they loved to do. In so many ways, they remain with us, their gentle spirits part of all we do and all we are. Treasured forever by Linda McCormick
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