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A total of 150 riders registered and took part in the escorted ride that began in Erieau and ended up at the Cultural Centre to open the 2015 version of Bike Fest CK on Saturday. The event drew hundreds of of motorcyclists, bike enthusiasts and the general public to Tecumseh Park for a day of showcasing bikes and accessories, music, food and refreshment.

Students join ‘new family’ at UCC

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

More than 220 young people discovered Monday morning that they were part of a new family as they participated in Grade 9 orientation at

Ursuline College in Chatham.

The occasion was the seventh annual Lancer Link program designed to smooth the transition between elementary and secondary school students.

“We want the incoming

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Grade 9s to feel like they are a part of the school from the very first day,” said principal Ray Powers.

Lancer Link is part of the Link Crew program which teacher Jeremy Zimmer said is the number one transition program in

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“The first day of Grade 9 can be one of the most intimidating events of a young person’s life,” he said. “After orientation, it’s so much easier.”

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Students and staff spent Saturday and Sunday decorating the school and preparing for the event.

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Service no longer uses the Dresden municipal office, workers there are in no danger from mould or asbestos in the building, according to Thomas Kelly, General Manager of Infrastructure and Engineering Services for Chatham-Kent.

CKPS left the building at the end of June after concerns were brought to the attention of administration.

After leaving, police posted a sign saying the office is permanently closed due to “health and safety reasons,” however, it was quickly removed.

“I wasn’t happy with the message which was being sent,” Kelly said.

“I discussed the matter with police.”

Kelly said there is “no safety issue” at all with the main floor of the building where service centre staff work.

“Like many of our older buildings, the Dresden location does have asbestos but there is no threat to safety as long as it is

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Chatham-Kent Police Chief Gary Conn said the issue of the building’s condition was brought to his attention as part of the regular administrative function of the service.

“I am aware of the concerns and I don’t have any reason to doubt the municipality’s position,” he said. “It’s their building and we were just renting space.”

Conn said Dresden wasn’t a storefront with officers dedicated to it.

“Unlike Wallaceburg, Tilbury and Ridgetown for example, we didn’t

have an officer stationed in Dresden. It was just a place for an officer to get caught up with reports but since we’re fully computerized now, we don’t need a physical location.

The officer’s car is essentially his or her office so it was a matter of not spending money where we didn’t have to.”

Kelly wouldn’t speculate on the future of the Dresden location that will be losing its Service Ontario function at the end of 2015.

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Turbine meeting draws a crowd

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Coffee, cookies and confusion were served up in equal measure during the Aug. 25 public meeting to discuss a proposed wind farm near Wallaceburg.

The Otter Creek Wind Farm Project backed by Renewal Energy Systems and Boralex Inc. will contain approximately 20 turbines in an area bounded roughly by Payne Line on the West, Stewart Line and McCreary Line to the south, Whitebread Line and Kent Line to the north and the Mandaumin Sideroad to the east.

Company officials won’t comment on the number of landowners who have committed to the proj-

ect, however, The Voice has learned that five have agreed to serve as hosts, with negotiations continuing with others.

A crowd filled The Clubhouse at Baldoon and spread out into the parking lot as more than 150 went through the doors in the first hour of the session.

Many in line expected a formal presentation but were directed to some of the eight staff lined up at various stations around the building.

Others who did weren’t happy with the information they received while a number of people who didn’t want to be identified simply don’t want more turbines around the municipality.

Mari Cole said she had concerns about the construction process, including integrity of the roads and other topics.

“I got responses, not answers,” she said.

Joe Kerr was trying to find out if turbine firms would be required to fulfill the same requirements as businesses that put in wells for oil or gas.

“When a well is drilled, there has to be a percentage of the cost put in a provincial fund that aids in clean-up if there’s a problem and the owner isn’t around to fix it. Who’s on the hook here if the company isn’t around?”

George Eagleson said he is disappointed that despite the public nature of the meeting the biggest

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.

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Interested citizens filled The Clubhouse at Baldoon for a meeting to discuss a proposed wind farm north of Wallaceburg Aug. 25.

question won’t be answered.

“Why didn’t we just get a chance to say we don’t want them? Everything I heard was tentative this and possibly that. By the time the project is approved it surely won’t be tentative.” Patricia Lemaire, a spokesperson for the project, said comments made during the Aug. 25 session would be included with the information being sent to the province by the September deadline for approvals.

“If anyone has questions

they didn’t get answered they can still contact us through our website at ottercreekwindfarm.ca. We want our neighbours to have as much knowledge about us as they can.”

Otter Creek is one of five proposals seeking provincial approval for what is expected to be the final wind project in Chatham Kent, which already has the most turbines in Ontario. Others include SWEB Development for a three-site development in the former Chatham Township (Meadowvale,

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.

What can be done with the cremated remains?

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.

Cremated remains may be retained by the family, interred in a cemetery, placed in a niche in a columbarium, or scattered on private property, in a designated area of the cemetery, on unoccupied Crown lands or Crown lands covered by water. Some other unique options include cremated remains being transformed into diamonds, placed into protected ocean reef regions and held in keepsake jewelry.

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

H Highgate B Branch of tthe C CK Public L Library 291 King Street H Highgate O ON N N0P 1T0 T Tel: 519.678.3313

Rid dgetown M Municipal Offfice 45 5 Main Stre eet East Rid dgetown O ON N0 0P 2C0 Te el: 519.674.5583

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

Duart and Clachan) area, North Kent Wind project Phase 2 by Pattern Renewable Holdings and Samsung Renewable Energy, the Kruger Energy Optima Wind Project and the Romney Wind Energy Centre by EDF EN. There are a number of other firms expected to apply for the 60 megawatts available west of London.

Each turbine produces two to three megawatts per year.

The province is expected to make a decision by the end of the year.

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AMO: money well spent It’s not always what you save; sometimes it’s what you spend.

A good point in case was the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference attended by the mayor, three council member and four senior municipal administrators.

It cost Chatham-Kent approximately $5,000 in registration costs and even if rooms and other expenses double that cost, it will have proven to be a bargain.

A presentation by General Manager of Infrastructure and Engineering Thomas Kelly was a key factor in halting a provincial decision that would have cost the municipality 100 times that amount annually.

The change would have made the municipality responsible for environmental assessment on drainage issues, currently a provincial matter.

Since Chatham-Kent as we know it wouldn’t exist without drains, (more than 4,000 of them, in fact) we would have had to hire four employees just to keep up with the responsibility.

It would have also placed the municipality in conflicting legal roles of being forced to deal with deadline requirements under the Drainage Act that may have been at odds with those of the Environmental Assessment Act. As anyone who’s dealt with government knows, getting something changed once it’s in place is far more difficult than preventing it in the first place.

Much has been made about the importance of “face time” with senior government officials but in this instance it made all the difference since earlier attempts to state the local case had been unsuccessful.

Having the opportunity to state C-K’s case and the ability to present it in a persuasive fashion made all the difference.

A healthy scepticism over all levels of government spending is necessary but also important is the realization that any organization must also know when it’s important to invest in its people.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Opinion

Is it time for a new bridge?

Sir: Transportation officials recently posted weight restrictions on The Parry (Keil Drive) Bridge aimed mainly at heavy trucks and transport type vehicles. The problem is I’ve noticed is that, especially for truckers new to the area, they don’t see the signs till they get to the bridge, and if your south bound, you can’t turn around.

Truckers and other

heavy vehicles have to reroute either to the Prairie Siding Bridge or Prince Albert Side Road Bridge. The other three bridges in Chatham can also be used, but would be considerably slower with the urban traffic to consider.

There has been talk over the years of building another bridge across the Thames River between

the Bloomfield and Bear Line at the River Road in the former Raleigh and Dover Townships. Apparently there are even plans drawn up to accommodate such a situation, if it were ever to materialize.

It may be a long time though before it would happen, as the costs of construction could be huge.

Besides, the municipality still has many other bridge rebuild and reconstruction projects on going for an undetermined time length.

The need for another bridge across the Thames River depends on whether the need increases for a new bridge by that time.

Sir: In regards to mail delivery service, for years we had a service treating everyone equally – getting our important mail, and our flyers and advertising or junk mail, which hit the wastebasket as soon as possible.

If community mailboxes are provided everywhere, the elderly and disabled will face additional challenges.

Our young people are presently unable to find work, this automated system takes away jobs and

is an added expense.

With mail carriers on the street, there is someone aware of the environment, someone to notice if the mail is picked up, someone to say hello or good morning in passing.

We already maintain our individual mailboxes.

These new stations take up space and detract from the street. Also it’s another key to lose or misplace.

These individual boxes

are smaller than the ones we now own.

Will we have to go to the post office to get small packages?

Stamps and services continue to increase in price. Do we not pay federal and provincial taxes? I speak for myself and maybe seniors and the disabled.

Please do not take our delivery away. This does not seem like progress as it is not better for me – getting less service for

more expense and causing me personal hardship. If it is not broke, do not fix it.

Speaking on other services, thank You CHAP, Handi Bus, cancer drivers. I have not needed to use Handi Bus lately, but I wonder why they do not use cars for those people who do not require a lift. I find the bus too rough for my condition. I’m glad I am able to drive again.

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Church to initiate drop-in program

Traditional Sundays don’t appeal to everyone, pastor says

ing lessons, put on by a couple of the ly,” he said. “We’re not rearranging the For more information on the drop-in parishioners, and even an opportuni- deck chairs in a panic. We’re trying to program, call 519-683-2442. ty to learn about working with tools, communicate differently, but keeping as one volunteer owns a construction the message.” company, Cornell added.

“We will not have everything every week. It’s just not possiBy Bruce Corcoran ble,” he said.

NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT bruce@chathamvoice.com And there will be games and MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT activities, inside and out.

SCHEDULE C ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY In an effort to get younger families Renewal of the Thamesville Bridge “We want to cater this to on Victoria Road (CK-21) over the Thames River interested in the faith community, a the needs and interests of the church in Dresden plans kids. We’ll let The study The Municipality of Chatham- Kent has retained AECOM Canada LTD to undertake a Class Environmental Assessment to hold drop-in after- “We want to give them guide it,” (EA) study to investigate opportunities for the renewal of the Thamesville Bridge on Victoria Road (CK-21). noons for kids.

Cornell said.

“If Segments of the bridge spanning the Thames River are nearing the end of their useful life and require a solution to people an opportunity address deterioration and increasing maintenance costs. The approximate extent of the Study Area is shown on the Andrew Cornell, pastor enough kids are map. at St. Andrew’s Dresden, to be part of the faith into a certain The Class EA process said the church is orga- community, not just on thing, then we’ll nizing LIFE!, a Wednes- Sunday mornings. It’s try to cater the The study is being completed as a Schedule C project following the planning and design process as outlined in the day drop-in afternoon for starting with the kids.” activities around Municipal Engineers Association (MEA) Municipal Class EA kids, offering activities - Andrew Cornell them.”

(2011). The Class EA study will determine the need to rehabilitate, replace and/or realign the Thamesville Bridge, and even help with homeBut that won’t including potential traffic detours on other area roads, and work, beginning Sept. 9. include video determine a preferred design, in consultation with the review agencies and the public.

Not only is it a form of outreach to the games. Cornell said electroncommunity, it is also a form of evolu- ic devices are to be checked at How to participate A key component of the study involves consultation with tion for the church. the door, but cell phones can interested stakeholders. The Municipality plans to hold two “The idea for it came from the fact we be monitored by a volunteer Public Information Centres (PICs) to present the project, discuss issues related to the project including alternative just weren’t getting young families any- in case of a family emergency. solutions, and present the preferred solution. The first PIC more in church on a Sunday morning,” There will also be snacks and will be held October 22, 2015. Notification of the PIC will be provided at the appropriate time by means of a similar Cornell said. “Sunday has become just quiet time. advertisement and to those on the project mailing list. like any other day of the week.

Cornell said a lot of thinking, Updates on the study will also be available on Chatham“We want to give people an opportu- followed by a great deal of Kent’s Community Portal, www.chatham-kent.ca. nity to be part of the faith community, planning, went into the dropPlease contact either one of our project team members if not just on Sunday mornin program. But you have questions, comments or would like to be added to the project mailing list ings. It’s starting with the “We’re not rearranghe admits he’s kids.” not sure how it ing the deck chairs in David Charron Bob Felker Cornell said the average will be received.

Engineering Technologist, Senior Environmental Planner age of parishioners at St. a panic. We’re trying “We don’t know Engineering and Transportation Division AECOM Canada LTD Andrews is 65 or even to communicate differMunicipality of Chatham-Kent 50 Sportsworld Crossing Road, Suite 290 who’s going to 315 King Street West, P.O. Box 640 Kitchener, ON, Canada N2P 0A4 higher. come through ently, but keeping the Chatham, ON N7M 5K8 “We have a lot of grand- message.” the door Sept. 9,” T (519) 360-1998 x3331 T 519-650-8620 parents whose kids don’t - Andrew Cornell he said.

E davidch@chatham-kent.ca E bob.felker@aecom.com go (to church) anymore or But something who go to other churchhad to change for Public comments invited There is an opportunity at any time during this project for interested persons to review outstanding issues and bring es – bigger churches that have the pro- the church, Cornell added. concerns to the attention of the project team. Information collected will be used in accordance with the Freedom of grams,” he said. “We’re trying for an “This is just one way of tryInformation and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. alternative.” ing to do church different. If Cornell said organizers of the drop-in you look at the big picture, we days, which take place from 3:40 p.m. really have to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays for elemen- to rethink tary-school-aged children, hope a big things. You draw will be tutoring. There are five re- add 10 or tired teachers who attend St. Andrew’s 15 years, who have stepped forward to volunteer for three their time to assist. quarters of “You know how expensive tutoring the congrecan be. Not everyone can afford that gations out kind of stuff,” Cornell said. there, they Aside from tutoring and homework are not gohelp, the kids will experience a vari- ing to be ety of activities, including “a little bit there unof scripture, real basic Sunday school less they do stuff,” he added. something There will also be such things as cook- d i f f e r e n t -

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C-K farm safety day a winner

ed C-K Emergency Services, the OPP, Chatham-Kent Fire Department, and many more.

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

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McGrail Farm Equipment staff explained the hazards riding lawn mowers to the young participants in the Farm Safety Day held at the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village Aug. 26.

Barb Lovell, Executive Director of the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village, said she was “blown away” by the overwhelming support to the village’s first-ever Farm Safety Day. “I just can’t believe how well the day went,” she said of the Aug. 26 event. “We had 55 kids out and they all went home with two bags of stuff thanks to our sponsors and supporters.”

Lovell said there were 12 stations regarding various aspects of farm safety and children learned a lot.

“We put this together in only a few weeks after we were approached by some people in the agriculture business,” she said. “It was amazing how things came together. “ Lovell said agri-business people were telling her farmers had to take their children out of Chatham-Kent for similar events.

“Once we realized the need and combined that with the fact that teaching safety is what we do, it was a natural fit,” she said. “We’ll be doing this again next year for sure.”

Topics covered included off-road vehicles, grain bins, first aid, safety around machines and others.

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Kiwanis Club comes up big

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

The Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent doesn’t know when to stop - and that’s going to help thousands of women in third world countries.

The club announced this week that it’s stepping up its effort and has committed to raise $100,000 to vaccinate women and their future children against maternal neonatal tetanus (MNT).

Mary Alice Marchand, the Kiwanis local co-ordinator, said the donations are part of Kiwanis International’s Eliminate Project that has as its goal the

vaccination of 62 million women in 39 countries.

“Our original goal was to get to model club goal level, based on an average per member amount of $750,” she said.

“When we did that in June of last year, members then voted to increase the club goal to $60,000 to become a gold level club, based on an average amount of $1000 per member.

When we reached that goal this past May, we thought we could do more so we voted to try and become a $100 K club by raising $100,000.”

With only 60 members, it’s a tall order for

the club but they aren’t backing down. “We’re at about $73,000 right now and we have more events planned.”

Marchand said it costs $1.80 for the three vaccines needed to protect a woman and any children she may have during a ten-year span.

“We supply the money and we have partnered with UNICEF which handles the vaccinations,” she said.

When the project began in 2010, a baby died every 9 minutes. The project is working. Now a baby dies every 11 minutes and maternal neonatal tetanus has been eliminated in 17

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The Kiwanis Club of Chatham recently made a $60,000 donation in aid of the Kiwanis International’s Eliminate Project aimed at eradicating maternal neonatal tetanus. Here with the cheque are, from left, Cathy Telfer, Dr. John Button, George Service, and Mary Alice Marchand.

of those 39 countries, leaving 22 countries where the disease is still endemic.

Babies with tetanus die a horrific, painful death where they are so sensitive to light, touch and sound that they cannot tolerate the touch and cooing of

their grieving mothers.

“Women will walk for miles to get these shots,” Marchand said. “It’s truly something that is changing infant mortality in that part of the world.”

Fundraising activities have included a treasure

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Local photo calendar available

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

Combining a passion for capturing the world around you through the lens of a camera and hometown pride is something Chatham-Kent is embracing whole-heartedly.

Amateur photographers and hobbyists have flocked to a social media site that encourages photographers to take pics of all things Chatham-Kent

and post them on-line for votes. Run by Chatham resident and photographer Tina (Marie) Dekievit, the Facebook page is called Chatham-Kent Through Our Lenses, is open to the public and currently has 1,078 members.

Dekievit gives photographers a forum to share photos, ideas and techniques with each other.

Each week, she said, people can submit a photo on whatever theme is chosen

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The Chatham-Kent Through Our Lenses group has put together a 2016 calendar that is for sale until Oct. 17.

and group members vote on the photos. A winner is chosen and gets to pick the next week’s theme.

“This group is meant to be fun and a place to share in the beauty that we call home. Please don’t take it too seriously, just relax and enjoy the photos.

Happy shooting,” Dekievit tells people visiting her page.

To showcase the talents of the local photographers and scenes from the municipality, Dekievit has teamed up with Kate Staley with Big Fix TNR/ Grassroots Rescue to create a calendar of winning photos and sell them to raise money for the feline trap, neuter and release program. The program not only helps control the population and health of feral cats, but also helps cat owners with vet costs.

“So many people argue the fact that this isn’t their problem yet complain about seeing sick or dying cats and kittens wandering the neighborhood or damaging property and won’t

step forward to help,” Staley said. “Almost 400 trap, neuter and releases have been done since we began doing the transport a few short months ago. Imagine in a couple years how many lives we will have saved; we just need people to know who to come to. I like to say we’re the little rescue doing big things.”

“The cost of each calendar will be $20 and will feature photos right here from our members. Part of the proceeds of the calendar will go for the cost of making them, roughly $8 give or take, and the rest will be donated to the Big Fix TNR/Grassroots Rescue,” Dekievit explained.

“They help with low cost vetting for cat owners as well as the overpopulation of the feral cat colonies that Kent County has a big problem with.”

Calendar orders will be taken up until Oct. 17 and must be pre-paid. Anyone wanting to order a calendar or learn more about the groups can go to the Through Our Lenses page.

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Early estimates are indicating that more than $37,000 was raised.

“Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our volunteers, donors, supporters and staff, our 10th Annual Pro/Am Golf Tournament was once again a tremendous success, raising much needed funds for the CKHA DI Equipment Renewal Campaign,” Michele Grzebien-Huckson, Executive Director, Foundation of CKHA, said in a media release. “Your generosity has helped to bring us one step closer to bringing new state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging equipment to our local hospitals – and for that, we are very grateful.”

Hall of fame bursaries issued

For the 12th consecutive year, the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame presented a bursary to a graduating student in each of Chatham’s four secondary schools.

The winner at each school was a person who had contributed significantly to the betterment of athletics in his or her own school in a non-playing capacity.

The awards recognize students who have given their time unselfishly.

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Advanced efforts pay dividends Continued from page 12

That can include performing one or more of the following tasks: coaching, managing, scoring, timing, fundraising, or serving with the athletic society to improve the school’s athletic program.

The winners of the 2015 Chatham Sports Hall of Fame Bursaries are: Alex Sluys, Chatham Christian High School; Julie Earle, Chatham-Kent Secondary School; Raquelle Derynck, John McGregor Secondary School; and Maureen Latimer, Ursuline College Chatham.

The awards included a certificate and a $200 bursary.

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The annual dealer convention was held in Hartford, Conn.

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Of a network with over 300 dealers across the United States and Canada, Advanced Basement Systems ranked 28th in the North American top 50, having installed 25 miles of drainage in homes.

The ranking placed Advanced Basement Systems as the top Canadian dealer within the network.

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Coach relives history in print

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

A Chatham high school coaching legend has just completed a book that he hopes will provide recognition for the thousands of coaches, volunteers and players who participated in Kent County secondary school sports.

Larry Lahey’s book, “The

History of Kent County High School Sports,” chronicles the many successes of the recently dissolved Kent County Secondary School Athletic Association (KCSSAA).

The dissolution of the county system is a result of the provincial amalgamation of the Kent and Lambton school boards.

“Windsor and Essex

County athletic associations merged in 2000,” he said. “It just took us a while longer to get around to it.”

Lahey, who taught and coached at John McGregor Secondary School from 1967 to 1998, is a member of the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame.

A crowning feature of his career is that his Senior

Panthers boys’ basketball team reached Kent County title games 29 of 30 years, winning 18 of them.

They also won 10 SWOSSAA and 4 OFSAA championships.

The 210-page book has a chapter on each of the 19 high schools that have competed in KCSSAA as well as chapters on each of the 14 sports sponsored by

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KCSSAA. “There are so many interesting stories to tell,” he said. “We have had Olympians and All-Canadians from Kent County, we hosted Harlem Globetrotters, stars, an inter-collegiate football game and many other events.”

The book tells of a different time when outdoor and makeshift facilities were the norm and females weren’t allowed to play.

“Girls were considered too delicate for track and field here for a time,” he said. “There was a time the CCI girls lost a basketball playoff game due to a nervous breakdown and the CCI boys’ hockey team were pelted by snowballs in a game against Petrolia.”

Athletes changed in horse stables in early track meets and some schools participating in track didn’t even have a track not too long ago.

“Dave Hyatt’s McGregor teams won 11 Kent County track and field championships in a row from 1990 to 2000 without a track,” he said.

There was much more community pride and interest in athletics years ago.

“All of the high school students would be at the Kent County track and field championships,” he

said. “You would have two or three thousand people watching the competition. “ Although the book has by nature a historical tone, Lahey said many of the ideals and habits nurtured by sports are as important today as ever.

“I don’t live in the past,” he said. “I still coach tennis in the summer and my rule is the same as it’s always been - if you’re not five minutes early, you’re late. The kids understand that and respect it.”

He said contrary to what’s seen in many professional athletics, amateur sports still list as important the qualities of sportsmanship, honesty and even compassion.

“If I see the best tennis player going up against the worst, I know that the more talented player won’t be out to humiliate his opponent,” he said.

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Sports

Kent’s rich baseball heritage

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Fred Osmon thought he knew what he was getting into when he began compiling a history of baseball in Chatham and Kent County.

After all, as a 48-year volunteer with and author of a book about the Chatham Minor Baseball Association, he had every reason to believe so.

“Once I got looking at the amount of material, I was actually scared about how I would get all of the interesting stuff into one book,” he said.

Four years after he began writing, he has completed the 450-page book entitled, “A history of Baseball in Chatham ’N’ Kent.”

What he found is that for nearly 150 years, baseball has been played locally and the passion behind it was as great as for any sport, including hockey.

“I found a poem written as an ode to Bothwell baseball in 1938,” he said.

“There was another time when there as an actual court ruling in 1925 that a property owner adjacent to a baseball park didn’t have a right to keep baseballs hit into his yard. Peo-

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Fred Osmon with a copy of his latest book, “A History of Baseball in Chatham ‘N’ Kent.”

ple took their baseball seriously.”

Although Fergie Jenkins is the area’s most famous and accomplished baseball player, he wasn’t the first to reach the major leagues.

That distinction belongs to Edward Pinnance, a 6’ 1” right-handed pitcher who appeared in two games for the 1903 Philadelphia Athletics.

Pinnance is one of 24 lo-

cals who have signed professional contracts, including nine who made it to the major leagues.

Much of the book’s content came from newspaper records of the day although Osmon spent time interviewing people from various communities.

“I was supposed to meet someone from Merlin one day and when I showed up there were eight former players there,” he

said. “The stories were just amazing.

The book has content divided by decades as well as chapters about each community including places such as Windfall, a place between Tilbury and Wheatley that is no longer even marked by a sign.

“It was a matter of civic pride to have a good baseball team and there were always tremendous rivalries between towns and villages for bragging rights,” he said.

The first baseball game was played sometime in the 1870’s and in July of 1884 it was noted that Wallaceburg had two “new ball clubs - the Oak Leaf and the Valley Record.”

There is a chapter on women’s baseball including information about Marion Watson Stanton who played in the All American Girls Baseball League, made famous in the film, “A League of Their Own.” The local sports legends are featured, including Mr. Baseball of Chatham Archie Sterling whose family donated Sterling, Park and “Boomer” Harding, a multi-sport star who was the first black hockey player to take the ice at

High school coaching integral element

Continued from page 14

“In badminton, when players have to call their own line, they do it fairly. No one wants to be known as a cheater.”

He said the coach remains the most important

person in high school athletics.

“If you notice the schools who have had success at a particular sport over an extended period of time, you’ll always find a dedicated coach and volun-

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“Before the days of widespread television and Internet, there were all kinds of specialty games which drew thousands of fans,” Osmon said. “There were donkey baseball games in which players had to hit and field while riding a donkey.”

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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 7:00pm-9:00pm at Residence on the Thames.

Free.

• Fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 7:30pm.

Friday, September 11, 2015 • Meal and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm to 7:00pm with choice of chicken and ribs, roast beef or fish and chips for $8.00. One Meat draw. Open darts at 7:30pm.

Saturday, September 12, 2015 • Third annual Good Health Walk at the Be Fit Trail and fitness park in Blenheim. 10:00am.

Come out to this event that supports The Blenheim Youth Centre.

• Household Hazardous Waste Day. 8:00am3:00pm at the Chatham Public Works Garage, 25 Creek Rd. Residents can take household hazardous waste for safe disposal. Items include: paint, pool chemicals, pesticides, flourescent light bulbs, gas, batteries, needles (from residents only), etc.

• Kent Cloverleaf Conservation Club, 9092 English Line, Chatham. SWAP Meet. 9:00am1:00pm. Free admission. For table rental or info call the Club at 519-352-7451.

• 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 Blast from the Past.

Sunday, September 13, 2015 • Bingo at Br.243 Royal Canadian Legion, 75 Main St. E., Ridgetown, sponsored by Ladies Auxiliary from 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Entry fee $10 includes 4 cards. Jackpot $200.

Monday, September 14, 2015 • The Chatham-Kent Film Group is presenting the film “A Walk in the Wood” at Galaxy Cineplex. It stars Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thomson. Show begins at 4:00 and 7:00. $10 admission. For info 519-359-8455.

Tuesday, September 15, 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. My Old Lady starring Kevin Kline and Maggie Smith will be shown at the Chatham branch of the CKPL at 2:00pm Wednesday, September 16, 2015 • Fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 7:30pm.

• Patricia M. Productions presents Fall Fashion Tour. Dinner & Fashion show at 6:00pm at Links of Kent. Call Restaurant for reservations 519351-3672. Supporting Outreach for Hunger.

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.

Teen Health& Wellness at Chatham-Kent Public Library. This electronic database provides middle school and high school students with nonjudgmental straightforward and accurate information about health and wellness.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Hazardous Waste Day set for Sept. 12

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

When the summer draws to a close and the kids head back to school, it’s quickly fall cleanup time.

And that means it’s also time for the annual household hazardous waste day. This year, that day is Sept. 12.

People can bring batteries, old paint, pesticides, old motor oil, gasoline and more to three public works yards – in Chatham at 25 Creek Rd., in Chatham Township at 10137 Greenvalley Line, and in Ridgetown at 13337 Reeders Line.

Rick Kucera, manager of waste and recycling services, said more than 1,100 vehicles drove up to drop off last year, and the numbers have been fairly consistent in recent years.

The municipality has run the event for the past 15 years. Kucera said Progressive Waste Solutions sponsors the day, in conjunction with the Ridge Landfill.

“We used to have this event in the spring. But it’s not as busy a time as fall for cleaning,” Kucera said.

While numbers are consistent in recent years, he believes people are also taking advantage of ongoing drop-off locations for various hazardous elements. For example, you can drop off used motor oil and oil containers to Jiffy Lube on Keil Drive in Chatham, or to any of the municipal transfer stations.

For more details, visit the municipal website, http://www. chatham-kent.ca/GarbageandRecycling/Pages/HouseholdHazardousWaste.aspx.

“There are a lot of take-back programs in the community now.

These programs at various vendors really help give residents an immediate option should that be their need,” Kucera said.

Still, there are folks who like or need the convenience of a one-day event where you can drop off a variety of items at one location.

“Every once in a while, someone passes away and their children assume responsibility for the property, and they find something that may have been sitting around for 15-20 years or more,” Kucera said.

The Sept. 12 event runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Local residents are being invited to voice their opinion on the performance of the Erie St. Clair Community Care Access Centre programs.

The CCAC will host its second annual Strategic Planning Accountability Sessions across Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent and Sar-

nia-Lambton.

The Chatham session will be held Sept. 3, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Erie St. Clair LHIN office at 180 Riverview Dr. The session is aimed at updating groups and individuals as to CCAC services and getting input on whether they could be delivered in a different method.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY Saturday, September 12, 2015 • 8:00am to 3:00pm Drop Off Locations: Chatham: Chatham Public Works Garage 25 Creek Road, Chatham Chatham Township: Chatham Township Public Works Garage 10137 Greenvalley Line, Chatham Twp. Ridgetown: Ridgetown Public Works Garage 13337 Reeders Line, Howard Twp. For more information please visit www.chatham-kent.ca , your nearest Municipal Centre or call Waste and Recycling Services @ 519-360-1998. This event is provided by Progressive Waste Solutions and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

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Thunderous ride a treat to see I’ve been to Bike Fest CK in the past, two and two together. Heck, Superman as Toronto was in town. but this year was the first time I had doesn’t even wear a mask. It seems a Toronto lost (but on a positive note, the opportunity to see the escorted ride pair of sunglasses can throw me off, so... Brenna found out that the hot dogs at The best of both worlds roll down William Street and into the Comerica are the best in the world – her When football and baseball collide on Cultural Centre. words).

TV, it’s a sign of fall. It’s still A total of 150 riders registered Saturthe NFL preseason, but Sunday day morning in Erieau for the escorted night was a little bit of sports ride, where police motorcycle cops run nirvana for me. with the pack and control The Raiders intersections to ensure received a rare the ride runs uninternational television rupted. slot, hosting the They rolled into Bike Cardinals, while Fest about 10:45 a.m., the Cubs were a continuous stream of in L.A. playing bikes coming off Colthe Dodgers in borne Street and onto Bruce Corcoran another nationally William. Most were bigtelevised slot. bore Harley-Davidsons While I spent the first half of and a few Ducatis, so there was a lot of the night watching the Raidrumble coming into the core. ers, whose first-team defence It was quite the sight, for sure.

Next year, I bet it would be even cooler looked pretty darned good, the second half was spent mostly if the route came down Grand Avenue glued to the Cubs game, as East, then Thames Street to Fifth, over pitcher Jake Arrieta tossed a the bridge and left on King to William.

That way, the bikers and the event could no-hitter.

Colio Estate Winery has The ladies of the house were feel even more like they were part of the welcomed wine lovers kind enough to leave me in my downtown for a day. for 35 years. Experience sports cave that evening, and Folks of all ages and all walks of life our hospitality and didn’t come down to see what came out to check out the bikes and the I was yelling/cheering about. event. It drew a lot of people to town. savour our wines.

So Brenna seems to think she jinxes the Jays whenever she watches them. While I want to debunk this myth, I’m tempted to not do so until next spring. After all, they’re really on a roll.

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Excuse me, sir

While at Bike Fest waiting for the escorted ride to arrive, I was “accosted” by security. Three young men approached me and one said I was prohibited from taking any more pictures.

It took a couple of seconds to register, but he turned out to be a teenaged son of a friend of ours, Nate, who had told his son to go pull my leg.

His son, going into Grade 10, is already taller and stockier than Nate. He’s developing the build of a lineman in football.

I’ve known this kid since he was eight, and yet it still took me a moment to recognize him.

He was wearing a hat and sunglasses, so he was in disguise (considering the hat had a rolled brim – something he never used to wear, it was a good disguise).

I have to admit it, this summer, people have come up to me wearing sunglasses and it can take me a moment to recognize them.

Maybe I’m ready to be an extra in a superhero movie. Batman and Superman, for instance, don’t sound all that different from their secret identities of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent when they speak, but people can’t seem to put

And it’s not that the ladies aren’t sports fans. Mary likes football and is a Lions fan, while Brenna prefers baseball and likes the Jays.

Speaking of the Blue Jays, you know how they are on a huge roll? Every time I tell Brenna they win, she replies, “Of course, it’s because I didn’t watch them!”

A few weeks ago, we had a great Friday night together when Mary was out at an event. We shopped, talked, made dinner, and then sat down to catch the Jays play the Yankees.

The Jays lost.

The next day, I put on the afternoon game for a few minutes and Brenna sat down to catch an inning.

They lost.

A few years back, I took her to her first ball game. It was in Toronto and the Jays hosted Detroit.

The Jays lost.

The following summer, I took her to Comerica Park in Detroit

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