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Speed, strength, guts and focus are all Julia Corrente needs to make her dream of representing Canada at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea a reality.

That’s not a problem for the Chatham native, who is a current member of the Canada Bobsleigh National Development team as a pilot in a 2-woman sled. She is training hard to make the move from the North American Cup circuit to the World Cup circuit and Olympic racing.

Corrente has all the qualities she needs in spades, as well as the drive and determination to make it happen. In an interview with the Chatham Voice at Performance Fitness and Training where she trains while in Chatham, Corrente went through some of her routine. Easily lifting 45-lbs weights and tossing them on the barbell, the athlete

showed how she has made it to where she is – with a tremendous work ethic, the right opportunity at the right time, and support of people who believe in her.

She can get on the ice and pilot her way to a win with the right training and focus, but off the ice, her biggest race is the one to find the financial backing to pay for training, equipment and travelling costs.

Locally, the bobsledder is sponsored by Schinkel’s Gourmet Meats and most recently joining the Corrente team is McAllister Courier. Two businesses in Calgary also back the athlete, Mood Marketing and The Vineyard.

“Schinkel’s was the first one on board and their support has been amazing, and McAllister Courier is also now on the team. The more support and people on my team, the harder I can work and the better I can become,” Corrente said.

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Training is different in the sport of bobsledding as there are only two places in Canada that have the facilities to practice runs on the ice – Calgary Olympic Park and Whistler, B.C. On the North American Cup circuit, there are the two Canadian tracks, plus Lake Placid, NY and

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“We could use a lot more training on the ice. Because I’m a pilot, it takes a lot of time to perfect our speed, and each run only lasts a minute,” Corrente explained. “We don’t do hundreds of runs; we do four-six training runs a day. There is a lot of bumping around and we use helmets, but we try to limit the number of runs.”

In that limited time, bobsledders have to make the most of the on-ice training, working to perfect their speed and focus. Training season on-ice runs from October to March each year.

Corrente put into perspective how challenging training for her solely outdoor winter sport is by comparing it to practising for a basketball player – practising to perfect a jump shot or free throw can be done over and over, all year long, but training to pilot a sled can only be done in one-minute windows, a handful of times a day, for just part of the year.

For off-ice training, Corrente works out hard to improve her strength, and also as a pilot, memorizes tracks and visualizes the run to perfect her timing, and uses what she has in her head when she gets on the track.

“To be the best, you need rest, the best training and equipment and focus,” she said. “As I pilot, I need to be mentally tough; I have to have that focus because one mistake can give you a bad run. To get to that next level, I need to continue to perfect my skills, always be improving myself and getting better – that’s what is going to get me to the next level.”

That next level includes the World Cup Circuit in Europe with more tracks to learn.

Athletes bear the cost of training, travel and equipment and can only do so much themselves to be in peak

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“It’s a struggle; every race is different but the toughest race is finding support. It’s very expensive and all on my shoulders,” the bobsledder explained.

As a Chatham native, and with family in town, Corrente said her relationship with area sponsors is very important to her.

“I grew up in Chatham and there are so many people here I look up to,” she said. “I am really grateful for the people who have gotten behind me, not just financially, but also the people who have been cheering for me. I want to help others as well, inspire them and be someone kids can look up to.”

Corrente said she is very excited going into this season and is headed back to Calgary for more dry-land training before October. The national team uses an indoor arena – the “ice house” – where they can practice the pushing starts on ice where strength and speed are key. Then onice team practice races begins.

“Selection races give us our spots on the team for the (2015-16) season and coach will tell us if we are on World Cup or the circuit below World Cup,” Corrente said. “There are eight races for the season, then the world championships. I’m pushing, as well, to get to the World Junior Championships, on option based on performance this season.”

When her season starts in October, the bobsledder hopes it is with the backing of more sponsors, but if not, that will not stop her.

Corporate sponsorship packages are available and can be seen on her website, www.juliacorrente.com but Corrente said she also welcomes individual donations and messages from supporters at info@juliacorrente.com.

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“It’s not a matter of calling a firm and saying come and fix our bridge,” he said. “Evaluations have to be done, plans made, approvals given and then the work has to be tendered. Even if council said at its next meeting we have to fix Perry right away, the work couldn’t begin until next year.”

Kelly said the municipality has already received approval of provincial funding for $2 million of the estimated $5 to $6 million cost.

Kelly said his department received $8.6 million in its lifecycle budget this year. “We have enough

Although it may be an inconvenience, the weight restriction placed on the Parry Bridge at Keil Drive is actually a good thing, according to Chatham-Kent’s manager of infrastructure Thomas Kelly.

“We have an evaluation Jim Blake/The Chatham Voice process where all of our Traffic pours over the Parry Bridge on Keil Drive in Chatham. It’s the busiest crossing point of the Thames River in Cha830 bridges three meters tham-Kent, yet is behind several other bridges in terms of maintenance priority. Coun. Michael Bondy wants to change that. or greater are checked money to do about 75 per them to use an alternate the Chatham Kent Police Street Bridge in downonce every two years,” he Service starts monitoring town Chatham. “We’re cent of the needed work in route. said. “We’re far better off “There are still a few ve- the bridge to issue tick- going to be seeking the any given year,” he said. knowing that we have a “We’re running at a deficit hicles using the bridge ets but we hope we don’t maximum $2 million in weight restriction issue so we try to prioritize very that shouldn’t be but most need to get to that point.” funding from the provthan having a catastrophic companies are avoiding it.

Kelly’s next task is to se- ince. That structure is slatcarefully.” failure.”

He said notices were sent We may at some point, as cure funding for the Fifth ed for repairs in 2018.”

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Make sure you’re on voters’ list

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With the federal election scheduled for Oct. 19, it is time for eligible voters to make sure they are registered and ready to cast their vote.

The local federal returning office for the riding of Chatham-Kent-Leamington has set up shop at 770 Richmond St., Suite D in Chatham under the direction of Returning Officer Guy Taylor. The office is open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the toll-free number is 1-866-238-4291.

For residents north of Chatham in the riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, a satellite office is located at 233 Creek St., Wallaceburg with a familiar face, Sheldon Parsons, as the assistant returning officer. He’s a former municipal staffer and Chatham-Kent councillor. The riding main office number is 1-866-241-7890. Hours for the office are the same, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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by Sept. 30, and there are three ways for you to cast your vote. Advance polls are scheduled for Oct. 9-12 from noon to 8 p.m. and the location will be on the voter

information card you should receive in the mail. Advance voters can also go to the Elections Canada office Oct. 13 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to cast their vote.

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Community comes first Is print journalism on the way out? We don’t think so; not entirely.

A positive comment this week on Twitter for The Chatham Voice from a stranger in the media business got us thinking on the whole issue, and of those who are sure newspapers are on the way out.

A web writer for CTV Kitchener, Ryan Flanagan responded to a comment on a Twitter news blog

by National Post contributor Ashley Csanady about the demise of print.

Flanagan used The Chatham Voice as an example of a new, locally owned, hyperlocal news outlet that was thriving in a Sun Media-dominated area, saying people still respond to local.

Flanagan went on to say he thinks we will see a “renaissance of hyperlocal, locally owned news outlets and owners OK with tiny profits.”

We couldn’t agree more. When we started two years ago, the dream was to get out from under the corporate mandate of profits over people, and the negative idea that if it bleeds, it leads. Our goal is to report on our community – the people, the issues, the successes and, sometimes, the failures. We talk about our hometown heroes, our neighbours, our politics, the things we get right, and the things we do wrong.

And we aren’t alone. Independent news outlets such as the papers in Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wheatley and Thamesville existed long before we came along. CKXS Radio in Wallaceburg is another independent relative newcomer to the scene. All have a passion for bringing people the local news and information they need.

People want a respite from the unrelenting tsunami of breaking world news guaranteed to make you want to pull the covers over your head and not come out. Nothing is more relaxing than sitting down with a coffee or tea and the local newspaper to see what is happening with the people you live with every day. It may bring a smile to your face, rile you up or give you your social calendar for the next month.

That is what a community newspaper is designed to do.

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Don’t take pets for granted Sir: I had to put my cat down recently when he suddenly became sick. It pains me all the more because I wonder if I should have realized sooner that something was the matter with him.

A little less than two years ago I decided to take in a starving, old abandoned cat. He came to me without a name, thrown out as if he had never had a name or a family, though clearly he had been a house cat.

I named him Nobody.

Like the movie, he was the tall, dark stranger I didn’t know I wanted in my life until he wormed his way into my heart.

The vet informed me at the time, that Nobody was indeed an old cat, with many health

problems. He both praised and warned me with the words, “It’s nice of you to give him a good home for his last couple of years.”

Knowing I would only have Nobody for a short time did not stop me from falling in love with him. Having to give the order to euthanize him was heart wrenching.

I would like to send a message out to people who think pets are disposable. They are not; they are living things with feelings. They don’t understand why they have been abandoned by their family.

To those who think a farm can always use another cat or dog, we

can’t. We also can’t afford to feed your cast-off animals or take them the Humane Society like you should have if you couldn’t find a home for them.

I don’t mean to sound like Bob Barker but, spay or neuter your pets if you don’t want puppies or kittens. You can’t be any harder up for money than I am, and I managed. Ask about the clinics at the Humane Society where you can have everything they need done cheap.

If I seem to be ranting, it is because of a broken heart, caused by taking in someone else’s responsibility.

Owning a pet is a responsibility, not a lark. So I ask everyone reading

this to think before deciding to get a puppy or kitten. Animals don’t stay babies; they grow up and they grow old. When you adopt a pet, you must understand they need a home and care for 18 or more years.

When I took Nobody in, he was already a geriatric; someone should have been looking after him, and instead he was abandoned to fend for himself.

To people who feel that is acceptable, I ask what do you plan to do with your grandparents and parents someday when they need more care?

Be careful, your kids are watching.

Vicki Hornick Chatham-Kent

Kind act leaves reader speechless Sir: I am very rarely speechless, but a kind lady left me that way recently.

My daughter and I went to Flapjacks on McFarlane Avenue for lunch.

As usual they were very

busy, and as we were scanning for seats, a lady said two were available beside her. We thanked her and sat down.

After she had left, the

waitress came over to say this dear lady had paid for both of our lunches.

Thank you so much for your random act of kindness!

I pledge that we will pay it forward.

These acts prove that there are angels among us.

Ruth Rivers Chatham

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Starting the school year off right

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school year.

The occasion was the 14th annual Operation Backpack in which children receive backpacks stuffed with school supplies.

Since 2003 the program has been operated by the United Way’s Good Neighbours initiative.

Co-ordinator Mary Symons said the Women’s Leadership Council is this year’s primary sponsor.

“In addition to the leadership council we have local businesses and individuals who donate their time and money,” she said. “We have a wide base of community support.”

The backpacks are distributed through a variety of agencies. Individuals who know of children who may benefit can contact Symons at the United Way office at 519-354-0430.

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Volunteers from across the community came out Monday to help with Operation Backpack, an initiative to make sure all children in Chatham-Kent start the year with a backpack full of school supplies. Here, left to right, volunteers Jasper Luu, Genuh Ripley and Jolee Sammut fill a backpack.

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If you want to know what is happening nationally or around the world, you’ll watch the evening news, go online or subscribe to a national newspaper.

Corporate greed, for some, has reached epic proportions with shareholders demanding more and more profits, while others refuse to adapt or invest in their news gathering, and the decline of some media outlets are a perfect example. There are very good writers and photographers that have worked for Sun Media over the years who have been forced to walk away from a job and business they love. There are still people working there because they love what they do, just not the way they are forced to do it.

Small locally owned business owners do what they do, yes, to make a living, but mainly because they love what they do and they want to share that with their community, without a corporate albatross hanging around their neck.

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Many people say they can hear the wind whispering in the trees. Darin Willder not only hears it but he can tell you what it means.

Willder opened Precision Tree Service in April with help from the Starter Company program operated by the Chatham-Kent Small Business Centre.

His aim is to change the way people think about tree maintenance.

“Many people don’t think about tree maintenance other than when they want to cut one down. There is so much more which can be done to save trees and by doing that, save the cost of removal or insurance if it falls on your home or car.”

Willder is a graduate of Sir Sanford Fleming’s Forestry and Arborist programs and spent three years working for Davey Tree Service in London before returning home to Chatham to start his business.

“I’m so glad I got in touch with the Starter Company program,” he said. “I’m confident about the service part of my business because of my education and experience but I had no idea what it actually takes to operate a business.”

He said Dean Hale and Rosemarie Miller helped him form and then fine tune his business plan.

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be addressed,” he said.

Willder said proper pruning, thinning and shaping trees and removing dead branches can prolong the life and increase the health of a tree.

“Growing a tree is like a lifelong investment,” he said. “If you take care of the tree and address any minor issues, in many cases you can avoid removing them.”

He said even in the case of a tree with a major break near the trunk, he can perform a process known as cabling in which the trunk has wires placed strategically among the branch-

es to help it support its crown.

He has a working relationship with Ross’ Flowers that he said has made a difference for his new business.

“Ross has been here forever and the fact that they’re recommending me has meant a lot.”

Rosemarie Montgomery, small business consultant with the centre, said there has been a strong response to the Starter Company program, so much that it has been extended.

“We’re just completing our first year as a pilot program and it’s worked so well we will be ex-

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Under the program would-be business owners attend several weeks of training in which they prepare a business plan to determine the viability of their idea. Those whose ideas are deemed worthy receive a $5,000 grant to help with start up costs.

“We’ve had people who have come to us who have gone on to start their business and others who have decided that it’s not the thing for them,” she said. “Not everyone is cut out to be a small business owner.”

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CK Table part of ag-culinary weekend The Chatham Voice

The table is getting so crowded that it’s expanding.

The CK Table, that is.

The event – winner of the 2014 Ontario Culinary Tourism Award for Ontario Culinary Tourism Event – is in its fifth year. It’s expanding to include the full weekend.

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Back again is the CK Table dinner, a multi-course farm-to-table feast hosted at a local farm, using all local ingredients, and prepared by top-notch chefs.

Because of the dinner’s success, organizers opted to expand. They’ve added more special events and on-farm experiences.

This includes the first-ever Heritage Grains Tasting Evening being held Saturday at the newly

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CK Table has partnered with Everdale Farms and the Bauta Seed Security Initiative to showcase the versatility, taste and nutritional benefits of heirloom and heritage grains, which are starting to make a comeback, including on farms here in Chatham-Kent.

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In addition to the Heritage Grain tasting, farm tours and on-farm tastings are being held across Chatham-Kent, and brewery tours and tastings at Bayside Brewing Company as part of

the Rethink Food weekend. Sunday will see the CK Table farm-to-table feast held in Jeannette’s Creek at St. Peter’s on the Thames at 1pm, as well as a local artisan farmer’s market beforehand from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All are welcome and some tickets are still available for all events.

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Fedeli blasts ‘shell game’ economics

Hydro sale, pensions under fire

eral. It is an egregious action we can’t let go unanswered.”

Claims that the proceeds will be used for transit are bogus, he claimed, since that money is already in the provincial budget.

“They’re going to use the money from the sale to pay off some of the provincial debt, I believe,” he said. “It’s the only way they’re going to even put

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

It had all the makings of a first-class election stop - well-spoken politicians, party faithful, allegations about government misdeeds and a good amount of indignation.

The occasion, however, wasn’t a federal election event but instead was the latest stop on provincial finance critic Vic Fedeli’s tour to let Ontarians know that although the provincial election is over, the issues remain.

“This is about letting people know that they can’t just wait quietly for the next election in 2018,” the Nipissing MPP said.

“We need the electorate to stay involved or the Wynne government will hand us a very different Ontario when they go to the polls.”

Fedeli and Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP Rick Nicholls may have lost the war but they’re gearing up for the next battle.

The pair, dubbed Batman and Robin, for their fight against the Wynne government warned about what they call a provincial shell game behind the sale of Ontario Hydro and the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP).

Fedeli spoke to more than 20 people at Deer Run Golf Course in two different sessions. Earlier in the day he spoke to a similar crowd in Leamington.

“This is how we’re going to do it, we’re going to tell 20 people and they

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Before the Wynne government changed the law, proceeds from Hydro sales were forced to be applied to Hydro debt.

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will tell 10 each and we’ll reach out.”

Fedeli said the ORPP is nothing more than a tax but it is a tax with particularly chilling effects.

“This plan is an immense over reaction to a problem that didn’t even exist,” he said. “More than 80 per cent of Ontarians will be able to maintain their lifestyle after retirement.”

Information supplied to the Wynne government showed that if the plan raised $2 billion in taxes from businesses and Ontario workers, 18,000 jobs will be lost.

“The Government wants to raise $3 billion in taxes so do the math - we’re talking about 31,000 jobs.”

He said every business group in Ontario is against the move and confidence in Ontario’s economy has dropped from 42 to 29 percent.

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“The insidious part of this plan is that the bulk of the forced enrollment in the plan will take place just after the next election in 2018,” he said. “It’s pure political motivation.”

He urged those in attendance to write letters to newspapers, use social media, contact the government and let their views be known.

“We’ve crowbarred the door in a little crack; let’s keep going.”

Fedeli said there is no way to stop the Ontario Hydro selloff but the spotlight needs to remain on the transaction.

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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.

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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. 8:00am-3:00pm 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.

9:00am-1:00pm. Free admission. For table rental or info call the Club at 519-3527451.

• 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.

• CKPL hosts St. John Ambulance Babysitting course. 9:30am-5:00pm at the Chatham Branch or the CKPL, 120 Queen St., Chatham. Register online at portal.sja.ca or call 1-877-726-9928 or 519-432-1352.

Payment is at the time of registration by credit card, $50 tax included.

• Test Drive a new vehicle at Heuvelmans Chevrolet Buick Cadillac Ltd. and they will donate $20 to the Kiwanis Club of CK for the Kiwanis International Eliminate Project to help eliminate maternal neonatal tetanus in 39 countries. Valid driver’s license required. 10:00am-2:00pm.

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.

• Alpha Course begins at Dresden Community Church, Hwy 21 S. of Dresden. Alpha explores the meaning of life through a practical introduction to the Christian faith. Phone 519-683-6541 for a 6:oopm dinner reservation. Video at 7:00pm.

Concludes at 8:30.

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.

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Perfect Harmony Yoga donated $4,573 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chatham-Kent through the recent Coming Together - One Breath at a Time event.

Here Nan Stuckey, left, executive director of the organization, received a cheque from owner Jenn Glendinning. See story on page 13.

• Patricia M. Productions presents Fall Fashion Tour. Dinner & Fashion show at 6:00pm at Links of Kent. Call Restaurant for reservations 519-351-3672.

Supporting Outreach for Hunger.

• Taoist Tai Chi Open House at Community of Christ Church Gymnasium, 174 Faubert Dr., Chatham. 7:00pm. www. taoist.org/sarnia or email anethelosen@ gmail.com.

CK Metal Detecting Club Meetings Last Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm in the Kinsman Room, Erikson Arena, 34 Delaware Ave., Chatham. Guests Welcome.

Toastmasters is a place where you develop and grow - both personally and professionally. Meetings are a learn-bydoing 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. Access the Teen Health & Wellness database through the Chatham-Kent Public Library’s website at www.ckpl.ca or drop in to your local branch for information.

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Glendinning said she thought of the idea about two months ago. She enlisted the aid of lululemon and Eat What’s Good to

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On Aug. 22, more than 220 area yoga enthusiasts came together for a class and raised $4,573 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chatham-Kent.

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The Municipality of Chatham-Kent Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study Oxley Drive / Sandys Street SPS No. 11 & NW Quadrant Areas A & B NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT

Background In May 2012, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent completed an update to its Water and Wastewater Master Plan, which recommended a new north area trunk sewer and pumping station in Chatham to address future development and alleviate restrictions associated with the existing internal collection system.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent currently owns and operates the sewage pumping station (SPS) No. 11 (Oxley Drive/Sandys Street) located in the north area of Chatham, that is approximately 40 years old and frequently requires maintenance. Additionally, SPS No. 11 is located close to two proposed development areas Northwest Quadrant Areas A and B, which will eventually produce significant sanitary flows.

A North Chatham Sanitary Flow Monitoring Review was completed in 2012, which identified limited reserve capacity in SPS No. 11 to accommodate new flows from Northwest Quadrant Areas A and B. Such limitations affect the ability of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent to provide quality wastewater collection and treatment across the Municipality in a way that balances sustainable growth and development of its communities and preservation of the socio-cultural, natural and economic characteristics of each community.

Class EA Study for the Oxley Drive/Sandys Street SPS No. 11 & NW Quadrant Areas A & B Continuing from the Master Plan and in advance of the development of Northwest Quadrant Areas A and B, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent has identified the opportunity to assess the overall servicing requirements in the northwest Chatham service area, specifically for these two development areas and SPS No. 11.

In light of this opportunity, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent is now initiating a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) study to assess the significance of the limitations related to SPS No. 11 and the development of Northwest Quadrant Areas A and B, and assess alternate solutions for any required upgrades or sanitary system modifications. This Class EA study is being conducted according to the requirements of a Schedule B project of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment document (Municipal Engineers Association, October 2000 as amended in 2007 & 2011).

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Fun Stuff 32 “- Got a Secret” 33 Army bigwigs 35 Soon, in verse 36 Crazy bird 37 Mix 38 Khaki fabric 40 Calf meat (Fr.) 42 Tatter 43 The Who drummer 48 Ordinal suffix 49 “Born Free” heroine 50 Pleasant 51 Drenched 52 Use a rotary phone 53 Saxophone range

ACROSS 1 Eastern potentate (Var.) 5 Musical symbol 9 Do some lawnwork 12 Scoop holder 13 Verdi opera 14 Indivisible 15 Newlyweds’ trip 17 “- Town”

18 Acute 19 Feel 21 Madison Avenue types 24 Marshy tracts 25 Suitable 26 Horse-drawn carriage 30 Yoko of music 31 Top of a wave

DOWN 1 German interjection 2 Cattle call?

3 Hostel 4 Stunk 5 Arrived 6 49-Across, e.g.

7 Tokyo’s old name 8 Splays 9 Backwoods’ beverage 10 Burden 11 “The Way We -” 16 Longing

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Marian Spears 73, Monday, August 31, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Thérese Charlebois 89, Monday, August 31, 2015 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Don Steele 84, Tuesday, September 1, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

John Leschyshyn 89, Thursday, September 3, 2015 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Mary McLaren 92, Wednesday, September 2, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Gail Durham 76, Saturday, August 29, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Rick Wilson 57, Wednesday, September 2, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

James Peter Russell 82, Sunday, August 30, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Helen McDonald 91, Thursday, September 3, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

McKINLAY WOODLANDS . . . A LIVING MEMORIAL DEDICATION SERVICE

C.M. WILSON CONSERVATION AREA OF THE LOWER THAMES CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 Gathering 1:30pm ~ Service 2:00pm

“ A TREE GROWS IN MEMORY OF” Aitken, David Aitken, George Allemeersch, Mary Anderson, Ron Apthorp, Ruby Archibald, Frank J. Armstrong, Wilma Atkinson, Jean Austin, Francis Bacic, Andrew Baert, Marcel Ball, Douglas Barker, Margaret Barry, Rosanna ‘Jean’ Bedford, Beverly Bellamy, Cynthia Bennett, Mary Benoit, Jeanne Bentley, Mae Bertrand, Rhea Betts, Elynor Bilodeau, Aimelie Biro, Katalin Bishop, Evelyn Blackburn, H. Glen “Blackie” Blais, Marie “Rosita” Blake, Heather Blonde, Mike Bokor, Frank Bokor, James Bower, Dwight Bowles, Wayne Bowman, Hilda Bradford, Rhonda Brewer, Dennis Bueckert, Isaac Burk, Kenneth Butler, Ricky Calvert, Evelyn Cameron, Evelyn Cameron, Jean Cameron, Lois Campbell, Brenda Campbell, Doris Campbell, H. W. Grant Campbell, James Campbell, Ruth Ann Capiau, Elizabeth Carson, Richard Cartier, Alfred Robert Caswell, Peter Cattoor, Josef “Joe” Chambers, Robert “Bob” Chapple, Shirley Charbonneau, Stanley Charlton, Wm. “Abby” Charron, Eric Charron, Marlene Chittim, James “Jim” Clark, Rheta Mae Clarke, Peter Clarke, Sandra Cochrane, Henry Colfer, Joseph Aidan Cook, Janet Cornelious, Douglas Cornelious, Foster Costello, Alfred Courtice, Noel Cowan, John E. ‘Jack’ Cowell, Judy Cresta, Annette Cudney, Donna ‘Zelma’

D’Clute, Allan Dagneau, Ives Dao, Anh Daudlin, Edward Davidson, Joseph “Joe” Davidson, Mary Davis, Mary Debiasi, Ugo DeClark, Peggy Deighton, Yvonne Delanghe, Henry “Hank” Deneau, Madeline May Deneau, Nelson Desjardins, Ashly Desjardins, Samantha Dickinson, Terry Dietrich, Ruby Doulaptsis, Apostolos Dragstra, Mary Drury, Margaret “Peggy” Ducharme, Stephen Douglas Dulong, Linda Durham, Gail Dussault, John Ebare, Sidney Edwards, Valerie Elliot, H.J. “Sandy” Ellis, Clayton ‘Pat’ Ellison, Terry Ellwood, Geraldine “Jean” English, Ivan Evers, Jacob “Joe” Eves, Jessie Fournier, Marjorie ‘Marge’ French, Doris French, Mollie Garlick, Mildred “Millie” Gieseke, Dorothy Gillett, Denis Goldsmith, Fred Gordon, Helen Gorman, Allan Goure, Norman Groulx, Antoinette “Toni” Haley, William Hall, Michael “Mike” Hamilton, Angela Handsor, Lawrence Harvey, Brenda Haskell, Douglas Hastings, Joseph Hawryluk, Wm. “Bill” Hearns, Kenneth Herfst, Paul Hodgson, Robert Hoek, Jantina Hoekstra, Adriana Houston, Douglas Wayne Houston, Marilyn Houston, Robert Howe, Peggy Hoy, Dorothy Hudson, Brad Huffman, Patsy ‘Patt’ Jacklin-Erickson, Mabel James, David Jelsma, Frederik Johns, Shirley Johnson, John Jones, Oliver Kalp, Harry Kelly, Marjorie Kennedy, Kimberly

Kirchner, Mary Anne Kiser, Peggy Kiser, William “Bill” Klinard, Lucette Knight, Rebecca Koch, Evelyn Kuiper, Corinne Kumpess, Cherie Labadie, Ina Lachance, Evelyn Lahey, Marguerite LaMarsh, Betty Lapp, Thomas Laprise, Michael Leadley, Marlene Legue, Chuck Levasseur-Larouche, Louise Liberty, Betty Lisabeth, Arseen “Archie” Little, Bruce Lobbestael, Julien Louzon, Carol Ann Lovell, Aline‘Lynn’ Lozon, Florence Lucier, Roger Mairs, Ronald Manninger, Claudette Mardling, Stanley H. Marinigh, Emma Marlatt, Harold Marlatt, Jean Marshall, John Martin, Robert Martin, Tom “Raymond” Maryschak, Annie Massender, Dorothy Matsuda, Marina Miwako Matsuda, Masashi & Shizuko Matsuda, Miles Mamoru Matsuda, Mills Masato Matsuda, Mitzi Misaye Feldman May, Lillian Maynard, Kenneth McAlorum, Robert McAuley, Grant McCann, Ann McChesnie, Diane McClymont, Louise McCormick, Gordon McGuire, Mary Jane McIntyre, Ronald McKeough, Dorothy McMullin, Robert McNear, Helen McNeilage, Blair McNeilage, Vourneen “Mikki” McPhea, James Menefy, Helen Merulla, Karen Michels, Kurt Mielke, Lois Mifflin, Doreen Miletic, Helga Miller, Roscoe Moody, Gordon Moore, Mary Moore, Mitchell Morin, Therese Morris, Sami Morrow, George Mousseau, Peter Muckle (Laidlaw), Evelyn Murray, Jeff

Murray, Sarah Myers, Eric Nagy, Francis Anne Nelson, Audrey Nelson, John William O’Brien, Josie O’Sullivan, Joan Okkema, Gloria Padelt, Fr. Joseph John Papps, Josepha Francisca Park, Doreen Parr, John Parsons, Vera Patrick, Ethel Patterson, Murray Pavlinak, John Peach, Sharon Pelfrey, Jean Pemberton, Sylvia Perdu, Charles Pereira, Laurinda Plouffe, Joseph Poehlman-Pelfrey, Jean Pont, Maxine Poolman, Miena Pourquoi, Marion Praill, Robert “Bob” Primeau, Bob Prince, Corinne Ramsden, Harry Sr. Reid, Luann Rhodes, Bea Ribu, Cathy Rice, Norma Rice, Winnifred Richardson, Donald Rietdyk, Kyle Joe Rink, Pat Ritcey, Peter Rivard, Halarie (Joe) Roberts, David Robertson, Gillan “Gil” Rombout, Bart Ross, Jean Roth, Michael Rouse, George “Jerry” Ruediger, Eileen Russell, Braden Russell, James Sanford, Shirley Schinkel, Tena Schinkel, Tena Sennema, William “Bill” Sewell, John “Jack” Shanks, Stacey Sharpe, Winifred Shelton, Del Shreve, Anna Sjaarda, Kenneth Skalecki, Stafan Slaughter, Brad Smith, David Smith, Frances Smyth, Graham Francis Sonneveld, Gus Spears, Marian Spence, Marilyn Spence, Vera “Jean” Spence, Walter “Douglas” St. Pierre, Shirley St. Pierre, Wayne Stanley, Edna Stead, David

• PLEASE BRING A FRIEND • • BRING A LAWN CHAIR • REFRESHMENTS FOLLOWING CEREMONY • FREE ENTRANCE ADMISSION •

Stevens, Ron Stewardson, Patti Stowe, Molly Summerfield, Louise Suter, Doreen Sykes, Violet ‘Vi’ Taylor, Chloe May Taylor, Gordon Tennant, Lorna Terry, Shirley Tetrault, Laura “Pauline” Thomas, Dorothy Thompson, Wesley ‘Wes’ Todgham, Herbert H. Tomen, Rev. Nicholas Toulouse, Herman Tuck, Janet Tulp, Rosemary Tunstall, Murray Tunstall, Ruth Underwood, Jack Van De Wynckel, Andrew Vasicek, Mary Vegso, Brian Verbeek, Jennie Verhaegh, John Verhoeven, Tony Vermet, Patricia “Pat” Verstraete, Camille Vezina, William Vince, Ann Vsetula, Ellen Wade, Larry “Crash” Walters, Bill Want, Karen Ward, John Ward, S.A. Blake Waterbury, Millard Weber, Douglas Westendorf, Else Whaling-Hunter, Nancy Widdifield, Kathleen “Kay” Wills, Donald Charles Wilson, James Wright, Catherine Wright, Gerry Wszol, Henryka Wyatt, Elaine Zietek, Maria

This Memorial Tribute is dedicated to those in Blenheim and Chatham for whom trees have been donated from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015 In 1967, the Lower Thames Conservation Authority acquired the 30 hectare property known as C.M. Wilson Conservation Area, named after Clarence Michael Wilson, a previous Chairman of the Authority.

In 1997 McKinlay Funeral Homes partnered with the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Foundation to designate a memorial forest site in this Conservation Area.