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Strange things take place at Montreal House, staff say understand.” got used to it.” One of the most popular Defour said she was phenomena is the televi- speaking with a group of For more than a centu- sion set near the kitchen, patrons only a few weeks ry, local residents have that despite being re- ago when they mentioned placed over that they didn’t believe flocked to the years, the stories. the Mon- “Everyone who’s turns on All of the sudden the TV treal House worked here at night for a drink, knows what I’m talking and off by volume went way up. I itself and went to turn it off and it some home controls its shut down by itself,” she c o o k i n g about. Things...just own vol- said. “I think it changed a and cama- happen. There’s no explanation that makes ume. few minds.” raderie. One-time A Mr. and Mrs. CampL e g e n d s sense except someM o n t r e a l bell who owned the bar say some thing we can’t underHouse em- decades before have both people like ployee Ker- made appearances to the place so stand.” ry Myerink staff. much they - Lynda Defour said part “One bartender looked haven’t left. Owner Lynda Defour of her routine more than around the corner, saw decade a customer has employed hundreds a of staff during the 26 ago was to “One bartender looked in a white years she’s owned the go through around the corner, saw dress shirt and a black landmark at the corner of the various a customer in a white tie and told Grand Ave. and Lacroix rooms, shut Street and almost all of things off dress shirt and a black him she’d serve him in them have a story to tell and tidy up tie and told him she’d about strange happen- at closing. serve him in a minute. a minute,” “I’d turn When the bartender she said. ings. “When the “Everyone who’s worked the TV off, turned around, he was b a r t e n d here at night knows what go into aner turned I’m talking about,” she other room gone.” around, he said. “Things...just hap- and come - Lynda Defour was gone.” pen. There’s no explana- back to find tion that makes sense ex- it back on,” she said. “It Continued on page 2 cept something we can’t happened so often I just By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
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Patrons of the Montreal House in Chatham have enjoyed many a pint over the years. But are they alone? Owner Lynda Defour says strange things happen in the venerable local watering hole.
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Later she noticed a picture of the man posing with his staff members and everyone was wearing the white shirt and black tie. It was Mr. Campbell who had been dead for years.” It’s believed that Mrs. Campbell is behind chairs moving and lights going off and on. “The one light in the entrance was would turn itself off and on. It was an old cut glass light so we had the light and the wir-
ing changed. I can be halfway up or down the stairs and the light goes on or off.” One staff member decades ago used to play one of the pinball machines in the “men’s room” after closing. “Every once in a while the machine next to the one he was playing came on and sometimes it started playing along with him. He was convinced he saw Mrs. Campbell and wondered if it was her.”
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The bar has had “our share” of patrons who have passed away while at the bar. “It happens, if you get an older customer, sometimes it’s like they’ve just fallen asleep.” She said some paranormal researchers stayed overnight at the bar a few weeks ago and had some higher than normal electromagnetic readings and some unexplainable sounds that they are now analyzing. “I don’t know what it will mean when they figure it out but I’m curious,” she said. With the bar up for sale, Defour wonders where the spirits will go if a new owner wants to use the property for another use. “I can’t see someone haunting one of those franchise places that seem so popular. They don’t have much in the way of personality. I can see why somebody wouldn’t want to be caught dead in one,” she laughed.
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Considering the Montreal House is more than a century old, and over all those years, some patrons have passed away inside the bar, owner Lynda Defour says some people think some of those folks still hang out there.
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VIA Rail Canada will reinstate the early-morning train from Windsor and Chatham to Toronto on Saturdays starting Oct. 31. The early evening service from Toronto to Windsor on Fridays will also be reinstated, providing extra capacity at a peak travel time. Both services had been suspended since 2012 as part of a series of austerity measures to cope with a cut to VIA Rail’s operating budget made by the previous federal government, with the train idling in London on Friday nights instead of continuing to Windsor. Community reaction to these cuts and the loss of intercity bus services lead to the formation of the Southwestern Ontario Transportation Alliance (SWOTA), which has been campaigning
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for these services to be restored. “This early morning train on a Saturday is wonderful if you want to take your family to Toronto for the day, without spending hours in highway traffic, or staying overnight,” said SWOTA President Terry Johnson. “We’re blessed with lots of things for families to do in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent, but kids really benefit from occasional trips to the Ontario Science Center, the Royal Ontario Museum, the new aquarium, or attending the major league sporting events that Toronto has to offer.” Train #70 will leave Windsor at 05:30 and Chatham at 06:18, arriving in Toronto just after 10 am, and the last train back from Toronto to Windsor leaves just after 7pm. VIA Rail has also recently re-
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freshed its onboard catering menu to include breakfast wraps and improved dinner options, and has been refurbishing coaches to improve the on-board experience. VIA Rail is also working on three crossing safety improvement projects in the Bothwell area that will reduce speed restrictions on the route, making journeys to London and Toronto faster. SWOTA is hopeful that the new federal government will continue investing in infrastructure, and work with Canadian National to improve on-time performance for passenger services. “If we could get the journey times back to where they were twenty years ago, the train could leave Windsor after 6 am, making this option even more attractive for family day trips,” said Johnson.
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Time right for high-speed rail, Hope says ways been a leader in economic development. “From the Canadian Pacific RailChatham-Kent Mayor Randy way in the 1800s, to national highHope is dreaming big and hopes way systems 75 years ago, transporothers will share his vision that now tation has opened this country to is the time to push for high-speed growth. Now, for some reason, we rail across Ontario, and eventually, aren’t moving ahead.” In order to be an advocate for the Canada. “We have new government plan- cause, Hope said he has chosen to ning to spend $60 billion in infra- use high-speed rail on his trade trips to China. structure and high “I felt I couldn’t realspeed passenger rail “We have new govly advocate for it unneeds to be part of ernment planning to less I tried it,” he said. that discussion,” he “I boarded the train, said. “The future is spend $60 billion in infrastructure, and my luggage was loadnow.” Hope is envision- high-speed passenger ed on separately and ing an elevated high- rail needs to be part of all I had to do was go through a quick secuspeed rail line using that discussion. The rity check and I was the 401 corridors from on my way.” Windsor to the Que- future is now.” He said the train bec border wherever - Mayor Randy Hope travelled between 170 possible. “We don’t need to chew up more and 270 kilometres per hour on cefarmland; the infrastructure and ment rails and was much smoother links are already in place and the than conventional trains. “It’s relatively silent; it’s so smooth technology is moving ahead rapidI was able to shoot video and it’s ly,” he said. “What if you could live in Cha- a relaxing way to travel,” he said. tham-Kent and commute to the “The advantages are numerous.” With Ontario overproducing elecGTA?” Hope continued. “There are thousands of people who would tricity and selling it at a loss, Hope jump at the chance to live in a peace- said the province could divert some ful, beautiful rural setting but can’t of that to high-speed rail. “The federal government in the because of transportation issues. It could reverse the declining popu- U.S. has committed to the idea of lation rates in rural areas, ease con- linking all major cities with high gestion in urban areas and reduce speed rail in the next two decades. “How long are we going to remain carbon emissions from cars. All it a backwater influenced by those takes is vision.” Hope said the idea of high-speed who have vested interests in the rail was being discussed when he status quo?” he asked. “It’s time was elected to the provincial gov- we realized that electrical energy is a renewable resource and we need ernment in 1990. “Since that time, Ontario and Can- to begin to wean ourselves off of oil ada have been eclipsed by Europe while we still have time.” He said the next step is to assemble and Asia,” he said. “We’re the second biggest country in the world (in more local support and begin workland mass) and we haven’t invest- ing it through the political system. “We don’t have local government ed in a form of transportation that representation but the idea itself has could transform us.” Hope said transportation has al- tremendous potential,” he said.
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Answering the call against bullying By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
Leah Parsons never answers her home phone, so when it rang earlier this year and she answered it, she had no idea why. “I don’t answer my home phone,” she said. “My home is my safe place. I always let it ring, but this time I picked it up,” she said. “It was Mike Neuts.” Neuts was calling Leah to ask her if she would speak at what would become the You, Him, Her and Me Children’s Mental Health Summit held at the Bradley Centre. Parsons, whose daughter Rehtaeh, took her own life two years ago after being bullied online, says the connection of parents who have lost children runs deeper than what some would consider understandable. “It’s the biggest club in the world and no one wants to be there,” Neuts
said. Parsons and Carol Todd, whose daughter Amanda was cyber bullied and took her life, were two of more than a dozen speakers who participated in the largest child mental health summit ever held in Chatham Kent. Despite the extremely high profile given their daughters’ deaths, it was the first time that Leah, from British Columbia, and Carol, from Nova Scotia, shared their stories at the same event. Leah said Rehtaeh endured 17 months of victimization after photos of her assault were posted online. “She went from being a straight A student who wanted to be a marine biologist, a person with no risk or diagnosis of risk, to being labeled a slut because she was assaulted by people in a peer group that she thought was safe,” Leah said.
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She said Rehtaeh became depressed, had anxiety, began smoking pot and was eventually hospitalized where she was victimized again. “As soon as she admitted that she had smoked pot she was considered a delinquent with addiction problems,” she said. “She was stripped by two male guards while all the time she was telling them, “Don’t you know I’ve been raped?” The fact that no charges
were brought against the four males in the case further victimized her. Police have since admitted mistakes were made in the case and Nova Scotia now has cyber bullying legislation but Leah said attitudes need to change. “I got an apology but I still get ‘bad mom’ letters from people who think I shouldn’t have let Rehtaeh go to a friends’ house.” She believes Rehtaeh’s death wasn’t planned but was the result of an impul-
sive act. “She just wasn’t able to look past the pain she was in at that moment,” Leah said. “I know if she thought about the result she would haven’t gone through with it.” “Rehtaeh kept on fighting and I’m going to keep on speaking because she was never silent. I don’t know what I would do because of (support from) people I’ve never met. “Life has meaning and always will. I didn’t lose my faith because of what happened, I gained it.” Carol Todd said her daughter Amanda’s video describing her bullying, which can be seen on her legacy site http://amandatodd l e g a c y. o r g / a m a n das-you-tube-video-original/, has been viewed more than 33 million times. Her pet name for her daughter was Princess Snowflake and the pretty young Vancouver teen
had dreams of being famous. “She is famous now,” Carol said. Carol, an exceptional needs teacher for 30 years, said teen brains aren’t fully developed and sometimes can’t process the amount of information they receive. “Amanda had been extremely distressed by these photos of her being posted on the Internet but she was beginning to break free of it.” Carol said. “The video people describe as her suicide video was made to show the world what she had been through but that she wasn’t afraid of them anymore.” Carol said Amanda and Rehtaeh were “transformative angels. “They have transformed ideas about cyber bullying, sexual harassment and how we treat children who have been traumatized. We will keep fighting for change.”
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“As long as treatment focuses on the addiction instead of the pain beThe death of Myles hind it, things don’t get Neuts in February of better,” she said. “You 1998 devastated many, need to remove the reaincluding his best friend son for the addiction or in Grade Five, Sarah War- behaviour if you want it ren. to stop.” Last Thursday, that same Panel member Andy Sarah Warren, now with Segovia, a 21 year old, a Master’s Degree and was on his way to followan Honours ing his faBachelor ’s ““As long as treatment ther’s footDegree in focuses on the addicsteps into Psychology tion instead of the pain s u b s t a n c e from Wilabuse and frid Lau- behind it, things don’t violence. “I rier, took get better. You need to was angry the stage remove the reason for and I didn’t as part of a the addiction or beknow why,” youth pan- haviour if you want it to he said. el at the He is now You Him, stop.” peer menHer and - Sarah Warren, childood tor in the Me Men- friend of Myles Neuts SNAP (Stop tal Health Now And Summit. Plan) program and asShe said Myles’ death pires to be a child and first left her a victim as youth worker. well. Nestor Gomez Suarez is, “I struggled with self at 18 years old, the leadharm because the phys- er of a New Mentality ical pain was better than Group offered through a the emotional pain,” she youth program centre. told some 150 mental Raised in an atmosphere health professionals. of drugs and violence, he Mental anguish forces followed the code of “if many into self destruc- you see something bad, tive, anti-social or addic- don’t speak of it,” until tive behaviours. he broke free. He’s now
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Dr. Leena Augimeri of the University of Toronto and summit co-organizer said listening to the needs of youth is the best way to tailor programs to fit them. “A medical doctor
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If you’re a secondary school student looking for special help so you can graduate, don’t count on the education ministry to help you out. If, on the other hand, you’re a powerful teachers’ union who can threaten to send drone like members out to vote, just back up the truck and take what you want. That’s essentially what happened this summer when the province agreed to write a $1 million cheque to the Ontario Secondary Teachers’ Federation to cover costs incurred in a nasty labour dispute. It’s a story uncovered by the Globe and Mail, which received a copy of the 42-page agreement that wasn’t supposed to see the light. The reason for the payment (some would say bribe) was because the province’s new bargaining system actually hindered, well, bargaining. Part of the payment is to come from a fund for programs that help struggling students graduate. It’s the latest in a never-ending series of blunders by a premier who could be the poster child for being promoted beyond her ability. Now, as if the entire episode didn’t happen, the province is talking tough with elementary school unions, warning it will start docking teachers’ pay if they don’t stop escalating job actions. It’s as if Wynne and her cabinet need to undergo concussion protocol for short-term memory loss. This is a government that just caved in like a sand castle and now it wants to appear like the rock of Gibraltar. It would be tempting to blame teachers for escalating their actions but in this instance they’re simply doing what their union masters tell them. It’s just like down at the plant, albeit with a better wardrobe. Blaming union leadership is pointless. They’re just exploiting a government that may still be in shock at being re-elected. That lays the blame with the government. When eventually Wynne is turfed, (as they all do, eh Steve) and documents uncovered we may discover the worst group ever. With OPP (never ending) investigations into the gas plant scandal, election bribery, unauthorized shredding of government documents; perhaps something will turn up. Except that just like Ontario teachers, police unions are staunch supporters of the very government they’re supposed to be investigating. Nothing to see here folks, just move along. But, not to worry. We’re teaching our kids a great lesson. It’s just not the curriculum we should be using.
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Let’s hope the new PM listens Sir: Canadians have voted for change, and at this point we do not know what that change will look like. We must now respect a new government led by Prime Minister elect, Justin Trudeau. I pray that he will be endowed with wisdom as he assumes the awesome responsibility placed on him. I commend Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his leadership during a difficult decade. There has been considerable
criticism directed to him during his time as PM and the election campaign, much of which was unfounded in my opinion. I am thankful for his decisive action on many issues and wish him well as he embarks on a new phase in his life. I congratulate Dave Van Kesteren for his re-election as MP in Chatham-Kent Leamington, and I am glad he has recommitted to repre-
senting us with the dedication he has in the past. Nationally the shift to the now Liberal government raises concern. These include: economic implications; the further shift away from our Christian Heritage to “alternative” ideologies; child-care policy; and cancellation of income-splitting that fosters raising children outside the family home; pro-abortion; pro assisted-suicide, to name a
few. To his credit, in his victory speech, Mr. Trudeau promised to listen to the wishes of the people and their respective representatives. I, for one, wish and hope that he will not fulfill all his campaign promises but will re-evaluate each one wisely in light of what is equitable and just for all Canadians. Oscar DeBoer Chatham
Letter appreciated by reader Sir: Wonderful to read Stephen Beecroft’s comments in the Voice Oct. 22 praising the Voice that was launched by Bruce Corcoran and Jim Blake. Yes, Stephen, it’s a great paper. They seem to have done very well. Probably, like you, I wish them all the best for the Voice to
continue. Like you, Stephen, I was brought up with print, having served an apprenticeship for 5 years at bookbinding and printing. I noticed the old Yorkshire Post building is no longer, just like my
old firm Waterlows of Dunstable, Beds. That building is now a housing estate. Sign of the times I guess. I continued with my trade at Southams in Weston, Ont. We did Eaton’s catalogue and TV Guide. Those two have
fallen along the wayside also. It was great to read your story and also your praise for the Voice. Keep your good articles coming Stephen. Ruth Draper, Chatham
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Grade 5 student Emma McKinlay of King George VI Public School takes a big bite of her apple Thursday. McKinlay was among the thousands of students in Chatham-Kent munching on apples during the Great Big Crunch event. The Chatham-Kent School Nutrition Program delivered 15,000 locally grown apples to 46 schools across the municipality for a delicious afternoon snack.
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The United Way’s 2015 campaign is off to a good start, according to this year’s co-chairs. At the annual Tilbury Steak BBQ Friday night, 2015 Campaign CoChairs Kelly Bayda and Aimee June gave an update on the progress of United Way of Chatham-Kent’s fundraising campaign. “Volunteers have been working hard making contacts in our community, asking current, past and first time contributors for their support,” said Bayda. “At this point
we have raised $478,602 of our $2,015,000 goal.” “Many of the large workplace campaigns are just beginning. L’il Reds will be arriving in mailboxes this week. Kelly and I are confident that with the help of our great team of volunteers, we will be able to reach our goal,” added June. The next Public Report Night will be held in Wallaceburg on Nov. 12. If you want to get involved with the 2015 campaign please contact Kelly Bayda at kelly.bayda@bell. net 519-350-7728 or Aimee June at aimee.june@bell.net 519-354-7688.
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The view may be different from their seats on the other side of the House, but for two local Members of Parliament, it’s business as usual in terms of representing their constituents. Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MP Bev Shipley, who handily outpaced Liberal challenger Ken Filson by 12,000 votes, was grateful for his success but stunned by the national vote. “I thank the local voters who chose to send me back to Ottawa but I’m still mystified by the national result,” he said. “Under Stephen Harper we were poised to continue our economic growth and build a stronger nation.” He called the 11-week campaign grueling but is anxious to continue to represent local residents. “We still have issues to face I will continue to bring those forward as I have for the past three terms,” he said. “In political life, your fate is always out of your hands but I still have the desire to serve and
will continue to do so.” He said he’s proud of relationships he has built during the past deBev Shipley cade. “In the end, your personal integrity carries through no matter what side of the House you’re on.” Chatham-Kent-Leamington MP Dave Van Kesteren, who survived a strong challenge by Liberal Katie Omstead to win by 2,300 votes, said it’s been non-stop activity since the election. “We had almost three intense months campaigning and the day after the vote we started cleaning up signs, closing offices and doing all the things we have to do,” he said. “There have been some really important events to attend so it’s been busy.” Van Kesteren said he’s anxious to get to work on a number of issues that were brought up in the election.
“During a campaign, people are more focused and there is a lot of dialogue with constituDave Van Kesteren ents,” he said. “It’s a good thing because we need to be aware in order to get things done.” Van Kesteren said his long-standing committee work would hold him in good stead in bringing local issues forward. “It’s going to be different because I’ve never experienced being in opposition but I’ve never been one to be overly combative so I believe I have the respect of those on the other side.” Van Kesteren said it will be some time before there is any discussion of appointing a shadow cabinet. Both Van Kesteren and Shipley deferred questions about possible appointments until the caucus has had a chance to meet.
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Come on in and feel welcome
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Making newcomers feel at home in the community has been one of the primary goals for the Chatham-Kent Local Immigration Partnership (CK-LIP) for the past five years. Recently, the group took the next step by launching the Chatham-Kent Welcome Network, an initiative that brings together organizations that celebrate the importance of newcomers. CK-LIP P r o j e c t Co-ordinator Victoria Bodnar said the network provides partners with a decal to display, recognizing that they are newcomer friendly. “The decals go in windows of member groups and show support,” she said. “The symbol will be recognized by newcomers, especially those who don’t have English as their first language.” The network was launched with nine initial members, the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, St. Clair College, the University of Guelph
Ridgetown Campus, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, the Diocese of London Migrant Worker Ministry, Goodwill, United Way of Chatham-Kent, Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres and Scotiabank. Groups who want to join can contact Bodnar at the United Way office. “We’re happy to have more groups and businesses join and celebrate the diverse background and skill sets of those who come here to build a life for themselves and their families.” CK-LIP began as a pilot project in 2010 by establishing a community partnership council and since then, it has developed strategies to link newcomers with the information and services they need and educate the community about the value of immigration. “We work with the council to communicate what services are available, to find gaps or duplications of service and act as a facilitator as needed,” she said. She said the services of
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Sertomans honour Thamesville duo The Chatham Voice
Thamesville residents Mike Wright and Terry Myers have both been recently honoured with awards for their outstanding contributions to the Thamesville Sertoma Club and the community. Wright and Myers were both selected as district award winners during the Ontario District Fall Conference at the John D. Bradley Centre in Chatham. Wright was named 2015 Ontario Serto-
man of the Year for his outstanding service in a variety of roles in the club. The Thamesville native is a 19 year member of the club and has earned a life membership for his work as club president, treasurer, chair of the Battle of the Thames 200th anniversary and the annual Thamesville Threshing Festival. He has chaired virtually every club committee and has been an active member in the Festival of Giving. Myers earned the
honour of the Service to Mankind award for a lifetime of community building activities. A builder and longtime executive member in minor baseball, soccer and hockey, he is also currently the president of the Royal Canadian Legion in Thamesville. A 31-year-member of the Thamesville volunteer fire department, he wrote a book called Code Red, detailing the 125 year history of the department.
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Pediatric reunion
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Nurses, support staff gather to reminisce book,” she said. “When we got here, it was hug after hug after hug.” People came from as far It all started with a couple of photos on social away as Barrie to attend the gathering. media. Aitken said the bulk of And it culminated with those in atn e a r l y five-dozen “When we got here, it t e n d a n c e worked topediatric was hug after hug after gether at nurses and some point. s u p p o r t hug.” “Some are staff from - Judi Aitken still workthe former St. Joseph’s and Public ing and some are long reGeneral hospitals in Cha- tired or have moved on,” tham gathering Oct. 21 to she said. “Mostly, we’re reminisce, catch up, and comparing grandchildren now.” laugh. Aitken said the majority The group met at Smitty’s Restaurant for lunch. of people who gathered Judi Aitken, who spent were nurses, but there 30 years in the pediatric were also former houseward, said it was incred- keeping and maintenance ible seeing so many fa- personnel, plus ward miliar faces, people who, clerks and even volunregardless of how many teers. Aitken said the nursing years apart, easily recogexperience gathered at nized one another. And to think it all began one place is staggering. “The number of years of because one former nurse posted some photographs nursing in that room – I wouldn’t want to guess,” to Facebook. “A bunch of us get to- she said. A great deal has changed gether for breakfast regularly. One of us found in local pediatrics over the some old pictures and posted them to FaceBy Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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years, Aitken said, especially in how services are delivered. “We had two wings of pediatrics at St. Joe’s when we were in our prime,” she said. “Today, there are three beds.” Some of the change is a result of technology, while cost restraints and a shift in philosophy to get people in their homes as quickly as possible are also big factors in the evolution of pediatric health care over the
years. “Today, most care takes place in the home. And high risk condition kids end up going to London,” she said. “It’s tougher today to deliver the same quality of care. Today, you get them over the hump and send them home. There aren’t as many staff in the trenches.” Aitken said those gath-
ered at Smitty’s talked about the old days. “We miss the people we worked with and we miss being able to give quality, hands-on care,” she said. “You felt like you made a difference.” She looks at today’s pediatric reality and shakes her head. “We, the old-school nurses – are frustrated with the
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From left, retired nurses Wilma Lammers, Anne Gilhula, Judi Aitken and Julie Smith were just four of nearly 60 former Chatham pediatric staff that gathered Oct. 21 at Smitty’s Restaurant to break bread and catch up.
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Group brightens up children’s hospital stays a positive difference. It is the greatest feeling in the world!”
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The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s (CKHA) youngest patients in the Women and Children’s Health Department have once again received a special gift from a group of six generous and talented Chatham-Kent residents. Through a local initiative started in 2011 by Wilma Noordam, children receiving in-patient care at CKHA are given handmade, brightly coloured, pillowcases to brighten up their hospital rooms during their stay at CKHA. Noordam and her five colleagues, in partnership with volunteers worldwide from Ryan’s
Dauphin donates big time
Local philanthropist and animal lover Murray Dauphin joined forces with Joanne Bondy of Cats & Dogs Smart Pet Food to help support animals in need in Chatham-Kent. Dauphin and Bondy have donated $1,000 in food to the OSPCA Kent County Animal Centre. Dauphin is also donating an additional $1,000 a month for the next five months through Cats & Dogs Smart Pet Food to supply food for the animals being cared for by the animal centre.
Case for Smiles’ (formerly known as ConKerr Cancer), have been a part of making and distributing more than one million pillowcases to children receiving in-patient care at hospitals worldwide. “Through this project, our primary goal is to lift the spirits of children receiving in-patient care at local hospitals,” Noordam said. “When we present the pillowcases to the children and see the smiles on their faces, we know that we are making
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Soup social promotes wellbeing
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In honor of Community Health and Wellbeing Week, the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres held a Soup Social Wednesday. This event is one of at least 100 events being held across Ontario during Community Health and Wellbeing Week, Oct. 19-23. Healthcare Promotor Beth Kominek described this event as one of the various community events the group tries to do throughout the year. She said that this particular event is in celebration of Community Health and Wellbeing Week, where the CKCHC is raising awareness about all the different kinds of things that can cause ill health. Aside from just Healthcare, Kominek added that living conditions or not feeling they belong in their community can cause illness. “We want to encourage everyone to feel that they belong to their community and to get out there and be social,” Kominek explained. The CKCHC has had a positive effect on Jana Hayton-Agadzi. She was without a physician for three months before she got one, but now sees a doctor and a social worker at the Chatham office. “I had a lot of trouble finding a doctor,” Hayton-Agadzi said. “The people here helped me a lot. My social worker and my doctor are both very helpful and very nice.” Hayton-Agadzi said that before receiving the services she now currently gets, her life was “a lot more difficult that it is now.” Social events at CKCHC are available to the public, however primary
care services will require people to be a registered client with the centre, Kominek said. “The good news is we are accepting new clients, so if you don’t have a doctor, or a nurse practitioner, you can come on in and fill out an application form,” she said. Nurse Practitioner Renee Moison explained that CKCHC is looking around at the priority populations to determine where they can provide better services. Moison provides services for Francophone communities, offering to speak French while providing primary health care services. The Francophone services for the CKCHC began in Pain Court. “The population has grown, and the awareness within the community has grown, and in order to continue the forward movement, we have decided to add Francophone services at the Chatham centre,” Moison explained. Although the majority of local Francophones live in Pain Court, Grande Pointe, and around Tilbury, Moison says the Francophone services in Chatham will help the Francophones living in eastern Chatham-Kent. “Some people have come in to the Chatham office and ask for French language services, so in response to the demands from the community, here we are,” Moison said. The Association of Ontario Health Centre’s, of which CKCHC is a member, represents 109 community-governed health care organizations across the province. Each center is governed by community members which equips them to orient the services and programs to fit the community’s needs.
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The Thames Art Gallery is pleased to open two exhibitions on Nov. 6. The mezzanine gallery will feature “(he called me his) Fully Transistorized Baby” by Windsor-based artist, Julie Sando. The ground floor will host the Thames Art Gallery’s biennial Juried Exhibition. Sando’s work revolves around her collection of thousands of 45 rpm records she has spent the past five years collecting. Writer and artist Pearl Van Geest writes, “Julie Sando calls herself a scavenger, a designation usually associated with those scraping together a living from leftovers and discards – but not one that comes to mind when wandering through the elegant installation that Sando has assembled ... Julie Sando may be a scavenger, but in this body of work, she specifically embodies the seductive tactics, slow reveals and double codes of the femme fatale. There is enticement and promise, but there
are also indications of a dark underside to the shiny and slick surfaces ... Sando provides us with work that delights and provokes visually, emotionally, and intellectually – and is of a precise beauty that is most certainly not skin deep.” Julie will be present at the opening reception to discuss her works as well as answer any questions our visitors may have. The ground floor gallery will exhibit the new works of 16 artists selected from 200 submissions and juried by London artist Sky Glabush. The Juried Exhibition shows work from as far as Ottawa and as close to home as Pain Court and Shrewsbury. Selected artists: Daniel Bernyk, James Olley, Jason Deary, Joe Peet, Julia Vandepolder, Karine Guyon, Leah Rainey, Leonard Jubenville, Matthew Trueman, Maureen Paxton, Postscript, Sasha Opiko, Sean Stewart, Sherry Czekus, Warren Hoyano, and Xristia Trutiak. The Jurors award winners will be announced at the opening reception.
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Friday, October 30 • Meal and darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Choice of liver & onions, roast beef or fish & chips for $8.00. One meat draw. Open darts at 7:30pm. • Tri -County Literacy Network is holding a Free reading for adults by guest author Mary Lou Dickinson. “Would I Lie to You?” at Smitty’s Restaurant, Pine Room, 307 Grand Ave. West, Chatham. For more info please call 519-3551771 or email tcln@cogeco.net. Saturday, October 31 • Final Summer Meat Draw by Br. 642 Ladies Auxiliary, multiple prizes and meat draws. 1:00pm-6:00pm. First draw at 2:30pm. 39 William St. N., Chatham. For info call 519-3518733; all are welcome! • Dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dance from 4:30pm9:30pm featuring Oddessy. • Monthly breakfast at the Masonic Temple, 430 Riverview Drive, Chatham. 8:00am-10:am. Everyone welcome. Only $5.00 per person. Sunday, November 1 • 4th Annual Purple Leash Walk at the Chatham Courthouse Parking Lot area, 425 Grand Ave. W., Chatham. Raising awareness for the pets who are also victims of domestic violence. Please visit www.purpleleash.com for more information. • Craft Sale at the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave. 10:00am-2:00pm. Monday, November 2 • The Chatham-Kent Film Group presents the film “Grandma” starring Lily Tomlin at the Galaxy Cineplex. Show times are 4:00pm and 7:00pm. Admission is $10, cash only. 519-3598455. • Historical Society of Blenheim & District Annual roast beef dinner at Charing Cross United Church. 6:30pm. Victorian Medical Show by Nancy MacLeod, Kitchener. Tickets $25.00 each available at Heritage House, 45 Sandys St. S., Blenheim or call 519-676-3696. • Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Afternoon at 1:00pm. Tuesday, November 3 • Wallaceburg OEYC presents: Kids have Stress Too! Learn how to help recognize and manage childhood stress. 6:00pm-7:30pm. 1350 Bertha St., Wallaceburg. Register at 519-358-1451 x0. • Movies @ your Library! I’ll See You In My Dreams starring Blyth Danner and Martin Starr will be shown at the Chatham branch of the CKPL at 2:00pm. • Shuffleboard, open euchre and 2 person team euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Shuffleboard starts at 7:00pm and open euchre at 1:00pm. 2 person team euchre registration at 6:300pm and starts at 7:00pm.
• Foot Care Clinic at the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave., Chatham. Wednesday, November 4 • Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Pepper at 1:00pm. Open darts starting at 7:30pm. • Patricia M. Productions Luncheon Fashion Show for Chatham Goodfellows, at Glitter’s Fun Eatery, 162 King St., E., Chatham. Call for reservations 519-352-0820. Fashions by The Loft, showtime 12:15 till 12:50. Thursday, November 5 • St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Thamesville will be having their Christmas Dessert Auction in their Parish Hall. Desserts served at 7:00pm and auction at 7:30pm. Admission $2.00. Featuring: crafts, baking, plants, candy, and produce. • Bingo and open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre at 1:00pm. Bingo starts at 7:00pm. Friday, November 6 • Chatham OEYC presents: Gym and Swim! YMCA (101 Courthouse Lane). Nov. 6,13,27, 9:00am11:30am. Register at 519-358-1451 x0. • Guatemala Missions Trip Fundraiser & Bake Sale from 7:00pm-9:00pm at Chatham Christian School (475 Keil Dr. South). Admission is free but bidding paddles are $5. Tickets for the paddles can be purchased in advance or at the door. • 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 and chips for $8.00. One meat draw. CK Metal Detecting Club Meetings Last Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm in the Kinsman Room, Erikson Arena, 341 Delaware Ave., Chatham. 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. Community Designated Drivers Association (CDDA) HomeJames - Before you head out to a holiday celebration, make sure you save the CDDA Home James phone number 519-3513353 to your phone so that you can get a safe drive home later in the evening. Volunteers provide patrons a safe, free (donations accepted which 100% go to youth groups in CK) ride home in their own vehicle. CDDA HomeJames runs in Chatham on Nov. 20, 21, 27, 28 and Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 26 and 31. For more info or to volunteer for any of the nights of operation email cddachathamkent@hotmail.ca. Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
Diverse times here in C-K The Corcorans enjoyed a solid family weekend in Chatham-Kent, with good food mixed in. As I said, it all took place within our municipality. A few short years ago, we’d have had to head out of town for two key elements of our weekend. It started with the movies Friday night. Less than four years ago, we’d have had to leave town to enjoy comfortable seating at the show. The old Cinema 6’s seats would eventually attack your butt. Galaxy Cinema on St. Clair Street changed all that. And on Sunday, to celebrate “Uncle Steve’s” birthday, we headed to Bayside Brew Pub. He lives in Waterloo and hadn’t been to Bayside in a couple of years. I couldn’t believe it had been that long. But then I thought about it and realized Bayside has only been open for a little over three years now. Prior to that, there was no option for local craft beer. And Bayside has the ultimate combination, a great location, great local variety of beer, and darned tasty food. Top it off with friendly, familiar faces. My wife and sister-in-law tried the Pumpkin Ale. Not a fan of fruity or otherwise disturbed beer, I generally avoided it. But Mary made me take a drink regardless. I admit I didn’t hate it, but I do prefer their four other options. Sandwiched between two events that only a few short years ago weren’t real options locally, I got a chance to fire up the Big Green Egg for a load of chicken wings Saturday. Every once in a while, I get a real yearning for wings. It used to be out at local restaurants, but now it’s off the barbecue. I’d never cooked wings before we got the Egg, too. Go figure. Two full loads on the grill left three Corcorans full, with some leftovers. Fortunately, “Uncle Steve” and his son Connor popped by to pick up a missing student card, and helped us out. Connor and wings can’t seem to coexist for any length of time together. The wings always lose. And I totally understand. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll but I like it
As we were heading to Bayside Sunday in my wife’s vehicle, my daughter asked if we could tune in 98.7 AMP Radio. It’s all pop and hip-hop. Perfect for a 13-year-old dance enthusiast. Not so much for her 51-year-old father. Harrumph. But we listened to the station for the latter half of the drive into Erieau. As we exited, I found a station
Bruce Corcoran playing classic rock. Ahhhh. Why am I such a fan of Rock N Roll? Little things like the guitar solo in “My Sharona” are why. Ditto for The Eagles’ “Hotel California” or Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing.” Or the drum fills by Neil Peart in oh-so-many Rush songs. Or Joe Walsh’s lyrics. And then there are B-side treasures such as Queen’s “Sleeping on the Sidewalk,” or Van Halen’s “Li’l Guitars.” Or David Gilmour’s vocals matching his haunting guitar play on Pink Floyd albums. Tunes, tunes, tunes
One thing about living in Chatham-Kent is you get a wide variety of music from a diverse list of sources. As we headed to Bayside, I realized I could have tuned in The Buzzard (100.7 FM), which often comes in pretty darned clear as you get closer to Lake Erie. I used to listen to The Riff, 101.1 FM out of Detroit, as it was a great rock station in the old days. But I’ve drifted away from that, as I don’t enjoy talk radio in the morning. I want music. Perhaps that’s why I still have Sirius in the truck. Even without Sirius, you have a ton of music selections on your FM dial here. Even for niche market types like myself, I can find rock on numerous points on the dial. Hiphip and dance tunes are all over the place. And even country music has multiple options. We can’t forget the local folks at Five Amigos and Blackburn. There is music for most everyone here too. So many choices. I bet if you stopped a dozen cars on St. Clair Street or Keil Drive in town on any given afternoon or evening, you’d find them collectively listening to at least half a dozen different stations, if not more. That’s variety I never had growing up. In North Bay, the selection was grim in the late 1970s. We’d joke the local call sign, CFCH, stood for Can’t Find Current Hits. I’d treasure the evenings when we’d pick up AM radio skip, particularly WLS out of Chicago. That’s how I got exposed to the likes of The Monks and The Clash. Maybe that’s why I really appreciate rock music today, as it was so non-mainstream during my formative years.
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Volunteers, officials, and members of the public gathered Oct. 23 for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of a new municipal trail in Blenheim at Harwich Raleigh Public School – the Flook Family Trail. The trail name honours the work of local trail advocate Dianne Flook, who has been a member of South-Kent Trails as well as Chatham-Kent Trails for almost 15 years. As a teacher at Harwich Raleigh Public School, she participated in an initiative to plant native Carolinian trees at the back of the school nearly forty years ago. Additional trees were planted through the years, and her family helped to maintain some wood chip trails throughout the woodlot. That work led to the opening of the trail that gives the public access to the woodlot. Flook was unaware of the trail name until the ceremony and said she was “humbled and honoured” by the gesture. Coun. Karen Herman, on hand for the ceremony, said she was thrilled by the choice of name. “Dianne and her family deserve so much recognition for their years of dedicated service to their community. We are all better for the work Dianne has done, tirelessly advocating for trail development. We are more active, and more connected with our natural areas, thanks to the Flooks and South Kent Trails.” The Flook Family Trail is 1.7 kilometers long and features a wide granular surface, making it suitable for walking and cycling. The trail begins behind the school and provides access to the three hectare woodlot. It is the second municipal trail to be built on land owned by the Lambton Kent District School Board, and was made possible through a land use agreement signed between the board and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Jeff Bray, manager of Parks Cemeteries and Horticulture with Chatham-Kent, explained this is one of five municipal trail projects completed or in development in 2015. “This investment in trails by the municipality, and by volunteers such as Dianne and the Chatham-Kent Trails Council, will help greater numbers of people in Chatham-Kent become more active, more often.” The Flook Family Trail was originally proposed by South-Kent
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