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be in more than one facil- We need to be out there,” ity, but declined to elabo- he said. “There are Chirate further. nese investors with deAt the breakfast gath- posits on land waiting to In a morning address to local business lead- ering of more than 80 move forward.” Hope said the provincial ers in Chatham on May people, Hope spoke at 29, Mayor Randy Hope length about how hard election is what is holdhinted that upwards of municipal economic de- ing up matters. He is also velopment frustrated with how se700 new officials are nior levels of government jobs are “I’m very positive it very close (the 700 jobs) will final- working to develop economic strateentice de- gy, but are slow to share it to coming ize; I’m 99% sure. But velopment with municipalities. to Chato C-K. “The federal and provintham-Kent. I’ve been at 99% for a “Economic cial governments don’t In his an- while.” d e v e l o p - communicate with munual speech - Mayor Randy Hope ment – they nicipalities, but reap the to members of the Chatham-Kent are doing enormous benefits,” he said. “We Chamber of Commerce, work. They have so many do all the work. Communities, Hope said he’d wanted files on the we’re the to officially announce the go,” he said. “Everybody believes economic jobs, “but we can wait a “We’ve got these trips are vacaon the stage stimulus. bit.” We are out He cited the June 12 pro- where we tions. They are not hustling.” vincial election as why need to be vacations. We need to M e a n the deals aren’t finalized, and we are be out there. There are he as investors wait to see p u r s u i n g Chinese investors with while, said it takes how the political land- opportuni- deposits on land waita team scape will look in Ontar- ties.” Hope said ing to move forward.” effort to io, come June 13. trips - Mayor Randy Hope evolve a “I’m very positive it (the the municipal700 jobs) will finalize; I’m overseas are ity so it is appealing to 99% sure,” he said. “But building relationships. “Everybody believes businesses and their emI’ve been at 99% for a these trips are vacations. ployees. while.” Continued on page 2 He said the jobs would They are not vacations. By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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“Your address matches your last “It’s us, us, us – chambers of com- name,” he said to Hope. “City hall, merce, the business community I believe, is working very hard. I’m and local government. We need to very optimistic.” do it (build an attractive, healthy Hill, who moved to Chatham from community) so it can be achieved. Toronto a couple of years ago, said By promoting our he’s excited for every communities as one, “City hall, I believe, is potential new dewe can do it. We all working very hard. I’m velopment for Chaneed to be promoters tham-Kent, whereas so we can continue to very optimistic.” he was pretty much - Tony Hill wow visitors.” indifferent to such Tony Hill, chairman Toronto developof the Chatham-Kent Chamber of ments when he lived there. Commerce, appreciated the may“We definitely chose the right or’s message. community,” Hill said.
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By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Libby Attewell is a typical, shy seven year old. She’ll give you a smile and a shoulder shrug, and likes to play with her friends. But on one Saturday a year, she focuses on helping others. For the second straight year, Libby sold lemonade during the annual street sale on Whippoorwill Crescent in Chatham. The proceeds go to Ronald McDonald House. Last year, Libby collected $280. This year, as families flocked to the street sale, she reached the $565
mark. And the donations, according to her mother, Susan Attewell, were still coming in by press time. Libby reached that mark by selling her pink lemonade at $0.50 a glass. By 10 a.m., she had sold 12 large jugs of it. As well, people would stop by and donate to her cause; a loonie here, a toonie there, or $5 here and $10 there. It quickly added up. “She saw McHappy Day and wanted to know what it was all about,” her mother said of how Libby took an interest. Libby just wanted to help others.
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Libby Attewell, 7, right, sells a glass of pink lemonade to Abby Padbury, 8, May 31 at the annual street sale on Whippoorwill Crescent in Chatham. This is the second year Libby has sold lemonade and donates the proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in London. This year, she raised $565.
School boards sorting out anti-spam law
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School boards are doing their homework in preparation for Canada’s new anti-spam law which goes into effect on July 1. The law is aimed at protecting Canadians while ensuring that businesses can continue to compete in the global marketplace. Among other measures, it will prohibit the sending of commercial electronic messages without the recipient’s permission, including messages to e-mail addresses and social networking accounts, and text messages sent to a cell phone. School boards across the province are seeking a legal opinion to see how they might be affected by the legislation. “We’re not looking to subvert the legislation, but we want to find out what kind of messages that go home may fall under the definition of a commercial
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profit in the activity, it could be deemed a commercial activity,” he said. “In that case we would have to comply with the legislation and we’ll be restricted from sending the message.” He added that most schools are trying to move away from the use
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City won’t cut down healthy, smelly tree By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Something’s rotten on Viscount Road. Well, it stinks in the fall, to be exact. A Viscount Road couple is at odds with the municipality over a ginkgo tree that sits on municipal property in front of their home. The couple wants the tree removed, while municipal officials see no reason to do so. Don and Maureen DeBaene said the tree is a female ginkgo tree, which drops small plum-like fruit each fall that ultimately smell horrible. How horrible? “It smells like dog crap,” said Randall Van Wagner, environmental project co-ordinator with the Greening Partnership between the municipality and the local con-
servation authority. Don DeBaene takes it one step farther. “It smells like a cross between dog poop and vomit,” he said of the tree that was planted by a previous homeowner. Van Wagner, who operates from the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority offices, said when the fruit is left on the ground to rot, it produces butyric acid, which is also present in human vomit, and is what gives vomit most of its nasty stench. DeBaene wants the tree gone. He sees it as a health and safety issue. The municipality isn’t so quick to stop by with its chainsaws, however. Dennis Chepeka, manager of Public Works North for the municipality, said in an e-mail that he believes the
tree doesn’t pose any safety risk. DeBaene said the fruit is toxic, as it contains small amounts of urushiol, the same chemical that is in poison ivy. He fears if kids walking by his house pick up and play with the fruit, they could break out in a rash. Chepeka said the outer husk of the fruit has the potential to be toxic, but only if eaten in excess. “The same can be said for many other plants in the immediate environment,” he said in his e-mail. “Any type of fruit, which has fallen to the ground and allowed to rot, will produce an unpleasant odour, including peaches, apples and walnuts. The municipality does not remove these species of trees as a result.”
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Three-pronged support for abused women By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
When a woman faces the difficult decision of how and when to leave an abusive situation, knowing that no door is the wrong door to open can be life-saving. Agencies in Chatham-Kent that assist and support families in crisis are working together to make the process of getting the right help easier and more co-ordinated. Leaders from Chatham-Kent Children’s Services, the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre and Family Service Kent sat down May 28 to sign a collaboration agreement that will ensure co-ordination of services and a better understanding of the role each agency has in ensuring the safety and well-being of abused women and children. Women’s Centre executive director Hal Bushey said while an agreement was in place, the three agencies put a lot of work into re-visiting and modernizing a new agreement. “The intent is to ensure the safety and protection of children in this community, recognizing the unique challenges for women fleeing abusive situations,” Bushey explained. Brad Davis, executive director of Family Service Kent, said he is glad to be a part of the process, and recognizes that the needs of some of the families his organization serves are complex and can overlap with the mandate of the other two agencies.
For example, if a woman comes to his agency for counselling, in the course of talking with their client, abuse may be identified, and the safety and welfare of her and her children become a priority. In some cases, all three agencies might be involved, according to Stephen Doig executive director of Children’s Services, and this agreement can help identify how staff interact with each other, and decide which agency should have the lead. “We will make sure women and children are safe in situations where they have involvement from all three agencies,” Doig said. “The agreement will smooth out working conditions and address any challenges in a positive and fruitful manner.” “It doesn’t matter which door you start with; with collaboration, no door is the wrong door,” Davis added. The agreement outlines the principle that intervening in situations involving woman abuse should be done in a manner that supports women and their children, and that uses all means available within each mandate, to hold the perpetrator of the abuse accountable for the violence. For Doig, supporting families is a key element within the agency mandate to increase the
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Executive directors Stephen Doig from Children’s Services, Brad Davis from Family Service Kent and Hal Bushey from the Women Centre met to sign a collaborative agreement that will make getting help when in an abusive situation easier and more co-ordinated for women in Chatham-Kent.
safety and well-being of children. “The public tends to see us (Children’s Aid) as more punitive and less supportive, and we hope to change that.” “This partnership is very important. We need to talk to each other. No agency can do it on its own. When you put faces to names, you help form relationships where we can be open to discuss what might not be going so well and what has been working,” he said. According to Bushey, one example of how hard leaving an abusive situation can be for a
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Your cynicism is killing you In one week Ontarians head to the polls, but the real issue isn’t in whom you vote for, it’s whether you bother to vote at all. The 2011 provincial election witnessed the lowest voter turnout in history with 49.2% casting ballots. It’s a steady trend downward. In 1990, 64%voted, and in following elections it decreased to 63, 58, 57 and 52. Studies have shown that turnout drops with each succeeding generation. Only a third of first-time eligible voters today are actually voting, half the rate of a generation ago. The traditional view has been that non-voters are complacent, lazy, uninformed. In other words, they don’t care. What if the reverse is true? What if a good number of those who don’t vote have considered the issues, the parties and the candidates and don’t believe there’s anyone worthy of their time? It’s a scary thought, particularly for political parties, but for society in general. The opt-out phase has already been seen in the job market where statisticians (at least those who haven’t been laid off by the federal government) try to measure the actual jobless figure. So many people have simply quit looking for work that they don’t show up in traditional statistics. How many voters are out there, waiting for a change from their parents’ brand of politics but not doing anything to force that change? A growing number of people believe politics is about seizing and holding power, not serving constituents. If you use that viewpoint to justify not voting, consider the long-term effect caused by your lack of action. Given that (short of massive social upheaval) governments will continue to be elected, the absence of many gives disproportionate power to the few. Simply put, if you’re not going to vote anyway, why should the government implement policies that will benefit you? Better for them to serve the lobbyists and special interests, because that’s where the votes are. Not voting won’t change anything. Getting involved is your (and our) only chance.
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This Angel is hanging up her shovel Sir: I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Bruce Corcoran and The Chatham Voice for all your help with putting articles in the paper about the needs of the Snow Angel program. I have written to all my shovellers and seniors and have told them I am retiring from the Snow Angel co-ordinator job. I have been doing it for six years, and this last year was a
bit overwhelming. I now have 50 seniors and 37 shovellers and it is too much for one person to take care of. I will try to find someone that is younger and super organized like I am. Your help over the year has been priceless. Every time I would e-mail and ask for help, you would step up and help and you will never know
how much I appreciated it. I will tell the new co-ordinator (if I find one) about your helpfulness because without news articles, I never would have found extra shovellers. We have a great need out there, and everyone should help others if they are able in one capacity or another. Seniors work hard all their lives to be in their own home,
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Questions to the Candidates
Terry Johnson – Liberal The Chatham Voice
Q. What is your plan to ensure the cost of electricity is affordable to Ontarians? Since 2010, the Ontario Liberals have renegotiated and restructured green energy deals, saving more than $5 billion. This saves families $520 over the next five years. Our plan to eliminate the Debt Retirement Charge will strip a further $70 per year from residential hydro bills. The Ontario Liberals also introduced the Green Energy Benefit, a bill reduction that represents a saving of $4.4 billion in environmental and health-care costs from shutting down coal-fired power generation. While energy surpluses during the transition to clean power created some unusual market conditions, they were less expensive than being in a deficit position at the peak of summer, and our system is now moving back to balance. The Ontario Liberals will make the best possible use of public funds by focussing assistance with bills on those most in need – low income families and seniors on fixed incomes – through the introduction of the Home Electricity Assistance Program. Q. What is your policy regarding continued expansion of wind turbines and municipal input into such projects? The Ontario Liberal Party is committed to investing in renewable energy and doing so in a way
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that respects communities and gives them a stronger voice. Since Kathleen Wynne came into office, she has been working hard to improve the siting of energy infrastructure in Ontario. Last summer, we engaged with municipalities, First Nations leaders, community associations, and others to get their feedback. As a result, we have increased local control over renewable siting and brought stability and predictability to procurement. We changed the Small FIT program rules to give priority to projects partnered with or led by municipalities. For large wind projects, the Ontario Power Authority is creating a new bidding process where projects that
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have the support of local communities will be given priority. Q. Will your government be in favour of continuing standardized testing? Teachers’ ongoing assessment and feedback about student work is central to student learning and achievement in classrooms across the province, and no one better understands the true measure of a student’s abilities and knowledge – or is in a better position to assess them – than his
or her classroom teacher. When taken together, the results of EQAO and classroom tests provide a more complete picture of a student’s achievement. In Achieving Excellence, our renewed vision for education, we set out a vision that stresses the importance of having a broad understanding of success. The inclusion of all students in the EQAO assessments provides valuable data and information over time that cannot be obtained through random sample testing. Results for the province, boards, and schools can be tracked over time, providing transparency and accountability. Q. Is the level of education funding sufficient? Personally, I could not have achieved what I have or created the jobs I have created without the benefit of a high-quality, publicly funded education, right through to university. The Ontario Liberals have increased education funding for 10 straight years, including hiring 13,300 additional teachers and rolling out Full Day Kindergarten across the province. Working with our partners in education, we have made significant gains in education. Overall, 71% of students are achieving the provincial
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standard in Grades 3 and 6 combined, up 17 points from 54% compared to 2002–03. As the economy emerges from recession, we will continue to invest, while balancing the budget, to give our teachers the support they need to prepare students for highskill, high-wage jobs in the global economy. This will include introducing a $150 million Technology and Learning Fund to purchase software, tablet computers, and other technology for classroom use and to provide professional development support for teachers to make the best use of this technology. Q. Does the province need to do more in terms of using education as a tool for job training? The Ontario Liberals cre-
ated the Specialist High School Major program and dual-credit programs to make education more relevant to chosen career paths. Eight programs launched locally include agriculture, health, manufacturing, and IT. Our Youth Jobs Strategy, launched in 2013, is creating training and mentorship opportunities for 30,000 youth across the province, and our 30% tuition tax credit is enabling more students to realize their dream of progressing to college or university education to get the qualifications they need. The popular programs at St. Clair College for powerline technicians and green energy technicians are examples of the kind of training for the jobs of the future that the Ontario Liberals support.
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Questions to the Candidates
Dan Gelinas – NDP Democrats are the only party that will actually make hydro bills more affordable for families – we were the first party to call for tax relief on hydro bills in 2010. Q. What is your policy regarding continued expansion of wind turbines and municipal input into such projects? Climate change is one of the most serious challenges of our generation and it is imperative that we invest Ontario’s public dollars into efficient, sustainable and affordable energy systems. An NDP government would work with municipalities on renewable projects in a manner consistent with long-term renewable targets. The Liberals have made a mess
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Q. What is your plan to ensure the cost of electricity is affordable to Ontarians? After a decade of Liberal scandals, Ontario families pay the second highest residential electricity costs in Canada. Tim Hudak’s plan to privatize public hydro assets will only make the problem worse. The Liberals were wrong to put a new tax on an essential item like hydro. It’s time for change that makes life more affordable for Ontario’s families. An NDP government will take the HST off hydro bills and cut down on waste and duplication by merging Ontario’s hydro agencies and capping executive pay. New
of the process of pursuing wind power by imposing large wind projects on communities without adequate consultation and without ensuring that local communities benefit. We would give priority to small, community-based energy projects developed by and for local communities – not big projects by profit-seeking corporations. The Ontario Power Generation would oversee the development of larger renewable energy development projects like wind and solar projects, ensuring greater transparency and accountability and more meaningful public input into proposed projects. Q. Will your government be in favour of continuing
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standardized testing?
It’s time to consider whether our current testing system is the best way to help students learn. Following other superb education systems, such as Finland, we will explore the potential of alternative testing strategies, such as random testing. We know that teachers, as professionals, are best placed to know how the students in their classrooms are progressing. If strong evidence shows we can improve student learning, eliminate anxiety, empower teachers, and potentially reduce costs, we will move forward with a new testing policy that teachers and parents can support.
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Questions to the Candidates
Ken Bell – Green Party The Chatham Voice
Q. What is your plan to ensure the cost of electricity is affordable to Ontarians? Your best energy savings is through conservation and efficiency. Stop expensive subsidies, keep atomic fission power plants running. We call for legislation to provide grants, up to $4,000 per household. Make it profitable for energy suppliers to sell customers energy-saving technology through pro-rated charges that produce the effect of lowering bills. Invest in energy infrastructure where it counts, in your home by providing energy-saving, retrofit incentive programs for homeowners, landlords and businesses. The cost to meet the government’s MicroFIT feed-in tariff commitment for the 10,000 existing projects is less than 1% of Hydro One’s annual cost. Is that too much to pay to maintain investor confidence in the future of community solar energy in Ontario ... especially in comparison with the government’s sweetheart deal offered to Samsung? Q. What is your policy re-
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sponsibility but not the benefits calls for a fair share of our min- lock up farmers’ ability to save or decision making. eral and timber wealth. We only their own seeds, and impleRenewable energy integration realize 1.1% value of that wealth ment “precautionary seizure,” presents challenges that should as compared to more than 9% lengthen the period of big pharhave been considered before in- for Saskatchewan. ma monopolies, sell off municstallation of industrial wind turThe Green Party also called for ipal services to foreign agents bines across Southern Ontario. a renegotiation of the Compre- and lock-in privatization, and Community decision making hensive Economic and Trade reduce our right to specify our and a community share of a Agreement, CETA. This agree- local priorities. Continued on page 11 percentage of profits are only ment would sell off our water, fair. We who live within renewable energy installations should receive a share. Secondly, most economists would agree Advanced Basement Systems can bring you back to stable ground! with environmentalists that when we comIs your driveway or sidewalk settling? Let one of our pare power sources we professionally trained dealers get you back on stable should compare not just ground. financial costs but full Before social costs, including PolyLEVEL® - the safe, affordable, and long-lasting solution! the value of environmental harm caused by burning fossil fuels, especially coal. The notion of “clean coal” is a marketing ploy. Q. What is the greatest CALL TODAY FOR A FREE financial challenge facCONSULTATION & QUOTE! ing the province and how would your government 519.351.3500 After deal with it? AdvancedBasementSystems.net Our crippling and growing provincial debt In addition to lifting slabs, Foundation Supportworks dealers also is a national embarrassspecialize in Foundation Repair services. ment. The Green Party
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garding continued expansion of wind turbines and municipal input into such projects? The global recession reduced the demand for electricity at a time when Ontario was building renewable infrastructure to meet previous demand. On one hand, we have the unfortunate situation of an unused surplus with infrastructure costs, passed to consumers who share the re-
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Questions to the Candidates
Rick Nicholls – PC
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Q. What is your plan to ensure the cost of electricity is affordable to Ontarians? My priority is affordable energy. Nothing has been more damaging to household budgets and to our economy than Ontario’s soaring electricity prices. Our Million Jobs Plan
will stop expensive and counterproductive wind and solar power subsidies and end the FIT program, get rid of costly and unnecessary bureaucracy, and invest in affordable and clean nuclear and hydroelectric energy. Q. What is your policy regarding continued expansion of wind turbines and municipal input into
such projects? Ontario has now spent $46 billion to set up and subsidize the wind and solar power industry, angered many in this region with the installation of hundreds of turbines, and energy bills are still soaring. We would call for a moratorium on all new renewable energy projects and
this will save the province billions moving forward. Kathleen Wynne has stated that there will be a new way of dealing with communities that are unwilling hosts to wind farms, but has not released a specific plan. It is too little too late for the people of Chatham-Kent-Essex, whose community has been for-
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ever altered with the installation of nearly 500 industrial wind turbines. Q. What is the greatest financial challenge facing the province and how would your government deal with it? The greatest financial challenge facing our province is without a doubt Ontario massive debt and deficit. The McGuinty-Wynne Liberals doubled the provincial debt after a decade in office. They racked up more debt in 11 years than all of the other premiers in Ontario’s history combined, and that’s a history that includes two world wars and the Great Depression. Instead of tackling the issue, Ontario’s deficit will actually increase for the second year in a row to $12.5 billion, making the problem even worse. This is larger than the all the other provinces’ deficits combined. An enormous amount of debt means we pay an enormous amount in debt interest. If interest payments on our debt were a ministry, it would be the third largest ministry in terms of dollars spent behind Health and Education. As we get deeper into debt, it costs more for Ontario to borrow money. All three major credit rat-
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ing agencies have downgraded Ontario’s debt. What worries me is that if we see an increase in interest rates by just one per cent this will mean Ontario taxpayers will have to pay an additional $500 million in interest payments with nothing to show for it. We know that there is a direct relationship between lowering our debt and deficit and job creation. It’s time to tackle Ontario’s debt before it tackles us. Q. Locally are you in favour of forcing provincial arbitrators to consider the ability of municipal governments to pay arbitrated settlements? Continued on page 11
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Q&A with Rick Nicholls
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Yes. What good is an arbitrator’s decision if it does not factor in a municipality’s ability to pay? The Association of Municipalities of Ontario has long called for reform to the province’s arbitration processes, citing massive pay increases that caused some municipalities to cut other services. The PCs introduced the Ability to Pay Act, which would
require that arbitrators’ decisions factor in specific economic and budgetary factors. Arbitration settlements need to make sense for workers and communities. Q. Will your government be in favour of continuing standardized testing? The current test score standards for competence in reading, writing and math assume that one-quarter of our children won’t master these
basic skills. Our kids deserve better. We will raise the targets for reading, writing and math, make Grade 8 science subject to a province-wide standardized test and introduce a strong financial literacy curriculum. Higher standards mean our schools are preparing more students to lead full lives and get good jobs and it means leaving no student behind.
of forcing provincial arbitrators to consider the ability of municipal governments to pay arbitrated settlements? Yes, the Green Party advocates mandatory third-party mediation of strikes or lockouts after 60 days, or sooner in extraordinary circumstances. All levels of government shall be held accountable for the results. Q. Do you believe the current health bureaucracy is the most efficient health care for Ontarians? And if not,
what changes would your party make? No. Although, LHINs fulfill a necessary oversight function, they do so with an unaccountable and opaque administration. The Greens would reverse this. We would increase funding to the Ministry of Health and prioritize areas that demonstrate an increase in our health, at a lower cost. Community Care Access Centres should have all programs and contracts audited.
measures include: • Appointing a Savings and Accountability Minister who will identify $600 million in savings by 2015-16; • limiting the use of consultants and extending the ban on partisan advertising; • preventing the phase-out of the province’s HST Input Tax Credit Restrictions; • implementing revenue in-
tegrity measures suggested in the Drummond Report; and • increasing the general corporate tax rate by 1%. This approach allows us to protect core services while cutting the deficit, speeding the rate of debt repayment, and putting the province back on the path to fiscal sustainability.
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We need recognize that, as proposed, CETA represents an economic invasion of Canada and Ontario. We also believe that small business is the real powerhouse of the economy. The Green Party calls for a doubling of the Employer Health Tax exemption from $450,000 to $900,000 and an increase in the corporate tax rate by 1%. Why tax jobs when jobs are what you want? Q. Locally are you in favour
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Life
Take part in democracy Thursday, June 5, 2014 • Tilbury OEYC, 43 St. Clair St., presents: Making your Food dollars work for you! Tips on planning ahead and budgeting your grocery money. Eating healthy isn’t as expensive as you think! 9:30am-11:00am. Register at 519-358-1451 x0.
feature Nancy Nurse Brown speaking about home-based business opportunities at 6:30pm at Countryview Golf Course. Cost is $13. Sheila Jackson will sing and speak about Peace in the Storm. Call Roseanne 519-3972878 or Joyce 519-354-1757 - reservations essential.
• NeighbourLink C-K is hosting an online auction as one of their main fundraising events. We will be accepting gently used or new items as donations. To better understand online auctions go to www.vkauctions. ca to learn how to bid and what items are auctioned. Accepting donations until May 31 at the NeighbourLink office at 40 Centre Square lower level Tuesday - Friday 9:00am12:00pm.
• Dresden Exhibition Ambassador Competition & Dinner, Dresden Arena, 6:00pm. Tickets at McKellars.
• Shuffleboard, pool and darts at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 6:30pm. Everyone Welcome.
• Blood Donors Needed! The Spirit & Life Center (St. Joe’s Site), 12:30pm-7:30pm. Call 1 888 2 donate to schedule your life-saving appointment today or walk in.
Saturday, June 7, 2014 • BFI presents the Community Living Chatham-Kent Golf Tournament at Countryview Golf Course, registration starting at 7:30am, shot gun start at 8:45am. For more information email nenglish@clc-k.ca, visit www.clc-k. ca or call 519-352-1174.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 • Shuffleboard, pool and darts at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 6:30pm. Everyone Welcome.
• Meat draw at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham from 4:30-6:00pm, followed by a dance from 7:00pm-11:00pm featuring Randy’s Gang. Everyone Welcome. • St. Andrew’s Broadway and Beyond 2 Music from Stage and Screen. 7:00pm at St. Andrew’s United Church, Chatham. Guest musicians from Chatham, Windsor, Detroit and Toronto and St. Andrew’s Chancel Choir perform duets, trios and group numbers from Broadway’s finest. All are welcome, free will offering. • Perch & Pickerel Dinner at the Voice of Triumph Church, 135 Queen St., Chatham. Gospel concert to follow featuring: Rodney Jones, Tom Wilson and Company (Windsor) and featuring Evangelist Naomi Banks. Cost is $14 per plate for adults and under age 10 is $5. Call 519-436-1154, 519-380-5989 or 519-355-6106. Sunday, June 8, 2014 • Two Creeks Concert Series featuring Stay Tuneds - fine and dulcet blue grass sounds. 6:30pm. 21638 1 Kent Road, one kilometer north of the village of Wheatley, Ontario. www.twocreeks.ca. • Jamboree at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Admission $2.00 from 2:00pm-6:00pm with Just Country Boys. Everyone Welcome. • St. Andrew’s United Church South Buxton 156th Anniversary Celebration at 11:00am • NEW series of “STUDIES IN the Biblical book of DANIEL” Starts Sunday, June 8, 2014 @ 3:30pm. continuing weekly. 20 Croydon St., Chatham, ON. (Seventh-day Adventist Church). All welcome. 519-352-6268. Monday, June 9, 2014 • 2014 Sparky Elmer Andy Safety Awards ceremony, 6:00pm at the Lawson Hall Banquet Centre on St. Clair St. in Chatham. Special awards include Hero Award, Outstanding Safety Deed and Act of Good Citizenship Award. For more information, call Barb at 519-360-1270. Tuesday, June 10, 2014 • Blood Donors Needed! St. Mary’s Hall, 2:30pm-7:30pm. Call 1 888 2 donate to schedule your life-saving appointment today or walk in. • North Buxton Community Church, in partnership with St. Paul’s Congregational presents Watoto Children’s Choir - Beautiful Africa: A New Generation at 7:00pm at St. Paul’s Congregational Church on Park St. W., in Chatham. All are welcome. • Movies @ Your Library. The Chatham branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library will be showing The Nut Job with voices of Will Arnett and Liam Neeson at 2:00pm. • Windows 8 Workshop. Come join this FREE workshop at the Chatham Branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library. 2:00pm4:00pm. Space is limited, so sign up today! Please register by calling your local branch or emailing cktechtrain@chatham-kent.ca. • The Chatham After 5 women’s dinner will
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 • Ridgetown OEYC, 180 Main St. E, presents: Music and Movement. Come join us for some fun activities that will get you up and moving. 10:00am-11:00am. Register at 519358-1451 x0.
• Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village Daddy/Daughter Dance from 7:00pm-9:00pm at C.M. Wilson Conservation Area. Enjoy a DJ, photo booth, snacks and refreshments. Tickets are $35 per daddy/daughter; each additional daughter $5. Go on line at CKtickets.com or call 519-354-8338. Before the dance, eat out at T-Bones Grill and daughters eat free. Spaces are limited. Friday, June 13, 2014 • Kent County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society presents: Tales of a Spy - From Belgium to Kent County. Held at St. Andrew’s Residence, 99 Park St., Chatham, at 7:00pm. Open and free to the public. For more information visit www.ogs.on.ca/kent. • Dresden Ag Society Fish Fry, Dresden Arena, 5:00pm-7:30pm, all you can eat. Tickets $20.00. • St. Andrew’s United Church South Buxton Broasted Chicken and Strawberry Social. Settings at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30pm. Advance tickets only 519-689-7555 or 519-689-7767. Saturday,June 14, 2014 • Christ Church Choir presents “A Night on Broadway” featuring Megan Nuttal. Starting at 7:00pm at Christ Church, 80 Wellington St. W., Chatham. Doors open at 6:30pm. Free will offering. Refreshments to follow. • Meat draw at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham from 4:30-6:00pm, followed by a dance from 7:00pm-11:00pm featuring Leuy. Everyone Welcome. • Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village Annual Father’s Day Classic 10K and 5K run. Register as a team or individual. Professionally chip timed, medals, door prizes. On-line registration deadline is June 12 at www.onlinregistration.ca. •An Evening of Murder and Jokes dinner and show at Branch 28 Legion Lawson Hall in Chatham. Doors open at 6:30pm, dinner and show at 7:00pm. Featuring upcoming stand up comics from Toronto and local band Objective Unknown. Roast beef dinner and cash bar. Tickets are $30 and available at Shoppers Drug Mart in Wallaceburg, Blenheim and Queen St. in Chatham. Proceeds to Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend Walk to End Breast Cancer. Warning – adult content. Toastmasters meetings held Mondays at Green Field Ethanol, 275 Bloomfield Road, Chatham. Open to guests. 6:30pm-8:00pm. cktoastmasters@gmail.com 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. CHAP Volunteer DRIVERS Needed for Chatham-Kent. CHAP helps Seniors live independently at home! Drive seniors to appointments, groceries, banking, etc. in Chatham-Kent. Contact Marjorie for further info CHAP 519-354-6221 ext. 241. VON Volunteer Visiting opportunities Available call Jan 519-352-4462 ext. 5227 Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
Through my last 31-plus years on the planet, I’ve only not voted in one election – the very first one for which I was eligible. Aside from that municipal election in North Bay when I was 18, I’ve taken voting seriously. Exercising one’s right to vote is a keystone of democracy. Even if you dislike all candidates and all parties, you should still cast your ballot. Just don’t vote for anyone – spoil your ballot. That can at least send a message. Not bothering to vote can also send a message, but it is one that is too difficult to interpret. Is it indifference? Contentment with the current government or current system? In 2011’s provincial election, less than half of eligible voters cast a ballot. And the trend is heading south. We need to change that. Over the years, I’ve voted for all three of the main political parties. At times, I’ve voted for a particular candidate rather than the party; while at other times, it
Bruce Corcoran was for the party. And at still other times, it was against a political party. I find that I cannot vote for the same party year after year, as its leadership changes, as does its policies. And chances are if a party is in power long enough, they’ve made enough mistakes that I feel they must be punished by losing the next election. Take the provincial Liberals for example. Too many boondoggles and scandals over the years. They need replacing. But the problem is with whom? Mr. Math, a.k.a Tim Hudak? That’s a tough choice. Or Andrea Horwath? Typically the NDP are in favour of big government and we are at a point in this province where we can’t af-
ford what we have, let alone add to it. Another difficult vote. This time around, I am voting for a local candidate, rather than a political party. I’m not going to tell you how to vote, but instead I will plea for you to get out there and cast your ballot. Fun – and work – in the sun
I believe in maximizing family time. I love it when my wife and daughter and I work outside together. And after a morning of work work, we spent a pleasant Saturday picking out our flowers to plant this year and then putting plants into our various pots. It was an awesome afternoon, getting dirty and adding colour to our backyard. Sunday yielded more time outdoors, both around the yard, but more importantly, with friends. We visited friends; kids splashed in the pool, while the parents laughed and joked away the afternoon. It was an excellent weekend all around. But that’s just life in Chatham-Kent.
As I see it
Why content matters (or should) to advertisers As a business owner, you’ve never had more ways to publicize your service or product. The list seems endless, the choices daunting and you have no end of those offering advice. In recent years, marketing specialists have cropped up like dandelions. Everyone has a cousin who can design a website or “knows” something about marketing. Everyone also knows someone on Facebook who can get your message out. The question isn’t getting the message out; the question is who’s seeing it? Much like a sign outside your business that is only seen by people who drive by, social media alone often promotes your business mostly to your friends and theirs, people who presumably already know about you. To be effective, your marketing campaign needs exposure. It needs to reach people beyond your circle. It needs to reach people who don’t already know what you do or what you sell. That’s where the value of content comes in. The premise behind mass media is that it attracts your customers to a product that will also feature your advertising message. The stronger the content, the longer it holds your potential customer and the more likely they will see your message. The strength of the content is a key behind pricing. That’s why advertising on the Super Bowl costs millions per minute. That’s why radio stations charge more for various stations, segments or special events. They know families don’t gather around the radio or television the way they did generations ago so they they need to capture whatever audience they have at its peak, such as during news and other prime time spots. When you see media cutting news staff, moving decision making out of the community and depending on mass-produced content or pages of filler, even their most ardent backers can’t claim it improves the quality of the product. Since the prices don’t decrease, the money they’re saving by continually reducing quality goes to their bottom line while they expect you to continue to pay. It’s a one-sided proposition that has you continuing to invest in them while they refuse to invest in you. At The Voice, our goal is to produce the best product for the best value and help our advertisers increase profits. The idea is that if you make money, we make money. If you’re feeling as if your advertising choices are being directed with someone else’s bottom line in mind or if you’re being shoehorned into a program that makes sense for everyone but you, call or email us. You’ll be surprised how good it feels to be treated like a customer and a partner instead of a revenue source.
Jim Blake is general manager and an owner at the Chatham Voice
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Sports
Kids can get a feel for competitive swimming
By Ian Kennedy cksn.ca
With the hot weather arriving, pools across Chatham-Kent are flying open, and for youth, it’s an opportunity to fall in love with swimming. While swimming lessons are a likely first step for parents wanting to teach their children about swimming safety, often, a passion for the water emerges, and youth may want to take the plunge into competitive swimming. To bridge the gap between swimming for fun and competitively swimming, fundamentals programs are popping up across Ontario, including in Chatham-Kent, run by CK Recreation. According to Kristen Pegg, the aquatic co-ordinator at Gable Rees Rotary Pool in Blenheim, a fundamentals program encouraging area youth to try competitive swimming, such as CK Recreation’s new FUNdamentals of Competitive swimming program, has long been a goal of hers. “One of the main reasons I wanted to offer this program is for children to learn some of
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the basic fundamentals of the competitive swimming sport before jumping into a full season on the swim team,” said Pegg, who also coaches with the Blenheim Blast competitive swim team. “It also makes the kids entering feel more comfortable that they understand what a coach is asking of them,” added Pegg, who describes the FUNdamentals program, which begins this month, as a place to familiarize with the expectations and skills of the sport through play, before committing to competition. And how would Pegg know the benefits? She’s not only the Gable Rees aquatic director and a local coach, but she’s a competitive swim parent, as her
10-year-old daughter Emma, who has set several personal bests at regional meets recently, swims with the Blenheim Blast. Pegg isn’t the only Blenheim Blast parent seeing the benefit of fundamentals programs, as Blast head coach John Van Herk also attests to the value of pre-competitive training. Van Herk has coached, and watched his own kids, Brendan, Shania, and Justine star for the Blast, winning dozens of gold medals in recent seasons, with Justine now competing in OUA swimming with the University of Guelph Gryphons, and Shania moving to university swimming next year. “These programs are a great introduction to wa-
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ter skills and stroke fundamentals,” said Van Herk. “They set the base. Without these skills, a potential athlete could not consider competitive swimming as a sport option.” For parents looking to find a sport for their child, Van Herk also believes swimming, and preparation for competition through a fundamentals program, is valuable, and can spark a love for sport in youth who enjoy the feeling of personal improvement. “Competitive sports teach a number of valuable life lessons,” said Van Herk, who has
coached the Blast since 2003. “Swimming, in particular, has a strong, yet simple basis as a sport. Generally, hard work pays off for a swimmer. For the most part, we focus on self-improvement of the athlete, not against their peers.” And for a child looking to find a place where they can be successful, fundamental swimming is a great start. “The more a swimmer or any athlete is aware of a fundamentals pertaining to the sport, the more success they have in a competition,” added Pegg, whose new program for children ages five to 12 aims to teach new skills such as starts, turns, underwater swimming, and effective breathing techniques through fun games. With other local swim programs flourishing, including the outdoor Tilbury Vikings, along with the Chatham Y Pool Sharks, a demand for early ages competitive swimming development is now being fulfilled with CK Recreation’s new program.
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ACROSS 1 Honeycomb compartment 5 In earlier times 8 Pleads 12 Neighborhood 13 Sister 14 Chills and fever 15 Troop group 17 Unusual
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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014
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