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Investigation underway into toppled wind turbine

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

No injuries were reported after a wind turbine in South Kent collapsed early Friday morning, causing a huge outcry of concern from the public on social media.

The wind farm to which the turbine belongs started generating electricity back in 2011, and was built by Invenergy. The 78 MW project includes 52 GE-manufactured turbines on 9,300 acres of land and is reported to produce enough electricity to power up to 20,000 homes, according to previously published reports.

In late 2015, Invenergy sold the Raleigh turbine farm to Terraform Power Inc., as part of the sale of more than 800 MW of power plants.

One resident, who asked not to be identified said his neighbour reported hearing a couple of bangs sometime after midnight,

while others said they didn’t hear a thing.

The turbine, located on 16th Line just east of Drake Road in South Kent, appears to have suffered a structural failure about midway up its body. The fibreglass blades lay twisted about the turbine’s base.

A spokesperson for Terraform Power in Delaware, Maryland, Chad Reed, responded to a request for information.

“We can confirm that a single turbine collapsed at our Raleigh Wind Power facility in Raleigh, Ont. overnight. The issue did not cause any injuries or impact to the broader community,” said Reed, the director of investor relations.

“Our team of experts is onsite and currently investigating the cause of the issue. In the meantime, we have secured the immediate area around the turbine and taken the full facility offline as a precaution as

we conduct a site inspection,” Reed added. “We are making progress on the inspection and expect to complete it within the coming weeks. As a precaution, the facility will remain offline until the inspection is complete.”

Bob Crawford, fire chief for the municipality, said the turbine came down about 1 a.m. on Jan. 19.

“The main support shaft for the nacelle gave up about halfway up. It didn’t sever, but stayed attached,” he said.

Crawford, who has worked for the municipality since 2001, said he doesn’t remember any similar problems with other turbines here.

“These types of things are exceedingly rare,” he said.

Crawford added the municipality remains confident in the wind turbine companies in investigating what caused the turbine shaft to fail.

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A turbine belonging to Terraform Power Inc. toppled over onto itself on 16th Line near Drake Road early Friday morning. The company is looking into what caused the structural failure.

The turbine isn’t located near any homes and no one was injured in the mishap.

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Turbine turned into twisted metal Continued from page 1

“It’s in their best interests to determine exactly what happened here.

Was it an anomaly or a design flaw,” he said. “I have a lot of confidence

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The turbine’s base failed about halfway up the tower.

in our partners. For all these energy companies we’ve talked to, safety is a priority.”

The story of the collapse has generated a great deal of concern locally and further abroad on social media, with nearly 671,000 views and close to 6,500 shares of The Chatham Voice’s initial Facebook post as of late Monday afternoon.

Water Wells First (WWF) spokesperson Kevin Jakubec said he and his group have said all along that the vibrations from the industrial machines were an environmental hazard.

He cited an article, “Vibration-based wind tower foundation design,” found at windsystemsmag.com that proves his point. Ironically, one of the cited sources for the article was from Golder and Associates, the consulting firm hired by North Kent Wind to prove turbine vibrations could

not possibly be the cause of turbidity contamination in private wells adjacent to turbines under construction.

“Wind towers have to sustain continuous vibration-induced forces throughout their operational life. The operating frequency of the threeblade turbine could potentially cause dynamic amplification of these forces, significantly posing a threat to the overall structural integrity,” the article states.

Jakubec said the company should be investigating the rest of the towers for vibration-induced stress.

“Water Wells First has always maintained the vibrations generated from these large industrial machines pose a risk to our aquifer’s integrity,” he said. “Vibration is a known contaminant officially listed on Section 1 of the Ontario En-

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The nacelle of this wind turbine that fell over on 16th Line recently landed right beside its base.

vironmental Protection Act. The MOECC should immediately investigate this wind farm with the collapsed tower. No one would be surprised to find families forced off their wells there as well.”

Area MPP Rick Nicholls said the good news is that no one was hurt in the area of the collapsed turbine, but he has serious concerns about other turbines, particularly ones adjacent to Highway 401 that have the potential to fall across lanes of traffic.

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“This poses the question of how many more are close to collapse? We don’t know that,” Nicholls said in phone interview.

“This is very serious and may be a sign of times to come. Chatham-Kent seems to have become the industrial turbine capital of Canada. If the several that are close to the 401 were to collapse, that would be catastrophic.”

Nicholls pointed out that the turbines on the Terraform project in South Kent are only seven years

old and he has concerns for what other issues they may be causing, such as the complaints of well contamination from people living in the former Dover and Chatham townships.

“Those vibrations are going into the ground. What other damage is being done that we can’t see,” he asked. “We have some serious issues here and no one seems to be listening, particularly the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.”

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By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

For a first-time event, the Chatham-Kent Police Service Polar Plunge smashed its fundraising goal and provided a teeth-chattering good time for participants, raising approximately $14,000 for the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario.

The original goal was $10,000.

Held Saturday morning at the St. Clair College in front of the Healthplex under sunny skies, organizer Const. Jason Herder couldn’t be happier with the results.

“There was a dozen of us working on this behind the scenes with the Chatham-Kent Police Service and the TSI (St. Clair Thames Students Inc.) board at St. Clair College,” Herder said. “We had 42 people register online and we had at least dozen show up that weren’t registered online.”

He said when Windsor did its first plunge four years ago at the St. Clair College campus, they had 25 registered “plungers.”

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Chatham-Kent police Const. Kelly Helbin was a great sport at the Polar Plunge Saturday, getting a friendly tackle into icy waters from participant Dave McIntyre from Chatham, who raised $400 for the event.

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To have 50 at their first event here is a huge accomplishment.

The weather couldn’t have been better for the event, with the sunshine and unseasonably warm weather, which saw participants jump off a platform into a pool, some with more finesse than others.

“Mother Nature definitely paid us a favour, I’m not gonna lie,” Herder joked.

“Two and a half weeks ago, I was on the phone (with Special Olympics contacts) and the exact question I asked

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was, ‘It’s currently -30C – can we set another date for the plunge?’ But we looked at the extended forecast, and said we’re not changing anything.”

All of the money raised goes to Special Olympics. Herder said the committee found corporate sponsors for the event, including TSI and the St. Clair College Alumni, and each plunger got pledges to be involved.

Herder said they plan on making the plunge an annual event.

“There’s not a doubt in my mind we will be back here

next year. This was awesome and now the challenge is how do we take it to that next level. How do we make it bigger and how do we get more people involved,” Herder noted. “I hope everyone sees today’s success and we get those phone calls from people saying how do we get on board?

“Pun intended, we blew it out of the water. The members of the force, including our chief and deputy chief who jumped today and the EMS here today, we all volunteered our time for a good cause.”

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2.27% tax hike recommended

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Chatham-Kent council’s starting point for this year’s budget process is 2.27 per cent.

The budget committee of council met Jan. 17 to examine the draft budget put forward by administration.

If no changes were to be made over the deliberation process, the 2.27-percent increase would equate to an increase on the property taxes of an average home of $64 a year, or $1.25 a week, less than the price of a small coffee.

But there are municipal open houses slated for next week, followed by the budget deliberation process.

The municipality’s revenues last year totaled more than $302 million, half of which come from property taxes.

Budget chairman Derek Robertson said the starting point is higher than last year’s start and finish points, which were both

1.96 per cent. He credited the proposed hike this year to two areas.

“Most of this increase is due to the impact of Bill 148 and infrastructure,” he said. “We’ve improved on our roads, bridges and other infrastructure at a far greater rate than in the past.”

In fact, infrastructure spending comprises 44 per cent of the proposed increase, representing a one-per-cent increase in taxes on its own. Added to that is $550,000 in spending tied directly to bridge infrastructure.

Don Shropshire, CAO for the municipality, added the stresses on the municipal budget from an infrastructure perspective cannot be understated.

Nine per cent of overall taxes collected go to a municipality, but we are responsible for more than 50 per cent of the infrastructure,” he said.

In regard to Bill 148, the Ontario Legislature’s Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, municipal officials said it brings an $830,000

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Nearly $303,000 of the impact comes from hikes in minimum wage, but Mike Turner, chief financial officer for the municipality, said that number is to be offset by cutting base budget operation costs, increasing user fees, trimming personnel and implementing area-rated tax increases for horticul-

ture.

The other impact of Bill 148, including equal pay for equal work, increases for part time vacation pay, top up for parental leave, personal emergency leave days, etc., is estimated to cost the municipality about $534,000 annually, Turner said.

Other impacts to the budget include commit-

ments to provide funding for the new Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent – to be built on McNaughton Avenue – as well as the traffic lights in Charing Cross.

Good news coming from the province is that the municipality will see an increase in the Ontario Municipal Partnership Funding this year to the

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Answers blowing in the wind

There are more questions than answers currently regarding the recent collapse of a wind turbine at the Raleigh Wind project in South Kent.

People are speculating wildly on the cause of the collapse on social media, with theories that range from the ridiculous – a meteor hit it – to the chilling ideas of inferior materials and government kickbacks.

Some people obviously involved in the wind industry in manufacturing or construction of the turbines have some very technical analysis of what may have happened to cause the tower to basically fold in half.

What is important now, however, is to make sure the collapse site is safe for the public and livestock, to get confirmation the municipality and Terraform Power are making sure other towers in the wind farm aren’t in imminent danger of collapse, and that a thorough investigation will be done with the results revealed to the public.

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton has asked for an immediate moratorium on the Otter Creek wind farm project currently in the permit stage north of Wallaceburg and the current North Kent Wind 1 project close to completion north of Chatham. He’s not wrong. With all the problems experienced by well owners in proximity to turbine sites, the sensitive nature of the underground aquifer which sits on Kettle Point Black Shale, and now a turbine collapse, it’s time for our municipal council and the province to put people before lucrative contracts.

Our water is a resource we can’t afford to ruin. So are family farms that are quickly losing value. The Ministry of the Environment and Mayor Randy Hope need to stop sitting on the sidelines and get in the game. Trusting wind power companies to police themselves is naïve at best and criminal at worst.

The MOE has said it will investigate if someone has a complaint, which leaves the public to do the job we elect and hire people to do. Water Wells First and its members have done more to protect and oversee the turbine construction than any official has done, and group members are paying out of their own pockets to do it.

Some oversight and accountability are desperately needed from our elected officials and government employees.

Paul Lacina, Director of Building Development Services for the municipality, said the Terraform has taken the steps needed to secure the site and it will need to go through the building permit process for repairs or rebuild of the turbine.

Let’s hope the next turbine lasts more than seven years and no people or animals are around if one does fail again.

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Chatham’s darker side irks reader Sir: My wife and I moved to Chatham late in 2015. The move took us a long way from our families and friends, but with rising rent and Toronto’s relentless expansion driving the price of more central properties out of our reach, we were out of time and options.

I’d like to state up front that there are some great people here – people who honestly care about the less fortunate, and whose time and charity I am grateful for. Chatham has a dark side, though, which is really wearing into my soul lately.

For one thing, there are a disproportionate number of psychopathically entitled and/or oblivious motorists here, making driving a high-stress exercise in predictive

hyper-vigilance. It’s not fair that responsible drivers should have to take up this much slack from lawless, belligerent yahoos.

And then there’s the Municipality’s pet railway running across the back of my yard, carrying the mad ambition of shipping tens (hundreds?) of thousands of tonnes of highly toxic and explosive chemicals to an imaginary fertilizer plant directly through a residential area on a track so dilapidated that derailment is a massively fatal inevitability.

Less obvious, though, is the predation of low-income neighbourhoods by thieves. This summer my bicycle was stolen from our locked shed. That the

shed padlock was broken with bolt cutters proves that this was premeditated, not a crime of opportu-

nity.

Our neighbour informed me that her shed has been broken into twice. I’ve installed a security light in the back yard since then, but it did nothing to stop someone from brazenly stealing my wife’s holiday light display from our front lawn recently.

More disturbing is the evidence the thief left that they were looking into our windows, casing our home possibly for a future break in.

It’s profoundly hurtful, knowing that someone out there has such disregard for our rights and well being that they’ll

sell them for a few bucks.

It’s hurtful that the police seem to take so little interest in petty crime that all I can do is fire off a report into cyberspace with no evidence that anyone has read or ever will read it.

The computer which I am using to write this letter is 10 years old, and I’m still paying for it: If this scumbag steals it when he comes back, I won’t be able to replace it, and I’ll lose my connection to the rest of the world. What then?

Why am I not allowed to feel safe in my own home? I don’t know where I could possibly go, but right now I just want to live anywhere but Chatham.

Michael Balls Chatham

Outdated curriculum column is bang on Sir: Re: “It’s time to modernize high school English,” from the Jan. 4, 2018 Chatham Voice.

I, and many, many students for the past decades, would like to thank Mary

Beth for her stand to modernize the English curriculum.

When I was a student, decades ago, we had to learn in history class who all

the kings and queens of England were, who they married, whom they sired and whom they killed. It’s a topic that does not come up of-

ten in daily conversation.

As you stated, a waste of student’s energy and time.

Bruce Thompson Chatham

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Children’s needs are placed first: Doig Sir: This is in response to the letter from Ms. MacMillan a former foster parent with (CKCS) Chatham-Kent Children’s Services.

As Ms. MacMillan notes, the primary goal for children removed from their parents due to concerns for their safety and wellbeing is to reunite children. The mandate of the Children’s Aid Society is to act in the best interest of the child and reunification with families once risk issues have been resolved. Although I cannot comment specifically on the case referenced by Ms. MacMillan due to confidenti-

ality, I have briefly outlined agency practices regarding the assessment process for family reunification.

Our child protection staff continually assist families to achieve this goal including referrals to support or counselling services. In assessing whether the risk issues in a home have been reduced sufficiently to allow a child to return home, CKCS staff solicit input from our community partners that have been involved with the family and the parents, which includes the foster parents caring for

the child in the agency’s care.

The agency recognizes the important role foster parents play in the life of a child placed in their care and value and respect the opinions of these significant caregivers.

Their input is actively sought and considered when making permanent plans for children; including the return of the child to their parents.

Although the hope is that the information from all parties is

Kudos to Carol for her love of all things furry Sir: I don’t think I have ever met Carol Evans Henley, but her recent letter to the editor about cats tells me a lot about her.

Only a woman of understanding, a gentle woman, a person who truly loves cats as individuals, could have written “Love comes in many colours, shapes, sizes, forms and the spirit of the divine hand of love comes from above and is reflected in many hands, hearts, paws, beaks, claws, and the window of the soul will always be in the eyes.”

Like my dear wife Ginny

and I, Carol is a true cat lover. We have been rescuing cats and dogs since June 1992 when we lived in Hamilton. We have saved about a dozen cats over the years and three dogs.

Presently, we have five house cats and one beagle in our family. We have said we can’t take any more because we’re both nearly 80 and we want to make sure we don’t leave any orphan cats if we pass away!

We have six children between us but they all live in the Hamilton area and don’t keep in touch with us.

I thank Carol for her letter in The Chatham Voice, as I am sure she is an exceptional person!

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This information is then collated and presented at court to the judge and the parent’s

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Budget deliberations begin Jan. 30 Continued from page 4

One of which came from the Four Counties Health Services Foundation out of Newbury.

Representatives asked council to consider giving the hospital $100,000 towards a new endosco-

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Stephane Oullet, vice president of senior partnerships with Four Counties, said 37 per cent of the patients serviced by the unit in 2017 were from Chatham-Kent.

In fact, a great deal of

hospital traffic came from this municipality, he added. Of the 358 admissions to Four Counties last year, 94 came from Chatham-Kent. Our citizens made up 41 per cent of the ER visits and 37 per cent of ambulatory care visits.

Robertson was surprised the hospital administration would come to Chatham-Kent seeking funding assistance.

“We send an awful lot of people for specialized treatments to Windsor and London. And we haven’t heard from them for capital requests,” he said.

Quinton said the municipality has no history of supporting hospital equipment requests, but rather has donated towards bricks and mortar projects.

Bob Laidlaw addressed the budget committee on behalf of the group that looks after Veterans Tribute Garden on Thames Street in Chatham. The group is looking for funding assistance in

erecting a bronze and stainless steel sculpture in the park to honour local veterans.

“The garden recognizes all heroes, including Canadians who served in Vietnam,” he said. “Our garden fulfills a slightly different mandate than the cenotaph. We honour those who went, those who fell and those who came back broken.”

The budget committee will not begin acting on any requests until deliberations begin Jan. 30.

Robertson declined to predict how long he thinks the budget deliberations could go, but he has faith in council.

“I’m optimistic that the budget committee will deliberate responsibly and land in the right place to meet the service needs of Chatham-Kent,” he said.

This marks Robertson’s fourth and final year as chair of the budget committee. In fact, he is not seeking re-election in the fall.

“I’ve enjoyed the budget process. I think we’ve had pretty responsible approaches during the course of this term,” he said. “We’ve had the lowest budget increases overall in the past three years. We’ve taken a very responsible approach, yet met the needs of the community. And we haven’t seen mass closures of assets.”

Regardless of the number council eventually settles upon, Robertson knows some people will not be happy.

“People will always complain about taxes.

It’s inevitable. But when you really take a look at the area we need to service, it’s not reasonable to make some of the comparisons that we make,” he said of people comparing property tax rates here to other nearby municipalities, ones with higher population densities. “Our tax rate is high compared to the affordability of lifestyles in Chatham-Kent, but when

we have 2,500 kilometres of roads and five per cent of all the bridges in Ontario, it’s a challenge.

Windsor, London and Sarnia don’t have those challenges.”

The open house portion of the budget process takes place next week.

Each session takes place from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., with a brief presentation slated at each for 5 p.m.

On Jan. 23, an open house takes place at the Ridgetown municipal office and Ryder Hall in Tilbury. On Jan. 24, there is one in the Blenheim District High School cafeteria and another at the Wallaceburg municipal office. On Jan. 25, the final one takes place at the Active Lifestyle Centre in Chatham.

Budget deliberations begin Jan. 30 and are slated to run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. each night on Jan. 31, and Feb. 1, 6, 7, and 8, if necessary. They will take place in council chambers at the Civic Centre.

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9538 GREGORY LINE $1,100,000

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950 GRAND AVE W $629,900

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21815 COMMUNICATION, C-K • $599,000

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319 PARK ST $39,900

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Life experience trumps exam

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

Do you remember the questions asked of you on your Grade 12 English exam? If you do, do you remember feeling like you made a difference?

Chatham Christian School teacher Amy Bergsma asked that question and came up with an exam alternative for the Grade 12 English students, giving them a chance to do a hands-on project that increased their knowledge of non-profit agencies and the people who need them, instead of writing a final exam.

Twelve Grade 12 students from Chatham Christian High School, made a presentation recently to a panel of judges and to the general public about some of the work being done in the community by non-profit organizations funded by the local United Way. Bergsma partnered

with United Way of Chatham-Kent and the Chatham-Kent Nonprofit Network to create a unique opportunity for her students to work on a handson experiential learning project in place of their final exam – a project that would raise awareness of charitable programs in Chatham-Kent, encourage volunteerism in youth, allow students to meet Ontario curriculum requirements in a meaningful and purposeful way, all while encouraging a pride in, and love for, Chatham-Kent.

“It embodies the vision of our school, that we are part of the greater community and not living in isolation,” Bergsma said at the event. “This project allowed the students to learn and then go out and educate others about the non-profit agencies in our community.”

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At the end of the presentations, each of the students was assigned a grade and the charity represented by the presenter with the most votes was slated to receive a $5,000 donation – approved by the United Way Board of Directors from their Community Impact Grants.

The winning charity was the Autism Transitional Classroom with Chatham-Kent Children’s Services, based on the presentation that was made by student Patrick Hindmarsh.

Hindmarsh, son of Dr. Wendy Edwards who works with youth with autism, was thrilled he won, and admits he was a bit surprised.

“It was a really eye-opening experience,” Hindmarsh said after finding out his presentation won.

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Dr. Wendy Edwards, left, who works with autistic youth, stands proudly with her son, Patrick Hindmarsh, a Grade 12 student at Chatham Christian School whose presentation won a $5,000 grant for the CKCS Autism program. United Way executive director Karen Kirkwood-Whyte, centre, presents the cheque.

“We could have done an exam, but with an exam you would just write out information on coloured note cards and forget, but with this, you can make a difference in the whole community, not just with yourself.

“I was not expecting to win; all the presentations were really good.”

Diagnosed with autism at age three, Hindmarsh and said he recovered from that to be in classes

with his peers. His presentation was well-received by the panel, who were impressed with his information and enthusiasm.

“I designed this project to not only matter for Grade 12 marks, but to alter the course of their lives,” said Bergsma. “Imagine the impact of these students having a deeper sense of community, greater capacity for empathy, and the empowerment to know how to step outside of

their comfort zones and make change happen.

“I was impressed with where the students went with this and I couldn’t be more proud. This stretched them way out of their comfort zone,” Bergsma added. “They were nervous but they got a high and sense of accomplishment you don’t get from writing an exam.”

The students had about a month to complete the project.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018

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Results show big change in water quality

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

A Chatham couple whose family has been without clean well water since wind turbine construction began more than six months ago is coming forward with test results that show just how contaminated their well is.

RTI Lab testing reveals a 14,000-times increase in Kettle Point Black Shale particles, with the majority of the micro particles under one micron in size.

The baseline sample from RTI shows particles of the shale go from 47 particles per millilitre of water to 681,939 counts/mL. The results of the lab testing also shows that the particles in the water include iron rich particles, silicon (sand) particles and calcium rich particles in addition to the black shale. Total count of particles per mL go from 16,987 to 1,408,393, proving the drastic increase in turbidity of the water after pile driving began.

Paul and Jessica Brooks of Brook Line in the former Chatham township took advice from Water Wells First after water wells started showing up in the former Dover township contaminated with black particles over a year ago. They did their own baseline testing by an accredited hydrogeologist before construction began in July for the North Kent Wind 1 (NKW1) wind farm project.

When their well went down because the pump was clogged with black sediment, testing by AECOM, the company hired

by NKW1 to investigate

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Jessica Brooks showcases the murky water coming out of her taps at her home on Brook Line, north of Chatham last August. Behind her is a water tank Pattern Energy dropped off at her home.

complaints said in its report water flowed freely and the water did not appear cloudy, which contradicted the Brooks results and subsequent Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) results. The ministry is still investigating the discrepancy and other AECOM test results from well complaints in the NKW1 project area.

“We are aiming to communicate the findings of our review directly with the affected well owners over the next few weeks,” ministry spokesperson Gary Wheeler said in an e-mail.

At a public liaison committee meeting held by NKW1 before Christmas, a project update handed out by Pattern Energy and

those statements when there is evidence to the contrary.

He added thanks to baseline testing and the standing electron microscope results from RTI Labs, the Brooks have proof of well contamination and legitimate concerns about their health risks.

“The Brooks have decided to release the results of their particle size distribution testing conducted by RTI Laboratories in Livonia, Mich. in the hope that in coming forward, that they will shed light on an important health risk to our community,” Jakubec said.

Speaking on behalf of the family, he said it is also the hope of the Brooks family that the MOECC will begin clean up efforts to return the groundwater under north Chatham-Kent to pre-wind farm conditions.

WWF would also like to see a health investigation done to determine the effect of ingesting black

Samsung representatives stated in a section under Complaint Investigation Results that “groundwater quality and quantity issues reported by property owners are not a result of pile driving or construction activities” and that “water quality and quantity conditions were relatively consistent to the baseline data collected prior to construction.”

Water Wells First spokesperson Kevin Jakubec said he doesn’t know Village how the company can make

shale particles on the families with affected wells, as Kettle Point Black Shale is known to contain heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic and lead. He said there are no filtration systems that can filter particles under one micron in size that would be available to the general public.

Jakubec said RTI Laboratories is a laboratory with ISO 17025 accreditation to undertake particle size distribution studies.

The NKW1 wind farm project consists of 34 Siemens Energy turbines constructed by RES Canada.

Comment from NKW1 was not available.

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Library lauded for accessibility

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

Chatham-Kent Public Library (CKPL) received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Canadian Council of the Blind, Chatham-Kent Chapter, recently.

Sara Hart, Manager, Marketing Outreach and Programs at the CKPL, said the library was very glad they could address a concern brought to its attention via the Facebook page.

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• Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St.,Chatham at 1:00pm.

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• The Week of Prayer - 94th Anniversary for Christian Unity at First Presbyterian Church.

Theme: “Your Right Hand, O Lord, Glorious in POwer” - Exodus 15:6. 12 noon - 12:35.

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Monday, January 29, 2018 • Open Euchre at St. Clair Community Estates at 7:00pm. All are welcome.

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It’s always a party with Kim Mitchell Each time I’ve seen Kim Mitchell in concert, it’s been unique, and I’ve seen him nearly a dozen times over the years.

From sod wars to corn comments to man-buns, hipsters and butt cracks, I’ve seen it all. And the latter three came together Saturday night here in Chatham.

Kim Mitchell is the performer I have by far seen the most over my lifetime. His music resonates with me – rock & roll with down-to-earth lyrics.

And he’s a darned good showman.

Plus his longtime music buddy Peter Fredette has incredible vocals.

When the Capitol Theatre management announced back in the summer Kim and company were coming to Chatham to play the Capitol, I booked three tickets for the family. Our daughter, Brenna, saw Kim play at Chatham Ribfest a number of years back, and can recall a bunch of his songs that she enjoyed, and even had for a while on her hip-hip crammed iPod. To me, that’s cool.

So I scored us great tickets and we attended Saturday night. Kim and his band rocked the place.

It was loud, but not too loud. You felt the drums hit you in the chest, but your ears didn’t ring after the show.

About five or six young men seemed to “enjoy” the show, however, a little differently than the rest of us. They really wanted to get up and rock out to Kim, popping out of their front-row seats early on to get right up to the stage, adult beverag-

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es in hand.

No problem. Been there, done that.

Except that every time these guys got up, one dude with a man bun and another with a hipster knitted cap, nearly left their jeans behind in their seats. People sitting behind them had too clear a view of their butt cracks every time.

Umm, belts rock too, people.

These guys were having so much fun that theatre manager Heather Slater visited with one of them during the intermission, explaining how their antics were interfering with the enjoyment of the show for other patrons. He countered that if the band encouraged people to come up to the stage during the performance of some of Kim’s biggest hits, he’d be getting back up.

There’s no stopping that. As I said, Kim rocks.

So, towards the end of the night, as the band kicked into “I Am a Wild Party,” the guys got up again, but only after other folks went up to the stage first. A couple of dozen people politely excused themselves from their seats (we’re Canadian, eh?) and went up front to dance and sing.

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The world needs less butt crack, please Continued from page 16

Ironically as Kim belted out “Go For a Soda,” another young fella with a man-bun lit up a joint right up at the stage. I saw the puff of smoke roll upwards and then caught the familiar whiff.

Not a rare sight at many concerts, especially outdoors, but I was very surprised to see it inside the Capitol.

Thirty years ago, I may very well have been one of those people up front. Only, I’d have been at an arena, outdoor venue, or bar. Sit-down theatres such as the Capitol aren’t really the places for such, ahem, a combination of beverages, herbal medication and music enjoyment.

As I mentioned, this butt crack incident is just one of the odd experiences I’ve had seeing Kim. I nearly passed out from heat exhaustion one summer night at The Kee to Bala (an incredible venue in the heart of the Muskokas), where I had the good fortune of seeing Kim play several times. I had spent the day in the sun at a friend’s cottage, got sunburned and dehydrated.

It was hard to focus on the band. Plus, I was at a bar in cottage country, in my early 20s, with someone else as the designated driver, and was drinking water. Water!

But the strangest occurrence seeing Kim Mitchell took place just north of Toronto, at Kingswood Music Theatre, the outdoor venue at Canada’s Wonderland that seated about 15,000 people. It was perhaps the mid-to-late 1980s, and I loved the venue. We were only about 10 rows from the stage, so we had great seats. But what we didn’t have was great sod.

The folks sitting back on the grass, however, did. They ripped that sod up in large chunks and fired it forward.

At one point, I got hit on the

back of the neck with about a two-foot section of sod. I looked around and fired it forward.

The power of social media

On Friday morning, a review of Facebook unearthed an image of a wind turbine twisted over on itself on 16th Line in South Kent. Chances are you read our story on it already.

We were one of the first media outlets to post a photo

to Facebook and Twitter, and I must say, it quickly spread, and continued doing so through the weekend. By Monday at noon, that image, taken on my cell phone, had a reach on Facebook of nearly 654,000 people. It had been shared nearly 6,400 times.

That showcases the reach of social media, and for us, it was humbling. But it also illustrates the shallowness of social media, as hundreds of people com-

mented on the picture without reading our story.

Still, our article received thousands upon thousands of views over the weekend as people took the time to learn more than what the photo said.

Hello, or goodbye, kitty

OK, after a recent letter to the editor, I should come clean. I no longer call our cat “Satan.” He’s not really evil.

But he is a nincompoop. And stubborn as hell.

He loves to slip out of the house and into the cold. Generally, he’ll hang outside for a few minutes at most and meow and claw at the door until someone lets him back indoors.

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Fun Stuff 33 Knock 35 Pepsi competitor 36 Soothe 38 Tatter 40 Actor Danson 41 A long time 43 Bugging device 45 Tranquil 47 Pencil end 51 Impulse carrier 52 Multiple marriage 54 Expectorate 55 Ailing 56 Malaria symptom 57 Pop 58 Oklahoma city 59 Untouchable Eliot

ACROSS 1 “Mamma Mia!” group 5 Apprehend 8 Colorful fish 12 Clay-rich soil 13 Blunder 14 Portrayal 15 Democrat or Republican

17 Radiate 18 Faucet 19 Arouse 21 Fireworks reaction 22 Delany or Carvey 23 Venomous viper 26 Zodiac cat 28 Passenger 31 Prosperous time

This week’s answers

DOWN 1 Swiss peaks 2 Animated Betty 3 Java neighbor 4 Chihuahua chum 5 “-- a borrower ...”

6 Curved path 7 Wide 8 Occurring naturally 9 Bikini pattern?

10 Lotion additive

11 Chopped 16 Implement 20 Card game for two 23 Lawyers’ org.

24 Scale member 25 Edwin Land’s company 27 Rowing need 29 -- out a living 30 Primary color 32 Purplish 30-Down 34 Kneecap 37 Longing 39 Indiana city 42 Brownish tone 44 Heathen 45 Back talk 46 World’s fair 48 Wise one 49 Ostriches’ kin 50 Deli loaves 53 On in years

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CLASSIFIEDS In Memoriam

Thank You

January 29, 2011 In Memoriam Dennis W.G. Smith They say it’s a beautiful journey From the old world to the new Someday we’ll make that journey Which will lead us straight to you And when we reach that garden We’ll put our arms around you And never part again.

Many thanks to all who were so kind in sending me such beautiful and meaningful cards at the time of the death of my comical and loving best friend Ken Jenkins.

He will certainly be missed by all who knew him. He was one of a kind and much loved.

Signed, Maxine Zimmer

Christ Church welcomes everyone!

You don’t need money to join!

You don’t have to sign a contract!

We don’t take attendance!

Try us out on Sundays at 8:30 (yes, a.m.) for a traditional service or 10:30 a.m. for a more contemporary one, or Wed. at 10 a.m. might work better for you.

Christ Church Café

WEDNESDAYS COFFEE TEA AND FRIENDSHIP

Open from 9:30 to

If you want to feel 11:30the spirit, there is a service in the church at 10am, ──── but that isAgeyour personal choice! is no barrier

Christ Church

Young or Old

WEDNESDAYS 80 Wellington St. W, Chatham COFFEE TEA 519-352-1640 AND We welcome you!

FRIENDSHIP Help us find Christ in community have that too at 10am if you choose

What’s 4 Dinner

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Home Made Soups, Meals and Desserts Ideal for seniors, singles or families. whats4dinnerck.com 6 Lowe St. Chatham 519-351-7905

Farm for Sale FARM FOR SALE The owner of the hereinafter described property is prepared to receive written offers to purchase the said property.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY Part of Lot 6, Concession 8, Geographic Township of Chatham, Municipality of Chatham -Kent, containing 108.18 acres of vacant farm land, be the same more or less, (PIN 007450055) corner of Prince Albert Sideroad and Countryview Line, Dresden, Ontario.

The land is said to be mixed loam with some random drainage and a new main drain, although no representation is made regarding soil type and drainage.

The property is composed of approximately 106 workable acres and is bisected by a municipal drain. Past crops grown on the lands have been soybeans, corn, and wheat.

All offers must be written and made on a standard form Agreement of Purchase and Sale and accompanied by a certified cheque in the amount of $10,000.00 made payable to J. Thomas McGregor Professional Corporation “in trust”. The Offer must be made open for acceptance by the Vendor until 4:00 p.m. on February 20, 2018, with a closing date of on or before March 15, 2018.

Interested parties are invited to view the subject lands. The highest or any offer will not necessarily be accepted.

All offers must be received by the undersigned solicitor on or before 4:00 p.m. on February 15, 2018.

Deposit cheques for unaccepted offers shall be returned.

J. Thomas McGregor Professional Corporation Barrister & Solicitor, 218 Duncan Street Wallaceburg, Ontario N8A 4E3 (519) 627-2081 or 627-1614.

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Antiques

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UCC Uniforms Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm

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137 St. Clair St., Chatham Corner of Forest St.

Loans

PERSONAL LOANS $2,000 to $20,000

Borrow $20,000 for only $251.99/mth

• Must be a homeowner (no proof required) • No mortgage registered on title • No income proof required • Open Loan • 48hrs normally to approve - funds directly deposited • No fund allocation - you do what you wish with the money ONLY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED 1. ID, one of: license, passport, Canadian citizenship card.

2. Void cheque or PAD form

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CHRIST CHURCH CAFE

Ministry

Come join us every Wednesday morning between 9:30 am and 11:30 am, for a cup of coffee or tea and a muffin, and visit with others who are looking for a little companionship. Meet old friends here, or meet new ones. Everyone is welcome, and there is no cost. If you want to feed the spirit as well, there is a service in the church at 10 am, but that is your personal choice.

Healing Love Ministry Psalm 107: 20 John 3: 16&17 reaches out to men living with sexual addictions. Private and confidential homebased ministry.

519-354-3532.

If not in, leave a message and your call will be returned.

For Sale

All types of tools for sale.

Contact to view. Including air and electric.

519-397-3079.

Car Jack Lift Brand new.

Never been used. Call 519351-3580.

Help Wanted

Part time dishwasher needed. Call 226-881-3320.

Routes available: Canterbury, Selkirk, Dover, Thames, Lacroix, Algonquin, Detroit, Charing Cross Rd, Braemar, Oriole Pkwy.

Call Fatima 519-397-2020

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chatham.ca

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A N K LAVER EN VK V A U C T I O N S I N C. Clearing an Estate, Downsizing, Liquidating Inventory or Decluttering?

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Coffee, Tea, and

Conversation 9:30am-11:30am ──── Visit with others looking for a Everyone is littleWelcome companionship! and it’s free • Young or Old Age is no barrier AND ──── IT’S FREE!

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Home Made Meals

CALL: 519-397-2020,

Services

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IN PERSON: 84 DOVER ST. #2,

1

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MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00am - 5:30pm Repairs done on premises

SAME LOCATION FOR 39 YEARS

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Obituaries

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ROOM FOR RENT Furnished rooms: 2 available. $500/month. All inclusive. Wi-fi included. Call 519-352-8982 or 519-3527587.

OBITUARIES Audrey Ellis 63, Monday, January 15, 2018 Denning’s

Peter “Pete” Kiriakipoulos 52, Wednesday, January 17, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home

Helmut Cichuttek 80, Saturday, January 13, 2018 Denning’s

Sara “Mary” Dubois 102, Thursday, January 18, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home

Anne Miller 71, Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Denning’s

Rosemarie Ellis 68, Saturday, January 20, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mr. John Russell 89, Monday, January 15, 2018 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Sybil Manchester 58, Sunday, January 21, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home

Gloria DeBruyn 90, Sunday, January 14, 2018 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Elaine Paxton 63, Monday, January 15, 2018 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Jim McCurdy 83, Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Frank Brablec 84, Monday, January 15, 2018 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

John Grant 84, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home

Zoe Delrue 99, Friday, January 19, 2018 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Donald Schatte 89, Saturday, January 20, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home

See full obituaries at www.chathamvoice.com

Mabel “Jean” Greer 89, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home Raylynn “Ray” Verburg 15, Saturday, January 13, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home

Hinnegan-Peseski

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Bonnie Inns 1876 $1000 Ron Charron 1658 $20 Victor Choudhry 0890 $20 Shawn Kacan 405 $20 Laurie Basiak 781 The Glasshouse Gift Card Dorothy Cook 211 $50 Donna DeBoer 238 $20 Beulah Calwell 63 $20 Alan Butler 265 Pie-Zano’s Gift Card Kristi DeMaeyer 242 $20 Cathy Stuart 945 $20 Karen Williams 44 $20 Greg & Rose Hamilton 1100 CKSY Print Krista Lee 309 $20 Wanda Ritcey/Jessica Caron 1953 $20 Joan Stokes 1400 $20 Maggie McGee 1157 Parkfield Gift Card Tammy Noel 1454 $20 Gord & Gerda Morton 148 $100 Debbie Cottel 460 $50 Lesa & Todd Tobias 976 $20 Rose Coatsworth 1333 $20 Rose Wilson 1460 $20 Phyllis Colby 966 $20 John Sawchuk 1729 Rubies Gift Card Bernice Sloan 1420 $20 Martin Heger 1887 $50 Janee O’Donohue 1260 $20 Aimee Luth 1877 $20 Andy Stockdill 1941 Pinnell’s Gift Card Dan VanMoorsel 796 $20 Donna Tomlinson 1684 $20 Arlene Adams 450 Glasshouse Gift Card Max & Kristy Rylett 13 $50 Cathy Smith 1131 $20 Brenda Zimmer 62 $20 Robert Vanderviere 163 $20 James & Tracey Sloan 1368 $20 Joe Herreweyers 1128 $20 Kathy Brodeur 1602 Edible Fruit Arrangement Lisa Caron 741 Bella Chocolatier Gift Card Michelle Glogowski 672 $20 Lori Schneider 1494 $20 Erin McClure 481 Pie-Zano’s Gift Card Sue Marchand 411 $500 Celine Marchand 535 $20 Jeanie Havens 700 $20 Crystal Crone 900 Country 92.9 FM Print Doug Praill 816 $20 James Bedford 1094 $20 Gladys & Gary Martin 1527 $100 Paul Thompson 1964 Parkfield Gift Card Erin McClure 481 $20 Elaine Ross 1338 $20 Krista Lee 309 $50 Lynda Radamaker 614 $20 Liz Page 1374 $20 Irene Stepniak 861 $20 Louise Aitken 444 $20 Rick Jamrozinski 910 $20 Lewis Culver 38 Glasshouse Gift Card Bill & Peggy Rivard 1470 MC Business Solutions Printer Anne Maynard 171 $20 Tracey Bonvalez 435 $20 Lorraine Karnas 367 $20 Rachel Trudell 465 $20 Brenda Stokley 842 $20 Theron Monk 1000 $100 Celine Marchand 535 Cool 95.1FM Print Michelle Culetta 927 $20 Rob McFadden 1552 $20 Gary Jongbloed 24 Pie-Zano’s Gift Card Gloria Harvey 682 $20 Andy Stockdill 1942 $20 Sherry DeWael 891 $20 Kathy Smyth 173 $200 Anne Velle 261 $20 Beth Jackson 432 $20 Greg Rintjema 1058 $20 Annette Tulloch 533 Parkfield Gift Card Louise Carroll 1075 $20 Brent Bondy 1536 $20 Betty Manso 232 Black Goose Gift Card Charity Walker 4 $20 Rhona Hoydlangston 94 $20 Zac George & Alyson 1696 $20 Kelly & Darcy Graham 1700 $20 Nancy Demers 1424 $20 Shelley Craig 780 $20 Melissa DeMaeyer 1575 Home Depot Gift Card

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