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family farm. His 13-minute video has garnered more than 70,000 views on YouTube. But what viewers don’t know is the effort Baute went to making it. Once he had the concept to use the dominoes as a collective metaphor for the passage of time since the big bang took place and the universe came into existence, he had to put the plan into action. The first step was to make all the dominoes. That meant running a lot of wood through a band saw. Baute’s latest video evolved out of a test run to track the history of planet Earth, which he did using 2,000 dominoes at Science World in Vancouver. “They were wonderful. They let me fill the main centre of the place on the day it was closed,” he said. “I wanted to see how many I could get set up in a day. Those were really tall and really hard to set up.”
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Interviews to begin for new CKHA board
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Restructuring at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is so close to completion that provincially appointed hospital supervisor Rob Devitt sees a light at the end of his tunnel. Called upon by the provincial government back in September of 2016 to
rebuild the governance and administration of the alliance, Devitt said the effort has reached the point where he envisions himself soon being back in retirement and atop his mountain bike. “We’ve started advertising for board members,” he said, adding he hopes to have the board in place and in training by late February.
It’s essentially the final phase in the rebuild, which saw the CKHA cull top administration, cut spending and improve efficiency, all while stressing the two-site model – hospitals and emergency departments in Chatham and Wallaceburg – is a necessity. Lori Marshall, president and CEO of the CKHA, said a recent review of the
ERs encouraged the twosite model, and hospital officials are working to standardize the practises for both sites. The two sites will come with one board. Devitt said having the alliance operate with a supervisor as “the board” may streamline matters and improve efficiency, but it’s not the best model. “It’s healthy to have
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Lori Marshall, president and CEO of the CKHA, and Rob Devitt, provincially appointed supervisor for the CKHA, expect to see a new hospital board in place sometime in February.
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people with diverse backgrounds. Having a supervisor is efficient, but I think it actually creates risk,” he said. Marshall agreed with the need for diversity. “It’s important for us to have local governance and to hear a variety of voices,” she said. “It’s important to have that broader perspective.” As of last week, 32 people applied to be members of the board, and interviews could begin this week. The training for the board is designed to help bring everyone together. “We need to make sure there is a common knowledge base. But we also need them to start to gel as a team. Leadership is all about team,” he said. Devitt looks forward to seeing how the new board takes to the challenge. “I think there are some really good candidates,” he said. He added that a few of the applications are from outside the municipality, but most came from within. Geographical location won’t have a bearing on board composition, however. “Skills come first. That has to be the number one criteria,” Devitt said. When the board takes over, Devitt said his supervisory role would become obsolete. He said
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Four citizen action groups concerned with wind turbine projects in Ontario have banded together to file legal action against the Ontario government for not requiring the projects to adhere to new government regulations regarding noise levels. At a press conference recently at the home of Dan and Diana Donkers on Langstaff Line near Wallaceburg, members of the four groups, including Wallaceburg Area Wind Concerns (WAWC), spoke about their concerns and frustrations with the lack of action by the Ontario government to protect the interests of residents in the project areas. WAWC formed after the Otter Creek wind turbine project near Wallaceburg was proposed with 12 “super turbines” that will be twice the size of regular wind turbines, each at 680 feet in height. Bonnie Rowe, spokesperson for the Dutton Dunwich Opponents of Wind Turbines (DDOWT), said the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change “has admitted previous guidelines have resulted in underestimates of the noise at nearby homes, however, without any evidence that this was necessary, the MOECC has al-
lowed companies promoting at least five large-scale wind projects to ignore new government guidelines.” A Notice of Application for Judicial Review was filed by DDOWT in the Divisional Court in Toronto last Tuesday against the MOECC, Rowe said, alleging the ministry “erred in law” by failing to obtain any evidence that the wind companies were unable to comply with the new guidelines, and failed to meet the legitimate expectations of area residents that noise modelling guidelines as set by the MOECC would be followed, and negligently misrepresented their own noise regulations and the impact on the citizens “using old and inadequate guidelines.” According to the notice, the proponents of all five of the IWT (industrial wind turbine) projects approved under the LRP 1 (large renewal project) program have opted to go ahead without correcting errors in the noise modelling under “transition provisions” and as a result, the majority of the proposed turbine sites may be out of compliance with the new regulation and its directives regarding noise levels and setbacks. “The MOECC has allowed the wind companies to side step the new regulations, solely for the proponents’ convenience and
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Citizen groups concerned about wind turbine projects have taken legal action against the Ontario government, alleging they are not making wind project companies comply with new regulations regarding noise impact. Bonnie Rowe of DDOWT, left, Violet Towell of WAWC and Dan and Diana Donkers stand on their property in front of the Otter Creek wind farm project proposed turbine site. The couple’s property will be surrounded by up to four of the super turbines, each of which is 680 feet in height.
expediency,” Rowe said at the press conference. “We estimate that up to three-quarters of the turbines that are proposed for these five projects would have to be relocated or removed.” The group wants the courts to require the wind turbine companies to adhere to new regulations. Violet Towell, representing WAWC at the press conference, said of the Otter Creek project that 11 of 12 turbines would be out of compli-
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The Donkers, whose home is on Langstaff Line west of Wallaceburg, will have four turbines around their property if the project proceeds as outlined, with three of the four anticipated to be out of compliance with the new noise regulation. The mayor of Dutton Dunwich, Cameron McWilliam, was also at the press conference to support DDOWT and the judicial review, and said the municipality is not a willing host to IWT projects. “Our community held a vote and 84 per cent voted against hosting a wind project in Dutton Dunwich so through that process, we have been with ministry reps and the company to talk about issues that we have questions and no answers,” McWilliam said. “Un-
fortunately, the joint opposition groups of the five LRP 1 projects in Ontario have been forced to go to the judicial review to get answers to just one part of that project, in this case noise.” He added that the community feels the project should be slowed down and halted until they are able to get more information and find out why the government is allowing the projects to go ahead when there are new guidelines. “I think that the representation at the government level doesn’t include a lot of rural members and they have forgotten about the whole of Ontario. We don’t live in the province of Toronto; we live in the Province of Ontario and they have to recognize that,” McWilliam said. Towell, when asked about the support being given to the citi-
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Four citizen action groups concerned with wind turbine projects in Ontario have filed legal action against the province for not requiring the projects to adhere to new government regulations regarding noise levels.
“Think about the safety of the citizens of Ontario first, and the expediency of completing the requirements of your Green Energy Act second,” she said. “We feel like we are collateral damage in this whole Green
Energy Act, to be perfectly honest, and that’s not right. There are too many people impacted by their decisions.” The MOECC has not yet responded to the judicial review application.
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Change of culture at the hospital is now part of the short-term DNA at the CKHA. According to a recent survey among Chatham-Kent Health Alliance staff, their workplace is greatly improved since change began in the fall of 2016. Marshall said a staff survey in the fall of 2016 asked staff to rate the alliance in terms of what it was like as a workplace. Only 57 per cent said it was a positive place to work. That number jumped up to 74 per cent in a recent sur-
vey, she said. “We’re still not where we’d like to be,” Marshall said. Efforts are underway to improve communication at the hospitals, as well as to improve the understanding of what coworkers do. Another change that’s underway is how the hospital spends its dollars. Marshall said she expects at the end of this fiscal year the hospital will have a small surplus. The previous administration had for years operated in the red. “That’s important as we look to continue to invest in new equipment,” she said of
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Ambulances, spending questioned
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Only about 30 citizens showed up for the municipal budget open house held Jan. 25 at the Active Lifestyles Centre in Chatham. But two of those asked pointed and passionate questions about municipal spending. One of those was Belinda Keith, a local paramedic. Keith asked why an additional land ambulance wasn’t even in administration’s recommendations for the 2018 budget. “Adding that vehicle is so important to our community,” she said. “It doesn’t change how I do my job, but that unit changes the patient’s outcome. The investment comes in the lives we save.” Keith said the additional unit is needed, as over the past 12 years, there has been no increase in the level of service provided by local paramedics, yet calls have risen by 11 per cent. The costs associated with adding an additional ambulance and staffing it is roughly $1.4 million. Keith said to the public, that would translate to roughly an extra $10 or so a year to each citizen. “That’s an extra $10 per person per year to make sure an ambulance shows up,” she said. “The hardest part of my job is to deal with angry people who are asking us why we took so long to get there.” Bob Crawford, chief of fire and emergency services for the municipality, said he sees the issue as a
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Chatham Coun. Derek Robertson, chair of the budget committee of municipal council, addresses about 30 members of the public at a budget open house meeting Thursday in Chatham.
“looming problem,” but added the $1.4 million cost represents a one per cent tax increase on its own. “We’re examining all possible ways to see if there are other ways to reduce the workload,” he said. “We’re trying to find a more effective and efficient way to do things.” Keith believes waiting to act is only making things worse. “We have to do something before we start drowning here. We’re treading water as it is,”
she said. Derek Robertson, chair of the budget committee of municipal council, said council is focused on the issue. “We have a keen eye on the very services you are talking about,” he said. Robertson added administration is not to blame as the reason another ambulance isn’t in the list of recommendations it brought forward, as council set the direction and indicated to administration the threshold to set for spending, as well as areas of highest
need. Administration and members of council present at the meeting also heard from local resident John Cryderman, who said he believes there is too much in discretionary dollars floating around in the annual municipal budget, alluding to inefficiency and overspending. He said in going over the budget – and he purchased a budget binder from the municipality – he found nearly $17 million in spending listed only as “other,” as well as
an additional $9 million Cryderman said it rethat has an internal desig- mains confusing to the nation. public. He’d like to see Cryderman added it’s three levels of budget inhard for the average citi- formation, the first being zen to understand where an overview, the second the tax dollars are going. detailing spending in all “These budget meet- 21 divisions and six deings are about as exciting partments of the municias watching paint dry,” pality, and the third being he said. “It doesn’t give a line-by-line breakdown people a chance to under- of spending. stand and have input. We Turner said the first two need a clear and complete are available on the chaprofit and loss statement.” tham-kent.ca website. Mike Turner, chief fiMunicipal budget denancial officer for the liberations are set to start municipality said the Jan. 30. vast majority of the dollars Cryderman questioned go Play Rotary TV to various municipal reserve funds or as allocations to othTuesdays er departments at 7pm within the municipality. $ 3 per “They aren’t exstrip of 3 cards penses, so they are tagged with Good for all 4 games ‘other,’” he said. WIN UP TO Turner added council is $100000 apprised of all spending, and SOLD AT LOCAL CONVENIENCE that information AND DRUG STORES is available to the public. www.rotarytvbingo.com
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Open and honest As the transition from provincially appointed supervisor to hospital board continues for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, we know there will be additional changes. But one thing that must not change is the open and transparent approach supervisor Rob Devitt instilled during his time at the hospital. He took over in September of 2016 after the dysfunction of the tri-board oversight system prevented anything from getting done. The hospital was mired in the red, building up debt to the breaking point. Devitt helped clean house, stripping down what was in place in top administration and then building it back up in a leaner format. He became the de facto board as well. When Devitt came on board, things were ugly. And he openly discussed that ugliness. Past hospital administrations quietly shoved under the proverbial rug anything that didn’t shine. Requests for information prior to changes in privacy legislation were bluntly turned aside with a “we don’t have to do that” attitude. In short, operations of the CKHA hid behind privacy legislation at every opportunity, even when it didn’t have to. That culture of secrecy gave hospital staff and the public little faith in the old guard. What’s happened with Devitt on board is so open it throws the media off guard. He has time and again shone a light into every dark corner of operations and organization at the hospital. That frank attitude was initially met with skepticism, as he and new hospital president and CEO Lori Marshall have stressed the need for the CKHA to maintain its two-site system, complete with emergency departments, in Chatham and Wallaceburg. Eventually, the skeptics, seeing reaffirmation after reaffirmation and the addition of various clinics to the Sydenham District Campus in Wallaceburg have been turned into believers. But the new board is being picked in February – members of the public will succeed Devitt as the overseers of the alliance. Will they be as open as Devitt? Will Marshall continue with such transparency when Devitt leaves later this spring? It’s imperative that they do, as faith in the CKHA has all but been restored. One trip up in terms of transparency, and the old doubts will quickly return.
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What is wrong with our system? Sir: Our illustrious mayor spoke on a local radio station recently responding to the opinion poll, in which the number one local concern was wind turbines and water wells concerns. His conclusion, in essence, was that they were not involved except for taking $1,575,000 in taxes from the 450 turbines with an average tax rate of about $3500 each per year. I wonder how much taxes would be for an industrial plant that would
have been built and cost approximately $2 million to build. Did the mayor, council and administration ever think that there might be a cost to this extra income? Did they ever consider using this money to do a thorough investigation of the effect on the aquifer? Did they ever go to see the difficulties experienced by those families living off water tanks, especially in the recent freezing weather?
Apparently, mayor, council and administration for Chatham-Kent are willing to trade rural water wells for that price. The people losing their wells must prove that there is a problem and then the municipality may look at a solution. The mayor says that they take concerns seriously. That is the exact same B.S. statement made by Premier Wynne when she was in Chatham a couple of months ago and the
mayor was looking over her shoulder. No one in government, provincially or municipally, has done anything constructive for years; when the first complaints were lodged in Dover Township in about 2009 and again in 2012. What is wrong with this story? If a bank is robbed, does the bank have to find the criminal and prove his guilt? Isn’t that what police do? Continued on page 7
Let people smoke on hospital grounds Sir: Great article, Bruce, on the way some people drive and walk in Chatham (“Please curb the stupidity on our roads,” in the Jan. 18 Chatham Voice). As well, it sure looks like you have a problem with your cat, Finn. Just like a naughty child who needs a little spanking the odd time, but of course that’s
also a no-no with cats. I believe the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance will find it hard to enforce its no-smoking bylaw on hospital property. As soon as a person leaves a hospital door, they light up and walk to wherever they are going. The gazebos were fine.
People could smoke far enough away from entrances and not bother anybody. But just a few days ago, I was waiting for a bus in the shelter near the hospital. There were 20 cigarette butts on the floor inside, plus two piles of vomit. Just that one small area
is more of a health hazard than the entire hospital grounds are. And another thing: That bus shelter roof leaks badly. Bylaws are becoming a great, big nonsense when the powers that be can’t seem to enforce them, or choose not to do so. Ruth Draper Chatham
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What is wrong with our system, reader asks Continued from page 6 If you are in a car accident caused by another person, do you have to pursue and prove the guilt of the offender? Isn’t that what police do? For every injustice, there is a third party whose duty it is to find the perpetrator and proof for the case against them. Since these third parties are no longer doing their jobs, are we reverting to the law of the old west? In the case of the harm done to water wells and the standard of living for those with now contaminated wells, these agencies are not acting in the offended parties’ interests. There are many directions that fingers can point. The provincial government, with its Green Energy Act, which is being used as an excuse by everyone as a document that overrules every other law in the land. This is not true as the health and safety of the citizens of this province still rule supreme, if our Ministry of Health, and local public health unit would get off their backsides and study health effects of the Kettle Point Black Shale that infiltrated our water wells. I believe that somewhere in their health education process they were made aware that
lead, mercury, arsenic and uranium are not to be used as vitamins. Why have they never run any comprehensive tests to find out what is in the water now and what are the health effects of those contaminants? The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change is certainly the ministry that is supposed to protect the citizens of this province from anything that environmentally has a negative effect on the enjoyment and use of property, be that by health effects or any other source of irritation. The trouble with the MOECC is that it is the same ministry that issued the permits to build wind farms and are certainly not going to admit that they did not do “due diligence” before issuing these permits. Were there any studies done on possible problems with the style of foundations used in an aquifer sensitive area? Then we get to our local mayor, council and administration. What have they done other than become shareholders in wind farms? Do they value the rural wells of Chatham-Kent at $1.5 million per year? Are they going to use this money to replace the water supply that has
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Andrew and Mary Ellen Van Zelst of Kent Bridge are celebrating after winning the guaranteed $1 million prize from the Dec. 23 Lotto 6/49 draw. “The idea of retirement doesn’t seem so scary anymore,” shared Andrew, while at the OLG Prize Before you buy . . .
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Students learn about more than Native art to collect 600 red dresses and install them in public spaces across Canada in If you’ve driven by John 2012. “Jaime Black’s purpose McGregor Secondary School lately, you might was to create an aesthetwonder about the red ic/visual response to the dresses in the trees in serious issue of missing front of the school and in and murdered Indigethe window of the library. nous women and girls (MMIWG),” Just ask McQuade the students “We aimed to edusaid about in Jenn Mcher class’s Q u a d e ’ s cate and advocate for inspiration. Native Art the women that can“We aimed class, and not speak for themto educate they will selves. We collected and adtell you all red dresses from the vocate for about it. the women Taking to school and commuthat canthe class nity donations and theme of even one of my retired not speak themExpressing colleagues from Sarnia for Indigenous donated her daughter’s selves. We collected Cultures, red dressM c Q u a d e prom dress.” es from the said the - Teacher Jenn McQuade school and class has endonations thusiastically embraced community the project art inspired by and even one of my reJaime Black’s Red Dress tired colleagues from Sarnia donated her daughProject. The Red Dress Project ter’s prom dress.” Besides the dresses, was based on the response of Black, a Métis artist, to McQuade said the class collaborativethe issue of missing and worked murdered Indigenous ly on an art installation women. Black’s idea was that hangs in the school
library entitled “Broken Web.” Two of McQuade’s students, Dorothy Cofell in Grade 12 and Kacey Day in Grade 9, worked on the painting part of the piece of art, inspired by Native artist Terry McCue’s painting titled “Ignorance.” McCue, born on Curve Lake Reserve near Peterborough, Ont., was so moved the first time he heard about the Red Dress movement, he was inspired to come up with
his own tribute to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Taking a year and a half, the Ojibwa painter created a series of 16 works, making up the exhibit “Ripples of Loss,” including the one titled “Ignorance.” McQuade’s class put their painting on a background of intertwining yarn, which represented the web of a dream catcher with red dress cards containing facts on the
murdered and missing women. Cofell said she knew a bit about the Red Dress project going into the class, but has really enjoyed working on the project, as well as the art dot project inspired by Native artist Christi Belcourt. The art involves stippling paint on a canvas with beads sewn into it in different size and colour medallions, all with a nature theme. The Grade 12 student said about 40
hours have gone into the stippling work and another 15 hours on sewing the tiny beads onto the canvas. “I have a Native background and saw the posts at the time. It’s not something local so much in Ontario, but it is still a problem,” Cofell said. “I’ve thought about pursuing art after high school and I have a portfolio of 88 pages. Art is definitely a big thing in my life.”
Feb. 4 and 6. Auditions will take place on Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. and Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Both sets of auditions
will be held in the Theatre Kent wing of Living Faith Community Church at 530 Victoria Ave., in Chatham. Actors will read from the
script and no prior experience is necessary. Director Karen Robinet is looking for a large cast of adult actors for the
comedy which is a “play within a play,” and will be performed at Living Faith May 10 to 12. More information and
specific cast requirements are available at www.theatrekent.com or by emailing theatrekent@gmail. com.
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Students in a Native art class at John McGregor Secondary School stand beside the art installation “Broken Web” they worked on that hangs in the school library. Kacey Day, Grade 9, and Dorothy Cofell, Grade 12, helped paint the piece on canvas in the middle, inspired by Native artist Terry McCue.
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Two rom-coms with a twist By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
Theatre Kent’s 2017-18 season continues as a pair of one-act romantic comedies take the stage over Valentine’s Day weekend at the Chatham Cultural Centre in Studio One. The Blind Date, by For-
rest Mussellman, and Match (dot) Comedy, by Bradley Hayward, will make their Chatham-Kent premieres in what producer Angie Presant promises to be an evening of time, laughs and tenderness. The unique presentation will see two directors, who also happen to be married,
go up against one another in hopes of winning over the audience to determine whose play is the best. “We’re hoping that couples in the area come out and enjoy these plays as part of their Valentine’s weekend plans,” says Melissa Bristow, Director of The Blind Date. “Each
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Directors Eric and Melissa Bristow, centre, go head to head in a battle of the sexes while presenting two romantic comedies for Valentine’s Day at the Chatham Cultural Centre.
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ing forward to showing the community the lighter side of love,” Melissa noted. This is Melissa’s debut as a director, and she said the experience has been very satisfying, and she’s finding it a lot of fun. Tickets are now available through the Chatham Cultural Centre box office by calling 519-354-8338, or
online at www.cktickets. com, at a cost of $20.25 per adult and $18.25 for seniors and students. A cash bar will be provided. The play begins Feb. 14 and runs to Feb. 17. For more information, contact Angie Presant, Producer, Theatre Kent, at wheatfreeinblenheim@ gmail.com, or 519-4378479.
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Thanks to the help of an animal charity, the Pet and Wildlife Rescue organization is going to offer 250 free spay/neuter operations for local cats this year. PAWR officials say PetSmart Charities of Canada has donated $14,500 to fund the effort.
It has been just over a year since Pet And Wildlife Rescue took over the operation of the animal shelter in Chatham, and since day one, officials say their focus has been on improving the lives of local animals. Providing affordable or free spay/ neuters for cat owners has always been one of their top priorities.
“We’re proud to support Pet And Wildlife Rescue with this grant that will bolster the organization’s spring kitten intervention plan by offering subsidized spay/ neuter procedures for the pets of residents in the Chatham-Kent region,” PetSmart Charities of Canada’s regional relationship manager, Dani
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onations Needed- Keep People Working February can be a difficult time of year. Snow is falling. Temperatures remain low. The sun is out infrequently. Spring seems like a distant dream. And yet, this is an exciting time for us at Goodwill Industries – Essex Kent Lambton. This is our opportunity to make plans for the year, to clean and sort, and to prepare our sites for our bustling summer months. We have been busy reorganizing and painting our back rooms, updating the lighting, and checking all of our equipment. We’ve also been busy reviewing policies and procedures to make sure that we are working safely. January, February and March are typically our slowest months. Lower donor numbers mean a quieter time for our Donor Greeters, who accept donations, and therefore for all of our retail staff, who work to fill our stores with fresh product. At this time of year, we are sometimes required to cut hours if our donation numbers drop too low. Our work hours directly relate to the number of donors
who visit our sites. So, if you have a bag of donations that you’ve been meaning to drop off, please visit one of our attended donation centres and keep our people working this February. One of our newest staff members is Pam…We are very pleased to share yet another success story from our Goodwill Connections Program. Pam Burnison was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario and raised in Sarnia-Lambton. Pam has been with Goodwill Industries for close to 30 years in total. In 2003, Pam moved to Hamilton to be closer to her husband’s family and while there, participated in a janitorial course through the Hamilton Goodwill, receiving a Janitorial Services Training Diploma in 2004. In 2005, Pam moved back to Sarnia and reunited with Goodwill EKL. “Over the years I have had training and done many jobs within Goodwill. I was a cleaner at our Employment Action Centre at Bayside Mall and I also cleaned the Sarnia This Week building before it moved from its location on Confederation Street. I have been
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employed competitively as the cleaner at the Developmental Services Ontario office here in Sarnia for almost two years,” states Pam. Although Pam loved her job as a cleaner, her future employment goal was to work as a Donor Greeter for Goodwill in the Goodwill Donated Goods and Retail Program. In November 2017, Pam’s dream came true and she is now working 25 hours a week at our London Road Attended Donation Centre in Sarnia as a Donor Greeter. “I love greeting and interacting with the donors at the door and I have a passion for sorting donations. Goodwill has always been an important part of my life and I am proud to be part of the Goodwill family,” Pam says with a smile. “Pam proves to each and every one of us each day that she is a determined and motivated employee”says Sue Baert, Director of Operations & Retail. To learn more about our Goodwill Connections Program, please contact Wendy Smith, Workforce Development Projects Coordinator, at 519-354-4400, EXT. 231.
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ty as treasured members of our families,” Myriam Armstrong, Operations Manager at Pet And Wildlife Rescue, said in a release. Applicants will be required to bring proof of Chatham-Kent residence in order to qualify for a free spay/neuter voucher, and some restrictions will apply as to which cats will be good candidates for the surgery. There will be a one
voucher per family rule. The first registration blitz will take place at the PetSmart store in Chatham on Feb. 2 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Applicants will be asked to bring a piece of ID and their cat’s paperwork/health information. Registration information will be available on www.pawr.org and on the animal welfare agency’s Facebook page.
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gration trends are not a direct reflection of population growth, they provide an indicator of how well cities are attracting and retaining residents. Audrey Ansell, Manager of Community Attraction and Promotion agrees. “Based on house price data, record levels of houses changing hands, and new building permits issued for 2017, it is clear that our community is on the map,” she said in a media release. “Chatham-Kent’s inclusion in the top 25 Growth Cities list for the second consecutive year is a positive sign that the community is an attractive place in which to live,” said Victoria Bodnar, Resident Attraction and Retention Coordinator with the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, in a release.
Chatham-Kent a growing city, report says
Chatham-Kent recently placed 11th on U-Haul’s list of Canadian growth cities. This 11th place ranking is up two spots from last year’s ranking of 13. U-Haul reports that migration trends are based on data compiled from over 1.7 million oneway U-Haul truck rental transactions, and Growth Cities are calculated by the net gain of arriving one-way U-Haul trucks over departing one-way U-Haul trucks for a calendar year. With more than 21,000 U-Haul locations across the U.S. and Canada, the data collected provides a comprehensive overview of where people are moving to, municipal officials say. While the U-Haul mi-
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BY DONATING TO GOODWILL, YOU’RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN CHATHAM TO WORK. With donations from our community, Goodwill® is making a real difference in people’s lives. We provide jobs and training for people right here in Chatham. Nearly 85% of our store’s revenues is put into job creation and placement programs.
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group accepting applications for the program. The program is open to Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent tech businesses. The deadline to apply for the March-June cohort is Feb. 5. A second cohort will take place from August to November. Applications and program information can be found at wetech-alliance. com/scaleup. Businesses selected will receive four-months of intensive business mentoring plus in-kind services valued at $15,000. They can also pitch for a $10,000 top prize.
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The annual Chatham-Kent Farm Show proved to be a way for farmers to escape the winter blahs last week. Here, Maisex personnel Chuck Belanger and Dave Emery talk business with two visitors to the show.
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Home of the $3 watch battery 131 Park Ave. E., Chatham • 519-354-4127 batteryboy.ca Friday, February 2, 2018 • Free PA Day program at First Reformed Church, cnr of Lacroix and Indian Creek Rd., Chatham. Ages 4-10 from 8:30am-3:30pm. Featuring Madd Science, crafts, music, stories, exercises and sports. Lunch and snacks are provided. Call 519-351-0046 for early registration as space is limited or email 1strefrm@ciaccess.com. • Meal, open darts and Catch the Ace at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm with choice of Shepherds pie, roast beef or fish and chips for $10. Catch the Ace is 3:00pm-6:00pm, you must be present to win. Open darts at 7:30pm. Saturday, February 3, 2018 • Mom to Mom and Chick to Chick Swap Meet at the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave., Chatham. Tables are $20 each. Call to book your spot 519-3525633. • Saturday Morning Breakfast at First Presbyterian Church, Chatham (corner of Fifth St and Wellington). A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge every Saturday morning from 9:30am-11:00am. Everyone is most welcome.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 • Love to sing and want to be blessed each week? Come and celebrate all things musical with Jubilee Chorus, a multi-faith, interdenominational choir. No experience necessary, no auditions required! 7:30pm-9:30pm at St. Andrew’s United church (85 William St., Chatham) Call 519-397-3318 for info. • Open euchre, 2 person team euchre and shuffleboard at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre at 1:00pm. 2 person team euchre $5/person. Register at 6:30pm, play at 7:00pm. Open shuffleboard at 7:00pm. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 • Jazz up your winter by attending CKPL’s Unplugged Music Hour at the Chatham Branch’s Community Living Café at 7:00pm. Tonight Jay Allen will be playing country music. Free and all ages are welcome. Please drop in! • Pepper and fun dart at The Chatham Legion,William & Colborne St., Chatham. Pepper at 1:00pm, darts at 7:00pm.
• Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring the Southlanders.
Saturday, February 10, 2018 • The Knights of Columbus Council 9693 Pain Court will be hosting the Ernest & Marc King Memorial Euchre Tournament at Immaculée Conception Parish Hall in Pain Court. Registration at 11;00am, play starts at 12:0pm sharp. 2 person teams, $10/person. Food & Refreshments available. For more info call Norb King 519-436-3444.
Sunday, February 4, 2018 • Free public skating at the Thames Campus Arena sponsored by the St. Clair College Alumni Association. 1:00pm-2:30pm. 999 Grand Ave. W., Chatham.
Sunday, February 11, 2018 • Bingo sponsored by the Ridgetown Legion Ladies Auxiliary BR 243, 75 Main St. E., Ridgetown. 2:00pm-4:00pm. $10 admission includes 4 cards, jackpot $200.
• Sunday Brunch at the Chatham Granite Club, 41 William St N., Chatham from 10:30am-1:00pm. Adults $10, 4-12yrs $5. Under 4 free.
• Breakfast put on by St. Joseph’s K of C Council #10436 from 9:00am-12:30pm at the Spirit & Life Centre (St. Joseph’s Site) 184 Wellington St. W., Chatham. All you can eat buffet with 2 meats, hash browns, scrambled eggs, french toast or pancakes, toast & fruit cocktail. The Harwich Catholic Women’s League will be holding a Valentines Bake Sale as well. $7/adult, $4/ children 6-12, Children 5 and under free.
• Free Soup-R-Bowl Party at Zion Christian Church, 820 Park Ave. W., Chatham at 6:00pm. Watch the game on our 18 foot large screen, digital satellite feed. Bring your own pop and munchies. Chili and soup will be provided. Prizes given away at half time. For details call 519-351-2078. Monday, February 5, 2018 •The Chatham-Kent Film Group presents the French comedy “C’est La Vie” at Galaxy Cinema. 4:00pm and 7:00pm showings. $10 cash at the door unless you have a season pass. • Open Euchre at 1:00pm at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. • Open Euchre at 7:00pm at St. Clair Community Estate. All welcome!
Free after-school tutoring! Tuesdays from 6:00pm-8:00pm (sessions run for a half hour) First Reformed Church, 632 Lacroix St., Chatham. 519-354-8257. Call Betty 519-354-8902 for more info.
Here comes the man cold As some of you know, I work in an office full of women; really, really great women. So I pity them for the next week or so. I have come down with a man cold. You know, the illness that can leave men moaning and groaning, coughing loudly, and retreating to infant-like status in the whining department. That Nyquil commercial where the guy lies in bed calling his wife’s name and then asks her to call her mom sums it up wonderfully. Yes, I’m talking about the same colds that women seemingly shake off and go about their days without a second thought. What is it with guys and colds? We too often seem to behave as if our world is coming to an end when we get sick.
And I like to think I fare pretty well with colds. I usually don’t miss any time at work (why do I think the folks in the office wish I would stay away?), and soldier through. For the women out there who laugh at their husbands, boyfriends, brothers, fathers and male buddies who appear to go into the fetus position when the cold virus strikes, there is some truth to we men suffering differently than you ladies.
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OBITUARIES Brian MacDonald 75, Friday, January 19, 2018 Denning’s
Michaela O’Mara 51, Sunday, January 21, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
Blanche Pryor 85, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Denning’s
Edward Masterson 81, Sunday, January 21, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
Charles “Ted” Rhea 79, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Denning’s
Gregory Child 70, Monday, January 22, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
Diane Renaud Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Denning’s
Licia Dodok (nee Lanzellotti) 61, Monday, January 22, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
Mark Giles 54, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Denning’s
Robert ‘Bob’ Farrell 87, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
Hilda Beaman 63, Friday, January 26, 2018 Denning’s
Jack Herder 77, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
Mr. Nobuo Aoki 92, Friday, January 26, 2018 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Christine Pinsonneault 75, Thursday, January 25, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
Jerry Filby 65, Monday, January 22, 2018 Blenheim Community Funeral Home Darlene Charron 60, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home Jeff Luther 55, Thursday, January 25, 2018 McKinlay Funeral Home
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Sexes handle, battle colds differently Continued from page 16
It might just be physiology as opposed to psychology. Honest. Medical reports indicate estrogen can slow down the rate at which a virus multiplies. In other words, while we men go from well to sick like a sports car goes from zero to 60, women may do so at a more leisurely pace. When they are up to speed in terms of a full-blown cold, women seem to adapt with the increase in symptoms. Meanwhile, many men are have wrapped that proverbial sports car around a telephone pole, are curled up on the couch, box of tissues nearby, barely able to watch the hockey game on the tube. At the same time, their equally ill significant other is cleaning up around them, helping the kids with their homework and keeping the house in order. Women are the ones who go through the pain and miracle of childbirth. You give life! You are hardwired to overcome physical discomfort, so perhaps that helps in the battle with the common cold. Or perhaps, we men are just babies when we get ill. I will say this, and I’m likely about to curse myself as a result, but this is the first cold I’ve been hit with over the winter. Sure, I’ve been run down at times, but not the full-on sore throat, stuffy nose, incessant coughing, feel-like-crud that has hit me this week. Others in the office aren’t so fortunate. Thankfully, I get my flu shot annually too. One thing I’ve learned over the years is to watch how much cold medication I take. For instance, I can’t take two of the non-drowsy pills at a time and accomplish much at work. They make me loopy. My pupils get dilated, fluorescent lights seem overly bright and I can’t concentrate on much. Do you think the man-cold is all in a guy’s head (and I’m not talking stuffed up sinuses)? How bad is it at your house? Let me know at bruce@chathamvoice.com. Read the signs
My kid goes to Ursuline College Chatham. Lately, I’ve been driving her most mornings and dropping her off at the front
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door (if there is a front door at that jigsaw puzzle of a school). I’m not alone, as many other parents do so as well. So many people use that main entrance as the drop-off point that the exit has a sign telling drivers that they aren’t to make a left turn out onto Grand Avenue. It appears a lot of UCC parents believe the sign doesn’t apply to them.
There’s a reason the school has that sign. Grand Avenue is a busy street, and turning left there can be a challenge. Heck, the municipality only allows right-hand turns on Ursuline Avenue at Grand Avenue just east of the school. Driving the girl to school on Monday, I saw three vehicles in a row pull out of there and hang a left. It cleared a logjam of vehicles, as these three prob-
ably could have turned right much earlier and kept things moving. But, alas, this is Chatham-Kent, home of the selfish driver, where rules of the road apply to everyone else, right? I neglected to notice if any/all pulled a Chatham Left (turning left on a four-lane road and immediately going into the right lane) in the process. Speaking of Chatham Lefts, I
admit I’m guilty of them from time to time. No, this isn’t a case of “when in Rome,” but instead it’s usually when someone heading in the opposite direction decides to go through the late stages of a yellow light, and I turn into the right lane behind them in an effort to clear the intersection sooner because the light will now be changing while I’m still out in traffic.
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Fun Stuff 32 Literary collection 33 Before 34 Carte 36 Doctrine 37 Exercise target 38 Bygone airline 40 On the other hand 41 Top story 43 Critter 47 Slithery squeezer 48 Twins’ home 51 Flightless bird 52 Tied 53 It’s tied 54 Aachen article 55 -- good example 56 Former frosh
ACROSS 1 Shopper’s aid 5 “-- and Circumstance” 9 Frenzied 12 Sandwich treat 13 Vicinity 14 Rocks 15 Teeny
17 Gun lobby org. 18 Thwarts 19 Bad lighting? 21 Conversation starter 22 “Olympia” artist 24 Knighted woman 27 Stashed 28 Carey or Barrymore 31 -- Baba
DOWN 1 Barbershop item 2 Seed coat 3 Nevada city 4 Fencer’s call 5 Campaign-funding grps. 6 Tulsa sch. 7 Blanc or Brooks 8 Song of praise 9 Troubadour
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10 High (Pref.) 11 Campus bigwig 16 Schuss 20 Crimson 22 Capital of Belarus 23 Leading man 24 Weir 25 Hearty quaff 26 Labyrinth beast 27 Groundbreaking musical 29 Historic time 30 Charlotte’s creation 35 Submachine gun 37 Pats down 39 Pinnacles 40 Inseparable 41 Sleeping 42 Heavy reading 43 Kournikova or Karenina 44 Stereo alternative 45 On 46 Wood strip 49 “-- had it!” 50 Profit
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The owners (Donna Jubenville and Lisa Miller) of the lands described below, all located in the Geographic Township of Dover, approximately 7 kilometres west of Pain Court, formerly known as the Vern Jubenville farms, are prepared to receive written Offers to Purchase. Interested Parties may make Offers on one or more parcels (they are separate farms for Planning Act purposes). The farm lands, all vacant lands (with municipal water and gas at the road) are available (not leased) for the 2018 crop year. Description of Properties Parcel 1: Part Lot 1 Concession 4, approximately 42 acres, north side of Pain Court Line, approximately 1/2 km east of Town Line Road. PIN Number 00783 0012. 5773 Pain Court Line. Parcel 2: Part of Lot 1, Broken or Front Concession, designated as Part 1 Plan 24R7201, approximately 14 1/2 acres, extending from Pain Court Line to Grande River Line, approximately 1/2 km east of Town Line Road. PIN Number 00783 0073. 5772 Grande River Line. Parcel 3: Part of Lot 1, Concession 4, designated as Parts 1 and 2 Plan 24R2447, 9.22 acres. PIN Number 00783 0009. 24275 Town Line Road. All offers must be received by their solicitor (below) by 5:00 p.m. on February 13, 2018 and must be accompanied by a certified deposit cheque in the amount of $10,000.00 payable to said solicitor, in trust. The offers must be: 1. On a standard OREA Agreement of Purchase and Sale Commercial (Form 500: HST is in addition to the purchase price - but not payable if Purchaser is registered). 2. Offers must include contact information and HST number of Purchaser. 3. Offers must be unconditional, with balance payable on closing, subject to the usual adjustments. 4. Offers must be irrevocable by the Purchaser(s) until February 16, 2018. 5. The closing date must be March 15, 2018. The owners reserve the right to accept or reject any and all offers in their absolute discretion. Deposit cheques for unaccepted offers will be available for pick up on or after February 19, 2018. Stephen J. Wakely, Barrister & Solicitor, 75 Thames Street, Chatham, Ontario Telephone 519-351-6004, Fax 519-352-4159
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After a “lot of failures” there in the set up process with the cumbersome dominoes, Baute got the idea to make the next set himself. All he needed was a venue to put the plan into action. “Luckily for me, I happen to have grown up on a farm with a warehouse that was empty over the holidays,” he said. And then he tested his sanity in several ways. “Just cutting them (the dominoes) took four days,” he said. “Setting them up, I listened to audio books and music. That was easy. I had to really focus using a band saw. That was a lot more stressful.” As a result, Baute said he has newfound respect for people around the world who spend their workdays “doing monotonous tasks where risk is involved. “I was just making toys. But that’s challenging work,” he said. “It was scary seeing the big pile of wood and realizing I had to cut it almost 14,000 times.” After four days of cutting, Baute spent another four setting up the dominoes, leaving gaps every 200. “On the first day, ‘This was going to be great!’ By the second day, ‘What have I decided to do,’” he
said. “They kept falling over.” But he persevered, and reached the point where he could tell when one was about to fall and he’d consistently catch it before it hit the next domino. “At the end of the third day, I was thinking, ‘This might get done. If it falls over, it falls over. Everything will be fine,’” he said. “By the fourth day, I was dancing around, really excited to see what could be done.” The next day, Baute said he set up the cameras and placed the final dominoes, and then took to setting up other props, such as a volcano. All that remained was filming, where Baute would describe key moments in the expansion of the universe as the dominoes toppled. The only problem is the first attempt fizzled. “When we started, after about 300, the dominoes just stopped falling over. I was worried it wasn’t going to work through the 13,799,” Baute said. “I reset them and thought, ‘If they stop falling over, I’ll just give them a push and keep going.” He didn’t need to. They fell on cue. Baute has long had an interest in making videos. It began during his time at Ursuline College Chatham, he said.
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C-K native Kurtis Baute spent four days setting up his domino display in his parents’ warehouse for his video on the history of the universe.
“The first video I did was in that warehouse,” he said. “That first one was before I discovered science. I only figured out that science was really cool in university.” Baute said that initial video was a work of fiction. “I was dreaming. I woke up and my reflection in the bathroom mirror was alive and started chasing me around the warehouse,” he laughed. “It was a project in Paul Bourdeau’s classroom.” Baute said Bourdeau suggested he post it to YouTube and submit it to a film festival, which was a youth branch of the Toronto International Film Festival. It won its category.
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“It was a lot of fun. That was 10 years ago and I’ve been making videos ever since,” Baute said. From UCC, Baute went on to get his undergraduate’s degree in biology from Wilfred Laurier in Waterloo, and then obtained his master’s degree at the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph. Through it all, he maintained his interest in making videos. For the past three years, Baute has called Vancouver home, where he initially worked as a teacher. But the pull of the video camera kept tugging at him. “I was teaching science for a couple of years. I kind of got really excited
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about making science videos,” he said. He opted to take a year off from teaching and focus on educating people on the wonders of science in a different manner, via video. “I’m taking a year to see where it goes,” he said. “Worst-case scenario is I spend some money to get by and it’s kind of like going to school. I’ll have also taught myself some new things.” His plan is to make one video a month and release it on YouTube. Baute’s work is starting to get attention, as the large number of views on his latest effort indicates. As well, he’s gone from having 1,000 subscribers at the start of this year
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to his YouTube channel – The Scope of Science – to more than 3,100. Feedback on his work so far has been excellent, he said, especially on the history of the universe. “I actually had a few people thanking me for making it (the video),” he said of the more than 500 comments he’s received so far on that video. “People are excited. I’ve had a lot of questions about science and that’s why I started making these videos.” To view Baute’s history of the universe video, go to https://youtu.be/ObngtuPFI8A His next video, “How a Biologist Builds a Digital Camera,” is to examine how the eye has evolved.
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